+ * Used by fix_read_error() to decay the per rdev read_errors.
+ * We halve the read error count for every hour that has elapsed
+ * since the last recorded read error.
+ *
+ */
+static void check_decay_read_errors(mddev_t *mddev, mdk_rdev_t *rdev)
+{
+ struct timespec cur_time_mon;
+ unsigned long hours_since_last;
+ unsigned int read_errors = atomic_read(&rdev->read_errors);
+
+ ktime_get_ts(&cur_time_mon);
+
+ if (rdev->last_read_error.tv_sec == 0 &&
+ rdev->last_read_error.tv_nsec == 0) {
+ /* first time we've seen a read error */
+ rdev->last_read_error = cur_time_mon;
+ return;
+ }
+
+ hours_since_last = (cur_time_mon.tv_sec -
+ rdev->last_read_error.tv_sec) / 3600;
+
+ rdev->last_read_error = cur_time_mon;
+
+ /*
+ * if hours_since_last is > the number of bits in read_errors
+ * just set read errors to 0. We do this to avoid
+ * overflowing the shift of read_errors by hours_since_last.
+ */
+ if (hours_since_last >= 8 * sizeof(read_errors))
+ atomic_set(&rdev->read_errors, 0);
+ else
+ atomic_set(&rdev->read_errors, read_errors >> hours_since_last);
+}
+
+/*