diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block
index d2f9033..4873c75 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block
@@ -128,3 +128,17 @@
 		preferred request size for workloads where sustained
 		throughput is desired.  If no optimal I/O size is
 		reported this file contains 0.
+
+What:		/sys/block/<disk>/queue/nomerges
+Date:		January 2010
+Contact:
+Description:
+		Standard I/O elevator operations include attempts to
+		merge contiguous I/Os. For known random I/O loads these
+		attempts will always fail and result in extra cycles
+		being spent in the kernel. This allows one to turn off
+		this behavior on one of two ways: When set to 1, complex
+		merge checks are disabled, but the simple one-shot merges
+		with the previous I/O request are enabled. When set to 2,
+		all merge tries are disabled. The default value is 0 -
+		which enables all types of merge tries.
diff --git a/Documentation/block/queue-sysfs.txt b/Documentation/block/queue-sysfs.txt
index e164403..f652740 100644
--- a/Documentation/block/queue-sysfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/block/queue-sysfs.txt
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@
 
 nomerges (RW)
 -------------
-This enables the user to disable the lookup logic involved with IO merging
-requests in the block layer. Merging may still occur through a direct
-1-hit cache, since that comes for (almost) free. The IO scheduler will not
-waste cycles doing tree/hash lookups for merges if nomerges is 1. Defaults
-to 0, enabling all merges.
+This enables the user to disable the lookup logic involved with IO
+merging requests in the block layer. By default (0) all merges are
+enabled. When set to 1 only simple one-hit merges will be tried. When
+set to 2 no merge algorithms will be tried (including one-hit or more
+complex tree/hash lookups).
 
 nr_requests (RW)
 ----------------
diff --git a/block/blk-settings.c b/block/blk-settings.c
index 5eeb9e0..78549c7 100644
--- a/block/blk-settings.c
+++ b/block/blk-settings.c
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@
  * blk_stack_limits - adjust queue_limits for stacked devices
  * @t:	the stacking driver limits (top device)
  * @b:  the underlying queue limits (bottom, component device)
- * @offset:  offset to beginning of data within component device
+ * @start:  first data sector within component device
  *
  * Description:
  *    This function is used by stacking drivers like MD and DM to ensure
@@ -525,10 +525,9 @@
  *    the alignment_offset is undefined.
  */
 int blk_stack_limits(struct queue_limits *t, struct queue_limits *b,
-		     sector_t offset)
+		     sector_t start)
 {
-	sector_t alignment;
-	unsigned int top, bottom, ret = 0;
+	unsigned int top, bottom, alignment, ret = 0;
 
 	t->max_sectors = min_not_zero(t->max_sectors, b->max_sectors);
 	t->max_hw_sectors = min_not_zero(t->max_hw_sectors, b->max_hw_sectors);
@@ -548,7 +547,7 @@
 
 	t->misaligned |= b->misaligned;
 
-	alignment = queue_limit_alignment_offset(b, offset);
+	alignment = queue_limit_alignment_offset(b, start);
 
 	/* Bottom device has different alignment.  Check that it is
 	 * compatible with the current top alignment.
@@ -611,11 +610,7 @@
 
 	/* Discard alignment and granularity */
 	if (b->discard_granularity) {
-		unsigned int granularity = b->discard_granularity;
-		offset &= granularity - 1;
-
-		alignment = (granularity + b->discard_alignment - offset)
-			& (granularity - 1);
+		alignment = queue_limit_discard_alignment(b, start);
 
 		if (t->discard_granularity != 0 &&
 		    t->discard_alignment != alignment) {
@@ -657,7 +652,7 @@
 
 	start += get_start_sect(bdev);
 
-	return blk_stack_limits(t, &bq->limits, start << 9);
+	return blk_stack_limits(t, &bq->limits, start);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(bdev_stack_limits);
 
@@ -668,9 +663,8 @@
  * @offset:  offset to beginning of data within component device
  *
  * Description:
- *    Merges the limits for two queues.  Returns 0 if alignment
- *    didn't change.  Returns -1 if adding the bottom device caused
- *    misalignment.
+ *    Merges the limits for a top level gendisk and a bottom level
+ *    block_device.
  */
 void disk_stack_limits(struct gendisk *disk, struct block_device *bdev,
 		       sector_t offset)
@@ -678,9 +672,7 @@
 	struct request_queue *t = disk->queue;
 	struct request_queue *b = bdev_get_queue(bdev);
 
-	offset += get_start_sect(bdev) << 9;
-
-	if (blk_stack_limits(&t->limits, &b->limits, offset) < 0) {
+	if (bdev_stack_limits(&t->limits, bdev, offset >> 9) < 0) {
 		char top[BDEVNAME_SIZE], bottom[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
 
 		disk_name(disk, 0, top);
diff --git a/block/blk-sysfs.c b/block/blk-sysfs.c
index 8606c95..e854424 100644
--- a/block/blk-sysfs.c
+++ b/block/blk-sysfs.c
@@ -189,7 +189,8 @@
 
 static ssize_t queue_nomerges_show(struct request_queue *q, char *page)
 {
-	return queue_var_show(blk_queue_nomerges(q), page);
+	return queue_var_show((blk_queue_nomerges(q) << 1) |
+			       blk_queue_noxmerges(q), page);
 }
 
 static ssize_t queue_nomerges_store(struct request_queue *q, const char *page,
@@ -199,10 +200,12 @@
 	ssize_t ret = queue_var_store(&nm, page, count);
 
 	spin_lock_irq(q->queue_lock);
-	if (nm)
+	queue_flag_clear(QUEUE_FLAG_NOMERGES, q);
+	queue_flag_clear(QUEUE_FLAG_NOXMERGES, q);
+	if (nm == 2)
 		queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_NOMERGES, q);
-	else
-		queue_flag_clear(QUEUE_FLAG_NOMERGES, q);
+	else if (nm)
+		queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_NOXMERGES, q);
 	spin_unlock_irq(q->queue_lock);
 
 	return ret;
diff --git a/block/elevator.c b/block/elevator.c
index 9ad5ccc..ee3a883 100644
--- a/block/elevator.c
+++ b/block/elevator.c
@@ -474,6 +474,15 @@
 	int ret;
 
 	/*
+	 * Levels of merges:
+	 * 	nomerges:  No merges at all attempted
+	 * 	noxmerges: Only simple one-hit cache try
+	 * 	merges:	   All merge tries attempted
+	 */
+	if (blk_queue_nomerges(q))
+		return ELEVATOR_NO_MERGE;
+
+	/*
 	 * First try one-hit cache.
 	 */
 	if (q->last_merge) {
@@ -484,7 +493,7 @@
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (blk_queue_nomerges(q))
+	if (blk_queue_noxmerges(q))
 		return ELEVATOR_NO_MERGE;
 
 	/*
diff --git a/drivers/block/DAC960.c b/drivers/block/DAC960.c
index ce1fa92..7412b5d 100644
--- a/drivers/block/DAC960.c
+++ b/drivers/block/DAC960.c
@@ -7134,7 +7134,7 @@
 	.MemoryWindowSize =	DAC960_PD_RegisterWindowSize,
 };
 
-static struct pci_device_id DAC960_id_table[] = {
+static const struct pci_device_id DAC960_id_table[] = {
 	{
 		.vendor 	= PCI_VENDOR_ID_MYLEX,
 		.device		= PCI_DEVICE_ID_MYLEX_DAC960_GEM,
diff --git a/drivers/block/cciss.c b/drivers/block/cciss.c
index 9291614..86acdca5 100644
--- a/drivers/block/cciss.c
+++ b/drivers/block/cciss.c
@@ -1344,26 +1344,27 @@
 				kfree(buff);
 				return -ENOMEM;
 			}
-			// Fill in the command type
+			/* Fill in the command type */
 			c->cmd_type = CMD_IOCTL_PEND;
-			// Fill in Command Header
-			c->Header.ReplyQueue = 0;	// unused in simple mode
-			if (iocommand.buf_size > 0)	// buffer to fill
+			/* Fill in Command Header */
+			c->Header.ReplyQueue = 0;   /* unused in simple mode */
+			if (iocommand.buf_size > 0) /* buffer to fill */
 			{
 				c->Header.SGList = 1;
 				c->Header.SGTotal = 1;
-			} else	// no buffers to fill
+			} else /* no buffers to fill */
 			{
 				c->Header.SGList = 0;
 				c->Header.SGTotal = 0;
 			}
 			c->Header.LUN = iocommand.LUN_info;
-			c->Header.Tag.lower = c->busaddr;	// use the kernel address the cmd block for tag
+			/* use the kernel address the cmd block for tag */
+			c->Header.Tag.lower = c->busaddr;
 
-			// Fill in Request block
+			/* Fill in Request block */
 			c->Request = iocommand.Request;
 
-			// Fill in the scatter gather information
+			/* Fill in the scatter gather information */
 			if (iocommand.buf_size > 0) {
 				temp64.val = pci_map_single(host->pdev, buff,
 					iocommand.buf_size,
@@ -1371,7 +1372,7 @@
 				c->SG[0].Addr.lower = temp64.val32.lower;
 				c->SG[0].Addr.upper = temp64.val32.upper;
 				c->SG[0].Len = iocommand.buf_size;
-				c->SG[0].Ext = 0;	// we are not chaining
+				c->SG[0].Ext = 0;  /* we are not chaining */
 			}
 			c->waiting = &wait;
 
@@ -2425,7 +2426,7 @@
 			c->Request.Type.Direction = XFER_READ;
 			c->Request.Timeout = 0;
 			c->Request.CDB[0] = cmd;
-			c->Request.CDB[6] = (size >> 24) & 0xFF;	//MSB
+			c->Request.CDB[6] = (size >> 24) & 0xFF; /* MSB */
 			c->Request.CDB[7] = (size >> 16) & 0xFF;
 			c->Request.CDB[8] = (size >> 8) & 0xFF;
 			c->Request.CDB[9] = size & 0xFF;
@@ -2694,7 +2695,7 @@
 			       "cciss: reading geometry failed, volume "
 			       "does not support reading geometry\n");
 			drv->heads = 255;
-			drv->sectors = 32;	// Sectors per track
+			drv->sectors = 32;	/* Sectors per track */
 			drv->cylinders = total_size + 1;
 			drv->raid_level = RAID_UNKNOWN;
 		} else {
@@ -3112,19 +3113,19 @@
 
 	/* fill in the request */
 	drv = creq->rq_disk->private_data;
-	c->Header.ReplyQueue = 0;	// unused in simple mode
+	c->Header.ReplyQueue = 0;	/* unused in simple mode */
 	/* got command from pool, so use the command block index instead */
 	/* for direct lookups. */
 	/* The first 2 bits are reserved for controller error reporting. */
 	c->Header.Tag.lower = (c->cmdindex << 3);
 	c->Header.Tag.lower |= 0x04;	/* flag for direct lookup. */
 	memcpy(&c->Header.LUN, drv->LunID, sizeof(drv->LunID));
-	c->Request.CDBLen = 10;	// 12 byte commands not in FW yet;
-	c->Request.Type.Type = TYPE_CMD;	// It is a command.
+	c->Request.CDBLen = 10;	/* 12 byte commands not in FW yet; */
+	c->Request.Type.Type = TYPE_CMD;	/* It is a command. */
 	c->Request.Type.Attribute = ATTR_SIMPLE;
 	c->Request.Type.Direction =
 	    (rq_data_dir(creq) == READ) ? XFER_READ : XFER_WRITE;
-	c->Request.Timeout = 0;	// Don't time out
+	c->Request.Timeout = 0;	/* Don't time out */
 	c->Request.CDB[0] =
 	    (rq_data_dir(creq) == READ) ? h->cciss_read : h->cciss_write;
 	start_blk = blk_rq_pos(creq);
@@ -3209,11 +3210,11 @@
 	if (likely(blk_fs_request(creq))) {
 		if(h->cciss_read == CCISS_READ_10) {
 			c->Request.CDB[1] = 0;
-			c->Request.CDB[2] = (start_blk >> 24) & 0xff;	//MSB
+			c->Request.CDB[2] = (start_blk >> 24) & 0xff; /* MSB */
 			c->Request.CDB[3] = (start_blk >> 16) & 0xff;
 			c->Request.CDB[4] = (start_blk >> 8) & 0xff;
 			c->Request.CDB[5] = start_blk & 0xff;
-			c->Request.CDB[6] = 0;	// (sect >> 24) & 0xff; MSB
+			c->Request.CDB[6] = 0; /* (sect >> 24) & 0xff; MSB */
 			c->Request.CDB[7] = (blk_rq_sectors(creq) >> 8) & 0xff;
 			c->Request.CDB[8] = blk_rq_sectors(creq) & 0xff;
 			c->Request.CDB[9] = c->Request.CDB[11] = c->Request.CDB[12] = 0;
@@ -3222,7 +3223,7 @@
 
 			c->Request.CDBLen = 16;
 			c->Request.CDB[1]= 0;
-			c->Request.CDB[2]= (upper32 >> 24) & 0xff;	//MSB
+			c->Request.CDB[2]= (upper32 >> 24) & 0xff; /* MSB */
 			c->Request.CDB[3]= (upper32 >> 16) & 0xff;
 			c->Request.CDB[4]= (upper32 >>  8) & 0xff;
 			c->Request.CDB[5]= upper32 & 0xff;
diff --git a/drivers/block/cciss.h b/drivers/block/cciss.h
index 1d95db2..2b07bda 100644
--- a/drivers/block/cciss.h
+++ b/drivers/block/cciss.h
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
 	int	ctlr;
 	char	devname[8];
 	char    *product_name;
-	char	firm_ver[4]; // Firmware version 
+	char	firm_ver[4]; /* Firmware version */
 	struct pci_dev *pdev;
 	__u32	board_id;
 	void __iomem *vaddr;
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
 	BYTE	cciss_write;
 	BYTE	cciss_read_capacity;
 
-	// information about each logical volume
+	/* information about each logical volume */
 	drive_info_struct *drv[CISS_MAX_LUN];
 
 	struct access_method access;
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
 	unsigned int maxSG;
 	spinlock_t lock;
 
-	//* pointers to command and error info pool */ 
+	/* pointers to command and error info pool */
 	CommandList_struct 	*cmd_pool;
 	dma_addr_t		cmd_pool_dhandle; 
 	ErrorInfo_struct 	*errinfo_pool;
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
 	*/
 	int			next_to_run;
 
-	// Disk structures we need to pass back
+	/* Disk structures we need to pass back */
 	struct gendisk   *gendisk[CISS_MAX_LUN];
 #ifdef CONFIG_CISS_SCSI_TAPE
 	void *scsi_ctlr; /* ptr to structure containing scsi related stuff */
@@ -315,4 +315,3 @@
 #define CCISS_LOCK(i)	(&hba[i]->lock)
 
 #endif /* CCISS_H */
-
diff --git a/drivers/block/cciss_cmd.h b/drivers/block/cciss_cmd.h
index 6afa700..25f9762 100644
--- a/drivers/block/cciss_cmd.h
+++ b/drivers/block/cciss_cmd.h
@@ -1,31 +1,16 @@
 #ifndef CCISS_CMD_H
 #define CCISS_CMD_H
-//###########################################################################
-//DEFINES
-//###########################################################################
+
+#include <linux/cciss_defs.h>
+
+/* DEFINES */
 #define CISS_VERSION "1.00"
 
-//general boundary definitions
-#define SENSEINFOBYTES          32//note that this value may vary between host implementations
+/* general boundary definitions */
 #define MAXSGENTRIES            32
 #define CCISS_SG_CHAIN          0x80000000
 #define MAXREPLYQS              256
 
-//Command Status value
-#define CMD_SUCCESS             0x0000
-#define CMD_TARGET_STATUS       0x0001
-#define CMD_DATA_UNDERRUN       0x0002
-#define CMD_DATA_OVERRUN        0x0003
-#define CMD_INVALID             0x0004
-#define CMD_PROTOCOL_ERR        0x0005
-#define CMD_HARDWARE_ERR        0x0006
-#define CMD_CONNECTION_LOST     0x0007
-#define CMD_ABORTED             0x0008
-#define CMD_ABORT_FAILED        0x0009
-#define CMD_UNSOLICITED_ABORT   0x000A
-#define CMD_TIMEOUT             0x000B
-#define CMD_UNABORTABLE		0x000C
-
 /* Unit Attentions ASC's as defined for the MSA2012sa */
 #define POWER_OR_RESET			0x29
 #define STATE_CHANGED			0x2a
@@ -49,30 +34,13 @@
 #define ASYM_ACCESS_CHANGED		0x06
 #define LUN_CAPACITY_CHANGED		0x09
 
-//transfer direction
-#define XFER_NONE               0x00
-#define XFER_WRITE              0x01
-#define XFER_READ               0x02
-#define XFER_RSVD               0x03
-
-//task attribute
-#define ATTR_UNTAGGED           0x00
-#define ATTR_SIMPLE             0x04
-#define ATTR_HEADOFQUEUE        0x05
-#define ATTR_ORDERED            0x06
-#define ATTR_ACA                0x07
-
-//cdb type
-#define TYPE_CMD				0x00
-#define TYPE_MSG				0x01
-
-//config space register offsets
+/* config space register offsets */
 #define CFG_VENDORID            0x00
 #define CFG_DEVICEID            0x02
 #define CFG_I2OBAR              0x10
 #define CFG_MEM1BAR             0x14
 
-//i2o space register offsets
+/* i2o space register offsets */
 #define I2O_IBDB_SET            0x20
 #define I2O_IBDB_CLEAR          0x70
 #define I2O_INT_STATUS          0x30
@@ -81,7 +49,7 @@
 #define I2O_OBPOST_Q            0x44
 #define I2O_DMA1_CFG		0x214
 
-//Configuration Table
+/* Configuration Table */
 #define CFGTBL_ChangeReq        0x00000001l
 #define CFGTBL_AccCmds          0x00000001l
 
@@ -103,24 +71,17 @@
    __u64	val;
 } u64bit;
 
-// Type defs used in the following structs
-#define BYTE __u8
-#define WORD __u16
-#define HWORD __u16
-#define DWORD __u32
+/* Type defs used in the following structs */
 #define QWORD vals32 
 
-//###########################################################################
-//STRUCTURES
-//###########################################################################
-#define CISS_MAX_LUN	1024
+/* STRUCTURES */
 #define CISS_MAX_PHYS_LUN	1024
-// SCSI-3 Cmmands 
+/* SCSI-3 Cmmands */
 
 #pragma pack(1)	
 
 #define CISS_INQUIRY 0x12
-//Date returned
+/* Date returned */
 typedef struct _InquiryData_struct
 {
   BYTE data_byte[36];
@@ -128,7 +89,7 @@
 
 #define CISS_REPORT_LOG 0xc2    /* Report Logical LUNs */
 #define CISS_REPORT_PHYS 0xc3   /* Report Physical LUNs */
-// Data returned
+/* Data returned */
 typedef struct _ReportLUNdata_struct
 {
   BYTE LUNListLength[4];
@@ -139,8 +100,8 @@
 #define CCISS_READ_CAPACITY 0x25 /* Read Capacity */ 
 typedef struct _ReadCapdata_struct
 {
-  BYTE total_size[4];	// Total size in blocks
-  BYTE block_size[4];	// Size of blocks in bytes
+  BYTE total_size[4];	/* Total size in blocks */
+  BYTE block_size[4];	/* Size of blocks in bytes */
 } ReadCapdata_struct;
 
 #define CCISS_READ_CAPACITY_16 0x9e /* Read Capacity 16 */
@@ -172,52 +133,13 @@
 #define CDB_LEN10	10
 #define CDB_LEN16	16
 
-// BMIC commands 
+/* BMIC commands */
 #define BMIC_READ 0x26
 #define BMIC_WRITE 0x27
 #define BMIC_CACHE_FLUSH 0xc2
-#define CCISS_CACHE_FLUSH 0x01	//C2 was already being used by CCISS
+#define CCISS_CACHE_FLUSH 0x01	/* C2 was already being used by CCISS */
 
-//Command List Structure
-typedef union _SCSI3Addr_struct {
-   struct {
-    BYTE Dev;
-    BYTE Bus:6;
-    BYTE Mode:2;        // b00
-  } PeripDev;
-   struct {
-    BYTE DevLSB;
-    BYTE DevMSB:6;
-    BYTE Mode:2;        // b01
-  } LogDev;
-   struct {
-    BYTE Dev:5;
-    BYTE Bus:3;
-    BYTE Targ:6;
-    BYTE Mode:2;        // b10
-  } LogUnit;
-} SCSI3Addr_struct;
-
-typedef struct _PhysDevAddr_struct {
-  DWORD             TargetId:24;
-  DWORD             Bus:6;
-  DWORD             Mode:2;
-  SCSI3Addr_struct  Target[2]; //2 level target device addr
-} PhysDevAddr_struct;
-  
-typedef struct _LogDevAddr_struct {
-  DWORD            VolId:30;
-  DWORD            Mode:2;
-  BYTE             reserved[4];
-} LogDevAddr_struct;
-
-typedef union _LUNAddr_struct {
-  BYTE               LunAddrBytes[8];
-  SCSI3Addr_struct   SCSI3Lun[4];
-  PhysDevAddr_struct PhysDev;
-  LogDevAddr_struct  LogDev;
-} LUNAddr_struct;
-
+/* Command List Structure */
 #define CTLR_LUNID "\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"
 
 typedef struct _CommandListHeader_struct {
@@ -227,16 +149,6 @@
   QWORD             Tag;
   LUNAddr_struct    LUN;
 } CommandListHeader_struct;
-typedef struct _RequestBlock_struct {
-  BYTE   CDBLen;
-  struct {
-    BYTE Type:3;
-    BYTE Attribute:3;
-    BYTE Direction:2;
-  } Type;
-  HWORD  Timeout;
-  BYTE   CDB[16];
-} RequestBlock_struct;
 typedef struct _ErrDescriptor_struct {
   QWORD  Addr;
   DWORD  Len;
@@ -247,28 +159,6 @@
   DWORD  Ext;
 } SGDescriptor_struct;
 
-typedef union _MoreErrInfo_struct{
-  struct {
-    BYTE  Reserved[3];
-    BYTE  Type;
-    DWORD ErrorInfo;
-  }Common_Info;
-  struct{
-    BYTE  Reserved[2];
-    BYTE  offense_size;//size of offending entry
-    BYTE  offense_num; //byte # of offense 0-base
-    DWORD offense_value;
-  }Invalid_Cmd;
-}MoreErrInfo_struct;
-typedef struct _ErrorInfo_struct {
-  BYTE               ScsiStatus;
-  BYTE               SenseLen;
-  HWORD              CommandStatus;
-  DWORD              ResidualCnt;
-  MoreErrInfo_struct MoreErrInfo;
-  BYTE               SenseInfo[SENSEINFOBYTES];
-} ErrorInfo_struct;
-
 /* Command types */
 #define CMD_RWREQ       0x00
 #define CMD_IOCTL_PEND  0x01
@@ -300,7 +190,7 @@
   char   pad[PADSIZE];
 } CommandList_struct;
 
-//Configuration Table Structure
+/* Configuration Table Structure */
 typedef struct _HostWrite_struct {
   DWORD TransportRequest;
   DWORD Reserved;
@@ -326,4 +216,4 @@
   DWORD            MaxPhysicalDrivesPerLogicalUnit;
 } CfgTable_struct;
 #pragma pack()	 
-#endif // CCISS_CMD_H
+#endif /* CCISS_CMD_H */
diff --git a/drivers/block/cciss_scsi.h b/drivers/block/cciss_scsi.h
index 7b75024..6d5822f 100644
--- a/drivers/block/cciss_scsi.h
+++ b/drivers/block/cciss_scsi.h
@@ -25,16 +25,16 @@
 
 #include <scsi/scsicam.h> /* possibly irrelevant, since we don't show disks */
 
-		// the scsi id of the adapter...
+		/* the scsi id of the adapter... */
 #define SELF_SCSI_ID 15
-		// 15 is somewhat arbitrary, since the scsi-2 bus
-		// that's presented by the driver to the OS is
-		// fabricated.  The "real" scsi-3 bus the 
-		// hardware presents is fabricated too.
-		// The actual, honest-to-goodness physical
-		// bus that the devices are attached to is not 
-		// addressible natively, and may in fact turn
-		// out to be not scsi at all.
+		/* 15 is somewhat arbitrary, since the scsi-2 bus
+		   that's presented by the driver to the OS is
+		   fabricated.  The "real" scsi-3 bus the
+		   hardware presents is fabricated too.
+		   The actual, honest-to-goodness physical
+		   bus that the devices are attached to is not
+		   addressible natively, and may in fact turn
+		   out to be not scsi at all. */
 
 #define SCSI_CCISS_CAN_QUEUE 2
 
diff --git a/drivers/block/sx8.c b/drivers/block/sx8.c
index a7c4184..7bd7b2f 100644
--- a/drivers/block/sx8.c
+++ b/drivers/block/sx8.c
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@
 static void carm_remove_one (struct pci_dev *pdev);
 static int carm_bdev_getgeo(struct block_device *bdev, struct hd_geometry *geo);
 
-static struct pci_device_id carm_pci_tbl[] = {
+static const struct pci_device_id carm_pci_tbl[] = {
 	{ PCI_VENDOR_ID_PROMISE, 0x8000, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, },
 	{ PCI_VENDOR_ID_PROMISE, 0x8002, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, },
 	{ }	/* terminate list */
diff --git a/drivers/block/ub.c b/drivers/block/ub.c
index c739b20..d86d135 100644
--- a/drivers/block/ub.c
+++ b/drivers/block/ub.c
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@
 #define ub_usb_ids  usb_storage_usb_ids
 #else
 
-static struct usb_device_id ub_usb_ids[] = {
+static const struct usb_device_id ub_usb_ids[] = {
 	{ USB_INTERFACE_INFO(USB_CLASS_MASS_STORAGE, US_SC_SCSI, US_PR_BULK) },
 	{ }
 };
diff --git a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
index 51042f0ba7..c17e622 100644
--- a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
+++ b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@
 	kfree(vblk);
 }
 
-static struct virtio_device_id id_table[] = {
+static const struct virtio_device_id id_table[] = {
 	{ VIRTIO_ID_BLOCK, VIRTIO_DEV_ANY_ID },
 	{ 0 },
 };
diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
index 05a31e5..a84702d 100644
--- a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
+++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
@@ -1050,7 +1050,7 @@
 };
 
 
-static struct xenbus_device_id blkfront_ids[] = {
+static const struct xenbus_device_id blkfront_ids[] = {
 	{ "vbd" },
 	{ "" }
 };
diff --git a/drivers/block/xsysace.c b/drivers/block/xsysace.c
index e5c5415..e1c95e2 100644
--- a/drivers/block/xsysace.c
+++ b/drivers/block/xsysace.c
@@ -1227,7 +1227,7 @@
 }
 
 /* Match table for of_platform binding */
-static struct of_device_id ace_of_match[] __devinitdata = {
+static const struct of_device_id ace_of_match[] __devinitconst = {
 	{ .compatible = "xlnx,opb-sysace-1.00.b", },
 	{ .compatible = "xlnx,opb-sysace-1.00.c", },
 	{ .compatible = "xlnx,xps-sysace-1.00.a", },
diff --git a/fs/partitions/check.c b/fs/partitions/check.c
index 64bc899..e8865c1 100644
--- a/fs/partitions/check.c
+++ b/fs/partitions/check.c
@@ -412,9 +412,10 @@
 	pdev = part_to_dev(p);
 
 	p->start_sect = start;
-	p->alignment_offset = queue_sector_alignment_offset(disk->queue, start);
-	p->discard_alignment = queue_sector_discard_alignment(disk->queue,
-							      start);
+	p->alignment_offset =
+		queue_limit_alignment_offset(&disk->queue->limits, start);
+	p->discard_alignment =
+		queue_limit_discard_alignment(&disk->queue->limits, start);
 	p->nr_sects = len;
 	p->partno = partno;
 	p->policy = get_disk_ro(disk);
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 5c80189..f71f5c5 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -463,6 +463,7 @@
 #define QUEUE_FLAG_IO_STAT     15	/* do IO stats */
 #define QUEUE_FLAG_CQ	       16	/* hardware does queuing */
 #define QUEUE_FLAG_DISCARD     17	/* supports DISCARD */
+#define QUEUE_FLAG_NOXMERGES   18	/* No extended merges */
 
 #define QUEUE_FLAG_DEFAULT	((1 << QUEUE_FLAG_IO_STAT) |		\
 				 (1 << QUEUE_FLAG_CLUSTER) |		\
@@ -589,6 +590,8 @@
 #define blk_queue_queuing(q)	test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_CQ, &(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)
+#define blk_queue_noxmerges(q)	\
+	test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_NOXMERGES, &(q)->queue_flags)
 #define blk_queue_nonrot(q)	test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT, &(q)->queue_flags)
 #define blk_queue_io_stat(q)	test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_IO_STAT, &(q)->queue_flags)
 #define blk_queue_flushing(q)	((q)->ordseq)
@@ -1112,18 +1115,13 @@
 	return q->limits.alignment_offset;
 }
 
-static inline int queue_limit_alignment_offset(struct queue_limits *lim, sector_t offset)
+static inline int queue_limit_alignment_offset(struct queue_limits *lim, sector_t sector)
 {
 	unsigned int granularity = max(lim->physical_block_size, lim->io_min);
+	unsigned int alignment = (sector << 9) & (granularity - 1);
 
-	offset &= granularity - 1;
-	return (granularity + lim->alignment_offset - offset) & (granularity - 1);
-}
-
-static inline int queue_sector_alignment_offset(struct request_queue *q,
-						sector_t sector)
-{
-	return queue_limit_alignment_offset(&q->limits, sector << 9);
+	return (granularity + lim->alignment_offset - alignment)
+		& (granularity - 1);
 }
 
 static inline int bdev_alignment_offset(struct block_device *bdev)
@@ -1147,10 +1145,8 @@
 	return q->limits.discard_alignment;
 }
 
-static inline int queue_sector_discard_alignment(struct request_queue *q,
-						 sector_t sector)
+static inline int queue_limit_discard_alignment(struct queue_limits *lim, sector_t sector)
 {
-	struct queue_limits *lim = &q->limits;
 	unsigned int alignment = (sector << 9) & (lim->discard_granularity - 1);
 
 	return (lim->discard_granularity + lim->discard_alignment - alignment)
diff --git a/include/linux/cciss_defs.h b/include/linux/cciss_defs.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..316b670
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/cciss_defs.h
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+#ifndef CCISS_DEFS_H
+#define CCISS_DEFS_H
+
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
+/* general boundary definitions */
+#define SENSEINFOBYTES          32 /* note that this value may vary
+				      between host implementations */
+
+/* Command Status value */
+#define CMD_SUCCESS             0x0000
+#define CMD_TARGET_STATUS       0x0001
+#define CMD_DATA_UNDERRUN       0x0002
+#define CMD_DATA_OVERRUN        0x0003
+#define CMD_INVALID             0x0004
+#define CMD_PROTOCOL_ERR        0x0005
+#define CMD_HARDWARE_ERR        0x0006
+#define CMD_CONNECTION_LOST     0x0007
+#define CMD_ABORTED             0x0008
+#define CMD_ABORT_FAILED        0x0009
+#define CMD_UNSOLICITED_ABORT   0x000A
+#define CMD_TIMEOUT             0x000B
+#define CMD_UNABORTABLE		0x000C
+
+/* transfer direction */
+#define XFER_NONE               0x00
+#define XFER_WRITE              0x01
+#define XFER_READ               0x02
+#define XFER_RSVD               0x03
+
+/* task attribute */
+#define ATTR_UNTAGGED           0x00
+#define ATTR_SIMPLE             0x04
+#define ATTR_HEADOFQUEUE        0x05
+#define ATTR_ORDERED            0x06
+#define ATTR_ACA                0x07
+
+/* cdb type */
+#define TYPE_CMD				0x00
+#define TYPE_MSG				0x01
+
+/* Type defs used in the following structs */
+#define BYTE __u8
+#define WORD __u16
+#define HWORD __u16
+#define DWORD __u32
+
+#define CISS_MAX_LUN	1024
+
+#define LEVEL2LUN   1 /* index into Target(x) structure, due to byte swapping */
+#define LEVEL3LUN   0
+
+#pragma pack(1)
+
+/* Command List Structure */
+typedef union _SCSI3Addr_struct {
+   struct {
+    BYTE Dev;
+    BYTE Bus:6;
+    BYTE Mode:2;        /* b00 */
+  } PeripDev;
+   struct {
+    BYTE DevLSB;
+    BYTE DevMSB:6;
+    BYTE Mode:2;        /* b01 */
+  } LogDev;
+   struct {
+    BYTE Dev:5;
+    BYTE Bus:3;
+    BYTE Targ:6;
+    BYTE Mode:2;        /* b10 */
+  } LogUnit;
+} SCSI3Addr_struct;
+
+typedef struct _PhysDevAddr_struct {
+  DWORD             TargetId:24;
+  DWORD             Bus:6;
+  DWORD             Mode:2;
+  SCSI3Addr_struct  Target[2]; /* 2 level target device addr */
+} PhysDevAddr_struct;
+
+typedef struct _LogDevAddr_struct {
+  DWORD            VolId:30;
+  DWORD            Mode:2;
+  BYTE             reserved[4];
+} LogDevAddr_struct;
+
+typedef union _LUNAddr_struct {
+  BYTE               LunAddrBytes[8];
+  SCSI3Addr_struct   SCSI3Lun[4];
+  PhysDevAddr_struct PhysDev;
+  LogDevAddr_struct  LogDev;
+} LUNAddr_struct;
+
+typedef struct _RequestBlock_struct {
+  BYTE   CDBLen;
+  struct {
+    BYTE Type:3;
+    BYTE Attribute:3;
+    BYTE Direction:2;
+  } Type;
+  HWORD  Timeout;
+  BYTE   CDB[16];
+} RequestBlock_struct;
+
+typedef union _MoreErrInfo_struct{
+  struct {
+    BYTE  Reserved[3];
+    BYTE  Type;
+    DWORD ErrorInfo;
+  } Common_Info;
+  struct{
+    BYTE  Reserved[2];
+    BYTE  offense_size; /* size of offending entry */
+    BYTE  offense_num;  /* byte # of offense 0-base */
+    DWORD offense_value;
+  } Invalid_Cmd;
+} MoreErrInfo_struct;
+typedef struct _ErrorInfo_struct {
+  BYTE               ScsiStatus;
+  BYTE               SenseLen;
+  HWORD              CommandStatus;
+  DWORD              ResidualCnt;
+  MoreErrInfo_struct MoreErrInfo;
+  BYTE               SenseInfo[SENSEINFOBYTES];
+} ErrorInfo_struct;
+
+#pragma pack()
+
+#endif /* CCISS_DEFS_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/cciss_ioctl.h b/include/linux/cciss_ioctl.h
index eb130b4..986493f 100644
--- a/include/linux/cciss_ioctl.h
+++ b/include/linux/cciss_ioctl.h
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/ioctl.h>
+#include <linux/cciss_defs.h>
 
 #define CCISS_IOC_MAGIC 'B'
 
@@ -36,133 +37,6 @@
 
 #define MAX_KMALLOC_SIZE 128000
 
-#ifndef CCISS_CMD_H
-// This defines are duplicated in cciss_cmd.h in the driver directory 
-
-//general boundary definitions
-#define SENSEINFOBYTES          32//note that this value may vary between host implementations
-
-//Command Status value
-#define CMD_SUCCESS             0x0000
-#define CMD_TARGET_STATUS       0x0001
-#define CMD_DATA_UNDERRUN       0x0002
-#define CMD_DATA_OVERRUN        0x0003
-#define CMD_INVALID             0x0004
-#define CMD_PROTOCOL_ERR        0x0005
-#define CMD_HARDWARE_ERR        0x0006
-#define CMD_CONNECTION_LOST     0x0007
-#define CMD_ABORTED             0x0008
-#define CMD_ABORT_FAILED        0x0009
-#define CMD_UNSOLICITED_ABORT   0x000A
-#define CMD_TIMEOUT             0x000B
-#define CMD_UNABORTABLE		0x000C
-
-//transfer direction
-#define XFER_NONE               0x00
-#define XFER_WRITE              0x01
-#define XFER_READ               0x02
-#define XFER_RSVD               0x03
-
-//task attribute
-#define ATTR_UNTAGGED           0x00
-#define ATTR_SIMPLE             0x04
-#define ATTR_HEADOFQUEUE        0x05
-#define ATTR_ORDERED            0x06
-#define ATTR_ACA                0x07
-
-//cdb type
-#define TYPE_CMD				0x00
-#define TYPE_MSG				0x01
-
-// Type defs used in the following structs
-#define BYTE __u8
-#define WORD __u16
-#define HWORD __u16
-#define DWORD __u32
-
-#define CISS_MAX_LUN	1024
-
-#define LEVEL2LUN   1   // index into Target(x) structure, due to byte swapping
-#define LEVEL3LUN   0
-
-#pragma pack(1)
-
-//Command List Structure
-typedef union _SCSI3Addr_struct {
-   struct {
-    BYTE Dev;
-    BYTE Bus:6;
-    BYTE Mode:2;        // b00
-  } PeripDev;
-   struct {
-    BYTE DevLSB;
-    BYTE DevMSB:6;
-    BYTE Mode:2;        // b01
-  } LogDev;
-   struct {
-    BYTE Dev:5;
-    BYTE Bus:3;
-    BYTE Targ:6;
-    BYTE Mode:2;        // b10
-  } LogUnit;
-} SCSI3Addr_struct;
-
-typedef struct _PhysDevAddr_struct {
-  DWORD             TargetId:24;
-  DWORD             Bus:6;
-  DWORD             Mode:2;
-  SCSI3Addr_struct  Target[2]; //2 level target device addr
-} PhysDevAddr_struct;
-  
-typedef struct _LogDevAddr_struct {
-  DWORD            VolId:30;
-  DWORD            Mode:2;
-  BYTE             reserved[4];
-} LogDevAddr_struct;
-
-typedef union _LUNAddr_struct {
-  BYTE               LunAddrBytes[8];
-  SCSI3Addr_struct   SCSI3Lun[4];
-  PhysDevAddr_struct PhysDev;
-  LogDevAddr_struct  LogDev;
-} LUNAddr_struct;
-
-typedef struct _RequestBlock_struct {
-  BYTE   CDBLen;
-  struct {
-    BYTE Type:3;
-    BYTE Attribute:3;
-    BYTE Direction:2;
-  } Type;
-  HWORD  Timeout;
-  BYTE   CDB[16];
-} RequestBlock_struct;
-
-typedef union _MoreErrInfo_struct{
-  struct {
-    BYTE  Reserved[3];
-    BYTE  Type;
-    DWORD ErrorInfo;
-  }Common_Info;
-  struct{
-    BYTE  Reserved[2];
-    BYTE  offense_size;//size of offending entry
-    BYTE  offense_num; //byte # of offense 0-base
-    DWORD offense_value;
-  }Invalid_Cmd;
-}MoreErrInfo_struct;
-typedef struct _ErrorInfo_struct {
-  BYTE               ScsiStatus;
-  BYTE               SenseLen;
-  HWORD              CommandStatus;
-  DWORD              ResidualCnt;
-  MoreErrInfo_struct MoreErrInfo;
-  BYTE               SenseInfo[SENSEINFOBYTES];
-} ErrorInfo_struct;
-
-#pragma pack()
-#endif /* CCISS_CMD_H */ 
-
 typedef struct _IOCTL_Command_struct {
   LUNAddr_struct	   LUN_info;
   RequestBlock_struct      Request;