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yaml
---
r: 30383
b: refs/heads/master
c: d4dbd02
h: refs/heads/master
i:
  30381: 2bd5609
  30379: aa94ab8
  30375: 0c5f205
  30367: d5aaf83
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 45dc2de1e53a29f898b81326b8a16e6192d52e4e
+refs/heads/master: d4dbd0250ea1d24bb3d2d13559432fa069d795e2

trunk/Documentation/md.txt

@@ -200,6 +200,11 @@ All md devices contain:
      This can be written only while the array is being assembled, not
      after it is started.
 
+  layout
+     The "layout" for the array for the particular level.  This is
+     simply a number that is interpretted differently by different
+     levels.  It can be written while assembling an array.
+
    new_dev
      This file can be written but not read.  The value written should
      be a block device number as major:minor.  e.g. 8:0

trunk/drivers/md/md.c

@@ -2155,6 +2155,32 @@ level_store(mddev_t *mddev, const char *buf, size_t len)
 static struct md_sysfs_entry md_level =
 __ATTR(level, 0644, level_show, level_store);
 
+
+static ssize_t
+layout_show(mddev_t *mddev, char *page)
+{
+	/* just a number, not meaningful for all levels */
+	return sprintf(page, "%d\n", mddev->layout);
+}
+
+static ssize_t
+layout_store(mddev_t *mddev, const char *buf, size_t len)
+{
+	char *e;
+	unsigned long n = simple_strtoul(buf, &e, 10);
+	if (mddev->pers)
+		return -EBUSY;
+
+	if (!*buf || (*e && *e != '\n'))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	mddev->layout = n;
+	return len;
+}
+static struct md_sysfs_entry md_layout =
+__ATTR(layout, 0655, layout_show, layout_store);
+
+
 static ssize_t
 raid_disks_show(mddev_t *mddev, char *page)
 {
@@ -2741,6 +2767,7 @@ __ATTR(suspend_hi, S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR, suspend_hi_show, suspend_hi_store);
 
 static struct attribute *md_default_attrs[] = {
 	&md_level.attr,
+	&md_layout.attr,
 	&md_raid_disks.attr,
 	&md_chunk_size.attr,
 	&md_size.attr,