[patch] 2.4 raid shutdown issue

From: Emilio Gargiulo (emilio.gargiulo@infinito.it)
Date: Tue Oct 22 2002 - 15:51:24 EST


kernel 2.4.19
I've found a minor problem with software RAID during linux shutdown.
If the raid device contains a filesystem, and the filesystem wasn't dismounted
at shutdown time, the RAID device will not shutdown properly, and at next
reboot it'll need a resync.
This happens when:
- I have the root filesystem on a RAID1 device
- The RAID isn't compiled as module
- The RAID partition id is 0xfd (linux raid autodetect)
So I wrote this kernel patch forcing read-only mode for every RAID device,
before shutdown.
This is my first kernel patch, so, maybe, there could be a cleaner way to
resolve this issue; please, let me know your opinion on it.

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--- linux/drivers/md/md.c.orig 2002-10-13 21:37:34.000000000 +0200
+++ linux/drivers/md/md.c 2002-10-13 23:55:15.000000000 +0200
@@ -1794,9 +1794,15 @@
         int err = 0, resync_interrupted = 0;
         kdev_t dev = mddev_to_kdev(mddev);
 
- if (atomic_read(&mddev->active)>1) {
- printk(STILL_IN_USE, mdidx(mddev));
- OUT(-EBUSY);
+ if (ro < 3 ) {
+ if (atomic_read(&mddev->active)>1) {
+ printk(STILL_IN_USE, mdidx(mddev));
+ OUT(-EBUSY);
+ }
+ } else {
+ if (atomic_read(&mddev->active)>1) {
+ printk("md: md%d forcing to read-only mode\n", mdidx(mddev));
+ }
         }
 
         if (mddev->pers) {
@@ -3608,7 +3614,7 @@
                 printk(KERN_INFO "md: stopping all md devices.\n");
 
                 ITERATE_MDDEV(mddev,tmp)
- do_md_stop (mddev, 1);
+ do_md_stop (mddev, 3);
                 /*
                  * certain more exotic SCSI devices are known to be
                  * volatile wrt too early system reboots. While the

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Thanks
Emilio Gargiulo
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