{
        dev_info_t *hash;
        linear_conf_t *conf = mddev_to_conf(mddev);
-       sector_t block = sector >> 1;
 
        /*
         * sector_div(a,b) returns the remainer and sets a to a/b
         */
-       block >>= conf->preshift;
-       (void)sector_div(block, conf->hash_spacing);
-       hash = conf->hash_table[block];
+       sector >>= conf->sector_shift;
+       (void)sector_div(sector, conf->spacing);
+       hash = conf->hash_table[sector];
 
        while (sector >= hash->num_sectors + hash->start_sector)
                hash++;
         * that is larger than min_sectors and use the size of that as
         * the actual spacing
         */
-       conf->hash_spacing = conf->array_sectors / 2;
+       conf->spacing = conf->array_sectors;
        for (i=0; i < cnt-1 ; i++) {
                sector_t tmp = 0;
                int j;
                for (j = i; j < cnt - 1 && tmp < min_sectors; j++)
                        tmp += conf->disks[j].num_sectors;
-               if (tmp >= min_sectors && tmp < conf->hash_spacing * 2)
-                       conf->hash_spacing = tmp / 2;
+               if (tmp >= min_sectors && tmp < conf->spacing)
+                       conf->spacing = tmp;
        }
 
-       /* hash_spacing may be too large for sector_div to work with,
+       /* spacing may be too large for sector_div to work with,
         * so we might need to pre-shift
         */
-       conf->preshift = 0;
+       conf->sector_shift = 0;
        if (sizeof(sector_t) > sizeof(u32)) {
-               sector_t space = conf->hash_spacing;
+               sector_t space = conf->spacing;
                while (space > (sector_t)(~(u32)0)) {
                        space >>= 1;
-                       conf->preshift++;
+                       conf->sector_shift++;
                }
        }
        /*
                unsigned round;
                unsigned long base;
 
-               sz = conf->array_sectors >> (conf->preshift + 1);
+               sz = conf->array_sectors >> conf->sector_shift;
                sz += 1; /* force round-up */
-               base = conf->hash_spacing >> conf->preshift;
+               base = conf->spacing >> conf->sector_shift;
                round = sector_div(sz, base);
                nb_zone = sz + (round ? 1 : 0);
        }
        i = 0;
        for (curr_sector = 0;
             curr_sector < conf->array_sectors;
-            curr_sector += conf->hash_spacing * 2) {
+            curr_sector += conf->spacing) {
 
                while (i < raid_disks-1 &&
                       curr_sector >= conf->disks[i+1].start_sector)
                *table ++ = conf->disks + i;
        }
 
-       if (conf->preshift) {
-               conf->hash_spacing >>= conf->preshift;
-               /* round hash_spacing up so that when we divide by it,
+       if (conf->sector_shift) {
+               conf->spacing >>= conf->sector_shift;
+               /* round spacing up so that when we divide by it,
                 * we err on the side of "too-low", which is safest.
                 */
-               conf->hash_spacing++;
+               conf->spacing++;
        }
 
        BUG_ON(table - conf->hash_table > nb_zone);