diff --git a/Documentation/md.txt b/Documentation/md.txt
index 2202f5d..5818628 100644
--- a/Documentation/md.txt
+++ b/Documentation/md.txt
@@ -178,6 +178,21 @@
      The size should be at least PAGE_SIZE (4k) and should be a power
      of 2.  This can only be set while assembling an array
 
+  layout
+     The "layout" for the array for the particular level.  This is
+     simply a number that is interpretted differently by different
+     levels.  It can be written while assembling an array.
+
+  reshape_position
+     This is either "none" or a sector number within the devices of
+     the array where "reshape" is up to.  If this is set, the three
+     attributes mentioned above (raid_disks, chunk_size, layout) can
+     potentially have 2 values, an old and a new value.  If these
+     values differ, reading the attribute returns
+        new (old)
+     and writing will effect the 'new' value, leaving the 'old'
+     unchanged.
+
   component_size
      For arrays with data redundancy (i.e. not raid0, linear, faulty,
      multipath), all components must be the same size - or at least
@@ -193,11 +208,6 @@
      1.2 (newer format in varying locations) or "none" indicating that
      the kernel isn't managing metadata at all.
 
-  layout
-     The "layout" for the array for the particular level.  This is
-     simply a number that is interpretted differently by different
-     levels.  It can be written while assembling an array.
-
   resync_start
      The point at which resync should start.  If no resync is needed,
      this will be a very large number.  At array creation it will
@@ -259,29 +269,6 @@
          like active, but no writes have been seen for a while (safe_mode_delay).
 
 
-   sync_speed_min
-   sync_speed_max
-     This are similar to /proc/sys/dev/raid/speed_limit_{min,max}
-     however they only apply to the particular array.
-     If no value has been written to these, of if the word 'system'
-     is written, then the system-wide value is used.  If a value,
-     in kibibytes-per-second is written, then it is used.
-     When the files are read, they show the currently active value
-     followed by "(local)" or "(system)" depending on whether it is
-     a locally set or system-wide value.
-
-   sync_completed
-     This shows the number of sectors that have been completed of
-     whatever the current sync_action is, followed by the number of
-     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.
-
-   sync_speed
-     This shows the current actual speed, in K/sec, of the current
-     sync_action.  It is averaged over the last 30 seconds.
-
-
 As component devices are added to an md array, they appear in the 'md'
 directory as new directories named
       dev-XXX
@@ -412,6 +399,35 @@
       Note that the numbers are 'bit' numbers, not 'block' numbers.
       They should be scaled by the bitmap_chunksize.
 
+   sync_speed_min
+   sync_speed_max
+     This are similar to /proc/sys/dev/raid/speed_limit_{min,max}
+     however they only apply to the particular array.
+     If no value has been written to these, of if the word 'system'
+     is written, then the system-wide value is used.  If a value,
+     in kibibytes-per-second is written, then it is used.
+     When the files are read, they show the currently active value
+     followed by "(local)" or "(system)" depending on whether it is
+     a locally set or system-wide value.
+
+   sync_completed
+     This shows the number of sectors that have been completed of
+     whatever the current sync_action is, followed by the number of
+     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.
+
+   sync_speed
+     This shows the current actual speed, in K/sec, of the current
+     sync_action.  It is averaged over the last 30 seconds.
+
+   suspend_lo
+   suspend_hi
+     The two values, given as numbers of sectors, indicate a range
+     within the array where IO will be blocked.  This is currently
+     only supported for raid4/5/6.
+
+
 Each active md device may also have attributes specific to the
 personality module that manages it.
 These are specific to the implementation of the module and could
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index bad3241..65814b0 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -274,6 +274,7 @@
 	atomic_set(&new->active, 1);
 	spin_lock_init(&new->write_lock);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&new->sb_wait);
+	new->reshape_position = MaxSector;
 
 	new->queue = blk_alloc_queue(GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!new->queue) {
@@ -2242,6 +2243,10 @@
 layout_show(mddev_t *mddev, char *page)
 {
 	/* just a number, not meaningful for all levels */
+	if (mddev->reshape_position != MaxSector &&
+	    mddev->layout != mddev->new_layout)
+		return sprintf(page, "%d (%d)\n",
+			       mddev->new_layout, mddev->layout);
 	return sprintf(page, "%d\n", mddev->layout);
 }
 
@@ -2250,13 +2255,16 @@
 {
 	char *e;
 	unsigned long n = simple_strtoul(buf, &e, 10);
-	if (mddev->pers)
-		return -EBUSY;
 
 	if (!*buf || (*e && *e != '\n'))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	mddev->layout = n;
+	if (mddev->pers)
+		return -EBUSY;
+	if (mddev->reshape_position != MaxSector)
+		mddev->new_layout = n;
+	else
+		mddev->layout = n;
 	return len;
 }
 static struct md_sysfs_entry md_layout =
@@ -2268,6 +2276,10 @@
 {
 	if (mddev->raid_disks == 0)
 		return 0;
+	if (mddev->reshape_position != MaxSector &&
+	    mddev->delta_disks != 0)
+		return sprintf(page, "%d (%d)\n", mddev->raid_disks,
+			       mddev->raid_disks - mddev->delta_disks);
 	return sprintf(page, "%d\n", mddev->raid_disks);
 }
 
@@ -2285,7 +2297,11 @@
 
 	if (mddev->pers)
 		rv = update_raid_disks(mddev, n);
-	else
+	else if (mddev->reshape_position != MaxSector) {
+		int olddisks = mddev->raid_disks - mddev->delta_disks;
+		mddev->delta_disks = n - olddisks;
+		mddev->raid_disks = n;
+	} else
 		mddev->raid_disks = n;
 	return rv ? rv : len;
 }
@@ -2295,6 +2311,10 @@
 static ssize_t
 chunk_size_show(mddev_t *mddev, char *page)
 {
+	if (mddev->reshape_position != MaxSector &&
+	    mddev->chunk_size != mddev->new_chunk)
+		return sprintf(page, "%d (%d)\n", mddev->new_chunk,
+			       mddev->chunk_size);
 	return sprintf(page, "%d\n", mddev->chunk_size);
 }
 
@@ -2305,12 +2325,15 @@
 	char *e;
 	unsigned long n = simple_strtoul(buf, &e, 10);
 
-	if (mddev->pers)
-		return -EBUSY;
 	if (!*buf || (*e && *e != '\n'))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	mddev->chunk_size = n;
+	if (mddev->pers)
+		return -EBUSY;
+	else if (mddev->reshape_position != MaxSector)
+		mddev->new_chunk = n;
+	else
+		mddev->chunk_size = n;
 	return len;
 }
 static struct md_sysfs_entry md_chunk_size =
@@ -2896,6 +2919,37 @@
 static struct md_sysfs_entry md_suspend_hi =
 __ATTR(suspend_hi, S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR, suspend_hi_show, suspend_hi_store);
 
+static ssize_t
+reshape_position_show(mddev_t *mddev, char *page)
+{
+	if (mddev->reshape_position != MaxSector)
+		return sprintf(page, "%llu\n",
+			       (unsigned long long)mddev->reshape_position);
+	strcpy(page, "none\n");
+	return 5;
+}
+
+static ssize_t
+reshape_position_store(mddev_t *mddev, const char *buf, size_t len)
+{
+	char *e;
+	unsigned long long new = simple_strtoull(buf, &e, 10);
+	if (mddev->pers)
+		return -EBUSY;
+	if (buf == e || (*e && *e != '\n'))
+		return -EINVAL;
+	mddev->reshape_position = new;
+	mddev->delta_disks = 0;
+	mddev->new_level = mddev->level;
+	mddev->new_layout = mddev->layout;
+	mddev->new_chunk = mddev->chunk_size;
+	return len;
+}
+
+static struct md_sysfs_entry md_reshape_position =
+__ATTR(reshape_position, S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR, reshape_position_show,
+       reshape_position_store);
+
 
 static struct attribute *md_default_attrs[] = {
 	&md_level.attr,
@@ -2908,6 +2962,7 @@
 	&md_new_device.attr,
 	&md_safe_delay.attr,
 	&md_array_state.attr,
+	&md_reshape_position.attr,
 	NULL,
 };
 
@@ -3446,6 +3501,7 @@
 		mddev->size = 0;
 		mddev->raid_disks = 0;
 		mddev->recovery_cp = 0;
+		mddev->reshape_position = MaxSector;
 
 	} else if (mddev->pers)
 		printk(KERN_INFO "md: %s switched to read-only mode.\n",