static struct md_sysfs_entry
 md_sync_completed = __ATTR_RO(sync_completed);
 
+static ssize_t
+suspend_lo_show(mddev_t *mddev, char *page)
+{
+       return sprintf(page, "%llu\n", (unsigned long long)mddev->suspend_lo);
+}
+
+static ssize_t
+suspend_lo_store(mddev_t *mddev, const char *buf, size_t len)
+{
+       char *e;
+       unsigned long long new = simple_strtoull(buf, &e, 10);
+
+       if (mddev->pers->quiesce == NULL)
+               return -EINVAL;
+       if (buf == e || (*e && *e != '\n'))
+               return -EINVAL;
+       if (new >= mddev->suspend_hi ||
+           (new > mddev->suspend_lo && new < mddev->suspend_hi)) {
+               mddev->suspend_lo = new;
+               mddev->pers->quiesce(mddev, 2);
+               return len;
+       } else
+               return -EINVAL;
+}
+static struct md_sysfs_entry md_suspend_lo =
+__ATTR(suspend_lo, S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR, suspend_lo_show, suspend_lo_store);
+
+
+static ssize_t
+suspend_hi_show(mddev_t *mddev, char *page)
+{
+       return sprintf(page, "%llu\n", (unsigned long long)mddev->suspend_hi);
+}
+
+static ssize_t
+suspend_hi_store(mddev_t *mddev, const char *buf, size_t len)
+{
+       char *e;
+       unsigned long long new = simple_strtoull(buf, &e, 10);
+
+       if (mddev->pers->quiesce == NULL)
+               return -EINVAL;
+       if (buf == e || (*e && *e != '\n'))
+               return -EINVAL;
+       if ((new <= mddev->suspend_lo && mddev->suspend_lo >= mddev->suspend_hi) ||
+           (new > mddev->suspend_lo && new > mddev->suspend_hi)) {
+               mddev->suspend_hi = new;
+               mddev->pers->quiesce(mddev, 1);
+               mddev->pers->quiesce(mddev, 0);
+               return len;
+       } else
+               return -EINVAL;
+}
+static struct md_sysfs_entry md_suspend_hi =
+__ATTR(suspend_hi, S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR, suspend_hi_show, suspend_hi_store);
+
+
 static struct attribute *md_default_attrs[] = {
        &md_level.attr,
        &md_raid_disks.attr,
        &md_sync_max.attr,
        &md_sync_speed.attr,
        &md_sync_completed.attr,
+       &md_suspend_lo.attr,
+       &md_suspend_hi.attr,
        NULL,
 };
 static struct attribute_group md_redundancy_group = {
 
                                        goto retry;
                                }
                        }
+                       /* FIXME what if we get a false positive because these
+                        * are being updated.
+                        */
+                       if (logical_sector >= mddev->suspend_lo &&
+                           logical_sector < mddev->suspend_hi) {
+                               release_stripe(sh);
+                               schedule();
+                               goto retry;
+                       }
 
                        if (test_bit(STRIPE_EXPANDING, &sh->state) ||
                            !add_stripe_bio(sh, bi, dd_idx, (bi->bi_rw&RW_MASK))) {
        raid5_conf_t *conf = mddev_to_conf(mddev);
 
        switch(state) {
+       case 2: /* resume for a suspend */
+               wake_up(&conf->wait_for_overlap);
+               break;
+
        case 1: /* stop all writes */
                spin_lock_irq(&conf->device_lock);
                conf->quiesce = 1;
                spin_lock_irq(&conf->device_lock);
                conf->quiesce = 0;
                wake_up(&conf->wait_for_stripe);
+               wake_up(&conf->wait_for_overlap);
                spin_unlock_irq(&conf->device_lock);
                break;
        }