Create: report failure if array cannot be started.

[thirdparty/mdadm.git] / Create.c

diff --git a/Create.c b/Create.c
index 4a79fb04e461ec5ae5ed1d8c824c3eb78844679b..c1364731f52f1f7c3761e9ce014116da91aae94f 100644 (file)
--- a/Create.c
+++ b/Create.c
@@ -872,20 +872,27 @@ int Create(struct supertype *st, char *mddev,
                wait_for(chosen_name, mdfd);
        } else if (runstop == 1 || subdevs >= raiddisks) {
                if (st->ss->external) {
+                       int err;
                        switch(level) {
                        case LEVEL_LINEAR:
                        case LEVEL_MULTIPATH:
                        case 0:
-                               sysfs_set_str(&info, NULL, "array_state",
-                                             "active");
+                               err = sysfs_set_str(&info, NULL, "array_state",
+                                                   "active");
                                need_mdmon = 0;
                                break;
                        default:
-                               sysfs_set_str(&info, NULL, "array_state",
-                                             "readonly");
+                               err = sysfs_set_str(&info, NULL, "array_state",
+                                                   "readonly");
                                break;
                        }
                        sysfs_set_safemode(&info, safe_mode_delay);
+                       if (err) {
+                               fprintf(stderr, Name ": failed to"
+                                       " activate array.\n");
+                               ioctl(mdfd, STOP_ARRAY, NULL);
+                               goto abort;
+                       }
                } else {
                        /* param is not actually used */
                        mdu_param_t param;