*(conf->hash_locks + hash));
                sh = __find_stripe(conf, sector, conf->generation - previous);
                if (!sh) {
-                       if (!conf->inactive_blocked)
+                       if (!test_bit(R5_INACTIVE_BLOCKED, &conf->cache_state))
                                sh = get_free_stripe(conf, hash);
                        if (noblock && sh == NULL)
                                break;
                        if (!sh) {
-                               conf->inactive_blocked = 1;
+                               set_bit(R5_INACTIVE_BLOCKED,
+                                       &conf->cache_state);
                                wait_event_lock_irq(
                                        conf->wait_for_stripe,
                                        !list_empty(conf->inactive_list + hash) &&
                                        (atomic_read(&conf->active_stripes)
                                         < (conf->max_nr_stripes * 3 / 4)
-                                        || !conf->inactive_blocked),
+                                        || !test_bit(R5_INACTIVE_BLOCKED,
+                                                     &conf->cache_state)),
                                        *(conf->hash_locks + hash));
-                               conf->inactive_blocked = 0;
+                               clear_bit(R5_INACTIVE_BLOCKED,
+                                         &conf->cache_state);
                        } else {
                                init_stripe(sh, sector, previous);
                                atomic_inc(&sh->count);
         * how busy the stripe_cache is
         */
 
-       if (conf->inactive_blocked)
+       if (test_bit(R5_INACTIVE_BLOCKED, &conf->cache_state))
                return 1;
        if (conf->quiesce)
                return 1;
 
        struct llist_head       released_stripes;
        wait_queue_head_t       wait_for_stripe;
        wait_queue_head_t       wait_for_overlap;
-       int                     inactive_blocked;       /* release of inactive stripes blocked,
-                                                        * waiting for 25% to be free
-                                                        */
+       unsigned long           cache_state;
+#define R5_INACTIVE_BLOCKED    1       /* release of inactive stripes blocked,
+                                        * waiting for 25% to be free
+                                        */
+
        int                     pool_size; /* number of disks in stripeheads in pool */
        spinlock_t              device_lock;
        struct disk_info        *disks;
        int                     worker_cnt_per_group;
 };
 
+
 /*
  * Our supported algorithms
  */