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[87.175.174.170]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 4fb4d7f45d1cf-64b3f4ea465sm1587542a12.5.2025.12.16.22.58.38 for (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 16 Dec 2025 22:58:38 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2025 07:58:38 +0100 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-US To: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org From: BugReports Subject: Issues with md raid 1 on kernel 6.18 after booting kernel 6.19rc1 once Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hi, i hope i am reaching out to the correct mailing list and this is the way to correctly report issues with rc kernels. I installed kernel 6.19-rc 1 recently (with linux-tkg, but that should not matter).  Booting the 6.19 rc1 kernel worked fine and i could access my md raid 1. After that i wanted to switch back to kernel 6.18.1 and noticed the following: - I can not access the raid 1 md anymore as it does not assemble anymore - The following error message shows up when i try to assemble the raid: |mdadm: /dev/sdc1 is identified as a member of /dev/md/1, slot 0. mdadm: /dev/sda1 is identified as a member of /dev/md/1, slot 1. mdadm: failed to add /dev/sda1 to /dev/md/1: Invalid argument mdadm: failed to add /dev/sdc1 to /dev/md/1: Invalid argument - The following error shows up in dmesg: ||[Di, 16. Dez 2025, 11:50:38] md: md1 stopped. [Di, 16. Dez 2025, 11:50:38] md: sda1 does not have a valid v1.2 superblock, not importing! [Di, 16. Dez 2025, 11:50:38] md: md_import_device returned -22 [Di, 16. Dez 2025, 11:50:38] md: sdc1 does not have a valid v1.2 superblock, not importing! [Di, 16. Dez 2025, 11:50:38] md: md_import_device returned -22 [Di, 16. Dez 2025, 11:50:38] md: md1 stopped. - mdadm --examine used with kerne 6.18 shows the following : ||cat mdadmin618.txt /dev/sdc1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 1.2 Feature Map : 0x1 Array UUID : 3b786bf1:559584b0:b9eabbe2:82bdea18 Name : gamebox:1 (local to host gamebox) Creation Time : Tue Nov 26 20:39:09 2024 Raid Level : raid1 Raid Devices : 2 Avail Dev Size : 3859879936 sectors (1840.53 GiB 1976.26 GB) Array Size : 1929939968 KiB (1840.53 GiB 1976.26 GB) Data Offset : 264192 sectors Super Offset : 8 sectors Unused Space : before=264112 sectors, after=0 sectors State : clean Device UUID : 9f185862:a11d8deb:db6d708e:a7cc6a91 Internal Bitmap : 8 sectors from superblock Update Time : Mon Dec 15 22:40:46 2025 Bad Block Log : 512 entries available at offset 16 sectors Checksum : f11e2fa5 - correct Events : 2618 Device Role : Active device 0 Array State : AA ('A' == active, '.' == missing, 'R' == replacing) /dev/sda1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 1.2 Feature Map : 0x1 Array UUID : 3b786bf1:559584b0:b9eabbe2:82bdea18 Name : gamebox:1 (local to host gamebox) Creation Time : Tue Nov 26 20:39:09 2024 Raid Level : raid1 Raid Devices : 2 Avail Dev Size : 3859879936 sectors (1840.53 GiB 1976.26 GB) Array Size : 1929939968 KiB (1840.53 GiB 1976.26 GB) Data Offset : 264192 sectors Super Offset : 8 sectors Unused Space : before=264112 sectors, after=0 sectors State : clean Device UUID : fc196769:0e25b5af:dfc6cab6:639ac8f9 Internal Bitmap : 8 sectors from superblock Update Time : Mon Dec 15 22:40:46 2025 Bad Block Log : 512 entries available at offset 16 sectors Checksum : 4d0d5f31 - correct Events : 2618 Device Role : Active device 1 Array State : AA ('A' == active, '.' == missing, 'R' == replacing)| |- Mdadm --detail shows the following in 6.19 rc1 (i am using 6.19 output as it does not work anymore in 6.18.1): ||/dev/md1: Version : 1.2 Creation Time : Tue Nov 26 20:39:09 2024 Raid Level : raid1 Array Size : 1929939968 (1840.53 GiB 1976.26 GB) Used Dev Size : 1929939968 (1840.53 GiB 1976.26 GB) Raid Devices : 2 Total Devices : 2 Persistence : Superblock is persistent Intent Bitmap : Internal Update Time : Tue Dec 16 13:14:10 2025 State : clean Active Devices : 2 Working Devices : 2 Failed Devices : 0 Spare Devices : 0 Consistency Policy : bitmap Name : gamebox:1 (local to host gamebox) UUID : 3b786bf1:559584b0:b9eabbe2:82bdea18 Events : 2618 Number Major Minor RaidDevice State 0 8 33 0 active sync /dev/sdc1 1 8 1 1 active sync /dev/sda1| I didn't spot any obvious issue in the mdadm --examine on kernel 6.18 pointing to why it thinks this is not a valid 1.2 superblock. The mdraid still works nicely on kernel 6.19 but i am unable to use it on kernel 6.18 (worked fine before booting 6.19). Is kernel 6.19 rc1 doing adjustments on the md superblock when the md is used which are not compatible with older kernels (the md was created already in Nov 2024)? Many thx !