diff --git a/block/Makefile b/block/Makefile
index 6c54ed0..ba74ca6 100644
--- a/block/Makefile
+++ b/block/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 obj-$(CONFIG_BLOCK) := elevator.o blk-core.o blk-tag.o blk-sysfs.o \
 			blk-barrier.o blk-settings.o blk-ioc.o blk-map.o \
 			blk-exec.o blk-merge.o blk-softirq.o blk-timeout.o \
-			ioctl.o genhd.o scsi_ioctl.o
+			blk-iopoll.o ioctl.o genhd.o scsi_ioctl.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_BSG)	+= bsg.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_IOSCHED_NOOP)	+= noop-iosched.o
diff --git a/block/blk-barrier.c b/block/blk-barrier.c
index 30022b4..6593ab3 100644
--- a/block/blk-barrier.c
+++ b/block/blk-barrier.c
@@ -348,6 +348,9 @@
 		clear_bit(BIO_UPTODATE, &bio->bi_flags);
 	}
 
+	if (bio->bi_private)
+		complete(bio->bi_private);
+
 	bio_put(bio);
 }
 
@@ -357,21 +360,20 @@
  * @sector:	start sector
  * @nr_sects:	number of sectors to discard
  * @gfp_mask:	memory allocation flags (for bio_alloc)
+ * @flags:	DISCARD_FL_* flags to control behaviour
  *
  * Description:
- *    Issue a discard request for the sectors in question. Does not wait.
+ *    Issue a discard request for the sectors in question.
  */
-int blkdev_issue_discard(struct block_device *bdev,
-			 sector_t sector, sector_t nr_sects, gfp_t gfp_mask)
+int blkdev_issue_discard(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector,
+		sector_t nr_sects, gfp_t gfp_mask, int flags)
 {
-	struct request_queue *q;
-	struct bio *bio;
+	DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(wait);
+	struct request_queue *q = bdev_get_queue(bdev);
+	int type = flags & DISCARD_FL_BARRIER ?
+		DISCARD_BARRIER : DISCARD_NOBARRIER;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	if (bdev->bd_disk == NULL)
-		return -ENXIO;
-
-	q = bdev_get_queue(bdev);
 	if (!q)
 		return -ENXIO;
 
@@ -379,12 +381,14 @@
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
 	while (nr_sects && !ret) {
-		bio = bio_alloc(gfp_mask, 0);
+		struct bio *bio = bio_alloc(gfp_mask, 0);
 		if (!bio)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 
 		bio->bi_end_io = blkdev_discard_end_io;
 		bio->bi_bdev = bdev;
+		if (flags & DISCARD_FL_WAIT)
+			bio->bi_private = &wait;
 
 		bio->bi_sector = sector;
 
@@ -396,10 +400,13 @@
 			bio->bi_size = nr_sects << 9;
 			nr_sects = 0;
 		}
-		bio_get(bio);
-		submit_bio(DISCARD_BARRIER, bio);
 
-		/* Check if it failed immediately */
+		bio_get(bio);
+		submit_bio(type, bio);
+
+		if (flags & DISCARD_FL_WAIT)
+			wait_for_completion(&wait);
+
 		if (bio_flagged(bio, BIO_EOPNOTSUPP))
 			ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
 		else if (!bio_flagged(bio, BIO_UPTODATE))
diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index e695634..8135228 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 		part_stat_inc(cpu, part, merges[rw]);
 	else {
 		part_round_stats(cpu, part);
-		part_inc_in_flight(part);
+		part_inc_in_flight(part, rw);
 	}
 
 	part_stat_unlock();
@@ -1031,7 +1031,7 @@
 
 	if (part->in_flight) {
 		__part_stat_add(cpu, part, time_in_queue,
-				part->in_flight * (now - part->stamp));
+				part_in_flight(part) * (now - part->stamp));
 		__part_stat_add(cpu, part, io_ticks, (now - part->stamp));
 	}
 	part->stamp = now;
@@ -1112,31 +1112,27 @@
 	req->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_FS;
 
 	/*
-	 * inherit FAILFAST from bio (for read-ahead, and explicit FAILFAST)
+	 * Inherit FAILFAST from bio (for read-ahead, and explicit
+	 * FAILFAST).  FAILFAST flags are identical for req and bio.
 	 */
-	if (bio_rw_ahead(bio))
-		req->cmd_flags |= (REQ_FAILFAST_DEV | REQ_FAILFAST_TRANSPORT |
-				   REQ_FAILFAST_DRIVER);
-	if (bio_failfast_dev(bio))
-		req->cmd_flags |= REQ_FAILFAST_DEV;
-	if (bio_failfast_transport(bio))
-		req->cmd_flags |= REQ_FAILFAST_TRANSPORT;
-	if (bio_failfast_driver(bio))
-		req->cmd_flags |= REQ_FAILFAST_DRIVER;
+	if (bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_AHEAD))
+		req->cmd_flags |= REQ_FAILFAST_MASK;
+	else
+		req->cmd_flags |= bio->bi_rw & REQ_FAILFAST_MASK;
 
-	if (unlikely(bio_discard(bio))) {
+	if (unlikely(bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_DISCARD))) {
 		req->cmd_flags |= REQ_DISCARD;
-		if (bio_barrier(bio))
+		if (bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_BARRIER))
 			req->cmd_flags |= REQ_SOFTBARRIER;
 		req->q->prepare_discard_fn(req->q, req);
-	} else if (unlikely(bio_barrier(bio)))
+	} else if (unlikely(bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_BARRIER)))
 		req->cmd_flags |= REQ_HARDBARRIER;
 
-	if (bio_sync(bio))
+	if (bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_SYNCIO))
 		req->cmd_flags |= REQ_RW_SYNC;
-	if (bio_rw_meta(bio))
+	if (bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_META))
 		req->cmd_flags |= REQ_RW_META;
-	if (bio_noidle(bio))
+	if (bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_NOIDLE))
 		req->cmd_flags |= REQ_NOIDLE;
 
 	req->errors = 0;
@@ -1151,7 +1147,7 @@
  */
 static inline bool queue_should_plug(struct request_queue *q)
 {
-	return !(blk_queue_nonrot(q) && blk_queue_tagged(q));
+	return !(blk_queue_nonrot(q) && blk_queue_queuing(q));
 }
 
 static int __make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
@@ -1160,11 +1156,12 @@
 	int el_ret;
 	unsigned int bytes = bio->bi_size;
 	const unsigned short prio = bio_prio(bio);
-	const int sync = bio_sync(bio);
-	const int unplug = bio_unplug(bio);
+	const bool sync = bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_SYNCIO);
+	const bool unplug = bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_UNPLUG);
+	const unsigned int ff = bio->bi_rw & REQ_FAILFAST_MASK;
 	int rw_flags;
 
-	if (bio_barrier(bio) && bio_has_data(bio) &&
+	if (bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_BARRIER) && bio_has_data(bio) &&
 	    (q->next_ordered == QUEUE_ORDERED_NONE)) {
 		bio_endio(bio, -EOPNOTSUPP);
 		return 0;
@@ -1178,7 +1175,7 @@
 
 	spin_lock_irq(q->queue_lock);
 
-	if (unlikely(bio_barrier(bio)) || elv_queue_empty(q))
+	if (unlikely(bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_BARRIER)) || elv_queue_empty(q))
 		goto get_rq;
 
 	el_ret = elv_merge(q, &req, bio);
@@ -1191,6 +1188,9 @@
 
 		trace_block_bio_backmerge(q, bio);
 
+		if ((req->cmd_flags & REQ_FAILFAST_MASK) != ff)
+			blk_rq_set_mixed_merge(req);
+
 		req->biotail->bi_next = bio;
 		req->biotail = bio;
 		req->__data_len += bytes;
@@ -1210,6 +1210,12 @@
 
 		trace_block_bio_frontmerge(q, bio);
 
+		if ((req->cmd_flags & REQ_FAILFAST_MASK) != ff) {
+			blk_rq_set_mixed_merge(req);
+			req->cmd_flags &= ~REQ_FAILFAST_MASK;
+			req->cmd_flags |= ff;
+		}
+
 		bio->bi_next = req->bio;
 		req->bio = bio;
 
@@ -1457,19 +1463,20 @@
 		if (old_sector != -1)
 			trace_block_remap(q, bio, old_dev, old_sector);
 
-		trace_block_bio_queue(q, bio);
-
 		old_sector = bio->bi_sector;
 		old_dev = bio->bi_bdev->bd_dev;
 
 		if (bio_check_eod(bio, nr_sectors))
 			goto end_io;
 
-		if (bio_discard(bio) && !q->prepare_discard_fn) {
+		if (bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_DISCARD) &&
+		    !q->prepare_discard_fn) {
 			err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
 			goto end_io;
 		}
 
+		trace_block_bio_queue(q, bio);
+
 		ret = q->make_request_fn(q, bio);
 	} while (ret);
 
@@ -1654,6 +1661,50 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_insert_cloned_request);
 
+/**
+ * blk_rq_err_bytes - determine number of bytes till the next failure boundary
+ * @rq: request to examine
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *     A request could be merge of IOs which require different failure
+ *     handling.  This function determines the number of bytes which
+ *     can be failed from the beginning of the request without
+ *     crossing into area which need to be retried further.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ *     The number of bytes to fail.
+ *
+ * Context:
+ *     queue_lock must be held.
+ */
+unsigned int blk_rq_err_bytes(const struct request *rq)
+{
+	unsigned int ff = rq->cmd_flags & REQ_FAILFAST_MASK;
+	unsigned int bytes = 0;
+	struct bio *bio;
+
+	if (!(rq->cmd_flags & REQ_MIXED_MERGE))
+		return blk_rq_bytes(rq);
+
+	/*
+	 * Currently the only 'mixing' which can happen is between
+	 * different fastfail types.  We can safely fail portions
+	 * which have all the failfast bits that the first one has -
+	 * the ones which are at least as eager to fail as the first
+	 * one.
+	 */
+	for (bio = rq->bio; bio; bio = bio->bi_next) {
+		if ((bio->bi_rw & ff) != ff)
+			break;
+		bytes += bio->bi_size;
+	}
+
+	/* this could lead to infinite loop */
+	BUG_ON(blk_rq_bytes(rq) && !bytes);
+	return bytes;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_rq_err_bytes);
+
 static void blk_account_io_completion(struct request *req, unsigned int bytes)
 {
 	if (blk_do_io_stat(req)) {
@@ -1687,7 +1738,7 @@
 		part_stat_inc(cpu, part, ios[rw]);
 		part_stat_add(cpu, part, ticks[rw], duration);
 		part_round_stats(cpu, part);
-		part_dec_in_flight(part);
+		part_dec_in_flight(part, rw);
 
 		part_stat_unlock();
 	}
@@ -1807,8 +1858,15 @@
 	 * and to it is freed is accounted as io that is in progress at
 	 * the driver side.
 	 */
-	if (blk_account_rq(rq))
+	if (blk_account_rq(rq)) {
 		q->in_flight[rq_is_sync(rq)]++;
+		/*
+		 * Mark this device as supporting hardware queuing, if
+		 * we have more IOs in flight than 4.
+		 */
+		if (!blk_queue_queuing(q) && queue_in_flight(q) > 4)
+			set_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_CQ, &q->queue_flags);
+	}
 }
 
 /**
@@ -2000,6 +2058,12 @@
 	if (blk_fs_request(req) || blk_discard_rq(req))
 		req->__sector += total_bytes >> 9;
 
+	/* mixed attributes always follow the first bio */
+	if (req->cmd_flags & REQ_MIXED_MERGE) {
+		req->cmd_flags &= ~REQ_FAILFAST_MASK;
+		req->cmd_flags |= req->bio->bi_rw & REQ_FAILFAST_MASK;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If total number of sectors is less than the first segment
 	 * size, something has gone terribly wrong.
@@ -2179,6 +2243,25 @@
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_end_request_cur);
 
 /**
+ * blk_end_request_err - Finish a request till the next failure boundary.
+ * @rq: the request to finish till the next failure boundary for
+ * @error: must be negative errno
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *     Complete @rq till the next failure boundary.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ *     %false - we are done with this request
+ *     %true  - still buffers pending for this request
+ */
+bool blk_end_request_err(struct request *rq, int error)
+{
+	WARN_ON(error >= 0);
+	return blk_end_request(rq, error, blk_rq_err_bytes(rq));
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_end_request_err);
+
+/**
  * __blk_end_request - Helper function for drivers to complete the request.
  * @rq:       the request being processed
  * @error:    %0 for success, < %0 for error
@@ -2237,12 +2320,31 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__blk_end_request_cur);
 
+/**
+ * __blk_end_request_err - Finish a request till the next failure boundary.
+ * @rq: the request to finish till the next failure boundary for
+ * @error: must be negative errno
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *     Complete @rq till the next failure boundary.  Must be called
+ *     with queue lock held.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ *     %false - we are done with this request
+ *     %true  - still buffers pending for this request
+ */
+bool __blk_end_request_err(struct request *rq, int error)
+{
+	WARN_ON(error >= 0);
+	return __blk_end_request(rq, error, blk_rq_err_bytes(rq));
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__blk_end_request_err);
+
 void blk_rq_bio_prep(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq,
 		     struct bio *bio)
 {
-	/* Bit 0 (R/W) is identical in rq->cmd_flags and bio->bi_rw, and
-	   we want BIO_RW_AHEAD (bit 1) to imply REQ_FAILFAST (bit 1). */
-	rq->cmd_flags |= (bio->bi_rw & 3);
+	/* Bit 0 (R/W) is identical in rq->cmd_flags and bio->bi_rw */
+	rq->cmd_flags |= bio->bi_rw & REQ_RW;
 
 	if (bio_has_data(bio)) {
 		rq->nr_phys_segments = bio_phys_segments(q, bio);
diff --git a/block/blk-iopoll.c b/block/blk-iopoll.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ca56420
--- /dev/null
+++ b/block/blk-iopoll.c
@@ -0,0 +1,227 @@
+/*
+ * Functions related to interrupt-poll handling in the block layer. This
+ * is similar to NAPI for network devices.
+ */
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/bio.h>
+#include <linux/blkdev.h>
+#include <linux/interrupt.h>
+#include <linux/cpu.h>
+#include <linux/blk-iopoll.h>
+#include <linux/delay.h>
+
+#include "blk.h"
+
+int blk_iopoll_enabled = 1;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_iopoll_enabled);
+
+static unsigned int blk_iopoll_budget __read_mostly = 256;
+
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct list_head, blk_cpu_iopoll);
+
+/**
+ * blk_iopoll_sched - Schedule a run of the iopoll handler
+ * @iop:      The parent iopoll structure
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *     Add this blk_iopoll structure to the pending poll list and trigger the
+ *     raise of the blk iopoll softirq. The driver must already have gotten a
+ *     succesful return from blk_iopoll_sched_prep() before calling this.
+ **/
+void blk_iopoll_sched(struct blk_iopoll *iop)
+{
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	local_irq_save(flags);
+	list_add_tail(&iop->list, &__get_cpu_var(blk_cpu_iopoll));
+	__raise_softirq_irqoff(BLOCK_IOPOLL_SOFTIRQ);
+	local_irq_restore(flags);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_iopoll_sched);
+
+/**
+ * __blk_iopoll_complete - Mark this @iop as un-polled again
+ * @iop:      The parent iopoll structure
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *     See blk_iopoll_complete(). This function must be called with interrupts
+ *     disabled.
+ **/
+void __blk_iopoll_complete(struct blk_iopoll *iop)
+{
+	list_del(&iop->list);
+	smp_mb__before_clear_bit();
+	clear_bit_unlock(IOPOLL_F_SCHED, &iop->state);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__blk_iopoll_complete);
+
+/**
+ * blk_iopoll_complete - Mark this @iop as un-polled again
+ * @iop:      The parent iopoll structure
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *     If a driver consumes less than the assigned budget in its run of the
+ *     iopoll handler, it'll end the polled mode by calling this function. The
+ *     iopoll handler will not be invoked again before blk_iopoll_sched_prep()
+ *     is called.
+ **/
+void blk_iopoll_complete(struct blk_iopoll *iopoll)
+{
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	local_irq_save(flags);
+	__blk_iopoll_complete(iopoll);
+	local_irq_restore(flags);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_iopoll_complete);
+
+static void blk_iopoll_softirq(struct softirq_action *h)
+{
+	struct list_head *list = &__get_cpu_var(blk_cpu_iopoll);
+	int rearm = 0, budget = blk_iopoll_budget;
+	unsigned long start_time = jiffies;
+
+	local_irq_disable();
+
+	while (!list_empty(list)) {
+		struct blk_iopoll *iop;
+		int work, weight;
+
+		/*
+		 * If softirq window is exhausted then punt.
+		 */
+		if (budget <= 0 || time_after(jiffies, start_time)) {
+			rearm = 1;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		local_irq_enable();
+
+		/* Even though interrupts have been re-enabled, this
+		 * access is safe because interrupts can only add new
+		 * entries to the tail of this list, and only ->poll()
+		 * calls can remove this head entry from the list.
+		 */
+		iop = list_entry(list->next, struct blk_iopoll, list);
+
+		weight = iop->weight;
+		work = 0;
+		if (test_bit(IOPOLL_F_SCHED, &iop->state))
+			work = iop->poll(iop, weight);
+
+		budget -= work;
+
+		local_irq_disable();
+
+		/*
+		 * Drivers must not modify the iopoll state, if they
+		 * consume their assigned weight (or more, some drivers can't
+		 * easily just stop processing, they have to complete an
+		 * entire mask of commands).In such cases this code
+		 * still "owns" the iopoll instance and therefore can
+		 * move the instance around on the list at-will.
+		 */
+		if (work >= weight) {
+			if (blk_iopoll_disable_pending(iop))
+				__blk_iopoll_complete(iop);
+			else
+				list_move_tail(&iop->list, list);
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (rearm)
+		__raise_softirq_irqoff(BLOCK_IOPOLL_SOFTIRQ);
+
+	local_irq_enable();
+}
+
+/**
+ * blk_iopoll_disable - Disable iopoll on this @iop
+ * @iop:      The parent iopoll structure
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *     Disable io polling and wait for any pending callbacks to have completed.
+ **/
+void blk_iopoll_disable(struct blk_iopoll *iop)
+{
+	set_bit(IOPOLL_F_DISABLE, &iop->state);
+	while (test_and_set_bit(IOPOLL_F_SCHED, &iop->state))
+		msleep(1);
+	clear_bit(IOPOLL_F_DISABLE, &iop->state);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_iopoll_disable);
+
+/**
+ * blk_iopoll_enable - Enable iopoll on this @iop
+ * @iop:      The parent iopoll structure
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *     Enable iopoll on this @iop. Note that the handler run will not be
+ *     scheduled, it will only mark it as active.
+ **/
+void blk_iopoll_enable(struct blk_iopoll *iop)
+{
+	BUG_ON(!test_bit(IOPOLL_F_SCHED, &iop->state));
+	smp_mb__before_clear_bit();
+	clear_bit_unlock(IOPOLL_F_SCHED, &iop->state);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_iopoll_enable);
+
+/**
+ * blk_iopoll_init - Initialize this @iop
+ * @iop:      The parent iopoll structure
+ * @weight:   The default weight (or command completion budget)
+ * @poll_fn:  The handler to invoke
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *     Initialize this blk_iopoll structure. Before being actively used, the
+ *     driver must call blk_iopoll_enable().
+ **/
+void blk_iopoll_init(struct blk_iopoll *iop, int weight, blk_iopoll_fn *poll_fn)
+{
+	memset(iop, 0, sizeof(*iop));
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&iop->list);
+	iop->weight = weight;
+	iop->poll = poll_fn;
+	set_bit(IOPOLL_F_SCHED, &iop->state);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_iopoll_init);
+
+static int __cpuinit blk_iopoll_cpu_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
+					  unsigned long action, void *hcpu)
+{
+	/*
+	 * If a CPU goes away, splice its entries to the current CPU
+	 * and trigger a run of the softirq
+	 */
+	if (action == CPU_DEAD || action == CPU_DEAD_FROZEN) {
+		int cpu = (unsigned long) hcpu;
+
+		local_irq_disable();
+		list_splice_init(&per_cpu(blk_cpu_iopoll, cpu),
+				 &__get_cpu_var(blk_cpu_iopoll));
+		__raise_softirq_irqoff(BLOCK_IOPOLL_SOFTIRQ);
+		local_irq_enable();
+	}
+
+	return NOTIFY_OK;
+}
+
+static struct notifier_block __cpuinitdata blk_iopoll_cpu_notifier = {
+	.notifier_call	= blk_iopoll_cpu_notify,
+};
+
+static __init int blk_iopoll_setup(void)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for_each_possible_cpu(i)
+		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&per_cpu(blk_cpu_iopoll, i));
+
+	open_softirq(BLOCK_IOPOLL_SOFTIRQ, blk_iopoll_softirq);
+	register_hotcpu_notifier(&blk_iopoll_cpu_notifier);
+	return 0;
+}
+subsys_initcall(blk_iopoll_setup);
diff --git a/block/blk-merge.c b/block/blk-merge.c
index e199967..99cb5cf 100644
--- a/block/blk-merge.c
+++ b/block/blk-merge.c
@@ -311,6 +311,36 @@
 	return 1;
 }
 
+/**
+ * blk_rq_set_mixed_merge - mark a request as mixed merge
+ * @rq: request to mark as mixed merge
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *     @rq is about to be mixed merged.  Make sure the attributes
+ *     which can be mixed are set in each bio and mark @rq as mixed
+ *     merged.
+ */
+void blk_rq_set_mixed_merge(struct request *rq)
+{
+	unsigned int ff = rq->cmd_flags & REQ_FAILFAST_MASK;
+	struct bio *bio;
+
+	if (rq->cmd_flags & REQ_MIXED_MERGE)
+		return;
+
+	/*
+	 * @rq will no longer represent mixable attributes for all the
+	 * contained bios.  It will just track those of the first one.
+	 * Distributes the attributs to each bio.
+	 */
+	for (bio = rq->bio; bio; bio = bio->bi_next) {
+		WARN_ON_ONCE((bio->bi_rw & REQ_FAILFAST_MASK) &&
+			     (bio->bi_rw & REQ_FAILFAST_MASK) != ff);
+		bio->bi_rw |= ff;
+	}
+	rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_MIXED_MERGE;
+}
+
 static void blk_account_io_merge(struct request *req)
 {
 	if (blk_do_io_stat(req)) {
@@ -321,7 +351,7 @@
 		part = disk_map_sector_rcu(req->rq_disk, blk_rq_pos(req));
 
 		part_round_stats(cpu, part);
-		part_dec_in_flight(part);
+		part_dec_in_flight(part, rq_data_dir(req));
 
 		part_stat_unlock();
 	}
@@ -350,12 +380,6 @@
 	if (blk_integrity_rq(req) != blk_integrity_rq(next))
 		return 0;
 
-	/* don't merge requests of different failfast settings */
-	if (blk_failfast_dev(req)	!= blk_failfast_dev(next)	||
-	    blk_failfast_transport(req)	!= blk_failfast_transport(next)	||
-	    blk_failfast_driver(req)	!= blk_failfast_driver(next))
-		return 0;
-
 	/*
 	 * If we are allowed to merge, then append bio list
 	 * from next to rq and release next. merge_requests_fn
@@ -366,6 +390,19 @@
 		return 0;
 
 	/*
+	 * If failfast settings disagree or any of the two is already
+	 * a mixed merge, mark both as mixed before proceeding.  This
+	 * makes sure that all involved bios have mixable attributes
+	 * set properly.
+	 */
+	if ((req->cmd_flags | next->cmd_flags) & REQ_MIXED_MERGE ||
+	    (req->cmd_flags & REQ_FAILFAST_MASK) !=
+	    (next->cmd_flags & REQ_FAILFAST_MASK)) {
+		blk_rq_set_mixed_merge(req);
+		blk_rq_set_mixed_merge(next);
+	}
+
+	/*
 	 * At this point we have either done a back merge
 	 * or front merge. We need the smaller start_time of
 	 * the merged requests to be the current request
diff --git a/block/blk-settings.c b/block/blk-settings.c
index 476d870..83413ff 100644
--- a/block/blk-settings.c
+++ b/block/blk-settings.c
@@ -428,6 +428,25 @@
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_queue_io_min);
 
 /**
+ * blk_limits_io_opt - set optimal request size for a device
+ * @limits: the queue limits
+ * @opt:  smallest I/O size in bytes
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *   Storage devices may report an optimal I/O size, which is the
+ *   device's preferred unit for sustained I/O.  This is rarely reported
+ *   for disk drives.  For RAID arrays it is usually the stripe width or
+ *   the internal track size.  A properly aligned multiple of
+ *   optimal_io_size is the preferred request size for workloads where
+ *   sustained throughput is desired.
+ */
+void blk_limits_io_opt(struct queue_limits *limits, unsigned int opt)
+{
+	limits->io_opt = opt;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_limits_io_opt);
+
+/**
  * blk_queue_io_opt - set optimal request size for the queue
  * @q:	the request queue for the device
  * @opt:  optimal request size in bytes
@@ -442,7 +461,7 @@
  */
 void blk_queue_io_opt(struct request_queue *q, unsigned int opt)
 {
-	q->limits.io_opt = opt;
+	blk_limits_io_opt(&q->limits, opt);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_queue_io_opt);
 
diff --git a/block/blk-sysfs.c b/block/blk-sysfs.c
index d3aa2aa..b78c9c3 100644
--- a/block/blk-sysfs.c
+++ b/block/blk-sysfs.c
@@ -40,7 +40,12 @@
 {
 	struct request_list *rl = &q->rq;
 	unsigned long nr;
-	int ret = queue_var_store(&nr, page, count);
+	int ret;
+
+	if (!q->request_fn)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	ret = queue_var_store(&nr, page, count);
 	if (nr < BLKDEV_MIN_RQ)
 		nr = BLKDEV_MIN_RQ;
 
diff --git a/block/blk.h b/block/blk.h
index 3fae6ad..5ee3d7e 100644
--- a/block/blk.h
+++ b/block/blk.h
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@
 int attempt_back_merge(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq);
 int attempt_front_merge(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq);
 void blk_recalc_rq_segments(struct request *rq);
+void blk_rq_set_mixed_merge(struct request *rq);
 
 void blk_queue_congestion_threshold(struct request_queue *q);
 
diff --git a/block/cfq-iosched.c b/block/cfq-iosched.c
index fd7080e..0e3814b 100644
--- a/block/cfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/cfq-iosched.c
@@ -134,13 +134,8 @@
 	struct rb_root prio_trees[CFQ_PRIO_LISTS];
 
 	unsigned int busy_queues;
-	/*
-	 * Used to track any pending rt requests so we can pre-empt current
-	 * non-RT cfqq in service when this value is non-zero.
-	 */
-	unsigned int busy_rt_queues;
 
-	int rq_in_driver;
+	int rq_in_driver[2];
 	int sync_flight;
 
 	/*
@@ -191,7 +186,6 @@
 	CFQ_CFQQ_FLAG_on_rr = 0,	/* on round-robin busy list */
 	CFQ_CFQQ_FLAG_wait_request,	/* waiting for a request */
 	CFQ_CFQQ_FLAG_must_dispatch,	/* must be allowed a dispatch */
-	CFQ_CFQQ_FLAG_must_alloc,	/* must be allowed rq alloc */
 	CFQ_CFQQ_FLAG_must_alloc_slice,	/* per-slice must_alloc flag */
 	CFQ_CFQQ_FLAG_fifo_expire,	/* FIFO checked in this slice */
 	CFQ_CFQQ_FLAG_idle_window,	/* slice idling enabled */
@@ -218,7 +212,6 @@
 CFQ_CFQQ_FNS(on_rr);
 CFQ_CFQQ_FNS(wait_request);
 CFQ_CFQQ_FNS(must_dispatch);
-CFQ_CFQQ_FNS(must_alloc);
 CFQ_CFQQ_FNS(must_alloc_slice);
 CFQ_CFQQ_FNS(fifo_expire);
 CFQ_CFQQ_FNS(idle_window);
@@ -239,6 +232,11 @@
 static struct cfq_io_context *cfq_cic_lookup(struct cfq_data *,
 						struct io_context *);
 
+static inline int rq_in_driver(struct cfq_data *cfqd)
+{
+	return cfqd->rq_in_driver[0] + cfqd->rq_in_driver[1];
+}
+
 static inline struct cfq_queue *cic_to_cfqq(struct cfq_io_context *cic,
 					    int is_sync)
 {
@@ -257,7 +255,7 @@
  */
 static inline int cfq_bio_sync(struct bio *bio)
 {
-	if (bio_data_dir(bio) == READ || bio_sync(bio))
+	if (bio_data_dir(bio) == READ || bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_SYNCIO))
 		return 1;
 
 	return 0;
@@ -648,8 +646,6 @@
 	BUG_ON(cfq_cfqq_on_rr(cfqq));
 	cfq_mark_cfqq_on_rr(cfqq);
 	cfqd->busy_queues++;
-	if (cfq_class_rt(cfqq))
-		cfqd->busy_rt_queues++;
 
 	cfq_resort_rr_list(cfqd, cfqq);
 }
@@ -673,8 +669,6 @@
 
 	BUG_ON(!cfqd->busy_queues);
 	cfqd->busy_queues--;
-	if (cfq_class_rt(cfqq))
-		cfqd->busy_rt_queues--;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -760,9 +754,9 @@
 {
 	struct cfq_data *cfqd = q->elevator->elevator_data;
 
-	cfqd->rq_in_driver++;
+	cfqd->rq_in_driver[rq_is_sync(rq)]++;
 	cfq_log_cfqq(cfqd, RQ_CFQQ(rq), "activate rq, drv=%d",
-						cfqd->rq_in_driver);
+						rq_in_driver(cfqd));
 
 	cfqd->last_position = blk_rq_pos(rq) + blk_rq_sectors(rq);
 }
@@ -770,11 +764,12 @@
 static void cfq_deactivate_request(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq)
 {
 	struct cfq_data *cfqd = q->elevator->elevator_data;
+	const int sync = rq_is_sync(rq);
 
-	WARN_ON(!cfqd->rq_in_driver);
-	cfqd->rq_in_driver--;
+	WARN_ON(!cfqd->rq_in_driver[sync]);
+	cfqd->rq_in_driver[sync]--;
 	cfq_log_cfqq(cfqd, RQ_CFQQ(rq), "deactivate rq, drv=%d",
-						cfqd->rq_in_driver);
+						rq_in_driver(cfqd));
 }
 
 static void cfq_remove_request(struct request *rq)
@@ -1080,7 +1075,7 @@
 	/*
 	 * still requests with the driver, don't idle
 	 */
-	if (cfqd->rq_in_driver)
+	if (rq_in_driver(cfqd))
 		return;
 
 	/*
@@ -1115,6 +1110,7 @@
 
 	cfq_log_cfqq(cfqd, cfqq, "dispatch_insert");
 
+	cfqq->next_rq = cfq_find_next_rq(cfqd, cfqq, rq);
 	cfq_remove_request(rq);
 	cfqq->dispatched++;
 	elv_dispatch_sort(q, rq);
@@ -1179,20 +1175,6 @@
 		goto expire;
 
 	/*
-	 * If we have a RT cfqq waiting, then we pre-empt the current non-rt
-	 * cfqq.
-	 */
-	if (!cfq_class_rt(cfqq) && cfqd->busy_rt_queues) {
-		/*
-		 * We simulate this as cfqq timed out so that it gets to bank
-		 * the remaining of its time slice.
-		 */
-		cfq_log_cfqq(cfqd, cfqq, "preempt");
-		cfq_slice_expired(cfqd, 1);
-		goto new_queue;
-	}
-
-	/*
 	 * The active queue has requests and isn't expired, allow it to
 	 * dispatch.
 	 */
@@ -1312,6 +1294,12 @@
 		return 0;
 
 	/*
+	 * Drain async requests before we start sync IO
+	 */
+	if (cfq_cfqq_idle_window(cfqq) && cfqd->rq_in_driver[BLK_RW_ASYNC])
+		return 0;
+
+	/*
 	 * If this is an async queue and we have sync IO in flight, let it wait
 	 */
 	if (cfqd->sync_flight && !cfq_cfqq_sync(cfqq))
@@ -1362,7 +1350,7 @@
 		cfq_slice_expired(cfqd, 0);
 	}
 
-	cfq_log(cfqd, "dispatched a request");
+	cfq_log_cfqq(cfqd, cfqq, "dispatched a request");
 	return 1;
 }
 
@@ -2130,11 +2118,11 @@
  */
 static void cfq_update_hw_tag(struct cfq_data *cfqd)
 {
-	if (cfqd->rq_in_driver > cfqd->rq_in_driver_peak)
-		cfqd->rq_in_driver_peak = cfqd->rq_in_driver;
+	if (rq_in_driver(cfqd) > cfqd->rq_in_driver_peak)
+		cfqd->rq_in_driver_peak = rq_in_driver(cfqd);
 
 	if (cfqd->rq_queued <= CFQ_HW_QUEUE_MIN &&
-	    cfqd->rq_in_driver <= CFQ_HW_QUEUE_MIN)
+	    rq_in_driver(cfqd) <= CFQ_HW_QUEUE_MIN)
 		return;
 
 	if (cfqd->hw_tag_samples++ < 50)
@@ -2161,9 +2149,9 @@
 
 	cfq_update_hw_tag(cfqd);
 
-	WARN_ON(!cfqd->rq_in_driver);
+	WARN_ON(!cfqd->rq_in_driver[sync]);
 	WARN_ON(!cfqq->dispatched);
-	cfqd->rq_in_driver--;
+	cfqd->rq_in_driver[sync]--;
 	cfqq->dispatched--;
 
 	if (cfq_cfqq_sync(cfqq))
@@ -2197,7 +2185,7 @@
 			cfq_arm_slice_timer(cfqd);
 	}
 
-	if (!cfqd->rq_in_driver)
+	if (!rq_in_driver(cfqd))
 		cfq_schedule_dispatch(cfqd);
 }
 
@@ -2229,8 +2217,7 @@
 
 static inline int __cfq_may_queue(struct cfq_queue *cfqq)
 {
-	if ((cfq_cfqq_wait_request(cfqq) || cfq_cfqq_must_alloc(cfqq)) &&
-	    !cfq_cfqq_must_alloc_slice(cfqq)) {
+	if (cfq_cfqq_wait_request(cfqq) && !cfq_cfqq_must_alloc_slice(cfqq)) {
 		cfq_mark_cfqq_must_alloc_slice(cfqq);
 		return ELV_MQUEUE_MUST;
 	}
@@ -2317,7 +2304,6 @@
 	}
 
 	cfqq->allocated[rw]++;
-	cfq_clear_cfqq_must_alloc(cfqq);
 	atomic_inc(&cfqq->ref);
 
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(q->queue_lock, flags);
diff --git a/block/elevator.c b/block/elevator.c
index 2d511f9..1975b61 100644
--- a/block/elevator.c
+++ b/block/elevator.c
@@ -79,7 +79,8 @@
 	/*
 	 * Don't merge file system requests and discard requests
 	 */
-	if (bio_discard(bio) != bio_discard(rq->bio))
+	if (bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_DISCARD) !=
+	    bio_rw_flagged(rq->bio, BIO_RW_DISCARD))
 		return 0;
 
 	/*
@@ -100,19 +101,6 @@
 	if (bio_integrity(bio) != blk_integrity_rq(rq))
 		return 0;
 
-	/*
-	 * Don't merge if failfast settings don't match.
-	 *
-	 * FIXME: The negation in front of each condition is necessary
-	 * because bio and request flags use different bit positions
-	 * and the accessors return those bits directly.  This
-	 * ugliness will soon go away.
-	 */
-	if (!bio_failfast_dev(bio)	 != !blk_failfast_dev(rq)	||
-	    !bio_failfast_transport(bio) != !blk_failfast_transport(rq)	||
-	    !bio_failfast_driver(bio)	 != !blk_failfast_driver(rq))
-		return 0;
-
 	if (!elv_iosched_allow_merge(rq, bio))
 		return 0;
 
diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index f4c64c2..5b76bf5 100644
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -869,6 +869,7 @@
 static DEVICE_ATTR(alignment_offset, S_IRUGO, disk_alignment_offset_show, NULL);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(capability, S_IRUGO, disk_capability_show, NULL);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(stat, S_IRUGO, part_stat_show, NULL);
+static DEVICE_ATTR(inflight, S_IRUGO, part_inflight_show, NULL);
 #ifdef CONFIG_FAIL_MAKE_REQUEST
 static struct device_attribute dev_attr_fail =
 	__ATTR(make-it-fail, S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR, part_fail_show, part_fail_store);
@@ -888,6 +889,7 @@
 	&dev_attr_alignment_offset.attr,
 	&dev_attr_capability.attr,
 	&dev_attr_stat.attr,
+	&dev_attr_inflight.attr,
 #ifdef CONFIG_FAIL_MAKE_REQUEST
 	&dev_attr_fail.attr,
 #endif
@@ -1053,7 +1055,7 @@
 			   part_stat_read(hd, merges[1]),
 			   (unsigned long long)part_stat_read(hd, sectors[1]),
 			   jiffies_to_msecs(part_stat_read(hd, ticks[1])),
-			   hd->in_flight,
+			   part_in_flight(hd),
 			   jiffies_to_msecs(part_stat_read(hd, io_ticks)),
 			   jiffies_to_msecs(part_stat_read(hd, time_in_queue))
 			);
@@ -1215,6 +1217,16 @@
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(put_disk);
 
+static void set_disk_ro_uevent(struct gendisk *gd, int ro)
+{
+	char event[] = "DISK_RO=1";
+	char *envp[] = { event, NULL };
+
+	if (!ro)
+		event[8] = '0';
+	kobject_uevent_env(&disk_to_dev(gd)->kobj, KOBJ_CHANGE, envp);
+}
+
 void set_device_ro(struct block_device *bdev, int flag)
 {
 	bdev->bd_part->policy = flag;
@@ -1227,8 +1239,12 @@
 	struct disk_part_iter piter;
 	struct hd_struct *part;
 
-	disk_part_iter_init(&piter, disk,
-			    DISK_PITER_INCL_EMPTY | DISK_PITER_INCL_PART0);
+	if (disk->part0.policy != flag) {
+		set_disk_ro_uevent(disk, flag);
+		disk->part0.policy = flag;
+	}
+
+	disk_part_iter_init(&piter, disk, DISK_PITER_INCL_EMPTY);
 	while ((part = disk_part_iter_next(&piter)))
 		part->policy = flag;
 	disk_part_iter_exit(&piter);
diff --git a/block/ioctl.c b/block/ioctl.c
index 500e4c7..d3e6b58 100644
--- a/block/ioctl.c
+++ b/block/ioctl.c
@@ -112,22 +112,9 @@
 	return res;
 }
 
-static void blk_ioc_discard_endio(struct bio *bio, int err)
-{
-	if (err) {
-		if (err == -EOPNOTSUPP)
-			set_bit(BIO_EOPNOTSUPP, &bio->bi_flags);
-		clear_bit(BIO_UPTODATE, &bio->bi_flags);
-	}
-	complete(bio->bi_private);
-}
-
 static int blk_ioctl_discard(struct block_device *bdev, uint64_t start,
 			     uint64_t len)
 {
-	struct request_queue *q = bdev_get_queue(bdev);
-	int ret = 0;
-
 	if (start & 511)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	if (len & 511)
@@ -137,40 +124,8 @@
 
 	if (start + len > (bdev->bd_inode->i_size >> 9))
 		return -EINVAL;
-
-	if (!q->prepare_discard_fn)
-		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
-
-	while (len && !ret) {
-		DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(wait);
-		struct bio *bio;
-
-		bio = bio_alloc(GFP_KERNEL, 0);
-
-		bio->bi_end_io = blk_ioc_discard_endio;
-		bio->bi_bdev = bdev;
-		bio->bi_private = &wait;
-		bio->bi_sector = start;
-
-		if (len > queue_max_hw_sectors(q)) {
-			bio->bi_size = queue_max_hw_sectors(q) << 9;
-			len -= queue_max_hw_sectors(q);
-			start += queue_max_hw_sectors(q);
-		} else {
-			bio->bi_size = len << 9;
-			len = 0;
-		}
-		submit_bio(DISCARD_NOBARRIER, bio);
-
-		wait_for_completion(&wait);
-
-		if (bio_flagged(bio, BIO_EOPNOTSUPP))
-			ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
-		else if (!bio_flagged(bio, BIO_UPTODATE))
-			ret = -EIO;
-		bio_put(bio);
-	}
-	return ret;
+	return blkdev_issue_discard(bdev, start, len, GFP_KERNEL,
+				    DISCARD_FL_WAIT);
 }
 
 static int put_ushort(unsigned long arg, unsigned short val)
diff --git a/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c b/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c
index 95d3449..b6cd571 100644
--- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c
+++ b/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c
@@ -172,6 +172,9 @@
 		BUG();
 		bio_endio(bio, -ENXIO);
 		return 0;
+	} else if (bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_BARRIER)) {
+		bio_endio(bio, -EOPNOTSUPP);
+		return 0;
 	} else if (bio->bi_io_vec == NULL) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "aoe: bi_io_vec is NULL\n");
 		BUG();
diff --git a/drivers/block/cciss.c b/drivers/block/cciss.c
index a52cc7f..0589dfb 100644
--- a/drivers/block/cciss.c
+++ b/drivers/block/cciss.c
@@ -3889,7 +3889,7 @@
 	int j = 0;
 	int rc;
 	int dac, return_code;
-	InquiryData_struct *inq_buff = NULL;
+	InquiryData_struct *inq_buff;
 
 	if (reset_devices) {
 		/* Reset the controller with a PCI power-cycle */
@@ -4029,6 +4029,7 @@
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "cciss: unable to determine firmware"
 			" version of controller\n");
 	}
+	kfree(inq_buff);
 
 	cciss_procinit(i);
 
@@ -4045,7 +4046,6 @@
 	return 1;
 
 clean4:
-	kfree(inq_buff);
 	kfree(hba[i]->cmd_pool_bits);
 	if (hba[i]->cmd_pool)
 		pci_free_consistent(hba[i]->pdev,
diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index 5757188..bbb7944 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@
 	pos = ((loff_t) bio->bi_sector << 9) + lo->lo_offset;
 
 	if (bio_rw(bio) == WRITE) {
-		int barrier = bio_barrier(bio);
+		bool barrier = bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_BARRIER);
 		struct file *file = lo->lo_backing_file;
 
 		if (barrier) {
diff --git a/drivers/block/paride/pcd.c b/drivers/block/paride/pcd.c
index 911dfd9..9f3518c 100644
--- a/drivers/block/paride/pcd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/paride/pcd.c
@@ -219,8 +219,6 @@
 static int pcd_count;		/* number of blocks still to do */
 static char *pcd_buf;		/* buffer for request in progress */
 
-static int pcd_warned;		/* Have we logged a phase warning ? */
-
 /* kernel glue structures */
 
 static int pcd_block_open(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode)
@@ -417,12 +415,10 @@
 					printk
 					    ("%s: %s: Unexpected phase %d, d=%d, k=%d\n",
 					     cd->name, fun, p, d, k);
-				if ((verbose < 2) && !pcd_warned) {
-					pcd_warned = 1;
-					printk
-					    ("%s: WARNING: ATAPI phase errors\n",
-					     cd->name);
-				}
+				if (verbose < 2)
+					printk_once(
+					    "%s: WARNING: ATAPI phase errors\n",
+					    cd->name);
 				mdelay(1);
 			}
 			if (k++ > PCD_TMO) {
diff --git a/drivers/block/sx8.c b/drivers/block/sx8.c
index da403b6..f5cd2e8 100644
--- a/drivers/block/sx8.c
+++ b/drivers/block/sx8.c
@@ -1564,15 +1564,13 @@
 
 static int carm_init_one (struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 {
-	static unsigned int printed_version;
 	struct carm_host *host;
 	unsigned int pci_dac;
 	int rc;
 	struct request_queue *q;
 	unsigned int i;
 
-	if (!printed_version++)
-		printk(KERN_DEBUG DRV_NAME " version " DRV_VERSION "\n");
+	printk_once(KERN_DEBUG DRV_NAME " version " DRV_VERSION "\n");
 
 	rc = pci_enable_device(pdev);
 	if (rc)
diff --git a/drivers/block/viodasd.c b/drivers/block/viodasd.c
index 390d69b..b441ce3 100644
--- a/drivers/block/viodasd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/viodasd.c
@@ -416,15 +416,9 @@
 		goto retry;
 	}
 	if (we.max_disk > (MAX_DISKNO - 1)) {
-		static int warned;
-
-		if (warned == 0) {
-			warned++;
-			printk(VIOD_KERN_INFO
-				"Only examining the first %d "
-				"of %d disks connected\n",
-				MAX_DISKNO, we.max_disk + 1);
-		}
+		printk_once(VIOD_KERN_INFO
+			"Only examining the first %d of %d disks connected\n",
+			MAX_DISKNO, we.max_disk + 1);
 	}
 
 	/* Send the close event to OS/400.  We DON'T expect a response */
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-raid1.c b/drivers/md/dm-raid1.c
index 33f179e..cc9dc79 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-raid1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-raid1.c
@@ -1129,7 +1129,7 @@
 	if (error == -EOPNOTSUPP)
 		goto out;
 
-	if ((error == -EWOULDBLOCK) && bio_rw_ahead(bio))
+	if ((error == -EWOULDBLOCK) && bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_AHEAD))
 		goto out;
 
 	if (unlikely(error)) {
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-stripe.c b/drivers/md/dm-stripe.c
index 3e563d2..e0efc1a 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-stripe.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-stripe.c
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@
 	if (!error)
 		return 0; /* I/O complete */
 
-	if ((error == -EWOULDBLOCK) && bio_rw_ahead(bio))
+	if ((error == -EWOULDBLOCK) && bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_AHEAD))
 		return error;
 
 	if (error == -EOPNOTSUPP)
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@
 	unsigned chunk_size = (sc->chunk_mask + 1) << 9;
 
 	blk_limits_io_min(limits, chunk_size);
-	limits->io_opt = chunk_size * sc->stripes;
+	blk_limits_io_opt(limits, chunk_size * sc->stripes);
 }
 
 static struct target_type stripe_target = {
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm.c b/drivers/md/dm.c
index b4845b1..eee28fa 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm.c
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
 	/*
 	 * A list of ios that arrived while we were suspended.
 	 */
-	atomic_t pending;
+	atomic_t pending[2];
 	wait_queue_head_t wait;
 	struct work_struct work;
 	struct bio_list deferred;
@@ -453,13 +453,14 @@
 {
 	struct mapped_device *md = io->md;
 	int cpu;
+	int rw = bio_data_dir(io->bio);
 
 	io->start_time = jiffies;
 
 	cpu = part_stat_lock();
 	part_round_stats(cpu, &dm_disk(md)->part0);
 	part_stat_unlock();
-	dm_disk(md)->part0.in_flight = atomic_inc_return(&md->pending);
+	dm_disk(md)->part0.in_flight[rw] = atomic_inc_return(&md->pending[rw]);
 }
 
 static void end_io_acct(struct dm_io *io)
@@ -479,8 +480,9 @@
 	 * After this is decremented the bio must not be touched if it is
 	 * a barrier.
 	 */
-	dm_disk(md)->part0.in_flight = pending =
-		atomic_dec_return(&md->pending);
+	dm_disk(md)->part0.in_flight[rw] = pending =
+		atomic_dec_return(&md->pending[rw]);
+	pending += atomic_read(&md->pending[rw^0x1]);
 
 	/* nudge anyone waiting on suspend queue */
 	if (!pending)
@@ -586,7 +588,7 @@
 			 */
 			spin_lock_irqsave(&md->deferred_lock, flags);
 			if (__noflush_suspending(md)) {
-				if (!bio_barrier(io->bio))
+				if (!bio_rw_flagged(io->bio, BIO_RW_BARRIER))
 					bio_list_add_head(&md->deferred,
 							  io->bio);
 			} else
@@ -598,7 +600,7 @@
 		io_error = io->error;
 		bio = io->bio;
 
-		if (bio_barrier(bio)) {
+		if (bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_BARRIER)) {
 			/*
 			 * There can be just one barrier request so we use
 			 * a per-device variable for error reporting.
@@ -1209,7 +1211,7 @@
 
 	ci.map = dm_get_table(md);
 	if (unlikely(!ci.map)) {
-		if (!bio_barrier(bio))
+		if (!bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_BARRIER))
 			bio_io_error(bio);
 		else
 			if (!md->barrier_error)
@@ -1321,7 +1323,7 @@
 	 * we have to queue this io for later.
 	 */
 	if (unlikely(test_bit(DMF_QUEUE_IO_TO_THREAD, &md->flags)) ||
-	    unlikely(bio_barrier(bio))) {
+	    unlikely(bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_BARRIER))) {
 		up_read(&md->io_lock);
 
 		if (unlikely(test_bit(DMF_BLOCK_IO_FOR_SUSPEND, &md->flags)) &&
@@ -1344,7 +1346,7 @@
 {
 	struct mapped_device *md = q->queuedata;
 
-	if (unlikely(bio_barrier(bio))) {
+	if (unlikely(bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_BARRIER))) {
 		bio_endio(bio, -EOPNOTSUPP);
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -1785,7 +1787,8 @@
 	if (!md->disk)
 		goto bad_disk;
 
-	atomic_set(&md->pending, 0);
+	atomic_set(&md->pending[0], 0);
+	atomic_set(&md->pending[1], 0);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&md->wait);
 	INIT_WORK(&md->work, dm_wq_work);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&md->eventq);
@@ -2088,7 +2091,8 @@
 				break;
 			}
 			spin_unlock_irqrestore(q->queue_lock, flags);
-		} else if (!atomic_read(&md->pending))
+		} else if (!atomic_read(&md->pending[0]) &&
+					!atomic_read(&md->pending[1]))
 			break;
 
 		if (interruptible == TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE &&
@@ -2164,7 +2168,7 @@
 		if (dm_request_based(md))
 			generic_make_request(c);
 		else {
-			if (bio_barrier(c))
+			if (bio_rw_flagged(c, BIO_RW_BARRIER))
 				process_barrier(md, c);
 			else
 				__split_and_process_bio(md, c);
diff --git a/drivers/md/linear.c b/drivers/md/linear.c
index 5fe39c2..ea48429 100644
--- a/drivers/md/linear.c
+++ b/drivers/md/linear.c
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@
 	sector_t start_sector;
 	int cpu;
 
-	if (unlikely(bio_barrier(bio))) {
+	if (unlikely(bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_BARRIER))) {
 		bio_endio(bio, -EOPNOTSUPP);
 		return 0;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/md/multipath.c b/drivers/md/multipath.c
index 7140909..89e7681 100644
--- a/drivers/md/multipath.c
+++ b/drivers/md/multipath.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
 
 	if (uptodate)
 		multipath_end_bh_io(mp_bh, 0);
-	else if (!bio_rw_ahead(bio)) {
+	else if (!bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_AHEAD)) {
 		/*
 		 * oops, IO error:
 		 */
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
 	const int rw = bio_data_dir(bio);
 	int cpu;
 
-	if (unlikely(bio_barrier(bio))) {
+	if (unlikely(bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_BARRIER))) {
 		bio_endio(bio, -EOPNOTSUPP);
 		return 0;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid0.c b/drivers/md/raid0.c
index 898e2bd..f845ed9 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid0.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid0.c
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@
 	const int rw = bio_data_dir(bio);
 	int cpu;
 
-	if (unlikely(bio_barrier(bio))) {
+	if (unlikely(bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_BARRIER))) {
 		bio_endio(bio, -EOPNOTSUPP);
 		return 0;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid1.c b/drivers/md/raid1.c
index 8726fd7..ff7ed33 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid1.c
@@ -782,8 +782,9 @@
 	struct bio_list bl;
 	struct page **behind_pages = NULL;
 	const int rw = bio_data_dir(bio);
-	const int do_sync = bio_sync(bio);
-	int cpu, do_barriers;
+	const bool do_sync = bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_SYNCIO);
+	int cpu;
+	bool do_barriers;
 	mdk_rdev_t *blocked_rdev;
 
 	/*
@@ -797,7 +798,8 @@
 
 	md_write_start(mddev, bio); /* wait on superblock update early */
 
-	if (unlikely(!mddev->barriers_work && bio_barrier(bio))) {
+	if (unlikely(!mddev->barriers_work &&
+		     bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_BARRIER))) {
 		if (rw == WRITE)
 			md_write_end(mddev);
 		bio_endio(bio, -EOPNOTSUPP);
@@ -925,7 +927,7 @@
 	atomic_set(&r1_bio->remaining, 0);
 	atomic_set(&r1_bio->behind_remaining, 0);
 
-	do_barriers = bio_barrier(bio);
+	do_barriers = bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_BARRIER);
 	if (do_barriers)
 		set_bit(R1BIO_Barrier, &r1_bio->state);
 
@@ -1600,7 +1602,7 @@
 			 * We already have a nr_pending reference on these rdevs.
 			 */
 			int i;
-			const int do_sync = bio_sync(r1_bio->master_bio);
+			const bool do_sync = bio_rw_flagged(r1_bio->master_bio, BIO_RW_SYNCIO);
 			clear_bit(R1BIO_BarrierRetry, &r1_bio->state);
 			clear_bit(R1BIO_Barrier, &r1_bio->state);
 			for (i=0; i < conf->raid_disks; i++)
@@ -1654,7 +1656,7 @@
 				       (unsigned long long)r1_bio->sector);
 				raid_end_bio_io(r1_bio);
 			} else {
-				const int do_sync = bio_sync(r1_bio->master_bio);
+				const bool do_sync = bio_rw_flagged(r1_bio->master_bio, BIO_RW_SYNCIO);
 				r1_bio->bios[r1_bio->read_disk] =
 					mddev->ro ? IO_BLOCKED : NULL;
 				r1_bio->read_disk = disk;
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid10.c b/drivers/md/raid10.c
index 3d9020c..d0a2152 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid10.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid10.c
@@ -796,12 +796,12 @@
 	int i;
 	int chunk_sects = conf->chunk_mask + 1;
 	const int rw = bio_data_dir(bio);
-	const int do_sync = bio_sync(bio);
+	const bool do_sync = bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_SYNCIO);
 	struct bio_list bl;
 	unsigned long flags;
 	mdk_rdev_t *blocked_rdev;
 
-	if (unlikely(bio_barrier(bio))) {
+	if (unlikely(bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_BARRIER))) {
 		bio_endio(bio, -EOPNOTSUPP);
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -1610,7 +1610,7 @@
 				raid_end_bio_io(r10_bio);
 				bio_put(bio);
 			} else {
-				const int do_sync = bio_sync(r10_bio->master_bio);
+				const bool do_sync = bio_rw_flagged(r10_bio->master_bio, BIO_RW_SYNCIO);
 				bio_put(bio);
 				rdev = conf->mirrors[mirror].rdev;
 				if (printk_ratelimit())
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index b8a2c5d..826eb34 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -3606,7 +3606,7 @@
 	const int rw = bio_data_dir(bi);
 	int cpu, remaining;
 
-	if (unlikely(bio_barrier(bi))) {
+	if (unlikely(bio_rw_flagged(bi, BIO_RW_BARRIER))) {
 		bio_endio(bi, -EOPNOTSUPP);
 		return 0;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
index 662024d..5987da8 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
@@ -898,8 +898,10 @@
 				scsi_print_sense("", cmd);
 			scsi_print_command(cmd);
 		}
-		blk_end_request_all(req, -EIO);
-		scsi_next_command(cmd);
+		if (blk_end_request_err(req, -EIO))
+			scsi_requeue_command(q, cmd);
+		else
+			scsi_next_command(cmd);
 		break;
 	case ACTION_REPREP:
 		/* Unprep the request and put it back at the head of the queue.
diff --git a/drivers/staging/dst/dcore.c b/drivers/staging/dst/dcore.c
index 8472418..ac85773 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/dst/dcore.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/dst/dcore.c
@@ -112,8 +112,9 @@
 		 * I worked with.
 		 *
 		 * Empty barriers are not allowed anyway, see 51fd77bd9f512
-		 * for example, although later it was changed to bio_discard()
-		 * only, which does not work in this case.
+		 * for example, although later it was changed to
+		 * bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_DISCARD) only, which does not
+		 * work in this case.
 		 */
 		//err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
 		err = 0;
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index 72a2b9c..535f85b 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -1511,7 +1511,8 @@
 static void btrfs_issue_discard(struct block_device *bdev,
 				u64 start, u64 len)
 {
-	blkdev_issue_discard(bdev, start >> 9, len >> 9, GFP_KERNEL);
+	blkdev_issue_discard(bdev, start >> 9, len >> 9, GFP_KERNEL,
+			     DISCARD_FL_BARRIER);
 }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
index 5dbefd1..5cf405b 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@
 		num_run++;
 		batch_run++;
 
-		if (bio_sync(cur))
+		if (bio_rw_flagged(cur, BIO_RW_SYNCIO))
 			num_sync_run++;
 
 		if (need_resched()) {
@@ -2903,7 +2903,7 @@
 	bio->bi_rw |= rw;
 
 	spin_lock(&device->io_lock);
-	if (bio_sync(bio))
+	if (bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_SYNCIO))
 		pending_bios = &device->pending_sync_bios;
 	else
 		pending_bios = &device->pending_bios;
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c b/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c
index 18d3a28..28c590b 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c
@@ -857,7 +857,8 @@
 					goto start_new_extent;
 				if ((start + nr_sects) != blk) {
 					rv = blkdev_issue_discard(bdev, start,
-							    nr_sects, GFP_NOFS);
+							    nr_sects, GFP_NOFS,
+							    DISCARD_FL_BARRIER);
 					if (rv)
 						goto fail;
 					nr_sects = 0;
@@ -871,7 +872,8 @@
 		}
 	}
 	if (nr_sects) {
-		rv = blkdev_issue_discard(bdev, start, nr_sects, GFP_NOFS);
+		rv = blkdev_issue_discard(bdev, start, nr_sects, GFP_NOFS,
+					 DISCARD_FL_BARRIER);
 		if (rv)
 			goto fail;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/partitions/check.c b/fs/partitions/check.c
index ea4e6cb..619ba99 100644
--- a/fs/partitions/check.c
+++ b/fs/partitions/check.c
@@ -248,11 +248,19 @@
 		part_stat_read(p, merges[WRITE]),
 		(unsigned long long)part_stat_read(p, sectors[WRITE]),
 		jiffies_to_msecs(part_stat_read(p, ticks[WRITE])),
-		p->in_flight,
+		part_in_flight(p),
 		jiffies_to_msecs(part_stat_read(p, io_ticks)),
 		jiffies_to_msecs(part_stat_read(p, time_in_queue)));
 }
 
+ssize_t part_inflight_show(struct device *dev,
+			struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+	struct hd_struct *p = dev_to_part(dev);
+
+	return sprintf(buf, "%8u %8u\n", p->in_flight[0], p->in_flight[1]);
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_FAIL_MAKE_REQUEST
 ssize_t part_fail_show(struct device *dev,
 		       struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
@@ -281,6 +289,7 @@
 static DEVICE_ATTR(size, S_IRUGO, part_size_show, NULL);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(alignment_offset, S_IRUGO, part_alignment_offset_show, NULL);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(stat, S_IRUGO, part_stat_show, NULL);
+static DEVICE_ATTR(inflight, S_IRUGO, part_inflight_show, NULL);
 #ifdef CONFIG_FAIL_MAKE_REQUEST
 static struct device_attribute dev_attr_fail =
 	__ATTR(make-it-fail, S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR, part_fail_show, part_fail_store);
@@ -292,6 +301,7 @@
 	&dev_attr_size.attr,
 	&dev_attr_alignment_offset.attr,
 	&dev_attr_stat.attr,
+	&dev_attr_inflight.attr,
 #ifdef CONFIG_FAIL_MAKE_REQUEST
 	&dev_attr_fail.attr,
 #endif
diff --git a/fs/splice.c b/fs/splice.c
index 8190237..7394e9e 100644
--- a/fs/splice.c
+++ b/fs/splice.c
@@ -502,8 +502,10 @@
 		len = left;
 
 	ret = __generic_file_splice_read(in, ppos, pipe, len, flags);
-	if (ret > 0)
+	if (ret > 0) {
 		*ppos += ret;
+		file_accessed(in);
+	}
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -963,8 +965,10 @@
 
 		mutex_lock_nested(&inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_CHILD);
 		ret = file_remove_suid(out);
-		if (!ret)
+		if (!ret) {
+			file_update_time(out);
 			ret = splice_from_pipe_feed(pipe, &sd, pipe_to_file);
+		}
 		mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
 	} while (ret > 0);
 	splice_from_pipe_end(pipe, &sd);
diff --git a/include/linux/bio.h b/include/linux/bio.h
index 2892b71..5be93f1 100644
--- a/include/linux/bio.h
+++ b/include/linux/bio.h
@@ -142,56 +142,51 @@
  *
  * bit 0 -- data direction
  *	If not set, bio is a read from device. If set, it's a write to device.
- * bit 1 -- rw-ahead when set
- * bit 2 -- barrier
+ * bit 1 -- fail fast device errors
+ * bit 2 -- fail fast transport errors
+ * bit 3 -- fail fast driver errors
+ * bit 4 -- rw-ahead when set
+ * bit 5 -- barrier
  *	Insert a serialization point in the IO queue, forcing previously
  *	submitted IO to be completed before this one is issued.
- * bit 3 -- synchronous I/O hint.
- * bit 4 -- Unplug the device immediately after submitting this bio.
- * bit 5 -- metadata request
+ * bit 6 -- synchronous I/O hint.
+ * bit 7 -- Unplug the device immediately after submitting this bio.
+ * bit 8 -- metadata request
  *	Used for tracing to differentiate metadata and data IO. May also
  *	get some preferential treatment in the IO scheduler
- * bit 6 -- discard sectors
+ * bit 9 -- discard sectors
  *	Informs the lower level device that this range of sectors is no longer
  *	used by the file system and may thus be freed by the device. Used
  *	for flash based storage.
- * bit 7 -- fail fast device errors
- * bit 8 -- fail fast transport errors
- * bit 9 -- fail fast driver errors
  *	Don't want driver retries for any fast fail whatever the reason.
  * bit 10 -- Tell the IO scheduler not to wait for more requests after this
 	one has been submitted, even if it is a SYNC request.
  */
-#define BIO_RW		0	/* Must match RW in req flags (blkdev.h) */
-#define BIO_RW_AHEAD	1	/* Must match FAILFAST in req flags */
-#define BIO_RW_BARRIER	2
-#define BIO_RW_SYNCIO	3
-#define BIO_RW_UNPLUG	4
-#define BIO_RW_META	5
-#define BIO_RW_DISCARD	6
-#define BIO_RW_FAILFAST_DEV		7
-#define BIO_RW_FAILFAST_TRANSPORT	8
-#define BIO_RW_FAILFAST_DRIVER		9
-#define BIO_RW_NOIDLE	10
-
-#define bio_rw_flagged(bio, flag)	((bio)->bi_rw & (1 << (flag)))
+enum bio_rw_flags {
+	BIO_RW,
+	BIO_RW_FAILFAST_DEV,
+	BIO_RW_FAILFAST_TRANSPORT,
+	BIO_RW_FAILFAST_DRIVER,
+	/* above flags must match REQ_* */
+	BIO_RW_AHEAD,
+	BIO_RW_BARRIER,
+	BIO_RW_SYNCIO,
+	BIO_RW_UNPLUG,
+	BIO_RW_META,
+	BIO_RW_DISCARD,
+	BIO_RW_NOIDLE,
+};
 
 /*
- * Old defines, these should eventually be replaced by direct usage of
- * bio_rw_flagged()
+ * First four bits must match between bio->bi_rw and rq->cmd_flags, make
+ * that explicit here.
  */
-#define bio_barrier(bio)	bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_BARRIER)
-#define bio_sync(bio)		bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_SYNCIO)
-#define bio_unplug(bio)		bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_UNPLUG)
-#define bio_failfast_dev(bio)	bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_FAILFAST_DEV)
-#define bio_failfast_transport(bio)	\
-		bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_FAILFAST_TRANSPORT)
-#define bio_failfast_driver(bio) 	\
-		bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_FAILFAST_DRIVER)
-#define bio_rw_ahead(bio)	bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_AHEAD)
-#define bio_rw_meta(bio)	bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_META)
-#define bio_discard(bio)	bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_DISCARD)
-#define bio_noidle(bio)		bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_NOIDLE)
+#define BIO_RW_RQ_MASK		0xf
+
+static inline bool bio_rw_flagged(struct bio *bio, enum bio_rw_flags flag)
+{
+	return (bio->bi_rw & (1 << flag)) != 0;
+}
 
 /*
  * upper 16 bits of bi_rw define the io priority of this bio
@@ -216,7 +211,7 @@
 #define bio_offset(bio)		bio_iovec((bio))->bv_offset
 #define bio_segments(bio)	((bio)->bi_vcnt - (bio)->bi_idx)
 #define bio_sectors(bio)	((bio)->bi_size >> 9)
-#define bio_empty_barrier(bio)	(bio_barrier(bio) && !bio_has_data(bio) && !bio_discard(bio))
+#define bio_empty_barrier(bio)	(bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_BARRIER) && !bio_has_data(bio) && !bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_DISCARD))
 
 static inline unsigned int bio_cur_bytes(struct bio *bio)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/blk-iopoll.h b/include/linux/blk-iopoll.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..308734d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/blk-iopoll.h
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+#ifndef BLK_IOPOLL_H
+#define BLK_IOPOLL_H
+
+struct blk_iopoll;
+typedef int (blk_iopoll_fn)(struct blk_iopoll *, int);
+
+struct blk_iopoll {
+	struct list_head list;
+	unsigned long state;
+	unsigned long data;
+	int weight;
+	int max;
+	blk_iopoll_fn *poll;
+};
+
+enum {
+	IOPOLL_F_SCHED		= 0,
+	IOPOLL_F_DISABLE	= 1,
+};
+
+/*
+ * Returns 0 if we successfully set the IOPOLL_F_SCHED bit, indicating
+ * that we were the first to acquire this iop for scheduling. If this iop
+ * is currently disabled, return "failure".
+ */
+static inline int blk_iopoll_sched_prep(struct blk_iopoll *iop)
+{
+	if (!test_bit(IOPOLL_F_DISABLE, &iop->state))
+		return test_and_set_bit(IOPOLL_F_SCHED, &iop->state);
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
+static inline int blk_iopoll_disable_pending(struct blk_iopoll *iop)
+{
+	return test_bit(IOPOLL_F_DISABLE, &iop->state);
+}
+
+extern void blk_iopoll_sched(struct blk_iopoll *);
+extern void blk_iopoll_init(struct blk_iopoll *, int, blk_iopoll_fn *);
+extern void blk_iopoll_complete(struct blk_iopoll *);
+extern void __blk_iopoll_complete(struct blk_iopoll *);
+extern void blk_iopoll_enable(struct blk_iopoll *);
+extern void blk_iopoll_disable(struct blk_iopoll *);
+
+extern int blk_iopoll_enabled;
+
+#endif
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 69103e0..e23a86c 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -86,13 +86,14 @@
 };
 
 /*
- * request type modified bits. first two bits match BIO_RW* bits, important
+ * request type modified bits. first four bits match BIO_RW* bits, important
  */
 enum rq_flag_bits {
 	__REQ_RW,		/* not set, read. set, write */
 	__REQ_FAILFAST_DEV,	/* no driver retries of device errors */
 	__REQ_FAILFAST_TRANSPORT, /* no driver retries of transport errors */
 	__REQ_FAILFAST_DRIVER,	/* no driver retries of driver errors */
+	/* above flags must match BIO_RW_* */
 	__REQ_DISCARD,		/* request to discard sectors */
 	__REQ_SORTED,		/* elevator knows about this request */
 	__REQ_SOFTBARRIER,	/* may not be passed by ioscheduler */
@@ -114,6 +115,7 @@
 	__REQ_INTEGRITY,	/* integrity metadata has been remapped */
 	__REQ_NOIDLE,		/* Don't anticipate more IO after this one */
 	__REQ_IO_STAT,		/* account I/O stat */
+	__REQ_MIXED_MERGE,	/* merge of different types, fail separately */
 	__REQ_NR_BITS,		/* stops here */
 };
 
@@ -142,6 +144,10 @@
 #define REQ_INTEGRITY	(1 << __REQ_INTEGRITY)
 #define REQ_NOIDLE	(1 << __REQ_NOIDLE)
 #define REQ_IO_STAT	(1 << __REQ_IO_STAT)
+#define REQ_MIXED_MERGE	(1 << __REQ_MIXED_MERGE)
+
+#define REQ_FAILFAST_MASK	(REQ_FAILFAST_DEV | REQ_FAILFAST_TRANSPORT | \
+				 REQ_FAILFAST_DRIVER)
 
 #define BLK_MAX_CDB	16
 
@@ -453,10 +459,12 @@
 #define QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT      14	/* non-rotational device (SSD) */
 #define QUEUE_FLAG_VIRT        QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT /* paravirt device */
 #define QUEUE_FLAG_IO_STAT     15	/* do IO stats */
+#define QUEUE_FLAG_CQ	       16	/* hardware does queuing */
 
 #define QUEUE_FLAG_DEFAULT	((1 << QUEUE_FLAG_IO_STAT) |		\
 				 (1 << QUEUE_FLAG_CLUSTER) |		\
-				 (1 << QUEUE_FLAG_STACKABLE))
+				 (1 << QUEUE_FLAG_STACKABLE)	|	\
+				 (1 << QUEUE_FLAG_SAME_COMP))
 
 static inline int queue_is_locked(struct request_queue *q)
 {
@@ -575,6 +583,7 @@
 
 #define blk_queue_plugged(q)	test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_PLUGGED, &(q)->queue_flags)
 #define blk_queue_tagged(q)	test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_QUEUED, &(q)->queue_flags)
+#define blk_queue_queuing(q)	test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_CQ, &(q)->queue_flags)
 #define blk_queue_stopped(q)	test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_STOPPED, &(q)->queue_flags)
 #define blk_queue_nomerges(q)	test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_NOMERGES, &(q)->queue_flags)
 #define blk_queue_nonrot(q)	test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT, &(q)->queue_flags)
@@ -828,11 +837,13 @@
 }
 
 /*
- * blk_rq_pos()		: the current sector
- * blk_rq_bytes()	: bytes left in the entire request
- * blk_rq_cur_bytes()	: bytes left in the current segment
- * blk_rq_sectors()	: sectors left in the entire request
- * blk_rq_cur_sectors()	: sectors left in the current segment
+ * blk_rq_pos()			: the current sector
+ * blk_rq_bytes()		: bytes left in the entire request
+ * blk_rq_cur_bytes()		: bytes left in the current segment
+ * blk_rq_err_bytes()		: bytes left till the next error boundary
+ * blk_rq_sectors()		: sectors left in the entire request
+ * blk_rq_cur_sectors()		: sectors left in the current segment
+ * blk_rq_err_sectors()		: sectors left till the next error boundary
  */
 static inline sector_t blk_rq_pos(const struct request *rq)
 {
@@ -849,6 +860,8 @@
 	return rq->bio ? bio_cur_bytes(rq->bio) : 0;
 }
 
+extern unsigned int blk_rq_err_bytes(const struct request *rq);
+
 static inline unsigned int blk_rq_sectors(const struct request *rq)
 {
 	return blk_rq_bytes(rq) >> 9;
@@ -859,6 +872,11 @@
 	return blk_rq_cur_bytes(rq) >> 9;
 }
 
+static inline unsigned int blk_rq_err_sectors(const struct request *rq)
+{
+	return blk_rq_err_bytes(rq) >> 9;
+}
+
 /*
  * Request issue related functions.
  */
@@ -885,10 +903,12 @@
 			    unsigned int nr_bytes);
 extern void blk_end_request_all(struct request *rq, int error);
 extern bool blk_end_request_cur(struct request *rq, int error);
+extern bool blk_end_request_err(struct request *rq, int error);
 extern bool __blk_end_request(struct request *rq, int error,
 			      unsigned int nr_bytes);
 extern void __blk_end_request_all(struct request *rq, int error);
 extern bool __blk_end_request_cur(struct request *rq, int error);
+extern bool __blk_end_request_err(struct request *rq, int error);
 
 extern void blk_complete_request(struct request *);
 extern void __blk_complete_request(struct request *);
@@ -915,6 +935,7 @@
 				       unsigned int alignment);
 extern void blk_limits_io_min(struct queue_limits *limits, unsigned int min);
 extern void blk_queue_io_min(struct request_queue *q, unsigned int min);
+extern void blk_limits_io_opt(struct queue_limits *limits, unsigned int opt);
 extern void blk_queue_io_opt(struct request_queue *q, unsigned int opt);
 extern void blk_set_default_limits(struct queue_limits *lim);
 extern int blk_stack_limits(struct queue_limits *t, struct queue_limits *b,
@@ -977,15 +998,18 @@
 }
 
 extern int blkdev_issue_flush(struct block_device *, sector_t *);
-extern int blkdev_issue_discard(struct block_device *,
-				sector_t sector, sector_t nr_sects, gfp_t);
+#define DISCARD_FL_WAIT		0x01	/* wait for completion */
+#define DISCARD_FL_BARRIER	0x02	/* issue DISCARD_BARRIER request */
+extern int blkdev_issue_discard(struct block_device *, sector_t sector,
+		sector_t nr_sects, gfp_t, int flags);
 
 static inline int sb_issue_discard(struct super_block *sb,
 				   sector_t block, sector_t nr_blocks)
 {
 	block <<= (sb->s_blocksize_bits - 9);
 	nr_blocks <<= (sb->s_blocksize_bits - 9);
-	return blkdev_issue_discard(sb->s_bdev, block, nr_blocks, GFP_KERNEL);
+	return blkdev_issue_discard(sb->s_bdev, block, nr_blocks, GFP_KERNEL,
+				    DISCARD_FL_BARRIER);
 }
 
 extern int blk_verify_command(unsigned char *cmd, fmode_t has_write_perm);
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 37f5321..b21cf6b 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -161,8 +161,8 @@
  * These aren't really reads or writes, they pass down information about
  * parts of device that are now unused by the file system.
  */
-#define DISCARD_NOBARRIER (1 << BIO_RW_DISCARD)
-#define DISCARD_BARRIER ((1 << BIO_RW_DISCARD) | (1 << BIO_RW_BARRIER))
+#define DISCARD_NOBARRIER (WRITE | (1 << BIO_RW_DISCARD))
+#define DISCARD_BARRIER (DISCARD_NOBARRIER | (1 << BIO_RW_BARRIER))
 
 #define SEL_IN		1
 #define SEL_OUT		2
diff --git a/include/linux/genhd.h b/include/linux/genhd.h
index 45fc320..44263cb 100644
--- a/include/linux/genhd.h
+++ b/include/linux/genhd.h
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
 	int make_it_fail;
 #endif
 	unsigned long stamp;
-	int in_flight;
+	int in_flight[2];
 #ifdef	CONFIG_SMP
 	struct disk_stats *dkstats;
 #else
@@ -322,18 +322,23 @@
 #define part_stat_sub(cpu, gendiskp, field, subnd)			\
 	part_stat_add(cpu, gendiskp, field, -subnd)
 
-static inline void part_inc_in_flight(struct hd_struct *part)
+static inline void part_inc_in_flight(struct hd_struct *part, int rw)
 {
-	part->in_flight++;
+	part->in_flight[rw]++;
 	if (part->partno)
-		part_to_disk(part)->part0.in_flight++;
+		part_to_disk(part)->part0.in_flight[rw]++;
 }
 
-static inline void part_dec_in_flight(struct hd_struct *part)
+static inline void part_dec_in_flight(struct hd_struct *part, int rw)
 {
-	part->in_flight--;
+	part->in_flight[rw]--;
 	if (part->partno)
-		part_to_disk(part)->part0.in_flight--;
+		part_to_disk(part)->part0.in_flight[rw]--;
+}
+
+static inline int part_in_flight(struct hd_struct *part)
+{
+	return part->in_flight[0] + part->in_flight[1];
 }
 
 /* block/blk-core.c */
@@ -546,6 +551,8 @@
 			      struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf);
 extern ssize_t part_stat_show(struct device *dev,
 			      struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf);
+extern ssize_t part_inflight_show(struct device *dev,
+			      struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf);
 #ifdef CONFIG_FAIL_MAKE_REQUEST
 extern ssize_t part_fail_show(struct device *dev,
 			      struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf);
diff --git a/include/linux/interrupt.h b/include/linux/interrupt.h
index 1ac57e5..8e9e151 100644
--- a/include/linux/interrupt.h
+++ b/include/linux/interrupt.h
@@ -348,6 +348,7 @@
 	NET_TX_SOFTIRQ,
 	NET_RX_SOFTIRQ,
 	BLOCK_SOFTIRQ,
+	BLOCK_IOPOLL_SOFTIRQ,
 	TASKLET_SOFTIRQ,
 	SCHED_SOFTIRQ,
 	HRTIMER_SOFTIRQ,
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 3125cff..6bb59f7 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_TORTURE_TEST
 extern int rcutorture_runnable;
 #endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_TORTURE_TEST */
+extern int blk_iopoll_enabled;
 
 /* Constants used for minimum and  maximum */
 #ifdef CONFIG_DETECT_SOFTLOCKUP
@@ -997,7 +998,14 @@
 		.proc_handler	= &proc_dointvec,
 	},
 #endif
-
+	{
+		.ctl_name	= CTL_UNNUMBERED,
+		.procname	= "blk_iopoll",
+		.data		= &blk_iopoll_enabled,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= &proc_dointvec,
+	},
 /*
  * NOTE: do not add new entries to this table unless you have read
  * Documentation/sysctl/ctl_unnumbered.txt
diff --git a/mm/swapfile.c b/mm/swapfile.c
index 8ffdc0d..74f1102 100644
--- a/mm/swapfile.c
+++ b/mm/swapfile.c
@@ -161,7 +161,8 @@
 		}
 
 		err = blkdev_issue_discard(si->bdev, start_block,
-						nr_blocks, GFP_KERNEL);
+						nr_blocks, GFP_KERNEL,
+						DISCARD_FL_BARRIER);
 		if (err)
 			break;
 
@@ -200,7 +201,8 @@
 			start_block <<= PAGE_SHIFT - 9;
 			nr_blocks <<= PAGE_SHIFT - 9;
 			if (blkdev_issue_discard(si->bdev, start_block,
-							nr_blocks, GFP_NOIO))
+							nr_blocks, GFP_NOIO,
+							DISCARD_FL_BARRIER))
 				break;
 		}