If a spare is added to fix a degraded raid5 array and the resync does not run, the kernel probably still has it as a spare. The user should have the option to remove this spare disk from the array. Note: This patch should be applied on top of raid5_degrade_fix.patch: http://evms.sourceforge.net/patches/2.5.5/engine/raid5_degrade_fix.patch --- evms-2.5.5a/plugins/md/raid5_mgr.c 2006-05-10 11:33:10.173604904 -0500 +++ evms-2.5.5b/plugins/md/raid5_mgr.c 2006-05-10 11:27:27.348722208 -0500 @@ -3416,15 +3416,9 @@ /* Clear out the spare_disks list. */ EngFncs->delete_all_elements(spare_disks); - /* - * If there is only one spare and the array is in degrade mode, then - * the spare cannot be removed. - */ - if (vol->spare_disks <= 1) { - if (vol->flags & MD_DEGRADED) { - LOG_EXIT_INT(0); - return 0; - } + if ((vol->flags & MD_DEGRADED) && (vol->spare_disks > 0)) { + LOG_WARNING("%s is degraded, but there are %d spare disk(s).\n", + vol->name, vol->spare_disks); } LIST_FOR_EACH(vol->members, iter, member) {