Tomasz Majchrzak <tomasz.majchrzak@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> If md kernel module is reloaded, /proc/mdstat cannot be accessed ("cat:
> /proc/mdstat: No such file or directory"). The reason is mdadm monitor
> still holds a file descriptor to previous /proc/mdstat instance. It
> leads to really confusing outcome of the following operations - mdadm
> seems to run without errors, however some udev rules don't get executed
> and new array doesn't work.
>
> Add a check if lseek was successful as it fails if md kernel module has
> been unloaded - close a file descriptor then. The problem is mdadm
> monitor doesn't always do it before next operation takes place. To
> prevent it monitor always releases /proc/mdstat descriptor when there
> are no arrays to be monitored, just in case driver unload happens in a
> moment.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tomasz Majchrzak <tomasz.majchrzak@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Artur Paszkiewicz <artur.paszkiewicz@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Monitor.c | 2 ++
> mdstat.c | 6 +++++-
> 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
Looks good, applied!
Thanks,
Jes
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