diff --git a/block/blk-barrier.c b/block/blk-barrier.c
index 74e404393172..7c6f4a714687 100644
--- a/block/blk-barrier.c
+++ b/block/blk-barrier.c
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ static inline bool start_ordered(struct request_queue *q, struct request **rqp)
 		/* initialize proxy request and queue it */
 		blk_rq_init(q, rq);
 		if (bio_data_dir(q->orig_bar_rq->bio) == WRITE)
-			rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_RW;
+			rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_WRITE;
 		if (q->ordered & QUEUE_ORDERED_DO_FUA)
 			rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_FUA;
 		init_request_from_bio(rq, q->orig_bar_rq->bio);
diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index dca43a31e725..66c3cfe94d0a 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -1140,25 +1140,9 @@ void init_request_from_bio(struct request *req, struct bio *bio)
 	req->cpu = bio->bi_comp_cpu;
 	req->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_FS;
 
-	/*
-	 * Inherit FAILFAST from bio (for read-ahead, and explicit
-	 * FAILFAST).  FAILFAST flags are identical for req and bio.
-	 */
-	if (bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_AHEAD))
+	req->cmd_flags |= bio->bi_rw & REQ_COMMON_MASK;
+	if (bio->bi_rw & REQ_RAHEAD)
 		req->cmd_flags |= REQ_FAILFAST_MASK;
-	else
-		req->cmd_flags |= bio->bi_rw & REQ_FAILFAST_MASK;
-
-	if (bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_DISCARD))
-		req->cmd_flags |= REQ_DISCARD;
-	if (bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_BARRIER))
-		req->cmd_flags |= REQ_HARDBARRIER;
-	if (bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_SYNCIO))
-		req->cmd_flags |= REQ_RW_SYNC;
-	if (bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_META))
-		req->cmd_flags |= REQ_RW_META;
-	if (bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_NOIDLE))
-		req->cmd_flags |= REQ_NOIDLE;
 
 	req->errors = 0;
 	req->__sector = bio->bi_sector;
@@ -1181,12 +1165,12 @@ static int __make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 	int el_ret;
 	unsigned int bytes = bio->bi_size;
 	const unsigned short prio = bio_prio(bio);
-	const bool sync = bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_SYNCIO);
-	const bool unplug = bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_UNPLUG);
+	const bool sync = (bio->bi_rw & REQ_SYNC);
+	const bool unplug = (bio->bi_rw & REQ_UNPLUG);
 	const unsigned int ff = bio->bi_rw & REQ_FAILFAST_MASK;
 	int rw_flags;
 
-	if (bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_BARRIER) &&
+	if ((bio->bi_rw & REQ_HARDBARRIER) &&
 	    (q->next_ordered == QUEUE_ORDERED_NONE)) {
 		bio_endio(bio, -EOPNOTSUPP);
 		return 0;
@@ -1200,7 +1184,7 @@ static int __make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 
 	spin_lock_irq(q->queue_lock);
 
-	if (unlikely(bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_BARRIER)) || elv_queue_empty(q))
+	if (unlikely((bio->bi_rw & REQ_HARDBARRIER)) || elv_queue_empty(q))
 		goto get_rq;
 
 	el_ret = elv_merge(q, &req, bio);
@@ -1275,7 +1259,7 @@ get_rq:
 	 */
 	rw_flags = bio_data_dir(bio);
 	if (sync)
-		rw_flags |= REQ_RW_SYNC;
+		rw_flags |= REQ_SYNC;
 
 	/*
 	 * Grab a free request. This is might sleep but can not fail.
@@ -1464,7 +1448,7 @@ static inline void __generic_make_request(struct bio *bio)
 			goto end_io;
 		}
 
-		if (unlikely(!bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_DISCARD) &&
+		if (unlikely(!(bio->bi_rw & REQ_DISCARD) &&
 			     nr_sectors > queue_max_hw_sectors(q))) {
 			printk(KERN_ERR "bio too big device %s (%u > %u)\n",
 			       bdevname(bio->bi_bdev, b),
@@ -1497,8 +1481,7 @@ static inline void __generic_make_request(struct bio *bio)
 		if (bio_check_eod(bio, nr_sectors))
 			goto end_io;
 
-		if (bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_DISCARD) &&
-		    !blk_queue_discard(q)) {
+		if ((bio->bi_rw & REQ_DISCARD) && !blk_queue_discard(q)) {
 			err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
 			goto end_io;
 		}
@@ -2365,7 +2348,7 @@ void blk_rq_bio_prep(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq,
 		     struct bio *bio)
 {
 	/* Bit 0 (R/W) is identical in rq->cmd_flags and bio->bi_rw */
-	rq->cmd_flags |= bio->bi_rw & REQ_RW;
+	rq->cmd_flags |= bio->bi_rw & REQ_WRITE;
 
 	if (bio_has_data(bio)) {
 		rq->nr_phys_segments = bio_phys_segments(q, bio);
diff --git a/block/blk-map.c b/block/blk-map.c
index 9083cf0180cc..c65d7593f7f1 100644
--- a/block/blk-map.c
+++ b/block/blk-map.c
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ int blk_rq_map_kern(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq, void *kbuf,
 		return PTR_ERR(bio);
 
 	if (rq_data_dir(rq) == WRITE)
-		bio->bi_rw |= (1 << BIO_RW);
+		bio->bi_rw |= (1 << REQ_WRITE);
 
 	if (do_copy)
 		rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_COPY_USER;
diff --git a/block/blk-merge.c b/block/blk-merge.c
index 87e4fb7d0e98..4852475521ea 100644
--- a/block/blk-merge.c
+++ b/block/blk-merge.c
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ new_segment:
 	}
 
 	if (q->dma_drain_size && q->dma_drain_needed(rq)) {
-		if (rq->cmd_flags & REQ_RW)
+		if (rq->cmd_flags & REQ_WRITE)
 			memset(q->dma_drain_buffer, 0, q->dma_drain_size);
 
 		sg->page_link &= ~0x02;
diff --git a/block/cfq-iosched.c b/block/cfq-iosched.c
index d4edeb8fceb8..eb4086f7dfef 100644
--- a/block/cfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/cfq-iosched.c
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ static inline struct cfq_data *cic_to_cfqd(struct cfq_io_context *cic)
  */
 static inline bool cfq_bio_sync(struct bio *bio)
 {
-	return bio_data_dir(bio) == READ || bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_SYNCIO);
+	return bio_data_dir(bio) == READ || (bio->bi_rw & REQ_SYNC);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -646,10 +646,10 @@ cfq_choose_req(struct cfq_data *cfqd, struct request *rq1, struct request *rq2,
 		return rq1;
 	else if (rq_is_sync(rq2) && !rq_is_sync(rq1))
 		return rq2;
-	if ((rq1->cmd_flags & REQ_RW_META) && !(rq2->cmd_flags & REQ_RW_META))
+	if ((rq1->cmd_flags & REQ_META) && !(rq2->cmd_flags & REQ_META))
 		return rq1;
-	else if ((rq2->cmd_flags & REQ_RW_META) &&
-		 !(rq1->cmd_flags & REQ_RW_META))
+	else if ((rq2->cmd_flags & REQ_META) &&
+		 !(rq1->cmd_flags & REQ_META))
 		return rq2;
 
 	s1 = blk_rq_pos(rq1);
@@ -1485,7 +1485,7 @@ static void cfq_remove_request(struct request *rq)
 	cfqq->cfqd->rq_queued--;
 	cfq_blkiocg_update_io_remove_stats(&(RQ_CFQG(rq))->blkg,
 					rq_data_dir(rq), rq_is_sync(rq));
-	if (rq->cmd_flags & REQ_RW_META) {
+	if (rq->cmd_flags & REQ_META) {
 		WARN_ON(!cfqq->meta_pending);
 		cfqq->meta_pending--;
 	}
@@ -3177,7 +3177,7 @@ cfq_should_preempt(struct cfq_data *cfqd, struct cfq_queue *new_cfqq,
 	 * So both queues are sync. Let the new request get disk time if
 	 * it's a metadata request and the current queue is doing regular IO.
 	 */
-	if ((rq->cmd_flags & REQ_RW_META) && !cfqq->meta_pending)
+	if ((rq->cmd_flags & REQ_META) && !cfqq->meta_pending)
 		return true;
 
 	/*
@@ -3231,7 +3231,7 @@ cfq_rq_enqueued(struct cfq_data *cfqd, struct cfq_queue *cfqq,
 	struct cfq_io_context *cic = RQ_CIC(rq);
 
 	cfqd->rq_queued++;
-	if (rq->cmd_flags & REQ_RW_META)
+	if (rq->cmd_flags & REQ_META)
 		cfqq->meta_pending++;
 
 	cfq_update_io_thinktime(cfqd, cic);
diff --git a/block/elevator.c b/block/elevator.c
index aa99b59c03d6..816a7c8d6394 100644
--- a/block/elevator.c
+++ b/block/elevator.c
@@ -79,8 +79,7 @@ int elv_rq_merge_ok(struct request *rq, struct bio *bio)
 	/*
 	 * Don't merge file system requests and discard requests
 	 */
-	if (bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_DISCARD) !=
-	    bio_rw_flagged(rq->bio, BIO_RW_DISCARD))
+	if ((bio->bi_rw & REQ_DISCARD) != (rq->bio->bi_rw & REQ_DISCARD))
 		return 0;
 
 	/*
diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c b/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
index a5c08b082edb..0a8cd3484791 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
@@ -1114,7 +1114,7 @@ static int atapi_drain_needed(struct request *rq)
 	if (likely(rq->cmd_type != REQ_TYPE_BLOCK_PC))
 		return 0;
 
-	if (!blk_rq_bytes(rq) || (rq->cmd_flags & REQ_RW))
+	if (!blk_rq_bytes(rq) || (rq->cmd_flags & REQ_WRITE))
 		return 0;
 
 	return atapi_cmd_type(rq->cmd[0]) == ATAPI_MISC;
diff --git a/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c b/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c
index 035cefe4045a..65deffde60ac 100644
--- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c
+++ b/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ aoeblk_make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 		BUG();
 		bio_endio(bio, -ENXIO);
 		return 0;
-	} else if (bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_BARRIER)) {
+	} else if (bio->bi_rw & REQ_HARDBARRIER) {
 		bio_endio(bio, -EOPNOTSUPP);
 		return 0;
 	} else if (bio->bi_io_vec == NULL) {
diff --git a/drivers/block/brd.c b/drivers/block/brd.c
index f1bf79d9bc0a..1b218c6b6820 100644
--- a/drivers/block/brd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/brd.c
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ static int brd_make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 						get_capacity(bdev->bd_disk))
 		goto out;
 
-	if (unlikely(bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_DISCARD))) {
+	if (unlikely(bio->bi_rw & REQ_DISCARD)) {
 		err = 0;
 		discard_from_brd(brd, sector, bio->bi_size);
 		goto out;
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_actlog.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_actlog.c
index df018990c422..9400845d602e 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_actlog.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_actlog.c
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ static int _drbd_md_sync_page_io(struct drbd_conf *mdev,
 	md_io.error = 0;
 
 	if ((rw & WRITE) && !test_bit(MD_NO_BARRIER, &mdev->flags))
-		rw |= (1 << BIO_RW_BARRIER);
-	rw |= ((1<<BIO_RW_UNPLUG) | (1<<BIO_RW_SYNCIO));
+		rw |= REQ_HARDBARRIER;
+	rw |= REQ_UNPLUG | REQ_SYNC;
 
  retry:
 	bio = bio_alloc(GFP_NOIO, 1);
@@ -103,11 +103,11 @@ static int _drbd_md_sync_page_io(struct drbd_conf *mdev,
 	/* check for unsupported barrier op.
 	 * would rather check on EOPNOTSUPP, but that is not reliable.
 	 * don't try again for ANY return value != 0 */
-	if (unlikely(bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_BARRIER) && !ok)) {
+	if (unlikely((bio->bi_rw & REQ_HARDBARRIER) && !ok)) {
 		/* Try again with no barrier */
 		dev_warn(DEV, "Barriers not supported on meta data device - disabling\n");
 		set_bit(MD_NO_BARRIER, &mdev->flags);
-		rw &= ~(1 << BIO_RW_BARRIER);
+		rw &= ~REQ_HARDBARRIER;
 		bio_put(bio);
 		goto retry;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
index 7258c95e895e..e2ab13d99d69 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
@@ -2425,15 +2425,15 @@ int drbd_send_dblock(struct drbd_conf *mdev, struct drbd_request *req)
 	/* NOTE: no need to check if barriers supported here as we would
 	 *       not pass the test in make_request_common in that case
 	 */
-	if (bio_rw_flagged(req->master_bio, BIO_RW_BARRIER)) {
+	if (req->master_bio->bi_rw & REQ_HARDBARRIER) {
 		dev_err(DEV, "ASSERT FAILED would have set DP_HARDBARRIER\n");
 		/* dp_flags |= DP_HARDBARRIER; */
 	}
-	if (bio_rw_flagged(req->master_bio, BIO_RW_SYNCIO))
+	if (req->master_bio->bi_rw & REQ_SYNC)
 		dp_flags |= DP_RW_SYNC;
 	/* for now handle SYNCIO and UNPLUG
 	 * as if they still were one and the same flag */
-	if (bio_rw_flagged(req->master_bio, BIO_RW_UNPLUG))
+	if (req->master_bio->bi_rw & REQ_UNPLUG)
 		dp_flags |= DP_RW_SYNC;
 	if (mdev->state.conn >= C_SYNC_SOURCE &&
 	    mdev->state.conn <= C_PAUSED_SYNC_T)
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
index dff48701b84d..cba1deb7b271 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
@@ -1180,7 +1180,7 @@ next_bio:
 	bio->bi_sector = sector;
 	bio->bi_bdev = mdev->ldev->backing_bdev;
 	/* we special case some flags in the multi-bio case, see below
-	 * (BIO_RW_UNPLUG, BIO_RW_BARRIER) */
+	 * (REQ_UNPLUG, REQ_HARDBARRIER) */
 	bio->bi_rw = rw;
 	bio->bi_private = e;
 	bio->bi_end_io = drbd_endio_sec;
@@ -1209,16 +1209,16 @@ next_bio:
 		bios = bios->bi_next;
 		bio->bi_next = NULL;
 
-		/* strip off BIO_RW_UNPLUG unless it is the last bio */
+		/* strip off REQ_UNPLUG unless it is the last bio */
 		if (bios)
-			bio->bi_rw &= ~(1<<BIO_RW_UNPLUG);
+			bio->bi_rw &= ~REQ_UNPLUG;
 
 		drbd_generic_make_request(mdev, fault_type, bio);
 
-		/* strip off BIO_RW_BARRIER,
+		/* strip off REQ_HARDBARRIER,
 		 * unless it is the first or last bio */
 		if (bios && bios->bi_next)
-			bios->bi_rw &= ~(1<<BIO_RW_BARRIER);
+			bios->bi_rw &= ~REQ_HARDBARRIER;
 	} while (bios);
 	maybe_kick_lo(mdev);
 	return 0;
@@ -1233,7 +1233,7 @@ fail:
 }
 
 /**
- * w_e_reissue() - Worker callback; Resubmit a bio, without BIO_RW_BARRIER set
+ * w_e_reissue() - Worker callback; Resubmit a bio, without REQ_HARDBARRIER set
  * @mdev:	DRBD device.
  * @w:		work object.
  * @cancel:	The connection will be closed anyways (unused in this callback)
@@ -1245,7 +1245,7 @@ int w_e_reissue(struct drbd_conf *mdev, struct drbd_work *w, int cancel) __relea
 	   (and DE_BARRIER_IN_NEXT_EPOCH_ISSUED in the previous Epoch)
 	   so that we can finish that epoch in drbd_may_finish_epoch().
 	   That is necessary if we already have a long chain of Epochs, before
-	   we realize that BIO_RW_BARRIER is actually not supported */
+	   we realize that REQ_HARDBARRIER is actually not supported */
 
 	/* As long as the -ENOTSUPP on the barrier is reported immediately
 	   that will never trigger. If it is reported late, we will just
@@ -1824,14 +1824,14 @@ static int receive_Data(struct drbd_conf *mdev, struct p_header *h)
 		epoch = list_entry(e->epoch->list.prev, struct drbd_epoch, list);
 		if (epoch == e->epoch) {
 			set_bit(DE_CONTAINS_A_BARRIER, &e->epoch->flags);
-			rw |= (1<<BIO_RW_BARRIER);
+			rw |= REQ_HARDBARRIER;
 			e->flags |= EE_IS_BARRIER;
 		} else {
 			if (atomic_read(&epoch->epoch_size) > 1 ||
 			    !test_bit(DE_CONTAINS_A_BARRIER, &epoch->flags)) {
 				set_bit(DE_BARRIER_IN_NEXT_EPOCH_ISSUED, &epoch->flags);
 				set_bit(DE_CONTAINS_A_BARRIER, &e->epoch->flags);
-				rw |= (1<<BIO_RW_BARRIER);
+				rw |= REQ_HARDBARRIER;
 				e->flags |= EE_IS_BARRIER;
 			}
 		}
@@ -1841,10 +1841,10 @@ static int receive_Data(struct drbd_conf *mdev, struct p_header *h)
 	dp_flags = be32_to_cpu(p->dp_flags);
 	if (dp_flags & DP_HARDBARRIER) {
 		dev_err(DEV, "ASSERT FAILED would have submitted barrier request\n");
-		/* rw |= (1<<BIO_RW_BARRIER); */
+		/* rw |= REQ_HARDBARRIER; */
 	}
 	if (dp_flags & DP_RW_SYNC)
-		rw |= (1<<BIO_RW_SYNCIO) | (1<<BIO_RW_UNPLUG);
+		rw |= REQ_SYNC | REQ_UNPLUG;
 	if (dp_flags & DP_MAY_SET_IN_SYNC)
 		e->flags |= EE_MAY_SET_IN_SYNC;
 
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.c
index 654f1ef5cbb0..f761d98a4e90 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.c
@@ -997,7 +997,7 @@ int drbd_make_request_26(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 	 * because of those XXX, this is not yet enabled,
 	 * i.e. in drbd_init_set_defaults we set the NO_BARRIER_SUPP bit.
 	 */
-	if (unlikely(bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_BARRIER) && test_bit(NO_BARRIER_SUPP, &mdev->flags))) {
+	if (unlikely(bio->bi_rw & REQ_HARDBARRIER) && test_bit(NO_BARRIER_SUPP, &mdev->flags)) {
 		/* dev_warn(DEV, "Rejecting barrier request as underlying device does not support\n"); */
 		bio_endio(bio, -EOPNOTSUPP);
 		return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index 6120922f459f..fedfdb7d3cdf 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ static int do_bio_filebacked(struct loop_device *lo, struct bio *bio)
 	pos = ((loff_t) bio->bi_sector << 9) + lo->lo_offset;
 
 	if (bio_rw(bio) == WRITE) {
-		bool barrier = bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_BARRIER);
+		bool barrier = (bio->bi_rw & REQ_HARDBARRIER);
 		struct file *file = lo->lo_backing_file;
 
 		if (barrier) {
diff --git a/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c b/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c
index 8a549db2aa78..9f3e4454274b 100644
--- a/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c
@@ -1221,7 +1221,7 @@ static int pkt_start_recovery(struct packet_data *pkt)
 	pkt->bio->bi_flags = 1 << BIO_UPTODATE;
 	pkt->bio->bi_idx = 0;
 
-	BUG_ON(pkt->bio->bi_rw != (1 << BIO_RW));
+	BUG_ON(pkt->bio->bi_rw != REQ_WRITE);
 	BUG_ON(pkt->bio->bi_vcnt != pkt->frames);
 	BUG_ON(pkt->bio->bi_size != pkt->frames * CD_FRAMESIZE);
 	BUG_ON(pkt->bio->bi_end_io != pkt_end_io_packet_write);
diff --git a/drivers/block/umem.c b/drivers/block/umem.c
index 2f9470ff8f7c..8be57151f5d6 100644
--- a/drivers/block/umem.c
+++ b/drivers/block/umem.c
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ static void process_page(unsigned long data)
 				le32_to_cpu(desc->local_addr)>>9,
 				le32_to_cpu(desc->transfer_size));
 			dump_dmastat(card, control);
-		} else if (test_bit(BIO_RW, &bio->bi_rw) &&
+		} else if ((bio->bi_rw & REQ_WRITE) &&
 			   le32_to_cpu(desc->local_addr) >> 9 ==
 				card->init_size) {
 			card->init_size += le32_to_cpu(desc->transfer_size) >> 9;
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-cd_ioctl.c b/drivers/ide/ide-cd_ioctl.c
index 02712bf045c1..766b3deeb23c 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-cd_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-cd_ioctl.c
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ int ide_cdrom_packet(struct cdrom_device_info *cdi,
 	   touch it at all. */
 
 	if (cgc->data_direction == CGC_DATA_WRITE)
-		flags |= REQ_RW;
+		flags |= REQ_WRITE;
 
 	if (cgc->sense)
 		memset(cgc->sense, 0, sizeof(struct request_sense));
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c b/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c
index c7d0737bb18a..5406b6ea3ad1 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ static void idefloppy_create_rw_cmd(ide_drive_t *drive,
 	memcpy(rq->cmd, pc->c, 12);
 
 	pc->rq = rq;
-	if (rq->cmd_flags & REQ_RW)
+	if (rq->cmd_flags & REQ_WRITE)
 		pc->flags |= PC_FLAG_WRITING;
 
 	pc->flags |= PC_FLAG_DMA_OK;
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-io.c b/drivers/md/dm-io.c
index 10f457ca6af2..0590c75b0ab6 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-io.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-io.c
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ static void dispatch_io(int rw, unsigned int num_regions,
 	BUG_ON(num_regions > DM_IO_MAX_REGIONS);
 
 	if (sync)
-		rw |= (1 << BIO_RW_SYNCIO) | (1 << BIO_RW_UNPLUG);
+		rw |= REQ_SYNC | REQ_UNPLUG;
 
 	/*
 	 * For multiple regions we need to be careful to rewind
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ static void dispatch_io(int rw, unsigned int num_regions,
 	 */
 	for (i = 0; i < num_regions; i++) {
 		*dp = old_pages;
-		if (where[i].count || (rw & (1 << BIO_RW_BARRIER)))
+		if (where[i].count || (rw & REQ_HARDBARRIER))
 			do_region(rw, i, where + i, dp, io);
 	}
 
@@ -412,8 +412,8 @@ retry:
 	}
 	set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
 
-	if (io->eopnotsupp_bits && (rw & (1 << BIO_RW_BARRIER))) {
-		rw &= ~(1 << BIO_RW_BARRIER);
+	if (io->eopnotsupp_bits && (rw & REQ_HARDBARRIER)) {
+		rw &= ~REQ_HARDBARRIER;
 		goto retry;
 	}
 
@@ -479,8 +479,8 @@ static int dp_init(struct dm_io_request *io_req, struct dpages *dp)
  * New collapsed (a)synchronous interface.
  *
  * If the IO is asynchronous (i.e. it has notify.fn), you must either unplug
- * the queue with blk_unplug() some time later or set the BIO_RW_SYNC bit in
- * io_req->bi_rw. If you fail to do one of these, the IO will be submitted to
+ * the queue with blk_unplug() some time later or set REQ_SYNC in
+io_req->bi_rw. If you fail to do one of these, the IO will be submitted to
  * the disk after q->unplug_delay, which defaults to 3ms in blk-settings.c.
  */
 int dm_io(struct dm_io_request *io_req, unsigned num_regions,
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-kcopyd.c b/drivers/md/dm-kcopyd.c
index addf83475040..d8587bac5682 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-kcopyd.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-kcopyd.c
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ static int run_io_job(struct kcopyd_job *job)
 {
 	int r;
 	struct dm_io_request io_req = {
-		.bi_rw = job->rw | (1 << BIO_RW_SYNCIO) | (1 << BIO_RW_UNPLUG),
+		.bi_rw = job->rw | REQ_SYNC | REQ_UNPLUG,
 		.mem.type = DM_IO_PAGE_LIST,
 		.mem.ptr.pl = job->pages,
 		.mem.offset = job->offset,
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-raid1.c b/drivers/md/dm-raid1.c
index ddda531723dc..74136262d654 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-raid1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-raid1.c
@@ -1211,7 +1211,7 @@ static int mirror_end_io(struct dm_target *ti, struct bio *bio,
 	if (error == -EOPNOTSUPP)
 		goto out;
 
-	if ((error == -EWOULDBLOCK) && bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_AHEAD))
+	if ((error == -EWOULDBLOCK) && (bio->bi_rw & REQ_RAHEAD))
 		goto out;
 
 	if (unlikely(error)) {
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-stripe.c b/drivers/md/dm-stripe.c
index e610725db766..d6e28d732b4d 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-stripe.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-stripe.c
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ static int stripe_end_io(struct dm_target *ti, struct bio *bio,
 	if (!error)
 		return 0; /* I/O complete */
 
-	if ((error == -EWOULDBLOCK) && bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_AHEAD))
+	if ((error == -EWOULDBLOCK) && (bio->bi_rw & REQ_RAHEAD))
 		return error;
 
 	if (error == -EOPNOTSUPP)
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm.c b/drivers/md/dm.c
index 1e0e6dd51501..d6f77baeafd6 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm.c
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ static void dec_pending(struct dm_io *io, int error)
 			 */
 			spin_lock_irqsave(&md->deferred_lock, flags);
 			if (__noflush_suspending(md)) {
-				if (!bio_rw_flagged(io->bio, BIO_RW_BARRIER))
+				if (!(io->bio->bi_rw & REQ_HARDBARRIER))
 					bio_list_add_head(&md->deferred,
 							  io->bio);
 			} else
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ static void dec_pending(struct dm_io *io, int error)
 		io_error = io->error;
 		bio = io->bio;
 
-		if (bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_BARRIER)) {
+		if (bio->bi_rw & REQ_HARDBARRIER) {
 			/*
 			 * There can be just one barrier request so we use
 			 * a per-device variable for error reporting.
@@ -1106,7 +1106,7 @@ static struct bio *split_bvec(struct bio *bio, sector_t sector,
 
 	clone->bi_sector = sector;
 	clone->bi_bdev = bio->bi_bdev;
-	clone->bi_rw = bio->bi_rw & ~(1 << BIO_RW_BARRIER);
+	clone->bi_rw = bio->bi_rw & ~REQ_HARDBARRIER;
 	clone->bi_vcnt = 1;
 	clone->bi_size = to_bytes(len);
 	clone->bi_io_vec->bv_offset = offset;
@@ -1133,7 +1133,7 @@ static struct bio *clone_bio(struct bio *bio, sector_t sector,
 
 	clone = bio_alloc_bioset(GFP_NOIO, bio->bi_max_vecs, bs);
 	__bio_clone(clone, bio);
-	clone->bi_rw &= ~(1 << BIO_RW_BARRIER);
+	clone->bi_rw &= ~REQ_HARDBARRIER;
 	clone->bi_destructor = dm_bio_destructor;
 	clone->bi_sector = sector;
 	clone->bi_idx = idx;
@@ -1301,7 +1301,7 @@ static void __split_and_process_bio(struct mapped_device *md, struct bio *bio)
 
 	ci.map = dm_get_live_table(md);
 	if (unlikely(!ci.map)) {
-		if (!bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_BARRIER))
+		if (!(bio->bi_rw & REQ_HARDBARRIER))
 			bio_io_error(bio);
 		else
 			if (!md->barrier_error)
@@ -1414,7 +1414,7 @@ static int _dm_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 	 * we have to queue this io for later.
 	 */
 	if (unlikely(test_bit(DMF_QUEUE_IO_TO_THREAD, &md->flags)) ||
-	    unlikely(bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_BARRIER))) {
+	    unlikely(bio->bi_rw & REQ_HARDBARRIER)) {
 		up_read(&md->io_lock);
 
 		if (unlikely(test_bit(DMF_BLOCK_IO_FOR_SUSPEND, &md->flags)) &&
@@ -2296,7 +2296,7 @@ static void dm_wq_work(struct work_struct *work)
 		if (dm_request_based(md))
 			generic_make_request(c);
 		else {
-			if (bio_rw_flagged(c, BIO_RW_BARRIER))
+			if (c->bi_rw & REQ_HARDBARRIER)
 				process_barrier(md, c);
 			else
 				__split_and_process_bio(md, c);
diff --git a/drivers/md/linear.c b/drivers/md/linear.c
index 7e0e057db9a7..ba19060bcf3f 100644
--- a/drivers/md/linear.c
+++ b/drivers/md/linear.c
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ static int linear_make_request (mddev_t *mddev, struct bio *bio)
 	dev_info_t *tmp_dev;
 	sector_t start_sector;
 
-	if (unlikely(bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_BARRIER))) {
+	if (unlikely(bio->bi_rw & REQ_HARDBARRIER)) {
 		md_barrier_request(mddev, bio);
 		return 0;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index cb20d0b0555a..1893af678779 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ static void md_submit_barrier(struct work_struct *ws)
 		/* an empty barrier - all done */
 		bio_endio(bio, 0);
 	else {
-		bio->bi_rw &= ~(1<<BIO_RW_BARRIER);
+		bio->bi_rw &= ~REQ_HARDBARRIER;
 		if (mddev->pers->make_request(mddev, bio))
 			generic_make_request(bio);
 		mddev->barrier = POST_REQUEST_BARRIER;
@@ -675,11 +675,11 @@ void md_super_write(mddev_t *mddev, mdk_rdev_t *rdev,
 	 * if zero is reached.
 	 * If an error occurred, call md_error
 	 *
-	 * As we might need to resubmit the request if BIO_RW_BARRIER
+	 * As we might need to resubmit the request if REQ_HARDBARRIER
 	 * causes ENOTSUPP, we allocate a spare bio...
 	 */
 	struct bio *bio = bio_alloc(GFP_NOIO, 1);
-	int rw = (1<<BIO_RW) | (1<<BIO_RW_SYNCIO) | (1<<BIO_RW_UNPLUG);
+	int rw = REQ_WRITE | REQ_SYNC | REQ_UNPLUG;
 
 	bio->bi_bdev = rdev->bdev;
 	bio->bi_sector = sector;
@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ void md_super_write(mddev_t *mddev, mdk_rdev_t *rdev,
 	atomic_inc(&mddev->pending_writes);
 	if (!test_bit(BarriersNotsupp, &rdev->flags)) {
 		struct bio *rbio;
-		rw |= (1<<BIO_RW_BARRIER);
+		rw |= REQ_HARDBARRIER;
 		rbio = bio_clone(bio, GFP_NOIO);
 		rbio->bi_private = bio;
 		rbio->bi_end_io = super_written_barrier;
@@ -736,7 +736,7 @@ int sync_page_io(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector, int size,
 	struct completion event;
 	int ret;
 
-	rw |= (1 << BIO_RW_SYNCIO) | (1 << BIO_RW_UNPLUG);
+	rw |= REQ_SYNC | REQ_UNPLUG;
 
 	bio->bi_bdev = bdev;
 	bio->bi_sector = sector;
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.h b/drivers/md/md.h
index 10597bfec000..fc56e0f21c80 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.h
+++ b/drivers/md/md.h
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ struct mdk_rdev_s
 #define	Faulty		1		/* device is known to have a fault */
 #define	In_sync		2		/* device is in_sync with rest of array */
 #define	WriteMostly	4		/* Avoid reading if at all possible */
-#define	BarriersNotsupp	5		/* BIO_RW_BARRIER is not supported */
+#define	BarriersNotsupp	5		/* REQ_HARDBARRIER is not supported */
 #define	AllReserved	6		/* If whole device is reserved for
 					 * one array */
 #define	AutoDetected	7		/* added by auto-detect */
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ struct mddev_s
 							 * fails.  Only supported
 							 */
 	struct bio			*biolist; 	/* bios that need to be retried
-							 * because BIO_RW_BARRIER is not supported
+							 * because REQ_HARDBARRIER is not supported
 							 */
 
 	atomic_t			recovery_active; /* blocks scheduled, but not written */
diff --git a/drivers/md/multipath.c b/drivers/md/multipath.c
index 410fb60699ac..0307d217e7a4 100644
--- a/drivers/md/multipath.c
+++ b/drivers/md/multipath.c
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ static void multipath_end_request(struct bio *bio, int error)
 
 	if (uptodate)
 		multipath_end_bh_io(mp_bh, 0);
-	else if (!bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_AHEAD)) {
+	else if (!(bio->bi_rw & REQ_RAHEAD)) {
 		/*
 		 * oops, IO error:
 		 */
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ static int multipath_make_request(mddev_t *mddev, struct bio * bio)
 	struct multipath_bh * mp_bh;
 	struct multipath_info *multipath;
 
-	if (unlikely(bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_BARRIER))) {
+	if (unlikely(bio->bi_rw & REQ_HARDBARRIER)) {
 		md_barrier_request(mddev, bio);
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ static int multipath_make_request(mddev_t *mddev, struct bio * bio)
 	mp_bh->bio = *bio;
 	mp_bh->bio.bi_sector += multipath->rdev->data_offset;
 	mp_bh->bio.bi_bdev = multipath->rdev->bdev;
-	mp_bh->bio.bi_rw |= (1 << BIO_RW_FAILFAST_TRANSPORT);
+	mp_bh->bio.bi_rw |= REQ_FAILFAST_TRANSPORT;
 	mp_bh->bio.bi_end_io = multipath_end_request;
 	mp_bh->bio.bi_private = mp_bh;
 	generic_make_request(&mp_bh->bio);
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ static void multipathd (mddev_t *mddev)
 			*bio = *(mp_bh->master_bio);
 			bio->bi_sector += conf->multipaths[mp_bh->path].rdev->data_offset;
 			bio->bi_bdev = conf->multipaths[mp_bh->path].rdev->bdev;
-			bio->bi_rw |= (1 << BIO_RW_FAILFAST_TRANSPORT);
+			bio->bi_rw |= REQ_FAILFAST_TRANSPORT;
 			bio->bi_end_io = multipath_end_request;
 			bio->bi_private = mp_bh;
 			generic_make_request(bio);
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid0.c b/drivers/md/raid0.c
index 563abed5a2cb..6f7af46d623c 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid0.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid0.c
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ static int raid0_make_request(mddev_t *mddev, struct bio *bio)
 	struct strip_zone *zone;
 	mdk_rdev_t *tmp_dev;
 
-	if (unlikely(bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_BARRIER))) {
+	if (unlikely(bio->bi_rw & REQ_HARDBARRIER)) {
 		md_barrier_request(mddev, bio);
 		return 0;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid1.c b/drivers/md/raid1.c
index a948da8012de..73cc74ffc26b 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid1.c
@@ -787,7 +787,7 @@ static int make_request(mddev_t *mddev, struct bio * bio)
 	struct bio_list bl;
 	struct page **behind_pages = NULL;
 	const int rw = bio_data_dir(bio);
-	const bool do_sync = bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_SYNCIO);
+	const bool do_sync = (bio->bi_rw & REQ_SYNC);
 	bool do_barriers;
 	mdk_rdev_t *blocked_rdev;
 
@@ -822,7 +822,7 @@ static int make_request(mddev_t *mddev, struct bio * bio)
 		finish_wait(&conf->wait_barrier, &w);
 	}
 	if (unlikely(!mddev->barriers_work &&
-		     bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_BARRIER))) {
+		     (bio->bi_rw & REQ_HARDBARRIER))) {
 		if (rw == WRITE)
 			md_write_end(mddev);
 		bio_endio(bio, -EOPNOTSUPP);
@@ -877,7 +877,7 @@ static int make_request(mddev_t *mddev, struct bio * bio)
 		read_bio->bi_sector = r1_bio->sector + mirror->rdev->data_offset;
 		read_bio->bi_bdev = mirror->rdev->bdev;
 		read_bio->bi_end_io = raid1_end_read_request;
-		read_bio->bi_rw = READ | (do_sync << BIO_RW_SYNCIO);
+		read_bio->bi_rw = READ | do_sync;
 		read_bio->bi_private = r1_bio;
 
 		generic_make_request(read_bio);
@@ -959,7 +959,7 @@ static int make_request(mddev_t *mddev, struct bio * bio)
 	atomic_set(&r1_bio->remaining, 0);
 	atomic_set(&r1_bio->behind_remaining, 0);
 
-	do_barriers = bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_BARRIER);
+	do_barriers = bio->bi_rw & REQ_HARDBARRIER;
 	if (do_barriers)
 		set_bit(R1BIO_Barrier, &r1_bio->state);
 
@@ -975,8 +975,7 @@ static int make_request(mddev_t *mddev, struct bio * bio)
 		mbio->bi_sector	= r1_bio->sector + conf->mirrors[i].rdev->data_offset;
 		mbio->bi_bdev = conf->mirrors[i].rdev->bdev;
 		mbio->bi_end_io	= raid1_end_write_request;
-		mbio->bi_rw = WRITE | (do_barriers << BIO_RW_BARRIER) |
-			(do_sync << BIO_RW_SYNCIO);
+		mbio->bi_rw = WRITE | do_barriers | do_sync;
 		mbio->bi_private = r1_bio;
 
 		if (behind_pages) {
@@ -1633,7 +1632,7 @@ static void raid1d(mddev_t *mddev)
 			sync_request_write(mddev, r1_bio);
 			unplug = 1;
 		} else if (test_bit(R1BIO_BarrierRetry, &r1_bio->state)) {
-			/* some requests in the r1bio were BIO_RW_BARRIER
+			/* some requests in the r1bio were REQ_HARDBARRIER
 			 * requests which failed with -EOPNOTSUPP.  Hohumm..
 			 * Better resubmit without the barrier.
 			 * We know which devices to resubmit for, because
@@ -1641,7 +1640,7 @@ static void raid1d(mddev_t *mddev)
 			 * We already have a nr_pending reference on these rdevs.
 			 */
 			int i;
-			const bool do_sync = bio_rw_flagged(r1_bio->master_bio, BIO_RW_SYNCIO);
+			const bool do_sync = (r1_bio->master_bio->bi_rw & REQ_SYNC);
 			clear_bit(R1BIO_BarrierRetry, &r1_bio->state);
 			clear_bit(R1BIO_Barrier, &r1_bio->state);
 			for (i=0; i < conf->raid_disks; i++)
@@ -1662,8 +1661,7 @@ static void raid1d(mddev_t *mddev)
 						conf->mirrors[i].rdev->data_offset;
 					bio->bi_bdev = conf->mirrors[i].rdev->bdev;
 					bio->bi_end_io = raid1_end_write_request;
-					bio->bi_rw = WRITE |
-						(do_sync << BIO_RW_SYNCIO);
+					bio->bi_rw = WRITE | do_sync;
 					bio->bi_private = r1_bio;
 					r1_bio->bios[i] = bio;
 					generic_make_request(bio);
@@ -1698,7 +1696,7 @@ static void raid1d(mddev_t *mddev)
 				       (unsigned long long)r1_bio->sector);
 				raid_end_bio_io(r1_bio);
 			} else {
-				const bool do_sync = bio_rw_flagged(r1_bio->master_bio, BIO_RW_SYNCIO);
+				const bool do_sync = r1_bio->master_bio->bi_rw & REQ_SYNC;
 				r1_bio->bios[r1_bio->read_disk] =
 					mddev->ro ? IO_BLOCKED : NULL;
 				r1_bio->read_disk = disk;
@@ -1715,7 +1713,7 @@ static void raid1d(mddev_t *mddev)
 				bio->bi_sector = r1_bio->sector + rdev->data_offset;
 				bio->bi_bdev = rdev->bdev;
 				bio->bi_end_io = raid1_end_read_request;
-				bio->bi_rw = READ | (do_sync << BIO_RW_SYNCIO);
+				bio->bi_rw = READ | do_sync;
 				bio->bi_private = r1_bio;
 				unplug = 1;
 				generic_make_request(bio);
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid10.c b/drivers/md/raid10.c
index 42e64e4e5e25..62ecb6650fd0 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid10.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid10.c
@@ -799,12 +799,12 @@ static int make_request(mddev_t *mddev, struct bio * bio)
 	int i;
 	int chunk_sects = conf->chunk_mask + 1;
 	const int rw = bio_data_dir(bio);
-	const bool do_sync = bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_SYNCIO);
+	const bool do_sync = (bio->bi_rw & REQ_SYNC);
 	struct bio_list bl;
 	unsigned long flags;
 	mdk_rdev_t *blocked_rdev;
 
-	if (unlikely(bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_BARRIER))) {
+	if (unlikely(bio->bi_rw & REQ_HARDBARRIER)) {
 		md_barrier_request(mddev, bio);
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -879,7 +879,7 @@ static int make_request(mddev_t *mddev, struct bio * bio)
 			mirror->rdev->data_offset;
 		read_bio->bi_bdev = mirror->rdev->bdev;
 		read_bio->bi_end_io = raid10_end_read_request;
-		read_bio->bi_rw = READ | (do_sync << BIO_RW_SYNCIO);
+		read_bio->bi_rw = READ | do_sync;
 		read_bio->bi_private = r10_bio;
 
 		generic_make_request(read_bio);
@@ -947,7 +947,7 @@ static int make_request(mddev_t *mddev, struct bio * bio)
 			conf->mirrors[d].rdev->data_offset;
 		mbio->bi_bdev = conf->mirrors[d].rdev->bdev;
 		mbio->bi_end_io	= raid10_end_write_request;
-		mbio->bi_rw = WRITE | (do_sync << BIO_RW_SYNCIO);
+		mbio->bi_rw = WRITE | do_sync;
 		mbio->bi_private = r10_bio;
 
 		atomic_inc(&r10_bio->remaining);
@@ -1716,7 +1716,7 @@ static void raid10d(mddev_t *mddev)
 				raid_end_bio_io(r10_bio);
 				bio_put(bio);
 			} else {
-				const bool do_sync = bio_rw_flagged(r10_bio->master_bio, BIO_RW_SYNCIO);
+				const bool do_sync = (r10_bio->master_bio->bi_rw & REQ_SYNC);
 				bio_put(bio);
 				rdev = conf->mirrors[mirror].rdev;
 				if (printk_ratelimit())
@@ -1730,7 +1730,7 @@ static void raid10d(mddev_t *mddev)
 				bio->bi_sector = r10_bio->devs[r10_bio->read_slot].addr
 					+ rdev->data_offset;
 				bio->bi_bdev = rdev->bdev;
-				bio->bi_rw = READ | (do_sync << BIO_RW_SYNCIO);
+				bio->bi_rw = READ | do_sync;
 				bio->bi_private = r10_bio;
 				bio->bi_end_io = raid10_end_read_request;
 				unplug = 1;
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index 96c690279fc6..20ac2f14376a 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -3958,7 +3958,7 @@ static int make_request(mddev_t *mddev, struct bio * bi)
 	const int rw = bio_data_dir(bi);
 	int remaining;
 
-	if (unlikely(bio_rw_flagged(bi, BIO_RW_BARRIER))) {
+	if (unlikely(bi->bi_rw & REQ_HARDBARRIER)) {
 		/* Drain all pending writes.  We only really need
 		 * to ensure they have been submitted, but this is
 		 * easier.
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/osd/osd_initiator.c b/drivers/scsi/osd/osd_initiator.c
index ee4b6914667f..fda4de3440c4 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/osd/osd_initiator.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/osd/osd_initiator.c
@@ -716,7 +716,7 @@ static int _osd_req_list_objects(struct osd_request *or,
 		return PTR_ERR(bio);
 	}
 
-	bio->bi_rw &= ~(1 << BIO_RW);
+	bio->bi_rw &= ~REQ_WRITE;
 	or->in.bio = bio;
 	or->in.total_bytes = bio->bi_size;
 	return 0;
@@ -814,7 +814,7 @@ void osd_req_write(struct osd_request *or,
 {
 	_osd_req_encode_common(or, OSD_ACT_WRITE, obj, offset, len);
 	WARN_ON(or->out.bio || or->out.total_bytes);
-	WARN_ON(0 ==  bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW));
+	WARN_ON(0 == (bio->bi_rw & REQ_WRITE));
 	or->out.bio = bio;
 	or->out.total_bytes = len;
 }
@@ -829,7 +829,7 @@ int osd_req_write_kern(struct osd_request *or,
 	if (IS_ERR(bio))
 		return PTR_ERR(bio);
 
-	bio->bi_rw |= (1 << BIO_RW); /* FIXME: bio_set_dir() */
+	bio->bi_rw |= REQ_WRITE; /* FIXME: bio_set_dir() */
 	osd_req_write(or, obj, offset, bio, len);
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -865,7 +865,7 @@ void osd_req_read(struct osd_request *or,
 {
 	_osd_req_encode_common(or, OSD_ACT_READ, obj, offset, len);
 	WARN_ON(or->in.bio || or->in.total_bytes);
-	WARN_ON(1 == bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW));
+	WARN_ON(1 == (bio->bi_rw & REQ_WRITE));
 	or->in.bio = bio;
 	or->in.total_bytes = len;
 }
diff --git a/fs/bio.c b/fs/bio.c
index e7bf6ca64dcf..8abb2dfb2e7c 100644
--- a/fs/bio.c
+++ b/fs/bio.c
@@ -843,7 +843,8 @@ struct bio *bio_copy_user_iov(struct request_queue *q,
 	if (!bio)
 		goto out_bmd;
 
-	bio->bi_rw |= (!write_to_vm << BIO_RW);
+	if (!write_to_vm)
+		bio->bi_rw |= REQ_WRITE;
 
 	ret = 0;
 
@@ -1024,7 +1025,7 @@ static struct bio *__bio_map_user_iov(struct request_queue *q,
 	 * set data direction, and check if mapped pages need bouncing
 	 */
 	if (!write_to_vm)
-		bio->bi_rw |= (1 << BIO_RW);
+		bio->bi_rw |= REQ_WRITE;
 
 	bio->bi_bdev = bdev;
 	bio->bi_flags |= (1 << BIO_USER_MAPPED);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index 34f7c375567e..64f10082f048 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ static void end_workqueue_bio(struct bio *bio, int err)
 	end_io_wq->work.func = end_workqueue_fn;
 	end_io_wq->work.flags = 0;
 
-	if (bio->bi_rw & (1 << BIO_RW)) {
+	if (bio->bi_rw & REQ_WRITE) {
 		if (end_io_wq->metadata)
 			btrfs_queue_worker(&fs_info->endio_meta_write_workers,
 					   &end_io_wq->work);
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ int btrfs_wq_submit_bio(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, struct inode *inode,
 
 	atomic_inc(&fs_info->nr_async_submits);
 
-	if (rw & (1 << BIO_RW_SYNCIO))
+	if (rw & REQ_SYNC)
 		btrfs_set_work_high_prio(&async->work);
 
 	btrfs_queue_worker(&fs_info->workers, &async->work);
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ static int btree_submit_bio_hook(struct inode *inode, int rw, struct bio *bio,
 					  bio, 1);
 	BUG_ON(ret);
 
-	if (!(rw & (1 << BIO_RW))) {
+	if (!(rw & REQ_WRITE)) {
 		/*
 		 * called for a read, do the setup so that checksum validation
 		 * can happen in the async kernel threads
@@ -1427,7 +1427,7 @@ static void end_workqueue_fn(struct btrfs_work *work)
 	 * ram and up to date before trying to verify things.  For
 	 * blocksize <= pagesize, it is basically a noop
 	 */
-	if (!(bio->bi_rw & (1 << BIO_RW)) && end_io_wq->metadata &&
+	if (!(bio->bi_rw & REQ_WRITE) && end_io_wq->metadata &&
 	    !bio_ready_for_csum(bio)) {
 		btrfs_queue_worker(&fs_info->endio_meta_workers,
 				   &end_io_wq->work);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 1bff92ad4744..e975d7180a88 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -1429,7 +1429,7 @@ static int btrfs_submit_bio_hook(struct inode *inode, int rw, struct bio *bio,
 	ret = btrfs_bio_wq_end_io(root->fs_info, bio, 0);
 	BUG_ON(ret);
 
-	if (!(rw & (1 << BIO_RW))) {
+	if (!(rw & REQ_WRITE)) {
 		if (bio_flags & EXTENT_BIO_COMPRESSED) {
 			return btrfs_submit_compressed_read(inode, bio,
 						    mirror_num, bio_flags);
@@ -1841,7 +1841,7 @@ static int btrfs_io_failed_hook(struct bio *failed_bio,
 	bio->bi_size = 0;
 
 	bio_add_page(bio, page, failrec->len, start - page_offset(page));
-	if (failed_bio->bi_rw & (1 << BIO_RW))
+	if (failed_bio->bi_rw & REQ_WRITE)
 		rw = WRITE;
 	else
 		rw = READ;
@@ -5642,7 +5642,7 @@ static void btrfs_submit_direct(int rw, struct bio *bio, struct inode *inode,
 	struct bio_vec *bvec = bio->bi_io_vec;
 	u64 start;
 	int skip_sum;
-	int write = rw & (1 << BIO_RW);
+	int write = rw & REQ_WRITE;
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	skip_sum = BTRFS_I(inode)->flags & BTRFS_INODE_NODATASUM;
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
index d6e3af8be95b..dd318ff280b2 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ loop_lock:
 
 		BUG_ON(atomic_read(&cur->bi_cnt) == 0);
 
-		if (bio_rw_flagged(cur, BIO_RW_SYNCIO))
+		if (cur->bi_rw & REQ_SYNC)
 			num_sync_run++;
 
 		submit_bio(cur->bi_rw, cur);
@@ -2651,7 +2651,7 @@ static int __btrfs_map_block(struct btrfs_mapping_tree *map_tree, int rw,
 	int max_errors = 0;
 	struct btrfs_multi_bio *multi = NULL;
 
-	if (multi_ret && !(rw & (1 << BIO_RW)))
+	if (multi_ret && !(rw & REQ_WRITE))
 		stripes_allocated = 1;
 again:
 	if (multi_ret) {
@@ -2687,7 +2687,7 @@ again:
 		mirror_num = 0;
 
 	/* if our multi bio struct is too small, back off and try again */
-	if (rw & (1 << BIO_RW)) {
+	if (rw & REQ_WRITE) {
 		if (map->type & (BTRFS_BLOCK_GROUP_RAID1 |
 				 BTRFS_BLOCK_GROUP_DUP)) {
 			stripes_required = map->num_stripes;
@@ -2697,7 +2697,7 @@ again:
 			max_errors = 1;
 		}
 	}
-	if (multi_ret && (rw & (1 << BIO_RW)) &&
+	if (multi_ret && (rw & REQ_WRITE) &&
 	    stripes_allocated < stripes_required) {
 		stripes_allocated = map->num_stripes;
 		free_extent_map(em);
@@ -2733,7 +2733,7 @@ again:
 	num_stripes = 1;
 	stripe_index = 0;
 	if (map->type & BTRFS_BLOCK_GROUP_RAID1) {
-		if (unplug_page || (rw & (1 << BIO_RW)))
+		if (unplug_page || (rw & REQ_WRITE))
 			num_stripes = map->num_stripes;
 		else if (mirror_num)
 			stripe_index = mirror_num - 1;
@@ -2744,7 +2744,7 @@ again:
 		}
 
 	} else if (map->type & BTRFS_BLOCK_GROUP_DUP) {
-		if (rw & (1 << BIO_RW))
+		if (rw & REQ_WRITE)
 			num_stripes = map->num_stripes;
 		else if (mirror_num)
 			stripe_index = mirror_num - 1;
@@ -2755,7 +2755,7 @@ again:
 		stripe_index = do_div(stripe_nr, factor);
 		stripe_index *= map->sub_stripes;
 
-		if (unplug_page || (rw & (1 << BIO_RW)))
+		if (unplug_page || (rw & REQ_WRITE))
 			num_stripes = map->sub_stripes;
 		else if (mirror_num)
 			stripe_index += mirror_num - 1;
@@ -2945,7 +2945,7 @@ static noinline int schedule_bio(struct btrfs_root *root,
 	struct btrfs_pending_bios *pending_bios;
 
 	/* don't bother with additional async steps for reads, right now */
-	if (!(rw & (1 << BIO_RW))) {
+	if (!(rw & REQ_WRITE)) {
 		bio_get(bio);
 		submit_bio(rw, bio);
 		bio_put(bio);
@@ -2964,7 +2964,7 @@ static noinline int schedule_bio(struct btrfs_root *root,
 	bio->bi_rw |= rw;
 
 	spin_lock(&device->io_lock);
-	if (bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_SYNCIO))
+	if (bio->bi_rw & REQ_SYNC)
 		pending_bios = &device->pending_sync_bios;
 	else
 		pending_bios = &device->pending_bios;
diff --git a/fs/exofs/ios.c b/fs/exofs/ios.c
index 4337cad7777b..e2732203fa93 100644
--- a/fs/exofs/ios.c
+++ b/fs/exofs/ios.c
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ static int _sbi_write_mirror(struct exofs_io_state *ios, int cur_comp)
 			} else {
 				bio = master_dev->bio;
 				/* FIXME: bio_set_dir() */
-				bio->bi_rw |= (1 << BIO_RW);
+				bio->bi_rw |= REQ_WRITE;
 			}
 
 			osd_req_write(or, &ios->obj, per_dev->offset, bio,
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/log.c b/fs/gfs2/log.c
index efc3539ac5a1..cde1248a6225 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/log.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/log.c
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ static void log_write_header(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, u32 flags, int pull)
 	if (test_bit(SDF_NOBARRIERS, &sdp->sd_flags))
 		goto skip_barrier;
 	get_bh(bh);
-	submit_bh(WRITE_BARRIER | (1 << BIO_RW_META), bh);
+	submit_bh(WRITE_BARRIER | REQ_META, bh);
 	wait_on_buffer(bh);
 	if (buffer_eopnotsupp(bh)) {
 		clear_buffer_eopnotsupp(bh);
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ static void log_write_header(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, u32 flags, int pull)
 		lock_buffer(bh);
 skip_barrier:
 		get_bh(bh);
-		submit_bh(WRITE_SYNC | (1 << BIO_RW_META), bh);
+		submit_bh(WRITE_SYNC | REQ_META, bh);
 		wait_on_buffer(bh);
 	}
 	if (!buffer_uptodate(bh))
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/meta_io.c b/fs/gfs2/meta_io.c
index 18176d0b75d7..f3b071f921aa 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/meta_io.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/meta_io.c
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ static int gfs2_aspace_writepage(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wb
 {
 	struct buffer_head *bh, *head;
 	int nr_underway = 0;
-	int write_op = (1 << BIO_RW_META) | ((wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL ?
-			WRITE_SYNC_PLUG : WRITE));
+	int write_op = REQ_META |
+		(wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL ? WRITE_SYNC_PLUG : WRITE);
 
 	BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page));
 	BUG_ON(!page_has_buffers(page));
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ int gfs2_meta_read(struct gfs2_glock *gl, u64 blkno, int flags,
 	}
 	bh->b_end_io = end_buffer_read_sync;
 	get_bh(bh);
-	submit_bh(READ_SYNC | (1 << BIO_RW_META), bh);
+	submit_bh(READ_SYNC | REQ_META, bh);
 	if (!(flags & DIO_WAIT))
 		return 0;
 
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ 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(READ_SYNC | (1 << BIO_RW_META), 1, &first_bh);
+		ll_rw_block(READ_SYNC | REQ_META, 1, &first_bh);
 
 	dblock++;
 	extlen--;
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c b/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c
index 3593b3a7290e..fd4f8946abf5 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ static int gfs2_read_super(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, sector_t sector)
 
 	bio->bi_end_io = end_bio_io_page;
 	bio->bi_private = page;
-	submit_bio(READ_SYNC | (1 << BIO_RW_META), bio);
+	submit_bio(READ_SYNC | REQ_META, bio);
 	wait_on_page_locked(page);
 	bio_put(bio);
 	if (!PageUptodate(page)) {
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/segbuf.c b/fs/nilfs2/segbuf.c
index 2e6a2723b8fa..4588fb9e93df 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/segbuf.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/segbuf.c
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ static int nilfs_segbuf_write(struct nilfs_segment_buffer *segbuf,
 		 * Last BIO is always sent through the following
 		 * submission.
 		 */
-		rw |= (1 << BIO_RW_SYNCIO) | (1 << BIO_RW_UNPLUG);
+		rw |= REQ_SYNC | REQ_UNPLUG;
 		res = nilfs_segbuf_submit_bio(segbuf, &wi, rw);
 	}
 
diff --git a/include/linux/bio.h b/include/linux/bio.h
index 7fc5606e6ea5..4d379c8250ae 100644
--- a/include/linux/bio.h
+++ b/include/linux/bio.h
@@ -138,55 +138,83 @@ struct bio {
 #define BIO_POOL_IDX(bio)	((bio)->bi_flags >> BIO_POOL_OFFSET)	
 
 /*
- * bio bi_rw flags
- *
- * bit 0 -- data direction
- *	If not set, bio is a read from device. If set, it's a write to device.
- * bit 1 -- fail fast device errors
- * bit 2 -- fail fast transport errors
- * bit 3 -- fail fast driver errors
- * bit 4 -- rw-ahead when set
- * bit 5 -- barrier
- *	Insert a serialization point in the IO queue, forcing previously
- *	submitted IO to be completed before this one is issued.
- * bit 6 -- synchronous I/O hint.
- * bit 7 -- Unplug the device immediately after submitting this bio.
- * bit 8 -- metadata request
- *	Used for tracing to differentiate metadata and data IO. May also
- *	get some preferential treatment in the IO scheduler
- * bit 9 -- discard sectors
- *	Informs the lower level device that this range of sectors is no longer
- *	used by the file system and may thus be freed by the device. Used
- *	for flash based storage.
- *	Don't want driver retries for any fast fail whatever the reason.
- * bit 10 -- Tell the IO scheduler not to wait for more requests after this
-	one has been submitted, even if it is a SYNC request.
+ * Request flags.  For use in the cmd_flags field of struct request, and in
+ * bi_rw of struct bio.  Note that some flags are only valid in either one.
  */
-enum bio_rw_flags {
-	BIO_RW,
-	BIO_RW_FAILFAST_DEV,
-	BIO_RW_FAILFAST_TRANSPORT,
-	BIO_RW_FAILFAST_DRIVER,
-	/* above flags must match REQ_* */
-	BIO_RW_AHEAD,
-	BIO_RW_BARRIER,
-	BIO_RW_SYNCIO,
-	BIO_RW_UNPLUG,
-	BIO_RW_META,
-	BIO_RW_DISCARD,
-	BIO_RW_NOIDLE,
+enum rq_flag_bits {
+	/* common flags */
+	__REQ_WRITE,		/* not set, read. set, write */
+	__REQ_FAILFAST_DEV,	/* no driver retries of device errors */
+	__REQ_FAILFAST_TRANSPORT, /* no driver retries of transport errors */
+	__REQ_FAILFAST_DRIVER,	/* no driver retries of driver errors */
+
+	__REQ_HARDBARRIER,	/* may not be passed by drive either */
+	__REQ_SYNC,		/* request is sync (sync write or read) */
+	__REQ_META,		/* metadata io request */
+	__REQ_DISCARD,		/* request to discard sectors */
+	__REQ_NOIDLE,		/* don't anticipate more IO after this one */
+
+	/* bio only flags */
+	__REQ_UNPLUG,		/* unplug the immediately after submission */
+	__REQ_RAHEAD,		/* read ahead, can fail anytime */
+
+	/* request only flags */
+	__REQ_SORTED,		/* elevator knows about this request */
+	__REQ_SOFTBARRIER,	/* may not be passed by ioscheduler */
+	__REQ_FUA,		/* forced unit access */
+	__REQ_NOMERGE,		/* don't touch this for merging */
+	__REQ_STARTED,		/* drive already may have started this one */
+	__REQ_DONTPREP,		/* don't call prep for this one */
+	__REQ_QUEUED,		/* uses queueing */
+	__REQ_ELVPRIV,		/* elevator private data attached */
+	__REQ_FAILED,		/* set if the request failed */
+	__REQ_QUIET,		/* don't worry about errors */
+	__REQ_PREEMPT,		/* set for "ide_preempt" requests */
+	__REQ_ORDERED_COLOR,	/* is before or after barrier */
+	__REQ_ALLOCED,		/* request came from our alloc pool */
+	__REQ_COPY_USER,	/* contains copies of user pages */
+	__REQ_INTEGRITY,	/* integrity metadata has been remapped */
+	__REQ_IO_STAT,		/* account I/O stat */
+	__REQ_MIXED_MERGE,	/* merge of different types, fail separately */
+	__REQ_NR_BITS,		/* stops here */
 };
 
-/*
- * First four bits must match between bio->bi_rw and rq->cmd_flags, make
- * that explicit here.
- */
-#define BIO_RW_RQ_MASK		0xf
+#define REQ_WRITE		(1 << __REQ_WRITE)
+#define REQ_FAILFAST_DEV	(1 << __REQ_FAILFAST_DEV)
+#define REQ_FAILFAST_TRANSPORT	(1 << __REQ_FAILFAST_TRANSPORT)
+#define REQ_FAILFAST_DRIVER	(1 << __REQ_FAILFAST_DRIVER)
+#define REQ_HARDBARRIER		(1 << __REQ_HARDBARRIER)
+#define REQ_SYNC		(1 << __REQ_SYNC)
+#define REQ_META		(1 << __REQ_META)
+#define REQ_DISCARD		(1 << __REQ_DISCARD)
+#define REQ_NOIDLE		(1 << __REQ_NOIDLE)
 
-static inline bool bio_rw_flagged(struct bio *bio, enum bio_rw_flags flag)
-{
-	return (bio->bi_rw & (1 << flag)) != 0;
-}
+#define REQ_FAILFAST_MASK \
+	(REQ_FAILFAST_DEV | REQ_FAILFAST_TRANSPORT | REQ_FAILFAST_DRIVER)
+#define REQ_COMMON_MASK \
+	(REQ_WRITE | REQ_FAILFAST_MASK | REQ_HARDBARRIER | REQ_SYNC | \
+	 REQ_META| REQ_DISCARD | REQ_NOIDLE)
+
+#define REQ_UNPLUG		(1 << __REQ_UNPLUG)
+#define REQ_RAHEAD		(1 << __REQ_RAHEAD)
+
+#define REQ_SORTED		(1 << __REQ_SORTED)
+#define REQ_SOFTBARRIER		(1 << __REQ_SOFTBARRIER)
+#define REQ_FUA			(1 << __REQ_FUA)
+#define REQ_NOMERGE		(1 << __REQ_NOMERGE)
+#define REQ_STARTED		(1 << __REQ_STARTED)
+#define REQ_DONTPREP		(1 << __REQ_DONTPREP)
+#define REQ_QUEUED		(1 << __REQ_QUEUED)
+#define REQ_ELVPRIV		(1 << __REQ_ELVPRIV)
+#define REQ_FAILED		(1 << __REQ_FAILED)
+#define REQ_QUIET		(1 << __REQ_QUIET)
+#define REQ_PREEMPT		(1 << __REQ_PREEMPT)
+#define REQ_ORDERED_COLOR	(1 << __REQ_ORDERED_COLOR)
+#define REQ_ALLOCED		(1 << __REQ_ALLOCED)
+#define REQ_COPY_USER		(1 << __REQ_COPY_USER)
+#define REQ_INTEGRITY		(1 << __REQ_INTEGRITY)
+#define REQ_IO_STAT		(1 << __REQ_IO_STAT)
+#define REQ_MIXED_MERGE		(1 << __REQ_MIXED_MERGE)
 
 /*
  * upper 16 bits of bi_rw define the io priority of this bio
@@ -211,7 +239,10 @@ static inline bool bio_rw_flagged(struct bio *bio, enum bio_rw_flags flag)
 #define bio_offset(bio)		bio_iovec((bio))->bv_offset
 #define bio_segments(bio)	((bio)->bi_vcnt - (bio)->bi_idx)
 #define bio_sectors(bio)	((bio)->bi_size >> 9)
-#define bio_empty_barrier(bio)	(bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_BARRIER) && !bio_has_data(bio) && !bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_DISCARD))
+#define bio_empty_barrier(bio) \
+	((bio->bi_rw & REQ_HARDBARRIER) && \
+	 !bio_has_data(bio) && \
+	 !(bio->bi_rw & REQ_DISCARD))
 
 static inline unsigned int bio_cur_bytes(struct bio *bio)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 3ecd28ef9ba4..3fc0f5908619 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -84,70 +84,6 @@ enum {
 	REQ_LB_OP_FLUSH = 0x41,		/* flush request */
 };
 
-/*
- * request type modified bits. first four bits match BIO_RW* bits, important
- */
-enum rq_flag_bits {
-	__REQ_RW,		/* not set, read. set, write */
-	__REQ_FAILFAST_DEV,	/* no driver retries of device errors */
-	__REQ_FAILFAST_TRANSPORT, /* no driver retries of transport errors */
-	__REQ_FAILFAST_DRIVER,	/* no driver retries of driver errors */
-	/* above flags must match BIO_RW_* */
-	__REQ_DISCARD,		/* request to discard sectors */
-	__REQ_SORTED,		/* elevator knows about this request */
-	__REQ_SOFTBARRIER,	/* may not be passed by ioscheduler */
-	__REQ_HARDBARRIER,	/* may not be passed by drive either */
-	__REQ_FUA,		/* forced unit access */
-	__REQ_NOMERGE,		/* don't touch this for merging */
-	__REQ_STARTED,		/* drive already may have started this one */
-	__REQ_DONTPREP,		/* don't call prep for this one */
-	__REQ_QUEUED,		/* uses queueing */
-	__REQ_ELVPRIV,		/* elevator private data attached */
-	__REQ_FAILED,		/* set if the request failed */
-	__REQ_QUIET,		/* don't worry about errors */
-	__REQ_PREEMPT,		/* set for "ide_preempt" requests */
-	__REQ_ORDERED_COLOR,	/* is before or after barrier */
-	__REQ_RW_SYNC,		/* request is sync (sync write or read) */
-	__REQ_ALLOCED,		/* request came from our alloc pool */
-	__REQ_RW_META,		/* metadata io request */
-	__REQ_COPY_USER,	/* contains copies of user pages */
-	__REQ_INTEGRITY,	/* integrity metadata has been remapped */
-	__REQ_NOIDLE,		/* Don't anticipate more IO after this one */
-	__REQ_IO_STAT,		/* account I/O stat */
-	__REQ_MIXED_MERGE,	/* merge of different types, fail separately */
-	__REQ_NR_BITS,		/* stops here */
-};
-
-#define REQ_RW		(1 << __REQ_RW)
-#define REQ_FAILFAST_DEV	(1 << __REQ_FAILFAST_DEV)
-#define REQ_FAILFAST_TRANSPORT	(1 << __REQ_FAILFAST_TRANSPORT)
-#define REQ_FAILFAST_DRIVER	(1 << __REQ_FAILFAST_DRIVER)
-#define REQ_DISCARD	(1 << __REQ_DISCARD)
-#define REQ_SORTED	(1 << __REQ_SORTED)
-#define REQ_SOFTBARRIER	(1 << __REQ_SOFTBARRIER)
-#define REQ_HARDBARRIER	(1 << __REQ_HARDBARRIER)
-#define REQ_FUA		(1 << __REQ_FUA)
-#define REQ_NOMERGE	(1 << __REQ_NOMERGE)
-#define REQ_STARTED	(1 << __REQ_STARTED)
-#define REQ_DONTPREP	(1 << __REQ_DONTPREP)
-#define REQ_QUEUED	(1 << __REQ_QUEUED)
-#define REQ_ELVPRIV	(1 << __REQ_ELVPRIV)
-#define REQ_FAILED	(1 << __REQ_FAILED)
-#define REQ_QUIET	(1 << __REQ_QUIET)
-#define REQ_PREEMPT	(1 << __REQ_PREEMPT)
-#define REQ_ORDERED_COLOR	(1 << __REQ_ORDERED_COLOR)
-#define REQ_RW_SYNC	(1 << __REQ_RW_SYNC)
-#define REQ_ALLOCED	(1 << __REQ_ALLOCED)
-#define REQ_RW_META	(1 << __REQ_RW_META)
-#define REQ_COPY_USER	(1 << __REQ_COPY_USER)
-#define REQ_INTEGRITY	(1 << __REQ_INTEGRITY)
-#define REQ_NOIDLE	(1 << __REQ_NOIDLE)
-#define REQ_IO_STAT	(1 << __REQ_IO_STAT)
-#define REQ_MIXED_MERGE	(1 << __REQ_MIXED_MERGE)
-
-#define REQ_FAILFAST_MASK	(REQ_FAILFAST_DEV | REQ_FAILFAST_TRANSPORT | \
-				 REQ_FAILFAST_DRIVER)
-
 #define BLK_MAX_CDB	16
 
 /*
@@ -631,7 +567,7 @@ enum {
  */
 static inline bool rw_is_sync(unsigned int rw_flags)
 {
-	return !(rw_flags & REQ_RW) || (rw_flags & REQ_RW_SYNC);
+	return !(rw_flags & REQ_WRITE) || (rw_flags & REQ_SYNC);
 }
 
 static inline bool rq_is_sync(struct request *rq)
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 598878831497..c5c92943c767 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -144,29 +144,31 @@ struct inodes_stat_t {
  *			of this IO.
  *
  */
-#define RW_MASK		1
-#define RWA_MASK	2
-#define READ 0
-#define WRITE 1
-#define READA 2		/* read-ahead  - don't block if no resources */
-#define SWRITE 3	/* for ll_rw_block() - wait for buffer lock */
-#define READ_SYNC	(READ | (1 << BIO_RW_SYNCIO) | (1 << BIO_RW_UNPLUG))
-#define READ_META	(READ | (1 << BIO_RW_META))
-#define WRITE_SYNC_PLUG	(WRITE | (1 << BIO_RW_SYNCIO) | (1 << BIO_RW_NOIDLE))
-#define WRITE_SYNC	(WRITE_SYNC_PLUG | (1 << BIO_RW_UNPLUG))
-#define WRITE_ODIRECT_PLUG	(WRITE | (1 << BIO_RW_SYNCIO))
-#define WRITE_META	(WRITE | (1 << BIO_RW_META))
-#define SWRITE_SYNC_PLUG	\
-			(SWRITE | (1 << BIO_RW_SYNCIO) | (1 << BIO_RW_NOIDLE))
-#define SWRITE_SYNC	(SWRITE_SYNC_PLUG | (1 << BIO_RW_UNPLUG))
-#define WRITE_BARRIER	(WRITE_SYNC | (1 << BIO_RW_BARRIER))
+#define RW_MASK			1
+#define RWA_MASK		2
+
+#define READ			0
+#define WRITE			1
+#define READA			2 /* readahead  - don't block if no resources */
+#define SWRITE			3 /* for ll_rw_block() - wait for buffer lock */
+
+#define READ_SYNC		(READ | REQ_SYNC | REQ_UNPLUG)
+#define READ_META		(READ | REQ_META)
+#define WRITE_SYNC_PLUG		(WRITE | REQ_SYNC | REQ_NOIDLE)
+#define WRITE_SYNC		(WRITE | REQ_SYNC | REQ_NOIDLE | REQ_UNPLUG)
+#define WRITE_ODIRECT_PLUG	(WRITE | REQ_SYNC)
+#define WRITE_META		(WRITE | REQ_META)
+#define WRITE_BARRIER		(WRITE | REQ_SYNC | REQ_NOIDLE | REQ_UNPLUG | \
+				 REQ_HARDBARRIER)
+#define SWRITE_SYNC_PLUG	(SWRITE | REQ_SYNC | REQ_NOIDLE)
+#define SWRITE_SYNC		(SWRITE | REQ_SYNC | REQ_NOIDLE | REQ_UNPLUG)
 
 /*
  * These aren't really reads or writes, they pass down information about
  * parts of device that are now unused by the file system.
  */
-#define DISCARD_NOBARRIER (WRITE | (1 << BIO_RW_DISCARD))
-#define DISCARD_BARRIER (DISCARD_NOBARRIER | (1 << BIO_RW_BARRIER))
+#define DISCARD_NOBARRIER	(WRITE | REQ_DISCARD)
+#define DISCARD_BARRIER		(WRITE | REQ_DISCARD | REQ_HARDBARRIER)
 
 #define SEL_IN		1
 #define SEL_OUT		2
diff --git a/kernel/power/block_io.c b/kernel/power/block_io.c
index 97024fd40cd5..83bbc7c02df9 100644
--- a/kernel/power/block_io.c
+++ b/kernel/power/block_io.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 static int submit(int rw, struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector,
 		struct page *page, struct bio **bio_chain)
 {
-	const int bio_rw = rw | (1 << BIO_RW_SYNCIO) | (1 << BIO_RW_UNPLUG);
+	const int bio_rw = rw | REQ_SYNC | REQ_UNPLUG;
 	struct bio *bio;
 
 	bio = bio_alloc(__GFP_WAIT | __GFP_HIGH, 1);
diff --git a/kernel/trace/blktrace.c b/kernel/trace/blktrace.c
index 4f149944cb89..3b4a695051b6 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/blktrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/blktrace.c
@@ -169,9 +169,12 @@ static int act_log_check(struct blk_trace *bt, u32 what, sector_t sector,
 static const u32 ddir_act[2] = { BLK_TC_ACT(BLK_TC_READ),
 				 BLK_TC_ACT(BLK_TC_WRITE) };
 
+#define BLK_TC_HARDBARRIER	BLK_TC_BARRIER
+#define BLK_TC_RAHEAD		BLK_TC_AHEAD
+
 /* The ilog2() calls fall out because they're constant */
-#define MASK_TC_BIT(rw, __name) ((rw & (1 << BIO_RW_ ## __name)) << \
-	  (ilog2(BLK_TC_ ## __name) + BLK_TC_SHIFT - BIO_RW_ ## __name))
+#define MASK_TC_BIT(rw, __name) ((rw & REQ_ ## __name) << \
+	  (ilog2(BLK_TC_ ## __name) + BLK_TC_SHIFT - __REQ_ ## __name))
 
 /*
  * The worker for the various blk_add_trace*() types. Fills out a
@@ -194,9 +197,9 @@ static void __blk_add_trace(struct blk_trace *bt, sector_t sector, int bytes,
 		return;
 
 	what |= ddir_act[rw & WRITE];
-	what |= MASK_TC_BIT(rw, BARRIER);
-	what |= MASK_TC_BIT(rw, SYNCIO);
-	what |= MASK_TC_BIT(rw, AHEAD);
+	what |= MASK_TC_BIT(rw, HARDBARRIER);
+	what |= MASK_TC_BIT(rw, SYNC);
+	what |= MASK_TC_BIT(rw, RAHEAD);
 	what |= MASK_TC_BIT(rw, META);
 	what |= MASK_TC_BIT(rw, DISCARD);
 
@@ -662,7 +665,7 @@ static void blk_add_trace_rq(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq,
 		return;
 
 	if (rq->cmd_flags & REQ_DISCARD)
-		rw |= (1 << BIO_RW_DISCARD);
+		rw |= REQ_DISCARD;
 
 	if (rq->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_BLOCK_PC) {
 		what |= BLK_TC_ACT(BLK_TC_PC);
@@ -1755,20 +1758,20 @@ void blk_fill_rwbs(char *rwbs, u32 rw, int bytes)
 
 	if (rw & WRITE)
 		rwbs[i++] = 'W';
-	else if (rw & 1 << BIO_RW_DISCARD)
+	else if (rw & REQ_DISCARD)
 		rwbs[i++] = 'D';
 	else if (bytes)
 		rwbs[i++] = 'R';
 	else
 		rwbs[i++] = 'N';
 
-	if (rw & 1 << BIO_RW_AHEAD)
+	if (rw & REQ_RAHEAD)
 		rwbs[i++] = 'A';
-	if (rw & 1 << BIO_RW_BARRIER)
+	if (rw & REQ_HARDBARRIER)
 		rwbs[i++] = 'B';
-	if (rw & 1 << BIO_RW_SYNCIO)
+	if (rw & REQ_SYNC)
 		rwbs[i++] = 'S';
-	if (rw & 1 << BIO_RW_META)
+	if (rw & REQ_META)
 		rwbs[i++] = 'M';
 
 	rwbs[i] = '\0';
@@ -1780,7 +1783,7 @@ void blk_fill_rwbs_rq(char *rwbs, struct request *rq)
 	int bytes;
 
 	if (rq->cmd_flags & REQ_DISCARD)
-		rw |= (1 << BIO_RW_DISCARD);
+		rw |= REQ_DISCARD;
 
 	bytes = blk_rq_bytes(rq);
 
diff --git a/mm/page_io.c b/mm/page_io.c
index 31a3b962230a..2dee975bf469 100644
--- a/mm/page_io.c
+++ b/mm/page_io.c
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ int swap_writepage(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 		goto out;
 	}
 	if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL)
-		rw |= (1 << BIO_RW_SYNCIO) | (1 << BIO_RW_UNPLUG);
+		rw |= REQ_SYNC | REQ_UNPLUG;
 	count_vm_event(PSWPOUT);
 	set_page_writeback(page);
 	unlock_page(page);