From a99ac97113d5bc25ddc4d17f404c2024ac6c57f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Neil Brown Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2008 08:31:43 +1000 Subject: Make sure all changes to md/degraded are notified. When a device fails, when a spare is activated, when an array is reshaped, or when an array is started, the extent to which the array is degraded can change. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown --- Documentation/md.txt | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) (limited to 'Documentation/md.txt') diff --git a/Documentation/md.txt b/Documentation/md.txt index c05bfb55659e..eb6e69e3732e 100644 --- a/Documentation/md.txt +++ b/Documentation/md.txt @@ -392,6 +392,13 @@ also have achieved. In that case, the transition to "recover" isn't notified, but the transition away is. + degraded + This contains a count of the number of devices by which the + arrays is degraded. So an optimal array with show '0'. A + single failed/missing drive will show '1', etc. + This file responds to select/poll, any increase or decrease + in the count of missing devices will trigger an event. + mismatch_count When performing 'check' and 'repair', and possibly when performing 'resync', md will count the number of errors that are -- cgit v1.2.3