diff --git a/crypto/Kconfig b/crypto/Kconfig
index b749a1a..07090e9 100644
--- a/crypto/Kconfig
+++ b/crypto/Kconfig
@@ -5,9 +5,13 @@
 	tristate
 
 #
+# async_tx api: hardware offloaded memory transfer/transform support
+#
+source "crypto/async_tx/Kconfig"
+
+#
 # Cryptographic API Configuration
 #
-
 menu "Cryptographic options"
 
 config CRYPTO
diff --git a/crypto/Makefile b/crypto/Makefile
index 68e934b..0cf17f1 100644
--- a/crypto/Makefile
+++ b/crypto/Makefile
@@ -55,4 +55,4 @@
 # generic algorithms and the async_tx api
 #
 obj-$(CONFIG_XOR_BLOCKS) += xor.o
-
+obj-$(CONFIG_ASYNC_CORE) += async_tx/
diff --git a/crypto/async_tx/Kconfig b/crypto/async_tx/Kconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d8fb3914
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crypto/async_tx/Kconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+config ASYNC_CORE
+	tristate
+
+config ASYNC_MEMCPY
+	tristate
+	select ASYNC_CORE
+
+config ASYNC_XOR
+	tristate
+	select ASYNC_CORE
+	select XOR_BLOCKS
+
+config ASYNC_MEMSET
+	tristate
+	select ASYNC_CORE
+
diff --git a/crypto/async_tx/Makefile b/crypto/async_tx/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..27baa7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crypto/async_tx/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+obj-$(CONFIG_ASYNC_CORE) += async_tx.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_ASYNC_MEMCPY) += async_memcpy.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_ASYNC_MEMSET) += async_memset.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_ASYNC_XOR) += async_xor.o
diff --git a/crypto/async_tx/async_memcpy.c b/crypto/async_tx/async_memcpy.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a973f4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crypto/async_tx/async_memcpy.c
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+/*
+ * copy offload engine support
+ *
+ * Copyright © 2006, Intel Corporation.
+ *
+ *      Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
+ *
+ *      with architecture considerations by:
+ *      Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de>
+ *      Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License,
+ * version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for
+ * more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+ * this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 51 Franklin St - Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ */
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/highmem.h>
+#include <linux/mm.h>
+#include <linux/dma-mapping.h>
+#include <linux/async_tx.h>
+
+/**
+ * async_memcpy - attempt to copy memory with a dma engine.
+ * @dest: destination page
+ * @src: src page
+ * @offset: offset in pages to start transaction
+ * @len: length in bytes
+ * @flags: ASYNC_TX_ASSUME_COHERENT, ASYNC_TX_ACK, ASYNC_TX_DEP_ACK,
+ *	ASYNC_TX_KMAP_SRC, ASYNC_TX_KMAP_DST
+ * @depend_tx: memcpy depends on the result of this transaction
+ * @cb_fn: function to call when the memcpy completes
+ * @cb_param: parameter to pass to the callback routine
+ */
+struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *
+async_memcpy(struct page *dest, struct page *src, unsigned int dest_offset,
+	unsigned int src_offset, size_t len, enum async_tx_flags flags,
+	struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *depend_tx,
+	dma_async_tx_callback cb_fn, void *cb_param)
+{
+	struct dma_chan *chan = async_tx_find_channel(depend_tx, DMA_MEMCPY);
+	struct dma_device *device = chan ? chan->device : NULL;
+	int int_en = cb_fn ? 1 : 0;
+	struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *tx = device ?
+		device->device_prep_dma_memcpy(chan, len,
+		int_en) : NULL;
+
+	if (tx) { /* run the memcpy asynchronously */
+		dma_addr_t addr;
+		enum dma_data_direction dir;
+
+		pr_debug("%s: (async) len: %zu\n", __FUNCTION__, len);
+
+		dir = (flags & ASYNC_TX_ASSUME_COHERENT) ?
+			DMA_NONE : DMA_FROM_DEVICE;
+
+		addr = dma_map_page(device->dev, dest, dest_offset, len, dir);
+		tx->tx_set_dest(addr, tx, 0);
+
+		dir = (flags & ASYNC_TX_ASSUME_COHERENT) ?
+			DMA_NONE : DMA_TO_DEVICE;
+
+		addr = dma_map_page(device->dev, src, src_offset, len, dir);
+		tx->tx_set_src(addr, tx, 0);
+
+		async_tx_submit(chan, tx, flags, depend_tx, cb_fn, cb_param);
+	} else { /* run the memcpy synchronously */
+		void *dest_buf, *src_buf;
+		pr_debug("%s: (sync) len: %zu\n", __FUNCTION__, len);
+
+		/* wait for any prerequisite operations */
+		if (depend_tx) {
+			/* if ack is already set then we cannot be sure
+			 * we are referring to the correct operation
+			 */
+			BUG_ON(depend_tx->ack);
+			if (dma_wait_for_async_tx(depend_tx) == DMA_ERROR)
+				panic("%s: DMA_ERROR waiting for depend_tx\n",
+					__FUNCTION__);
+		}
+
+		if (flags & ASYNC_TX_KMAP_DST)
+			dest_buf = kmap_atomic(dest, KM_USER0) + dest_offset;
+		else
+			dest_buf = page_address(dest) + dest_offset;
+
+		if (flags & ASYNC_TX_KMAP_SRC)
+			src_buf = kmap_atomic(src, KM_USER0) + src_offset;
+		else
+			src_buf = page_address(src) + src_offset;
+
+		memcpy(dest_buf, src_buf, len);
+
+		if (flags & ASYNC_TX_KMAP_DST)
+			kunmap_atomic(dest_buf, KM_USER0);
+
+		if (flags & ASYNC_TX_KMAP_SRC)
+			kunmap_atomic(src_buf, KM_USER0);
+
+		async_tx_sync_epilog(flags, depend_tx, cb_fn, cb_param);
+	}
+
+	return tx;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(async_memcpy);
+
+static int __init async_memcpy_init(void)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void __exit async_memcpy_exit(void)
+{
+	do { } while (0);
+}
+
+module_init(async_memcpy_init);
+module_exit(async_memcpy_exit);
+
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Intel Corporation");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("asynchronous memcpy api");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
diff --git a/crypto/async_tx/async_memset.c b/crypto/async_tx/async_memset.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..66ef635
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crypto/async_tx/async_memset.c
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+/*
+ * memory fill offload engine support
+ *
+ * Copyright © 2006, Intel Corporation.
+ *
+ *      Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
+ *
+ *      with architecture considerations by:
+ *      Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de>
+ *      Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License,
+ * version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for
+ * more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+ * this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 51 Franklin St - Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ */
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/interrupt.h>
+#include <linux/mm.h>
+#include <linux/dma-mapping.h>
+#include <linux/async_tx.h>
+
+/**
+ * async_memset - attempt to fill memory with a dma engine.
+ * @dest: destination page
+ * @val: fill value
+ * @offset: offset in pages to start transaction
+ * @len: length in bytes
+ * @flags: ASYNC_TX_ASSUME_COHERENT, ASYNC_TX_ACK, ASYNC_TX_DEP_ACK
+ * @depend_tx: memset depends on the result of this transaction
+ * @cb_fn: function to call when the memcpy completes
+ * @cb_param: parameter to pass to the callback routine
+ */
+struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *
+async_memset(struct page *dest, int val, unsigned int offset,
+	size_t len, enum async_tx_flags flags,
+	struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *depend_tx,
+	dma_async_tx_callback cb_fn, void *cb_param)
+{
+	struct dma_chan *chan = async_tx_find_channel(depend_tx, DMA_MEMSET);
+	struct dma_device *device = chan ? chan->device : NULL;
+	int int_en = cb_fn ? 1 : 0;
+	struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *tx = device ?
+		device->device_prep_dma_memset(chan, val, len,
+			int_en) : NULL;
+
+	if (tx) { /* run the memset asynchronously */
+		dma_addr_t dma_addr;
+		enum dma_data_direction dir;
+
+		pr_debug("%s: (async) len: %zu\n", __FUNCTION__, len);
+		dir = (flags & ASYNC_TX_ASSUME_COHERENT) ?
+			DMA_NONE : DMA_FROM_DEVICE;
+
+		dma_addr = dma_map_page(device->dev, dest, offset, len, dir);
+		tx->tx_set_dest(dma_addr, tx, 0);
+
+		async_tx_submit(chan, tx, flags, depend_tx, cb_fn, cb_param);
+	} else { /* run the memset synchronously */
+		void *dest_buf;
+		pr_debug("%s: (sync) len: %zu\n", __FUNCTION__, len);
+
+		dest_buf = (void *) (((char *) page_address(dest)) + offset);
+
+		/* wait for any prerequisite operations */
+		if (depend_tx) {
+			/* if ack is already set then we cannot be sure
+			 * we are referring to the correct operation
+			 */
+			BUG_ON(depend_tx->ack);
+			if (dma_wait_for_async_tx(depend_tx) == DMA_ERROR)
+				panic("%s: DMA_ERROR waiting for depend_tx\n",
+					__FUNCTION__);
+		}
+
+		memset(dest_buf, val, len);
+
+		async_tx_sync_epilog(flags, depend_tx, cb_fn, cb_param);
+	}
+
+	return tx;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(async_memset);
+
+static int __init async_memset_init(void)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void __exit async_memset_exit(void)
+{
+	do { } while (0);
+}
+
+module_init(async_memset_init);
+module_exit(async_memset_exit);
+
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Intel Corporation");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("asynchronous memset api");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
diff --git a/crypto/async_tx/async_tx.c b/crypto/async_tx/async_tx.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0350071
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crypto/async_tx/async_tx.c
@@ -0,0 +1,497 @@
+/*
+ * core routines for the asynchronous memory transfer/transform api
+ *
+ * Copyright © 2006, Intel Corporation.
+ *
+ *	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
+ *
+ *	with architecture considerations by:
+ *	Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de>
+ *	Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License,
+ * version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for
+ * more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+ * this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 51 Franklin St - Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ */
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/async_tx.h>
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_DMA_ENGINE
+static enum dma_state_client
+dma_channel_add_remove(struct dma_client *client,
+	struct dma_chan *chan, enum dma_state state);
+
+static struct dma_client async_tx_dma = {
+	.event_callback = dma_channel_add_remove,
+	/* .cap_mask == 0 defaults to all channels */
+};
+
+/**
+ * dma_cap_mask_all - enable iteration over all operation types
+ */
+static dma_cap_mask_t dma_cap_mask_all;
+
+/**
+ * chan_ref_percpu - tracks channel allocations per core/opertion
+ */
+struct chan_ref_percpu {
+	struct dma_chan_ref *ref;
+};
+
+static int channel_table_initialized;
+static struct chan_ref_percpu *channel_table[DMA_TX_TYPE_END];
+
+/**
+ * async_tx_lock - protect modification of async_tx_master_list and serialize
+ *	rebalance operations
+ */
+static spinlock_t async_tx_lock;
+
+static struct list_head
+async_tx_master_list = LIST_HEAD_INIT(async_tx_master_list);
+
+/* async_tx_issue_pending_all - start all transactions on all channels */
+void async_tx_issue_pending_all(void)
+{
+	struct dma_chan_ref *ref;
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	list_for_each_entry_rcu(ref, &async_tx_master_list, node)
+		ref->chan->device->device_issue_pending(ref->chan);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(async_tx_issue_pending_all);
+
+/* dma_wait_for_async_tx - spin wait for a transcation to complete
+ * @tx: transaction to wait on
+ */
+enum dma_status
+dma_wait_for_async_tx(struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *tx)
+{
+	enum dma_status status;
+	struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *iter;
+
+	if (!tx)
+		return DMA_SUCCESS;
+
+	/* poll through the dependency chain, return when tx is complete */
+	do {
+		iter = tx;
+		while (iter->cookie == -EBUSY)
+			iter = iter->parent;
+
+		status = dma_sync_wait(iter->chan, iter->cookie);
+	} while (status == DMA_IN_PROGRESS || (iter != tx));
+
+	return status;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dma_wait_for_async_tx);
+
+/* async_tx_run_dependencies - helper routine for dma drivers to process
+ *	(start) dependent operations on their target channel
+ * @tx: transaction with dependencies
+ */
+void
+async_tx_run_dependencies(struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *tx)
+{
+	struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *dep_tx, *_dep_tx;
+	struct dma_device *dev;
+	struct dma_chan *chan;
+
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(dep_tx, _dep_tx, &tx->depend_list,
+		depend_node) {
+		chan = dep_tx->chan;
+		dev = chan->device;
+		/* we can't depend on ourselves */
+		BUG_ON(chan == tx->chan);
+		list_del(&dep_tx->depend_node);
+		tx->tx_submit(dep_tx);
+
+		/* we need to poke the engine as client code does not
+		 * know about dependency submission events
+		 */
+		dev->device_issue_pending(chan);
+	}
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(async_tx_run_dependencies);
+
+static void
+free_dma_chan_ref(struct rcu_head *rcu)
+{
+	struct dma_chan_ref *ref;
+	ref = container_of(rcu, struct dma_chan_ref, rcu);
+	kfree(ref);
+}
+
+static void
+init_dma_chan_ref(struct dma_chan_ref *ref, struct dma_chan *chan)
+{
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ref->node);
+	INIT_RCU_HEAD(&ref->rcu);
+	ref->chan = chan;
+	atomic_set(&ref->count, 0);
+}
+
+/**
+ * get_chan_ref_by_cap - returns the nth channel of the given capability
+ * 	defaults to returning the channel with the desired capability and the
+ * 	lowest reference count if the index can not be satisfied
+ * @cap: capability to match
+ * @index: nth channel desired, passing -1 has the effect of forcing the
+ *  default return value
+ */
+static struct dma_chan_ref *
+get_chan_ref_by_cap(enum dma_transaction_type cap, int index)
+{
+	struct dma_chan_ref *ret_ref = NULL, *min_ref = NULL, *ref;
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	list_for_each_entry_rcu(ref, &async_tx_master_list, node)
+		if (dma_has_cap(cap, ref->chan->device->cap_mask)) {
+			if (!min_ref)
+				min_ref = ref;
+			else if (atomic_read(&ref->count) <
+				atomic_read(&min_ref->count))
+				min_ref = ref;
+
+			if (index-- == 0) {
+				ret_ref = ref;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+
+	if (!ret_ref)
+		ret_ref = min_ref;
+
+	if (ret_ref)
+		atomic_inc(&ret_ref->count);
+
+	return ret_ref;
+}
+
+/**
+ * async_tx_rebalance - redistribute the available channels, optimize
+ * for cpu isolation in the SMP case, and opertaion isolation in the
+ * uniprocessor case
+ */
+static void async_tx_rebalance(void)
+{
+	int cpu, cap, cpu_idx = 0;
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	if (!channel_table_initialized)
+		return;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&async_tx_lock, flags);
+
+	/* undo the last distribution */
+	for_each_dma_cap_mask(cap, dma_cap_mask_all)
+		for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
+			struct dma_chan_ref *ref =
+				per_cpu_ptr(channel_table[cap], cpu)->ref;
+			if (ref) {
+				atomic_set(&ref->count, 0);
+				per_cpu_ptr(channel_table[cap], cpu)->ref =
+									NULL;
+			}
+		}
+
+	for_each_dma_cap_mask(cap, dma_cap_mask_all)
+		for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
+			struct dma_chan_ref *new;
+			if (NR_CPUS > 1)
+				new = get_chan_ref_by_cap(cap, cpu_idx++);
+			else
+				new = get_chan_ref_by_cap(cap, -1);
+
+			per_cpu_ptr(channel_table[cap], cpu)->ref = new;
+		}
+
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&async_tx_lock, flags);
+}
+
+static enum dma_state_client
+dma_channel_add_remove(struct dma_client *client,
+	struct dma_chan *chan, enum dma_state state)
+{
+	unsigned long found, flags;
+	struct dma_chan_ref *master_ref, *ref;
+	enum dma_state_client ack = DMA_DUP; /* default: take no action */
+
+	switch (state) {
+	case DMA_RESOURCE_AVAILABLE:
+		found = 0;
+		rcu_read_lock();
+		list_for_each_entry_rcu(ref, &async_tx_master_list, node)
+			if (ref->chan == chan) {
+				found = 1;
+				break;
+			}
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+
+		pr_debug("async_tx: dma resource available [%s]\n",
+			found ? "old" : "new");
+
+		if (!found)
+			ack = DMA_ACK;
+		else
+			break;
+
+		/* add the channel to the generic management list */
+		master_ref = kmalloc(sizeof(*master_ref), GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (master_ref) {
+			/* keep a reference until async_tx is unloaded */
+			dma_chan_get(chan);
+			init_dma_chan_ref(master_ref, chan);
+			spin_lock_irqsave(&async_tx_lock, flags);
+			list_add_tail_rcu(&master_ref->node,
+				&async_tx_master_list);
+			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&async_tx_lock,
+				flags);
+		} else {
+			printk(KERN_WARNING "async_tx: unable to create"
+				" new master entry in response to"
+				" a DMA_RESOURCE_ADDED event"
+				" (-ENOMEM)\n");
+			return 0;
+		}
+
+		async_tx_rebalance();
+		break;
+	case DMA_RESOURCE_REMOVED:
+		found = 0;
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&async_tx_lock, flags);
+		list_for_each_entry_rcu(ref, &async_tx_master_list, node)
+			if (ref->chan == chan) {
+				/* permit backing devices to go away */
+				dma_chan_put(ref->chan);
+				list_del_rcu(&ref->node);
+				call_rcu(&ref->rcu, free_dma_chan_ref);
+				found = 1;
+				break;
+			}
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&async_tx_lock, flags);
+
+		pr_debug("async_tx: dma resource removed [%s]\n",
+			found ? "ours" : "not ours");
+
+		if (found)
+			ack = DMA_ACK;
+		else
+			break;
+
+		async_tx_rebalance();
+		break;
+	case DMA_RESOURCE_SUSPEND:
+	case DMA_RESOURCE_RESUME:
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "async_tx: does not support dma channel"
+			" suspend/resume\n");
+		break;
+	default:
+		BUG();
+	}
+
+	return ack;
+}
+
+static int __init
+async_tx_init(void)
+{
+	enum dma_transaction_type cap;
+
+	spin_lock_init(&async_tx_lock);
+	bitmap_fill(dma_cap_mask_all.bits, DMA_TX_TYPE_END);
+
+	/* an interrupt will never be an explicit operation type.
+	 * clearing this bit prevents allocation to a slot in 'channel_table'
+	 */
+	clear_bit(DMA_INTERRUPT, dma_cap_mask_all.bits);
+
+	for_each_dma_cap_mask(cap, dma_cap_mask_all) {
+		channel_table[cap] = alloc_percpu(struct chan_ref_percpu);
+		if (!channel_table[cap])
+			goto err;
+	}
+
+	channel_table_initialized = 1;
+	dma_async_client_register(&async_tx_dma);
+	dma_async_client_chan_request(&async_tx_dma);
+
+	printk(KERN_INFO "async_tx: api initialized (async)\n");
+
+	return 0;
+err:
+	printk(KERN_ERR "async_tx: initialization failure\n");
+
+	while (--cap >= 0)
+		free_percpu(channel_table[cap]);
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
+static void __exit async_tx_exit(void)
+{
+	enum dma_transaction_type cap;
+
+	channel_table_initialized = 0;
+
+	for_each_dma_cap_mask(cap, dma_cap_mask_all)
+		if (channel_table[cap])
+			free_percpu(channel_table[cap]);
+
+	dma_async_client_unregister(&async_tx_dma);
+}
+
+/**
+ * async_tx_find_channel - find a channel to carry out the operation or let
+ *	the transaction execute synchronously
+ * @depend_tx: transaction dependency
+ * @tx_type: transaction type
+ */
+struct dma_chan *
+async_tx_find_channel(struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *depend_tx,
+	enum dma_transaction_type tx_type)
+{
+	/* see if we can keep the chain on one channel */
+	if (depend_tx &&
+		dma_has_cap(tx_type, depend_tx->chan->device->cap_mask))
+		return depend_tx->chan;
+	else if (likely(channel_table_initialized)) {
+		struct dma_chan_ref *ref;
+		int cpu = get_cpu();
+		ref = per_cpu_ptr(channel_table[tx_type], cpu)->ref;
+		put_cpu();
+		return ref ? ref->chan : NULL;
+	} else
+		return NULL;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(async_tx_find_channel);
+#else
+static int __init async_tx_init(void)
+{
+	printk(KERN_INFO "async_tx: api initialized (sync-only)\n");
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void __exit async_tx_exit(void)
+{
+	do { } while (0);
+}
+#endif
+
+void
+async_tx_submit(struct dma_chan *chan, struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *tx,
+	enum async_tx_flags flags, struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *depend_tx,
+	dma_async_tx_callback cb_fn, void *cb_param)
+{
+	tx->callback = cb_fn;
+	tx->callback_param = cb_param;
+
+	/* set this new tx to run after depend_tx if:
+	 * 1/ a dependency exists (depend_tx is !NULL)
+	 * 2/ the tx can not be submitted to the current channel
+	 */
+	if (depend_tx && depend_tx->chan != chan) {
+		/* if ack is already set then we cannot be sure
+		 * we are referring to the correct operation
+		 */
+		BUG_ON(depend_tx->ack);
+
+		tx->parent = depend_tx;
+		spin_lock_bh(&depend_tx->lock);
+		list_add_tail(&tx->depend_node, &depend_tx->depend_list);
+		if (depend_tx->cookie == 0) {
+			struct dma_chan *dep_chan = depend_tx->chan;
+			struct dma_device *dep_dev = dep_chan->device;
+			dep_dev->device_dependency_added(dep_chan);
+		}
+		spin_unlock_bh(&depend_tx->lock);
+
+		/* schedule an interrupt to trigger the channel switch */
+		async_trigger_callback(ASYNC_TX_ACK, depend_tx, NULL, NULL);
+	} else {
+		tx->parent = NULL;
+		tx->tx_submit(tx);
+	}
+
+	if (flags & ASYNC_TX_ACK)
+		async_tx_ack(tx);
+
+	if (depend_tx && (flags & ASYNC_TX_DEP_ACK))
+		async_tx_ack(depend_tx);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(async_tx_submit);
+
+/**
+ * async_trigger_callback - schedules the callback function to be run after
+ * any dependent operations have been completed.
+ * @flags: ASYNC_TX_ACK, ASYNC_TX_DEP_ACK
+ * @depend_tx: 'callback' requires the completion of this transaction
+ * @cb_fn: function to call after depend_tx completes
+ * @cb_param: parameter to pass to the callback routine
+ */
+struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *
+async_trigger_callback(enum async_tx_flags flags,
+	struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *depend_tx,
+	dma_async_tx_callback cb_fn, void *cb_param)
+{
+	struct dma_chan *chan;
+	struct dma_device *device;
+	struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *tx;
+
+	if (depend_tx) {
+		chan = depend_tx->chan;
+		device = chan->device;
+
+		/* see if we can schedule an interrupt
+		 * otherwise poll for completion
+		 */
+		if (device && !dma_has_cap(DMA_INTERRUPT, device->cap_mask))
+			device = NULL;
+
+		tx = device ? device->device_prep_dma_interrupt(chan) : NULL;
+	} else
+		tx = NULL;
+
+	if (tx) {
+		pr_debug("%s: (async)\n", __FUNCTION__);
+
+		async_tx_submit(chan, tx, flags, depend_tx, cb_fn, cb_param);
+	} else {
+		pr_debug("%s: (sync)\n", __FUNCTION__);
+
+		/* wait for any prerequisite operations */
+		if (depend_tx) {
+			/* if ack is already set then we cannot be sure
+			 * we are referring to the correct operation
+			 */
+			BUG_ON(depend_tx->ack);
+			if (dma_wait_for_async_tx(depend_tx) == DMA_ERROR)
+				panic("%s: DMA_ERROR waiting for depend_tx\n",
+					__FUNCTION__);
+		}
+
+		async_tx_sync_epilog(flags, depend_tx, cb_fn, cb_param);
+	}
+
+	return tx;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(async_trigger_callback);
+
+module_init(async_tx_init);
+module_exit(async_tx_exit);
+
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Intel Corporation");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Asynchronous Bulk Memory Transactions API");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
diff --git a/crypto/async_tx/async_xor.c b/crypto/async_tx/async_xor.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2575f67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crypto/async_tx/async_xor.c
@@ -0,0 +1,327 @@
+/*
+ * xor offload engine api
+ *
+ * Copyright © 2006, Intel Corporation.
+ *
+ *      Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
+ *
+ *      with architecture considerations by:
+ *      Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de>
+ *      Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License,
+ * version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for
+ * more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+ * this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 51 Franklin St - Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ */
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/interrupt.h>
+#include <linux/mm.h>
+#include <linux/dma-mapping.h>
+#include <linux/raid/xor.h>
+#include <linux/async_tx.h>
+
+static void
+do_async_xor(struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *tx, struct dma_device *device,
+	struct dma_chan *chan, struct page *dest, struct page **src_list,
+	unsigned int offset, unsigned int src_cnt, size_t len,
+	enum async_tx_flags flags, struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *depend_tx,
+	dma_async_tx_callback cb_fn, void *cb_param)
+{
+	dma_addr_t dma_addr;
+	enum dma_data_direction dir;
+	int i;
+
+	pr_debug("%s: len: %zu\n", __FUNCTION__, len);
+
+	dir = (flags & ASYNC_TX_ASSUME_COHERENT) ?
+		DMA_NONE : DMA_FROM_DEVICE;
+
+	dma_addr = dma_map_page(device->dev, dest, offset, len, dir);
+	tx->tx_set_dest(dma_addr, tx, 0);
+
+	dir = (flags & ASYNC_TX_ASSUME_COHERENT) ?
+		DMA_NONE : DMA_TO_DEVICE;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < src_cnt; i++) {
+		dma_addr = dma_map_page(device->dev, src_list[i],
+			offset, len, dir);
+		tx->tx_set_src(dma_addr, tx, i);
+	}
+
+	async_tx_submit(chan, tx, flags, depend_tx, cb_fn, cb_param);
+}
+
+static void
+do_sync_xor(struct page *dest, struct page **src_list, unsigned int offset,
+	unsigned int src_cnt, size_t len, enum async_tx_flags flags,
+	struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *depend_tx,
+	dma_async_tx_callback cb_fn, void *cb_param)
+{
+	void *_dest;
+	int i;
+
+	pr_debug("%s: len: %zu\n", __FUNCTION__, len);
+
+	/* reuse the 'src_list' array to convert to buffer pointers */
+	for (i = 0; i < src_cnt; i++)
+		src_list[i] = (struct page *)
+			(page_address(src_list[i]) + offset);
+
+	/* set destination address */
+	_dest = page_address(dest) + offset;
+
+	if (flags & ASYNC_TX_XOR_ZERO_DST)
+		memset(_dest, 0, len);
+
+	xor_blocks(src_cnt, len, _dest,
+		(void **) src_list);
+
+	async_tx_sync_epilog(flags, depend_tx, cb_fn, cb_param);
+}
+
+/**
+ * async_xor - attempt to xor a set of blocks with a dma engine.
+ *	xor_blocks always uses the dest as a source so the ASYNC_TX_XOR_ZERO_DST
+ *	flag must be set to not include dest data in the calculation.  The
+ *	assumption with dma eninges is that they only use the destination
+ *	buffer as a source when it is explicity specified in the source list.
+ * @dest: destination page
+ * @src_list: array of source pages (if the dest is also a source it must be
+ *	at index zero).  The contents of this array may be overwritten.
+ * @offset: offset in pages to start transaction
+ * @src_cnt: number of source pages
+ * @len: length in bytes
+ * @flags: ASYNC_TX_XOR_ZERO_DST, ASYNC_TX_XOR_DROP_DEST,
+ *	ASYNC_TX_ASSUME_COHERENT, ASYNC_TX_ACK, ASYNC_TX_DEP_ACK
+ * @depend_tx: xor depends on the result of this transaction.
+ * @cb_fn: function to call when the xor completes
+ * @cb_param: parameter to pass to the callback routine
+ */
+struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *
+async_xor(struct page *dest, struct page **src_list, unsigned int offset,
+	int src_cnt, size_t len, enum async_tx_flags flags,
+	struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *depend_tx,
+	dma_async_tx_callback cb_fn, void *cb_param)
+{
+	struct dma_chan *chan = async_tx_find_channel(depend_tx, DMA_XOR);
+	struct dma_device *device = chan ? chan->device : NULL;
+	struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *tx = NULL;
+	dma_async_tx_callback _cb_fn;
+	void *_cb_param;
+	unsigned long local_flags;
+	int xor_src_cnt;
+	int i = 0, src_off = 0, int_en;
+
+	BUG_ON(src_cnt <= 1);
+
+	while (src_cnt) {
+		local_flags = flags;
+		if (device) { /* run the xor asynchronously */
+			xor_src_cnt = min(src_cnt, device->max_xor);
+			/* if we are submitting additional xors
+			 * only set the callback on the last transaction
+			 */
+			if (src_cnt > xor_src_cnt) {
+				local_flags &= ~ASYNC_TX_ACK;
+				_cb_fn = NULL;
+				_cb_param = NULL;
+			} else {
+				_cb_fn = cb_fn;
+				_cb_param = cb_param;
+			}
+
+			int_en = _cb_fn ? 1 : 0;
+
+			tx = device->device_prep_dma_xor(
+				chan, xor_src_cnt, len, int_en);
+
+			if (tx) {
+				do_async_xor(tx, device, chan, dest,
+				&src_list[src_off], offset, xor_src_cnt, len,
+				local_flags, depend_tx, _cb_fn,
+				_cb_param);
+			} else /* fall through */
+				goto xor_sync;
+		} else { /* run the xor synchronously */
+xor_sync:
+			/* in the sync case the dest is an implied source
+			 * (assumes the dest is at the src_off index)
+			 */
+			if (flags & ASYNC_TX_XOR_DROP_DST) {
+				src_cnt--;
+				src_off++;
+			}
+
+			/* process up to 'MAX_XOR_BLOCKS' sources */
+			xor_src_cnt = min(src_cnt, MAX_XOR_BLOCKS);
+
+			/* if we are submitting additional xors
+			 * only set the callback on the last transaction
+			 */
+			if (src_cnt > xor_src_cnt) {
+				local_flags &= ~ASYNC_TX_ACK;
+				_cb_fn = NULL;
+				_cb_param = NULL;
+			} else {
+				_cb_fn = cb_fn;
+				_cb_param = cb_param;
+			}
+
+			/* wait for any prerequisite operations */
+			if (depend_tx) {
+				/* if ack is already set then we cannot be sure
+				 * we are referring to the correct operation
+				 */
+				BUG_ON(depend_tx->ack);
+				if (dma_wait_for_async_tx(depend_tx) ==
+					DMA_ERROR)
+					panic("%s: DMA_ERROR waiting for "
+						"depend_tx\n",
+						__FUNCTION__);
+			}
+
+			do_sync_xor(dest, &src_list[src_off], offset,
+				xor_src_cnt, len, local_flags, depend_tx,
+				_cb_fn, _cb_param);
+		}
+
+		/* the previous tx is hidden from the client,
+		 * so ack it
+		 */
+		if (i && depend_tx)
+			async_tx_ack(depend_tx);
+
+		depend_tx = tx;
+
+		if (src_cnt > xor_src_cnt) {
+			/* drop completed sources */
+			src_cnt -= xor_src_cnt;
+			src_off += xor_src_cnt;
+
+			/* unconditionally preserve the destination */
+			flags &= ~ASYNC_TX_XOR_ZERO_DST;
+
+			/* use the intermediate result a source, but remember
+			 * it's dropped, because it's implied, in the sync case
+			 */
+			src_list[--src_off] = dest;
+			src_cnt++;
+			flags |= ASYNC_TX_XOR_DROP_DST;
+		} else
+			src_cnt = 0;
+		i++;
+	}
+
+	return tx;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(async_xor);
+
+static int page_is_zero(struct page *p, unsigned int offset, size_t len)
+{
+	char *a = page_address(p) + offset;
+	return ((*(u32 *) a) == 0 &&
+		memcmp(a, a + 4, len - 4) == 0);
+}
+
+/**
+ * async_xor_zero_sum - attempt a xor parity check with a dma engine.
+ * @dest: destination page used if the xor is performed synchronously
+ * @src_list: array of source pages.  The dest page must be listed as a source
+ * 	at index zero.  The contents of this array may be overwritten.
+ * @offset: offset in pages to start transaction
+ * @src_cnt: number of source pages
+ * @len: length in bytes
+ * @result: 0 if sum == 0 else non-zero
+ * @flags: ASYNC_TX_ASSUME_COHERENT, ASYNC_TX_ACK, ASYNC_TX_DEP_ACK
+ * @depend_tx: xor depends on the result of this transaction.
+ * @cb_fn: function to call when the xor completes
+ * @cb_param: parameter to pass to the callback routine
+ */
+struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *
+async_xor_zero_sum(struct page *dest, struct page **src_list,
+	unsigned int offset, int src_cnt, size_t len,
+	u32 *result, enum async_tx_flags flags,
+	struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *depend_tx,
+	dma_async_tx_callback cb_fn, void *cb_param)
+{
+	struct dma_chan *chan = async_tx_find_channel(depend_tx, DMA_ZERO_SUM);
+	struct dma_device *device = chan ? chan->device : NULL;
+	int int_en = cb_fn ? 1 : 0;
+	struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *tx = device ?
+		device->device_prep_dma_zero_sum(chan, src_cnt, len, result,
+			int_en) : NULL;
+	int i;
+
+	BUG_ON(src_cnt <= 1);
+
+	if (tx) {
+		dma_addr_t dma_addr;
+		enum dma_data_direction dir;
+
+		pr_debug("%s: (async) len: %zu\n", __FUNCTION__, len);
+
+		dir = (flags & ASYNC_TX_ASSUME_COHERENT) ?
+			DMA_NONE : DMA_TO_DEVICE;
+
+		for (i = 0; i < src_cnt; i++) {
+			dma_addr = dma_map_page(device->dev, src_list[i],
+				offset, len, dir);
+			tx->tx_set_src(dma_addr, tx, i);
+		}
+
+		async_tx_submit(chan, tx, flags, depend_tx, cb_fn, cb_param);
+	} else {
+		unsigned long xor_flags = flags;
+
+		pr_debug("%s: (sync) len: %zu\n", __FUNCTION__, len);
+
+		xor_flags |= ASYNC_TX_XOR_DROP_DST;
+		xor_flags &= ~ASYNC_TX_ACK;
+
+		tx = async_xor(dest, src_list, offset, src_cnt, len, xor_flags,
+			depend_tx, NULL, NULL);
+
+		if (tx) {
+			if (dma_wait_for_async_tx(tx) == DMA_ERROR)
+				panic("%s: DMA_ERROR waiting for tx\n",
+					__FUNCTION__);
+			async_tx_ack(tx);
+		}
+
+		*result = page_is_zero(dest, offset, len) ? 0 : 1;
+
+		tx = NULL;
+
+		async_tx_sync_epilog(flags, depend_tx, cb_fn, cb_param);
+	}
+
+	return tx;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(async_xor_zero_sum);
+
+static int __init async_xor_init(void)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void __exit async_xor_exit(void)
+{
+	do { } while (0);
+}
+
+module_init(async_xor_init);
+module_exit(async_xor_exit);
+
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Intel Corporation");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("asynchronous xor/xor-zero-sum api");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
diff --git a/crypto/xor.c b/crypto/xor.c
index 8281ac5..b2e6db0 100644
--- a/crypto/xor.c
+++ b/crypto/xor.c
@@ -26,31 +26,30 @@
 static struct xor_block_template *active_template;
 
 void
-xor_blocks(unsigned int count, unsigned int bytes, void **ptr)
+xor_blocks(unsigned int src_count, unsigned int bytes, void *dest, void **srcs)
 {
-	unsigned long *p0, *p1, *p2, *p3, *p4;
+	unsigned long *p1, *p2, *p3, *p4;
 
-	p0 = (unsigned long *) ptr[0];
-	p1 = (unsigned long *) ptr[1];
-	if (count == 2) {
-		active_template->do_2(bytes, p0, p1);
+	p1 = (unsigned long *) srcs[0];
+	if (src_count == 1) {
+		active_template->do_2(bytes, dest, p1);
 		return;
 	}
 
-	p2 = (unsigned long *) ptr[2];
-	if (count == 3) {
-		active_template->do_3(bytes, p0, p1, p2);
+	p2 = (unsigned long *) srcs[1];
+	if (src_count == 2) {
+		active_template->do_3(bytes, dest, p1, p2);
 		return;
 	}
 
-	p3 = (unsigned long *) ptr[3];
-	if (count == 4) {
-		active_template->do_4(bytes, p0, p1, p2, p3);
+	p3 = (unsigned long *) srcs[2];
+	if (src_count == 3) {
+		active_template->do_4(bytes, dest, p1, p2, p3);
 		return;
 	}
 
-	p4 = (unsigned long *) ptr[4];
-	active_template->do_5(bytes, p0, p1, p2, p3, p4);
+	p4 = (unsigned long *) srcs[3];
+	active_template->do_5(bytes, dest, p1, p2, p3, p4);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(xor_blocks);
 
@@ -128,7 +127,7 @@
 			fastest->name);
 		xor_speed(fastest);
 	} else {
-		printk(KERN_INFO "xor: measuring checksumming speed\n");
+		printk(KERN_INFO "xor: measuring software checksum speed\n");
 		XOR_TRY_TEMPLATES;
 		fastest = template_list;
 		for (f = fastest; f; f = f->next)