diff --git a/block/blk-timeout.c b/block/blk-timeout.c
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+/*
+ * Functions related to generic timeout handling of requests.
+ */
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/blkdev.h>
+
+#include "blk.h"
+
+/*
+ * blk_delete_timer - Delete/cancel timer for a given function.
+ * @req:	request that we are canceling timer for
+ *
+ */
+void blk_delete_timer(struct request *req)
+{
+	struct request_queue *q = req->q;
+
+	/*
+	 * Nothing to detach
+	 */
+	if (!q->rq_timed_out_fn || !req->deadline)
+		return;
+
+	list_del_init(&req->timeout_list);
+
+	if (list_empty(&q->timeout_list))
+		del_timer(&q->timeout);
+}
+
+static void blk_rq_timed_out(struct request *req)
+{
+	struct request_queue *q = req->q;
+	enum blk_eh_timer_return ret;
+
+	ret = q->rq_timed_out_fn(req);
+	switch (ret) {
+	case BLK_EH_HANDLED:
+		__blk_complete_request(req);
+		break;
+	case BLK_EH_RESET_TIMER:
+		blk_clear_rq_complete(req);
+		blk_add_timer(req);
+		break;
+	case BLK_EH_NOT_HANDLED:
+		/*
+		 * LLD handles this for now but in the future
+		 * we can send a request msg to abort the command
+		 * and we can move more of the generic scsi eh code to
+		 * the blk layer.
+		 */
+		break;
+	default:
+		printk(KERN_ERR "block: bad eh return: %d\n", ret);
+		break;
+	}
+}
+
+void blk_rq_timed_out_timer(unsigned long data)
+{
+	struct request_queue *q = (struct request_queue *) data;
+	unsigned long flags, uninitialized_var(next), next_set = 0;
+	struct request *rq, *tmp;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(q->queue_lock, flags);
+
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(rq, tmp, &q->timeout_list, timeout_list) {
+		if (time_after_eq(jiffies, rq->deadline)) {
+			list_del_init(&rq->timeout_list);
+
+			/*
+			 * Check if we raced with end io completion
+			 */
+			if (blk_mark_rq_complete(rq))
+				continue;
+			blk_rq_timed_out(rq);
+		}
+		if (!next_set) {
+			next = rq->deadline;
+			next_set = 1;
+		} else if (time_after(next, rq->deadline))
+			next = rq->deadline;
+	}
+
+	if (next_set && !list_empty(&q->timeout_list))
+		mod_timer(&q->timeout, round_jiffies(next));
+
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(q->queue_lock, flags);
+}
+
+/**
+ * blk_abort_request -- Request request recovery for the specified command
+ * @req:	pointer to the request of interest
+ *
+ * This function requests that the block layer start recovery for the
+ * request by deleting the timer and calling the q's timeout function.
+ * LLDDs who implement their own error recovery MAY ignore the timeout
+ * event if they generated blk_abort_req. Must hold queue lock.
+ */
+void blk_abort_request(struct request *req)
+{
+	blk_delete_timer(req);
+	blk_rq_timed_out(req);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_abort_request);
+
+/**
+ * blk_add_timer - Start timeout timer for a single request
+ * @req:	request that is about to start running.
+ *
+ * Notes:
+ *    Each request has its own timer, and as it is added to the queue, we
+ *    set up the timer. When the request completes, we cancel the timer.
+ */
+void blk_add_timer(struct request *req)
+{
+	struct request_queue *q = req->q;
+	unsigned long expiry;
+
+	if (!q->rq_timed_out_fn)
+		return;
+
+	BUG_ON(!list_empty(&req->timeout_list));
+	BUG_ON(test_bit(REQ_ATOM_COMPLETE, &req->atomic_flags));
+
+	if (req->timeout)
+		req->deadline = jiffies + req->timeout;
+	else {
+		req->deadline = jiffies + q->rq_timeout;
+		/*
+		 * Some LLDs, like scsi, peek at the timeout to prevent
+		 * a command from being retried forever.
+		 */
+		req->timeout = q->rq_timeout;
+	}
+	list_add_tail(&req->timeout_list, &q->timeout_list);
+
+	/*
+	 * If the timer isn't already pending or this timeout is earlier
+	 * than an existing one, modify the timer. Round to next nearest
+	 * second.
+	 */
+	expiry = round_jiffies(req->deadline);
+
+	/*
+	 * We use ->deadline == 0 to detect whether a timer was added or
+	 * not, so just increase to next jiffy for that specific case
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(!req->deadline))
+		req->deadline = 1;
+
+	if (!timer_pending(&q->timeout) ||
+	    time_before(expiry, q->timeout.expires))
+		mod_timer(&q->timeout, expiry);
+}