---

yaml
---
r: 288331
b: refs/heads/master
c: 3aa3b2b
h: refs/heads/master
i:
  288329: c133e26
  288327: 9d2c61f
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: af63bcb817cf708f53bcae6edc2e3fb7dd7d8051
+refs/heads/master: 3aa3b2b2b1edb813dc5342d0108befc39541542d

trunk/drivers/md/dm-raid.c

@@ -668,7 +668,14 @@ static int super_load(struct md_rdev *rdev, struct md_rdev *refdev)
 		return ret;
 
 	sb = page_address(rdev->sb_page);
-	if (sb->magic != cpu_to_le32(DM_RAID_MAGIC)) {
+
+	/*
+	 * Two cases that we want to write new superblocks and rebuild:
+	 * 1) New device (no matching magic number)
+	 * 2) Device specified for rebuild (!In_sync w/ offset == 0)
+	 */
+	if ((sb->magic != cpu_to_le32(DM_RAID_MAGIC)) ||
+	    (!test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags) && !rdev->recovery_offset)) {
 		super_sync(rdev->mddev, rdev);
 
 		set_bit(FirstUse, &rdev->flags);
@@ -745,11 +752,8 @@ static int super_init_validation(struct mddev *mddev, struct md_rdev *rdev)
 	 */
 	rdev_for_each(r, t, mddev) {
 		if (!test_bit(In_sync, &r->flags)) {
-			if (!test_bit(FirstUse, &r->flags))
-				DMERR("Superblock area of "
-				      "rebuild device %d should have been "
-				      "cleared.", r->raid_disk);
-			set_bit(FirstUse, &r->flags);
+			DMINFO("Device %d specified for rebuild: "
+			       "Clearing superblock", r->raid_disk);
 			rebuilds++;
 		} else if (test_bit(FirstUse, &r->flags))
 			new_devs++;