diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci-devices-cciss b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci-devices-cciss
index f5bb0a3..53d99ed 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci-devices-cciss
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci-devices-cciss
@@ -71,3 +71,10 @@
 		a dump device, as kdump requires resetting the device in order
 		to work reliably.
 
+Where:		/sys/bus/pci/devices/<dev>/ccissX/transport_mode
+Date:		July 2011
+Kernel Version:	3.0
+Contact:	iss_storagedev@hp.com
+Description:	Value of "simple" indicates that the controller has been placed
+		in "simple mode". Value of "performant" indicates that the
+		controller has been placed in "performant mode".
diff --git a/Documentation/blockdev/cciss.txt b/Documentation/blockdev/cciss.txt
index c00c6a5..71464e0 100644
--- a/Documentation/blockdev/cciss.txt
+++ b/Documentation/blockdev/cciss.txt
@@ -78,6 +78,16 @@
 /dev/cciss/c1d1p2		Controller 1, disk 1, partition 2
 /dev/cciss/c1d1p3		Controller 1, disk 1, partition 3
 
+CCISS simple mode support
+-------------------------
+
+The "cciss_simple_mode=1" boot parameter may be used to prevent the driver
+from putting the controller into "performant" mode. The difference is that
+with simple mode, each command completion requires an interrupt, while with
+"performant mode" (the default, and ordinarily better performing) it is
+possible to have multiple command completions indicated by a single
+interrupt.
+
 SCSI tape drive and medium changer support
 ------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index 024fc39..9253839 100644
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@
 	disk->slave_dir = kobject_create_and_add("slaves", &ddev->kobj);
 
 	/* No minors to use for partitions */
-	if (!disk_partitionable(disk))
+	if (!disk_part_scan_enabled(disk))
 		goto exit;
 
 	/* No such device (e.g., media were just removed) */
@@ -848,7 +848,7 @@
 	char buf[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
 
 	/* Don't show non-partitionable removeable devices or empty devices */
-	if (!get_capacity(sgp) || (!disk_partitionable(sgp) &&
+	if (!get_capacity(sgp) || (!disk_max_parts(sgp) &&
 				   (sgp->flags & GENHD_FL_REMOVABLE)))
 		return 0;
 	if (sgp->flags & GENHD_FL_SUPPRESS_PARTITION_INFO)
diff --git a/block/ioctl.c b/block/ioctl.c
index 1124cd2..5c74efc 100644
--- a/block/ioctl.c
+++ b/block/ioctl.c
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
 	struct gendisk *disk = bdev->bd_disk;
 	int res;
 
-	if (!disk_partitionable(disk) || bdev != bdev->bd_contains)
+	if (!disk_part_scan_enabled(disk) || bdev != bdev->bd_contains)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
 		return -EACCES;
diff --git a/drivers/block/cciss.c b/drivers/block/cciss.c
index 8f4ef65..486f94e 100644
--- a/drivers/block/cciss.c
+++ b/drivers/block/cciss.c
@@ -68,6 +68,10 @@
 module_param(cciss_tape_cmds, int, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(cciss_tape_cmds,
 	"number of commands to allocate for tape devices (default: 6)");
+static int cciss_simple_mode;
+module_param(cciss_simple_mode, int, S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(cciss_simple_mode,
+	"Use 'simple mode' rather than 'performant mode'");
 
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(cciss_mutex);
 static struct proc_dir_entry *proc_cciss;
@@ -176,6 +180,7 @@
 			unsigned int block_size, InquiryData_struct *inq_buff,
 				   drive_info_struct *drv);
 static void __devinit cciss_interrupt_mode(ctlr_info_t *);
+static int __devinit cciss_enter_simple_mode(struct ctlr_info *h);
 static void start_io(ctlr_info_t *h);
 static int sendcmd_withirq(ctlr_info_t *h, __u8 cmd, void *buff, size_t size,
 			__u8 page_code, unsigned char scsi3addr[],
@@ -388,7 +393,7 @@
 		h->product_name,
 		(unsigned long)h->board_id,
 		h->firm_ver[0], h->firm_ver[1], h->firm_ver[2],
-		h->firm_ver[3], (unsigned int)h->intr[PERF_MODE_INT],
+		h->firm_ver[3], (unsigned int)h->intr[h->intr_mode],
 		h->num_luns,
 		h->Qdepth, h->commands_outstanding,
 		h->maxQsinceinit, h->max_outstanding, h->maxSG);
@@ -636,6 +641,18 @@
 }
 static DEVICE_ATTR(rescan, S_IWUSR, NULL, host_store_rescan);
 
+static ssize_t host_show_transport_mode(struct device *dev,
+				 struct device_attribute *attr,
+				 char *buf)
+{
+	struct ctlr_info *h = to_hba(dev);
+
+	return snprintf(buf, 20, "%s\n",
+		h->transMethod & CFGTBL_Trans_Performant ?
+			"performant" : "simple");
+}
+static DEVICE_ATTR(transport_mode, S_IRUGO, host_show_transport_mode, NULL);
+
 static ssize_t dev_show_unique_id(struct device *dev,
 				 struct device_attribute *attr,
 				 char *buf)
@@ -808,6 +825,7 @@
 static struct attribute *cciss_host_attrs[] = {
 	&dev_attr_rescan.attr,
 	&dev_attr_resettable.attr,
+	&dev_attr_transport_mode.attr,
 	NULL
 };
 
@@ -3984,6 +4002,9 @@
 {
 	__u32 trans_support;
 
+	if (cciss_simple_mode)
+		return;
+
 	dev_dbg(&h->pdev->dev, "Trying to put board into Performant mode\n");
 	/* Attempt to put controller into performant mode if supported */
 	/* Does board support performant mode? */
@@ -4081,7 +4102,7 @@
 default_int_mode:
 #endif				/* CONFIG_PCI_MSI */
 	/* if we get here we're going to use the default interrupt mode */
-	h->intr[PERF_MODE_INT] = h->pdev->irq;
+	h->intr[h->intr_mode] = h->pdev->irq;
 	return;
 }
 
@@ -4341,6 +4362,9 @@
 	}
 	cciss_enable_scsi_prefetch(h);
 	cciss_p600_dma_prefetch_quirk(h);
+	err = cciss_enter_simple_mode(h);
+	if (err)
+		goto err_out_free_res;
 	cciss_put_controller_into_performant_mode(h);
 	return 0;
 
@@ -4533,6 +4557,13 @@
 		pmcsr &= ~PCI_PM_CTRL_STATE_MASK;
 		pmcsr |= PCI_D0;
 		pci_write_config_word(pdev, pos + PCI_PM_CTRL, pmcsr);
+
+		/*
+		 * The P600 requires a small delay when changing states.
+		 * Otherwise we may think the board did not reset and we bail.
+		 * This for kdump only and is particular to the P600.
+		 */
+		msleep(500);
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -4843,20 +4874,20 @@
 	irqreturn_t (*intxhandler)(int, void *))
 {
 	if (h->msix_vector || h->msi_vector) {
-		if (!request_irq(h->intr[PERF_MODE_INT], msixhandler,
+		if (!request_irq(h->intr[h->intr_mode], msixhandler,
 				IRQF_DISABLED, h->devname, h))
 			return 0;
 		dev_err(&h->pdev->dev, "Unable to get msi irq %d"
-			" for %s\n", h->intr[PERF_MODE_INT],
+			" for %s\n", h->intr[h->intr_mode],
 			h->devname);
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	if (!request_irq(h->intr[PERF_MODE_INT], intxhandler,
+	if (!request_irq(h->intr[h->intr_mode], intxhandler,
 			IRQF_DISABLED, h->devname, h))
 		return 0;
 	dev_err(&h->pdev->dev, "Unable to get irq %d for %s\n",
-		h->intr[PERF_MODE_INT], h->devname);
+		h->intr[h->intr_mode], h->devname);
 	return -1;
 }
 
@@ -4887,7 +4918,7 @@
 {
 	int ctlr = h->ctlr;
 
-	free_irq(h->intr[PERF_MODE_INT], h);
+	free_irq(h->intr[h->intr_mode], h);
 #ifdef CONFIG_PCI_MSI
 	if (h->msix_vector)
 		pci_disable_msix(h->pdev);
@@ -4953,6 +4984,7 @@
 	h = hba[i];
 	h->pdev = pdev;
 	h->busy_initializing = 1;
+	h->intr_mode = cciss_simple_mode ? SIMPLE_MODE_INT : PERF_MODE_INT;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&h->cmpQ);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&h->reqQ);
 	mutex_init(&h->busy_shutting_down);
@@ -5009,7 +5041,7 @@
 
 	dev_info(&h->pdev->dev, "%s: <0x%x> at PCI %s IRQ %d%s using DAC\n",
 	       h->devname, pdev->device, pci_name(pdev),
-	       h->intr[PERF_MODE_INT], dac ? "" : " not");
+	       h->intr[h->intr_mode], dac ? "" : " not");
 
 	if (cciss_allocate_cmd_pool(h))
 		goto clean4;
@@ -5056,7 +5088,7 @@
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&h->lock, flags);
 		h->access.set_intr_mask(h, CCISS_INTR_OFF);
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&h->lock, flags);
-		free_irq(h->intr[PERF_MODE_INT], h);
+		free_irq(h->intr[h->intr_mode], h);
 		rc = cciss_request_irq(h, cciss_msix_discard_completions,
 					cciss_intx_discard_completions);
 		if (rc) {
@@ -5133,7 +5165,7 @@
 	cciss_free_cmd_pool(h);
 	cciss_free_scatterlists(h);
 	cciss_free_sg_chain_blocks(h->cmd_sg_list, h->nr_cmds);
-	free_irq(h->intr[PERF_MODE_INT], h);
+	free_irq(h->intr[h->intr_mode], h);
 clean2:
 	unregister_blkdev(h->major, h->devname);
 clean1:
@@ -5172,9 +5204,31 @@
 	if (return_code != IO_OK)
 		dev_warn(&h->pdev->dev, "Error flushing cache\n");
 	h->access.set_intr_mask(h, CCISS_INTR_OFF);
-	free_irq(h->intr[PERF_MODE_INT], h);
+	free_irq(h->intr[h->intr_mode], h);
 }
 
+static int __devinit cciss_enter_simple_mode(struct ctlr_info *h)
+{
+	u32 trans_support;
+
+	trans_support = readl(&(h->cfgtable->TransportSupport));
+	if (!(trans_support & SIMPLE_MODE))
+		return -ENOTSUPP;
+
+	h->max_commands = readl(&(h->cfgtable->CmdsOutMax));
+	writel(CFGTBL_Trans_Simple, &(h->cfgtable->HostWrite.TransportRequest));
+	writel(CFGTBL_ChangeReq, h->vaddr + SA5_DOORBELL);
+	cciss_wait_for_mode_change_ack(h);
+	print_cfg_table(h);
+	if (!(readl(&(h->cfgtable->TransportActive)) & CFGTBL_Trans_Simple)) {
+		dev_warn(&h->pdev->dev, "unable to get board into simple mode\n");
+		return -ENODEV;
+	}
+	h->transMethod = CFGTBL_Trans_Simple;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+
 static void __devexit cciss_remove_one(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 {
 	ctlr_info_t *h;
diff --git a/drivers/block/cciss.h b/drivers/block/cciss.h
index c049548..7fda30e 100644
--- a/drivers/block/cciss.h
+++ b/drivers/block/cciss.h
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@
 	unsigned int intr[4];
 	unsigned int msix_vector;
 	unsigned int msi_vector;
+	int	intr_mode;
 	int 	cciss_max_sectors;
 	BYTE	cciss_read;
 	BYTE	cciss_write;
diff --git a/drivers/block/cpqarray.c b/drivers/block/cpqarray.c
index b2fceb5..9125bbe 100644
--- a/drivers/block/cpqarray.c
+++ b/drivers/block/cpqarray.c
@@ -620,6 +620,7 @@
 	}
 	vendor_id = pdev->vendor;
 	device_id = pdev->device;
+	revision  = pdev->revision;
 	irq = pdev->irq;
 
 	for(i=0; i<6; i++)
@@ -632,7 +633,6 @@
 	}
 
 	pci_read_config_word(pdev, PCI_COMMAND, &command);
-	pci_read_config_byte(pdev, PCI_CLASS_REVISION, &revision);
 	pci_read_config_byte(pdev, PCI_CACHE_LINE_SIZE, &cache_line_size);
 	pci_read_config_byte(pdev, PCI_LATENCY_TIMER, &latency_timer);
 
diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index c77983e..3d80682 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@
 #include <linux/splice.h>
 #include <linux/sysfs.h>
 #include <linux/miscdevice.h>
+#include <linux/falloc.h>
+
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 
 static DEFINE_IDR(loop_index_idr);
@@ -407,6 +409,29 @@
 			}
 		}
 
+		/*
+		 * We use punch hole to reclaim the free space used by the
+		 * image a.k.a. discard. However we do support discard if
+		 * encryption is enabled, because it may give an attacker
+		 * useful information.
+		 */
+		if (bio->bi_rw & REQ_DISCARD) {
+			struct file *file = lo->lo_backing_file;
+			int mode = FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE | FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE;
+
+			if ((!file->f_op->fallocate) ||
+			    lo->lo_encrypt_key_size) {
+				ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+				goto out;
+			}
+			ret = file->f_op->fallocate(file, mode, pos,
+						    bio->bi_size);
+			if (unlikely(ret && ret != -EINVAL &&
+				     ret != -EOPNOTSUPP))
+				ret = -EIO;
+			goto out;
+		}
+
 		ret = lo_send(lo, bio, pos);
 
 		if ((bio->bi_rw & REQ_FUA) && !ret) {
@@ -622,7 +647,7 @@
 		goto out_putf;
 
 	fput(old_file);
-	if (max_part > 0)
+	if (lo->lo_flags & LO_FLAGS_PARTSCAN)
 		ioctl_by_bdev(bdev, BLKRRPART, 0);
 	return 0;
 
@@ -699,16 +724,25 @@
 	return sprintf(buf, "%s\n", autoclear ? "1" : "0");
 }
 
+static ssize_t loop_attr_partscan_show(struct loop_device *lo, char *buf)
+{
+	int partscan = (lo->lo_flags & LO_FLAGS_PARTSCAN);
+
+	return sprintf(buf, "%s\n", partscan ? "1" : "0");
+}
+
 LOOP_ATTR_RO(backing_file);
 LOOP_ATTR_RO(offset);
 LOOP_ATTR_RO(sizelimit);
 LOOP_ATTR_RO(autoclear);
+LOOP_ATTR_RO(partscan);
 
 static struct attribute *loop_attrs[] = {
 	&loop_attr_backing_file.attr,
 	&loop_attr_offset.attr,
 	&loop_attr_sizelimit.attr,
 	&loop_attr_autoclear.attr,
+	&loop_attr_partscan.attr,
 	NULL,
 };
 
@@ -729,6 +763,35 @@
 			   &loop_attribute_group);
 }
 
+static void loop_config_discard(struct loop_device *lo)
+{
+	struct file *file = lo->lo_backing_file;
+	struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host;
+	struct request_queue *q = lo->lo_queue;
+
+	/*
+	 * We use punch hole to reclaim the free space used by the
+	 * image a.k.a. discard. However we do support discard if
+	 * encryption is enabled, because it may give an attacker
+	 * useful information.
+	 */
+	if ((!file->f_op->fallocate) ||
+	    lo->lo_encrypt_key_size) {
+		q->limits.discard_granularity = 0;
+		q->limits.discard_alignment = 0;
+		q->limits.max_discard_sectors = 0;
+		q->limits.discard_zeroes_data = 0;
+		queue_flag_clear_unlocked(QUEUE_FLAG_DISCARD, q);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	q->limits.discard_granularity = inode->i_sb->s_blocksize;
+	q->limits.discard_alignment = inode->i_sb->s_blocksize;
+	q->limits.max_discard_sectors = UINT_MAX >> 9;
+	q->limits.discard_zeroes_data = 1;
+	queue_flag_set_unlocked(QUEUE_FLAG_DISCARD, q);
+}
+
 static int loop_set_fd(struct loop_device *lo, fmode_t mode,
 		       struct block_device *bdev, unsigned int arg)
 {
@@ -829,7 +892,9 @@
 	}
 	lo->lo_state = Lo_bound;
 	wake_up_process(lo->lo_thread);
-	if (max_part > 0)
+	if (part_shift)
+		lo->lo_flags |= LO_FLAGS_PARTSCAN;
+	if (lo->lo_flags & LO_FLAGS_PARTSCAN)
 		ioctl_by_bdev(bdev, BLKRRPART, 0);
 	return 0;
 
@@ -890,10 +955,11 @@
 	return err;
 }
 
-static int loop_clr_fd(struct loop_device *lo, struct block_device *bdev)
+static int loop_clr_fd(struct loop_device *lo)
 {
 	struct file *filp = lo->lo_backing_file;
 	gfp_t gfp = lo->old_gfp_mask;
+	struct block_device *bdev = lo->lo_device;
 
 	if (lo->lo_state != Lo_bound)
 		return -ENXIO;
@@ -922,7 +988,6 @@
 	lo->lo_offset = 0;
 	lo->lo_sizelimit = 0;
 	lo->lo_encrypt_key_size = 0;
-	lo->lo_flags = 0;
 	lo->lo_thread = NULL;
 	memset(lo->lo_encrypt_key, 0, LO_KEY_SIZE);
 	memset(lo->lo_crypt_name, 0, LO_NAME_SIZE);
@@ -940,8 +1005,11 @@
 	lo->lo_state = Lo_unbound;
 	/* This is safe: open() is still holding a reference. */
 	module_put(THIS_MODULE);
-	if (max_part > 0 && bdev)
+	if (lo->lo_flags & LO_FLAGS_PARTSCAN && bdev)
 		ioctl_by_bdev(bdev, BLKRRPART, 0);
+	lo->lo_flags = 0;
+	if (!part_shift)
+		lo->lo_disk->flags |= GENHD_FL_NO_PART_SCAN;
 	mutex_unlock(&lo->lo_ctl_mutex);
 	/*
 	 * Need not hold lo_ctl_mutex to fput backing file.
@@ -995,6 +1063,7 @@
 		if (figure_loop_size(lo))
 			return -EFBIG;
 	}
+	loop_config_discard(lo);
 
 	memcpy(lo->lo_file_name, info->lo_file_name, LO_NAME_SIZE);
 	memcpy(lo->lo_crypt_name, info->lo_crypt_name, LO_NAME_SIZE);
@@ -1010,6 +1079,13 @@
 	     (info->lo_flags & LO_FLAGS_AUTOCLEAR))
 		lo->lo_flags ^= LO_FLAGS_AUTOCLEAR;
 
+	if ((info->lo_flags & LO_FLAGS_PARTSCAN) &&
+	     !(lo->lo_flags & LO_FLAGS_PARTSCAN)) {
+		lo->lo_flags |= LO_FLAGS_PARTSCAN;
+		lo->lo_disk->flags &= ~GENHD_FL_NO_PART_SCAN;
+		ioctl_by_bdev(lo->lo_device, BLKRRPART, 0);
+	}
+
 	lo->lo_encrypt_key_size = info->lo_encrypt_key_size;
 	lo->lo_init[0] = info->lo_init[0];
 	lo->lo_init[1] = info->lo_init[1];
@@ -1203,7 +1279,7 @@
 		break;
 	case LOOP_CLR_FD:
 		/* loop_clr_fd would have unlocked lo_ctl_mutex on success */
-		err = loop_clr_fd(lo, bdev);
+		err = loop_clr_fd(lo);
 		if (!err)
 			goto out_unlocked;
 		break;
@@ -1423,7 +1499,7 @@
 		 * In autoclear mode, stop the loop thread
 		 * and remove configuration after last close.
 		 */
-		err = loop_clr_fd(lo, NULL);
+		err = loop_clr_fd(lo);
 		if (!err)
 			goto out_unlocked;
 	} else {
@@ -1545,6 +1621,27 @@
 	if (!disk)
 		goto out_free_queue;
 
+	/*
+	 * Disable partition scanning by default. The in-kernel partition
+	 * scanning can be requested individually per-device during its
+	 * setup. Userspace can always add and remove partitions from all
+	 * devices. The needed partition minors are allocated from the
+	 * extended minor space, the main loop device numbers will continue
+	 * to match the loop minors, regardless of the number of partitions
+	 * used.
+	 *
+	 * If max_part is given, partition scanning is globally enabled for
+	 * all loop devices. The minors for the main loop devices will be
+	 * multiples of max_part.
+	 *
+	 * Note: Global-for-all-devices, set-only-at-init, read-only module
+	 * parameteters like 'max_loop' and 'max_part' make things needlessly
+	 * complicated, are too static, inflexible and may surprise
+	 * userspace tools. Parameters like this in general should be avoided.
+	 */
+	if (!part_shift)
+		disk->flags |= GENHD_FL_NO_PART_SCAN;
+	disk->flags |= GENHD_FL_EXT_DEVT;
 	mutex_init(&lo->lo_ctl_mutex);
 	lo->lo_number		= i;
 	lo->lo_thread		= NULL;
diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c
index f533f33..c3f0ee1 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c
@@ -127,8 +127,7 @@
 	if (lock)
 		mutex_lock(&lo->tx_lock);
 	if (lo->sock) {
-		printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: shutting down socket\n",
-			lo->disk->disk_name);
+		dev_warn(disk_to_dev(lo->disk), "shutting down socket\n");
 		kernel_sock_shutdown(lo->sock, SHUT_RDWR);
 		lo->sock = NULL;
 	}
@@ -158,8 +157,9 @@
 	sigset_t blocked, oldset;
 
 	if (unlikely(!sock)) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Attempted %s on closed socket in sock_xmit\n",
-		       lo->disk->disk_name, (send ? "send" : "recv"));
+		dev_err(disk_to_dev(lo->disk),
+			"Attempted %s on closed socket in sock_xmit\n",
+			(send ? "send" : "recv"));
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
@@ -250,8 +250,8 @@
 	result = sock_xmit(lo, 1, &request, sizeof(request),
 			(nbd_cmd(req) == NBD_CMD_WRITE) ? MSG_MORE : 0);
 	if (result <= 0) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Send control failed (result %d)\n",
-				lo->disk->disk_name, result);
+		dev_err(disk_to_dev(lo->disk),
+			"Send control failed (result %d)\n", result);
 		goto error_out;
 	}
 
@@ -270,8 +270,9 @@
 					lo->disk->disk_name, req, bvec->bv_len);
 			result = sock_send_bvec(lo, bvec, flags);
 			if (result <= 0) {
-				printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Send data failed (result %d)\n",
-						lo->disk->disk_name, result);
+				dev_err(disk_to_dev(lo->disk),
+					"Send data failed (result %d)\n",
+					result);
 				goto error_out;
 			}
 		}
@@ -328,14 +329,13 @@
 	reply.magic = 0;
 	result = sock_xmit(lo, 0, &reply, sizeof(reply), MSG_WAITALL);
 	if (result <= 0) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Receive control failed (result %d)\n",
-				lo->disk->disk_name, result);
+		dev_err(disk_to_dev(lo->disk),
+			"Receive control failed (result %d)\n", result);
 		goto harderror;
 	}
 
 	if (ntohl(reply.magic) != NBD_REPLY_MAGIC) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Wrong magic (0x%lx)\n",
-				lo->disk->disk_name,
+		dev_err(disk_to_dev(lo->disk), "Wrong magic (0x%lx)\n",
 				(unsigned long)ntohl(reply.magic));
 		result = -EPROTO;
 		goto harderror;
@@ -347,15 +347,15 @@
 		if (result != -ENOENT)
 			goto harderror;
 
-		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Unexpected reply (%p)\n",
-				lo->disk->disk_name, reply.handle);
+		dev_err(disk_to_dev(lo->disk), "Unexpected reply (%p)\n",
+			reply.handle);
 		result = -EBADR;
 		goto harderror;
 	}
 
 	if (ntohl(reply.error)) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Other side returned error (%d)\n",
-				lo->disk->disk_name, ntohl(reply.error));
+		dev_err(disk_to_dev(lo->disk), "Other side returned error (%d)\n",
+			ntohl(reply.error));
 		req->errors++;
 		return req;
 	}
@@ -369,8 +369,8 @@
 		rq_for_each_segment(bvec, req, iter) {
 			result = sock_recv_bvec(lo, bvec);
 			if (result <= 0) {
-				printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Receive data failed (result %d)\n",
-						lo->disk->disk_name, result);
+				dev_err(disk_to_dev(lo->disk), "Receive data failed (result %d)\n",
+					result);
 				req->errors++;
 				return req;
 			}
@@ -405,10 +405,10 @@
 
 	BUG_ON(lo->magic != LO_MAGIC);
 
-	lo->pid = current->pid;
-	ret = sysfs_create_file(&disk_to_dev(lo->disk)->kobj, &pid_attr.attr);
+	lo->pid = task_pid_nr(current);
+	ret = device_create_file(disk_to_dev(lo->disk), &pid_attr);
 	if (ret) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "nbd: sysfs_create_file failed!");
+		dev_err(disk_to_dev(lo->disk), "device_create_file failed!\n");
 		lo->pid = 0;
 		return ret;
 	}
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@
 	while ((req = nbd_read_stat(lo)) != NULL)
 		nbd_end_request(req);
 
-	sysfs_remove_file(&disk_to_dev(lo->disk)->kobj, &pid_attr.attr);
+	device_remove_file(disk_to_dev(lo->disk), &pid_attr);
 	lo->pid = 0;
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -457,8 +457,8 @@
 	if (rq_data_dir(req) == WRITE) {
 		nbd_cmd(req) = NBD_CMD_WRITE;
 		if (lo->flags & NBD_READ_ONLY) {
-			printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Write on read-only\n",
-					lo->disk->disk_name);
+			dev_err(disk_to_dev(lo->disk),
+				"Write on read-only\n");
 			goto error_out;
 		}
 	}
@@ -468,16 +468,15 @@
 	mutex_lock(&lo->tx_lock);
 	if (unlikely(!lo->sock)) {
 		mutex_unlock(&lo->tx_lock);
-		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Attempted send on closed socket\n",
-		       lo->disk->disk_name);
+		dev_err(disk_to_dev(lo->disk),
+			"Attempted send on closed socket\n");
 		goto error_out;
 	}
 
 	lo->active_req = req;
 
 	if (nbd_send_req(lo, req) != 0) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Request send failed\n",
-				lo->disk->disk_name);
+		dev_err(disk_to_dev(lo->disk), "Request send failed\n");
 		req->errors++;
 		nbd_end_request(req);
 	} else {
@@ -549,8 +548,8 @@
 		BUG_ON(lo->magic != LO_MAGIC);
 
 		if (unlikely(!lo->sock)) {
-			printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Attempted send on closed socket\n",
-				lo->disk->disk_name);
+			dev_err(disk_to_dev(lo->disk),
+				"Attempted send on closed socket\n");
 			req->errors++;
 			nbd_end_request(req);
 			spin_lock_irq(q->queue_lock);
@@ -576,7 +575,7 @@
 	case NBD_DISCONNECT: {
 		struct request sreq;
 
-	        printk(KERN_INFO "%s: NBD_DISCONNECT\n", lo->disk->disk_name);
+		dev_info(disk_to_dev(lo->disk), "NBD_DISCONNECT\n");
 
 		blk_rq_init(NULL, &sreq);
 		sreq.cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_SPECIAL;
@@ -674,7 +673,7 @@
 		file = lo->file;
 		lo->file = NULL;
 		nbd_clear_que(lo);
-		printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: queue cleared\n", lo->disk->disk_name);
+		dev_warn(disk_to_dev(lo->disk), "queue cleared\n");
 		if (file)
 			fput(file);
 		lo->bytesize = 0;
@@ -694,8 +693,8 @@
 		return 0;
 
 	case NBD_PRINT_DEBUG:
-		printk(KERN_INFO "%s: next = %p, prev = %p, head = %p\n",
-			bdev->bd_disk->disk_name,
+		dev_info(disk_to_dev(lo->disk),
+			"next = %p, prev = %p, head = %p\n",
 			lo->queue_head.next, lo->queue_head.prev,
 			&lo->queue_head);
 		return 0;
@@ -745,7 +744,7 @@
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct nbd_request) != 28);
 
 	if (max_part < 0) {
-		printk(KERN_CRIT "nbd: max_part must be >= 0\n");
+		printk(KERN_ERR "nbd: max_part must be >= 0\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c
index 1540792..15ec4db 100644
--- a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c
+++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/freezer.h>
+#include <linux/loop.h>
+#include <linux/falloc.h>
+#include <linux/fs.h>
 
 #include <xen/events.h>
 #include <xen/page.h>
@@ -258,13 +261,16 @@
 
 static void print_stats(struct xen_blkif *blkif)
 {
-	pr_info("xen-blkback (%s): oo %3d  |  rd %4d  |  wr %4d  |  f %4d\n",
+	pr_info("xen-blkback (%s): oo %3d  |  rd %4d  |  wr %4d  |  f %4d"
+		 "  |  ds %4d\n",
 		 current->comm, blkif->st_oo_req,
-		 blkif->st_rd_req, blkif->st_wr_req, blkif->st_f_req);
+		 blkif->st_rd_req, blkif->st_wr_req,
+		 blkif->st_f_req, blkif->st_ds_req);
 	blkif->st_print = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(10 * 1000);
 	blkif->st_rd_req = 0;
 	blkif->st_wr_req = 0;
 	blkif->st_oo_req = 0;
+	blkif->st_ds_req = 0;
 }
 
 int xen_blkif_schedule(void *arg)
@@ -410,6 +416,59 @@
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static void xen_blk_discard(struct xen_blkif *blkif, struct blkif_request *req)
+{
+	int err = 0;
+	int status = BLKIF_RSP_OKAY;
+	struct block_device *bdev = blkif->vbd.bdev;
+
+	if (blkif->blk_backend_type == BLKIF_BACKEND_PHY)
+		/* just forward the discard request */
+		err = blkdev_issue_discard(bdev,
+				req->u.discard.sector_number,
+				req->u.discard.nr_sectors,
+				GFP_KERNEL, 0);
+	else if (blkif->blk_backend_type == BLKIF_BACKEND_FILE) {
+		/* punch a hole in the backing file */
+		struct loop_device *lo = bdev->bd_disk->private_data;
+		struct file *file = lo->lo_backing_file;
+
+		if (file->f_op->fallocate)
+			err = file->f_op->fallocate(file,
+				FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE | FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE,
+				req->u.discard.sector_number << 9,
+				req->u.discard.nr_sectors << 9);
+		else
+			err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+	} else
+		err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
+	if (err == -EOPNOTSUPP) {
+		pr_debug(DRV_PFX "discard op failed, not supported\n");
+		status = BLKIF_RSP_EOPNOTSUPP;
+	} else if (err)
+		status = BLKIF_RSP_ERROR;
+
+	make_response(blkif, req->id, req->operation, status);
+}
+
+static void xen_blk_drain_io(struct xen_blkif *blkif)
+{
+	atomic_set(&blkif->drain, 1);
+	do {
+		/* The initial value is one, and one refcnt taken at the
+		 * start of the xen_blkif_schedule thread. */
+		if (atomic_read(&blkif->refcnt) <= 2)
+			break;
+		wait_for_completion_interruptible_timeout(
+				&blkif->drain_complete, HZ);
+
+		if (!atomic_read(&blkif->drain))
+			break;
+	} while (!kthread_should_stop());
+	atomic_set(&blkif->drain, 0);
+}
+
 /*
  * Completion callback on the bio's. Called as bh->b_end_io()
  */
@@ -422,6 +481,11 @@
 		pr_debug(DRV_PFX "flush diskcache op failed, not supported\n");
 		xen_blkbk_flush_diskcache(XBT_NIL, pending_req->blkif->be, 0);
 		pending_req->status = BLKIF_RSP_EOPNOTSUPP;
+	} else if ((pending_req->operation == BLKIF_OP_WRITE_BARRIER) &&
+		    (error == -EOPNOTSUPP)) {
+		pr_debug(DRV_PFX "write barrier op failed, not supported\n");
+		xen_blkbk_barrier(XBT_NIL, pending_req->blkif->be, 0);
+		pending_req->status = BLKIF_RSP_EOPNOTSUPP;
 	} else if (error) {
 		pr_debug(DRV_PFX "Buffer not up-to-date at end of operation,"
 			 " error=%d\n", error);
@@ -438,6 +502,10 @@
 		make_response(pending_req->blkif, pending_req->id,
 			      pending_req->operation, pending_req->status);
 		xen_blkif_put(pending_req->blkif);
+		if (atomic_read(&pending_req->blkif->refcnt) <= 2) {
+			if (atomic_read(&pending_req->blkif->drain))
+				complete(&pending_req->blkif->drain_complete);
+		}
 		free_req(pending_req);
 	}
 }
@@ -532,7 +600,6 @@
 
 	return more_to_do;
 }
-
 /*
  * Transmutation of the 'struct blkif_request' to a proper 'struct bio'
  * and call the 'submit_bio' to pass it to the underlying storage.
@@ -549,6 +616,7 @@
 	int i, nbio = 0;
 	int operation;
 	struct blk_plug plug;
+	bool drain = false;
 
 	switch (req->operation) {
 	case BLKIF_OP_READ:
@@ -559,11 +627,16 @@
 		blkif->st_wr_req++;
 		operation = WRITE_ODIRECT;
 		break;
+	case BLKIF_OP_WRITE_BARRIER:
+		drain = true;
 	case BLKIF_OP_FLUSH_DISKCACHE:
 		blkif->st_f_req++;
 		operation = WRITE_FLUSH;
 		break;
-	case BLKIF_OP_WRITE_BARRIER:
+	case BLKIF_OP_DISCARD:
+		blkif->st_ds_req++;
+		operation = REQ_DISCARD;
+		break;
 	default:
 		operation = 0; /* make gcc happy */
 		goto fail_response;
@@ -572,7 +645,8 @@
 
 	/* Check that the number of segments is sane. */
 	nseg = req->nr_segments;
-	if (unlikely(nseg == 0 && operation != WRITE_FLUSH) ||
+	if (unlikely(nseg == 0 && operation != WRITE_FLUSH &&
+				operation != REQ_DISCARD) ||
 	    unlikely(nseg > BLKIF_MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_REQUEST)) {
 		pr_debug(DRV_PFX "Bad number of segments in request (%d)\n",
 			 nseg);
@@ -621,16 +695,25 @@
 		}
 	}
 
+	/* Wait on all outstanding I/O's and once that has been completed
+	 * issue the WRITE_FLUSH.
+	 */
+	if (drain)
+		xen_blk_drain_io(pending_req->blkif);
+
 	/*
 	 * If we have failed at this point, we need to undo the M2P override,
 	 * set gnttab_set_unmap_op on all of the grant references and perform
 	 * the hypercall to unmap the grants - that is all done in
 	 * xen_blkbk_unmap.
 	 */
-	if (xen_blkbk_map(req, pending_req, seg))
+	if (operation != REQ_DISCARD && xen_blkbk_map(req, pending_req, seg))
 		goto fail_flush;
 
-	/* This corresponding xen_blkif_put is done in __end_block_io_op */
+	/*
+	 * This corresponding xen_blkif_put is done in __end_block_io_op, or
+	 * below (in "!bio") if we are handling a BLKIF_OP_DISCARD.
+	 */
 	xen_blkif_get(blkif);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < nseg; i++) {
@@ -654,18 +737,25 @@
 		preq.sector_number += seg[i].nsec;
 	}
 
-	/* This will be hit if the operation was a flush. */
+	/* This will be hit if the operation was a flush or discard. */
 	if (!bio) {
-		BUG_ON(operation != WRITE_FLUSH);
+		BUG_ON(operation != WRITE_FLUSH && operation != REQ_DISCARD);
 
-		bio = bio_alloc(GFP_KERNEL, 0);
-		if (unlikely(bio == NULL))
-			goto fail_put_bio;
+		if (operation == WRITE_FLUSH) {
+			bio = bio_alloc(GFP_KERNEL, 0);
+			if (unlikely(bio == NULL))
+				goto fail_put_bio;
 
-		biolist[nbio++] = bio;
-		bio->bi_bdev    = preq.bdev;
-		bio->bi_private = pending_req;
-		bio->bi_end_io  = end_block_io_op;
+			biolist[nbio++] = bio;
+			bio->bi_bdev    = preq.bdev;
+			bio->bi_private = pending_req;
+			bio->bi_end_io  = end_block_io_op;
+		} else if (operation == REQ_DISCARD) {
+			xen_blk_discard(blkif, req);
+			xen_blkif_put(blkif);
+			free_req(pending_req);
+			return 0;
+		}
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -685,7 +775,7 @@
 
 	if (operation == READ)
 		blkif->st_rd_sect += preq.nr_sects;
-	else if (operation == WRITE || operation == WRITE_FLUSH)
+	else if (operation & WRITE)
 		blkif->st_wr_sect += preq.nr_sects;
 
 	return 0;
@@ -765,9 +855,9 @@
 
 	mmap_pages = xen_blkif_reqs * BLKIF_MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_REQUEST;
 
-	blkbk->pending_reqs          = kmalloc(sizeof(blkbk->pending_reqs[0]) *
+	blkbk->pending_reqs          = kzalloc(sizeof(blkbk->pending_reqs[0]) *
 					xen_blkif_reqs, GFP_KERNEL);
-	blkbk->pending_grant_handles = kzalloc(sizeof(blkbk->pending_grant_handles[0]) *
+	blkbk->pending_grant_handles = kmalloc(sizeof(blkbk->pending_grant_handles[0]) *
 					mmap_pages, GFP_KERNEL);
 	blkbk->pending_pages         = kzalloc(sizeof(blkbk->pending_pages[0]) *
 					mmap_pages, GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -790,8 +880,6 @@
 	if (rc)
 		goto failed_init;
 
-	memset(blkbk->pending_reqs, 0, sizeof(blkbk->pending_reqs));
-
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&blkbk->pending_free);
 	spin_lock_init(&blkbk->pending_free_lock);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&blkbk->pending_free_wq);
diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/common.h b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/common.h
index c4bd340..de09f52 100644
--- a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/common.h
+++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/common.h
@@ -62,13 +62,26 @@
 
 /* i386 protocol version */
 #pragma pack(push, 4)
+
+struct blkif_x86_32_request_rw {
+	blkif_sector_t sector_number;/* start sector idx on disk (r/w only)  */
+	struct blkif_request_segment seg[BLKIF_MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_REQUEST];
+};
+
+struct blkif_x86_32_request_discard {
+	blkif_sector_t sector_number;/* start sector idx on disk (r/w only)  */
+	uint64_t nr_sectors;
+};
+
 struct blkif_x86_32_request {
 	uint8_t        operation;    /* BLKIF_OP_???                         */
 	uint8_t        nr_segments;  /* number of segments                   */
 	blkif_vdev_t   handle;       /* only for read/write requests         */
 	uint64_t       id;           /* private guest value, echoed in resp  */
-	blkif_sector_t sector_number;/* start sector idx on disk (r/w only)  */
-	struct blkif_request_segment seg[BLKIF_MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_REQUEST];
+	union {
+		struct blkif_x86_32_request_rw rw;
+		struct blkif_x86_32_request_discard discard;
+	} u;
 };
 struct blkif_x86_32_response {
 	uint64_t        id;              /* copied from request */
@@ -78,13 +91,26 @@
 #pragma pack(pop)
 
 /* x86_64 protocol version */
+
+struct blkif_x86_64_request_rw {
+	blkif_sector_t sector_number;/* start sector idx on disk (r/w only)  */
+	struct blkif_request_segment seg[BLKIF_MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_REQUEST];
+};
+
+struct blkif_x86_64_request_discard {
+	blkif_sector_t sector_number;/* start sector idx on disk (r/w only)  */
+	uint64_t nr_sectors;
+};
+
 struct blkif_x86_64_request {
 	uint8_t        operation;    /* BLKIF_OP_???                         */
 	uint8_t        nr_segments;  /* number of segments                   */
 	blkif_vdev_t   handle;       /* only for read/write requests         */
 	uint64_t       __attribute__((__aligned__(8))) id;
-	blkif_sector_t sector_number;/* start sector idx on disk (r/w only)  */
-	struct blkif_request_segment seg[BLKIF_MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_REQUEST];
+	union {
+		struct blkif_x86_64_request_rw rw;
+		struct blkif_x86_64_request_discard discard;
+	} u;
 };
 struct blkif_x86_64_response {
 	uint64_t       __attribute__((__aligned__(8))) id;
@@ -112,6 +138,11 @@
 	BLKIF_PROTOCOL_X86_64 = 3,
 };
 
+enum blkif_backend_type {
+	BLKIF_BACKEND_PHY  = 1,
+	BLKIF_BACKEND_FILE = 2,
+};
+
 struct xen_vbd {
 	/* What the domain refers to this vbd as. */
 	blkif_vdev_t		handle;
@@ -137,6 +168,7 @@
 	unsigned int		irq;
 	/* Comms information. */
 	enum blkif_protocol	blk_protocol;
+	enum blkif_backend_type blk_backend_type;
 	union blkif_back_rings	blk_rings;
 	struct vm_struct	*blk_ring_area;
 	/* The VBD attached to this interface. */
@@ -148,6 +180,9 @@
 	atomic_t		refcnt;
 
 	wait_queue_head_t	wq;
+	/* for barrier (drain) requests */
+	struct completion	drain_complete;
+	atomic_t		drain;
 	/* One thread per one blkif. */
 	struct task_struct	*xenblkd;
 	unsigned int		waiting_reqs;
@@ -158,6 +193,7 @@
 	int			st_wr_req;
 	int			st_oo_req;
 	int			st_f_req;
+	int			st_ds_req;
 	int			st_rd_sect;
 	int			st_wr_sect;
 
@@ -181,7 +217,7 @@
 
 struct phys_req {
 	unsigned short		dev;
-	unsigned short		nr_sects;
+	blkif_sector_t		nr_sects;
 	struct block_device	*bdev;
 	blkif_sector_t		sector_number;
 };
@@ -195,6 +231,8 @@
 int xen_blkbk_flush_diskcache(struct xenbus_transaction xbt,
 			      struct backend_info *be, int state);
 
+int xen_blkbk_barrier(struct xenbus_transaction xbt,
+		      struct backend_info *be, int state);
 struct xenbus_device *xen_blkbk_xenbus(struct backend_info *be);
 
 static inline void blkif_get_x86_32_req(struct blkif_request *dst,
@@ -205,12 +243,25 @@
 	dst->nr_segments = src->nr_segments;
 	dst->handle = src->handle;
 	dst->id = src->id;
-	dst->u.rw.sector_number = src->sector_number;
-	barrier();
-	if (n > dst->nr_segments)
-		n = dst->nr_segments;
-	for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
-		dst->u.rw.seg[i] = src->seg[i];
+	switch (src->operation) {
+	case BLKIF_OP_READ:
+	case BLKIF_OP_WRITE:
+	case BLKIF_OP_WRITE_BARRIER:
+	case BLKIF_OP_FLUSH_DISKCACHE:
+		dst->u.rw.sector_number = src->u.rw.sector_number;
+		barrier();
+		if (n > dst->nr_segments)
+			n = dst->nr_segments;
+		for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
+			dst->u.rw.seg[i] = src->u.rw.seg[i];
+		break;
+	case BLKIF_OP_DISCARD:
+		dst->u.discard.sector_number = src->u.discard.sector_number;
+		dst->u.discard.nr_sectors = src->u.discard.nr_sectors;
+		break;
+	default:
+		break;
+	}
 }
 
 static inline void blkif_get_x86_64_req(struct blkif_request *dst,
@@ -221,12 +272,25 @@
 	dst->nr_segments = src->nr_segments;
 	dst->handle = src->handle;
 	dst->id = src->id;
-	dst->u.rw.sector_number = src->sector_number;
-	barrier();
-	if (n > dst->nr_segments)
-		n = dst->nr_segments;
-	for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
-		dst->u.rw.seg[i] = src->seg[i];
+	switch (src->operation) {
+	case BLKIF_OP_READ:
+	case BLKIF_OP_WRITE:
+	case BLKIF_OP_WRITE_BARRIER:
+	case BLKIF_OP_FLUSH_DISKCACHE:
+		dst->u.rw.sector_number = src->u.rw.sector_number;
+		barrier();
+		if (n > dst->nr_segments)
+			n = dst->nr_segments;
+		for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
+			dst->u.rw.seg[i] = src->u.rw.seg[i];
+		break;
+	case BLKIF_OP_DISCARD:
+		dst->u.discard.sector_number = src->u.discard.sector_number;
+		dst->u.discard.nr_sectors = src->u.discard.nr_sectors;
+		break;
+	default:
+		break;
+	}
 }
 
 #endif /* __XEN_BLKIF__BACKEND__COMMON_H__ */
diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c
index 5fd2010..2c008af 100644
--- a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c
+++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c
@@ -114,6 +114,8 @@
 	spin_lock_init(&blkif->blk_ring_lock);
 	atomic_set(&blkif->refcnt, 1);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&blkif->wq);
+	init_completion(&blkif->drain_complete);
+	atomic_set(&blkif->drain, 0);
 	blkif->st_print = jiffies;
 	init_waitqueue_head(&blkif->waiting_to_free);
 
@@ -272,6 +274,7 @@
 VBD_SHOW(rd_req,  "%d\n", be->blkif->st_rd_req);
 VBD_SHOW(wr_req,  "%d\n", be->blkif->st_wr_req);
 VBD_SHOW(f_req,  "%d\n", be->blkif->st_f_req);
+VBD_SHOW(ds_req,  "%d\n", be->blkif->st_ds_req);
 VBD_SHOW(rd_sect, "%d\n", be->blkif->st_rd_sect);
 VBD_SHOW(wr_sect, "%d\n", be->blkif->st_wr_sect);
 
@@ -280,6 +283,7 @@
 	&dev_attr_rd_req.attr,
 	&dev_attr_wr_req.attr,
 	&dev_attr_f_req.attr,
+	&dev_attr_ds_req.attr,
 	&dev_attr_rd_sect.attr,
 	&dev_attr_wr_sect.attr,
 	NULL
@@ -419,6 +423,73 @@
 	return err;
 }
 
+int xen_blkbk_discard(struct xenbus_transaction xbt, struct backend_info *be)
+{
+	struct xenbus_device *dev = be->dev;
+	struct xen_blkif *blkif = be->blkif;
+	char *type;
+	int err;
+	int state = 0;
+
+	type = xenbus_read(XBT_NIL, dev->nodename, "type", NULL);
+	if (!IS_ERR(type)) {
+		if (strncmp(type, "file", 4) == 0) {
+			state = 1;
+			blkif->blk_backend_type = BLKIF_BACKEND_FILE;
+		}
+		if (strncmp(type, "phy", 3) == 0) {
+			struct block_device *bdev = be->blkif->vbd.bdev;
+			struct request_queue *q = bdev_get_queue(bdev);
+			if (blk_queue_discard(q)) {
+				err = xenbus_printf(xbt, dev->nodename,
+					"discard-granularity", "%u",
+					q->limits.discard_granularity);
+				if (err) {
+					xenbus_dev_fatal(dev, err,
+						"writing discard-granularity");
+					goto kfree;
+				}
+				err = xenbus_printf(xbt, dev->nodename,
+					"discard-alignment", "%u",
+					q->limits.discard_alignment);
+				if (err) {
+					xenbus_dev_fatal(dev, err,
+						"writing discard-alignment");
+					goto kfree;
+				}
+				state = 1;
+				blkif->blk_backend_type = BLKIF_BACKEND_PHY;
+			}
+		}
+	} else {
+		err = PTR_ERR(type);
+		xenbus_dev_fatal(dev, err, "reading type");
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	err = xenbus_printf(xbt, dev->nodename, "feature-discard",
+			    "%d", state);
+	if (err)
+		xenbus_dev_fatal(dev, err, "writing feature-discard");
+kfree:
+	kfree(type);
+out:
+	return err;
+}
+int xen_blkbk_barrier(struct xenbus_transaction xbt,
+		      struct backend_info *be, int state)
+{
+	struct xenbus_device *dev = be->dev;
+	int err;
+
+	err = xenbus_printf(xbt, dev->nodename, "feature-barrier",
+			    "%d", state);
+	if (err)
+		xenbus_dev_fatal(dev, err, "writing feature-barrier");
+
+	return err;
+}
+
 /*
  * Entry point to this code when a new device is created.  Allocate the basic
  * structures, and watch the store waiting for the hotplug scripts to tell us
@@ -650,6 +721,11 @@
 	if (err)
 		goto abort;
 
+	err = xen_blkbk_discard(xbt, be);
+
+	/* If we can't advertise it is OK. */
+	err = xen_blkbk_barrier(xbt, be, be->blkif->vbd.flush_support);
+
 	err = xenbus_printf(xbt, dev->nodename, "sectors", "%llu",
 			    (unsigned long long)vbd_sz(&be->blkif->vbd));
 	if (err) {
diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
index 9ea8c25..7b2ec59 100644
--- a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
+++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
@@ -98,6 +98,9 @@
 	unsigned long shadow_free;
 	unsigned int feature_flush;
 	unsigned int flush_op;
+	unsigned int feature_discard;
+	unsigned int discard_granularity;
+	unsigned int discard_alignment;
 	int is_ready;
 };
 
@@ -302,29 +305,36 @@
 		ring_req->operation = info->flush_op;
 	}
 
-	ring_req->nr_segments = blk_rq_map_sg(req->q, req, info->sg);
-	BUG_ON(ring_req->nr_segments > BLKIF_MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_REQUEST);
+	if (unlikely(req->cmd_flags & REQ_DISCARD)) {
+		/* id, sector_number and handle are set above. */
+		ring_req->operation = BLKIF_OP_DISCARD;
+		ring_req->nr_segments = 0;
+		ring_req->u.discard.nr_sectors = blk_rq_sectors(req);
+	} else {
+		ring_req->nr_segments = blk_rq_map_sg(req->q, req, info->sg);
+		BUG_ON(ring_req->nr_segments > BLKIF_MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_REQUEST);
 
-	for_each_sg(info->sg, sg, ring_req->nr_segments, i) {
-		buffer_mfn = pfn_to_mfn(page_to_pfn(sg_page(sg)));
-		fsect = sg->offset >> 9;
-		lsect = fsect + (sg->length >> 9) - 1;
-		/* install a grant reference. */
-		ref = gnttab_claim_grant_reference(&gref_head);
-		BUG_ON(ref == -ENOSPC);
+		for_each_sg(info->sg, sg, ring_req->nr_segments, i) {
+			buffer_mfn = pfn_to_mfn(page_to_pfn(sg_page(sg)));
+			fsect = sg->offset >> 9;
+			lsect = fsect + (sg->length >> 9) - 1;
+			/* install a grant reference. */
+			ref = gnttab_claim_grant_reference(&gref_head);
+			BUG_ON(ref == -ENOSPC);
 
-		gnttab_grant_foreign_access_ref(
-				ref,
-				info->xbdev->otherend_id,
-				buffer_mfn,
-				rq_data_dir(req) );
+			gnttab_grant_foreign_access_ref(
+					ref,
+					info->xbdev->otherend_id,
+					buffer_mfn,
+					rq_data_dir(req));
 
-		info->shadow[id].frame[i] = mfn_to_pfn(buffer_mfn);
-		ring_req->u.rw.seg[i] =
-				(struct blkif_request_segment) {
-					.gref       = ref,
-					.first_sect = fsect,
-					.last_sect  = lsect };
+			info->shadow[id].frame[i] = mfn_to_pfn(buffer_mfn);
+			ring_req->u.rw.seg[i] =
+					(struct blkif_request_segment) {
+						.gref       = ref,
+						.first_sect = fsect,
+						.last_sect  = lsect };
+		}
 	}
 
 	info->ring.req_prod_pvt++;
@@ -370,7 +380,9 @@
 
 		blk_start_request(req);
 
-		if (req->cmd_type != REQ_TYPE_FS) {
+		if ((req->cmd_type != REQ_TYPE_FS) ||
+		    ((req->cmd_flags & (REQ_FLUSH | REQ_FUA)) &&
+		    !info->flush_op)) {
 			__blk_end_request_all(req, -EIO);
 			continue;
 		}
@@ -399,6 +411,7 @@
 static int xlvbd_init_blk_queue(struct gendisk *gd, u16 sector_size)
 {
 	struct request_queue *rq;
+	struct blkfront_info *info = gd->private_data;
 
 	rq = blk_init_queue(do_blkif_request, &blkif_io_lock);
 	if (rq == NULL)
@@ -406,6 +419,13 @@
 
 	queue_flag_set_unlocked(QUEUE_FLAG_VIRT, rq);
 
+	if (info->feature_discard) {
+		queue_flag_set_unlocked(QUEUE_FLAG_DISCARD, rq);
+		blk_queue_max_discard_sectors(rq, get_capacity(gd));
+		rq->limits.discard_granularity = info->discard_granularity;
+		rq->limits.discard_alignment = info->discard_alignment;
+	}
+
 	/* Hard sector size and max sectors impersonate the equiv. hardware. */
 	blk_queue_logical_block_size(rq, sector_size);
 	blk_queue_max_hw_sectors(rq, 512);
@@ -722,6 +742,17 @@
 
 		error = (bret->status == BLKIF_RSP_OKAY) ? 0 : -EIO;
 		switch (bret->operation) {
+		case BLKIF_OP_DISCARD:
+			if (unlikely(bret->status == BLKIF_RSP_EOPNOTSUPP)) {
+				struct request_queue *rq = info->rq;
+				printk(KERN_WARNING "blkfront: %s: discard op failed\n",
+					   info->gd->disk_name);
+				error = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+				info->feature_discard = 0;
+				queue_flag_clear(QUEUE_FLAG_DISCARD, rq);
+			}
+			__blk_end_request_all(req, error);
+			break;
 		case BLKIF_OP_FLUSH_DISKCACHE:
 		case BLKIF_OP_WRITE_BARRIER:
 			if (unlikely(bret->status == BLKIF_RSP_EOPNOTSUPP)) {
@@ -1098,6 +1129,33 @@
 	bdput(bdev);
 }
 
+static void blkfront_setup_discard(struct blkfront_info *info)
+{
+	int err;
+	char *type;
+	unsigned int discard_granularity;
+	unsigned int discard_alignment;
+
+	type = xenbus_read(XBT_NIL, info->xbdev->otherend, "type", NULL);
+	if (IS_ERR(type))
+		return;
+
+	if (strncmp(type, "phy", 3) == 0) {
+		err = xenbus_gather(XBT_NIL, info->xbdev->otherend,
+			"discard-granularity", "%u", &discard_granularity,
+			"discard-alignment", "%u", &discard_alignment,
+			NULL);
+		if (!err) {
+			info->feature_discard = 1;
+			info->discard_granularity = discard_granularity;
+			info->discard_alignment = discard_alignment;
+		}
+	} else if (strncmp(type, "file", 4) == 0)
+		info->feature_discard = 1;
+
+	kfree(type);
+}
+
 /*
  * Invoked when the backend is finally 'ready' (and has told produced
  * the details about the physical device - #sectors, size, etc).
@@ -1108,7 +1166,7 @@
 	unsigned long sector_size;
 	unsigned int binfo;
 	int err;
-	int barrier, flush;
+	int barrier, flush, discard;
 
 	switch (info->connected) {
 	case BLKIF_STATE_CONNECTED:
@@ -1178,7 +1236,14 @@
 		info->feature_flush = REQ_FLUSH;
 		info->flush_op = BLKIF_OP_FLUSH_DISKCACHE;
 	}
-		
+
+	err = xenbus_gather(XBT_NIL, info->xbdev->otherend,
+			    "feature-discard", "%d", &discard,
+			    NULL);
+
+	if (!err && discard)
+		blkfront_setup_discard(info);
+
 	err = xlvbd_alloc_gendisk(sectors, info, binfo, sector_size);
 	if (err) {
 		xenbus_dev_fatal(info->xbdev, err, "xlvbd_add at %s",
@@ -1385,6 +1450,8 @@
 
 static int __init xlblk_init(void)
 {
+	int ret;
+
 	if (!xen_domain())
 		return -ENODEV;
 
@@ -1394,7 +1461,13 @@
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 
-	return xenbus_register_frontend(&blkfront);
+	ret = xenbus_register_frontend(&blkfront);
+	if (ret) {
+		unregister_blkdev(XENVBD_MAJOR, DEV_NAME);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
 }
 module_init(xlblk_init);
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c b/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c
index 9825ecf..bbdc9f9 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c
@@ -3300,6 +3300,13 @@
 		pmcsr &= ~PCI_PM_CTRL_STATE_MASK;
 		pmcsr |= PCI_D0;
 		pci_write_config_word(pdev, pos + PCI_PM_CTRL, pmcsr);
+
+		/*
+		 * The P600 requires a small delay when changing states.
+		 * Otherwise we may think the board did not reset and we bail.
+		 * This for kdump only and is particular to the P600.
+		 */
+		msleep(500);
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index 1c44b8d..b07f1da 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -971,7 +971,7 @@
 
 	if (!bdev->bd_disk)
 		return;
-	if (disk_partitionable(bdev->bd_disk))
+	if (disk_part_scan_enabled(bdev->bd_disk))
 		bdev->bd_invalidated = 1;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/genhd.h b/include/linux/genhd.h
index 6957350..9de31bc 100644
--- a/include/linux/genhd.h
+++ b/include/linux/genhd.h
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@
 #define GENHD_FL_EXT_DEVT			64 /* allow extended devt */
 #define GENHD_FL_NATIVE_CAPACITY		128
 #define GENHD_FL_BLOCK_EVENTS_ON_EXCL_WRITE	256
+#define GENHD_FL_NO_PART_SCAN			512
 
 enum {
 	DISK_EVENT_MEDIA_CHANGE			= 1 << 0, /* media changed */
@@ -238,9 +239,10 @@
 	return disk->minors;
 }
 
-static inline bool disk_partitionable(struct gendisk *disk)
+static inline bool disk_part_scan_enabled(struct gendisk *disk)
 {
-	return disk_max_parts(disk) > 1;
+	return disk_max_parts(disk) > 1 &&
+		!(disk->flags & GENHD_FL_NO_PART_SCAN);
 }
 
 static inline dev_t disk_devt(struct gendisk *disk)
diff --git a/include/linux/loop.h b/include/linux/loop.h
index a068806..11a41a8 100644
--- a/include/linux/loop.h
+++ b/include/linux/loop.h
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
 enum {
 	LO_FLAGS_READ_ONLY	= 1,
 	LO_FLAGS_AUTOCLEAR	= 4,
+	LO_FLAGS_PARTSCAN	= 8,
 };
 
 #include <asm/posix_types.h>	/* for __kernel_old_dev_t */
diff --git a/include/xen/interface/io/blkif.h b/include/xen/interface/io/blkif.h
index 3d5d6db..9324488 100644
--- a/include/xen/interface/io/blkif.h
+++ b/include/xen/interface/io/blkif.h
@@ -57,6 +57,36 @@
  * "feature-flush-cache" node!
  */
 #define BLKIF_OP_FLUSH_DISKCACHE   3
+
+/*
+ * Recognised only if "feature-discard" is present in backend xenbus info.
+ * The "feature-discard" node contains a boolean indicating whether trim
+ * (ATA) or unmap (SCSI) - conviently called discard requests are likely
+ * to succeed or fail. Either way, a discard request
+ * may fail at any time with BLKIF_RSP_EOPNOTSUPP if it is unsupported by
+ * the underlying block-device hardware. The boolean simply indicates whether
+ * or not it is worthwhile for the frontend to attempt discard requests.
+ * If a backend does not recognise BLKIF_OP_DISCARD, it should *not*
+ * create the "feature-discard" node!
+ *
+ * Discard operation is a request for the underlying block device to mark
+ * extents to be erased. However, discard does not guarantee that the blocks
+ * will be erased from the device - it is just a hint to the device
+ * controller that these blocks are no longer in use. What the device
+ * controller does with that information is left to the controller.
+ * Discard operations are passed with sector_number as the
+ * sector index to begin discard operations at and nr_sectors as the number of
+ * sectors to be discarded. The specified sectors should be discarded if the
+ * underlying block device supports trim (ATA) or unmap (SCSI) operations,
+ * or a BLKIF_RSP_EOPNOTSUPP  should be returned.
+ * More information about trim/unmap operations at:
+ * http://t13.org/Documents/UploadedDocuments/docs2008/
+ *     e07154r6-Data_Set_Management_Proposal_for_ATA-ACS2.doc
+ * http://www.seagate.com/staticfiles/support/disc/manuals/
+ *     Interface%20manuals/100293068c.pdf
+ */
+#define BLKIF_OP_DISCARD           5
+
 /*
  * Maximum scatter/gather segments per request.
  * This is carefully chosen so that sizeof(struct blkif_ring) <= PAGE_SIZE.
@@ -74,6 +104,11 @@
 	} seg[BLKIF_MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_REQUEST];
 };
 
+struct blkif_request_discard {
+	blkif_sector_t sector_number;
+	uint64_t nr_sectors;
+};
+
 struct blkif_request {
 	uint8_t        operation;    /* BLKIF_OP_???                         */
 	uint8_t        nr_segments;  /* number of segments                   */
@@ -81,6 +116,7 @@
 	uint64_t       id;           /* private guest value, echoed in resp  */
 	union {
 		struct blkif_request_rw rw;
+		struct blkif_request_discard discard;
 	} u;
 };