Close fd2 as soon as it is no longer needed, before calling Grow_continue(). Otherwise, we won't be able to stop an array with external metadata during reshape, because mdadm running in background will be keeping it open. Signed-off-by: Artur Paszkiewicz <artur.paszkiewicz@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Pawel Baldysiak <pawel.baldysiak@xxxxxxxxx> --- Grow.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/Grow.c b/Grow.c index 80d7b22..f65b36a 100644 --- a/Grow.c +++ b/Grow.c @@ -4873,6 +4873,9 @@ int Grow_continue_command(char *devname, int fd, sysfs_init(content, fd2, mdstat->devnm); + close(fd2); + fd2 = -1; + /* start mdmon in case it is not running */ if (!mdmon_running(container)) -- 2.1.4 -- 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