From: Shaohua Li <shli@xxxxxx> ->safemode should be triggered by mdadm for external metadaa array, otherwise array's state confuses mdadm. Fixes: 33182d15c6bf(md: always clear ->safemode when md_check_recovery gets the mddev lock.) Cc: NeilBrown <neilb@xxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shli@xxxxxx> --- drivers/md/md.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c index f8840ef1aafd..a74dc9963822 100644 --- a/drivers/md/md.c +++ b/drivers/md/md.c @@ -8658,7 +8658,7 @@ void md_check_recovery(struct mddev *mddev) if (mddev_trylock(mddev)) { int spares = 0; - if (mddev->safemode == 1) + if (!mddev->external && mddev->safemode == 1) mddev->safemode = 0; if (mddev->ro) { -- 2.11.0 -- 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