On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 4:27 PM, Song Liu <songliubraving@xxxxxx> wrote: > If journal device is missing, do not start the array, and shows: > > ./mdadm -I /dev/sdf > mdadm: journal device is missing, not safe to start yet. > > The array will be started when the journal device is attached with -I > > ./mdadm -I /dev/sdb1 > mdadm: /dev/sdb1 attached to /dev/md/0_0, which has been started. > > To force start without journal device: > > ./mdadm -I /dev/sdf --run > mdadm: Trying to run with missing journal device > mdadm: /dev/sdf attached to /dev/md/0_0, which has been started. > > Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shli@xxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Song Liu <songliubraving@xxxxxx> > --- > Incremental.c | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++---- > 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Incremental.c b/Incremental.c > index 304cc6d..74905e3 100644 > --- a/Incremental.c > +++ b/Incremental.c > @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ > > static int count_active(struct supertype *st, struct mdinfo *sra, > int mdfd, char **availp, > - struct mdinfo *info); > + struct mdinfo *info, int *journal_device_missing); > static void find_reject(int mdfd, struct supertype *st, struct mdinfo *sra, > int number, __u64 events, int verbose, > char *array_name); > @@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ int Incremental(struct mddev_dev *devlist, struct context *c, > struct map_ent target_array; > int have_target; > char *devname = devlist->devname; > + int journal_device_missing = 0; > > struct createinfo *ci = conf_get_create_info(); > > @@ -518,7 +519,7 @@ int Incremental(struct mddev_dev *devlist, struct context *c, > sysfs_free(sra); > sra = sysfs_read(mdfd, NULL, (GET_DEVS | GET_STATE | > GET_OFFSET | GET_SIZE)); > - active_disks = count_active(st, sra, mdfd, &avail, &info); > + active_disks = count_active(st, sra, mdfd, &avail, &info, &journal_device_missing); > if (enough(info.array.level, info.array.raid_disks, > info.array.layout, info.array.state & 1, > avail) == 0) { > @@ -548,10 +549,12 @@ int Incremental(struct mddev_dev *devlist, struct context *c, > } > > map_unlock(&map); > - if (c->runstop > 0 || active_disks >= info.array.working_disks) { > + if (c->runstop > 0 || (!journal_device_missing && active_disks >= info.array.working_disks)) { A minor comment, and I'd defer to Neil's opinion, but I think this is asking for mdu_array_info_t to grow a "journal_disks" attribute. -- 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