[PATCH v4 1/3] md: suspend array before raid10 reshape via sync_action
From: Chen Cheng
Date: Wed Jun 03 2026 - 00:00:22 EST
From: Chen Cheng <chencheng@xxxxxxxxx>
The sync_action=reshape path currently enters mddev_start_reshape() with
reconfig_mutex held but without suspending the array first. For raid10,
that means raid10_start_reshape() has to drop reconfig_mutex and reacquire
the array through mddev_suspend_and_lock_nointr() before it can safely
switch geometry-dependent state.
Use mddev_suspend_and_lock() for ACTION_RESHAPE in action_store(), so
the sysfs reshape path reaches mddev_start_reshape() with the array
already suspended and locked.
Other sync_action operations keep using mddev_lock() unchanged.
Signed-off-by: Chen Cheng <chencheng@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/md/md.c | 22 +++++++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 096bb64e87bd..5bc937e149ac 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -5256,30 +5256,39 @@ static int mddev_start_reshape(struct mddev *mddev)
static ssize_t
action_store(struct mddev *mddev, const char *page, size_t len)
{
int ret;
+ bool suspended = false;
enum sync_action action;
if (!mddev->pers || !mddev->pers->sync_request)
return -EINVAL;
+ action = md_sync_action_by_name(page);
retry:
if (work_busy(&mddev->sync_work))
flush_work(&mddev->sync_work);
- ret = mddev_lock(mddev);
+ if (action == ACTION_RESHAPE) {
+ ret = mddev_suspend_and_lock(mddev);
+ suspended = true;
+ } else {
+ ret = mddev_lock(mddev);
+ suspended = false;
+ }
if (ret)
return ret;
if (work_busy(&mddev->sync_work)) {
- mddev_unlock(mddev);
+ if (suspended)
+ mddev_unlock_and_resume(mddev);
+ else
+ mddev_unlock(mddev);
goto retry;
}
- action = md_sync_action_by_name(page);
-
/* TODO: mdadm rely on "idle" to start sync_thread. */
if (test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_RUNNING, &mddev->recovery)) {
switch (action) {
case ACTION_FROZEN:
md_frozen_sync_thread(mddev);
@@ -5344,11 +5353,14 @@ action_store(struct mddev *mddev, const char *page, size_t len)
md_wakeup_thread(mddev->thread);
sysfs_notify_dirent_safe(mddev->sysfs_action);
ret = len;
out:
- mddev_unlock(mddev);
+ if (suspended)
+ mddev_unlock_and_resume(mddev);
+ else
+ mddev_unlock(mddev);
return ret;
}
static struct md_sysfs_entry md_scan_mode =
__ATTR_PREALLOC(sync_action, S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR, action_show, action_store);
--
2.54.0