Re: [PATCH 2/3] md: replace MD_DELETED with MD_CLOSING

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On Fri, May 9, 2025 at 6:26 PM Yu Kuai <yukuai1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> 在 2025/05/09 18:20, Xiao Ni 写道:
> > On Fri, May 9, 2025 at 6:08 PM Yu Kuai <yukuai1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> 在 2025/05/09 17:33, Xiao Ni 写道:
> >>> The two places clear MD_CLOSING rather than setting MD_CLOSING.
> >>> MD_CLOSING is set when we really want to stop the array (STOP_ARRAY
> >>> cmd and clear>array_state_store). So the two places clear MD_CLOSING
> >>> for other situations which look good to me.
> >>
> >> No, MD_CLOSING can be set first in the two cases, do something and then
> >> be cleared, that's why I said temporarily.
> >
> > So you mean mddev_get should pass in this case (between setting
> > MD_CLOSING and clearing MD_CLOSING)? It doesn't allow get mddev now
> > without this patch. This should be right.
>
> I don't understand what you mean "It doesn't allow get mddev now without
> this patch", for example, the ioctl STOP_ARRAY_RO will set MD_CLOSING
> temporarily, but never set MD_DELETED, mddev_get() can always pass.

You're right. I thought of the md_open path and it checks MD_CLOSING.
There is a short window that will fail to open sysfs files. I want to
make things easier and clearer here: it can't get mddev when
MD_CLOSING is set. Is there any problem if we use this rule?

Regards
Xiao
>
> Thanks,
> Kuai
>
> >
> > Regardes
> > Xiao
> >
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Kuai
> >>
> >
> >
> > .
> >
>






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