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-rw-r--r--drivers/md/md.c16
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index b4fb7247b3e..ee199d46252 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -2054,13 +2054,15 @@ static int do_md_run(mddev_t * mddev)
if (start_readonly)
mddev->ro = 2; /* read-only, but switch on first write */
- /* before we start the array running, initialise the bitmap */
- err = bitmap_create(mddev);
- if (err)
- printk(KERN_ERR "%s: failed to create bitmap (%d)\n",
- mdname(mddev), err);
- else
- err = mddev->pers->run(mddev);
+ err = mddev->pers->run(mddev);
+ if (!err && mddev->pers->sync_request) {
+ err = bitmap_create(mddev);
+ if (err) {
+ printk(KERN_ERR "%s: failed to create bitmap (%d)\n",
+ mdname(mddev), err);
+ mddev->pers->stop(mddev);
+ }
+ }
if (err) {
printk(KERN_ERR "md: pers->run() failed ...\n");
module_put(mddev->pers->owner);