diff --git a/block/blk-throttle.c b/block/blk-throttle.c
index 381b09bb562b277620479fa92313cc6631995630..a89043a3caa416bd59f9a24486698e8d5ce30e1c 100644
--- a/block/blk-throttle.c
+++ b/block/blk-throttle.c
@@ -168,7 +168,15 @@ static struct throtl_grp * throtl_find_alloc_tg(struct throtl_data *td,
 	 * tree of blkg (instead of traversing through hash list all
 	 * the time.
 	 */
-	tg = tg_of_blkg(blkiocg_lookup_group(blkcg, key));
+
+	/*
+	 * This is the common case when there are no blkio cgroups.
+ 	 * Avoid lookup in this case
+ 	 */
+	if (blkcg == &blkio_root_cgroup)
+		tg = &td->root_tg;
+	else
+		tg = tg_of_blkg(blkiocg_lookup_group(blkcg, key));
 
 	/* Fill in device details for root group */
 	if (tg && !tg->blkg.dev && bdi->dev && dev_name(bdi->dev)) {
diff --git a/block/cfq-iosched.c b/block/cfq-iosched.c
index 501ffdf0399c9b848ac5379531b5aac8b0172a35..7be4c79596250d28cb82afa9e1aef085abc6a66b 100644
--- a/block/cfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/cfq-iosched.c
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ cfq_group_slice(struct cfq_data *cfqd, struct cfq_group *cfqg)
 }
 
 static inline unsigned
-cfq_scaled_group_slice(struct cfq_data *cfqd, struct cfq_queue *cfqq)
+cfq_scaled_cfqq_slice(struct cfq_data *cfqd, struct cfq_queue *cfqq)
 {
 	unsigned slice = cfq_prio_to_slice(cfqd, cfqq);
 	if (cfqd->cfq_latency) {
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ cfq_scaled_group_slice(struct cfq_data *cfqd, struct cfq_queue *cfqq)
 static inline void
 cfq_set_prio_slice(struct cfq_data *cfqd, struct cfq_queue *cfqq)
 {
-	unsigned slice = cfq_scaled_group_slice(cfqd, cfqq);
+	unsigned slice = cfq_scaled_cfqq_slice(cfqd, cfqq);
 
 	cfqq->slice_start = jiffies;
 	cfqq->slice_end = jiffies + slice;
@@ -1671,7 +1671,7 @@ __cfq_slice_expired(struct cfq_data *cfqd, struct cfq_queue *cfqq,
 	 */
 	if (timed_out) {
 		if (cfq_cfqq_slice_new(cfqq))
-			cfqq->slice_resid = cfq_scaled_group_slice(cfqd, cfqq);
+			cfqq->slice_resid = cfq_scaled_cfqq_slice(cfqd, cfqq);
 		else
 			cfqq->slice_resid = cfqq->slice_end - jiffies;
 		cfq_log_cfqq(cfqd, cfqq, "resid=%ld", cfqq->slice_resid);
@@ -3432,6 +3432,10 @@ static bool cfq_should_wait_busy(struct cfq_data *cfqd, struct cfq_queue *cfqq)
 {
 	struct cfq_io_context *cic = cfqd->active_cic;
 
+	/* If the queue already has requests, don't wait */
+	if (!RB_EMPTY_ROOT(&cfqq->sort_list))
+		return false;
+
 	/* If there are other queues in the group, don't wait */
 	if (cfqq->cfqg->nr_cfqq > 1)
 		return false;
diff --git a/drivers/block/Makefile b/drivers/block/Makefile
index d7f463d6312d6494c3ef795c5b96ff11fa0ec801..40528ba56d1bf1a1a2db7c2728b10219b98cd029 100644
--- a/drivers/block/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/block/Makefile
@@ -39,4 +39,4 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_XEN_BLKDEV_FRONTEND)	+= xen-blkfront.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DRBD)     += drbd/
 obj-$(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RBD)     += rbd.o
 
-swim_mod-objs	:= swim.o swim_asm.o
+swim_mod-y	:= swim.o swim_asm.o
diff --git a/drivers/block/aoe/Makefile b/drivers/block/aoe/Makefile
index e76d997183c69e3b63e48c7a48c5b7fba9ec58ca..06ea82cdf27d47400a59bedd821a79ac9bd2e5b5 100644
--- a/drivers/block/aoe/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/block/aoe/Makefile
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 #
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_ATA_OVER_ETH)	+= aoe.o
-aoe-objs := aoeblk.o aoechr.o aoecmd.o aoedev.o aoemain.o aoenet.o
+aoe-y := aoeblk.o aoechr.o aoecmd.o aoedev.o aoemain.o aoenet.o
diff --git a/drivers/block/cciss.c b/drivers/block/cciss.c
index 516d5bbec2b6fc5c78884a1d58c44ae4fc0b73f6..9279272b3732719c9b660e6abc6146dd6dfee960 100644
--- a/drivers/block/cciss.c
+++ b/drivers/block/cciss.c
@@ -2833,7 +2833,7 @@ static int cciss_revalidate(struct gendisk *disk)
 	sector_t total_size;
 	InquiryData_struct *inq_buff = NULL;
 
-	for (logvol = 0; logvol < CISS_MAX_LUN; logvol++) {
+	for (logvol = 0; logvol <= h->highest_lun; logvol++) {
 		if (!h->drv[logvol])
 			continue;
 		if (memcmp(h->drv[logvol]->LunID, drv->LunID,
diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index 44e18c073c44105d03c1f7e0b9cd9bda229cac0f..49e6a545eb63fde25bc1984e3b2c165432f984b9 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -1641,6 +1641,9 @@ static struct loop_device *loop_alloc(int i)
 
 static void loop_free(struct loop_device *lo)
 {
+	if (!lo->lo_queue->queue_lock)
+		lo->lo_queue->queue_lock = &lo->lo_queue->__queue_lock;
+
 	blk_cleanup_queue(lo->lo_queue);
 	put_disk(lo->lo_disk);
 	list_del(&lo->lo_list);
diff --git a/drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c b/drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c
index 14033a36bcd031d4825574819ac64fba71b61ec9..e2c48a7eccffe72aafe1812fb38cde294875a1a3 100644
--- a/drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c
+++ b/drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c
@@ -409,7 +409,8 @@ int register_cdrom(struct cdrom_device_info *cdi)
 	}
 
 	ENSURE(drive_status, CDC_DRIVE_STATUS );
-	ENSURE(media_changed, CDC_MEDIA_CHANGED);
+	if (cdo->check_events == NULL && cdo->media_changed == NULL)
+		*change_capability = ~(CDC_MEDIA_CHANGED | CDC_SELECT_DISC);
 	ENSURE(tray_move, CDC_CLOSE_TRAY | CDC_OPEN_TRAY);
 	ENSURE(lock_door, CDC_LOCK);
 	ENSURE(select_speed, CDC_SELECT_SPEED);
diff --git a/kernel/trace/blktrace.c b/kernel/trace/blktrace.c
index 153562d0b93c2a949b1edd49ac53e35971e43228..d95721f33702352008e2bf7946cf0bd1fc50cd9c 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/blktrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/blktrace.c
@@ -138,6 +138,13 @@ void __trace_note_message(struct blk_trace *bt, const char *fmt, ...)
 		     !blk_tracer_enabled))
 		return;
 
+	/*
+	 * If the BLK_TC_NOTIFY action mask isn't set, don't send any note
+	 * message to the trace.
+	 */
+	if (!(bt->act_mask & BLK_TC_NOTIFY))
+		return;
+
 	local_irq_save(flags);
 	buf = per_cpu_ptr(bt->msg_data, smp_processor_id());
 	va_start(args, fmt);