1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 7d6f7f18a920..4a4c0f80bdeb 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -4347,13 +4347,19 @@ static int md_alloc(dev_t dev, char *name)
         disk->fops = &md_fops;
         disk->private_data = mddev;
         disk->queue = mddev->queue;
+        blk_queue_flush(mddev->queue, REQ_FLUSH | REQ_FUA);
         /* Allow extended partitions.  This makes the
          * 'mdp' device redundant, but we can't really
          * remove it now.
          */
         disk->flags |= GENHD_FL_EXT_DEVT;
-        add_disk(disk);
         mddev->gendisk = disk;
+        /* As soon as we call add_disk(), another thread could get
+         * through to md_open, so make sure it doesn't get too far
+         */
+        mutex_lock(&mddev->open_mutex);
+        add_disk(disk);
+
         error = kobject_init_and_add(&mddev->kobj, &md_ktype,
                                      &disk_to_dev(disk)->kobj, "%s", "md");
         if (error) {
@@ -4367,8 +4373,7 @@ static int md_alloc(dev_t dev, char *name)
         if (mddev->kobj.sd &&
             sysfs_create_group(&mddev->kobj, &md_bitmap_group))
                 printk(KERN_DEBUG "pointless warning\n");
-
-        blk_queue_flush(mddev->queue, REQ_FLUSH | REQ_FUA);
+        mutex_unlock(&mddev->open_mutex);
  abort:
         mutex_unlock(&disks_mutex);
         if (!error && mddev->kobj.sd) {