[PATCH v2] md: skip redundant raid_disks update when value is unchanged

From: Abd-Alrhman Masalkhi

Date: Tue Apr 28 2026 - 09:09:58 EST


Calling update_raid_disks() with the same value as the current one
can trigger unnecessary work. For example, RAID1 will reallocate
resources such as the mempool for r1bio.

Signed-off-by: Abd-Alrhman Masalkhi <abd.masalkhi@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/md/md.c | 7 ++++---
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index ac71640ff3a8..21b8ad17685f 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -4409,9 +4409,10 @@ raid_disks_store(struct mddev *mddev, const char *buf, size_t len)
err = mddev_suspend_and_lock(mddev);
if (err)
return err;
- if (mddev->pers)
- err = update_raid_disks(mddev, n);
- else if (mddev->reshape_position != MaxSector) {
+ if (mddev->pers) {
+ if (n != mddev->raid_disks)
+ err = update_raid_disks(mddev, n);
+ } else if (mddev->reshape_position != MaxSector) {
struct md_rdev *rdev;
int olddisks = mddev->raid_disks - mddev->delta_disks;

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2.43.0