return ret;
sb = page_address(rdev->sb_page);
- if (sb->magic != cpu_to_le32(DM_RAID_MAGIC)) {
+
+ /*
+ * Two cases that we want to write new superblocks and rebuild:
+ * 1) New device (no matching magic number)
+ * 2) Device specified for rebuild (!In_sync w/ offset == 0)
+ */
+ if ((sb->magic != cpu_to_le32(DM_RAID_MAGIC)) ||
+ (!test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags) && !rdev->recovery_offset)) {
super_sync(rdev->mddev, rdev);
set_bit(FirstUse, &rdev->flags);
*/
rdev_for_each(r, t, mddev) {
if (!test_bit(In_sync, &r->flags)) {
- if (!test_bit(FirstUse, &r->flags))
- DMERR("Superblock area of "
- "rebuild device %d should have been "
- "cleared.", r->raid_disk);
- set_bit(FirstUse, &r->flags);
+ DMINFO("Device %d specified for rebuild: "
+ "Clearing superblock", r->raid_disk);
rebuilds++;
} else if (test_bit(FirstUse, &r->flags))
new_devs++;