return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
        ITERATE_RDEV(mddev, rdev, tmp) {
-               if (! rdev->in_sync || rdev->faulty)
+               if (! test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags)
+                   || test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags))
                        continue;
 
                target = (rdev->sb_offset << 1) + offset + index * (PAGE_SIZE/512);
        struct list_head *tmp;
 
        ITERATE_RDEV(mddev, rdev, tmp)
-               if (rdev->in_sync && !rdev->faulty)
+               if (test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags)
+                   && !test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags))
                        md_super_write(mddev, rdev,
                                       (rdev->sb_offset<<1) + offset
                                       + page->index * (PAGE_SIZE/512),
 
        mdp_super_t *sb = (mdp_super_t *)page_address(rdev->sb_page);
 
        rdev->raid_disk = -1;
-       rdev->in_sync = 0;
+       rdev->flags = 0;
        if (mddev->raid_disks == 0) {
                mddev->major_version = 0;
                mddev->minor_version = sb->minor_version;
                return 0;
 
        if (mddev->level != LEVEL_MULTIPATH) {
-               rdev->faulty = 0;
-               rdev->flags = 0;
                desc = sb->disks + rdev->desc_nr;
 
                if (desc->state & (1<<MD_DISK_FAULTY))
-                       rdev->faulty = 1;
+                       set_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags);
                else if (desc->state & (1<<MD_DISK_SYNC) &&
                         desc->raid_disk < mddev->raid_disks) {
-                       rdev->in_sync = 1;
+                       set_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags);
                        rdev->raid_disk = desc->raid_disk;
                }
                if (desc->state & (1<<MD_DISK_WRITEMOSTLY))
                        set_bit(WriteMostly, &rdev->flags);
        } else /* MULTIPATH are always insync */
-               rdev->in_sync = 1;
+               set_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags);
        return 0;
 }
 
        ITERATE_RDEV(mddev,rdev2,tmp) {
                mdp_disk_t *d;
                int desc_nr;
-               if (rdev2->raid_disk >= 0 && rdev2->in_sync && !rdev2->faulty)
+               if (rdev2->raid_disk >= 0 && test_bit(In_sync, &rdev2->flags)
+                   && !test_bit(Faulty, &rdev2->flags))
                        desc_nr = rdev2->raid_disk;
                else
                        desc_nr = next_spare++;
                d->number = rdev2->desc_nr;
                d->major = MAJOR(rdev2->bdev->bd_dev);
                d->minor = MINOR(rdev2->bdev->bd_dev);
-               if (rdev2->raid_disk >= 0 && rdev2->in_sync && !rdev2->faulty)
+               if (rdev2->raid_disk >= 0 && test_bit(In_sync, &rdev2->flags)
+                   && !test_bit(Faulty, &rdev2->flags))
                        d->raid_disk = rdev2->raid_disk;
                else
                        d->raid_disk = rdev2->desc_nr; /* compatibility */
-               if (rdev2->faulty) {
+               if (test_bit(Faulty, &rdev2->flags)) {
                        d->state = (1<<MD_DISK_FAULTY);
                        failed++;
-               } else if (rdev2->in_sync) {
+               } else if (test_bit(In_sync, &rdev2->flags)) {
                        d->state = (1<<MD_DISK_ACTIVE);
                        d->state |= (1<<MD_DISK_SYNC);
                        active++;
        struct mdp_superblock_1 *sb = (struct mdp_superblock_1*)page_address(rdev->sb_page);
 
        rdev->raid_disk = -1;
-       rdev->in_sync = 0;
+       rdev->flags = 0;
        if (mddev->raid_disks == 0) {
                mddev->major_version = 1;
                mddev->patch_version = 0;
                role = le16_to_cpu(sb->dev_roles[rdev->desc_nr]);
                switch(role) {
                case 0xffff: /* spare */
-                       rdev->faulty = 0;
                        break;
                case 0xfffe: /* faulty */
-                       rdev->faulty = 1;
+                       set_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags);
                        break;
                default:
-                       rdev->in_sync = 1;
-                       rdev->faulty = 0;
+                       set_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags);
                        rdev->raid_disk = role;
                        break;
                }
-               rdev->flags = 0;
                if (sb->devflags & WriteMostly1)
                        set_bit(WriteMostly, &rdev->flags);
        } else /* MULTIPATH are always insync */
-               rdev->in_sync = 1;
+               set_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags);
 
        return 0;
 }
        
        ITERATE_RDEV(mddev,rdev2,tmp) {
                i = rdev2->desc_nr;
-               if (rdev2->faulty)
+               if (test_bit(Faulty, &rdev2->flags))
                        sb->dev_roles[i] = cpu_to_le16(0xfffe);
-               else if (rdev2->in_sync)
+               else if (test_bit(In_sync, &rdev2->flags))
                        sb->dev_roles[i] = cpu_to_le16(rdev2->raid_disk);
                else
                        sb->dev_roles[i] = cpu_to_le16(0xffff);
        char b[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
        printk(KERN_INFO "md: rdev %s, SZ:%08llu F:%d S:%d DN:%u\n",
                bdevname(rdev->bdev,b), (unsigned long long)rdev->size,
-               rdev->faulty, rdev->in_sync, rdev->desc_nr);
+               test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags), test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags),
+               rdev->desc_nr);
        if (rdev->sb_loaded) {
                printk(KERN_INFO "md: rdev superblock:\n");
                print_sb((mdp_super_t*)page_address(rdev->sb_page));
        ITERATE_RDEV(mddev,rdev,tmp) {
                char b[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
                dprintk(KERN_INFO "md: ");
-               if (rdev->faulty)
+               if (test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags))
                        dprintk("(skipping faulty ");
 
                dprintk("%s ", bdevname(rdev->bdev,b));
-               if (!rdev->faulty) {
+               if (!test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags)) {
                        md_super_write(mddev,rdev,
                                       rdev->sb_offset<<1, rdev->sb_size,
                                       rdev->sb_page);
        char *sep = "";
        int len=0;
 
-       if (rdev->faulty) {
+       if (test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags)) {
                len+= sprintf(page+len, "%sfaulty",sep);
                sep = ",";
        }
-       if (rdev->in_sync) {
+       if (test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags)) {
                len += sprintf(page+len, "%sin_sync",sep);
                sep = ",";
        }
-       if (!rdev->faulty && !rdev->in_sync) {
+       if (!test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags) &&
+           !test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags)) {
                len += sprintf(page+len, "%sspare", sep);
                sep = ",";
        }
        kobject_init(&rdev->kobj);
 
        rdev->desc_nr = -1;
-       rdev->faulty = 0;
-       rdev->in_sync = 0;
+       rdev->flags = 0;
        rdev->data_offset = 0;
        atomic_set(&rdev->nr_pending, 0);
        atomic_set(&rdev->read_errors, 0);
                if (mddev->level == LEVEL_MULTIPATH) {
                        rdev->desc_nr = i++;
                        rdev->raid_disk = rdev->desc_nr;
-                       rdev->in_sync = 1;
+                       set_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags);
                }
        }
 
 
                /* devices must have minimum size of one chunk */
                ITERATE_RDEV(mddev,rdev,tmp) {
-                       if (rdev->faulty)
+                       if (test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags))
                                continue;
                        if (rdev->size < chunk_size / 1024) {
                                printk(KERN_WARNING
         * Also find largest hardsector size
         */
        ITERATE_RDEV(mddev,rdev,tmp) {
-               if (rdev->faulty)
+               if (test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags))
                        continue;
                sync_blockdev(rdev->bdev);
                invalidate_bdev(rdev->bdev, 0);
                return err;
        }
 
-       if (start_rdev->faulty) {
+       if (test_bit(Faulty, &start_rdev->flags)) {
                printk(KERN_WARNING 
                        "md: can not autostart based on faulty %s!\n",
                        bdevname(start_rdev->bdev,b));
        nr=working=active=failed=spare=0;
        ITERATE_RDEV(mddev,rdev,tmp) {
                nr++;
-               if (rdev->faulty)
+               if (test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags))
                        failed++;
                else {
                        working++;
-                       if (rdev->in_sync)
+                       if (test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags))
                                active++;       
                        else
                                spare++;
                info.minor = MINOR(rdev->bdev->bd_dev);
                info.raid_disk = rdev->raid_disk;
                info.state = 0;
-               if (rdev->faulty)
+               if (test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags))
                        info.state |= (1<<MD_DISK_FAULTY);
-               else if (rdev->in_sync) {
+               else if (test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags)) {
                        info.state |= (1<<MD_DISK_ACTIVE);
                        info.state |= (1<<MD_DISK_SYNC);
                }
                                validate_super(mddev, rdev);
                rdev->saved_raid_disk = rdev->raid_disk;
 
-               rdev->in_sync = 0; /* just to be sure */
+               clear_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags); /* just to be sure */
                if (info->state & (1<<MD_DISK_WRITEMOSTLY))
                        set_bit(WriteMostly, &rdev->flags);
 
                else
                        rdev->raid_disk = -1;
 
-               rdev->faulty = 0;
+               rdev->flags = 0;
+
                if (rdev->raid_disk < mddev->raid_disks)
-                       rdev->in_sync = (info->state & (1<<MD_DISK_SYNC));
-               else
-                       rdev->in_sync = 0;
+                       if (info->state & (1<<MD_DISK_SYNC))
+                               set_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags);
 
                if (info->state & (1<<MD_DISK_WRITEMOSTLY))
                        set_bit(WriteMostly, &rdev->flags);
                goto abort_export;
        }
 
-       if (rdev->faulty) {
+       if (test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags)) {
                printk(KERN_WARNING 
                        "md: can not hot-add faulty %s disk to %s!\n",
                        bdevname(rdev->bdev,b), mdname(mddev));
                err = -EINVAL;
                goto abort_export;
        }
-       rdev->in_sync = 0;
+       clear_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags);
        rdev->desc_nr = -1;
        bind_rdev_to_array(rdev, mddev);
 
                return;
        }
 
-       if (!rdev || rdev->faulty)
+       if (!rdev || test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags))
                return;
 /*
        dprintk("md_error dev:%s, rdev:(%d:%d), (caller: %p,%p,%p,%p).\n",
                                bdevname(rdev->bdev,b), rdev->desc_nr);
                        if (test_bit(WriteMostly, &rdev->flags))
                                seq_printf(seq, "(W)");
-                       if (rdev->faulty) {
+                       if (test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags)) {
                                seq_printf(seq, "(F)");
                                continue;
                        } else if (rdev->raid_disk < 0)
                 */
                ITERATE_RDEV(mddev,rdev,rtmp)
                        if (rdev->raid_disk >= 0 &&
-                           (rdev->faulty || ! rdev->in_sync) &&
+                           (test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags) || ! test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags)) &&
                            atomic_read(&rdev->nr_pending)==0) {
                                if (mddev->pers->hot_remove_disk(mddev, rdev->raid_disk)==0) {
                                        char nm[20];
                if (mddev->degraded) {
                        ITERATE_RDEV(mddev,rdev,rtmp)
                                if (rdev->raid_disk < 0
-                                   && !rdev->faulty) {
+                                   && !test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags)) {
                                        if (mddev->pers->hot_add_disk(mddev,rdev)) {
                                                char nm[20];
                                                sprintf(nm, "rd%d", rdev->raid_disk);
                if (IS_ERR(rdev))
                        continue;
 
-               if (rdev->faulty) {
+               if (test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags)) {
                        MD_BUG();
                        continue;
                }
 
        rcu_read_lock();
        for (i = 0; i < disks; i++) {
                mdk_rdev_t *rdev = rcu_dereference(conf->multipaths[i].rdev);
-               if (rdev && rdev->in_sync) {
+               if (rdev && test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags)) {
                        atomic_inc(&rdev->nr_pending);
                        rcu_read_unlock();
                        return i;
        rcu_read_lock();
        for (i=0; i<mddev->raid_disks; i++) {
                mdk_rdev_t *rdev = rcu_dereference(conf->multipaths[i].rdev);
-               if (rdev && !rdev->faulty && atomic_read(&rdev->nr_pending)) {
+               if (rdev && !test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags)
+                   && atomic_read(&rdev->nr_pending)) {
                        request_queue_t *r_queue = bdev_get_queue(rdev->bdev);
 
                        atomic_inc(&rdev->nr_pending);
        for (i = 0; i < conf->raid_disks; i++)
                seq_printf (seq, "%s",
                               conf->multipaths[i].rdev && 
-                              conf->multipaths[i].rdev->in_sync ? "U" : "_");
+                              test_bit(In_sync, &conf->multipaths[i].rdev->flags) ? "U" : "_");
        seq_printf (seq, "]");
 }
 
        rcu_read_lock();
        for (i=0; i<mddev->raid_disks && ret == 0; i++) {
                mdk_rdev_t *rdev = rcu_dereference(conf->multipaths[i].rdev);
-               if (rdev && !rdev->faulty) {
+               if (rdev && !test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags)) {
                        struct block_device *bdev = rdev->bdev;
                        request_queue_t *r_queue = bdev_get_queue(bdev);
 
                /*
                 * Mark disk as unusable
                 */
-               if (!rdev->faulty) {
+               if (!test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags)) {
                        char b[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
-                       rdev->in_sync = 0;
-                       rdev->faulty = 1;
+                       clear_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags);
+                       set_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags);
                        mddev->sb_dirty = 1;
                        conf->working_disks--;
                        printk(KERN_ALERT "multipath: IO failure on %s,"
                tmp = conf->multipaths + i;
                if (tmp->rdev)
                        printk(" disk%d, o:%d, dev:%s\n",
-                               i,!tmp->rdev->faulty,
+                               i,!test_bit(Faulty, &tmp->rdev->flags),
                               bdevname(tmp->rdev->bdev,b));
        }
 }
 
                        conf->working_disks++;
                        rdev->raid_disk = path;
-                       rdev->in_sync = 1;
+                       set_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags);
                        rcu_assign_pointer(p->rdev, rdev);
                        found = 1;
                }
 
        rdev = p->rdev;
        if (rdev) {
-               if (rdev->in_sync ||
+               if (test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags) ||
                    atomic_read(&rdev->nr_pending)) {
                        printk(KERN_ERR "hot-remove-disk, slot %d is identified"                                " but is still operational!\n", number);
                        err = -EBUSY;
                    mddev->queue->max_sectors > (PAGE_SIZE>>9))
                        blk_queue_max_sectors(mddev->queue, PAGE_SIZE>>9);
 
-               if (!rdev->faulty) 
+               if (!test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags))
                        conf->working_disks++;
        }
 
 
                new_disk = 0;
 
                for (rdev = rcu_dereference(conf->mirrors[new_disk].rdev);
-                    !rdev || !rdev->in_sync
+                    !rdev || !test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags)
                             || test_bit(WriteMostly, &rdev->flags);
                     rdev = rcu_dereference(conf->mirrors[++new_disk].rdev)) {
 
-                       if (rdev && rdev->in_sync)
+                       if (rdev && test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags))
                                wonly_disk = new_disk;
 
                        if (new_disk == conf->raid_disks - 1) {
 
        /* make sure the disk is operational */
        for (rdev = rcu_dereference(conf->mirrors[new_disk].rdev);
-            !rdev || !rdev->in_sync ||
+            !rdev || !test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags) ||
                     test_bit(WriteMostly, &rdev->flags);
             rdev = rcu_dereference(conf->mirrors[new_disk].rdev)) {
 
-               if (rdev && rdev->in_sync)
+               if (rdev && test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags))
                        wonly_disk = new_disk;
 
                if (new_disk <= 0)
                rdev = rcu_dereference(conf->mirrors[disk].rdev);
 
                if (!rdev ||
-                   !rdev->in_sync ||
+                   !test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags) ||
                    test_bit(WriteMostly, &rdev->flags))
                        continue;
 
                if (!rdev)
                        goto retry;
                atomic_inc(&rdev->nr_pending);
-               if (!rdev->in_sync) {
+               if (!test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags)) {
                        /* cannot risk returning a device that failed
                         * before we inc'ed nr_pending
                         */
        rcu_read_lock();
        for (i=0; i<mddev->raid_disks; i++) {
                mdk_rdev_t *rdev = rcu_dereference(conf->mirrors[i].rdev);
-               if (rdev && !rdev->faulty && atomic_read(&rdev->nr_pending)) {
+               if (rdev && !test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags) && atomic_read(&rdev->nr_pending)) {
                        request_queue_t *r_queue = bdev_get_queue(rdev->bdev);
 
                        atomic_inc(&rdev->nr_pending);
        rcu_read_lock();
        for (i=0; i<mddev->raid_disks && ret == 0; i++) {
                mdk_rdev_t *rdev = rcu_dereference(conf->mirrors[i].rdev);
-               if (rdev && !rdev->faulty) {
+               if (rdev && !test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags)) {
                        struct block_device *bdev = rdev->bdev;
                        request_queue_t *r_queue = bdev_get_queue(bdev);
 
        rcu_read_lock();
        for (i = 0;  i < disks; i++) {
                if ((rdev=rcu_dereference(conf->mirrors[i].rdev)) != NULL &&
-                   !rdev->faulty) {
+                   !test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags)) {
                        atomic_inc(&rdev->nr_pending);
-                       if (rdev->faulty) {
+                       if (test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags)) {
                                atomic_dec(&rdev->nr_pending);
                                r1_bio->bios[i] = NULL;
                        } else
        for (i = 0; i < conf->raid_disks; i++)
                seq_printf(seq, "%s",
                              conf->mirrors[i].rdev &&
-                             conf->mirrors[i].rdev->in_sync ? "U" : "_");
+                             test_bit(In_sync, &conf->mirrors[i].rdev->flags) ? "U" : "_");
        seq_printf(seq, "]");
 }
 
         * next level up know.
         * else mark the drive as failed
         */
-       if (rdev->in_sync
+       if (test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags)
            && conf->working_disks == 1)
                /*
                 * Don't fail the drive, act as though we were just a
                 * normal single drive
                 */
                return;
-       if (rdev->in_sync) {
+       if (test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags)) {
                mddev->degraded++;
                conf->working_disks--;
                /*
                 */
                set_bit(MD_RECOVERY_ERR, &mddev->recovery);
        }
-       rdev->in_sync = 0;
-       rdev->faulty = 1;
+       clear_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags);
+       set_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags);
        mddev->sb_dirty = 1;
        printk(KERN_ALERT "raid1: Disk failure on %s, disabling device. \n"
                "       Operation continuing on %d devices\n",
                tmp = conf->mirrors + i;
                if (tmp->rdev)
                        printk(" disk %d, wo:%d, o:%d, dev:%s\n",
-                               i, !tmp->rdev->in_sync, !tmp->rdev->faulty,
+                               i, !test_bit(In_sync, &tmp->rdev->flags), !test_bit(Faulty, &tmp->rdev->flags),
                                bdevname(tmp->rdev->bdev,b));
        }
 }
        for (i = 0; i < conf->raid_disks; i++) {
                tmp = conf->mirrors + i;
                if (tmp->rdev 
-                   && !tmp->rdev->faulty
-                   && !tmp->rdev->in_sync) {
+                   && !test_bit(Faulty, &tmp->rdev->flags)
+                   && !test_bit(In_sync, &tmp->rdev->flags)) {
                        conf->working_disks++;
                        mddev->degraded--;
-                       tmp->rdev->in_sync = 1;
+                       set_bit(In_sync, &tmp->rdev->flags);
                }
        }
 
        print_conf(conf);
        rdev = p->rdev;
        if (rdev) {
-               if (rdev->in_sync ||
+               if (test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags) ||
                    atomic_read(&rdev->nr_pending)) {
                        err = -EBUSY;
                        goto abort;
        /* make sure disk is operational */
        wonly = disk;
        while (conf->mirrors[disk].rdev == NULL ||
-              !conf->mirrors[disk].rdev->in_sync ||
+              !test_bit(In_sync, &conf->mirrors[disk].rdev->flags) ||
               test_bit(WriteMostly, &conf->mirrors[disk].rdev->flags)
                ) {
                if (conf->mirrors[disk].rdev  &&
-                   conf->mirrors[disk].rdev->in_sync)
+                   test_bit(In_sync, &conf->mirrors[disk].rdev->flags))
                        wonly = disk;
                if (disk <= 0)
                        disk = conf->raid_disks;
                        bio->bi_rw = READ;
                        bio->bi_end_io = end_sync_read;
                } else if (conf->mirrors[i].rdev == NULL ||
-                          conf->mirrors[i].rdev->faulty) {
+                          test_bit(Faulty, &conf->mirrors[i].rdev->flags)) {
                        still_degraded = 1;
                        continue;
-               } else if (!conf->mirrors[i].rdev->in_sync ||
+               } else if (!test_bit(In_sync, &conf->mirrors[i].rdev->flags) ||
                           sector_nr + RESYNC_SECTORS > mddev->recovery_cp) {
                        bio->bi_rw = WRITE;
                        bio->bi_end_io = end_sync_write;
                        blk_queue_max_sectors(mddev->queue, PAGE_SIZE>>9);
 
                disk->head_position = 0;
-               if (!rdev->faulty && rdev->in_sync)
+               if (!test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags) && test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags))
                        conf->working_disks++;
        }
        conf->raid_disks = mddev->raid_disks;
         */
        for (j = 0; j < conf->raid_disks &&
                     (!conf->mirrors[j].rdev ||
-                     !conf->mirrors[j].rdev->in_sync) ; j++)
+                     !test_bit(In_sync, &conf->mirrors[j].rdev->flags)) ; j++)
                /* nothing */;
        conf->last_used = j;
 
 
                disk = r10_bio->devs[slot].devnum;
 
                while ((rdev = rcu_dereference(conf->mirrors[disk].rdev)) == NULL ||
-                      !rdev->in_sync) {
+                      !test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags)) {
                        slot++;
                        if (slot == conf->copies) {
                                slot = 0;
        slot = 0;
        disk = r10_bio->devs[slot].devnum;
        while ((rdev=rcu_dereference(conf->mirrors[disk].rdev)) == NULL ||
-              !rdev->in_sync) {
+              !test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags)) {
                slot ++;
                if (slot == conf->copies) {
                        disk = -1;
 
 
                if ((rdev=rcu_dereference(conf->mirrors[ndisk].rdev)) == NULL ||
-                   !rdev->in_sync)
+                   !test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags))
                        continue;
 
                if (!atomic_read(&rdev->nr_pending)) {
        rcu_read_lock();
        for (i=0; i<mddev->raid_disks; i++) {
                mdk_rdev_t *rdev = rcu_dereference(conf->mirrors[i].rdev);
-               if (rdev && !rdev->faulty && atomic_read(&rdev->nr_pending)) {
+               if (rdev && !test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags) && atomic_read(&rdev->nr_pending)) {
                        request_queue_t *r_queue = bdev_get_queue(rdev->bdev);
 
                        atomic_inc(&rdev->nr_pending);
        rcu_read_lock();
        for (i=0; i<mddev->raid_disks && ret == 0; i++) {
                mdk_rdev_t *rdev = rcu_dereference(conf->mirrors[i].rdev);
-               if (rdev && !rdev->faulty) {
+               if (rdev && !test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags)) {
                        struct block_device *bdev = rdev->bdev;
                        request_queue_t *r_queue = bdev_get_queue(bdev);
 
                int d = r10_bio->devs[i].devnum;
                mdk_rdev_t *rdev = rcu_dereference(conf->mirrors[d].rdev);
                if (rdev &&
-                   !rdev->faulty) {
+                   !test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags)) {
                        atomic_inc(&rdev->nr_pending);
                        r10_bio->devs[i].bio = bio;
                } else
        for (i = 0; i < conf->raid_disks; i++)
                seq_printf(seq, "%s",
                              conf->mirrors[i].rdev &&
-                             conf->mirrors[i].rdev->in_sync ? "U" : "_");
+                             test_bit(In_sync, &conf->mirrors[i].rdev->flags) ? "U" : "_");
        seq_printf(seq, "]");
 }
 
         * next level up know.
         * else mark the drive as failed
         */
-       if (rdev->in_sync
+       if (test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags)
            && conf->working_disks == 1)
                /*
                 * Don't fail the drive, just return an IO error.
                 * really dead" tests...
                 */
                return;
-       if (rdev->in_sync) {
+       if (test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags)) {
                mddev->degraded++;
                conf->working_disks--;
                /*
                 */
                set_bit(MD_RECOVERY_ERR, &mddev->recovery);
        }
-       rdev->in_sync = 0;
-       rdev->faulty = 1;
+       clear_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags);
+       set_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags);
        mddev->sb_dirty = 1;
        printk(KERN_ALERT "raid10: Disk failure on %s, disabling device. \n"
                "       Operation continuing on %d devices\n",
                tmp = conf->mirrors + i;
                if (tmp->rdev)
                        printk(" disk %d, wo:%d, o:%d, dev:%s\n",
-                               i, !tmp->rdev->in_sync, !tmp->rdev->faulty,
+                               i, !test_bit(In_sync, &tmp->rdev->flags),
+                               !test_bit(Faulty, &tmp->rdev->flags),
                                bdevname(tmp->rdev->bdev,b));
        }
 }
        for (i = 0; i < conf->raid_disks; i++) {
                tmp = conf->mirrors + i;
                if (tmp->rdev
-                   && !tmp->rdev->faulty
-                   && !tmp->rdev->in_sync) {
+                   && !test_bit(Faulty, &tmp->rdev->flags)
+                   && !test_bit(In_sync, &tmp->rdev->flags)) {
                        conf->working_disks++;
                        mddev->degraded--;
-                       tmp->rdev->in_sync = 1;
+                       set_bit(In_sync, &tmp->rdev->flags);
                }
        }
 
        print_conf(conf);
        rdev = p->rdev;
        if (rdev) {
-               if (rdev->in_sync ||
+               if (test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags) ||
                    atomic_read(&rdev->nr_pending)) {
                        err = -EBUSY;
                        goto abort;
 
                for (i=0 ; i<conf->raid_disks; i++)
                        if (conf->mirrors[i].rdev &&
-                           !conf->mirrors[i].rdev->in_sync) {
+                           !test_bit(In_sync, &conf->mirrors[i].rdev->flags)) {
                                /* want to reconstruct this device */
                                r10bio_t *rb2 = r10_bio;
 
                                for (j=0; j<conf->copies;j++) {
                                        int d = r10_bio->devs[j].devnum;
                                        if (conf->mirrors[d].rdev &&
-                                           conf->mirrors[d].rdev->in_sync) {
+                                           test_bit(In_sync, &conf->mirrors[d].rdev->flags)) {
                                                /* This is where we read from */
                                                bio = r10_bio->devs[0].bio;
                                                bio->bi_next = biolist;
                        bio = r10_bio->devs[i].bio;
                        bio->bi_end_io = NULL;
                        if (conf->mirrors[d].rdev == NULL ||
-                           conf->mirrors[d].rdev->faulty)
+                           test_bit(Faulty, &conf->mirrors[d].rdev->flags))
                                continue;
                        atomic_inc(&conf->mirrors[d].rdev->nr_pending);
                        atomic_inc(&r10_bio->remaining);
                        mddev->queue->max_sectors = (PAGE_SIZE>>9);
 
                disk->head_position = 0;
-               if (!rdev->faulty && rdev->in_sync)
+               if (!test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags) && test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags))
                        conf->working_disks++;
        }
        conf->raid_disks = mddev->raid_disks;
 
        raid5_conf_t *conf = (raid5_conf_t *) mddev->private;
        PRINTK("raid5: error called\n");
 
-       if (!rdev->faulty) {
+       if (!test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags)) {
                mddev->sb_dirty = 1;
-               if (rdev->in_sync) {
+               if (test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags)) {
                        conf->working_disks--;
                        mddev->degraded++;
                        conf->failed_disks++;
-                       rdev->in_sync = 0;
+                       clear_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags);
                        /*
                         * if recovery was running, make sure it aborts.
                         */
                        set_bit(MD_RECOVERY_ERR, &mddev->recovery);
                }
-               rdev->faulty = 1;
+               set_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags);
                printk (KERN_ALERT
                        "raid5: Disk failure on %s, disabling device."
                        " Operation continuing on %d devices\n",
                }
                if (dev->written) written++;
                rdev = conf->disks[i].rdev; /* FIXME, should I be looking rdev */
-               if (!rdev || !rdev->in_sync) {
+               if (!rdev || !test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags)) {
                        /* The ReadError flag wil just be confusing now */
                        clear_bit(R5_ReadError, &dev->flags);
                        clear_bit(R5_ReWrite, &dev->flags);
                }
-               if (!rdev || !rdev->in_sync
+               if (!rdev || !test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags)
                    || test_bit(R5_ReadError, &dev->flags)) {
                        failed++;
                        failed_num = i;
 
                        if (test_bit(R5_ReadError, &sh->dev[i].flags)) {
                                mdk_rdev_t *rdev = conf->disks[i].rdev;
-                               if (rdev && rdev->in_sync)
+                               if (rdev && test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags))
                                        /* multiple read failures in one stripe */
                                        md_error(conf->mddev, rdev);
                        }
  
                rcu_read_lock();
                rdev = rcu_dereference(conf->disks[i].rdev);
-               if (rdev && rdev->faulty)
+               if (rdev && test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags))
                        rdev = NULL;
                if (rdev)
                        atomic_inc(&rdev->nr_pending);
        rcu_read_lock();
        for (i=0; i<mddev->raid_disks; i++) {
                mdk_rdev_t *rdev = rcu_dereference(conf->disks[i].rdev);
-               if (rdev && !rdev->faulty && atomic_read(&rdev->nr_pending)) {
+               if (rdev && !test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags) && atomic_read(&rdev->nr_pending)) {
                        request_queue_t *r_queue = bdev_get_queue(rdev->bdev);
 
                        atomic_inc(&rdev->nr_pending);
        rcu_read_lock();
        for (i=0; i<mddev->raid_disks && ret == 0; i++) {
                mdk_rdev_t *rdev = rcu_dereference(conf->disks[i].rdev);
-               if (rdev && !rdev->faulty) {
+               if (rdev && !test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags)) {
                        struct block_device *bdev = rdev->bdev;
                        request_queue_t *r_queue = bdev_get_queue(bdev);
 
 
                disk->rdev = rdev;
 
-               if (rdev->in_sync) {
+               if (test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags)) {
                        char b[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
                        printk(KERN_INFO "raid5: device %s operational as raid"
                                " disk %d\n", bdevname(rdev->bdev,b),
        for (i = 0; i < conf->raid_disks; i++)
                seq_printf (seq, "%s",
                               conf->disks[i].rdev &&
-                              conf->disks[i].rdev->in_sync ? "U" : "_");
+                              test_bit(In_sync, &conf->disks[i].rdev->flags) ? "U" : "_");
        seq_printf (seq, "]");
 #if RAID5_DEBUG
 #define D(x) \
                tmp = conf->disks + i;
                if (tmp->rdev)
                printk(" disk %d, o:%d, dev:%s\n",
-                       i, !tmp->rdev->faulty,
+                       i, !test_bit(Faulty, &tmp->rdev->flags),
                        bdevname(tmp->rdev->bdev,b));
        }
 }
        for (i = 0; i < conf->raid_disks; i++) {
                tmp = conf->disks + i;
                if (tmp->rdev
-                   && !tmp->rdev->faulty
-                   && !tmp->rdev->in_sync) {
+                   && !test_bit(Faulty, &tmp->rdev->flags)
+                   && !test_bit(In_sync, &tmp->rdev->flags)) {
                        mddev->degraded--;
                        conf->failed_disks--;
                        conf->working_disks++;
-                       tmp->rdev->in_sync = 1;
+                       set_bit(In_sync, &tmp->rdev->flags);
                }
        }
        print_raid5_conf(conf);
        print_raid5_conf(conf);
        rdev = p->rdev;
        if (rdev) {
-               if (rdev->in_sync ||
+               if (test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags) ||
                    atomic_read(&rdev->nr_pending)) {
                        err = -EBUSY;
                        goto abort;
         */
        for (disk=0; disk < mddev->raid_disks; disk++)
                if ((p=conf->disks + disk)->rdev == NULL) {
-                       rdev->in_sync = 0;
+                       clear_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags);
                        rdev->raid_disk = disk;
                        found = 1;
                        if (rdev->saved_raid_disk != disk)
 
        raid6_conf_t *conf = (raid6_conf_t *) mddev->private;
        PRINTK("raid6: error called\n");
 
-       if (!rdev->faulty) {
+       if (!test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags)) {
                mddev->sb_dirty = 1;
-               if (rdev->in_sync) {
+               if (test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags)) {
                        conf->working_disks--;
                        mddev->degraded++;
                        conf->failed_disks++;
-                       rdev->in_sync = 0;
+                       clear_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags);
                        /*
                         * if recovery was running, make sure it aborts.
                         */
                        set_bit(MD_RECOVERY_ERR, &mddev->recovery);
                }
-               rdev->faulty = 1;
+               set_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags);
                printk (KERN_ALERT
                        "raid6: Disk failure on %s, disabling device."
                        " Operation continuing on %d devices\n",
                }
                if (dev->written) written++;
                rdev = conf->disks[i].rdev; /* FIXME, should I be looking rdev */
-               if (!rdev || !rdev->in_sync) {
+               if (!rdev || !test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags)) {
                        if ( failed < 2 )
                                failed_num[failed] = i;
                        failed++;
 
                rcu_read_lock();
                rdev = rcu_dereference(conf->disks[i].rdev);
-               if (rdev && rdev->faulty)
+               if (rdev && test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags))
                        rdev = NULL;
                if (rdev)
                        atomic_inc(&rdev->nr_pending);
        rcu_read_lock();
        for (i=0; i<mddev->raid_disks; i++) {
                mdk_rdev_t *rdev = rcu_dereference(conf->disks[i].rdev);
-               if (rdev && !rdev->faulty && atomic_read(&rdev->nr_pending)) {
+               if (rdev && !test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags) && atomic_read(&rdev->nr_pending)) {
                        request_queue_t *r_queue = bdev_get_queue(rdev->bdev);
 
                        atomic_inc(&rdev->nr_pending);
        rcu_read_lock();
        for (i=0; i<mddev->raid_disks && ret == 0; i++) {
                mdk_rdev_t *rdev = rcu_dereference(conf->disks[i].rdev);
-               if (rdev && !rdev->faulty) {
+               if (rdev && !test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags)) {
                        struct block_device *bdev = rdev->bdev;
                        request_queue_t *r_queue = bdev_get_queue(bdev);
 
 
                disk->rdev = rdev;
 
-               if (rdev->in_sync) {
+               if (test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags)) {
                        char b[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
                        printk(KERN_INFO "raid6: device %s operational as raid"
                               " disk %d\n", bdevname(rdev->bdev,b),
        for (i = 0; i < conf->raid_disks; i++)
                seq_printf (seq, "%s",
                            conf->disks[i].rdev &&
-                           conf->disks[i].rdev->in_sync ? "U" : "_");
+                           test_bit(In_sync, &conf->disks[i].rdev->flags) ? "U" : "_");
        seq_printf (seq, "]");
 #if RAID6_DUMPSTATE
        seq_printf (seq, "\n");
                tmp = conf->disks + i;
                if (tmp->rdev)
                printk(" disk %d, o:%d, dev:%s\n",
-                       i, !tmp->rdev->faulty,
+                       i, !test_bit(Faulty, &tmp->rdev->flags),
                        bdevname(tmp->rdev->bdev,b));
        }
 }
        for (i = 0; i < conf->raid_disks; i++) {
                tmp = conf->disks + i;
                if (tmp->rdev
-                   && !tmp->rdev->faulty
-                   && !tmp->rdev->in_sync) {
+                   && !test_bit(Faulty, &tmp->rdev->flags)
+                   && !test_bit(In_sync, &tmp->rdev->flags)) {
                        mddev->degraded--;
                        conf->failed_disks--;
                        conf->working_disks++;
-                       tmp->rdev->in_sync = 1;
+                       set_bit(In_sync, &tmp->rdev->flags);
                }
        }
        print_raid6_conf(conf);
        print_raid6_conf(conf);
        rdev = p->rdev;
        if (rdev) {
-               if (rdev->in_sync ||
+               if (test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags) ||
                    atomic_read(&rdev->nr_pending)) {
                        err = -EBUSY;
                        goto abort;
         */
        for (disk=0; disk < mddev->raid_disks; disk++)
                if ((p=conf->disks + disk)->rdev == NULL) {
-                       rdev->in_sync = 0;
+                       clear_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags);
                        rdev->raid_disk = disk;
                        found = 1;
                        if (rdev->saved_raid_disk != disk)
 
         * It can never have faulty==1, in_sync==1
         * This reduces the burden of testing multiple flags in many cases
         */
-       int faulty;                     /* if faulty do not issue IO requests */
-       int in_sync;                    /* device is a full member of the array */
 
-       unsigned long   flags;          /* Should include faulty and in_sync here. */
+       unsigned long   flags;
+#define        Faulty          1               /* device is known to have a fault */
+#define        In_sync         2               /* device is in_sync with rest of array */
 #define        WriteMostly     4               /* Avoid reading if at all possible */
 
        int desc_nr;                    /* descriptor index in the superblock */
 
 static inline void rdev_dec_pending(mdk_rdev_t *rdev, mddev_t *mddev)
 {
-       int faulty = rdev->faulty;
+       int faulty = test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags);
        if (atomic_dec_and_test(&rdev->nr_pending) && faulty)
                set_bit(MD_RECOVERY_NEEDED, &mddev->recovery);
 }