Following are 4 patches for md. The first two replace md-allow-devices-to-be-shared-between-md-arrays.patch which was recently remove. They should go at the same place in the series, between md-allow-a-maximum-extent-to-be-set-for-resyncing.patch and md-lock-address-when-changing-attributes-of-component-devices.patch The third is a replacement for md-change-iterate_rdev_generic-to-rdev_for_each_list-and-remove-iterate_rdev_pending.patch which conflicts with the above change. The last is a fix for md-fix-an-occasional-deadlock-in-raid5.patch which makes me a lot happier about this patch. It introduced a performance regression and I now understand why. I'm now happy for that patch with this fix to go into 2.6.24 if that is convenient (If not, 2.6.24.1 will do). Thanks, NeilBrown [PATCH 001 of 4] md: Set and test the ->persistent flag for md devices more consistently. [PATCH 002 of 4] md: Allow devices to be shared between md arrays. [PATCH 003 of 4] md: Change ITERATE_RDEV_GENERIC to rdev_for_each_list, and remove ITERATE_RDEV_PENDING. [PATCH 004 of 4] md: Fix an occasional deadlock in raid5 - FIX - 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