int i;
 
        clear_bit(STRIPE_SYNCING, &sh->state);
+       if (test_and_clear_bit(R5_Overlap, &sh->dev[sh->pd_idx].flags))
+               wake_up(&conf->wait_for_overlap);
        s->syncing = 0;
        s->replacing = 0;
        /* There is nothing more to do for sync/check/repair.
 {
        int i;
        struct r5dev *dev;
+       int discard_pending = 0;
 
        for (i = disks; i--; )
                if (sh->dev[i].written) {
                                                STRIPE_SECTORS,
                                         !test_bit(STRIPE_DEGRADED, &sh->state),
                                                0);
-                       }
-               } else if (test_bit(R5_Discard, &sh->dev[i].flags))
-                       clear_bit(R5_Discard, &sh->dev[i].flags);
+                       } else if (test_bit(R5_Discard, &dev->flags))
+                               discard_pending = 1;
+               }
+       if (!discard_pending &&
+           test_bit(R5_Discard, &sh->dev[sh->pd_idx].flags)) {
+               clear_bit(R5_Discard, &sh->dev[sh->pd_idx].flags);
+               clear_bit(R5_UPTODATE, &sh->dev[sh->pd_idx].flags);
+               if (sh->qd_idx >= 0) {
+                       clear_bit(R5_Discard, &sh->dev[sh->qd_idx].flags);
+                       clear_bit(R5_UPTODATE, &sh->dev[sh->qd_idx].flags);
+               }
+               /* now that discard is done we can proceed with any sync */
+               clear_bit(STRIPE_DISCARD, &sh->state);
+               if (test_bit(STRIPE_SYNC_REQUESTED, &sh->state))
+                       set_bit(STRIPE_HANDLE, &sh->state);
+
+       }
 
        if (test_and_clear_bit(STRIPE_FULL_WRITE, &sh->state))
                if (atomic_dec_and_test(&conf->pending_full_writes))
                return;
        }
 
-       if (test_and_clear_bit(STRIPE_SYNC_REQUESTED, &sh->state)) {
-               set_bit(STRIPE_SYNCING, &sh->state);
-               clear_bit(STRIPE_INSYNC, &sh->state);
+       if (test_bit(STRIPE_SYNC_REQUESTED, &sh->state)) {
+               spin_lock(&sh->stripe_lock);
+               /* Cannot process 'sync' concurrently with 'discard' */
+               if (!test_bit(STRIPE_DISCARD, &sh->state) &&
+                   test_and_clear_bit(STRIPE_SYNC_REQUESTED, &sh->state)) {
+                       set_bit(STRIPE_SYNCING, &sh->state);
+                       clear_bit(STRIPE_INSYNC, &sh->state);
+               }
+               spin_unlock(&sh->stripe_lock);
        }
        clear_bit(STRIPE_DELAYED, &sh->state);
 
            test_bit(STRIPE_INSYNC, &sh->state)) {
                md_done_sync(conf->mddev, STRIPE_SECTORS, 1);
                clear_bit(STRIPE_SYNCING, &sh->state);
+               if (test_and_clear_bit(R5_Overlap, &sh->dev[sh->pd_idx].flags))
+                       wake_up(&conf->wait_for_overlap);
        }
 
        /* If the failed drives are just a ReadError, then we might need
                sh = get_active_stripe(conf, logical_sector, 0, 0, 0);
                prepare_to_wait(&conf->wait_for_overlap, &w,
                                TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
+               set_bit(R5_Overlap, &sh->dev[sh->pd_idx].flags);
+               if (test_bit(STRIPE_SYNCING, &sh->state)) {
+                       release_stripe(sh);
+                       schedule();
+                       goto again;
+               }
+               clear_bit(R5_Overlap, &sh->dev[sh->pd_idx].flags);
                spin_lock_irq(&sh->stripe_lock);
                for (d = 0; d < conf->raid_disks; d++) {
                        if (d == sh->pd_idx || d == sh->qd_idx)
                                goto again;
                        }
                }
+               set_bit(STRIPE_DISCARD, &sh->state);
                finish_wait(&conf->wait_for_overlap, &w);
                for (d = 0; d < conf->raid_disks; d++) {
                        if (d == sh->pd_idx || d == sh->qd_idx)