Thanks, Neil! I will merge this in and test. On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 12:31 PM, NeilBrown <neilb@xxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, 22 Mar 2012 12:01:48 +0200 Alexander Lyakas <alex.bolshoy@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > >> Neil, >> >> > echo frozen > /sys/block/mdN/md/sync_action >> > mdadm --add /dev/mdN /dev...... >> > echo recover > /sys/block/mdN/md/sync_action >> > >> > it should do them all at once. >> > >> > I should teach mdadm about this.. >> >> What is required to do that from mdadm? I don't see any other place >> where MD_RECOVERY_FROZEN is set, except via sysfs. So do you suggest >> that mdadm use sysfs for that? > > Yes. > > http://neil.brown.name/git?p=mdadm;a=commitdiff;h=9f58469128c99c0d7f434d28657f86789334f253 > >> Also, what should be done if mdadm succeeds to "freeze" the array, but >> fails to "unfreeze" it for some reason? > > What could possibly cause that? > I guess if someone kills mdadm while it was running.. > > > 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