diff --git a/drivers/md/Kconfig b/drivers/md/Kconfig
index 1e9db8e4acdf65d432cfb0c075b88a0ea3fd6d15..0b1870a09e1fdc1384329b083496e25e664563a4 100644
--- a/drivers/md/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/md/Kconfig
@@ -61,6 +61,19 @@ config MD_BITMAP_FILE
 	  various kernel APIs and can only work with files on a file system not
 	  actually sitting on the MD device.
 
+config MD_LINEAR
+	tristate "Linear (append) mode"
+	depends on BLK_DEV_MD
+	help
+	  If you say Y here, then your multiple devices driver will be able to
+	  use the so-called linear mode, i.e. it will combine the hard disk
+	  partitions by simply appending one to the other.
+
+	  To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module
+	  will be called linear.
+
+	  If unsure, say Y.
+
 config MD_RAID0
 	tristate "RAID-0 (striping) mode"
 	depends on BLK_DEV_MD
diff --git a/drivers/md/Makefile b/drivers/md/Makefile
index 476a214e4bdc26911b9a8b28c1e59e9ab9b1a1de..87bdfc9fe14c559aed4f3ef408ba3d2b0a055973 100644
--- a/drivers/md/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/md/Makefile
@@ -29,12 +29,14 @@ dm-zoned-y	+= dm-zoned-target.o dm-zoned-metadata.o dm-zoned-reclaim.o
 
 md-mod-y	+= md.o md-bitmap.o
 raid456-y	+= raid5.o raid5-cache.o raid5-ppl.o
+linear-y       += md-linear.o
 
 # Note: link order is important.  All raid personalities
 # and must come before md.o, as they each initialise
 # themselves, and md.o may use the personalities when it
 # auto-initialised.
 
+obj-$(CONFIG_MD_LINEAR)		+= linear.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MD_RAID0)		+= raid0.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MD_RAID1)		+= raid1.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MD_RAID10)		+= raid10.o
diff --git a/drivers/md/md-autodetect.c b/drivers/md/md-autodetect.c
index b2a00f213c2cd7091cdbb4b35b5a88034437e6f8..4b80165afd2331f46e2690f4615a9af2ace4bdc3 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md-autodetect.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md-autodetect.c
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ static int md_setup_ents __initdata;
  *             instead of just one.  -- KTK
  * 18May2000: Added support for persistent-superblock arrays:
  *             md=n,0,factor,fault,device-list   uses RAID0 for device n
+ *             md=n,-1,factor,fault,device-list  uses LINEAR for device n
  *             md=n,device-list      reads a RAID superblock from the devices
  *             elements in device-list are read by name_to_kdev_t so can be
  *             a hex number or something like /dev/hda1 /dev/sdb
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ static int __init md_setup(char *str)
 		md_setup_ents++;
 	switch (get_option(&str, &level)) {	/* RAID level */
 	case 2: /* could be 0 or -1.. */
-		if (level == 0) {
+		if (level == 0 || level == LEVEL_LINEAR) {
 			if (get_option(&str, &factor) != 2 ||	/* Chunk Size */
 					get_option(&str, &fault) != 2) {
 				printk(KERN_WARNING "md: Too few arguments supplied to md=.\n");
@@ -95,7 +96,10 @@ static int __init md_setup(char *str)
 			}
 			md_setup_args[ent].level = level;
 			md_setup_args[ent].chunk = 1 << (factor+12);
-			pername = "raid0";
+			if (level ==  LEVEL_LINEAR)
+				pername = "linear";
+			else
+				pername = "raid0";
 			break;
 		}
 		fallthrough;
diff --git a/drivers/md/md-linear.c b/drivers/md/md-linear.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..53bc3fda9edb2cde4121133cb7fa57f7e06feed9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/md/md-linear.c
@@ -0,0 +1,354 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+/*
+ * linear.c : Multiple Devices driver for Linux Copyright (C) 1994-96 Marc
+ * ZYNGIER <zyngier@ufr-info-p7.ibp.fr> or <maz@gloups.fdn.fr>
+ */
+
+#include <linux/blkdev.h>
+#include <linux/raid/md_u.h>
+#include <linux/seq_file.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <trace/events/block.h>
+#include "md.h"
+
+struct dev_info {
+	struct md_rdev	*rdev;
+	sector_t	end_sector;
+};
+
+struct linear_conf {
+	struct rcu_head         rcu;
+	sector_t                array_sectors;
+	/* a copy of mddev->raid_disks */
+	int                     raid_disks;
+	struct dev_info         disks[] __counted_by(raid_disks);
+};
+
+/*
+ * find which device holds a particular offset
+ */
+static inline struct dev_info *which_dev(struct mddev *mddev, sector_t sector)
+{
+	int lo, mid, hi;
+	struct linear_conf *conf;
+
+	lo = 0;
+	hi = mddev->raid_disks - 1;
+	conf = mddev->private;
+
+	/*
+	 * Binary Search
+	 */
+
+	while (hi > lo) {
+
+		mid = (hi + lo) / 2;
+		if (sector < conf->disks[mid].end_sector)
+			hi = mid;
+		else
+			lo = mid + 1;
+	}
+
+	return conf->disks + lo;
+}
+
+static sector_t linear_size(struct mddev *mddev, sector_t sectors, int raid_disks)
+{
+	struct linear_conf *conf;
+	sector_t array_sectors;
+
+	conf = mddev->private;
+	WARN_ONCE(sectors || raid_disks,
+		  "%s does not support generic reshape\n", __func__);
+	array_sectors = conf->array_sectors;
+
+	return array_sectors;
+}
+
+static int linear_set_limits(struct mddev *mddev)
+{
+	struct queue_limits lim;
+	int err;
+
+	md_init_stacking_limits(&lim);
+	lim.max_hw_sectors = mddev->chunk_sectors;
+	lim.max_write_zeroes_sectors = mddev->chunk_sectors;
+	lim.io_min = mddev->chunk_sectors << 9;
+	err = mddev_stack_rdev_limits(mddev, &lim, MDDEV_STACK_INTEGRITY);
+	if (err) {
+		queue_limits_cancel_update(mddev->gendisk->queue);
+		return err;
+	}
+
+	return queue_limits_set(mddev->gendisk->queue, &lim);
+}
+
+static struct linear_conf *linear_conf(struct mddev *mddev, int raid_disks)
+{
+	struct linear_conf *conf;
+	struct md_rdev *rdev;
+	int ret = -EINVAL;
+	int cnt;
+	int i;
+
+	conf = kzalloc(struct_size(conf, disks, raid_disks), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!conf)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+	/*
+	 * conf->raid_disks is copy of mddev->raid_disks. The reason to
+	 * keep a copy of mddev->raid_disks in struct linear_conf is,
+	 * mddev->raid_disks may not be consistent with pointers number of
+	 * conf->disks[] when it is updated in linear_add() and used to
+	 * iterate old conf->disks[] earray in linear_congested().
+	 * Here conf->raid_disks is always consitent with number of
+	 * pointers in conf->disks[] array, and mddev->private is updated
+	 * with rcu_assign_pointer() in linear_addr(), such race can be
+	 * avoided.
+	 */
+	conf->raid_disks = raid_disks;
+
+	cnt = 0;
+	conf->array_sectors = 0;
+
+	rdev_for_each(rdev, mddev) {
+		int j = rdev->raid_disk;
+		struct dev_info *disk = conf->disks + j;
+		sector_t sectors;
+
+		if (j < 0 || j >= raid_disks || disk->rdev) {
+			pr_warn("md/linear:%s: disk numbering problem. Aborting!\n",
+				mdname(mddev));
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		disk->rdev = rdev;
+		if (mddev->chunk_sectors) {
+			sectors = rdev->sectors;
+			sector_div(sectors, mddev->chunk_sectors);
+			rdev->sectors = sectors * mddev->chunk_sectors;
+		}
+
+		conf->array_sectors += rdev->sectors;
+		cnt++;
+	}
+	if (cnt != raid_disks) {
+		pr_warn("md/linear:%s: not enough drives present. Aborting!\n",
+			mdname(mddev));
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Here we calculate the device offsets.
+	 */
+	conf->disks[0].end_sector = conf->disks[0].rdev->sectors;
+
+	for (i = 1; i < raid_disks; i++)
+		conf->disks[i].end_sector =
+			conf->disks[i-1].end_sector +
+			conf->disks[i].rdev->sectors;
+
+	if (!mddev_is_dm(mddev)) {
+		ret = linear_set_limits(mddev);
+		if (ret)
+			goto out;
+	}
+
+	return conf;
+
+out:
+	kfree(conf);
+	return ERR_PTR(ret);
+}
+
+static int linear_run(struct mddev *mddev)
+{
+	struct linear_conf *conf;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (md_check_no_bitmap(mddev))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	conf = linear_conf(mddev, mddev->raid_disks);
+	if (IS_ERR(conf))
+		return PTR_ERR(conf);
+
+	mddev->private = conf;
+	md_set_array_sectors(mddev, linear_size(mddev, 0, 0));
+
+	ret =  md_integrity_register(mddev);
+	if (ret) {
+		kfree(conf);
+		mddev->private = NULL;
+	}
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int linear_add(struct mddev *mddev, struct md_rdev *rdev)
+{
+	/* Adding a drive to a linear array allows the array to grow.
+	 * It is permitted if the new drive has a matching superblock
+	 * already on it, with raid_disk equal to raid_disks.
+	 * It is achieved by creating a new linear_private_data structure
+	 * and swapping it in in-place of the current one.
+	 * The current one is never freed until the array is stopped.
+	 * This avoids races.
+	 */
+	struct linear_conf *newconf, *oldconf;
+
+	if (rdev->saved_raid_disk != mddev->raid_disks)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	rdev->raid_disk = rdev->saved_raid_disk;
+	rdev->saved_raid_disk = -1;
+
+	newconf = linear_conf(mddev, mddev->raid_disks + 1);
+	if (!newconf)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	/* newconf->raid_disks already keeps a copy of * the increased
+	 * value of mddev->raid_disks, WARN_ONCE() is just used to make
+	 * sure of this. It is possible that oldconf is still referenced
+	 * in linear_congested(), therefore kfree_rcu() is used to free
+	 * oldconf until no one uses it anymore.
+	 */
+	oldconf = rcu_dereference_protected(mddev->private,
+			lockdep_is_held(&mddev->reconfig_mutex));
+	mddev->raid_disks++;
+	WARN_ONCE(mddev->raid_disks != newconf->raid_disks,
+		"copied raid_disks doesn't match mddev->raid_disks");
+	rcu_assign_pointer(mddev->private, newconf);
+	md_set_array_sectors(mddev, linear_size(mddev, 0, 0));
+	set_capacity_and_notify(mddev->gendisk, mddev->array_sectors);
+	kfree_rcu(oldconf, rcu);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void linear_free(struct mddev *mddev, void *priv)
+{
+	struct linear_conf *conf = priv;
+
+	kfree(conf);
+}
+
+static bool linear_make_request(struct mddev *mddev, struct bio *bio)
+{
+	struct dev_info *tmp_dev;
+	sector_t start_sector, end_sector, data_offset;
+	sector_t bio_sector = bio->bi_iter.bi_sector;
+
+	if (unlikely(bio->bi_opf & REQ_PREFLUSH)
+	    && md_flush_request(mddev, bio))
+		return true;
+
+	tmp_dev = which_dev(mddev, bio_sector);
+	start_sector = tmp_dev->end_sector - tmp_dev->rdev->sectors;
+	end_sector = tmp_dev->end_sector;
+	data_offset = tmp_dev->rdev->data_offset;
+
+	if (unlikely(bio_sector >= end_sector ||
+		     bio_sector < start_sector))
+		goto out_of_bounds;
+
+	if (unlikely(is_rdev_broken(tmp_dev->rdev))) {
+		md_error(mddev, tmp_dev->rdev);
+		bio_io_error(bio);
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	if (unlikely(bio_end_sector(bio) > end_sector)) {
+		/* This bio crosses a device boundary, so we have to split it */
+		struct bio *split = bio_split(bio, end_sector - bio_sector,
+					      GFP_NOIO, &mddev->bio_set);
+
+		if (IS_ERR(split)) {
+			bio->bi_status = errno_to_blk_status(PTR_ERR(split));
+			bio_endio(bio);
+			return true;
+		}
+
+		bio_chain(split, bio);
+		submit_bio_noacct(bio);
+		bio = split;
+	}
+
+	md_account_bio(mddev, &bio);
+	bio_set_dev(bio, tmp_dev->rdev->bdev);
+	bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = bio->bi_iter.bi_sector -
+		start_sector + data_offset;
+
+	if (unlikely((bio_op(bio) == REQ_OP_DISCARD) &&
+		     !bdev_max_discard_sectors(bio->bi_bdev))) {
+		/* Just ignore it */
+		bio_endio(bio);
+	} else {
+		if (mddev->gendisk)
+			trace_block_bio_remap(bio, disk_devt(mddev->gendisk),
+					      bio_sector);
+		mddev_check_write_zeroes(mddev, bio);
+		submit_bio_noacct(bio);
+	}
+	return true;
+
+out_of_bounds:
+	pr_err("md/linear:%s: make_request: Sector %llu out of bounds on dev %pg: %llu sectors, offset %llu\n",
+	       mdname(mddev),
+	       (unsigned long long)bio->bi_iter.bi_sector,
+	       tmp_dev->rdev->bdev,
+	       (unsigned long long)tmp_dev->rdev->sectors,
+	       (unsigned long long)start_sector);
+	bio_io_error(bio);
+	return true;
+}
+
+static void linear_status(struct seq_file *seq, struct mddev *mddev)
+{
+	seq_printf(seq, " %dk rounding", mddev->chunk_sectors / 2);
+}
+
+static void linear_error(struct mddev *mddev, struct md_rdev *rdev)
+{
+	if (!test_and_set_bit(MD_BROKEN, &mddev->flags)) {
+		char *md_name = mdname(mddev);
+
+		pr_crit("md/linear%s: Disk failure on %pg detected, failing array.\n",
+			md_name, rdev->bdev);
+	}
+}
+
+static void linear_quiesce(struct mddev *mddev, int state)
+{
+}
+
+static struct md_personality linear_personality = {
+	.name		= "linear",
+	.level		= LEVEL_LINEAR,
+	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
+	.make_request	= linear_make_request,
+	.run		= linear_run,
+	.free		= linear_free,
+	.status		= linear_status,
+	.hot_add_disk	= linear_add,
+	.size		= linear_size,
+	.quiesce	= linear_quiesce,
+	.error_handler	= linear_error,
+};
+
+static int __init linear_init(void)
+{
+	return register_md_personality(&linear_personality);
+}
+
+static void linear_exit(void)
+{
+	unregister_md_personality(&linear_personality);
+}
+
+module_init(linear_init);
+module_exit(linear_exit);
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Linear device concatenation personality for MD (deprecated)");
+MODULE_ALIAS("md-personality-1"); /* LINEAR - deprecated*/
+MODULE_ALIAS("md-linear");
+MODULE_ALIAS("md-level--1");
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index aebe12b0ee279f3e1243f7207167a3325c3de5dd..3dd013f82e2617c9f4ca0786513d26e3b0f2d26a 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -8124,7 +8124,7 @@ void md_error(struct mddev *mddev, struct md_rdev *rdev)
 		return;
 	mddev->pers->error_handler(mddev, rdev);
 
-	if (mddev->pers->level == 0)
+	if (mddev->pers->level == 0 || mddev->pers->level == LEVEL_LINEAR)
 		return;
 
 	if (mddev->degraded && !test_bit(MD_BROKEN, &mddev->flags))
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/raid/md_p.h b/include/uapi/linux/raid/md_p.h
index 5a43c23f53bfbfaa5345317be0f07d7bc53c56ed..ff47b6f0ba0f5ff26c58d6d07a4fd538fa7243bb 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/raid/md_p.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/raid/md_p.h
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ struct mdp_superblock_1 {
 	char	set_name[32];	/* set and interpreted by user-space */
 
 	__le64	ctime;		/* lo 40 bits are seconds, top 24 are microseconds or 0*/
-	__le32	level;		/* 0,1,4,5 */
+	__le32	level;		/* 0,1,4,5, -1 (linear) */
 	__le32	layout;		/* only for raid5 and raid10 currently */
 	__le64	size;		/* used size of component devices, in 512byte sectors */
 
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/raid/md_u.h b/include/uapi/linux/raid/md_u.h
index 7be89a4906e73e9fba2e9bedb4ec3666dd75e57b..a893010735fbad681d25536b885eda1c074ca41a 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/raid/md_u.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/raid/md_u.h
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ typedef struct mdu_array_info_s {
 
 } mdu_array_info_t;
 
+#define LEVEL_LINEAR		(-1)
+
 /* we need a value for 'no level specified' and 0
  * means 'raid0', so we need something else.  This is
  * for internal use only