INIT_LIST_HEAD(&new->all_mddevs);
        init_timer(&new->safemode_timer);
        atomic_set(&new->active, 1);
+       atomic_set(&new->openers, 0);
        spin_lock_init(&new->write_lock);
        init_waitqueue_head(&new->sb_wait);
        init_waitqueue_head(&new->recovery_wait);
                break;
        case clear:
                /* stopping an active array */
-               if (atomic_read(&mddev->active) > 1)
+               if (atomic_read(&mddev->openers) > 0)
                        return -EBUSY;
                err = do_md_stop(mddev, 0, 0);
                break;
        case inactive:
                /* stopping an active array */
                if (mddev->pers) {
-                       if (atomic_read(&mddev->active) > 1)
+                       if (atomic_read(&mddev->openers) > 0)
                                return -EBUSY;
                        err = do_md_stop(mddev, 2, 0);
                } else
        int err = 0;
        struct gendisk *disk = mddev->gendisk;
 
-       if (atomic_read(&mddev->active) > 1 + is_open) {
+       if (atomic_read(&mddev->openers) > is_open) {
                printk("md: %s still in use.\n",mdname(mddev));
                return -EBUSY;
        }
 
        err = 0;
        mddev_get(mddev);
+       atomic_inc(&mddev->openers);
        mddev_unlock(mddev);
 
        check_disk_change(inode->i_bdev);
        mddev_t *mddev = inode->i_bdev->bd_disk->private_data;
 
        BUG_ON(!mddev);
+       atomic_dec(&mddev->openers);
        mddev_put(mddev);
 
        return 0;
 
 
        int                             in_sync;        /* know to not need resync */
        struct mutex                    reconfig_mutex;
-       atomic_t                        active;
+       atomic_t                        active;         /* general refcount */
+       atomic_t                        openers;        /* number of active opens */
 
        int                             changed;        /* true if we might need to reread partition info */
        int                             degraded;       /* whether md should consider