Mdstat - file /proc/mdstat

Represents the information in the /proc/mdstat file. Several examples of possible data containe in the file can be found on the MDstat kernel.org wiki page.

In particular, the discussion here will focus on initial extraction of information form lines such as:

Personalities : [raid1] [raid6] [raid5] [raid4]
md1 : active raid1 sdb2[1] sda2[0]
      136448 blocks [2/2] [UU]

md2 : active raid1 sdb3[1] sda3[0]
      129596288 blocks [2/2] [UU]

md3 : active raid5 sdl1[9] sdk1[8] sdj1[7] sdi1[6] sdh1[5] sdg1[4] sdf1[3] sde1[2] sdd1[1] sdc1[0]
      1318680576 blocks level 5, 1024k chunk, algorithm 2 [10/10] [UUUUUUUUUU]

The data contained in mdstat is represented with three top level members - personalities, components and mds.

Examples

>>> mdstat = shared[Mdstat]
>>> mdstat.personalities
['raid1', 'raid6', 'raid5', 'raid4']
>>> len(mdstat.components) # The individual component devices
14
>>> mdstat.components[0]['device_name']
'md1'
>>> sdb2 = mdstat.components[0]
>>> sdb2['component_name']
'sdb2'
>>> sdb2['active']
True
>>> sdb2['raid']
'raid1'
>>> sdb2['role']
1
>>> sdb2['up']
True
>>> sorted(mdstat.mds.keys()) # dictionary of MD devices by device name
['md1', 'md2', 'md3']
>>> mdstat.mds['md1']['active']
True
>>> len(mdstat.mds['md1']['devices']) # list of devices in this MD
2
>>> mdstat.mds['md1']['devices'][0]['component_name'] # device information
'sdb2'
class insights.parsers.mdstat.Mdstat(context, extra_bad_lines=[])[source]

Bases: insights.core.CommandParser

Represents the information in the /proc/mdstat file.

personalities

A list of RAID levels the kernel currently supports

Type

list

components

A list containing a dict of md component device information Each of these dicts contains the following keys

  • device_name : string - name of the array device

  • active : boolean - True if the array is active, False if it is inactive.

  • component_name : string - name of the component device

  • raid : string - with the raid level, e.g., “raid1” for “md1”

  • role : int - raid role number

  • device_flag : str - device component status flag. Known values include ‘F’ (failed device), ‘S’, and ‘W’

  • up : boolean - True if the component device is up

  • auto_read_only : boolean - True if the array device is “auto-read-only”

  • blocks : the number of blocks in the device

  • level : the current RAID level, if found in the status line

  • chunk : the device chunk size, if found in the status line

  • algorithm : the current conflict resolution algorithm, if found in the status line

Type

list of dicts

mds

A dictionary keyed on the MD device name, with the following keys

  • name: Name of the MD device

  • active: Whether the MD device is active

  • raid: The RAID type string

  • devices: a list of the devices in this

  • blocks, level, chunk and algorithm - the same information given above per component device (if found)

Type

dict of dicts

parse_content(content)[source]

This method must be implemented by classes based on this class.

insights.parsers.mdstat.apply_upstring(upstring, component_list)[source]

Update the dictionaries resulting from parse_array_start with the “up” key based on the upstring returned from parse_upstring.

The function assumes that the upstring and component_list parameters passed in are from the same device array stanza of a /proc/mdstat file.

The function modifies component_list in place, adding or updating the value of the “up” key to True if there is a corresponding U in the upstring string, or to False if there is a corresponding _.

If there the number of rows in component_list does not match the number of characters in upstring, an AssertionError is raised.

Parameters

  • upstring (str) -- String sequence of U``s and ``_``s as determined by the ``parse_upstring method

  • component_list (list) -- List of dictionaries output from the parse_array_start method.

insights.parsers.mdstat.parse_array_start(md_line)[source]

Parse the initial line of a device array stanza in /proc/mdstat.

Lines are expected to be like:

md2 : active raid1 sdb3[1] sda3[0]

If they do not have this format, an error will be raised since it would be considered an unexpected parsing error.

Parameters

md_line (str) -- A single line from the start of a device array stanza from a /proc/mdstat file.

Returns

  • A list of dictionaries, one dictionrary for each component

  • device making up the array.

insights.parsers.mdstat.parse_array_status(line, components)[source]

Parse the array status line, e.g.:

1318680576 blocks level 5, 1024k chunk, algorithm 2 [10/10] [UUUUUUUUUU]

This retrieves the following pieces of information:

  • blocks - (int) number of blocks in the whole MD device (always present)

  • level - (int) if found, the present RAID level

  • chunksize - (str) if found, the size of the data chunk in kilobytes

  • algorithm - (int) if found, the current algorithm in use.

Because of the way data is stored per-component and not per-array, this then puts the above keys into each of the component dictionaries in the list we’ve been given.

Sample data:

1250241792 blocks super 1.2 level 5, 64k chunk, algorithm 2 [5/5] [UUUUUU]
1465151808 blocks level 5, 64k chunk, algorithm 2 [4/3] [UUU_]
136448 blocks [2/2] [UU]
6306 blocks super external:imsm<Paste>
insights.parsers.mdstat.parse_personalities(personalities_line)[source]

Parse the “personalities” line of /proc/mdstat.

Lines are expected to be like:

Personalities : [linear] [raid0] [raid1] [raid5] [raid4] [raid6]

If they do not have this format, an error will be raised since it would be considered an unexpected parsing error.

Parameters

personalities_line (str) -- A single “Personalities” line from an /proc/mdstat files.

Returns

Return type

A list of raid “personalities” listed on the line.

insights.parsers.mdstat.parse_upstring(line)[source]

Parse the subsequent lines of a device array stanza in /proc/mdstat for the “up” indictor string.

Lines are expected to be like:

129596288 blocks [2/2] [UU]

or

1318680576 blocks level 5, 1024k chunk, algorithm 2 [10/10] [UUU_UUUUUU]

In particular, this method searchs for the string like [UU] which indicates whether component devices or up, U or down, _.

Parameters

line (str) -- A single line from a device array stanza.

Returns

  • The string containing a series of U and \_ characters if

  • found in the string, and None if the uptime string is not found.