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From: Michael Tokarev <mjt@tls.msk.ru>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 006 of 9] md: Remove the working_disks and failed_disks
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NeilBrown wrote:
> They are not needed.
> conf->failed_disks is the same as mddev->degraded

By the way, `failed_disks' is more understandable than `degraded'
in this context.  "Degraded" usually refers to the state of the
array in question, when failed_disks > 0.

That to say: I'd rename degraded back to failed_disks, here and
in the rest of raid drivers... ;)

/mjt