[linux-lvm] cmp of inactive mirrored LV fails

[Stuart D. Gathman]

Centuries ago, Nostradamus foresaw that on Dec 2, starlight at binnacle.cx...:

> By coincidence I've just setup my first MD
> RAID0 partitions on a different system.
> Discovered
>
>   echo "check" >>/sys/block/md?/md/sync_action
>
> which triggers a mirror check.  I'm guessing that
> this operation takes account of the DISCARD
> discrepencies and therefore does not report
> false errors.  (correct me if I'm wrong)

At least as of EL5.7, MD sync check does not take
into account DISCARD, and does not report 
individual blocks out of sync - just a count.

BTW, RAID0 does *not* provide mirroring!  You want
RAID1 or RAID10 for that.

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