Merge tag 'md-next-20231219' of https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/song...

Merge tag 'md-next-20231219' of https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/song/md into for-6.8/block

Pull MD updates from Song:

"1. Remove deprecated flavors, by Song Liu;
 2. raid1 read error check support, by Li Nan;
 3. Better handle events off-by-1 case, by Alex Lyakas."

* tag 'md-next-20231219' of https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/song/md:
  md: Remove deprecated CONFIG_MD_FAULTY
  md: Remove deprecated CONFIG_MD_MULTIPATH
  md: Remove deprecated CONFIG_MD_LINEAR
  md/raid1: support read error check
  md: factor out a helper exceed_read_errors() to check read_errors
  md: Whenassemble the array, consult the superblock of the freshest device
  md/raid1: remove unnecessary null checking