diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index 17fcb83670c0da25509bb40256769197b1c6f282..4ce953f1b3909f38f213adcc0a39251a34875330 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -1194,13 +1194,6 @@ static int __make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
int where = ELEVATOR_INSERT_SORT;
int rw_flags;
- /* REQ_HARDBARRIER is no more */
- if (WARN_ONCE(bio->bi_rw & REQ_HARDBARRIER,
- "block: HARDBARRIER is deprecated, use FLUSH/FUA instead\n")) {
- bio_endio(bio, -EOPNOTSUPP);
- return 0;
- }
-
/*
* low level driver can indicate that it wants pages above a
* certain limit bounced to low memory (ie for highmem, or even
diff --git a/block/elevator.c b/block/elevator.c
index 282e8308f7e2bbab837375daf5ad81cfae97ca5e..2569512830d3e65a8a73213879b591917bdd91c4 100644
--- a/block/elevator.c
+++ b/block/elevator.c
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ void elv_dispatch_sort(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq)
q->nr_sorted--;
boundary = q->end_sector;
- stop_flags = REQ_SOFTBARRIER | REQ_HARDBARRIER | REQ_STARTED;
+ stop_flags = REQ_SOFTBARRIER | REQ_STARTED;
list_for_each_prev(entry, &q->queue_head) {
struct request *pos = list_entry_rq(entry);
@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ void elv_insert(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq, int where)
void __elv_add_request(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq, int where,
int plug)
{
- if (rq->cmd_flags & (REQ_SOFTBARRIER | REQ_HARDBARRIER)) {
+ if (rq->cmd_flags & REQ_SOFTBARRIER) {
/* barriers are scheduling boundary, update end_sector */
if (rq->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_FS ||
(rq->cmd_flags & REQ_DISCARD)) {
diff --git a/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c b/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c
index 541e18879965d01e74081701b50f3e70c78fb1b5..528f6318ded155f03d464f611f20240dd1a90c95 100644
--- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c
+++ b/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c
@@ -180,9 +180,6 @@ aoeblk_make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
BUG();
bio_endio(bio, -ENXIO);
return 0;
- } else if (bio->bi_rw & REQ_HARDBARRIER) {
- bio_endio(bio, -EOPNOTSUPP);
- return 0;
} else if (bio->bi_io_vec == NULL) {
printk(KERN_ERR "aoe: bi_io_vec is NULL\n");
BUG();
diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index 1e5284ef65fa47313d4a6609526b6dfecf00615e..7ea0bea2f7e3f7a0ecc2a2d4b5df15a9b5a7cccc 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -481,12 +481,6 @@ static int do_bio_filebacked(struct loop_device *lo, struct bio *bio)
if (bio_rw(bio) == WRITE) {
struct file *file = lo->lo_backing_file;
- /* REQ_HARDBARRIER is deprecated */
- if (bio->bi_rw & REQ_HARDBARRIER) {
- ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
- goto out;
- }
-
if (bio->bi_rw & REQ_FLUSH) {
ret = vfs_fsync(file, 0);
if (unlikely(ret && ret != -EINVAL)) {
diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
index 06e2812ba12405dc0a63eea531943b53c4aa067b..255035cfc88ab8ff3a279578487facd6d17a113f 100644
--- a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
+++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
@@ -289,8 +289,6 @@ static int blkif_queue_request(struct request *req)
ring_req->operation = rq_data_dir(req) ?
BLKIF_OP_WRITE : BLKIF_OP_READ;
- if (req->cmd_flags & REQ_HARDBARRIER)
- ring_req->operation = BLKIF_OP_WRITE_BARRIER;
ring_req->nr_segments = blk_rq_map_sg(req->q, req, info->sg);
BUG_ON(ring_req->nr_segments > BLKIF_MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_REQUEST);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
index 1de30eb83bb097664056209ec6d06a470385b76d..f3cf924a2cd96f8c322e53d6012c8397c99f8a58 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
@@ -320,19 +320,11 @@ static int scsi_check_sense(struct scsi_cmnd *scmd)
"changed. The Linux SCSI layer does not "
"automatically adjust these parameters.\n");
- if (scmd->request->cmd_flags & REQ_HARDBARRIER)
- /*
- * barrier requests should always retry on UA
- * otherwise block will get a spurious error
- */
- return NEEDS_RETRY;
- else
- /*
- * for normal (non barrier) commands, pass the
- * UA upwards for a determination in the
- * completion functions
- */
- return SUCCESS;
+ /*
+ * Pass the UA upwards for a determination in the completion
+ * functions.
+ */
+ return SUCCESS;
/* these three are not supported */
case COPY_ABORTED:
diff --git a/drivers/usb/storage/uas.c b/drivers/usb/storage/uas.c
index 2054b1e25a6554e3e62e8c96c9ccb8b4dc7fa893..d1268191acbde5ead493c660558fce8a23e833a8 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/storage/uas.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/storage/uas.c
@@ -331,10 +331,7 @@ static struct urb *uas_alloc_cmd_urb(struct uas_dev_info *devinfo, gfp_t gfp,
iu->iu_id = IU_ID_COMMAND;
iu->tag = cpu_to_be16(stream_id);
- if (sdev->ordered_tags && (cmnd->request->cmd_flags & REQ_HARDBARRIER))
- iu->prio_attr = UAS_ORDERED_TAG;
- else
- iu->prio_attr = UAS_SIMPLE_TAG;
+ iu->prio_attr = UAS_SIMPLE_TAG;
iu->len = len;
int_to_scsilun(sdev->lun, &iu->lun);
memcpy(iu->cdb, cmnd->cmnd, cmnd->cmd_len);
diff --git a/include/linux/bio.h b/include/linux/bio.h
index ba679992d39b4e08ebf0314b784a72a80dd41506..35dcdb3589bc9a59047a58e166efc540c22a3105 100644
--- a/include/linux/bio.h
+++ b/include/linux/bio.h
@@ -66,10 +66,6 @@
#define bio_offset(bio) bio_iovec((bio))->bv_offset
#define bio_segments(bio) ((bio)->bi_vcnt - (bio)->bi_idx)
#define bio_sectors(bio) ((bio)->bi_size >> 9)
-#define bio_empty_barrier(bio) \
- ((bio->bi_rw & REQ_HARDBARRIER) && \
- !bio_has_data(bio) && \
- !(bio->bi_rw & REQ_DISCARD))
static inline unsigned int bio_cur_bytes(struct bio *bio)
{
diff --git a/include/linux/blk_types.h b/include/linux/blk_types.h
index 0437ab6bb54c0b2265c39bb961e88eda09d38739..46ad5197537af19697396a4e43179e6322a255aa 100644
--- a/include/linux/blk_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/blk_types.h
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ enum rq_flag_bits {
__REQ_FAILFAST_TRANSPORT, /* no driver retries of transport errors */
__REQ_FAILFAST_DRIVER, /* no driver retries of driver errors */
- __REQ_HARDBARRIER, /* may not be passed by drive either */
__REQ_SYNC, /* request is sync (sync write or read) */
__REQ_META, /* metadata io request */
__REQ_DISCARD, /* request to discard sectors */
@@ -159,7 +158,6 @@ enum rq_flag_bits {
#define REQ_FAILFAST_DEV (1 << __REQ_FAILFAST_DEV)
#define REQ_FAILFAST_TRANSPORT (1 << __REQ_FAILFAST_TRANSPORT)
#define REQ_FAILFAST_DRIVER (1 << __REQ_FAILFAST_DRIVER)
-#define REQ_HARDBARRIER (1 << __REQ_HARDBARRIER)
#define REQ_SYNC (1 << __REQ_SYNC)
#define REQ_META (1 << __REQ_META)
#define REQ_DISCARD (1 << __REQ_DISCARD)
@@ -168,8 +166,8 @@ enum rq_flag_bits {
#define REQ_FAILFAST_MASK \
(REQ_FAILFAST_DEV | REQ_FAILFAST_TRANSPORT | REQ_FAILFAST_DRIVER)
#define REQ_COMMON_MASK \
- (REQ_WRITE | REQ_FAILFAST_MASK | REQ_HARDBARRIER | REQ_SYNC | \
- REQ_META | REQ_DISCARD | REQ_NOIDLE | REQ_FLUSH | REQ_FUA)
+ (REQ_WRITE | REQ_FAILFAST_MASK | REQ_SYNC | REQ_META | REQ_DISCARD | \
+ REQ_NOIDLE | REQ_FLUSH | REQ_FUA)
#define REQ_CLONE_MASK REQ_COMMON_MASK
#define REQ_UNPLUG (1 << __REQ_UNPLUG)
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 5027a599077d89cd72aa5c09aaaa56254b971886..aae86fd10c4f5dcea0eaf43cf6c39667a805dae4 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -552,8 +552,7 @@ static inline void blk_clear_queue_full(struct request_queue *q, int sync)
* it already be started by driver.
*/
#define RQ_NOMERGE_FLAGS \
- (REQ_NOMERGE | REQ_STARTED | REQ_HARDBARRIER | REQ_SOFTBARRIER | \
- REQ_FLUSH | REQ_FUA)
+ (REQ_NOMERGE | REQ_STARTED | REQ_SOFTBARRIER | REQ_FLUSH | REQ_FUA)
#define rq_mergeable(rq) \
(!((rq)->cmd_flags & RQ_NOMERGE_FLAGS) && \
(((rq)->cmd_flags & REQ_DISCARD) || \
diff --git a/kernel/trace/blktrace.c b/kernel/trace/blktrace.c
index bc251ed667248fb8c72a0dd59ddf3a9a42e1c23d..7b8ec02815482773bc0eccb3918e207934f46419 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/blktrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/blktrace.c
@@ -168,7 +168,6 @@ static int act_log_check(struct blk_trace *bt, u32 what, sector_t sector,
static const u32 ddir_act[2] = { BLK_TC_ACT(BLK_TC_READ),
BLK_TC_ACT(BLK_TC_WRITE) };
-#define BLK_TC_HARDBARRIER BLK_TC_BARRIER
#define BLK_TC_RAHEAD BLK_TC_AHEAD
/* The ilog2() calls fall out because they're constant */
@@ -196,7 +195,6 @@ static void __blk_add_trace(struct blk_trace *bt, sector_t sector, int bytes,
return;
what |= ddir_act[rw & WRITE];
- what |= MASK_TC_BIT(rw, HARDBARRIER);
what |= MASK_TC_BIT(rw, SYNC);
what |= MASK_TC_BIT(rw, RAHEAD);
what |= MASK_TC_BIT(rw, META);
@@ -1807,8 +1805,6 @@ void blk_fill_rwbs(char *rwbs, u32 rw, int bytes)
if (rw & REQ_RAHEAD)
rwbs[i++] = 'A';
- if (rw & REQ_HARDBARRIER)
- rwbs[i++] = 'B';
if (rw & REQ_SYNC)
rwbs[i++] = 'S';
if (rw & REQ_META)