for (i = 0; i < conf->raid_disks; i++) {
                struct bio **bio = r1_bio->bios + i;
-               if (*bio)
+               if (*bio && *bio != IO_BLOCKED)
                        bio_put(*bio);
                *bio = NULL;
        }
                new_disk = 0;
 
                for (rdev = rcu_dereference(conf->mirrors[new_disk].rdev);
+                    r1_bio->bios[new_disk] == IO_BLOCKED ||
                     !rdev || !test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags)
                             || test_bit(WriteMostly, &rdev->flags);
                     rdev = rcu_dereference(conf->mirrors[++new_disk].rdev)) {
 
-                       if (rdev && test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags))
+                       if (rdev && test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags) &&
+                               r1_bio->bios[new_disk] != IO_BLOCKED)
                                wonly_disk = new_disk;
 
                        if (new_disk == conf->raid_disks - 1) {
 
        /* make sure the disk is operational */
        for (rdev = rcu_dereference(conf->mirrors[new_disk].rdev);
+            r1_bio->bios[new_disk] == IO_BLOCKED ||
             !rdev || !test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags) ||
                     test_bit(WriteMostly, &rdev->flags);
             rdev = rcu_dereference(conf->mirrors[new_disk].rdev)) {
 
-               if (rdev && test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags))
+               if (rdev && test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags) &&
+                   r1_bio->bios[new_disk] != IO_BLOCKED)
                        wonly_disk = new_disk;
 
                if (new_disk <= 0)
 
                rdev = rcu_dereference(conf->mirrors[disk].rdev);
 
-               if (!rdev ||
+               if (!rdev || r1_bio->bios[disk] == IO_BLOCKED ||
                    !test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags) ||
                    test_bit(WriteMostly, &rdev->flags))
                        continue;
                        sector_t sect = r1_bio->sector;
                        int sectors = r1_bio->sectors;
                        freeze_array(conf);
-                       while(sectors) {
+                       if (mddev->ro == 0) while(sectors) {
                                int s = sectors;
                                int d = r1_bio->read_disk;
                                int success = 0;
                                sect += s;
                        }
 
-
                        unfreeze_array(conf);
 
                        bio = r1_bio->bios[r1_bio->read_disk];
                                       (unsigned long long)r1_bio->sector);
                                raid_end_bio_io(r1_bio);
                        } else {
-                               r1_bio->bios[r1_bio->read_disk] = NULL;
+                               r1_bio->bios[r1_bio->read_disk] =
+                                       mddev->ro ? IO_BLOCKED : NULL;
                                r1_bio->read_disk = disk;
                                bio_put(bio);
                                bio = bio_clone(r1_bio->master_bio, GFP_NOIO);
 
        /* DO NOT PUT ANY NEW FIELDS HERE - bios array is contiguously alloced*/
 };
 
+/* when we get a read error on a read-only array, we redirect to another
+ * device without failing the first device, or trying to over-write to
+ * correct the read error.  To keep track of bad blocks on a per-bio
+ * level, we store IO_BLOCKED in the appropriate 'bios' pointer
+ */
+#define IO_BLOCKED ((struct bio*)1)
+
 /* bits for r1bio.state */
 #define        R1BIO_Uptodate  0
 #define        R1BIO_IsSync    1