Neil Brown wrote: > > mdadm: superblock on /dev/sdc2 doesn't match others - assembly aborted > > It looks at first like it might be an mdadm problem - I cannot imagine > a kernel bug doing that. But you say it only happened with an update > to 2.6.30, which I cannot explain. > Can you: > > for m in 0.90 1.0 1.1 1.2 > do mdadm -E -e $m /dev/sd[cdef]2 > done > > and report the result? Weird: /dev/sdc2 has both a 0.90 and 1.0 superblock. I guess that's the problem. How would that have happened? mdadm --create over an existing device without a --zero-superblock inbetween, I suppose? I wonder why it was never a problem before. For the root, only /dev/sda2 and /dev/sdb2 are necessary. Maybe 2.6.30 changed the disk order, or the ordering of /proc/partitions, such that mdadm now examines this bad disk before the array is fully assembled, whereas it never needed to scan it before? for d in /dev/sd{a,b,c,d,e,f}{1,2}; do for m in 0.90 1.0 1.1 1.2; do echo $m $d mdadm -E -e $m $d done done Output is below. -jim 0.90 /dev/sda1 /dev/sda1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 0.90.00 UUID : dece84f3:a8f8be71:ea9d9fee:21fd5f90 Creation Time : Fri Sep 22 06:18:01 2006 Raid Level : raid1 Used Dev Size : 128384 (125.40 MiB 131.47 MB) Array Size : 128384 (125.40 MiB 131.47 MB) Raid Devices : 6 Total Devices : 6 Preferred Minor : 0 Update Time : Thu Jun 11 07:01:41 2009 State : clean Active Devices : 6 Working Devices : 6 Failed Devices : 0 Spare Devices : 0 Checksum : ccd42dfc - correct Events : 1056 Number Major Minor RaidDevice State this 1 8 1 1 active sync /dev/sda1 0 0 8 17 0 active sync /dev/sdb1 1 1 8 1 1 active sync /dev/sda1 2 2 8 33 2 active sync /dev/sdc1 3 3 8 49 3 active sync /dev/sdd1 4 4 8 65 4 active sync /dev/sde1 5 5 8 81 5 active sync /dev/sdf1 1.0 /dev/sda1 mdadm: No super block found on /dev/sda1 (Expected magic a92b4efc, got 00000000) 1.1 /dev/sda1 mdadm: No super block found on /dev/sda1 (Expected magic a92b4efc, got 00000000) 1.2 /dev/sda1 mdadm: No super block found on /dev/sda1 (Expected magic a92b4efc, got 00007fff) 0.90 /dev/sda2 /dev/sda2: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 0.90.00 UUID : 0598d2ea:f6c0185f:614fa502:109d1a5d Creation Time : Fri Sep 22 06:18:16 2006 Raid Level : raid1 Used Dev Size : 976631424 (931.39 GiB 1000.07 GB) Array Size : 976631424 (931.39 GiB 1000.07 GB) Raid Devices : 2 Total Devices : 2 Preferred Minor : 1 Update Time : Thu Jun 11 22:24:17 2009 State : clean Active Devices : 2 Working Devices : 2 Failed Devices : 0 Spare Devices : 0 Checksum : e0f457fc - correct Events : 252218 Number Major Minor RaidDevice State this 1 8 2 1 active sync /dev/sda2 0 0 8 18 0 active sync /dev/sdb2 1 1 8 2 1 active sync /dev/sda2 1.0 /dev/sda2 mdadm: No super block found on /dev/sda2 (Expected magic a92b4efc, got 00000000) 1.1 /dev/sda2 mdadm: No super block found on /dev/sda2 (Expected magic a92b4efc, got 20554e47) 1.2 /dev/sda2 mdadm: No super block found on /dev/sda2 (Expected magic a92b4efc, got 6b8e963f) 0.90 /dev/sdb1 /dev/sdb1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 0.90.00 UUID : dece84f3:a8f8be71:ea9d9fee:21fd5f90 Creation Time : Fri Sep 22 06:18:01 2006 Raid Level : raid1 Used Dev Size : 128384 (125.40 MiB 131.47 MB) Array Size : 128384 (125.40 MiB 131.47 MB) Raid Devices : 6 Total Devices : 6 Preferred Minor : 0 Update Time : Thu Jun 11 07:01:41 2009 State : clean Active Devices : 6 Working Devices : 6 Failed Devices : 0 Spare Devices : 0 Checksum : ccd42e0a - correct Events : 1056 Number Major Minor RaidDevice State this 0 8 17 0 active sync /dev/sdb1 0 0 8 17 0 active sync /dev/sdb1 1 1 8 1 1 active sync /dev/sda1 2 2 8 33 2 active sync /dev/sdc1 3 3 8 49 3 active sync /dev/sdd1 4 4 8 65 4 active sync /dev/sde1 5 5 8 81 5 active sync /dev/sdf1 1.0 /dev/sdb1 mdadm: No super block found on /dev/sdb1 (Expected magic a92b4efc, got 00000000) 1.1 /dev/sdb1 mdadm: No super block found on /dev/sdb1 (Expected magic a92b4efc, got 00000000) 1.2 /dev/sdb1 mdadm: No super block found on /dev/sdb1 (Expected magic a92b4efc, got 00007fff) 0.90 /dev/sdb2 /dev/sdb2: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 0.90.00 UUID : 0598d2ea:f6c0185f:614fa502:109d1a5d Creation Time : Fri Sep 22 06:18:16 2006 Raid Level : raid1 Used Dev Size : 976631424 (931.39 GiB 1000.07 GB) Array Size : 976631424 (931.39 GiB 1000.07 GB) Raid Devices : 2 Total Devices : 2 Preferred Minor : 1 Update Time : Thu Jun 11 22:24:17 2009 State : clean Active Devices : 2 Working Devices : 2 Failed Devices : 0 Spare Devices : 0 Checksum : e0f4580a - correct Events : 252218 Number Major Minor RaidDevice State this 0 8 18 0 active sync /dev/sdb2 0 0 8 18 0 active sync /dev/sdb2 1 1 8 2 1 active sync /dev/sda2 1.0 /dev/sdb2 mdadm: No super block found on /dev/sdb2 (Expected magic a92b4efc, got 00000000) 1.1 /dev/sdb2 mdadm: No super block found on /dev/sdb2 (Expected magic a92b4efc, got 20554e47) 1.2 /dev/sdb2 mdadm: No super block found on /dev/sdb2 (Expected magic a92b4efc, got 6b8e963f) 0.90 /dev/sdc1 /dev/sdc1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 0.90.00 UUID : dece84f3:a8f8be71:ea9d9fee:21fd5f90 Creation Time : Fri Sep 22 06:18:01 2006 Raid Level : raid1 Used Dev Size : 128384 (125.40 MiB 131.47 MB) Array Size : 128384 (125.40 MiB 131.47 MB) Raid Devices : 6 Total Devices : 6 Preferred Minor : 0 Update Time : Thu Jun 11 07:01:41 2009 State : clean Active Devices : 6 Working Devices : 6 Failed Devices : 0 Spare Devices : 0 Checksum : ccd42e1e - correct Events : 1056 Number Major Minor RaidDevice State this 2 8 33 2 active sync /dev/sdc1 0 0 8 17 0 active sync /dev/sdb1 1 1 8 1 1 active sync /dev/sda1 2 2 8 33 2 active sync /dev/sdc1 3 3 8 49 3 active sync /dev/sdd1 4 4 8 65 4 active sync /dev/sde1 5 5 8 81 5 active sync /dev/sdf1 1.0 /dev/sdc1 mdadm: No super block found on /dev/sdc1 (Expected magic a92b4efc, got 00000000) 1.1 /dev/sdc1 mdadm: No super block found on /dev/sdc1 (Expected magic a92b4efc, got 00000000) 1.2 /dev/sdc1 mdadm: No super block found on /dev/sdc1 (Expected magic a92b4efc, got 00007fff) 0.90 /dev/sdc2 /dev/sdc2: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 0.90.00 UUID : 0598d2ea:f6c0185f:614fa502:109d1a5d Creation Time : Fri Sep 22 06:18:16 2006 Raid Level : raid1 Used Dev Size : 312440064 (297.97 GiB 319.94 GB) Array Size : 312440064 (297.97 GiB 319.94 GB) Raid Devices : 2 Total Devices : 3 Preferred Minor : 1 Update Time : Thu Oct 2 21:33:12 2008 State : clean Active Devices : 2 Working Devices : 3 Failed Devices : 0 Spare Devices : 1 Checksum : b80f58e0 - correct Events : 187714 Number Major Minor RaidDevice State this 2 8 34 2 spare /dev/sdc2 0 0 8 18 0 active sync /dev/sdb2 1 1 8 2 1 active sync /dev/sda2 2 2 8 34 2 spare /dev/sdc2 1.0 /dev/sdc2 /dev/sdc2: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 1.0 Feature Map : 0x0 Array UUID : eed65e38:78f4e6e0:55198bdc:fe77de48 Name : 2 Creation Time : Thu Feb 22 02:28:12 2007 Raid Level : raid5 Raid Devices : 4 Avail Dev Size : 1953262752 (931.39 GiB 1000.07 GB) Array Size : 5859788160 (2794.16 GiB 3000.21 GB) Used Dev Size : 1953262720 (931.39 GiB 1000.07 GB) Super Offset : 1953263008 sectors State : clean Device UUID : 407cf6b0:3d180e0b:e5be6dc0:e6bcf953 Update Time : Thu Jun 11 22:24:17 2009 Checksum : a59b300d - correct Events : 10784 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 64K Array Slot : 5 (failed, failed, failed, failed, 3, 0, 1, 2) Array State : Uuuu 4 failed 1.1 /dev/sdc2 mdadm: No super block found on /dev/sdc2 (Expected magic a92b4efc, got 00000000) 1.2 /dev/sdc2 mdadm: No super block found on /dev/sdc2 (Expected magic a92b4efc, got 6f6dc87d) 0.90 /dev/sdd1 /dev/sdd1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 0.90.00 UUID : dece84f3:a8f8be71:ea9d9fee:21fd5f90 Creation Time : Fri Sep 22 06:18:01 2006 Raid Level : raid1 Used Dev Size : 128384 (125.40 MiB 131.47 MB) Array Size : 128384 (125.40 MiB 131.47 MB) Raid Devices : 6 Total Devices : 6 Preferred Minor : 0 Update Time : Thu Jun 11 07:01:41 2009 State : clean Active Devices : 6 Working Devices : 6 Failed Devices : 0 Spare Devices : 0 Checksum : ccd42e30 - correct Events : 1056 Number Major Minor RaidDevice State this 3 8 49 3 active sync /dev/sdd1 0 0 8 17 0 active sync /dev/sdb1 1 1 8 1 1 active sync /dev/sda1 2 2 8 33 2 active sync /dev/sdc1 3 3 8 49 3 active sync /dev/sdd1 4 4 8 65 4 active sync /dev/sde1 5 5 8 81 5 active sync /dev/sdf1 1.0 /dev/sdd1 mdadm: No super block found on /dev/sdd1 (Expected magic a92b4efc, got 104e0ec4) 1.1 /dev/sdd1 mdadm: No super block found on /dev/sdd1 (Expected magic a92b4efc, got 00000000) 1.2 /dev/sdd1 mdadm: No super block found on /dev/sdd1 (Expected magic a92b4efc, got 00007fff) 0.90 /dev/sdd2 mdadm: No super block found on /dev/sdd2 (Expected magic a92b4efc, got 1a3e2e0f) 1.0 /dev/sdd2 /dev/sdd2: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 1.0 Feature Map : 0x0 Array UUID : eed65e38:78f4e6e0:55198bdc:fe77de48 Name : 2 Creation Time : Thu Feb 22 02:28:12 2007 Raid Level : raid5 Raid Devices : 4 Avail Dev Size : 1953262752 (931.39 GiB 1000.07 GB) Array Size : 5859788160 (2794.16 GiB 3000.21 GB) Used Dev Size : 1953262720 (931.39 GiB 1000.07 GB) Super Offset : 1953263008 sectors State : clean Device UUID : df17e349:186715a7:3f7bd3f9:a53ce15d Update Time : Thu Jun 11 22:24:17 2009 Checksum : 1ddc56a2 - correct Events : 10784 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 64K Array Slot : 6 (failed, failed, failed, failed, 3, 0, 1, 2) Array State : uUuu 4 failed 1.1 /dev/sdd2 mdadm: No super block found on /dev/sdd2 (Expected magic a92b4efc, got 639740bf) 1.2 /dev/sdd2 mdadm: No super block found on /dev/sdd2 (Expected magic a92b4efc, got 18339908) 0.90 /dev/sde1 /dev/sde1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 0.90.00 UUID : dece84f3:a8f8be71:ea9d9fee:21fd5f90 Creation Time : Fri Sep 22 06:18:01 2006 Raid Level : raid1 Used Dev Size : 128384 (125.40 MiB 131.47 MB) Array Size : 128384 (125.40 MiB 131.47 MB) Raid Devices : 6 Total Devices : 6 Preferred Minor : 0 Update Time : Thu Jun 11 07:01:41 2009 State : clean Active Devices : 6 Working Devices : 6 Failed Devices : 0 Spare Devices : 0 Checksum : ccd42e42 - correct Events : 1056 Number Major Minor RaidDevice State this 4 8 65 4 active sync /dev/sde1 0 0 8 17 0 active sync /dev/sdb1 1 1 8 1 1 active sync /dev/sda1 2 2 8 33 2 active sync /dev/sdc1 3 3 8 49 3 active sync /dev/sdd1 4 4 8 65 4 active sync /dev/sde1 5 5 8 81 5 active sync /dev/sdf1 1.0 /dev/sde1 mdadm: No super block found on /dev/sde1 (Expected magic a92b4efc, got 104e0ec4) 1.1 /dev/sde1 mdadm: No super block found on /dev/sde1 (Expected magic a92b4efc, got 00000000) 1.2 /dev/sde1 mdadm: No super block found on /dev/sde1 (Expected magic a92b4efc, got 00007fff) 0.90 /dev/sde2 mdadm: No super block found on /dev/sde2 (Expected magic a92b4efc, got 1a3e2e0f) 1.0 /dev/sde2 /dev/sde2: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 1.0 Feature Map : 0x0 Array UUID : eed65e38:78f4e6e0:55198bdc:fe77de48 Name : 2 Creation Time : Thu Feb 22 02:28:12 2007 Raid Level : raid5 Raid Devices : 4 Avail Dev Size : 1953262752 (931.39 GiB 1000.07 GB) Array Size : 5859788160 (2794.16 GiB 3000.21 GB) Used Dev Size : 1953262720 (931.39 GiB 1000.07 GB) Super Offset : 1953263008 sectors State : clean Device UUID : 324c496c:2a4a57c4:04a65638:0b9606c5 Update Time : Thu Jun 11 22:24:17 2009 Checksum : 32cf233 - correct Events : 10784 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 64K Array Slot : 7 (failed, failed, failed, failed, 3, 0, 1, 2) Array State : uuUu 4 failed 1.1 /dev/sde2 mdadm: No super block found on /dev/sde2 (Expected magic a92b4efc, got 639740bf) 1.2 /dev/sde2 mdadm: No super block found on /dev/sde2 (Expected magic a92b4efc, got 18339908) 0.90 /dev/sdf1 /dev/sdf1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 0.90.00 UUID : dece84f3:a8f8be71:ea9d9fee:21fd5f90 Creation Time : Fri Sep 22 06:18:01 2006 Raid Level : raid1 Used Dev Size : 128384 (125.40 MiB 131.47 MB) Array Size : 128384 (125.40 MiB 131.47 MB) Raid Devices : 6 Total Devices : 6 Preferred Minor : 0 Update Time : Thu Jun 11 07:01:41 2009 State : clean Active Devices : 6 Working Devices : 6 Failed Devices : 0 Spare Devices : 0 Checksum : ccd42e54 - correct Events : 1056 Number Major Minor RaidDevice State this 5 8 81 5 active sync /dev/sdf1 0 0 8 17 0 active sync /dev/sdb1 1 1 8 1 1 active sync /dev/sda1 2 2 8 33 2 active sync /dev/sdc1 3 3 8 49 3 active sync /dev/sdd1 4 4 8 65 4 active sync /dev/sde1 5 5 8 81 5 active sync /dev/sdf1 1.0 /dev/sdf1 mdadm: No super block found on /dev/sdf1 (Expected magic a92b4efc, got 104e0ec4) 1.1 /dev/sdf1 mdadm: No super block found on /dev/sdf1 (Expected magic a92b4efc, got 00000000) 1.2 /dev/sdf1 mdadm: No super block found on /dev/sdf1 (Expected magic a92b4efc, got 00007fff) 0.90 /dev/sdf2 mdadm: No super block found on /dev/sdf2 (Expected magic a92b4efc, got 1a3e2e0f) 1.0 /dev/sdf2 /dev/sdf2: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 1.0 Feature Map : 0x0 Array UUID : eed65e38:78f4e6e0:55198bdc:fe77de48 Name : 2 Creation Time : Thu Feb 22 02:28:12 2007 Raid Level : raid5 Raid Devices : 4 Avail Dev Size : 1953262752 (931.39 GiB 1000.07 GB) Array Size : 5859788160 (2794.16 GiB 3000.21 GB) Used Dev Size : 1953262720 (931.39 GiB 1000.07 GB) Super Offset : 1953263008 sectors State : clean Device UUID : 4d0e18c4:92574d6d:798f2111:18c93628 Update Time : Thu Jun 11 22:24:17 2009 Checksum : 3fecde34 - correct Events : 10784 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 64K Array Slot : 4 (failed, failed, failed, failed, 3, 0, 1, 2) Array State : uuuU 4 failed 1.1 /dev/sdf2 mdadm: No super block found on /dev/sdf2 (Expected magic a92b4efc, got 00000000) 1.2 /dev/sdf2 mdadm: No super block found on /dev/sdf2 (Expected magic a92b4efc, got 6f6dc87d) -- 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