if (sync_page_io(rdev->bdev, target, PAGE_SIZE, page, READ)) {
                        page->index = index;
+                       attach_page_buffers(page, NULL); /* so that free_buffer will
+                                                         * quietly no-op */
                        return page;
                }
        }
 {
        struct page *page = NULL;
        struct inode *inode = file->f_dentry->d_inode;
-       loff_t pos = index << PAGE_SHIFT;
-       int ret;
        struct buffer_head *bh;
        sector_t block;
-       mm_segment_t oldfs;
 
        PRINTK("read bitmap file (%dB @ %Lu)\n", (int)PAGE_SIZE,
                        (unsigned long long)index << PAGE_SHIFT);
        if (IS_ERR(page))
                goto out;
 
-       oldfs = get_fs();
-       set_fs(KERNEL_DS);
-       ret = vfs_read(file, (char __user*) page_address(page), count, &pos);
-       set_fs(oldfs);
-
-       if (ret >= 0 && ret != count)
-               ret = -EIO;
-       if (ret < 0) {
-               put_page(page);
-               page = ERR_PTR(ret);
-               goto out;
-       }
        bh = alloc_page_buffers(page, 1<<inode->i_blkbits, 0);
        if (!bh) {
                put_page(page);
 
                        bh->b_end_io = end_bitmap_write;
                        bh->b_private = bitmap;
+                       atomic_inc(&bitmap->pending_writes);
+                       set_buffer_locked(bh);
+                       set_buffer_mapped(bh);
+                       submit_bh(READ, bh);
                }
                block++;
                bh = bh->b_this_page;
        }
-
        page->index = index;
+
+       wait_event(bitmap->write_wait,
+                  atomic_read(&bitmap->pending_writes)==0);
+       if (bitmap->flags & BITMAP_WRITE_ERROR) {
+               free_buffers(page);
+               page = ERR_PTR(-EIO);
+       }
 out:
        if (IS_ERR(page))
                printk(KERN_ALERT "md: bitmap read error: (%dB @ %Lu): %ld\n",
                return -ENOMEM;
 
        spin_lock_init(&bitmap->lock);
+       atomic_set(&bitmap->pending_writes, 0);
+       init_waitqueue_head(&bitmap->write_wait);
+
        bitmap->mddev = mddev;
 
        bitmap->file = file;
        bitmap->offset = mddev->bitmap_offset;
-       if (file) get_file(file);
-
-       /* Ensure we read fresh data */
-       invalidate_inode_pages(file->f_dentry->d_inode->i_mapping);
-
+       if (file) {
+               get_file(file);
+               do_sync_file_range(file, 0, LLONG_MAX,
+                                  SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE |
+                                  SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE |
+                                  SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_AFTER);
+       }
        /* read superblock from bitmap file (this sets bitmap->chunksize) */
        err = bitmap_read_sb(bitmap);
        if (err)
 
        bitmap->syncchunk = ~0UL;
 
-       atomic_set(&bitmap->pending_writes, 0);
-       init_waitqueue_head(&bitmap->write_wait);
-
 #ifdef INJECT_FATAL_FAULT_1
        bitmap->bp = NULL;
 #else