The BUG_ON(mddev->ro == 1) in md_write_start can be triggered under two circumstances in recent kernels. One was reported by Justin Maggard: 1) Create an md array with >= 1 disk 2) Start a task writing to the array ("dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/md0 bs=1M count=10000 &" does the trick for me) 3) Force an improper reboot with reboot -fn ...the other was discovered while investigating this issue. 1) Set a raid5 readyonly with mdadm 2) Set the array writable with blockdev 3) Attempt to write to the array --- Dan Williams (2): Revert "Restore force switch of md array to readonly at reboot time." md: set mddev readonly flag on blkdev BLKROSET ioctl drivers/md/md.c | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----- 1 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) -- 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