--- /dev/null
+--- linux-2.6.9-67/drivers/md/raid5.c 2007-11-21 21:12:50.000000000 -0700
++++ linux-2.6.9-55.0.12/drivers/md/raid5.c 2007-11-02 01:10:35.000000000 -0700
+@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
+ * This macro is used to determine the 'next' bio in the list, given the sector
+ * of the current stripe+device
+ */
+-#define r5_next_bio(bio, sect) ( ( (bio)->bi_sector + ((bio)->bi_size>>9) < sect + STRIPE_SECTORS) ? (bio)->bi_next : NULL)
++#define r5_next_bio(bio, sect) ( ( bio->bi_sector + (bio->bi_size>>9) < sect + STRIPE_SECTORS) ? bio->bi_next : NULL)
+ /*
+ * The following can be used to debug the driver
+ */
+@@ -232,7 +232,6 @@ static struct stripe_head *__find_stripe
+ }
+
+ static void unplug_slaves(mddev_t *mddev);
+-static void raid5_unplug_device(request_queue_t *q);
+
+ static struct stripe_head *get_active_stripe(raid5_conf_t *conf, sector_t sector,
+ int pd_idx, int noblock)
+@@ -727,10 +726,6 @@ static void compute_parity(struct stripe
+ ptr[count++] = page_address(sh->dev[i].page);
+ chosen = sh->dev[i].towrite;
+ sh->dev[i].towrite = NULL;
+-
+- if (test_and_clear_bit(R5_Overlap, &sh->dev[i].flags))
+- wake_up(&conf->wait_for_overlap);
+-
+ if (sh->dev[i].written) BUG();
+ sh->dev[i].written = chosen;
+ check_xor();
+@@ -743,10 +738,6 @@ static void compute_parity(struct stripe
+ if (i!=pd_idx && sh->dev[i].towrite) {
+ chosen = sh->dev[i].towrite;
+ sh->dev[i].towrite = NULL;
+-
+- if (test_and_clear_bit(R5_Overlap, &sh->dev[i].flags))
+- wake_up(&conf->wait_for_overlap);
+-
+ if (sh->dev[i].written) BUG();
+ sh->dev[i].written = chosen;
+ }
+@@ -803,7 +794,7 @@ static void compute_parity(struct stripe
+ * toread/towrite point to the first in a chain.
+ * The bi_next chain must be in order.
+ */
+-static int add_stripe_bio(struct stripe_head *sh, struct bio *bi, int dd_idx, int forwrite)
++static void add_stripe_bio (struct stripe_head *sh, struct bio *bi, int dd_idx, int forwrite)
+ {
+ struct bio **bip;
+ raid5_conf_t *conf = sh->raid_conf;
+@@ -820,13 +811,10 @@ static int add_stripe_bio(struct stripe_
+ else
+ bip = &sh->dev[dd_idx].toread;
+ while (*bip && (*bip)->bi_sector < bi->bi_sector) {
+- if ((*bip)->bi_sector + ((*bip)->bi_size >> 9) > bi->bi_sector)
+- goto overlap;
++ BUG_ON((*bip)->bi_sector + ((*bip)->bi_size >> 9) > bi->bi_sector);
+ bip = & (*bip)->bi_next;
+ }
+- if (*bip && (*bip)->bi_sector < bi->bi_sector + ((bi->bi_size)>>9))
+- goto overlap;
+-
++/* FIXME do I need to worry about overlapping bion */
+ if (*bip && bi->bi_next && (*bip) != bi->bi_next)
+ BUG();
+ if (*bip)
+@@ -841,7 +829,7 @@ static int add_stripe_bio(struct stripe_
+ (unsigned long long)sh->sector, dd_idx);
+
+ if (forwrite) {
+- /* check if page is covered */
++ /* check if page is coverred */
+ sector_t sector = sh->dev[dd_idx].sector;
+ for (bi=sh->dev[dd_idx].towrite;
+ sector < sh->dev[dd_idx].sector + STRIPE_SECTORS &&
+@@ -853,13 +841,6 @@ static int add_stripe_bio(struct stripe_
+ if (sector >= sh->dev[dd_idx].sector + STRIPE_SECTORS)
+ set_bit(R5_OVERWRITE, &sh->dev[dd_idx].flags);
+ }
+- return 1;
+-
+- overlap:
+- set_bit(R5_Overlap, &sh->dev[dd_idx].flags);
+- spin_unlock_irq(&conf->device_lock);
+- spin_unlock(&sh->lock);
+- return 0;
+ }
+
+
+@@ -920,8 +901,6 @@ static void handle_stripe(struct stripe_
+ spin_lock_irq(&conf->device_lock);
+ rbi = dev->toread;
+ dev->toread = NULL;
+- if (test_and_clear_bit(R5_Overlap, &dev->flags))
+- wake_up(&conf->wait_for_overlap);
+ spin_unlock_irq(&conf->device_lock);
+ while (rbi && rbi->bi_sector < dev->sector + STRIPE_SECTORS) {
+ copy_data(0, rbi, dev->page, dev->sector);
+@@ -969,9 +948,6 @@ static void handle_stripe(struct stripe_
+ sh->dev[i].towrite = NULL;
+ if (bi) to_write--;
+
+- if (test_and_clear_bit(R5_Overlap, &sh->dev[i].flags))
+- wake_up(&conf->wait_for_overlap);
+-
+ while (bi && bi->bi_sector < sh->dev[i].sector + STRIPE_SECTORS){
+ struct bio *nextbi = r5_next_bio(bi, sh->dev[i].sector);
+ clear_bit(BIO_UPTODATE, &bi->bi_flags);
+@@ -1000,8 +976,6 @@ static void handle_stripe(struct stripe_
+ if (!test_bit(R5_Insync, &sh->dev[i].flags)) {
+ bi = sh->dev[i].toread;
+ sh->dev[i].toread = NULL;
+- if (test_and_clear_bit(R5_Overlap, &sh->dev[i].flags))
+- wake_up(&conf->wait_for_overlap);
+ if (bi) to_read--;
+ while (bi && bi->bi_sector < sh->dev[i].sector + STRIPE_SECTORS){
+ struct bio *nextbi = r5_next_bio(bi, sh->dev[i].sector);
+@@ -1441,7 +1415,6 @@ static int make_request (request_queue_t
+ if ( bio_data_dir(bi) == WRITE )
+ md_write_start(mddev);
+ for (;logical_sector < last_sector; logical_sector += STRIPE_SECTORS) {
+- DEFINE_WAIT(w);
+
+ new_sector = raid5_compute_sector(logical_sector,
+ raid_disks, data_disks, &dd_idx, &pd_idx, conf);
+@@ -1450,28 +1423,17 @@ static int make_request (request_queue_t
+ (unsigned long long)new_sector,
+ (unsigned long long)logical_sector);
+
+- retry:
+- prepare_to_wait(&conf->wait_for_overlap, &w, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
+ sh = get_active_stripe(conf, new_sector, pd_idx, (bi->bi_rw&RWA_MASK));
+ if (sh) {
+- if (!add_stripe_bio(sh, bi, dd_idx, (bi->bi_rw&RW_MASK))) {
+- /* Add failed due to overlap. Flush everything
+- * and wait a while
+- */
+- raid5_unplug_device(mddev->queue);
+- release_stripe(sh);
+- schedule();
+- goto retry;
+- }
+- finish_wait(&conf->wait_for_overlap, &w);
++
++ add_stripe_bio(sh, bi, dd_idx, (bi->bi_rw&RW_MASK));
++
+ raid5_plug_device(conf);
+ handle_stripe(sh);
+ release_stripe(sh);
+-
+ } else {
+ /* cannot get stripe for read-ahead, just give-up */
+ clear_bit(BIO_UPTODATE, &bi->bi_flags);
+- finish_wait(&conf->wait_for_overlap, &w);
+ break;
+ }
+
+@@ -1619,7 +1581,6 @@ static int run (mddev_t *mddev)
+
+ conf->device_lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED;
+ init_waitqueue_head(&conf->wait_for_stripe);
+- init_waitqueue_head(&conf->wait_for_overlap);
+ INIT_LIST_HEAD(&conf->handle_list);
+ INIT_LIST_HEAD(&conf->delayed_list);
+ INIT_LIST_HEAD(&conf->inactive_list);
+--- linux-2.6.9-67/include/linux/raid/raid5.h 2007-11-21 21:12:41.000000000 -0700
++++ linux-2.6.9-55.0.12/include/linux/raid/raid5.h 2004-10-18 15:54:55.000000000 -0600
+@@ -152,7 +152,6 @@ struct stripe_head {
+ #define R5_Wantread 4 /* want to schedule a read */
+ #define R5_Wantwrite 5
+ #define R5_Syncio 6 /* this io need to be accounted as resync io */
+-#define R5_Overlap 7 /* There is a pending overlapping request on this block */
+
+ /*
+ * Write method
+@@ -220,7 +219,6 @@ struct raid5_private_data {
+ atomic_t active_stripes;
+ struct list_head inactive_list;
+ wait_queue_head_t wait_for_stripe;
+- wait_queue_head_t wait_for_overlap;
+ int inactive_blocked; /* release of inactive stripes blocked,
+ * waiting for 25% to be free
+ */
+--- linux-2.6.9-67/drivers/md/raid6main.c 2007-11-21 21:12:41.000000000 -0700
++++ linux-2.6.9-55.0.12/drivers/md/raid6main.c 2007-11-02 01:10:20.000000000 -0700
+@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
+ * This macro is used to determine the 'next' bio in the list, given the sector
+ * of the current stripe+device
+ */
+-#define r5_next_bio(bio, sect) ( ( (bio)->bi_sector + ((bio)->bi_size>>9) < sect + STRIPE_SECTORS) ? (bio)->bi_next : NULL)
++#define r5_next_bio(bio, sect) ( ( bio->bi_sector + (bio->bi_size>>9) < sect + STRIPE_SECTORS) ? bio->bi_next : NULL)
+ /*
+ * The following can be used to debug the driver
+ */
+@@ -740,10 +740,6 @@ static void compute_parity(struct stripe
+ if ( i != pd_idx && i != qd_idx && sh->dev[i].towrite ) {
+ chosen = sh->dev[i].towrite;
+ sh->dev[i].towrite = NULL;
+-
+- if (test_and_clear_bit(R5_Overlap, &sh->dev[i].flags))
+- wake_up(&conf->wait_for_overlap);
+-
+ if (sh->dev[i].written) BUG();
+ sh->dev[i].written = chosen;
+ }
+@@ -902,7 +898,7 @@ static void compute_block_2(struct strip
+ * toread/towrite point to the first in a chain.
+ * The bi_next chain must be in order.
+ */
+-static int add_stripe_bio(struct stripe_head *sh, struct bio *bi, int dd_idx, int forwrite)
++static void add_stripe_bio (struct stripe_head *sh, struct bio *bi, int dd_idx, int forwrite)
+ {
+ struct bio **bip;
+ raid6_conf_t *conf = sh->raid_conf;
+@@ -919,13 +915,10 @@ static int add_stripe_bio(struct stripe_
+ else
+ bip = &sh->dev[dd_idx].toread;
+ while (*bip && (*bip)->bi_sector < bi->bi_sector) {
+- if ((*bip)->bi_sector + ((*bip)->bi_size >> 9) > bi->bi_sector)
+- goto overlap;
+- bip = &(*bip)->bi_next;
++ BUG_ON((*bip)->bi_sector + ((*bip)->bi_size >> 9) > bi->bi_sector);
++ bip = & (*bip)->bi_next;
+ }
+- if (*bip && (*bip)->bi_sector < bi->bi_sector + ((bi->bi_size)>>9))
+- goto overlap;
+-
++/* FIXME do I need to worry about overlapping bion */
+ if (*bip && bi->bi_next && (*bip) != bi->bi_next)
+ BUG();
+ if (*bip)
+@@ -940,7 +933,7 @@ static int add_stripe_bio(struct stripe_
+ (unsigned long long)sh->sector, dd_idx);
+
+ if (forwrite) {
+- /* check if page is covered */
++ /* check if page is coverred */
+ sector_t sector = sh->dev[dd_idx].sector;
+ for (bi=sh->dev[dd_idx].towrite;
+ sector < sh->dev[dd_idx].sector + STRIPE_SECTORS &&
+@@ -952,13 +945,6 @@ static int add_stripe_bio(struct stripe_
+ if (sector >= sh->dev[dd_idx].sector + STRIPE_SECTORS)
+ set_bit(R5_OVERWRITE, &sh->dev[dd_idx].flags);
+ }
+- return 1;
+-
+- overlap:
+- set_bit(R5_Overlap, &sh->dev[dd_idx].flags);
+- spin_unlock_irq(&conf->device_lock);
+- spin_unlock(&sh->lock);
+- return 0;
+ }
+
+
+@@ -1022,8 +1008,6 @@ static void handle_stripe(struct stripe_
+ spin_lock_irq(&conf->device_lock);
+ rbi = dev->toread;
+ dev->toread = NULL;
+- if (test_and_clear_bit(R5_Overlap, &dev->flags))
+- wake_up(&conf->wait_for_overlap);
+ spin_unlock_irq(&conf->device_lock);
+ while (rbi && rbi->bi_sector < dev->sector + STRIPE_SECTORS) {
+ copy_data(0, rbi, dev->page, dev->sector);
+@@ -1073,9 +1057,6 @@ static void handle_stripe(struct stripe_
+ sh->dev[i].towrite = NULL;
+ if (bi) to_write--;
+
+- if (test_and_clear_bit(R5_Overlap, &sh->dev[i].flags))
+- wake_up(&conf->wait_for_overlap);
+-
+ while (bi && bi->bi_sector < sh->dev[i].sector + STRIPE_SECTORS){
+ struct bio *nextbi = r5_next_bio(bi, sh->dev[i].sector);
+ clear_bit(BIO_UPTODATE, &bi->bi_flags);
+@@ -1104,8 +1085,6 @@ static void handle_stripe(struct stripe_
+ if (!test_bit(R5_Insync, &sh->dev[i].flags)) {
+ bi = sh->dev[i].toread;
+ sh->dev[i].toread = NULL;
+- if (test_and_clear_bit(R5_Overlap, &sh->dev[i].flags))
+- wake_up(&conf->wait_for_overlap);
+ if (bi) to_read--;
+ while (bi && bi->bi_sector < sh->dev[i].sector + STRIPE_SECTORS){
+ struct bio *nextbi = r5_next_bio(bi, sh->dev[i].sector);
+@@ -1597,7 +1576,6 @@ static int make_request (request_queue_t
+ if ( bio_data_dir(bi) == WRITE )
+ md_write_start(mddev);
+ for (;logical_sector < last_sector; logical_sector += STRIPE_SECTORS) {
+- DEFINE_WAIT(w);
+
+ new_sector = raid6_compute_sector(logical_sector,
+ raid_disks, data_disks, &dd_idx, &pd_idx, conf);
+@@ -1606,27 +1584,17 @@ static int make_request (request_queue_t
+ (unsigned long long)new_sector,
+ (unsigned long long)logical_sector);
+
+- retry:
+- prepare_to_wait(&conf->wait_for_overlap, &w, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
+ sh = get_active_stripe(conf, new_sector, pd_idx, (bi->bi_rw&RWA_MASK));
+ if (sh) {
+- if (!add_stripe_bio(sh, bi, dd_idx, (bi->bi_rw&RW_MASK))) {
+- /* Add failed due to overlap. Flush everything
+- * and wait a while
+- */
+- raid6_unplug_device(mddev->queue);
+- release_stripe(sh);
+- schedule();
+- goto retry;
+- }
+- finish_wait(&conf->wait_for_overlap, &w);
++
++ add_stripe_bio(sh, bi, dd_idx, (bi->bi_rw&RW_MASK));
++
+ raid6_plug_device(conf);
+ handle_stripe(sh);
+ release_stripe(sh);
+ } else {
+ /* cannot get stripe for read-ahead, just give-up */
+ clear_bit(BIO_UPTODATE, &bi->bi_flags);
+- finish_wait(&conf->wait_for_overlap, &w);
+ break;
+ }
+
+@@ -1774,7 +1742,6 @@ static int run (mddev_t *mddev)
+
+ conf->device_lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED;
+ init_waitqueue_head(&conf->wait_for_stripe);
+- init_waitqueue_head(&conf->wait_for_overlap);
+ INIT_LIST_HEAD(&conf->handle_list);
+ INIT_LIST_HEAD(&conf->delayed_list);
+ INIT_LIST_HEAD(&conf->inactive_list);