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-rw-r--r--drivers/md/raid5.c15
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index 9716319cc477..77dfd720aaa0 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -4632,8 +4632,12 @@ static int raid5_mergeable_bvec(struct mddev *mddev,
unsigned int chunk_sectors = mddev->chunk_sectors;
unsigned int bio_sectors = bvm->bi_size >> 9;
- if ((bvm->bi_rw & 1) == WRITE)
- return biovec->bv_len; /* always allow writes to be mergeable */
+ /*
+ * always allow writes to be mergeable, read as well if array
+ * is degraded as we'll go through stripe cache anyway.
+ */
+ if ((bvm->bi_rw & 1) == WRITE || mddev->degraded)
+ return biovec->bv_len;
if (mddev->new_chunk_sectors < mddev->chunk_sectors)
chunk_sectors = mddev->new_chunk_sectors;
@@ -5110,7 +5114,12 @@ static void make_request(struct mddev *mddev, struct bio * bi)
md_write_start(mddev, bi);
- if (rw == READ &&
+ /*
+ * If array is degraded, better not do chunk aligned read because
+ * later we might have to read it again in order to reconstruct
+ * data on failed drives.
+ */
+ if (rw == READ && mddev->degraded == 0 &&
mddev->reshape_position == MaxSector &&
chunk_aligned_read(mddev,bi))
return;