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    [PATCH] md: Allow re-add to work on array without bitmaps · 07d84d10
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    When an array has a bitmap, a device can be removed and re-added and only
    blocks changes since the removal (as recorded in the bitmap) will be resynced.
    
    It should be possible to do a similar thing to arrays without bitmaps.  i.e.
    if a device is removed and re-added and *no* changes have been made in the
    interim, then the add should not require a resync.
    
    This patch allows that option.  This means that when assembling an array one
    device at a time (e.g.  during device discovery) the array can be enabled
    read-only as soon as enough devices are available, but extra devices can still
    be added without causing a resync.
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarNeil Brown <neilb@suse.de>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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