[PATCH] md: the scheduled removal of the START_ARRAY ioctl for md

This patch contains the scheduled removal of the START_ARRAY ioctl for md.

Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
index 57e72e63df0983187c1732acf9d91582edab857f..b98f01fc14bf8e8e2f1f8b1fe2e07139f0ed32a9 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -122,15 +122,6 @@ Who:    Arjan van de Ven
 
 ---------------------------
 
-What:  START_ARRAY ioctl for md
-When:  July 2006
-Files: drivers/md/md.c
-Why:   Not reliable by design - can fail when most needed.
-       Alternatives exist
-Who:   NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
-
----------------------------
-
 What:   eepro100 network driver
 When:   January 2007
 Why:    replaced by the e100 driver

diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 8dbab2ef38857f1f0cff938701869e3b067d7b44..3af6f1f06020324c4287f4a7093804662411e011 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -3440,67 +3440,6 @@ static void autorun_devices(int part)
        printk(KERN_INFO "md: ... autorun DONE.\n");
 }
 
-/*
- * import RAID devices based on one partition
- * if possible, the array gets run as well.
- */
-
-static int autostart_array(dev_t startdev)
-{
-       char b[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
-       int err = -EINVAL, i;
-       mdp_super_t *sb = NULL;
-       mdk_rdev_t *start_rdev = NULL, *rdev;
-
-       start_rdev = md_import_device(startdev, 0, 0);
-       if (IS_ERR(start_rdev))
-               return err;
-
-
-       /* NOTE: this can only work for 0.90.0 superblocks */
-       sb = (mdp_super_t*)page_address(start_rdev->sb_page);
-       if (sb->major_version != 0 ||
-           sb->minor_version != 90 ) {
-               printk(KERN_WARNING "md: can only autostart 0.90.0 arrays\n");
-               export_rdev(start_rdev);
-               return err;
-       }
-
-       if (test_bit(Faulty, &start_rdev->flags)) {
-               printk(KERN_WARNING 
-                       "md: can not autostart based on faulty %s!\n",
-                       bdevname(start_rdev->bdev,b));
-               export_rdev(start_rdev);
-               return err;
-       }
-       list_add(&start_rdev->same_set, &pending_raid_disks);
-
-       for (i = 0; i < MD_SB_DISKS; i++) {
-               mdp_disk_t *desc = sb->disks + i;
-               dev_t dev = MKDEV(desc->major, desc->minor);
-
-               if (!dev)
-                       continue;
-               if (dev == startdev)
-                       continue;
-               if (MAJOR(dev) != desc->major || MINOR(dev) != desc->minor)
-                       continue;
-               rdev = md_import_device(dev, 0, 0);
-               if (IS_ERR(rdev))
-                       continue;
-
-               list_add(&rdev->same_set, &pending_raid_disks);
-       }
-
-       /*
-        * possibly return codes
-        */
-       autorun_devices(0);
-       return 0;
-
-}
-
-
 static int get_version(void __user * arg)
 {
        mdu_version_t ver;
@@ -4259,27 +4198,6 @@ static int md_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
                goto abort;
        }
 
-
-       if (cmd == START_ARRAY) {
-               /* START_ARRAY doesn't need to lock the array as autostart_array
-                * does the locking, and it could even be a different array
-                */
-               static int cnt = 3;
-               if (cnt > 0 ) {
-                       printk(KERN_WARNING
-                              "md: %s(pid %d) used deprecated START_ARRAY ioctl. "
-                              "This will not be supported beyond July 2006\n",
-                              current->comm, current->pid);
-                       cnt--;
-               }
-               err = autostart_array(new_decode_dev(arg));
-               if (err) {
-                       printk(KERN_WARNING "md: autostart failed!\n");
-                       goto abort;
-               }
-               goto done;
-       }
-
        err = mddev_lock(mddev);
        if (err) {
                printk(KERN_INFO 

diff --git a/include/linux/compat_ioctl.h b/include/linux/compat_ioctl.h
index d5b7abc4f409c34ea3e2af5a79369c1e52d7ede0..fad3957728a2b30b6390848d2c6dc619a3b280aa 100644 (file)
--- a/include/linux/compat_ioctl.h
+++ b/include/linux/compat_ioctl.h
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ COMPATIBLE_IOCTL(PROTECT_ARRAY)
 ULONG_IOCTL(HOT_ADD_DISK)
 ULONG_IOCTL(SET_DISK_FAULTY)
 COMPATIBLE_IOCTL(RUN_ARRAY)
-ULONG_IOCTL(START_ARRAY)
 COMPATIBLE_IOCTL(STOP_ARRAY)
 COMPATIBLE_IOCTL(STOP_ARRAY_RO)
 COMPATIBLE_IOCTL(RESTART_ARRAY_RW)

diff --git a/include/linux/raid/md_u.h b/include/linux/raid/md_u.h
index 81da20ccec4dadeab0dd13da2ac94b7e7f48243e..7192035fc4b0680094f3c4f0c2780a79c20dfd1b 100644 (file)
--- a/include/linux/raid/md_u.h
+++ b/include/linux/raid/md_u.h
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 
 /* usage */
 #define RUN_ARRAY              _IOW (MD_MAJOR, 0x30, mdu_param_t)
-#define START_ARRAY            _IO (MD_MAJOR, 0x31)
+/*  0x31 was START_ARRAY  */
 #define STOP_ARRAY             _IO (MD_MAJOR, 0x32)
 #define STOP_ARRAY_RO          _IO (MD_MAJOR, 0x33)
 #define RESTART_ARRAY_RW       _IO (MD_MAJOR, 0x34)