---
 Incremental.c |    2 +-
 util.c        |    2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- mdadm-3.2.2.orig/Incremental.c
+++ mdadm-3.2.2/Incremental.c
@@ -1135,7 +1135,7 @@ static int partition_try_spare(char *dev
 			devname = NULL;
 			goto next;
 		}
-		fd = open(devname, O_RDONLY);
+		fd = open(devname, O_RDONLY|O_DIRECT|O_NONBLOCK);
 		if (fd < 0)
 			goto next;
 		if (get_dev_size(fd, devname, &devsectors) == 0)
--- mdadm-3.2.2.orig/util.c
+++ mdadm-3.2.2/util.c
@@ -814,7 +814,7 @@ int dev_open(char *dev, int flags)
 	int minor;
 
 	if (!dev) return -1;
-	flags |= O_DIRECT;
+	flags |= O_DIRECT | O_NONBLOCK;
 
 	major = strtoul(dev, &e, 0);
 	if (e > dev && *e == ':' && e[1] &&