Merge branch 'for-neil' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/djbw/md into for-next

drivers/md/md.c

@@ -4172,9 +4172,11 @@ static int get_bitmap_file(mddev_t * mddev, void __user * arg)
 	char *ptr, *buf = NULL;
 	int err = -ENOMEM;
 
-	md_allow_write(mddev);
-
+	if (md_allow_write(mddev))
+		file = kmalloc(sizeof(*file), GFP_NOIO);
+	else
 		file = kmalloc(sizeof(*file), GFP_KERNEL);
+
 	if (!file)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -5667,15 +5669,18 @@ void md_write_end(mddev_t *mddev)
  * may proceed without blocking.  It is important to call this before
  * attempting a GFP_KERNEL allocation while holding the mddev lock.
  * Must be called with mddev_lock held.
+ *
+ * In the ->external case MD_CHANGE_CLEAN can not be cleared until mddev->lock
+ * is dropped, so return -EAGAIN after notifying userspace.
  */
-void md_allow_write(mddev_t *mddev)
+int md_allow_write(mddev_t *mddev)
 {
 	if (!mddev->pers)
-		return;
+		return 0;
 	if (mddev->ro)
-		return;
+		return 0;
 	if (!mddev->pers->sync_request)
-		return;
+		return 0;
 
 	spin_lock_irq(&mddev->write_lock);
 	if (mddev->in_sync) {
@@ -5686,14 +5691,14 @@ void md_allow_write(mddev_t *mddev)
 			mddev->safemode = 1;
 		spin_unlock_irq(&mddev->write_lock);
 		md_update_sb(mddev, 0);
-
 		sysfs_notify(&mddev->kobj, NULL, "array_state");
-		/* wait for the dirty state to be recorded in the metadata */
-		wait_event(mddev->sb_wait,
-			   !test_bit(MD_CHANGE_CLEAN, &mddev->flags) &&
-			   !test_bit(MD_CHANGE_PENDING, &mddev->flags));
 	} else
 		spin_unlock_irq(&mddev->write_lock);
+
+	if (test_bit(MD_CHANGE_CLEAN, &mddev->flags))
+		return -EAGAIN;
+	else
+		return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(md_allow_write);
 

drivers/md/raid1.c

@@ -2136,7 +2136,7 @@ static int raid1_reshape(mddev_t *mddev)
 	conf_t *conf = mddev_to_conf(mddev);
 	int cnt, raid_disks;
 	unsigned long flags;
-	int d, d2;
+	int d, d2, err;
 
 	/* Cannot change chunk_size, layout, or level */
 	if (mddev->chunk_size != mddev->new_chunk ||
@@ -2148,7 +2148,9 @@ static int raid1_reshape(mddev_t *mddev)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	md_allow_write(mddev);
+	err = md_allow_write(mddev);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
 
 	raid_disks = mddev->raid_disks + mddev->delta_disks;
 

drivers/md/raid5.c

@@ -911,14 +911,16 @@ static int resize_stripes(raid5_conf_t *conf, int newsize)
 	struct stripe_head *osh, *nsh;
 	LIST_HEAD(newstripes);
 	struct disk_info *ndisks;
-	int err = 0;
+	int err;
 	struct kmem_cache *sc;
 	int i;
 
 	if (newsize <= conf->pool_size)
 		return 0; /* never bother to shrink */
 
-	md_allow_write(conf->mddev);
+	err = md_allow_write(conf->mddev);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
 
 	/* Step 1 */
 	sc = kmem_cache_create(conf->cache_name[1-conf->active_name],
@@ -3843,6 +3845,8 @@ raid5_store_stripe_cache_size(mddev_t *mddev, const char *page, size_t len)
 {
 	raid5_conf_t *conf = mddev_to_conf(mddev);
 	unsigned long new;
+	int err;
+
 	if (len >= PAGE_SIZE)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	if (!conf)
@@ -3858,7 +3862,9 @@ raid5_store_stripe_cache_size(mddev_t *mddev, const char *page, size_t len)
 		else
 			break;
 	}
-	md_allow_write(mddev);
+	err = md_allow_write(mddev);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
 	while (new > conf->max_nr_stripes) {
 		if (grow_one_stripe(conf))
 			conf->max_nr_stripes++;

include/linux/raid/md.h

@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ extern int sync_page_io(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector, int size,
 			struct page *page, int rw);
 extern void md_do_sync(mddev_t *mddev);
 extern void md_new_event(mddev_t *mddev);
-extern void md_allow_write(mddev_t *mddev);
+extern int md_allow_write(mddev_t *mddev);
 extern void md_wait_for_blocked_rdev(mdk_rdev_t *rdev, mddev_t *mddev);
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_MD */