disk.minor == 0)
continue;
if ((dv=map_dev(disk.major, disk.minor, 1))) {
- if ((!st || !st->sb) &&
+ /* some formats (imsm) have free-floating-spares
+ * with a uuid of uuid_match_any, they don't
+ * have very good info about the rest of the
+ * container, so keep searching when
+ * encountering such a device. Otherwise, stop
+ * after the first successful call to
+ * ->load_super.
+ */
+ int free_spare = memcmp(uuid_match_any,
+ info.uuid,
+ sizeof(uuid_match_any)) == 0;
+ if ((!st || !st->sb || free_spare) &&
(array.raid_disks == 0 ||
(disk.state & (1<<MD_DISK_ACTIVE)))) {
/* try to read the superblock from this device
* to get more info
*/
+ if (free_spare)
+ st->ss->free_super(st);
int fd2 = dev_open(dv, O_RDONLY);
if (fd2 >=0 && st &&
st->ss->load_super(st, fd2, NULL) == 0) {