Re: [PATCH] md: allow removing faulty rdev during resync

From: Li Nan
Date: Mon Jul 07 2025 - 04:26:15 EST




在 2025/7/7 15:54, Zheng Qixing 写道:
From: Zheng Qixing <zhengqixing@xxxxxxxxxx>

During RAID resync, faulty rdev cannot be removed and will result in
"Device or resource busy" error when attempting hot removal.

Reproduction steps:
mdadm -Cv /dev/md0 -l1 -n3 -e1.2 /dev/sd{b..d}
mdadm /dev/md0 -f /dev/sdb
mdadm /dev/md0 -r /dev/sdb
-> mdadm: hot remove failed for /dev/sdb: Device or resource busy

After commit 4b10a3bc67c1 ("md: ensure resync is prioritized over
recovery"), when a device becomes faulty during resync, the
md_choose_sync_action() function returns early without calling
remove_and_add_spares(), preventing faulty device removal.

This patch extracts a helper function remove_spares() to support
removing faulty devices during RAID resync operations.

Fixes: 4b10a3bc67c1 ("md: ensure resync is prioritized over recovery")
Signed-off-by: Zheng Qixing <zhengqixing@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/md/md.c | 24 +++++++++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 0f03b21e66e4..7f5e5a16243a 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -9456,17 +9456,11 @@ static bool md_spares_need_change(struct mddev *mddev)
return false;
}
-static int remove_and_add_spares(struct mddev *mddev,
- struct md_rdev *this)
+static int remove_spares(struct mddev *mddev, struct md_rdev *this)
{
struct md_rdev *rdev;
- int spares = 0;
int removed = 0;
- if (this && test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_RUNNING, &mddev->recovery))
- /* Mustn't remove devices when resync thread is running */
- return 0;
-
rdev_for_each(rdev, mddev) {
if ((this == NULL || rdev == this) && rdev_removeable(rdev) &&
!mddev->pers->hot_remove_disk(mddev, rdev)) {
@@ -9480,6 +9474,21 @@ static int remove_and_add_spares(struct mddev *mddev,
if (removed && mddev->kobj.sd)
sysfs_notify_dirent_safe(mddev->sysfs_degraded);
+ return removed;
+}
+
+static int remove_and_add_spares(struct mddev *mddev,
+ struct md_rdev *this)
+{
+ struct md_rdev *rdev;
+ int spares = 0;
+ int removed = 0;
+
+ if (this && test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_RUNNING, &mddev->recovery))
+ /* Mustn't remove devices when resync thread is running */
+ return 0;
+
+ removed = remove_spares(mddev, this);
if (this && removed)
goto no_add;
@@ -9522,6 +9531,7 @@ static bool md_choose_sync_action(struct mddev *mddev, int *spares)
/* Check if resync is in progress. */
if (mddev->recovery_cp < MaxSector) {
+ remove_spares(mddev, NULL);
set_bit(MD_RECOVERY_SYNC, &mddev->recovery);
clear_bit(MD_RECOVERY_RECOVER, &mddev->recovery);
return true;


LGTM, feel free to add

Reviewed-by: Li Nan <linan122@xxxxxxxxxx>

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Thanks,
Nan