According to the btrfs document[1], adding another disk to the existing btrfs file system is equivalent to create a raid with Raid 1 on Meta, Raid 0 on Data group (mkfs.btrfs -m raid1 -d raid0).
So when wiping one of the disks out, it will corrupt the data but the meta should be OK: # btrfs fi show Label: none uuid: 3e7e0fb5-5fec-4938-bc20-0e5dfdf466ff Total devices 2 FS bytes used 128.00KiB devid 1 size 512.00MiB used 88.00MiB path /dev/loop0 *** Some devices missing This behaviour in this test case has been changed in the kernel with commit 4330e183c9537df20952d4a9ee142c536fb8ae54, we should be able to mount the drive with 'rw' in degraded mode, unless the data chunk was destroyed. [1] https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Using_Btrfs_with_Multiple_Devices ** Changed in: ubuntu-kernel-tests Assignee: (unassigned) => Po-Hsu Lin (cypressyew) ** Changed in: ubuntu-kernel-tests Status: New => In Progress -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1809870 Title: 2365dd3ca02bbb6d3412404482e1d85752549953 in ubuntu_btrfs_kernel_fixes failed on B Status in ubuntu-kernel-tests: In Progress Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Test failed on Bionic, and this patch does exist in Bionic kernel tree. Invoking test 2365dd3ca02bbb6d3412404482e1d85752549953 fix 2365dd3ca02bbb6d3412404482e1d85752549953 btrfs: undo sysfs when open_ctree() fails reproducer: mkfs.btrfs -f /dev/sdb && mount /dev/sdb /btrfs && btrfs dev add -f /dev/sdc /btrfs && umount /btrfs && wipefs -a /dev/sdc && mount -o degraded /dev/sdb /btrfs //above mount fails so try with RO mount -o degraded,ro /dev/sdb /btrfs ------ sysfs: cannot create duplicate filename '/fs/btrfs/3f48c79e-5ed0-4e87-b189-86e749e503f4' :: Performing full device TRIM /dev/loop1 (512.00MiB) ... mount -o degraded /dev/loop0 /tmp/mnt-2365dd3ca02bbb6d3412404482e1d85752549953 was expected to fail FAIL: 2365dd3ca02bbb6d3412404482e1d85752549953 (ret=1) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: linux-image-4.15.0-43-generic 4.15.0-43.46 ProcVersionSignature: User Name 4.15.0-43.46-generic 4.15.18 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-43-generic x86_64 AlsaDevices: total 0 crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 1 Dec 20 18:17 seq crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 33 Dec 20 18:17 timer AplayDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'aplay': 'aplay' ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.5 Architecture: amd64 ArecordDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'arecord': 'arecord' AudioDevicesInUse: Error: command ['fuser', '-v', '/dev/snd/seq', '/dev/snd/timer'] failed with exit code 1: CurrentDmesg: Date: Thu Dec 27 07:34:54 2018 IwConfig: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'iwconfig': 'iwconfig' Lsusb: Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub MachineType: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996) PciMultimedia: ProcFB: 0 cirrusdrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.15.0-43-generic root=UUID=2f68c627-8ab4-40d5-8c06-6563436d0f96 ro console=ttyS0,115200n8 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-4.15.0-43-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-4.15.0-43-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.173.2 RfKill: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'rfkill': 'rfkill' SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 04/01/2014 dmi.bios.vendor: SeaBIOS dmi.bios.version: Ubuntu-1.8.2-1ubuntu1 dmi.chassis.type: 1 dmi.chassis.vendor: QEMU dmi.chassis.version: pc-i440fx-xenial dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnSeaBIOS:bvrUbuntu-1.8.2-1ubuntu1:bd04/01/2014:svnQEMU:pnStandardPC(i440FX+PIIX,1996):pvrpc-i440fx-xenial:cvnQEMU:ct1:cvrpc-i440fx-xenial: dmi.product.name: Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996) dmi.product.version: pc-i440fx-xenial dmi.sys.vendor: QEMU To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-kernel-tests/+bug/1809870/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp