linux-kernel - [218/272] md: Fix removal of extra drives when converting RAID6 to RAID5

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Date:	Tue, 15 Feb 2011 16:14:35 -0800
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org
Cc:	stable-review@...nel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk,
	NeilBrown <neilb@...e.de>
Subject: [218/272] md: Fix removal of extra drives when converting RAID6 to RAID5

2.6.37-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.

------------------

From: NeilBrown <neilb@...e.de>

commit bf2cb0dab8c97f00a71875d9b13dbac17a2f47ca upstream.

When a RAID6 is converted to a RAID5, the extra drive should
be discarded.  However it isn't due to a typo in a comparison.

This bug was introduced in commit e93f68a1fc6 in 2.6.35-rc4
and is suitable for any -stable since than.

As the extra drive is not removed, the 'degraded' counter is wrong and
so the RAID5 will not respond correctly to a subsequent failure.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@...e.de>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>

---
 drivers/md/md.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -3117,7 +3117,7 @@ level_store(mddev_t *mddev, const char *
 		char nm[20];
 		if (rdev->raid_disk < 0)
 			continue;
-		if (rdev->new_raid_disk > mddev->raid_disks)
+		if (rdev->new_raid_disk >= mddev->raid_disks)
 			rdev->new_raid_disk = -1;
 		if (rdev->new_raid_disk == rdev->raid_disk)
 			continue;


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