Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block: (27 commits)
  block: remove unused copy_io_context()
  Documentation: remove anticipatory scheduler info
  block: remove REQ_HARDBARRIER
  ioprio: rcu_read_lock/unlock protect find_task_by_vpid call (V2)
  ioprio: fix RCU locking around task dereference
  block: ioctl: fix information leak to userland
  block: read i_size with i_size_read()
  cciss: fix proc warning on attempt to remove non-existant directory
  bio: take care not overflow page count when mapping/copying user data
  block: limit vec count in bio_kmalloc() and bio_alloc_map_data()
  block: take care not to overflow when calculating total iov length
  block: check for proper length of iov entries in blk_rq_map_user_iov()
  cciss: remove controllers supported by hpsa
  cciss: use usleep_range not msleep for small sleeps
  cciss: limit commands allocated on reset_devices
  cciss: Use kernel provided PCI state save and restore functions
  cciss: fix board status waiting code
  drbd: Removed checks for REQ_HARDBARRIER on incomming BIOs
  drbd: REQ_HARDBARRIER -> REQ_FUA transition for meta data accesses
  drbd: Removed the BIO_RW_BARRIER support form the receiver/epoch code
  ...

include/linux/bio.h

@@ -66,10 +66,6 @@
 #define bio_offset(bio)		bio_iovec((bio))->bv_offset
 #define bio_segments(bio)	((bio)->bi_vcnt - (bio)->bi_idx)
 #define bio_sectors(bio)	((bio)->bi_size >> 9)
-#define bio_empty_barrier(bio) \
-	((bio->bi_rw & REQ_HARDBARRIER) && \
-	 !bio_has_data(bio) && \
-	 !(bio->bi_rw & REQ_DISCARD))
 
 static inline unsigned int bio_cur_bytes(struct bio *bio)
 {

include/linux/blk_types.h

@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ enum rq_flag_bits {
 	__REQ_FAILFAST_TRANSPORT, /* no driver retries of transport errors */
 	__REQ_FAILFAST_DRIVER,	/* no driver retries of driver errors */
 
-	__REQ_HARDBARRIER,	/* may not be passed by drive either */
 	__REQ_SYNC,		/* request is sync (sync write or read) */
 	__REQ_META,		/* metadata io request */
 	__REQ_DISCARD,		/* request to discard sectors */
@@ -159,7 +158,6 @@ enum rq_flag_bits {
 #define REQ_FAILFAST_DEV	(1 << __REQ_FAILFAST_DEV)
 #define REQ_FAILFAST_TRANSPORT	(1 << __REQ_FAILFAST_TRANSPORT)
 #define REQ_FAILFAST_DRIVER	(1 << __REQ_FAILFAST_DRIVER)
-#define REQ_HARDBARRIER		(1 << __REQ_HARDBARRIER)
 #define REQ_SYNC		(1 << __REQ_SYNC)
 #define REQ_META		(1 << __REQ_META)
 #define REQ_DISCARD		(1 << __REQ_DISCARD)
@@ -168,8 +166,8 @@ enum rq_flag_bits {
 #define REQ_FAILFAST_MASK \
 	(REQ_FAILFAST_DEV | REQ_FAILFAST_TRANSPORT | REQ_FAILFAST_DRIVER)
 #define REQ_COMMON_MASK \
-	(REQ_WRITE | REQ_FAILFAST_MASK | REQ_HARDBARRIER | REQ_SYNC | \
-	 REQ_META | REQ_DISCARD | REQ_NOIDLE | REQ_FLUSH | REQ_FUA)
+	(REQ_WRITE | REQ_FAILFAST_MASK | REQ_SYNC | REQ_META | REQ_DISCARD | \
+	 REQ_NOIDLE | REQ_FLUSH | REQ_FUA)
 #define REQ_CLONE_MASK		REQ_COMMON_MASK
 
 #define REQ_UNPLUG		(1 << __REQ_UNPLUG)

include/linux/blkdev.h

@@ -552,8 +552,7 @@ static inline void blk_clear_queue_full(struct request_queue *q, int sync)
  * it already be started by driver.
  */
 #define RQ_NOMERGE_FLAGS	\
-	(REQ_NOMERGE | REQ_STARTED | REQ_HARDBARRIER | REQ_SOFTBARRIER | \
-	 REQ_FLUSH | REQ_FUA)
+	(REQ_NOMERGE | REQ_STARTED | REQ_SOFTBARRIER | REQ_FLUSH | REQ_FUA)
 #define rq_mergeable(rq)	\
 	(!((rq)->cmd_flags & RQ_NOMERGE_FLAGS) && \
 	 (((rq)->cmd_flags & REQ_DISCARD) || \

include/linux/drbd.h

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 
 
 extern const char *drbd_buildtag(void);
-#define REL_VERSION "8.3.9rc2"
+#define REL_VERSION "8.3.9"
 #define API_VERSION 88
 #define PRO_VERSION_MIN 86
 #define PRO_VERSION_MAX 95

include/linux/iocontext.h

@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ int put_io_context(struct io_context *ioc);
 void exit_io_context(struct task_struct *task);
 struct io_context *get_io_context(gfp_t gfp_flags, int node);
 struct io_context *alloc_io_context(gfp_t gfp_flags, int node);
-void copy_io_context(struct io_context **pdst, struct io_context **psrc);
 #else
 static inline void exit_io_context(struct task_struct *task)
 {