These patches are tested to be working fine. Function call chain __btrfs_map_block()->find_live_mirror() uses thread pid to determine the %mirror_num when the mirror_num=0.
This patch introduces a framework so that we can add policies to determine the %mirror_num. And adds the devid as the readmirror policy. The property is stored as an extented attributes of root inode (BTRFS_FS_TREE_OBJECTID). User provided devid list is validated against the fs_devices::dev_list. For example: Usage: btrfs property set <mnt> readmirror devid<n>[,<m>...] btrfs property set <mnt> readmirror "" mkfs.btrfs -fq -draid1 -mraid1 /dev/sd[b-d] && mount /dev/sdb /btrfs btrfs prop set /btrfs readmirror devid1,2 btrfs prop get /btrfs readmirror readmirror=devid1,2 getfattr -n btrfs.readmirror --absolute-names /btrfs btrfs.readmirror="devid1,2" btrfs prop set /btrfs readmirror "" getfattr -n btrfs.readmirror --absolute-names /btrfs /btrfs: btrfs.readmirror: No such attribute btrfs prop get /btrfs readmirror RFC->v1: Drops pid as one of the readmirror policy choices and as usual remains as default. And when the devid is reset the readmirror policy falls back to pid. Drops the mount -o readmirror idea, it can be added at a later point of time. Property now accepts more than 1 devid as readmirror device. As shown in the example above. Anand Jain (3): btrfs: add inode pointer to prop_handler::validate() btrfs: add readmirror property framework btrfs: add readmirror devid property fs/btrfs/props.c | 120 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- fs/btrfs/props.h | 4 +- fs/btrfs/volumes.c | 25 +++++++++- fs/btrfs/volumes.h | 8 +++ fs/btrfs/xattr.c | 2 +- 5 files changed, 150 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) -- 2.20.1 (Apple Git-117)