else
                kobject_uevent(&ls->ls_kobj, KOBJ_OFFLINE);
 
+       log_debug(ls, "%s the lockspace group...", in ? "joining" : "leaving");
+
+       /* dlm_controld will see the uevent, do the necessary group management
+          and then write to sysfs to wake us */
+
        error = wait_event_interruptible(ls->ls_uevent_wait,
                        test_and_clear_bit(LSFL_UEVENT_WAIT, &ls->ls_flags));
+
+       log_debug(ls, "group event done %d %d", error, ls->ls_uevent_result);
+
        if (error)
                goto out;
 
        error = ls->ls_uevent_result;
  out:
+       if (error)
+               log_error(ls, "group %s failed %d %d", in ? "join" : "leave",
+                         error, ls->ls_uevent_result);
        return error;
 }
 
 
        init_waitqueue_head(&ls->ls_uevent_wait);
        ls->ls_uevent_result = 0;
+       init_completion(&ls->ls_members_done);
+       ls->ls_members_result = -1;
 
        ls->ls_recoverd_task = NULL;
        mutex_init(&ls->ls_recoverd_active);
        /* let kobject handle freeing of ls if there's an error */
        do_unreg = 1;
 
+       /* This uevent triggers dlm_controld in userspace to add us to the
+          group of nodes that are members of this lockspace (managed by the
+          cluster infrastructure.)  Once it's done that, it tells us who the
+          current lockspace members are (via configfs) and then tells the
+          lockspace to start running (via sysfs) in dlm_ls_start(). */
+
        error = do_uevent(ls, 1);
        if (error)
                goto out_stop;
 
+       wait_for_completion(&ls->ls_members_done);
+       error = ls->ls_members_result;
+       if (error)
+               goto out_members;
+
        dlm_create_debug_file(ls);
 
        log_debug(ls, "join complete");
        *lockspace = ls;
        return 0;
 
+ out_members:
+       do_uevent(ls, 0);
+       dlm_clear_members(ls);
+       kfree(ls->ls_node_array);
  out_stop:
        dlm_recoverd_stop(ls);
  out_delist:
        error = new_lockspace(name, namelen, lockspace, flags, lvblen);
        if (!error)
                ls_count++;
+       else if (!ls_count)
+               threads_stop();
  out:
        mutex_unlock(&ls_lock);
        return error;
 
                log_error(ls, "version mismatch: %x nodeid %d: %x",
                          DLM_HEADER_MAJOR | DLM_HEADER_MINOR, nodeid,
                          rc->rc_header.h_version);
-               return -EINVAL;
+               return -EPROTO;
        }
 
        if (rf->rf_lvblen != ls->ls_lvblen ||
                log_error(ls, "config mismatch: %d,%x nodeid %d: %d,%x",
                          ls->ls_lvblen, ls->ls_exflags,
                          nodeid, rf->rf_lvblen, rf->rf_lsflags);
-               return -EINVAL;
+               return -EPROTO;
        }
        return 0;
 }