Merge branch 'for-2.6.37/barrier' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block

* 'for-2.6.37/barrier' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block: (46 commits)
  xen-blkfront: disable barrier/flush write support
  Added blk-lib.c and blk-barrier.c was renamed to blk-flush.c
  block: remove BLKDEV_IFL_WAIT
  aic7xxx_old: removed unused 'req' variable
  block: remove the BH_Eopnotsupp flag
  block: remove the BLKDEV_IFL_BARRIER flag
  block: remove the WRITE_BARRIER flag
  swap: do not send discards as barriers
  fat: do not send discards as barriers
  ext4: do not send discards as barriers
  jbd2: replace barriers with explicit flush / FUA usage
  jbd2: Modify ASYNC_COMMIT code to not rely on queue draining on barrier
  jbd: replace barriers with explicit flush / FUA usage
  nilfs2: replace barriers with explicit flush / FUA usage
  reiserfs: replace barriers with explicit flush / FUA usage
  gfs2: replace barriers with explicit flush / FUA usage
  btrfs: replace barriers with explicit flush / FUA usage
  xfs: replace barriers with explicit flush / FUA usage
  block: pass gfp_mask and flags to sb_issue_discard
  dm: convey that all flushes are processed as empty
  ...

19 files changed, 226 insertions, 611 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c b/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
index 368e8e98f705..d5b0e4c0e702 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
@@ -1278,7 +1278,7 @@ static int crypt_map(struct dm_target *ti, struct bio *bio,
 	struct dm_crypt_io *io;
 	struct crypt_config *cc;
 
-	if (unlikely(bio_empty_barrier(bio))) {
+	if (bio->bi_rw & REQ_FLUSH) {
 		cc = ti->private;
 		bio->bi_bdev = cc->dev->bdev;
 		return DM_MAPIO_REMAPPED;
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-io.c b/drivers/md/dm-io.c
index 0590c75b0ab6..136d4f71a116 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-io.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-io.c
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ struct dm_io_client {
  */
 struct io {
 	unsigned long error_bits;
-	unsigned long eopnotsupp_bits;
 	atomic_t count;
 	struct task_struct *sleeper;
 	struct dm_io_client *client;
@@ -130,11 +129,8 @@ static void retrieve_io_and_region_from_bio(struct bio *bio, struct io **io,
  *---------------------------------------------------------------*/
 static void dec_count(struct io *io, unsigned int region, int error)
 {
-	if (error) {
+	if (error)
 		set_bit(region, &io->error_bits);
-		if (error == -EOPNOTSUPP)
-			set_bit(region, &io->eopnotsupp_bits);
-	}
 
 	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&io->count)) {
 		if (io->sleeper)
@@ -310,8 +306,8 @@ static void do_region(int rw, unsigned region, struct dm_io_region *where,
 	sector_t remaining = where->count;
 
 	/*
-	 * where->count may be zero if rw holds a write barrier and we
-	 * need to send a zero-sized barrier.
+	 * where->count may be zero if rw holds a flush and we need to
+	 * send a zero-sized flush.
 	 */
 	do {
 		/*
@@ -364,7 +360,7 @@ static void dispatch_io(int rw, unsigned int num_regions,
 	 */
 	for (i = 0; i < num_regions; i++) {
 		*dp = old_pages;
-		if (where[i].count || (rw & REQ_HARDBARRIER))
+		if (where[i].count || (rw & REQ_FLUSH))
 			do_region(rw, i, where + i, dp, io);
 	}
 
@@ -393,9 +389,7 @@ static int sync_io(struct dm_io_client *client, unsigned int num_regions,
 		return -EIO;
 	}
 
-retry:
 	io->error_bits = 0;
-	io->eopnotsupp_bits = 0;
 	atomic_set(&io->count, 1); /* see dispatch_io() */
 	io->sleeper = current;
 	io->client = client;
@@ -412,11 +406,6 @@ retry:
 	}
 	set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
 
-	if (io->eopnotsupp_bits && (rw & REQ_HARDBARRIER)) {
-		rw &= ~REQ_HARDBARRIER;
-		goto retry;
-	}
-
 	if (error_bits)
 		*error_bits = io->error_bits;
 
@@ -437,7 +426,6 @@ static int async_io(struct dm_io_client *client, unsigned int num_regions,
 
 	io = mempool_alloc(client->pool, GFP_NOIO);
 	io->error_bits = 0;
-	io->eopnotsupp_bits = 0;
 	atomic_set(&io->count, 1); /* see dispatch_io() */
 	io->sleeper = NULL;
 	io->client = client;
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-log.c b/drivers/md/dm-log.c
index 5a08be0222db..33420e68d153 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-log.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-log.c
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ static int flush_header(struct log_c *lc)
 		.count = 0,
 	};
 
-	lc->io_req.bi_rw = WRITE_BARRIER;
+	lc->io_req.bi_rw = WRITE_FLUSH;
 
 	return dm_io(&lc->io_req, 1, &null_location, NULL);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-raid1.c b/drivers/md/dm-raid1.c
index 7c081bcbc3cf..19a59b041c27 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-raid1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-raid1.c
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ static int mirror_flush(struct dm_target *ti)
 	struct dm_io_region io[ms->nr_mirrors];
 	struct mirror *m;
 	struct dm_io_request io_req = {
-		.bi_rw = WRITE_BARRIER,
+		.bi_rw = WRITE_FLUSH,
 		.mem.type = DM_IO_KMEM,
 		.mem.ptr.bvec = NULL,
 		.client = ms->io_client,
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ static void do_write(struct mirror_set *ms, struct bio *bio)
 	struct dm_io_region io[ms->nr_mirrors], *dest = io;
 	struct mirror *m;
 	struct dm_io_request io_req = {
-		.bi_rw = WRITE | (bio->bi_rw & WRITE_BARRIER),
+		.bi_rw = WRITE | (bio->bi_rw & WRITE_FLUSH_FUA),
 		.mem.type = DM_IO_BVEC,
 		.mem.ptr.bvec = bio->bi_io_vec + bio->bi_idx,
 		.notify.fn = write_callback,
@@ -670,7 +670,7 @@ static void do_writes(struct mirror_set *ms, struct bio_list *writes)
 	bio_list_init(&requeue);
 
 	while ((bio = bio_list_pop(writes))) {
-		if (unlikely(bio_empty_barrier(bio))) {
+		if (bio->bi_rw & REQ_FLUSH) {
 			bio_list_add(&sync, bio);
 			continue;
 		}
@@ -1203,7 +1203,7 @@ static int mirror_end_io(struct dm_target *ti, struct bio *bio,
 	 * We need to dec pending if this was a write.
 	 */
 	if (rw == WRITE) {
-		if (likely(!bio_empty_barrier(bio)))
+		if (!(bio->bi_rw & REQ_FLUSH))
 			dm_rh_dec(ms->rh, map_context->ll);
 		return error;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-region-hash.c b/drivers/md/dm-region-hash.c
index bd5c58b28868..dad011aed0c9 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-region-hash.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-region-hash.c
@@ -81,9 +81,9 @@ struct dm_region_hash {
 	struct list_head failed_recovered_regions;
 
 	/*
-	 * If there was a barrier failure no regions can be marked clean.
+	 * If there was a flush failure no regions can be marked clean.
 	 */
-	int barrier_failure;
+	int flush_failure;
 
 	void *context;
 	sector_t target_begin;
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ struct dm_region_hash *dm_region_hash_create(
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&rh->quiesced_regions);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&rh->recovered_regions);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&rh->failed_recovered_regions);
-	rh->barrier_failure = 0;
+	rh->flush_failure = 0;
 
 	rh->region_pool = mempool_create_kmalloc_pool(MIN_REGIONS,
 						      sizeof(struct dm_region));
@@ -399,8 +399,8 @@ void dm_rh_mark_nosync(struct dm_region_hash *rh, struct bio *bio)
 	region_t region = dm_rh_bio_to_region(rh, bio);
 	int recovering = 0;
 
-	if (bio_empty_barrier(bio)) {
-		rh->barrier_failure = 1;
+	if (bio->bi_rw & REQ_FLUSH) {
+		rh->flush_failure = 1;
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ void dm_rh_inc_pending(struct dm_region_hash *rh, struct bio_list *bios)
 	struct bio *bio;
 
 	for (bio = bios->head; bio; bio = bio->bi_next) {
-		if (bio_empty_barrier(bio))
+		if (bio->bi_rw & REQ_FLUSH)
 			continue;
 		rh_inc(rh, dm_rh_bio_to_region(rh, bio));
 	}
@@ -555,9 +555,9 @@ void dm_rh_dec(struct dm_region_hash *rh, region_t region)
 		 */
 
 		/* do nothing for DM_RH_NOSYNC */
-		if (unlikely(rh->barrier_failure)) {
+		if (unlikely(rh->flush_failure)) {
 			/*
-			 * If a write barrier failed some time ago, we
+			 * If a write flush failed some time ago, we
 			 * don't know whether or not this write made it
 			 * to the disk, so we must resync the device.
 			 */
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-snap-persistent.c b/drivers/md/dm-snap-persistent.c
index cc2bdb83f9ad..0b61792a2780 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-snap-persistent.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-snap-persistent.c
@@ -687,7 +687,7 @@ static void persistent_commit_exception(struct dm_exception_store *store,
 	/*
 	 * Commit exceptions to disk.
 	 */
-	if (ps->valid && area_io(ps, WRITE_BARRIER))
+	if (ps->valid && area_io(ps, WRITE_FLUSH_FUA))
 		ps->valid = 0;
 
 	/*
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-snap.c b/drivers/md/dm-snap.c
index f30f6e8d594e..53cf79d8bcbc 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-snap.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-snap.c
@@ -1585,7 +1585,7 @@ static int snapshot_map(struct dm_target *ti, struct bio *bio,
 	chunk_t chunk;
 	struct dm_snap_pending_exception *pe = NULL;
 
-	if (unlikely(bio_empty_barrier(bio))) {
+	if (bio->bi_rw & REQ_FLUSH) {
 		bio->bi_bdev = s->cow->bdev;
 		return DM_MAPIO_REMAPPED;
 	}
@@ -1689,7 +1689,7 @@ static int snapshot_merge_map(struct dm_target *ti, struct bio *bio,
 	int r = DM_MAPIO_REMAPPED;
 	chunk_t chunk;
 
-	if (unlikely(bio_empty_barrier(bio))) {
+	if (bio->bi_rw & REQ_FLUSH) {
 		if (!map_context->target_request_nr)
 			bio->bi_bdev = s->origin->bdev;
 		else
@@ -2133,7 +2133,7 @@ static int origin_map(struct dm_target *ti, struct bio *bio,
 	struct dm_dev *dev = ti->private;
 	bio->bi_bdev = dev->bdev;
 
-	if (unlikely(bio_empty_barrier(bio)))
+	if (bio->bi_rw & REQ_FLUSH)
 		return DM_MAPIO_REMAPPED;
 
 	/* Only tell snapshots if this is a write */
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-stripe.c b/drivers/md/dm-stripe.c
index c297f6da91ea..f0371b4c4fbf 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-stripe.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-stripe.c
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ static int stripe_map(struct dm_target *ti, struct bio *bio,
 	uint32_t stripe;
 	unsigned target_request_nr;
 
-	if (unlikely(bio_empty_barrier(bio))) {
+	if (bio->bi_rw & REQ_FLUSH) {
 		target_request_nr = map_context->target_request_nr;
 		BUG_ON(target_request_nr >= sc->stripes);
 		bio->bi_bdev = sc->stripe[target_request_nr].dev->bdev;
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm.c b/drivers/md/dm.c
index 7967eca5a2d5..7cb1352f7e7a 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm.c
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dm_get_rq_mapinfo);
 #define DMF_FREEING 3
 #define DMF_DELETING 4
 #define DMF_NOFLUSH_SUSPENDING 5
-#define DMF_QUEUE_IO_TO_THREAD 6
 
 /*
  * Work processed by per-device workqueue.
@@ -144,24 +143,9 @@ struct mapped_device {
 	spinlock_t deferred_lock;
 
 	/*
-	 * An error from the barrier request currently being processed.
-	 */
-	int barrier_error;
-
-	/*
-	 * Protect barrier_error from concurrent endio processing
-	 * in request-based dm.
-	 */
-	spinlock_t barrier_error_lock;
-
-	/*
-	 * Processing queue (flush/barriers)
+	 * Processing queue (flush)
 	 */
 	struct workqueue_struct *wq;
-	struct work_struct barrier_work;
-
-	/* A pointer to the currently processing pre/post flush request */
-	struct request *flush_request;
 
 	/*
 	 * The current mapping.
@@ -200,8 +184,8 @@ struct mapped_device {
 	/* sysfs handle */
 	struct kobject kobj;
 
-	/* zero-length barrier that will be cloned and submitted to targets */
-	struct bio barrier_bio;
+	/* zero-length flush that will be cloned and submitted to targets */
+	struct bio flush_bio;
 };
 
 /*
@@ -512,7 +496,7 @@ static void end_io_acct(struct dm_io *io)
 
 	/*
 	 * After this is decremented the bio must not be touched if it is
-	 * a barrier.
+	 * a flush.
 	 */
 	dm_disk(md)->part0.in_flight[rw] = pending =
 		atomic_dec_return(&md->pending[rw]);
@@ -528,16 +512,12 @@ static void end_io_acct(struct dm_io *io)
  */
 static void queue_io(struct mapped_device *md, struct bio *bio)
 {
-	down_write(&md->io_lock);
+	unsigned long flags;
 
-	spin_lock_irq(&md->deferred_lock);
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&md->deferred_lock, flags);
 	bio_list_add(&md->deferred, bio);
-	spin_unlock_irq(&md->deferred_lock);
-
-	if (!test_and_set_bit(DMF_QUEUE_IO_TO_THREAD, &md->flags))
-		queue_work(md->wq, &md->work);
-
-	up_write(&md->io_lock);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&md->deferred_lock, flags);
+	queue_work(md->wq, &md->work);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -625,11 +605,9 @@ static void dec_pending(struct dm_io *io, int error)
 			 * Target requested pushing back the I/O.
 			 */
 			spin_lock_irqsave(&md->deferred_lock, flags);
-			if (__noflush_suspending(md)) {
-				if (!(io->bio->bi_rw & REQ_HARDBARRIER))
-					bio_list_add_head(&md->deferred,
-							  io->bio);
-			} else
+			if (__noflush_suspending(md))
+				bio_list_add_head(&md->deferred, io->bio);
+			else
 				/* noflush suspend was interrupted. */
 				io->error = -EIO;
 			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&md->deferred_lock, flags);
@@ -637,32 +615,23 @@ static void dec_pending(struct dm_io *io, int error)
 
 		io_error = io->error;
 		bio = io->bio;
+		end_io_acct(io);
+		free_io(md, io);
+
+		if (io_error == DM_ENDIO_REQUEUE)
+			return;
 
-		if (bio->bi_rw & REQ_HARDBARRIER) {
+		if ((bio->bi_rw & REQ_FLUSH) && bio->bi_size) {
 			/*
-			 * There can be just one barrier request so we use
-			 * a per-device variable for error reporting.
-			 * Note that you can't touch the bio after end_io_acct
-			 *
-			 * We ignore -EOPNOTSUPP for empty flush reported by
-			 * underlying devices. We assume that if the device
-			 * doesn't support empty barriers, it doesn't need
-			 * cache flushing commands.
+			 * Preflush done for flush with data, reissue
+			 * without REQ_FLUSH.
 			 */
-			if (!md->barrier_error &&
-			    !(bio_empty_barrier(bio) && io_error == -EOPNOTSUPP))
-				md->barrier_error = io_error;
-			end_io_acct(io);
-			free_io(md, io);
+			bio->bi_rw &= ~REQ_FLUSH;
+			queue_io(md, bio);
 		} else {
-			end_io_acct(io);
-			free_io(md, io);
-
-			if (io_error != DM_ENDIO_REQUEUE) {
-				trace_block_bio_complete(md->queue, bio);
-
-				bio_endio(bio, io_error);
-			}
+			/* done with normal IO or empty flush */
+			trace_block_bio_complete(md->queue, bio);
+			bio_endio(bio, io_error);
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -755,23 +724,6 @@ static void end_clone_bio(struct bio *clone, int error)
 	blk_update_request(tio->orig, 0, nr_bytes);
 }
 
-static void store_barrier_error(struct mapped_device *md, int error)
-{
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&md->barrier_error_lock, flags);
-	/*
-	 * Basically, the first error is taken, but:
-	 *   -EOPNOTSUPP supersedes any I/O error.
-	 *   Requeue request supersedes any I/O error but -EOPNOTSUPP.
-	 */
-	if (!md->barrier_error || error == -EOPNOTSUPP ||
-	    (md->barrier_error != -EOPNOTSUPP &&
-	     error == DM_ENDIO_REQUEUE))
-		md->barrier_error = error;
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&md->barrier_error_lock, flags);
-}
-
 /*
  * Don't touch any member of the md after calling this function because
  * the md may be freed in dm_put() at the end of this function.
@@ -809,13 +761,11 @@ static void free_rq_clone(struct request *clone)
 static void dm_end_request(struct request *clone, int error)
 {
 	int rw = rq_data_dir(clone);
-	int run_queue = 1;
-	bool is_barrier = clone->cmd_flags & REQ_HARDBARRIER;
 	struct dm_rq_target_io *tio = clone->end_io_data;
 	struct mapped_device *md = tio->md;
 	struct request *rq = tio->orig;
 
-	if (rq->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_BLOCK_PC && !is_barrier) {
+	if (rq->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_BLOCK_PC) {
 		rq->errors = clone->errors;
 		rq->resid_len = clone->resid_len;
 
@@ -829,15 +779,8 @@ static void dm_end_request(struct request *clone, int error)
 	}
 
 	free_rq_clone(clone);
-
-	if (unlikely(is_barrier)) {
-		if (unlikely(error))
-			store_barrier_error(md, error);
-		run_queue = 0;
-	} else
-		blk_end_request_all(rq, error);
-
-	rq_completed(md, rw, run_queue);
+	blk_end_request_all(rq, error);
+	rq_completed(md, rw, true);
 }
 
 static void dm_unprep_request(struct request *rq)
@@ -862,16 +805,6 @@ void dm_requeue_unmapped_request(struct request *clone)
 	struct request_queue *q = rq->q;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	if (unlikely(clone->cmd_flags & REQ_HARDBARRIER)) {
-		/*
-		 * Barrier clones share an original request.
-		 * Leave it to dm_end_request(), which handles this special
-		 * case.
-		 */
-		dm_end_request(clone, DM_ENDIO_REQUEUE);
-		return;
-	}
-
 	dm_unprep_request(rq);
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(q->queue_lock, flags);
@@ -961,19 +894,6 @@ static void dm_complete_request(struct request *clone, int error)
 	struct dm_rq_target_io *tio = clone->end_io_data;
 	struct request *rq = tio->orig;
 
-	if (unlikely(clone->cmd_flags & REQ_HARDBARRIER)) {
-		/*
-		 * Barrier clones share an original request.  So can't use
-		 * softirq_done with the original.
-		 * Pass the clone to dm_done() directly in this special case.
-		 * It is safe (even if clone->q->queue_lock is held here)
-		 * because there is no I/O dispatching during the completion
-		 * of barrier clone.
-		 */
-		dm_done(clone, error, true);
-		return;
-	}
-
 	tio->error = error;
 	rq->completion_data = clone;
 	blk_complete_request(rq);
@@ -990,17 +910,6 @@ void dm_kill_unmapped_request(struct request *clone, int error)
 	struct dm_rq_target_io *tio = clone->end_io_data;
 	struct request *rq = tio->orig;
 
-	if (unlikely(clone->cmd_flags & REQ_HARDBARRIER)) {
-		/*
-		 * Barrier clones share an original request.
-		 * Leave it to dm_end_request(), which handles this special
-		 * case.
-		 */
-		BUG_ON(error > 0);
-		dm_end_request(clone, error);
-		return;
-	}
-
 	rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_FAILED;
 	dm_complete_request(clone, error);
 }
@@ -1119,7 +1028,7 @@ static void dm_bio_destructor(struct bio *bio)
 }
 
 /*
- * Creates a little bio that is just does part of a bvec.
+ * Creates a little bio that just does part of a bvec.
  */
 static struct bio *split_bvec(struct bio *bio, sector_t sector,
 			      unsigned short idx, unsigned int offset,
@@ -1134,7 +1043,7 @@ static struct bio *split_bvec(struct bio *bio, sector_t sector,
 
 	clone->bi_sector = sector;
 	clone->bi_bdev = bio->bi_bdev;
-	clone->bi_rw = bio->bi_rw & ~REQ_HARDBARRIER;
+	clone->bi_rw = bio->bi_rw;
 	clone->bi_vcnt = 1;
 	clone->bi_size = to_bytes(len);
 	clone->bi_io_vec->bv_offset = offset;
@@ -1161,7 +1070,6 @@ static struct bio *clone_bio(struct bio *bio, sector_t sector,
 
 	clone = bio_alloc_bioset(GFP_NOIO, bio->bi_max_vecs, bs);
 	__bio_clone(clone, bio);
-	clone->bi_rw &= ~REQ_HARDBARRIER;
 	clone->bi_destructor = dm_bio_destructor;
 	clone->bi_sector = sector;
 	clone->bi_idx = idx;
@@ -1225,16 +1133,15 @@ static void __issue_target_requests(struct clone_info *ci, struct dm_target *ti,
 		__issue_target_request(ci, ti, request_nr, len);
 }
 
-static int __clone_and_map_empty_barrier(struct clone_info *ci)
+static int __clone_and_map_empty_flush(struct clone_info *ci)
 {
 	unsigned target_nr = 0;
 	struct dm_target *ti;
 
+	BUG_ON(bio_has_data(ci->bio));
 	while ((ti = dm_table_get_target(ci->map, target_nr++)))
 		__issue_target_requests(ci, ti, ti->num_flush_requests, 0);
 
-	ci->sector_count = 0;
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1289,9 +1196,6 @@ static int __clone_and_map(struct clone_info *ci)
 	sector_t len = 0, max;
 	struct dm_target_io *tio;
 
-	if (unlikely(bio_empty_barrier(bio)))
-		return __clone_and_map_empty_barrier(ci);
-
 	if (unlikely(bio->bi_rw & REQ_DISCARD))
 		return __clone_and_map_discard(ci);
 
@@ -1383,16 +1287,11 @@ static void __split_and_process_bio(struct mapped_device *md, struct bio *bio)
 
 	ci.map = dm_get_live_table(md);
 	if (unlikely(!ci.map)) {
-		if (!(bio->bi_rw & REQ_HARDBARRIER))
-			bio_io_error(bio);
-		else
-			if (!md->barrier_error)
-				md->barrier_error = -EIO;
+		bio_io_error(bio);
 		return;
 	}
 
 	ci.md = md;
-	ci.bio = bio;
 	ci.io = alloc_io(md);
 	ci.io->error = 0;
 	atomic_set(&ci.io->io_count, 1);
@@ -1400,14 +1299,20 @@ static void __split_and_process_bio(struct mapped_device *md, struct bio *bio)
 	ci.io->md = md;
 	spin_lock_init(&ci.io->endio_lock);
 	ci.sector = bio->bi_sector;
-	ci.sector_count = bio_sectors(bio);
-	if (unlikely(bio_empty_barrier(bio)))
-		ci.sector_count = 1;
 	ci.idx = bio->bi_idx;
 
 	start_io_acct(ci.io);
-	while (ci.sector_count && !error)
-		error = __clone_and_map(&ci);
+	if (bio->bi_rw & REQ_FLUSH) {
+		ci.bio = &ci.md->flush_bio;
+		ci.sector_count = 0;
+		error = __clone_and_map_empty_flush(&ci);
+		/* dec_pending submits any data associated with flush */
+	} else {
+		ci.bio = bio;
+		ci.sector_count = bio_sectors(bio);
+		while (ci.sector_count && !error)
+			error = __clone_and_map(&ci);
+	}
 
 	/* drop the extra reference count */
 	dec_pending(ci.io, error);
@@ -1491,22 +1396,14 @@ static int _dm_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 	part_stat_add(cpu, &dm_disk(md)->part0, sectors[rw], bio_sectors(bio));
 	part_stat_unlock();
 
-	/*
-	 * If we're suspended or the thread is processing barriers
-	 * we have to queue this io for later.
-	 */
-	if (unlikely(test_bit(DMF_QUEUE_IO_TO_THREAD, &md->flags)) ||
-	    unlikely(bio->bi_rw & REQ_HARDBARRIER)) {
+	/* if we're suspended, we have to queue this io for later */
+	if (unlikely(test_bit(DMF_BLOCK_IO_FOR_SUSPEND, &md->flags))) {
 		up_read(&md->io_lock);
 
-		if (unlikely(test_bit(DMF_BLOCK_IO_FOR_SUSPEND, &md->flags)) &&
-		    bio_rw(bio) == READA) {
+		if (bio_rw(bio) != READA)
+			queue_io(md, bio);
+		else
 			bio_io_error(bio);
-			return 0;
-		}
-
-		queue_io(md, bio);
-
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -1537,14 +1434,6 @@ static int dm_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 	return _dm_request(q, bio);
 }
 
-static bool dm_rq_is_flush_request(struct request *rq)
-{
-	if (rq->cmd_flags & REQ_FLUSH)
-		return true;
-	else
-		return false;
-}
-
 void dm_dispatch_request(struct request *rq)
 {
 	int r;
@@ -1592,22 +1481,15 @@ static int setup_clone(struct request *clone, struct request *rq,
 {
 	int r;
 
-	if (dm_rq_is_flush_request(rq)) {
-		blk_rq_init(NULL, clone);
-		clone->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_FS;
-		clone->cmd_flags |= (REQ_HARDBARRIER | WRITE);
-	} else {
-		r = blk_rq_prep_clone(clone, rq, tio->md->bs, GFP_ATOMIC,
-				      dm_rq_bio_constructor, tio);
-		if (r)
-			return r;
-
-		clone->cmd = rq->cmd;
-		clone->cmd_len = rq->cmd_len;
-		clone->sense = rq->sense;
-		clone->buffer = rq->buffer;
-	}
+	r = blk_rq_prep_clone(clone, rq, tio->md->bs, GFP_ATOMIC,
+			      dm_rq_bio_constructor, tio);
+	if (r)
+		return r;
 
+	clone->cmd = rq->cmd;
+	clone->cmd_len = rq->cmd_len;
+	clone->sense = rq->sense;
+	clone->buffer = rq->buffer;
 	clone->end_io = end_clone_request;
 	clone->end_io_data = tio;
 
@@ -1648,9 +1530,6 @@ static int dm_prep_fn(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq)
 	struct mapped_device *md = q->queuedata;
 	struct request *clone;
 
-	if (unlikely(dm_rq_is_flush_request(rq)))
-		return BLKPREP_OK;
-
 	if (unlikely(rq->special)) {
 		DMWARN("Already has something in rq->special.");
 		return BLKPREP_KILL;
@@ -1727,6 +1606,7 @@ static void dm_request_fn(struct request_queue *q)
 	struct dm_table *map = dm_get_live_table(md);
 	struct dm_target *ti;
 	struct request *rq, *clone;
+	sector_t pos;
 
 	/*
 	 * For suspend, check blk_queue_stopped() and increment
@@ -1739,15 +1619,14 @@ static void dm_request_fn(struct request_queue *q)
 		if (!rq)
 			goto plug_and_out;
 
-		if (unlikely(dm_rq_is_flush_request(rq))) {
-			BUG_ON(md->flush_request);
-			md->flush_request = rq;
-			blk_start_request(rq);
-			queue_work(md->wq, &md->barrier_work);
-			goto out;
-		}
+		/* always use block 0 to find the target for flushes for now */
+		pos = 0;
+		if (!(rq->cmd_flags & REQ_FLUSH))
+			pos = blk_rq_pos(rq);
+
+		ti = dm_table_find_target(map, pos);
+		BUG_ON(!dm_target_is_valid(ti));
 
-		ti = dm_table_find_target(map, blk_rq_pos(rq));
 		if (ti->type->busy && ti->type->busy(ti))
 			goto plug_and_out;
 
@@ -1918,7 +1797,6 @@ out:
 static const struct block_device_operations dm_blk_dops;
 
 static void dm_wq_work(struct work_struct *work);
-static void dm_rq_barrier_work(struct work_struct *work);
 
 static void dm_init_md_queue(struct mapped_device *md)
 {
@@ -1940,6 +1818,7 @@ static void dm_init_md_queue(struct mapped_device *md)
 	blk_queue_bounce_limit(md->queue, BLK_BOUNCE_ANY);
 	md->queue->unplug_fn = dm_unplug_all;
 	blk_queue_merge_bvec(md->queue, dm_merge_bvec);
+	blk_queue_flush(md->queue, REQ_FLUSH | REQ_FUA);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1972,7 +1851,6 @@ static struct mapped_device *alloc_dev(int minor)
 	mutex_init(&md->suspend_lock);
 	mutex_init(&md->type_lock);
 	spin_lock_init(&md->deferred_lock);
-	spin_lock_init(&md->barrier_error_lock);
 	rwlock_init(&md->map_lock);
 	atomic_set(&md->holders, 1);
 	atomic_set(&md->open_count, 0);
@@ -1995,7 +1873,6 @@ static struct mapped_device *alloc_dev(int minor)
 	atomic_set(&md->pending[1], 0);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&md->wait);
 	INIT_WORK(&md->work, dm_wq_work);
-	INIT_WORK(&md->barrier_work, dm_rq_barrier_work);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&md->eventq);
 
 	md->disk->major = _major;
@@ -2015,6 +1892,10 @@ static struct mapped_device *alloc_dev(int minor)
 	if (!md->bdev)
 		goto bad_bdev;
 
+	bio_init(&md->flush_bio);
+	md->flush_bio.bi_bdev = md->bdev;
+	md->flush_bio.bi_rw = WRITE_FLUSH;
+
 	/* Populate the mapping, nobody knows we exist yet */
 	spin_lock(&_minor_lock);
 	old_md = idr_replace(&_minor_idr, md, minor);
@@ -2245,7 +2126,6 @@ static int dm_init_request_based_queue(struct mapped_device *md)
 	blk_queue_softirq_done(md->queue, dm_softirq_done);
 	blk_queue_prep_rq(md->queue, dm_prep_fn);
 	blk_queue_lld_busy(md->queue, dm_lld_busy);
-	blk_queue_ordered(md->queue, QUEUE_ORDERED_DRAIN_FLUSH);
 
 	elv_register_queue(md->queue);
 
@@ -2406,43 +2286,6 @@ static int dm_wait_for_completion(struct mapped_device *md, int interruptible)
 	return r;
 }
 
-static void dm_flush(struct mapped_device *md)
-{
-	dm_wait_for_completion(md, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
-
-	bio_init(&md->barrier_bio);
-	md->barrier_bio.bi_bdev = md->bdev;
-	md->barrier_bio.bi_rw = WRITE_BARRIER;
-	__split_and_process_bio(md, &md->barrier_bio);
-
-	dm_wait_for_completion(md, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
-}
-
-static void process_barrier(struct mapped_device *md, struct bio *bio)
-{
-	md->barrier_error = 0;
-
-	dm_flush(md);
-
-	if (!bio_empty_barrier(bio)) {
-		__split_and_process_bio(md, bio);
-		/*
-		 * If the request isn't supported, don't waste time with
-		 * the second flush.
-		 */
-		if (md->barrier_error != -EOPNOTSUPP)
-			dm_flush(md);
-	}
-
-	if (md->barrier_error != DM_ENDIO_REQUEUE)
-		bio_endio(bio, md->barrier_error);
-	else {
-		spin_lock_irq(&md->deferred_lock);
-		bio_list_add_head(&md->deferred, bio);
-		spin_unlock_irq(&md->deferred_lock);
-	}
-}
-
 /*
  * Process the deferred bios
  */
@@ -2452,33 +2295,27 @@ static void dm_wq_work(struct work_struct *work)
 						work);
 	struct bio *c;
 
-	down_write(&md->io_lock);
+	down_read(&md->io_lock);
 
 	while (!test_bit(DMF_BLOCK_IO_FOR_SUSPEND, &md->flags)) {
 		spin_lock_irq(&md->deferred_lock);
 		c = bio_list_pop(&md->deferred);
 		spin_unlock_irq(&md->deferred_lock);
 
-		if (!c) {
-			clear_bit(DMF_QUEUE_IO_TO_THREAD, &md->flags);
+		if (!c)
 			break;
-		}
 
-		up_write(&md->io_lock);
+		up_read(&md->io_lock);
 
 		if (dm_request_based(md))
 			generic_make_request(c);
-		else {
-			if (c->bi_rw & REQ_HARDBARRIER)
-				process_barrier(md, c);
-			else
-				__split_and_process_bio(md, c);
-		}
+		else
+			__split_and_process_bio(md, c);
 
-		down_write(&md->io_lock);
+		down_read(&md->io_lock);
 	}
 
-	up_write(&md->io_lock);
+	up_read(&md->io_lock);
 }
 
 static void dm_queue_flush(struct mapped_device *md)
@@ -2488,73 +2325,6 @@ static void dm_queue_flush(struct mapped_device *md)
 	queue_work(md->wq, &md->work);
 }
 
-static void dm_rq_set_target_request_nr(struct request *clone, unsigned request_nr)
-{
-	struct dm_rq_target_io *tio = clone->end_io_data;
-
-	tio->info.target_request_nr = request_nr;
-}
-
-/* Issue barrier requests to targets and wait for their completion. */
-static int dm_rq_barrier(struct mapped_device *md)
-{
-	int i, j;
-	struct dm_table *map = dm_get_live_table(md);
-	unsigned num_targets = dm_table_get_num_targets(map);
-	struct dm_target *ti;
-	struct request *clone;
-
-	md->barrier_error = 0;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < num_targets; i++) {
-		ti = dm_table_get_target(map, i);
-		for (j = 0; j < ti->num_flush_requests; j++) {
-			clone = clone_rq(md->flush_request, md, GFP_NOIO);
-			dm_rq_set_target_request_nr(clone, j);
-			atomic_inc(&md->pending[rq_data_dir(clone)]);
-			map_request(ti, clone, md);
-		}
-	}
-
-	dm_wait_for_completion(md, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
-	dm_table_put(map);
-
-	return md->barrier_error;
-}
-
-static void dm_rq_barrier_work(struct work_struct *work)
-{
-	int error;
-	struct mapped_device *md = container_of(work, struct mapped_device,
-						barrier_work);
-	struct request_queue *q = md->queue;
-	struct request *rq;
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-	/*
-	 * Hold the md reference here and leave it at the last part so that
-	 * the md can't be deleted by device opener when the barrier request
-	 * completes.
-	 */
-	dm_get(md);
-
-	error = dm_rq_barrier(md);
-
-	rq = md->flush_request;
-	md->flush_request = NULL;
-
-	if (error == DM_ENDIO_REQUEUE) {
-		spin_lock_irqsave(q->queue_lock, flags);
-		blk_requeue_request(q, rq);
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(q->queue_lock, flags);
-	} else
-		blk_end_request_all(rq, error);
-
-	blk_run_queue(q);
-
-	dm_put(md);
-}
-
 /*
  * Swap in a new table, returning the old one for the caller to destroy.
  */
@@ -2677,23 +2447,17 @@ int dm_suspend(struct mapped_device *md, unsigned suspend_flags)
 	 *
 	 * To get all processes out of __split_and_process_bio in dm_request,
 	 * we take the write lock. To prevent any process from reentering
-	 * __split_and_process_bio from dm_request, we set
-	 * DMF_QUEUE_IO_TO_THREAD.
-	 *
-	 * To quiesce the thread (dm_wq_work), we set DMF_BLOCK_IO_FOR_SUSPEND
-	 * and call flush_workqueue(md->wq). flush_workqueue will wait until
-	 * dm_wq_work exits and DMF_BLOCK_IO_FOR_SUSPEND will prevent any
-	 * further calls to __split_and_process_bio from dm_wq_work.
+	 * __split_and_process_bio from dm_request and quiesce the thread
+	 * (dm_wq_work), we set BMF_BLOCK_IO_FOR_SUSPEND and call
+	 * flush_workqueue(md->wq).
 	 */
 	down_write(&md->io_lock);
 	set_bit(DMF_BLOCK_IO_FOR_SUSPEND, &md->flags);
-	set_bit(DMF_QUEUE_IO_TO_THREAD, &md->flags);
 	up_write(&md->io_lock);
 
 	/*
-	 * Request-based dm uses md->wq for barrier (dm_rq_barrier_work) which
-	 * can be kicked until md->queue is stopped.  So stop md->queue before
-	 * flushing md->wq.
+	 * Stop md->queue before flushing md->wq in case request-based
+	 * dm defers requests to md->wq from md->queue.
 	 */
 	if (dm_request_based(md))
 		stop_queue(md->queue);
diff --git a/drivers/md/linear.c b/drivers/md/linear.c
index ba19060bcf3f..8a2f767f26d8 100644
--- a/drivers/md/linear.c
+++ b/drivers/md/linear.c
@@ -294,8 +294,8 @@ static int linear_make_request (mddev_t *mddev, struct bio *bio)
 	dev_info_t *tmp_dev;
 	sector_t start_sector;
 
-	if (unlikely(bio->bi_rw & REQ_HARDBARRIER)) {
-		md_barrier_request(mddev, bio);
+	if (unlikely(bio->bi_rw & REQ_FLUSH)) {
+		md_flush_request(mddev, bio);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index dbf822df942a..225815197a3d 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -227,12 +227,12 @@ static int md_make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 		return 0;
 	}
 	rcu_read_lock();
-	if (mddev->suspended || mddev->barrier) {
+	if (mddev->suspended) {
 		DEFINE_WAIT(__wait);
 		for (;;) {
 			prepare_to_wait(&mddev->sb_wait, &__wait,
 					TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
-			if (!mddev->suspended && !mddev->barrier)
+			if (!mddev->suspended)
 				break;
 			rcu_read_unlock();
 			schedule();
@@ -283,40 +283,29 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mddev_resume);
 
 int mddev_congested(mddev_t *mddev, int bits)
 {
-	if (mddev->barrier)
-		return 1;
 	return mddev->suspended;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(mddev_congested);
 
 /*
- * Generic barrier handling for md
+ * Generic flush handling for md
  */
 
-#define POST_REQUEST_BARRIER ((void*)1)
-
-static void md_end_barrier(struct bio *bio, int err)
+static void md_end_flush(struct bio *bio, int err)
 {
 	mdk_rdev_t *rdev = bio->bi_private;
 	mddev_t *mddev = rdev->mddev;
-	if (err == -EOPNOTSUPP && mddev->barrier != POST_REQUEST_BARRIER)
-		set_bit(BIO_EOPNOTSUPP, &mddev->barrier->bi_flags);
 
 	rdev_dec_pending(rdev, mddev);
 
 	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&mddev->flush_pending)) {
-		if (mddev->barrier == POST_REQUEST_BARRIER) {
-			/* This was a post-request barrier */
-			mddev->barrier = NULL;
-			wake_up(&mddev->sb_wait);
-		} else
-			/* The pre-request barrier has finished */
-			schedule_work(&mddev->barrier_work);
+		/* The pre-request flush has finished */
+		schedule_work(&mddev->flush_work);
 	}
 	bio_put(bio);
 }
 
-static void submit_barriers(mddev_t *mddev)
+static void submit_flushes(mddev_t *mddev)
 {
 	mdk_rdev_t *rdev;
 
@@ -333,60 +322,56 @@ static void submit_barriers(mddev_t *mddev)
 			atomic_inc(&rdev->nr_pending);
 			rcu_read_unlock();
 			bi = bio_alloc(GFP_KERNEL, 0);
-			bi->bi_end_io = md_end_barrier;
+			bi->bi_end_io = md_end_flush;
 			bi->bi_private = rdev;
 			bi->bi_bdev = rdev->bdev;
 			atomic_inc(&mddev->flush_pending);
-			submit_bio(WRITE_BARRIER, bi);
+			submit_bio(WRITE_FLUSH, bi);
 			rcu_read_lock();
 			rdev_dec_pending(rdev, mddev);
 		}
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
-static void md_submit_barrier(struct work_struct *ws)
+static void md_submit_flush_data(struct work_struct *ws)
 {
-	mddev_t *mddev = container_of(ws, mddev_t, barrier_work);
-	struct bio *bio = mddev->barrier;
+	mddev_t *mddev = container_of(ws, mddev_t, flush_work);
+	struct bio *bio = mddev->flush_bio;
 
 	atomic_set(&mddev->flush_pending, 1);
 
-	if (test_bit(BIO_EOPNOTSUPP, &bio->bi_flags))
-		bio_endio(bio, -EOPNOTSUPP);
-	else if (bio->bi_size == 0)
+	if (bio->bi_size == 0)
 		/* an empty barrier - all done */
 		bio_endio(bio, 0);
 	else {
-		bio->bi_rw &= ~REQ_HARDBARRIER;
+		bio->bi_rw &= ~REQ_FLUSH;
 		if (mddev->pers->make_request(mddev, bio))
 			generic_make_request(bio);
-		mddev->barrier = POST_REQUEST_BARRIER;
-		submit_barriers(mddev);
 	}
 	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&mddev->flush_pending)) {
-		mddev->barrier = NULL;
+		mddev->flush_bio = NULL;
 		wake_up(&mddev->sb_wait);
 	}
 }
 
-void md_barrier_request(mddev_t *mddev, struct bio *bio)
+void md_flush_request(mddev_t *mddev, struct bio *bio)
 {
 	spin_lock_irq(&mddev->write_lock);
 	wait_event_lock_irq(mddev->sb_wait,
-			    !mddev->barrier,
+			    !mddev->flush_bio,
 			    mddev->write_lock, /*nothing*/);
-	mddev->barrier = bio;
+	mddev->flush_bio = bio;
 	spin_unlock_irq(&mddev->write_lock);
 
 	atomic_set(&mddev->flush_pending, 1);
-	INIT_WORK(&mddev->barrier_work, md_submit_barrier);
+	INIT_WORK(&mddev->flush_work, md_submit_flush_data);
 
-	submit_barriers(mddev);
+	submit_flushes(mddev);
 
 	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&mddev->flush_pending))
-		schedule_work(&mddev->barrier_work);
+		schedule_work(&mddev->flush_work);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(md_barrier_request);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(md_flush_request);
 
 /* Support for plugging.
  * This mirrors the plugging support in request_queue, but does not
@@ -697,31 +682,6 @@ static void super_written(struct bio *bio, int error)
 	bio_put(bio);
 }
 
-static void super_written_barrier(struct bio *bio, int error)
-{
-	struct bio *bio2 = bio->bi_private;
-	mdk_rdev_t *rdev = bio2->bi_private;
-	mddev_t *mddev = rdev->mddev;
-
-	if (!test_bit(BIO_UPTODATE, &bio->bi_flags) &&
-	    error == -EOPNOTSUPP) {
-		unsigned long flags;
-		/* barriers don't appear to be supported :-( */
-		set_bit(BarriersNotsupp, &rdev->flags);
-		mddev->barriers_work = 0;
-		spin_lock_irqsave(&mddev->write_lock, flags);
-		bio2->bi_next = mddev->biolist;
-		mddev->biolist = bio2;
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mddev->write_lock, flags);
-		wake_up(&mddev->sb_wait);
-		bio_put(bio);
-	} else {
-		bio_put(bio2);
-		bio->bi_private = rdev;
-		super_written(bio, error);
-	}
-}
-
 void md_super_write(mddev_t *mddev, mdk_rdev_t *rdev,
 		   sector_t sector, int size, struct page *page)
 {
@@ -730,51 +690,28 @@ void md_super_write(mddev_t *mddev, mdk_rdev_t *rdev,
 	 * and decrement it on completion, waking up sb_wait
 	 * if zero is reached.
 	 * If an error occurred, call md_error
-	 *
-	 * As we might need to resubmit the request if REQ_HARDBARRIER
-	 * causes ENOTSUPP, we allocate a spare bio...
 	 */
 	struct bio *bio = bio_alloc(GFP_NOIO, 1);
-	int rw = REQ_WRITE | REQ_SYNC | REQ_UNPLUG;
 
 	bio->bi_bdev = rdev->bdev;
 	bio->bi_sector = sector;
 	bio_add_page(bio, page, size, 0);
 	bio->bi_private = rdev;
 	bio->bi_end_io = super_written;
-	bio->bi_rw = rw;
 
 	atomic_inc(&mddev->pending_writes);
-	if (!test_bit(BarriersNotsupp, &rdev->flags)) {
-		struct bio *rbio;
-		rw |= REQ_HARDBARRIER;
-		rbio = bio_clone(bio, GFP_NOIO);
-		rbio->bi_private = bio;
-		rbio->bi_end_io = super_written_barrier;
-		submit_bio(rw, rbio);
-	} else
-		submit_bio(rw, bio);
+	submit_bio(REQ_WRITE | REQ_SYNC | REQ_UNPLUG | REQ_FLUSH | REQ_FUA,
+		   bio);
 }
 
 void md_super_wait(mddev_t *mddev)
 {
-	/* wait for all superblock writes that were scheduled to complete.
-	 * if any had to be retried (due to BARRIER problems), retry them
-	 */
+	/* wait for all superblock writes that were scheduled to complete */
 	DEFINE_WAIT(wq);
 	for(;;) {
 		prepare_to_wait(&mddev->sb_wait, &wq, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
 		if (atomic_read(&mddev->pending_writes)==0)
 			break;
-		while (mddev->biolist) {
-			struct bio *bio;
-			spin_lock_irq(&mddev->write_lock);
-			bio = mddev->biolist;
-			mddev->biolist = bio->bi_next ;
-			bio->bi_next = NULL;
-			spin_unlock_irq(&mddev->write_lock);
-			submit_bio(bio->bi_rw, bio);
-		}
 		schedule();
 	}
 	finish_wait(&mddev->sb_wait, &wq);
@@ -1071,7 +1008,6 @@ static int super_90_validate(mddev_t *mddev, mdk_rdev_t *rdev)
 	clear_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags);
 	clear_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags);
 	clear_bit(WriteMostly, &rdev->flags);
-	clear_bit(BarriersNotsupp, &rdev->flags);
 
 	if (mddev->raid_disks == 0) {
 		mddev->major_version = 0;
@@ -1486,7 +1422,6 @@ static int super_1_validate(mddev_t *mddev, mdk_rdev_t *rdev)
 	clear_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags);
 	clear_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags);
 	clear_bit(WriteMostly, &rdev->flags);
-	clear_bit(BarriersNotsupp, &rdev->flags);
 
 	if (mddev->raid_disks == 0) {
 		mddev->major_version = 1;
@@ -4505,7 +4440,6 @@ int md_run(mddev_t *mddev)
 	/* may be over-ridden by personality */
 	mddev->resync_max_sectors = mddev->dev_sectors;
 
-	mddev->barriers_work = 1;
 	mddev->ok_start_degraded = start_dirty_degraded;
 
 	if (start_readonly && mddev->ro == 0)
@@ -4684,7 +4618,6 @@ static void md_clean(mddev_t *mddev)
 	mddev->recovery = 0;
 	mddev->in_sync = 0;
 	mddev->degraded = 0;
-	mddev->barriers_work = 0;
 	mddev->safemode = 0;
 	mddev->bitmap_info.offset = 0;
 	mddev->bitmap_info.default_offset = 0;
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.h b/drivers/md/md.h
index 3931299788dc..112a2c32db0c 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.h
+++ b/drivers/md/md.h
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ struct mdk_rdev_s
 #define	Faulty		1		/* device is known to have a fault */
 #define	In_sync		2		/* device is in_sync with rest of array */
 #define	WriteMostly	4		/* Avoid reading if at all possible */
-#define	BarriersNotsupp	5		/* REQ_HARDBARRIER is not supported */
 #define	AllReserved	6		/* If whole device is reserved for
 					 * one array */
 #define	AutoDetected	7		/* added by auto-detect */
@@ -273,13 +272,6 @@ struct mddev_s
 	int				degraded;	/* whether md should consider
 							 * adding a spare
 							 */
-	int				barriers_work;	/* initialised to true, cleared as soon
-							 * as a barrier request to slave
-							 * fails.  Only supported
-							 */
-	struct bio			*biolist; 	/* bios that need to be retried
-							 * because REQ_HARDBARRIER is not supported
-							 */
 
 	atomic_t			recovery_active; /* blocks scheduled, but not written */
 	wait_queue_head_t		recovery_wait;
@@ -339,16 +331,13 @@ struct mddev_s
 	struct attribute_group		*to_remove;
 	struct plug_handle		*plug; /* if used by personality */
 
-	/* Generic barrier handling.
-	 * If there is a pending barrier request, all other
-	 * writes are blocked while the devices are flushed.
-	 * The last to finish a flush schedules a worker to
-	 * submit the barrier request (without the barrier flag),
-	 * then submit more flush requests.
+	/* Generic flush handling.
+	 * The last to finish preflush schedules a worker to submit
+	 * the rest of the request (without the REQ_FLUSH flag).
 	 */
-	struct bio *barrier;
+	struct bio *flush_bio;
 	atomic_t flush_pending;
-	struct work_struct barrier_work;
+	struct work_struct flush_work;
 	struct work_struct event_work;	/* used by dm to report failure event */
 };
 
@@ -502,7 +491,7 @@ extern void md_done_sync(mddev_t *mddev, int blocks, int ok);
 extern void md_error(mddev_t *mddev, mdk_rdev_t *rdev);
 
 extern int mddev_congested(mddev_t *mddev, int bits);
-extern void md_barrier_request(mddev_t *mddev, struct bio *bio);
+extern void md_flush_request(mddev_t *mddev, struct bio *bio);
 extern void md_super_write(mddev_t *mddev, mdk_rdev_t *rdev,
 			   sector_t sector, int size, struct page *page);
 extern void md_super_wait(mddev_t *mddev);
diff --git a/drivers/md/multipath.c b/drivers/md/multipath.c
index 0307d217e7a4..6d7ddf32ef2e 100644
--- a/drivers/md/multipath.c
+++ b/drivers/md/multipath.c
@@ -142,8 +142,8 @@ static int multipath_make_request(mddev_t *mddev, struct bio * bio)
 	struct multipath_bh * mp_bh;
 	struct multipath_info *multipath;
 
-	if (unlikely(bio->bi_rw & REQ_HARDBARRIER)) {
-		md_barrier_request(mddev, bio);
+	if (unlikely(bio->bi_rw & REQ_FLUSH)) {
+		md_flush_request(mddev, bio);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid0.c b/drivers/md/raid0.c
index 6f7af46d623c..a39f4c355e55 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid0.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid0.c
@@ -483,8 +483,8 @@ static int raid0_make_request(mddev_t *mddev, struct bio *bio)
 	struct strip_zone *zone;
 	mdk_rdev_t *tmp_dev;
 
-	if (unlikely(bio->bi_rw & REQ_HARDBARRIER)) {
-		md_barrier_request(mddev, bio);
+	if (unlikely(bio->bi_rw & REQ_FLUSH)) {
+		md_flush_request(mddev, bio);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid1.c b/drivers/md/raid1.c
index 0b830bbe1d8b..378a25894c57 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid1.c
@@ -319,83 +319,74 @@ static void raid1_end_write_request(struct bio *bio, int error)
 		if (r1_bio->bios[mirror] == bio)
 			break;
 
-	if (error == -EOPNOTSUPP && test_bit(R1BIO_Barrier, &r1_bio->state)) {
-		set_bit(BarriersNotsupp, &conf->mirrors[mirror].rdev->flags);
-		set_bit(R1BIO_BarrierRetry, &r1_bio->state);
-		r1_bio->mddev->barriers_work = 0;
-		/* Don't rdev_dec_pending in this branch - keep it for the retry */
-	} else {
+	/*
+	 * 'one mirror IO has finished' event handler:
+	 */
+	r1_bio->bios[mirror] = NULL;
+	to_put = bio;
+	if (!uptodate) {
+		md_error(r1_bio->mddev, conf->mirrors[mirror].rdev);
+		/* an I/O failed, we can't clear the bitmap */
+		set_bit(R1BIO_Degraded, &r1_bio->state);
+	} else
 		/*
-		 * this branch is our 'one mirror IO has finished' event handler:
+		 * Set R1BIO_Uptodate in our master bio, so that we
+		 * will return a good error code for to the higher
+		 * levels even if IO on some other mirrored buffer
+		 * fails.
+		 *
+		 * The 'master' represents the composite IO operation
+		 * to user-side. So if something waits for IO, then it
+		 * will wait for the 'master' bio.
 		 */
-		r1_bio->bios[mirror] = NULL;
-		to_put = bio;
-		if (!uptodate) {
-			md_error(r1_bio->mddev, conf->mirrors[mirror].rdev);
-			/* an I/O failed, we can't clear the bitmap */
-			set_bit(R1BIO_Degraded, &r1_bio->state);
-		} else
-			/*
-			 * Set R1BIO_Uptodate in our master bio, so that
-			 * we will return a good error code for to the higher
-			 * levels even if IO on some other mirrored buffer fails.
-			 *
-			 * The 'master' represents the composite IO operation to
-			 * user-side. So if something waits for IO, then it will
-			 * wait for the 'master' bio.
-			 */
-			set_bit(R1BIO_Uptodate, &r1_bio->state);
-
-		update_head_pos(mirror, r1_bio);
-
-		if (behind) {
-			if (test_bit(WriteMostly, &conf->mirrors[mirror].rdev->flags))
-				atomic_dec(&r1_bio->behind_remaining);
-
-			/* In behind mode, we ACK the master bio once the I/O has safely
-			 * reached all non-writemostly disks. Setting the Returned bit
-			 * ensures that this gets done only once -- we don't ever want to
-			 * return -EIO here, instead we'll wait */
-
-			if (atomic_read(&r1_bio->behind_remaining) >= (atomic_read(&r1_bio->remaining)-1) &&
-			    test_bit(R1BIO_Uptodate, &r1_bio->state)) {
-				/* Maybe we can return now */
-				if (!test_and_set_bit(R1BIO_Returned, &r1_bio->state)) {
-					struct bio *mbio = r1_bio->master_bio;
-					PRINTK(KERN_DEBUG "raid1: behind end write sectors %llu-%llu\n",
-					       (unsigned long long) mbio->bi_sector,
-					       (unsigned long long) mbio->bi_sector +
-					       (mbio->bi_size >> 9) - 1);
-					bio_endio(mbio, 0);
-				}
+		set_bit(R1BIO_Uptodate, &r1_bio->state);
+
+	update_head_pos(mirror, r1_bio);
+
+	if (behind) {
+		if (test_bit(WriteMostly, &conf->mirrors[mirror].rdev->flags))
+			atomic_dec(&r1_bio->behind_remaining);
+
+		/*
+		 * In behind mode, we ACK the master bio once the I/O
+		 * has safely reached all non-writemostly
+		 * disks. Setting the Returned bit ensures that this
+		 * gets done only once -- we don't ever want to return
+		 * -EIO here, instead we'll wait
+		 */
+		if (atomic_read(&r1_bio->behind_remaining) >= (atomic_read(&r1_bio->remaining)-1) &&
+		    test_bit(R1BIO_Uptodate, &r1_bio->state)) {
+			/* Maybe we can return now */
+			if (!test_and_set_bit(R1BIO_Returned, &r1_bio->state)) {
+				struct bio *mbio = r1_bio->master_bio;
+				PRINTK(KERN_DEBUG "raid1: behind end write sectors %llu-%llu\n",
+				       (unsigned long long) mbio->bi_sector,
+				       (unsigned long long) mbio->bi_sector +
+				       (mbio->bi_size >> 9) - 1);
+				bio_endio(mbio, 0);
 			}
 		}
-		rdev_dec_pending(conf->mirrors[mirror].rdev, conf->mddev);
 	}
+	rdev_dec_pending(conf->mirrors[mirror].rdev, conf->mddev);
+
 	/*
-	 *
 	 * Let's see if all mirrored write operations have finished
 	 * already.
 	 */
 	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&r1_bio->remaining)) {
-		if (test_bit(R1BIO_BarrierRetry, &r1_bio->state))
-			reschedule_retry(r1_bio);
-		else {
-			/* it really is the end of this request */
-			if (test_bit(R1BIO_BehindIO, &r1_bio->state)) {
-				/* free extra copy of the data pages */
-				int i = bio->bi_vcnt;
-				while (i--)
-					safe_put_page(bio->bi_io_vec[i].bv_page);
-			}
-			/* clear the bitmap if all writes complete successfully */
-			bitmap_endwrite(r1_bio->mddev->bitmap, r1_bio->sector,
-					r1_bio->sectors,
-					!test_bit(R1BIO_Degraded, &r1_bio->state),
-					behind);
-			md_write_end(r1_bio->mddev);
-			raid_end_bio_io(r1_bio);
+		if (test_bit(R1BIO_BehindIO, &r1_bio->state)) {
+			/* free extra copy of the data pages */
+			int i = bio->bi_vcnt;
+			while (i--)
+				safe_put_page(bio->bi_io_vec[i].bv_page);
 		}
+		/* clear the bitmap if all writes complete successfully */
+		bitmap_endwrite(r1_bio->mddev->bitmap, r1_bio->sector,
+				r1_bio->sectors,
+				!test_bit(R1BIO_Degraded, &r1_bio->state),
+				behind);
+		md_write_end(r1_bio->mddev);
+		raid_end_bio_io(r1_bio);
 	}
 
 	if (to_put)
@@ -788,16 +779,13 @@ static int make_request(mddev_t *mddev, struct bio * bio)
 	struct page **behind_pages = NULL;
 	const int rw = bio_data_dir(bio);
 	const unsigned long do_sync = (bio->bi_rw & REQ_SYNC);
-	unsigned long do_barriers;
+	const unsigned long do_flush_fua = (bio->bi_rw & (REQ_FLUSH | REQ_FUA));
 	mdk_rdev_t *blocked_rdev;
 
 	/*
 	 * Register the new request and wait if the reconstruction
 	 * thread has put up a bar for new requests.
 	 * Continue immediately if no resync is active currently.
-	 * We test barriers_work *after* md_write_start as md_write_start
-	 * may cause the first superblock write, and that will check out
-	 * if barriers work.
 	 */
 
 	md_write_start(mddev, bio); /* wait on superblock update early */
@@ -821,13 +809,6 @@ static int make_request(mddev_t *mddev, struct bio * bio)
 		}
 		finish_wait(&conf->wait_barrier, &w);
 	}
-	if (unlikely(!mddev->barriers_work &&
-		     (bio->bi_rw & REQ_HARDBARRIER))) {
-		if (rw == WRITE)
-			md_write_end(mddev);
-		bio_endio(bio, -EOPNOTSUPP);
-		return 0;
-	}
 
 	wait_barrier(conf);
 
@@ -959,10 +940,6 @@ static int make_request(mddev_t *mddev, struct bio * bio)
 	atomic_set(&r1_bio->remaining, 0);
 	atomic_set(&r1_bio->behind_remaining, 0);
 
-	do_barriers = bio->bi_rw & REQ_HARDBARRIER;
-	if (do_barriers)
-		set_bit(R1BIO_Barrier, &r1_bio->state);
-
 	bio_list_init(&bl);
 	for (i = 0; i < disks; i++) {
 		struct bio *mbio;
@@ -975,7 +952,7 @@ static int make_request(mddev_t *mddev, struct bio * bio)
 		mbio->bi_sector	= r1_bio->sector + conf->mirrors[i].rdev->data_offset;
 		mbio->bi_bdev = conf->mirrors[i].rdev->bdev;
 		mbio->bi_end_io	= raid1_end_write_request;
-		mbio->bi_rw = WRITE | do_barriers | do_sync;
+		mbio->bi_rw = WRITE | do_flush_fua | do_sync;
 		mbio->bi_private = r1_bio;
 
 		if (behind_pages) {
@@ -1634,41 +1611,6 @@ static void raid1d(mddev_t *mddev)
 		if (test_bit(R1BIO_IsSync, &r1_bio->state)) {
 			sync_request_write(mddev, r1_bio);
 			unplug = 1;
-		} else if (test_bit(R1BIO_BarrierRetry, &r1_bio->state)) {
-			/* some requests in the r1bio were REQ_HARDBARRIER
-			 * requests which failed with -EOPNOTSUPP.  Hohumm..
-			 * Better resubmit without the barrier.
-			 * We know which devices to resubmit for, because
-			 * all others have had their bios[] entry cleared.
-			 * We already have a nr_pending reference on these rdevs.
-			 */
-			int i;
-			const unsigned long do_sync = (r1_bio->master_bio->bi_rw & REQ_SYNC);
-			clear_bit(R1BIO_BarrierRetry, &r1_bio->state);
-			clear_bit(R1BIO_Barrier, &r1_bio->state);
-			for (i=0; i < conf->raid_disks; i++)
-				if (r1_bio->bios[i])
-					atomic_inc(&r1_bio->remaining);
-			for (i=0; i < conf->raid_disks; i++)
-				if (r1_bio->bios[i]) {
-					struct bio_vec *bvec;
-					int j;
-
-					bio = bio_clone(r1_bio->master_bio, GFP_NOIO);
-					/* copy pages from the failed bio, as
-					 * this might be a write-behind device */
-					__bio_for_each_segment(bvec, bio, j, 0)
-						bvec->bv_page = bio_iovec_idx(r1_bio->bios[i], j)->bv_page;
-					bio_put(r1_bio->bios[i]);
-					bio->bi_sector = r1_bio->sector +
-						conf->mirrors[i].rdev->data_offset;
-					bio->bi_bdev = conf->mirrors[i].rdev->bdev;
-					bio->bi_end_io = raid1_end_write_request;
-					bio->bi_rw = WRITE | do_sync;
-					bio->bi_private = r1_bio;
-					r1_bio->bios[i] = bio;
-					generic_make_request(bio);
-				}
 		} else {
 			int disk;
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid1.h b/drivers/md/raid1.h
index 5f2d443ae28a..adf8cfd73313 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid1.h
+++ b/drivers/md/raid1.h
@@ -117,8 +117,6 @@ struct r1bio_s {
 #define	R1BIO_IsSync	1
 #define	R1BIO_Degraded	2
 #define	R1BIO_BehindIO	3
-#define	R1BIO_Barrier	4
-#define R1BIO_BarrierRetry 5
 /* For write-behind requests, we call bi_end_io when
  * the last non-write-behind device completes, providing
  * any write was successful.  Otherwise we call when
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid10.c b/drivers/md/raid10.c
index 84718383124d..f0d082f749be 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid10.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid10.c
@@ -800,12 +800,13 @@ static int make_request(mddev_t *mddev, struct bio * bio)
 	int chunk_sects = conf->chunk_mask + 1;
 	const int rw = bio_data_dir(bio);
 	const unsigned long do_sync = (bio->bi_rw & REQ_SYNC);
+	const unsigned long do_fua = (bio->bi_rw & REQ_FUA);
 	struct bio_list bl;
 	unsigned long flags;
 	mdk_rdev_t *blocked_rdev;
 
-	if (unlikely(bio->bi_rw & REQ_HARDBARRIER)) {
-		md_barrier_request(mddev, bio);
+	if (unlikely(bio->bi_rw & REQ_FLUSH)) {
+		md_flush_request(mddev, bio);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -965,7 +966,7 @@ static int make_request(mddev_t *mddev, struct bio * bio)
 			conf->mirrors[d].rdev->data_offset;
 		mbio->bi_bdev = conf->mirrors[d].rdev->bdev;
 		mbio->bi_end_io	= raid10_end_write_request;
-		mbio->bi_rw = WRITE | do_sync;
+		mbio->bi_rw = WRITE | do_sync | do_fua;
 		mbio->bi_private = r10_bio;
 
 		atomic_inc(&r10_bio->remaining);
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index 69b0a169e43d..31140d1259dc 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -506,9 +506,12 @@ static void ops_run_io(struct stripe_head *sh, struct stripe_head_state *s)
 		int rw;
 		struct bio *bi;
 		mdk_rdev_t *rdev;
-		if (test_and_clear_bit(R5_Wantwrite, &sh->dev[i].flags))
-			rw = WRITE;
-		else if (test_and_clear_bit(R5_Wantread, &sh->dev[i].flags))
+		if (test_and_clear_bit(R5_Wantwrite, &sh->dev[i].flags)) {
+			if (test_and_clear_bit(R5_WantFUA, &sh->dev[i].flags))
+				rw = WRITE_FUA;
+			else
+				rw = WRITE;
+		} else if (test_and_clear_bit(R5_Wantread, &sh->dev[i].flags))
 			rw = READ;
 		else
 			continue;
@@ -1031,6 +1034,8 @@ ops_run_biodrain(struct stripe_head *sh, struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *tx)
 
 			while (wbi && wbi->bi_sector <
 				dev->sector + STRIPE_SECTORS) {
+				if (wbi->bi_rw & REQ_FUA)
+					set_bit(R5_WantFUA, &dev->flags);
 				tx = async_copy_data(1, wbi, dev->page,
 					dev->sector, tx);
 				wbi = r5_next_bio(wbi, dev->sector);
@@ -1048,15 +1053,22 @@ static void ops_complete_reconstruct(void *stripe_head_ref)
 	int pd_idx = sh->pd_idx;
 	int qd_idx = sh->qd_idx;
 	int i;
+	bool fua = false;
 
 	pr_debug("%s: stripe %llu\n", __func__,
 		(unsigned long long)sh->sector);
 
+	for (i = disks; i--; )
+		fua |= test_bit(R5_WantFUA, &sh->dev[i].flags);
+
 	for (i = disks; i--; ) {
 		struct r5dev *dev = &sh->dev[i];
 
-		if (dev->written || i == pd_idx || i == qd_idx)
+		if (dev->written || i == pd_idx || i == qd_idx) {
 			set_bit(R5_UPTODATE, &dev->flags);
+			if (fua)
+				set_bit(R5_WantFUA, &dev->flags);
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (sh->reconstruct_state == reconstruct_state_drain_run)
@@ -3281,7 +3293,7 @@ static void handle_stripe5(struct stripe_head *sh)
 
 	if (dec_preread_active) {
 		/* We delay this until after ops_run_io so that if make_request
-		 * is waiting on a barrier, it won't continue until the writes
+		 * is waiting on a flush, it won't continue until the writes
 		 * have actually been submitted.
 		 */
 		atomic_dec(&conf->preread_active_stripes);
@@ -3583,7 +3595,7 @@ static void handle_stripe6(struct stripe_head *sh)
 
 	if (dec_preread_active) {
 		/* We delay this until after ops_run_io so that if make_request
-		 * is waiting on a barrier, it won't continue until the writes
+		 * is waiting on a flush, it won't continue until the writes
 		 * have actually been submitted.
 		 */
 		atomic_dec(&conf->preread_active_stripes);
@@ -3978,14 +3990,8 @@ static int make_request(mddev_t *mddev, struct bio * bi)
 	const int rw = bio_data_dir(bi);
 	int remaining;
 
-	if (unlikely(bi->bi_rw & REQ_HARDBARRIER)) {
-		/* Drain all pending writes.  We only really need
-		 * to ensure they have been submitted, but this is
-		 * easier.
-		 */
-		mddev->pers->quiesce(mddev, 1);
-		mddev->pers->quiesce(mddev, 0);
-		md_barrier_request(mddev, bi);
+	if (unlikely(bi->bi_rw & REQ_FLUSH)) {
+		md_flush_request(mddev, bi);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -4103,7 +4109,7 @@ static int make_request(mddev_t *mddev, struct bio * bi)
 			finish_wait(&conf->wait_for_overlap, &w);
 			set_bit(STRIPE_HANDLE, &sh->state);
 			clear_bit(STRIPE_DELAYED, &sh->state);
-			if (mddev->barrier && 
+			if ((bi->bi_rw & REQ_SYNC) &&
 			    !test_and_set_bit(STRIPE_PREREAD_ACTIVE, &sh->state))
 				atomic_inc(&conf->preread_active_stripes);
 			release_stripe(sh);
@@ -4126,13 +4132,6 @@ static int make_request(mddev_t *mddev, struct bio * bi)
 		bio_endio(bi, 0);
 	}
 
-	if (mddev->barrier) {
-		/* We need to wait for the stripes to all be handled.
-		 * So: wait for preread_active_stripes to drop to 0.
-		 */
-		wait_event(mddev->thread->wqueue,
-			   atomic_read(&conf->preread_active_stripes) == 0);
-	}
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.h b/drivers/md/raid5.h
index 36eaed5dfd6e..2ace0582b409 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.h
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.h
@@ -275,6 +275,7 @@ struct r6_state {
 				    * filling
 				    */
 #define R5_Wantdrain	13 /* dev->towrite needs to be drained */
+#define R5_WantFUA	14	/* Write should be FUA */
 /*
  * Write method
  */