diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index ae65446..f1ac356 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -670,6 +670,7 @@
 
 	if (mddev->level != LEVEL_MULTIPATH) {
 		rdev->faulty = 0;
+		rdev->flags = 0;
 		desc = sb->disks + rdev->desc_nr;
 
 		if (desc->state & (1<<MD_DISK_FAULTY))
@@ -679,6 +680,8 @@
 			rdev->in_sync = 1;
 			rdev->raid_disk = desc->raid_disk;
 		}
+		if (desc->state & (1<<MD_DISK_WRITEMOSTLY))
+			set_bit(WriteMostly, &rdev->flags);
 	} else /* MULTIPATH are always insync */
 		rdev->in_sync = 1;
 	return 0;
@@ -777,6 +780,8 @@
 			spare++;
 			working++;
 		}
+		if (test_bit(WriteMostly, &rdev2->flags))
+			d->state |= (1<<MD_DISK_WRITEMOSTLY);
 	}
 	
 	/* now set the "removed" and "faulty" bits on any missing devices */
@@ -990,6 +995,9 @@
 			rdev->raid_disk = role;
 			break;
 		}
+		rdev->flags = 0;
+		if (sb->devflags & WriteMostly1)
+			set_bit(WriteMostly, &rdev->flags);
 	} else /* MULTIPATH are always insync */
 		rdev->in_sync = 1;
 
@@ -2152,6 +2160,8 @@
 			info.state |= (1<<MD_DISK_ACTIVE);
 			info.state |= (1<<MD_DISK_SYNC);
 		}
+		if (test_bit(WriteMostly, &rdev->flags))
+			info.state |= (1<<MD_DISK_WRITEMOSTLY);
 	} else {
 		info.major = info.minor = 0;
 		info.raid_disk = -1;
@@ -2237,6 +2247,9 @@
 		rdev->saved_raid_disk = rdev->raid_disk;
 
 		rdev->in_sync = 0; /* just to be sure */
+		if (info->state & (1<<MD_DISK_WRITEMOSTLY))
+			set_bit(WriteMostly, &rdev->flags);
+
 		rdev->raid_disk = -1;
 		err = bind_rdev_to_array(rdev, mddev);
 		if (err)
@@ -2277,6 +2290,9 @@
 		else
 			rdev->in_sync = 0;
 
+		if (info->state & (1<<MD_DISK_WRITEMOSTLY))
+			set_bit(WriteMostly, &rdev->flags);
+
 		err = bind_rdev_to_array(rdev, mddev);
 		if (err) {
 			export_rdev(rdev);
@@ -3329,6 +3345,8 @@
 			char b[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
 			seq_printf(seq, " %s[%d]",
 				bdevname(rdev->bdev,b), rdev->desc_nr);
+			if (test_bit(WriteMostly, &rdev->flags))
+				seq_printf(seq, "(W)");
 			if (rdev->faulty) {
 				seq_printf(seq, "(F)");
 				continue;