diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index 653919d50cd4d06aea68d8e027d15a473e5b4f5a..457fdac4c17d98db97cebd0c6910e23f4f97399f 100644
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -417,6 +417,34 @@ static struct disk_attribute disk_attr_stat = {
 	.show	= disk_stats_read
 };
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_FAIL_MAKE_REQUEST
+
+static ssize_t disk_fail_store(struct gendisk * disk,
+			       const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	if (count > 0 && sscanf(buf, "%d", &i) > 0) {
+		if (i == 0)
+			disk->flags &= ~GENHD_FL_FAIL;
+		else
+			disk->flags |= GENHD_FL_FAIL;
+	}
+
+	return count;
+}
+static ssize_t disk_fail_read(struct gendisk * disk, char *page)
+{
+	return sprintf(page, "%d\n", disk->flags & GENHD_FL_FAIL ? 1 : 0);
+}
+static struct disk_attribute disk_attr_fail = {
+	.attr = {.name = "make-it-fail", .mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR },
+	.store	= disk_fail_store,
+	.show	= disk_fail_read
+};
+
+#endif
+
 static struct attribute * default_attrs[] = {
 	&disk_attr_uevent.attr,
 	&disk_attr_dev.attr,
@@ -424,6 +452,9 @@ static struct attribute * default_attrs[] = {
 	&disk_attr_removable.attr,
 	&disk_attr_size.attr,
 	&disk_attr_stat.attr,
+#ifdef CONFIG_FAIL_MAKE_REQUEST
+	&disk_attr_fail.attr,
+#endif
 	NULL,
 };
 
diff --git a/block/ll_rw_blk.c b/block/ll_rw_blk.c
index 31512cd9f3ad8eedbf6b8aacb3da2840cca24072..4f83fd92237756e74a959565ca9b6f8b76440165 100644
--- a/block/ll_rw_blk.c
+++ b/block/ll_rw_blk.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
 #include <linux/cpu.h>
 #include <linux/blktrace_api.h>
+#include <linux/fault-inject.h>
 
 /*
  * for max sense size
@@ -3056,6 +3057,42 @@ static void handle_bad_sector(struct bio *bio)
 	set_bit(BIO_EOF, &bio->bi_flags);
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_FAIL_MAKE_REQUEST
+
+static DECLARE_FAULT_ATTR(fail_make_request);
+
+static int __init setup_fail_make_request(char *str)
+{
+	return setup_fault_attr(&fail_make_request, str);
+}
+__setup("fail_make_request=", setup_fail_make_request);
+
+static int should_fail_request(struct bio *bio)
+{
+	if ((bio->bi_bdev->bd_disk->flags & GENHD_FL_FAIL) ||
+	    (bio->bi_bdev->bd_part && bio->bi_bdev->bd_part->make_it_fail))
+		return should_fail(&fail_make_request, bio->bi_size);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int __init fail_make_request_debugfs(void)
+{
+	return init_fault_attr_dentries(&fail_make_request,
+					"fail_make_request");
+}
+
+late_initcall(fail_make_request_debugfs);
+
+#else /* CONFIG_FAIL_MAKE_REQUEST */
+
+static inline int should_fail_request(struct bio *bio)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_FAIL_MAKE_REQUEST */
+
 /**
  * generic_make_request: hand a buffer to its device driver for I/O
  * @bio:  The bio describing the location in memory and on the device.
@@ -3141,6 +3178,9 @@ void generic_make_request(struct bio *bio)
 		if (unlikely(test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_DEAD, &q->queue_flags)))
 			goto end_io;
 
+		if (should_fail_request(bio))
+			goto end_io;
+
 		/*
 		 * If this device has partitions, remap block n
 		 * of partition p to block n+start(p) of the disk.
diff --git a/fs/partitions/check.c b/fs/partitions/check.c
index 1901137f4eca3d66e46e30bec858f7c35ff154f8..3d73d94d93a7dd9321cdfe5d9750fcf25a836df5 100644
--- a/fs/partitions/check.c
+++ b/fs/partitions/check.c
@@ -276,12 +276,39 @@ static struct part_attribute part_attr_stat = {
 	.show	= part_stat_read
 };
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_FAIL_MAKE_REQUEST
+
+static ssize_t part_fail_store(struct hd_struct * p,
+			       const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	if (count > 0 && sscanf(buf, "%d", &i) > 0)
+		p->make_it_fail = (i == 0) ? 0 : 1;
+
+	return count;
+}
+static ssize_t part_fail_read(struct hd_struct * p, char *page)
+{
+	return sprintf(page, "%d\n", p->make_it_fail);
+}
+static struct part_attribute part_attr_fail = {
+	.attr = {.name = "make-it-fail", .mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR },
+	.store	= part_fail_store,
+	.show	= part_fail_read
+};
+
+#endif
+
 static struct attribute * default_attrs[] = {
 	&part_attr_uevent.attr,
 	&part_attr_dev.attr,
 	&part_attr_start.attr,
 	&part_attr_size.attr,
 	&part_attr_stat.attr,
+#ifdef CONFIG_FAIL_MAKE_REQUEST
+	&part_attr_fail.attr,
+#endif
 	NULL,
 };
 
diff --git a/include/linux/genhd.h b/include/linux/genhd.h
index 41f276fdd185f6b16b4edb280041a23fa642440c..0a022b2f63fc0fa95fa35df16784e2fcaef225b3 100644
--- a/include/linux/genhd.h
+++ b/include/linux/genhd.h
@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ struct hd_struct {
 	struct kobject *holder_dir;
 	unsigned ios[2], sectors[2];	/* READs and WRITEs */
 	int policy, partno;
+#ifdef CONFIG_FAIL_MAKE_REQUEST
+	int make_it_fail;
+#endif
 };
 
 #define GENHD_FL_REMOVABLE			1
@@ -90,6 +93,7 @@ struct hd_struct {
 #define GENHD_FL_CD				8
 #define GENHD_FL_UP				16
 #define GENHD_FL_SUPPRESS_PARTITION_INFO	32
+#define GENHD_FL_FAIL				64
 
 struct disk_stats {
 	unsigned long sectors[2];	/* READs and WRITEs */
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index c66b7b400c9ffb68c0fc6bb78a13abbee25f8498..336241bf0ced59520a6dd7c07cd925c87d55e890 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -431,6 +431,13 @@ config FAIL_PAGE_ALLOC
 	help
 	  This option provides fault-injection capabilitiy for alloc_pages().
 
+config FAIL_MAKE_REQUEST
+	bool "Fault-injection capabilitiy for disk IO"
+	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
+	select FAULT_INJECTION
+	help
+	  This option provides fault-injection capabilitiy to disk IO.
+
 config FAULT_INJECTION_DEBUG_FS
 	bool "Debugfs entries for fault-injection capabilities"
 	depends on FAULT_INJECTION && SYSFS