1 files changed, 13 insertions, 15 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/md/md-linear.c b/drivers/md/md-linear.c
index 71ac996468..8eca7693b7 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md-linear.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md-linear.c
@@ -69,6 +69,19 @@ static struct linear_conf *linear_conf(struct mddev *mddev, int raid_disks)
 	if (!conf)
 		return NULL;
 
+	/*
+	 * conf->raid_disks is copy of mddev->raid_disks. The reason to
+	 * keep a copy of mddev->raid_disks in struct linear_conf is,
+	 * mddev->raid_disks may not be consistent with pointers number of
+	 * conf->disks[] when it is updated in linear_add() and used to
+	 * iterate old conf->disks[] earray in linear_congested().
+	 * Here conf->raid_disks is always consitent with number of
+	 * pointers in conf->disks[] array, and mddev->private is updated
+	 * with rcu_assign_pointer() in linear_addr(), such race can be
+	 * avoided.
+	 */
+	conf->raid_disks = raid_disks;
+
 	cnt = 0;
 	conf->array_sectors = 0;
 
@@ -112,19 +125,6 @@ static struct linear_conf *linear_conf(struct mddev *mddev, int raid_disks)
 			conf->disks[i-1].end_sector +
 			conf->disks[i].rdev->sectors;
 
-	/*
-	 * conf->raid_disks is copy of mddev->raid_disks. The reason to
-	 * keep a copy of mddev->raid_disks in struct linear_conf is,
-	 * mddev->raid_disks may not be consistent with pointers number of
-	 * conf->disks[] when it is updated in linear_add() and used to
-	 * iterate old conf->disks[] earray in linear_congested().
-	 * Here conf->raid_disks is always consitent with number of
-	 * pointers in conf->disks[] array, and mddev->private is updated
-	 * with rcu_assign_pointer() in linear_addr(), such race can be
-	 * avoided.
-	 */
-	conf->raid_disks = raid_disks;
-
 	return conf;
 
 out:
@@ -183,7 +183,6 @@ static int linear_add(struct mddev *mddev, struct md_rdev *rdev)
 	 * in linear_congested(), therefore kfree_rcu() is used to free
 	 * oldconf until no one uses it anymore.
 	 */
-	mddev_suspend(mddev);
 	oldconf = rcu_dereference_protected(mddev->private,
 			lockdep_is_held(&mddev->reconfig_mutex));
 	mddev->raid_disks++;
@@ -192,7 +191,6 @@ static int linear_add(struct mddev *mddev, struct md_rdev *rdev)
 	rcu_assign_pointer(mddev->private, newconf);
 	md_set_array_sectors(mddev, linear_size(mddev, 0, 0));
 	set_capacity_and_notify(mddev->gendisk, mddev->array_sectors);
-	mddev_resume(mddev);
 	kfree_rcu(oldconf, rcu);
 	return 0;
 }