Re: Check / Automatic repair

On Mon, 21 May 2012 12:09:47 +0200 Fabien Bourigault [off-list ref] wrote:

Hi,

I was reading the kernel md.txt documentation and found that couple of
sentences about sync_action :

496        check         - A full check of redundancy was requested and is
497                        happening.  This reads all block and checks
498                        them. A repair may also happen for some raid
499                        levels.


What levels/configurations are affected by the "A repair may also
happen for some raid levels." sentence ?

Someone really should find time to fix up that file....

I don't remember the details of what it meant at the time, but with current
code 'check' means a check is happening for all raid levels, and 'repair'
means a repair is happening.

NeilBrown