Re: mdadm core dump

[Ming Zhang <mingz@ele.uri.edu>]

On Fri, 2005-09-23 at 16:41 +0200, Neil Brown wrote:
> On Friday September 23, mingz@ele.uri.edu wrote:
> > i did not read the mdadm code. but i suspect there is a pointer misuse
> > when there is no configuration file available.
> > 
> ...
> > [root@localhost ~]# strace mdadm --assemble /dev/md0
> > execve("/sbin/mdadm", ["mdadm", "--assemble", "/dev/md0"], [/* 23 vars
> > */]) = 0
> > uname({sys="Linux", node="localhost.localdomain", ...}) = 0
> > brk(0)                                  = 0x515000
> ...
> > open("/etc/mdadm.conf", O_RDONLY)       = -1 ENOENT (No such file or
> > directory)
> > --- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) @ 0 (0) ---
> > +++ killed by SIGSEGV +++
> > 
> > [root@localhost ~]# mdadm --version
> > mdadm - v1.6.0 - 4 June 2004
> 
> Fixed in v1.8.0, but I would recommend upgrading all the way to
> 1.12.0, or even 2.1.
> 
> NeilBrown

ic. thx. but the centos 4.1 does not provide this update yet. will get
around.

ming