From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262086AbTKCPsu (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Nov 2003 10:48:50 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262078AbTKCPsu (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Nov 2003 10:48:50 -0500 Received: from home.wiggy.net ([213.84.101.140]:39402 "EHLO mx1.wiggy.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262072AbTKCPsp (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Nov 2003 10:48:45 -0500 Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 16:48:43 +0100 From: Wichert Akkerman To: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: lock failure when creating raid on 2.6.0-test9 Message-ID: <20031103154843.GA1719@wiggy.net> Mail-Followup-To: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20031103133526.GC24627@wiggy.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031103133526.GC24627@wiggy.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org (cc'ing linux-kernel as well since I suspect another subsystem may be involved). I noticed something else in addition to the problem below: I also can no longer mount /dev/hdc1 since mount tells me the device is busy. It looks like something scans the various block devices during boot and forgets to release something. Wichert. Previously Wichert Akkerman wrote: > I am trying to setup RAID 1 array on two SCSI disks on a 2.6.0-test9 > kernel but I am hitting the following: > > vortex:~# mkraid /dev/md0 > handling MD device /dev/md0 > analyzing super-block > disk 0: /dev/hda2, 35077927kB, raid superblock at 35077824kB > disk 1: /dev/hdc2, 35077927kB, raid superblock at 35077824kB > md: bind > md: could not lock hdc2. > md: error, md_import_device() returned -16 > mkraid: aborted. > (In addition to the above messages, see the syslog and /proc/mdstat as well > for potential clues.) > > -16 is EBUSY, which is unepexted since nothing else is using that disk. > At this stage /proc/mdstat contains: > > Personalities : [raid1] > md0 : inactive hda2[0] > 35077824 blocks > unused devices: -- Wichert Akkerman It is simple to make things. http://www.wiggy.net/ It is hard to make things simple.