diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-omap/mailbox.c b/arch/arm/plat-omap/mailbox.c
index 0abfbaa..40424ed 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-omap/mailbox.c
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-omap/mailbox.c
@@ -147,24 +147,40 @@
 	return ret;
 }
 
+struct omap_msg_tx_data {
+	mbox_msg_t	msg;
+	void		*arg;
+};
+
+static void omap_msg_tx_end_io(struct request *rq, int error)
+{
+	kfree(rq->special);
+	__blk_put_request(rq->q, rq);
+}
+
 int omap_mbox_msg_send(struct omap_mbox *mbox, mbox_msg_t msg, void* arg)
 {
+	struct omap_msg_tx_data *tx_data;
 	struct request *rq;
 	struct request_queue *q = mbox->txq->queue;
-	int ret = 0;
+
+	tx_data = kmalloc(sizeof(*tx_data), GFP_ATOMIC);
+	if (unlikely(!tx_data))
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	rq = blk_get_request(q, WRITE, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (unlikely(!rq)) {
-		ret = -ENOMEM;
-		goto fail;
+		kfree(tx_data);
+		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
-	rq->data = (void *)msg;
-	blk_insert_request(q, rq, 0, arg);
+	tx_data->msg = msg;
+	tx_data->arg = arg;
+	rq->end_io = omap_msg_tx_end_io;
+	blk_insert_request(q, rq, 0, tx_data);
 
 	schedule_work(&mbox->txq->work);
- fail:
-	return ret;
+	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(omap_mbox_msg_send);
 
@@ -178,22 +194,28 @@
 	struct request_queue *q = mbox->txq->queue;
 
 	while (1) {
+		struct omap_msg_tx_data *tx_data;
+
 		spin_lock(q->queue_lock);
-		rq = elv_next_request(q);
+		rq = blk_fetch_request(q);
 		spin_unlock(q->queue_lock);
 
 		if (!rq)
 			break;
 
-		ret = __mbox_msg_send(mbox, (mbox_msg_t) rq->data, rq->special);
+		tx_data = rq->special;
+
+		ret = __mbox_msg_send(mbox, tx_data->msg, tx_data->arg);
 		if (ret) {
 			enable_mbox_irq(mbox, IRQ_TX);
+			spin_lock(q->queue_lock);
+			blk_requeue_request(q, rq);
+			spin_unlock(q->queue_lock);
 			return;
 		}
 
 		spin_lock(q->queue_lock);
-		if (__blk_end_request(rq, 0, 0))
-			BUG();
+		__blk_end_request_all(rq, 0);
 		spin_unlock(q->queue_lock);
 	}
 }
@@ -218,16 +240,13 @@
 
 	while (1) {
 		spin_lock_irqsave(q->queue_lock, flags);
-		rq = elv_next_request(q);
+		rq = blk_fetch_request(q);
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(q->queue_lock, flags);
 		if (!rq)
 			break;
 
-		msg = (mbox_msg_t) rq->data;
-
-		if (blk_end_request(rq, 0, 0))
-			BUG();
-
+		msg = (mbox_msg_t)rq->special;
+		blk_end_request_all(rq, 0);
 		mbox->rxq->callback((void *)msg);
 	}
 }
@@ -264,7 +283,6 @@
 			goto nomem;
 
 		msg = mbox_fifo_read(mbox);
-		rq->data = (void *)msg;
 
 		if (unlikely(mbox_seq_test(mbox, msg))) {
 			pr_info("mbox: Illegal seq bit!(%08x)\n", msg);
@@ -272,7 +290,7 @@
 				mbox->err_notify();
 		}
 
-		blk_insert_request(q, rq, 0, NULL);
+		blk_insert_request(q, rq, 0, (void *)msg);
 		if (mbox->ops->type == OMAP_MBOX_TYPE1)
 			break;
 	}
@@ -329,16 +347,15 @@
 
 	while (1) {
 		spin_lock_irqsave(q->queue_lock, flags);
-		rq = elv_next_request(q);
+		rq = blk_fetch_request(q);
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(q->queue_lock, flags);
 
 		if (!rq)
 			break;
 
-		*p = (mbox_msg_t) rq->data;
+		*p = (mbox_msg_t)rq->special;
 
-		if (blk_end_request(rq, 0, 0))
-			BUG();
+		blk_end_request_all(rq, 0);
 
 		if (unlikely(mbox_seq_test(mbox, *p))) {
 			pr_info("mbox: Illegal seq bit!(%08x) ignored\n", *p);
diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/ubd_kern.c b/arch/um/drivers/ubd_kern.c
index f934225..aa9e926e 100644
--- a/arch/um/drivers/ubd_kern.c
+++ b/arch/um/drivers/ubd_kern.c
@@ -451,23 +451,6 @@
 
 /* Only changed by ubd_init, which is an initcall. */
 static int thread_fd = -1;
-
-static void ubd_end_request(struct request *req, int bytes, int error)
-{
-	blk_end_request(req, error, bytes);
-}
-
-/* Callable only from interrupt context - otherwise you need to do
- * spin_lock_irq()/spin_lock_irqsave() */
-static inline void ubd_finish(struct request *req, int bytes)
-{
-	if(bytes < 0){
-		ubd_end_request(req, 0, -EIO);
-		return;
-	}
-	ubd_end_request(req, bytes, 0);
-}
-
 static LIST_HEAD(restart);
 
 /* XXX - move this inside ubd_intr. */
@@ -475,7 +458,6 @@
 static void ubd_handler(void)
 {
 	struct io_thread_req *req;
-	struct request *rq;
 	struct ubd *ubd;
 	struct list_head *list, *next_ele;
 	unsigned long flags;
@@ -492,10 +474,7 @@
 			return;
 		}
 
-		rq = req->req;
-		rq->nr_sectors -= req->length >> 9;
-		if(rq->nr_sectors == 0)
-			ubd_finish(rq, rq->hard_nr_sectors << 9);
+		blk_end_request(req->req, 0, req->length);
 		kfree(req);
 	}
 	reactivate_fd(thread_fd, UBD_IRQ);
@@ -1243,27 +1222,26 @@
 {
 	struct io_thread_req *io_req;
 	struct request *req;
-	int n, last_sectors;
+	sector_t sector;
+	int n;
 
 	while(1){
 		struct ubd *dev = q->queuedata;
 		if(dev->end_sg == 0){
-			struct request *req = elv_next_request(q);
+			struct request *req = blk_fetch_request(q);
 			if(req == NULL)
 				return;
 
 			dev->request = req;
-			blkdev_dequeue_request(req);
 			dev->start_sg = 0;
 			dev->end_sg = blk_rq_map_sg(q, req, dev->sg);
 		}
 
 		req = dev->request;
-		last_sectors = 0;
+		sector = blk_rq_pos(req);
 		while(dev->start_sg < dev->end_sg){
 			struct scatterlist *sg = &dev->sg[dev->start_sg];
 
-			req->sector += last_sectors;
 			io_req = kmalloc(sizeof(struct io_thread_req),
 					 GFP_ATOMIC);
 			if(io_req == NULL){
@@ -1272,10 +1250,10 @@
 				return;
 			}
 			prepare_request(req, io_req,
-					(unsigned long long) req->sector << 9,
+					(unsigned long long)sector << 9,
 					sg->offset, sg->length, sg_page(sg));
 
-			last_sectors = sg->length >> 9;
+			sector += sg->length >> 9;
 			n = os_write_file(thread_fd, &io_req,
 					  sizeof(struct io_thread_req *));
 			if(n != sizeof(struct io_thread_req *)){
diff --git a/block/Kconfig b/block/Kconfig
index e7d1278..2c39527 100644
--- a/block/Kconfig
+++ b/block/Kconfig
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 config LBD
 	bool "Support for large block devices and files"
 	depends on !64BIT
+	default y
 	help
 	  Enable block devices or files of size 2TB and larger.
 
@@ -38,11 +39,13 @@
 
 	  The ext4 filesystem requires that this feature be enabled in
 	  order to support filesystems that have the huge_file feature
-	  enabled.    Otherwise, it will refuse to mount any filesystems
-	  that use the huge_file feature, which is enabled by default
-	  by mke2fs.ext4.   The GFS2 filesystem also requires this feature.
+	  enabled.  Otherwise, it will refuse to mount in the read-write
+	  mode any filesystems that use the huge_file feature, which is
+	  enabled by default by mke2fs.ext4.
 
-	  If unsure, say N.
+	  The GFS2 filesystem also requires this feature.
+
+	  If unsure, say Y.
 
 config BLK_DEV_BSG
 	bool "Block layer SG support v4 (EXPERIMENTAL)"
diff --git a/block/as-iosched.c b/block/as-iosched.c
index c48fa67..7a12cf6 100644
--- a/block/as-iosched.c
+++ b/block/as-iosched.c
@@ -306,8 +306,8 @@
 	data_dir = rq_is_sync(rq1);
 
 	last = ad->last_sector[data_dir];
-	s1 = rq1->sector;
-	s2 = rq2->sector;
+	s1 = blk_rq_pos(rq1);
+	s2 = blk_rq_pos(rq2);
 
 	BUG_ON(data_dir != rq_is_sync(rq2));
 
@@ -566,13 +566,15 @@
 			as_update_thinktime(ad, aic, thinktime);
 
 			/* Calculate read -> read seek distance */
-			if (aic->last_request_pos < rq->sector)
-				seek_dist = rq->sector - aic->last_request_pos;
+			if (aic->last_request_pos < blk_rq_pos(rq))
+				seek_dist = blk_rq_pos(rq) -
+					    aic->last_request_pos;
 			else
-				seek_dist = aic->last_request_pos - rq->sector;
+				seek_dist = aic->last_request_pos -
+					    blk_rq_pos(rq);
 			as_update_seekdist(ad, aic, seek_dist);
 		}
-		aic->last_request_pos = rq->sector + rq->nr_sectors;
+		aic->last_request_pos = blk_rq_pos(rq) + blk_rq_sectors(rq);
 		set_bit(AS_TASK_IOSTARTED, &aic->state);
 		spin_unlock(&aic->lock);
 	}
@@ -587,7 +589,7 @@
 {
 	unsigned long delay;	/* jiffies */
 	sector_t last = ad->last_sector[ad->batch_data_dir];
-	sector_t next = rq->sector;
+	sector_t next = blk_rq_pos(rq);
 	sector_t delta; /* acceptable close offset (in sectors) */
 	sector_t s;
 
@@ -981,7 +983,7 @@
 	 * This has to be set in order to be correctly updated by
 	 * as_find_next_rq
 	 */
-	ad->last_sector[data_dir] = rq->sector + rq->nr_sectors;
+	ad->last_sector[data_dir] = blk_rq_pos(rq) + blk_rq_sectors(rq);
 
 	if (data_dir == BLK_RW_SYNC) {
 		struct io_context *ioc = RQ_IOC(rq);
@@ -1312,12 +1314,8 @@
 static void as_work_handler(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	struct as_data *ad = container_of(work, struct as_data, antic_work);
-	struct request_queue *q = ad->q;
-	unsigned long flags;
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(q->queue_lock, flags);
-	blk_start_queueing(q);
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(q->queue_lock, flags);
+	blk_run_queue(ad->q);
 }
 
 static int as_may_queue(struct request_queue *q, int rw)
diff --git a/block/blk-barrier.c b/block/blk-barrier.c
index 20b4111..0d98054 100644
--- a/block/blk-barrier.c
+++ b/block/blk-barrier.c
@@ -106,10 +106,7 @@
 	 */
 	q->ordseq = 0;
 	rq = q->orig_bar_rq;
-
-	if (__blk_end_request(rq, q->orderr, blk_rq_bytes(rq)))
-		BUG();
-
+	__blk_end_request_all(rq, q->orderr);
 	return true;
 }
 
@@ -166,7 +163,7 @@
 	 * For an empty barrier, there's no actual BAR request, which
 	 * in turn makes POSTFLUSH unnecessary.  Mask them off.
 	 */
-	if (!rq->hard_nr_sectors) {
+	if (!blk_rq_sectors(rq)) {
 		q->ordered &= ~(QUEUE_ORDERED_DO_BAR |
 				QUEUE_ORDERED_DO_POSTFLUSH);
 		/*
@@ -183,7 +180,7 @@
 	}
 
 	/* stash away the original request */
-	elv_dequeue_request(q, rq);
+	blk_dequeue_request(rq);
 	q->orig_bar_rq = rq;
 	rq = NULL;
 
@@ -221,7 +218,7 @@
 	} else
 		skip |= QUEUE_ORDSEQ_PREFLUSH;
 
-	if ((q->ordered & QUEUE_ORDERED_BY_DRAIN) && q->in_flight)
+	if ((q->ordered & QUEUE_ORDERED_BY_DRAIN) && queue_in_flight(q))
 		rq = NULL;
 	else
 		skip |= QUEUE_ORDSEQ_DRAIN;
@@ -251,10 +248,8 @@
 			 * Queue ordering not supported.  Terminate
 			 * with prejudice.
 			 */
-			elv_dequeue_request(q, rq);
-			if (__blk_end_request(rq, -EOPNOTSUPP,
-					      blk_rq_bytes(rq)))
-				BUG();
+			blk_dequeue_request(rq);
+			__blk_end_request_all(rq, -EOPNOTSUPP);
 			*rqp = NULL;
 			return false;
 		}
@@ -329,7 +324,7 @@
 	/*
 	 * The driver must store the error location in ->bi_sector, if
 	 * it supports it. For non-stacked drivers, this should be copied
-	 * from rq->sector.
+	 * from blk_rq_pos(rq).
 	 */
 	if (error_sector)
 		*error_sector = bio->bi_sector;
diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index c89883b..59c4af5 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -68,11 +68,11 @@
 	int rw = rq_data_dir(rq);
 	int cpu;
 
-	if (!blk_fs_request(rq) || !blk_do_io_stat(rq))
+	if (!blk_do_io_stat(rq))
 		return;
 
 	cpu = part_stat_lock();
-	part = disk_map_sector_rcu(rq->rq_disk, rq->sector);
+	part = disk_map_sector_rcu(rq->rq_disk, blk_rq_pos(rq));
 
 	if (!new_io)
 		part_stat_inc(cpu, part, merges[rw]);
@@ -127,13 +127,14 @@
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&rq->timeout_list);
 	rq->cpu = -1;
 	rq->q = q;
-	rq->sector = rq->hard_sector = (sector_t) -1;
+	rq->__sector = (sector_t) -1;
 	INIT_HLIST_NODE(&rq->hash);
 	RB_CLEAR_NODE(&rq->rb_node);
 	rq->cmd = rq->__cmd;
 	rq->cmd_len = BLK_MAX_CDB;
 	rq->tag = -1;
 	rq->ref_count = 1;
+	rq->start_time = jiffies;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_rq_init);
 
@@ -184,14 +185,11 @@
 		rq->rq_disk ? rq->rq_disk->disk_name : "?", rq->cmd_type,
 		rq->cmd_flags);
 
-	printk(KERN_INFO "  sector %llu, nr/cnr %lu/%u\n",
-						(unsigned long long)rq->sector,
-						rq->nr_sectors,
-						rq->current_nr_sectors);
-	printk(KERN_INFO "  bio %p, biotail %p, buffer %p, data %p, len %u\n",
-						rq->bio, rq->biotail,
-						rq->buffer, rq->data,
-						rq->data_len);
+	printk(KERN_INFO "  sector %llu, nr/cnr %u/%u\n",
+	       (unsigned long long)blk_rq_pos(rq),
+	       blk_rq_sectors(rq), blk_rq_cur_sectors(rq));
+	printk(KERN_INFO "  bio %p, biotail %p, buffer %p, len %u\n",
+	       rq->bio, rq->biotail, rq->buffer, blk_rq_bytes(rq));
 
 	if (blk_pc_request(rq)) {
 		printk(KERN_INFO "  cdb: ");
@@ -333,24 +331,6 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_unplug);
 
-static void blk_invoke_request_fn(struct request_queue *q)
-{
-	if (unlikely(blk_queue_stopped(q)))
-		return;
-
-	/*
-	 * one level of recursion is ok and is much faster than kicking
-	 * the unplug handling
-	 */
-	if (!queue_flag_test_and_set(QUEUE_FLAG_REENTER, q)) {
-		q->request_fn(q);
-		queue_flag_clear(QUEUE_FLAG_REENTER, q);
-	} else {
-		queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_PLUGGED, q);
-		kblockd_schedule_work(q, &q->unplug_work);
-	}
-}
-
 /**
  * blk_start_queue - restart a previously stopped queue
  * @q:    The &struct request_queue in question
@@ -365,7 +345,7 @@
 	WARN_ON(!irqs_disabled());
 
 	queue_flag_clear(QUEUE_FLAG_STOPPED, q);
-	blk_invoke_request_fn(q);
+	__blk_run_queue(q);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_start_queue);
 
@@ -425,12 +405,23 @@
 {
 	blk_remove_plug(q);
 
+	if (unlikely(blk_queue_stopped(q)))
+		return;
+
+	if (elv_queue_empty(q))
+		return;
+
 	/*
 	 * Only recurse once to avoid overrunning the stack, let the unplug
 	 * handling reinvoke the handler shortly if we already got there.
 	 */
-	if (!elv_queue_empty(q))
-		blk_invoke_request_fn(q);
+	if (!queue_flag_test_and_set(QUEUE_FLAG_REENTER, q)) {
+		q->request_fn(q);
+		queue_flag_clear(QUEUE_FLAG_REENTER, q);
+	} else {
+		queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_PLUGGED, q);
+		kblockd_schedule_work(q, &q->unplug_work);
+	}
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__blk_run_queue);
 
@@ -440,9 +431,7 @@
  *
  * Description:
  *    Invoke request handling on this queue, if it has pending work to do.
- *    May be used to restart queueing when a request has completed. Also
- *    See @blk_start_queueing.
- *
+ *    May be used to restart queueing when a request has completed.
  */
 void blk_run_queue(struct request_queue *q)
 {
@@ -902,26 +891,58 @@
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_get_request);
 
 /**
- * blk_start_queueing - initiate dispatch of requests to device
- * @q:		request queue to kick into gear
+ * blk_make_request - given a bio, allocate a corresponding struct request.
  *
- * This is basically a helper to remove the need to know whether a queue
- * is plugged or not if someone just wants to initiate dispatch of requests
- * for this queue. Should be used to start queueing on a device outside
- * of ->request_fn() context. Also see @blk_run_queue.
+ * @bio:  The bio describing the memory mappings that will be submitted for IO.
+ *        It may be a chained-bio properly constructed by block/bio layer.
  *
- * The queue lock must be held with interrupts disabled.
+ * blk_make_request is the parallel of generic_make_request for BLOCK_PC
+ * type commands. Where the struct request needs to be farther initialized by
+ * the caller. It is passed a &struct bio, which describes the memory info of
+ * the I/O transfer.
+ *
+ * The caller of blk_make_request must make sure that bi_io_vec
+ * are set to describe the memory buffers. That bio_data_dir() will return
+ * the needed direction of the request. (And all bio's in the passed bio-chain
+ * are properly set accordingly)
+ *
+ * If called under none-sleepable conditions, mapped bio buffers must not
+ * need bouncing, by calling the appropriate masked or flagged allocator,
+ * suitable for the target device. Otherwise the call to blk_queue_bounce will
+ * BUG.
+ *
+ * WARNING: When allocating/cloning a bio-chain, careful consideration should be
+ * given to how you allocate bios. In particular, you cannot use __GFP_WAIT for
+ * anything but the first bio in the chain. Otherwise you risk waiting for IO
+ * completion of a bio that hasn't been submitted yet, thus resulting in a
+ * deadlock. Alternatively bios should be allocated using bio_kmalloc() instead
+ * of bio_alloc(), as that avoids the mempool deadlock.
+ * If possible a big IO should be split into smaller parts when allocation
+ * fails. Partial allocation should not be an error, or you risk a live-lock.
  */
-void blk_start_queueing(struct request_queue *q)
+struct request *blk_make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio,
+				 gfp_t gfp_mask)
 {
-	if (!blk_queue_plugged(q)) {
-		if (unlikely(blk_queue_stopped(q)))
-			return;
-		q->request_fn(q);
-	} else
-		__generic_unplug_device(q);
+	struct request *rq = blk_get_request(q, bio_data_dir(bio), gfp_mask);
+
+	if (unlikely(!rq))
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+	for_each_bio(bio) {
+		struct bio *bounce_bio = bio;
+		int ret;
+
+		blk_queue_bounce(q, &bounce_bio);
+		ret = blk_rq_append_bio(q, rq, bounce_bio);
+		if (unlikely(ret)) {
+			blk_put_request(rq);
+			return ERR_PTR(ret);
+		}
+	}
+
+	return rq;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_start_queueing);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_make_request);
 
 /**
  * blk_requeue_request - put a request back on queue
@@ -935,6 +956,8 @@
  */
 void blk_requeue_request(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq)
 {
+	BUG_ON(blk_queued_rq(rq));
+
 	blk_delete_timer(rq);
 	blk_clear_rq_complete(rq);
 	trace_block_rq_requeue(q, rq);
@@ -977,7 +1000,6 @@
 	 * barrier
 	 */
 	rq->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_SPECIAL;
-	rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_SOFTBARRIER;
 
 	rq->special = data;
 
@@ -991,7 +1013,7 @@
 
 	drive_stat_acct(rq, 1);
 	__elv_add_request(q, rq, where, 0);
-	blk_start_queueing(q);
+	__blk_run_queue(q);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(q->queue_lock, flags);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_insert_request);
@@ -1113,16 +1135,13 @@
 	if (bio_failfast_driver(bio))
 		req->cmd_flags |= REQ_FAILFAST_DRIVER;
 
-	/*
-	 * REQ_BARRIER implies no merging, but lets make it explicit
-	 */
 	if (unlikely(bio_discard(bio))) {
 		req->cmd_flags |= REQ_DISCARD;
 		if (bio_barrier(bio))
 			req->cmd_flags |= REQ_SOFTBARRIER;
 		req->q->prepare_discard_fn(req->q, req);
 	} else if (unlikely(bio_barrier(bio)))
-		req->cmd_flags |= (REQ_HARDBARRIER | REQ_NOMERGE);
+		req->cmd_flags |= REQ_HARDBARRIER;
 
 	if (bio_sync(bio))
 		req->cmd_flags |= REQ_RW_SYNC;
@@ -1132,9 +1151,8 @@
 		req->cmd_flags |= REQ_NOIDLE;
 
 	req->errors = 0;
-	req->hard_sector = req->sector = bio->bi_sector;
+	req->__sector = bio->bi_sector;
 	req->ioprio = bio_prio(bio);
-	req->start_time = jiffies;
 	blk_rq_bio_prep(req->q, req, bio);
 }
 
@@ -1150,14 +1168,13 @@
 static int __make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 {
 	struct request *req;
-	int el_ret, nr_sectors;
+	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);
 	int rw_flags;
 
-	nr_sectors = bio_sectors(bio);
-
 	/*
 	 * low level driver can indicate that it wants pages above a
 	 * certain limit bounced to low memory (ie for highmem, or even
@@ -1182,7 +1199,7 @@
 
 		req->biotail->bi_next = bio;
 		req->biotail = bio;
-		req->nr_sectors = req->hard_nr_sectors += nr_sectors;
+		req->__data_len += bytes;
 		req->ioprio = ioprio_best(req->ioprio, prio);
 		if (!blk_rq_cpu_valid(req))
 			req->cpu = bio->bi_comp_cpu;
@@ -1208,10 +1225,8 @@
 		 * not touch req->buffer either...
 		 */
 		req->buffer = bio_data(bio);
-		req->current_nr_sectors = bio_cur_sectors(bio);
-		req->hard_cur_sectors = req->current_nr_sectors;
-		req->sector = req->hard_sector = bio->bi_sector;
-		req->nr_sectors = req->hard_nr_sectors += nr_sectors;
+		req->__sector = bio->bi_sector;
+		req->__data_len += bytes;
 		req->ioprio = ioprio_best(req->ioprio, prio);
 		if (!blk_rq_cpu_valid(req))
 			req->cpu = bio->bi_comp_cpu;
@@ -1593,8 +1608,8 @@
  */
 int blk_rq_check_limits(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq)
 {
-	if (rq->nr_sectors > q->max_sectors ||
-	    rq->data_len > q->max_hw_sectors << 9) {
+	if (blk_rq_sectors(rq) > q->max_sectors ||
+	    blk_rq_bytes(rq) > q->max_hw_sectors << 9) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: over max size limit.\n", __func__);
 		return -EIO;
 	}
@@ -1651,40 +1666,15 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_insert_cloned_request);
 
-/**
- * blkdev_dequeue_request - dequeue request and start timeout timer
- * @req: request to dequeue
- *
- * Dequeue @req and start timeout timer on it.  This hands off the
- * request to the driver.
- *
- * Block internal functions which don't want to start timer should
- * call elv_dequeue_request().
- */
-void blkdev_dequeue_request(struct request *req)
-{
-	elv_dequeue_request(req->q, req);
-
-	/*
-	 * We are now handing the request to the hardware, add the
-	 * timeout handler.
-	 */
-	blk_add_timer(req);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(blkdev_dequeue_request);
-
 static void blk_account_io_completion(struct request *req, unsigned int bytes)
 {
-	if (!blk_do_io_stat(req))
-		return;
-
-	if (blk_fs_request(req)) {
+	if (blk_do_io_stat(req)) {
 		const int rw = rq_data_dir(req);
 		struct hd_struct *part;
 		int cpu;
 
 		cpu = part_stat_lock();
-		part = disk_map_sector_rcu(req->rq_disk, req->sector);
+		part = disk_map_sector_rcu(req->rq_disk, blk_rq_pos(req));
 		part_stat_add(cpu, part, sectors[rw], bytes >> 9);
 		part_stat_unlock();
 	}
@@ -1692,22 +1682,19 @@
 
 static void blk_account_io_done(struct request *req)
 {
-	if (!blk_do_io_stat(req))
-		return;
-
 	/*
 	 * Account IO completion.  bar_rq isn't accounted as a normal
 	 * IO on queueing nor completion.  Accounting the containing
 	 * request is enough.
 	 */
-	if (blk_fs_request(req) && req != &req->q->bar_rq) {
+	if (blk_do_io_stat(req) && req != &req->q->bar_rq) {
 		unsigned long duration = jiffies - req->start_time;
 		const int rw = rq_data_dir(req);
 		struct hd_struct *part;
 		int cpu;
 
 		cpu = part_stat_lock();
-		part = disk_map_sector_rcu(req->rq_disk, req->sector);
+		part = disk_map_sector_rcu(req->rq_disk, blk_rq_pos(req));
 
 		part_stat_inc(cpu, part, ios[rw]);
 		part_stat_add(cpu, part, ticks[rw], duration);
@@ -1719,38 +1706,218 @@
 }
 
 /**
- * __end_that_request_first - end I/O on a request
- * @req:      the request being processed
- * @error:    %0 for success, < %0 for error
- * @nr_bytes: number of bytes to complete
+ * blk_peek_request - peek at the top of a request queue
+ * @q: request queue to peek at
  *
  * Description:
- *     Ends I/O on a number of bytes attached to @req, and sets it up
- *     for the next range of segments (if any) in the cluster.
+ *     Return the request at the top of @q.  The returned request
+ *     should be started using blk_start_request() before LLD starts
+ *     processing it.
  *
  * Return:
- *     %0 - we are done with this request, call end_that_request_last()
- *     %1 - still buffers pending for this request
+ *     Pointer to the request at the top of @q if available.  Null
+ *     otherwise.
+ *
+ * Context:
+ *     queue_lock must be held.
+ */
+struct request *blk_peek_request(struct request_queue *q)
+{
+	struct request *rq;
+	int ret;
+
+	while ((rq = __elv_next_request(q)) != NULL) {
+		if (!(rq->cmd_flags & REQ_STARTED)) {
+			/*
+			 * This is the first time the device driver
+			 * sees this request (possibly after
+			 * requeueing).  Notify IO scheduler.
+			 */
+			if (blk_sorted_rq(rq))
+				elv_activate_rq(q, rq);
+
+			/*
+			 * just mark as started even if we don't start
+			 * it, a request that has been delayed should
+			 * not be passed by new incoming requests
+			 */
+			rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_STARTED;
+			trace_block_rq_issue(q, rq);
+		}
+
+		if (!q->boundary_rq || q->boundary_rq == rq) {
+			q->end_sector = rq_end_sector(rq);
+			q->boundary_rq = NULL;
+		}
+
+		if (rq->cmd_flags & REQ_DONTPREP)
+			break;
+
+		if (q->dma_drain_size && blk_rq_bytes(rq)) {
+			/*
+			 * make sure space for the drain appears we
+			 * know we can do this because max_hw_segments
+			 * has been adjusted to be one fewer than the
+			 * device can handle
+			 */
+			rq->nr_phys_segments++;
+		}
+
+		if (!q->prep_rq_fn)
+			break;
+
+		ret = q->prep_rq_fn(q, rq);
+		if (ret == BLKPREP_OK) {
+			break;
+		} else if (ret == BLKPREP_DEFER) {
+			/*
+			 * the request may have been (partially) prepped.
+			 * we need to keep this request in the front to
+			 * avoid resource deadlock.  REQ_STARTED will
+			 * prevent other fs requests from passing this one.
+			 */
+			if (q->dma_drain_size && blk_rq_bytes(rq) &&
+			    !(rq->cmd_flags & REQ_DONTPREP)) {
+				/*
+				 * remove the space for the drain we added
+				 * so that we don't add it again
+				 */
+				--rq->nr_phys_segments;
+			}
+
+			rq = NULL;
+			break;
+		} else if (ret == BLKPREP_KILL) {
+			rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_QUIET;
+			__blk_end_request_all(rq, -EIO);
+		} else {
+			printk(KERN_ERR "%s: bad return=%d\n", __func__, ret);
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return rq;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_peek_request);
+
+void blk_dequeue_request(struct request *rq)
+{
+	struct request_queue *q = rq->q;
+
+	BUG_ON(list_empty(&rq->queuelist));
+	BUG_ON(ELV_ON_HASH(rq));
+
+	list_del_init(&rq->queuelist);
+
+	/*
+	 * the time frame between a request being removed from the lists
+	 * and to it is freed is accounted as io that is in progress at
+	 * the driver side.
+	 */
+	if (blk_account_rq(rq))
+		q->in_flight[rq_is_sync(rq)]++;
+}
+
+/**
+ * blk_start_request - start request processing on the driver
+ * @req: request to dequeue
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *     Dequeue @req and start timeout timer on it.  This hands off the
+ *     request to the driver.
+ *
+ *     Block internal functions which don't want to start timer should
+ *     call blk_dequeue_request().
+ *
+ * Context:
+ *     queue_lock must be held.
+ */
+void blk_start_request(struct request *req)
+{
+	blk_dequeue_request(req);
+
+	/*
+	 * We are now handing the request to the hardware, initialize
+	 * resid_len to full count and add the timeout handler.
+	 */
+	req->resid_len = blk_rq_bytes(req);
+	blk_add_timer(req);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_start_request);
+
+/**
+ * blk_fetch_request - fetch a request from a request queue
+ * @q: request queue to fetch a request from
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *     Return the request at the top of @q.  The request is started on
+ *     return and LLD can start processing it immediately.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ *     Pointer to the request at the top of @q if available.  Null
+ *     otherwise.
+ *
+ * Context:
+ *     queue_lock must be held.
+ */
+struct request *blk_fetch_request(struct request_queue *q)
+{
+	struct request *rq;
+
+	rq = blk_peek_request(q);
+	if (rq)
+		blk_start_request(rq);
+	return rq;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_fetch_request);
+
+/**
+ * blk_update_request - Special helper function for request stacking drivers
+ * @rq:	      the request being processed
+ * @error:    %0 for success, < %0 for error
+ * @nr_bytes: number of bytes to complete @rq
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *     Ends I/O on a number of bytes attached to @rq, but doesn't complete
+ *     the request structure even if @rq doesn't have leftover.
+ *     If @rq has leftover, sets it up for the next range of segments.
+ *
+ *     This special helper function is only for request stacking drivers
+ *     (e.g. request-based dm) so that they can handle partial completion.
+ *     Actual device drivers should use blk_end_request instead.
+ *
+ *     Passing the result of blk_rq_bytes() as @nr_bytes guarantees
+ *     %false return from this function.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ *     %false - this request doesn't have any more data
+ *     %true  - this request has more data
  **/
-static int __end_that_request_first(struct request *req, int error,
-				    int nr_bytes)
+bool blk_update_request(struct request *req, int error, unsigned int nr_bytes)
 {
 	int total_bytes, bio_nbytes, next_idx = 0;
 	struct bio *bio;
 
+	if (!req->bio)
+		return false;
+
 	trace_block_rq_complete(req->q, req);
 
 	/*
-	 * for a REQ_TYPE_BLOCK_PC request, we want to carry any eventual
-	 * sense key with us all the way through
+	 * For fs requests, rq is just carrier of independent bio's
+	 * and each partial completion should be handled separately.
+	 * Reset per-request error on each partial completion.
+	 *
+	 * TODO: tj: This is too subtle.  It would be better to let
+	 * low level drivers do what they see fit.
 	 */
-	if (!blk_pc_request(req))
+	if (blk_fs_request(req))
 		req->errors = 0;
 
 	if (error && (blk_fs_request(req) && !(req->cmd_flags & REQ_QUIET))) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "end_request: I/O error, dev %s, sector %llu\n",
 				req->rq_disk ? req->rq_disk->disk_name : "?",
-				(unsigned long long)req->sector);
+				(unsigned long long)blk_rq_pos(req));
 	}
 
 	blk_account_io_completion(req, nr_bytes);
@@ -1810,8 +1977,15 @@
 	/*
 	 * completely done
 	 */
-	if (!req->bio)
-		return 0;
+	if (!req->bio) {
+		/*
+		 * Reset counters so that the request stacking driver
+		 * can find how many bytes remain in the request
+		 * later.
+		 */
+		req->__data_len = 0;
+		return false;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * if the request wasn't completed, update state
@@ -1823,22 +1997,56 @@
 		bio_iovec(bio)->bv_len -= nr_bytes;
 	}
 
-	blk_recalc_rq_sectors(req, total_bytes >> 9);
+	req->__data_len -= total_bytes;
+	req->buffer = bio_data(req->bio);
+
+	/* update sector only for requests with clear definition of sector */
+	if (blk_fs_request(req) || blk_discard_rq(req))
+		req->__sector += total_bytes >> 9;
+
+	/*
+	 * If total number of sectors is less than the first segment
+	 * size, something has gone terribly wrong.
+	 */
+	if (blk_rq_bytes(req) < blk_rq_cur_bytes(req)) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "blk: request botched\n");
+		req->__data_len = blk_rq_cur_bytes(req);
+	}
+
+	/* recalculate the number of segments */
 	blk_recalc_rq_segments(req);
-	return 1;
+
+	return true;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_update_request);
+
+static bool blk_update_bidi_request(struct request *rq, int error,
+				    unsigned int nr_bytes,
+				    unsigned int bidi_bytes)
+{
+	if (blk_update_request(rq, error, nr_bytes))
+		return true;
+
+	/* Bidi request must be completed as a whole */
+	if (unlikely(blk_bidi_rq(rq)) &&
+	    blk_update_request(rq->next_rq, error, bidi_bytes))
+		return true;
+
+	add_disk_randomness(rq->rq_disk);
+
+	return false;
 }
 
 /*
  * queue lock must be held
  */
-static void end_that_request_last(struct request *req, int error)
+static void blk_finish_request(struct request *req, int error)
 {
+	BUG_ON(blk_queued_rq(req));
+
 	if (blk_rq_tagged(req))
 		blk_queue_end_tag(req->q, req);
 
-	if (blk_queued_rq(req))
-		elv_dequeue_request(req->q, req);
-
 	if (unlikely(laptop_mode) && blk_fs_request(req))
 		laptop_io_completion();
 
@@ -1857,117 +2065,62 @@
 }
 
 /**
- * blk_rq_bytes - Returns bytes left to complete in the entire request
- * @rq: the request being processed
- **/
-unsigned int blk_rq_bytes(struct request *rq)
-{
-	if (blk_fs_request(rq))
-		return rq->hard_nr_sectors << 9;
-
-	return rq->data_len;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_rq_bytes);
-
-/**
- * blk_rq_cur_bytes - Returns bytes left to complete in the current segment
- * @rq: the request being processed
- **/
-unsigned int blk_rq_cur_bytes(struct request *rq)
-{
-	if (blk_fs_request(rq))
-		return rq->current_nr_sectors << 9;
-
-	if (rq->bio)
-		return rq->bio->bi_size;
-
-	return rq->data_len;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_rq_cur_bytes);
-
-/**
- * end_request - end I/O on the current segment of the request
- * @req:	the request being processed
- * @uptodate:	error value or %0/%1 uptodate flag
- *
- * Description:
- *     Ends I/O on the current segment of a request. If that is the only
- *     remaining segment, the request is also completed and freed.
- *
- *     This is a remnant of how older block drivers handled I/O completions.
- *     Modern drivers typically end I/O on the full request in one go, unless
- *     they have a residual value to account for. For that case this function
- *     isn't really useful, unless the residual just happens to be the
- *     full current segment. In other words, don't use this function in new
- *     code. Use blk_end_request() or __blk_end_request() to end a request.
- **/
-void end_request(struct request *req, int uptodate)
-{
-	int error = 0;
-
-	if (uptodate <= 0)
-		error = uptodate ? uptodate : -EIO;
-
-	__blk_end_request(req, error, req->hard_cur_sectors << 9);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(end_request);
-
-static int end_that_request_data(struct request *rq, int error,
-				 unsigned int nr_bytes, unsigned int bidi_bytes)
-{
-	if (rq->bio) {
-		if (__end_that_request_first(rq, error, nr_bytes))
-			return 1;
-
-		/* Bidi request must be completed as a whole */
-		if (blk_bidi_rq(rq) &&
-		    __end_that_request_first(rq->next_rq, error, bidi_bytes))
-			return 1;
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-/**
- * blk_end_io - Generic end_io function to complete a request.
- * @rq:           the request being processed
- * @error:        %0 for success, < %0 for error
- * @nr_bytes:     number of bytes to complete @rq
- * @bidi_bytes:   number of bytes to complete @rq->next_rq
- * @drv_callback: function called between completion of bios in the request
- *                and completion of the request.
- *                If the callback returns non %0, this helper returns without
- *                completion of the request.
+ * blk_end_bidi_request - Complete a bidi request
+ * @rq:         the request to complete
+ * @error:      %0 for success, < %0 for error
+ * @nr_bytes:   number of bytes to complete @rq
+ * @bidi_bytes: number of bytes to complete @rq->next_rq
  *
  * Description:
  *     Ends I/O on a number of bytes attached to @rq and @rq->next_rq.
- *     If @rq has leftover, sets it up for the next range of segments.
+ *     Drivers that supports bidi can safely call this member for any
+ *     type of request, bidi or uni.  In the later case @bidi_bytes is
+ *     just ignored.
  *
  * Return:
- *     %0 - we are done with this request
- *     %1 - this request is not freed yet, it still has pending buffers.
+ *     %false - we are done with this request
+ *     %true  - still buffers pending for this request
  **/
-static int blk_end_io(struct request *rq, int error, unsigned int nr_bytes,
-		      unsigned int bidi_bytes,
-		      int (drv_callback)(struct request *))
+static bool blk_end_bidi_request(struct request *rq, int error,
+				 unsigned int nr_bytes, unsigned int bidi_bytes)
 {
 	struct request_queue *q = rq->q;
-	unsigned long flags = 0UL;
+	unsigned long flags;
 
-	if (end_that_request_data(rq, error, nr_bytes, bidi_bytes))
-		return 1;
-
-	/* Special feature for tricky drivers */
-	if (drv_callback && drv_callback(rq))
-		return 1;
-
-	add_disk_randomness(rq->rq_disk);
+	if (blk_update_bidi_request(rq, error, nr_bytes, bidi_bytes))
+		return true;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(q->queue_lock, flags);
-	end_that_request_last(rq, error);
+	blk_finish_request(rq, error);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(q->queue_lock, flags);
 
-	return 0;
+	return false;
+}
+
+/**
+ * __blk_end_bidi_request - Complete a bidi request with queue lock held
+ * @rq:         the request to complete
+ * @error:      %0 for success, < %0 for error
+ * @nr_bytes:   number of bytes to complete @rq
+ * @bidi_bytes: number of bytes to complete @rq->next_rq
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *     Identical to blk_end_bidi_request() except that queue lock is
+ *     assumed to be locked on entry and remains so on return.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ *     %false - we are done with this request
+ *     %true  - still buffers pending for this request
+ **/
+static bool __blk_end_bidi_request(struct request *rq, int error,
+				   unsigned int nr_bytes, unsigned int bidi_bytes)
+{
+	if (blk_update_bidi_request(rq, error, nr_bytes, bidi_bytes))
+		return true;
+
+	blk_finish_request(rq, error);
+
+	return false;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1981,16 +2134,55 @@
  *     If @rq has leftover, sets it up for the next range of segments.
  *
  * Return:
- *     %0 - we are done with this request
- *     %1 - still buffers pending for this request
+ *     %false - we are done with this request
+ *     %true  - still buffers pending for this request
  **/
-int blk_end_request(struct request *rq, int error, unsigned int nr_bytes)
+bool blk_end_request(struct request *rq, int error, unsigned int nr_bytes)
 {
-	return blk_end_io(rq, error, nr_bytes, 0, NULL);
+	return blk_end_bidi_request(rq, error, nr_bytes, 0);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_end_request);
 
 /**
+ * blk_end_request_all - Helper function for drives to finish the request.
+ * @rq: the request to finish
+ * @err: %0 for success, < %0 for error
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *     Completely finish @rq.
+ */
+void blk_end_request_all(struct request *rq, int error)
+{
+	bool pending;
+	unsigned int bidi_bytes = 0;
+
+	if (unlikely(blk_bidi_rq(rq)))
+		bidi_bytes = blk_rq_bytes(rq->next_rq);
+
+	pending = blk_end_bidi_request(rq, error, blk_rq_bytes(rq), bidi_bytes);
+	BUG_ON(pending);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_end_request_all);
+
+/**
+ * blk_end_request_cur - Helper function to finish the current request chunk.
+ * @rq: the request to finish the current chunk for
+ * @err: %0 for success, < %0 for error
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *     Complete the current consecutively mapped chunk from @rq.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ *     %false - we are done with this request
+ *     %true  - still buffers pending for this request
+ */
+bool blk_end_request_cur(struct request *rq, int error)
+{
+	return blk_end_request(rq, error, blk_rq_cur_bytes(rq));
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_end_request_cur);
+
+/**
  * __blk_end_request - Helper function for drivers to complete the request.
  * @rq:       the request being processed
  * @error:    %0 for success, < %0 for error
@@ -2000,105 +2192,54 @@
  *     Must be called with queue lock held unlike blk_end_request().
  *
  * Return:
- *     %0 - we are done with this request
- *     %1 - still buffers pending for this request
+ *     %false - we are done with this request
+ *     %true  - still buffers pending for this request
  **/
-int __blk_end_request(struct request *rq, int error, unsigned int nr_bytes)
+bool __blk_end_request(struct request *rq, int error, unsigned int nr_bytes)
 {
-	if (rq->bio && __end_that_request_first(rq, error, nr_bytes))
-		return 1;
-
-	add_disk_randomness(rq->rq_disk);
-
-	end_that_request_last(rq, error);
-
-	return 0;
+	return __blk_end_bidi_request(rq, error, nr_bytes, 0);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__blk_end_request);
 
 /**
- * blk_end_bidi_request - Helper function for drivers to complete bidi request.
- * @rq:         the bidi request being processed
- * @error:      %0 for success, < %0 for error
- * @nr_bytes:   number of bytes to complete @rq
- * @bidi_bytes: number of bytes to complete @rq->next_rq
+ * __blk_end_request_all - Helper function for drives to finish the request.
+ * @rq: the request to finish
+ * @err: %0 for success, < %0 for error
  *
  * Description:
- *     Ends I/O on a number of bytes attached to @rq and @rq->next_rq.
- *
- * Return:
- *     %0 - we are done with this request
- *     %1 - still buffers pending for this request
- **/
-int blk_end_bidi_request(struct request *rq, int error, unsigned int nr_bytes,
-			 unsigned int bidi_bytes)
-{
-	return blk_end_io(rq, error, nr_bytes, bidi_bytes, NULL);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_end_bidi_request);
-
-/**
- * blk_update_request - Special helper function for request stacking drivers
- * @rq:           the request being processed
- * @error:        %0 for success, < %0 for error
- * @nr_bytes:     number of bytes to complete @rq
- *
- * Description:
- *     Ends I/O on a number of bytes attached to @rq, but doesn't complete
- *     the request structure even if @rq doesn't have leftover.
- *     If @rq has leftover, sets it up for the next range of segments.
- *
- *     This special helper function is only for request stacking drivers
- *     (e.g. request-based dm) so that they can handle partial completion.
- *     Actual device drivers should use blk_end_request instead.
+ *     Completely finish @rq.  Must be called with queue lock held.
  */
-void blk_update_request(struct request *rq, int error, unsigned int nr_bytes)
+void __blk_end_request_all(struct request *rq, int error)
 {
-	if (!end_that_request_data(rq, error, nr_bytes, 0)) {
-		/*
-		 * These members are not updated in end_that_request_data()
-		 * when all bios are completed.
-		 * Update them so that the request stacking driver can find
-		 * how many bytes remain in the request later.
-		 */
-		rq->nr_sectors = rq->hard_nr_sectors = 0;
-		rq->current_nr_sectors = rq->hard_cur_sectors = 0;
-	}
+	bool pending;
+	unsigned int bidi_bytes = 0;
+
+	if (unlikely(blk_bidi_rq(rq)))
+		bidi_bytes = blk_rq_bytes(rq->next_rq);
+
+	pending = __blk_end_bidi_request(rq, error, blk_rq_bytes(rq), bidi_bytes);
+	BUG_ON(pending);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_update_request);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__blk_end_request_all);
 
 /**
- * blk_end_request_callback - Special helper function for tricky drivers
- * @rq:           the request being processed
- * @error:        %0 for success, < %0 for error
- * @nr_bytes:     number of bytes to complete
- * @drv_callback: function called between completion of bios in the request
- *                and completion of the request.
- *                If the callback returns non %0, this helper returns without
- *                completion of the request.
+ * __blk_end_request_cur - Helper function to finish the current request chunk.
+ * @rq: the request to finish the current chunk for
+ * @err: %0 for success, < %0 for error
  *
  * Description:
- *     Ends I/O on a number of bytes attached to @rq.
- *     If @rq has leftover, sets it up for the next range of segments.
- *
- *     This special helper function is used only for existing tricky drivers.
- *     (e.g. cdrom_newpc_intr() of ide-cd)
- *     This interface will be removed when such drivers are rewritten.
- *     Don't use this interface in other places anymore.
+ *     Complete the current consecutively mapped chunk from @rq.  Must
+ *     be called with queue lock held.
  *
  * Return:
- *     %0 - we are done with this request
- *     %1 - this request is not freed yet.
- *          this request still has pending buffers or
- *          the driver doesn't want to finish this request yet.
- **/
-int blk_end_request_callback(struct request *rq, int error,
-			     unsigned int nr_bytes,
-			     int (drv_callback)(struct request *))
+ *     %false - we are done with this request
+ *     %true  - still buffers pending for this request
+ */
+bool __blk_end_request_cur(struct request *rq, int error)
 {
-	return blk_end_io(rq, error, nr_bytes, 0, drv_callback);
+	return __blk_end_request(rq, error, blk_rq_cur_bytes(rq));
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_end_request_callback);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__blk_end_request_cur);
 
 void blk_rq_bio_prep(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq,
 		     struct bio *bio)
@@ -2111,11 +2252,7 @@
 		rq->nr_phys_segments = bio_phys_segments(q, bio);
 		rq->buffer = bio_data(bio);
 	}
-	rq->current_nr_sectors = bio_cur_sectors(bio);
-	rq->hard_cur_sectors = rq->current_nr_sectors;
-	rq->hard_nr_sectors = rq->nr_sectors = bio_sectors(bio);
-	rq->data_len = bio->bi_size;
-
+	rq->__data_len = bio->bi_size;
 	rq->bio = rq->biotail = bio;
 
 	if (bio->bi_bdev)
@@ -2158,6 +2295,9 @@
 
 int __init blk_dev_init(void)
 {
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(__REQ_NR_BITS > 8 *
+			sizeof(((struct request *)0)->cmd_flags));
+
 	kblockd_workqueue = create_workqueue("kblockd");
 	if (!kblockd_workqueue)
 		panic("Failed to create kblockd\n");
diff --git a/block/blk-exec.c b/block/blk-exec.c
index 6af716d..49557e9 100644
--- a/block/blk-exec.c
+++ b/block/blk-exec.c
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@
 	int where = at_head ? ELEVATOR_INSERT_FRONT : ELEVATOR_INSERT_BACK;
 
 	rq->rq_disk = bd_disk;
-	rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_NOMERGE;
 	rq->end_io = done;
 	WARN_ON(irqs_disabled());
 	spin_lock_irq(q->queue_lock);
diff --git a/block/blk-map.c b/block/blk-map.c
index f103729..ef2492a 100644
--- a/block/blk-map.c
+++ b/block/blk-map.c
@@ -20,11 +20,10 @@
 		rq->biotail->bi_next = bio;
 		rq->biotail = bio;
 
-		rq->data_len += bio->bi_size;
+		rq->__data_len += bio->bi_size;
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_rq_append_bio);
 
 static int __blk_rq_unmap_user(struct bio *bio)
 {
@@ -156,7 +155,7 @@
 	if (!bio_flagged(bio, BIO_USER_MAPPED))
 		rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_COPY_USER;
 
-	rq->buffer = rq->data = NULL;
+	rq->buffer = NULL;
 	return 0;
 unmap_rq:
 	blk_rq_unmap_user(bio);
@@ -235,7 +234,7 @@
 	blk_queue_bounce(q, &bio);
 	bio_get(bio);
 	blk_rq_bio_prep(q, rq, bio);
-	rq->buffer = rq->data = NULL;
+	rq->buffer = NULL;
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_rq_map_user_iov);
@@ -282,7 +281,8 @@
  *
  * Description:
  *    Data will be mapped directly if possible. Otherwise a bounce
- *    buffer is used.
+ *    buffer is used. Can be called multple times to append multple
+ *    buffers.
  */
 int blk_rq_map_kern(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq, void *kbuf,
 		    unsigned int len, gfp_t gfp_mask)
@@ -290,6 +290,7 @@
 	int reading = rq_data_dir(rq) == READ;
 	int do_copy = 0;
 	struct bio *bio;
+	int ret;
 
 	if (len > (q->max_hw_sectors << 9))
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -311,9 +312,15 @@
 	if (do_copy)
 		rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_COPY_USER;
 
-	blk_rq_bio_prep(q, rq, bio);
+	ret = blk_rq_append_bio(q, rq, bio);
+	if (unlikely(ret)) {
+		/* request is too big */
+		bio_put(bio);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
 	blk_queue_bounce(q, &rq->bio);
-	rq->buffer = rq->data = NULL;
+	rq->buffer = NULL;
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_rq_map_kern);
diff --git a/block/blk-merge.c b/block/blk-merge.c
index 23d2a6f..4974dd5 100644
--- a/block/blk-merge.c
+++ b/block/blk-merge.c
@@ -9,35 +9,6 @@
 
 #include "blk.h"
 
-void blk_recalc_rq_sectors(struct request *rq, int nsect)
-{
-	if (blk_fs_request(rq) || blk_discard_rq(rq)) {
-		rq->hard_sector += nsect;
-		rq->hard_nr_sectors -= nsect;
-
-		/*
-		 * Move the I/O submission pointers ahead if required.
-		 */
-		if ((rq->nr_sectors >= rq->hard_nr_sectors) &&
-		    (rq->sector <= rq->hard_sector)) {
-			rq->sector = rq->hard_sector;
-			rq->nr_sectors = rq->hard_nr_sectors;
-			rq->hard_cur_sectors = bio_cur_sectors(rq->bio);
-			rq->current_nr_sectors = rq->hard_cur_sectors;
-			rq->buffer = bio_data(rq->bio);
-		}
-
-		/*
-		 * if total number of sectors is less than the first segment
-		 * size, something has gone terribly wrong
-		 */
-		if (rq->nr_sectors < rq->current_nr_sectors) {
-			printk(KERN_ERR "blk: request botched\n");
-			rq->nr_sectors = rq->current_nr_sectors;
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 static unsigned int __blk_recalc_rq_segments(struct request_queue *q,
 					     struct bio *bio)
 {
@@ -199,8 +170,9 @@
 
 
 	if (unlikely(rq->cmd_flags & REQ_COPY_USER) &&
-	    (rq->data_len & q->dma_pad_mask)) {
-		unsigned int pad_len = (q->dma_pad_mask & ~rq->data_len) + 1;
+	    (blk_rq_bytes(rq) & q->dma_pad_mask)) {
+		unsigned int pad_len =
+			(q->dma_pad_mask & ~blk_rq_bytes(rq)) + 1;
 
 		sg->length += pad_len;
 		rq->extra_len += pad_len;
@@ -259,7 +231,7 @@
 	else
 		max_sectors = q->max_sectors;
 
-	if (req->nr_sectors + bio_sectors(bio) > max_sectors) {
+	if (blk_rq_sectors(req) + bio_sectors(bio) > max_sectors) {
 		req->cmd_flags |= REQ_NOMERGE;
 		if (req == q->last_merge)
 			q->last_merge = NULL;
@@ -284,7 +256,7 @@
 		max_sectors = q->max_sectors;
 
 
-	if (req->nr_sectors + bio_sectors(bio) > max_sectors) {
+	if (blk_rq_sectors(req) + bio_sectors(bio) > max_sectors) {
 		req->cmd_flags |= REQ_NOMERGE;
 		if (req == q->last_merge)
 			q->last_merge = NULL;
@@ -315,7 +287,7 @@
 	/*
 	 * Will it become too large?
 	 */
-	if ((req->nr_sectors + next->nr_sectors) > q->max_sectors)
+	if ((blk_rq_sectors(req) + blk_rq_sectors(next)) > q->max_sectors)
 		return 0;
 
 	total_phys_segments = req->nr_phys_segments + next->nr_phys_segments;
@@ -345,7 +317,7 @@
 		int cpu;
 
 		cpu = part_stat_lock();
-		part = disk_map_sector_rcu(req->rq_disk, req->sector);
+		part = disk_map_sector_rcu(req->rq_disk, blk_rq_pos(req));
 
 		part_round_stats(cpu, part);
 		part_dec_in_flight(part);
@@ -366,7 +338,7 @@
 	/*
 	 * not contiguous
 	 */
-	if (req->sector + req->nr_sectors != next->sector)
+	if (blk_rq_pos(req) + blk_rq_sectors(req) != blk_rq_pos(next))
 		return 0;
 
 	if (rq_data_dir(req) != rq_data_dir(next)
@@ -398,7 +370,7 @@
 	req->biotail->bi_next = next->bio;
 	req->biotail = next->biotail;
 
-	req->nr_sectors = req->hard_nr_sectors += next->hard_nr_sectors;
+	req->__data_len += blk_rq_bytes(next);
 
 	elv_merge_requests(q, req, next);
 
diff --git a/block/blk-tag.c b/block/blk-tag.c
index 3c518e3..2e5cfeb 100644
--- a/block/blk-tag.c
+++ b/block/blk-tag.c
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@
 int blk_queue_start_tag(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq)
 {
 	struct blk_queue_tag *bqt = q->queue_tags;
-	unsigned max_depth, offset;
+	unsigned max_depth;
 	int tag;
 
 	if (unlikely((rq->cmd_flags & REQ_QUEUED))) {
@@ -355,13 +355,16 @@
 	 * to starve sync IO on behalf of flooding async IO.
 	 */
 	max_depth = bqt->max_depth;
-	if (rq_is_sync(rq))
-		offset = 0;
-	else
-		offset = max_depth >> 2;
+	if (!rq_is_sync(rq) && max_depth > 1) {
+		max_depth -= 2;
+		if (!max_depth)
+			max_depth = 1;
+		if (q->in_flight[0] > max_depth)
+			return 1;
+	}
 
 	do {
-		tag = find_next_zero_bit(bqt->tag_map, max_depth, offset);
+		tag = find_first_zero_bit(bqt->tag_map, max_depth);
 		if (tag >= max_depth)
 			return 1;
 
@@ -374,7 +377,7 @@
 	rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_QUEUED;
 	rq->tag = tag;
 	bqt->tag_index[tag] = rq;
-	blkdev_dequeue_request(rq);
+	blk_start_request(rq);
 	list_add(&rq->queuelist, &q->tag_busy_list);
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/block/blk-timeout.c b/block/blk-timeout.c
index 1ec0d50..1ba7e0a 100644
--- a/block/blk-timeout.c
+++ b/block/blk-timeout.c
@@ -122,10 +122,8 @@
 			if (blk_mark_rq_complete(rq))
 				continue;
 			blk_rq_timed_out(rq);
-		} else {
-			if (!next || time_after(next, rq->deadline))
-				next = rq->deadline;
-		}
+		} else if (!next || time_after(next, rq->deadline))
+			next = rq->deadline;
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -176,16 +174,14 @@
 	BUG_ON(!list_empty(&req->timeout_list));
 	BUG_ON(test_bit(REQ_ATOM_COMPLETE, &req->atomic_flags));
 
-	if (req->timeout)
-		req->deadline = jiffies + req->timeout;
-	else {
-		req->deadline = jiffies + q->rq_timeout;
-		/*
-		 * Some LLDs, like scsi, peek at the timeout to prevent
-		 * a command from being retried forever.
-		 */
+	/*
+	 * Some LLDs, like scsi, peek at the timeout to prevent a
+	 * command from being retried forever.
+	 */
+	if (!req->timeout)
 		req->timeout = q->rq_timeout;
-	}
+
+	req->deadline = jiffies + req->timeout;
 	list_add_tail(&req->timeout_list, &q->timeout_list);
 
 	/*
diff --git a/block/blk.h b/block/blk.h
index 79c85f7..c863ec2 100644
--- a/block/blk.h
+++ b/block/blk.h
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
 void init_request_from_bio(struct request *req, struct bio *bio);
 void blk_rq_bio_prep(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq,
 			struct bio *bio);
+int blk_rq_append_bio(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq,
+		      struct bio *bio);
+void blk_dequeue_request(struct request *rq);
 void __blk_queue_free_tags(struct request_queue *q);
 
 void blk_unplug_work(struct work_struct *work);
@@ -43,6 +46,43 @@
 	clear_bit(REQ_ATOM_COMPLETE, &rq->atomic_flags);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Internal elevator interface
+ */
+#define ELV_ON_HASH(rq)		(!hlist_unhashed(&(rq)->hash))
+
+static inline struct request *__elv_next_request(struct request_queue *q)
+{
+	struct request *rq;
+
+	while (1) {
+		while (!list_empty(&q->queue_head)) {
+			rq = list_entry_rq(q->queue_head.next);
+			if (blk_do_ordered(q, &rq))
+				return rq;
+		}
+
+		if (!q->elevator->ops->elevator_dispatch_fn(q, 0))
+			return NULL;
+	}
+}
+
+static inline void elv_activate_rq(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq)
+{
+	struct elevator_queue *e = q->elevator;
+
+	if (e->ops->elevator_activate_req_fn)
+		e->ops->elevator_activate_req_fn(q, rq);
+}
+
+static inline void elv_deactivate_rq(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq)
+{
+	struct elevator_queue *e = q->elevator;
+
+	if (e->ops->elevator_deactivate_req_fn)
+		e->ops->elevator_deactivate_req_fn(q, rq);
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_FAIL_IO_TIMEOUT
 int blk_should_fake_timeout(struct request_queue *);
 ssize_t part_timeout_show(struct device *, struct device_attribute *, char *);
@@ -64,7 +104,6 @@
 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_recalc_rq_sectors(struct request *rq, int nsect);
 
 void blk_queue_congestion_threshold(struct request_queue *q);
 
@@ -112,9 +151,17 @@
 #endif
 }
 
+/*
+ * Contribute to IO statistics IFF:
+ *
+ *	a) it's attached to a gendisk, and
+ *	b) the queue had IO stats enabled when this request was started, and
+ *	c) it's a file system request
+ */
 static inline int blk_do_io_stat(struct request *rq)
 {
-	return rq->rq_disk && blk_rq_io_stat(rq);
+	return rq->rq_disk && blk_rq_io_stat(rq) && blk_fs_request(rq) &&
+		blk_discard_rq(rq);
 }
 
 #endif
diff --git a/block/bsg.c b/block/bsg.c
index 206060e..2d746e3 100644
--- a/block/bsg.c
+++ b/block/bsg.c
@@ -445,14 +445,14 @@
 	}
 
 	if (rq->next_rq) {
-		hdr->dout_resid = rq->data_len;
-		hdr->din_resid = rq->next_rq->data_len;
+		hdr->dout_resid = rq->resid_len;
+		hdr->din_resid = rq->next_rq->resid_len;
 		blk_rq_unmap_user(bidi_bio);
 		blk_put_request(rq->next_rq);
 	} else if (rq_data_dir(rq) == READ)
-		hdr->din_resid = rq->data_len;
+		hdr->din_resid = rq->resid_len;
 	else
-		hdr->dout_resid = rq->data_len;
+		hdr->dout_resid = rq->resid_len;
 
 	/*
 	 * If the request generated a negative error number, return it
diff --git a/block/cfq-iosched.c b/block/cfq-iosched.c
index a55a9bd..99ac430 100644
--- a/block/cfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/cfq-iosched.c
@@ -349,8 +349,8 @@
 	else if (rq_is_meta(rq2) && !rq_is_meta(rq1))
 		return rq2;
 
-	s1 = rq1->sector;
-	s2 = rq2->sector;
+	s1 = blk_rq_pos(rq1);
+	s2 = blk_rq_pos(rq2);
 
 	last = cfqd->last_position;
 
@@ -579,9 +579,9 @@
 		 * Sort strictly based on sector.  Smallest to the left,
 		 * largest to the right.
 		 */
-		if (sector > cfqq->next_rq->sector)
+		if (sector > blk_rq_pos(cfqq->next_rq))
 			n = &(*p)->rb_right;
-		else if (sector < cfqq->next_rq->sector)
+		else if (sector < blk_rq_pos(cfqq->next_rq))
 			n = &(*p)->rb_left;
 		else
 			break;
@@ -611,8 +611,8 @@
 		return;
 
 	cfqq->p_root = &cfqd->prio_trees[cfqq->org_ioprio];
-	__cfqq = cfq_prio_tree_lookup(cfqd, cfqq->p_root, cfqq->next_rq->sector,
-					 &parent, &p);
+	__cfqq = cfq_prio_tree_lookup(cfqd, cfqq->p_root,
+				      blk_rq_pos(cfqq->next_rq), &parent, &p);
 	if (!__cfqq) {
 		rb_link_node(&cfqq->p_node, parent, p);
 		rb_insert_color(&cfqq->p_node, cfqq->p_root);
@@ -760,7 +760,7 @@
 	cfq_log_cfqq(cfqd, RQ_CFQQ(rq), "activate rq, drv=%d",
 						cfqd->rq_in_driver);
 
-	cfqd->last_position = rq->hard_sector + rq->hard_nr_sectors;
+	cfqd->last_position = blk_rq_pos(rq) + blk_rq_sectors(rq);
 }
 
 static void cfq_deactivate_request(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq)
@@ -949,10 +949,10 @@
 static inline sector_t cfq_dist_from_last(struct cfq_data *cfqd,
 					  struct request *rq)
 {
-	if (rq->sector >= cfqd->last_position)
-		return rq->sector - cfqd->last_position;
+	if (blk_rq_pos(rq) >= cfqd->last_position)
+		return blk_rq_pos(rq) - cfqd->last_position;
 	else
-		return cfqd->last_position - rq->sector;
+		return cfqd->last_position - blk_rq_pos(rq);
 }
 
 #define CIC_SEEK_THR	8 * 1024
@@ -996,7 +996,7 @@
 	if (cfq_rq_close(cfqd, __cfqq->next_rq))
 		return __cfqq;
 
-	if (__cfqq->next_rq->sector < sector)
+	if (blk_rq_pos(__cfqq->next_rq) < sector)
 		node = rb_next(&__cfqq->p_node);
 	else
 		node = rb_prev(&__cfqq->p_node);
@@ -1918,10 +1918,10 @@
 
 	if (!cic->last_request_pos)
 		sdist = 0;
-	else if (cic->last_request_pos < rq->sector)
-		sdist = rq->sector - cic->last_request_pos;
+	else if (cic->last_request_pos < blk_rq_pos(rq))
+		sdist = blk_rq_pos(rq) - cic->last_request_pos;
 	else
-		sdist = cic->last_request_pos - rq->sector;
+		sdist = cic->last_request_pos - blk_rq_pos(rq);
 
 	/*
 	 * Don't allow the seek distance to get too large from the
@@ -2071,7 +2071,7 @@
 	cfq_update_io_seektime(cfqd, cic, rq);
 	cfq_update_idle_window(cfqd, cfqq, cic);
 
-	cic->last_request_pos = rq->sector + rq->nr_sectors;
+	cic->last_request_pos = blk_rq_pos(rq) + blk_rq_sectors(rq);
 
 	if (cfqq == cfqd->active_queue) {
 		/*
@@ -2088,7 +2088,7 @@
 			if (blk_rq_bytes(rq) > PAGE_CACHE_SIZE ||
 			    cfqd->busy_queues > 1) {
 				del_timer(&cfqd->idle_slice_timer);
-				blk_start_queueing(cfqd->queue);
+			__blk_run_queue(cfqd->queue);
 			}
 			cfq_mark_cfqq_must_dispatch(cfqq);
 		}
@@ -2100,7 +2100,7 @@
 		 * this new queue is RT and the current one is BE
 		 */
 		cfq_preempt_queue(cfqd, cfqq);
-		blk_start_queueing(cfqd->queue);
+		__blk_run_queue(cfqd->queue);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -2345,7 +2345,7 @@
 	struct request_queue *q = cfqd->queue;
 
 	spin_lock_irq(q->queue_lock);
-	blk_start_queueing(q);
+	__blk_run_queue(cfqd->queue);
 	spin_unlock_irq(q->queue_lock);
 }
 
diff --git a/block/deadline-iosched.c b/block/deadline-iosched.c
index c4d991d..b547cbc 100644
--- a/block/deadline-iosched.c
+++ b/block/deadline-iosched.c
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
 
 		__rq = elv_rb_find(&dd->sort_list[bio_data_dir(bio)], sector);
 		if (__rq) {
-			BUG_ON(sector != __rq->sector);
+			BUG_ON(sector != blk_rq_pos(__rq));
 
 			if (elv_rq_merge_ok(__rq, bio)) {
 				ret = ELEVATOR_FRONT_MERGE;
diff --git a/block/elevator.c b/block/elevator.c
index 7073a90..ebee948 100644
--- a/block/elevator.c
+++ b/block/elevator.c
@@ -52,8 +52,7 @@
 #define ELV_HASH_FN(sec)	\
 		(hash_long(ELV_HASH_BLOCK((sec)), elv_hash_shift))
 #define ELV_HASH_ENTRIES	(1 << elv_hash_shift)
-#define rq_hash_key(rq)		((rq)->sector + (rq)->nr_sectors)
-#define ELV_ON_HASH(rq)		(!hlist_unhashed(&(rq)->hash))
+#define rq_hash_key(rq)		(blk_rq_pos(rq) + blk_rq_sectors(rq))
 
 DEFINE_TRACE(block_rq_insert);
 DEFINE_TRACE(block_rq_issue);
@@ -120,9 +119,9 @@
 	 * we can merge and sequence is ok, check if it's possible
 	 */
 	if (elv_rq_merge_ok(__rq, bio)) {
-		if (__rq->sector + __rq->nr_sectors == bio->bi_sector)
+		if (blk_rq_pos(__rq) + blk_rq_sectors(__rq) == bio->bi_sector)
 			ret = ELEVATOR_BACK_MERGE;
-		else if (__rq->sector - bio_sectors(bio) == bio->bi_sector)
+		else if (blk_rq_pos(__rq) - bio_sectors(bio) == bio->bi_sector)
 			ret = ELEVATOR_FRONT_MERGE;
 	}
 
@@ -310,22 +309,6 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(elevator_exit);
 
-static void elv_activate_rq(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq)
-{
-	struct elevator_queue *e = q->elevator;
-
-	if (e->ops->elevator_activate_req_fn)
-		e->ops->elevator_activate_req_fn(q, rq);
-}
-
-static void elv_deactivate_rq(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq)
-{
-	struct elevator_queue *e = q->elevator;
-
-	if (e->ops->elevator_deactivate_req_fn)
-		e->ops->elevator_deactivate_req_fn(q, rq);
-}
-
 static inline void __elv_rqhash_del(struct request *rq)
 {
 	hlist_del_init(&rq->hash);
@@ -387,9 +370,9 @@
 		parent = *p;
 		__rq = rb_entry(parent, struct request, rb_node);
 
-		if (rq->sector < __rq->sector)
+		if (blk_rq_pos(rq) < blk_rq_pos(__rq))
 			p = &(*p)->rb_left;
-		else if (rq->sector > __rq->sector)
+		else if (blk_rq_pos(rq) > blk_rq_pos(__rq))
 			p = &(*p)->rb_right;
 		else
 			return __rq;
@@ -417,9 +400,9 @@
 	while (n) {
 		rq = rb_entry(n, struct request, rb_node);
 
-		if (sector < rq->sector)
+		if (sector < blk_rq_pos(rq))
 			n = n->rb_left;
-		else if (sector > rq->sector)
+		else if (sector > blk_rq_pos(rq))
 			n = n->rb_right;
 		else
 			return rq;
@@ -458,14 +441,14 @@
 			break;
 		if (pos->cmd_flags & stop_flags)
 			break;
-		if (rq->sector >= boundary) {
-			if (pos->sector < boundary)
+		if (blk_rq_pos(rq) >= boundary) {
+			if (blk_rq_pos(pos) < boundary)
 				continue;
 		} else {
-			if (pos->sector >= boundary)
+			if (blk_rq_pos(pos) >= boundary)
 				break;
 		}
-		if (rq->sector >= pos->sector)
+		if (blk_rq_pos(rq) >= blk_rq_pos(pos))
 			break;
 	}
 
@@ -563,7 +546,7 @@
 	 * in_flight count again
 	 */
 	if (blk_account_rq(rq)) {
-		q->in_flight--;
+		q->in_flight[rq_is_sync(rq)]--;
 		if (blk_sorted_rq(rq))
 			elv_deactivate_rq(q, rq);
 	}
@@ -599,7 +582,7 @@
 	 */
 	elv_drain_elevator(q);
 	while (q->rq.elvpriv) {
-		blk_start_queueing(q);
+		__blk_run_queue(q);
 		spin_unlock_irq(q->queue_lock);
 		msleep(10);
 		spin_lock_irq(q->queue_lock);
@@ -643,8 +626,7 @@
 		 *   with anything.  There's no point in delaying queue
 		 *   processing.
 		 */
-		blk_remove_plug(q);
-		blk_start_queueing(q);
+		__blk_run_queue(q);
 		break;
 
 	case ELEVATOR_INSERT_SORT:
@@ -703,7 +685,7 @@
 
 	if (unplug_it && blk_queue_plugged(q)) {
 		int nrq = q->rq.count[BLK_RW_SYNC] + q->rq.count[BLK_RW_ASYNC]
-			- q->in_flight;
+				- queue_in_flight(q);
 
 		if (nrq >= q->unplug_thresh)
 			__generic_unplug_device(q);
@@ -759,117 +741,6 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(elv_add_request);
 
-static inline struct request *__elv_next_request(struct request_queue *q)
-{
-	struct request *rq;
-
-	while (1) {
-		while (!list_empty(&q->queue_head)) {
-			rq = list_entry_rq(q->queue_head.next);
-			if (blk_do_ordered(q, &rq))
-				return rq;
-		}
-
-		if (!q->elevator->ops->elevator_dispatch_fn(q, 0))
-			return NULL;
-	}
-}
-
-struct request *elv_next_request(struct request_queue *q)
-{
-	struct request *rq;
-	int ret;
-
-	while ((rq = __elv_next_request(q)) != NULL) {
-		if (!(rq->cmd_flags & REQ_STARTED)) {
-			/*
-			 * This is the first time the device driver
-			 * sees this request (possibly after
-			 * requeueing).  Notify IO scheduler.
-			 */
-			if (blk_sorted_rq(rq))
-				elv_activate_rq(q, rq);
-
-			/*
-			 * just mark as started even if we don't start
-			 * it, a request that has been delayed should
-			 * not be passed by new incoming requests
-			 */
-			rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_STARTED;
-			trace_block_rq_issue(q, rq);
-		}
-
-		if (!q->boundary_rq || q->boundary_rq == rq) {
-			q->end_sector = rq_end_sector(rq);
-			q->boundary_rq = NULL;
-		}
-
-		if (rq->cmd_flags & REQ_DONTPREP)
-			break;
-
-		if (q->dma_drain_size && rq->data_len) {
-			/*
-			 * make sure space for the drain appears we
-			 * know we can do this because max_hw_segments
-			 * has been adjusted to be one fewer than the
-			 * device can handle
-			 */
-			rq->nr_phys_segments++;
-		}
-
-		if (!q->prep_rq_fn)
-			break;
-
-		ret = q->prep_rq_fn(q, rq);
-		if (ret == BLKPREP_OK) {
-			break;
-		} else if (ret == BLKPREP_DEFER) {
-			/*
-			 * the request may have been (partially) prepped.
-			 * we need to keep this request in the front to
-			 * avoid resource deadlock.  REQ_STARTED will
-			 * prevent other fs requests from passing this one.
-			 */
-			if (q->dma_drain_size && rq->data_len &&
-			    !(rq->cmd_flags & REQ_DONTPREP)) {
-				/*
-				 * remove the space for the drain we added
-				 * so that we don't add it again
-				 */
-				--rq->nr_phys_segments;
-			}
-
-			rq = NULL;
-			break;
-		} else if (ret == BLKPREP_KILL) {
-			rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_QUIET;
-			__blk_end_request(rq, -EIO, blk_rq_bytes(rq));
-		} else {
-			printk(KERN_ERR "%s: bad return=%d\n", __func__, ret);
-			break;
-		}
-	}
-
-	return rq;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(elv_next_request);
-
-void elv_dequeue_request(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq)
-{
-	BUG_ON(list_empty(&rq->queuelist));
-	BUG_ON(ELV_ON_HASH(rq));
-
-	list_del_init(&rq->queuelist);
-
-	/*
-	 * the time frame between a request being removed from the lists
-	 * and to it is freed is accounted as io that is in progress at
-	 * the driver side.
-	 */
-	if (blk_account_rq(rq))
-		q->in_flight++;
-}
-
 int elv_queue_empty(struct request_queue *q)
 {
 	struct elevator_queue *e = q->elevator;
@@ -939,7 +810,7 @@
 		rq = list_entry_rq(q->queue_head.next);
 		rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_QUIET;
 		trace_block_rq_abort(q, rq);
-		__blk_end_request(rq, -EIO, blk_rq_bytes(rq));
+		__blk_end_request_all(rq, -EIO);
 	}
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(elv_abort_queue);
@@ -952,7 +823,7 @@
 	 * request is released from the driver, io must be done
 	 */
 	if (blk_account_rq(rq)) {
-		q->in_flight--;
+		q->in_flight[rq_is_sync(rq)]--;
 		if (blk_sorted_rq(rq) && e->ops->elevator_completed_req_fn)
 			e->ops->elevator_completed_req_fn(q, rq);
 	}
@@ -967,11 +838,11 @@
 		if (!list_empty(&q->queue_head))
 			next = list_entry_rq(q->queue_head.next);
 
-		if (!q->in_flight &&
+		if (!queue_in_flight(q) &&
 		    blk_ordered_cur_seq(q) == QUEUE_ORDSEQ_DRAIN &&
 		    (!next || blk_ordered_req_seq(next) > QUEUE_ORDSEQ_DRAIN)) {
 			blk_ordered_complete_seq(q, QUEUE_ORDSEQ_DRAIN, 0);
-			blk_start_queueing(q);
+			__blk_run_queue(q);
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/block/scsi_ioctl.c b/block/scsi_ioctl.c
index 82a0ca2..a9670dd 100644
--- a/block/scsi_ioctl.c
+++ b/block/scsi_ioctl.c
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@
 	hdr->info = 0;
 	if (hdr->masked_status || hdr->host_status || hdr->driver_status)
 		hdr->info |= SG_INFO_CHECK;
-	hdr->resid = rq->data_len;
+	hdr->resid = rq->resid_len;
 	hdr->sb_len_wr = 0;
 
 	if (rq->sense_len && hdr->sbp) {
@@ -500,9 +500,6 @@
 
 	rq = blk_get_request(q, WRITE, __GFP_WAIT);
 	rq->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_BLOCK_PC;
-	rq->data = NULL;
-	rq->data_len = 0;
-	rq->extra_len = 0;
 	rq->timeout = BLK_DEFAULT_SG_TIMEOUT;
 	rq->cmd[0] = cmd;
 	rq->cmd[4] = data;
diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c b/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
index 3423160..d0dfeef 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
@@ -1084,7 +1084,7 @@
 	if (likely(!blk_pc_request(rq)))
 		return 0;
 
-	if (!rq->data_len || (rq->cmd_flags & REQ_RW))
+	if (!blk_rq_bytes(rq) || (rq->cmd_flags & REQ_RW))
 		return 0;
 
 	return atapi_cmd_type(rq->cmd[0]) == ATAPI_MISC;
diff --git a/drivers/block/DAC960.c b/drivers/block/DAC960.c
index f22ed6c..668dc23 100644
--- a/drivers/block/DAC960.c
+++ b/drivers/block/DAC960.c
@@ -3321,7 +3321,7 @@
 	DAC960_Command_T *Command;
 
    while(1) {
-	Request = elv_next_request(req_q);
+	Request = blk_peek_request(req_q);
 	if (!Request)
 		return 1;
 
@@ -3338,10 +3338,10 @@
 	}
 	Command->Completion = Request->end_io_data;
 	Command->LogicalDriveNumber = (long)Request->rq_disk->private_data;
-	Command->BlockNumber = Request->sector;
-	Command->BlockCount = Request->nr_sectors;
+	Command->BlockNumber = blk_rq_pos(Request);
+	Command->BlockCount = blk_rq_sectors(Request);
 	Command->Request = Request;
-	blkdev_dequeue_request(Request);
+	blk_start_request(Request);
 	Command->SegmentCount = blk_rq_map_sg(req_q,
 		  Command->Request, Command->cmd_sglist);
 	/* pci_map_sg MAY change the value of SegCount */
@@ -3431,7 +3431,7 @@
    * successfully as possible.
    */
   Command->SegmentCount = 1;
-  Command->BlockNumber = Request->sector;
+  Command->BlockNumber = blk_rq_pos(Request);
   Command->BlockCount = 1;
   DAC960_QueueReadWriteCommand(Command);
   return;
diff --git a/drivers/block/Kconfig b/drivers/block/Kconfig
index ddea8e4..f42fa50 100644
--- a/drivers/block/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/block/Kconfig
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@
 
 config MG_DISK
 	tristate "mGine mflash, gflash support"
-	depends on ARM && ATA && GPIOLIB
+	depends on ARM && GPIOLIB
 	help
 	  mGine mFlash(gFlash) block device driver
 
diff --git a/drivers/block/amiflop.c b/drivers/block/amiflop.c
index 8df436f..9c6e5b0 100644
--- a/drivers/block/amiflop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/amiflop.c
@@ -112,8 +112,6 @@
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 
 static struct request_queue *floppy_queue;
-#define QUEUE (floppy_queue)
-#define CURRENT elv_next_request(floppy_queue)
 
 /*
  *  Macros
@@ -1335,64 +1333,60 @@
 
 static void redo_fd_request(void)
 {
+	struct request *rq;
 	unsigned int cnt, block, track, sector;
 	int drive;
 	struct amiga_floppy_struct *floppy;
 	char *data;
 	unsigned long flags;
+	int err;
 
- repeat:
-	if (!CURRENT) {
+next_req:
+	rq = blk_fetch_request(floppy_queue);
+	if (!rq) {
 		/* Nothing left to do */
 		return;
 	}
 
-	floppy = CURRENT->rq_disk->private_data;
+	floppy = rq->rq_disk->private_data;
 	drive = floppy - unit;
 
+next_segment:
 	/* Here someone could investigate to be more efficient */
-	for (cnt = 0; cnt < CURRENT->current_nr_sectors; cnt++) { 
+	for (cnt = 0, err = 0; cnt < blk_rq_cur_sectors(rq); cnt++) {
 #ifdef DEBUG
 		printk("fd: sector %ld + %d requested for %s\n",
-		       CURRENT->sector,cnt,
-		       (rq_data_dir(CURRENT) == READ) ? "read" : "write");
+		       blk_rq_pos(rq), cnt,
+		       (rq_data_dir(rq) == READ) ? "read" : "write");
 #endif
-		block = CURRENT->sector + cnt;
+		block = blk_rq_pos(rq) + cnt;
 		if ((int)block > floppy->blocks) {
-			end_request(CURRENT, 0);
-			goto repeat;
+			err = -EIO;
+			break;
 		}
 
 		track = block / (floppy->dtype->sects * floppy->type->sect_mult);
 		sector = block % (floppy->dtype->sects * floppy->type->sect_mult);
-		data = CURRENT->buffer + 512 * cnt;
+		data = rq->buffer + 512 * cnt;
 #ifdef DEBUG
 		printk("access to track %d, sector %d, with buffer at "
 		       "0x%08lx\n", track, sector, data);
 #endif
 
-		if ((rq_data_dir(CURRENT) != READ) && (rq_data_dir(CURRENT) != WRITE)) {
-			printk(KERN_WARNING "do_fd_request: unknown command\n");
-			end_request(CURRENT, 0);
-			goto repeat;
-		}
 		if (get_track(drive, track) == -1) {
-			end_request(CURRENT, 0);
-			goto repeat;
+			err = -EIO;
+			break;
 		}
 
-		switch (rq_data_dir(CURRENT)) {
-		case READ:
+		if (rq_data_dir(rq) == READ) {
 			memcpy(data, floppy->trackbuf + sector * 512, 512);
-			break;
-
-		case WRITE:
+		} else {
 			memcpy(floppy->trackbuf + sector * 512, data, 512);
 
 			/* keep the drive spinning while writes are scheduled */
 			if (!fd_motor_on(drive)) {
-				end_request(CURRENT, 0);
-				goto repeat;
+				err = -EIO;
+				break;
 			}
 			/*
 			 * setup a callback to write the track buffer
@@ -1404,14 +1398,12 @@
 		        /* reset the timer */
 			mod_timer (flush_track_timer + drive, jiffies + 1);
 			local_irq_restore(flags);
-			break;
 		}
 	}
-	CURRENT->nr_sectors -= CURRENT->current_nr_sectors;
-	CURRENT->sector += CURRENT->current_nr_sectors;
 
-	end_request(CURRENT, 1);
-	goto repeat;
+	if (__blk_end_request_cur(rq, err))
+		goto next_segment;
+	goto next_req;
 }
 
 static void do_fd_request(struct request_queue * q)
diff --git a/drivers/block/ataflop.c b/drivers/block/ataflop.c
index 4234c11..f5e7180 100644
--- a/drivers/block/ataflop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/ataflop.c
@@ -79,9 +79,7 @@
 #undef DEBUG
 
 static struct request_queue *floppy_queue;
-
-#define QUEUE (floppy_queue)
-#define CURRENT elv_next_request(floppy_queue)
+static struct request *fd_request;
 
 /* Disk types: DD, HD, ED */
 static struct atari_disk_type {
@@ -376,6 +374,12 @@
 static DEFINE_TIMER(timeout_timer, fd_times_out, 0, 0);
 static DEFINE_TIMER(fd_timer, check_change, 0, 0);
 	
+static void fd_end_request_cur(int err)
+{
+	if (!__blk_end_request_cur(fd_request, err))
+		fd_request = NULL;
+}
+
 static inline void start_motor_off_timer(void)
 {
 	mod_timer(&motor_off_timer, jiffies + FD_MOTOR_OFF_DELAY);
@@ -606,15 +610,15 @@
 		return;
 	}
 
-	if (!CURRENT)
+	if (!fd_request)
 		return;
 
-	CURRENT->errors++;
-	if (CURRENT->errors >= MAX_ERRORS) {
+	fd_request->errors++;
+	if (fd_request->errors >= MAX_ERRORS) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "fd%d: too many errors.\n", SelectedDrive );
-		end_request(CURRENT, 0);
+		fd_end_request_cur(-EIO);
 	}
-	else if (CURRENT->errors == RECALIBRATE_ERRORS) {
+	else if (fd_request->errors == RECALIBRATE_ERRORS) {
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "fd%d: recalibrating\n", SelectedDrive );
 		if (SelectedDrive != -1)
 			SUD.track = -1;
@@ -725,16 +729,14 @@
 	    if (IS_BUFFERED( drive, ReqSide, ReqTrack )) {
 		if (ReqCmd == READ) {
 		    copy_buffer( SECTOR_BUFFER(ReqSector), ReqData );
-		    if (++ReqCnt < CURRENT->current_nr_sectors) {
+		    if (++ReqCnt < blk_rq_cur_sectors(fd_request)) {
 			/* read next sector */
 			setup_req_params( drive );
 			goto repeat;
 		    }
 		    else {
 			/* all sectors finished */
-			CURRENT->nr_sectors -= CURRENT->current_nr_sectors;
-			CURRENT->sector += CURRENT->current_nr_sectors;
-			end_request(CURRENT, 1);
+			fd_end_request_cur(0);
 			redo_fd_request();
 			return;
 		    }
@@ -1132,16 +1134,14 @@
 		}
 	}
   
-	if (++ReqCnt < CURRENT->current_nr_sectors) {
+	if (++ReqCnt < blk_rq_cur_sectors(fd_request)) {
 		/* read next sector */
 		setup_req_params( SelectedDrive );
 		do_fd_action( SelectedDrive );
 	}
 	else {
 		/* all sectors finished */
-		CURRENT->nr_sectors -= CURRENT->current_nr_sectors;
-		CURRENT->sector += CURRENT->current_nr_sectors;
-		end_request(CURRENT, 1);
+		fd_end_request_cur(0);
 		redo_fd_request();
 	}
 	return;
@@ -1382,7 +1382,7 @@
 	ReqData = ReqBuffer + 512 * ReqCnt;
 
 	if (UseTrackbuffer)
-		read_track = (ReqCmd == READ && CURRENT->errors == 0);
+		read_track = (ReqCmd == READ && fd_request->errors == 0);
 	else
 		read_track = 0;
 
@@ -1396,25 +1396,27 @@
 	int drive, type;
 	struct atari_floppy_struct *floppy;
 
-	DPRINT(("redo_fd_request: CURRENT=%p dev=%s CURRENT->sector=%ld\n",
-		CURRENT, CURRENT ? CURRENT->rq_disk->disk_name : "",
-		CURRENT ? CURRENT->sector : 0 ));
+	DPRINT(("redo_fd_request: fd_request=%p dev=%s fd_request->sector=%ld\n",
+		fd_request, fd_request ? fd_request->rq_disk->disk_name : "",
+		fd_request ? blk_rq_pos(fd_request) : 0 ));
 
 	IsFormatting = 0;
 
 repeat:
+	if (!fd_request) {
+		fd_request = blk_fetch_request(floppy_queue);
+		if (!fd_request)
+			goto the_end;
+	}
 
-	if (!CURRENT)
-		goto the_end;
-
-	floppy = CURRENT->rq_disk->private_data;
+	floppy = fd_request->rq_disk->private_data;
 	drive = floppy - unit;
 	type = floppy->type;
 	
 	if (!UD.connected) {
 		/* drive not connected */
 		printk(KERN_ERR "Unknown Device: fd%d\n", drive );
-		end_request(CURRENT, 0);
+		fd_end_request_cur(-EIO);
 		goto repeat;
 	}
 		
@@ -1430,12 +1432,12 @@
 		/* user supplied disk type */
 		if (--type >= NUM_DISK_MINORS) {
 			printk(KERN_WARNING "fd%d: invalid disk format", drive );
-			end_request(CURRENT, 0);
+			fd_end_request_cur(-EIO);
 			goto repeat;
 		}
 		if (minor2disktype[type].drive_types > DriveType)  {
 			printk(KERN_WARNING "fd%d: unsupported disk format", drive );
-			end_request(CURRENT, 0);
+			fd_end_request_cur(-EIO);
 			goto repeat;
 		}
 		type = minor2disktype[type].index;
@@ -1444,8 +1446,8 @@
 		UD.autoprobe = 0;
 	}
 	
-	if (CURRENT->sector + 1 > UDT->blocks) {
-		end_request(CURRENT, 0);
+	if (blk_rq_pos(fd_request) + 1 > UDT->blocks) {
+		fd_end_request_cur(-EIO);
 		goto repeat;
 	}
 
@@ -1453,9 +1455,9 @@
 	del_timer( &motor_off_timer );
 		
 	ReqCnt = 0;
-	ReqCmd = rq_data_dir(CURRENT);
-	ReqBlock = CURRENT->sector;
-	ReqBuffer = CURRENT->buffer;
+	ReqCmd = rq_data_dir(fd_request);
+	ReqBlock = blk_rq_pos(fd_request);
+	ReqBuffer = fd_request->buffer;
 	setup_req_params( drive );
 	do_fd_action( drive );
 
diff --git a/drivers/block/cciss.c b/drivers/block/cciss.c
index 4d4d5e0..e714e7c 100644
--- a/drivers/block/cciss.c
+++ b/drivers/block/cciss.c
@@ -1299,7 +1299,6 @@
 {
 	CommandList_struct *cmd = rq->completion_data;
 	ctlr_info_t *h = hba[cmd->ctlr];
-	unsigned int nr_bytes;
 	unsigned long flags;
 	u64bit temp64;
 	int i, ddir;
@@ -1321,15 +1320,11 @@
 	printk("Done with %p\n", rq);
 #endif				/* CCISS_DEBUG */
 
-	/*
-	 * Store the full size and set the residual count for pc requests
-	 */
-	nr_bytes = blk_rq_bytes(rq);
+	/* set the residual count for pc requests */
 	if (blk_pc_request(rq))
-		rq->data_len = cmd->err_info->ResidualCnt;
+		rq->resid_len = cmd->err_info->ResidualCnt;
 
-	if (blk_end_request(rq, (rq->errors == 0) ? 0 : -EIO, nr_bytes))
-		BUG();
+	blk_end_request_all(rq, (rq->errors == 0) ? 0 : -EIO);
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&h->lock, flags);
 	cmd_free(h, cmd, 1);
@@ -2691,7 +2686,7 @@
 			printk(KERN_WARNING "cciss: cmd %p has"
 			       " completed with data underrun "
 			       "reported\n", cmd);
-			cmd->rq->data_len = cmd->err_info->ResidualCnt;
+			cmd->rq->resid_len = cmd->err_info->ResidualCnt;
 		}
 		break;
 	case CMD_DATA_OVERRUN:
@@ -2806,7 +2801,7 @@
 		goto startio;
 
       queue:
-	creq = elv_next_request(q);
+	creq = blk_peek_request(q);
 	if (!creq)
 		goto startio;
 
@@ -2815,7 +2810,7 @@
 	if ((c = cmd_alloc(h, 1)) == NULL)
 		goto full;
 
-	blkdev_dequeue_request(creq);
+	blk_start_request(creq);
 
 	spin_unlock_irq(q->queue_lock);
 
@@ -2840,10 +2835,10 @@
 	c->Request.Timeout = 0;	// Don't time out
 	c->Request.CDB[0] =
 	    (rq_data_dir(creq) == READ) ? h->cciss_read : h->cciss_write;
-	start_blk = creq->sector;
+	start_blk = blk_rq_pos(creq);
 #ifdef CCISS_DEBUG
-	printk(KERN_DEBUG "ciss: sector =%d nr_sectors=%d\n", (int)creq->sector,
-	       (int)creq->nr_sectors);
+	printk(KERN_DEBUG "ciss: sector =%d nr_sectors=%d\n",
+	       (int)blk_rq_pos(creq), (int)blk_rq_sectors(creq));
 #endif				/* CCISS_DEBUG */
 
 	sg_init_table(tmp_sg, MAXSGENTRIES);
@@ -2869,8 +2864,8 @@
 		h->maxSG = seg;
 
 #ifdef CCISS_DEBUG
-	printk(KERN_DEBUG "cciss: Submitting %lu sectors in %d segments\n",
-	       creq->nr_sectors, seg);
+	printk(KERN_DEBUG "cciss: Submitting %u sectors in %d segments\n",
+	       blk_rq_sectors(creq), seg);
 #endif				/* CCISS_DEBUG */
 
 	c->Header.SGList = c->Header.SGTotal = seg;
@@ -2882,8 +2877,8 @@
 			c->Request.CDB[4] = (start_blk >> 8) & 0xff;
 			c->Request.CDB[5] = start_blk & 0xff;
 			c->Request.CDB[6] = 0;	// (sect >> 24) & 0xff; MSB
-			c->Request.CDB[7] = (creq->nr_sectors >> 8) & 0xff;
-			c->Request.CDB[8] = creq->nr_sectors & 0xff;
+			c->Request.CDB[7] = (blk_rq_sectors(creq) >> 8) & 0xff;
+			c->Request.CDB[8] = blk_rq_sectors(creq) & 0xff;
 			c->Request.CDB[9] = c->Request.CDB[11] = c->Request.CDB[12] = 0;
 		} else {
 			u32 upper32 = upper_32_bits(start_blk);
@@ -2898,10 +2893,10 @@
 			c->Request.CDB[7]= (start_blk >> 16) & 0xff;
 			c->Request.CDB[8]= (start_blk >>  8) & 0xff;
 			c->Request.CDB[9]= start_blk & 0xff;
-			c->Request.CDB[10]= (creq->nr_sectors >>  24) & 0xff;
-			c->Request.CDB[11]= (creq->nr_sectors >>  16) & 0xff;
-			c->Request.CDB[12]= (creq->nr_sectors >>  8) & 0xff;
-			c->Request.CDB[13]= creq->nr_sectors & 0xff;
+			c->Request.CDB[10]= (blk_rq_sectors(creq) >> 24) & 0xff;
+			c->Request.CDB[11]= (blk_rq_sectors(creq) >> 16) & 0xff;
+			c->Request.CDB[12]= (blk_rq_sectors(creq) >>  8) & 0xff;
+			c->Request.CDB[13]= blk_rq_sectors(creq) & 0xff;
 			c->Request.CDB[14] = c->Request.CDB[15] = 0;
 		}
 	} else if (blk_pc_request(creq)) {
diff --git a/drivers/block/cpqarray.c b/drivers/block/cpqarray.c
index ca268ca..a02dcfc 100644
--- a/drivers/block/cpqarray.c
+++ b/drivers/block/cpqarray.c
@@ -903,7 +903,7 @@
 		goto startio;
 
 queue_next:
-	creq = elv_next_request(q);
+	creq = blk_peek_request(q);
 	if (!creq)
 		goto startio;
 
@@ -912,17 +912,18 @@
 	if ((c = cmd_alloc(h,1)) == NULL)
 		goto startio;
 
-	blkdev_dequeue_request(creq);
+	blk_start_request(creq);
 
 	c->ctlr = h->ctlr;
 	c->hdr.unit = (drv_info_t *)(creq->rq_disk->private_data) - h->drv;
 	c->hdr.size = sizeof(rblk_t) >> 2;
 	c->size += sizeof(rblk_t);
 
-	c->req.hdr.blk = creq->sector;
+	c->req.hdr.blk = blk_rq_pos(creq);
 	c->rq = creq;
 DBGPX(
-	printk("sector=%d, nr_sectors=%d\n", creq->sector, creq->nr_sectors);
+	printk("sector=%d, nr_sectors=%u\n",
+	       blk_rq_pos(creq), blk_rq_sectors(creq));
 );
 	sg_init_table(tmp_sg, SG_MAX);
 	seg = blk_rq_map_sg(q, creq, tmp_sg);
@@ -940,9 +941,9 @@
 						 tmp_sg[i].offset,
 						 tmp_sg[i].length, dir);
 	}
-DBGPX(	printk("Submitting %d sectors in %d segments\n", creq->nr_sectors, seg); );
+DBGPX(	printk("Submitting %u sectors in %d segments\n", blk_rq_sectors(creq), seg); );
 	c->req.hdr.sg_cnt = seg;
-	c->req.hdr.blk_cnt = creq->nr_sectors;
+	c->req.hdr.blk_cnt = blk_rq_sectors(creq);
 	c->req.hdr.cmd = (rq_data_dir(creq) == READ) ? IDA_READ : IDA_WRITE;
 	c->type = CMD_RWREQ;
 
@@ -1024,8 +1025,7 @@
 				cmd->req.sg[i].size, ddir);
 
 	DBGPX(printk("Done with %p\n", rq););
-	if (__blk_end_request(rq, error, blk_rq_bytes(rq)))
-		BUG();
+	__blk_end_request_all(rq, error);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/drivers/block/floppy.c b/drivers/block/floppy.c
index 1300df6..90877fe 100644
--- a/drivers/block/floppy.c
+++ b/drivers/block/floppy.c
@@ -931,7 +931,7 @@
 	del_timer(&fd_timeout);
 	cont = NULL;
 	clear_bit(0, &fdc_busy);
-	if (elv_next_request(floppy_queue))
+	if (current_req || blk_peek_request(floppy_queue))
 		do_fd_request(floppy_queue);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&floppy_lock, flags);
 	wake_up(&fdc_wait);
@@ -2303,7 +2303,7 @@
 
 	/* current_count_sectors can be zero if transfer failed */
 	if (error)
-		nr_sectors = req->current_nr_sectors;
+		nr_sectors = blk_rq_cur_sectors(req);
 	if (__blk_end_request(req, error, nr_sectors << 9))
 		return;
 
@@ -2332,7 +2332,7 @@
 	if (uptodate) {
 		/* maintain values for invalidation on geometry
 		 * change */
-		block = current_count_sectors + req->sector;
+		block = current_count_sectors + blk_rq_pos(req);
 		INFBOUND(DRS->maxblock, block);
 		if (block > _floppy->sect)
 			DRS->maxtrack = 1;
@@ -2346,10 +2346,10 @@
 			/* record write error information */
 			DRWE->write_errors++;
 			if (DRWE->write_errors == 1) {
-				DRWE->first_error_sector = req->sector;
+				DRWE->first_error_sector = blk_rq_pos(req);
 				DRWE->first_error_generation = DRS->generation;
 			}
-			DRWE->last_error_sector = req->sector;
+			DRWE->last_error_sector = blk_rq_pos(req);
 			DRWE->last_error_generation = DRS->generation;
 		}
 		spin_lock_irqsave(q->queue_lock, flags);
@@ -2503,24 +2503,23 @@
 
 	max_sector = transfer_size(ssize,
 				   min(max_sector, max_sector_2),
-				   current_req->nr_sectors);
+				   blk_rq_sectors(current_req));
 
 	if (current_count_sectors <= 0 && CT(COMMAND) == FD_WRITE &&
-	    buffer_max > fsector_t + current_req->nr_sectors)
+	    buffer_max > fsector_t + blk_rq_sectors(current_req))
 		current_count_sectors = min_t(int, buffer_max - fsector_t,
-					      current_req->nr_sectors);
+					      blk_rq_sectors(current_req));
 
 	remaining = current_count_sectors << 9;
 #ifdef FLOPPY_SANITY_CHECK
-	if ((remaining >> 9) > current_req->nr_sectors &&
-	    CT(COMMAND) == FD_WRITE) {
+	if (remaining > blk_rq_bytes(current_req) && CT(COMMAND) == FD_WRITE) {
 		DPRINT("in copy buffer\n");
 		printk("current_count_sectors=%ld\n", current_count_sectors);
 		printk("remaining=%d\n", remaining >> 9);
-		printk("current_req->nr_sectors=%ld\n",
-		       current_req->nr_sectors);
+		printk("current_req->nr_sectors=%u\n",
+		       blk_rq_sectors(current_req));
 		printk("current_req->current_nr_sectors=%u\n",
-		       current_req->current_nr_sectors);
+		       blk_rq_cur_sectors(current_req));
 		printk("max_sector=%d\n", max_sector);
 		printk("ssize=%d\n", ssize);
 	}
@@ -2530,7 +2529,7 @@
 
 	dma_buffer = floppy_track_buffer + ((fsector_t - buffer_min) << 9);
 
-	size = current_req->current_nr_sectors << 9;
+	size = blk_rq_cur_bytes(current_req);
 
 	rq_for_each_segment(bv, current_req, iter) {
 		if (!remaining)
@@ -2648,10 +2647,10 @@
 
 	max_sector = _floppy->sect * _floppy->head;
 
-	TRACK = (int)current_req->sector / max_sector;
-	fsector_t = (int)current_req->sector % max_sector;
+	TRACK = (int)blk_rq_pos(current_req) / max_sector;
+	fsector_t = (int)blk_rq_pos(current_req) % max_sector;
 	if (_floppy->track && TRACK >= _floppy->track) {
-		if (current_req->current_nr_sectors & 1) {
+		if (blk_rq_cur_sectors(current_req) & 1) {
 			current_count_sectors = 1;
 			return 1;
 		} else
@@ -2669,7 +2668,7 @@
 		if (fsector_t >= max_sector) {
 			current_count_sectors =
 			    min_t(int, _floppy->sect - fsector_t,
-				  current_req->nr_sectors);
+				  blk_rq_sectors(current_req));
 			return 1;
 		}
 		SIZECODE = 2;
@@ -2720,7 +2719,7 @@
 
 	in_sector_offset = (fsector_t % _floppy->sect) % ssize;
 	aligned_sector_t = fsector_t - in_sector_offset;
-	max_size = current_req->nr_sectors;
+	max_size = blk_rq_sectors(current_req);
 	if ((raw_cmd->track == buffer_track) &&
 	    (current_drive == buffer_drive) &&
 	    (fsector_t >= buffer_min) && (fsector_t < buffer_max)) {
@@ -2729,10 +2728,10 @@
 			copy_buffer(1, max_sector, buffer_max);
 			return 1;
 		}
-	} else if (in_sector_offset || current_req->nr_sectors < ssize) {
+	} else if (in_sector_offset || blk_rq_sectors(current_req) < ssize) {
 		if (CT(COMMAND) == FD_WRITE) {
-			if (fsector_t + current_req->nr_sectors > ssize &&
-			    fsector_t + current_req->nr_sectors < ssize + ssize)
+			if (fsector_t + blk_rq_sectors(current_req) > ssize &&
+			    fsector_t + blk_rq_sectors(current_req) < ssize + ssize)
 				max_size = ssize + ssize;
 			else
 				max_size = ssize;
@@ -2776,7 +2775,7 @@
 		    (indirect * 2 > direct * 3 &&
 		     *errors < DP->max_errors.read_track && ((!probing
 		       || (DP->read_track & (1 << DRS->probed_format)))))) {
-			max_size = current_req->nr_sectors;
+			max_size = blk_rq_sectors(current_req);
 		} else {
 			raw_cmd->kernel_data = current_req->buffer;
 			raw_cmd->length = current_count_sectors << 9;
@@ -2801,7 +2800,7 @@
 	    fsector_t > buffer_max ||
 	    fsector_t < buffer_min ||
 	    ((CT(COMMAND) == FD_READ ||
-	      (!in_sector_offset && current_req->nr_sectors >= ssize)) &&
+	      (!in_sector_offset && blk_rq_sectors(current_req) >= ssize)) &&
 	     max_sector > 2 * max_buffer_sectors + buffer_min &&
 	     max_size + fsector_t > 2 * max_buffer_sectors + buffer_min)
 	    /* not enough space */
@@ -2879,8 +2878,8 @@
 				printk("write\n");
 			return 0;
 		}
-	} else if (raw_cmd->length > current_req->nr_sectors << 9 ||
-		   current_count_sectors > current_req->nr_sectors) {
+	} else if (raw_cmd->length > blk_rq_bytes(current_req) ||
+		   current_count_sectors > blk_rq_sectors(current_req)) {
 		DPRINT("buffer overrun in direct transfer\n");
 		return 0;
 	} else if (raw_cmd->length < current_count_sectors << 9) {
@@ -2913,7 +2912,7 @@
 			struct request *req;
 
 			spin_lock_irq(floppy_queue->queue_lock);
-			req = elv_next_request(floppy_queue);
+			req = blk_fetch_request(floppy_queue);
 			spin_unlock_irq(floppy_queue->queue_lock);
 			if (!req) {
 				do_floppy = NULL;
@@ -2990,8 +2989,9 @@
 	if (usage_count == 0) {
 		printk("warning: usage count=0, current_req=%p exiting\n",
 		       current_req);
-		printk("sect=%ld type=%x flags=%x\n", (long)current_req->sector,
-		       current_req->cmd_type, current_req->cmd_flags);
+		printk("sect=%ld type=%x flags=%x\n",
+		       (long)blk_rq_pos(current_req), current_req->cmd_type,
+		       current_req->cmd_flags);
 		return;
 	}
 	if (test_bit(0, &fdc_busy)) {
diff --git a/drivers/block/hd.c b/drivers/block/hd.c
index baaa9e4..961de56 100644
--- a/drivers/block/hd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/hd.c
@@ -98,10 +98,9 @@
 
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(hd_lock);
 static struct request_queue *hd_queue;
+static struct request *hd_req;
 
 #define MAJOR_NR HD_MAJOR
-#define QUEUE (hd_queue)
-#define CURRENT elv_next_request(hd_queue)
 
 #define TIMEOUT_VALUE	(6*HZ)
 #define	HD_DELAY	0
@@ -195,11 +194,24 @@
 	NR_HD = hdind+1;
 }
 
+static bool hd_end_request(int err, unsigned int bytes)
+{
+	if (__blk_end_request(hd_req, err, bytes))
+		return true;
+	hd_req = NULL;
+	return false;
+}
+
+static bool hd_end_request_cur(int err)
+{
+	return hd_end_request(err, blk_rq_cur_bytes(hd_req));
+}
+
 static void dump_status(const char *msg, unsigned int stat)
 {
 	char *name = "hd?";
-	if (CURRENT)
-		name = CURRENT->rq_disk->disk_name;
+	if (hd_req)
+		name = hd_req->rq_disk->disk_name;
 
 #ifdef VERBOSE_ERRORS
 	printk("%s: %s: status=0x%02x { ", name, msg, stat & 0xff);
@@ -227,8 +239,8 @@
 		if (hd_error & (BBD_ERR|ECC_ERR|ID_ERR|MARK_ERR)) {
 			printk(", CHS=%d/%d/%d", (inb(HD_HCYL)<<8) + inb(HD_LCYL),
 				inb(HD_CURRENT) & 0xf, inb(HD_SECTOR));
-			if (CURRENT)
-				printk(", sector=%ld", CURRENT->sector);
+			if (hd_req)
+				printk(", sector=%ld", blk_rq_pos(hd_req));
 		}
 		printk("\n");
 	}
@@ -406,11 +418,12 @@
  */
 static void bad_rw_intr(void)
 {
-	struct request *req = CURRENT;
+	struct request *req = hd_req;
+
 	if (req != NULL) {
 		struct hd_i_struct *disk = req->rq_disk->private_data;
 		if (++req->errors >= MAX_ERRORS || (hd_error & BBD_ERR)) {
-			end_request(req, 0);
+			hd_end_request_cur(-EIO);
 			disk->special_op = disk->recalibrate = 1;
 		} else if (req->errors % RESET_FREQ == 0)
 			reset = 1;
@@ -452,37 +465,30 @@
 	bad_rw_intr();
 	hd_request();
 	return;
+
 ok_to_read:
-	req = CURRENT;
+	req = hd_req;
 	insw(HD_DATA, req->buffer, 256);
-	req->sector++;
-	req->buffer += 512;
-	req->errors = 0;
-	i = --req->nr_sectors;
-	--req->current_nr_sectors;
 #ifdef DEBUG
-	printk("%s: read: sector %ld, remaining = %ld, buffer=%p\n",
-		req->rq_disk->disk_name, req->sector, req->nr_sectors,
-		req->buffer+512);
+	printk("%s: read: sector %ld, remaining = %u, buffer=%p\n",
+	       req->rq_disk->disk_name, blk_rq_pos(req) + 1,
+	       blk_rq_sectors(req) - 1, req->buffer+512);
 #endif
-	if (req->current_nr_sectors <= 0)
-		end_request(req, 1);
-	if (i > 0) {
+	if (hd_end_request(0, 512)) {
 		SET_HANDLER(&read_intr);
 		return;
 	}
+
 	(void) inb_p(HD_STATUS);
 #if (HD_DELAY > 0)
 	last_req = read_timer();
 #endif
-	if (elv_next_request(QUEUE))
-		hd_request();
-	return;
+	hd_request();
 }
 
 static void write_intr(void)
 {
-	struct request *req = CURRENT;
+	struct request *req = hd_req;
 	int i;
 	int retries = 100000;
 
@@ -492,30 +498,25 @@
 			continue;
 		if (!OK_STATUS(i))
 			break;
-		if ((req->nr_sectors <= 1) || (i & DRQ_STAT))
+		if ((blk_rq_sectors(req) <= 1) || (i & DRQ_STAT))
 			goto ok_to_write;
 	} while (--retries > 0);
 	dump_status("write_intr", i);
 	bad_rw_intr();
 	hd_request();
 	return;
+
 ok_to_write:
-	req->sector++;
-	i = --req->nr_sectors;
-	--req->current_nr_sectors;
-	req->buffer += 512;
-	if (!i || (req->bio && req->current_nr_sectors <= 0))
-		end_request(req, 1);
-	if (i > 0) {
+	if (hd_end_request(0, 512)) {
 		SET_HANDLER(&write_intr);
 		outsw(HD_DATA, req->buffer, 256);
-	} else {
-#if (HD_DELAY > 0)
-		last_req = read_timer();
-#endif
-		hd_request();
+		return;
 	}
-	return;
+
+#if (HD_DELAY > 0)
+	last_req = read_timer();
+#endif
+	hd_request();
 }
 
 static void recal_intr(void)
@@ -537,18 +538,18 @@
 
 	do_hd = NULL;
 
-	if (!CURRENT)
+	if (!hd_req)
 		return;
 
 	spin_lock_irq(hd_queue->queue_lock);
 	reset = 1;
-	name = CURRENT->rq_disk->disk_name;
+	name = hd_req->rq_disk->disk_name;
 	printk("%s: timeout\n", name);
-	if (++CURRENT->errors >= MAX_ERRORS) {
+	if (++hd_req->errors >= MAX_ERRORS) {
 #ifdef DEBUG
 		printk("%s: too many errors\n", name);
 #endif
-		end_request(CURRENT, 0);
+		hd_end_request_cur(-EIO);
 	}
 	hd_request();
 	spin_unlock_irq(hd_queue->queue_lock);
@@ -563,7 +564,7 @@
 	}
 	if (disk->head > 16) {
 		printk("%s: cannot handle device with more than 16 heads - giving up\n", req->rq_disk->disk_name);
-		end_request(req, 0);
+		hd_end_request_cur(-EIO);
 	}
 	disk->special_op = 0;
 	return 1;
@@ -590,24 +591,27 @@
 repeat:
 	del_timer(&device_timer);
 
-	req = CURRENT;
-	if (!req) {
-		do_hd = NULL;
-		return;
+	if (!hd_req) {
+		hd_req = blk_fetch_request(hd_queue);
+		if (!hd_req) {
+			do_hd = NULL;
+			return;
+		}
 	}
+	req = hd_req;
 
 	if (reset) {
 		reset_hd();
 		return;
 	}
 	disk = req->rq_disk->private_data;
-	block = req->sector;
-	nsect = req->nr_sectors;
+	block = blk_rq_pos(req);
+	nsect = blk_rq_sectors(req);
 	if (block >= get_capacity(req->rq_disk) ||
 	    ((block+nsect) > get_capacity(req->rq_disk))) {
 		printk("%s: bad access: block=%d, count=%d\n",
 			req->rq_disk->disk_name, block, nsect);
-		end_request(req, 0);
+		hd_end_request_cur(-EIO);
 		goto repeat;
 	}
 
@@ -647,7 +651,7 @@
 			break;
 		default:
 			printk("unknown hd-command\n");
-			end_request(req, 0);
+			hd_end_request_cur(-EIO);
 			break;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index ddae808..801f4ab 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -511,11 +511,7 @@
  */
 static void loop_add_bio(struct loop_device *lo, struct bio *bio)
 {
-	if (lo->lo_biotail) {
-		lo->lo_biotail->bi_next = bio;
-		lo->lo_biotail = bio;
-	} else
-		lo->lo_bio = lo->lo_biotail = bio;
+	bio_list_add(&lo->lo_bio_list, bio);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -523,16 +519,7 @@
  */
 static struct bio *loop_get_bio(struct loop_device *lo)
 {
-	struct bio *bio;
-
-	if ((bio = lo->lo_bio)) {
-		if (bio == lo->lo_biotail)
-			lo->lo_biotail = NULL;
-		lo->lo_bio = bio->bi_next;
-		bio->bi_next = NULL;
-	}
-
-	return bio;
+	return bio_list_pop(&lo->lo_bio_list);
 }
 
 static int loop_make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *old_bio)
@@ -609,12 +596,13 @@
 
 	set_user_nice(current, -20);
 
-	while (!kthread_should_stop() || lo->lo_bio) {
+	while (!kthread_should_stop() || !bio_list_empty(&lo->lo_bio_list)) {
 
 		wait_event_interruptible(lo->lo_event,
-				lo->lo_bio || kthread_should_stop());
+				!bio_list_empty(&lo->lo_bio_list) ||
+				kthread_should_stop());
 
-		if (!lo->lo_bio)
+		if (bio_list_empty(&lo->lo_bio_list))
 			continue;
 		spin_lock_irq(&lo->lo_lock);
 		bio = loop_get_bio(lo);
@@ -721,10 +709,6 @@
 	if (!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) && !S_ISBLK(inode->i_mode))
 		goto out_putf;
 
-	/* new backing store needs to support loop (eg splice_read) */
-	if (!inode->i_fop->splice_read)
-		goto out_putf;
-
 	/* size of the new backing store needs to be the same */
 	if (get_loop_size(lo, file) != get_loop_size(lo, old_file))
 		goto out_putf;
@@ -800,12 +784,7 @@
 	error = -EINVAL;
 	if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) || S_ISBLK(inode->i_mode)) {
 		const struct address_space_operations *aops = mapping->a_ops;
-		/*
-		 * If we can't read - sorry. If we only can't write - well,
-		 * it's going to be read-only.
-		 */
-		if (!file->f_op->splice_read)
-			goto out_putf;
+
 		if (aops->write_begin)
 			lo_flags |= LO_FLAGS_USE_AOPS;
 		if (!(lo_flags & LO_FLAGS_USE_AOPS) && !file->f_op->write)
@@ -841,7 +820,7 @@
 	lo->old_gfp_mask = mapping_gfp_mask(mapping);
 	mapping_set_gfp_mask(mapping, lo->old_gfp_mask & ~(__GFP_IO|__GFP_FS));
 
-	lo->lo_bio = lo->lo_biotail = NULL;
+	bio_list_init(&lo->lo_bio_list);
 
 	/*
 	 * set queue make_request_fn, and add limits based on lower level
diff --git a/drivers/block/mg_disk.c b/drivers/block/mg_disk.c
index f389835..c0cd0a0 100644
--- a/drivers/block/mg_disk.c
+++ b/drivers/block/mg_disk.c
@@ -17,71 +17,220 @@
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
 #include <linux/hdreg.h>
-#include <linux/libata.h>
+#include <linux/ata.h>
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/platform_device.h>
 #include <linux/gpio.h>
-#include <linux/mg_disk.h>
 
 #define MG_RES_SEC (CONFIG_MG_DISK_RES << 1)
 
+/* name for block device */
+#define MG_DISK_NAME "mgd"
+/* name for platform device */
+#define MG_DEV_NAME "mg_disk"
+
+#define MG_DISK_MAJ 0
+#define MG_DISK_MAX_PART 16
+#define MG_SECTOR_SIZE 512
+#define MG_MAX_SECTS 256
+
+/* Register offsets */
+#define MG_BUFF_OFFSET			0x8000
+#define MG_STORAGE_BUFFER_SIZE		0x200
+#define MG_REG_OFFSET			0xC000
+#define MG_REG_FEATURE			(MG_REG_OFFSET + 2)	/* write case */
+#define MG_REG_ERROR			(MG_REG_OFFSET + 2)	/* read case */
+#define MG_REG_SECT_CNT			(MG_REG_OFFSET + 4)
+#define MG_REG_SECT_NUM			(MG_REG_OFFSET + 6)
+#define MG_REG_CYL_LOW			(MG_REG_OFFSET + 8)
+#define MG_REG_CYL_HIGH			(MG_REG_OFFSET + 0xA)
+#define MG_REG_DRV_HEAD			(MG_REG_OFFSET + 0xC)
+#define MG_REG_COMMAND			(MG_REG_OFFSET + 0xE)	/* write case */
+#define MG_REG_STATUS			(MG_REG_OFFSET + 0xE)	/* read  case */
+#define MG_REG_DRV_CTRL			(MG_REG_OFFSET + 0x10)
+#define MG_REG_BURST_CTRL		(MG_REG_OFFSET + 0x12)
+
+/* handy status */
+#define MG_STAT_READY	(ATA_DRDY | ATA_DSC)
+#define MG_READY_OK(s)	(((s) & (MG_STAT_READY | (ATA_BUSY | ATA_DF | \
+				 ATA_ERR))) == MG_STAT_READY)
+
+/* error code for others */
+#define MG_ERR_NONE		0
+#define MG_ERR_TIMEOUT		0x100
+#define MG_ERR_INIT_STAT	0x101
+#define MG_ERR_TRANSLATION	0x102
+#define MG_ERR_CTRL_RST		0x103
+#define MG_ERR_INV_STAT		0x104
+#define MG_ERR_RSTOUT		0x105
+
+#define MG_MAX_ERRORS	6	/* Max read/write errors */
+
+/* command */
+#define MG_CMD_RD 0x20
+#define MG_CMD_WR 0x30
+#define MG_CMD_SLEEP 0x99
+#define MG_CMD_WAKEUP 0xC3
+#define MG_CMD_ID 0xEC
+#define MG_CMD_WR_CONF 0x3C
+#define MG_CMD_RD_CONF 0x40
+
+/* operation mode */
+#define MG_OP_CASCADE (1 << 0)
+#define MG_OP_CASCADE_SYNC_RD (1 << 1)
+#define MG_OP_CASCADE_SYNC_WR (1 << 2)
+#define MG_OP_INTERLEAVE (1 << 3)
+
+/* synchronous */
+#define MG_BURST_LAT_4 (3 << 4)
+#define MG_BURST_LAT_5 (4 << 4)
+#define MG_BURST_LAT_6 (5 << 4)
+#define MG_BURST_LAT_7 (6 << 4)
+#define MG_BURST_LAT_8 (7 << 4)
+#define MG_BURST_LEN_4 (1 << 1)
+#define MG_BURST_LEN_8 (2 << 1)
+#define MG_BURST_LEN_16 (3 << 1)
+#define MG_BURST_LEN_32 (4 << 1)
+#define MG_BURST_LEN_CONT (0 << 1)
+
+/* timeout value (unit: ms) */
+#define MG_TMAX_CONF_TO_CMD	1
+#define MG_TMAX_WAIT_RD_DRQ	10
+#define MG_TMAX_WAIT_WR_DRQ	500
+#define MG_TMAX_RST_TO_BUSY	10
+#define MG_TMAX_HDRST_TO_RDY	500
+#define MG_TMAX_SWRST_TO_RDY	500
+#define MG_TMAX_RSTOUT		3000
+
+/* device attribution */
+/* use mflash as boot device */
+#define MG_BOOT_DEV		(1 << 0)
+/* use mflash as storage device */
+#define MG_STORAGE_DEV		(1 << 1)
+/* same as MG_STORAGE_DEV, but bootloader already done reset sequence */
+#define MG_STORAGE_DEV_SKIP_RST	(1 << 2)
+
+#define MG_DEV_MASK (MG_BOOT_DEV | MG_STORAGE_DEV | MG_STORAGE_DEV_SKIP_RST)
+
+/* names of GPIO resource */
+#define MG_RST_PIN	"mg_rst"
+/* except MG_BOOT_DEV, reset-out pin should be assigned */
+#define MG_RSTOUT_PIN	"mg_rstout"
+
+/* private driver data */
+struct mg_drv_data {
+	/* disk resource */
+	u32 use_polling;
+
+	/* device attribution */
+	u32 dev_attr;
+
+	/* internally used */
+	struct mg_host *host;
+};
+
+/* main structure for mflash driver */
+struct mg_host {
+	struct device *dev;
+
+	struct request_queue *breq;
+	struct request *req;
+	spinlock_t lock;
+	struct gendisk *gd;
+
+	struct timer_list timer;
+	void (*mg_do_intr) (struct mg_host *);
+
+	u16 id[ATA_ID_WORDS];
+
+	u16 cyls;
+	u16 heads;
+	u16 sectors;
+	u32 n_sectors;
+	u32 nres_sectors;
+
+	void __iomem *dev_base;
+	unsigned int irq;
+	unsigned int rst;
+	unsigned int rstout;
+
+	u32 major;
+	u32 error;
+};
+
+/*
+ * Debugging macro and defines
+ */
+#undef DO_MG_DEBUG
+#ifdef DO_MG_DEBUG
+#  define MG_DBG(fmt, args...) \
+	printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s:%d "fmt, __func__, __LINE__, ##args)
+#else /* CONFIG_MG_DEBUG */
+#  define MG_DBG(fmt, args...) do { } while (0)
+#endif /* CONFIG_MG_DEBUG */
+
 static void mg_request(struct request_queue *);
 
+static bool mg_end_request(struct mg_host *host, int err, unsigned int nr_bytes)
+{
+	if (__blk_end_request(host->req, err, nr_bytes))
+		return true;
+
+	host->req = NULL;
+	return false;
+}
+
+static bool mg_end_request_cur(struct mg_host *host, int err)
+{
+	return mg_end_request(host, err, blk_rq_cur_bytes(host->req));
+}
+
 static void mg_dump_status(const char *msg, unsigned int stat,
 		struct mg_host *host)
 {
 	char *name = MG_DISK_NAME;
-	struct request *req;
 
-	if (host->breq) {
-		req = elv_next_request(host->breq);
-		if (req)
-			name = req->rq_disk->disk_name;
-	}
+	if (host->req)
+		name = host->req->rq_disk->disk_name;
 
 	printk(KERN_ERR "%s: %s: status=0x%02x { ", name, msg, stat & 0xff);
-	if (stat & MG_REG_STATUS_BIT_BUSY)
+	if (stat & ATA_BUSY)
 		printk("Busy ");
-	if (stat & MG_REG_STATUS_BIT_READY)
+	if (stat & ATA_DRDY)
 		printk("DriveReady ");
-	if (stat & MG_REG_STATUS_BIT_WRITE_FAULT)
+	if (stat & ATA_DF)
 		printk("WriteFault ");
-	if (stat & MG_REG_STATUS_BIT_SEEK_DONE)
+	if (stat & ATA_DSC)
 		printk("SeekComplete ");
-	if (stat & MG_REG_STATUS_BIT_DATA_REQ)
+	if (stat & ATA_DRQ)
 		printk("DataRequest ");
-	if (stat & MG_REG_STATUS_BIT_CORRECTED_ERROR)
+	if (stat & ATA_CORR)
 		printk("CorrectedError ");
-	if (stat & MG_REG_STATUS_BIT_ERROR)
+	if (stat & ATA_ERR)
 		printk("Error ");
 	printk("}\n");
-	if ((stat & MG_REG_STATUS_BIT_ERROR) == 0) {
+	if ((stat & ATA_ERR) == 0) {
 		host->error = 0;
 	} else {
 		host->error = inb((unsigned long)host->dev_base + MG_REG_ERROR);
 		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: %s: error=0x%02x { ", name, msg,
 				host->error & 0xff);
-		if (host->error & MG_REG_ERR_BBK)
+		if (host->error & ATA_BBK)
 			printk("BadSector ");
-		if (host->error & MG_REG_ERR_UNC)
+		if (host->error & ATA_UNC)
 			printk("UncorrectableError ");
-		if (host->error & MG_REG_ERR_IDNF)
+		if (host->error & ATA_IDNF)
 			printk("SectorIdNotFound ");
-		if (host->error & MG_REG_ERR_ABRT)
+		if (host->error & ATA_ABORTED)
 			printk("DriveStatusError ");
-		if (host->error & MG_REG_ERR_AMNF)
+		if (host->error & ATA_AMNF)
 			printk("AddrMarkNotFound ");
 		printk("}");
-		if (host->error &
-				(MG_REG_ERR_BBK | MG_REG_ERR_UNC |
-				 MG_REG_ERR_IDNF | MG_REG_ERR_AMNF)) {
-			if (host->breq) {
-				req = elv_next_request(host->breq);
-				if (req)
-					printk(", sector=%u", (u32)req->sector);
-			}
-
+		if (host->error & (ATA_BBK | ATA_UNC | ATA_IDNF | ATA_AMNF)) {
+			if (host->req)
+				printk(", sector=%u",
+				       (unsigned int)blk_rq_pos(host->req));
 		}
 		printk("\n");
 	}
@@ -100,12 +249,12 @@
 
 	do {
 		cur_jiffies = jiffies;
-		if (status & MG_REG_STATUS_BIT_BUSY) {
-			if (expect == MG_REG_STATUS_BIT_BUSY)
+		if (status & ATA_BUSY) {
+			if (expect == ATA_BUSY)
 				break;
 		} else {
 			/* Check the error condition! */
-			if (status & MG_REG_STATUS_BIT_ERROR) {
+			if (status & ATA_ERR) {
 				mg_dump_status("mg_wait", status, host);
 				break;
 			}
@@ -114,8 +263,8 @@
 				if (MG_READY_OK(status))
 					break;
 
-			if (expect == MG_REG_STATUS_BIT_DATA_REQ)
-				if (status & MG_REG_STATUS_BIT_DATA_REQ)
+			if (expect == ATA_DRQ)
+				if (status & ATA_DRQ)
 					break;
 		}
 		if (!msec) {
@@ -173,6 +322,42 @@
 	return IRQ_HANDLED;
 }
 
+/* local copy of ata_id_string() */
+static void mg_id_string(const u16 *id, unsigned char *s,
+			 unsigned int ofs, unsigned int len)
+{
+	unsigned int c;
+
+	BUG_ON(len & 1);
+
+	while (len > 0) {
+		c = id[ofs] >> 8;
+		*s = c;
+		s++;
+
+		c = id[ofs] & 0xff;
+		*s = c;
+		s++;
+
+		ofs++;
+		len -= 2;
+	}
+}
+
+/* local copy of ata_id_c_string() */
+static void mg_id_c_string(const u16 *id, unsigned char *s,
+			   unsigned int ofs, unsigned int len)
+{
+	unsigned char *p;
+
+	mg_id_string(id, s, ofs, len - 1);
+
+	p = s + strnlen(s, len - 1);
+	while (p > s && p[-1] == ' ')
+		p--;
+	*p = '\0';
+}
+
 static int mg_get_disk_id(struct mg_host *host)
 {
 	u32 i;
@@ -184,12 +369,10 @@
 	char serial[ATA_ID_SERNO_LEN + 1];
 
 	if (!prv_data->use_polling)
-		outb(MG_REG_CTRL_INTR_DISABLE,
-				(unsigned long)host->dev_base +
-				MG_REG_DRV_CTRL);
+		outb(ATA_NIEN, (unsigned long)host->dev_base + MG_REG_DRV_CTRL);
 
 	outb(MG_CMD_ID, (unsigned long)host->dev_base + MG_REG_COMMAND);
-	err = mg_wait(host, MG_REG_STATUS_BIT_DATA_REQ, MG_TMAX_WAIT_RD_DRQ);
+	err = mg_wait(host, ATA_DRQ, MG_TMAX_WAIT_RD_DRQ);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
@@ -219,9 +402,9 @@
 		host->n_sectors -= host->nres_sectors;
 	}
 
-	ata_id_c_string(id, fwrev, ATA_ID_FW_REV, sizeof(fwrev));
-	ata_id_c_string(id, model, ATA_ID_PROD, sizeof(model));
-	ata_id_c_string(id, serial, ATA_ID_SERNO, sizeof(serial));
+	mg_id_c_string(id, fwrev, ATA_ID_FW_REV, sizeof(fwrev));
+	mg_id_c_string(id, model, ATA_ID_PROD, sizeof(model));
+	mg_id_c_string(id, serial, ATA_ID_SERNO, sizeof(serial));
 	printk(KERN_INFO "mg_disk: model: %s\n", model);
 	printk(KERN_INFO "mg_disk: firm: %.8s\n", fwrev);
 	printk(KERN_INFO "mg_disk: serial: %s\n", serial);
@@ -229,8 +412,7 @@
 			host->n_sectors, host->nres_sectors);
 
 	if (!prv_data->use_polling)
-		outb(MG_REG_CTRL_INTR_ENABLE, (unsigned long)host->dev_base +
-				MG_REG_DRV_CTRL);
+		outb(0, (unsigned long)host->dev_base + MG_REG_DRV_CTRL);
 
 	return err;
 }
@@ -244,7 +426,7 @@
 
 	/* hdd rst low */
 	gpio_set_value(host->rst, 0);
-	err = mg_wait(host, MG_REG_STATUS_BIT_BUSY, MG_TMAX_RST_TO_BUSY);
+	err = mg_wait(host, ATA_BUSY, MG_TMAX_RST_TO_BUSY);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
@@ -255,17 +437,14 @@
 		return err;
 
 	/* soft reset on */
-	outb(MG_REG_CTRL_RESET |
-			(prv_data->use_polling ? MG_REG_CTRL_INTR_DISABLE :
-			 MG_REG_CTRL_INTR_ENABLE),
+	outb(ATA_SRST | (prv_data->use_polling ? ATA_NIEN : 0),
 			(unsigned long)host->dev_base + MG_REG_DRV_CTRL);
-	err = mg_wait(host, MG_REG_STATUS_BIT_BUSY, MG_TMAX_RST_TO_BUSY);
+	err = mg_wait(host, ATA_BUSY, MG_TMAX_RST_TO_BUSY);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
 	/* soft reset off */
-	outb(prv_data->use_polling ? MG_REG_CTRL_INTR_DISABLE :
-			MG_REG_CTRL_INTR_ENABLE,
+	outb(prv_data->use_polling ? ATA_NIEN : 0,
 			(unsigned long)host->dev_base + MG_REG_DRV_CTRL);
 	err = mg_wait(host, MG_STAT_READY, MG_TMAX_SWRST_TO_RDY);
 	if (err)
@@ -281,11 +460,10 @@
 
 static void mg_bad_rw_intr(struct mg_host *host)
 {
-	struct request *req = elv_next_request(host->breq);
-	if (req != NULL)
-		if (++req->errors >= MG_MAX_ERRORS ||
-				host->error == MG_ERR_TIMEOUT)
-			end_request(req, 0);
+	if (host->req)
+		if (++host->req->errors >= MG_MAX_ERRORS ||
+		    host->error == MG_ERR_TIMEOUT)
+			mg_end_request_cur(host, -EIO);
 }
 
 static unsigned int mg_out(struct mg_host *host,
@@ -311,7 +489,7 @@
 			MG_REG_CYL_LOW);
 	outb((u8)(sect_num >> 16), (unsigned long)host->dev_base +
 			MG_REG_CYL_HIGH);
-	outb((u8)((sect_num >> 24) | MG_REG_HEAD_LBA_MODE),
+	outb((u8)((sect_num >> 24) | ATA_LBA | ATA_DEVICE_OBS),
 			(unsigned long)host->dev_base + MG_REG_DRV_HEAD);
 	outb(cmd, (unsigned long)host->dev_base + MG_REG_COMMAND);
 	return MG_ERR_NONE;
@@ -319,105 +497,77 @@
 
 static void mg_read(struct request *req)
 {
-	u32 remains, j;
+	u32 j;
 	struct mg_host *host = req->rq_disk->private_data;
 
-	remains = req->nr_sectors;
-
-	if (mg_out(host, req->sector, req->nr_sectors, MG_CMD_RD, NULL) !=
-			MG_ERR_NONE)
+	if (mg_out(host, blk_rq_pos(req), blk_rq_sectors(req),
+		   MG_CMD_RD, NULL) != MG_ERR_NONE)
 		mg_bad_rw_intr(host);
 
 	MG_DBG("requested %d sects (from %ld), buffer=0x%p\n",
-			remains, req->sector, req->buffer);
+	       blk_rq_sectors(req), blk_rq_pos(req), req->buffer);
 
-	while (remains) {
-		if (mg_wait(host, MG_REG_STATUS_BIT_DATA_REQ,
-					MG_TMAX_WAIT_RD_DRQ) != MG_ERR_NONE) {
+	do {
+		u16 *buff = (u16 *)req->buffer;
+
+		if (mg_wait(host, ATA_DRQ,
+			    MG_TMAX_WAIT_RD_DRQ) != MG_ERR_NONE) {
 			mg_bad_rw_intr(host);
 			return;
 		}
-		for (j = 0; j < MG_SECTOR_SIZE >> 1; j++) {
-			*(u16 *)req->buffer =
-				inw((unsigned long)host->dev_base +
-						MG_BUFF_OFFSET + (j << 1));
-			req->buffer += 2;
-		}
-
-		req->sector++;
-		req->errors = 0;
-		remains = --req->nr_sectors;
-		--req->current_nr_sectors;
-
-		if (req->current_nr_sectors <= 0) {
-			MG_DBG("remain : %d sects\n", remains);
-			end_request(req, 1);
-			if (remains > 0)
-				req = elv_next_request(host->breq);
-		}
+		for (j = 0; j < MG_SECTOR_SIZE >> 1; j++)
+			*buff++ = inw((unsigned long)host->dev_base +
+				      MG_BUFF_OFFSET + (j << 1));
 
 		outb(MG_CMD_RD_CONF, (unsigned long)host->dev_base +
 				MG_REG_COMMAND);
-	}
+	} while (mg_end_request(host, 0, MG_SECTOR_SIZE));
 }
 
 static void mg_write(struct request *req)
 {
-	u32 remains, j;
+	u32 j;
 	struct mg_host *host = req->rq_disk->private_data;
 
-	remains = req->nr_sectors;
-
-	if (mg_out(host, req->sector, req->nr_sectors, MG_CMD_WR, NULL) !=
-			MG_ERR_NONE) {
+	if (mg_out(host, blk_rq_pos(req), blk_rq_sectors(req),
+		   MG_CMD_WR, NULL) != MG_ERR_NONE) {
 		mg_bad_rw_intr(host);
 		return;
 	}
 
-
 	MG_DBG("requested %d sects (from %ld), buffer=0x%p\n",
-			remains, req->sector, req->buffer);
-	while (remains) {
-		if (mg_wait(host, MG_REG_STATUS_BIT_DATA_REQ,
-					MG_TMAX_WAIT_WR_DRQ) != MG_ERR_NONE) {
+	       blk_rq_sectors(req), blk_rq_pos(req), req->buffer);
+
+	do {
+		u16 *buff = (u16 *)req->buffer;
+
+	if (mg_wait(host, ATA_DRQ, MG_TMAX_WAIT_WR_DRQ) != MG_ERR_NONE) {
 			mg_bad_rw_intr(host);
 			return;
 		}
-		for (j = 0; j < MG_SECTOR_SIZE >> 1; j++) {
-			outw(*(u16 *)req->buffer,
-					(unsigned long)host->dev_base +
-					MG_BUFF_OFFSET + (j << 1));
-			req->buffer += 2;
-		}
-		req->sector++;
-		remains = --req->nr_sectors;
-		--req->current_nr_sectors;
-
-		if (req->current_nr_sectors <= 0) {
-			MG_DBG("remain : %d sects\n", remains);
-			end_request(req, 1);
-			if (remains > 0)
-				req = elv_next_request(host->breq);
-		}
+		for (j = 0; j < MG_SECTOR_SIZE >> 1; j++)
+			outw(*buff++, (unsigned long)host->dev_base +
+				      MG_BUFF_OFFSET + (j << 1));
 
 		outb(MG_CMD_WR_CONF, (unsigned long)host->dev_base +
 				MG_REG_COMMAND);
-	}
+	} while (mg_end_request(host, 0, MG_SECTOR_SIZE));
 }
 
 static void mg_read_intr(struct mg_host *host)
 {
+	struct request *req = host->req;
 	u32 i;
-	struct request *req;
+	u16 *buff;
 
 	/* check status */
 	do {
 		i = inb((unsigned long)host->dev_base + MG_REG_STATUS);
-		if (i & MG_REG_STATUS_BIT_BUSY)
+		if (i & ATA_BUSY)
 			break;
 		if (!MG_READY_OK(i))
 			break;
-		if (i & MG_REG_STATUS_BIT_DATA_REQ)
+		if (i & ATA_DRQ)
 			goto ok_to_read;
 	} while (0);
 	mg_dump_status("mg_read_intr", i, host);
@@ -427,60 +577,42 @@
 
 ok_to_read:
 	/* get current segment of request */
-	req = elv_next_request(host->breq);
+	buff = (u16 *)req->buffer;
 
 	/* read 1 sector */
-	for (i = 0; i < MG_SECTOR_SIZE >> 1; i++) {
-		*(u16 *)req->buffer =
-			inw((unsigned long)host->dev_base + MG_BUFF_OFFSET +
-					(i << 1));
-		req->buffer += 2;
-	}
+	for (i = 0; i < MG_SECTOR_SIZE >> 1; i++)
+		*buff++ = inw((unsigned long)host->dev_base + MG_BUFF_OFFSET +
+			      (i << 1));
 
-	/* manipulate request */
 	MG_DBG("sector %ld, remaining=%ld, buffer=0x%p\n",
-			req->sector, req->nr_sectors - 1, req->buffer);
-
-	req->sector++;
-	req->errors = 0;
-	i = --req->nr_sectors;
-	--req->current_nr_sectors;
-
-	/* let know if current segment done */
-	if (req->current_nr_sectors <= 0)
-		end_request(req, 1);
-
-	/* set handler if read remains */
-	if (i > 0) {
-		host->mg_do_intr = mg_read_intr;
-		mod_timer(&host->timer, jiffies + 3 * HZ);
-	}
+	       blk_rq_pos(req), blk_rq_sectors(req) - 1, req->buffer);
 
 	/* send read confirm */
 	outb(MG_CMD_RD_CONF, (unsigned long)host->dev_base + MG_REG_COMMAND);
 
-	/* goto next request */
-	if (!i)
+	if (mg_end_request(host, 0, MG_SECTOR_SIZE)) {
+		/* set handler if read remains */
+		host->mg_do_intr = mg_read_intr;
+		mod_timer(&host->timer, jiffies + 3 * HZ);
+	} else /* goto next request */
 		mg_request(host->breq);
 }
 
 static void mg_write_intr(struct mg_host *host)
 {
+	struct request *req = host->req;
 	u32 i, j;
 	u16 *buff;
-	struct request *req;
-
-	/* get current segment of request */
-	req = elv_next_request(host->breq);
+	bool rem;
 
 	/* check status */
 	do {
 		i = inb((unsigned long)host->dev_base + MG_REG_STATUS);
-		if (i & MG_REG_STATUS_BIT_BUSY)
+		if (i & ATA_BUSY)
 			break;
 		if (!MG_READY_OK(i))
 			break;
-		if ((req->nr_sectors <= 1) || (i & MG_REG_STATUS_BIT_DATA_REQ))
+		if ((blk_rq_sectors(req) <= 1) || (i & ATA_DRQ))
 			goto ok_to_write;
 	} while (0);
 	mg_dump_status("mg_write_intr", i, host);
@@ -489,18 +621,8 @@
 	return;
 
 ok_to_write:
-	/* manipulate request */
-	req->sector++;
-	i = --req->nr_sectors;
-	--req->current_nr_sectors;
-	req->buffer += MG_SECTOR_SIZE;
-
-	/* let know if current segment or all done */
-	if (!i || (req->bio && req->current_nr_sectors <= 0))
-		end_request(req, 1);
-
-	/* write 1 sector and set handler if remains */
-	if (i > 0) {
+	if ((rem = mg_end_request(host, 0, MG_SECTOR_SIZE))) {
+		/* write 1 sector and set handler if remains */
 		buff = (u16 *)req->buffer;
 		for (j = 0; j < MG_STORAGE_BUFFER_SIZE >> 1; j++) {
 			outw(*buff, (unsigned long)host->dev_base +
@@ -508,7 +630,7 @@
 			buff++;
 		}
 		MG_DBG("sector %ld, remaining=%ld, buffer=0x%p\n",
-				req->sector, req->nr_sectors, req->buffer);
+		       blk_rq_pos(req), blk_rq_sectors(req), req->buffer);
 		host->mg_do_intr = mg_write_intr;
 		mod_timer(&host->timer, jiffies + 3 * HZ);
 	}
@@ -516,7 +638,7 @@
 	/* send write confirm */
 	outb(MG_CMD_WR_CONF, (unsigned long)host->dev_base + MG_REG_COMMAND);
 
-	if (!i)
+	if (!rem)
 		mg_request(host->breq);
 }
 
@@ -524,49 +646,45 @@
 {
 	struct mg_host *host = (struct mg_host *)data;
 	char *name;
-	struct request *req;
 
 	spin_lock_irq(&host->lock);
 
-	req = elv_next_request(host->breq);
-	if (!req)
+	if (!host->req)
 		goto out_unlock;
 
 	host->mg_do_intr = NULL;
 
-	name = req->rq_disk->disk_name;
+	name = host->req->rq_disk->disk_name;
 	printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: timeout\n", name);
 
 	host->error = MG_ERR_TIMEOUT;
 	mg_bad_rw_intr(host);
 
-	mg_request(host->breq);
 out_unlock:
+	mg_request(host->breq);
 	spin_unlock_irq(&host->lock);
 }
 
 static void mg_request_poll(struct request_queue *q)
 {
-	struct request *req;
-	struct mg_host *host;
+	struct mg_host *host = q->queuedata;
 
-	while ((req = elv_next_request(q)) != NULL) {
-		host = req->rq_disk->private_data;
-		if (blk_fs_request(req)) {
-			switch (rq_data_dir(req)) {
-			case READ:
-				mg_read(req);
+	while (1) {
+		if (!host->req) {
+			host->req = blk_fetch_request(q);
+			if (!host->req)
 				break;
-			case WRITE:
-				mg_write(req);
-				break;
-			default:
-				printk(KERN_WARNING "%s:%d unknown command\n",
-						__func__, __LINE__);
-				end_request(req, 0);
-				break;
-			}
 		}
+
+		if (unlikely(!blk_fs_request(host->req))) {
+			mg_end_request_cur(host, -EIO);
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		if (rq_data_dir(host->req) == READ)
+			mg_read(host->req);
+		else
+			mg_write(host->req);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -588,18 +706,15 @@
 		break;
 	case WRITE:
 		/* TODO : handler */
-		outb(MG_REG_CTRL_INTR_DISABLE,
-				(unsigned long)host->dev_base +
-				MG_REG_DRV_CTRL);
+		outb(ATA_NIEN, (unsigned long)host->dev_base + MG_REG_DRV_CTRL);
 		if (mg_out(host, sect_num, sect_cnt, MG_CMD_WR, &mg_write_intr)
 				!= MG_ERR_NONE) {
 			mg_bad_rw_intr(host);
 			return host->error;
 		}
 		del_timer(&host->timer);
-		mg_wait(host, MG_REG_STATUS_BIT_DATA_REQ, MG_TMAX_WAIT_WR_DRQ);
-		outb(MG_REG_CTRL_INTR_ENABLE, (unsigned long)host->dev_base +
-				MG_REG_DRV_CTRL);
+		mg_wait(host, ATA_DRQ, MG_TMAX_WAIT_WR_DRQ);
+		outb(0, (unsigned long)host->dev_base + MG_REG_DRV_CTRL);
 		if (host->error) {
 			mg_bad_rw_intr(host);
 			return host->error;
@@ -614,11 +729,6 @@
 		outb(MG_CMD_WR_CONF, (unsigned long)host->dev_base +
 				MG_REG_COMMAND);
 		break;
-	default:
-		printk(KERN_WARNING "%s:%d unknown command\n",
-				__func__, __LINE__);
-		end_request(req, 0);
-		break;
 	}
 	return MG_ERR_NONE;
 }
@@ -626,16 +736,17 @@
 /* This function also called from IRQ context */
 static void mg_request(struct request_queue *q)
 {
+	struct mg_host *host = q->queuedata;
 	struct request *req;
-	struct mg_host *host;
 	u32 sect_num, sect_cnt;
 
 	while (1) {
-		req = elv_next_request(q);
-		if (!req)
-			return;
-
-		host = req->rq_disk->private_data;
+		if (!host->req) {
+			host->req = blk_fetch_request(q);
+			if (!host->req)
+				break;
+		}
+		req = host->req;
 
 		/* check unwanted request call */
 		if (host->mg_do_intr)
@@ -643,9 +754,9 @@
 
 		del_timer(&host->timer);
 
-		sect_num = req->sector;
+		sect_num = blk_rq_pos(req);
 		/* deal whole segments */
-		sect_cnt = req->nr_sectors;
+		sect_cnt = blk_rq_sectors(req);
 
 		/* sanity check */
 		if (sect_num >= get_capacity(req->rq_disk) ||
@@ -655,12 +766,14 @@
 					"%s: bad access: sector=%d, count=%d\n",
 					req->rq_disk->disk_name,
 					sect_num, sect_cnt);
-			end_request(req, 0);
+			mg_end_request_cur(host, -EIO);
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		if (!blk_fs_request(req))
-			return;
+		if (unlikely(!blk_fs_request(req))) {
+			mg_end_request_cur(host, -EIO);
+			continue;
+		}
 
 		if (!mg_issue_req(req, host, sect_num, sect_cnt))
 			return;
@@ -690,9 +803,7 @@
 		return -EIO;
 
 	if (!prv_data->use_polling)
-		outb(MG_REG_CTRL_INTR_DISABLE,
-				(unsigned long)host->dev_base +
-				MG_REG_DRV_CTRL);
+		outb(ATA_NIEN, (unsigned long)host->dev_base + MG_REG_DRV_CTRL);
 
 	outb(MG_CMD_SLEEP, (unsigned long)host->dev_base + MG_REG_COMMAND);
 	/* wait until mflash deep sleep */
@@ -700,9 +811,7 @@
 
 	if (mg_wait(host, MG_STAT_READY, MG_TMAX_CONF_TO_CMD)) {
 		if (!prv_data->use_polling)
-			outb(MG_REG_CTRL_INTR_ENABLE,
-					(unsigned long)host->dev_base +
-					MG_REG_DRV_CTRL);
+			outb(0, (unsigned long)host->dev_base + MG_REG_DRV_CTRL);
 		return -EIO;
 	}
 
@@ -725,8 +834,7 @@
 		return -EIO;
 
 	if (!prv_data->use_polling)
-		outb(MG_REG_CTRL_INTR_ENABLE, (unsigned long)host->dev_base +
-				MG_REG_DRV_CTRL);
+		outb(0, (unsigned long)host->dev_base + MG_REG_DRV_CTRL);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -877,6 +985,7 @@
 				__func__, __LINE__);
 		goto probe_err_5;
 	}
+	host->breq->queuedata = host;
 
 	/* mflash is random device, thanx for the noop */
 	elevator_exit(host->breq->elevator);
diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c
index 4d6de4f..5d23ffa 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
 			req, error ? "failed" : "done");
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(q->queue_lock, flags);
-	__blk_end_request(req, error, req->nr_sectors << 9);
+	__blk_end_request_all(req, error);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(q->queue_lock, flags);
 }
 
@@ -231,19 +231,19 @@
 {
 	int result, flags;
 	struct nbd_request request;
-	unsigned long size = req->nr_sectors << 9;
+	unsigned long size = blk_rq_bytes(req);
 
 	request.magic = htonl(NBD_REQUEST_MAGIC);
 	request.type = htonl(nbd_cmd(req));
-	request.from = cpu_to_be64((u64) req->sector << 9);
+	request.from = cpu_to_be64((u64)blk_rq_pos(req) << 9);
 	request.len = htonl(size);
 	memcpy(request.handle, &req, sizeof(req));
 
-	dprintk(DBG_TX, "%s: request %p: sending control (%s@%llu,%luB)\n",
+	dprintk(DBG_TX, "%s: request %p: sending control (%s@%llu,%uB)\n",
 			lo->disk->disk_name, req,
 			nbdcmd_to_ascii(nbd_cmd(req)),
-			(unsigned long long)req->sector << 9,
-			req->nr_sectors << 9);
+			(unsigned long long)blk_rq_pos(req) << 9,
+			blk_rq_bytes(req));
 	result = sock_xmit(lo, 1, &request, sizeof(request),
 			(nbd_cmd(req) == NBD_CMD_WRITE) ? MSG_MORE : 0);
 	if (result <= 0) {
@@ -533,11 +533,9 @@
 {
 	struct request *req;
 	
-	while ((req = elv_next_request(q)) != NULL) {
+	while ((req = blk_fetch_request(q)) != NULL) {
 		struct nbd_device *lo;
 
-		blkdev_dequeue_request(req);
-
 		spin_unlock_irq(q->queue_lock);
 
 		dprintk(DBG_BLKDEV, "%s: request %p: dequeued (flags=%x)\n",
@@ -580,13 +578,6 @@
 		blk_rq_init(NULL, &sreq);
 		sreq.cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_SPECIAL;
 		nbd_cmd(&sreq) = NBD_CMD_DISC;
-		/*
-		 * Set these to sane values in case server implementation
-		 * fails to check the request type first and also to keep
-		 * debugging output cleaner.
-		 */
-		sreq.sector = 0;
-		sreq.nr_sectors = 0;
 		if (!lo->sock)
 			return -EINVAL;
 		nbd_send_req(lo, &sreq);
diff --git a/drivers/block/paride/pcd.c b/drivers/block/paride/pcd.c
index e91d4b4..911dfd9 100644
--- a/drivers/block/paride/pcd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/paride/pcd.c
@@ -719,32 +719,37 @@
 	if (pcd_busy)
 		return;
 	while (1) {
-		pcd_req = elv_next_request(q);
-		if (!pcd_req)
-			return;
+		if (!pcd_req) {
+			pcd_req = blk_fetch_request(q);
+			if (!pcd_req)
+				return;
+		}
 
 		if (rq_data_dir(pcd_req) == READ) {
 			struct pcd_unit *cd = pcd_req->rq_disk->private_data;
 			if (cd != pcd_current)
 				pcd_bufblk = -1;
 			pcd_current = cd;
-			pcd_sector = pcd_req->sector;
-			pcd_count = pcd_req->current_nr_sectors;
+			pcd_sector = blk_rq_pos(pcd_req);
+			pcd_count = blk_rq_cur_sectors(pcd_req);
 			pcd_buf = pcd_req->buffer;
 			pcd_busy = 1;
 			ps_set_intr(do_pcd_read, NULL, 0, nice);
 			return;
-		} else
-			end_request(pcd_req, 0);
+		} else {
+			__blk_end_request_all(pcd_req, -EIO);
+			pcd_req = NULL;
+		}
 	}
 }
 
-static inline void next_request(int success)
+static inline void next_request(int err)
 {
 	unsigned long saved_flags;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&pcd_lock, saved_flags);
-	end_request(pcd_req, success);
+	if (!__blk_end_request_cur(pcd_req, err))
+		pcd_req = NULL;
 	pcd_busy = 0;
 	do_pcd_request(pcd_queue);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pcd_lock, saved_flags);
@@ -781,7 +786,7 @@
 
 	if (pcd_command(pcd_current, rd_cmd, 2048, "read block")) {
 		pcd_bufblk = -1;
-		next_request(0);
+		next_request(-EIO);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -796,7 +801,7 @@
 	pcd_retries = 0;
 	pcd_transfer();
 	if (!pcd_count) {
-		next_request(1);
+		next_request(0);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -815,7 +820,7 @@
 			return;
 		}
 		pcd_bufblk = -1;
-		next_request(0);
+		next_request(-EIO);
 		return;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/block/paride/pd.c b/drivers/block/paride/pd.c
index 9299455..bf5955b 100644
--- a/drivers/block/paride/pd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/paride/pd.c
@@ -410,10 +410,12 @@
 				pd_claimed = 0;
 				phase = NULL;
 				spin_lock_irqsave(&pd_lock, saved_flags);
-				end_request(pd_req, res);
-				pd_req = elv_next_request(pd_queue);
-				if (!pd_req)
-					stop = 1;
+				if (!__blk_end_request_cur(pd_req,
+						res == Ok ? 0 : -EIO)) {
+					pd_req = blk_fetch_request(pd_queue);
+					if (!pd_req)
+						stop = 1;
+				}
 				spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pd_lock, saved_flags);
 				if (stop)
 					return;
@@ -443,11 +445,11 @@
 
 	pd_cmd = rq_data_dir(pd_req);
 	if (pd_cmd == READ || pd_cmd == WRITE) {
-		pd_block = pd_req->sector;
-		pd_count = pd_req->current_nr_sectors;
+		pd_block = blk_rq_pos(pd_req);
+		pd_count = blk_rq_cur_sectors(pd_req);
 		if (pd_block + pd_count > get_capacity(pd_req->rq_disk))
 			return Fail;
-		pd_run = pd_req->nr_sectors;
+		pd_run = blk_rq_sectors(pd_req);
 		pd_buf = pd_req->buffer;
 		pd_retries = 0;
 		if (pd_cmd == READ)
@@ -477,8 +479,8 @@
 	if (pd_count)
 		return 0;
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&pd_lock, saved_flags);
-	end_request(pd_req, 1);
-	pd_count = pd_req->current_nr_sectors;
+	__blk_end_request_cur(pd_req, 0);
+	pd_count = blk_rq_cur_sectors(pd_req);
 	pd_buf = pd_req->buffer;
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pd_lock, saved_flags);
 	return 0;
@@ -702,7 +704,7 @@
 {
 	if (pd_req)
 		return;
-	pd_req = elv_next_request(q);
+	pd_req = blk_fetch_request(q);
 	if (!pd_req)
 		return;
 
diff --git a/drivers/block/paride/pf.c b/drivers/block/paride/pf.c
index bef3b99..68a90834 100644
--- a/drivers/block/paride/pf.c
+++ b/drivers/block/paride/pf.c
@@ -750,12 +750,10 @@
 
 static struct request_queue *pf_queue;
 
-static void pf_end_request(int uptodate)
+static void pf_end_request(int err)
 {
-	if (pf_req) {
-		end_request(pf_req, uptodate);
+	if (pf_req && !__blk_end_request_cur(pf_req, err))
 		pf_req = NULL;
-	}
 }
 
 static void do_pf_request(struct request_queue * q)
@@ -763,17 +761,19 @@
 	if (pf_busy)
 		return;
 repeat:
-	pf_req = elv_next_request(q);
-	if (!pf_req)
-		return;
+	if (!pf_req) {
+		pf_req = blk_fetch_request(q);
+		if (!pf_req)
+			return;
+	}
 
 	pf_current = pf_req->rq_disk->private_data;
-	pf_block = pf_req->sector;
-	pf_run = pf_req->nr_sectors;
-	pf_count = pf_req->current_nr_sectors;
+	pf_block = blk_rq_pos(pf_req);
+	pf_run = blk_rq_sectors(pf_req);
+	pf_count = blk_rq_cur_sectors(pf_req);
 
 	if (pf_block + pf_count > get_capacity(pf_req->rq_disk)) {
-		pf_end_request(0);
+		pf_end_request(-EIO);
 		goto repeat;
 	}
 
@@ -788,7 +788,7 @@
 		pi_do_claimed(pf_current->pi, do_pf_write);
 	else {
 		pf_busy = 0;
-		pf_end_request(0);
+		pf_end_request(-EIO);
 		goto repeat;
 	}
 }
@@ -805,23 +805,22 @@
 		return 1;
 	if (!pf_count) {
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&pf_spin_lock, saved_flags);
-		pf_end_request(1);
-		pf_req = elv_next_request(pf_queue);
+		pf_end_request(0);
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pf_spin_lock, saved_flags);
 		if (!pf_req)
 			return 1;
-		pf_count = pf_req->current_nr_sectors;
+		pf_count = blk_rq_cur_sectors(pf_req);
 		pf_buf = pf_req->buffer;
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static inline void next_request(int success)
+static inline void next_request(int err)
 {
 	unsigned long saved_flags;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&pf_spin_lock, saved_flags);
-	pf_end_request(success);
+	pf_end_request(err);
 	pf_busy = 0;
 	do_pf_request(pf_queue);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pf_spin_lock, saved_flags);
@@ -844,7 +843,7 @@
 			pi_do_claimed(pf_current->pi, do_pf_read_start);
 			return;
 		}
-		next_request(0);
+		next_request(-EIO);
 		return;
 	}
 	pf_mask = STAT_DRQ;
@@ -863,7 +862,7 @@
 				pi_do_claimed(pf_current->pi, do_pf_read_start);
 				return;
 			}
-			next_request(0);
+			next_request(-EIO);
 			return;
 		}
 		pi_read_block(pf_current->pi, pf_buf, 512);
@@ -871,7 +870,7 @@
 			break;
 	}
 	pi_disconnect(pf_current->pi);
-	next_request(1);
+	next_request(0);
 }
 
 static void do_pf_write(void)
@@ -890,7 +889,7 @@
 			pi_do_claimed(pf_current->pi, do_pf_write_start);
 			return;
 		}
-		next_request(0);
+		next_request(-EIO);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -903,7 +902,7 @@
 				pi_do_claimed(pf_current->pi, do_pf_write_start);
 				return;
 			}
-			next_request(0);
+			next_request(-EIO);
 			return;
 		}
 		pi_write_block(pf_current->pi, pf_buf, 512);
@@ -923,11 +922,11 @@
 			pi_do_claimed(pf_current->pi, do_pf_write_start);
 			return;
 		}
-		next_request(0);
+		next_request(-EIO);
 		return;
 	}
 	pi_disconnect(pf_current->pi);
-	next_request(1);
+	next_request(0);
 }
 
 static int __init pf_init(void)
diff --git a/drivers/block/ps3disk.c b/drivers/block/ps3disk.c
index bccc42b..338cee4 100644
--- a/drivers/block/ps3disk.c
+++ b/drivers/block/ps3disk.c
@@ -134,13 +134,12 @@
 	rq_for_each_segment(bv, req, iter)
 		n++;
 	dev_dbg(&dev->sbd.core,
-		"%s:%u: %s req has %u bvecs for %lu sectors %lu hard sectors\n",
-		__func__, __LINE__, op, n, req->nr_sectors,
-		req->hard_nr_sectors);
+		"%s:%u: %s req has %u bvecs for %u sectors\n",
+		__func__, __LINE__, op, n, blk_rq_sectors(req));
 #endif
 
-	start_sector = req->sector * priv->blocking_factor;
-	sectors = req->nr_sectors * priv->blocking_factor;
+	start_sector = blk_rq_pos(req) * priv->blocking_factor;
+	sectors = blk_rq_sectors(req) * priv->blocking_factor;
 	dev_dbg(&dev->sbd.core, "%s:%u: %s %llu sectors starting at %llu\n",
 		__func__, __LINE__, op, sectors, start_sector);
 
@@ -158,7 +157,7 @@
 	if (res) {
 		dev_err(&dev->sbd.core, "%s:%u: %s failed %d\n", __func__,
 			__LINE__, op, res);
-		end_request(req, 0);
+		__blk_end_request_all(req, -EIO);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -180,7 +179,7 @@
 	if (res) {
 		dev_err(&dev->sbd.core, "%s:%u: sync cache failed 0x%llx\n",
 			__func__, __LINE__, res);
-		end_request(req, 0);
+		__blk_end_request_all(req, -EIO);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -195,7 +194,7 @@
 
 	dev_dbg(&dev->sbd.core, "%s:%u\n", __func__, __LINE__);
 
-	while ((req = elv_next_request(q))) {
+	while ((req = blk_fetch_request(q))) {
 		if (blk_fs_request(req)) {
 			if (ps3disk_submit_request_sg(dev, req))
 				break;
@@ -205,7 +204,7 @@
 				break;
 		} else {
 			blk_dump_rq_flags(req, DEVICE_NAME " bad request");
-			end_request(req, 0);
+			__blk_end_request_all(req, -EIO);
 			continue;
 		}
 	}
@@ -231,7 +230,6 @@
 	struct request *req;
 	int res, read, error;
 	u64 tag, status;
-	unsigned long num_sectors;
 	const char *op;
 
 	res = lv1_storage_get_async_status(dev->sbd.dev_id, &tag, &status);
@@ -261,11 +259,9 @@
 	if (req->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_LINUX_BLOCK &&
 	    req->cmd[0] == REQ_LB_OP_FLUSH) {
 		read = 0;
-		num_sectors = req->hard_cur_sectors;
 		op = "flush";
 	} else {
 		read = !rq_data_dir(req);
-		num_sectors = req->nr_sectors;
 		op = read ? "read" : "write";
 	}
 	if (status) {
@@ -281,7 +277,7 @@
 	}
 
 	spin_lock(&priv->lock);
-	__blk_end_request(req, error, num_sectors << 9);
+	__blk_end_request_all(req, error);
 	priv->req = NULL;
 	ps3disk_do_request(dev, priv->queue);
 	spin_unlock(&priv->lock);
diff --git a/drivers/block/sunvdc.c b/drivers/block/sunvdc.c
index 5861e33..cbfd9c0 100644
--- a/drivers/block/sunvdc.c
+++ b/drivers/block/sunvdc.c
@@ -212,11 +212,6 @@
 	vdc_finish(&port->vio, -err, WAITING_FOR_GEN_CMD);
 }
 
-static void vdc_end_request(struct request *req, int error, int num_sectors)
-{
-	__blk_end_request(req, error, num_sectors << 9);
-}
-
 static void vdc_end_one(struct vdc_port *port, struct vio_dring_state *dr,
 			unsigned int index)
 {
@@ -239,7 +234,7 @@
 
 	rqe->req = NULL;
 
-	vdc_end_request(req, (desc->status ? -EIO : 0), desc->size >> 9);
+	__blk_end_request(req, (desc->status ? -EIO : 0), desc->size);
 
 	if (blk_queue_stopped(port->disk->queue))
 		blk_start_queue(port->disk->queue);
@@ -421,7 +416,7 @@
 		desc->slice = 0;
 	}
 	desc->status = ~0;
-	desc->offset = (req->sector << 9) / port->vdisk_block_size;
+	desc->offset = (blk_rq_pos(req) << 9) / port->vdisk_block_size;
 	desc->size = len;
 	desc->ncookies = err;
 
@@ -446,14 +441,13 @@
 static void do_vdc_request(struct request_queue *q)
 {
 	while (1) {
-		struct request *req = elv_next_request(q);
+		struct request *req = blk_fetch_request(q);
 
 		if (!req)
 			break;
 
-		blkdev_dequeue_request(req);
 		if (__send_request(req) < 0)
-			vdc_end_request(req, -EIO, req->hard_nr_sectors);
+			__blk_end_request_all(req, -EIO);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/block/swim.c b/drivers/block/swim.c
index d22cc38..cf7877f 100644
--- a/drivers/block/swim.c
+++ b/drivers/block/swim.c
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@
 			ret = swim_read_sector(fs, side, track, sector,
 						buffer);
 			if (try-- == 0)
-				return -1;
+				return -EIO;
 		} while (ret != 512);
 
 		buffer += ret;
@@ -528,45 +528,31 @@
 	struct request *req;
 	struct floppy_state *fs;
 
-	while ((req = elv_next_request(q))) {
+	req = blk_fetch_request(q);
+	while (req) {
+		int err = -EIO;
 
 		fs = req->rq_disk->private_data;
-		if (req->sector < 0 || req->sector >= fs->total_secs) {
-			end_request(req, 0);
-			continue;
-		}
-		if (req->current_nr_sectors == 0) {
-			end_request(req, 1);
-			continue;
-		}
-		if (!fs->disk_in) {
-			end_request(req, 0);
-			continue;
-		}
-		if (rq_data_dir(req) == WRITE) {
-			if (fs->write_protected) {
-				end_request(req, 0);
-				continue;
-			}
-		}
+		if (blk_rq_pos(req) >= fs->total_secs)
+			goto done;
+		if (!fs->disk_in)
+			goto done;
+		if (rq_data_dir(req) == WRITE && fs->write_protected)
+			goto done;
+
 		switch (rq_data_dir(req)) {
 		case WRITE:
 			/* NOT IMPLEMENTED */
-			end_request(req, 0);
 			break;
 		case READ:
-			if (floppy_read_sectors(fs, req->sector,
-						req->current_nr_sectors,
-						req->buffer)) {
-				end_request(req, 0);
-				continue;
-			}
-			req->nr_sectors -= req->current_nr_sectors;
-			req->sector += req->current_nr_sectors;
-			req->buffer += req->current_nr_sectors * 512;
-			end_request(req, 1);
+			err = floppy_read_sectors(fs, blk_rq_pos(req),
+						  blk_rq_cur_sectors(req),
+						  req->buffer);
 			break;
 		}
+	done:
+		if (!__blk_end_request_cur(req, err))
+			req = blk_fetch_request(q);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/block/swim3.c b/drivers/block/swim3.c
index 61296530..80df93e 100644
--- a/drivers/block/swim3.c
+++ b/drivers/block/swim3.c
@@ -251,6 +251,20 @@
 static int floppy_check_change(struct gendisk *disk);
 static int floppy_revalidate(struct gendisk *disk);
 
+static bool swim3_end_request(int err, unsigned int nr_bytes)
+{
+	if (__blk_end_request(fd_req, err, nr_bytes))
+		return true;
+
+	fd_req = NULL;
+	return false;
+}
+
+static bool swim3_end_request_cur(int err)
+{
+	return swim3_end_request(err, blk_rq_cur_bytes(fd_req));
+}
+
 static void swim3_select(struct floppy_state *fs, int sel)
 {
 	struct swim3 __iomem *sw = fs->swim3;
@@ -310,25 +324,27 @@
 		wake_up(&fs->wait);
 		return;
 	}
-	while (fs->state == idle && (req = elv_next_request(swim3_queue))) {
+	while (fs->state == idle) {
+		if (!fd_req) {
+			fd_req = blk_fetch_request(swim3_queue);
+			if (!fd_req)
+				break;
+		}
+		req = fd_req;
 #if 0
-		printk("do_fd_req: dev=%s cmd=%d sec=%ld nr_sec=%ld buf=%p\n",
+		printk("do_fd_req: dev=%s cmd=%d sec=%ld nr_sec=%u buf=%p\n",
 		       req->rq_disk->disk_name, req->cmd,
-		       (long)req->sector, req->nr_sectors, req->buffer);
-		printk("           errors=%d current_nr_sectors=%ld\n",
-		       req->errors, req->current_nr_sectors);
+		       (long)blk_rq_pos(req), blk_rq_sectors(req), req->buffer);
+		printk("           errors=%d current_nr_sectors=%u\n",
+		       req->errors, blk_rq_cur_sectors(req));
 #endif
 
-		if (req->sector < 0 || req->sector >= fs->total_secs) {
-			end_request(req, 0);
-			continue;
-		}
-		if (req->current_nr_sectors == 0) {
-			end_request(req, 1);
+		if (blk_rq_pos(req) >= fs->total_secs) {
+			swim3_end_request_cur(-EIO);
 			continue;
 		}
 		if (fs->ejected) {
-			end_request(req, 0);
+			swim3_end_request_cur(-EIO);
 			continue;
 		}
 
@@ -336,18 +352,19 @@
 			if (fs->write_prot < 0)
 				fs->write_prot = swim3_readbit(fs, WRITE_PROT);
 			if (fs->write_prot) {
-				end_request(req, 0);
+				swim3_end_request_cur(-EIO);
 				continue;
 			}
 		}
 
-		/* Do not remove the cast. req->sector is now a sector_t and
-		 * can be 64 bits, but it will never go past 32 bits for this
-		 * driver anyway, so we can safely cast it down and not have
-		 * to do a 64/32 division
+		/* Do not remove the cast. blk_rq_pos(req) is now a
+		 * sector_t and can be 64 bits, but it will never go
+		 * past 32 bits for this driver anyway, so we can
+		 * safely cast it down and not have to do a 64/32
+		 * division
 		 */
-		fs->req_cyl = ((long)req->sector) / fs->secpercyl;
-		x = ((long)req->sector) % fs->secpercyl;
+		fs->req_cyl = ((long)blk_rq_pos(req)) / fs->secpercyl;
+		x = ((long)blk_rq_pos(req)) % fs->secpercyl;
 		fs->head = x / fs->secpertrack;
 		fs->req_sector = x % fs->secpertrack + 1;
 		fd_req = req;
@@ -424,7 +441,7 @@
 	struct dbdma_cmd *cp = fs->dma_cmd;
 	struct dbdma_regs __iomem *dr = fs->dma;
 
-	if (fd_req->current_nr_sectors <= 0) {
+	if (blk_rq_cur_sectors(fd_req) <= 0) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "swim3: transfer 0 sectors?\n");
 		return;
 	}
@@ -432,8 +449,8 @@
 		n = 1;
 	else {
 		n = fs->secpertrack - fs->req_sector + 1;
-		if (n > fd_req->current_nr_sectors)
-			n = fd_req->current_nr_sectors;
+		if (n > blk_rq_cur_sectors(fd_req))
+			n = blk_rq_cur_sectors(fd_req);
 	}
 	fs->scount = n;
 	swim3_select(fs, fs->head? READ_DATA_1: READ_DATA_0);
@@ -508,7 +525,7 @@
 		case do_transfer:
 			if (fs->cur_cyl != fs->req_cyl) {
 				if (fs->retries > 5) {
-					end_request(fd_req, 0);
+					swim3_end_request_cur(-EIO);
 					fs->state = idle;
 					return;
 				}
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@
 	out_8(&sw->intr_enable, 0);
 	fs->cur_cyl = -1;
 	if (fs->retries > 5) {
-		end_request(fd_req, 0);
+		swim3_end_request_cur(-EIO);
 		fs->state = idle;
 		start_request(fs);
 	} else {
@@ -559,7 +576,7 @@
 	out_8(&sw->select, RELAX);
 	out_8(&sw->intr_enable, 0);
 	printk(KERN_ERR "swim3: seek timeout\n");
-	end_request(fd_req, 0);
+	swim3_end_request_cur(-EIO);
 	fs->state = idle;
 	start_request(fs);
 }
@@ -583,7 +600,7 @@
 		return;
 	}
 	printk(KERN_ERR "swim3: seek settle timeout\n");
-	end_request(fd_req, 0);
+	swim3_end_request_cur(-EIO);
 	fs->state = idle;
 	start_request(fs);
 }
@@ -593,8 +610,6 @@
 	struct floppy_state *fs = (struct floppy_state *) data;
 	struct swim3 __iomem *sw = fs->swim3;
 	struct dbdma_regs __iomem *dr = fs->dma;
-	struct dbdma_cmd *cp = fs->dma_cmd;
-	unsigned long s;
 	int n;
 
 	fs->timeout_pending = 0;
@@ -605,17 +620,10 @@
 	out_8(&sw->intr_enable, 0);
 	out_8(&sw->control_bic, WRITE_SECTORS | DO_ACTION);
 	out_8(&sw->select, RELAX);
-	if (rq_data_dir(fd_req) == WRITE)
-		++cp;
-	if (ld_le16(&cp->xfer_status) != 0)
-		s = fs->scount - ((ld_le16(&cp->res_count) + 511) >> 9);
-	else
-		s = 0;
-	fd_req->sector += s;
-	fd_req->current_nr_sectors -= s;
 	printk(KERN_ERR "swim3: timeout %sing sector %ld\n",
-	       (rq_data_dir(fd_req)==WRITE? "writ": "read"), (long)fd_req->sector);
-	end_request(fd_req, 0);
+	       (rq_data_dir(fd_req)==WRITE? "writ": "read"),
+	       (long)blk_rq_pos(fd_req));
+	swim3_end_request_cur(-EIO);
 	fs->state = idle;
 	start_request(fs);
 }
@@ -646,7 +654,7 @@
 				printk(KERN_ERR "swim3: seen sector but cyl=ff?\n");
 				fs->cur_cyl = -1;
 				if (fs->retries > 5) {
-					end_request(fd_req, 0);
+					swim3_end_request_cur(-EIO);
 					fs->state = idle;
 					start_request(fs);
 				} else {
@@ -719,9 +727,7 @@
 		if (intr & ERROR_INTR) {
 			n = fs->scount - 1 - resid / 512;
 			if (n > 0) {
-				fd_req->sector += n;
-				fd_req->current_nr_sectors -= n;
-				fd_req->buffer += n * 512;
+				blk_update_request(fd_req, 0, n << 9);
 				fs->req_sector += n;
 			}
 			if (fs->retries < 5) {
@@ -730,8 +736,8 @@
 			} else {
 				printk("swim3: error %sing block %ld (err=%x)\n",
 				       rq_data_dir(fd_req) == WRITE? "writ": "read",
-				       (long)fd_req->sector, err);
-				end_request(fd_req, 0);
+				       (long)blk_rq_pos(fd_req), err);
+				swim3_end_request_cur(-EIO);
 				fs->state = idle;
 			}
 		} else {
@@ -740,18 +746,12 @@
 				printk(KERN_ERR "swim3: fd dma: stat=%x resid=%d\n", stat, resid);
 				printk(KERN_ERR "  state=%d, dir=%x, intr=%x, err=%x\n",
 				       fs->state, rq_data_dir(fd_req), intr, err);
-				end_request(fd_req, 0);
+				swim3_end_request_cur(-EIO);
 				fs->state = idle;
 				start_request(fs);
 				break;
 			}
-			fd_req->sector += fs->scount;
-			fd_req->current_nr_sectors -= fs->scount;
-			fd_req->buffer += fs->scount * 512;
-			if (fd_req->current_nr_sectors <= 0) {
-				end_request(fd_req, 1);
-				fs->state = idle;
-			} else {
+			if (swim3_end_request(0, fs->scount << 9)) {
 				fs->req_sector += fs->scount;
 				if (fs->req_sector > fs->secpertrack) {
 					fs->req_sector -= fs->secpertrack;
@@ -761,7 +761,8 @@
 					}
 				}
 				act(fs);
-			}
+			} else
+				fs->state = idle;
 		}
 		if (fs->state == idle)
 			start_request(fs);
diff --git a/drivers/block/sx8.c b/drivers/block/sx8.c
index ff0448e..da403b6 100644
--- a/drivers/block/sx8.c
+++ b/drivers/block/sx8.c
@@ -749,8 +749,7 @@
 	struct request *req = crq->rq;
 	int rc;
 
-	rc = __blk_end_request(req, error, blk_rq_bytes(req));
-	assert(rc == 0);
+	__blk_end_request_all(req, error);
 
 	rc = carm_put_request(host, crq);
 	assert(rc == 0);
@@ -811,12 +810,10 @@
 
 	while (1) {
 		DPRINTK("get req\n");
-		rq = elv_next_request(q);
+		rq = blk_fetch_request(q);
 		if (!rq)
 			break;
 
-		blkdev_dequeue_request(rq);
-
 		crq = rq->special;
 		assert(crq != NULL);
 		assert(crq->rq == rq);
@@ -847,7 +844,7 @@
 
 queue_one_request:
 	VPRINTK("get req\n");
-	rq = elv_next_request(q);
+	rq = blk_peek_request(q);
 	if (!rq)
 		return;
 
@@ -858,7 +855,7 @@
 	}
 	crq->rq = rq;
 
-	blkdev_dequeue_request(rq);
+	blk_start_request(rq);
 
 	if (rq_data_dir(rq) == WRITE) {
 		writing = 1;
@@ -904,10 +901,10 @@
 	msg->sg_count	= n_elem;
 	msg->sg_type	= SGT_32BIT;
 	msg->handle	= cpu_to_le32(TAG_ENCODE(crq->tag));
-	msg->lba	= cpu_to_le32(rq->sector & 0xffffffff);
-	tmp		= (rq->sector >> 16) >> 16;
+	msg->lba	= cpu_to_le32(blk_rq_pos(rq) & 0xffffffff);
+	tmp		= (blk_rq_pos(rq) >> 16) >> 16;
 	msg->lba_high	= cpu_to_le16( (u16) tmp );
-	msg->lba_count	= cpu_to_le16(rq->nr_sectors);
+	msg->lba_count	= cpu_to_le16(blk_rq_sectors(rq));
 
 	msg_size = sizeof(struct carm_msg_rw) - sizeof(msg->sg);
 	for (i = 0; i < n_elem; i++) {
diff --git a/drivers/block/ub.c b/drivers/block/ub.c
index 689cd27..e67bbae 100644
--- a/drivers/block/ub.c
+++ b/drivers/block/ub.c
@@ -360,8 +360,7 @@
 static void ub_cmd_build_packet(struct ub_dev *sc, struct ub_lun *lun,
     struct ub_scsi_cmd *cmd, struct ub_request *urq);
 static void ub_rw_cmd_done(struct ub_dev *sc, struct ub_scsi_cmd *cmd);
-static void ub_end_rq(struct request *rq, unsigned int status,
-    unsigned int cmd_len);
+static void ub_end_rq(struct request *rq, unsigned int status);
 static int ub_rw_cmd_retry(struct ub_dev *sc, struct ub_lun *lun,
     struct ub_request *urq, struct ub_scsi_cmd *cmd);
 static int ub_submit_scsi(struct ub_dev *sc, struct ub_scsi_cmd *cmd);
@@ -627,7 +626,7 @@
 	struct ub_lun *lun = q->queuedata;
 	struct request *rq;
 
-	while ((rq = elv_next_request(q)) != NULL) {
+	while ((rq = blk_peek_request(q)) != NULL) {
 		if (ub_request_fn_1(lun, rq) != 0) {
 			blk_stop_queue(q);
 			break;
@@ -643,14 +642,14 @@
 	int n_elem;
 
 	if (atomic_read(&sc->poison)) {
-		blkdev_dequeue_request(rq);
-		ub_end_rq(rq, DID_NO_CONNECT << 16, blk_rq_bytes(rq));
+		blk_start_request(rq);
+		ub_end_rq(rq, DID_NO_CONNECT << 16);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
 	if (lun->changed && !blk_pc_request(rq)) {
-		blkdev_dequeue_request(rq);
-		ub_end_rq(rq, SAM_STAT_CHECK_CONDITION, blk_rq_bytes(rq));
+		blk_start_request(rq);
+		ub_end_rq(rq, SAM_STAT_CHECK_CONDITION);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -660,7 +659,7 @@
 		return -1;
 	memset(cmd, 0, sizeof(struct ub_scsi_cmd));
 
-	blkdev_dequeue_request(rq);
+	blk_start_request(rq);
 
 	urq = &lun->urq;
 	memset(urq, 0, sizeof(struct ub_request));
@@ -702,7 +701,7 @@
 
 drop:
 	ub_put_cmd(lun, cmd);
-	ub_end_rq(rq, DID_ERROR << 16, blk_rq_bytes(rq));
+	ub_end_rq(rq, DID_ERROR << 16);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -726,8 +725,8 @@
 	 * The call to blk_queue_hardsect_size() guarantees that request
 	 * is aligned, but it is given in terms of 512 byte units, always.
 	 */
-	block = rq->sector >> lun->capacity.bshift;
-	nblks = rq->nr_sectors >> lun->capacity.bshift;
+	block = blk_rq_pos(rq) >> lun->capacity.bshift;
+	nblks = blk_rq_sectors(rq) >> lun->capacity.bshift;
 
 	cmd->cdb[0] = (cmd->dir == UB_DIR_READ)? READ_10: WRITE_10;
 	/* 10-byte uses 4 bytes of LBA: 2147483648KB, 2097152MB, 2048GB */
@@ -739,7 +738,7 @@
 	cmd->cdb[8] = nblks;
 	cmd->cdb_len = 10;
 
-	cmd->len = rq->nr_sectors * 512;
+	cmd->len = blk_rq_bytes(rq);
 }
 
 static void ub_cmd_build_packet(struct ub_dev *sc, struct ub_lun *lun,
@@ -747,7 +746,7 @@
 {
 	struct request *rq = urq->rq;
 
-	if (rq->data_len == 0) {
+	if (blk_rq_bytes(rq) == 0) {
 		cmd->dir = UB_DIR_NONE;
 	} else {
 		if (rq_data_dir(rq) == WRITE)
@@ -762,7 +761,7 @@
 	memcpy(&cmd->cdb, rq->cmd, rq->cmd_len);
 	cmd->cdb_len = rq->cmd_len;
 
-	cmd->len = rq->data_len;
+	cmd->len = blk_rq_bytes(rq);
 
 	/*
 	 * To reapply this to every URB is not as incorrect as it looks.
@@ -777,16 +776,15 @@
 	struct ub_request *urq = cmd->back;
 	struct request *rq;
 	unsigned int scsi_status;
-	unsigned int cmd_len;
 
 	rq = urq->rq;
 
 	if (cmd->error == 0) {
 		if (blk_pc_request(rq)) {
-			if (cmd->act_len >= rq->data_len)
-				rq->data_len = 0;
+			if (cmd->act_len >= rq->resid_len)
+				rq->resid_len = 0;
 			else
-				rq->data_len -= cmd->act_len;
+				rq->resid_len -= cmd->act_len;
 			scsi_status = 0;
 		} else {
 			if (cmd->act_len != cmd->len) {
@@ -818,17 +816,14 @@
 
 	urq->rq = NULL;
 
-	cmd_len = cmd->len;
 	ub_put_cmd(lun, cmd);
-	ub_end_rq(rq, scsi_status, cmd_len);
+	ub_end_rq(rq, scsi_status);
 	blk_start_queue(lun->disk->queue);
 }
 
-static void ub_end_rq(struct request *rq, unsigned int scsi_status,
-    unsigned int cmd_len)
+static void ub_end_rq(struct request *rq, unsigned int scsi_status)
 {
 	int error;
-	long rqlen;
 
 	if (scsi_status == 0) {
 		error = 0;
@@ -836,12 +831,7 @@
 		error = -EIO;
 		rq->errors = scsi_status;
 	}
-	rqlen = blk_rq_bytes(rq);    /* Oddly enough, this is the residue. */
-	if (__blk_end_request(rq, error, cmd_len)) {
-		printk(KERN_WARNING DRV_NAME
-		    ": __blk_end_request blew, %s-cmd total %u rqlen %ld\n",
-		    blk_pc_request(rq)? "pc": "fs", cmd_len, rqlen);
-	}
+	__blk_end_request_all(rq, error);
 }
 
 static int ub_rw_cmd_retry(struct ub_dev *sc, struct ub_lun *lun,
diff --git a/drivers/block/viodasd.c b/drivers/block/viodasd.c
index ecccf65..390d69b 100644
--- a/drivers/block/viodasd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/viodasd.c
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@
 	struct viodasd_device *d;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	start = (u64)req->sector << 9;
+	start = (u64)blk_rq_pos(req) << 9;
 
 	if (rq_data_dir(req) == READ) {
 		direction = DMA_FROM_DEVICE;
@@ -361,19 +361,17 @@
 	 * back later.
 	 */
 	while (num_req_outstanding < VIOMAXREQ) {
-		req = elv_next_request(q);
+		req = blk_fetch_request(q);
 		if (req == NULL)
 			return;
-		/* dequeue the current request from the queue */
-		blkdev_dequeue_request(req);
 		/* check that request contains a valid command */
 		if (!blk_fs_request(req)) {
-			viodasd_end_request(req, -EIO, req->hard_nr_sectors);
+			viodasd_end_request(req, -EIO, blk_rq_sectors(req));
 			continue;
 		}
 		/* Try sending the request */
 		if (send_request(req) != 0)
-			viodasd_end_request(req, -EIO, req->hard_nr_sectors);
+			viodasd_end_request(req, -EIO, blk_rq_sectors(req));
 	}
 }
 
@@ -590,7 +588,7 @@
 		err = vio_lookup_rc(viodasd_err_table, bevent->sub_result);
 		printk(VIOD_KERN_WARNING "read/write error %d:0x%04x (%s)\n",
 				event->xRc, bevent->sub_result, err->msg);
-		num_sect = req->hard_nr_sectors;
+		num_sect = blk_rq_sectors(req);
 	}
 	qlock = req->q->queue_lock;
 	spin_lock_irqsave(qlock, irq_flags);
diff --git a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
index 5d34764..511d4ae 100644
--- a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
+++ b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 	struct list_head list;
 	struct request *req;
 	struct virtio_blk_outhdr out_hdr;
+	struct virtio_scsi_inhdr in_hdr;
 	u8 status;
 };
 
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&vblk->lock, flags);
 	while ((vbr = vblk->vq->vq_ops->get_buf(vblk->vq, &len)) != NULL) {
 		int error;
+
 		switch (vbr->status) {
 		case VIRTIO_BLK_S_OK:
 			error = 0;
@@ -62,7 +64,13 @@
 			break;
 		}
 
-		__blk_end_request(vbr->req, error, blk_rq_bytes(vbr->req));
+		if (blk_pc_request(vbr->req)) {
+			vbr->req->resid_len = vbr->in_hdr.residual;
+			vbr->req->sense_len = vbr->in_hdr.sense_len;
+			vbr->req->errors = vbr->in_hdr.errors;
+		}
+
+		__blk_end_request_all(vbr->req, error);
 		list_del(&vbr->list);
 		mempool_free(vbr, vblk->pool);
 	}
@@ -74,7 +82,7 @@
 static bool do_req(struct request_queue *q, struct virtio_blk *vblk,
 		   struct request *req)
 {
-	unsigned long num, out, in;
+	unsigned long num, out = 0, in = 0;
 	struct virtblk_req *vbr;
 
 	vbr = mempool_alloc(vblk->pool, GFP_ATOMIC);
@@ -85,7 +93,7 @@
 	vbr->req = req;
 	if (blk_fs_request(vbr->req)) {
 		vbr->out_hdr.type = 0;
-		vbr->out_hdr.sector = vbr->req->sector;
+		vbr->out_hdr.sector = blk_rq_pos(vbr->req);
 		vbr->out_hdr.ioprio = req_get_ioprio(vbr->req);
 	} else if (blk_pc_request(vbr->req)) {
 		vbr->out_hdr.type = VIRTIO_BLK_T_SCSI_CMD;
@@ -99,18 +107,36 @@
 	if (blk_barrier_rq(vbr->req))
 		vbr->out_hdr.type |= VIRTIO_BLK_T_BARRIER;
 
-	sg_set_buf(&vblk->sg[0], &vbr->out_hdr, sizeof(vbr->out_hdr));
-	num = blk_rq_map_sg(q, vbr->req, vblk->sg+1);
-	sg_set_buf(&vblk->sg[num+1], &vbr->status, sizeof(vbr->status));
+	sg_set_buf(&vblk->sg[out++], &vbr->out_hdr, sizeof(vbr->out_hdr));
 
-	if (rq_data_dir(vbr->req) == WRITE) {
-		vbr->out_hdr.type |= VIRTIO_BLK_T_OUT;
-		out = 1 + num;
-		in = 1;
-	} else {
-		vbr->out_hdr.type |= VIRTIO_BLK_T_IN;
-		out = 1;
-		in = 1 + num;
+	/*
+	 * If this is a packet command we need a couple of additional headers.
+	 * Behind the normal outhdr we put a segment with the scsi command
+	 * block, and before the normal inhdr we put the sense data and the
+	 * inhdr with additional status information before the normal inhdr.
+	 */
+	if (blk_pc_request(vbr->req))
+		sg_set_buf(&vblk->sg[out++], vbr->req->cmd, vbr->req->cmd_len);
+
+	num = blk_rq_map_sg(q, vbr->req, vblk->sg + out);
+
+	if (blk_pc_request(vbr->req)) {
+		sg_set_buf(&vblk->sg[num + out + in++], vbr->req->sense, 96);
+		sg_set_buf(&vblk->sg[num + out + in++], &vbr->in_hdr,
+			   sizeof(vbr->in_hdr));
+	}
+
+	sg_set_buf(&vblk->sg[num + out + in++], &vbr->status,
+		   sizeof(vbr->status));
+
+	if (num) {
+		if (rq_data_dir(vbr->req) == WRITE) {
+			vbr->out_hdr.type |= VIRTIO_BLK_T_OUT;
+			out += num;
+		} else {
+			vbr->out_hdr.type |= VIRTIO_BLK_T_IN;
+			in += num;
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (vblk->vq->vq_ops->add_buf(vblk->vq, vblk->sg, out, in, vbr)) {
@@ -124,12 +150,11 @@
 
 static void do_virtblk_request(struct request_queue *q)
 {
-	struct virtio_blk *vblk = NULL;
+	struct virtio_blk *vblk = q->queuedata;
 	struct request *req;
 	unsigned int issued = 0;
 
-	while ((req = elv_next_request(q)) != NULL) {
-		vblk = req->rq_disk->private_data;
+	while ((req = blk_peek_request(q)) != NULL) {
 		BUG_ON(req->nr_phys_segments + 2 > vblk->sg_elems);
 
 		/* If this request fails, stop queue and wait for something to
@@ -138,7 +163,7 @@
 			blk_stop_queue(q);
 			break;
 		}
-		blkdev_dequeue_request(req);
+		blk_start_request(req);
 		issued++;
 	}
 
@@ -149,8 +174,16 @@
 static int virtblk_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode,
 			 unsigned cmd, unsigned long data)
 {
-	return scsi_cmd_ioctl(bdev->bd_disk->queue,
-			      bdev->bd_disk, mode, cmd,
+	struct gendisk *disk = bdev->bd_disk;
+	struct virtio_blk *vblk = disk->private_data;
+
+	/*
+	 * Only allow the generic SCSI ioctls if the host can support it.
+	 */
+	if (!virtio_has_feature(vblk->vdev, VIRTIO_BLK_F_SCSI))
+		return -ENOIOCTLCMD;
+
+	return scsi_cmd_ioctl(disk->queue, disk, mode, cmd,
 			      (void __user *)data);
 }
 
@@ -249,6 +282,7 @@
 		goto out_put_disk;
 	}
 
+	vblk->disk->queue->queuedata = vblk;
 	queue_flag_set_unlocked(QUEUE_FLAG_VIRT, vblk->disk->queue);
 
 	if (index < 26) {
@@ -356,6 +390,7 @@
 static unsigned int features[] = {
 	VIRTIO_BLK_F_BARRIER, VIRTIO_BLK_F_SEG_MAX, VIRTIO_BLK_F_SIZE_MAX,
 	VIRTIO_BLK_F_GEOMETRY, VIRTIO_BLK_F_RO, VIRTIO_BLK_F_BLK_SIZE,
+	VIRTIO_BLK_F_SCSI,
 };
 
 static struct virtio_driver virtio_blk = {
diff --git a/drivers/block/xd.c b/drivers/block/xd.c
index 64b496f..ce24292 100644
--- a/drivers/block/xd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/xd.c
@@ -305,30 +305,25 @@
 	if (xdc_busy)
 		return;
 
-	while ((req = elv_next_request(q)) != NULL) {
-		unsigned block = req->sector;
-		unsigned count = req->nr_sectors;
-		int rw = rq_data_dir(req);
+	req = blk_fetch_request(q);
+	while (req) {
+		unsigned block = blk_rq_pos(req);
+		unsigned count = blk_rq_cur_sectors(req);
 		XD_INFO *disk = req->rq_disk->private_data;
-		int res = 0;
+		int res = -EIO;
 		int retry;
 
-		if (!blk_fs_request(req)) {
-			end_request(req, 0);
-			continue;
-		}
-		if (block + count > get_capacity(req->rq_disk)) {
-			end_request(req, 0);
-			continue;
-		}
-		if (rw != READ && rw != WRITE) {
-			printk("do_xd_request: unknown request\n");
-			end_request(req, 0);
-			continue;
-		}
+		if (!blk_fs_request(req))
+			goto done;
+		if (block + count > get_capacity(req->rq_disk))
+			goto done;
 		for (retry = 0; (retry < XD_RETRIES) && !res; retry++)
-			res = xd_readwrite(rw, disk, req->buffer, block, count);
-		end_request(req, res);	/* wrap up, 0 = fail, 1 = success */
+			res = xd_readwrite(rq_data_dir(req), disk, req->buffer,
+					   block, count);
+	done:
+		/* wrap up, 0 = success, -errno = fail */
+		if (!__blk_end_request_cur(req, res))
+			req = blk_fetch_request(q);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -418,7 +413,7 @@
 				printk("xd%c: %s timeout, recalibrating drive\n",'a'+drive,(operation == READ ? "read" : "write"));
 				xd_recalibrate(drive);
 				spin_lock_irq(&xd_lock);
-				return (0);
+				return -EIO;
 			case 2:
 				if (sense[0] & 0x30) {
 					printk("xd%c: %s - ",'a'+drive,(operation == READ ? "reading" : "writing"));
@@ -439,7 +434,7 @@
 				else
 					printk(" - no valid disk address\n");
 				spin_lock_irq(&xd_lock);
-				return (0);
+				return -EIO;
 		}
 		if (xd_dma_buffer)
 			for (i=0; i < (temp * 0x200); i++)
@@ -448,7 +443,7 @@
 		count -= temp, buffer += temp * 0x200, block += temp;
 	}
 	spin_lock_irq(&xd_lock);
-	return (1);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /* xd_recalibrate: recalibrate a given drive and reset controller if necessary */
diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
index 8f90508..6d59508 100644
--- a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
+++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
 static int get_id_from_freelist(struct blkfront_info *info)
 {
 	unsigned long free = info->shadow_free;
-	BUG_ON(free > BLK_RING_SIZE);
+	BUG_ON(free >= BLK_RING_SIZE);
 	info->shadow_free = info->shadow[free].req.id;
 	info->shadow[free].req.id = 0x0fffffee; /* debug */
 	return free;
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@
 	info->shadow[id].request = (unsigned long)req;
 
 	ring_req->id = id;
-	ring_req->sector_number = (blkif_sector_t)req->sector;
+	ring_req->sector_number = (blkif_sector_t)blk_rq_pos(req);
 	ring_req->handle = info->handle;
 
 	ring_req->operation = rq_data_dir(req) ?
@@ -299,25 +299,25 @@
 
 	queued = 0;
 
-	while ((req = elv_next_request(rq)) != NULL) {
+	while ((req = blk_peek_request(rq)) != NULL) {
 		info = req->rq_disk->private_data;
-		if (!blk_fs_request(req)) {
-			end_request(req, 0);
-			continue;
-		}
 
 		if (RING_FULL(&info->ring))
 			goto wait;
 
+		blk_start_request(req);
+
+		if (!blk_fs_request(req)) {
+			__blk_end_request_all(req, -EIO);
+			continue;
+		}
+
 		pr_debug("do_blk_req %p: cmd %p, sec %lx, "
-			 "(%u/%li) buffer:%p [%s]\n",
-			 req, req->cmd, (unsigned long)req->sector,
-			 req->current_nr_sectors,
-			 req->nr_sectors, req->buffer,
-			 rq_data_dir(req) ? "write" : "read");
+			 "(%u/%u) buffer:%p [%s]\n",
+			 req, req->cmd, (unsigned long)blk_rq_pos(req),
+			 blk_rq_cur_sectors(req), blk_rq_sectors(req),
+			 req->buffer, rq_data_dir(req) ? "write" : "read");
 
-
-		blkdev_dequeue_request(req);
 		if (blkif_queue_request(req)) {
 			blk_requeue_request(rq, req);
 wait:
@@ -551,7 +551,6 @@
 
 	for (i = info->ring.rsp_cons; i != rp; i++) {
 		unsigned long id;
-		int ret;
 
 		bret = RING_GET_RESPONSE(&info->ring, i);
 		id   = bret->id;
@@ -578,8 +577,7 @@
 				dev_dbg(&info->xbdev->dev, "Bad return from blkdev data "
 					"request: %x\n", bret->status);
 
-			ret = __blk_end_request(req, error, blk_rq_bytes(req));
-			BUG_ON(ret);
+			__blk_end_request_all(req, error);
 			break;
 		default:
 			BUG();
diff --git a/drivers/block/xsysace.c b/drivers/block/xsysace.c
index 4aecf5d..3a4397e 100644
--- a/drivers/block/xsysace.c
+++ b/drivers/block/xsysace.c
@@ -463,10 +463,11 @@
 {
 	struct request *req;
 
-	while ((req = elv_next_request(q)) != NULL) {
+	while ((req = blk_peek_request(q)) != NULL) {
 		if (blk_fs_request(req))
 			break;
-		end_request(req, 0);
+		blk_start_request(req);
+		__blk_end_request_all(req, -EIO);
 	}
 	return req;
 }
@@ -492,9 +493,13 @@
 		set_capacity(ace->gd, 0);
 		dev_info(ace->dev, "No CF in slot\n");
 
-		/* Drop all pending requests */
-		while ((req = elv_next_request(ace->queue)) != NULL)
-			end_request(req, 0);
+		/* Drop all in-flight and pending requests */
+		if (ace->req) {
+			__blk_end_request_all(ace->req, -EIO);
+			ace->req = NULL;
+		}
+		while ((req = blk_fetch_request(ace->queue)) != NULL)
+			__blk_end_request_all(req, -EIO);
 
 		/* Drop back to IDLE state and notify waiters */
 		ace->fsm_state = ACE_FSM_STATE_IDLE;
@@ -642,19 +647,21 @@
 			ace->fsm_state = ACE_FSM_STATE_IDLE;
 			break;
 		}
+		blk_start_request(req);
 
 		/* Okay, it's a data request, set it up for transfer */
 		dev_dbg(ace->dev,
-			"request: sec=%llx hcnt=%lx, ccnt=%x, dir=%i\n",
-			(unsigned long long) req->sector, req->hard_nr_sectors,
-			req->current_nr_sectors, rq_data_dir(req));
+			"request: sec=%llx hcnt=%x, ccnt=%x, dir=%i\n",
+			(unsigned long long)blk_rq_pos(req),
+			blk_rq_sectors(req), blk_rq_cur_sectors(req),
+			rq_data_dir(req));
 
 		ace->req = req;
 		ace->data_ptr = req->buffer;
-		ace->data_count = req->current_nr_sectors * ACE_BUF_PER_SECTOR;
-		ace_out32(ace, ACE_MPULBA, req->sector & 0x0FFFFFFF);
+		ace->data_count = blk_rq_cur_sectors(req) * ACE_BUF_PER_SECTOR;
+		ace_out32(ace, ACE_MPULBA, blk_rq_pos(req) & 0x0FFFFFFF);
 
-		count = req->hard_nr_sectors;
+		count = blk_rq_sectors(req);
 		if (rq_data_dir(req)) {
 			/* Kick off write request */
 			dev_dbg(ace->dev, "write data\n");
@@ -688,7 +695,7 @@
 			dev_dbg(ace->dev,
 				"CFBSY set; t=%i iter=%i c=%i dc=%i irq=%i\n",
 				ace->fsm_task, ace->fsm_iter_num,
-				ace->req->current_nr_sectors * 16,
+				blk_rq_cur_sectors(ace->req) * 16,
 				ace->data_count, ace->in_irq);
 			ace_fsm_yield(ace);	/* need to poll CFBSY bit */
 			break;
@@ -697,7 +704,7 @@
 			dev_dbg(ace->dev,
 				"DATABUF not set; t=%i iter=%i c=%i dc=%i irq=%i\n",
 				ace->fsm_task, ace->fsm_iter_num,
-				ace->req->current_nr_sectors * 16,
+				blk_rq_cur_sectors(ace->req) * 16,
 				ace->data_count, ace->in_irq);
 			ace_fsm_yieldirq(ace);
 			break;
@@ -717,14 +724,13 @@
 		}
 
 		/* bio finished; is there another one? */
-		if (__blk_end_request(ace->req, 0,
-					blk_rq_cur_bytes(ace->req))) {
-			/* dev_dbg(ace->dev, "next block; h=%li c=%i\n",
-			 *      ace->req->hard_nr_sectors,
-			 *      ace->req->current_nr_sectors);
+		if (__blk_end_request_cur(ace->req, 0)) {
+			/* dev_dbg(ace->dev, "next block; h=%u c=%u\n",
+			 *      blk_rq_sectors(ace->req),
+			 *      blk_rq_cur_sectors(ace->req));
 			 */
 			ace->data_ptr = ace->req->buffer;
-			ace->data_count = ace->req->current_nr_sectors * 16;
+			ace->data_count = blk_rq_cur_sectors(ace->req) * 16;
 			ace_fsm_yieldirq(ace);
 			break;
 		}
diff --git a/drivers/block/z2ram.c b/drivers/block/z2ram.c
index 80754cd..4575171 100644
--- a/drivers/block/z2ram.c
+++ b/drivers/block/z2ram.c
@@ -70,15 +70,18 @@
 static void do_z2_request(struct request_queue *q)
 {
 	struct request *req;
-	while ((req = elv_next_request(q)) != NULL) {
-		unsigned long start = req->sector << 9;
-		unsigned long len  = req->current_nr_sectors << 9;
+
+	req = blk_fetch_request(q);
+	while (req) {
+		unsigned long start = blk_rq_pos(req) << 9;
+		unsigned long len  = blk_rq_cur_bytes(req);
+		int err = 0;
 
 		if (start + len > z2ram_size) {
 			printk( KERN_ERR DEVICE_NAME ": bad access: block=%lu, count=%u\n",
-				req->sector, req->current_nr_sectors);
-			end_request(req, 0);
-			continue;
+				blk_rq_pos(req), blk_rq_cur_sectors(req));
+			err = -EIO;
+			goto done;
 		}
 		while (len) {
 			unsigned long addr = start & Z2RAM_CHUNKMASK;
@@ -93,7 +96,9 @@
 			start += size;
 			len -= size;
 		}
-		end_request(req, 1);
+	done:
+		if (!__blk_end_request_cur(req, err))
+			req = blk_fetch_request(q);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/cdrom/gdrom.c b/drivers/cdrom/gdrom.c
index 2eecb77..1e366ad 100644
--- a/drivers/cdrom/gdrom.c
+++ b/drivers/cdrom/gdrom.c
@@ -584,8 +584,8 @@
 	list_for_each_safe(elem, next, &gdrom_deferred) {
 		req = list_entry(elem, struct request, queuelist);
 		spin_unlock(&gdrom_lock);
-		block = req->sector/GD_TO_BLK + GD_SESSION_OFFSET;
-		block_cnt = req->nr_sectors/GD_TO_BLK;
+		block = blk_rq_pos(req)/GD_TO_BLK + GD_SESSION_OFFSET;
+		block_cnt = blk_rq_sectors(req)/GD_TO_BLK;
 		ctrl_outl(PHYSADDR(req->buffer), GDROM_DMA_STARTADDR_REG);
 		ctrl_outl(block_cnt * GDROM_HARD_SECTOR, GDROM_DMA_LENGTH_REG);
 		ctrl_outl(1, GDROM_DMA_DIRECTION_REG);
@@ -632,39 +632,35 @@
 		* before handling ending the request */
 		spin_lock(&gdrom_lock);
 		list_del_init(&req->queuelist);
-		__blk_end_request(req, err, blk_rq_bytes(req));
+		__blk_end_request_all(req, err);
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&gdrom_lock);
 	kfree(read_command);
 }
 
-static void gdrom_request_handler_dma(struct request *req)
-{
-	/* dequeue, add to list of deferred work
-	* and then schedule workqueue */
-	blkdev_dequeue_request(req);
-	list_add_tail(&req->queuelist, &gdrom_deferred);
-	schedule_work(&work);
-}
-
 static void gdrom_request(struct request_queue *rq)
 {
 	struct request *req;
 
-	while ((req = elv_next_request(rq)) != NULL) {
+	while ((req = blk_fetch_request(rq)) != NULL) {
 		if (!blk_fs_request(req)) {
 			printk(KERN_DEBUG "GDROM: Non-fs request ignored\n");
-			end_request(req, 0);
+			__blk_end_request_all(req, -EIO);
+			continue;
 		}
 		if (rq_data_dir(req) != READ) {
 			printk(KERN_NOTICE "GDROM: Read only device -");
 			printk(" write request ignored\n");
-			end_request(req, 0);
+			__blk_end_request_all(req, -EIO);
+			continue;
 		}
-		if (req->nr_sectors)
-			gdrom_request_handler_dma(req);
-		else
-			end_request(req, 0);
+
+		/*
+		 * Add to list of deferred work and then schedule
+		 * workqueue.
+		 */
+		list_add_tail(&req->queuelist, &gdrom_deferred);
+		schedule_work(&work);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/cdrom/viocd.c b/drivers/cdrom/viocd.c
index 1392935..ca741c2 100644
--- a/drivers/cdrom/viocd.c
+++ b/drivers/cdrom/viocd.c
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@
 			viopath_targetinst(viopath_hostLp),
 			(u64)req, VIOVERSION << 16,
 			((u64)DEVICE_NR(diskinfo) << 48) | dmaaddr,
-			(u64)req->sector * 512, len, 0);
+			(u64)blk_rq_pos(req) * 512, len, 0);
 	if (hvrc != HvLpEvent_Rc_Good) {
 		printk(VIOCD_KERN_WARNING "hv error on op %d\n", (int)hvrc);
 		return -1;
@@ -291,36 +291,19 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void viocd_end_request(struct request *req, int error)
-{
-	int nsectors = req->hard_nr_sectors;
-
-	/*
-	 * Make sure it's fully ended, and ensure that we process
-	 * at least one sector.
-	 */
-	if (blk_pc_request(req))
-		nsectors = (req->data_len + 511) >> 9;
-	if (!nsectors)
-		nsectors = 1;
-
-	if (__blk_end_request(req, error, nsectors << 9))
-		BUG();
-}
-
 static int rwreq;
 
 static void do_viocd_request(struct request_queue *q)
 {
 	struct request *req;
 
-	while ((rwreq == 0) && ((req = elv_next_request(q)) != NULL)) {
+	while ((rwreq == 0) && ((req = blk_fetch_request(q)) != NULL)) {
 		if (!blk_fs_request(req))
-			viocd_end_request(req, -EIO);
+			__blk_end_request_all(req, -EIO);
 		else if (send_request(req) < 0) {
 			printk(VIOCD_KERN_WARNING
 					"unable to send message to OS/400!");
-			viocd_end_request(req, -EIO);
+			__blk_end_request_all(req, -EIO);
 		} else
 			rwreq++;
 	}
@@ -531,9 +514,9 @@
 					"with rc %d:0x%04X: %s\n",
 					req, event->xRc,
 					bevent->sub_result, err->msg);
-			viocd_end_request(req, -EIO);
+			__blk_end_request_all(req, -EIO);
 		} else
-			viocd_end_request(req, 0);
+			__blk_end_request_all(req, 0);
 
 		/* restart handling of incoming requests */
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&viocd_reqlock, flags);
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-atapi.c b/drivers/ide/ide-atapi.c
index 7201b17..8a894fa 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-atapi.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-atapi.c
@@ -80,34 +80,6 @@
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ide_init_pc);
 
 /*
- * Generate a new packet command request in front of the request queue, before
- * the current request, so that it will be processed immediately, on the next
- * pass through the driver.
- */
-static void ide_queue_pc_head(ide_drive_t *drive, struct gendisk *disk,
-			      struct ide_atapi_pc *pc, struct request *rq)
-{
-	blk_rq_init(NULL, rq);
-	rq->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_SPECIAL;
-	rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_PREEMPT;
-	rq->buffer = (char *)pc;
-	rq->rq_disk = disk;
-
-	if (pc->req_xfer) {
-		rq->data = pc->buf;
-		rq->data_len = pc->req_xfer;
-	}
-
-	memcpy(rq->cmd, pc->c, 12);
-	if (drive->media == ide_tape)
-		rq->cmd[13] = REQ_IDETAPE_PC1;
-
-	drive->hwif->rq = NULL;
-
-	elv_add_request(drive->queue, rq, ELEVATOR_INSERT_FRONT, 0);
-}
-
-/*
  * Add a special packet command request to the tail of the request queue,
  * and wait for it to be serviced.
  */
@@ -119,19 +91,21 @@
 
 	rq = blk_get_request(drive->queue, READ, __GFP_WAIT);
 	rq->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_SPECIAL;
-	rq->buffer = (char *)pc;
+	rq->special = (char *)pc;
 
 	if (pc->req_xfer) {
-		rq->data = pc->buf;
-		rq->data_len = pc->req_xfer;
+		error = blk_rq_map_kern(drive->queue, rq, pc->buf, pc->req_xfer,
+					GFP_NOIO);
+		if (error)
+			goto put_req;
 	}
 
 	memcpy(rq->cmd, pc->c, 12);
 	if (drive->media == ide_tape)
 		rq->cmd[13] = REQ_IDETAPE_PC1;
 	error = blk_execute_rq(drive->queue, disk, rq, 0);
+put_req:
 	blk_put_request(rq);
-
 	return error;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ide_queue_pc_tail);
@@ -191,20 +165,113 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ide_create_request_sense_cmd);
 
+void ide_prep_sense(ide_drive_t *drive, struct request *rq)
+{
+	struct request_sense *sense = &drive->sense_data;
+	struct request *sense_rq = &drive->sense_rq;
+	unsigned int cmd_len, sense_len;
+	int err;
+
+	debug_log("%s: enter\n", __func__);
+
+	switch (drive->media) {
+	case ide_floppy:
+		cmd_len = 255;
+		sense_len = 18;
+		break;
+	case ide_tape:
+		cmd_len = 20;
+		sense_len = 20;
+		break;
+	default:
+		cmd_len = 18;
+		sense_len = 18;
+	}
+
+	BUG_ON(sense_len > sizeof(*sense));
+
+	if (blk_sense_request(rq) || drive->sense_rq_armed)
+		return;
+
+	memset(sense, 0, sizeof(*sense));
+
+	blk_rq_init(rq->q, sense_rq);
+
+	err = blk_rq_map_kern(drive->queue, sense_rq, sense, sense_len,
+			      GFP_NOIO);
+	if (unlikely(err)) {
+		if (printk_ratelimit())
+			printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: failed to map sense buffer\n",
+			       drive->name);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	sense_rq->rq_disk = rq->rq_disk;
+	sense_rq->cmd[0] = GPCMD_REQUEST_SENSE;
+	sense_rq->cmd[4] = cmd_len;
+	sense_rq->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_SENSE;
+	sense_rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_PREEMPT;
+
+	if (drive->media == ide_tape)
+		sense_rq->cmd[13] = REQ_IDETAPE_PC1;
+
+	drive->sense_rq_armed = true;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ide_prep_sense);
+
+int ide_queue_sense_rq(ide_drive_t *drive, void *special)
+{
+	/* deferred failure from ide_prep_sense() */
+	if (!drive->sense_rq_armed) {
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: failed queue sense request\n",
+		       drive->name);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	drive->sense_rq.special = special;
+	drive->sense_rq_armed = false;
+
+	drive->hwif->rq = NULL;
+
+	elv_add_request(drive->queue, &drive->sense_rq,
+			ELEVATOR_INSERT_FRONT, 0);
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ide_queue_sense_rq);
+
 /*
  * Called when an error was detected during the last packet command.
- * We queue a request sense packet command in the head of the request list.
+ * We queue a request sense packet command at the head of the request
+ * queue.
  */
-void ide_retry_pc(ide_drive_t *drive, struct gendisk *disk)
+void ide_retry_pc(ide_drive_t *drive)
 {
-	struct request *rq = &drive->request_sense_rq;
+	struct request *failed_rq = drive->hwif->rq;
+	struct request *sense_rq = &drive->sense_rq;
 	struct ide_atapi_pc *pc = &drive->request_sense_pc;
 
 	(void)ide_read_error(drive);
-	ide_create_request_sense_cmd(drive, pc);
+
+	/* init pc from sense_rq */
+	ide_init_pc(pc);
+	memcpy(pc->c, sense_rq->cmd, 12);
+	pc->buf = bio_data(sense_rq->bio);	/* pointer to mapped address */
+	pc->req_xfer = blk_rq_bytes(sense_rq);
+
 	if (drive->media == ide_tape)
 		set_bit(IDE_AFLAG_IGNORE_DSC, &drive->atapi_flags);
-	ide_queue_pc_head(drive, disk, pc, rq);
+
+	/*
+	 * Push back the failed request and put request sense on top
+	 * of it.  The failed command will be retried after sense data
+	 * is acquired.
+	 */
+	blk_requeue_request(failed_rq->q, failed_rq);
+	drive->hwif->rq = NULL;
+	if (ide_queue_sense_rq(drive, pc)) {
+		blk_start_request(failed_rq);
+		ide_complete_rq(drive, -EIO, blk_rq_bytes(failed_rq));
+	}
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ide_retry_pc);
 
@@ -246,7 +313,7 @@
 		return 32768;
 	else if (blk_sense_request(rq) || blk_pc_request(rq) ||
 			 rq->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_ATA_PC)
-		return rq->data_len;
+		return blk_rq_bytes(rq);
 	else
 		return 0;
 }
@@ -276,7 +343,6 @@
 	struct ide_cmd *cmd = &hwif->cmd;
 	struct request *rq = hwif->rq;
 	const struct ide_tp_ops *tp_ops = hwif->tp_ops;
-	xfer_func_t *xferfunc;
 	unsigned int timeout, done;
 	u16 bcount;
 	u8 stat, ireason, dsc = 0;
@@ -303,18 +369,14 @@
 					drive->name, rq_data_dir(pc->rq)
 						     ? "write" : "read");
 			pc->flags |= PC_FLAG_DMA_ERROR;
-		} else {
+		} else
 			pc->xferred = pc->req_xfer;
-			if (drive->pc_update_buffers)
-				drive->pc_update_buffers(drive, pc);
-		}
 		debug_log("%s: DMA finished\n", drive->name);
 	}
 
 	/* No more interrupts */
 	if ((stat & ATA_DRQ) == 0) {
 		int uptodate, error;
-		unsigned int done;
 
 		debug_log("Packet command completed, %d bytes transferred\n",
 			  pc->xferred);
@@ -343,7 +405,7 @@
 			debug_log("[cmd %x]: check condition\n", rq->cmd[0]);
 
 			/* Retry operation */
-			ide_retry_pc(drive, rq->rq_disk);
+			ide_retry_pc(drive);
 
 			/* queued, but not started */
 			return ide_stopped;
@@ -361,7 +423,6 @@
 
 		if (blk_special_request(rq)) {
 			rq->errors = 0;
-			done = blk_rq_bytes(rq);
 			error = 0;
 		} else {
 
@@ -370,15 +431,10 @@
 					rq->errors = -EIO;
 			}
 
-			if (drive->media == ide_tape)
-				done = ide_rq_bytes(rq); /* FIXME */
-			else
-				done = blk_rq_bytes(rq);
-
 			error = uptodate ? 0 : -EIO;
 		}
 
-		ide_complete_rq(drive, error, done);
+		ide_complete_rq(drive, error, blk_rq_bytes(rq));
 		return ide_stopped;
 	}
 
@@ -407,21 +463,11 @@
 		return ide_do_reset(drive);
 	}
 
-	xferfunc = write ? tp_ops->output_data : tp_ops->input_data;
+	done = min_t(unsigned int, bcount, cmd->nleft);
+	ide_pio_bytes(drive, cmd, write, done);
 
-	if (drive->media == ide_floppy && pc->buf == NULL) {
-		done = min_t(unsigned int, bcount, cmd->nleft);
-		ide_pio_bytes(drive, cmd, write, done);
-	} else if (drive->media == ide_tape && pc->bh) {
-		done = drive->pc_io_buffers(drive, pc, bcount, write);
-	} else {
-		done = min_t(unsigned int, bcount, pc->req_xfer - pc->xferred);
-		xferfunc(drive, NULL, pc->cur_pos, done);
-	}
-
-	/* Update the current position */
+	/* Update transferred byte count */
 	pc->xferred += done;
-	pc->cur_pos += done;
 
 	bcount -= done;
 
@@ -599,7 +645,6 @@
 
 		/* We haven't transferred any data yet */
 		pc->xferred = 0;
-		pc->cur_pos = pc->buf;
 
 		valid_tf = IDE_VALID_DEVICE;
 		bcount = ((drive->media == ide_tape) ?
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c b/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
index 925eb9e..1799328 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
@@ -206,54 +206,25 @@
 	ide_cd_log_error(drive->name, failed_command, sense);
 }
 
-static void cdrom_queue_request_sense(ide_drive_t *drive, void *sense,
-				      struct request *failed_command)
-{
-	struct cdrom_info *info		= drive->driver_data;
-	struct request *rq		= &drive->request_sense_rq;
-
-	ide_debug_log(IDE_DBG_SENSE, "enter");
-
-	if (sense == NULL)
-		sense = &info->sense_data;
-
-	/* stuff the sense request in front of our current request */
-	blk_rq_init(NULL, rq);
-	rq->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_ATA_PC;
-	rq->rq_disk = info->disk;
-
-	rq->data = sense;
-	rq->cmd[0] = GPCMD_REQUEST_SENSE;
-	rq->cmd[4] = 18;
-	rq->data_len = 18;
-
-	rq->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_SENSE;
-	rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_PREEMPT;
-
-	/* NOTE! Save the failed command in "rq->buffer" */
-	rq->buffer = (void *) failed_command;
-
-	if (failed_command)
-		ide_debug_log(IDE_DBG_SENSE, "failed_cmd: 0x%x",
-					     failed_command->cmd[0]);
-
-	drive->hwif->rq = NULL;
-
-	elv_add_request(drive->queue, rq, ELEVATOR_INSERT_FRONT, 0);
-}
-
 static void ide_cd_complete_failed_rq(ide_drive_t *drive, struct request *rq)
 {
 	/*
-	 * For REQ_TYPE_SENSE, "rq->buffer" points to the original
-	 * failed request
+	 * For REQ_TYPE_SENSE, "rq->special" points to the original
+	 * failed request.  Also, the sense data should be read
+	 * directly from rq which might be different from the original
+	 * sense buffer if it got copied during mapping.
 	 */
-	struct request *failed = (struct request *)rq->buffer;
-	struct cdrom_info *info = drive->driver_data;
-	void *sense = &info->sense_data;
+	struct request *failed = (struct request *)rq->special;
+	void *sense = bio_data(rq->bio);
 
 	if (failed) {
 		if (failed->sense) {
+			/*
+			 * Sense is always read into drive->sense_data.
+			 * Copy back if the failed request has its
+			 * sense pointer set.
+			 */
+			memcpy(failed->sense, sense, 18);
 			sense = failed->sense;
 			failed->sense_len = rq->sense_len;
 		}
@@ -428,22 +399,13 @@
 
 	/* if we got a CHECK_CONDITION status, queue a request sense command */
 	if (stat & ATA_ERR)
-		cdrom_queue_request_sense(drive, NULL, NULL);
+		return ide_queue_sense_rq(drive, NULL) ? 2 : 1;
 	return 1;
 
 end_request:
 	if (stat & ATA_ERR) {
-		struct request_queue *q = drive->queue;
-		unsigned long flags;
-
-		spin_lock_irqsave(q->queue_lock, flags);
-		blkdev_dequeue_request(rq);
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(q->queue_lock, flags);
-
 		hwif->rq = NULL;
-
-		cdrom_queue_request_sense(drive, rq->sense, rq);
-		return 1;
+		return ide_queue_sense_rq(drive, rq) ? 2 : 1;
 	} else
 		return 2;
 }
@@ -503,14 +465,8 @@
 	 * and some drives don't send them.  Sigh.
 	 */
 	if (rq->cmd[0] == GPCMD_REQUEST_SENSE &&
-	    cmd->nleft > 0 && cmd->nleft <= 5) {
-		unsigned int ofs = cmd->nbytes - cmd->nleft;
-
-		while (cmd->nleft > 0) {
-			*((u8 *)rq->data + ofs++) = 0;
-			cmd->nleft--;
-		}
-	}
+	    cmd->nleft > 0 && cmd->nleft <= 5)
+		cmd->nleft = 0;
 }
 
 int ide_cd_queue_pc(ide_drive_t *drive, const unsigned char *cmd,
@@ -543,14 +499,18 @@
 		rq->cmd_flags |= cmd_flags;
 		rq->timeout = timeout;
 		if (buffer) {
-			rq->data = buffer;
-			rq->data_len = *bufflen;
+			error = blk_rq_map_kern(drive->queue, rq, buffer,
+						*bufflen, GFP_NOIO);
+			if (error) {
+				blk_put_request(rq);
+				return error;
+			}
 		}
 
 		error = blk_execute_rq(drive->queue, info->disk, rq, 0);
 
 		if (buffer)
-			*bufflen = rq->data_len;
+			*bufflen = rq->resid_len;
 
 		flags = rq->cmd_flags;
 		blk_put_request(rq);
@@ -608,7 +568,7 @@
 	struct request *rq = hwif->rq;
 	ide_expiry_t *expiry = NULL;
 	int dma_error = 0, dma, thislen, uptodate = 0;
-	int write = (rq_data_dir(rq) == WRITE) ? 1 : 0, rc = 0, nsectors;
+	int write = (rq_data_dir(rq) == WRITE) ? 1 : 0, rc = 0;
 	int sense = blk_sense_request(rq);
 	unsigned int timeout;
 	u16 len;
@@ -738,13 +698,8 @@
 
 out_end:
 	if (blk_pc_request(rq) && rc == 0) {
-		unsigned int dlen = rq->data_len;
-
-		rq->data_len = 0;
-
-		if (blk_end_request(rq, 0, dlen))
-			BUG();
-
+		rq->resid_len = 0;
+		blk_end_request_all(rq, 0);
 		hwif->rq = NULL;
 	} else {
 		if (sense && uptodate)
@@ -762,21 +717,13 @@
 			ide_cd_error_cmd(drive, cmd);
 
 		/* make sure it's fully ended */
-		if (blk_pc_request(rq))
-			nsectors = (rq->data_len + 511) >> 9;
-		else
-			nsectors = rq->hard_nr_sectors;
-
-		if (nsectors == 0)
-			nsectors = 1;
-
 		if (blk_fs_request(rq) == 0) {
-			rq->data_len -= (cmd->nbytes - cmd->nleft);
+			rq->resid_len -= cmd->nbytes - cmd->nleft;
 			if (uptodate == 0 && (cmd->tf_flags & IDE_TFLAG_WRITE))
-				rq->data_len += cmd->last_xfer_len;
+				rq->resid_len += cmd->last_xfer_len;
 		}
 
-		ide_complete_rq(drive, uptodate ? 0 : -EIO, nsectors << 9);
+		ide_complete_rq(drive, uptodate ? 0 : -EIO, blk_rq_bytes(rq));
 
 		if (sense && rc == 2)
 			ide_error(drive, "request sense failure", stat);
@@ -809,8 +756,8 @@
 	}
 
 	/* fs requests *must* be hardware frame aligned */
-	if ((rq->nr_sectors & (sectors_per_frame - 1)) ||
-	    (rq->sector & (sectors_per_frame - 1)))
+	if ((blk_rq_sectors(rq) & (sectors_per_frame - 1)) ||
+	    (blk_rq_pos(rq) & (sectors_per_frame - 1)))
 		return ide_stopped;
 
 	/* use DMA, if possible */
@@ -838,15 +785,10 @@
 	drive->dma = 0;
 
 	/* sg request */
-	if (rq->bio || ((rq->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_ATA_PC) && rq->data_len)) {
+	if (rq->bio) {
 		struct request_queue *q = drive->queue;
+		char *buf = bio_data(rq->bio);
 		unsigned int alignment;
-		char *buf;
-
-		if (rq->bio)
-			buf = bio_data(rq->bio);
-		else
-			buf = rq->data;
 
 		drive->dma = !!(drive->dev_flags & IDE_DFLAG_USING_DMA);
 
@@ -858,7 +800,7 @@
 		 */
 		alignment = queue_dma_alignment(q) | q->dma_pad_mask;
 		if ((unsigned long)buf & alignment
-		    || rq->data_len & q->dma_pad_mask
+		    || blk_rq_bytes(rq) & q->dma_pad_mask
 		    || object_is_on_stack(buf))
 			drive->dma = 0;
 	}
@@ -896,6 +838,9 @@
 		goto out_end;
 	}
 
+	/* prepare sense request for this command */
+	ide_prep_sense(drive, rq);
+
 	memset(&cmd, 0, sizeof(cmd));
 
 	if (rq_data_dir(rq))
@@ -903,15 +848,14 @@
 
 	cmd.rq = rq;
 
-	if (blk_fs_request(rq) || rq->data_len) {
-		ide_init_sg_cmd(&cmd, blk_fs_request(rq) ? (rq->nr_sectors << 9)
-							 : rq->data_len);
+	if (blk_fs_request(rq) || blk_rq_bytes(rq)) {
+		ide_init_sg_cmd(&cmd, blk_rq_bytes(rq));
 		ide_map_sg(drive, &cmd);
 	}
 
 	return ide_issue_pc(drive, &cmd);
 out_end:
-	nsectors = rq->hard_nr_sectors;
+	nsectors = blk_rq_sectors(rq);
 
 	if (nsectors == 0)
 		nsectors = 1;
@@ -1395,8 +1339,8 @@
 static int ide_cdrom_prep_fs(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq)
 {
 	int hard_sect = queue_hardsect_size(q);
-	long block = (long)rq->hard_sector / (hard_sect >> 9);
-	unsigned long blocks = rq->hard_nr_sectors / (hard_sect >> 9);
+	long block = (long)blk_rq_pos(rq) / (hard_sect >> 9);
+	unsigned long blocks = blk_rq_sectors(rq) / (hard_sect >> 9);
 
 	memset(rq->cmd, 0, BLK_MAX_CDB);
 
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-cd.h b/drivers/ide/ide-cd.h
index 1d97101..93a3cf1b 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-cd.h
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-cd.h
@@ -87,10 +87,6 @@
 
 	struct atapi_toc *toc;
 
-	/* The result of the last successful request sense command
-	   on this device. */
-	struct request_sense sense_data;
-
 	u8 max_speed;		/* Max speed of the drive. */
 	u8 current_speed;	/* Current speed of the drive. */
 
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c b/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c
index a9fbe2c..ad18e14 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
 					sector_t block)
 {
 	ide_hwif_t *hwif	= drive->hwif;
-	u16 nsectors		= (u16)rq->nr_sectors;
+	u16 nsectors		= (u16)blk_rq_sectors(rq);
 	u8 lba48		= !!(drive->dev_flags & IDE_DFLAG_LBA48);
 	u8 dma			= !!(drive->dev_flags & IDE_DFLAG_USING_DMA);
 	struct ide_cmd		cmd;
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
 	ide_startstop_t		rc;
 
 	if ((hwif->host_flags & IDE_HFLAG_NO_LBA48_DMA) && lba48 && dma) {
-		if (block + rq->nr_sectors > 1ULL << 28)
+		if (block + blk_rq_sectors(rq) > 1ULL << 28)
 			dma = 0;
 		else
 			lba48 = 0;
@@ -195,9 +195,9 @@
 
 	ledtrig_ide_activity();
 
-	pr_debug("%s: %sing: block=%llu, sectors=%lu, buffer=0x%08lx\n",
+	pr_debug("%s: %sing: block=%llu, sectors=%u, buffer=0x%08lx\n",
 		 drive->name, rq_data_dir(rq) == READ ? "read" : "writ",
-		 (unsigned long long)block, rq->nr_sectors,
+		 (unsigned long long)block, blk_rq_sectors(rq),
 		 (unsigned long)rq->buffer);
 
 	if (hwif->rw_disk)
@@ -411,7 +411,6 @@
 	cmd->protocol = ATA_PROT_NODATA;
 
 	rq->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_ATA_TASKFILE;
-	rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_SOFTBARRIER;
 	rq->special = cmd;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-dma.c b/drivers/ide/ide-dma.c
index a0b8cab1..001f68f 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-dma.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-dma.c
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
 				ide_finish_cmd(drive, cmd, stat);
 			else
 				ide_complete_rq(drive, 0,
-						cmd->rq->nr_sectors << 9);
+						blk_rq_sectors(cmd->rq) << 9);
 			return ide_stopped;
 		}
 		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: %s: bad DMA status (0x%02x)\n",
@@ -510,23 +510,11 @@
 	/*
 	 * un-busy drive etc and make sure request is sane
 	 */
-
 	rq = hwif->rq;
-	if (!rq)
-		goto out;
-
-	hwif->rq = NULL;
-
-	rq->errors = 0;
-
-	if (!rq->bio)
-		goto out;
-
-	rq->sector = rq->bio->bi_sector;
-	rq->current_nr_sectors = bio_iovec(rq->bio)->bv_len >> 9;
-	rq->hard_cur_sectors = rq->current_nr_sectors;
-	rq->buffer = bio_data(rq->bio);
-out:
+	if (rq) {
+		hwif->rq = NULL;
+		rq->errors = 0;
+	}
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c b/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c
index 2b4868d..6509817 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c
@@ -134,13 +134,17 @@
 	drive->pc = pc;
 
 	if (pc->retries > IDEFLOPPY_MAX_PC_RETRIES) {
+		unsigned int done = blk_rq_bytes(drive->hwif->rq);
+
 		if (!(pc->flags & PC_FLAG_SUPPRESS_ERROR))
 			ide_floppy_report_error(floppy, pc);
+
 		/* Giving up */
 		pc->error = IDE_DRV_ERROR_GENERAL;
 
 		drive->failed_pc = NULL;
 		drive->pc_callback(drive, 0);
+		ide_complete_rq(drive, -EIO, done);
 		return ide_stopped;
 	}
 
@@ -190,7 +194,7 @@
 {
 	struct ide_disk_obj *floppy = drive->driver_data;
 	int block = sector / floppy->bs_factor;
-	int blocks = rq->nr_sectors / floppy->bs_factor;
+	int blocks = blk_rq_sectors(rq) / floppy->bs_factor;
 	int cmd = rq_data_dir(rq);
 
 	ide_debug_log(IDE_DBG_FUNC, "block: %d, blocks: %d", block, blocks);
@@ -216,16 +220,14 @@
 	ide_init_pc(pc);
 	memcpy(pc->c, rq->cmd, sizeof(pc->c));
 	pc->rq = rq;
-	if (rq->data_len && rq_data_dir(rq) == WRITE)
-		pc->flags |= PC_FLAG_WRITING;
-	pc->buf = rq->data;
-	if (rq->bio)
+	if (blk_rq_bytes(rq)) {
 		pc->flags |= PC_FLAG_DMA_OK;
-	/*
-	 * possibly problematic, doesn't look like ide-floppy correctly
-	 * handled scattered requests if dma fails...
-	 */
-	pc->req_xfer = pc->buf_size = rq->data_len;
+		if (rq_data_dir(rq) == WRITE)
+			pc->flags |= PC_FLAG_WRITING;
+	}
+	/* pio will be performed by ide_pio_bytes() which handles sg fine */
+	pc->buf = NULL;
+	pc->req_xfer = pc->buf_size = blk_rq_bytes(rq);
 }
 
 static ide_startstop_t ide_floppy_do_request(ide_drive_t *drive,
@@ -257,16 +259,16 @@
 			goto out_end;
 	}
 	if (blk_fs_request(rq)) {
-		if (((long)rq->sector % floppy->bs_factor) ||
-		    (rq->nr_sectors % floppy->bs_factor)) {
+		if (((long)blk_rq_pos(rq) % floppy->bs_factor) ||
+		    (blk_rq_sectors(rq) % floppy->bs_factor)) {
 			printk(KERN_ERR PFX "%s: unsupported r/w rq size\n",
 				drive->name);
 			goto out_end;
 		}
 		pc = &floppy->queued_pc;
 		idefloppy_create_rw_cmd(drive, pc, rq, (unsigned long)block);
-	} else if (blk_special_request(rq)) {
-		pc = (struct ide_atapi_pc *) rq->buffer;
+	} else if (blk_special_request(rq) || blk_sense_request(rq)) {
+		pc = (struct ide_atapi_pc *)rq->special;
 	} else if (blk_pc_request(rq)) {
 		pc = &floppy->queued_pc;
 		idefloppy_blockpc_cmd(floppy, pc, rq);
@@ -275,6 +277,8 @@
 		goto out_end;
 	}
 
+	ide_prep_sense(drive, rq);
+
 	memset(&cmd, 0, sizeof(cmd));
 
 	if (rq_data_dir(rq))
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-io.c b/drivers/ide/ide-io.c
index 35dc38d..e4e3a0e3 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-io.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-io.c
@@ -116,9 +116,9 @@
 unsigned int ide_rq_bytes(struct request *rq)
 {
 	if (blk_pc_request(rq))
-		return rq->data_len;
+		return blk_rq_bytes(rq);
 	else
-		return rq->hard_cur_sectors << 9;
+		return blk_rq_cur_sectors(rq) << 9;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ide_rq_bytes);
 
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
 	 * and complete the whole request right now
 	 */
 	if (blk_noretry_request(rq) && error <= 0)
-		nr_bytes = rq->hard_nr_sectors << 9;
+		nr_bytes = blk_rq_sectors(rq) << 9;
 
 	rc = ide_end_rq(drive, rq, error, nr_bytes);
 	if (rc == 0)
@@ -248,14 +248,7 @@
 	struct scatterlist *sg = hwif->sg_table;
 	struct request *rq = cmd->rq;
 
-	if (rq->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_ATA_TASKFILE) {
-		sg_init_one(sg, rq->buffer, rq->nr_sectors * SECTOR_SIZE);
-		cmd->sg_nents = 1;
-	} else if (!rq->bio) {
-		sg_init_one(sg, rq->data, rq->data_len);
-		cmd->sg_nents = 1;
-	} else
-		cmd->sg_nents = blk_rq_map_sg(drive->queue, rq, sg);
+	cmd->sg_nents = blk_rq_map_sg(drive->queue, rq, sg);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ide_map_sg);
 
@@ -286,7 +279,7 @@
 
 	if (cmd) {
 		if (cmd->protocol == ATA_PROT_PIO) {
-			ide_init_sg_cmd(cmd, rq->nr_sectors << 9);
+			ide_init_sg_cmd(cmd, blk_rq_sectors(rq) << 9);
 			ide_map_sg(drive, cmd);
 		}
 
@@ -371,7 +364,7 @@
 		if (rq->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_ATA_TASKFILE)
 			return execute_drive_cmd(drive, rq);
 		else if (blk_pm_request(rq)) {
-			struct request_pm_state *pm = rq->data;
+			struct request_pm_state *pm = rq->special;
 #ifdef DEBUG_PM
 			printk("%s: start_power_step(step: %d)\n",
 				drive->name, pm->pm_step);
@@ -394,7 +387,7 @@
 
 		drv = *(struct ide_driver **)rq->rq_disk->private_data;
 
-		return drv->do_request(drive, rq, rq->sector);
+		return drv->do_request(drive, rq, blk_rq_pos(rq));
 	}
 	return do_special(drive);
 kill_rq:
@@ -484,6 +477,9 @@
 
 	spin_unlock_irq(q->queue_lock);
 
+	/* HLD do_request() callback might sleep, make sure it's okay */
+	might_sleep();
+
 	if (ide_lock_host(host, hwif))
 		goto plug_device_2;
 
@@ -491,10 +487,10 @@
 
 	if (!ide_lock_port(hwif)) {
 		ide_hwif_t *prev_port;
+
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(hwif->rq);
 repeat:
 		prev_port = hwif->host->cur_port;
-		hwif->rq = NULL;
-
 		if (drive->dev_flags & IDE_DFLAG_SLEEPING &&
 		    time_after(drive->sleep, jiffies)) {
 			ide_unlock_port(hwif);
@@ -523,7 +519,9 @@
 		 * we know that the queue isn't empty, but this can happen
 		 * if the q->prep_rq_fn() decides to kill a request
 		 */
-		rq = elv_next_request(drive->queue);
+		if (!rq)
+			rq = blk_fetch_request(drive->queue);
+
 		spin_unlock_irq(q->queue_lock);
 		spin_lock_irq(&hwif->lock);
 
@@ -535,7 +533,7 @@
 		/*
 		 * Sanity: don't accept a request that isn't a PM request
 		 * if we are currently power managed. This is very important as
-		 * blk_stop_queue() doesn't prevent the elv_next_request()
+		 * blk_stop_queue() doesn't prevent the blk_fetch_request()
 		 * above to return us whatever is in the queue. Since we call
 		 * ide_do_request() ourselves, we end up taking requests while
 		 * the queue is blocked...
@@ -559,8 +557,11 @@
 		startstop = start_request(drive, rq);
 		spin_lock_irq(&hwif->lock);
 
-		if (startstop == ide_stopped)
+		if (startstop == ide_stopped) {
+			rq = hwif->rq;
+			hwif->rq = NULL;
 			goto repeat;
+		}
 	} else
 		goto plug_device;
 out:
@@ -576,18 +577,24 @@
 plug_device_2:
 	spin_lock_irq(q->queue_lock);
 
+	if (rq)
+		blk_requeue_request(q, rq);
 	if (!elv_queue_empty(q))
 		blk_plug_device(q);
 }
 
-static void ide_plug_device(ide_drive_t *drive)
+static void ide_requeue_and_plug(ide_drive_t *drive, struct request *rq)
 {
 	struct request_queue *q = drive->queue;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(q->queue_lock, flags);
+
+	if (rq)
+		blk_requeue_request(q, rq);
 	if (!elv_queue_empty(q))
 		blk_plug_device(q);
+
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(q->queue_lock, flags);
 }
 
@@ -636,6 +643,7 @@
 	unsigned long	flags;
 	int		wait = -1;
 	int		plug_device = 0;
+	struct request	*uninitialized_var(rq_in_flight);
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&hwif->lock, flags);
 
@@ -697,6 +705,8 @@
 		spin_lock_irq(&hwif->lock);
 		enable_irq(hwif->irq);
 		if (startstop == ide_stopped) {
+			rq_in_flight = hwif->rq;
+			hwif->rq = NULL;
 			ide_unlock_port(hwif);
 			plug_device = 1;
 		}
@@ -705,7 +715,7 @@
 
 	if (plug_device) {
 		ide_unlock_host(hwif->host);
-		ide_plug_device(drive);
+		ide_requeue_and_plug(drive, rq_in_flight);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -791,6 +801,7 @@
 	ide_startstop_t startstop;
 	irqreturn_t irq_ret = IRQ_NONE;
 	int plug_device = 0;
+	struct request *uninitialized_var(rq_in_flight);
 
 	if (host->host_flags & IDE_HFLAG_SERIALIZE) {
 		if (hwif != host->cur_port)
@@ -870,6 +881,8 @@
 	 */
 	if (startstop == ide_stopped) {
 		BUG_ON(hwif->handler);
+		rq_in_flight = hwif->rq;
+		hwif->rq = NULL;
 		ide_unlock_port(hwif);
 		plug_device = 1;
 	}
@@ -879,7 +892,7 @@
 out_early:
 	if (plug_device) {
 		ide_unlock_host(hwif->host);
-		ide_plug_device(drive);
+		ide_requeue_and_plug(drive, rq_in_flight);
 	}
 
 	return irq_ret;
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-ioctls.c b/drivers/ide/ide-ioctls.c
index c1c25eb..5991b23 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-ioctls.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-ioctls.c
@@ -231,7 +231,6 @@
 	rq->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_SPECIAL;
 	rq->cmd_len = 1;
 	rq->cmd[0] = REQ_DRIVE_RESET;
-	rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_SOFTBARRIER;
 	if (blk_execute_rq(drive->queue, NULL, rq, 1))
 		ret = rq->errors;
 	blk_put_request(rq);
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-lib.c b/drivers/ide/ide-lib.c
index 56ff8c4..05b7fbc 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-lib.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-lib.c
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
 
 		if (rq)
 			printk(KERN_CONT ", sector=%llu",
-			       (unsigned long long)rq->sector);
+			       (unsigned long long)blk_rq_pos(rq));
 	}
 	printk(KERN_CONT "\n");
 }
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-park.c b/drivers/ide/ide-park.c
index 310d03f..a914023 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-park.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-park.c
@@ -24,11 +24,8 @@
 			start_queue = 1;
 		spin_unlock_irq(&hwif->lock);
 
-		if (start_queue) {
-			spin_lock_irq(q->queue_lock);
-			blk_start_queueing(q);
-			spin_unlock_irq(q->queue_lock);
-		}
+		if (start_queue)
+			blk_run_queue(q);
 		return;
 	}
 	spin_unlock_irq(&hwif->lock);
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-pm.c b/drivers/ide/ide-pm.c
index 0d8a151..ba1488b 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-pm.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-pm.c
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 	ide_hwif_t *hwif = drive->hwif;
 	struct request *rq;
 	struct request_pm_state rqpm;
-	struct ide_cmd cmd;
 	int ret;
 
 	/* call ACPI _GTM only once */
@@ -15,11 +14,9 @@
 		ide_acpi_get_timing(hwif);
 
 	memset(&rqpm, 0, sizeof(rqpm));
-	memset(&cmd, 0, sizeof(cmd));
 	rq = blk_get_request(drive->queue, READ, __GFP_WAIT);
 	rq->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_PM_SUSPEND;
-	rq->special = &cmd;
-	rq->data = &rqpm;
+	rq->special = &rqpm;
 	rqpm.pm_step = IDE_PM_START_SUSPEND;
 	if (mesg.event == PM_EVENT_PRETHAW)
 		mesg.event = PM_EVENT_FREEZE;
@@ -41,7 +38,6 @@
 	ide_hwif_t *hwif = drive->hwif;
 	struct request *rq;
 	struct request_pm_state rqpm;
-	struct ide_cmd cmd;
 	int err;
 
 	/* call ACPI _PS0 / _STM only once */
@@ -53,12 +49,10 @@
 	ide_acpi_exec_tfs(drive);
 
 	memset(&rqpm, 0, sizeof(rqpm));
-	memset(&cmd, 0, sizeof(cmd));
 	rq = blk_get_request(drive->queue, READ, __GFP_WAIT);
 	rq->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_PM_RESUME;
 	rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_PREEMPT;
-	rq->special = &cmd;
-	rq->data = &rqpm;
+	rq->special = &rqpm;
 	rqpm.pm_step = IDE_PM_START_RESUME;
 	rqpm.pm_state = PM_EVENT_ON;
 
@@ -77,7 +71,7 @@
 
 void ide_complete_power_step(ide_drive_t *drive, struct request *rq)
 {
-	struct request_pm_state *pm = rq->data;
+	struct request_pm_state *pm = rq->special;
 
 #ifdef DEBUG_PM
 	printk(KERN_INFO "%s: complete_power_step(step: %d)\n",
@@ -107,10 +101,8 @@
 
 ide_startstop_t ide_start_power_step(ide_drive_t *drive, struct request *rq)
 {
-	struct request_pm_state *pm = rq->data;
-	struct ide_cmd *cmd = rq->special;
-
-	memset(cmd, 0, sizeof(*cmd));
+	struct request_pm_state *pm = rq->special;
+	struct ide_cmd cmd = { };
 
 	switch (pm->pm_step) {
 	case IDE_PM_FLUSH_CACHE:	/* Suspend step 1 (flush cache) */
@@ -123,12 +115,12 @@
 			return ide_stopped;
 		}
 		if (ata_id_flush_ext_enabled(drive->id))
-			cmd->tf.command = ATA_CMD_FLUSH_EXT;
+			cmd.tf.command = ATA_CMD_FLUSH_EXT;
 		else
-			cmd->tf.command = ATA_CMD_FLUSH;
+			cmd.tf.command = ATA_CMD_FLUSH;
 		goto out_do_tf;
 	case IDE_PM_STANDBY:		/* Suspend step 2 (standby) */
-		cmd->tf.command = ATA_CMD_STANDBYNOW1;
+		cmd.tf.command = ATA_CMD_STANDBYNOW1;
 		goto out_do_tf;
 	case IDE_PM_RESTORE_PIO:	/* Resume step 1 (restore PIO) */
 		ide_set_max_pio(drive);
@@ -141,7 +133,7 @@
 			ide_complete_power_step(drive, rq);
 		return ide_stopped;
 	case IDE_PM_IDLE:		/* Resume step 2 (idle) */
-		cmd->tf.command = ATA_CMD_IDLEIMMEDIATE;
+		cmd.tf.command = ATA_CMD_IDLEIMMEDIATE;
 		goto out_do_tf;
 	case IDE_PM_RESTORE_DMA:	/* Resume step 3 (restore DMA) */
 		/*
@@ -163,11 +155,11 @@
 	return ide_stopped;
 
 out_do_tf:
-	cmd->valid.out.tf = IDE_VALID_OUT_TF | IDE_VALID_DEVICE;
-	cmd->valid.in.tf  = IDE_VALID_IN_TF  | IDE_VALID_DEVICE;
-	cmd->protocol = ATA_PROT_NODATA;
+	cmd.valid.out.tf = IDE_VALID_OUT_TF | IDE_VALID_DEVICE;
+	cmd.valid.in.tf  = IDE_VALID_IN_TF  | IDE_VALID_DEVICE;
+	cmd.protocol = ATA_PROT_NODATA;
 
-	return do_rw_taskfile(drive, cmd);
+	return do_rw_taskfile(drive, &cmd);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -181,7 +173,7 @@
 void ide_complete_pm_rq(ide_drive_t *drive, struct request *rq)
 {
 	struct request_queue *q = drive->queue;
-	struct request_pm_state *pm = rq->data;
+	struct request_pm_state *pm = rq->special;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	ide_complete_power_step(drive, rq);
@@ -207,7 +199,7 @@
 
 void ide_check_pm_state(ide_drive_t *drive, struct request *rq)
 {
-	struct request_pm_state *pm = rq->data;
+	struct request_pm_state *pm = rq->special;
 
 	if (blk_pm_suspend_request(rq) &&
 	    pm->pm_step == IDE_PM_START_SUSPEND)
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
index 3a53e08..683ff37 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
@@ -131,13 +131,6 @@
 	IDETAPE_DIR_WRITE = (1 << 2),
 };
 
-struct idetape_bh {
-	u32 b_size;
-	atomic_t b_count;
-	struct idetape_bh *b_reqnext;
-	char *b_data;
-};
-
 /* Tape door status */
 #define DOOR_UNLOCKED			0
 #define DOOR_LOCKED			1
@@ -219,18 +212,12 @@
 
 	/* Data buffer size chosen based on the tape's recommendation */
 	int buffer_size;
-	/* merge buffer */
-	struct idetape_bh *merge_bh;
-	/* size of the merge buffer */
-	int merge_bh_size;
-	/* pointer to current buffer head within the merge buffer */
-	struct idetape_bh *bh;
-	char *b_data;
-	int b_count;
-
-	int pages_per_buffer;
-	/* Wasted space in each stage */
-	int excess_bh_size;
+	/* Staging buffer of buffer_size bytes */
+	void *buf;
+	/* The read/write cursor */
+	void *cur;
+	/* The number of valid bytes in buf */
+	size_t valid;
 
 	/* Measures average tape speed */
 	unsigned long avg_time;
@@ -297,84 +284,6 @@
 	return tape;
 }
 
-static int idetape_input_buffers(ide_drive_t *drive, struct ide_atapi_pc *pc,
-				  unsigned int bcount)
-{
-	struct idetape_bh *bh = pc->bh;
-	int count;
-
-	while (bcount) {
-		if (bh == NULL)
-			break;
-		count = min(
-			(unsigned int)(bh->b_size - atomic_read(&bh->b_count)),
-			bcount);
-		drive->hwif->tp_ops->input_data(drive, NULL, bh->b_data +
-					atomic_read(&bh->b_count), count);
-		bcount -= count;
-		atomic_add(count, &bh->b_count);
-		if (atomic_read(&bh->b_count) == bh->b_size) {
-			bh = bh->b_reqnext;
-			if (bh)
-				atomic_set(&bh->b_count, 0);
-		}
-	}
-
-	pc->bh = bh;
-
-	return bcount;
-}
-
-static int idetape_output_buffers(ide_drive_t *drive, struct ide_atapi_pc *pc,
-				   unsigned int bcount)
-{
-	struct idetape_bh *bh = pc->bh;
-	int count;
-
-	while (bcount) {
-		if (bh == NULL)
-			break;
-		count = min((unsigned int)pc->b_count, (unsigned int)bcount);
-		drive->hwif->tp_ops->output_data(drive, NULL, pc->b_data, count);
-		bcount -= count;
-		pc->b_data += count;
-		pc->b_count -= count;
-		if (!pc->b_count) {
-			bh = bh->b_reqnext;
-			pc->bh = bh;
-			if (bh) {
-				pc->b_data = bh->b_data;
-				pc->b_count = atomic_read(&bh->b_count);
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	return bcount;
-}
-
-static void idetape_update_buffers(ide_drive_t *drive, struct ide_atapi_pc *pc)
-{
-	struct idetape_bh *bh = pc->bh;
-	int count;
-	unsigned int bcount = pc->xferred;
-
-	if (pc->flags & PC_FLAG_WRITING)
-		return;
-	while (bcount) {
-		if (bh == NULL) {
-			printk(KERN_ERR "ide-tape: bh == NULL in %s\n",
-					__func__);
-			return;
-		}
-		count = min((unsigned int)bh->b_size, (unsigned int)bcount);
-		atomic_set(&bh->b_count, count);
-		if (atomic_read(&bh->b_count) == bh->b_size)
-			bh = bh->b_reqnext;
-		bcount -= count;
-	}
-	pc->bh = bh;
-}
-
 /*
  * called on each failed packet command retry to analyze the request sense. We
  * currently do not utilize this information.
@@ -392,12 +301,10 @@
 		 pc->c[0], tape->sense_key, tape->asc, tape->ascq);
 
 	/* Correct pc->xferred by asking the tape.	 */
-	if (pc->flags & PC_FLAG_DMA_ERROR) {
+	if (pc->flags & PC_FLAG_DMA_ERROR)
 		pc->xferred = pc->req_xfer -
 			tape->blk_size *
 			get_unaligned_be32(&sense[3]);
-		idetape_update_buffers(drive, pc);
-	}
 
 	/*
 	 * If error was the result of a zero-length read or write command,
@@ -436,29 +343,6 @@
 	}
 }
 
-/* Free data buffers completely. */
-static void ide_tape_kfree_buffer(idetape_tape_t *tape)
-{
-	struct idetape_bh *prev_bh, *bh = tape->merge_bh;
-
-	while (bh) {
-		u32 size = bh->b_size;
-
-		while (size) {
-			unsigned int order = fls(size >> PAGE_SHIFT)-1;
-
-			if (bh->b_data)
-				free_pages((unsigned long)bh->b_data, order);
-
-			size &= (order-1);
-			bh->b_data += (1 << order) * PAGE_SIZE;
-		}
-		prev_bh = bh;
-		bh = bh->b_reqnext;
-		kfree(prev_bh);
-	}
-}
-
 static void ide_tape_handle_dsc(ide_drive_t *);
 
 static int ide_tape_callback(ide_drive_t *drive, int dsc)
@@ -496,7 +380,7 @@
 		}
 
 		tape->first_frame += blocks;
-		rq->current_nr_sectors -= blocks;
+		rq->resid_len -= blocks * tape->blk_size;
 
 		if (pc->error) {
 			uptodate = 0;
@@ -558,19 +442,6 @@
 	idetape_postpone_request(drive);
 }
 
-static int ide_tape_io_buffers(ide_drive_t *drive, struct ide_atapi_pc *pc,
-				unsigned int bcount, int write)
-{
-	unsigned int bleft;
-
-	if (write)
-		bleft = idetape_output_buffers(drive, pc, bcount);
-	else
-		bleft = idetape_input_buffers(drive, pc, bcount);
-
-	return bcount - bleft;
-}
-
 /*
  * Packet Command Interface
  *
@@ -622,6 +493,8 @@
 
 	if (pc->retries > IDETAPE_MAX_PC_RETRIES ||
 		(pc->flags & PC_FLAG_ABORT)) {
+		unsigned int done = blk_rq_bytes(drive->hwif->rq);
+
 		/*
 		 * We will "abort" retrying a packet command in case legitimate
 		 * error code was received (crossing a filemark, or end of the
@@ -641,8 +514,10 @@
 			/* Giving up */
 			pc->error = IDE_DRV_ERROR_GENERAL;
 		}
+
 		drive->failed_pc = NULL;
 		drive->pc_callback(drive, 0);
+		ide_complete_rq(drive, -EIO, done);
 		return ide_stopped;
 	}
 	debug_log(DBG_SENSE, "Retry #%d, cmd = %02X\n", pc->retries, pc->c[0]);
@@ -695,7 +570,7 @@
 				printk(KERN_ERR "ide-tape: %s: I/O error, ",
 						tape->name);
 			/* Retry operation */
-			ide_retry_pc(drive, tape->disk);
+			ide_retry_pc(drive);
 			return ide_stopped;
 		}
 		pc->error = 0;
@@ -711,27 +586,22 @@
 				   struct ide_atapi_pc *pc, struct request *rq,
 				   u8 opcode)
 {
-	struct idetape_bh *bh = (struct idetape_bh *)rq->special;
-	unsigned int length = rq->current_nr_sectors;
+	unsigned int length = blk_rq_sectors(rq);
 
 	ide_init_pc(pc);
 	put_unaligned(cpu_to_be32(length), (unsigned int *) &pc->c[1]);
 	pc->c[1] = 1;
-	pc->bh = bh;
 	pc->buf = NULL;
 	pc->buf_size = length * tape->blk_size;
 	pc->req_xfer = pc->buf_size;
 	if (pc->req_xfer == tape->buffer_size)
 		pc->flags |= PC_FLAG_DMA_OK;
 
-	if (opcode == READ_6) {
+	if (opcode == READ_6)
 		pc->c[0] = READ_6;
-		atomic_set(&bh->b_count, 0);
-	} else if (opcode == WRITE_6) {
+	else if (opcode == WRITE_6) {
 		pc->c[0] = WRITE_6;
 		pc->flags |= PC_FLAG_WRITING;
-		pc->b_data = bh->b_data;
-		pc->b_count = atomic_read(&bh->b_count);
 	}
 
 	memcpy(rq->cmd, pc->c, 12);
@@ -747,12 +617,10 @@
 	struct ide_cmd cmd;
 	u8 stat;
 
-	debug_log(DBG_SENSE, "sector: %llu, nr_sectors: %lu,"
-			" current_nr_sectors: %u\n",
-			(unsigned long long)rq->sector, rq->nr_sectors,
-			rq->current_nr_sectors);
+	debug_log(DBG_SENSE, "sector: %llu, nr_sectors: %u\n"
+		  (unsigned long long)blk_rq_pos(rq), blk_rq_sectors(rq));
 
-	if (!blk_special_request(rq)) {
+	if (!(blk_special_request(rq) || blk_sense_request(rq))) {
 		/* We do not support buffer cache originated requests. */
 		printk(KERN_NOTICE "ide-tape: %s: Unsupported request in "
 			"request queue (%d)\n", drive->name, rq->cmd_type);
@@ -828,7 +696,7 @@
 		goto out;
 	}
 	if (rq->cmd[13] & REQ_IDETAPE_PC1) {
-		pc = (struct ide_atapi_pc *) rq->buffer;
+		pc = (struct ide_atapi_pc *)rq->special;
 		rq->cmd[13] &= ~(REQ_IDETAPE_PC1);
 		rq->cmd[13] |= REQ_IDETAPE_PC2;
 		goto out;
@@ -840,6 +708,9 @@
 	BUG();
 
 out:
+	/* prepare sense request for this command */
+	ide_prep_sense(drive, rq);
+
 	memset(&cmd, 0, sizeof(cmd));
 
 	if (rq_data_dir(rq))
@@ -847,170 +718,13 @@
 
 	cmd.rq = rq;
 
+	ide_init_sg_cmd(&cmd, pc->req_xfer);
+	ide_map_sg(drive, &cmd);
+
 	return ide_tape_issue_pc(drive, &cmd, pc);
 }
 
 /*
- * The function below uses __get_free_pages to allocate a data buffer of size
- * tape->buffer_size (or a bit more). We attempt to combine sequential pages as
- * much as possible.
- *
- * It returns a pointer to the newly allocated buffer, or NULL in case of
- * failure.
- */
-static struct idetape_bh *ide_tape_kmalloc_buffer(idetape_tape_t *tape,
-						  int full, int clear)
-{
-	struct idetape_bh *prev_bh, *bh, *merge_bh;
-	int pages = tape->pages_per_buffer;
-	unsigned int order, b_allocd;
-	char *b_data = NULL;
-
-	merge_bh = kmalloc(sizeof(struct idetape_bh), GFP_KERNEL);
-	bh = merge_bh;
-	if (bh == NULL)
-		goto abort;
-
-	order = fls(pages) - 1;
-	bh->b_data = (char *) __get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL, order);
-	if (!bh->b_data)
-		goto abort;
-	b_allocd = (1 << order) * PAGE_SIZE;
-	pages &= (order-1);
-
-	if (clear)
-		memset(bh->b_data, 0, b_allocd);
-	bh->b_reqnext = NULL;
-	bh->b_size = b_allocd;
-	atomic_set(&bh->b_count, full ? bh->b_size : 0);
-
-	while (pages) {
-		order = fls(pages) - 1;
-		b_data = (char *) __get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL, order);
-		if (!b_data)
-			goto abort;
-		b_allocd = (1 << order) * PAGE_SIZE;
-
-		if (clear)
-			memset(b_data, 0, b_allocd);
-
-		/* newly allocated page frames below buffer header or ...*/
-		if (bh->b_data == b_data + b_allocd) {
-			bh->b_size += b_allocd;
-			bh->b_data -= b_allocd;
-			if (full)
-				atomic_add(b_allocd, &bh->b_count);
-			continue;
-		}
-		/* they are above the header */
-		if (b_data == bh->b_data + bh->b_size) {
-			bh->b_size += b_allocd;
-			if (full)
-				atomic_add(b_allocd, &bh->b_count);
-			continue;
-		}
-		prev_bh = bh;
-		bh = kmalloc(sizeof(struct idetape_bh), GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!bh) {
-			free_pages((unsigned long) b_data, order);
-			goto abort;
-		}
-		bh->b_reqnext = NULL;
-		bh->b_data = b_data;
-		bh->b_size = b_allocd;
-		atomic_set(&bh->b_count, full ? bh->b_size : 0);
-		prev_bh->b_reqnext = bh;
-
-		pages &= (order-1);
-	}
-
-	bh->b_size -= tape->excess_bh_size;
-	if (full)
-		atomic_sub(tape->excess_bh_size, &bh->b_count);
-	return merge_bh;
-abort:
-	ide_tape_kfree_buffer(tape);
-	return NULL;
-}
-
-static int idetape_copy_stage_from_user(idetape_tape_t *tape,
-					const char __user *buf, int n)
-{
-	struct idetape_bh *bh = tape->bh;
-	int count;
-	int ret = 0;
-
-	while (n) {
-		if (bh == NULL) {
-			printk(KERN_ERR "ide-tape: bh == NULL in %s\n",
-					__func__);
-			return 1;
-		}
-		count = min((unsigned int)
-				(bh->b_size - atomic_read(&bh->b_count)),
-				(unsigned int)n);
-		if (copy_from_user(bh->b_data + atomic_read(&bh->b_count), buf,
-				count))
-			ret = 1;
-		n -= count;
-		atomic_add(count, &bh->b_count);
-		buf += count;
-		if (atomic_read(&bh->b_count) == bh->b_size) {
-			bh = bh->b_reqnext;
-			if (bh)
-				atomic_set(&bh->b_count, 0);
-		}
-	}
-	tape->bh = bh;
-	return ret;
-}
-
-static int idetape_copy_stage_to_user(idetape_tape_t *tape, char __user *buf,
-				      int n)
-{
-	struct idetape_bh *bh = tape->bh;
-	int count;
-	int ret = 0;
-
-	while (n) {
-		if (bh == NULL) {
-			printk(KERN_ERR "ide-tape: bh == NULL in %s\n",
-					__func__);
-			return 1;
-		}
-		count = min(tape->b_count, n);
-		if  (copy_to_user(buf, tape->b_data, count))
-			ret = 1;
-		n -= count;
-		tape->b_data += count;
-		tape->b_count -= count;
-		buf += count;
-		if (!tape->b_count) {
-			bh = bh->b_reqnext;
-			tape->bh = bh;
-			if (bh) {
-				tape->b_data = bh->b_data;
-				tape->b_count = atomic_read(&bh->b_count);
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	return ret;
-}
-
-static void idetape_init_merge_buffer(idetape_tape_t *tape)
-{
-	struct idetape_bh *bh = tape->merge_bh;
-	tape->bh = tape->merge_bh;
-
-	if (tape->chrdev_dir == IDETAPE_DIR_WRITE)
-		atomic_set(&bh->b_count, 0);
-	else {
-		tape->b_data = bh->b_data;
-		tape->b_count = atomic_read(&bh->b_count);
-	}
-}
-
-/*
  * Write a filemark if write_filemark=1. Flush the device buffers without
  * writing a filemark otherwise.
  */
@@ -1107,10 +821,10 @@
 		return;
 
 	clear_bit(IDE_AFLAG_FILEMARK, &drive->atapi_flags);
-	tape->merge_bh_size = 0;
-	if (tape->merge_bh != NULL) {
-		ide_tape_kfree_buffer(tape);
-		tape->merge_bh = NULL;
+	tape->valid = 0;
+	if (tape->buf != NULL) {
+		kfree(tape->buf);
+		tape->buf = NULL;
 	}
 
 	tape->chrdev_dir = IDETAPE_DIR_NONE;
@@ -1164,36 +878,43 @@
  * Generate a read/write request for the block device interface and wait for it
  * to be serviced.
  */
-static int idetape_queue_rw_tail(ide_drive_t *drive, int cmd, int blocks,
-				 struct idetape_bh *bh)
+static int idetape_queue_rw_tail(ide_drive_t *drive, int cmd, int size)
 {
 	idetape_tape_t *tape = drive->driver_data;
 	struct request *rq;
-	int ret, errors;
+	int ret;
 
 	debug_log(DBG_SENSE, "%s: cmd=%d\n", __func__, cmd);
+	BUG_ON(cmd != REQ_IDETAPE_READ && cmd != REQ_IDETAPE_WRITE);
+	BUG_ON(size < 0 || size % tape->blk_size);
 
 	rq = blk_get_request(drive->queue, READ, __GFP_WAIT);
 	rq->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_SPECIAL;
 	rq->cmd[13] = cmd;
 	rq->rq_disk = tape->disk;
-	rq->special = (void *)bh;
-	rq->sector = tape->first_frame;
-	rq->nr_sectors = blocks;
-	rq->current_nr_sectors = blocks;
+
+	if (size) {
+		ret = blk_rq_map_kern(drive->queue, rq, tape->buf, size,
+				      __GFP_WAIT);
+		if (ret)
+			goto out_put;
+	}
+
 	blk_execute_rq(drive->queue, tape->disk, rq, 0);
 
-	errors = rq->errors;
-	ret = tape->blk_size * (blocks - rq->current_nr_sectors);
+	/* calculate the number of transferred bytes and update buffer state */
+	size -= rq->resid_len;
+	tape->cur = tape->buf;
+	if (cmd == REQ_IDETAPE_READ)
+		tape->valid = size;
+	else
+		tape->valid = 0;
+
+	ret = size;
+	if (rq->errors == IDE_DRV_ERROR_GENERAL)
+		ret = -EIO;
+out_put:
 	blk_put_request(rq);
-
-	if ((cmd & (REQ_IDETAPE_READ | REQ_IDETAPE_WRITE)) == 0)
-		return 0;
-
-	if (tape->merge_bh)
-		idetape_init_merge_buffer(tape);
-	if (errors == IDE_DRV_ERROR_GENERAL)
-		return -EIO;
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -1230,153 +951,87 @@
 	pc->flags |= PC_FLAG_WAIT_FOR_DSC;
 }
 
-/* Queue up a character device originated write request. */
-static int idetape_add_chrdev_write_request(ide_drive_t *drive, int blocks)
-{
-	idetape_tape_t *tape = drive->driver_data;
-
-	debug_log(DBG_CHRDEV, "Enter %s\n", __func__);
-
-	return idetape_queue_rw_tail(drive, REQ_IDETAPE_WRITE,
-				     blocks, tape->merge_bh);
-}
-
 static void ide_tape_flush_merge_buffer(ide_drive_t *drive)
 {
 	idetape_tape_t *tape = drive->driver_data;
-	int blocks, min;
-	struct idetape_bh *bh;
 
 	if (tape->chrdev_dir != IDETAPE_DIR_WRITE) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "ide-tape: bug: Trying to empty merge buffer"
 				" but we are not writing.\n");
 		return;
 	}
-	if (tape->merge_bh_size > tape->buffer_size) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "ide-tape: bug: merge_buffer too big\n");
-		tape->merge_bh_size = tape->buffer_size;
-	}
-	if (tape->merge_bh_size) {
-		blocks = tape->merge_bh_size / tape->blk_size;
-		if (tape->merge_bh_size % tape->blk_size) {
-			unsigned int i;
+	if (tape->buf) {
+		size_t aligned = roundup(tape->valid, tape->blk_size);
 
-			blocks++;
-			i = tape->blk_size - tape->merge_bh_size %
-				tape->blk_size;
-			bh = tape->bh->b_reqnext;
-			while (bh) {
-				atomic_set(&bh->b_count, 0);
-				bh = bh->b_reqnext;
-			}
-			bh = tape->bh;
-			while (i) {
-				if (bh == NULL) {
-					printk(KERN_INFO "ide-tape: bug,"
-							 " bh NULL\n");
-					break;
-				}
-				min = min(i, (unsigned int)(bh->b_size -
-						atomic_read(&bh->b_count)));
-				memset(bh->b_data + atomic_read(&bh->b_count),
-						0, min);
-				atomic_add(min, &bh->b_count);
-				i -= min;
-				bh = bh->b_reqnext;
-			}
-		}
-		(void) idetape_add_chrdev_write_request(drive, blocks);
-		tape->merge_bh_size = 0;
-	}
-	if (tape->merge_bh != NULL) {
-		ide_tape_kfree_buffer(tape);
-		tape->merge_bh = NULL;
+		memset(tape->cur, 0, aligned - tape->valid);
+		idetape_queue_rw_tail(drive, REQ_IDETAPE_WRITE, aligned);
+		kfree(tape->buf);
+		tape->buf = NULL;
 	}
 	tape->chrdev_dir = IDETAPE_DIR_NONE;
 }
 
-static int idetape_init_read(ide_drive_t *drive)
+static int idetape_init_rw(ide_drive_t *drive, int dir)
 {
 	idetape_tape_t *tape = drive->driver_data;
-	int bytes_read;
+	int rc;
 
-	/* Initialize read operation */
-	if (tape->chrdev_dir != IDETAPE_DIR_READ) {
-		if (tape->chrdev_dir == IDETAPE_DIR_WRITE) {
-			ide_tape_flush_merge_buffer(drive);
-			idetape_flush_tape_buffers(drive);
-		}
-		if (tape->merge_bh || tape->merge_bh_size) {
-			printk(KERN_ERR "ide-tape: merge_bh_size should be"
-					 " 0 now\n");
-			tape->merge_bh_size = 0;
-		}
-		tape->merge_bh = ide_tape_kmalloc_buffer(tape, 0, 0);
-		if (!tape->merge_bh)
-			return -ENOMEM;
-		tape->chrdev_dir = IDETAPE_DIR_READ;
+	BUG_ON(dir != IDETAPE_DIR_READ && dir != IDETAPE_DIR_WRITE);
 
-		/*
-		 * Issue a read 0 command to ensure that DSC handshake is
-		 * switched from completion mode to buffer available mode.
-		 * No point in issuing this if DSC overlap isn't supported, some
-		 * drives (Seagate STT3401A) will return an error.
-		 */
-		if (drive->dev_flags & IDE_DFLAG_DSC_OVERLAP) {
-			bytes_read = idetape_queue_rw_tail(drive,
-							REQ_IDETAPE_READ, 0,
-							tape->merge_bh);
-			if (bytes_read < 0) {
-				ide_tape_kfree_buffer(tape);
-				tape->merge_bh = NULL;
-				tape->chrdev_dir = IDETAPE_DIR_NONE;
-				return bytes_read;
-			}
+	if (tape->chrdev_dir == dir)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (tape->chrdev_dir == IDETAPE_DIR_READ)
+		ide_tape_discard_merge_buffer(drive, 1);
+	else if (tape->chrdev_dir == IDETAPE_DIR_WRITE) {
+		ide_tape_flush_merge_buffer(drive);
+		idetape_flush_tape_buffers(drive);
+	}
+
+	if (tape->buf || tape->valid) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "ide-tape: valid should be 0 now\n");
+		tape->valid = 0;
+	}
+
+	tape->buf = kmalloc(tape->buffer_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!tape->buf)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	tape->chrdev_dir = dir;
+	tape->cur = tape->buf;
+
+	/*
+	 * Issue a 0 rw command to ensure that DSC handshake is
+	 * switched from completion mode to buffer available mode.  No
+	 * point in issuing this if DSC overlap isn't supported, some
+	 * drives (Seagate STT3401A) will return an error.
+	 */
+	if (drive->dev_flags & IDE_DFLAG_DSC_OVERLAP) {
+		int cmd = dir == IDETAPE_DIR_READ ? REQ_IDETAPE_READ
+						  : REQ_IDETAPE_WRITE;
+
+		rc = idetape_queue_rw_tail(drive, cmd, 0);
+		if (rc < 0) {
+			kfree(tape->buf);
+			tape->buf = NULL;
+			tape->chrdev_dir = IDETAPE_DIR_NONE;
+			return rc;
 		}
 	}
 
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/* called from idetape_chrdev_read() to service a chrdev read request. */
-static int idetape_add_chrdev_read_request(ide_drive_t *drive, int blocks)
-{
-	idetape_tape_t *tape = drive->driver_data;
-
-	debug_log(DBG_PROCS, "Enter %s, %d blocks\n", __func__, blocks);
-
-	/* If we are at a filemark, return a read length of 0 */
-	if (test_bit(IDE_AFLAG_FILEMARK, &drive->atapi_flags))
-		return 0;
-
-	idetape_init_read(drive);
-
-	return idetape_queue_rw_tail(drive, REQ_IDETAPE_READ, blocks,
-				     tape->merge_bh);
-}
-
 static void idetape_pad_zeros(ide_drive_t *drive, int bcount)
 {
 	idetape_tape_t *tape = drive->driver_data;
-	struct idetape_bh *bh;
-	int blocks;
+
+	memset(tape->buf, 0, tape->buffer_size);
 
 	while (bcount) {
-		unsigned int count;
+		unsigned int count = min(tape->buffer_size, bcount);
 
-		bh = tape->merge_bh;
-		count = min(tape->buffer_size, bcount);
+		idetape_queue_rw_tail(drive, REQ_IDETAPE_WRITE, count);
 		bcount -= count;
-		blocks = count / tape->blk_size;
-		while (count) {
-			atomic_set(&bh->b_count,
-				   min(count, (unsigned int)bh->b_size));
-			memset(bh->b_data, 0, atomic_read(&bh->b_count));
-			count -= atomic_read(&bh->b_count);
-			bh = bh->b_reqnext;
-		}
-		idetape_queue_rw_tail(drive, REQ_IDETAPE_WRITE, blocks,
-				      tape->merge_bh);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1456,7 +1111,7 @@
 	}
 
 	if (tape->chrdev_dir == IDETAPE_DIR_READ) {
-		tape->merge_bh_size = 0;
+		tape->valid = 0;
 		if (test_and_clear_bit(IDE_AFLAG_FILEMARK, &drive->atapi_flags))
 			++count;
 		ide_tape_discard_merge_buffer(drive, 0);
@@ -1505,9 +1160,9 @@
 {
 	struct ide_tape_obj *tape = file->private_data;
 	ide_drive_t *drive = tape->drive;
-	ssize_t bytes_read, temp, actually_read = 0, rc;
+	size_t done = 0;
 	ssize_t ret = 0;
-	u16 ctl = *(u16 *)&tape->caps[12];
+	int rc;
 
 	debug_log(DBG_CHRDEV, "Enter %s, count %Zd\n", __func__, count);
 
@@ -1517,49 +1172,43 @@
 			    (count % tape->blk_size) == 0)
 				tape->user_bs_factor = count / tape->blk_size;
 	}
-	rc = idetape_init_read(drive);
+
+	rc = idetape_init_rw(drive, IDETAPE_DIR_READ);
 	if (rc < 0)
 		return rc;
-	if (count == 0)
-		return (0);
-	if (tape->merge_bh_size) {
-		actually_read = min((unsigned int)(tape->merge_bh_size),
-				    (unsigned int)count);
-		if (idetape_copy_stage_to_user(tape, buf, actually_read))
+
+	while (done < count) {
+		size_t todo;
+
+		/* refill if staging buffer is empty */
+		if (!tape->valid) {
+			/* If we are at a filemark, nothing more to read */
+			if (test_bit(IDE_AFLAG_FILEMARK, &drive->atapi_flags))
+				break;
+			/* read */
+			if (idetape_queue_rw_tail(drive, REQ_IDETAPE_READ,
+						  tape->buffer_size) <= 0)
+				break;
+		}
+
+		/* copy out */
+		todo = min_t(size_t, count - done, tape->valid);
+		if (copy_to_user(buf + done, tape->cur, todo))
 			ret = -EFAULT;
-		buf += actually_read;
-		tape->merge_bh_size -= actually_read;
-		count -= actually_read;
+
+		tape->cur += todo;
+		tape->valid -= todo;
+		done += todo;
 	}
-	while (count >= tape->buffer_size) {
-		bytes_read = idetape_add_chrdev_read_request(drive, ctl);
-		if (bytes_read <= 0)
-			goto finish;
-		if (idetape_copy_stage_to_user(tape, buf, bytes_read))
-			ret = -EFAULT;
-		buf += bytes_read;
-		count -= bytes_read;
-		actually_read += bytes_read;
-	}
-	if (count) {
-		bytes_read = idetape_add_chrdev_read_request(drive, ctl);
-		if (bytes_read <= 0)
-			goto finish;
-		temp = min((unsigned long)count, (unsigned long)bytes_read);
-		if (idetape_copy_stage_to_user(tape, buf, temp))
-			ret = -EFAULT;
-		actually_read += temp;
-		tape->merge_bh_size = bytes_read-temp;
-	}
-finish:
-	if (!actually_read && test_bit(IDE_AFLAG_FILEMARK, &drive->atapi_flags)) {
+
+	if (!done && test_bit(IDE_AFLAG_FILEMARK, &drive->atapi_flags)) {
 		debug_log(DBG_SENSE, "%s: spacing over filemark\n", tape->name);
 
 		idetape_space_over_filemarks(drive, MTFSF, 1);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	return ret ? ret : actually_read;
+	return ret ? ret : done;
 }
 
 static ssize_t idetape_chrdev_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
@@ -1567,9 +1216,9 @@
 {
 	struct ide_tape_obj *tape = file->private_data;
 	ide_drive_t *drive = tape->drive;
-	ssize_t actually_written = 0;
+	size_t done = 0;
 	ssize_t ret = 0;
-	u16 ctl = *(u16 *)&tape->caps[12];
+	int rc;
 
 	/* The drive is write protected. */
 	if (tape->write_prot)
@@ -1578,80 +1227,31 @@
 	debug_log(DBG_CHRDEV, "Enter %s, count %Zd\n", __func__, count);
 
 	/* Initialize write operation */
-	if (tape->chrdev_dir != IDETAPE_DIR_WRITE) {
-		if (tape->chrdev_dir == IDETAPE_DIR_READ)
-			ide_tape_discard_merge_buffer(drive, 1);
-		if (tape->merge_bh || tape->merge_bh_size) {
-			printk(KERN_ERR "ide-tape: merge_bh_size "
-				"should be 0 now\n");
-			tape->merge_bh_size = 0;
-		}
-		tape->merge_bh = ide_tape_kmalloc_buffer(tape, 0, 0);
-		if (!tape->merge_bh)
-			return -ENOMEM;
-		tape->chrdev_dir = IDETAPE_DIR_WRITE;
-		idetape_init_merge_buffer(tape);
+	rc = idetape_init_rw(drive, IDETAPE_DIR_WRITE);
+	if (rc < 0)
+		return rc;
 
-		/*
-		 * Issue a write 0 command to ensure that DSC handshake is
-		 * switched from completion mode to buffer available mode. No
-		 * point in issuing this if DSC overlap isn't supported, some
-		 * drives (Seagate STT3401A) will return an error.
-		 */
-		if (drive->dev_flags & IDE_DFLAG_DSC_OVERLAP) {
-			ssize_t retval = idetape_queue_rw_tail(drive,
-							REQ_IDETAPE_WRITE, 0,
-							tape->merge_bh);
-			if (retval < 0) {
-				ide_tape_kfree_buffer(tape);
-				tape->merge_bh = NULL;
-				tape->chrdev_dir = IDETAPE_DIR_NONE;
-				return retval;
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	if (count == 0)
-		return (0);
-	if (tape->merge_bh_size) {
-		if (tape->merge_bh_size >= tape->buffer_size) {
-			printk(KERN_ERR "ide-tape: bug: merge buf too big\n");
-			tape->merge_bh_size = 0;
-		}
-		actually_written = min((unsigned int)
-				(tape->buffer_size - tape->merge_bh_size),
-				(unsigned int)count);
-		if (idetape_copy_stage_from_user(tape, buf, actually_written))
-				ret = -EFAULT;
-		buf += actually_written;
-		tape->merge_bh_size += actually_written;
-		count -= actually_written;
+	while (done < count) {
+		size_t todo;
 
-		if (tape->merge_bh_size == tape->buffer_size) {
-			ssize_t retval;
-			tape->merge_bh_size = 0;
-			retval = idetape_add_chrdev_write_request(drive, ctl);
-			if (retval <= 0)
-				return (retval);
-		}
-	}
-	while (count >= tape->buffer_size) {
-		ssize_t retval;
-		if (idetape_copy_stage_from_user(tape, buf, tape->buffer_size))
+		/* flush if staging buffer is full */
+		if (tape->valid == tape->buffer_size &&
+		    idetape_queue_rw_tail(drive, REQ_IDETAPE_WRITE,
+					  tape->buffer_size) <= 0)
+			return rc;
+
+		/* copy in */
+		todo = min_t(size_t, count - done,
+			     tape->buffer_size - tape->valid);
+		if (copy_from_user(tape->cur, buf + done, todo))
 			ret = -EFAULT;
-		buf += tape->buffer_size;
-		count -= tape->buffer_size;
-		retval = idetape_add_chrdev_write_request(drive, ctl);
-		actually_written += tape->buffer_size;
-		if (retval <= 0)
-			return (retval);
+
+		tape->cur += todo;
+		tape->valid += todo;
+		done += todo;
 	}
-	if (count) {
-		actually_written += count;
-		if (idetape_copy_stage_from_user(tape, buf, count))
-			ret = -EFAULT;
-		tape->merge_bh_size += count;
-	}
-	return ret ? ret : actually_written;
+
+	return ret ? ret : done;
 }
 
 static int idetape_write_filemark(ide_drive_t *drive)
@@ -1812,7 +1412,7 @@
 		idetape_flush_tape_buffers(drive);
 	}
 	if (cmd == MTIOCGET || cmd == MTIOCPOS) {
-		block_offset = tape->merge_bh_size /
+		block_offset = tape->valid /
 			(tape->blk_size * tape->user_bs_factor);
 		position = idetape_read_position(drive);
 		if (position < 0)
@@ -1960,12 +1560,12 @@
 	idetape_tape_t *tape = drive->driver_data;
 
 	ide_tape_flush_merge_buffer(drive);
-	tape->merge_bh = ide_tape_kmalloc_buffer(tape, 1, 0);
-	if (tape->merge_bh != NULL) {
+	tape->buf = kmalloc(tape->buffer_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (tape->buf != NULL) {
 		idetape_pad_zeros(drive, tape->blk_size *
 				(tape->user_bs_factor - 1));
-		ide_tape_kfree_buffer(tape);
-		tape->merge_bh = NULL;
+		kfree(tape->buf);
+		tape->buf = NULL;
 	}
 	idetape_write_filemark(drive);
 	idetape_flush_tape_buffers(drive);
@@ -2159,8 +1759,6 @@
 	u16 *ctl = (u16 *)&tape->caps[12];
 
 	drive->pc_callback	 = ide_tape_callback;
-	drive->pc_update_buffers = idetape_update_buffers;
-	drive->pc_io_buffers	 = ide_tape_io_buffers;
 
 	drive->dev_flags |= IDE_DFLAG_DSC_OVERLAP;
 
@@ -2191,11 +1789,6 @@
 		tape->buffer_size = *ctl * tape->blk_size;
 	}
 	buffer_size = tape->buffer_size;
-	tape->pages_per_buffer = buffer_size / PAGE_SIZE;
-	if (buffer_size % PAGE_SIZE) {
-		tape->pages_per_buffer++;
-		tape->excess_bh_size = PAGE_SIZE - buffer_size % PAGE_SIZE;
-	}
 
 	/* select the "best" DSC read/write polling freq */
 	speed = max(*(u16 *)&tape->caps[14], *(u16 *)&tape->caps[8]);
@@ -2238,7 +1831,7 @@
 	ide_drive_t *drive = tape->drive;
 	struct gendisk *g = tape->disk;
 
-	BUG_ON(tape->merge_bh_size);
+	BUG_ON(tape->valid);
 
 	drive->dev_flags &= ~IDE_DFLAG_DSC_OVERLAP;
 	drive->driver_data = NULL;
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c b/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c
index 4aa6223..a0c3e1b 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@
 	if ((cmd->tf_flags & IDE_TFLAG_FS) == 0)
 		ide_finish_cmd(drive, cmd, stat);
 	else
-		ide_complete_rq(drive, 0, cmd->rq->nr_sectors << 9);
+		ide_complete_rq(drive, 0, blk_rq_sectors(cmd->rq) << 9);
 	return ide_stopped;
 out_err:
 	ide_error_cmd(drive, cmd);
@@ -424,7 +424,9 @@
 
 	rq = blk_get_request(drive->queue, READ, __GFP_WAIT);
 	rq->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_ATA_TASKFILE;
-	rq->buffer = buf;
+
+	if (cmd->tf_flags & IDE_TFLAG_WRITE)
+		rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_RW;
 
 	/*
 	 * (ks) We transfer currently only whole sectors.
@@ -432,18 +434,20 @@
 	 * if we would find a solution to transfer any size.
 	 * To support special commands like READ LONG.
 	 */
-	rq->hard_nr_sectors = rq->nr_sectors = nsect;
-	rq->hard_cur_sectors = rq->current_nr_sectors = nsect;
-
-	if (cmd->tf_flags & IDE_TFLAG_WRITE)
-		rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_RW;
+	if (nsect) {
+		error = blk_rq_map_kern(drive->queue, rq, buf,
+					nsect * SECTOR_SIZE, __GFP_WAIT);
+		if (error)
+			goto put_req;
+	}
 
 	rq->special = cmd;
 	cmd->rq = rq;
 
 	error = blk_execute_rq(drive->queue, NULL, rq, 0);
-	blk_put_request(rq);
 
+put_req:
+	blk_put_request(rq);
 	return error;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/ide/pdc202xx_old.c b/drivers/ide/pdc202xx_old.c
index 248a54b..c2a16a8 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/pdc202xx_old.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/pdc202xx_old.c
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@
 		u8 clock = inb(high_16 + 0x11);
 
 		outb(clock | (hwif->channel ? 0x08 : 0x02), high_16 + 0x11);
-		word_count = (rq->nr_sectors << 8);
+		word_count = (blk_rq_sectors(rq) << 8);
 		word_count = (rq_data_dir(rq) == READ) ?
 					word_count | 0x05000000 :
 					word_count | 0x06000000;
diff --git a/drivers/ide/tc86c001.c b/drivers/ide/tc86c001.c
index b4cf42d..05a93d6b 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/tc86c001.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/tc86c001.c
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
 	ide_hwif_t *hwif	= drive->hwif;
 	unsigned long sc_base	= hwif->config_data;
 	unsigned long twcr_port	= sc_base + (drive->dn ? 0x06 : 0x04);
-	unsigned long nsectors	= hwif->rq->nr_sectors;
+	unsigned long nsectors	= blk_rq_sectors(hwif->rq);
 
 	/*
 	 * We have to manually load the sector count and size into
diff --git a/drivers/ide/tx4939ide.c b/drivers/ide/tx4939ide.c
index 564422d..5ca7622 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/tx4939ide.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/tx4939ide.c
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@
 	tx4939ide_writew(SECTOR_SIZE / 2, base, drive->dn ?
 			 TX4939IDE_Xfer_Cnt_2 : TX4939IDE_Xfer_Cnt_1);
 
-	tx4939ide_writew(cmd->rq->nr_sectors, base, TX4939IDE_Sec_Cnt);
+	tx4939ide_writew(blk_rq_sectors(cmd->rq), base, TX4939IDE_Sec_Cnt);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/memstick/core/mspro_block.c b/drivers/memstick/core/mspro_block.c
index de143de..c0bebc6 100644
--- a/drivers/memstick/core/mspro_block.c
+++ b/drivers/memstick/core/mspro_block.c
@@ -672,15 +672,14 @@
 					       msb->req_sg);
 
 		if (!msb->seg_count) {
-			chunk = __blk_end_request(msb->block_req, -ENOMEM,
-					blk_rq_cur_bytes(msb->block_req));
+			chunk = __blk_end_request_cur(msb->block_req, -ENOMEM);
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		t_sec = msb->block_req->sector << 9;
+		t_sec = blk_rq_pos(msb->block_req) << 9;
 		sector_div(t_sec, msb->page_size);
 
-		count = msb->block_req->nr_sectors << 9;
+		count = blk_rq_bytes(msb->block_req);
 		count /= msb->page_size;
 
 		param.system = msb->system;
@@ -705,8 +704,8 @@
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	dev_dbg(&card->dev, "elv_next\n");
-	msb->block_req = elv_next_request(msb->queue);
+	dev_dbg(&card->dev, "blk_fetch\n");
+	msb->block_req = blk_fetch_request(msb->queue);
 	if (!msb->block_req) {
 		dev_dbg(&card->dev, "issue end\n");
 		return -EAGAIN;
@@ -745,7 +744,7 @@
 					t_len *= msb->page_size;
 			}
 		} else
-			t_len = msb->block_req->nr_sectors << 9;
+			t_len = blk_rq_bytes(msb->block_req);
 
 		dev_dbg(&card->dev, "transferred %x (%d)\n", t_len, error);
 
@@ -825,8 +824,8 @@
 		return;
 
 	if (msb->eject) {
-		while ((req = elv_next_request(q)) != NULL)
-			__blk_end_request(req, -ENODEV, blk_rq_bytes(req));
+		while ((req = blk_fetch_request(q)) != NULL)
+			__blk_end_request_all(req, -ENODEV);
 
 		return;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/message/fusion/mptsas.c b/drivers/message/fusion/mptsas.c
index a9019f0..79f5433 100644
--- a/drivers/message/fusion/mptsas.c
+++ b/drivers/message/fusion/mptsas.c
@@ -1277,8 +1277,8 @@
 	/* do we need to support multiple segments? */
 	if (req->bio->bi_vcnt > 1 || rsp->bio->bi_vcnt > 1) {
 		printk(MYIOC_s_ERR_FMT "%s: multiple segments req %u %u, rsp %u %u\n",
-		    ioc->name, __func__, req->bio->bi_vcnt, req->data_len,
-		    rsp->bio->bi_vcnt, rsp->data_len);
+		    ioc->name, __func__, req->bio->bi_vcnt, blk_rq_bytes(req),
+		    rsp->bio->bi_vcnt, blk_rq_bytes(rsp));
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
@@ -1295,7 +1295,7 @@
 	smpreq = (SmpPassthroughRequest_t *)mf;
 	memset(smpreq, 0, sizeof(*smpreq));
 
-	smpreq->RequestDataLength = cpu_to_le16(req->data_len - 4);
+	smpreq->RequestDataLength = cpu_to_le16(blk_rq_bytes(req) - 4);
 	smpreq->Function = MPI_FUNCTION_SMP_PASSTHROUGH;
 
 	if (rphy)
@@ -1321,10 +1321,10 @@
 		       MPI_SGE_FLAGS_END_OF_BUFFER |
 		       MPI_SGE_FLAGS_DIRECTION |
 		       mpt_addr_size()) << MPI_SGE_FLAGS_SHIFT;
-	flagsLength |= (req->data_len - 4);
+	flagsLength |= (blk_rq_bytes(req) - 4);
 
 	dma_addr_out = pci_map_single(ioc->pcidev, bio_data(req->bio),
-				      req->data_len, PCI_DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL);
+				      blk_rq_bytes(req), PCI_DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL);
 	if (!dma_addr_out)
 		goto put_mf;
 	mpt_add_sge(psge, flagsLength, dma_addr_out);
@@ -1332,9 +1332,9 @@
 
 	/* response */
 	flagsLength = MPT_SGE_FLAGS_SSIMPLE_READ;
-	flagsLength |= rsp->data_len + 4;
+	flagsLength |= blk_rq_bytes(rsp) + 4;
 	dma_addr_in =  pci_map_single(ioc->pcidev, bio_data(rsp->bio),
-				      rsp->data_len, PCI_DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL);
+				      blk_rq_bytes(rsp), PCI_DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL);
 	if (!dma_addr_in)
 		goto unmap;
 	mpt_add_sge(psge, flagsLength, dma_addr_in);
@@ -1357,8 +1357,8 @@
 		smprep = (SmpPassthroughReply_t *)ioc->sas_mgmt.reply;
 		memcpy(req->sense, smprep, sizeof(*smprep));
 		req->sense_len = sizeof(*smprep);
-		req->data_len = 0;
-		rsp->data_len -= smprep->ResponseDataLength;
+		req->resid_len = 0;
+		rsp->resid_len -= smprep->ResponseDataLength;
 	} else {
 		printk(MYIOC_s_ERR_FMT "%s: smp passthru reply failed to be returned\n",
 		    ioc->name, __func__);
@@ -1366,10 +1366,10 @@
 	}
 unmap:
 	if (dma_addr_out)
-		pci_unmap_single(ioc->pcidev, dma_addr_out, req->data_len,
+		pci_unmap_single(ioc->pcidev, dma_addr_out, blk_rq_bytes(req),
 				 PCI_DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL);
 	if (dma_addr_in)
-		pci_unmap_single(ioc->pcidev, dma_addr_in, rsp->data_len,
+		pci_unmap_single(ioc->pcidev, dma_addr_in, blk_rq_bytes(rsp),
 				 PCI_DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL);
 put_mf:
 	if (mf)
diff --git a/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_block.c b/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_block.c
index a443e13..6573ef4 100644
--- a/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_block.c
+++ b/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_block.c
@@ -426,15 +426,9 @@
 	struct request_queue *q = req->q;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	if (blk_end_request(req, error, nr_bytes)) {
-		int leftover = (req->hard_nr_sectors << KERNEL_SECTOR_SHIFT);
-
-		if (blk_pc_request(req))
-			leftover = req->data_len;
-
+	if (blk_end_request(req, error, nr_bytes))
 		if (error)
-			blk_end_request(req, -EIO, leftover);
-	}
+			blk_end_request_all(req, -EIO);
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(q->queue_lock, flags);
 
@@ -761,7 +755,7 @@
 			break;
 
 		case CACHE_SMARTFETCH:
-			if (req->nr_sectors > 16)
+			if (blk_rq_sectors(req) > 16)
 				ctl_flags = 0x201F0008;
 			else
 				ctl_flags = 0x001F0000;
@@ -781,13 +775,13 @@
 			ctl_flags = 0x001F0010;
 			break;
 		case CACHE_SMARTBACK:
-			if (req->nr_sectors > 16)
+			if (blk_rq_sectors(req) > 16)
 				ctl_flags = 0x001F0004;
 			else
 				ctl_flags = 0x001F0010;
 			break;
 		case CACHE_SMARTTHROUGH:
-			if (req->nr_sectors > 16)
+			if (blk_rq_sectors(req) > 16)
 				ctl_flags = 0x001F0004;
 			else
 				ctl_flags = 0x001F0010;
@@ -827,22 +821,22 @@
 
 		*mptr++ = cpu_to_le32(scsi_flags);
 
-		*((u32 *) & cmd[2]) = cpu_to_be32(req->sector * hwsec);
-		*((u16 *) & cmd[7]) = cpu_to_be16(req->nr_sectors * hwsec);
+		*((u32 *) & cmd[2]) = cpu_to_be32(blk_rq_pos(req) * hwsec);
+		*((u16 *) & cmd[7]) = cpu_to_be16(blk_rq_sectors(req) * hwsec);
 
 		memcpy(mptr, cmd, 10);
 		mptr += 4;
-		*mptr++ = cpu_to_le32(req->nr_sectors << KERNEL_SECTOR_SHIFT);
+		*mptr++ = cpu_to_le32(blk_rq_bytes(req));
 	} else
 #endif
 	{
 		msg->u.head[1] = cpu_to_le32(cmd | HOST_TID << 12 | tid);
 		*mptr++ = cpu_to_le32(ctl_flags);
-		*mptr++ = cpu_to_le32(req->nr_sectors << KERNEL_SECTOR_SHIFT);
+		*mptr++ = cpu_to_le32(blk_rq_bytes(req));
 		*mptr++ =
-		    cpu_to_le32((u32) (req->sector << KERNEL_SECTOR_SHIFT));
+		    cpu_to_le32((u32) (blk_rq_pos(req) << KERNEL_SECTOR_SHIFT));
 		*mptr++ =
-		    cpu_to_le32(req->sector >> (32 - KERNEL_SECTOR_SHIFT));
+		    cpu_to_le32(blk_rq_pos(req) >> (32 - KERNEL_SECTOR_SHIFT));
 	}
 
 	if (!i2o_block_sglist_alloc(c, ireq, &mptr)) {
@@ -883,7 +877,7 @@
 	struct request *req;
 
 	while (!blk_queue_plugged(q)) {
-		req = elv_next_request(q);
+		req = blk_peek_request(q);
 		if (!req)
 			break;
 
@@ -896,7 +890,7 @@
 
 			if (queue_depth < I2O_BLOCK_MAX_OPEN_REQUESTS) {
 				if (!i2o_block_transfer(req)) {
-					blkdev_dequeue_request(req);
+					blk_start_request(req);
 					continue;
 				} else
 					osm_info("transfer error\n");
@@ -922,8 +916,10 @@
 				blk_stop_queue(q);
 				break;
 			}
-		} else
-			end_request(req, 0);
+		} else {
+			blk_start_request(req);
+			__blk_end_request_all(req, -EIO);
+		}
 	}
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/card/block.c b/drivers/mmc/card/block.c
index b25e9b6..c5df865 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/card/block.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/card/block.c
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@
 		brq.mrq.cmd = &brq.cmd;
 		brq.mrq.data = &brq.data;
 
-		brq.cmd.arg = req->sector;
+		brq.cmd.arg = blk_rq_pos(req);
 		if (!mmc_card_blockaddr(card))
 			brq.cmd.arg <<= 9;
 		brq.cmd.flags = MMC_RSP_SPI_R1 | MMC_RSP_R1 | MMC_CMD_ADTC;
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@
 		brq.stop.opcode = MMC_STOP_TRANSMISSION;
 		brq.stop.arg = 0;
 		brq.stop.flags = MMC_RSP_SPI_R1B | MMC_RSP_R1B | MMC_CMD_AC;
-		brq.data.blocks = req->nr_sectors;
+		brq.data.blocks = blk_rq_sectors(req);
 
 		/*
 		 * The block layer doesn't support all sector count
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@
 		 * Adjust the sg list so it is the same size as the
 		 * request.
 		 */
-		if (brq.data.blocks != req->nr_sectors) {
+		if (brq.data.blocks != blk_rq_sectors(req)) {
 			int i, data_size = brq.data.blocks << 9;
 			struct scatterlist *sg;
 
@@ -352,8 +352,8 @@
 			printk(KERN_ERR "%s: error %d transferring data,"
 			       " sector %u, nr %u, card status %#x\n",
 			       req->rq_disk->disk_name, brq.data.error,
-			       (unsigned)req->sector,
-			       (unsigned)req->nr_sectors, status);
+			       (unsigned)blk_rq_pos(req),
+			       (unsigned)blk_rq_sectors(req), status);
 		}
 
 		if (brq.stop.error) {
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/card/queue.c b/drivers/mmc/card/queue.c
index 7a72e75..49e5823 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/card/queue.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/card/queue.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 		spin_lock_irq(q->queue_lock);
 		set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
 		if (!blk_queue_plugged(q))
-			req = elv_next_request(q);
+			req = blk_fetch_request(q);
 		mq->req = req;
 		spin_unlock_irq(q->queue_lock);
 
@@ -88,16 +88,11 @@
 {
 	struct mmc_queue *mq = q->queuedata;
 	struct request *req;
-	int ret;
 
 	if (!mq) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "MMC: killing requests for dead queue\n");
-		while ((req = elv_next_request(q)) != NULL) {
-			do {
-				ret = __blk_end_request(req, -EIO,
-							blk_rq_cur_bytes(req));
-			} while (ret);
-		}
+		while ((req = blk_fetch_request(q)) != NULL)
+			__blk_end_request_all(req, -EIO);
 		return;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c b/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
index a49a9c8..502622f 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
@@ -47,40 +47,41 @@
 	unsigned long block, nsect;
 	char *buf;
 
-	block = req->sector << 9 >> tr->blkshift;
-	nsect = req->current_nr_sectors << 9 >> tr->blkshift;
+	block = blk_rq_pos(req) << 9 >> tr->blkshift;
+	nsect = blk_rq_cur_bytes(req) >> tr->blkshift;
 
 	buf = req->buffer;
 
 	if (req->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_LINUX_BLOCK &&
 	    req->cmd[0] == REQ_LB_OP_DISCARD)
-		return !tr->discard(dev, block, nsect);
+		return tr->discard(dev, block, nsect);
 
 	if (!blk_fs_request(req))
-		return 0;
+		return -EIO;
 
-	if (req->sector + req->current_nr_sectors > get_capacity(req->rq_disk))
-		return 0;
+	if (blk_rq_pos(req) + blk_rq_cur_sectors(req) >
+	    get_capacity(req->rq_disk))
+		return -EIO;
 
 	switch(rq_data_dir(req)) {
 	case READ:
 		for (; nsect > 0; nsect--, block++, buf += tr->blksize)
 			if (tr->readsect(dev, block, buf))
-				return 0;
-		return 1;
+				return -EIO;
+		return 0;
 
 	case WRITE:
 		if (!tr->writesect)
-			return 0;
+			return -EIO;
 
 		for (; nsect > 0; nsect--, block++, buf += tr->blksize)
 			if (tr->writesect(dev, block, buf))
-				return 0;
-		return 1;
+				return -EIO;
+		return 0;
 
 	default:
 		printk(KERN_NOTICE "Unknown request %u\n", rq_data_dir(req));
-		return 0;
+		return -EIO;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -88,19 +89,18 @@
 {
 	struct mtd_blktrans_ops *tr = arg;
 	struct request_queue *rq = tr->blkcore_priv->rq;
+	struct request *req = NULL;
 
 	/* we might get involved when memory gets low, so use PF_MEMALLOC */
 	current->flags |= PF_MEMALLOC;
 
 	spin_lock_irq(rq->queue_lock);
+
 	while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
-		struct request *req;
 		struct mtd_blktrans_dev *dev;
-		int res = 0;
+		int res;
 
-		req = elv_next_request(rq);
-
-		if (!req) {
+		if (!req && !(req = blk_fetch_request(rq))) {
 			set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
 			spin_unlock_irq(rq->queue_lock);
 			schedule();
@@ -119,8 +119,13 @@
 
 		spin_lock_irq(rq->queue_lock);
 
-		end_request(req, res);
+		if (!__blk_end_request_cur(req, res))
+			req = NULL;
 	}
+
+	if (req)
+		__blk_end_request_all(req, -EIO);
+
 	spin_unlock_irq(rq->queue_lock);
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/s390/block/dasd.c b/drivers/s390/block/dasd.c
index d181527..e64f62d 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/block/dasd.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/block/dasd.c
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@
 	if (dasd_profile_level != DASD_PROFILE_ON)
 		return;
 
-	sectors = req->nr_sectors;
+	sectors = blk_rq_sectors(req);
 	if (!cqr->buildclk || !cqr->startclk ||
 	    !cqr->stopclk || !cqr->endclk ||
 	    !sectors)
@@ -1614,15 +1614,6 @@
 }
 
 /*
- * posts the buffer_cache about a finalized request
- */
-static inline void dasd_end_request(struct request *req, int error)
-{
-	if (__blk_end_request(req, error, blk_rq_bytes(req)))
-		BUG();
-}
-
-/*
  * Process finished error recovery ccw.
  */
 static inline void __dasd_block_process_erp(struct dasd_block *block,
@@ -1665,18 +1656,14 @@
 	if (basedev->state < DASD_STATE_READY)
 		return;
 	/* Now we try to fetch requests from the request queue */
-	while (!blk_queue_plugged(queue) &&
-	       elv_next_request(queue)) {
-
-		req = elv_next_request(queue);
-
+	while (!blk_queue_plugged(queue) && (req = blk_peek_request(queue))) {
 		if (basedev->features & DASD_FEATURE_READONLY &&
 		    rq_data_dir(req) == WRITE) {
 			DBF_DEV_EVENT(DBF_ERR, basedev,
 				      "Rejecting write request %p",
 				      req);
-			blkdev_dequeue_request(req);
-			dasd_end_request(req, -EIO);
+			blk_start_request(req);
+			__blk_end_request_all(req, -EIO);
 			continue;
 		}
 		cqr = basedev->discipline->build_cp(basedev, block, req);
@@ -1704,8 +1691,8 @@
 				      "CCW creation failed (rc=%ld) "
 				      "on request %p",
 				      PTR_ERR(cqr), req);
-			blkdev_dequeue_request(req);
-			dasd_end_request(req, -EIO);
+			blk_start_request(req);
+			__blk_end_request_all(req, -EIO);
 			continue;
 		}
 		/*
@@ -1714,7 +1701,7 @@
 		 */
 		cqr->callback_data = (void *) req;
 		cqr->status = DASD_CQR_FILLED;
-		blkdev_dequeue_request(req);
+		blk_start_request(req);
 		list_add_tail(&cqr->blocklist, &block->ccw_queue);
 		dasd_profile_start(block, cqr, req);
 	}
@@ -1731,7 +1718,7 @@
 	status = cqr->block->base->discipline->free_cp(cqr, req);
 	if (status <= 0)
 		error = status ? status : -EIO;
-	dasd_end_request(req, error);
+	__blk_end_request_all(req, error);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -2038,10 +2025,8 @@
 		return;
 
 	spin_lock_irq(&block->request_queue_lock);
-	while ((req = elv_next_request(block->request_queue))) {
-		blkdev_dequeue_request(req);
-		dasd_end_request(req, -EIO);
-	}
+	while ((req = blk_fetch_request(block->request_queue)))
+		__blk_end_request_all(req, -EIO);
 	spin_unlock_irq(&block->request_queue_lock);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/s390/block/dasd_diag.c b/drivers/s390/block/dasd_diag.c
index b9a7f77..2efaddf 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/block/dasd_diag.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/block/dasd_diag.c
@@ -505,8 +505,9 @@
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 	blksize = block->bp_block;
 	/* Calculate record id of first and last block. */
-	first_rec = req->sector >> block->s2b_shift;
-	last_rec = (req->sector + req->nr_sectors - 1) >> block->s2b_shift;
+	first_rec = blk_rq_pos(req) >> block->s2b_shift;
+	last_rec =
+		(blk_rq_pos(req) + blk_rq_sectors(req) - 1) >> block->s2b_shift;
 	/* Check struct bio and count the number of blocks for the request. */
 	count = 0;
 	rq_for_each_segment(bv, req, iter) {
diff --git a/drivers/s390/block/dasd_eckd.c b/drivers/s390/block/dasd_eckd.c
index cb52da0..a41c940 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/block/dasd_eckd.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/block/dasd_eckd.c
@@ -2354,10 +2354,10 @@
 	blksize = block->bp_block;
 	blk_per_trk = recs_per_track(&private->rdc_data, 0, blksize);
 	/* Calculate record id of first and last block. */
-	first_rec = first_trk = req->sector >> block->s2b_shift;
+	first_rec = first_trk = blk_rq_pos(req) >> block->s2b_shift;
 	first_offs = sector_div(first_trk, blk_per_trk);
 	last_rec = last_trk =
-		(req->sector + req->nr_sectors - 1) >> block->s2b_shift;
+		(blk_rq_pos(req) + blk_rq_sectors(req) - 1) >> block->s2b_shift;
 	last_offs = sector_div(last_trk, blk_per_trk);
 	cdlspecial = (private->uses_cdl && first_rec < 2*blk_per_trk);
 
@@ -2420,7 +2420,7 @@
 	private = (struct dasd_eckd_private *) cqr->block->base->private;
 	blksize = cqr->block->bp_block;
 	blk_per_trk = recs_per_track(&private->rdc_data, 0, blksize);
-	recid = req->sector >> cqr->block->s2b_shift;
+	recid = blk_rq_pos(req) >> cqr->block->s2b_shift;
 	ccw = cqr->cpaddr;
 	/* Skip over define extent & locate record. */
 	ccw++;
diff --git a/drivers/s390/block/dasd_fba.c b/drivers/s390/block/dasd_fba.c
index a3eb6fd..8912358 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/block/dasd_fba.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/block/dasd_fba.c
@@ -270,8 +270,9 @@
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 	blksize = block->bp_block;
 	/* Calculate record id of first and last block. */
-	first_rec = req->sector >> block->s2b_shift;
-	last_rec = (req->sector + req->nr_sectors - 1) >> block->s2b_shift;
+	first_rec = blk_rq_pos(req) >> block->s2b_shift;
+	last_rec =
+		(blk_rq_pos(req) + blk_rq_sectors(req) - 1) >> block->s2b_shift;
 	/* Check struct bio and count the number of blocks for the request. */
 	count = 0;
 	cidaw = 0;
@@ -309,7 +310,7 @@
 	ccw = cqr->cpaddr;
 	/* First ccw is define extent. */
 	define_extent(ccw++, cqr->data, rq_data_dir(req),
-		      block->bp_block, req->sector, req->nr_sectors);
+		      block->bp_block, blk_rq_pos(req), blk_rq_sectors(req));
 	/* Build locate_record + read/write ccws. */
 	idaws = (unsigned long *) (cqr->data + sizeof(struct DE_fba_data));
 	LO_data = (struct LO_fba_data *) (idaws + cidaw);
diff --git a/drivers/s390/char/tape_34xx.c b/drivers/s390/char/tape_34xx.c
index 5f8e8ef..2d00a38 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/char/tape_34xx.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/char/tape_34xx.c
@@ -1134,7 +1134,7 @@
 	/* Setup ccws. */
 	request->op = TO_BLOCK;
 	start_block = (struct tape_34xx_block_id *) request->cpdata;
-	start_block->block = req->sector >> TAPEBLOCK_HSEC_S2B;
+	start_block->block = blk_rq_pos(req) >> TAPEBLOCK_HSEC_S2B;
 	DBF_EVENT(6, "start_block = %i\n", start_block->block);
 
 	ccw = request->cpaddr;
diff --git a/drivers/s390/char/tape_3590.c b/drivers/s390/char/tape_3590.c
index 823b05b..c453b2f 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/char/tape_3590.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/char/tape_3590.c
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@
 	struct req_iterator iter;
 
 	DBF_EVENT(6, "xBREDid:");
-	start_block = req->sector >> TAPEBLOCK_HSEC_S2B;
+	start_block = blk_rq_pos(req) >> TAPEBLOCK_HSEC_S2B;
 	DBF_EVENT(6, "start_block = %i\n", start_block);
 
 	rq_for_each_segment(bv, req, iter)
diff --git a/drivers/s390/char/tape_block.c b/drivers/s390/char/tape_block.c
index f32e89e..1e79676 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/char/tape_block.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/char/tape_block.c
@@ -74,13 +74,6 @@
  * Post finished request.
  */
 static void
-tapeblock_end_request(struct request *req, int error)
-{
-	if (blk_end_request(req, error, blk_rq_bytes(req)))
-		BUG();
-}
-
-static void
 __tapeblock_end_request(struct tape_request *ccw_req, void *data)
 {
 	struct tape_device *device;
@@ -90,17 +83,17 @@
 
 	device = ccw_req->device;
 	req = (struct request *) data;
-	tapeblock_end_request(req, (ccw_req->rc == 0) ? 0 : -EIO);
+	blk_end_request_all(req, (ccw_req->rc == 0) ? 0 : -EIO);
 	if (ccw_req->rc == 0)
 		/* Update position. */
 		device->blk_data.block_position =
-			(req->sector + req->nr_sectors) >> TAPEBLOCK_HSEC_S2B;
+		  (blk_rq_pos(req) + blk_rq_sectors(req)) >> TAPEBLOCK_HSEC_S2B;
 	else
 		/* We lost the position information due to an error. */
 		device->blk_data.block_position = -1;
 	device->discipline->free_bread(ccw_req);
 	if (!list_empty(&device->req_queue) ||
-	    elv_next_request(device->blk_data.request_queue))
+	    blk_peek_request(device->blk_data.request_queue))
 		tapeblock_trigger_requeue(device);
 }
 
@@ -118,7 +111,7 @@
 	ccw_req = device->discipline->bread(device, req);
 	if (IS_ERR(ccw_req)) {
 		DBF_EVENT(1, "TBLOCK: bread failed\n");
-		tapeblock_end_request(req, -EIO);
+		blk_end_request_all(req, -EIO);
 		return PTR_ERR(ccw_req);
 	}
 	ccw_req->callback = __tapeblock_end_request;
@@ -131,7 +124,7 @@
 		 * Start/enqueueing failed. No retries in
 		 * this case.
 		 */
-		tapeblock_end_request(req, -EIO);
+		blk_end_request_all(req, -EIO);
 		device->discipline->free_bread(ccw_req);
 	}
 
@@ -169,19 +162,16 @@
 	spin_lock_irq(&device->blk_data.request_queue_lock);
 	while (
 		!blk_queue_plugged(queue) &&
-		elv_next_request(queue)   &&
+		(req = blk_fetch_request(queue)) &&
 		nr_queued < TAPEBLOCK_MIN_REQUEUE
 	) {
-		req = elv_next_request(queue);
 		if (rq_data_dir(req) == WRITE) {
 			DBF_EVENT(1, "TBLOCK: Rejecting write request\n");
-			blkdev_dequeue_request(req);
 			spin_unlock_irq(&device->blk_data.request_queue_lock);
-			tapeblock_end_request(req, -EIO);
+			blk_end_request_all(req, -EIO);
 			spin_lock_irq(&device->blk_data.request_queue_lock);
 			continue;
 		}
-		blkdev_dequeue_request(req);
 		nr_queued++;
 		spin_unlock_irq(&device->blk_data.request_queue_lock);
 		rc = tapeblock_start_request(device, req);
diff --git a/drivers/sbus/char/jsflash.c b/drivers/sbus/char/jsflash.c
index a85ad05..6d46516 100644
--- a/drivers/sbus/char/jsflash.c
+++ b/drivers/sbus/char/jsflash.c
@@ -186,31 +186,31 @@
 {
 	struct request *req;
 
-	while ((req = elv_next_request(q)) != NULL) {
+	req = blk_fetch_request(q);
+	while (req) {
 		struct jsfd_part *jdp = req->rq_disk->private_data;
-		unsigned long offset = req->sector << 9;
-		size_t len = req->current_nr_sectors << 9;
+		unsigned long offset = blk_rq_pos(req) << 9;
+		size_t len = blk_rq_cur_bytes(req);
+		int err = -EIO;
 
-		if ((offset + len) > jdp->dsize) {
-               		end_request(req, 0);
-			continue;
-		}
+		if ((offset + len) > jdp->dsize)
+			goto end;
 
 		if (rq_data_dir(req) != READ) {
 			printk(KERN_ERR "jsfd: write\n");
-			end_request(req, 0);
-			continue;
+			goto end;
 		}
 
 		if ((jdp->dbase & 0xff000000) != 0x20000000) {
 			printk(KERN_ERR "jsfd: bad base %x\n", (int)jdp->dbase);
-			end_request(req, 0);
-			continue;
+			goto end;
 		}
 
 		jsfd_read(req->buffer, jdp->dbase + offset, len);
-
-		end_request(req, 1);
+		err = 0;
+	end:
+		if (!__blk_end_request_cur(req, err))
+			req = blk_fetch_request(q);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/eata.c b/drivers/scsi/eata.c
index be5099d..c7076ce 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/eata.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/eata.c
@@ -1825,7 +1825,7 @@
 	if (linked_comm && SCpnt->device->queue_depth > 2
 	    && TLDEV(SCpnt->device->type)) {
 		ha->cp_stat[i] = READY;
-		flush_dev(SCpnt->device, SCpnt->request->sector, ha, 0);
+		flush_dev(SCpnt->device, blk_rq_pos(SCpnt->request), ha, 0);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -2144,13 +2144,13 @@
 		if (!cpp->din)
 			input_only = 0;
 
-		if (SCpnt->request->sector < minsec)
-			minsec = SCpnt->request->sector;
-		if (SCpnt->request->sector > maxsec)
-			maxsec = SCpnt->request->sector;
+		if (blk_rq_pos(SCpnt->request) < minsec)
+			minsec = blk_rq_pos(SCpnt->request);
+		if (blk_rq_pos(SCpnt->request) > maxsec)
+			maxsec = blk_rq_pos(SCpnt->request);
 
-		sl[n] = SCpnt->request->sector;
-		ioseek += SCpnt->request->nr_sectors;
+		sl[n] = blk_rq_pos(SCpnt->request);
+		ioseek += blk_rq_sectors(SCpnt->request);
 
 		if (!n)
 			continue;
@@ -2190,7 +2190,7 @@
 			k = il[n];
 			cpp = &ha->cp[k];
 			SCpnt = cpp->SCpnt;
-			ll[n] = SCpnt->request->nr_sectors;
+			ll[n] = blk_rq_sectors(SCpnt->request);
 			pl[n] = SCpnt->serial_number;
 
 			if (!n)
@@ -2236,12 +2236,12 @@
 			cpp = &ha->cp[k];
 			SCpnt = cpp->SCpnt;
 			scmd_printk(KERN_INFO, SCpnt,
-			    "%s pid %ld mb %d fc %d nr %d sec %ld ns %ld"
+			    "%s pid %ld mb %d fc %d nr %d sec %ld ns %u"
 			     " cur %ld s:%c r:%c rev:%c in:%c ov:%c xd %d.\n",
 			     (ihdlr ? "ihdlr" : "qcomm"),
 			     SCpnt->serial_number, k, flushcount,
-			     n_ready, SCpnt->request->sector,
-			     SCpnt->request->nr_sectors, cursec, YESNO(s),
+			     n_ready, blk_rq_pos(SCpnt->request),
+			     blk_rq_sectors(SCpnt->request), cursec, YESNO(s),
 			     YESNO(r), YESNO(rev), YESNO(input_only),
 			     YESNO(overlap), cpp->din);
 		}
@@ -2408,7 +2408,7 @@
 
 	if (linked_comm && SCpnt->device->queue_depth > 2
 	    && TLDEV(SCpnt->device->type))
-		flush_dev(SCpnt->device, SCpnt->request->sector, ha, 1);
+		flush_dev(SCpnt->device, blk_rq_pos(SCpnt->request), ha, 1);
 
 	tstatus = status_byte(spp->target_status);
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c
index 3da02e4..54fa1e4 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c
@@ -1927,21 +1927,21 @@
 	/* do we need to support multiple segments? */
 	if (req->bio->bi_vcnt > 1 || rsp->bio->bi_vcnt > 1) {
 		printk("%s: multiple segments req %u %u, rsp %u %u\n",
-		       __func__, req->bio->bi_vcnt, req->data_len,
-		       rsp->bio->bi_vcnt, rsp->data_len);
+		       __func__, req->bio->bi_vcnt, blk_rq_bytes(req),
+		       rsp->bio->bi_vcnt, blk_rq_bytes(rsp));
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	ret = smp_execute_task(dev, bio_data(req->bio), req->data_len,
-			       bio_data(rsp->bio), rsp->data_len);
+	ret = smp_execute_task(dev, bio_data(req->bio), blk_rq_bytes(req),
+			       bio_data(rsp->bio), blk_rq_bytes(rsp));
 	if (ret > 0) {
 		/* positive number is the untransferred residual */
-		rsp->data_len = ret;
-		req->data_len = 0;
+		rsp->resid_len = ret;
+		req->resid_len = 0;
 		ret = 0;
 	} else if (ret == 0) {
-		rsp->data_len = 0;
-		req->data_len = 0;
+		rsp->resid_len = 0;
+		req->resid_len = 0;
 	}
 
 	return ret;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_host_smp.c b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_host_smp.c
index d110a36..1bc3b75 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_host_smp.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_host_smp.c
@@ -134,24 +134,24 @@
 {
 	u8 *req_data = NULL, *resp_data = NULL, *buf;
 	struct sas_ha_struct *sas_ha = SHOST_TO_SAS_HA(shost);
-	int error = -EINVAL, resp_data_len = rsp->data_len;
+	int error = -EINVAL;
 
 	/* eight is the minimum size for request and response frames */
-	if (req->data_len < 8 || rsp->data_len < 8)
+	if (blk_rq_bytes(req) < 8 || blk_rq_bytes(rsp) < 8)
 		goto out;
 
-	if (bio_offset(req->bio) + req->data_len > PAGE_SIZE ||
-	    bio_offset(rsp->bio) + rsp->data_len > PAGE_SIZE) {
+	if (bio_offset(req->bio) + blk_rq_bytes(req) > PAGE_SIZE ||
+	    bio_offset(rsp->bio) + blk_rq_bytes(rsp) > PAGE_SIZE) {
 		shost_printk(KERN_ERR, shost,
 			"SMP request/response frame crosses page boundary");
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	req_data = kzalloc(req->data_len, GFP_KERNEL);
+	req_data = kzalloc(blk_rq_bytes(req), GFP_KERNEL);
 
 	/* make sure frame can always be built ... we copy
 	 * back only the requested length */
-	resp_data = kzalloc(max(rsp->data_len, 128U), GFP_KERNEL);
+	resp_data = kzalloc(max(blk_rq_bytes(rsp), 128U), GFP_KERNEL);
 
 	if (!req_data || !resp_data) {
 		error = -ENOMEM;
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
 
 	local_irq_disable();
 	buf = kmap_atomic(bio_page(req->bio), KM_USER0) + bio_offset(req->bio);
-	memcpy(req_data, buf, req->data_len);
+	memcpy(req_data, buf, blk_rq_bytes(req));
 	kunmap_atomic(buf - bio_offset(req->bio), KM_USER0);
 	local_irq_enable();
 
@@ -178,15 +178,15 @@
 
 	switch (req_data[1]) {
 	case SMP_REPORT_GENERAL:
-		req->data_len -= 8;
-		resp_data_len -= 32;
+		req->resid_len -= 8;
+		rsp->resid_len -= 32;
 		resp_data[2] = SMP_RESP_FUNC_ACC;
 		resp_data[9] = sas_ha->num_phys;
 		break;
 
 	case SMP_REPORT_MANUF_INFO:
-		req->data_len -= 8;
-		resp_data_len -= 64;
+		req->resid_len -= 8;
+		rsp->resid_len -= 64;
 		resp_data[2] = SMP_RESP_FUNC_ACC;
 		memcpy(resp_data + 12, shost->hostt->name,
 		       SAS_EXPANDER_VENDOR_ID_LEN);
@@ -199,13 +199,13 @@
 		break;
 
 	case SMP_DISCOVER:
-		req->data_len -= 16;
-		if ((int)req->data_len < 0) {
-			req->data_len = 0;
+		req->resid_len -= 16;
+		if ((int)req->resid_len < 0) {
+			req->resid_len = 0;
 			error = -EINVAL;
 			goto out;
 		}
-		resp_data_len -= 56;
+		rsp->resid_len -= 56;
 		sas_host_smp_discover(sas_ha, resp_data, req_data[9]);
 		break;
 
@@ -215,13 +215,13 @@
 		break;
 
 	case SMP_REPORT_PHY_SATA:
-		req->data_len -= 16;
-		if ((int)req->data_len < 0) {
-			req->data_len = 0;
+		req->resid_len -= 16;
+		if ((int)req->resid_len < 0) {
+			req->resid_len = 0;
 			error = -EINVAL;
 			goto out;
 		}
-		resp_data_len -= 60;
+		rsp->resid_len -= 60;
 		sas_report_phy_sata(sas_ha, resp_data, req_data[9]);
 		break;
 
@@ -238,13 +238,13 @@
 		break;
 
 	case SMP_PHY_CONTROL:
-		req->data_len -= 44;
-		if ((int)req->data_len < 0) {
-			req->data_len = 0;
+		req->resid_len -= 44;
+		if ((int)req->resid_len < 0) {
+			req->resid_len = 0;
 			error = -EINVAL;
 			goto out;
 		}
-		resp_data_len -= 8;
+		rsp->resid_len -= 8;
 		sas_phy_control(sas_ha, req_data[9], req_data[10],
 				req_data[32] >> 4, req_data[33] >> 4,
 				resp_data);
@@ -261,11 +261,10 @@
 
 	local_irq_disable();
 	buf = kmap_atomic(bio_page(rsp->bio), KM_USER0) + bio_offset(rsp->bio);
-	memcpy(buf, resp_data, rsp->data_len);
+	memcpy(buf, resp_data, blk_rq_bytes(rsp));
 	flush_kernel_dcache_page(bio_page(rsp->bio));
 	kunmap_atomic(buf - bio_offset(rsp->bio), KM_USER0);
 	local_irq_enable();
-	rsp->data_len = resp_data_len;
 
  out:
 	kfree(req_data);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_scsi.c b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_scsi.c
index 167b66d..8032c5a 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_scsi.c
@@ -1312,10 +1312,10 @@
 	uint32_t bgstat = bgf->bgstat;
 	uint64_t failing_sector = 0;
 
-	printk(KERN_ERR "BG ERROR in cmd 0x%x lba 0x%llx blk cnt 0x%lx "
+	printk(KERN_ERR "BG ERROR in cmd 0x%x lba 0x%llx blk cnt 0x%x "
 			"bgstat=0x%x bghm=0x%x\n",
 			cmd->cmnd[0], (unsigned long long)scsi_get_lba(cmd),
-			cmd->request->nr_sectors, bgstat, bghm);
+			blk_rq_sectors(cmd->request), bgstat, bghm);
 
 	spin_lock(&_dump_buf_lock);
 	if (!_dump_buf_done) {
@@ -2378,15 +2378,15 @@
 		if (cmnd->cmnd[0] == READ_10)
 			lpfc_printf_vlog(vport, KERN_WARNING, LOG_BG,
 					"9035 BLKGRD: READ @ sector %llu, "
-					 "count %lu\n",
-					 (unsigned long long)scsi_get_lba(cmnd),
-					cmnd->request->nr_sectors);
+					"count %u\n",
+					(unsigned long long)scsi_get_lba(cmnd),
+					blk_rq_sectors(cmnd->request));
 		else if (cmnd->cmnd[0] == WRITE_10)
 			lpfc_printf_vlog(vport, KERN_WARNING, LOG_BG,
 					"9036 BLKGRD: WRITE @ sector %llu, "
-					"count %lu cmd=%p\n",
+					"count %u cmd=%p\n",
 					(unsigned long long)scsi_get_lba(cmnd),
-					cmnd->request->nr_sectors,
+					blk_rq_sectors(cmnd->request),
 					cmnd);
 
 		err = lpfc_bg_scsi_prep_dma_buf(phba, lpfc_cmd);
@@ -2406,15 +2406,15 @@
 		if (cmnd->cmnd[0] == READ_10)
 			lpfc_printf_vlog(vport, KERN_WARNING, LOG_BG,
 					 "9040 dbg: READ @ sector %llu, "
-					 "count %lu\n",
+					 "count %u\n",
 					 (unsigned long long)scsi_get_lba(cmnd),
-					 cmnd->request->nr_sectors);
+					 blk_rq_sectors(cmnd->request));
 		else if (cmnd->cmnd[0] == WRITE_10)
 			lpfc_printf_vlog(vport, KERN_WARNING, LOG_BG,
 					 "9041 dbg: WRITE @ sector %llu, "
-					 "count %lu cmd=%p\n",
+					 "count %u cmd=%p\n",
 					 (unsigned long long)scsi_get_lba(cmnd),
-					 cmnd->request->nr_sectors, cmnd);
+					 blk_rq_sectors(cmnd->request), cmnd);
 		else
 			lpfc_printf_vlog(vport, KERN_WARNING, LOG_BG,
 					 "9042 dbg: parser not implemented\n");
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_transport.c b/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_transport.c
index e03dc0b..5c65da5 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_transport.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_transport.c
@@ -1041,7 +1041,7 @@
 	if (req->bio->bi_vcnt > 1 || rsp->bio->bi_vcnt > 1) {
 		printk(MPT2SAS_ERR_FMT "%s: multiple segments req %u %u, "
 		    "rsp %u %u\n", ioc->name, __func__, req->bio->bi_vcnt,
-		    req->data_len, rsp->bio->bi_vcnt, rsp->data_len);
+		    blk_rq_bytes(req), rsp->bio->bi_vcnt, blk_rq_bytes(rsp));
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
@@ -1104,7 +1104,7 @@
 	*((u64 *)&mpi_request->SASAddress) = (rphy) ?
 	    cpu_to_le64(rphy->identify.sas_address) :
 	    cpu_to_le64(ioc->sas_hba.sas_address);
-	mpi_request->RequestDataLength = cpu_to_le16(req->data_len - 4);
+	mpi_request->RequestDataLength = cpu_to_le16(blk_rq_bytes(req) - 4);
 	psge = &mpi_request->SGL;
 
 	/* WRITE sgel first */
@@ -1112,13 +1112,13 @@
 	    MPI2_SGE_FLAGS_END_OF_BUFFER | MPI2_SGE_FLAGS_HOST_TO_IOC);
 	sgl_flags = sgl_flags << MPI2_SGE_FLAGS_SHIFT;
 	dma_addr_out = pci_map_single(ioc->pdev, bio_data(req->bio),
-	      req->data_len, PCI_DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL);
+		blk_rq_bytes(req), PCI_DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL);
 	if (!dma_addr_out) {
 		mpt2sas_base_free_smid(ioc, le16_to_cpu(smid));
 		goto unmap;
 	}
 
-	ioc->base_add_sg_single(psge, sgl_flags | (req->data_len - 4),
+	ioc->base_add_sg_single(psge, sgl_flags | (blk_rq_bytes(req) - 4),
 	    dma_addr_out);
 
 	/* incr sgel */
@@ -1129,14 +1129,14 @@
 	    MPI2_SGE_FLAGS_LAST_ELEMENT | MPI2_SGE_FLAGS_END_OF_BUFFER |
 	    MPI2_SGE_FLAGS_END_OF_LIST);
 	sgl_flags = sgl_flags << MPI2_SGE_FLAGS_SHIFT;
-	dma_addr_in =  pci_map_single(ioc->pdev, bio_data(rsp->bio),
-	      rsp->data_len, PCI_DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL);
+	dma_addr_in = pci_map_single(ioc->pdev, bio_data(rsp->bio),
+				     blk_rq_bytes(rsp), PCI_DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL);
 	if (!dma_addr_in) {
 		mpt2sas_base_free_smid(ioc, le16_to_cpu(smid));
 		goto unmap;
 	}
 
-	ioc->base_add_sg_single(psge, sgl_flags | (rsp->data_len + 4),
+	ioc->base_add_sg_single(psge, sgl_flags | (blk_rq_bytes(rsp) + 4),
 	    dma_addr_in);
 
 	dtransportprintk(ioc, printk(MPT2SAS_DEBUG_FMT "%s - "
@@ -1170,9 +1170,8 @@
 
 		memcpy(req->sense, mpi_reply, sizeof(*mpi_reply));
 		req->sense_len = sizeof(*mpi_reply);
-		req->data_len = 0;
-		rsp->data_len -= mpi_reply->ResponseDataLength;
-
+		req->resid_len = 0;
+		rsp->resid_len -= mpi_reply->ResponseDataLength;
 	} else {
 		dtransportprintk(ioc, printk(MPT2SAS_DEBUG_FMT
 		    "%s - no reply\n", ioc->name, __func__));
@@ -1188,10 +1187,10 @@
 
  unmap:
 	if (dma_addr_out)
-		pci_unmap_single(ioc->pdev, dma_addr_out, req->data_len,
+		pci_unmap_single(ioc->pdev, dma_addr_out, blk_rq_bytes(req),
 		    PCI_DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL);
 	if (dma_addr_in)
-		pci_unmap_single(ioc->pdev, dma_addr_in, rsp->data_len,
+		pci_unmap_single(ioc->pdev, dma_addr_in, blk_rq_bytes(rsp),
 		    PCI_DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL);
 
  out:
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/osd/osd_initiator.c b/drivers/scsi/osd/osd_initiator.c
index 1ce6b24..5776b2a 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/osd/osd_initiator.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/osd/osd_initiator.c
@@ -889,26 +889,6 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(osd_req_add_set_attr_list);
 
-static int _append_map_kern(struct request *req,
-	void *buff, unsigned len, gfp_t flags)
-{
-	struct bio *bio;
-	int ret;
-
-	bio = bio_map_kern(req->q, buff, len, flags);
-	if (IS_ERR(bio)) {
-		OSD_ERR("Failed bio_map_kern(%p, %d) => %ld\n", buff, len,
-			PTR_ERR(bio));
-		return PTR_ERR(bio);
-	}
-	ret = blk_rq_append_bio(req->q, req, bio);
-	if (ret) {
-		OSD_ERR("Failed blk_rq_append_bio(%p) => %d\n", bio, ret);
-		bio_put(bio);
-	}
-	return ret;
-}
-
 static int _req_append_segment(struct osd_request *or,
 	unsigned padding, struct _osd_req_data_segment *seg,
 	struct _osd_req_data_segment *last_seg, struct _osd_io_info *io)
@@ -924,14 +904,14 @@
 		else
 			pad_buff = io->pad_buff;
 
-		ret = _append_map_kern(io->req, pad_buff, padding,
+		ret = blk_rq_map_kern(io->req->q, io->req, pad_buff, padding,
 				       or->alloc_flags);
 		if (ret)
 			return ret;
 		io->total_bytes += padding;
 	}
 
-	ret = _append_map_kern(io->req, seg->buff, seg->total_bytes,
+	ret = blk_rq_map_kern(io->req->q, io->req, seg->buff, seg->total_bytes,
 			       or->alloc_flags);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
@@ -1293,6 +1273,21 @@
 /*
  * osd_finalize_request and helpers
  */
+static struct request *_make_request(struct request_queue *q, bool has_write,
+			      struct _osd_io_info *oii, gfp_t flags)
+{
+	if (oii->bio)
+		return blk_make_request(q, oii->bio, flags);
+	else {
+		struct request *req;
+
+		req = blk_get_request(q, has_write ? WRITE : READ, flags);
+		if (unlikely(!req))
+			return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+		return req;
+	}
+}
 
 static int _init_blk_request(struct osd_request *or,
 	bool has_in, bool has_out)
@@ -1301,11 +1296,13 @@
 	struct scsi_device *scsi_device = or->osd_dev->scsi_device;
 	struct request_queue *q = scsi_device->request_queue;
 	struct request *req;
-	int ret = -ENOMEM;
+	int ret;
 
-	req = blk_get_request(q, has_out, flags);
-	if (!req)
+	req = _make_request(q, has_out, has_out ? &or->out : &or->in, flags);
+	if (IS_ERR(req)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(req);
 		goto out;
+	}
 
 	or->request = req;
 	req->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_BLOCK_PC;
@@ -1318,9 +1315,10 @@
 		or->out.req = req;
 		if (has_in) {
 			/* allocate bidi request */
-			req = blk_get_request(q, READ, flags);
-			if (!req) {
+			req = _make_request(q, false, &or->in, flags);
+			if (IS_ERR(req)) {
 				OSD_DEBUG("blk_get_request for bidi failed\n");
+				ret = PTR_ERR(req);
 				goto out;
 			}
 			req->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_BLOCK_PC;
@@ -1364,26 +1362,6 @@
 		return ret;
 	}
 
-	if (or->out.bio) {
-		ret = blk_rq_append_bio(or->request->q, or->out.req,
-					or->out.bio);
-		if (ret) {
-			OSD_DEBUG("blk_rq_append_bio out failed\n");
-			return ret;
-		}
-		OSD_DEBUG("out bytes=%llu (bytes_req=%u)\n",
-			_LLU(or->out.total_bytes), or->out.req->data_len);
-	}
-	if (or->in.bio) {
-		ret = blk_rq_append_bio(or->request->q, or->in.req, or->in.bio);
-		if (ret) {
-			OSD_DEBUG("blk_rq_append_bio in failed\n");
-			return ret;
-		}
-		OSD_DEBUG("in bytes=%llu (bytes_req=%u)\n",
-			_LLU(or->in.total_bytes), or->in.req->data_len);
-	}
-
 	or->out.pad_buff = sg_out_pad_buffer;
 	or->in.pad_buff = sg_in_pad_buffer;
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
index bb218c8..dd3f9d2 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
@@ -240,11 +240,11 @@
 	 * is invalid.  Prevent the garbage from being misinterpreted
 	 * and prevent security leaks by zeroing out the excess data.
 	 */
-	if (unlikely(req->data_len > 0 && req->data_len <= bufflen))
-		memset(buffer + (bufflen - req->data_len), 0, req->data_len);
+	if (unlikely(req->resid_len > 0 && req->resid_len <= bufflen))
+		memset(buffer + (bufflen - req->resid_len), 0, req->resid_len);
 
 	if (resid)
-		*resid = req->data_len;
+		*resid = req->resid_len;
 	ret = req->errors;
  out:
 	blk_put_request(req);
@@ -546,14 +546,9 @@
 	 * to queue the remainder of them.
 	 */
 	if (blk_end_request(req, error, bytes)) {
-		int leftover = (req->hard_nr_sectors << 9);
-
-		if (blk_pc_request(req))
-			leftover = req->data_len;
-
 		/* kill remainder if no retrys */
 		if (error && scsi_noretry_cmd(cmd))
-			blk_end_request(req, error, leftover);
+			blk_end_request_all(req, error);
 		else {
 			if (requeue) {
 				/*
@@ -673,34 +668,6 @@
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(scsi_release_buffers);
 
 /*
- * Bidi commands Must be complete as a whole, both sides at once.
- * If part of the bytes were written and lld returned
- * scsi_in()->resid and/or scsi_out()->resid this information will be left
- * in req->data_len and req->next_rq->data_len. The upper-layer driver can
- * decide what to do with this information.
- */
-static void scsi_end_bidi_request(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd)
-{
-	struct request *req = cmd->request;
-	unsigned int dlen = req->data_len;
-	unsigned int next_dlen = req->next_rq->data_len;
-
-	req->data_len = scsi_out(cmd)->resid;
-	req->next_rq->data_len = scsi_in(cmd)->resid;
-
-	/* The req and req->next_rq have not been completed */
-	BUG_ON(blk_end_bidi_request(req, 0, dlen, next_dlen));
-
-	scsi_release_buffers(cmd);
-
-	/*
-	 * This will goose the queue request function at the end, so we don't
-	 * need to worry about launching another command.
-	 */
-	scsi_next_command(cmd);
-}
-
-/*
  * Function:    scsi_io_completion()
  *
  * Purpose:     Completion processing for block device I/O requests.
@@ -739,7 +706,6 @@
 void scsi_io_completion(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd, unsigned int good_bytes)
 {
 	int result = cmd->result;
-	int this_count;
 	struct request_queue *q = cmd->device->request_queue;
 	struct request *req = cmd->request;
 	int error = 0;
@@ -773,12 +739,22 @@
 			if (!sense_deferred)
 				error = -EIO;
 		}
+
+		req->resid_len = scsi_get_resid(cmd);
+
 		if (scsi_bidi_cmnd(cmd)) {
-			/* will also release_buffers */
-			scsi_end_bidi_request(cmd);
+			/*
+			 * Bidi commands Must be complete as a whole,
+			 * both sides at once.
+			 */
+			req->next_rq->resid_len = scsi_in(cmd)->resid;
+
+			blk_end_request_all(req, 0);
+
+			scsi_release_buffers(cmd);
+			scsi_next_command(cmd);
 			return;
 		}
-		req->data_len = scsi_get_resid(cmd);
 	}
 
 	BUG_ON(blk_bidi_rq(req)); /* bidi not support for !blk_pc_request yet */
@@ -787,9 +763,9 @@
 	 * Next deal with any sectors which we were able to correctly
 	 * handle.
 	 */
-	SCSI_LOG_HLCOMPLETE(1, printk("%ld sectors total, "
+	SCSI_LOG_HLCOMPLETE(1, printk("%u sectors total, "
 				      "%d bytes done.\n",
-				      req->nr_sectors, good_bytes));
+				      blk_rq_sectors(req), good_bytes));
 
 	/*
 	 * Recovered errors need reporting, but they're always treated
@@ -812,7 +788,6 @@
 	 */
 	if (scsi_end_request(cmd, error, good_bytes, result == 0) == NULL)
 		return;
-	this_count = blk_rq_bytes(req);
 
 	error = -EIO;
 
@@ -922,7 +897,7 @@
 			if (driver_byte(result) & DRIVER_SENSE)
 				scsi_print_sense("", cmd);
 		}
-		blk_end_request(req, -EIO, blk_rq_bytes(req));
+		blk_end_request_all(req, -EIO);
 		scsi_next_command(cmd);
 		break;
 	case ACTION_REPREP:
@@ -965,10 +940,7 @@
 	count = blk_rq_map_sg(req->q, req, sdb->table.sgl);
 	BUG_ON(count > sdb->table.nents);
 	sdb->table.nents = count;
-	if (blk_pc_request(req))
-		sdb->length = req->data_len;
-	else
-		sdb->length = req->nr_sectors << 9;
+	sdb->length = blk_rq_bytes(req);
 	return BLKPREP_OK;
 }
 
@@ -1087,22 +1059,21 @@
 		if (unlikely(ret))
 			return ret;
 	} else {
-		BUG_ON(req->data_len);
-		BUG_ON(req->data);
+		BUG_ON(blk_rq_bytes(req));
 
 		memset(&cmd->sdb, 0, sizeof(cmd->sdb));
 		req->buffer = NULL;
 	}
 
 	cmd->cmd_len = req->cmd_len;
-	if (!req->data_len)
+	if (!blk_rq_bytes(req))
 		cmd->sc_data_direction = DMA_NONE;
 	else if (rq_data_dir(req) == WRITE)
 		cmd->sc_data_direction = DMA_TO_DEVICE;
 	else
 		cmd->sc_data_direction = DMA_FROM_DEVICE;
 	
-	cmd->transfersize = req->data_len;
+	cmd->transfersize = blk_rq_bytes(req);
 	cmd->allowed = req->retries;
 	return BLKPREP_OK;
 }
@@ -1212,7 +1183,7 @@
 		break;
 	case BLKPREP_DEFER:
 		/*
-		 * If we defer, the elv_next_request() returns NULL, but the
+		 * If we defer, the blk_peek_request() returns NULL, but the
 		 * queue must be restarted, so we plug here if no returning
 		 * command will automatically do that.
 		 */
@@ -1388,7 +1359,7 @@
 	struct scsi_target *starget = scsi_target(sdev);
 	struct Scsi_Host *shost = sdev->host;
 
-	blkdev_dequeue_request(req);
+	blk_start_request(req);
 
 	if (unlikely(cmd == NULL)) {
 		printk(KERN_CRIT "impossible request in %s.\n",
@@ -1480,7 +1451,7 @@
 
 	if (!sdev) {
 		printk("scsi: killing requests for dead queue\n");
-		while ((req = elv_next_request(q)) != NULL)
+		while ((req = blk_peek_request(q)) != NULL)
 			scsi_kill_request(req, q);
 		return;
 	}
@@ -1501,7 +1472,7 @@
 		 * that the request is fully prepared even if we cannot 
 		 * accept it.
 		 */
-		req = elv_next_request(q);
+		req = blk_peek_request(q);
 		if (!req || !scsi_dev_queue_ready(q, sdev))
 			break;
 
@@ -1517,7 +1488,7 @@
 		 * Remove the request from the request list.
 		 */
 		if (!(blk_queue_tagged(q) && !blk_queue_start_tag(q, req)))
-			blkdev_dequeue_request(req);
+			blk_start_request(req);
 		sdev->device_busy++;
 
 		spin_unlock(q->queue_lock);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_tgt_lib.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_tgt_lib.c
index 48ba413..1030327 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_tgt_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_tgt_lib.c
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@
 	 * we use REQ_TYPE_BLOCK_PC so scsi_init_io doesn't set the
 	 * length for us.
 	 */
-	cmd->sdb.length = rq->data_len;
+	cmd->sdb.length = blk_rq_bytes(rq);
 
 	return 0;
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_sas.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_sas.c
index 50988cb..d606452 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_sas.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_sas.c
@@ -163,12 +163,10 @@
 	int (*handler)(struct Scsi_Host *, struct sas_rphy *, struct request *);
 
 	while (!blk_queue_plugged(q)) {
-		req = elv_next_request(q);
+		req = blk_fetch_request(q);
 		if (!req)
 			break;
 
-		blkdev_dequeue_request(req);
-
 		spin_unlock_irq(q->queue_lock);
 
 		handler = to_sas_internal(shost->transportt)->f->smp_handler;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sd.c b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
index 8404423..40d2860 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sd.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
@@ -384,9 +384,9 @@
 	struct scsi_device *sdp = q->queuedata;
 	struct gendisk *disk = rq->rq_disk;
 	struct scsi_disk *sdkp;
-	sector_t block = rq->sector;
+	sector_t block = blk_rq_pos(rq);
 	sector_t threshold;
-	unsigned int this_count = rq->nr_sectors;
+	unsigned int this_count = blk_rq_sectors(rq);
 	int ret, host_dif;
 
 	if (rq->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_BLOCK_PC) {
@@ -413,10 +413,10 @@
 					this_count));
 
 	if (!sdp || !scsi_device_online(sdp) ||
- 	    block + rq->nr_sectors > get_capacity(disk)) {
+	    block + blk_rq_sectors(rq) > get_capacity(disk)) {
 		SCSI_LOG_HLQUEUE(2, scmd_printk(KERN_INFO, SCpnt,
-						"Finishing %ld sectors\n",
-						rq->nr_sectors));
+						"Finishing %u sectors\n",
+						blk_rq_sectors(rq)));
 		SCSI_LOG_HLQUEUE(2, scmd_printk(KERN_INFO, SCpnt,
 						"Retry with 0x%p\n", SCpnt));
 		goto out;
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@
 	 * for this.
 	 */
 	if (sdp->sector_size == 1024) {
-		if ((block & 1) || (rq->nr_sectors & 1)) {
+		if ((block & 1) || (blk_rq_sectors(rq) & 1)) {
 			scmd_printk(KERN_ERR, SCpnt,
 				    "Bad block number requested\n");
 			goto out;
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@
 		}
 	}
 	if (sdp->sector_size == 2048) {
-		if ((block & 3) || (rq->nr_sectors & 3)) {
+		if ((block & 3) || (blk_rq_sectors(rq) & 3)) {
 			scmd_printk(KERN_ERR, SCpnt,
 				    "Bad block number requested\n");
 			goto out;
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@
 		}
 	}
 	if (sdp->sector_size == 4096) {
-		if ((block & 7) || (rq->nr_sectors & 7)) {
+		if ((block & 7) || (blk_rq_sectors(rq) & 7)) {
 			scmd_printk(KERN_ERR, SCpnt,
 				    "Bad block number requested\n");
 			goto out;
@@ -512,10 +512,10 @@
 	}
 
 	SCSI_LOG_HLQUEUE(2, scmd_printk(KERN_INFO, SCpnt,
-					"%s %d/%ld 512 byte blocks.\n",
+					"%s %d/%u 512 byte blocks.\n",
 					(rq_data_dir(rq) == WRITE) ?
 					"writing" : "reading", this_count,
-					rq->nr_sectors));
+					blk_rq_sectors(rq)));
 
 	/* Set RDPROTECT/WRPROTECT if disk is formatted with DIF */
 	host_dif = scsi_host_dif_capable(sdp->host, sdkp->protection_type);
@@ -971,8 +971,8 @@
 
 static unsigned int sd_completed_bytes(struct scsi_cmnd *scmd)
 {
-	u64 start_lba = scmd->request->sector;
-	u64 end_lba = scmd->request->sector + (scsi_bufflen(scmd) / 512);
+	u64 start_lba = blk_rq_pos(scmd->request);
+	u64 end_lba = blk_rq_pos(scmd->request) + (scsi_bufflen(scmd) / 512);
 	u64 bad_lba;
 	int info_valid;
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sd_dif.c b/drivers/scsi/sd_dif.c
index 184dff4..82f14a9 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sd_dif.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sd_dif.c
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@
 	sector_sz = scmd->device->sector_size;
 	sectors = good_bytes / sector_sz;
 
-	phys = scmd->request->sector & 0xffffffff;
+	phys = blk_rq_pos(scmd->request) & 0xffffffff;
 	if (sector_sz == 4096)
 		phys >>= 3;
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sg.c b/drivers/scsi/sg.c
index e1716f14..0fc2c0a 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sg.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sg.c
@@ -1260,7 +1260,7 @@
 
 	sense = rq->sense;
 	result = rq->errors;
-	resid = rq->data_len;
+	resid = rq->resid_len;
 
 	SCSI_LOG_TIMEOUT(4, printk("sg_cmd_done: %s, pack_id=%d, res=0x%x\n",
 		sdp->disk->disk_name, srp->header.pack_id, result));
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sr.c b/drivers/scsi/sr.c
index 0e1a0f2..fddba53 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sr.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sr.c
@@ -292,7 +292,8 @@
 			if (cd->device->sector_size == 2048)
 				error_sector <<= 2;
 			error_sector &= ~(block_sectors - 1);
-			good_bytes = (error_sector - SCpnt->request->sector) << 9;
+			good_bytes = (error_sector -
+				      blk_rq_pos(SCpnt->request)) << 9;
 			if (good_bytes < 0 || good_bytes >= this_count)
 				good_bytes = 0;
 			/*
@@ -349,8 +350,8 @@
 				cd->disk->disk_name, block));
 
 	if (!cd->device || !scsi_device_online(cd->device)) {
-		SCSI_LOG_HLQUEUE(2, printk("Finishing %ld sectors\n",
-					rq->nr_sectors));
+		SCSI_LOG_HLQUEUE(2, printk("Finishing %u sectors\n",
+					   blk_rq_sectors(rq)));
 		SCSI_LOG_HLQUEUE(2, printk("Retry with 0x%p\n", SCpnt));
 		goto out;
 	}
@@ -413,7 +414,7 @@
 	/*
 	 * request doesn't start on hw block boundary, add scatter pads
 	 */
-	if (((unsigned int)rq->sector % (s_size >> 9)) ||
+	if (((unsigned int)blk_rq_pos(rq) % (s_size >> 9)) ||
 	    (scsi_bufflen(SCpnt) % s_size)) {
 		scmd_printk(KERN_NOTICE, SCpnt, "unaligned transfer\n");
 		goto out;
@@ -422,14 +423,14 @@
 	this_count = (scsi_bufflen(SCpnt) >> 9) / (s_size >> 9);
 
 
-	SCSI_LOG_HLQUEUE(2, printk("%s : %s %d/%ld 512 byte blocks.\n",
+	SCSI_LOG_HLQUEUE(2, printk("%s : %s %d/%u 512 byte blocks.\n",
 				cd->cdi.name,
 				(rq_data_dir(rq) == WRITE) ?
 					"writing" : "reading",
-				this_count, rq->nr_sectors));
+				this_count, blk_rq_sectors(rq)));
 
 	SCpnt->cmnd[1] = 0;
-	block = (unsigned int)rq->sector / (s_size >> 9);
+	block = (unsigned int)blk_rq_pos(rq) / (s_size >> 9);
 
 	if (this_count > 0xffff) {
 		this_count = 0xffff;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/st.c b/drivers/scsi/st.c
index eb24efe..8681b7083 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/st.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/st.c
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@
 	struct scsi_tape *STp = SRpnt->stp;
 
 	STp->buffer->cmdstat.midlevel_result = SRpnt->result = req->errors;
-	STp->buffer->cmdstat.residual = req->data_len;
+	STp->buffer->cmdstat.residual = req->resid_len;
 
 	if (SRpnt->waiting)
 		complete(SRpnt->waiting);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/u14-34f.c b/drivers/scsi/u14-34f.c
index 601e951..54023d41 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/u14-34f.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/u14-34f.c
@@ -1306,7 +1306,7 @@
    if (linked_comm && SCpnt->device->queue_depth > 2
                                      && TLDEV(SCpnt->device->type)) {
       HD(j)->cp_stat[i] = READY;
-      flush_dev(SCpnt->device, SCpnt->request->sector, j, FALSE);
+      flush_dev(SCpnt->device, blk_rq_pos(SCpnt->request), j, FALSE);
       return 0;
       }
 
@@ -1610,11 +1610,13 @@
 
       if (!(cpp->xdir == DTD_IN)) input_only = FALSE;
 
-      if (SCpnt->request->sector < minsec) minsec = SCpnt->request->sector;
-      if (SCpnt->request->sector > maxsec) maxsec = SCpnt->request->sector;
+      if (blk_rq_pos(SCpnt->request) < minsec)
+	 minsec = blk_rq_pos(SCpnt->request);
+      if (blk_rq_pos(SCpnt->request) > maxsec)
+	 maxsec = blk_rq_pos(SCpnt->request);
 
-      sl[n] = SCpnt->request->sector;
-      ioseek += SCpnt->request->nr_sectors;
+      sl[n] = blk_rq_pos(SCpnt->request);
+      ioseek += blk_rq_sectors(SCpnt->request);
 
       if (!n) continue;
 
@@ -1642,7 +1644,7 @@
 
    if (!input_only) for (n = 0; n < n_ready; n++) {
       k = il[n]; cpp = &HD(j)->cp[k]; SCpnt = cpp->SCpnt;
-      ll[n] = SCpnt->request->nr_sectors; pl[n] = SCpnt->serial_number;
+      ll[n] = blk_rq_sectors(SCpnt->request); pl[n] = SCpnt->serial_number;
 
       if (!n) continue;
 
@@ -1666,12 +1668,12 @@
    if (link_statistics && (overlap || !(flushcount % link_statistics)))
       for (n = 0; n < n_ready; n++) {
          k = il[n]; cpp = &HD(j)->cp[k]; SCpnt = cpp->SCpnt;
-         printk("%s %d.%d:%d pid %ld mb %d fc %d nr %d sec %ld ns %ld"\
+         printk("%s %d.%d:%d pid %ld mb %d fc %d nr %d sec %ld ns %u"\
                 " cur %ld s:%c r:%c rev:%c in:%c ov:%c xd %d.\n",
                 (ihdlr ? "ihdlr" : "qcomm"), SCpnt->channel, SCpnt->target,
                 SCpnt->lun, SCpnt->serial_number, k, flushcount, n_ready,
-                SCpnt->request->sector, SCpnt->request->nr_sectors, cursec,
-                YESNO(s), YESNO(r), YESNO(rev), YESNO(input_only),
+                blk_rq_pos(SCpnt->request), blk_rq_sectors(SCpnt->request),
+		cursec, YESNO(s), YESNO(r), YESNO(rev), YESNO(input_only),
                 YESNO(overlap), cpp->xdir);
          }
 #endif
@@ -1799,7 +1801,7 @@
 
    if (linked_comm && SCpnt->device->queue_depth > 2
                                      && TLDEV(SCpnt->device->type))
-      flush_dev(SCpnt->device, SCpnt->request->sector, j, TRUE);
+      flush_dev(SCpnt->device, blk_rq_pos(SCpnt->request), j, TRUE);
 
    tstatus = status_byte(spp->target_status);
 
diff --git a/fs/bio.c b/fs/bio.c
index 9871164..81dc93e 100644
--- a/fs/bio.c
+++ b/fs/bio.c
@@ -1201,7 +1201,7 @@
 		char *addr = page_address(bvec->bv_page);
 		int len = bmd->iovecs[i].bv_len;
 
-		if (read && !err)
+		if (read)
 			memcpy(p, addr, len);
 
 		__free_page(bvec->bv_page);
diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index f45dbc1..a85fe31 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -331,6 +331,12 @@
 	return block_read_full_page(page, blkdev_get_block);
 }
 
+static int blkdev_readpages(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
+			struct list_head *pages, unsigned nr_pages)
+{
+	return mpage_readpages(mapping, pages, nr_pages, blkdev_get_block);
+}
+
 static int blkdev_write_begin(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
 			loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned flags,
 			struct page **pagep, void **fsdata)
@@ -1399,6 +1405,7 @@
 
 static const struct address_space_operations def_blk_aops = {
 	.readpage	= blkdev_readpage,
+	.readpages	= blkdev_readpages,
 	.writepage	= blkdev_writepage,
 	.sync_page	= block_sync_page,
 	.write_begin	= blkdev_write_begin,
diff --git a/fs/coda/file.c b/fs/coda/file.c
index 6a347fb..ffd4281 100644
--- a/fs/coda/file.c
+++ b/fs/coda/file.c
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@
 		      struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, size_t count,
 		      unsigned int flags)
 {
+	ssize_t (*splice_read)(struct file *, loff_t *,
+			       struct pipe_inode_info *, size_t, unsigned int);
 	struct coda_file_info *cfi;
 	struct file *host_file;
 
@@ -54,10 +56,11 @@
 	BUG_ON(!cfi || cfi->cfi_magic != CODA_MAGIC);
 	host_file = cfi->cfi_container;
 
-	if (!host_file->f_op || !host_file->f_op->splice_read)
-		return -EINVAL;
+	splice_read = host_file->f_op->splice_read;
+	if (!splice_read)
+		splice_read = default_file_splice_read;
 
-	return host_file->f_op->splice_read(host_file, ppos, pipe, count,flags);
+	return splice_read(host_file, ppos, pipe, count, flags);
 }
 
 static ssize_t
diff --git a/fs/exofs/osd.c b/fs/exofs/osd.c
index b249ae9..06ca926 100644
--- a/fs/exofs/osd.c
+++ b/fs/exofs/osd.c
@@ -50,10 +50,10 @@
 
 	/* FIXME: should be include in osd_sense_info */
 	if (in_resid)
-		*in_resid = or->in.req ? or->in.req->data_len : 0;
+		*in_resid = or->in.req ? or->in.req->resid_len : 0;
 
 	if (out_resid)
-		*out_resid = or->out.req ? or->out.req->data_len : 0;
+		*out_resid = or->out.req ? or->out.req->resid_len : 0;
 
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/fs/pipe.c b/fs/pipe.c
index 13414ec..f7dd21a 100644
--- a/fs/pipe.c
+++ b/fs/pipe.c
@@ -302,6 +302,20 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ * generic_pipe_buf_release - put a reference to a &struct pipe_buffer
+ * @pipe:	the pipe that the buffer belongs to
+ * @buf:	the buffer to put a reference to
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *	This function releases a reference to @buf.
+ */
+void generic_pipe_buf_release(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
+			      struct pipe_buffer *buf)
+{
+	page_cache_release(buf->page);
+}
+
 static const struct pipe_buf_operations anon_pipe_buf_ops = {
 	.can_merge = 1,
 	.map = generic_pipe_buf_map,
diff --git a/fs/read_write.c b/fs/read_write.c
index 9d1e76b..6c8c55d 100644
--- a/fs/read_write.c
+++ b/fs/read_write.c
@@ -805,12 +805,6 @@
 		goto out;
 	if (!(in_file->f_mode & FMODE_READ))
 		goto fput_in;
-	retval = -EINVAL;
-	in_inode = in_file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
-	if (!in_inode)
-		goto fput_in;
-	if (!in_file->f_op || !in_file->f_op->splice_read)
-		goto fput_in;
 	retval = -ESPIPE;
 	if (!ppos)
 		ppos = &in_file->f_pos;
@@ -834,6 +828,7 @@
 	retval = -EINVAL;
 	if (!out_file->f_op || !out_file->f_op->sendpage)
 		goto fput_out;
+	in_inode = in_file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
 	out_inode = out_file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
 	retval = rw_verify_area(WRITE, out_file, &out_file->f_pos, count);
 	if (retval < 0)
diff --git a/fs/splice.c b/fs/splice.c
index 666953d5..73766d2 100644
--- a/fs/splice.c
+++ b/fs/splice.c
@@ -507,9 +507,131 @@
 
 	return ret;
 }
-
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_file_splice_read);
 
+static const struct pipe_buf_operations default_pipe_buf_ops = {
+	.can_merge = 0,
+	.map = generic_pipe_buf_map,
+	.unmap = generic_pipe_buf_unmap,
+	.confirm = generic_pipe_buf_confirm,
+	.release = generic_pipe_buf_release,
+	.steal = generic_pipe_buf_steal,
+	.get = generic_pipe_buf_get,
+};
+
+static ssize_t kernel_readv(struct file *file, const struct iovec *vec,
+			    unsigned long vlen, loff_t offset)
+{
+	mm_segment_t old_fs;
+	loff_t pos = offset;
+	ssize_t res;
+
+	old_fs = get_fs();
+	set_fs(get_ds());
+	/* The cast to a user pointer is valid due to the set_fs() */
+	res = vfs_readv(file, (const struct iovec __user *)vec, vlen, &pos);
+	set_fs(old_fs);
+
+	return res;
+}
+
+static ssize_t kernel_write(struct file *file, const char *buf, size_t count,
+			    loff_t pos)
+{
+	mm_segment_t old_fs;
+	ssize_t res;
+
+	old_fs = get_fs();
+	set_fs(get_ds());
+	/* The cast to a user pointer is valid due to the set_fs() */
+	res = vfs_write(file, (const char __user *)buf, count, &pos);
+	set_fs(old_fs);
+
+	return res;
+}
+
+ssize_t default_file_splice_read(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos,
+				 struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, size_t len,
+				 unsigned int flags)
+{
+	unsigned int nr_pages;
+	unsigned int nr_freed;
+	size_t offset;
+	struct page *pages[PIPE_BUFFERS];
+	struct partial_page partial[PIPE_BUFFERS];
+	struct iovec vec[PIPE_BUFFERS];
+	pgoff_t index;
+	ssize_t res;
+	size_t this_len;
+	int error;
+	int i;
+	struct splice_pipe_desc spd = {
+		.pages = pages,
+		.partial = partial,
+		.flags = flags,
+		.ops = &default_pipe_buf_ops,
+		.spd_release = spd_release_page,
+	};
+
+	index = *ppos >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
+	offset = *ppos & ~PAGE_CACHE_MASK;
+	nr_pages = (len + offset + PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - 1) >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < nr_pages && i < PIPE_BUFFERS && len; i++) {
+		struct page *page;
+
+		page = alloc_page(GFP_USER);
+		error = -ENOMEM;
+		if (!page)
+			goto err;
+
+		this_len = min_t(size_t, len, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - offset);
+		vec[i].iov_base = (void __user *) page_address(page);
+		vec[i].iov_len = this_len;
+		pages[i] = page;
+		spd.nr_pages++;
+		len -= this_len;
+		offset = 0;
+	}
+
+	res = kernel_readv(in, vec, spd.nr_pages, *ppos);
+	if (res < 0) {
+		error = res;
+		goto err;
+	}
+
+	error = 0;
+	if (!res)
+		goto err;
+
+	nr_freed = 0;
+	for (i = 0; i < spd.nr_pages; i++) {
+		this_len = min_t(size_t, vec[i].iov_len, res);
+		partial[i].offset = 0;
+		partial[i].len = this_len;
+		if (!this_len) {
+			__free_page(pages[i]);
+			pages[i] = NULL;
+			nr_freed++;
+		}
+		res -= this_len;
+	}
+	spd.nr_pages -= nr_freed;
+
+	res = splice_to_pipe(pipe, &spd);
+	if (res > 0)
+		*ppos += res;
+
+	return res;
+
+err:
+	for (i = 0; i < spd.nr_pages; i++)
+		__free_page(pages[i]);
+
+	return error;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(default_file_splice_read);
+
 /*
  * Send 'sd->len' bytes to socket from 'sd->file' at position 'sd->pos'
  * using sendpage(). Return the number of bytes sent.
@@ -881,6 +1003,36 @@
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_file_splice_write);
 
+static int write_pipe_buf(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct pipe_buffer *buf,
+			  struct splice_desc *sd)
+{
+	int ret;
+	void *data;
+
+	ret = buf->ops->confirm(pipe, buf);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	data = buf->ops->map(pipe, buf, 0);
+	ret = kernel_write(sd->u.file, data + buf->offset, sd->len, sd->pos);
+	buf->ops->unmap(pipe, buf, data);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static ssize_t default_file_splice_write(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
+					 struct file *out, loff_t *ppos,
+					 size_t len, unsigned int flags)
+{
+	ssize_t ret;
+
+	ret = splice_from_pipe(pipe, out, ppos, len, flags, write_pipe_buf);
+	if (ret > 0)
+		*ppos += ret;
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 /**
  * generic_splice_sendpage - splice data from a pipe to a socket
  * @pipe:	pipe to splice from
@@ -908,11 +1060,10 @@
 static long do_splice_from(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct file *out,
 			   loff_t *ppos, size_t len, unsigned int flags)
 {
+	ssize_t (*splice_write)(struct pipe_inode_info *, struct file *,
+				loff_t *, size_t, unsigned int);
 	int ret;
 
-	if (unlikely(!out->f_op || !out->f_op->splice_write))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	if (unlikely(!(out->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE)))
 		return -EBADF;
 
@@ -923,7 +1074,11 @@
 	if (unlikely(ret < 0))
 		return ret;
 
-	return out->f_op->splice_write(pipe, out, ppos, len, flags);
+	splice_write = out->f_op->splice_write;
+	if (!splice_write)
+		splice_write = default_file_splice_write;
+
+	return splice_write(pipe, out, ppos, len, flags);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -933,11 +1088,10 @@
 			 struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, size_t len,
 			 unsigned int flags)
 {
+	ssize_t (*splice_read)(struct file *, loff_t *,
+			       struct pipe_inode_info *, size_t, unsigned int);
 	int ret;
 
-	if (unlikely(!in->f_op || !in->f_op->splice_read))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	if (unlikely(!(in->f_mode & FMODE_READ)))
 		return -EBADF;
 
@@ -945,7 +1099,11 @@
 	if (unlikely(ret < 0))
 		return ret;
 
-	return in->f_op->splice_read(in, ppos, pipe, len, flags);
+	splice_read = in->f_op->splice_read;
+	if (!splice_read)
+		splice_read = default_file_splice_read;
+
+	return splice_read(in, ppos, pipe, len, flags);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1112,6 +1270,9 @@
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static int splice_pipe_to_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *ipipe,
+			       struct pipe_inode_info *opipe,
+			       size_t len, unsigned int flags);
 /*
  * After the inode slimming patch, i_pipe/i_bdev/i_cdev share the same
  * location, so checking ->i_pipe is not enough to verify that this is a
@@ -1132,12 +1293,32 @@
 		      struct file *out, loff_t __user *off_out,
 		      size_t len, unsigned int flags)
 {
-	struct pipe_inode_info *pipe;
+	struct pipe_inode_info *ipipe;
+	struct pipe_inode_info *opipe;
 	loff_t offset, *off;
 	long ret;
 
-	pipe = pipe_info(in->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
-	if (pipe) {
+	ipipe = pipe_info(in->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	opipe = pipe_info(out->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+
+	if (ipipe && opipe) {
+		if (off_in || off_out)
+			return -ESPIPE;
+
+		if (!(in->f_mode & FMODE_READ))
+			return -EBADF;
+
+		if (!(out->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE))
+			return -EBADF;
+
+		/* Splicing to self would be fun, but... */
+		if (ipipe == opipe)
+			return -EINVAL;
+
+		return splice_pipe_to_pipe(ipipe, opipe, len, flags);
+	}
+
+	if (ipipe) {
 		if (off_in)
 			return -ESPIPE;
 		if (off_out) {
@@ -1149,7 +1330,7 @@
 		} else
 			off = &out->f_pos;
 
-		ret = do_splice_from(pipe, out, off, len, flags);
+		ret = do_splice_from(ipipe, out, off, len, flags);
 
 		if (off_out && copy_to_user(off_out, off, sizeof(loff_t)))
 			ret = -EFAULT;
@@ -1157,8 +1338,7 @@
 		return ret;
 	}
 
-	pipe = pipe_info(out->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
-	if (pipe) {
+	if (opipe) {
 		if (off_out)
 			return -ESPIPE;
 		if (off_in) {
@@ -1170,7 +1350,7 @@
 		} else
 			off = &in->f_pos;
 
-		ret = do_splice_to(in, off, pipe, len, flags);
+		ret = do_splice_to(in, off, opipe, len, flags);
 
 		if (off_in && copy_to_user(off_in, off, sizeof(loff_t)))
 			ret = -EFAULT;
@@ -1511,7 +1691,7 @@
  * Make sure there's data to read. Wait for input if we can, otherwise
  * return an appropriate error.
  */
-static int link_ipipe_prep(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, unsigned int flags)
+static int ipipe_prep(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, unsigned int flags)
 {
 	int ret;
 
@@ -1549,7 +1729,7 @@
  * Make sure there's writeable room. Wait for room if we can, otherwise
  * return an appropriate error.
  */
-static int link_opipe_prep(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, unsigned int flags)
+static int opipe_prep(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, unsigned int flags)
 {
 	int ret;
 
@@ -1587,6 +1767,124 @@
 }
 
 /*
+ * Splice contents of ipipe to opipe.
+ */
+static int splice_pipe_to_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *ipipe,
+			       struct pipe_inode_info *opipe,
+			       size_t len, unsigned int flags)
+{
+	struct pipe_buffer *ibuf, *obuf;
+	int ret = 0, nbuf;
+	bool input_wakeup = false;
+
+
+retry:
+	ret = ipipe_prep(ipipe, flags);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	ret = opipe_prep(opipe, flags);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	/*
+	 * Potential ABBA deadlock, work around it by ordering lock
+	 * grabbing by pipe info address. Otherwise two different processes
+	 * could deadlock (one doing tee from A -> B, the other from B -> A).
+	 */
+	pipe_double_lock(ipipe, opipe);
+
+	do {
+		if (!opipe->readers) {
+			send_sig(SIGPIPE, current, 0);
+			if (!ret)
+				ret = -EPIPE;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		if (!ipipe->nrbufs && !ipipe->writers)
+			break;
+
+		/*
+		 * Cannot make any progress, because either the input
+		 * pipe is empty or the output pipe is full.
+		 */
+		if (!ipipe->nrbufs || opipe->nrbufs >= PIPE_BUFFERS) {
+			/* Already processed some buffers, break */
+			if (ret)
+				break;
+
+			if (flags & SPLICE_F_NONBLOCK) {
+				ret = -EAGAIN;
+				break;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * We raced with another reader/writer and haven't
+			 * managed to process any buffers.  A zero return
+			 * value means EOF, so retry instead.
+			 */
+			pipe_unlock(ipipe);
+			pipe_unlock(opipe);
+			goto retry;
+		}
+
+		ibuf = ipipe->bufs + ipipe->curbuf;
+		nbuf = (opipe->curbuf + opipe->nrbufs) % PIPE_BUFFERS;
+		obuf = opipe->bufs + nbuf;
+
+		if (len >= ibuf->len) {
+			/*
+			 * Simply move the whole buffer from ipipe to opipe
+			 */
+			*obuf = *ibuf;
+			ibuf->ops = NULL;
+			opipe->nrbufs++;
+			ipipe->curbuf = (ipipe->curbuf + 1) % PIPE_BUFFERS;
+			ipipe->nrbufs--;
+			input_wakeup = true;
+		} else {
+			/*
+			 * Get a reference to this pipe buffer,
+			 * so we can copy the contents over.
+			 */
+			ibuf->ops->get(ipipe, ibuf);
+			*obuf = *ibuf;
+
+			/*
+			 * Don't inherit the gift flag, we need to
+			 * prevent multiple steals of this page.
+			 */
+			obuf->flags &= ~PIPE_BUF_FLAG_GIFT;
+
+			obuf->len = len;
+			opipe->nrbufs++;
+			ibuf->offset += obuf->len;
+			ibuf->len -= obuf->len;
+		}
+		ret += obuf->len;
+		len -= obuf->len;
+	} while (len);
+
+	pipe_unlock(ipipe);
+	pipe_unlock(opipe);
+
+	/*
+	 * If we put data in the output pipe, wakeup any potential readers.
+	 */
+	if (ret > 0) {
+		smp_mb();
+		if (waitqueue_active(&opipe->wait))
+			wake_up_interruptible(&opipe->wait);
+		kill_fasync(&opipe->fasync_readers, SIGIO, POLL_IN);
+	}
+	if (input_wakeup)
+		wakeup_pipe_writers(ipipe);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
  * Link contents of ipipe to opipe.
  */
 static int link_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *ipipe,
@@ -1690,9 +1988,9 @@
 		 * Keep going, unless we encounter an error. The ipipe/opipe
 		 * ordering doesn't really matter.
 		 */
-		ret = link_ipipe_prep(ipipe, flags);
+		ret = ipipe_prep(ipipe, flags);
 		if (!ret) {
-			ret = link_opipe_prep(opipe, flags);
+			ret = opipe_prep(opipe, flags);
 			if (!ret)
 				ret = link_pipe(ipipe, opipe, len, flags);
 		}
diff --git a/include/linux/bio.h b/include/linux/bio.h
index 7b214fd..d30ec6f 100644
--- a/include/linux/bio.h
+++ b/include/linux/bio.h
@@ -218,12 +218,12 @@
 #define bio_sectors(bio)	((bio)->bi_size >> 9)
 #define bio_empty_barrier(bio)	(bio_barrier(bio) && !bio_has_data(bio) && !bio_discard(bio))
 
-static inline unsigned int bio_cur_sectors(struct bio *bio)
+static inline unsigned int bio_cur_bytes(struct bio *bio)
 {
 	if (bio->bi_vcnt)
-		return bio_iovec(bio)->bv_len >> 9;
+		return bio_iovec(bio)->bv_len;
 	else /* dataless requests such as discard */
-		return bio->bi_size >> 9;
+		return bio->bi_size;
 }
 
 static inline void *bio_data(struct bio *bio)
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@
 }
 
 /*
- * BIO list managment for use by remapping drivers (e.g. DM or MD).
+ * BIO list management for use by remapping drivers (e.g. DM or MD) and loop.
  *
  * A bio_list anchors a singly-linked list of bios chained through the bi_next
  * member of the bio.  The bio_list also caches the last list member to allow
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index b4f71f1..56ce53f 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -166,19 +166,9 @@
 	enum rq_cmd_type_bits cmd_type;
 	unsigned long atomic_flags;
 
-	/* Maintain bio traversal state for part by part I/O submission.
-	 * hard_* are block layer internals, no driver should touch them!
-	 */
-
-	sector_t sector;		/* next sector to submit */
-	sector_t hard_sector;		/* next sector to complete */
-	unsigned long nr_sectors;	/* no. of sectors left to submit */
-	unsigned long hard_nr_sectors;	/* no. of sectors left to complete */
-	/* no. of sectors left to submit in the current segment */
-	unsigned int current_nr_sectors;
-
-	/* no. of sectors left to complete in the current segment */
-	unsigned int hard_cur_sectors;
+	/* the following two fields are internal, NEVER access directly */
+	sector_t __sector;		/* sector cursor */
+	unsigned int __data_len;	/* total data len */
 
 	struct bio *bio;
 	struct bio *biotail;
@@ -211,8 +201,8 @@
 
 	unsigned short ioprio;
 
-	void *special;
-	char *buffer;
+	void *special;		/* opaque pointer available for LLD use */
+	char *buffer;		/* kaddr of the current segment if available */
 
 	int tag;
 	int errors;
@@ -226,10 +216,9 @@
 	unsigned char __cmd[BLK_MAX_CDB];
 	unsigned char *cmd;
 
-	unsigned int data_len;
 	unsigned int extra_len;	/* length of alignment and padding */
 	unsigned int sense_len;
-	void *data;
+	unsigned int resid_len;	/* residual count */
 	void *sense;
 
 	unsigned long deadline;
@@ -415,7 +404,7 @@
 	struct list_head	tag_busy_list;
 
 	unsigned int		nr_sorted;
-	unsigned int		in_flight;
+	unsigned int		in_flight[2];
 
 	unsigned int		rq_timeout;
 	struct timer_list	timeout;
@@ -522,6 +511,11 @@
 	__clear_bit(flag, &q->queue_flags);
 }
 
+static inline int queue_in_flight(struct request_queue *q)
+{
+	return q->in_flight[0] + q->in_flight[1];
+}
+
 static inline void queue_flag_clear(unsigned int flag, struct request_queue *q)
 {
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(!queue_is_locked(q));
@@ -752,6 +746,8 @@
 extern void blk_put_request(struct request *);
 extern void __blk_put_request(struct request_queue *, struct request *);
 extern struct request *blk_get_request(struct request_queue *, int, gfp_t);
+extern struct request *blk_make_request(struct request_queue *, struct bio *,
+					gfp_t);
 extern void blk_insert_request(struct request_queue *, struct request *, int, void *);
 extern void blk_requeue_request(struct request_queue *, struct request *);
 extern int blk_rq_check_limits(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq);
@@ -768,12 +764,6 @@
 			 struct scsi_ioctl_command __user *);
 
 /*
- * Temporary export, until SCSI gets fixed up.
- */
-extern int blk_rq_append_bio(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq,
-			     struct bio *bio);
-
-/*
  * A queue has just exitted congestion.  Note this in the global counter of
  * congested queues, and wake up anyone who was waiting for requests to be
  * put back.
@@ -798,7 +788,6 @@
 extern void __blk_stop_queue(struct request_queue *q);
 extern void __blk_run_queue(struct request_queue *);
 extern void blk_run_queue(struct request_queue *);
-extern void blk_start_queueing(struct request_queue *);
 extern int blk_rq_map_user(struct request_queue *, struct request *,
 			   struct rq_map_data *, void __user *, unsigned long,
 			   gfp_t);
@@ -831,41 +820,73 @@
 		blk_run_backing_dev(mapping->backing_dev_info, NULL);
 }
 
-extern void blkdev_dequeue_request(struct request *req);
+/*
+ * 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
+ */
+static inline sector_t blk_rq_pos(const struct request *rq)
+{
+	return rq->__sector;
+}
+
+static inline unsigned int blk_rq_bytes(const struct request *rq)
+{
+	return rq->__data_len;
+}
+
+static inline int blk_rq_cur_bytes(const struct request *rq)
+{
+	return rq->bio ? bio_cur_bytes(rq->bio) : 0;
+}
+
+static inline unsigned int blk_rq_sectors(const struct request *rq)
+{
+	return blk_rq_bytes(rq) >> 9;
+}
+
+static inline unsigned int blk_rq_cur_sectors(const struct request *rq)
+{
+	return blk_rq_cur_bytes(rq) >> 9;
+}
 
 /*
- * blk_end_request() and friends.
- * __blk_end_request() and end_request() must be called with
- * the request queue spinlock acquired.
+ * Request issue related functions.
+ */
+extern struct request *blk_peek_request(struct request_queue *q);
+extern void blk_start_request(struct request *rq);
+extern struct request *blk_fetch_request(struct request_queue *q);
+
+/*
+ * Request completion related functions.
+ *
+ * blk_update_request() completes given number of bytes and updates
+ * the request without completing it.
+ *
+ * blk_end_request() and friends.  __blk_end_request() must be called
+ * with the request queue spinlock acquired.
  *
  * Several drivers define their own end_request and call
  * blk_end_request() for parts of the original function.
  * This prevents code duplication in drivers.
  */
-extern int blk_end_request(struct request *rq, int error,
-				unsigned int nr_bytes);
-extern int __blk_end_request(struct request *rq, int error,
-				unsigned int nr_bytes);
-extern int blk_end_bidi_request(struct request *rq, int error,
-				unsigned int nr_bytes, unsigned int bidi_bytes);
-extern void end_request(struct request *, int);
-extern int blk_end_request_callback(struct request *rq, int error,
-				unsigned int nr_bytes,
-				int (drv_callback)(struct request *));
+extern bool blk_update_request(struct request *rq, int error,
+			       unsigned int nr_bytes);
+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(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 void blk_complete_request(struct request *);
 extern void __blk_complete_request(struct request *);
 extern void blk_abort_request(struct request *);
 extern void blk_abort_queue(struct request_queue *);
-extern void blk_update_request(struct request *rq, int error,
-			       unsigned int nr_bytes);
-
-/*
- * blk_end_request() takes bytes instead of sectors as a complete size.
- * blk_rq_bytes() returns bytes left to complete in the entire request.
- * blk_rq_cur_bytes() returns bytes left to complete in the current segment.
- */
-extern unsigned int blk_rq_bytes(struct request *rq);
-extern unsigned int blk_rq_cur_bytes(struct request *rq);
 
 /*
  * Access functions for manipulating queue properties
diff --git a/include/linux/elevator.h b/include/linux/elevator.h
index c59b769..1cb3372e 100644
--- a/include/linux/elevator.h
+++ b/include/linux/elevator.h
@@ -103,10 +103,8 @@
 extern void elv_merge_requests(struct request_queue *, struct request *,
 			       struct request *);
 extern void elv_merged_request(struct request_queue *, struct request *, int);
-extern void elv_dequeue_request(struct request_queue *, struct request *);
 extern void elv_requeue_request(struct request_queue *, struct request *);
 extern int elv_queue_empty(struct request_queue *);
-extern struct request *elv_next_request(struct request_queue *q);
 extern struct request *elv_former_request(struct request_queue *, struct request *);
 extern struct request *elv_latter_request(struct request_queue *, struct request *);
 extern int elv_register_queue(struct request_queue *q);
@@ -171,7 +169,7 @@
 	ELV_MQUEUE_MUST,
 };
 
-#define rq_end_sector(rq)	((rq)->sector + (rq)->nr_sectors)
+#define rq_end_sector(rq)	(blk_rq_pos(rq) + blk_rq_sectors(rq))
 #define rb_entry_rq(node)	rb_entry((node), struct request, rb_node)
 
 /*
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 3b534e5..83d6b43 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2205,6 +2205,8 @@
 /* fs/splice.c */
 extern ssize_t generic_file_splice_read(struct file *, loff_t *,
 		struct pipe_inode_info *, size_t, unsigned int);
+extern ssize_t default_file_splice_read(struct file *, loff_t *,
+		struct pipe_inode_info *, size_t, unsigned int);
 extern ssize_t generic_file_splice_write(struct pipe_inode_info *,
 		struct file *, loff_t *, size_t, unsigned int);
 extern ssize_t generic_splice_sendpage(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
diff --git a/include/linux/ide.h b/include/linux/ide.h
index ff65fff..34c128f 100644
--- a/include/linux/ide.h
+++ b/include/linux/ide.h
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@
 #include <asm/io.h>
 #include <asm/mutex.h>
 
+/* for request_sense */
+#include <linux/cdrom.h>
+
 #if defined(CONFIG_CRIS) || defined(CONFIG_FRV) || defined(CONFIG_MN10300)
 # define SUPPORT_VLB_SYNC 0
 #else
@@ -324,7 +327,6 @@
 	unsigned int		cursg_ofs;
 
 	struct request		*rq;		/* copy of request */
-	void			*special;	/* valid_t generally */
 };
 
 /* ATAPI packet command flags */
@@ -360,11 +362,7 @@
 
 	/* data buffer */
 	u8 *buf;
-	/* current buffer position */
-	u8 *cur_pos;
 	int buf_size;
-	/* missing/available data on the current buffer */
-	int b_count;
 
 	/* the corresponding request */
 	struct request *rq;
@@ -377,10 +375,6 @@
 	 */
 	u8 pc_buf[IDE_PC_BUFFER_SIZE];
 
-	/* idetape only */
-	struct idetape_bh *bh;
-	char *b_data;
-
 	unsigned long timeout;
 };
 
@@ -593,16 +587,16 @@
 	/* callback for packet commands */
 	int  (*pc_callback)(struct ide_drive_s *, int);
 
-	void (*pc_update_buffers)(struct ide_drive_s *, struct ide_atapi_pc *);
-	int  (*pc_io_buffers)(struct ide_drive_s *, struct ide_atapi_pc *,
-			      unsigned int, int);
-
 	ide_startstop_t (*irq_handler)(struct ide_drive_s *);
 
 	unsigned long atapi_flags;
 
 	struct ide_atapi_pc request_sense_pc;
-	struct request request_sense_rq;
+
+	/* current sense rq and buffer */
+	bool sense_rq_armed;
+	struct request sense_rq;
+	struct request_sense sense_data;
 };
 
 typedef struct ide_drive_s ide_drive_t;
@@ -1174,7 +1168,10 @@
 int ide_do_start_stop(ide_drive_t *, struct gendisk *, int);
 int ide_set_media_lock(ide_drive_t *, struct gendisk *, int);
 void ide_create_request_sense_cmd(ide_drive_t *, struct ide_atapi_pc *);
-void ide_retry_pc(ide_drive_t *, struct gendisk *);
+void ide_retry_pc(ide_drive_t *drive);
+
+void ide_prep_sense(ide_drive_t *drive, struct request *rq);
+int ide_queue_sense_rq(ide_drive_t *drive, void *special);
 
 int ide_cd_expiry(ide_drive_t *);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/loop.h b/include/linux/loop.h
index 4072544..66c194e 100644
--- a/include/linux/loop.h
+++ b/include/linux/loop.h
@@ -56,8 +56,7 @@
 	gfp_t		old_gfp_mask;
 
 	spinlock_t		lo_lock;
-	struct bio 		*lo_bio;
-	struct bio		*lo_biotail;
+	struct bio_list		lo_bio_list;
 	int			lo_state;
 	struct mutex		lo_ctl_mutex;
 	struct task_struct	*lo_thread;
diff --git a/include/linux/mg_disk.h b/include/linux/mg_disk.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 1f76b1e..0000000
--- a/include/linux/mg_disk.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,206 +0,0 @@
-/*
- *  include/linux/mg_disk.c
- *
- *  Support for the mGine m[g]flash IO mode.
- *  Based on legacy hd.c
- *
- * (c) 2008 mGine Co.,LTD
- * (c) 2008 unsik Kim <donari75@gmail.com>
- *
- *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
- *  published by the Free Software Foundation.
- */
-
-#ifndef __MG_DISK_H__
-#define __MG_DISK_H__
-
-#include <linux/blkdev.h>
-#include <linux/ata.h>
-
-/* name for block device */
-#define MG_DISK_NAME "mgd"
-/* name for platform device */
-#define MG_DEV_NAME "mg_disk"
-
-#define MG_DISK_MAJ 0
-#define MG_DISK_MAX_PART 16
-#define MG_SECTOR_SIZE 512
-#define MG_MAX_SECTS 256
-
-/* Register offsets */
-#define MG_BUFF_OFFSET			0x8000
-#define MG_STORAGE_BUFFER_SIZE		0x200
-#define MG_REG_OFFSET			0xC000
-#define MG_REG_FEATURE			(MG_REG_OFFSET + 2)	/* write case */
-#define MG_REG_ERROR			(MG_REG_OFFSET + 2)	/* read case */
-#define MG_REG_SECT_CNT			(MG_REG_OFFSET + 4)
-#define MG_REG_SECT_NUM			(MG_REG_OFFSET + 6)
-#define MG_REG_CYL_LOW			(MG_REG_OFFSET + 8)
-#define MG_REG_CYL_HIGH			(MG_REG_OFFSET + 0xA)
-#define MG_REG_DRV_HEAD			(MG_REG_OFFSET + 0xC)
-#define MG_REG_COMMAND			(MG_REG_OFFSET + 0xE)	/* write case */
-#define MG_REG_STATUS			(MG_REG_OFFSET + 0xE)	/* read  case */
-#define MG_REG_DRV_CTRL			(MG_REG_OFFSET + 0x10)
-#define MG_REG_BURST_CTRL		(MG_REG_OFFSET + 0x12)
-
-/* "Drive Select/Head Register" bit values */
-#define MG_REG_HEAD_MUST_BE_ON		0xA0 /* These 2 bits are always on */
-#define MG_REG_HEAD_DRIVE_MASTER	(0x00 | MG_REG_HEAD_MUST_BE_ON)
-#define MG_REG_HEAD_DRIVE_SLAVE		(0x10 | MG_REG_HEAD_MUST_BE_ON)
-#define MG_REG_HEAD_LBA_MODE		(0x40 | MG_REG_HEAD_MUST_BE_ON)
-
-
-/* "Device Control Register" bit values */
-#define MG_REG_CTRL_INTR_ENABLE			0x0
-#define MG_REG_CTRL_INTR_DISABLE		(0x1<<1)
-#define MG_REG_CTRL_RESET			(0x1<<2)
-#define MG_REG_CTRL_INTR_POLA_ACTIVE_HIGH	0x0
-#define MG_REG_CTRL_INTR_POLA_ACTIVE_LOW	(0x1<<4)
-#define MG_REG_CTRL_DPD_POLA_ACTIVE_LOW		0x0
-#define MG_REG_CTRL_DPD_POLA_ACTIVE_HIGH	(0x1<<5)
-#define MG_REG_CTRL_DPD_DISABLE			0x0
-#define MG_REG_CTRL_DPD_ENABLE			(0x1<<6)
-
-/* Status register bit */
-/* error bit in status register */
-#define MG_REG_STATUS_BIT_ERROR			0x01
-/* corrected error in status register */
-#define MG_REG_STATUS_BIT_CORRECTED_ERROR	0x04
-/* data request bit in status register */
-#define MG_REG_STATUS_BIT_DATA_REQ		0x08
-/* DSC - Drive Seek Complete */
-#define MG_REG_STATUS_BIT_SEEK_DONE		0x10
-/* DWF - Drive Write Fault */
-#define MG_REG_STATUS_BIT_WRITE_FAULT		0x20
-#define MG_REG_STATUS_BIT_READY			0x40
-#define MG_REG_STATUS_BIT_BUSY			0x80
-
-/* handy status */
-#define MG_STAT_READY	(MG_REG_STATUS_BIT_READY | MG_REG_STATUS_BIT_SEEK_DONE)
-#define MG_READY_OK(s)	(((s) & (MG_STAT_READY | \
-				(MG_REG_STATUS_BIT_BUSY | \
-				 MG_REG_STATUS_BIT_WRITE_FAULT | \
-				 MG_REG_STATUS_BIT_ERROR))) == MG_STAT_READY)
-
-/* Error register */
-#define MG_REG_ERR_AMNF		0x01
-#define MG_REG_ERR_ABRT		0x04
-#define MG_REG_ERR_IDNF		0x10
-#define MG_REG_ERR_UNC		0x40
-#define MG_REG_ERR_BBK		0x80
-
-/* error code for others */
-#define MG_ERR_NONE		0
-#define MG_ERR_TIMEOUT		0x100
-#define MG_ERR_INIT_STAT	0x101
-#define MG_ERR_TRANSLATION	0x102
-#define MG_ERR_CTRL_RST		0x103
-#define MG_ERR_INV_STAT		0x104
-#define MG_ERR_RSTOUT		0x105
-
-#define MG_MAX_ERRORS	6	/* Max read/write errors */
-
-/* command */
-#define MG_CMD_RD 0x20
-#define MG_CMD_WR 0x30
-#define MG_CMD_SLEEP 0x99
-#define MG_CMD_WAKEUP 0xC3
-#define MG_CMD_ID 0xEC
-#define MG_CMD_WR_CONF 0x3C
-#define MG_CMD_RD_CONF 0x40
-
-/* operation mode */
-#define MG_OP_CASCADE (1 << 0)
-#define MG_OP_CASCADE_SYNC_RD (1 << 1)
-#define MG_OP_CASCADE_SYNC_WR (1 << 2)
-#define MG_OP_INTERLEAVE (1 << 3)
-
-/* synchronous */
-#define MG_BURST_LAT_4 (3 << 4)
-#define MG_BURST_LAT_5 (4 << 4)
-#define MG_BURST_LAT_6 (5 << 4)
-#define MG_BURST_LAT_7 (6 << 4)
-#define MG_BURST_LAT_8 (7 << 4)
-#define MG_BURST_LEN_4 (1 << 1)
-#define MG_BURST_LEN_8 (2 << 1)
-#define MG_BURST_LEN_16 (3 << 1)
-#define MG_BURST_LEN_32 (4 << 1)
-#define MG_BURST_LEN_CONT (0 << 1)
-
-/* timeout value (unit: ms) */
-#define MG_TMAX_CONF_TO_CMD	1
-#define MG_TMAX_WAIT_RD_DRQ	10
-#define MG_TMAX_WAIT_WR_DRQ	500
-#define MG_TMAX_RST_TO_BUSY	10
-#define MG_TMAX_HDRST_TO_RDY	500
-#define MG_TMAX_SWRST_TO_RDY	500
-#define MG_TMAX_RSTOUT		3000
-
-/* device attribution */
-/* use mflash as boot device */
-#define MG_BOOT_DEV		(1 << 0)
-/* use mflash as storage device */
-#define MG_STORAGE_DEV		(1 << 1)
-/* same as MG_STORAGE_DEV, but bootloader already done reset sequence */
-#define MG_STORAGE_DEV_SKIP_RST	(1 << 2)
-
-#define MG_DEV_MASK (MG_BOOT_DEV | MG_STORAGE_DEV | MG_STORAGE_DEV_SKIP_RST)
-
-/* names of GPIO resource */
-#define MG_RST_PIN	"mg_rst"
-/* except MG_BOOT_DEV, reset-out pin should be assigned */
-#define MG_RSTOUT_PIN	"mg_rstout"
-
-/* private driver data */
-struct mg_drv_data {
-	/* disk resource */
-	u32 use_polling;
-
-	/* device attribution */
-	u32 dev_attr;
-
-	/* internally used */
-	struct mg_host *host;
-};
-
-/* main structure for mflash driver */
-struct mg_host {
-	struct device *dev;
-
-	struct request_queue *breq;
-	spinlock_t lock;
-	struct gendisk *gd;
-
-	struct timer_list timer;
-	void (*mg_do_intr) (struct mg_host *);
-
-	u16 id[ATA_ID_WORDS];
-
-	u16 cyls;
-	u16 heads;
-	u16 sectors;
-	u32 n_sectors;
-	u32 nres_sectors;
-
-	void __iomem *dev_base;
-	unsigned int irq;
-	unsigned int rst;
-	unsigned int rstout;
-
-	u32 major;
-	u32 error;
-};
-
-/*
- * Debugging macro and defines
- */
-#undef DO_MG_DEBUG
-#ifdef DO_MG_DEBUG
-#  define MG_DBG(fmt, args...) \
-	printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s:%d "fmt, __func__, __LINE__, ##args)
-#else /* CONFIG_MG_DEBUG */
-#  define MG_DBG(fmt, args...) do { } while (0)
-#endif /* CONFIG_MG_DEBUG */
-
-#endif
diff --git a/include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h b/include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h
index c8f0385..b43a9e0 100644
--- a/include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h
+++ b/include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h
@@ -152,5 +152,6 @@
 void generic_pipe_buf_get(struct pipe_inode_info *, struct pipe_buffer *);
 int generic_pipe_buf_confirm(struct pipe_inode_info *, struct pipe_buffer *);
 int generic_pipe_buf_steal(struct pipe_inode_info *, struct pipe_buffer *);
+void generic_pipe_buf_release(struct pipe_inode_info *, struct pipe_buffer *);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/include/linux/splice.h b/include/linux/splice.h
index 5f3faa9..18e7c7c 100644
--- a/include/linux/splice.h
+++ b/include/linux/splice.h
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@
 #include <linux/pipe_fs_i.h>
 
 /*
- * splice is tied to pipes as a transport (at least for now), so we'll just
- * add the splice flags here.
+ * Flags passed in from splice/tee/vmsplice
  */
 #define SPLICE_F_MOVE	(0x01)	/* move pages instead of copying */
 #define SPLICE_F_NONBLOCK (0x02) /* don't block on the pipe splicing (but */
diff --git a/include/linux/virtio_blk.h b/include/linux/virtio_blk.h
index 94c56d2..4dbcbc1 100644
--- a/include/linux/virtio_blk.h
+++ b/include/linux/virtio_blk.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #define VIRTIO_BLK_F_GEOMETRY	4	/* Legacy geometry available  */
 #define VIRTIO_BLK_F_RO		5	/* Disk is read-only */
 #define VIRTIO_BLK_F_BLK_SIZE	6	/* Block size of disk is available*/
+#define VIRTIO_BLK_F_SCSI	7	/* Supports scsi command passthru */
 
 struct virtio_blk_config
 {
@@ -55,6 +56,13 @@
 	__u64 sector;
 };
 
+struct virtio_scsi_inhdr {
+	__u32 errors;
+	__u32 data_len;
+	__u32 sense_len;
+	__u32 residual;
+};
+
 /* And this is the final byte of the write scatter-gather list. */
 #define VIRTIO_BLK_S_OK		0
 #define VIRTIO_BLK_S_IOERR	1
diff --git a/include/scsi/scsi_cmnd.h b/include/scsi/scsi_cmnd.h
index 43b50d3..3878d1d 100644
--- a/include/scsi/scsi_cmnd.h
+++ b/include/scsi/scsi_cmnd.h
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@
 
 static inline sector_t scsi_get_lba(struct scsi_cmnd *scmd)
 {
-	return scmd->request->sector;
+	return blk_rq_pos(scmd->request);
 }
 
 static inline unsigned scsi_prot_sg_count(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/blktrace.c b/kernel/trace/blktrace.c
index 921ef5d..5708a14 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/blktrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/blktrace.c
@@ -642,12 +642,12 @@
 
 	if (blk_pc_request(rq)) {
 		what |= BLK_TC_ACT(BLK_TC_PC);
-		__blk_add_trace(bt, 0, rq->data_len, rw, what, rq->errors,
-				rq->cmd_len, rq->cmd);
+		__blk_add_trace(bt, 0, blk_rq_bytes(rq), rw,
+				what, rq->errors, rq->cmd_len, rq->cmd);
 	} else  {
 		what |= BLK_TC_ACT(BLK_TC_FS);
-		__blk_add_trace(bt, rq->hard_sector, rq->hard_nr_sectors << 9,
-				rw, what, rq->errors, 0, NULL);
+		__blk_add_trace(bt, blk_rq_pos(rq), blk_rq_bytes(rq), rw,
+				what, rq->errors, 0, NULL);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -854,11 +854,11 @@
 		return;
 
 	if (blk_pc_request(rq))
-		__blk_add_trace(bt, 0, rq->data_len, 0, BLK_TA_DRV_DATA,
-				rq->errors, len, data);
+		__blk_add_trace(bt, 0, blk_rq_bytes(rq), 0,
+				BLK_TA_DRV_DATA, rq->errors, len, data);
 	else
-		__blk_add_trace(bt, rq->hard_sector, rq->hard_nr_sectors << 9,
-				0, BLK_TA_DRV_DATA, rq->errors, len, data);
+		__blk_add_trace(bt, blk_rq_pos(rq), blk_rq_bytes(rq), 0,
+				BLK_TA_DRV_DATA, rq->errors, len, data);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_add_driver_data);