This patch adds sysfs configurability for the md level-1 RAID
consistency check.
The feature introduces a new attribute in sysfs named "safe_read".
To toggle consistency checks on/off, simply echo safe_read in
/sys/block/md*/md/safe_read.

Signed-off-by: Ralph Mueck <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Matthias Oefelein <redacted>

---
 drivers/md/md.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 drivers/md/md.h |  3 +++
 2 files changed, 30 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 4ad5cc4..5cc9a00 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c

@@ -4652,6 +4652,32 @@ static struct md_sysfs_entry md_array_size =
 __ATTR(array_size, S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR, array_size_show,
        array_size_store);
 
+static ssize_t
+safe_read_show(struct mddev *mddev, char *page)
+{
+	if(mddev->safe_read)
+		return sprintf(page, "enabled\n");
+	else
+		return sprintf(page, "disabled\n");
+}
+
+static ssize_t
+safe_read_store(struct mddev *mddev, const char *buf, size_t len)
+{
+	if(mddev->pers->level != 1) {
+		printk(KERN_NOTICE "RAID level not supported!\n");
+		return len;
+	}
+	if (strncmp(buf, "safe_read", 9) == 0) {
+		mddev->safe_read = !mddev->safe_read;
+	}
+	return len;
+}
+