md: fix possible corruption of array metadata on shutdown.
commit c744a65c md: don't set md arrays to readonly on shutdown. removed the possibility of a 'BUG' when data is written to an array that has just been switched to read-only, but also introduced the possibility that the array metadata could be corrupted. If, when md_notify_reboot gets the mddev lock, the array is in a state where it is assembled but hasn't been started (as can happen if the personality module is not available, or in other unusual situations), then incorrect metadata will be written out making it impossible to re-assemble the array. So only call __md_stop_writes() if the array has actually been activated. This patch is needed for any stable kernel which has had the above commit applied. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Reported-by: Christoph Nelles <evilazrael@evilazrael.de> Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
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