Merge remote-tracking branch 'master' into queue

Merge reason: development work has dependency on kvm patches merged
upstream.

Conflicts:
	arch/powerpc/include/asm/Kbuild
	arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_para.h

Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>

9 files changed, 236 insertions, 76 deletions

diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index d2da64170513..a33870b1847b 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -606,8 +606,8 @@ struct request_queue *blk_alloc_queue_node(gfp_t gfp_mask, int node_id)
 	/*
 	 * A queue starts its life with bypass turned on to avoid
 	 * unnecessary bypass on/off overhead and nasty surprises during
-	 * init.  The initial bypass will be finished at the end of
-	 * blk_init_allocated_queue().
+	 * init.  The initial bypass will be finished when the queue is
+	 * registered by blk_register_queue().
 	 */
 	q->bypass_depth = 1;
 	__set_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_BYPASS, &q->queue_flags);
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ blk_init_allocated_queue(struct request_queue *q, request_fn_proc *rfn,
 	q->request_fn		= rfn;
 	q->prep_rq_fn		= NULL;
 	q->unprep_rq_fn		= NULL;
-	q->queue_flags		= QUEUE_FLAG_DEFAULT;
+	q->queue_flags		|= QUEUE_FLAG_DEFAULT;
 
 	/* Override internal queue lock with supplied lock pointer */
 	if (lock)
@@ -710,11 +710,6 @@ blk_init_allocated_queue(struct request_queue *q, request_fn_proc *rfn,
 	/* init elevator */
 	if (elevator_init(q, NULL))
 		return NULL;
-
-	blk_queue_congestion_threshold(q);
-
-	/* all done, end the initial bypass */
-	blk_queue_bypass_end(q);
 	return q;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_init_allocated_queue);
@@ -1657,8 +1652,8 @@ generic_make_request_checks(struct bio *bio)
 		goto end_io;
 	}
 
-	if (unlikely(!(bio->bi_rw & REQ_DISCARD) &&
-		     nr_sectors > queue_max_hw_sectors(q))) {
+	if (likely(bio_is_rw(bio) &&
+		   nr_sectors > queue_max_hw_sectors(q))) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "bio too big device %s (%u > %u)\n",
 		       bdevname(bio->bi_bdev, b),
 		       bio_sectors(bio),
@@ -1699,8 +1694,12 @@ generic_make_request_checks(struct bio *bio)
 
 	if ((bio->bi_rw & REQ_DISCARD) &&
 	    (!blk_queue_discard(q) ||
-	     ((bio->bi_rw & REQ_SECURE) &&
-	      !blk_queue_secdiscard(q)))) {
+	     ((bio->bi_rw & REQ_SECURE) && !blk_queue_secdiscard(q)))) {
+		err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+		goto end_io;
+	}
+
+	if (bio->bi_rw & REQ_WRITE_SAME && !bdev_write_same(bio->bi_bdev)) {
 		err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
 		goto end_io;
 	}
@@ -1810,15 +1809,20 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_make_request);
  */
 void submit_bio(int rw, struct bio *bio)
 {
-	int count = bio_sectors(bio);
-
 	bio->bi_rw |= rw;
 
 	/*
 	 * If it's a regular read/write or a barrier with data attached,
 	 * go through the normal accounting stuff before submission.
 	 */
-	if (bio_has_data(bio) && !(rw & REQ_DISCARD)) {
+	if (bio_has_data(bio)) {
+		unsigned int count;
+
+		if (unlikely(rw & REQ_WRITE_SAME))
+			count = bdev_logical_block_size(bio->bi_bdev) >> 9;
+		else
+			count = bio_sectors(bio);
+
 		if (rw & WRITE) {
 			count_vm_events(PGPGOUT, count);
 		} else {
@@ -1864,11 +1868,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(submit_bio);
  */
 int blk_rq_check_limits(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq)
 {
-	if (rq->cmd_flags & REQ_DISCARD)
+	if (!rq_mergeable(rq))
 		return 0;
 
-	if (blk_rq_sectors(rq) > queue_max_sectors(q) ||
-	    blk_rq_bytes(rq) > queue_max_hw_sectors(q) << 9) {
+	if (blk_rq_sectors(rq) > blk_queue_get_max_sectors(q, rq->cmd_flags)) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: over max size limit.\n", __func__);
 		return -EIO;
 	}
@@ -2340,7 +2343,7 @@ bool blk_update_request(struct request *req, int error, unsigned int nr_bytes)
 	req->buffer = bio_data(req->bio);
 
 	/* update sector only for requests with clear definition of sector */
-	if (req->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_FS || (req->cmd_flags & REQ_DISCARD))
+	if (req->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_FS)
 		req->__sector += total_bytes >> 9;
 
 	/* mixed attributes always follow the first bio */
@@ -2781,16 +2784,10 @@ int blk_rq_prep_clone(struct request *rq, struct request *rq_src,
 	blk_rq_init(NULL, rq);
 
 	__rq_for_each_bio(bio_src, rq_src) {
-		bio = bio_alloc_bioset(gfp_mask, bio_src->bi_max_vecs, bs);
+		bio = bio_clone_bioset(bio_src, gfp_mask, bs);
 		if (!bio)
 			goto free_and_out;
 
-		__bio_clone(bio, bio_src);
-
-		if (bio_integrity(bio_src) &&
-		    bio_integrity_clone(bio, bio_src, gfp_mask, bs))
-			goto free_and_out;
-
 		if (bio_ctr && bio_ctr(bio, bio_src, data))
 			goto free_and_out;
 
@@ -2807,7 +2804,7 @@ int blk_rq_prep_clone(struct request *rq, struct request *rq_src,
 
 free_and_out:
 	if (bio)
-		bio_free(bio, bs);
+		bio_put(bio);
 	blk_rq_unprep_clone(rq);
 
 	return -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/block/blk-lib.c b/block/blk-lib.c
index 19cc761cacb2..9373b58dfab1 100644
--- a/block/blk-lib.c
+++ b/block/blk-lib.c
@@ -130,6 +130,80 @@ int blkdev_issue_discard(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector,
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blkdev_issue_discard);
 
 /**
+ * blkdev_issue_write_same - queue a write same operation
+ * @bdev:	target blockdev
+ * @sector:	start sector
+ * @nr_sects:	number of sectors to write
+ * @gfp_mask:	memory allocation flags (for bio_alloc)
+ * @page:	page containing data to write
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *    Issue a write same request for the sectors in question.
+ */
+int blkdev_issue_write_same(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector,
+			    sector_t nr_sects, gfp_t gfp_mask,
+			    struct page *page)
+{
+	DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(wait);
+	struct request_queue *q = bdev_get_queue(bdev);
+	unsigned int max_write_same_sectors;
+	struct bio_batch bb;
+	struct bio *bio;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	if (!q)
+		return -ENXIO;
+
+	max_write_same_sectors = q->limits.max_write_same_sectors;
+
+	if (max_write_same_sectors == 0)
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
+	atomic_set(&bb.done, 1);
+	bb.flags = 1 << BIO_UPTODATE;
+	bb.wait = &wait;
+
+	while (nr_sects) {
+		bio = bio_alloc(gfp_mask, 1);
+		if (!bio) {
+			ret = -ENOMEM;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		bio->bi_sector = sector;
+		bio->bi_end_io = bio_batch_end_io;
+		bio->bi_bdev = bdev;
+		bio->bi_private = &bb;
+		bio->bi_vcnt = 1;
+		bio->bi_io_vec->bv_page = page;
+		bio->bi_io_vec->bv_offset = 0;
+		bio->bi_io_vec->bv_len = bdev_logical_block_size(bdev);
+
+		if (nr_sects > max_write_same_sectors) {
+			bio->bi_size = max_write_same_sectors << 9;
+			nr_sects -= max_write_same_sectors;
+			sector += max_write_same_sectors;
+		} else {
+			bio->bi_size = nr_sects << 9;
+			nr_sects = 0;
+		}
+
+		atomic_inc(&bb.done);
+		submit_bio(REQ_WRITE | REQ_WRITE_SAME, bio);
+	}
+
+	/* Wait for bios in-flight */
+	if (!atomic_dec_and_test(&bb.done))
+		wait_for_completion(&wait);
+
+	if (!test_bit(BIO_UPTODATE, &bb.flags))
+		ret = -ENOTSUPP;
+
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(blkdev_issue_write_same);
+
+/**
  * blkdev_issue_zeroout - generate number of zero filed write bios
  * @bdev:	blockdev to issue
  * @sector:	start sector
@@ -140,7 +214,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(blkdev_issue_discard);
  *  Generate and issue number of bios with zerofiled pages.
  */
 
-int blkdev_issue_zeroout(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector,
+int __blkdev_issue_zeroout(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector,
 			sector_t nr_sects, gfp_t gfp_mask)
 {
 	int ret;
@@ -190,4 +264,32 @@ int blkdev_issue_zeroout(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector,
 
 	return ret;
 }
+
+/**
+ * blkdev_issue_zeroout - zero-fill a block range
+ * @bdev:	blockdev to write
+ * @sector:	start sector
+ * @nr_sects:	number of sectors to write
+ * @gfp_mask:	memory allocation flags (for bio_alloc)
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *  Generate and issue number of bios with zerofiled pages.
+ */
+
+int blkdev_issue_zeroout(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector,
+			 sector_t nr_sects, gfp_t gfp_mask)
+{
+	if (bdev_write_same(bdev)) {
+		unsigned char bdn[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
+
+		if (!blkdev_issue_write_same(bdev, sector, nr_sects, gfp_mask,
+					     ZERO_PAGE(0)))
+			return 0;
+
+		bdevname(bdev, bdn);
+		pr_err("%s: WRITE SAME failed. Manually zeroing.\n", bdn);
+	}
+
+	return __blkdev_issue_zeroout(bdev, sector, nr_sects, gfp_mask);
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blkdev_issue_zeroout);
diff --git a/block/blk-merge.c b/block/blk-merge.c
index e76279e41162..936a110de0b9 100644
--- a/block/blk-merge.c
+++ b/block/blk-merge.c
@@ -275,14 +275,8 @@ no_merge:
 int ll_back_merge_fn(struct request_queue *q, struct request *req,
 		     struct bio *bio)
 {
-	unsigned short max_sectors;
-
-	if (unlikely(req->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_BLOCK_PC))
-		max_sectors = queue_max_hw_sectors(q);
-	else
-		max_sectors = queue_max_sectors(q);
-
-	if (blk_rq_sectors(req) + bio_sectors(bio) > max_sectors) {
+	if (blk_rq_sectors(req) + bio_sectors(bio) >
+	    blk_rq_get_max_sectors(req)) {
 		req->cmd_flags |= REQ_NOMERGE;
 		if (req == q->last_merge)
 			q->last_merge = NULL;
@@ -299,15 +293,8 @@ int ll_back_merge_fn(struct request_queue *q, struct request *req,
 int ll_front_merge_fn(struct request_queue *q, struct request *req,
 		      struct bio *bio)
 {
-	unsigned short max_sectors;
-
-	if (unlikely(req->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_BLOCK_PC))
-		max_sectors = queue_max_hw_sectors(q);
-	else
-		max_sectors = queue_max_sectors(q);
-
-
-	if (blk_rq_sectors(req) + bio_sectors(bio) > max_sectors) {
+	if (blk_rq_sectors(req) + bio_sectors(bio) >
+	    blk_rq_get_max_sectors(req)) {
 		req->cmd_flags |= REQ_NOMERGE;
 		if (req == q->last_merge)
 			q->last_merge = NULL;
@@ -338,7 +325,8 @@ static int ll_merge_requests_fn(struct request_queue *q, struct request *req,
 	/*
 	 * Will it become too large?
 	 */
-	if ((blk_rq_sectors(req) + blk_rq_sectors(next)) > queue_max_sectors(q))
+	if ((blk_rq_sectors(req) + blk_rq_sectors(next)) >
+	    blk_rq_get_max_sectors(req))
 		return 0;
 
 	total_phys_segments = req->nr_phys_segments + next->nr_phys_segments;
@@ -417,16 +405,7 @@ static int attempt_merge(struct request_queue *q, struct request *req,
 	if (!rq_mergeable(req) || !rq_mergeable(next))
 		return 0;
 
-	/*
-	 * Don't merge file system requests and discard requests
-	 */
-	if ((req->cmd_flags & REQ_DISCARD) != (next->cmd_flags & REQ_DISCARD))
-		return 0;
-
-	/*
-	 * Don't merge discard requests and secure discard requests
-	 */
-	if ((req->cmd_flags & REQ_SECURE) != (next->cmd_flags & REQ_SECURE))
+	if (!blk_check_merge_flags(req->cmd_flags, next->cmd_flags))
 		return 0;
 
 	/*
@@ -440,6 +419,10 @@ static int attempt_merge(struct request_queue *q, struct request *req,
 	    || next->special)
 		return 0;
 
+	if (req->cmd_flags & REQ_WRITE_SAME &&
+	    !blk_write_same_mergeable(req->bio, next->bio))
+		return 0;
+
 	/*
 	 * If we are allowed to merge, then append bio list
 	 * from next to rq and release next. merge_requests_fn
@@ -521,15 +504,10 @@ int blk_attempt_req_merge(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq,
 
 bool blk_rq_merge_ok(struct request *rq, struct bio *bio)
 {
-	if (!rq_mergeable(rq))
+	if (!rq_mergeable(rq) || !bio_mergeable(bio))
 		return false;
 
-	/* don't merge file system requests and discard requests */
-	if ((bio->bi_rw & REQ_DISCARD) != (rq->bio->bi_rw & REQ_DISCARD))
-		return false;
-
-	/* don't merge discard requests and secure discard requests */
-	if ((bio->bi_rw & REQ_SECURE) != (rq->bio->bi_rw & REQ_SECURE))
+	if (!blk_check_merge_flags(rq->cmd_flags, bio->bi_rw))
 		return false;
 
 	/* different data direction or already started, don't merge */
@@ -544,6 +522,11 @@ bool blk_rq_merge_ok(struct request *rq, struct bio *bio)
 	if (bio_integrity(bio) != blk_integrity_rq(rq))
 		return false;
 
+	/* must be using the same buffer */
+	if (rq->cmd_flags & REQ_WRITE_SAME &&
+	    !blk_write_same_mergeable(rq->bio, bio))
+		return false;
+
 	return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/block/blk-settings.c b/block/blk-settings.c
index 565a6786032f..779bb7646bcd 100644
--- a/block/blk-settings.c
+++ b/block/blk-settings.c
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ void blk_set_default_limits(struct queue_limits *lim)
 	lim->seg_boundary_mask = BLK_SEG_BOUNDARY_MASK;
 	lim->max_segment_size = BLK_MAX_SEGMENT_SIZE;
 	lim->max_sectors = lim->max_hw_sectors = BLK_SAFE_MAX_SECTORS;
+	lim->max_write_same_sectors = 0;
 	lim->max_discard_sectors = 0;
 	lim->discard_granularity = 0;
 	lim->discard_alignment = 0;
@@ -144,6 +145,7 @@ void blk_set_stacking_limits(struct queue_limits *lim)
 	lim->max_segments = USHRT_MAX;
 	lim->max_hw_sectors = UINT_MAX;
 	lim->max_sectors = UINT_MAX;
+	lim->max_write_same_sectors = UINT_MAX;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_set_stacking_limits);
 
@@ -286,6 +288,18 @@ void blk_queue_max_discard_sectors(struct request_queue *q,
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_queue_max_discard_sectors);
 
 /**
+ * blk_queue_max_write_same_sectors - set max sectors for a single write same
+ * @q:  the request queue for the device
+ * @max_write_same_sectors: maximum number of sectors to write per command
+ **/
+void blk_queue_max_write_same_sectors(struct request_queue *q,
+				      unsigned int max_write_same_sectors)
+{
+	q->limits.max_write_same_sectors = max_write_same_sectors;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_queue_max_write_same_sectors);
+
+/**
  * blk_queue_max_segments - set max hw segments for a request for this queue
  * @q:  the request queue for the device
  * @max_segments:  max number of segments
@@ -510,6 +524,8 @@ int blk_stack_limits(struct queue_limits *t, struct queue_limits *b,
 
 	t->max_sectors = min_not_zero(t->max_sectors, b->max_sectors);
 	t->max_hw_sectors = min_not_zero(t->max_hw_sectors, b->max_hw_sectors);
+	t->max_write_same_sectors = min(t->max_write_same_sectors,
+					b->max_write_same_sectors);
 	t->bounce_pfn = min_not_zero(t->bounce_pfn, b->bounce_pfn);
 
 	t->seg_boundary_mask = min_not_zero(t->seg_boundary_mask,
diff --git a/block/blk-sysfs.c b/block/blk-sysfs.c
index 9628b291f960..ce6204608822 100644
--- a/block/blk-sysfs.c
+++ b/block/blk-sysfs.c
@@ -26,9 +26,15 @@ queue_var_show(unsigned long var, char *page)
 static ssize_t
 queue_var_store(unsigned long *var, const char *page, size_t count)
 {
-	char *p = (char *) page;
+	int err;
+	unsigned long v;
+
+	err = strict_strtoul(page, 10, &v);
+	if (err || v > UINT_MAX)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	*var = v;
 
-	*var = simple_strtoul(p, &p, 10);
 	return count;
 }
 
@@ -48,6 +54,9 @@ queue_requests_store(struct request_queue *q, const char *page, size_t count)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	ret = queue_var_store(&nr, page, count);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
 	if (nr < BLKDEV_MIN_RQ)
 		nr = BLKDEV_MIN_RQ;
 
@@ -102,6 +111,9 @@ queue_ra_store(struct request_queue *q, const char *page, size_t count)
 	unsigned long ra_kb;
 	ssize_t ret = queue_var_store(&ra_kb, page, count);
 
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
 	q->backing_dev_info.ra_pages = ra_kb >> (PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT - 10);
 
 	return ret;
@@ -168,6 +180,13 @@ static ssize_t queue_discard_zeroes_data_show(struct request_queue *q, char *pag
 	return queue_var_show(queue_discard_zeroes_data(q), page);
 }
 
+static ssize_t queue_write_same_max_show(struct request_queue *q, char *page)
+{
+	return sprintf(page, "%llu\n",
+		(unsigned long long)q->limits.max_write_same_sectors << 9);
+}
+
+
 static ssize_t
 queue_max_sectors_store(struct request_queue *q, const char *page, size_t count)
 {
@@ -176,6 +195,9 @@ queue_max_sectors_store(struct request_queue *q, const char *page, size_t count)
 			page_kb = 1 << (PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT - 10);
 	ssize_t ret = queue_var_store(&max_sectors_kb, page, count);
 
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
 	if (max_sectors_kb > max_hw_sectors_kb || max_sectors_kb < page_kb)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
@@ -236,6 +258,9 @@ static ssize_t queue_nomerges_store(struct request_queue *q, const char *page,
 	unsigned long nm;
 	ssize_t ret = queue_var_store(&nm, page, count);
 
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
 	spin_lock_irq(q->queue_lock);
 	queue_flag_clear(QUEUE_FLAG_NOMERGES, q);
 	queue_flag_clear(QUEUE_FLAG_NOXMERGES, q);
@@ -264,6 +289,9 @@ queue_rq_affinity_store(struct request_queue *q, const char *page, size_t count)
 	unsigned long val;
 
 	ret = queue_var_store(&val, page, count);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
 	spin_lock_irq(q->queue_lock);
 	if (val == 2) {
 		queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_SAME_COMP, q);
@@ -364,6 +392,11 @@ static struct queue_sysfs_entry queue_discard_zeroes_data_entry = {
 	.show = queue_discard_zeroes_data_show,
 };
 
+static struct queue_sysfs_entry queue_write_same_max_entry = {
+	.attr = {.name = "write_same_max_bytes", .mode = S_IRUGO },
+	.show = queue_write_same_max_show,
+};
+
 static struct queue_sysfs_entry queue_nonrot_entry = {
 	.attr = {.name = "rotational", .mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR },
 	.show = queue_show_nonrot,
@@ -411,6 +444,7 @@ static struct attribute *default_attrs[] = {
 	&queue_discard_granularity_entry.attr,
 	&queue_discard_max_entry.attr,
 	&queue_discard_zeroes_data_entry.attr,
+	&queue_write_same_max_entry.attr,
 	&queue_nonrot_entry.attr,
 	&queue_nomerges_entry.attr,
 	&queue_rq_affinity_entry.attr,
@@ -527,6 +561,12 @@ int blk_register_queue(struct gendisk *disk)
 	if (WARN_ON(!q))
 		return -ENXIO;
 
+	/*
+	 * Initialization must be complete by now.  Finish the initial
+	 * bypass from queue allocation.
+	 */
+	blk_queue_bypass_end(q);
+
 	ret = blk_trace_init_sysfs(dev);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
diff --git a/block/blk-tag.c b/block/blk-tag.c
index 4af6f5cc1167..cc345e1d8d4e 100644
--- a/block/blk-tag.c
+++ b/block/blk-tag.c
@@ -186,7 +186,8 @@ int blk_queue_init_tags(struct request_queue *q, int depth,
 		tags = __blk_queue_init_tags(q, depth);
 
 		if (!tags)
-			goto fail;
+			return -ENOMEM;
+
 	} else if (q->queue_tags) {
 		rc = blk_queue_resize_tags(q, depth);
 		if (rc)
@@ -203,9 +204,6 @@ int blk_queue_init_tags(struct request_queue *q, int depth,
 	queue_flag_set_unlocked(QUEUE_FLAG_QUEUED, q);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&q->tag_busy_list);
 	return 0;
-fail:
-	kfree(tags);
-	return -ENOMEM;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_queue_init_tags);
 
diff --git a/block/blk.h b/block/blk.h
index 2a0ea32d249f..ca51543b248c 100644
--- a/block/blk.h
+++ b/block/blk.h
@@ -171,14 +171,13 @@ static inline int queue_congestion_off_threshold(struct request_queue *q)
  *
  *	a) it's attached to a gendisk, and
  *	b) the queue had IO stats enabled when this request was started, and
- *	c) it's a file system request or a discard request
+ *	c) it's a file system request
  */
 static inline int blk_do_io_stat(struct request *rq)
 {
 	return rq->rq_disk &&
 	       (rq->cmd_flags & REQ_IO_STAT) &&
-	       (rq->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_FS ||
-	        (rq->cmd_flags & REQ_DISCARD));
+		(rq->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_FS);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/block/elevator.c b/block/elevator.c
index 6a55d418896f..9b1d42b62f20 100644
--- a/block/elevator.c
+++ b/block/elevator.c
@@ -562,8 +562,7 @@ void __elv_add_request(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq, int where)
 
 	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)) {
+		if (rq->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_FS) {
 			q->end_sector = rq_end_sector(rq);
 			q->boundary_rq = rq;
 		}
@@ -605,8 +604,7 @@ void __elv_add_request(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq, int where)
 		if (elv_attempt_insert_merge(q, rq))
 			break;
 	case ELEVATOR_INSERT_SORT:
-		BUG_ON(rq->cmd_type != REQ_TYPE_FS &&
-		       !(rq->cmd_flags & REQ_DISCARD));
+		BUG_ON(rq->cmd_type != REQ_TYPE_FS);
 		rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_SORTED;
 		q->nr_sorted++;
 		if (rq_mergeable(rq)) {
diff --git a/block/ioctl.c b/block/ioctl.c
index 4a85096f5410..a31d91d9bc5a 100644
--- a/block/ioctl.c
+++ b/block/ioctl.c
@@ -185,6 +185,22 @@ static int blk_ioctl_discard(struct block_device *bdev, uint64_t start,
 	return blkdev_issue_discard(bdev, start, len, GFP_KERNEL, flags);
 }
 
+static int blk_ioctl_zeroout(struct block_device *bdev, uint64_t start,
+			     uint64_t len)
+{
+	if (start & 511)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	if (len & 511)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	start >>= 9;
+	len >>= 9;
+
+	if (start + len > (i_size_read(bdev->bd_inode) >> 9))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	return blkdev_issue_zeroout(bdev, start, len, GFP_KERNEL);
+}
+
 static int put_ushort(unsigned long arg, unsigned short val)
 {
 	return put_user(val, (unsigned short __user *)arg);
@@ -300,6 +316,17 @@ int blkdev_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode, unsigned cmd,
 		return blk_ioctl_discard(bdev, range[0], range[1],
 					 cmd == BLKSECDISCARD);
 	}
+	case BLKZEROOUT: {
+		uint64_t range[2];
+
+		if (!(mode & FMODE_WRITE))
+			return -EBADF;
+
+		if (copy_from_user(range, (void __user *)arg, sizeof(range)))
+			return -EFAULT;
+
+		return blk_ioctl_zeroout(bdev, range[0], range[1]);
+	}
 
 	case HDIO_GETGEO: {
 		struct hd_geometry geo;