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LU-4509 ptlrpc: re-enqueue ptlrpcd worker
[fs/lustre-release.git] / lustre / ptlrpc / client.c
index 7c0fb49..d920faa 100644 (file)
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-/* -*- mode: c; c-basic-offset: 8; indent-tabs-mode: nil; -*-
- * vim:expandtab:shiftwidth=8:tabstop=8:
- *
+/*
  * GPL HEADER START
  *
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
@@ -28,6 +26,8 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2002, 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * Use is subject to license terms.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2011, 2013, Intel Corporation.
  */
 /*
  * This file is part of Lustre, http://www.lustre.org/
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@
 
 #include "ptlrpc_internal.h"
 
+static int ptlrpc_send_new_req(struct ptlrpc_request *req);
+static int ptlrpcd_check_work(struct ptlrpc_request *req);
+
 /**
  * Initialize passed in client structure \a cl.
  */
@@ -62,6 +65,7 @@ void ptlrpc_init_client(int req_portal, int rep_portal, char *name,
         cl->cli_reply_portal   = rep_portal;
         cl->cli_name           = name;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ptlrpc_init_client);
 
 /**
  * Return PortalRPC connection for remore uud \a uuid
@@ -73,6 +77,9 @@ struct ptlrpc_connection *ptlrpc_uuid_to_connection(struct obd_uuid *uuid)
         lnet_process_id_t         peer;
         int                       err;
 
+       /* ptlrpc_uuid_to_peer() initializes its 2nd parameter
+        * before accessing its values. */
+       /* coverity[uninit_use_in_call] */
         err = ptlrpc_uuid_to_peer(uuid, &peer, &self);
         if (err != 0) {
                 CNETERR("cannot find peer %s!\n", uuid->uuid);
@@ -89,28 +96,37 @@ struct ptlrpc_connection *ptlrpc_uuid_to_connection(struct obd_uuid *uuid)
 
         return c;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ptlrpc_uuid_to_connection);
 
 /**
- * Allocate and initialize new bulk descriptor
+ * Allocate and initialize new bulk descriptor on the sender.
  * Returns pointer to the descriptor or NULL on error.
  */
-static inline struct ptlrpc_bulk_desc *new_bulk(int npages, int type, int portal)
+struct ptlrpc_bulk_desc *ptlrpc_new_bulk(unsigned npages, unsigned max_brw,
+                                        unsigned type, unsigned portal)
 {
-        struct ptlrpc_bulk_desc *desc;
+       struct ptlrpc_bulk_desc *desc;
+       int i;
 
-        OBD_ALLOC(desc, offsetof (struct ptlrpc_bulk_desc, bd_iov[npages]));
-        if (!desc)
-                return NULL;
+       OBD_ALLOC(desc, offsetof(struct ptlrpc_bulk_desc, bd_iov[npages]));
+       if (!desc)
+               return NULL;
 
-        cfs_spin_lock_init(&desc->bd_lock);
-        cfs_waitq_init(&desc->bd_waitq);
-        desc->bd_max_iov = npages;
-        desc->bd_iov_count = 0;
-        LNetInvalidateHandle(&desc->bd_md_h);
-        desc->bd_portal = portal;
-        desc->bd_type = type;
+       spin_lock_init(&desc->bd_lock);
+       init_waitqueue_head(&desc->bd_waitq);
+       desc->bd_max_iov = npages;
+       desc->bd_iov_count = 0;
+       desc->bd_portal = portal;
+       desc->bd_type = type;
+       desc->bd_md_count = 0;
+       LASSERT(max_brw > 0);
+       desc->bd_md_max_brw = min(max_brw, PTLRPC_BULK_OPS_COUNT);
+       /* PTLRPC_BULK_OPS_COUNT is the compile-time transfer limit for this
+        * node. Negotiated ocd_brw_size will always be <= this number. */
+       for (i = 0; i < PTLRPC_BULK_OPS_COUNT; i++)
+               LNetInvalidateHandle(&desc->bd_mds[i]);
 
-        return desc;
+       return desc;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -121,16 +137,17 @@ static inline struct ptlrpc_bulk_desc *new_bulk(int npages, int type, int portal
  * error.
  */
 struct ptlrpc_bulk_desc *ptlrpc_prep_bulk_imp(struct ptlrpc_request *req,
-                                              int npages, int type, int portal)
+                                             unsigned npages, unsigned max_brw,
+                                             unsigned type, unsigned portal)
 {
-        struct obd_import *imp = req->rq_import;
-        struct ptlrpc_bulk_desc *desc;
+       struct obd_import *imp = req->rq_import;
+       struct ptlrpc_bulk_desc *desc;
 
-        ENTRY;
-        LASSERT(type == BULK_PUT_SINK || type == BULK_GET_SOURCE);
-        desc = new_bulk(npages, type, portal);
-        if (desc == NULL)
-                RETURN(NULL);
+       ENTRY;
+       LASSERT(type == BULK_PUT_SINK || type == BULK_GET_SOURCE);
+       desc = ptlrpc_new_bulk(npages, max_brw, type, portal);
+       if (desc == NULL)
+               RETURN(NULL);
 
         desc->bd_import_generation = req->rq_import_generation;
         desc->bd_import = class_import_get(imp);
@@ -144,88 +161,62 @@ struct ptlrpc_bulk_desc *ptlrpc_prep_bulk_imp(struct ptlrpc_request *req,
 
         return desc;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ptlrpc_prep_bulk_imp);
 
-/**
- * Prepare bulk descriptor for specified incoming request \a req that
- * can fit \a npages * pages. \a type is bulk type. \a portal is where
- * the bulk to be sent. Used on server-side after request was already
- * received.
- * Returns pointer to newly allocatrd initialized bulk descriptor or NULL on
- * error.
- */
-struct ptlrpc_bulk_desc *ptlrpc_prep_bulk_exp(struct ptlrpc_request *req,
-                                              int npages, int type, int portal)
-{
-        struct obd_export *exp = req->rq_export;
-        struct ptlrpc_bulk_desc *desc;
-
-        ENTRY;
-        LASSERT(type == BULK_PUT_SOURCE || type == BULK_GET_SINK);
-
-        desc = new_bulk(npages, type, portal);
-        if (desc == NULL)
-                RETURN(NULL);
-
-        desc->bd_export = class_export_get(exp);
-        desc->bd_req = req;
-
-        desc->bd_cbid.cbid_fn  = server_bulk_callback;
-        desc->bd_cbid.cbid_arg = desc;
-
-        /* NB we don't assign rq_bulk here; server-side requests are
-         * re-used, and the handler frees the bulk desc explicitly. */
-
-        return desc;
-}
-
-/**
+/*
  * Add a page \a page to the bulk descriptor \a desc.
  * Data to transfer in the page starts at offset \a pageoffset and
  * amount of data to transfer from the page is \a len
  */
-void ptlrpc_prep_bulk_page(struct ptlrpc_bulk_desc *desc,
-                           cfs_page_t *page, int pageoffset, int len)
+void __ptlrpc_prep_bulk_page(struct ptlrpc_bulk_desc *desc,
+                            struct page *page, int pageoffset, int len, int pin)
 {
-        LASSERT(desc->bd_iov_count < desc->bd_max_iov);
-        LASSERT(page != NULL);
-        LASSERT(pageoffset >= 0);
-        LASSERT(len > 0);
-        LASSERT(pageoffset + len <= CFS_PAGE_SIZE);
+       LASSERT(desc->bd_iov_count < desc->bd_max_iov);
+       LASSERT(page != NULL);
+       LASSERT(pageoffset >= 0);
+       LASSERT(len > 0);
+       LASSERT(pageoffset + len <= PAGE_CACHE_SIZE);
 
-        desc->bd_nob += len;
+       desc->bd_nob += len;
 
-        cfs_page_pin(page);
-        ptlrpc_add_bulk_page(desc, page, pageoffset, len);
+       if (pin)
+               page_cache_get(page);
+
+       ptlrpc_add_bulk_page(desc, page, pageoffset, len);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__ptlrpc_prep_bulk_page);
 
 /**
  * Uninitialize and free bulk descriptor \a desc.
  * Works on bulk descriptors both from server and client side.
  */
-void ptlrpc_free_bulk(struct ptlrpc_bulk_desc *desc)
+void __ptlrpc_free_bulk(struct ptlrpc_bulk_desc *desc, int unpin)
 {
-        int i;
-        ENTRY;
+       int i;
+       ENTRY;
 
-        LASSERT(desc != NULL);
-        LASSERT(desc->bd_iov_count != LI_POISON); /* not freed already */
-        LASSERT(!desc->bd_network_rw);         /* network hands off or */
-        LASSERT((desc->bd_export != NULL) ^ (desc->bd_import != NULL));
+       LASSERT(desc != NULL);
+       LASSERT(desc->bd_iov_count != LI_POISON); /* not freed already */
+       LASSERT(desc->bd_md_count == 0);         /* network hands off */
+       LASSERT((desc->bd_export != NULL) ^ (desc->bd_import != NULL));
 
-        sptlrpc_enc_pool_put_pages(desc);
+       sptlrpc_enc_pool_put_pages(desc);
 
-        if (desc->bd_export)
-                class_export_put(desc->bd_export);
-        else
-                class_import_put(desc->bd_import);
+       if (desc->bd_export)
+               class_export_put(desc->bd_export);
+       else
+               class_import_put(desc->bd_import);
 
-        for (i = 0; i < desc->bd_iov_count ; i++)
-                cfs_page_unpin(desc->bd_iov[i].kiov_page);
+       if (unpin) {
+               for (i = 0; i < desc->bd_iov_count ; i++)
+                       page_cache_release(desc->bd_iov[i].kiov_page);
+       }
 
-        OBD_FREE(desc, offsetof(struct ptlrpc_bulk_desc,
-                                bd_iov[desc->bd_max_iov]));
-        EXIT;
+       OBD_FREE(desc, offsetof(struct ptlrpc_bulk_desc,
+                               bd_iov[desc->bd_max_iov]));
+       EXIT;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__ptlrpc_free_bulk);
 
 /**
  * Set server timelimit for this req, i.e. how long are we willing to wait
@@ -264,6 +255,7 @@ void ptlrpc_at_set_req_timeout(struct ptlrpc_request *req)
            reqmsg*/
         lustre_msg_set_timeout(req->rq_reqmsg, req->rq_timeout);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ptlrpc_at_set_req_timeout);
 
 /* Adjust max service estimate based on server value */
 static void ptlrpc_at_adj_service(struct ptlrpc_request *req,
@@ -353,11 +345,11 @@ static int ptlrpc_at_recv_early_reply(struct ptlrpc_request *req)
         ENTRY;
 
         req->rq_early = 0;
-        cfs_spin_unlock(&req->rq_lock);
+       spin_unlock(&req->rq_lock);
 
-        rc = sptlrpc_cli_unwrap_early_reply(req, &early_req);
-        if (rc) {
-                cfs_spin_lock(&req->rq_lock);
+       rc = sptlrpc_cli_unwrap_early_reply(req, &early_req);
+       if (rc) {
+               spin_lock(&req->rq_lock);
                 RETURN(rc);
         }
 
@@ -372,27 +364,56 @@ static int ptlrpc_at_recv_early_reply(struct ptlrpc_request *req)
 
         sptlrpc_cli_finish_early_reply(early_req);
 
-        cfs_spin_lock(&req->rq_lock);
+       if (rc != 0) {
+               spin_lock(&req->rq_lock);
+               RETURN(rc);
+       }
 
-        if (rc == 0) {
-                /* Adjust the local timeout for this req */
-                ptlrpc_at_set_req_timeout(req);
-
-                olddl = req->rq_deadline;
-                /* server assumes it now has rq_timeout from when it sent the
-                   early reply, so client should give it at least that long. */
-                req->rq_deadline = cfs_time_current_sec() + req->rq_timeout +
-                            ptlrpc_at_get_net_latency(req);
-
-                DEBUG_REQ(D_ADAPTTO, req,
-                          "Early reply #%d, new deadline in "CFS_DURATION_T"s "
-                          "("CFS_DURATION_T"s)", req->rq_early_count,
-                          cfs_time_sub(req->rq_deadline,
-                                       cfs_time_current_sec()),
-                          cfs_time_sub(req->rq_deadline, olddl));
-        }
+       /* Adjust the local timeout for this req */
+       ptlrpc_at_set_req_timeout(req);
 
-        RETURN(rc);
+       spin_lock(&req->rq_lock);
+       olddl = req->rq_deadline;
+       /* server assumes it now has rq_timeout from when it sent the
+        * early reply, so client should give it at least that long. */
+       req->rq_deadline = cfs_time_current_sec() + req->rq_timeout +
+                          ptlrpc_at_get_net_latency(req);
+
+       DEBUG_REQ(D_ADAPTTO, req,
+                 "Early reply #%d, new deadline in "CFS_DURATION_T"s "
+                 "("CFS_DURATION_T"s)", req->rq_early_count,
+                 cfs_time_sub(req->rq_deadline, cfs_time_current_sec()),
+                 cfs_time_sub(req->rq_deadline, olddl));
+
+       RETURN(rc);
+}
+
+struct kmem_cache *request_cache;
+
+int ptlrpc_request_cache_init()
+{
+       request_cache = kmem_cache_create("ptlrpc_cache",
+                                         sizeof(struct ptlrpc_request),
+                                         0, SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN, NULL);
+       return request_cache == NULL ? -ENOMEM : 0;
+}
+
+void ptlrpc_request_cache_fini()
+{
+       kmem_cache_destroy(request_cache);
+}
+
+struct ptlrpc_request *ptlrpc_request_cache_alloc(int flags)
+{
+       struct ptlrpc_request *req;
+
+       OBD_SLAB_ALLOC_PTR_GFP(req, request_cache, flags);
+       return req;
+}
+
+void ptlrpc_request_cache_free(struct ptlrpc_request *req)
+{
+       OBD_SLAB_FREE_PTR(req, request_cache);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -401,23 +422,24 @@ static int ptlrpc_at_recv_early_reply(struct ptlrpc_request *req)
  */
 void ptlrpc_free_rq_pool(struct ptlrpc_request_pool *pool)
 {
-        cfs_list_t *l, *tmp;
-        struct ptlrpc_request *req;
+       cfs_list_t *l, *tmp;
+       struct ptlrpc_request *req;
 
-        LASSERT(pool != NULL);
+       LASSERT(pool != NULL);
 
-        cfs_spin_lock(&pool->prp_lock);
-        cfs_list_for_each_safe(l, tmp, &pool->prp_req_list) {
-                req = cfs_list_entry(l, struct ptlrpc_request, rq_list);
-                cfs_list_del(&req->rq_list);
-                LASSERT(req->rq_reqbuf);
-                LASSERT(req->rq_reqbuf_len == pool->prp_rq_size);
-                OBD_FREE_LARGE(req->rq_reqbuf, pool->prp_rq_size);
-                OBD_FREE(req, sizeof(*req));
-        }
-        cfs_spin_unlock(&pool->prp_lock);
-        OBD_FREE(pool, sizeof(*pool));
+       spin_lock(&pool->prp_lock);
+       cfs_list_for_each_safe(l, tmp, &pool->prp_req_list) {
+               req = cfs_list_entry(l, struct ptlrpc_request, rq_list);
+               cfs_list_del(&req->rq_list);
+               LASSERT(req->rq_reqbuf);
+               LASSERT(req->rq_reqbuf_len == pool->prp_rq_size);
+               OBD_FREE_LARGE(req->rq_reqbuf, pool->prp_rq_size);
+               ptlrpc_request_cache_free(req);
+       }
+       spin_unlock(&pool->prp_lock);
+       OBD_FREE(pool, sizeof(*pool));
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ptlrpc_free_rq_pool);
 
 /**
  * Allocates, initializes and adds \a num_rq requests to the pool \a pool
@@ -435,30 +457,31 @@ void ptlrpc_add_rqs_to_pool(struct ptlrpc_request_pool *pool, int num_rq)
                  "Trying to change pool size with nonempty pool "
                  "from %d to %d bytes\n", pool->prp_rq_size, size);
 
-        cfs_spin_lock(&pool->prp_lock);
-        pool->prp_rq_size = size;
-        for (i = 0; i < num_rq; i++) {
-                struct ptlrpc_request *req;
-                struct lustre_msg *msg;
-
-                cfs_spin_unlock(&pool->prp_lock);
-                OBD_ALLOC(req, sizeof(struct ptlrpc_request));
-                if (!req)
-                        return;
-                OBD_ALLOC_LARGE(msg, size);
-                if (!msg) {
-                        OBD_FREE(req, sizeof(struct ptlrpc_request));
-                        return;
+       spin_lock(&pool->prp_lock);
+       pool->prp_rq_size = size;
+       for (i = 0; i < num_rq; i++) {
+               struct ptlrpc_request *req;
+               struct lustre_msg *msg;
+
+               spin_unlock(&pool->prp_lock);
+               req = ptlrpc_request_cache_alloc(__GFP_IO);
+               if (!req)
+                       return;
+               OBD_ALLOC_LARGE(msg, size);
+               if (!msg) {
+                       ptlrpc_request_cache_free(req);
+                       return;
                 }
                 req->rq_reqbuf = msg;
                 req->rq_reqbuf_len = size;
                 req->rq_pool = pool;
-                cfs_spin_lock(&pool->prp_lock);
-                cfs_list_add_tail(&req->rq_list, &pool->prp_req_list);
-        }
-        cfs_spin_unlock(&pool->prp_lock);
-        return;
+               spin_lock(&pool->prp_lock);
+               cfs_list_add_tail(&req->rq_list, &pool->prp_req_list);
+       }
+       spin_unlock(&pool->prp_lock);
+       return;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ptlrpc_add_rqs_to_pool);
 
 /**
  * Create and initialize new request pool with given attributes:
@@ -481,7 +504,7 @@ ptlrpc_init_rq_pool(int num_rq, int msgsize,
         /* Request next power of two for the allocation, because internally
            kernel would do exactly this */
 
-        cfs_spin_lock_init(&pool->prp_lock);
+       spin_lock_init(&pool->prp_lock);
         CFS_INIT_LIST_HEAD(&pool->prp_req_list);
         pool->prp_rq_size = msgsize + SPTLRPC_MAX_PAYLOAD;
         pool->prp_populate = populate_pool;
@@ -495,6 +518,7 @@ ptlrpc_init_rq_pool(int num_rq, int msgsize,
         }
         return pool;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ptlrpc_init_rq_pool);
 
 /**
  * Fetches one request from pool \a pool
@@ -508,21 +532,21 @@ ptlrpc_prep_req_from_pool(struct ptlrpc_request_pool *pool)
         if (!pool)
                 return NULL;
 
-        cfs_spin_lock(&pool->prp_lock);
+       spin_lock(&pool->prp_lock);
 
-        /* See if we have anything in a pool, and bail out if nothing,
-         * in writeout path, where this matters, this is safe to do, because
-         * nothing is lost in this case, and when some in-flight requests
-         * complete, this code will be called again. */
-        if (unlikely(cfs_list_empty(&pool->prp_req_list))) {
-                cfs_spin_unlock(&pool->prp_lock);
-                return NULL;
-        }
+       /* See if we have anything in a pool, and bail out if nothing,
+        * in writeout path, where this matters, this is safe to do, because
+        * nothing is lost in this case, and when some in-flight requests
+        * complete, this code will be called again. */
+       if (unlikely(cfs_list_empty(&pool->prp_req_list))) {
+               spin_unlock(&pool->prp_lock);
+               return NULL;
+       }
 
-        request = cfs_list_entry(pool->prp_req_list.next, struct ptlrpc_request,
-                                 rq_list);
-        cfs_list_del_init(&request->rq_list);
-        cfs_spin_unlock(&pool->prp_lock);
+       request = cfs_list_entry(pool->prp_req_list.next, struct ptlrpc_request,
+                                rq_list);
+       cfs_list_del_init(&request->rq_list);
+       spin_unlock(&pool->prp_lock);
 
         LASSERT(request->rq_reqbuf);
         LASSERT(request->rq_pool);
@@ -541,13 +565,13 @@ ptlrpc_prep_req_from_pool(struct ptlrpc_request_pool *pool)
  */
 static void __ptlrpc_free_req_to_pool(struct ptlrpc_request *request)
 {
-        struct ptlrpc_request_pool *pool = request->rq_pool;
+       struct ptlrpc_request_pool *pool = request->rq_pool;
 
-        cfs_spin_lock(&pool->prp_lock);
-        LASSERT(cfs_list_empty(&request->rq_list));
-        LASSERT(!request->rq_receiving_reply);
-        cfs_list_add_tail(&request->rq_list, &pool->prp_req_list);
-        cfs_spin_unlock(&pool->prp_lock);
+       spin_lock(&pool->prp_lock);
+       LASSERT(cfs_list_empty(&request->rq_list));
+       LASSERT(!request->rq_receiving_reply);
+       cfs_list_add_tail(&request->rq_list, &pool->prp_req_list);
+       spin_unlock(&pool->prp_lock);
 }
 
 static int __ptlrpc_request_bufs_pack(struct ptlrpc_request *request,
@@ -596,27 +620,27 @@ static int __ptlrpc_request_bufs_pack(struct ptlrpc_request *request,
 
         ptlrpc_at_set_req_timeout(request);
 
-        cfs_spin_lock_init(&request->rq_lock);
-        CFS_INIT_LIST_HEAD(&request->rq_list);
-        CFS_INIT_LIST_HEAD(&request->rq_timed_list);
-        CFS_INIT_LIST_HEAD(&request->rq_replay_list);
-        CFS_INIT_LIST_HEAD(&request->rq_ctx_chain);
-        CFS_INIT_LIST_HEAD(&request->rq_set_chain);
-        CFS_INIT_LIST_HEAD(&request->rq_history_list);
-        CFS_INIT_LIST_HEAD(&request->rq_exp_list);
-        cfs_waitq_init(&request->rq_reply_waitq);
-        cfs_waitq_init(&request->rq_set_waitq);
-        request->rq_xid = ptlrpc_next_xid();
-        cfs_atomic_set(&request->rq_refcount, 1);
-
-        lustre_msg_set_opc(request->rq_reqmsg, opcode);
-
-        RETURN(0);
+       spin_lock_init(&request->rq_lock);
+       CFS_INIT_LIST_HEAD(&request->rq_list);
+       CFS_INIT_LIST_HEAD(&request->rq_timed_list);
+       CFS_INIT_LIST_HEAD(&request->rq_replay_list);
+       CFS_INIT_LIST_HEAD(&request->rq_ctx_chain);
+       CFS_INIT_LIST_HEAD(&request->rq_set_chain);
+       CFS_INIT_LIST_HEAD(&request->rq_history_list);
+       CFS_INIT_LIST_HEAD(&request->rq_exp_list);
+       init_waitqueue_head(&request->rq_reply_waitq);
+       init_waitqueue_head(&request->rq_set_waitq);
+       request->rq_xid = ptlrpc_next_xid();
+       cfs_atomic_set(&request->rq_refcount, 1);
+
+       lustre_msg_set_opc(request->rq_reqmsg, opcode);
+
+       RETURN(0);
 out_ctx:
-        sptlrpc_cli_ctx_put(request->rq_cli_ctx, 1);
+       sptlrpc_cli_ctx_put(request->rq_cli_ctx, 1);
 out_free:
-        class_import_put(imp);
-        return rc;
+       class_import_put(imp);
+       return rc;
 }
 
 int ptlrpc_request_bufs_pack(struct ptlrpc_request *request,
@@ -639,8 +663,32 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(ptlrpc_request_bufs_pack);
 int ptlrpc_request_pack(struct ptlrpc_request *request,
                         __u32 version, int opcode)
 {
-        return ptlrpc_request_bufs_pack(request, version, opcode, NULL, NULL);
-}
+       int rc;
+       rc = ptlrpc_request_bufs_pack(request, version, opcode, NULL, NULL);
+       if (rc)
+               return rc;
+
+       /* For some old 1.8 clients (< 1.8.7), they will LASSERT the size of
+        * ptlrpc_body sent from server equal to local ptlrpc_body size, so we
+        * have to send old ptlrpc_body to keep interoprability with these
+        * clients.
+        *
+        * Only three kinds of server->client RPCs so far:
+        *  - LDLM_BL_CALLBACK
+        *  - LDLM_CP_CALLBACK
+        *  - LDLM_GL_CALLBACK
+        *
+        * XXX This should be removed whenever we drop the interoprability with
+        *     the these old clients.
+        */
+       if (opcode == LDLM_BL_CALLBACK || opcode == LDLM_CP_CALLBACK ||
+           opcode == LDLM_GL_CALLBACK)
+               req_capsule_shrink(&request->rq_pill, &RMF_PTLRPC_BODY,
+                                  sizeof(struct ptlrpc_body_v2), RCL_CLIENT);
+
+       return rc;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ptlrpc_request_pack);
 
 /**
  * Helper function to allocate new request on import \a imp
@@ -652,13 +700,13 @@ static inline
 struct ptlrpc_request *__ptlrpc_request_alloc(struct obd_import *imp,
                                               struct ptlrpc_request_pool *pool)
 {
-        struct ptlrpc_request *request = NULL;
+       struct ptlrpc_request *request = NULL;
 
-        if (pool)
-                request = ptlrpc_prep_req_from_pool(pool);
+       if (pool)
+               request = ptlrpc_prep_req_from_pool(pool);
 
-        if (!request)
-                OBD_ALLOC_PTR(request);
+       if (!request)
+               request = ptlrpc_request_cache_alloc(__GFP_IO);
 
         if (request) {
                 LASSERTF((unsigned long)imp > 0x1000, "%p", imp);
@@ -706,6 +754,7 @@ struct ptlrpc_request *ptlrpc_request_alloc(struct obd_import *imp,
 {
         return ptlrpc_request_alloc_internal(imp, NULL, format);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ptlrpc_request_alloc);
 
 /**
  * Allocate new request structure for import \a imp from pool \a pool and
@@ -717,6 +766,7 @@ struct ptlrpc_request *ptlrpc_request_alloc_pool(struct obd_import *imp,
 {
         return ptlrpc_request_alloc_internal(imp, pool, format);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ptlrpc_request_alloc_pool);
 
 /**
  * For requests not from pool, free memory of the request structure.
@@ -724,11 +774,12 @@ struct ptlrpc_request *ptlrpc_request_alloc_pool(struct obd_import *imp,
  */
 void ptlrpc_request_free(struct ptlrpc_request *request)
 {
-        if (request->rq_pool)
-                __ptlrpc_free_req_to_pool(request);
-        else
-                OBD_FREE_PTR(request);
+       if (request->rq_pool)
+               __ptlrpc_free_req_to_pool(request);
+       else
+               ptlrpc_request_cache_free(request);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ptlrpc_request_free);
 
 /**
  * Allocate new request for operatione \a opcode and immediatelly pack it for
@@ -753,6 +804,7 @@ struct ptlrpc_request *ptlrpc_request_alloc_pack(struct obd_import *imp,
         }
         return req;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ptlrpc_request_alloc_pack);
 
 /**
  * Prepare request (fetched from pool \a poolif not NULL) on import \a imp
@@ -782,6 +834,7 @@ ptlrpc_prep_req_pool(struct obd_import *imp,
         }
         return request;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ptlrpc_prep_req_pool);
 
 /**
  * Same as ptlrpc_prep_req_pool, but without pool
@@ -793,99 +846,62 @@ ptlrpc_prep_req(struct obd_import *imp, __u32 version, int opcode, int count,
         return ptlrpc_prep_req_pool(imp, version, opcode, count, lengths, bufs,
                                     NULL);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ptlrpc_prep_req);
 
 /**
- * Allocate "fake" request that would not be sent anywhere in the end.
- * Only used as a hack because we have no other way of performing
- * async actions in lustre between layers.
- * Used on MDS to request object preallocations from more than one OST at a
- * time.
- */
-struct ptlrpc_request *ptlrpc_prep_fakereq(struct obd_import *imp,
-                                           unsigned int timeout,
-                                           ptlrpc_interpterer_t interpreter)
-{
-        struct ptlrpc_request *request = NULL;
-        ENTRY;
-
-        OBD_ALLOC(request, sizeof(*request));
-        if (!request) {
-                CERROR("request allocation out of memory\n");
-                RETURN(NULL);
-        }
-
-        request->rq_send_state = LUSTRE_IMP_FULL;
-        request->rq_type = PTL_RPC_MSG_REQUEST;
-        request->rq_import = class_import_get(imp);
-        request->rq_export = NULL;
-        request->rq_import_generation = imp->imp_generation;
-
-        request->rq_timeout = timeout;
-        request->rq_sent = cfs_time_current_sec();
-        request->rq_deadline = request->rq_sent + timeout;
-        request->rq_reply_deadline = request->rq_deadline;
-        request->rq_interpret_reply = interpreter;
-        request->rq_phase = RQ_PHASE_RPC;
-        request->rq_next_phase = RQ_PHASE_INTERPRET;
-        /* don't want reply */
-        request->rq_receiving_reply = 0;
-        request->rq_must_unlink = 0;
-        request->rq_no_delay = request->rq_no_resend = 1;
-        request->rq_fake = 1;
-
-        cfs_spin_lock_init(&request->rq_lock);
-        CFS_INIT_LIST_HEAD(&request->rq_list);
-        CFS_INIT_LIST_HEAD(&request->rq_replay_list);
-        CFS_INIT_LIST_HEAD(&request->rq_set_chain);
-        CFS_INIT_LIST_HEAD(&request->rq_history_list);
-        CFS_INIT_LIST_HEAD(&request->rq_exp_list);
-        cfs_waitq_init(&request->rq_reply_waitq);
-        cfs_waitq_init(&request->rq_set_waitq);
-
-        request->rq_xid = ptlrpc_next_xid();
-        cfs_atomic_set(&request->rq_refcount, 1);
-
-        RETURN(request);
-}
-
-/**
- * Indicate that processing of "fake" request is finished.
+ * Allocate and initialize new request set structure.
+ * Returns a pointer to the newly allocated set structure or NULL on error.
  */
-void ptlrpc_fakereq_finished(struct ptlrpc_request *req)
+struct ptlrpc_request_set *ptlrpc_prep_set(void)
 {
-        /* if we kill request before timeout - need adjust counter */
-        if (req->rq_phase == RQ_PHASE_RPC) {
-                struct ptlrpc_request_set *set = req->rq_set;
-
-                if (set)
-                        cfs_atomic_dec(&set->set_remaining);
-        }
-
-        ptlrpc_rqphase_move(req, RQ_PHASE_COMPLETE);
-        cfs_list_del_init(&req->rq_list);
-}
+       struct ptlrpc_request_set *set;
+
+       ENTRY;
+       OBD_ALLOC(set, sizeof *set);
+       if (!set)
+               RETURN(NULL);
+       cfs_atomic_set(&set->set_refcount, 1);
+       CFS_INIT_LIST_HEAD(&set->set_requests);
+       init_waitqueue_head(&set->set_waitq);
+       cfs_atomic_set(&set->set_new_count, 0);
+       cfs_atomic_set(&set->set_remaining, 0);
+       spin_lock_init(&set->set_new_req_lock);
+       CFS_INIT_LIST_HEAD(&set->set_new_requests);
+       CFS_INIT_LIST_HEAD(&set->set_cblist);
+       set->set_max_inflight = UINT_MAX;
+       set->set_producer     = NULL;
+       set->set_producer_arg = NULL;
+       set->set_rc           = 0;
+
+       RETURN(set);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ptlrpc_prep_set);
 
 /**
- * Allocate and initialize new request set structure.
+ * Allocate and initialize new request set structure with flow control
+ * extension. This extension allows to control the number of requests in-flight
+ * for the whole set. A callback function to generate requests must be provided
+ * and the request set will keep the number of requests sent over the wire to
+ * @max_inflight.
  * Returns a pointer to the newly allocated set structure or NULL on error.
  */
-struct ptlrpc_request_set *ptlrpc_prep_set(void)
+struct ptlrpc_request_set *ptlrpc_prep_fcset(int max, set_producer_func func,
+                                            void *arg)
+
 {
-        struct ptlrpc_request_set *set;
+       struct ptlrpc_request_set *set;
 
-        ENTRY;
-        OBD_ALLOC(set, sizeof *set);
-        if (!set)
-                RETURN(NULL);
-        CFS_INIT_LIST_HEAD(&set->set_requests);
-        cfs_waitq_init(&set->set_waitq);
-        cfs_atomic_set(&set->set_remaining, 0);
-        cfs_spin_lock_init(&set->set_new_req_lock);
-        CFS_INIT_LIST_HEAD(&set->set_new_requests);
-        CFS_INIT_LIST_HEAD(&set->set_cblist);
+       set = ptlrpc_prep_set();
+       if (!set)
+               RETURN(NULL);
 
-        RETURN(set);
+       set->set_max_inflight  = max;
+       set->set_producer      = func;
+       set->set_producer_arg  = arg;
+
+       RETURN(set);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ptlrpc_prep_fcset);
 
 /**
  * Wind down and free request set structure previously allocated with
@@ -932,19 +948,20 @@ void ptlrpc_set_destroy(struct ptlrpc_request_set *set)
                         cfs_atomic_dec(&set->set_remaining);
                 }
 
-                cfs_spin_lock(&req->rq_lock);
-                req->rq_set = NULL;
-                req->rq_invalid_rqset = 0;
-                cfs_spin_unlock(&req->rq_lock);
+               spin_lock(&req->rq_lock);
+               req->rq_set = NULL;
+               req->rq_invalid_rqset = 0;
+               spin_unlock(&req->rq_lock);
 
                 ptlrpc_req_finished (req);
         }
 
         LASSERT(cfs_atomic_read(&set->set_remaining) == 0);
 
-        OBD_FREE(set, sizeof(*set));
+        ptlrpc_reqset_put(set);
         EXIT;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ptlrpc_set_destroy);
 
 /**
  * Add a callback function \a fn to the set.
@@ -966,6 +983,7 @@ int ptlrpc_set_add_cb(struct ptlrpc_request_set *set,
 
         RETURN(0);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ptlrpc_set_add_cb);
 
 /**
  * Add a new request to the general purpose request set.
@@ -974,44 +992,60 @@ int ptlrpc_set_add_cb(struct ptlrpc_request_set *set,
 void ptlrpc_set_add_req(struct ptlrpc_request_set *set,
                         struct ptlrpc_request *req)
 {
-        /* The set takes over the caller's request reference */
-        cfs_list_add_tail(&req->rq_set_chain, &set->set_requests);
-        req->rq_set = set;
-        cfs_atomic_inc(&set->set_remaining);
-        req->rq_queued_time = cfs_time_current(); /* Where is the best place to set this? */
+       LASSERT(cfs_list_empty(&req->rq_set_chain));
+
+       /* The set takes over the caller's request reference */
+       cfs_list_add_tail(&req->rq_set_chain, &set->set_requests);
+       req->rq_set = set;
+       cfs_atomic_inc(&set->set_remaining);
+       req->rq_queued_time = cfs_time_current();
+
+       if (req->rq_reqmsg != NULL)
+               lustre_msg_set_jobid(req->rq_reqmsg, NULL);
+
+       if (set->set_producer != NULL)
+               /* If the request set has a producer callback, the RPC must be
+                * sent straight away */
+               ptlrpc_send_new_req(req);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ptlrpc_set_add_req);
 
 /**
  * Add a request to a request with dedicated server thread
  * and wake the thread to make any necessary processing.
  * Currently only used for ptlrpcd.
- * Returns 0 if succesful or non zero error code on error.
- * (the only possible error for now is if the dedicated server thread
- * is shutting down)
  */
-int ptlrpc_set_add_new_req(struct ptlrpcd_ctl *pc,
+void ptlrpc_set_add_new_req(struct ptlrpcd_ctl *pc,
                            struct ptlrpc_request *req)
 {
         struct ptlrpc_request_set *set = pc->pc_set;
+        int count, i;
 
-        /*
-         * Let caller know that we stopped and will not handle this request.
-         * It needs to take care itself of request.
-         */
-        if (cfs_test_bit(LIOD_STOP, &pc->pc_flags))
-                return -EALREADY;
-
-        cfs_spin_lock(&set->set_new_req_lock);
-        /*
-         * The set takes over the caller's request reference.
-         */
-        cfs_list_add_tail(&req->rq_set_chain, &set->set_new_requests);
-        req->rq_set = set;
-        cfs_spin_unlock(&set->set_new_req_lock);
-
-        cfs_waitq_signal(&set->set_waitq);
-        return 0;
-}
+        LASSERT(req->rq_set == NULL);
+       LASSERT(test_bit(LIOD_STOP, &pc->pc_flags) == 0);
+
+       spin_lock(&set->set_new_req_lock);
+       /*
+        * The set takes over the caller's request reference.
+        */
+       req->rq_set = set;
+       req->rq_queued_time = cfs_time_current();
+       cfs_list_add_tail(&req->rq_set_chain, &set->set_new_requests);
+       count = cfs_atomic_inc_return(&set->set_new_count);
+       spin_unlock(&set->set_new_req_lock);
+
+       /* Only need to call wakeup once for the first entry. */
+       if (count == 1) {
+               wake_up(&set->set_waitq);
+
+               /* XXX: It maybe unnecessary to wakeup all the partners. But to
+                *      guarantee the async RPC can be processed ASAP, we have
+                *      no other better choice. It maybe fixed in future. */
+               for (i = 0; i < pc->pc_npartners; i++)
+                       wake_up(&pc->pc_partners[i]->pc_set->set_waitq);
+       }
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ptlrpc_set_add_new_req);
 
 /**
  * Based on the current state of the import, determine if the request
@@ -1037,10 +1071,11 @@ static int ptlrpc_import_delay_req(struct obd_import *imp,
         } else if (imp->imp_state == LUSTRE_IMP_NEW) {
                 DEBUG_REQ(D_ERROR, req, "Uninitialized import.");
                 *status = -EIO;
-                LBUG();
-        } else if (imp->imp_state == LUSTRE_IMP_CLOSED) {
-                DEBUG_REQ(D_ERROR, req, "IMP_CLOSED ");
-                *status = -EIO;
+       } else if (imp->imp_state == LUSTRE_IMP_CLOSED) {
+               /* pings may safely race with umount */
+               DEBUG_REQ(lustre_msg_get_opc(req->rq_reqmsg) == OBD_PING ?
+                         D_HA : D_ERROR, req, "IMP_CLOSED ");
+               *status = -EIO;
         } else if (ptlrpc_send_limit_expired(req)) {
                 /* probably doesn't need to be a D_ERROR after initial testing */
                 DEBUG_REQ(D_ERROR, req, "send limit expired ");
@@ -1052,11 +1087,11 @@ static int ptlrpc_import_delay_req(struct obd_import *imp,
                         DEBUG_REQ(D_ERROR, req, "invalidate in flight");
                         *status = -EIO;
                 }
-        } else if (imp->imp_invalid || imp->imp_obd->obd_no_recov) {
-                if (!imp->imp_deactive)
-                          DEBUG_REQ(D_ERROR, req, "IMP_INVALID");
-                *status = -ESHUTDOWN; /* bz 12940 */
-        } else if (req->rq_import_generation != imp->imp_generation) {
+       } else if (imp->imp_invalid || imp->imp_obd->obd_no_recov) {
+               if (!imp->imp_deactive)
+                       DEBUG_REQ(D_NET, req, "IMP_INVALID");
+               *status = -ESHUTDOWN; /* bz 12940 */
+       } else if (req->rq_import_generation != imp->imp_generation) {
                 DEBUG_REQ(D_ERROR, req, "req wrong generation:");
                 *status = -EIO;
         } else if (req->rq_send_state != imp->imp_state) {
@@ -1066,12 +1101,18 @@ static int ptlrpc_import_delay_req(struct obd_import *imp,
                         *status = -EIO;
                 } else if (imp->imp_dlm_fake || req->rq_no_delay) {
                         *status = -EWOULDBLOCK;
-                } else {
-                        delay = 1;
-                }
-        }
+               } else if (req->rq_allow_replay &&
+                         (imp->imp_state == LUSTRE_IMP_REPLAY ||
+                          imp->imp_state == LUSTRE_IMP_REPLAY_LOCKS ||
+                          imp->imp_state == LUSTRE_IMP_REPLAY_WAIT ||
+                          imp->imp_state == LUSTRE_IMP_RECOVER)) {
+                       DEBUG_REQ(D_HA, req, "allow during recovery.\n");
+               } else {
+                       delay = 1;
+               }
+       }
 
-        RETURN(delay);
+       RETURN(delay);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1082,9 +1123,12 @@ static int ptlrpc_import_delay_req(struct obd_import *imp,
  */
 static int ptlrpc_console_allow(struct ptlrpc_request *req)
 {
-        __u32 opc = lustre_msg_get_opc(req->rq_reqmsg);
+        __u32 opc;
         int err;
 
+        LASSERT(req->rq_reqmsg != NULL);
+        opc = lustre_msg_get_opc(req->rq_reqmsg);
+
         /* Suppress particular reconnect errors which are to be expected.  No
          * errors are suppressed for the initial connection on an import */
         if ((lustre_handle_is_used(&req->rq_import->imp_remote_handle)) &&
@@ -1113,15 +1157,18 @@ static int ptlrpc_check_status(struct ptlrpc_request *req)
         ENTRY;
 
         err = lustre_msg_get_status(req->rq_repmsg);
-        if (lustre_msg_get_type(req->rq_repmsg) == PTL_RPC_MSG_ERR) {
-                struct obd_import *imp = req->rq_import;
-                __u32 opc = lustre_msg_get_opc(req->rq_reqmsg);
-                LCONSOLE_ERROR_MSG(0x011,"an error occurred while communicating"
-                                " with %s. The %s operation failed with %d\n",
-                                libcfs_nid2str(imp->imp_connection->c_peer.nid),
-                                ll_opcode2str(opc), err);
-                RETURN(err < 0 ? err : -EINVAL);
-        }
+       if (lustre_msg_get_type(req->rq_repmsg) == PTL_RPC_MSG_ERR) {
+               struct obd_import *imp = req->rq_import;
+               __u32 opc = lustre_msg_get_opc(req->rq_reqmsg);
+               if (ptlrpc_console_allow(req))
+                       LCONSOLE_ERROR_MSG(0x011, "%s: Communicating with %s,"
+                                          " operation %s failed with %d.\n",
+                                          imp->imp_obd->obd_name,
+                                          libcfs_nid2str(
+                                          imp->imp_connection->c_peer.nid),
+                                          ll_opcode2str(opc), err);
+               RETURN(err < 0 ? err : -EINVAL);
+       }
 
         if (err < 0) {
                 DEBUG_REQ(D_INFO, req, "status is %d", err);
@@ -1130,21 +1177,6 @@ static int ptlrpc_check_status(struct ptlrpc_request *req)
                 DEBUG_REQ(D_INFO, req, "status is %d", err);
         }
 
-        if (lustre_msg_get_type(req->rq_repmsg) == PTL_RPC_MSG_ERR) {
-                struct obd_import *imp = req->rq_import;
-                __u32 opc = lustre_msg_get_opc(req->rq_reqmsg);
-
-                if (ptlrpc_console_allow(req))
-                        LCONSOLE_ERROR_MSG(0x011,"an error occurred while "
-                                           "communicating with %s. The %s "
-                                           "operation failed with %d\n",
-                                           libcfs_nid2str(
-                                           imp->imp_connection->c_peer.nid),
-                                           ll_opcode2str(opc), err);
-
-                RETURN(err < 0 ? err : -EINVAL);
-        }
-
         RETURN(err);
 }
 
@@ -1206,7 +1238,9 @@ static int after_reply(struct ptlrpc_request *req)
                  * will roundup it */
                 req->rq_replen       = req->rq_nob_received;
                 req->rq_nob_received = 0;
-                req->rq_resend       = 1;
+               spin_lock(&req->rq_lock);
+               req->rq_resend       = 1;
+               spin_unlock(&req->rq_lock);
                 RETURN(0);
         }
 
@@ -1220,23 +1254,55 @@ static int after_reply(struct ptlrpc_request *req)
                 RETURN(rc);
         }
 
-        /*
-         * Security layer unwrap might ask resend this request.
-         */
-        if (req->rq_resend)
-                RETURN(0);
-
-        rc = unpack_reply(req);
-        if (rc)
-                RETURN(rc);
-
-        cfs_gettimeofday(&work_start);
-        timediff = cfs_timeval_sub(&work_start, &req->rq_arrival_time, NULL);
-        if (obd->obd_svc_stats != NULL) {
-                lprocfs_counter_add(obd->obd_svc_stats, PTLRPC_REQWAIT_CNTR,
-                                    timediff);
-                ptlrpc_lprocfs_rpc_sent(req, timediff);
-        }
+       /*
+        * Security layer unwrap might ask resend this request.
+        */
+       if (req->rq_resend)
+               RETURN(0);
+
+       rc = unpack_reply(req);
+       if (rc)
+               RETURN(rc);
+
+       /* retry indefinitely on EINPROGRESS */
+       if (lustre_msg_get_status(req->rq_repmsg) == -EINPROGRESS &&
+           ptlrpc_no_resend(req) == 0 && !req->rq_no_retry_einprogress) {
+               time_t  now = cfs_time_current_sec();
+
+               DEBUG_REQ(D_RPCTRACE, req, "Resending request on EINPROGRESS");
+               req->rq_resend = 1;
+               req->rq_nr_resend++;
+
+               /* allocate new xid to avoid reply reconstruction */
+               if (!req->rq_bulk) {
+                       /* new xid is already allocated for bulk in
+                        * ptlrpc_check_set() */
+                       req->rq_xid = ptlrpc_next_xid();
+                       DEBUG_REQ(D_RPCTRACE, req, "Allocating new xid for "
+                                 "resend on EINPROGRESS");
+               }
+
+               /* Readjust the timeout for current conditions */
+               ptlrpc_at_set_req_timeout(req);
+               /* delay resend to give a chance to the server to get ready.
+                * The delay is increased by 1s on every resend and is capped to
+                * the current request timeout (i.e. obd_timeout if AT is off,
+                * or AT service time x 125% + 5s, see at_est2timeout) */
+               if (req->rq_nr_resend > req->rq_timeout)
+                       req->rq_sent = now + req->rq_timeout;
+               else
+                       req->rq_sent = now + req->rq_nr_resend;
+
+               RETURN(0);
+       }
+
+       do_gettimeofday(&work_start);
+       timediff = cfs_timeval_sub(&work_start, &req->rq_arrival_time, NULL);
+       if (obd->obd_svc_stats != NULL) {
+               lprocfs_counter_add(obd->obd_svc_stats, PTLRPC_REQWAIT_CNTR,
+                                   timediff);
+               ptlrpc_lprocfs_rpc_sent(req, timediff);
+       }
 
         if (lustre_msg_get_type(req->rq_repmsg) != PTL_RPC_MSG_REPLY &&
             lustre_msg_get_type(req->rq_repmsg) != PTL_RPC_MSG_ERR) {
@@ -1285,7 +1351,7 @@ static int after_reply(struct ptlrpc_request *req)
         }
 
         if (imp->imp_replayable) {
-                cfs_spin_lock(&imp->imp_lock);
+               spin_lock(&imp->imp_lock);
                 /*
                  * No point in adding already-committed requests to the replay
                  * list, we will just remove them immediately. b=9829
@@ -1297,10 +1363,14 @@ static int after_reply(struct ptlrpc_request *req)
                         /** version recovery */
                         ptlrpc_save_versions(req);
                         ptlrpc_retain_replayable_request(req, imp);
-                } else if (req->rq_commit_cb != NULL) {
-                        cfs_spin_unlock(&imp->imp_lock);
-                        req->rq_commit_cb(req);
-                        cfs_spin_lock(&imp->imp_lock);
+               } else if (req->rq_commit_cb != NULL &&
+                          list_empty(&req->rq_replay_list)) {
+                       /* NB: don't call rq_commit_cb if it's already on
+                        * rq_replay_list, ptlrpc_free_committed() will call
+                        * it later, see LU-3618 for details */
+                       spin_unlock(&imp->imp_lock);
+                       req->rq_commit_cb(req);
+                       spin_lock(&imp->imp_lock);
                 }
 
                 /*
@@ -1310,68 +1380,82 @@ static int after_reply(struct ptlrpc_request *req)
                         imp->imp_peer_committed_transno =
                                 lustre_msg_get_last_committed(req->rq_repmsg);
                 }
-                ptlrpc_free_committed(imp);
 
-                if (req->rq_transno > imp->imp_peer_committed_transno)
-                        ptlrpc_pinger_commit_expected(imp);
+               ptlrpc_free_committed(imp);
 
-                cfs_spin_unlock(&imp->imp_lock);
-        }
+               if (!cfs_list_empty(&imp->imp_replay_list)) {
+                       struct ptlrpc_request *last;
 
-        RETURN(rc);
+                       last = cfs_list_entry(imp->imp_replay_list.prev,
+                                             struct ptlrpc_request,
+                                             rq_replay_list);
+                       /*
+                        * Requests with rq_replay stay on the list even if no
+                        * commit is expected.
+                        */
+                       if (last->rq_transno > imp->imp_peer_committed_transno)
+                               ptlrpc_pinger_commit_expected(imp);
+               }
+
+               spin_unlock(&imp->imp_lock);
+       }
+
+       RETURN(rc);
 }
 
 /**
  * Helper function to send request \a req over the network for the first time
  * Also adjusts request phase.
  * Returns 0 on success or error code.
- */ 
+ */
 static int ptlrpc_send_new_req(struct ptlrpc_request *req)
 {
-        struct obd_import     *imp;
+        struct obd_import     *imp = req->rq_import;
         int rc;
         ENTRY;
 
         LASSERT(req->rq_phase == RQ_PHASE_NEW);
-        if (req->rq_sent && (req->rq_sent > cfs_time_current_sec()))
+        if (req->rq_sent && (req->rq_sent > cfs_time_current_sec()) &&
+            (!req->rq_generation_set ||
+             req->rq_import_generation == imp->imp_generation))
                 RETURN (0);
 
         ptlrpc_rqphase_move(req, RQ_PHASE_RPC);
 
-        imp = req->rq_import;
-        cfs_spin_lock(&imp->imp_lock);
-
-        req->rq_import_generation = imp->imp_generation;
-
-        if (ptlrpc_import_delay_req(imp, req, &rc)) {
-                cfs_spin_lock(&req->rq_lock);
-                req->rq_waiting = 1;
-                cfs_spin_unlock(&req->rq_lock);
-
-                DEBUG_REQ(D_HA, req, "req from PID %d waiting for recovery: "
-                          "(%s != %s)", lustre_msg_get_status(req->rq_reqmsg),
-                          ptlrpc_import_state_name(req->rq_send_state),
-                          ptlrpc_import_state_name(imp->imp_state));
-                LASSERT(cfs_list_empty(&req->rq_list));
-                cfs_list_add_tail(&req->rq_list, &imp->imp_delayed_list);
-                cfs_atomic_inc(&req->rq_import->imp_inflight);
-                cfs_spin_unlock(&imp->imp_lock);
-                RETURN(0);
-        }
-
-        if (rc != 0) {
-                cfs_spin_unlock(&imp->imp_lock);
-                req->rq_status = rc;
-                ptlrpc_rqphase_move(req, RQ_PHASE_INTERPRET);
-                RETURN(rc);
-        }
-
-        LASSERT(cfs_list_empty(&req->rq_list));
-        cfs_list_add_tail(&req->rq_list, &imp->imp_sending_list);
-        cfs_atomic_inc(&req->rq_import->imp_inflight);
-        cfs_spin_unlock(&imp->imp_lock);
-
-        lustre_msg_set_status(req->rq_reqmsg, cfs_curproc_pid());
+       spin_lock(&imp->imp_lock);
+
+       if (!req->rq_generation_set)
+               req->rq_import_generation = imp->imp_generation;
+
+       if (ptlrpc_import_delay_req(imp, req, &rc)) {
+               spin_lock(&req->rq_lock);
+               req->rq_waiting = 1;
+               spin_unlock(&req->rq_lock);
+
+               DEBUG_REQ(D_HA, req, "req from PID %d waiting for recovery: "
+                         "(%s != %s)", lustre_msg_get_status(req->rq_reqmsg),
+                         ptlrpc_import_state_name(req->rq_send_state),
+                         ptlrpc_import_state_name(imp->imp_state));
+               LASSERT(cfs_list_empty(&req->rq_list));
+               cfs_list_add_tail(&req->rq_list, &imp->imp_delayed_list);
+               cfs_atomic_inc(&req->rq_import->imp_inflight);
+               spin_unlock(&imp->imp_lock);
+               RETURN(0);
+       }
+
+       if (rc != 0) {
+               spin_unlock(&imp->imp_lock);
+               req->rq_status = rc;
+               ptlrpc_rqphase_move(req, RQ_PHASE_INTERPRET);
+               RETURN(rc);
+       }
+
+       LASSERT(cfs_list_empty(&req->rq_list));
+       cfs_list_add_tail(&req->rq_list, &imp->imp_sending_list);
+       cfs_atomic_inc(&req->rq_import->imp_inflight);
+       spin_unlock(&imp->imp_lock);
+
+       lustre_msg_set_status(req->rq_reqmsg, current_pid());
 
         rc = sptlrpc_req_refresh_ctx(req, -1);
         if (rc) {
@@ -1379,27 +1463,55 @@ static int ptlrpc_send_new_req(struct ptlrpc_request *req)
                         req->rq_status = rc;
                         RETURN(1);
                 } else {
-                        req->rq_wait_ctx = 1;
+                       spin_lock(&req->rq_lock);
+                       req->rq_wait_ctx = 1;
+                       spin_unlock(&req->rq_lock);
                         RETURN(0);
                 }
         }
 
-        CDEBUG(D_RPCTRACE, "Sending RPC pname:cluuid:pid:xid:nid:opc"
-               " %s:%s:%d:"LPU64":%s:%d\n", cfs_curproc_comm(),
-               imp->imp_obd->obd_uuid.uuid,
-               lustre_msg_get_status(req->rq_reqmsg), req->rq_xid,
-               libcfs_nid2str(imp->imp_connection->c_peer.nid),
-               lustre_msg_get_opc(req->rq_reqmsg));
+       CDEBUG(D_RPCTRACE, "Sending RPC pname:cluuid:pid:xid:nid:opc"
+              " %s:%s:%d:"LPU64":%s:%d\n", current_comm(),
+              imp->imp_obd->obd_uuid.uuid,
+              lustre_msg_get_status(req->rq_reqmsg), req->rq_xid,
+              libcfs_nid2str(imp->imp_connection->c_peer.nid),
+              lustre_msg_get_opc(req->rq_reqmsg));
 
         rc = ptl_send_rpc(req, 0);
         if (rc) {
                 DEBUG_REQ(D_HA, req, "send failed (%d); expect timeout", rc);
-                req->rq_net_err = 1;
+               spin_lock(&req->rq_lock);
+               req->rq_net_err = 1;
+               spin_unlock(&req->rq_lock);
                 RETURN(rc);
         }
         RETURN(0);
 }
 
+static inline int ptlrpc_set_producer(struct ptlrpc_request_set *set)
+{
+       int remaining, rc;
+       ENTRY;
+
+       LASSERT(set->set_producer != NULL);
+
+       remaining = cfs_atomic_read(&set->set_remaining);
+
+       /* populate the ->set_requests list with requests until we
+        * reach the maximum number of RPCs in flight for this set */
+       while (cfs_atomic_read(&set->set_remaining) < set->set_max_inflight) {
+               rc = set->set_producer(set, set->set_producer_arg);
+               if (rc == -ENOENT) {
+                       /* no more RPC to produce */
+                       set->set_producer     = NULL;
+                       set->set_producer_arg = NULL;
+                       RETURN(0);
+               }
+       }
+
+       RETURN((cfs_atomic_read(&set->set_remaining) - remaining));
+}
+
 /**
  * this sends any unsent RPCs in \a set and returns 1 if all are sent
  * and no more replies are expected.
@@ -1408,14 +1520,14 @@ static int ptlrpc_send_new_req(struct ptlrpc_request *req)
  */
 int ptlrpc_check_set(const struct lu_env *env, struct ptlrpc_request_set *set)
 {
-        cfs_list_t *tmp;
+        cfs_list_t *tmp, *next;
         int force_timer_recalc = 0;
         ENTRY;
 
         if (cfs_atomic_read(&set->set_remaining) == 0)
                 RETURN(1);
 
-        cfs_list_for_each(tmp, &set->set_requests) {
+        cfs_list_for_each_safe(tmp, next, &set->set_requests) {
                 struct ptlrpc_request *req =
                         cfs_list_entry(tmp, struct ptlrpc_request,
                                        rq_set_chain);
@@ -1430,7 +1542,12 @@ int ptlrpc_check_set(const struct lu_env *env, struct ptlrpc_request_set *set)
 
                 /* delayed send - skip */
                 if (req->rq_phase == RQ_PHASE_NEW && req->rq_sent)
-                        continue;
+                       continue;
+
+               /* delayed resend - skip */
+               if (req->rq_phase == RQ_PHASE_RPC && req->rq_resend &&
+                   req->rq_sent > cfs_time_current_sec())
+                       continue;
 
                 if (!(req->rq_phase == RQ_PHASE_RPC ||
                       req->rq_phase == RQ_PHASE_BULK ||
@@ -1506,9 +1623,9 @@ int ptlrpc_check_set(const struct lu_env *env, struct ptlrpc_request_set *set)
                 }
 
                 if (req->rq_err) {
-                        cfs_spin_lock(&req->rq_lock);
-                        req->rq_replied = 0;
-                        cfs_spin_unlock(&req->rq_lock);
+                       spin_lock(&req->rq_lock);
+                       req->rq_replied = 0;
+                       spin_unlock(&req->rq_lock);
                         if (req->rq_status == 0)
                                 req->rq_status = -EIO;
                         ptlrpc_rqphase_move(req, RQ_PHASE_INTERPRET);
@@ -1539,15 +1656,15 @@ int ptlrpc_check_set(const struct lu_env *env, struct ptlrpc_request_set *set)
                                 if (!ptlrpc_unregister_reply(req, 1))
                                         continue;
 
-                                cfs_spin_lock(&imp->imp_lock);
-                                if (ptlrpc_import_delay_req(imp, req, &status)){
-                                        /* put on delay list - only if we wait
-                                         * recovery finished - before send */
-                                        cfs_list_del_init(&req->rq_list);
-                                        cfs_list_add_tail(&req->rq_list,
-                                                          &imp-> \
-                                                          imp_delayed_list);
-                                        cfs_spin_unlock(&imp->imp_lock);
+                               spin_lock(&imp->imp_lock);
+                               if (ptlrpc_import_delay_req(imp, req, &status)){
+                                       /* put on delay list - only if we wait
+                                        * recovery finished - before send */
+                                       cfs_list_del_init(&req->rq_list);
+                                       cfs_list_add_tail(&req->rq_list,
+                                                         &imp->
+                                                         imp_delayed_list);
+                                       spin_unlock(&imp->imp_lock);
                                         continue;
                                 }
 
@@ -1555,33 +1672,34 @@ int ptlrpc_check_set(const struct lu_env *env, struct ptlrpc_request_set *set)
                                         req->rq_status = status;
                                         ptlrpc_rqphase_move(req,
                                                 RQ_PHASE_INTERPRET);
-                                        cfs_spin_unlock(&imp->imp_lock);
-                                        GOTO(interpret, req->rq_status);
-                                }
-                                if (ptlrpc_no_resend(req) && !req->rq_wait_ctx) {
-                                        req->rq_status = -ENOTCONN;
-                                        ptlrpc_rqphase_move(req,
-                                                RQ_PHASE_INTERPRET);
-                                        cfs_spin_unlock(&imp->imp_lock);
-                                        GOTO(interpret, req->rq_status);
-                                }
-
-                                cfs_list_del_init(&req->rq_list);
-                                cfs_list_add_tail(&req->rq_list,
-                                              &imp->imp_sending_list);
-
-                                cfs_spin_unlock(&imp->imp_lock);
-
-                                cfs_spin_lock(&req->rq_lock);
-                                req->rq_waiting = 0;
-                                cfs_spin_unlock(&req->rq_lock);
-
-                                if (req->rq_timedout || req->rq_resend) {
-                                        /* This is re-sending anyways,
-                                         * let's mark req as resend. */
-                                        cfs_spin_lock(&req->rq_lock);
-                                        req->rq_resend = 1;
-                                        cfs_spin_unlock(&req->rq_lock);
+                                       spin_unlock(&imp->imp_lock);
+                                       GOTO(interpret, req->rq_status);
+                               }
+                               if (ptlrpc_no_resend(req) &&
+                                   !req->rq_wait_ctx) {
+                                       req->rq_status = -ENOTCONN;
+                                       ptlrpc_rqphase_move(req,
+                                                           RQ_PHASE_INTERPRET);
+                                       spin_unlock(&imp->imp_lock);
+                                       GOTO(interpret, req->rq_status);
+                               }
+
+                               cfs_list_del_init(&req->rq_list);
+                               cfs_list_add_tail(&req->rq_list,
+                                                 &imp->imp_sending_list);
+
+                               spin_unlock(&imp->imp_lock);
+
+                               spin_lock(&req->rq_lock);
+                               req->rq_waiting = 0;
+                               spin_unlock(&req->rq_lock);
+
+                               if (req->rq_timedout || req->rq_resend) {
+                                       /* This is re-sending anyways,
+                                        * let's mark req as resend. */
+                                       spin_lock(&req->rq_lock);
+                                       req->rq_resend = 1;
+                                       spin_unlock(&req->rq_lock);
                                         if (req->rq_bulk) {
                                                 __u64 old_xid;
 
@@ -1605,57 +1723,58 @@ int ptlrpc_check_set(const struct lu_env *env, struct ptlrpc_request_set *set)
                                 if (status) {
                                         if (req->rq_err) {
                                                 req->rq_status = status;
-                                                cfs_spin_lock(&req->rq_lock);
-                                                req->rq_wait_ctx = 0;
-                                                cfs_spin_unlock(&req->rq_lock);
-                                                force_timer_recalc = 1;
-                                        } else {
-                                                cfs_spin_lock(&req->rq_lock);
-                                                req->rq_wait_ctx = 1;
-                                                cfs_spin_unlock(&req->rq_lock);
-                                        }
-
-                                        continue;
-                                } else {
-                                        cfs_spin_lock(&req->rq_lock);
-                                        req->rq_wait_ctx = 0;
-                                        cfs_spin_unlock(&req->rq_lock);
-                                }
-
-                                rc = ptl_send_rpc(req, 0);
-                                if (rc) {
-                                        DEBUG_REQ(D_HA, req, "send failed (%d)",
-                                                  rc);
-                                        force_timer_recalc = 1;
-                                        cfs_spin_lock(&req->rq_lock);
-                                        req->rq_net_err = 1;
-                                        cfs_spin_unlock(&req->rq_lock);
-                                }
-                                /* need to reset the timeout */
-                                force_timer_recalc = 1;
-                        }
-
-                        cfs_spin_lock(&req->rq_lock);
-
-                        if (ptlrpc_client_early(req)) {
-                                ptlrpc_at_recv_early_reply(req);
-                                cfs_spin_unlock(&req->rq_lock);
-                                continue;
-                        }
-
-                        /* Still waiting for a reply? */
-                        if (ptlrpc_client_recv(req)) {
-                                cfs_spin_unlock(&req->rq_lock);
-                                continue;
-                        }
-
-                        /* Did we actually receive a reply? */
-                        if (!ptlrpc_client_replied(req)) {
-                                cfs_spin_unlock(&req->rq_lock);
-                                continue;
-                        }
-
-                        cfs_spin_unlock(&req->rq_lock);
+                                               spin_lock(&req->rq_lock);
+                                               req->rq_wait_ctx = 0;
+                                               spin_unlock(&req->rq_lock);
+                                               force_timer_recalc = 1;
+                                       } else {
+                                               spin_lock(&req->rq_lock);
+                                               req->rq_wait_ctx = 1;
+                                               spin_unlock(&req->rq_lock);
+                                       }
+
+                                       continue;
+                               } else {
+                                       spin_lock(&req->rq_lock);
+                                       req->rq_wait_ctx = 0;
+                                       spin_unlock(&req->rq_lock);
+                               }
+
+                               rc = ptl_send_rpc(req, 0);
+                               if (rc) {
+                                       DEBUG_REQ(D_HA, req,
+                                                 "send failed: rc = %d", rc);
+                                       force_timer_recalc = 1;
+                                       spin_lock(&req->rq_lock);
+                                       req->rq_net_err = 1;
+                                       spin_unlock(&req->rq_lock);
+                                       continue;
+                               }
+                               /* need to reset the timeout */
+                               force_timer_recalc = 1;
+                       }
+
+                       spin_lock(&req->rq_lock);
+
+                       if (ptlrpc_client_early(req)) {
+                               ptlrpc_at_recv_early_reply(req);
+                               spin_unlock(&req->rq_lock);
+                               continue;
+                       }
+
+                       /* Still waiting for a reply? */
+                       if (ptlrpc_client_recv(req)) {
+                               spin_unlock(&req->rq_lock);
+                               continue;
+                       }
+
+                       /* Did we actually receive a reply? */
+                       if (!ptlrpc_client_replied(req)) {
+                               spin_unlock(&req->rq_lock);
+                               continue;
+                       }
+
+                       spin_unlock(&req->rq_lock);
 
                         /* unlink from net because we are going to
                          * swab in-place of reply buffer */
@@ -1672,7 +1791,7 @@ int ptlrpc_check_set(const struct lu_env *env, struct ptlrpc_request_set *set)
                          * process the reply. Similarly if the RPC returned
                          * an error, and therefore the bulk will never arrive.
                          */
-                        if (req->rq_bulk == NULL || req->rq_status != 0) {
+                        if (req->rq_bulk == NULL || req->rq_status < 0) {
                                 ptlrpc_rqphase_move(req, RQ_PHASE_INTERPRET);
                                 GOTO(interpret, req->rq_status);
                         }
@@ -1684,14 +1803,14 @@ int ptlrpc_check_set(const struct lu_env *env, struct ptlrpc_request_set *set)
                 if (ptlrpc_client_bulk_active(req))
                         continue;
 
-                if (!req->rq_bulk->bd_success) {
-                        /* The RPC reply arrived OK, but the bulk screwed
-                         * up!  Dead weird since the server told us the RPC
-                         * was good after getting the REPLY for her GET or
-                         * the ACK for her PUT. */
-                        DEBUG_REQ(D_ERROR, req, "bulk transfer failed");
-                        LBUG();
-                }
+               if (req->rq_bulk->bd_failure) {
+                       /* The RPC reply arrived OK, but the bulk screwed
+                        * up!  Dead weird since the server told us the RPC
+                        * was good after getting the REPLY for her GET or
+                        * the ACK for her PUT. */
+                       DEBUG_REQ(D_ERROR, req, "bulk transfer failed");
+                       req->rq_status = -EIO;
+               }
 
                 ptlrpc_rqphase_move(req, RQ_PHASE_INTERPRET);
 
@@ -1715,34 +1834,58 @@ int ptlrpc_check_set(const struct lu_env *env, struct ptlrpc_request_set *set)
 
                 ptlrpc_req_interpret(env, req, req->rq_status);
 
-                ptlrpc_rqphase_move(req, RQ_PHASE_COMPLETE);
-
-                CDEBUG(D_RPCTRACE, "Completed RPC pname:cluuid:pid:xid:nid:"
-                       "opc %s:%s:%d:"LPU64":%s:%d\n", cfs_curproc_comm(),
-                       imp->imp_obd->obd_uuid.uuid,
-                       req->rq_reqmsg ? lustre_msg_get_status(req->rq_reqmsg):-1,
-                       req->rq_xid,
-                       libcfs_nid2str(imp->imp_connection->c_peer.nid),
-                       req->rq_reqmsg ? lustre_msg_get_opc(req->rq_reqmsg) : -1);
-
-                cfs_spin_lock(&imp->imp_lock);
-                /* Request already may be not on sending or delaying list. This
-                 * may happen in the case of marking it erroneous for the case
-                 * ptlrpc_import_delay_req(req, status) find it impossible to
-                 * allow sending this rpc and returns *status != 0. */
-                if (!cfs_list_empty(&req->rq_list)) {
-                        cfs_list_del_init(&req->rq_list);
-                        cfs_atomic_dec(&imp->imp_inflight);
-                }
-                cfs_spin_unlock(&imp->imp_lock);
-
-                cfs_atomic_dec(&set->set_remaining);
-                cfs_waitq_broadcast(&imp->imp_recovery_waitq);
+               if (ptlrpcd_check_work(req)) {
+                       atomic_dec(&set->set_remaining);
+                       continue;
+               }
+               ptlrpc_rqphase_move(req, RQ_PHASE_COMPLETE);
+
+               CDEBUG(req->rq_reqmsg != NULL ? D_RPCTRACE : 0,
+                       "Completed RPC pname:cluuid:pid:xid:nid:"
+                       "opc %s:%s:%d:"LPU64":%s:%d\n",
+                       current_comm(), imp->imp_obd->obd_uuid.uuid,
+                       lustre_msg_get_status(req->rq_reqmsg), req->rq_xid,
+                       libcfs_nid2str(imp->imp_connection->c_peer.nid),
+                       lustre_msg_get_opc(req->rq_reqmsg));
+
+               spin_lock(&imp->imp_lock);
+               /* Request already may be not on sending or delaying list. This
+                * may happen in the case of marking it erroneous for the case
+                * ptlrpc_import_delay_req(req, status) find it impossible to
+                * allow sending this rpc and returns *status != 0. */
+               if (!cfs_list_empty(&req->rq_list)) {
+                       cfs_list_del_init(&req->rq_list);
+                       cfs_atomic_dec(&imp->imp_inflight);
+               }
+               spin_unlock(&imp->imp_lock);
+
+               cfs_atomic_dec(&set->set_remaining);
+               wake_up_all(&imp->imp_recovery_waitq);
+
+               if (set->set_producer) {
+                       /* produce a new request if possible */
+                       if (ptlrpc_set_producer(set) > 0)
+                               force_timer_recalc = 1;
+
+                       /* free the request that has just been completed
+                        * in order not to pollute set->set_requests */
+                       cfs_list_del_init(&req->rq_set_chain);
+                       spin_lock(&req->rq_lock);
+                       req->rq_set = NULL;
+                       req->rq_invalid_rqset = 0;
+                       spin_unlock(&req->rq_lock);
+
+                       /* record rq_status to compute the final status later */
+                       if (req->rq_status != 0)
+                               set->set_rc = req->rq_status;
+                       ptlrpc_req_finished(req);
+               }
         }
 
         /* If we hit an error, we want to recover promptly. */
         RETURN(cfs_atomic_read(&set->set_remaining) == 0 || force_timer_recalc);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ptlrpc_check_set);
 
 /**
  * Time out request \a req. is \a async_unlink is set, that means do not wait
@@ -1751,28 +1894,22 @@ int ptlrpc_check_set(const struct lu_env *env, struct ptlrpc_request_set *set)
  */
 int ptlrpc_expire_one_request(struct ptlrpc_request *req, int async_unlink)
 {
-        struct obd_import *imp = req->rq_import;
-        int rc = 0;
-        ENTRY;
+       struct obd_import *imp = req->rq_import;
+       int rc = 0;
+       ENTRY;
 
-        cfs_spin_lock(&req->rq_lock);
-        req->rq_timedout = 1;
-        cfs_spin_unlock(&req->rq_lock);
+       spin_lock(&req->rq_lock);
+       req->rq_timedout = 1;
+       spin_unlock(&req->rq_lock);
 
-        DEBUG_REQ(req->rq_fake ? D_INFO : D_WARNING, req, "Request x"LPU64
-                  " sent from %s to NID %s has %s: [sent "CFS_DURATION_T"] "
-                  "[real_sent "CFS_DURATION_T"] [current "CFS_DURATION_T"] "
-                  "[deadline "CFS_DURATION_T"s] [delay "CFS_DURATION_T"s]",
-                  req->rq_xid, imp ? imp->imp_obd->obd_name : "<?>",
-                  imp ? libcfs_nid2str(imp->imp_connection->c_peer.nid) : "<?>", 
+       DEBUG_REQ(D_WARNING, req, "Request sent has %s: [sent "CFS_DURATION_T
+                 "/real "CFS_DURATION_T"]",
                   req->rq_net_err ? "failed due to network error" :
                      ((req->rq_real_sent == 0 ||
                        cfs_time_before(req->rq_real_sent, req->rq_sent) ||
                        cfs_time_aftereq(req->rq_real_sent, req->rq_deadline)) ?
                       "timed out for sent delay" : "timed out for slow reply"),
-                  req->rq_sent, req->rq_real_sent, cfs_time_current_sec(),
-                  cfs_time_sub(req->rq_deadline, req->rq_sent),
-                  cfs_time_sub(cfs_time_current_sec(), req->rq_deadline));
+                  req->rq_sent, req->rq_real_sent);
 
         if (imp != NULL && obd_debug_peer_on_timeout)
                 LNetCtl(IOC_LIBCFS_DEBUG_PEER, &imp->imp_connection->c_peer);
@@ -1788,9 +1925,6 @@ int ptlrpc_expire_one_request(struct ptlrpc_request *req, int async_unlink)
                 RETURN(1);
         }
 
-        if (req->rq_fake)
-               RETURN(1);
-
         cfs_atomic_inc(&imp->imp_timeouts);
 
         /* The DLM server doesn't want recovery run on its imports. */
@@ -1805,11 +1939,11 @@ int ptlrpc_expire_one_request(struct ptlrpc_request *req, int async_unlink)
                 DEBUG_REQ(D_RPCTRACE, req, "err -110, sent_state=%s (now=%s)",
                           ptlrpc_import_state_name(req->rq_send_state),
                           ptlrpc_import_state_name(imp->imp_state));
-                cfs_spin_lock(&req->rq_lock);
-                req->rq_status = -ETIMEDOUT;
-                req->rq_err = 1;
-                cfs_spin_unlock(&req->rq_lock);
-                RETURN(1);
+               spin_lock(&req->rq_lock);
+               req->rq_status = -ETIMEDOUT;
+               req->rq_err = 1;
+               spin_unlock(&req->rq_lock);
+               RETURN(1);
         }
 
         /* if a request can't be resent we can't wait for an answer after
@@ -1872,16 +2006,18 @@ int ptlrpc_expired_set(void *data)
          */
         RETURN(1);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ptlrpc_expired_set);
 
 /**
  * Sets rq_intr flag in \a req under spinlock.
  */
 void ptlrpc_mark_interrupted(struct ptlrpc_request *req)
 {
-        cfs_spin_lock(&req->rq_lock);
-        req->rq_intr = 1;
-        cfs_spin_unlock(&req->rq_lock);
+       spin_lock(&req->rq_lock);
+       req->rq_intr = 1;
+       spin_unlock(&req->rq_lock);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ptlrpc_mark_interrupted);
 
 /**
  * Interrupts (sets interrupted flag) all uncompleted requests in
@@ -1893,7 +2029,7 @@ void ptlrpc_interrupted_set(void *data)
         cfs_list_t *tmp;
 
         LASSERT(set != NULL);
-        CERROR("INTERRUPTED SET %p\n", set);
+        CDEBUG(D_RPCTRACE, "INTERRUPTED SET %p\n", set);
 
         cfs_list_for_each(tmp, &set->set_requests) {
                 struct ptlrpc_request *req =
@@ -1907,6 +2043,7 @@ void ptlrpc_interrupted_set(void *data)
                 ptlrpc_mark_interrupted(req);
         }
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ptlrpc_interrupted_set);
 
 /**
  * Get the smallest timeout in the set; this does NOT set a timeout.
@@ -1920,8 +2057,6 @@ int ptlrpc_set_next_timeout(struct ptlrpc_request_set *set)
         int                    deadline;
         ENTRY;
 
-        SIGNAL_MASK_ASSERT(); /* XXX BUG 1511 */
-
         cfs_list_for_each(tmp, &set->set_requests) {
                 req = cfs_list_entry(tmp, struct ptlrpc_request, rq_set_chain);
 
@@ -1947,6 +2082,8 @@ int ptlrpc_set_next_timeout(struct ptlrpc_request_set *set)
 
                 if (req->rq_phase == RQ_PHASE_NEW)
                         deadline = req->rq_sent;
+               else if (req->rq_phase == RQ_PHASE_RPC && req->rq_resend)
+                       deadline = req->rq_sent;
                 else
                         deadline = req->rq_sent + req->rq_timeout;
 
@@ -1957,6 +2094,7 @@ int ptlrpc_set_next_timeout(struct ptlrpc_request_set *set)
         }
         RETURN(timeout);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ptlrpc_set_next_timeout);
 
 /**
  * Send all unset request from the set and then wait untill all
@@ -1972,15 +2110,19 @@ int ptlrpc_set_wait(struct ptlrpc_request_set *set)
         int                    rc, timeout;
         ENTRY;
 
+       if (set->set_producer)
+               (void)ptlrpc_set_producer(set);
+       else
+               cfs_list_for_each(tmp, &set->set_requests) {
+                       req = cfs_list_entry(tmp, struct ptlrpc_request,
+                                            rq_set_chain);
+                       if (req->rq_phase == RQ_PHASE_NEW)
+                               (void)ptlrpc_send_new_req(req);
+               }
+
         if (cfs_list_empty(&set->set_requests))
                 RETURN(0);
 
-        cfs_list_for_each(tmp, &set->set_requests) {
-                req = cfs_list_entry(tmp, struct ptlrpc_request, rq_set_chain);
-                if (req->rq_phase == RQ_PHASE_NEW)
-                        (void)ptlrpc_send_new_req(req);
-        }
-
         do {
                 timeout = ptlrpc_set_next_timeout(set);
 
@@ -2010,6 +2152,23 @@ int ptlrpc_set_wait(struct ptlrpc_request_set *set)
 
                 rc = l_wait_event(set->set_waitq, ptlrpc_check_set(NULL, set), &lwi);
 
+                /* LU-769 - if we ignored the signal because it was already
+                 * pending when we started, we need to handle it now or we risk
+                 * it being ignored forever */
+               if (rc == -ETIMEDOUT && !lwi.lwi_allow_intr &&
+                   cfs_signal_pending()) {
+                       sigset_t blocked_sigs =
+                                          cfs_block_sigsinv(LUSTRE_FATAL_SIGS);
+
+                       /* In fact we only interrupt for the "fatal" signals
+                        * like SIGINT or SIGKILL. We still ignore less
+                        * important signals since ptlrpc set is not easily
+                        * reentrant from userspace again */
+                       if (cfs_signal_pending())
+                               ptlrpc_interrupted_set(set);
+                       cfs_restore_sigs(blocked_sigs);
+               }
+
                 LASSERT(rc == 0 || rc == -EINTR || rc == -ETIMEDOUT);
 
                 /* -EINTR => all requests have been flagged rq_intr so next
@@ -2023,16 +2182,16 @@ int ptlrpc_set_wait(struct ptlrpc_request_set *set)
                         cfs_list_for_each(tmp, &set->set_requests) {
                                 req = cfs_list_entry(tmp, struct ptlrpc_request,
                                                      rq_set_chain);
-                                cfs_spin_lock(&req->rq_lock);
-                                req->rq_invalid_rqset = 1;
-                                cfs_spin_unlock(&req->rq_lock);
+                               spin_lock(&req->rq_lock);
+                               req->rq_invalid_rqset = 1;
+                               spin_unlock(&req->rq_lock);
                         }
                 }
         } while (rc != 0 || cfs_atomic_read(&set->set_remaining) != 0);
 
         LASSERT(cfs_atomic_read(&set->set_remaining) == 0);
 
-        rc = 0;
+        rc = set->set_rc; /* rq_status of already freed requests if any */
         cfs_list_for_each(tmp, &set->set_requests) {
                 req = cfs_list_entry(tmp, struct ptlrpc_request, rq_set_chain);
 
@@ -2061,6 +2220,7 @@ int ptlrpc_set_wait(struct ptlrpc_request_set *set)
 
         RETURN(rc);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ptlrpc_set_wait);
 
 /**
  * Helper fuction for request freeing.
@@ -2084,18 +2244,17 @@ static void __ptlrpc_free_req(struct ptlrpc_request *request, int locked)
         LASSERTF(cfs_list_empty(&request->rq_set_chain), "req %p\n", request);
         LASSERTF(cfs_list_empty(&request->rq_exp_list), "req %p\n", request);
         LASSERTF(!request->rq_replay, "req %p\n", request);
-        LASSERT(request->rq_cli_ctx || request->rq_fake);
 
         req_capsule_fini(&request->rq_pill);
 
         /* We must take it off the imp_replay_list first.  Otherwise, we'll set
          * request->rq_reqmsg to NULL while osc_close is dereferencing it. */
         if (request->rq_import != NULL) {
-                if (!locked)
-                        cfs_spin_lock(&request->rq_import->imp_lock);
-                cfs_list_del_init(&request->rq_replay_list);
-                if (!locked)
-                        cfs_spin_unlock(&request->rq_import->imp_lock);
+               if (!locked)
+                       spin_lock(&request->rq_import->imp_lock);
+               cfs_list_del_init(&request->rq_replay_list);
+               if (!locked)
+                       spin_unlock(&request->rq_import->imp_lock);
         }
         LASSERTF(cfs_list_empty(&request->rq_replay_list), "req %p\n", request);
 
@@ -2115,8 +2274,8 @@ static void __ptlrpc_free_req(struct ptlrpc_request *request, int locked)
                 class_import_put(request->rq_import);
                 request->rq_import = NULL;
         }
-        if (request->rq_bulk != NULL)
-                ptlrpc_free_bulk(request->rq_bulk);
+       if (request->rq_bulk != NULL)
+               ptlrpc_free_bulk_pin(request->rq_bulk);
 
         if (request->rq_reqbuf != NULL || request->rq_clrbuf != NULL)
                 sptlrpc_cli_free_reqbuf(request);
@@ -2127,8 +2286,8 @@ static void __ptlrpc_free_req(struct ptlrpc_request *request, int locked)
         if (request->rq_pool)
                 __ptlrpc_free_req_to_pool(request);
         else
-                OBD_FREE(request, sizeof(*request));
-        EXIT;
+               ptlrpc_request_cache_free(request);
+       EXIT;
 }
 
 static int __ptlrpc_req_finished(struct ptlrpc_request *request, int locked);
@@ -2138,9 +2297,10 @@ static int __ptlrpc_req_finished(struct ptlrpc_request *request, int locked);
  */
 void ptlrpc_req_finished_with_imp_lock(struct ptlrpc_request *request)
 {
-        LASSERT_SPIN_LOCKED(&request->rq_import->imp_lock);
-        (void)__ptlrpc_req_finished(request, 1);
+       LASSERT(spin_is_locked(&request->rq_import->imp_lock));
+       (void)__ptlrpc_req_finished(request, 1);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ptlrpc_req_finished_with_imp_lock);
 
 /**
  * Helper function
@@ -2179,6 +2339,7 @@ void ptlrpc_req_finished(struct ptlrpc_request *request)
 {
         __ptlrpc_req_finished(request, 0);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ptlrpc_req_finished);
 
 /**
  * Returns xid of a \a request
@@ -2198,18 +2359,17 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(ptlrpc_req_xid);
  */
 int ptlrpc_unregister_reply(struct ptlrpc_request *request, int async)
 {
-        int                rc;
-        cfs_waitq_t       *wq;
-        struct l_wait_info lwi;
+       int                rc;
+       struct l_wait_info lwi;
 
-        /*
-         * Might sleep.
-         */
-        LASSERT(!cfs_in_interrupt());
+       /*
+        * Might sleep.
+        */
+       LASSERT(!in_interrupt());
 
-        /*
-         * Let's setup deadline for reply unlink.
-         */
+       /*
+        * Let's setup deadline for reply unlink.
+        */
         if (OBD_FAIL_CHECK(OBD_FAIL_PTLRPC_LONG_REPL_UNLINK) &&
             async && request->rq_reply_deadline == 0)
                 request->rq_reply_deadline = cfs_time_current_sec()+LONG_UNLINK;
@@ -2244,12 +2404,13 @@ int ptlrpc_unregister_reply(struct ptlrpc_request *request, int async)
          * a chance to run reply_in_callback(), and to make sure we've
          * unlinked before returning a req to the pool.
          */
-        if (request->rq_set != NULL)
-                wq = &request->rq_set->set_waitq;
-        else
-                wq = &request->rq_reply_waitq;
-
         for (;;) {
+#ifdef __KERNEL__
+               /* The wq argument is ignored by user-space wait_event macros */
+               wait_queue_head_t *wq = (request->rq_set != NULL) ?
+                                       &request->rq_set->set_waitq :
+                                       &request->rq_reply_waitq;
+#endif
                 /* Network access will complete in finite time but the HUGE
                  * timeout lets us CWARN for visibility of sluggish NALs */
                 lwi = LWI_TIMEOUT_INTERVAL(cfs_time_seconds(LONG_UNLINK),
@@ -2268,6 +2429,40 @@ int ptlrpc_unregister_reply(struct ptlrpc_request *request, int async)
         }
         RETURN(0);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ptlrpc_unregister_reply);
+
+static void ptlrpc_free_request(struct ptlrpc_request *req)
+{
+       spin_lock(&req->rq_lock);
+       req->rq_replay = 0;
+       spin_unlock(&req->rq_lock);
+
+       if (req->rq_commit_cb != NULL)
+               req->rq_commit_cb(req);
+       cfs_list_del_init(&req->rq_replay_list);
+
+       __ptlrpc_req_finished(req, 1);
+}
+
+/**
+ * the request is committed and dropped from the replay list of its import
+ */
+void ptlrpc_request_committed(struct ptlrpc_request *req, int force)
+{
+       struct obd_import       *imp = req->rq_import;
+
+       spin_lock(&imp->imp_lock);
+       if (cfs_list_empty(&req->rq_replay_list)) {
+               spin_unlock(&imp->imp_lock);
+               return;
+       }
+
+       if (force || req->rq_transno <= imp->imp_peer_committed_transno)
+               ptlrpc_free_request(req);
+
+       spin_unlock(&imp->imp_lock);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ptlrpc_request_committed);
 
 /**
  * Iterates through replay_list on import and prunes
@@ -2279,33 +2474,33 @@ int ptlrpc_unregister_reply(struct ptlrpc_request *request, int async)
  */
 void ptlrpc_free_committed(struct obd_import *imp)
 {
-        cfs_list_t *tmp, *saved;
-        struct ptlrpc_request *req;
-        struct ptlrpc_request *last_req = NULL; /* temporary fire escape */
-        ENTRY;
-
-        LASSERT(imp != NULL);
+       struct ptlrpc_request   *req, *saved;
+       struct ptlrpc_request   *last_req = NULL; /* temporary fire escape */
+       bool                     skip_committed_list = true;
+       ENTRY;
 
-        LASSERT_SPIN_LOCKED(&imp->imp_lock);
+       LASSERT(imp != NULL);
+       LASSERT(spin_is_locked(&imp->imp_lock));
 
 
         if (imp->imp_peer_committed_transno == imp->imp_last_transno_checked &&
             imp->imp_generation == imp->imp_last_generation_checked) {
                 CDEBUG(D_INFO, "%s: skip recheck: last_committed "LPU64"\n",
                        imp->imp_obd->obd_name, imp->imp_peer_committed_transno);
-                EXIT;
-                return;
+               RETURN_EXIT;
         }
         CDEBUG(D_RPCTRACE, "%s: committing for last_committed "LPU64" gen %d\n",
                imp->imp_obd->obd_name, imp->imp_peer_committed_transno,
                imp->imp_generation);
+
+       if (imp->imp_generation != imp->imp_last_generation_checked)
+               skip_committed_list = false;
+
         imp->imp_last_transno_checked = imp->imp_peer_committed_transno;
         imp->imp_last_generation_checked = imp->imp_generation;
 
-        cfs_list_for_each_safe(tmp, saved, &imp->imp_replay_list) {
-                req = cfs_list_entry(tmp, struct ptlrpc_request,
-                                     rq_replay_list);
-
+       cfs_list_for_each_entry_safe(req, saved, &imp->imp_replay_list,
+                                    rq_replay_list) {
                 /* XXX ok to remove when 1357 resolved - rread 05/29/03  */
                 LASSERT(req != last_req);
                 last_req = req;
@@ -2319,39 +2514,46 @@ void ptlrpc_free_committed(struct obd_import *imp)
                         GOTO(free_req, 0);
                 }
 
-                if (req->rq_replay) {
-                        DEBUG_REQ(D_RPCTRACE, req, "keeping (FL_REPLAY)");
-                        continue;
-                }
-
                 /* not yet committed */
                 if (req->rq_transno > imp->imp_peer_committed_transno) {
                         DEBUG_REQ(D_RPCTRACE, req, "stopping search");
                         break;
                 }
 
+               if (req->rq_replay) {
+                       DEBUG_REQ(D_RPCTRACE, req, "keeping (FL_REPLAY)");
+                       cfs_list_move_tail(&req->rq_replay_list,
+                                          &imp->imp_committed_list);
+                       continue;
+               }
+
                 DEBUG_REQ(D_INFO, req, "commit (last_committed "LPU64")",
                           imp->imp_peer_committed_transno);
 free_req:
-                cfs_spin_lock(&req->rq_lock);
-                req->rq_replay = 0;
-                cfs_spin_unlock(&req->rq_lock);
-                if (req->rq_commit_cb != NULL)
-                        req->rq_commit_cb(req);
-                cfs_list_del_init(&req->rq_replay_list);
-                __ptlrpc_req_finished(req, 1);
+               ptlrpc_free_request(req);
         }
 
+       if (skip_committed_list)
+               GOTO(out, 0);
+
+       cfs_list_for_each_entry_safe(req, saved, &imp->imp_committed_list,
+                                    rq_replay_list) {
+               LASSERT(req->rq_transno != 0);
+               if (req->rq_import_generation < imp->imp_generation) {
+                       DEBUG_REQ(D_RPCTRACE, req, "free stale open request");
+                       ptlrpc_free_request(req);
+               }
+       }
+out:
         EXIT;
-        return;
 }
 
 void ptlrpc_cleanup_client(struct obd_import *imp)
 {
         ENTRY;
         EXIT;
-        return;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ptlrpc_cleanup_client);
 
 /**
  * Schedule previously sent request for resend.
@@ -2365,7 +2567,7 @@ void ptlrpc_resend_req(struct ptlrpc_request *req)
         lustre_msg_set_handle(req->rq_reqmsg, &(struct lustre_handle){ 0 });
         req->rq_status = -EAGAIN;
 
-        cfs_spin_lock(&req->rq_lock);
+       spin_lock(&req->rq_lock);
         req->rq_resend = 1;
         req->rq_net_err = 0;
         req->rq_timedout = 0;
@@ -2378,21 +2580,23 @@ void ptlrpc_resend_req(struct ptlrpc_request *req)
                        old_xid, req->rq_xid);
         }
         ptlrpc_client_wake_req(req);
-        cfs_spin_unlock(&req->rq_lock);
+       spin_unlock(&req->rq_lock);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ptlrpc_resend_req);
 
 /* XXX: this function and rq_status are currently unused */
 void ptlrpc_restart_req(struct ptlrpc_request *req)
 {
-        DEBUG_REQ(D_HA, req, "restarting (possibly-)completed request");
-        req->rq_status = -ERESTARTSYS;
+       DEBUG_REQ(D_HA, req, "restarting (possibly-)completed request");
+       req->rq_status = -ERESTARTSYS;
 
-        cfs_spin_lock(&req->rq_lock);
-        req->rq_restart = 1;
-        req->rq_timedout = 0;
-        ptlrpc_client_wake_req(req);
-        cfs_spin_unlock(&req->rq_lock);
+       spin_lock(&req->rq_lock);
+       req->rq_restart = 1;
+       req->rq_timedout = 0;
+       ptlrpc_client_wake_req(req);
+       spin_unlock(&req->rq_lock);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ptlrpc_restart_req);
 
 /**
  * Grab additional reference on a request \a req
@@ -2403,6 +2607,7 @@ struct ptlrpc_request *ptlrpc_request_addref(struct ptlrpc_request *req)
         cfs_atomic_inc(&req->rq_refcount);
         RETURN(req);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ptlrpc_request_addref);
 
 /**
  * Add a request to import replay_list.
@@ -2411,9 +2616,9 @@ struct ptlrpc_request *ptlrpc_request_addref(struct ptlrpc_request *req)
 void ptlrpc_retain_replayable_request(struct ptlrpc_request *req,
                                       struct obd_import *imp)
 {
-        cfs_list_t *tmp;
+       cfs_list_t *tmp;
 
-        LASSERT_SPIN_LOCKED(&imp->imp_lock);
+       LASSERT(spin_is_locked(&imp->imp_lock));
 
         if (req->rq_transno == 0) {
                 DEBUG_REQ(D_EMERG, req, "saving request with zero transno");
@@ -2459,6 +2664,7 @@ void ptlrpc_retain_replayable_request(struct ptlrpc_request *req,
 
         cfs_list_add(&req->rq_replay_list, &imp->imp_replay_list);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ptlrpc_retain_replayable_request);
 
 /**
  * Send request and wait until it completes.
@@ -2479,8 +2685,8 @@ int ptlrpc_queue_wait(struct ptlrpc_request *req)
                 RETURN(-ENOMEM);
         }
 
-        /* for distributed debugging */
-        lustre_msg_set_status(req->rq_reqmsg, cfs_curproc_pid());
+       /* for distributed debugging */
+       lustre_msg_set_status(req->rq_reqmsg, current_pid());
 
         /* add a ref for the set (see comment in ptlrpc_set_add_req) */
         ptlrpc_request_addref(req);
@@ -2490,6 +2696,7 @@ int ptlrpc_queue_wait(struct ptlrpc_request *req)
 
         RETURN(rc);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ptlrpc_queue_wait);
 
 struct ptlrpc_replay_async_args {
         int praa_old_state;
@@ -2523,13 +2730,13 @@ static int ptlrpc_replay_interpret(const struct lu_env *env,
 
         /** VBR: check version failure */
         if (lustre_msg_get_status(req->rq_repmsg) == -EOVERFLOW) {
-                /** replay was failed due to version mismatch */
-                DEBUG_REQ(D_WARNING, req, "Version mismatch during replay\n");
-                cfs_spin_lock(&imp->imp_lock);
-                imp->imp_vbr_failed = 1;
-                imp->imp_no_lock_replay = 1;
-                cfs_spin_unlock(&imp->imp_lock);
-                lustre_msg_set_status(req->rq_repmsg, aa->praa_old_status);
+               /** replay was failed due to version mismatch */
+               DEBUG_REQ(D_WARNING, req, "Version mismatch during replay\n");
+               spin_lock(&imp->imp_lock);
+               imp->imp_vbr_failed = 1;
+               imp->imp_no_lock_replay = 1;
+               spin_unlock(&imp->imp_lock);
+               lustre_msg_set_status(req->rq_repmsg, aa->praa_old_status);
         } else {
                 /** The transno had better not change over replay. */
                 LASSERTF(lustre_msg_get_transno(req->rq_reqmsg) ==
@@ -2540,12 +2747,12 @@ static int ptlrpc_replay_interpret(const struct lu_env *env,
                          lustre_msg_get_transno(req->rq_repmsg));
         }
 
-        cfs_spin_lock(&imp->imp_lock);
-        /** if replays by version then gap was occur on server, no trust to locks */
-        if (lustre_msg_get_flags(req->rq_repmsg) & MSG_VERSION_REPLAY)
-                imp->imp_no_lock_replay = 1;
-        imp->imp_last_replay_transno = lustre_msg_get_transno(req->rq_reqmsg);
-        cfs_spin_unlock(&imp->imp_lock);
+       spin_lock(&imp->imp_lock);
+       /** if replays by version then gap occur on server, no trust to locks */
+       if (lustre_msg_get_flags(req->rq_repmsg) & MSG_VERSION_REPLAY)
+               imp->imp_no_lock_replay = 1;
+       imp->imp_last_replay_transno = lustre_msg_get_transno(req->rq_reqmsg);
+       spin_unlock(&imp->imp_lock);
         LASSERT(imp->imp_last_replay_transno);
 
         /* transaction number shouldn't be bigger than the latest replayed */
@@ -2587,7 +2794,7 @@ static int ptlrpc_replay_interpret(const struct lu_env *env,
 
         if (rc != 0)
                 /* this replay failed, so restart recovery */
-                ptlrpc_connect_import(imp, NULL);
+                ptlrpc_connect_import(imp);
 
         RETURN(rc);
 }
@@ -2620,14 +2827,19 @@ int ptlrpc_replay_req(struct ptlrpc_request *req)
         /* Readjust the timeout for current conditions */
         ptlrpc_at_set_req_timeout(req);
 
+        /* Tell server the net_latency, so the server can calculate how long
+         * it should wait for next replay */
+        lustre_msg_set_service_time(req->rq_reqmsg,
+                                    ptlrpc_at_get_net_latency(req));
         DEBUG_REQ(D_HA, req, "REPLAY");
 
         cfs_atomic_inc(&req->rq_import->imp_replay_inflight);
         ptlrpc_request_addref(req); /* ptlrpcd needs a ref */
 
-        ptlrpcd_add_req(req, PSCOPE_OTHER);
+        ptlrpcd_add_req(req, PDL_POLICY_LOCAL, -1);
         RETURN(0);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ptlrpc_replay_req);
 
 /**
  * Aborts all in-flight request on import \a imp sending and delayed lists
@@ -2641,7 +2853,7 @@ void ptlrpc_abort_inflight(struct obd_import *imp)
          * ptlrpc_{queue,set}_wait must (and does) hold imp_lock while testing
          * this flag and then putting requests on sending_list or delayed_list.
          */
-        cfs_spin_lock(&imp->imp_lock);
+       spin_lock(&imp->imp_lock);
 
         /* XXX locking?  Maybe we should remove each request with the list
          * locked?  Also, how do we know if the requests on the list are
@@ -2653,39 +2865,40 @@ void ptlrpc_abort_inflight(struct obd_import *imp)
 
                 DEBUG_REQ(D_RPCTRACE, req, "inflight");
 
-                cfs_spin_lock (&req->rq_lock);
-                if (req->rq_import_generation < imp->imp_generation) {
-                        req->rq_err = 1;
-                        req->rq_status = -EINTR;
-                        ptlrpc_client_wake_req(req);
-                }
-                cfs_spin_unlock (&req->rq_lock);
-        }
+               spin_lock(&req->rq_lock);
+               if (req->rq_import_generation < imp->imp_generation) {
+                       req->rq_err = 1;
+                       req->rq_status = -EIO;
+                       ptlrpc_client_wake_req(req);
+               }
+               spin_unlock(&req->rq_lock);
+       }
 
-        cfs_list_for_each_safe(tmp, n, &imp->imp_delayed_list) {
-                struct ptlrpc_request *req =
-                        cfs_list_entry(tmp, struct ptlrpc_request, rq_list);
+       cfs_list_for_each_safe(tmp, n, &imp->imp_delayed_list) {
+               struct ptlrpc_request *req =
+                       cfs_list_entry(tmp, struct ptlrpc_request, rq_list);
 
-                DEBUG_REQ(D_RPCTRACE, req, "aborting waiting req");
+               DEBUG_REQ(D_RPCTRACE, req, "aborting waiting req");
 
-                cfs_spin_lock (&req->rq_lock);
-                if (req->rq_import_generation < imp->imp_generation) {
-                        req->rq_err = 1;
-                        req->rq_status = -EINTR;
-                        ptlrpc_client_wake_req(req);
-                }
-                cfs_spin_unlock (&req->rq_lock);
-        }
+               spin_lock(&req->rq_lock);
+               if (req->rq_import_generation < imp->imp_generation) {
+                       req->rq_err = 1;
+                       req->rq_status = -EIO;
+                       ptlrpc_client_wake_req(req);
+               }
+               spin_unlock(&req->rq_lock);
+       }
 
-        /* Last chance to free reqs left on the replay list, but we
-         * will still leak reqs that haven't committed.  */
-        if (imp->imp_replayable)
-                ptlrpc_free_committed(imp);
+       /* Last chance to free reqs left on the replay list, but we
+        * will still leak reqs that haven't committed.  */
+       if (imp->imp_replayable)
+               ptlrpc_free_committed(imp);
 
-        cfs_spin_unlock(&imp->imp_lock);
+       spin_unlock(&imp->imp_lock);
 
-        EXIT;
+       EXIT;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ptlrpc_abort_inflight);
 
 /**
  * Abort all uncompleted requests in request set \a set
@@ -2701,21 +2914,21 @@ void ptlrpc_abort_set(struct ptlrpc_request_set *set)
                         cfs_list_entry(pos, struct ptlrpc_request,
                                        rq_set_chain);
 
-                cfs_spin_lock(&req->rq_lock);
-                if (req->rq_phase != RQ_PHASE_RPC) {
-                        cfs_spin_unlock(&req->rq_lock);
-                        continue;
-                }
+               spin_lock(&req->rq_lock);
+               if (req->rq_phase != RQ_PHASE_RPC) {
+                       spin_unlock(&req->rq_lock);
+                       continue;
+               }
 
-                req->rq_err = 1;
-                req->rq_status = -EINTR;
-                ptlrpc_client_wake_req(req);
-                cfs_spin_unlock(&req->rq_lock);
-        }
+               req->rq_err = 1;
+               req->rq_status = -EINTR;
+               ptlrpc_client_wake_req(req);
+               spin_unlock(&req->rq_lock);
+       }
 }
 
 static __u64 ptlrpc_last_xid;
-static cfs_spinlock_t ptlrpc_last_xid_lock;
+static spinlock_t ptlrpc_last_xid_lock;
 
 /**
  * Initialize the XID for the node.  This is common among all requests on
@@ -2735,29 +2948,46 @@ static cfs_spinlock_t ptlrpc_last_xid_lock;
 #define YEAR_2004 (1ULL << 30)
 void ptlrpc_init_xid(void)
 {
-        time_t now = cfs_time_current_sec();
+       time_t now = cfs_time_current_sec();
 
-        cfs_spin_lock_init(&ptlrpc_last_xid_lock);
-        if (now < YEAR_2004) {
-                cfs_get_random_bytes(&ptlrpc_last_xid, sizeof(ptlrpc_last_xid));
-                ptlrpc_last_xid >>= 2;
-                ptlrpc_last_xid |= (1ULL << 61);
-        } else {
-                ptlrpc_last_xid = (__u64)now << 20;
-        }
+       spin_lock_init(&ptlrpc_last_xid_lock);
+       if (now < YEAR_2004) {
+               cfs_get_random_bytes(&ptlrpc_last_xid, sizeof(ptlrpc_last_xid));
+               ptlrpc_last_xid >>= 2;
+               ptlrpc_last_xid |= (1ULL << 61);
+       } else {
+               ptlrpc_last_xid = (__u64)now << 20;
+       }
+
+       /* Need to always be aligned to a power-of-two for mutli-bulk BRW */
+       CLASSERT((PTLRPC_BULK_OPS_COUNT & (PTLRPC_BULK_OPS_COUNT - 1)) == 0);
+       ptlrpc_last_xid &= PTLRPC_BULK_OPS_MASK;
 }
 
 /**
- * Increase xid and returns resultng new value to the caller.
+ * Increase xid and returns resulting new value to the caller.
+ *
+ * Multi-bulk BRW RPCs consume multiple XIDs for each bulk transfer, starting
+ * at the returned xid, up to xid + PTLRPC_BULK_OPS_COUNT - 1. The BRW RPC
+ * itself uses the last bulk xid needed, so the server can determine the
+ * the number of bulk transfers from the RPC XID and a bitmask.  The starting
+ * xid must align to a power-of-two value.
+ *
+ * This is assumed to be true due to the initial ptlrpc_last_xid
+ * value also being initialized to a power-of-two value. LU-1431
  */
 __u64 ptlrpc_next_xid(void)
 {
-        __u64 tmp;
-        cfs_spin_lock(&ptlrpc_last_xid_lock);
-        tmp = ++ptlrpc_last_xid;
-        cfs_spin_unlock(&ptlrpc_last_xid_lock);
-        return tmp;
+       __u64 next;
+
+       spin_lock(&ptlrpc_last_xid_lock);
+       next = ptlrpc_last_xid + PTLRPC_BULK_OPS_COUNT;
+       ptlrpc_last_xid = next;
+       spin_unlock(&ptlrpc_last_xid_lock);
+
+       return next;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ptlrpc_next_xid);
 
 /**
  * Get a glimpse at what next xid value might have been.
@@ -2766,15 +2996,161 @@ __u64 ptlrpc_next_xid(void)
 __u64 ptlrpc_sample_next_xid(void)
 {
 #if BITS_PER_LONG == 32
-        /* need to avoid possible word tearing on 32-bit systems */
-        __u64 tmp;
-        cfs_spin_lock(&ptlrpc_last_xid_lock);
-        tmp = ptlrpc_last_xid + 1;
-        cfs_spin_unlock(&ptlrpc_last_xid_lock);
-        return tmp;
+       /* need to avoid possible word tearing on 32-bit systems */
+       __u64 next;
+
+       spin_lock(&ptlrpc_last_xid_lock);
+       next = ptlrpc_last_xid + PTLRPC_BULK_OPS_COUNT;
+       spin_unlock(&ptlrpc_last_xid_lock);
+
+       return next;
 #else
-        /* No need to lock, since returned value is racy anyways */
-        return ptlrpc_last_xid + 1;
+       /* No need to lock, since returned value is racy anyways */
+       return ptlrpc_last_xid + PTLRPC_BULK_OPS_COUNT;
 #endif
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ptlrpc_sample_next_xid);
+
+/**
+ * Functions for operating ptlrpc workers.
+ *
+ * A ptlrpc work is a function which will be running inside ptlrpc context.
+ * The callback shouldn't sleep otherwise it will block that ptlrpcd thread.
+ *
+ * 1. after a work is created, it can be used many times, that is:
+ *         handler = ptlrpcd_alloc_work();
+ *         ptlrpcd_queue_work();
+ *
+ *    queue it again when necessary:
+ *         ptlrpcd_queue_work();
+ *         ptlrpcd_destroy_work();
+ * 2. ptlrpcd_queue_work() can be called by multiple processes meanwhile, but
+ *    it will only be queued once in any time. Also as its name implies, it may
+ *    have delay before it really runs by ptlrpcd thread.
+ */
+struct ptlrpc_work_async_args {
+       int   (*cb)(const struct lu_env *, void *);
+       void   *cbdata;
+};
+
+static void ptlrpcd_add_work_req(struct ptlrpc_request *req)
+{
+       /* re-initialize the req */
+       req->rq_timeout         = obd_timeout;
+       req->rq_sent            = cfs_time_current_sec();
+       req->rq_deadline        = req->rq_sent + req->rq_timeout;
+       req->rq_reply_deadline  = req->rq_deadline;
+       req->rq_phase           = RQ_PHASE_INTERPRET;
+       req->rq_next_phase      = RQ_PHASE_COMPLETE;
+       req->rq_xid             = ptlrpc_next_xid();
+       req->rq_import_generation = req->rq_import->imp_generation;
+
+       ptlrpcd_add_req(req, PDL_POLICY_ROUND, -1);
+}
+
+static int work_interpreter(const struct lu_env *env,
+                           struct ptlrpc_request *req, void *data, int rc)
+{
+       struct ptlrpc_work_async_args *arg = data;
+
+       LASSERT(ptlrpcd_check_work(req));
+       LASSERT(arg->cb != NULL);
+
+       rc = arg->cb(env, arg->cbdata);
+
+       list_del_init(&req->rq_set_chain);
+       req->rq_set = NULL;
+
+       if (atomic_dec_return(&req->rq_refcount) > 1) {
+               atomic_set(&req->rq_refcount, 2);
+               ptlrpcd_add_work_req(req);
+       }
+       return rc;
+}
+
+static int worker_format;
+
+static int ptlrpcd_check_work(struct ptlrpc_request *req)
+{
+       return req->rq_pill.rc_fmt == (void *)&worker_format;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Create a work for ptlrpc.
+ */
+void *ptlrpcd_alloc_work(struct obd_import *imp,
+                        int (*cb)(const struct lu_env *, void *), void *cbdata)
+{
+       struct ptlrpc_request         *req = NULL;
+       struct ptlrpc_work_async_args *args;
+       ENTRY;
+
+       might_sleep();
+
+       if (cb == NULL)
+               RETURN(ERR_PTR(-EINVAL));
+
+        /* copy some code from deprecated fakereq. */
+        req = ptlrpc_request_cache_alloc(__GFP_IO);
+        if (req == NULL) {
+                CERROR("ptlrpc: run out of memory!\n");
+                RETURN(ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM));
+        }
+
+        req->rq_send_state = LUSTRE_IMP_FULL;
+        req->rq_type = PTL_RPC_MSG_REQUEST;
+        req->rq_import = class_import_get(imp);
+        req->rq_export = NULL;
+        req->rq_interpret_reply = work_interpreter;
+        /* don't want reply */
+        req->rq_receiving_reply = 0;
+        req->rq_must_unlink = 0;
+        req->rq_no_delay = req->rq_no_resend = 1;
+       req->rq_pill.rc_fmt = (void *)&worker_format;
+
+       spin_lock_init(&req->rq_lock);
+       CFS_INIT_LIST_HEAD(&req->rq_list);
+       CFS_INIT_LIST_HEAD(&req->rq_replay_list);
+       CFS_INIT_LIST_HEAD(&req->rq_set_chain);
+       CFS_INIT_LIST_HEAD(&req->rq_history_list);
+       CFS_INIT_LIST_HEAD(&req->rq_exp_list);
+       init_waitqueue_head(&req->rq_reply_waitq);
+       init_waitqueue_head(&req->rq_set_waitq);
+       atomic_set(&req->rq_refcount, 1);
+
+       CLASSERT (sizeof(*args) <= sizeof(req->rq_async_args));
+       args = ptlrpc_req_async_args(req);
+       args->cb     = cb;
+       args->cbdata = cbdata;
+
+       RETURN(req);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ptlrpcd_alloc_work);
+
+void ptlrpcd_destroy_work(void *handler)
+{
+        struct ptlrpc_request *req = handler;
+
+        if (req)
+                ptlrpc_req_finished(req);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ptlrpcd_destroy_work);
+
+int ptlrpcd_queue_work(void *handler)
+{
+       struct ptlrpc_request *req = handler;
+
+        /*
+         * Check if the req is already being queued.
+         *
+         * Here comes a trick: it lacks a way of checking if a req is being
+         * processed reliably in ptlrpc. Here I have to use refcount of req
+         * for this purpose. This is okay because the caller should use this
+         * req as opaque data. - Jinshan
+         */
+       LASSERT(atomic_read(&req->rq_refcount) > 0);
+       if (atomic_inc_return(&req->rq_refcount) == 2)
+               ptlrpcd_add_work_req(req);
+       return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ptlrpcd_queue_work);