FS#26767 : linux-3.1 - RAID10 array damage upon hot spare activation

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FS#26767 - linux-3.1 - RAID10 array damage upon hot spare activation

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Kerin Millar (kerframil) - Sunday, 06 November 2011, 17:28 GMT
Last edited by Thomas Bächler (brain0) - Tuesday, 08 November 2011, 00:33 GMT

Task Type	Bug Report
Category	Packages: Testing
Status	Closed
Assigned To	Tobias Powalowski (tpowa) Thomas Bächler (brain0)
Architecture	All
Severity	High
Priority	Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version	Undecided
Due Date	Undecided
Percent Complete
Votes	0
Private	No

Details

Linux 3.1 suffers from a bug in the RAID10 driver whereby the
activation of a hot spare could destroy the array. I saw fit to report this because, though 3.1 is still in testing for Arch, it's unusually serious for a release marked as stable upstream. Fix attached.

This task depends upon

Closed by Thomas Bächler (brain0)
Tuesday, 08 November 2011, 00:33 GMT
Reason for closing: Fixed