[PATCH] Split struct request ->flags into two parts

Right now ->flags is a bit of a mess: some are request types, and
others are just modifiers. Clean this up by splitting it into
->cmd_type and ->cmd_flags. This allows introduction of generic
Linux block message types, useful for sending generic Linux commands
to block devices.

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>

39 files changed, 295 insertions, 301 deletions

diff --git a/block/as-iosched.c b/block/as-iosched.c
index 5da56d48fbd3..ad1cc4077819 100644
--- a/block/as-iosched.c
+++ b/block/as-iosched.c
@@ -1335,7 +1335,7 @@ static void as_add_request(request_queue_t *q, struct request *rq)
 	arq->state = AS_RQ_NEW;
 
 	if (rq_data_dir(arq->request) == READ
-			|| (arq->request->flags & REQ_RW_SYNC))
+			|| (arq->request->cmd_flags & REQ_RW_SYNC))
 		arq->is_sync = 1;
 	else
 		arq->is_sync = 0;
diff --git a/block/elevator.c b/block/elevator.c
index 9b72dc7c8a5c..4ac97b642042 100644
--- a/block/elevator.c
+++ b/block/elevator.c
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ void elv_dispatch_sort(request_queue_t *q, struct request *rq)
 	list_for_each_prev(entry, &q->queue_head) {
 		struct request *pos = list_entry_rq(entry);
 
-		if (pos->flags & (REQ_SOFTBARRIER|REQ_HARDBARRIER|REQ_STARTED))
+		if (pos->cmd_flags & (REQ_SOFTBARRIER|REQ_HARDBARRIER|REQ_STARTED))
 			break;
 		if (rq->sector >= boundary) {
 			if (pos->sector < boundary)
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ void elv_requeue_request(request_queue_t *q, struct request *rq)
 			e->ops->elevator_deactivate_req_fn(q, rq);
 	}
 
-	rq->flags &= ~REQ_STARTED;
+	rq->cmd_flags &= ~REQ_STARTED;
 
 	elv_insert(q, rq, ELEVATOR_INSERT_REQUEUE);
 }
@@ -344,13 +344,13 @@ void elv_insert(request_queue_t *q, struct request *rq, int where)
 
 	switch (where) {
 	case ELEVATOR_INSERT_FRONT:
-		rq->flags |= REQ_SOFTBARRIER;
+		rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_SOFTBARRIER;
 
 		list_add(&rq->queuelist, &q->queue_head);
 		break;
 
 	case ELEVATOR_INSERT_BACK:
-		rq->flags |= REQ_SOFTBARRIER;
+		rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_SOFTBARRIER;
 		elv_drain_elevator(q);
 		list_add_tail(&rq->queuelist, &q->queue_head);
 		/*
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ void elv_insert(request_queue_t *q, struct request *rq, int where)
 
 	case ELEVATOR_INSERT_SORT:
 		BUG_ON(!blk_fs_request(rq));
-		rq->flags |= REQ_SORTED;
+		rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_SORTED;
 		q->nr_sorted++;
 		if (q->last_merge == NULL && rq_mergeable(rq))
 			q->last_merge = rq;
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ void elv_insert(request_queue_t *q, struct request *rq, int where)
 		 * insertion; otherwise, requests should be requeued
 		 * in ordseq order.
 		 */
-		rq->flags |= REQ_SOFTBARRIER;
+		rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_SOFTBARRIER;
 
 		if (q->ordseq == 0) {
 			list_add(&rq->queuelist, &q->queue_head);
@@ -429,9 +429,9 @@ void __elv_add_request(request_queue_t *q, struct request *rq, int where,
 		       int plug)
 {
 	if (q->ordcolor)
-		rq->flags |= REQ_ORDERED_COLOR;
+		rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_ORDERED_COLOR;
 
-	if (rq->flags & (REQ_SOFTBARRIER | REQ_HARDBARRIER)) {
+	if (rq->cmd_flags & (REQ_SOFTBARRIER | REQ_HARDBARRIER)) {
 		/*
 		 * toggle ordered color
 		 */
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ void __elv_add_request(request_queue_t *q, struct request *rq, int where,
 			q->end_sector = rq_end_sector(rq);
 			q->boundary_rq = rq;
 		}
-	} else if (!(rq->flags & REQ_ELVPRIV) && where == ELEVATOR_INSERT_SORT)
+	} else if (!(rq->cmd_flags & REQ_ELVPRIV) && where == ELEVATOR_INSERT_SORT)
 		where = ELEVATOR_INSERT_BACK;
 
 	if (plug)
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ struct request *elv_next_request(request_queue_t *q)
 	int ret;
 
 	while ((rq = __elv_next_request(q)) != NULL) {
-		if (!(rq->flags & REQ_STARTED)) {
+		if (!(rq->cmd_flags & REQ_STARTED)) {
 			elevator_t *e = q->elevator;
 
 			/*
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ struct request *elv_next_request(request_queue_t *q)
 			 * it, a request that has been delayed should
 			 * not be passed by new incoming requests
 			 */
-			rq->flags |= REQ_STARTED;
+			rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_STARTED;
 			blk_add_trace_rq(q, rq, BLK_TA_ISSUE);
 		}
 
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ struct request *elv_next_request(request_queue_t *q)
 			q->boundary_rq = NULL;
 		}
 
-		if ((rq->flags & REQ_DONTPREP) || !q->prep_rq_fn)
+		if ((rq->cmd_flags & REQ_DONTPREP) || !q->prep_rq_fn)
 			break;
 
 		ret = q->prep_rq_fn(q, rq);
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ struct request *elv_next_request(request_queue_t *q)
 				nr_bytes = rq->data_len;
 
 			blkdev_dequeue_request(rq);
-			rq->flags |= REQ_QUIET;
+			rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_QUIET;
 			end_that_request_chunk(rq, 0, nr_bytes);
 			end_that_request_last(rq, 0);
 		} else {
diff --git a/block/ll_rw_blk.c b/block/ll_rw_blk.c
index 51dc0edf76e0..9b91bb70c5ed 100644
--- a/block/ll_rw_blk.c
+++ b/block/ll_rw_blk.c
@@ -382,8 +382,8 @@ unsigned blk_ordered_req_seq(struct request *rq)
 	if (rq == &q->post_flush_rq)
 		return QUEUE_ORDSEQ_POSTFLUSH;
 
-	if ((rq->flags & REQ_ORDERED_COLOR) ==
-	    (q->orig_bar_rq->flags & REQ_ORDERED_COLOR))
+	if ((rq->cmd_flags & REQ_ORDERED_COLOR) ==
+	    (q->orig_bar_rq->cmd_flags & REQ_ORDERED_COLOR))
 		return QUEUE_ORDSEQ_DRAIN;
 	else
 		return QUEUE_ORDSEQ_DONE;
@@ -446,8 +446,8 @@ static void queue_flush(request_queue_t *q, unsigned which)
 		end_io = post_flush_end_io;
 	}
 
+	rq->cmd_flags = REQ_HARDBARRIER;
 	rq_init(q, rq);
-	rq->flags = REQ_HARDBARRIER;
 	rq->elevator_private = NULL;
 	rq->rq_disk = q->bar_rq.rq_disk;
 	rq->rl = NULL;
@@ -471,9 +471,11 @@ static inline struct request *start_ordered(request_queue_t *q,
 	blkdev_dequeue_request(rq);
 	q->orig_bar_rq = rq;
 	rq = &q->bar_rq;
+	rq->cmd_flags = 0;
 	rq_init(q, rq);
-	rq->flags = bio_data_dir(q->orig_bar_rq->bio);
-	rq->flags |= q->ordered & QUEUE_ORDERED_FUA ? REQ_FUA : 0;
+	if (bio_data_dir(q->orig_bar_rq->bio) == WRITE)
+		rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_RW;
+	rq->cmd_flags |= q->ordered & QUEUE_ORDERED_FUA ? REQ_FUA : 0;
 	rq->elevator_private = NULL;
 	rq->rl = NULL;
 	init_request_from_bio(rq, q->orig_bar_rq->bio);
@@ -1124,7 +1126,7 @@ void blk_queue_end_tag(request_queue_t *q, struct request *rq)
 	}
 
 	list_del_init(&rq->queuelist);
-	rq->flags &= ~REQ_QUEUED;
+	rq->cmd_flags &= ~REQ_QUEUED;
 	rq->tag = -1;
 
 	if (unlikely(bqt->tag_index[tag] == NULL))
@@ -1160,7 +1162,7 @@ int blk_queue_start_tag(request_queue_t *q, struct request *rq)
 	struct blk_queue_tag *bqt = q->queue_tags;
 	int tag;
 
-	if (unlikely((rq->flags & REQ_QUEUED))) {
+	if (unlikely((rq->cmd_flags & REQ_QUEUED))) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR 
 		       "%s: request %p for device [%s] already tagged %d",
 		       __FUNCTION__, rq,
@@ -1174,7 +1176,7 @@ int blk_queue_start_tag(request_queue_t *q, struct request *rq)
 
 	__set_bit(tag, bqt->tag_map);
 
-	rq->flags |= REQ_QUEUED;
+	rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_QUEUED;
 	rq->tag = tag;
 	bqt->tag_index[tag] = rq;
 	blkdev_dequeue_request(rq);
@@ -1210,65 +1212,31 @@ void blk_queue_invalidate_tags(request_queue_t *q)
 			printk(KERN_ERR
 			       "%s: bad tag found on list\n", __FUNCTION__);
 			list_del_init(&rq->queuelist);
-			rq->flags &= ~REQ_QUEUED;
+			rq->cmd_flags &= ~REQ_QUEUED;
 		} else
 			blk_queue_end_tag(q, rq);
 
-		rq->flags &= ~REQ_STARTED;
+		rq->cmd_flags &= ~REQ_STARTED;
 		__elv_add_request(q, rq, ELEVATOR_INSERT_BACK, 0);
 	}
 }
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_queue_invalidate_tags);
 
-static const char * const rq_flags[] = {
-	"REQ_RW",
-	"REQ_FAILFAST",
-	"REQ_SORTED",
-	"REQ_SOFTBARRIER",
-	"REQ_HARDBARRIER",
-	"REQ_FUA",
-	"REQ_CMD",
-	"REQ_NOMERGE",
-	"REQ_STARTED",
-	"REQ_DONTPREP",
-	"REQ_QUEUED",
-	"REQ_ELVPRIV",
-	"REQ_PC",
-	"REQ_BLOCK_PC",
-	"REQ_SENSE",
-	"REQ_FAILED",
-	"REQ_QUIET",
-	"REQ_SPECIAL",
-	"REQ_DRIVE_CMD",
-	"REQ_DRIVE_TASK",
-	"REQ_DRIVE_TASKFILE",
-	"REQ_PREEMPT",
-	"REQ_PM_SUSPEND",
-	"REQ_PM_RESUME",
-	"REQ_PM_SHUTDOWN",
-	"REQ_ORDERED_COLOR",
-};
-
 void blk_dump_rq_flags(struct request *rq, char *msg)
 {
 	int bit;
 
-	printk("%s: dev %s: flags = ", msg,
-		rq->rq_disk ? rq->rq_disk->disk_name : "?");
-	bit = 0;
-	do {
-		if (rq->flags & (1 << bit))
-			printk("%s ", rq_flags[bit]);
-		bit++;
-	} while (bit < __REQ_NR_BITS);
+	printk("%s: dev %s: type=%x, flags=%x\n", msg,
+		rq->rq_disk ? rq->rq_disk->disk_name : "?", rq->cmd_type,
+		rq->cmd_flags);
 
 	printk("\nsector %llu, nr/cnr %lu/%u\n", (unsigned long long)rq->sector,
 						       rq->nr_sectors,
 						       rq->current_nr_sectors);
 	printk("bio %p, biotail %p, buffer %p, data %p, len %u\n", rq->bio, rq->biotail, rq->buffer, rq->data, rq->data_len);
 
-	if (rq->flags & (REQ_BLOCK_PC | REQ_PC)) {
+	if (blk_pc_request(rq)) {
 		printk("cdb: ");
 		for (bit = 0; bit < sizeof(rq->cmd); bit++)
 			printk("%02x ", rq->cmd[bit]);
@@ -1441,7 +1409,7 @@ static inline int ll_new_mergeable(request_queue_t *q,
 	int nr_phys_segs = bio_phys_segments(q, bio);
 
 	if (req->nr_phys_segments + nr_phys_segs > q->max_phys_segments) {
-		req->flags |= REQ_NOMERGE;
+		req->cmd_flags |= REQ_NOMERGE;
 		if (req == q->last_merge)
 			q->last_merge = NULL;
 		return 0;
@@ -1464,7 +1432,7 @@ static inline int ll_new_hw_segment(request_queue_t *q,
 
 	if (req->nr_hw_segments + nr_hw_segs > q->max_hw_segments
 	    || req->nr_phys_segments + nr_phys_segs > q->max_phys_segments) {
-		req->flags |= REQ_NOMERGE;
+		req->cmd_flags |= REQ_NOMERGE;
 		if (req == q->last_merge)
 			q->last_merge = NULL;
 		return 0;
@@ -1491,7 +1459,7 @@ static int ll_back_merge_fn(request_queue_t *q, struct request *req,
 		max_sectors = q->max_sectors;
 
 	if (req->nr_sectors + bio_sectors(bio) > max_sectors) {
-		req->flags |= REQ_NOMERGE;
+		req->cmd_flags |= REQ_NOMERGE;
 		if (req == q->last_merge)
 			q->last_merge = NULL;
 		return 0;
@@ -1530,7 +1498,7 @@ static int ll_front_merge_fn(request_queue_t *q, struct request *req,
 
 
 	if (req->nr_sectors + bio_sectors(bio) > max_sectors) {
-		req->flags |= REQ_NOMERGE;
+		req->cmd_flags |= REQ_NOMERGE;
 		if (req == q->last_merge)
 			q->last_merge = NULL;
 		return 0;
@@ -2029,7 +1997,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_get_queue);
 
 static inline void blk_free_request(request_queue_t *q, struct request *rq)
 {
-	if (rq->flags & REQ_ELVPRIV)
+	if (rq->cmd_flags & REQ_ELVPRIV)
 		elv_put_request(q, rq);
 	mempool_free(rq, q->rq.rq_pool);
 }
@@ -2044,17 +2012,17 @@ blk_alloc_request(request_queue_t *q, int rw, struct bio *bio,
 		return NULL;
 
 	/*
-	 * first three bits are identical in rq->flags and bio->bi_rw,
+	 * first three bits are identical in rq->cmd_flags and bio->bi_rw,
 	 * see bio.h and blkdev.h
 	 */
-	rq->flags = rw;
+	rq->cmd_flags = rw;
 
 	if (priv) {
 		if (unlikely(elv_set_request(q, rq, bio, gfp_mask))) {
 			mempool_free(rq, q->rq.rq_pool);
 			return NULL;
 		}
-		rq->flags |= REQ_ELVPRIV;
+		rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_ELVPRIV;
 	}
 
 	return rq;
@@ -2351,7 +2319,8 @@ void blk_insert_request(request_queue_t *q, struct request *rq,
 	 * must not attempt merges on this) and that it acts as a soft
 	 * barrier
 	 */
-	rq->flags |= REQ_SPECIAL | REQ_SOFTBARRIER;
+	rq->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_SPECIAL;
+	rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_SOFTBARRIER;
 
 	rq->special = data;
 
@@ -2558,7 +2527,7 @@ void blk_execute_rq_nowait(request_queue_t *q, struct gendisk *bd_disk,
 	int where = at_head ? ELEVATOR_INSERT_FRONT : ELEVATOR_INSERT_BACK;
 
 	rq->rq_disk = bd_disk;
-	rq->flags |= REQ_NOMERGE;
+	rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_NOMERGE;
 	rq->end_io = done;
 	WARN_ON(irqs_disabled());
 	spin_lock_irq(q->queue_lock);
@@ -2728,7 +2697,7 @@ void __blk_put_request(request_queue_t *q, struct request *req)
 	 */
 	if (rl) {
 		int rw = rq_data_dir(req);
-		int priv = req->flags & REQ_ELVPRIV;
+		int priv = req->cmd_flags & REQ_ELVPRIV;
 
 		BUG_ON(!list_empty(&req->queuelist));
 
@@ -2890,22 +2859,22 @@ static inline int attempt_front_merge(request_queue_t *q, struct request *rq)
 
 static void init_request_from_bio(struct request *req, struct bio *bio)
 {
-	req->flags |= REQ_CMD;
+	req->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_FS;
 
 	/*
 	 * inherit FAILFAST from bio (for read-ahead, and explicit FAILFAST)
 	 */
 	if (bio_rw_ahead(bio) || bio_failfast(bio))
-		req->flags |= REQ_FAILFAST;
+		req->cmd_flags |= REQ_FAILFAST;
 
 	/*
 	 * REQ_BARRIER implies no merging, but lets make it explicit
 	 */
 	if (unlikely(bio_barrier(bio)))
-		req->flags |= (REQ_HARDBARRIER | REQ_NOMERGE);
+		req->cmd_flags |= (REQ_HARDBARRIER | REQ_NOMERGE);
 
 	if (bio_sync(bio))
-		req->flags |= REQ_RW_SYNC;
+		req->cmd_flags |= REQ_RW_SYNC;
 
 	req->errors = 0;
 	req->hard_sector = req->sector = bio->bi_sector;
@@ -3306,7 +3275,7 @@ static int __end_that_request_first(struct request *req, int uptodate,
 		req->errors = 0;
 
 	if (!uptodate) {
-		if (blk_fs_request(req) && !(req->flags & REQ_QUIET))
+		if (blk_fs_request(req) && !(req->cmd_flags & REQ_QUIET))
 			printk("end_request: I/O error, dev %s, sector %llu\n",
 				req->rq_disk ? req->rq_disk->disk_name : "?",
 				(unsigned long long)req->sector);
@@ -3569,8 +3538,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(end_request);
 
 void blk_rq_bio_prep(request_queue_t *q, struct request *rq, struct bio *bio)
 {
-	/* first two bits are identical in rq->flags and bio->bi_rw */
-	rq->flags |= (bio->bi_rw & 3);
+	/* first two bits are identical in rq->cmd_flags and bio->bi_rw */
+	rq->cmd_flags |= (bio->bi_rw & 3);
 
 	rq->nr_phys_segments = bio_phys_segments(q, bio);
 	rq->nr_hw_segments = bio_hw_segments(q, bio);
diff --git a/block/scsi_ioctl.c b/block/scsi_ioctl.c
index b33eda26e205..2dc326421a24 100644
--- a/block/scsi_ioctl.c
+++ b/block/scsi_ioctl.c
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ static int sg_io(struct file *file, request_queue_t *q,
 	rq->sense = sense;
 	rq->sense_len = 0;
 
-	rq->flags |= REQ_BLOCK_PC;
+	rq->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_BLOCK_PC;
 	bio = rq->bio;
 
 	/*
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ int sg_scsi_ioctl(struct file *file, struct request_queue *q,
 	memset(sense, 0, sizeof(sense));
 	rq->sense = sense;
 	rq->sense_len = 0;
-	rq->flags |= REQ_BLOCK_PC;
+	rq->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_BLOCK_PC;
 
 	blk_execute_rq(q, disk, rq, 0);
 
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ static int __blk_send_generic(request_queue_t *q, struct gendisk *bd_disk, int c
 	int err;
 
 	rq = blk_get_request(q, WRITE, __GFP_WAIT);
-	rq->flags |= REQ_BLOCK_PC;
+	rq->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_BLOCK_PC;
 	rq->data = NULL;
 	rq->data_len = 0;
 	rq->timeout = BLK_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT;
diff --git a/drivers/block/floppy.c b/drivers/block/floppy.c
index ad1d7065a1b2..629c5769d994 100644
--- a/drivers/block/floppy.c
+++ b/drivers/block/floppy.c
@@ -2991,8 +2991,8 @@ static void do_fd_request(request_queue_t * q)
 	if (usage_count == 0) {
 		printk("warning: usage count=0, current_req=%p exiting\n",
 		       current_req);
-		printk("sect=%ld flags=%lx\n", (long)current_req->sector,
-		       current_req->flags);
+		printk("sect=%ld type=%x flags=%x\n", (long)current_req->sector,
+		       current_req->cmd_type, current_req->cmd_flags);
 		return;
 	}
 	if (test_bit(0, &fdc_busy)) {
diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c
index bdbade9a5cf5..9d1035e8d9d8 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c
@@ -407,10 +407,10 @@ static void do_nbd_request(request_queue_t * q)
 		struct nbd_device *lo;
 
 		blkdev_dequeue_request(req);
-		dprintk(DBG_BLKDEV, "%s: request %p: dequeued (flags=%lx)\n",
-				req->rq_disk->disk_name, req, req->flags);
+		dprintk(DBG_BLKDEV, "%s: request %p: dequeued (flags=%x)\n",
+				req->rq_disk->disk_name, req, req->cmd_type);
 
-		if (!(req->flags & REQ_CMD))
+		if (!blk_fs_request(req))
 			goto error_out;
 
 		lo = req->rq_disk->private_data;
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ static int nbd_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
 	switch (cmd) {
 	case NBD_DISCONNECT:
 	        printk(KERN_INFO "%s: NBD_DISCONNECT\n", lo->disk->disk_name);
-		sreq.flags = REQ_SPECIAL;
+		sreq.cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_SPECIAL;
 		nbd_cmd(&sreq) = NBD_CMD_DISC;
 		/*
 		 * Set these to sane values in case server implementation
diff --git a/drivers/block/paride/pd.c b/drivers/block/paride/pd.c
index 2403721f9db1..12ff1a274d91 100644
--- a/drivers/block/paride/pd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/paride/pd.c
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ static char *pd_buf;		/* buffer for request in progress */
 
 static enum action do_pd_io_start(void)
 {
-	if (pd_req->flags & REQ_SPECIAL) {
+	if (blk_special_request(pd_req)) {
 		phase = pd_special;
 		return pd_special();
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c b/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c
index 451b996bba91..42891d2b054e 100644
--- a/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c
@@ -365,16 +365,16 @@ static int pkt_generic_packet(struct pktcdvd_device *pd, struct packet_command *
 	rq->sense = sense;
 	memset(sense, 0, sizeof(sense));
 	rq->sense_len = 0;
-	rq->flags |= REQ_BLOCK_PC | REQ_HARDBARRIER;
+	rq->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_BLOCK_PC;
+	rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_HARDBARRIER;
 	if (cgc->quiet)
-		rq->flags |= REQ_QUIET;
+		rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_QUIET;
 	memcpy(rq->cmd, cgc->cmd, CDROM_PACKET_SIZE);
 	if (sizeof(rq->cmd) > CDROM_PACKET_SIZE)
 		memset(rq->cmd + CDROM_PACKET_SIZE, 0, sizeof(rq->cmd) - CDROM_PACKET_SIZE);
 	rq->cmd_len = COMMAND_SIZE(rq->cmd[0]);
 
 	rq->ref_count++;
-	rq->flags |= REQ_NOMERGE;
 	rq->waiting = &wait;
 	rq->end_io = blk_end_sync_rq;
 	elv_add_request(q, rq, ELEVATOR_INSERT_BACK, 1);
diff --git a/drivers/block/xd.c b/drivers/block/xd.c
index e828e4cbd3e1..ebf3025721d1 100644
--- a/drivers/block/xd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/xd.c
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ static void do_xd_request (request_queue_t * q)
 		int res = 0;
 		int retry;
 
-		if (!(req->flags & REQ_CMD)) {
+		if (!blk_fs_request(req)) {
 			end_request(req, 0);
 			continue;
 		}
diff --git a/drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c b/drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c
index d239cf8b20bd..b38c84a7a8e3 100644
--- a/drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c
+++ b/drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c
@@ -2129,7 +2129,7 @@ static int cdrom_read_cdda_bpc(struct cdrom_device_info *cdi, __u8 __user *ubuf,
 		rq->cmd[9] = 0xf8;
 
 		rq->cmd_len = 12;
-		rq->flags |= REQ_BLOCK_PC;
+		rq->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_BLOCK_PC;
 		rq->timeout = 60 * HZ;
 		bio = rq->bio;
 
diff --git a/drivers/cdrom/cdu31a.c b/drivers/cdrom/cdu31a.c
index 37bdb0163f0d..ccd91c1a84bd 100644
--- a/drivers/cdrom/cdu31a.c
+++ b/drivers/cdrom/cdu31a.c
@@ -1338,8 +1338,10 @@ static void do_cdu31a_request(request_queue_t * q)
 		}
 
 		/* WTF??? */
-		if (!(req->flags & REQ_CMD))
+		if (!blk_fs_request(req)) {
+			end_request(req, 0);
 			continue;
+		}
 		if (rq_data_dir(req) == WRITE) {
 			end_request(req, 0);
 			continue;
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c b/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
index 654d4cd09847..69bbb6206a00 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ static int cdrom_log_sense(ide_drive_t *drive, struct request *rq,
 {
 	int log = 0;
 
-	if (!sense || !rq || (rq->flags & REQ_QUIET))
+	if (!sense || !rq || (rq->cmd_flags & REQ_QUIET))
 		return 0;
 
 	switch (sense->sense_key) {
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ static void cdrom_prepare_request(ide_drive_t *drive, struct request *rq)
 	struct cdrom_info *cd = drive->driver_data;
 
 	ide_init_drive_cmd(rq);
-	rq->flags = REQ_PC;
+	rq->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_BLOCK_PC;
 	rq->rq_disk = cd->disk;
 }
 
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ static void cdrom_queue_request_sense(ide_drive_t *drive, void *sense,
 	rq->cmd[0] = GPCMD_REQUEST_SENSE;
 	rq->cmd[4] = rq->data_len = 18;
 
-	rq->flags = REQ_SENSE;
+	rq->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_SENSE;
 
 	/* NOTE! Save the failed command in "rq->buffer" */
 	rq->buffer = (void *) failed_command;
@@ -630,10 +630,10 @@ static void cdrom_end_request (ide_drive_t *drive, int uptodate)
 	struct request *rq = HWGROUP(drive)->rq;
 	int nsectors = rq->hard_cur_sectors;
 
-	if ((rq->flags & REQ_SENSE) && uptodate) {
+	if (blk_sense_request(rq) && uptodate) {
 		/*
-		 * For REQ_SENSE, "rq->buffer" points to the original failed
-		 * request
+		 * For REQ_TYPE_SENSE, "rq->buffer" points to the original
+		 * failed request
 		 */
 		struct request *failed = (struct request *) rq->buffer;
 		struct cdrom_info *info = drive->driver_data;
@@ -706,17 +706,17 @@ static int cdrom_decode_status(ide_drive_t *drive, int good_stat, int *stat_ret)
 		return 1;
 	}
 
-	if (rq->flags & REQ_SENSE) {
+	if (blk_sense_request(rq)) {
 		/* We got an error trying to get sense info
 		   from the drive (probably while trying
 		   to recover from a former error).  Just give up. */
 
-		rq->flags |= REQ_FAILED;
+		rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_FAILED;
 		cdrom_end_request(drive, 0);
 		ide_error(drive, "request sense failure", stat);
 		return 1;
 
-	} else if (rq->flags & (REQ_PC | REQ_BLOCK_PC)) {
+	} else if (blk_pc_request(rq)) {
 		/* All other functions, except for READ. */
 		unsigned long flags;
 
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ static int cdrom_decode_status(ide_drive_t *drive, int good_stat, int *stat_ret)
 		 * if we have an error, pass back CHECK_CONDITION as the
 		 * scsi status byte
 		 */
-		if ((rq->flags & REQ_BLOCK_PC) && !rq->errors)
+		if (!rq->errors)
 			rq->errors = SAM_STAT_CHECK_CONDITION;
 
 		/* Check for tray open. */
@@ -735,12 +735,12 @@ static int cdrom_decode_status(ide_drive_t *drive, int good_stat, int *stat_ret)
 			cdrom_saw_media_change (drive);
 			/*printk("%s: media changed\n",drive->name);*/
 			return 0;
-		} else if (!(rq->flags & REQ_QUIET)) {
+		} else if (!(rq->cmd_flags & REQ_QUIET)) {
 			/* Otherwise, print an error. */
 			ide_dump_status(drive, "packet command error", stat);
 		}
 		
-		rq->flags |= REQ_FAILED;
+		rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_FAILED;
 
 		/*
 		 * instead of playing games with moving completions around,
@@ -881,7 +881,7 @@ static int cdrom_timer_expiry(ide_drive_t *drive)
 			wait = ATAPI_WAIT_PC;
 			break;
 		default:
-			if (!(rq->flags & REQ_QUIET))
+			if (!(rq->cmd_flags & REQ_QUIET))
 				printk(KERN_INFO "ide-cd: cmd 0x%x timed out\n", rq->cmd[0]);
 			wait = 0;
 			break;
@@ -1124,7 +1124,7 @@ static ide_startstop_t cdrom_read_intr (ide_drive_t *drive)
 		if (rq->current_nr_sectors > 0) {
 			printk (KERN_ERR "%s: cdrom_read_intr: data underrun (%d blocks)\n",
 				drive->name, rq->current_nr_sectors);
-			rq->flags |= REQ_FAILED;
+			rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_FAILED;
 			cdrom_end_request(drive, 0);
 		} else
 			cdrom_end_request(drive, 1);
@@ -1456,7 +1456,7 @@ static ide_startstop_t cdrom_pc_intr (ide_drive_t *drive)
 			printk ("%s: cdrom_pc_intr: data underrun %d\n",
 				drive->name, pc->buflen);
 			*/
-			rq->flags |= REQ_FAILED;
+			rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_FAILED;
 			cdrom_end_request(drive, 0);
 		}
 		return ide_stopped;
@@ -1509,7 +1509,7 @@ static ide_startstop_t cdrom_pc_intr (ide_drive_t *drive)
 		rq->data += thislen;
 		rq->data_len -= thislen;
 
-		if (rq->flags & REQ_SENSE)
+		if (blk_sense_request(rq))
 			rq->sense_len += thislen;
 	} else {
 confused:
@@ -1517,7 +1517,7 @@ confused:
 			"appears confused (ireason = 0x%02x). "
 			"Trying to recover by ending request.\n",
 			drive->name, ireason);
-		rq->flags |= REQ_FAILED;
+		rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_FAILED;
 		cdrom_end_request(drive, 0);
 		return ide_stopped;
 	}
@@ -1546,7 +1546,7 @@ static ide_startstop_t cdrom_do_packet_command (ide_drive_t *drive)
 	struct cdrom_info *info = drive->driver_data;
 
 	info->dma = 0;
-	rq->flags &= ~REQ_FAILED;
+	rq->cmd_flags &= ~REQ_FAILED;
 	len = rq->data_len;
 
 	/* Start sending the command to the drive. */
@@ -1558,7 +1558,7 @@ static int cdrom_queue_packet_command(ide_drive_t *drive, struct request *rq)
 {
 	struct request_sense sense;
 	int retries = 10;
-	unsigned int flags = rq->flags;
+	unsigned int flags = rq->cmd_flags;
 
 	if (rq->sense == NULL)
 		rq->sense = &sense;
@@ -1567,14 +1567,14 @@ static int cdrom_queue_packet_command(ide_drive_t *drive, struct request *rq)
 	do {
 		int error;
 		unsigned long time = jiffies;
-		rq->flags = flags;
+		rq->cmd_flags = flags;
 
 		error = ide_do_drive_cmd(drive, rq, ide_wait);
 		time = jiffies - time;
 
 		/* FIXME: we should probably abort/retry or something 
 		 * in case of failure */
-		if (rq->flags & REQ_FAILED) {
+		if (rq->cmd_flags & REQ_FAILED) {
 			/* The request failed.  Retry if it was due to a unit
 			   attention status
 			   (usually means media was changed). */
@@ -1596,10 +1596,10 @@ static int cdrom_queue_packet_command(ide_drive_t *drive, struct request *rq)
 		}
 
 		/* End of retry loop. */
-	} while ((rq->flags & REQ_FAILED) && retries >= 0);
+	} while ((rq->cmd_flags & REQ_FAILED) && retries >= 0);
 
 	/* Return an error if the command failed. */
-	return (rq->flags & REQ_FAILED) ? -EIO : 0;
+	return (rq->cmd_flags & REQ_FAILED) ? -EIO : 0;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1963,7 +1963,7 @@ static ide_startstop_t cdrom_do_block_pc(ide_drive_t *drive, struct request *rq)
 {
 	struct cdrom_info *info = drive->driver_data;
 
-	rq->flags |= REQ_QUIET;
+	rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_QUIET;
 
 	info->dma = 0;
 
@@ -2023,11 +2023,11 @@ ide_do_rw_cdrom (ide_drive_t *drive, struct request *rq, sector_t block)
 		}
 		info->last_block = block;
 		return action;
-	} else if (rq->flags & (REQ_PC | REQ_SENSE)) {
+	} else if (rq->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_SENSE) {
 		return cdrom_do_packet_command(drive);
-	} else if (rq->flags & REQ_BLOCK_PC) {
+	} else if (blk_pc_request(rq)) {
 		return cdrom_do_block_pc(drive, rq);
-	} else if (rq->flags & REQ_SPECIAL) {
+	} else if (blk_special_request(rq)) {
 		/*
 		 * right now this can only be a reset...
 		 */
@@ -2105,7 +2105,7 @@ static int cdrom_check_status(ide_drive_t *drive, struct request_sense *sense)
 
 	req.sense = sense;
 	req.cmd[0] = GPCMD_TEST_UNIT_READY;
-	req.flags |= REQ_QUIET;
+	req.cmd_flags |= REQ_QUIET;
 
 #if ! STANDARD_ATAPI
         /* the Sanyo 3 CD changer uses byte 7 of TEST_UNIT_READY to 
@@ -2207,7 +2207,7 @@ static int cdrom_read_capacity(ide_drive_t *drive, unsigned long *capacity,
 	req.cmd[0] = GPCMD_READ_CDVD_CAPACITY;
 	req.data = (char *)&capbuf;
 	req.data_len = sizeof(capbuf);
-	req.flags |= REQ_QUIET;
+	req.cmd_flags |= REQ_QUIET;
 
 	stat = cdrom_queue_packet_command(drive, &req);
 	if (stat == 0) {
@@ -2230,7 +2230,7 @@ static int cdrom_read_tocentry(ide_drive_t *drive, int trackno, int msf_flag,
 	req.sense = sense;
 	req.data =  buf;
 	req.data_len = buflen;
-	req.flags |= REQ_QUIET;
+	req.cmd_flags |= REQ_QUIET;
 	req.cmd[0] = GPCMD_READ_TOC_PMA_ATIP;
 	req.cmd[6] = trackno;
 	req.cmd[7] = (buflen >> 8);
@@ -2531,7 +2531,7 @@ static int ide_cdrom_packet(struct cdrom_device_info *cdi,
 	req.timeout = cgc->timeout;
 
 	if (cgc->quiet)
-		req.flags |= REQ_QUIET;
+		req.cmd_flags |= REQ_QUIET;
 
 	req.sense = cgc->sense;
 	cgc->stat = cdrom_queue_packet_command(drive, &req);
@@ -2629,7 +2629,8 @@ int ide_cdrom_reset (struct cdrom_device_info *cdi)
 	int ret;
 
 	cdrom_prepare_request(drive, &req);
-	req.flags = REQ_SPECIAL | REQ_QUIET;
+	req.cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_SPECIAL;
+	req.cmd_flags = REQ_QUIET;
 	ret = ide_do_drive_cmd(drive, &req, ide_wait);
 
 	/*
@@ -3116,9 +3117,9 @@ static int ide_cdrom_prep_pc(struct request *rq)
 
 static int ide_cdrom_prep_fn(request_queue_t *q, struct request *rq)
 {
-	if (rq->flags & REQ_CMD)
+	if (blk_fs_request(rq))
 		return ide_cdrom_prep_fs(q, rq);
-	else if (rq->flags & REQ_BLOCK_PC)
+	else if (blk_pc_request(rq))
 		return ide_cdrom_prep_pc(rq);
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c b/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c
index 7cf3eb023521..0a05a377d66a 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c
@@ -699,7 +699,8 @@ static void idedisk_prepare_flush(request_queue_t *q, struct request *rq)
 		rq->cmd[0] = WIN_FLUSH_CACHE;
 
 
-	rq->flags |= REQ_DRIVE_TASK;
+	rq->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_ATA_TASK;
+	rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_SOFTBARRIER;
 	rq->buffer = rq->cmd;
 }
 
@@ -740,7 +741,7 @@ static int set_multcount(ide_drive_t *drive, int arg)
 	if (drive->special.b.set_multmode)
 		return -EBUSY;
 	ide_init_drive_cmd (&rq);
-	rq.flags = REQ_DRIVE_CMD;
+	rq.cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_ATA_CMD;
 	drive->mult_req = arg;
 	drive->special.b.set_multmode = 1;
 	(void) ide_do_drive_cmd (drive, &rq, ide_wait);
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-dma.c b/drivers/ide/ide-dma.c
index 7c3a13e1cf64..c3546fe9af63 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-dma.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-dma.c
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ int ide_build_sglist(ide_drive_t *drive, struct request *rq)
 	ide_hwif_t *hwif = HWIF(drive);
 	struct scatterlist *sg = hwif->sg_table;
 
-	BUG_ON((rq->flags & REQ_DRIVE_TASKFILE) && rq->nr_sectors > 256);
+	BUG_ON((rq->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_ATA_TASKFILE) && rq->nr_sectors > 256);
 
 	ide_map_sg(drive, rq);
 
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c b/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c
index adbe9f76a505..0edc32204915 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ static int idefloppy_do_end_request(ide_drive_t *drive, int uptodate, int nsecs)
 	/* Why does this happen? */
 	if (!rq)
 		return 0;
-	if (!(rq->flags & REQ_SPECIAL)) { //if (!IDEFLOPPY_RQ_CMD (rq->cmd)) {
+	if (!blk_special_request(rq)) {
 		/* our real local end request function */
 		ide_end_request(drive, uptodate, nsecs);
 		return 0;
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ static void idefloppy_queue_pc_head (ide_drive_t *drive,idefloppy_pc_t *pc,struc
 
 	ide_init_drive_cmd(rq);
 	rq->buffer = (char *) pc;
-	rq->flags = REQ_SPECIAL;	//rq->cmd = IDEFLOPPY_PC_RQ;
+	rq->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_SPECIAL;
 	rq->rq_disk = floppy->disk;
 	(void) ide_do_drive_cmd(drive, rq, ide_preempt);
 }
@@ -1250,7 +1250,7 @@ static void idefloppy_create_rw_cmd (idefloppy_floppy_t *floppy, idefloppy_pc_t
 	pc->callback = &idefloppy_rw_callback;
 	pc->rq = rq;
 	pc->b_count = cmd == READ ? 0 : rq->bio->bi_size;
-	if (rq->flags & REQ_RW)
+	if (rq->cmd_flags & REQ_RW)
 		set_bit(PC_WRITING, &pc->flags);
 	pc->buffer = NULL;
 	pc->request_transfer = pc->buffer_size = blocks * floppy->block_size;
@@ -1303,7 +1303,7 @@ static ide_startstop_t idefloppy_do_request (ide_drive_t *drive, struct request
 		idefloppy_do_end_request(drive, 0, 0);
 		return ide_stopped;
 	}
-	if (rq->flags & REQ_CMD) {
+	if (blk_fs_request(rq)) {
 		if (((long)rq->sector % floppy->bs_factor) ||
 		    (rq->nr_sectors % floppy->bs_factor)) {
 			printk("%s: unsupported r/w request size\n",
@@ -1313,9 +1313,9 @@ static ide_startstop_t idefloppy_do_request (ide_drive_t *drive, struct request
 		}
 		pc = idefloppy_next_pc_storage(drive);
 		idefloppy_create_rw_cmd(floppy, pc, rq, block);
-	} else if (rq->flags & REQ_SPECIAL) {
+	} else if (blk_special_request(rq)) {
 		pc = (idefloppy_pc_t *) rq->buffer;
-	} else if (rq->flags & REQ_BLOCK_PC) {
+	} else if (blk_pc_request(rq)) {
 		pc = idefloppy_next_pc_storage(drive);
 		if (idefloppy_blockpc_cmd(floppy, pc, rq)) {
 			idefloppy_do_end_request(drive, 0, 0);
@@ -1343,7 +1343,7 @@ static int idefloppy_queue_pc_tail (ide_drive_t *drive,idefloppy_pc_t *pc)
 
 	ide_init_drive_cmd (&rq);
 	rq.buffer = (char *) pc;
-	rq.flags = REQ_SPECIAL;		//	rq.cmd = IDEFLOPPY_PC_RQ;
+	rq.cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_SPECIAL;
 	rq.rq_disk = floppy->disk;
 
 	return ide_do_drive_cmd(drive, &rq, ide_wait);
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-io.c b/drivers/ide/ide-io.c
index fb6795236e76..3436b1f104eb 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-io.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-io.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ static int __ide_end_request(ide_drive_t *drive, struct request *rq,
 {
 	int ret = 1;
 
-	BUG_ON(!(rq->flags & REQ_STARTED));
+	BUG_ON(!blk_rq_started(rq));
 
 	/*
 	 * if failfast is set on a request, override number of sectors and
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ int ide_end_dequeued_request(ide_drive_t *drive, struct request *rq,
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&ide_lock, flags);
 
-	BUG_ON(!(rq->flags & REQ_STARTED));
+	BUG_ON(!blk_rq_started(rq));
 
 	/*
 	 * if failfast is set on a request, override number of sectors and
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ void ide_end_drive_cmd (ide_drive_t *drive, u8 stat, u8 err)
 	rq = HWGROUP(drive)->rq;
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ide_lock, flags);
 
-	if (rq->flags & REQ_DRIVE_CMD) {
+	if (rq->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_ATA_CMD) {
 		u8 *args = (u8 *) rq->buffer;
 		if (rq->errors == 0)
 			rq->errors = !OK_STAT(stat,READY_STAT,BAD_STAT);
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ void ide_end_drive_cmd (ide_drive_t *drive, u8 stat, u8 err)
 			args[1] = err;
 			args[2] = hwif->INB(IDE_NSECTOR_REG);
 		}
-	} else if (rq->flags & REQ_DRIVE_TASK) {
+	} else if (rq->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_ATA_TASK) {
 		u8 *args = (u8 *) rq->buffer;
 		if (rq->errors == 0)
 			rq->errors = !OK_STAT(stat,READY_STAT,BAD_STAT);
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ void ide_end_drive_cmd (ide_drive_t *drive, u8 stat, u8 err)
 			args[5] = hwif->INB(IDE_HCYL_REG);
 			args[6] = hwif->INB(IDE_SELECT_REG);
 		}
-	} else if (rq->flags & REQ_DRIVE_TASKFILE) {
+	} else if (rq->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_ATA_TASKFILE) {
 		ide_task_t *args = (ide_task_t *) rq->special;
 		if (rq->errors == 0)
 			rq->errors = !OK_STAT(stat,READY_STAT,BAD_STAT);
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ ide_startstop_t ide_error (ide_drive_t *drive, const char *msg, u8 stat)
 		return ide_stopped;
 
 	/* retry only "normal" I/O: */
-	if (rq->flags & (REQ_DRIVE_CMD | REQ_DRIVE_TASK | REQ_DRIVE_TASKFILE)) {
+	if (!blk_fs_request(rq)) {
 		rq->errors = 1;
 		ide_end_drive_cmd(drive, stat, err);
 		return ide_stopped;
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ ide_startstop_t ide_abort(ide_drive_t *drive, const char *msg)
 		return ide_stopped;
 
 	/* retry only "normal" I/O: */
-	if (rq->flags & (REQ_DRIVE_CMD | REQ_DRIVE_TASK | REQ_DRIVE_TASKFILE)) {
+	if (!blk_fs_request(rq)) {
 		rq->errors = 1;
 		ide_end_drive_cmd(drive, BUSY_STAT, 0);
 		return ide_stopped;
@@ -808,7 +808,7 @@ void ide_map_sg(ide_drive_t *drive, struct request *rq)
 	if (hwif->sg_mapped)	/* needed by ide-scsi */
 		return;
 
-	if ((rq->flags & REQ_DRIVE_TASKFILE) == 0) {
+	if (rq->cmd_type != REQ_TYPE_ATA_TASKFILE) {
 		hwif->sg_nents = blk_rq_map_sg(drive->queue, rq, sg);
 	} else {
 		sg_init_one(sg, rq->buffer, rq->nr_sectors * SECTOR_SIZE);
@@ -844,7 +844,7 @@ static ide_startstop_t execute_drive_cmd (ide_drive_t *drive,
 		struct request *rq)
 {
 	ide_hwif_t *hwif = HWIF(drive);
-	if (rq->flags & REQ_DRIVE_TASKFILE) {
+	if (rq->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_ATA_TASKFILE) {
  		ide_task_t *args = rq->special;
  
 		if (!args)
@@ -866,7 +866,7 @@ static ide_startstop_t execute_drive_cmd (ide_drive_t *drive,
 		if (args->tf_out_flags.all != 0) 
 			return flagged_taskfile(drive, args);
 		return do_rw_taskfile(drive, args);
-	} else if (rq->flags & REQ_DRIVE_TASK) {
+	} else if (rq->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_ATA_TASK) {
 		u8 *args = rq->buffer;
 		u8 sel;
  
@@ -892,7 +892,7 @@ static ide_startstop_t execute_drive_cmd (ide_drive_t *drive,
  		hwif->OUTB(sel, IDE_SELECT_REG);
  		ide_cmd(drive, args[0], args[2], &drive_cmd_intr);
  		return ide_started;
- 	} else if (rq->flags & REQ_DRIVE_CMD) {
+ 	} else if (rq->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_ATA_CMD) {
  		u8 *args = rq->buffer;
 
 		if (!args)
@@ -980,7 +980,7 @@ static ide_startstop_t start_request (ide_drive_t *drive, struct request *rq)
 	ide_startstop_t startstop;
 	sector_t block;
 
-	BUG_ON(!(rq->flags & REQ_STARTED));
+	BUG_ON(!blk_rq_started(rq));
 
 #ifdef DEBUG
 	printk("%s: start_request: current=0x%08lx\n",
@@ -1013,9 +1013,9 @@ static ide_startstop_t start_request (ide_drive_t *drive, struct request *rq)
 	if (!drive->special.all) {
 		ide_driver_t *drv;
 
-		if (rq->flags & (REQ_DRIVE_CMD | REQ_DRIVE_TASK))
-			return execute_drive_cmd(drive, rq);
-		else if (rq->flags & REQ_DRIVE_TASKFILE)
+		if (rq->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_ATA_CMD ||
+		    rq->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_ATA_TASK ||
+		    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->end_io_data;
@@ -1264,7 +1264,7 @@ static void ide_do_request (ide_hwgroup_t *hwgroup, int masked_irq)
 		 * We count how many times we loop here to make sure we service
 		 * all drives in the hwgroup without looping for ever
 		 */
-		if (drive->blocked && !blk_pm_request(rq) && !(rq->flags & REQ_PREEMPT)) {
+		if (drive->blocked && !blk_pm_request(rq) && !(rq->cmd_flags & REQ_PREEMPT)) {
 			drive = drive->next ? drive->next : hwgroup->drive;
 			if (loops++ < 4 && !blk_queue_plugged(drive->queue))
 				goto again;
@@ -1670,7 +1670,7 @@ irqreturn_t ide_intr (int irq, void *dev_id, struct pt_regs *regs)
 void ide_init_drive_cmd (struct request *rq)
 {
 	memset(rq, 0, sizeof(*rq));
-	rq->flags = REQ_DRIVE_CMD;
+	rq->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_ATA_CMD;
 	rq->ref_count = 1;
 }
 
@@ -1727,7 +1727,7 @@ int ide_do_drive_cmd (ide_drive_t *drive, struct request *rq, ide_action_t actio
 		hwgroup->rq = NULL;
 	if (action == ide_preempt || action == ide_head_wait) {
 		where = ELEVATOR_INSERT_FRONT;
-		rq->flags |= REQ_PREEMPT;
+		rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_PREEMPT;
 	}
 	__elv_add_request(drive->queue, rq, where, 0);
 	ide_do_request(hwgroup, IDE_NO_IRQ);
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-lib.c b/drivers/ide/ide-lib.c
index 1feff23487d4..850ef63cc986 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-lib.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-lib.c
@@ -456,13 +456,14 @@ static void ide_dump_opcode(ide_drive_t *drive)
 	spin_unlock(&ide_lock);
 	if (!rq)
 		return;
-	if (rq->flags & (REQ_DRIVE_CMD | REQ_DRIVE_TASK)) {
+	if (rq->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_ATA_CMD ||
+	    rq->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_ATA_TASK) {
 		char *args = rq->buffer;
 		if (args) {
 			opcode = args[0];
 			found = 1;
 		}
-	} else if (rq->flags & REQ_DRIVE_TASKFILE) {
+	} else if (rq->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_ATA_TASKFILE) {
 		ide_task_t *args = rq->special;
 		if (args) {
 			task_struct_t *tf = (task_struct_t *) args->tfRegister;
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
index 7067ab997927..643e4b9ac651 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
@@ -1776,7 +1776,7 @@ static void idetape_create_request_sense_cmd (idetape_pc_t *pc)
 static void idetape_init_rq(struct request *rq, u8 cmd)
 {
 	memset(rq, 0, sizeof(*rq));
-	rq->flags = REQ_SPECIAL;
+	rq->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_SPECIAL;
 	rq->cmd[0] = cmd;
 }
 
@@ -2433,12 +2433,12 @@ static ide_startstop_t idetape_do_request(ide_drive_t *drive,
 			rq->sector, rq->nr_sectors, rq->current_nr_sectors);
 #endif /* IDETAPE_DEBUG_LOG */
 
-	if ((rq->flags & REQ_SPECIAL) == 0) {
+	if (!blk_special_request(rq)) {
 		/*
 		 * We do not support buffer cache originated requests.
 		 */
 		printk(KERN_NOTICE "ide-tape: %s: Unsupported request in "
-			"request queue (%ld)\n", drive->name, rq->flags);
+			"request queue (%d)\n", drive->name, rq->cmd_type);
 		ide_end_request(drive, 0, 0);
 		return ide_stopped;
 	}
@@ -2768,7 +2768,7 @@ static void idetape_wait_for_request (ide_drive_t *drive, struct request *rq)
 	idetape_tape_t *tape = drive->driver_data;
 
 #if IDETAPE_DEBUG_BUGS
-	if (rq == NULL || (rq->flags & REQ_SPECIAL) == 0) {
+	if (rq == NULL || !blk_special_request(rq)) {
 		printk (KERN_ERR "ide-tape: bug: Trying to sleep on non-valid request\n");
 		return;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c b/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c
index 97a9244312fc..1d0470c1f957 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ static ide_startstop_t task_error(ide_drive_t *drive, struct request *rq,
 
 static void task_end_request(ide_drive_t *drive, struct request *rq, u8 stat)
 {
-	if (rq->flags & REQ_DRIVE_TASKFILE) {
+	if (rq->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_ATA_TASKFILE) {
 		ide_task_t *task = rq->special;
 
 		if (task->tf_out_flags.all) {
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ static int ide_diag_taskfile(ide_drive_t *drive, ide_task_t *args, unsigned long
 	struct request rq;
 
 	memset(&rq, 0, sizeof(rq));
-	rq.flags = REQ_DRIVE_TASKFILE;
+	rq.cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_ATA_TASKFILE;
 	rq.buffer = buf;
 
 	/*
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ static int ide_diag_taskfile(ide_drive_t *drive, ide_task_t *args, unsigned long
 		rq.hard_cur_sectors = rq.current_nr_sectors = rq.nr_sectors;
 
 		if (args->command_type == IDE_DRIVE_TASK_RAW_WRITE)
-			rq.flags |= REQ_RW;
+			rq.cmd_flags |= REQ_RW;
 	}
 
 	rq.special = args;
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ static int ide_wait_cmd_task(ide_drive_t *drive, u8 *buf)
 	struct request rq;
 
 	ide_init_drive_cmd(&rq);
-	rq.flags = REQ_DRIVE_TASK;
+	rq.cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_ATA_TASK;
 	rq.buffer = buf;
 	return ide_do_drive_cmd(drive, &rq, ide_wait);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide.c b/drivers/ide/ide.c
index 9c8468de1a75..9384a3fdde6c 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide.c
@@ -1217,7 +1217,7 @@ static int generic_ide_suspend(struct device *dev, pm_message_t mesg)
 	memset(&rq, 0, sizeof(rq));
 	memset(&rqpm, 0, sizeof(rqpm));
 	memset(&args, 0, sizeof(args));
-	rq.flags = REQ_PM_SUSPEND;
+	rq.cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_PM_SUSPEND;
 	rq.special = &args;
 	rq.end_io_data = &rqpm;
 	rqpm.pm_step = ide_pm_state_start_suspend;
@@ -1238,7 +1238,7 @@ static int generic_ide_resume(struct device *dev)
 	memset(&rq, 0, sizeof(rq));
 	memset(&rqpm, 0, sizeof(rqpm));
 	memset(&args, 0, sizeof(args));
-	rq.flags = REQ_PM_RESUME;
+	rq.cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_PM_RESUME;
 	rq.special = &args;
 	rq.end_io_data = &rqpm;
 	rqpm.pm_step = ide_pm_state_start_resume;
diff --git a/drivers/ide/legacy/hd.c b/drivers/ide/legacy/hd.c
index aebecd8f51cc..4ab931145673 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/legacy/hd.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/legacy/hd.c
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ repeat:
 		req->rq_disk->disk_name, (req->cmd == READ)?"read":"writ",
 		cyl, head, sec, nsect, req->buffer);
 #endif
-	if (req->flags & REQ_CMD) {
+	if (blk_fs_request(req)) {
 		switch (rq_data_dir(req)) {
 		case READ:
 			hd_out(disk,nsect,sec,head,cyl,WIN_READ,&read_intr);
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-emc.c b/drivers/md/dm-emc.c
index 2a374ccb30dd..2b2d45d7baaa 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-emc.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-emc.c
@@ -126,7 +126,8 @@ static struct request *get_failover_req(struct emc_handler *h,
 	memset(&rq->cmd, 0, BLK_MAX_CDB);
 
 	rq->timeout = EMC_FAILOVER_TIMEOUT;
-	rq->flags |= (REQ_BLOCK_PC | REQ_FAILFAST | REQ_NOMERGE);
+	rq->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_BLOCK_PC;
+	rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_FAILFAST | REQ_NOMERGE;
 
 	return rq;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_block.c b/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_block.c
index 1ddc2fb429d5..eaba81bf2eca 100644
--- a/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_block.c
+++ b/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_block.c
@@ -390,9 +390,9 @@ static int i2o_block_prep_req_fn(struct request_queue *q, struct request *req)
 	}
 
 	/* request is already processed by us, so return */
-	if (req->flags & REQ_SPECIAL) {
+	if (blk_special_request(req)) {
 		osm_debug("REQ_SPECIAL already set!\n");
-		req->flags |= REQ_DONTPREP;
+		req->cmd_flags |= REQ_DONTPREP;
 		return BLKPREP_OK;
 	}
 
@@ -411,7 +411,8 @@ static int i2o_block_prep_req_fn(struct request_queue *q, struct request *req)
 		ireq = req->special;
 
 	/* do not come back here */
-	req->flags |= REQ_DONTPREP | REQ_SPECIAL;
+	req->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_SPECIAL;
+	req->cmd_flags |= REQ_DONTPREP;
 
 	return BLKPREP_OK;
 };
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/mmc_queue.c b/drivers/mmc/mmc_queue.c
index 74f8cdeeff0f..4ccdd82b680f 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/mmc_queue.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/mmc_queue.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ static int mmc_prep_request(struct request_queue *q, struct request *req)
 	struct mmc_queue *mq = q->queuedata;
 	int ret = BLKPREP_KILL;
 
-	if (req->flags & REQ_SPECIAL) {
+	if (blk_special_request(req)) {
 		/*
 		 * Special commands already have the command
 		 * blocks already setup in req->special.
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ static int mmc_prep_request(struct request_queue *q, struct request *req)
 		BUG_ON(!req->special);
 
 		ret = BLKPREP_OK;
-	} else if (req->flags & (REQ_CMD | REQ_BLOCK_PC)) {
+	} else if (blk_fs_request(req) || blk_pc_request(req)) {
 		/*
 		 * Block I/O requests need translating according
 		 * to the protocol.
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ static int mmc_prep_request(struct request_queue *q, struct request *req)
 	}
 
 	if (ret == BLKPREP_OK)
-		req->flags |= REQ_DONTPREP;
+		req->cmd_flags |= REQ_DONTPREP;
 
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c b/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
index 458d3c8ae1ee..6baf5fe14230 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ static int do_blktrans_request(struct mtd_blktrans_ops *tr,
 	nsect = req->current_nr_sectors;
 	buf = req->buffer;
 
-	if (!(req->flags & REQ_CMD))
+	if (!blk_fs_request(req))
 		return 0;
 
 	if (block + nsect > get_capacity(req->rq_disk))
diff --git a/drivers/s390/block/dasd_diag.c b/drivers/s390/block/dasd_diag.c
index 9d051e5687ea..222a8a71a5e8 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/block/dasd_diag.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/block/dasd_diag.c
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ dasd_diag_build_cp(struct dasd_device * device, struct request *req)
 	}
 	cqr->retries = DIAG_MAX_RETRIES;
 	cqr->buildclk = get_clock();
-	if (req->flags & REQ_FAILFAST)
+	if (req->cmd_flags & REQ_FAILFAST)
 		set_bit(DASD_CQR_FLAGS_FAILFAST, &cqr->flags);
 	cqr->device = device;
 	cqr->expires = DIAG_TIMEOUT;
diff --git a/drivers/s390/block/dasd_eckd.c b/drivers/s390/block/dasd_eckd.c
index b7a7fac3f7c3..5ecea3e4fdef 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/block/dasd_eckd.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/block/dasd_eckd.c
@@ -1266,7 +1266,7 @@ dasd_eckd_build_cp(struct dasd_device * device, struct request *req)
 			recid++;
 		}
 	}
-	if (req->flags & REQ_FAILFAST)
+	if (req->cmd_flags & REQ_FAILFAST)
 		set_bit(DASD_CQR_FLAGS_FAILFAST, &cqr->flags);
 	cqr->device = device;
 	cqr->expires = 5 * 60 * HZ;	/* 5 minutes */
diff --git a/drivers/s390/block/dasd_fba.c b/drivers/s390/block/dasd_fba.c
index e85015be109b..80926c548228 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/block/dasd_fba.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/block/dasd_fba.c
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ dasd_fba_build_cp(struct dasd_device * device, struct request *req)
 			recid++;
 		}
 	}
-	if (req->flags & REQ_FAILFAST)
+	if (req->cmd_flags & REQ_FAILFAST)
 		set_bit(DASD_CQR_FLAGS_FAILFAST, &cqr->flags);
 	cqr->device = device;
 	cqr->expires = 5 * 60 * HZ;	/* 5 minutes */
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx_old.c b/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx_old.c
index 5dcef48d414f..10353379a074 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx_old.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx_old.c
@@ -2862,7 +2862,7 @@ aic7xxx_done(struct aic7xxx_host *p, struct aic7xxx_scb *scb)
       aic_dev->r_total++;
       ptr = aic_dev->r_bins;
     }
-    if(cmd->device->simple_tags && cmd->request->flags & REQ_HARDBARRIER)
+    if(cmd->device->simple_tags && cmd->request->cmd_flags & REQ_HARDBARRIER)
     {
       aic_dev->barrier_total++;
       if(scb->tag_action == MSG_ORDERED_Q_TAG)
@@ -10158,7 +10158,7 @@ aic7xxx_buildscb(struct aic7xxx_host *p, Scsi_Cmnd *cmd,
     /* We always force TEST_UNIT_READY to untagged */
     if (cmd->cmnd[0] != TEST_UNIT_READY && sdptr->simple_tags)
     {
-      if (req->flags & REQ_HARDBARRIER)
+      if (req->cmd_flags & REQ_HARDBARRIER)
       {
 	if(sdptr->ordered_tags)
 	{
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ide-scsi.c b/drivers/scsi/ide-scsi.c
index 94d1de55607f..65b19695ebe2 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/ide-scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ide-scsi.c
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ static int idescsi_check_condition(ide_drive_t *drive, struct request *failed_co
 	pc->buffer = buf;
 	pc->c[0] = REQUEST_SENSE;
 	pc->c[4] = pc->request_transfer = pc->buffer_size = SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE;
-	rq->flags = REQ_SENSE;
+	rq->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_SENSE;
 	pc->timeout = jiffies + WAIT_READY;
 	/* NOTE! Save the failed packet command in "rq->buffer" */
 	rq->buffer = (void *) failed_command->special;
@@ -398,12 +398,12 @@ static int idescsi_end_request (ide_drive_t *drive, int uptodate, int nrsecs)
 	int errors = rq->errors;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	if (!(rq->flags & (REQ_SPECIAL|REQ_SENSE))) {
+	if (!blk_special_request(rq) && !blk_sense_request(rq)) {
 		ide_end_request(drive, uptodate, nrsecs);
 		return 0;
 	}
 	ide_end_drive_cmd (drive, 0, 0);
-	if (rq->flags & REQ_SENSE) {
+	if (blk_sense_request(rq)) {
 		idescsi_pc_t *opc = (idescsi_pc_t *) rq->buffer;
 		if (log) {
 			printk ("ide-scsi: %s: wrap up check %lu, rst = ", drive->name, opc->scsi_cmd->serial_number);
@@ -712,7 +712,7 @@ static ide_startstop_t idescsi_do_request (ide_drive_t *drive, struct request *r
 	printk (KERN_INFO "sector: %ld, nr_sectors: %ld, current_nr_sectors: %d\n",rq->sector,rq->nr_sectors,rq->current_nr_sectors);
 #endif /* IDESCSI_DEBUG_LOG */
 
-	if (rq->flags & (REQ_SPECIAL|REQ_SENSE)) {
+	if (blk_sense_request(rq) || blk_special_request(rq)) {
 		return idescsi_issue_pc (drive, (idescsi_pc_t *) rq->special);
 	}
 	blk_dump_rq_flags(rq, "ide-scsi: unsup command");
@@ -938,7 +938,7 @@ static int idescsi_queue (struct scsi_cmnd *cmd,
 
 	ide_init_drive_cmd (rq);
 	rq->special = (char *) pc;
-	rq->flags = REQ_SPECIAL;
+	rq->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_SPECIAL;
 	spin_unlock_irq(host->host_lock);
 	rq->rq_disk = scsi->disk;
 	(void) ide_do_drive_cmd (drive, rq, ide_end);
@@ -992,7 +992,7 @@ static int idescsi_eh_abort (struct scsi_cmnd *cmd)
 		 */
 		printk (KERN_ERR "ide-scsi: cmd aborted!\n");
 
-		if (scsi->pc->rq->flags & REQ_SENSE)
+		if (blk_sense_request(scsi->pc->rq))
 			kfree(scsi->pc->buffer);
 		kfree(scsi->pc->rq);
 		kfree(scsi->pc);
@@ -1042,7 +1042,7 @@ static int idescsi_eh_reset (struct scsi_cmnd *cmd)
 	/* kill current request */
 	blkdev_dequeue_request(req);
 	end_that_request_last(req, 0);
-	if (req->flags & REQ_SENSE)
+	if (blk_sense_request(req))
 		kfree(scsi->pc->buffer);
 	kfree(scsi->pc);
 	scsi->pc = NULL;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/pluto.c b/drivers/scsi/pluto.c
index 0bd9c60e6455..aa60a5f1fbc3 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/pluto.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/pluto.c
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ static void __init pluto_detect_done(Scsi_Cmnd *SCpnt)
 
 static void __init pluto_detect_scsi_done(Scsi_Cmnd *SCpnt)
 {
-	SCpnt->request->rq_status = RQ_SCSI_DONE;
 	PLND(("Detect done %08lx\n", (long)SCpnt))
 	if (atomic_dec_and_test (&fcss))
 		up(&fc_sem);
@@ -166,7 +165,7 @@ int __init pluto_detect(struct scsi_host_template *tpnt)
 		
 		SCpnt->cmd_len = COMMAND_SIZE(INQUIRY);
 	
-		SCpnt->request->rq_status = RQ_SCSI_BUSY;
+		SCpnt->request->cmd_flags &= ~REQ_STARTED;
 		
 		SCpnt->done = pluto_detect_done;
 		SCpnt->request_bufflen = 256;
@@ -178,7 +177,8 @@ int __init pluto_detect(struct scsi_host_template *tpnt)
 	for (retry = 0; retry < 5; retry++) {
 		for (i = 0; i < fcscount; i++) {
 			if (!fcs[i].fc) break;
-			if (fcs[i].cmd.request->rq_status != RQ_SCSI_DONE) {
+			if (!(fcs[i].cmd.request->cmd_flags & REQ_STARTED)) {
+				fcs[i].cmd.request->cmd_flags |= REQ_STARTED;
 				disable_irq(fcs[i].fc->irq);
 				PLND(("queuecommand %d %d\n", retry, i))
 				fcp_scsi_queuecommand (&(fcs[i].cmd), 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
index d6743b959a72..71084728eb42 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ static void scsi_unprep_request(struct request *req)
 {
 	struct scsi_cmnd *cmd = req->special;
 
-	req->flags &= ~REQ_DONTPREP;
+	req->cmd_flags &= ~REQ_DONTPREP;
 	req->special = NULL;
 
 	scsi_put_command(cmd);
@@ -196,7 +196,8 @@ int scsi_execute(struct scsi_device *sdev, const unsigned char *cmd,
 	req->sense_len = 0;
 	req->retries = retries;
 	req->timeout = timeout;
-	req->flags |= flags | REQ_BLOCK_PC | REQ_SPECIAL | REQ_QUIET;
+	req->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_BLOCK_PC;
+	req->cmd_flags |= flags | REQ_QUIET | REQ_PREEMPT;
 
 	/*
 	 * head injection *required* here otherwise quiesce won't work
@@ -397,7 +398,8 @@ int scsi_execute_async(struct scsi_device *sdev, const unsigned char *cmd,
 	req = blk_get_request(sdev->request_queue, write, gfp);
 	if (!req)
 		goto free_sense;
-	req->flags |= REQ_BLOCK_PC | REQ_QUIET;
+	req->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_BLOCK_PC;
+	req->cmd_flags |= REQ_QUIET;
 
 	if (use_sg)
 		err = scsi_req_map_sg(req, buffer, use_sg, bufflen, gfp);
@@ -933,7 +935,7 @@ void scsi_io_completion(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd, unsigned int good_bytes)
 					break;
 				}
 			}
-			if (!(req->flags & REQ_QUIET)) {
+			if (!(req->cmd_flags & REQ_QUIET)) {
 				scmd_printk(KERN_INFO, cmd,
 					    "Device not ready: ");
 				scsi_print_sense_hdr("", &sshdr);
@@ -941,7 +943,7 @@ void scsi_io_completion(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd, unsigned int good_bytes)
 			scsi_end_request(cmd, 0, this_count, 1);
 			return;
 		case VOLUME_OVERFLOW:
-			if (!(req->flags & REQ_QUIET)) {
+			if (!(req->cmd_flags & REQ_QUIET)) {
 				scmd_printk(KERN_INFO, cmd,
 					    "Volume overflow, CDB: ");
 				__scsi_print_command(cmd->cmnd);
@@ -963,7 +965,7 @@ void scsi_io_completion(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd, unsigned int good_bytes)
 		return;
 	}
 	if (result) {
-		if (!(req->flags & REQ_QUIET)) {
+		if (!(req->cmd_flags & REQ_QUIET)) {
 			scmd_printk(KERN_INFO, cmd,
 				    "SCSI error: return code = 0x%08x\n",
 				    result);
@@ -995,7 +997,7 @@ static int scsi_init_io(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd)
 	/*
 	 * if this is a rq->data based REQ_BLOCK_PC, setup for a non-sg xfer
 	 */
-	if ((req->flags & REQ_BLOCK_PC) && !req->bio) {
+	if (blk_pc_request(req) && !req->bio) {
 		cmd->request_bufflen = req->data_len;
 		cmd->request_buffer = req->data;
 		req->buffer = req->data;
@@ -1139,13 +1141,12 @@ static int scsi_prep_fn(struct request_queue *q, struct request *req)
 	 * these two cases differently.  We differentiate by looking
 	 * at request->cmd, as this tells us the real story.
 	 */
-	if (req->flags & REQ_SPECIAL && req->special) {
+	if (blk_special_request(req) && req->special)
 		cmd = req->special;
-	} else if (req->flags & (REQ_CMD | REQ_BLOCK_PC)) {
-
-		if(unlikely(specials_only) && !(req->flags & REQ_SPECIAL)) {
-			if(specials_only == SDEV_QUIESCE ||
-					specials_only == SDEV_BLOCK)
+	else if (blk_pc_request(req) || blk_fs_request(req)) {
+		if (unlikely(specials_only) && !(req->cmd_flags & REQ_PREEMPT)){
+			if (specials_only == SDEV_QUIESCE ||
+			    specials_only == SDEV_BLOCK)
 				goto defer;
 			
 			sdev_printk(KERN_ERR, sdev,
@@ -1153,7 +1154,6 @@ static int scsi_prep_fn(struct request_queue *q, struct request *req)
 			goto kill;
 		}
 			
-			
 		/*
 		 * Now try and find a command block that we can use.
 		 */
@@ -1184,7 +1184,7 @@ static int scsi_prep_fn(struct request_queue *q, struct request *req)
 	 * lock.  We hope REQ_STARTED prevents anything untoward from
 	 * happening now.
 	 */
-	if (req->flags & (REQ_CMD | REQ_BLOCK_PC)) {
+	if (blk_fs_request(req) || blk_pc_request(req)) {
 		int ret;
 
 		/*
@@ -1216,7 +1216,7 @@ static int scsi_prep_fn(struct request_queue *q, struct request *req)
 		/*
 		 * Initialize the actual SCSI command for this request.
 		 */
-		if (req->flags & REQ_BLOCK_PC) {
+		if (blk_pc_request(req)) {
 			scsi_setup_blk_pc_cmnd(cmd);
 		} else if (req->rq_disk) {
 			struct scsi_driver *drv;
@@ -1233,7 +1233,7 @@ static int scsi_prep_fn(struct request_queue *q, struct request *req)
 	/*
 	 * The request is now prepped, no need to come back here
 	 */
-	req->flags |= REQ_DONTPREP;
+	req->cmd_flags |= REQ_DONTPREP;
 	return BLKPREP_OK;
 
  defer:
@@ -1454,8 +1454,9 @@ static void scsi_request_fn(struct request_queue *q)
 		if (unlikely(cmd == NULL)) {
 			printk(KERN_CRIT "impossible request in %s.\n"
 					 "please mail a stack trace to "
-					 "linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org",
+					 "linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org\n",
 					 __FUNCTION__);
+			blk_dump_rq_flags(req, "foo");
 			BUG();
 		}
 		spin_lock(shost->host_lock);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sd.c b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
index 638cff41d436..10bc99c911fa 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sd.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
@@ -443,8 +443,7 @@ static int sd_init_command(struct scsi_cmnd * SCpnt)
 		SCpnt->cmnd[0] = READ_6;
 		SCpnt->sc_data_direction = DMA_FROM_DEVICE;
 	} else {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "sd: Unknown command %lx\n", rq->flags);
-/* overkill 	panic("Unknown sd command %lx\n", rq->flags); */
+		printk(KERN_ERR "sd: Unknown command %x\n", rq->cmd_flags);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -840,7 +839,7 @@ static int sd_issue_flush(struct device *dev, sector_t *error_sector)
 static void sd_prepare_flush(request_queue_t *q, struct request *rq)
 {
 	memset(rq->cmd, 0, sizeof(rq->cmd));
-	rq->flags |= REQ_BLOCK_PC;
+	rq->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_BLOCK_PC;
 	rq->timeout = SD_TIMEOUT;
 	rq->cmd[0] = SYNCHRONIZE_CACHE;
 	rq->cmd_len = 10;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sun3_NCR5380.c b/drivers/scsi/sun3_NCR5380.c
index 2f8073b73bf3..7f9bcef6adfa 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sun3_NCR5380.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sun3_NCR5380.c
@@ -2017,7 +2017,7 @@ static void NCR5380_information_transfer (struct Scsi_Host *instance)
 		if((count > SUN3_DMA_MINSIZE) && (sun3_dma_setup_done
 						  != cmd))
 		{
-			if(cmd->request->flags & REQ_CMD) {
+			if(blk_fs_request(cmd->request)) {
 				sun3scsi_dma_setup(d, count,
 						   rq_data_dir(cmd->request));
 				sun3_dma_setup_done = cmd;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sun3_scsi.c b/drivers/scsi/sun3_scsi.c
index 837173415d4c..44a99aeb8180 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sun3_scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sun3_scsi.c
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ static inline unsigned long sun3scsi_dma_residual(struct Scsi_Host *instance)
 static inline unsigned long sun3scsi_dma_xfer_len(unsigned long wanted, Scsi_Cmnd *cmd,
 				    int write_flag)
 {
-	if(cmd->request->flags & REQ_CMD)
+	if(blk_fs_request(cmd->request))
  		return wanted;
 	else
 		return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sun3_scsi_vme.c b/drivers/scsi/sun3_scsi_vme.c
index 008a82ab8521..f5742b84b27a 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sun3_scsi_vme.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sun3_scsi_vme.c
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ static inline unsigned long sun3scsi_dma_residual(struct Scsi_Host *instance)
 static inline unsigned long sun3scsi_dma_xfer_len(unsigned long wanted, Scsi_Cmnd *cmd,
 				    int write_flag)
 {
-	if(cmd->request->flags & REQ_CMD)
+	if(blk_fs_request(cmd->request))
  		return wanted;
 	else
 		return 0;
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index cfde8b3ee919..b2a412cf468f 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -120,6 +120,86 @@ struct request_list {
 	wait_queue_head_t wait[2];
 };
 
+/*
+ * request command types
+ */
+enum rq_cmd_type_bits {
+	REQ_TYPE_FS		= 1,	/* fs request */
+	REQ_TYPE_BLOCK_PC,		/* scsi command */
+	REQ_TYPE_SENSE,			/* sense request */
+	REQ_TYPE_PM_SUSPEND,		/* suspend request */
+	REQ_TYPE_PM_RESUME,		/* resume request */
+	REQ_TYPE_PM_SHUTDOWN,		/* shutdown request */
+	REQ_TYPE_FLUSH,			/* flush request */
+	REQ_TYPE_SPECIAL,		/* driver defined type */
+	REQ_TYPE_LINUX_BLOCK,		/* generic block layer message */
+	/*
+	 * for ATA/ATAPI devices. this really doesn't belong here, ide should
+	 * use REQ_TYPE_SPECIAL and use rq->cmd[0] with the range of driver
+	 * private REQ_LB opcodes to differentiate what type of request this is
+	 */
+	REQ_TYPE_ATA_CMD,
+	REQ_TYPE_ATA_TASK,
+	REQ_TYPE_ATA_TASKFILE,
+};
+
+/*
+ * For request of type REQ_TYPE_LINUX_BLOCK, rq->cmd[0] is the opcode being
+ * sent down (similar to how REQ_TYPE_BLOCK_PC means that ->cmd[] holds a
+ * SCSI cdb.
+ *
+ * 0x00 -> 0x3f are driver private, to be used for whatever purpose they need,
+ * typically to differentiate REQ_TYPE_SPECIAL requests.
+ *
+ */
+enum {
+	/*
+	 * just examples for now
+	 */
+	REQ_LB_OP_EJECT	= 0x40,		/* eject request */
+	REQ_LB_OP_FLUSH = 0x41,		/* flush device */
+};
+
+/*
+ * request type modified bits. first three bits match BIO_RW* bits, important
+ */
+enum rq_flag_bits {
+	__REQ_RW,		/* not set, read. set, write */
+	__REQ_FAILFAST,		/* no low level driver retries */
+	__REQ_SORTED,		/* elevator knows about this request */
+	__REQ_SOFTBARRIER,	/* may not be passed by ioscheduler */
+	__REQ_HARDBARRIER,	/* may not be passed by drive either */
+	__REQ_FUA,		/* forced unit access */
+	__REQ_NOMERGE,		/* don't touch this for merging */
+	__REQ_STARTED,		/* drive already may have started this one */
+	__REQ_DONTPREP,		/* don't call prep for this one */
+	__REQ_QUEUED,		/* uses queueing */
+	__REQ_ELVPRIV,		/* elevator private data attached */
+	__REQ_FAILED,		/* set if the request failed */
+	__REQ_QUIET,		/* don't worry about errors */
+	__REQ_PREEMPT,		/* set for "ide_preempt" requests */
+	__REQ_ORDERED_COLOR,	/* is before or after barrier */
+	__REQ_RW_SYNC,		/* request is sync (O_DIRECT) */
+	__REQ_NR_BITS,		/* stops here */
+};
+
+#define REQ_RW		(1 << __REQ_RW)
+#define REQ_FAILFAST	(1 << __REQ_FAILFAST)
+#define REQ_SORTED	(1 << __REQ_SORTED)
+#define REQ_SOFTBARRIER	(1 << __REQ_SOFTBARRIER)
+#define REQ_HARDBARRIER	(1 << __REQ_HARDBARRIER)
+#define REQ_FUA		(1 << __REQ_FUA)
+#define REQ_NOMERGE	(1 << __REQ_NOMERGE)
+#define REQ_STARTED	(1 << __REQ_STARTED)
+#define REQ_DONTPREP	(1 << __REQ_DONTPREP)
+#define REQ_QUEUED	(1 << __REQ_QUEUED)
+#define REQ_ELVPRIV	(1 << __REQ_ELVPRIV)
+#define REQ_FAILED	(1 << __REQ_FAILED)
+#define REQ_QUIET	(1 << __REQ_QUIET)
+#define REQ_PREEMPT	(1 << __REQ_PREEMPT)
+#define REQ_ORDERED_COLOR	(1 << __REQ_ORDERED_COLOR)
+#define REQ_RW_SYNC	(1 << __REQ_RW_SYNC)
+
 #define BLK_MAX_CDB	16
 
 /*
@@ -129,7 +209,8 @@ struct request {
 	struct list_head queuelist;
 	struct list_head donelist;
 
-	unsigned long flags;		/* see REQ_ bits below */
+	unsigned int cmd_flags;
+	enum rq_cmd_type_bits cmd_type;
 
 	/* Maintain bio traversal state for part by part I/O submission.
 	 * hard_* are block layer internals, no driver should touch them!
@@ -202,73 +283,7 @@ struct request {
 };
 
 /*
- * first three bits match BIO_RW* bits, important
- */
-enum rq_flag_bits {
-	__REQ_RW,		/* not set, read. set, write */
-	__REQ_FAILFAST,		/* no low level driver retries */
-	__REQ_SORTED,		/* elevator knows about this request */
-	__REQ_SOFTBARRIER,	/* may not be passed by ioscheduler */
-	__REQ_HARDBARRIER,	/* may not be passed by drive either */
-	__REQ_FUA,		/* forced unit access */
-	__REQ_CMD,		/* is a regular fs rw request */
-	__REQ_NOMERGE,		/* don't touch this for merging */
-	__REQ_STARTED,		/* drive already may have started this one */
-	__REQ_DONTPREP,		/* don't call prep for this one */
-	__REQ_QUEUED,		/* uses queueing */
-	__REQ_ELVPRIV,		/* elevator private data attached */
-	/*
-	 * for ATA/ATAPI devices
-	 */
-	__REQ_PC,		/* packet command (special) */
-	__REQ_BLOCK_PC,		/* queued down pc from block layer */
-	__REQ_SENSE,		/* sense retrival */
-
-	__REQ_FAILED,		/* set if the request failed */
-	__REQ_QUIET,		/* don't worry about errors */
-	__REQ_SPECIAL,		/* driver suplied command */
-	__REQ_DRIVE_CMD,
-	__REQ_DRIVE_TASK,
-	__REQ_DRIVE_TASKFILE,
-	__REQ_PREEMPT,		/* set for "ide_preempt" requests */
-	__REQ_PM_SUSPEND,	/* suspend request */
-	__REQ_PM_RESUME,	/* resume request */
-	__REQ_PM_SHUTDOWN,	/* shutdown request */
-	__REQ_ORDERED_COLOR,	/* is before or after barrier */
-	__REQ_RW_SYNC,		/* request is sync (O_DIRECT) */
-	__REQ_NR_BITS,		/* stops here */
-};
-
-#define REQ_RW		(1 << __REQ_RW)
-#define REQ_FAILFAST	(1 << __REQ_FAILFAST)
-#define REQ_SORTED	(1 << __REQ_SORTED)
-#define REQ_SOFTBARRIER	(1 << __REQ_SOFTBARRIER)
-#define REQ_HARDBARRIER	(1 << __REQ_HARDBARRIER)
-#define REQ_FUA		(1 << __REQ_FUA)
-#define REQ_CMD		(1 << __REQ_CMD)
-#define REQ_NOMERGE	(1 << __REQ_NOMERGE)
-#define REQ_STARTED	(1 << __REQ_STARTED)
-#define REQ_DONTPREP	(1 << __REQ_DONTPREP)
-#define REQ_QUEUED	(1 << __REQ_QUEUED)
-#define REQ_ELVPRIV	(1 << __REQ_ELVPRIV)
-#define REQ_PC		(1 << __REQ_PC)
-#define REQ_BLOCK_PC	(1 << __REQ_BLOCK_PC)
-#define REQ_SENSE	(1 << __REQ_SENSE)
-#define REQ_FAILED	(1 << __REQ_FAILED)
-#define REQ_QUIET	(1 << __REQ_QUIET)
-#define REQ_SPECIAL	(1 << __REQ_SPECIAL)
-#define REQ_DRIVE_CMD	(1 << __REQ_DRIVE_CMD)
-#define REQ_DRIVE_TASK	(1 << __REQ_DRIVE_TASK)
-#define REQ_DRIVE_TASKFILE	(1 << __REQ_DRIVE_TASKFILE)
-#define REQ_PREEMPT	(1 << __REQ_PREEMPT)
-#define REQ_PM_SUSPEND	(1 << __REQ_PM_SUSPEND)
-#define REQ_PM_RESUME	(1 << __REQ_PM_RESUME)
-#define REQ_PM_SHUTDOWN	(1 << __REQ_PM_SHUTDOWN)
-#define REQ_ORDERED_COLOR	(1 << __REQ_ORDERED_COLOR)
-#define REQ_RW_SYNC	(1 << __REQ_RW_SYNC)
-
-/*
- * State information carried for REQ_PM_SUSPEND and REQ_PM_RESUME
+ * State information carried for REQ_TYPE_PM_SUSPEND and REQ_TYPE_PM_RESUME
  * requests. Some step values could eventually be made generic.
  */
 struct request_pm_state
@@ -490,25 +505,28 @@ enum {
 #define blk_queue_stopped(q)	test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_STOPPED, &(q)->queue_flags)
 #define blk_queue_flushing(q)	((q)->ordseq)
 
-#define blk_fs_request(rq)	((rq)->flags & REQ_CMD)
-#define blk_pc_request(rq)	((rq)->flags & REQ_BLOCK_PC)
-#define blk_noretry_request(rq)	((rq)->flags & REQ_FAILFAST)
-#define blk_rq_started(rq)	((rq)->flags & REQ_STARTED)
+#define blk_fs_request(rq)	((rq)->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_FS)
+#define blk_pc_request(rq)	((rq)->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_BLOCK_PC)
+#define blk_special_request(rq)	((rq)->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_SPECIAL)
+#define blk_sense_request(rq)	((rq)->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_SENSE)
+
+#define blk_noretry_request(rq)	((rq)->cmd_flags & REQ_FAILFAST)
+#define blk_rq_started(rq)	((rq)->cmd_flags & REQ_STARTED)
 
 #define blk_account_rq(rq)	(blk_rq_started(rq) && blk_fs_request(rq))
 
-#define blk_pm_suspend_request(rq)	((rq)->flags & REQ_PM_SUSPEND)
-#define blk_pm_resume_request(rq)	((rq)->flags & REQ_PM_RESUME)
+#define blk_pm_suspend_request(rq)	((rq)->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_PM_SUSPEND)
+#define blk_pm_resume_request(rq)	((rq)->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_PM_RESUME)
 #define blk_pm_request(rq)	\
-	((rq)->flags & (REQ_PM_SUSPEND | REQ_PM_RESUME))
+	(blk_pm_suspend_request(rq) || blk_pm_resume_request(rq))
 
-#define blk_sorted_rq(rq)	((rq)->flags & REQ_SORTED)
-#define blk_barrier_rq(rq)	((rq)->flags & REQ_HARDBARRIER)
-#define blk_fua_rq(rq)		((rq)->flags & REQ_FUA)
+#define blk_sorted_rq(rq)	((rq)->cmd_flags & REQ_SORTED)
+#define blk_barrier_rq(rq)	((rq)->cmd_flags & REQ_HARDBARRIER)
+#define blk_fua_rq(rq)		((rq)->cmd_flags & REQ_FUA)
 
 #define list_entry_rq(ptr)	list_entry((ptr), struct request, queuelist)
 
-#define rq_data_dir(rq)		((rq)->flags & 1)
+#define rq_data_dir(rq)		((rq)->cmd_flags & 1)
 
 static inline int blk_queue_full(struct request_queue *q, int rw)
 {
@@ -541,7 +559,7 @@ static inline void blk_clear_queue_full(struct request_queue *q, int rw)
 #define RQ_NOMERGE_FLAGS	\
 	(REQ_NOMERGE | REQ_STARTED | REQ_HARDBARRIER | REQ_SOFTBARRIER)
 #define rq_mergeable(rq)	\
-	(!((rq)->flags & RQ_NOMERGE_FLAGS) && blk_fs_request((rq)))
+	(!((rq)->cmd_flags & RQ_NOMERGE_FLAGS) && blk_fs_request((rq)))
 
 /*
  * noop, requests are automagically marked as active/inactive by I/O
@@ -737,7 +755,7 @@ extern void blk_put_queue(request_queue_t *);
  */
 #define blk_queue_tag_depth(q)		((q)->queue_tags->busy)
 #define blk_queue_tag_queue(q)		((q)->queue_tags->busy < (q)->queue_tags->max_depth)
-#define blk_rq_tagged(rq)		((rq)->flags & REQ_QUEUED)
+#define blk_rq_tagged(rq)		((rq)->cmd_flags & REQ_QUEUED)
 extern int blk_queue_start_tag(request_queue_t *, struct request *);
 extern struct request *blk_queue_find_tag(request_queue_t *, int);
 extern void blk_queue_end_tag(request_queue_t *, struct request *);
diff --git a/include/linux/blktrace_api.h b/include/linux/blktrace_api.h
index 7520cc1ff9e2..ea48eb1b3fd3 100644
--- a/include/linux/blktrace_api.h
+++ b/include/linux/blktrace_api.h
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ static inline void blk_add_trace_rq(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq,
 				    u32 what)
 {
 	struct blk_trace *bt = q->blk_trace;
-	int rw = rq->flags & 0x03;
+	int rw = rq->cmd_flags & 0x03;
 
 	if (likely(!bt))
 		return;
diff --git a/include/scsi/scsi_tcq.h b/include/scsi/scsi_tcq.h
index d04d05adfa9b..bbf66219b769 100644
--- a/include/scsi/scsi_tcq.h
+++ b/include/scsi/scsi_tcq.h
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ static inline int scsi_populate_tag_msg(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd, char *msg)
 	struct scsi_device *sdev = cmd->device;
 
         if (blk_rq_tagged(req)) {
-		if (sdev->ordered_tags && req->flags & REQ_HARDBARRIER)
+		if (sdev->ordered_tags && req->cmd_flags & REQ_HARDBARRIER)
         	        *msg++ = MSG_ORDERED_TAG;
         	else
         	        *msg++ = MSG_SIMPLE_TAG;