Hi, I am having problems with a software-raid5 device in my system. Because of some hardware-issues all 3 disks of that array fail after each other, the kernel/raid-module does notice it, but does not act upon this. raid5: Disk failure on sde1, disabling device. Operation continuing on 2 devices raid5: Disk failure on sdd1, disabling device. Operation continuing on 1 devices raid5: Disk failure on sdf1, disabling device. Operation continuing on 0 devices Why does the kernel/raid-module not make the array read-only or take it offline? This is from linux-2.6.0-test11, but I have had the same problem with linux-2.4.22. Here is a part from my kernel-log, as all events occurred in the same second, I have cut all timestamps out for better readability. Thanks for any help. ================== BEGIN Paste from kern.log ================== SCSI error : <2 0 12 0> return code = 0x8000002 Current sde: sense = 70 b ASC=47 ASCQ= 0 Raw sense data:0x70 0x00 0x0b 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x18 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x47 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 end_request: I/O error, dev sde, sector 11557887 raid5: Disk failure on sde1, disabling device. Operation continuing on 2 devices SCSI error : <2 0 12 0> return code = 0x8000002 Info fld=0x0, Current sde: sense = f0 b Raw sense data:0xf0 0x00 0x0b 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 end_request: I/O error, dev sde, sector 11557895 SCSI error : <2 0 12 0> return code = 0x8000002 Info fld=0x0, Current sde: sense = f0 b Raw sense data:0xf0 0x00 0x0b 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 end_request: I/O error, dev sde, sector 11557903 SCSI error : <2 0 12 0> return code = 0x8000002 Info fld=0x0, Current sde: sense = f0 b Raw sense data:0xf0 0x00 0x0b 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 end_request: I/O error, dev sde, sector 11557911 SCSI error : <2 0 12 0> return code = 0x8000002 Current sde: sense = 70 b ASC=47 ASCQ= 0 Raw sense data:0x70 0x00 0x0b 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x18 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x47 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 end_request: I/O error, dev sde, sector 11558911 SCSI error : <2 0 12 0> return code = 0x8000002 Current sde: sense = 70 b ASC=47 ASCQ= 0 Raw sense data:0x70 0x00 0x0b 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x18 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x47 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 end_request: I/O error, dev sde, sector 11555871 SCSI error : <2 0 12 0> return code = 0x8000002 Info fld=0x0, Current sde: sense = f0 b Raw sense data:0xf0 0x00 0x0b 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 end_request: I/O error, dev sde, sector 11555879 SCSI error : <2 0 11 0> return code = 0x8000002 Current sdd: sense = 70 b ASC=47 ASCQ= 0 Raw sense data:0x70 0x00 0x0b 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x18 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x47 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 end_request: I/O error, dev sdd, sector 11556919 raid5: Disk failure on sdd1, disabling device. Operation continuing on 1 devices SCSI error : <2 0 12 0> return code = 0x8000002 Current sde: sense = 70 b ASC=47 ASCQ= 0 Raw sense data:0x70 0x00 0x0b 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x18 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x47 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 end_request: I/O error, dev sde, sector 11558919 SCSI error : <2 0 12 0> return code = 0x8000002 Info fld=0x0, Current sde: sense = f0 b Raw sense data:0xf0 0x00 0x0b 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 end_request: I/O error, dev sde, sector 11555887 SCSI error : <2 0 12 0> return code = 0x8000002 Info fld=0x0, Current sde: sense = f0 b Raw sense data:0xf0 0x00 0x0b 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 end_request: I/O error, dev sde, sector 11558927 SCSI error : <2 0 13 0> return code = 0x8000002 Current sdf: sense = 70 b ASC=47 ASCQ= 0 Raw sense data:0x70 0x00 0x0b 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x18 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x47 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 end_request: I/O error, dev sdf, sector 11559871 raid5: Disk failure on sdf1, disabling device. Operation continuing on 0 devices SCSI error : <2 0 12 0> return code = 0x8000002 Current sde: sense = 70 b ASC=47 ASCQ= 0 Raw sense data:0x70 0x00 0x0b 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x18 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x47 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 end_request: I/O error, dev sde, sector 11557919 SCSI error : <2 0 13 0> return code = 0x8000002 Info fld=0x0, Current sdf: sense = f0 b Raw sense data:0xf0 0x00 0x0b 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 =================== END Paste from kern.log =================== Timo - 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