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authorMateusz Kusiak <mateusz.kusiak@intel.com>2022-03-23 15:05:19 +0100
committerJes Sorensen <jsorensen@fb.com>2022-03-31 11:38:30 -0400
commitfea026b4849182fc8413014c81456e7215af28d9 (patch)
tree657046170d66c9a5489cb4d2b3fb818c1b9f2473
parent5ce5a15f0bf007e850e15259bba4f53736605fb2 (diff)
downloadmdadm-fea026b4849182fc8413014c81456e7215af28d9.tar.gz
Grow_reshape: Add r0 grow size error message and update man
Grow size on r0 is not supported for imsm and native metadata. Add proper error message. Update man for proper use of --size. Signed-off-by: Mateusz Kusiak <mateusz.kusiak@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jes Sorensen <jsorensen@fb.com>
-rw-r--r--Grow.c6
-rw-r--r--mdadm.8.in19
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Grow.c b/Grow.c
index 9a947204..aa72490b 100644
--- a/Grow.c
+++ b/Grow.c
@@ -1998,6 +1998,12 @@ int Grow_reshape(char *devname, int fd,
goto release;
}
+ if (array.level == 0) {
+ pr_err("Component size change is not supported for RAID0\n");
+ rv = 1;
+ goto release;
+ }
+
if (reshape_super(st, s->size, UnSet, UnSet, 0, 0, UnSet, NULL,
devname, APPLY_METADATA_CHANGES,
c->verbose > 0)) {
diff --git a/mdadm.8.in b/mdadm.8.in
index be902dba..e2a42425 100644
--- a/mdadm.8.in
+++ b/mdadm.8.in
@@ -459,7 +459,8 @@ number of spare devices.
.TP
.BR \-z ", " \-\-size=
-Amount (in Kilobytes) of space to use from each drive in RAID levels 1/4/5/6.
+Amount (in Kilobytes) of space to use from each drive in RAID levels 1/4/5/6/10
+and for RAID 0 on external metadata.
This must be a multiple of the chunk size, and must leave about 128Kb
of space at the end of the drive for the RAID superblock.
If this is not specified
@@ -478,10 +479,19 @@ To guard against this it can be useful to set the initial size
slightly smaller than the smaller device with the aim that it will
still be larger than any replacement.
+This option can be used with
+.B \-\-create
+for determining initial size of an array. For external metadata,
+it can be used on a volume, but not on a container itself.
+Setting initial size of
+.B RAID 0
+array is only valid for external metadata.
+
This value can be set with
.B \-\-grow
-for RAID level 1/4/5/6 though
+for RAID level 1/4/5/6/10 though
DDF arrays may not be able to support this.
+RAID 0 array size cannot be changed.
If the array was created with a size smaller than the currently
active drives, the extra space can be accessed using
.BR \-\-grow .
@@ -501,11 +511,6 @@ problems the array can be made bigger again with no loss with another
.B "\-\-grow \-\-size="
command.
-This value cannot be used when creating a
-.B CONTAINER
-such as with DDF and IMSM metadata, though it perfectly valid when
-creating an array inside a container.
-
.TP
.BR \-Z ", " \-\-array\-size=
This is only meaningful with