On Tue, Jun 06, 2017 at 01:57:27PM +1000, NeilBrown wrote: > Had you run "mdadm --examine-bitmap /dev/sdk1" before the re-add, it > would have told you how many bits were set at that time. > > That "x/y pages" information never should have appeared in /proc/mdstat > - it is really just of interest to developers. But it is there now, so > removing it is awkward. So, I got the problem again, re-added a drive that had just been missing for maybe 2mn, and this time I'm getting a very long (but not full) recovery: gargamel:~# mdadm --examine-bitmap /dev/sdh1 Filename : /dev/sdh1 Magic : 6d746962 Version : 4 UUID : 589f1176:8ee48905:d102340b:23f98ca1 Events : 11588 Events Cleared : 10625 State : OK Chunksize : 64 MB Daemon : 5s flush period Write Mode : Normal Sync Size : 1953380928 (1862.89 GiB 2000.26 GB) Bitmap : 29807 bits (chunks), 267 dirty (0.9%) 0.9% dirty still gives me a 5H recovery? md8 : active raid5 sdi1[5] sdd1[0] sdh1[3] sdg1[2] sdf1[1] 7813523712 blocks super 1.2 level 5, 64k chunk, algorithm 2 [5/4] [UUUU_] [==>..................] recovery = 12.4% (243429660/1953380928) finish=297.6min speed=95741K/sec bitmap: 5/15 pages [20KB], 65536KB chunk gargamel:~# mdadm --query --detail /dev/md8 /dev/md8: Version : 1.2 Creation Time : Sun May 14 08:59:13 2017 Raid Level : raid5 Array Size : 7813523712 (7451.56 GiB 8001.05 GB) Used Dev Size : 1953380928 (1862.89 GiB 2000.26 GB) Raid Devices : 5 Total Devices : 4 Persistence : Superblock is persistent Intent Bitmap : Internal Update Time : Tue Jun 20 11:01:02 2017 State : clean, degraded Active Devices : 4 Working Devices : 4 Failed Devices : 0 Spare Devices : 0 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 64K Name : gargamel.svh.merlins.org:8 (local to host gargamel.svh.merlins.org) UUID : 589f1176:8ee48905:d102340b:23f98ca1 Events : 11588 Number Major Minor RaidDevice State 0 8 49 0 active sync /dev/sdd1 1 8 81 1 active sync /dev/sdf1 2 8 97 2 active sync /dev/sdg1 3 8 113 3 active sync /dev/sdh1 - 0 0 4 removed This was the drive that got kicked out (shown before it was re-added): gargamel:~# mdadm --examine-bitmap /dev/sdi1 Filename : /dev/sdi1 Magic : 6d746962 Version : 4 UUID : 589f1176:8ee48905:d102340b:23f98ca1 Events : 10630 Events Cleared : 10625 State : OK Chunksize : 64 MB Daemon : 5s flush period Write Mode : Normal Sync Size : 1953380928 (1862.89 GiB 2000.26 GB) Bitmap : 29807 bits (chunks), 0 dirty (0.0%) Marc -- "A mouse is a device used to point at the xterm you want to type in" - A.S.R. Microsoft is to operating systems .... .... what McDonalds is to gourmet cooking Home page: http://marc.merlins.org/ | PGP 1024R/763BE901 -- 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