[PATCH v3 2/3] md-cluster: fix error handling and superblock consistency in update_size
From: ghuicao
Date: Thu Aug 27 2026 - 04:47:52 EST
From: Cao Guanghui <caoguanghui@xxxxxxxxxx>
update_size() has multiple issues in the revert path when
cluster_check_sync_size() detects that not all nodes have confirmed
the new size:
1. (pre-existing) The return value of resize() is immediately
overwritten by __sendmsg(), so a resize failure is silently lost.
2. (pre-existing) The on-disk superblock still retains the new size
from the earlier md_update_sb() call. Other nodes re-read it and
adopt the new size while the initiator runs with the reverted old
size.
3. (pre-existing) The function returns void, so callers cannot detect
failures.
Fix all of the above by:
- Using a separate variable for __sendmsg result so resize failure
is not overwritten
- Calling md_update_sb() after unlock_comm() to write the reverted
size back to disk. This must be outside the locked section because
md_update_sb() internally acquires MD_CLUSTER_SEND_LOCK via
metadata_update_start(), which would self-deadlock if already held.
- Changing return type from void to int with proper error codes
(-EIO for lock failure, -ENODEV for no device, ret for others)
Fixes: 818da59f97d6 ("md-cluster: add the support for resize")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Cao Guanghui <caoguanghui@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/md/md-cluster.c | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++++++---
drivers/md/md-cluster.h | 2 +-
2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/md/md-cluster.c b/drivers/md/md-cluster.c
--- a/drivers/md/md-cluster.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md-cluster.c
@@ -1302,18 +1302,19 @@ static int cluster_check_sync_size(struct mddev *mddev)
* let other nodes to perform it. If one node can't update sync_size
* accordingly, we need to revert to previous value.
*/
-static void update_size(struct mddev *mddev, sector_t old_dev_sectors)
+static int update_size(struct mddev *mddev, sector_t old_dev_sectors)
{
struct md_cluster_info *cinfo = mddev->cluster_info;
+ bool reverted = false;
struct cluster_msg cmsg;
struct md_rdev *rdev;
- int ret = 0;
+ int ret = 0, msg_ret = 0;
int raid_slot = -1;
md_update_sb(mddev, 1);
if (lock_comm(cinfo, 1)) {
pr_err("%s: lock_comm failed\n", __func__);
- return;
+ return -EIO;
}
memset(&cmsg, 0, sizeof(cmsg));
@@ -1335,12 +1336,12 @@ static int update_size(struct mddev *mddev, sector_t old_dev_sectors)
pr_err("%s:%d: failed to send METADATA_UPDATED msg\n",
__func__, __LINE__);
unlock_comm(cinfo);
- return;
+ return ret;
}
} else {
pr_err("md-cluster: No good device id found to send\n");
unlock_comm(cinfo);
- return;
+ return -ENODEV;
}
/*
@@ -1359,12 +1360,28 @@ static int update_size(struct mddev *mddev, sector_t old_dev_sectors)
} else {
/* revert to previous sectors */
ret = mddev->pers->resize(mddev, old_dev_sectors);
- ret = __sendmsg(cinfo, &cmsg);
if (ret)
+ pr_err("%s:%d: failed to revert array size\n",
+ __func__, __LINE__);
+ reverted = true;
+ msg_ret = __sendmsg(cinfo, &cmsg);
+ if (msg_ret) {
pr_err("%s:%d: failed to send METADATA_UPDATED msg\n",
__func__, __LINE__);
+ if (!ret)
+ ret = msg_ret;
+ }
}
unlock_comm(cinfo);
+
+ if (reverted)
+ /* Update on-disk superblock to match reverted in-memory
+ * size. Must be after unlock_comm() to avoid self-deadlock
+ * since md_update_sb() acquires the cluster send lock.
+ */
+ md_update_sb(mddev, 1);
+
+ return ret;
}
static int resync_start(struct mddev *mddev)
diff --git a/drivers/md/md-cluster.h b/drivers/md/md-cluster.h
--- a/drivers/md/md-cluster.h
+++ b/drivers/md/md-cluster.h
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ struct md_cluster_operations {
int (*resize_bitmaps)(struct mddev *mddev, sector_t newsize, sector_t oldsize);
int (*lock_all_bitmaps)(struct mddev *mddev);
void (*unlock_all_bitmaps)(struct mddev *mddev);
- void (*update_size)(struct mddev *mddev, sector_t old_dev_sectors);
+ int (*update_size)(struct mddev *mddev, sector_t old_dev_sectors);
};
extern int md_setup_cluster(struct mddev *mddev, int nodes);
--
2.34.1