Please cc me on replies; I'm not on the list.
I don't know if this is fixable, or even if it *should* be fixed,
but: summary: shortly after the state of the machine is "2
independent mdadm --monitor instances, resyncing", the
machine totally locks up. Details follow.
I boot my machine from a USB stick, because the hard drive is
encrypted. The start up goes something like this:
mdadm --assemble /dev/md_d0 /dev/sda /dev/sdb /dev/sdc /dev/sdd
losetup ... /dev/loop0 /dev/md_d0p2
/bin/mount -o rw -n /dev/loop0 /mnt
cd /mnt
/sbin/pivot_root . usb_boot
exec chroot . /sbin/init $* </dev/console >/dev/console 2>&1
Before it does all that, though, it starts up mdadm --monitor,
because it's got the Debian mdadm package installed, and that's how
that works.
Then in re-runs init after the pivot_root. The OS on /dev/md_d0p2
also has the Debian mdadm package install, so it also starts mdadm
--monitor. The two instances have no real way to see each other.
This works fine until a resync is needed; shortly after the state of
the machine is "2 mdadm --monitor instances, resyncing", the machine
totally locks up.
Solved by not starting mdadm --monitor on the USB stick, obviously,
but it took quite a while to figure out. :(
-Robin
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