From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: NeilBrown Subject: [PATCH 013 of 29] md: Don't reject HOT_REMOVE_DISK request for an array that is not yet started. Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:50:44 +1000 Message-ID: <1080627065044.10508@suse.de> References: <20080627164503.9671.patches@notabene> Return-path: Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Andrew Morton Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids There is really no need for this test here, and there are valid cases for selectively removing devices from an array that it not actually active. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown ### Diffstat output ./drivers/md/md.c | 3 --- 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-) diff .prev/drivers/md/md.c ./drivers/md/md.c --- .prev/drivers/md/md.c 2008-06-27 16:20:38.000000000 +1000 +++ ./drivers/md/md.c 2008-06-27 16:22:01.000000000 +1000 @@ -4300,9 +4300,6 @@ static int hot_remove_disk(mddev_t * mdd char b[BDEVNAME_SIZE]; mdk_rdev_t *rdev; - if (!mddev->pers) - return -ENODEV; - rdev = find_rdev(mddev, dev); if (!rdev) return -ENXIO;