Merge branch 'for-2.6.31' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block

* 'for-2.6.31' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block: (153 commits)
  block: add request clone interface (v2)
  floppy: fix hibernation
  ramdisk: remove long-deprecated "ramdisk=" boot-time parameter
  fs/bio.c: add missing __user annotation
  block: prevent possible io_context->refcount overflow
  Add serial number support for virtio_blk, V4a
  block: Add missing bounce_pfn stacking and fix comments
  Revert "block: Fix bounce limit setting in DM"
  cciss: decode unit attention in SCSI error handling code
  cciss: Remove no longer needed sendcmd reject processing code
  cciss: change SCSI error handling routines to work with interrupts enabled.
  cciss: separate error processing and command retrying code in sendcmd_withirq_core()
  cciss: factor out fix target status processing code from sendcmd functions
  cciss: simplify interface of sendcmd() and sendcmd_withirq()
  cciss: factor out core of sendcmd_withirq() for use by SCSI error handling code
  cciss: Use schedule_timeout_uninterruptible in SCSI error handling code
  block: needs to set the residual length of a bidi request
  Revert "block: implement blkdev_readpages"
  block: Fix bounce limit setting in DM
  Removed reference to non-existing file Documentation/PCI/PCI-DMA-mapping.txt
  ...

Manually fix conflicts with tracing updates in:
	block/blk-sysfs.c
	drivers/ide/ide-atapi.c
	drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
	drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c
	drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
	include/trace/events/block.h
	kernel/trace/blktrace.c

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 29 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index ddae80825899..801f4ab83302 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -511,11 +511,7 @@ out:
  */
 static void loop_add_bio(struct loop_device *lo, struct bio *bio)
 {
-	if (lo->lo_biotail) {
-		lo->lo_biotail->bi_next = bio;
-		lo->lo_biotail = bio;
-	} else
-		lo->lo_bio = lo->lo_biotail = bio;
+	bio_list_add(&lo->lo_bio_list, bio);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -523,16 +519,7 @@ static void loop_add_bio(struct loop_device *lo, struct bio *bio)
  */
 static struct bio *loop_get_bio(struct loop_device *lo)
 {
-	struct bio *bio;
-
-	if ((bio = lo->lo_bio)) {
-		if (bio == lo->lo_biotail)
-			lo->lo_biotail = NULL;
-		lo->lo_bio = bio->bi_next;
-		bio->bi_next = NULL;
-	}
-
-	return bio;
+	return bio_list_pop(&lo->lo_bio_list);
 }
 
 static int loop_make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *old_bio)
@@ -609,12 +596,13 @@ static int loop_thread(void *data)
 
 	set_user_nice(current, -20);
 
-	while (!kthread_should_stop() || lo->lo_bio) {
+	while (!kthread_should_stop() || !bio_list_empty(&lo->lo_bio_list)) {
 
 		wait_event_interruptible(lo->lo_event,
-				lo->lo_bio || kthread_should_stop());
+				!bio_list_empty(&lo->lo_bio_list) ||
+				kthread_should_stop());
 
-		if (!lo->lo_bio)
+		if (bio_list_empty(&lo->lo_bio_list))
 			continue;
 		spin_lock_irq(&lo->lo_lock);
 		bio = loop_get_bio(lo);
@@ -721,10 +709,6 @@ static int loop_change_fd(struct loop_device *lo, struct block_device *bdev,
 	if (!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) && !S_ISBLK(inode->i_mode))
 		goto out_putf;
 
-	/* new backing store needs to support loop (eg splice_read) */
-	if (!inode->i_fop->splice_read)
-		goto out_putf;
-
 	/* size of the new backing store needs to be the same */
 	if (get_loop_size(lo, file) != get_loop_size(lo, old_file))
 		goto out_putf;
@@ -800,12 +784,7 @@ static int loop_set_fd(struct loop_device *lo, fmode_t mode,
 	error = -EINVAL;
 	if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) || S_ISBLK(inode->i_mode)) {
 		const struct address_space_operations *aops = mapping->a_ops;
-		/*
-		 * If we can't read - sorry. If we only can't write - well,
-		 * it's going to be read-only.
-		 */
-		if (!file->f_op->splice_read)
-			goto out_putf;
+
 		if (aops->write_begin)
 			lo_flags |= LO_FLAGS_USE_AOPS;
 		if (!(lo_flags & LO_FLAGS_USE_AOPS) && !file->f_op->write)
@@ -841,7 +820,7 @@ static int loop_set_fd(struct loop_device *lo, fmode_t mode,
 	lo->old_gfp_mask = mapping_gfp_mask(mapping);
 	mapping_set_gfp_mask(mapping, lo->old_gfp_mask & ~(__GFP_IO|__GFP_FS));
 
-	lo->lo_bio = lo->lo_biotail = NULL;
+	bio_list_init(&lo->lo_bio_list);
 
 	/*
 	 * set queue make_request_fn, and add limits based on lower level