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diff --git a/drivers/md/Kconfig b/drivers/md/Kconfig index ac43f98062fd..fd2aae150ccc 100644 --- a/drivers/md/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/md/Kconfig @@ -127,6 +127,32 @@ config MD_RAID5 If unsure, say Y. +config MD_RAID5_RESHAPE + bool "Support adding drives to a raid-5 array (experimental)" + depends on MD_RAID5 && EXPERIMENTAL + ---help--- + A RAID-5 set can be expanded by adding extra drives. This + requires "restriping" the array which means (almost) every + block must be written to a different place. + + This option allows such restriping to be done while the array + is online. However it is still EXPERIMENTAL code. It should + work, but please be sure that you have backups. + + You will need a version of mdadm newer than 2.3.1. During the + early stage of reshape there is a critical section where live data + is being over-written. A crash during this time needs extra care + for recovery. The newer mdadm takes a copy of the data in the + critical section and will restore it, if necessary, after a crash. + + The mdadm usage is e.g. + mdadm --grow /dev/md1 --raid-disks=6 + to grow '/dev/md1' to having 6 disks. + + Note: The array can only be expanded, not contracted. + There should be enough spares already present to make the new + array workable. + config MD_RAID6 tristate "RAID-6 mode" depends on BLK_DEV_MD |