* else mark the drive as failed
*/
if (test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags)
- && (conf->raid_disks - mddev->degraded) == 1)
+ && (conf->raid_disks - mddev->degraded) == 1) {
/*
* Don't fail the drive, act as though we were just a
- * normal single drive
+ * normal single drive.
+ * However don't try a recovery from this drive as
+ * it is very likely to fail.
*/
+ mddev->recovery_disabled = 1;
return;
+ }
if (test_and_clear_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags)) {
unsigned long flags;
spin_lock_irqsave(&conf->device_lock, flags);