# # create a raid1 array, add an internal bitmap # mdadm --create --run $md0 -l 1 -n 2 $dev1 $dev2 check wait testdev $md0 1 $mdsize1a 64 #mdadm -E $dev1 mdadm --grow $md0 --bitmap=internal --bitmap-chunk=4 --delay=1 || { mdadm -X $dev2 ; exit 1; } sleep 4 dirty1=`mdadm -X $dev2 | sed -n -e 's/.*Bitmap.* \([0-9]*\) dirty.*/\1/p'` testdev $md0 1 $mdsize1a 64 sleep 4 dirty2=`mdadm -X $dev2 | sed -n -e 's/.*Bitmap.* \([0-9]*\) dirty.*/\1/p'` if [ $dirty1 -ne 0 -o $dirty2 -ne 0 ] then echo >&2 "ERROR bad 'dirty' counts: dirty1 $dirty1, dirty2 $dirty2" echo bad dirty counts exit 1 fi # now to remove the bitmap check bitmap mdadm --grow $md0 --bitmap=none check nobitmap mdadm -S $md0