Merge branch 'master'

11 files changed, 220 insertions, 123 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c b/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
index 1235135b384..442e2be6052 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
@@ -1359,16 +1359,11 @@ static int ctl_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
 	 * Copy the parameters into kernel space.
 	 */
 	r = copy_params(user, &param);
-	if (r) {
-		current->flags &= ~PF_MEMALLOC;
-		return r;
-	}
 
-	/*
-	 * FIXME: eventually we will remove the PF_MEMALLOC flag
-	 * here.  However the tools still do nasty things like
-	 * 'load' while a device is suspended.
-	 */
+	current->flags &= ~PF_MEMALLOC;
+
+	if (r)
+		return r;
 
 	r = validate_params(cmd, param);
 	if (r)
@@ -1386,7 +1381,6 @@ static int ctl_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
 
  out:
 	free_params(param);
-	current->flags &= ~PF_MEMALLOC;
 	return r;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-log.c b/drivers/md/dm-log.c
index efe4adf7853..d73779a4241 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-log.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-log.c
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ void dm_destroy_dirty_log(struct dirty_log *log)
 /*
  * The on-disk version of the metadata.
  */
-#define MIRROR_DISK_VERSION 1
+#define MIRROR_DISK_VERSION 2
 #define LOG_OFFSET 2
 
 struct log_header {
@@ -157,7 +157,6 @@ struct log_c {
 	struct log_header *disk_header;
 
 	struct io_region bits_location;
-	uint32_t *disk_bits;
 };
 
 /*
@@ -166,20 +165,20 @@ struct log_c {
  */
 static  inline int log_test_bit(uint32_t *bs, unsigned bit)
 {
-	return test_bit(bit, (unsigned long *) bs) ? 1 : 0;
+	return ext2_test_bit(bit, (unsigned long *) bs) ? 1 : 0;
 }
 
 static inline void log_set_bit(struct log_c *l,
 			       uint32_t *bs, unsigned bit)
 {
-	set_bit(bit, (unsigned long *) bs);
+	ext2_set_bit(bit, (unsigned long *) bs);
 	l->touched = 1;
 }
 
 static inline void log_clear_bit(struct log_c *l,
 				 uint32_t *bs, unsigned bit)
 {
-	clear_bit(bit, (unsigned long *) bs);
+	ext2_clear_bit(bit, (unsigned long *) bs);
 	l->touched = 1;
 }
 
@@ -219,6 +218,11 @@ static int read_header(struct log_c *log)
 		log->header.nr_regions = 0;
 	}
 
+#ifdef __LITTLE_ENDIAN
+	if (log->header.version == 1)
+		log->header.version = 2;
+#endif
+
 	if (log->header.version != MIRROR_DISK_VERSION) {
 		DMWARN("incompatible disk log version");
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -239,45 +243,24 @@ static inline int write_header(struct log_c *log)
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------
  * Bits IO
  *--------------------------------------------------------------*/
-static inline void bits_to_core(uint32_t *core, uint32_t *disk, unsigned count)
-{
-	unsigned i;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < count; i++)
-		core[i] = le32_to_cpu(disk[i]);
-}
-
-static inline void bits_to_disk(uint32_t *core, uint32_t *disk, unsigned count)
-{
-	unsigned i;
-
-	/* copy across the clean/dirty bitset */
-	for (i = 0; i < count; i++)
-		disk[i] = cpu_to_le32(core[i]);
-}
-
 static int read_bits(struct log_c *log)
 {
 	int r;
 	unsigned long ebits;
 
 	r = dm_io_sync_vm(1, &log->bits_location, READ,
-			  log->disk_bits, &ebits);
+			  log->clean_bits, &ebits);
 	if (r)
 		return r;
 
-	bits_to_core(log->clean_bits, log->disk_bits,
-		     log->bitset_uint32_count);
 	return 0;
 }
 
 static int write_bits(struct log_c *log)
 {
 	unsigned long ebits;
-	bits_to_disk(log->clean_bits, log->disk_bits,
-		     log->bitset_uint32_count);
 	return dm_io_sync_vm(1, &log->bits_location, WRITE,
-			     log->disk_bits, &ebits);
+			     log->clean_bits, &ebits);
 }
 
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -433,11 +416,6 @@ static int disk_ctr(struct dirty_log *log, struct dm_target *ti,
 	size = dm_round_up(lc->bitset_uint32_count * sizeof(uint32_t),
 			   1 << SECTOR_SHIFT);
 	lc->bits_location.count = size >> SECTOR_SHIFT;
-	lc->disk_bits = vmalloc(size);
-	if (!lc->disk_bits) {
-		vfree(lc->disk_header);
-		goto bad;
-	}
 	return 0;
 
  bad:
@@ -451,7 +429,6 @@ static void disk_dtr(struct dirty_log *log)
 	struct log_c *lc = (struct log_c *) log->context;
 	dm_put_device(lc->ti, lc->log_dev);
 	vfree(lc->disk_header);
-	vfree(lc->disk_bits);
 	core_dtr(log);
 }
 
@@ -568,7 +545,8 @@ static int core_get_resync_work(struct dirty_log *log, region_t *region)
 		return 0;
 
 	do {
-		*region = find_next_zero_bit((unsigned long *) lc->sync_bits,
+		*region = ext2_find_next_zero_bit(
+					     (unsigned long *) lc->sync_bits,
 					     lc->region_count,
 					     lc->sync_search);
 		lc->sync_search = *region + 1;
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-snap.c b/drivers/md/dm-snap.c
index 87727d84dbb..f3759dd7828 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-snap.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-snap.c
@@ -373,16 +373,11 @@ static inline ulong round_up(ulong n, ulong size)
 
 static void read_snapshot_metadata(struct dm_snapshot *s)
 {
-	if (s->have_metadata)
-		return;
-
 	if (s->store.read_metadata(&s->store)) {
 		down_write(&s->lock);
 		s->valid = 0;
 		up_write(&s->lock);
 	}
-
-	s->have_metadata = 1;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -471,7 +466,7 @@ static int snapshot_ctr(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned int argc, char **argv)
 	s->chunk_shift = ffs(chunk_size) - 1;
 
 	s->valid = 1;
-	s->have_metadata = 0;
+	s->active = 0;
 	s->last_percent = 0;
 	init_rwsem(&s->lock);
 	s->table = ti->table;
@@ -506,7 +501,11 @@ static int snapshot_ctr(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned int argc, char **argv)
 		goto bad5;
 	}
 
+	/* Metadata must only be loaded into one table at once */
+	read_snapshot_metadata(s);
+
 	/* Add snapshot to the list of snapshots for this origin */
+	/* Exceptions aren't triggered till snapshot_resume() is called */
 	if (register_snapshot(s)) {
 		r = -EINVAL;
 		ti->error = "Cannot register snapshot origin";
@@ -793,6 +792,9 @@ static int snapshot_map(struct dm_target *ti, struct bio *bio,
 	if (!s->valid)
 		return -EIO;
 
+	if (unlikely(bio_barrier(bio)))
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
 	/*
 	 * Write to snapshot - higher level takes care of RW/RO
 	 * flags so we should only get this if we are
@@ -862,7 +864,9 @@ static void snapshot_resume(struct dm_target *ti)
 {
 	struct dm_snapshot *s = (struct dm_snapshot *) ti->private;
 
-	read_snapshot_metadata(s);
+	down_write(&s->lock);
+	s->active = 1;
+	up_write(&s->lock);
 }
 
 static int snapshot_status(struct dm_target *ti, status_type_t type,
@@ -932,8 +936,8 @@ static int __origin_write(struct list_head *snapshots, struct bio *bio)
 	/* Do all the snapshots on this origin */
 	list_for_each_entry (snap, snapshots, list) {
 
-		/* Only deal with valid snapshots */
-		if (!snap->valid)
+		/* Only deal with valid and active snapshots */
+		if (!snap->valid || !snap->active)
 			continue;
 
 		/* Nothing to do if writing beyond end of snapshot */
@@ -1057,6 +1061,9 @@ static int origin_map(struct dm_target *ti, struct bio *bio,
 	struct dm_dev *dev = (struct dm_dev *) ti->private;
 	bio->bi_bdev = dev->bdev;
 
+	if (unlikely(bio_barrier(bio)))
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
 	/* Only tell snapshots if this is a write */
 	return (bio_rw(bio) == WRITE) ? do_origin(dev, bio) : 1;
 }
@@ -1104,7 +1111,7 @@ static int origin_status(struct dm_target *ti, status_type_t type, char *result,
 
 static struct target_type origin_target = {
 	.name    = "snapshot-origin",
-	.version = {1, 0, 1},
+	.version = {1, 1, 0},
 	.module  = THIS_MODULE,
 	.ctr     = origin_ctr,
 	.dtr     = origin_dtr,
@@ -1115,7 +1122,7 @@ static struct target_type origin_target = {
 
 static struct target_type snapshot_target = {
 	.name    = "snapshot",
-	.version = {1, 0, 1},
+	.version = {1, 1, 0},
 	.module  = THIS_MODULE,
 	.ctr     = snapshot_ctr,
 	.dtr     = snapshot_dtr,
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-snap.h b/drivers/md/dm-snap.h
index 375aa24d4d7..fdec1e2dc87 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-snap.h
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-snap.h
@@ -99,7 +99,9 @@ struct dm_snapshot {
 
 	/* You can't use a snapshot if this is 0 (e.g. if full) */
 	int valid;
-	int have_metadata;
+
+	/* Origin writes don't trigger exceptions until this is set */
+	int active;
 
 	/* Used for display of table */
 	char type;
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-table.c b/drivers/md/dm-table.c
index a6f2dc66c3d..9b1e2f5ca63 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-table.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-table.c
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ int dm_get_device(struct dm_target *ti, const char *path, sector_t start,
 		if (q->merge_bvec_fn)
 			rs->max_sectors =
 				min_not_zero(rs->max_sectors,
-					     (unsigned short)(PAGE_SIZE >> 9));
+					     (unsigned int) (PAGE_SIZE >> 9));
 
 		rs->max_phys_segments =
 			min_not_zero(rs->max_phys_segments,
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm.c b/drivers/md/dm.c
index 8c16359f8b0..e9adeb9d172 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ struct dm_io {
 	int error;
 	struct bio *bio;
 	atomic_t io_count;
+	unsigned long start_time;
 };
 
 /*
@@ -244,6 +245,36 @@ static inline void free_tio(struct mapped_device *md, struct target_io *tio)
 	mempool_free(tio, md->tio_pool);
 }
 
+static void start_io_acct(struct dm_io *io)
+{
+	struct mapped_device *md = io->md;
+
+	io->start_time = jiffies;
+
+	preempt_disable();
+	disk_round_stats(dm_disk(md));
+	preempt_enable();
+	dm_disk(md)->in_flight = atomic_inc_return(&md->pending);
+}
+
+static int end_io_acct(struct dm_io *io)
+{
+	struct mapped_device *md = io->md;
+	struct bio *bio = io->bio;
+	unsigned long duration = jiffies - io->start_time;
+	int pending;
+	int rw = bio_data_dir(bio);
+
+	preempt_disable();
+	disk_round_stats(dm_disk(md));
+	preempt_enable();
+	dm_disk(md)->in_flight = pending = atomic_dec_return(&md->pending);
+
+	disk_stat_add(dm_disk(md), ticks[rw], duration);
+
+	return !pending;
+}
+
 /*
  * Add the bio to the list of deferred io.
  */
@@ -299,7 +330,7 @@ static void dec_pending(struct dm_io *io, int error)
 		io->error = error;
 
 	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&io->io_count)) {
-		if (atomic_dec_and_test(&io->md->pending))
+		if (end_io_acct(io))
 			/* nudge anyone waiting on suspend queue */
 			wake_up(&io->md->wait);
 
@@ -554,7 +585,7 @@ static void __split_bio(struct mapped_device *md, struct bio *bio)
 	ci.sector_count = bio_sectors(bio);
 	ci.idx = bio->bi_idx;
 
-	atomic_inc(&md->pending);
+	start_io_acct(ci.io);
 	while (ci.sector_count)
 		__clone_and_map(&ci);
 
@@ -573,10 +604,14 @@ static void __split_bio(struct mapped_device *md, struct bio *bio)
 static int dm_request(request_queue_t *q, struct bio *bio)
 {
 	int r;
+	int rw = bio_data_dir(bio);
 	struct mapped_device *md = q->queuedata;
 
 	down_read(&md->io_lock);
 
+	disk_stat_inc(dm_disk(md), ios[rw]);
+	disk_stat_add(dm_disk(md), sectors[rw], bio_sectors(bio));
+
 	/*
 	 * If we're suspended we have to queue
 	 * this io for later.
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 7145cd150f7..d05e3125d29 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -1024,7 +1024,7 @@ static int super_1_load(mdk_rdev_t *rdev, mdk_rdev_t *refdev, int minor_version)
 		rdev-> sb_size = (rdev->sb_size | bmask)+1;
 
 	if (refdev == 0)
-		return 1;
+		ret = 1;
 	else {
 		__u64 ev1, ev2;
 		struct mdp_superblock_1 *refsb = 
@@ -1044,7 +1044,9 @@ static int super_1_load(mdk_rdev_t *rdev, mdk_rdev_t *refdev, int minor_version)
 		ev2 = le64_to_cpu(refsb->events);
 
 		if (ev1 > ev2)
-			return 1;
+			ret = 1;
+		else
+			ret = 0;
 	}
 	if (minor_version) 
 		rdev->size = ((rdev->bdev->bd_inode->i_size>>9) - le64_to_cpu(sb->data_offset)) / 2;
@@ -1058,7 +1060,7 @@ static int super_1_load(mdk_rdev_t *rdev, mdk_rdev_t *refdev, int minor_version)
 
 	if (le32_to_cpu(sb->size) > rdev->size*2)
 		return -EINVAL;
-	return 0;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int super_1_validate(mddev_t *mddev, mdk_rdev_t *rdev)
@@ -1081,7 +1083,7 @@ static int super_1_validate(mddev_t *mddev, mdk_rdev_t *rdev)
 		mddev->size = le64_to_cpu(sb->size)/2;
 		mddev->events = le64_to_cpu(sb->events);
 		mddev->bitmap_offset = 0;
-		mddev->default_bitmap_offset = 1024;
+		mddev->default_bitmap_offset = 1024 >> 9;
 		
 		mddev->recovery_cp = le64_to_cpu(sb->resync_offset);
 		memcpy(mddev->uuid, sb->set_uuid, 16);
@@ -1161,6 +1163,9 @@ static void super_1_sync(mddev_t *mddev, mdk_rdev_t *rdev)
 
 	sb->cnt_corrected_read = atomic_read(&rdev->corrected_errors);
 
+	sb->raid_disks = cpu_to_le32(mddev->raid_disks);
+	sb->size = cpu_to_le64(mddev->size<<1);
+
 	if (mddev->bitmap && mddev->bitmap_file == NULL) {
 		sb->bitmap_offset = cpu_to_le32((__u32)mddev->bitmap_offset);
 		sb->feature_map = cpu_to_le32(MD_FEATURE_BITMAP_OFFSET);
@@ -2686,14 +2691,6 @@ static int do_md_stop(mddev_t * mddev, int ro)
 			set_disk_ro(disk, 1);
 	}
 
-	bitmap_destroy(mddev);
-	if (mddev->bitmap_file) {
-		atomic_set(&mddev->bitmap_file->f_dentry->d_inode->i_writecount, 1);
-		fput(mddev->bitmap_file);
-		mddev->bitmap_file = NULL;
-	}
-	mddev->bitmap_offset = 0;
-
 	/*
 	 * Free resources if final stop
 	 */
@@ -2703,6 +2700,14 @@ static int do_md_stop(mddev_t * mddev, int ro)
 		struct gendisk *disk;
 		printk(KERN_INFO "md: %s stopped.\n", mdname(mddev));
 
+		bitmap_destroy(mddev);
+		if (mddev->bitmap_file) {
+			atomic_set(&mddev->bitmap_file->f_dentry->d_inode->i_writecount, 1);
+			fput(mddev->bitmap_file);
+			mddev->bitmap_file = NULL;
+		}
+		mddev->bitmap_offset = 0;
+
 		ITERATE_RDEV(mddev,rdev,tmp)
 			if (rdev->raid_disk >= 0) {
 				char nm[20];
@@ -2939,6 +2944,8 @@ static int get_array_info(mddev_t * mddev, void __user * arg)
 	info.ctime         = mddev->ctime;
 	info.level         = mddev->level;
 	info.size          = mddev->size;
+	if (info.size != mddev->size) /* overflow */
+		info.size = -1;
 	info.nr_disks      = nr;
 	info.raid_disks    = mddev->raid_disks;
 	info.md_minor      = mddev->md_minor;
@@ -3465,7 +3472,7 @@ static int update_size(mddev_t *mddev, unsigned long size)
 		bdev = bdget_disk(mddev->gendisk, 0);
 		if (bdev) {
 			mutex_lock(&bdev->bd_inode->i_mutex);
-			i_size_write(bdev->bd_inode, mddev->array_size << 10);
+			i_size_write(bdev->bd_inode, (loff_t)mddev->array_size << 10);
 			mutex_unlock(&bdev->bd_inode->i_mutex);
 			bdput(bdev);
 		}
@@ -3485,17 +3492,6 @@ static int update_raid_disks(mddev_t *mddev, int raid_disks)
 	if (mddev->sync_thread)
 		return -EBUSY;
 	rv = mddev->pers->reshape(mddev, raid_disks);
-	if (!rv) {
-		struct block_device *bdev;
-
-		bdev = bdget_disk(mddev->gendisk, 0);
-		if (bdev) {
-			mutex_lock(&bdev->bd_inode->i_mutex);
-			i_size_write(bdev->bd_inode, mddev->array_size << 10);
-			mutex_unlock(&bdev->bd_inode->i_mutex);
-			bdput(bdev);
-		}
-	}
 	return rv;
 }
 
@@ -3531,7 +3527,7 @@ static int update_array_info(mddev_t *mddev, mdu_array_info_t *info)
 		)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	/* Check there is only one change */
-	if (mddev->size != info->size) cnt++;
+	if (info->size >= 0 && mddev->size != info->size) cnt++;
 	if (mddev->raid_disks != info->raid_disks) cnt++;
 	if (mddev->layout != info->layout) cnt++;
 	if ((state ^ info->state) & (1<<MD_SB_BITMAP_PRESENT)) cnt++;
@@ -3548,7 +3544,7 @@ static int update_array_info(mddev_t *mddev, mdu_array_info_t *info)
 		else
 			return mddev->pers->reconfig(mddev, info->layout, -1);
 	}
-	if (mddev->size != info->size)
+	if (info->size >= 0 && mddev->size != info->size)
 		rv = update_size(mddev, info->size);
 
 	if (mddev->raid_disks    != info->raid_disks)
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid0.c b/drivers/md/raid0.c
index d03f99cf4b7..678f4dbbea1 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid0.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid0.c
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ out_free_conf:
 	kfree(conf);
 	mddev->private = NULL;
 out:
-	return 1;
+	return -ENOMEM;
 }
 
 static int raid0_stop (mddev_t *mddev)
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid10.c b/drivers/md/raid10.c
index 9130d051b47..ab90a6d1202 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid10.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid10.c
@@ -565,6 +565,8 @@ rb_out:
 
 	if (disk >= 0 && (rdev=rcu_dereference(conf->mirrors[disk].rdev))!= NULL)
 		atomic_inc(&conf->mirrors[disk].rdev->nr_pending);
+	else
+		disk = -1;
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	return disk;
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index 25976bfb6f9..2dba305daf3 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -350,7 +350,8 @@ static void shrink_stripes(raid5_conf_t *conf)
 	while (drop_one_stripe(conf))
 		;
 
-	kmem_cache_destroy(conf->slab_cache);
+	if (conf->slab_cache)
+		kmem_cache_destroy(conf->slab_cache);
 	conf->slab_cache = NULL;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid6main.c b/drivers/md/raid6main.c
index f618a53b98b..cd477ebf2ee 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid6main.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid6main.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ static void __release_stripe(raid6_conf_t *conf, struct stripe_head *sh)
 			list_add_tail(&sh->lru, &conf->inactive_list);
 			atomic_dec(&conf->active_stripes);
 			if (!conf->inactive_blocked ||
-			    atomic_read(&conf->active_stripes) < (NR_STRIPES*3/4))
+			    atomic_read(&conf->active_stripes) < (conf->max_nr_stripes*3/4))
 				wake_up(&conf->wait_for_stripe);
 		}
 	}
@@ -273,7 +273,8 @@ static struct stripe_head *get_active_stripe(raid6_conf_t *conf, sector_t sector
 				conf->inactive_blocked = 1;
 				wait_event_lock_irq(conf->wait_for_stripe,
 						    !list_empty(&conf->inactive_list) &&
-						    (atomic_read(&conf->active_stripes) < (NR_STRIPES *3/4)
+						    (atomic_read(&conf->active_stripes)
+						     < (conf->max_nr_stripes *3/4)
 						     || !conf->inactive_blocked),
 						    conf->device_lock,
 						    unplug_slaves(conf->mddev);
@@ -302,9 +303,31 @@ static struct stripe_head *get_active_stripe(raid6_conf_t *conf, sector_t sector
 	return sh;
 }
 
-static int grow_stripes(raid6_conf_t *conf, int num)
+static int grow_one_stripe(raid6_conf_t *conf)
 {
 	struct stripe_head *sh;
+	sh = kmem_cache_alloc(conf->slab_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!sh)
+		return 0;
+	memset(sh, 0, sizeof(*sh) + (conf->raid_disks-1)*sizeof(struct r5dev));
+	sh->raid_conf = conf;
+	spin_lock_init(&sh->lock);
+
+	if (grow_buffers(sh, conf->raid_disks)) {
+		shrink_buffers(sh, conf->raid_disks);
+		kmem_cache_free(conf->slab_cache, sh);
+		return 0;
+	}
+	/* we just created an active stripe so... */
+	atomic_set(&sh->count, 1);
+	atomic_inc(&conf->active_stripes);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sh->lru);
+	release_stripe(sh);
+	return 1;
+}
+
+static int grow_stripes(raid6_conf_t *conf, int num)
+{
 	kmem_cache_t *sc;
 	int devs = conf->raid_disks;
 
@@ -316,45 +339,35 @@ static int grow_stripes(raid6_conf_t *conf, int num)
 	if (!sc)
 		return 1;
 	conf->slab_cache = sc;
-	while (num--) {
-		sh = kmem_cache_alloc(sc, GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!sh)
-			return 1;
-		memset(sh, 0, sizeof(*sh) + (devs-1)*sizeof(struct r5dev));
-		sh->raid_conf = conf;
-		spin_lock_init(&sh->lock);
-
-		if (grow_buffers(sh, conf->raid_disks)) {
-			shrink_buffers(sh, conf->raid_disks);
-			kmem_cache_free(sc, sh);
+	while (num--)
+		if (!grow_one_stripe(conf))
 			return 1;
-		}
-		/* we just created an active stripe so... */
-		atomic_set(&sh->count, 1);
-		atomic_inc(&conf->active_stripes);
-		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sh->lru);
-		release_stripe(sh);
-	}
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void shrink_stripes(raid6_conf_t *conf)
+static int drop_one_stripe(raid6_conf_t *conf)
 {
 	struct stripe_head *sh;
+	spin_lock_irq(&conf->device_lock);
+	sh = get_free_stripe(conf);
+	spin_unlock_irq(&conf->device_lock);
+	if (!sh)
+		return 0;
+	if (atomic_read(&sh->count))
+		BUG();
+	shrink_buffers(sh, conf->raid_disks);
+	kmem_cache_free(conf->slab_cache, sh);
+	atomic_dec(&conf->active_stripes);
+	return 1;
+}
 
-	while (1) {
-		spin_lock_irq(&conf->device_lock);
-		sh = get_free_stripe(conf);
-		spin_unlock_irq(&conf->device_lock);
-		if (!sh)
-			break;
-		if (atomic_read(&sh->count))
-			BUG();
-		shrink_buffers(sh, conf->raid_disks);
-		kmem_cache_free(conf->slab_cache, sh);
-		atomic_dec(&conf->active_stripes);
-	}
-	kmem_cache_destroy(conf->slab_cache);
+static void shrink_stripes(raid6_conf_t *conf)
+{
+	while (drop_one_stripe(conf))
+		;
+
+	if (conf->slab_cache)
+		kmem_cache_destroy(conf->slab_cache);
 	conf->slab_cache = NULL;
 }
 
@@ -1912,6 +1925,74 @@ static void raid6d (mddev_t *mddev)
 	PRINTK("--- raid6d inactive\n");
 }
 
+static ssize_t
+raid6_show_stripe_cache_size(mddev_t *mddev, char *page)
+{
+	raid6_conf_t *conf = mddev_to_conf(mddev);
+	if (conf)
+		return sprintf(page, "%d\n", conf->max_nr_stripes);
+	else
+		return 0;
+}
+
+static ssize_t
+raid6_store_stripe_cache_size(mddev_t *mddev, const char *page, size_t len)
+{
+	raid6_conf_t *conf = mddev_to_conf(mddev);
+	char *end;
+	int new;
+	if (len >= PAGE_SIZE)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	if (!conf)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	new = simple_strtoul(page, &end, 10);
+	if (!*page || (*end && *end != '\n') )
+		return -EINVAL;
+	if (new <= 16 || new > 32768)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	while (new < conf->max_nr_stripes) {
+		if (drop_one_stripe(conf))
+			conf->max_nr_stripes--;
+		else
+			break;
+	}
+	while (new > conf->max_nr_stripes) {
+		if (grow_one_stripe(conf))
+			conf->max_nr_stripes++;
+		else break;
+	}
+	return len;
+}
+
+static struct md_sysfs_entry
+raid6_stripecache_size = __ATTR(stripe_cache_size, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
+				raid6_show_stripe_cache_size,
+				raid6_store_stripe_cache_size);
+
+static ssize_t
+stripe_cache_active_show(mddev_t *mddev, char *page)
+{
+	raid6_conf_t *conf = mddev_to_conf(mddev);
+	if (conf)
+		return sprintf(page, "%d\n", atomic_read(&conf->active_stripes));
+	else
+		return 0;
+}
+
+static struct md_sysfs_entry
+raid6_stripecache_active = __ATTR_RO(stripe_cache_active);
+
+static struct attribute *raid6_attrs[] =  {
+	&raid6_stripecache_size.attr,
+	&raid6_stripecache_active.attr,
+	NULL,
+};
+static struct attribute_group raid6_attrs_group = {
+	.name = NULL,
+	.attrs = raid6_attrs,
+};
+
 static int run(mddev_t *mddev)
 {
 	raid6_conf_t *conf;
@@ -2095,6 +2176,7 @@ static int stop (mddev_t *mddev)
 	shrink_stripes(conf);
 	kfree(conf->stripe_hashtbl);
 	blk_sync_queue(mddev->queue); /* the unplug fn references 'conf'*/
+	sysfs_remove_group(&mddev->kobj, &raid6_attrs_group);
 	kfree(conf);
 	mddev->private = NULL;
 	return 0;