The md-cluster is compiled as module by default, if it is compiled by built-in way, then we can't make md-cluster works. [64782.630008] md/raid1:md127: active with 2 out of 2 mirrors [64782.630528] md-cluster module not found. [64782.630530] md127: Could not setup cluster service (-2) Fixes: edb39c9 ("Introduce md_cluster_operations to handle cluster functions") Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (v4.1+) Cc: NeilBrown <neilb@xxxxxxxx> Reported-by: Marc Smith <marc.smith@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Guoqing Jiang <gqjiang@xxxxxxxx> --- V3 changes: 1. add the "!md_cluster_ops" test back 2. fix wrong mail info of stable kernel V2 changes: 1. call try_module_get if md_cluster_ops is already set, otherwise try_module_get/module_put are unbalanced. drivers/md/md.c | 12 ++++-------- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c index 67642ba..915e84d 100644 --- a/drivers/md/md.c +++ b/drivers/md/md.c @@ -7610,16 +7610,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_md_cluster_operations); int md_setup_cluster(struct mddev *mddev, int nodes) { - int err; - - err = request_module("md-cluster"); - if (err) { - pr_err("md-cluster module not found.\n"); - return -ENOENT; - } - + if (!md_cluster_ops) + request_module("md-cluster"); spin_lock(&pers_lock); + /* ensure module won't be unloaded */ if (!md_cluster_ops || !try_module_get(md_cluster_mod)) { + pr_err("can't find md-cluster module or get it's reference.\n"); spin_unlock(&pers_lock); return -ENOENT; } -- 2.6.6 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html