sectors in total that could need to be processed.  The two
      numbers are separated by a '/'  thus effectively showing one
      value, a fraction of the process that is complete.
+     A 'select' on this attribute will return when resync completes,
+     when it reaches the current sync_max (below) and possibly at
+     other times.
+
+   sync_max
+     This is a number of sectors at which point a resync/recovery
+     process will pause.  When a resync is active, the value can
+     only ever be increased, never decreased.  The value of 'max'
+     effectively disables the limit.
+
 
    sync_speed
      This shows the current actual speed, in K/sec, of the current
 
        spin_lock_init(&new->write_lock);
        init_waitqueue_head(&new->sb_wait);
        new->reshape_position = MaxSector;
+       new->resync_max = MaxSector;
 
        new->queue = blk_alloc_queue(GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!new->queue) {
 
 static struct md_sysfs_entry md_sync_completed = __ATTR_RO(sync_completed);
 
+static ssize_t
+max_sync_show(mddev_t *mddev, char *page)
+{
+       if (mddev->resync_max == MaxSector)
+               return sprintf(page, "max\n");
+       else
+               return sprintf(page, "%llu\n",
+                              (unsigned long long)mddev->resync_max);
+}
+static ssize_t
+max_sync_store(mddev_t *mddev, const char *buf, size_t len)
+{
+       if (strncmp(buf, "max", 3) == 0)
+               mddev->resync_max = MaxSector;
+       else {
+               char *ep;
+               unsigned long long max = simple_strtoull(buf, &ep, 10);
+               if (ep == buf || (*ep != 0 && *ep != '\n'))
+                       return -EINVAL;
+               if (max < mddev->resync_max &&
+                   test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_RUNNING, &mddev->recovery))
+                       return -EBUSY;
+
+               /* Must be a multiple of chunk_size */
+               if (mddev->chunk_size) {
+                       if (max & (sector_t)((mddev->chunk_size>>9)-1))
+                               return -EINVAL;
+               }
+               mddev->resync_max = max;
+       }
+       wake_up(&mddev->recovery_wait);
+       return len;
+}
+
+static struct md_sysfs_entry md_max_sync =
+__ATTR(sync_max, S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR, max_sync_show, max_sync_store);
+
 static ssize_t
 suspend_lo_show(mddev_t *mddev, char *page)
 {
        &md_sync_max.attr,
        &md_sync_speed.attr,
        &md_sync_completed.attr,
+       &md_max_sync.attr,
        &md_suspend_lo.attr,
        &md_suspend_hi.attr,
        &md_bitmap.attr,
                mddev->size = 0;
                mddev->raid_disks = 0;
                mddev->recovery_cp = 0;
+               mddev->resync_max = MaxSector;
                mddev->reshape_position = MaxSector;
                mddev->external = 0;
 
                sector_t sectors;
 
                skipped = 0;
+               if (j >= mddev->resync_max) {
+                       sysfs_notify(&mddev->kobj, NULL, "sync_completed");
+                       wait_event(mddev->recovery_wait,
+                                  mddev->resync_max > j
+                                  || kthread_should_stop());
+               }
+               if (kthread_should_stop())
+                       goto interrupted;
                sectors = mddev->pers->sync_request(mddev, j, &skipped,
-                                           currspeed < speed_min(mddev));
+                                                 currspeed < speed_min(mddev));
                if (sectors == 0) {
                        set_bit(MD_RECOVERY_ERR, &mddev->recovery);
                        goto out;
                }
 
 
-               if (kthread_should_stop()) {
-                       /*
-                        * got a signal, exit.
-                        */
-                       printk(KERN_INFO 
-                               "md: md_do_sync() got signal ... exiting\n");
-                       set_bit(MD_RECOVERY_INTR, &mddev->recovery);
-                       goto out;
-               }
+               if (kthread_should_stop())
+                       goto interrupted;
+
 
                /*
                 * this loop exits only if either when we are slower than
 
  skip:
        mddev->curr_resync = 0;
+       mddev->resync_max = MaxSector;
+       sysfs_notify(&mddev->kobj, NULL, "sync_completed");
        wake_up(&resync_wait);
        set_bit(MD_RECOVERY_DONE, &mddev->recovery);
        md_wakeup_thread(mddev->thread);
+       return;
+
+ interrupted:
+       /*
+        * got a signal, exit.
+        */
+       printk(KERN_INFO
+              "md: md_do_sync() got signal ... exiting\n");
+       set_bit(MD_RECOVERY_INTR, &mddev->recovery);
+       goto out;
+
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(md_do_sync);
 
 
                release_stripe(sh);
                first_sector += STRIPE_SECTORS;
        }
+       /* If this takes us to the resync_max point where we have to pause,
+        * then we need to write out the superblock.
+        */
+       sector_nr += conf->chunk_size>>9;
+       if (sector_nr >= mddev->resync_max) {
+               /* Cannot proceed until we've updated the superblock... */
+               wait_event(conf->wait_for_overlap,
+                          atomic_read(&conf->reshape_stripes) == 0);
+               mddev->reshape_position = conf->expand_progress;
+               set_bit(MD_CHANGE_DEVS, &mddev->flags);
+               md_wakeup_thread(mddev->thread);
+               wait_event(mddev->sb_wait,
+                          !test_bit(MD_CHANGE_DEVS, &mddev->flags)
+                          || kthread_should_stop());
+               spin_lock_irq(&conf->device_lock);
+               conf->expand_lo = mddev->reshape_position;
+               spin_unlock_irq(&conf->device_lock);
+               wake_up(&conf->wait_for_overlap);
+       }
        return conf->chunk_size>>9;
 }
 
        if (test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_RESHAPE, &mddev->recovery))
                return reshape_request(mddev, sector_nr, skipped);
 
+       /* No need to check resync_max as we never do more than one
+        * stripe, and as resync_max will always be on a chunk boundary,
+        * if the check in md_do_sync didn't fire, there is no chance
+        * of overstepping resync_max here
+        */
+
        /* if there is too many failed drives and we are trying
         * to resync, then assert that we are finished, because there is
         * nothing we can do.