mdadm-3.0-0.devel3.5.fc11.x86_64 After mdadm-3.0-0.devel3.2 udev + mdadm get int the folowing endless dance. # udevadm monitor .... UDEV [1239266575.473953] change /devices/virtual/block/md5 (block) UEVENT[1239266575.510739] change /devices/virtual/block/md5 (block) UDEV [1239266575.516114] change /devices/virtual/block/md5 (block) UEVENT[1239266575.552984] change /devices/virtual/block/md5 (block) .... This is excuted repeatedly /sbin/mdadm --detail --export /dev/block/9:5 The looping stops if I downgrade to mdadm-3.0-0.devel3.2 on the fly. # blkid /dev/mapper/x2-root: UUID="0a71eece-0467-4349-b38e-f76a32dc8d5e" SEC_TYPE="ext2" TYPE="ext3" /dev/x2/root: UUID="0a71eece-0467-4349-b38e-f76a32dc8d5e" SEC_TYPE="ext2" TYPE="ext3" /dev/sdb1: UUID="O9hbhy-0SPt-a33F-0YWv-MatH-mlOz-XD4Fu5" TYPE="lvm2pv" /dev/sda1: LABEL="/boot" UUID="f704f962-35ea-4c11-a79a-f1768ca8fb82" SEC_TYPE="ext2" TYPE="ext3" /dev/sda2: UUID="mz9VKl-E6Ar-lTfh-vfBU-hChR-SrsK-r6gOZq" TYPE="lvm2pv" /dev/sdc1: UUID="AryLba-cIwd-G5YJ-Qneb-2LYK-3FQv-TgVU59" TYPE="lvm2pv" /dev/mapper/TV-TV: LABEL="TV" UUID="1e8ab763-970f-4c08-aa67-c58bc4cfee3c" SEC_TYPE="ext2" TYPE="ext3" /dev/dm-1: TYPE="swap" UUID="a76efde9-a5a0-4265-87fe-7c8807b2a264" /dev/sda3: UUID="wO6wh1-fEXm-x1ts-50zy-DzSq-H3i0-0abHiZ" TYPE="lvm2pv" /dev/sdd1: UUID="6acbb49e-eded-04cb-7ae1-f26adf04560f" TYPE="mdraid" /dev/mapper/x2-swap: TYPE="swap" UUID="a76efde9-a5a0-4265-87fe-7c8807b2a264" /dev/x2/swap: TYPE="swap" UUID="a76efde9-a5a0-4265-87fe-7c8807b2a264" /dev/sdd2: UUID="Jj0XAK-rJFY-ORfN-llrn-tdln-uYXa-zmIDlB" TYPE="lvm2pv" /dev/md5: UUID="O9hbhy-0SPt-a33F-0YWv-MatH-mlOz-XD4Fu5" TYPE="lvm2pv" /dev/dm-2: LABEL="tempTV" UUID="44a40889-0d75-48b1-af51-f471856a2379" SEC_TYPE="ext2" TYPE="ext3" /dev/mapper/tempTV-tempTV: LABEL="tempTV" UUID="44a40889-0d75-48b1-af51-f471856a2379" TYPE="ext3" # cat /etc/mdadm.conf MAILADDR root ARRAY /dev/md5 level=raid1 num-devices=2 UUID=9eb4cb6a:cb04eded:6af2e17a:0f5604df # cat /etc/fstab /dev/x2/root / ext3 defaults 1 1 LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults 1 2 tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0 proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/x2/swap swap swap defaults 0 0 LABEL=TV /TV ext3 defaults 1 0 LABEL=tempTV /TV/temp ext3 defaults 1 0
This no longer happens with mdadm-3.0-0.devel3.6.fc11
Which doesn't make much sense considering that the only change in mdadm-3.0-0.devel3.6.fc11 was to move the mdadm map file from /dev/md/mdadm.map to /dev/.mdadm.map. In any case, closing out since it no longer happens.