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-rw-r--r--drivers/md/md-bitmap.c19
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/md/md-bitmap.c b/drivers/md/md-bitmap.c
index e29c6298ef5c..bfd6026d7809 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md-bitmap.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md-bitmap.c
@@ -2469,11 +2469,30 @@ backlog_store(struct mddev *mddev, const char *buf, size_t len)
{
unsigned long backlog;
unsigned long old_mwb = mddev->bitmap_info.max_write_behind;
+ struct md_rdev *rdev;
+ bool has_write_mostly = false;
int rv = kstrtoul(buf, 10, &backlog);
if (rv)
return rv;
if (backlog > COUNTER_MAX)
return -EINVAL;
+
+ /*
+ * Without write mostly device, it doesn't make sense to set
+ * backlog for max_write_behind.
+ */
+ rdev_for_each(rdev, mddev) {
+ if (test_bit(WriteMostly, &rdev->flags)) {
+ has_write_mostly = true;
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+ if (!has_write_mostly) {
+ pr_warn_ratelimited("%s: can't set backlog, no write mostly device available\n",
+ mdname(mddev));
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
mddev->bitmap_info.max_write_behind = backlog;
if (!backlog && mddev->serial_info_pool) {
/* serial_info_pool is not needed if backlog is zero */