diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libsrp.c b/drivers/scsi/libsrp.c
index 5cff020..6d6a76e 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/libsrp.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libsrp.c
@@ -426,8 +426,8 @@
 
 	sc->SCp.ptr = info;
 	memcpy(sc->cmnd, cmd->cdb, MAX_COMMAND_SIZE);
-	sc->request_bufflen = len;
-	sc->request_buffer = (void *) (unsigned long) addr;
+	sc->sdb.length = len;
+	sc->sdb.table.sgl = (void *) (unsigned long) addr;
 	sc->tag = tag;
 	err = scsi_tgt_queue_command(sc, itn_id, (struct scsi_lun *)&cmd->lun,
 				     cmd->tag);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi.c
index 1a9fba6..b35d194 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi.c
@@ -757,7 +757,7 @@
 				"Notifying upper driver of completion "
 				"(result %x)\n", cmd->result));
 
-	good_bytes = cmd->request_bufflen;
+	good_bytes = scsi_bufflen(cmd);
         if (cmd->request->cmd_type != REQ_TYPE_BLOCK_PC) {
 		drv = scsi_cmd_to_driver(cmd);
 		if (drv->done)
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
index 547e85a..4f4edc3 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
@@ -617,29 +617,25 @@
 	ses->cmd_len = scmd->cmd_len;
 	memcpy(ses->cmnd, scmd->cmnd, sizeof(scmd->cmnd));
 	ses->data_direction = scmd->sc_data_direction;
-	ses->bufflen = scmd->request_bufflen;
-	ses->buffer = scmd->request_buffer;
-	ses->use_sg = scmd->use_sg;
-	ses->resid = scmd->resid;
+	ses->sdb = scmd->sdb;
 	ses->result = scmd->result;
 
+	memset(&scmd->sdb, 0, sizeof(scmd->sdb));
+
 	if (sense_bytes) {
-		scmd->request_bufflen = min_t(unsigned,
-		                       SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE, sense_bytes);
+		scmd->sdb.length = min_t(unsigned, SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE,
+					 sense_bytes);
 		sg_init_one(&ses->sense_sgl, scmd->sense_buffer,
-		                                       scmd->request_bufflen);
-		scmd->request_buffer = &ses->sense_sgl;
+			    scmd->sdb.length);
+		scmd->sdb.table.sgl = &ses->sense_sgl;
 		scmd->sc_data_direction = DMA_FROM_DEVICE;
-		scmd->use_sg = 1;
+		scmd->sdb.table.nents = 1;
 		memset(scmd->cmnd, 0, sizeof(scmd->cmnd));
 		scmd->cmnd[0] = REQUEST_SENSE;
-		scmd->cmnd[4] = scmd->request_bufflen;
+		scmd->cmnd[4] = scmd->sdb.length;
 		scmd->cmd_len = COMMAND_SIZE(scmd->cmnd[0]);
 	} else {
-		scmd->request_buffer = NULL;
-		scmd->request_bufflen = 0;
 		scmd->sc_data_direction = DMA_NONE;
-		scmd->use_sg = 0;
 		if (cmnd) {
 			memset(scmd->cmnd, 0, sizeof(scmd->cmnd));
 			memcpy(scmd->cmnd, cmnd, cmnd_size);
@@ -676,10 +672,7 @@
 	scmd->cmd_len = ses->cmd_len;
 	memcpy(scmd->cmnd, ses->cmnd, sizeof(scmd->cmnd));
 	scmd->sc_data_direction = ses->data_direction;
-	scmd->request_bufflen = ses->bufflen;
-	scmd->request_buffer = ses->buffer;
-	scmd->use_sg = ses->use_sg;
-	scmd->resid = ses->resid;
+	scmd->sdb = ses->sdb;
 	scmd->result = ses->result;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(scsi_eh_restore_cmnd);
@@ -1700,8 +1693,7 @@
 	memset(&scmd->cmnd, '\0', sizeof(scmd->cmnd));
     
 	scmd->scsi_done		= scsi_reset_provider_done_command;
-	scmd->request_buffer		= NULL;
-	scmd->request_bufflen		= 0;
+	memset(&scmd->sdb, 0, sizeof(scmd->sdb));
 
 	scmd->cmd_len			= 0;
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
index 69fd6218..d5e77e9 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@
 static void scsi_init_cmd_errh(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd)
 {
 	cmd->serial_number = 0;
-	cmd->resid = 0;
+	scsi_set_resid(cmd, 0);
 	memset(cmd->sense_buffer, 0, SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE);
 	if (cmd->cmd_len == 0)
 		cmd->cmd_len = COMMAND_SIZE(cmd->cmnd[0]);
@@ -746,25 +746,25 @@
 	return mempool_alloc(sgp->pool, gfp_mask);
 }
 
-static int scsi_alloc_sgtable(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd, gfp_t gfp_mask)
+static int scsi_alloc_sgtable(struct scsi_data_buffer *sdb, int nents,
+			      gfp_t gfp_mask)
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	BUG_ON(!cmd->use_sg);
+	BUG_ON(!nents);
 
-	ret = __sg_alloc_table(&cmd->sg_table, cmd->use_sg,
-			       SCSI_MAX_SG_SEGMENTS, gfp_mask, scsi_sg_alloc);
+	ret = __sg_alloc_table(&sdb->table, nents, SCSI_MAX_SG_SEGMENTS,
+			       gfp_mask, scsi_sg_alloc);
 	if (unlikely(ret))
-		__sg_free_table(&cmd->sg_table, SCSI_MAX_SG_SEGMENTS,
+		__sg_free_table(&sdb->table, SCSI_MAX_SG_SEGMENTS,
 				scsi_sg_free);
 
-	cmd->request_buffer = cmd->sg_table.sgl;
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static void scsi_free_sgtable(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd)
+static void scsi_free_sgtable(struct scsi_data_buffer *sdb)
 {
-	__sg_free_table(&cmd->sg_table, SCSI_MAX_SG_SEGMENTS, scsi_sg_free);
+	__sg_free_table(&sdb->table, SCSI_MAX_SG_SEGMENTS, scsi_sg_free);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -786,15 +786,10 @@
  */
 void scsi_release_buffers(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd)
 {
-	if (cmd->use_sg)
-		scsi_free_sgtable(cmd);
+	if (cmd->sdb.table.nents)
+		scsi_free_sgtable(&cmd->sdb);
 
-	/*
-	 * Zero these out.  They now point to freed memory, and it is
-	 * dangerous to hang onto the pointers.
-	 */
-	cmd->request_buffer = NULL;
-	cmd->request_bufflen = 0;
+	memset(&cmd->sdb, 0, sizeof(cmd->sdb));
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(scsi_release_buffers);
 
@@ -829,7 +824,7 @@
 void scsi_io_completion(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd, unsigned int good_bytes)
 {
 	int result = cmd->result;
-	int this_count = cmd->request_bufflen;
+	int this_count = scsi_bufflen(cmd);
 	struct request_queue *q = cmd->device->request_queue;
 	struct request *req = cmd->request;
 	int clear_errors = 1;
@@ -837,8 +832,6 @@
 	int sense_valid = 0;
 	int sense_deferred = 0;
 
-	scsi_release_buffers(cmd);
-
 	if (result) {
 		sense_valid = scsi_command_normalize_sense(cmd, &sshdr);
 		if (sense_valid)
@@ -861,9 +854,11 @@
 				req->sense_len = len;
 			}
 		}
-		req->data_len = cmd->resid;
+		req->data_len = scsi_get_resid(cmd);
 	}
 
+	scsi_release_buffers(cmd);
+
 	/*
 	 * Next deal with any sectors which we were able to correctly
 	 * handle.
@@ -871,7 +866,6 @@
 	SCSI_LOG_HLCOMPLETE(1, printk("%ld sectors total, "
 				      "%d bytes done.\n",
 				      req->nr_sectors, good_bytes));
-	SCSI_LOG_HLCOMPLETE(1, printk("use_sg is %d\n", cmd->use_sg));
 
 	if (clear_errors)
 		req->errors = 0;
@@ -1002,35 +996,30 @@
 {
 	struct request     *req = cmd->request;
 	int		   count;
-
-	/*
-	 * We used to not use scatter-gather for single segment request,
-	 * but now we do (it makes highmem I/O easier to support without
-	 * kmapping pages)
-	 */
-	cmd->use_sg = req->nr_phys_segments;
+	struct scsi_data_buffer *sdb = &cmd->sdb;
 
 	/*
 	 * If sg table allocation fails, requeue request later.
 	 */
-	if (unlikely(scsi_alloc_sgtable(cmd, gfp_mask))) {
+	if (unlikely(scsi_alloc_sgtable(sdb, req->nr_phys_segments,
+					gfp_mask))) {
 		scsi_unprep_request(req);
 		return BLKPREP_DEFER;
 	}
 
 	req->buffer = NULL;
 	if (blk_pc_request(req))
-		cmd->request_bufflen = req->data_len;
+		sdb->length = req->data_len;
 	else
-		cmd->request_bufflen = req->nr_sectors << 9;
+		sdb->length = req->nr_sectors << 9;
 
 	/* 
 	 * Next, walk the list, and fill in the addresses and sizes of
 	 * each segment.
 	 */
-	count = blk_rq_map_sg(req->q, req, cmd->request_buffer);
-	BUG_ON(count > cmd->use_sg);
-	cmd->use_sg = count;
+	count = blk_rq_map_sg(req->q, req, sdb->table.sgl);
+	BUG_ON(count > sdb->table.nents);
+	sdb->table.nents = count;
 	return BLKPREP_OK;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(scsi_init_io);
@@ -1086,9 +1075,7 @@
 		BUG_ON(req->data_len);
 		BUG_ON(req->data);
 
-		cmd->request_bufflen = 0;
-		cmd->request_buffer = NULL;
-		cmd->use_sg = 0;
+		memset(&cmd->sdb, 0, sizeof(cmd->sdb));
 		req->buffer = NULL;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sd.c b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
index 24eba31..51a5557 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sd.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@
 		SCpnt->cmnd[4] = (unsigned char) this_count;
 		SCpnt->cmnd[5] = 0;
 	}
-	SCpnt->request_bufflen = this_count * sdp->sector_size;
+	SCpnt->sdb.length = this_count * sdp->sector_size;
 
 	/*
 	 * We shouldn't disconnect in the middle of a sector, so with a dumb
@@ -926,7 +926,7 @@
 static int sd_done(struct scsi_cmnd *SCpnt)
 {
 	int result = SCpnt->result;
- 	unsigned int xfer_size = SCpnt->request_bufflen;
+	unsigned int xfer_size = scsi_bufflen(SCpnt);
  	unsigned int good_bytes = result ? 0 : xfer_size;
  	u64 start_lba = SCpnt->request->sector;
  	u64 bad_lba;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sr.c b/drivers/scsi/sr.c
index 1fcee16..50ba492 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sr.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sr.c
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@
 static int sr_done(struct scsi_cmnd *SCpnt)
 {
 	int result = SCpnt->result;
-	int this_count = SCpnt->request_bufflen;
+	int this_count = scsi_bufflen(SCpnt);
 	int good_bytes = (result == 0 ? this_count : 0);
 	int block_sectors = 0;
 	long error_sector;
@@ -379,17 +379,18 @@
 	}
 
 	{
-		struct scatterlist *sg = SCpnt->request_buffer;
-		int i, size = 0;
-		for (i = 0; i < SCpnt->use_sg; i++)
-			size += sg[i].length;
+		struct scatterlist *sg;
+		int i, size = 0, sg_count = scsi_sg_count(SCpnt);
 
-		if (size != SCpnt->request_bufflen && SCpnt->use_sg) {
+		scsi_for_each_sg(SCpnt, sg, sg_count, i)
+			size += sg->length;
+
+		if (size != scsi_bufflen(SCpnt)) {
 			scmd_printk(KERN_ERR, SCpnt,
 				"mismatch count %d, bytes %d\n",
-				size, SCpnt->request_bufflen);
-			if (SCpnt->request_bufflen > size)
-				SCpnt->request_bufflen = size;
+				size, scsi_bufflen(SCpnt));
+			if (scsi_bufflen(SCpnt) > size)
+				SCpnt->sdb.length = size;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -397,12 +398,12 @@
 	 * request doesn't start on hw block boundary, add scatter pads
 	 */
 	if (((unsigned int)rq->sector % (s_size >> 9)) ||
-	    (SCpnt->request_bufflen % s_size)) {
+	    (scsi_bufflen(SCpnt) % s_size)) {
 		scmd_printk(KERN_NOTICE, SCpnt, "unaligned transfer\n");
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	this_count = (SCpnt->request_bufflen >> 9) / (s_size >> 9);
+	this_count = (scsi_bufflen(SCpnt) >> 9) / (s_size >> 9);
 
 
 	SCSI_LOG_HLQUEUE(2, printk("%s : %s %d/%ld 512 byte blocks.\n",
@@ -416,7 +417,7 @@
 
 	if (this_count > 0xffff) {
 		this_count = 0xffff;
-		SCpnt->request_bufflen = this_count * s_size;
+		SCpnt->sdb.length = this_count * s_size;
 	}
 
 	SCpnt->cmnd[2] = (unsigned char) (block >> 24) & 0xff;
diff --git a/drivers/usb/storage/isd200.c b/drivers/usb/storage/isd200.c
index 178e8c2..0db4886 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/storage/isd200.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/storage/isd200.c
@@ -415,14 +415,14 @@
 		sg_init_one(&info->sg, buff, bufflen);
 
 	srb->sc_data_direction = dir;
-	srb->request_buffer = buff ? &info->sg : NULL;
-	srb->request_bufflen = bufflen;
-	srb->use_sg = buff ? 1 : 0;
+	srb->sdb.table.sgl = buff ? &info->sg : NULL;
+	srb->sdb.length = bufflen;
+	srb->sdb.table.nents = buff ? 1 : 0;
 }
 
 static void isd200_srb_set_bufflen(struct scsi_cmnd *srb, unsigned bufflen)
 {
-	srb->request_bufflen = bufflen;
+	srb->sdb.length = bufflen;
 }