+mddev_dev_t load_containers(void)
+{
+ struct mdstat_ent *mdstat = mdstat_read(1, 0);
+ struct mdstat_ent *ent;
+ mddev_dev_t d;
+ mddev_dev_t rv = NULL;
+
+ if (!mdstat)
+ return NULL;
+
+ for (ent = mdstat; ent; ent = ent->next)
+ if (ent->metadata_version &&
+ strncmp(ent->metadata_version, "external:", 9) == 0 &&
+ !is_subarray(&ent->metadata_version[9])) {
+ d = malloc(sizeof(*d));
+ if (!d)
+ continue;
+ if (asprintf(&d->devname, "/dev/%s", ent->dev) < 0) {
+ free(d);
+ continue;
+ }
+ d->next = rv;
+ d->used = 0;
+ d->content = NULL;
+ rv = d;
+ }
+ free_mdstat(mdstat);
+
+ return rv;
+}
+