On Sun, 11 Sep 2011 21:32:12 +0300 Alexander Lyakas <alex.bolshoy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi everybody, > looking at the code of Monitor.c and doing some tests with it, I see > that it is capable of detecting new arrays, when they appear in > /proc/mdstat (if --scan is given). However, once array is added to > 'statelist', it is never removed from there. Is this intentional? > Perhaps only if --scan is given, and device disappears from > /proc/mdstat, then it should be removed from monitoring, otherwise it > could stick there forever, even though the array has been gone long > time ago. And if it appears again, it will be picked up anyways. > You are right - arrays are never removed. Is that a problem? Probably not, though I guess you could probably create a scenario where there were lots of inactive devices cluttering memory. Is it worth fixing? I don't know - it depends on how intrusive the patch is. We would only want to remove arrays with ->err set if 'scan' was set, but when it is, it possible makes sense. Want to try creating a patch? NeilBrown -- 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
