disc.state |= 1 << MD_DISK_WRITEMOSTLY;
if (dv->writemostly == 2)
disc.state &= ~(1 << MD_DISK_WRITEMOSTLY);
- if (ioctl(fd, ADD_NEW_DISK, &disc) == 0) {
+ /* don't even try if disk is marked as faulty */
+ errno = 0;
+ if ((disc.state & 1) == 0 &&
+ ioctl(fd, ADD_NEW_DISK, &disc) == 0) {
if (verbose >= 0)
fprintf(stderr, Name ": re-added %s\n", dv->devname);
continue;