Merge tag 'for-4.11/linus-merge-signed' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block

Pull block layer updates from Jens Axboe:

 - blk-mq scheduling framework from me and Omar, with a port of the
   deadline scheduler for this framework. A port of BFQ from Paolo is in
   the works, and should be ready for 4.12.

 - Various fixups and improvements to the above scheduling framework
   from Omar, Paolo, Bart, me, others.

 - Cleanup of the exported sysfs blk-mq data into debugfs, from Omar.
   This allows us to export more information that helps debug hangs or
   performance issues, without cluttering or abusing the sysfs API.

 - Fixes for the sbitmap code, the scalable bitmap code that was
   migrated from blk-mq, from Omar.

 - Removal of the BLOCK_PC support in struct request, and refactoring of
   carrying SCSI payloads in the block layer. This cleans up the code
   nicely, and enables us to kill the SCSI specific parts of struct
   request, shrinking it down nicely. From Christoph mainly, with help
   from Hannes.

 - Support for ranged discard requests and discard merging, also from
   Christoph.

 - Support for OPAL in the block layer, and for NVMe as well. Mainly
   from Scott Bauer, with fixes/updates from various others folks.

 - Error code fixup for gdrom from Christophe.

 - cciss pci irq allocation cleanup from Christoph.

 - Making the cdrom device operations read only, from Kees Cook.

 - Fixes for duplicate bdi registrations and bdi/queue life time
   problems from Jan and Dan.

 - Set of fixes and updates for lightnvm, from Matias and Javier.

 - A few fixes for nbd from Josef, using idr to name devices and a
   workqueue deadlock fix on receive. Also marks Josef as the current
   maintainer of nbd.

 - Fix from Josef, overwriting queue settings when the number of
   hardware queues is updated for a blk-mq device.

 - NVMe fix from Keith, ensuring that we don't repeatedly mark and IO
   aborted, if we didn't end up aborting it.

 - SG gap merging fix from Ming Lei for block.

 - Loop fix also from Ming, fixing a race and crash between setting loop
   status and IO.

 - Two block race fixes from Tahsin, fixing request list iteration and
   fixing a race between device registration and udev device add
   notifiations.

 - Double free fix from cgroup writeback, from Tejun.

 - Another double free fix in blkcg, from Hou Tao.

 - Partition overflow fix for EFI from Alden Tondettar.

* tag 'for-4.11/linus-merge-signed' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block: (156 commits)
  nvme: Check for Security send/recv support before issuing commands.
  block/sed-opal: allocate struct opal_dev dynamically
  block/sed-opal: tone down not supported warnings
  block: don't defer flushes on blk-mq + scheduling
  blk-mq-sched: ask scheduler for work, if we failed dispatching leftovers
  blk-mq: don't special case flush inserts for blk-mq-sched
  blk-mq-sched: don't add flushes to the head of requeue queue
  blk-mq: have blk_mq_dispatch_rq_list() return if we queued IO or not
  block: do not allow updates through sysfs until registration completes
  lightnvm: set default lun range when no luns are specified
  lightnvm: fix off-by-one error on target initialization
  Maintainers: Modify SED list from nvme to block
  Move stack parameters for sed_ioctl to prevent oversized stack with CONFIG_KASAN
  uapi: sed-opal fix IOW for activate lsp to use correct struct
  cdrom: Make device operations read-only
  elevator: fix loading wrong elevator type for blk-mq devices
  cciss: switch to pci_irq_alloc_vectors
  block/loop: fix race between I/O and set_status
  blk-mq-sched: don't hold queue_lock when calling exit_icq
  block: set make_request_fn manually in blk_mq_update_nr_hw_queues
  ...

3 files changed, 172 insertions, 471 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_emc.c b/drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_emc.c
index 5b80746980b8..4a7679f6c73d 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_emc.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_emc.c
@@ -88,12 +88,6 @@ struct clariion_dh_data {
 	 */
 	unsigned char buffer[CLARIION_BUFFER_SIZE];
 	/*
-	 * SCSI sense buffer for commands -- assumes serial issuance
-	 * and completion sequence of all commands for same multipath.
-	 */
-	unsigned char sense[SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE];
-	unsigned int senselen;
-	/*
 	 * LUN state
 	 */
 	int lun_state;
@@ -116,44 +110,38 @@ struct clariion_dh_data {
 /*
  * Parse MODE_SELECT cmd reply.
  */
-static int trespass_endio(struct scsi_device *sdev, char *sense)
+static int trespass_endio(struct scsi_device *sdev,
+			  struct scsi_sense_hdr *sshdr)
 {
 	int err = SCSI_DH_IO;
-	struct scsi_sense_hdr sshdr;
-
-	if (!scsi_normalize_sense(sense, SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE, &sshdr)) {
-		sdev_printk(KERN_ERR, sdev, "%s: Found valid sense data 0x%2x, "
-			    "0x%2x, 0x%2x while sending CLARiiON trespass "
-			    "command.\n", CLARIION_NAME, sshdr.sense_key,
-			    sshdr.asc, sshdr.ascq);
 
-		if ((sshdr.sense_key == 0x05) && (sshdr.asc == 0x04) &&
-		     (sshdr.ascq == 0x00)) {
-			/*
-			 * Array based copy in progress -- do not send
-			 * mode_select or copy will be aborted mid-stream.
-			 */
-			sdev_printk(KERN_INFO, sdev, "%s: Array Based Copy in "
-				    "progress while sending CLARiiON trespass "
-				    "command.\n", CLARIION_NAME);
-			err = SCSI_DH_DEV_TEMP_BUSY;
-		} else if ((sshdr.sense_key == 0x02) && (sshdr.asc == 0x04) &&
-			    (sshdr.ascq == 0x03)) {
-			/*
-			 * LUN Not Ready - Manual Intervention Required
-			 * indicates in-progress ucode upgrade (NDU).
-			 */
-			sdev_printk(KERN_INFO, sdev, "%s: Detected in-progress "
-				    "ucode upgrade NDU operation while sending "
-				    "CLARiiON trespass command.\n", CLARIION_NAME);
-			err = SCSI_DH_DEV_TEMP_BUSY;
-		} else
-			err = SCSI_DH_DEV_FAILED;
-	} else {
-		sdev_printk(KERN_INFO, sdev,
-			    "%s: failed to send MODE SELECT, no sense available\n",
-			    CLARIION_NAME);
-	}
+	sdev_printk(KERN_ERR, sdev, "%s: Found valid sense data 0x%2x, "
+		    "0x%2x, 0x%2x while sending CLARiiON trespass "
+		    "command.\n", CLARIION_NAME, sshdr->sense_key,
+		    sshdr->asc, sshdr->ascq);
+
+	if (sshdr->sense_key == 0x05 && sshdr->asc == 0x04 &&
+	    sshdr->ascq == 0x00) {
+		/*
+		 * Array based copy in progress -- do not send
+		 * mode_select or copy will be aborted mid-stream.
+		 */
+		sdev_printk(KERN_INFO, sdev, "%s: Array Based Copy in "
+			    "progress while sending CLARiiON trespass "
+			    "command.\n", CLARIION_NAME);
+		err = SCSI_DH_DEV_TEMP_BUSY;
+	} else if (sshdr->sense_key == 0x02 && sshdr->asc == 0x04 &&
+		   sshdr->ascq == 0x03) {
+		/*
+		 * LUN Not Ready - Manual Intervention Required
+		 * indicates in-progress ucode upgrade (NDU).
+		 */
+		sdev_printk(KERN_INFO, sdev, "%s: Detected in-progress "
+			    "ucode upgrade NDU operation while sending "
+			    "CLARiiON trespass command.\n", CLARIION_NAME);
+		err = SCSI_DH_DEV_TEMP_BUSY;
+	} else
+		err = SCSI_DH_DEV_FAILED;
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -257,103 +245,15 @@ out:
 	return sp_model;
 }
 
-/*
- * Get block request for REQ_BLOCK_PC command issued to path.  Currently
- * limited to MODE_SELECT (trespass) and INQUIRY (VPD page 0xC0) commands.
- *
- * Uses data and sense buffers in hardware handler context structure and
- * assumes serial servicing of commands, both issuance and completion.
- */
-static struct request *get_req(struct scsi_device *sdev, int cmd,
-				unsigned char *buffer)
-{
-	struct request *rq;
-	int len = 0;
-
-	rq = blk_get_request(sdev->request_queue,
-			(cmd != INQUIRY) ? WRITE : READ, GFP_NOIO);
-	if (IS_ERR(rq)) {
-		sdev_printk(KERN_INFO, sdev, "get_req: blk_get_request failed");
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	blk_rq_set_block_pc(rq);
-	rq->cmd_len = COMMAND_SIZE(cmd);
-	rq->cmd[0] = cmd;
-
-	switch (cmd) {
-	case MODE_SELECT:
-		len = sizeof(short_trespass);
-		rq->cmd[1] = 0x10;
-		rq->cmd[4] = len;
-		break;
-	case MODE_SELECT_10:
-		len = sizeof(long_trespass);
-		rq->cmd[1] = 0x10;
-		rq->cmd[8] = len;
-		break;
-	case INQUIRY:
-		len = CLARIION_BUFFER_SIZE;
-		rq->cmd[4] = len;
-		memset(buffer, 0, len);
-		break;
-	default:
-		BUG_ON(1);
-		break;
-	}
-
-	rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_FAILFAST_DEV | REQ_FAILFAST_TRANSPORT |
-			 REQ_FAILFAST_DRIVER;
-	rq->timeout = CLARIION_TIMEOUT;
-	rq->retries = CLARIION_RETRIES;
-
-	if (blk_rq_map_kern(rq->q, rq, buffer, len, GFP_NOIO)) {
-		blk_put_request(rq);
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	return rq;
-}
-
-static int send_inquiry_cmd(struct scsi_device *sdev, int page,
-			    struct clariion_dh_data *csdev)
-{
-	struct request *rq = get_req(sdev, INQUIRY, csdev->buffer);
-	int err;
-
-	if (!rq)
-		return SCSI_DH_RES_TEMP_UNAVAIL;
-
-	rq->sense = csdev->sense;
-	memset(rq->sense, 0, SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE);
-	rq->sense_len = csdev->senselen = 0;
-
-	rq->cmd[0] = INQUIRY;
-	if (page != 0) {
-		rq->cmd[1] = 1;
-		rq->cmd[2] = page;
-	}
-	err = blk_execute_rq(sdev->request_queue, NULL, rq, 1);
-	if (err == -EIO) {
-		sdev_printk(KERN_INFO, sdev,
-			    "%s: failed to send %s INQUIRY: %x\n",
-			    CLARIION_NAME, page?"EVPD":"standard",
-			    rq->errors);
-		csdev->senselen = rq->sense_len;
-		err = SCSI_DH_IO;
-	}
-
-	blk_put_request(rq);
-
-	return err;
-}
-
 static int send_trespass_cmd(struct scsi_device *sdev,
 			    struct clariion_dh_data *csdev)
 {
-	struct request *rq;
 	unsigned char *page22;
-	int err, len, cmd;
+	unsigned char cdb[COMMAND_SIZE(MODE_SELECT)];
+	int err, res = SCSI_DH_OK, len;
+	struct scsi_sense_hdr sshdr;
+	u64 req_flags = REQ_FAILFAST_DEV | REQ_FAILFAST_TRANSPORT |
+		REQ_FAILFAST_DRIVER;
 
 	if (csdev->flags & CLARIION_SHORT_TRESPASS) {
 		page22 = short_trespass;
@@ -361,40 +261,37 @@ static int send_trespass_cmd(struct scsi_device *sdev,
 			/* Set Honor Reservations bit */
 			page22[6] |= 0x80;
 		len = sizeof(short_trespass);
-		cmd = MODE_SELECT;
+		cdb[0] = MODE_SELECT;
+		cdb[1] = 0x10;
+		cdb[4] = len;
 	} else {
 		page22 = long_trespass;
 		if (!(csdev->flags & CLARIION_HONOR_RESERVATIONS))
 			/* Set Honor Reservations bit */
 			page22[10] |= 0x80;
 		len = sizeof(long_trespass);
-		cmd = MODE_SELECT_10;
+		cdb[0] = MODE_SELECT_10;
+		cdb[8] = len;
 	}
 	BUG_ON((len > CLARIION_BUFFER_SIZE));
 	memcpy(csdev->buffer, page22, len);
 
-	rq = get_req(sdev, cmd, csdev->buffer);
-	if (!rq)
-		return SCSI_DH_RES_TEMP_UNAVAIL;
-
-	rq->sense = csdev->sense;
-	memset(rq->sense, 0, SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE);
-	rq->sense_len = csdev->senselen = 0;
-
-	err = blk_execute_rq(sdev->request_queue, NULL, rq, 1);
-	if (err == -EIO) {
-		if (rq->sense_len) {
-			err = trespass_endio(sdev, csdev->sense);
-		} else {
+	err = scsi_execute_req_flags(sdev, cdb, DMA_TO_DEVICE,
+				     csdev->buffer, len, &sshdr,
+				     CLARIION_TIMEOUT * HZ, CLARIION_RETRIES,
+				     NULL, req_flags, 0);
+	if (err) {
+		if (scsi_sense_valid(&sshdr))
+			res = trespass_endio(sdev, &sshdr);
+		else {
 			sdev_printk(KERN_INFO, sdev,
 				    "%s: failed to send MODE SELECT: %x\n",
-				    CLARIION_NAME, rq->errors);
+				    CLARIION_NAME, err);
+			res = SCSI_DH_IO;
 		}
 	}
 
-	blk_put_request(rq);
-
-	return err;
+	return res;
 }
 
 static int clariion_check_sense(struct scsi_device *sdev,
@@ -464,21 +361,7 @@ static int clariion_std_inquiry(struct scsi_device *sdev,
 	int err;
 	char *sp_model;
 
-	err = send_inquiry_cmd(sdev, 0, csdev);
-	if (err != SCSI_DH_OK && csdev->senselen) {
-		struct scsi_sense_hdr sshdr;
-
-		if (scsi_normalize_sense(csdev->sense, SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE,
-					 &sshdr)) {
-			sdev_printk(KERN_ERR, sdev, "%s: INQUIRY sense code "
-				    "%02x/%02x/%02x\n", CLARIION_NAME,
-				    sshdr.sense_key, sshdr.asc, sshdr.ascq);
-		}
-		err = SCSI_DH_IO;
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	sp_model = parse_sp_model(sdev, csdev->buffer);
+	sp_model = parse_sp_model(sdev, sdev->inquiry);
 	if (!sp_model) {
 		err = SCSI_DH_DEV_UNSUPP;
 		goto out;
@@ -500,30 +383,12 @@ out:
 static int clariion_send_inquiry(struct scsi_device *sdev,
 				 struct clariion_dh_data *csdev)
 {
-	int err, retry = CLARIION_RETRIES;
-
-retry:
-	err = send_inquiry_cmd(sdev, 0xC0, csdev);
-	if (err != SCSI_DH_OK && csdev->senselen) {
-		struct scsi_sense_hdr sshdr;
-
-		err = scsi_normalize_sense(csdev->sense, SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE,
-					   &sshdr);
-		if (!err)
-			return SCSI_DH_IO;
-
-		err = clariion_check_sense(sdev, &sshdr);
-		if (retry > 0 && err == ADD_TO_MLQUEUE) {
-			retry--;
-			goto retry;
-		}
-		sdev_printk(KERN_ERR, sdev, "%s: INQUIRY sense code "
-			    "%02x/%02x/%02x\n", CLARIION_NAME,
-			      sshdr.sense_key, sshdr.asc, sshdr.ascq);
-		err = SCSI_DH_IO;
-	} else {
+	int err = SCSI_DH_IO;
+
+	if (!scsi_get_vpd_page(sdev, 0xC0, csdev->buffer,
+			       CLARIION_BUFFER_SIZE))
 		err = parse_sp_info_reply(sdev, csdev);
-	}
+
 	return err;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_hp_sw.c b/drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_hp_sw.c
index 308e87195dc1..be43c940636d 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_hp_sw.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_hp_sw.c
@@ -38,13 +38,10 @@
 #define HP_SW_PATH_PASSIVE		1
 
 struct hp_sw_dh_data {
-	unsigned char sense[SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE];
 	int path_state;
 	int retries;
 	int retry_cnt;
 	struct scsi_device *sdev;
-	activate_complete	callback_fn;
-	void			*callback_data;
 };
 
 static int hp_sw_start_stop(struct hp_sw_dh_data *);
@@ -56,43 +53,34 @@ static int hp_sw_start_stop(struct hp_sw_dh_data *);
  *
  * Returns SCSI_DH_DEV_OFFLINED if the sdev is on the passive path
  */
-static int tur_done(struct scsi_device *sdev, unsigned char *sense)
+static int tur_done(struct scsi_device *sdev, struct hp_sw_dh_data *h,
+		    struct scsi_sense_hdr *sshdr)
 {
-	struct scsi_sense_hdr sshdr;
-	int ret;
+	int ret = SCSI_DH_IO;
 
-	ret = scsi_normalize_sense(sense, SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE, &sshdr);
-	if (!ret) {
-		sdev_printk(KERN_WARNING, sdev,
-			    "%s: sending tur failed, no sense available\n",
-			    HP_SW_NAME);
-		ret = SCSI_DH_IO;
-		goto done;
-	}
-	switch (sshdr.sense_key) {
+	switch (sshdr->sense_key) {
 	case UNIT_ATTENTION:
 		ret = SCSI_DH_IMM_RETRY;
 		break;
 	case NOT_READY:
-		if ((sshdr.asc == 0x04) && (sshdr.ascq == 2)) {
+		if (sshdr->asc == 0x04 && sshdr->ascq == 2) {
 			/*
 			 * LUN not ready - Initialization command required
 			 *
 			 * This is the passive path
 			 */
-			ret = SCSI_DH_DEV_OFFLINED;
+			h->path_state = HP_SW_PATH_PASSIVE;
+			ret = SCSI_DH_OK;
 			break;
 		}
 		/* Fallthrough */
 	default:
 		sdev_printk(KERN_WARNING, sdev,
 			   "%s: sending tur failed, sense %x/%x/%x\n",
-			   HP_SW_NAME, sshdr.sense_key, sshdr.asc,
-			   sshdr.ascq);
+			   HP_SW_NAME, sshdr->sense_key, sshdr->asc,
+			   sshdr->ascq);
 		break;
 	}
-
-done:
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -105,131 +93,36 @@ done:
  */
 static int hp_sw_tur(struct scsi_device *sdev, struct hp_sw_dh_data *h)
 {
-	struct request *req;
-	int ret;
+	unsigned char cmd[6] = { TEST_UNIT_READY };
+	struct scsi_sense_hdr sshdr;
+	int ret = SCSI_DH_OK, res;
+	u64 req_flags = REQ_FAILFAST_DEV | REQ_FAILFAST_TRANSPORT |
+		REQ_FAILFAST_DRIVER;
 
 retry:
-	req = blk_get_request(sdev->request_queue, WRITE, GFP_NOIO);
-	if (IS_ERR(req))
-		return SCSI_DH_RES_TEMP_UNAVAIL;
-
-	blk_rq_set_block_pc(req);
-	req->cmd_flags |= REQ_FAILFAST_DEV | REQ_FAILFAST_TRANSPORT |
-			  REQ_FAILFAST_DRIVER;
-	req->cmd_len = COMMAND_SIZE(TEST_UNIT_READY);
-	req->cmd[0] = TEST_UNIT_READY;
-	req->timeout = HP_SW_TIMEOUT;
-	req->sense = h->sense;
-	memset(req->sense, 0, SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE);
-	req->sense_len = 0;
-
-	ret = blk_execute_rq(req->q, NULL, req, 1);
-	if (ret == -EIO) {
-		if (req->sense_len > 0) {
-			ret = tur_done(sdev, h->sense);
-		} else {
+	res = scsi_execute_req_flags(sdev, cmd, DMA_NONE, NULL, 0, &sshdr,
+				     HP_SW_TIMEOUT, HP_SW_RETRIES,
+				     NULL, req_flags, 0);
+	if (res) {
+		if (scsi_sense_valid(&sshdr))
+			ret = tur_done(sdev, h, &sshdr);
+		else {
 			sdev_printk(KERN_WARNING, sdev,
 				    "%s: sending tur failed with %x\n",
-				    HP_SW_NAME, req->errors);
+				    HP_SW_NAME, res);
 			ret = SCSI_DH_IO;
 		}
 	} else {
 		h->path_state = HP_SW_PATH_ACTIVE;
 		ret = SCSI_DH_OK;
 	}
-	if (ret == SCSI_DH_IMM_RETRY) {
-		blk_put_request(req);
+	if (ret == SCSI_DH_IMM_RETRY)
 		goto retry;
-	}
-	if (ret == SCSI_DH_DEV_OFFLINED) {
-		h->path_state = HP_SW_PATH_PASSIVE;
-		ret = SCSI_DH_OK;
-	}
-
-	blk_put_request(req);
 
 	return ret;
 }
 
 /*
- * start_done - Handle START STOP UNIT return status
- * @sdev: sdev the command has been sent to
- * @errors: blk error code
- */
-static int start_done(struct scsi_device *sdev, unsigned char *sense)
-{
-	struct scsi_sense_hdr sshdr;
-	int rc;
-
-	rc = scsi_normalize_sense(sense, SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE, &sshdr);
-	if (!rc) {
-		sdev_printk(KERN_WARNING, sdev,
-			    "%s: sending start_stop_unit failed, "
-			    "no sense available\n",
-			    HP_SW_NAME);
-		return SCSI_DH_IO;
-	}
-	switch (sshdr.sense_key) {
-	case NOT_READY:
-		if ((sshdr.asc == 0x04) && (sshdr.ascq == 3)) {
-			/*
-			 * LUN not ready - manual intervention required
-			 *
-			 * Switch-over in progress, retry.
-			 */
-			rc = SCSI_DH_RETRY;
-			break;
-		}
-		/* fall through */
-	default:
-		sdev_printk(KERN_WARNING, sdev,
-			   "%s: sending start_stop_unit failed, sense %x/%x/%x\n",
-			   HP_SW_NAME, sshdr.sense_key, sshdr.asc,
-			   sshdr.ascq);
-		rc = SCSI_DH_IO;
-	}
-
-	return rc;
-}
-
-static void start_stop_endio(struct request *req, int error)
-{
-	struct hp_sw_dh_data *h = req->end_io_data;
-	unsigned err = SCSI_DH_OK;
-
-	if (error || host_byte(req->errors) != DID_OK ||
-			msg_byte(req->errors) != COMMAND_COMPLETE) {
-		sdev_printk(KERN_WARNING, h->sdev,
-			    "%s: sending start_stop_unit failed with %x\n",
-			    HP_SW_NAME, req->errors);
-		err = SCSI_DH_IO;
-		goto done;
-	}
-
-	if (req->sense_len > 0) {
-		err = start_done(h->sdev, h->sense);
-		if (err == SCSI_DH_RETRY) {
-			err = SCSI_DH_IO;
-			if (--h->retry_cnt) {
-				blk_put_request(req);
-				err = hp_sw_start_stop(h);
-				if (err == SCSI_DH_OK)
-					return;
-			}
-		}
-	}
-done:
-	req->end_io_data = NULL;
-	__blk_put_request(req->q, req);
-	if (h->callback_fn) {
-		h->callback_fn(h->callback_data, err);
-		h->callback_fn = h->callback_data = NULL;
-	}
-	return;
-
-}
-
-/*
  * hp_sw_start_stop - Send START STOP UNIT command
  * @sdev: sdev command should be sent to
  *
@@ -237,26 +130,48 @@ done:
  */
 static int hp_sw_start_stop(struct hp_sw_dh_data *h)
 {
-	struct request *req;
-
-	req = blk_get_request(h->sdev->request_queue, WRITE, GFP_ATOMIC);
-	if (IS_ERR(req))
-		return SCSI_DH_RES_TEMP_UNAVAIL;
-
-	blk_rq_set_block_pc(req);
-	req->cmd_flags |= REQ_FAILFAST_DEV | REQ_FAILFAST_TRANSPORT |
-			  REQ_FAILFAST_DRIVER;
-	req->cmd_len = COMMAND_SIZE(START_STOP);
-	req->cmd[0] = START_STOP;
-	req->cmd[4] = 1;	/* Start spin cycle */
-	req->timeout = HP_SW_TIMEOUT;
-	req->sense = h->sense;
-	memset(req->sense, 0, SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE);
-	req->sense_len = 0;
-	req->end_io_data = h;
+	unsigned char cmd[6] = { START_STOP, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0 };
+	struct scsi_sense_hdr sshdr;
+	struct scsi_device *sdev = h->sdev;
+	int res, rc = SCSI_DH_OK;
+	int retry_cnt = HP_SW_RETRIES;
+	u64 req_flags = REQ_FAILFAST_DEV | REQ_FAILFAST_TRANSPORT |
+		REQ_FAILFAST_DRIVER;
 
-	blk_execute_rq_nowait(req->q, NULL, req, 1, start_stop_endio);
-	return SCSI_DH_OK;
+retry:
+	res = scsi_execute_req_flags(sdev, cmd, DMA_NONE, NULL, 0, &sshdr,
+				     HP_SW_TIMEOUT, HP_SW_RETRIES,
+				     NULL, req_flags, 0);
+	if (res) {
+		if (!scsi_sense_valid(&sshdr)) {
+			sdev_printk(KERN_WARNING, sdev,
+				    "%s: sending start_stop_unit failed, "
+				    "no sense available\n", HP_SW_NAME);
+			return SCSI_DH_IO;
+		}
+		switch (sshdr.sense_key) {
+		case NOT_READY:
+			if (sshdr.asc == 0x04 && sshdr.ascq == 3) {
+				/*
+				 * LUN not ready - manual intervention required
+				 *
+				 * Switch-over in progress, retry.
+				 */
+				if (--retry_cnt)
+					goto retry;
+				rc = SCSI_DH_RETRY;
+				break;
+			}
+			/* fall through */
+		default:
+			sdev_printk(KERN_WARNING, sdev,
+				    "%s: sending start_stop_unit failed, "
+				    "sense %x/%x/%x\n", HP_SW_NAME,
+				    sshdr.sense_key, sshdr.asc, sshdr.ascq);
+			rc = SCSI_DH_IO;
+		}
+	}
+	return rc;
 }
 
 static int hp_sw_prep_fn(struct scsi_device *sdev, struct request *req)
@@ -290,15 +205,8 @@ static int hp_sw_activate(struct scsi_device *sdev,
 
 	ret = hp_sw_tur(sdev, h);
 
-	if (ret == SCSI_DH_OK && h->path_state == HP_SW_PATH_PASSIVE) {
-		h->retry_cnt = h->retries;
-		h->callback_fn = fn;
-		h->callback_data = data;
+	if (ret == SCSI_DH_OK && h->path_state == HP_SW_PATH_PASSIVE)
 		ret = hp_sw_start_stop(h);
-		if (ret == SCSI_DH_OK)
-			return 0;
-		h->callback_fn = h->callback_data = NULL;
-	}
 
 	if (fn)
 		fn(data, ret);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_rdac.c b/drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_rdac.c
index 00d9c326158e..b64eaae8533d 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_rdac.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_rdac.c
@@ -205,7 +205,6 @@ struct rdac_dh_data {
 #define RDAC_NON_PREFERRED	1
 	char			preferred;
 
-	unsigned char		sense[SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE];
 	union			{
 		struct c2_inquiry c2;
 		struct c4_inquiry c4;
@@ -262,40 +261,12 @@ do { \
 		sdev_printk(KERN_INFO, sdev, RDAC_NAME ": " f "\n", ## arg); \
 } while (0);
 
-static struct request *get_rdac_req(struct scsi_device *sdev,
-			void *buffer, unsigned buflen, int rw)
+static unsigned int rdac_failover_get(struct rdac_controller *ctlr,
+				      struct list_head *list,
+				      unsigned char *cdb)
 {
-	struct request *rq;
-	struct request_queue *q = sdev->request_queue;
-
-	rq = blk_get_request(q, rw, GFP_NOIO);
-
-	if (IS_ERR(rq)) {
-		sdev_printk(KERN_INFO, sdev,
-				"get_rdac_req: blk_get_request failed.\n");
-		return NULL;
-	}
-	blk_rq_set_block_pc(rq);
-
-	if (buflen && blk_rq_map_kern(q, rq, buffer, buflen, GFP_NOIO)) {
-		blk_put_request(rq);
-		sdev_printk(KERN_INFO, sdev,
-				"get_rdac_req: blk_rq_map_kern failed.\n");
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_FAILFAST_DEV | REQ_FAILFAST_TRANSPORT |
-			 REQ_FAILFAST_DRIVER;
-	rq->retries = RDAC_RETRIES;
-	rq->timeout = RDAC_TIMEOUT;
-
-	return rq;
-}
-
-static struct request *rdac_failover_get(struct scsi_device *sdev,
-			struct rdac_dh_data *h, struct list_head *list)
-{
-	struct request *rq;
+	struct scsi_device *sdev = ctlr->ms_sdev;
+	struct rdac_dh_data *h = sdev->handler_data;
 	struct rdac_mode_common *common;
 	unsigned data_size;
 	struct rdac_queue_data *qdata;
@@ -332,27 +303,17 @@ static struct request *rdac_failover_get(struct scsi_device *sdev,
 		lun_table[qdata->h->lun] = 0x81;
 	}
 
-	/* get request for block layer packet command */
-	rq = get_rdac_req(sdev, &h->ctlr->mode_select, data_size, WRITE);
-	if (!rq)
-		return NULL;
-
 	/* Prepare the command. */
 	if (h->ctlr->use_ms10) {
-		rq->cmd[0] = MODE_SELECT_10;
-		rq->cmd[7] = data_size >> 8;
-		rq->cmd[8] = data_size & 0xff;
+		cdb[0] = MODE_SELECT_10;
+		cdb[7] = data_size >> 8;
+		cdb[8] = data_size & 0xff;
 	} else {
-		rq->cmd[0] = MODE_SELECT;
-		rq->cmd[4] = data_size;
+		cdb[0] = MODE_SELECT;
+		cdb[4] = data_size;
 	}
-	rq->cmd_len = COMMAND_SIZE(rq->cmd[0]);
-
-	rq->sense = h->sense;
-	memset(rq->sense, 0, SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE);
-	rq->sense_len = 0;
 
-	return rq;
+	return data_size;
 }
 
 static void release_controller(struct kref *kref)
@@ -400,46 +361,14 @@ static struct rdac_controller *get_controller(int index, char *array_name,
 	return ctlr;
 }
 
-static int submit_inquiry(struct scsi_device *sdev, int page_code,
-			  unsigned int len, struct rdac_dh_data *h)
-{
-	struct request *rq;
-	struct request_queue *q = sdev->request_queue;
-	int err = SCSI_DH_RES_TEMP_UNAVAIL;
-
-	rq = get_rdac_req(sdev, &h->inq, len, READ);
-	if (!rq)
-		goto done;
-
-	/* Prepare the command. */
-	rq->cmd[0] = INQUIRY;
-	rq->cmd[1] = 1;
-	rq->cmd[2] = page_code;
-	rq->cmd[4] = len;
-	rq->cmd_len = COMMAND_SIZE(INQUIRY);
-
-	rq->sense = h->sense;
-	memset(rq->sense, 0, SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE);
-	rq->sense_len = 0;
-
-	err = blk_execute_rq(q, NULL, rq, 1);
-	if (err == -EIO)
-		err = SCSI_DH_IO;
-
-	blk_put_request(rq);
-done:
-	return err;
-}
-
 static int get_lun_info(struct scsi_device *sdev, struct rdac_dh_data *h,
 			char *array_name, u8 *array_id)
 {
-	int err, i;
-	struct c8_inquiry *inqp;
+	int err = SCSI_DH_IO, i;
+	struct c8_inquiry *inqp = &h->inq.c8;
 
-	err = submit_inquiry(sdev, 0xC8, sizeof(struct c8_inquiry), h);
-	if (err == SCSI_DH_OK) {
-		inqp = &h->inq.c8;
+	if (!scsi_get_vpd_page(sdev, 0xC8, (unsigned char *)inqp,
+			       sizeof(struct c8_inquiry))) {
 		if (inqp->page_code != 0xc8)
 			return SCSI_DH_NOSYS;
 		if (inqp->page_id[0] != 'e' || inqp->page_id[1] != 'd' ||
@@ -453,20 +382,20 @@ static int get_lun_info(struct scsi_device *sdev, struct rdac_dh_data *h,
 		*(array_name+ARRAY_LABEL_LEN-1) = '\0';
 		memset(array_id, 0, UNIQUE_ID_LEN);
 		memcpy(array_id, inqp->array_unique_id, inqp->array_uniq_id_len);
+		err = SCSI_DH_OK;
 	}
 	return err;
 }
 
 static int check_ownership(struct scsi_device *sdev, struct rdac_dh_data *h)
 {
-	int err, access_state;
+	int err = SCSI_DH_IO, access_state;
 	struct rdac_dh_data *tmp;
-	struct c9_inquiry *inqp;
+	struct c9_inquiry *inqp = &h->inq.c9;
 
 	h->state = RDAC_STATE_ACTIVE;
-	err = submit_inquiry(sdev, 0xC9, sizeof(struct c9_inquiry), h);
-	if (err == SCSI_DH_OK) {
-		inqp = &h->inq.c9;
+	if (!scsi_get_vpd_page(sdev, 0xC9, (unsigned char *)inqp,
+			       sizeof(struct c9_inquiry))) {
 		/* detect the operating mode */
 		if ((inqp->avte_cvp >> 5) & 0x1)
 			h->mode = RDAC_MODE_IOSHIP; /* LUN in IOSHIP mode */
@@ -501,6 +430,7 @@ static int check_ownership(struct scsi_device *sdev, struct rdac_dh_data *h)
 			tmp->sdev->access_state = access_state;
 		}
 		rcu_read_unlock();
+		err = SCSI_DH_OK;
 	}
 
 	return err;
@@ -509,12 +439,11 @@ static int check_ownership(struct scsi_device *sdev, struct rdac_dh_data *h)
 static int initialize_controller(struct scsi_device *sdev,
 		struct rdac_dh_data *h, char *array_name, u8 *array_id)
 {
-	int err, index;
-	struct c4_inquiry *inqp;
+	int err = SCSI_DH_IO, index;
+	struct c4_inquiry *inqp = &h->inq.c4;
 
-	err = submit_inquiry(sdev, 0xC4, sizeof(struct c4_inquiry), h);
-	if (err == SCSI_DH_OK) {
-		inqp = &h->inq.c4;
+	if (!scsi_get_vpd_page(sdev, 0xC4, (unsigned char *)inqp,
+			       sizeof(struct c4_inquiry))) {
 		/* get the controller index */
 		if (inqp->slot_id[1] == 0x31)
 			index = 0;
@@ -530,18 +459,18 @@ static int initialize_controller(struct scsi_device *sdev,
 			h->sdev = sdev;
 		}
 		spin_unlock(&list_lock);
+		err = SCSI_DH_OK;
 	}
 	return err;
 }
 
 static int set_mode_select(struct scsi_device *sdev, struct rdac_dh_data *h)
 {
-	int err;
-	struct c2_inquiry *inqp;
+	int err = SCSI_DH_IO;
+	struct c2_inquiry *inqp = &h->inq.c2;
 
-	err = submit_inquiry(sdev, 0xC2, sizeof(struct c2_inquiry), h);
-	if (err == SCSI_DH_OK) {
-		inqp = &h->inq.c2;
+	if (!scsi_get_vpd_page(sdev, 0xC2, (unsigned char *)inqp,
+			       sizeof(struct c2_inquiry))) {
 		/*
 		 * If more than MODE6_MAX_LUN luns are supported, use
 		 * mode select 10
@@ -550,36 +479,35 @@ static int set_mode_select(struct scsi_device *sdev, struct rdac_dh_data *h)
 			h->ctlr->use_ms10 = 1;
 		else
 			h->ctlr->use_ms10 = 0;
+		err = SCSI_DH_OK;
 	}
 	return err;
 }
 
 static int mode_select_handle_sense(struct scsi_device *sdev,
-					unsigned char *sensebuf)
+				    struct scsi_sense_hdr *sense_hdr)
 {
-	struct scsi_sense_hdr sense_hdr;
-	int err = SCSI_DH_IO, ret;
+	int err = SCSI_DH_IO;
 	struct rdac_dh_data *h = sdev->handler_data;
 
-	ret = scsi_normalize_sense(sensebuf, SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE, &sense_hdr);
-	if (!ret)
+	if (!scsi_sense_valid(sense_hdr))
 		goto done;
 
-	switch (sense_hdr.sense_key) {
+	switch (sense_hdr->sense_key) {
 	case NO_SENSE:
 	case ABORTED_COMMAND:
 	case UNIT_ATTENTION:
 		err = SCSI_DH_RETRY;
 		break;
 	case NOT_READY:
-		if (sense_hdr.asc == 0x04 && sense_hdr.ascq == 0x01)
+		if (sense_hdr->asc == 0x04 && sense_hdr->ascq == 0x01)
 			/* LUN Not Ready and is in the Process of Becoming
 			 * Ready
 			 */
 			err = SCSI_DH_RETRY;
 		break;
 	case ILLEGAL_REQUEST:
-		if (sense_hdr.asc == 0x91 && sense_hdr.ascq == 0x36)
+		if (sense_hdr->asc == 0x91 && sense_hdr->ascq == 0x36)
 			/*
 			 * Command Lock contention
 			 */
@@ -592,7 +520,7 @@ static int mode_select_handle_sense(struct scsi_device *sdev,
 	RDAC_LOG(RDAC_LOG_FAILOVER, sdev, "array %s, ctlr %d, "
 		"MODE_SELECT returned with sense %02x/%02x/%02x",
 		(char *) h->ctlr->array_name, h->ctlr->index,
-		sense_hdr.sense_key, sense_hdr.asc, sense_hdr.ascq);
+		sense_hdr->sense_key, sense_hdr->asc, sense_hdr->ascq);
 
 done:
 	return err;
@@ -602,13 +530,16 @@ static void send_mode_select(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	struct rdac_controller *ctlr =
 		container_of(work, struct rdac_controller, ms_work);
-	struct request *rq;
 	struct scsi_device *sdev = ctlr->ms_sdev;
 	struct rdac_dh_data *h = sdev->handler_data;
-	struct request_queue *q = sdev->request_queue;
-	int err, retry_cnt = RDAC_RETRY_COUNT;
+	int err = SCSI_DH_OK, retry_cnt = RDAC_RETRY_COUNT;
 	struct rdac_queue_data *tmp, *qdata;
 	LIST_HEAD(list);
+	unsigned char cdb[COMMAND_SIZE(MODE_SELECT_10)];
+	struct scsi_sense_hdr sshdr;
+	unsigned int data_size;
+	u64 req_flags = REQ_FAILFAST_DEV | REQ_FAILFAST_TRANSPORT |
+		REQ_FAILFAST_DRIVER;
 
 	spin_lock(&ctlr->ms_lock);
 	list_splice_init(&ctlr->ms_head, &list);
@@ -616,21 +547,19 @@ static void send_mode_select(struct work_struct *work)
 	ctlr->ms_sdev = NULL;
 	spin_unlock(&ctlr->ms_lock);
 
-retry:
-	err = SCSI_DH_RES_TEMP_UNAVAIL;
-	rq = rdac_failover_get(sdev, h, &list);
-	if (!rq)
-		goto done;
+ retry:
+	data_size = rdac_failover_get(ctlr, &list, cdb);
 
 	RDAC_LOG(RDAC_LOG_FAILOVER, sdev, "array %s, ctlr %d, "
 		"%s MODE_SELECT command",
 		(char *) h->ctlr->array_name, h->ctlr->index,
 		(retry_cnt == RDAC_RETRY_COUNT) ? "queueing" : "retrying");
 
-	err = blk_execute_rq(q, NULL, rq, 1);
-	blk_put_request(rq);
-	if (err != SCSI_DH_OK) {
-		err = mode_select_handle_sense(sdev, h->sense);
+	if (scsi_execute_req_flags(sdev, cdb, DMA_TO_DEVICE,
+				   &h->ctlr->mode_select, data_size, &sshdr,
+				   RDAC_TIMEOUT * HZ,
+				   RDAC_RETRIES, NULL, req_flags, 0)) {
+		err = mode_select_handle_sense(sdev, &sshdr);
 		if (err == SCSI_DH_RETRY && retry_cnt--)
 			goto retry;
 		if (err == SCSI_DH_IMM_RETRY)
@@ -643,7 +572,6 @@ retry:
 				(char *) h->ctlr->array_name, h->ctlr->index);
 	}
 
-done:
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(qdata, tmp, &list, entry) {
 		list_del(&qdata->entry);
 		if (err == SCSI_DH_OK)