+ /*
+ * conf->raid_disks is copy of mddev->raid_disks. The reason to
+ * keep a copy of mddev->raid_disks in struct linear_conf is,
+ * mddev->raid_disks may not be consistent with pointers number of
+ * conf->disks[] when it is updated in linear_add() and used to
+ * iterate old conf->disks[] earray in linear_congested().
+ * Here conf->raid_disks is always consitent with number of
+ * pointers in conf->disks[] array, and mddev->private is updated
+ * with rcu_assign_pointer() in linear_addr(), such race can be
+ * avoided.
+ */
+ conf->raid_disks = raid_disks;
+