diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ba7a55c..6ef0867 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 VERSION = 2
 PATCHLEVEL = 6
 SUBLEVEL = 39
-EXTRAVERSION = -rc1
+EXTRAVERSION = -rc1-stor2
 NAME = Flesh-Eating Bats with Fangs
 
 # *DOCUMENTATION*
diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index e0a0623..4fdf895 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -2163,7 +2163,7 @@ bool blk_update_request(struct request *req, int error, unsigned int nr_bytes)
 	 * size, something has gone terribly wrong.
 	 */
 	if (blk_rq_bytes(req) < blk_rq_cur_bytes(req)) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "blk: request botched\n");
+		blk_dump_rq_flags(req, "request botched");
 		req->__data_len = blk_rq_cur_bytes(req);
 	}
 
diff --git a/block/blk-flush.c b/block/blk-flush.c
index 93d5fd8..eba4a27 100644
--- a/block/blk-flush.c
+++ b/block/blk-flush.c
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ static bool blk_kick_flush(struct request_queue *q)
 	q->flush_rq.end_io = flush_end_io;
 
 	q->flush_pending_idx ^= 1;
-	elv_insert(q, &q->flush_rq, ELEVATOR_INSERT_REQUEUE);
+	list_add_tail(&q->flush_rq.queuelist, &q->queue_head);
 	return true;
 }
 
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ static void flush_data_end_io(struct request *rq, int error)
  * blk_insert_flush - insert a new FLUSH/FUA request
  * @rq: request to insert
  *
- * To be called from elv_insert() for %ELEVATOR_INSERT_FLUSH insertions.
+ * To be called from __elv_add_request() for %ELEVATOR_INSERT_FLUSH insertions.
  * @rq is being submitted.  Analyze what needs to be done and put it on the
  * right queue.
  *
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ void blk_insert_flush(struct request *rq)
 	 */
 	if ((policy & REQ_FSEQ_DATA) &&
 	    !(policy & (REQ_FSEQ_PREFLUSH | REQ_FSEQ_POSTFLUSH))) {
-		list_add(&rq->queuelist, &q->queue_head);
+		list_add_tail(&rq->queuelist, &q->queue_head);
 		return;
 	}
 
diff --git a/block/blk-throttle.c b/block/blk-throttle.c
index 5352bda..6c98cfe 100644
--- a/block/blk-throttle.c
+++ b/block/blk-throttle.c
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ struct throtl_grp {
 	unsigned long slice_end[2];
 
 	/* Some throttle limits got updated for the group */
-	bool limits_changed;
+	int limits_changed;
 };
 
 struct throtl_data
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ struct throtl_data
 	/* Work for dispatching throttled bios */
 	struct delayed_work throtl_work;
 
-	bool limits_changed;
+	int limits_changed;
 };
 
 enum tg_state_flags {
diff --git a/block/elevator.c b/block/elevator.c
index c387d31..0cdb4e7 100644
--- a/block/elevator.c
+++ b/block/elevator.c
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ void elv_requeue_request(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq)
 
 	rq->cmd_flags &= ~REQ_STARTED;
 
-	elv_insert(q, rq, ELEVATOR_INSERT_REQUEUE);
+	__elv_add_request(q, rq, ELEVATOR_INSERT_REQUEUE);
 }
 
 void elv_drain_elevator(struct request_queue *q)
@@ -655,12 +655,25 @@ void elv_quiesce_end(struct request_queue *q)
 	queue_flag_clear(QUEUE_FLAG_ELVSWITCH, q);
 }
 
-void elv_insert(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq, int where)
+void __elv_add_request(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq, int where)
 {
 	trace_block_rq_insert(q, rq);
 
 	rq->q = q;
 
+	BUG_ON(rq->cmd_flags & REQ_ON_PLUG);
+
+	if (rq->cmd_flags & REQ_SOFTBARRIER) {
+		/* barriers are scheduling boundary, update end_sector */
+		if (rq->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_FS ||
+		    (rq->cmd_flags & REQ_DISCARD)) {
+			q->end_sector = rq_end_sector(rq);
+			q->boundary_rq = rq;
+		}
+	} else if (!(rq->cmd_flags & REQ_ELVPRIV) &&
+		    where == ELEVATOR_INSERT_SORT)
+		where = ELEVATOR_INSERT_BACK;
+
 	switch (where) {
 	case ELEVATOR_INSERT_REQUEUE:
 	case ELEVATOR_INSERT_FRONT:
@@ -722,24 +735,6 @@ void elv_insert(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq, int where)
 		BUG();
 	}
 }
-
-void __elv_add_request(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq, int where)
-{
-	BUG_ON(rq->cmd_flags & REQ_ON_PLUG);
-
-	if (rq->cmd_flags & REQ_SOFTBARRIER) {
-		/* barriers are scheduling boundary, update end_sector */
-		if (rq->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_FS ||
-		    (rq->cmd_flags & REQ_DISCARD)) {
-			q->end_sector = rq_end_sector(rq);
-			q->boundary_rq = rq;
-		}
-	} else if (!(rq->cmd_flags & REQ_ELVPRIV) &&
-		    where == ELEVATOR_INSERT_SORT)
-		where = ELEVATOR_INSERT_BACK;
-
-	elv_insert(q, rq, where);
-}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__elv_add_request);
 
 void elv_add_request(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq, int where)
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-io.c b/drivers/ide/ide-io.c
index 0e406d73..ca27d30 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-io.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-io.c
@@ -570,8 +570,7 @@ void ide_requeue_and_plug(ide_drive_t *drive, struct request *rq)
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(q->queue_lock, flags);
 
 	/* Use 3ms as that was the old plug delay */
-	if (rq)
-		blk_delay_queue(q, 3);
+	blk_delay_queue(q, 3);
 }
 
 static int drive_is_ready(ide_drive_t *drive)
diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index 5f4e11a..b818730 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -125,6 +125,13 @@ __cacheline_aligned_in_smp DEFINE_SPINLOCK(inode_wb_list_lock);
 static DECLARE_RWSEM(iprune_sem);
 
 /*
+ * Empty aops. Can be used for the cases where the user does not
+ * define any of the address_space operations.
+ */
+const struct address_space_operations empty_aops = {
+};
+
+/*
  * Statistics gathering..
  */
 struct inodes_stat_t inodes_stat;
@@ -176,7 +183,6 @@ int proc_nr_inodes(ctl_table *table, int write,
  */
 int inode_init_always(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *inode)
 {
-	static const struct address_space_operations empty_aops;
 	static const struct inode_operations empty_iops;
 	static const struct file_operations empty_fops;
 	struct address_space *const mapping = &inode->i_data;
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/page.c b/fs/nilfs2/page.c
index 4d2a1ee..1168059 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/page.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/page.c
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ void nilfs_mapping_init(struct address_space *mapping,
 	mapping_set_gfp_mask(mapping, GFP_NOFS);
 	mapping->assoc_mapping = NULL;
 	mapping->backing_dev_info = bdi;
-	mapping->a_ops = NULL;
+	mapping->a_ops = &empty_aops;
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/xattr.c b/fs/ubifs/xattr.c
index c74400f..403c192 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/xattr.c
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ enum {
 };
 
 static const struct inode_operations none_inode_operations;
-static const struct address_space_operations none_address_operations;
 static const struct file_operations none_file_operations;
 
 /**
@@ -130,7 +129,7 @@ static int create_xattr(struct ubifs_info *c, struct inode *host,
 	}
 
 	/* Re-define all operations to be "nothing" */
-	inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &none_address_operations;
+	inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &empty_aops;
 	inode->i_op = &none_inode_operations;
 	inode->i_fop = &none_file_operations;
 
diff --git a/fs/ufs/truncate.c b/fs/ufs/truncate.c
index 1101430..5f821db 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/truncate.c
+++ b/fs/ufs/truncate.c
@@ -479,7 +479,6 @@ int ufs_truncate(struct inode *inode, loff_t old_i_size)
 			break;
 		if (IS_SYNC(inode) && (inode->i_state & I_DIRTY))
 			ufs_sync_inode (inode);
-		blk_flush_plug(current);
 		yield();
 	}
 
diff --git a/include/linux/elevator.h b/include/linux/elevator.h
index d93efcc445..21a8ebf 100644
--- a/include/linux/elevator.h
+++ b/include/linux/elevator.h
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ extern void elv_dispatch_sort(struct request_queue *, struct request *);
 extern void elv_dispatch_add_tail(struct request_queue *, struct request *);
 extern void elv_add_request(struct request_queue *, struct request *, int);
 extern void __elv_add_request(struct request_queue *, struct request *, int);
-extern void elv_insert(struct request_queue *, struct request *, int);
 extern int elv_merge(struct request_queue *, struct request **, struct bio *);
 extern int elv_try_merge(struct request *, struct bio *);
 extern void elv_merge_requests(struct request_queue *, struct request *,
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 52f283c..1b95af3 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -613,6 +613,8 @@ struct address_space_operations {
 	int (*error_remove_page)(struct address_space *, struct page *);
 };
 
+extern const struct address_space_operations empty_aops;
+
 /*
  * pagecache_write_begin/pagecache_write_end must be used by general code
  * to write into the pagecache.