does mdadm have check? could it have check with a startup position? could the mdadm report last checked position? this could help partial checks.. 2011/3/15 CoolCold <coolthecold@xxxxxxxxx>: > Hello! > > On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 3:25 AM, NeilBrown <neilb@xxxxxxx> wrote: > [snip] >> Then start either the >> 'next' array at the beginning, or the 'current' array at the current point >> (write to sync_min). > I couldn't find documentation for sync_min/sync_max sysfs params at > least for repo cloned from > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.37.y.git > coolcold@coolcold:~/gits/linux-2.6.37.y$ grep -qi sync_min > Documentation/md.txt || echo failed find docs > failed find docs > > As I could understand from sources - resync_min & resync_max are > expressed in sectors (512bytes?) and are set to 0 & total sectors on > device accordingly. resync_max value should be divisible by array > chunk size (in sectors) . After setting this values, one can trugger > "check" / "repair" into sync_action. > > My basic idea is to use this method to clear pending sectors from > SMART checks and looks like this gonna work, am i right? > >> Then wait for however long you want, abort the check (write 'idle' to >> 'sync_action') and find out where it got up to (read sync_min) and record >> that for next time. >> >> NeilBrown >> > > > -- > Best regards, > [COOLCOLD-RIPN] > -- > 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 > -- Roberto Spadim Spadim Technology / SPAEmpresarial -- 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
