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diff --git a/Documentation/md/md-cluster.txt b/Documentation/md/md-cluster.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..e1055f105 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/md/md-cluster.txt @@ -0,0 +1,325 @@ +The cluster MD is a shared-device RAID for a cluster, it supports +two levels: raid1 and raid10 (limited support). + + +1. On-disk format + +Separate write-intent-bitmaps are used for each cluster node. +The bitmaps record all writes that may have been started on that node, +and may not yet have finished. The on-disk layout is: + +0 4k 8k 12k +------------------------------------------------------------------- +| idle | md super | bm super [0] + bits | +| bm bits[0, contd] | bm super[1] + bits | bm bits[1, contd] | +| bm super[2] + bits | bm bits [2, contd] | bm super[3] + bits | +| bm bits [3, contd] | | | + +During "normal" functioning we assume the filesystem ensures that only +one node writes to any given block at a time, so a write request will + + - set the appropriate bit (if not already set) + - commit the write to all mirrors + - schedule the bit to be cleared after a timeout. + +Reads are just handled normally. It is up to the filesystem to ensure +one node doesn't read from a location where another node (or the same +node) is writing. + + +2. DLM Locks for management + +There are three groups of locks for managing the device: + +2.1 Bitmap lock resource (bm_lockres) + + The bm_lockres protects individual node bitmaps. They are named in + the form bitmap000 for node 1, bitmap001 for node 2 and so on. When a + node joins the cluster, it acquires the lock in PW mode and it stays + so during the lifetime the node is part of the cluster. The lock + resource number is based on the slot number returned by the DLM + subsystem. Since DLM starts node count from one and bitmap slots + start from zero, one is subtracted from the DLM slot number to arrive + at the bitmap slot number. + + The LVB of the bitmap lock for a particular node records the range + of sectors that are being re-synced by that node. No other + node may write to those sectors. This is used when a new nodes + joins the cluster. + +2.2 Message passing locks + + Each node has to communicate with other nodes when starting or ending + resync, and for metadata superblock updates. This communication is + managed through three locks: "token", "message", and "ack", together + with the Lock Value Block (LVB) of one of the "message" lock. + +2.3 new-device management + + A single lock: "no-new-dev" is used to co-ordinate the addition of + new devices - this must be synchronized across the array. + Normally all nodes hold a concurrent-read lock on this device. + +3. Communication + + Messages can be broadcast to all nodes, and the sender waits for all + other nodes to acknowledge the message before proceeding. Only one + message can be processed at a time. + +3.1 Message Types + + There are six types of messages which are passed: + + 3.1.1 METADATA_UPDATED: informs other nodes that the metadata has + been updated, and the node must re-read the md superblock. This is + performed synchronously. It is primarily used to signal device + failure. + + 3.1.2 RESYNCING: informs other nodes that a resync is initiated or + ended so that each node may suspend or resume the region. Each + RESYNCING message identifies a range of the devices that the + sending node is about to resync. This overrides any previous + notification from that node: only one ranged can be resynced at a + time per-node. + + 3.1.3 NEWDISK: informs other nodes that a device is being added to + the array. Message contains an identifier for that device. See + below for further details. + + 3.1.4 REMOVE: A failed or spare device is being removed from the + array. The slot-number of the device is included in the message. + + 3.1.5 RE_ADD: A failed device is being re-activated - the assumption + is that it has been determined to be working again. + + 3.1.6 BITMAP_NEEDS_SYNC: if a node is stopped locally but the bitmap + isn't clean, then another node is informed to take the ownership of + resync. + +3.2 Communication mechanism + + The DLM LVB is used to communicate within nodes of the cluster. There + are three resources used for the purpose: + + 3.2.1 token: The resource which protects the entire communication + system. The node having the token resource is allowed to + communicate. + + 3.2.2 message: The lock resource which carries the data to + communicate. + + 3.2.3 ack: The resource, acquiring which means the message has been + acknowledged by all nodes in the cluster. The BAST of the resource + is used to inform the receiving node that a node wants to + communicate. + +The algorithm is: + + 1. receive status - all nodes have concurrent-reader lock on "ack". + + sender receiver receiver + "ack":CR "ack":CR "ack":CR + + 2. sender get EX on "token" + sender get EX on "message" + sender receiver receiver + "token":EX "ack":CR "ack":CR + "message":EX + "ack":CR + + Sender checks that it still needs to send a message. Messages + received or other events that happened while waiting for the + "token" may have made this message inappropriate or redundant. + + 3. sender writes LVB. + sender down-convert "message" from EX to CW + sender try to get EX of "ack" + [ wait until all receivers have *processed* the "message" ] + + [ triggered by bast of "ack" ] + receiver get CR on "message" + receiver read LVB + receiver processes the message + [ wait finish ] + receiver releases "ack" + receiver tries to get PR on "message" + + sender receiver receiver + "token":EX "message":CR "message":CR + "message":CW + "ack":EX + + 4. triggered by grant of EX on "ack" (indicating all receivers + have processed message) + sender down-converts "ack" from EX to CR + sender releases "message" + sender releases "token" + receiver upconvert to PR on "message" + receiver get CR of "ack" + receiver release "message" + + sender receiver receiver + "ack":CR "ack":CR "ack":CR + + +4. Handling Failures + +4.1 Node Failure + + When a node fails, the DLM informs the cluster with the slot + number. The node starts a cluster recovery thread. The cluster + recovery thread: + + - acquires the bitmap<number> lock of the failed node + - opens the bitmap + - reads the bitmap of the failed node + - copies the set bitmap to local node + - cleans the bitmap of the failed node + - releases bitmap<number> lock of the failed node + - initiates resync of the bitmap on the current node + md_check_recovery is invoked within recover_bitmaps, + then md_check_recovery -> metadata_update_start/finish, + it will lock the communication by lock_comm. + Which means when one node is resyncing it blocks all + other nodes from writing anywhere on the array. + + The resync process is the regular md resync. However, in a clustered + environment when a resync is performed, it needs to tell other nodes + of the areas which are suspended. Before a resync starts, the node + send out RESYNCING with the (lo,hi) range of the area which needs to + be suspended. Each node maintains a suspend_list, which contains the + list of ranges which are currently suspended. On receiving RESYNCING, + the node adds the range to the suspend_list. Similarly, when the node + performing resync finishes, it sends RESYNCING with an empty range to + other nodes and other nodes remove the corresponding entry from the + suspend_list. + + A helper function, ->area_resyncing() can be used to check if a + particular I/O range should be suspended or not. + +4.2 Device Failure + + Device failures are handled and communicated with the metadata update + routine. When a node detects a device failure it does not allow + any further writes to that device until the failure has been + acknowledged by all other nodes. + +5. Adding a new Device + + For adding a new device, it is necessary that all nodes "see" the new + device to be added. For this, the following algorithm is used: + + 1. Node 1 issues mdadm --manage /dev/mdX --add /dev/sdYY which issues + ioctl(ADD_NEW_DISK with disc.state set to MD_DISK_CLUSTER_ADD) + 2. Node 1 sends a NEWDISK message with uuid and slot number + 3. Other nodes issue kobject_uevent_env with uuid and slot number + (Steps 4,5 could be a udev rule) + 4. In userspace, the node searches for the disk, perhaps + using blkid -t SUB_UUID="" + 5. Other nodes issue either of the following depending on whether + the disk was found: + ioctl(ADD_NEW_DISK with disc.state set to MD_DISK_CANDIDATE and + disc.number set to slot number) + ioctl(CLUSTERED_DISK_NACK) + 6. Other nodes drop lock on "no-new-devs" (CR) if device is found + 7. Node 1 attempts EX lock on "no-new-dev" + 8. If node 1 gets the lock, it sends METADATA_UPDATED after + unmarking the disk as SpareLocal + 9. If not (get "no-new-dev" lock), it fails the operation and sends + METADATA_UPDATED. + 10. Other nodes get the information whether a disk is added or not + by the following METADATA_UPDATED. + +6. Module interface. + + There are 17 call-backs which the md core can make to the cluster + module. Understanding these can give a good overview of the whole + process. + +6.1 join(nodes) and leave() + + These are called when an array is started with a clustered bitmap, + and when the array is stopped. join() ensures the cluster is + available and initializes the various resources. + Only the first 'nodes' nodes in the cluster can use the array. + +6.2 slot_number() + + Reports the slot number advised by the cluster infrastructure. + Range is from 0 to nodes-1. + +6.3 resync_info_update() + + This updates the resync range that is stored in the bitmap lock. + The starting point is updated as the resync progresses. The + end point is always the end of the array. + It does *not* send a RESYNCING message. + +6.4 resync_start(), resync_finish() + + These are called when resync/recovery/reshape starts or stops. + They update the resyncing range in the bitmap lock and also + send a RESYNCING message. resync_start reports the whole + array as resyncing, resync_finish reports none of it. + + resync_finish() also sends a BITMAP_NEEDS_SYNC message which + allows some other node to take over. + +6.5 metadata_update_start(), metadata_update_finish(), + metadata_update_cancel(). + + metadata_update_start is used to get exclusive access to + the metadata. If a change is still needed once that access is + gained, metadata_update_finish() will send a METADATA_UPDATE + message to all other nodes, otherwise metadata_update_cancel() + can be used to release the lock. + +6.6 area_resyncing() + + This combines two elements of functionality. + + Firstly, it will check if any node is currently resyncing + anything in a given range of sectors. If any resync is found, + then the caller will avoid writing or read-balancing in that + range. + + Secondly, while node recovery is happening it reports that + all areas are resyncing for READ requests. This avoids races + between the cluster-filesystem and the cluster-RAID handling + a node failure. + +6.7 add_new_disk_start(), add_new_disk_finish(), new_disk_ack() + + These are used to manage the new-disk protocol described above. + When a new device is added, add_new_disk_start() is called before + it is bound to the array and, if that succeeds, add_new_disk_finish() + is called the device is fully added. + + When a device is added in acknowledgement to a previous + request, or when the device is declared "unavailable", + new_disk_ack() is called. + +6.8 remove_disk() + + This is called when a spare or failed device is removed from + the array. It causes a REMOVE message to be send to other nodes. + +6.9 gather_bitmaps() + + This sends a RE_ADD message to all other nodes and then + gathers bitmap information from all bitmaps. This combined + bitmap is then used to recovery the re-added device. + +6.10 lock_all_bitmaps() and unlock_all_bitmaps() + + These are called when change bitmap to none. If a node plans + to clear the cluster raid's bitmap, it need to make sure no other + nodes are using the raid which is achieved by lock all bitmap + locks within the cluster, and also those locks are unlocked + accordingly. + +7. Unsupported features + +There are somethings which are not supported by cluster MD yet. + +- change array_sectors. |