During container operation arrays cannot be opened exclusively. Use open_dev() instead. On mdadm processing begin this is possible but when array_reshape() tries to do it, it is not possible. I've found that there is no other opens in mdadm so it is caused /possible/ by mdmon interaction. Signed-off-by: Adam Kwolek <adam.kwolek@xxxxxxxxx> --- Grow.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/Grow.c b/Grow.c index f083ba5..74ec429 100644 --- a/Grow.c +++ b/Grow.c @@ -2186,7 +2186,7 @@ int reshape_container(char *container, int cfd, char *devname, if (!content) break; - fd = open_dev_excl(mdstat->devnum); + fd = open_dev(mdstat->devnum); if (fd < 0) break; adev = map_dev(dev2major(mdstat->devnum), -- 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