2 files changed, 20 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index 4afb39c82339..fba4ca7c6086 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -102,27 +102,38 @@ struct backing_dev_info *blk_get_backing_dev_info(struct block_device *bdev)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_get_backing_dev_info);
 
+/*
+ * We can't just memset() the structure, since the allocation path
+ * already stored some information in the request.
+ */
 void rq_init(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq)
 {
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&rq->queuelist);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&rq->donelist);
-
-	rq->errors = 0;
+	rq->q = q;
+	rq->sector = rq->hard_sector = (sector_t) -1;
+	rq->nr_sectors = rq->hard_nr_sectors = 0;
+	rq->current_nr_sectors = rq->hard_cur_sectors = 0;
 	rq->bio = rq->biotail = NULL;
 	INIT_HLIST_NODE(&rq->hash);
 	RB_CLEAR_NODE(&rq->rb_node);
+	rq->rq_disk = NULL;
+	rq->nr_phys_segments = 0;
+	rq->nr_hw_segments = 0;
 	rq->ioprio = 0;
+	rq->special = NULL;
 	rq->buffer = NULL;
+	rq->tag = -1;
+	rq->errors = 0;
 	rq->ref_count = 1;
-	rq->q = q;
-	rq->special = NULL;
+	rq->cmd_len = 0;
+	memset(rq->cmd, 0, sizeof(rq->cmd));
 	rq->data_len = 0;
+	rq->sense_len = 0;
 	rq->data = NULL;
-	rq->nr_phys_segments = 0;
 	rq->sense = NULL;
 	rq->end_io = NULL;
 	rq->end_io_data = NULL;
-	rq->completion_data = NULL;
 	rq->next_rq = NULL;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 90392a9d7a9c..e1888cc5b8ae 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -137,7 +137,9 @@ enum rq_flag_bits {
 #define BLK_MAX_CDB	16
 
 /*
- * try to put the fields that are referenced together in the same cacheline
+ * try to put the fields that are referenced together in the same cacheline.
+ * if you modify this structure, be sure to check block/blk-core.c:rq_init()
+ * as well!
  */
 struct request {
 	struct list_head queuelist;