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From: Heinz Mauelshagen <heinzm@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:31:07 +0200
Subject: [md] dm-raid45: corrupt data and premature end of synch
Message-id: 1240515067.918.8.camel@o
O-Subject: [RHEL 5.4 PATCH] dm: raid45 target: fix data corruption and premature end of synchronization
Bugzilla: 480733 479383

RHEL5.4 device mapper: raid45 target
Fix target issues causing data corruption while performing write IO
during resycnchronizing.
Fix incomplete resychronization when multiple sets are synchronized in
parallel.

Resolves: BZ 479383 and BZ 480733

The raid45 target isn't upstream so far, because we introduced it on
partner request (Intel, Dell) with RHEL5.3 and wanted to address these
issues before upstreaming.

Patch rebased on current intended upstream version, compiled and tested.

diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-raid45.c b/drivers/md/dm-raid45.c
index 8ed75b8..c7cf642 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-raid45.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-raid45.c
@@ -1,18 +1,19 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (C) 2005-2008 Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (C) 2005-2009 Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved.
  *
  * Module Author: Heinz Mauelshagen <Mauelshagen@RedHat.com>
  *
  * This file is released under the GPL.
  *
- * WARNING: this is Alpha software wich can corrupt your data!
- *
  *
  * Linux 2.6 Device Mapper RAID4 and RAID5 target.
  *
  * Supports:
  *	o RAID4 with dedicated and selectable parity device
  *	o RAID5 with rotating parity (left+right, symmetric+asymmetric)
+ *	o recovery of out of sync device for initial
+ *	  RAID set creation or after dead drive replacement
+ *	o run time optimization of xor algorithm used to calculate parity
  *
  *
  * Thanks to MD for:
@@ -28,33 +29,29 @@
  *    o dirty regions (those with write io in flight)
  *
  *
- * On startup, any dirty regions are migrated to the 'nosync' state
- * and are subject to recovery by the daemon.
+ * On startup, any dirty regions are migrated to the
+ * 'nosync' state and are subject to recovery by the daemon.
  *
  * See raid_ctr() for table definition.
  *
- *
- * FIXME:
- * o add virtual interface for locking
- * o remove instrumentation (REMOVEME:)
- *
- */
+ * FIXME: recovery bandwidth
+ */ 
 
-static const char *version = "v0.2429";
+static const char *version = "v0.2594b";
 
 #include "dm.h"
 #include "dm-bio-list.h"
 #include "dm-mem-cache.h"
 #include "dm-message.h"
-#include "dm-region_hash.h"
 #include "dm-raid45.h"
+#include "dm-region_hash.h"
 
-#include <linux/dm-io.h>
-#include <linux/dm-dirty-log.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
 
-#define	STR_LEN(ptr, str) ptr, str, strlen(ptr)
+#include <linux/dm-io.h>
+#include <linux/dm-dirty-log.h>
+
 #define bio_list_for_each(bio, bl) \
 	for (bio = (bl)->head; bio; bio = bio->bi_next)
 static inline int bio_list_empty(const struct bio_list *bl)
@@ -62,37 +59,37 @@ static inline int bio_list_empty(const struct bio_list *bl)
 	return !bl->head;
 }
 
-
 /*
  * Configurable parameters
  */
-#define	INLINE
-
-/* Default # of stripes if not set in constructor. */
-#define	STRIPES			64
 
-/* Minimum/maximum # of selectable stripes. */
+/* Minimum/maximum and default # of selectable stripes. */
 #define	STRIPES_MIN		8
 #define	STRIPES_MAX		16384
+#define	STRIPES_DEFAULT		80
 
-/* Default chunk size in sectors if not set in constructor. */
-#define	CHUNK_SIZE		64
+/* Maximum and default chunk size in sectors if not set in constructor. */
+#define	CHUNK_SIZE_MIN		8
+#define	CHUNK_SIZE_MAX		16384
+#define	CHUNK_SIZE_DEFAULT	64
 
 /* Default io size in sectors if not set in constructor. */
-#define	IO_SIZE_MIN		SECTORS_PER_PAGE
-#define	IO_SIZE			IO_SIZE_MIN
-
-/* Maximum setable chunk size in sectors. */
-#define	CHUNK_SIZE_MAX		16384
+#define	IO_SIZE_MIN		CHUNK_SIZE_MIN
+#define	IO_SIZE_DEFAULT		IO_SIZE_MIN
 
 /* Recover io size default in sectors. */
-#define	RECOVER_IO_SIZE_MIN	64
-#define	RECOVER_IO_SIZE		256
+#define	RECOVER_IO_SIZE_MIN		64
+#define	RECOVER_IO_SIZE_DEFAULT		256
 
-/* Default percentage recover io bandwidth. */
-#define	BANDWIDTH		10
+/* Default, minimum and maximum percentage of recover io bandwidth. */
+#define	BANDWIDTH_DEFAULT	10
 #define	BANDWIDTH_MIN		1
 #define	BANDWIDTH_MAX		100
+
+/* # of parallel recovered regions */
+#define RECOVERY_STRIPES_MIN	1
+#define RECOVERY_STRIPES_MAX	64
+#define RECOVERY_STRIPES_DEFAULT	RECOVERY_STRIPES_MIN
 /*
  * END Configurable parameters
  */
@@ -104,29 +101,31 @@ static inline int bio_list_empty(const struct bio_list *bl)
 #define	SECTORS_PER_PAGE	(PAGE_SIZE >> SECTOR_SHIFT)
 
 /* Amount/size for __xor(). */
-#define	SECTORS_PER_XOR	SECTORS_PER_PAGE
 #define	XOR_SIZE	PAGE_SIZE
 
-/* Derive raid_set from stripe_cache pointer. */
-#define	RS(x)	container_of(x, struct raid_set, sc)
-
 /* Check value in range. */
 #define	range_ok(i, min, max)	(i >= min && i <= max)
 
+/* Check argument is power of 2. */
+#define POWER_OF_2(a) (!(a & (a - 1)))
+
+/* Structure access macros. */
+/* Derive raid_set from stripe_cache pointer. */
+#define	RS(x)	container_of(x, struct raid_set, sc)
+
 /* Page reference. */
-#define PAGE(stripe, p)	((stripe)->obj[p].pl->page)
+#define PAGE(stripe, p)  ((stripe)->obj[p].pl->page)
+
+/* Stripe chunk reference. */
+#define CHUNK(stripe, p) ((stripe)->chunk + p)
 
 /* Bio list reference. */
-#define	BL(stripe, p, rw)	(stripe->ss[p].bl + rw)
+#define	BL(stripe, p, rw)	(stripe->chunk[p].bl + rw)
+#define	BL_CHUNK(chunk, rw)	(chunk->bl + rw)
 
 /* Page list reference. */
 #define	PL(stripe, p)		(stripe->obj[p].pl)
-
-/* Check argument is power of 2. */
-#define POWER_OF_2(a) (!(a & (a - 1)))
-
-/* xor optimization. */
-typedef unsigned long xor_t;
+/* END: structure access macros. */
 
 /* Factor out to dm-bio-list.h */
 static inline void bio_list_push(struct bio_list *bl, struct bio *bio)
@@ -140,9 +139,22 @@ static inline void bio_list_push(struct bio_list *bl, struct bio *bio)
 
 /* Factor out to dm.h */
 #define TI_ERR_RET(str, ret) \
-        do { ti->error = DM_MSG_PREFIX ": " str; return ret; } while(0);
+	do { ti->error = str; return ret; } while (0);
 #define TI_ERR(str)     TI_ERR_RET(str, -EINVAL)
 
+/* Macro to define access IO flags access inline functions. */
+#define	BITOPS(name, what, var, flag) \
+static inline int TestClear ## name ## what(struct var *v) \
+{ return test_and_clear_bit(flag, &v->io.flags); } \
+static inline int TestSet ## name ## what(struct var *v) \
+{ return test_and_set_bit(flag, &v->io.flags); } \
+static inline void Clear ## name ## what(struct var *v) \
+{ clear_bit(flag, &v->io.flags); } \
+static inline void Set ## name ## what(struct var *v) \
+{ set_bit(flag, &v->io.flags); } \
+static inline int name ## what(struct var *v) \
+{ return test_bit(flag, &v->io.flags); }
+
 /*-----------------------------------------------------------------
  * Stripe cache
  *
@@ -153,118 +165,136 @@ static inline void bio_list_push(struct bio_list *bl, struct bio *bio)
  * or, in the degraded/resynchronization case, missing chunks need
  * to be reconstructed using the other chunks of the stripe.
  *---------------------------------------------------------------*/
-/* Protect kmem cache # counter. */
-static atomic_t _stripe_sc_nr = ATOMIC_INIT(-1); /* kmem cache # counter. */
-
-/* A stripe set (holds bios hanging off). */
-struct stripe_set {
-	struct stripe *stripe;	/* Backpointer to stripe for endio(). */
-	struct bio_list bl[3]; /* Reads, writes, and writes merged. */
-#define	WRITE_MERGED	2
+/* A chunk within a stripe (holds bios hanging off). */
+/* IO status flags for chunks of a stripe. */
+enum chunk_flags {
+	CHUNK_DIRTY,		/* Pages of chunk dirty; need writing. */
+	CHUNK_ERROR,		/* IO error on any chunk page. */
+	CHUNK_IO,		/* Allow/prohibit IO on chunk pages. */
+	CHUNK_LOCKED,		/* Chunk pages locked during IO. */
+	CHUNK_MUST_IO,		/* Chunk must io. */
+	CHUNK_UNLOCK,		/* Enforce chunk unlock. */
+	CHUNK_UPTODATE,		/* Chunk pages are uptodate. */
 };
 
 #if READ != 0 || WRITE != 1
 #error dm-raid45: READ/WRITE != 0/1 used as index!!!
 #endif
 
+enum bl_type {
+	WRITE_QUEUED = WRITE + 1,
+	WRITE_MERGED,
+	NR_BL_TYPES,	/* Must be last one! */
+};
+struct stripe_chunk {
+	atomic_t cnt;		/* Reference count. */
+	struct stripe *stripe;	/* Backpointer to stripe for endio(). */
+	/* Bio lists for reads, writes, and writes merged. */
+	struct bio_list bl[NR_BL_TYPES];
+	struct {
+		unsigned long flags; /* IO status flags. */
+	} io;
+};
+
+/* Define chunk bit operations. */
+BITOPS(Chunk, Dirty,	 stripe_chunk, CHUNK_DIRTY)
+BITOPS(Chunk, Error,	 stripe_chunk, CHUNK_ERROR)
+BITOPS(Chunk, Io,	 stripe_chunk, CHUNK_IO)
+BITOPS(Chunk, Locked,	 stripe_chunk, CHUNK_LOCKED)
+BITOPS(Chunk, MustIo,	 stripe_chunk, CHUNK_MUST_IO)
+BITOPS(Chunk, Unlock,	 stripe_chunk, CHUNK_UNLOCK)
+BITOPS(Chunk, Uptodate,	 stripe_chunk, CHUNK_UPTODATE)
+
 /*
  * Stripe linked list indexes. Keep order, because the stripe
  * and the stripe cache rely on the first 3!
  */
 enum list_types {
-	LIST_IO = 0,	/* Stripes with io pending. */
+	LIST_FLUSH,	/* Stripes to flush for io. */
 	LIST_ENDIO,	/* Stripes to endio. */
 	LIST_LRU,	/* Least recently used stripes. */
-	LIST_HASH,	/* Hashed stripes. */
-	NR_LISTS,	/* To size array in struct stripe. */
+	SC_NR_LISTS,	/* # of lists in stripe cache. */
+	LIST_HASH = SC_NR_LISTS,	/* Hashed stripes. */
+	LIST_RECOVER = LIST_HASH, /* For recovery type stripes only. */
+	STRIPE_NR_LISTS,/* To size array in struct stripe. */
 };
 
-enum lock_types {
-	LOCK_ENDIO = 0,	/* Protect endio list. */
-	LOCK_LRU,	/* Protect lru list. */
-	NR_LOCKS,	/* To size array in struct stripe_cache. */
+/* Adressing region recovery. */
+struct recover_addr {
+	struct dm_region *reg;	/* Actual region to recover. */
+	sector_t pos;	/* Position within region to recover. */
+	sector_t end;	/* End of region to recover. */
 };
 
 /* A stripe: the io object to handle all reads and writes to a RAID set. */
 struct stripe {
+	atomic_t cnt;			/* Reference count. */
 	struct stripe_cache *sc;	/* Backpointer to stripe cache. */
 
-	sector_t key;		/* Hash key. */
-	sector_t region;	/* Region stripe is mapped to. */
+	/*
+	 * 4 linked lists:
+	 *   o io list to flush io
+	 *   o endio list
+	 *   o LRU list to put stripes w/o reference count on
+	 *   o stripe cache hash
+	 */
+	struct list_head lists[STRIPE_NR_LISTS];
 
-	/* Reference count. */
-	atomic_t cnt;
+	sector_t key;	 /* Hash key. */
+	region_t region; /* Region stripe is mapped to. */
 
 	struct {
-		unsigned long flags;	/* flags (see below). */
+		unsigned long flags;	/* Stripe state flags (see below). */
 
 		/*
 		 * Pending ios in flight:
 		 *
-		 * used as a 'lock' to control move of stripe to endio list
+		 * used to control move of stripe to endio list
 		 */
-		atomic_t pending;	/* Pending ios in flight. */
+		atomic_t pending;
 
 		/* Sectors to read and write for multi page stripe sets. */
 		unsigned size;
 	} io;
 
-	/* Lock on stripe (for clustering). */
-	void *lock;
+	/* Address region recovery. */
+	struct recover_addr *recover;
 
-	/*
-	 * 4 linked lists:
-	 *   o io list to flush io
-	 *   o endio list
-	 *   o LRU list to put stripes w/o reference count on
-	 *   o stripe cache hash
-	 */
-	struct list_head lists[NR_LISTS];
+	/* Lock on stripe (Future: for clustering). */
+	void *lock;
 
 	struct {
 		unsigned short parity;	/* Parity chunk index. */
 		short recover;		/* Recovery chunk index. */
 	} idx;
 
-	/* This sets memory cache object (dm-mem-cache). */
+	/*
+	 * This stripe's memory cache object (dm-mem-cache);
+	 * i.e. the io chunk pages.
+	 */
 	struct dm_mem_cache_object *obj;
 
 	/* Array of stripe sets (dynamically allocated). */
-	struct stripe_set ss[0];
+	struct stripe_chunk chunk[0];
 };
 
 /* States stripes can be in (flags field). */
 enum stripe_states {
-	STRIPE_ACTIVE,		/* Active io on stripe. */
 	STRIPE_ERROR,		/* io error on stripe. */
-	STRIPE_MERGED,		/* Writes got merged. */
-	STRIPE_READ,		/* Read. */
-	STRIPE_RBW,		/* Read-before-write. */
-	STRIPE_RECONSTRUCT,	/* reconstruct of a missing chunk required. */
+	STRIPE_MERGED,		/* Writes got merged to be written. */
+	STRIPE_RBW,		/* Read-before-write stripe. */
+	STRIPE_RECONSTRUCT,	/* Reconstruct of a missing chunk required. */
+	STRIPE_RECONSTRUCTED,	/* Reconstructed of a missing chunk. */
 	STRIPE_RECOVER,		/* Stripe used for RAID set recovery. */
 };
 
-/* ... and macros to access them. */
-#define	BITOPS(name, what, var, flag) \
-static inline int TestClear ## name ## what(struct var *v) \
-{ return test_and_clear_bit(flag, &v->io.flags); } \
-static inline int TestSet ## name ## what(struct var *v) \
-{ return test_and_set_bit(flag, &v->io.flags); } \
-static inline void Clear ## name ## what(struct var *v) \
-{ clear_bit(flag, &v->io.flags); } \
-static inline void Set ## name ## what(struct var *v) \
-{ set_bit(flag, &v->io.flags); } \
-static inline int name ## what(struct var *v) \
-{ return test_bit(flag, &v->io.flags); }
-
-
-BITOPS(Stripe, Active, stripe, STRIPE_ACTIVE)
-BITOPS(Stripe, Merged, stripe, STRIPE_MERGED)
-BITOPS(Stripe, Error, stripe, STRIPE_ERROR)
-BITOPS(Stripe, Read, stripe, STRIPE_READ)
-BITOPS(Stripe, RBW, stripe, STRIPE_RBW)
-BITOPS(Stripe, Reconstruct, stripe, STRIPE_RECONSTRUCT)
-BITOPS(Stripe, Recover, stripe, STRIPE_RECOVER)
+/* Define stripe bit operations. */
+BITOPS(Stripe, Error,	      stripe, STRIPE_ERROR)
+BITOPS(Stripe, Merged,        stripe, STRIPE_MERGED)
+BITOPS(Stripe, RBW,	      stripe, STRIPE_RBW)
+BITOPS(Stripe, Reconstruct,   stripe, STRIPE_RECONSTRUCT)
+BITOPS(Stripe, Reconstructed, stripe, STRIPE_RECONSTRUCTED)
+BITOPS(Stripe, Recover,	      stripe, STRIPE_RECOVER)
 
 /* A stripe hash. */
 struct stripe_hash {
@@ -275,16 +305,21 @@ struct stripe_hash {
 	unsigned shift;
 };
 
+enum sc_lock_types {
+	LOCK_ENDIO,	/* Protect endio list. */
+	LOCK_LRU,	/* Protect LRU list. */
+	NR_LOCKS,       /* To size array in struct stripe_cache. */
+};
+
 /* A stripe cache. */
 struct stripe_cache {
 	/* Stripe hash. */
 	struct stripe_hash hash;
 
-	/* Stripes with io to flush, stripes to endio and LRU lists. */
-	struct list_head lists[3];
+	spinlock_t locks[NR_LOCKS];	/* Locks to protect lists. */
 
-	/* Locks to protect endio and lru lists. */
-	spinlock_t locks[NR_LOCKS];
+	/* Stripes with io to flush, stripes to endio and LRU lists. */
+	struct list_head lists[SC_NR_LISTS];
 
 	/* Slab cache to allocate stripes from. */
 	struct {
@@ -295,39 +330,46 @@ struct stripe_cache {
 	struct dm_io_client *dm_io_client; /* dm-io client resource context. */
 
 	/* dm-mem-cache client resource context. */
-	struct dm_mem_cache_client *dm_mem_cache_client;
+	struct dm_mem_cache_client *mem_cache_client;
 
 	int stripes_parm;	    /* # stripes parameter from constructor. */
 	atomic_t stripes;	    /* actual # of stripes in cache. */
-	atomic_t stripes_to_shrink; /* # of stripes to shrink cache by. */
+	atomic_t stripes_to_set;    /* # of stripes to resize cache to. */
 	atomic_t stripes_last;	    /* last # of stripes in cache. */
 	atomic_t active_stripes;    /* actual # of active stripes in cache. */
 
 	/* REMOVEME: */
-	atomic_t max_active_stripes; /* actual # of active stripes in cache. */
+	atomic_t active_stripes_max; /* actual # of active stripes in cache. */
 };
 
 /* Flag specs for raid_dev */ ;
-enum raid_dev_flags { DEVICE_FAILED, IO_QUEUED };
+enum raid_dev_flags {
+	DEV_FAILED,	/* Device failed. */
+	DEV_IO_QUEUED,	/* Io got queued to device. */
+};
 
 /* The raid device in a set. */
 struct raid_dev {
 	struct dm_dev *dev;
-	unsigned long flags;	/* raid_dev_flags. */
-	sector_t start;		/* offset to map to. */
+	sector_t start;		/* Offset to map to. */
+	struct {	/* Using struct to be able to BITOPS(). */
+		unsigned long flags;	/* raid_dev_flags. */
+	} io;
 };
 
+BITOPS(Dev, Failed,   raid_dev, DEV_FAILED)
+BITOPS(Dev, IoQueued, raid_dev, DEV_IO_QUEUED)
+
 /* Flags spec for raid_set. */
 enum raid_set_flags {
 	RS_CHECK_OVERWRITE,	/* Check for chunk overwrites. */
 	RS_DEAD,		/* RAID set inoperational. */
+	RS_DEGRADED,		/* Io errors on RAID device. */
 	RS_DEVEL_STATS,		/* REMOVEME: display status information. */
-	RS_IO_ERROR,		/* io error on set. */
 	RS_RECOVER,		/* Do recovery. */
 	RS_RECOVERY_BANDWIDTH,	/* Allow recovery bandwidth (delayed bios). */
-	RS_REGION_GET,		/* get a region to recover. */
-	RS_SC_BUSY,		/* stripe cache busy -> send an event. */
-	RS_SUSPENDED,		/* RAID set suspendedn. */
+	RS_SC_BUSY,		/* Stripe cache busy -> send an event. */
+	RS_SUSPEND,		/* Suspend RAID set. */
 };
 
 /* REMOVEME: devel stats counters. */
@@ -343,32 +385,32 @@ enum stats_types {
 	S_CONGESTED,
 	S_DM_IO_READ,
 	S_DM_IO_WRITE,
-	S_ACTIVE_READS,
 	S_BANDWIDTH,
 	S_BARRIER,
 	S_BIO_COPY_PL_NEXT,
 	S_DEGRADED,
 	S_DELAYED_BIOS,
-	S_EVICT,
 	S_FLUSHS,
 	S_HITS_1ST,
 	S_IOS_POST,
 	S_INSCACHE,
 	S_MAX_LOOKUP,
-	S_MERGE_PAGE_LOCKED,
+	S_CHUNK_LOCKED,
 	S_NO_BANDWIDTH,
 	S_NOT_CONGESTED,
 	S_NO_RW,
 	S_NOSYNC,
-	S_PROHIBITPAGEIO,
+	S_OVERWRITE,
+	S_PROHIBITCHUNKIO,
 	S_RECONSTRUCT_EI,
 	S_RECONSTRUCT_DEV,
-	S_REDO,
+	S_RECONSTRUCT_SET,
+	S_RECONSTRUCTED,
 	S_REQUEUE,
 	S_STRIPE_ERROR,
 	S_SUM_DELAYED_BIOS,
 	S_XORS,
-	S_NR_STATS,	/* # of stats counters. */
+	S_NR_STATS,	/* # of stats counters. Must be last! */
 };
 
 /* Status type -> string mappings. */
@@ -386,46 +428,47 @@ static struct stats_map stats_map[] = {
 	{ S_BIOS_ENDIO_WRITE, "/" },
 	{ S_DM_IO_READ, " rc=" },
 	{ S_DM_IO_WRITE, " wc=" },
-	{ S_ACTIVE_READS, " active_reads=" },
-	{ S_BANDWIDTH, " bandwidth=" },
-	{ S_NO_BANDWIDTH, " no_bandwidth=" },
-	{ S_BARRIER, " barrier=" },
-	{ S_BIO_COPY_PL_NEXT, " bio_copy_pl_next=" },
-	{ S_CAN_MERGE, " can_merge=" },
-	{ S_MERGE_PAGE_LOCKED, "/page_locked=" },
-	{ S_CANT_MERGE, "/cant_merge=" },
-	{ S_CONGESTED, " congested=" },
-	{ S_NOT_CONGESTED, "/not_congested=" },
-	{ S_DEGRADED, " degraded=" },
-	{ S_DELAYED_BIOS, " delayed_bios=" },
-	{ S_SUM_DELAYED_BIOS, "/sum_delayed_bios=" },
-	{ S_EVICT, " evict=" },
-	{ S_FLUSHS, " flushs=" },
-	{ S_HITS_1ST, " hits_1st=" },
+	{ S_BANDWIDTH, "\nbw=" },
+	{ S_NO_BANDWIDTH, " no_bw=" },
+	{ S_BARRIER, "\nbarrier=" },
+	{ S_BIO_COPY_PL_NEXT, "\nbio_cp_next=" },
+	{ S_CAN_MERGE, "\nmerge=" },
+	{ S_CANT_MERGE, "/no_merge=" },
+	{ S_CHUNK_LOCKED, "\nchunk_locked=" },
+	{ S_CONGESTED, "\ncgst=" },
+	{ S_NOT_CONGESTED, "/not_cgst=" },
+	{ S_DEGRADED, "\ndegraded=" },
+	{ S_DELAYED_BIOS, "\ndel_bios=" },
+	{ S_SUM_DELAYED_BIOS, "/sum_del_bios=" },
+	{ S_FLUSHS, "\nflushs=" },
+	{ S_HITS_1ST, "\nhits_1st=" },
 	{ S_IOS_POST, " ios_post=" },
 	{ S_INSCACHE, " inscache=" },
-	{ S_MAX_LOOKUP, " max_lookup=" },
-	{ S_NO_RW, " no_rw=" },
+	{ S_MAX_LOOKUP, " maxlookup=" },
+	{ S_NO_RW, "\nno_rw=" },
 	{ S_NOSYNC, " nosync=" },
-	{ S_PROHIBITPAGEIO, " ProhibitPageIO=" },
-	{ S_RECONSTRUCT_EI, " reconstruct_ei=" },
-	{ S_RECONSTRUCT_DEV, " reconstruct_dev=" },
-	{ S_REDO, " redo=" },
+	{ S_OVERWRITE, " ovr=" },
+	{ S_PROHIBITCHUNKIO, " prhbt_io=" },
+	{ S_RECONSTRUCT_EI, "\nrec_ei=" },
+	{ S_RECONSTRUCT_DEV, " rec_dev=" },
+	{ S_RECONSTRUCT_SET, " rec_set=" },
+	{ S_RECONSTRUCTED, " rec=" },
 	{ S_REQUEUE, " requeue=" },
-	{ S_STRIPE_ERROR, " stripe_error=" },
+	{ S_STRIPE_ERROR, " stripe_err=" },
 	{ S_XORS, " xors=" },
 };
 
 /*
  * A RAID set.
  */
-typedef void (*xor_function_t)(unsigned count, xor_t **data);
+enum count_type { IO_WORK = 0, IO_RECOVER, IO_NR_COUNT };
+typedef void (*xor_function_t)(unsigned count, unsigned long **data);
 struct raid_set {
 	struct dm_target *ti;	/* Target pointer. */
 
 	struct {
 		unsigned long flags;	/* State flags. */
-		spinlock_t in_lock;	/* Protects central input list below. */
+		struct mutex in_lock;	/* Protects central input list below. */
 		struct bio_list in;	/* Pending ios (central input list). */
 		struct bio_list work;	/* ios work set. */
 		wait_queue_head_t suspendq;	/* suspend synchronization. */
@@ -434,11 +477,12 @@ struct raid_set {
 
 		/* io work. */
 		struct workqueue_struct *wq;
-		struct work_struct ws;
+		struct work_struct ws_do_raid;		/* For main worker. */
+		struct work_struct ws_do_table_event;	/* For event worker. */
 	} io;
 
-	/* External locking. */
-	struct dmraid45_locking_type *locking;
+	/* Stripe locking abstraction. */
+	struct dm_raid45_locking_type *locking;
 
 	struct stripe_cache sc;	/* Stripe cache for this set. */
 
@@ -452,7 +496,13 @@ struct raid_set {
 	/* Recovery parameters. */
 	struct recover {
 		struct dm_dirty_log *dl;	/* Dirty log. */
-		void *rh;	/* Region hash. */
+		void *rh;			/* Region hash. */
+
+		struct dm_io_client *dm_io_client; /* recovery dm-io client. */
+		/* dm-mem-cache client resource context for recovery stripes. */
+		struct dm_mem_cache_client *mem_cache_client;
+
+		struct list_head stripes;	/* List of recovery stripes. */
 
 		region_t nr_regions;
 		region_t nr_regions_to_recover;
@@ -460,20 +510,17 @@ struct raid_set {
 		unsigned long start_jiffies;
 		unsigned long end_jiffies;
 
-		unsigned bandwidth;	     /* Recovery bandwidth [%]. */
+		unsigned bandwidth;	 /* Recovery bandwidth [%]. */
 		unsigned bandwidth_work; /* Recovery bandwidth [factor]. */
 		unsigned bandwidth_parm; /*  " constructor parm. */
-		unsigned io_size;        /* io size <= chunk size. */
-		unsigned io_size_parm;   /* io size ctr parameter. */
+		unsigned io_size;        /* recovery io size <= region size. */
+		unsigned io_size_parm;   /* recovery io size ctr parameter. */
+		unsigned recovery;	 /* Recovery allowed/prohibited. */
+		unsigned recovery_stripes; /* # of parallel recovery stripes. */
 
 		/* recovery io throttling. */
-		atomic_t io_count[2];	/* counter recover/regular io. */
+		atomic_t io_count[IO_NR_COUNT];	/* counter recover/regular io.*/
 		unsigned long last_jiffies;
-
-		void *reg;	/* Actual region to recover. */
-		struct stripe *stripe; /* Stripe used for recovery. */
-		sector_t pos;	/* Position within region to recover. */
-		sector_t end;	/* End of region to recover. */
 	} recover;
 
 	/* RAID set parameters. */
@@ -483,15 +530,12 @@ struct raid_set {
 
 		unsigned chunk_size;	/* Sectors per chunk. */
 		unsigned chunk_size_parm;
-		unsigned chunk_mask;	/* Mask for amount. */
 		unsigned chunk_shift;	/* rsector chunk size shift. */
 
 		unsigned io_size;	/* Sectors per io. */
 		unsigned io_size_parm;
-		unsigned io_mask;	/* Mask for amount. */
-		unsigned io_shift_mask;	/* Mask for raid_address(). */
-		unsigned io_shift;	/* rsector io size shift. */
-		unsigned pages_per_io;	/* Pages per io. */
+		unsigned io_mask;	/* Mask for bio_copy_page_list(). */
+		unsigned io_inv_mask;	/* Mask for raid_address(). */
 
 		sector_t sectors_per_dev;	/* Sectors per device. */
 
@@ -507,7 +551,7 @@ struct raid_set {
 
 		int ei;		/* index of failed RAID device. */
 
-		/* index of dedicated parity device (i.e. RAID4). */
+		/* Index of dedicated parity device (i.e. RAID4). */
 		int pi;
 		int pi_parm;	/* constructor parm for status output. */
 	} set;
@@ -516,28 +560,23 @@ struct raid_set {
 	atomic_t stats[S_NR_STATS];
 
 	/* Dynamically allocated temporary pointers for xor(). */
-	xor_t **data;
+	unsigned long **data;
 
 	/* Dynamically allocated RAID devices. Alignment? */
 	struct raid_dev dev[0];
 };
 
-
+/* Define RAID set bit operations. */
 BITOPS(RS, Bandwidth, raid_set, RS_RECOVERY_BANDWIDTH)
 BITOPS(RS, CheckOverwrite, raid_set, RS_CHECK_OVERWRITE)
 BITOPS(RS, Dead, raid_set, RS_DEAD)
+BITOPS(RS, Degraded, raid_set, RS_DEGRADED)
 BITOPS(RS, DevelStats, raid_set, RS_DEVEL_STATS)
-BITOPS(RS, IoError, raid_set, RS_IO_ERROR)
 BITOPS(RS, Recover, raid_set, RS_RECOVER)
-BITOPS(RS, RegionGet, raid_set, RS_REGION_GET)
 BITOPS(RS, ScBusy, raid_set, RS_SC_BUSY)
-BITOPS(RS, Suspended, raid_set, RS_SUSPENDED)
+BITOPS(RS, Suspend, raid_set, RS_SUSPEND)
 #undef BITOPS
 
-#define	PageIO(page)		PageChecked(page)
-#define	AllowPageIO(page)	SetPageChecked(page)
-#define	ProhibitPageIO(page)	ClearPageChecked(page)
-
 /*-----------------------------------------------------------------
  * Raid-4/5 set structures.
  *---------------------------------------------------------------*/
@@ -567,16 +606,16 @@ struct raid_type {
 
 /* Supported raid types and properties. */
 static struct raid_type raid_types[] = {
-	{"raid4", "RAID4 (dedicated parity disk)", 1, 3, raid4, none},
-	{"raid5_la", "RAID5 (left asymmetric)", 1, 3, raid5, left_asym},
-	{"raid5_ra", "RAID5 (right asymmetric)", 1, 3, raid5, right_asym},
-	{"raid5_ls", "RAID5 (left symmetric)", 1, 3, raid5, left_sym},
-	{"raid5_rs", "RAID5 (right symmetric)", 1, 3, raid5, right_sym},
+	{"raid4",    "RAID4 (dedicated parity disk)", 1, 3, raid4, none},
+	{"raid5_la", "RAID5 (left asymmetric)",       1, 3, raid5, left_asym},
+	{"raid5_ra", "RAID5 (right asymmetric)",      1, 3, raid5, right_asym},
+	{"raid5_ls", "RAID5 (left symmetric)",        1, 3, raid5, left_sym},
+	{"raid5_rs", "RAID5 (right symmetric)",       1, 3, raid5, right_sym},
 };
 
 /* Address as calculated by raid_address(). */
-struct address {
-	sector_t key;		/* Hash key (start address of stripe). */
+struct raid_address {
+	sector_t key;		/* Hash key (address of stripe % chunk_size). */
 	unsigned di, pi;	/* Data and parity disks index. */
 };
 
@@ -595,41 +634,14 @@ static void stats_reset(struct raid_set *rs)
 /*
  * Begin small helper functions.
  */
-/* Queue (optionally delayed) io work. */
-static void wake_do_raid_delayed(struct raid_set *rs, unsigned long delay)
-{
-	struct work_struct *ws = &rs->io.ws;
-
-	cancel_delayed_work(ws);
-	queue_delayed_work(rs->io.wq, ws, delay);
-}
-
-/* Queue io work immediately (called from region hash too). */
-static INLINE void wake_do_raid(void *context)
+/* Return # of io reference. */
+static int io_ref(struct raid_set *rs)
 {
-	wake_do_raid_delayed(context, 0);
-}
-
-/* Wait until all io has been processed. */
-static INLINE void wait_ios(struct raid_set *rs)
-{
-	wait_event(rs->io.suspendq, !atomic_read(&rs->io.in_process));
-}
-
-/* Declare io queued to device. */
-static INLINE void io_dev_queued(struct raid_dev *dev)
-{
-	set_bit(IO_QUEUED, &dev->flags);
-}
-
-/* Io on device and reset ? */
-static inline int io_dev_clear(struct raid_dev *dev)
-{
-	return test_and_clear_bit(IO_QUEUED, &dev->flags);
+	return atomic_read(&rs->io.in_process);
 }
 
 /* Get an io reference. */
-static INLINE void io_get(struct raid_set *rs)
+static void io_get(struct raid_set *rs)
 {
 	int p = atomic_inc_return(&rs->io.in_process);
 
@@ -638,155 +650,128 @@ static INLINE void io_get(struct raid_set *rs)
 }
 
 /* Put the io reference and conditionally wake io waiters. */
-static INLINE void io_put(struct raid_set *rs)
+static void io_put(struct raid_set *rs)
 {
 	/* Intel: rebuild data corrupter? */
-	if (!atomic_read(&rs->io.in_process)) {
-		DMERR("%s would go negative!!!", __func__);
-		return;
-	}
-
 	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&rs->io.in_process))
 		wake_up(&rs->io.suspendq);
+	else
+		BUG_ON(io_ref(rs) < 0);
 }
 
-/* Calculate device sector offset. */
-static INLINE sector_t _sector(struct raid_set *rs, struct bio *bio)
+/* Wait until all io has been processed. */
+static void wait_ios(struct raid_set *rs)
 {
-	sector_t sector = bio->bi_sector;
-
-	sector_div(sector, rs->set.data_devs);
-	return sector;
+	wait_event(rs->io.suspendq, !io_ref(rs));
 }
 
-/* Test device operational. */
-static INLINE int dev_operational(struct raid_set *rs, unsigned p)
+/* Queue (optionally delayed) io work. */
+static void wake_do_raid_delayed(struct raid_set *rs, unsigned long delay)
 {
-	return !test_bit(DEVICE_FAILED, &rs->dev[p].flags);
+	queue_delayed_work(rs->io.wq, &rs->io.ws_do_raid, delay);
 }
 
-/* Return # of active stripes in stripe cache. */
-static INLINE int sc_active(struct stripe_cache *sc)
+/* Queue io work immediately (called from region hash too). */
+static void wake_do_raid(void *context)
 {
-	return atomic_read(&sc->active_stripes);
-}
+	struct raid_set *rs = context;
 
-/* Test io pending on stripe. */
-static INLINE int stripe_io(struct stripe *stripe)
-{
-	return atomic_read(&stripe->io.pending);
+	queue_work(rs->io.wq, &rs->io.ws_do_raid);
 }
 
-static INLINE void stripe_io_inc(struct stripe *stripe)
+/* Calculate device sector offset. */
+static sector_t _sector(struct raid_set *rs, struct bio *bio)
 {
-	atomic_inc(&stripe->io.pending);
-}
+	sector_t sector = bio->bi_sector;
 
-static INLINE void stripe_io_dec(struct stripe *stripe)
-{
-	atomic_dec(&stripe->io.pending);
+	sector_div(sector, rs->set.data_devs);
+	return sector;
 }
 
-/* Wrapper needed by for_each_io_dev(). */
-static void _stripe_io_inc(struct stripe *stripe, unsigned p)
+/* Return # of active stripes in stripe cache. */
+static int sc_active(struct stripe_cache *sc)
 {
-	stripe_io_inc(stripe);
+	return atomic_read(&sc->active_stripes);
 }
 
-/* Error a stripe. */
-static INLINE void stripe_error(struct stripe *stripe, struct page *page)
+/* Stripe cache busy indicator. */
+static int sc_busy(struct raid_set *rs)
 {
-	SetStripeError(stripe);
-	SetPageError(page);
-	atomic_inc(RS(stripe->sc)->stats + S_STRIPE_ERROR);
+	return sc_active(&rs->sc) >
+	       atomic_read(&rs->sc.stripes) - (STRIPES_MIN / 2);
 }
 
-/* Page IOed ok. */
-enum dirty_type { CLEAN, DIRTY };
-static INLINE void page_set(struct page *page, enum dirty_type type)
+/* Set chunks states. */
+enum chunk_dirty_type { CLEAN, DIRTY, ERROR };
+static void chunk_set(struct stripe_chunk *chunk, enum chunk_dirty_type type)
 {
 	switch (type) {
-	case DIRTY:
-		SetPageDirty(page);
-		AllowPageIO(page);
-		break;
-
 	case CLEAN:
-		ClearPageDirty(page);
+		ClearChunkDirty(chunk);
 		break;
-
+	case DIRTY:
+		SetChunkDirty(chunk);
+		break;
+	case ERROR:
+		SetChunkError(chunk);
+		SetStripeError(chunk->stripe);
+		return;
 	default:
 		BUG();
 	}
 
-	SetPageUptodate(page);
-	ClearPageError(page);
+	SetChunkUptodate(chunk);
+	SetChunkIo(chunk);
+	ClearChunkError(chunk);
 }
 
 /* Return region state for a sector. */
-static INLINE int
-region_state(struct raid_set *rs, sector_t sector, unsigned long state)
+static int region_state(struct raid_set *rs, sector_t sector, int state)
 {
-	void *rh = rs->recover.rh;
+	struct dm_region_hash *rh = rs->recover.rh;
+	region_t region = rh_sector_to_region(rh, sector);
 
-	if (unlikely(RSRecover(rs)))
-		return rh_state(rh, rh_sector_to_region(rh, sector), 1) & state;
-	else
-		return 0;
-}
-
-/* Check maximum devices which may fail in a raid set. */
-static inline int raid_set_degraded(struct raid_set *rs)
-{
-	return RSIoError(rs);
-}
-
-/* Check # of devices which may fail in a raid set. */
-static INLINE int raid_set_operational(struct raid_set *rs)
-{
-	/* Too many failed devices -> BAD. */
-	return atomic_read(&rs->set.failed_devs) <= 
-	       rs->set.raid_type->parity_devs;
+	return !!(rh_state(rh, region, 1) & state);
 }
 
 /*
- * Return true in case a page_list should be read/written
+ * Return true in case a chunk should be read/written
  *
  * Conditions to read/write:
- *	o 1st page in list not uptodate
- *	o 1st page in list dirty
- *	o if we optimized io away, we flag it using the pages checked bit.
+ *	o chunk not uptodate
+ *	o chunk dirty
+ *
+ * Conditios to avoid io:
+ *	o io already ongoing on chunk
+ *	o io explitely prohibited
  */
-static INLINE unsigned page_io(struct page *page)
+static int chunk_io(struct stripe_chunk *chunk)
 {
-	/* Optimization: page was flagged to need io during first run. */
-	if (PagePrivate(page)) {
-		ClearPagePrivate(page);
+	/* 2nd run optimization (flag set below on first run). */
+	if (TestClearChunkMustIo(chunk))
 		return 1;
-	}
 
-	/* Avoid io if prohibited or a locked page. */
-	if (!PageIO(page) || PageLocked(page))
+	/* Avoid io if prohibited or a locked chunk. */
+	if (!ChunkIo(chunk) || ChunkLocked(chunk))
 		return 0;
 
-	if (!PageUptodate(page) || PageDirty(page)) {
-		/* Flag page needs io for second run optimization. */
-		SetPagePrivate(page);
+	if (!ChunkUptodate(chunk) || ChunkDirty(chunk)) {
+		SetChunkMustIo(chunk); /* 2nd run optimization. */
 		return 1;
 	}
 
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/* Call a function on each page list needing io. */
-static INLINE unsigned
-for_each_io_dev(struct raid_set *rs, struct stripe *stripe,
-		void (*f_io)(struct stripe *stripe, unsigned p))
+/* Call a function on each chunk needing io unless device failed. */
+static unsigned for_each_io_dev(struct stripe *stripe,
+			        void (*f_io)(struct stripe *stripe, unsigned p))
 {
-	unsigned p = rs->set.raid_devs, r = 0;
+	struct raid_set *rs = RS(stripe->sc);
+	unsigned p, r = 0;
 
-	while (p--) {
-		if (page_io(PAGE(stripe, p))) {
+	for (p = 0; p < rs->set.raid_devs; p++) {
+		if (chunk_io(CHUNK(stripe, p)) && !DevFailed(rs->dev + p)) {
 			f_io(stripe, p);
 			r++;
 		}
@@ -795,203 +780,144 @@ for_each_io_dev(struct raid_set *rs, struct stripe *stripe,
 	return r;
 }
 
-/* Reconstruct a particular device ?. */
-static INLINE int dev_to_init(struct raid_set *rs)
-{
-	return rs->set.dev_to_init > -1;
-}
-
 /*
  * Index of device to calculate parity on.
- * Either the parity device index *or* the selected device to init
- * after a spare replacement.
+ *
+ * Either the parity device index *or* the selected
+ * device to init after a spare replacement.
  */
-static INLINE unsigned dev_for_parity(struct stripe *stripe)
+static int dev_for_parity(struct stripe *stripe, int *sync)
 {
 	struct raid_set *rs = RS(stripe->sc);
+	int r = region_state(rs, stripe->key, RH_NOSYNC | RH_RECOVERING);
 
-	return dev_to_init(rs) ? rs->set.dev_to_init : stripe->idx.parity;
-}
+	*sync = !r;
 
-/* Return the index of the device to be recovered. */
-static int idx_get(struct raid_set *rs)
-{
-	/* Avoid to read in the pages to be reconstructed anyway. */
-	if (dev_to_init(rs))
+	/* Reconstruct a particular device ?. */
+	if (r && rs->set.dev_to_init > -1)
 		return rs->set.dev_to_init;
 	else if (rs->set.raid_type->level == raid4)
 		return rs->set.pi;
-
-	return -1;
+	else if (!StripeRecover(stripe))
+		return stripe->idx.parity;
+	else
+		return -1;
 }
 
 /* RAID set congested function. */
-static int raid_set_congested(void *congested_data, int bdi_bits)
+static int rs_congested(void *congested_data, int bdi_bits)
 {
+	int r;
+	unsigned p;
 	struct raid_set *rs = congested_data;
-	int r = 0; /* Assume uncongested. */
-	unsigned p = rs->set.raid_devs;
 
-	/* If any of our component devices are overloaded. */
-	while (p--)
-		r |= bdi_congested(&bdev_get_queue(rs->dev[p].dev->bdev)->backing_dev_info, bdi_bits);
+	if (sc_busy(rs) || RSSuspend(rs))
+		r = 1;
+	else for (r = 0, p = rs->set.raid_devs; !r && p--; ) {
+		/* If any of our component devices are overloaded. */
+		struct request_queue *q = bdev_get_queue(rs->dev[p].dev->bdev);
+
+		r |= bdi_congested(&q->backing_dev_info, bdi_bits);
+	}
 
 	/* REMOVEME: statistics. */
 	atomic_inc(rs->stats + (r ? S_CONGESTED : S_NOT_CONGESTED));
 	return r;
 }
 
-/* Display RAID set dead message once. */
-static void raid_set_dead(struct raid_set *rs)
+/* RAID device degrade check. */
+static void rs_check_degrade_dev(struct raid_set *rs,
+				       struct stripe *stripe, unsigned p)
 {
-	if (!TestSetRSDead(rs)) {
+	if (TestSetDevFailed(rs->dev + p))
+		return;
+
+	/* Through an event in case of member device errors. */
+	if (atomic_inc_return(&rs->set.failed_devs) >
+	    rs->set.raid_type->parity_devs &&
+	    !TestSetRSDead(rs)) {
+		/* Display RAID set dead message once. */
 		unsigned p;
 		char buf[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
 
-		DMERR("FATAL: too many devices failed -> RAID set dead");
-
+		DMERR("FATAL: too many devices failed -> RAID set broken");
 		for (p = 0; p < rs->set.raid_devs; p++) {
-			if (!dev_operational(rs, p))
+			if (DevFailed(rs->dev + p))
 				DMERR("device /dev/%s failed",
 				      bdevname(rs->dev[p].dev->bdev, buf));
 		}
 	}
-}
-
-/* RAID set degrade check. */
-static INLINE int
-raid_set_check_and_degrade(struct raid_set *rs,
-			   struct stripe *stripe, unsigned p)
-{
-	if (test_and_set_bit(DEVICE_FAILED, &rs->dev[p].flags))
-		return -EPERM;
-
-	/* Through an event in case of member device errors. */
-	dm_table_event(rs->ti->table);
-	atomic_inc(&rs->set.failed_devs);
 
 	/* Only log the first member error. */
-	if (!TestSetRSIoError(rs)) {
+	if (!TestSetRSDegraded(rs)) {
 		char buf[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
 
 		/* Store index for recovery. */
-		mb();
 		rs->set.ei = p;
-		mb();
-
 		DMERR("CRITICAL: %sio error on device /dev/%s "
-		      "in region=%llu; DEGRADING RAID set",
+		      "in region=%llu; DEGRADING RAID set\n",
 		      stripe ? "" : "FAKED ",
 		      bdevname(rs->dev[p].dev->bdev, buf),
 		      (unsigned long long) (stripe ? stripe->key : 0));
 		DMERR("further device error messages suppressed");
 	}
 
-	return 0;
+	schedule_work(&rs->io.ws_do_table_event);
 }
 
-static void
-raid_set_check_degrade(struct raid_set *rs, struct stripe *stripe)
+/* RAID set degrade check. */
+static void rs_check_degrade(struct stripe *stripe)
 {
+	struct raid_set *rs = RS(stripe->sc);
 	unsigned p = rs->set.raid_devs;
 
 	while (p--) {
-		struct page *page = PAGE(stripe, p);
-
-		if (PageError(page)) {
-			ClearPageError(page);
-			raid_set_check_and_degrade(rs, stripe, p);
-		}
+		if (ChunkError(CHUNK(stripe, p)))
+			rs_check_degrade_dev(rs, stripe, p);
 	}
 }
 
-/* RAID set upgrade check. */
-static int raid_set_check_and_upgrade(struct raid_set *rs, unsigned p)
-{
-	if (!test_and_clear_bit(DEVICE_FAILED, &rs->dev[p].flags))
-		return -EPERM;
-
-	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&rs->set.failed_devs)) {
-		ClearRSIoError(rs);
-		rs->set.ei = -1;
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 /* Lookup a RAID device by name or by major:minor number. */
-union dev_lookup {
-	const char *dev_name;
-	struct raid_dev *dev;
-};
-enum lookup_type { byname, bymajmin, bynumber };
-static int raid_dev_lookup(struct raid_set *rs, enum lookup_type by,
-			   union dev_lookup *dl)
+static int raid_dev_lookup(struct raid_set *rs, struct raid_dev *dev_lookup)
 {
 	unsigned p;
+	struct raid_dev *dev;
 
 	/*
 	 * Must be an incremental loop, because the device array
 	 * can have empty slots still on calls from raid_ctr()
 	 */
-	for (p = 0; p < rs->set.raid_devs; p++) {
-		char buf[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
-		struct raid_dev *dev = rs->dev + p;
-
-		if (!dev->dev)
-			break;
-
-		/* Format dev string appropriately if necessary. */
-		if (by == byname)
-			bdevname(dev->dev->bdev, buf);
-		else if (by == bymajmin)
-			format_dev_t(buf, dev->dev->bdev->bd_dev);
-
-		/* Do the actual check. */
-		if (by == bynumber) {
-			if (dl->dev->dev->bdev->bd_dev ==
-			    dev->dev->bdev->bd_dev)
-				return p;
-		} else if (!strcmp(dl->dev_name, buf))
+	for (dev = rs->dev, p = 0;
+	     dev->dev && p < rs->set.raid_devs;
+	     dev++, p++) {
+		if (dev_lookup->dev->bdev->bd_dev == dev->dev->bdev->bd_dev)
 			return p;
 	}
 
 	return -ENODEV;
 }
-
-/* End io wrapper. */
-static INLINE void
-_bio_endio(struct raid_set *rs, struct bio *bio, int error)
-{
-	/* REMOVEME: statistics. */
-	atomic_inc(rs->stats + (bio_data_dir(bio) == WRITE ?
-		   S_BIOS_ENDIO_WRITE : S_BIOS_ENDIO_READ));
-	bio_endio(bio, bio->bi_size, error);
-	io_put(rs);		/* Wake any suspend waiters. */
-}
-
 /*
  * End small helper functions.
  */
 
-
 /*
  * Stripe hash functions
  */
 /* Initialize/destroy stripe hash. */
 static int hash_init(struct stripe_hash *hash, unsigned stripes)
 {
-	unsigned buckets = 1, max_buckets = stripes / 4;
-	unsigned hash_primes[] = {
+	unsigned buckets = 2, max_buckets = stripes >> 1;
+	static unsigned hash_primes[] = {
 		/* Table of primes for hash_fn/table size optimization. */
-		3, 7, 13, 27, 53, 97, 193, 389, 769,
-		1543, 3079, 6151, 12289, 24593,
+		1, 2, 3, 7, 13, 27, 53, 97, 193, 389, 769,
+		1543, 3079, 6151, 12289, 24593, 49157, 98317,
 	};
 
-	/* Calculate number of buckets (2^^n <= stripes / 4). */
-	while ((buckets <<= 1) < max_buckets);
+	/* Calculate number of buckets (2^^n <= stripes / 2). */
+	while (buckets < max_buckets)
+		buckets <<= 1;
 
-	/* Allocate stripe hash. */
+	/* Allocate stripe hash buckets. */
 	hash->hash = vmalloc(buckets * sizeof(*hash->hash));
 	if (!hash->hash)
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -999,20 +925,19 @@ static int hash_init(struct stripe_hash *hash, unsigned stripes)
 	hash->buckets = buckets;
 	hash->mask = buckets - 1;
 	hash->shift = ffs(buckets);
-	if (hash->shift > ARRAY_SIZE(hash_primes) + 1)
-		hash->shift = ARRAY_SIZE(hash_primes) + 1;
+	if (hash->shift > ARRAY_SIZE(hash_primes))
+		hash->shift = ARRAY_SIZE(hash_primes) - 1;
 
-	BUG_ON(hash->shift - 2 > ARRAY_SIZE(hash_primes) + 1);
-	hash->prime = hash_primes[hash->shift - 2];
+	BUG_ON(hash->shift < 2);
+	hash->prime = hash_primes[hash->shift];
 
 	/* Initialize buckets. */
 	while (buckets--)
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(hash->hash + buckets);
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static INLINE void hash_exit(struct stripe_hash *hash)
+static void hash_exit(struct stripe_hash *hash)
 {
 	if (hash->hash) {
 		vfree(hash->hash);
@@ -1020,293 +945,409 @@ static INLINE void hash_exit(struct stripe_hash *hash)
 	}
 }
 
-/* List add (head/tail/locked/unlocked) inlines. */
-enum list_lock_type { LIST_LOCKED, LIST_UNLOCKED };
-#define	LIST_DEL(name, list) \
-static void stripe_ ## name ## _del(struct stripe *stripe, \
-				    enum list_lock_type lock) { \
-	struct list_head *lh = stripe->lists + (list); \
-	spinlock_t *l = NULL; \
-\
-	if (lock == LIST_LOCKED) { \
-		l = stripe->sc->locks + LOCK_LRU; \
-		spin_lock_irq(l); \
-	} \
-\
-\
-	if (!list_empty(lh)) \
-		list_del_init(lh); \
-\
-	if (lock == LIST_LOCKED) \
-		spin_unlock_irq(l); \
-}
-
-LIST_DEL(hash, LIST_HASH)
-LIST_DEL(lru, LIST_LRU)
-#undef LIST_DEL
-
-enum list_pos_type { POS_HEAD, POS_TAIL };
-#define	LIST_ADD(name, list) \
-static void stripe_ ## name ## _add(struct stripe *stripe, \
-				    enum list_pos_type pos, \
-				    enum list_lock_type lock) { \
-	struct list_head *lh = stripe->lists + (list); \
-	struct stripe_cache *sc = stripe->sc; \
-	spinlock_t *l = NULL; \
-\
-	if (lock == LIST_LOCKED) { \
-		l = sc->locks + LOCK_LRU; \
-		spin_lock_irq(l); \
-	} \
-\
-	if (list_empty(lh)) { \
-		if (pos == POS_HEAD) \
-			list_add(lh, sc->lists + (list)); \
-		else \
-			list_add_tail(lh, sc->lists + (list)); \
-	} \
-\
-	if (lock == LIST_LOCKED) \
-		spin_unlock_irq(l); \
-}
-
-LIST_ADD(endio, LIST_ENDIO)
-LIST_ADD(io, LIST_IO)
-LIST_ADD(lru, LIST_LRU)
-#undef LIST_ADD
-
-#define POP(list) \
-	if (list_empty(sc->lists + list)) \
-		stripe = NULL; \
-	else { \
-		stripe = list_entry(sc->lists[list].next, struct stripe, \
-				    lists[list]); \
-		list_del_init(&stripe->lists[list]); \
-	}
-
-/* Pop an available stripe off the lru list. */
-static struct stripe *stripe_lru_pop(struct stripe_cache *sc)
-{
-	struct stripe *stripe;
-	spinlock_t *lock = sc->locks + LOCK_LRU;
-
-	spin_lock_irq(lock);
-	POP(LIST_LRU);
-	spin_unlock_irq(lock);
-
-	if (stripe)
-		/* Remove from hash before reuse. */
-		stripe_hash_del(stripe, LIST_UNLOCKED);
-
-	return stripe;
-}
-
-static inline unsigned hash_fn(struct stripe_hash *hash, sector_t key)
+static unsigned hash_fn(struct stripe_hash *hash, sector_t key)
 {
 	return (unsigned) (((key * hash->prime) >> hash->shift) & hash->mask);
 }
 
-static inline struct list_head *
-hash_bucket(struct stripe_hash *hash, sector_t key)
+static struct list_head *hash_bucket(struct stripe_hash *hash, sector_t key)
 {
 	return hash->hash + hash_fn(hash, key);
 }
 
 /* Insert an entry into a hash. */
-static inline void hash_insert(struct stripe_hash *hash, struct stripe *stripe)
+static void stripe_insert(struct stripe_hash *hash, struct stripe *stripe)
 {
 	list_add(stripe->lists + LIST_HASH, hash_bucket(hash, stripe->key));
 }
 
-/* Insert an entry into the stripe hash. */
-static inline void
-sc_insert(struct stripe_cache *sc, struct stripe *stripe)
-{
-	hash_insert(&sc->hash, stripe);
-}
-
 /* Lookup an entry in the stripe hash. */
-static inline struct stripe *
-stripe_lookup(struct stripe_cache *sc, sector_t key)
+static struct stripe *stripe_lookup(struct stripe_cache *sc, sector_t key)
 {
-	unsigned c = 0;
+	unsigned look = 0;
 	struct stripe *stripe;
 	struct list_head *bucket = hash_bucket(&sc->hash, key);
 
 	list_for_each_entry(stripe, bucket, lists[LIST_HASH]) {
-		/* REMOVEME: statisics. */
-		if (++c > atomic_read(RS(sc)->stats + S_MAX_LOOKUP))
-			atomic_set(RS(sc)->stats + S_MAX_LOOKUP, c);
+		look++;
 
-		if (stripe->key == key)
+		if (stripe->key == key) {
+			/* REMOVEME: statisics. */
+			if (look > atomic_read(RS(sc)->stats + S_MAX_LOOKUP))
+				atomic_set(RS(sc)->stats + S_MAX_LOOKUP, look);
 			return stripe;
+		}
 	}
 
 	return NULL;
 }
 
 /* Resize the stripe cache hash on size changes. */
-static int hash_resize(struct stripe_cache *sc)
+static int sc_hash_resize(struct stripe_cache *sc)
 {
-	/* Resize threshold reached? */
-	if (atomic_read(&sc->stripes) > 2 * atomic_read(&sc->stripes_last)
-	    || atomic_read(&sc->stripes) < atomic_read(&sc->stripes_last) / 4) {
+	/* Resize indicated ? */
+	if (atomic_read(&sc->stripes) != atomic_read(&sc->stripes_last)) {
 		int r;
-		struct stripe_hash hash, hash_tmp;
-		spinlock_t *lock;
+		struct stripe_hash hash;
 
 		r = hash_init(&hash, atomic_read(&sc->stripes));
 		if (r)
 			return r;
 
-		lock = sc->locks + LOCK_LRU;
-		spin_lock_irq(lock);
 		if (sc->hash.hash) {
 			unsigned b = sc->hash.buckets;
 			struct list_head *pos, *tmp;
-	
+
 			/* Walk old buckets and insert into new. */
 			while (b--) {
 				list_for_each_safe(pos, tmp, sc->hash.hash + b)
-				    hash_insert(&hash,
-						list_entry(pos, struct stripe,
-							   lists[LIST_HASH]));
+				    stripe_insert(&hash,
+						  list_entry(pos, struct stripe,
+							     lists[LIST_HASH]));
 			}
 
 		}
 
-		memcpy(&hash_tmp, &sc->hash, sizeof(hash_tmp));
+		hash_exit(&sc->hash);
 		memcpy(&sc->hash, &hash, sizeof(sc->hash));
 		atomic_set(&sc->stripes_last, atomic_read(&sc->stripes));
-		spin_unlock_irq(lock);
-
-		hash_exit(&hash_tmp);
 	}
 
 	return 0;
 }
+/* End hash stripe hash function. */
+
+/* List add, delete, push and pop functions. */
+/* Add stripe to flush list. */
+#define	DEL_LIST(lh) \
+	if (!list_empty(lh)) \
+		list_del_init(lh);
+
+/* Delete stripe from hash. */
+static void stripe_hash_del(struct stripe *stripe)
+{
+	DEL_LIST(stripe->lists + LIST_HASH);
+}
+
+/* Return stripe reference count. */
+static inline int stripe_ref(struct stripe *stripe)
+{
+	return atomic_read(&stripe->cnt);
+}
+
+static void stripe_flush_add(struct stripe *stripe)
+{
+	struct stripe_cache *sc = stripe->sc;
+	struct list_head *lh = stripe->lists + LIST_FLUSH;
+
+	if (!StripeReconstruct(stripe) && list_empty(lh))
+		list_add_tail(lh, sc->lists + LIST_FLUSH);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Add stripe to LRU (inactive) list.
+ *
+ * Need lock, because of concurrent access from message interface.
+ */
+static void stripe_lru_add(struct stripe *stripe)
+{
+	if (!StripeRecover(stripe)) {
+		unsigned long flags;
+		struct list_head *lh = stripe->lists + LIST_LRU;
+		spinlock_t *lock = stripe->sc->locks + LOCK_LRU;
+
+		spin_lock_irqsave(lock, flags);
+		if (list_empty(lh))
+			list_add_tail(lh, stripe->sc->lists + LIST_LRU);
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(lock, flags);
+	}
+}
+
+#define POP_LIST(list) \
+	do { \
+		if (list_empty(sc->lists + (list))) \
+			stripe = NULL; \
+		else { \
+			stripe = list_first_entry(sc->lists + (list), \
+						  struct stripe, \
+						  lists[(list)]); \
+			list_del_init(stripe->lists + (list)); \
+		} \
+	} while (0);
+
+/* Pop an available stripe off the LRU list. */
+static struct stripe *stripe_lru_pop(struct stripe_cache *sc)
+{
+	struct stripe *stripe;
+	spinlock_t *lock = sc->locks + LOCK_LRU;
+
+	spin_lock_irq(lock);
+	POP_LIST(LIST_LRU);
+	spin_unlock_irq(lock);
+
+	return stripe;
+}
+
+/* Pop an available stripe off the io list. */
+static struct stripe *stripe_io_pop(struct stripe_cache *sc)
+{
+	struct stripe *stripe;
+
+	POP_LIST(LIST_FLUSH);
+	return stripe;
+}
+
+/* Push a stripe safely onto the endio list to be handled by do_endios(). */
+static void stripe_endio_push(struct stripe *stripe)
+{
+	unsigned long flags;
+	struct stripe_cache *sc = stripe->sc;
+	struct list_head *stripe_list = stripe->lists + LIST_ENDIO,
+			 *sc_list = sc->lists + LIST_ENDIO;
+	spinlock_t *lock = sc->locks + LOCK_ENDIO;
+
+	/* This runs in parallel with do_endios(). */
+	spin_lock_irqsave(lock, flags);
+	if (list_empty(stripe_list))
+		list_add_tail(stripe_list, sc_list);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(lock, flags);
+
+	wake_do_raid(RS(sc)); /* Wake myself. */
+}
+
+/* Pop a stripe off safely off the endio list. */
+static struct stripe *stripe_endio_pop(struct stripe_cache *sc)
+{
+	struct stripe *stripe;
+	spinlock_t *lock = sc->locks + LOCK_ENDIO;
+
+	/* This runs in parallel with endio(). */
+	spin_lock_irq(lock);
+	POP_LIST(LIST_ENDIO)
+	spin_unlock_irq(lock);
+	return stripe;
+}
+#undef POP_LIST
 
 /*
  * Stripe cache locking functions
  */
-/* Dummy lock function for local RAID4+5. */
-static void *no_lock(sector_t key, enum lock_type type)
+/* Dummy lock function for single host RAID4+5. */
+static void *no_lock(sector_t key, enum dm_lock_type type)
 {
 	return &no_lock;
 }
 
-/* Dummy unlock function for local RAID4+5. */
+/* Dummy unlock function for single host RAID4+5. */
 static void no_unlock(void *lock_handle)
 {
 }
 
-/* No locking (for local RAID 4+5). */
-static struct dmraid45_locking_type locking_none = {
-	.lock = no_lock,
-	.unlock = no_unlock,
-};
-
-/* Clustered RAID 4+5. */
-/* FIXME: code this. */
-static struct dmraid45_locking_type locking_cluster = {
+/* No locking (for single host RAID 4+5). */
+static struct dm_raid45_locking_type locking_none = {
 	.lock = no_lock,
 	.unlock = no_unlock,
 };
 
 /* Lock a stripe (for clustering). */
 static int
-stripe_lock(struct raid_set *rs, struct stripe *stripe, int rw, sector_t key)
+stripe_lock(struct stripe *stripe, int rw, sector_t key)
 {
-	stripe->lock = rs->locking->lock(key, rw == READ ? RAID45_SHARED :
-							   RAID45_EX);
+	stripe->lock = RS(stripe->sc)->locking->lock(key, rw == READ ? DM_RAID45_SHARED : DM_RAID45_EX);
 	return stripe->lock ? 0 : -EPERM;
 }
 
 /* Unlock a stripe (for clustering). */
-static void stripe_unlock(struct raid_set *rs, struct stripe *stripe)
+static void stripe_unlock(struct stripe *stripe)
 {
-	rs->locking->unlock(stripe->lock);
+	RS(stripe->sc)->locking->unlock(stripe->lock);
 	stripe->lock = NULL;
 }
 
+/* Test io pending on stripe. */
+static int stripe_io_ref(struct stripe *stripe)
+{
+	return atomic_read(&stripe->io.pending);
+}
+
+static void stripe_io_get(struct stripe *stripe)
+{
+	if (atomic_inc_return(&stripe->io.pending) == 1)
+		/* REMOVEME: statistics */
+		atomic_inc(&stripe->sc->active_stripes);
+	else
+		BUG_ON(stripe_io_ref(stripe) < 0);
+}
+
+static void stripe_io_put(struct stripe *stripe)
+{
+	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&stripe->io.pending)) {
+		if (unlikely(StripeRecover(stripe)))
+			/* Don't put recovery stripe on endio list. */
+			wake_do_raid(RS(stripe->sc));
+		else
+			/* Add regular stripe to endio list and wake daemon. */
+			stripe_endio_push(stripe);
+
+		/* REMOVEME: statistics */
+		atomic_dec(&stripe->sc->active_stripes);
+	} else
+		BUG_ON(stripe_io_ref(stripe) < 0);
+}
+
+/* Take stripe reference out. */
+static int stripe_get(struct stripe *stripe)
+{
+	int r;
+	struct list_head *lh = stripe->lists + LIST_LRU;
+	spinlock_t *lock = stripe->sc->locks + LOCK_LRU;
+
+	/* Delete stripe from LRU (inactive) list if on. */
+	spin_lock_irq(lock);
+	DEL_LIST(lh);
+	spin_unlock_irq(lock);
+
+	BUG_ON(stripe_ref(stripe) < 0);
+
+	/* Lock stripe on first reference */
+	r = (atomic_inc_return(&stripe->cnt) == 1) ?
+	    stripe_lock(stripe, WRITE, stripe->key) : 0;
+
+	return r;
+}
+#undef DEL_LIST
+
+/* Return references on a chunk. */
+static int chunk_ref(struct stripe_chunk *chunk)
+{
+	return atomic_read(&chunk->cnt);
+}
+
+/* Take out reference on a chunk. */
+static int chunk_get(struct stripe_chunk *chunk)
+{
+	return atomic_inc_return(&chunk->cnt);
+}
+
+/* Drop reference on a chunk. */
+static void chunk_put(struct stripe_chunk *chunk)
+{
+	BUG_ON(atomic_dec_return(&chunk->cnt) < 0);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Drop reference on a stripe.
+ *
+ * Move it to list of LRU stripes if zero.
+ */
+static void stripe_put(struct stripe *stripe)
+{
+	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&stripe->cnt)) {
+		BUG_ON(stripe_io_ref(stripe));
+		stripe_unlock(stripe);
+	} else
+		BUG_ON(stripe_ref(stripe) < 0);
+}
+
+/* Helper needed by for_each_io_dev(). */
+static void stripe_get_references(struct stripe *stripe, unsigned p)
+{
+
+	/*
+	 * Another one to reference the stripe in
+	 * order to protect vs. LRU list moves.
+	 */
+	io_get(RS(stripe->sc));	/* Global io references. */
+	stripe_get(stripe);
+	stripe_io_get(stripe);	/* One for each chunk io. */
+}
+
+/* Helper for endio() to put all take references. */
+static void stripe_put_references(struct stripe *stripe)
+{
+	stripe_io_put(stripe);	/* One for each chunk io. */
+	stripe_put(stripe);
+	io_put(RS(stripe->sc));
+}
+
 /*
  * Stripe cache functions.
  */
 /*
- * Invalidate all page lists pages of a stripe.
+ * Invalidate all chunks (i.e. their pages)  of a stripe.
  *
- * I only keep state for the whole list in the first page.
+ * I only keep state for the whole chunk.
  */
-static INLINE void
-stripe_pages_invalidate(struct stripe *stripe)
+static inline void stripe_chunk_invalidate(struct stripe_chunk *chunk)
+{
+	chunk->io.flags = 0;
+}
+
+static void
+stripe_chunks_invalidate(struct stripe *stripe)
 {
 	unsigned p = RS(stripe->sc)->set.raid_devs;
 
-	while (p--) {
-		struct page *page = PAGE(stripe, p);
-
-		ProhibitPageIO(page);
-		ClearPageChecked(page);
-		ClearPageDirty(page);
-		ClearPageError(page);
-		ClearPageLocked(page);
-		ClearPagePrivate(page);
-		ClearPageUptodate(page);
-	}
+	while (p--)
+		stripe_chunk_invalidate(CHUNK(stripe, p));
 }
 
 /* Prepare stripe for (re)use. */
-static INLINE void stripe_invalidate(struct stripe *stripe)
+static void stripe_invalidate(struct stripe *stripe)
 {
 	stripe->io.flags = 0;
-	stripe_pages_invalidate(stripe);
+	stripe->idx.parity = stripe->idx.recover = -1;
+	stripe_chunks_invalidate(stripe);
 }
 
-/* Allow io on all chunks of a stripe. */
-static INLINE void stripe_allow_io(struct stripe *stripe)
+/*
+ * Allow io on all chunks of a stripe.
+ * If not set, IO will not occur; i.e. it's prohibited.
+ *
+ * Actual IO submission for allowed chunks depends
+ * on their !uptodate or dirty state.
+ */
+static void stripe_allow_io(struct stripe *stripe)
 {
 	unsigned p = RS(stripe->sc)->set.raid_devs;
 
 	while (p--)
-		AllowPageIO(PAGE(stripe, p));
+		SetChunkIo(CHUNK(stripe, p));
 }
 
 /* Initialize a stripe. */
-static void
-stripe_init(struct stripe_cache *sc, struct stripe *stripe, unsigned io_size)
+static void stripe_init(struct stripe_cache *sc, struct stripe *stripe)
 {
-	unsigned p = RS(sc)->set.raid_devs;
-	unsigned i;
+	unsigned i, p = RS(sc)->set.raid_devs;
 
 	/* Work all io chunks. */
 	while (p--) {
-		struct stripe_set *ss = stripe->ss + p;
+		struct stripe_chunk *chunk = CHUNK(stripe, p);
 
-		stripe->obj[p].private = ss;
-		ss->stripe = stripe;
-
-		i = ARRAY_SIZE(ss->bl);
+		atomic_set(&chunk->cnt, 0);
+		chunk->stripe = stripe;
+		i = ARRAY_SIZE(chunk->bl);
 		while (i--)
-			bio_list_init(ss->bl + i);
+			bio_list_init(chunk->bl + i);
 	}
 
 	stripe->sc = sc;
 
+
 	i = ARRAY_SIZE(stripe->lists);
 	while (i--)
-		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&stripe->lists[i]);
+		INIT_LIST_HEAD(stripe->lists + i);
 
-	stripe->io.size = io_size;
+	stripe->io.size = RS(sc)->set.io_size;
 	atomic_set(&stripe->cnt, 0);
 	atomic_set(&stripe->io.pending, 0);
-
 	stripe_invalidate(stripe);
 }
 
 /* Number of pages per chunk. */
-static inline unsigned chunk_pages(unsigned io_size)
+static inline unsigned chunk_pages(unsigned sectors)
 {
-	return dm_div_up(io_size, SECTORS_PER_PAGE);
+	return dm_div_up(sectors, SECTORS_PER_PAGE);
 }
 
 /* Number of pages per stripe. */
@@ -1316,12 +1357,12 @@ static inline unsigned stripe_pages(struct raid_set *rs, unsigned io_size)
 }
 
 /* Initialize part of page_list (recovery). */
-static INLINE void stripe_zero_pl_part(struct stripe *stripe, unsigned p,
-				       unsigned start, unsigned count)
+static void stripe_zero_pl_part(struct stripe *stripe, int p,
+				unsigned start, unsigned count)
 {
-	unsigned pages = chunk_pages(count);
+	unsigned o = start / SECTORS_PER_PAGE, pages = chunk_pages(count);
 	/* Get offset into the page_list. */
-	struct page_list *pl = pl_elem(PL(stripe, p), start / SECTORS_PER_PAGE);
+	struct page_list *pl = pl_elem(PL(stripe, p), o);
 
 	BUG_ON(!pl);
 	while (pl && pages--) {
@@ -1332,149 +1373,105 @@ static INLINE void stripe_zero_pl_part(struct stripe *stripe, unsigned p,
 }
 
 /* Initialize parity chunk of stripe. */
-static INLINE void stripe_zero_chunk(struct stripe *stripe, unsigned p)
+static void stripe_zero_chunk(struct stripe *stripe, int p)
 {
-	stripe_zero_pl_part(stripe, p, 0, stripe->io.size);
+	if (p > -1)
+		stripe_zero_pl_part(stripe, p, 0, stripe->io.size);
 }
 
 /* Return dynamic stripe structure size. */
-static INLINE size_t stripe_size(struct raid_set *rs)
+static size_t stripe_size(struct raid_set *rs)
 {
 	return sizeof(struct stripe) +
-		      rs->set.raid_devs * sizeof(struct stripe_set);
+		      rs->set.raid_devs * sizeof(struct stripe_chunk);
 }
 
 /* Allocate a stripe and its memory object. */
-enum grow { grow, keep };
+/* XXX adjust to cope with stripe cache and recovery stripe caches. */
+enum grow { SC_GROW, SC_KEEP };
 static struct stripe *stripe_alloc(struct stripe_cache *sc,
+				   struct dm_mem_cache_client *mc,
 				   unsigned io_size, enum grow grow)
 {
 	int r;
 	unsigned pages_per_chunk = chunk_pages(io_size);
 	struct stripe *stripe;
 
-	stripe = kmem_cache_alloc(sc->kc.cache, GFP_KERNEL);
+	stripe = kmem_cache_zalloc(sc->kc.cache, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (stripe) {
-		memset(stripe, 0, stripe_size(RS(sc)));
-
-		/* Grow the dm-mem-cache on request. */
-		if (grow == grow) {
-			r = dm_mem_cache_grow(sc->dm_mem_cache_client,
-					      pages_per_chunk);
+		/* Grow the dm-mem-cache by one object. */
+		if (grow == SC_GROW) {
+			r = dm_mem_cache_grow(mc, 1);
 			if (r)
 				goto err_free;
 		}
 
-		stripe->obj = dm_mem_cache_alloc(sc->dm_mem_cache_client,
-						 pages_per_chunk);
+		stripe->obj = dm_mem_cache_alloc(mc, pages_per_chunk);
 		if (!stripe->obj)
 			goto err_shrink;
 
-		stripe_init(sc, stripe, io_size);
+		stripe_init(sc, stripe);
 	}
 
 	return stripe;
 
-   err_shrink:
-	if (grow == grow)
-		dm_mem_cache_shrink(sc->dm_mem_cache_client, pages_per_chunk);
-   err_free:
+err_shrink:
+	if (grow == SC_GROW)
+		dm_mem_cache_shrink(mc, 1);
+err_free:
 	kmem_cache_free(sc->kc.cache, stripe);
 	return NULL;
 }
 
 /*
  * Free a stripes memory object, shrink the
- * memory cache and free the stripe itself
+ * memory cache and free the stripe itself.
  */
-static void stripe_free(struct stripe *stripe)
+static void stripe_free(struct stripe *stripe, struct dm_mem_cache_client *mc)
 {
-	dm_mem_cache_free(stripe->sc->dm_mem_cache_client, stripe->obj);
-	dm_mem_cache_shrink(stripe->sc->dm_mem_cache_client,
-			    chunk_pages(stripe->io.size));
+	dm_mem_cache_free(mc, stripe->obj);
+	dm_mem_cache_shrink(mc, 1);
 	kmem_cache_free(stripe->sc->kc.cache, stripe);
 }
 
 /* Free the recovery stripe. */
 static void stripe_recover_free(struct raid_set *rs)
 {
-	if (rs->recover.stripe) {
-		ClearRSRecover(rs);
-		stripe_free(rs->recover.stripe);
-		rs->recover.stripe = NULL;
-	}
-}
-
-/* Push a stripe safely onto the endio list to be handled by do_endios(). */
-static INLINE void stripe_endio_push(struct stripe *stripe)
-{
-	int wake;
-	unsigned long flags;
-	struct stripe_cache *sc = stripe->sc;
-	spinlock_t *lock = sc->locks + LOCK_ENDIO;
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(lock, flags);
-	wake = list_empty(sc->lists + LIST_ENDIO);
-	stripe_endio_add(stripe, POS_HEAD, LIST_UNLOCKED);
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(lock, flags);
-
-	if (wake)
-		wake_do_raid(RS(sc));
-}
-
-/* Protected check for stripe cache endio list empty. */
-static INLINE int stripe_endio_empty(struct stripe_cache *sc)
-{
-	int r;
-	spinlock_t *lock = sc->locks + LOCK_ENDIO;
-
-	spin_lock_irq(lock);
-	r = list_empty(sc->lists + LIST_ENDIO);
-	spin_unlock_irq(lock);
-
-	return r;
-}
-
-/* Pop a stripe off safely off the endio list. */
-static struct stripe *stripe_endio_pop(struct stripe_cache *sc)
-{
-	struct stripe *stripe;
-	spinlock_t *lock = sc->locks + LOCK_ENDIO;
-
-	/* This runs in parallel with endio(). */
-	spin_lock_irq(lock);
-	POP(LIST_ENDIO)
-	spin_unlock_irq(lock);
-	return stripe;
-}
-
-#undef POP
+	struct recover *rec = &rs->recover;
+	struct dm_mem_cache_client *mc;
 
-/* Evict stripe from cache. */
-static void stripe_evict(struct stripe *stripe)
-{
-	struct raid_set *rs = RS(stripe->sc);
-	stripe_hash_del(stripe, LIST_UNLOCKED);	/* Take off hash. */
+	mc = rec->mem_cache_client;
+	rec->mem_cache_client = NULL;
+	if (mc) {
+		struct stripe *stripe;
 
-	if (list_empty(stripe->lists + LIST_LRU)) {
-		stripe_lru_add(stripe, POS_TAIL, LIST_LOCKED);
-		atomic_inc(rs->stats + S_EVICT); /* REMOVEME: statistics. */
+		while (!list_empty(&rec->stripes)) {
+			stripe = list_first_entry(&rec->stripes, struct stripe,
+						  lists[LIST_RECOVER]);
+			list_del(stripe->lists + LIST_RECOVER);
+			kfree(stripe->recover);
+			stripe_free(stripe, mc);
+		}
+	
+		dm_mem_cache_client_destroy(mc);
+		dm_io_client_destroy(rec->dm_io_client);
+		rec->dm_io_client = NULL;
 	}
 }
 
 /* Grow stripe cache. */
-static int
-sc_grow(struct stripe_cache *sc, unsigned stripes, enum grow grow)
+static int sc_grow(struct stripe_cache *sc, unsigned stripes, enum grow grow)
 {
 	int r = 0;
-	struct raid_set *rs = RS(sc);
 
 	/* Try to allocate this many (additional) stripes. */
 	while (stripes--) {
-		struct stripe *stripe = stripe_alloc(sc, rs->set.io_size, grow);
+		struct stripe *stripe =
+			stripe_alloc(sc, sc->mem_cache_client,
+				     RS(sc)->set.io_size, grow);
 
 		if (likely(stripe)) {
-			stripe_lru_add(stripe, POS_TAIL, LIST_LOCKED);
+			stripe_lru_add(stripe);
 			atomic_inc(&sc->stripes);
 		} else {
 			r = -ENOMEM;
@@ -1482,8 +1479,7 @@ sc_grow(struct stripe_cache *sc, unsigned stripes, enum grow grow)
 		}
 	}
 
-	ClearRSScBusy(rs);
-	return r ? r : hash_resize(sc);
+	return r ? r : sc_hash_resize(sc);
 }
 
 /* Shrink stripe cache. */
@@ -1497,10 +1493,13 @@ static int sc_shrink(struct stripe_cache *sc, unsigned stripes)
 
 		stripe = stripe_lru_pop(sc);
 		if (stripe) {
-			/* An lru stripe may never have ios pending!. */
-			BUG_ON(stripe_io(stripe));
-			stripe_free(stripe);
+			/* An LRU stripe may never have ios pending! */
+			BUG_ON(stripe_io_ref(stripe));
+			BUG_ON(stripe_ref(stripe));
 			atomic_dec(&sc->stripes);
+			/* Remove from hash if on before deletion. */
+			stripe_hash_del(stripe);
+			stripe_free(stripe, sc->mem_cache_client);
 		} else {
 			r = -ENOENT;
 			break;
@@ -1508,80 +1507,134 @@ static int sc_shrink(struct stripe_cache *sc, unsigned stripes)
 	}
 
 	/* Check if stats are still sane. */
-	if (atomic_read(&sc->max_active_stripes) >
+	if (atomic_read(&sc->active_stripes_max) >
 	    atomic_read(&sc->stripes))
-		atomic_set(&sc->max_active_stripes, 0);
+		atomic_set(&sc->active_stripes_max, 0);
 
 	if (r)
 		return r;
 
-	ClearRSScBusy(RS(sc));
-	return hash_resize(sc);
+	return atomic_read(&sc->stripes) ? sc_hash_resize(sc) : 0;
 }
 
-/* Create stripe cache. */
+/* Create stripe cache and recovery. */
 static int sc_init(struct raid_set *rs, unsigned stripes)
 {
-	unsigned i, nr;
+	unsigned i, r, rstripes;
 	struct stripe_cache *sc = &rs->sc;
 	struct stripe *stripe;
+	struct recover *rec = &rs->recover;
+	struct mapped_device *md;
+	struct gendisk *disk;
 
 	/* Initialize lists and locks. */
 	i = ARRAY_SIZE(sc->lists);
 	while (i--)
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(sc->lists + i);
 
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&rec->stripes);
+
+	/* Initialize endio and LRU list locks. */
 	i = NR_LOCKS;
 	while (i--)
 		spin_lock_init(sc->locks + i);
 
 	/* Initialize atomic variables. */
 	atomic_set(&sc->stripes, 0);
-	atomic_set(&sc->stripes_last, 0);
-	atomic_set(&sc->stripes_to_shrink, 0);
+	atomic_set(&sc->stripes_to_set, 0);
 	atomic_set(&sc->active_stripes, 0);
-	atomic_set(&sc->max_active_stripes, 0);	/* REMOVEME: */
+	atomic_set(&sc->active_stripes_max, 0);	/* REMOVEME: statistics. */
 
 	/*
 	 * We need a runtime unique # to suffix the kmem cache name
 	 * because we'll have one for each active RAID set.
 	 */
-	nr = atomic_inc_return(&_stripe_sc_nr);
-	sprintf(sc->kc.name, "%s_%d", TARGET, nr);
+	md = dm_table_get_md(rs->ti->table);
+	disk = dm_disk(md);
+	sprintf(sc->kc.name, "%s-%d", TARGET, disk->first_minor);
+	dm_put(md);
 	sc->kc.cache = kmem_cache_create(sc->kc.name, stripe_size(rs),
 					 0, 0, NULL, NULL);
 	if (!sc->kc.cache)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	/* Create memory cache client context and Allocate memory objects. */
-	sc->dm_mem_cache_client = dm_mem_cache_client_create(
-		stripes * stripe_pages(rs, rs->set.io_size) +
-		2 * stripe_pages(rs, rs->recover.io_size),
-		stripes + 2, rs->set.raid_devs);
-	if (IS_ERR(sc->dm_mem_cache_client))
-		return PTR_ERR(sc->dm_mem_cache_client);
-
-	/* Allocate stripe for set recovery. */
-	stripe = stripe_alloc(sc, rs->recover.io_size, keep);
-	if (!stripe)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	/* Create memory cache client context for RAID stripe cache. */
+	sc->mem_cache_client =
+		dm_mem_cache_client_create(stripes, rs->set.raid_devs,
+					   chunk_pages(rs->set.io_size));
+	if (IS_ERR(sc->mem_cache_client))
+		return PTR_ERR(sc->mem_cache_client);
+
+	/* Create memory cache client context for RAID recovery stripe(s). */
+	rstripes = rec->recovery_stripes;
+	rec->mem_cache_client =
+		dm_mem_cache_client_create(rstripes, rs->set.raid_devs,
+					   chunk_pages(rec->io_size));
+	if (IS_ERR(rec->mem_cache_client))
+		return PTR_ERR(rec->mem_cache_client);
+
+	/* Create dm-io client context for IO stripes. */
+	sc->dm_io_client =
+		dm_io_client_create((stripes > 32 ? 32 : stripes) *
+				    rs->set.raid_devs *
+				    chunk_pages(rs->set.io_size));
+	if (IS_ERR(sc->dm_io_client))
+		return PTR_ERR(sc->dm_io_client);
+
+	/* FIXME: intermingeled with stripe cache initialization. */
+	/* Create dm-io client context for recovery stripes. */
+	rec->dm_io_client =
+		dm_io_client_create(rstripes * rs->set.raid_devs *
+				    chunk_pages(rec->io_size));
+	if (IS_ERR(rec->dm_io_client))
+		return PTR_ERR(rec->dm_io_client);
+
+	/* Allocate stripes for set recovery. */
+	while (rstripes--) {
+		stripe = stripe_alloc(sc, rec->mem_cache_client,
+				      rs->recover.io_size, SC_KEEP);
+		if (!stripe)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+
+		stripe->recover = kzalloc(sizeof(*stripe->recover), GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!stripe->recover) {
+			stripe_free(stripe, rec->mem_cache_client);
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		}
+
+		SetStripeRecover(stripe);
+		stripe->io.size = rec->io_size;
+		list_add_tail(stripe->lists + LIST_RECOVER, &rec->stripes);
+		/* Don't add recovery stripes to LRU list! */
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Allocate the stripe objetcs from the
+	 * cache and add them to the LRU list.
+	 */
+	r = sc_grow(sc, stripes, SC_KEEP);
+	if (!r)
+		atomic_set(&sc->stripes_last, stripes);
 
-	SetStripeRecover(stripe);
-	rs->recover.stripe = stripe;
-	return sc_grow(sc, stripes, keep);	/* Grow the cache. */
+	return r;
 }
 
 /* Destroy the stripe cache. */
 static void sc_exit(struct stripe_cache *sc)
 {
-	if (sc->hash.hash) {
-		if (sc->kc.cache) {
-			BUG_ON(sc_shrink(sc, atomic_read(&sc->stripes)));
-			kmem_cache_destroy(sc->kc.cache);
-		}
+	struct raid_set *rs = RS(sc);
 
-		if (sc->dm_mem_cache_client)
-			dm_mem_cache_client_destroy(sc->dm_mem_cache_client);
+	if (sc->kc.cache) {
+		stripe_recover_free(rs);
+		BUG_ON(sc_shrink(sc, atomic_read(&sc->stripes)));
+		kmem_cache_destroy(sc->kc.cache);
+		sc->kc.cache = NULL;
+
+		if (sc->mem_cache_client && !IS_ERR(sc->mem_cache_client))
+			dm_mem_cache_client_destroy(sc->mem_cache_client);
+
+		if (sc->dm_io_client && !IS_ERR(sc->dm_io_client))
+			dm_io_client_destroy(sc->dm_io_client);
 
 		hash_exit(&sc->hash);
 	}
@@ -1595,69 +1648,52 @@ static void sc_exit(struct stripe_cache *sc)
  * within the address space of the set (used as the stripe cache hash key).
  */
 /* thx MD. */
-static struct address *
-raid_address(struct raid_set *rs, sector_t sector, struct address *addr)
+static struct raid_address *raid_address(struct raid_set *rs, sector_t sector,
+					 struct raid_address *addr)
 {
-	unsigned data_devs = rs->set.data_devs, di, pi,
-		 raid_devs = rs->set.raid_devs;
 	sector_t stripe, tmp;
 
 	/*
 	 * chunk_number = sector / chunk_size
-	 * stripe = chunk_number / data_devs
+	 * stripe_number = chunk_number / data_devs
 	 * di = stripe % data_devs;
 	 */
 	stripe = sector >> rs->set.chunk_shift;
-	di = sector_div(stripe, data_devs);
+	addr->di = sector_div(stripe, rs->set.data_devs);
 
 	switch (rs->set.raid_type->level) {
+	case raid4:
+		addr->pi = rs->set.pi;
+		goto check_shift_di;
 	case raid5:
 		tmp = stripe;
-		pi = sector_div(tmp, raid_devs);
+		addr->pi = sector_div(tmp, rs->set.raid_devs);
 
 		switch (rs->set.raid_type->algorithm) {
 		case left_asym:		/* Left asymmetric. */
-			pi = data_devs - pi;
+			addr->pi = rs->set.data_devs - addr->pi;
 		case right_asym:	/* Right asymmetric. */
-			if (di >= pi)
-				di++;
+check_shift_di:
+			if (addr->di >= addr->pi)
+				addr->di++;
 			break;
-
 		case left_sym:		/* Left symmetric. */
-			pi = data_devs - pi;
+			addr->pi = rs->set.data_devs - addr->pi;
 		case right_sym:		/* Right symmetric. */
-			di = (pi + di + 1) % raid_devs;
+			addr->di = (addr->pi + addr->di + 1) %
+				   rs->set.raid_devs;
 			break;
-
-		default:
-			DMERR("Unknown RAID algorithm %d",
-			      rs->set.raid_type->algorithm);
-			goto out;
+		case none: /* Ain't happen: RAID4 algorithm placeholder. */
+			BUG();
 		}
-
-		break;
-
-	case raid4:
-		pi = rs->set.pi;
-		if (di >= pi)
-			di++;
-		break;
-
-	default:
-		DMERR("Unknown RAID level %d", rs->set.raid_type->level);
-		goto out;
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * Hash key = start offset on any single device of the RAID set;
-	 * adjusted in case io size differs from chunk size.
+	 * Start offset of the stripes chunk on any single device of the RAID
+	 * set, adjusted in case io size differs from chunk size.
 	 */
 	addr->key = (stripe << rs->set.chunk_shift) +
-		    (sector & rs->set.io_shift_mask);
-	addr->di = di;
-	addr->pi = pi;
-
-   out:
+		    (sector & rs->set.io_inv_mask);
 	return addr;
 }
 
@@ -1666,9 +1702,8 @@ raid_address(struct raid_set *rs, sector_t sector, struct address *addr)
  *
  * Pay attention to data alignment in stripe and bio pages.
  */
-static void
-bio_copy_page_list(int rw, struct stripe *stripe,
-		   struct page_list *pl, struct bio *bio)
+static void bio_copy_page_list(int rw, struct stripe *stripe,
+			       struct page_list *pl, struct bio *bio)
 {
 	unsigned i, page_offset;
 	void *page_addr;
@@ -1678,6 +1713,8 @@ bio_copy_page_list(int rw, struct stripe *stripe,
 	/* Get start page in page list for this sector. */
 	i = (bio->bi_sector & rs->set.io_mask) / SECTORS_PER_PAGE;
 	pl = pl_elem(pl, i);
+	BUG_ON(!pl);
+	BUG_ON(!pl->page);
 
 	page_addr = page_address(pl->page);
 	page_offset = to_bytes(bio->bi_sector & (SECTORS_PER_PAGE - 1));
@@ -1687,7 +1724,7 @@ bio_copy_page_list(int rw, struct stripe *stripe,
 		int len = bv->bv_len, size;
 		unsigned bio_offset = 0;
 		void *bio_addr = __bio_kmap_atomic(bio, i, KM_USER0);
-   redo:
+redo:
 		size = (page_offset + len > PAGE_SIZE) ?
 		       PAGE_SIZE - page_offset : len;
 
@@ -1702,13 +1739,14 @@ bio_copy_page_list(int rw, struct stripe *stripe,
 		if (page_offset == PAGE_SIZE) {
 			/*
 			 * We reached the end of the chunk page ->
-			 * need refer to the next one to copy more data.
+			 * need to refer to the next one to copy more data.
 			 */
 			len -= size;
 			if (len) {
 				/* Get next page. */
 				pl = pl->next;
 				BUG_ON(!pl);
+				BUG_ON(!pl->page);
 				page_addr = page_address(pl->page);
 				page_offset = 0;
 				bio_offset += size;
@@ -1726,7 +1764,7 @@ bio_copy_page_list(int rw, struct stripe *stripe,
  * Xor optimization macros.
  */
 /* Xor data pointer declaration and initialization macros. */
-#define DECLARE_2	xor_t *d0 = data[0], *d1 = data[1]
+#define DECLARE_2	unsigned long *d0 = data[0], *d1 = data[1]
 #define DECLARE_3	DECLARE_2, *d2 = data[2]
 #define DECLARE_4	DECLARE_3, *d3 = data[3]
 #define DECLARE_5	DECLARE_4, *d4 = data[4]
@@ -1752,7 +1790,7 @@ bio_copy_page_list(int rw, struct stripe *stripe,
 
 /* Define a _xor_#chunks_#xors_per_run() function. */
 #define	_XOR(chunks, xors_per_run) \
-static void _xor ## chunks ## _ ## xors_per_run(xor_t **data) \
+static void _xor ## chunks ## _ ## xors_per_run(unsigned long **data) \
 { \
 	unsigned end = XOR_SIZE / sizeof(data[0]), i; \
 	DECLARE_ ## chunks; \
@@ -1762,7 +1800,7 @@ static void _xor ## chunks ## _ ## xors_per_run(xor_t **data) \
 	} \
 }
 
-/* Define xor functions for 2 - 8 chunks. */
+/* Define xor functions for 2 - 8 chunks and xors per run. */
 #define	MAKE_XOR_PER_RUN(xors_per_run) \
 	_XOR(2, xors_per_run); _XOR(3, xors_per_run); \
 	_XOR(4, xors_per_run); _XOR(5, xors_per_run); \
@@ -1776,9 +1814,9 @@ MAKE_XOR_PER_RUN(64)	/* Define _xor_*_64() functions. */
 
 #define MAKE_XOR(xors_per_run) \
 struct { \
-	void (*f)(xor_t**); \
+	void (*f)(unsigned long **); \
 } static xor_funcs ## xors_per_run[] = { \
-	{ NULL }, \
+	{ NULL }, /* NULL pointers to optimize indexing in xor(). */ \
 	{ NULL }, \
 	{ _xor2_ ## xors_per_run }, \
 	{ _xor3_ ## xors_per_run }, \
@@ -1789,7 +1827,7 @@ struct { \
 	{ _xor8_ ## xors_per_run }, \
 }; \
 \
-static void xor_ ## xors_per_run(unsigned n, xor_t **data) \
+static void xor_ ## xors_per_run(unsigned n, unsigned long **data) \
 { \
 	/* Call respective function for amount of chunks. */ \
 	xor_funcs ## xors_per_run[n].f(data); \
@@ -1803,44 +1841,71 @@ MAKE_XOR(64)
 
 /* Maximum number of chunks, which can be xor'ed in one go. */
 #define	XOR_CHUNKS_MAX	(ARRAY_SIZE(xor_funcs8) - 1)
-
 struct xor_func {
 	xor_function_t f;
 	const char *name;
 } static xor_funcs[] = {
-	{xor_8,   "xor_8"},
-	{xor_16,  "xor_16"},
-	{xor_32,  "xor_32"},
-	{xor_64,  "xor_64"},
+	{ xor_8,   "xor_8"  },
+	{ xor_16,  "xor_16" },
+	{ xor_32,  "xor_32" },
+	{ xor_64,  "xor_64" },
 };
 
 /*
+ * Check, if chunk has to be xored in/out:
+ *
+ * o if writes are queued
+ * o if writes are merged
+ * o if stripe is to be reconstructed
+ * o if recovery stripe
+ */
+static inline int chunk_must_xor(struct stripe_chunk *chunk)
+{
+	if (ChunkUptodate(chunk)) {
+		BUG_ON(!bio_list_empty(BL_CHUNK(chunk, WRITE_QUEUED)) &&
+		       !bio_list_empty(BL_CHUNK(chunk, WRITE_MERGED)));
+
+		if (!bio_list_empty(BL_CHUNK(chunk, WRITE_QUEUED)) ||
+		    !bio_list_empty(BL_CHUNK(chunk, WRITE_MERGED)))
+			return 1;
+
+		if (StripeReconstruct(chunk->stripe) ||
+		    StripeRecover(chunk->stripe))
+			return 1;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
  * Calculate crc.
  *
- * This indexes into the page list of the stripe.
+ * This indexes into the chunks of a stripe and their pages.
  *
- * All chunks will be xored into the parity chunk
- * in maximum groups of xor.chunks.
+ * All chunks will be xored into the indexed (@pi)
+ * chunk in maximum groups of xor.chunks.
  *
- * FIXME: try mapping the pages on discontiguous memory.
  */
 static void xor(struct stripe *stripe, unsigned pi, unsigned sector)
 {
 	struct raid_set *rs = RS(stripe->sc);
-	unsigned max_chunks = rs->xor.chunks, n, p;
-	unsigned o = sector / SECTORS_PER_PAGE; /* Offset into the page_list. */
-	xor_t **d = rs->data;
+	unsigned max_chunks = rs->xor.chunks, n = 1,
+		 o = sector / SECTORS_PER_PAGE, /* Offset into the page_list. */
+		 p = rs->set.raid_devs;
+	unsigned long **d = rs->data;
 	xor_function_t xor_f = rs->xor.f->f;
 
+	BUG_ON(sector > stripe->io.size);
+
 	/* Address of parity page to xor into. */
 	d[0] = page_address(pl_elem(PL(stripe, pi), o)->page);
 
-	/* Preset pointers to data pages. */
-	for (n = 1, p = rs->set.raid_devs; p--; ) {
-		if (p != pi && PageIO(PAGE(stripe, p)))
+	while (p--) {
+		/* Preset pointers to data pages. */
+		if (p != pi && chunk_must_xor(CHUNK(stripe, p)))
 			d[n++] = page_address(pl_elem(PL(stripe, p), o)->page);
 
-		/* If max chunks -> xor .*/
+		/* If max chunks -> xor. */
 		if (n == max_chunks) {
 			xor_f(n, d);
 			n = 1;
@@ -1850,20 +1915,20 @@ static void xor(struct stripe *stripe, unsigned pi, unsigned sector)
 	/* If chunks -> xor. */
 	if (n > 1)
 		xor_f(n, d);
-
-	/* Set parity page uptodate and clean. */
-	page_set(PAGE(stripe, pi), CLEAN);
 }
 
 /* Common xor loop through all stripe page lists. */
 static void common_xor(struct stripe *stripe, sector_t count,
-		       unsigned off, unsigned p)
+		       unsigned off, unsigned pi)
 {
 	unsigned sector;
 
-	for (sector = off; sector < count; sector += SECTORS_PER_XOR)
-		xor(stripe, p, sector);
+	BUG_ON(!count);
+	for (sector = off; sector < count; sector += SECTORS_PER_PAGE)
+		xor(stripe, pi, sector);
 
+	/* Set parity page uptodate and clean. */
+	chunk_set(CHUNK(stripe, pi), CLEAN);
 	atomic_inc(RS(stripe->sc)->stats + S_XORS); /* REMOVEME: statistics. */
 }
 
@@ -1876,246 +1941,303 @@ static void common_xor(struct stripe *stripe, sector_t count,
 static void parity_xor(struct stripe *stripe)
 {
 	struct raid_set *rs = RS(stripe->sc);
-	unsigned chunk_size = rs->set.chunk_size,
-		 io_size = stripe->io.size, 
+	unsigned chunk_size = rs->set.chunk_size, io_size = stripe->io.size,
 		 xor_size = chunk_size > io_size ? io_size : chunk_size;
 	sector_t off;
 
 	/* This can be the recover stripe with a larger io size. */
 	for (off = 0; off < io_size; off += xor_size) {
-		unsigned pi;
-
 		/*
-		 * Recover stripe likely is bigger than regular io
+		 * Recover stripe is likely bigger than regular io
 		 * ones and has no precalculated parity disk index ->
 		 * need to calculate RAID address.
 		 */
 		if (unlikely(StripeRecover(stripe))) {
-			struct address addr;
+			struct raid_address addr;
 
 			raid_address(rs,
 				     (stripe->key + off) * rs->set.data_devs,
 				     &addr);
-			pi = addr.pi;
-			stripe_zero_pl_part(stripe, pi, off,
-					    rs->set.chunk_size);
-		} else
-			pi = stripe->idx.parity;
-
-		common_xor(stripe, xor_size, off, pi);
-		page_set(PAGE(stripe, pi), DIRTY);
+			stripe->idx.parity = addr.pi;
+			stripe_zero_pl_part(stripe, addr.pi, off, xor_size);
+		}
+
+		common_xor(stripe, xor_size, off, stripe->idx.parity);
+		chunk_set(CHUNK(stripe, stripe->idx.parity), DIRTY);
 	}
 }
 
 /* Reconstruct missing chunk. */
-static void reconstruct_xor(struct stripe *stripe)
+static void stripe_reconstruct(struct stripe *stripe)
 {
 	struct raid_set *rs = RS(stripe->sc);
-	int p = stripe->idx.recover;
+	int p = rs->set.raid_devs, pr = stripe->idx.recover;
 
-	BUG_ON(p < 0);
+	BUG_ON(pr < 0);
 
-	/* REMOVEME: statistics. */
-	atomic_inc(rs->stats + (raid_set_degraded(rs) ?
-		    S_RECONSTRUCT_EI : S_RECONSTRUCT_DEV));
+	/* Check if all but the chunk to be reconstructed are uptodate. */
+	while (p--)
+		BUG_ON(p != pr && !ChunkUptodate(CHUNK(stripe, p)));
 
+	/* REMOVEME: statistics. */
+	atomic_inc(rs->stats + (RSDegraded(rs) ? S_RECONSTRUCT_EI :
+						 S_RECONSTRUCT_DEV));
 	/* Zero chunk to be reconstructed. */
-	stripe_zero_chunk(stripe, p);
-	common_xor(stripe, stripe->io.size, 0, p);
+	stripe_zero_chunk(stripe, pr);
+	common_xor(stripe, stripe->io.size, 0, pr);
+	stripe->idx.recover = -1;
 }
 
 /*
- * Try getting a stripe either from the hash or from the lru list
+ * Recovery io throttling
  */
-static inline void _stripe_get(struct stripe *stripe)
+/* Conditionally reset io counters. */
+static int recover_io_reset(struct raid_set *rs)
 {
-	atomic_inc(&stripe->cnt);
+	unsigned long j = jiffies;
+
+	/* Pay attention to jiffies overflows. */
+	if (j > rs->recover.last_jiffies + HZ / 20 ||
+	    j < rs->recover.last_jiffies) {
+		atomic_set(rs->recover.io_count + IO_WORK, 0);
+		atomic_set(rs->recover.io_count + IO_RECOVER, 0);
+		rs->recover.last_jiffies = j;
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
-static struct stripe *stripe_get(struct raid_set *rs, struct address *addr)
+/* Count ios. */
+static void recover_io_count(struct stripe *stripe)
 {
+	struct raid_set *rs = RS(stripe->sc);
+
+	if (RSRecover(rs)) {
+		recover_io_reset(rs);
+		atomic_inc(rs->recover.io_count +
+			   (StripeRecover(stripe) ? IO_RECOVER : IO_WORK));
+	}
+}
+
+/* Try getting a stripe either from the hash or from the LRU list. */
+static struct stripe *stripe_find(struct raid_set *rs,
+				  struct raid_address *addr)
+{
+	int r;
 	struct stripe_cache *sc = &rs->sc;
 	struct stripe *stripe;
 
-
+	/* Try stripe from hash. */
 	stripe = stripe_lookup(sc, addr->key);
 	if (stripe) {
-		_stripe_get(stripe);
-		/* Remove from the lru list if on. */
-		stripe_lru_del(stripe, LIST_LOCKED);
+		r = stripe_get(stripe);
+		if (r)
+			goto get_lock_failed;
+
 		atomic_inc(rs->stats + S_HITS_1ST); /* REMOVEME: statistics. */
 	} else {
-		/* Second try to get an LRU stripe. */
+		/* Not in hash -> try to get an LRU stripe. */
 		stripe = stripe_lru_pop(sc);
 		if (stripe) {
-			_stripe_get(stripe);
+			/*
+			 * An LRU stripe may not be referenced
+			 * and may never have ios pending!
+			 */
+			BUG_ON(stripe_ref(stripe));
+			BUG_ON(stripe_io_ref(stripe));
+
+			/* Remove from hash if on before reuse. */
+			stripe_hash_del(stripe);
+
 			/* Invalidate before reinserting with changed key. */
 			stripe_invalidate(stripe);
+
 			stripe->key = addr->key;
 			stripe->region = rh_sector_to_region(rs->recover.rh,
 							     addr->key);
 			stripe->idx.parity = addr->pi;
-			sc_insert(sc, stripe);
+			r = stripe_get(stripe);
+			if (r)
+				goto get_lock_failed;
+
+			/* Insert stripe into the stripe hash. */
+			stripe_insert(&sc->hash, stripe);
 			/* REMOVEME: statistics. */
 			atomic_inc(rs->stats + S_INSCACHE);
 		}
 	}
 
 	return stripe;
-}
-
-/*
- * Decrement reference count on a stripe.
- *
- * Move it to list of LRU stripes if zero.
- */
-static void stripe_put(struct stripe *stripe)
-{
-	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&stripe->cnt)) {
-		if (TestClearStripeActive(stripe))
-			atomic_dec(&stripe->sc->active_stripes);
-
-		/* Put stripe onto the LRU list. */
-		stripe_lru_add(stripe, POS_TAIL, LIST_LOCKED);
-	}
 
-	BUG_ON(atomic_read(&stripe->cnt) < 0);
+get_lock_failed:
+	stripe_put(stripe);
+	return NULL;
 }
 
 /*
  * Process end io
  *
  * I need to do it here because I can't in interrupt
- *
- * Read and write functions are split in order to avoid
- * conditionals in the main loop for performamce reasons.
  */
-typedef void(*endio_helper_function)(struct stripe *, struct page_list *,
-				     struct bio *);
-
-/* Helper read bios on a page list. */
-static void _bio_copy_page_list(struct stripe *stripe, struct page_list *pl,
-				struct bio *bio)
+/* End io all bios on a bio list. */
+static void bio_list_endio(struct stripe *stripe, struct bio_list *bl,
+			   int p, int error)
 {
-	bio_copy_page_list(READ, stripe, pl, bio);
-}
+	struct raid_set *rs = RS(stripe->sc);
+	struct bio *bio;
+	struct page_list *pl = PL(stripe, p);
+	struct stripe_chunk *chunk = CHUNK(stripe, p);
 
-/* Helper write bios on a page list. */
-static void _rh_dec(struct stripe *stripe, struct page_list *pl,
-		    struct bio *bio)
-{
-	rh_dec(RS(stripe->sc)->recover.rh, stripe->region);
-}
+	/* Update region counters. */
+	while ((bio = bio_list_pop(bl))) {
+		if (bio_data_dir(bio) == WRITE)
+			/* Drop io pending count for any writes. */
+			rh_dec(rs->recover.rh, stripe->region);
+		else if (!error)
+			/* Copy data accross. */
+			bio_copy_page_list(READ, stripe, pl, bio);
 
-/* End io all bios on a page list. */
-static inline int
-page_list_endio(int rw, struct stripe *stripe, unsigned p, unsigned *count)
-{
-	int r = 0;
-	struct bio_list *bl = BL(stripe, p, rw);
+		bio_endio(bio, bio->bi_size, error);
 
-	if (!bio_list_empty(bl)) {
-		struct page_list *pl = PL(stripe, p);
-		struct page *page = pl->page;
+		/* REMOVEME: statistics. */
+		atomic_inc(rs->stats + (bio_data_dir(bio) == READ ?
+			   S_BIOS_ENDIO_READ : S_BIOS_ENDIO_WRITE));
 
-		if (PageLocked(page))
-			r = -EBUSY;
-		else if (PageUptodate(page)) {
-			struct bio *bio;
-			struct raid_set *rs = RS(stripe->sc);
-			endio_helper_function h_f =
-			   rw == READ ? _bio_copy_page_list : _rh_dec;
-
-			while ((bio = bio_list_pop(bl))) {
-				h_f(stripe, pl, bio);
-				_bio_endio(rs, bio, 0);
-				stripe_put(stripe);
-				if (count)
-					(*count)++;
-			}
-		} else
-			r = -EAGAIN;
+		chunk_put(chunk);
+		stripe_put(stripe);
+		io_put(rs);	/* Wake any suspend waiters on last bio. */
 	}
-
-	return r;
 }
 
 /*
  * End io all reads/writes on a stripe copying
- * read date accross from stripe to bios.
+ * read data accross from stripe to bios and
+ * decrementing region counters for writes.
+ *
+ * Processing of ios depeding on state:
+ * o no chunk error -> endio ok
+ * o degraded:
+ *   - chunk error and read -> ignore to be requeued
+ *   - chunk error and write -> endio ok
+ * o dead (more than parity_devs failed) and chunk_error-> endio failed
  */
-static int stripe_end_io(int rw, struct stripe *stripe, unsigned *count)
+static void stripe_endio(int rw, struct stripe *stripe)
 {
-	int r = 0;
-	unsigned p = RS(stripe->sc)->set.raid_devs;
+	struct raid_set *rs = RS(stripe->sc);
+	unsigned p = rs->set.raid_devs;
+	int write = (rw != READ);
 
 	while (p--) {
-		int rr = page_list_endio(rw, stripe, p, count);
+		struct stripe_chunk *chunk = CHUNK(stripe, p);
+		struct bio_list *bl;
 
-		if (rr && r != -EIO)
-			r = rr;
-	}
+		BUG_ON(ChunkLocked(chunk));
 
-	return r;
+		bl = BL_CHUNK(chunk, rw);
+		if (bio_list_empty(bl))
+			continue;
+
+		if (unlikely(ChunkError(chunk) || !ChunkUptodate(chunk))) {
+			/* RAID set dead. */
+			if (unlikely(RSDead(rs)))
+				bio_list_endio(stripe, bl, p, -EIO);
+			/* RAID set degraded. */
+			else if (write)
+				bio_list_endio(stripe, bl, p, 0);
+		} else {
+			BUG_ON(!RSDegraded(rs) && ChunkDirty(chunk));
+			bio_list_endio(stripe, bl, p, 0);
+		}
+	}
 }
 
-/* Fail all ios on a bio list and return # of bios. */
-static unsigned
-bio_list_fail(struct raid_set *rs, struct stripe *stripe, struct bio_list *bl)
+/* Fail all ios hanging off all bio lists of a stripe. */
+static void stripe_fail_io(struct stripe *stripe)
 {
-	unsigned r;
-	struct bio *bio;
+	struct raid_set *rs = RS(stripe->sc);
+	unsigned p = rs->set.raid_devs;
 
-	raid_set_dead(rs);
+	while (p--) {
+		struct stripe_chunk *chunk = CHUNK(stripe, p);
+		int i = ARRAY_SIZE(chunk->bl);
 
-	/* Update region counters. */
-	if (stripe) {
-		void *rh = rs->recover.rh;
+		/* Fail all bios on all bio lists of the stripe. */
+		while (i--) {
+			struct bio_list *bl = chunk->bl + i;
 
-		bio_list_for_each(bio, bl) {
-			if (bio_data_dir(bio) == WRITE)
-				rh_dec(rh, stripe->region);
+			if (!bio_list_empty(bl))
+				bio_list_endio(stripe, bl, p, -EIO);
 		}
 	}
 
-	/* Error end io all bios. */
-	for (r = 0; (bio = bio_list_pop(bl)); r++)
-		_bio_endio(rs, bio, -EIO);
-
-	return r;
+	/* Put stripe on LRU list. */
+	BUG_ON(stripe_io_ref(stripe));
+	BUG_ON(stripe_ref(stripe));
 }
 
-/* Fail all ios of a bio list of a stripe and drop io pending count. */
-static void
-stripe_bio_list_fail(struct raid_set *rs, struct stripe *stripe,
-		     struct bio_list *bl)
+/* Unlock all required chunks. */
+static void stripe_chunks_unlock(struct stripe *stripe)
 {
-	unsigned put = bio_list_fail(rs, stripe, bl);
+	unsigned p = RS(stripe->sc)->set.raid_devs;
+	struct stripe_chunk *chunk;
 
-	while (put--)
-		stripe_put(stripe);
+	while (p--) {
+		chunk = CHUNK(stripe, p);
+
+		if (TestClearChunkUnlock(chunk))
+			ClearChunkLocked(chunk);
+	}
 }
 
-/* Fail all ios hanging off all bio lists of a stripe. */
-static void stripe_fail_io(struct stripe *stripe)
+/*
+ * Queue reads and writes to a stripe by hanging
+ * their bios off the stripesets read/write lists.
+ */
+static int stripe_queue_bio(struct raid_set *rs, struct bio *bio,
+			    struct bio_list *reject)
 {
-	struct raid_set *rs = RS(stripe->sc);
-	unsigned p = rs->set.raid_devs;
+	struct raid_address addr;
+	struct stripe *stripe;
 
-	stripe_evict(stripe);
+	stripe = stripe_find(rs, raid_address(rs, bio->bi_sector, &addr));
+	if (stripe) {
+		int r = 0, rw = bio_data_dir(bio);
 
-	while (p--) {
-		struct stripe_set *ss = stripe->ss + p;
-		int i = ARRAY_SIZE(ss->bl);
+		/* Distinguish reads and writes. */
+		bio_list_add(BL(stripe, addr.di, rw), bio);
+	
+		if (rw == READ)
+			/* REMOVEME: statistics. */
+			atomic_inc(rs->stats + S_BIOS_ADDED_READ);
+		else {
+			/* Inrement pending write count on region. */
+			rh_inc(rs->recover.rh, stripe->region);
+			r = 1;
 
-		while (i--)
-			stripe_bio_list_fail(rs, stripe, ss->bl + i);
+			/* REMOVEME: statistics. */
+			atomic_inc(rs->stats + S_BIOS_ADDED_WRITE);
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * Put on io (flush) list in case of
+		 * initial bio queued to chunk.
+		 */
+		if (chunk_get(CHUNK(stripe, addr.di)) == 1)
+			stripe_flush_add(stripe);
+
+		return r;
 	}
+
+	/* Got no stripe from cache or failed to lock it -> reject bio. */
+	bio_list_add(reject, bio);
+	atomic_inc(rs->stats + S_IOS_POST); /* REMOVEME: statistics. */
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /*
  * Handle all stripes by handing them to the daemon, because we can't
- * map their pages to copy the data in interrupt context.
+ * map their chunk pages to copy the data in interrupt context.
  *
  * We don't want to handle them here either, while interrupts are disabled.
  */
@@ -2123,64 +2245,36 @@ static void stripe_fail_io(struct stripe *stripe)
 /* Read/write endio function for dm-io (interrupt context). */
 static void endio(unsigned long error, void *context)
 {
-	struct dm_mem_cache_object *obj = context;
-	struct stripe_set *ss = obj->private;
-	struct stripe *stripe = ss->stripe;
-	struct page *page = obj->pl->page;
-
-	if (unlikely(error))
-		stripe_error(stripe, page);
-	else 
-		page_set(page, CLEAN);
-
-	ClearPageLocked(page);
-	stripe_io_dec(stripe);
-
-	/* Add stripe to endio list and wake daemon. */
-	stripe_endio_push(stripe);
-}
+	struct stripe_chunk *chunk = context;
 
-/*
- * Recovery io throttling
- */
-/* Conditionally reset io counters. */
-enum count_type { IO_WORK = 0, IO_RECOVER };
-static int recover_io_reset(struct raid_set *rs)
-{
-	unsigned long j = jiffies;
-
-	/* Pay attention to jiffies overflows. */
-	if (j > rs->recover.last_jiffies + HZ
-	    || j < rs->recover.last_jiffies) {
-		rs->recover.last_jiffies = j;
-		atomic_set(rs->recover.io_count + IO_WORK, 0);
-		atomic_set(rs->recover.io_count + IO_RECOVER, 0);
-		return 1;
-	}
+	if (unlikely(error)) {
+		chunk_set(chunk, ERROR);
+		/* REMOVEME: statistics. */
+		atomic_inc(RS(chunk->stripe->sc)->stats + S_STRIPE_ERROR);
+	} else
+		chunk_set(chunk, CLEAN);
 
-	return 0;
-}
+	/*
+	 * For recovery stripes, I need to reset locked locked
+	 * here, because those aren't processed in do_endios().
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(StripeRecover(chunk->stripe)))
+		ClearChunkLocked(chunk);
+	else
+		SetChunkUnlock(chunk);
 
-/* Count ios. */
-static INLINE void
-recover_io_count(struct raid_set *rs, struct stripe *stripe)
-{
-	if (RSRecover(rs)) {
-		recover_io_reset(rs);
-		atomic_inc(rs->recover.io_count +
-			   (stripe == rs->recover.stripe ?
-			    IO_RECOVER : IO_WORK));
-	}
+	/* Indirectly puts stripe on cache's endio list via stripe_io_put(). */
+	stripe_put_references(chunk->stripe);
 }
 
-/* Read/Write a page_list asynchronously. */
-static void page_list_rw(struct stripe *stripe, unsigned p)
+/* Read/Write a chunk asynchronously. */
+static void stripe_chunk_rw(struct stripe *stripe, unsigned p)
 {
 	struct stripe_cache *sc = stripe->sc;
 	struct raid_set *rs = RS(sc);
 	struct dm_mem_cache_object *obj = stripe->obj + p;
 	struct page_list *pl = obj->pl;
-	struct page *page = pl->page;
+	struct stripe_chunk *chunk = CHUNK(stripe, p);
 	struct raid_dev *dev = rs->dev + p;
 	struct io_region io = {
 		.bdev = dev->dev->bdev,
@@ -2188,72 +2282,74 @@ static void page_list_rw(struct stripe *stripe, unsigned p)
 		.count = stripe->io.size,
 	};
 	struct dm_io_request control = {
-		.bi_rw = PageDirty(page) ? WRITE : READ,
-		.mem.type = DM_IO_PAGE_LIST,
-		.mem.ptr.pl = pl,
-		.mem.offset = 0,
-		.notify.fn = endio,
-		.notify.context = obj,
-		.client = sc->dm_io_client,
+		.bi_rw = ChunkDirty(chunk) ? WRITE : READ,
+		.mem = {
+			.type = DM_IO_PAGE_LIST,
+			.ptr.pl = pl,
+			.offset = 0,
+		},
+		.notify = {
+			.fn = endio,
+			.context = chunk,
+		},
+		.client = StripeRecover(stripe) ? rs->recover.dm_io_client :
+						  sc->dm_io_client,
 	};
 
-	BUG_ON(PageLocked(page));
+	BUG_ON(ChunkLocked(chunk));
+	BUG_ON(!ChunkUptodate(chunk) && ChunkDirty(chunk));
+	BUG_ON(ChunkUptodate(chunk) && !ChunkDirty(chunk));
 
 	/*
 	 * Don't rw past end of device, which can happen, because
-	 * typically sectors_per_dev isn't divisable by io_size.
+	 * typically sectors_per_dev isn't divisible by io_size.
 	 */
 	if (unlikely(io.sector + io.count > rs->set.sectors_per_dev))
 		io.count = rs->set.sectors_per_dev - io.sector;
 
+	BUG_ON(!io.count);
 	io.sector += dev->start;	/* Add <offset>. */
-	recover_io_count(rs, stripe);	/* Recovery io accounting. */
+	recover_io_count(stripe);	/* Recovery io accounting. */
 
 	/* REMOVEME: statistics. */
-	atomic_inc(rs->stats + (PageDirty(page) ? S_DM_IO_WRITE: S_DM_IO_READ));
-
-	ClearPageError(page);
-	SetPageLocked(page);
-	io_dev_queued(dev);
+	atomic_inc(rs->stats + (ChunkDirty(chunk) ? S_DM_IO_WRITE :
+						    S_DM_IO_READ));
+	SetChunkLocked(chunk);
+	SetDevIoQueued(dev);
 	BUG_ON(dm_io(&control, 1, &io, NULL));
 }
 
 /*
- * Write dirty / read not uptodate page lists of a stripe.
+ * Write dirty or read not uptodate page lists of a stripe.
  */
-static unsigned stripe_page_lists_rw(struct raid_set *rs, struct stripe *stripe)
+static int stripe_chunks_rw(struct stripe *stripe)
 {
-	unsigned r;
+	int r;
+	struct raid_set *rs = RS(stripe->sc);
 
 	/*
 	 * Increment the pending count on the stripe
 	 * first, so that we don't race in endio().
 	 *
-	 * An inc (IO) is needed for any page:
+	 * An inc (IO) is needed for any chunk unless !ChunkIo(chunk):
 	 *
 	 * o not uptodate
 	 * o dirtied by writes merged
 	 * o dirtied by parity calculations
 	 */
-	r = for_each_io_dev(rs, stripe, _stripe_io_inc);
+	r = for_each_io_dev(stripe, stripe_get_references);
 	if (r) {
-		/* io needed: chunks are not uptodate/dirty. */
+		/* Io needed: chunks are either not uptodate or dirty. */
 		int max;	/* REMOVEME: */
 		struct stripe_cache *sc = &rs->sc;
 
-		if (!TestSetStripeActive(stripe))
-			atomic_inc(&sc->active_stripes);
-
-		/* Take off the lru list in case it got added there. */
-		stripe_lru_del(stripe, LIST_LOCKED);
-
 		/* Submit actual io. */
-		for_each_io_dev(rs, stripe, page_list_rw);
+		for_each_io_dev(stripe, stripe_chunk_rw);
 
 		/* REMOVEME: statistics */
 		max = sc_active(sc);
-		if (atomic_read(&sc->max_active_stripes) < max)
-			atomic_set(&sc->max_active_stripes, max);
+		if (atomic_read(&sc->active_stripes_max) < max)
+			atomic_set(&sc->active_stripes_max, max);
 
 		atomic_inc(rs->stats + S_FLUSHS);
 		/* END REMOVEME: statistics */
@@ -2262,412 +2358,472 @@ static unsigned stripe_page_lists_rw(struct raid_set *rs, struct stripe *stripe)
 	return r;
 }
 
-/* Work in all pending writes. */
-static INLINE void _writes_merge(struct stripe *stripe, unsigned p)
+/* Merge in all writes hence dirtying respective chunks. */
+static void stripe_merge_writes(struct stripe *stripe)
 {
-	struct bio_list *write = BL(stripe, p, WRITE);
+	unsigned p = RS(stripe->sc)->set.raid_devs;
 
-	if (!bio_list_empty(write)) {
-		struct page_list *pl = stripe->obj[p].pl;
-		struct bio *bio;
-		struct bio_list *write_merged = BL(stripe, p, WRITE_MERGED);
+	while (p--) {
+		struct stripe_chunk *chunk = CHUNK(stripe, p);
+		struct bio_list *write = BL_CHUNK(chunk, WRITE_QUEUED);
+	
+		if (!bio_list_empty(write)) {
+			struct bio *bio;
+			struct page_list *pl = stripe->obj[p].pl;
 
-		/*
-		 * We can play with the lists without holding a lock,
-		 * because it is just us accessing them anyway.
-		 */
-		bio_list_for_each(bio, write)
-			bio_copy_page_list(WRITE, stripe, pl, bio);
+			/*
+			 * We can play with the lists without holding a lock,
+			 * because it is just us accessing them anyway.
+			 */
+			bio_list_for_each(bio, write)
+				bio_copy_page_list(WRITE, stripe, pl, bio);
 
-		bio_list_merge(write_merged, write);
-		bio_list_init(write);
-		page_set(pl->page, DIRTY);
+			bio_list_merge(BL_CHUNK(chunk, WRITE_MERGED), write);
+			bio_list_init(write);
+			chunk_set(chunk, DIRTY);
+		}
 	}
 }
 
-/* Merge in all writes hence dirtying respective pages. */
-static INLINE void writes_merge(struct stripe *stripe)
+/* Queue all writes to get merged. */
+static int stripe_queue_writes(struct stripe *stripe)
 {
+	int r = 0;
 	unsigned p = RS(stripe->sc)->set.raid_devs;
 
-	while (p--)
-		_writes_merge(stripe, p);
+	while (p--) {
+		struct stripe_chunk *chunk = CHUNK(stripe, p);
+		struct bio_list *write = BL_CHUNK(chunk, WRITE);
+
+		if (!bio_list_empty(write)) {
+			bio_list_merge(BL_CHUNK(chunk, WRITE_QUEUED), write);
+			bio_list_init(write);
+SetChunkIo(chunk);
+			r = 1;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return r;
 }
 
+
 /* Check, if a chunk gets completely overwritten. */
-static INLINE int stripe_check_overwrite(struct stripe *stripe, unsigned p)
+static int stripe_check_chunk_overwrite(struct stripe *stripe, unsigned p)
 {
 	unsigned sectors = 0;
 	struct bio *bio;
-	struct bio_list *bl = BL(stripe, p, WRITE);
+	struct bio_list *bl = BL(stripe, p, WRITE_QUEUED);
 
 	bio_list_for_each(bio, bl)
 		sectors += bio_sectors(bio);
 
+	BUG_ON(sectors > RS(stripe->sc)->set.io_size);
 	return sectors == RS(stripe->sc)->set.io_size;
 }
 
 /*
- * Prepare stripe to avoid io on broken/reconstructed
- * drive in order to reconstruct date on endio.
+ * Avoid io on broken/reconstructed drive in order to
+ * reconstruct date on endio.
+ *
+ * (*1*) We set StripeReconstruct() in here, so that _do_endios()
+ *	 will trigger a reconstruct call before resetting it.
  */
-enum prepare_type { IO_ALLOW, IO_PROHIBIT };
-static void stripe_prepare(struct stripe *stripe, unsigned p,
-			   enum prepare_type type)
+static int stripe_chunk_set_io_flags(struct stripe *stripe, int pr)
 {
-	struct page *page = PAGE(stripe, p);
+	struct stripe_chunk *chunk = CHUNK(stripe, pr);
 
-	switch (type) {
-	case IO_PROHIBIT:
-		/*
- 		 * In case we prohibit, we gotta make sure, that
- 		 * io on all chunks is allowed initially.
- 		 */
-		stripe_allow_io(stripe);
+	/*
+	 * Allow io on all chunks but the indexed one,
+	 * because we're either degraded or prohibit it
+	 * on the one for later reconstruction.
+	 */
+	/* Includes ClearChunkIo(), ClearChunkUptodate(). */
+	stripe_chunk_invalidate(chunk);
+	stripe->idx.recover = pr;
+	SetStripeReconstruct(stripe);
 
+	/* REMOVEME: statistics. */
+	atomic_inc(RS(stripe->sc)->stats + S_PROHIBITCHUNKIO);
+	return -EPERM;
+}
+
+/* Chunk locked/uptodate and device failed tests. */
+static struct stripe_chunk *
+stripe_chunk_check(struct stripe *stripe, unsigned p, unsigned *chunks_uptodate)
+{
+	struct raid_set *rs = RS(stripe->sc);
+	struct stripe_chunk *chunk = CHUNK(stripe, p);
+
+	/* Can't access active chunks. */
+	if (ChunkLocked(chunk)) {
 		/* REMOVEME: statistics. */
-		atomic_inc(RS(stripe->sc)->stats + S_PROHIBITPAGEIO);
-		ProhibitPageIO(page);
-		stripe->idx.recover = p;
-		SetStripeReconstruct(stripe);
-		break;
+		atomic_inc(rs->stats + S_CHUNK_LOCKED);
+		return NULL;
+	}
 
-	case IO_ALLOW:
-		AllowPageIO(page);
-		stripe->idx.recover = -1;
-		ClearStripeReconstruct(stripe);
-		break;
+	/* Can't access broken devive. */
+	if (ChunkError(chunk) || DevFailed(rs->dev + p))
+		return NULL;
 
-	default:
-		BUG();
+	/* Can access uptodate chunks. */
+	if (ChunkUptodate(chunk)) {
+		(*chunks_uptodate)++;
+		return NULL;
 	}
+
+	return chunk;
 }
 
 /*
  * Degraded/reconstruction mode.
  *
  * Check stripe state to figure which chunks don't need IO.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 for fully operational, -EPERM for degraded/resynchronizing.
  */
-static INLINE void stripe_check_reconstruct(struct stripe *stripe,
-					    int prohibited)
+static int stripe_check_reconstruct(struct stripe *stripe)
 {
 	struct raid_set *rs = RS(stripe->sc);
 
+	if (RSDead(rs)) {
+		ClearStripeReconstruct(stripe);
+		ClearStripeReconstructed(stripe);
+		stripe_allow_io(stripe);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	/* Avoid further reconstruction setting, when already set. */
+	if (StripeReconstruct(stripe)) {
+		/* REMOVEME: statistics. */
+		atomic_inc(rs->stats + S_RECONSTRUCT_SET);
+		return -EBUSY;
+	}
+
+	/* Initially allow io on all chunks. */
+	stripe_allow_io(stripe);
+
+	/* Return if stripe is already reconstructed. */
+	if (StripeReconstructed(stripe)) {
+		atomic_inc(rs->stats + S_RECONSTRUCTED);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	/*
-	 * Degraded mode (device(s) failed) ->
+	 * Degraded/reconstruction mode (device failed) ->
 	 * avoid io on the failed device.
 	 */
-	if (unlikely(raid_set_degraded(rs))) {
+	if (unlikely(RSDegraded(rs))) {
 		/* REMOVEME: statistics. */
 		atomic_inc(rs->stats + S_DEGRADED);
-		stripe_prepare(stripe, rs->set.ei, IO_PROHIBIT);
-		return;
+		/* Allow IO on all devices but the dead one. */
+		BUG_ON(rs->set.ei < 0);
+		return stripe_chunk_set_io_flags(stripe, rs->set.ei);
 	} else {
+		int sync, pi = dev_for_parity(stripe, &sync);
+
 		/*
-		 * Reconstruction mode (ie. a particular device or
+		 * Reconstruction mode (ie. a particular (replaced) device or
 		 * some (rotating) parity chunk is being resynchronized) ->
-		 *   o make sure all needed pages are read in
+		 *   o make sure all needed chunks are read in
 		 *   o writes are allowed to go through
 		 */
-		int r = region_state(rs, stripe->key, RH_NOSYNC);
-
-		if (r) {
+		if (!sync) {
 			/* REMOVEME: statistics. */
 			atomic_inc(rs->stats + S_NOSYNC);
-			stripe_prepare(stripe, dev_for_parity(stripe),
-				       IO_PROHIBIT);
-			return;
+			/* Allow IO on all devs but the one to reconstruct. */
+			return stripe_chunk_set_io_flags(stripe, pi);
 		}
 	}
 
- 	/*
-	 * All disks good. Avoid reading parity chunk and reconstruct it
-	 * unless we have prohibited io to chunk(s).
-	 */
-	if (!prohibited) {
-		if (StripeMerged(stripe))
-			stripe_prepare(stripe, stripe->idx.parity, IO_ALLOW);
-		else {
-			stripe_prepare(stripe, stripe->idx.parity, IO_PROHIBIT);
-
-			/*
-			 * Overrule stripe_prepare to reconstruct the
-			 * parity chunk, because it'll be created new anyway.
-			 */
-			ClearStripeReconstruct(stripe);
-		}
-	}
+	return 0;
 }
 
-/* Check, if stripe is ready to merge writes. */
-static INLINE int stripe_check_merge(struct stripe *stripe)
+/*
+ * Check, if stripe is ready to merge writes.
+ * I.e. if all chunks present to allow to merge bios.
+ *
+ * We prohibit io on:
+ *
+ * o chunks without bios
+ * o chunks which get completely written over
+ */
+static int stripe_merge_possible(struct stripe *stripe, int nosync)
 {
 	struct raid_set *rs = RS(stripe->sc);
-	int prohibited = 0;
-	unsigned chunks = 0, p = rs->set.raid_devs;
+	unsigned chunks_overwrite = 0, chunks_prohibited = 0,
+		 chunks_uptodate = 0, p = rs->set.raid_devs;
 
 	/* Walk all chunks. */
 	while (p--) {
-		struct page *page = PAGE(stripe, p);
+		struct stripe_chunk *chunk;
 
-		/* Can't merge active chunks. */
-		if (PageLocked(page)) {
-			/* REMOVEME: statistics. */
-			atomic_inc(rs->stats + S_MERGE_PAGE_LOCKED);
-			break;
+		/* Prohibit io on broken devices. */
+		if (DevFailed(rs->dev + p)) {
+			chunk = CHUNK(stripe, p);
+			goto prohibit_io;
 		}
 
-		/* Can merge uptodate chunks and have to count parity chunk. */
-		if (PageUptodate(page) || p == stripe->idx.parity) {
-			chunks++;
+		/* We can't optimize any further if no chunk. */
+		chunk = stripe_chunk_check(stripe, p, &chunks_uptodate);
+		if (!chunk || nosync)
 			continue;
+
+		/*
+		 * We have a chunk, which is not uptodate.
+		 *
+		 * If this is not parity and we don't have
+		 * reads queued, we can optimize further.
+		 */
+		if (p != stripe->idx.parity &&
+		    bio_list_empty(BL_CHUNK(chunk, READ)) &&
+		    bio_list_empty(BL_CHUNK(chunk, WRITE_MERGED))) {
+			if (bio_list_empty(BL_CHUNK(chunk, WRITE_QUEUED)))
+				goto prohibit_io;
+			else if (RSCheckOverwrite(rs) &&
+				 stripe_check_chunk_overwrite(stripe, p))
+				/* Completely overwritten chunk. */
+				chunks_overwrite++;
 		}
 
-		/* Read before write ordering. */
-		if (RSCheckOverwrite(rs) &&
-		    bio_list_empty(BL(stripe, p, READ))) {
-			int r = stripe_check_overwrite(stripe, p);
+		/* Allow io for chunks with bios and overwritten ones. */
+		SetChunkIo(chunk);
+		continue;
 
-			if (r) {
-				chunks++;
-				/* REMOVEME: statistics. */
-				atomic_inc(RS(stripe->sc)->stats +
-					   S_PROHIBITPAGEIO);
-				ProhibitPageIO(page);
-				prohibited = 1;
-			}
-		}
+prohibit_io:
+		/* No io for broken devices or for chunks w/o bios. */
+		ClearChunkIo(chunk);
+		chunks_prohibited++;
+		/* REMOVEME: statistics. */
+		atomic_inc(RS(stripe->sc)->stats + S_PROHIBITCHUNKIO);
 	}
 
-	if (chunks == rs->set.raid_devs) {
-		/* All pages are uptodate or get written over or mixture. */
-		/* REMOVEME: statistics. */
-		atomic_inc(rs->stats + S_CAN_MERGE);
-		return 0;
-	} else
-		/* REMOVEME: statistics.*/
-		atomic_inc(rs->stats + S_CANT_MERGE);
+	/* All data chunks will get written over. */
+	if (chunks_overwrite == rs->set.data_devs)
+		atomic_inc(rs->stats + S_OVERWRITE); /* REMOVEME: statistics.*/
+	else if (chunks_uptodate + chunks_prohibited < rs->set.raid_devs) {
+		/* We don't have enough chunks to merge. */
+		atomic_inc(rs->stats + S_CANT_MERGE); /* REMOVEME: statistics.*/
+		return -EPERM;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * If we have all chunks up to date or overwrite them, we
+	 * just zero the parity chunk and let stripe_rw() recreate it.
+	 */
+	if (chunks_uptodate == rs->set.raid_devs ||
+	    chunks_overwrite == rs->set.data_devs) {
+		stripe_zero_chunk(stripe, stripe->idx.parity);
+		BUG_ON(StripeReconstruct(stripe));
+		SetStripeReconstruct(stripe);	/* Enforce xor in caller. */
+	} else {
+		/*
+		 * With less chunks, we xor parity out.
+		 *
+		 * (*4*) We rely on !StripeReconstruct() in chunk_must_xor(),
+		 *	 so that only chunks with queued or merged writes 
+		 *	 are being xored.
+		 */
+		parity_xor(stripe);
+	}
 
-	return prohibited ? 1 : -EPERM;
+	/*
+	 * We do have enough chunks to merge.
+	 * All chunks are uptodate or get written over.
+	 */
+	atomic_inc(rs->stats + S_CAN_MERGE); /* REMOVEME: statistics. */
+	return 0;
 }
 
-/* Check, if stripe is ready to merge writes. */
-static INLINE int stripe_check_read(struct stripe *stripe)
+/*
+ * Avoid reading chunks in case we're fully operational.
+ *
+ * We prohibit io on any chunks without bios but the parity chunk.
+ */
+static void stripe_avoid_reads(struct stripe *stripe)
 {
-	int r = 0;
-	unsigned p = RS(stripe->sc)->set.raid_devs;
+	struct raid_set *rs = RS(stripe->sc);
+	unsigned dummy = 0, p = rs->set.raid_devs;
 
 	/* Walk all chunks. */
 	while (p--) {
-		struct page *page = PAGE(stripe, p);
+		struct stripe_chunk *chunk =
+			stripe_chunk_check(stripe, p, &dummy);
 
-		if (!PageLocked(page) &&
-		    bio_list_empty(BL(stripe, p, READ))) {
-			ProhibitPageIO(page);
-			r = 1;
+		if (!chunk)
+			continue;
+
+		/* If parity or any bios pending -> allow io. */
+		if (chunk_ref(chunk) || p == stripe->idx.parity)
+			SetChunkIo(chunk);
+		else {
+			ClearChunkIo(chunk);
+			/* REMOVEME: statistics. */
+			atomic_inc(RS(stripe->sc)->stats + S_PROHIBITCHUNKIO);
 		}
 	}
-
-	return r;
 }
 
 /*
  * Read/write a stripe.
  *
- * All stripe read/write activity goes through this function.
+ * All stripe read/write activity goes through this function
+ * unless recovery, which has to call stripe_chunk_rw() directly.
+ *
+ * Make sure we don't try already merged stripes in order
+ * to avoid data corruption.
+ *
+ * Check the state of the RAID set and if degraded (or
+ * resynchronizing for reads), read in all other chunks but
+ * the one on the dead/resynchronizing device in order to be
+ * able to reconstruct the missing one in _do_endios().
+ *
+ * Can be called on active stripes in order
+ * to dispatch new io on inactive chunks.
  *
  * States to cover:
  *   o stripe to read and/or write
  *   o stripe with error to reconstruct
  */
-static int stripe_rw(struct stripe *stripe)
+static void stripe_rw(struct stripe *stripe)
 {
+	int nosync, r;
 	struct raid_set *rs = RS(stripe->sc);
-	int prohibited = 0, r;
 
 	/*
-	 * Check the state of the RAID set and if degraded (or
-	 * resynchronizing for reads), read in all other chunks but
-	 * the one on the dead/resynchronizing device in order to be
-	 * able to reconstruct the missing one.
-	 *
-	 * Merge all writes hanging off uptodate pages of the stripe.
-	 */
+ 	 * Check, if a chunk needs to be reconstructed
+ 	 * because of a degraded set or a region out of sync.
+ 	 */
+	nosync = stripe_check_reconstruct(stripe);
+	switch (nosync) {
+	case -EBUSY:
+		return; /* Wait for stripe reconstruction to finish. */
+	case -EPERM:
+		goto io;
+	}
 
-	/* Initially allow io on all chunks and prohibit below, if necessary. */
-	stripe_allow_io(stripe);
+	/*
+	 * If we don't have merged writes pending, we can schedule
+	 * queued writes to be merged next without corrupting data.
+	 */
+	if (!StripeMerged(stripe)) {
+		r = stripe_queue_writes(stripe);
+		if (r)
+			/* Writes got queued -> flag RBW. */
+			SetStripeRBW(stripe);
+	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Merge all writes hanging off uptodate/overwritten
+	 * chunks of the stripe.
+	 */
 	if (StripeRBW(stripe)) {
-		r = stripe_check_merge(stripe);
-		if (!r) {
+		r = stripe_merge_possible(stripe, nosync);
+		if (!r) { /* Merge possible. */
+			struct stripe_chunk *chunk;
+
 			/*
-			 * If I could rely on valid parity (which would only
-			 * be sure in case of a full synchronization),
-			 * I could xor a fraction of chunks out of
-			 * parity and back in.
-			 *
-			 * For the time being, I got to redo parity...
+			 * I rely on valid parity in order
+			 * to xor a fraction of chunks out
+			 * of parity and back in.
 			 */
-			// parity_xor(stripe);		/* Xor chunks out. */
-			stripe_zero_chunk(stripe, stripe->idx.parity);
-			writes_merge(stripe);		/* Merge writes in. */
+			stripe_merge_writes(stripe);	/* Merge writes in. */
 			parity_xor(stripe);		/* Update parity. */
-			ClearStripeRBW(stripe);		/* Disable RBW. */
+			ClearStripeReconstruct(stripe);	/* Reset xor enforce. */
 			SetStripeMerged(stripe);	/* Writes merged. */
-		} 
-
-		if (r > 0)
-			prohibited = 1;
-	} else if (!raid_set_degraded(rs))
-		/* Only allow for read avoidance if not degraded. */
-		prohibited = stripe_check_read(stripe);
+			ClearStripeRBW(stripe);		/* Disable RBW. */
 
-	/*
-	 * Check, if io needs to be allowed/prohibeted on certain chunks
-	 * because of a degraded set or reconstruction on a region.
-	 */
-	stripe_check_reconstruct(stripe, prohibited);
+			/*
+			 * REMOVEME: sanity check on parity chunk
+			 * 	     states after writes got merged.
+			 */
+			chunk = CHUNK(stripe, stripe->idx.parity);
+			BUG_ON(ChunkLocked(chunk));
+			BUG_ON(!ChunkUptodate(chunk));
+			BUG_ON(!ChunkDirty(chunk));
+			BUG_ON(!ChunkIo(chunk));
+		}
+	} else if (!nosync && !StripeMerged(stripe))
+		/* Read avoidance if not degraded/resynchronizing/merged. */
+		stripe_avoid_reads(stripe);
 
-	/* Now submit any reads/writes. */
-	r = stripe_page_lists_rw(rs, stripe);
+io:
+	/* Now submit any reads/writes for non-uptodate or dirty chunks. */
+	r = stripe_chunks_rw(stripe);
 	if (!r) {
 		/*
-		 * No io submitted because of chunk io prohibited or
-		 * locked pages -> push to end io list for processing.
+		 * No io submitted because of chunk io
+		 * prohibited or locked chunks/failed devices
+		 * -> push to end io list for processing.
 		 */
-		atomic_inc(rs->stats + S_NO_RW); /* REMOVEME: statistics. */
 		stripe_endio_push(stripe);
-		wake_do_raid(rs);	/* Wake myself. */
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-/* Flush stripe either via flush list or imeediately. */
-enum flush_type { FLUSH_DELAY, FLUSH_NOW };
-static int stripe_flush(struct stripe *stripe, enum flush_type type)
-{
-	int r = 0;
-
-	stripe_lru_del(stripe, LIST_LOCKED);
-
-	/* Delay flush by putting it on io list for later processing. */
-	if (type == FLUSH_DELAY)
-		stripe_io_add(stripe, POS_TAIL, LIST_UNLOCKED);
-
-	/* Immediately flush. */
-	else if (type == FLUSH_NOW) {
-		if (likely(raid_set_operational(RS(stripe->sc))))
-			r = stripe_rw(stripe); /* Read/write stripe. */
-		else
-			/* Optimization: Fail early on failed sets. */
-			stripe_fail_io(stripe);
-	} else
-		BUG();
-
-	return r;
-}
-
-/*
- * Queue reads and writes to a stripe by hanging
- * their bios off the stripsets read/write lists.
- *
- * Endio reads on uptodate chunks.
- */
-static INLINE int stripe_queue_bio(struct raid_set *rs, struct bio *bio,
-				   struct bio_list *reject)
-{
-	int r = 0;
-	struct address addr;
-	struct stripe *stripe =
-		stripe_get(rs, raid_address(rs, bio->bi_sector, &addr));
-
-	if (stripe) {
-		int rr, rw = bio_data_dir(bio);
-
-		rr = stripe_lock(rs, stripe, rw, addr.key); /* Lock stripe */
-		if (rr) {
-			stripe_put(stripe);
-			goto out;
-		}
-
-		/* Distinguish read and write cases. */
-		bio_list_add(BL(stripe, addr.di, rw), bio);
-
-		/* REMOVEME: statistics */
-		atomic_inc(rs->stats + (rw == WRITE ?
-			   S_BIOS_ADDED_WRITE : S_BIOS_ADDED_READ));
-
-		if (rw == READ)
-			SetStripeRead(stripe);
-		else {
-			SetStripeRBW(stripe);
-
-			/* Inrement pending write count on region. */
-			rh_inc(rs->recover.rh, stripe->region);
-			r = 1;	/* Region hash needs a flush. */
-		}
-
-		/*
-		 * Optimize stripe flushing:
-		 *
-		 * o directly start io for read stripes.
-		 *
-		 * o put stripe onto stripe caches io_list for RBW,
-		 *   so that do_flush() can belabour it after we put
-		 *   more bios to the stripe for overwrite optimization.
-		 */
-		stripe_flush(stripe,
-			     StripeRead(stripe) ? FLUSH_NOW : FLUSH_DELAY);
-
-	/* Got no stripe from cache -> reject bio. */
-	} else {
-   out:
-		bio_list_add(reject, bio);
-		/* REMOVEME: statistics. */
-		atomic_inc(rs->stats + S_IOS_POST);
+		atomic_inc(rs->stats + S_NO_RW); /* REMOVEME: statistics. */
 	}
-
-	return r;
 }
 
 /*
  * Recovery functions
  */
 /* Read a stripe off a raid set for recovery. */
-static int recover_read(struct raid_set *rs, struct stripe *stripe, int idx)
+static int stripe_recover_read(struct stripe *stripe, int pi)
 {
-	/* Invalidate all pages so that they get read in. */
-	stripe_pages_invalidate(stripe);
+	BUG_ON(stripe_io_ref(stripe));
 
-	/* Allow io on all recovery chunks. */
-	stripe_allow_io(stripe);
+	/* Invalidate all chunks so that they get read in. */
+	stripe_chunks_invalidate(stripe);
+	stripe_allow_io(stripe); /* Allow io on all recovery chunks. */
 
-	if (idx > -1)
-		ProhibitPageIO(PAGE(stripe, idx));
+	/*
+	 * If we are reconstructing a perticular device, we can avoid
+ 	 * reading the respective chunk in, because we're going to
+	 * reconstruct it anyway.
+	 *
+	 * We can't do that for resynchronization of rotating parity,
+	 * because the recovery stripe chunk size is typically larger
+	 * than the sets chunk size.
+	 */
+	if (pi > -1)
+		ClearChunkIo(CHUNK(stripe, pi));
 
-	stripe->key = rs->recover.pos;
-	return stripe_page_lists_rw(rs, stripe);
+	return stripe_chunks_rw(stripe);
 }
 
 /* Write a stripe to a raid set for recovery. */
-static int recover_write(struct raid_set *rs, struct stripe *stripe, int idx)
+static int stripe_recover_write(struct stripe *stripe, int pi)
 {
+	BUG_ON(stripe_io_ref(stripe));
+
 	/*
 	 * If this is a reconstruct of a particular device, then
-	 * reconstruct the respective page(s), else create parity page(s).
+	 * reconstruct the respective chunk, else create parity chunk.
 	 */
-	if (idx > -1) {
-		struct page *page = PAGE(stripe, idx);
-
-		AllowPageIO(page);
-		stripe_zero_chunk(stripe, idx);
-		common_xor(stripe, stripe->io.size, 0, idx);
-		page_set(page, DIRTY);
+	if (pi > -1) {
+		stripe_zero_chunk(stripe, pi);
+		common_xor(stripe, stripe->io.size, 0, pi);
+		chunk_set(CHUNK(stripe, pi), DIRTY);
 	} else
 		parity_xor(stripe);
 
-	return stripe_page_lists_rw(rs, stripe);
+	return stripe_chunks_rw(stripe);
+}
+
+/* Read/write a recovery stripe. */
+static int stripe_recover_rw(struct stripe *stripe)
+{
+	int r = 0, sync = 0;
+
+	/* Read/write flip-flop. */
+	if (TestClearStripeRBW(stripe)) {
+		SetStripeMerged(stripe);
+		stripe->key = stripe->recover->pos;
+		r = stripe_recover_read(stripe, dev_for_parity(stripe, &sync));
+		BUG_ON(!r);
+	} else if (TestClearStripeMerged(stripe)) {
+		r = stripe_recover_write(stripe, dev_for_parity(stripe, &sync));
+		BUG_ON(!r);
+	}
+
+	BUG_ON(sync);
+	return r;
 }
 
 /* Recover bandwidth available ?. */
@@ -2683,14 +2839,12 @@ static int recover_bandwidth(struct raid_set *rs)
 	work = atomic_read(rs->recover.io_count + IO_WORK);
 	if (work) {
 		/* Pay attention to larger recover stripe size. */
-		int recover =
-		    atomic_read(rs->recover.io_count + IO_RECOVER) *
-				rs->recover.stripe->io.size /
-				rs->set.io_size;
+		int recover = atomic_read(rs->recover.io_count + IO_RECOVER) *
+					  rs->recover.io_size / rs->set.io_size;
 
 		/*
-		 * Don't use more than given bandwidth of
-		 * the work io for recovery.
+		 * Don't use more than given bandwidth
+		 * of the work io for recovery.
 		 */
 		if (recover > work / rs->recover.bandwidth_work) {
 			/* REMOVEME: statistics. */
@@ -2699,186 +2853,208 @@ static int recover_bandwidth(struct raid_set *rs)
 		}
 	}
 
-   out:
+out:
 	atomic_inc(rs->stats + S_BANDWIDTH);	/* REMOVEME: statistics. */
 	return 1;
 }
 
 /* Try to get a region to recover. */
-static int recover_get_region(struct raid_set *rs)
+static int stripe_recover_get_region(struct stripe *stripe)
 {
+	struct raid_set *rs = RS(stripe->sc);
 	struct recover *rec = &rs->recover;
-	void *rh = rec->rh;
-
-	/* Start quiescing some regions. */
-	if (!RSRegionGet(rs)) {
-		int r = recover_bandwidth(rs); /* Enough bandwidth ?. */
-
-		if (r) {
-			if (rh_recovery_prepare(rh) < 0) {
-				DMINFO("No %sregions to recover",
-				       rec->nr_regions_to_recover ?
-				       "more " : "");
-				return -ENOENT;
-			}
-		} else
-			return -EAGAIN;
+	struct recover_addr *addr = stripe->recover;
+	struct dm_dirty_log *dl = rec->dl;
+	struct dm_region_hash *rh = rec->rh;
 
-		SetRSRegionGet(rs);
-	}
+	BUG_ON(!dl);
+	BUG_ON(!rh);
 
-	if (!rec->reg) {
-		rec->reg = rh_recovery_start(rh);
-		if (rec->reg) {
-			/*
-			 * A reference for the the region I'll
-			 * keep till I've completely synced it.
-			 */
-			io_get(rs);
-			rec->pos =
-			   rh_region_to_sector(rh,
-					       rh_get_region_key(rec->reg));
-			rec->end = rec->pos + rh_get_region_size(rh);
-			return 1;
-		} else
-			return -EAGAIN;
-	}
+	/* Return, that we have region first to finish it during suspension. */
+	if (addr->reg)
+		return 1;
+
+	if (RSSuspend(rs))
+		return -EPERM;
 
+	if (dl->type->get_sync_count(dl) >= rec->nr_regions)
+		return -ENOENT;
+
+	/* If we don't have enough bandwidth, we don't proceed recovering. */
+	if (!recover_bandwidth(rs))
+		return -EAGAIN;
+
+	/* Start quiescing a region. */
+	rh_recovery_prepare(rh);
+	addr->reg = rh_recovery_start(rh);
+	if (!addr->reg)
+		return -EAGAIN;
+
+	addr->pos = rh_region_to_sector(rh, rh_get_region_key(addr->reg));
+	addr->end = addr->pos + rh_get_region_size(rh);
+
+	/*
+	 * Take one global io reference out for the
+	 * whole region, which is going to be released
+	 * when the region is completely done with.
+	 */
+	io_get(rs);
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/* Read/write a recovery stripe. */
-static INLINE int recover_stripe_rw(struct raid_set *rs, struct stripe *stripe)
+/* Update region hash state. */
+enum recover_type { REC_FAILURE = 0, REC_SUCCESS = 1 };
+static void recover_rh_update(struct stripe *stripe, enum recover_type success)
 {
-	/* Read/write flip-flop. */
-	if (TestClearStripeRBW(stripe)) {
-		SetStripeRead(stripe);
-		return recover_read(rs, stripe, idx_get(rs));
-	} else if (TestClearStripeRead(stripe))
-		return recover_write(rs, stripe, idx_get(rs));
+	struct recover_addr *addr = stripe->recover;
+	struct raid_set *rs = RS(stripe->sc);
+	struct recover *rec = &rs->recover;
 
-	return 0;
+	if (!addr->reg) {
+		DMERR("%s- Called w/o region", __func__);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	rh_recovery_end(addr->reg, success);
+	if (success)
+		rec->nr_regions_recovered++;
+
+	addr->reg = NULL;
+
+	/*
+	 * Completely done with this region ->
+	 * release the 1st io reference.
+	 */
+	io_put(rs);
 }
 
-/* Reset recovery variables. */
-static void recovery_region_reset(struct raid_set *rs)
+/* Set start of recovery state. */
+static void set_start_recovery(struct raid_set *rs)
 {
-	rs->recover.reg = NULL;
-	ClearRSRegionGet(rs);
+	/* Initialize recovery. */
+	rs->recover.start_jiffies = jiffies;
+	rs->recover.end_jiffies = 0;
 }
 
-/* Update region hash state. */
-static void recover_rh_update(struct raid_set *rs, int error)
+/* Set end of recovery state. */
+static void set_end_recovery(struct raid_set *rs)
 {
-	struct recover *rec = &rs->recover;
-	void *rh = rec->rh;
-	void *reg = rec->reg;
+	ClearRSRecover(rs);
+	rs->set.dev_to_init = -1;
 
-	if (reg) {
-		rh_recovery_end(reg, error);
-		if (!error)
-			rec->nr_regions_recovered++;
+	/* Check for jiffies overrun. */
+	rs->recover.end_jiffies = jiffies;
+	if (rs->recover.end_jiffies < rs->recover.start_jiffies)
+		rs->recover.end_jiffies = ~0;
+}
+
+/* Handle recovery on one recovery stripe. */
+static int _do_recovery(struct stripe *stripe)
+{
+	int r;
+	struct raid_set *rs = RS(stripe->sc);
+	struct recover_addr *addr = stripe->recover;
+
+	/* If recovery is active -> return. */
+	if (stripe_io_ref(stripe))
+		return 1;
 
-		recovery_region_reset(rs);
+	/* IO error is fatal for recovery -> stop it. */
+	if (unlikely(StripeError(stripe)))
+		goto err;
+
+	/* Recovery end required. */
+	if (!RSRecover(rs))
+		goto err;
+
+	/* Get a region to recover. */
+	r = stripe_recover_get_region(stripe);
+	switch (r) {
+	case 0:	/* Got a new region: flag initial read before write. */
+		SetStripeRBW(stripe);
+	case 1:	/* Have a region in the works. */
+		break;
+	case -EAGAIN:
+		/* No bandwidth/quiesced region yet, try later. */
+		if (!io_ref(rs))
+			wake_do_raid_delayed(rs, HZ / 4);
+	case -EPERM:
+		/* Suspend. */
+		return 1;
+	case -ENOENT:	/* No more regions to recover. */
+		schedule_work(&rs->io.ws_do_table_event);
+		return 0;
+	default:
+		BUG();
 	}
 
-	rh_update_states(rh);
-	rh_flush(rh);
-	io_put(rs);	/* Release the io reference for the region. */
-}
+	/* Read/write a recover stripe. */
+	r = stripe_recover_rw(stripe);
+	if (r)
+		/* IO initiated. */
+		return 1;
 
-/* Called by main io daemon to recover regions. */
-static INLINE void do_recovery(struct raid_set *rs)
-{
-	if (RSRecover(rs)) {
-		int r;
-		struct recover *rec = &rs->recover;
-		struct stripe *stripe = rec->stripe;
-
-		/* If recovery is active -> return. */
-		if (StripeActive(stripe))
-			return;
-
-		/* io error is fatal for recovery -> stop it. */
-		if (unlikely(StripeError(stripe)))
-			goto err;
-
-		/* Get a region to recover. */
-		r = recover_get_region(rs);
-		switch (r) {
-		case 1:	/* Got a new region. */
-			/* Flag read before write. */
-			ClearStripeRead(stripe);
-			SetStripeRBW(stripe);
-			break;
+	/* Read and write finished-> update recovery position within region. */
+	addr->pos += stripe->io.size;
 
-		case 0:
-			/* Got a region in the works. */
-			r = recover_bandwidth(rs);
-			if (r) /* Got enough bandwidth. */
-				break;
+	/* If we're at end of region, update region hash. */
+	if (addr->pos >= addr->end ||
+	    addr->pos >= rs->set.sectors_per_dev)
+		recover_rh_update(stripe, REC_SUCCESS);
+	else
+		/* Prepare to read next region segment. */
+		SetStripeRBW(stripe);
 
-		case -EAGAIN:
-			/* No bandwidth/quiesced region yet, try later. */
-			wake_do_raid_delayed(rs, HZ / 10);
-			return;
+	/* Schedule myself for another round... */
+	wake_do_raid(rs);
+	return 1;
 
-		case -ENOENT:	/* No more regions. */
-			dm_table_event(rs->ti->table);
-			goto free;
-		}
+err:
+	/* FIXME: rather try recovering other regions on error? */
+	rs_check_degrade(stripe);
+	recover_rh_update(stripe, REC_FAILURE);
 
-		/* Read/write a recover stripe. */
-		r = recover_stripe_rw(rs, stripe);
-		if (r) {
-			/* IO initiated, get another reference for the IO. */
-			io_get(rs);
-			return;
-		}
+	/* Check state of partially recovered array. */
+	if (RSDegraded(rs) && !RSDead(rs) &&
+	    rs->set.dev_to_init != -1 &&
+	    rs->set.ei != rs->set.dev_to_init)
+		/* Broken drive != drive to recover -> FATAL. */
+		SetRSDead(rs);
 
-		/* Update recovery position within region. */
-		rec->pos += stripe->io.size;
+	if (StripeError(stripe)) {
+		char buf[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
 
-		/* If we're at end of region, update region hash. */
-		if (rec->pos >= rec->end ||
-		    rec->pos >= rs->set.sectors_per_dev)
-			recover_rh_update(rs, 0);
-		else
-			SetStripeRBW(stripe);
+		DMERR("stopping recovery due to "
+		      "ERROR on /dev/%s, stripe at offset %llu",
+		      bdevname(rs->dev[rs->set.ei].dev->bdev, buf),
+		      (unsigned long long) stripe->key);
 
-		/* Schedule myself for another round... */
-		wake_do_raid(rs);
-		return;
+	}
 
-   err:
-		raid_set_check_degrade(rs, stripe);
+	/* Make sure, that all quiesced regions get released. */
+	while (addr->reg) {
+		rh_recovery_end(addr->reg, -EIO);
+		addr->reg = rh_recovery_start(rs->recover.rh);
+	}
 
-		{
-			char buf[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
-	
-			DMERR("stopping recovery due to "
-			      "ERROR on /dev/%s, stripe at offset %llu",
-			      bdevname(rs->dev[rs->set.ei].dev->bdev, buf),
-			      (unsigned long long) stripe->key);
-	
-		}
+	return 0;
+}
 
-		/* Make sure, that all quiesced regions get released. */
-		do {
-			if (rec->reg)
-				rh_recovery_end(rec->reg, -EIO);
-	
-			rec->reg = rh_recovery_start(rec->rh);
-		} while (rec->reg);
-	
-		recover_rh_update(rs, -EIO);
-   free:
-		stripe_recover_free(rs);
-		rs->set.dev_to_init = -1;
-		rs->recover.end_jiffies = jiffies;
-		/* Check for jiffies overrun. */
-		if (rs->recover.end_jiffies < rs->recover.start_jiffies)
-			rs->recover.end_jiffies = ~0;
+/* Called by main io daemon to recover regions. */
+static void do_recovery(struct raid_set *rs)
+{
+	if (RSRecover(rs)) {
+		int r = 0;
+		struct stripe *stripe;
+
+		list_for_each_entry(stripe, &rs->recover.stripes,
+				    lists[LIST_RECOVER])
+			r += _do_recovery(stripe);
+
+		if (!r) {
+			set_end_recovery(rs);
+			stripe_recover_free(rs);
+		}
 	}
 }
 
@@ -2887,122 +3063,133 @@ static INLINE void do_recovery(struct raid_set *rs)
  */
 
 /* End io process all stripes handed in by endio() callback. */
-static void do_endios(struct raid_set *rs)
+static void _do_endios(struct raid_set *rs, struct stripe *stripe,
+		       struct list_head *flush_list)
 {
-	struct stripe_cache *sc = &rs->sc;
-	struct stripe *stripe;
+	/* First unlock all required chunks. */
+	stripe_chunks_unlock(stripe);
 
-	while ((stripe = stripe_endio_pop(sc))) {
-		unsigned count;
+	/*
+	 * If an io error on a stripe occured, degrade the RAID set
+	 * and try to endio as many bios as possible. If any bios can't
+	 * be endio processed, requeue the stripe (stripe_ref() != 0).
+	 */
+	if (TestClearStripeError(stripe)) {
+		/*
+		 * FIXME: if read, rewrite the failed chunk after reconstruction
+		 *        in order to trigger disk bad sector relocation.
+		 */
+		rs_check_degrade(stripe); /* Resets ChunkError(). */
+		ClearStripeReconstruct(stripe);
+		ClearStripeReconstructed(stripe);
+	}
 
-		/* Recovery stripe special case. */
-		if (unlikely(StripeRecover(stripe))) {
-			if (stripe_io(stripe))
-				continue;
+	/* Got to reconstruct a missing chunk. */
+	if (StripeReconstruct(stripe)) {
+		/*
+		 * (*2*) We use StripeReconstruct() to allow for
+		 *	 all chunks to be xored into the reconstructed
+		 *	 one (see chunk_must_xor()).
+		 */
+		stripe_reconstruct(stripe);
 
-			io_put(rs); /* Release region io reference. */
-			ClearStripeActive(stripe);
-			atomic_dec(&sc->active_stripes); /* REMOVEME: */
-			continue;
-		}
+		/*
+		 * (*3*) Now we reset StripeReconstruct() and flag
+		 * 	 StripeReconstructed() to show to stripe_rw(),
+		 * 	 that we have reconstructed a missing chunk.
+		 */
+		ClearStripeReconstruct(stripe);
+		SetStripeReconstructed(stripe);
 
-		/* Early end io all reads on any uptodate chunks. */
-		stripe_end_io(READ, stripe, (count = 0, &count));
-		if (stripe_io(stripe)) {
-			if (count) /* REMOVEME: statistics. */
-				atomic_inc(rs->stats + S_ACTIVE_READS);
+		/* FIXME: reschedule to be written in case of read. */
+		// if (!StripeRBW(stripe)) {
+		// 	chunk_set(CHUNK(stripe, pr), DIRTY);
+		// 	stripe_chunks_rw(stripe);
+		// }
+	}
 
-			continue;
-		}
+	/*
+	 * Now that we eventually got a complete stripe, we
+	 * can process the rest of the end ios on reads.
+	 */
+	stripe_endio(READ, stripe);
 
-		/* Set stripe inactive after all io got processed. */
-		if (TestClearStripeActive(stripe))
-			atomic_dec(&sc->active_stripes);
+	/* End io all merged writes. */
+	if (TestClearStripeMerged(stripe))
+		stripe_endio(WRITE_MERGED, stripe);
 
-		/* Unlock stripe (for clustering). */
-		stripe_unlock(rs, stripe);
+	/* If RAID set is dead -> fail any ios to dead drives. */
+	if (RSDead(rs)) {
+		DMERR_LIMIT("RAID set dead: failing ios to dead devices");
+		stripe_fail_io(stripe);
+	}
 
-		/*
-		 * If an io error on a stripe occured and the RAID set
-		 * is still operational, requeue the stripe for io.
-		 */
-		if (TestClearStripeError(stripe)) {
-			raid_set_check_degrade(rs, stripe);
-			ClearStripeReconstruct(stripe);
-
-			if (!StripeMerged(stripe) &&
-			    raid_set_operational(rs)) {
-				stripe_pages_invalidate(stripe);
-				stripe_flush(stripe, FLUSH_DELAY);
-				/* REMOVEME: statistics. */
-				atomic_inc(rs->stats + S_REQUEUE); 
-				continue;
-			}
-		}
+	/*
+	 * We have stripe references still,
+	 * beacuse of read befeore writes or IO errors ->
+	 * got to put on flush list for processing.
+	 */
+	if (stripe_ref(stripe)) {
+		BUG_ON(!list_empty(stripe->lists + LIST_LRU));
+		list_add_tail(stripe->lists + LIST_FLUSH, flush_list);
+		atomic_inc(rs->stats + S_REQUEUE); /* REMOVEME: statistics. */
+	} else
+		stripe_lru_add(stripe);
+}
 
-		/* Check if the RAID set is inoperational to error ios. */
-		if (!raid_set_operational(rs)) {
-			ClearStripeReconstruct(stripe);
-			stripe_fail_io(stripe);
-			BUG_ON(atomic_read(&stripe->cnt));
-			continue;
-		}
+/* Pop any endio stripes off of the endio list and belabour them. */
+static void do_endios(struct raid_set *rs)
+{
+	struct stripe_cache *sc = &rs->sc;
+	struct stripe *stripe;
+	/* IO flush list for sorted requeued stripes. */
+	struct list_head flush_list;
 
-		/* Got to reconstruct a missing chunk. */
-		if (TestClearStripeReconstruct(stripe))
-			reconstruct_xor(stripe);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&flush_list);
 
-		/*
-		 * Now that we've got a complete stripe, we can
-		 * process the rest of the end ios on reads.
-		 */
-		BUG_ON(stripe_end_io(READ, stripe, NULL));
-		ClearStripeRead(stripe);
+	while ((stripe = stripe_endio_pop(sc))) {
+		/* Avoid endio on stripes with newly io'ed chunks. */
+		if (!stripe_io_ref(stripe))
+			_do_endios(rs, stripe, &flush_list);
+	}
 
-		/*
-		 * Read-before-write stripes need to be flushed again in
-		 * order to work the write data into the pages *after*
-		 * they were read in.
-		 */
-		if (TestClearStripeMerged(stripe))
-			/* End io all bios which got merged already. */
-			BUG_ON(stripe_end_io(WRITE_MERGED, stripe, NULL));
+	/*
+	 * Insert any requeued stripes in the proper
+	 * order at the beginning of the io (flush) list.
+	 */
+	list_splice(&flush_list, sc->lists + LIST_FLUSH);
+}
 
-		/* Got to put on flush list because of new writes. */
-		if (StripeRBW(stripe))
-			stripe_flush(stripe, FLUSH_DELAY);
-	}
+/* Flush any stripes on the io list. */
+static void do_flush(struct raid_set *rs)
+{
+	struct stripe *stripe;
+
+	while ((stripe = stripe_io_pop(&rs->sc)))
+		stripe_rw(stripe); /* Read/write stripe. */
 }
 
-/*
- * Stripe cache shrinking.
- */
-static INLINE void do_sc_shrink(struct raid_set *rs)
+/* Stripe cache resizing. */
+static void do_sc_resize(struct raid_set *rs)
 {
-	unsigned shrink = atomic_read(&rs->sc.stripes_to_shrink);
+	unsigned set = atomic_read(&rs->sc.stripes_to_set);
 
-	if (shrink) {
+	if (set) {
 		unsigned cur = atomic_read(&rs->sc.stripes);
+		int r = (set > cur) ? sc_grow(&rs->sc, set - cur, SC_GROW) :
+				      sc_shrink(&rs->sc, cur - set);
 
-		sc_shrink(&rs->sc, shrink);
-		shrink -= cur - atomic_read(&rs->sc.stripes);
-		atomic_set(&rs->sc.stripes_to_shrink, shrink);
-
-		/*
-		 * Wake myself up in case we failed to shrink the
-		 * requested amount in order to try again later.
-		 */
-		if (shrink)
-			wake_do_raid(rs);
+		/* Flag end of resizeing if ok. */
+		if (!r)
+			atomic_set(&rs->sc.stripes_to_set, 0);
 	}
 }
 
-
 /*
  * Process all ios
  *
- * We do different things with the io depending on the
- * state of the region that it's in:
+ * We do different things with the io depending
+ * on the state of the region that it is in:
  *
  * o reads: hang off stripe cache or postpone if full
  *
@@ -3014,21 +3201,21 @@ static INLINE void do_sc_shrink(struct raid_set *rs)
  *  RECOVERING:		delay the io until recovery of the region completes.
  *
  */
-static INLINE void do_ios(struct raid_set *rs, struct bio_list *ios)
+static void do_ios(struct raid_set *rs, struct bio_list *ios)
 {
 	int r;
-	unsigned flush = 0;
-	void *rh = rs->recover.rh;
+	unsigned flush = 0, delay = 0;
+	sector_t sector;
+	struct dm_region_hash *rh = rs->recover.rh;
 	struct bio *bio;
-	struct bio_list delay, reject;
+	struct bio_list reject;
 
-	bio_list_init(&delay);
 	bio_list_init(&reject);
 
 	/*
 	 * Classify each io:
-	 *    o delay to recovering regions
-	 *    o queue to all other regions
+	 *    o delay writes to recovering regions (let reads go through)
+	 *    o queue io to all other regions
 	 */
 	while ((bio = bio_list_pop(ios))) {
 		/*
@@ -3039,8 +3226,8 @@ static INLINE void do_ios(struct raid_set *rs, struct bio_list *ios)
 		if (unlikely(bio_barrier(bio))) {
 			/* REMOVEME: statistics. */
 			atomic_inc(rs->stats + S_BARRIER);
-			if (!list_empty(rs->sc.lists + LIST_IO) ||
-			    !bio_list_empty(&delay) ||
+			if (delay ||
+			    !list_empty(rs->sc.lists + LIST_FLUSH) ||
 			    !bio_list_empty(&reject) ||
 			    sc_active(&rs->sc)) {
 				bio_list_push(ios, bio);
@@ -3048,166 +3235,139 @@ static INLINE void do_ios(struct raid_set *rs, struct bio_list *ios)
 			}
 		}
 
-		r = region_state(rs, _sector(rs, bio), RH_RECOVERING);
-		if (unlikely(r)) {
-			/* Got to wait for recovering regions. */
-			bio_list_add(&delay, bio);
+		/* Check for recovering regions. */
+		sector = _sector(rs, bio);
+		r = region_state(rs, sector, RH_RECOVERING);
+		if (unlikely(r && bio_data_dir(bio) == WRITE)) {
+			delay++;
+			/* Wait writing to recovering regions. */
+			rh_delay_by_region(rh, bio,
+					   rh_sector_to_region(rh, sector));
+			/* REMOVEME: statistics.*/
+			atomic_inc(rs->stats + S_DELAYED_BIOS);
+			atomic_inc(rs->stats + S_SUM_DELAYED_BIOS);
+
+			/* Force bandwidth tests in recovery. */
 			SetRSBandwidth(rs);
 		} else {
 			/*
-	 		 * Process ios to non-recovering regions by queueing
-	 		 * them to stripes (does rh_inc()) for writes).
-	 		 */
+			 * Process ios to non-recovering regions by queueing
+			 * them to stripes (does dm_rh_inc()) for writes).
+			 */
 			flush += stripe_queue_bio(rs, bio, &reject);
 		}
 	}
 
 	if (flush)
-		rh_flush(rh);	/* Writes got queued -> flush dirty log. */
-
-	/* Delay ios to regions which are recovering. */
-	while ((bio = bio_list_pop(&delay))) {
-		/* REMOVEME: statistics.*/
-		atomic_inc(rs->stats + S_DELAYED_BIOS);
-		atomic_inc(rs->stats + S_SUM_DELAYED_BIOS);
-		rh_delay_by_region(rh, bio,
-				   rh_sector_to_region(rh, _sector(rs, bio)));
-	}
+		/* FIXME: better error handling. */
+		rh_flush(rh); /* Writes got queued -> flush dirty log. */
 
 	/* Merge any rejected bios back to the head of the input list. */
 	bio_list_merge_head(ios, &reject);
 }
 
-/* Flush any stripes on the io list. */
-static INLINE void do_flush(struct raid_set *rs)
+/* Unplug: let any queued io role on the sets devices. */
+static void do_unplug(struct raid_set *rs)
 {
-	struct list_head *list = rs->sc.lists + LIST_IO, *pos, *tmp;
+	struct raid_dev *dev = rs->dev + rs->set.raid_devs;
 
-	list_for_each_safe(pos, tmp, list) {
-		int r = stripe_flush(list_entry(pos, struct stripe,
-						lists[LIST_IO]), FLUSH_NOW);
+	while (dev-- > rs->dev) {
+		/* Only call any device unplug function, if io got queued. */
+		if (TestClearDevIoQueued(dev)) {
+			request_queue_t *q = bdev_get_queue(dev->dev->bdev);
 
-		/* Remove from the list only if the stripe got processed. */
-		if (!r)
-			list_del_init(pos);
+			if (likely(q)) {
+				if (q->unplug_fn)
+					q->unplug_fn(q);
+			}
+		}
 	}
 }
 
 /* Send an event in case we're getting too busy. */
-static INLINE void do_busy_event(struct raid_set *rs)
+static void do_busy_event(struct raid_set *rs)
 {
-	if ((sc_active(&rs->sc) > atomic_read(&rs->sc.stripes) * 4 / 5)) {
+	if (sc_busy(rs)) {
 		if (!TestSetRSScBusy(rs))
-			dm_table_event(rs->ti->table);
-	} else
-		ClearRSScBusy(rs);
-}
+			schedule_work(&rs->io.ws_do_table_event);
+	}
 
-static inline void blk_unplug(request_queue_t *q)
-{
-	if (q)
-		q->unplug_fn(q);
+	ClearRSScBusy(rs);
 }
 
-/* Unplug: let the io role on the sets devices. */
-static INLINE void do_unplug(struct raid_set *rs)
+/* Throw an event. */
+static void do_table_event(void *data)
 {
-	struct raid_dev *dev = rs->dev + rs->set.raid_devs;
-
-	while (dev-- > rs->dev) {
-		/* Only call any device unplug function, if io got queued. */
-		if (io_dev_clear(dev))
-			blk_unplug(bdev_get_queue(dev->dev->bdev));
-	}
+	struct work_struct *ws = data;
+	struct raid_set *rs = container_of(ws, struct raid_set,
+					   io.ws_do_table_event);
+	dm_table_event(rs->ti->table);
 }
 
+
 /*-----------------------------------------------------------------
  * RAID daemon
  *---------------------------------------------------------------*/
 /*
  * o belabour all end ios
- * o optionally shrink the stripe cache
  * o update the region hash states
+ * o optionally shrink the stripe cache
  * o optionally do recovery
+ * o unplug any component raid devices with queued bios
  * o grab the input queue
  * o work an all requeued or new ios and perform stripe cache flushs
- *   unless the RAID set is inoperational (when we error ios)
- * o check, if the stripe cache gets too busy and throw an event if so
  * o unplug any component raid devices with queued bios
+ * o check, if the stripe cache gets too busy and throw an event if so
  */
 static void do_raid(void *data)
 {
 	struct work_struct *ws = data;
-	struct raid_set *rs = container_of(ws, struct raid_set, io.ws);
+	struct raid_set *rs = container_of(ws, struct raid_set, io.ws_do_raid);
 	struct bio_list *ios = &rs->io.work, *ios_in = &rs->io.in;
-	spinlock_t *lock = &rs->io.in_lock;
-	
+
 	/*
-	 * We always need to end io, so that ios
-	 * can get errored in case the set failed
-	 * and the region counters get decremented
-	 * before we update the region hash states.
+	 * We always need to end io, so that ios can get errored in
+	 * case the set failed and the region counters get decremented
+	 * before we update region hash states and go any further.
 	 */
-   redo:
 	do_endios(rs);
+	rh_update_states(rs->recover.rh);
 
 	/*
-	 * Now that we've end io'd, which may have put stripes on
-	 * the LRU list, we shrink the stripe cache if requested.
+	 * Now that we've end io'd, which may have put stripes on the LRU list
+	 * to allow for shrinking, we resize the stripe cache if requested.
 	 */
-	do_sc_shrink(rs);
-
-	/* Update region hash states before we go any further. */
-	rh_update_states(rs->recover.rh);
+	do_sc_resize(rs);
 
 	/* Try to recover regions. */
 	do_recovery(rs);
-
-	/* More endios -> process. */
-	if (!stripe_endio_empty(&rs->sc)) {
-		atomic_inc(rs->stats + S_REDO);
-		goto redo;
-	}
+	do_unplug(rs);		/* Unplug the sets device queues. */
 
 	/* Quickly grab all new ios queued and add them to the work list. */
-	spin_lock_irq(lock);
+	mutex_lock(&rs->io.in_lock);
 	bio_list_merge(ios, ios_in);
 	bio_list_init(ios_in);
-	spin_unlock_irq(lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&rs->io.in_lock);
 
-	/* Let's assume we're operational most of the time ;-). */
-	if (likely(raid_set_operational(rs))) {
-		/* If we got ios, work them into the cache. */
-		if (!bio_list_empty(ios)) {
-			do_ios(rs, ios);
-			do_unplug(rs);	/* Unplug the sets device queues. */
-		}
+	if (!bio_list_empty(ios))
+		do_ios(rs, ios); /* Got ios to work into the cache. */
 
-		do_flush(rs);		/* Flush any stripes on io list. */
-		do_unplug(rs);		/* Unplug the sets device queues. */
-		do_busy_event(rs);	/* Check if we got too busy. */
-
-		/* More endios -> process. */
-		if (!stripe_endio_empty(&rs->sc)) {
-			atomic_inc(rs->stats + S_REDO);
-			goto redo;
-		}
-	} else
-		/* No way to reconstruct data with too many devices failed. */
-		bio_list_fail(rs, NULL, ios);
+	do_flush(rs);		/* Flush any stripes on io list. */
+	do_unplug(rs);		/* Unplug the sets device queues. */
+	do_busy_event(rs);	/* Check if we got too busy. */
 }
 
 /*
  * Callback for region hash to dispatch
  * delayed bios queued to recovered regions
- * (Gets called via rh_update_states()).
+ * (gets called via dm_rh_update_states()).
  */
 static void dispatch_delayed_bios(void *context, struct bio_list *bl)
 {
 	struct raid_set *rs = context;
 	struct bio *bio;
 
-	/* REMOVEME: decrement pending delayed bios counter. */
+	/* REMOVEME: statistics; decrement pending delayed bios counter. */
 	bio_list_for_each(bio, bl)
 		atomic_dec(rs->stats + S_DELAYED_BIOS);
 
@@ -3220,33 +3380,32 @@ static void dispatch_delayed_bios(void *context, struct bio_list *bl)
 /*************************************************************
  * Constructor helpers
  *************************************************************/
-#define XOR_SPEED_SIZE	rs->recover.io_size
-
 /* Calculate MB/sec. */
-static INLINE unsigned mbpers(struct raid_set *rs, unsigned speed)
+static unsigned mbpers(struct raid_set *rs, unsigned speed)
 {
 	return to_bytes(speed * rs->set.data_devs *
-			XOR_SPEED_SIZE * HZ >> 10) >> 10;
+			rs->recover.io_size * HZ >> 10) >> 10;
 }
 
 /*
  * Discover fastest xor algorithm and # of chunks combination.
  */
 /* Calculate speed for algorithm and # of chunks. */
-static INLINE unsigned xor_speed(struct raid_set *rs)
+static unsigned xor_speed(struct stripe *stripe)
 {
 	unsigned r = 0;
 	unsigned long j;
 
-	for (j = jiffies; j == jiffies;); /* Wait for next tick. */
+	/* Wait for next tick. */
+	for (j = jiffies; j == jiffies; )
+		;
 
 	/* Do xors for a full tick. */
-	for (j = jiffies; j == jiffies;) {
+	for (j = jiffies; j == jiffies; ) {
 		mb();
-		common_xor(rs->recover.stripe, XOR_SPEED_SIZE, 0, 0);
+		common_xor(stripe, stripe->io.size, 0, 0);
 		mb();
 		r++;
-		mb();
 	}
 
 	return r;
@@ -3255,14 +3414,17 @@ static INLINE unsigned xor_speed(struct raid_set *rs)
 /* Optimize xor algorithm for this RAID set. */
 static unsigned xor_optimize(struct raid_set *rs)
 {
-	unsigned chunks_max = 2, speed_max = 0;
+	unsigned chunks_max = 2, p = rs->set.raid_devs, speed_max = 0;
 	struct xor_func *f = ARRAY_END(xor_funcs), *f_max = NULL;
+	struct stripe *stripe;
 
-	/*
-	* Got to allow io on all chunks, so that
-	* xor() will actually work on them.
- 	*/
-	stripe_allow_io(rs->recover.stripe);
+	BUG_ON(list_empty(&rs->recover.stripes));
+	stripe = list_first_entry(&rs->recover.stripes, struct stripe,
+				  lists[LIST_RECOVER]);
+
+	/* Must set uptodate so that xor() will belabour chunks. */
+	while (p--)
+		SetChunkUptodate(CHUNK(stripe, p));
 
 	/* Try all xor functions. */
 	while (f-- > xor_funcs) {
@@ -3273,7 +3435,7 @@ static unsigned xor_optimize(struct raid_set *rs)
 		rs->xor.chunks = XOR_CHUNKS_MAX + 1;
 
 		while (rs->xor.chunks-- > 2) {
-			speed = xor_speed(rs);
+			speed = xor_speed(stripe);
 			if (speed > speed_max) {
 				speed_max = speed;
 				chunks_max = rs->xor.chunks;
@@ -3291,19 +3453,35 @@ static unsigned xor_optimize(struct raid_set *rs)
 /*
  * Allocate a RAID context (a RAID set)
  */
-static int
-context_alloc(struct raid_set **raid_set, struct raid_type *raid_type,
-	      unsigned stripes, unsigned chunk_size, unsigned io_size,
-	      unsigned recover_io_size, unsigned raid_devs,
-	      sector_t sectors_per_dev,
+/* Structure for variable RAID parameters. */
+struct variable_parms {
+	int bandwidth;
+	int bandwidth_parm;
+	int chunk_size;
+	int chunk_size_parm;
+	int io_size;
+	int io_size_parm;
+	int stripes;
+	int stripes_parm;
+	int recover_io_size;
+	int recover_io_size_parm;
+	int raid_parms;
+	int recovery;
+	int recovery_stripes;
+	int recovery_stripes_parm;
+};
+
+static struct raid_set *
+context_alloc(struct raid_type *raid_type, struct variable_parms *p,
+	      unsigned raid_devs, sector_t sectors_per_dev,
 	      struct dm_target *ti, unsigned dl_parms, char **argv)
 {
 	int r;
-	unsigned p;
 	size_t len;
 	sector_t region_size, ti_len;
 	struct raid_set *rs = NULL;
 	struct dm_dirty_log *dl;
+	struct recover *rec;
 
 	/*
 	 * Create the dirty log
@@ -3322,11 +3500,11 @@ context_alloc(struct raid_set **raid_set, struct raid_type *raid_type,
 
 	/* Chunk size *must* be smaller than region size. */
 	region_size = dl->type->get_region_size(dl);
-	if (chunk_size > region_size)
+	if (p->chunk_size > region_size)
 		goto bad_chunk_size;
 
 	/* Recover io size *must* be smaller than region size as well. */
-	if (recover_io_size > region_size)
+	if (p->recover_io_size > region_size)
 		goto bad_recover_io_size;
 
 	/* Size and allocate the RAID set structure. */
@@ -3339,31 +3517,40 @@ context_alloc(struct raid_set **raid_set, struct raid_type *raid_type,
 	if (!rs)
 		goto bad_alloc;
 
+	rec = &rs->recover;
 	atomic_set(&rs->io.in_process, 0);
 	atomic_set(&rs->io.in_process_max, 0);
-	rs->recover.io_size = recover_io_size;
+	rec->io_size = p->recover_io_size;
 
 	/* Pointer to data array. */
-	rs->data = (xor_t **) ((void *) rs->dev + raid_devs * sizeof(*rs->dev));
-	rs->recover.dl = dl;
-	rs->set.raid_devs = p = raid_devs;
+	rs->data = (unsigned long **)
+		   ((void *) rs->dev + raid_devs * sizeof(*rs->dev));
+	rec->dl = dl;
+	rs->set.raid_devs = raid_devs;
 	rs->set.data_devs = raid_devs - raid_type->parity_devs;
 	rs->set.raid_type = raid_type;
 
+	rs->set.raid_parms = p->raid_parms;
+	rs->set.chunk_size_parm = p->chunk_size_parm;
+	rs->set.io_size_parm = p->io_size_parm;
+	rs->sc.stripes_parm = p->stripes_parm;
+	rec->io_size_parm = p->recover_io_size_parm;
+	rec->bandwidth_parm = p->bandwidth_parm;
+	rec->recovery = p->recovery;
+	rec->recovery_stripes = p->recovery_stripes;
+
 	/*
 	 * Set chunk and io size and respective shifts
 	 * (used to avoid divisions)
 	 */
-	rs->set.chunk_size = chunk_size;
-	rs->set.chunk_mask = chunk_size - 1;
-	rs->set.chunk_shift = ffs(chunk_size) - 1;
+	rs->set.chunk_size = p->chunk_size;
+	rs->set.chunk_shift = ffs(p->chunk_size) - 1;
 
-	rs->set.io_size = io_size;
-	rs->set.io_mask = io_size - 1;
-	rs->set.io_shift = ffs(io_size) - 1;
-	rs->set.io_shift_mask = rs->set.chunk_mask & ~rs->set.io_mask;
+	rs->set.io_size = p->io_size;
+	rs->set.io_mask = p->io_size - 1;
+	/* Mask to adjust address key in case io_size != chunk_size. */
+	rs->set.io_inv_mask = (p->chunk_size - 1) & ~rs->set.io_mask;
 
-	rs->set.pages_per_io = chunk_pages(io_size);
 	rs->set.sectors_per_dev = sectors_per_dev;
 
 	rs->set.ei = -1;	/* Indicate no failed device. */
@@ -3371,95 +3558,78 @@ context_alloc(struct raid_set **raid_set, struct raid_type *raid_type,
 
 	rs->ti = ti;
 
-	atomic_set(rs->recover.io_count + IO_WORK, 0);
-	atomic_set(rs->recover.io_count + IO_RECOVER, 0);
+	atomic_set(rec->io_count + IO_WORK, 0);
+	atomic_set(rec->io_count + IO_RECOVER, 0);
 
 	/* Initialize io lock and queues. */
-	spin_lock_init(&rs->io.in_lock);
+	mutex_init(&rs->io.in_lock);
 	bio_list_init(&rs->io.in);
 	bio_list_init(&rs->io.work);
 
 	init_waitqueue_head(&rs->io.suspendq);	/* Suspend waiters (dm-io). */
 
-	rs->recover.nr_regions = dm_sector_div_up(sectors_per_dev, region_size);
+	rec->nr_regions = dm_sector_div_up(sectors_per_dev, region_size);
 	r = rh_init(&rs->recover.rh, 1, dispatch_delayed_bios, rs,
-		    wake_do_raid, rs, dl, region_size,
-		    rs->recover.nr_regions);
+		    wake_do_raid, rs, dl, region_size, rec->nr_regions);
 	if (r)
 		goto bad_rh;
 
 	/* Initialize stripe cache. */
-	r = sc_init(rs, stripes);
+	r = sc_init(rs, p->stripes);
 	if (r)
 		goto bad_sc;
 
-	/* Create dm-io client context. */
-	rs->sc.dm_io_client = dm_io_client_create(rs->set.raid_devs *
-						  rs->set.pages_per_io);
-	if (IS_ERR(rs->sc.dm_io_client))
-		goto bad_dm_io_client;
-
 	/* REMOVEME: statistics. */
 	stats_reset(rs);
 	ClearRSDevelStats(rs);	/* Disnable development status. */
+	return rs;
 
-	*raid_set = rs;
-	return 0;
-
-   bad_dirty_log:
-	TI_ERR_RET("Error creating dirty log", -ENOMEM);
-
+bad_dirty_log:
+	TI_ERR_RET("Error creating dirty log", ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM));
 
-   bad_chunk_size:
+bad_chunk_size:
 	dm_dirty_log_destroy(dl);
-	TI_ERR("Chunk size larger than region size");
+	TI_ERR_RET("Chunk size larger than region size", ERR_PTR(-EINVAL));
 
-   bad_recover_io_size:
+bad_recover_io_size:
 	dm_dirty_log_destroy(dl);
-	TI_ERR("Recover stripe io size larger than region size");
+	TI_ERR_RET("Recover stripe io size larger than region size",
+			ERR_PTR(-EINVAL));
 
-   bad_array:
+bad_array:
 	dm_dirty_log_destroy(dl);
-	TI_ERR("Arry too big");
+	TI_ERR_RET("Arry too big", ERR_PTR(-EINVAL));
 
-   bad_alloc:
+bad_alloc:
 	dm_dirty_log_destroy(dl);
-	TI_ERR_RET("Cannot allocate raid context", -ENOMEM);
+	TI_ERR_RET("Cannot allocate raid context", ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM));
 
-   bad_rh:
+bad_rh:
 	dm_dirty_log_destroy(dl);
 	ti->error = DM_MSG_PREFIX "Error creating dirty region hash";
 	goto free_rs;
 
-   bad_sc:
-	ti->error = DM_MSG_PREFIX "Error creating stripe cache";
-	goto free;
-
-   bad_dm_io_client:
-	ti->error = DM_MSG_PREFIX "Error allocating dm-io resources";
-   free:
+bad_sc:
+	rh_exit(rec->rh); /* Destroys dirty log too. */
 	sc_exit(&rs->sc);
-	rh_exit(rs->recover.rh);
-   free_rs:
+	ti->error = DM_MSG_PREFIX "Error creating stripe cache";
+free_rs:
 	kfree(rs);
-	return -ENOMEM;
+	return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 }
 
 /* Free a RAID context (a RAID set). */
-static void
-context_free(struct raid_set *rs, struct dm_target *ti, unsigned r)
+static void context_free(struct raid_set *rs, unsigned p)
 {
-	while (r--)
-		dm_put_device(ti, rs->dev[r].dev);
+	while (p--)
+		dm_put_device(rs->ti, rs->dev[p].dev);
 
-	dm_io_client_destroy(rs->sc.dm_io_client);
-	stripe_recover_free(rs);
 	sc_exit(&rs->sc);
-	rh_exit(rs->recover.rh);	/* Destroys dirty log as well. */
+	rh_exit(rs->recover.rh); /* Destroys dirty log too. */
 	kfree(rs);
 }
 
-/* Create work queue and initialize work. */
+/* Create work queue and initialize delayed work. */
 static int rs_workqueue_init(struct raid_set *rs)
 {
 	struct dm_target *ti = rs->ti;
@@ -3468,7 +3638,9 @@ static int rs_workqueue_init(struct raid_set *rs)
 	if (!rs->io.wq)
 		TI_ERR_RET("failed to create " DAEMON, -ENOMEM);
 
-	INIT_WORK(&rs->io.ws, do_raid, &rs->io.ws);
+	INIT_WORK(&rs->io.ws_do_raid, do_raid, &rs->io.ws_do_raid);
+	INIT_WORK(&rs->io.ws_do_table_event, do_table_event,
+		  &rs->io.ws_do_table_event);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -3478,7 +3650,7 @@ static struct raid_type *get_raid_type(char *name)
 	struct raid_type *r = ARRAY_END(raid_types);
 
 	while (r-- > raid_types) {
-		if (!strnicmp(STR_LEN(r->name, name)))
+		if (!strcmp(r->name, name))
 			return r;
 	}
 
@@ -3496,48 +3668,48 @@ static int multiple(sector_t a, sector_t b, sector_t *n)
 }
 
 /* Log RAID set information to kernel log. */
-static void raid_set_log(struct raid_set *rs, unsigned speed)
+static void rs_log(struct raid_set *rs, unsigned speed)
 {
 	unsigned p;
 	char buf[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
 
 	for (p = 0; p < rs->set.raid_devs; p++)
-		DMINFO("/dev/%s is raid disk %u",
-		       bdevname(rs->dev[p].dev->bdev, buf), p);
+		DMINFO("/dev/%s is raid disk %u%s",
+				bdevname(rs->dev[p].dev->bdev, buf), p,
+				(p == rs->set.pi) ? " (parity)" : "");
 
-	DMINFO("%d/%d/%d sectors chunk/io/recovery size, %u stripes",
+	DMINFO("%d/%d/%d sectors chunk/io/recovery size, %u stripes\n"
+	       "algorithm \"%s\", %u chunks with %uMB/s\n"
+	       "%s set with net %u/%u devices",
 	       rs->set.chunk_size, rs->set.io_size, rs->recover.io_size,
-	       atomic_read(&rs->sc.stripes));
-	DMINFO("algorithm \"%s\", %u chunks with %uMB/s", rs->xor.f->name,
-	       rs->xor.chunks, mbpers(rs, speed));
-	DMINFO("%s set with net %u/%u devices", rs->set.raid_type->descr,
-	       rs->set.data_devs, rs->set.raid_devs);
+	       atomic_read(&rs->sc.stripes),
+	       rs->xor.f->name, rs->xor.chunks, mbpers(rs, speed),
+	       rs->set.raid_type->descr, rs->set.data_devs, rs->set.raid_devs);
 }
 
 /* Get all devices and offsets. */
-static int
-dev_parms(struct dm_target *ti, struct raid_set *rs,
-	  char **argv, int *p)
+static int dev_parms(struct raid_set *rs, char **argv, int *p)
 {
+	struct dm_target *ti = rs->ti;
+
 	for (*p = 0; *p < rs->set.raid_devs; (*p)++, argv += 2) {
 		int r;
 		unsigned long long tmp;
 		struct raid_dev *dev = rs->dev + *p;
-		union dev_lookup dl = {.dev = dev };
 
 		/* Get offset and device. */
-		r = sscanf(argv[1], "%llu", &tmp);
-		if (r != 1)
+		if (sscanf(argv[1], "%llu", &tmp) != 1 ||
+		    tmp > rs->set.sectors_per_dev)
 			TI_ERR("Invalid RAID device offset parameter");
 
 		dev->start = tmp;
-		r = dm_get_device(ti, argv[0], dev->start,
+		r = dm_get_device(ti, *argv, dev->start,
 				  rs->set.sectors_per_dev,
 				  dm_table_get_mode(ti->table), &dev->dev);
 		if (r)
 			TI_ERR_RET("RAID device lookup failure", r);
 
-		r = raid_dev_lookup(rs, bynumber, &dl);
+		r = raid_dev_lookup(rs, dev);
 		if (r != -ENODEV && r < *p) {
 			(*p)++;	/* Ensure dm_put_device() on actual device. */
 			TI_ERR_RET("Duplicate RAID device", -ENXIO);
@@ -3548,7 +3720,7 @@ dev_parms(struct dm_target *ti, struct raid_set *rs,
 }
 
 /* Set recovery bandwidth. */
-static INLINE void
+static void
 recover_set_bandwidth(struct raid_set *rs, unsigned bandwidth)
 {
 	rs->recover.bandwidth = bandwidth;
@@ -3556,166 +3728,166 @@ recover_set_bandwidth(struct raid_set *rs, unsigned bandwidth)
 }
 
 /* Handle variable number of RAID parameters. */
-static int
-raid_variable_parms(struct dm_target *ti, char **argv,
-		    unsigned i, int *raid_parms,
-		    int *chunk_size, int *chunk_size_parm,
-		    int *stripes, int *stripes_parm,
-		    int *io_size, int *io_size_parm,
-		    int *recover_io_size, int *recover_io_size_parm,
-		    int *bandwidth, int *bandwidth_parm)
+static int get_raid_variable_parms(struct dm_target *ti, char **argv, 
+				   struct variable_parms *vp)
 {
+	int p, value;
+	struct {
+		int action; /* -1: skip, 0: no pwer2 check, 1: power2 check */
+		char *errmsg;
+		int min, max;
+		int *var, *var2, *var3;
+	} argctr[] = {
+		{ 1,
+		  "Invalid chunk size; must be -1 or 2^^n and <= 16384",
+ 		  IO_SIZE_MIN, CHUNK_SIZE_MAX,
+		  &vp->chunk_size_parm, &vp->chunk_size, &vp->io_size },
+		{ 0,
+		  "Invalid number of stripes: must be -1 or >= 8 and <= 16384",
+		  STRIPES_MIN, STRIPES_MAX,
+		  &vp->stripes_parm, &vp->stripes, NULL },
+		{ 1,
+		  "Invalid io size; must -1 or >= 8, 2^^n and less equal "
+		  "min(BIO_MAX_SECTORS/2, chunk size)",
+		  IO_SIZE_MIN, 0, /* Needs to be updated in loop below. */
+		  &vp->io_size_parm, &vp->io_size, NULL },
+		{ 1,
+		  "Invalid recovery io size; must be -1 or "
+		  "2^^n and less equal BIO_MAX_SECTORS/2",
+		  RECOVER_IO_SIZE_MIN, BIO_MAX_SECTORS / 2,
+		  &vp->recover_io_size_parm, &vp->recover_io_size, NULL },
+		{ 0,
+		  "Invalid recovery bandwidth percentage; "
+		  "must be -1 or > 0 and <= 100",
+		  BANDWIDTH_MIN, BANDWIDTH_MAX,
+		  &vp->bandwidth_parm, &vp->bandwidth, NULL },
+		/* Handle sync argument seperately in loop. */
+		{ -1,
+		  "Invalid recovery switch; must be \"sync\" or \"nosync\"" },
+		{ 0,
+		  "Invalid number of recovery stripes;"
+		  "must be -1, > 0 and <= 16384",
+		  RECOVERY_STRIPES_MIN, RECOVERY_STRIPES_MAX,
+		  &vp->recovery_stripes_parm, &vp->recovery_stripes, NULL },
+	}, *varp;
+
 	/* Fetch # of variable raid parameters. */
-	if (sscanf(argv[i++], "%d", raid_parms) != 1 ||
-	    !range_ok(*raid_parms, 0, 5))
+	if (sscanf(*(argv++), "%d", &vp->raid_parms) != 1 ||
+	    !range_ok(vp->raid_parms, 0, 7))
 		TI_ERR("Bad variable raid parameters number");
 
-	if (*raid_parms) {
-		/*
-		 * If we've got variable RAID parameters,
-		 * chunk size is the first one
-		 */
-		if (sscanf(argv[i++], "%d", chunk_size) != 1 ||
-		    (*chunk_size != -1 &&
-		     (!POWER_OF_2(*chunk_size) ||
-		      !range_ok(*chunk_size, IO_SIZE_MIN, CHUNK_SIZE_MAX))))
-			TI_ERR ("Invalid chunk size; "
-				"must be 2^^n and <= 16384");
-
-		*chunk_size_parm = *chunk_size;
-		if (*chunk_size == -1)
-			*chunk_size = CHUNK_SIZE;
-
-		/*
-		 * In case we've got 2 or more variable raid
-		 * parameters, the number of stripes is the second one
-		 */
-		if (*raid_parms > 1) {
-			if (sscanf(argv[i++], "%d", stripes) != 1 ||
-			    (*stripes != -1 &&
-			     !range_ok(*stripes, STRIPES_MIN,
-				       STRIPES_MAX)))
-				TI_ERR("Invalid number of stripes: must "
-				       "be >= 8 and <= 8192");
-		}
-
-		*stripes_parm = *stripes;
-		if (*stripes == -1)
-			*stripes = STRIPES;
-
-		/*
-		 * In case we've got 3 or more variable raid
-		 * parameters, the io size is the third one.
-		 */
-		if (*raid_parms > 2) {
-			if (sscanf(argv[i++], "%d", io_size) != 1 ||
-			    (*io_size != -1 &&
-			     (!POWER_OF_2(*io_size) ||
-			      !range_ok(*io_size, IO_SIZE_MIN,
-				        min(BIO_MAX_SECTORS / 2,
-					*chunk_size)))))
-				TI_ERR("Invalid io size; must "
-				       "be 2^^n and less equal "
-				       "min(BIO_MAX_SECTORS/2, chunk size)");
-		} else
-			*io_size = *chunk_size;
-
-		*io_size_parm = *io_size;
-		if (*io_size == -1)
-			*io_size = *chunk_size;
-
-		/*
-		 * In case we've got 4 variable raid parameters,
-		 * the recovery stripe io_size is the fourth one
-		 */
-		if (*raid_parms > 3) {
-			if (sscanf(argv[i++], "%d", recover_io_size) != 1 ||
-			    (*recover_io_size != -1 &&
-			     (!POWER_OF_2(*recover_io_size) ||
-			     !range_ok(*recover_io_size, RECOVER_IO_SIZE_MIN,
-				       BIO_MAX_SECTORS / 2))))
-				TI_ERR("Invalid recovery io size; must be "
-				       "2^^n and less equal BIO_MAX_SECTORS/2");
+	/* Preset variable RAID parameters. */
+	vp->chunk_size = CHUNK_SIZE_DEFAULT;
+	vp->io_size = IO_SIZE_DEFAULT;
+	vp->stripes = STRIPES_DEFAULT;
+	vp->recover_io_size = RECOVER_IO_SIZE_DEFAULT;
+	vp->bandwidth = BANDWIDTH_DEFAULT;
+	vp->recovery = 1;
+	vp->recovery_stripes = RECOVERY_STRIPES_DEFAULT;
+
+	/* Walk the array of argument constraints for all given ones. */
+	for (p = 0, varp = argctr; p < vp->raid_parms; p++, varp++) {
+	     	BUG_ON(varp >= ARRAY_END(argctr));
+
+		/* Special case for "[no]sync" string argument. */
+		if (varp->action < 0) {
+			if (!strcmp(*argv, "sync"))
+				;
+			else if (!strcmp(*argv, "nosync"))
+				vp->recovery = 0;
+			else
+				TI_ERR(varp->errmsg);
+
+			argv++;
+			continue;
 		}
 
-		*recover_io_size_parm = *recover_io_size;
-		if (*recover_io_size == -1)
-			*recover_io_size = RECOVER_IO_SIZE;
-
 		/*
-		 * In case we've got 5 variable raid parameters,
-		 * the recovery io bandwidth is the fifth one
+		 * Special case for io_size depending
+		 * on previously set chunk size.
 		 */
-		if (*raid_parms > 4) {
-			if (sscanf(argv[i++], "%d", bandwidth) != 1 ||
-			    (*bandwidth != -1 &&
-			     !range_ok(*bandwidth, BANDWIDTH_MIN,
-				       BANDWIDTH_MAX)))
-				TI_ERR("Invalid recovery bandwidth "
-				       "percentage; must be > 0 and <= 100");
+		if (p == 2)
+			varp->max = min(BIO_MAX_SECTORS / 2, vp->chunk_size);
+
+		if (sscanf(*(argv++), "%d", &value) != 1 ||
+		    (value != -1 &&
+		     ((varp->action && !POWER_OF_2(value)) ||
+		      !range_ok(value, varp->min, varp->max))))
+			TI_ERR(varp->errmsg);
+
+		*varp->var = value;
+		if (value != -1) {
+			if (varp->var2)
+				*varp->var2 = value;
+			if (varp->var3)
+				*varp->var3 = value;
 		}
-
-		*bandwidth_parm = *bandwidth;
-		if (*bandwidth == -1)
-			*bandwidth = BANDWIDTH;
 	}
 
 	return 0;
 }
 
 /* Parse optional locking parameters. */
-static int
-raid_locking_parms(struct dm_target *ti, char **argv,
-		   unsigned i, int *locking_parms,
-		   struct dmraid45_locking_type **locking_type)
-{
-	*locking_parms = 0;
-	*locking_type = &locking_none;
-
-	if (!strnicmp(argv[i], "none", strlen(argv[i])))
-		*locking_parms = 1;
-	else if (!strnicmp(argv[i + 1], "locking", strlen(argv[i + 1]))) {
-		*locking_type = &locking_none;
-		*locking_parms = 2;
-	} else if (!strnicmp(argv[i + 1], "cluster", strlen(argv[i + 1]))) {
-		*locking_type = &locking_cluster;
-		/* FIXME: namespace. */
-		*locking_parms = 3;
+static int get_raid_locking_parms(struct dm_target *ti, char **argv,
+				  int *locking_parms,
+				  struct dm_raid45_locking_type **locking_type)
+{
+	if (!strnicmp(argv[0], "locking", strlen(argv[0]))) {
+		char *lckstr = argv[1];
+		size_t lcksz = strlen(lckstr);
+
+		if (!strnicmp(lckstr, "none", lcksz)) {
+			*locking_type = &locking_none;
+			*locking_parms = 2;
+		} else if (!strnicmp(lckstr, "cluster", lcksz)) {
+			DMERR("locking type \"%s\" not yet implemented",
+			      lckstr);
+			return -EINVAL;
+		} else {
+			DMERR("unknown locking type \"%s\"", lckstr);
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
 	}
 
-	return *locking_parms == 1 ? -EINVAL : 0;
+	*locking_parms = 0;
+	*locking_type = &locking_none;
+	return 0;
 }
 
-/* Set backing device information properties of RAID set. */
-static void rs_set_bdi(struct raid_set *rs, unsigned stripes, unsigned chunks)
+/* Set backing device read ahead properties of RAID set. */
+static void rs_set_read_ahead(struct raid_set *rs,
+			      unsigned sectors, unsigned stripes)
 {
-	unsigned p, ra_pages;
+	unsigned ra_pages = dm_div_up(sectors, SECTORS_PER_PAGE);
 	struct mapped_device *md = dm_table_get_md(rs->ti->table);
 	struct backing_dev_info *bdi = &dm_disk(md)->queue->backing_dev_info;
 
 	/* Set read-ahead for the RAID set and the component devices. */
-	bdi->ra_pages = stripes * stripe_pages(rs, rs->set.io_size);
-	ra_pages = chunks * chunk_pages(rs->set.io_size);
-	for (p = rs->set.raid_devs; p--; )
-		bdev_get_queue(rs->dev[p].dev->bdev)->backing_dev_info.ra_pages = ra_pages;
+	if (ra_pages) {
+		unsigned p = rs->set.raid_devs;
 
-	/* Set congested function and data. */
-	bdi->congested_fn = raid_set_congested;
-	bdi->congested_data = rs;
+		bdi->ra_pages = stripes * ra_pages * rs->set.data_devs;
+
+		while (p--) {
+			struct request_queue *q =
+				bdev_get_queue(rs->dev[p].dev->bdev);
+
+			q->backing_dev_info.ra_pages = ra_pages;
+		}
+	}
 
 	dm_put(md);
 }
 
-/* Get backing device information properties of RAID set. */
-static void rs_get_ra(struct raid_set *rs, unsigned *stripes, unsigned *chunks)
+/* Set congested function. */
+static void rs_set_congested_fn(struct raid_set *rs)
 {
 	struct mapped_device *md = dm_table_get_md(rs->ti->table);
+	struct backing_dev_info *bdi = &dm_disk(md)->queue->backing_dev_info;
 
-	 *stripes = dm_disk(md)->queue->backing_dev_info.ra_pages
-		    / stripe_pages(rs, rs->set.io_size);
-	*chunks = bdev_get_queue(rs->dev->dev->bdev)->backing_dev_info.ra_pages
-		  / chunk_pages(rs->set.io_size);
-
+	/* Set congested function and data. */
+	bdi->congested_fn = rs_congested;
+	bdi->congested_data = rs;
 	dm_put(md);
 }
 
@@ -3737,17 +3909,21 @@ static void rs_get_ra(struct raid_set *rs, unsigned *stripes, unsigned *chunks)
  * o N = -1: pick default = last device
  * o N >= 0 and < #raid_devs: parity device index
  *
- * #raid_variable_params = 0-5; raid_params (-1 = default):
- *   [chunk_size [#stripes [io_size [recover_io_size [%recovery_bandwidth]]]]]
+ * #raid_variable_params = 0-7; raid_params (-1 = default):
+ *   [chunk_size [#stripes [io_size [recover_io_size \
+ *    [%recovery_bandwidth [recovery_switch [#recovery_stripes]]]]]]]
  *   o chunk_size (unit to calculate drive addresses; must be 2^^n, > 8
  *     and <= CHUNK_SIZE_MAX)
  *   o #stripes is number of stripes allocated to stripe cache
  *     (must be > 1 and < STRIPES_MAX)
  *   o io_size (io unit size per device in sectors; must be 2^^n and > 8)
  *   o recover_io_size (io unit size per device for recovery in sectors;
-       must be 2^^n, > SECTORS_PER_PAGE and <= region_size)
+ must be 2^^n, > SECTORS_PER_PAGE and <= region_size)
  *   o %recovery_bandwith is the maximum amount spend for recovery during
  *     application io (1-100%)
+ *   o recovery switch = [sync|nosync]
+ *   o #recovery_stripes is the number of recovery stripes used for
+ *     parallel recovery of the RAID set
  * If raid_variable_params = 0, defaults will be used.
  * Any raid_variable_param can be set to -1 to apply a default
  *
@@ -3765,26 +3941,22 @@ static void rs_get_ra(struct raid_set *rs, unsigned *stripes, unsigned *chunks)
 #define	MIN_PARMS	13
 static int raid_ctr(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned argc, char **argv)
 {
-	int bandwidth = BANDWIDTH, bandwidth_parm = -1,
-	    chunk_size = CHUNK_SIZE, chunk_size_parm = -1,
-	    dev_to_init, dl_parms, locking_parms, parity_parm, pi = -1,
-	    i, io_size = IO_SIZE, io_size_parm = -1,
-	    r, raid_devs, raid_parms,
-	    recover_io_size = RECOVER_IO_SIZE, recover_io_size_parm = -1,
-	    stripes = STRIPES, stripes_parm = -1;
+	int dev_to_init, dl_parms, i, locking_parms,
+	    parity_parm, pi = -1, r, raid_devs;
 	unsigned speed;
 	sector_t tmp, sectors_per_dev;
-	struct dmraid45_locking_type *locking;
+	struct dm_raid45_locking_type *locking;
 	struct raid_set *rs;
 	struct raid_type *raid_type;
+	struct variable_parms parms;
 
 	/* Ensure minimum number of parameters. */
 	if (argc < MIN_PARMS)
 		TI_ERR("Not enough parameters");
 
 	/* Fetch # of dirty log parameters. */
-	if (sscanf(argv[1], "%d", &dl_parms) != 1
-	    || !range_ok(dl_parms, 1, 4711))
+	if (sscanf(argv[1], "%d", &dl_parms) != 1 ||
+	    !range_ok(dl_parms, 1, 4711)) /* ;-) */
 		TI_ERR("Bad dirty log parameters number");
 
 	/* Check raid_type. */
@@ -3796,50 +3968,48 @@ static int raid_ctr(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned argc, char **argv)
 	parity_parm = !!(raid_type->level == raid4);
 
 	/* Handle variable number of RAID parameters. */
-	r = raid_variable_parms(ti, argv, dl_parms + parity_parm + 3,
-				&raid_parms,
-				&chunk_size, &chunk_size_parm,
-				&stripes, &stripes_parm,
-				&io_size, &io_size_parm,
-				&recover_io_size, &recover_io_size_parm,
-				&bandwidth, &bandwidth_parm);
+	r = get_raid_variable_parms(ti, argv + dl_parms + parity_parm + 3,
+				    &parms);
 	if (r)
 		return r;
 
-	r = raid_locking_parms(ti, argv,
-			       dl_parms + parity_parm + raid_parms + 4,
-			       &locking_parms, &locking);
+	/* Handle any locking parameters. */
+	r = get_raid_locking_parms(ti,
+				   argv + dl_parms + parity_parm +
+				   parms.raid_parms + 4,
+				   &locking_parms, &locking);
 	if (r)
 		return r;
 
 	/* # of raid devices. */
-	if (sscanf(argv[dl_parms + parity_parm + raid_parms + locking_parms +4],
-	     "%d", &raid_devs) != 1 || raid_devs < raid_type->minimal_devs)
+	i = dl_parms + parity_parm + parms.raid_parms + locking_parms + 4;
+	if (sscanf(argv[i], "%d", &raid_devs) != 1 ||
+	    raid_devs < raid_type->minimal_devs)
 		TI_ERR("Invalid number of raid devices");
 
 	/* In case of RAID4, check parity drive index is in limits. */
 	if (raid_type->level == raid4) {
 		/* Fetch index of parity device. */
 		if (sscanf(argv[dl_parms + 3], "%d", &pi) != 1 ||
-		    !range_ok(pi, 0, raid_devs - 1))
+		    (pi != -1 && !range_ok(pi, 0, raid_devs - 1)))
 			TI_ERR("Invalid RAID4 parity device index");
 	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Index of device to initialize starts at 0
 	 *
-	 * o -1 -> don't initialize a particular device,
+	 * o -1 -> don't initialize a selected device;
+	 *         initialize parity conforming to algorithm
 	 * o 0..raid_devs-1 -> initialize respective device
 	 *   (used for reconstruction of a replaced device)
 	 */
-	if (sscanf
-	    (argv[dl_parms + parity_parm + raid_parms + locking_parms + 5],
-	     "%d", &dev_to_init) != 1
-	    || !range_ok(dev_to_init, -1, raid_devs - 1))
+	if (sscanf(argv[dl_parms + parity_parm + parms.raid_parms +
+		   locking_parms + 5], "%d", &dev_to_init) != 1 ||
+	    !range_ok(dev_to_init, -1, raid_devs - 1))
 		TI_ERR("Invalid number for raid device to initialize");
 
 	/* Check # of raid device arguments. */
-	if (argc - dl_parms - parity_parm - raid_parms - 6 !=
+	if (argc - dl_parms - parity_parm - parms.raid_parms - 6 !=
 	    2 * raid_devs)
 		TI_ERR("Wrong number of raid device/offset arguments");
 
@@ -3849,69 +4019,61 @@ static int raid_ctr(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned argc, char **argv)
 	 */
 	if (!multiple(ti->len, raid_devs - raid_type->parity_devs,
 		      &sectors_per_dev))
-		TI_ERR
-		    ("Target length not divisable by number of data devices");
+		TI_ERR("Target length not divisible by number of data devices");
 
 	/*
 	 * Check that the device size is
 	 * devisable w/o rest by chunk size
 	 */
-	if (!multiple(sectors_per_dev, chunk_size, &tmp))
-		TI_ERR("Device length not divisable by chunk_size");
+	if (!multiple(sectors_per_dev, parms.chunk_size, &tmp))
+		TI_ERR("Device length not divisible by chunk_size");
 
 	/****************************************************************
 	 * Now that we checked the constructor arguments ->
 	 * let's allocate the RAID set
 	 ****************************************************************/
-	r = context_alloc(&rs, raid_type, stripes, chunk_size, io_size,
-			  recover_io_size, raid_devs, sectors_per_dev,
-			  ti, dl_parms, argv);
-	if (r)
-		return r;
+	rs = context_alloc(raid_type, &parms, raid_devs, sectors_per_dev,
+			   ti, dl_parms, argv);
+	if (IS_ERR(rs))
+		return PTR_ERR(rs);
 
-	/*
-	 * Set these here in order to avoid passing
-	 * too many arguments to context_alloc()
-	 */
-	rs->set.dev_to_init_parm = dev_to_init;
-	rs->set.dev_to_init = dev_to_init;
-	rs->set.pi_parm = pi;
-	rs->set.pi = (pi == -1) ? rs->set.data_devs : pi;
-	rs->set.raid_parms = raid_parms;
-	rs->set.chunk_size_parm = chunk_size_parm;
-	rs->set.io_size_parm = io_size_parm;
-	rs->sc.stripes_parm = stripes_parm;
-	rs->recover.io_size_parm = recover_io_size_parm;
-	rs->recover.bandwidth_parm = bandwidth_parm;
-	recover_set_bandwidth(rs, bandwidth);
+
+	rs->set.dev_to_init = rs->set.dev_to_init_parm = dev_to_init;
+	rs->set.pi = rs->set.pi_parm = pi;
+
+	/* Set RAID4 parity drive index. */
+	if (raid_type->level == raid4)
+		rs->set.pi = (pi == -1) ? rs->set.data_devs : pi;
+
+	recover_set_bandwidth(rs, parms.bandwidth);
 
 	/* Use locking type to lock stripe access. */
 	rs->locking = locking;
 
 	/* Get the device/offset tupels. */
-	argv += dl_parms + 6 + parity_parm + raid_parms;
-	r = dev_parms(ti, rs, argv, &i);
+	argv += dl_parms + 6 + parity_parm + parms.raid_parms;
+	r = dev_parms(rs, argv, &i);
 	if (r)
 		goto err;
 
-	/* Initialize recovery. */
-	rs->recover.start_jiffies = jiffies;
-	rs->recover.end_jiffies = 0;
-	recovery_region_reset(rs);
-	SetRSRecover(rs);
-
 	/* Set backing device information (eg. read ahead). */
-	rs_set_bdi(rs, chunk_size * 2, io_size * 4);
+	rs_set_read_ahead(rs, 2 * rs->set.chunk_size, 4 /* stripes */);
+	rs_set_congested_fn(rs); /* Set congested function. */
 	SetRSCheckOverwrite(rs); /* Allow chunk overwrite checks. */
-
 	speed = xor_optimize(rs); /* Select best xor algorithm. */
 
-	/* Initialize work queue to handle this RAID set's io. */
-	r = rs_workqueue_init(rs);
-	if (r)
-		goto err;
-
-	raid_set_log(rs, speed); /* Log information about RAID set. */
+	/* Set for recovery of any nosync regions. */
+	if (parms.recovery)
+		SetRSRecover(rs);
+	else {
+		/*
+		 * Need to free recovery stripe(s) here in case
+		 * of nosync, because xor_optimize uses one.
+		 */
+		set_start_recovery(rs);
+		set_end_recovery(rs);
+		stripe_recover_free(rs);
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Make sure that dm core only hands maximum io size
@@ -3919,10 +4081,17 @@ static int raid_ctr(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned argc, char **argv)
 	 */
 	ti->split_io = rs->set.io_size;
 	ti->private = rs;
+
+	/* Initialize work queue to handle this RAID set's io. */
+	r = rs_workqueue_init(rs);
+	if (r)
+		goto err;
+
+	rs_log(rs, speed); /* Log information about RAID set. */
 	return 0;
 
-   err:
-	context_free(rs, ti, i);
+err:
+	context_free(rs, i);
 	return r;
 }
 
@@ -3933,29 +4102,8 @@ static void raid_dtr(struct dm_target *ti)
 {
 	struct raid_set *rs = ti->private;
 
-	/* Indicate recovery end. */
-	ClearRSRecover(rs);
-	wake_do_raid(rs);	/* Wake daemon. */
-	wait_ios(rs);		/* Wait for any io still being processed. */
 	destroy_workqueue(rs->io.wq);
-	context_free(rs, ti, rs->set.raid_devs);
-}
-
-/* Queues ios to RAID sets. */
-static inline void queue_bio(struct raid_set *rs, struct bio *bio)
-{
-	int wake;
-	struct bio_list *in = &rs->io.in;
-	spinlock_t *in_lock = &rs->io.in_lock;
-
-	spin_lock_irq(in_lock);
-	wake = bio_list_empty(in);
-	bio_list_add(in, bio);
-	spin_unlock_irq(in_lock);
-
-	/* Wake daemon if input list was empty. */
-	if (wake)
-		wake_do_raid(rs);
+	context_free(rs, rs->set.raid_devs);
 }
 
 /* Raid mapping function. */
@@ -3968,103 +4116,125 @@ static int raid_map(struct dm_target *ti, struct bio *bio,
 	else {
 		struct raid_set *rs = ti->private;
 
-		/* REMOVEME: statistics. */
-		atomic_inc(rs->stats +
-			   (bio_data_dir(bio) == WRITE ?
-			    S_BIOS_WRITE : S_BIOS_READ));
-
 		/*
 		 * Get io reference to be waiting for to drop
 		 * to zero on device suspension/destruction.
 		 */
 		io_get(rs);
 		bio->bi_sector -= ti->begin;	/* Remap sector. */
-		queue_bio(rs, bio);		/* Queue to the daemon. */
+
+		/* Queue io to RAID set. */
+		mutex_lock(&rs->io.in_lock);
+		bio_list_add(&rs->io.in, bio);
+		mutex_unlock(&rs->io.in_lock);
+
+		/* Wake daemon to process input list. */
+		wake_do_raid(rs);
+
+		/* REMOVEME: statistics. */
+		atomic_inc(rs->stats + (bio_data_dir(bio) == READ ?
+				        S_BIOS_READ : S_BIOS_WRITE));
 		return DM_MAPIO_SUBMITTED;	/* Handle later. */
 	}
 }
 
 /* Device suspend. */
-static void raid_postsuspend(struct dm_target *ti)
+static void raid_presuspend(struct dm_target *ti)
 {
 	struct raid_set *rs = ti->private;
 	struct dm_dirty_log *dl = rs->recover.dl;
 
-	SetRSSuspended(rs);
+	SetRSSuspend(rs);
 
 	if (RSRecover(rs))
-		rh_stop_recovery(rs->recover.rh); /* Wakes do_raid(). */
-	else
-		wake_do_raid(rs);
+		rh_stop_recovery(rs->recover.rh);
 
+	ClearRSRecover(rs);
+	cancel_delayed_work(&rs->io.ws_do_raid);
+	flush_workqueue(rs->io.wq);
 	wait_ios(rs);	/* Wait for completion of all ios being processed. */
+
+	if (dl->type->presuspend && dl->type->presuspend(dl))
+		/* FIXME: need better error handling. */
+		DMWARN("log presuspend failed");
+}
+
+static void raid_postsuspend(struct dm_target *ti)
+{
+	struct raid_set *rs = ti->private;
+	struct dm_dirty_log *dl = rs->recover.dl;
+
 	if (dl->type->postsuspend && dl->type->postsuspend(dl))
-		/* Suspend dirty log. */
 		/* FIXME: need better error handling. */
-		DMWARN("log suspend failed");
+		DMWARN("log postsuspend failed");
+
 }
 
 /* Device resume. */
 static void raid_resume(struct dm_target *ti)
 {
 	struct raid_set *rs = ti->private;
-	struct dm_dirty_log *dl = rs->recover.dl;
+	struct recover *rec = &rs->recover;
+	struct dm_dirty_log *dl = rec->dl;
 
 	if (dl->type->resume && dl->type->resume(dl))
 		/* Resume dirty log. */
 		/* FIXME: need better error handling. */
 		DMWARN("log resume failed");
 
-	rs->recover.nr_regions_to_recover =
-	    rs->recover.nr_regions - dl->type->get_sync_count(dl);
-
-	ClearRSSuspended(rs);
+	rec->nr_regions_to_recover =
+		rec->nr_regions - dl->type->get_sync_count(dl);
 
-	/* Reset any unfinished recovery. */
+	/* Restart any unfinished recovery. */
 	if (RSRecover(rs)) {
-		recovery_region_reset(rs);
-		rh_start_recovery(rs->recover.rh); /* Calls wake_do_raid(). */
-	} else
-		wake_do_raid(rs);
+		set_start_recovery(rs);
+		rh_start_recovery(rec->rh);
+	}
+
+	ClearRSSuspend(rs);
+	wake_do_raid(rs);
 }
 
-static INLINE unsigned sc_size(struct raid_set *rs)
+/* Return stripe cache size. */
+static unsigned sc_size(struct raid_set *rs)
 {
 	return to_sector(atomic_read(&rs->sc.stripes) *
 			 (sizeof(struct stripe) +
-			  (sizeof(struct stripe_set) +
+			  (sizeof(struct stripe_chunk) +
 			   (sizeof(struct page_list) +
 			    to_bytes(rs->set.io_size) *
 			    rs->set.raid_devs)) +
-			  (rs->recover.
-			   end_jiffies ? 0 : to_bytes(rs->set.raid_devs *
-						      rs->recover.
-						      io_size))));
+			  (rs->recover.end_jiffies ?
+			   0 : rs->recover.recovery_stripes *
+			   to_bytes(rs->set.raid_devs * rs->recover.io_size))));
 }
 
 /* REMOVEME: status output for development. */
-static void
-raid_devel_stats(struct dm_target *ti, char *result,
-		 unsigned *size, unsigned maxlen)
+static void raid_devel_stats(struct dm_target *ti, char *result,
+			     unsigned *size, unsigned maxlen)
 {
-	unsigned chunks, stripes, sz = *size;
+	unsigned sz = *size;
 	unsigned long j;
 	char buf[BDEVNAME_SIZE], *p;
-	struct stats_map *sm, *sm_end = ARRAY_END(stats_map);
+	struct stats_map *sm;
 	struct raid_set *rs = ti->private;
 	struct recover *rec = &rs->recover;
 	struct timespec ts;
 
-	DMEMIT("%s ", version);
-	DMEMIT("io_inprocess=%d ", atomic_read(&rs->io.in_process));
-	DMEMIT("io_inprocess_max=%d ", atomic_read(&rs->io.in_process_max));
+	DMEMIT("%s %s %u\n", version, rs->xor.f->name, rs->xor.chunks);
+	DMEMIT("act_ios=%d ", io_ref(rs));
+	DMEMIT("act_ios_max=%d\n", atomic_read(&rs->io.in_process_max));
+	DMEMIT("act_stripes=%d ", sc_active(&rs->sc));
+	DMEMIT("act_stripes_max=%d\n",
+	       atomic_read(&rs->sc.active_stripes_max));
 
-	for (sm = stats_map; sm < sm_end; sm++)
+	for (sm = stats_map; sm < ARRAY_END(stats_map); sm++)
 		DMEMIT("%s%d", sm->str, atomic_read(rs->stats + sm->type));
 
-	DMEMIT(" overwrite=%s ", RSCheckOverwrite(rs) ? "on" : "off");
-	DMEMIT("sc=%u/%u/%u/%u/%u ", rs->set.chunk_size, rs->set.io_size,
-	       atomic_read(&rs->sc.stripes), rs->sc.hash.buckets,
+	DMEMIT(" checkovr=%s\n", RSCheckOverwrite(rs) ? "on" : "off");
+	DMEMIT("sc=%u/%u/%u/%u/%u/%u/%u\n", rs->set.chunk_size,
+	       atomic_read(&rs->sc.stripes), rs->set.io_size,
+	       rec->recovery_stripes, rec->io_size, rs->sc.hash.buckets,
 	       sc_size(rs));
 
 	j = (rec->end_jiffies ? rec->end_jiffies : jiffies) -
@@ -4074,25 +4244,29 @@ raid_devel_stats(struct dm_target *ti, char *result,
 	p = strchr(buf, '.');
 	p[3] = 0;
 
-	DMEMIT("rg=%llu%s/%llu/%llu/%u %s ",
+	DMEMIT("rg=%llu/%llu/%llu/%u %s\n",
 	       (unsigned long long) rec->nr_regions_recovered,
-	       RSRegionGet(rs) ? "+" : "",
 	       (unsigned long long) rec->nr_regions_to_recover,
 	       (unsigned long long) rec->nr_regions, rec->bandwidth, buf);
 
-	rs_get_ra(rs, &stripes, &chunks);
-	DMEMIT("ra=%u/%u ", stripes, chunks);
-
 	*size = sz;
 }
 
-static int
-raid_status(struct dm_target *ti, status_type_t type,
-	    char *result, unsigned maxlen)
+static int raid_status(struct dm_target *ti, status_type_t type,
+		       char *result, unsigned maxlen)
 {
-	unsigned i, sz = 0;
+	unsigned p, sz = 0;
 	char buf[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
 	struct raid_set *rs = ti->private;
+	int raid_parms[] = {
+		rs->set.chunk_size_parm,
+		rs->sc.stripes_parm,
+		rs->set.io_size_parm,
+		rs->recover.io_size_parm,
+		rs->recover.bandwidth_parm,
+		-2,
+		rs->recover.recovery_stripes,
+	};
 
 	switch (type) {
 	case STATUSTYPE_INFO:
@@ -4102,55 +4276,42 @@ raid_status(struct dm_target *ti, status_type_t type,
 
 		DMEMIT("%u ", rs->set.raid_devs);
 
-		for (i = 0; i < rs->set.raid_devs; i++)
+		for (p = 0; p < rs->set.raid_devs; p++)
 			DMEMIT("%s ",
-			       format_dev_t(buf, rs->dev[i].dev->bdev->bd_dev));
+			       format_dev_t(buf, rs->dev[p].dev->bdev->bd_dev));
 
 		DMEMIT("1 ");
-		for (i = 0; i < rs->set.raid_devs; i++) {
-			DMEMIT("%c", dev_operational(rs, i) ? 'A' : 'D');
+		for (p = 0; p < rs->set.raid_devs; p++) {
+			DMEMIT("%c", !DevFailed(rs->dev + p) ? 'A' : 'D');
 
-			if (rs->set.raid_type->level == raid4 &&
-			    i == rs->set.pi)
+			if (p == rs->set.pi)
 				DMEMIT("p");
 
-			if (rs->set.dev_to_init == i)
+			if (rs->set.dev_to_init == p)
 				DMEMIT("i");
 		}
 
 		break;
-
 	case STATUSTYPE_TABLE:
 		sz = rs->recover.dl->type->status(rs->recover.dl, type,
 						  result, maxlen);
 		DMEMIT("%s %u ", rs->set.raid_type->name,
 		       rs->set.raid_parms);
 
-		if (rs->set.raid_type->level == raid4)
-			DMEMIT("%d ", rs->set.pi_parm);
-
-		if (rs->set.raid_parms)
-			DMEMIT("%d ", rs->set.chunk_size_parm);
-
-		if (rs->set.raid_parms > 1)
-			DMEMIT("%d ", rs->sc.stripes_parm);
-
-		if (rs->set.raid_parms > 2)
-			DMEMIT("%d ", rs->set.io_size_parm);
-
-		if (rs->set.raid_parms > 3)
-			DMEMIT("%d ", rs->recover.io_size_parm);
-
-		if (rs->set.raid_parms > 4)
-			DMEMIT("%d ", rs->recover.bandwidth_parm);
+		for (p = 0; p < rs->set.raid_parms; p++) {
+			if (raid_parms[p] > -2)
+				DMEMIT("%d ", raid_parms[p]);
+			else
+				DMEMIT("%s ", rs->recover.recovery ?
+					      "sync" : "nosync");
+		}
 
 		DMEMIT("%u %d ", rs->set.raid_devs, rs->set.dev_to_init);
 
-		for (i = 0; i < rs->set.raid_devs; i++)
+		for (p = 0; p < rs->set.raid_devs; p++)
 			DMEMIT("%s %llu ",
-			       format_dev_t(buf,
-					    rs->dev[i].dev->bdev->bd_dev),
-			       (unsigned long long) rs->dev[i].start);
+			       format_dev_t(buf, rs->dev[p].dev->bdev->bd_dev),
+			       (unsigned long long) rs->dev[p].start);
 	}
 
 	return 0;
@@ -4163,7 +4324,6 @@ enum raid_msg_actions {
 	act_bw,			/* Recovery bandwidth switch. */
 	act_dev,		/* Device failure switch. */
 	act_overwrite,		/* Stripe overwrite check. */
-	act_read_ahead,		/* Set read ahead. */
 	act_stats,		/* Development statistics switch. */
 	act_sc,			/* Stripe cache switch. */
 
@@ -4176,11 +4336,12 @@ enum raid_msg_actions {
 	act_shrink = act_reset,	/* Shrink # by an amount. */
 };
 
-/* Turn a delta to absolute. */
+/* Turn a delta into an absolute value. */
 static int _absolute(unsigned long action, int act, int r)
 {
 	/* Make delta absolute. */
-	if (test_bit(act_set, &action));
+	if (test_bit(act_set, &action))
+		;
 	else if (test_bit(act_grow, &action))
 		r += act;
 	else if (test_bit(act_shrink, &action))
@@ -4214,36 +4375,6 @@ static int bandwidth_change(struct dm_msg *msg, void *context)
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
 
-/* Change state of a device (running/offline). */
-/* FIXME: this only works while recovering!. */
-static int device_state(struct dm_msg *msg, void *context)
-{
-	int r;
-	const char *str = "is already ";
-	union dev_lookup dl = { .dev_name = DM_MSG_STR_ARG(msg) };
-	struct raid_set *rs = context;
-
-	r = raid_dev_lookup(rs, strchr(dl.dev_name, ':') ?
-			    bymajmin : byname, &dl);
-	if (r == -ENODEV) {
-		DMERR("device %s is no member of this set", dl.dev_name);
-		return r;
-	}
-
-	if (test_bit(act_off, &msg->action)) {
-		if (dev_operational(rs, r))
-			str = "";
-	} else if (!dev_operational(rs, r))
-		str = "";
-
-	DMINFO("/dev/%s %s%s", dl.dev_name, str,
-	       test_bit(act_off, &msg->action) ? "offline" : "running");
-
-	return test_bit(act_off, &msg->action) ?
-	       raid_set_check_and_degrade(rs, NULL, r) :
-	       raid_set_check_and_upgrade(rs, r);
-}
-
 /* Set/reset development feature flags. */
 static int devel_flags(struct dm_msg *msg, void *context)
 {
@@ -4260,7 +4391,7 @@ static int devel_flags(struct dm_msg *msg, void *context)
 			stats_reset(rs);
 			goto on;
 		} else if (test_bit(act_overwrite, &msg->action)) {
-   on:
+on:
 			set_bit(msg->spec->parm, &rs->io.flags);
 			return 0;
 		}
@@ -4269,31 +4400,14 @@ static int devel_flags(struct dm_msg *msg, void *context)
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
 
- /* Set stripe and chunk read ahead pages. */
-static int read_ahead_set(struct dm_msg *msg, void *context)
-{
-	int stripes = DM_MSG_INT_ARGS(msg, 0);
-	int chunks  = DM_MSG_INT_ARGS(msg, 1);
-
-	if (range_ok(stripes, 1, 512) &&
-	    range_ok(chunks, 1, 512)) {
-		rs_set_bdi(context, stripes, chunks);
-		return 0;
-	}
-
-	set_bit(dm_msg_ret_arg, &msg->ret);
-	set_bit(dm_msg_ret_inval, &msg->ret);
-	return -EINVAL;
-}
-
 /* Resize the stripe cache. */
-static int stripecache_resize(struct dm_msg *msg, void *context)
+static int sc_resize(struct dm_msg *msg, void *context)
 {
 	int act, stripes;
 	struct raid_set *rs = context;
 
-	/* Deny permission in case the daemon is still shrinking!. */
-	if (atomic_read(&rs->sc.stripes_to_shrink))
+	/* Deny permission in case the daemon is still resizing!. */
+	if (atomic_read(&rs->sc.stripes_to_set))
 		return -EPERM;
 
 	stripes = DM_MSG_INT_ARG(msg);
@@ -4305,18 +4419,12 @@ static int stripecache_resize(struct dm_msg *msg, void *context)
 
 		/*
 		 * Check range and that the # of stripes changes.
-		 * We can grow from gere but need to leave any
-		 * shrinking to the worker for synchronization.
+		 * We leave the resizing to the wroker.
 		 */
-		if (range_ok(stripes, STRIPES_MIN, STRIPES_MAX)) {
-			if (stripes > act)
-				return sc_grow(&rs->sc, stripes - act, grow);
-			else if (stripes < act) {
-				atomic_set(&rs->sc.stripes_to_shrink,
-					   act - stripes);
-				wake_do_raid(rs);
-			}
-
+		if (range_ok(stripes, STRIPES_MIN, STRIPES_MAX) &&
+		    stripes != atomic_read(&rs->sc.stripes)) {
+			atomic_set(&rs->sc.stripes_to_set, stripes);
+			wake_do_raid(rs);
 			return 0;
 		}
 	}
@@ -4329,15 +4437,12 @@ static int stripecache_resize(struct dm_msg *msg, void *context)
 /* Parse the RAID message action. */
 /*
  * 'ba[ndwidth] {se[t],g[row],sh[rink]} #'	# e.g 'ba se 50'
- * 'de{vice] o[ffline]/r[unning] DevName/maj:min' # e.g 'device o /dev/sda'
  * "o[verwrite]  {on,of[f],r[eset]}'		# e.g. 'o of'
- * "r[ead_ahead] set #stripes #chunks		# e.g. 'r se 3 2'
  * 'sta[tistics] {on,of[f],r[eset]}'		# e.g. 'stat of'
  * 'str[ipecache] {se[t],g[row],sh[rink]} #'	# e.g. 'stripe set 1024'
  *
  */
-static int
-raid_message(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned argc, char **argv)
+static int raid_message(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned argc, char **argv)
 {
 	/* Variables to store the parsed parameters im. */
 	static int i[2];
@@ -4345,12 +4450,9 @@ raid_message(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned argc, char **argv)
 		(unsigned long *) i + 0,
 		(unsigned long *) i + 1,
 	};
-	static char *p;
-	static unsigned long *p_arg[] = { (unsigned long *) &p };
 
 	/* Declare all message option strings. */
 	static char *str_sgs[] = { "set", "grow", "shrink" };
-	static char *str_dev[] = { "running", "offline" };
 	static char *str_oor[] = { "on", "off", "reset" };
 
 	/* Declare all actions. */
@@ -4359,21 +4461,13 @@ raid_message(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned argc, char **argv)
 
 	/* Bandwidth option. */
 	static struct dm_message_option bw_opt = { 3, str_sgs, act_sgs };
-	static struct dm_message_argument bw_args =
-		{ 1, i_arg, { dm_msg_int_t } };
-
-	/* Device option. */
-	static struct dm_message_option dev_opt = { 2, str_dev, act_oor };
-	static struct dm_message_argument dev_args =
-		{ 1, p_arg, { dm_msg_base_t } };
-
-	/* Read ahead option. */
-	static struct dm_message_option ra_opt = { 1, str_sgs, act_sgs };
-	static struct dm_message_argument ra_args =
-		{ 2, i_arg, { dm_msg_int_t, dm_msg_int_t } };
+	static struct dm_message_argument bw_args = {
+		1, i_arg, { dm_msg_int_t }
+	};
 
-	static struct dm_message_argument null_args =
-		{ 0, NULL, { dm_msg_int_t } };
+	static struct dm_message_argument null_args = {
+		0, NULL, { dm_msg_int_t }
+	};
 
 	/* Overwrite and statistics option. */
 	static struct dm_message_option ovr_stats_opt = { 3, str_oor, act_oor };
@@ -4385,16 +4479,12 @@ raid_message(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned argc, char **argv)
 	static struct dm_msg_spec specs[] = {
 		{ "bandwidth", act_bw, &bw_opt, &bw_args,
 		  0, bandwidth_change },
-		{ "device", act_dev, &dev_opt, &dev_args,
-		  0, device_state },
 		{ "overwrite", act_overwrite, &ovr_stats_opt, &null_args,
 		  RS_CHECK_OVERWRITE, devel_flags },
-		{ "read_ahead", act_read_ahead, &ra_opt, &ra_args,
-		  0, read_ahead_set },
 		{ "statistics", act_stats, &ovr_stats_opt, &null_args,
 		  RS_DEVEL_STATS, devel_flags },
 		{ "stripecache", act_sc, &stripe_opt, &bw_args,
-		  0, stripecache_resize },
+		  0, sc_resize },
 	};
 
 	/* The message for the parser. */
@@ -4416,6 +4506,7 @@ static struct target_type raid_target = {
 	.ctr = raid_ctr,
 	.dtr = raid_dtr,
 	.map = raid_map,
+	.presuspend = raid_presuspend,
 	.postsuspend = raid_postsuspend,
 	.resume = raid_resume,
 	.status = raid_status,
@@ -4432,19 +4523,16 @@ static void init_exit(const char *bad_msg, const char *good_msg, int r)
 
 static int __init dm_raid_init(void)
 {
-	int r;
+	int r = dm_register_target(&raid_target);
 
-	r = dm_register_target(&raid_target);
 	init_exit("", "initialized", r);
 	return r;
 }
 
 static void __exit dm_raid_exit(void)
 {
-	int r;
-
-	r = dm_unregister_target(&raid_target);
-	init_exit("un", "exit", r);
+	dm_unregister_target(&raid_target);
+	init_exit("un", "exit", 0);
 }
 
 /* Module hooks. */
@@ -4454,3 +4542,5 @@ module_exit(dm_raid_exit);
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION(DM_NAME " raid4/5 target");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Heinz Mauelshagen <hjm@redhat.com>");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_ALIAS("dm-raid4");
+MODULE_ALIAS("dm-raid5");
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-raid45.h b/drivers/md/dm-raid45.h
index 1eca469..786ba7a 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-raid45.h
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-raid45.h
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
  *
  * Module Author: Heinz Mauelshagen (Mauelshagen@RedHat.com)
  *
+ * Locking definitions for the device-mapper RAID45 target.
+ *
  * This file is released under the GPL.
  *
  */
@@ -11,17 +13,16 @@
 #define _DM_RAID45_H
 
 /* Factor out to dm.h! */
-#define	STR_LEN(ptr, str) ptr, str, strlen(ptr)
-
-enum lock_type { RAID45_EX, RAID45_SHARED };
+#define	STR_LEN(ptr, str)	(ptr), (str), strlen((ptr))
 
-struct dmraid45_locking_type {
-        /* Request a lock on a stripe. */
-        void* (*lock)(sector_t key, enum lock_type type);
+enum dm_lock_type { DM_RAID45_EX, DM_RAID45_SHARED };
 
-        /* Release a lock on a stripe. */
-        void (*unlock)(void *lock_handle);
+struct dm_raid45_locking_type {
+	/* Request a lock on a stripe. */
+	void* (*lock)(sector_t key, enum dm_lock_type type);
 
+	/* Release a lock on a stripe. */
+	void (*unlock)(void *lock_handle);
 };
 
 #endif