/* Activating a spare .. or possibly reactivating
                 * if we ever get bitmaps working here.
                 */
+               int err;
 
                if (rdev->raid_disk != -1)
                        return -EBUSY;
                        rdev->saved_raid_disk = -1;
                clear_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags);
                clear_bit(Bitmap_sync, &rdev->flags);
-               remove_and_add_spares(rdev->mddev, rdev);
-               if (rdev->raid_disk == -1)
-                       return -EBUSY;
+               err = rdev->mddev->pers->
+                       hot_add_disk(rdev->mddev, rdev);
+               if (err) {
+                       rdev->raid_disk = -1;
+                       return err;
+               } else
+                       sysfs_notify_dirent_safe(rdev->sysfs_state);
+               if (sysfs_link_rdev(rdev->mddev, rdev))
+                       /* failure here is OK */;
                /* don't wakeup anyone, leave that to userspace. */
        } else {
                if (slot >= rdev->mddev->raid_disks &&