dm vdo: add repair of damaged vdo volumes
authorMatthew Sakai <msakai@redhat.com>
Fri, 17 Nov 2023 02:08:05 +0000 (21:08 -0500)
committerMike Snitzer <snitzer@kernel.org>
Tue, 20 Feb 2024 18:43:15 +0000 (13:43 -0500)
commit4fa98386be2ff32f18b939d3bf5f6841d638fccd
tree159d34e2465e7f1cd7e8a6d6a9dc8d4e389ef4e8
parent95a72357688803736bf60db973cbf94c0ff3a6da
dm vdo: add repair of damaged vdo volumes

When a vdo is restarted after a crash, it will automatically attempt to
recover from its journals.

If a vdo encounters an unrecoverable error, it will enter read-only mode.
This mode indicates that some previously acknowledged data may have been
lost. The vdo may be instructed to rebuild as best it can in order to
return to a writable state. Although some data may be lost, this process
will ensure that the vdo's own metadata is self-consistent.

Co-developed-by: J. corwin Coburn <corwin@hurlbutnet.net>
Signed-off-by: J. corwin Coburn <corwin@hurlbutnet.net>
Co-developed-by: Michael Sclafani <dm-devel@lists.linux.dev>
Signed-off-by: Michael Sclafani <dm-devel@lists.linux.dev>
Co-developed-by: Sweet Tea Dorminy <sweettea-kernel@dorminy.me>
Signed-off-by: Sweet Tea Dorminy <sweettea-kernel@dorminy.me>
Signed-off-by: Matthew Sakai <msakai@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@kernel.org>
drivers/md/dm-vdo/repair.c [new file with mode: 0644]
drivers/md/dm-vdo/repair.h [new file with mode: 0644]