mdmon: discard test_pidfile()

[thirdparty/mdadm.git] / mdmon.c

diff --git a/mdmon.c b/mdmon.c
index c5fcc4bc142efcebf753371e9014158d25c31f02..1cdbde1d29cd9d050098c60f09d38cdd644f2751 100644 (file)
--- a/mdmon.c
+++ b/mdmon.c
@@ -113,15 +113,6 @@ static struct superswitch *find_metadata_methods(char *vers)
        return NULL;
 }
 
-static int test_pidfile(char *devname)
-{
-       char path[100];
-       struct stat st;
-
-       sprintf(path, "/var/run/mdadm/%s.pid", devname);
-       return stat(path, &st);
-}
-
 int make_pidfile(char *devname, int o_excl)
 {
        char path[100];
@@ -529,13 +520,14 @@ static int mdmon(char *devname, int devnum, int must_fork, char *switchroot)
        }
 
        ignore = chdir("/");
-       if (victim < 0 && test_pidfile(container->devname) == 0) {
+       if (victim < 0) {
                if (ping_monitor(container->devname) == 0) {
                        fprintf(stderr, "mdmon: %s already managed\n",
                                container->devname);
                        exit(3);
-               } else if (victim < 0)
-                       victim = devname2mdmon(container->devname);
+               }
+               /* if there is a pid file, kill whoever is there just in case */
+               victim = devname2mdmon(container->devname);
        }
        if (container->ss->load_super(container, mdfd, devname)) {
                fprintf(stderr, "mdmon: Cannot load metadata for %s\n",