[Drbd-dev] [RFC PATCH 01/17] block: make generic_make_request handle arbitrarily sized bios

[Drbd-dev] [RFC PATCH 01/17] block: make generic_make_request handle arbitrarily sized bios

[Dongsu Park]

From: Kent Overstreet <kmo@daterainc.com>

The way the block layer is currently written, it goes to great lengths
to avoid having to split bios; upper layer code (such as bio_add_page())
checks what the underlying device can handle and tries to always create
bios that don't need to be split.

But this approach becomes unwieldy and eventually breaks down with
stacked devices and devices with dynamic limits, and it adds a lot of
complexity. If the block layer could split bios as needed, we could
eliminate a lot of complexity elsewhere - particularly in stacked
drivers. Code that creates bios can then create whatever size bios are
convenient, and more importantly stacked drivers don't have to deal with
both their own bio size limitations and the limitations of the
(potentially multiple) devices underneath them.  In the future this will
let us delete merge_bvec_fn and a bunch of other code.

We do this by adding calls to blk_queue_split() to the various
make_request functions that need it - a few can already handle arbitrary
size bios. Note that we add the call _after_ any call to
blk_queue_bounce(); this means that blk_queue_split() and
blk_recalc_rq_segments() don't need to be concerned with bouncing
affecting segment merging.

Some make_request_fn() callbacks were simple enough to audit and verify
they don't need blk_queue_split() calls. The skipped ones are:

 * nfhd_make_request (arch/m68k/emu/nfblock.c)
 * axon_ram_make_request (arch/powerpc/sysdev/axonram.c)
 * simdisk_make_request (arch/xtensa/platforms/iss/simdisk.c)
 * brd_make_request (ramdisk - drivers/block/brd.c)
 * mtip_submit_request (drivers/block/mtip32xx/mtip32xx.c)
 * loop_make_request
 * null_queue_bio
 * bcache's make_request fns

Some others are almost certainly safe to remove now, but will be left
for future patches.

Signed-off-by: Kent Overstreet <kmo@daterainc.com>
[dpark: skip more mq-based drivers, resolve merge conflicts, etc.]
Signed-off-by: Dongsu Park <dongsu.park@profitbricks.com>
Cc: Ming Lin <mlin@minggr.net>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Ming Lei <ming.lei@canonical.com>
Cc: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de>
Cc: Alasdair Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
Cc: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Cc: dm-devel@redhat.com
Cc: drbd-dev@lists.linbit.com
Cc: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
Cc: Geoff Levand <geoff@infradead.org>
Cc: Jim Paris <jim@jtan.com>
Cc: Joshua Morris <josh.h.morris@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Philip Kelleher <pjk1939@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org>
Cc: Nitin Gupta <ngupta@vflare.org>
Cc: Oleg Drokin <oleg.drokin@intel.com>
Cc: Andreas Dilger <andreas.dilger@intel.com>
---
 block/blk-core.c                            |  19 ++--
 block/blk-merge.c                           | 151 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 block/blk-mq.c                              |   2 +
 drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.c               |   2 +
 drivers/block/pktcdvd.c                     |   6 +-
 drivers/block/ps3vram.c                     |   2 +
 drivers/block/rsxx/dev.c                    |   2 +
 drivers/block/umem.c                        |   2 +
 drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c               |   2 +
 drivers/md/dm.c                             |   2 +
 drivers/md/md.c                             |   2 +
 drivers/s390/block/dcssblk.c                |   2 +
 drivers/s390/block/xpram.c                  |   2 +
 drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/lloop.c |   2 +
 include/linux/blkdev.h                      |   3 +
 15 files changed, 179 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index 30f6153..e86ad75 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -585,6 +585,10 @@ struct request_queue *blk_alloc_queue_node(gfp_t gfp_mask, int node_id)
 	if (q->id < 0)
 		goto fail_q;
 
+	q->bio_split = bioset_create(4, 0);
+	if (!q->bio_split)
+		goto fail_id;
+
 	q->backing_dev_info.ra_pages =
 			(VM_MAX_READAHEAD * 1024) / PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
 	q->backing_dev_info.state = 0;
@@ -594,7 +598,7 @@ struct request_queue *blk_alloc_queue_node(gfp_t gfp_mask, int node_id)
 
 	err = bdi_init(&q->backing_dev_info);
 	if (err)
-		goto fail_id;
+		goto fail_split;
 
 	setup_timer(&q->backing_dev_info.laptop_mode_wb_timer,
 		    laptop_mode_timer_fn, (unsigned long) q);
@@ -636,6 +640,8 @@ struct request_queue *blk_alloc_queue_node(gfp_t gfp_mask, int node_id)
 
 fail_bdi:
 	bdi_destroy(&q->backing_dev_info);
+fail_split:
+	bioset_free(q->bio_split);
 fail_id:
 	ida_simple_remove(&blk_queue_ida, q->id);
 fail_q:
@@ -1552,6 +1558,8 @@ void blk_queue_bio(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 	struct request *req;
 	unsigned int request_count = 0;
 
+	blk_queue_split(q, &bio, q->bio_split);
+
 	/*
 	 * low level driver can indicate that it wants pages above a
 	 * certain limit bounced to low memory (ie for highmem, or even
@@ -1775,15 +1783,6 @@ generic_make_request_checks(struct bio *bio)
 		goto end_io;
 	}
 
-	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),
-		       queue_max_hw_sectors(q));
-		goto end_io;
-	}
-
 	part = bio->bi_bdev->bd_part;
 	if (should_fail_request(part, bio->bi_iter.bi_size) ||
 	    should_fail_request(&part_to_disk(part)->part0,
diff --git a/block/blk-merge.c b/block/blk-merge.c
index 89b97b5..3bc2068 100644
--- a/block/blk-merge.c
+++ b/block/blk-merge.c
@@ -9,12 +9,150 @@
 
 #include "blk.h"
 
+static struct bio *blk_bio_discard_split(struct request_queue *q,
+					 struct bio *bio,
+					 struct bio_set *bs)
+{
+	unsigned int max_discard_sectors, granularity;
+	int alignment;
+	sector_t tmp;
+	unsigned split_sectors;
+
+	/* Zero-sector (unknown) and one-sector granularities are the same.  */
+	granularity = max(q->limits.discard_granularity >> 9, 1U);
+
+	max_discard_sectors = min(q->limits.max_discard_sectors, UINT_MAX >> 9);
+	max_discard_sectors -= max_discard_sectors % granularity;
+
+	if (unlikely(!max_discard_sectors)) {
+		/* XXX: warn */
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	if (bio_sectors(bio) <= max_discard_sectors)
+		return NULL;
+
+	split_sectors = max_discard_sectors;
+
+	/*
+	 * If the next starting sector would be misaligned, stop the discard at
+	 * the previous aligned sector.
+	 */
+	alignment = (q->limits.discard_alignment >> 9) % granularity;
+
+	tmp = bio->bi_iter.bi_sector + split_sectors - alignment;
+	tmp = sector_div(tmp, granularity);
+
+	if (split_sectors > tmp)
+		split_sectors -= tmp;
+
+	return bio_split(bio, split_sectors, GFP_NOIO, bs);
+}
+
+static struct bio *blk_bio_write_same_split(struct request_queue *q,
+					    struct bio *bio,
+					    struct bio_set *bs)
+{
+	if (!q->limits.max_write_same_sectors)
+		return NULL;
+
+	if (bio_sectors(bio) <= q->limits.max_write_same_sectors)
+		return NULL;
+
+	return bio_split(bio, q->limits.max_write_same_sectors, GFP_NOIO, bs);
+}
+
+static struct bio *blk_bio_segment_split(struct request_queue *q,
+					 struct bio *bio,
+					 struct bio_set *bs)
+{
+	struct bio *split;
+	struct bio_vec bv = { 0 }, bvprv = { 0 };
+	struct bvec_iter iter;
+	unsigned seg_size = 0, nsegs = 0;
+	int prev = 0;
+
+	struct bvec_merge_data bvm = {
+		.bi_bdev	= bio->bi_bdev,
+		.bi_sector	= bio->bi_iter.bi_sector,
+		.bi_size	= 0,
+		.bi_rw		= bio->bi_rw,
+	};
+
+	bio_for_each_segment(bv, bio, iter) {
+		if (q->merge_bvec_fn &&
+		    q->merge_bvec_fn(q, &bvm, &bv) < (int) bv.bv_len)
+			goto split;
+
+		bvm.bi_size += bv.bv_len;
+
+		if (bvm.bi_size >> 9 > queue_max_sectors(q))
+			goto split;
+
+		if (prev && blk_queue_cluster(q)) {
+			if (seg_size + bv.bv_len > queue_max_segment_size(q))
+				goto new_segment;
+			if (!BIOVEC_PHYS_MERGEABLE(&bvprv, &bv))
+				goto new_segment;
+			if (!BIOVEC_SEG_BOUNDARY(q, &bvprv, &bv))
+				goto new_segment;
+
+			seg_size += bv.bv_len;
+			bvprv = bv;
+			prev = 1;
+			continue;
+		}
+new_segment:
+		if (nsegs == queue_max_segments(q))
+			goto split;
+
+		nsegs++;
+		bvprv = bv;
+		prev = 1;
+		seg_size = bv.bv_len;
+	}
+
+	return NULL;
+split:
+	split = bio_clone_bioset(bio, GFP_NOIO, bs);
+
+	split->bi_iter.bi_size -= iter.bi_size;
+	bio->bi_iter = iter;
+
+	if (bio_integrity(bio)) {
+		bio_integrity_advance(bio, split->bi_iter.bi_size);
+		bio_integrity_trim(split, 0, bio_sectors(split));
+	}
+
+	return split;
+}
+
+void blk_queue_split(struct request_queue *q, struct bio **bio,
+		     struct bio_set *bs)
+{
+	struct bio *split;
+
+	if ((*bio)->bi_rw & REQ_DISCARD)
+		split = blk_bio_discard_split(q, *bio, bs);
+	else if ((*bio)->bi_rw & REQ_WRITE_SAME)
+		split = blk_bio_write_same_split(q, *bio, bs);
+	else
+		split = blk_bio_segment_split(q, *bio, q->bio_split);
+
+	if (split) {
+		bio_chain(split, *bio);
+		generic_make_request(*bio);
+		*bio = split;
+	}
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_queue_split);
+
 static unsigned int __blk_recalc_rq_segments(struct request_queue *q,
 					     struct bio *bio,
 					     bool no_sg_merge)
 {
 	struct bio_vec bv, bvprv = { NULL };
-	int cluster, high, highprv = 1;
+	int cluster, prev = 0;
 	unsigned int seg_size, nr_phys_segs;
 	struct bio *fbio, *bbio;
 	struct bvec_iter iter;
@@ -36,7 +174,6 @@ static unsigned int __blk_recalc_rq_segments(struct request_queue *q,
 	cluster = blk_queue_cluster(q);
 	seg_size = 0;
 	nr_phys_segs = 0;
-	high = 0;
 	for_each_bio(bio) {
 		bio_for_each_segment(bv, bio, iter) {
 			/*
@@ -46,13 +183,7 @@ static unsigned int __blk_recalc_rq_segments(struct request_queue *q,
 			if (no_sg_merge)
 				goto new_segment;
 
-			/*
-			 * the trick here is making sure that a high page is
-			 * never considered part of another segment, since
-			 * that might change with the bounce page.
-			 */
-			high = page_to_pfn(bv.bv_page) > queue_bounce_pfn(q);
-			if (!high && !highprv && cluster) {
+			if (prev && cluster) {
 				if (seg_size + bv.bv_len
 				    > queue_max_segment_size(q))
 					goto new_segment;
@@ -72,8 +203,8 @@ new_segment:
 
 			nr_phys_segs++;
 			bvprv = bv;
+			prev = 1;
 			seg_size = bv.bv_len;
-			highprv = high;
 		}
 		bbio = bio;
 	}
diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index da1ab56..20b3ddb 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -1259,6 +1259,8 @@ static void blk_sq_make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 		return;
 	}
 
+	blk_queue_split(q, &bio, q->bio_split);
+
 	if (use_plug && !blk_queue_nomerges(q) &&
 	    blk_attempt_plug_merge(q, bio, &request_count))
 		return;
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.c
index 34f2f0b..dee706d 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.c
@@ -1496,6 +1496,8 @@ void drbd_make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 	struct drbd_device *device = (struct drbd_device *) q->queuedata;
 	unsigned long start_jif;
 
+	blk_queue_split(q, &bio, q->bio_split);
+
 	start_jif = jiffies;
 
 	/*
diff --git a/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c b/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c
index 09e628da..ea10bd9 100644
--- a/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c
@@ -2446,6 +2446,10 @@ static void pkt_make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 	char b[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
 	struct bio *split;
 
+	blk_queue_bounce(q, &bio);
+
+	blk_queue_split(q, &bio, q->bio_split);
+
 	pd = q->queuedata;
 	if (!pd) {
 		pr_err("%s incorrect request queue\n",
@@ -2476,8 +2480,6 @@ static void pkt_make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 		goto end_io;
 	}
 
-	blk_queue_bounce(q, &bio);
-
 	do {
 		sector_t zone = get_zone(bio->bi_iter.bi_sector, pd);
 		sector_t last_zone = get_zone(bio_end_sector(bio) - 1, pd);
diff --git a/drivers/block/ps3vram.c b/drivers/block/ps3vram.c
index ef45cfb..a995972 100644
--- a/drivers/block/ps3vram.c
+++ b/drivers/block/ps3vram.c
@@ -603,6 +603,8 @@ static void ps3vram_make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 	struct ps3vram_priv *priv = ps3_system_bus_get_drvdata(dev);
 	int busy;
 
+	blk_queue_split(q, &bio, q->bio_split);
+
 	dev_dbg(&dev->core, "%s\n", __func__);
 
 	spin_lock_irq(&priv->lock);
diff --git a/drivers/block/rsxx/dev.c b/drivers/block/rsxx/dev.c
index ac8c62c..50ef199 100644
--- a/drivers/block/rsxx/dev.c
+++ b/drivers/block/rsxx/dev.c
@@ -148,6 +148,8 @@ static void rsxx_make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 	struct rsxx_bio_meta *bio_meta;
 	int st = -EINVAL;
 
+	blk_queue_split(q, &bio, q->bio_split);
+
 	might_sleep();
 
 	if (!card)
diff --git a/drivers/block/umem.c b/drivers/block/umem.c
index 4cf81b5..13d577c 100644
--- a/drivers/block/umem.c
+++ b/drivers/block/umem.c
@@ -531,6 +531,8 @@ static void mm_make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 		 (unsigned long long)bio->bi_iter.bi_sector,
 		 bio->bi_iter.bi_size);
 
+	blk_queue_split(q, &bio, q->bio_split);
+
 	spin_lock_irq(&card->lock);
 	*card->biotail = bio;
 	bio->bi_next = NULL;
diff --git a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
index bd8bda3..19526d0 100644
--- a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
@@ -909,6 +909,8 @@ static void zram_make_request(struct request_queue *queue, struct bio *bio)
 {
 	struct zram *zram = queue->queuedata;
 
+	blk_queue_split(queue, &bio, queue->bio_split);
+
 	down_read(&zram->init_lock);
 	if (unlikely(!init_done(zram)))
 		goto error;
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm.c b/drivers/md/dm.c
index 4c06585..5ce28a4 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm.c
@@ -1680,6 +1680,8 @@ static void dm_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 {
 	struct mapped_device *md = q->queuedata;
 
+	blk_queue_split(q, &bio, q->bio_split);
+
 	if (dm_request_based(md))
 		blk_queue_bio(q, bio);
 	else
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 709755f..48234eb 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -249,6 +249,8 @@ static void md_make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 	struct mddev *mddev = q->queuedata;
 	unsigned int sectors;
 
+	blk_queue_split(q, &bio, q->bio_split);
+
 	if (mddev == NULL || mddev->pers == NULL
 	    || !mddev->ready) {
 		bio_io_error(bio);
diff --git a/drivers/s390/block/dcssblk.c b/drivers/s390/block/dcssblk.c
index b550c8c..658bb7e 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/block/dcssblk.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/block/dcssblk.c
@@ -815,6 +815,8 @@ dcssblk_make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 	unsigned long source_addr;
 	unsigned long bytes_done;
 
+	blk_queue_split(q, &bio, q->bio_split);
+
 	bytes_done = 0;
 	dev_info = bio->bi_bdev->bd_disk->private_data;
 	if (dev_info == NULL)
diff --git a/drivers/s390/block/xpram.c b/drivers/s390/block/xpram.c
index 7d4e939..1305ed3 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/block/xpram.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/block/xpram.c
@@ -190,6 +190,8 @@ static void xpram_make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 	unsigned long page_addr;
 	unsigned long bytes;
 
+	blk_queue_split(q, &bio, q->bio_split);
+
 	if ((bio->bi_iter.bi_sector & 7) != 0 ||
 	    (bio->bi_iter.bi_size & 4095) != 0)
 		/* Request is not page-aligned. */
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/lloop.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/lloop.c
index 0312488..fc85916 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/lloop.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/lloop.c
@@ -341,6 +341,8 @@ static void loop_make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *old_bio)
 	int rw = bio_rw(old_bio);
 	int inactive;
 
+	blk_queue_split(q, &old_bio, q->bio_split);
+
 	if (!lo)
 		goto err;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 92f4b4b..191ee4b 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -484,6 +484,7 @@ struct request_queue {
 
 	struct blk_mq_tag_set	*tag_set;
 	struct list_head	tag_set_list;
+	struct bio_set		*bio_split;
 };
 
 #define QUEUE_FLAG_QUEUED	1	/* uses generic tag queueing */
@@ -807,6 +808,8 @@ extern void blk_rq_unprep_clone(struct request *rq);
 extern int blk_insert_cloned_request(struct request_queue *q,
 				     struct request *rq);
 extern void blk_delay_queue(struct request_queue *, unsigned long);
+extern void blk_queue_split(struct request_queue *, struct bio **,
+			    struct bio_set *);
 extern void blk_recount_segments(struct request_queue *, struct bio *);
 extern int scsi_verify_blk_ioctl(struct block_device *, unsigned int);
 extern int scsi_cmd_blk_ioctl(struct block_device *, fmode_t,
-- 
2.1.0

[Drbd-dev] [RFC PATCH 14/17] block: kill merge_bvec_fn() completely

[Dongsu Park]

From: Kent Overstreet <kmo@daterainc.com>

As generic_make_request() is now able to handle arbitrarily sized bios,
it's no longer necessary for each individual block driver to define its
own ->merge_bvec_fn() callback. Remove every invocation completely.

Signed-off-by: Kent Overstreet <kmo@daterainc.com>
[dpark: also remove ->merge_bvec_fn() in dm-thin as well as
 dm-era-target, and resolve merge conflicts]
Signed-off-by: Dongsu Park <dongsu.park@profitbricks.com>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Cc: drbd-dev@lists.linbit.com
Cc: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
Cc: Yehuda Sadeh <yehuda@inktank.com>
Cc: Sage Weil <sage@inktank.com>
Cc: Alex Elder <elder@kernel.org>
Cc: ceph-devel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Alasdair Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
Cc: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Cc: dm-devel@redhat.com
Cc: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de>
Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
Cc: Ming Lei <ming.lei@canonical.com>
Cc: "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
---
 block/blk-merge.c              |  17 +-----
 block/blk-settings.c           |  22 --------
 drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h  |   1 -
 drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c |   1 -
 drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.c  |  35 ------------
 drivers/block/pktcdvd.c        |  21 -------
 drivers/block/rbd.c            |  47 ----------------
 drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c   |  21 -------
 drivers/md/dm-crypt.c          |  16 ------
 drivers/md/dm-era-target.c     |  15 -----
 drivers/md/dm-flakey.c         |  16 ------
 drivers/md/dm-linear.c         |  16 ------
 drivers/md/dm-snap.c           |  15 -----
 drivers/md/dm-stripe.c         |  21 -------
 drivers/md/dm-table.c          |   8 ---
 drivers/md/dm-thin.c           |  31 -----------
 drivers/md/dm-verity.c         |  16 ------
 drivers/md/dm.c                | 120 +---------------------------------------
 drivers/md/dm.h                |   2 -
 drivers/md/linear.c            |  46 ----------------
 drivers/md/md.c                |   2 -
 drivers/md/md.h                |   8 ---
 drivers/md/multipath.c         |  21 -------
 drivers/md/raid0.c             |  57 -------------------
 drivers/md/raid0.h             |   2 -
 drivers/md/raid1.c             |  59 +-------------------
 drivers/md/raid10.c            | 122 +----------------------------------------
 drivers/md/raid5.c             |  28 ----------
 include/linux/blkdev.h         |  10 ----
 include/linux/device-mapper.h  |   4 --
 30 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 791 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/blk-merge.c b/block/blk-merge.c
index 3bc2068..8cd7a83 100644
--- a/block/blk-merge.c
+++ b/block/blk-merge.c
@@ -69,24 +69,13 @@ static struct bio *blk_bio_segment_split(struct request_queue *q,
 	struct bio *split;
 	struct bio_vec bv = { 0 }, bvprv = { 0 };
 	struct bvec_iter iter;
-	unsigned seg_size = 0, nsegs = 0;
+	unsigned seg_size = 0, nsegs = 0, sectors = 0;
 	int prev = 0;
 
-	struct bvec_merge_data bvm = {
-		.bi_bdev	= bio->bi_bdev,
-		.bi_sector	= bio->bi_iter.bi_sector,
-		.bi_size	= 0,
-		.bi_rw		= bio->bi_rw,
-	};
-
 	bio_for_each_segment(bv, bio, iter) {
-		if (q->merge_bvec_fn &&
-		    q->merge_bvec_fn(q, &bvm, &bv) < (int) bv.bv_len)
-			goto split;
-
-		bvm.bi_size += bv.bv_len;
+		sectors += bv.bv_len >> 9;
 
-		if (bvm.bi_size >> 9 > queue_max_sectors(q))
+		if (sectors > queue_max_sectors(q))
 			goto split;
 
 		if (prev && blk_queue_cluster(q)) {
diff --git a/block/blk-settings.c b/block/blk-settings.c
index 6ed2cbe..463a10a 100644
--- a/block/blk-settings.c
+++ b/block/blk-settings.c
@@ -53,28 +53,6 @@ void blk_queue_unprep_rq(struct request_queue *q, unprep_rq_fn *ufn)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_queue_unprep_rq);
 
-/**
- * blk_queue_merge_bvec - set a merge_bvec function for queue
- * @q:		queue
- * @mbfn:	merge_bvec_fn
- *
- * Usually queues have static limitations on the max sectors or segments that
- * we can put in a request. Stacking drivers may have some settings that
- * are dynamic, and thus we have to query the queue whether it is ok to
- * add a new bio_vec to a bio at a given offset or not. If the block device
- * has such limitations, it needs to register a merge_bvec_fn to control
- * the size of bio's sent to it. Note that a block device *must* allow a
- * single page to be added to an empty bio. The block device driver may want
- * to use the bio_split() function to deal with these bio's. By default
- * no merge_bvec_fn is defined for a queue, and only the fixed limits are
- * honored.
- */
-void blk_queue_merge_bvec(struct request_queue *q, merge_bvec_fn *mbfn)
-{
-	q->merge_bvec_fn = mbfn;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_queue_merge_bvec);
-
 void blk_queue_softirq_done(struct request_queue *q, softirq_done_fn *fn)
 {
 	q->softirq_done_fn = fn;
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
index b905e98..63ce2b0 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
@@ -1449,7 +1449,6 @@ extern void do_submit(struct work_struct *ws);
 extern void __drbd_make_request(struct drbd_device *, struct bio *, unsigned long);
 extern void drbd_make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio);
 extern int drbd_read_remote(struct drbd_device *device, struct drbd_request *req);
-extern int drbd_merge_bvec(struct request_queue *q, struct bvec_merge_data *bvm, struct bio_vec *bvec);
 extern int is_valid_ar_handle(struct drbd_request *, sector_t);
 
 
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
index 1fc8342..f49f53e 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
@@ -2775,7 +2775,6 @@ enum drbd_ret_code drbd_create_device(struct drbd_config_context *adm_ctx, unsig
 	   This triggers a max_bio_size message upon first attach or connect */
 	blk_queue_max_hw_sectors(q, DRBD_MAX_BIO_SIZE_SAFE >> 8);
 	blk_queue_bounce_limit(q, BLK_BOUNCE_ANY);
-	blk_queue_merge_bvec(q, drbd_merge_bvec);
 	q->queue_lock = &resource->req_lock;
 
 	device->md_io.page = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL);
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.c
index dee706d..b57d30b 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.c
@@ -1509,41 +1509,6 @@ void drbd_make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 	__drbd_make_request(device, bio, start_jif);
 }
 
-/* This is called by bio_add_page().
- *
- * q->max_hw_sectors and other global limits are already enforced there.
- *
- * We need to call down to our lower level device,
- * in case it has special restrictions.
- *
- * We also may need to enforce configured max-bio-bvecs limits.
- *
- * As long as the BIO is empty we have to allow at least one bvec,
- * regardless of size and offset, so no need to ask lower levels.
- */
-int drbd_merge_bvec(struct request_queue *q, struct bvec_merge_data *bvm, struct bio_vec *bvec)
-{
-	struct drbd_device *device = (struct drbd_device *) q->queuedata;
-	unsigned int bio_size = bvm->bi_size;
-	int limit = DRBD_MAX_BIO_SIZE;
-	int backing_limit;
-
-	if (bio_size && get_ldev(device)) {
-		unsigned int max_hw_sectors = queue_max_hw_sectors(q);
-		struct request_queue * const b =
-			device->ldev->backing_bdev->bd_disk->queue;
-		if (b->merge_bvec_fn) {
-			bvm->bi_bdev = device->ldev->backing_bdev;
-			backing_limit = b->merge_bvec_fn(b, bvm, bvec);
-			limit = min(limit, backing_limit);
-		}
-		put_ldev(device);
-		if ((limit >> 9) > max_hw_sectors)
-			limit = max_hw_sectors << 9;
-	}
-	return limit;
-}
-
 void request_timer_fn(unsigned long data)
 {
 	struct drbd_device *device = (struct drbd_device *) data;
diff --git a/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c b/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c
index ea10bd9..85eac23 100644
--- a/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c
@@ -2505,26 +2505,6 @@ end_io:
 
 
 
-static int pkt_merge_bvec(struct request_queue *q, struct bvec_merge_data *bmd,
-			  struct bio_vec *bvec)
-{
-	struct pktcdvd_device *pd = q->queuedata;
-	sector_t zone = get_zone(bmd->bi_sector, pd);
-	int used = ((bmd->bi_sector - zone) << 9) + bmd->bi_size;
-	int remaining = (pd->settings.size << 9) - used;
-	int remaining2;
-
-	/*
-	 * A bio <= PAGE_SIZE must be allowed. If it crosses a packet
-	 * boundary, pkt_make_request() will split the bio.
-	 */
-	remaining2 = PAGE_SIZE - bmd->bi_size;
-	remaining = max(remaining, remaining2);
-
-	BUG_ON(remaining < 0);
-	return remaining;
-}
-
 static void pkt_init_queue(struct pktcdvd_device *pd)
 {
 	struct request_queue *q = pd->disk->queue;
@@ -2532,7 +2512,6 @@ static void pkt_init_queue(struct pktcdvd_device *pd)
 	blk_queue_make_request(q, pkt_make_request);
 	blk_queue_logical_block_size(q, CD_FRAMESIZE);
 	blk_queue_max_hw_sectors(q, PACKET_MAX_SECTORS);
-	blk_queue_merge_bvec(q, pkt_merge_bvec);
 	q->queuedata = pd;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/block/rbd.c b/drivers/block/rbd.c
index 3ec85df..0c0e2d0 100644
--- a/drivers/block/rbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/rbd.c
@@ -3459,52 +3459,6 @@ static void rbd_request_fn(struct request_queue *q)
 		queue_work(rbd_wq, &rbd_dev->rq_work);
 }
 
-/*
- * a queue callback. Makes sure that we don't create a bio that spans across
- * multiple osd objects. One exception would be with a single page bios,
- * which we handle later at bio_chain_clone_range()
- */
-static int rbd_merge_bvec(struct request_queue *q, struct bvec_merge_data *bmd,
-			  struct bio_vec *bvec)
-{
-	struct rbd_device *rbd_dev = q->queuedata;
-	sector_t sector_offset;
-	sector_t sectors_per_obj;
-	sector_t obj_sector_offset;
-	int ret;
-
-	/*
-	 * Find how far into its rbd object the partition-relative
-	 * bio start sector is to offset relative to the enclosing
-	 * device.
-	 */
-	sector_offset = get_start_sect(bmd->bi_bdev) + bmd->bi_sector;
-	sectors_per_obj = 1 << (rbd_dev->header.obj_order - SECTOR_SHIFT);
-	obj_sector_offset = sector_offset & (sectors_per_obj - 1);
-
-	/*
-	 * Compute the number of bytes from that offset to the end
-	 * of the object.  Account for what's already used by the bio.
-	 */
-	ret = (int) (sectors_per_obj - obj_sector_offset) << SECTOR_SHIFT;
-	if (ret > bmd->bi_size)
-		ret -= bmd->bi_size;
-	else
-		ret = 0;
-
-	/*
-	 * Don't send back more than was asked for.  And if the bio
-	 * was empty, let the whole thing through because:  "Note
-	 * that a block device *must* allow a single page to be
-	 * added to an empty bio."
-	 */
-	rbd_assert(bvec->bv_len <= PAGE_SIZE);
-	if (ret > (int) bvec->bv_len || !bmd->bi_size)
-		ret = (int) bvec->bv_len;
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
 static void rbd_free_disk(struct rbd_device *rbd_dev)
 {
 	struct gendisk *disk = rbd_dev->disk;
@@ -3771,7 +3725,6 @@ static int rbd_init_disk(struct rbd_device *rbd_dev)
 	q->limits.max_discard_sectors = segment_size / SECTOR_SIZE;
 	q->limits.discard_zeroes_data = 1;
 
-	blk_queue_merge_bvec(q, rbd_merge_bvec);
 	disk->queue = q;
 
 	q->queuedata = rbd_dev;
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c b/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c
index 1e96d78..72fd9d3 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c
@@ -3277,26 +3277,6 @@ static int cache_iterate_devices(struct dm_target *ti,
 	return r;
 }
 
-/*
- * We assume I/O is going to the origin (which is the volume
- * more likely to have restrictions e.g. by being striped).
- * (Looking up the exact location of the data would be expensive
- * and could always be out of date by the time the bio is submitted.)
- */
-static int cache_bvec_merge(struct dm_target *ti,
-			    struct bvec_merge_data *bvm,
-			    struct bio_vec *biovec, int max_size)
-{
-	struct cache *cache = ti->private;
-	struct request_queue *q = bdev_get_queue(cache->origin_dev->bdev);
-
-	if (!q->merge_bvec_fn)
-		return max_size;
-
-	bvm->bi_bdev = cache->origin_dev->bdev;
-	return min(max_size, q->merge_bvec_fn(q, bvm, biovec));
-}
-
 static void set_discard_limits(struct cache *cache, struct queue_limits *limits)
 {
 	/*
@@ -3340,7 +3320,6 @@ static struct target_type cache_target = {
 	.status = cache_status,
 	.message = cache_message,
 	.iterate_devices = cache_iterate_devices,
-	.merge = cache_bvec_merge,
 	.io_hints = cache_io_hints,
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c b/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
index 08981be..723c176 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
@@ -1951,21 +1951,6 @@ error:
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
 
-static int crypt_merge(struct dm_target *ti, struct bvec_merge_data *bvm,
-		       struct bio_vec *biovec, int max_size)
-{
-	struct crypt_config *cc = ti->private;
-	struct request_queue *q = bdev_get_queue(cc->dev->bdev);
-
-	if (!q->merge_bvec_fn)
-		return max_size;
-
-	bvm->bi_bdev = cc->dev->bdev;
-	bvm->bi_sector = cc->start + dm_target_offset(ti, bvm->bi_sector);
-
-	return min(max_size, q->merge_bvec_fn(q, bvm, biovec));
-}
-
 static int crypt_iterate_devices(struct dm_target *ti,
 				 iterate_devices_callout_fn fn, void *data)
 {
@@ -1986,7 +1971,6 @@ static struct target_type crypt_target = {
 	.preresume = crypt_preresume,
 	.resume = crypt_resume,
 	.message = crypt_message,
-	.merge  = crypt_merge,
 	.iterate_devices = crypt_iterate_devices,
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-era-target.c b/drivers/md/dm-era-target.c
index ad913cd..0119ebf 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-era-target.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-era-target.c
@@ -1673,20 +1673,6 @@ static int era_iterate_devices(struct dm_target *ti,
 	return fn(ti, era->origin_dev, 0, get_dev_size(era->origin_dev), data);
 }
 
-static int era_merge(struct dm_target *ti, struct bvec_merge_data *bvm,
-		     struct bio_vec *biovec, int max_size)
-{
-	struct era *era = ti->private;
-	struct request_queue *q = bdev_get_queue(era->origin_dev->bdev);
-
-	if (!q->merge_bvec_fn)
-		return max_size;
-
-	bvm->bi_bdev = era->origin_dev->bdev;
-
-	return min(max_size, q->merge_bvec_fn(q, bvm, biovec));
-}
-
 static void era_io_hints(struct dm_target *ti, struct queue_limits *limits)
 {
 	struct era *era = ti->private;
@@ -1717,7 +1703,6 @@ static struct target_type era_target = {
 	.status = era_status,
 	.message = era_message,
 	.iterate_devices = era_iterate_devices,
-	.merge = era_merge,
 	.io_hints = era_io_hints
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-flakey.c b/drivers/md/dm-flakey.c
index b257e46..d955b3e 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-flakey.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-flakey.c
@@ -387,21 +387,6 @@ static int flakey_ioctl(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long ar
 	return r ? : __blkdev_driver_ioctl(dev->bdev, dev->mode, cmd, arg);
 }
 
-static int flakey_merge(struct dm_target *ti, struct bvec_merge_data *bvm,
-			struct bio_vec *biovec, int max_size)
-{
-	struct flakey_c *fc = ti->private;
-	struct request_queue *q = bdev_get_queue(fc->dev->bdev);
-
-	if (!q->merge_bvec_fn)
-		return max_size;
-
-	bvm->bi_bdev = fc->dev->bdev;
-	bvm->bi_sector = flakey_map_sector(ti, bvm->bi_sector);
-
-	return min(max_size, q->merge_bvec_fn(q, bvm, biovec));
-}
-
 static int flakey_iterate_devices(struct dm_target *ti, iterate_devices_callout_fn fn, void *data)
 {
 	struct flakey_c *fc = ti->private;
@@ -419,7 +404,6 @@ static struct target_type flakey_target = {
 	.end_io = flakey_end_io,
 	.status = flakey_status,
 	.ioctl	= flakey_ioctl,
-	.merge	= flakey_merge,
 	.iterate_devices = flakey_iterate_devices,
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-linear.c b/drivers/md/dm-linear.c
index 53e848c..7dd5fc8 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-linear.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-linear.c
@@ -130,21 +130,6 @@ static int linear_ioctl(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned int cmd,
 	return r ? : __blkdev_driver_ioctl(dev->bdev, dev->mode, cmd, arg);
 }
 
-static int linear_merge(struct dm_target *ti, struct bvec_merge_data *bvm,
-			struct bio_vec *biovec, int max_size)
-{
-	struct linear_c *lc = ti->private;
-	struct request_queue *q = bdev_get_queue(lc->dev->bdev);
-
-	if (!q->merge_bvec_fn)
-		return max_size;
-
-	bvm->bi_bdev = lc->dev->bdev;
-	bvm->bi_sector = linear_map_sector(ti, bvm->bi_sector);
-
-	return min(max_size, q->merge_bvec_fn(q, bvm, biovec));
-}
-
 static int linear_iterate_devices(struct dm_target *ti,
 				  iterate_devices_callout_fn fn, void *data)
 {
@@ -162,7 +147,6 @@ static struct target_type linear_target = {
 	.map    = linear_map,
 	.status = linear_status,
 	.ioctl  = linear_ioctl,
-	.merge  = linear_merge,
 	.iterate_devices = linear_iterate_devices,
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-snap.c b/drivers/md/dm-snap.c
index 864b03f..2e6bb7e 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-snap.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-snap.c
@@ -2234,20 +2234,6 @@ static void origin_status(struct dm_target *ti, status_type_t type,
 	}
 }
 
-static int origin_merge(struct dm_target *ti, struct bvec_merge_data *bvm,
-			struct bio_vec *biovec, int max_size)
-{
-	struct dm_origin *o = ti->private;
-	struct request_queue *q = bdev_get_queue(o->dev->bdev);
-
-	if (!q->merge_bvec_fn)
-		return max_size;
-
-	bvm->bi_bdev = o->dev->bdev;
-
-	return min(max_size, q->merge_bvec_fn(q, bvm, biovec));
-}
-
 static int origin_iterate_devices(struct dm_target *ti,
 				  iterate_devices_callout_fn fn, void *data)
 {
@@ -2265,7 +2251,6 @@ static struct target_type origin_target = {
 	.map     = origin_map,
 	.resume  = origin_resume,
 	.status  = origin_status,
-	.merge	 = origin_merge,
 	.iterate_devices = origin_iterate_devices,
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-stripe.c b/drivers/md/dm-stripe.c
index f8b37d4..09bb2fe 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-stripe.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-stripe.c
@@ -412,26 +412,6 @@ static void stripe_io_hints(struct dm_target *ti,
 	blk_limits_io_opt(limits, chunk_size * sc->stripes);
 }
 
-static int stripe_merge(struct dm_target *ti, struct bvec_merge_data *bvm,
-			struct bio_vec *biovec, int max_size)
-{
-	struct stripe_c *sc = ti->private;
-	sector_t bvm_sector = bvm->bi_sector;
-	uint32_t stripe;
-	struct request_queue *q;
-
-	stripe_map_sector(sc, bvm_sector, &stripe, &bvm_sector);
-
-	q = bdev_get_queue(sc->stripe[stripe].dev->bdev);
-	if (!q->merge_bvec_fn)
-		return max_size;
-
-	bvm->bi_bdev = sc->stripe[stripe].dev->bdev;
-	bvm->bi_sector = sc->stripe[stripe].physical_start + bvm_sector;
-
-	return min(max_size, q->merge_bvec_fn(q, bvm, biovec));
-}
-
 static struct target_type stripe_target = {
 	.name   = "striped",
 	.version = {1, 5, 1},
@@ -443,7 +423,6 @@ static struct target_type stripe_target = {
 	.status = stripe_status,
 	.iterate_devices = stripe_iterate_devices,
 	.io_hints = stripe_io_hints,
-	.merge  = stripe_merge,
 };
 
 int __init dm_stripe_init(void)
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-table.c b/drivers/md/dm-table.c
index 3afae9e..6c14cb4 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-table.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-table.c
@@ -443,14 +443,6 @@ static int dm_set_device_limits(struct dm_target *ti, struct dm_dev *dev,
 		       q->limits.alignment_offset,
 		       (unsigned long long) start << SECTOR_SHIFT);
 
-	/*
-	 * Check if merge fn is supported.
-	 * If not we'll force DM to use PAGE_SIZE or
-	 * smaller I/O, just to be safe.
-	 */
-	if (dm_queue_merge_is_compulsory(q) && !ti->type->merge)
-		blk_limits_max_hw_sectors(limits,
-					  (unsigned int) (PAGE_SIZE >> 9));
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-thin.c b/drivers/md/dm-thin.c
index 8735543..8e0dd5e 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-thin.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-thin.c
@@ -3548,20 +3548,6 @@ static int pool_iterate_devices(struct dm_target *ti,
 	return fn(ti, pt->data_dev, 0, ti->len, data);
 }
 
-static int pool_merge(struct dm_target *ti, struct bvec_merge_data *bvm,
-		      struct bio_vec *biovec, int max_size)
-{
-	struct pool_c *pt = ti->private;
-	struct request_queue *q = bdev_get_queue(pt->data_dev->bdev);
-
-	if (!q->merge_bvec_fn)
-		return max_size;
-
-	bvm->bi_bdev = pt->data_dev->bdev;
-
-	return min(max_size, q->merge_bvec_fn(q, bvm, biovec));
-}
-
 static void set_discard_limits(struct pool_c *pt, struct queue_limits *limits)
 {
 	struct pool *pool = pt->pool;
@@ -3653,7 +3639,6 @@ static struct target_type pool_target = {
 	.resume = pool_resume,
 	.message = pool_message,
 	.status = pool_status,
-	.merge = pool_merge,
 	.iterate_devices = pool_iterate_devices,
 	.io_hints = pool_io_hints,
 };
@@ -3979,21 +3964,6 @@ err:
 	DMEMIT("Error");
 }
 
-static int thin_merge(struct dm_target *ti, struct bvec_merge_data *bvm,
-		      struct bio_vec *biovec, int max_size)
-{
-	struct thin_c *tc = ti->private;
-	struct request_queue *q = bdev_get_queue(tc->pool_dev->bdev);
-
-	if (!q->merge_bvec_fn)
-		return max_size;
-
-	bvm->bi_bdev = tc->pool_dev->bdev;
-	bvm->bi_sector = dm_target_offset(ti, bvm->bi_sector);
-
-	return min(max_size, q->merge_bvec_fn(q, bvm, biovec));
-}
-
 static int thin_iterate_devices(struct dm_target *ti,
 				iterate_devices_callout_fn fn, void *data)
 {
@@ -4028,7 +3998,6 @@ static struct target_type thin_target = {
 	.presuspend = thin_presuspend,
 	.postsuspend = thin_postsuspend,
 	.status = thin_status,
-	.merge = thin_merge,
 	.iterate_devices = thin_iterate_devices,
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-verity.c b/drivers/md/dm-verity.c
index 7a7bab8..25d76a8 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-verity.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-verity.c
@@ -564,21 +564,6 @@ static int verity_ioctl(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned cmd,
 				     cmd, arg);
 }
 
-static int verity_merge(struct dm_target *ti, struct bvec_merge_data *bvm,
-			struct bio_vec *biovec, int max_size)
-{
-	struct dm_verity *v = ti->private;
-	struct request_queue *q = bdev_get_queue(v->data_dev->bdev);
-
-	if (!q->merge_bvec_fn)
-		return max_size;
-
-	bvm->bi_bdev = v->data_dev->bdev;
-	bvm->bi_sector = verity_map_sector(v, bvm->bi_sector);
-
-	return min(max_size, q->merge_bvec_fn(q, bvm, biovec));
-}
-
 static int verity_iterate_devices(struct dm_target *ti,
 				  iterate_devices_callout_fn fn, void *data)
 {
@@ -872,7 +857,6 @@ static struct target_type verity_target = {
 	.map		= verity_map,
 	.status		= verity_status,
 	.ioctl		= verity_ioctl,
-	.merge		= verity_merge,
 	.iterate_devices = verity_iterate_devices,
 	.io_hints	= verity_io_hints,
 };
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm.c b/drivers/md/dm.c
index 5ce28a4..7cf0dde 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm.c
@@ -116,9 +116,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dm_get_rq_mapinfo);
 #define DMF_FREEING 3
 #define DMF_DELETING 4
 #define DMF_NOFLUSH_SUSPENDING 5
-#define DMF_MERGE_IS_OPTIONAL 6
-#define DMF_DEFERRED_REMOVE 7
-#define DMF_SUSPENDED_INTERNALLY 8
+#define DMF_DEFERRED_REMOVE 6
+#define DMF_SUSPENDED_INTERNALLY 7
 
 /*
  * A dummy definition to make RCU happy.
@@ -1586,60 +1585,6 @@ static void __split_and_process_bio(struct mapped_device *md,
  * CRUD END
  *---------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
-static int dm_merge_bvec(struct request_queue *q,
-			 struct bvec_merge_data *bvm,
-			 struct bio_vec *biovec)
-{
-	struct mapped_device *md = q->queuedata;
-	struct dm_table *map = dm_get_live_table_fast(md);
-	struct dm_target *ti;
-	sector_t max_sectors;
-	int max_size = 0;
-
-	if (unlikely(!map))
-		goto out;
-
-	ti = dm_table_find_target(map, bvm->bi_sector);
-	if (!dm_target_is_valid(ti))
-		goto out;
-
-	/*
-	 * Find maximum amount of I/O that won't need splitting
-	 */
-	max_sectors = min(max_io_len(bvm->bi_sector, ti),
-			  (sector_t) queue_max_sectors(q));
-	max_size = (max_sectors << SECTOR_SHIFT) - bvm->bi_size;
-	if (unlikely(max_size < 0)) /* this shouldn't _ever_ happen */
-		max_size = 0;
-
-	/*
-	 * merge_bvec_fn() returns number of bytes
-	 * it can accept at this offset
-	 * max is precomputed maximal io size
-	 */
-	if (max_size && ti->type->merge)
-		max_size = ti->type->merge(ti, bvm, biovec, max_size);
-	/*
-	 * If the target doesn't support merge method and some of the devices
-	 * provided their merge_bvec method (we know this by looking for the
-	 * max_hw_sectors that dm_set_device_limits may set), then we can't
-	 * allow bios with multiple vector entries.  So always set max_size
-	 * to 0, and the code below allows just one page.
-	 */
-	else if (queue_max_hw_sectors(q) <= PAGE_SIZE >> 9)
-		max_size = 0;
-
-out:
-	dm_put_live_table_fast(md);
-	/*
-	 * Always allow an entire first page
-	 */
-	if (max_size <= biovec->bv_len && !(bvm->bi_size >> SECTOR_SHIFT))
-		max_size = biovec->bv_len;
-
-	return max_size;
-}
-
 /*
  * The request function that just remaps the bio built up by
  * dm_merge_bvec.
@@ -2030,7 +1975,6 @@ static void dm_init_md_queue(struct mapped_device *md)
 	md->queue->backing_dev_info.congested_data = md;
 	blk_queue_make_request(md->queue, dm_request);
 	blk_queue_bounce_limit(md->queue, BLK_BOUNCE_ANY);
-	blk_queue_merge_bvec(md->queue, dm_merge_bvec);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -2241,59 +2185,6 @@ static void __set_size(struct mapped_device *md, sector_t size)
 }
 
 /*
- * Return 1 if the queue has a compulsory merge_bvec_fn function.
- *
- * If this function returns 0, then the device is either a non-dm
- * device without a merge_bvec_fn, or it is a dm device that is
- * able to split any bios it receives that are too big.
- */
-int dm_queue_merge_is_compulsory(struct request_queue *q)
-{
-	struct mapped_device *dev_md;
-
-	if (!q->merge_bvec_fn)
-		return 0;
-
-	if (q->make_request_fn == dm_request) {
-		dev_md = q->queuedata;
-		if (test_bit(DMF_MERGE_IS_OPTIONAL, &dev_md->flags))
-			return 0;
-	}
-
-	return 1;
-}
-
-static int dm_device_merge_is_compulsory(struct dm_target *ti,
-					 struct dm_dev *dev, sector_t start,
-					 sector_t len, void *data)
-{
-	struct block_device *bdev = dev->bdev;
-	struct request_queue *q = bdev_get_queue(bdev);
-
-	return dm_queue_merge_is_compulsory(q);
-}
-
-/*
- * Return 1 if it is acceptable to ignore merge_bvec_fn based
- * on the properties of the underlying devices.
- */
-static int dm_table_merge_is_optional(struct dm_table *table)
-{
-	unsigned i = 0;
-	struct dm_target *ti;
-
-	while (i < dm_table_get_num_targets(table)) {
-		ti = dm_table_get_target(table, i++);
-
-		if (ti->type->iterate_devices &&
-		    ti->type->iterate_devices(ti, dm_device_merge_is_compulsory, NULL))
-			return 0;
-	}
-
-	return 1;
-}
-
-/*
  * Returns old map, which caller must destroy.
  */
 static struct dm_table *__bind(struct mapped_device *md, struct dm_table *t,
@@ -2302,7 +2193,6 @@ static struct dm_table *__bind(struct mapped_device *md, struct dm_table *t,
 	struct dm_table *old_map;
 	struct request_queue *q = md->queue;
 	sector_t size;
-	int merge_is_optional;
 
 	size = dm_table_get_size(t);
 
@@ -2328,17 +2218,11 @@ static struct dm_table *__bind(struct mapped_device *md, struct dm_table *t,
 
 	__bind_mempools(md, t);
 
-	merge_is_optional = dm_table_merge_is_optional(t);
-
 	old_map = rcu_dereference_protected(md->map, lockdep_is_held(&md->suspend_lock));
 	rcu_assign_pointer(md->map, t);
 	md->immutable_target_type = dm_table_get_immutable_target_type(t);
 
 	dm_table_set_restrictions(t, q, limits);
-	if (merge_is_optional)
-		set_bit(DMF_MERGE_IS_OPTIONAL, &md->flags);
-	else
-		clear_bit(DMF_MERGE_IS_OPTIONAL, &md->flags);
 	if (old_map)
 		dm_sync_table(md);
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm.h b/drivers/md/dm.h
index 84b0f9e4..08f47fc 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm.h
+++ b/drivers/md/dm.h
@@ -76,8 +76,6 @@ bool dm_table_request_based(struct dm_table *t);
 void dm_table_free_md_mempools(struct dm_table *t);
 struct dm_md_mempools *dm_table_get_md_mempools(struct dm_table *t);
 
-int dm_queue_merge_is_compulsory(struct request_queue *q);
-
 void dm_lock_md_type(struct mapped_device *md);
 void dm_unlock_md_type(struct mapped_device *md);
 void dm_set_md_type(struct mapped_device *md, unsigned type);
diff --git a/drivers/md/linear.c b/drivers/md/linear.c
index 64713b7..d831a5b 100644
--- a/drivers/md/linear.c
+++ b/drivers/md/linear.c
@@ -52,51 +52,6 @@ static inline struct dev_info *which_dev(struct mddev *mddev, sector_t sector)
 	return conf->disks + lo;
 }
 
-/**
- *	linear_mergeable_bvec -- tell bio layer if two requests can be merged
- *	@q: request queue
- *	@bvm: properties of new bio
- *	@biovec: the request that could be merged to it.
- *
- *	Return amount of bytes we can take at this offset
- */
-static int linear_mergeable_bvec(struct request_queue *q,
-				 struct bvec_merge_data *bvm,
-				 struct bio_vec *biovec)
-{
-	struct mddev *mddev = q->queuedata;
-	struct dev_info *dev0;
-	unsigned long maxsectors, bio_sectors = bvm->bi_size >> 9;
-	sector_t sector = bvm->bi_sector + get_start_sect(bvm->bi_bdev);
-	int maxbytes = biovec->bv_len;
-	struct request_queue *subq;
-
-	rcu_read_lock();
-	dev0 = which_dev(mddev, sector);
-	maxsectors = dev0->end_sector - sector;
-	subq = bdev_get_queue(dev0->rdev->bdev);
-	if (subq->merge_bvec_fn) {
-		bvm->bi_bdev = dev0->rdev->bdev;
-		bvm->bi_sector -= dev0->end_sector - dev0->rdev->sectors;
-		maxbytes = min(maxbytes, subq->merge_bvec_fn(subq, bvm,
-							     biovec));
-	}
-	rcu_read_unlock();
-
-	if (maxsectors < bio_sectors)
-		maxsectors = 0;
-	else
-		maxsectors -= bio_sectors;
-
-	if (maxsectors <= (PAGE_SIZE >> 9 ) && bio_sectors == 0)
-		return maxbytes;
-
-	if (maxsectors > (maxbytes >> 9))
-		return maxbytes;
-	else
-		return maxsectors << 9;
-}
-
 static int linear_congested(void *data, int bits)
 {
 	struct mddev *mddev = data;
@@ -217,7 +172,6 @@ static int linear_run (struct mddev *mddev)
 	mddev->private = conf;
 	md_set_array_sectors(mddev, linear_size(mddev, 0, 0));
 
-	blk_queue_merge_bvec(mddev->queue, linear_mergeable_bvec);
 	mddev->queue->backing_dev_info.congested_fn = linear_congested;
 	mddev->queue->backing_dev_info.congested_data = mddev;
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 48234eb..0e34b76 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -5033,7 +5033,6 @@ static void md_clean(struct mddev *mddev)
 	mddev->changed = 0;
 	mddev->degraded = 0;
 	mddev->safemode = 0;
-	mddev->merge_check_needed = 0;
 	mddev->bitmap_info.offset = 0;
 	mddev->bitmap_info.default_offset = 0;
 	mddev->bitmap_info.default_space = 0;
@@ -5201,7 +5200,6 @@ static int do_md_stop(struct mddev *mddev, int mode,
 
 		__md_stop_writes(mddev);
 		__md_stop(mddev);
-		mddev->queue->merge_bvec_fn = NULL;
 		mddev->queue->backing_dev_info.congested_fn = NULL;
 
 		/* tell userspace to handle 'inactive' */
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.h b/drivers/md/md.h
index 03cec5b..4932445 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.h
+++ b/drivers/md/md.h
@@ -132,10 +132,6 @@ enum flag_bits {
 	Bitmap_sync,		/* ..actually, not quite In_sync.  Need a
 				 * bitmap-based recovery to get fully in sync
 				 */
-	Unmerged,		/* device is being added to array and should
-				 * be considerred for bvec_merge_fn but not
-				 * yet for actual IO
-				 */
 	WriteMostly,		/* Avoid reading if at all possible */
 	AutoDetected,		/* added by auto-detect */
 	Blocked,		/* An error occurred but has not yet
@@ -366,10 +362,6 @@ struct mddev {
 	int				degraded;	/* whether md should consider
 							 * adding a spare
 							 */
-	int				merge_check_needed; /* at least one
-							     * member device
-							     * has a
-							     * merge_bvec_fn */
 
 	atomic_t			recovery_active; /* blocks scheduled, but not written */
 	wait_queue_head_t		recovery_wait;
diff --git a/drivers/md/multipath.c b/drivers/md/multipath.c
index 399272f..2f82954 100644
--- a/drivers/md/multipath.c
+++ b/drivers/md/multipath.c
@@ -261,18 +261,6 @@ static int multipath_add_disk(struct mddev *mddev, struct md_rdev *rdev)
 			disk_stack_limits(mddev->gendisk, rdev->bdev,
 					  rdev->data_offset << 9);
 
-		/* as we don't honour merge_bvec_fn, we must never risk
-		 * violating it, so limit ->max_segments to one, lying
-		 * within a single page.
-		 * (Note: it is very unlikely that a device with
-		 * merge_bvec_fn will be involved in multipath.)
-		 */
-			if (q->merge_bvec_fn) {
-				blk_queue_max_segments(mddev->queue, 1);
-				blk_queue_segment_boundary(mddev->queue,
-							   PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - 1);
-			}
-
 			spin_lock_irq(&conf->device_lock);
 			mddev->degraded--;
 			rdev->raid_disk = path;
@@ -436,15 +424,6 @@ static int multipath_run (struct mddev *mddev)
 		disk_stack_limits(mddev->gendisk, rdev->bdev,
 				  rdev->data_offset << 9);
 
-		/* as we don't honour merge_bvec_fn, we must never risk
-		 * violating it, not that we ever expect a device with
-		 * a merge_bvec_fn to be involved in multipath */
-		if (rdev->bdev->bd_disk->queue->merge_bvec_fn) {
-			blk_queue_max_segments(mddev->queue, 1);
-			blk_queue_segment_boundary(mddev->queue,
-						   PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - 1);
-		}
-
 		if (!test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags))
 			working_disks++;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid0.c b/drivers/md/raid0.c
index ba6b85d..bc4c0b6 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid0.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid0.c
@@ -195,9 +195,6 @@ static int create_strip_zones(struct mddev *mddev, struct r0conf **private_conf)
 		disk_stack_limits(mddev->gendisk, rdev1->bdev,
 				  rdev1->data_offset << 9);
 
-		if (rdev1->bdev->bd_disk->queue->merge_bvec_fn)
-			conf->has_merge_bvec = 1;
-
 		if (!smallest || (rdev1->sectors < smallest->sectors))
 			smallest = rdev1;
 		cnt++;
@@ -354,59 +351,6 @@ static struct md_rdev *map_sector(struct mddev *mddev, struct strip_zone *zone,
 			     + sector_div(sector, zone->nb_dev)];
 }
 
-/**
- *	raid0_mergeable_bvec -- tell bio layer if two requests can be merged
- *	@q: request queue
- *	@bvm: properties of new bio
- *	@biovec: the request that could be merged to it.
- *
- *	Return amount of bytes we can accept at this offset
- */
-static int raid0_mergeable_bvec(struct request_queue *q,
-				struct bvec_merge_data *bvm,
-				struct bio_vec *biovec)
-{
-	struct mddev *mddev = q->queuedata;
-	struct r0conf *conf = mddev->private;
-	sector_t sector = bvm->bi_sector + get_start_sect(bvm->bi_bdev);
-	sector_t sector_offset = sector;
-	int max;
-	unsigned int chunk_sectors = mddev->chunk_sectors;
-	unsigned int bio_sectors = bvm->bi_size >> 9;
-	struct strip_zone *zone;
-	struct md_rdev *rdev;
-	struct request_queue *subq;
-
-	if (is_power_of_2(chunk_sectors))
-		max =  (chunk_sectors - ((sector & (chunk_sectors-1))
-						+ bio_sectors)) << 9;
-	else
-		max =  (chunk_sectors - (sector_div(sector, chunk_sectors)
-						+ bio_sectors)) << 9;
-	if (max < 0)
-		max = 0; /* bio_add cannot handle a negative return */
-	if (max <= biovec->bv_len && bio_sectors == 0)
-		return biovec->bv_len;
-	if (max < biovec->bv_len)
-		/* too small already, no need to check further */
-		return max;
-	if (!conf->has_merge_bvec)
-		return max;
-
-	/* May need to check subordinate device */
-	sector = sector_offset;
-	zone = find_zone(mddev->private, &sector_offset);
-	rdev = map_sector(mddev, zone, sector, &sector_offset);
-	subq = bdev_get_queue(rdev->bdev);
-	if (subq->merge_bvec_fn) {
-		bvm->bi_bdev = rdev->bdev;
-		bvm->bi_sector = sector_offset + zone->dev_start +
-			rdev->data_offset;
-		return min(max, subq->merge_bvec_fn(subq, bvm, biovec));
-	} else
-		return max;
-}
-
 static sector_t raid0_size(struct mddev *mddev, sector_t sectors, int raid_disks)
 {
 	sector_t array_sectors = 0;
@@ -471,7 +415,6 @@ static int raid0_run(struct mddev *mddev)
 			mddev->queue->backing_dev_info.ra_pages = 2* stripe;
 	}
 
-	blk_queue_merge_bvec(mddev->queue, raid0_mergeable_bvec);
 	dump_zones(mddev);
 
 	ret = md_integrity_register(mddev);
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid0.h b/drivers/md/raid0.h
index 05539d9..7127a62 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid0.h
+++ b/drivers/md/raid0.h
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ struct r0conf {
 	struct md_rdev		**devlist; /* lists of rdevs, pointed to
 					    * by strip_zone->dev */
 	int			nr_strip_zones;
-	int			has_merge_bvec;	/* at least one member has
-						 * a merge_bvec_fn */
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid1.c b/drivers/md/raid1.c
index 40b35be..c2f236c 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid1.c
@@ -551,7 +551,6 @@ static int read_balance(struct r1conf *conf, struct r1bio *r1_bio, int *max_sect
 		rdev = rcu_dereference(conf->mirrors[disk].rdev);
 		if (r1_bio->bios[disk] == IO_BLOCKED
 		    || rdev == NULL
-		    || test_bit(Unmerged, &rdev->flags)
 		    || test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags))
 			continue;
 		if (!test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags) &&
@@ -701,39 +700,6 @@ static int read_balance(struct r1conf *conf, struct r1bio *r1_bio, int *max_sect
 	return best_disk;
 }
 
-static int raid1_mergeable_bvec(struct request_queue *q,
-				struct bvec_merge_data *bvm,
-				struct bio_vec *biovec)
-{
-	struct mddev *mddev = q->queuedata;
-	struct r1conf *conf = mddev->private;
-	sector_t sector = bvm->bi_sector + get_start_sect(bvm->bi_bdev);
-	int max = biovec->bv_len;
-
-	if (mddev->merge_check_needed) {
-		int disk;
-		rcu_read_lock();
-		for (disk = 0; disk < conf->raid_disks * 2; disk++) {
-			struct md_rdev *rdev = rcu_dereference(
-				conf->mirrors[disk].rdev);
-			if (rdev && !test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags)) {
-				struct request_queue *q =
-					bdev_get_queue(rdev->bdev);
-				if (q->merge_bvec_fn) {
-					bvm->bi_sector = sector +
-						rdev->data_offset;
-					bvm->bi_bdev = rdev->bdev;
-					max = min(max, q->merge_bvec_fn(
-							  q, bvm, biovec));
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		rcu_read_unlock();
-	}
-	return max;
-
-}
-
 int md_raid1_congested(struct mddev *mddev, int bits)
 {
 	struct r1conf *conf = mddev->private;
@@ -1266,8 +1232,7 @@ read_again:
 			break;
 		}
 		r1_bio->bios[i] = NULL;
-		if (!rdev || test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags)
-		    || test_bit(Unmerged, &rdev->flags)) {
+		if (!rdev || test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags)) {
 			if (i < conf->raid_disks)
 				set_bit(R1BIO_Degraded, &r1_bio->state);
 			continue;
@@ -1611,7 +1576,6 @@ static int raid1_add_disk(struct mddev *mddev, struct md_rdev *rdev)
 	struct raid1_info *p;
 	int first = 0;
 	int last = conf->raid_disks - 1;
-	struct request_queue *q = bdev_get_queue(rdev->bdev);
 
 	if (mddev->recovery_disabled == conf->recovery_disabled)
 		return -EBUSY;
@@ -1619,11 +1583,6 @@ static int raid1_add_disk(struct mddev *mddev, struct md_rdev *rdev)
 	if (rdev->raid_disk >= 0)
 		first = last = rdev->raid_disk;
 
-	if (q->merge_bvec_fn) {
-		set_bit(Unmerged, &rdev->flags);
-		mddev->merge_check_needed = 1;
-	}
-
 	for (mirror = first; mirror <= last; mirror++) {
 		p = conf->mirrors+mirror;
 		if (!p->rdev) {
@@ -1655,19 +1614,6 @@ static int raid1_add_disk(struct mddev *mddev, struct md_rdev *rdev)
 			break;
 		}
 	}
-	if (err == 0 && test_bit(Unmerged, &rdev->flags)) {
-		/* Some requests might not have seen this new
-		 * merge_bvec_fn.  We must wait for them to complete
-		 * before merging the device fully.
-		 * First we make sure any code which has tested
-		 * our function has submitted the request, then
-		 * we wait for all outstanding requests to complete.
-		 */
-		synchronize_sched();
-		freeze_array(conf, 0);
-		unfreeze_array(conf);
-		clear_bit(Unmerged, &rdev->flags);
-	}
 	md_integrity_add_rdev(rdev, mddev);
 	if (mddev->queue && blk_queue_discard(bdev_get_queue(rdev->bdev)))
 		queue_flag_set_unlocked(QUEUE_FLAG_DISCARD, mddev->queue);
@@ -2810,8 +2756,6 @@ static struct r1conf *setup_conf(struct mddev *mddev)
 			goto abort;
 		disk->rdev = rdev;
 		q = bdev_get_queue(rdev->bdev);
-		if (q->merge_bvec_fn)
-			mddev->merge_check_needed = 1;
 
 		disk->head_position = 0;
 		disk->seq_start = MaxSector;
@@ -2957,7 +2901,6 @@ static int run(struct mddev *mddev)
 	if (mddev->queue) {
 		mddev->queue->backing_dev_info.congested_fn = raid1_congested;
 		mddev->queue->backing_dev_info.congested_data = mddev;
-		blk_queue_merge_bvec(mddev->queue, raid1_mergeable_bvec);
 
 		if (discard_supported)
 			queue_flag_set_unlocked(QUEUE_FLAG_DISCARD,
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid10.c b/drivers/md/raid10.c
index 4a40354..08772a9 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid10.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid10.c
@@ -672,94 +672,6 @@ static sector_t raid10_find_virt(struct r10conf *conf, sector_t sector, int dev)
 	return (vchunk << geo->chunk_shift) + offset;
 }
 
-/**
- *	raid10_mergeable_bvec -- tell bio layer if a two requests can be merged
- *	@q: request queue
- *	@bvm: properties of new bio
- *	@biovec: the request that could be merged to it.
- *
- *	Return amount of bytes we can accept at this offset
- *	This requires checking for end-of-chunk if near_copies != raid_disks,
- *	and for subordinate merge_bvec_fns if merge_check_needed.
- */
-static int raid10_mergeable_bvec(struct request_queue *q,
-				 struct bvec_merge_data *bvm,
-				 struct bio_vec *biovec)
-{
-	struct mddev *mddev = q->queuedata;
-	struct r10conf *conf = mddev->private;
-	sector_t sector = bvm->bi_sector + get_start_sect(bvm->bi_bdev);
-	int max;
-	unsigned int chunk_sectors;
-	unsigned int bio_sectors = bvm->bi_size >> 9;
-	struct geom *geo = &conf->geo;
-
-	chunk_sectors = (conf->geo.chunk_mask & conf->prev.chunk_mask) + 1;
-	if (conf->reshape_progress != MaxSector &&
-	    ((sector >= conf->reshape_progress) !=
-	     conf->mddev->reshape_backwards))
-		geo = &conf->prev;
-
-	if (geo->near_copies < geo->raid_disks) {
-		max = (chunk_sectors - ((sector & (chunk_sectors - 1))
-					+ bio_sectors)) << 9;
-		if (max < 0)
-			/* bio_add cannot handle a negative return */
-			max = 0;
-		if (max <= biovec->bv_len && bio_sectors == 0)
-			return biovec->bv_len;
-	} else
-		max = biovec->bv_len;
-
-	if (mddev->merge_check_needed) {
-		struct {
-			struct r10bio r10_bio;
-			struct r10dev devs[conf->copies];
-		} on_stack;
-		struct r10bio *r10_bio = &on_stack.r10_bio;
-		int s;
-		if (conf->reshape_progress != MaxSector) {
-			/* Cannot give any guidance during reshape */
-			if (max <= biovec->bv_len && bio_sectors == 0)
-				return biovec->bv_len;
-			return 0;
-		}
-		r10_bio->sector = sector;
-		raid10_find_phys(conf, r10_bio);
-		rcu_read_lock();
-		for (s = 0; s < conf->copies; s++) {
-			int disk = r10_bio->devs[s].devnum;
-			struct md_rdev *rdev = rcu_dereference(
-				conf->mirrors[disk].rdev);
-			if (rdev && !test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags)) {
-				struct request_queue *q =
-					bdev_get_queue(rdev->bdev);
-				if (q->merge_bvec_fn) {
-					bvm->bi_sector = r10_bio->devs[s].addr
-						+ rdev->data_offset;
-					bvm->bi_bdev = rdev->bdev;
-					max = min(max, q->merge_bvec_fn(
-							  q, bvm, biovec));
-				}
-			}
-			rdev = rcu_dereference(conf->mirrors[disk].replacement);
-			if (rdev && !test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags)) {
-				struct request_queue *q =
-					bdev_get_queue(rdev->bdev);
-				if (q->merge_bvec_fn) {
-					bvm->bi_sector = r10_bio->devs[s].addr
-						+ rdev->data_offset;
-					bvm->bi_bdev = rdev->bdev;
-					max = min(max, q->merge_bvec_fn(
-							  q, bvm, biovec));
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		rcu_read_unlock();
-	}
-	return max;
-}
-
 /*
  * This routine returns the disk from which the requested read should
  * be done. There is a per-array 'next expected sequential IO' sector
@@ -822,12 +734,10 @@ retry:
 		disk = r10_bio->devs[slot].devnum;
 		rdev = rcu_dereference(conf->mirrors[disk].replacement);
 		if (rdev == NULL || test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags) ||
-		    test_bit(Unmerged, &rdev->flags) ||
 		    r10_bio->devs[slot].addr + sectors > rdev->recovery_offset)
 			rdev = rcu_dereference(conf->mirrors[disk].rdev);
 		if (rdev == NULL ||
-		    test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags) ||
-		    test_bit(Unmerged, &rdev->flags))
+		    test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags))
 			continue;
 		if (!test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags) &&
 		    r10_bio->devs[slot].addr + sectors > rdev->recovery_offset)
@@ -1336,11 +1246,9 @@ retry_write:
 			blocked_rdev = rrdev;
 			break;
 		}
-		if (rdev && (test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags)
-			     || test_bit(Unmerged, &rdev->flags)))
+		if (rdev && (test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags)))
 			rdev = NULL;
-		if (rrdev && (test_bit(Faulty, &rrdev->flags)
-			      || test_bit(Unmerged, &rrdev->flags)))
+		if (rrdev && (test_bit(Faulty, &rrdev->flags)))
 			rrdev = NULL;
 
 		r10_bio->devs[i].bio = NULL;
@@ -1787,7 +1695,6 @@ static int raid10_add_disk(struct mddev *mddev, struct md_rdev *rdev)
 	int mirror;
 	int first = 0;
 	int last = conf->geo.raid_disks - 1;
-	struct request_queue *q = bdev_get_queue(rdev->bdev);
 
 	if (mddev->recovery_cp < MaxSector)
 		/* only hot-add to in-sync arrays, as recovery is
@@ -1800,11 +1707,6 @@ static int raid10_add_disk(struct mddev *mddev, struct md_rdev *rdev)
 	if (rdev->raid_disk >= 0)
 		first = last = rdev->raid_disk;
 
-	if (q->merge_bvec_fn) {
-		set_bit(Unmerged, &rdev->flags);
-		mddev->merge_check_needed = 1;
-	}
-
 	if (rdev->saved_raid_disk >= first &&
 	    conf->mirrors[rdev->saved_raid_disk].rdev == NULL)
 		mirror = rdev->saved_raid_disk;
@@ -1843,19 +1745,6 @@ static int raid10_add_disk(struct mddev *mddev, struct md_rdev *rdev)
 		rcu_assign_pointer(p->rdev, rdev);
 		break;
 	}
-	if (err == 0 && test_bit(Unmerged, &rdev->flags)) {
-		/* Some requests might not have seen this new
-		 * merge_bvec_fn.  We must wait for them to complete
-		 * before merging the device fully.
-		 * First we make sure any code which has tested
-		 * our function has submitted the request, then
-		 * we wait for all outstanding requests to complete.
-		 */
-		synchronize_sched();
-		freeze_array(conf, 0);
-		unfreeze_array(conf);
-		clear_bit(Unmerged, &rdev->flags);
-	}
 	md_integrity_add_rdev(rdev, mddev);
 	if (mddev->queue && blk_queue_discard(bdev_get_queue(rdev->bdev)))
 		queue_flag_set_unlocked(QUEUE_FLAG_DISCARD, mddev->queue);
@@ -2404,7 +2293,6 @@ static void fix_read_error(struct r10conf *conf, struct mddev *mddev, struct r10
 			d = r10_bio->devs[sl].devnum;
 			rdev = rcu_dereference(conf->mirrors[d].rdev);
 			if (rdev &&
-			    !test_bit(Unmerged, &rdev->flags) &&
 			    test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags) &&
 			    is_badblock(rdev, r10_bio->devs[sl].addr + sect, s,
 					&first_bad, &bad_sectors) == 0) {
@@ -2458,7 +2346,6 @@ static void fix_read_error(struct r10conf *conf, struct mddev *mddev, struct r10
 			d = r10_bio->devs[sl].devnum;
 			rdev = rcu_dereference(conf->mirrors[d].rdev);
 			if (!rdev ||
-			    test_bit(Unmerged, &rdev->flags) ||
 			    !test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags))
 				continue;
 
@@ -3657,8 +3544,6 @@ static int run(struct mddev *mddev)
 			disk->rdev = rdev;
 		}
 		q = bdev_get_queue(rdev->bdev);
-		if (q->merge_bvec_fn)
-			mddev->merge_check_needed = 1;
 		diff = (rdev->new_data_offset - rdev->data_offset);
 		if (!mddev->reshape_backwards)
 			diff = -diff;
@@ -3757,7 +3642,6 @@ static int run(struct mddev *mddev)
 		stripe /= conf->geo.near_copies;
 		if (mddev->queue->backing_dev_info.ra_pages < 2 * stripe)
 			mddev->queue->backing_dev_info.ra_pages = 2 * stripe;
-		blk_queue_merge_bvec(mddev->queue, raid10_mergeable_bvec);
 	}
 
 	if (md_integrity_register(mddev))
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index 40e464c..6008a30 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -4103,32 +4103,6 @@ static int raid5_congested(void *data, int bits)
 		md_raid5_congested(mddev, bits);
 }
 
-/* We want read requests to align with chunks where possible,
- * but write requests don't need to.
- */
-static int raid5_mergeable_bvec(struct request_queue *q,
-				struct bvec_merge_data *bvm,
-				struct bio_vec *biovec)
-{
-	struct mddev *mddev = q->queuedata;
-	sector_t sector = bvm->bi_sector + get_start_sect(bvm->bi_bdev);
-	int max;
-	unsigned int chunk_sectors = mddev->chunk_sectors;
-	unsigned int bio_sectors = bvm->bi_size >> 9;
-
-	if ((bvm->bi_rw & 1) == WRITE)
-		return biovec->bv_len; /* always allow writes to be mergeable */
-
-	if (mddev->new_chunk_sectors < mddev->chunk_sectors)
-		chunk_sectors = mddev->new_chunk_sectors;
-	max =  (chunk_sectors - ((sector & (chunk_sectors - 1)) + bio_sectors)) << 9;
-	if (max < 0) max = 0;
-	if (max <= biovec->bv_len && bio_sectors == 0)
-		return biovec->bv_len;
-	else
-		return max;
-}
-
 static int in_chunk_boundary(struct mddev *mddev, struct bio *bio)
 {
 	sector_t sector = bio->bi_iter.bi_sector + get_start_sect(bio->bi_bdev);
@@ -6152,8 +6126,6 @@ static int run(struct mddev *mddev)
 		if (mddev->queue->backing_dev_info.ra_pages < 2 * stripe)
 			mddev->queue->backing_dev_info.ra_pages = 2 * stripe;
 
-		blk_queue_merge_bvec(mddev->queue, raid5_mergeable_bvec);
-
 		mddev->queue->backing_dev_info.congested_data = mddev;
 		mddev->queue->backing_dev_info.congested_fn = raid5_congested;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index c03e37a..7a8c95c 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -239,14 +239,6 @@ typedef int (prep_rq_fn) (struct request_queue *, struct request *);
 typedef void (unprep_rq_fn) (struct request_queue *, struct request *);
 
 struct bio_vec;
-struct bvec_merge_data {
-	struct block_device *bi_bdev;
-	sector_t bi_sector;
-	unsigned bi_size;
-	unsigned long bi_rw;
-};
-typedef int (merge_bvec_fn) (struct request_queue *, struct bvec_merge_data *,
-			     struct bio_vec *);
 typedef void (softirq_done_fn)(struct request *);
 typedef int (dma_drain_needed_fn)(struct request *);
 typedef int (lld_busy_fn) (struct request_queue *q);
@@ -327,7 +319,6 @@ struct request_queue {
 	make_request_fn		*make_request_fn;
 	prep_rq_fn		*prep_rq_fn;
 	unprep_rq_fn		*unprep_rq_fn;
-	merge_bvec_fn		*merge_bvec_fn;
 	softirq_done_fn		*softirq_done_fn;
 	rq_timed_out_fn		*rq_timed_out_fn;
 	dma_drain_needed_fn	*dma_drain_needed;
@@ -1036,7 +1027,6 @@ extern void blk_queue_lld_busy(struct request_queue *q, lld_busy_fn *fn);
 extern void blk_queue_segment_boundary(struct request_queue *, unsigned long);
 extern void blk_queue_prep_rq(struct request_queue *, prep_rq_fn *pfn);
 extern void blk_queue_unprep_rq(struct request_queue *, unprep_rq_fn *ufn);
-extern void blk_queue_merge_bvec(struct request_queue *, merge_bvec_fn *);
 extern void blk_queue_dma_alignment(struct request_queue *, int);
 extern void blk_queue_update_dma_alignment(struct request_queue *, int);
 extern void blk_queue_softirq_done(struct request_queue *, softirq_done_fn *);
diff --git a/include/linux/device-mapper.h b/include/linux/device-mapper.h
index ca6d2acc..2f7f2df 100644
--- a/include/linux/device-mapper.h
+++ b/include/linux/device-mapper.h
@@ -77,9 +77,6 @@ typedef int (*dm_message_fn) (struct dm_target *ti, unsigned argc, char **argv);
 typedef int (*dm_ioctl_fn) (struct dm_target *ti, unsigned int cmd,
 			    unsigned long arg);
 
-typedef int (*dm_merge_fn) (struct dm_target *ti, struct bvec_merge_data *bvm,
-			    struct bio_vec *biovec, int max_size);
-
 /*
  * These iteration functions are typically used to check (and combine)
  * properties of underlying devices.
@@ -153,7 +150,6 @@ struct target_type {
 	dm_status_fn status;
 	dm_message_fn message;
 	dm_ioctl_fn ioctl;
-	dm_merge_fn merge;
 	dm_busy_fn busy;
 	dm_iterate_devices_fn iterate_devices;
 	dm_io_hints_fn io_hints;
-- 
2.1.0

Re: [Drbd-dev] [RFC PATCH 01/17] block: make generic_make_request handle arbitrarily sized bios

[Christoph Hellwig]

> +void blk_queue_split(struct request_queue *q, struct bio **bio,
> +		     struct bio_set *bs)
> +{
> +	struct bio *split;
> +
> +	if ((*bio)->bi_rw & REQ_DISCARD)
> +		split = blk_bio_discard_split(q, *bio, bs);
> +	else if ((*bio)->bi_rw & REQ_WRITE_SAME)
> +		split = blk_bio_write_same_split(q, *bio, bs);
> +	else
> +		split = blk_bio_segment_split(q, *bio, q->bio_split);
> +
> +	if (split) {
> +		bio_chain(split, *bio);
> +		generic_make_request(*bio);
> +		*bio = split;
> +	}
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_queue_split);

I think blk_queue_split needs to explicitly skip BLOCK_PC bios.  Those
are SCSI pass through ioctls that we can't split due to their opaque
nature.

Re: [Drbd-dev] [RFC PATCH 01/17] block: make generic_make_request handle arbitrarily sized bios

[Dongsu Park]

Hi Christoph,

On 23.12.2014 02:16, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > +void blk_queue_split(struct request_queue *q, struct bio **bio,
> > +		     struct bio_set *bs)
> > +{
> > +	struct bio *split;
> > +
> > +	if ((*bio)->bi_rw & REQ_DISCARD)
> > +		split = blk_bio_discard_split(q, *bio, bs);
> > +	else if ((*bio)->bi_rw & REQ_WRITE_SAME)
> > +		split = blk_bio_write_same_split(q, *bio, bs);
> > +	else
> > +		split = blk_bio_segment_split(q, *bio, q->bio_split);
> > +
> > +	if (split) {
> > +		bio_chain(split, *bio);
> > +		generic_make_request(*bio);
> > +		*bio = split;
> > +	}
> > +}
> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_queue_split);
> 
> I think blk_queue_split needs to explicitly skip BLOCK_PC bios.  Those
> are SCSI pass through ioctls that we can't split due to their opaque
> nature.

You mean, checking rq->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_BLOCK_PC, right?

I'm wondering about how to check that in blk_queue_split().
At the moment when blk_queue_split() is called, it's even before a request
is mapped e.g. in blk_sq_make_request().
Unlike scsi drivers where it's easy to get cmd->rq, blk_queue_split()
doesn't seem to be able to get a request by blk_get_request().

Or am I missing something?

Thanks,
Dongsu

Re: [Drbd-dev] [RFC PATCH 01/17] block: make generic_make_request handle arbitrarily sized bios

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 12:41:40PM +0100, Dongsu Park wrote:
> You mean, checking rq->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_BLOCK_PC, right?
> 
> I'm wondering about how to check that in blk_queue_split().
> At the moment when blk_queue_split() is called, it's even before a request
> is mapped e.g. in blk_sq_make_request().
> Unlike scsi drivers where it's easy to get cmd->rq, blk_queue_split()
> doesn't seem to be able to get a request by blk_get_request().
> 
> Or am I missing something?

You're probably missing what I didn't notice either: BLOCK_PC requests
are never sent through ->make_request.  Consider my comment withdrawn
and sorry for the confusion.