On Mon, 20 Mar 2023, Jes Sorensen wrote: > On 3/13/23 20:06, NeilBrown wrote: > > > > mdopen() will use create_named_array() to ask the kernel to create the > > given md array, but only if it is given a number or name. > > If it is NOT given a name and is required to choose one itself using > > find_free_devnm() it does NOT use create_named_array(). > > > > On kernels with CONFIG_BLOCK_LEGACY_AUTOLOAD not set, this can result in > > failure to assemble an array. This can particularly seen when the > > "name" of the array begins with a host name different to the name of the > > host running the command. > > > > So add the missing call to create_named_array(). > > > > Link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=217074 > > Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@xxxxxxx> > > Applied! Thanks. Do you have plans for releasing 4.3? I'd like this patch to be in a numbered release for at least a few months before we change the kernel Kconfig to allow md to be built without CONFIG_BLOCK_LEGACY_AUTOLOAD. Thanks, NeilBrown
