}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(md_flush_request);
 
+/* Support for plugging.
+ * This mirrors the plugging support in request_queue, but does not
+ * require having a whole queue or request structures.
+ * We allocate an md_plug_cb for each md device and each thread it gets
+ * plugged on.  This links tot the private plug_handle structure in the
+ * personality data where we keep a count of the number of outstanding
+ * plugs so other code can see if a plug is active.
+ */
+struct md_plug_cb {
+       struct blk_plug_cb cb;
+       mddev_t *mddev;
+};
+
+static void plugger_unplug(struct blk_plug_cb *cb)
+{
+       struct md_plug_cb *mdcb = container_of(cb, struct md_plug_cb, cb);
+       if (atomic_dec_and_test(&mdcb->mddev->plug_cnt))
+               md_wakeup_thread(mdcb->mddev->thread);
+       kfree(mdcb);
+}
+
+/* Check that an unplug wakeup will come shortly.
+ * If not, wakeup the md thread immediately
+ */
+int mddev_check_plugged(mddev_t *mddev)
+{
+       struct blk_plug *plug = current->plug;
+       struct md_plug_cb *mdcb;
+
+       if (!plug)
+               return 0;
+
+       list_for_each_entry(mdcb, &plug->cb_list, cb.list) {
+               if (mdcb->cb.callback == plugger_unplug &&
+                   mdcb->mddev == mddev) {
+                       /* Already on the list, move to top */
+                       if (mdcb != list_first_entry(&plug->cb_list,
+                                                   struct md_plug_cb,
+                                                   cb.list))
+                               list_move(&mdcb->cb.list, &plug->cb_list);
+                       return 1;
+               }
+       }
+       /* Not currently on the callback list */
+       mdcb = kmalloc(sizeof(*mdcb), GFP_ATOMIC);
+       if (!mdcb)
+               return 0;
+
+       mdcb->mddev = mddev;
+       mdcb->cb.callback = plugger_unplug;
+       atomic_inc(&mddev->plug_cnt);
+       list_add(&mdcb->cb.list, &plug->cb_list);
+       return 1;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mddev_check_plugged);
 
 static inline mddev_t *mddev_get(mddev_t *mddev)
 {
        atomic_set(&mddev->active, 1);
        atomic_set(&mddev->openers, 0);
        atomic_set(&mddev->active_io, 0);
+       atomic_set(&mddev->plug_cnt, 0);
        spin_lock_init(&mddev->write_lock);
        atomic_set(&mddev->flush_pending, 0);
        init_waitqueue_head(&mddev->sb_wait);
 
        int                             delta_disks, new_level, new_layout;
        int                             new_chunk_sectors;
 
+       atomic_t                        plug_cnt;       /* If device is expecting
+                                                        * more bios soon.
+                                                        */
        struct mdk_thread_s             *thread;        /* management thread */
        struct mdk_thread_s             *sync_thread;   /* doing resync or reconstruct */
        sector_t                        curr_resync;    /* last block scheduled */
                                   mddev_t *mddev);
 extern struct bio *bio_alloc_mddev(gfp_t gfp_mask, int nr_iovecs,
                                   mddev_t *mddev);
+extern int mddev_check_plugged(mddev_t *mddev);
 #endif /* _MD_MD_H */