Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block: (27 commits)
  block: remove unused copy_io_context()
  Documentation: remove anticipatory scheduler info
  block: remove REQ_HARDBARRIER
  ioprio: rcu_read_lock/unlock protect find_task_by_vpid call (V2)
  ioprio: fix RCU locking around task dereference
  block: ioctl: fix information leak to userland
  block: read i_size with i_size_read()
  cciss: fix proc warning on attempt to remove non-existant directory
  bio: take care not overflow page count when mapping/copying user data
  block: limit vec count in bio_kmalloc() and bio_alloc_map_data()
  block: take care not to overflow when calculating total iov length
  block: check for proper length of iov entries in blk_rq_map_user_iov()
  cciss: remove controllers supported by hpsa
  cciss: use usleep_range not msleep for small sleeps
  cciss: limit commands allocated on reset_devices
  cciss: Use kernel provided PCI state save and restore functions
  cciss: fix board status waiting code
  drbd: Removed checks for REQ_HARDBARRIER on incomming BIOs
  drbd: REQ_HARDBARRIER -> REQ_FUA transition for meta data accesses
  drbd: Removed the BIO_RW_BARRIER support form the receiver/epoch code
  ...

34 files changed, 367 insertions, 519 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/block/switching-sched.txt b/Documentation/block/switching-sched.txt
index d5af3f63081..71cfbdc0f74 100644
--- a/Documentation/block/switching-sched.txt
+++ b/Documentation/block/switching-sched.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ you can do so by typing:
 As of the Linux 2.6.10 kernel, it is now possible to change the
 IO scheduler for a given block device on the fly (thus making it possible,
 for instance, to set the CFQ scheduler for the system default, but
-set a specific device to use the anticipatory or noop schedulers - which
+set a specific device to use the deadline or noop schedulers - which
 can improve that device's throughput).
 
 To set a specific scheduler, simply do this:
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ a "cat /sys/block/DEV/queue/scheduler" - the list of valid names
 will be displayed, with the currently selected scheduler in brackets:
 
 # cat /sys/block/hda/queue/scheduler
-noop anticipatory deadline [cfq]
-# echo anticipatory > /sys/block/hda/queue/scheduler
+noop deadline [cfq]
+# echo deadline > /sys/block/hda/queue/scheduler
 # cat /sys/block/hda/queue/scheduler
-noop [anticipatory] deadline cfq
+noop [deadline] cfq
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index ed45e9802aa..92e83e53148 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 			arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/elanfreq.c.
 
 	elevator=	[IOSCHED]
-			Format: {"anticipatory" | "cfq" | "deadline" | "noop"}
+			Format: {"cfq" | "deadline" | "noop"}
 			See Documentation/block/as-iosched.txt and
 			Documentation/block/deadline-iosched.txt for details.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/rbtree.txt b/Documentation/rbtree.txt
index 221f38be98f..19f8278c385 100644
--- a/Documentation/rbtree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/rbtree.txt
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ three rotations, respectively, to balance the tree), with slightly slower
 To quote Linux Weekly News:
 
     There are a number of red-black trees in use in the kernel.
-    The anticipatory, deadline, and CFQ I/O schedulers all employ
-    rbtrees to track requests; the packet CD/DVD driver does the same.
+    The deadline and CFQ I/O schedulers employ rbtrees to
+    track requests; the packet CD/DVD driver does the same.
     The high-resolution timer code uses an rbtree to organize outstanding
     timer requests.  The ext3 filesystem tracks directory entries in a
     red-black tree.  Virtual memory areas (VMAs) are tracked with red-black
diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index f0834e2f572..4ce953f1b39 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -1194,13 +1194,6 @@ static int __make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 	int where = ELEVATOR_INSERT_SORT;
 	int rw_flags;
 
-	/* REQ_HARDBARRIER is no more */
-	if (WARN_ONCE(bio->bi_rw & REQ_HARDBARRIER,
-		"block: HARDBARRIER is deprecated, use FLUSH/FUA instead\n")) {
-		bio_endio(bio, -EOPNOTSUPP);
-		return 0;
-	}
-
 	/*
 	 * low level driver can indicate that it wants pages above a
 	 * certain limit bounced to low memory (ie for highmem, or even
@@ -1351,7 +1344,7 @@ static void handle_bad_sector(struct bio *bio)
 			bdevname(bio->bi_bdev, b),
 			bio->bi_rw,
 			(unsigned long long)bio->bi_sector + bio_sectors(bio),
-			(long long)(bio->bi_bdev->bd_inode->i_size >> 9));
+			(long long)(i_size_read(bio->bi_bdev->bd_inode) >> 9));
 
 	set_bit(BIO_EOF, &bio->bi_flags);
 }
@@ -1404,7 +1397,7 @@ static inline int bio_check_eod(struct bio *bio, unsigned int nr_sectors)
 		return 0;
 
 	/* Test device or partition size, when known. */
-	maxsector = bio->bi_bdev->bd_inode->i_size >> 9;
+	maxsector = i_size_read(bio->bi_bdev->bd_inode) >> 9;
 	if (maxsector) {
 		sector_t sector = bio->bi_sector;
 
diff --git a/block/blk-ioc.c b/block/blk-ioc.c
index d22c4c55c40..3c7a339fe38 100644
--- a/block/blk-ioc.c
+++ b/block/blk-ioc.c
@@ -153,20 +153,6 @@ struct io_context *get_io_context(gfp_t gfp_flags, int node)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_io_context);
 
-void copy_io_context(struct io_context **pdst, struct io_context **psrc)
-{
-	struct io_context *src = *psrc;
-	struct io_context *dst = *pdst;
-
-	if (src) {
-		BUG_ON(atomic_long_read(&src->refcount) == 0);
-		atomic_long_inc(&src->refcount);
-		put_io_context(dst);
-		*pdst = src;
-	}
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(copy_io_context);
-
 static int __init blk_ioc_init(void)
 {
 	iocontext_cachep = kmem_cache_create("blkdev_ioc",
diff --git a/block/blk-map.c b/block/blk-map.c
index d4a586d8691..5d5dbe47c22 100644
--- a/block/blk-map.c
+++ b/block/blk-map.c
@@ -205,6 +205,8 @@ int blk_rq_map_user_iov(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq,
 			unaligned = 1;
 			break;
 		}
+		if (!iov[i].iov_len)
+			return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	if (unaligned || (q->dma_pad_mask & len) || map_data)
diff --git a/block/compat_ioctl.c b/block/compat_ioctl.c
index 119f07b74dc..58c6ee5b010 100644
--- a/block/compat_ioctl.c
+++ b/block/compat_ioctl.c
@@ -744,13 +744,13 @@ long compat_blkdev_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned cmd, unsigned long arg)
 		bdi->ra_pages = (arg * 512) / PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
 		return 0;
 	case BLKGETSIZE:
-		size = bdev->bd_inode->i_size;
+		size = i_size_read(bdev->bd_inode);
 		if ((size >> 9) > ~0UL)
 			return -EFBIG;
 		return compat_put_ulong(arg, size >> 9);
 
 	case BLKGETSIZE64_32:
-		return compat_put_u64(arg, bdev->bd_inode->i_size);
+		return compat_put_u64(arg, i_size_read(bdev->bd_inode));
 
 	case BLKTRACESETUP32:
 	case BLKTRACESTART: /* compatible */
diff --git a/block/elevator.c b/block/elevator.c
index 282e8308f7e..2569512830d 100644
--- a/block/elevator.c
+++ b/block/elevator.c
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ void elv_dispatch_sort(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq)
 	q->nr_sorted--;
 
 	boundary = q->end_sector;
-	stop_flags = REQ_SOFTBARRIER | REQ_HARDBARRIER | REQ_STARTED;
+	stop_flags = REQ_SOFTBARRIER | REQ_STARTED;
 	list_for_each_prev(entry, &q->queue_head) {
 		struct request *pos = list_entry_rq(entry);
 
@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ void elv_insert(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq, int where)
 void __elv_add_request(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq, int where,
 		       int plug)
 {
-	if (rq->cmd_flags & (REQ_SOFTBARRIER | REQ_HARDBARRIER)) {
+	if (rq->cmd_flags & REQ_SOFTBARRIER) {
 		/* barriers are scheduling boundary, update end_sector */
 		if (rq->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_FS ||
 		    (rq->cmd_flags & REQ_DISCARD)) {
diff --git a/block/ioctl.c b/block/ioctl.c
index d724ceb1d46..3d866d0037f 100644
--- a/block/ioctl.c
+++ b/block/ioctl.c
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ static int blk_ioctl_discard(struct block_device *bdev, uint64_t start,
 	start >>= 9;
 	len >>= 9;
 
-	if (start + len > (bdev->bd_inode->i_size >> 9))
+	if (start + len > (i_size_read(bdev->bd_inode) >> 9))
 		return -EINVAL;
 	if (secure)
 		flags |= BLKDEV_DISCARD_SECURE;
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ int blkdev_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode, unsigned cmd,
 		 * We need to set the startsect first, the driver may
 		 * want to override it.
 		 */
+		memset(&geo, 0, sizeof(geo));
 		geo.start = get_start_sect(bdev);
 		ret = disk->fops->getgeo(bdev, &geo);
 		if (ret)
@@ -307,12 +308,12 @@ int blkdev_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode, unsigned cmd,
 		ret = blkdev_reread_part(bdev);
 		break;
 	case BLKGETSIZE:
-		size = bdev->bd_inode->i_size;
+		size = i_size_read(bdev->bd_inode);
 		if ((size >> 9) > ~0UL)
 			return -EFBIG;
 		return put_ulong(arg, size >> 9);
 	case BLKGETSIZE64:
-		return put_u64(arg, bdev->bd_inode->i_size);
+		return put_u64(arg, i_size_read(bdev->bd_inode));
 	case BLKTRACESTART:
 	case BLKTRACESTOP:
 	case BLKTRACESETUP:
diff --git a/block/scsi_ioctl.c b/block/scsi_ioctl.c
index a8b5a10eb5b..4f4230b79bb 100644
--- a/block/scsi_ioctl.c
+++ b/block/scsi_ioctl.c
@@ -321,33 +321,47 @@ static int sg_io(struct request_queue *q, struct gendisk *bd_disk,
 	if (hdr->iovec_count) {
 		const int size = sizeof(struct sg_iovec) * hdr->iovec_count;
 		size_t iov_data_len;
-		struct sg_iovec *iov;
+		struct sg_iovec *sg_iov;
+		struct iovec *iov;
+		int i;
 
-		iov = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!iov) {
+		sg_iov = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!sg_iov) {
 			ret = -ENOMEM;
 			goto out;
 		}
 
-		if (copy_from_user(iov, hdr->dxferp, size)) {
-			kfree(iov);
+		if (copy_from_user(sg_iov, hdr->dxferp, size)) {
+			kfree(sg_iov);
 			ret = -EFAULT;
 			goto out;
 		}
 
+		/*
+		 * Sum up the vecs, making sure they don't overflow
+		 */
+		iov = (struct iovec *) sg_iov;
+		iov_data_len = 0;
+		for (i = 0; i < hdr->iovec_count; i++) {
+			if (iov_data_len + iov[i].iov_len < iov_data_len) {
+				kfree(sg_iov);
+				ret = -EINVAL;
+				goto out;
+			}
+			iov_data_len += iov[i].iov_len;
+		}
+
 		/* SG_IO howto says that the shorter of the two wins */
-		iov_data_len = iov_length((struct iovec *)iov,
-					  hdr->iovec_count);
 		if (hdr->dxfer_len < iov_data_len) {
-			hdr->iovec_count = iov_shorten((struct iovec *)iov,
+			hdr->iovec_count = iov_shorten(iov,
 						       hdr->iovec_count,
 						       hdr->dxfer_len);
 			iov_data_len = hdr->dxfer_len;
 		}
 
-		ret = blk_rq_map_user_iov(q, rq, NULL, iov, hdr->iovec_count,
+		ret = blk_rq_map_user_iov(q, rq, NULL, sg_iov, hdr->iovec_count,
 					  iov_data_len, GFP_KERNEL);
-		kfree(iov);
+		kfree(sg_iov);
 	} else if (hdr->dxfer_len)
 		ret = blk_rq_map_user(q, rq, NULL, hdr->dxferp, hdr->dxfer_len,
 				      GFP_KERNEL);
diff --git a/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c b/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c
index 541e1887996..528f6318ded 100644
--- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c
+++ b/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c
@@ -180,9 +180,6 @@ aoeblk_make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 		BUG();
 		bio_endio(bio, -ENXIO);
 		return 0;
-	} else if (bio->bi_rw & REQ_HARDBARRIER) {
-		bio_endio(bio, -EOPNOTSUPP);
-		return 0;
 	} else if (bio->bi_io_vec == NULL) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "aoe: bi_io_vec is NULL\n");
 		BUG();
diff --git a/drivers/block/cciss.c b/drivers/block/cciss.c
index 2cc4dda4627..a67d0a611a8 100644
--- a/drivers/block/cciss.c
+++ b/drivers/block/cciss.c
@@ -113,6 +113,8 @@ static struct board_type products[] = {
 	{0x409D0E11, "Smart Array 6400 EM", &SA5_access},
 	{0x40910E11, "Smart Array 6i", &SA5_access},
 	{0x3225103C, "Smart Array P600", &SA5_access},
+	{0x3223103C, "Smart Array P800", &SA5_access},
+	{0x3234103C, "Smart Array P400", &SA5_access},
 	{0x3235103C, "Smart Array P400i", &SA5_access},
 	{0x3211103C, "Smart Array E200i", &SA5_access},
 	{0x3212103C, "Smart Array E200", &SA5_access},
@@ -3753,7 +3755,7 @@ static void __devinit cciss_wait_for_mode_change_ack(ctlr_info_t *h)
 	for (i = 0; i < MAX_CONFIG_WAIT; i++) {
 		if (!(readl(h->vaddr + SA5_DOORBELL) & CFGTBL_ChangeReq))
 			break;
-		msleep(10);
+		usleep_range(10000, 20000);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -3937,10 +3939,9 @@ static int __devinit cciss_lookup_board_id(struct pci_dev *pdev, u32 *board_id)
 	*board_id = ((subsystem_device_id << 16) & 0xffff0000) |
 			subsystem_vendor_id;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(products); i++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(products); i++)
 		if (*board_id == products[i].board_id)
 			return i;
-	}
 	dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "unrecognized board ID: 0x%08x, ignoring.\n",
 		*board_id);
 	return -ENODEV;
@@ -3971,18 +3972,31 @@ static int __devinit cciss_pci_find_memory_BAR(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	return -ENODEV;
 }
 
-static int __devinit cciss_wait_for_board_ready(ctlr_info_t *h)
+static int __devinit cciss_wait_for_board_state(struct pci_dev *pdev,
+	void __iomem *vaddr, int wait_for_ready)
+#define BOARD_READY 1
+#define BOARD_NOT_READY 0
 {
-	int i;
+	int i, iterations;
 	u32 scratchpad;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < CCISS_BOARD_READY_ITERATIONS; i++) {
-		scratchpad = readl(h->vaddr + SA5_SCRATCHPAD_OFFSET);
-		if (scratchpad == CCISS_FIRMWARE_READY)
-			return 0;
+	if (wait_for_ready)
+		iterations = CCISS_BOARD_READY_ITERATIONS;
+	else
+		iterations = CCISS_BOARD_NOT_READY_ITERATIONS;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < iterations; i++) {
+		scratchpad = readl(vaddr + SA5_SCRATCHPAD_OFFSET);
+		if (wait_for_ready) {
+			if (scratchpad == CCISS_FIRMWARE_READY)
+				return 0;
+		} else {
+			if (scratchpad != CCISS_FIRMWARE_READY)
+				return 0;
+		}
 		msleep(CCISS_BOARD_READY_POLL_INTERVAL_MSECS);
 	}
-	dev_warn(&h->pdev->dev, "board not ready, timed out.\n");
+	dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "board not ready, timed out.\n");
 	return -ENODEV;
 }
 
@@ -4031,6 +4045,11 @@ static int __devinit cciss_find_cfgtables(ctlr_info_t *h)
 static void __devinit cciss_get_max_perf_mode_cmds(struct ctlr_info *h)
 {
 	h->max_commands = readl(&(h->cfgtable->MaxPerformantModeCommands));
+
+	/* Limit commands in memory limited kdump scenario. */
+	if (reset_devices && h->max_commands > 32)
+		h->max_commands = 32;
+
 	if (h->max_commands < 16) {
 		dev_warn(&h->pdev->dev, "Controller reports "
 			"max supported commands of %d, an obvious lie. "
@@ -4148,7 +4167,7 @@ static int __devinit cciss_pci_init(ctlr_info_t *h)
 		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto err_out_free_res;
 	}
-	err = cciss_wait_for_board_ready(h);
+	err = cciss_wait_for_board_state(h->pdev, h->vaddr, BOARD_READY);
 	if (err)
 		goto err_out_free_res;
 	err = cciss_find_cfgtables(h);
@@ -4313,36 +4332,6 @@ static __devinit int cciss_message(struct pci_dev *pdev, unsigned char opcode, u
 #define cciss_soft_reset_controller(p) cciss_message(p, 1, 0)
 #define cciss_noop(p) cciss_message(p, 3, 0)
 
-static __devinit int cciss_reset_msi(struct pci_dev *pdev)
-{
-/* the #defines are stolen from drivers/pci/msi.h. */
-#define msi_control_reg(base)		(base + PCI_MSI_FLAGS)
-#define PCI_MSIX_FLAGS_ENABLE		(1 << 15)
-
-	int pos;
-	u16 control = 0;
-
-	pos = pci_find_capability(pdev, PCI_CAP_ID_MSI);
-	if (pos) {
-		pci_read_config_word(pdev, msi_control_reg(pos), &control);
-		if (control & PCI_MSI_FLAGS_ENABLE) {
-			dev_info(&pdev->dev, "resetting MSI\n");
-			pci_write_config_word(pdev, msi_control_reg(pos), control & ~PCI_MSI_FLAGS_ENABLE);
-		}
-	}
-
-	pos = pci_find_capability(pdev, PCI_CAP_ID_MSIX);
-	if (pos) {
-		pci_read_config_word(pdev, msi_control_reg(pos), &control);
-		if (control & PCI_MSIX_FLAGS_ENABLE) {
-			dev_info(&pdev->dev, "resetting MSI-X\n");
-			pci_write_config_word(pdev, msi_control_reg(pos), control & ~PCI_MSIX_FLAGS_ENABLE);
-		}
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static int cciss_controller_hard_reset(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	void * __iomem vaddr, bool use_doorbell)
 {
@@ -4397,17 +4386,17 @@ static int cciss_controller_hard_reset(struct pci_dev *pdev,
  * states or using the doorbell register. */
 static __devinit int cciss_kdump_hard_reset_controller(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 {
-	u16 saved_config_space[32];
 	u64 cfg_offset;
 	u32 cfg_base_addr;
 	u64 cfg_base_addr_index;
 	void __iomem *vaddr;
 	unsigned long paddr;
 	u32 misc_fw_support, active_transport;
-	int rc, i;
+	int rc;
 	CfgTable_struct __iomem *cfgtable;
 	bool use_doorbell;
 	u32 board_id;
+	u16 command_register;
 
 	/* For controllers as old a the p600, this is very nearly
 	 * the same thing as
@@ -4417,14 +4406,6 @@ static __devinit int cciss_kdump_hard_reset_controller(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 	 * pci_set_power_state(pci_dev, PCI_D0);
 	 * pci_restore_state(pci_dev);
 	 *
-	 * but we can't use these nice canned kernel routines on
-	 * kexec, because they also check the MSI/MSI-X state in PCI
-	 * configuration space and do the wrong thing when it is
-	 * set/cleared.  Also, the pci_save/restore_state functions
-	 * violate the ordering requirements for restoring the
-	 * configuration space from the CCISS document (see the
-	 * comment below).  So we roll our own ....
-	 *
 	 * For controllers newer than the P600, the pci power state
 	 * method of resetting doesn't work so we have another way
 	 * using the doorbell register.
@@ -4443,8 +4424,13 @@ static __devinit int cciss_kdump_hard_reset_controller(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 
-	for (i = 0; i < 32; i++)
-		pci_read_config_word(pdev, 2*i, &saved_config_space[i]);
+	/* Save the PCI command register */
+	pci_read_config_word(pdev, 4, &command_register);
+	/* Turn the board off.  This is so that later pci_restore_state()
+	 * won't turn the board on before the rest of config space is ready.
+	 */
+	pci_disable_device(pdev);
+	pci_save_state(pdev);
 
 	/* find the first memory BAR, so we can find the cfg table */
 	rc = cciss_pci_find_memory_BAR(pdev, &paddr);
@@ -4479,26 +4465,32 @@ static __devinit int cciss_kdump_hard_reset_controller(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 	rc = cciss_controller_hard_reset(pdev, vaddr, use_doorbell);
 	if (rc)
 		goto unmap_cfgtable;
-
-	/* Restore the PCI configuration space.  The Open CISS
-	 * Specification says, "Restore the PCI Configuration
-	 * Registers, offsets 00h through 60h. It is important to
-	 * restore the command register, 16-bits at offset 04h,
-	 * last. Do not restore the configuration status register,
-	 * 16-bits at offset 06h."  Note that the offset is 2*i.
-	 */
-	for (i = 0; i < 32; i++) {
-		if (i == 2 || i == 3)
-			continue;
-		pci_write_config_word(pdev, 2*i, saved_config_space[i]);
+	pci_restore_state(pdev);
+	rc = pci_enable_device(pdev);
+	if (rc) {
+		dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "failed to enable device.\n");
+		goto unmap_cfgtable;
 	}
-	wmb();
-	pci_write_config_word(pdev, 4, saved_config_space[2]);
+	pci_write_config_word(pdev, 4, command_register);
 
 	/* Some devices (notably the HP Smart Array 5i Controller)
 	   need a little pause here */
 	msleep(CCISS_POST_RESET_PAUSE_MSECS);
 
+	/* Wait for board to become not ready, then ready. */
+	dev_info(&pdev->dev, "Waiting for board to become ready.\n");
+	rc = cciss_wait_for_board_state(pdev, vaddr, BOARD_NOT_READY);
+	if (rc) /* Don't bail, might be E500, etc. which can't be reset */
+		dev_warn(&pdev->dev,
+			"failed waiting for board to become not ready\n");
+	rc = cciss_wait_for_board_state(pdev, vaddr, BOARD_READY);
+	if (rc) {
+		dev_warn(&pdev->dev,
+			"failed waiting for board to become ready\n");
+		goto unmap_cfgtable;
+	}
+	dev_info(&pdev->dev, "board ready.\n");
+
 	/* Controller should be in simple mode at this point.  If it's not,
 	 * It means we're on one of those controllers which doesn't support
 	 * the doorbell reset method and on which the PCI power management reset
@@ -4539,8 +4531,6 @@ static __devinit int cciss_init_reset_devices(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 		return 0; /* just try to do the kdump anyhow. */
 	if (rc)
 		return -ENODEV;
-	if (cciss_reset_msi(pdev))
-		return -ENODEV;
 
 	/* Now try to get the controller to respond to a no-op */
 	for (i = 0; i < CCISS_POST_RESET_NOOP_RETRIES; i++) {
@@ -4936,7 +4926,8 @@ static void __exit cciss_cleanup(void)
 		}
 	}
 	kthread_stop(cciss_scan_thread);
-	remove_proc_entry("driver/cciss", NULL);
+	if (proc_cciss)
+		remove_proc_entry("driver/cciss", NULL);
 	bus_unregister(&cciss_bus_type);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/block/cciss.h b/drivers/block/cciss.h
index ae340ffc8f8..4b8933d778f 100644
--- a/drivers/block/cciss.h
+++ b/drivers/block/cciss.h
@@ -200,10 +200,14 @@ struct ctlr_info
  * the above.
  */
 #define CCISS_BOARD_READY_WAIT_SECS (120)
+#define CCISS_BOARD_NOT_READY_WAIT_SECS (10)
 #define CCISS_BOARD_READY_POLL_INTERVAL_MSECS (100)
 #define CCISS_BOARD_READY_ITERATIONS \
 	((CCISS_BOARD_READY_WAIT_SECS * 1000) / \
 		CCISS_BOARD_READY_POLL_INTERVAL_MSECS)
+#define CCISS_BOARD_NOT_READY_ITERATIONS \
+	((CCISS_BOARD_NOT_READY_WAIT_SECS * 1000) / \
+		CCISS_BOARD_READY_POLL_INTERVAL_MSECS)
 #define CCISS_POST_RESET_PAUSE_MSECS (3000)
 #define CCISS_POST_RESET_NOOP_INTERVAL_MSECS (1000)
 #define CCISS_POST_RESET_NOOP_RETRIES (12)
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_actlog.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_actlog.c
index ac04ef97eac..ba95cba192b 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_actlog.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_actlog.c
@@ -78,11 +78,10 @@ static int _drbd_md_sync_page_io(struct drbd_conf *mdev,
 	init_completion(&md_io.event);
 	md_io.error = 0;
 
-	if ((rw & WRITE) && !test_bit(MD_NO_BARRIER, &mdev->flags))
-		rw |= REQ_HARDBARRIER;
+	if ((rw & WRITE) && !test_bit(MD_NO_FUA, &mdev->flags))
+		rw |= REQ_FUA;
 	rw |= REQ_UNPLUG | REQ_SYNC;
 
- retry:
 	bio = bio_alloc(GFP_NOIO, 1);
 	bio->bi_bdev = bdev->md_bdev;
 	bio->bi_sector = sector;
@@ -100,17 +99,6 @@ static int _drbd_md_sync_page_io(struct drbd_conf *mdev,
 	wait_for_completion(&md_io.event);
 	ok = bio_flagged(bio, BIO_UPTODATE) && md_io.error == 0;
 
-	/* check for unsupported barrier op.
-	 * would rather check on EOPNOTSUPP, but that is not reliable.
-	 * don't try again for ANY return value != 0 */
-	if (unlikely((bio->bi_rw & REQ_HARDBARRIER) && !ok)) {
-		/* Try again with no barrier */
-		dev_warn(DEV, "Barriers not supported on meta data device - disabling\n");
-		set_bit(MD_NO_BARRIER, &mdev->flags);
-		rw &= ~REQ_HARDBARRIER;
-		bio_put(bio);
-		goto retry;
-	}
  out:
 	bio_put(bio);
 	return ok;
@@ -284,18 +272,32 @@ w_al_write_transaction(struct drbd_conf *mdev, struct drbd_work *w, int unused)
 	u32 xor_sum = 0;
 
 	if (!get_ldev(mdev)) {
-		dev_err(DEV, "get_ldev() failed in w_al_write_transaction\n");
+		dev_err(DEV,
+			"disk is %s, cannot start al transaction (-%d +%d)\n",
+			drbd_disk_str(mdev->state.disk), evicted, new_enr);
 		complete(&((struct update_al_work *)w)->event);
 		return 1;
 	}
 	/* do we have to do a bitmap write, first?
 	 * TODO reduce maximum latency:
 	 * submit both bios, then wait for both,
-	 * instead of doing two synchronous sector writes. */
+	 * instead of doing two synchronous sector writes.
+	 * For now, we must not write the transaction,
+	 * if we cannot write out the bitmap of the evicted extent. */
 	if (mdev->state.conn < C_CONNECTED && evicted != LC_FREE)
 		drbd_bm_write_sect(mdev, evicted/AL_EXT_PER_BM_SECT);
 
-	mutex_lock(&mdev->md_io_mutex); /* protects md_io_page, al_tr_cycle, ... */
+	/* The bitmap write may have failed, causing a state change. */
+	if (mdev->state.disk < D_INCONSISTENT) {
+		dev_err(DEV,
+			"disk is %s, cannot write al transaction (-%d +%d)\n",
+			drbd_disk_str(mdev->state.disk), evicted, new_enr);
+		complete(&((struct update_al_work *)w)->event);
+		put_ldev(mdev);
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	mutex_lock(&mdev->md_io_mutex); /* protects md_io_buffer, al_tr_cycle, ... */
 	buffer = (struct al_transaction *)page_address(mdev->md_io_page);
 
 	buffer->magic = __constant_cpu_to_be32(DRBD_MAGIC);
@@ -739,7 +741,7 @@ void drbd_al_apply_to_bm(struct drbd_conf *mdev)
 	unsigned int enr;
 	unsigned long add = 0;
 	char ppb[10];
-	int i;
+	int i, tmp;
 
 	wait_event(mdev->al_wait, lc_try_lock(mdev->act_log));
 
@@ -747,7 +749,9 @@ void drbd_al_apply_to_bm(struct drbd_conf *mdev)
 		enr = lc_element_by_index(mdev->act_log, i)->lc_number;
 		if (enr == LC_FREE)
 			continue;
-		add += drbd_bm_ALe_set_all(mdev, enr);
+		tmp = drbd_bm_ALe_set_all(mdev, enr);
+		dynamic_dev_dbg(DEV, "AL: set %d bits in extent %u\n", tmp, enr);
+		add += tmp;
 	}
 
 	lc_unlock(mdev->act_log);
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
index 9bdcf4393c0..1ea1a34e78b 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
@@ -114,11 +114,11 @@ struct drbd_conf;
 #define D_ASSERT(exp)	if (!(exp)) \
 	 dev_err(DEV, "ASSERT( " #exp " ) in %s:%d\n", __FILE__, __LINE__)
 
-#define ERR_IF(exp) if (({				\
-	int _b = (exp) != 0;				\
-	if (_b) dev_err(DEV, "%s: (%s) in %s:%d\n",	\
-		__func__, #exp, __FILE__, __LINE__);	\
-	 _b;						\
+#define ERR_IF(exp) if (({						\
+	int _b = (exp) != 0;						\
+	if (_b) dev_err(DEV, "ASSERT FAILED: %s: (%s) in %s:%d\n",	\
+			__func__, #exp, __FILE__, __LINE__);		\
+	_b;								\
 	}))
 
 /* Defines to control fault insertion */
@@ -749,17 +749,12 @@ struct drbd_epoch {
 
 /* drbd_epoch flag bits */
 enum {
-	DE_BARRIER_IN_NEXT_EPOCH_ISSUED,
-	DE_BARRIER_IN_NEXT_EPOCH_DONE,
-	DE_CONTAINS_A_BARRIER,
 	DE_HAVE_BARRIER_NUMBER,
-	DE_IS_FINISHING,
 };
 
 enum epoch_event {
 	EV_PUT,
 	EV_GOT_BARRIER_NR,
-	EV_BARRIER_DONE,
 	EV_BECAME_LAST,
 	EV_CLEANUP = 32, /* used as flag */
 };
@@ -801,11 +796,6 @@ enum {
 	__EE_CALL_AL_COMPLETE_IO,
 	__EE_MAY_SET_IN_SYNC,
 
-	/* This epoch entry closes an epoch using a barrier.
-	 * On sucessful completion, the epoch is released,
-	 * and the P_BARRIER_ACK send. */
-	__EE_IS_BARRIER,
-
 	/* In case a barrier failed,
 	 * we need to resubmit without the barrier flag. */
 	__EE_RESUBMITTED,
@@ -820,7 +810,6 @@ enum {
 };
 #define EE_CALL_AL_COMPLETE_IO (1<<__EE_CALL_AL_COMPLETE_IO)
 #define EE_MAY_SET_IN_SYNC     (1<<__EE_MAY_SET_IN_SYNC)
-#define EE_IS_BARRIER          (1<<__EE_IS_BARRIER)
 #define	EE_RESUBMITTED         (1<<__EE_RESUBMITTED)
 #define EE_WAS_ERROR           (1<<__EE_WAS_ERROR)
 #define EE_HAS_DIGEST          (1<<__EE_HAS_DIGEST)
@@ -843,16 +832,15 @@ enum {
 				 * Gets cleared when the state.conn
 				 * goes into C_CONNECTED state. */
 	WRITE_BM_AFTER_RESYNC,	/* A kmalloc() during resync failed */
-	NO_BARRIER_SUPP,	/* underlying block device doesn't implement barriers */
 	CONSIDER_RESYNC,
 
-	MD_NO_BARRIER,		/* meta data device does not support barriers,
-				   so don't even try */
+	MD_NO_FUA,		/* Users wants us to not use FUA/FLUSH on meta data dev */
 	SUSPEND_IO,		/* suspend application io */
 	BITMAP_IO,		/* suspend application io;
 				   once no more io in flight, start bitmap io */
 	BITMAP_IO_QUEUED,       /* Started bitmap IO */
-	GO_DISKLESS,		/* Disk failed, local_cnt reached zero, we are going diskless */