Recommended update for mdadm

This update for mdadm fixes the following issues:

- A segmentation fault when a disk is re-added to the system shortly after being
removed. (bsc#974154)
- A problem when adding a spare disk to a degraded array. (bsc#958597)
- A misleading error code returned by mdadm --detail on inactive arrays. (bsc#966773)
- "Insufficient head-space for reshape" error when attempting to expand array on s390x
systems. (bsc#953595)
- Message "Starting Activate md array even though degraded..." could be erroneously
printed at boot time. (bsc#853944)
- The mdcheck script could try to check a non-existent '/dev/md?*' device. (bsc#957886)
- The mdcheck script could fail to parse the output of mdadm --detail. (bsc#957886)
- Add sample crontab file to schedule mdcheck execution if enabled in sysconfig. (bsc#957886)
- An issue when displaying detailed information on Number and RaidDevice fields. (bsc#954769)
- A crash when running --detail on a dm device which contains an md device. (bsc#939124)
- Ignore multipath devices when not yet ready. (bsc#956236)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP1:Update update project.

Fixed bugs
bnc#939124
mdadm segfaults during --detail
bnc#853944
spurious (?) "Started Activate md array even though degraded" msg on boot; checked arrays are not degraded
bnc#953595
md_monitor testcase 7 fails with 'Unsufficient head-space for reshape'
bnc#954769
mdadm displays unsorted devices
bnc#957886
script mdcheck missing in package mdadm
bnc#958597
Unable to assign hot spare while running IO on Degraded MD Array
bnc#966773
mdadm --stop behavior is inconsistent
bnc#974154
segfault from mdadm --manage --re-add
bnc#956236
Ignore multipath devices when not yet ready
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