diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index 82dc20621c068b27d5af8e97e43427625f128f66..3596ca71909b42ec5ea96230ac4cc24d5d1cfe6b 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ void blk_rq_init(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&rq->timeout_list);
 	rq->cpu = -1;
 	rq->q = q;
-	rq->sector = rq->hard_sector = (sector_t) -1;
+	rq->sector = (sector_t) -1;
 	INIT_HLIST_NODE(&rq->hash);
 	RB_CLEAR_NODE(&rq->rb_node);
 	rq->cmd = rq->__cmd;
@@ -189,8 +189,7 @@ void blk_dump_rq_flags(struct request *rq, char *msg)
 	       (unsigned long long)blk_rq_pos(rq),
 	       blk_rq_sectors(rq), blk_rq_cur_sectors(rq));
 	printk(KERN_INFO "  bio %p, biotail %p, buffer %p, len %u\n",
-						rq->bio, rq->biotail,
-						rq->buffer, rq->data_len);
+	       rq->bio, rq->biotail, rq->buffer, blk_rq_bytes(rq));
 
 	if (blk_pc_request(rq)) {
 		printk(KERN_INFO "  cdb: ");
@@ -1096,7 +1095,7 @@ void init_request_from_bio(struct request *req, struct bio *bio)
 		req->cmd_flags |= REQ_NOIDLE;
 
 	req->errors = 0;
-	req->hard_sector = req->sector = bio->bi_sector;
+	req->sector = bio->bi_sector;
 	req->ioprio = bio_prio(bio);
 	blk_rq_bio_prep(req->q, req, bio);
 }
@@ -1113,14 +1112,13 @@ static inline bool queue_should_plug(struct request_queue *q)
 static int __make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 {
 	struct request *req;
-	int el_ret, nr_sectors;
+	int el_ret;
+	unsigned int bytes = bio->bi_size;
 	const unsigned short prio = bio_prio(bio);
 	const int sync = bio_sync(bio);
 	const int unplug = bio_unplug(bio);
 	int rw_flags;
 
-	nr_sectors = bio_sectors(bio);
-
 	/*
 	 * low level driver can indicate that it wants pages above a
 	 * certain limit bounced to low memory (ie for highmem, or even
@@ -1145,7 +1143,7 @@ static int __make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 
 		req->biotail->bi_next = bio;
 		req->biotail = bio;
-		req->nr_sectors = req->hard_nr_sectors += nr_sectors;
+		req->data_len += bytes;
 		req->ioprio = ioprio_best(req->ioprio, prio);
 		if (!blk_rq_cpu_valid(req))
 			req->cpu = bio->bi_comp_cpu;
@@ -1171,10 +1169,8 @@ static int __make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 		 * not touch req->buffer either...
 		 */
 		req->buffer = bio_data(bio);
-		req->current_nr_sectors = bio_cur_sectors(bio);
-		req->hard_cur_sectors = req->current_nr_sectors;
-		req->sector = req->hard_sector = bio->bi_sector;
-		req->nr_sectors = req->hard_nr_sectors += nr_sectors;
+		req->sector = bio->bi_sector;
+		req->data_len += bytes;
 		req->ioprio = ioprio_best(req->ioprio, prio);
 		if (!blk_rq_cpu_valid(req))
 			req->cpu = bio->bi_comp_cpu;
@@ -1557,7 +1553,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(submit_bio);
 int blk_rq_check_limits(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq)
 {
 	if (blk_rq_sectors(rq) > q->max_sectors ||
-	    rq->data_len > q->max_hw_sectors << 9) {
+	    blk_rq_bytes(rq) > q->max_hw_sectors << 9) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: over max size limit.\n", __func__);
 		return -EIO;
 	}
@@ -1675,35 +1671,6 @@ static void blk_account_io_done(struct request *req)
 	}
 }
 
-/**
- * blk_rq_bytes - Returns bytes left to complete in the entire request
- * @rq: the request being processed
- **/
-unsigned int blk_rq_bytes(struct request *rq)
-{
-	if (blk_fs_request(rq))
-		return blk_rq_sectors(rq) << 9;
-
-	return rq->data_len;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_rq_bytes);
-
-/**
- * blk_rq_cur_bytes - Returns bytes left to complete in the current segment
- * @rq: the request being processed
- **/
-unsigned int blk_rq_cur_bytes(struct request *rq)
-{
-	if (blk_fs_request(rq))
-		return rq->current_nr_sectors << 9;
-
-	if (rq->bio)
-		return rq->bio->bi_size;
-
-	return rq->data_len;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_rq_cur_bytes);
-
 struct request *elv_next_request(struct request_queue *q)
 {
 	struct request *rq;
@@ -1736,7 +1703,7 @@ struct request *elv_next_request(struct request_queue *q)
 		if (rq->cmd_flags & REQ_DONTPREP)
 			break;
 
-		if (q->dma_drain_size && rq->data_len) {
+		if (q->dma_drain_size && blk_rq_bytes(rq)) {
 			/*
 			 * make sure space for the drain appears we
 			 * know we can do this because max_hw_segments
@@ -1759,7 +1726,7 @@ struct request *elv_next_request(struct request_queue *q)
 			 * avoid resource deadlock.  REQ_STARTED will
 			 * prevent other fs requests from passing this one.
 			 */
-			if (q->dma_drain_size && rq->data_len &&
+			if (q->dma_drain_size && blk_rq_bytes(rq) &&
 			    !(rq->cmd_flags & REQ_DONTPREP)) {
 				/*
 				 * remove the space for the drain we added
@@ -1911,8 +1878,7 @@ bool blk_update_request(struct request *req, int error, unsigned int nr_bytes)
 		 * can find how many bytes remain in the request
 		 * later.
 		 */
-		req->nr_sectors = req->hard_nr_sectors = 0;
-		req->current_nr_sectors = req->hard_cur_sectors = 0;
+		req->data_len = 0;
 		return false;
 	}
 
@@ -1926,8 +1892,25 @@ bool blk_update_request(struct request *req, int error, unsigned int nr_bytes)
 		bio_iovec(bio)->bv_len -= nr_bytes;
 	}
 
-	blk_recalc_rq_sectors(req, total_bytes >> 9);
+	req->data_len -= total_bytes;
+	req->buffer = bio_data(req->bio);
+
+	/* update sector only for requests with clear definition of sector */
+	if (blk_fs_request(req) || blk_discard_rq(req))
+		req->sector += total_bytes >> 9;
+
+	/*
+	 * If total number of sectors is less than the first segment
+	 * size, something has gone terribly wrong.
+	 */
+	if (blk_rq_bytes(req) < blk_rq_cur_bytes(req)) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "blk: request botched\n");
+		req->data_len = blk_rq_cur_bytes(req);
+	}
+
+	/* recalculate the number of segments */
 	blk_recalc_rq_segments(req);
+
 	return true;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_update_request);
@@ -2049,11 +2032,7 @@ void blk_rq_bio_prep(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq,
 		rq->nr_phys_segments = bio_phys_segments(q, bio);
 		rq->buffer = bio_data(bio);
 	}
-	rq->current_nr_sectors = bio_cur_sectors(bio);
-	rq->hard_cur_sectors = rq->current_nr_sectors;
-	rq->hard_nr_sectors = rq->nr_sectors = bio_sectors(bio);
 	rq->data_len = bio->bi_size;
-
 	rq->bio = rq->biotail = bio;
 
 	if (bio->bi_bdev)
diff --git a/block/blk-merge.c b/block/blk-merge.c
index bf62a87a9da22eb10bb7904f65df6d0bbe492207..b8df66aef0f84a0bac63376985dd237aa1f18977 100644
--- a/block/blk-merge.c
+++ b/block/blk-merge.c
@@ -9,35 +9,6 @@
 
 #include "blk.h"
 
-void blk_recalc_rq_sectors(struct request *rq, int nsect)
-{
-	if (blk_fs_request(rq) || blk_discard_rq(rq)) {
-		rq->hard_sector += nsect;
-		rq->hard_nr_sectors -= nsect;
-
-		/*
-		 * Move the I/O submission pointers ahead if required.
-		 */
-		if ((rq->nr_sectors >= rq->hard_nr_sectors) &&
-		    (rq->sector <= rq->hard_sector)) {
-			rq->sector = rq->hard_sector;
-			rq->nr_sectors = rq->hard_nr_sectors;
-			rq->hard_cur_sectors = bio_cur_sectors(rq->bio);
-			rq->current_nr_sectors = rq->hard_cur_sectors;
-			rq->buffer = bio_data(rq->bio);
-		}
-
-		/*
-		 * if total number of sectors is less than the first segment
-		 * size, something has gone terribly wrong
-		 */
-		if (rq->nr_sectors < rq->current_nr_sectors) {
-			printk(KERN_ERR "blk: request botched\n");
-			rq->nr_sectors = rq->current_nr_sectors;
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 static unsigned int __blk_recalc_rq_segments(struct request_queue *q,
 					     struct bio *bio)
 {
@@ -199,8 +170,9 @@ new_segment:
 
 
 	if (unlikely(rq->cmd_flags & REQ_COPY_USER) &&
-	    (rq->data_len & q->dma_pad_mask)) {
-		unsigned int pad_len = (q->dma_pad_mask & ~rq->data_len) + 1;
+	    (blk_rq_bytes(rq) & q->dma_pad_mask)) {
+		unsigned int pad_len =
+			(q->dma_pad_mask & ~blk_rq_bytes(rq)) + 1;
 
 		sg->length += pad_len;
 		rq->extra_len += pad_len;
@@ -398,7 +370,7 @@ static int attempt_merge(struct request_queue *q, struct request *req,
 	req->biotail->bi_next = next->bio;
 	req->biotail = next->biotail;
 
-	req->nr_sectors = req->hard_nr_sectors += next->hard_nr_sectors;
+	req->data_len += blk_rq_bytes(next);
 
 	elv_merge_requests(q, req, next);
 
diff --git a/block/blk.h b/block/blk.h
index 51115599df9b8e8bfa017fe13d6bb7956f45525c..ab54529103c003ada67f48f3b7efa368e7a540b2 100644
--- a/block/blk.h
+++ b/block/blk.h
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ int ll_front_merge_fn(struct request_queue *q, struct request *req,
 int attempt_back_merge(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq);
 int attempt_front_merge(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq);
 void blk_recalc_rq_segments(struct request *rq);
-void blk_recalc_rq_sectors(struct request *rq, int nsect);
 
 void blk_queue_congestion_threshold(struct request_queue *q);
 
diff --git a/block/cfq-iosched.c b/block/cfq-iosched.c
index db4d990a66bfda025e3aee522c5a2d235e2be37a..99ac4304d711e093867040d49ace530e832876db 100644
--- a/block/cfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/cfq-iosched.c
@@ -579,9 +579,9 @@ cfq_prio_tree_lookup(struct cfq_data *cfqd, struct rb_root *root,
 		 * Sort strictly based on sector.  Smallest to the left,
 		 * largest to the right.
 		 */
-		if (sector > cfqq->next_rq->sector)
+		if (sector > blk_rq_pos(cfqq->next_rq))
 			n = &(*p)->rb_right;
-		else if (sector < cfqq->next_rq->sector)
+		else if (sector < blk_rq_pos(cfqq->next_rq))
 			n = &(*p)->rb_left;
 		else
 			break;
@@ -611,8 +611,8 @@ static void cfq_prio_tree_add(struct cfq_data *cfqd, struct cfq_queue *cfqq)
 		return;
 
 	cfqq->p_root = &cfqd->prio_trees[cfqq->org_ioprio];
-	__cfqq = cfq_prio_tree_lookup(cfqd, cfqq->p_root, cfqq->next_rq->sector,
-					 &parent, &p);
+	__cfqq = cfq_prio_tree_lookup(cfqd, cfqq->p_root,
+				      blk_rq_pos(cfqq->next_rq), &parent, &p);
 	if (!__cfqq) {
 		rb_link_node(&cfqq->p_node, parent, p);
 		rb_insert_color(&cfqq->p_node, cfqq->p_root);
@@ -996,7 +996,7 @@ static struct cfq_queue *cfqq_close(struct cfq_data *cfqd,
 	if (cfq_rq_close(cfqd, __cfqq->next_rq))
 		return __cfqq;
 
-	if (__cfqq->next_rq->sector < sector)
+	if (blk_rq_pos(__cfqq->next_rq) < sector)
 		node = rb_next(&__cfqq->p_node);
 	else
 		node = rb_prev(&__cfqq->p_node);
diff --git a/include/linux/bio.h b/include/linux/bio.h
index f37ca8c726ba04b44674c7b88382c26fefa82325..d30ec6f30dd7ee21cc7cb78bb06da62f513cd2df 100644
--- a/include/linux/bio.h
+++ b/include/linux/bio.h
@@ -218,12 +218,12 @@ struct bio {
 #define bio_sectors(bio)	((bio)->bi_size >> 9)
 #define bio_empty_barrier(bio)	(bio_barrier(bio) && !bio_has_data(bio) && !bio_discard(bio))
 
-static inline unsigned int bio_cur_sectors(struct bio *bio)
+static inline unsigned int bio_cur_bytes(struct bio *bio)
 {
 	if (bio->bi_vcnt)
-		return bio_iovec(bio)->bv_len >> 9;
+		return bio_iovec(bio)->bv_len;
 	else /* dataless requests such as discard */
-		return bio->bi_size >> 9;
+		return bio->bi_size;
 }
 
 static inline void *bio_data(struct bio *bio)
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 4e5f8559872804e433572be16c5545feb5b3f59c..ce2bf5efa9baed87b32e5e241b160aedae7cfbe3 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -166,19 +166,8 @@ struct request {
 	enum rq_cmd_type_bits cmd_type;
 	unsigned long atomic_flags;
 
-	/* Maintain bio traversal state for part by part I/O submission.
-	 * hard_* are block layer internals, no driver should touch them!
-	 */
-
-	sector_t sector;		/* next sector to submit */
-	sector_t hard_sector;		/* next sector to complete */
-	unsigned long nr_sectors;	/* no. of sectors left to submit */
-	unsigned long hard_nr_sectors;	/* no. of sectors left to complete */
-	/* no. of sectors left to submit in the current segment */
-	unsigned int current_nr_sectors;
-
-	/* no. of sectors left to complete in the current segment */
-	unsigned int hard_cur_sectors;
+	sector_t sector;	/* sector cursor */
+	unsigned int data_len;	/* total data len, don't access directly */
 
 	struct bio *bio;
 	struct bio *biotail;
@@ -226,7 +215,6 @@ struct request {
 	unsigned char __cmd[BLK_MAX_CDB];
 	unsigned char *cmd;
 
-	unsigned int data_len;
 	unsigned int extra_len;	/* length of alignment and padding */
 	unsigned int sense_len;
 	unsigned int resid_len;	/* residual count */
@@ -840,20 +828,27 @@ extern void blkdev_dequeue_request(struct request *req);
  */
 static inline sector_t blk_rq_pos(const struct request *rq)
 {
-	return rq->hard_sector;
+	return rq->sector;
+}
+
+static inline unsigned int blk_rq_bytes(const struct request *rq)
+{
+	return rq->data_len;
 }
 
-extern unsigned int blk_rq_bytes(struct request *rq);
-extern unsigned int blk_rq_cur_bytes(struct request *rq);
+static inline int blk_rq_cur_bytes(const struct request *rq)
+{
+	return rq->bio ? bio_cur_bytes(rq->bio) : 0;
+}
 
 static inline unsigned int blk_rq_sectors(const struct request *rq)
 {
-	return rq->hard_nr_sectors;
+	return blk_rq_bytes(rq) >> 9;
 }
 
 static inline unsigned int blk_rq_cur_sectors(const struct request *rq)
 {
-	return rq->hard_cur_sectors;
+	return blk_rq_cur_bytes(rq) >> 9;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -928,7 +923,7 @@ static inline void blk_end_request_all(struct request *rq, int error)
  */
 static inline bool blk_end_request_cur(struct request *rq, int error)
 {
-	return blk_end_request(rq, error, rq->hard_cur_sectors << 9);
+	return blk_end_request(rq, error, blk_rq_cur_bytes(rq));
 }
 
 /**
@@ -981,7 +976,7 @@ static inline void __blk_end_request_all(struct request *rq, int error)
  */
 static inline bool __blk_end_request_cur(struct request *rq, int error)
 {
-	return __blk_end_request(rq, error, rq->hard_cur_sectors << 9);
+	return __blk_end_request(rq, error, blk_rq_cur_bytes(rq));
 }
 
 extern void blk_complete_request(struct request *);
diff --git a/include/linux/elevator.h b/include/linux/elevator.h
index c59b769f62b0dcb2582e0a3e9592d19b503d8180..4e462878c9ca31f965a660ec249412dc2afb63e9 100644
--- a/include/linux/elevator.h
+++ b/include/linux/elevator.h
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ enum {
 	ELV_MQUEUE_MUST,
 };
 
-#define rq_end_sector(rq)	((rq)->sector + (rq)->nr_sectors)
+#define rq_end_sector(rq)	(blk_rq_pos(rq) + blk_rq_sectors(rq))
 #define rb_entry_rq(node)	rb_entry((node), struct request, rb_node)
 
 /*
diff --git a/kernel/trace/blktrace.c b/kernel/trace/blktrace.c
index 42f1c11e754cdf42693a0da7664e1bda4b021527..5708a14bee54dd9a88df70b5de76d054030206a9 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/blktrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/blktrace.c
@@ -642,12 +642,12 @@ static void blk_add_trace_rq(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq,
 
 	if (blk_pc_request(rq)) {
 		what |= BLK_TC_ACT(BLK_TC_PC);
-		__blk_add_trace(bt, 0, rq->data_len, rw, what, rq->errors,
-				rq->cmd_len, rq->cmd);
+		__blk_add_trace(bt, 0, blk_rq_bytes(rq), rw,
+				what, rq->errors, rq->cmd_len, rq->cmd);
 	} else  {
 		what |= BLK_TC_ACT(BLK_TC_FS);
-		__blk_add_trace(bt, blk_rq_pos(rq), blk_rq_sectors(rq) << 9,
-				rw, what, rq->errors, 0, NULL);
+		__blk_add_trace(bt, blk_rq_pos(rq), blk_rq_bytes(rq), rw,
+				what, rq->errors, 0, NULL);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -854,11 +854,11 @@ void blk_add_driver_data(struct request_queue *q,
 		return;
 
 	if (blk_pc_request(rq))
-		__blk_add_trace(bt, 0, rq->data_len, 0, BLK_TA_DRV_DATA,
-				rq->errors, len, data);
+		__blk_add_trace(bt, 0, blk_rq_bytes(rq), 0,
+				BLK_TA_DRV_DATA, rq->errors, len, data);
 	else
-		__blk_add_trace(bt, blk_rq_pos(rq), blk_rq_sectors(rq) << 9,
-				0, BLK_TA_DRV_DATA, rq->errors, len, data);
+		__blk_add_trace(bt, blk_rq_pos(rq), blk_rq_bytes(rq), 0,
+				BLK_TA_DRV_DATA, rq->errors, len, data);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_add_driver_data);