On Sat, 14 Dec 2013 13:01:50 -0800 "David F." [off-list ref] wrote:

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Hi,

Just wondering if this gave you guys everything you needed to figure
out the issue?

I had everything but time.  I've now made the time and have the fix (I hope).

Please try the current HEAD of git://neil.brown.name/mdadm/
The important patch is below.

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Also, any idea on when 3.4 may be out with the various fixes?

I hope to release 3.3.1 some time in February.  Based on past experience it
should be out before Easter, but no promises.

NeilBrown

From f0e876ce03a63f150bb87b2734c139bc8bb285b2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: NeilBrown <redacted>
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2014 15:27:29 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] DDF: fix detection of failed devices during assembly.

When we call "getinfo_super", we report the working/failed status
of the particular device, and also (via the 'map') the working/failed
status of every other device that this metadata is aware of.

It is important that the way we calculate "working or failed" is
consistent.
As it is, getinfo_super_ddf() will report a spare as "working", but
every other device will see it as "failed", which leads to failure to
assemble arrays with spares.

For getinfo_super_ddf (i.e. for the container), a device is assumed
"working" unless flagged as DDF_Failed.
For getinfo_super_ddf_bvd (for a member array), a device is assumed
"failed" unless DDF_Online is set, and DDF_Failed is not set.

Reported-by: "David F." <redacted>
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <redacted>

diff --git a/super-ddf.c b/super-ddf.c
index d526d8ad3da9..4242af86fea9 100644
--- a/super-ddf.c
+++ b/super-ddf.c

@@ -1913,6 +1913,7 @@ static void getinfo_super_ddf(struct supertype *st, struct mdinfo *info, char *m
        info->disk.major = 0;
        info->disk.minor = 0;
        if (ddf->dlist) {
+               struct phys_disk_entry *pde = NULL;
                info->disk.number = be32_to_cpu(ddf->dlist->disk.refnum);
                info->disk.raid_disk = find_phys(ddf, ddf->dlist->disk.refnum);

@@ -1920,12 +1921,19 @@ static void getinfo_super_ddf(struct supertype *st, struct mdinfo *info, char *m
                                                  entries[info->disk.raid_disk].
                                                  config_size);
                info->component_size = ddf->dlist->size - info->data_offset;
+               if (info->disk.raid_disk >= 0)
+                       pde = ddf->phys->entries + info->disk.raid_disk;
+               if (pde &&
+                   !(be16_to_cpu(pde->state) & DDF_Failed))
+                       info->disk.state = (1 << MD_DISK_SYNC) | (1 << MD_DISK_ACTIVE);
+               else
+                       info->disk.state = 1 << MD_DISK_FAULTY;
        } else {
                info->disk.number = -1;
                info->disk.raid_disk = -1;
 //             info->disk.raid_disk = find refnum in the table and use index;
+               info->disk.state = (1 << MD_DISK_SYNC) | (1 << MD_DISK_ACTIVE);
        }
-       info->disk.state = (1 << MD_DISK_SYNC) | (1 << MD_DISK_ACTIVE);

        info->recovery_start = MaxSector;
        info->reshape_active = 0;

@@ -1943,8 +1951,6 @@ static void getinfo_super_ddf(struct supertype *st, struct mdinfo *info, char *m
                int i;
                for (i = 0 ; i < map_disks; i++) {
                        if (i < info->array.raid_disks &&
-                           (be16_to_cpu(ddf->phys->entries[i].state)
-                            & DDF_Online) &&
                            !(be16_to_cpu(ddf->phys->entries[i].state)
                              & DDF_Failed))
                                map[i] = 1;

@@ -2017,7 +2023,11 @@ static void getinfo_super_ddf_bvd(struct supertype *st, struct mdinfo *info, cha
                info->disk.raid_disk = cd + conf->sec_elmnt_seq
                        * be16_to_cpu(conf->prim_elmnt_count);
                info->disk.number = dl->pdnum;
-               info->disk.state = (1<<MD_DISK_SYNC)|(1<<MD_DISK_ACTIVE);
+               info->disk.state = 0;
+               if (info->disk.number >= 0 &&
+                   (be16_to_cpu(ddf->phys->entries[info->disk.number].state) & DDF_Online) &&
+                   !(be16_to_cpu(ddf->phys->entries[info->disk.number].state) & DDF_Failed))
+                       info->disk.state = (1<<MD_DISK_SYNC)|(1<<MD_DISK_ACTIVE);
        }

        info->container_member = ddf->currentconf->vcnum;