2 files changed, 14 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 1b1d32694f6f..ee759b193e9a 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -3046,7 +3046,7 @@ action_store(mddev_t *mddev, const char *page, size_t len)
         }
         set_bit(MD_RECOVERY_NEEDED, &mddev->recovery);
         md_wakeup_thread(mddev->thread);
-        sysfs_notify(&mddev->kobj, NULL, "sync_action");
+        sysfs_notify_dirent(mddev->sysfs_action);
         return len;
 }
 
@@ -3684,6 +3684,7 @@ static int do_md_run(mddev_t * mddev)
                         printk(KERN_WARNING
                                "md: cannot register extra attributes for %s\n",
                                mdname(mddev));
+                mddev->sysfs_action = sysfs_get_dirent(mddev->kobj.sd, "sync_action");
         } else if (mddev->ro == 2) /* auto-readonly not meaningful */
                 mddev->ro = 0;
 
@@ -3754,7 +3755,8 @@ static int do_md_run(mddev_t * mddev)
         mddev->changed = 1;
         md_new_event(mddev);
         sysfs_notify_dirent(mddev->sysfs_state);
-        sysfs_notify(&mddev->kobj, NULL, "sync_action");
+        if (mddev->sysfs_action)
+                sysfs_notify_dirent(mddev->sysfs_action);
         sysfs_notify(&mddev->kobj, NULL, "degraded");
         kobject_uevent(&disk_to_dev(mddev->gendisk)->kobj, KOBJ_CHANGE);
         return 0;
@@ -3854,9 +3856,12 @@ static int do_md_stop(mddev_t * mddev, int mode, int is_open)
                         mddev->queue->merge_bvec_fn = NULL;
                         mddev->queue->unplug_fn = NULL;
                         mddev->queue->backing_dev_info.congested_fn = NULL;
-                        if (mddev->pers->sync_request)
+                        if (mddev->pers->sync_request) {
                                 sysfs_remove_group(&mddev->kobj, &md_redundancy_group);
-
+                                if (mddev->sysfs_action)
+                                        sysfs_put(mddev->sysfs_action);
+                                mddev->sysfs_action = NULL;
+                        }
                         module_put(mddev->pers->owner);
                         mddev->pers = NULL;
                         /* tell userspace to handle 'inactive' */
@@ -6155,7 +6160,7 @@ void md_check_recovery(mddev_t *mddev)
                         mddev->recovery = 0;
                         /* flag recovery needed just to double check */
                         set_bit(MD_RECOVERY_NEEDED, &mddev->recovery);
-                        sysfs_notify(&mddev->kobj, NULL, "sync_action");
+                        sysfs_notify_dirent(mddev->sysfs_action);
                         md_new_event(mddev);
                         goto unlock;
                 }
@@ -6216,7 +6221,7 @@ void md_check_recovery(mddev_t *mddev)
                                 mddev->recovery = 0;
                         } else
                                 md_wakeup_thread(mddev->sync_thread);
-                        sysfs_notify(&mddev->kobj, NULL, "sync_action");
+                        sysfs_notify_dirent(mddev->sysfs_action);
                         md_new_event(mddev);
                 }
         unlock:
@@ -6224,7 +6229,8 @@ void md_check_recovery(mddev_t *mddev)
                         clear_bit(MD_RECOVERY_RUNNING, &mddev->recovery);
                         if (test_and_clear_bit(MD_RECOVERY_RECOVER,
                                                &mddev->recovery))
-                                sysfs_notify(&mddev->kobj, NULL, "sync_action");
+                                if (mddev->sysfs_action)
+                                        sysfs_notify_dirent(mddev->sysfs_action);
                 }
                 mddev_unlock(mddev);
         }
diff --git a/include/linux/raid/md_k.h b/include/linux/raid/md_k.h
index 8fc909ef6787..663803eaf0de 100644
--- a/include/linux/raid/md_k.h
+++ b/include/linux/raid/md_k.h
@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ struct mddev_s
         struct sysfs_dirent             *sysfs_state;   /* handle for 'array_state'
                                                          * file in sysfs.
                                                          */
+        struct sysfs_dirent             *sysfs_action;  /* handle for 'sync_action' */
 
         spinlock_t                      write_lock;
         wait_queue_head_t               sb_wait;        /* for waiting on superblock updates */