NeilBrown wrote: > They are not needed. > conf->failed_disks is the same as mddev->degraded By the way, `failed_disks' is more understandable than `degraded' in this context. "Degraded" usually refers to the state of the array in question, when failed_disks > 0. That to say: I'd rename degraded back to failed_disks, here and in the rest of raid drivers... ;) /mjt - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html