If we don't check the number of missing devices and create raid device with all missing devices, it gives the error message: [root@storageqe-15 mdadm]# ./test --tests=00raid1 Testing on linux-3.10.0-830.el7.x86_64 kernel tests/00raid1... ERROR: dmesg prints errors when testing 00raid1! FAILED - see /var/tmp/00raid1.log and /var/tmp/fail00raid1.log for details After checking the missing devices number, the test case can pass. And it gives a error log in log file: ++ /root/mdadm/mdadm --quiet -CR /dev/md0 -l 1 -n2 missing missing --auto=yes ++ rv=1 ++ case in ++ cat /var/tmp/stderr mdadm: Subdevs can't be all missing Signed-off-by: Xiao Ni <xni@xxxxxxxxxx> --- tests/00raid1 | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/tests/00raid1 b/tests/00raid1 index c93465d..752bbbf 100644 --- a/tests/00raid1 +++ b/tests/00raid1 @@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ # test version0, version1, and no super # test resync and recovery. +# It's just a sanity check. This command shouldn't run successfully +mdadm -CR $md0 -l 1 -n2 missing missing + mdadm -CR $md0 -l 1 -n2 $dev0 $dev1 check resync check raid1 -- 2.7.4 -- 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