diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
index 006a95916f72ae4aff8cae52db9122a9d5e4bf9c..a69397fd314a183077ffc023ac0d15ad236187d8 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
@@ -664,7 +664,9 @@ void scsi_eh_prep_cmnd(struct scsi_cmnd *scmd, struct scsi_eh_save *ses,
 	ses->sdb = scmd->sdb;
 	ses->next_rq = scmd->request->next_rq;
 	ses->result = scmd->result;
+	ses->prot_op = scmd->prot_op;
 
+	scmd->prot_op = SCSI_PROT_NORMAL;
 	scmd->cmnd = ses->eh_cmnd;
 	memset(scmd->cmnd, 0, BLK_MAX_CDB);
 	memset(&scmd->sdb, 0, sizeof(scmd->sdb));
@@ -722,6 +724,7 @@ void scsi_eh_restore_cmnd(struct scsi_cmnd* scmd, struct scsi_eh_save *ses)
 	scmd->sdb = ses->sdb;
 	scmd->request->next_rq = ses->next_rq;
 	scmd->result = ses->result;
+	scmd->prot_op = ses->prot_op;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(scsi_eh_restore_cmnd);
 
diff --git a/include/scsi/scsi_cmnd.h b/include/scsi/scsi_cmnd.h
index 66c944849d6b385f1e6d25fe81be0eff59e1b471..402c1078d01c4e02c9d7eebda791813559854652 100644
--- a/include/scsi/scsi_cmnd.h
+++ b/include/scsi/scsi_cmnd.h
@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ struct scsi_cmnd {
 	int allowed;
 	int timeout_per_command;
 
+	unsigned char prot_op;
+	unsigned char prot_type;
+
 	unsigned short cmd_len;
 	enum dma_data_direction sc_data_direction;
 
@@ -208,4 +211,67 @@ static inline int scsi_sg_copy_to_buffer(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd,
 				 buf, buflen);
 }
 
+/*
+ * The operations below are hints that tell the controller driver how
+ * to handle I/Os with DIF or similar types of protection information.
+ */
+enum scsi_prot_operations {
+	/* Normal I/O */
+	SCSI_PROT_NORMAL = 0,
+
+	/* OS-HBA: Protected, HBA-Target: Unprotected */
+	SCSI_PROT_READ_INSERT,
+	SCSI_PROT_WRITE_STRIP,
+
+	/* OS-HBA: Unprotected, HBA-Target: Protected */
+	SCSI_PROT_READ_STRIP,
+	SCSI_PROT_WRITE_INSERT,
+
+	/* OS-HBA: Protected, HBA-Target: Protected */
+	SCSI_PROT_READ_PASS,
+	SCSI_PROT_WRITE_PASS,
+
+	/* OS-HBA: Protected, HBA-Target: Protected, checksum conversion */
+	SCSI_PROT_READ_CONVERT,
+	SCSI_PROT_WRITE_CONVERT,
+};
+
+static inline void scsi_set_prot_op(struct scsi_cmnd *scmd, unsigned char op)
+{
+	scmd->prot_op = op;
+}
+
+static inline unsigned char scsi_get_prot_op(struct scsi_cmnd *scmd)
+{
+	return scmd->prot_op;
+}
+
+/*
+ * The controller usually does not know anything about the target it
+ * is communicating with.  However, when DIX is enabled the controller
+ * must be know target type so it can verify the protection
+ * information passed along with the I/O.
+ */
+enum scsi_prot_target_type {
+	SCSI_PROT_DIF_TYPE0 = 0,
+	SCSI_PROT_DIF_TYPE1,
+	SCSI_PROT_DIF_TYPE2,
+	SCSI_PROT_DIF_TYPE3,
+};
+
+static inline void scsi_set_prot_type(struct scsi_cmnd *scmd, unsigned char type)
+{
+	scmd->prot_type = type;
+}
+
+static inline unsigned char scsi_get_prot_type(struct scsi_cmnd *scmd)
+{
+	return scmd->prot_type;
+}
+
+static inline sector_t scsi_get_lba(struct scsi_cmnd *scmd)
+{
+	return scmd->request->sector;
+}
+
 #endif /* _SCSI_SCSI_CMND_H */
diff --git a/include/scsi/scsi_eh.h b/include/scsi/scsi_eh.h
index 2a9add21267d7fddfc4f443b6d5f475eba65b31e..e5499ed0e37631aaabbd2be82df183eb1435bf63 100644
--- a/include/scsi/scsi_eh.h
+++ b/include/scsi/scsi_eh.h
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ struct scsi_eh_save {
 	int result;
 	enum dma_data_direction data_direction;
 	unsigned char cmd_len;
+	unsigned char prot_op;
 	unsigned char *cmnd;
 	struct scsi_data_buffer sdb;
 	struct request *next_rq;