action_show(mddev_t *mddev, char *page)
 {
        char *type = "idle";
-       if (test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_RUNNING, &mddev->recovery) ||
+       if (test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_FROZEN, &mddev->recovery))
+               type = "frozen";
+       else if (test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_RUNNING, &mddev->recovery) ||
            (!mddev->ro && test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_NEEDED, &mddev->recovery))) {
                if (test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_RESHAPE, &mddev->recovery))
                        type = "reshape";
        if (!mddev->pers || !mddev->pers->sync_request)
                return -EINVAL;
 
-       if (cmd_match(page, "idle")) {
+       if (cmd_match(page, "frozen"))
+               set_bit(MD_RECOVERY_FROZEN, &mddev->recovery);
+       else
+               clear_bit(MD_RECOVERY_FROZEN, &mddev->recovery);
+
+       if (cmd_match(page, "idle") || cmd_match(page, "frozen")) {
                if (mddev->sync_thread) {
                        set_bit(MD_RECOVERY_INTR, &mddev->recovery);
                        md_unregister_thread(mddev->sync_thread);