This few patches prepares mdadm for level and chunk size migration using external metadata. 1. FIX: delta_disk can have UnSet value A while ago I've reported problem that delta_disks can have UnSet value, so adding it to raid_disks can produce error in mdadm. Looking my first patch you proposed to address this problem by changing reshape_super() interface rather than set condition on function call. This patch implements your idea. 2. FIX: Get spares from external metadata imsm: FIX: Add spare disks information to array description Those 2 patches addresses problem with not initializes spares counter in mdinfo using external metadata. 3. FIX: Add raid5 to raid0 case to analyse_change() This patch adds missing of level transition in Grow.c This series should be applied on devel-3.2 branch with my yesterday's 4 patches BR Adam --- Adam Kwolek (4): FIX: Add raid5 to raid0 case to analyse_change() imsm: FIX: Add spare disks information to array description FIX: Get spares from external metadata FIX: delta_disk can have UnSet value Grow.c | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------ mdadm.h | 3 ++- super-intel.c | 14 +++++++++++++- 3 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) -- Signature -- 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