while ((rdev = next_active_rdev(rdev, mddev)) != NULL) {
                        int size = PAGE_SIZE;
+                       long offset = mddev->bitmap_info.offset;
                        if (page->index == bitmap->file_pages-1)
                                size = roundup(bitmap->last_page_size,
                                               bdev_logical_block_size(rdev->bdev));
                        /* Just make sure we aren't corrupting data or
                         * metadata
                         */
-                       if (bitmap->offset < 0) {
+                       if (offset < 0) {
                                /* DATA  BITMAP METADATA  */
-                               if (bitmap->offset
+                               if (offset
                                    + (long)(page->index * (PAGE_SIZE/512))
                                    + size/512 > 0)
                                        /* bitmap runs in to metadata */
                                        goto bad_alignment;
                                if (rdev->data_offset + mddev->dev_sectors
-                                   > rdev->sb_start + bitmap->offset)
+                                   > rdev->sb_start + offset)
                                        /* data runs in to bitmap */
                                        goto bad_alignment;
                        } else if (rdev->sb_start < rdev->data_offset) {
                                /* METADATA BITMAP DATA */
                                if (rdev->sb_start
-                                   + bitmap->offset
+                                   + offset
                                    + page->index*(PAGE_SIZE/512) + size/512
                                    > rdev->data_offset)
                                        /* bitmap runs in to data */
                                /* DATA METADATA BITMAP - no problems */
                        }
                        md_super_write(mddev, rdev,
-                                      rdev->sb_start + bitmap->offset
+                                      rdev->sb_start + offset
                                       + page->index * (PAGE_SIZE/512),
                                       size,
                                       page);
 
                bitmap->sb_page = read_page(bitmap->file, 0, bitmap, bytes);
        } else {
-               bitmap->sb_page = read_sb_page(bitmap->mddev, bitmap->offset,
+               bitmap->sb_page = read_sb_page(bitmap->mddev,
+                                              bitmap->mddev->bitmap_info.offset,
                                               NULL,
                                               0, sizeof(bitmap_super_t));
        }
        }
 success:
        /* assign fields using values from superblock */
-       bitmap->chunksize = chunksize;
-       bitmap->daemon_sleep = daemon_sleep;
+       bitmap->mddev->bitmap_info.chunksize = chunksize;
+       bitmap->mddev->bitmap_info.daemon_sleep = daemon_sleep;
        bitmap->daemon_lastrun = jiffies;
-       bitmap->max_write_behind = write_behind;
+       bitmap->mddev->bitmap_info.max_write_behind = write_behind;
        bitmap->flags |= le32_to_cpu(sb->state);
        if (le32_to_cpu(sb->version) == BITMAP_MAJOR_HOSTENDIAN)
                bitmap->flags |= BITMAP_HOSTENDIAN;
        chunks = bitmap->chunks;
        file = bitmap->file;
 
-       BUG_ON(!file && !bitmap->offset);
+       BUG_ON(!file && !bitmap->mddev->bitmap_info.offset);
 
 #ifdef INJECT_FAULTS_3
        outofdate = 1;
                                offset = sizeof(bitmap_super_t);
                                if (!file)
                                        read_sb_page(bitmap->mddev,
-                                                    bitmap->offset,
+                                                    bitmap->mddev->bitmap_info.offset,
                                                     page,
                                                     index, count);
                        } else if (file) {
                                page = read_page(file, index, bitmap, count);
                                offset = 0;
                        } else {
-                               page = read_sb_page(bitmap->mddev, bitmap->offset,
+                               page = read_sb_page(bitmap->mddev,
+                                                   bitmap->mddev->bitmap_info.offset,
                                                    NULL,
                                                    index, count);
                                offset = 0;
                mutex_unlock(&mddev->bitmap_info.mutex);
                return;
        }
-       if (time_before(jiffies, bitmap->daemon_lastrun + bitmap->daemon_sleep*HZ))
+       if (time_before(jiffies, bitmap->daemon_lastrun
+                       + bitmap->mddev->bitmap_info.daemon_sleep*HZ))
                goto done;
 
        bitmap->daemon_lastrun = jiffies;
 
  done:
        if (bitmap->allclean == 0)
-               bitmap->mddev->thread->timeout = bitmap->daemon_sleep * HZ;
+               bitmap->mddev->thread->timeout = 
+                       bitmap->mddev->bitmap_info.daemon_sleep * HZ;
        mutex_unlock(&mddev->bitmap_info.mutex);
 }
 
                return;
        }
        if (time_before(jiffies, (bitmap->last_end_sync
-                                 + bitmap->daemon_sleep * HZ)))
+                                 + bitmap->mddev->bitmap_info.daemon_sleep * HZ)))
                return;
        wait_event(bitmap->mddev->recovery_wait,
                   atomic_read(&bitmap->mddev->recovery_active) == 0);
 void bitmap_flush(mddev_t *mddev)
 {
        struct bitmap *bitmap = mddev->bitmap;
-       int sleep;
+       long sleep;
 
        if (!bitmap) /* there was no bitmap */
                return;
        /* run the daemon_work three time to ensure everything is flushed
         * that can be
         */
-       sleep = bitmap->daemon_sleep;
-       bitmap->daemon_sleep = 0;
+       sleep = mddev->bitmap_info.daemon_sleep * HZ * 2;
+       bitmap->daemon_lastrun -= sleep;
        bitmap_daemon_work(mddev);
+       bitmap->daemon_lastrun -= sleep;
        bitmap_daemon_work(mddev);
+       bitmap->daemon_lastrun -= sleep;
        bitmap_daemon_work(mddev);
-       bitmap->daemon_sleep = sleep;
        bitmap_update_sb(bitmap);
 }
 
        bitmap->mddev = mddev;
 
        bitmap->file = file;
-       bitmap->offset = mddev->bitmap_info.offset;
        if (file) {
                get_file(file);
                /* As future accesses to this file will use bmap,
                 */
                vfs_fsync(file, file->f_dentry, 1);
        }
-       /* read superblock from bitmap file (this sets bitmap->chunksize) */
+       /* read superblock from bitmap file (this sets mddev->bitmap_info.chunksize) */
        err = bitmap_read_sb(bitmap);
        if (err)
                goto error;
 
-       bitmap->chunkshift = ffz(~bitmap->chunksize);
+       bitmap->chunkshift = ffz(~mddev->bitmap_info.chunksize);
 
        /* now that chunksize and chunkshift are set, we can use these macros */
        chunks = (blocks + CHUNK_BLOCK_RATIO(bitmap) - 1) >>
 
        mddev->bitmap = bitmap;
 
-       mddev->thread->timeout = bitmap->daemon_sleep * HZ;
+       mddev->thread->timeout = mddev->bitmap_info.daemon_sleep * HZ;
 
        bitmap_update_sb(bitmap);
 
 
 #define BITMAP_BLOCK_SHIFT 9
 
 /* how many blocks per chunk? (this is variable) */
-#define CHUNK_BLOCK_RATIO(bitmap) ((bitmap)->chunksize >> BITMAP_BLOCK_SHIFT)
+#define CHUNK_BLOCK_RATIO(bitmap) ((bitmap)->mddev->bitmap_info.chunksize >> BITMAP_BLOCK_SHIFT)
 #define CHUNK_BLOCK_SHIFT(bitmap) ((bitmap)->chunkshift - BITMAP_BLOCK_SHIFT)
 #define CHUNK_BLOCK_MASK(bitmap) (CHUNK_BLOCK_RATIO(bitmap) - 1)
 
        int counter_bits; /* how many bits per block counter */
 
        /* bitmap chunksize -- how much data does each bit represent? */
-       unsigned long chunksize;
        unsigned long chunkshift; /* chunksize = 2^chunkshift (for bitops) */
        unsigned long chunks; /* total number of data chunks for the array */
 
        /* bitmap spinlock */
        spinlock_t lock;
 
-       long offset; /* offset from superblock if file is NULL */
        struct file *file; /* backing disk file */
        struct page *sb_page; /* cached copy of the bitmap file superblock */
        struct page **filemap; /* list of cache pages for the file */
 
        int allclean;
 
-       unsigned long max_write_behind; /* write-behind mode */
        atomic_t behind_writes;
 
        /*
         * file, cleaning up bits and flushing out pages to disk as necessary
         */
        unsigned long daemon_lastrun; /* jiffies of last run */
-       unsigned long daemon_sleep; /* how many seconds between updates? */
        unsigned long last_end_sync; /* when we lasted called end_sync to
                                      * update bitmap with resync progress */
 
 
                mddev->safemode = 0;
                mddev->bitmap_info.offset = 0;
                mddev->bitmap_info.default_offset = 0;
+               mddev->bitmap_info.chunksize = 0;
+               mddev->bitmap_info.daemon_sleep = 0;
+               mddev->bitmap_info.max_write_behind = 0;
                kobject_uevent(&disk_to_dev(mddev->gendisk)->kobj, KOBJ_CHANGE);
                if (mddev->hold_active == UNTIL_STOP)
                        mddev->hold_active = 0;
                        unsigned long chunk_kb;
                        unsigned long flags;
                        spin_lock_irqsave(&bitmap->lock, flags);
-                       chunk_kb = bitmap->chunksize >> 10;
+                       chunk_kb = mddev->bitmap_info.chunksize >> 10;
                        seq_printf(seq, "bitmap: %lu/%lu pages [%luKB], "
                                "%lu%s chunk",
                                bitmap->pages - bitmap->missing_pages,
                                bitmap->pages,
                                (bitmap->pages - bitmap->missing_pages)
                                        << (PAGE_SHIFT - 10),
-                               chunk_kb ? chunk_kb : bitmap->chunksize,
+                               chunk_kb ? chunk_kb : mddev->bitmap_info.chunksize,
                                chunk_kb ? "KB" : "B");
                        if (bitmap->file) {
                                seq_printf(seq, ", file: ");