diff --git a/block/blk-ioc.c b/block/blk-ioc.c
index c898049dafd5..342eae9b0d3c 100644
--- a/block/blk-ioc.c
+++ b/block/blk-ioc.c
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ static void cfq_dtor(struct io_context *ioc)
 	if (!hlist_empty(&ioc->cic_list)) {
 		struct cfq_io_context *cic;
 
-		cic = list_entry(ioc->cic_list.first, struct cfq_io_context,
+		cic = hlist_entry(ioc->cic_list.first, struct cfq_io_context,
 								cic_list);
 		cic->dtor(ioc);
 	}
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ static void cfq_exit(struct io_context *ioc)
 	if (!hlist_empty(&ioc->cic_list)) {
 		struct cfq_io_context *cic;
 
-		cic = list_entry(ioc->cic_list.first, struct cfq_io_context,
+		cic = hlist_entry(ioc->cic_list.first, struct cfq_io_context,
 								cic_list);
 		cic->exit(ioc);
 	}
diff --git a/block/cfq-iosched.c b/block/cfq-iosched.c
index 7c52d6888924..3c7b537bf908 100644
--- a/block/cfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/cfq-iosched.c
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ struct cfq_group {
 	int nr_cfqq;
 
 	/*
-	 * Per group busy queus average. Useful for workload slice calc. We
+	 * Per group busy queues average. Useful for workload slice calc. We
 	 * create the array for each prio class but at run time it is used
 	 * only for RT and BE class and slot for IDLE class remains unused.
 	 * This is primarily done to avoid confusion and a gcc warning.
@@ -369,16 +369,16 @@ CFQ_CFQQ_FNS(wait_busy);
 #define cfq_log_cfqq(cfqd, cfqq, fmt, args...)	\
 	blk_add_trace_msg((cfqd)->queue, "cfq%d%c %s " fmt, (cfqq)->pid, \
 			cfq_cfqq_sync((cfqq)) ? 'S' : 'A', \
-			blkg_path(&(cfqq)->cfqg->blkg), ##args);
+			blkg_path(&(cfqq)->cfqg->blkg), ##args)
 
 #define cfq_log_cfqg(cfqd, cfqg, fmt, args...)				\
 	blk_add_trace_msg((cfqd)->queue, "%s " fmt,			\
-				blkg_path(&(cfqg)->blkg), ##args);      \
+				blkg_path(&(cfqg)->blkg), ##args)       \
 
 #else
 #define cfq_log_cfqq(cfqd, cfqq, fmt, args...)	\
 	blk_add_trace_msg((cfqd)->queue, "cfq%d " fmt, (cfqq)->pid, ##args)
-#define cfq_log_cfqg(cfqd, cfqg, fmt, args...)		do {} while (0);
+#define cfq_log_cfqg(cfqd, cfqg, fmt, args...)		do {} while (0)
 #endif
 #define cfq_log(cfqd, fmt, args...)	\
 	blk_add_trace_msg((cfqd)->queue, "cfq " fmt, ##args)
@@ -3786,9 +3786,6 @@ cfq_set_request(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq, gfp_t gfp_mask)
 	return 0;
 
 queue_fail:
-	if (cic)
-		put_io_context(cic->ioc);
-
 	cfq_schedule_dispatch(cfqd);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(q->queue_lock, flags);
 	cfq_log(cfqd, "set_request fail");
diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c
index e6fc716aca45..f533f3375e24 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c
@@ -192,7 +192,8 @@ static int sock_xmit(struct nbd_device *lo, int send, void *buf, int size,
 			if (lo->xmit_timeout)
 				del_timer_sync(&ti);
 		} else
-			result = kernel_recvmsg(sock, &msg, &iov, 1, size, 0);
+			result = kernel_recvmsg(sock, &msg, &iov, 1, size,
+						msg.msg_flags);
 
 		if (signal_pending(current)) {
 			siginfo_t info;
@@ -753,9 +754,26 @@ static int __init nbd_init(void)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	part_shift = 0;
-	if (max_part > 0)
+	if (max_part > 0) {
 		part_shift = fls(max_part);
 
+		/*
+		 * Adjust max_part according to part_shift as it is exported
+		 * to user space so that user can know the max number of
+		 * partition kernel should be able to manage.
+		 *
+		 * Note that -1 is required because partition 0 is reserved
+		 * for the whole disk.
+		 */
+		max_part = (1UL << part_shift) - 1;
+	}
+
+	if ((1UL << part_shift) > DISK_MAX_PARTS)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (nbds_max > 1UL << (MINORBITS - part_shift))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	for (i = 0; i < nbds_max; i++) {
 		struct gendisk *disk = alloc_disk(1 << part_shift);
 		if (!disk)
diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c
index c73910cc28c9..5cf2993a8338 100644
--- a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c
+++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c
@@ -809,11 +809,13 @@ static int __init xen_blkif_init(void)
  failed_init:
 	kfree(blkbk->pending_reqs);
 	kfree(blkbk->pending_grant_handles);
-	for (i = 0; i < mmap_pages; i++) {
-		if (blkbk->pending_pages[i])
-			__free_page(blkbk->pending_pages[i]);
+	if (blkbk->pending_pages) {
+		for (i = 0; i < mmap_pages; i++) {
+			if (blkbk->pending_pages[i])
+				__free_page(blkbk->pending_pages[i]);
+		}
+		kfree(blkbk->pending_pages);
 	}
-	kfree(blkbk->pending_pages);
 	kfree(blkbk);
 	blkbk = NULL;
 	return rc;
diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c
index 34570823355b..6cc0db1bf522 100644
--- a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c
+++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c
@@ -357,14 +357,13 @@ static int xen_vbd_create(struct xen_blkif *blkif, blkif_vdev_t handle,
 	}
 
 	vbd->bdev = bdev;
-	vbd->size = vbd_sz(vbd);
-
 	if (vbd->bdev->bd_disk == NULL) {
 		DPRINTK("xen_vbd_create: device %08x doesn't exist.\n",
 			vbd->pdevice);
 		xen_vbd_free(vbd);
 		return -ENOENT;
 	}
+	vbd->size = vbd_sz(vbd);
 
 	if (vbd->bdev->bd_disk->flags & GENHD_FL_CD || cdrom)
 		vbd->type |= VDISK_CDROM;
diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index 1f2b19978333..1a2421f908f0 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -1272,8 +1272,8 @@ int blkdev_get(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode, void *holder)
 		 * individual writeable reference is too fragile given the
 		 * way @mode is used in blkdev_get/put().
 		 */
-		if ((disk->flags & GENHD_FL_BLOCK_EVENTS_ON_EXCL_WRITE) &&
-		    !res && (mode & FMODE_WRITE) && !bdev->bd_write_holder) {
+		if (!res && (mode & FMODE_WRITE) && !bdev->bd_write_holder &&
+		    (disk->flags & GENHD_FL_BLOCK_EVENTS_ON_EXCL_WRITE)) {
 			bdev->bd_write_holder = true;
 			disk_block_events(disk);
 		}
diff --git a/fs/partitions/check.c b/fs/partitions/check.c
index f82e762eeca2..d545e97d99c3 100644
--- a/fs/partitions/check.c
+++ b/fs/partitions/check.c
@@ -255,13 +255,7 @@ ssize_t part_discard_alignment_show(struct device *dev,
 				   struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
 	struct hd_struct *p = dev_to_part(dev);
-	struct gendisk *disk = dev_to_disk(dev);
-	unsigned int alignment = 0;
-
-	if (disk->queue)
-		alignment = queue_limit_discard_alignment(&disk->queue->limits,
-								p->start_sect);
-	return sprintf(buf, "%u\n", alignment);
+	return sprintf(buf, "%u\n", p->discard_alignment);
 }
 
 ssize_t part_stat_show(struct device *dev,
@@ -455,6 +449,8 @@ struct hd_struct *add_partition(struct gendisk *disk, int partno,
 	p->start_sect = start;
 	p->alignment_offset =
 		queue_limit_alignment_offset(&disk->queue->limits, start);
+	p->discard_alignment =
+		queue_limit_discard_alignment(&disk->queue->limits, start);
 	p->nr_sects = len;
 	p->partno = partno;
 	p->policy = get_disk_ro(disk);
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index ae9091a68480..1a23722e8878 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -1282,8 +1282,8 @@ queue_max_integrity_segments(struct request_queue *q)
 #define blk_get_integrity(a)			(0)
 #define blk_integrity_compare(a, b)		(0)
 #define blk_integrity_register(a, b)		(0)
-#define blk_integrity_unregister(a)		do { } while (0);
-#define blk_queue_max_integrity_segments(a, b)	do { } while (0);
+#define blk_integrity_unregister(a)		do { } while (0)
+#define blk_queue_max_integrity_segments(a, b)	do { } while (0)
 #define queue_max_integrity_segments(a)		(0)
 #define blk_integrity_merge_rq(a, b, c)		(0)
 #define blk_integrity_merge_bio(a, b, c)	(0)
diff --git a/include/linux/genhd.h b/include/linux/genhd.h
index b78956b3c2e7..300d7582006e 100644
--- a/include/linux/genhd.h
+++ b/include/linux/genhd.h
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ struct hd_struct {
 	sector_t start_sect;
 	sector_t nr_sects;
 	sector_t alignment_offset;
+	unsigned int discard_alignment;
 	struct device __dev;
 	struct kobject *holder_dir;
 	int policy, partno;