diff --git a/block/blk-barrier.c b/block/blk-barrier.c
index 5c99ff8d2db8..6e72d661ae42 100644
--- a/block/blk-barrier.c
+++ b/block/blk-barrier.c
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ static inline struct request *start_ordered(struct request_queue *q,
 	/*
 	 * Prep proxy barrier request.
 	 */
-	blkdev_dequeue_request(rq);
+	elv_dequeue_request(q, rq);
 	q->orig_bar_rq = rq;
 	rq = &q->bar_rq;
 	blk_rq_init(q, rq);
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ int blk_do_ordered(struct request_queue *q, struct request **rqp)
 			 * This can happen when the queue switches to
 			 * ORDERED_NONE while this request is on it.
 			 */
-			blkdev_dequeue_request(rq);
+			elv_dequeue_request(q, rq);
 			if (__blk_end_request(rq, -EOPNOTSUPP,
 					      blk_rq_bytes(rq)))
 				BUG();
diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index 10e8a64a5a5b..c36aa98fafa3 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ blk_init_queue_node(request_fn_proc *rfn, spinlock_t *lock, int node_id)
 				   1 << QUEUE_FLAG_STACKABLE);
 	q->queue_lock		= lock;
 
-	blk_queue_segment_boundary(q, 0xffffffff);
+	blk_queue_segment_boundary(q, BLK_SEG_BOUNDARY_MASK);
 
 	blk_queue_make_request(q, __make_request);
 	blk_queue_max_segment_size(q, MAX_SEGMENT_SIZE);
@@ -1636,6 +1636,28 @@ int blk_insert_cloned_request(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_insert_cloned_request);
 
+/**
+ * blkdev_dequeue_request - dequeue request and start timeout timer
+ * @req: request to dequeue
+ *
+ * Dequeue @req and start timeout timer on it.  This hands off the
+ * request to the driver.
+ *
+ * Block internal functions which don't want to start timer should
+ * call elv_dequeue_request().
+ */
+void blkdev_dequeue_request(struct request *req)
+{
+	elv_dequeue_request(req->q, req);
+
+	/*
+	 * We are now handing the request to the hardware, add the
+	 * timeout handler.
+	 */
+	blk_add_timer(req);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(blkdev_dequeue_request);
+
 /**
  * __end_that_request_first - end I/O on a request
  * @req:      the request being processed
@@ -1774,7 +1796,7 @@ static void end_that_request_last(struct request *req, int error)
 		blk_queue_end_tag(req->q, req);
 
 	if (blk_queued_rq(req))
-		blkdev_dequeue_request(req);
+		elv_dequeue_request(req->q, req);
 
 	if (unlikely(laptop_mode) && blk_fs_request(req))
 		laptop_io_completion();
diff --git a/block/blk-map.c b/block/blk-map.c
index 0f4b4b881811..2990447f45e9 100644
--- a/block/blk-map.c
+++ b/block/blk-map.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ int blk_rq_map_user_iov(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq,
 		 */
 		bio_get(bio);
 		bio_endio(bio, 0);
-		bio_unmap_user(bio);
+		__blk_rq_unmap_user(bio);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
diff --git a/block/blk-settings.c b/block/blk-settings.c
index 41392fbe19ff..afa55e14e278 100644
--- a/block/blk-settings.c
+++ b/block/blk-settings.c
@@ -125,6 +125,9 @@ void blk_queue_make_request(struct request_queue *q, make_request_fn *mfn)
 	q->nr_requests = BLKDEV_MAX_RQ;
 	blk_queue_max_phys_segments(q, MAX_PHYS_SEGMENTS);
 	blk_queue_max_hw_segments(q, MAX_HW_SEGMENTS);
+	blk_queue_segment_boundary(q, BLK_SEG_BOUNDARY_MASK);
+	blk_queue_max_segment_size(q, MAX_SEGMENT_SIZE);
+
 	q->make_request_fn = mfn;
 	q->backing_dev_info.ra_pages =
 			(VM_MAX_READAHEAD * 1024) / PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
@@ -314,6 +317,7 @@ void blk_queue_stack_limits(struct request_queue *t, struct request_queue *b)
 	/* zero is "infinity" */
 	t->max_sectors = min_not_zero(t->max_sectors, b->max_sectors);
 	t->max_hw_sectors = min_not_zero(t->max_hw_sectors, b->max_hw_sectors);
+	t->seg_boundary_mask = min_not_zero(t->seg_boundary_mask, b->seg_boundary_mask);
 
 	t->max_phys_segments = min(t->max_phys_segments, b->max_phys_segments);
 	t->max_hw_segments = min(t->max_hw_segments, b->max_hw_segments);
diff --git a/block/elevator.c b/block/elevator.c
index 9ac82dde99dd..a6951f76ba0c 100644
--- a/block/elevator.c
+++ b/block/elevator.c
@@ -844,14 +844,7 @@ void elv_dequeue_request(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq)
 	 */
 	if (blk_account_rq(rq))
 		q->in_flight++;
-
-	/*
-	 * We are now handing the request to the hardware, add the
-	 * timeout handler.
-	 */
-	blk_add_timer(rq);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(elv_dequeue_request);
 
 int elv_queue_empty(struct request_queue *q)
 {
diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index 27549e470da5..2f7feda61e35 100644
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -1102,6 +1102,7 @@ struct gendisk *alloc_disk_node(int minors, int node_id)
 			kfree(disk);
 			return NULL;
 		}
+		disk->node_id = node_id;
 		if (disk_expand_part_tbl(disk, 0)) {
 			free_part_stats(&disk->part0);
 			kfree(disk);
@@ -1116,7 +1117,6 @@ struct gendisk *alloc_disk_node(int minors, int node_id)
 		device_initialize(disk_to_dev(disk));
 		INIT_WORK(&disk->async_notify,
 			media_change_notify_thread);
-		disk->node_id = node_id;
 	}
 	return disk;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-table.c b/drivers/md/dm-table.c
index a63161aec487..04e5fd742c2c 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-table.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-table.c
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ static void check_for_valid_limits(struct io_restrictions *rs)
 	if (!rs->max_segment_size)
 		rs->max_segment_size = MAX_SEGMENT_SIZE;
 	if (!rs->seg_boundary_mask)
-		rs->seg_boundary_mask = -1;
+		rs->seg_boundary_mask = BLK_SEG_BOUNDARY_MASK;
 	if (!rs->bounce_pfn)
 		rs->bounce_pfn = -1;
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index a135256b272c..6dcd30d806cd 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -786,6 +786,8 @@ static inline void blk_run_address_space(struct address_space *mapping)
 		blk_run_backing_dev(mapping->backing_dev_info, NULL);
 }
 
+extern void blkdev_dequeue_request(struct request *req);
+
 /*
  * blk_end_request() and friends.
  * __blk_end_request() and end_request() must be called with
@@ -820,11 +822,6 @@ extern void blk_update_request(struct request *rq, int error,
 extern unsigned int blk_rq_bytes(struct request *rq);
 extern unsigned int blk_rq_cur_bytes(struct request *rq);
 
-static inline void blkdev_dequeue_request(struct request *req)
-{
-	elv_dequeue_request(req->q, req);
-}
-
 /*
  * Access functions for manipulating queue properties
  */
@@ -921,6 +918,8 @@ extern void blk_set_cmd_filter_defaults(struct blk_cmd_filter *filter);
 
 #define MAX_SEGMENT_SIZE	65536
 
+#define BLK_SEG_BOUNDARY_MASK	0xFFFFFFFFUL
+
 #define blkdev_entry_to_request(entry) list_entry((entry), struct request, queuelist)
 
 static inline int queue_hardsect_size(struct request_queue *q)