# create a small raid5 array, make it larger. Then make it smaller mdadm -CR $md0 -e0.90 --level raid5 --chunk=64 --raid-disks 3 --size $[size/2] $dev1 $dev2 $dev3 check wait check state UUU testdev $md0 2 $[size/2] 32 mdadm --grow $md0 --size max check resync check wait testdev $md0 2 $mdsize0 32 mdadm --grow $md0 --size $[size/2] check nosync testdev $md0 2 $[size/2] 32 mdadm -S $md0 # same again with version 1.1 superblock mdadm -CR $md0 --level raid5 --metadata=1.1 --chunk=128 --raid-disks 4 --size $[size/2] $dev1 $dev2 $dev3 $dev4 check wait check state UUUU testdev $md0 3 $[size/2] 128 mdadm --grow $md0 --size max check resync check wait testdev $md0 3 $[mdsize1_l] 128 mdadm --grow $md0 --size $[size/2] check nosync sh tests/testdev $md0 3 $[size/2] 128 mdadm -S $md0