Andrei Ivanov wrote:
> top reports this:
> 
> 7 root 18446744073709551615 -20 0 0 0 SW< 0.0  0.0   A0:00   0 mdrecoveryd
> 8 root 18446744073709551615 -20 0 0 0 SW< 0.0  0.0   0:00   0 raid1d
> 
> is this strange or what ?
> 

The attached patch does fix this.