Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Neil Brown <> | Date | Wed, 6 Nov 2002 06:36:58 +1100 | Subject | Re: Reconfiguring one SW-RAID when other RAIDs are running |
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On Monday November 4, hpa@zytor.com wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm trying to re-create a RAID while leaving the other RAIDs -- > including the root filesystem -- running, but mkraid refuses to run: > > hera 1 # mkraid /dev/md2 > /dev/md0: array is active -- run raidstop first. > mkraid: aborted. > (In addition to the above messages, see the syslog and /proc/mdstat as well > for potential clues.)
My guess is that the following patch would fix it, but I haven't tested it.
NeilBrown
--- mkraid.c 2002/11/05 19:34:57 1.1 +++ mkraid.c 2002/11/05 19:35:29 @@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[]) while (*args) { for (p = cfg_head; p; p = p->next) { if (strcmp(p->md_name, *args)) continue; - if (check_active(cfg)) + if (check_active(p)) goto abort; if (force_flag) { fprintf(stderr, "DESTROYING the contents of %s in 5 seconds, Ctrl-C if unsure!\n", *args); - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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