1 files changed, 13 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 1ed5152db450..d7316b829a62 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ void md_new_event(mddev_t *mddev)
 {
 	atomic_inc(&md_event_count);
 	wake_up(&md_event_waiters);
+	sysfs_notify(&mddev->kobj, NULL, "sync_action");
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(md_new_event);
 
@@ -278,11 +279,6 @@ static inline int mddev_lock(mddev_t * mddev)
 	return mutex_lock_interruptible(&mddev->reconfig_mutex);
 }
 
-static inline void mddev_lock_uninterruptible(mddev_t * mddev)
-{
-	mutex_lock(&mddev->reconfig_mutex);
-}
-
 static inline int mddev_trylock(mddev_t * mddev)
 {
 	return mutex_trylock(&mddev->reconfig_mutex);
@@ -2457,9 +2453,11 @@ md_attr_show(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr, char *page)
 
 	if (!entry->show)
 		return -EIO;
-	mddev_lock(mddev);
-	rv = entry->show(mddev, page);
-	mddev_unlock(mddev);
+	rv = mddev_lock(mddev);
+	if (!rv) {
+		rv = entry->show(mddev, page);
+		mddev_unlock(mddev);
+	}
 	return rv;
 }
 
@@ -2473,9 +2471,11 @@ md_attr_store(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr,
 
 	if (!entry->store)
 		return -EIO;
-	mddev_lock(mddev);
-	rv = entry->store(mddev, page, length);
-	mddev_unlock(mddev);
+	rv = mddev_lock(mddev);
+	if (!rv) {
+		rv = entry->store(mddev, page, length);
+		mddev_unlock(mddev);
+	}
 	return rv;
 }
 
@@ -4340,8 +4340,9 @@ static int md_seq_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	if (mddev_lock(mddev)!=0) 
+	if (mddev_lock(mddev) < 0)
 		return -EINTR;
+
 	if (mddev->pers || mddev->raid_disks || !list_empty(&mddev->disks)) {
 		seq_printf(seq, "%s : %sactive", mdname(mddev),
 						mddev->pers ? "" : "in");