diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/ubd_kern.c b/arch/um/drivers/ubd_kern.c
index cbd4f00fe77e..e497185dd393 100644
--- a/arch/um/drivers/ubd_kern.c
+++ b/arch/um/drivers/ubd_kern.c
@@ -125,9 +125,7 @@ static const struct block_device_operations ubd_blops = {
 };
 
 /* Protected by ubd_lock */
-static int fake_major = UBD_MAJOR;
 static struct gendisk *ubd_gendisk[MAX_DEV];
-static struct gendisk *fake_gendisk[MAX_DEV];
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_UBD_SYNC
 #define OPEN_FLAGS ((struct openflags) { .r = 1, .w = 1, .s = 1, .c = 0, \
@@ -197,54 +195,19 @@ struct ubd {
 /* Protected by ubd_lock */
 static struct ubd ubd_devs[MAX_DEV] = { [0 ... MAX_DEV - 1] = DEFAULT_UBD };
 
-/* Only changed by fake_ide_setup which is a setup */
-static int fake_ide = 0;
-static struct proc_dir_entry *proc_ide_root = NULL;
-static struct proc_dir_entry *proc_ide = NULL;
-
 static blk_status_t ubd_queue_rq(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,
 				 const struct blk_mq_queue_data *bd);
 
-static void make_proc_ide(void)
-{
-	proc_ide_root = proc_mkdir("ide", NULL);
-	proc_ide = proc_mkdir("ide0", proc_ide_root);
-}
-
-static int fake_ide_media_proc_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
-{
-	seq_puts(m, "disk\n");
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static void make_ide_entries(const char *dev_name)
-{
-	struct proc_dir_entry *dir, *ent;
-	char name[64];
-
-	if(proc_ide_root == NULL) make_proc_ide();
-
-	dir = proc_mkdir(dev_name, proc_ide);
-	if(!dir) return;
-
-	ent = proc_create_single("media", S_IRUGO, dir,
-			fake_ide_media_proc_show);
-	if(!ent) return;
-	snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "ide0/%s", dev_name);
-	proc_symlink(dev_name, proc_ide_root, name);
-}
-
 static int fake_ide_setup(char *str)
 {
-	fake_ide = 1;
+	pr_warn("The fake_ide option has been removed\n");
 	return 1;
 }
-
 __setup("fake_ide", fake_ide_setup);
 
 __uml_help(fake_ide_setup,
 "fake_ide\n"
-"    Create ide0 entries that map onto ubd devices.\n\n"
+"    Obsolete stub.\n\n"
 );
 
 static int parse_unit(char **ptr)
@@ -280,36 +243,14 @@ static int ubd_setup_common(char *str, int *index_out, char **error_out)
 	if(index_out) *index_out = -1;
 	n = *str;
 	if(n == '='){
-		char *end;
-		int major;
-
 		str++;
 		if(!strcmp(str, "sync")){
 			global_openflags = of_sync(global_openflags);
 			return err;
 		}
 
-		err = -EINVAL;
-		major = simple_strtoul(str, &end, 0);
-		if((*end != '\0') || (end == str)){
-			*error_out = "Didn't parse major number";
-			return err;
-		}
-
-		mutex_lock(&ubd_lock);
-		if (fake_major != UBD_MAJOR) {
-			*error_out = "Can't assign a fake major twice";
-			goto out1;
-		}
-
-		fake_major = major;
-
-		printk(KERN_INFO "Setting extra ubd major number to %d\n",
-		       major);
-		err = 0;
-	out1:
-		mutex_unlock(&ubd_lock);
-		return err;
+		pr_warn("fake major not supported any more\n");
+		return 0;
 	}
 
 	n = parse_unit(&str);
@@ -874,7 +815,6 @@ static void ubd_device_release(struct device *dev)
 {
 	struct ubd *ubd_dev = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
 
-	blk_cleanup_queue(ubd_dev->queue);
 	blk_mq_free_tag_set(&ubd_dev->tag_set);
 	*ubd_dev = ((struct ubd) DEFAULT_UBD);
 }
@@ -914,41 +854,25 @@ static const struct attribute_group *ubd_attr_groups[] = {
 	NULL,
 };
 
-static int ubd_disk_register(int major, u64 size, int unit,
-			     struct gendisk **disk_out)
+static void ubd_disk_register(int major, u64 size, int unit,
+			      struct gendisk *disk)
 {
-	struct device *parent = NULL;
-	struct gendisk *disk;
-
-	disk = alloc_disk(1 << UBD_SHIFT);
-	if(disk == NULL)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
 	disk->major = major;
 	disk->first_minor = unit << UBD_SHIFT;
+	disk->minors = 1 << UBD_SHIFT;
 	disk->fops = &ubd_blops;
 	set_capacity(disk, size / 512);
-	if (major == UBD_MAJOR)
-		sprintf(disk->disk_name, "ubd%c", 'a' + unit);
-	else
-		sprintf(disk->disk_name, "ubd_fake%d", unit);
+	sprintf(disk->disk_name, "ubd%c", 'a' + unit);
 
-	/* sysfs register (not for ide fake devices) */
-	if (major == UBD_MAJOR) {
-		ubd_devs[unit].pdev.id   = unit;
-		ubd_devs[unit].pdev.name = DRIVER_NAME;
-		ubd_devs[unit].pdev.dev.release = ubd_device_release;
-		dev_set_drvdata(&ubd_devs[unit].pdev.dev, &ubd_devs[unit]);
-		platform_device_register(&ubd_devs[unit].pdev);
-		parent = &ubd_devs[unit].pdev.dev;
-	}
+	ubd_devs[unit].pdev.id   = unit;
+	ubd_devs[unit].pdev.name = DRIVER_NAME;
+	ubd_devs[unit].pdev.dev.release = ubd_device_release;
+	dev_set_drvdata(&ubd_devs[unit].pdev.dev, &ubd_devs[unit]);
+	platform_device_register(&ubd_devs[unit].pdev);
 
 	disk->private_data = &ubd_devs[unit];
 	disk->queue = ubd_devs[unit].queue;
-	device_add_disk(parent, disk, ubd_attr_groups);
-
-	*disk_out = disk;
-	return 0;
+	device_add_disk(&ubd_devs[unit].pdev.dev, disk, ubd_attr_groups);
 }
 
 #define ROUND_BLOCK(n) ((n + (SECTOR_SIZE - 1)) & (-SECTOR_SIZE))
@@ -960,6 +884,7 @@ static const struct blk_mq_ops ubd_mq_ops = {
 static int ubd_add(int n, char **error_out)
 {
 	struct ubd *ubd_dev = &ubd_devs[n];
+	struct gendisk *disk;
 	int err = 0;
 
 	if(ubd_dev->file == NULL)
@@ -984,43 +909,24 @@ static int ubd_add(int n, char **error_out)
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
 
-	ubd_dev->queue = blk_mq_init_queue(&ubd_dev->tag_set);
-	if (IS_ERR(ubd_dev->queue)) {
-		err = PTR_ERR(ubd_dev->queue);
+	disk = blk_mq_alloc_disk(&ubd_dev->tag_set, ubd_dev);
+	if (IS_ERR(disk)) {
+		err = PTR_ERR(disk);
 		goto out_cleanup_tags;
 	}
+	ubd_dev->queue = disk->queue;
 
-	ubd_dev->queue->queuedata = ubd_dev;
 	blk_queue_write_cache(ubd_dev->queue, true, false);
-
 	blk_queue_max_segments(ubd_dev->queue, MAX_SG);
 	blk_queue_segment_boundary(ubd_dev->queue, PAGE_SIZE - 1);
-	err = ubd_disk_register(UBD_MAJOR, ubd_dev->size, n, &ubd_gendisk[n]);
-	if(err){
-		*error_out = "Failed to register device";
-		goto out_cleanup_tags;
-	}
-
-	if (fake_major != UBD_MAJOR)
-		ubd_disk_register(fake_major, ubd_dev->size, n,
-				  &fake_gendisk[n]);
-
-	/*
-	 * Perhaps this should also be under the "if (fake_major)" above
-	 * using the fake_disk->disk_name
-	 */
-	if (fake_ide)
-		make_ide_entries(ubd_gendisk[n]->disk_name);
-
-	err = 0;
-out:
-	return err;
+	ubd_disk_register(UBD_MAJOR, ubd_dev->size, n, disk);
+	ubd_gendisk[n] = disk;
+	return 0;
 
 out_cleanup_tags:
 	blk_mq_free_tag_set(&ubd_dev->tag_set);
-	if (!(IS_ERR(ubd_dev->queue)))
-		blk_cleanup_queue(ubd_dev->queue);
-	goto out;
+out:
+	return err;
 }
 
 static int ubd_config(char *str, char **error_out)
@@ -1123,13 +1029,7 @@ static int ubd_remove(int n, char **error_out)
 	ubd_gendisk[n] = NULL;
 	if(disk != NULL){
 		del_gendisk(disk);
-		put_disk(disk);
-	}
-
-	if(fake_gendisk[n] != NULL){
-		del_gendisk(fake_gendisk[n]);
-		put_disk(fake_gendisk[n]);
-		fake_gendisk[n] = NULL;
+		blk_cleanup_disk(disk);
 	}
 
 	err = 0;
@@ -1188,14 +1088,6 @@ static int __init ubd_init(void)
 	if (register_blkdev(UBD_MAJOR, "ubd"))
 		return -1;
 
-	if (fake_major != UBD_MAJOR) {
-		char name[sizeof("ubd_nnn\0")];
-
-		snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "ubd_%d", fake_major);
-		if (register_blkdev(fake_major, "ubd"))
-			return -1;
-	}
-
 	irq_req_buffer = kmalloc_array(UBD_REQ_BUFFER_SIZE,
 				       sizeof(struct io_thread_req *),
 				       GFP_KERNEL
diff --git a/block/blk-cgroup.c b/block/blk-cgroup.c
index 7b06a5fa3cac..575d7a2e7203 100644
--- a/block/blk-cgroup.c
+++ b/block/blk-cgroup.c
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ static LIST_HEAD(all_blkcgs);		/* protected by blkcg_pol_mutex */
 bool blkcg_debug_stats = false;
 static struct workqueue_struct *blkcg_punt_bio_wq;
 
+#define BLKG_DESTROY_BATCH_SIZE  64
+
 static bool blkcg_policy_enabled(struct request_queue *q,
 				 const struct blkcg_policy *pol)
 {
@@ -422,7 +424,9 @@ static void blkg_destroy(struct blkcg_gq *blkg)
 static void blkg_destroy_all(struct request_queue *q)
 {
 	struct blkcg_gq *blkg, *n;
+	int count = BLKG_DESTROY_BATCH_SIZE;
 
+restart:
 	spin_lock_irq(&q->queue_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(blkg, n, &q->blkg_list, q_node) {
 		struct blkcg *blkcg = blkg->blkcg;
@@ -430,6 +434,17 @@ static void blkg_destroy_all(struct request_queue *q)
 		spin_lock(&blkcg->lock);
 		blkg_destroy(blkg);
 		spin_unlock(&blkcg->lock);
+
+		/*
+		 * in order to avoid holding the spin lock for too long, release
+		 * it when a batch of blkgs are destroyed.
+		 */
+		if (!(--count)) {
+			count = BLKG_DESTROY_BATCH_SIZE;
+			spin_unlock_irq(&q->queue_lock);
+			cond_resched();
+			goto restart;
+		}
 	}
 
 	q->root_blkg = NULL;
diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index 514838ccab2d..04477697ee4b 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -142,8 +142,6 @@ static const char *const blk_op_name[] = {
 	REQ_OP_NAME(ZONE_APPEND),
 	REQ_OP_NAME(WRITE_SAME),
 	REQ_OP_NAME(WRITE_ZEROES),
-	REQ_OP_NAME(SCSI_IN),
-	REQ_OP_NAME(SCSI_OUT),
 	REQ_OP_NAME(DRV_IN),
 	REQ_OP_NAME(DRV_OUT),
 };
@@ -1243,7 +1241,7 @@ static void update_io_ticks(struct block_device *part, unsigned long now,
 	unsigned long stamp;
 again:
 	stamp = READ_ONCE(part->bd_stamp);
-	if (unlikely(stamp != now)) {
+	if (unlikely(time_after(now, stamp))) {
 		if (likely(cmpxchg(&part->bd_stamp, stamp, now) == stamp))
 			__part_stat_add(part, io_ticks, end ? now - stamp : 1);
 	}
diff --git a/block/blk-exec.c b/block/blk-exec.c
index beae70a0e5e5..d6cd501c0d34 100644
--- a/block/blk-exec.c
+++ b/block/blk-exec.c
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ static void blk_end_sync_rq(struct request *rq, blk_status_t error)
 {
 	struct completion *waiting = rq->end_io_data;
 
-	rq->end_io_data = NULL;
+	rq->end_io_data = (void *)(uintptr_t)error;
 
 	/*
 	 * complete last, if this is a stack request the process (and thus
@@ -63,6 +63,19 @@ void blk_execute_rq_nowait(struct gendisk *bd_disk, struct request *rq,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_execute_rq_nowait);
 
+static bool blk_rq_is_poll(struct request *rq)
+{
+	return rq->mq_hctx && rq->mq_hctx->type == HCTX_TYPE_POLL;
+}
+
+static void blk_rq_poll_completion(struct request *rq, struct completion *wait)
+{
+	do {
+		blk_poll(rq->q, request_to_qc_t(rq->mq_hctx, rq), true);
+		cond_resched();
+	} while (!completion_done(wait));
+}
+
 /**
  * blk_execute_rq - insert a request into queue for execution
  * @bd_disk:	matching gendisk
@@ -72,8 +85,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_execute_rq_nowait);
  * Description:
  *    Insert a fully prepared request at the back of the I/O scheduler queue
  *    for execution and wait for completion.
+ * Return: The blk_status_t result provided to blk_mq_end_request().
  */
-void blk_execute_rq(struct gendisk *bd_disk, struct request *rq, int at_head)
+blk_status_t blk_execute_rq(struct gendisk *bd_disk, struct request *rq, int at_head)
 {
 	DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(wait);
 	unsigned long hang_check;
@@ -83,9 +97,14 @@ void blk_execute_rq(struct gendisk *bd_disk, struct request *rq, int at_head)
 
 	/* Prevent hang_check timer from firing at us during very long I/O */
 	hang_check = sysctl_hung_task_timeout_secs;
-	if (hang_check)
+
+	if (blk_rq_is_poll(rq))
+		blk_rq_poll_completion(rq, &wait);
+	else if (hang_check)
 		while (!wait_for_completion_io_timeout(&wait, hang_check * (HZ/2)));
 	else
 		wait_for_completion_io(&wait);
+
+	return (blk_status_t)(uintptr_t)rq->end_io_data;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_execute_rq);
diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index 2e9fd0ec63d7..2c4ac51e54eb 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -3109,7 +3109,7 @@ void blk_mq_release(struct request_queue *q)
 	blk_mq_sysfs_deinit(q);
 }
 
-struct request_queue *blk_mq_init_queue_data(struct blk_mq_tag_set *set,
+static struct request_queue *blk_mq_init_queue_data(struct blk_mq_tag_set *set,
 		void *queuedata)
 {
 	struct request_queue *q;
@@ -3126,7 +3126,6 @@ struct request_queue *blk_mq_init_queue_data(struct blk_mq_tag_set *set,
 	}
 	return q;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_mq_init_queue_data);
 
 struct request_queue *blk_mq_init_queue(struct blk_mq_tag_set *set)
 {
diff --git a/block/bsg-lib.c b/block/bsg-lib.c
index cf1811261722..a89d80102304 100644
--- a/block/bsg-lib.c
+++ b/block/bsg-lib.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ static int bsg_transport_fill_hdr(struct request *rq, struct sg_io_v4 *hdr,
 		return PTR_ERR(job->request);
 
 	if (hdr->dout_xfer_len && hdr->din_xfer_len) {
-		job->bidi_rq = blk_get_request(rq->q, REQ_OP_SCSI_IN, 0);
+		job->bidi_rq = blk_get_request(rq->q, REQ_OP_DRV_IN, 0);
 		if (IS_ERR(job->bidi_rq)) {
 			ret = PTR_ERR(job->bidi_rq);
 			goto out;
diff --git a/block/bsg.c b/block/bsg.c
index 33e3f82ed03a..1f196563ae6c 100644
--- a/block/bsg.c
+++ b/block/bsg.c
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ static int bsg_sg_io(struct request_queue *q, fmode_t mode, void __user *uarg)
 		return ret;
 
 	rq = blk_get_request(q, hdr.dout_xfer_len ?
-			REQ_OP_SCSI_OUT : REQ_OP_SCSI_IN, 0);
+			REQ_OP_DRV_OUT : REQ_OP_DRV_IN, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(rq))
 		return PTR_ERR(rq);
 
diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index 79aa40b4c39c..af4d2ab4a633 100644
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -365,12 +365,12 @@ void disk_uevent(struct gendisk *disk, enum kobject_action action)
 	xa_for_each(&disk->part_tbl, idx, part) {
 		if (bdev_is_partition(part) && !bdev_nr_sectors(part))
 			continue;
-		if (!bdgrab(part))
+		if (!kobject_get_unless_zero(&part->bd_device.kobj))
 			continue;
 
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 		kobject_uevent(bdev_kobj(part), action);
-		bdput(part);
+		put_device(&part->bd_device);
 		rcu_read_lock();
 	}
 	rcu_read_unlock();
diff --git a/block/partitions/core.c b/block/partitions/core.c
index 347c56a51d87..4230d4f71879 100644
--- a/block/partitions/core.c
+++ b/block/partitions/core.c
@@ -453,17 +453,26 @@ int bdev_add_partition(struct block_device *bdev, int partno,
 		sector_t start, sector_t length)
 {
 	struct block_device *part;
+	struct gendisk *disk = bdev->bd_disk;
+	int ret;
 
-	mutex_lock(&bdev->bd_disk->open_mutex);
-	if (partition_overlaps(bdev->bd_disk, start, length, -1)) {
-		mutex_unlock(&bdev->bd_disk->open_mutex);
-		return -EBUSY;
+	mutex_lock(&disk->open_mutex);
+	if (!(disk->flags & GENHD_FL_UP)) {
+		ret = -ENXIO;
+		goto out;
 	}
 
-	part = add_partition(bdev->bd_disk, partno, start, length,
+	if (partition_overlaps(disk, start, length, -1)) {
+		ret = -EBUSY;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	part = add_partition(disk, partno, start, length,
 			ADDPART_FLAG_NONE, NULL);
-	mutex_unlock(&bdev->bd_disk->open_mutex);
-	return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(part);
+	ret = PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(part);
+out:
+	mutex_unlock(&disk->open_mutex);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 int bdev_del_partition(struct block_device *bdev, int partno)
@@ -537,12 +546,8 @@ void blk_drop_partitions(struct gendisk *disk)
 
 	lockdep_assert_held(&disk->open_mutex);
 
-	xa_for_each_start(&disk->part_tbl, idx, part, 1) {
-		if (!bdgrab(part))
-			continue;
+	xa_for_each_start(&disk->part_tbl, idx, part, 1)
 		delete_partition(part);
-		bdput(part);
-	}
 }
 
 static bool blk_add_partition(struct gendisk *disk,
diff --git a/block/scsi_ioctl.c b/block/scsi_ioctl.c
index fa6df11b8bdd..d247431a6853 100644
--- a/block/scsi_ioctl.c
+++ b/block/scsi_ioctl.c
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ static int sg_io(struct request_queue *q, struct gendisk *bd_disk,
 		at_head = 1;
 
 	ret = -ENOMEM;
-	rq = blk_get_request(q, writing ? REQ_OP_SCSI_OUT : REQ_OP_SCSI_IN, 0);
+	rq = blk_get_request(q, writing ? REQ_OP_DRV_OUT : REQ_OP_DRV_IN, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(rq))
 		return PTR_ERR(rq);
 	req = scsi_req(rq);
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ int sg_scsi_ioctl(struct request_queue *q, struct gendisk *disk, fmode_t mode,
 
 	}
 
-	rq = blk_get_request(q, in_len ? REQ_OP_SCSI_OUT : REQ_OP_SCSI_IN, 0);
+	rq = blk_get_request(q, in_len ? REQ_OP_DRV_OUT : REQ_OP_DRV_IN, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(rq)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(rq);
 		goto error_free_buffer;
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ static int __blk_send_generic(struct request_queue *q, struct gendisk *bd_disk,
 	struct request *rq;
 	int err;
 
-	rq = blk_get_request(q, REQ_OP_SCSI_OUT, 0);
+	rq = blk_get_request(q, REQ_OP_DRV_OUT, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(rq))
 		return PTR_ERR(rq);
 	rq->timeout = BLK_DEFAULT_SG_TIMEOUT;
diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index cc0e8c39a48b..f37b9e3d833c 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -1434,7 +1434,6 @@ static int
 loop_set_status(struct loop_device *lo, const struct loop_info64 *info)
 {
 	int err;
-	struct block_device *bdev;
 	kuid_t uid = current_uid();
 	int prev_lo_flags;
 	bool partscan = false;
@@ -1503,7 +1502,6 @@ out_unfreeze:
 	if (!err && (lo->lo_flags & LO_FLAGS_PARTSCAN) &&
 	     !(prev_lo_flags & LO_FLAGS_PARTSCAN)) {
 		lo->lo_disk->flags &= ~GENHD_FL_NO_PART_SCAN;
-		bdev = lo->lo_device;
 		partscan = true;
 	}
 out_unlock:
@@ -2237,7 +2235,7 @@ static const struct blk_mq_ops loop_mq_ops = {
 	.complete	= lo_complete_rq,
 };
 
-static int loop_add(struct loop_device **l, int i)
+static int loop_add(int i)
 {
 	struct loop_device *lo;
 	struct gendisk *disk;
@@ -2247,9 +2245,12 @@ static int loop_add(struct loop_device **l, int i)
 	lo = kzalloc(sizeof(*lo), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!lo)
 		goto out;
-
 	lo->lo_state = Lo_unbound;
 
+	err = mutex_lock_killable(&loop_ctl_mutex);
+	if (err)
+		goto out_free_dev;
+
 	/* allocate id, if @id >= 0, we're requesting that specific id */
 	if (i >= 0) {
 		err = idr_alloc(&loop_index_idr, lo, i, i + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -2259,7 +2260,7 @@ static int loop_add(struct loop_device **l, int i)
 		err = idr_alloc(&loop_index_idr, lo, 0, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
 	}
 	if (err < 0)
-		goto out_free_dev;
+		goto out_unlock;
 	i = err;
 
 	err = -ENOMEM;
@@ -2326,13 +2327,15 @@ static int loop_add(struct loop_device **l, int i)
 	disk->queue		= lo->lo_queue;
 	sprintf(disk->disk_name, "loop%d", i);
 	add_disk(disk);
-	*l = lo;
-	return lo->lo_number;
+	mutex_unlock(&loop_ctl_mutex);
+	return i;
 
 out_cleanup_tags:
 	blk_mq_free_tag_set(&lo->tag_set);
 out_free_idr:
 	idr_remove(&loop_index_idr, i);
+out_unlock:
+	mutex_unlock(&loop_ctl_mutex);
 out_free_dev:
 	kfree(lo);
 out:
@@ -2348,109 +2351,86 @@ static void loop_remove(struct loop_device *lo)
 	kfree(lo);
 }
 
-static int find_free_cb(int id, void *ptr, void *data)
-{
-	struct loop_device *lo = ptr;
-	struct loop_device **l = data;
-
-	if (lo->lo_state == Lo_unbound) {
-		*l = lo;
-		return 1;
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static int loop_lookup(struct loop_device **l, int i)
-{
-	struct loop_device *lo;
-	int ret = -ENODEV;
-
-	if (i < 0) {
-		int err;
-
-		err = idr_for_each(&loop_index_idr, &find_free_cb, &lo);
-		if (err == 1) {
-			*l = lo;
-			ret = lo->lo_number;
-		}
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	/* lookup and return a specific i */
-	lo = idr_find(&loop_index_idr, i);
-	if (lo) {
-		*l = lo;
-		ret = lo->lo_number;
-	}
-out:
-	return ret;
-}
-
 static void loop_probe(dev_t dev)
 {
 	int idx = MINOR(dev) >> part_shift;
-	struct loop_device *lo;
 
 	if (max_loop && idx >= max_loop)
 		return;
+	loop_add(idx);
+}
 
-	mutex_lock(&loop_ctl_mutex);
-	if (loop_lookup(&lo, idx) < 0)
-		loop_add(&lo, idx);
+static int loop_control_remove(int idx)
+{
+	struct loop_device *lo;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (idx < 0) {
+		pr_warn("deleting an unspecified loop device is not supported.\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+		
+	ret = mutex_lock_killable(&loop_ctl_mutex);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	lo = idr_find(&loop_index_idr, idx);
+	if (!lo) {
+		ret = -ENODEV;
+		goto out_unlock_ctrl;
+	}
+
+	ret = mutex_lock_killable(&lo->lo_mutex);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out_unlock_ctrl;
+	if (lo->lo_state != Lo_unbound ||
+	    atomic_read(&lo->lo_refcnt) > 0) {
+		mutex_unlock(&lo->lo_mutex);
+		ret = -EBUSY;
+		goto out_unlock_ctrl;
+	}
+	lo->lo_state = Lo_deleting;
+	mutex_unlock(&lo->lo_mutex);
+
+	idr_remove(&loop_index_idr, lo->lo_number);
+	loop_remove(lo);
+out_unlock_ctrl:
 	mutex_unlock(&loop_ctl_mutex);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int loop_control_get_free(int idx)
+{
+	struct loop_device *lo;
+	int id, ret;
+
+	ret = mutex_lock_killable(&loop_ctl_mutex);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+	idr_for_each_entry(&loop_index_idr, lo, id) {
+		if (lo->lo_state == Lo_unbound)
+			goto found;
+	}
+	mutex_unlock(&loop_ctl_mutex);
+	return loop_add(-1);
+found:
+	mutex_unlock(&loop_ctl_mutex);
+	return id;
 }
 
 static long loop_control_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
 			       unsigned long parm)
 {
-	struct loop_device *lo;
-	int ret;
-
-	ret = mutex_lock_killable(&loop_ctl_mutex);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-
-	ret = -ENOSYS;
 	switch (cmd) {
 	case LOOP_CTL_ADD:
-		ret = loop_lookup(&lo, parm);
-		if (ret >= 0) {
-			ret = -EEXIST;
-			break;
-		}
-		ret = loop_add(&lo, parm);
-		break;
+		return loop_add(parm);
 	case LOOP_CTL_REMOVE:
-		ret = loop_lookup(&lo, parm);
-		if (ret < 0)
-			break;
-		ret = mutex_lock_killable(&lo->lo_mutex);
-		if (ret)
-			break;
-		if (lo->lo_state != Lo_unbound) {
-			ret = -EBUSY;
-			mutex_unlock(&lo->lo_mutex);
-			break;
-		}
-		if (atomic_read(&lo->lo_refcnt) > 0) {
-			ret = -EBUSY;
-			mutex_unlock(&lo->lo_mutex);
-			break;
-		}
-		lo->lo_state = Lo_deleting;
-		mutex_unlock(&lo->lo_mutex);
-		idr_remove(&loop_index_idr, lo->lo_number);
-		loop_remove(lo);
-		break;
+		return loop_control_remove(parm);
 	case LOOP_CTL_GET_FREE:
-		ret = loop_lookup(&lo, -1);
-		if (ret >= 0)
-			break;
-		ret = loop_add(&lo, -1);
+		return loop_control_get_free(parm);
+	default:
+		return -ENOSYS;
 	}
-	mutex_unlock(&loop_ctl_mutex);
-
-	return ret;
 }
 
 static const struct file_operations loop_ctl_fops = {
@@ -2473,7 +2453,6 @@ MODULE_ALIAS("devname:loop-control");
 static int __init loop_init(void)
 {
 	int i, nr;
-	struct loop_device *lo;
 	int err;
 
 	part_shift = 0;
@@ -2525,10 +2504,8 @@ static int __init loop_init(void)
 	}
 
 	/* pre-create number of devices given by config or max_loop */
-	mutex_lock(&loop_ctl_mutex);
 	for (i = 0; i < nr; i++)
-		loop_add(&lo, i);
-	mutex_unlock(&loop_ctl_mutex);
+		loop_add(i);
 
 	printk(KERN_INFO "loop: module loaded\n");
 	return 0;
@@ -2539,26 +2516,20 @@ err_out:
 	return err;
 }
 
-static int loop_exit_cb(int id, void *ptr, void *data)
-{
-	struct loop_device *lo = ptr;
-
-	loop_remove(lo);
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static void __exit loop_exit(void)
 {
-	mutex_lock(&loop_ctl_mutex);
-
-	idr_for_each(&loop_index_idr, &loop_exit_cb, NULL);
-	idr_destroy(&loop_index_idr);
+	struct loop_device *lo;
+	int id;
 
 	unregister_blkdev(LOOP_MAJOR, "loop");
-
 	misc_deregister(&loop_misc);
 
+	mutex_lock(&loop_ctl_mutex);
+	idr_for_each_entry(&loop_index_idr, lo, id)
+		loop_remove(lo);
 	mutex_unlock(&loop_ctl_mutex);
+
+	idr_destroy(&loop_index_idr);
 }
 
 module_init(loop_init);
diff --git a/drivers/block/mtip32xx/mtip32xx.c b/drivers/block/mtip32xx/mtip32xx.c
index ff3e7b3f5ad8..901855717cb5 100644
--- a/drivers/block/mtip32xx/mtip32xx.c
+++ b/drivers/block/mtip32xx/mtip32xx.c
@@ -2160,6 +2160,20 @@ static ssize_t mtip_hw_show_status(struct device *dev,
 
 static DEVICE_ATTR(status, 0444, mtip_hw_show_status, NULL);
 
+static struct attribute *mtip_disk_attrs[] = {
+	&dev_attr_status.attr,
+	NULL,
+};
+
+static const struct attribute_group mtip_disk_attr_group = {
+	.attrs = mtip_disk_attrs,
+};
+
+static const struct attribute_group *mtip_disk_attr_groups[] = {
+	&mtip_disk_attr_group,
+	NULL,
+};
+
 /* debugsfs entries */
 
 static ssize_t show_device_status(struct device_driver *drv, char *buf)
@@ -2374,47 +2388,6 @@ static const struct file_operations mtip_flags_fops = {
 	.llseek = no_llseek,
 };
 
-/*
- * Create the sysfs related attributes.
- *
- * @dd   Pointer to the driver data structure.
- * @kobj Pointer to the kobj for the block device.
- *
- * return value
- *	0	Operation completed successfully.
- *	-EINVAL Invalid parameter.
- */
-static int mtip_hw_sysfs_init(struct driver_data *dd, struct kobject *kobj)
-{
-	if (!kobj || !dd)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	if (sysfs_create_file(kobj, &dev_attr_status.attr))
-		dev_warn(&dd->pdev->dev,
-			"Error creating 'status' sysfs entry\n");
-	return 0;
-}
-
-/*
- * Remove the sysfs related attributes.
- *
- * @dd   Pointer to the driver data structure.
- * @kobj Pointer to the kobj for the block device.
- *
- * return value
- *	0	Operation completed successfully.
- *	-EINVAL Invalid parameter.
- */
-static int mtip_hw_sysfs_exit(struct driver_data *dd, struct kobject *kobj)
-{
-	if (!kobj || !dd)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	sysfs_remove_file(kobj, &dev_attr_status.attr);
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static int mtip_hw_debugfs_init(struct driver_data *dd)
 {
 	if (!dfs_parent)
@@ -3566,7 +3539,6 @@ static int mtip_block_initialize(struct driver_data *dd)
 	int rv = 0, wait_for_rebuild = 0;
 	sector_t capacity;
 	unsigned int index = 0;
-	struct kobject *kobj;
 
 	if (dd->disk)
 		goto skip_create_disk; /* hw init done, before rebuild */
@@ -3576,14 +3548,33 @@ static int mtip_block_initialize(struct driver_data *dd)
 		goto protocol_init_error;
 	}
 
-	dd->disk = alloc_disk_node(MTIP_MAX_MINORS, dd->numa_node);
-	if (dd->disk  == NULL) {
+	memset(&dd->tags, 0, sizeof(dd->tags));
+	dd->tags.ops = &mtip_mq_ops;
+	dd->tags.nr_hw_queues = 1;
+	dd->tags.queue_depth = MTIP_MAX_COMMAND_SLOTS;
+	dd->tags.reserved_tags = 1;
+	dd->tags.cmd_size = sizeof(struct mtip_cmd);
+	dd->tags.numa_node = dd->numa_node;
+	dd->tags.flags = BLK_MQ_F_SHOULD_MERGE;
+	dd->tags.driver_data = dd;
+	dd->tags.timeout = MTIP_NCQ_CMD_TIMEOUT_MS;
+
+	rv = blk_mq_alloc_tag_set(&dd->tags);
+	if (rv) {
 		dev_err(&dd->pdev->dev,
-			"Unable to allocate gendisk structure\n");
-		rv = -EINVAL;
-		goto alloc_disk_error;
+			"Unable to allocate request queue\n");
+		goto block_queue_alloc_tag_error;
 	}
 
+	dd->disk = blk_mq_alloc_disk(&dd->tags, dd);
+	if (IS_ERR(dd->disk)) {
+		dev_err(&dd->pdev->dev,
+			"Unable to allocate request queue\n");
+		rv = -ENOMEM;
+		goto block_queue_alloc_init_error;
+	}
+	dd->queue		= dd->disk->queue;
+
 	rv = ida_alloc(&rssd_index_ida, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (rv < 0)
 		goto ida_get_error;
@@ -3605,36 +3596,6 @@ static int mtip_block_initialize(struct driver_data *dd)
 
 	mtip_hw_debugfs_init(dd);
 
-	memset(&dd->tags, 0, sizeof(dd->tags));
-	dd->tags.ops = &mtip_mq_ops;
-	dd->tags.nr_hw_queues = 1;
-	dd->tags.queue_depth = MTIP_MAX_COMMAND_SLOTS;
-	dd->tags.reserved_tags = 1;
-	dd->tags.cmd_size = sizeof(struct mtip_cmd);
-	dd->tags.numa_node = dd->numa_node;
-	dd->tags.flags = BLK_MQ_F_SHOULD_MERGE;
-	dd->tags.driver_data = dd;
-	dd->tags.timeout = MTIP_NCQ_CMD_TIMEOUT_MS;
-
-	rv = blk_mq_alloc_tag_set(&dd->tags);
-	if (rv) {
-		dev_err(&dd->pdev->dev,
-			"Unable to allocate request queue\n");
-		goto block_queue_alloc_tag_error;
-	}
-
-	/* Allocate the request queue. */
-	dd->queue = blk_mq_init_queue(&dd->tags);
-	if (IS_ERR(dd->queue)) {
-		dev_err(&dd->pdev->dev,
-			"Unable to allocate request queue\n");
-		rv = -ENOMEM;
-		goto block_queue_alloc_init_error;
-	}
-
-	dd->disk->queue		= dd->queue;
-	dd->queue->queuedata	= dd;
-
 skip_create_disk:
 	/* Initialize the protocol layer. */
 	wait_for_rebuild = mtip_hw_get_identify(dd);
@@ -3672,17 +3633,7 @@ skip_create_disk:
 	set_capacity(dd->disk, capacity);
 
 	/* Enable the block device and add it to /dev */
-	device_add_disk(&dd->pdev->dev, dd->disk, NULL);
-
-	/*
-	 * Now that the disk is active, initialize any sysfs attributes
-	 * managed by the protocol layer.
-	 */
-	kobj = kobject_get(&disk_to_dev(dd->disk)->kobj);
-	if (kobj) {
-		mtip_hw_sysfs_init(dd, kobj);
-		kobject_put(kobj);
-	}
+	device_add_disk(&dd->pdev->dev, dd->disk, mtip_disk_attr_groups);
 
 	if (dd->mtip_svc_handler) {
 		set_bit(MTIP_DDF_INIT_DONE_BIT, &dd->dd_flag);
@@ -3709,23 +3660,17 @@ start_service_thread:
 kthread_run_error:
 	/* Delete our gendisk. This also removes the device from /dev */
 	del_gendisk(dd->disk);
-
 read_capacity_error:
 init_hw_cmds_error:
-	blk_cleanup_queue(dd->queue);
-block_queue_alloc_init_error:
-	blk_mq_free_tag_set(&dd->tags);
-block_queue_alloc_tag_error:
 	mtip_hw_debugfs_exit(dd);
 disk_index_error:
 	ida_free(&rssd_index_ida, index);
-
 ida_get_error:
-	put_disk(dd->disk);
-
-alloc_disk_error:
+	blk_cleanup_disk(dd->disk);
+block_queue_alloc_init_error:
+	blk_mq_free_tag_set(&dd->tags);
+block_queue_alloc_tag_error:
 	mtip_hw_exit(dd); /* De-initialize the protocol layer. */
-
 protocol_init_error:
 	return rv;
 }
@@ -3751,8 +3696,6 @@ static bool mtip_no_dev_cleanup(struct request *rq, void *data, bool reserv)
  */
 static int mtip_block_remove(struct driver_data *dd)
 {
-	struct kobject *kobj;
-
 	mtip_hw_debugfs_exit(dd);
 
 	if (dd->mtip_svc_handler) {
@@ -3761,15 +3704,6 @@ static int mtip_block_remove(struct driver_data *dd)
 		kthread_stop(dd->mtip_svc_handler);
 	}
 
-	/* Clean up the sysfs attributes, if created */
-	if (test_bit(MTIP_DDF_INIT_DONE_BIT, &dd->dd_flag)) {
-		kobj = kobject_get(&disk_to_dev(dd->disk)->kobj);
-		if (kobj) {
-			mtip_hw_sysfs_exit(dd, kobj);
-			kobject_put(kobj);
-		}
-	}
-
 	if (!dd->sr) {
 		/*
 		 * Explicitly wait here for IOs to quiesce,
diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c
index 614d82e7fae4..b7d663736d35 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ struct link_dead_args {
 #define NBD_RT_HAS_CONFIG_REF		4
 #define NBD_RT_BOUND			5
 #define NBD_RT_DISCONNECT_ON_CLOSE	6
+#define NBD_RT_HAS_BACKEND_FILE		7
 
 #define NBD_DESTROY_ON_DISCONNECT	0
 #define NBD_DISCONNECT_REQUESTED	1
@@ -119,6 +120,8 @@ struct nbd_device {
 
 	struct completion *destroy_complete;
 	unsigned long flags;
+
+	char *backend;
 };
 
 #define NBD_CMD_REQUEUED	1
@@ -216,6 +219,20 @@ static const struct device_attribute pid_attr = {
 	.show = pid_show,
 };
 
+static ssize_t backend_show(struct device *dev,
+		struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+	struct gendisk *disk = dev_to_disk(dev);
+	struct nbd_device *nbd = (struct nbd_device *)disk->private_data;
+
+	return sprintf(buf, "%s\n", nbd->backend ?: "");
+}
+
+static const struct device_attribute backend_attr = {
+	.attr = { .name = "backend", .mode = 0444},
+	.show = backend_show,
+};
+
 static void nbd_dev_remove(struct nbd_device *nbd)
 {
 	struct gendisk *disk = nbd->disk;
@@ -1211,6 +1228,12 @@ static void nbd_config_put(struct nbd_device *nbd)
 				       &config->runtime_flags))
 			device_remove_file(disk_to_dev(nbd->disk), &pid_attr);
 		nbd->task_recv = NULL;
+		if (test_and_clear_bit(NBD_RT_HAS_BACKEND_FILE,
+				       &config->runtime_flags)) {
+			device_remove_file(disk_to_dev(nbd->disk), &backend_attr);
+			kfree(nbd->backend);
+			nbd->backend = NULL;
+		}
 		nbd_clear_sock(nbd);
 		if (config->num_connections) {
 			int i;
@@ -1270,7 +1293,7 @@ static int nbd_start_device(struct nbd_device *nbd)
 
 	error = device_create_file(disk_to_dev(nbd->disk), &pid_attr);
 	if (error) {
-		dev_err(disk_to_dev(nbd->disk), "device_create_file failed!\n");
+		dev_err(disk_to_dev(nbd->disk), "device_create_file failed for pid!\n");
 		return error;
 	}
 	set_bit(NBD_RT_HAS_PID_FILE, &config->runtime_flags);
@@ -1657,6 +1680,7 @@ static int nbd_dev_add(int index)
 		BLK_MQ_F_BLOCKING;
 	nbd->tag_set.driver_data = nbd;
 	nbd->destroy_complete = NULL;
+	nbd->backend = NULL;
 
 	err = blk_mq_alloc_tag_set(&nbd->tag_set);
 	if (err)
@@ -1743,6 +1767,7 @@ static const struct nla_policy nbd_attr_policy[NBD_ATTR_MAX + 1] = {
 	[NBD_ATTR_SOCKETS]		=	{ .type = NLA_NESTED},
 	[NBD_ATTR_DEAD_CONN_TIMEOUT]	=	{ .type = NLA_U64 },
 	[NBD_ATTR_DEVICE_LIST]		=	{ .type = NLA_NESTED},
+	[NBD_ATTR_BACKEND_IDENTIFIER]	=	{ .type = NLA_STRING},
 };
 
 static const struct nla_policy nbd_sock_policy[NBD_SOCK_MAX + 1] = {
@@ -1945,6 +1970,23 @@ again:
 		}
 	}
 	ret = nbd_start_device(nbd);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out;
+	if (info->attrs[NBD_ATTR_BACKEND_IDENTIFIER]) {
+		nbd->backend = nla_strdup(info->attrs[NBD_ATTR_BACKEND_IDENTIFIER],
+					  GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!nbd->backend) {
+			ret = -ENOMEM;
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
+	ret = device_create_file(disk_to_dev(nbd->disk), &backend_attr);
+	if (ret) {
+		dev_err(disk_to_dev(nbd->disk),
+			"device_create_file failed for backend!\n");
+		goto out;
+	}
+	set_bit(NBD_RT_HAS_BACKEND_FILE, &config->runtime_flags);
 out:
 	mutex_unlock(&nbd->config_lock);
 	if (!ret) {
@@ -2037,6 +2079,22 @@ static int nbd_genl_reconfigure(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 		       index);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
+	if (nbd->backend) {
+		if (info->attrs[NBD_ATTR_BACKEND_IDENTIFIER]) {
+			if (nla_strcmp(info->attrs[NBD_ATTR_BACKEND_IDENTIFIER],
+				       nbd->backend)) {
+				mutex_unlock(&nbd_index_mutex);
+				dev_err(nbd_to_dev(nbd),
+					"backend image doesn't match with %s\n",
+					nbd->backend);
+				return -EINVAL;
+			}
+		} else {
+			mutex_unlock(&nbd_index_mutex);
+			dev_err(nbd_to_dev(nbd), "must specify backend\n");
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+	}
 	if (!refcount_inc_not_zero(&nbd->refs)) {
 		mutex_unlock(&nbd_index_mutex);
 		printk(KERN_ERR "nbd: device at index %d is going down\n",
diff --git a/drivers/block/null_blk/main.c b/drivers/block/null_blk/main.c
index 3b320b005aa8..d734e9ee1546 100644
--- a/drivers/block/null_blk/main.c
+++ b/drivers/block/null_blk/main.c
@@ -1849,7 +1849,6 @@ static int null_add_dev(struct nullb_device *dev)
 		if (!null_setup_fault())
 			goto out_cleanup_tags;
 
-		rv = -ENOMEM;
 		nullb->tag_set->timeout = 5 * HZ;
 		nullb->disk = blk_mq_alloc_disk(nullb->tag_set, nullb);
 		if (IS_ERR(nullb->disk)) {
diff --git a/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c b/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c
index f69b5c69c2a6..538446b652de 100644
--- a/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c
@@ -704,7 +704,7 @@ static int pkt_generic_packet(struct pktcdvd_device *pd, struct packet_command *
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	rq = blk_get_request(q, (cgc->data_direction == CGC_DATA_WRITE) ?
-			     REQ_OP_SCSI_OUT : REQ_OP_SCSI_IN, 0);
+			     REQ_OP_DRV_OUT : REQ_OP_DRV_IN, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(rq))
 		return PTR_ERR(rq);
 
diff --git a/drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c b/drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c
index 90ad34c6ef8e..feb827eefd1a 100644
--- a/drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c
+++ b/drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c
@@ -2186,7 +2186,7 @@ static int cdrom_read_cdda_bpc(struct cdrom_device_info *cdi, __u8 __user *ubuf,
 
 		len = nr * CD_FRAMESIZE_RAW;
 
-		rq = blk_get_request(q, REQ_OP_SCSI_IN, 0);
+		rq = blk_get_request(q, REQ_OP_DRV_IN, 0);
 		if (IS_ERR(rq)) {
 			ret = PTR_ERR(rq);
 			break;
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/block.c b/drivers/mmc/core/block.c
index 88f4c215caa6..9890a1532cb0 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/core/block.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/core/block.c
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ static void mmc_blk_put(struct mmc_blk_data *md)
 	md->usage--;
 	if (md->usage == 0) {
 		int devidx = mmc_get_devidx(md->disk);
-		blk_put_queue(md->queue.queue);
+
 		ida_simple_remove(&mmc_blk_ida, devidx);
 		put_disk(md->disk);
 		kfree(md);
@@ -2319,39 +2319,22 @@ static struct mmc_blk_data *mmc_blk_alloc_req(struct mmc_card *card,
 	 */
 	md->read_only = mmc_blk_readonly(card);
 
-	md->disk = alloc_disk(perdev_minors);
-	if (md->disk == NULL) {
-		ret = -ENOMEM;
+	md->disk = mmc_init_queue(&md->queue, card);
+	if (IS_ERR(md->disk)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(md->disk);
 		goto err_kfree;
 	}
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&md->part);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&md->rpmbs);
 	md->usage = 1;
-
-	ret = mmc_init_queue(&md->queue, card);
-	if (ret)
-		goto err_putdisk;
-
 	md->queue.blkdata = md;
 
-	/*
-	 * Keep an extra reference to the queue so that we can shutdown the
-	 * queue (i.e. call blk_cleanup_queue()) while there are still
-	 * references to the 'md'. The corresponding blk_put_queue() is in
-	 * mmc_blk_put().
-	 */
-	if (!blk_get_queue(md->queue.queue)) {
-		mmc_cleanup_queue(&md->queue);
-		ret = -ENODEV;
-		goto err_putdisk;
-	}
-
 	md->disk->major	= MMC_BLOCK_MAJOR;
+	md->disk->minors = perdev_minors;
 	md->disk->first_minor = devidx * perdev_minors;
 	md->disk->fops = &mmc_bdops;
 	md->disk->private_data = md;
-	md->disk->queue = md->queue.queue;
 	md->parent = parent;
 	set_disk_ro(md->disk, md->read_only || default_ro);
 	md->disk->flags = GENHD_FL_EXT_DEVT;
@@ -2400,8 +2383,6 @@ static struct mmc_blk_data *mmc_blk_alloc_req(struct mmc_card *card,
 
 	return md;
 
- err_putdisk:
-	put_disk(md->disk);
  err_kfree:
 	kfree(md);
  out:
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/queue.c b/drivers/mmc/core/queue.c
index d600e0a4a460..cc3261777637 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/core/queue.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/core/queue.c
@@ -424,9 +424,10 @@ static inline bool mmc_merge_capable(struct mmc_host *host)
  *
  * Initialise a MMC card request queue.
  */
-int mmc_init_queue(struct mmc_queue *mq, struct mmc_card *card)
+struct gendisk *mmc_init_queue(struct mmc_queue *mq, struct mmc_card *card)
 {
 	struct mmc_host *host = card->host;
+	struct gendisk *disk;
 	int ret;
 
 	mq->card = card;
@@ -464,26 +465,22 @@ int mmc_init_queue(struct mmc_queue *mq, struct mmc_card *card)
 
 	ret = blk_mq_alloc_tag_set(&mq->tag_set);
 	if (ret)
-		return ret;
+		return ERR_PTR(ret);
+		
 
-	mq->queue = blk_mq_init_queue(&mq->tag_set);
-	if (IS_ERR(mq->queue)) {
-		ret = PTR_ERR(mq->queue);
-		goto free_tag_set;
+	disk = blk_mq_alloc_disk(&mq->tag_set, mq);
+	if (IS_ERR(disk)) {
+		blk_mq_free_tag_set(&mq->tag_set);
+		return disk;
 	}
+	mq->queue = disk->queue;
 
 	if (mmc_host_is_spi(host) && host->use_spi_crc)
 		blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_STABLE_WRITES, mq->queue);
-
-	mq->queue->queuedata = mq;
 	blk_queue_rq_timeout(mq->queue, 60 * HZ);
 
 	mmc_setup_queue(mq, card);
-	return 0;
-
-free_tag_set:
-	blk_mq_free_tag_set(&mq->tag_set);
-	return ret;
+	return disk;
 }
 
 void mmc_queue_suspend(struct mmc_queue *mq)
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/queue.h b/drivers/mmc/core/queue.h
index 3319d8ab57d0..9ade3bcbb714 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/core/queue.h
+++ b/drivers/mmc/core/queue.h
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ struct mmc_queue {
 	struct work_struct	complete_work;
 };
 
-extern int mmc_init_queue(struct mmc_queue *, struct mmc_card *);
+struct gendisk *mmc_init_queue(struct mmc_queue *mq, struct mmc_card *card);
 extern void mmc_cleanup_queue(struct mmc_queue *);
 extern void mmc_queue_suspend(struct mmc_queue *);
 extern void mmc_queue_resume(struct mmc_queue *);
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
index 80c656dcbbac..11779be42186 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
@@ -609,6 +609,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(nvme_put_ns, NVME_TARGET_PASSTHRU);
 
 static inline void nvme_clear_nvme_request(struct request *req)
 {
+	nvme_req(req)->status = 0;
 	nvme_req(req)->retries = 0;
 	nvme_req(req)->flags = 0;
 	req->rq_flags |= RQF_DONTPREP;
@@ -631,6 +632,8 @@ static inline void nvme_init_request(struct request *req,
 	cmd->common.flags &= ~NVME_CMD_SGL_ALL;
 
 	req->cmd_flags |= REQ_FAILFAST_DRIVER;
+	if (req->mq_hctx->type == HCTX_TYPE_POLL)
+		req->cmd_flags |= REQ_HIPRI;
 	nvme_clear_nvme_request(req);
 	memcpy(nvme_req(req)->cmd, cmd, sizeof(*cmd));
 }
@@ -1029,29 +1032,23 @@ blk_status_t nvme_setup_cmd(struct nvme_ns *ns, struct request *req)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nvme_setup_cmd);
 
-static void nvme_end_sync_rq(struct request *rq, blk_status_t error)
+/*
+ * Return values:
+ * 0:  success
+ * >0: nvme controller's cqe status response
+ * <0: kernel error in lieu of controller response
+ */
+static int nvme_execute_rq(struct gendisk *disk, struct request *rq,
+		bool at_head)
 {
-	struct completion *waiting = rq->end_io_data;
+	blk_status_t status;
 
-	rq->end_io_data = NULL;
-	complete(waiting);
-}
-
-static void nvme_execute_rq_polled(struct request_queue *q,
-		struct gendisk *bd_disk, struct request *rq, int at_head)
-{
-	DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(wait);
-
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(!test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_POLL, &q->queue_flags));
-
-	rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_HIPRI;
-	rq->end_io_data = &wait;
-	blk_execute_rq_nowait(bd_disk, rq, at_head, nvme_end_sync_rq);
-
-	while (!completion_done(&wait)) {
-		blk_poll(q, request_to_qc_t(rq->mq_hctx, rq), true);
-		cond_resched();
-	}
+	status = blk_execute_rq(disk, rq, at_head);
+	if (nvme_req(rq)->flags & NVME_REQ_CANCELLED)
+		return -EINTR;
+	if (nvme_req(rq)->status)
+		return nvme_req(rq)->status;
+	return blk_status_to_errno(status);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1061,7 +1058,7 @@ static void nvme_execute_rq_polled(struct request_queue *q,
 int __nvme_submit_sync_cmd(struct request_queue *q, struct nvme_command *cmd,
 		union nvme_result *result, void *buffer, unsigned bufflen,
 		unsigned timeout, int qid, int at_head,
-		blk_mq_req_flags_t flags, bool poll)
+		blk_mq_req_flags_t flags)
 {
 	struct request *req;
 	int ret;
@@ -1082,16 +1079,9 @@ int __nvme_submit_sync_cmd(struct request_queue *q, struct nvme_command *cmd,
 			goto out;
 	}
 
-	if (poll)
-		nvme_execute_rq_polled(req->q, NULL, req, at_head);
-	else
-		blk_execute_rq(NULL, req, at_head);
-	if (result)
+	ret = nvme_execute_rq(NULL, req, at_head);
+	if (result && ret >= 0)
 		*result = nvme_req(req)->result;
-	if (nvme_req(req)->flags & NVME_REQ_CANCELLED)
-		ret = -EINTR;
-	else
-		ret = nvme_req(req)->status;
  out:
 	blk_mq_free_request(req);
 	return ret;
@@ -1102,7 +1092,7 @@ int nvme_submit_sync_cmd(struct request_queue *q, struct nvme_command *cmd,
 		void *buffer, unsigned bufflen)
 {
 	return __nvme_submit_sync_cmd(q, cmd, NULL, buffer, bufflen, 0,
-			NVME_QID_ANY, 0, 0, false);
+			NVME_QID_ANY, 0, 0);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nvme_submit_sync_cmd);
 
@@ -1179,18 +1169,21 @@ static void nvme_passthru_end(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, u32 effects)
 	}
 }
 
-void nvme_execute_passthru_rq(struct request *rq)
+int nvme_execute_passthru_rq(struct request *rq)
 {
 	struct nvme_command *cmd = nvme_req(rq)->cmd;
 	struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl = nvme_req(rq)->ctrl;
 	struct nvme_ns *ns = rq->q->queuedata;
 	struct gendisk *disk = ns ? ns->disk : NULL;
 	u32 effects;
+	int  ret;
 
 	effects = nvme_passthru_start(ctrl, ns, cmd->common.opcode);
-	blk_execute_rq(disk, rq, 0);
+	ret = nvme_execute_rq(disk, rq, false);
 	if (effects) /* nothing to be done for zero cmd effects */
 		nvme_passthru_end(ctrl, effects);
+
+	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(nvme_execute_passthru_rq, NVME_TARGET_PASSTHRU);
 
@@ -1465,7 +1458,7 @@ static int nvme_features(struct nvme_ctrl *dev, u8 op, unsigned int fid,
 	c.features.dword11 = cpu_to_le32(dword11);
 
 	ret = __nvme_submit_sync_cmd(dev->admin_q, &c, &res,
-			buffer, buflen, 0, NVME_QID_ANY, 0, 0, false);
+			buffer, buflen, 0, NVME_QID_ANY, 0, 0);
 	if (ret >= 0 && result)
 		*result = le32_to_cpu(res.u32);
 	return ret;
@@ -2047,7 +2040,7 @@ int nvme_sec_submit(void *data, u16 spsp, u8 secp, void *buffer, size_t len,
 	cmd.common.cdw11 = cpu_to_le32(len);
 
 	return __nvme_submit_sync_cmd(ctrl->admin_q, &cmd, NULL, buffer, len, 0,
-			NVME_QID_ANY, 1, 0, false);
+			NVME_QID_ANY, 1, 0);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nvme_sec_submit);
 #endif /* CONFIG_BLK_SED_OPAL */
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/fabrics.c b/drivers/nvme/host/fabrics.c
index 1e6a7cc056ca..a5469fd9d4c3 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/fabrics.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/fabrics.c
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ int nvmf_reg_read32(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, u32 off, u32 *val)
 	cmd.prop_get.offset = cpu_to_le32(off);
 
 	ret = __nvme_submit_sync_cmd(ctrl->fabrics_q, &cmd, &res, NULL, 0, 0,
-			NVME_QID_ANY, 0, 0, false);
+			NVME_QID_ANY, 0, 0);
 
 	if (ret >= 0)
 		*val = le64_to_cpu(res.u64);
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ int nvmf_reg_read64(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, u32 off, u64 *val)
 	cmd.prop_get.offset = cpu_to_le32(off);
 
 	ret = __nvme_submit_sync_cmd(ctrl->fabrics_q, &cmd, &res, NULL, 0, 0,
-			NVME_QID_ANY, 0, 0, false);
+			NVME_QID_ANY, 0, 0);
 
 	if (ret >= 0)
 		*val = le64_to_cpu(res.u64);
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ int nvmf_reg_write32(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, u32 off, u32 val)
 	cmd.prop_set.value = cpu_to_le64(val);
 
 	ret = __nvme_submit_sync_cmd(ctrl->fabrics_q, &cmd, NULL, NULL, 0, 0,
-			NVME_QID_ANY, 0, 0, false);
+			NVME_QID_ANY, 0, 0);
 	if (unlikely(ret))
 		dev_err(ctrl->device,
 			"Property Set error: %d, offset %#x\n",
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ int nvmf_connect_admin_queue(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
 
 	ret = __nvme_submit_sync_cmd(ctrl->fabrics_q, &cmd, &res,
 			data, sizeof(*data), 0, NVME_QID_ANY, 1,
-			BLK_MQ_REQ_RESERVED | BLK_MQ_REQ_NOWAIT, false);
+			BLK_MQ_REQ_RESERVED | BLK_MQ_REQ_NOWAIT);
 	if (ret) {
 		nvmf_log_connect_error(ctrl, ret, le32_to_cpu(res.u32),
 				       &cmd, data);
@@ -415,7 +415,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nvmf_connect_admin_queue);
  * @qid:	NVMe I/O queue number for the new I/O connection between
  *		host and target (note qid == 0 is illegal as this is
  *		the Admin queue, per NVMe standard).
- * @poll:	Whether or not to poll for the completion of the connect cmd.
  *
  * This function issues a fabrics-protocol connection
  * of a NVMe I/O queue (via NVMe Fabrics "Connect" command)
@@ -427,7 +426,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nvmf_connect_admin_queue);
  *	> 0: NVMe error status code
  *	< 0: Linux errno error code
  */
-int nvmf_connect_io_queue(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, u16 qid, bool poll)
+int nvmf_connect_io_queue(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, u16 qid)
 {
 	struct nvme_command cmd = { };
 	struct nvmf_connect_data *data;
@@ -453,7 +452,7 @@ int nvmf_connect_io_queue(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, u16 qid, bool poll)
 
 	ret = __nvme_submit_sync_cmd(ctrl->connect_q, &cmd, &res,
 			data, sizeof(*data), 0, qid, 1,
-			BLK_MQ_REQ_RESERVED | BLK_MQ_REQ_NOWAIT, poll);
+			BLK_MQ_REQ_RESERVED | BLK_MQ_REQ_NOWAIT);
 	if (ret) {
 		nvmf_log_connect_error(ctrl, ret, le32_to_cpu(res.u32),
 				       &cmd, data);
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/fabrics.h b/drivers/nvme/host/fabrics.h
index c31dad69a773..a146cb903869 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/fabrics.h
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/fabrics.h
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ int nvmf_reg_read32(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, u32 off, u32 *val);
 int nvmf_reg_read64(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, u32 off, u64 *val);
 int nvmf_reg_write32(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, u32 off, u32 val);
 int nvmf_connect_admin_queue(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl);
-int nvmf_connect_io_queue(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, u16 qid, bool poll);
+int nvmf_connect_io_queue(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, u16 qid);
 int nvmf_register_transport(struct nvmf_transport_ops *ops);
 void nvmf_unregister_transport(struct nvmf_transport_ops *ops);
 void nvmf_free_options(struct nvmf_ctrl_options *opts);
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/fc.c b/drivers/nvme/host/fc.c
index 95aad3fed571..b08a61ca283f 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/fc.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/fc.c
@@ -2346,7 +2346,7 @@ nvme_fc_connect_io_queues(struct nvme_fc_ctrl *ctrl, u16 qsize)
 					(qsize / 5));
 		if (ret)
 			break;
-		ret = nvmf_connect_io_queue(&ctrl->ctrl, i, false);
+		ret = nvmf_connect_io_queue(&ctrl->ctrl, i);
 		if (ret)
 			break;
 
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/ioctl.c b/drivers/nvme/host/ioctl.c
index d93928d1e5bd..305ddd415e45 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/ioctl.c
@@ -93,11 +93,7 @@ static int nvme_submit_user_cmd(struct request_queue *q,
 		}
 	}
 
-	nvme_execute_passthru_rq(req);
-	if (nvme_req(req)->flags & NVME_REQ_CANCELLED)
-		ret = -EINTR;
-	else
-		ret = nvme_req(req)->status;
+	ret = nvme_execute_passthru_rq(req);
 	if (result)
 		*result = le64_to_cpu(nvme_req(req)->result.u64);
 	if (meta && !ret && !write) {
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h b/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
index 75420ceacc10..18ef8dd03a90 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@ int nvme_submit_sync_cmd(struct request_queue *q, struct nvme_command *cmd,
 int __nvme_submit_sync_cmd(struct request_queue *q, struct nvme_command *cmd,
 		union nvme_result *result, void *buffer, unsigned bufflen,
 		unsigned timeout, int qid, int at_head,
-		blk_mq_req_flags_t flags, bool poll);
+		blk_mq_req_flags_t flags);
 int nvme_set_features(struct nvme_ctrl *dev, unsigned int fid,
 		      unsigned int dword11, void *buffer, size_t buflen,
 		      u32 *result);
@@ -876,7 +876,7 @@ static inline bool nvme_ctrl_sgl_supported(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
 
 u32 nvme_command_effects(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, struct nvme_ns *ns,
 			 u8 opcode);
-void nvme_execute_passthru_rq(struct request *rq);
+int nvme_execute_passthru_rq(struct request *rq);
 struct nvme_ctrl *nvme_ctrl_from_file(struct file *file);
 struct nvme_ns *nvme_find_get_ns(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, unsigned nsid);
 void nvme_put_ns(struct nvme_ns *ns);
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c b/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c
index a9e70cefd7ed..7f6b3a991501 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c
@@ -680,11 +680,10 @@ static void nvme_rdma_stop_io_queues(struct nvme_rdma_ctrl *ctrl)
 static int nvme_rdma_start_queue(struct nvme_rdma_ctrl *ctrl, int idx)
 {
 	struct nvme_rdma_queue *queue = &ctrl->queues[idx];
-	bool poll = nvme_rdma_poll_queue(queue);
 	int ret;
 
 	if (idx)
-		ret = nvmf_connect_io_queue(&ctrl->ctrl, idx, poll);
+		ret = nvmf_connect_io_queue(&ctrl->ctrl, idx);
 	else
 		ret = nvmf_connect_admin_queue(&ctrl->ctrl);
 
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/tcp.c b/drivers/nvme/host/tcp.c
index c7bd37103cf4..12acfe05cd68 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/tcp.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/tcp.c
@@ -1574,7 +1574,7 @@ static int nvme_tcp_start_queue(struct nvme_ctrl *nctrl, int idx)
 	int ret;
 
 	if (idx)
-		ret = nvmf_connect_io_queue(nctrl, idx, false);
+		ret = nvmf_connect_io_queue(nctrl, idx);
 	else
 		ret = nvmf_connect_admin_queue(nctrl);
 
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/loop.c b/drivers/nvme/target/loop.c
index a5c4a1865026..3a17a7e26bbf 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/target/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/target/loop.c
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ static int nvme_loop_connect_io_queues(struct nvme_loop_ctrl *ctrl)
 	int i, ret;
 
 	for (i = 1; i < ctrl->ctrl.queue_count; i++) {
-		ret = nvmf_connect_io_queue(&ctrl->ctrl, i, false);
+		ret = nvmf_connect_io_queue(&ctrl->ctrl, i);
 		if (ret)
 			return ret;
 		set_bit(NVME_LOOP_Q_LIVE, &ctrl->queues[i].flags);
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/passthru.c b/drivers/nvme/target/passthru.c
index fced52de33ce..225cd1ffbe45 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/target/passthru.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/target/passthru.c
@@ -153,11 +153,10 @@ static void nvmet_passthru_execute_cmd_work(struct work_struct *w)
 {
 	struct nvmet_req *req = container_of(w, struct nvmet_req, p.work);
 	struct request *rq = req->p.rq;
-	u16 status;
+	int status;
 
-	nvme_execute_passthru_rq(rq);
+	status = nvme_execute_passthru_rq(rq);
 
-	status = nvme_req(rq)->status;
 	if (status == NVME_SC_SUCCESS &&
 	    req->cmd->common.opcode == nvme_admin_identify) {
 		switch (req->cmd->identify.cns) {
@@ -168,7 +167,8 @@ static void nvmet_passthru_execute_cmd_work(struct work_struct *w)
 			nvmet_passthru_override_id_ns(req);
 			break;
 		}
-	}
+	} else if (status < 0)
+		status = NVME_SC_INTERNAL;
 
 	req->cqe->result = nvme_req(rq)->result;
 	nvmet_req_complete(req, status);
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c b/drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c
index d8aceef83284..07ee347ea3f3 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c
@@ -1497,7 +1497,6 @@ static void nvmet_tcp_state_change(struct sock *sk)
 	case TCP_CLOSE_WAIT:
 	case TCP_CLOSE:
 		/* FALLTHRU */
-		sk->sk_user_data = NULL;
 		nvmet_tcp_schedule_release_queue(queue);
 		break;
 	default:
diff --git a/drivers/s390/block/dasd.c b/drivers/s390/block/dasd.c
index c8df75e99f4c..e34c6cc61983 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/block/dasd.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/block/dasd.c
@@ -621,7 +621,6 @@ void dasd_set_target_state(struct dasd_device *device, int target)
 	mutex_unlock(&device->state_mutex);
 	dasd_put_device(device);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(dasd_set_target_state);
 
 /*
  * Enable devices with device numbers in [from..to].
diff --git a/drivers/s390/block/dasd_eckd.c b/drivers/s390/block/dasd_eckd.c
index a6ac505cbdd7..0de1a463c509 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/block/dasd_eckd.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/block/dasd_eckd.c
@@ -746,7 +746,7 @@ static void create_uid(struct dasd_eckd_private *private)
 	memcpy(uid->vendor, private->ned->HDA_manufacturer,
 	       sizeof(uid->vendor) - 1);
 	EBCASC(uid->vendor, sizeof(uid->vendor) - 1);
-	memcpy(uid->serial, private->ned->HDA_location,
+	memcpy(uid->serial, &private->ned->serial,
 	       sizeof(uid->serial) - 1);
 	EBCASC(uid->serial, sizeof(uid->serial) - 1);
 	uid->ssid = private->gneq->subsystemID;
diff --git a/drivers/s390/block/dasd_eckd.h b/drivers/s390/block/dasd_eckd.h
index 73651211789f..65e4630ad2ae 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/block/dasd_eckd.h
+++ b/drivers/s390/block/dasd_eckd.h
@@ -332,8 +332,10 @@ struct dasd_ned {
 	__u8 dev_type[6];
 	__u8 dev_model[3];
 	__u8 HDA_manufacturer[3];
-	__u8 HDA_location[2];
-	__u8 HDA_seqno[12];
+	struct {
+		__u8 HDA_location[2];
+		__u8 HDA_seqno[12];
+	} serial;
 	__u8 ID;
 	__u8 unit_addr;
 } __attribute__ ((packed));
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
index c6cd5a8e5c85..58a252c38992 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
@@ -1997,7 +1997,7 @@ static void scsi_eh_lock_door(struct scsi_device *sdev)
 	struct request *req;
 	struct scsi_request *rq;
 
-	req = blk_get_request(sdev->request_queue, REQ_OP_SCSI_IN, 0);
+	req = blk_get_request(sdev->request_queue, REQ_OP_DRV_IN, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(req))
 		return;
 	rq = scsi_req(req);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
index 6b994baf87c2..c9a91a52e637 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ int __scsi_execute(struct scsi_device *sdev, const unsigned char *cmd,
 
 	req = blk_get_request(sdev->request_queue,
 			data_direction == DMA_TO_DEVICE ?
-			REQ_OP_SCSI_OUT : REQ_OP_SCSI_IN,
+			REQ_OP_DRV_OUT : REQ_OP_DRV_IN,
 			rq_flags & RQF_PM ? BLK_MQ_REQ_PM : 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(req))
 		return PTR_ERR(req);
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ static bool scsi_end_request(struct request *req, blk_status_t error,
 	if (blk_queue_add_random(q))
 		add_disk_randomness(req->rq_disk);
 
-	if (!blk_rq_is_scsi(req)) {
+	if (!blk_rq_is_passthrough(req)) {
 		WARN_ON_ONCE(!(cmd->flags & SCMD_INITIALIZED));
 		cmd->flags &= ~SCMD_INITIALIZED;
 	}
@@ -1113,7 +1113,7 @@ void scsi_init_command(struct scsi_device *dev, struct scsi_cmnd *cmd)
 	bool in_flight;
 	int budget_token = cmd->budget_token;
 
-	if (!blk_rq_is_scsi(rq) && !(flags & SCMD_INITIALIZED)) {
+	if (!blk_rq_is_passthrough(rq) && !(flags & SCMD_INITIALIZED)) {
 		flags |= SCMD_INITIALIZED;
 		scsi_initialize_rq(rq);
 	}
@@ -1554,7 +1554,7 @@ static blk_status_t scsi_prepare_cmd(struct request *req)
 	 * Special handling for passthrough commands, which don't go to the ULP
 	 * at all:
 	 */
-	if (blk_rq_is_scsi(req))
+	if (blk_rq_is_passthrough(req))
 		return scsi_setup_scsi_cmnd(sdev, req);
 
 	if (sdev->handler && sdev->handler->prep_fn) {
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sg.c b/drivers/scsi/sg.c
index 4e66994be190..91e2221bbb0d 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sg.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sg.c
@@ -1759,7 +1759,7 @@ sg_start_req(Sg_request *srp, unsigned char *cmd)
 	 * not expect an EWOULDBLOCK from this condition.
 	 */
 	rq = blk_get_request(q, hp->dxfer_direction == SG_DXFER_TO_DEV ?
-			REQ_OP_SCSI_OUT : REQ_OP_SCSI_IN, 0);
+			REQ_OP_DRV_OUT : REQ_OP_DRV_IN, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(rq)) {
 		kfree(long_cmdp);
 		return PTR_ERR(rq);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/st.c b/drivers/scsi/st.c
index 66f48bd6da76..c6f14540ae03 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/st.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/st.c
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ static int st_scsi_execute(struct st_request *SRpnt, const unsigned char *cmd,
 
 	req = blk_get_request(SRpnt->stp->device->request_queue,
 			data_direction == DMA_TO_DEVICE ?
-			REQ_OP_SCSI_OUT : REQ_OP_SCSI_IN, 0);
+			REQ_OP_DRV_OUT : REQ_OP_DRV_IN, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(req))
 		return PTR_ERR(req);
 	rq = scsi_req(req);
diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_pscsi.c b/drivers/target/target_core_pscsi.c
index 1646ba8eda11..2629d2ef3970 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_pscsi.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_pscsi.c
@@ -982,7 +982,7 @@ pscsi_execute_cmd(struct se_cmd *cmd)
 
 	req = blk_get_request(pdv->pdv_sd->request_queue,
 			cmd->data_direction == DMA_TO_DEVICE ?
-			REQ_OP_SCSI_OUT : REQ_OP_SCSI_IN, 0);
+			REQ_OP_DRV_OUT : REQ_OP_DRV_IN, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(req)) {
 		pr_err("PSCSI: blk_get_request() failed\n");
 		ret = TCM_LOGICAL_UNIT_COMMUNICATION_FAILURE;
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/blocklayout.c b/fs/nfsd/blocklayout.c
index 1058659a8d31..c99dee99a3c1 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/blocklayout.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/blocklayout.c
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ again:
 	if (!buf)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	rq = blk_get_request(q, REQ_OP_SCSI_IN, 0);
+	rq = blk_get_request(q, REQ_OP_DRV_IN, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(rq)) {
 		error = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out_free_buf;
diff --git a/include/linux/blk-mq.h b/include/linux/blk-mq.h
index fd2de2b422ed..1d18447ebebc 100644
--- a/include/linux/blk-mq.h
+++ b/include/linux/blk-mq.h
@@ -439,8 +439,6 @@ enum {
 struct gendisk *__blk_mq_alloc_disk(struct blk_mq_tag_set *set,
 		void *queuedata);
 struct request_queue *blk_mq_init_queue(struct blk_mq_tag_set *);
-struct request_queue *blk_mq_init_queue_data(struct blk_mq_tag_set *set,
-		void *queuedata);
 int blk_mq_init_allocated_queue(struct blk_mq_tag_set *set,
 		struct request_queue *q);
 void blk_mq_unregister_dev(struct device *, struct request_queue *);
diff --git a/include/linux/blk_types.h b/include/linux/blk_types.h
index b05f2fd495fc..290f9061b29a 100644
--- a/include/linux/blk_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/blk_types.h
@@ -351,9 +351,6 @@ enum req_opf {
 	/* reset all the zone present on the device */
 	REQ_OP_ZONE_RESET_ALL	= 17,
 
-	/* SCSI passthrough using struct scsi_request */
-	REQ_OP_SCSI_IN		= 32,
-	REQ_OP_SCSI_OUT		= 33,
 	/* Driver private requests */
 	REQ_OP_DRV_IN		= 34,
 	REQ_OP_DRV_OUT		= 35,
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 103acc5228e7..3177181c4326 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -240,42 +240,15 @@ struct request {
 	void *end_io_data;
 };
 
-static inline bool blk_op_is_scsi(unsigned int op)
-{
-	return op == REQ_OP_SCSI_IN || op == REQ_OP_SCSI_OUT;
-}
-
-static inline bool blk_op_is_private(unsigned int op)
+static inline bool blk_op_is_passthrough(unsigned int op)
 {
+	op &= REQ_OP_MASK;
 	return op == REQ_OP_DRV_IN || op == REQ_OP_DRV_OUT;
 }
 
-static inline bool blk_rq_is_scsi(struct request *rq)
-{
-	return blk_op_is_scsi(req_op(rq));
-}
-
-static inline bool blk_rq_is_private(struct request *rq)
-{
-	return blk_op_is_private(req_op(rq));
-}
-
 static inline bool blk_rq_is_passthrough(struct request *rq)
 {
-	return blk_rq_is_scsi(rq) || blk_rq_is_private(rq);
-}
-
-static inline bool bio_is_passthrough(struct bio *bio)
-{
-	unsigned op = bio_op(bio);
-
-	return blk_op_is_scsi(op) || blk_op_is_private(op);
-}
-
-static inline bool blk_op_is_passthrough(unsigned int op)
-{
-	return (blk_op_is_scsi(op & REQ_OP_MASK) ||
-			blk_op_is_private(op & REQ_OP_MASK));
+	return blk_op_is_passthrough(req_op(rq));
 }
 
 static inline unsigned short req_get_ioprio(struct request *req)
@@ -936,10 +909,12 @@ extern int blk_rq_map_kern(struct request_queue *, struct request *, void *, uns
 extern int blk_rq_map_user_iov(struct request_queue *, struct request *,
 			       struct rq_map_data *, const struct iov_iter *,
 			       gfp_t);
-extern void blk_execute_rq(struct gendisk *, struct request *, int);
 extern void blk_execute_rq_nowait(struct gendisk *,
 				  struct request *, int, rq_end_io_fn *);
 
+blk_status_t blk_execute_rq(struct gendisk *bd_disk, struct request *rq,
+			    int at_head);
+
 /* Helper to convert REQ_OP_XXX to its string format XXX */
 extern const char *blk_op_str(unsigned int op);
 
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nbd-netlink.h b/include/uapi/linux/nbd-netlink.h
index c5d0ef7aa7d5..2d0b90964227 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/nbd-netlink.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/nbd-netlink.h
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ enum {
 	NBD_ATTR_SOCKETS,
 	NBD_ATTR_DEAD_CONN_TIMEOUT,
 	NBD_ATTR_DEVICE_LIST,
+	NBD_ATTR_BACKEND_IDENTIFIER,
 	__NBD_ATTR_MAX,
 };
 #define NBD_ATTR_MAX (__NBD_ATTR_MAX - 1)