diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig
index 9c9f19c0b0e3..6e109b4498eb 100644
--- a/fs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/Kconfig
@@ -236,6 +236,7 @@ config ARCH_SUPPORTS_HUGETLBFS
 config HUGETLBFS
 	bool "HugeTLB file system support"
 	depends on X86 || IA64 || SPARC64 || ARCH_SUPPORTS_HUGETLBFS || BROKEN
+	depends on (SYSFS || SYSCTL)
 	help
 	  hugetlbfs is a filesystem backing for HugeTLB pages, based on
 	  ramfs. For architectures that support it, say Y here and read
diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index 0a7ba84c1905..77baaf3804c2 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ static void __end_buffer_read_notouch(struct buffer_head *bh, int uptodate)
 
 /*
  * Default synchronous end-of-IO handler..  Just mark it up-to-date and
- * unlock the buffer. This is what ll_rw_block uses too.
+ * unlock the buffer.
  */
 void end_buffer_read_sync(struct buffer_head *bh, int uptodate)
 {
@@ -491,8 +491,8 @@ int inode_has_buffers(struct inode *inode)
  * all already-submitted IO to complete, but does not queue any new
  * writes to the disk.
  *
- * To do O_SYNC writes, just queue the buffer writes with ll_rw_block as
- * you dirty the buffers, and then use osync_inode_buffers to wait for
+ * To do O_SYNC writes, just queue the buffer writes with write_dirty_buffer
+ * as you dirty the buffers, and then use osync_inode_buffers to wait for
  * completion.  Any other dirty buffers which are not yet queued for
  * write will not be flushed to disk by the osync.
  */
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ void write_boundary_block(struct block_device *bdev,
 	struct buffer_head *bh = __find_get_block(bdev, bblock + 1, blocksize);
 	if (bh) {
 		if (buffer_dirty(bh))
-			ll_rw_block(REQ_OP_WRITE, 1, &bh);
+			write_dirty_buffer(bh, 0);
 		put_bh(bh);
 	}
 }
@@ -1342,23 +1342,12 @@ void __breadahead(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block, unsigned size)
 {
 	struct buffer_head *bh = __getblk(bdev, block, size);
 	if (likely(bh)) {
-		ll_rw_block(REQ_OP_READ | REQ_RAHEAD, 1, &bh);
+		bh_readahead(bh, REQ_RAHEAD);
 		brelse(bh);
 	}
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__breadahead);
 
-void __breadahead_gfp(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block, unsigned size,
-		      gfp_t gfp)
-{
-	struct buffer_head *bh = __getblk_gfp(bdev, block, size, gfp);
-	if (likely(bh)) {
-		ll_rw_block(REQ_OP_READ | REQ_RAHEAD, 1, &bh);
-		brelse(bh);
-	}
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(__breadahead_gfp);
-
 /**
  *  __bread_gfp() - reads a specified block and returns the bh
  *  @bdev: the block_device to read from
@@ -1817,7 +1806,7 @@ int __block_write_full_page(struct inode *inode, struct page *page,
 		/*
 		 * The page was marked dirty, but the buffers were
 		 * clean.  Someone wrote them back by hand with
-		 * ll_rw_block/submit_bh.  A rare case.
+		 * write_dirty_buffer/submit_bh.  A rare case.
 		 */
 		end_page_writeback(page);
 
@@ -2033,7 +2022,7 @@ int __block_write_begin_int(struct folio *folio, loff_t pos, unsigned len,
 		if (!buffer_uptodate(bh) && !buffer_delay(bh) &&
 		    !buffer_unwritten(bh) &&
 		     (block_start < from || block_end > to)) {
-			ll_rw_block(REQ_OP_READ, 1, &bh);
+			bh_read_nowait(bh, 0);
 			*wait_bh++=bh;
 		}
 	}
@@ -2593,11 +2582,9 @@ int block_truncate_page(struct address_space *mapping,
 		set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
 
 	if (!buffer_uptodate(bh) && !buffer_delay(bh) && !buffer_unwritten(bh)) {
-		err = -EIO;
-		ll_rw_block(REQ_OP_READ, 1, &bh);
-		wait_on_buffer(bh);
+		err = bh_read(bh, 0);
 		/* Uhhuh. Read error. Complain and punt. */
-		if (!buffer_uptodate(bh))
+		if (err < 0)
 			goto unlock;
 	}
 
@@ -2725,61 +2712,6 @@ void submit_bh(blk_opf_t opf, struct buffer_head *bh)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(submit_bh);
 
-/**
- * ll_rw_block: low-level access to block devices (DEPRECATED)
- * @opf: block layer request operation and flags.
- * @nr: number of &struct buffer_heads in the array
- * @bhs: array of pointers to &struct buffer_head
- *
- * ll_rw_block() takes an array of pointers to &struct buffer_heads, and
- * requests an I/O operation on them, either a %REQ_OP_READ or a %REQ_OP_WRITE.
- * @opf contains flags modifying the detailed I/O behavior, most notably
- * %REQ_RAHEAD.
- *
- * This function drops any buffer that it cannot get a lock on (with the
- * BH_Lock state bit), any buffer that appears to be clean when doing a write
- * request, and any buffer that appears to be up-to-date when doing read
- * request.  Further it marks as clean buffers that are processed for
- * writing (the buffer cache won't assume that they are actually clean
- * until the buffer gets unlocked).
- *
- * ll_rw_block sets b_end_io to simple completion handler that marks
- * the buffer up-to-date (if appropriate), unlocks the buffer and wakes
- * any waiters. 
- *
- * All of the buffers must be for the same device, and must also be a
- * multiple of the current approved size for the device.
- */
-void ll_rw_block(const blk_opf_t opf, int nr, struct buffer_head *bhs[])
-{
-	const enum req_op op = opf & REQ_OP_MASK;
-	int i;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < nr; i++) {
-		struct buffer_head *bh = bhs[i];
-
-		if (!trylock_buffer(bh))
-			continue;
-		if (op == REQ_OP_WRITE) {
-			if (test_clear_buffer_dirty(bh)) {
-				bh->b_end_io = end_buffer_write_sync;
-				get_bh(bh);
-				submit_bh(opf, bh);
-				continue;
-			}
-		} else {
-			if (!buffer_uptodate(bh)) {
-				bh->b_end_io = end_buffer_read_sync;
-				get_bh(bh);
-				submit_bh(opf, bh);
-				continue;
-			}
-		}
-		unlock_buffer(bh);
-	}
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(ll_rw_block);
-
 void write_dirty_buffer(struct buffer_head *bh, blk_opf_t op_flags)
 {
 	lock_buffer(bh);
@@ -3026,29 +2958,69 @@ int bh_uptodate_or_lock(struct buffer_head *bh)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(bh_uptodate_or_lock);
 
 /**
- * bh_submit_read - Submit a locked buffer for reading
+ * __bh_read - Submit read for a locked buffer
  * @bh: struct buffer_head
+ * @op_flags: appending REQ_OP_* flags besides REQ_OP_READ
+ * @wait: wait until reading finish
  *
- * Returns zero on success and -EIO on error.
+ * Returns zero on success or don't wait, and -EIO on error.
  */
-int bh_submit_read(struct buffer_head *bh)
+int __bh_read(struct buffer_head *bh, blk_opf_t op_flags, bool wait)
 {
-	BUG_ON(!buffer_locked(bh));
+	int ret = 0;
 
-	if (buffer_uptodate(bh)) {
-		unlock_buffer(bh);
-		return 0;
-	}
+	BUG_ON(!buffer_locked(bh));
 
 	get_bh(bh);
 	bh->b_end_io = end_buffer_read_sync;
-	submit_bh(REQ_OP_READ, bh);
-	wait_on_buffer(bh);
-	if (buffer_uptodate(bh))
-		return 0;
-	return -EIO;
+	submit_bh(REQ_OP_READ | op_flags, bh);
+	if (wait) {
+		wait_on_buffer(bh);
+		if (!buffer_uptodate(bh))
+			ret = -EIO;
+	}
+	return ret;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(bh_submit_read);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__bh_read);
+
+/**
+ * __bh_read_batch - Submit read for a batch of unlocked buffers
+ * @nr: entry number of the buffer batch
+ * @bhs: a batch of struct buffer_head
+ * @op_flags: appending REQ_OP_* flags besides REQ_OP_READ
+ * @force_lock: force to get a lock on the buffer if set, otherwise drops any
+ *              buffer that cannot lock.
+ *
+ * Returns zero on success or don't wait, and -EIO on error.
+ */
+void __bh_read_batch(int nr, struct buffer_head *bhs[],
+		     blk_opf_t op_flags, bool force_lock)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < nr; i++) {
+		struct buffer_head *bh = bhs[i];
+
+		if (buffer_uptodate(bh))
+			continue;
+
+		if (force_lock)
+			lock_buffer(bh);
+		else
+			if (!trylock_buffer(bh))
+				continue;
+
+		if (buffer_uptodate(bh)) {
+			unlock_buffer(bh);
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		bh->b_end_io = end_buffer_read_sync;
+		get_bh(bh);
+		submit_bh(REQ_OP_READ | op_flags, bh);
+	}
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__bh_read_batch);
 
 void __init buffer_init(void)
 {
diff --git a/fs/ext2/balloc.c b/fs/ext2/balloc.c
index c17ccc19b938..5dc0a31f4a08 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/balloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/balloc.c
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ read_block_bitmap(struct super_block *sb, unsigned int block_group)
 	struct ext2_group_desc * desc;
 	struct buffer_head * bh = NULL;
 	ext2_fsblk_t bitmap_blk;
+	int ret;
 
 	desc = ext2_get_group_desc(sb, block_group, NULL);
 	if (!desc)
@@ -139,10 +140,10 @@ read_block_bitmap(struct super_block *sb, unsigned int block_group)
 			    block_group, le32_to_cpu(desc->bg_block_bitmap));
 		return NULL;
 	}
-	if (likely(bh_uptodate_or_lock(bh)))
+	ret = bh_read(bh, 0);
+	if (ret > 0)
 		return bh;
-
-	if (bh_submit_read(bh) < 0) {
+	if (ret < 0) {
 		brelse(bh);
 		ext2_error(sb, __func__,
 			    "Cannot read block bitmap - "
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/meta_io.c b/fs/gfs2/meta_io.c
index 7e70e0ba5a6c..6ed728aae9a5 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/meta_io.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/meta_io.c
@@ -525,8 +525,7 @@ struct buffer_head *gfs2_meta_ra(struct gfs2_glock *gl, u64 dblock, u32 extlen)
 
 	if (buffer_uptodate(first_bh))
 		goto out;
-	if (!buffer_locked(first_bh))
-		ll_rw_block(REQ_OP_READ | REQ_META | REQ_PRIO, 1, &first_bh);
+	bh_read_nowait(first_bh, REQ_META | REQ_PRIO);
 
 	dblock++;
 	extlen--;
@@ -534,9 +533,7 @@ struct buffer_head *gfs2_meta_ra(struct gfs2_glock *gl, u64 dblock, u32 extlen)
 	while (extlen) {
 		bh = gfs2_getbuf(gl, dblock, CREATE);
 
-		if (!buffer_uptodate(bh) && !buffer_locked(bh))
-			ll_rw_block(REQ_OP_READ | REQ_RAHEAD | REQ_META |
-				    REQ_PRIO, 1, &bh);
+		bh_readahead(bh, REQ_RAHEAD | REQ_META | REQ_PRIO);
 		brelse(bh);
 		dblock++;
 		extlen--;
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/quota.c b/fs/gfs2/quota.c
index f201eaf59d0d..1ed17226d9ed 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/quota.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/quota.c
@@ -745,12 +745,8 @@ static int gfs2_write_buf_to_page(struct gfs2_inode *ip, unsigned long index,
 		}
 		if (PageUptodate(page))
 			set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
-		if (!buffer_uptodate(bh)) {
-			ll_rw_block(REQ_OP_READ | REQ_META | REQ_PRIO, 1, &bh);
-			wait_on_buffer(bh);
-			if (!buffer_uptodate(bh))
-				goto unlock_out;
-		}
+		if (bh_read(bh, REQ_META | REQ_PRIO) < 0)
+			goto unlock_out;
 		if (gfs2_is_jdata(ip))
 			gfs2_trans_add_data(ip->i_gl, bh);
 		else
diff --git a/fs/isofs/compress.c b/fs/isofs/compress.c
index b466172eec25..59b03d74ecbe 100644
--- a/fs/isofs/compress.c
+++ b/fs/isofs/compress.c
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ static loff_t zisofs_uncompress_block(struct inode *inode, loff_t block_start,
 		return 0;
 	}
 	haveblocks = isofs_get_blocks(inode, blocknum, bhs, needblocks);
-	ll_rw_block(REQ_OP_READ, haveblocks, bhs);
+	bh_read_batch(haveblocks, bhs);
 
 	curbh = 0;
 	curpage = 0;
diff --git a/fs/jbd2/journal.c b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
index bc8270e0d7d0..2696f43e7239 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/journal.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
@@ -1898,19 +1898,16 @@ static int journal_get_superblock(journal_t *journal)
 {
 	struct buffer_head *bh;
 	journal_superblock_t *sb;
-	int err = -EIO;
+	int err;
 
 	bh = journal->j_sb_buffer;
 
 	J_ASSERT(bh != NULL);
-	if (!buffer_uptodate(bh)) {
-		ll_rw_block(REQ_OP_READ, 1, &bh);
-		wait_on_buffer(bh);
-		if (!buffer_uptodate(bh)) {
-			printk(KERN_ERR
-				"JBD2: IO error reading journal superblock\n");
-			goto out;
-		}
+	err = bh_read(bh, 0);
+	if (err < 0) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR
+			"JBD2: IO error reading journal superblock\n");
+		goto out;
 	}
 
 	if (buffer_verified(bh))
diff --git a/fs/jbd2/recovery.c b/fs/jbd2/recovery.c
index 3688d16fe83b..8286a9ec122f 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/recovery.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/recovery.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ static int do_readahead(journal_t *journal, unsigned int start)
 		if (!buffer_uptodate(bh) && !buffer_locked(bh)) {
 			bufs[nbufs++] = bh;
 			if (nbufs == MAXBUF) {
-				ll_rw_block(REQ_OP_READ, nbufs, bufs);
+				bh_readahead_batch(nbufs, bufs, 0);
 				journal_brelse_array(bufs, nbufs);
 				nbufs = 0;
 			}
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ static int do_readahead(journal_t *journal, unsigned int start)
 	}
 
 	if (nbufs)
-		ll_rw_block(REQ_OP_READ, nbufs, bufs);
+		bh_readahead_batch(nbufs, bufs, 0);
 	err = 0;
 
 failed:
@@ -152,9 +152,14 @@ static int jread(struct buffer_head **bhp, journal_t *journal,
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	if (!buffer_uptodate(bh)) {
-		/* If this is a brand new buffer, start readahead.
-                   Otherwise, we assume we are already reading it.  */
-		if (!buffer_req(bh))
+		/*
+		 * If this is a brand new buffer, start readahead.
+		 * Otherwise, we assume we are already reading it.
+		 */
+		bool need_readahead = !buffer_req(bh);
+
+		bh_read_nowait(bh, 0);
+		if (need_readahead)
 			do_readahead(journal, offset);
 		wait_on_buffer(bh);
 	}
@@ -688,7 +693,6 @@ static int do_one_pass(journal_t *journal,
 					mark_buffer_dirty(nbh);
 					BUFFER_TRACE(nbh, "marking uptodate");
 					++info->nr_replays;
-					/* ll_rw_block(WRITE, 1, &nbh); */
 					unlock_buffer(nbh);
 					brelse(obh);
 					brelse(nbh);
diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/inode.c b/fs/ntfs3/inode.c
index 26a76ebfe58f..d5a3afbbbfd8 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/inode.c
@@ -630,12 +630,9 @@ static noinline int ntfs_get_block_vbo(struct inode *inode, u64 vbo,
 			bh->b_size = block_size;
 			off = vbo & (PAGE_SIZE - 1);
 			set_bh_page(bh, page, off);
-			ll_rw_block(REQ_OP_READ, 1, &bh);
-			wait_on_buffer(bh);
-			if (!buffer_uptodate(bh)) {
-				err = -EIO;
+			err = bh_read(bh, 0);
+			if (err < 0)
 				goto out;
-			}
 			zero_user_segment(page, off + voff, off + block_size);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/aops.c b/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
index af4157f61927..1d65f6ef00ca 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ int ocfs2_map_page_blocks(struct page *page, u64 *p_blkno,
 			   !buffer_new(bh) &&
 			   ocfs2_should_read_blk(inode, page, block_start) &&
 			   (block_start < from || block_end > to)) {
-			ll_rw_block(REQ_OP_READ, 1, &bh);
+			bh_read_nowait(bh, 0);
 			*wait_bh++=bh;
 		}
 
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/super.c b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
index e2cc9eec287c..26b4c2bfee49 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
@@ -1764,9 +1764,7 @@ static int ocfs2_get_sector(struct super_block *sb,
 	if (!buffer_dirty(*bh))
 		clear_buffer_uptodate(*bh);
 	unlock_buffer(*bh);
-	ll_rw_block(REQ_OP_READ, 1, bh);
-	wait_on_buffer(*bh);
-	if (!buffer_uptodate(*bh)) {
+	if (bh_read(*bh, 0) < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(-EIO);
 		brelse(*bh);
 		*bh = NULL;
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/journal.c b/fs/reiserfs/journal.c
index 94addfcefede..9f62da7471c9 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/journal.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/journal.c
@@ -868,7 +868,7 @@ static int write_ordered_buffers(spinlock_t * lock,
 		 */
 		if (buffer_dirty(bh) && unlikely(bh->b_page->mapping == NULL)) {
 			spin_unlock(lock);
-			ll_rw_block(REQ_OP_WRITE, 1, &bh);
+			write_dirty_buffer(bh, 0);
 			spin_lock(lock);
 		}
 		put_bh(bh);
@@ -1054,7 +1054,7 @@ static int flush_commit_list(struct super_block *s,
 		if (tbh) {
 			if (buffer_dirty(tbh)) {
 		            depth = reiserfs_write_unlock_nested(s);
-			    ll_rw_block(REQ_OP_WRITE, 1, &tbh);
+			    write_dirty_buffer(tbh, 0);
 			    reiserfs_write_lock_nested(s, depth);
 			}
 			put_bh(tbh) ;
@@ -2240,7 +2240,7 @@ static int journal_read_transaction(struct super_block *sb,
 		}
 	}
 	/* read in the log blocks, memcpy to the corresponding real block */
-	ll_rw_block(REQ_OP_READ, get_desc_trans_len(desc), log_blocks);
+	bh_read_batch(get_desc_trans_len(desc), log_blocks);
 	for (i = 0; i < get_desc_trans_len(desc); i++) {
 
 		wait_on_buffer(log_blocks[i]);
@@ -2342,10 +2342,11 @@ static struct buffer_head *reiserfs_breada(struct block_device *dev,
 		} else
 			bhlist[j++] = bh;
 	}
-	ll_rw_block(REQ_OP_READ, j, bhlist);
+	bh = bhlist[0];
+	bh_read_nowait(bh, 0);
+	bh_readahead_batch(j - 1, &bhlist[1], 0);
 	for (i = 1; i < j; i++)
 		brelse(bhlist[i]);
-	bh = bhlist[0];
 	wait_on_buffer(bh);
 	if (buffer_uptodate(bh))
 		return bh;
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/stree.c b/fs/reiserfs/stree.c
index 9a293609a022..84c12a1947b2 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/stree.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/stree.c
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ static int search_by_key_reada(struct super_block *s,
 		if (!buffer_uptodate(bh[j])) {
 			if (depth == -1)
 				depth = reiserfs_write_unlock_nested(s);
-			ll_rw_block(REQ_OP_READ | REQ_RAHEAD, 1, bh + j);
+			bh_readahead(bh[j], REQ_RAHEAD);
 		}
 		brelse(bh[j]);
 	}
@@ -685,7 +685,7 @@ int search_by_key(struct super_block *sb, const struct cpu_key *key,
 			if (!buffer_uptodate(bh) && depth == -1)
 				depth = reiserfs_write_unlock_nested(sb);
 
-			ll_rw_block(REQ_OP_READ, 1, &bh);
+			bh_read_nowait(bh, 0);
 			wait_on_buffer(bh);
 
 			if (depth != -1)
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/super.c b/fs/reiserfs/super.c
index da1e72494e30..929acce6e731 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/super.c
@@ -1702,9 +1702,7 @@ static int read_super_block(struct super_block *s, int offset)
 /* after journal replay, reread all bitmap and super blocks */
 static int reread_meta_blocks(struct super_block *s)
 {
-	ll_rw_block(REQ_OP_READ, 1, &SB_BUFFER_WITH_SB(s));
-	wait_on_buffer(SB_BUFFER_WITH_SB(s));
-	if (!buffer_uptodate(SB_BUFFER_WITH_SB(s))) {
+	if (bh_read(SB_BUFFER_WITH_SB(s), 0) < 0) {
 		reiserfs_warning(s, "reiserfs-2504", "error reading the super");
 		return 1;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/udf/dir.c b/fs/udf/dir.c
index cad3772f9dbe..be640f4b2f2c 100644
--- a/fs/udf/dir.c
+++ b/fs/udf/dir.c
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ static int udf_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 					brelse(tmp);
 			}
 			if (num) {
-				ll_rw_block(REQ_OP_READ | REQ_RAHEAD, num, bha);
+				bh_readahead_batch(num, bha, REQ_RAHEAD);
 				for (i = 0; i < num; i++)
 					brelse(bha[i]);
 			}
diff --git a/fs/udf/directory.c b/fs/udf/directory.c
index a2adf6293093..16bcf2c6b8b3 100644
--- a/fs/udf/directory.c
+++ b/fs/udf/directory.c
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ struct fileIdentDesc *udf_fileident_read(struct inode *dir, loff_t *nf_pos,
 					brelse(tmp);
 			}
 			if (num) {
-				ll_rw_block(REQ_OP_READ | REQ_RAHEAD, num, bha);
+				bh_readahead_batch(num, bha, REQ_RAHEAD);
 				for (i = 0; i < num; i++)
 					brelse(bha[i]);
 			}
diff --git a/fs/udf/inode.c b/fs/udf/inode.c
index 8d06daed549f..dce6ae9ae306 100644
--- a/fs/udf/inode.c
+++ b/fs/udf/inode.c
@@ -1211,13 +1211,7 @@ struct buffer_head *udf_bread(struct inode *inode, udf_pblk_t block,
 	if (!bh)
 		return NULL;
 
-	if (buffer_uptodate(bh))
-		return bh;
-
-	ll_rw_block(REQ_OP_READ, 1, &bh);
-
-	wait_on_buffer(bh);
-	if (buffer_uptodate(bh))
+	if (bh_read(bh, 0) >= 0)
 		return bh;
 
 	brelse(bh);
diff --git a/fs/ufs/balloc.c b/fs/ufs/balloc.c
index bd810d8239f2..2436e3f82147 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/balloc.c
+++ b/fs/ufs/balloc.c
@@ -295,14 +295,10 @@ static void ufs_change_blocknr(struct inode *inode, sector_t beg,
 
 			if (!buffer_mapped(bh))
 					map_bh(bh, inode->i_sb, oldb + pos);
-			if (!buffer_uptodate(bh)) {
-				ll_rw_block(REQ_OP_READ, 1, &bh);
-				wait_on_buffer(bh);
-				if (!buffer_uptodate(bh)) {
-					ufs_error(inode->i_sb, __func__,
-						  "read of block failed\n");
-					break;
-				}
+			if (bh_read(bh, 0) < 0) {
+				ufs_error(inode->i_sb, __func__,
+					  "read of block failed\n");
+				break;
 			}
 
 			UFSD(" change from %llu to %llu, pos %u\n",
diff --git a/include/linux/buffer_head.h b/include/linux/buffer_head.h
index 06089390d81d..33fa5e94aa80 100644
--- a/include/linux/buffer_head.h
+++ b/include/linux/buffer_head.h
@@ -225,8 +225,6 @@ struct buffer_head *__getblk_gfp(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block,
 void __brelse(struct buffer_head *);
 void __bforget(struct buffer_head *);
 void __breadahead(struct block_device *, sector_t block, unsigned int size);
-void __breadahead_gfp(struct block_device *, sector_t block, unsigned int size,
-		  gfp_t gfp);
 struct buffer_head *__bread_gfp(struct block_device *,
 				sector_t block, unsigned size, gfp_t gfp);
 void invalidate_bh_lrus(void);
@@ -236,7 +234,6 @@ struct buffer_head *alloc_buffer_head(gfp_t gfp_flags);
 void free_buffer_head(struct buffer_head * bh);
 void unlock_buffer(struct buffer_head *bh);
 void __lock_buffer(struct buffer_head *bh);
-void ll_rw_block(blk_opf_t, int, struct buffer_head * bh[]);
 int sync_dirty_buffer(struct buffer_head *bh);
 int __sync_dirty_buffer(struct buffer_head *bh, blk_opf_t op_flags);
 void write_dirty_buffer(struct buffer_head *bh, blk_opf_t op_flags);
@@ -244,7 +241,9 @@ void submit_bh(blk_opf_t, struct buffer_head *);
 void write_boundary_block(struct block_device *bdev,
 			sector_t bblock, unsigned blocksize);
 int bh_uptodate_or_lock(struct buffer_head *bh);
-int bh_submit_read(struct buffer_head *bh);
+int __bh_read(struct buffer_head *bh, blk_opf_t op_flags, bool wait);
+void __bh_read_batch(int nr, struct buffer_head *bhs[],
+		     blk_opf_t op_flags, bool force_lock);
 
 extern int buffer_heads_over_limit;
 
@@ -351,12 +350,6 @@ sb_breadahead(struct super_block *sb, sector_t block)
 	__breadahead(sb->s_bdev, block, sb->s_blocksize);
 }
 
-static inline void
-sb_breadahead_unmovable(struct super_block *sb, sector_t block)
-{
-	__breadahead_gfp(sb->s_bdev, block, sb->s_blocksize, 0);
-}
-
 static inline struct buffer_head *
 sb_getblk(struct super_block *sb, sector_t block)
 {
@@ -418,6 +411,41 @@ static inline struct buffer_head *__getblk(struct block_device *bdev,
 	return __getblk_gfp(bdev, block, size, __GFP_MOVABLE);
 }
 
+static inline void bh_readahead(struct buffer_head *bh, blk_opf_t op_flags)
+{
+	if (!buffer_uptodate(bh) && trylock_buffer(bh)) {
+		if (!buffer_uptodate(bh))
+			__bh_read(bh, op_flags, false);
+		else
+			unlock_buffer(bh);
+	}
+}
+
+static inline void bh_read_nowait(struct buffer_head *bh, blk_opf_t op_flags)
+{
+	if (!bh_uptodate_or_lock(bh))
+		__bh_read(bh, op_flags, false);
+}
+
+/* Returns 1 if buffer uptodated, 0 on success, and -EIO on error. */
+static inline int bh_read(struct buffer_head *bh, blk_opf_t op_flags)
+{
+	if (bh_uptodate_or_lock(bh))
+		return 1;
+	return __bh_read(bh, op_flags, true);
+}
+
+static inline void bh_read_batch(int nr, struct buffer_head *bhs[])
+{
+	__bh_read_batch(nr, bhs, 0, true);
+}
+
+static inline void bh_readahead_batch(int nr, struct buffer_head *bhs[],
+				      blk_opf_t op_flags)
+{
+	__bh_read_batch(nr, bhs, op_flags, false);
+}
+
 /**
  *  __bread() - reads a specified block and returns the bh
  *  @bdev: the block_device to read from
diff --git a/include/linux/hugetlb.h b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
index 1ec1535be04f..a032487855a3 100644
--- a/include/linux/hugetlb.h
+++ b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
@@ -1123,14 +1123,10 @@ static inline spinlock_t *huge_pte_lock(struct hstate *h,
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE) && defined(CONFIG_CMA)
 extern void __init hugetlb_cma_reserve(int order);
-extern void __init hugetlb_cma_check(void);
 #else
 static inline __init void hugetlb_cma_reserve(int order)
 {
 }
-static inline __init void hugetlb_cma_check(void)
-{
-}
 #endif
 
 bool want_pmd_share(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr);
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index c4dd53391969..2ca4e8c3163e 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -456,14 +456,12 @@ static int allocate_file_region_entries(struct resv_map *resv,
 					int regions_needed)
 	__must_hold(&resv->lock)
 {
-	struct list_head allocated_regions;
+	LIST_HEAD(allocated_regions);
 	int to_allocate = 0, i = 0;
 	struct file_region *trg = NULL, *rg = NULL;
 
 	VM_BUG_ON(regions_needed < 0);
 
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&allocated_regions);
-
 	/*
 	 * Check for sufficient descriptors in the cache to accommodate
 	 * the number of in progress add operations plus regions_needed.
@@ -1506,6 +1504,10 @@ static void add_hugetlb_page(struct hstate *h, struct page *page,
 
 	set_compound_page_dtor(page, HUGETLB_PAGE_DTOR);
 	set_page_private(page, 0);
+	/*
+	 * We have to set HPageVmemmapOptimized again as above
+	 * set_page_private(page, 0) cleared it.
+	 */
 	SetHPageVmemmapOptimized(page);
 
 	/*
@@ -2336,7 +2338,7 @@ struct page *alloc_huge_page_vma(struct hstate *h, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 static int gather_surplus_pages(struct hstate *h, long delta)
 	__must_hold(&hugetlb_lock)
 {
-	struct list_head surplus_list;
+	LIST_HEAD(surplus_list);
 	struct page *page, *tmp;
 	int ret;
 	long i;
@@ -2351,7 +2353,6 @@ static int gather_surplus_pages(struct hstate *h, long delta)
 	}
 
 	allocated = 0;
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&surplus_list);
 
 	ret = -ENOMEM;
 retry:
@@ -3768,8 +3769,7 @@ HSTATE_ATTR_WO(demote);
 static ssize_t demote_size_show(struct kobject *kobj,
 					struct kobj_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
-	int nid;
-	struct hstate *h = kobj_to_hstate(kobj, &nid);
+	struct hstate *h = kobj_to_hstate(kobj, NULL);
 	unsigned long demote_size = (PAGE_SIZE << h->demote_order) / SZ_1K;
 
 	return sysfs_emit(buf, "%lukB\n", demote_size);
@@ -3782,7 +3782,6 @@ static ssize_t demote_size_store(struct kobject *kobj,
 	struct hstate *h, *demote_hstate;
 	unsigned long demote_size;
 	unsigned int demote_order;
-	int nid;
 
 	demote_size = (unsigned long)memparse(buf, NULL);
 
@@ -3794,7 +3793,7 @@ static ssize_t demote_size_store(struct kobject *kobj,
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	/* demote order must be smaller than hstate order */
-	h = kobj_to_hstate(kobj, &nid);
+	h = kobj_to_hstate(kobj, NULL);
 	if (demote_order >= h->order)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
@@ -4032,6 +4031,14 @@ static void hugetlb_register_all_nodes(void) { }
 
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_CMA
+static void __init hugetlb_cma_check(void);
+#else
+static inline __init void hugetlb_cma_check(void)
+{
+}
+#endif
+
 static int __init hugetlb_init(void)
 {
 	int i;
@@ -4131,7 +4138,7 @@ void __init hugetlb_add_hstate(unsigned int order)
 	h->next_nid_to_alloc = first_memory_node;
 	h->next_nid_to_free = first_memory_node;
 	snprintf(h->name, HSTATE_NAME_LEN, "hugepages-%lukB",
-					huge_page_size(h)/1024);
+					huge_page_size(h)/SZ_1K);
 
 	parsed_hstate = h;
 }
@@ -4146,11 +4153,11 @@ static void __init hugepages_clear_pages_in_node(void)
 	if (!hugetlb_max_hstate) {
 		default_hstate_max_huge_pages = 0;
 		memset(default_hugepages_in_node, 0,
-			MAX_NUMNODES * sizeof(unsigned int));
+			sizeof(default_hugepages_in_node));
 	} else {
 		parsed_hstate->max_huge_pages = 0;
 		memset(parsed_hstate->max_huge_pages_node, 0,
-			MAX_NUMNODES * sizeof(unsigned int));
+			sizeof(parsed_hstate->max_huge_pages_node));
 	}
 }
 
@@ -5340,7 +5347,6 @@ static vm_fault_t hugetlb_wp(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 			u32 hash;
 
 			put_page(old_page);
-			BUG_ON(huge_pte_none(pte));
 			/*
 			 * Drop hugetlb_fault_mutex and i_mmap_rwsem before
 			 * unmapping.  unmapping needs to hold i_mmap_rwsem
@@ -5432,19 +5438,6 @@ static vm_fault_t hugetlb_wp(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-/* Return the pagecache page at a given address within a VMA */
-static struct page *hugetlbfs_pagecache_page(struct hstate *h,
-			struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address)
-{
-	struct address_space *mapping;
-	pgoff_t idx;
-
-	mapping = vma->vm_file->f_mapping;
-	idx = vma_hugecache_offset(h, vma, address);
-
-	return find_lock_page(mapping, idx);
-}
-
 /*
  * Return whether there is a pagecache page to back given address within VMA.
  * Caller follow_hugetlb_page() holds page_table_lock so we cannot lock_page.
@@ -5839,7 +5832,7 @@ vm_fault_t hugetlb_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		/* Just decrements count, does not deallocate */
 		vma_end_reservation(h, vma, haddr);
 
-		pagecache_page = hugetlbfs_pagecache_page(h, vma, haddr);
+		pagecache_page = find_lock_page(mapping, idx);
 	}
 
 	ptl = huge_pte_lock(h, mm, ptep);
@@ -6046,8 +6039,7 @@ int hugetlb_mcopy_atomic_pte(struct mm_struct *dst_mm,
 		page_in_pagecache = true;
 	}
 
-	ptl = huge_pte_lockptr(h, dst_mm, dst_pte);
-	spin_lock(ptl);
+	ptl = huge_pte_lock(h, dst_mm, dst_pte);
 
 	/*
 	 * Recheck the i_size after holding PT lock to make sure not
@@ -7363,7 +7355,7 @@ void __init hugetlb_cma_reserve(int order)
 		hugetlb_cma_size = 0;
 }
 
-void __init hugetlb_cma_check(void)
+static void __init hugetlb_cma_check(void)
 {
 	if (!hugetlb_cma_size || cma_reserve_called)
 		return;