* and if we can get_disk_info and find a name
* Then we hot-remove and hot-add to the other array
*
- * If devlist is NULL, then we can monitor everything because --scan
+ * If devlist is NULL, then we can monitor everything if --scan
* was given. We get an initial list from config file and add anything
* that appears in /proc/mdstat
*/
struct mddev_ident *mdlist;
int delay_for_event = c->delay;
+ if (devlist && c->scan) {
+ pr_err("Devices list and --scan option cannot be combined - not monitoring.\n");
+ return 1;
+ }
+
if (!mailaddr)
mailaddr = conf_get_mailaddr();