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diff --git a/ANNOUNCE-3.2.4 b/ANNOUNCE-3.2.4 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e321678 --- /dev/null +++ b/ANNOUNCE-3.2.4 @@ -0,0 +1,144 @@ +Subject: ANNOUNCE: mdadm 3.2.4 - A tool for managing Soft RAID under Linux + +I am pleased to announce the availability of + mdadm version 3.2.4 + +It is available at the usual places, now including github: + countrycode=xx. + http://www.${countrycode}kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/raid/mdadm/ +and via git at + git://github.com/neilbrown/mdadm + git://neil.brown.name/mdadm + http://neil.brown.name/git/mdadm + +This release is largely a bugfix release for the 3.2 series with many +minor fixes with little or no impact. + +"--oneline" log of changes is below. Some notable ones are: + + - --offroot argument to improve interactions between mdmon and initrd + - --prefer argument to select which /dev names to display in some + circumstances. + - relax restructions on when "--add" will be allowed + - Fix bug with adding write-intent-bitmap to active array + - Now defaults to "/run/mdadm" for storing run-time files. + +Upgrading is encouraged. + +The next mdadm release is expected to be 3.3 with a number of new +features. + +NeilBrown 9th May 2012 + +77b3ac8 monitor: make return from read_and_act more symbolic. +68226a8 monitor: ensure we retry soon when 'remove' fails. +8453f8d fix: Monitor sometimes crashes +90fa1a2 Work around gcc-4.7's strict aliasing checks +0c4304c fix: container creation with --incremental used. +5d1c7cd FIX: External metadata sometimes is not updated +3c20f98 FIX: mdmon check in reshape_container() can cause a problem +59ab9f5 FIX: Typo error in fprint command +9587c37 imsm: load_super_imsm_all function refactoring +ec50f7b imsm: load_imsm_super_all supports loading metadata from the device list +ca9de18 imsm: validate the number of imsm volumes per controller +30602f5 imsm: display fd in error trace when when store_imsm_mpb failes +eb155f6 mdmon: Use getopt_long() to parse command line options +08ca2ad Add --offroot argument to mdadm +da82751 Add --offroot argument to mdmon +a0963a8 Spawn mdmon with --offroot if mdadm was launched with --offroot +f878b24 imsm: fix, the second array need to have the whole available space on devices +d597705 getinfo_super1: Use MaxSector in place of sb->size +6ef8905 super1: make aread/awrite always use an aligned buffer. +de5a472 Remove avail_disks arg from 'enough'. +da8fe5a Assemble: fix --force assemble during reshape. +b10c663 config: fix handing of 'homehost' in AUTO line. +92d49ec FIX: NULL pointer to strdup() can be passed +d2bde6d imsm: FIX: No new missing disks are allowed during general migration +111e9fd FIX: Array is not run when expansion disks are added +bf5cf7c imsm: FIX: imsm_get_allowed_degradation() doesn't count degradation for raid1 +50927b1 Fix: Sometimes mdmon throws core dump during reshape +78340e2 Flush mdmon before next reshape step during container operation +e174219 imsm: FIX: Chunk size migration problem +f93346e FIX: use md position to reshape restart +6a75c8c imsm: FIX: use md position to reshape restart +51d83f5 imsm: FIX: Clear migration record when migration switches to next volume. +e1dd332 FIX: restart reshape when reshape process is stopped just between 2 reshapes +1ca90aa FIX: Do not try to (continue) reshape using inactive array +9f1b0f0 config: conf_match should ignore devname when not set. +d669228 Use posix_memalign() for memory used to write bitmaps +178950e FIX: Changes in '0' case for reshape position verification +9200d41 avoid double-free upon "old buggy kernel" sysfs_read failure +4011421 Print error message if failing to write super for 1.x metadata +0011874 Use MDMON_DIR for pid files created in Monitor.c +56d1885 Assemble: don't use O_EXCL until we have checked device content. +b720636 Assemble: support assembling of a RAID0 being reshaped. +c69ffac Manage: allow --re-add to failed array. +52f07f5 Reset bad flag on map update +911cead super1: support superblocks up to 4K. +ad6db3c Create: reduce the verbosity of 'default_layout'. +b2bfdfa super1.c don't keep recalculating bitmap pointer +4122675 Define and use SUPER1_SIZE for allocations +1afa930 init_super1() memset full buffer allocated for superblock +2de0b8a match_metadata_desc1(): Use calloc instead of malloc+memset +3c0bcd4 Use 4K buffer alignment for superblock allocations +308340a Use struct align_fd to cache fd's block size for aligned reads/writes +65ed615 match_metadata_desc0(): Use calloc instead of malloc+memset +de89706 Generalize ROUND_UP() macro and introduce matching ROUND_UP_PTR() +0a2f189 super1.c: use ROUND_UP/ROUND_UP_PTR +654a381 super-intel.c: Use ROUND_UP() instead of manually coding it +42d5dfd __write_init_super_ddf(): Use posix_memalign() instead of static aligned buffer +d4633e0 Examine: fix array size calculation for RAID10. +e62b778 Assemble: improve verbose logging when including old devices. +0073a6e Remove possible crash during RAID6 -> RAID5 reshape. +69fe207 Incremental: fix adding devices with --incremental +bcbb311 Manage: replace 'return 1' with 'goto abort'. +9f58469 Manage: freeze recovery while adding multiple devices. +ae6c05a Create: round off size for RAID1 arrays. +5ca3a90 Grow: print useful error when converting RAID1->RAID5 will fail. +c07d640 Fix tests/05r1-re-add-nosupper +2d762ad Fix the new ROUND_UP macro. +fd324b0 sysfs: fixed sysfs_freeze_array array to work properly with Manage_subdevs. +5551b11 imsm: avoid overflows for disks over 1TB +97f81ee clear hi bits if not used after loading metadata from disk +e03640b simplify calculating array_blocks +29cd082 show 2TB volumes/disks support in --detail-platform +2cc699a check volume size in validate_geometry_imsm_orom +9126b9a check that no disk over 2TB is used to create container when no support +027c374 imsm: set 2tb disk attribute for spare +3556c2f Fix typo: wan -> want +15632a9 parse_size: distinguish between 0 and error. +fbdef49 Bitmap_offset is a signed number +508a7f1 super1: leave more space in front of data by default. +40110b9 Fix two typos in fprintf messages +342460c mdadm man page: fix typo +0e7f69a imsm: display maximum volumes per controller and array +36fd8cc imsm: FIX: Update function imsm_num_data_members() for Raid1/10 +7abc987 imsm: FIX: Add volume size expand support to imsm_analyze_change() +f3871fd imsm: Add new metadata update for volume size expansion +54397ed imsm: Execute size change for external metatdata +016e00f FIX: Support metadata changes rollback +fbf3d20 imsm: FIX: Support metadata changes rollback +44f6f18 FIX: Extend size of raid0 array +7e7e9a4 FIX: Respect metadata size limitations +65a9798 FIX: Detect error and rollback metadata +13bcac9 imsm: Add function imsm_get_free_size() +b130333 imsm: Support setting max size for size change operation +c41e00b imsm: FIX: Component size alignment check +58d26a2 FIX: Size change is possible as standalone change only +4aecb54 FIX: Assembled second array is in read only state during reshape +ae2416e FIX: resolve make everything compilation error +480f356 Raid limit of 1024 when scanning for devices. +c2ecf5f Add --prefer option for --detail and --monitor +0a99975 Relax restrictions on when --add is permitted. +7ce0570 imsm: fix: rebuild does not continue after reboot +b51702b fix: correct extending size of raid0 array +34a1395 Fix sign extension of bitmap_offset in super1.c +012a864 Introduce sysfs_set_num_signed() and use it to set bitmap/offset +5d7b407 imsm: fix: thunderdome may drop 2tb attribute +5ffdc2d Update test for "is udev active". +96fd06e Adjust to new standard of /run +974e039 test: don't worry too much about array size. +b0a658f Grow: failing the set the per-device size is not an error. +36614e9 super-intel.c: Don't try to close negative fd +562aa10 super-intel.c: Fix resource leak from opendir() + |