Package: mdadm
Version: 3.3.2-2
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
Please consider the attached patch, it enables the use of the repair action
in the cron checkarray script. Manual configuration is required to switch
from the standard check to the new repair mode, so it shouldn't have any
added risk to deployed systems.
--
"One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring
them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
Henrique Holschuh
--- checkarray 2014-12-07 12:22:21.611713564 -0200
+++ checkarray.repair 2014-12-07 12:22:06.018196634 -0200
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
-a|--all check all assembled arrays (ignores arrays in command line).
-s|--status print redundancy check status of devices.
-x|--cancel queue a request to cancel a running redundancy check.
+ -r|--repair repair instead of check
-i|--idle perform check in a lowest scheduling class (idle)
-l|--slow perform check in a lower-than-standard scheduling class
-f|--fast perform check in higher-than-standard scheduling class
@@ -46,11 +47,11 @@
Devices can be specified in almost any format. The following are equivalent:
/dev/md0, md0, /dev/md/0, /sys/block/md0
-You can also control the status of a check with /proc/mdstat file."
+You can also control the status of a check/repair with /proc/mdstat file."
}
-SHORTOPTS=achVqQsxilf
-LONGOPTS=all,cron,help,version,quiet,real-quiet,status,cancel,idle,slow,fast,realtime
+SHORTOPTS=achVqQsxrilf
+LONGOPTS=all,cron,help,version,quiet,real-quiet,status,cancel,repair,idle,slow,fast,realtime
eval set -- $(getopt -o $SHORTOPTS -l $LONGOPTS -n $PROGNAME -- "$@")
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@
-a|--all) all=1;;
-s|--status) action=status;;
-x|--cancel) action=idle;;
+ -r|--repair) action=repair;;
-i|--idle) ionice=idle;;
-l|--slow) ionice=low;;
-f|--fast) ionice=high;;
@@ -165,7 +167,7 @@
[ $quiet -lt 1 ] && echo "$PROGNAME: I: cancel request queued for array $array." >&2
;;
- check)
+ check|repair)
if [ "$cur_status" != idle ]; then
[ $quiet -lt 2 ] && echo "$PROGNAME: W: array $array not idle, skipping..." >&2
continue
@@ -187,9 +189,9 @@
fi
# queue request for the array. The kernel will make sure that these requests
- # are properly queued so as to not kill one of the array.
+ # are properly queued so as to not kill one of the arrays.
echo $action > $MDBASE/sync_action
- [ $quiet -lt 1 ] && echo "$PROGNAME: I: check queued for array $array." >&2
+ [ $quiet -lt 1 ] && echo "$PROGNAME: I: $action queued for array $array." >&2
case "$ionice" in
idle) ioarg='-c3'; renice=15;;
