In case pers->run() succeeds but creating the bitmap fails, we print an error message stating that pers->run() has failed. Print this message only if pers->run() really failed. Signed-off-by: Andre Noll <maan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/md/md.c | 5 +++-- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c index f94ebe6..2384266 100644 --- a/drivers/md/md.c +++ b/drivers/md/md.c @@ -3519,7 +3519,9 @@ static int do_md_run(mddev_t * mddev) mddev->ro = 2; /* read-only, but switch on first write */ err = mddev->pers->run(mddev); - if (!err && mddev->pers->sync_request) { + if (err) + printk(KERN_ERR "md: pers->run() failed ...\n"); + else if (mddev->pers->sync_request) { err = bitmap_create(mddev); if (err) { printk(KERN_ERR "%s: failed to create bitmap (%d)\n", @@ -3528,7 +3530,6 @@ static int do_md_run(mddev_t * mddev) } } if (err) { - printk(KERN_ERR "md: pers->run() failed ...\n"); module_put(mddev->pers->owner); mddev->pers = NULL; bitmap_destroy(mddev); -- 1.5.3.8 -- 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