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-rw-r--r--drivers/md/raid5.c21
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index 2b521ee67df..b8a22a2205c 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -4509,7 +4509,26 @@ static int run(mddev_t *mddev)
(old_disks-max_degraded));
/* here_old is the first stripe that we might need to read
* from */
- if (here_new >= here_old) {
+ if (mddev->delta_disks == 0) {
+ /* We cannot be sure it is safe to start an in-place
+ * reshape. It is only safe if user-space if monitoring
+ * and taking constant backups.
+ * mdadm always starts a situation like this in
+ * readonly mode so it can take control before
+ * allowing any writes. So just check for that.
+ */
+ if ((here_new * mddev->new_chunk_sectors !=
+ here_old * mddev->chunk_sectors) ||
+ mddev->ro == 0) {
+ printk(KERN_ERR "raid5: in-place reshape must be started"
+ " in read-only mode - aborting\n");
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+ } else if (mddev->delta_disks < 0
+ ? (here_new * mddev->new_chunk_sectors <=
+ here_old * mddev->chunk_sectors)
+ : (here_new * mddev->new_chunk_sectors >=
+ here_old * mddev->chunk_sectors)) {
/* Reading from the same stripe as writing to - bad */
printk(KERN_ERR "raid5: reshape_position too early for "
"auto-recovery - aborting.\n");