diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c index 774f81423d780..2332b5ced0dd0 100644 --- a/drivers/md/raid5.c +++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c @@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ #include "raid0.h" #include "bitmap.h" +static bool devices_handle_discard_safely = false; +module_param(devices_handle_discard_safely, bool, 0644); +MODULE_PARM_DESC(devices_handle_discard_safely, + "Set to Y if all devices in each array reliably return zeroes on reads from discarded regions"); /* * Stripe cache */ @@ -5611,7 +5615,7 @@ static int run(struct mddev *mddev) mddev->queue->limits.discard_granularity = stripe; /* * unaligned part of discard request will be ignored, so can't - * guarantee discard_zerors_data + * guarantee discard_zeroes_data */ mddev->queue->limits.discard_zeroes_data = 0; @@ -5636,6 +5640,18 @@ static int run(struct mddev *mddev) !bdev_get_queue(rdev->bdev)-> limits.discard_zeroes_data) discard_supported = false; + /* Unfortunately, discard_zeroes_data is not currently + * a guarantee - just a hint. So we only allow DISCARD + * if the sysadmin has confirmed that only safe devices + * are in use by setting a module parameter. + */ + if (!devices_handle_discard_safely) { + if (discard_supported) { + pr_info("md/raid456: discard support disabled due to uncertainty.\n"); + pr_info("Set raid456.devices_handle_discard_safely=Y to override.\n"); + } + discard_supported = false; + } } if (discard_supported &&