From afc1f55ca44e257f69da8f43e0714a76686ae8d1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shaohua Li <shli@fb.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2017 20:34:45 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] MD: not clear ->safemode for external metadata array

->safemode should be triggered by mdadm for external metadaa array, otherwise
array's state confuses mdadm.

Fixes: 33182d15c6bf(md: always clear ->safemode when md_check_recovery gets the mddev lock.)
Cc: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shli@fb.com>
---
 drivers/md/md.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index e4ba95f6cd59..b01e458d31e9 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -8656,7 +8656,7 @@ void md_check_recovery(struct mddev *mddev)
 	if (mddev_trylock(mddev)) {
 		int spares = 0;
 
-		if (mddev->safemode == 1)
+		if (!mddev->external && mddev->safemode == 1)
 			mddev->safemode = 0;
 
 		if (mddev->ro) {
-- 
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