Re: [PATCH v4 7/9] md/raid10: fix failfast read error not rescheduled

From: Kenta Akagi

Date: Thu Sep 18 2025 - 12:12:59 EST




On 2025/09/18 16:38, Li Nan wrote:
>
>
> 在 2025/9/15 11:42, Kenta Akagi 写道:
>> raid10_end_read_request lacks a path to retry when a FailFast IO fails.
>> As a result, when Failfast Read IOs fail on all rdevs, the upper layer
>> receives EIO, without read rescheduled.
>>
>> Looking at the two commits below, it seems only raid10_end_read_request
>> lacks the failfast read retry handling, while raid1_end_read_request has
>> it. In RAID1, the retry works as expected.
>> * commit 8d3ca83dcf9c ("md/raid10: add failfast handling for reads.")
>> * commit 2e52d449bcec ("md/raid1: add failfast handling for reads.")
>>
>> I don't know why raid10_end_read_request lacks this, but it is probably
>> just a simple oversight.
>
> Agreed, these two lines can be removed.

I will revise the commit message.

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> Other than that, LGTM.
>
> Reviewed-by: Li Nan <linan122@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thank you. However, there is a WARNING due to the comment format that needs to be fixed.
I also received a failure email from the RAID CI system.

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patch-v4/v4-0007-md-raid10-fix-failfast-read-error-not-rescheduled.patch
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WARNING: Block comments use a trailing */ on a separate line
#39: FILE: drivers/md/raid10.c:405:
+ * want to retry */

total: 0 errors, 1 warnings, 11 lines checked


I will apply the corrections below and resubmit as v5.
Is it okay to add a Reviewed-by tag in this case?
Sorry to bother you.

+ } else if (test_bit(FailFast, &rdev->flags) &&
+ test_bit(R10BIO_FailFast, &r10_bio->state)) {
+ /* This was a fail-fast read so we definitely
+ * want to retry
+ */
+ ;

Thanks,
Akagi

>
>>
>> This commit will make the failfast read bio for the last rdev in raid10
>> retry if it fails.
>>
>> Fixes: 8d3ca83dcf9c ("md/raid10: add failfast handling for reads.")
>> Signed-off-by: Kenta Akagi <k@xxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>   drivers/md/raid10.c | 5 +++++
>>   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/md/raid10.c b/drivers/md/raid10.c
>> index 92cf3047dce6..86c0eacd37cb 100644
>> --- a/drivers/md/raid10.c
>> +++ b/drivers/md/raid10.c
>> @@ -399,6 +399,11 @@ static void raid10_end_read_request(struct bio *bio)
>>            * wait for the 'master' bio.
>>            */
>>           set_bit(R10BIO_Uptodate, &r10_bio->state);
>> +    } else if (test_bit(FailFast, &rdev->flags) &&
>> +         test_bit(R10BIO_FailFast, &r10_bio->state)) {
>> +        /* This was a fail-fast read so we definitely
>> +         * want to retry */
>> +        ;
>>       } else if (!raid1_should_handle_error(bio)) {
>>           uptodate = 1;
>>       } else {
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> -- 
> Thanks,
> Nan
>
>