@@ -1004,7 +1004,7 @@ static int md_bitmap_file_test_bit(struct bitmap *bitmap, sector_t block)
 /* this gets called when the md device is ready to unplug its underlying
  * (slave) device queues -- before we let any writes go down, we need to
  * sync the dirty pages of the bitmap file to disk */
-void md_bitmap_unplug(struct bitmap *bitmap)
+static void __md_bitmap_unplug(struct bitmap *bitmap)
 {
 	unsigned long i;
 	int dirty, need_write;

@@ -1038,6 +1038,33 @@ void md_bitmap_unplug(struct bitmap *bitmap)
 	if (test_bit(BITMAP_WRITE_ERROR, &bitmap->flags))
 		md_bitmap_file_kick(bitmap);
 }
+
+/*
+ * Conditional unplug based on user-defined parameter
+ * Defaults to unconditional behavior
+ */
+void md_bitmap_unplug(struct bitmap *bitmap)
+{
+	unsigned int flush_threshold = bitmap->mddev->bitmap_info.flush_threshold;
+
+	if (!flush_threshold) {
+		__md_bitmap_unplug(bitmap);
+	} else {
+		struct bitmap_page *bp = bitmap->counts.bp;
+		unsigned long pages = bitmap->counts.pages;
+		unsigned long k, count = 0;
+
+		for (k = 0; k < pages; k++)
+			if (bp[k].map && !bp[k].hijacked)
+				count += bp[k].count;
+
+		if (count - bitmap->unplugged_count > flush_threshold) {
+			bitmap->unplugged_count = count;
+			md_bitmap_daemon_work(&bitmap->mddev->daemon_timer);
+			__md_bitmap_unplug(bitmap);
+		}
+	}
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(md_bitmap_unplug);
 
 static void md_bitmap_set_memory_bits(struct bitmap *bitmap, sector_t offset, int needed);

@@ -2012,9 +2039,9 @@ int md_bitmap_copy_from_slot(struct mddev *mddev, int slot,
 		for (i = 0; i < bitmap->storage.file_pages; i++)
 			if (test_page_attr(bitmap, i, BITMAP_PAGE_PENDING))
 				set_page_attr(bitmap, i, BITMAP_PAGE_NEEDWRITE);
-		md_bitmap_unplug(bitmap);
+		__md_bitmap_unplug(bitmap);
 	}
-	md_bitmap_unplug(mddev->bitmap);
+	__md_bitmap_unplug(mddev->bitmap);
 	*low = lo;
 	*high = hi;
 	md_bitmap_free(bitmap);

@@ -2246,7 +2273,7 @@ int md_bitmap_resize(struct bitmap *bitmap, sector_t blocks,
 	spin_unlock_irq(&bitmap->counts.lock);
 
 	if (!init) {
-		md_bitmap_unplug(bitmap);
+		__md_bitmap_unplug(bitmap);
 		bitmap->mddev->pers->quiesce(bitmap->mddev, 0);
 	}
 	ret = 0;

@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ struct bitmap {
 	unsigned long daemon_lastrun; /* jiffies of last run */
 	unsigned long last_end_sync; /* when we lasted called end_sync to
 				      * update bitmap with resync progress */
+	unsigned long unplugged_count; /* last dirty count from md_bitmap_unplug */
 
 	atomic_t pending_writes; /* pending writes to the bitmap file */
 	wait_queue_head_t write_wait;

@@ -501,6 +501,7 @@ struct mddev {
 		int			external;
 		int			nodes; /* Maximum number of nodes in the cluster */
 		char                    cluster_name[64]; /* Name of the cluster */
+		unsigned int		flush_threshold; /* how many dirty chunks between updates */
 	} bitmap_info;
 
 	atomic_t			max_corr_read_errors; /* max read retries */