5 files changed, 20 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/block/elevator.c b/block/elevator.c
index 6f6abc08bb56..45ca1e34f582 100644
--- a/block/elevator.c
+++ b/block/elevator.c
@@ -671,7 +671,8 @@ void __elv_add_request(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq, int where)
                         q->boundary_rq = rq;
                 }
         } else if (!(rq->cmd_flags & REQ_ELVPRIV) &&
-                    where == ELEVATOR_INSERT_SORT)
+                    (where == ELEVATOR_INSERT_SORT ||
+                     where == ELEVATOR_INSERT_SORT_MERGE))
                 where = ELEVATOR_INSERT_BACK;
 
         switch (where) {
diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index b364bd038a18..2dd988723d73 100644
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -1588,9 +1588,13 @@ static void disk_events_workfn(struct work_struct *work)
 
         spin_unlock_irq(&ev->lock);
 
-        /* tell userland about new events */
+        /*
+         * Tell userland about new events.  Only the events listed in
+         * @disk->events are reported.  Unlisted events are processed the
+         * same internally but never get reported to userland.
+         */
         for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(disk_uevents); i++)
-                if (events & (1 << i))
+                if (events & disk->events & (1 << i))
                         envp[nr_events++] = disk_uevents[i];
 
         if (nr_events)
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c b/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
index fd1e11799137..a5ec5a7cb381 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
@@ -1782,7 +1782,6 @@ static int ide_cd_probe(ide_drive_t *drive)
         ide_cd_read_toc(drive, &sense);
         g->fops = &idecd_ops;
         g->flags |= GENHD_FL_REMOVABLE;
-        g->events = DISK_EVENT_MEDIA_CHANGE;
         add_disk(g);
         return 0;
 
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-cd_ioctl.c b/drivers/ide/ide-cd_ioctl.c
index 2a6bc50e8a41..02caa7dd51c8 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-cd_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-cd_ioctl.c
@@ -79,6 +79,12 @@ int ide_cdrom_drive_status(struct cdrom_device_info *cdi, int slot_nr)
         return CDS_DRIVE_NOT_READY;
 }
 
+/*
+ * ide-cd always generates media changed event if media is missing, which
+ * makes it impossible to use for proper event reporting, so disk->events
+ * is cleared to 0 and the following function is used only to trigger
+ * revalidation and never propagated to userland.
+ */
 unsigned int ide_cdrom_check_events_real(struct cdrom_device_info *cdi,
                                          unsigned int clearing, int slot_nr)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-gd.c b/drivers/ide/ide-gd.c
index c4ffd4888939..70ea8763567d 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-gd.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-gd.c
@@ -298,6 +298,12 @@ static unsigned int ide_gd_check_events(struct gendisk *disk,
                 return 0;
         }
 
+        /*
+         * The following is used to force revalidation on the first open on
+         * removeable devices, and never gets reported to userland as
+         * genhd->events is 0.  This is intended as removeable ide disk
+         * can't really detect MEDIA_CHANGE events.
+         */
         ret = drive->dev_flags & IDE_DFLAG_MEDIA_CHANGED;
         drive->dev_flags &= ~IDE_DFLAG_MEDIA_CHANGED;
 
@@ -413,7 +419,6 @@ static int ide_gd_probe(ide_drive_t *drive)
         if (drive->dev_flags & IDE_DFLAG_REMOVABLE)
                 g->flags = GENHD_FL_REMOVABLE;
         g->fops = &ide_gd_ops;
-        g->events = DISK_EVENT_MEDIA_CHANGE;
         add_disk(g);
         return 0;