Re: md: bug in file raid5.c, line 540 was: Re: Linux 2.4.22-rc1

From: Lars Marowsky-Bree (lmb_at_suse.de)
Date: 08/22/03

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    Date:	Fri, 22 Aug 2003 17:50:39 +0200
    To: Neil Brown <neilb@cse.unsw.edu.au>, Mike Fedyk <mfedyk@matchmail.com>
    
    

    On 2003-08-22T15:24:46,
       Neil Brown <neilb@cse.unsw.edu.au> said:

    > This bug could happen if you try to fail a device that is not active.

    Yes, thats not generally a tested code path in 2.4. On removing the
    BUG() statement, also check that all counters get in/decremented
    correctly, or the next lurking bug will hit you.

    I fixed that for multipath in 2.4 too, but I can't get around to clean
    up the patchset *sigh*

    Sincerely,
        Lars Marowsky-Brée <lmb@suse.de>

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