remove_and_add_spares() checks for all devices to activate spare. Change it to activate a specific device passed as spare. So, remove_and_add_spares() can be used to activate spares in slot_store() as well. Signed-off-by: Goldwyn Rodrigues <rgoldwyn@xxxxxxxx> --- drivers/md/md.c | 16 ++++++---------- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c index 9798a99..883f675 100644 --- a/drivers/md/md.c +++ b/drivers/md/md.c @@ -2691,15 +2691,9 @@ slot_store(struct md_rdev *rdev, const char *buf, size_t len) rdev->saved_raid_disk = -1; clear_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags); clear_bit(Bitmap_sync, &rdev->flags); - err = rdev->mddev->pers-> - hot_add_disk(rdev->mddev, rdev); - if (err) { - rdev->raid_disk = -1; - return err; - } else - sysfs_notify_dirent_safe(rdev->sysfs_state); - if (sysfs_link_rdev(rdev->mddev, rdev)) - /* failure here is OK */; + remove_and_add_spares(rdev->mddev, rdev); + if (rdev->raid_disk == -1) + return -EBUSY; /* don't wakeup anyone, leave that to userspace. */ } else { if (slot >= rdev->mddev->raid_disks && @@ -8018,10 +8012,12 @@ static int remove_and_add_spares(struct mddev *mddev, if (removed && mddev->kobj.sd) sysfs_notify(&mddev->kobj, NULL, "degraded"); - if (this) + if (this && removed) goto no_add; rdev_for_each(rdev, mddev) { + if (this && this != rdev) + continue; if (rdev->raid_disk >= 0 && !test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags) && !test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags)) -- 1.8.5.6 -- 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