Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/aoe-2.6

* master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/aoe-2.6:
  [PATCH] aoe [3/3]: update version to 22
  [PATCH] aoe [2/3]: don't request ATA device ID on ATA error
  [PATCH] aoe [1/3]: support multiple AoE listeners
  [PATCH] aoe: do not stop retransmit timer when device goes down
  [PATCH] aoe [8/8]: update driver version number
  [PATCH] aoe [7/8]: update driver compatibility string
  [PATCH] aoe [6/8]: update device information on last close
  [PATCH] aoe [5/8]: allow network interface migration on packet retransmit
  [PATCH] aoe [4/8]: use less confusing driver name
  [PATCH] aoe [3/8]: increase allowed outstanding packets
  [PATCH] aoe [2/8]: support dynamic resizing of AoE devices
  [PATCH] aoe [1/8]: zero packet data after skb allocation

9 files changed, 238 insertions, 120 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/aoe/mkdevs.sh b/Documentation/aoe/mkdevs.sh
index ec5a6de..97374aa 100644
--- a/Documentation/aoe/mkdevs.sh
+++ b/Documentation/aoe/mkdevs.sh
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ rm -f $dir/discover
 mknod -m 0200 $dir/discover c $MAJOR 3
 rm -f $dir/interfaces
 mknod -m 0200 $dir/interfaces c $MAJOR 4
+rm -f $dir/revalidate
+mknod -m 0200 $dir/revalidate c $MAJOR 5
 
 export n_partitions
 mkshelf=`echo $0 | sed 's!mkdevs!mkshelf!'`
diff --git a/Documentation/aoe/udev.txt b/Documentation/aoe/udev.txt
index ab39d8b..a7ed1dc 100644
--- a/Documentation/aoe/udev.txt
+++ b/Documentation/aoe/udev.txt
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 SUBSYSTEM="aoe", KERNEL="discover",	NAME="etherd/%k", GROUP="disk", MODE="0220"
 SUBSYSTEM="aoe", KERNEL="err",		NAME="etherd/%k", GROUP="disk", MODE="0440"
 SUBSYSTEM="aoe", KERNEL="interfaces",	NAME="etherd/%k", GROUP="disk", MODE="0220"
+SUBSYSTEM="aoe", KERNEL="revalidate",	NAME="etherd/%k", GROUP="disk", MODE="0220"
 
 # aoe block devices     
 KERNEL="etherd*",       NAME="%k", GROUP="disk"
diff --git a/drivers/block/aoe/aoe.h b/drivers/block/aoe/aoe.h
index 881c48d..6eebcb7 100644
--- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoe.h
+++ b/drivers/block/aoe/aoe.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* Copyright (c) 2004 Coraid, Inc.  See COPYING for GPL terms. */
-#define VERSION "14"
+#define VERSION "22"
 #define AOE_MAJOR 152
 #define DEVICE_NAME "aoe"
 
@@ -75,8 +75,9 @@ enum {
 	DEVFL_TKILL = (1<<1),	/* flag for timer to know when to kill self */
 	DEVFL_EXT = (1<<2),	/* device accepts lba48 commands */
 	DEVFL_CLOSEWAIT = (1<<3), /* device is waiting for all closes to revalidate */
-	DEVFL_WC_UPDATE = (1<<4), /* this device needs to update write cache status */
-	DEVFL_WORKON = (1<<4),
+	DEVFL_GDALLOC = (1<<4),	/* need to alloc gendisk */
+	DEVFL_PAUSE = (1<<5),
+	DEVFL_NEWSIZE = (1<<6),	/* need to update dev size in block layer */
 
 	BUFFL_FAIL = 1,
 };
@@ -152,16 +153,17 @@ void aoechr_exit(void);
 void aoechr_error(char *);
 
 void aoecmd_work(struct aoedev *d);
-void aoecmd_cfg(ushort, unsigned char);
+void aoecmd_cfg(ushort aoemajor, unsigned char aoeminor);
 void aoecmd_ata_rsp(struct sk_buff *);
 void aoecmd_cfg_rsp(struct sk_buff *);
+void aoecmd_sleepwork(void *vp);
 
 int aoedev_init(void);
 void aoedev_exit(void);
 struct aoedev *aoedev_by_aoeaddr(int maj, int min);
+struct aoedev *aoedev_by_sysminor_m(ulong sysminor, ulong bufcnt);
 void aoedev_downdev(struct aoedev *d);
-struct aoedev *aoedev_set(ulong, unsigned char *, struct net_device *, ulong);
-int aoedev_busy(void);
+int aoedev_isbusy(struct aoedev *d);
 
 int aoenet_init(void);
 void aoenet_exit(void);
diff --git a/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c b/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c
index c05ee8b..32fea55 100644
--- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c
+++ b/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ static ssize_t aoedisk_show_state(struct gendisk * disk, char *page)
 	return snprintf(page, PAGE_SIZE,
 			"%s%s\n",
 			(d->flags & DEVFL_UP) ? "up" : "down",
-			(d->flags & DEVFL_CLOSEWAIT) ? ",closewait" : "");
+			(d->flags & DEVFL_PAUSE) ? ",paused" :
+			(d->nopen && !(d->flags & DEVFL_UP)) ? ",closewait" : "");
+	/* I'd rather see nopen exported so we can ditch closewait */
 }
 static ssize_t aoedisk_show_mac(struct gendisk * disk, char *page)
 {
@@ -107,8 +109,7 @@ aoeblk_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&d->lock, flags);
 
-	if (--d->nopen == 0 && (d->flags & DEVFL_CLOSEWAIT)) {
-		d->flags &= ~DEVFL_CLOSEWAIT;
+	if (--d->nopen == 0) {
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&d->lock, flags);
 		aoecmd_cfg(d->aoemajor, d->aoeminor);
 		return 0;
@@ -158,14 +159,14 @@ aoeblk_make_request(request_queue_t *q, struct bio *bio)
 	}
 
 	list_add_tail(&buf->bufs, &d->bufq);
-	aoecmd_work(d);
 
+	aoecmd_work(d);
 	sl = d->sendq_hd;
 	d->sendq_hd = d->sendq_tl = NULL;
 
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&d->lock, flags);
-
 	aoenet_xmit(sl);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -205,7 +206,7 @@ aoeblk_gdalloc(void *vp)
 		printk(KERN_ERR "aoe: aoeblk_gdalloc: cannot allocate disk "
 			"structure for %ld.%ld\n", d->aoemajor, d->aoeminor);
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&d->lock, flags);
-		d->flags &= ~DEVFL_WORKON;
+		d->flags &= ~DEVFL_GDALLOC;
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&d->lock, flags);
 		return;
 	}
@@ -218,7 +219,7 @@ aoeblk_gdalloc(void *vp)
 			"for %ld.%ld\n", d->aoemajor, d->aoeminor);
 		put_disk(gd);
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&d->lock, flags);
-		d->flags &= ~DEVFL_WORKON;
+		d->flags &= ~DEVFL_GDALLOC;
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&d->lock, flags);
 		return;
 	}
@@ -235,18 +236,13 @@ aoeblk_gdalloc(void *vp)
 
 	gd->queue = &d->blkq;
 	d->gd = gd;
-	d->flags &= ~DEVFL_WORKON;
+	d->flags &= ~DEVFL_GDALLOC;
 	d->flags |= DEVFL_UP;
 
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&d->lock, flags);
 
 	add_disk(gd);
 	aoedisk_add_sysfs(d);
-	
-	printk(KERN_INFO "aoe: %012llx e%lu.%lu v%04x has %llu "
-		"sectors\n", (unsigned long long)mac_addr(d->addr),
-		d->aoemajor, d->aoeminor,
-		d->fw_ver, (long long)d->ssize);
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/drivers/block/aoe/aoechr.c b/drivers/block/aoe/aoechr.c
index 41ae0ed..5327f55 100644
--- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoechr.c
+++ b/drivers/block/aoe/aoechr.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ enum {
 	MINOR_ERR = 2,
 	MINOR_DISCOVER,
 	MINOR_INTERFACES,
+	MINOR_REVALIDATE,
 	MSGSZ = 2048,
 	NARGS = 10,
 	NMSG = 100,		/* message backlog to retain */
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ static struct aoe_chardev chardevs[] = {
 	{ MINOR_ERR, "err" },
 	{ MINOR_DISCOVER, "discover" },
 	{ MINOR_INTERFACES, "interfaces" },
+	{ MINOR_REVALIDATE, "revalidate" },
 };
 
 static int
@@ -62,6 +64,39 @@ interfaces(const char __user *str, size_t size)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int
+revalidate(const char __user *str, size_t size)
+{
+	int major, minor, n;
+	ulong flags;
+	struct aoedev *d;
+	char buf[16];
+
+	if (size >= sizeof buf)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	buf[sizeof buf - 1] = '\0';
+	if (copy_from_user(buf, str, size))
+		return -EFAULT;
+
+	/* should be e%d.%d format */
+	n = sscanf(buf, "e%d.%d", &major, &minor);
+	if (n != 2) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "aoe: %s: invalid device specification\n",
+			__FUNCTION__);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+	d = aoedev_by_aoeaddr(major, minor);
+	if (!d)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&d->lock, flags);
+	d->flags |= DEVFL_PAUSE;
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&d->lock, flags);
+	aoecmd_cfg(major, minor);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 void
 aoechr_error(char *msg)
 {
@@ -114,6 +149,8 @@ aoechr_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *buf, size_t cnt, loff_t *offp
 	case MINOR_INTERFACES:
 		ret = interfaces(buf, cnt);
 		break;
+	case MINOR_REVALIDATE:
+		ret = revalidate(buf, cnt);
 	}
 	if (ret == 0)
 		ret = cnt;
diff --git a/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c b/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c
index 326ca38..39da28d 100644
--- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
 #include <linux/skbuff.h>
 #include <linux/netdevice.h>
+#include <linux/genhd.h>
 #include <asm/unaligned.h>
 #include "aoe.h"
 
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ new_skb(struct net_device *if_dev, ulong len)
 		skb->protocol = __constant_htons(ETH_P_AOE);
 		skb->priority = 0;
 		skb_put(skb, len);
+		memset(skb->head, 0, len);
 		skb->next = skb->prev = NULL;
 
 		/* tell the network layer not to perform IP checksums
@@ -188,12 +190,67 @@ aoecmd_ata_rw(struct aoedev *d, struct frame *f)
 	}
 }
 
+/* some callers cannot sleep, and they can call this function,
+ * transmitting the packets later, when interrupts are on
+ */
+static struct sk_buff *
+aoecmd_cfg_pkts(ushort aoemajor, unsigned char aoeminor, struct sk_buff **tail)
+{
+	struct aoe_hdr *h;
+	struct aoe_cfghdr *ch;
+	struct sk_buff *skb, *sl, *sl_tail;
+	struct net_device *ifp;
+
+	sl = sl_tail = NULL;
+
+	read_lock(&dev_base_lock);
+	for (ifp = dev_base; ifp; dev_put(ifp), ifp = ifp->next) {
+		dev_hold(ifp);
+		if (!is_aoe_netif(ifp))
+			continue;
+
+		skb = new_skb(ifp, sizeof *h + sizeof *ch);
+		if (skb == NULL) {
+			printk(KERN_INFO "aoe: aoecmd_cfg: skb alloc failure\n");
+			continue;
+		}
+		if (sl_tail == NULL)
+			sl_tail = skb;
+		h = (struct aoe_hdr *) skb->mac.raw;
+		memset(h, 0, sizeof *h + sizeof *ch);
+
+		memset(h->dst, 0xff, sizeof h->dst);
+		memcpy(h->src, ifp->dev_addr, sizeof h->src);
+		h->type = __constant_cpu_to_be16(ETH_P_AOE);
+		h->verfl = AOE_HVER;
+		h->major = cpu_to_be16(aoemajor);
+		h->minor = aoeminor;
+		h->cmd = AOECMD_CFG;
+
+		skb->next = sl;
+		sl = skb;
+	}
+	read_unlock(&dev_base_lock);
+
+	if (tail != NULL)
+		*tail = sl_tail;
+	return sl;
+}
+
 /* enters with d->lock held */
 void
 aoecmd_work(struct aoedev *d)
 {
 	struct frame *f;
 	struct buf *buf;
+
+	if (d->flags & DEVFL_PAUSE) {
+		if (!aoedev_isbusy(d))
+			d->sendq_hd = aoecmd_cfg_pkts(d->aoemajor,
+						d->aoeminor, &d->sendq_tl);
+		return;
+	}
+
 loop:
 	f = getframe(d, FREETAG);
 	if (f == NULL)
@@ -229,6 +286,8 @@ rexmit(struct aoedev *d, struct frame *f)
 	h = (struct aoe_hdr *) f->data;
 	f->tag = n;
 	h->tag = cpu_to_be32(n);
+	memcpy(h->dst, d->addr, sizeof h->dst);
+	memcpy(h->src, d->ifp->dev_addr, sizeof h->src);
 
 	skb = skb_prepare(d, f);
 	if (skb) {
@@ -272,7 +331,7 @@ rexmit_timer(ulong vp)
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&d->lock, flags);
 
 	if (d->flags & DEVFL_TKILL) {
-tdie:		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&d->lock, flags);
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&d->lock, flags);
 		return;
 	}
 	f = d->frames;
@@ -283,7 +342,7 @@ tdie:		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&d->lock, flags);
 			n /= HZ;
 			if (n > MAXWAIT) { /* waited too long.  device failure. */
 				aoedev_downdev(d);
-				goto tdie;
+				break;
 			}
 			rexmit(d, f);
 		}
@@ -305,6 +364,37 @@ tdie:		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&d->lock, flags);
 	aoenet_xmit(sl);
 }
 
+/* this function performs work that has been deferred until sleeping is OK
+ */
+void
+aoecmd_sleepwork(void *vp)
+{
+	struct aoedev *d = (struct aoedev *) vp;
+
+	if (d->flags & DEVFL_GDALLOC)
+		aoeblk_gdalloc(d);
+
+	if (d->flags & DEVFL_NEWSIZE) {
+		struct block_device *bd;
+		unsigned long flags;
+		u64 ssize;
+
+		ssize = d->gd->capacity;
+		bd = bdget_disk(d->gd, 0);
+
+		if (bd) {
+			mutex_lock(&bd->bd_inode->i_mutex);
+			i_size_write(bd->bd_inode, (loff_t)ssize<<9);
+			mutex_unlock(&bd->bd_inode->i_mutex);
+			bdput(bd);
+		}
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&d->lock, flags);
+		d->flags |= DEVFL_UP;
+		d->flags &= ~DEVFL_NEWSIZE;
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&d->lock, flags);
+	}
+}
+
 static void
 ataid_complete(struct aoedev *d, unsigned char *id)
 {
@@ -339,21 +429,29 @@ ataid_complete(struct aoedev *d, unsigned char *id)
 		d->geo.heads = le16_to_cpu(get_unaligned((__le16 *) &id[55<<1]));
 		d->geo.sectors = le16_to_cpu(get_unaligned((__le16 *) &id[56<<1]));
 	}
+
+	if (d->ssize != ssize)
+		printk(KERN_INFO "aoe: %012llx e%lu.%lu v%04x has %llu "
+			"sectors\n", (unsigned long long)mac_addr(d->addr),
+			d->aoemajor, d->aoeminor,
+			d->fw_ver, (long long)ssize);
 	d->ssize = ssize;
 	d->geo.start = 0;
 	if (d->gd != NULL) {
 		d->gd->capacity = ssize;
-		d->flags |= DEVFL_UP;
-		return;
-	}
-	if (d->flags & DEVFL_WORKON) {
-		printk(KERN_INFO "aoe: ataid_complete: can't schedule work, it's already on!  "
-			"(This really shouldn't happen).\n");
-		return;
+		d->flags |= DEVFL_NEWSIZE;
+	} else {
+		if (d->flags & DEVFL_GDALLOC) {
+			printk(KERN_INFO "aoe: %s: %s e%lu.%lu, %s\n",
+			       __FUNCTION__,
+			       "can't schedule work for",
+			       d->aoemajor, d->aoeminor,
+			       "it's already on! (This really shouldn't happen).\n");
+			return;
+		}
+		d->flags |= DEVFL_GDALLOC;
 	}
-	INIT_WORK(&d->work, aoeblk_gdalloc, d);
 	schedule_work(&d->work);
-	d->flags |= DEVFL_WORKON;
 }
 
 static void
@@ -419,6 +517,8 @@ aoecmd_ata_rsp(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	ahout = (struct aoe_atahdr *) (f->data + sizeof(struct aoe_hdr));
 	buf = f->buf;
 
+	if (ahout->cmdstat == WIN_IDENTIFY)
+		d->flags &= ~DEVFL_PAUSE;
 	if (ahin->cmdstat & 0xa9) {	/* these bits cleared on success */
 		printk(KERN_CRIT "aoe: aoecmd_ata_rsp: ata error cmd=%2.2Xh "
 			"stat=%2.2Xh from e%ld.%ld\n", 
@@ -451,7 +551,6 @@ aoecmd_ata_rsp(struct sk_buff *skb)
 				return;
 			}
 			ataid_complete(d, (char *) (ahin+1));
-			/* d->flags |= DEVFL_WC_UPDATE; */
 			break;
 		default:
 			printk(KERN_INFO "aoe: aoecmd_ata_rsp: unrecognized "
@@ -484,51 +583,19 @@ aoecmd_ata_rsp(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	f->tag = FREETAG;
 
 	aoecmd_work(d);
-
 	sl = d->sendq_hd;
 	d->sendq_hd = d->sendq_tl = NULL;
 
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&d->lock, flags);
-
 	aoenet_xmit(sl);
 }
 
 void
 aoecmd_cfg(ushort aoemajor, unsigned char aoeminor)
 {
-	struct aoe_hdr *h;
-	struct aoe_cfghdr *ch;
-	struct sk_buff *skb, *sl;
-	struct net_device *ifp;
-
-	sl = NULL;
-
-	read_lock(&dev_base_lock);
-	for (ifp = dev_base; ifp; dev_put(ifp), ifp = ifp->next) {
-		dev_hold(ifp);
-		if (!is_aoe_netif(ifp))
-			continue;
-
-		skb = new_skb(ifp, sizeof *h + sizeof *ch);
-		if (skb == NULL) {
-			printk(KERN_INFO "aoe: aoecmd_cfg: skb alloc failure\n");
-			continue;
-		}
-		h = (struct aoe_hdr *) skb->mac.raw;
-		memset(h, 0, sizeof *h + sizeof *ch);
-
-		memset(h->dst, 0xff, sizeof h->dst);
-		memcpy(h->src, ifp->dev_addr, sizeof h->src);
-		h->type = __constant_cpu_to_be16(ETH_P_AOE);
-		h->verfl = AOE_HVER;
-		h->major = cpu_to_be16(aoemajor);
-		h->minor = aoeminor;
-		h->cmd = AOECMD_CFG;
+	struct sk_buff *sl;
 
-		skb->next = sl;
-		sl = skb;
-	}
-	read_unlock(&dev_base_lock);
+	sl = aoecmd_cfg_pkts(aoemajor, aoeminor, NULL);
 
 	aoenet_xmit(sl);
 }
@@ -561,9 +628,6 @@ aoecmd_ata_id(struct aoedev *d)
 	f->waited = 0;
 	f->writedatalen = 0;
 
-	/* this message initializes the device, so we reset the rttavg */
-	d->rttavg = MAXTIMER;
-
 	/* set up ata header */
 	ah->scnt = 1;
 	ah->cmdstat = WIN_IDENTIFY;
@@ -571,12 +635,8 @@ aoecmd_ata_id(struct aoedev *d)
 
 	skb = skb_prepare(d, f);
 
-	/* we now want to start the rexmit tracking */
-	d->flags &= ~DEVFL_TKILL;
-	d->timer.data = (ulong) d;
+	d->rttavg = MAXTIMER;
 	d->timer.function = rexmit_timer;
-	d->timer.expires = jiffies + TIMERTICK;
-	add_timer(&d->timer);
 
 	return skb;
 }
@@ -590,7 +650,7 @@ aoecmd_cfg_rsp(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	ulong flags, sysminor, aoemajor;
 	u16 bufcnt;
 	struct sk_buff *sl;
-	enum { MAXFRAMES = 8 };
+	enum { MAXFRAMES = 16 };
 
 	h = (struct aoe_hdr *) skb->mac.raw;
 	ch = (struct aoe_cfghdr *) (h+1);
@@ -618,23 +678,28 @@ aoecmd_cfg_rsp(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	if (bufcnt > MAXFRAMES)	/* keep it reasonable */
 		bufcnt = MAXFRAMES;
 
-	d = aoedev_set(sysminor, h->src, skb->dev, bufcnt);
+	d = aoedev_by_sysminor_m(sysminor, bufcnt);
 	if (d == NULL) {
-		printk(KERN_INFO "aoe: aoecmd_cfg_rsp: device set failure\n");
+		printk(KERN_INFO "aoe: aoecmd_cfg_rsp: device sysminor_m failure\n");
 		return;
 	}
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&d->lock, flags);
 
-	if (d->flags & (DEVFL_UP | DEVFL_CLOSEWAIT)) {
+	/* permit device to migrate mac and network interface */
+	d->ifp = skb->dev;
+	memcpy(d->addr, h->src, sizeof d->addr);
+
+	/* don't change users' perspective */
+	if (d->nopen && !(d->flags & DEVFL_PAUSE)) {
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&d->lock, flags);
 		return;
 	}
-
+	d->flags |= DEVFL_PAUSE;	/* force pause */
 	d->fw_ver = be16_to_cpu(ch->fwver);
 
-	/* we get here only if the device is new */
-	sl = aoecmd_ata_id(d);
+	/* check for already outstanding ataid */
+	sl = aoedev_isbusy(d) == 0 ? aoecmd_ata_id(d) : NULL;
 
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&d->lock, flags);
 
diff --git a/drivers/block/aoe/aoedev.c b/drivers/block/aoe/aoedev.c
index ded33ba..ed4258a 100644
--- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoedev.c
+++ b/drivers/block/aoe/aoedev.c
@@ -12,6 +12,24 @@
 static struct aoedev *devlist;
 static spinlock_t devlist_lock;
 
+int
+aoedev_isbusy(struct aoedev *d)
+{
+	struct frame *f, *e;
+
+	f = d->frames;
+	e = f + d->nframes;
+	do {
+		if (f->tag != FREETAG) {
+			printk(KERN_DEBUG "aoe: %ld.%ld isbusy\n",
+				d->aoemajor, d->aoeminor);
+			return 1;
+		}
+	} while (++f < e);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 struct aoedev *
 aoedev_by_aoeaddr(int maj, int min)
 {
@@ -28,6 +46,18 @@ aoedev_by_aoeaddr(int maj, int min)
 	return d;
 }
 
+static void
+dummy_timer(ulong vp)
+{
+	struct aoedev *d;
+
+	d = (struct aoedev *)vp;
+	if (d->flags & DEVFL_TKILL)
+		return;
+	d->timer.expires = jiffies + HZ;
+	add_timer(&d->timer);
+}
+
 /* called with devlist lock held */
 static struct aoedev *
 aoedev_newdev(ulong nframes)
@@ -44,6 +74,8 @@ aoedev_newdev(ulong nframes)
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
+	INIT_WORK(&d->work, aoecmd_sleepwork, d);
+
 	d->nframes = nframes;
 	d->frames = f;
 	e = f + nframes;
@@ -52,6 +84,10 @@ aoedev_newdev(ulong nframes)
 
 	spin_lock_init(&d->lock);
 	init_timer(&d->timer);
+	d->timer.data = (ulong) d;
+	d->timer.function = dummy_timer;
+	d->timer.expires = jiffies + HZ;
+	add_timer(&d->timer);
 	d->bufpool = NULL;	/* defer to aoeblk_gdalloc */
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&d->bufq);
 	d->next = devlist;
@@ -67,9 +103,6 @@ aoedev_downdev(struct aoedev *d)
 	struct buf *buf;
 	struct bio *bio;
 
-	d->flags |= DEVFL_TKILL;
-	del_timer(&d->timer);
-
 	f = d->frames;
 	e = f + d->nframes;
 	for (; f<e; f->tag = FREETAG, f->buf = NULL, f++) {
@@ -92,16 +125,15 @@ aoedev_downdev(struct aoedev *d)
 		bio_endio(bio, bio->bi_size, -EIO);
 	}
 
-	if (d->nopen)
-		d->flags |= DEVFL_CLOSEWAIT;
 	if (d->gd)
 		d->gd->capacity = 0;
 
-	d->flags &= ~DEVFL_UP;
+	d->flags &= ~(DEVFL_UP | DEVFL_PAUSE);
 }
 
+/* find it or malloc it */
 struct aoedev *
-aoedev_set(ulong sysminor, unsigned char *addr, struct net_device *ifp, ulong bufcnt)
+aoedev_by_sysminor_m(ulong sysminor, ulong bufcnt)
 {
 	struct aoedev *d;
 	ulong flags;
@@ -112,25 +144,19 @@ aoedev_set(ulong sysminor, unsigned char *addr, struct net_device *ifp, ulong bu
 		if (d->sysminor == sysminor)
 			break;
 
-	if (d == NULL && (d = aoedev_newdev(bufcnt)) == NULL) {
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&devlist_lock, flags);
-		printk(KERN_INFO "aoe: aoedev_set: aoedev_newdev failure.\n");
-		return NULL;
-	} /* if newdev, (d->flags & DEVFL_UP) == 0 for below */
-
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&devlist_lock, flags);
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&d->lock, flags);
-
-	d->ifp = ifp;
-	memcpy(d->addr, addr, sizeof d->addr);
-	if ((d->flags & DEVFL_UP) == 0) {
-		aoedev_downdev(d); /* flushes outstanding frames */
+	if (d == NULL) {
+		d = aoedev_newdev(bufcnt);
+	 	if (d == NULL) {
+			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&devlist_lock, flags);
+			printk(KERN_INFO "aoe: aoedev_set: aoedev_newdev failure.\n");
+			return NULL;
+		}
 		d->sysminor = sysminor;
 		d->aoemajor = AOEMAJOR(sysminor);
 		d->aoeminor = AOEMINOR(sysminor);
 	}
 
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&d->lock, flags);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&devlist_lock, flags);
 	return d;
 }
 
@@ -161,6 +187,7 @@ aoedev_exit(void)
 
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&d->lock, flags);
 		aoedev_downdev(d);
+		d->flags |= DEVFL_TKILL;
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&d->lock, flags);
 
 		del_timer_sync(&d->timer);
diff --git a/drivers/block/aoe/aoemain.c b/drivers/block/aoe/aoemain.c
index 387588a..de08491 100644
--- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoemain.c
+++ b/drivers/block/aoe/aoemain.c
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Sam Hopkins <sah@coraid.com>");
-MODULE_DESCRIPTION("AoE block/char driver for 2.6.[0-9]+");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("AoE block/char driver for 2.6.2 and newer 2.6 kernels");
 MODULE_VERSION(VERSION);
 
 enum { TINIT, TRUN, TKILL };
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ aoe_init(void)
 	}
 
 	printk(KERN_INFO
-	       "aoe: aoe_init: AoE v2.6-%s initialised.\n",
+	       "aoe: aoe_init: AoE v%s initialised.\n",
 	       VERSION);
 	discover_timer(TINIT);
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/block/aoe/aoenet.c b/drivers/block/aoe/aoenet.c
index 4be9769..fdff774 100644
--- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoenet.c
+++ b/drivers/block/aoe/aoenet.c
@@ -92,18 +92,6 @@ mac_addr(char addr[6])
 	return __be64_to_cpu(n);
 }
 
-static struct sk_buff *
-skb_check(struct sk_buff *skb)
-{
-	if (skb_is_nonlinear(skb))
-	if ((skb = skb_share_check(skb, GFP_ATOMIC)))
-	if (skb_linearize(skb, GFP_ATOMIC) < 0) {
-		dev_kfree_skb(skb);
-		return NULL;
-	}
-	return skb;
-}
-
 void
 aoenet_xmit(struct sk_buff *sl)
 {
@@ -125,14 +113,14 @@ aoenet_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *ifp, struct packet_type *pt,
 	struct aoe_hdr *h;
 	u32 n;
 
-	skb = skb_check(skb);
-	if (!skb)
+	skb = skb_share_check(skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
+	if (skb == NULL)
 		return 0;
-
+	if (skb_is_nonlinear(skb))
+	if (skb_linearize(skb, GFP_ATOMIC) < 0)
+		goto exit;
 	if (!is_aoe_netif(ifp))
 		goto exit;
-
-	//skb->len += ETH_HLEN;	/* (1) */
 	skb_push(skb, ETH_HLEN);	/* (1) */
 
 	h = (struct aoe_hdr *) skb->mac.raw;