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* Can a running MD array name change?
@ 2013-10-25  7:01 Ian Pilcher
  2013-10-25  7:38 ` NeilBrown
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Ian Pilcher @ 2013-10-25  7:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-raid

I'm still trying to figure out if there is any way that the kernel name
of an MD RAID array (as shown in /proc/mdstat) can change while the
array is running.

See http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.raid/44417 for a fairly
thorough explanation of why this is important to me.

Any insight greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

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Ian Pilcher                                         arequipeno@gmail.com
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* Re: Can a running MD array name change?
  2013-10-25  7:01 Can a running MD array name change? Ian Pilcher
@ 2013-10-25  7:38 ` NeilBrown
  2013-10-25  7:40   ` Ian Pilcher
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: NeilBrown @ 2013-10-25  7:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Ian Pilcher; +Cc: linux-raid

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On Fri, 25 Oct 2013 02:01:07 -0500 Ian Pilcher <arequipeno@gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm still trying to figure out if there is any way that the kernel name
> of an MD RAID array (as shown in /proc/mdstat) can change while the
> array is running.

No.  The name that appears in /proc/mdstat can not change while an array is
active.  Nor will this ever be possible (at least as long as I have any say
in the matter).

Hope that helps.

NeilBrown

> 
> See http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.raid/44417 for a fairly
> thorough explanation of why this is important to me.
> 
> Any insight greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thanks!
> 


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* Re: Can a running MD array name change?
  2013-10-25  7:38 ` NeilBrown
@ 2013-10-25  7:40   ` Ian Pilcher
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Ian Pilcher @ 2013-10-25  7:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: NeilBrown; +Cc: linux-raid

On 10/25/2013 02:38 AM, NeilBrown wrote:
> No.  The name that appears in /proc/mdstat can not change while an array is
> active.  Nor will this ever be possible (at least as long as I have any say
> in the matter).
> 
> Hope that helps.

It does indeed.  Thank you!

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Ian Pilcher                                         arequipeno@gmail.com
Sometimes there's nothing left to do but crash and burn...or die trying.
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