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diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/Makefile b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e491c1b76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+obj-$(CONFIG_XEN_BLKDEV_BACKEND) := xen-blkback.o
+
+xen-blkback-y	:= blkback.o xenbus.o
diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..713fc9ff1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c
@@ -0,0 +1,1456 @@
+/******************************************************************************
+ *
+ * Back-end of the driver for virtual block devices. This portion of the
+ * driver exports a 'unified' block-device interface that can be accessed
+ * by any operating system that implements a compatible front end. A
+ * reference front-end implementation can be found in:
+ *  drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2003-2004, Keir Fraser & Steve Hand
+ * Copyright (c) 2005, Christopher Clark
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; or, when distributed
+ * separately from the Linux kernel or incorporated into other
+ * software packages, subject to the following license:
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this source file (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without
+ * restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify,
+ * merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software,
+ * and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+ * the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
+ * FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS
+ * IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+#define pr_fmt(fmt) "xen-blkback: " fmt
+
+#include <linux/spinlock.h>
+#include <linux/kthread.h>
+#include <linux/list.h>
+#include <linux/delay.h>
+#include <linux/freezer.h>
+#include <linux/bitmap.h>
+
+#include <xen/events.h>
+#include <xen/page.h>
+#include <xen/xen.h>
+#include <asm/xen/hypervisor.h>
+#include <asm/xen/hypercall.h>
+#include <xen/balloon.h>
+#include <xen/grant_table.h>
+#include "common.h"
+
+/*
+ * Maximum number of unused free pages to keep in the internal buffer.
+ * Setting this to a value too low will reduce memory used in each backend,
+ * but can have a performance penalty.
+ *
+ * A sane value is xen_blkif_reqs * BLKIF_MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_REQUEST, but can
+ * be set to a lower value that might degrade performance on some intensive
+ * IO workloads.
+ */
+
+static int xen_blkif_max_buffer_pages = 1024;
+module_param_named(max_buffer_pages, xen_blkif_max_buffer_pages, int, 0644);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(max_buffer_pages,
+"Maximum number of free pages to keep in each block backend buffer");
+
+/*
+ * Maximum number of grants to map persistently in blkback. For maximum
+ * performance this should be the total numbers of grants that can be used
+ * to fill the ring, but since this might become too high, specially with
+ * the use of indirect descriptors, we set it to a value that provides good
+ * performance without using too much memory.
+ *
+ * When the list of persistent grants is full we clean it up using a LRU
+ * algorithm.
+ */
+
+static int xen_blkif_max_pgrants = 1056;
+module_param_named(max_persistent_grants, xen_blkif_max_pgrants, int, 0644);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(max_persistent_grants,
+                 "Maximum number of grants to map persistently");
+
+/*
+ * The LRU mechanism to clean the lists of persistent grants needs to
+ * be executed periodically. The time interval between consecutive executions
+ * of the purge mechanism is set in ms.
+ */
+#define LRU_INTERVAL 100
+
+/*
+ * When the persistent grants list is full we will remove unused grants
+ * from the list. The percent number of grants to be removed at each LRU
+ * execution.
+ */
+#define LRU_PERCENT_CLEAN 5
+
+/* Run-time switchable: /sys/module/blkback/parameters/ */
+static unsigned int log_stats;
+module_param(log_stats, int, 0644);
+
+#define BLKBACK_INVALID_HANDLE (~0)
+
+/* Number of free pages to remove on each call to gnttab_free_pages */
+#define NUM_BATCH_FREE_PAGES 10
+
+static inline int get_free_page(struct xen_blkif *blkif, struct page **page)
+{
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&blkif->free_pages_lock, flags);
+	if (list_empty(&blkif->free_pages)) {
+		BUG_ON(blkif->free_pages_num != 0);
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&blkif->free_pages_lock, flags);
+		return gnttab_alloc_pages(1, page);
+	}
+	BUG_ON(blkif->free_pages_num == 0);
+	page[0] = list_first_entry(&blkif->free_pages, struct page, lru);
+	list_del(&page[0]->lru);
+	blkif->free_pages_num--;
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&blkif->free_pages_lock, flags);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static inline void put_free_pages(struct xen_blkif *blkif, struct page **page,
+                                  int num)
+{
+	unsigned long flags;
+	int i;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&blkif->free_pages_lock, flags);
+	for (i = 0; i < num; i++)
+		list_add(&page[i]->lru, &blkif->free_pages);
+	blkif->free_pages_num += num;
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&blkif->free_pages_lock, flags);
+}
+
+static inline void shrink_free_pagepool(struct xen_blkif *blkif, int num)
+{
+	/* Remove requested pages in batches of NUM_BATCH_FREE_PAGES */
+	struct page *page[NUM_BATCH_FREE_PAGES];
+	unsigned int num_pages = 0;
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&blkif->free_pages_lock, flags);
+	while (blkif->free_pages_num > num) {
+		BUG_ON(list_empty(&blkif->free_pages));
+		page[num_pages] = list_first_entry(&blkif->free_pages,
+		                                   struct page, lru);
+		list_del(&page[num_pages]->lru);
+		blkif->free_pages_num--;
+		if (++num_pages == NUM_BATCH_FREE_PAGES) {
+			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&blkif->free_pages_lock, flags);
+			gnttab_free_pages(num_pages, page);
+			spin_lock_irqsave(&blkif->free_pages_lock, flags);
+			num_pages = 0;
+		}
+	}
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&blkif->free_pages_lock, flags);
+	if (num_pages != 0)
+		gnttab_free_pages(num_pages, page);
+}
+
+#define vaddr(page) ((unsigned long)pfn_to_kaddr(page_to_pfn(page)))
+
+static int do_block_io_op(struct xen_blkif *blkif);
+static int dispatch_rw_block_io(struct xen_blkif *blkif,
+				struct blkif_request *req,
+				struct pending_req *pending_req);
+static void make_response(struct xen_blkif *blkif, u64 id,
+			  unsigned short op, int st);
+
+#define foreach_grant_safe(pos, n, rbtree, node) \
+	for ((pos) = container_of(rb_first((rbtree)), typeof(*(pos)), node), \
+	     (n) = (&(pos)->node != NULL) ? rb_next(&(pos)->node) : NULL; \
+	     &(pos)->node != NULL; \
+	     (pos) = container_of(n, typeof(*(pos)), node), \
+	     (n) = (&(pos)->node != NULL) ? rb_next(&(pos)->node) : NULL)
+
+
+/*
+ * We don't need locking around the persistent grant helpers
+ * because blkback uses a single-thread for each backed, so we
+ * can be sure that this functions will never be called recursively.
+ *
+ * The only exception to that is put_persistent_grant, that can be called
+ * from interrupt context (by xen_blkbk_unmap), so we have to use atomic
+ * bit operations to modify the flags of a persistent grant and to count
+ * the number of used grants.
+ */
+static int add_persistent_gnt(struct xen_blkif *blkif,
+			       struct persistent_gnt *persistent_gnt)
+{
+	struct rb_node **new = NULL, *parent = NULL;
+	struct persistent_gnt *this;
+
+	if (blkif->persistent_gnt_c >= xen_blkif_max_pgrants) {
+		if (!blkif->vbd.overflow_max_grants)
+			blkif->vbd.overflow_max_grants = 1;
+		return -EBUSY;
+	}
+	/* Figure out where to put new node */
+	new = &blkif->persistent_gnts.rb_node;
+	while (*new) {
+		this = container_of(*new, struct persistent_gnt, node);
+
+		parent = *new;
+		if (persistent_gnt->gnt < this->gnt)
+			new = &((*new)->rb_left);
+		else if (persistent_gnt->gnt > this->gnt)
+			new = &((*new)->rb_right);
+		else {
+			pr_alert_ratelimited("trying to add a gref that's already in the tree\n");
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+	}
+
+	bitmap_zero(persistent_gnt->flags, PERSISTENT_GNT_FLAGS_SIZE);
+	set_bit(PERSISTENT_GNT_ACTIVE, persistent_gnt->flags);
+	/* Add new node and rebalance tree. */
+	rb_link_node(&(persistent_gnt->node), parent, new);
+	rb_insert_color(&(persistent_gnt->node), &blkif->persistent_gnts);
+	blkif->persistent_gnt_c++;
+	atomic_inc(&blkif->persistent_gnt_in_use);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static struct persistent_gnt *get_persistent_gnt(struct xen_blkif *blkif,
+						 grant_ref_t gref)
+{
+	struct persistent_gnt *data;
+	struct rb_node *node = NULL;
+
+	node = blkif->persistent_gnts.rb_node;
+	while (node) {
+		data = container_of(node, struct persistent_gnt, node);
+
+		if (gref < data->gnt)
+			node = node->rb_left;
+		else if (gref > data->gnt)
+			node = node->rb_right;
+		else {
+			if(test_bit(PERSISTENT_GNT_ACTIVE, data->flags)) {
+				pr_alert_ratelimited("requesting a grant already in use\n");
+				return NULL;
+			}
+			set_bit(PERSISTENT_GNT_ACTIVE, data->flags);
+			atomic_inc(&blkif->persistent_gnt_in_use);
+			return data;
+		}
+	}
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static void put_persistent_gnt(struct xen_blkif *blkif,
+                               struct persistent_gnt *persistent_gnt)
+{
+	if(!test_bit(PERSISTENT_GNT_ACTIVE, persistent_gnt->flags))
+		pr_alert_ratelimited("freeing a grant already unused\n");
+	set_bit(PERSISTENT_GNT_WAS_ACTIVE, persistent_gnt->flags);
+	clear_bit(PERSISTENT_GNT_ACTIVE, persistent_gnt->flags);
+	atomic_dec(&blkif->persistent_gnt_in_use);
+}
+
+static void free_persistent_gnts(struct xen_blkif *blkif, struct rb_root *root,
+                                 unsigned int num)
+{
+	struct gnttab_unmap_grant_ref unmap[BLKIF_MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_REQUEST];
+	struct page *pages[BLKIF_MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_REQUEST];
+	struct persistent_gnt *persistent_gnt;
+	struct rb_node *n;
+	int segs_to_unmap = 0;
+	struct gntab_unmap_queue_data unmap_data;
+
+	unmap_data.pages = pages;
+	unmap_data.unmap_ops = unmap;
+	unmap_data.kunmap_ops = NULL;
+
+	foreach_grant_safe(persistent_gnt, n, root, node) {
+		BUG_ON(persistent_gnt->handle ==
+			BLKBACK_INVALID_HANDLE);
+		gnttab_set_unmap_op(&unmap[segs_to_unmap],
+			(unsigned long) pfn_to_kaddr(page_to_pfn(
+				persistent_gnt->page)),
+			GNTMAP_host_map,
+			persistent_gnt->handle);
+
+		pages[segs_to_unmap] = persistent_gnt->page;
+
+		if (++segs_to_unmap == BLKIF_MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_REQUEST ||
+			!rb_next(&persistent_gnt->node)) {
+
+			unmap_data.count = segs_to_unmap;
+			BUG_ON(gnttab_unmap_refs_sync(&unmap_data));
+
+			put_free_pages(blkif, pages, segs_to_unmap);
+			segs_to_unmap = 0;
+		}
+
+		rb_erase(&persistent_gnt->node, root);
+		kfree(persistent_gnt);
+		num--;
+	}
+	BUG_ON(num != 0);
+}
+
+void xen_blkbk_unmap_purged_grants(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct gnttab_unmap_grant_ref unmap[BLKIF_MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_REQUEST];
+	struct page *pages[BLKIF_MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_REQUEST];
+	struct persistent_gnt *persistent_gnt;
+	int segs_to_unmap = 0;
+	struct xen_blkif *blkif = container_of(work, typeof(*blkif), persistent_purge_work);
+	struct gntab_unmap_queue_data unmap_data;
+
+	unmap_data.pages = pages;
+	unmap_data.unmap_ops = unmap;
+	unmap_data.kunmap_ops = NULL;
+
+	while(!list_empty(&blkif->persistent_purge_list)) {
+		persistent_gnt = list_first_entry(&blkif->persistent_purge_list,
+		                                  struct persistent_gnt,
+		                                  remove_node);
+		list_del(&persistent_gnt->remove_node);
+
+		gnttab_set_unmap_op(&unmap[segs_to_unmap],
+			vaddr(persistent_gnt->page),
+			GNTMAP_host_map,
+			persistent_gnt->handle);
+
+		pages[segs_to_unmap] = persistent_gnt->page;
+
+		if (++segs_to_unmap == BLKIF_MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_REQUEST) {
+			unmap_data.count = segs_to_unmap;
+			BUG_ON(gnttab_unmap_refs_sync(&unmap_data));
+			put_free_pages(blkif, pages, segs_to_unmap);
+			segs_to_unmap = 0;
+		}
+		kfree(persistent_gnt);
+	}
+	if (segs_to_unmap > 0) {
+		unmap_data.count = segs_to_unmap;
+		BUG_ON(gnttab_unmap_refs_sync(&unmap_data));
+		put_free_pages(blkif, pages, segs_to_unmap);
+	}
+}
+
+static void purge_persistent_gnt(struct xen_blkif *blkif)
+{
+	struct persistent_gnt *persistent_gnt;
+	struct rb_node *n;
+	unsigned int num_clean, total;
+	bool scan_used = false, clean_used = false;
+	struct rb_root *root;
+
+	if (blkif->persistent_gnt_c < xen_blkif_max_pgrants ||
+	    (blkif->persistent_gnt_c == xen_blkif_max_pgrants &&
+	    !blkif->vbd.overflow_max_grants)) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (work_pending(&blkif->persistent_purge_work)) {
+		pr_alert_ratelimited("Scheduled work from previous purge is still pending, cannot purge list\n");
+		return;
+	}
+
+	num_clean = (xen_blkif_max_pgrants / 100) * LRU_PERCENT_CLEAN;
+	num_clean = blkif->persistent_gnt_c - xen_blkif_max_pgrants + num_clean;
+	num_clean = min(blkif->persistent_gnt_c, num_clean);
+	if ((num_clean == 0) ||
+	    (num_clean > (blkif->persistent_gnt_c - atomic_read(&blkif->persistent_gnt_in_use))))
+		return;
+
+	/*
+	 * At this point, we can assure that there will be no calls
+         * to get_persistent_grant (because we are executing this code from
+         * xen_blkif_schedule), there can only be calls to put_persistent_gnt,
+         * which means that the number of currently used grants will go down,
+         * but never up, so we will always be able to remove the requested
+         * number of grants.
+	 */
+
+	total = num_clean;
+
+	pr_debug("Going to purge %u persistent grants\n", num_clean);
+
+	BUG_ON(!list_empty(&blkif->persistent_purge_list));
+	root = &blkif->persistent_gnts;
+purge_list:
+	foreach_grant_safe(persistent_gnt, n, root, node) {
+		BUG_ON(persistent_gnt->handle ==
+			BLKBACK_INVALID_HANDLE);
+
+		if (clean_used) {
+			clear_bit(PERSISTENT_GNT_WAS_ACTIVE, persistent_gnt->flags);
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		if (test_bit(PERSISTENT_GNT_ACTIVE, persistent_gnt->flags))
+			continue;
+		if (!scan_used &&
+		    (test_bit(PERSISTENT_GNT_WAS_ACTIVE, persistent_gnt->flags)))
+			continue;
+
+		rb_erase(&persistent_gnt->node, root);
+		list_add(&persistent_gnt->remove_node,
+		         &blkif->persistent_purge_list);
+		if (--num_clean == 0)
+			goto finished;
+	}
+	/*
+	 * If we get here it means we also need to start cleaning
+	 * grants that were used since last purge in order to cope
+	 * with the requested num
+	 */
+	if (!scan_used && !clean_used) {
+		pr_debug("Still missing %u purged frames\n", num_clean);
+		scan_used = true;
+		goto purge_list;
+	}
+finished:
+	if (!clean_used) {
+		pr_debug("Finished scanning for grants to clean, removing used flag\n");
+		clean_used = true;
+		goto purge_list;
+	}
+
+	blkif->persistent_gnt_c -= (total - num_clean);
+	blkif->vbd.overflow_max_grants = 0;
+
+	/* We can defer this work */
+	schedule_work(&blkif->persistent_purge_work);
+	pr_debug("Purged %u/%u\n", (total - num_clean), total);
+	return;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Retrieve from the 'pending_reqs' a free pending_req structure to be used.
+ */
+static struct pending_req *alloc_req(struct xen_blkif *blkif)
+{
+	struct pending_req *req = NULL;
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&blkif->pending_free_lock, flags);
+	if (!list_empty(&blkif->pending_free)) {
+		req = list_entry(blkif->pending_free.next, struct pending_req,
+				 free_list);
+		list_del(&req->free_list);
+	}
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&blkif->pending_free_lock, flags);
+	return req;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Return the 'pending_req' structure back to the freepool. We also
+ * wake up the thread if it was waiting for a free page.
+ */
+static void free_req(struct xen_blkif *blkif, struct pending_req *req)
+{
+	unsigned long flags;
+	int was_empty;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&blkif->pending_free_lock, flags);
+	was_empty = list_empty(&blkif->pending_free);
+	list_add(&req->free_list, &blkif->pending_free);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&blkif->pending_free_lock, flags);
+	if (was_empty)
+		wake_up(&blkif->pending_free_wq);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Routines for managing virtual block devices (vbds).
+ */
+static int xen_vbd_translate(struct phys_req *req, struct xen_blkif *blkif,
+			     int operation)
+{
+	struct xen_vbd *vbd = &blkif->vbd;
+	int rc = -EACCES;
+
+	if ((operation != READ) && vbd->readonly)
+		goto out;
+
+	if (likely(req->nr_sects)) {
+		blkif_sector_t end = req->sector_number + req->nr_sects;
+
+		if (unlikely(end < req->sector_number))
+			goto out;
+		if (unlikely(end > vbd_sz(vbd)))
+			goto out;
+	}
+
+	req->dev  = vbd->pdevice;
+	req->bdev = vbd->bdev;
+	rc = 0;
+
+ out:
+	return rc;
+}
+
+static void xen_vbd_resize(struct xen_blkif *blkif)
+{
+	struct xen_vbd *vbd = &blkif->vbd;
+	struct xenbus_transaction xbt;
+	int err;
+	struct xenbus_device *dev = xen_blkbk_xenbus(blkif->be);
+	unsigned long long new_size = vbd_sz(vbd);
+
+	pr_info("VBD Resize: Domid: %d, Device: (%d, %d)\n",
+		blkif->domid, MAJOR(vbd->pdevice), MINOR(vbd->pdevice));
+	pr_info("VBD Resize: new size %llu\n", new_size);
+	vbd->size = new_size;
+again:
+	err = xenbus_transaction_start(&xbt);
+	if (err) {
+		pr_warn("Error starting transaction\n");
+		return;
+	}
+	err = xenbus_printf(xbt, dev->nodename, "sectors", "%llu",
+			    (unsigned long long)vbd_sz(vbd));
+	if (err) {
+		pr_warn("Error writing new size\n");
+		goto abort;
+	}
+	/*
+	 * Write the current state; we will use this to synchronize
+	 * the front-end. If the current state is "connected" the
+	 * front-end will get the new size information online.
+	 */
+	err = xenbus_printf(xbt, dev->nodename, "state", "%d", dev->state);
+	if (err) {
+		pr_warn("Error writing the state\n");
+		goto abort;
+	}
+
+	err = xenbus_transaction_end(xbt, 0);
+	if (err == -EAGAIN)
+		goto again;
+	if (err)
+		pr_warn("Error ending transaction\n");
+	return;
+abort:
+	xenbus_transaction_end(xbt, 1);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Notification from the guest OS.
+ */
+static void blkif_notify_work(struct xen_blkif *blkif)
+{
+	blkif->waiting_reqs = 1;
+	wake_up(&blkif->wq);
+}
+
+irqreturn_t xen_blkif_be_int(int irq, void *dev_id)
+{
+	blkif_notify_work(dev_id);
+	return IRQ_HANDLED;
+}
+
+/*
+ * SCHEDULER FUNCTIONS
+ */
+
+static void print_stats(struct xen_blkif *blkif)
+{
+	pr_info("(%s): oo %3llu  |  rd %4llu  |  wr %4llu  |  f %4llu"
+		 "  |  ds %4llu | pg: %4u/%4d\n",
+		 current->comm, blkif->st_oo_req,
+		 blkif->st_rd_req, blkif->st_wr_req,
+		 blkif->st_f_req, blkif->st_ds_req,
+		 blkif->persistent_gnt_c,
+		 xen_blkif_max_pgrants);
+	blkif->st_print = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(10 * 1000);
+	blkif->st_rd_req = 0;
+	blkif->st_wr_req = 0;
+	blkif->st_oo_req = 0;
+	blkif->st_ds_req = 0;
+}
+
+int xen_blkif_schedule(void *arg)
+{
+	struct xen_blkif *blkif = arg;
+	struct xen_vbd *vbd = &blkif->vbd;
+	unsigned long timeout;
+	int ret;
+
+	xen_blkif_get(blkif);
+
+	while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
+		if (try_to_freeze())
+			continue;
+		if (unlikely(vbd->size != vbd_sz(vbd)))
+			xen_vbd_resize(blkif);
+
+		timeout = msecs_to_jiffies(LRU_INTERVAL);
+
+		timeout = wait_event_interruptible_timeout(
+			blkif->wq,
+			blkif->waiting_reqs || kthread_should_stop(),
+			timeout);
+		if (timeout == 0)
+			goto purge_gnt_list;
+		timeout = wait_event_interruptible_timeout(
+			blkif->pending_free_wq,
+			!list_empty(&blkif->pending_free) ||
+			kthread_should_stop(),
+			timeout);
+		if (timeout == 0)
+			goto purge_gnt_list;
+
+		blkif->waiting_reqs = 0;
+		smp_mb(); /* clear flag *before* checking for work */
+
+		ret = do_block_io_op(blkif);
+		if (ret > 0)
+			blkif->waiting_reqs = 1;
+		if (ret == -EACCES)
+			wait_event_interruptible(blkif->shutdown_wq,
+						 kthread_should_stop());
+
+purge_gnt_list:
+		if (blkif->vbd.feature_gnt_persistent &&
+		    time_after(jiffies, blkif->next_lru)) {
+			purge_persistent_gnt(blkif);
+			blkif->next_lru = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(LRU_INTERVAL);
+		}
+
+		/* Shrink if we have more than xen_blkif_max_buffer_pages */
+		shrink_free_pagepool(blkif, xen_blkif_max_buffer_pages);
+
+		if (log_stats && time_after(jiffies, blkif->st_print))
+			print_stats(blkif);
+	}
+
+	/* Drain pending purge work */
+	flush_work(&blkif->persistent_purge_work);
+
+	if (log_stats)
+		print_stats(blkif);
+
+	blkif->xenblkd = NULL;
+	xen_blkif_put(blkif);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Remove persistent grants and empty the pool of free pages
+ */
+void xen_blkbk_free_caches(struct xen_blkif *blkif)
+{
+	/* Free all persistent grant pages */
+	if (!RB_EMPTY_ROOT(&blkif->persistent_gnts))
+		free_persistent_gnts(blkif, &blkif->persistent_gnts,
+			blkif->persistent_gnt_c);
+
+	BUG_ON(!RB_EMPTY_ROOT(&blkif->persistent_gnts));
+	blkif->persistent_gnt_c = 0;
+
+	/* Since we are shutting down remove all pages from the buffer */
+	shrink_free_pagepool(blkif, 0 /* All */);
+}
+
+static unsigned int xen_blkbk_unmap_prepare(
+	struct xen_blkif *blkif,
+	struct grant_page **pages,
+	unsigned int num,
+	struct gnttab_unmap_grant_ref *unmap_ops,
+	struct page **unmap_pages)
+{
+	unsigned int i, invcount = 0;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < num; i++) {
+		if (pages[i]->persistent_gnt != NULL) {
+			put_persistent_gnt(blkif, pages[i]->persistent_gnt);
+			continue;
+		}
+		if (pages[i]->handle == BLKBACK_INVALID_HANDLE)
+			continue;
+		unmap_pages[invcount] = pages[i]->page;
+		gnttab_set_unmap_op(&unmap_ops[invcount], vaddr(pages[i]->page),
+				    GNTMAP_host_map, pages[i]->handle);
+		pages[i]->handle = BLKBACK_INVALID_HANDLE;
+		invcount++;
+       }
+
+       return invcount;
+}
+
+static void xen_blkbk_unmap_and_respond_callback(int result, struct gntab_unmap_queue_data *data)
+{
+	struct pending_req* pending_req = (struct pending_req*) (data->data);
+	struct xen_blkif *blkif = pending_req->blkif;
+
+	/* BUG_ON used to reproduce existing behaviour,
+	   but is this the best way to deal with this? */
+	BUG_ON(result);
+
+	put_free_pages(blkif, data->pages, data->count);
+	make_response(blkif, pending_req->id,
+		      pending_req->operation, pending_req->status);
+	free_req(blkif, pending_req);
+	/*
+	 * Make sure the request is freed before releasing blkif,
+	 * or there could be a race between free_req and the
+	 * cleanup done in xen_blkif_free during shutdown.
+	 *
+	 * NB: The fact that we might try to wake up pending_free_wq
+	 * before drain_complete (in case there's a drain going on)
+	 * it's not a problem with our current implementation
+	 * because we can assure there's no thread waiting on
+	 * pending_free_wq if there's a drain going on, but it has
+	 * to be taken into account if the current model is changed.
+	 */
+	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&blkif->inflight) && atomic_read(&blkif->drain)) {
+		complete(&blkif->drain_complete);
+	}
+	xen_blkif_put(blkif);
+}
+
+static void xen_blkbk_unmap_and_respond(struct pending_req *req)
+{
+	struct gntab_unmap_queue_data* work = &req->gnttab_unmap_data;
+	struct xen_blkif *blkif = req->blkif;
+	struct grant_page **pages = req->segments;
+	unsigned int invcount;
+
+	invcount = xen_blkbk_unmap_prepare(blkif, pages, req->nr_pages,
+					   req->unmap, req->unmap_pages);
+
+	work->data = req;
+	work->done = xen_blkbk_unmap_and_respond_callback;
+	work->unmap_ops = req->unmap;
+	work->kunmap_ops = NULL;
+	work->pages = req->unmap_pages;
+	work->count = invcount;
+
+	gnttab_unmap_refs_async(&req->gnttab_unmap_data);
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * Unmap the grant references.
+ *
+ * This could accumulate ops up to the batch size to reduce the number
+ * of hypercalls, but since this is only used in error paths there's
+ * no real need.
+ */
+static void xen_blkbk_unmap(struct xen_blkif *blkif,
+                            struct grant_page *pages[],
+                            int num)
+{
+	struct gnttab_unmap_grant_ref unmap[BLKIF_MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_REQUEST];
+	struct page *unmap_pages[BLKIF_MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_REQUEST];
+	unsigned int invcount = 0;
+	int ret;
+
+	while (num) {
+		unsigned int batch = min(num, BLKIF_MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_REQUEST);
+		
+		invcount = xen_blkbk_unmap_prepare(blkif, pages, batch,
+						   unmap, unmap_pages);
+		if (invcount) {
+			ret = gnttab_unmap_refs(unmap, NULL, unmap_pages, invcount);
+			BUG_ON(ret);
+			put_free_pages(blkif, unmap_pages, invcount);
+		}
+		pages += batch;
+		num -= batch;
+	}
+}
+
+static int xen_blkbk_map(struct xen_blkif *blkif,
+			 struct grant_page *pages[],
+			 int num, bool ro)
+{
+	struct gnttab_map_grant_ref map[BLKIF_MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_REQUEST];
+	struct page *pages_to_gnt[BLKIF_MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_REQUEST];
+	struct persistent_gnt *persistent_gnt = NULL;
+	phys_addr_t addr = 0;
+	int i, seg_idx, new_map_idx;
+	int segs_to_map = 0;
+	int ret = 0;
+	int last_map = 0, map_until = 0;
+	int use_persistent_gnts;
+
+	use_persistent_gnts = (blkif->vbd.feature_gnt_persistent);
+
+	/*
+	 * Fill out preq.nr_sects with proper amount of sectors, and setup
+	 * assign map[..] with the PFN of the page in our domain with the
+	 * corresponding grant reference for each page.
+	 */
+again:
+	for (i = map_until; i < num; i++) {
+		uint32_t flags;
+
+		if (use_persistent_gnts)
+			persistent_gnt = get_persistent_gnt(
+				blkif,
+				pages[i]->gref);
+
+		if (persistent_gnt) {
+			/*
+			 * We are using persistent grants and
+			 * the grant is already mapped
+			 */
+			pages[i]->page = persistent_gnt->page;
+			pages[i]->persistent_gnt = persistent_gnt;
+		} else {
+			if (get_free_page(blkif, &pages[i]->page))
+				goto out_of_memory;
+			addr = vaddr(pages[i]->page);
+			pages_to_gnt[segs_to_map] = pages[i]->page;
+			pages[i]->persistent_gnt = NULL;
+			flags = GNTMAP_host_map;
+			if (!use_persistent_gnts && ro)
+				flags |= GNTMAP_readonly;
+			gnttab_set_map_op(&map[segs_to_map++], addr,
+					  flags, pages[i]->gref,
+					  blkif->domid);
+		}
+		map_until = i + 1;
+		if (segs_to_map == BLKIF_MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_REQUEST)
+			break;
+	}
+
+	if (segs_to_map) {
+		ret = gnttab_map_refs(map, NULL, pages_to_gnt, segs_to_map);
+		BUG_ON(ret);
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Now swizzle the MFN in our domain with the MFN from the other domain
+	 * so that when we access vaddr(pending_req,i) it has the contents of
+	 * the page from the other domain.
+	 */
+	for (seg_idx = last_map, new_map_idx = 0; seg_idx < map_until; seg_idx++) {
+		if (!pages[seg_idx]->persistent_gnt) {
+			/* This is a newly mapped grant */
+			BUG_ON(new_map_idx >= segs_to_map);
+			if (unlikely(map[new_map_idx].status != 0)) {
+				pr_debug("invalid buffer -- could not remap it\n");
+				put_free_pages(blkif, &pages[seg_idx]->page, 1);
+				pages[seg_idx]->handle = BLKBACK_INVALID_HANDLE;
+				ret |= 1;
+				goto next;
+			}
+			pages[seg_idx]->handle = map[new_map_idx].handle;
+		} else {
+			continue;
+		}
+		if (use_persistent_gnts &&
+		    blkif->persistent_gnt_c < xen_blkif_max_pgrants) {
+			/*
+			 * We are using persistent grants, the grant is
+			 * not mapped but we might have room for it.
+			 */
+			persistent_gnt = kmalloc(sizeof(struct persistent_gnt),
+				                 GFP_KERNEL);
+			if (!persistent_gnt) {
+				/*
+				 * If we don't have enough memory to
+				 * allocate the persistent_gnt struct
+				 * map this grant non-persistenly
+				 */
+				goto next;
+			}
+			persistent_gnt->gnt = map[new_map_idx].ref;
+			persistent_gnt->handle = map[new_map_idx].handle;
+			persistent_gnt->page = pages[seg_idx]->page;
+			if (add_persistent_gnt(blkif,
+			                       persistent_gnt)) {
+				kfree(persistent_gnt);
+				persistent_gnt = NULL;
+				goto next;
+			}
+			pages[seg_idx]->persistent_gnt = persistent_gnt;
+			pr_debug("grant %u added to the tree of persistent grants, using %u/%u\n",
+				 persistent_gnt->gnt, blkif->persistent_gnt_c,
+				 xen_blkif_max_pgrants);
+			goto next;
+		}
+		if (use_persistent_gnts && !blkif->vbd.overflow_max_grants) {
+			blkif->vbd.overflow_max_grants = 1;
+			pr_debug("domain %u, device %#x is using maximum number of persistent grants\n",
+			         blkif->domid, blkif->vbd.handle);
+		}
+		/*
+		 * We could not map this grant persistently, so use it as
+		 * a non-persistent grant.
+		 */
+next:
+		new_map_idx++;
+	}
+	segs_to_map = 0;
+	last_map = map_until;
+	if (map_until != num)
+		goto again;
+
+	return ret;
+
+out_of_memory:
+	pr_alert("%s: out of memory\n", __func__);
+	put_free_pages(blkif, pages_to_gnt, segs_to_map);
+	return -ENOMEM;
+}
+
+static int xen_blkbk_map_seg(struct pending_req *pending_req)
+{
+	int rc;
+
+	rc = xen_blkbk_map(pending_req->blkif, pending_req->segments,
+			   pending_req->nr_pages,
+	                   (pending_req->operation != BLKIF_OP_READ));
+
+	return rc;
+}
+
+static int xen_blkbk_parse_indirect(struct blkif_request *req,
+				    struct pending_req *pending_req,
+				    struct seg_buf seg[],
+				    struct phys_req *preq)
+{
+	struct grant_page **pages = pending_req->indirect_pages;
+	struct xen_blkif *blkif = pending_req->blkif;
+	int indirect_grefs, rc, n, nseg, i;
+	struct blkif_request_segment *segments = NULL;
+
+	nseg = pending_req->nr_pages;
+	indirect_grefs = INDIRECT_PAGES(nseg);
+	BUG_ON(indirect_grefs > BLKIF_MAX_INDIRECT_PAGES_PER_REQUEST);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < indirect_grefs; i++)
+		pages[i]->gref = req->u.indirect.indirect_grefs[i];
+
+	rc = xen_blkbk_map(blkif, pages, indirect_grefs, true);
+	if (rc)
+		goto unmap;
+
+	for (n = 0, i = 0; n < nseg; n++) {
+		if ((n % SEGS_PER_INDIRECT_FRAME) == 0) {
+			/* Map indirect segments */
+			if (segments)
+				kunmap_atomic(segments);
+			segments = kmap_atomic(pages[n/SEGS_PER_INDIRECT_FRAME]->page);
+		}
+		i = n % SEGS_PER_INDIRECT_FRAME;
+		pending_req->segments[n]->gref = segments[i].gref;
+		seg[n].nsec = segments[i].last_sect -
+			segments[i].first_sect + 1;
+		seg[n].offset = (segments[i].first_sect << 9);
+		if ((segments[i].last_sect >= (PAGE_SIZE >> 9)) ||
+		    (segments[i].last_sect < segments[i].first_sect)) {
+			rc = -EINVAL;
+			goto unmap;
+		}
+		preq->nr_sects += seg[n].nsec;
+	}
+
+unmap:
+	if (segments)
+		kunmap_atomic(segments);
+	xen_blkbk_unmap(blkif, pages, indirect_grefs);
+	return rc;
+}
+
+static int dispatch_discard_io(struct xen_blkif *blkif,
+				struct blkif_request *req)
+{
+	int err = 0;
+	int status = BLKIF_RSP_OKAY;
+	struct block_device *bdev = blkif->vbd.bdev;
+	unsigned long secure;
+	struct phys_req preq;
+
+	xen_blkif_get(blkif);
+
+	preq.sector_number = req->u.discard.sector_number;
+	preq.nr_sects      = req->u.discard.nr_sectors;
+
+	err = xen_vbd_translate(&preq, blkif, WRITE);
+	if (err) {
+		pr_warn("access denied: DISCARD [%llu->%llu] on dev=%04x\n",
+			preq.sector_number,
+			preq.sector_number + preq.nr_sects, blkif->vbd.pdevice);
+		goto fail_response;
+	}
+	blkif->st_ds_req++;
+
+	secure = (blkif->vbd.discard_secure &&
+		 (req->u.discard.flag & BLKIF_DISCARD_SECURE)) ?
+		 BLKDEV_DISCARD_SECURE : 0;
+
+	err = blkdev_issue_discard(bdev, req->u.discard.sector_number,
+				   req->u.discard.nr_sectors,
+				   GFP_KERNEL, secure);
+fail_response:
+	if (err == -EOPNOTSUPP) {
+		pr_debug("discard op failed, not supported\n");
+		status = BLKIF_RSP_EOPNOTSUPP;
+	} else if (err)
+		status = BLKIF_RSP_ERROR;
+
+	make_response(blkif, req->u.discard.id, req->operation, status);
+	xen_blkif_put(blkif);
+	return err;
+}
+
+static int dispatch_other_io(struct xen_blkif *blkif,
+			     struct blkif_request *req,
+			     struct pending_req *pending_req)
+{
+	free_req(blkif, pending_req);
+	make_response(blkif, req->u.other.id, req->operation,
+		      BLKIF_RSP_EOPNOTSUPP);
+	return -EIO;
+}
+
+static void xen_blk_drain_io(struct xen_blkif *blkif)
+{
+	atomic_set(&blkif->drain, 1);
+	do {
+		if (atomic_read(&blkif->inflight) == 0)
+			break;
+		wait_for_completion_interruptible_timeout(
+				&blkif->drain_complete, HZ);
+
+		if (!atomic_read(&blkif->drain))
+			break;
+	} while (!kthread_should_stop());
+	atomic_set(&blkif->drain, 0);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Completion callback on the bio's. Called as bh->b_end_io()
+ */
+
+static void __end_block_io_op(struct pending_req *pending_req, int error)
+{
+	/* An error fails the entire request. */
+	if ((pending_req->operation == BLKIF_OP_FLUSH_DISKCACHE) &&
+	    (error == -EOPNOTSUPP)) {
+		pr_debug("flush diskcache op failed, not supported\n");
+		xen_blkbk_flush_diskcache(XBT_NIL, pending_req->blkif->be, 0);
+		pending_req->status = BLKIF_RSP_EOPNOTSUPP;
+	} else if ((pending_req->operation == BLKIF_OP_WRITE_BARRIER) &&
+		    (error == -EOPNOTSUPP)) {
+		pr_debug("write barrier op failed, not supported\n");
+		xen_blkbk_barrier(XBT_NIL, pending_req->blkif->be, 0);
+		pending_req->status = BLKIF_RSP_EOPNOTSUPP;
+	} else if (error) {
+		pr_debug("Buffer not up-to-date at end of operation,"
+			 " error=%d\n", error);
+		pending_req->status = BLKIF_RSP_ERROR;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * If all of the bio's have completed it is time to unmap
+	 * the grant references associated with 'request' and provide
+	 * the proper response on the ring.
+	 */
+	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&pending_req->pendcnt))
+		xen_blkbk_unmap_and_respond(pending_req);
+}
+
+/*
+ * bio callback.
+ */
+static void end_block_io_op(struct bio *bio, int error)
+{
+	__end_block_io_op(bio->bi_private, error);
+	bio_put(bio);
+}
+
+
+
+/*
+ * Function to copy the from the ring buffer the 'struct blkif_request'
+ * (which has the sectors we want, number of them, grant references, etc),
+ * and transmute  it to the block API to hand it over to the proper block disk.
+ */
+static int
+__do_block_io_op(struct xen_blkif *blkif)
+{
+	union blkif_back_rings *blk_rings = &blkif->blk_rings;
+	struct blkif_request req;
+	struct pending_req *pending_req;
+	RING_IDX rc, rp;
+	int more_to_do = 0;
+
+	rc = blk_rings->common.req_cons;
+	rp = blk_rings->common.sring->req_prod;
+	rmb(); /* Ensure we see queued requests up to 'rp'. */
+
+	if (RING_REQUEST_PROD_OVERFLOW(&blk_rings->common, rp)) {
+		rc = blk_rings->common.rsp_prod_pvt;
+		pr_warn("Frontend provided bogus ring requests (%d - %d = %d). Halting ring processing on dev=%04x\n",
+			rp, rc, rp - rc, blkif->vbd.pdevice);
+		return -EACCES;
+	}
+	while (rc != rp) {
+
+		if (RING_REQUEST_CONS_OVERFLOW(&blk_rings->common, rc))
+			break;
+
+		if (kthread_should_stop()) {
+			more_to_do = 1;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		pending_req = alloc_req(blkif);
+		if (NULL == pending_req) {
+			blkif->st_oo_req++;
+			more_to_do = 1;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		switch (blkif->blk_protocol) {
+		case BLKIF_PROTOCOL_NATIVE:
+			memcpy(&req, RING_GET_REQUEST(&blk_rings->native, rc), sizeof(req));
+			break;
+		case BLKIF_PROTOCOL_X86_32:
+			blkif_get_x86_32_req(&req, RING_GET_REQUEST(&blk_rings->x86_32, rc));
+			break;
+		case BLKIF_PROTOCOL_X86_64:
+			blkif_get_x86_64_req(&req, RING_GET_REQUEST(&blk_rings->x86_64, rc));
+			break;
+		default:
+			BUG();
+		}
+		blk_rings->common.req_cons = ++rc; /* before make_response() */
+
+		/* Apply all sanity checks to /private copy/ of request. */
+		barrier();
+
+		switch (req.operation) {
+		case BLKIF_OP_READ:
+		case BLKIF_OP_WRITE:
+		case BLKIF_OP_WRITE_BARRIER:
+		case BLKIF_OP_FLUSH_DISKCACHE:
+		case BLKIF_OP_INDIRECT:
+			if (dispatch_rw_block_io(blkif, &req, pending_req))
+				goto done;
+			break;
+		case BLKIF_OP_DISCARD:
+			free_req(blkif, pending_req);
+			if (dispatch_discard_io(blkif, &req))
+				goto done;
+			break;
+		default:
+			if (dispatch_other_io(blkif, &req, pending_req))
+				goto done;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		/* Yield point for this unbounded loop. */
+		cond_resched();
+	}
+done:
+	return more_to_do;
+}
+
+static int
+do_block_io_op(struct xen_blkif *blkif)
+{
+	union blkif_back_rings *blk_rings = &blkif->blk_rings;
+	int more_to_do;
+
+	do {
+		more_to_do = __do_block_io_op(blkif);
+		if (more_to_do)
+			break;
+
+		RING_FINAL_CHECK_FOR_REQUESTS(&blk_rings->common, more_to_do);
+	} while (more_to_do);
+
+	return more_to_do;
+}
+/*
+ * Transmutation of the 'struct blkif_request' to a proper 'struct bio'
+ * and call the 'submit_bio' to pass it to the underlying storage.
+ */
+static int dispatch_rw_block_io(struct xen_blkif *blkif,
+				struct blkif_request *req,
+				struct pending_req *pending_req)
+{
+	struct phys_req preq;
+	struct seg_buf *seg = pending_req->seg;
+	unsigned int nseg;
+	struct bio *bio = NULL;
+	struct bio **biolist = pending_req->biolist;
+	int i, nbio = 0;
+	int operation;
+	struct blk_plug plug;
+	bool drain = false;
+	struct grant_page **pages = pending_req->segments;
+	unsigned short req_operation;
+
+	req_operation = req->operation == BLKIF_OP_INDIRECT ?
+			req->u.indirect.indirect_op : req->operation;
+	if ((req->operation == BLKIF_OP_INDIRECT) &&
+	    (req_operation != BLKIF_OP_READ) &&
+	    (req_operation != BLKIF_OP_WRITE)) {
+		pr_debug("Invalid indirect operation (%u)\n", req_operation);
+		goto fail_response;
+	}
+
+	switch (req_operation) {
+	case BLKIF_OP_READ:
+		blkif->st_rd_req++;
+		operation = READ;
+		break;
+	case BLKIF_OP_WRITE:
+		blkif->st_wr_req++;
+		operation = WRITE_ODIRECT;
+		break;
+	case BLKIF_OP_WRITE_BARRIER:
+		drain = true;
+	case BLKIF_OP_FLUSH_DISKCACHE:
+		blkif->st_f_req++;
+		operation = WRITE_FLUSH;
+		break;
+	default:
+		operation = 0; /* make gcc happy */
+		goto fail_response;
+		break;
+	}
+
+	/* Check that the number of segments is sane. */
+	nseg = req->operation == BLKIF_OP_INDIRECT ?
+	       req->u.indirect.nr_segments : req->u.rw.nr_segments;
+
+	if (unlikely(nseg == 0 && operation != WRITE_FLUSH) ||
+	    unlikely((req->operation != BLKIF_OP_INDIRECT) &&
+		     (nseg > BLKIF_MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_REQUEST)) ||
+	    unlikely((req->operation == BLKIF_OP_INDIRECT) &&
+		     (nseg > MAX_INDIRECT_SEGMENTS))) {
+		pr_debug("Bad number of segments in request (%d)\n", nseg);
+		/* Haven't submitted any bio's yet. */
+		goto fail_response;
+	}
+
+	preq.nr_sects      = 0;
+
+	pending_req->blkif     = blkif;
+	pending_req->id        = req->u.rw.id;
+	pending_req->operation = req_operation;
+	pending_req->status    = BLKIF_RSP_OKAY;
+	pending_req->nr_pages  = nseg;
+
+	if (req->operation != BLKIF_OP_INDIRECT) {
+		preq.dev               = req->u.rw.handle;
+		preq.sector_number     = req->u.rw.sector_number;
+		for (i = 0; i < nseg; i++) {
+			pages[i]->gref = req->u.rw.seg[i].gref;
+			seg[i].nsec = req->u.rw.seg[i].last_sect -
+				req->u.rw.seg[i].first_sect + 1;
+			seg[i].offset = (req->u.rw.seg[i].first_sect << 9);
+			if ((req->u.rw.seg[i].last_sect >= (PAGE_SIZE >> 9)) ||
+			    (req->u.rw.seg[i].last_sect <
+			     req->u.rw.seg[i].first_sect))
+				goto fail_response;
+			preq.nr_sects += seg[i].nsec;
+		}
+	} else {
+		preq.dev               = req->u.indirect.handle;
+		preq.sector_number     = req->u.indirect.sector_number;
+		if (xen_blkbk_parse_indirect(req, pending_req, seg, &preq))
+			goto fail_response;
+	}
+
+	if (xen_vbd_translate(&preq, blkif, operation) != 0) {
+		pr_debug("access denied: %s of [%llu,%llu] on dev=%04x\n",
+			 operation == READ ? "read" : "write",
+			 preq.sector_number,
+			 preq.sector_number + preq.nr_sects,
+			 blkif->vbd.pdevice);
+		goto fail_response;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * This check _MUST_ be done after xen_vbd_translate as the preq.bdev
+	 * is set there.
+	 */
+	for (i = 0; i < nseg; i++) {
+		if (((int)preq.sector_number|(int)seg[i].nsec) &
+		    ((bdev_logical_block_size(preq.bdev) >> 9) - 1)) {
+			pr_debug("Misaligned I/O request from domain %d\n",
+				 blkif->domid);
+			goto fail_response;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* Wait on all outstanding I/O's and once that has been completed
+	 * issue the WRITE_FLUSH.
+	 */
+	if (drain)
+		xen_blk_drain_io(pending_req->blkif);
+
+	/*
+	 * If we have failed at this point, we need to undo the M2P override,
+	 * set gnttab_set_unmap_op on all of the grant references and perform
+	 * the hypercall to unmap the grants - that is all done in
+	 * xen_blkbk_unmap.
+	 */
+	if (xen_blkbk_map_seg(pending_req))
+		goto fail_flush;
+
+	/*
+	 * This corresponding xen_blkif_put is done in __end_block_io_op, or
+	 * below (in "!bio") if we are handling a BLKIF_OP_DISCARD.
+	 */
+	xen_blkif_get(blkif);
+	atomic_inc(&blkif->inflight);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < nseg; i++) {
+		while ((bio == NULL) ||
+		       (bio_add_page(bio,
+				     pages[i]->page,
+				     seg[i].nsec << 9,
+				     seg[i].offset) == 0)) {
+
+			int nr_iovecs = min_t(int, (nseg-i), BIO_MAX_PAGES);
+			bio = bio_alloc(GFP_KERNEL, nr_iovecs);
+			if (unlikely(bio == NULL))
+				goto fail_put_bio;
+
+			biolist[nbio++] = bio;
+			bio->bi_bdev    = preq.bdev;
+			bio->bi_private = pending_req;
+			bio->bi_end_io  = end_block_io_op;
+			bio->bi_iter.bi_sector  = preq.sector_number;
+		}
+
+		preq.sector_number += seg[i].nsec;
+	}
+
+	/* This will be hit if the operation was a flush or discard. */
+	if (!bio) {
+		BUG_ON(operation != WRITE_FLUSH);
+
+		bio = bio_alloc(GFP_KERNEL, 0);
+		if (unlikely(bio == NULL))
+			goto fail_put_bio;
+
+		biolist[nbio++] = bio;
+		bio->bi_bdev    = preq.bdev;
+		bio->bi_private = pending_req;
+		bio->bi_end_io  = end_block_io_op;
+	}
+
+	atomic_set(&pending_req->pendcnt, nbio);
+	blk_start_plug(&plug);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < nbio; i++)
+		submit_bio(operation, biolist[i]);
+
+	/* Let the I/Os go.. */
+	blk_finish_plug(&plug);
+
+	if (operation == READ)
+		blkif->st_rd_sect += preq.nr_sects;
+	else if (operation & WRITE)
+		blkif->st_wr_sect += preq.nr_sects;
+
+	return 0;
+
+ fail_flush:
+	xen_blkbk_unmap(blkif, pending_req->segments,
+	                pending_req->nr_pages);
+ fail_response:
+	/* Haven't submitted any bio's yet. */
+	make_response(blkif, req->u.rw.id, req_operation, BLKIF_RSP_ERROR);
+	free_req(blkif, pending_req);
+	msleep(1); /* back off a bit */
+	return -EIO;
+
+ fail_put_bio:
+	for (i = 0; i < nbio; i++)
+		bio_put(biolist[i]);
+	atomic_set(&pending_req->pendcnt, 1);
+	__end_block_io_op(pending_req, -EINVAL);
+	msleep(1); /* back off a bit */
+	return -EIO;
+}
+
+
+
+/*
+ * Put a response on the ring on how the operation fared.
+ */
+static void make_response(struct xen_blkif *blkif, u64 id,
+			  unsigned short op, int st)
+{
+	struct blkif_response  resp;
+	unsigned long     flags;
+	union blkif_back_rings *blk_rings = &blkif->blk_rings;
+	int notify;
+
+	resp.id        = id;
+	resp.operation = op;
+	resp.status    = st;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&blkif->blk_ring_lock, flags);
+	/* Place on the response ring for the relevant domain. */
+	switch (blkif->blk_protocol) {
+	case BLKIF_PROTOCOL_NATIVE:
+		memcpy(RING_GET_RESPONSE(&blk_rings->native, blk_rings->native.rsp_prod_pvt),
+		       &resp, sizeof(resp));
+		break;
+	case BLKIF_PROTOCOL_X86_32:
+		memcpy(RING_GET_RESPONSE(&blk_rings->x86_32, blk_rings->x86_32.rsp_prod_pvt),
+		       &resp, sizeof(resp));
+		break;
+	case BLKIF_PROTOCOL_X86_64:
+		memcpy(RING_GET_RESPONSE(&blk_rings->x86_64, blk_rings->x86_64.rsp_prod_pvt),
+		       &resp, sizeof(resp));
+		break;
+	default:
+		BUG();
+	}
+	blk_rings->common.rsp_prod_pvt++;
+	RING_PUSH_RESPONSES_AND_CHECK_NOTIFY(&blk_rings->common, notify);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&blkif->blk_ring_lock, flags);
+	if (notify)
+		notify_remote_via_irq(blkif->irq);
+}
+
+static int __init xen_blkif_init(void)
+{
+	int rc = 0;
+
+	if (!xen_domain())
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	rc = xen_blkif_interface_init();
+	if (rc)
+		goto failed_init;
+
+	rc = xen_blkif_xenbus_init();
+	if (rc)
+		goto failed_init;
+
+ failed_init:
+	return rc;
+}
+
+module_init(xen_blkif_init);
+
+MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");
+MODULE_ALIAS("xen-backend:vbd");
diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/common.h b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/common.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f620b5d3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/common.h
@@ -0,0 +1,492 @@
+/*
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; or, when distributed
+ * separately from the Linux kernel or incorporated into other
+ * software packages, subject to the following license:
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this source file (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without
+ * restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify,
+ * merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software,
+ * and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+ * the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
+ * FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS
+ * IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __XEN_BLKIF__BACKEND__COMMON_H__
+#define __XEN_BLKIF__BACKEND__COMMON_H__
+
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/interrupt.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/blkdev.h>
+#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
+#include <linux/wait.h>
+#include <linux/io.h>
+#include <linux/rbtree.h>
+#include <asm/setup.h>
+#include <asm/pgalloc.h>
+#include <asm/hypervisor.h>
+#include <xen/grant_table.h>
+#include <xen/xenbus.h>
+#include <xen/interface/io/ring.h>
+#include <xen/interface/io/blkif.h>
+#include <xen/interface/io/protocols.h>
+
+/*
+ * This is the maximum number of segments that would be allowed in indirect
+ * requests. This value will also be passed to the frontend.
+ */
+#define MAX_INDIRECT_SEGMENTS 256
+
+#define SEGS_PER_INDIRECT_FRAME \
+	(PAGE_SIZE/sizeof(struct blkif_request_segment))
+#define MAX_INDIRECT_PAGES \
+	((MAX_INDIRECT_SEGMENTS + SEGS_PER_INDIRECT_FRAME - 1)/SEGS_PER_INDIRECT_FRAME)
+#define INDIRECT_PAGES(_segs) \
+	((_segs + SEGS_PER_INDIRECT_FRAME - 1)/SEGS_PER_INDIRECT_FRAME)
+
+/* Not a real protocol.  Used to generate ring structs which contain
+ * the elements common to all protocols only.  This way we get a
+ * compiler-checkable way to use common struct elements, so we can
+ * avoid using switch(protocol) in a number of places.  */
+struct blkif_common_request {
+	char dummy;
+};
+struct blkif_common_response {
+	char dummy;
+};
+
+struct blkif_x86_32_request_rw {
+	uint8_t        nr_segments;  /* number of segments                   */
+	blkif_vdev_t   handle;       /* only for read/write requests         */
+	uint64_t       id;           /* private guest value, echoed in resp  */
+	blkif_sector_t sector_number;/* start sector idx on disk (r/w only)  */
+	struct blkif_request_segment seg[BLKIF_MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_REQUEST];
+} __attribute__((__packed__));
+
+struct blkif_x86_32_request_discard {
+	uint8_t        flag;         /* BLKIF_DISCARD_SECURE or zero         */
+	blkif_vdev_t   _pad1;        /* was "handle" for read/write requests */
+	uint64_t       id;           /* private guest value, echoed in resp  */
+	blkif_sector_t sector_number;/* start sector idx on disk (r/w only)  */
+	uint64_t       nr_sectors;
+} __attribute__((__packed__));
+
+struct blkif_x86_32_request_other {
+	uint8_t        _pad1;
+	blkif_vdev_t   _pad2;
+	uint64_t       id;           /* private guest value, echoed in resp  */
+} __attribute__((__packed__));
+
+struct blkif_x86_32_request_indirect {
+	uint8_t        indirect_op;
+	uint16_t       nr_segments;
+	uint64_t       id;
+	blkif_sector_t sector_number;
+	blkif_vdev_t   handle;
+	uint16_t       _pad1;
+	grant_ref_t    indirect_grefs[BLKIF_MAX_INDIRECT_PAGES_PER_REQUEST];
+	/*
+	 * The maximum number of indirect segments (and pages) that will
+	 * be used is determined by MAX_INDIRECT_SEGMENTS, this value
+	 * is also exported to the guest (via xenstore
+	 * feature-max-indirect-segments entry), so the frontend knows how
+	 * many indirect segments the backend supports.
+	 */
+	uint64_t       _pad2;        /* make it 64 byte aligned */
+} __attribute__((__packed__));
+
+struct blkif_x86_32_request {
+	uint8_t        operation;    /* BLKIF_OP_???                         */
+	union {
+		struct blkif_x86_32_request_rw rw;
+		struct blkif_x86_32_request_discard discard;
+		struct blkif_x86_32_request_other other;
+		struct blkif_x86_32_request_indirect indirect;
+	} u;
+} __attribute__((__packed__));
+
+/* i386 protocol version */
+#pragma pack(push, 4)
+struct blkif_x86_32_response {
+	uint64_t        id;              /* copied from request */
+	uint8_t         operation;       /* copied from request */
+	int16_t         status;          /* BLKIF_RSP_???       */
+};
+#pragma pack(pop)
+/* x86_64 protocol version */
+
+struct blkif_x86_64_request_rw {
+	uint8_t        nr_segments;  /* number of segments                   */
+	blkif_vdev_t   handle;       /* only for read/write requests         */
+	uint32_t       _pad1;        /* offsetof(blkif_reqest..,u.rw.id)==8  */
+	uint64_t       id;
+	blkif_sector_t sector_number;/* start sector idx on disk (r/w only)  */
+	struct blkif_request_segment seg[BLKIF_MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_REQUEST];
+} __attribute__((__packed__));
+
+struct blkif_x86_64_request_discard {
+	uint8_t        flag;         /* BLKIF_DISCARD_SECURE or zero         */
+	blkif_vdev_t   _pad1;        /* was "handle" for read/write requests */
+        uint32_t       _pad2;        /* offsetof(blkif_..,u.discard.id)==8   */
+	uint64_t       id;
+	blkif_sector_t sector_number;/* start sector idx on disk (r/w only)  */
+	uint64_t       nr_sectors;
+} __attribute__((__packed__));
+
+struct blkif_x86_64_request_other {
+	uint8_t        _pad1;
+	blkif_vdev_t   _pad2;
+	uint32_t       _pad3;        /* offsetof(blkif_..,u.discard.id)==8   */
+	uint64_t       id;           /* private guest value, echoed in resp  */
+} __attribute__((__packed__));
+
+struct blkif_x86_64_request_indirect {
+	uint8_t        indirect_op;
+	uint16_t       nr_segments;
+	uint32_t       _pad1;        /* offsetof(blkif_..,u.indirect.id)==8   */
+	uint64_t       id;
+	blkif_sector_t sector_number;
+	blkif_vdev_t   handle;
+	uint16_t       _pad2;
+	grant_ref_t    indirect_grefs[BLKIF_MAX_INDIRECT_PAGES_PER_REQUEST];
+	/*
+	 * The maximum number of indirect segments (and pages) that will
+	 * be used is determined by MAX_INDIRECT_SEGMENTS, this value
+	 * is also exported to the guest (via xenstore
+	 * feature-max-indirect-segments entry), so the frontend knows how
+	 * many indirect segments the backend supports.
+	 */
+	uint32_t       _pad3;        /* make it 64 byte aligned */
+} __attribute__((__packed__));
+
+struct blkif_x86_64_request {
+	uint8_t        operation;    /* BLKIF_OP_???                         */
+	union {
+		struct blkif_x86_64_request_rw rw;
+		struct blkif_x86_64_request_discard discard;
+		struct blkif_x86_64_request_other other;
+		struct blkif_x86_64_request_indirect indirect;
+	} u;
+} __attribute__((__packed__));
+
+struct blkif_x86_64_response {
+	uint64_t       __attribute__((__aligned__(8))) id;
+	uint8_t         operation;       /* copied from request */
+	int16_t         status;          /* BLKIF_RSP_???       */
+};
+
+DEFINE_RING_TYPES(blkif_common, struct blkif_common_request,
+		  struct blkif_common_response);
+DEFINE_RING_TYPES(blkif_x86_32, struct blkif_x86_32_request,
+		  struct blkif_x86_32_response);
+DEFINE_RING_TYPES(blkif_x86_64, struct blkif_x86_64_request,
+		  struct blkif_x86_64_response);
+
+union blkif_back_rings {
+	struct blkif_back_ring        native;
+	struct blkif_common_back_ring common;
+	struct blkif_x86_32_back_ring x86_32;
+	struct blkif_x86_64_back_ring x86_64;
+};
+
+enum blkif_protocol {
+	BLKIF_PROTOCOL_NATIVE = 1,
+	BLKIF_PROTOCOL_X86_32 = 2,
+	BLKIF_PROTOCOL_X86_64 = 3,
+};
+
+/*
+ * Default protocol if the frontend doesn't specify one.
+ */
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86
+#  define BLKIF_PROTOCOL_DEFAULT BLKIF_PROTOCOL_X86_32
+#else
+#  define BLKIF_PROTOCOL_DEFAULT BLKIF_PROTOCOL_NATIVE
+#endif
+
+struct xen_vbd {
+	/* What the domain refers to this vbd as. */
+	blkif_vdev_t		handle;
+	/* Non-zero -> read-only */
+	unsigned char		readonly;
+	/* VDISK_xxx */
+	unsigned char		type;
+	/* phys device that this vbd maps to. */
+	u32			pdevice;
+	struct block_device	*bdev;
+	/* Cached size parameter. */
+	sector_t		size;
+	unsigned int		flush_support:1;
+	unsigned int		discard_secure:1;
+	unsigned int		feature_gnt_persistent:1;
+	unsigned int		overflow_max_grants:1;
+};
+
+struct backend_info;
+
+/* Number of available flags */
+#define PERSISTENT_GNT_FLAGS_SIZE	2
+/* This persistent grant is currently in use */
+#define PERSISTENT_GNT_ACTIVE		0
+/*
+ * This persistent grant has been used, this flag is set when we remove the
+ * PERSISTENT_GNT_ACTIVE, to know that this grant has been used recently.
+ */
+#define PERSISTENT_GNT_WAS_ACTIVE	1
+
+/* Number of requests that we can fit in a ring */
+#define XEN_BLKIF_REQS			32
+
+struct persistent_gnt {
+	struct page *page;
+	grant_ref_t gnt;
+	grant_handle_t handle;
+	DECLARE_BITMAP(flags, PERSISTENT_GNT_FLAGS_SIZE);
+	struct rb_node node;
+	struct list_head remove_node;
+};
+
+struct xen_blkif {
+	/* Unique identifier for this interface. */
+	domid_t			domid;
+	unsigned int		handle;
+	/* Physical parameters of the comms window. */
+	unsigned int		irq;
+	/* Comms information. */
+	enum blkif_protocol	blk_protocol;
+	union blkif_back_rings	blk_rings;
+	void			*blk_ring;
+	/* The VBD attached to this interface. */
+	struct xen_vbd		vbd;
+	/* Back pointer to the backend_info. */
+	struct backend_info	*be;
+	/* Private fields. */
+	spinlock_t		blk_ring_lock;
+	atomic_t		refcnt;
+
+	wait_queue_head_t	wq;
+	/* for barrier (drain) requests */
+	struct completion	drain_complete;
+	atomic_t		drain;
+	atomic_t		inflight;
+	/* One thread per one blkif. */
+	struct task_struct	*xenblkd;
+	unsigned int		waiting_reqs;
+
+	/* tree to store persistent grants */
+	struct rb_root		persistent_gnts;
+	unsigned int		persistent_gnt_c;
+	atomic_t		persistent_gnt_in_use;
+	unsigned long           next_lru;
+
+	/* used by the kworker that offload work from the persistent purge */
+	struct list_head	persistent_purge_list;
+	struct work_struct	persistent_purge_work;
+
+	/* buffer of free pages to map grant refs */
+	spinlock_t		free_pages_lock;
+	int			free_pages_num;
+	struct list_head	free_pages;
+
+	/* List of all 'pending_req' available */
+	struct list_head	pending_free;
+	/* And its spinlock. */
+	spinlock_t		pending_free_lock;
+	wait_queue_head_t	pending_free_wq;
+
+	/* statistics */
+	unsigned long		st_print;
+	unsigned long long			st_rd_req;
+	unsigned long long			st_wr_req;
+	unsigned long long			st_oo_req;
+	unsigned long long			st_f_req;
+	unsigned long long			st_ds_req;
+	unsigned long long			st_rd_sect;
+	unsigned long long			st_wr_sect;
+
+	struct work_struct	free_work;
+	/* Thread shutdown wait queue. */
+	wait_queue_head_t	shutdown_wq;
+};
+
+struct seg_buf {
+	unsigned long offset;
+	unsigned int nsec;
+};
+
+struct grant_page {
+	struct page 		*page;
+	struct persistent_gnt	*persistent_gnt;
+	grant_handle_t		handle;
+	grant_ref_t		gref;
+};
+
+/*
+ * Each outstanding request that we've passed to the lower device layers has a
+ * 'pending_req' allocated to it. Each buffer_head that completes decrements
+ * the pendcnt towards zero. When it hits zero, the specified domain has a
+ * response queued for it, with the saved 'id' passed back.
+ */
+struct pending_req {
+	struct xen_blkif	*blkif;
+	u64			id;
+	int			nr_pages;
+	atomic_t		pendcnt;
+	unsigned short		operation;
+	int			status;
+	struct list_head	free_list;
+	struct grant_page	*segments[MAX_INDIRECT_SEGMENTS];
+	/* Indirect descriptors */
+	struct grant_page	*indirect_pages[MAX_INDIRECT_PAGES];
+	struct seg_buf		seg[MAX_INDIRECT_SEGMENTS];
+	struct bio		*biolist[MAX_INDIRECT_SEGMENTS];
+	struct gnttab_unmap_grant_ref unmap[MAX_INDIRECT_SEGMENTS];
+	struct page                   *unmap_pages[MAX_INDIRECT_SEGMENTS];
+	struct gntab_unmap_queue_data gnttab_unmap_data;
+};
+
+
+#define vbd_sz(_v)	((_v)->bdev->bd_part ? \
+			 (_v)->bdev->bd_part->nr_sects : \
+			  get_capacity((_v)->bdev->bd_disk))
+
+#define xen_blkif_get(_b) (atomic_inc(&(_b)->refcnt))
+#define xen_blkif_put(_b)				\
+	do {						\
+		if (atomic_dec_and_test(&(_b)->refcnt))	\
+			schedule_work(&(_b)->free_work);\
+	} while (0)
+
+struct phys_req {
+	unsigned short		dev;
+	blkif_sector_t		nr_sects;
+	struct block_device	*bdev;
+	blkif_sector_t		sector_number;
+};
+int xen_blkif_interface_init(void);
+
+int xen_blkif_xenbus_init(void);
+
+irqreturn_t xen_blkif_be_int(int irq, void *dev_id);
+int xen_blkif_schedule(void *arg);
+int xen_blkif_purge_persistent(void *arg);
+void xen_blkbk_free_caches(struct xen_blkif *blkif);
+
+int xen_blkbk_flush_diskcache(struct xenbus_transaction xbt,
+			      struct backend_info *be, int state);
+
+int xen_blkbk_barrier(struct xenbus_transaction xbt,
+		      struct backend_info *be, int state);
+struct xenbus_device *xen_blkbk_xenbus(struct backend_info *be);
+void xen_blkbk_unmap_purged_grants(struct work_struct *work);
+
+static inline void blkif_get_x86_32_req(struct blkif_request *dst,
+					struct blkif_x86_32_request *src)
+{
+	int i, n = BLKIF_MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_REQUEST, j;
+	dst->operation = src->operation;
+	switch (src->operation) {
+	case BLKIF_OP_READ:
+	case BLKIF_OP_WRITE:
+	case BLKIF_OP_WRITE_BARRIER:
+	case BLKIF_OP_FLUSH_DISKCACHE:
+		dst->u.rw.nr_segments = src->u.rw.nr_segments;
+		dst->u.rw.handle = src->u.rw.handle;
+		dst->u.rw.id = src->u.rw.id;
+		dst->u.rw.sector_number = src->u.rw.sector_number;
+		barrier();
+		if (n > dst->u.rw.nr_segments)
+			n = dst->u.rw.nr_segments;
+		for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
+			dst->u.rw.seg[i] = src->u.rw.seg[i];
+		break;
+	case BLKIF_OP_DISCARD:
+		dst->u.discard.flag = src->u.discard.flag;
+		dst->u.discard.id = src->u.discard.id;
+		dst->u.discard.sector_number = src->u.discard.sector_number;
+		dst->u.discard.nr_sectors = src->u.discard.nr_sectors;
+		break;
+	case BLKIF_OP_INDIRECT:
+		dst->u.indirect.indirect_op = src->u.indirect.indirect_op;
+		dst->u.indirect.nr_segments = src->u.indirect.nr_segments;
+		dst->u.indirect.handle = src->u.indirect.handle;
+		dst->u.indirect.id = src->u.indirect.id;
+		dst->u.indirect.sector_number = src->u.indirect.sector_number;
+		barrier();
+		j = min(MAX_INDIRECT_PAGES, INDIRECT_PAGES(dst->u.indirect.nr_segments));
+		for (i = 0; i < j; i++)
+			dst->u.indirect.indirect_grefs[i] =
+				src->u.indirect.indirect_grefs[i];
+		break;
+	default:
+		/*
+		 * Don't know how to translate this op. Only get the
+		 * ID so failure can be reported to the frontend.
+		 */
+		dst->u.other.id = src->u.other.id;
+		break;
+	}
+}
+
+static inline void blkif_get_x86_64_req(struct blkif_request *dst,
+					struct blkif_x86_64_request *src)
+{
+	int i, n = BLKIF_MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_REQUEST, j;
+	dst->operation = src->operation;
+	switch (src->operation) {
+	case BLKIF_OP_READ:
+	case BLKIF_OP_WRITE:
+	case BLKIF_OP_WRITE_BARRIER:
+	case BLKIF_OP_FLUSH_DISKCACHE:
+		dst->u.rw.nr_segments = src->u.rw.nr_segments;
+		dst->u.rw.handle = src->u.rw.handle;
+		dst->u.rw.id = src->u.rw.id;
+		dst->u.rw.sector_number = src->u.rw.sector_number;
+		barrier();
+		if (n > dst->u.rw.nr_segments)
+			n = dst->u.rw.nr_segments;
+		for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
+			dst->u.rw.seg[i] = src->u.rw.seg[i];
+		break;
+	case BLKIF_OP_DISCARD:
+		dst->u.discard.flag = src->u.discard.flag;
+		dst->u.discard.id = src->u.discard.id;
+		dst->u.discard.sector_number = src->u.discard.sector_number;
+		dst->u.discard.nr_sectors = src->u.discard.nr_sectors;
+		break;
+	case BLKIF_OP_INDIRECT:
+		dst->u.indirect.indirect_op = src->u.indirect.indirect_op;
+		dst->u.indirect.nr_segments = src->u.indirect.nr_segments;
+		dst->u.indirect.handle = src->u.indirect.handle;
+		dst->u.indirect.id = src->u.indirect.id;
+		dst->u.indirect.sector_number = src->u.indirect.sector_number;
+		barrier();
+		j = min(MAX_INDIRECT_PAGES, INDIRECT_PAGES(dst->u.indirect.nr_segments));
+		for (i = 0; i < j; i++)
+			dst->u.indirect.indirect_grefs[i] =
+				src->u.indirect.indirect_grefs[i];
+		break;
+	default:
+		/*
+		 * Don't know how to translate this op. Only get the
+		 * ID so failure can be reported to the frontend.
+		 */
+		dst->u.other.id = src->u.other.id;
+		break;
+	}
+}
+
+#endif /* __XEN_BLKIF__BACKEND__COMMON_H__ */
diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6ab69ad61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c
@@ -0,0 +1,934 @@
+/*  Xenbus code for blkif backend
+    Copyright (C) 2005 Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
+    Copyright (C) 2005 XenSource Ltd
+
+    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
+
+    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+    GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+*/
+
+#define pr_fmt(fmt) "xen-blkback: " fmt
+
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/kthread.h>
+#include <xen/events.h>
+#include <xen/grant_table.h>
+#include "common.h"
+
+/* Enlarge the array size in order to fully show blkback name. */
+#define BLKBACK_NAME_LEN (20)
+
+struct backend_info {
+	struct xenbus_device	*dev;
+	struct xen_blkif	*blkif;
+	struct xenbus_watch	backend_watch;
+	unsigned		major;
+	unsigned		minor;
+	char			*mode;
+};
+
+static struct kmem_cache *xen_blkif_cachep;
+static void connect(struct backend_info *);
+static int connect_ring(struct backend_info *);
+static void backend_changed(struct xenbus_watch *, const char **,
+			    unsigned int);
+static void xen_blkif_free(struct xen_blkif *blkif);
+static void xen_vbd_free(struct xen_vbd *vbd);
+
+struct xenbus_device *xen_blkbk_xenbus(struct backend_info *be)
+{
+	return be->dev;
+}
+
+/*
+ * The last request could free the device from softirq context and
+ * xen_blkif_free() can sleep.
+ */
+static void xen_blkif_deferred_free(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct xen_blkif *blkif;
+
+	blkif = container_of(work, struct xen_blkif, free_work);
+	xen_blkif_free(blkif);
+}
+
+static int blkback_name(struct xen_blkif *blkif, char *buf)
+{
+	char *devpath, *devname;
+	struct xenbus_device *dev = blkif->be->dev;
+
+	devpath = xenbus_read(XBT_NIL, dev->nodename, "dev", NULL);
+	if (IS_ERR(devpath))
+		return PTR_ERR(devpath);
+
+	devname = strstr(devpath, "/dev/");
+	if (devname != NULL)
+		devname += strlen("/dev/");
+	else
+		devname  = devpath;
+
+	snprintf(buf, BLKBACK_NAME_LEN, "blkback.%d.%s", blkif->domid, devname);
+	kfree(devpath);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void xen_update_blkif_status(struct xen_blkif *blkif)
+{
+	int err;
+	char name[BLKBACK_NAME_LEN];
+
+	/* Not ready to connect? */
+	if (!blkif->irq || !blkif->vbd.bdev)
+		return;
+
+	/* Already connected? */
+	if (blkif->be->dev->state == XenbusStateConnected)
+		return;
+
+	/* Attempt to connect: exit if we fail to. */
+	connect(blkif->be);
+	if (blkif->be->dev->state != XenbusStateConnected)
+		return;
+
+	err = blkback_name(blkif, name);
+	if (err) {
+		xenbus_dev_error(blkif->be->dev, err, "get blkback dev name");
+		return;
+	}
+
+	err = filemap_write_and_wait(blkif->vbd.bdev->bd_inode->i_mapping);
+	if (err) {
+		xenbus_dev_error(blkif->be->dev, err, "block flush");
+		return;
+	}
+	invalidate_inode_pages2(blkif->vbd.bdev->bd_inode->i_mapping);
+
+	blkif->xenblkd = kthread_run(xen_blkif_schedule, blkif, "%s", name);
+	if (IS_ERR(blkif->xenblkd)) {
+		err = PTR_ERR(blkif->xenblkd);
+		blkif->xenblkd = NULL;
+		xenbus_dev_error(blkif->be->dev, err, "start xenblkd");
+		return;
+	}
+}
+
+static struct xen_blkif *xen_blkif_alloc(domid_t domid)
+{
+	struct xen_blkif *blkif;
+	struct pending_req *req, *n;
+	int i, j;
+
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(MAX_INDIRECT_PAGES > BLKIF_MAX_INDIRECT_PAGES_PER_REQUEST);
+
+	blkif = kmem_cache_zalloc(xen_blkif_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!blkif)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+	blkif->domid = domid;
+	spin_lock_init(&blkif->blk_ring_lock);
+	atomic_set(&blkif->refcnt, 1);
+	init_waitqueue_head(&blkif->wq);
+	init_completion(&blkif->drain_complete);
+	atomic_set(&blkif->drain, 0);
+	blkif->st_print = jiffies;
+	blkif->persistent_gnts.rb_node = NULL;
+	spin_lock_init(&blkif->free_pages_lock);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&blkif->free_pages);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&blkif->persistent_purge_list);
+	blkif->free_pages_num = 0;
+	atomic_set(&blkif->persistent_gnt_in_use, 0);
+	atomic_set(&blkif->inflight, 0);
+	INIT_WORK(&blkif->persistent_purge_work, xen_blkbk_unmap_purged_grants);
+
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&blkif->pending_free);
+	INIT_WORK(&blkif->free_work, xen_blkif_deferred_free);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < XEN_BLKIF_REQS; i++) {
+		req = kzalloc(sizeof(*req), GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!req)
+			goto fail;
+		list_add_tail(&req->free_list,
+		              &blkif->pending_free);
+		for (j = 0; j < MAX_INDIRECT_SEGMENTS; j++) {
+			req->segments[j] = kzalloc(sizeof(*req->segments[0]),
+			                           GFP_KERNEL);
+			if (!req->segments[j])
+				goto fail;
+		}
+		for (j = 0; j < MAX_INDIRECT_PAGES; j++) {
+			req->indirect_pages[j] = kzalloc(sizeof(*req->indirect_pages[0]),
+			                                 GFP_KERNEL);
+			if (!req->indirect_pages[j])
+				goto fail;
+		}
+	}
+	spin_lock_init(&blkif->pending_free_lock);
+	init_waitqueue_head(&blkif->pending_free_wq);
+	init_waitqueue_head(&blkif->shutdown_wq);
+
+	return blkif;
+
+fail:
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(req, n, &blkif->pending_free, free_list) {
+		list_del(&req->free_list);
+		for (j = 0; j < MAX_INDIRECT_SEGMENTS; j++) {
+			if (!req->segments[j])
+				break;
+			kfree(req->segments[j]);
+		}
+		for (j = 0; j < MAX_INDIRECT_PAGES; j++) {
+			if (!req->indirect_pages[j])
+				break;
+			kfree(req->indirect_pages[j]);
+		}
+		kfree(req);
+	}
+
+	kmem_cache_free(xen_blkif_cachep, blkif);
+
+	return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+}
+
+static int xen_blkif_map(struct xen_blkif *blkif, grant_ref_t gref,
+			 unsigned int evtchn)
+{
+	int err;
+
+	/* Already connected through? */
+	if (blkif->irq)
+		return 0;
+
+	err = xenbus_map_ring_valloc(blkif->be->dev, &gref, 1,
+				     &blkif->blk_ring);
+	if (err < 0)
+		return err;
+
+	switch (blkif->blk_protocol) {
+	case BLKIF_PROTOCOL_NATIVE:
+	{
+		struct blkif_sring *sring;
+		sring = (struct blkif_sring *)blkif->blk_ring;
+		BACK_RING_INIT(&blkif->blk_rings.native, sring, PAGE_SIZE);
+		break;
+	}
+	case BLKIF_PROTOCOL_X86_32:
+	{
+		struct blkif_x86_32_sring *sring_x86_32;
+		sring_x86_32 = (struct blkif_x86_32_sring *)blkif->blk_ring;
+		BACK_RING_INIT(&blkif->blk_rings.x86_32, sring_x86_32, PAGE_SIZE);
+		break;
+	}
+	case BLKIF_PROTOCOL_X86_64:
+	{
+		struct blkif_x86_64_sring *sring_x86_64;
+		sring_x86_64 = (struct blkif_x86_64_sring *)blkif->blk_ring;
+		BACK_RING_INIT(&blkif->blk_rings.x86_64, sring_x86_64, PAGE_SIZE);
+		break;
+	}
+	default:
+		BUG();
+	}
+
+	err = bind_interdomain_evtchn_to_irqhandler(blkif->domid, evtchn,
+						    xen_blkif_be_int, 0,
+						    "blkif-backend", blkif);
+	if (err < 0) {
+		xenbus_unmap_ring_vfree(blkif->be->dev, blkif->blk_ring);
+		blkif->blk_rings.common.sring = NULL;
+		return err;
+	}
+	blkif->irq = err;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int xen_blkif_disconnect(struct xen_blkif *blkif)
+{
+	if (blkif->xenblkd) {
+		kthread_stop(blkif->xenblkd);
+		wake_up(&blkif->shutdown_wq);
+		blkif->xenblkd = NULL;
+	}
+
+	/* The above kthread_stop() guarantees that at this point we
+	 * don't have any discard_io or other_io requests. So, checking
+	 * for inflight IO is enough.
+	 */
+	if (atomic_read(&blkif->inflight) > 0)
+		return -EBUSY;
+
+	if (blkif->irq) {
+		unbind_from_irqhandler(blkif->irq, blkif);
+		blkif->irq = 0;
+	}
+
+	if (blkif->blk_rings.common.sring) {
+		xenbus_unmap_ring_vfree(blkif->be->dev, blkif->blk_ring);
+		blkif->blk_rings.common.sring = NULL;
+	}
+
+	/* Remove all persistent grants and the cache of ballooned pages. */
+	xen_blkbk_free_caches(blkif);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void xen_blkif_free(struct xen_blkif *blkif)
+{
+	struct pending_req *req, *n;
+	int i = 0, j;
+
+	xen_blkif_disconnect(blkif);
+	xen_vbd_free(&blkif->vbd);
+
+	/* Make sure everything is drained before shutting down */
+	BUG_ON(blkif->persistent_gnt_c != 0);
+	BUG_ON(atomic_read(&blkif->persistent_gnt_in_use) != 0);
+	BUG_ON(blkif->free_pages_num != 0);
+	BUG_ON(!list_empty(&blkif->persistent_purge_list));
+	BUG_ON(!list_empty(&blkif->free_pages));
+	BUG_ON(!RB_EMPTY_ROOT(&blkif->persistent_gnts));
+
+	/* Check that there is no request in use */
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(req, n, &blkif->pending_free, free_list) {
+		list_del(&req->free_list);
+
+		for (j = 0; j < MAX_INDIRECT_SEGMENTS; j++)
+			kfree(req->segments[j]);
+
+		for (j = 0; j < MAX_INDIRECT_PAGES; j++)
+			kfree(req->indirect_pages[j]);
+
+		kfree(req);
+		i++;
+	}
+
+	WARN_ON(i != XEN_BLKIF_REQS);
+
+	kmem_cache_free(xen_blkif_cachep, blkif);
+}
+
+int __init xen_blkif_interface_init(void)
+{
+	xen_blkif_cachep = kmem_cache_create("blkif_cache",
+					     sizeof(struct xen_blkif),
+					     0, 0, NULL);
+	if (!xen_blkif_cachep)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ *  sysfs interface for VBD I/O requests
+ */
+
+#define VBD_SHOW(name, format, args...)					\
+	static ssize_t show_##name(struct device *_dev,			\
+				   struct device_attribute *attr,	\
+				   char *buf)				\
+	{								\
+		struct xenbus_device *dev = to_xenbus_device(_dev);	\
+		struct backend_info *be = dev_get_drvdata(&dev->dev);	\
+									\
+		return sprintf(buf, format, ##args);			\
+	}								\
+	static DEVICE_ATTR(name, S_IRUGO, show_##name, NULL)
+
+VBD_SHOW(oo_req,  "%llu\n", be->blkif->st_oo_req);
+VBD_SHOW(rd_req,  "%llu\n", be->blkif->st_rd_req);
+VBD_SHOW(wr_req,  "%llu\n", be->blkif->st_wr_req);
+VBD_SHOW(f_req,  "%llu\n", be->blkif->st_f_req);
+VBD_SHOW(ds_req,  "%llu\n", be->blkif->st_ds_req);
+VBD_SHOW(rd_sect, "%llu\n", be->blkif->st_rd_sect);
+VBD_SHOW(wr_sect, "%llu\n", be->blkif->st_wr_sect);
+
+static struct attribute *xen_vbdstat_attrs[] = {
+	&dev_attr_oo_req.attr,
+	&dev_attr_rd_req.attr,
+	&dev_attr_wr_req.attr,
+	&dev_attr_f_req.attr,
+	&dev_attr_ds_req.attr,
+	&dev_attr_rd_sect.attr,
+	&dev_attr_wr_sect.attr,
+	NULL
+};
+
+static struct attribute_group xen_vbdstat_group = {
+	.name = "statistics",
+	.attrs = xen_vbdstat_attrs,
+};
+
+VBD_SHOW(physical_device, "%x:%x\n", be->major, be->minor);
+VBD_SHOW(mode, "%s\n", be->mode);
+
+static int xenvbd_sysfs_addif(struct xenbus_device *dev)
+{
+	int error;
+
+	error = device_create_file(&dev->dev, &dev_attr_physical_device);
+	if (error)
+		goto fail1;
+
+	error = device_create_file(&dev->dev, &dev_attr_mode);
+	if (error)
+		goto fail2;
+
+	error = sysfs_create_group(&dev->dev.kobj, &xen_vbdstat_group);
+	if (error)
+		goto fail3;
+
+	return 0;
+
+fail3:	sysfs_remove_group(&dev->dev.kobj, &xen_vbdstat_group);
+fail2:	device_remove_file(&dev->dev, &dev_attr_mode);
+fail1:	device_remove_file(&dev->dev, &dev_attr_physical_device);
+	return error;
+}
+
+static void xenvbd_sysfs_delif(struct xenbus_device *dev)
+{
+	sysfs_remove_group(&dev->dev.kobj, &xen_vbdstat_group);
+	device_remove_file(&dev->dev, &dev_attr_mode);
+	device_remove_file(&dev->dev, &dev_attr_physical_device);
+}
+
+
+static void xen_vbd_free(struct xen_vbd *vbd)
+{
+	if (vbd->bdev)
+		blkdev_put(vbd->bdev, vbd->readonly ? FMODE_READ : FMODE_WRITE);
+	vbd->bdev = NULL;
+}
+
+static int xen_vbd_create(struct xen_blkif *blkif, blkif_vdev_t handle,
+			  unsigned major, unsigned minor, int readonly,
+			  int cdrom)
+{
+	struct xen_vbd *vbd;
+	struct block_device *bdev;
+	struct request_queue *q;
+
+	vbd = &blkif->vbd;
+	vbd->handle   = handle;
+	vbd->readonly = readonly;
+	vbd->type     = 0;
+
+	vbd->pdevice  = MKDEV(major, minor);
+
+	bdev = blkdev_get_by_dev(vbd->pdevice, vbd->readonly ?
+				 FMODE_READ : FMODE_WRITE, NULL);
+
+	if (IS_ERR(bdev)) {
+		pr_warn("xen_vbd_create: device %08x could not be opened\n",
+			vbd->pdevice);
+		return -ENOENT;
+	}
+
+	vbd->bdev = bdev;
+	if (vbd->bdev->bd_disk == NULL) {
+		pr_warn("xen_vbd_create: device %08x doesn't exist\n",
+			vbd->pdevice);
+		xen_vbd_free(vbd);
+		return -ENOENT;
+	}
+	vbd->size = vbd_sz(vbd);
+
+	if (vbd->bdev->bd_disk->flags & GENHD_FL_CD || cdrom)
+		vbd->type |= VDISK_CDROM;
+	if (vbd->bdev->bd_disk->flags & GENHD_FL_REMOVABLE)
+		vbd->type |= VDISK_REMOVABLE;
+
+	q = bdev_get_queue(bdev);
+	if (q && q->flush_flags)
+		vbd->flush_support = true;
+
+	if (q && blk_queue_secdiscard(q))
+		vbd->discard_secure = true;
+
+	pr_debug("Successful creation of handle=%04x (dom=%u)\n",
+		handle, blkif->domid);
+	return 0;
+}
+static int xen_blkbk_remove(struct xenbus_device *dev)
+{
+	struct backend_info *be = dev_get_drvdata(&dev->dev);
+
+	pr_debug("%s %p %d\n", __func__, dev, dev->otherend_id);
+
+	if (be->major || be->minor)
+		xenvbd_sysfs_delif(dev);
+
+	if (be->backend_watch.node) {
+		unregister_xenbus_watch(&be->backend_watch);
+		kfree(be->backend_watch.node);
+		be->backend_watch.node = NULL;
+	}
+
+	dev_set_drvdata(&dev->dev, NULL);
+
+	if (be->blkif) {
+		xen_blkif_disconnect(be->blkif);
+		xen_blkif_put(be->blkif);
+	}
+
+	kfree(be->mode);
+	kfree(be);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int xen_blkbk_flush_diskcache(struct xenbus_transaction xbt,
+			      struct backend_info *be, int state)
+{
+	struct xenbus_device *dev = be->dev;
+	int err;
+
+	err = xenbus_printf(xbt, dev->nodename, "feature-flush-cache",
+			    "%d", state);
+	if (err)
+		dev_warn(&dev->dev, "writing feature-flush-cache (%d)", err);
+
+	return err;
+}
+
+static void xen_blkbk_discard(struct xenbus_transaction xbt, struct backend_info *be)
+{
+	struct xenbus_device *dev = be->dev;
+	struct xen_blkif *blkif = be->blkif;
+	int err;
+	int state = 0, discard_enable;
+	struct block_device *bdev = be->blkif->vbd.bdev;
+	struct request_queue *q = bdev_get_queue(bdev);
+
+	err = xenbus_scanf(XBT_NIL, dev->nodename, "discard-enable", "%d",
+			   &discard_enable);
+	if (err == 1 && !discard_enable)
+		return;
+
+	if (blk_queue_discard(q)) {
+		err = xenbus_printf(xbt, dev->nodename,
+			"discard-granularity", "%u",
+			q->limits.discard_granularity);
+		if (err) {
+			dev_warn(&dev->dev, "writing discard-granularity (%d)", err);
+			return;
+		}
+		err = xenbus_printf(xbt, dev->nodename,
+			"discard-alignment", "%u",
+			q->limits.discard_alignment);
+		if (err) {
+			dev_warn(&dev->dev, "writing discard-alignment (%d)", err);
+			return;
+		}
+		state = 1;
+		/* Optional. */
+		err = xenbus_printf(xbt, dev->nodename,
+				    "discard-secure", "%d",
+				    blkif->vbd.discard_secure);
+		if (err) {
+			dev_warn(&dev->dev, "writing discard-secure (%d)", err);
+			return;
+		}
+	}
+	err = xenbus_printf(xbt, dev->nodename, "feature-discard",
+			    "%d", state);
+	if (err)
+		dev_warn(&dev->dev, "writing feature-discard (%d)", err);
+}
+int xen_blkbk_barrier(struct xenbus_transaction xbt,
+		      struct backend_info *be, int state)
+{
+	struct xenbus_device *dev = be->dev;
+	int err;
+
+	err = xenbus_printf(xbt, dev->nodename, "feature-barrier",
+			    "%d", state);
+	if (err)
+		dev_warn(&dev->dev, "writing feature-barrier (%d)", err);
+
+	return err;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Entry point to this code when a new device is created.  Allocate the basic
+ * structures, and watch the store waiting for the hotplug scripts to tell us
+ * the device's physical major and minor numbers.  Switch to InitWait.
+ */
+static int xen_blkbk_probe(struct xenbus_device *dev,
+			   const struct xenbus_device_id *id)
+{
+	int err;
+	struct backend_info *be = kzalloc(sizeof(struct backend_info),
+					  GFP_KERNEL);
+
+	/* match the pr_debug in xen_blkbk_remove */
+	pr_debug("%s %p %d\n", __func__, dev, dev->otherend_id);
+
+	if (!be) {
+		xenbus_dev_fatal(dev, -ENOMEM,
+				 "allocating backend structure");
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+	be->dev = dev;
+	dev_set_drvdata(&dev->dev, be);
+
+	be->blkif = xen_blkif_alloc(dev->otherend_id);
+	if (IS_ERR(be->blkif)) {
+		err = PTR_ERR(be->blkif);
+		be->blkif = NULL;
+		xenbus_dev_fatal(dev, err, "creating block interface");
+		goto fail;
+	}
+
+	/* setup back pointer */
+	be->blkif->be = be;
+
+	err = xenbus_watch_pathfmt(dev, &be->backend_watch, backend_changed,
+				   "%s/%s", dev->nodename, "physical-device");
+	if (err)
+		goto fail;
+
+	err = xenbus_switch_state(dev, XenbusStateInitWait);
+	if (err)
+		goto fail;
+
+	return 0;
+
+fail:
+	pr_warn("%s failed\n", __func__);
+	xen_blkbk_remove(dev);
+	return err;
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * Callback received when the hotplug scripts have placed the physical-device
+ * node.  Read it and the mode node, and create a vbd.  If the frontend is
+ * ready, connect.
+ */
+static void backend_changed(struct xenbus_watch *watch,
+			    const char **vec, unsigned int len)
+{
+	int err;
+	unsigned major;
+	unsigned minor;
+	struct backend_info *be
+		= container_of(watch, struct backend_info, backend_watch);
+	struct xenbus_device *dev = be->dev;
+	int cdrom = 0;
+	unsigned long handle;
+	char *device_type;
+
+	pr_debug("%s %p %d\n", __func__, dev, dev->otherend_id);
+
+	err = xenbus_scanf(XBT_NIL, dev->nodename, "physical-device", "%x:%x",
+			   &major, &minor);
+	if (XENBUS_EXIST_ERR(err)) {
+		/*
+		 * Since this watch will fire once immediately after it is
+		 * registered, we expect this.  Ignore it, and wait for the
+		 * hotplug scripts.
+		 */
+		return;
+	}
+	if (err != 2) {
+		xenbus_dev_fatal(dev, err, "reading physical-device");
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (be->major | be->minor) {
+		if (be->major != major || be->minor != minor)
+			pr_warn("changing physical device (from %x:%x to %x:%x) not supported.\n",
+				be->major, be->minor, major, minor);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	be->mode = xenbus_read(XBT_NIL, dev->nodename, "mode", NULL);
+	if (IS_ERR(be->mode)) {
+		err = PTR_ERR(be->mode);
+		be->mode = NULL;
+		xenbus_dev_fatal(dev, err, "reading mode");
+		return;
+	}
+
+	device_type = xenbus_read(XBT_NIL, dev->otherend, "device-type", NULL);
+	if (!IS_ERR(device_type)) {
+		cdrom = strcmp(device_type, "cdrom") == 0;
+		kfree(device_type);
+	}
+
+	/* Front end dir is a number, which is used as the handle. */
+	err = kstrtoul(strrchr(dev->otherend, '/') + 1, 0, &handle);
+	if (err)
+		return;
+
+	be->major = major;
+	be->minor = minor;
+
+	err = xen_vbd_create(be->blkif, handle, major, minor,
+			     !strchr(be->mode, 'w'), cdrom);
+
+	if (err)
+		xenbus_dev_fatal(dev, err, "creating vbd structure");
+	else {
+		err = xenvbd_sysfs_addif(dev);
+		if (err) {
+			xen_vbd_free(&be->blkif->vbd);
+			xenbus_dev_fatal(dev, err, "creating sysfs entries");
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (err) {
+		kfree(be->mode);
+		be->mode = NULL;
+		be->major = 0;
+		be->minor = 0;
+	} else {
+		/* We're potentially connected now */
+		xen_update_blkif_status(be->blkif);
+	}
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * Callback received when the frontend's state changes.
+ */
+static void frontend_changed(struct xenbus_device *dev,
+			     enum xenbus_state frontend_state)
+{
+	struct backend_info *be = dev_get_drvdata(&dev->dev);
+	int err;
+
+	pr_debug("%s %p %s\n", __func__, dev, xenbus_strstate(frontend_state));
+
+	switch (frontend_state) {
+	case XenbusStateInitialising:
+		if (dev->state == XenbusStateClosed) {
+			pr_info("%s: prepare for reconnect\n", dev->nodename);
+			xenbus_switch_state(dev, XenbusStateInitWait);
+		}
+		break;
+
+	case XenbusStateInitialised:
+	case XenbusStateConnected:
+		/*
+		 * Ensure we connect even when two watches fire in
+		 * close succession and we miss the intermediate value
+		 * of frontend_state.
+		 */
+		if (dev->state == XenbusStateConnected)
+			break;
+
+		/*
+		 * Enforce precondition before potential leak point.
+		 * xen_blkif_disconnect() is idempotent.
+		 */
+		err = xen_blkif_disconnect(be->blkif);
+		if (err) {
+			xenbus_dev_fatal(dev, err, "pending I/O");
+			break;
+		}
+
+		err = connect_ring(be);
+		if (err)
+			break;
+		xen_update_blkif_status(be->blkif);
+		break;
+
+	case XenbusStateClosing:
+		xenbus_switch_state(dev, XenbusStateClosing);
+		break;
+
+	case XenbusStateClosed:
+		xen_blkif_disconnect(be->blkif);
+		xenbus_switch_state(dev, XenbusStateClosed);
+		if (xenbus_dev_is_online(dev))
+			break;
+		/* fall through if not online */
+	case XenbusStateUnknown:
+		/* implies xen_blkif_disconnect() via xen_blkbk_remove() */
+		device_unregister(&dev->dev);
+		break;
+
+	default:
+		xenbus_dev_fatal(dev, -EINVAL, "saw state %d at frontend",
+				 frontend_state);
+		break;
+	}
+}
+
+
+/* ** Connection ** */
+
+
+/*
+ * Write the physical details regarding the block device to the store, and
+ * switch to Connected state.
+ */
+static void connect(struct backend_info *be)
+{
+	struct xenbus_transaction xbt;
+	int err;
+	struct xenbus_device *dev = be->dev;
+
+	pr_debug("%s %s\n", __func__, dev->otherend);
+
+	/* Supply the information about the device the frontend needs */
+again:
+	err = xenbus_transaction_start(&xbt);
+	if (err) {
+		xenbus_dev_fatal(dev, err, "starting transaction");
+		return;
+	}
+
+	/* If we can't advertise it is OK. */
+	xen_blkbk_flush_diskcache(xbt, be, be->blkif->vbd.flush_support);
+
+	xen_blkbk_discard(xbt, be);
+
+	xen_blkbk_barrier(xbt, be, be->blkif->vbd.flush_support);
+
+	err = xenbus_printf(xbt, dev->nodename, "feature-persistent", "%u", 1);
+	if (err) {
+		xenbus_dev_fatal(dev, err, "writing %s/feature-persistent",
+				 dev->nodename);
+		goto abort;
+	}
+	err = xenbus_printf(xbt, dev->nodename, "feature-max-indirect-segments", "%u",
+			    MAX_INDIRECT_SEGMENTS);
+	if (err)
+		dev_warn(&dev->dev, "writing %s/feature-max-indirect-segments (%d)",
+			 dev->nodename, err);
+
+	err = xenbus_printf(xbt, dev->nodename, "sectors", "%llu",
+			    (unsigned long long)vbd_sz(&be->blkif->vbd));
+	if (err) {
+		xenbus_dev_fatal(dev, err, "writing %s/sectors",
+				 dev->nodename);
+		goto abort;
+	}
+
+	/* FIXME: use a typename instead */
+	err = xenbus_printf(xbt, dev->nodename, "info", "%u",
+			    be->blkif->vbd.type |
+			    (be->blkif->vbd.readonly ? VDISK_READONLY : 0));
+	if (err) {
+		xenbus_dev_fatal(dev, err, "writing %s/info",
+				 dev->nodename);
+		goto abort;
+	}
+	err = xenbus_printf(xbt, dev->nodename, "sector-size", "%lu",
+			    (unsigned long)
+			    bdev_logical_block_size(be->blkif->vbd.bdev));
+	if (err) {
+		xenbus_dev_fatal(dev, err, "writing %s/sector-size",
+				 dev->nodename);
+		goto abort;
+	}
+	err = xenbus_printf(xbt, dev->nodename, "physical-sector-size", "%u",
+			    bdev_physical_block_size(be->blkif->vbd.bdev));
+	if (err)
+		xenbus_dev_error(dev, err, "writing %s/physical-sector-size",
+				 dev->nodename);
+
+	err = xenbus_transaction_end(xbt, 0);
+	if (err == -EAGAIN)
+		goto again;
+	if (err)
+		xenbus_dev_fatal(dev, err, "ending transaction");
+
+	err = xenbus_switch_state(dev, XenbusStateConnected);
+	if (err)
+		xenbus_dev_fatal(dev, err, "%s: switching to Connected state",
+				 dev->nodename);
+
+	return;
+ abort:
+	xenbus_transaction_end(xbt, 1);
+}
+
+
+static int connect_ring(struct backend_info *be)
+{
+	struct xenbus_device *dev = be->dev;
+	unsigned long ring_ref;
+	unsigned int evtchn;
+	unsigned int pers_grants;
+	char protocol[64] = "";
+	int err;
+
+	pr_debug("%s %s\n", __func__, dev->otherend);
+
+	err = xenbus_gather(XBT_NIL, dev->otherend, "ring-ref", "%lu",
+			    &ring_ref, "event-channel", "%u", &evtchn, NULL);
+	if (err) {
+		xenbus_dev_fatal(dev, err,
+				 "reading %s/ring-ref and event-channel",
+				 dev->otherend);
+		return err;
+	}
+
+	be->blkif->blk_protocol = BLKIF_PROTOCOL_DEFAULT;
+	err = xenbus_gather(XBT_NIL, dev->otherend, "protocol",
+			    "%63s", protocol, NULL);
+	if (err)
+		strcpy(protocol, "unspecified, assuming default");
+	else if (0 == strcmp(protocol, XEN_IO_PROTO_ABI_NATIVE))
+		be->blkif->blk_protocol = BLKIF_PROTOCOL_NATIVE;
+	else if (0 == strcmp(protocol, XEN_IO_PROTO_ABI_X86_32))
+		be->blkif->blk_protocol = BLKIF_PROTOCOL_X86_32;
+	else if (0 == strcmp(protocol, XEN_IO_PROTO_ABI_X86_64))
+		be->blkif->blk_protocol = BLKIF_PROTOCOL_X86_64;
+	else {
+		xenbus_dev_fatal(dev, err, "unknown fe protocol %s", protocol);
+		return -1;
+	}
+	err = xenbus_gather(XBT_NIL, dev->otherend,
+			    "feature-persistent", "%u",
+			    &pers_grants, NULL);
+	if (err)
+		pers_grants = 0;
+
+	be->blkif->vbd.feature_gnt_persistent = pers_grants;
+	be->blkif->vbd.overflow_max_grants = 0;
+
+	pr_info("ring-ref %ld, event-channel %d, protocol %d (%s) %s\n",
+		ring_ref, evtchn, be->blkif->blk_protocol, protocol,
+		pers_grants ? "persistent grants" : "");
+
+	/* Map the shared frame, irq etc. */
+	err = xen_blkif_map(be->blkif, ring_ref, evtchn);
+	if (err) {
+		xenbus_dev_fatal(dev, err, "mapping ring-ref %lu port %u",
+				 ring_ref, evtchn);
+		return err;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static const struct xenbus_device_id xen_blkbk_ids[] = {
+	{ "vbd" },
+	{ "" }
+};
+
+static struct xenbus_driver xen_blkbk_driver = {
+	.ids  = xen_blkbk_ids,
+	.probe = xen_blkbk_probe,
+	.remove = xen_blkbk_remove,
+	.otherend_changed = frontend_changed
+};
+
+int xen_blkif_xenbus_init(void)
+{
+	return xenbus_register_backend(&xen_blkbk_driver);
+}