Will anyone look into this issue, please? It really is a problem. Vennlig hilsen roy -- Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk (+47) 98013356 http://blogg.karlsbakk.net/ GPG Public key: http://karlsbakk.net/roysigurdkarlsbakk.pubkey.txt -- Hið góða skaltu í stein höggva, hið illa í snjó rita. ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Andy Smith" <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: "Linux Raid" <linux-raid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, 4 September, 2020 09:45:57 > Subject: Config option for removing bbl on assembly? > Hi, > > Could we have a config setting for removing the bad blocks list on > assembly? > > I'm aware that one could put: > > CREATE bbl=no > > in mdadm.conf and then newly created arrays won't have a bad blocks > list. But in many cases, system arrays are created before an > mdadm.conf exists, so they get a bbl. > > So, to remove a bbl I know that you have to stop the array and > assemble it like: > > # mdadm /dev/mdX --assemble --update=no-bbl > > Again, for arrays with the actual system on it this is rather > inconvenient. Even having to have some downtime of the service to do > this is not great. > > So how about a config option telling mdadm to remove empty bbl the > next time arrays are assembled? If there is a bbl with entries in it > then it could warn and not remove it (so no force). > > Cheers, > Andy
