We cannot de-reference rdev->sb if rdev->faulty.... ----------- Diffstat output ------------ ./drivers/md/md.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff ./drivers/md/md.c~current~ ./drivers/md/md.c --- ./drivers/md/md.c~current~ 2003-03-12 11:54:51.000000000 +1100 +++ ./drivers/md/md.c 2003-03-12 11:54:51.000000000 +1100 @@ -1048,7 +1048,7 @@ repeat: printk("(skipping faulty "); if (rdev->alias_device) printk("(skipping alias "); - if (disk_faulty(&rdev->sb->this_disk)) { + if (!rdev->faulty && disk_faulty(&rdev->sb->this_disk)) { printk("(skipping new-faulty %s )\n", partition_name(rdev->dev)); continue; - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html