md/raid1: delay reads that could overtake behind-writes.
authorNeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
Wed, 31 Mar 2010 00:21:44 +0000 (11:21 +1100)
committerNeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
Tue, 18 May 2010 05:27:57 +0000 (15:27 +1000)
commite555190d82c0f58e825e3cbd9e6ebe2e7ac713bd
treeea9c8e548c4d5eb5fc903bab05af3bda4192ed00
parentd754c5ae1ff76b20d3ecde8ad666d7865eada8ae
md/raid1: delay reads that could overtake behind-writes.

When a raid1 array is configured to support write-behind
on some devices, it normally only reads from other devices.
If all devices are write-behind (because the rest have failed)
it is possible for a read request to be serviced before a
behind-write request, which would appear as data corruption.

So when forced to read from a WriteMostly device, wait for any
write-behind to complete, and don't start any more behind-writes.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
drivers/md/bitmap.c
drivers/md/bitmap.h
drivers/md/raid1.c