spare-same-slot allows re-adding of missing array member with disk re-inserted into the same slot where previous member was plugged in. If in the meantime another spare has been used for recovery, same slot cookie should be ignored. Signed-off-by: Przemyslaw Czarnowski <przemyslaw.hawrylewicz.czarnowski@xxxxxxxxx> --- Incremental.c | 4 +++- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/Incremental.c b/Incremental.c index ef719fa..137bd75 100644 --- a/Incremental.c +++ b/Incremental.c @@ -968,11 +968,13 @@ static int array_try_spare(char *devname, int *dfdp, struct dev_policy *pol, * arrays/containers that match 'target'. * If 'target' is set and 'bare' is true, we prefer the * array which matches 'target'. + * target is considered only if we deal with degraded array */ if (target) { if (strcmp(target->metadata, mp->metadata) == 0 && memcmp(target->uuid, mp->uuid, - sizeof(target->uuid)) == 0) { + sizeof(target->uuid)) == 0 && + sra->array.failed_disks > 0) { /* This is our target!! */ if (chosen) sysfs_free(chosen); -- 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