From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jes.Sorensen@redhat.com Subject: [PATCH 1/1] mddev_create(): choose /dev/md/ name over /dev/mdX Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 14:53:09 -0500 Message-ID: <1423684389-10977-2-git-send-email-Jes.Sorensen@redhat.com> References: <1423684389-10977-1-git-send-email-Jes.Sorensen@redhat.com> Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1423684389-10977-1-git-send-email-Jes.Sorensen@redhat.com> Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: neilb@suse.de Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org, Jes Sorensen List-Id: linux-raid.ids From: Jes Sorensen /dev/mdX is created automatically if we create /dev/md/X, but /dev/md/X isn't created automatically if we create /dev/mdX. By chosing /dev/md/X as the default name from /dev/mdX, we achieve consistency when creating new arrays. Signed-off-by: Jes Sorensen --- mdopen.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/mdopen.c b/mdopen.c index 2c9d745..db75d09 100644 --- a/mdopen.c +++ b/mdopen.c @@ -338,7 +338,11 @@ int create_mddev(char *dev, char *name, int autof, int trustworthy, sprintf(devname, "/dev/%s", devnm); - if (dev && dev[0] == '/') + if (dev && strncmp(dev, "/dev/md", 7) == 0 && + dev[7] != '/' && strlen(dev) > 7) { + strcpy(chosen, "/dev/md/"); + strcpy(chosen + 8, dev + 7); + } else if (dev && dev[0] == '/') strcpy(chosen, dev); else if (cname[0] == 0) strcpy(chosen, devname); -- 2.1.0