Re: md (regression): reboot/shutdown hangs

From: Rafael J. Wysocki
Date: Fri Aug 29 2008 - 15:10:13 EST


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On Thursday, 28 of August 2008, Alistair John Strachan wrote:
> Hi Neil,
>
> Commit 2b25000bf5157c28d8591f03f0575248a8cbd900 ("Restore force switch of md
> array to readonly at reboot time.") causes a reboot/shutdown to hang
> indefinitely on my box. Reverting this single commit makes the problem go
> away. It was first released with 2.6.27-rc3, I believe, and so this is a
> regression vs 2.6.26 (Rafael CCed).
>
> I think the problem might be because my rootfs is on a RAID5 and my distro
> fails to stop it completely before halt/reboot.
>
> Please let me know if there's any more information you need from me.
>


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