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diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a3bf700 --- /dev/null +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -0,0 +1,306 @@ +Please see git logs for detailed change log. +This file just contains highlight. + +Changes Prior to release 3.3 +- Some array reshapes can proceed without needing backup file. + This is done by changing the 'data_offset' so we never need to write + any data back over where it was before. If there is no "head space" + or "tail space" to allow data_offset to change, the old mechanism + with a backup file can still be used. +- RAID10 arrays can be reshaped to change the number of devices, + change the chunk size, or change the layout between 'near' + and 'offset'. + This will always change data_offset, and will fail if there is no + room for data_offset to be moved. +- "--assemble --update=metadata" can convert a 0.90 array to a 1.0 array. +- bad-block-logs are supported (but not heavily tested yet) +- "--assemble --update=revert-reshape" can be used to undo a reshape + that has just been started but isn't really wanted. This is very + new and while it passes basic tests it cannot be guaranteed. +- improved locking between --incremental and --assemble +- uses systemd to run "mdmon" if systemd is configured to do that. +- kernel names of md devices can be non-numeric. e.g. "md_home" rather than + "md0". This will probably confuse lots of other tools, so you need to + echo CREATE names=yes >> /etc/mdadm.conf + or the feature will not be used. (you also need a reasonably new kernel). +- "--stop" can be given a kernel name instead of a device name. i.e + mdadm --stop md4 + will work even if /dev/md4 doesn't exist. +- "--detail --export" has some information about the devices in the array +- --dump and --restore can be used to backup and restore the metadata on an + array. +- Hot-replace is supported with + mdadm /dev/mdX --replace /dev/foo + and + mdadm /dev/mdX --replace /dev/foo --with /dev/bar +- Config file can be a directory in which case all "*.conf" files are + read in lexical order. + Default is to read /etc/mdadm.conf and then /etc/mdadm.conf.d + Thus + echo CREATE name=yes > /etc/mdadm.conf.d/names.conf + will also enable the use of named md devices. + +- Lots of improvements to DDF support including adding support for + RAID10 (thanks Martin Wilck). + +Changes Prior to release 3.2.6 + - There are no real stand-out fixes, just lots of little bits and pieces. + +Changes Prior to release 3.2.5 + - This release primarily fixes a serious regression in 3.2.4. + This regression does *not* cause any risk to data. It simply + means that adding a device with "--add" would sometime fail + when it should not. + + - The fix also includes a couple of minor fixes such as making + the "--layout=preserve" option to "--grow" work again. + + +Changes Prior to release 3.2.4 +"--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. + +Changes Prior to release 3.2.3 + - The largest single area of change is support for reshape of Intel + IMSM arrays (OnLine Capacity Explansion and Level Migration). + - Among other fixes, this now has a better chance of surviving if a + device fails during reshape. + +Changes Prior to release 3.2.2 + - reshaping IMSM (Intel metadata) arrays is no longer 'experimental', + it should work properly and be largely compatible with IMSM drivers in + other platforms. + - --assume-clean can be used with --grow --size to avoid resyncing the + new part of the array. This is only support with very new kernels. + - RAID0 arrays can have chunksize which is not a power of 2. This has been + supported in the kernel for a while but is only now supprted by + mdadm. + + - A new tool 'raid6check' is available which can check a RAID6 array, + or part of it, and report which device is most inconsistent with the + others if any stripe is inconsistent. This is still under development + and does not have a man page yet. If anyone tries it out and has any + questions or experience to report, they would be most welcome on + linux-raid@vger.kernel.org. + +Changes Prior to release 3.2.1 + - policy framework + Policy can be expressed for moving spare devices between arrays, and + for how to handle hot-plugged devices. This policy can be different + for devices plugged in to different controllers etc. + This, for example, allows a configuration where when a device is plugged + in it is immediately included in an md array as a hot spare and + possibly starts recovery immediately if an array is degraded. + + - some understanding of mbr and gpt paritition tables + This is primarly to support the new hot-plug support. If a + device is plugged in and policy suggests it should have a partition table, + the partition table will be copied from a suitably similar device, and + then the partitions will hot-plug and can then be added to md arrays. + + - "--incremental --remove" can remember where a device was removed from + so if a device gets plugged back in the same place, special policy applies + to it, allowing it to be included in an array even if a general hotplug + will not be included. + + - enhanced reshape options, including growing a RAID0 by converting to RAID4, + restriping, and converting back. Also convertions between RAID0 and + RAID10 and between RAID1 and RAID10 are possible (with a suitably recent + kernel). + + - spare migration for IMSM arrays. + Spare migration can now work across 'containers' using non-native metadata + and specifically Intel's IMSM arrays support spare migrations. + + - OLCE and level migration for Intel IMSM arrays. + OnLine Capacity Expansion and level migration (e.g. RAID0 -> RAID5) is + supported for Intel Matrix Storage Manager arrays. + This support is currently 'experimental' for technical reasons. It can + be enabled with "export MDADM_EXPERIMENTAL=1" + + - avoid including wayward devices + If you split a RAID1, mount the two halves as two separate degraded RAID1s, + and then later bring the two back together, it is possible that the md + metadata won't properly show that one must over-ride the other. + mdadm now does extra checking to detect this possibilty and avoid + potentially corrupting data. + + - remove any possible confusion between similar options. + e.g. --brief and --bitmap were mapped to 'b' and mdadm wouldn't + notice if one was used where the other was expected. + + - allow K,M,G suffixes on chunk sizes + +Changes Prior to release 3.2 + - By far the most significant change in this release related to the + management of reshaping arrays. This code has been substantially + re-written so that it can work with 'externally managed metadata' - + Intel's IMSM in particular. We now support level migration and + OnLine Capacity Expansion on these arrays. + - Policy framework. + Various policy statements can be made in the mdadm.conf to guide + the behaviour of mdadm, particular with regards to how new devices + are treated by "mdadm -I". + Depending on the 'action' associated with a device (identified by + its 'path') such need devices can be automatically re-added to and + existing array that they previously fell out off, or automatically + added as a spare if they appear to contain no data. + + - mdadm now has a limited understanding of partition tables. This + allows the policy framework to make decisions about partitioned + devices as well. + + - --incremental --remove can be told what --path the device was on, + and this info will be recorded so that another device appearing at + the same physical location can be preferentially added to the same + array (provides the spare-same-slot action policy applied to the + path). + + - A new flags "--invalid-backup" flag is available in --assemble + mode. This can be used to re-assemble an array which was stopping + in the middle of a reshape, and for which the 'backup file' is no + longer available or is corrupted. The array may have some + corruption in it at the point where reshape was up to, but at least + the rest of the array will become available. + + + - Various internal restructuring - more is needed. + +Changes Prior to release 3.1.5 + - Fixes for v1.x metadata on big-endian machines. + - man page improvements + - Improve '--detail --export' when run on partitions of an md array. + - Fix regression with removing 'failed' or 'detached' devices. + - Fixes for "--assemble --force" in various unusual cases. + - Allow '-Y' to mean --export. This was documented but not implemented. + - Various fixed for handling 'ddf' metadata. This is now more reliable + but could benefit from more interoperability testing. + - Correctly list subarrays of a container in "--detail" output. + - Improve checks on whether the requested number of devices is supported + by the metadata - both for --create and --grow. + - Don't remove partitions from a device that is being included in an + array until we are fully committed to including it. + - Allow "--assemble --update=no-bitmap" so an array with a corrupt + bitmap can still be assembled. + - Don't allow --add to succeed if it looks like a "--re-add" is probably + wanted, but cannot succeed. This avoids inadvertently turning + devices into spares when an array is failed. + +Changes Prior to release 3.1.4 + Two fixes related to configs that aren't using udev: + - Don't remove md devices which 'standard' names on --stop + - Allow dev_open to work on read-only /dev + And fixed regressions: + - Allow --incremental to add spares to an array + - Accept --no-degraded as a deprecated option rather than + throwing an error + - Return correct success status when --incrmental assembling + a container which does not yet have enough devices. + - Don't link mdadm with pthreads, only mdmon needs it. + - Fix compiler warning due to bad use of snprintf + +Changes Prior to release 3.1.3 + - mapfile now lives in a fixed location which default to + /dev/.mdadm/map but can be changed at compile time. This + location is choses and most distros provide it during early + boot and preserve it through. As long a /dev exists and is + writable, /dev/.mdadm will be created. + Other files file communication with mdmon live here too. + This fixes a bug reported by Debian and Gentoo users where + udev would spin in early-boot. + - IMSM and DDF metadata will not be recognised on partitions + as they should only be used on whole-disks. + - Various overflows causes by 2G drives have been addressed. + - A subarray of an IMSM contain can now be killed with + --kill-subarray. Also subarrays can be renamed with + --update-subarray + - -If (or --incremental --fail) can be used from udev to + fail and remove from all arrays a device which has been + unplugged from the system. i.e. hot-unplug-support. + - "mdadm /dev/mdX --re-add missing" will look for any device + that looks like it should be a member of /dev/mdX but isn't + and will automatically --re-add it + - Now compile with -Wextra to get extra warnings. + - Lots of minor bug fixes, documentation improvements, etcc + +Changes Prior to release 3.1.2 + - The default metadata has change again (sorry about that). + It is now v1.2 and will hopefully stay that way. It turned + out there with boot-block issues with v1.1 which make it + unsuitable for a default, though in many cases it is still + suitable to use. + - Stopping a container is not permitted when members are still + active + - Add 'homehost' to the valid words for the "AUTO" config file + line. When followed by "-all", this causes mdadm to + auto-assemble any array belonging to this host, but not + auto-assemble anything else. + - Fix some bugs with "--grow --chunksize=" for changing chunksize. + - VAR_RUN can be easily changed at compile time just like ALT_RUN. + This gives distros more flexability in how to manage the + pid and sock files that mdmon needs. + - Various mdmon fixes + - Alway make bitmap 4K-aligned if at all possible. + - If mdadm.conf lists arrays which have inter-dependencies, + the previously had to be listed in the "right" order. Now + any order should work. + - Fix --force assembly of v1.x arrays which are in the process + of recovering. + - Add section on 'scrubbing' to 'md' man page. + - Various command-line-option parsing improvements. + - ... and lots of other bug fixes. + +Changes Prior to release 3.1.1 + - Multiple fixes for new --grow levels including fixes for + serious data corruption problems. + - Change default metadata to v1.1 + - Change default chunk size to 512K + - Change default bitmap chunk size to 64Meg + - When --re-add is used, don't fall back to + --add if --re-add fails as this can destroy data. + +Changes Prior to release 3.1 + - Support --grow to change the layout of RAID4/5/6 + - Support --grow to change the chunksize of raid 4/5/6 + - Support --grow to change level from RAID1 -> RAID5 -> RAID6 and + back. + - Support --grow to reduce the number of devices in RAID4/5/6. + - Support restart of these grow options which assembling an array + which is partially grown. + - Assorted tests of this code, and of different RAID6 layouts. + +Changes Prior to release 3.0.3 + - Improvements for creating arrays giving just a name, like 'foo', + rather than the full '/dev/md/foo'. + - Improvements for assembling member arrays of containers. + - Improvements to test suite + - Add option to change increment for RebuildNN messages reported + by "mdadm --monitor" + - Improvements to mdmon 'hand-over' from initrd to final root. + - Handle merging of devices that have left an IMSM array and are + being re-incorporated. + - Add missing space in "--detail --brief" output. + +Changes Prior to release 3.0.2 + - Fix crash when hosthost is not set, as often happens in + early boot. + +Changes Prior to release 3.0.1 + - Fix various segfaults + - Fixed for --examine with containers + - Lots of other little fixes. + +Changes Prior to release 3.0 + - Support for externally managed metadata, specifically DDF and IMSM. + - Depend on udev to create entries in /dev, rather than creating them + ourselves. + - remove --auto-update-home-hosts + - new config file line "auto" + - new "<ignore>" and "any" options for "homehost" + - numerous bug fixes and minor enhancements. |