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diff --git a/drivers/md/md.h b/drivers/md/md.h
index 84b22d6..8034f62 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.h
+++ b/drivers/md/md.h
@@ -321,6 +321,16 @@ struct mdk_personality
* others - reserved
*/
void (*quiesce) (mddev_t *mddev, int state);
+ /* takeover is used to transition an array from one
+ * personality to another. The new personality must be able
+ * to handle the data in the current layout.
+ * e.g. 2drive raid1 -> 2drive raid5
+ * ndrive raid5 -> degraded n+1drive raid6 with special layout
+ * If the takeover succeeds, a new 'private' structure is returned.
+ * This needs to be installed and then ->run used to activate the
+ * array.
+ */
+ void *(*takeover) (mddev_t *mddev);
};