[PATCH] md/raid5: fix race between reshape and chunk-aligned read

From: FengWei Shih

Date: Thu Apr 09 2026 - 01:22:52 EST


raid5_make_request() checks mddev->reshape_position to decide whether
to allow chunk-aligned reads. However in raid5_start_reshape(), the
layout configuration (raid_disks, algorithm, etc.) is updated before
mddev->reshape_position is set:

reshape (raid5_start_reshape) read (raid5_make_request)
============================== ===========================
write_seqcount_begin
update raid_disks, algorithm...
set conf->reshape_progress
write_seqcount_end
check mddev->reshape_position
* still MaxSector, allow
raid5_read_one_chunk()
* use new layout
raid5_quiesce()
set mddev->reshape_position

Since reshape_position is not yet updated, raid5_make_request()
considers no reshape is in progress and proceeds with the
chunk-aligned path, but the layout has already changed, causing
raid5_compute_sector() to return an incorrect physical address.

Fix this by reading conf->reshape_progress under gen_lock in
raid5_read_one_chunk() and falling back to the stripe path if a
reshape is in progress.

Signed-off-by: FengWei Shih <dannyshih@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/md/raid5.c | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index a8e8d431071b..bded2b86f0ef 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -5421,6 +5421,11 @@ static int raid5_read_one_chunk(struct mddev *mddev, struct bio *raid_bio)
sector_t sector, end_sector;
int dd_idx;
bool did_inc;
+ int seq;
+
+ seq = read_seqcount_begin(&conf->gen_lock);
+ if (unlikely(conf->reshape_progress != MaxSector))
+ return 0;

if (!in_chunk_boundary(mddev, raid_bio)) {
pr_debug("%s: non aligned\n", __func__);
@@ -5431,6 +5436,9 @@ static int raid5_read_one_chunk(struct mddev *mddev, struct bio *raid_bio)
&dd_idx, NULL);
end_sector = sector + bio_sectors(raid_bio);

+ if (read_seqcount_retry(&conf->gen_lock, seq))
+ return 0;
+
if (r5c_big_stripe_cached(conf, sector))
return 0;

--
2.25.1


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