Merge branch 'for-2.6.39/stack-plug' into for-2.6.39/core

Conflicts:
	block/blk-core.c
	block/blk-flush.c
	drivers/md/raid1.c
	drivers/md/raid10.c
	drivers/md/raid5.c
	fs/nilfs2/btnode.c
	fs/nilfs2/mdt.c

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com>

137 files changed, 606 insertions, 1533 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/block/biodoc.txt b/Documentation/block/biodoc.txt
index b9a83dd2473..2a7b38c832c 100644
--- a/Documentation/block/biodoc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/block/biodoc.txt
@@ -963,11 +963,6 @@ elevator_dispatch_fn*		fills the dispatch queue with ready requests.
 
 elevator_add_req_fn*		called to add a new request into the scheduler
 
-elevator_queue_empty_fn		returns true if the merge queue is empty.
-				Drivers shouldn't use this, but rather check
-				if elv_next_request is NULL (without losing the
-				request if one exists!)
-
 elevator_former_req_fn
 elevator_latter_req_fn		These return the request before or after the
 				one specified in disk sort order. Used by the
diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index 74d496ccf4d..e1fcf7a2466 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <linux/writeback.h>
 #include <linux/task_io_accounting_ops.h>
 #include <linux/fault-inject.h>
+#include <linux/list_sort.h>
 
 #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
 #include <trace/events/block.h>
@@ -198,135 +199,43 @@ void blk_dump_rq_flags(struct request *rq, char *msg)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_dump_rq_flags);
 
 /*
- * "plug" the device if there are no outstanding requests: this will
- * force the transfer to start only after we have put all the requests
- * on the list.
- *
- * This is called with interrupts off and no requests on the queue and
- * with the queue lock held.
- */
-void blk_plug_device(struct request_queue *q)
+ * Make sure that plugs that were pending when this function was entered,
+ * are now complete and requests pushed to the queue.
+*/
+static inline void queue_sync_plugs(struct request_queue *q)
 {
-	WARN_ON(!irqs_disabled());
-
 	/*
-	 * don't plug a stopped queue, it must be paired with blk_start_queue()
-	 * which will restart the queueing
+	 * If the current process is plugged and has barriers submitted,
+	 * we will livelock if we don't unplug first.
 	 */
-	if (blk_queue_stopped(q))
-		return;
-
-	if (!queue_flag_test_and_set(QUEUE_FLAG_PLUGGED, q)) {
-		mod_timer(&q->unplug_timer, jiffies + q->unplug_delay);
-		trace_block_plug(q);
-	}
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_plug_device);
-
-/**
- * blk_plug_device_unlocked - plug a device without queue lock held
- * @q:    The &struct request_queue to plug
- *
- * Description:
- *   Like @blk_plug_device(), but grabs the queue lock and disables
- *   interrupts.
- **/
-void blk_plug_device_unlocked(struct request_queue *q)
-{
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(q->queue_lock, flags);
-	blk_plug_device(q);
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(q->queue_lock, flags);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_plug_device_unlocked);
-
-/*
- * remove the queue from the plugged list, if present. called with
- * queue lock held and interrupts disabled.
- */
-int blk_remove_plug(struct request_queue *q)
-{
-	WARN_ON(!irqs_disabled());
-
-	if (!queue_flag_test_and_clear(QUEUE_FLAG_PLUGGED, q))
-		return 0;
-
-	del_timer(&q->unplug_timer);
-	return 1;
+	blk_flush_plug(current);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_remove_plug);
 
-/*
- * remove the plug and let it rip..
- */
-void __generic_unplug_device(struct request_queue *q)
+static void blk_delay_work(struct work_struct *work)
 {
-	if (unlikely(blk_queue_stopped(q)))
-		return;
-	if (!blk_remove_plug(q) && !blk_queue_nonrot(q))
-		return;
+	struct request_queue *q;
 
-	q->request_fn(q);
+	q = container_of(work, struct request_queue, delay_work.work);
+	spin_lock_irq(q->queue_lock);
+	__blk_run_queue(q, false);
+	spin_unlock_irq(q->queue_lock);
 }
 
 /**
- * generic_unplug_device - fire a request queue
- * @q:    The &struct request_queue in question
+ * blk_delay_queue - restart queueing after defined interval
+ * @q:		The &struct request_queue in question
+ * @msecs:	Delay in msecs
  *
  * Description:
- *   Linux uses plugging to build bigger requests queues before letting
- *   the device have at them. If a queue is plugged, the I/O scheduler
- *   is still adding and merging requests on the queue. Once the queue
- *   gets unplugged, the request_fn defined for the queue is invoked and
- *   transfers started.
- **/
-void generic_unplug_device(struct request_queue *q)
-{
-	if (blk_queue_plugged(q)) {
-		spin_lock_irq(q->queue_lock);
-		__generic_unplug_device(q);
-		spin_unlock_irq(q->queue_lock);
-	}
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_unplug_device);
-
-static void blk_backing_dev_unplug(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
-				   struct page *page)
-{
-	struct request_queue *q = bdi->unplug_io_data;
-
-	blk_unplug(q);
-}
-
-void blk_unplug_work(struct work_struct *work)
-{
-	struct request_queue *q =
-		container_of(work, struct request_queue, unplug_work);
-
-	trace_block_unplug_io(q);
-	q->unplug_fn(q);
-}
-
-void blk_unplug_timeout(unsigned long data)
-{
-	struct request_queue *q = (struct request_queue *)data;
-
-	trace_block_unplug_timer(q);
-	kblockd_schedule_work(q, &q->unplug_work);
-}
-
-void blk_unplug(struct request_queue *q)
+ *   Sometimes queueing needs to be postponed for a little while, to allow
+ *   resources to come back. This function will make sure that queueing is
+ *   restarted around the specified time.
+ */
+void blk_delay_queue(struct request_queue *q, unsigned long msecs)
 {
-	/*
-	 * devices don't necessarily have an ->unplug_fn defined
-	 */
-	if (q->unplug_fn) {
-		trace_block_unplug_io(q);
-		q->unplug_fn(q);
-	}
+	schedule_delayed_work(&q->delay_work, msecs_to_jiffies(msecs));
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_unplug);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_delay_queue);
 
 /**
  * blk_start_queue - restart a previously stopped queue
@@ -362,7 +271,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_start_queue);
  **/
 void blk_stop_queue(struct request_queue *q)
 {
-	blk_remove_plug(q);
+	cancel_delayed_work(&q->delay_work);
 	queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_STOPPED, q);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_stop_queue);
@@ -387,9 +296,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_stop_queue);
  */
 void blk_sync_queue(struct request_queue *q)
 {
-	del_timer_sync(&q->unplug_timer);
 	del_timer_sync(&q->timeout);
-	cancel_work_sync(&q->unplug_work);
+	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&q->delay_work);
+	queue_sync_plugs(q);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_sync_queue);
 
@@ -405,14 +314,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_sync_queue);
  */
 void __blk_run_queue(struct request_queue *q, bool force_kblockd)
 {
-	blk_remove_plug(q);
-
 	if (unlikely(blk_queue_stopped(q)))
 		return;
 
-	if (elv_queue_empty(q))
-		return;
-
 	/*
 	 * Only recurse once to avoid overrunning the stack, let the unplug
 	 * handling reinvoke the handler shortly if we already got there.
@@ -420,10 +324,8 @@ void __blk_run_queue(struct request_queue *q, bool force_kblockd)
 	if (!force_kblockd && !queue_flag_test_and_set(QUEUE_FLAG_REENTER, q)) {
 		q->request_fn(q);
 		queue_flag_clear(QUEUE_FLAG_REENTER, q);
-	} else {
-		queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_PLUGGED, q);
-		kblockd_schedule_work(q, &q->unplug_work);
-	}
+	} else
+		queue_delayed_work(kblockd_workqueue, &q->delay_work, 0);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__blk_run_queue);
 
@@ -517,8 +419,6 @@ struct request_queue *blk_alloc_queue_node(gfp_t gfp_mask, int node_id)
 	if (!q)
 		return NULL;
 
-	q->backing_dev_info.unplug_io_fn = blk_backing_dev_unplug;
-	q->backing_dev_info.unplug_io_data = q;
 	q->backing_dev_info.ra_pages =
 			(VM_MAX_READAHEAD * 1024) / PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
 	q->backing_dev_info.state = 0;
@@ -538,13 +438,12 @@ struct request_queue *blk_alloc_queue_node(gfp_t gfp_mask, int node_id)
 
 	setup_timer(&q->backing_dev_info.laptop_mode_wb_timer,
 		    laptop_mode_timer_fn, (unsigned long) q);
-	init_timer(&q->unplug_timer);
 	setup_timer(&q->timeout, blk_rq_timed_out_timer, (unsigned long) q);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&q->timeout_list);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&q->flush_queue[0]);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&q->flush_queue[1]);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&q->flush_data_in_flight);
-	INIT_WORK(&q->unplug_work, blk_unplug_work);
+	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&q->delay_work, blk_delay_work);
 
 	kobject_init(&q->kobj, &blk_queue_ktype);
 
@@ -639,7 +538,6 @@ blk_init_allocated_queue_node(struct request_queue *q, request_fn_proc *rfn,
 	q->request_fn		= rfn;
 	q->prep_rq_fn		= NULL;
 	q->unprep_rq_fn		= NULL;
-	q->unplug_fn		= generic_unplug_device;
 	q->queue_flags		= QUEUE_FLAG_DEFAULT;
 
 	/* Override internal queue lock with supplied lock pointer */
@@ -677,6 +575,8 @@ int blk_get_queue(struct request_queue *q)
 
 static inline void blk_free_request(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq)
 {
+	BUG_ON(rq->cmd_flags & REQ_ON_PLUG);
+
 	if (rq->cmd_flags & REQ_ELVPRIV)
 		elv_put_request(q, rq);
 	mempool_free(rq, q->rq.rq_pool);
@@ -898,8 +798,8 @@ out:
 }
 
 /*
- * No available requests for this queue, unplug the device and wait for some
- * requests to become available.
+ * No available requests for this queue, wait for some requests to become
+ * available.
  *
  * Called with q->queue_lock held, and returns with it unlocked.
  */
@@ -920,7 +820,6 @@ static struct request *get_request_wait(struct request_queue *q, int rw_flags,
 
 		trace_block_sleeprq(q, bio, rw_flags & 1);
 
-		__generic_unplug_device(q);
 		spin_unlock_irq(q->queue_lock);
 		io_schedule();
 
@@ -1042,6 +941,13 @@ void blk_requeue_request(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_requeue_request);
 
+static void add_acct_request(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq,
+			     int where)
+{
+	drive_stat_acct(rq, 1);
+	__elv_add_request(q, rq, where);
+}
+
 /**
  * blk_insert_request - insert a special request into a request queue
  * @q:		request queue where request should be inserted
@@ -1084,8 +990,7 @@ void blk_insert_request(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq,
 	if (blk_rq_tagged(rq))
 		blk_queue_end_tag(q, rq);
 
-	drive_stat_acct(rq, 1);
-	__elv_add_request(q, rq, where, 0);
+	add_acct_request(q, rq, where);
 	__blk_run_queue(q, false);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(q->queue_lock, flags);
 }
@@ -1206,6 +1111,113 @@ void blk_add_request_payload(struct request *rq, struct page *page,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_add_request_payload);
 
+static bool bio_attempt_back_merge(struct request_queue *q, struct request *req,
+				   struct bio *bio)
+{
+	const int ff = bio->bi_rw & REQ_FAILFAST_MASK;
+
+	/*
+	 * Debug stuff, kill later
+	 */
+	if (!rq_mergeable(req)) {
+		blk_dump_rq_flags(req, "back");
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	if (!ll_back_merge_fn(q, req, bio))
+		return false;
+
+	trace_block_bio_backmerge(q, bio);
+
+	if ((req->cmd_flags & REQ_FAILFAST_MASK) != ff)
+		blk_rq_set_mixed_merge(req);
+
+	req->biotail->bi_next = bio;
+	req->biotail = bio;
+	req->__data_len += bio->bi_size;
+	req->ioprio = ioprio_best(req->ioprio, bio_prio(bio));
+
+	drive_stat_acct(req, 0);
+	return true;
+}
+
+static bool bio_attempt_front_merge(struct request_queue *q,
+				    struct request *req, struct bio *bio)
+{
+	const int ff = bio->bi_rw & REQ_FAILFAST_MASK;
+	sector_t sector;
+
+	/*
+	 * Debug stuff, kill later
+	 */
+	if (!rq_mergeable(req)) {
+		blk_dump_rq_flags(req, "front");
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	if (!ll_front_merge_fn(q, req, bio))
+		return false;
+
+	trace_block_bio_frontmerge(q, bio);
+
+	if ((req->cmd_flags & REQ_FAILFAST_MASK) != ff)
+		blk_rq_set_mixed_merge(req);
+
+	sector = bio->bi_sector;
+
+	bio->bi_next = req->bio;
+	req->bio = bio;
+
+	/*
+	 * may not be valid. if the low level driver said
+	 * it didn't need a bounce buffer then it better
+	 * not touch req->buffer either...
+	 */
+	req->buffer = bio_data(bio);
+	req->__sector = bio->bi_sector;
+	req->__data_len += bio->bi_size;
+	req->ioprio = ioprio_best(req->ioprio, bio_prio(bio));
+
+	drive_stat_acct(req, 0);
+	return true;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Attempts to merge with the plugged list in the current process. Returns
+ * true if merge was succesful, otherwise false.
+ */
+static bool attempt_plug_merge(struct task_struct *tsk, struct request_queue *q,
+			       struct bio *bio)
+{
+	struct blk_plug *plug;
+	struct request *rq;
+	bool ret = false;
+
+	plug = tsk->plug;
+	if (!plug)
+		goto out;
+
+	list_for_each_entry_reverse(rq, &plug->list, queuelist) {
+		int el_ret;
+
+		if (rq->q != q)
+			continue;
+
+		el_ret = elv_try_merge(rq, bio);
+		if (el_ret == ELEVATOR_BACK_MERGE) {
+			ret = bio_attempt_back_merge(q, rq, bio);
+			if (ret)
+				break;
+		} else if (el_ret == ELEVATOR_FRONT_MERGE) {
+			ret = bio_attempt_front_merge(q, rq, bio);
+			if (ret)
+				break;
+		}
+	}
+out:
+	return ret;
+}
+
 void init_request_from_bio(struct request *req, struct bio *bio)
 {
 	req->cpu = bio->bi_comp_cpu;
@@ -1221,26 +1233,12 @@ void init_request_from_bio(struct request *req, struct bio *bio)
 	blk_rq_bio_prep(req->q, req, bio);
 }
 
-/*
- * Only disabling plugging for non-rotational devices if it does tagging
- * as well, otherwise we do need the proper merging
- */
-static inline bool queue_should_plug(struct request_queue *q)
-{
-	return !(blk_queue_nonrot(q) && blk_queue_tagged(q));
-}
-
 static int __make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 {
-	struct request *req;
-	int el_ret;
-	unsigned int bytes = bio->bi_size;
-	const unsigned short prio = bio_prio(bio);
 	const bool sync = !!(bio->bi_rw & REQ_SYNC);
-	const bool unplug = !!(bio->bi_rw & REQ_UNPLUG);
-	const unsigned long ff = bio->bi_rw & REQ_FAILFAST_MASK;
-	int where = ELEVATOR_INSERT_SORT;
-	int rw_flags;
+	struct blk_plug *plug;
+	int el_ret, rw_flags, where = ELEVATOR_INSERT_SORT;
+	struct request *req;
 
 	/*
 	 * low level driver can indicate that it wants pages above a
@@ -1249,78 +1247,36 @@ static int __make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 	 */
 	blk_queue_bounce(q, &bio);
 
-	spin_lock_irq(q->queue_lock);
-
 	if (bio->bi_rw & (REQ_FLUSH | REQ_FUA)) {
+		spin_lock_irq(q->queue_lock);
 		where = ELEVATOR_INSERT_FLUSH;
 		goto get_rq;
 	}
 
-	if (elv_queue_empty(q))
-		goto get_rq;
-
-	el_ret = elv_merge(q, &req, bio);
-	switch (el_ret) {
-	case ELEVATOR_BACK_MERGE:
-		BUG_ON(!rq_mergeable(req));
-
-		if (!ll_back_merge_fn(q, req, bio))
-			break;
-
-		trace_block_bio_backmerge(q, bio);
-
-		if ((req->cmd_flags & REQ_FAILFAST_MASK) != ff)
-			blk_rq_set_mixed_merge(req);
-
-		req->biotail->bi_next = bio;
-		req->biotail = bio;
-		req->__data_len += bytes;
-		req->ioprio = ioprio_best(req->ioprio, prio);
-		if (!blk_rq_cpu_valid(req))
-			req->cpu = bio->bi_comp_cpu;
-		drive_stat_acct(req, 0);
-		elv_bio_merged(q, req, bio);
-		if (!attempt_back_merge(q, req))
-			elv_merged_request(q, req, el_ret);
+	/*
+	 * Check if we can merge with the plugged list before grabbing
+	 * any locks.
+	 */
+	if (attempt_plug_merge(current, q, bio))
 		goto out;
 
-	case ELEVATOR_FRONT_MERGE:
-		BUG_ON(!rq_mergeable(req));
-
-		if (!ll_front_merge_fn(q, req, bio))
-			break;
-
-		trace_block_bio_frontmerge(q, bio);
+	spin_lock_irq(q->queue_lock);
 
-		if ((req->cmd_flags & REQ_FAILFAST_MASK) != ff) {
-			blk_rq_set_mixed_merge(req);
-			req->cmd_flags &= ~REQ_FAILFAST_MASK;
-			req->cmd_flags |= ff;
+	el_ret = elv_merge(q, &req, bio);
+	if (el_ret == ELEVATOR_BACK_MERGE) {
+		BUG_ON(req->cmd_flags & REQ_ON_PLUG);
+		if (bio_attempt_back_merge(q, req, bio)) {
+			if (!attempt_back_merge(q, req))
+				elv_merged_request(q, req, el_ret);
+			goto out_unlock;
+		}
+	} else if (el_ret == ELEVATOR_FRONT_MERGE) {
+		BUG_ON(req->cmd_flags & REQ_ON_PLUG);
+		if (bio_attempt_front_merge(q, req, bio)) {
+			if (!attempt_front_merge(q, req))
+				elv_merged_request(q, req, el_ret);
+			goto out_unlock;
 		}
-
-		bio->bi_next = req->bio;
-		req->bio = bio;
-
-		/*
-		 * may not be valid. if the low level driver said
-		 * it didn't need a bounce buffer then it better
-		 * not touch req->buffer either...
-		 */
-		req->buffer = bio_data(bio);
-		req->__sector = bio->bi_sector;
-		req->__data_len += bytes;
-		req->ioprio = ioprio_best(req->ioprio, prio);
-		if (!blk_rq_cpu_valid(req))
-			req->cpu = bio->bi_comp_cpu;
-		drive_stat_acct(req, 0);
-		elv_bio_merged(q, req, bio);
-		if (!attempt_front_merge(q, req))
-			elv_merged_request(q, req, el_ret);
-		goto out;
-
-	/* ELV_NO_MERGE: elevator says don't/can't merge. */
-	default:
-		;
 	}
 
 get_rq:
@@ -1347,20 +1303,35 @@ get_rq:
 	 */
 	init_request_from_bio(req, bio);
 
-	spin_lock_irq(q->queue_lock);
 	if (test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_SAME_COMP, &q->queue_flags) ||
-	    bio_flagged(bio, BIO_CPU_AFFINE))
-		req->cpu = blk_cpu_to_group(smp_processor_id());
-	if (queue_should_plug(q) && elv_queue_empty(q))
-		blk_plug_device(q);
-
-	/* insert the request into the elevator */
-	drive_stat_acct(req, 1);
-	__elv_add_request(q, req, where, 0);
+	    bio_flagged(bio, BIO_CPU_AFFINE)) {
+		req->cpu = blk_cpu_to_group(get_cpu());
+		put_cpu();
+	}
+
+	plug = current->plug;
+	if (plug) {
+		if (!plug->should_sort && !list_empty(&plug->list)) {
+			struct request *__rq;
+
+			__rq = list_entry_rq(plug->list.prev);
+			if (__rq->q != q)
+				plug->should_sort = 1;
+		}
+		/*
+		 * Debug flag, kill later
+		 */
+		req->cmd_flags |= REQ_ON_PLUG;
+		list_add_tail(&req->queuelist, &plug->list);
+		drive_stat_acct(req, 1);
+	} else {
+		spin_lock_irq(q->queue_lock);
+		add_acct_request(q, req, where);
+		__blk_run_queue(q, false);
+out_unlock:
+		spin_unlock_irq(q->queue_lock);
+	}
 out:
-	if (unplug || !queue_should_plug(q))
-		__generic_unplug_device(q);
-	spin_unlock_irq(q->queue_lock);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1763,9 +1734,7 @@ int blk_insert_cloned_request(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq)
 	 */
 	BUG_ON(blk_queued_rq(rq));
 
-	drive_stat_acct(rq, 1);
-	__elv_add_request(q, rq, ELEVATOR_INSERT_BACK, 0);
-
+	add_acct_request(q, rq, ELEVATOR_INSERT_BACK);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(q->queue_lock, flags);
 
 	return 0;
@@ -2643,6 +2612,113 @@ int kblockd_schedule_work(struct request_queue *q, struct work_struct *work)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kblockd_schedule_work);
 
+int kblockd_schedule_delayed_work(struct request_queue *q,
+			struct delayed_work *dwork, unsigned long delay)
+{
+	return queue_delayed_work(kblockd_workqueue, dwork, delay);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(kblockd_schedule_delayed_work);
+
+#define PLUG_MAGIC	0x91827364
+
+void blk_start_plug(struct blk_plug *plug)
+{
+	struct task_struct *tsk = current;
+
+	plug->magic = PLUG_MAGIC;
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&plug->list);
+	plug->should_sort = 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * If this is a nested plug, don't actually assign it. It will be
+	 * flushed on its own.
+	 */
+	if (!tsk->plug) {
+		/*
+		 * Store ordering should not be needed here, since a potential
+		 * preempt will imply a full memory barrier
+		 */
+		tsk->plug = plug;
+	}
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_start_plug);
+
+static int plug_rq_cmp(void *priv, struct list_head *a, struct list_head *b)
+{
+	struct request *rqa = container_of(a, struct request, queuelist);
+	struct request *rqb = container_of(b, struct request, queuelist);
+
+	return !(rqa->q == rqb->q);
+}
+
+static void flush_plug_list(struct blk_plug *plug)
+{
+	struct request_queue *q;
+	unsigned long flags;
+	struct request *rq;
+
+	BUG_ON(plug->magic != PLUG_MAGIC);
+
+	if (list_empty(&plug->list))
+		return;
+
+	if (plug->should_sort)
+		list_sort(NULL, &plug->list, plug_rq_cmp);
+
+	q = NULL;
+	local_irq_save(flags);
+	while (!list_empty(&plug->list)) {
+		rq = list_entry_rq(plug->list.next);
+		list_del_init(&rq->queuelist);
+		BUG_ON(!(rq->cmd_flags & REQ_ON_PLUG));
+		BUG_ON(!rq->q);
+		if (rq->q != q) {
+			if (q) {
+				__blk_run_queue(q, false);
+				spin_unlock(q->queue_lock);
+			}
+			q = rq->q;
+			spin_lock(q->queue_lock);
+		}
+		rq->cmd_flags &= ~REQ_ON_PLUG;
+
+		/*
+		 * rq is already accounted, so use raw insert
+		 */
+		__elv_add_request(q, rq, ELEVATOR_INSERT_SORT);
+	}
+
+	if (q) {
+		__blk_run_queue(q, false);
+		spin_unlock(q->queue_lock);
+	}
+
+	BUG_ON(!list_empty(&plug->list));
+	local_irq_restore(flags);
+}
+
+static void __blk_finish_plug(struct task_struct *tsk, struct blk_plug *plug)
+{
+	flush_plug_list(plug);
+
+	if (plug == tsk->plug)
+		tsk->plug = NULL;
+}
+
+void blk_finish_plug(struct blk_plug *plug)
+{
+	if (plug)
+		__blk_finish_plug(current, plug);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_finish_plug);
+
+void __blk_flush_plug(struct task_struct *tsk, struct blk_plug *plug)
+{
+	__blk_finish_plug(tsk, plug);
+	tsk->plug = plug;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__blk_flush_plug);
+
 int __init blk_dev_init(void)
 {
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(__REQ_NR_BITS > 8 *
diff --git a/block/blk-exec.c b/block/blk-exec.c
index cf1456a02ac..7482b7fa863 100644
--- a/block/blk-exec.c
+++ b/block/blk-exec.c
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ void blk_execute_rq_nowait(struct request_queue *q, struct gendisk *bd_disk,
 	rq->end_io = done;
 	WARN_ON(irqs_disabled());
 	spin_lock_irq(q->queue_lock);
-	__elv_add_request(q, rq, where, 1);
-	__generic_unplug_device(q);
+	__elv_add_request(q, rq, where);
+	__blk_run_queue(q, false);
 	/* the queue is stopped so it won't be plugged+unplugged */
 	if (rq->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_PM_RESUME)
 		q->request_fn(q);
diff --git a/block/blk-flush.c b/block/blk-flush.c
index 0bd8c9c5d6e..93d5fd8e51e 100644
--- a/block/blk-flush.c
+++ b/block/blk-flush.c
@@ -194,7 +194,6 @@ static void flush_end_io(struct request *flush_rq, int error)
 {
 	struct request_queue *q = flush_rq->q;
 	struct list_head *running = &q->flush_queue[q->flush_running_idx];
-	bool was_empty = elv_queue_empty(q);
 	bool queued = false;
 	struct request *rq, *n;
 
@@ -218,7 +217,7 @@ static void flush_end_io(struct request *flush_rq, int error)
 	 * from request completion path and calling directly into
 	 * request_fn may confuse the driver.  Always use kblockd.
 	 */
-	if (queued && was_empty)
+	if (queued)
 		__blk_run_queue(q, true);
 }
 
@@ -269,13 +268,12 @@ static bool blk_kick_flush(struct request_queue *q)
 static void flush_data_end_io(struct request *rq, int error)
 {
 	struct request_queue *q = rq->q;
-	bool was_empty = elv_queue_empty(q);
 
 	/*
 	 * After populating an empty queue, kick it to avoid stall.  Read
 	 * the comment in flush_end_io().
 	 */
-	if (blk_flush_complete_seq(rq, REQ_FSEQ_DATA, error) && was_empty)
+	if (blk_flush_complete_seq(rq, REQ_FSEQ_DATA, error))
 		__blk_run_queue(q, true);
 }
 
diff --git a/block/blk-settings.c b/block/blk-settings.c
index df649fa59de..1fa76929359 100644
--- a/block/blk-settings.c
+++ b/block/blk-settings.c
@@ -164,14 +164,6 @@ void blk_queue_make_request(struct request_queue *q, make_request_fn *mfn)
 	blk_queue_congestion_threshold(q);
 	q->nr_batching = BLK_BATCH_REQ;
 
-	q->unplug_thresh = 4;		/* hmm */
-	q->unplug_delay = msecs_to_jiffies(3);	/* 3 milliseconds */
-	if (q->unplug_delay == 0)
-		q->unplug_delay = 1;
-
-	q->unplug_timer.function = blk_unplug_timeout;
-	q->unplug_timer.data = (unsigned long)q;
-
 	blk_set_default_limits(&q->limits);
 	blk_queue_max_hw_sectors(q, BLK_SAFE_MAX_SECTORS);
 
diff --git a/block/blk-throttle.c b/block/blk-throttle.c
index 32dd3e4b041..37abbfc6859 100644
--- a/block/blk-throttle.c
+++ b/block/blk-throttle.c
@@ -768,6 +768,7 @@ static int throtl_dispatch(struct request_queue *q)
 	unsigned int nr_disp = 0;
 	struct bio_list bio_list_on_stack;
 	struct bio *bio;
+	struct blk_plug plug;
 
 	spin_lock_irq(q->queue_lock);
 
@@ -796,9 +797,10 @@ out:
 	 * immediate dispatch
 	 */
 	if (nr_disp) {
+		blk_start_plug(&plug);
 		while((bio = bio_list_pop(&bio_list_on_stack)))
 			generic_make_request(bio);
-		blk_unplug(q);
+		blk_finish_plug(&plug);
 	}
 	return nr_disp;
 }
diff --git a/block/blk.h b/block/blk.h
index 284b500852b..49d21af81d0 100644
--- a/block/blk.h
+++ b/block/blk.h
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ int blk_rq_append_bio(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq,
 void blk_dequeue_request(struct request *rq);
 void __blk_queue_free_tags(struct request_queue *q);
 
-void blk_unplug_work(struct work_struct *work);
-void blk_unplug_timeout(unsigned long data);
 void blk_rq_timed_out_timer(unsigned long data);
 void blk_delete_timer(struct request *);
 void blk_add_timer(struct request *);
diff --git a/block/cfq-iosched.c b/block/cfq-iosched.c
index 9697053f80b..c826ef81c67 100644
--- a/block/cfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/cfq-iosched.c
@@ -500,13 +500,6 @@ static inline void cfq_schedule_dispatch(struct cfq_data *cfqd)
 	}
 }
 
-static int cfq_queue_empty(struct request_queue *q)
-{
-	struct cfq_data *cfqd = q->elevator->elevator_data;
-
-	return !cfqd->rq_queued;
-}
-
 /*
  * Scale schedule slice based on io priority. Use the sync time slice only
  * if a queue is marked sync and has sync io queued. A sync queue with async
@@ -4080,7 +4073,6 @@ static struct elevator_type iosched_cfq = {
 		.elevator_add_req_fn =		cfq_insert_request,
 		.elevator_activate_req_fn =	cfq_activate_request,
 		.elevator_deactivate_req_fn =	cfq_deactivate_request,
-		.elevator_queue_empty_fn =	cfq_queue_empty,
 		.elevator_completed_req_fn =	cfq_completed_request,
 		.elevator_former_req_fn =	elv_rb_former_request,
 		.elevator_latter_req_fn =	elv_rb_latter_request,
diff --git a/block/deadline-iosched.c b/block/deadline-iosched.c
index b547cbca7b2..5139c0ea186 100644
--- a/block/deadline-iosched.c
+++ b/block/deadline-iosched.c
@@ -326,14 +326,6 @@ dispatch_request:
 	return 1;
 }
 
-static int deadline_queue_empty(struct request_queue *q)
-{
-	struct deadline_data *dd = q->elevator->elevator_data;
-
-	return list_empty(&dd->fifo_list[WRITE])
-		&& list_empty(&dd->fifo_list[READ]);
-}
-
 static void deadline_exit_queue(struct elevator_queue *e)
 {
 	struct deadline_data *dd = e->elevator_data;
@@ -445,7 +437,6 @@ static struct elevator_type iosched_deadline = {
 		.elevator_merge_req_fn =	deadline_merged_requests,
 		.elevator_dispatch_fn =		deadline_dispatch_requests,
 		.elevator_add_req_fn =		deadline_add_request,
-		.elevator_queue_empty_fn =	deadline_queue_empty,
 		.elevator_former_req_fn =	elv_rb_former_request,
 		.elevator_latter_req_fn =	elv_rb_latter_request,
 		.elevator_init_fn =		deadline_init_queue,
diff --git a/block/elevator.c b/block/elevator.c
index fabf3675c91..542ce826b40 100644
--- a/block/elevator.c
+++ b/block/elevator.c
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ int elv_rq_merge_ok(struct request *rq, struct bio *bio)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(elv_rq_merge_ok);
 
-static inline int elv_try_merge(struct request *__rq, struct bio *bio)
+int elv_try_merge(struct request *__rq, struct bio *bio)
 {
 	int ret = ELEVATOR_NO_MERGE;
 
@@ -421,6 +421,8 @@ void elv_dispatch_sort(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq)
 	struct list_head *entry;
 	int stop_flags;
 
+	BUG_ON(rq->cmd_flags & REQ_ON_PLUG);
+
 	if (q->last_merge == rq)
 		q->last_merge = NULL;
 
@@ -617,21 +619,12 @@ void elv_quiesce_end(struct request_queue *q)
 
 void elv_insert(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq, int where)
 {
-	int unplug_it = 1;
-
 	trace_block_rq_insert(q, rq);
 
 	rq->q = q;
 
 	switch (where) {
 	case ELEVATOR_INSERT_REQUEUE:
-		/*
-		 * Most requeues happen because of a busy condition,
-		 * don't force unplug of the queue for that case.
-		 * Clear unplug_it and fall through.
-		 */
-		unplug_it = 0;
-
 	case ELEVATOR_INSERT_FRONT:
 		rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_SOFTBARRIER;
 		list_add(&rq->queuelist, &q->queue_head);
@@ -677,25 +670,17 @@ void elv_insert(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq, int where)
 		rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_SOFTBARRIER;
 		blk_insert_flush(rq);
 		break;
-
 	default:
 		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: bad insertion point %d\n",
 		       __func__, where);
 		BUG();
 	}
-
-	if (unplug_it && blk_queue_plugged(q)) {
-		int nrq = q->rq.count[BLK_RW_SYNC] + q->rq.count[BLK_RW_ASYNC]
-				- queue_in_flight(q);
-
-		if (nrq >= q->unplug_thresh)
-			__generic_unplug_device(q);
-	}
 }
 
-void __elv_add_request(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq, int where,
-		       int plug)
+void __elv_add_request(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq, int where)
 {
+	BUG_ON(rq->cmd_flags & REQ_ON_PLUG);
+
 	if (rq->cmd_flags & REQ_SOFTBARRIER) {
 		/* barriers are scheduling boundary, update end_sector */
 		if (rq->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_FS ||
@@ -707,38 +692,20 @@ void __elv_add_request(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq, int where,
 		    where == ELEVATOR_INSERT_SORT)
 		where = ELEVATOR_INSERT_BACK;
 
-	if (plug)
-		blk_plug_device(q);
-
 	elv_insert(q, rq, where);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__elv_add_request);
 
-void elv_add_request(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq, int where,
-		     int plug)
+void elv_add_request(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq, int where)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(q->queue_lock, flags);
-	__elv_add_request(q, rq, where, plug);
+	__elv_add_request(q, rq, where);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(q->queue_lock, flags);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(elv_add_request);
 
-int elv_queue_empty(struct request_queue *q)
-{
-	struct elevator_queue *e = q->elevator;
-
-	if (!list_empty(&q->queue_head))
-		return 0;
-
-	if (e->ops->elevator_queue_empty_fn)
-		return e->ops->elevator_queue_empty_fn(q);
-
-	return 1;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(elv_queue_empty);
-
 struct request *elv_latter_request(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq)
 {
 	struct elevator_queue *e = q->elevator;
diff --git a/block/noop-iosched.c b/block/noop-iosched.c
index 232c4b38cd3..06389e9ef96 100644
--- a/block/noop-iosched.c
+++ b/block/noop-iosched.c
@@ -39,13 +39,6 @@ static void noop_add_request(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq)
 	list_add_tail(&rq->queuelist, &nd->queue);
 }
 
-static int noop_queue_empty(struct request_queue *q)
-{
-	struct noop_data *nd = q->elevator->elevator_data;
-
-	return list_empty(&nd->queue);
-}
-
 static struct request *
 noop_former_request(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq)
 {
@@ -90,7 +83,6 @@ static struct elevator_type elevator_noop = {
 		.elevator_merge_req_fn		= noop_merged_requests,
 		.elevator_dispatch_fn		= noop_dispatch,
 		.elevator_add_req_fn		= noop_add_request,
-		.elevator_queue_empty_fn	= noop_queue_empty,
 		.elevator_former_req_fn		= noop_former_request,
 		.elevator_latter_req_fn		= noop_latter_request,
 		.elevator_init_fn		= noop_init_queue,
diff --git a/drivers/block/cciss.c b/drivers/block/cciss.c
index 9279272b373..35658f445fc 100644
--- a/drivers/block/cciss.c
+++ b/drivers/block/cciss.c
@@ -3170,12 +3170,6 @@ static void do_cciss_request(struct request_queue *q)
 	int sg_index = 0;
 	int chained = 0;
 
-	/* We call start_io here in case there is a command waiting on the
-	 * queue that has not been sent.
-	 */
-	if (blk_queue_plugged(q))
-		goto startio;
-
       queue:
 	creq = blk_peek_request(q);
 	if (!creq)
diff --git a/drivers/block/cpqarray.c b/drivers/block/cpqarray.c
index 946dad4caef..b2fceb53e80 100644
--- a/drivers/block/cpqarray.c
+++ b/drivers/block/cpqarray.c
@@ -911,9 +911,6 @@ static void do_ida_request(struct request_queue *q)
 	struct scatterlist tmp_sg[SG_MAX];
 	int i, dir, seg;
 
-	if (blk_queue_plugged(q))
-		goto startio;
-
 queue_next:
 	creq = blk_peek_request(q);
 	if (!creq)
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_actlog.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_actlog.c
index ba95cba192b..aca302492ff 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_actlog.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_actlog.c
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ static int _drbd_md_sync_page_io(struct drbd_conf *mdev,
 
 	if ((rw & WRITE) && !test_bit(MD_NO_FUA, &mdev->flags))
 		rw |= REQ_FUA;
-	rw |= REQ_UNPLUG | REQ_SYNC;
+	rw |= REQ_SYNC;
 
 	bio = bio_alloc(GFP_NOIO, 1);
 	bio->bi_bdev = bdev->md_bdev;
@@ -689,8 +689,6 @@ void drbd_al_to_on_disk_bm(struct drbd_conf *mdev)
 		}
 	}
 
-	drbd_blk_run_queue(bdev_get_queue(mdev->ldev->md_bdev));
-
 	/* always (try to) flush bitmap to stable storage */
 	drbd_md_flush(mdev);
 
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_bitmap.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_bitmap.c
index fd42832f785..0645ca829a9 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_bitmap.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_bitmap.c
@@ -840,7 +840,6 @@ static int bm_rw(struct drbd_conf *mdev, int rw) __must_hold(local)
 	for (i = 0; i < num_pages; i++)
 		bm_page_io_async(mdev, b, i, rw);
 
-	drbd_blk_run_queue(bdev_get_queue(mdev->ldev->md_bdev));
 	wait_event(b->bm_io_wait, atomic_read(&b->bm_async_io) == 0);
 
 	if (test_bit(BM_MD_IO_ERROR, &b->bm_flags)) {
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
index 3803a034893..b0bd27dfc1e 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ union p_header {
 #define DP_HARDBARRIER	      1 /* depricated */
 #define DP_RW_SYNC	      2 /* equals REQ_SYNC    */
 #define DP_MAY_SET_IN_SYNC    4
-#define DP_UNPLUG             8 /* equals REQ_UNPLUG  */
+#define DP_UNPLUG             8 /* not used anymore   */
 #define DP_FUA               16 /* equals REQ_FUA     */
 #define DP_FLUSH             32 /* equals REQ_FLUSH   */
 #define DP_DISCARD           64 /* equals REQ_DISCARD */
@@ -2382,20 +2382,6 @@ static inline int drbd_queue_order_type(struct drbd_conf *mdev)
 	return QUEUE_ORDERED_NONE;
 }
 
-static inline void drbd_blk_run_queue(struct request_queue *q)
-{
-	if (q && q->unplug_fn)
-		q->unplug_fn(q);
-}
-
-static inline void drbd_kick_lo(struct drbd_conf *mdev)
-{
-	if (get_ldev(mdev)) {
-		drbd_blk_run_queue(bdev_get_queue(mdev->ldev->backing_bdev));
-		put_ldev(mdev);
-	}
-}
-
 static inline void drbd_md_flush(struct drbd_conf *mdev)
 {
 	int r;
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
index 29cd0dc9fe4..8a43ce0edee 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
@@ -2477,12 +2477,11 @@ static u32 bio_flags_to_wire(struct drbd_conf *mdev, unsigned long bi_rw)
 {
 	if (mdev->agreed_pro_version >= 95)
 		return  (bi_rw & REQ_SYNC ? DP_RW_SYNC : 0) |
-			(bi_rw & REQ_UNPLUG ? DP_UNPLUG : 0) |
 			(bi_rw & REQ_FUA ? DP_FUA : 0) |
 			(bi_rw & REQ_FLUSH ? DP_FLUSH : 0) |
 			(bi_rw & REQ_DISCARD ? DP_DISCARD : 0);
 	else
-		return bi_rw & (REQ_SYNC | REQ_UNPLUG) ? DP_RW_SYNC : 0;
+		return bi_rw & REQ_SYNC ? DP_RW_SYNC : 0;
 }
 
 /* Used to send write requests
@@ -2719,35 +2718,6 @@ static int drbd_release(struct gendisk *gd, fmode_t mode)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void drbd_unplug_fn(struct request_queue *q)
-{
-	struct drbd_conf *mdev = q->queuedata;
-
-	/* unplug FIRST */
-	spin_lock_irq(q->queue_lock);
-	blk_remove_plug(q);
-	spin_unlock_irq(q->queue_lock);
-
-	/* only if connected */
-	spin_lock_irq(&mdev->req_lock);
-	if (mdev->state.pdsk >= D_INCONSISTENT && mdev->state.conn >= C_CONNECTED) {
-		D_ASSERT(mdev->state.role == R_PRIMARY);
-		if (test_and_clear_bit(UNPLUG_REMOTE, &mdev->flags)) {
-			/* add to the data.work queue,
-			 * unless already queued.
-			 * XXX this might be a good addition to drbd_queue_work
-			 * anyways, to detect "double queuing" ... */
-			if (list_empty(&mdev->unplug_work.list))
-				drbd_queue_work(&mdev->data.work,
-						&mdev->unplug_work);
-		}
-	}
-	spin_unlock_irq(&mdev->req_lock);
-
-	if (mdev->state.disk >= D_INCONSISTENT)
-		drbd_kick_lo(mdev);
-}
-
 static void drbd_set_defaults(struct drbd_conf *mdev)
 {
 	/* This way we get a compile error when sync_conf grows,
@@ -3222,9 +3192,7 @@ struct drbd_conf *drbd_new_device(unsigned int minor)
 	blk_queue_max_segment_size(q, DRBD_MAX_SEGMENT_SIZE);
 	blk_queue_bounce_limit(q, BLK_BOUNCE_ANY);
 	blk_queue_merge_bvec(q, drbd_merge_bvec);
-	q->queue_lock = &mdev->req_lock; /* needed since we use */
-		/* plugging on a queue, that actually has no requests! */
-	q->unplug_fn = drbd_unplug_fn;
+	q->queue_lock = &mdev->req_lock;
 
 	mdev->md_io_page = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!mdev->md_io_page)
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
index 24487d4fb20..8e68be939de 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
@@ -187,15 +187,6 @@ static struct page *drbd_pp_first_pages_or_try_alloc(struct drbd_conf *mdev, int
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-/* kick lower level device, if we have more than (arbitrary number)
- * reference counts on it, which typically are locally submitted io
- * requests.  don't use unacked_cnt, so we speed up proto A and B, too. */
-static void maybe_kick_lo(struct drbd_conf *mdev)
-{
-	if (atomic_read(&mdev->local_cnt) >= mdev->net_conf->unplug_watermark)
-		drbd_kick_lo(mdev);
-}
-
 static void reclaim_net_ee(struct drbd_conf *mdev, struct list_head *to_be_freed)
 {
 	struct drbd_epoch_entry *e;
@@ -219,7 +210,6 @@ static void drbd_kick_lo_and_reclaim_net(struct drbd_conf *mdev)
 	LIST_HEAD(reclaimed);
 	struct drbd_epoch_entry *e, *t;
 
-	maybe_kick_lo(mdev);
 	spin_lock_irq(&mdev->req_lock);
 	reclaim_net_ee(mdev, &reclaimed);
 	spin_unlock_irq(&mdev->req_lock);
@@ -436,8 +426,7 @@ void _drbd_wait_ee_list_empty(struct drbd_conf *mdev, struct list_head *head)
 	while (!list_empty(head)) {
 		prepare_to_wait(&mdev->ee_wait, &wait, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
 		spin_unlock_irq(&mdev->req_lock);
-		drbd_kick_lo(mdev);
-		schedule();
+		io_schedule();
 		finish_wait(&mdev->ee_wait, &wait);
 		spin_lock_irq(&mdev->req_lock);
 	}
@@ -1111,8 +1100,6 @@ next_bio:
 	/* > e->sector, unless this is the first bio */
 	bio->bi_sector = sector;
 	bio->bi_bdev = mdev->ldev->backing_bdev;
-	/* we special case some flags in the multi-bio case, see below
-	 * (REQ_UNPLUG) */
 	bio->bi_rw = rw;
 	bio->bi_private = e;
 	bio->bi_end_io = drbd_endio_sec;
@@ -1141,13 +1128,8 @@ next_bio:
 		bios = bios->bi_next;
 		bio->bi_next = NULL;
 
-		/* strip off REQ_UNPLUG unless it is the last bio */
-		if (bios)
-			bio->bi_rw &= ~REQ_UNPLUG;
-
 		drbd_generic_make_request(mdev, fault_type, bio);
 	} while (bios);
-	maybe_kick_lo(mdev);
 	return 0;
 
 fail:
@@ -1167,9 +1149,6 @@ static int receive_Barrier(struct drbd_conf *mdev, enum drbd_packets cmd, unsign
 
 	inc_unacked(mdev);
 
-	if (mdev->net_conf->wire_protocol != DRBD_PROT_C)
-		drbd_kick_lo(mdev);
-
 	mdev->current_epoch->barrier_nr = p->barrier;
 	rv = drbd_may_finish_epoch(mdev, mdev->current_epoch, EV_GOT_BARRIER_NR);
 
@@ -1636,12 +1615,11 @@ static unsigned long write_flags_to_bio(struct drbd_conf *mdev, u32 dpf)
 {
 	if (mdev->agreed_pro_version >= 95)
 		return  (dpf & DP_RW_SYNC ? REQ_SYNC : 0) |
-			(dpf & DP_UNPLUG ? REQ_UNPLUG : 0) |
 			(dpf & DP_FUA ? REQ_FUA : 0) |
 			(dpf & DP_FLUSH ? REQ_FUA : 0) |
 			(dpf & DP_DISCARD ? REQ_DISCARD : 0);
 	else
-		return dpf & DP_RW_SYNC ? (REQ_SYNC | REQ_UNPLUG) : 0;
+		return dpf & DP_RW_SYNC ? REQ_SYNC : 0;
 }
 
 /* mirrored write */
@@ -3556,9 +3534,6 @@ static int receive_skip(struct drbd_conf *mdev, enum drbd_packets cmd, unsigned
 
 static int receive_UnplugRemote(struct drbd_conf *mdev, enum drbd_packets cmd, unsigned int data_size)
 {
-	if (mdev->state.disk >= D_INCONSISTENT)
-		drbd_kick_lo(mdev);
-
 	/* Make sure we've acked all the TCP data associated
 	 * with the data requests being unplugged */
 	drbd_tcp_quickack(mdev->data.socket);
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.c
index 11a75d32a2e..ad3fc6228f2 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.c
@@ -960,10 +960,6 @@ allocate_barrier:
 			bio_endio(req->private_bio, -EIO);
 	}
 
-	/* we need to plug ALWAYS since we possibly need to kick lo_dev.
-	 * we plug after submit, so we won't miss an unplug event */
-	drbd_plug_device(mdev);
-
 	return 0;
 
 fail_conflicting:
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_worker.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_worker.c
index 34f224b018b..e027446590d 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_worker.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_worker.c
@@ -792,7 +792,6 @@ int drbd_resync_finished(struct drbd_conf *mdev)
 		 * queue (or even the read operations for those packets
 		 * is not finished by now).   Retry in 100ms. */
 
-		drbd_kick_lo(mdev);
 		__set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
 		schedule_timeout(HZ / 10);
 		w = kmalloc(sizeof(struct drbd_work), GFP_ATOMIC);
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_wrappers.h b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_wrappers.h
index defdb5013ea..53586fa5ae1 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_wrappers.h
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_wrappers.h
@@ -45,24 +45,6 @@ static inline void drbd_generic_make_request(struct drbd_conf *mdev,
 		generic_make_request(bio);
 }
 
-static inline void drbd_plug_device(struct drbd_conf *mdev)
-{
-	struct request_queue *q;
-	q = bdev_get_queue(mdev->this_bdev);
-
-	spin_lock_irq(q->queue_lock);
-
-/* XXX the check on !blk_queue_plugged is redundant,
- * implicitly checked in blk_plug_device */
-
-	if (!blk_queue_plugged(q)) {
-		blk_plug_device(q);
-		del_timer(&q->unplug_timer);
-		/* unplugging should not happen automatically... */
-	}
-	spin_unlock_irq(q->queue_lock);
-}
-
 static inline int drbd_crypto_is_hash(struct crypto_tfm *tfm)
 {
         return (crypto_tfm_alg_type(tfm) & CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_HASH_MASK)
diff --git a/drivers/block/floppy.c b/drivers/block/floppy.c
index 3851dbc03e0..301d7a9a41a 100644
--- a/drivers/block/floppy.c
+++ b/drivers/block/floppy.c
@@ -3838,7 +3838,6 @@ static int __floppy_read_block_0(struct block_device *bdev)
 	bio.bi_end_io = floppy_rb0_complete;
 
 	submit_bio(READ, &bio);
-	generic_unplug_device(bdev_get_queue(bdev));
 	process_fd_request();
 	wait_for_completion(&complete);
 
diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index 79c3079a620..a076a14ca72 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -540,17 +540,6 @@ out:
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/*
- * kick off io on the underlying address space
- */
-static void loop_unplug(struct request_queue *q)
-{
-	struct loop_device *lo = q->queuedata;
-
-	queue_flag_clear_unlocked(QUEUE_FLAG_PLUGGED, q);
-	blk_run_address_space(lo->lo_backing_file->f_mapping);
-}
-
 struct switch_request {
 	struct file *file;
 	struct completion wait;
@@ -917,7 +906,6 @@ static int loop_set_fd(struct loop_device *lo, fmode_t mode,
 	 */
 	blk_queue_make_request(lo->lo_queue, loop_make_request);
 	lo->lo_queue->queuedata = lo;
-	lo->lo_queue->unplug_fn = loop_unplug;
 
 	if (!(lo_flags & LO_FLAGS_READ_ONLY) && file->f_op->fsync)
 		blk_queue_flush(lo->lo_queue, REQ_FLUSH);
@@ -1019,7 +1007,6 @@ static int loop_clr_fd(struct loop_device *lo, struct block_device *bdev)
 
 	kthread_stop(lo->lo_thread);
 
-	lo->lo_queue->unplug_fn = NULL;
 	lo->lo_backing_file = NULL;
 
 	loop_release_xfer(lo);
diff --git a/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c b/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c
index a077db27b7c..07a382eaf0a 100644
--- a/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c
@@ -1606,8 +1606,6 @@ static int kcdrwd(void *foobar)
 					min_sleep_time = pkt->sleep_time;
 			}
 
-			generic_unplug_device(bdev_get_queue(pd->bdev));
-
 			VPRINTK("kcdrwd: sleeping\n");
 			residue = schedule_timeout(min_sleep_time);
 			VPRINTK("kcdrwd: wake up\n");
diff --git a/drivers/block/umem.c b/drivers/block/umem.c
index 9b102abe209..031ca720d92 100644
--- a/drivers/block/umem.c
+++ b/drivers/block/umem.c
@@ -241,8 +241,7 @@ static void dump_dmastat(struct cardinfo *card, unsigned int dmastat)
  *
  * Whenever IO on the active page completes, the Ready page is activated
  * and the ex-Active page is clean out and made Ready.
- * Otherwise the Ready page is only activated when it becomes full, or
- * when mm_unplug_device is called via the unplug_io_fn.
+ * Otherwise the Ready page is only activated when it becomes full.
  *
  * If a request arrives while both pages a full, it is queued, and b_rdev is
  * overloaded to record whether it was a read or a write.
@@ -333,17 +332,6 @@ static inline void reset_page(struct mm_page *page)
 	page->biotail = &page->bio;
 }
 
-static void mm_unplug_device(struct request_queue *q)
-{
-	struct cardinfo *card = q->queuedata;
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&card->lock, flags);
-	if (blk_remove_plug(q))
-		activate(card);
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&card->lock, flags);
-}
-
 /*
  * If there is room on Ready page, take
  * one bh off list and add it.
@@ -535,7 +523,6 @@ static int mm_make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 	*card->biotail = bio;
 	bio->bi_next = NULL;
 	card->biotail = &bio->bi_next;
-	blk_plug_device(q);
 	spin_unlock_irq(&card->lock);
 
 	return 0;
@@ -897,7 +884,6 @@ static int __devinit mm_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *dev,
 	blk_queue_make_request(card->queue, mm_make_request);
 	card->queue->queue_lock = &card->lock;
 	card->queue->queuedata = card;
-	card->queue->unplug_fn = mm_unplug_device;
 
 	tasklet_init(&card->tasklet, process_page, (unsigned long)card);
 
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-atapi.c b/drivers/ide/ide-atapi.c
index e88a2cf1771..6f218e014e9 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-atapi.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-atapi.c
@@ -233,8 +233,7 @@ int ide_queue_sense_rq(ide_drive_t *drive, void *special)
 
 	drive->hwif->rq = NULL;
 
-	elv_add_request(drive->queue, &drive->sense_rq,
-			ELEVATOR_INSERT_FRONT, 0);
+	elv_add_request(drive->queue, &drive->sense_rq, ELEVATOR_INSERT_FRONT);
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ide_queue_sense_rq);
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c b/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
index a2e29099ee0..fd1e1179913 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
@@ -258,17 +258,10 @@ static int ide_cd_breathe(ide_drive_t *drive, struct request *rq)
 	if (time_after(jiffies, info->write_timeout))
 		return 0;
 	else {
-		struct request_queue *q = drive->queue;
-		unsigned long flags;
-
 		/*
-		 * take a breather relying on the unplug timer to kick us again
+		 * take a breather
 		 */
-
-		spin_lock_irqsave(q->queue_lock, flags);
-		blk_plug_device(q);
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(q->queue_lock, flags);
-
+		blk_delay_queue(drive->queue, 1);
 		return 1;
 	}
 }
@@ -1514,8 +1507,6 @@ static int ide_cdrom_setup(ide_drive_t *drive)
 	blk_queue_dma_alignment(q, 31);
 	blk_queue_update_dma_pad(q, 15);
 
-	q->unplug_delay = max((1 * HZ) / 1000, 1);
-
 	drive->dev_flags |= IDE_DFLAG_MEDIA_CHANGED;
 	drive->atapi_flags = IDE_AFLAG_NO_EJECT | ide_cd_flags(id);
 
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-io.c b/drivers/ide/ide-io.c
index 999dac054bc..f4077840d3a 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-io.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-io.c
@@ -549,8 +549,6 @@ plug_device_2:
 
 	if (rq)
 		blk_requeue_request(q, rq);
-	if (!elv_queue_empty(q))
-		blk_plug_device(q);
 }
 
 void ide_requeue_and_plug(ide_drive_t *drive, struct request *rq)
@@ -562,8 +560,6 @@ void ide_requeue_and_plug(ide_drive_t *drive, struct request *rq)
 
 	if (rq)
 		blk_requeue_request(q, rq);
-	if (!elv_queue_empty(q))
-		blk_plug_device(q);
 
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(q->queue_lock, flags);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-park.c b/drivers/ide/ide-park.c
index 88a380c5a47..6ab9ab2a508 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-park.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-park.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ static void issue_park_cmd(ide_drive_t *drive, unsigned long timeout)
 	rq->cmd[0] = REQ_UNPARK_HEADS;
 	rq->cmd_len = 1;
 	rq->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_SPECIAL;
-	elv_add_request(q, rq, ELEVATOR_INSERT_FRONT, 1);
+	elv_add_request(q, rq, ELEVATOR_INSERT_FRONT);
 
 out:
 	return;
diff --git a/drivers/md/bitmap.c b/drivers/md/bitmap.c
index 9a35320fb59..ca203cb23f3 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bitmap.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bitmap.c
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ static void write_page(struct bitmap *bitmap, struct page *page, int wait)
 			atomic_inc(&bitmap->pending_writes);
 			set_buffer_locked(bh);
 			set_buffer_mapped(bh);
-			submit_bh(WRITE | REQ_UNPLUG | REQ_SYNC, bh);
+			submit_bh(WRITE | REQ_SYNC, bh);
 			bh = bh->b_this_page;
 		}
 
@@ -1339,8 +1339,7 @@ int bitmap_startwrite(struct bitmap *bitmap, sector_t offset, unsigned long sect
 			prepare_to_wait(&bitmap->overflow_wait, &__wait,
 					TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
 			spin_unlock_irq(&bitmap->lock);
-			md_unplug(bitmap->mddev);
-			schedule();
+			io_schedule();
 			finish_wait(&bitmap->overflow_wait, &__wait);
 			continue;
 		}
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c b/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
index 4e054bd9166..2c62c1169f7 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
@@ -991,11 +991,6 @@ static void clone_init(struct dm_crypt_io *io, struct bio *clone)
 	clone->bi_destructor = dm_crypt_bio_destructor;
 }
 
-static void kcryptd_unplug(struct crypt_config *cc)
-{
-	blk_unplug(bdev_get_queue(cc->dev->bdev));
-}
-
 static int kcryptd_io_read(struct dm_crypt_io *io, gfp_t gfp)
 {
 	struct crypt_config *cc = io->target->private;
@@ -1008,10 +1003,8 @@ static int kcryptd_io_read(struct dm_crypt_io *io, gfp_t gfp)
 	 * one in order to decrypt the whole bio data *afterwards*.
 	 */
 	clone = bio_alloc_bioset(gfp, bio_segments(base_bio), cc->bs);
-	if (!clone) {
-		kcryptd_unplug(cc);
+	if (!clone)
 		return 1;
-	}
 
 	crypt_inc_pending(io);
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-io.c b/drivers/md/dm-io.c
index 136d4f71a11..76a5af00a26 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-io.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-io.c
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ static void dispatch_io(int rw, unsigned int num_regions,
 	BUG_ON(num_regions > DM_IO_MAX_REGIONS);
 
 	if (sync)
-		rw |= REQ_SYNC | REQ_UNPLUG;
+		rw |= REQ_SYNC;
 
 	/*
 	 * For multiple regions we need to be careful to rewind
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-kcopyd.c b/drivers/md/dm-kcopyd.c
index 924f5f0084c..1bb73a13ca4 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-kcopyd.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-kcopyd.c
@@ -37,13 +37,6 @@ struct dm_kcopyd_client {
 	unsigned int nr_pages;
 	unsigned int nr_free_pages;
 
-	/*
-	 * Block devices to unplug.
-	 * Non-NULL pointer means that a block device has some pending requests
-	 * and needs to be unplugged.
-	 */
-	struct block_device *unplug[2];
-
 	struct dm_io_client *io_client;
 
 	wait_queue_head_t destroyq;
@@ -315,31 +308,6 @@ static int run_complete_job(struct kcopyd_job *job)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/*
- * Unplug the block device at the specified index.
- */
-static void unplug(struct dm_kcopyd_client *kc, int rw)
-{
-	if (kc->unplug[rw] != NULL) {
-		blk_unplug(bdev_get_queue(kc->unplug[rw]));
-		kc->unplug[rw] = NULL;
-	}
-}
-
-/*
- * Prepare block device unplug. If there's another device
- * to be unplugged at the same array index, we unplug that
- * device first.
- */
-static void prepare_unplug(struct dm_kcopyd_client *kc, int rw,
-			   struct block_device *bdev)
-{
-	if (likely(kc->unplug[rw] == bdev))
-		return;
-	unplug(kc, rw);
-	kc->unplug[rw] = bdev;
-}
-
 static void complete_io(unsigned long error, void *context)
 {
 	struct kcopyd_job *job = (struct kcopyd_job *) context;
@@ -386,16 +354,10 @@ static int run_io_job(struct kcopyd_job *job)
 		.client = job->kc->io_client,
 	};
 
-	if (job->rw == READ) {
+	if (job->rw == READ)
 		r = dm_io(&io_req, 1, &job->source, NULL);
-		prepare_unplug(job->kc, READ, job->source.bdev);
-	} else {
-		if (job->num_dests > 1)
-			io_req.bi_rw |= REQ_UNPLUG;
+	else
 		r = dm_io(&io_req, job->num_dests, job->dests, NULL);
-		if (!(io_req.bi_rw & REQ_UNPLUG))
-			prepare_unplug(job->kc, WRITE, job->dests[0].bdev);
-	}
 
 	return r;
 }
@@ -466,6 +428,7 @@ static void do_work(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	struct dm_kcopyd_client *kc = container_of(work,
 					struct dm_kcopyd_client, kcopyd_work);
+	struct blk_plug plug;
 
 	/*
 	 * The order that these are called is *very* important.
@@ -473,18 +436,12 @@ static void do_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	 * Pages jobs when successful will jump onto the io jobs
 	 * list.  io jobs call wake when they complete and it all
 	 * starts again.
-	 *
-	 * Note that io_jobs add block devices to the unplug array,
-	 * this array is cleared with "unplug" calls. It is thus
-	 * forbidden to run complete_jobs after io_jobs and before
-	 * unplug because the block device could be destroyed in
-	 * job completion callback.
 	 */
+	blk_start_plug(&plug);
 	process_jobs(&kc->complete_jobs, kc, run_complete_job);
 	process_jobs(&kc->pages_jobs, kc, run_pages_job);
 	process_jobs(&kc->io_jobs, kc, run_io_job);
-	unplug(kc, READ);
-	unplug(kc, WRITE);
+	blk_finish_plug(&plug);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -665,8 +622,6 @@ int dm_kcopyd_client_create(unsigned int nr_pages,
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&kc->io_jobs);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&kc->pages_jobs);
 
-	memset(kc->unplug, 0, sizeof(kc->unplug));
-
 	kc->job_pool = mempool_create_slab_pool(MIN_JOBS, _job_cache);
 	if (!kc->job_pool)
 		goto bad_slab;
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-raid.c b/drivers/md/dm-raid.c
index b9e1e15ef11..5ef136cdba9 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-raid.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-raid.c
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ static void raid_unplug(struct dm_target_callbacks *cb)
 {
 	struct raid_set *rs = container_of(cb, struct raid_set, callbacks);
 
-	md_raid5_unplug_device(rs->md.private);
+	md_raid5_kick_device(rs->md.private);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-raid1.c b/drivers/md/dm-raid1.c
index dee326775c6..976ad4688af 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-raid1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-raid1.c
@@ -842,8 +842,6 @@ static void do_mirror(struct work_struct *work)
 	do_reads(ms, &reads);
 	do_writes(ms, &writes);
 	do_failures(ms, &failures);
-
-	dm_table_unplug_all(ms->ti->table);
 }
 
 /*-----------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-table.c b/drivers/md/dm-table.c
index 38e4eb1bb96..f50a7b95225 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-table.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-table.c
@@ -1275,29 +1275,6 @@ int dm_table_any_busy_target(struct dm_table *t)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void dm_table_unplug_all(struct dm_table *t)
-{
-	struct dm_dev_internal *dd;
-	struct list_head *devices = dm_table_get_devices(t);
-	struct dm_target_callbacks *cb;
-
-	list_for_each_entry(dd, devices, list) {
-		struct request_queue *q = bdev_get_queue(dd->dm_dev.bdev);
-		char b[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
-
-		if (likely(q))
-			blk_unplug(q);
-		else
-			DMWARN_LIMIT("%s: Cannot unplug nonexistent device %s",
-				     dm_device_name(t->md),
-				     bdevname(dd->dm_dev.bdev, b));
-	}
-
-	list_for_each_entry(cb, &t->target_callbacks, list)
-		if (cb->unplug_fn)
-			cb->unplug_fn(cb);
-}
-
 struct mapped_device *dm_table_get_md(struct dm_table *t)
 {
 	return t->md;
@@ -1345,4 +1322,3 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(dm_table_get_mode);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dm_table_get_md);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dm_table_put);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dm_table_get);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(dm_table_unplug_all);
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm.c b/drivers/md/dm.c
index eaa3af0e063..d22b9905c16 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm.c
@@ -807,8 +807,6 @@ void dm_requeue_unmapped_request(struct request *clone)
 	dm_unprep_request(rq);
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(q->queue_lock, flags);
-	if (elv_queue_empty(q))
-		blk_plug_device(q);
 	blk_requeue_request(q, rq);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(q->queue_lock, flags);
 
@@ -1613,10 +1611,10 @@ static void dm_request_fn(struct request_queue *q)
 	 * number of in-flight I/Os after the queue is stopped in
 	 * dm_suspend().
 	 */
-	while (!blk_queue_plugged(q) && !blk_queue_stopped(q)) {
+	while (!blk_queue_stopped(q)) {
 		rq = blk_peek_request(q);
 		if (!rq)
-			goto plug_and_out;
+			goto delay_and_out;
 
 		/* always use block 0 to find the target for flushes for now */
 		pos = 0;
@@ -1627,7 +1625,7 @@ static void dm_request_fn(struct request_queue *q)
 		BUG_ON(!dm_target_is_valid(ti));
 
 		if (ti->type->busy && ti->type->busy(ti))
-			goto plug_and_out;
+			goto delay_and_out;
 
 		blk_start_request(rq);
 		clone = rq->special;
@@ -1647,11 +1645,8 @@ requeued:
 	BUG_ON(!irqs_disabled());
 	spin_lock(q->queue_lock);
 
-plug_and_out:
-	if (!elv_queue_empty(q))
-		/* Some requests still remain, retry later */
-		blk_plug_device(q);
-
+delay_and_out:
+	blk_delay_queue(q, HZ / 10);
 out:
 	dm_table_put(map);
 
@@ -1680,20 +1675,6 @@ static int dm_lld_busy(struct request_queue *q)
 	return r;
 }
 
-static void dm_unplug_all(struct request_queue *q)
-{
-	struct mapped_device *md = q->queuedata;
-	struct dm_table *map = dm_get_live_table(md);
-
-	if (map) {
-		if (dm_request_based(md))
-			generic_unplug_device(q);
-
-		dm_table_unplug_all(map);
-		dm_table_put(map);
-	}
-}
-
 static int dm_any_congested(void *congested_data, int bdi_bits)
 {
 	int r = bdi_bits;
@@ -1817,7 +1798,6 @@ static void dm_init_md_queue(struct mapped_device *md)
 	md->queue->backing_dev_info.congested_data = md;
 	blk_queue_make_request(md->queue, dm_request);
 	blk_queue_bounce_limit(md->queue, BLK_BOUNCE_ANY);
-	md->queue->unplug_fn = dm_unplug_all;
 	blk_queue_merge_bvec(md->queue, dm_merge_bvec);
 	blk_queue_flush(md->queue, REQ_FLUSH | REQ_FUA);
 }
@@ -2263,8 +2243,6 @@ static int dm_wait_for_completion(struct mapped_device *md, int interruptible)
 	int r = 0;
 	DECLARE_WAITQUEUE(wait, current);
 
-	dm_unplug_all(md->queue);
-
 	add_wait_queue(&md->wait, &wait);
 
 	while (1) {
@@ -2539,7 +2517,6 @@ int dm_resume(struct mapped_device *md)
 
 	clear_bit(DMF_SUSPENDED, &md->flags);
 
-	dm_table_unplug_all(map);
 	r = 0;
 out:
 	dm_table_put(map);
diff --git a/drivers/md/linear.c b/drivers/md/linear.c
index 0ed7f6bc2a7..338804f8fb3 100644
--- a/drivers/md/linear.c
+++ b/drivers/md/linear.c
@@ -87,22 +87,6 @@ static int linear_mergeable_bvec(struct request_queue *q,
 	return maxsectors << 9;
 }
 
-static void linear_unplug(struct request_queue *q)
-{
-	mddev_t *mddev = q->queuedata;
-	linear_conf_t *conf;
-	int i;
-
-	rcu_read_lock();
-	conf = rcu_dereference(mddev->private);
-
-	for (i=0; i < mddev->raid_disks; i++) {
-		struct request_queue *r_queue = bdev_get_queue(conf->disks[i].rdev->bdev);
-		blk_unplug(r_queue);
-	}
-	rcu_read_unlock();
-}
-
 static int linear_congested(void *data, int bits)
 {
 	mddev_t *mddev = data;
@@ -224,7 +208,6 @@ static int linear_run (mddev_t *mddev)
 	md_set_array_sectors(mddev, linear_size(mddev, 0, 0));
 
 	blk_queue_merge_bvec(mddev->queue, linear_mergeable_bvec);
-	mddev->queue->unplug_fn = linear_unplug;
 	mddev->queue->backing_dev_info.congested_fn = linear_congested;
 	mddev->queue->backing_dev_info.congested_data = mddev;
 	md_integrity_register(mddev);
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 818313e277e..86ba66c0b28 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -780,8 +780,7 @@ void md_super_write(mddev_t *mddev, mdk_rdev_t *rdev,
 	bio->bi_end_io = super_written;
 
 	atomic_inc(&mddev->pending_writes);
-	submit_bio(REQ_WRITE | REQ_SYNC | REQ_UNPLUG | REQ_FLUSH | REQ_FUA,
-		   bio);
+	submit_bio(REQ_WRITE | REQ_SYNC | REQ_FLUSH | REQ_FUA, bio);
 }
 
 void md_super_wait(mddev_t *mddev)
@@ -809,7 +808,7 @@ int sync_page_io(mdk_rdev_t *rdev, sector_t sector, int size,
 	struct completion event;
 	int ret;
 
-	rw |= REQ_SYNC | REQ_UNPLUG;
+	rw |= REQ_SYNC;
 
 	bio->bi_bdev = (metadata_op && rdev->meta_bdev) ?
 		rdev->meta_bdev : rdev->bdev;
@@ -4817,7 +4816,6 @@ static int do_md_stop(mddev_t * mddev, int mode, int is_open)
 		__md_stop_writes(mddev);
 		md_stop(mddev);
 		mddev->queue->merge_bvec_fn = NULL;
-		mddev->queue->unplug_fn = NULL;
 		mddev->queue->backing_dev_info.congested_fn = NULL;
 
 		/* tell userspace to handle 'inactive' */
@@ -6692,8 +6690,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(md_allow_write);
 
 void md_unplug(mddev_t *mddev)
 {
-	if (mddev->queue)
-		blk_unplug(mddev->queue);
 	if (mddev->plug)
 		mddev->plug->unplug_fn(mddev->plug);
 }
@@ -6876,7 +6872,6 @@ void md_do_sync(mddev_t *mddev)
 		     >= mddev->resync_max - mddev->curr_resync_completed
 			    )) {
 			/* time to update curr_resync_completed */
-			md_unplug(mddev);
 			wait_event(mddev->recovery_wait,
 				   atomic_read(&mddev->recovery_active) == 0);
 			mddev->curr_resync_completed = j;
@@ -6952,7 +6947,6 @@ void md_do_sync(mddev_t *mddev)
 		 * about not overloading the IO subsystem. (things like an
 		 * e2fsck being done on the RAID array should execute fast)
 		 */
-		md_unplug(mddev);
 		cond_resched();
 
 		currspeed = ((unsigned long)(io_sectors-mddev->resync_mark_cnt))/2
@@ -6971,8 +6965,6 @@ void md_do_sync(mddev_t *mddev)
 	 * this also signals 'finished resyncing' to md_stop
 	 */
  out:
-	md_unplug(mddev);
-
 	wait_event(mddev->recovery_wait, !atomic_read(&mddev->recovery_active));
 
 	/* tell personality that we are finished */
diff --git a/drivers/md/multipath.c b/drivers/md/multipath.c
index 3a62d440e27..5e694b151c3 100644
--- a/drivers/md/multipath.c
+++ b/drivers/md/multipath.c
@@ -106,36 +106,6 @@ static void multipath_end_request(struct bio *bio, int error)
 	rdev_dec_pending(rdev, conf->mddev);
 }
 
-static void unplug_slaves(mddev_t *mddev)
-{
-	multipath_conf_t *conf = mddev->private;
-	int i;
-
-	rcu_read_lock();
-	for (i=0; i<mddev->raid_disks; i++) {
-		mdk_rdev_t *rdev = rcu_dereference(conf->multipaths[i].rdev);
-		if (rdev && !test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags)
-		    && atomic_read(&rdev->nr_pending)) {
-			struct request_queue *r_queue = bdev_get_queue(rdev->bdev);
-
-			atomic_inc(&rdev->nr_pending);
-			rcu_read_unlock();
-
-			blk_unplug(r_queue);
-
-			rdev_dec_pending(rdev, mddev);
-			rcu_read_lock();
-		}
-	}
-	rcu_read_unlock();
-}
-
-static void multipath_unplug(struct request_queue *q)
-{
-	unplug_slaves(q->queuedata);
-}
-
-
 static int multipath_make_request(mddev_t *mddev, struct bio * bio)
 {
 	multipath_conf_t *conf = mddev->private;
@@ -517,7 +487,6 @@ static int multipath_run (mddev_t *mddev)
 	 */
 	md_set_array_sectors(mddev, multipath_size(mddev, 0, 0));
 
-	mddev->queue->unplug_fn = multipath_unplug;
 	mddev->queue->backing_dev_info.congested_fn = multipath_congested;
 	mddev->queue->backing_dev_info.congested_data = mddev;
 	md_integrity_register(mddev);
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid0.c b/drivers/md/raid0.c
index c0ac457f121..95916fd6394 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid0.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid0.c
@@ -25,21 +25,6 @@
 #include "raid0.h"
 #include "raid5.h"
 
-static void raid0_unplug(struct request_queue *q)
-{
-	mddev_t *mddev = q->queuedata;
-	raid0_conf_t *conf = mddev->private;
-	mdk_rdev_t **devlist = conf->devlist;
-	int raid_disks = conf->strip_zone[0].nb_dev;
-	int i;
-
-	for (i=0; i < raid_disks; i++) {
-		struct request_queue *r_queue = bdev_get_queue(devlist[i]->bdev);
-
-		blk_unplug(r_queue);
-	}
-}
-
 static int raid0_congested(void *data, int bits)
 {
 	mddev_t *mddev = data;
@@ -272,7 +257,6 @@ static int create_strip_zones(mddev_t *mddev, raid0_conf_t **private_conf)
 		       mdname(mddev),
 		       (unsigned long long)smallest->sectors);
 	}
-	mddev->queue->unplug_fn = raid0_unplug;
 	mddev->queue->backing_dev_info.congested_fn = raid0_congested;
 	mddev->queue->backing_dev_info.congested_data = mddev;
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid1.c b/drivers/md/raid1.c
index 06cd712807d..8f34ad5c478 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid1.c
@@ -52,23 +52,16 @@
 #define	NR_RAID1_BIOS 256
 
 
-static void unplug_slaves(mddev_t *mddev);
-
 static void allow_barrier(conf_t *conf);
 static void lower_barrier(conf_t *conf);
 
 static void * r1bio_pool_alloc(gfp_t gfp_flags, void *data)
 {
 	struct pool_info *pi = data;
-	r1bio_t *r1_bio;
 	int size = offsetof(r1bio_t, bios[pi->raid_disks]);
 
 	/* allocate a r1bio with room for raid_disks entries in the bios array */
-	r1_bio = kzalloc(size, gfp_flags);
-	if (!r1_bio && pi->mddev)
-		unplug_slaves(pi->mddev);
-
-	return r1_bio;
+	return kzalloc(size, gfp_flags);
 }
 
 static void r1bio_pool_free(void *r1_bio, void *data)
@@ -91,10 +84,8 @@ static void * r1buf_pool_alloc(gfp_t gfp_flags, void *data)
 	int i, j;
 
 	r1_bio = r1bio_pool_alloc(gfp_flags, pi);
-	if (!r1_bio) {
-		unplug_slaves(pi->mddev);
+	if (!r1_bio)
 		return NULL;
-	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Allocate bios : 1 for reading, n-1 for writing
@@ -520,37 +511,6 @@ static int read_balance(conf_t *conf, r1bio_t *r1_bio)
 	return new_disk;
 }
 
-static void unplug_slaves(mddev_t *mddev)
-{
-	conf_t *conf = mddev->private;
-	int i;
-
-	rcu_read_lock();
-	for (i=0; i<mddev->raid_disks; i++) {
-		mdk_rdev_t *rdev = rcu_dereference(conf->mirrors[i].rdev);
-		if (rdev && !test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags) && atomic_read(&rdev->nr_pending)) {
-			struct request_queue *r_queue = bdev_get_queue(rdev->bdev);
-
-			atomic_inc(&rdev->nr_pending);
-			rcu_read_unlock();
-
-			blk_unplug(r_queue);
-
-			rdev_dec_pending(rdev, mddev);
-			rcu_read_lock();
-		}
-	}
-	rcu_read_unlock();
-}
-
-static void raid1_unplug(struct request_queue *q)
-{
-	mddev_t *mddev = q->queuedata;
-
-	unplug_slaves(mddev);
-	md_wakeup_thread(mddev->thread);
-}
-
 static int raid1_congested(void *data, int bits)
 {
 	mddev_t *mddev = data;
@@ -580,23 +540,16 @@ static int raid1_congested(void *data, int bits)
 }
 
 
-static int flush_pending_writes(conf_t *conf)
+static void flush_pending_writes(conf_t *conf)
 {
 	/* Any writes that have been queued but are awaiting
 	 * bitmap updates get flushed here.
-	 * We return 1 if any requests were actually submitted.
 	 */
-	int rv = 0;
-
 	spin_lock_irq(&conf->device_lock);
 
 	if (conf->pending_bio_list.head) {
 		struct bio *bio;
 		bio = bio_list_get(&conf->pending_bio_list);
-		/* Only take the spinlock to quiet a warning */
-		spin_lock(conf->mddev->queue->queue_lock);
-		blk_remove_plug(conf->mddev->queue);
-		spin_unlock(conf->mddev->queue->queue_lock);
 		spin_unlock_irq(&conf->device_lock);
 		/* flush any pending bitmap writes to
 		 * disk before proceeding w/ I/O */
@@ -608,10 +561,14 @@ static int flush_pending_writes(conf_t *conf)
 			generic_make_request(bio);
 			bio = next;
 		}
-		rv = 1;
 	} else
 		spin_unlock_irq(&conf->device_lock);
-	return rv;
+}
+
+static void md_kick_device(mddev_t *mddev)
+{
+	blk_flush_plug(current);
+	md_wakeup_thread(mddev->thread);
 }
 
 /* Barriers....
@@ -643,8 +600,7 @@ static void raise_barrier(conf_t *conf)
 
 	/* Wait until no block IO is waiting */
 	wait_event_lock_irq(conf->wait_barrier, !conf->nr_waiting,
-			    conf->resync_lock,
-			    raid1_unplug(conf->mddev->queue));
+			    conf->resync_lock, md_kick_device(conf->mddev));
 
 	/* block any new IO from starting */
 	conf->barrier++;
@@ -652,8 +608,7 @@ static void raise_barrier(conf_t *conf)
 	/* Now wait for all pending IO to complete */
 	wait_event_lock_irq(conf->wait_barrier,
 			    !conf->nr_pending && conf->barrier < RESYNC_DEPTH,
-			    conf->resync_lock,
-			    raid1_unplug(conf->mddev->queue));
+			    conf->resync_lock, md_kick_device(conf->mddev));
 
 	spin_unlock_irq(&conf->resync_lock);
 }
@@ -675,7 +630,7 @@ static void wait_barrier(conf_t *conf)
 		conf->nr_waiting++;
 		wait_event_lock_irq(conf->wait_barrier, !conf->barrier,
 				    conf->resync_lock,
-				    raid1_unplug(conf->mddev->queue));
+				    md_kick_device(conf->mddev));
 		conf->nr_waiting--;
 	}
 	conf->nr_pending++;
@@ -712,7 +667,7 @@ static void freeze_array(conf_t *conf)
 			    conf->nr_pending == conf->nr_queued+1,
 			    conf->resync_lock,
 			    ({ flush_pending_writes(conf);
-			       raid1_unplug(conf->mddev->queue); }));
+			       md_kick_device(conf->mddev); }));
 	spin_unlock_irq(&conf->resync_lock);
 }
 static void unfreeze_array(conf_t *conf)
@@ -962,7 +917,6 @@ static int make_request(mddev_t *mddev, struct bio * bio)
 		atomic_inc(&r1_bio->remaining);
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&conf->device_lock, flags);
 		bio_list_add(&conf->pending_bio_list, mbio);
-		blk_plug_device_unlocked(mddev->queue);
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&conf->device_lock, flags);
 	}
 	r1_bio_write_done(r1_bio, bio->bi_vcnt, behind_pages, behind_pages != NULL);
@@ -971,7 +925,7 @@ static int make_request(mddev_t *mddev, struct bio * bio)
 	/* In case raid1d snuck in to freeze_array */
 	wake_up(&conf->wait_barrier);
 
-	if (do_sync)
+	if (do_sync || !bitmap)
 		md_wakeup_thread(mddev->thread);
 
 	return 0;
@@ -1561,7 +1515,6 @@ static void raid1d(mddev_t *mddev)
 	unsigned long flags;
 	conf_t *conf = mddev->private;
 	struct list_head *head = &conf->retry_list;
-	int unplug=0;
 	mdk_rdev_t *rdev;
 
 	md_check_recovery(mddev);
@@ -1569,7 +1522,7 @@ static void raid1d(mddev_t *mddev)
 	for (;;) {
 		char b[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
 
-		unplug += flush_pending_writes(conf);
+		flush_pending_writes(conf);
 
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&conf->device_lock, flags);
 		if (list_empty(head)) {
@@ -1583,10 +1536,9 @@ static void raid1d(mddev_t *mddev)
 
 		mddev = r1_bio->mddev;
 		conf = mddev->private;
-		if (test_bit(R1BIO_IsSync, &r1_bio->state)) {
+		if (test_bit(R1BIO_IsSync, &r1_bio->state))
 			sync_request_write(mddev, r1_bio);
-			unplug = 1;
-		} else {
+		else {
 			int disk;
 
 			/* we got a read error. Maybe the drive is bad.  Maybe just
@@ -1636,14 +1588,11 @@ static void raid1d(mddev_t *mddev)
 				bio->bi_end_io = raid1_end_read_request;
 				bio->bi_rw = READ | do_sync;
 				bio->bi_private = r1_bio;
-				unplug = 1;
 				generic_make_request(bio);
 			}
 		}
 		cond_resched();
 	}
-	if (unplug)
-		unplug_slaves(mddev);
 }
 
 
@@ -2066,7 +2015,6 @@ static int run(mddev_t *mddev)
 
 	md_set_array_sectors(mddev, raid1_size(mddev, 0, 0));
 
-	mddev->queue->unplug_fn = raid1_unplug;
 	mddev->queue->backing_dev_info.congested_fn = raid1_congested;
 	mddev->queue->backing_dev_info.congested_data = mddev;
 	md_integrity_register(mddev);
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid10.c b/drivers/md/raid10.c
index 747d061d8e0..c0d0f5f7e40 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid10.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid10.c
@@ -57,23 +57,16 @@
  */
 #define	NR_RAID10_BIOS 256
 
-static void unplug_slaves(mddev_t *mddev);
-
 static void allow_barrier(conf_t *conf);
 static void lower_barrier(conf_t *conf);
 
 static void * r10bio_pool_alloc(gfp_t gfp_flags, void *data)
 {
 	conf_t *conf = data;
-	r10bio_t *r10_bio;
 	int size = offsetof(struct r10bio_s, devs[conf->copies]);
 
 	/* allocate a r10bio with room for raid_disks entries in the bios array */
-	r10_bio = kzalloc(size, gfp_flags);
-	if (!r10_bio && conf->mddev)
-		unplug_slaves(conf->mddev);
-
-	return r10_bio;
+	return kzalloc(size, gfp_flags);
 }
 
 static void r10bio_pool_free(void *r10_bio, void *data)
@@ -106,10 +99,8 @@ static void * r10buf_pool_alloc(gfp_t gfp_flags, void *data)
 	int nalloc;
 
 	r10_bio = r10bio_pool_alloc(gfp_flags, conf);
-	if (!r10_bio) {
-		unplug_slaves(conf->mddev);
+	if (!r10_bio)
 		return NULL;
-	}
 
 	if (test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_SYNC, &conf->mddev->recovery))
 		nalloc = conf->copies; /* resync */
@@ -597,37 +588,6 @@ rb_out:
 	return disk;
 }
 
-static void unplug_slaves(mddev_t *mddev)
-{
-	conf_t *conf = mddev->private;
-	int i;
-
-	rcu_read_lock();
-	for (i=0; i < conf->raid_disks; i++) {
-		mdk_rdev_t *rdev = rcu_dereference(conf->mirrors[i].rdev);
-		if (rdev && !test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags) && atomic_read(&rdev->nr_pending)) {
-			struct request_queue *r_queue = bdev_get_queue(rdev->bdev);
-
-			atomic_inc(&rdev->nr_pending);
-			rcu_read_unlock();
-
-			blk_unplug(r_queue);
-
-			rdev_dec_pending(rdev, mddev);
-			rcu_read_lock();
-		}
-	}
-	rcu_read_unlock();
-}
-
-static void raid10_unplug(struct request_queue *q)
-{
-	mddev_t *mddev = q->queuedata;
-
-	unplug_slaves(q->queuedata);
-	md_wakeup_thread(mddev->thread);
-}
-
 static int raid10_congested(void *data, int bits)
 {
 	mddev_t *mddev = data;
@@ -649,23 +609,16 @@ static int raid10_congested(void *data, int bits)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int flush_pending_writes(conf_t *conf)
+static void flush_pending_writes(conf_t *conf)
 {
 	/* Any writes that have been queued but are awaiting
 	 * bitmap updates get flushed here.
-	 * We return 1 if any requests were actually submitted.
 	 */
-	int rv = 0;
-
 	spin_lock_irq(&conf->device_lock);
 
 	if (conf->pending_bio_list.head) {
 		struct bio *bio;
 		bio = bio_list_get(&conf->pending_bio_list);
-		/* Spinlock only taken to quiet a warning */
-		spin_lock(conf->mddev->queue->queue_lock);
-		blk_remove_plug(conf->mddev->queue);
-		spin_unlock(conf->mddev->queue->queue_lock);
 		spin_unlock_irq(&conf->device_lock);
 		/* flush any pending bitmap writes to disk
 		 * before proceeding w/ I/O */
@@ -677,11 +630,16 @@ static int flush_pending_writes(conf_t *conf)
 			generic_make_request(bio);
 			bio = next;
 		}
-		rv = 1;
 	} else
 		spin_unlock_irq(&conf->device_lock);
-	return rv;
 }
+
+static void md_kick_device(mddev_t *mddev)
+{
+	blk_flush_plug(current);
+	md_wakeup_thread(mddev->thread);
+}
+
 /* Barriers....
  * Sometimes we need to suspend IO while we do something else,
  * either some resync/recovery, or reconfigure the array.
@@ -711,8 +669,7 @@ static void raise_barrier(conf_t *conf, int force)
 
 	/* Wait until no block IO is waiting (unless 'force') */
 	wait_event_lock_irq(conf->wait_barrier, force || !conf->nr_waiting,
-			    conf->resync_lock,
-			    raid10_unplug(conf->mddev->queue));
+			    conf->resync_lock, md_kick_device(conf->mddev));
 
 	/* block any new IO from starting */
 	conf->barrier++;
@@ -720,8 +677,7 @@ static void raise_barrier(conf_t *conf, int force)
 	/* No wait for all pending IO to complete */
 	wait_event_lock_irq(conf->wait_barrier,
 			    !conf->nr_pending && conf->barrier < RESYNC_DEPTH,
-			    conf->resync_lock,
-			    raid10_unplug(conf->mddev->queue));
+			    conf->resync_lock, md_kick_device(conf->mddev));
 
 	spin_unlock_irq(&conf->resync_lock);
 }
@@ -742,7 +698,7 @@ static void wait_barrier(conf_t *conf)
 		conf->nr_waiting++;
 		wait_event_lock_irq(conf->wait_barrier, !conf->barrier,
 				    conf->resync_lock,
-				    raid10_unplug(conf->mddev->queue));
+				    md_kick_device(conf->mddev));
 		conf->nr_waiting--;
 	}
 	conf->nr_pending++;
@@ -779,7 +735,7 @@ static void freeze_array(conf_t *conf)
 			    conf->nr_pending == conf->nr_queued+1,
 			    conf->resync_lock,
 			    ({ flush_pending_writes(conf);
-			       raid10_unplug(conf->mddev->queue); }));
+			       md_kick_device(conf->mddev); }));
 	spin_unlock_irq(&conf->resync_lock);
 }
 
@@ -974,7 +930,6 @@ static int make_request(mddev_t *mddev, struct bio * bio)
 		atomic_inc(&r10_bio->remaining);
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&conf->device_lock, flags);
 		bio_list_add(&conf->pending_bio_list, mbio);
-		blk_plug_device_unlocked(mddev->queue);
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&conf->device_lock, flags);
 	}
 
@@ -991,7 +946,7 @@ static int make_request(mddev_t *mddev, struct bio * bio)
 	/* In case raid10d snuck in to freeze_array */
 	wake_up(&conf->wait_barrier);
 
-	if (do_sync)
+	if (do_sync || !mddev->bitmap)
 		md_wakeup_thread(mddev->thread);
 
 	return 0;
@@ -1684,7 +1639,6 @@ static void raid10d(mddev_t *mddev)
 	unsigned long flags;
 	conf_t *conf = mddev->private;
 	struct list_head *head = &conf->retry_list;
-	int unplug=0;
 	mdk_rdev_t *rdev;
 
 	md_check_recovery(mddev);
@@ -1692,7 +1646,7 @@ static void raid10d(mddev_t *mddev)
 	for (;;) {
 		char b[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
 
-		unplug += flush_pending_writes(conf);
+		flush_pending_writes(conf);
 
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&conf->device_lock, flags);
 		if (list_empty(head)) {
@@ -1706,13 +1660,11 @@ static void raid10d(mddev_t *mddev)
 
 		mddev = r10_bio->mddev;
 		conf = mddev->private;
-		if (test_bit(R10BIO_IsSync, &r10_bio->state)) {
+		if (test_bit(R10BIO_IsSync, &r10_bio->state))
 			sync_request_write(mddev, r10_bio);
-			unplug = 1;
-		} else 	if (test_bit(R10BIO_IsRecover, &r10_bio->state)) {
+		else if (test_bit(R10BIO_IsRecover, &r10_bio->state))
 			recovery_request_write(mddev, r10_bio);
-			unplug = 1;
-		} else {
+		else {
 			int mirror;
 			/* we got a read error. Maybe the drive is bad.  Maybe just
 			 * the block and we can fix it.
@@ -1759,14 +1711,11 @@ static void raid10d(mddev_t *mddev)
 				bio->bi_rw = READ | do_sync;
 				bio->bi_private = r10_bio;
 				bio->bi_end_io = raid10_end_read_request;
-				unplug = 1;
 				generic_make_request(bio);
 			}
 		}
 		cond_resched();
 	}
-	if (unplug)
-		unplug_slaves(mddev);
 }
 
 
@@ -2377,7 +2326,6 @@ static int run(mddev_t *mddev)
 	md_set_array_sectors(mddev, size);
 	mddev->resync_max_sectors = size;
 
-	mddev->queue->unplug_fn = raid10_unplug;
 	mddev->queue->backing_dev_info.congested_fn = raid10_congested;
 	mddev->queue->backing_dev_info.congested_data = mddev;
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index 78536fdbd87..e867ee42b15 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -433,8 +433,6 @@ static int has_failed(raid5_conf_t *conf)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void unplug_slaves(mddev_t *mddev);
-
 static struct stripe_head *
 get_active_stripe(raid5_conf_t *conf, sector_t sector,
 		  int previous, int noblock, int noquiesce)
@@ -463,8 +461,7 @@ get_active_stripe(raid5_conf_t *conf, sector_t sector,
 						     < (conf->max_nr_stripes *3/4)
 						     || !conf->inactive_blocked),
 						    conf->device_lock,
-						    md_raid5_unplug_device(conf)
-					);
+						    md_raid5_kick_device(conf));
 				conf->inactive_blocked = 0;
 			} else
 				init_stripe(sh, sector, previous);
@@ -1473,8 +1470,7 @@ static int resize_stripes(raid5_conf_t *conf, int newsize)
 		wait_event_lock_irq(conf->wait_for_stripe,
 				    !list_empty(&conf->inactive_list),
 				    conf->device_lock,
-				    unplug_slaves(conf->mddev)
-			);
+				    blk_flush_plug(current));
 		osh = get_free_stripe(conf);
 		spin_unlock_irq(&conf->device_lock);
 		atomic_set(&nsh->count, 1);
@@ -3645,58 +3641,19 @@ static void activate_bit_delay(raid5_conf_t *conf)
 	}
 }
 
-static void unplug_slaves(mddev_t *mddev)
+void md_raid5_kick_device(raid5_conf_t *conf)
 {
-	raid5_conf_t *conf = mddev->private;
-	int i;
-	int devs = max(conf->raid_disks, conf->previous_raid_disks);
-
-	rcu_read_lock();
-	for (i = 0; i < devs; i++) {
-		mdk_rdev_t *rdev = rcu_dereference(conf->disks[i].rdev);
-		if (rdev && !test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags) && atomic_read(&rdev->nr_pending)) {
-			struct request_queue *r_queue = bdev_get_queue(rdev->bdev);
-
-			atomic_inc(&rdev->nr_pending);
-			rcu_read_unlock();
-
-			blk_unplug(r_queue);
-
-			rdev_dec_pending(rdev, mddev);
-			rcu_read_lock();
-		}
-	}
-	rcu_read_unlock();
-}
-
-void md_raid5_unplug_device(raid5_conf_t *conf)
-{
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&conf->device_lock, flags);
-
-	if (plugger_remove_plug(&conf->plug)) {
-		conf->seq_flush++;
-		raid5_activate_delayed(conf);
-	}
+	blk_flush_plug(current);
+	raid5_activate_delayed(conf);
 	md_wakeup_thread(conf->mddev->thread);
-
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&conf->device_lock, flags);
-
-	unplug_slaves(conf->mddev);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(md_raid5_unplug_device);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(md_raid5_kick_device);
 
 static void raid5_unplug(struct plug_handle *plug)
 {
 	raid5_conf_t *conf = container_of(plug, raid5_conf_t, plug);
-	md_raid5_unplug_device(conf);
-}
 
-static void raid5_unplug_queue(struct request_queue *q)
-{
-	mddev_t *mddev = q->queuedata;
-	md_raid5_unplug_device(mddev->private);
+	md_raid5_kick_device(conf);
 }
 
 int md_raid5_congested(mddev_t *mddev, int bits)
@@ -4100,7 +4057,7 @@ static int make_request(mddev_t *mddev, struct bio * bi)
 				 * add failed due to overlap.  Flush everything
 				 * and wait a while
 				 */
-				md_raid5_unplug_device(conf);
+				md_raid5_kick_device(conf);
 				release_stripe(sh);
 				schedule();
 				goto retry;
@@ -4365,7 +4322,6 @@ static inline sector_t sync_request(mddev_t *mddev, sector_t sector_nr, int *ski
 
 	if (sector_nr >= max_sector) {
 		/* just being told to finish up .. nothing much to do */
-		unplug_slaves(mddev);
 
 		if (test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_RESHAPE, &mddev->recovery)) {
 			end_reshape(conf);
@@ -4569,7 +4525,6 @@ static void raid5d(mddev_t *mddev)
 	spin_unlock_irq(&conf->device_lock);
 
 	async_tx_issue_pending_all();
-	unplug_slaves(mddev);
 
 	pr_debug("--- raid5d inactive\n");
 }
@@ -5204,7 +5159,7 @@ static int run(mddev_t *mddev)
 
 		mddev->queue->backing_dev_info.congested_data = mddev;
 		mddev->queue->backing_dev_info.congested_fn = raid5_congested;
-		mddev->queue->unplug_fn = raid5_unplug_queue;
+		mddev->queue->queue_lock = &conf->device_lock;
 
 		chunk_size = mddev->chunk_sectors << 9;
 		blk_queue_io_min(mddev->queue, chunk_size);
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.h b/drivers/md/raid5.h
index 2ace0582b40..8d563a4f022 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.h
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.h
@@ -503,6 +503,6 @@ static inline int algorithm_is_DDF(int layout)
 }
 
 extern int md_raid5_congested(mddev_t *mddev, int bits);
-extern void md_raid5_unplug_device(raid5_conf_t *conf);
+extern void md_raid5_kick_device(raid5_conf_t *conf);
 extern int raid5_set_cache_size(mddev_t *mddev, int size);
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_block.c b/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_block.c
index f81c25d4a12..47ec5bc0ed2 100644
--- a/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_block.c
+++ b/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_block.c
@@ -897,11 +897,7 @@ static void i2o_block_request_fn(struct request_queue *q)
 {
 	struct request *req;
 
-	while (!blk_queue_plugged(q)) {
-		req = blk_peek_request(q);
-		if (!req)
-			break;
-
+	while ((req = blk_peek_request(q)) != NULL) {
 		if (req->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_FS) {
 			struct i2o_block_delayed_request *dreq;
 			struct i2o_block_request *ireq = req->special;
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/card/queue.c b/drivers/mmc/card/queue.c
index 4e42d030e09..2ae727568df 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/card/queue.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/card/queue.c
@@ -55,8 +55,7 @@ static int mmc_queue_thread(void *d)
 
 		spin_lock_irq(q->queue_lock);
 		set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
-		if (!blk_queue_plugged(q))
-			req = blk_fetch_request(q);
+		req = blk_fetch_request(q);
 		mq->req = req;
 		spin_unlock_irq(q->queue_lock);
 
diff --git a/drivers/s390/block/dasd.c b/drivers/s390/block/dasd.c
index 794bfd96226..4d2df2f76ea 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/block/dasd.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/block/dasd.c
@@ -1917,7 +1917,7 @@ static void __dasd_process_request_queue(struct dasd_block *block)
 		return;
 	}
 	/* Now we try to fetch requests from the request queue */
-	while (!blk_queue_plugged(queue) && (req = blk_peek_request(queue))) {
+	while ((req = blk_peek_request(queue))) {
 		if (basedev->features & DASD_FEATURE_READONLY &&
 		    rq_data_dir(req) == WRITE) {
 			DBF_DEV_EVENT(DBF_ERR, basedev,
diff --git a/drivers/s390/char/tape_block.c b/drivers/s390/char/tape_block.c
index ad843163601..83cea9a55e2 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/char/tape_block.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/char/tape_block.c
@@ -161,7 +161,6 @@ tapeblock_requeue(struct work_struct *work) {
 
 	spin_lock_irq(&device->blk_data.request_queue_lock);
 	while (
-		!blk_queue_plugged(queue) &&
 		blk_peek_request(queue) &&
 		nr_queued < TAPEBLOCK_MIN_REQUEUE
 	) {
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
index fb2bb35c62c..bf80a4c5a48 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
@@ -67,6 +67,13 @@ static struct scsi_host_sg_pool scsi_sg_pools[] = {
 
 struct kmem_cache *scsi_sdb_cache;
 
+/*
+ * When to reinvoke queueing after a resource shortage. It's 3 msecs to
+ * not change behaviour from the previous unplug mechanism, experimentation
+ * may prove this needs changing.
+ */
+#define SCSI_QUEUE_DELAY	3
+
 static void scsi_run_queue(struct request_queue *q);
 
 /*
@@ -149,14 +156,7 @@ static int __scsi_queue_insert(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd, int reason, int unbusy)
 	/*
 	 * Requeue this command.  It will go before all other commands
 	 * that are already in the queue.
-	 *
-	 * NOTE: there is magic here about the way the queue is plugged if
-	 * we have no outstanding commands.
-	 * 
-	 * Although we *don't* plug the queue, we call the request
-	 * function.  The SCSI request function detects the blocked condition
-	 * and plugs the queue appropriately.
-         */
+	 */
 	spin_lock_irqsave(q->queue_lock, flags);
 	blk_requeue_request(q, cmd->request);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(q->queue_lock, flags);
@@ -1194,11 +1194,11 @@ int scsi_prep_return(struct request_queue *q, struct request *req, int ret)
 	case BLKPREP_DEFER:
 		/*
 		 * If we defer, the blk_peek_request() returns NULL, but the
-		 * queue must be restarted, so we plug here if no returning
-		 * command will automatically do that.
+		 * queue must be restarted, so we schedule a callback to happen
+		 * shortly.
 		 */
 		if (sdev->device_busy == 0)
-			blk_plug_device(q);
+			blk_delay_queue(q, SCSI_QUEUE_DELAY);
 		break;
 	default:
 		req->cmd_flags |= REQ_DONTPREP;
@@ -1237,7 +1237,7 @@ static inline int scsi_dev_queue_ready(struct request_queue *q,
 				   sdev_printk(KERN_INFO, sdev,
 				   "unblocking device at zero depth\n"));
 		} else {
-			blk_plug_device(q);
+			blk_delay_queue(q, SCSI_QUEUE_DELAY);
 			return 0;
 		}
 	}
@@ -1467,7 +1467,7 @@ static void scsi_request_fn(struct request_queue *q)
 	 * the host is no longer able to accept any more requests.
 	 */
 	shost = sdev->host;
-	while (!blk_queue_plugged(q)) {
+	for (;;) {
 		int rtn;
 		/*
 		 * get next queueable request.  We do this early to make sure
@@ -1546,15 +1546,8 @@ static void scsi_request_fn(struct request_queue *q)
 		 */
 		rtn = scsi_dispatch_cmd(cmd);
 		spin_lock_irq(q->queue_lock);
-		if(rtn) {
-			/* we're refusing the command; because of
-			 * the way locks get dropped, we need to 
-			 * check here if plugging is required */
-			if(sdev->device_busy == 0)
-				blk_plug_device(q);
-
-			break;
-		}
+		if (rtn)
+			goto out_delay;
 	}
 
 	goto out;
@@ -1573,9 +1566,10 @@ static void scsi_request_fn(struct request_queue *q)
 	spin_lock_irq(q->queue_lock);
 	blk_requeue_request(q, req);
 	sdev->device_busy--;
-	if(sdev->device_busy == 0)
-		blk_plug_device(q);
- out:
+out_delay:
+	if (sdev->device_busy == 0)
+		blk_delay_queue(q, SCSI_QUEUE_DELAY);
+out:
 	/* must be careful here...if we trigger the ->remove() function
 	 * we cannot be holding the q lock */
 	spin_unlock_irq(q->queue_lock);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_fc.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_fc.c
index 5c3ccfc6b62..2941d2d92c9 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_fc.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_fc.c
@@ -3913,7 +3913,7 @@ fc_bsg_request_handler(struct request_queue *q, struct Scsi_Host *shost,
 	if (!get_device(dev))
 		return;
 
-	while (!blk_queue_plugged(q)) {
+	while (1) {
 		if (rport && (rport->port_state == FC_PORTSTATE_BLOCKED) &&
 		    !(rport->flags & FC_RPORT_FAST_FAIL_TIMEDOUT))
 			break;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_sas.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_sas.c
index 927e99cb722..c6fcf76cade 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_sas.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_sas.c
@@ -173,11 +173,7 @@ static void sas_smp_request(struct request_queue *q, struct Scsi_Host *shost,
 	int ret;
 	int (*handler)(struct Scsi_Host *, struct sas_rphy *, struct request *);
 
-	while (!blk_queue_plugged(q)) {
-		req = blk_fetch_request(q);
-		if (!req)
-			break;
-
+	while ((req = blk_fetch_request(q)) != NULL) {
 		spin_unlock_irq(q->queue_lock);
 
 		handler = to_sas_internal(shost->transportt)->f->smp_handler;
diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_iblock.c b/drivers/target/target_core_iblock.c
index 67f0c09983c..c1b539d7b0d 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_iblock.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_iblock.c
@@ -392,9 +392,8 @@ static int iblock_do_task(struct se_task *task)
 {
 	struct se_device *dev = task->task_se_cmd->se_dev;
 	struct iblock_req *req = IBLOCK_REQ(task);
-	struct iblock_dev *ibd = (struct iblock_dev *)req->ib_dev;
-	struct request_queue *q = bdev_get_queue(ibd->ibd_bd);
 	struct bio *bio = req->ib_bio, *nbio = NULL;
+	struct blk_plug plug;
 	int rw;
 
 	if (task->task_data_direction == DMA_TO_DEVICE) {
@@ -412,6 +411,7 @@ static int iblock_do_task(struct se_task *task)
 		rw = READ;
 	}
 
+	blk_start_plug(&plug);
 	while (bio) {
 		nbio = bio->bi_next;
 		bio->bi_next = NULL;
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ static int iblock_do_task(struct se_task *task)
 		submit_bio(rw, bio);
 		bio = nbio;
 	}
+	blk_finish_plug(&plug);
 
-	if (q->unplug_fn)
-		q->unplug_fn(q);
 	return PYX_TRANSPORT_SENT_TO_TRANSPORT;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/adfs/inode.c b/fs/adfs/inode.c
index 65794b8fe79..1cc84b27613 100644
--- a/fs/adfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/adfs/inode.c
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ static sector_t _adfs_bmap(struct address_space *mapping, sector_t block)
 static const struct address_space_operations adfs_aops = {
 	.readpage	= adfs_readpage,
 	.writepage	= adfs_writepage,
-	.sync_page	= block_sync_page,
 	.write_begin	= adfs_write_begin,
 	.write_end	= generic_write_end,
 	.bmap		= _adfs_bmap
diff --git a/fs/affs/file.c b/fs/affs/file.c
index 0a90dcd46de..acf321b70fc 100644
--- a/fs/affs/file.c
+++ b/fs/affs/file.c
@@ -429,7 +429,6 @@ static sector_t _affs_bmap(struct address_space *mapping, sector_t block)
 const struct address_space_operations affs_aops = {
 	.readpage = affs_readpage,
 	.writepage = affs_writepage,
-	.sync_page = block_sync_page,
 	.write_begin = affs_write_begin,
 	.write_end = generic_write_end,
 	.bmap = _affs_bmap
@@ -786,7 +785,6 @@ out:
 const struct address_space_operations affs_aops_ofs = {
 	.readpage = affs_readpage_ofs,
 	//.writepage = affs_writepage_ofs,
-	//.sync_page = affs_sync_page_ofs,
 	.write_begin = affs_write_begin_ofs,
 	.write_end = affs_write_end_ofs
 };
diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c
index 26869cde395..a936b7fe4f6 100644
--- a/fs/aio.c
+++ b/fs/aio.c
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@
 #include <linux/security.h>
 #include <linux/eventfd.h>
 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
-#include <linux/mempool.h>
-#include <linux/hash.h>
 #include <linux/compat.h>
 
 #include <asm/kmap_types.h>
@@ -65,14 +63,6 @@ static DECLARE_WORK(fput_work, aio_fput_routine);
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(fput_lock);
 static LIST_HEAD(fput_head);
 
-#define AIO_BATCH_HASH_BITS	3 /* allocated on-stack, so don't go crazy */
-#define AIO_BATCH_HASH_SIZE	(1 << AIO_BATCH_HASH_BITS)
-struct aio_batch_entry {
-	struct hlist_node list;
-	struct address_space *mapping;
-};
-mempool_t *abe_pool;
-
 static void aio_kick_handler(struct work_struct *);
 static void aio_queue_work(struct kioctx *);
 
@@ -86,8 +76,7 @@ static int __init aio_setup(void)
 	kioctx_cachep = KMEM_CACHE(kioctx,SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN|SLAB_PANIC);
 
 	aio_wq = create_workqueue("aio");
-	abe_pool = mempool_create_kmalloc_pool(1, sizeof(struct aio_batch_entry));
-	BUG_ON(!aio_wq || !abe_pool);
+	BUG_ON(!aio_wq);
 
 	pr_debug("aio_setup: sizeof(struct page) = %d\n", (int)sizeof(struct page));
 
@@ -1525,57 +1514,8 @@ static ssize_t aio_setup_iocb(struct kiocb *kiocb, bool compat)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void aio_batch_add(struct address_space *mapping,
-			  struct hlist_head *batch_hash)
-{
-	struct aio_batch_entry *abe;
-	struct hlist_node *pos;
-	unsigned bucket;
-
-	bucket = hash_ptr(mapping, AIO_BATCH_HASH_BITS);
-	hlist_for_each_entry(abe, pos, &batch_hash[bucket], list) {
-		if (abe->mapping == mapping)
-			return;
-	}
-
-	abe = mempool_alloc(abe_pool, GFP_KERNEL);
-
-	/*
-	 * we should be using igrab here, but
-	 * we don't want to hammer on the global
-	 * inode spinlock just to take an extra
-	 * reference on a file that we must already
-	 * have a reference to.
-	 *
-	 * When we're called, we always have a reference
-	 * on the file, so we must always have a reference
-	 * on the inode, so ihold() is safe here.
-	 */
-	ihold(mapping->host);
-	abe->mapping = mapping;
-	hlist_add_head(&abe->list, &batch_hash[bucket]);
-	return;
-}
-
-static void aio_batch_free(struct hlist_head *batch_hash)
-{
-	struct aio_batch_entry *abe;
-	struct hlist_node *pos, *n;
-	int i;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < AIO_BATCH_HASH_SIZE; i++) {
-		hlist_for_each_entry_safe(abe, pos, n, &batch_hash[i], list) {
-			blk_run_address_space(abe->mapping);
-			iput(abe->mapping->host);
-			hlist_del(&abe->list);
-			mempool_free(abe, abe_pool);
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 static int io_submit_one(struct kioctx *ctx, struct iocb __user *user_iocb,
-			 struct iocb *iocb, struct hlist_head *batch_hash,
-			 bool compat)
+			 struct iocb *iocb, bool compat)
 {
 	struct kiocb *req;
 	struct file *file;
@@ -1666,11 +1606,6 @@ static int io_submit_one(struct kioctx *ctx, struct iocb __user *user_iocb,
 			;
 	}
 	spin_unlock_irq(&ctx->ctx_lock);
-	if (req->ki_opcode == IOCB_CMD_PREAD ||
-	    req->ki_opcode == IOCB_CMD_PREADV ||
-	    req->ki_opcode == IOCB_CMD_PWRITE ||
-	    req->ki_opcode == IOCB_CMD_PWRITEV)
-		aio_batch_add(file->f_mapping, batch_hash);
 
 	aio_put_req(req);	/* drop extra ref to req */
 	return 0;
@@ -1687,7 +1622,7 @@ long do_io_submit(aio_context_t ctx_id, long nr,
 	struct kioctx *ctx;
 	long ret = 0;
 	int i;
-	struct hlist_head batch_hash[AIO_BATCH_HASH_SIZE] = { { 0, }, };
+	struct blk_plug plug;
 
 	if (unlikely(nr < 0))
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -1704,6 +1639,8 @@ long do_io_submit(aio_context_t ctx_id, long nr,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	blk_start_plug(&plug);
+
 	/*
 	 * AKPM: should this return a partial result if some of the IOs were
 	 * successfully submitted?
@@ -1722,11 +1659,11 @@ long do_io_submit(aio_context_t ctx_id, long nr,
 			break;
 		}
 
-		ret = io_submit_one(ctx, user_iocb, &tmp, batch_hash, compat);
+		ret = io_submit_one(ctx, user_iocb, &tmp, compat);
 		if (ret)
 			break;
 	}
-	aio_batch_free(batch_hash);
+	blk_finish_plug(&plug);
 
 	put_ioctx(ctx);
 	return i ? i : ret;
diff --git a/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c b/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
index b1d0c794747..06457ed8f3e 100644
--- a/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
+++ b/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ static const struct inode_operations befs_dir_inode_operations = {
 
 static const struct address_space_operations befs_aops = {
 	.readpage	= befs_readpage,
-	.sync_page	= block_sync_page,
 	.bmap		= befs_bmap,
 };
 
diff --git a/fs/bfs/file.c b/fs/bfs/file.c
index eb67edd0f8e..f20e8a71062 100644
--- a/fs/bfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/bfs/file.c
@@ -186,7 +186,6 @@ static sector_t bfs_bmap(struct address_space *mapping, sector_t block)
 const struct address_space_operations bfs_aops = {
 	.readpage	= bfs_readpage,
 	.writepage	= bfs_writepage,
-	.sync_page	= block_sync_page,
 	.write_begin	= bfs_write_begin,
 	.write_end	= generic_write_end,
 	.bmap		= bfs_bmap,
diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index d42cad2757a..fbe05cbdd69 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -1529,7 +1529,6 @@ static int blkdev_releasepage(struct page *page, gfp_t wait)
 static const struct address_space_operations def_blk_aops = {
 	.readpage	= blkdev_readpage,
 	.writepage	= blkdev_writepage,
-	.sync_page	= block_sync_page,
 	.write_begin	= blkdev_write_begin,
 	.write_end	= blkdev_write_end,
 	.writepages	= generic_writepages,
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index e1aa8d607bc..ada1f6bd0a5 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -847,7 +847,6 @@ static const struct address_space_operations btree_aops = {
 	.writepages	= btree_writepages,
 	.releasepage	= btree_releasepage,
 	.invalidatepage = btree_invalidatepage,
-	.sync_page	= block_sync_page,
 #ifdef CONFIG_MIGRATION
 	.migratepage	= btree_migratepage,
 #endif
@@ -1331,82 +1330,6 @@ static int btrfs_congested_fn(void *congested_data, int bdi_bits)
 }
 
 /*
- * this unplugs every device on the box, and it is only used when page
- * is null
- */
-static void __unplug_io_fn(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, struct page *page)
-{
-	struct btrfs_device *device;
-	struct btrfs_fs_info *info;
-
-	info = (struct btrfs_fs_info *)bdi->unplug_io_data;
-	list_for_each_entry(device, &info->fs_devices->devices, dev_list) {
-		if (!device->bdev)
-			continue;
-
-		bdi = blk_get_backing_dev_info(device->bdev);
-		if (bdi->unplug_io_fn)
-			bdi->unplug_io_fn(bdi, page);
-	}
-}
-
-static void btrfs_unplug_io_fn(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, struct page *page)
-{
-	struct inode *inode;
-	struct extent_map_tree *em_tree;
-	struct extent_map *em;
-	struct address_space *mapping;
-	u64 offset;
-
-	/* the generic O_DIRECT read code does this */
-	if (1 || !page) {
-		__unplug_io_fn(bdi, page);
-		return;
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * page->mapping may change at any time.  Get a consistent copy
-	 * and use that for everything below
-	 */
-	smp_mb();
-	mapping = page->mapping;
-	if (!mapping)
-		return;
-
-	inode = mapping->host;
-
-	/*
-	 * don't do the expensive searching for a small number of
-	 * devices
-	 */
-	if (BTRFS_I(inode)->root->fs_info->fs_devices->open_devices <= 2) {
-		__unplug_io_fn(bdi, page);
-		return;
-	}
-
-	offset = page_offset(page);
-
-	em_tree = &BTRFS_I(inode)->extent_tree;
-	read_lock(&em_tree->lock);
-	em = lookup_extent_mapping(em_tree, offset, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE);
-	read_unlock(&em_tree->lock);
-	if (!em) {
-		__unplug_io_fn(bdi, page);
-		return;
-	}
-
-	if (em->block_start >= EXTENT_MAP_LAST_BYTE) {
-		free_extent_map(em);
-		__unplug_io_fn(bdi, page);
-		return;
-	}
-	offset = offset - em->start;
-	btrfs_unplug_page(&BTRFS_I(inode)->root->fs_info->mapping_tree,
-			  em->block_start + offset, page);
-	free_extent_map(em);
-}
-
-/*
  * If this fails, caller must call bdi_destroy() to get rid of the
  * bdi again.
  */
@@ -1420,8 +1343,6 @@ static int setup_bdi(struct btrfs_fs_info *info, struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
 		return err;
 
 	bdi->ra_pages	= default_backing_dev_info.ra_pages;
-	bdi->unplug_io_fn	= btrfs_unplug_io_fn;
-	bdi->unplug_io_data	= info;
 	bdi->congested_fn	= btrfs_congested_fn;
 	bdi->congested_data	= info;
 	return 0;
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
index fd3f172e94e..00497d551e5 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
@@ -2188,7 +2188,7 @@ static int __extent_writepage(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc,
 	unsigned long nr_written = 0;
 
 	if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL)
-		write_flags = WRITE_SYNC_PLUG;
+		write_flags = WRITE_SYNC;
 	else
 		write_flags = WRITE;
 
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 0efdb65953c..02438c91792 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -7340,7 +7340,6 @@ static const struct address_space_operations btrfs_aops = {
 	.writepage	= btrfs_writepage,
 	.writepages	= btrfs_writepages,
 	.readpages	= btrfs_readpages,
-	.sync_page	= block_sync_page,
 	.direct_IO	= btrfs_direct_IO,
 	.invalidatepage = btrfs_invalidatepage,
 	.releasepage	= btrfs_releasepage,
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
index dd13eb81ee4..9d554e8e658 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -162,7 +162,6 @@ static noinline int run_scheduled_bios(struct btrfs_device *device)
 	struct bio *cur;
 	int again = 0;
 	unsigned long num_run;
-	unsigned long num_sync_run;
 	unsigned long batch_run = 0;
 	unsigned long limit;
 	unsigned long last_waited = 0;
@@ -173,11 +172,6 @@ static noinline int run_scheduled_bios(struct btrfs_device *device)
 	limit = btrfs_async_submit_limit(fs_info);
 	limit = limit * 2 / 3;
 
-	/* we want to make sure that every time we switch from the sync
-	 * list to the normal list, we unplug
-	 */
-	num_sync_run = 0;
-
 loop:
 	spin_lock(&device->io_lock);
 
@@ -223,15 +217,6 @@ loop_lock:
 
 	spin_unlock(&device->io_lock);
 
-	/*
-	 * if we're doing the regular priority list, make sure we unplug
-	 * for any high prio bios we've sent down
-	 */
-	if (pending_bios == &device->pending_bios && num_sync_run > 0) {
-		num_sync_run = 0;
-		blk_run_backing_dev(bdi, NULL);
-	}
-
 	while (pending) {
 
 		rmb();
@@ -259,19 +244,11 @@ loop_lock:
 
 		BUG_ON(atomic_read(&cur->bi_cnt) == 0);
 
-		if (cur->bi_rw & REQ_SYNC)
-			num_sync_run++;
-
 		submit_bio(cur->bi_rw, cur);
 		num_run++;
 		batch_run++;
-		if (need_resched()) {
-			if (num_sync_run) {
-				blk_run_backing_dev(bdi, NULL);
-				num_sync_run = 0;
-			}
+		if (need_resched())
 			cond_resched();
-		}
 
 		/*
 		 * we made progress, there is more work to do and the bdi
@@ -304,13 +281,8 @@ loop_lock:
 				 * against it before looping
 				 */
 				last_waited = ioc->last_waited;
-				if (need_resched()) {
-					if (num_sync_run) {
-						blk_run_backing_dev(bdi, NULL);
-						num_sync_run = 0;
-					}
+				if (need_resched())
 					cond_resched();
-				}
 				continue;
 			}
 			spin_lock(&device->io_lock);
@@ -323,22 +295,6 @@ loop_lock:
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (num_sync_run) {
-		num_sync_run = 0;
-		blk_run_backing_dev(bdi, NULL);
-	}
-	/*
-	 * IO has already been through a long path to get here.  Checksumming,
-	 * async helper threads, perhaps compression.  We've done a pretty
-	 * good job of collecting a batch of IO and should just unplug
-	 * the device right away.
-	 *
-	 * This will help anyone who is waiting on the IO, they might have
-	 * already unplugged, but managed to do so before the bio they
-	 * cared about found its way down here.
-	 */
-	blk_run_backing_dev(bdi, NULL);
-
 	cond_resched();
 	if (again)
 		goto loop;
@@ -2955,7 +2911,7 @@ static int find_live_mirror(struct map_lookup *map, int first, int num,
 static int __btrfs_map_block(struct btrfs_mapping_tree *map_tree, int rw,
 			     u64 logical, u64 *length,
 			     struct btrfs_multi_bio **multi_ret,
-			     int mirror_num, struct page *unplug_page)
+			     int mirror_num)
 {
 	struct extent_map *em;
 	struct map_lookup *map;
@@ -2987,11 +2943,6 @@ again:
 	em = lookup_extent_mapping(em_tree, logical, *length);
 	read_unlock(&em_tree->lock);
 
-	if (!em && unplug_page) {
-		kfree(multi);
-		return 0;
-	}
-
 	if (!em) {
 		printk(KERN_CRIT "unable to find logical %llu len %llu\n",
 		       (unsigned long long)logical,
@@ -3047,13 +2998,13 @@ again:
 		*length = em->len - offset;
 	}
 
-	if (!multi_ret && !unplug_page)
+	if (!multi_ret)
 		goto out;
 
 	num_stripes = 1;
 	stripe_index = 0;
 	if (map->type & BTRFS_BLOCK_GROUP_RAID1) {
-		if (unplug_page || (rw & REQ_WRITE))
+		if (rw & REQ_WRITE)
 			num_stripes = map->num_stripes;
 		else if (mirror_num)
 			stripe_index = mirror_num - 1;
@@ -3075,7 +3026,7 @@ again:
 		stripe_index = do_div(stripe_nr, factor);
 		stripe_index *= map->sub_stripes;
 
-		if (unplug_page || (rw & REQ_WRITE))
+		if (rw & REQ_WRITE)
 			num_stripes = map->sub_stripes;
 		else if (mirror_num)
 			stripe_index += mirror_num - 1;
@@ -3095,22 +3046,10 @@ again:
 	BUG_ON(stripe_index >= map->num_stripes);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < num_stripes; i++) {
-		if (unplug_page) {
-			struct btrfs_device *device;
-			struct backing_dev_info *bdi;
-
-			device = map->stripes[stripe_index].dev;
-			if (device->bdev) {
-				bdi = blk_get_backing_dev_info(device->bdev);
-				if (bdi->unplug_io_fn)
-					bdi->unplug_io_fn(bdi, unplug_page);
-			}
-		} else {
-			multi->stripes[i].physical =
-				map->stripes[stripe_index].physical +
-				stripe_offset + stripe_nr * map->stripe_len;
-			multi->stripes[i].dev = map->stripes[stripe_index].dev;
-		}
+		multi->stripes[i].physical =
+			map->stripes[stripe_index].physical +
+			stripe_offset + stripe_nr * map->stripe_len;
+		multi->stripes[i].dev = map->stripes[stripe_index].dev;
 		stripe_index++;
 	}
 	if (multi_ret) {
@@ -3128,7 +3067,7 @@ int btrfs_map_block(struct btrfs_mapping_tree *map_tree, int rw,
 		      struct btrfs_multi_bio **multi_ret, int mirror_num)
 {
 	return __btrfs_map_block(map_tree, rw, logical, length, multi_ret,
-				 mirror_num, NULL);
+				 mirror_num);
 }
 
 int btrfs_rmap_block(struct btrfs_mapping_tree *map_tree,
@@ -3196,14 +3135,6 @@ int btrfs_rmap_block(struct btrfs_mapping_tree *map_tree,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int btrfs_unplug_page(struct btrfs_mapping_tree *map_tree,
-		      u64 logical, struct page *page)
-{
-	u64 length = PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
-	return __btrfs_map_block(map_tree, READ, logical, &length,
-				 NULL, 0, page);
-}
-
 static void end_bio_multi_stripe(struct bio *bio, int err)
 {
 	struct btrfs_multi_bio *multi = bio->bi_private;
diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index 2219a76e2ca..42534f67d71 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -54,23 +54,15 @@ init_buffer(struct buffer_head *bh, bh_end_io_t *handler, void *private)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(init_buffer);
 
-static int sync_buffer(void *word)
+static int sleep_on_buffer(void *word)
 {
-	struct block_device *bd;
-	struct buffer_head *bh
-		= container_of(word, struct buffer_head, b_state);
-
-	smp_mb();
-	bd = bh->b_bdev;
-	if (bd)
-		blk_run_address_space(bd->bd_inode->i_mapping);
 	io_schedule();
 	return 0;
 }
 
 void __lock_buffer(struct buffer_head *bh)
 {
-	wait_on_bit_lock(&bh->b_state, BH_Lock, sync_buffer,
+	wait_on_bit_lock(&bh->b_state, BH_Lock, sleep_on_buffer,
 							TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__lock_buffer);
@@ -90,7 +82,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(unlock_buffer);
  */
 void __wait_on_buffer(struct buffer_head * bh)
 {
-	wait_on_bit(&bh->b_state, BH_Lock, sync_buffer, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
+	wait_on_bit(&bh->b_state, BH_Lock, sleep_on_buffer, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__wait_on_buffer);
 
@@ -749,7 +741,7 @@ static int fsync_buffers_list(spinlock_t *lock, struct list_head *list)
 {
 	struct buffer_head *bh;
 	struct list_head tmp;
-	struct address_space *mapping, *prev_mapping = NULL;
+	struct address_space *mapping;
 	int err = 0, err2;
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tmp);
@@ -775,7 +767,7 @@ static int fsync_buffers_list(spinlock_t *lock, struct list_head *list)
 				 * still in flight on potentially older
 				 * contents.
 				 */
-				write_dirty_buffer(bh, WRITE_SYNC_PLUG);
+				write_dirty_buffer(bh, WRITE_SYNC);
 
 				/*
 				 * Kick off IO for the previous mapping. Note
@@ -783,10 +775,6 @@ static int fsync_buffers_list(spinlock_t *lock, struct list_head *list)
 				 * wait_on_buffer() will do that for us
 				 * through sync_buffer().
 				 */
-				if (prev_mapping && prev_mapping != mapping)
-					blk_run_address_space(prev_mapping);
-				prev_mapping = mapping;
-
 				brelse(bh);
 				spin_lock(lock);
 			}
@@ -1614,14 +1602,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(unmap_underlying_metadata);
  * prevents this contention from occurring.
  *
  * If block_write_full_page() is called with wbc->sync_mode ==
- * WB_SYNC_ALL, the writes are posted using WRITE_SYNC_PLUG; this
- * causes the writes to be flagged as synchronous writes, but the
- * block device queue will NOT be unplugged, since usually many pages
- * will be pushed to the out before the higher-level caller actually
- * waits for the writes to be completed.  The various wait functions,
- * such as wait_on_writeback_range() will ultimately call sync_page()
- * which will ultimately call blk_run_backing_dev(), which will end up
- * unplugging the device queue.
+ * WB_SYNC_ALL, the writes are posted using WRITE_SYNC; this
+ * causes the writes to be flagged as synchronous writes.
  */
 static int __block_write_full_page(struct inode *inode, struct page *page,
 			get_block_t *get_block, struct writeback_control *wbc,
@@ -1634,7 +1616,7 @@ static int __block_write_full_page(struct inode *inode, struct page *page,
 	const unsigned blocksize = 1 << inode->i_blkbits;
 	int nr_underway = 0;
 	int write_op = (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL ?
-			WRITE_SYNC_PLUG : WRITE);
+			WRITE_SYNC : WRITE);
 
 	BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page));
 
@@ -3138,17 +3120,6 @@ out:
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(try_to_free_buffers);
 
-void block_sync_page(struct page *page)
-{
-	struct address_space *mapping;
-
-	smp_mb();
-	mapping = page_mapping(page);
-	if (mapping)
-		blk_run_backing_dev(mapping->backing_dev_info, page);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(block_sync_page);
-
 /*
  * There are no bdflush tunables left.  But distributions are
  * still running obsolete flush daemons, so we terminate them here.
diff --git a/fs/cifs/file.c b/fs/cifs/file.c
index e964b1cd5dd..c27d236738f 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/file.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/file.c
@@ -1569,34 +1569,6 @@ int cifs_fsync(struct file *file, int datasync)
 	return rc;
 }
 
-/* static void cifs_sync_page(struct page *page)
-{
-	struct address_space *mapping;
-	struct inode *inode;
-	unsigned long index = page->index;
-	unsigned int rpages = 0;
-	int rc = 0;
-
-	cFYI(1, "sync page %p", page);
-	mapping = page->mapping;
-	if (!mapping)
-		return 0;
-	inode = mapping->host;
-	if (!inode)
-		return; */
-
-/*	fill in rpages then
-	result = cifs_pagein_inode(inode, index, rpages); */ /* BB finish */
-
-/*	cFYI(1, "rpages is %d for sync page of Index %ld", rpages, index);
-
-#if 0
-	if (rc < 0)
-		return rc;
-	return 0;
-#endif
-} */
-
 /*
  * As file closes, flush all cached write data for this inode checking
  * for write behind errors.
@@ -2510,7 +2482,6 @@ const struct address_space_operations cifs_addr_ops = {
 	.set_page_dirty = __set_page_dirty_nobuffers,
 	.releasepage = cifs_release_page,
 	.invalidatepage = cifs_invalidate_page,
-	/* .sync_page = cifs_sync_page, */
 	/* .direct_IO = */
 };
 
@@ -2528,6 +2499,5 @@ const struct address_space_operations cifs_addr_ops_smallbuf = {
 	.set_page_dirty = __set_page_dirty_nobuffers,
 	.releasepage = cifs_release_page,
 	.invalidatepage = cifs_invalidate_page,
-	/* .sync_page = cifs_sync_page, */
 	/* .direct_IO = */
 };
diff --git a/fs/direct-io.c b/fs/direct-io.c
index b044705eedd..42608313609 100644
--- a/fs/direct-io.c
+++ b/fs/direct-io.c
@@ -1110,11 +1110,8 @@ direct_io_worker(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb, struct inode *inode,
 	    ((rw & READ) || (dio->result == dio->size)))
 		ret = -EIOCBQUEUED;
 
-	if (ret != -EIOCBQUEUED) {
-		/* All IO is now issued, send it on its way */
-		blk_run_address_space(inode->i_mapping);
+	if (ret != -EIOCBQUEUED)
 		dio_await_completion(dio);
-	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Sync will always be dropping the final ref and completing the
@@ -1176,7 +1173,7 @@ __blockdev_direct_IO(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb, struct inode *inode,
 	struct dio *dio;
 
 	if (rw & WRITE)
-		rw = WRITE_ODIRECT_PLUG;
+		rw = WRITE_ODIRECT;
 
 	if (bdev)
 		bdev_blkbits = blksize_bits(bdev_logical_block_size(bdev));
diff --git a/fs/efs/inode.c b/fs/efs/inode.c
index a8e7797b947..9c13412e6c9 100644
--- a/fs/efs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/efs/inode.c
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ static sector_t _efs_bmap(struct address_space *mapping, sector_t block)
 }
 static const struct address_space_operations efs_aops = {
 	.readpage = efs_readpage,
-	.sync_page = block_sync_page,
 	.bmap = _efs_bmap
 };
 
diff --git a/fs/exofs/inode.c b/fs/exofs/inode.c
index a7555238c41..82b94c8f5d2 100644
--- a/fs/exofs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/exofs/inode.c
@@ -795,7 +795,6 @@ const struct address_space_operations exofs_aops = {
 	.direct_IO	= NULL, /* TODO: Should be trivial to do */
 
 	/* With these NULL has special meaning or default is not exported */
-	.sync_page	= NULL,
 	.get_xip_mem	= NULL,
 	.migratepage	= NULL,
 	.launder_page	= NULL,
diff --git a/fs/ext2/inode.c b/fs/ext2/inode.c
index 40ad210a504..c47f706878b 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/inode.c
@@ -860,7 +860,6 @@ const struct address_space_operations ext2_aops = {
 	.readpage		= ext2_readpage,
 	.readpages		= ext2_readpages,
 	.writepage		= ext2_writepage,
-	.sync_page		= block_sync_page,
 	.write_begin		= ext2_write_begin,
 	.write_end		= ext2_write_end,
 	.bmap			= ext2_bmap,
@@ -880,7 +879,6 @@ const struct address_space_operations ext2_nobh_aops = {
 	.readpage		= ext2_readpage,
 	.readpages		= ext2_readpages,
 	.writepage		= ext2_nobh_writepage,
-	.sync_page		= block_sync_page,
 	.write_begin		= ext2_nobh_write_begin,
 	.write_end		= nobh_write_end,
 	.bmap			= ext2_bmap,
diff --git a/fs/ext3/inode.c b/fs/ext3/inode.c
index ae94f6d949f..fe2541d250e 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/inode.c
@@ -1894,7 +1894,6 @@ static const struct address_space_operations ext3_ordered_aops = {
 	.readpage		= ext3_readpage,
 	.readpages		= ext3_readpages,
 	.writepage		= ext3_ordered_writepage,
-	.sync_page		= block_sync_page,
 	.write_begin		= ext3_write_begin,
 	.write_end		= ext3_ordered_write_end,
 	.bmap			= ext3_bmap,
@@ -1910,7 +1909,6 @@ static const struct address_space_operations ext3_writeback_aops = {
 	.readpage		= ext3_readpage,
 	.readpages		= ext3_readpages,
 	.writepage		= ext3_writeback_writepage,
-	.sync_page		= block_sync_page,
 	.write_begin		= ext3_write_begin,
 	.write_end		= ext3_writeback_write_end,
 	.bmap			= ext3_bmap,
@@ -1926,7 +1924,6 @@ static const struct address_space_operations ext3_journalled_aops = {
 	.readpage		= ext3_readpage,
 	.readpages		= ext3_readpages,
 	.writepage		= ext3_journalled_writepage,
-	.sync_page		= block_sync_page,
 	.write_begin		= ext3_write_begin,
 	.write_end		= ext3_journalled_write_end,
 	.set_page_dirty		= ext3_journalled_set_page_dirty,
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 9f7f9e49914..9297ad46c46 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -3903,7 +3903,6 @@ static const struct address_space_operations ext4_ordered_aops = {
 	.readpage		= ext4_readpage,
 	.readpages		= ext4_readpages,
 	.writepage		= ext4_writepage,
-	.sync_page		= block_sync_page,
 	.write_begin		= ext4_write_begin,
 	.write_end		= ext4_ordered_write_end,
 	.bmap			= ext4_bmap,
@@ -3919,7 +3918,6 @@ static const struct address_space_operations ext4_writeback_aops = {
 	.readpage		= ext4_readpage,
 	.readpages		= ext4_readpages,
 	.writepage		= ext4_writepage,
-	.sync_page		= block_sync_page,
 	.write_begin		= ext4_write_begin,
 	.write_end		= ext4_writeback_write_end,
 	.bmap			= ext4_bmap,
@@ -3935,7 +3933,6 @@ static const struct address_space_operations ext4_journalled_aops = {
 	.readpage		= ext4_readpage,
 	.readpages		= ext4_readpages,
 	.writepage		= ext4_writepage,
-	.sync_page		= block_sync_page,
 	.write_begin		= ext4_write_begin,
 	.write_end		= ext4_journalled_write_end,
 	.set_page_dirty		= ext4_journalled_set_page_dirty,
@@ -3951,7 +3948,6 @@ static const struct address_space_operations ext4_da_aops = {
 	.readpages		= ext4_readpages,
 	.writepage		= ext4_writepage,
 	.writepages		= ext4_da_writepages,
-	.sync_page		= block_sync_page,
 	.write_begin		= ext4_da_write_begin,
 	.write_end		= ext4_da_write_end,
 	.bmap			= ext4_bmap,
diff --git a/fs/ext4/page-io.c b/fs/ext4/page-io.c
index 955cc309142..e2cd90e4bb7 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/page-io.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/page-io.c
@@ -310,8 +310,7 @@ static int io_submit_init(struct ext4_io_submit *io,
 	io_end->offset = (page->index << PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT) + bh_offset(bh);
 
 	io->io_bio = bio;
-	io->io_op = (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL ?
-			WRITE_SYNC_PLUG : WRITE);
+	io->io_op = (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL ?  WRITE_SYNC : WRITE);
 	io->io_next_block = bh->b_blocknr;
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/fs/fat/inode.c b/fs/fat/inode.c
index 86753fe10bd..f4ff09fb79b 100644
--- a/fs/fat/inode.c
+++ b/fs/fat/inode.c
@@ -236,7 +236,6 @@ static const struct address_space_operations fat_aops = {
 	.readpages	= fat_readpages,
 	.writepage	= fat_writepage,
 	.writepages	= fat_writepages,
-	.sync_page	= block_sync_page,
 	.write_begin	= fat_write_begin,
 	.write_end	= fat_write_end,
 	.direct_IO	= fat_direct_IO,
diff --git a/fs/freevxfs/vxfs_subr.c b/fs/freevxfs/vxfs_subr.c
index 1429f3ae1e8..5d318c44f85 100644
--- a/fs/freevxfs/vxfs_subr.c
+++ b/fs/freevxfs/vxfs_subr.c
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ static sector_t		vxfs_bmap(struct address_space *, sector_t);
 const struct address_space_operations vxfs_aops = {
 	.readpage =		vxfs_readpage,
 	.bmap =			vxfs_bmap,
-	.sync_page =		block_sync_page,
 };
 
 inline void
diff --git a/fs/fuse/inode.c b/fs/fuse/inode.c
index 9e3f68cc1bd..09e8d51eeb6 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/inode.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/inode.c
@@ -868,7 +868,6 @@ static int fuse_bdi_init(struct fuse_conn *fc, struct super_block *sb)
 
 	fc->bdi.name = "fuse";
 	fc->bdi.ra_pages = (VM_MAX_READAHEAD * 1024) / PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
-	fc->bdi.unplug_io_fn = default_unplug_io_fn;
 	/* fuse does it's own writeback accounting */
 	fc->bdi.capabilities = BDI_CAP_NO_ACCT_WB;
 
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/aops.c b/fs/gfs2/aops.c
index 4f36f8832b9..2f87ad27efd 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/aops.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/aops.c
@@ -1116,7 +1116,6 @@ static const struct address_space_operations gfs2_writeback_aops = {
 	.writepages = gfs2_writeback_writepages,
 	.readpage = gfs2_readpage,
 	.readpages = gfs2_readpages,
-	.sync_page = block_sync_page,
 	.write_begin = gfs2_write_begin,
 	.write_end = gfs2_write_end,
 	.bmap = gfs2_bmap,
@@ -1132,7 +1131,6 @@ static const struct address_space_operations gfs2_ordered_aops = {
 	.writepage = gfs2_ordered_writepage,
 	.readpage = gfs2_readpage,
 	.readpages = gfs2_readpages,
-	.sync_page = block_sync_page,
 	.write_begin = gfs2_write_begin,
 	.write_end = gfs2_write_end,
 	.set_page_dirty = gfs2_set_page_dirty,
@@ -1150,7 +1148,6 @@ static const struct address_space_operations gfs2_jdata_aops = {
 	.writepages = gfs2_jdata_writepages,
 	.readpage = gfs2_readpage,
 	.readpages = gfs2_readpages,
-	.sync_page = block_sync_page,
 	.write_begin = gfs2_write_begin,
 	.write_end = gfs2_write_end,
 	.set_page_dirty = gfs2_set_page_dirty,
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/log.c b/fs/gfs2/log.c
index eb01f3575e1..7f1c1120234 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/log.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/log.c
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ __acquires(&sdp->sd_log_lock)
 			lock_buffer(bh);
 			if (test_clear_buffer_dirty(bh)) {
 				bh->b_end_io = end_buffer_write_sync;
-				submit_bh(WRITE_SYNC_PLUG, bh);
+				submit_bh(WRITE_SYNC, bh);
 			} else {
 				unlock_buffer(bh);
 				brelse(bh);
@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ static void gfs2_ordered_write(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp)
 		lock_buffer(bh);
 		if (buffer_mapped(bh) && test_clear_buffer_dirty(bh)) {
 			bh->b_end_io = end_buffer_write_sync;
-			submit_bh(WRITE_SYNC_PLUG, bh);
+			submit_bh(WRITE_SYNC, bh);
 		} else {
 			unlock_buffer(bh);
 			brelse(bh);
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/lops.c b/fs/gfs2/lops.c
index bf33f822058..48b545a1979 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/lops.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/lops.c
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ static void buf_lo_before_commit(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp)
 		}
 
 		gfs2_log_unlock(sdp);
-		submit_bh(WRITE_SYNC_PLUG, bh);
+		submit_bh(WRITE_SYNC, bh);
 		gfs2_log_lock(sdp);
 
 		n = 0;
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ static void buf_lo_before_commit(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp)
 			gfs2_log_unlock(sdp);
 			lock_buffer(bd2->bd_bh);
 			bh = gfs2_log_fake_buf(sdp, bd2->bd_bh);
-			submit_bh(WRITE_SYNC_PLUG, bh);
+			submit_bh(WRITE_SYNC, bh);
 			gfs2_log_lock(sdp);
 			if (++n >= num)
 				break;
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ static void revoke_lo_before_commit(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp)
 		sdp->sd_log_num_revoke--;
 
 		if (offset + sizeof(u64) > sdp->sd_sb.sb_bsize) {
-			submit_bh(WRITE_SYNC_PLUG, bh);
+			submit_bh(WRITE_SYNC, bh);
 
 			bh = gfs2_log_get_buf(sdp);
 			mh = (struct gfs2_meta_header *)bh->b_data;
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ static void revoke_lo_before_commit(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp)
 	}
 	gfs2_assert_withdraw(sdp, !sdp->sd_log_num_revoke);
 
-	submit_bh(WRITE_SYNC_PLUG, bh);
+	submit_bh(WRITE_SYNC, bh);
 }
 
 static void revoke_lo_before_scan(struct gfs2_jdesc *jd,
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ static void gfs2_write_blocks(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, struct buffer_head *bh,
 	ptr = bh_log_ptr(bh);
 	
 	get_bh(bh);
-	submit_bh(WRITE_SYNC_PLUG, bh);
+	submit_bh(WRITE_SYNC, bh);
 	gfs2_log_lock(sdp);
 	while(!list_empty(list)) {
 		bd = list_entry(list->next, struct gfs2_bufdata, bd_le.le_list);
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ static void gfs2_write_blocks(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, struct buffer_head *bh,
 		} else {
 			bh1 = gfs2_log_fake_buf(sdp, bd->bd_bh);
 		}
-		submit_bh(WRITE_SYNC_PLUG, bh1);
+		submit_bh(WRITE_SYNC, bh1);
 		gfs2_log_lock(sdp);
 		ptr += 2;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/meta_io.c b/fs/gfs2/meta_io.c
index 939739c7b3f..867b713cba9 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/meta_io.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/meta_io.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ static int gfs2_aspace_writepage(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wb
 	struct buffer_head *bh, *head;
 	int nr_underway = 0;
 	int write_op = REQ_META |
-		(wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL ? WRITE_SYNC_PLUG : WRITE);
+		(wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL ? WRITE_SYNC : WRITE);
 
 	BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page));
 	BUG_ON(!page_has_buffers(page));
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ static int gfs2_aspace_writepage(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wb
 const struct address_space_operations gfs2_meta_aops = {
 	.writepage = gfs2_aspace_writepage,
 	.releasepage = gfs2_releasepage,
-	.sync_page = block_sync_page,
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/fs/hfs/inode.c b/fs/hfs/inode.c
index dffb4e99664..fff16c968e6 100644
--- a/fs/hfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hfs/inode.c
@@ -150,7 +150,6 @@ static int hfs_writepages(struct address_space *mapping,
 const struct address_space_operations hfs_btree_aops = {
 	.readpage	= hfs_readpage,
 	.writepage	= hfs_writepage,
-	.sync_page	= block_sync_page,
 	.write_begin	= hfs_write_begin,
 	.write_end	= generic_write_end,
 	.bmap		= hfs_bmap,
@@ -160,7 +159,6 @@ const struct address_space_operations hfs_btree_aops = {
 const struct address_space_operations hfs_aops = {
 	.readpage	= hfs_readpage,
 	.writepage	= hfs_writepage,
-	.sync_page	= block_sync_page,
 	.write_begin	= hfs_write_begin,
 	.write_end	= generic_write_end,
 	.bmap		= hfs_bmap,
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/inode.c b/fs/hfsplus/inode.c
index a8df651747f..b248a6cfcad 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/inode.c
@@ -146,7 +146,6 @@ static int hfsplus_writepages(struct address_space *mapping,
 const struct address_space_operations hfsplus_btree_aops = {
 	.readpage	= hfsplus_readpage,
 	.writepage	= hfsplus_writepage,
-	.sync_page	= block_sync_page,
 	.write_begin	= hfsplus_write_begin,
 	.write_end	= generic_write_end,
 	.bmap		= hfsplus_bmap,
@@ -156,7 +155,6 @@ const struct address_space_operations hfsplus_btree_aops = {
 const struct address_space_operations hfsplus_aops = {
 	.readpage	= hfsplus_readpage,
 	.writepage	= hfsplus_writepage,
-	.sync_page	= block_sync_page,
 	.write_begin	= hfsplus_write_begin,
 	.write_end	= generic_write_end,
 	.bmap		= hfsplus_bmap,
diff --git a/fs/hpfs/file.c b/fs/hpfs/file.c
index c0340887c7e..9e84257b3ad 100644
--- a/fs/hpfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/hpfs/file.c
@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@ static sector_t _hpfs_bmap(struct address_space *mapping, sector_t block)
 const struct address_space_operations hpfs_aops = {
 	.readpage = hpfs_readpage,
 	.writepage = hpfs_writepage,
-	.sync_page = block_sync_page,
 	.write_begin = hpfs_write_begin,
 	.write_end = generic_write_end,
 	.bmap = _hpfs_bmap
diff --git a/fs/isofs/inode.c b/fs/isofs/inode.c
index a0f3833c0db..3db5ba4568f 100644
--- a/fs/isofs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/isofs/inode.c
@@ -1158,7 +1158,6 @@ static sector_t _isofs_bmap(struct address_space *mapping, sector_t block)
 
 static const struct address_space_operations isofs_aops = {
 	.readpage = isofs_readpage,
-	.sync_page = block_sync_page,
 	.bmap = _isofs_bmap
 };
 
diff --git a/fs/jbd/commit.c b/fs/jbd/commit.c
index 34a4861c14b..66be299acb1 100644
--- a/fs/jbd/commit.c
+++ b/fs/jbd/commit.c
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ void journal_commit_transaction(journal_t *journal)
 	 * instead we rely on sync_buffer() doing the unplug for us.
 	 */
 	if (commit_transaction->t_synchronous_commit)
-		write_op = WRITE_SYNC_PLUG;
+		write_op = WRITE_SYNC;
 	spin_lock(&commit_transaction->t_handle_lock);
 	while (commit_transaction->t_updates) {
 		DEFINE_WAIT(wait);
diff --git a/fs/jbd2/commit.c b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
index f3ad1598b20..3da1cc4346d 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/commit.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
@@ -137,9 +137,9 @@ static int journal_submit_commit_record(journal_t *journal,
 	if (journal->j_flags & JBD2_BARRIER &&
 	    !JBD2_HAS_INCOMPAT_FEATURE(journal,
 				       JBD2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_ASYNC_COMMIT))
-		ret = submit_bh(WRITE_SYNC_PLUG | WRITE_FLUSH_FUA, bh);
+		ret = submit_bh(WRITE_SYNC | WRITE_FLUSH_FUA, bh);
 	else
-		ret = submit_bh(WRITE_SYNC_PLUG, bh);
+		ret = submit_bh(WRITE_SYNC, bh);
 
 	*cbh = bh;
 	return ret;
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ void jbd2_journal_commit_transaction(journal_t *journal)
 	 * instead we rely on sync_buffer() doing the unplug for us.
 	 */
 	if (commit_transaction->t_synchronous_commit)
-		write_op = WRITE_SYNC_PLUG;
+		write_op = WRITE_SYNC;
 	trace_jbd2_commit_locking(journal, commit_transaction);
 	stats.run.rs_wait = commit_transaction->t_max_wait;
 	stats.run.rs_locked = jiffies;
diff --git a/fs/jfs/inode.c b/fs/jfs/inode.c
index 9978803ceed..eddbb373209 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/inode.c
@@ -352,7 +352,6 @@ const struct address_space_operations jfs_aops = {
 	.readpages	= jfs_readpages,
 	.writepage	= jfs_writepage,
 	.writepages	= jfs_writepages,
-	.sync_page	= block_sync_page,
 	.write_begin	= jfs_write_begin,
 	.write_end	= nobh_write_end,
 	.bmap		= jfs_bmap,
diff --git a/fs/jfs/jfs_metapage.c b/fs/jfs/jfs_metapage.c
index 48b44bd8267..6740d34cd82 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/jfs_metapage.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/jfs_metapage.c
@@ -583,7 +583,6 @@ static void metapage_invalidatepage(struct page *page, unsigned long offset)
 const struct address_space_operations jfs_metapage_aops = {
 	.readpage	= metapage_readpage,
 	.writepage	= metapage_writepage,
-	.sync_page	= block_sync_page,
 	.releasepage	= metapage_releasepage,
 	.invalidatepage	= metapage_invalidatepage,
 	.set_page_dirty	= __set_page_dirty_nobuffers,
diff --git a/fs/logfs/dev_bdev.c b/fs/logfs/dev_bdev.c
index 723bc5bca09..1adc8d455f0 100644
--- a/fs/logfs/dev_bdev.c
+++ b/fs/logfs/dev_bdev.c
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ static int sync_request(struct page *page, struct block_device *bdev, int rw)
 	bio.bi_end_io = request_complete;
 
 	submit_bio(rw, &bio);
-	generic_unplug_device(bdev_get_queue(bdev));
 	wait_for_completion(&complete);
 	return test_bit(BIO_UPTODATE, &bio.bi_flags) ? 0 : -EIO;
 }
@@ -168,7 +167,6 @@ static void bdev_writeseg(struct super_block *sb, u64 ofs, size_t len)
 	}
 	len = PAGE_ALIGN(len);
 	__bdev_writeseg(sb, ofs, ofs >> PAGE_SHIFT, len >> PAGE_SHIFT);
-	generic_unplug_device(bdev_get_queue(logfs_super(sb)->s_bdev));
 }
 
 
diff --git a/fs/minix/inode.c b/fs/minix/inode.c
index ae0b83f476a..adcdc0a4e18 100644
--- a/fs/minix/inode.c
+++ b/fs/minix/inode.c
@@ -399,7 +399,6 @@ static sector_t minix_bmap(struct address_space *mapping, sector_t block)
 static const struct address_space_operations minix_aops = {
 	.readpage = minix_readpage,
 	.writepage = minix_writepage,
-	.sync_page = block_sync_page,
 	.write_begin = minix_write_begin,
 	.write_end = generic_write_end,
 	.bmap = minix_bmap
diff --git a/fs/mpage.c b/fs/mpage.c
index d78455a81ec..0afc809e46e 100644
--- a/fs/mpage.c
+++ b/fs/mpage.c
@@ -364,6 +364,9 @@ mpage_readpages(struct address_space *mapping, struct list_head *pages,
 	sector_t last_block_in_bio = 0;
 	struct buffer_head map_bh;
 	unsigned long first_logical_block = 0;
+	struct blk_plug plug;
+
+	blk_start_plug(&plug);
 
 	map_bh.b_state = 0;
 	map_bh.b_size = 0;
@@ -385,6 +388,7 @@ mpage_readpages(struct address_space *mapping, struct list_head *pages,
 	BUG_ON(!list_empty(pages));
 	if (bio)
 		mpage_bio_submit(READ, bio);
+	blk_finish_plug(&plug);
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(mpage_readpages);
@@ -666,8 +670,11 @@ int
 mpage_writepages(struct address_space *mapping,
 		struct writeback_control *wbc, get_block_t get_block)
 {
+	struct blk_plug plug;
 	int ret;
 
+	blk_start_plug(&plug);
+
 	if (!get_block)
 		ret = generic_writepages(mapping, wbc);
 	else {
@@ -682,6 +689,7 @@ mpage_writepages(struct address_space *mapping,
 		if (mpd.bio)
 			mpage_bio_submit(WRITE, mpd.bio);
 	}
+	blk_finish_plug(&plug);
 	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(mpage_writepages);
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/btnode.c b/fs/nilfs2/btnode.c
index 85f7baa15f5..609cd223eea 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/btnode.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/btnode.c
@@ -34,15 +34,10 @@
 #include "page.h"
 #include "btnode.h"
 
-
-static const struct address_space_operations def_btnode_aops = {
-	.sync_page		= block_sync_page,
-};
-
 void nilfs_btnode_cache_init(struct address_space *btnc,
 			     struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
 {
-	nilfs_mapping_init(btnc, bdi, &def_btnode_aops);
+	nilfs_mapping_init(btnc, bdi);
 }
 
 void nilfs_btnode_cache_clear(struct address_space *btnc)
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/gcinode.c b/fs/nilfs2/gcinode.c
index caf9a6a3fb5..1c2a3e23f8b 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/gcinode.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/gcinode.c
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@
 #include "ifile.h"
 
 static const struct address_space_operations def_gcinode_aops = {
-	.sync_page		= block_sync_page,
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/inode.c b/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
index 2fd440d8d6b..c89d5d1ea7c 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
@@ -262,7 +262,6 @@ nilfs_direct_IO(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
 const struct address_space_operations nilfs_aops = {
 	.writepage		= nilfs_writepage,
 	.readpage		= nilfs_readpage,
-	.sync_page		= block_sync_page,
 	.writepages		= nilfs_writepages,
 	.set_page_dirty		= nilfs_set_page_dirty,
 	.readpages		= nilfs_readpages,
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/mdt.c b/fs/nilfs2/mdt.c
index a0babd2bff6..a649b05f706 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/mdt.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/mdt.c
@@ -399,7 +399,6 @@ nilfs_mdt_write_page(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 
 static const struct address_space_operations def_mdt_aops = {
 	.writepage		= nilfs_mdt_write_page,
-	.sync_page		= block_sync_page,
 };
 
 static const struct inode_operations def_mdt_iops;
@@ -438,10 +437,6 @@ void nilfs_mdt_set_entry_size(struct inode *inode, unsigned entry_size,
 	mi->mi_first_entry_offset = DIV_ROUND_UP(header_size, entry_size);
 }
 
-static const struct address_space_operations shadow_map_aops = {
-	.sync_page		= block_sync_page,
-};
-
 /**
  * nilfs_mdt_setup_shadow_map - setup shadow map and bind it to metadata file
  * @inode: inode of the metadata file
@@ -455,9 +450,9 @@ int nilfs_mdt_setup_shadow_map(struct inode *inode,
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&shadow->frozen_buffers);
 	address_space_init_once(&shadow->frozen_data);
-	nilfs_mapping_init(&shadow->frozen_data, bdi, &shadow_map_aops);
+	nilfs_mapping_init(&shadow->frozen_data, bdi);
 	address_space_init_once(&shadow->frozen_btnodes);
-	nilfs_mapping_init(&shadow->frozen_btnodes, bdi, &shadow_map_aops);
+	nilfs_mapping_init(&shadow->frozen_btnodes, bdi);
 	mi->mi_shadow = shadow;
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/page.c b/fs/nilfs2/page.c
index a585b35fd6b..4d2a1ee0eb4 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/page.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/page.c
@@ -493,15 +493,14 @@ unsigned nilfs_page_count_clean_buffers(struct page *page,
 }
 
 void nilfs_mapping_init(struct address_space *mapping,
-			struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
-			const struct address_space_operations *aops)
+			struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
 {
 	mapping->host = NULL;
 	mapping->flags = 0;
 	mapping_set_gfp_mask(mapping, GFP_NOFS);
 	mapping->assoc_mapping = NULL;
 	mapping->backing_dev_info = bdi;
-	mapping->a_ops = aops;
+	mapping->a_ops = NULL;
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/page.h b/fs/nilfs2/page.h
index 2a00953ebd5..f06b79ad749 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/page.h
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/page.h
@@ -62,8 +62,7 @@ int nilfs_copy_dirty_pages(struct address_space *, struct address_space *);
 void nilfs_copy_back_pages(struct address_space *, struct address_space *);
 void nilfs_clear_dirty_pages(struct address_space *);
 void nilfs_mapping_init(struct address_space *mapping,
-			struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
-			const struct address_space_operations *aops);
+			struct backing_dev_info *bdi);
 unsigned nilfs_page_count_clean_buffers(struct page *, unsigned, unsigned);
 unsigned long nilfs_find_uncommitted_extent(struct inode *inode,
 					    sector_t start_blk,
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/segbuf.c b/fs/nilfs2/segbuf.c
index 0f83e93935b..2853ff20f85 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/segbuf.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/segbuf.c
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ static int nilfs_segbuf_write(struct nilfs_segment_buffer *segbuf,
 		 * Last BIO is always sent through the following
 		 * submission.
 		 */
-		rw |= REQ_SYNC | REQ_UNPLUG;
+		rw |= REQ_SYNC;
 		res = nilfs_segbuf_submit_bio(segbuf, &wi, rw);
 	}
 
diff --git a/fs/ntfs/aops.c b/fs/ntfs/aops.c
index c3c2c7ac902..0b1e885b8cf 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/aops.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/aops.c
@@ -1543,8 +1543,6 @@ err_out:
  */
 const struct address_space_operations ntfs_aops = {
 	.readpage	= ntfs_readpage,	/* Fill page with data. */
-	.sync_page	= block_sync_page,	/* Currently, just unplugs the
-						   disk request queue. */
 #ifdef NTFS_RW
 	.writepage	= ntfs_writepage,	/* Write dirty page to disk. */
 #endif /* NTFS_RW */
@@ -1560,8 +1558,6 @@ const struct address_space_operations ntfs_aops = {
  */
 const struct address_space_operations ntfs_mst_aops = {
 	.readpage	= ntfs_readpage,	/* Fill page with data. */
-	.sync_page	= block_sync_page,	/* Currently, just unplugs the
-						   disk request queue. */
 #ifdef NTFS_RW
 	.writepage	= ntfs_writepage,	/* Write dirty page to disk. */
 	.set_page_dirty	= __set_page_dirty_nobuffers,	/* Set the page dirty
diff --git a/fs/ntfs/compress.c b/fs/ntfs/compress.c
index 6551c7cbad9..ef9ed854255 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/compress.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/compress.c
@@ -698,8 +698,7 @@ lock_retry_remap:
 					"uptodate! Unplugging the disk queue "
 					"and rescheduling.");
 			get_bh(tbh);
-			blk_run_address_space(mapping);
-			schedule();
+			io_schedule();
 			put_bh(tbh);
 			if (unlikely(!buffer_uptodate(tbh)))
 				goto read_err;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/aops.c b/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
index 1fbb0e20131..daea0359e97 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
@@ -2043,7 +2043,6 @@ const struct address_space_operations ocfs2_aops = {
 	.write_begin		= ocfs2_write_begin,
 	.write_end		= ocfs2_write_end,
 	.bmap			= ocfs2_bmap,
-	.sync_page		= block_sync_page,
 	.direct_IO		= ocfs2_direct_IO,
 	.invalidatepage		= ocfs2_invalidatepage,
 	.releasepage		= ocfs2_releasepage,
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/heartbeat.c b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/heartbeat.c
index b108e863d8f..1adab287bd2 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/heartbeat.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/heartbeat.c
@@ -367,11 +367,7 @@ static inline void o2hb_bio_wait_dec(struct o2hb_bio_wait_ctxt *wc,
 static void o2hb_wait_on_io(struct o2hb_region *reg,
 			    struct o2hb_bio_wait_ctxt *wc)
 {
-	struct address_space *mapping = reg->hr_bdev->bd_inode->i_mapping;
-
-	blk_run_address_space(mapping);
 	o2hb_bio_wait_dec(wc, 1);
-
 	wait_for_completion(&wc->wc_io_complete);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/omfs/file.c b/fs/omfs/file.c
index 8a6d34fa668..d738a7e493d 100644
--- a/fs/omfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/omfs/file.c
@@ -372,7 +372,6 @@ const struct address_space_operations omfs_aops = {
 	.readpages = omfs_readpages,
 	.writepage = omfs_writepage,
 	.writepages = omfs_writepages,
-	.sync_page = block_sync_page,
 	.write_begin = omfs_write_begin,
 	.write_end = generic_write_end,
 	.bmap = omfs_bmap,
diff --git a/fs/qnx4/inode.c b/fs/qnx4/inode.c
index e63b4171d58..2b0646613f5 100644
--- a/fs/qnx4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/qnx4/inode.c
@@ -335,7 +335,6 @@ static sector_t qnx4_bmap(struct address_space *mapping, sector_t block)
 static const struct address_space_operations qnx4_aops = {
 	.readpage	= qnx4_readpage,
 	.writepage	= qnx4_writepage,
-	.sync_page	= block_sync_page,
 	.write_begin	= qnx4_write_begin,
 	.write_end	= generic_write_end,
 	.bmap		= qnx4_bmap
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/inode.c b/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
index 0bae036831e..03674675f88 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
@@ -3212,7 +3212,6 @@ const struct address_space_operations reiserfs_address_space_operations = {
 	.readpages = reiserfs_readpages,
 	.releasepage = reiserfs_releasepage,
 	.invalidatepage = reiserfs_invalidatepage,
-	.sync_page = block_sync_page,
 	.write_begin = reiserfs_write_begin,
 	.write_end = reiserfs_write_end,
 	.bmap = reiserfs_aop_bmap,
diff --git a/fs/sysv/itree.c b/fs/sysv/itree.c
index 9ca66276315..fa8d43c92bb 100644
--- a/fs/sysv/itree.c
+++ b/fs/sysv/itree.c
@@ -488,7 +488,6 @@ static sector_t sysv_bmap(struct address_space *mapping, sector_t block)
 const struct address_space_operations sysv_aops = {
 	.readpage = sysv_readpage,
 	.writepage = sysv_writepage,
-	.sync_page = block_sync_page,
 	.write_begin = sysv_write_begin,
 	.write_end = generic_write_end,
 	.bmap = sysv_bmap
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/super.c b/fs/ubifs/super.c
index 6e11c2975dc..81368d4d4a2 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/super.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/super.c
@@ -1979,7 +1979,6 @@ static int ubifs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	 */
 	c->bdi.name = "ubifs",
 	c->bdi.capabilities = BDI_CAP_MAP_COPY;
-	c->bdi.unplug_io_fn = default_unplug_io_fn;
 	err  = bdi_init(&c->bdi);
 	if (err)
 		goto out_close;
diff --git a/fs/udf/file.c b/fs/udf/file.c
index 89c78486cbb..94e4553491c 100644
--- a/fs/udf/file.c
+++ b/fs/udf/file.c
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ static int udf_adinicb_write_end(struct file *file,
 const struct address_space_operations udf_adinicb_aops = {
 	.readpage	= udf_adinicb_readpage,
 	.writepage	= udf_adinicb_writepage,
-	.sync_page	= block_sync_page,
 	.write_begin = simple_write_begin,
 	.write_end = udf_adinicb_write_end,
 };
diff --git a/fs/udf/inode.c b/fs/udf/inode.c
index c6a2e782b97..fa96fc0fe12 100644
--- a/fs/udf/inode.c
+++ b/fs/udf/inode.c
@@ -133,7 +133,6 @@ static sector_t udf_bmap(struct address_space *mapping, sector_t block)
 const struct address_space_operations udf_aops = {
 	.readpage	= udf_readpage,
 	.writepage	= udf_writepage,
-	.sync_page	= block_sync_page,
 	.write_begin		= udf_write_begin,
 	.write_end		= generic_write_end,
 	.bmap		= udf_bmap,
diff --git a/fs/ufs/inode.c b/fs/ufs/inode.c
index 2b251f2093a..83b28444eb1 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ufs/inode.c
@@ -588,7 +588,6 @@ static sector_t ufs_bmap(struct address_space *mapping, sector_t block)
 const struct address_space_operations ufs_aops = {
 	.readpage = ufs_readpage,
 	.writepage = ufs_writepage,
-	.sync_page = block_sync_page,
 	.write_begin = ufs_write_begin,
 	.write_end = generic_write_end,
 	.bmap = ufs_bmap
diff --git a/fs/ufs/truncate.c b/fs/ufs/truncate.c
index a58f9155fc9..ff0e79276f2 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/truncate.c
+++ b/fs/ufs/truncate.c
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ int ufs_truncate(struct inode *inode, loff_t old_i_size)
 			break;
 		if (IS_SYNC(inode) && (inode->i_state & I_DIRTY))
 			ufs_sync_inode (inode);
-		blk_run_address_space(inode->i_mapping);
+		blk_flush_plug(current);
 		yield();
 	}
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_aops.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_aops.c
index ec7bbb5645b..6bbb0ee3325 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_aops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_aops.c
@@ -413,8 +413,7 @@ xfs_submit_ioend_bio(
 	if (xfs_ioend_new_eof(ioend))
 		xfs_mark_inode_dirty(XFS_I(ioend->io_inode));
 
-	submit_bio(wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL ?
-		   WRITE_SYNC_PLUG : WRITE, bio);
+	submit_bio(wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL ? WRITE_SYNC : WRITE, bio);
 }
 
 STATIC struct bio *
@@ -1495,7 +1494,6 @@ const struct address_space_operations xfs_address_space_operations = {
 	.readpages		= xfs_vm_readpages,
 	.writepage		= xfs_vm_writepage,
 	.writepages		= xfs_vm_writepages,
-	.sync_page		= block_sync_page,
 	.releasepage		= xfs_vm_releasepage,
 	.invalidatepage		= xfs_vm_invalidatepage,
 	.write_begin		= xfs_vm_write_begin,
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
index ac1c7e8378d..4f8f53c4d42 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
@@ -991,7 +991,7 @@ xfs_buf_lock(
 	if (atomic_read(&bp->b_pin_count) && (bp->b_flags & XBF_STALE))
 		xfs_log_force(bp->b_target->bt_mount, 0);
 	if (atomic_read(&bp->b_io_remaining))
-		blk_run_address_space(bp->b_target->bt_mapping);
+		blk_flush_plug(current);
 	down(&bp->b_sema);
 	XB_SET_OWNER(bp);
 
@@ -1035,9 +1035,7 @@ xfs_buf_wait_unpin(
 		set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
 		if (atomic_read(&bp->b_pin_count) == 0)
 			break;
-		if (atomic_read(&bp->b_io_remaining))
-			blk_run_address_space(bp->b_target->bt_mapping);
-		schedule();
+		io_schedule();
 	}
 	remove_wait_queue(&bp->b_waiters, &wait);
 	set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
@@ -1443,7 +1441,7 @@ xfs_buf_iowait(
 	trace_xfs_buf_iowait(bp, _RET_IP_);
 
 	if (atomic_read(&bp->b_io_remaining))
-		blk_run_address_space(bp->b_target->bt_mapping);
+		blk_flush_plug(current);
 	wait_for_completion(&bp->b_iowait);
 
 	trace_xfs_buf_iowait_done(bp, _RET_IP_);
@@ -1667,7 +1665,6 @@ xfs_mapping_buftarg(
 	struct inode		*inode;
 	struct address_space	*mapping;
 	static const struct address_space_operations mapping_aops = {
-		.sync_page = block_sync_page,
 		.migratepage = fail_migrate_page,
 	};
 
@@ -1948,7 +1945,7 @@ xfsbufd(
 			count++;
 		}
 		if (count)
-			blk_run_address_space(target->bt_mapping);
+			blk_flush_plug(current);
 
 	} while (!kthread_should_stop());
 
@@ -1996,7 +1993,7 @@ xfs_flush_buftarg(
 
 	if (wait) {
 		/* Expedite and wait for IO to complete. */
-		blk_run_address_space(target->bt_mapping);
+		blk_flush_plug(current);
 		while (!list_empty(&wait_list)) {
 			bp = list_first_entry(&wait_list, struct xfs_buf, b_list);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/backing-dev.h b/include/linux/backing-dev.h
index 4ce34fa937d..96f4094b706 100644
--- a/include/linux/backing-dev.h
+++ b/include/linux/backing-dev.h
@@ -66,8 +66,6 @@ struct backing_dev_info {
 	unsigned int capabilities; /* Device capabilities */
 	congested_fn *congested_fn; /* Function pointer if device is md/dm */
 	void *congested_data;	/* Pointer to aux data for congested func */
-	void (*unplug_io_fn)(struct backing_dev_info *, struct page *);
-	void *unplug_io_data;
 
 	char *name;
 
@@ -251,7 +249,6 @@ int bdi_set_max_ratio(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, unsigned int max_ratio);
 
 extern struct backing_dev_info default_backing_dev_info;
 extern struct backing_dev_info noop_backing_dev_info;
-void default_unplug_io_fn(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, struct page *page);
 
 int writeback_in_progress(struct backing_dev_info *bdi);
 
@@ -336,17 +333,4 @@ static inline int bdi_sched_wait(void *word)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static inline void blk_run_backing_dev(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
-				       struct page *page)
-{
-	if (bdi && bdi->unplug_io_fn)
-		bdi->unplug_io_fn(bdi, page);
-}
-
-static inline void blk_run_address_space(struct address_space *mapping)
-{
-	if (mapping)
-		blk_run_backing_dev(mapping->backing_dev_info, NULL);
-}
-
 #endif		/* _LINUX_BACKING_DEV_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/blk_types.h b/include/linux/blk_types.h
index dddedfc0af8..be50d9e70a7 100644
--- a/include/linux/blk_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/blk_types.h
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ enum rq_flag_bits {
 	__REQ_NOIDLE,		/* don't anticipate more IO after this one */
 
 	/* bio only flags */
-	__REQ_UNPLUG,		/* unplug the immediately after submission */
 	__REQ_RAHEAD,		/* read ahead, can fail anytime */
 	__REQ_THROTTLED,	/* This bio has already been subjected to
 				 * throttling rules. Don't do it again. */
@@ -152,6 +151,7 @@ enum rq_flag_bits {
 	__REQ_IO_STAT,		/* account I/O stat */
 	__REQ_MIXED_MERGE,	/* merge of different types, fail separately */
 	__REQ_SECURE,		/* secure discard (used with __REQ_DISCARD) */
+	__REQ_ON_PLUG,		/* on plug list */
 	__REQ_NR_BITS,		/* stops here */
 };
 
@@ -171,7 +171,6 @@ enum rq_flag_bits {
 	 REQ_NOIDLE | REQ_FLUSH | REQ_FUA)
 #define REQ_CLONE_MASK		REQ_COMMON_MASK
 
-#define REQ_UNPLUG		(1 << __REQ_UNPLUG)
 #define REQ_RAHEAD		(1 << __REQ_RAHEAD)
 #define REQ_THROTTLED		(1 << __REQ_THROTTLED)
 
@@ -193,5 +192,6 @@ enum rq_flag_bits {
 #define REQ_IO_STAT		(1 << __REQ_IO_STAT)
 #define REQ_MIXED_MERGE		(1 << __REQ_MIXED_MERGE)
 #define REQ_SECURE		(1 << __REQ_SECURE)
+#define REQ_ON_PLUG		(1 << __REQ_ON_PLUG)
 
 #endif /* __LINUX_BLK_TYPES_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 13b75ca6218..91fa428fa2c 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -196,7 +196,6 @@ typedef void (request_fn_proc) (struct request_queue *q);
 typedef int (make_request_fn) (struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio);
 typedef int (prep_rq_fn) (struct request_queue *, struct request *);
 typedef void (unprep_rq_fn) (struct request_queue *, struct request *);
-typedef void (unplug_fn) (struct request_queue *);
 
 struct bio_vec;
 struct bvec_merge_data {
@@ -279,7 +278,6 @@ struct request_queue
 	make_request_fn		*make_request_fn;
 	prep_rq_fn		*prep_rq_fn;
 	unprep_rq_fn		*unprep_rq_fn;
-	unplug_fn		*unplug_fn;
 	merge_bvec_fn		*merge_bvec_fn;
 	softirq_done_fn		*softirq_done_fn;
 	rq_timed_out_fn		*rq_timed_out_fn;
@@ -293,12 +291,9 @@ struct request_queue
 	struct request		*boundary_rq;
 
 	/*
-	 * Auto-unplugging state
+	 * Delayed queue handling
 	 */
-	struct timer_list	unplug_timer;
-	int			unplug_thresh;	/* After this many requests */
-	unsigned long		unplug_delay;	/* After this many jiffies */
-	struct work_struct	unplug_work;
+	struct delayed_work	delay_work;
 
 	struct backing_dev_info	backing_dev_info;
 
@@ -394,14 +389,13 @@ struct request_queue
 #define QUEUE_FLAG_ASYNCFULL	4	/* write queue has been filled */
 #define QUEUE_FLAG_DEAD		5	/* queue being torn down */
 #define QUEUE_FLAG_REENTER	6	/* Re-entrancy avoidance */
-#define QUEUE_FLAG_PLUGGED	7	/* queue is plugged */
-#define QUEUE_FLAG_ELVSWITCH	8	/* don't use elevator, just do FIFO */
-#define QUEUE_FLAG_BIDI		9	/* queue supports bidi requests */
-#define QUEUE_FLAG_NOMERGES    10	/* disable merge attempts */
-#define QUEUE_FLAG_SAME_COMP   11	/* force complete on same CPU */
-#define QUEUE_FLAG_FAIL_IO     12	/* fake timeout */
-#define QUEUE_FLAG_STACKABLE   13	/* supports request stacking */
-#define QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT      14	/* non-rotational device (SSD) */
+#define QUEUE_FLAG_ELVSWITCH	7	/* don't use elevator, just do FIFO */
+#define QUEUE_FLAG_BIDI		8	/* queue supports bidi requests */
+#define QUEUE_FLAG_NOMERGES     9	/* disable merge attempts */
+#define QUEUE_FLAG_SAME_COMP   10	/* force complete on same CPU */
+#define QUEUE_FLAG_FAIL_IO     11	/* fake timeout */
+#define QUEUE_FLAG_STACKABLE   12	/* supports request stacking */
+#define QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT      13	/* non-rotational device (SSD) */
 #define QUEUE_FLAG_VIRT        QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT /* paravirt device */
 #define QUEUE_FLAG_IO_STAT     15	/* do IO stats */
 #define QUEUE_FLAG_DISCARD     16	/* supports DISCARD */
@@ -479,7 +473,6 @@ static inline void queue_flag_clear(unsigned int flag, struct request_queue *q)
 	__clear_bit(flag, &q->queue_flags);
 }
 
-#define blk_queue_plugged(q)	test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_PLUGGED, &(q)->queue_flags)
 #define blk_queue_tagged(q)	test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_QUEUED, &(q)->queue_flags)
 #define blk_queue_stopped(q)	test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_STOPPED, &(q)->queue_flags)
 #define blk_queue_nomerges(q)	test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_NOMERGES, &(q)->queue_flags)
@@ -674,9 +667,7 @@ extern int blk_rq_prep_clone(struct request *rq, struct request *rq_src,
 extern void blk_rq_unprep_clone(struct request *rq);
 extern int blk_insert_cloned_request(struct request_queue *q,
 				     struct request *rq);
-extern void blk_plug_device(struct request_queue *);
-extern void blk_plug_device_unlocked(struct request_queue *);
-extern int blk_remove_plug(struct request_queue *);
+extern void blk_delay_queue(struct request_queue *, unsigned long);
 extern void blk_recount_segments(struct request_queue *, struct bio *);
 extern int scsi_cmd_ioctl(struct request_queue *, struct gendisk *, fmode_t,
 			  unsigned int, void __user *);
@@ -720,7 +711,6 @@ extern int blk_execute_rq(struct request_queue *, struct gendisk *,
 			  struct request *, int);
 extern void blk_execute_rq_nowait(struct request_queue *, struct gendisk *,
 				  struct request *, int, rq_end_io_fn *);
-extern void blk_unplug(struct request_queue *q);
 
 static inline struct request_queue *bdev_get_queue(struct block_device *bdev)
 {
@@ -857,7 +847,6 @@ extern struct backing_dev_info *blk_get_backing_dev_info(struct block_device *bd
 
 extern int blk_rq_map_sg(struct request_queue *, struct request *, struct scatterlist *);
 extern void blk_dump_rq_flags(struct request *, char *);
-extern void generic_unplug_device(struct request_queue *);
 extern long nr_blockdev_pages(void);
 
 int blk_get_queue(struct request_queue *);
@@ -865,6 +854,31 @@ struct request_queue *blk_alloc_queue(gfp_t);
 struct request_queue *blk_alloc_queue_node(gfp_t, int);
 extern void blk_put_queue(struct request_queue *);
 
+struct blk_plug {
+	unsigned long magic;
+	struct list_head list;
+	unsigned int should_sort;
+};
+
+extern void blk_start_plug(struct blk_plug *);
+extern void blk_finish_plug(struct blk_plug *);
+extern void __blk_flush_plug(struct task_struct *, struct blk_plug *);
+
+static inline void blk_flush_plug(struct task_struct *tsk)
+{
+	struct blk_plug *plug = tsk->plug;
+
+	if (unlikely(plug))
+		__blk_flush_plug(tsk, plug);
+}
+
+static inline bool blk_needs_flush_plug(struct task_struct *tsk)
+{
+	struct blk_plug *plug = tsk->plug;
+
+	return plug && !list_empty(&plug->list);
+}
+
 /*
  * tag stuff
  */
@@ -1283,6 +1297,23 @@ static inline long nr_blockdev_pages(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static inline void blk_start_plug(struct list_head *list)
+{
+}
+
+static inline void blk_finish_plug(struct list_head *list)
+{
+}
+
+static inline void blk_flush_plug(struct task_struct *tsk)
+{
+}
+
+static inline bool blk_needs_flush_plug(struct task_struct *tsk)
+{
+	return false;
+}
+
 #endif /* CONFIG_BLOCK */
 
 #endif
diff --git a/include/linux/buffer_head.h b/include/linux/buffer_head.h
index 68d1fe7b877..f5df23561b9 100644
--- a/include/linux/buffer_head.h
+++ b/include/linux/buffer_head.h
@@ -219,7 +219,6 @@ int generic_cont_expand_simple(struct inode *inode, loff_t size);
 int block_commit_write(struct page *page, unsigned from, unsigned to);
 int block_page_mkwrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf,
 				get_block_t get_block);
-void block_sync_page(struct page *);
 sector_t generic_block_bmap(struct address_space *, sector_t, get_block_t *);
 int block_truncate_page(struct address_space *, loff_t, get_block_t *);
 int nobh_write_begin(struct address_space *, loff_t, unsigned, unsigned,
diff --git a/include/linux/device-mapper.h b/include/linux/device-mapper.h
index 272496d1fae..e2768834f39 100644
--- a/include/linux/device-mapper.h
+++ b/include/linux/device-mapper.h
@@ -286,11 +286,6 @@ void dm_table_add_target_callbacks(struct dm_table *t, struct dm_target_callback
 int dm_table_complete(struct dm_table *t);
 
 /*
- * Unplug all devices in a table.
- */
-void dm_table_unplug_all(struct dm_table *t);
-
-/*
  * Table reference counting.
  */
 struct dm_table *dm_get_live_table(struct mapped_device *md);
diff --git a/include/linux/elevator.h b/include/linux/elevator.h
index 39b68edb388..ec6f72b8447 100644
--- a/include/linux/elevator.h
+++ b/include/linux/elevator.h
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ typedef void (elevator_bio_merged_fn) (struct request_queue *,
 typedef int (elevator_dispatch_fn) (struct request_queue *, int);
 
 typedef void (elevator_add_req_fn) (struct request_queue *, struct request *);
-typedef int (elevator_queue_empty_fn) (struct request_queue *);
 typedef struct request *(elevator_request_list_fn) (struct request_queue *, struct request *);
 typedef void (elevator_completed_req_fn) (struct request_queue *, struct request *);
 typedef int (elevator_may_queue_fn) (struct request_queue *, int);
@@ -46,7 +45,6 @@ struct elevator_ops
 	elevator_activate_req_fn *elevator_activate_req_fn;
 	elevator_deactivate_req_fn *elevator_deactivate_req_fn;
 
-	elevator_queue_empty_fn *elevator_queue_empty_fn;
 	elevator_completed_req_fn *elevator_completed_req_fn;
 
 	elevator_request_list_fn *elevator_former_req_fn;
@@ -101,17 +99,17 @@ struct elevator_queue
  */
 extern void elv_dispatch_sort(struct request_queue *, struct request *);
 extern void elv_dispatch_add_tail(struct request_queue *, struct request *);
-extern void elv_add_request(struct request_queue *, struct request *, int, int);
-extern void __elv_add_request(struct request_queue *, struct request *, int, int);
+extern void elv_add_request(struct request_queue *, struct request *, int);
+extern void __elv_add_request(struct request_queue *, struct request *, int);
 extern void elv_insert(struct request_queue *, struct request *, int);
 extern int elv_merge(struct request_queue *, struct request **, struct bio *);
+extern int elv_try_merge(struct request *, struct bio *);
 extern void elv_merge_requests(struct request_queue *, struct request *,
 			       struct request *);
 extern void elv_merged_request(struct request_queue *, struct request *, int);
 extern void elv_bio_merged(struct request_queue *q, struct request *,
 				struct bio *);
 extern void elv_requeue_request(struct request_queue *, struct request *);
-extern int elv_queue_empty(struct request_queue *);
 extern struct request *elv_former_request(struct request_queue *, struct request *);
 extern struct request *elv_latter_request(struct request_queue *, struct request *);
 extern int elv_register_queue(struct request_queue *q);
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index e38b50a4b9d..b95199daa5e 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -135,16 +135,10 @@ struct inodes_stat_t {
  *			block layer could (in theory) choose to ignore this
  *			request if it runs into resource problems.
  * WRITE		A normal async write. Device will be plugged.
- * WRITE_SYNC_PLUG	Synchronous write. Identical to WRITE, but passes down
+ * WRITE_SYNC		Synchronous write. Identical to WRITE, but passes down
  *			the hint that someone will be waiting on this IO
- *			shortly. The device must still be unplugged explicitly,
- *			WRITE_SYNC_PLUG does not do this as we could be
- *			submitting more writes before we actually wait on any
- *			of them.
- * WRITE_SYNC		Like WRITE_SYNC_PLUG, but also unplugs the device
- *			immediately after submission. The write equivalent
- *			of READ_SYNC.
- * WRITE_ODIRECT_PLUG	Special case write for O_DIRECT only.
+ *			shortly. The write equivalent of READ_SYNC.
+ * WRITE_ODIRECT	Special case write for O_DIRECT only.
  * WRITE_FLUSH		Like WRITE_SYNC but with preceding cache flush.
  * WRITE_FUA		Like WRITE_SYNC but data is guaranteed to be on
  *			non-volatile media on completion.
@@ -160,18 +154,14 @@ struct inodes_stat_t {
 #define WRITE			RW_MASK
 #define READA			RWA_MASK
 
-#define READ_SYNC		(READ | REQ_SYNC | REQ_UNPLUG)
+#define READ_SYNC		(READ | REQ_SYNC)
 #define READ_META		(READ | REQ_META)
-#define WRITE_SYNC_PLUG		(WRITE | REQ_SYNC | REQ_NOIDLE)
-#define WRITE_SYNC		(WRITE | REQ_SYNC | REQ_NOIDLE | REQ_UNPLUG)
-#define WRITE_ODIRECT_PLUG	(WRITE | REQ_SYNC)
+#define WRITE_SYNC		(WRITE | REQ_SYNC | REQ_NOIDLE)
+#define WRITE_ODIRECT		(WRITE | REQ_SYNC)
 #define WRITE_META		(WRITE | REQ_META)
-#define WRITE_FLUSH		(WRITE | REQ_SYNC | REQ_NOIDLE | REQ_UNPLUG | \
-				 REQ_FLUSH)
-#define WRITE_FUA		(WRITE | REQ_SYNC | REQ_NOIDLE | REQ_UNPLUG | \
-				 REQ_FUA)
-#define WRITE_FLUSH_FUA		(WRITE | REQ_SYNC | REQ_NOIDLE | REQ_UNPLUG | \
-				 REQ_FLUSH | REQ_FUA)
+#define WRITE_FLUSH		(WRITE | REQ_SYNC | REQ_NOIDLE | REQ_FLUSH)
+#define WRITE_FUA		(WRITE | REQ_SYNC | REQ_NOIDLE | REQ_FUA)
+#define WRITE_FLUSH_FUA		(WRITE | REQ_SYNC | REQ_NOIDLE | REQ_FLUSH | REQ_FUA)
 
 #define SEL_IN		1
 #define SEL_OUT		2
@@ -583,7 +573,6 @@ typedef int (*read_actor_t)(read_descriptor_t *, struct page *,
 struct address_space_operations {
 	int (*writepage)(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc);
 	int (*readpage)(struct file *, struct page *);
-	void (*sync_page)(struct page *);
 
 	/* Write back some dirty pages from this mapping. */
 	int (*writepages)(struct address_space *, struct writeback_control *);
diff --git a/include/linux/pagemap.h b/include/linux/pagemap.h
index 9c66e994540..e112b8db2f3 100644
--- a/include/linux/pagemap.h
+++ b/include/linux/pagemap.h
@@ -298,7 +298,6 @@ static inline pgoff_t linear_page_index(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 
 extern void __lock_page(struct page *page);
 extern int __lock_page_killable(struct page *page);
-extern void __lock_page_nosync(struct page *page);
 extern int __lock_page_or_retry(struct page *page, struct mm_struct *mm,
 				unsigned int flags);
 extern void unlock_page(struct page *page);
@@ -342,17 +341,6 @@ static inline int lock_page_killable(struct page *page)
 }
 
 /*
- * lock_page_nosync should only be used if we can't pin the page's inode.
- * Doesn't play quite so well with block device plugging.
- */
-static inline void lock_page_nosync(struct page *page)
-{
-	might_sleep();
-	if (!trylock_page(page))
-		__lock_page_nosync(page);
-}
-	
-/*
  * lock_page_or_retry - Lock the page, unless this would block and the
  * caller indicated that it can handle a retry.
  */
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 777d8a5ed06..96ac2264374 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ struct robust_list_head;
 struct bio_list;
 struct fs_struct;
 struct perf_event_context;
+struct blk_plug;
 
 /*
  * List of flags we want to share for kernel threads,
@@ -1429,6 +1430,11 @@ struct task_struct {
 /* stacked block device info */
 	struct bio_list *bio_list;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
+/* stack plugging */
+	struct blk_plug *plug;
+#endif
+
 /* VM state */
 	struct reclaim_state *reclaim_state;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/swap.h b/include/linux/swap.h
index 4d559325d91..9ee321833b2 100644
--- a/include/linux/swap.h
+++ b/include/linux/swap.h
@@ -299,8 +299,6 @@ extern void mem_cgroup_get_shmem_target(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t pgoff,
 					struct page **pagep, swp_entry_t *ent);
 #endif
 
-extern void swap_unplug_io_fn(struct backing_dev_info *, struct page *);
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_SWAP
 /* linux/mm/page_io.c */
 extern int swap_readpage(struct page *);
diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index f9a45ebcc7b..6a488ad2dce 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -908,6 +908,7 @@ NORET_TYPE void do_exit(long code)
 	profile_task_exit(tsk);
 
 	WARN_ON(atomic_read(&tsk->fs_excl));
+	WARN_ON(blk_needs_flush_plug(tsk));
 
 	if (unlikely(in_interrupt()))
 		panic("Aiee, killing interrupt handler!");
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 25e429152dd..027c80e5162 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -1204,6 +1204,9 @@ static struct task_struct *copy_process(unsigned long clone_flags,
 	 * Clear TID on mm_release()?
 	 */
 	p->clear_child_tid = (clone_flags & CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID) ? child_tidptr: NULL;
+#ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
+	p->plug = NULL;
+#endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_FUTEX
 	p->robust_list = NULL;
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
diff --git a/kernel/power/block_io.c b/kernel/power/block_io.c
index 83bbc7c02df..d09dd10c5a5 100644
--- a/kernel/power/block_io.c
+++ b/kernel/power/block_io.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 static int submit(int rw, struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector,
 		struct page *page, struct bio **bio_chain)
 {
-	const int bio_rw = rw | REQ_SYNC | REQ_UNPLUG;
+	const int bio_rw = rw | REQ_SYNC;
 	struct bio *bio;
 
 	bio = bio_alloc(__GFP_WAIT | __GFP_HIGH, 1);
diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index 18d38e4ec7b..ca098bf4cc6 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -3978,6 +3978,16 @@ need_resched_nonpreemptible:
 		switch_count = &prev->nvcsw;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * If we are going to sleep and we have plugged IO queued, make
+	 * sure to submit it to avoid deadlocks.
+	 */
+	if (prev->state != TASK_RUNNING && blk_needs_flush_plug(prev)) {
+		raw_spin_unlock(&rq->lock);
+		blk_flush_plug(prev);
+		raw_spin_lock(&rq->lock);
+	}
+
 	pre_schedule(rq, prev);
 
 	if (unlikely(!rq->nr_running))
@@ -5333,6 +5343,7 @@ void __sched io_schedule(void)
 
 	delayacct_blkio_start();
 	atomic_inc(&rq->nr_iowait);
+	blk_flush_plug(current);
 	current->in_iowait = 1;
 	schedule();
 	current->in_iowait = 0;
@@ -5348,6 +5359,7 @@ long __sched io_schedule_timeout(long timeout)
 
 	delayacct_blkio_start();
 	atomic_inc(&rq->nr_iowait);
+	blk_flush_plug(current);
 	current->in_iowait = 1;
 	ret = schedule_timeout(timeout);
 	current->in_iowait = 0;
diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.c
index 027100d3022..c91e139a652 100644
--- a/mm/backing-dev.c
+++ b/mm/backing-dev.c
@@ -14,17 +14,11 @@
 
 static atomic_long_t bdi_seq = ATOMIC_LONG_INIT(0);
 
-void default_unplug_io_fn(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, struct page *page)
-{
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(default_unplug_io_fn);
-
 struct backing_dev_info default_backing_dev_info = {
 	.name		= "default",
 	.ra_pages	= VM_MAX_READAHEAD * 1024 / PAGE_CACHE_SIZE,
 	.state		= 0,
 	.capabilities	= BDI_CAP_MAP_COPY,
-	.unplug_io_fn	= default_unplug_io_fn,
 };
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(default_backing_dev_info);
 
diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index 83a45d35468..f9a29c87a2c 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -155,45 +155,15 @@ void remove_from_page_cache(struct page *page)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(remove_from_page_cache);
 
-static int sync_page(void *word)
+static int sleep_on_page(void *word)
 {
-	struct address_space *mapping;
-	struct page *page;
-
-	page = container_of((unsigned long *)word, struct page, flags);
-
-	/*
-	 * page_mapping() is being called without PG_locked held.
-	 * Some knowledge of the state and use of the page is used to
-	 * reduce the requirements down to a memory barrier.
-	 * The danger here is of a stale page_mapping() return value
-	 * indicating a struct address_space different from the one it's
-	 * associated with when it is associated with one.
-	 * After smp_mb(), it's either the correct page_mapping() for
-	 * the page, or an old page_mapping() and the page's own
-	 * page_mapping() has gone NULL.
-	 * The ->sync_page() address_space operation must tolerate
-	 * page_mapping() going NULL. By an amazing coincidence,
-	 * this comes about because none of the users of the page
-	 * in the ->sync_page() methods make essential use of the
-	 * page_mapping(), merely passing the page down to the backing
-	 * device's unplug functions when it's non-NULL, which in turn
-	 * ignore it for all cases but swap, where only page_private(page) is
-	 * of interest. When page_mapping() does go NULL, the entire
-	 * call stack gracefully ignores the page and returns.
-	 * -- wli
-	 */
-	smp_mb();
-	mapping = page_mapping(page);
-	if (mapping && mapping->a_ops && mapping->a_ops->sync_page)
-		mapping->a_ops->sync_page(page);
 	io_schedule();
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int sync_page_killable(void *word)
+static int sleep_on_page_killable(void *word)
 {
-	sync_page(word);
+	sleep_on_page(word);
 	return fatal_signal_pending(current) ? -EINTR : 0;
 }
 
@@ -479,12 +449,6 @@ struct page *__page_cache_alloc(gfp_t gfp)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__page_cache_alloc);
 #endif
 
-static int __sleep_on_page_lock(void *word)
-{
-	io_schedule();
-	return 0;
-}
-
 /*
  * In order to wait for pages to become available there must be
  * waitqueues associated with pages. By using a hash table of
@@ -512,7 +476,7 @@ void wait_on_page_bit(struct page *page, int bit_nr)
 	DEFINE_WAIT_BIT(wait, &page->flags, bit_nr);
 
 	if (test_bit(bit_nr, &page->flags))
-		__wait_on_bit(page_waitqueue(page), &wait, sync_page,
+		__wait_on_bit(page_waitqueue(page), &wait, sleep_on_page,
 							TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(wait_on_page_bit);
@@ -576,17 +540,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(end_page_writeback);
 /**
  * __lock_page - get a lock on the page, assuming we need to sleep to get it
  * @page: the page to lock
- *
- * Ugly. Running sync_page() in state TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE is scary.  If some
- * random driver's requestfn sets TASK_RUNNING, we could busywait.  However
- * chances are that on the second loop, the block layer's plug list is empty,
- * so sync_page() will then return in state TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE.
  */
 void __lock_page(struct page *page)
 {
 	DEFINE_WAIT_BIT(wait, &page->flags, PG_locked);
 
-	__wait_on_bit_lock(page_waitqueue(page), &wait, sync_page,
+	__wait_on_bit_lock(page_waitqueue(page), &wait, sleep_on_page,
 							TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__lock_page);
@@ -596,24 +555,10 @@ int __lock_page_killable(struct page *page)
 	DEFINE_WAIT_BIT(wait, &page->flags, PG_locked);
 
 	return __wait_on_bit_lock(page_waitqueue(page), &wait,
-					sync_page_killable, TASK_KILLABLE);
+					sleep_on_page_killable, TASK_KILLABLE);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__lock_page_killable);
 
-/**
- * __lock_page_nosync - get a lock on the page, without calling sync_page()
- * @page: the page to lock
- *
- * Variant of lock_page that does not require the caller to hold a reference
- * on the page's mapping.
- */
-void __lock_page_nosync(struct page *page)
-{
-	DEFINE_WAIT_BIT(wait, &page->flags, PG_locked);
-	__wait_on_bit_lock(page_waitqueue(page), &wait, __sleep_on_page_lock,
-							TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
-}
-
 int __lock_page_or_retry(struct page *page, struct mm_struct *mm,
 			 unsigned int flags)
 {
@@ -1298,12 +1243,15 @@ generic_file_aio_read(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
 	unsigned long seg = 0;
 	size_t count;
 	loff_t *ppos = &iocb->ki_pos;
+	struct blk_plug plug;
 
 	count = 0;
 	retval = generic_segment_checks(iov, &nr_segs, &count, VERIFY_WRITE);
 	if (retval)
 		return retval;
 
+	blk_start_plug(&plug);
+
 	/* coalesce the iovecs and go direct-to-BIO for O_DIRECT */
 	if (filp->f_flags & O_DIRECT) {
 		loff_t size;
@@ -1376,6 +1324,7 @@ generic_file_aio_read(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
 			break;
 	}
 out:
+	blk_finish_plug(&plug);
 	return retval;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_file_aio_read);
@@ -2487,11 +2436,13 @@ ssize_t generic_file_aio_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
 {
 	struct file *file = iocb->ki_filp;
 	struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host;
+	struct blk_plug plug;
 	ssize_t ret;
 
 	BUG_ON(iocb->ki_pos != pos);
 
 	mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
+	blk_start_plug(&plug);
 	ret = __generic_file_aio_write(iocb, iov, nr_segs, &iocb->ki_pos);
 	mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
 
@@ -2502,6 +2453,7 @@ ssize_t generic_file_aio_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
 		if (err < 0 && ret > 0)
 			ret = err;
 	}
+	blk_finish_plug(&plug);
 	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_file_aio_write);
diff --git a/mm/memory-failure.c b/mm/memory-failure.c
index 0207c2f6f8b..bfba796d374 100644
--- a/mm/memory-failure.c
+++ b/mm/memory-failure.c
@@ -945,7 +945,7 @@ static int hwpoison_user_mappings(struct page *p, unsigned long pfn,
 		collect_procs(ppage, &tokill);
 
 	if (hpage != ppage)
-		lock_page_nosync(ppage);
+		lock_page(ppage);
 
 	ret = try_to_unmap(ppage, ttu);
 	if (ret != SWAP_SUCCESS)
@@ -1038,7 +1038,7 @@ int __memory_failure(unsigned long pfn, int trapno, int flags)
 			 * Check "just unpoisoned", "filter hit", and
 			 * "race with other subpage."
 			 */
-			lock_page_nosync(hpage);
+			lock_page(hpage);
 			if (!PageHWPoison(hpage)
 			    || (hwpoison_filter(p) && TestClearPageHWPoison(p))
 			    || (p != hpage && TestSetPageHWPoison(hpage))) {
@@ -1088,7 +1088,7 @@ int __memory_failure(unsigned long pfn, int trapno, int flags)
 	 * It's very difficult to mess with pages currently under IO
 	 * and in many cases impossible, so we just avoid it here.
 	 */
-	lock_page_nosync(hpage);
+	lock_page(hpage);
 
 	/*
 	 * unpoison always clear PG_hwpoison inside page lock
@@ -1231,7 +1231,7 @@ int unpoison_memory(unsigned long pfn)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	lock_page_nosync(page);
+	lock_page(page);
 	/*
 	 * This test is racy because PG_hwpoison is set outside of page lock.
 	 * That's acceptable because that won't trigger kernel panic. Instead,
diff --git a/mm/nommu.c b/mm/nommu.c
index f59e1424d3d..fb6cbd6abe1 100644
--- a/mm/nommu.c
+++ b/mm/nommu.c
@@ -1842,10 +1842,6 @@ int remap_vmalloc_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma, void *addr,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(remap_vmalloc_range);
 
-void swap_unplug_io_fn(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, struct page *page)
-{
-}
-
 unsigned long arch_get_unmapped_area(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
 	unsigned long len, unsigned long pgoff, unsigned long flags)
 {
diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index 2cb01f6ec5d..cc0ede169e4 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -1239,7 +1239,7 @@ int set_page_dirty_lock(struct page *page)
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	lock_page_nosync(page);
+	lock_page(page);
 	ret = set_page_dirty(page);
 	unlock_page(page);
 	return ret;
diff --git a/mm/page_io.c b/mm/page_io.c
index 2dee975bf46..dc76b4d0611 100644
--- a/mm/page_io.c
+++ b/mm/page_io.c
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ int swap_writepage(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 		goto out;
 	}
 	if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL)
-		rw |= REQ_SYNC | REQ_UNPLUG;
+		rw |= REQ_SYNC;
 	count_vm_event(PSWPOUT);
 	set_page_writeback(page);
 	unlock_page(page);
diff --git a/mm/readahead.c b/mm/readahead.c
index 77506a291a2..2c0cc489e28 100644
--- a/mm/readahead.c
+++ b/mm/readahead.c
@@ -109,9 +109,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(read_cache_pages);
 static int read_pages(struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp,
 		struct list_head *pages, unsigned nr_pages)
 {
+	struct blk_plug plug;
 	unsigned page_idx;
 	int ret;
 
+	blk_start_plug(&plug);
+
 	if (mapping->a_ops->readpages) {
 		ret = mapping->a_ops->readpages(filp, mapping, pages, nr_pages);
 		/* Clean up the remaining pages */
@@ -129,7 +132,10 @@ static int read_pages(struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp,
 		page_cache_release(page);
 	}
 	ret = 0;
+
 out:
+	blk_finish_plug(&plug);
+
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -554,17 +560,5 @@ page_cache_async_readahead(struct address_space *mapping,
 
 	/* do read-ahead */
 	ondemand_readahead(mapping, ra, filp, true, offset, req_size);
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
-	/*
-	 * Normally the current page is !uptodate and lock_page() will be
-	 * immediately called to implicitly unplug the device. However this
-	 * is not always true for RAID conifgurations, where data arrives
-	 * not strictly in their submission order. In this case we need to
-	 * explicitly kick off the IO.
-	 */
-	if (PageUptodate(page))
-		blk_run_backing_dev(mapping->backing_dev_info, NULL);
-#endif
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(page_cache_async_readahead);
diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 5ee67c99060..24d23f5bedf 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -224,7 +224,6 @@ static const struct vm_operations_struct shmem_vm_ops;
 static struct backing_dev_info shmem_backing_dev_info  __read_mostly = {
 	.ra_pages	= 0,	/* No readahead */
 	.capabilities	= BDI_CAP_NO_ACCT_AND_WRITEBACK | BDI_CAP_SWAP_BACKED,
-	.unplug_io_fn	= default_unplug_io_fn,
 };
 
 static LIST_HEAD(shmem_swaplist);
diff --git a/mm/swap_state.c b/mm/swap_state.c
index 5c8cfabbc9b..46680461785 100644
--- a/mm/swap_state.c
+++ b/mm/swap_state.c
@@ -24,12 +24,10 @@
 
 /*
  * swapper_space is a fiction, retained to simplify the path through
- * vmscan's shrink_page_list, to make sync_page look nicer, and to allow
- * future use of radix_tree tags in the swap cache.
+ * vmscan's shrink_page_list.
  */
 static const struct address_space_operations swap_aops = {
 	.writepage	= swap_writepage,
-	.sync_page	= block_sync_page,
 	.set_page_dirty	= __set_page_dirty_nobuffers,
 	.migratepage	= migrate_page,
 };
@@ -37,7 +35,6 @@ static const struct address_space_operations swap_aops = {
 static struct backing_dev_info swap_backing_dev_info = {
 	.name		= "swap",
 	.capabilities	= BDI_CAP_NO_ACCT_AND_WRITEBACK | BDI_CAP_SWAP_BACKED,
-	.unplug_io_fn	= swap_unplug_io_fn,
 };
 
 struct address_space swapper_space = {
diff --git a/mm/swapfile.c b/mm/swapfile.c
index 0341c5700e3..64d627ab624 100644
--- a/mm/swapfile.c
+++ b/mm/swapfile.c
@@ -95,39 +95,6 @@ __try_to_reclaim_swap(struct swap_info_struct *si, unsigned long offset)
 }
 
 /*
- * We need this because the bdev->unplug_fn can sleep and we cannot
- * hold swap_lock while calling the unplug_fn. And swap_lock
- * cannot be turned into a mutex.
- */
-static DECLARE_RWSEM(swap_unplug_sem);
-
-void swap_unplug_io_fn(struct backing_dev_info *unused_bdi, struct page *page)
-{
-	swp_entry_t entry;
-
-	down_read(&swap_unplug_sem);
-	entry.val = page_private(page);
-	if (PageSwapCache(page)) {
-		struct block_device *bdev = swap_info[swp_type(entry)]->bdev;
-		struct backing_dev_info *bdi;
-
-		/*
-		 * If the page is removed from swapcache from under us (with a
-		 * racy try_to_unuse/swapoff) we need an additional reference
-		 * count to avoid reading garbage from page_private(page) above.
-		 * If the WARN_ON triggers during a swapoff it maybe the race
-		 * condition and it's harmless. However if it triggers without
-		 * swapoff it signals a problem.
-		 */
-		WARN_ON(page_count(page) <= 1);
-
-		bdi = bdev->bd_inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info;
-		blk_run_backing_dev(bdi, page);
-	}
-	up_read(&swap_unplug_sem);
-}
-
-/*
  * swapon tell device that all the old swap contents can be discarded,
  * to allow the swap device to optimize its wear-levelling.
  */
@@ -1643,10 +1610,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(swapoff, const char __user *, specialfile)
 		goto out_dput;
 	}
 
-	/* wait for any unplug function to finish */
-	down_write(&swap_unplug_sem);
-	up_write(&swap_unplug_sem);
-
 	destroy_swap_extents(p);
 	if (p->flags & SWP_CONTINUED)
 		free_swap_count_continuations(p);
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 6771ea70bfe..951cac21c2e 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ static int may_write_to_queue(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
 static void handle_write_error(struct address_space *mapping,
 				struct page *page, int error)
 {
-	lock_page_nosync(page);
+	lock_page(page);
 	if (page_mapping(page) == mapping)
 		mapping_set_error(mapping, error);
 	unlock_page(page);