Yes, I meant repair, sorry. I checked my bash history and I did indeed
order a repair (echo repair >/sys/block/md0/md/sync_action). I think I
called it a resync because that's what /proc/mdstat told me it was
doing.

On Sat, 2007-02-24 at 04:50 -0500, Justin Piszcz wrote:
> A resync?  You're supposed to run a 'repair' are you not?
> 
> Justin.
> 
> On Sat, 24 Feb 2007, Jason Rainforest wrote:
> 
> > I tried doing a check, found a mismatch_cnt of 8 (7*250Gb SW RAID5,
> > multiple controllers on Linux 2.6.19.2, SMP x86-64 on Athlon64 X2 4200
> > +).
> >
> > I then ordered a resync. The mismatch_cnt returned to 0 at the start of
> > the resync, but around the same time that it went up to 8 with the
> > check, it went up to 8 in the resync. After the resync, it still is 8. I
> > haven't ordered a check since the resync completed.
> >
> >
> > On Sat, 2007-02-24 at 04:37 -0500, Justin Piszcz wrote:
> >> Of course you could just run repair but then you would never know that
> >> mismatch_cnt was > 0.
> >>
> >> Justin.
> >>
> >> On Sat, 24 Feb 2007, Justin Piszcz wrote:
> >>
> >>> Perhaps,
> >>>
> >>> The way it works (I believe is as follows)
> >>>
> >>> 1. echo check > sync_action
> >>> 2. If mismatch_cnt > 0 then run:
> >>> 3. echo repair > sync_action
> >>> 4. Re-run #1
> >>> 5. Check to make sure it is back to 0.
> >>>
> >>> Justin.
> >>>
> >>> On Sat, 24 Feb 2007, Eyal Lebedinsky wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I did a resync since, which ended up with the same mismatch_cnt of 184.
> >>>> I noticed that the count *was* reset to zero when the resync started,
> >>>> but ended up with 184 (same as after the check).
> >>>>
> >>>> I thought that the resync just calculates fresh parity and does not
> >>>> bother checking if it is different. So what does this final count mean?
> >>>>
> >>>> This leads me to ask: why bother doing a check if I will always run
> >>>> a resync after an error - better run a resync in the first place?
> >>>>
> >>>> --
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