dm snapshot: permit invalid activation
Allow invalid snapshots to be activated instead of failing.
This allows userspace to reinstate any given snapshot state - for
example after an unscheduled reboot - and clean up the invalid snapshot
at its leisure.
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Milan Broz <mbroz@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-snap.c b/drivers/md/dm-snap.c
index 1da4122..854891d 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-snap.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-snap.c
@@ -523,9 +523,12 @@
/* Metadata must only be loaded into one table at once */
r = s->store.read_metadata(&s->store);
- if (r) {
+ if (r < 0) {
ti->error = "Failed to read snapshot metadata";
goto bad6;
+ } else if (r > 0) {
+ s->valid = 0;
+ DMWARN("Snapshot is marked invalid.");
}
bio_list_init(&s->queued_bios);