diff --git a/drivers/md/bitmap.c b/drivers/md/bitmap.c
index 5d64da9..f8a9f7a 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bitmap.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bitmap.c
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@
 				    + size/512 > 0)
 					/* bitmap runs in to metadata */
 					goto bad_alignment;
-				if (rdev->data_offset + mddev->size*2
+				if (rdev->data_offset + mddev->dev_sectors
 				    > rdev->sb_start + bitmap->offset)
 					/* data runs in to bitmap */
 					goto bad_alignment;
diff --git a/drivers/md/faulty.c b/drivers/md/faulty.c
index 7b66b9f..18793c1 100644
--- a/drivers/md/faulty.c
+++ b/drivers/md/faulty.c
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@
 	list_for_each_entry(rdev, &mddev->disks, same_set)
 		conf->rdev = rdev;
 
-	mddev->array_sectors = mddev->size * 2;
+	mddev->array_sectors = mddev->dev_sectors;
 	mddev->private = conf;
 
 	reconfig(mddev, mddev->layout, -1);
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index b2c00ce..be4a131 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -816,7 +816,7 @@
 		mddev->clevel[0] = 0;
 		mddev->layout = sb->layout;
 		mddev->raid_disks = sb->raid_disks;
-		mddev->size = sb->size;
+		mddev->dev_sectors = sb->size * 2;
 		mddev->events = ev1;
 		mddev->bitmap_offset = 0;
 		mddev->default_bitmap_offset = MD_SB_BYTES >> 9;
@@ -930,7 +930,7 @@
 
 	sb->ctime = mddev->ctime;
 	sb->level = mddev->level;
-	sb->size  = mddev->size;
+	sb->size = mddev->dev_sectors / 2;
 	sb->raid_disks = mddev->raid_disks;
 	sb->md_minor = mddev->md_minor;
 	sb->not_persistent = 0;
@@ -1028,7 +1028,7 @@
 static unsigned long long
 super_90_rdev_size_change(mdk_rdev_t *rdev, sector_t num_sectors)
 {
-	if (num_sectors && num_sectors < rdev->mddev->size * 2)
+	if (num_sectors && num_sectors < rdev->mddev->dev_sectors)
 		return 0; /* component must fit device */
 	if (rdev->mddev->bitmap_offset)
 		return 0; /* can't move bitmap */
@@ -1220,7 +1220,7 @@
 		mddev->clevel[0] = 0;
 		mddev->layout = le32_to_cpu(sb->layout);
 		mddev->raid_disks = le32_to_cpu(sb->raid_disks);
-		mddev->size = le64_to_cpu(sb->size)/2;
+		mddev->dev_sectors = le64_to_cpu(sb->size);
 		mddev->events = ev1;
 		mddev->bitmap_offset = 0;
 		mddev->default_bitmap_offset = 1024 >> 9;
@@ -1316,7 +1316,7 @@
 	sb->cnt_corrected_read = cpu_to_le32(atomic_read(&rdev->corrected_errors));
 
 	sb->raid_disks = cpu_to_le32(mddev->raid_disks);
-	sb->size = cpu_to_le64(mddev->size<<1);
+	sb->size = cpu_to_le64(mddev->dev_sectors);
 
 	if (mddev->bitmap && mddev->bitmap_file == NULL) {
 		sb->bitmap_offset = cpu_to_le32((__u32)mddev->bitmap_offset);
@@ -1374,7 +1374,7 @@
 {
 	struct mdp_superblock_1 *sb;
 	sector_t max_sectors;
-	if (num_sectors && num_sectors < rdev->mddev->size * 2)
+	if (num_sectors && num_sectors < rdev->mddev->dev_sectors)
 		return 0; /* component must fit device */
 	if (rdev->sb_start < rdev->data_offset) {
 		/* minor versions 1 and 2; superblock before data */
@@ -1490,8 +1490,9 @@
 	if (find_rdev(mddev, rdev->bdev->bd_dev))
 		return -EEXIST;
 
-	/* make sure rdev->size exceeds mddev->size */
-	if (rdev->size && (mddev->size == 0 || rdev->size < mddev->size)) {
+	/* make sure rdev->size exceeds mddev->dev_sectors / 2 */
+	if (rdev->size && (mddev->dev_sectors == 0 ||
+			rdev->size < mddev->dev_sectors / 2)) {
 		if (mddev->pers) {
 			/* Cannot change size, so fail
 			 * If mddev->level <= 0, then we don't care
@@ -1500,7 +1501,7 @@
 			if (mddev->level > 0)
 				return -ENOSPC;
 		} else
-			mddev->size = rdev->size;
+			mddev->dev_sectors = rdev->size * 2;
 	}
 
 	/* Verify rdev->desc_nr is unique.
@@ -2243,7 +2244,7 @@
 			size -= rdev->data_offset/2;
 		}
 	}
-	if (size < my_mddev->size)
+	if (size < my_mddev->dev_sectors / 2)
 		return -EINVAL; /* component must fit device */
 
 	rdev->size = size;
@@ -2809,7 +2810,7 @@
 	else {
 		if (list_empty(&mddev->disks) &&
 		    mddev->raid_disks == 0 &&
-		    mddev->size == 0)
+		    mddev->dev_sectors == 0)
 			st = clear;
 		else
 			st = inactive;
@@ -3016,7 +3017,8 @@
 static ssize_t
 size_show(mddev_t *mddev, char *page)
 {
-	return sprintf(page, "%llu\n", (unsigned long long)mddev->size);
+	return sprintf(page, "%llu\n",
+		(unsigned long long)mddev->dev_sectors / 2);
 }
 
 static int update_size(mddev_t *mddev, sector_t num_sectors);
@@ -3028,20 +3030,19 @@
 	 * not increase it (except from 0).
 	 * If array is active, we can try an on-line resize
 	 */
-	char *e;
-	int err = 0;
-	unsigned long long size = simple_strtoull(buf, &e, 10);
-	if (!*buf || *buf == '\n' ||
-	    (*e && *e != '\n'))
-		return -EINVAL;
+	unsigned long long sectors;
+	int err = strict_strtoull(buf, 10, &sectors);
 
+	if (err < 0)
+		return err;
+	sectors *= 2;
 	if (mddev->pers) {
-		err = update_size(mddev, size * 2);
+		err = update_size(mddev, sectors);
 		md_update_sb(mddev, 1);
 	} else {
-		if (mddev->size == 0 ||
-		    mddev->size > size)
-			mddev->size = size;
+		if (mddev->dev_sectors == 0 ||
+		    mddev->dev_sectors > sectors)
+			mddev->dev_sectors = sectors;
 		else
 			err = -ENOSPC;
 	}
@@ -3306,15 +3307,15 @@
 static ssize_t
 sync_completed_show(mddev_t *mddev, char *page)
 {
-	unsigned long max_blocks, resync;
+	unsigned long max_sectors, resync;
 
 	if (test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_SYNC, &mddev->recovery))
-		max_blocks = mddev->resync_max_sectors;
+		max_sectors = mddev->resync_max_sectors;
 	else
-		max_blocks = mddev->size << 1;
+		max_sectors = mddev->dev_sectors;
 
 	resync = (mddev->curr_resync - atomic_read(&mddev->recovery_active));
-	return sprintf(page, "%lu / %lu\n", resync, max_blocks);
+	return sprintf(page, "%lu / %lu\n", resync, max_sectors);
 }
 
 static struct md_sysfs_entry md_sync_completed = __ATTR_RO(sync_completed);
@@ -3789,11 +3790,11 @@
 
 		/* perform some consistency tests on the device.
 		 * We don't want the data to overlap the metadata,
-		 * Internal Bitmap issues has handled elsewhere.
+		 * Internal Bitmap issues have been handled elsewhere.
 		 */
 		if (rdev->data_offset < rdev->sb_start) {
-			if (mddev->size &&
-			    rdev->data_offset + mddev->size*2
+			if (mddev->dev_sectors &&
+			    rdev->data_offset + mddev->dev_sectors
 			    > rdev->sb_start) {
 				printk("md: %s: data overlaps metadata\n",
 				       mdname(mddev));
@@ -3875,7 +3876,9 @@
 	}
 
 	mddev->recovery = 0;
-	mddev->resync_max_sectors = mddev->size << 1; /* may be over-ridden by personality */
+	/* may be over-ridden by personality */
+	mddev->resync_max_sectors = mddev->dev_sectors;
+
 	mddev->barriers_work = 1;
 	mddev->ok_start_degraded = start_dirty_degraded;
 
@@ -4131,7 +4134,7 @@
 		export_array(mddev);
 
 		mddev->array_sectors = 0;
-		mddev->size = 0;
+		mddev->dev_sectors = 0;
 		mddev->raid_disks = 0;
 		mddev->recovery_cp = 0;
 		mddev->resync_min = 0;
@@ -4337,8 +4340,8 @@
 	info.patch_version = MD_PATCHLEVEL_VERSION;
 	info.ctime         = mddev->ctime;
 	info.level         = mddev->level;
-	info.size          = mddev->size;
-	if (info.size != mddev->size) /* overflow */
+	info.size          = mddev->dev_sectors / 2;
+	if (info.size != mddev->dev_sectors / 2) /* overflow */
 		info.size = -1;
 	info.nr_disks      = nr;
 	info.raid_disks    = mddev->raid_disks;
@@ -4788,7 +4791,7 @@
 
 	mddev->level         = info->level;
 	mddev->clevel[0]     = 0;
-	mddev->size          = info->size;
+	mddev->dev_sectors   = 2 * (sector_t)info->size;
 	mddev->raid_disks    = info->raid_disks;
 	/* don't set md_minor, it is determined by which /dev/md* was
 	 * openned
@@ -4926,12 +4929,18 @@
 		)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	/* Check there is only one change */
-	if (info->size >= 0 && mddev->size != info->size) cnt++;
-	if (mddev->raid_disks != info->raid_disks) cnt++;
-	if (mddev->layout != info->layout) cnt++;
-	if ((state ^ info->state) & (1<<MD_SB_BITMAP_PRESENT)) cnt++;
-	if (cnt == 0) return 0;
-	if (cnt > 1) return -EINVAL;
+	if (info->size >= 0 && mddev->dev_sectors / 2 != info->size)
+		cnt++;
+	if (mddev->raid_disks != info->raid_disks)
+		cnt++;
+	if (mddev->layout != info->layout)
+		cnt++;
+	if ((state ^ info->state) & (1<<MD_SB_BITMAP_PRESENT))
+		cnt++;
+	if (cnt == 0)
+		return 0;
+	if (cnt > 1)
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (mddev->layout != info->layout) {
 		/* Change layout
@@ -4943,7 +4952,7 @@
 		else
 			return mddev->pers->reconfig(mddev, info->layout, -1);
 	}
-	if (info->size >= 0 && mddev->size != info->size)
+	if (info->size >= 0 && mddev->dev_sectors / 2 != info->size)
 		rv = update_size(mddev, (sector_t)info->size * 2);
 
 	if (mddev->raid_disks    != info->raid_disks)
@@ -5443,7 +5452,7 @@
 	if (test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_SYNC, &mddev->recovery))
 		max_blocks = mddev->resync_max_sectors >> 1;
 	else
-		max_blocks = mddev->size;
+		max_blocks = mddev->dev_sectors / 2;
 
 	/*
 	 * Should not happen.
@@ -6019,10 +6028,10 @@
 			j = mddev->recovery_cp;
 
 	} else if (test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_RESHAPE, &mddev->recovery))
-		max_sectors = mddev->size << 1;
+		max_sectors = mddev->dev_sectors;
 	else {
 		/* recovery follows the physical size of devices */
-		max_sectors = mddev->size << 1;
+		max_sectors = mddev->dev_sectors;
 		j = MaxSector;
 		list_for_each_entry(rdev, &mddev->disks, same_set)
 			if (rdev->raid_disk >= 0 &&
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.h b/drivers/md/md.h
index bede26c..9461212 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.h
+++ b/drivers/md/md.h
@@ -142,7 +142,8 @@
 	char				clevel[16];
 	int				raid_disks;
 	int				max_disks;
-	sector_t			size; /* used size of component devices */
+	sector_t			dev_sectors; 	/* used size of
+							 * component devices */
 	sector_t			array_sectors; /* exported array size */
 	__u64				events;
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/multipath.c b/drivers/md/multipath.c
index 0ed1005..87accf7 100644
--- a/drivers/md/multipath.c
+++ b/drivers/md/multipath.c
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@
 	/*
 	 * Ok, everything is just fine now
 	 */
-	mddev->array_sectors = mddev->size * 2;
+	mddev->array_sectors = mddev->dev_sectors;
 
 	mddev->queue->unplug_fn = multipath_unplug;
 	mddev->queue->backing_dev_info.congested_fn = multipath_congested;
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid1.c b/drivers/md/raid1.c
index 051ecfa..7799587 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid1.c
@@ -1726,7 +1726,7 @@
 			return 0;
 	}
 
-	max_sector = mddev->size << 1;
+	max_sector = mddev->dev_sectors;
 	if (sector_nr >= max_sector) {
 		/* If we aborted, we need to abort the
 		 * sync on the 'current' bitmap chunk (there will
@@ -2051,7 +2051,7 @@
 	/*
 	 * Ok, everything is just fine now
 	 */
-	mddev->array_sectors = mddev->size * 2;
+	mddev->array_sectors = mddev->dev_sectors;
 
 	mddev->queue->unplug_fn = raid1_unplug;
 	mddev->queue->backing_dev_info.congested_fn = raid1_congested;
@@ -2116,12 +2116,12 @@
 	mddev->array_sectors = sectors;
 	set_capacity(mddev->gendisk, mddev->array_sectors);
 	mddev->changed = 1;
-	if (mddev->array_sectors / 2 > mddev->size &&
+	if (mddev->array_sectors > mddev->dev_sectors &&
 	    mddev->recovery_cp == MaxSector) {
-		mddev->recovery_cp = mddev->size << 1;
+		mddev->recovery_cp = mddev->dev_sectors;
 		set_bit(MD_RECOVERY_NEEDED, &mddev->recovery);
 	}
-	mddev->size = mddev->array_sectors / 2;
+	mddev->dev_sectors = mddev->array_sectors;
 	mddev->resync_max_sectors = sectors;
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid10.c b/drivers/md/raid10.c
index fea61e3..d56cb2a 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid10.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid10.c
@@ -1698,7 +1698,7 @@
 			return 0;
 
  skipped:
-	max_sector = mddev->size << 1;
+	max_sector = mddev->dev_sectors;
 	if (test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_SYNC, &mddev->recovery))
 		max_sector = mddev->resync_max_sectors;
 	if (sector_nr >= max_sector) {
@@ -2079,7 +2079,7 @@
 	conf->far_offset = fo;
 	conf->chunk_mask = (sector_t)(mddev->chunk_size>>9)-1;
 	conf->chunk_shift = ffz(~mddev->chunk_size) - 9;
-	size = mddev->size >> (conf->chunk_shift-1);
+	size = mddev->dev_sectors >> conf->chunk_shift;
 	sector_div(size, fc);
 	size = size * conf->raid_disks;
 	sector_div(size, nc);
@@ -2092,7 +2092,7 @@
 	 */
 	stride += conf->raid_disks - 1;
 	sector_div(stride, conf->raid_disks);
-	mddev->size = stride  << (conf->chunk_shift-1);
+	mddev->dev_sectors = stride << conf->chunk_shift;
 
 	if (fo)
 		stride = 1;
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index 849478e..4d71423 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -3629,8 +3629,8 @@
 				     *(new_data_disks) -1,
 				     raid_disks, data_disks,
 				     &dd_idx, &pd_idx, conf);
-	if (last_sector >= (mddev->size<<1))
-		last_sector = (mddev->size<<1)-1;
+	if (last_sector >= mddev->dev_sectors)
+		last_sector = mddev->dev_sectors - 1;
 	while (first_sector <= last_sector) {
 		pd_idx = stripe_to_pdidx(first_sector, conf,
 					 conf->previous_raid_disks);
@@ -3670,7 +3670,7 @@
 	struct stripe_head *sh;
 	int pd_idx;
 	int raid_disks = conf->raid_disks;
-	sector_t max_sector = mddev->size << 1;
+	sector_t max_sector = mddev->dev_sectors;
 	int sync_blocks;
 	int still_degraded = 0;
 	int i;
@@ -3708,7 +3708,7 @@
 	 */
 	if (mddev->degraded >= conf->max_degraded &&
 	    test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_SYNC, &mddev->recovery)) {
-		sector_t rv = (mddev->size << 1) - sector_nr;
+		sector_t rv = mddev->dev_sectors - sector_nr;
 		*skipped = 1;
 		return rv;
 	}
@@ -4146,8 +4146,8 @@
 	conf->expand_progress = mddev->reshape_position;
 
 	/* device size must be a multiple of chunk size */
-	mddev->size &= ~(mddev->chunk_size/1024 -1);
-	mddev->resync_max_sectors = mddev->size << 1;
+	mddev->dev_sectors &= ~(mddev->chunk_size / 512 - 1);
+	mddev->resync_max_sectors = mddev->dev_sectors;
 
 	if (conf->level == 6 && conf->raid_disks < 4) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "raid6: not enough configured devices for %s (%d, minimum 4)\n",
@@ -4254,8 +4254,8 @@
 	mddev->queue->backing_dev_info.congested_data = mddev;
 	mddev->queue->backing_dev_info.congested_fn = raid5_congested;
 
-	mddev->array_sectors = 2 * mddev->size * (conf->previous_raid_disks -
-					    conf->max_degraded);
+	mddev->array_sectors = mddev->dev_sectors *
+		(conf->previous_raid_disks - conf->max_degraded);
 
 	blk_queue_merge_bvec(mddev->queue, raid5_mergeable_bvec);
 
@@ -4482,11 +4482,11 @@
 					  - conf->max_degraded);
 	set_capacity(mddev->gendisk, mddev->array_sectors);
 	mddev->changed = 1;
-	if (sectors/2  > mddev->size && mddev->recovery_cp == MaxSector) {
-		mddev->recovery_cp = mddev->size << 1;
+	if (sectors > mddev->dev_sectors && mddev->recovery_cp == MaxSector) {
+		mddev->recovery_cp = mddev->dev_sectors;
 		set_bit(MD_RECOVERY_NEEDED, &mddev->recovery);
 	}
-	mddev->size = sectors /2;
+	mddev->dev_sectors = sectors;
 	mddev->resync_max_sectors = sectors;
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -4615,7 +4615,7 @@
 	struct block_device *bdev;
 
 	if (!test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_INTR, &conf->mddev->recovery)) {
-		conf->mddev->array_sectors = 2 * conf->mddev->size *
+		conf->mddev->array_sectors = conf->mddev->dev_sectors *
 			(conf->raid_disks - conf->max_degraded);
 		set_capacity(conf->mddev->gendisk, conf->mddev->array_sectors);
 		conf->mddev->changed = 1;