diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/axonram.c b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/axonram.c
index 9e105cb..a477991 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/axonram.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/axonram.c
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@
 
 	set_capacity(bank->disk, bank->size >> AXON_RAM_SECTOR_SHIFT);
 	blk_queue_make_request(bank->disk->queue, axon_ram_make_request);
-	blk_queue_hardsect_size(bank->disk->queue, AXON_RAM_SECTOR_SIZE);
+	blk_queue_logical_block_size(bank->disk->queue, AXON_RAM_SECTOR_SIZE);
 	add_disk(bank->disk);
 
 	bank->irq_id = irq_of_parse_and_map(device->node, 0);
diff --git a/block/blk-integrity.c b/block/blk-integrity.c
index 91fa8e0..73e28d3 100644
--- a/block/blk-integrity.c
+++ b/block/blk-integrity.c
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@
 		kobject_uevent(&bi->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
 
 		bi->flags |= INTEGRITY_FLAG_READ | INTEGRITY_FLAG_WRITE;
-		bi->sector_size = disk->queue->hardsect_size;
+		bi->sector_size = queue_logical_block_size(disk->queue);
 		disk->integrity = bi;
 	} else
 		bi = disk->integrity;
diff --git a/block/blk-settings.c b/block/blk-settings.c
index 57af728..15c3164 100644
--- a/block/blk-settings.c
+++ b/block/blk-settings.c
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
 	q->backing_dev_info.state = 0;
 	q->backing_dev_info.capabilities = BDI_CAP_MAP_COPY;
 	blk_queue_max_sectors(q, SAFE_MAX_SECTORS);
-	blk_queue_hardsect_size(q, 512);
+	blk_queue_logical_block_size(q, 512);
 	blk_queue_dma_alignment(q, 511);
 	blk_queue_congestion_threshold(q);
 	q->nr_batching = BLK_BATCH_REQ;
@@ -288,21 +288,20 @@
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_queue_max_segment_size);
 
 /**
- * blk_queue_hardsect_size - set hardware sector size for the queue
+ * blk_queue_logical_block_size - set logical block size for the queue
  * @q:  the request queue for the device
- * @size:  the hardware sector size, in bytes
+ * @size:  the logical block size, in bytes
  *
  * Description:
- *   This should typically be set to the lowest possible sector size
- *   that the hardware can operate on (possible without reverting to
- *   even internal read-modify-write operations). Usually the default
- *   of 512 covers most hardware.
+ *   This should be set to the lowest possible block size that the
+ *   storage device can address.  The default of 512 covers most
+ *   hardware.
  **/
-void blk_queue_hardsect_size(struct request_queue *q, unsigned short size)
+void blk_queue_logical_block_size(struct request_queue *q, unsigned short size)
 {
-	q->hardsect_size = size;
+	q->logical_block_size = size;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_queue_hardsect_size);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_queue_logical_block_size);
 
 /*
  * Returns the minimum that is _not_ zero, unless both are zero.
@@ -324,7 +323,7 @@
 	t->max_phys_segments = min_not_zero(t->max_phys_segments, b->max_phys_segments);
 	t->max_hw_segments = min_not_zero(t->max_hw_segments, b->max_hw_segments);
 	t->max_segment_size = min_not_zero(t->max_segment_size, b->max_segment_size);
-	t->hardsect_size = max(t->hardsect_size, b->hardsect_size);
+	t->logical_block_size = max(t->logical_block_size, b->logical_block_size);
 	if (!t->queue_lock)
 		WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
 	else if (!test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_CLUSTER, &b->queue_flags)) {
diff --git a/block/blk-sysfs.c b/block/blk-sysfs.c
index 3ff9bba..13d38b7 100644
--- a/block/blk-sysfs.c
+++ b/block/blk-sysfs.c
@@ -100,9 +100,9 @@
 	return queue_var_show(max_sectors_kb, (page));
 }
 
-static ssize_t queue_hw_sector_size_show(struct request_queue *q, char *page)
+static ssize_t queue_logical_block_size_show(struct request_queue *q, char *page)
 {
-	return queue_var_show(q->hardsect_size, page);
+	return queue_var_show(queue_logical_block_size(q), page);
 }
 
 static ssize_t
@@ -249,7 +249,12 @@
 
 static struct queue_sysfs_entry queue_hw_sector_size_entry = {
 	.attr = {.name = "hw_sector_size", .mode = S_IRUGO },
-	.show = queue_hw_sector_size_show,
+	.show = queue_logical_block_size_show,
+};
+
+static struct queue_sysfs_entry queue_logical_block_size_entry = {
+	.attr = {.name = "logical_block_size", .mode = S_IRUGO },
+	.show = queue_logical_block_size_show,
 };
 
 static struct queue_sysfs_entry queue_nonrot_entry = {
@@ -283,6 +288,7 @@
 	&queue_max_sectors_entry.attr,
 	&queue_iosched_entry.attr,
 	&queue_hw_sector_size_entry.attr,
+	&queue_logical_block_size_entry.attr,
 	&queue_nonrot_entry.attr,
 	&queue_nomerges_entry.attr,
 	&queue_rq_affinity_entry.attr,
diff --git a/block/compat_ioctl.c b/block/compat_ioctl.c
index f87615d..9eaa194 100644
--- a/block/compat_ioctl.c
+++ b/block/compat_ioctl.c
@@ -763,7 +763,7 @@
 	case BLKBSZGET_32: /* get the logical block size (cf. BLKSSZGET) */
 		return compat_put_int(arg, block_size(bdev));
 	case BLKSSZGET: /* get block device hardware sector size */
-		return compat_put_int(arg, bdev_hardsect_size(bdev));
+		return compat_put_int(arg, bdev_logical_block_size(bdev));
 	case BLKSECTGET:
 		return compat_put_ushort(arg,
 					 bdev_get_queue(bdev)->max_sectors);
diff --git a/block/ioctl.c b/block/ioctl.c
index ad474d4..7aa97f6 100644
--- a/block/ioctl.c
+++ b/block/ioctl.c
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@
 	case BLKBSZGET: /* get the logical block size (cf. BLKSSZGET) */
 		return put_int(arg, block_size(bdev));
 	case BLKSSZGET: /* get block device hardware sector size */
-		return put_int(arg, bdev_hardsect_size(bdev));
+		return put_int(arg, bdev_logical_block_size(bdev));
 	case BLKSECTGET:
 		return put_ushort(arg, bdev_get_queue(bdev)->max_sectors);
 	case BLKRASET:
diff --git a/drivers/block/cciss.c b/drivers/block/cciss.c
index e714e7c..94474f5 100644
--- a/drivers/block/cciss.c
+++ b/drivers/block/cciss.c
@@ -1389,8 +1389,8 @@
 
 	disk->queue->queuedata = h;
 
-	blk_queue_hardsect_size(disk->queue,
-				h->drv[drv_index].block_size);
+	blk_queue_logical_block_size(disk->queue,
+				     h->drv[drv_index].block_size);
 
 	/* Make sure all queue data is written out before */
 	/* setting h->drv[drv_index].queue, as setting this */
@@ -2298,7 +2298,7 @@
 	cciss_geometry_inquiry(h->ctlr, logvol, 1, total_size, block_size,
 			       inq_buff, drv);
 
-	blk_queue_hardsect_size(drv->queue, drv->block_size);
+	blk_queue_logical_block_size(drv->queue, drv->block_size);
 	set_capacity(disk, drv->nr_blocks);
 
 	kfree(inq_buff);
diff --git a/drivers/block/cpqarray.c b/drivers/block/cpqarray.c
index a02dcfc..44fa201 100644
--- a/drivers/block/cpqarray.c
+++ b/drivers/block/cpqarray.c
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@
 		disk->fops = &ida_fops;
 		if (j && !drv->nr_blks)
 			continue;
-		blk_queue_hardsect_size(hba[i]->queue, drv->blk_size);
+		blk_queue_logical_block_size(hba[i]->queue, drv->blk_size);
 		set_capacity(disk, drv->nr_blks);
 		disk->queue = hba[i]->queue;
 		disk->private_data = drv;
@@ -1546,7 +1546,7 @@
 		drv_info_t *drv = &host->drv[i];
 		if (i && !drv->nr_blks)
 			continue;
-		blk_queue_hardsect_size(host->queue, drv->blk_size);
+		blk_queue_logical_block_size(host->queue, drv->blk_size);
 		set_capacity(disk, drv->nr_blks);
 		disk->queue = host->queue;
 		disk->private_data = drv;
diff --git a/drivers/block/hd.c b/drivers/block/hd.c
index 961de56..f65b3f3 100644
--- a/drivers/block/hd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/hd.c
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@
 	blk_queue_max_sectors(hd_queue, 255);
 	init_timer(&device_timer);
 	device_timer.function = hd_times_out;
-	blk_queue_hardsect_size(hd_queue, 512);
+	blk_queue_logical_block_size(hd_queue, 512);
 
 	if (!NR_HD) {
 		/*
diff --git a/drivers/block/mg_disk.c b/drivers/block/mg_disk.c
index c0cd0a0..60de5a0 100644
--- a/drivers/block/mg_disk.c
+++ b/drivers/block/mg_disk.c
@@ -996,7 +996,7 @@
 		goto probe_err_6;
 	}
 	blk_queue_max_sectors(host->breq, MG_MAX_SECTS);
-	blk_queue_hardsect_size(host->breq, MG_SECTOR_SIZE);
+	blk_queue_logical_block_size(host->breq, MG_SECTOR_SIZE);
 
 	init_timer(&host->timer);
 	host->timer.function = mg_times_out;
diff --git a/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c b/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c
index dc7a8c3..293f585 100644
--- a/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c
@@ -2657,7 +2657,7 @@
 	struct request_queue *q = pd->disk->queue;
 
 	blk_queue_make_request(q, pkt_make_request);
-	blk_queue_hardsect_size(q, CD_FRAMESIZE);
+	blk_queue_logical_block_size(q, CD_FRAMESIZE);
 	blk_queue_max_sectors(q, PACKET_MAX_SECTORS);
 	blk_queue_merge_bvec(q, pkt_merge_bvec);
 	q->queuedata = pd;
diff --git a/drivers/block/ps3disk.c b/drivers/block/ps3disk.c
index 338cee4..aaeeb54 100644
--- a/drivers/block/ps3disk.c
+++ b/drivers/block/ps3disk.c
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@
 	blk_queue_max_sectors(queue, dev->bounce_size >> 9);
 	blk_queue_segment_boundary(queue, -1UL);
 	blk_queue_dma_alignment(queue, dev->blk_size-1);
-	blk_queue_hardsect_size(queue, dev->blk_size);
+	blk_queue_logical_block_size(queue, dev->blk_size);
 
 	blk_queue_ordered(queue, QUEUE_ORDERED_DRAIN_FLUSH,
 			  ps3disk_prepare_flush);
diff --git a/drivers/block/ub.c b/drivers/block/ub.c
index e67bbae..cc54473 100644
--- a/drivers/block/ub.c
+++ b/drivers/block/ub.c
@@ -722,7 +722,7 @@
 	/*
 	 * build the command
 	 *
-	 * The call to blk_queue_hardsect_size() guarantees that request
+	 * The call to blk_queue_logical_block_size() guarantees that request
 	 * is aligned, but it is given in terms of 512 byte units, always.
 	 */
 	block = blk_rq_pos(rq) >> lun->capacity.bshift;
@@ -1749,7 +1749,7 @@
 	ub_revalidate(lun->udev, lun);
 
 	/* XXX Support sector size switching like in sr.c */
-	blk_queue_hardsect_size(disk->queue, lun->capacity.bsize);
+	blk_queue_logical_block_size(disk->queue, lun->capacity.bsize);
 	set_capacity(disk, lun->capacity.nsec);
 	// set_disk_ro(sdkp->disk, lun->readonly);
 
@@ -2324,7 +2324,7 @@
 	blk_queue_max_phys_segments(q, UB_MAX_REQ_SG);
 	blk_queue_segment_boundary(q, 0xffffffff);	/* Dubious. */
 	blk_queue_max_sectors(q, UB_MAX_SECTORS);
-	blk_queue_hardsect_size(q, lun->capacity.bsize);
+	blk_queue_logical_block_size(q, lun->capacity.bsize);
 
 	lun->disk = disk;
 	q->queuedata = lun;
diff --git a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
index 511d4ae..c4845b1 100644
--- a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
+++ b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@
 				offsetof(struct virtio_blk_config, blk_size),
 				&blk_size);
 	if (!err)
-		blk_queue_hardsect_size(vblk->disk->queue, blk_size);
+		blk_queue_logical_block_size(vblk->disk->queue, blk_size);
 
 	add_disk(vblk->disk);
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
index 132120a..c199682 100644
--- a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
+++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@
 	queue_flag_set_unlocked(QUEUE_FLAG_VIRT, rq);
 
 	/* Hard sector size and max sectors impersonate the equiv. hardware. */
-	blk_queue_hardsect_size(rq, sector_size);
+	blk_queue_logical_block_size(rq, sector_size);
 	blk_queue_max_sectors(rq, 512);
 
 	/* Each segment in a request is up to an aligned page in size. */
diff --git a/drivers/block/xsysace.c b/drivers/block/xsysace.c
index 3a4397e..f08491a 100644
--- a/drivers/block/xsysace.c
+++ b/drivers/block/xsysace.c
@@ -984,7 +984,7 @@
 	ace->queue = blk_init_queue(ace_request, &ace->lock);
 	if (ace->queue == NULL)
 		goto err_blk_initq;
-	blk_queue_hardsect_size(ace->queue, 512);
+	blk_queue_logical_block_size(ace->queue, 512);
 
 	/*
 	 * Allocate and initialize GD structure
diff --git a/drivers/cdrom/gdrom.c b/drivers/cdrom/gdrom.c
index 1e366ad..b5621f2 100644
--- a/drivers/cdrom/gdrom.c
+++ b/drivers/cdrom/gdrom.c
@@ -739,7 +739,7 @@
 
 static int __devinit probe_gdrom_setupqueue(void)
 {
-	blk_queue_hardsect_size(gd.gdrom_rq, GDROM_HARD_SECTOR);
+	blk_queue_logical_block_size(gd.gdrom_rq, GDROM_HARD_SECTOR);
 	/* using DMA so memory will need to be contiguous */
 	blk_queue_max_hw_segments(gd.gdrom_rq, 1);
 	/* set a large max size to get most from DMA */
diff --git a/drivers/cdrom/viocd.c b/drivers/cdrom/viocd.c
index f177c2d..0fff646 100644
--- a/drivers/cdrom/viocd.c
+++ b/drivers/cdrom/viocd.c
@@ -469,8 +469,8 @@
 	case viocdopen:
 		if (event->xRc == 0) {
 			di = &viocd_diskinfo[bevent->disk];
-			blk_queue_hardsect_size(di->viocd_disk->queue,
-					bevent->block_size);
+			blk_queue_logical_block_size(di->viocd_disk->queue,
+						     bevent->block_size);
 			set_capacity(di->viocd_disk,
 					bevent->media_size *
 					bevent->block_size / 512);
diff --git a/drivers/char/raw.c b/drivers/char/raw.c
index 20d90e6..db32f0e 100644
--- a/drivers/char/raw.c
+++ b/drivers/char/raw.c
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
 	err = bd_claim(bdev, raw_open);
 	if (err)
 		goto out1;
-	err = set_blocksize(bdev, bdev_hardsect_size(bdev));
+	err = set_blocksize(bdev, bdev_logical_block_size(bdev));
 	if (err)
 		goto out2;
 	filp->f_flags |= O_DIRECT;
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c b/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
index 1799328..424140c 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@
 				 (sense->information[2] <<  8) |
 				 (sense->information[3]);
 
-			if (drive->queue->hardsect_size == 2048)
+			if (queue_logical_block_size(drive->queue) == 2048)
 				/* device sector size is 2K */
 				sector <<= 2;
 
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@
 	struct request_queue *q = drive->queue;
 	int write = rq_data_dir(rq) == WRITE;
 	unsigned short sectors_per_frame =
-		queue_hardsect_size(q) >> SECTOR_BITS;
+		queue_logical_block_size(q) >> SECTOR_BITS;
 
 	ide_debug_log(IDE_DBG_RQ, "rq->cmd[0]: 0x%x, rq->cmd_flags: 0x%x, "
 				  "secs_per_frame: %u",
@@ -1021,8 +1021,8 @@
 	/* save a private copy of the TOC capacity for error handling */
 	drive->probed_capacity = toc->capacity * sectors_per_frame;
 
-	blk_queue_hardsect_size(drive->queue,
-				sectors_per_frame << SECTOR_BITS);
+	blk_queue_logical_block_size(drive->queue,
+				     sectors_per_frame << SECTOR_BITS);
 
 	/* first read just the header, so we know how long the TOC is */
 	stat = cdrom_read_tocentry(drive, 0, 1, 0, (char *) &toc->hdr,
@@ -1338,7 +1338,7 @@
 /* standard prep_rq_fn that builds 10 byte cmds */
 static int ide_cdrom_prep_fs(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq)
 {
-	int hard_sect = queue_hardsect_size(q);
+	int hard_sect = queue_logical_block_size(q);
 	long block = (long)blk_rq_pos(rq) / (hard_sect >> 9);
 	unsigned long blocks = blk_rq_sectors(rq) / (hard_sect >> 9);
 
@@ -1543,7 +1543,7 @@
 
 	nslots = ide_cdrom_probe_capabilities(drive);
 
-	blk_queue_hardsect_size(q, CD_FRAMESIZE);
+	blk_queue_logical_block_size(q, CD_FRAMESIZE);
 
 	if (ide_cdrom_register(drive, nslots)) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR PFX "%s: %s failed to register device with the"
diff --git a/drivers/md/bitmap.c b/drivers/md/bitmap.c
index 47c68bc..06b0ded 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bitmap.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bitmap.c
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@
 		target = rdev->sb_start + offset + index * (PAGE_SIZE/512);
 
 		if (sync_page_io(rdev->bdev, target,
-				 roundup(size, bdev_hardsect_size(rdev->bdev)),
+				 roundup(size, bdev_logical_block_size(rdev->bdev)),
 				 page, READ)) {
 			page->index = index;
 			attach_page_buffers(page, NULL); /* so that free_buffer will
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@
 			int size = PAGE_SIZE;
 			if (page->index == bitmap->file_pages-1)
 				size = roundup(bitmap->last_page_size,
-					       bdev_hardsect_size(rdev->bdev));
+					       bdev_logical_block_size(rdev->bdev));
 			/* Just make sure we aren't corrupting data or
 			 * metadata
 			 */
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-exception-store.c b/drivers/md/dm-exception-store.c
index a2e26c2..75d8081 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-exception-store.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-exception-store.c
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@
 	}
 
 	/* Validate the chunk size against the device block size */
-	if (chunk_size_ulong % (bdev_hardsect_size(store->cow->bdev) >> 9)) {
+	if (chunk_size_ulong % (bdev_logical_block_size(store->cow->bdev) >> 9)) {
 		*error = "Chunk size is not a multiple of device blocksize";
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-log.c b/drivers/md/dm-log.c
index be233bc..6fa8ccf 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-log.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-log.c
@@ -413,7 +413,8 @@
 		 * Buffer holds both header and bitset.
 		 */
 		buf_size = dm_round_up((LOG_OFFSET << SECTOR_SHIFT) +
-				       bitset_size, ti->limits.hardsect_size);
+				       bitset_size,
+				       ti->limits.logical_block_size);
 
 		if (buf_size > dev->bdev->bd_inode->i_size) {
 			DMWARN("log device %s too small: need %llu bytes",
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-snap-persistent.c b/drivers/md/dm-snap-persistent.c
index e75c6dd..2662a41 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-snap-persistent.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-snap-persistent.c
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@
 	 */
 	if (!ps->store->chunk_size) {
 		ps->store->chunk_size = max(DM_CHUNK_SIZE_DEFAULT_SECTORS,
-		    bdev_hardsect_size(ps->store->cow->bdev) >> 9);
+		    bdev_logical_block_size(ps->store->cow->bdev) >> 9);
 		ps->store->chunk_mask = ps->store->chunk_size - 1;
 		ps->store->chunk_shift = ffs(ps->store->chunk_size) - 1;
 		chunk_size_supplied = 0;
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-table.c b/drivers/md/dm-table.c
index 429b50b..65e2d97 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-table.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-table.c
@@ -108,7 +108,8 @@
 	lhs->max_hw_segments =
 		min_not_zero(lhs->max_hw_segments, rhs->max_hw_segments);
 
-	lhs->hardsect_size = max(lhs->hardsect_size, rhs->hardsect_size);
+	lhs->logical_block_size = max(lhs->logical_block_size,
+				      rhs->logical_block_size);
 
 	lhs->max_segment_size =
 		min_not_zero(lhs->max_segment_size, rhs->max_segment_size);
@@ -529,7 +530,8 @@
 	rs->max_hw_segments =
 		min_not_zero(rs->max_hw_segments, q->max_hw_segments);
 
-	rs->hardsect_size = max(rs->hardsect_size, q->hardsect_size);
+	rs->logical_block_size = max(rs->logical_block_size,
+				     queue_logical_block_size(q));
 
 	rs->max_segment_size =
 		min_not_zero(rs->max_segment_size, q->max_segment_size);
@@ -683,8 +685,8 @@
 		rs->max_phys_segments = MAX_PHYS_SEGMENTS;
 	if (!rs->max_hw_segments)
 		rs->max_hw_segments = MAX_HW_SEGMENTS;
-	if (!rs->hardsect_size)
-		rs->hardsect_size = 1 << SECTOR_SHIFT;
+	if (!rs->logical_block_size)
+		rs->logical_block_size = 1 << SECTOR_SHIFT;
 	if (!rs->max_segment_size)
 		rs->max_segment_size = MAX_SEGMENT_SIZE;
 	if (!rs->seg_boundary_mask)
@@ -914,7 +916,7 @@
 	blk_queue_max_sectors(q, t->limits.max_sectors);
 	q->max_phys_segments = t->limits.max_phys_segments;
 	q->max_hw_segments = t->limits.max_hw_segments;
-	q->hardsect_size = t->limits.hardsect_size;
+	q->logical_block_size = t->limits.logical_block_size;
 	q->max_segment_size = t->limits.max_segment_size;
 	q->max_hw_sectors = t->limits.max_hw_sectors;
 	q->seg_boundary_mask = t->limits.seg_boundary_mask;
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index fccc834..4cbc19f 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -1202,7 +1202,7 @@
 	atomic_set(&rdev->corrected_errors, le32_to_cpu(sb->cnt_corrected_read));
 
 	rdev->sb_size = le32_to_cpu(sb->max_dev) * 2 + 256;
-	bmask = queue_hardsect_size(rdev->bdev->bd_disk->queue)-1;
+	bmask = queue_logical_block_size(rdev->bdev->bd_disk->queue)-1;
 	if (rdev->sb_size & bmask)
 		rdev->sb_size = (rdev->sb_size | bmask) + 1;
 
diff --git a/drivers/memstick/core/mspro_block.c b/drivers/memstick/core/mspro_block.c
index c0bebc6..7847bbc 100644
--- a/drivers/memstick/core/mspro_block.c
+++ b/drivers/memstick/core/mspro_block.c
@@ -1242,7 +1242,7 @@
 
 	sprintf(msb->disk->disk_name, "mspblk%d", disk_id);
 
-	blk_queue_hardsect_size(msb->queue, msb->page_size);
+	blk_queue_logical_block_size(msb->queue, msb->page_size);
 
 	capacity = be16_to_cpu(sys_info->user_block_count);
 	capacity *= be16_to_cpu(sys_info->block_size);
diff --git a/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_block.c b/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_block.c
index 6573ef4..335d4c7 100644
--- a/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_block.c
+++ b/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_block.c
@@ -794,8 +794,9 @@
 	if (c->adaptec) {
 		u8 cmd[10];
 		u32 scsi_flags;
-		u16 hwsec = queue_hardsect_size(req->q) >> KERNEL_SECTOR_SHIFT;
+		u16 hwsec;
 
+		hwsec = queue_logical_block_size(req->q) >> KERNEL_SECTOR_SHIFT;
 		memset(cmd, 0, 10);
 
 		sgl_offset = SGL_OFFSET_12;
@@ -1078,7 +1079,7 @@
 	 */
 	if (!i2o_parm_field_get(i2o_dev, 0x0004, 1, &blocksize, 4) ||
 	    !i2o_parm_field_get(i2o_dev, 0x0000, 3, &blocksize, 4)) {
-		blk_queue_hardsect_size(queue, le32_to_cpu(blocksize));
+		blk_queue_logical_block_size(queue, le32_to_cpu(blocksize));
 	} else
 		osm_warn("unable to get blocksize of %s\n", gd->disk_name);
 
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/card/block.c b/drivers/mmc/card/block.c
index c5df865..98ffc41e 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/card/block.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/card/block.c
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@
 
 	sprintf(md->disk->disk_name, "mmcblk%d", devidx);
 
-	blk_queue_hardsect_size(md->queue.queue, 512);
+	blk_queue_logical_block_size(md->queue.queue, 512);
 
 	if (!mmc_card_sd(card) && mmc_card_blockaddr(card)) {
 		/*
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c b/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
index 502622f..aaac3b6 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@
 	}
 
 	tr->blkcore_priv->rq->queuedata = tr;
-	blk_queue_hardsect_size(tr->blkcore_priv->rq, tr->blksize);
+	blk_queue_logical_block_size(tr->blkcore_priv->rq, tr->blksize);
 	if (tr->discard)
 		blk_queue_set_discard(tr->blkcore_priv->rq,
 				      blktrans_discard_request);
diff --git a/drivers/s390/block/dasd.c b/drivers/s390/block/dasd.c
index e64f62d..27a1be0 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/block/dasd.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/block/dasd.c
@@ -1990,7 +1990,7 @@
 {
 	int max;
 
-	blk_queue_hardsect_size(block->request_queue, block->bp_block);
+	blk_queue_logical_block_size(block->request_queue, block->bp_block);
 	max = block->base->discipline->max_blocks << block->s2b_shift;
 	blk_queue_max_sectors(block->request_queue, max);
 	blk_queue_max_phys_segments(block->request_queue, -1L);
diff --git a/drivers/s390/block/dcssblk.c b/drivers/s390/block/dcssblk.c
index cfdcf1a..a4c7ffc 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/block/dcssblk.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/block/dcssblk.c
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@
 	dev_info->gd->private_data = dev_info;
 	dev_info->gd->driverfs_dev = &dev_info->dev;
 	blk_queue_make_request(dev_info->dcssblk_queue, dcssblk_make_request);
-	blk_queue_hardsect_size(dev_info->dcssblk_queue, 4096);
+	blk_queue_logical_block_size(dev_info->dcssblk_queue, 4096);
 
 	seg_byte_size = (dev_info->end - dev_info->start + 1);
 	set_capacity(dev_info->gd, seg_byte_size >> 9); // size in sectors
diff --git a/drivers/s390/block/xpram.c b/drivers/s390/block/xpram.c
index 76814f3..0ae0c83 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/block/xpram.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/block/xpram.c
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@
 			goto out;
 		}
 		blk_queue_make_request(xpram_queues[i], xpram_make_request);
-		blk_queue_hardsect_size(xpram_queues[i], 4096);
+		blk_queue_logical_block_size(xpram_queues[i], 4096);
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/drivers/s390/char/tape_block.c b/drivers/s390/char/tape_block.c
index 1e79676..47ff695 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/char/tape_block.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/char/tape_block.c
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@
 	if (rc)
 		goto cleanup_queue;
 
-	blk_queue_hardsect_size(blkdat->request_queue, TAPEBLOCK_HSEC_SIZE);
+	blk_queue_logical_block_size(blkdat->request_queue, TAPEBLOCK_HSEC_SIZE);
 	blk_queue_max_sectors(blkdat->request_queue, TAPEBLOCK_MAX_SEC);
 	blk_queue_max_phys_segments(blkdat->request_queue, -1L);
 	blk_queue_max_hw_segments(blkdat->request_queue, -1L);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sd.c b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
index 40d2860..bcf3bd4 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sd.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
@@ -1510,7 +1510,7 @@
 		 */
 		sector_size = 512;
 	}
-	blk_queue_hardsect_size(sdp->request_queue, sector_size);
+	blk_queue_logical_block_size(sdp->request_queue, sector_size);
 
 	{
 		char cap_str_2[10], cap_str_10[10];
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sr.c b/drivers/scsi/sr.c
index fddba53..cd350df 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sr.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sr.c
@@ -727,7 +727,7 @@
 	}
 
 	queue = cd->device->request_queue;
-	blk_queue_hardsect_size(queue, sector_size);
+	blk_queue_logical_block_size(queue, sector_size);
 
 	return;
 }
diff --git a/fs/bio.c b/fs/bio.c
index 81dc93e..4445c38 100644
--- a/fs/bio.c
+++ b/fs/bio.c
@@ -1490,11 +1490,12 @@
 sector_t bio_sector_offset(struct bio *bio, unsigned short index,
 			   unsigned int offset)
 {
-	unsigned int sector_sz = queue_hardsect_size(bio->bi_bdev->bd_disk->queue);
+	unsigned int sector_sz;
 	struct bio_vec *bv;
 	sector_t sectors;
 	int i;
 
+	sector_sz = queue_logical_block_size(bio->bi_bdev->bd_disk->queue);
 	sectors = 0;
 
 	if (index >= bio->bi_idx)
diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index a85fe31..a29b4dc 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	/* Size cannot be smaller than the size supported by the device */
-	if (size < bdev_hardsect_size(bdev))
+	if (size < bdev_logical_block_size(bdev))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	/* Don't change the size if it is same as current */
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
 
 int sb_min_blocksize(struct super_block *sb, int size)
 {
-	int minsize = bdev_hardsect_size(sb->s_bdev);
+	int minsize = bdev_logical_block_size(sb->s_bdev);
 	if (size < minsize)
 		size = minsize;
 	return sb_set_blocksize(sb, size);
@@ -1117,7 +1117,7 @@
 
 void bd_set_size(struct block_device *bdev, loff_t size)
 {
-	unsigned bsize = bdev_hardsect_size(bdev);
+	unsigned bsize = bdev_logical_block_size(bdev);
 
 	bdev->bd_inode->i_size = size;
 	while (bsize < PAGE_CACHE_SIZE) {
diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index aed2977..36e2bbc 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -1085,12 +1085,12 @@
 __getblk_slow(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block, int size)
 {
 	/* Size must be multiple of hard sectorsize */
-	if (unlikely(size & (bdev_hardsect_size(bdev)-1) ||
+	if (unlikely(size & (bdev_logical_block_size(bdev)-1) ||
 			(size < 512 || size > PAGE_SIZE))) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "getblk(): invalid block size %d requested\n",
 					size);
-		printk(KERN_ERR "hardsect size: %d\n",
-					bdev_hardsect_size(bdev));
+		printk(KERN_ERR "logical block size: %d\n",
+					bdev_logical_block_size(bdev));
 
 		dump_stack();
 		return NULL;
diff --git a/fs/direct-io.c b/fs/direct-io.c
index 05763bb..8b10b87 100644
--- a/fs/direct-io.c
+++ b/fs/direct-io.c
@@ -1127,7 +1127,7 @@
 		rw = WRITE_ODIRECT;
 
 	if (bdev)
-		bdev_blkbits = blksize_bits(bdev_hardsect_size(bdev));
+		bdev_blkbits = blksize_bits(bdev_logical_block_size(bdev));
 
 	if (offset & blocksize_mask) {
 		if (bdev)
diff --git a/fs/ext3/super.c b/fs/ext3/super.c
index 599dbfe..acbb94f 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/super.c
@@ -1696,7 +1696,7 @@
 		goto failed_mount;
 	}
 
-	hblock = bdev_hardsect_size(sb->s_bdev);
+	hblock = bdev_logical_block_size(sb->s_bdev);
 	if (sb->s_blocksize != blocksize) {
 		/*
 		 * Make sure the blocksize for the filesystem is larger
@@ -2119,7 +2119,7 @@
 	}
 
 	blocksize = sb->s_blocksize;
-	hblock = bdev_hardsect_size(bdev);
+	hblock = bdev_logical_block_size(bdev);
 	if (blocksize < hblock) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR
 			"EXT3-fs: blocksize too small for journal device.\n");
diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 2958f4e..a30549f 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -2962,7 +2962,7 @@
 	}
 
 	blocksize = sb->s_blocksize;
-	hblock = bdev_hardsect_size(bdev);
+	hblock = bdev_logical_block_size(bdev);
 	if (blocksize < hblock) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR
 			"EXT4-fs: blocksize too small for journal device.\n");
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c b/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c
index 1ff9473..a3b2ac9 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c
@@ -526,11 +526,11 @@
 	}
 
 	/* Set up the buffer cache and SB for real */
-	if (sdp->sd_sb.sb_bsize < bdev_hardsect_size(sb->s_bdev)) {
+	if (sdp->sd_sb.sb_bsize < bdev_logical_block_size(sb->s_bdev)) {
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 		fs_err(sdp, "FS block size (%u) is too small for device "
 		       "block size (%u)\n",
-		       sdp->sd_sb.sb_bsize, bdev_hardsect_size(sb->s_bdev));
+		       sdp->sd_sb.sb_bsize, bdev_logical_block_size(sb->s_bdev));
 		goto out;
 	}
 	if (sdp->sd_sb.sb_bsize > PAGE_SIZE) {
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c b/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c
index 5650382..a971d24 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c
@@ -845,7 +845,7 @@
 	struct super_block *sb = sdp->sd_vfs;
 	struct block_device *bdev = sb->s_bdev;
 	const unsigned int sects_per_blk = sdp->sd_sb.sb_bsize /
-					   bdev_hardsect_size(sb->s_bdev);
+					   bdev_logical_block_size(sb->s_bdev);
 	u64 blk;
 	sector_t start = 0;
 	sector_t nr_sects = 0;
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/the_nilfs.c b/fs/nilfs2/the_nilfs.c
index 7f65b3b..a91f15b 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/the_nilfs.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/the_nilfs.c
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@
 
 	blocksize = BLOCK_SIZE << le32_to_cpu(sbp->s_log_block_size);
 	if (sb->s_blocksize != blocksize) {
-		int hw_blocksize = bdev_hardsect_size(sb->s_bdev);
+		int hw_blocksize = bdev_logical_block_size(sb->s_bdev);
 
 		if (blocksize < hw_blocksize) {
 			printk(KERN_ERR
diff --git a/fs/ntfs/super.c b/fs/ntfs/super.c
index f76951d..6aa7c47 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/super.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
-#include <linux/blkdev.h>	/* For bdev_hardsect_size(). */
+#include <linux/blkdev.h>	/* For bdev_logical_block_size(). */
 #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
 #include <linux/buffer_head.h>
 #include <linux/vfs.h>
@@ -2785,13 +2785,13 @@
 		goto err_out_now;
 
 	/* We support sector sizes up to the PAGE_CACHE_SIZE. */
-	if (bdev_hardsect_size(sb->s_bdev) > PAGE_CACHE_SIZE) {
+	if (bdev_logical_block_size(sb->s_bdev) > PAGE_CACHE_SIZE) {
 		if (!silent)
 			ntfs_error(sb, "Device has unsupported sector size "
 					"(%i).  The maximum supported sector "
 					"size on this architecture is %lu "
 					"bytes.",
-					bdev_hardsect_size(sb->s_bdev),
+					bdev_logical_block_size(sb->s_bdev),
 					PAGE_CACHE_SIZE);
 		goto err_out_now;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/heartbeat.c b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/heartbeat.c
index 4f85ece..09cc25d 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/heartbeat.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/heartbeat.c
@@ -1371,7 +1371,7 @@
 
 	bdevname(reg->hr_bdev, reg->hr_dev_name);
 
-	sectsize = bdev_hardsect_size(reg->hr_bdev);
+	sectsize = bdev_logical_block_size(reg->hr_bdev);
 	if (sectsize != reg->hr_block_bytes) {
 		mlog(ML_ERROR,
 		     "blocksize %u incorrect for device, expected %d",
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/super.c b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
index 79ff8d9..5c6163f 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
@@ -713,7 +713,7 @@
 	*bh = NULL;
 
 	/* may be > 512 */
-	*sector_size = bdev_hardsect_size(sb->s_bdev);
+	*sector_size = bdev_logical_block_size(sb->s_bdev);
 	if (*sector_size > OCFS2_MAX_BLOCKSIZE) {
 		mlog(ML_ERROR, "Hardware sector size too large: %d (max=%d)\n",
 		     *sector_size, OCFS2_MAX_BLOCKSIZE);
diff --git a/fs/partitions/ibm.c b/fs/partitions/ibm.c
index 4629768..fc71aab 100644
--- a/fs/partitions/ibm.c
+++ b/fs/partitions/ibm.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
 	Sector sect;
 
 	res = 0;
-	blocksize = bdev_hardsect_size(bdev);
+	blocksize = bdev_logical_block_size(bdev);
 	if (blocksize <= 0)
 		goto out_exit;
 	i_size = i_size_read(bdev->bd_inode);
diff --git a/fs/partitions/msdos.c b/fs/partitions/msdos.c
index 7965118..0028d2e 100644
--- a/fs/partitions/msdos.c
+++ b/fs/partitions/msdos.c
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
 	Sector sect;
 	unsigned char *data;
 	u32 this_sector, this_size;
-	int sector_size = bdev_hardsect_size(bdev) / 512;
+	int sector_size = bdev_logical_block_size(bdev) / 512;
 	int loopct = 0;		/* number of links followed
 				   without finding a data partition */
 	int i;
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@
  
 int msdos_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev)
 {
-	int sector_size = bdev_hardsect_size(bdev) / 512;
+	int sector_size = bdev_logical_block_size(bdev) / 512;
 	Sector sect;
 	unsigned char *data;
 	struct partition *p;
diff --git a/fs/udf/super.c b/fs/udf/super.c
index 72348cc..0ba4410 100644
--- a/fs/udf/super.c
+++ b/fs/udf/super.c
@@ -1915,7 +1915,7 @@
 	if (uopt.flags & (1 << UDF_FLAG_BLOCKSIZE_SET)) {
 		ret = udf_load_vrs(sb, &uopt, silent, &fileset);
 	} else {
-		uopt.blocksize = bdev_hardsect_size(sb->s_bdev);
+		uopt.blocksize = bdev_logical_block_size(sb->s_bdev);
 		ret = udf_load_vrs(sb, &uopt, silent, &fileset);
 		if (!ret && uopt.blocksize != UDF_DEFAULT_BLOCKSIZE) {
 			if (!silent)
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
index e28800a..1418b91 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
@@ -1501,7 +1501,7 @@
 	struct block_device	*bdev)
 {
 	return xfs_setsize_buftarg_flags(btp,
-			PAGE_CACHE_SIZE, bdev_hardsect_size(bdev), 0);
+			PAGE_CACHE_SIZE, bdev_logical_block_size(bdev), 0);
 }
 
 int
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 56ce53f..872b78b 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@
 	unsigned int		max_hw_sectors;
 	unsigned short		max_phys_segments;
 	unsigned short		max_hw_segments;
-	unsigned short		hardsect_size;
+	unsigned short		logical_block_size;
 	unsigned int		max_segment_size;
 
 	unsigned long		seg_boundary_mask;
@@ -901,7 +901,7 @@
 extern void blk_queue_max_phys_segments(struct request_queue *, unsigned short);
 extern void blk_queue_max_hw_segments(struct request_queue *, unsigned short);
 extern void blk_queue_max_segment_size(struct request_queue *, unsigned int);
-extern void blk_queue_hardsect_size(struct request_queue *, unsigned short);
+extern void blk_queue_logical_block_size(struct request_queue *, unsigned short);
 extern void blk_queue_stack_limits(struct request_queue *t, struct request_queue *b);
 extern void blk_queue_dma_pad(struct request_queue *, unsigned int);
 extern void blk_queue_update_dma_pad(struct request_queue *, unsigned int);
@@ -988,19 +988,19 @@
 
 #define blkdev_entry_to_request(entry) list_entry((entry), struct request, queuelist)
 
-static inline int queue_hardsect_size(struct request_queue *q)
+static inline unsigned short queue_logical_block_size(struct request_queue *q)
 {
 	int retval = 512;
 
-	if (q && q->hardsect_size)
-		retval = q->hardsect_size;
+	if (q && q->logical_block_size)
+		retval = q->logical_block_size;
 
 	return retval;
 }
 
-static inline int bdev_hardsect_size(struct block_device *bdev)
+static inline unsigned short bdev_logical_block_size(struct block_device *bdev)
 {
-	return queue_hardsect_size(bdev_get_queue(bdev));
+	return queue_logical_block_size(bdev_get_queue(bdev));
 }
 
 static inline int queue_dma_alignment(struct request_queue *q)
diff --git a/include/linux/device-mapper.h b/include/linux/device-mapper.h
index ded2d7c..49c2362 100644
--- a/include/linux/device-mapper.h
+++ b/include/linux/device-mapper.h
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
 	unsigned max_hw_sectors;
 	unsigned max_sectors;
 	unsigned max_segment_size;
-	unsigned short hardsect_size;
+	unsigned short logical_block_size;
 	unsigned short max_hw_segments;
 	unsigned short max_phys_segments;
 	unsigned char no_cluster; /* inverted so that 0 is default */