From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Phil Susi Subject: Zombie dm device? Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2017 15:50:45 -0400 Message-ID: <3cf28b7e-9716-3595-018a-fecb32b61751@ubuntu.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids After running the parted test suite I seem to have a zombie md device: root@devserv:~# mdadm -D /dev/md99 /dev/md99: Version : Raid Level : raid0 Total Devices : 0 State : inactive Number Major Minor RaidDevice Why is this thing still hanging around, and how do you get rid of it? I tried mdadm --stop /dev/md99 but it didn't get rid of it. I also can't find any mdadm switch or a delete file or similar in the sysfs node. root@devserv:~# uname -a Linux devserv 4.4.0-72-generic #93-Ubuntu SMP Fri Mar 31 14:07:41 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux