On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 5:54 AM, Jon Nelson <jnelson-linux-raid@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I ran into a weird problem recently. > > I tried using --stop on an array that was in the process of rebuilding > (immediately following creation). > > mdadm never returned. > > After the array was complete, mdadm still had not returned. > > An strace of the mdadm process showed, unfortunately, nothing, indicating to me > that it was stuck in the kernel somewhere. > > I have no other information at this time, except that it was with the Rescue > option from the openSUSE 11.0 x86-64 DVD iso (and thus the stock kernel, mdadm > version, etc...) > Can you determine if hald was running? I have seen cases where hald prevents --stop from completing, but I have not debugged further. Terminating hald allowed --stop to complete. -- Dan -- 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
