If the request --size to --grow an array to is larger than 32bits, then mdadm may make the wrong choice and use ioctl instead of setting component_size via sysfs and the change is ignored. Instead of using casts to check for a 32-bit overflow, just check for set bits outside of INT32_MAX. --- Grow.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Grow.c b/Grow.c index a9c8589..a614102 100644 --- a/Grow.c +++ b/Grow.c @@ -1818,7 +1818,7 @@ int Grow_reshape(char *devname, int fd, if (s->size == MAX_SIZE) s->size = 0; array.size = s->size; - if (array.size != (signed)s->size) { + if (s->size & ~INT32_MAX) { /* got truncated to 32bit, write to * component_size instead */ -- 1.9.1 -- 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