/* This might have been changed by a reshape */
        sb->sync_size = cpu_to_le64(bitmap->mddev->resync_max_sectors);
        sb->chunksize = cpu_to_le32(bitmap->mddev->bitmap_info.chunksize);
+       sb->sectors_reserved = cpu_to_le32(bitmap->mddev->
+                                          bitmap_info.space);
        kunmap_atomic(sb);
        write_page(bitmap, bitmap->storage.sb_page, 1);
 }
        bitmap_super_t *sb;
        unsigned long chunksize, daemon_sleep, write_behind;
        unsigned long long events;
+       unsigned long sectors_reserved = 0;
        int err = -EINVAL;
        struct page *sb_page;
 
        chunksize = le32_to_cpu(sb->chunksize);
        daemon_sleep = le32_to_cpu(sb->daemon_sleep) * HZ;
        write_behind = le32_to_cpu(sb->write_behind);
+       sectors_reserved = le32_to_cpu(sb->sectors_reserved);
 
        /* verify that the bitmap-specific fields are valid */
        if (sb->magic != cpu_to_le32(BITMAP_MAGIC))
        bitmap->mddev->bitmap_info.chunksize = chunksize;
        bitmap->mddev->bitmap_info.daemon_sleep = daemon_sleep;
        bitmap->mddev->bitmap_info.max_write_behind = write_behind;
+       if (bitmap->mddev->bitmap_info.space == 0 ||
+           bitmap->mddev->bitmap_info.space > sectors_reserved)
+               bitmap->mddev->bitmap_info.space = sectors_reserved;
        if (err)
                bitmap_print_sb(bitmap);
        return err;
 
        __le32 chunksize;    /* 52  the bitmap chunk size in bytes */
        __le32 daemon_sleep; /* 56  seconds between disk flushes */
        __le32 write_behind; /* 60  number of outstanding write-behind writes */
+       __le32 sectors_reserved; /* 64 number of 512-byte sectors that are
+                                 * reserved for the bitmap. */
 
-       __u8  pad[256 - 64]; /* set to zero */
+       __u8  pad[256 - 68]; /* set to zero */
 } bitmap_super_t;
 
 /* notes: