12 files changed, 125 insertions, 155 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/md/faulty.c b/drivers/md/faulty.c
index 0248f8e7eac0..f12e83086897 100644
--- a/drivers/md/faulty.c
+++ b/drivers/md/faulty.c
@@ -316,9 +316,10 @@ static int stop(mddev_t *mddev)
         return 0;
 }
 
-static mdk_personality_t faulty_personality =
+static struct mdk_personality faulty_personality =
 {
         .name           = "faulty",
+        .level          = LEVEL_FAULTY,
         .owner          = THIS_MODULE,
         .make_request   = make_request,
         .run            = run,
@@ -329,15 +330,16 @@ static mdk_personality_t faulty_personality =
 
 static int __init raid_init(void)
 {
-        return register_md_personality(FAULTY, &faulty_personality);
+        return register_md_personality(&faulty_personality);
 }
 
 static void raid_exit(void)
 {
-        unregister_md_personality(FAULTY);
+        unregister_md_personality(&faulty_personality);
 }
 
 module_init(raid_init);
 module_exit(raid_exit);
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_ALIAS("md-personality-10"); /* faulty */
+MODULE_ALIAS("md-level--5");
diff --git a/drivers/md/linear.c b/drivers/md/linear.c
index f46c98d05b44..79dee8159217 100644
--- a/drivers/md/linear.c
+++ b/drivers/md/linear.c
@@ -351,9 +351,10 @@ static void linear_status (struct seq_file *seq, mddev_t *mddev)
 }
 
 
-static mdk_personality_t linear_personality=
+static struct mdk_personality linear_personality =
 {
         .name           = "linear",
+        .level          = LEVEL_LINEAR,
         .owner          = THIS_MODULE,
         .make_request   = linear_make_request,
         .run            = linear_run,
@@ -363,16 +364,17 @@ static mdk_personality_t linear_personality=
 
 static int __init linear_init (void)
 {
-        return register_md_personality (LINEAR, &linear_personality);
+        return register_md_personality (&linear_personality);
 }
 
 static void linear_exit (void)
 {
-        unregister_md_personality (LINEAR);
+        unregister_md_personality (&linear_personality);
 }
 
 
 module_init(linear_init);
 module_exit(linear_exit);
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS("md-personality-1"); /* LINEAR */
+MODULE_ALIAS("md-personality-1"); /* LINEAR - degrecated*/
+MODULE_ALIAS("md-level--1");
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index a6a066fc92e3..07f180f95b47 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 static void autostart_arrays (int part);
 #endif
 
-static mdk_personality_t *pers[MAX_PERSONALITY];
+static LIST_HEAD(pers_list);
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(pers_lock);
 
 /*
@@ -303,6 +303,15 @@ static mdk_rdev_t * find_rdev(mddev_t * mddev, dev_t dev)
         return NULL;
 }
 
+static struct mdk_personality *find_pers(int level)
+{
+        struct mdk_personality *pers;
+        list_for_each_entry(pers, &pers_list, list)
+                if (pers->level == level)
+                        return pers;
+        return NULL;
+}
+
 static inline sector_t calc_dev_sboffset(struct block_device *bdev)
 {
         sector_t size = bdev->bd_inode->i_size >> BLOCK_SIZE_BITS;
@@ -1744,7 +1753,7 @@ static void analyze_sbs(mddev_t * mddev)
 static ssize_t
 level_show(mddev_t *mddev, char *page)
 {
-        mdk_personality_t *p = mddev->pers;
+        struct mdk_personality *p = mddev->pers;
         if (p == NULL && mddev->raid_disks == 0)
                 return 0;
         if (mddev->level >= 0)
@@ -1960,11 +1969,12 @@ static int start_dirty_degraded;
 
 static int do_md_run(mddev_t * mddev)
 {
-        int pnum, err;
+        int err;
         int chunk_size;
         struct list_head *tmp;
         mdk_rdev_t *rdev;
         struct gendisk *disk;
+        struct mdk_personality *pers;
         char b[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
 
         if (list_empty(&mddev->disks))
@@ -1981,20 +1991,8 @@ static int do_md_run(mddev_t * mddev)
                 analyze_sbs(mddev);
 
         chunk_size = mddev->chunk_size;
-        pnum = level_to_pers(mddev->level);
 
-        if ((pnum != MULTIPATH) && (pnum != RAID1)) {
-                if (!chunk_size) {
-                        /*
-                         * 'default chunksize' in the old md code used to
-                         * be PAGE_SIZE, baaad.
-                         * we abort here to be on the safe side. We don't
-                         * want to continue the bad practice.
-                         */
-                        printk(KERN_ERR 
-                                "no chunksize specified, see 'man raidtab'\n");
-                        return -EINVAL;
-                }
+        if (chunk_size) {
                 if (chunk_size > MAX_CHUNK_SIZE) {
                         printk(KERN_ERR "too big chunk_size: %d > %d\n",
                                 chunk_size, MAX_CHUNK_SIZE);
@@ -2030,10 +2028,7 @@ static int do_md_run(mddev_t * mddev)
         }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_KMOD
-        if (!pers[pnum])
-        {
-                request_module("md-personality-%d", pnum);
-        }
+        request_module("md-level-%d", mddev->level);
 #endif
 
         /*
@@ -2055,14 +2050,14 @@ static int do_md_run(mddev_t * mddev)
                 return -ENOMEM;
 
         spin_lock(&pers_lock);
-        if (!pers[pnum] || !try_module_get(pers[pnum]->owner)) {
+        pers = find_pers(mddev->level);
+        if (!pers || !try_module_get(pers->owner)) {
                 spin_unlock(&pers_lock);
-                printk(KERN_WARNING "md: personality %d is not loaded!\n",
-                       pnum);
+                printk(KERN_WARNING "md: personality for level %d is not loaded!\n",
+                       mddev->level);
                 return -EINVAL;
         }
-
-        mddev->pers = pers[pnum];
+        mddev->pers = pers;
         spin_unlock(&pers_lock);
 
         mddev->recovery = 0;
@@ -3701,15 +3696,14 @@ static int md_seq_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
         struct list_head *tmp2;
         mdk_rdev_t *rdev;
         struct mdstat_info *mi = seq->private;
-        int i;
         struct bitmap *bitmap;
 
         if (v == (void*)1) {
+                struct mdk_personality *pers;
                 seq_printf(seq, "Personalities : ");
                 spin_lock(&pers_lock);
-                for (i = 0; i < MAX_PERSONALITY; i++)
-                        if (pers[i])
-                                seq_printf(seq, "[%s] ", pers[i]->name);
+                list_for_each_entry(pers, &pers_list, list)
+                        seq_printf(seq, "[%s] ", pers->name);
 
                 spin_unlock(&pers_lock);
                 seq_printf(seq, "\n");
@@ -3870,35 +3864,20 @@ static struct file_operations md_seq_fops = {
         .poll           = mdstat_poll,
 };
 
-int register_md_personality(int pnum, mdk_personality_t *p)
+int register_md_personality(struct mdk_personality *p)
 {
-        if (pnum >= MAX_PERSONALITY) {
-                printk(KERN_ERR
-                       "md: tried to install personality %s as nr %d, but max is %lu\n",
-                       p->name, pnum, MAX_PERSONALITY-1);
-                return -EINVAL;
-        }
-
         spin_lock(&pers_lock);
-        if (pers[pnum]) {
-                spin_unlock(&pers_lock);
-                return -EBUSY;
-        }
-
-        pers[pnum] = p;
-        printk(KERN_INFO "md: %s personality registered as nr %d\n", p->name, pnum);
+        list_add_tail(&p->list, &pers_list);
+        printk(KERN_INFO "md: %s personality registered for level %d\n", p->name, p->level);
         spin_unlock(&pers_lock);
         return 0;
 }
 
-int unregister_md_personality(int pnum)
+int unregister_md_personality(struct mdk_personality *p)
 {
-        if (pnum >= MAX_PERSONALITY)
-                return -EINVAL;
-
-        printk(KERN_INFO "md: %s personality unregistered\n", pers[pnum]->name);
+        printk(KERN_INFO "md: %s personality unregistered\n", p->name);
         spin_lock(&pers_lock);
-        pers[pnum] = NULL;
+        list_del_init(&p->list);
         spin_unlock(&pers_lock);
         return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/md/multipath.c b/drivers/md/multipath.c
index 97a56aaaef6d..d4d838e3f9f8 100644
--- a/drivers/md/multipath.c
+++ b/drivers/md/multipath.c
@@ -35,9 +35,6 @@
 #define NR_RESERVED_BUFS        32
 
 
-static mdk_personality_t multipath_personality;
-
-
 static void *mp_pool_alloc(gfp_t gfp_flags, void *data)
 {
         struct multipath_bh *mpb;
@@ -553,9 +550,10 @@ static int multipath_stop (mddev_t *mddev)
         return 0;
 }
 
-static mdk_personality_t multipath_personality=
+static struct mdk_personality multipath_personality =
 {
         .name           = "multipath",
+        .level          = LEVEL_MULTIPATH,
         .owner          = THIS_MODULE,
         .make_request   = multipath_make_request,
         .run            = multipath_run,
@@ -568,15 +566,16 @@ static mdk_personality_t multipath_personality=
 
 static int __init multipath_init (void)
 {
-        return register_md_personality (MULTIPATH, &multipath_personality);
+        return register_md_personality (&multipath_personality);
 }
 
 static void __exit multipath_exit (void)
 {
-        unregister_md_personality (MULTIPATH);
+        unregister_md_personality (&multipath_personality);
 }
 
 module_init(multipath_init);
 module_exit(multipath_exit);
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_ALIAS("md-personality-7"); /* MULTIPATH */
+MODULE_ALIAS("md-level--4");
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid0.c b/drivers/md/raid0.c
index b4eaa67fabde..7fb69e29391b 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid0.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid0.c
@@ -275,7 +275,11 @@ static int raid0_run (mddev_t *mddev)
         mdk_rdev_t *rdev;
         struct list_head *tmp;
 
-        printk("%s: setting max_sectors to %d, segment boundary to %d\n",
+        if (mddev->chunk_size == 0) {
+                printk(KERN_ERR "md/raid0: non-zero chunk size required.\n");
+                return -EINVAL;
+        }
+        printk(KERN_INFO "%s: setting max_sectors to %d, segment boundary to %d\n",
                mdname(mddev),
                mddev->chunk_size >> 9,
                (mddev->chunk_size>>1)-1);
@@ -507,9 +511,10 @@ static void raid0_status (struct seq_file *seq, mddev_t *mddev)
         return;
 }
 
-static mdk_personality_t raid0_personality=
+static struct mdk_personality raid0_personality=
 {
         .name           = "raid0",
+        .level          = 0,
         .owner          = THIS_MODULE,
         .make_request   = raid0_make_request,
         .run            = raid0_run,
@@ -519,15 +524,16 @@ static mdk_personality_t raid0_personality=
 
 static int __init raid0_init (void)
 {
-        return register_md_personality (RAID0, &raid0_personality);
+        return register_md_personality (&raid0_personality);
 }
 
 static void raid0_exit (void)
 {
-        unregister_md_personality (RAID0);
+        unregister_md_personality (&raid0_personality);
 }
 
 module_init(raid0_init);
 module_exit(raid0_exit);
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_ALIAS("md-personality-2"); /* RAID0 */
+MODULE_ALIAS("md-level-0");
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid1.c b/drivers/md/raid1.c
index c42ef1c99fa0..6e0f59ed3d80 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid1.c
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@
  */
 #define NR_RAID1_BIOS 256
 
-static mdk_personality_t raid1_personality;
 
 static void unplug_slaves(mddev_t *mddev);
 
@@ -2036,9 +2035,10 @@ static void raid1_quiesce(mddev_t *mddev, int state)
 }
 
 
-static mdk_personality_t raid1_personality =
+static struct mdk_personality raid1_personality =
 {
         .name           = "raid1",
+        .level          = 1,
         .owner          = THIS_MODULE,
         .make_request   = make_request,
         .run            = run,
@@ -2056,15 +2056,16 @@ static mdk_personality_t raid1_personality =
 
 static int __init raid_init(void)
 {
-        return register_md_personality(RAID1, &raid1_personality);
+        return register_md_personality(&raid1_personality);
 }
 
 static void raid_exit(void)
 {
-        unregister_md_personality(RAID1);
+        unregister_md_personality(&raid1_personality);
 }
 
 module_init(raid_init);
 module_exit(raid_exit);
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_ALIAS("md-personality-3"); /* RAID1 */
+MODULE_ALIAS("md-level-1");
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid10.c b/drivers/md/raid10.c
index 253322ae9195..f23d52c5df94 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid10.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid10.c
@@ -1883,11 +1883,11 @@ static int run(mddev_t *mddev)
         int nc, fc;
         sector_t stride, size;
 
-        if (mddev->level != 10) {
-                printk(KERN_ERR "raid10: %s: raid level not set correctly... (%d)\n",
-                       mdname(mddev), mddev->level);
-                goto out;
+        if (mddev->chunk_size == 0) {
+                printk(KERN_ERR "md/raid10: non-zero chunk size required.\n");
+                return -EINVAL;
         }
+
         nc = mddev->layout & 255;
         fc = (mddev->layout >> 8) & 255;
         if ((nc*fc) <2 || (nc*fc) > mddev->raid_disks ||
@@ -2072,9 +2072,10 @@ static void raid10_quiesce(mddev_t *mddev, int state)
         }
 }
 
-static mdk_personality_t raid10_personality =
+static struct mdk_personality raid10_personality =
 {
         .name           = "raid10",
+        .level          = 10,
         .owner          = THIS_MODULE,
         .make_request   = make_request,
         .run            = run,
@@ -2090,15 +2091,16 @@ static mdk_personality_t raid10_personality =
 
 static int __init raid_init(void)
 {
-        return register_md_personality(RAID10, &raid10_personality);
+        return register_md_personality(&raid10_personality);
 }
 
 static void raid_exit(void)
 {
-        unregister_md_personality(RAID10);
+        unregister_md_personality(&raid10_personality);
 }
 
 module_init(raid_init);
 module_exit(raid_exit);
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_ALIAS("md-personality-9"); /* RAID10 */
+MODULE_ALIAS("md-level-10");
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index 6e4db95cebb1..b0cfd3ca9ca0 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -2187,9 +2187,10 @@ static void raid5_quiesce(mddev_t *mddev, int state)
         }
 }
 
-static mdk_personality_t raid5_personality=
+static struct mdk_personality raid5_personality =
 {
         .name           = "raid5",
+        .level          = 5,
         .owner          = THIS_MODULE,
         .make_request   = make_request,
         .run            = run,
@@ -2204,17 +2205,40 @@ static mdk_personality_t raid5_personality=
         .quiesce        = raid5_quiesce,
 };
 
-static int __init raid5_init (void)
+static struct mdk_personality raid4_personality =
 {
-        return register_md_personality (RAID5, &raid5_personality);
+        .name           = "raid4",
+        .level          = 4,
+        .owner          = THIS_MODULE,
+        .make_request   = make_request,
+        .run            = run,
+        .stop           = stop,
+        .status         = status,
+        .error_handler  = error,
+        .hot_add_disk   = raid5_add_disk,
+        .hot_remove_disk= raid5_remove_disk,
+        .spare_active   = raid5_spare_active,
+        .sync_request   = sync_request,
+        .resize         = raid5_resize,
+        .quiesce        = raid5_quiesce,
+};
+
+static int __init raid5_init(void)
+{
+        register_md_personality(&raid5_personality);
+        register_md_personality(&raid4_personality);
+        return 0;
 }
 
-static void raid5_exit (void)
+static void raid5_exit(void)
 {
-        unregister_md_personality (RAID5);
+        unregister_md_personality(&raid5_personality);
+        unregister_md_personality(&raid4_personality);
 }
 
 module_init(raid5_init);
 module_exit(raid5_exit);
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_ALIAS("md-personality-4"); /* RAID5 */
+MODULE_ALIAS("md-level-5");
+MODULE_ALIAS("md-level-4");
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid6main.c b/drivers/md/raid6main.c
index 79b5244f44f4..950e5fa6e1f2 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid6main.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid6main.c
@@ -2304,9 +2304,10 @@ static void raid6_quiesce(mddev_t *mddev, int state)
         }
 }
 
-static mdk_personality_t raid6_personality=
+static struct mdk_personality raid6_personality =
 {
         .name           = "raid6",
+        .level          = 6,
         .owner          = THIS_MODULE,
         .make_request   = make_request,
         .run            = run,
@@ -2321,7 +2322,7 @@ static mdk_personality_t raid6_personality=
         .quiesce        = raid6_quiesce,
 };
 
-static int __init raid6_init (void)
+static int __init raid6_init(void)
 {
         int e;
 
@@ -2329,15 +2330,16 @@ static int __init raid6_init (void)
         if ( e )
                 return e;
 
-        return register_md_personality (RAID6, &raid6_personality);
+        return register_md_personality(&raid6_personality);
 }
 
 static void raid6_exit (void)
 {
-        unregister_md_personality (RAID6);
+        unregister_md_personality(&raid6_personality);
 }
 
 module_init(raid6_init);
 module_exit(raid6_exit);
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_ALIAS("md-personality-8"); /* RAID6 */
+MODULE_ALIAS("md-level-6");
diff --git a/include/linux/raid/md.h b/include/linux/raid/md.h
index 13e7c4b62367..b6e0bcad84e1 100644
--- a/include/linux/raid/md.h
+++ b/include/linux/raid/md.h
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@
  */
 #define MD_PATCHLEVEL_VERSION           3
 
-extern int register_md_personality (int p_num, mdk_personality_t *p);
-extern int unregister_md_personality (int p_num);
+extern int register_md_personality (struct mdk_personality *p);
+extern int unregister_md_personality (struct mdk_personality *p);
 extern mdk_thread_t * md_register_thread (void (*run) (mddev_t *mddev),
                                 mddev_t *mddev, const char *name);
 extern void md_unregister_thread (mdk_thread_t *thread);
diff --git a/include/linux/raid/md_k.h b/include/linux/raid/md_k.h
index 1dd587b5975a..e559fb701aa1 100644
--- a/include/linux/raid/md_k.h
+++ b/include/linux/raid/md_k.h
@@ -18,62 +18,19 @@
 /* and dm-bio-list.h is not under include/linux because.... ??? */
 #include "../../../drivers/md/dm-bio-list.h"
 
-#define MD_RESERVED       0UL
-#define LINEAR            1UL
-#define RAID0             2UL
-#define RAID1             3UL
-#define RAID5             4UL
-#define TRANSLUCENT       5UL
-#define HSM               6UL
-#define MULTIPATH         7UL
-#define RAID6             8UL
-#define RAID10            9UL
-#define FAULTY            10UL
-#define MAX_PERSONALITY   11UL
-
 #define LEVEL_MULTIPATH         (-4)
 #define LEVEL_LINEAR            (-1)
 #define LEVEL_FAULTY            (-5)
 
+/* we need a value for 'no level specified' and 0
+ * means 'raid0', so we need something else.  This is
+ * for internal use only
+ */
+#define LEVEL_NONE              (-1000000)
+
 #define MaxSector (~(sector_t)0)
 #define MD_THREAD_NAME_MAX 14
 
-static inline int pers_to_level (int pers)
-{
-        switch (pers) {
-                case FAULTY:            return LEVEL_FAULTY;
-                case MULTIPATH:         return LEVEL_MULTIPATH;
-                case HSM:               return -3;
-                case TRANSLUCENT:       return -2;
-                case LINEAR:            return LEVEL_LINEAR;
-                case RAID0:             return 0;
-                case RAID1:             return 1;
-                case RAID5:             return 5;
-                case RAID6:             return 6;
-                case RAID10:            return 10;
-        }
-        BUG();
-        return MD_RESERVED;
-}
-
-static inline int level_to_pers (int level)
-{
-        switch (level) {
-                case LEVEL_FAULTY: return FAULTY;
-                case LEVEL_MULTIPATH: return MULTIPATH;
-                case -3: return HSM;
-                case -2: return TRANSLUCENT;
-                case LEVEL_LINEAR: return LINEAR;
-                case 0: return RAID0;
-                case 1: return RAID1;
-                case 4:
-                case 5: return RAID5;
-                case 6: return RAID6;
-                case 10: return RAID10;
-        }
-        return MD_RESERVED;
-}
-
 typedef struct mddev_s mddev_t;
 typedef struct mdk_rdev_s mdk_rdev_t;
 
@@ -140,12 +97,10 @@ struct mdk_rdev_s
                                          */
 };
 
-typedef struct mdk_personality_s mdk_personality_t;
-
 struct mddev_s
 {
         void                            *private;
-        mdk_personality_t               *pers;
+        struct mdk_personality          *pers;
         dev_t                           unit;
         int                             md_minor;
         struct list_head                disks;
@@ -266,9 +221,11 @@ static inline void md_sync_acct(struct block_device *bdev, unsigned long nr_sect
         atomic_add(nr_sectors, &bdev->bd_contains->bd_disk->sync_io);
 }
 
-struct mdk_personality_s
+struct mdk_personality
 {
         char *name;
+        int level;
+        struct list_head list;
         struct module *owner;
         int (*make_request)(request_queue_t *q, struct bio *bio);
         int (*run)(mddev_t *mddev);
diff --git a/init/do_mounts_md.c b/init/do_mounts_md.c
index 3fbc3555ce96..f6f36806f84a 100644
--- a/init/do_mounts_md.c
+++ b/init/do_mounts_md.c
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ static int __initdata raid_noautodetect, raid_autopart;
 static struct {
         int minor;
         int partitioned;
-        int pers;
+        int level;
         int chunk;
         char *device_names;
 } md_setup_args[MAX_MD_DEVS] __initdata;
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ extern int mdp_major;
  */
 static int __init md_setup(char *str)
 {
-        int minor, level, factor, fault, pers, partitioned = 0;
+        int minor, level, factor, fault, partitioned = 0;
         char *pername = "";
         char *str1;
         int ent;
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ static int __init md_setup(char *str)
         }
         if (ent >= md_setup_ents)
                 md_setup_ents++;
-        switch (get_option(&str, &level)) {     /* RAID Personality */
+        switch (get_option(&str, &level)) {     /* RAID level */
         case 2: /* could be 0 or -1.. */
                 if (level == 0 || level == LEVEL_LINEAR) {
                         if (get_option(&str, &factor) != 2 ||   /* Chunk Size */
@@ -86,16 +86,12 @@ static int __init md_setup(char *str)
                                 printk(KERN_WARNING "md: Too few arguments supplied to md=.\n");
                                 return 0;
                         }
-                        md_setup_args[ent].pers = level;
+                        md_setup_args[ent].level = level;
                         md_setup_args[ent].chunk = 1 << (factor+12);
-                        if (level ==  LEVEL_LINEAR) {
-                                pers = LINEAR;
+                        if (level ==  LEVEL_LINEAR)
                                 pername = "linear";
-                        } else {
-                                pers = RAID0;
+                        else
                                 pername = "raid0";
-                        }
-                        md_setup_args[ent].pers = pers;
                         break;
                 }
                 /* FALL THROUGH */
@@ -103,7 +99,7 @@ static int __init md_setup(char *str)
                 str = str1;
                 /* FALL THROUGH */
         case 0:
-                md_setup_args[ent].pers = 0;
+                md_setup_args[ent].level = LEVEL_NONE;
                 pername="super-block";
         }
 
@@ -190,10 +186,10 @@ static void __init md_setup_drive(void)
                         continue;
                 }
 
-                if (md_setup_args[ent].pers) {
+                if (md_setup_args[ent].level != LEVEL_NONE) {
                         /* non-persistent */
                         mdu_array_info_t ainfo;
-                        ainfo.level = pers_to_level(md_setup_args[ent].pers);
+                        ainfo.level = md_setup_args[ent].level;
                         ainfo.size = 0;
                         ainfo.nr_disks =0;
                         ainfo.raid_disks =0;