Merge branch 'for-2.6.39/stack-plug' into for-2.6.39/core

Conflicts:
	block/blk-core.c
	block/blk-flush.c
	drivers/md/raid1.c
	drivers/md/raid10.c
	drivers/md/raid5.c
	fs/nilfs2/btnode.c
	fs/nilfs2/mdt.c

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com>

137 files changed, 606 insertions, 1533 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/block/biodoc.txt b/Documentation/block/biodoc.txt
index b9a83dd2473..2a7b38c832c 100644
--- a/Documentation/block/biodoc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/block/biodoc.txt
@@ -963,11 +963,6 @@ elevator_dispatch_fn*		fills the dispatch queue with ready requests.
 
 elevator_add_req_fn*		called to add a new request into the scheduler
 
-elevator_queue_empty_fn		returns true if the merge queue is empty.
-				Drivers shouldn't use this, but rather check
-				if elv_next_request is NULL (without losing the
-				request if one exists!)
-
 elevator_former_req_fn
 elevator_latter_req_fn		These return the request before or after the
 				one specified in disk sort order. Used by the
diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index 74d496ccf4d..e1fcf7a2466 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <linux/writeback.h>
 #include <linux/task_io_accounting_ops.h>
 #include <linux/fault-inject.h>
+#include <linux/list_sort.h>
 
 #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
 #include <trace/events/block.h>
@@ -198,135 +199,43 @@ void blk_dump_rq_flags(struct request *rq, char *msg)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_dump_rq_flags);
 
 /*
- * "plug" the device if there are no outstanding requests: this will
- * force the transfer to start only after we have put all the requests
- * on the list.
- *
- * This is called with interrupts off and no requests on the queue and
- * with the queue lock held.
- */
-void blk_plug_device(struct request_queue *q)
+ * Make sure that plugs that were pending when this function was entered,
+ * are now complete and requests pushed to the queue.
+*/
+static inline void queue_sync_plugs(struct request_queue *q)
 {
-	WARN_ON(!irqs_disabled());
-
 	/*