syncing = test_bit(STRIPE_SYNCING, &sh->state);
        /* Now to look around and see what can be done */
 
+       rcu_read_lock();
        for (i=disks; i--; ) {
                mdk_rdev_t *rdev;
                dev = &sh->dev[i];
                clear_bit(R5_Insync, &dev->flags);
-               clear_bit(R5_Syncio, &dev->flags);
 
                PRINTK("check %d: state 0x%lx read %p write %p written %p\n",
                        i, dev->flags, dev->toread, dev->towrite, dev->written);
                                non_overwrite++;
                }
                if (dev->written) written++;
-               rdev = conf->disks[i].rdev; /* FIXME, should I be looking rdev */
+               rdev = rcu_dereference(conf->disks[i].rdev);
                if (!rdev || !test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags)) {
                        /* The ReadError flag will just be confusing now */
                        clear_bit(R5_ReadError, &dev->flags);
                } else
                        set_bit(R5_Insync, &dev->flags);
        }
+       rcu_read_unlock();
        PRINTK("locked=%d uptodate=%d to_read=%d"
                " to_write=%d failed=%d failed_num=%d\n",
                locked, uptodate, to_read, to_write, failed, failed_num);
                        int bitmap_end = 0;
 
                        if (test_bit(R5_ReadError, &sh->dev[i].flags)) {
-                               mdk_rdev_t *rdev = conf->disks[i].rdev;
+                               mdk_rdev_t *rdev;
+                               rcu_read_lock();
+                               rdev = rcu_dereference(conf->disks[i].rdev);
                                if (rdev && test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags))
                                        /* multiple read failures in one stripe */
                                        md_error(conf->mddev, rdev);
+                               rcu_read_unlock();
                        }
 
                        spin_lock_irq(&conf->device_lock);
                                        locked++;
                                        PRINTK("Reading block %d (sync=%d)\n", 
                                                i, syncing);
-                                       if (syncing)
-                                               md_sync_acct(conf->disks[i].rdev->bdev,
-                                                            STRIPE_SECTORS);
                                }
                        }
                }
                        clear_bit(STRIPE_DEGRADED, &sh->state);
                        locked++;
                        set_bit(STRIPE_INSYNC, &sh->state);
-                       set_bit(R5_Syncio, &dev->flags);
                }
        }
        if (syncing && locked == 0 && test_bit(STRIPE_INSYNC, &sh->state)) {
                rcu_read_unlock();
  
                if (rdev) {
-                       if (test_bit(R5_Syncio, &sh->dev[i].flags))
+                       if (syncing)
                                md_sync_acct(rdev->bdev, STRIPE_SECTORS);
 
                        bi->bi_bdev = rdev->bdev;
 
        syncing = test_bit(STRIPE_SYNCING, &sh->state);
        /* Now to look around and see what can be done */
 
+       rcu_read_lock();
        for (i=disks; i--; ) {
                mdk_rdev_t *rdev;
                dev = &sh->dev[i];
                clear_bit(R5_Insync, &dev->flags);
-               clear_bit(R5_Syncio, &dev->flags);
 
                PRINTK("check %d: state 0x%lx read %p write %p written %p\n",
                        i, dev->flags, dev->toread, dev->towrite, dev->written);
                                non_overwrite++;
                }
                if (dev->written) written++;
-               rdev = conf->disks[i].rdev; /* FIXME, should I be looking rdev */
+               rdev = rcu_dereference(conf->disks[i].rdev);
                if (!rdev || !test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags)) {
                        /* The ReadError flag will just be confusing now */
                        clear_bit(R5_ReadError, &dev->flags);
                } else
                        set_bit(R5_Insync, &dev->flags);
        }
+       rcu_read_unlock();
        PRINTK("locked=%d uptodate=%d to_read=%d"
               " to_write=%d failed=%d failed_num=%d,%d\n",
               locked, uptodate, to_read, to_write, failed,
                        int bitmap_end = 0;
 
                        if (test_bit(R5_ReadError, &sh->dev[i].flags)) {
-                               mdk_rdev_t *rdev = conf->disks[i].rdev;
+                               mdk_rdev_t *rdev;
+                               rcu_read_lock();
+                               rdev = rcu_dereference(conf->disks[i].rdev);
                                if (rdev && test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags))
                                        /* multiple read failures in one stripe */
                                        md_error(conf->mddev, rdev);
+                               rcu_read_unlock();
                        }
 
                        spin_lock_irq(&conf->device_lock);
                                        locked++;
                                        PRINTK("Reading block %d (sync=%d)\n",
                                                i, syncing);
-                                       if (syncing)
-                                               md_sync_acct(conf->disks[i].rdev->bdev,
-                                                            STRIPE_SECTORS);
                                }
                        }
                }
                                locked++;
                                set_bit(R5_LOCKED, &dev->flags);
                                set_bit(R5_Wantwrite, &dev->flags);
-                               set_bit(R5_Syncio, &dev->flags);
                        }
                        if (failed >= 1) {
                                dev = &sh->dev[failed_num[0]];
                                locked++;
                                set_bit(R5_LOCKED, &dev->flags);
                                set_bit(R5_Wantwrite, &dev->flags);
-                               set_bit(R5_Syncio, &dev->flags);
                        }
 
                        if (update_p) {
                                locked ++;
                                set_bit(R5_LOCKED, &dev->flags);
                                set_bit(R5_Wantwrite, &dev->flags);
-                               set_bit(R5_Syncio, &dev->flags);
                        }
                        if (update_q) {
                                dev = &sh->dev[qd_idx];
                                locked++;
                                set_bit(R5_LOCKED, &dev->flags);
                                set_bit(R5_Wantwrite, &dev->flags);
-                               set_bit(R5_Syncio, &dev->flags);
                        }
                        clear_bit(STRIPE_DEGRADED, &sh->state);
 
                rcu_read_unlock();
 
                if (rdev) {
-                       if (test_bit(R5_Syncio, &sh->dev[i].flags))
+                       if (syncing)
                                md_sync_acct(rdev->bdev, STRIPE_SECTORS);
 
                        bi->bi_bdev = rdev->bdev;