diff --git a/fs/partitions/acorn.c b/fs/partitions/acorn.c
index a97b477ac0fc38b4e691f6c980b06cc6d921e05a..6921e7890be64255ebe78fd05768270965b71663 100644
--- a/fs/partitions/acorn.c
+++ b/fs/partitions/acorn.c
@@ -70,14 +70,14 @@ struct riscix_record {
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_ACORN_PARTITION_CUMANA) || \
 	defined(CONFIG_ACORN_PARTITION_ADFS)
-static int
-riscix_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev,
-		unsigned long first_sect, int slot, unsigned long nr_sects)
+static int riscix_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state,
+			    unsigned long first_sect, int slot,
+			    unsigned long nr_sects)
 {
 	Sector sect;
 	struct riscix_record *rr;
 	
-	rr = (struct riscix_record *)read_dev_sector(bdev, first_sect, &sect);
+	rr = read_part_sector(state, first_sect, &sect);
 	if (!rr)
 		return -1;
 
@@ -123,9 +123,9 @@ struct linux_part {
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_ACORN_PARTITION_CUMANA) || \
 	defined(CONFIG_ACORN_PARTITION_ADFS)
-static int
-linux_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev,
-		unsigned long first_sect, int slot, unsigned long nr_sects)
+static int linux_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state,
+			   unsigned long first_sect, int slot,
+			   unsigned long nr_sects)
 {
 	Sector sect;
 	struct linux_part *linuxp;
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ linux_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev,
 
 	put_partition(state, slot++, first_sect, size);
 
-	linuxp = (struct linux_part *)read_dev_sector(bdev, first_sect, &sect);
+	linuxp = read_part_sector(state, first_sect, &sect);
 	if (!linuxp)
 		return -1;
 
@@ -157,8 +157,7 @@ linux_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev,
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ACORN_PARTITION_CUMANA
-int
-adfspart_check_CUMANA(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev)
+int adfspart_check_CUMANA(struct parsed_partitions *state)
 {
 	unsigned long first_sector = 0;
 	unsigned int start_blk = 0;
@@ -185,7 +184,7 @@ adfspart_check_CUMANA(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev
 		struct adfs_discrecord *dr;
 		unsigned int nr_sects;
 
-		data = read_dev_sector(bdev, start_blk * 2 + 6, &sect);
+		data = read_part_sector(state, start_blk * 2 + 6, &sect);
 		if (!data)
 			return -1;
 
@@ -217,14 +216,14 @@ adfspart_check_CUMANA(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev
 #ifdef CONFIG_ACORN_PARTITION_RISCIX
 		case PARTITION_RISCIX_SCSI:
 			/* RISCiX - we don't know how to find the next one. */
-			slot = riscix_partition(state, bdev, first_sector,
-						 slot, nr_sects);
+			slot = riscix_partition(state, first_sector, slot,
+						nr_sects);
 			break;
 #endif
 
 		case PARTITION_LINUX:
-			slot = linux_partition(state, bdev, first_sector,
-						slot, nr_sects);
+			slot = linux_partition(state, first_sector, slot,
+					       nr_sects);
 			break;
 		}
 		put_dev_sector(sect);
@@ -249,8 +248,7 @@ adfspart_check_CUMANA(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev
  *	    hda1 = ADFS partition on first drive.
  *	    hda2 = non-ADFS partition.
  */
-int
-adfspart_check_ADFS(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev)
+int adfspart_check_ADFS(struct parsed_partitions *state)
 {
 	unsigned long start_sect, nr_sects, sectscyl, heads;
 	Sector sect;
@@ -259,7 +257,7 @@ adfspart_check_ADFS(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev)
 	unsigned char id;
 	int slot = 1;
 
-	data = read_dev_sector(bdev, 6, &sect);
+	data = read_part_sector(state, 6, &sect);
 	if (!data)
 		return -1;
 
@@ -278,21 +276,21 @@ adfspart_check_ADFS(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev)
 	/*
 	 * Work out start of non-adfs partition.
 	 */
-	nr_sects = (bdev->bd_inode->i_size >> 9) - start_sect;
+	nr_sects = (state->bdev->bd_inode->i_size >> 9) - start_sect;
 
 	if (start_sect) {
 		switch (id) {
 #ifdef CONFIG_ACORN_PARTITION_RISCIX
 		case PARTITION_RISCIX_SCSI:
 		case PARTITION_RISCIX_MFM:
-			slot = riscix_partition(state, bdev, start_sect,
-						 slot, nr_sects);
+			slot = riscix_partition(state, start_sect, slot,
+						nr_sects);
 			break;
 #endif
 
 		case PARTITION_LINUX:
-			slot = linux_partition(state, bdev, start_sect,
-						slot, nr_sects);
+			slot = linux_partition(state, start_sect, slot,
+					       nr_sects);
 			break;
 		}
 	}
@@ -308,10 +306,11 @@ struct ics_part {
 	__le32 size;
 };
 
-static int adfspart_check_ICSLinux(struct block_device *bdev, unsigned long block)
+static int adfspart_check_ICSLinux(struct parsed_partitions *state,
+				   unsigned long block)
 {
 	Sector sect;
-	unsigned char *data = read_dev_sector(bdev, block, &sect);
+	unsigned char *data = read_part_sector(state, block, &sect);
 	int result = 0;
 
 	if (data) {
@@ -349,8 +348,7 @@ static inline int valid_ics_sector(const unsigned char *data)
  *	    hda2 = ADFS partition 1 on first drive.
  *		..etc..
  */
-int
-adfspart_check_ICS(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev)
+int adfspart_check_ICS(struct parsed_partitions *state)
 {
 	const unsigned char *data;
 	const struct ics_part *p;
@@ -360,7 +358,7 @@ adfspart_check_ICS(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev)
 	/*
 	 * Try ICS style partitions - sector 0 contains partition info.
 	 */
-	data = read_dev_sector(bdev, 0, &sect);
+	data = read_part_sector(state, 0, &sect);
 	if (!data)
 	    	return -1;
 
@@ -392,7 +390,7 @@ adfspart_check_ICS(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev)
 			 * partition is.  We must not make this visible
 			 * to the filesystem.
 			 */
-			if (size > 1 && adfspart_check_ICSLinux(bdev, start)) {
+			if (size > 1 && adfspart_check_ICSLinux(state, start)) {
 				start += 1;
 				size -= 1;
 			}
@@ -446,8 +444,7 @@ static inline int valid_ptec_sector(const unsigned char *data)
  *	    hda2 = ADFS partition 1 on first drive.
  *		..etc..
  */
-int
-adfspart_check_POWERTEC(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev)
+int adfspart_check_POWERTEC(struct parsed_partitions *state)
 {
 	Sector sect;
 	const unsigned char *data;
@@ -455,7 +452,7 @@ adfspart_check_POWERTEC(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bd
 	int slot = 1;
 	int i;
 
-	data = read_dev_sector(bdev, 0, &sect);
+	data = read_part_sector(state, 0, &sect);
 	if (!data)
 		return -1;
 
@@ -508,8 +505,7 @@ static const char eesox_name[] = {
  *  1. The individual ADFS boot block entries that are placed on the disk.
  *  2. The start address of the next entry.
  */
-int
-adfspart_check_EESOX(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev)
+int adfspart_check_EESOX(struct parsed_partitions *state)
 {
 	Sector sect;
 	const unsigned char *data;
@@ -518,7 +514,7 @@ adfspart_check_EESOX(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev)
 	sector_t start = 0;
 	int i, slot = 1;
 
-	data = read_dev_sector(bdev, 7, &sect);
+	data = read_part_sector(state, 7, &sect);
 	if (!data)
 		return -1;
 
@@ -545,7 +541,7 @@ adfspart_check_EESOX(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev)
 	if (i != 0) {
 		sector_t size;
 
-		size = get_capacity(bdev->bd_disk);
+		size = get_capacity(state->bdev->bd_disk);
 		put_partition(state, slot++, start, size - start);
 		printk("\n");
 	}
diff --git a/fs/partitions/acorn.h b/fs/partitions/acorn.h
index 81fd50ecc080dff3d8062650c49b6315ba3df6e8..ede8285296926fb47fb0ed0c53beef6fbe93d377 100644
--- a/fs/partitions/acorn.h
+++ b/fs/partitions/acorn.h
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
  *  format, and everyone stick to it?
  */
 
-int adfspart_check_CUMANA(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev);
-int adfspart_check_ADFS(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev);
-int adfspart_check_ICS(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev);
-int adfspart_check_POWERTEC(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev);
-int adfspart_check_EESOX(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev);
+int adfspart_check_CUMANA(struct parsed_partitions *state);
+int adfspart_check_ADFS(struct parsed_partitions *state);
+int adfspart_check_ICS(struct parsed_partitions *state);
+int adfspart_check_POWERTEC(struct parsed_partitions *state);
+int adfspart_check_EESOX(struct parsed_partitions *state);
diff --git a/fs/partitions/amiga.c b/fs/partitions/amiga.c
index 9917a8c360f2da0537baea01559b468825476521..ba443d4229f8c968b59476c3ed454f5c541a4bd5 100644
--- a/fs/partitions/amiga.c
+++ b/fs/partitions/amiga.c
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ checksum_block(__be32 *m, int size)
 	return sum;
 }
 
-int
-amiga_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev)
+int amiga_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state)
 {
 	Sector sect;
 	unsigned char *data;
@@ -38,11 +37,11 @@ amiga_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev)
 	for (blk = 0; ; blk++, put_dev_sector(sect)) {
 		if (blk == RDB_ALLOCATION_LIMIT)
 			goto rdb_done;
-		data = read_dev_sector(bdev, blk, &sect);
+		data = read_part_sector(state, blk, &sect);
 		if (!data) {
 			if (warn_no_part)
 				printk("Dev %s: unable to read RDB block %d\n",
-				       bdevname(bdev, b), blk);
+				       bdevname(state->bdev, b), blk);
 			res = -1;
 			goto rdb_done;
 		}
@@ -64,7 +63,7 @@ amiga_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev)
 		}
 
 		printk("Dev %s: RDB in block %d has bad checksum\n",
-			       bdevname(bdev, b), blk);
+		       bdevname(state->bdev, b), blk);
 	}
 
 	/* blksize is blocks per 512 byte standard block */
@@ -75,11 +74,11 @@ amiga_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev)
 	put_dev_sector(sect);
 	for (part = 1; blk>0 && part<=16; part++, put_dev_sector(sect)) {
 		blk *= blksize;	/* Read in terms partition table understands */
-		data = read_dev_sector(bdev, blk, &sect);
+		data = read_part_sector(state, blk, &sect);
 		if (!data) {
 			if (warn_no_part)
 				printk("Dev %s: unable to read partition block %d\n",
-				       bdevname(bdev, b), blk);
+				       bdevname(state->bdev, b), blk);
 			res = -1;
 			goto rdb_done;
 		}
diff --git a/fs/partitions/amiga.h b/fs/partitions/amiga.h
index 2f3e9ce22d53a40f8227655eeadf97b712ae1b18..d094585cadaa7836582c5b3bb7860ab36ddbd60f 100644
--- a/fs/partitions/amiga.h
+++ b/fs/partitions/amiga.h
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
  *  fs/partitions/amiga.h
  */
 
-int amiga_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev);
+int amiga_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state);
 
diff --git a/fs/partitions/atari.c b/fs/partitions/atari.c
index 1f3572d5b755127ed2043a7329815687dff06f8e..4439ff1b6cec180c1051687aa380032f04e7a435 100644
--- a/fs/partitions/atari.c
+++ b/fs/partitions/atari.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ static inline int OK_id(char *s)
 		memcmp (s, "RAW", 3) == 0 ;
 }
 
-int atari_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev)
+int atari_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state)
 {
 	Sector sect;
 	struct rootsector *rs;
@@ -42,12 +42,12 @@ int atari_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev)
 	int part_fmt = 0; /* 0:unknown, 1:AHDI, 2:ICD/Supra */
 #endif
 
-	rs = (struct rootsector *) read_dev_sector(bdev, 0, &sect);
+	rs = read_part_sector(state, 0, &sect);
 	if (!rs)
 		return -1;
 
 	/* Verify this is an Atari rootsector: */
-	hd_size = bdev->bd_inode->i_size >> 9;
+	hd_size = state->bdev->bd_inode->i_size >> 9;
 	if (!VALID_PARTITION(&rs->part[0], hd_size) &&
 	    !VALID_PARTITION(&rs->part[1], hd_size) &&
 	    !VALID_PARTITION(&rs->part[2], hd_size) &&
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ int atari_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev)
 		printk(" XGM<");
 		partsect = extensect = be32_to_cpu(pi->st);
 		while (1) {
-			xrs = (struct rootsector *)read_dev_sector(bdev, partsect, &sect2);
+			xrs = read_part_sector(state, partsect, &sect2);
 			if (!xrs) {
 				printk (" block %ld read failed\n", partsect);
 				put_dev_sector(sect);
diff --git a/fs/partitions/atari.h b/fs/partitions/atari.h
index 63186b00e135913e4ad383ec768976e4294404db..fe2d32a89f366741c593a06275d774377c0e6157 100644
--- a/fs/partitions/atari.h
+++ b/fs/partitions/atari.h
@@ -31,4 +31,4 @@ struct rootsector
   u16 checksum;			/* checksum for bootable disks */
 } __attribute__((__packed__));
 
-int atari_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev);
+int atari_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state);
diff --git a/fs/partitions/check.c b/fs/partitions/check.c
index 4f1fee0355ad0867aff3e62e0f4e3fc7bfd24f3b..a19995c6f6afa99a28b3ed63524a8488e4895435 100644
--- a/fs/partitions/check.c
+++ b/fs/partitions/check.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ extern void md_autodetect_dev(dev_t dev);
 
 int warn_no_part = 1; /*This is ugly: should make genhd removable media aware*/
 
-static int (*check_part[])(struct parsed_partitions *, struct block_device *) = {
+static int (*check_part[])(struct parsed_partitions *) = {
 	/*
 	 * Probe partition formats with tables at disk address 0
 	 * that also have an ADFS boot block at 0xdc0.
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ check_partition(struct gendisk *hd, struct block_device *bdev)
 	if (!state)
 		return NULL;
 
+	state->bdev = bdev;
 	disk_name(hd, 0, state->name);
 	printk(KERN_INFO " %s:", state->name);
 	if (isdigit(state->name[strlen(state->name)-1]))
@@ -174,7 +175,7 @@ check_partition(struct gendisk *hd, struct block_device *bdev)
 	i = res = err = 0;
 	while (!res && check_part[i]) {
 		memset(&state->parts, 0, sizeof(state->parts));
-		res = check_part[i++](state, bdev);
+		res = check_part[i++](state);
 		if (res < 0) {
 			/* We have hit an I/O error which we don't report now.
 		 	* But record it, and let the others do their job.
diff --git a/fs/partitions/check.h b/fs/partitions/check.h
index 98dbe1a84528c3c73e04774b45409b614e758a67..4b31a97775be6ef306286719bccd061ee218a6a8 100644
--- a/fs/partitions/check.h
+++ b/fs/partitions/check.h
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  * description.
  */
 struct parsed_partitions {
+	struct block_device *bdev;
 	char name[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
 	struct {
 		sector_t from;
@@ -16,6 +17,12 @@ struct parsed_partitions {
 	int limit;
 };
 
+static inline void *read_part_sector(struct parsed_partitions *state,
+				     sector_t n, Sector *p)
+{
+	return read_dev_sector(state->bdev, n, p);
+}
+
 static inline void
 put_partition(struct parsed_partitions *p, int n, sector_t from, sector_t size)
 {
diff --git a/fs/partitions/efi.c b/fs/partitions/efi.c
index 91babdae75875bc0e7510c9594529cca1247e20c..9e346c19bbbaf8ef1ed3995b40d54719d261c799 100644
--- a/fs/partitions/efi.c
+++ b/fs/partitions/efi.c
@@ -140,8 +140,7 @@ efi_crc32(const void *buf, unsigned long len)
  *  the part[0] entry for this disk, and is the number of
  *  physical sectors available on the disk.
  */
-static u64
-last_lba(struct block_device *bdev)
+static u64 last_lba(struct block_device *bdev)
 {
 	if (!bdev || !bdev->bd_inode)
 		return 0;
@@ -181,27 +180,28 @@ is_pmbr_valid(legacy_mbr *mbr)
 
 /**
  * read_lba(): Read bytes from disk, starting at given LBA
- * @bdev
+ * @state
  * @lba
  * @buffer
  * @size_t
  *
- * Description:  Reads @count bytes from @bdev into @buffer.
+ * Description: Reads @count bytes from @state->bdev into @buffer.
  * Returns number of bytes read on success, 0 on error.
  */
-static size_t
-read_lba(struct block_device *bdev, u64 lba, u8 * buffer, size_t count)
+static size_t read_lba(struct parsed_partitions *state,
+		       u64 lba, u8 *buffer, size_t count)
 {
 	size_t totalreadcount = 0;
+	struct block_device *bdev = state->bdev;
 	sector_t n = lba * (bdev_logical_block_size(bdev) / 512);
 
-	if (!bdev || !buffer || lba > last_lba(bdev))
+	if (!buffer || lba > last_lba(bdev))
                 return 0;
 
 	while (count) {
 		int copied = 512;
 		Sector sect;
-		unsigned char *data = read_dev_sector(bdev, n++, &sect);
+		unsigned char *data = read_part_sector(state, n++, &sect);
 		if (!data)
 			break;
 		if (copied > count)
@@ -217,19 +217,20 @@ read_lba(struct block_device *bdev, u64 lba, u8 * buffer, size_t count)
 
 /**
  * alloc_read_gpt_entries(): reads partition entries from disk
- * @bdev
+ * @state
  * @gpt - GPT header
  * 
  * Description: Returns ptes on success,  NULL on error.
  * Allocates space for PTEs based on information found in @gpt.
  * Notes: remember to free pte when you're done!
  */
-static gpt_entry *
-alloc_read_gpt_entries(struct block_device *bdev, gpt_header *gpt)
+static gpt_entry *alloc_read_gpt_entries(struct parsed_partitions *state,
+					 gpt_header *gpt)
 {
 	size_t count;
 	gpt_entry *pte;
-	if (!bdev || !gpt)
+
+	if (!gpt)
 		return NULL;
 
 	count = le32_to_cpu(gpt->num_partition_entries) *
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ alloc_read_gpt_entries(struct block_device *bdev, gpt_header *gpt)
 	if (!pte)
 		return NULL;
 
-	if (read_lba(bdev, le64_to_cpu(gpt->partition_entry_lba),
+	if (read_lba(state, le64_to_cpu(gpt->partition_entry_lba),
                      (u8 *) pte,
 		     count) < count) {
 		kfree(pte);
@@ -252,27 +253,24 @@ alloc_read_gpt_entries(struct block_device *bdev, gpt_header *gpt)
 
 /**
  * alloc_read_gpt_header(): Allocates GPT header, reads into it from disk
- * @bdev
+ * @state
  * @lba is the Logical Block Address of the partition table
  * 
  * Description: returns GPT header on success, NULL on error.   Allocates
- * and fills a GPT header starting at @ from @bdev.
+ * and fills a GPT header starting at @ from @state->bdev.
  * Note: remember to free gpt when finished with it.
  */
-static gpt_header *
-alloc_read_gpt_header(struct block_device *bdev, u64 lba)
+static gpt_header *alloc_read_gpt_header(struct parsed_partitions *state,
+					 u64 lba)
 {
 	gpt_header *gpt;
-	unsigned ssz = bdev_logical_block_size(bdev);
-
-	if (!bdev)
-		return NULL;
+	unsigned ssz = bdev_logical_block_size(state->bdev);
 
 	gpt = kzalloc(ssz, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!gpt)
 		return NULL;
 
-	if (read_lba(bdev, lba, (u8 *) gpt, ssz) < ssz) {
+	if (read_lba(state, lba, (u8 *) gpt, ssz) < ssz) {
 		kfree(gpt);
                 gpt=NULL;
 		return NULL;
@@ -283,7 +281,7 @@ alloc_read_gpt_header(struct block_device *bdev, u64 lba)
 
 /**
  * is_gpt_valid() - tests one GPT header and PTEs for validity
- * @bdev
+ * @state
  * @lba is the logical block address of the GPT header to test
  * @gpt is a GPT header ptr, filled on return.
  * @ptes is a PTEs ptr, filled on return.
@@ -291,16 +289,15 @@ alloc_read_gpt_header(struct block_device *bdev, u64 lba)
  * Description: returns 1 if valid,  0 on error.
  * If valid, returns pointers to newly allocated GPT header and PTEs.
  */
-static int
-is_gpt_valid(struct block_device *bdev, u64 lba,
-	     gpt_header **gpt, gpt_entry **ptes)
+static int is_gpt_valid(struct parsed_partitions *state, u64 lba,
+			gpt_header **gpt, gpt_entry **ptes)
 {
 	u32 crc, origcrc;
 	u64 lastlba;
 
-	if (!bdev || !gpt || !ptes)
+	if (!ptes)
 		return 0;
-	if (!(*gpt = alloc_read_gpt_header(bdev, lba)))
+	if (!(*gpt = alloc_read_gpt_header(state, lba)))
 		return 0;
 
 	/* Check the GUID Partition Table signature */
@@ -336,7 +333,7 @@ is_gpt_valid(struct block_device *bdev, u64 lba,
 	/* Check the first_usable_lba and last_usable_lba are
 	 * within the disk.
 	 */
-	lastlba = last_lba(bdev);
+	lastlba = last_lba(state->bdev);
 	if (le64_to_cpu((*gpt)->first_usable_lba) > lastlba) {
 		pr_debug("GPT: first_usable_lba incorrect: %lld > %lld\n",
 			 (unsigned long long)le64_to_cpu((*gpt)->first_usable_lba),
@@ -350,7 +347,7 @@ is_gpt_valid(struct block_device *bdev, u64 lba,
 		goto fail;
 	}
 
-	if (!(*ptes = alloc_read_gpt_entries(bdev, *gpt)))
+	if (!(*ptes = alloc_read_gpt_entries(state, *gpt)))
 		goto fail;
 
 	/* Check the GUID Partition Entry Array CRC */
@@ -495,7 +492,7 @@ compare_gpts(gpt_header *pgpt, gpt_header *agpt, u64 lastlba)
 
 /**
  * find_valid_gpt() - Search disk for valid GPT headers and PTEs
- * @bdev
+ * @state
  * @gpt is a GPT header ptr, filled on return.
  * @ptes is a PTEs ptr, filled on return.
  * Description: Returns 1 if valid, 0 on error.
@@ -508,24 +505,25 @@ compare_gpts(gpt_header *pgpt, gpt_header *agpt, u64 lastlba)
  * This protects against devices which misreport their size, and forces
  * the user to decide to use the Alternate GPT.
  */
-static int
-find_valid_gpt(struct block_device *bdev, gpt_header **gpt, gpt_entry **ptes)
+static int find_valid_gpt(struct parsed_partitions *state, gpt_header **gpt,
+			  gpt_entry **ptes)
 {
 	int good_pgpt = 0, good_agpt = 0, good_pmbr = 0;
 	gpt_header *pgpt = NULL, *agpt = NULL;
 	gpt_entry *pptes = NULL, *aptes = NULL;
 	legacy_mbr *legacymbr;
 	u64 lastlba;
-	if (!bdev || !gpt || !ptes)
+
+	if (!ptes)
 		return 0;
 
-	lastlba = last_lba(bdev);
+	lastlba = last_lba(state->bdev);
         if (!force_gpt) {
                 /* This will be added to the EFI Spec. per Intel after v1.02. */
                 legacymbr = kzalloc(sizeof (*legacymbr), GFP_KERNEL);
                 if (legacymbr) {
-                        read_lba(bdev, 0, (u8 *) legacymbr,
-                                 sizeof (*legacymbr));
+                        read_lba(state, 0, (u8 *) legacymbr,
+				 sizeof (*legacymbr));
                         good_pmbr = is_pmbr_valid(legacymbr);
                         kfree(legacymbr);
                 }
@@ -533,15 +531,14 @@ find_valid_gpt(struct block_device *bdev, gpt_header **gpt, gpt_entry **ptes)
                         goto fail;
         }
 
-	good_pgpt = is_gpt_valid(bdev, GPT_PRIMARY_PARTITION_TABLE_LBA,
+	good_pgpt = is_gpt_valid(state, GPT_PRIMARY_PARTITION_TABLE_LBA,
 				 &pgpt, &pptes);
         if (good_pgpt)
-		good_agpt = is_gpt_valid(bdev,
+		good_agpt = is_gpt_valid(state,
 					 le64_to_cpu(pgpt->alternate_lba),
 					 &agpt, &aptes);
         if (!good_agpt && force_gpt)
-                good_agpt = is_gpt_valid(bdev, lastlba,
-                                         &agpt, &aptes);
+                good_agpt = is_gpt_valid(state, lastlba, &agpt, &aptes);
 
         /* The obviously unsuccessful case */
         if (!good_pgpt && !good_agpt)
@@ -583,9 +580,8 @@ find_valid_gpt(struct block_device *bdev, gpt_header **gpt, gpt_entry **ptes)
 }
 
 /**
- * efi_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev)
+ * efi_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state)
  * @state
- * @bdev
  *
  * Description: called from check.c, if the disk contains GPT
  * partitions, sets up partition entries in the kernel.
@@ -602,15 +598,14 @@ find_valid_gpt(struct block_device *bdev, gpt_header **gpt, gpt_entry **ptes)
  *  1 if successful
  *
  */
-int
-efi_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev)
+int efi_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state)
 {
 	gpt_header *gpt = NULL;
 	gpt_entry *ptes = NULL;
 	u32 i;
-	unsigned ssz = bdev_logical_block_size(bdev) / 512;
+	unsigned ssz = bdev_logical_block_size(state->bdev) / 512;
 
-	if (!find_valid_gpt(bdev, &gpt, &ptes) || !gpt || !ptes) {
+	if (!find_valid_gpt(state, &gpt, &ptes) || !gpt || !ptes) {
 		kfree(gpt);
 		kfree(ptes);
 		return 0;
@@ -623,7 +618,7 @@ efi_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev)
 		u64 size = le64_to_cpu(ptes[i].ending_lba) -
 			   le64_to_cpu(ptes[i].starting_lba) + 1ULL;
 
-		if (!is_pte_valid(&ptes[i], last_lba(bdev)))
+		if (!is_pte_valid(&ptes[i], last_lba(state->bdev)))
 			continue;
 
 		put_partition(state, i+1, start * ssz, size * ssz);
diff --git a/fs/partitions/efi.h b/fs/partitions/efi.h
index 6998b589abf9800ee1038dfbb29c3faacc3feb79..b69ab729558f96763c950384cba2e619d2e444fc 100644
--- a/fs/partitions/efi.h
+++ b/fs/partitions/efi.h
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ typedef struct _legacy_mbr {
 } __attribute__ ((packed)) legacy_mbr;
 
 /* Functions */
-extern int efi_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev);
+extern int efi_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state);
 
 #endif
 
diff --git a/fs/partitions/ibm.c b/fs/partitions/ibm.c
index fc71aab084603749abc8138ee860c2f17faa05fa..3e73de5967ff94c9e5896aaf84cd0c6a1c7a4b96 100644
--- a/fs/partitions/ibm.c
+++ b/fs/partitions/ibm.c
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@ cchhb2blk (struct vtoc_cchhb *ptr, struct hd_geometry *geo) {
 
 /*
  */
-int
-ibm_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev)
+int ibm_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state)
 {
+	struct block_device *bdev = state->bdev;
 	int blocksize, res;
 	loff_t i_size, offset, size, fmt_size;
 	dasd_information2_t *info;
@@ -100,7 +100,8 @@ ibm_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev)
 	/*
 	 * Get volume label, extract name and type.
 	 */
-	data = read_dev_sector(bdev, info->label_block*(blocksize/512), &sect);
+	data = read_part_sector(state, info->label_block*(blocksize/512),
+				&sect);
 	if (data == NULL)
 		goto out_readerr;
 
@@ -193,8 +194,8 @@ ibm_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev)
 			 */
 			blk = cchhb2blk(&label->vol.vtoc, geo) + 1;
 			counter = 0;
-			data = read_dev_sector(bdev, blk * (blocksize/512),
-					       &sect);
+			data = read_part_sector(state, blk * (blocksize/512),
+						&sect);
 			while (data != NULL) {
 				struct vtoc_format1_label f1;
 
@@ -208,9 +209,8 @@ ibm_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev)
 				    || f1.DS1FMTID == _ascebc['7']
 				    || f1.DS1FMTID == _ascebc['9']) {
 					blk++;
-					data = read_dev_sector(bdev, blk *
-							       (blocksize/512),
-								&sect);
+					data = read_part_sector(state,
+						blk * (blocksize/512), &sect);
 					continue;
 				}
 
@@ -230,9 +230,8 @@ ibm_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev)
 					      size * (blocksize >> 9));
 				counter++;
 				blk++;
-				data = read_dev_sector(bdev,
-						       blk * (blocksize/512),
-						       &sect);
+				data = read_part_sector(state,
+						blk * (blocksize/512), &sect);
 			}
 
 			if (!data)
diff --git a/fs/partitions/ibm.h b/fs/partitions/ibm.h
index 31f85a6ac459b8123f49c0e58e90fc9aae60016f..08fb0804a812cde18897cf357a41d76d2f525aa1 100644
--- a/fs/partitions/ibm.h
+++ b/fs/partitions/ibm.h
@@ -1 +1 @@
-int ibm_partition(struct parsed_partitions *, struct block_device *);
+int ibm_partition(struct parsed_partitions *);
diff --git a/fs/partitions/karma.c b/fs/partitions/karma.c
index 176d89bcf123e80030aced7e55aee23a3de79172..1cc928bb762f4cfee59022d332d18421b5ac8ce4 100644
--- a/fs/partitions/karma.c
+++ b/fs/partitions/karma.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #include "check.h"
 #include "karma.h"
 
-int karma_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev)
+int karma_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state)
 {
 	int i;
 	int slot = 1;
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ int karma_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev)
 	} __attribute__((packed)) *label;
 	struct d_partition *p;
 
-	data = read_dev_sector(bdev, 0, &sect);
+	data = read_part_sector(state, 0, &sect);
 	if (!data)
 		return -1;
 
diff --git a/fs/partitions/karma.h b/fs/partitions/karma.h
index ecf7d3f2a3d893cde2e37e18890f95d2b30fdba7..c764b2e9df21eb7818edc3414fcb7ef491b298d0 100644
--- a/fs/partitions/karma.h
+++ b/fs/partitions/karma.h
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@
 
 #define KARMA_LABEL_MAGIC		0xAB56
 
-int karma_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev);
+int karma_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state);
 
diff --git a/fs/partitions/ldm.c b/fs/partitions/ldm.c
index 8652fb99e96256e944295ab35ad3970ccf8b7cb1..3ceca05b668cad1ac8d25578486dd676faa0fad1 100644
--- a/fs/partitions/ldm.c
+++ b/fs/partitions/ldm.c
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ static bool ldm_compare_tocblocks (const struct tocblock *toc1,
 
 /**
  * ldm_validate_privheads - Compare the primary privhead with its backups
- * @bdev:  Device holding the LDM Database
+ * @state: Partition check state including device holding the LDM Database
  * @ph1:   Memory struct to fill with ph contents
  *
  * Read and compare all three privheads from disk.
@@ -321,8 +321,8 @@ static bool ldm_compare_tocblocks (const struct tocblock *toc1,
  * Return:  'true'   Success
  *          'false'  Error
  */
-static bool ldm_validate_privheads (struct block_device *bdev,
-				    struct privhead *ph1)
+static bool ldm_validate_privheads(struct parsed_partitions *state,
+				   struct privhead *ph1)
 {
 	static const int off[3] = { OFF_PRIV1, OFF_PRIV2, OFF_PRIV3 };
 	struct privhead *ph[3] = { ph1 };
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ static bool ldm_validate_privheads (struct block_device *bdev,
 	long num_sects;
 	int i;
 
-	BUG_ON (!bdev || !ph1);
+	BUG_ON (!state || !ph1);
 
 	ph[1] = kmalloc (sizeof (*ph[1]), GFP_KERNEL);
 	ph[2] = kmalloc (sizeof (*ph[2]), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -346,8 +346,8 @@ static bool ldm_validate_privheads (struct block_device *bdev,
 
 	/* Read and parse privheads */
 	for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
-		data = read_dev_sector (bdev,
-			ph[0]->config_start + off[i], &sect);
+		data = read_part_sector(state, ph[0]->config_start + off[i],
+					&sect);
 		if (!data) {
 			ldm_crit ("Disk read failed.");
 			goto out;
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ static bool ldm_validate_privheads (struct block_device *bdev,
 		}
 	}
 
-	num_sects = bdev->bd_inode->i_size >> 9;
+	num_sects = state->bdev->bd_inode->i_size >> 9;
 
 	if ((ph[0]->config_start > num_sects) ||
 	   ((ph[0]->config_start + ph[0]->config_size) > num_sects)) {
@@ -397,20 +397,20 @@ static bool ldm_validate_privheads (struct block_device *bdev,
 
 /**
  * ldm_validate_tocblocks - Validate the table of contents and its backups
- * @bdev:  Device holding the LDM Database
- * @base:  Offset, into @bdev, of the database
+ * @state: Partition check state including device holding the LDM Database
+ * @base:  Offset, into @state->bdev, of the database
  * @ldb:   Cache of the database structures
  *
  * Find and compare the four tables of contents of the LDM Database stored on
- * @bdev and return the parsed information into @toc1.
+ * @state->bdev and return the parsed information into @toc1.
  *
  * The offsets and sizes of the configs are range-checked against a privhead.
  *
  * Return:  'true'   @toc1 contains validated TOCBLOCK info
  *          'false'  @toc1 contents are undefined
  */
-static bool ldm_validate_tocblocks(struct block_device *bdev,
-	unsigned long base, struct ldmdb *ldb)
+static bool ldm_validate_tocblocks(struct parsed_partitions *state,
+				   unsigned long base, struct ldmdb *ldb)
 {
 	static const int off[4] = { OFF_TOCB1, OFF_TOCB2, OFF_TOCB3, OFF_TOCB4};
 	struct tocblock *tb[4];
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ static bool ldm_validate_tocblocks(struct block_device *bdev,
 	int i, nr_tbs;
 	bool result = false;
 
-	BUG_ON(!bdev || !ldb);
+	BUG_ON(!state || !ldb);
 	ph = &ldb->ph;
 	tb[0] = &ldb->toc;
 	tb[1] = kmalloc(sizeof(*tb[1]) * 3, GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ static bool ldm_validate_tocblocks(struct block_device *bdev,
 	 * skip any that fail as long as we get at least one valid TOCBLOCK.
 	 */
 	for (nr_tbs = i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
-		data = read_dev_sector(bdev, base + off[i], &sect);
+		data = read_part_sector(state, base + off[i], &sect);
 		if (!data) {
 			ldm_error("Disk read failed for TOCBLOCK %d.", i);
 			continue;
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ static bool ldm_validate_tocblocks(struct block_device *bdev,
 
 /**
  * ldm_validate_vmdb - Read the VMDB and validate it
- * @bdev:  Device holding the LDM Database
+ * @state: Partition check state including device holding the LDM Database
  * @base:  Offset, into @bdev, of the database
  * @ldb:   Cache of the database structures
  *
@@ -483,8 +483,8 @@ static bool ldm_validate_tocblocks(struct block_device *bdev,
  * Return:  'true'   @ldb contains validated VBDB info
  *          'false'  @ldb contents are undefined
  */
-static bool ldm_validate_vmdb (struct block_device *bdev, unsigned long base,
-			       struct ldmdb *ldb)
+static bool ldm_validate_vmdb(struct parsed_partitions *state,
+			      unsigned long base, struct ldmdb *ldb)
 {
 	Sector sect;
 	u8 *data;
@@ -492,12 +492,12 @@ static bool ldm_validate_vmdb (struct block_device *bdev, unsigned long base,
 	struct vmdb *vm;
 	struct tocblock *toc;
 
-	BUG_ON (!bdev || !ldb);
+	BUG_ON (!state || !ldb);
 
 	vm  = &ldb->vm;
 	toc = &ldb->toc;
 
-	data = read_dev_sector (bdev, base + OFF_VMDB, &sect);
+	data = read_part_sector(state, base + OFF_VMDB, &sect);
 	if (!data) {
 		ldm_crit ("Disk read failed.");
 		return false;
@@ -534,21 +534,21 @@ static bool ldm_validate_vmdb (struct block_device *bdev, unsigned long base,
 
 /**
  * ldm_validate_partition_table - Determine whether bdev might be a dynamic disk
- * @bdev:  Device holding the LDM Database
+ * @state: Partition check state including device holding the LDM Database
  *
  * This function provides a weak test to decide whether the device is a dynamic
  * disk or not.  It looks for an MS-DOS-style partition table containing at
  * least one partition of type 0x42 (formerly SFS, now used by Windows for
  * dynamic disks).
  *
- * N.B.  The only possible error can come from the read_dev_sector and that is
+ * N.B.  The only possible error can come from the read_part_sector and that is
  *       only likely to happen if the underlying device is strange.  If that IS
  *       the case we should return zero to let someone else try.
  *
- * Return:  'true'   @bdev is a dynamic disk
- *          'false'  @bdev is not a dynamic disk, or an error occurred
+ * Return:  'true'   @state->bdev is a dynamic disk
+ *          'false'  @state->bdev is not a dynamic disk, or an error occurred
  */
-static bool ldm_validate_partition_table (struct block_device *bdev)
+static bool ldm_validate_partition_table(struct parsed_partitions *state)
 {
 	Sector sect;
 	u8 *data;
@@ -556,9 +556,9 @@ static bool ldm_validate_partition_table (struct block_device *bdev)
 	int i;
 	bool result = false;
 
-	BUG_ON (!bdev);
+	BUG_ON(!state);
 
-	data = read_dev_sector (bdev, 0, &sect);
+	data = read_part_sector(state, 0, &sect);
 	if (!data) {
 		ldm_crit ("Disk read failed.");
 		return false;
@@ -1391,8 +1391,8 @@ static bool ldm_frag_commit (struct list_head *frags, struct ldmdb *ldb)
 
 /**
  * ldm_get_vblks - Read the on-disk database of VBLKs into memory
- * @bdev:  Device holding the LDM Database
- * @base:  Offset, into @bdev, of the database
+ * @state: Partition check state including device holding the LDM Database
+ * @base:  Offset, into @state->bdev, of the database
  * @ldb:   Cache of the database structures
  *
  * To use the information from the VBLKs, they need to be read from the disk,
@@ -1401,8 +1401,8 @@ static bool ldm_frag_commit (struct list_head *frags, struct ldmdb *ldb)
  * Return:  'true'   All the VBLKs were read successfully
  *          'false'  An error occurred
  */
-static bool ldm_get_vblks (struct block_device *bdev, unsigned long base,
-			   struct ldmdb *ldb)
+static bool ldm_get_vblks(struct parsed_partitions *state, unsigned long base,
+			  struct ldmdb *ldb)
 {
 	int size, perbuf, skip, finish, s, v, recs;
 	u8 *data = NULL;
@@ -1410,7 +1410,7 @@ static bool ldm_get_vblks (struct block_device *bdev, unsigned long base,
 	bool result = false;
 	LIST_HEAD (frags);
 
-	BUG_ON (!bdev || !ldb);
+	BUG_ON(!state || !ldb);
 
 	size   = ldb->vm.vblk_size;
 	perbuf = 512 / size;
@@ -1418,7 +1418,7 @@ static bool ldm_get_vblks (struct block_device *bdev, unsigned long base,
 	finish = (size * ldb->vm.last_vblk_seq) >> 9;
 
 	for (s = skip; s < finish; s++) {		/* For each sector */
-		data = read_dev_sector (bdev, base + OFF_VMDB + s, &sect);
+		data = read_part_sector(state, base + OFF_VMDB + s, &sect);
 		if (!data) {
 			ldm_crit ("Disk read failed.");
 			goto out;
@@ -1474,8 +1474,7 @@ static void ldm_free_vblks (struct list_head *lh)
 
 /**
  * ldm_partition - Find out whether a device is a dynamic disk and handle it
- * @pp:    List of the partitions parsed so far
- * @bdev:  Device holding the LDM Database
+ * @state: Partition check state including device holding the LDM Database
  *
  * This determines whether the device @bdev is a dynamic disk and if so creates
  * the partitions necessary in the gendisk structure pointed to by @hd.
@@ -1485,21 +1484,21 @@ static void ldm_free_vblks (struct list_head *lh)
  * example, if the device is hda, we would have: hda1: LDM database, hda2, hda3,
  * and so on: the actual data containing partitions.
  *
- * Return:  1 Success, @bdev is a dynamic disk and we handled it
- *          0 Success, @bdev is not a dynamic disk
+ * Return:  1 Success, @state->bdev is a dynamic disk and we handled it
+ *          0 Success, @state->bdev is not a dynamic disk
  *         -1 An error occurred before enough information had been read
- *            Or @bdev is a dynamic disk, but it may be corrupted
+ *            Or @state->bdev is a dynamic disk, but it may be corrupted
  */
-int ldm_partition (struct parsed_partitions *pp, struct block_device *bdev)
+int ldm_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state)
 {
 	struct ldmdb  *ldb;
 	unsigned long base;
 	int result = -1;
 
-	BUG_ON (!pp || !bdev);
+	BUG_ON(!state);
 
 	/* Look for signs of a Dynamic Disk */
-	if (!ldm_validate_partition_table (bdev))
+	if (!ldm_validate_partition_table(state))
 		return 0;
 
 	ldb = kmalloc (sizeof (*ldb), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -1509,15 +1508,15 @@ int ldm_partition (struct parsed_partitions *pp, struct block_device *bdev)
 	}
 
 	/* Parse and check privheads. */
-	if (!ldm_validate_privheads (bdev, &ldb->ph))
+	if (!ldm_validate_privheads(state, &ldb->ph))
 		goto out;		/* Already logged */
 
 	/* All further references are relative to base (database start). */
 	base = ldb->ph.config_start;
 
 	/* Parse and check tocs and vmdb. */
-	if (!ldm_validate_tocblocks (bdev, base, ldb) ||
-	    !ldm_validate_vmdb      (bdev, base, ldb))
+	if (!ldm_validate_tocblocks(state, base, ldb) ||
+	    !ldm_validate_vmdb(state, base, ldb))
 	    	goto out;		/* Already logged */
 
 	/* Initialize vblk lists in ldmdb struct */
@@ -1527,13 +1526,13 @@ int ldm_partition (struct parsed_partitions *pp, struct block_device *bdev)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD (&ldb->v_comp);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD (&ldb->v_part);
 
-	if (!ldm_get_vblks (bdev, base, ldb)) {
+	if (!ldm_get_vblks(state, base, ldb)) {
 		ldm_crit ("Failed to read the VBLKs from the database.");
 		goto cleanup;
 	}
 
 	/* Finally, create the data partition devices. */
-	if (ldm_create_data_partitions (pp, ldb)) {
+	if (ldm_create_data_partitions(state, ldb)) {
 		ldm_debug ("Parsed LDM database successfully.");
 		result = 1;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/partitions/ldm.h b/fs/partitions/ldm.h
index 30e08e809c1dd7867801357ce71c12ecc028f132..d1fb50b28d86089192c193829767d72b35c1ef45 100644
--- a/fs/partitions/ldm.h
+++ b/fs/partitions/ldm.h
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ struct ldmdb {				/* Cache of the database */
 	struct list_head v_part;
 };
 
-int ldm_partition (struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev);
+int ldm_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state);
 
 #endif /* _FS_PT_LDM_H_ */
 
diff --git a/fs/partitions/mac.c b/fs/partitions/mac.c
index d4a0fad3563b4bbee00e2155e3210e2b01f0021c..13e27b0082f27bb743a4589e2265dcaa65c8fec8 100644
--- a/fs/partitions/mac.c
+++ b/fs/partitions/mac.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ static inline void mac_fix_string(char *stg, int len)
 		stg[i] = 0;
 }
 
-int mac_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev)
+int mac_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state)
 {
 	int slot = 1;
 	Sector sect;
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ int mac_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev)
 	struct mac_driver_desc *md;
 
 	/* Get 0th block and look at the first partition map entry. */
-	md = (struct mac_driver_desc *) read_dev_sector(bdev, 0, &sect);
+	md = read_part_sector(state, 0, &sect);
 	if (!md)
 		return -1;
 	if (be16_to_cpu(md->signature) != MAC_DRIVER_MAGIC) {
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ int mac_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev)
 	}
 	secsize = be16_to_cpu(md->block_size);
 	put_dev_sector(sect);
-	data = read_dev_sector(bdev, secsize/512, &sect);
+	data = read_part_sector(state, secsize/512, &sect);
 	if (!data)
 		return -1;
 	part = (struct mac_partition *) (data + secsize%512);
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ int mac_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev)
 	for (blk = 1; blk <= blocks_in_map; ++blk) {
 		int pos = blk * secsize;
 		put_dev_sector(sect);
-		data = read_dev_sector(bdev, pos/512, &sect);
+		data = read_part_sector(state, pos/512, &sect);
 		if (!data)
 			return -1;
 		part = (struct mac_partition *) (data + pos%512);
@@ -123,7 +123,8 @@ int mac_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev)
 	}
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_PMAC
 	if (found_root_goodness)
-		note_bootable_part(bdev->bd_dev, found_root, found_root_goodness);
+		note_bootable_part(state->bdev->bd_dev, found_root,
+				   found_root_goodness);
 #endif
 
 	put_dev_sector(sect);
diff --git a/fs/partitions/mac.h b/fs/partitions/mac.h
index bbf26e1386fa5c5ef99a012155f806396e20cb5a..3c7d98436380095aa8642ecbc5f8cbcf5cc45b76 100644
--- a/fs/partitions/mac.h
+++ b/fs/partitions/mac.h
@@ -41,4 +41,4 @@ struct mac_driver_desc {
     /* ... more stuff */
 };
 
-int mac_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev);
+int mac_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state);
diff --git a/fs/partitions/msdos.c b/fs/partitions/msdos.c
index 90be97f1f5a8c8ce5cf737c3e52020e0e516a291..645a68d8c0553cfc6826c4e019869c88bd60776b 100644
--- a/fs/partitions/msdos.c
+++ b/fs/partitions/msdos.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ msdos_magic_present(unsigned char *p)
 #define AIX_LABEL_MAGIC2	0xC2
 #define AIX_LABEL_MAGIC3	0xD4
 #define AIX_LABEL_MAGIC4	0xC1
-static int aix_magic_present(unsigned char *p, struct block_device *bdev)
+static int aix_magic_present(struct parsed_partitions *state, unsigned char *p)
 {
 	struct partition *pt = (struct partition *) (p + 0x1be);
 	Sector sect;
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ static int aix_magic_present(unsigned char *p, struct block_device *bdev)
 			is_extended_partition(pt))
 			return 0;
 	}
-	d = read_dev_sector(bdev, 7, &sect);
+	d = read_part_sector(state, 7, &sect);
 	if (d) {
 		if (d[0] == '_' && d[1] == 'L' && d[2] == 'V' && d[3] == 'M')
 			ret = 1;
@@ -105,15 +105,14 @@ static int aix_magic_present(unsigned char *p, struct block_device *bdev)
  * only for the actual data partitions.
  */
 
-static void
-parse_extended(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev,
-			sector_t first_sector, sector_t first_size)
+static void parse_extended(struct parsed_partitions *state,
+			   sector_t first_sector, sector_t first_size)
 {
 	struct partition *p;
 	Sector sect;
 	unsigned char *data;
 	sector_t this_sector, this_size;
-	sector_t sector_size = bdev_logical_block_size(bdev) / 512;
+	sector_t sector_size = bdev_logical_block_size(state->bdev) / 512;
 	int loopct = 0;		/* number of links followed
 				   without finding a data partition */
 	int i;
@@ -126,7 +125,7 @@ parse_extended(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev,
 			return;
 		if (state->next == state->limit)
 			return;
-		data = read_dev_sector(bdev, this_sector, &sect);
+		data = read_part_sector(state, this_sector, &sect);
 		if (!data)
 			return;
 
@@ -198,9 +197,8 @@ parse_extended(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev,
 /* james@bpgc.com: Solaris has a nasty indicator: 0x82 which also
    indicates linux swap.  Be careful before believing this is Solaris. */
 
-static void
-parse_solaris_x86(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev,
-			sector_t offset, sector_t size, int origin)
+static void parse_solaris_x86(struct parsed_partitions *state,
+			      sector_t offset, sector_t size, int origin)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_SOLARIS_X86_PARTITION
 	Sector sect;
@@ -208,7 +206,7 @@ parse_solaris_x86(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev,
 	int i;
 	short max_nparts;
 
-	v = (struct solaris_x86_vtoc *)read_dev_sector(bdev, offset+1, &sect);
+	v = read_part_sector(state, offset + 1, &sect);
 	if (!v)
 		return;
 	if (le32_to_cpu(v->v_sanity) != SOLARIS_X86_VTOC_SANE) {
@@ -245,16 +243,15 @@ parse_solaris_x86(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev,
  * Create devices for BSD partitions listed in a disklabel, under a
  * dos-like partition. See parse_extended() for more information.
  */
-static void
-parse_bsd(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev,
-		sector_t offset, sector_t size, int origin, char *flavour,
-		int max_partitions)
+static void parse_bsd(struct parsed_partitions *state,
+		      sector_t offset, sector_t size, int origin, char *flavour,
+		      int max_partitions)
 {
 	Sector sect;
 	struct bsd_disklabel *l;
 	struct bsd_partition *p;
 
-	l = (struct bsd_disklabel *)read_dev_sector(bdev, offset+1, &sect);
+	l = read_part_sector(state, offset + 1, &sect);
 	if (!l)
 		return;
 	if (le32_to_cpu(l->d_magic) != BSD_DISKMAGIC) {
@@ -291,33 +288,28 @@ parse_bsd(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev,
 }
 #endif
 
-static void
-parse_freebsd(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev,
-		sector_t offset, sector_t size, int origin)
+static void parse_freebsd(struct parsed_partitions *state,
+			  sector_t offset, sector_t size, int origin)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_BSD_DISKLABEL
-	parse_bsd(state, bdev, offset, size, origin,
-			"bsd", BSD_MAXPARTITIONS);
+	parse_bsd(state, offset, size, origin, "bsd", BSD_MAXPARTITIONS);
 #endif
 }
 
-static void
-parse_netbsd(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev,
-		sector_t offset, sector_t size, int origin)
+static void parse_netbsd(struct parsed_partitions *state,
+			 sector_t offset, sector_t size, int origin)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_BSD_DISKLABEL
-	parse_bsd(state, bdev, offset, size, origin,
-			"netbsd", BSD_MAXPARTITIONS);
+	parse_bsd(state, offset, size, origin, "netbsd", BSD_MAXPARTITIONS);
 #endif
 }
 
-static void
-parse_openbsd(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev,
-		sector_t offset, sector_t size, int origin)
+static void parse_openbsd(struct parsed_partitions *state,
+			  sector_t offset, sector_t size, int origin)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_BSD_DISKLABEL
-	parse_bsd(state, bdev, offset, size, origin,
-			"openbsd", OPENBSD_MAXPARTITIONS);
+	parse_bsd(state, offset, size, origin, "openbsd",
+		  OPENBSD_MAXPARTITIONS);
 #endif
 }
 
@@ -325,16 +317,15 @@ parse_openbsd(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev,
  * Create devices for Unixware partitions listed in a disklabel, under a
  * dos-like partition. See parse_extended() for more information.
  */
-static void
-parse_unixware(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev,
-		sector_t offset, sector_t size, int origin)
+static void parse_unixware(struct parsed_partitions *state,
+			   sector_t offset, sector_t size, int origin)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_UNIXWARE_DISKLABEL
 	Sector sect;
 	struct unixware_disklabel *l;
 	struct unixware_slice *p;
 
-	l = (struct unixware_disklabel *)read_dev_sector(bdev, offset+29, &sect);
+	l = read_part_sector(state, offset + 29, &sect);
 	if (!l)
 		return;
 	if (le32_to_cpu(l->d_magic) != UNIXWARE_DISKMAGIC ||
@@ -365,9 +356,8 @@ parse_unixware(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev,
  * Anand Krishnamurthy <anandk@wiproge.med.ge.com>
  * Rajeev V. Pillai    <rajeevvp@yahoo.com>
  */
-static void
-parse_minix(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev,
-		sector_t offset, sector_t size, int origin)
+static void parse_minix(struct parsed_partitions *state,
+			sector_t offset, sector_t size, int origin)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_MINIX_SUBPARTITION
 	Sector sect;
@@ -375,7 +365,7 @@ parse_minix(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev,
 	struct partition *p;
 	int i;
 
-	data = read_dev_sector(bdev, offset, &sect);
+	data = read_part_sector(state, offset, &sect);
 	if (!data)
 		return;
 
@@ -404,8 +394,7 @@ parse_minix(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev,
 
 static struct {
 	unsigned char id;
-	void (*parse)(struct parsed_partitions *, struct block_device *,
-			sector_t, sector_t, int);
+	void (*parse)(struct parsed_partitions *, sector_t, sector_t, int);
 } subtypes[] = {
 	{FREEBSD_PARTITION, parse_freebsd},
 	{NETBSD_PARTITION, parse_netbsd},
@@ -417,16 +406,16 @@ static struct {
 	{0, NULL},
 };
  
-int msdos_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev)
+int msdos_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state)
 {
-	sector_t sector_size = bdev_logical_block_size(bdev) / 512;
+	sector_t sector_size = bdev_logical_block_size(state->bdev) / 512;
 	Sector sect;
 	unsigned char *data;
 	struct partition *p;
 	struct fat_boot_sector *fb;
 	int slot;
 
-	data = read_dev_sector(bdev, 0, &sect);
+	data = read_part_sector(state, 0, &sect);
 	if (!data)
 		return -1;
 	if (!msdos_magic_present(data + 510)) {
@@ -434,7 +423,7 @@ int msdos_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	if (aix_magic_present(data, bdev)) {
+	if (aix_magic_present(state, data)) {
 		put_dev_sector(sect);
 		printk( " [AIX]");
 		return 0;
@@ -503,7 +492,7 @@ int msdos_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev)
 			put_partition(state, slot, start, n);
 
 			printk(" <");
-			parse_extended(state, bdev, start, size);
+			parse_extended(state, start, size);
 			printk(" >");
 			continue;
 		}
@@ -532,8 +521,8 @@ int msdos_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev)
 
 		if (!subtypes[n].parse)
 			continue;
-		subtypes[n].parse(state, bdev, start_sect(p)*sector_size,
-						nr_sects(p)*sector_size, slot);
+		subtypes[n].parse(state, start_sect(p) * sector_size,
+				  nr_sects(p) * sector_size, slot);
 	}
 	put_dev_sector(sect);
 	return 1;
diff --git a/fs/partitions/msdos.h b/fs/partitions/msdos.h
index 01e5e0b6902d2a788c25d353fe9858ae1a0ba2c1..38c781c490b34599771dd4e078df93ac08f89ba4 100644
--- a/fs/partitions/msdos.h
+++ b/fs/partitions/msdos.h
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@
 
 #define MSDOS_LABEL_MAGIC		0xAA55
 
-int msdos_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev);
+int msdos_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state);
 
diff --git a/fs/partitions/osf.c b/fs/partitions/osf.c
index c05c17bc5df3581ea950818942384fdf989f380c..fc22b85d436a0a39292f3dc95b98fcb55ab7f33b 100644
--- a/fs/partitions/osf.c
+++ b/fs/partitions/osf.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include "check.h"
 #include "osf.h"
 
-int osf_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev)
+int osf_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state)
 {
 	int i;
 	int slot = 1;
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ int osf_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev)
 	} * label;
 	struct d_partition * partition;
 
-	data = read_dev_sector(bdev, 0, &sect);
+	data = read_part_sector(state, 0, &sect);
 	if (!data)
 		return -1;
 
diff --git a/fs/partitions/osf.h b/fs/partitions/osf.h
index 427b8eab314bbbfc8101cee187c1dd0f911c546f..20ed2315ec16add78b00478ff59523697960e0de 100644
--- a/fs/partitions/osf.h
+++ b/fs/partitions/osf.h
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
 
 #define DISKLABELMAGIC (0x82564557UL)
 
-int osf_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev);
+int osf_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state);
diff --git a/fs/partitions/sgi.c b/fs/partitions/sgi.c
index ed5ac83fe83ab0f5ec0333b986b693e2ce70743f..43b1df9aa16c262fc5ac9b0ffe6145cecbae8aa2 100644
--- a/fs/partitions/sgi.c
+++ b/fs/partitions/sgi.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ struct sgi_disklabel {
 	__be32 _unused1;			/* Padding */
 };
 
-int sgi_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev)
+int sgi_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state)
 {
 	int i, csum;
 	__be32 magic;
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ int sgi_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev)
 	struct sgi_partition *p;
 	char b[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
 
-	label = (struct sgi_disklabel *) read_dev_sector(bdev, 0, &sect);
+	label = read_part_sector(state, 0, &sect);
 	if (!label)
 		return -1;
 	p = &label->partitions[0];
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ int sgi_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev)
 	}
 	if(csum) {
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "Dev %s SGI disklabel: csum bad, label corrupted\n",
-		       bdevname(bdev, b));
+		       bdevname(state->bdev, b));
 		put_dev_sector(sect);
 		return 0;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/partitions/sgi.h b/fs/partitions/sgi.h
index 5d5595c09928045dfb6bc3ece20bf1ca7c66ba56..b9553ebdd5a93dfed99f73e444e42bec0c86240d 100644
--- a/fs/partitions/sgi.h
+++ b/fs/partitions/sgi.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  *  fs/partitions/sgi.h
  */
 
-extern int sgi_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev);
+extern int sgi_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state);
 
 #define SGI_LABEL_MAGIC 0x0be5a941
 
diff --git a/fs/partitions/sun.c b/fs/partitions/sun.c
index c95e6a62c01deb623ac1d817a3dda72b5706671b..a32660e25f7fc61c11b3ffbcc27ec5f7d1186890 100644
--- a/fs/partitions/sun.c
+++ b/fs/partitions/sun.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include "check.h"
 #include "sun.h"
 
-int sun_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev)
+int sun_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state)
 {
 	int i;
 	__be16 csum;
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ int sun_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev)
 	int use_vtoc;
 	int nparts;
 
-	label = (struct sun_disklabel *)read_dev_sector(bdev, 0, &sect);
+	label = read_part_sector(state, 0, &sect);
 	if (!label)
 		return -1;
 
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ int sun_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev)
 		csum ^= *ush--;
 	if (csum) {
 		printk("Dev %s Sun disklabel: Csum bad, label corrupted\n",
-		       bdevname(bdev, b));
+		       bdevname(state->bdev, b));
 		put_dev_sector(sect);
 		return 0;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/partitions/sun.h b/fs/partitions/sun.h
index 7f864d1f86d4747548ad0635cfe171462977226d..2424baa8319f11e81a296e78a46ef85a25c75825 100644
--- a/fs/partitions/sun.h
+++ b/fs/partitions/sun.h
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
 #define SUN_LABEL_MAGIC          0xDABE
 #define SUN_VTOC_SANITY          0x600DDEEE
 
-int sun_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev);
+int sun_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state);
diff --git a/fs/partitions/sysv68.c b/fs/partitions/sysv68.c
index 4eba27b78643204ee9959bb728b718509606c957..9030c864428ee14af5b0cdb957b5e9bcdefad16e 100644
--- a/fs/partitions/sysv68.c
+++ b/fs/partitions/sysv68.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ struct slice {
 };
 
 
-int sysv68_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev)
+int sysv68_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state)
 {
 	int i, slices;
 	int slot = 1;
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ int sysv68_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev)
 	struct dkblk0 *b;
 	struct slice *slice;
 
-	data = read_dev_sector(bdev, 0, &sect);
+	data = read_part_sector(state, 0, &sect);
 	if (!data)
 		return -1;
 
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ int sysv68_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev)
 	i = be32_to_cpu(b->dk_ios.ios_slcblk);
 	put_dev_sector(sect);
 
-	data = read_dev_sector(bdev, i, &sect);
+	data = read_part_sector(state, i, &sect);
 	if (!data)
 		return -1;
 
diff --git a/fs/partitions/sysv68.h b/fs/partitions/sysv68.h
index fa733f68431b38423c189743c1efffd2e83528b4..bf2f5ffa97ac85c6edc5fd1054595bd8e9590dea 100644
--- a/fs/partitions/sysv68.h
+++ b/fs/partitions/sysv68.h
@@ -1 +1 @@
-extern int sysv68_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev);
+extern int sysv68_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state);
diff --git a/fs/partitions/ultrix.c b/fs/partitions/ultrix.c
index ec852c11dce48fd1e564e0e9085ca8c0ad04bb02..db9eef260364f0ef3b5fa0116e996f682b460b43 100644
--- a/fs/partitions/ultrix.c
+++ b/fs/partitions/ultrix.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #include "check.h"
 #include "ultrix.h"
 
-int ultrix_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev)
+int ultrix_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state)
 {
 	int i;
 	Sector sect;
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ int ultrix_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev)
 #define PT_MAGIC	0x032957	/* Partition magic number */
 #define PT_VALID	1		/* Indicates if struct is valid */
 
-	data = read_dev_sector(bdev, (16384 - sizeof(*label))/512, &sect);
+	data = read_part_sector(state, (16384 - sizeof(*label))/512, &sect);
 	if (!data)
 		return -1;
 	
diff --git a/fs/partitions/ultrix.h b/fs/partitions/ultrix.h
index a74bf8e2d370af410f58081666528549fc368b83..a3cc00b2bdedbdf1cce74edcb920128c400e5d50 100644
--- a/fs/partitions/ultrix.h
+++ b/fs/partitions/ultrix.h
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
  *  fs/partitions/ultrix.h
  */
 
-int ultrix_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev);
+int ultrix_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state);