diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 41c050b59ec454f139b359fdcdc116d964103d61..4e4dee0ec2de336eba90e2400f1c051b2fff1733 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -7605,7 +7605,9 @@ static int status_resync(struct seq_file *seq, struct mddev *mddev)
 		if (test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_DONE, &mddev->recovery))
 			/* Still cleaning up */
 			resync = max_sectors;
-	} else
+	} else if (resync > max_sectors)
+		resync = max_sectors;
+	else
 		resync -= atomic_read(&mddev->recovery_active);
 
 	if (resync == 0) {
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid1.c b/drivers/md/raid1.c
index cc9d337a1ed37e84994622f5de76717734cca4a1..6df398e3a008801f91198b9d9556776d919deb41 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid1.c
@@ -809,11 +809,15 @@ static void flush_pending_writes(struct r1conf *conf)
 	spin_lock_irq(&conf->device_lock);
 
 	if (conf->pending_bio_list.head) {
+		struct blk_plug plug;
 		struct bio *bio;
+
 		bio = bio_list_get(&conf->pending_bio_list);
 		conf->pending_count = 0;
 		spin_unlock_irq(&conf->device_lock);
+		blk_start_plug(&plug);
 		flush_bio_list(conf, bio);
+		blk_finish_plug(&plug);
 	} else
 		spin_unlock_irq(&conf->device_lock);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid10.c b/drivers/md/raid10.c
index b9edbc747a95932424b42c5d16c1e9d5d61e9491..c131835cf008c2df85e240259cac8182115e4e62 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid10.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid10.c
@@ -894,10 +894,13 @@ static void flush_pending_writes(struct r10conf *conf)
 	spin_lock_irq(&conf->device_lock);
 
 	if (conf->pending_bio_list.head) {
+		struct blk_plug plug;
 		struct bio *bio;
+
 		bio = bio_list_get(&conf->pending_bio_list);
 		conf->pending_count = 0;
 		spin_unlock_irq(&conf->device_lock);
+		blk_start_plug(&plug);
 		/* flush any pending bitmap writes to disk
 		 * before proceeding w/ I/O */
 		bitmap_unplug(conf->mddev->bitmap);
@@ -918,6 +921,7 @@ static void flush_pending_writes(struct r10conf *conf)
 				generic_make_request(bio);
 			bio = next;
 		}
+		blk_finish_plug(&plug);
 	} else
 		spin_unlock_irq(&conf->device_lock);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5-cache.c b/drivers/md/raid5-cache.c
index f1c86d938502e61c93d8951680767f1af5de98e5..39f31f07ffe9ece14d9764f0eb511ea00f812618 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5-cache.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5-cache.c
@@ -2577,31 +2577,22 @@ static ssize_t r5c_journal_mode_show(struct mddev *mddev, char *page)
 int r5c_journal_mode_set(struct mddev *mddev, int mode)
 {
 	struct r5conf *conf;
-	int err;
 
 	if (mode < R5C_JOURNAL_MODE_WRITE_THROUGH ||
 	    mode > R5C_JOURNAL_MODE_WRITE_BACK)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	err = mddev_lock(mddev);
-	if (err)
-		return err;
 	conf = mddev->private;
-	if (!conf || !conf->log) {
-		mddev_unlock(mddev);
+	if (!conf || !conf->log)
 		return -ENODEV;
-	}
 
 	if (raid5_calc_degraded(conf) > 0 &&
-	    mode == R5C_JOURNAL_MODE_WRITE_BACK) {
-		mddev_unlock(mddev);
+	    mode == R5C_JOURNAL_MODE_WRITE_BACK)
 		return -EINVAL;
-	}
 
 	mddev_suspend(mddev);
 	conf->log->r5c_journal_mode = mode;
 	mddev_resume(mddev);
-	mddev_unlock(mddev);
 
 	pr_debug("md/raid:%s: setting r5c cache mode to %d: %s\n",
 		 mdname(mddev), mode, r5c_journal_mode_str[mode]);
@@ -2614,6 +2605,7 @@ static ssize_t r5c_journal_mode_store(struct mddev *mddev,
 {
 	int mode = ARRAY_SIZE(r5c_journal_mode_str);
 	size_t len = length;
+	int ret;
 
 	if (len < 2)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -2625,8 +2617,12 @@ static ssize_t r5c_journal_mode_store(struct mddev *mddev,
 		if (strlen(r5c_journal_mode_str[mode]) == len &&
 		    !strncmp(page, r5c_journal_mode_str[mode], len))
 			break;
-
-	return r5c_journal_mode_set(mddev, mode) ?: length;
+	ret = mddev_lock(mddev);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+	ret = r5c_journal_mode_set(mddev, mode);
+	mddev_unlock(mddev);
+	return ret ?: length;
 }
 
 struct md_sysfs_entry
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index 31dc25e2871ad3942a1fba66f1c7c999612ce83b..98ce4272ace9631045f6e00cf3fd7ea8f96b8d77 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -2677,13 +2677,13 @@ static void raid5_error(struct mddev *mddev, struct md_rdev *rdev)
 	pr_debug("raid456: error called\n");
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&conf->device_lock, flags);
+	set_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags);
 	clear_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags);
 	mddev->degraded = raid5_calc_degraded(conf);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&conf->device_lock, flags);
 	set_bit(MD_RECOVERY_INTR, &mddev->recovery);
 
 	set_bit(Blocked, &rdev->flags);
-	set_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags);
 	set_mask_bits(&mddev->sb_flags, 0,
 		      BIT(MD_SB_CHANGE_DEVS) | BIT(MD_SB_CHANGE_PENDING));
 	pr_crit("md/raid:%s: Disk failure on %s, disabling device.\n"