diff --git a/fs/bio.c b/fs/bio.c
index 78562574cb524d87b06883bce5002542b77b5865..7a6598abc9675f6e3a1c94cfe1633685f5debdb3 100644
--- a/fs/bio.c
+++ b/fs/bio.c
@@ -28,25 +28,10 @@
 #include <linux/blktrace_api.h>
 #include <scsi/sg.h>		/* for struct sg_iovec */
 
-#define BIO_POOL_SIZE 2
-
 static struct kmem_cache *bio_slab __read_mostly;
 
-#define BIOVEC_NR_POOLS 6
-
-/*
- * a small number of entries is fine, not going to be performance critical.
- * basically we just need to survive
- */
-#define BIO_SPLIT_ENTRIES 2
 mempool_t *bio_split_pool __read_mostly;
 
-struct biovec_slab {
-	int nr_vecs;
-	char *name; 
-	struct kmem_cache *slab;
-};
-
 /*
  * if you change this list, also change bvec_alloc or things will
  * break badly! cannot be bigger than what you can fit into an
@@ -59,24 +44,13 @@ static struct biovec_slab bvec_slabs[BIOVEC_NR_POOLS] __read_mostly = {
 };
 #undef BV
 
-/*
- * bio_set is used to allow other portions of the IO system to
- * allocate their own private memory pools for bio and iovec structures.
- * These memory pools in turn all allocate from the bio_slab
- * and the bvec_slabs[].
- */
-struct bio_set {
-	mempool_t *bio_pool;
-	mempool_t *bvec_pools[BIOVEC_NR_POOLS];
-};
-
 /*
  * fs_bio_set is the bio_set containing bio and iovec memory pools used by
  * IO code that does not need private memory pools.
  */
-static struct bio_set *fs_bio_set;
+struct bio_set *fs_bio_set;
 
-static inline struct bio_vec *bvec_alloc_bs(gfp_t gfp_mask, int nr, unsigned long *idx, struct bio_set *bs)
+struct bio_vec *bvec_alloc_bs(gfp_t gfp_mask, int nr, unsigned long *idx, struct bio_set *bs)
 {
 	struct bio_vec *bvl;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/bio.h b/include/linux/bio.h
index 61c15eaf3fb3d8f309cd604380f0574f9547749f..49dfb3cb74604b978c107f7cd2f7df5eeedce313 100644
--- a/include/linux/bio.h
+++ b/include/linux/bio.h
@@ -333,6 +333,35 @@ extern struct bio *bio_copy_user_iov(struct request_queue *, struct sg_iovec *,
 				     int, int);
 extern int bio_uncopy_user(struct bio *);
 void zero_fill_bio(struct bio *bio);
+extern struct bio_vec *bvec_alloc_bs(gfp_t, int, unsigned long *, struct bio_set *);
+
+/*
+ * bio_set is used to allow other portions of the IO system to
+ * allocate their own private memory pools for bio and iovec structures.
+ * These memory pools in turn all allocate from the bio_slab
+ * and the bvec_slabs[].
+ */
+#define BIO_POOL_SIZE 2
+#define BIOVEC_NR_POOLS 6
+
+struct bio_set {
+	mempool_t *bio_pool;
+	mempool_t *bvec_pools[BIOVEC_NR_POOLS];
+};
+
+struct biovec_slab {
+	int nr_vecs;
+	char *name;
+	struct kmem_cache *slab;
+};
+
+extern struct bio_set *fs_bio_set;
+
+/*
+ * a small number of entries is fine, not going to be performance critical.
+ * basically we just need to survive
+ */
+#define BIO_SPLIT_ENTRIES 2
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
 /*