the call the add_disk() so md_open doesn't get confused. Also move blk_queue_flush earlier because add_disk should be as late as possible. To make sure that md_open doesn't complete until md_alloc has done all that is needed, we take mddev->open_mutex during the last part of md_alloc. md_open will wait for this. This can cause a lock-up on boot so Cc:ing for stable. For 2.6.36 and earlier a different patch will be needed as the 'blk_queue_flush' call isn't there. Signed-off-by: NeilBrown Reported-by: Thomas Jarosch Tested-by: Thomas Jarosch Cc: stable@kernel.org ψC+x