Merge branch 'for-4.5/drivers' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block

Pull block driver updates from Jens Axboe:
 "This is the block driver pull request for 4.5, with the exception of
  NVMe, which is in a separate branch and will be posted after this one.

  This pull request contains:

   - A set of bcache stability fixes, which have been acked by Kent.
     These have been used and tested for more than a year by the
     community, so it's about time that they got in.

   - A set of drbd updates from the drbd team (Andreas, Lars, Philipp)
     and Markus Elfring, Oleg Drokin.

   - A set of fixes for xen blkback/front from the usual suspects, (Bob,
     Konrad) as well as community based fixes from Kiri, Julien, and
     Peng.

   - A 2038 time fix for sx8 from Shraddha, with a fix from me.

   - A small mtip32xx cleanup from Zhu Yanjun.

   - A null_blk division fix from Arnd"

* 'for-4.5/drivers' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block: (71 commits)
  null_blk: use sector_div instead of do_div
  mtip32xx: restrict variables visible in current code module
  xen/blkfront: Fix crash if backend doesn't follow the right states.
  xen/blkback: Fix two memory leaks.
  xen/blkback: make st_ statistics per ring
  xen/blkfront: Handle non-indirect grant with 64KB pages
  xen-blkfront: Introduce blkif_ring_get_request
  xen-blkback: clear PF_NOFREEZE for xen_blkif_schedule()
  xen/blkback: Free resources if connect_ring failed.
  xen/blocks: Return -EXX instead of -1
  xen/blkback: make pool of persistent grants and free pages per-queue
  xen/blkback: get the number of hardware queues/rings from blkfront
  xen/blkback: pseudo support for multi hardware queues/rings
  xen/blkback: separate ring information out of struct xen_blkif
  xen/blkfront: correct setting for xen_blkif_max_ring_order
  xen/blkfront: make persistent grants pool per-queue
  xen/blkfront: Remove duplicate setting of ->xbdev.
  xen/blkfront: Cleanup of comments, fix unaligned variables, and syntax errors.
  xen/blkfront: negotiate number of queues/rings to be used with backend
  xen/blkfront: split per device io_lock
  ...

3 files changed, 529 insertions, 364 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c
index 41fb1a917b17..4809c1501d7e 100644
--- a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c
+++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c
@@ -84,6 +84,16 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(max_persistent_grants,
                  "Maximum number of grants to map persistently");
 
 /*
+ * Maximum number of rings/queues blkback supports, allow as many queues as there
+ * are CPUs if user has not specified a value.
+ */
+unsigned int xenblk_max_queues;
+module_param_named(max_queues, xenblk_max_queues, uint, 0644);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(max_queues,
+		 "Maximum number of hardware queues per virtual disk." \
+		 "By default it is the number of online CPUs.");
+
+/*
  * Maximum order of pages to be used for the shared ring between front and
  * backend, 4KB page granularity is used.
  */
@@ -113,71 +123,71 @@ module_param(log_stats, int, 0644);
 /* Number of free pages to remove on each call to gnttab_free_pages */
 #define NUM_BATCH_FREE_PAGES 10
 
-static inline int get_free_page(struct xen_blkif *blkif, struct page **page)
+static inline int get_free_page(struct xen_blkif_ring *ring, struct page **page)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&blkif->free_pages_lock, flags);
-	if (list_empty(&blkif->free_pages)) {
-		BUG_ON(blkif->free_pages_num != 0);
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&blkif->free_pages_lock, flags);
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&ring->free_pages_lock, flags);
+	if (list_empty(&ring->free_pages)) {
+		BUG_ON(ring->free_pages_num != 0);
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ring->free_pages_lock, flags);
 		return gnttab_alloc_pages(1, page);
 	}
-	BUG_ON(blkif->free_pages_num == 0);
-	page[0] = list_first_entry(&blkif->free_pages, struct page, lru);
+	BUG_ON(ring->free_pages_num == 0);
+	page[0] = list_first_entry(&ring->free_pages, struct page, lru);
 	list_del(&page[0]->lru);
-	blkif->free_pages_num--;
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&blkif->free_pages_lock, flags);
+	ring->free_pages_num--;
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ring->free_pages_lock, flags);
 
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static inline void put_free_pages(struct xen_blkif *blkif, struct page **page,
+static inline void put_free_pages(struct xen_blkif_ring *ring, struct page **page,
                                   int num)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
 	int i;
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&blkif->free_pages_lock, flags);
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&ring->free_pages_lock, flags);
 	for (i = 0; i < num; i++)
-		list_add(&page[i]->lru, &blkif->free_pages);
-	blkif->free_pages_num += num;
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&blkif->free_pages_lock, flags);
+		list_add(&page[i]->lru, &ring->free_pages);
+	ring->free_pages_num += num;
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ring->free_pages_lock, flags);
 }
 
-static inline void shrink_free_pagepool(struct xen_blkif *blkif, int num)
+static inline void shrink_free_pagepool(struct xen_blkif_ring *ring, int num)
 {
 	/* Remove requested pages in batches of NUM_BATCH_FREE_PAGES */
 	struct page *page[NUM_BATCH_FREE_PAGES];
 	unsigned int num_pages = 0;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&blkif->free_pages_lock, flags);
-	while (blkif->free_pages_num > num) {
-		BUG_ON(list_empty(&blkif->free_pages));
-		page[num_pages] = list_first_entry(&blkif->free_pages,
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&ring->free_pages_lock, flags);
+	while (ring->free_pages_num > num) {
+		BUG_ON(list_empty(&ring->free_pages));
+		page[num_pages] = list_first_entry(&ring->free_pages,
 		                                   struct page, lru);
 		list_del(&page[num_pages]->lru);
-		blkif->free_pages_num--;
+		ring->free_pages_num--;
 		if (++num_pages == NUM_BATCH_FREE_PAGES) {
-			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&blkif->free_pages_lock, flags);
+			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ring->free_pages_lock, flags);
 			gnttab_free_pages(num_pages, page);
-			spin_lock_irqsave(&blkif->free_pages_lock, flags);
+			spin_lock_irqsave(&ring->free_pages_lock, flags);
 			num_pages = 0;
 		}
 	}
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&blkif->free_pages_lock, flags);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ring->free_pages_lock, flags);
 	if (num_pages != 0)
 		gnttab_free_pages(num_pages, page);
 }
 
 #define vaddr(page) ((unsigned long)pfn_to_kaddr(page_to_pfn(page)))
 
-static int do_block_io_op(struct xen_blkif *blkif);
-static int dispatch_rw_block_io(struct xen_blkif *blkif,
+static int do_block_io_op(struct xen_blkif_ring *ring);
+static int dispatch_rw_block_io(struct xen_blkif_ring *ring,
 				struct blkif_request *req,
 				struct pending_req *pending_req);
-static void make_response(struct xen_blkif *blkif, u64 id,
+static void make_response(struct xen_blkif_ring *ring, u64 id,
 			  unsigned short op, int st);
 
 #define foreach_grant_safe(pos, n, rbtree, node) \
@@ -190,7 +200,7 @@ static void make_response(struct xen_blkif *blkif, u64 id,
 
 /*
  * We don't need locking around the persistent grant helpers
- * because blkback uses a single-thread for each backed, so we
+ * because blkback uses a single-thread for each backend, so we
  * can be sure that this functions will never be called recursively.
  *
  * The only exception to that is put_persistent_grant, that can be called
@@ -198,19 +208,20 @@ static void make_response(struct xen_blkif *blkif, u64 id,
  * bit operations to modify the flags of a persistent grant and to count
  * the number of used grants.
  */
-static int add_persistent_gnt(struct xen_blkif *blkif,
+static int add_persistent_gnt(struct xen_blkif_ring *ring,
 			       struct persistent_gnt *persistent_gnt)
 {
 	struct rb_node **new = NULL, *parent = NULL;
 	struct persistent_gnt *this;
+	struct xen_blkif *blkif = ring->blkif;
 
-	if (blkif->persistent_gnt_c >= xen_blkif_max_pgrants) {
+	if (ring->persistent_gnt_c >= xen_blkif_max_pgrants) {
 		if (!blkif->vbd.overflow_max_grants)
 			blkif->vbd.overflow_max_grants = 1;
 		return -EBUSY;
 	}
 	/* Figure out where to put new node */
-	new = &blkif->persistent_gnts.rb_node;
+	new = &ring->persistent_gnts.rb_node;
 	while (*new) {
 		this = container_of(*new, struct persistent_gnt, node);
 
@@ -229,19 +240,19 @@ static int add_persistent_gnt(struct xen_blkif *blkif,
 	set_bit(PERSISTENT_GNT_ACTIVE, persistent_gnt->flags);
 	/* Add new node and rebalance tree. */
 	rb_link_node(&(persistent_gnt->node), parent, new);
-	rb_insert_color(&(persistent_gnt->node), &blkif->persistent_gnts);
-	blkif->persistent_gnt_c++;
-	atomic_inc(&blkif->persistent_gnt_in_use);
+	rb_insert_color(&(persistent_gnt->node), &ring->persistent_gnts);
+	ring->persistent_gnt_c++;
+	atomic_inc(&ring->persistent_gnt_in_use);
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static struct persistent_gnt *get_persistent_gnt(struct xen_blkif *blkif,
+static struct persistent_gnt *get_persistent_gnt(struct xen_blkif_ring *ring,
 						 grant_ref_t gref)
 {
 	struct persistent_gnt *data;
 	struct rb_node *node = NULL;
 
-	node = blkif->persistent_gnts.rb_node;
+	node = ring->persistent_gnts.rb_node;
 	while (node) {
 		data = container_of(node, struct persistent_gnt, node);
 
@@ -255,24 +266,24 @@ static struct persistent_gnt *get_persistent_gnt(struct xen_blkif *blkif,
 				return NULL;
 			}
 			set_bit(PERSISTENT_GNT_ACTIVE, data->flags);
-			atomic_inc(&blkif->persistent_gnt_in_use);
+			atomic_inc(&ring->persistent_gnt_in_use);
 			return data;
 		}
 	}
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-static void put_persistent_gnt(struct xen_blkif *blkif,
+static void put_persistent_gnt(struct xen_blkif_ring *ring,
                                struct persistent_gnt *persistent_gnt)
 {
 	if(!test_bit(PERSISTENT_GNT_ACTIVE, persistent_gnt->flags))
 		pr_alert_ratelimited("freeing a grant already unused\n");
 	set_bit(PERSISTENT_GNT_WAS_ACTIVE, persistent_gnt->flags);
 	clear_bit(PERSISTENT_GNT_ACTIVE, persistent_gnt->flags);
-	atomic_dec(&blkif->persistent_gnt_in_use);
+	atomic_dec(&ring->persistent_gnt_in_use);
 }
 
-static void free_persistent_gnts(struct xen_blkif *blkif, struct rb_root *root,
+static void free_persistent_gnts(struct xen_blkif_ring *ring, struct rb_root *root,
                                  unsigned int num)
 {
 	struct gnttab_unmap_grant_ref unmap[BLKIF_MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_REQUEST];
@@ -303,7 +314,7 @@ static void free_persistent_gnts(struct xen_blkif *blkif, struct rb_root *root,
 			unmap_data.count = segs_to_unmap;
 			BUG_ON(gnttab_unmap_refs_sync(&unmap_data));
 
-			put_free_pages(blkif, pages, segs_to_unmap);
+			put_free_pages(ring, pages, segs_to_unmap);
 			segs_to_unmap = 0;
 		}
 
@@ -320,15 +331,15 @@ void xen_blkbk_unmap_purged_grants(struct work_struct *work)
 	struct page *pages[BLKIF_MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_REQUEST];
 	struct persistent_gnt *persistent_gnt;
 	int segs_to_unmap = 0;
-	struct xen_blkif *blkif = container_of(work, typeof(*blkif), persistent_purge_work);
+	struct xen_blkif_ring *ring = container_of(work, typeof(*ring), persistent_purge_work);
 	struct gntab_unmap_queue_data unmap_data;
 
 	unmap_data.pages = pages;
 	unmap_data.unmap_ops = unmap;
 	unmap_data.kunmap_ops = NULL;
 
-	while(!list_empty(&blkif->persistent_purge_list)) {
-		persistent_gnt = list_first_entry(&blkif->persistent_purge_list,
+	while(!list_empty(&ring->persistent_purge_list)) {
+		persistent_gnt = list_first_entry(&ring->persistent_purge_list,
 		                                  struct persistent_gnt,
 		                                  remove_node);
 		list_del(&persistent_gnt->remove_node);
@@ -343,7 +354,7 @@ void xen_blkbk_unmap_purged_grants(struct work_struct *work)
 		if (++segs_to_unmap == BLKIF_MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_REQUEST) {
 			unmap_data.count = segs_to_unmap;
 			BUG_ON(gnttab_unmap_refs_sync(&unmap_data));
-			put_free_pages(blkif, pages, segs_to_unmap);
+			put_free_pages(ring, pages, segs_to_unmap);
 			segs_to_unmap = 0;
 		}
 		kfree(persistent_gnt);
@@ -351,11 +362,11 @@ void xen_blkbk_unmap_purged_grants(struct work_struct *work)
 	if (segs_to_unmap > 0) {
 		unmap_data.count = segs_to_unmap;
 		BUG_ON(gnttab_unmap_refs_sync(&unmap_data));
-		put_free_pages(blkif, pages, segs_to_unmap);
+		put_free_pages(ring, pages, segs_to_unmap);
 	}
 }
 
-static void purge_persistent_gnt(struct xen_blkif *blkif)
+static void purge_persistent_gnt(struct xen_blkif_ring *ring)
 {
 	struct persistent_gnt *persistent_gnt;
 	struct rb_node *n;
@@ -363,23 +374,23 @@ static void purge_persistent_gnt(struct xen_blkif *blkif)
 	bool scan_used = false, clean_used = false;
 	struct rb_root *root;
 
-	if (blkif->persistent_gnt_c < xen_blkif_max_pgrants ||
-	    (blkif->persistent_gnt_c == xen_blkif_max_pgrants &&
-	    !blkif->vbd.overflow_max_grants)) {
-		return;
+	if (ring->persistent_gnt_c < xen_blkif_max_pgrants ||
+	    (ring->persistent_gnt_c == xen_blkif_max_pgrants &&
+	    !ring->blkif->vbd.overflow_max_grants)) {
+		goto out;
 	}
 
-	if (work_busy(&blkif->persistent_purge_work)) {
+	if (work_busy(&ring->persistent_purge_work)) {
 		pr_alert_ratelimited("Scheduled work from previous purge is still busy, cannot purge list\n");
-		return;
+		goto out;
 	}
 
 	num_clean = (xen_blkif_max_pgrants / 100) * LRU_PERCENT_CLEAN;
-	num_clean = blkif->persistent_gnt_c - xen_blkif_max_pgrants + num_clean;
-	num_clean = min(blkif->persistent_gnt_c, num_clean);
+	num_clean = ring->persistent_gnt_c - xen_blkif_max_pgrants + num_clean;
+	num_clean = min(ring->persistent_gnt_c, num_clean);
 	if ((num_clean == 0) ||
-	    (num_clean > (blkif->persistent_gnt_c - atomic_read(&blkif->persistent_gnt_in_use))))
-		return;
+	    (num_clean > (ring->persistent_gnt_c - atomic_read(&ring->persistent_gnt_in_use))))
+		goto out;
 
 	/*
 	 * At this point, we can assure that there will be no calls
@@ -394,8 +405,8 @@ static void purge_persistent_gnt(struct xen_blkif *blkif)
 
 	pr_debug("Going to purge %u persistent grants\n", num_clean);
 
-	BUG_ON(!list_empty(&blkif->persistent_purge_list));
-	root = &blkif->persistent_gnts;
+	BUG_ON(!list_empty(&ring->persistent_purge_list));
+	root = &ring->persistent_gnts;
 purge_list:
 	foreach_grant_safe(persistent_gnt, n, root, node) {
 		BUG_ON(persistent_gnt->handle ==
@@ -414,7 +425,7 @@ purge_list:
 
 		rb_erase(&persistent_gnt->node, root);
 		list_add(&persistent_gnt->remove_node,
-		         &blkif->persistent_purge_list);
+			 &ring->persistent_purge_list);
 		if (--num_clean == 0)
 			goto finished;
 	}
@@ -435,30 +446,32 @@ finished:
 		goto purge_list;
 	}
 
-	blkif->persistent_gnt_c -= (total - num_clean);
-	blkif->vbd.overflow_max_grants = 0;
+	ring->persistent_gnt_c -= (total - num_clean);
+	ring->blkif->vbd.overflow_max_grants = 0;
 
 	/* We can defer this work */
-	schedule_work(&blkif->persistent_purge_work);
+	schedule_work(&ring->persistent_purge_work);
 	pr_debug("Purged %u/%u\n", (total - num_clean), total);
+
+out:
 	return;
 }
 
 /*
  * Retrieve from the 'pending_reqs' a free pending_req structure to be used.
  */
-static struct pending_req *alloc_req(struct xen_blkif *blkif)
+static struct pending_req *alloc_req(struct xen_blkif_ring *ring)
 {
 	struct pending_req *req = NULL;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&blkif->pending_free_lock, flags);
-	if (!list_empty(&blkif->pending_free)) {
-		req = list_entry(blkif->pending_free.next, struct pending_req,
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&ring->pending_free_lock, flags);
+	if (!list_empty(&ring->pending_free)) {
+		req = list_entry(ring->pending_free.next, struct pending_req,
 				 free_list);
 		list_del(&req->free_list);
 	}
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&blkif->pending_free_lock, flags);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ring->pending_free_lock, flags);
 	return req;
 }
 
@@ -466,17 +479,17 @@ static struct pending_req *alloc_req(struct xen_blkif *blkif)
  * Return the 'pending_req' structure back to the freepool. We also
  * wake up the thread if it was waiting for a free page.
  */
-static void free_req(struct xen_blkif *blkif, struct pending_req *req)
+static void free_req(struct xen_blkif_ring *ring, struct pending_req *req)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
 	int was_empty;
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&blkif->pending_free_lock, flags);
-	was_empty = list_empty(&blkif->pending_free);
-	list_add(&req->free_list, &blkif->pending_free);
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&blkif->pending_free_lock, flags);
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&ring->pending_free_lock, flags);
+	was_empty = list_empty(&ring->pending_free);
+	list_add(&req->free_list, &ring->pending_free);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ring->pending_free_lock, flags);
 	if (was_empty)
-		wake_up(&blkif->pending_free_wq);
+		wake_up(&ring->pending_free_wq);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -556,10 +569,10 @@ abort:
 /*
  * Notification from the guest OS.
  */
-static void blkif_notify_work(struct xen_blkif *blkif)
+static void blkif_notify_work(struct xen_blkif_ring *ring)
 {
-	blkif->waiting_reqs = 1;
-	wake_up(&blkif->wq);
+	ring->waiting_reqs = 1;
+	wake_up(&ring->wq);
 }
 
 irqreturn_t xen_blkif_be_int(int irq, void *dev_id)
@@ -572,31 +585,33 @@ irqreturn_t xen_blkif_be_int(int irq, void *dev_id)
  * SCHEDULER FUNCTIONS
  */
 
-static void print_stats(struct xen_blkif *blkif)
+static void print_stats(struct xen_blkif_ring *ring)
 {
 	pr_info("(%s): oo %3llu  |  rd %4llu  |  wr %4llu  |  f %4llu"
 		 "  |  ds %4llu | pg: %4u/%4d\n",
-		 current->comm, blkif->st_oo_req,
-		 blkif->st_rd_req, blkif->st_wr_req,
-		 blkif->st_f_req, blkif->st_ds_req,
-		 blkif->persistent_gnt_c,
+		 current->comm, ring->st_oo_req,
+		 ring->st_rd_req, ring->st_wr_req,
+		 ring->st_f_req, ring->st_ds_req,
+		 ring->persistent_gnt_c,
 		 xen_blkif_max_pgrants);
-	blkif->st_print = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(10 * 1000);
-	blkif->st_rd_req = 0;
-	blkif->st_wr_req = 0;
-	blkif->st_oo_req = 0;
-	blkif->st_ds_req = 0;
+	ring->st_print = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(10 * 1000);
+	ring->st_rd_req = 0;
+	ring->st_wr_req = 0;
+	ring->st_oo_req = 0;
+	ring->st_ds_req = 0;
 }
 
 int xen_blkif_schedule(void *arg)
 {
-	struct xen_blkif *blkif = arg;
+	struct xen_blkif_ring *ring = arg;
+	struct xen_blkif *blkif = ring->blkif;
 	struct xen_vbd *vbd = &blkif->vbd;
 	unsigned long timeout;
 	int ret;
 
 	xen_blkif_get(blkif);
 
+	set_freezable();
 	while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
 		if (try_to_freeze())
 			continue;
@@ -606,50 +621,50 @@ int xen_blkif_schedule(void *arg)
 		timeout = msecs_to_jiffies(LRU_INTERVAL);
 
 		timeout = wait_event_interruptible_timeout(
-			blkif->wq,
-			blkif->waiting_reqs || kthread_should_stop(),
+			ring->wq,
+			ring->waiting_reqs || kthread_should_stop(),
 			timeout);
 		if (timeout == 0)
 			goto purge_gnt_list;
 		timeout = wait_event_interruptible_timeout(
-			blkif->pending_free_wq,
-			!list_empty(&blkif->pending_free) ||
+			ring->pending_free_wq,
+			!list_empty(&ring->pending_free) ||
 			kthread_should_stop(),
 			timeout);
 		if (timeout == 0)
 			goto purge_gnt_list;
 
-		blkif->waiting_reqs = 0;
+		ring->waiting_reqs = 0;
 		smp_mb(); /* clear flag *before* checking for work */
 
-		ret = do_block_io_op(blkif);
+		ret = do_block_io_op(ring);
 		if (ret > 0)
-			blkif->waiting_reqs = 1;
+			ring->waiting_reqs = 1;
 		if (ret == -EACCES)
-			wait_event_interruptible(blkif->shutdown_wq,
+			wait_event_interruptible(ring->shutdown_wq,
 						 kthread_should_stop());
 
 purge_gnt_list:
 		if (blkif->vbd.feature_gnt_persistent &&
-		    time_after(jiffies, blkif->next_lru)) {
-			purge_persistent_gnt(blkif);
-			blkif->next_lru = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(LRU_INTERVAL);
+		    time_after(jiffies, ring->next_lru)) {
+			purge_persistent_gnt(ring);
+			ring->next_lru = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(LRU_INTERVAL);
 		}
 
 		/* Shrink if we have more than xen_blkif_max_buffer_pages */
-		shrink_free_pagepool(blkif, xen_blkif_max_buffer_pages);
+		shrink_free_pagepool(ring, xen_blkif_max_buffer_pages);
 
-		if (log_stats && time_after(jiffies, blkif->st_print))
-			print_stats(blkif);
+		if (log_stats && time_after(jiffies, ring->st_print))
+			print_stats(ring);
 	}
 
 	/* Drain pending purge work */
-	flush_work(&blkif->persistent_purge_work);
+	flush_work(&ring->persistent_purge_work);
 
 	if (log_stats)
-		print_stats(blkif);
+		print_stats(ring);
 
-	blkif->xenblkd = NULL;
+	ring->xenblkd = NULL;
 	xen_blkif_put(blkif);
 
 	return 0;
@@ -658,22 +673,22 @@ purge_gnt_list:
 /*
  * Remove persistent grants and empty the pool of free pages
  */
-void xen_blkbk_free_caches(struct xen_blkif *blkif)
+void xen_blkbk_free_caches(struct xen_blkif_ring *ring)
 {
 	/* Free all persistent grant pages */
-	if (!RB_EMPTY_ROOT(&blkif->persistent_gnts))
-		free_persistent_gnts(blkif, &blkif->persistent_gnts,
-			blkif->persistent_gnt_c);
+	if (!RB_EMPTY_ROOT(&ring->persistent_gnts))
+		free_persistent_gnts(ring, &ring->persistent_gnts,
+			ring->persistent_gnt_c);
 
-	BUG_ON(!RB_EMPTY_ROOT(&blkif->persistent_gnts));
-	blkif->persistent_gnt_c = 0;
+	BUG_ON(!RB_EMPTY_ROOT(&ring->persistent_gnts));
+	ring->persistent_gnt_c = 0;
 
 	/* Since we are shutting down remove all pages from the buffer */
-	shrink_free_pagepool(blkif, 0 /* All */);
+	shrink_free_pagepool(ring, 0 /* All */);
 }
 
 static unsigned int xen_blkbk_unmap_prepare(
-	struct xen_blkif *blkif,
+	struct xen_blkif_ring *ring,
 	struct grant_page **pages,
 	unsigned int num,
 	struct gnttab_unmap_grant_ref *unmap_ops,
@@ -683,7 +698,7 @@ static unsigned int xen_blkbk_unmap_prepare(
 
 	for (i = 0; i < num; i++) {
 		if (pages[i]->persistent_gnt != NULL) {
-			put_persistent_gnt(blkif, pages[i]->persistent_gnt);
+			put_persistent_gnt(ring, pages[i]->persistent_gnt);
 			continue;
 		}
 		if (pages[i]->handle == BLKBACK_INVALID_HANDLE)
@@ -700,17 +715,18 @@ static unsigned int xen_blkbk_unmap_prepare(
 
 static void xen_blkbk_unmap_and_respond_callback(int result, struct gntab_unmap_queue_data *data)
 {
-	struct pending_req* pending_req = (struct pending_req*) (data->data);
-	struct xen_blkif *blkif = pending_req->blkif;
+	struct pending_req *pending_req = (struct pending_req *)(data->data);
+	struct xen_blkif_ring *ring = pending_req->ring;
+	struct xen_blkif *blkif = ring->blkif;
 
 	/* BUG_ON used to reproduce existing behaviour,
 	   but is this the best way to deal with this? */
 	BUG_ON(result);
 
-	put_free_pages(blkif, data->pages, data->count);
-	make_response(blkif, pending_req->id,
+	put_free_pages(ring, data->pages, data->count);
+	make_response(ring, pending_req->id,
 		      pending_req->operation, pending_req->status);
-	free_req(blkif, pending_req);
+	free_req(ring, pending_req);
 	/*
 	 * Make sure the request is freed before releasing blkif,
 	 * or there could be a race between free_req and the
@@ -723,7 +739,7 @@ static void xen_blkbk_unmap_and_respond_callback(int result, struct gntab_unmap_
 	 * pending_free_wq if there's a drain going on, but it has
 	 * to be taken into account if the current model is changed.
 	 */
-	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&blkif->inflight) && atomic_read(&blkif->drain)) {
+	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&ring->inflight) && atomic_read(&blkif->drain)) {
 		complete(&blkif->drain_complete);
 	}
 	xen_blkif_put(blkif);
@@ -732,11 +748,11 @@ static void xen_blkbk_unmap_and_respond_callback(int result, struct gntab_unmap_
 static void xen_blkbk_unmap_and_respond(struct pending_req *req)
 {
 	struct gntab_unmap_queue_data* work = &req->gnttab_unmap_data;
-	struct xen_blkif *blkif = req->blkif;
+	struct xen_blkif_ring *ring = req->ring;
 	struct grant_page **pages = req->segments;
 	unsigned int invcount;
 
-	invcount = xen_blkbk_unmap_prepare(blkif, pages, req->nr_segs,
+	invcount = xen_blkbk_unmap_prepare(ring, pages, req->nr_segs,
 					   req->unmap, req->unmap_pages);
 
 	work->data = req;
@@ -757,7 +773,7 @@ static void xen_blkbk_unmap_and_respond(struct pending_req *req)
  * of hypercalls, but since this is only used in error paths there's
  * no real need.
  */
-static void xen_blkbk_unmap(struct xen_blkif *blkif,
+static void xen_blkbk_unmap(struct xen_blkif_ring *ring,
                             struct grant_page *pages[],
                             int num)
 {
@@ -768,20 +784,20 @@ static void xen_blkbk_unmap(struct xen_blkif *blkif,
 
 	while (num) {
 		unsigned int batch = min(num, BLKIF_MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_REQUEST);
-		
-		invcount = xen_blkbk_unmap_prepare(blkif, pages, batch,
+
+		invcount = xen_blkbk_unmap_prepare(ring, pages, batch,
 						   unmap, unmap_pages);
 		if (invcount) {
 			ret = gnttab_unmap_refs(unmap, NULL, unmap_pages, invcount);
 			BUG_ON(ret);
-			put_free_pages(blkif, unmap_pages, invcount);
+			put_free_pages(ring, unmap_pages, invcount);
 		}
 		pages += batch;
 		num -= batch;
 	}
 }
 
-static int xen_blkbk_map(struct xen_blkif *blkif,
+static int xen_blkbk_map(struct xen_blkif_ring *ring,
 			 struct grant_page *pages[],
 			 int num, bool ro)
 {
@@ -794,6 +810,7 @@ static int xen_blkbk_map(struct xen_blkif *blkif,
 	int ret = 0;
 	int last_map = 0, map_until = 0;
 	int use_persistent_gnts;
+	struct xen_blkif *blkif = ring->blkif;
 
 	use_persistent_gnts = (blkif->vbd.feature_gnt_persistent);
 
@@ -806,10 +823,11 @@ again:
 	for (i = map_until; i < num; i++) {
 		uint32_t flags;
 
-		if (use_persistent_gnts)
+		if (use_persistent_gnts) {
 			persistent_gnt = get_persistent_gnt(
-				blkif,
+				ring,
 				pages[i]->gref);
+		}
 
 		if (persistent_gnt) {
 			/*
@@ -819,7 +837,7 @@ again:
 			pages[i]->page = persistent_gnt->page;
 			pages[i]->persistent_gnt = persistent_gnt;
 		} else {
-			if (get_free_page(blkif, &pages[i]->page))
+			if (get_free_page(ring, &pages[i]->page))
 				goto out_of_memory;
 			addr = vaddr(pages[i]->page);
 			pages_to_gnt[segs_to_map] = pages[i]->page;
@@ -852,7 +870,7 @@ again:
 			BUG_ON(new_map_idx >= segs_to_map);
 			if (unlikely(map[new_map_idx].status != 0)) {
 				pr_debug("invalid buffer -- could not remap it\n");
-				put_free_pages(blkif, &pages[seg_idx]->page, 1);
+				put_free_pages(ring, &pages[seg_idx]->page, 1);
 				pages[seg_idx]->handle = BLKBACK_INVALID_HANDLE;
 				ret |= 1;
 				goto next;
@@ -862,7 +880,7 @@ again:
 			continue;
 		}
 		if (use_persistent_gnts &&
-		    blkif->persistent_gnt_c < xen_blkif_max_pgrants) {
+		    ring->persistent_gnt_c < xen_blkif_max_pgrants) {
 			/*
 			 * We are using persistent grants, the grant is
 			 * not mapped but we might have room for it.
@@ -880,7 +898,7 @@ again:
 			persistent_gnt->gnt = map[new_map_idx].ref;
 			persistent_gnt->handle = map[new_map_idx].handle;
 			persistent_gnt->page = pages[seg_idx]->page;
-			if (add_persistent_gnt(blkif,
+			if (add_persistent_gnt(ring,
 			                       persistent_gnt)) {
 				kfree(persistent_gnt);
 				persistent_gnt = NULL;
@@ -888,7 +906,7 @@ again:
 			}
 			pages[seg_idx]->persistent_gnt = persistent_gnt;
 			pr_debug("grant %u added to the tree of persistent grants, using %u/%u\n",
-				 persistent_gnt->gnt, blkif->persistent_gnt_c,
+				 persistent_gnt->gnt, ring->persistent_gnt_c,
 				 xen_blkif_max_pgrants);
 			goto next;
 		}
@@ -913,7 +931,7 @@ next:
 
 out_of_memory:
 	pr_alert("%s: out of memory\n", __func__);
-	put_free_pages(blkif, pages_to_gnt, segs_to_map);
+	put_free_pages(ring, pages_to_gnt, segs_to_map);
 	return -ENOMEM;
 }
 
@@ -921,7 +939,7 @@ static int xen_blkbk_map_seg(struct pending_req *pending_req)
 {
 	int rc;
 
-	rc = xen_blkbk_map(pending_req->blkif, pending_req->segments,
+	rc = xen_blkbk_map(pending_req->ring, pending_req->segments,
 			   pending_req->nr_segs,
 	                   (pending_req->operation != BLKIF_OP_READ));
 
@@ -934,7 +952,7 @@ static int xen_blkbk_parse_indirect(struct blkif_request *req,
 				    struct phys_req *preq)
 {
 	struct grant_page **pages = pending_req->indirect_pages;
-	struct xen_blkif *blkif = pending_req->blkif;
+	struct xen_blkif_ring *ring = pending_req->ring;
 	int indirect_grefs, rc, n, nseg, i;
 	struct blkif_request_segment *segments = NULL;
 
@@ -945,7 +963,7 @@ static int xen_blkbk_parse_indirect(struct blkif_request *req,
 	for (i = 0; i < indirect_grefs; i++)
 		pages[i]->gref = req->u.indirect.indirect_grefs[i];
 
-	rc = xen_blkbk_map(blkif, pages, indirect_grefs, true);
+	rc = xen_blkbk_map(ring, pages, indirect_grefs, true);
 	if (rc)
 		goto unmap;
 
@@ -977,15 +995,16 @@ static int xen_blkbk_parse_indirect(struct blkif_request *req,
 unmap:
 	if (segments)
 		kunmap_atomic(segments);
-	xen_blkbk_unmap(blkif, pages, indirect_grefs);
+	xen_blkbk_unmap(ring, pages, indirect_grefs);
 	return rc;
 }
 
-static int dispatch_discard_io(struct xen_blkif *blkif,
+static int dispatch_discard_io(struct xen_blkif_ring *ring,
 				struct blkif_request *req)
 {
 	int err = 0;
 	int status = BLKIF_RSP_OKAY;
+	struct xen_blkif *blkif = ring->blkif;
 	struct block_device *bdev = blkif->vbd.bdev;
 	unsigned long secure;
 	struct phys_req preq;
@@ -1002,7 +1021,7 @@ static int dispatch_discard_io(struct xen_blkif *blkif,
 			preq.sector_number + preq.nr_sects, blkif->vbd.pdevice);
 		goto fail_response;
 	}
-	blkif->st_ds_req++;
+	ring->st_ds_req++;
 
 	secure = (blkif->vbd.discard_secure &&
 		 (req->u.discard.flag & BLKIF_DISCARD_SECURE)) ?
@@ -1018,26 +1037,28 @@ fail_response:
 	} else if (err)
 		status = BLKIF_RSP_ERROR;
 
-	make_response(blkif, req->u.discard.id, req->operation, status);
+	make_response(ring, req->u.discard.id, req->operation, status);
 	xen_blkif_put(blkif);
 	return err;
 }
 
-static int dispatch_other_io(struct xen_blkif *blkif,
+static int dispatch_other_io(struct xen_blkif_ring *ring,
 			     struct blkif_request *req,
 			     struct pending_req *pending_req)
 {
-	free_req(blkif, pending_req);
-	make_response(blkif, req->u.other.id, req->operation,
+	free_req(ring, pending_req);
+	make_response(ring, req->u.other.id, req->operation,
 		      BLKIF_RSP_EOPNOTSUPP);
 	return -EIO;
 }
 
-static void xen_blk_drain_io(struct xen_blkif *blkif)
+static void xen_blk_drain_io(struct xen_blkif_ring *ring)
 {
+	struct xen_blkif *blkif = ring->blkif;
+
 	atomic_set(&blkif->drain, 1);
 	do {
-		if (atomic_read(&blkif->inflight) == 0)
+		if (atomic_read(&ring->inflight) == 0)
 			break;
 		wait_for_completion_interruptible_timeout(
 				&blkif->drain_complete, HZ);
@@ -1058,12 +1079,12 @@ static void __end_block_io_op(struct pending_req *pending_req, int error)
 	if ((pending_req->operation == BLKIF_OP_FLUSH_DISKCACHE) &&
 	    (error == -EOPNOTSUPP)) {
 		pr_debug("flush diskcache op failed, not supported\n");
-		xen_blkbk_flush_diskcache(XBT_NIL, pending_req->blkif->be, 0);
+		xen_blkbk_flush_diskcache(XBT_NIL, pending_req->ring->blkif->be, 0);
 		pending_req->status = BLKIF_RSP_EOPNOTSUPP;
 	} else if ((pending_req->operation == BLKIF_OP_WRITE_BARRIER) &&
 		    (error == -EOPNOTSUPP)) {
 		pr_debug("write barrier op failed, not supported\n");
-		xen_blkbk_barrier(XBT_NIL, pending_req->blkif->be, 0);
+		xen_blkbk_barrier(XBT_NIL, pending_req->ring->blkif->be, 0);
 		pending_req->status = BLKIF_RSP_EOPNOTSUPP;
 	} else if (error) {
 		pr_debug("Buffer not up-to-date at end of operation,"
@@ -1097,9 +1118,9 @@ static void end_block_io_op(struct bio *bio)
  * and transmute  it to the block API to hand it over to the proper block disk.
  */
 static int
-__do_block_io_op(struct xen_blkif *blkif)
+__do_block_io_op(struct xen_blkif_ring *ring)
 {
-	union blkif_back_rings *blk_rings = &blkif->blk_rings;
+	union blkif_back_rings *blk_rings = &ring->blk_rings;
 	struct blkif_request req;
 	struct pending_req *pending_req;
 	RING_IDX rc, rp;
@@ -1112,7 +1133,7 @@ __do_block_io_op(struct xen_blkif *blkif)
 	if (RING_REQUEST_PROD_OVERFLOW(&blk_rings->common, rp)) {
 		rc = blk_rings->common.rsp_prod_pvt;
 		pr_warn("Frontend provided bogus ring requests (%d - %d = %d). Halting ring processing on dev=%04x\n",
-			rp, rc, rp - rc, blkif->vbd.pdevice);
+			rp, rc, rp - rc, ring->blkif->vbd.pdevice);
 		return -EACCES;
 	}
 	while (rc != rp) {
@@ -1125,14 +1146,14 @@ __do_block_io_op(struct xen_blkif *blkif)
 			break;
 		}
 
-		pending_req = alloc_req(blkif);
+		pending_req = alloc_req(ring);
 		if (NULL == pending_req) {
-			blkif->st_oo_req++;
+			ring->st_oo_req++;
 			more_to_do = 1;
 			break;
 		}
 
-		switch (blkif->blk_protocol) {
+		switch (ring->blkif->blk_protocol) {
 		case BLKIF_PROTOCOL_NATIVE:
 			memcpy(&req, RING_GET_REQUEST(&blk_rings->native, rc), sizeof(req));
 			break;
@@ -1156,16 +1177,16 @@ __do_block_io_op(struct xen_blkif *blkif)
 		case BLKIF_OP_WRITE_BARRIER:
 		case BLKIF_OP_FLUSH_DISKCACHE:
 		case BLKIF_OP_INDIRECT:
-			if (dispatch_rw_block_io(blkif, &req, pending_req))
+			if (dispatch_rw_block_io(ring, &req, pending_req))
 				goto done;
 			break;
 		case BLKIF_OP_DISCARD:
-			free_req(blkif, pending_req);
-			if (dispatch_discard_io(blkif, &req))
+			free_req(ring, pending_req);
+			if (dispatch_discard_io(ring, &req))
 				goto done;
 			break;
 		default:
-			if (dispatch_other_io(blkif, &req, pending_req))
+			if (dispatch_other_io(ring, &req, pending_req))
 				goto done;
 			break;
 		}
@@ -1178,13 +1199,13 @@ done:
 }
 
 static int
-do_block_io_op(struct xen_blkif *blkif)
+do_block_io_op(struct xen_blkif_ring *ring)
 {
-	union blkif_back_rings *blk_rings = &blkif->blk_rings;
+	union blkif_back_rings *blk_rings = &ring->blk_rings;
 	int more_to_do;
 
 	do {
-		more_to_do = __do_block_io_op(blkif);
+		more_to_do = __do_block_io_op(ring);
 		if (more_to_do)
 			break;
 
@@ -1197,7 +1218,7 @@ do_block_io_op(struct xen_blkif *blkif)
  * Transmutation of the 'struct blkif_request' to a proper 'struct bio'
  * and call the 'submit_bio' to pass it to the underlying storage.
  */
-static int dispatch_rw_block_io(struct xen_blkif *blkif,
+static int dispatch_rw_block_io(struct xen_blkif_ring *ring,
 				struct blkif_request *req,
 				struct pending_req *pending_req)
 {
@@ -1225,17 +1246,17 @@ static int dispatch_rw_block_io(struct xen_blkif *blkif,
 
 	switch (req_operation) {
 	case BLKIF_OP_READ:
-		blkif->st_rd_req++;
+		ring->st_rd_req++;
 		operation = READ;
 		break;
 	case BLKIF_OP_WRITE:
-		blkif->st_wr_req++;
+		ring->st_wr_req++;
 		operation = WRITE_ODIRECT;
 		break;
 	case BLKIF_OP_WRITE_BARRIER:
 		drain = true;
 	case BLKIF_OP_FLUSH_DISKCACHE:
-		blkif->st_f_req++;
+		ring->st_f_req++;
 		operation = WRITE_FLUSH;
 		break;
 	default:
@@ -1260,7 +1281,7 @@ static int dispatch_rw_block_io(struct xen_blkif *blkif,
 
 	preq.nr_sects      = 0;
 
-	pending_req->blkif     = blkif;
+	pending_req->ring      = ring;
 	pending_req->id        = req->u.rw.id;
 	pending_req->operation = req_operation;
 	pending_req->status    = BLKIF_RSP_OKAY;
@@ -1287,12 +1308,12 @@ static int dispatch_rw_block_io(struct xen_blkif *blkif,
 			goto fail_response;
 	}
 
-	if (xen_vbd_translate(&preq, blkif, operation) != 0) {
+	if (xen_vbd_translate(&preq, ring->blkif, operation) != 0) {
 		pr_debug("access denied: %s of [%llu,%llu] on dev=%04x\n",
 			 operation == READ ? "read" : "write",
 			 preq.sector_number,
 			 preq.sector_number + preq.nr_sects,
-			 blkif->vbd.pdevice);
+			 ring->blkif->vbd.pdevice);
 		goto fail_response;
 	}
 
@@ -1304,7 +1325,7 @@ static int dispatch_rw_block_io(struct xen_blkif *blkif,
 		if (((int)preq.sector_number|(int)seg[i].nsec) &
 		    ((bdev_logical_block_size(preq.bdev) >> 9) - 1)) {
 			pr_debug("Misaligned I/O request from domain %d\n",
-				 blkif->domid);
+				 ring->blkif->domid);
 			goto fail_response;
 		}
 	}
@@ -1313,7 +1334,7 @@ static int dispatch_rw_block_io(struct xen_blkif *blkif,
 	 * issue the WRITE_FLUSH.
 	 */
 	if (drain)
-		xen_blk_drain_io(pending_req->blkif);
+		xen_blk_drain_io(pending_req->ring);
 
 	/*
 	 * If we have failed at this point, we need to undo the M2P override,
@@ -1328,8 +1349,8 @@ static int dispatch_rw_block_io(struct xen_blkif *blkif,
 	 * This corresponding xen_blkif_put is done in __end_block_io_op, or
 	 * below (in "!bio") if we are handling a BLKIF_OP_DISCARD.
 	 */
-	xen_blkif_get(blkif);
-	atomic_inc(&blkif->inflight);
+	xen_blkif_get(ring->blkif);
+	atomic_inc(&ring->inflight);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < nseg; i++) {
 		while ((bio == NULL) ||
@@ -1377,19 +1398,19 @@ static int dispatch_rw_block_io(struct xen_blkif *blkif,
 	blk_finish_plug(&plug);
 
 	if (operation == READ)
-		blkif->st_rd_sect += preq.nr_sects;
+		ring->st_rd_sect += preq.nr_sects;
 	else if (operation & WRITE)
-		blkif->st_wr_sect += preq.nr_sects;
+		ring->st_wr_sect += preq.nr_sects;
 
 	return 0;
 
  fail_flush:
-	xen_blkbk_unmap(blkif, pending_req->segments,
+	xen_blkbk_unmap(ring, pending_req->segments,
 	                pending_req->nr_segs);
  fail_response:
 	/* Haven't submitted any bio's yet. */
-	make_response(blkif, req->u.rw.id, req_operation, BLKIF_RSP_ERROR);
-	free_req(blkif, pending_req);
+	make_response(ring, req->u.rw.id, req_operation, BLKIF_RSP_ERROR);
+	free_req(ring, pending_req);
 	msleep(1); /* back off a bit */
 	return -EIO;
 
@@ -1407,21 +1428,22 @@ static int dispatch_rw_block_io(struct xen_blkif *blkif,
 /*
  * Put a response on the ring on how the operation fared.
  */
-static void make_response(struct xen_blkif *blkif, u64 id,
+static void make_response(struct xen_blkif_ring *ring, u64 id,
 			  unsigned short op, int st)
 {
 	struct blkif_response  resp;
 	unsigned long     flags;
-	union blkif_back_rings *blk_rings = &blkif->blk_rings;
+	union blkif_back_rings *blk_rings;
 	int notify;
 
 	resp.id        = id;
 	resp.operation = op;
 	resp.status    = st;
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&blkif->blk_ring_lock, flags);
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&ring->blk_ring_lock, flags);
+	blk_rings = &ring->blk_rings;
 	/* Place on the response ring for the relevant domain. */
-	switch (blkif->blk_protocol) {
+	switch (ring->blkif->blk_protocol) {
 	case BLKIF_PROTOCOL_NATIVE:
 		memcpy(RING_GET_RESPONSE(&blk_rings->native, blk_rings->native.rsp_prod_pvt),
 		       &resp, sizeof(resp));
@@ -1439,9 +1461,9 @@ static void make_response(struct xen_blkif *blkif, u64 id,
 	}
 	blk_rings->common.rsp_prod_pvt++;
 	RING_PUSH_RESPONSES_AND_CHECK_NOTIFY(&blk_rings->common, notify);
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&blkif->blk_ring_lock, flags);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ring->blk_ring_lock, flags);
 	if (notify)
-		notify_remote_via_irq(blkif->irq);
+		notify_remote_via_irq(ring->irq);
 }
 
 static int __init xen_blkif_init(void)
@@ -1457,6 +1479,9 @@ static int __init xen_blkif_init(void)
 		xen_blkif_max_ring_order = XENBUS_MAX_RING_GRANT_ORDER;
 	}
 
+	if (xenblk_max_queues == 0)
+		xenblk_max_queues = num_online_cpus();
+
 	rc = xen_blkif_interface_init();
 	if (rc)
 		goto failed_init;
diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/common.h b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/common.h
index c929ae22764c..dea61f6ab8cb 100644
--- a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/common.h
+++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/common.h
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 #include <xen/interface/io/protocols.h>
 
 extern unsigned int xen_blkif_max_ring_order;
+extern unsigned int xenblk_max_queues;
 /*
  * This is the maximum number of segments that would be allowed in indirect
  * requests. This value will also be passed to the frontend.
@@ -269,68 +270,79 @@ struct persistent_gnt {
 	struct list_head remove_node;
 };
 
-struct xen_blkif {
-	/* Unique identifier for this interface. */
-	domid_t			domid;
-	unsigned int		handle;
+/* Per-ring information. */
+struct xen_blkif_ring {
 	/* Physical parameters of the comms window. */
 	unsigned int		irq;
-	/* Comms information. */
-	enum blkif_protocol	blk_protocol;
 	union blkif_back_rings	blk_rings;
 	void			*blk_ring;
-	/* The VBD attached to this interface. */
-	struct xen_vbd		vbd;
-	/* Back pointer to the backend_info. */
-	struct backend_info	*be;
 	/* Private fields. */
 	spinlock_t		blk_ring_lock;
-	atomic_t		refcnt;
 
 	wait_queue_head_t	wq;
-	/* for barrier (drain) requests */
-	struct completion	drain_complete;
-	atomic_t		drain;
 	atomic_t		inflight;
-	/* One thread per one blkif. */
+	/* One thread per blkif ring. */
 	struct task_struct	*xenblkd;
 	unsigned int		waiting_reqs;
 
-	/* tree to store persistent grants */
+	/* List of all 'pending_req' available */
+	struct list_head	pending_free;
+	/* And its spinlock. */
+	spinlock_t		pending_free_lock;
+	wait_queue_head_t	pending_free_wq;
+
+	/* Tree to store persistent grants. */
+	spinlock_t		pers_gnts_lock;
 	struct rb_root		persistent_gnts;
 	unsigned int		persistent_gnt_c;
 	atomic_t		persistent_gnt_in_use;
 	unsigned long           next_lru;
 
-	/* used by the kworker that offload work from the persistent purge */
+	/* Statistics. */
+	unsigned long		st_print;
+	unsigned long long	st_rd_req;
+	unsigned long long	st_wr_req;
+	unsigned long long	st_oo_req;
+	unsigned long long	st_f_req;
+	unsigned long long	st_ds_req;
+	unsigned long long	st_rd_sect;
+	unsigned long long	st_wr_sect;
+
+	/* Used by the kworker that offload work from the persistent purge. */
 	struct list_head	persistent_purge_list;
 	struct work_struct	persistent_purge_work;
 
-	/* buffer of free pages to map grant refs */
+	/* Buffer of free pages to map grant refs. */
 	spinlock_t		free_pages_lock;
 	int			free_pages_num;
 	struct list_head	free_pages;
 
-	/* List of all 'pending_req' available */
-	struct list_head	pending_free;
-	/* And its spinlock. */
-	spinlock_t		pending_free_lock;
-	wait_queue_head_t	pending_free_wq;
-
-	/* statistics */
-	unsigned long		st_print;
-	unsigned long long			st_rd_req;
-	unsigned long long			st_wr_req;
-	unsigned long long			st_oo_req;
-	unsigned long long			st_f_req;
-	unsigned long long			st_ds_req;
-	unsigned long long			st_rd_sect;
-	unsigned long long			st_wr_sect;
-
 	struct work_struct	free_work;
 	/* Thread shutdown wait queue. */
 	wait_queue_head_t	shutdown_wq;
-	unsigned int nr_ring_pages;
+	struct xen_blkif 	*blkif;
+};
+
+struct xen_blkif {
+	/* Unique identifier for this interface. */
+	domid_t			domid;
+	unsigned int		handle;
+	/* Comms information. */
+	enum blkif_protocol	blk_protocol;
+	/* The VBD attached to this interface. */
+	struct xen_vbd		vbd;
+	/* Back pointer to the backend_info. */
+	struct backend_info	*be;
+	atomic_t		refcnt;
+	/* for barrier (drain) requests */
+	struct completion	drain_complete;
+	atomic_t		drain;
+
+	struct work_struct	free_work;
+	unsigned int 		nr_ring_pages;
+	/* All rings for this device. */
+	struct xen_blkif_ring	*rings;
+	unsigned int		nr_rings;
 };
 
 struct seg_buf {
@@ -352,7 +364,7 @@ struct grant_page {
  * response queued for it, with the saved 'id' passed back.
  */
 struct pending_req {
-	struct xen_blkif	*blkif;
+	struct xen_blkif_ring   *ring;
 	u64			id;
 	int			nr_segs;
 	atomic_t		pendcnt;
@@ -394,7 +406,7 @@ int xen_blkif_xenbus_init(void);
 irqreturn_t xen_blkif_be_int(int irq, void *dev_id);
 int xen_blkif_schedule(void *arg);
 int xen_blkif_purge_persistent(void *arg);
-void xen_blkbk_free_caches(struct xen_blkif *blkif);
+void xen_blkbk_free_caches(struct xen_blkif_ring *ring);
 
 int xen_blkbk_flush_diskcache(struct xenbus_transaction xbt,
 			      struct backend_info *be, int state);
diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c
index f53cff42f8da..876763f7f13e 100644
--- a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c
+++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c
@@ -86,9 +86,11 @@ static void xen_update_blkif_status(struct xen_blkif *blkif)
 {
 	int err;
 	char name[BLKBACK_NAME_LEN];
+	struct xen_blkif_ring *ring;
+	int i;
 
 	/* Not ready to connect? */
-	if (!blkif->irq || !blkif->vbd.bdev)
+	if (!blkif->rings || !blkif->rings[0].irq || !blkif->vbd.bdev)
 		return;
 
 	/* Already connected? */
@@ -113,13 +115,55 @@ static void xen_update_blkif_status(struct xen_blkif *blkif)
 	}
 	invalidate_inode_pages2(blkif->vbd.bdev->bd_inode->i_mapping);
 
-	blkif->xenblkd = kthread_run(xen_blkif_schedule, blkif, "%s", name);
-	if (IS_ERR(blkif->xenblkd)) {
-		err = PTR_ERR(blkif->xenblkd);
-		blkif->xenblkd = NULL;
-		xenbus_dev_error(blkif->be->dev, err, "start xenblkd");
-		return;
+	for (i = 0; i < blkif->nr_rings; i++) {
+		ring = &blkif->rings[i];
+		ring->xenblkd = kthread_run(xen_blkif_schedule, ring, "%s-%d", name, i);
+		if (IS_ERR(ring->xenblkd)) {
+			err = PTR_ERR(ring->xenblkd);
+			ring->xenblkd = NULL;
+			xenbus_dev_fatal(blkif->be->dev, err,
+					"start %s-%d xenblkd", name, i);
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
+	return;
+
+out:
+	while (--i >= 0) {
+		ring = &blkif->rings[i];
+		kthread_stop(ring->xenblkd);
+	}
+	return;
+}
+
+static int xen_blkif_alloc_rings(struct xen_blkif *blkif)
+{
+	unsigned int r;
+
+	blkif->rings = kzalloc(blkif->nr_rings * sizeof(struct xen_blkif_ring), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!blkif->rings)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	for (r = 0; r < blkif->nr_rings; r++) {
+		struct xen_blkif_ring *ring = &blkif->rings[r];
+
+		spin_lock_init(&ring->blk_ring_lock);
+		init_waitqueue_head(&ring->wq);
+		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ring->pending_free);
+		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ring->persistent_purge_list);
+		INIT_WORK(&ring->persistent_purge_work, xen_blkbk_unmap_purged_grants);
+		spin_lock_init(&ring->free_pages_lock);
+		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ring->free_pages);
+
+		spin_lock_init(&ring->pending_free_lock);
+		init_waitqueue_head(&ring->pending_free_wq);
+		init_waitqueue_head(&ring->shutdown_wq);
+		ring->blkif = blkif;
+		ring->st_print = jiffies;
+		xen_blkif_get(blkif);
 	}
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static struct xen_blkif *xen_blkif_alloc(domid_t domid)
@@ -133,41 +177,25 @@ static struct xen_blkif *xen_blkif_alloc(domid_t domid)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
 	blkif->domid = domid;
-	spin_lock_init(&blkif->blk_ring_lock);
 	atomic_set(&blkif->refcnt, 1);
-	init_waitqueue_head(&blkif->wq);
 	init_completion(&blkif->drain_complete);
-	atomic_set(&blkif->drain, 0);
-	blkif->st_print = jiffies;
-	blkif->persistent_gnts.rb_node = NULL;
-	spin_lock_init(&blkif->free_pages_lock);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&blkif->free_pages);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&blkif->persistent_purge_list);
-	blkif->free_pages_num = 0;
-	atomic_set(&blkif->persistent_gnt_in_use, 0);
-	atomic_set(&blkif->inflight, 0);
-	INIT_WORK(&blkif->persistent_purge_work, xen_blkbk_unmap_purged_grants);
-
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&blkif->pending_free);
 	INIT_WORK(&blkif->free_work, xen_blkif_deferred_free);
-	spin_lock_init(&blkif->pending_free_lock);
-	init_waitqueue_head(&blkif->pending_free_wq);
-	init_waitqueue_head(&blkif->shutdown_wq);
 
 	return blkif;
 }
 
-static int xen_blkif_map(struct xen_blkif *blkif, grant_ref_t *gref,
+static int xen_blkif_map(struct xen_blkif_ring *ring, grant_ref_t *gref,
 			 unsigned int nr_grefs, unsigned int evtchn)
 {
 	int err;
+	struct xen_blkif *blkif = ring->blkif;
 
 	/* Already connected through? */
-	if (blkif->irq)
+	if (ring->irq)
 		return 0;
 
 	err = xenbus_map_ring_valloc(blkif->be->dev, gref, nr_grefs,
-				     &blkif->blk_ring);
+				     &ring->blk_ring);
 	if (err < 0)
 		return err;
 
@@ -175,24 +203,24 @@ static int xen_blkif_map(struct xen_blkif *blkif, grant_ref_t *gref,
 	case BLKIF_PROTOCOL_NATIVE:
 	{
 		struct blkif_sring *sring;
-		sring = (struct blkif_sring *)blkif->blk_ring;
-		BACK_RING_INIT(&blkif->blk_rings.native, sring,
+		sring = (struct blkif_sring *)ring->blk_ring;
+		BACK_RING_INIT(&ring->blk_rings.native, sring,
 			       XEN_PAGE_SIZE * nr_grefs);
 		break;
 	}
 	case BLKIF_PROTOCOL_X86_32:
 	{
 		struct blkif_x86_32_sring *sring_x86_32;
-		sring_x86_32 = (struct blkif_x86_32_sring *)blkif->blk_ring;
-		BACK_RING_INIT(&blkif->blk_rings.x86_32, sring_x86_32,
+		sring_x86_32 = (struct blkif_x86_32_sring *)ring->blk_ring;
+		BACK_RING_INIT(&ring->blk_rings.x86_32, sring_x86_32,
 			       XEN_PAGE_SIZE * nr_grefs);
 		break;
 	}
 	case BLKIF_PROTOCOL_X86_64:
 	{
 		struct blkif_x86_64_sring *sring_x86_64;
-		sring_x86_64 = (struct blkif_x86_64_sring *)blkif->blk_ring;
-		BACK_RING_INIT(&blkif->blk_rings.x86_64, sring_x86_64,
+		sring_x86_64 = (struct blkif_x86_64_sring *)ring->blk_ring;
+		BACK_RING_INIT(&ring->blk_rings.x86_64, sring_x86_64,
 			       XEN_PAGE_SIZE * nr_grefs);
 		break;
 	}
@@ -202,13 +230,13 @@ static int xen_blkif_map(struct xen_blkif *blkif, grant_ref_t *gref,
 
 	err = bind_interdomain_evtchn_to_irqhandler(blkif->domid, evtchn,
 						    xen_blkif_be_int, 0,
-						    "blkif-backend", blkif);
+						    "blkif-backend", ring);
 	if (err < 0) {
-		xenbus_unmap_ring_vfree(blkif->be->dev, blkif->blk_ring);
-		blkif->blk_rings.common.sring = NULL;
+		xenbus_unmap_ring_vfree(blkif->be->dev, ring->blk_ring);
+		ring->blk_rings.common.sring = NULL;
 		return err;
 	}
-	blkif->irq = err;
+	ring->irq = err;
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -216,50 +244,69 @@ static int xen_blkif_map(struct xen_blkif *blkif, grant_ref_t *gref,
 static int xen_blkif_disconnect(struct xen_blkif *blkif)
 {
 	struct pending_req *req, *n;
-	int i = 0, j;
+	unsigned int j, r;
 
-	if (blkif->xenblkd) {
-		kthread_stop(blkif->xenblkd);
-		wake_up(&blkif->shutdown_wq);
-		blkif->xenblkd = NULL;
-	}
+	for (r = 0; r < blkif->nr_rings; r++) {
+		struct xen_blkif_ring *ring = &blkif->rings[r];
+		unsigned int i = 0;
 
-	/* The above kthread_stop() guarantees that at this point we
-	 * don't have any discard_io or other_io requests. So, checking
-	 * for inflight IO is enough.
-	 */
-	if (atomic_read(&blkif->inflight) > 0)
-		return -EBUSY;
+		if (ring->xenblkd) {
+			kthread_stop(ring->xenblkd);
+			wake_up(&ring->shutdown_wq);
+			ring->xenblkd = NULL;
+		}
 
-	if (blkif->irq) {
-		unbind_from_irqhandler(blkif->irq, blkif);
-		blkif->irq = 0;
-	}
+		/* The above kthread_stop() guarantees that at this point we
+		 * don't have any discard_io or other_io requests. So, checking
+		 * for inflight IO is enough.
+		 */
+		if (atomic_read(&ring->inflight) > 0)
+			return -EBUSY;
 
-	if (blkif->blk_rings.common.sring) {
-		xenbus_unmap_ring_vfree(blkif->be->dev, blkif->blk_ring);
-		blkif->blk_rings.common.sring = NULL;
-	}
+		if (ring->irq) {
+			unbind_from_irqhandler(ring->irq, ring);
+			ring->irq = 0;
+		}
 
-	/* Remove all persistent grants and the cache of ballooned pages. */
-	xen_blkbk_free_caches(blkif);
+		if (ring->blk_rings.common.sring) {
+			xenbus_unmap_ring_vfree(blkif->be->dev, ring->blk_ring);
+			ring->blk_rings.common.sring = NULL;
+		}
 
-	/* Check that there is no request in use */
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(req, n, &blkif->pending_free, free_list) {
-		list_del(&req->free_list);
+		/* Remove all persistent grants and the cache of ballooned pages. */
+		xen_blkbk_free_caches(ring);
 
-		for (j = 0; j < MAX_INDIRECT_SEGMENTS; j++)
-			kfree(req->segments[j]);
+		/* Check that there is no request in use */
+		list_for_each_entry_safe(req, n, &ring->pending_free, free_list) {
+			list_del(&req->free_list);
 
-		for (j = 0; j < MAX_INDIRECT_PAGES; j++)
-			kfree(req->indirect_pages[j]);
+			for (j = 0; j < MAX_INDIRECT_SEGMENTS; j++)
+				kfree(req->segments[j]);
 
-		kfree(req);
-		i++;
-	}
+			for (j = 0; j < MAX_INDIRECT_PAGES; j++)
+				kfree(req->indirect_pages[j]);
+
+			kfree(req);
+			i++;
+		}
 
-	WARN_ON(i != (XEN_BLKIF_REQS_PER_PAGE * blkif->nr_ring_pages));
+		BUG_ON(atomic_read(&ring->persistent_gnt_in_use) != 0);
+		BUG_ON(!list_empty(&ring->persistent_purge_list));
+		BUG_ON(!RB_EMPTY_ROOT(&ring->persistent_gnts));
+		BUG_ON(!list_empty(&ring->free_pages));
+		BUG_ON(ring->free_pages_num != 0);
+		BUG_ON(ring->persistent_gnt_c != 0);
+		WARN_ON(i != (XEN_BLKIF_REQS_PER_PAGE * blkif->nr_ring_pages));
+		xen_blkif_put(blkif);
+	}
 	blkif->nr_ring_pages = 0;
+	/*
+	 * blkif->rings was allocated in connect_ring, so we should free it in
+	 * here.
+	 */
+	kfree(blkif->rings);
+	blkif->rings = NULL;
+	blkif->nr_rings = 0;
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -271,13 +318,6 @@ static void xen_blkif_free(struct xen_blkif *blkif)
 	xen_vbd_free(&blkif->vbd);
 
 	/* Make sure everything is drained before shutting down */
-	BUG_ON(blkif->persistent_gnt_c != 0);
-	BUG_ON(atomic_read(&blkif->persistent_gnt_in_use) != 0);
-	BUG_ON(blkif->free_pages_num != 0);
-	BUG_ON(!list_empty(&blkif->persistent_purge_list));
-	BUG_ON(!list_empty(&blkif->free_pages));
-	BUG_ON(!RB_EMPTY_ROOT(&blkif->persistent_gnts));
-
 	kmem_cache_free(xen_blkif_cachep, blkif);
 }
 
@@ -296,25 +336,38 @@ int __init xen_blkif_interface_init(void)
  *  sysfs interface for VBD I/O requests
  */
 
-#define VBD_SHOW(name, format, args...)					\
+#define VBD_SHOW_ALLRING(name, format)					\
 	static ssize_t show_##name(struct device *_dev,			\
 				   struct device_attribute *attr,	\
 				   char *buf)				\
 	{								\
 		struct xenbus_device *dev = to_xenbus_device(_dev);	\
 		struct backend_info *be = dev_get_drvdata(&dev->dev);	\
+		struct xen_blkif *blkif = be->blkif;			\
+		unsigned int i;						\
+		unsigned long long result = 0;				\
 									\
-		return sprintf(buf, format, ##args);			\
+		if (!blkif->rings)				\
+			goto out;					\
+									\
+		for (i = 0; i < blkif->nr_rings; i++) {		\
+			struct xen_blkif_ring *ring = &blkif->rings[i];	\
+									\
+			result += ring->st_##name;			\
+		}							\
+									\
+out:									\
+		return sprintf(buf, format, result);			\
 	}								\
 	static DEVICE_ATTR(name, S_IRUGO, show_##name, NULL)
 
-VBD_SHOW(oo_req,  "%llu\n", be->blkif->st_oo_req);
-VBD_SHOW(rd_req,  "%llu\n", be->blkif->st_rd_req);
-VBD_SHOW(wr_req,  "%llu\n", be->blkif->st_wr_req);
-VBD_SHOW(f_req,  "%llu\n", be->blkif->st_f_req);
-VBD_SHOW(ds_req,  "%llu\n", be->blkif->st_ds_req);
-VBD_SHOW(rd_sect, "%llu\n", be->blkif->st_rd_sect);
-VBD_SHOW(wr_sect, "%llu\n", be->blkif->st_wr_sect);
+VBD_SHOW_ALLRING(oo_req,  "%llu\n");
+VBD_SHOW_ALLRING(rd_req,  "%llu\n");
+VBD_SHOW_ALLRING(wr_req,  "%llu\n");
+VBD_SHOW_ALLRING(f_req,  "%llu\n");
+VBD_SHOW_ALLRING(ds_req,  "%llu\n");
+VBD_SHOW_ALLRING(rd_sect, "%llu\n");
+VBD_SHOW_ALLRING(wr_sect, "%llu\n");
 
 static struct attribute *xen_vbdstat_attrs[] = {
 	&dev_attr_oo_req.attr,
@@ -332,6 +385,18 @@ static struct attribute_group xen_vbdstat_group = {
 	.attrs = xen_vbdstat_attrs,
 };
 
+#define VBD_SHOW(name, format, args...)					\
+	static ssize_t show_##name(struct device *_dev,			\
+				   struct device_attribute *attr,	\
+				   char *buf)				\
+	{								\
+		struct xenbus_device *dev = to_xenbus_device(_dev);	\
+		struct backend_info *be = dev_get_drvdata(&dev->dev);	\
+									\
+		return sprintf(buf, format, ##args);			\
+	}								\
+	static DEVICE_ATTR(name, S_IRUGO, show_##name, NULL)
+
 VBD_SHOW(physical_device, "%x:%x\n", be->major, be->minor);
 VBD_SHOW(mode, "%s\n", be->mode);
 
@@ -440,11 +505,11 @@ static int xen_blkbk_remove(struct xenbus_device *dev)
 
 	dev_set_drvdata(&dev->dev, NULL);
 
-	if (be->blkif) {
+	if (be->blkif)
 		xen_blkif_disconnect(be->blkif);
-		xen_blkif_put(be->blkif);
-	}
 
+	/* Put the reference we set in xen_blkif_alloc(). */
+	xen_blkif_put(be->blkif);
 	kfree(be->mode);
 	kfree(be);
 	return 0;
@@ -553,6 +618,12 @@ static int xen_blkbk_probe(struct xenbus_device *dev,
 		goto fail;
 	}
 
+	/* Multi-queue: advertise how many queues are supported by us.*/
+	err = xenbus_printf(XBT_NIL, dev->nodename,
+			    "multi-queue-max-queues", "%u", xenblk_max_queues);
+	if (err)
+		pr_warn("Error writing multi-queue-max-queues\n");
+
 	/* setup back pointer */
 	be->blkif->be = be;
 
@@ -708,8 +779,14 @@ static void frontend_changed(struct xenbus_device *dev,
 		}
 
 		err = connect_ring(be);
-		if (err)
+		if (err) {
+			/*
+			 * Clean up so that memory resources can be used by
+			 * other devices. connect_ring reported already error.
+			 */
+			xen_blkif_disconnect(be->blkif);
 			break;
+		}
 		xen_update_blkif_status(be->blkif);
 		break;
 
@@ -825,50 +902,43 @@ again:
 	xenbus_transaction_end(xbt, 1);
 }
 
-
-static int connect_ring(struct backend_info *be)
+/*
+ * Each ring may have multi pages, depends on "ring-page-order".
+ */
+static int read_per_ring_refs(struct xen_blkif_ring *ring, const char *dir)
 {
-	struct xenbus_device *dev = be->dev;
 	unsigned int ring_ref[XENBUS_MAX_RING_GRANTS];
-	unsigned int evtchn, nr_grefs, ring_page_order;
-	unsigned int pers_grants;
-	char protocol[64] = "";
 	struct pending_req *req, *n;
 	int err, i, j;
+	struct xen_blkif *blkif = ring->blkif;
+	struct xenbus_device *dev = blkif->be->dev;
+	unsigned int ring_page_order, nr_grefs, evtchn;
 
-	pr_debug("%s %s\n", __func__, dev->otherend);
-
-	err = xenbus_scanf(XBT_NIL, dev->otherend, "event-channel", "%u",
+	err = xenbus_scanf(XBT_NIL, dir, "event-channel", "%u",
 			  &evtchn);
 	if (err != 1) {
 		err = -EINVAL;
-		xenbus_dev_fatal(dev, err, "reading %s/event-channel",
-				 dev->otherend);
+		xenbus_dev_fatal(dev, err, "reading %s/event-channel", dir);
 		return err;
 	}
-	pr_info("event-channel %u\n", evtchn);
 
 	err = xenbus_scanf(XBT_NIL, dev->otherend, "ring-page-order", "%u",
 			  &ring_page_order);
 	if (err != 1) {
-		err = xenbus_scanf(XBT_NIL, dev->otherend, "ring-ref",
-				  "%u", &ring_ref[0]);
+		err = xenbus_scanf(XBT_NIL, dir, "ring-ref", "%u", &ring_ref[0]);
 		if (err != 1) {
 			err = -EINVAL;
-			xenbus_dev_fatal(dev, err, "reading %s/ring-ref",
-					 dev->otherend);
+			xenbus_dev_fatal(dev, err, "reading %s/ring-ref", dir);
 			return err;
 		}
 		nr_grefs = 1;
-		pr_info("%s:using single page: ring-ref %d\n", dev->otherend,
-			ring_ref[0]);
 	} else {
 		unsigned int i;
 
 		if (ring_page_order > xen_blkif_max_ring_order) {
 			err = -EINVAL;
 			xenbus_dev_fatal(dev, err, "%s/request %d ring page order exceed max:%d",
-					 dev->otherend, ring_page_order,
+					 dir, ring_page_order,
 					 xen_blkif_max_ring_order);
 			return err;
 		}
@@ -878,52 +948,23 @@ static int connect_ring(struct backend_info *be)
 			char ring_ref_name[RINGREF_NAME_LEN];
 
 			snprintf(ring_ref_name, RINGREF_NAME_LEN, "ring-ref%u", i);
-			err = xenbus_scanf(XBT_NIL, dev->otherend, ring_ref_name,
+			err = xenbus_scanf(XBT_NIL, dir, ring_ref_name,
 					   "%u", &ring_ref[i]);
 			if (err != 1) {
 				err = -EINVAL;
 				xenbus_dev_fatal(dev, err, "reading %s/%s",
-						 dev->otherend, ring_ref_name);
+						 dir, ring_ref_name);
 				return err;
 			}
-			pr_info("ring-ref%u: %u\n", i, ring_ref[i]);
 		}
 	}
-
-	be->blkif->blk_protocol = BLKIF_PROTOCOL_DEFAULT;
-	err = xenbus_gather(XBT_NIL, dev->otherend, "protocol",
-			    "%63s", protocol, NULL);
-	if (err)
-		strcpy(protocol, "unspecified, assuming default");
-	else if (0 == strcmp(protocol, XEN_IO_PROTO_ABI_NATIVE))
-		be->blkif->blk_protocol = BLKIF_PROTOCOL_NATIVE;
-	else if (0 == strcmp(protocol, XEN_IO_PROTO_ABI_X86_32))
-		be->blkif->blk_protocol = BLKIF_PROTOCOL_X86_32;
-	else if (0 == strcmp(protocol, XEN_IO_PROTO_ABI_X86_64))
-		be->blkif->blk_protocol = BLKIF_PROTOCOL_X86_64;
-	else {
-		xenbus_dev_fatal(dev, err, "unknown fe protocol %s", protocol);
-		return -1;
-	}
-	err = xenbus_gather(XBT_NIL, dev->otherend,
-			    "feature-persistent", "%u",
-			    &pers_grants, NULL);
-	if (err)
-		pers_grants = 0;
-
-	be->blkif->vbd.feature_gnt_persistent = pers_grants;
-	be->blkif->vbd.overflow_max_grants = 0;
-	be->blkif->nr_ring_pages = nr_grefs;
-
-	pr_info("ring-pages:%d, event-channel %d, protocol %d (%s) %s\n",
-		nr_grefs, evtchn, be->blkif->blk_protocol, protocol,
-		pers_grants ? "persistent grants" : "");
+	blkif->nr_ring_pages = nr_grefs;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < nr_grefs * XEN_BLKIF_REQS_PER_PAGE; i++) {
 		req = kzalloc(sizeof(*req), GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!req)
 			goto fail;
-		list_add_tail(&req->free_list, &be->blkif->pending_free);
+		list_add_tail(&req->free_list, &ring->pending_free);
 		for (j = 0; j < MAX_INDIRECT_SEGMENTS; j++) {
 			req->segments[j] = kzalloc(sizeof(*req->segments[0]), GFP_KERNEL);
 			if (!req->segments[j])
@@ -938,7 +979,7 @@ static int connect_ring(struct backend_info *be)
 	}
 
 	/* Map the shared frame, irq etc. */
-	err = xen_blkif_map(be->blkif, ring_ref, nr_grefs, evtchn);
+	err = xen_blkif_map(ring, ring_ref, nr_grefs, evtchn);
 	if (err) {
 		xenbus_dev_fatal(dev, err, "mapping ring-ref port %u", evtchn);
 		return err;
@@ -947,7 +988,7 @@ static int connect_ring(struct backend_info *be)
 	return 0;
 
 fail:
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(req, n, &be->blkif->pending_free, free_list) {
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(req, n, &ring->pending_free, free_list) {
 		list_del(&req->free_list);
 		for (j = 0; j < MAX_INDIRECT_SEGMENTS; j++) {
 			if (!req->segments[j])
@@ -962,6 +1003,93 @@ fail:
 		kfree(req);
 	}
 	return -ENOMEM;
+
+}
+
+static int connect_ring(struct backend_info *be)
+{
+	struct xenbus_device *dev = be->dev;
+	unsigned int pers_grants;
+	char protocol[64] = "";
+	int err, i;
+	char *xspath;
+	size_t xspathsize;
+	const size_t xenstore_path_ext_size = 11; /* sufficient for "/queue-NNN" */
+	unsigned int requested_num_queues = 0;
+
+	pr_debug("%s %s\n", __func__, dev->otherend);
+
+	be->blkif->blk_protocol = BLKIF_PROTOCOL_DEFAULT;
+	err = xenbus_gather(XBT_NIL, dev->otherend, "protocol",
+			    "%63s", protocol, NULL);
+	if (err)
+		strcpy(protocol, "unspecified, assuming default");
+	else if (0 == strcmp(protocol, XEN_IO_PROTO_ABI_NATIVE))
+		be->blkif->blk_protocol = BLKIF_PROTOCOL_NATIVE;
+	else if (0 == strcmp(protocol, XEN_IO_PROTO_ABI_X86_32))
+		be->blkif->blk_protocol = BLKIF_PROTOCOL_X86_32;
+	else if (0 == strcmp(protocol, XEN_IO_PROTO_ABI_X86_64))
+		be->blkif->blk_protocol = BLKIF_PROTOCOL_X86_64;
+	else {
+		xenbus_dev_fatal(dev, err, "unknown fe protocol %s", protocol);
+		return -ENOSYS;
+	}
+	err = xenbus_gather(XBT_NIL, dev->otherend,
+			    "feature-persistent", "%u",
+			    &pers_grants, NULL);
+	if (err)
+		pers_grants = 0;
+
+	be->blkif->vbd.feature_gnt_persistent = pers_grants;
+	be->blkif->vbd.overflow_max_grants = 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * Read the number of hardware queues from frontend.
+	 */
+	err = xenbus_scanf(XBT_NIL, dev->otherend, "multi-queue-num-queues",
+			   "%u", &requested_num_queues);
+	if (err < 0) {
+		requested_num_queues = 1;
+	} else {
+		if (requested_num_queues > xenblk_max_queues
+		    || requested_num_queues == 0) {
+			/* Buggy or malicious guest. */
+			xenbus_dev_fatal(dev, err,
+					"guest requested %u queues, exceeding the maximum of %u.",
+					requested_num_queues, xenblk_max_queues);
+			return -ENOSYS;
+		}
+	}
+	be->blkif->nr_rings = requested_num_queues;
+	if (xen_blkif_alloc_rings(be->blkif))
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	pr_info("%s: using %d queues, protocol %d (%s) %s\n", dev->nodename,
+		 be->blkif->nr_rings, be->blkif->blk_protocol, protocol,
+		 pers_grants ? "persistent grants" : "");
+
+	if (be->blkif->nr_rings == 1)
+		return read_per_ring_refs(&be->blkif->rings[0], dev->otherend);
+	else {
+		xspathsize = strlen(dev->otherend) + xenstore_path_ext_size;
+		xspath = kmalloc(xspathsize, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!xspath) {
+			xenbus_dev_fatal(dev, -ENOMEM, "reading ring references");
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		}
+
+		for (i = 0; i < be->blkif->nr_rings; i++) {
+			memset(xspath, 0, xspathsize);
+			snprintf(xspath, xspathsize, "%s/queue-%u", dev->otherend, i);
+			err = read_per_ring_refs(&be->blkif->rings[i], xspath);
+			if (err) {
+				kfree(xspath);
+				return err;
+			}
+		}
+		kfree(xspath);
+	}
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static const struct xenbus_device_id xen_blkbk_ids[] = {