* @retries:   number of times to retry request
  * @flags:     or into request flags;
  *
- * scsi_execute_req returns the req->errors value which is the
- * the scsi_cmnd result field.
+ * returns the req->errors value which is the the scsi_cmnd result
+ * field.
  **/
 int scsi_execute(struct scsi_device *sdev, const unsigned char *cmd,
                 int data_direction, void *buffer, unsigned bufflen,
 
        return ret;
 }
-
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(scsi_execute);
 
+
+int scsi_execute_req(struct scsi_device *sdev, const unsigned char *cmd,
+                    int data_direction, void *buffer, unsigned bufflen,
+                    struct scsi_sense_hdr *sshdr, int timeout, int retries)
+{
+       char *sense = NULL;
+               
+       if (sshdr) {
+               sense = kmalloc(SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+               if (!sense)
+                       return DRIVER_ERROR << 24;
+               memset(sense, 0, sizeof(*sense));
+       }
+       int result = scsi_execute(sdev, cmd, data_direction, buffer, bufflen,
+                                 sense, timeout, retries, 0);
+       if (sshdr)
+               scsi_normalize_sense(sense, sizeof(*sense), sshdr);
+
+       kfree(sense);
+       return result;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(scsi_execute_req);
+
 /*
  * Function:    scsi_init_cmd_errh()
  *
        }
 }
 /**
- *     __scsi_mode_sense - issue a mode sense, falling back from 10 to 
+ *     scsi_mode_sense - issue a mode sense, falling back from 10 to 
  *             six bytes if necessary.
  *     @sdev:  SCSI device to be queried
  *     @dbd:   set if mode sense will allow block descriptors to be returned
 int
 scsi_mode_sense(struct scsi_device *sdev, int dbd, int modepage,
                  unsigned char *buffer, int len, int timeout, int retries,
-                 struct scsi_mode_data *data, char *sense) {
+                 struct scsi_mode_data *data, struct scsi_sense_hdr *sshdr) {
        unsigned char cmd[12];
        int use_10_for_ms;
        int header_length;
        int result;
-       char *sense_buffer = NULL;
+       struct scsi_sense_hdr my_sshdr;
 
        memset(data, 0, sizeof(*data));
        memset(&cmd[0], 0, 12);
        cmd[1] = dbd & 0x18;    /* allows DBD and LLBA bits */
        cmd[2] = modepage;
 
-       if (!sense) {
-               sense_buffer = kmalloc(SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
-               if (!sense_buffer) {
-                       dev_printk(KERN_ERR, &sdev->sdev_gendev, "failed to allocate sense buffer\n");
-                       return 0;
-               }
-               sense = sense_buffer;
-       }
+       /* caller might not be interested in sense, but we need it */
+       if (!sshdr)
+               sshdr = &my_sshdr;
+
  retry:
        use_10_for_ms = sdev->use_10_for_ms;
 
                header_length = 4;
        }
 
-       memset(sense, 0, SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE);
-
        memset(buffer, 0, len);
 
        result = scsi_execute_req(sdev, cmd, DMA_FROM_DEVICE, buffer, len,
-                                 sense, timeout, retries);
+                                 sshdr, timeout, retries);
 
        /* This code looks awful: what it's doing is making sure an
         * ILLEGAL REQUEST sense return identifies the actual command
 
        if (use_10_for_ms && !scsi_status_is_good(result) &&
            (driver_byte(result) & DRIVER_SENSE)) {
-               struct scsi_sense_hdr sshdr;
-
-               if (scsi_normalize_sense(sense, SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE, &sshdr)) {
-                       if ((sshdr.sense_key == ILLEGAL_REQUEST) &&
-                           (sshdr.asc == 0x20) && (sshdr.ascq == 0)) {
+               if (scsi_sense_valid(sshdr)) {
+                       if ((sshdr->sense_key == ILLEGAL_REQUEST) &&
+                           (sshdr->asc == 0x20) && (sshdr->ascq == 0)) {
                                /* 
                                 * Invalid command operation code
                                 */
                }
        }
 
-       kfree(sense_buffer);
        return result;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(scsi_mode_sense);
        char cmd[] = {
                TEST_UNIT_READY, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
        };
-       char sense[SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE];
+       struct scsi_sense_hdr sshdr;
        int result;
        
-       result = scsi_execute_req(sdev, cmd, DMA_NONE, NULL, 0, sense,
+       result = scsi_execute_req(sdev, cmd, DMA_NONE, NULL, 0, &sshdr,
                                  timeout, retries);
 
        if ((driver_byte(result) & DRIVER_SENSE) && sdev->removable) {
-               struct scsi_sense_hdr sshdr;
 
-               if ((scsi_normalize_sense(sense, SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE,
-                                         &sshdr)) &&
+               if ((scsi_sense_valid(&sshdr)) &&
                    ((sshdr.sense_key == UNIT_ATTENTION) ||
                     (sshdr.sense_key == NOT_READY))) {
                        sdev->changed = 1;
 
 #include <scsi/scsi_eh.h>
 #include <scsi/scsi_host.h>
 #include <scsi/scsi_ioctl.h>
-#include <scsi/scsi_request.h>
 #include <scsi/scsicam.h>
 
 #include "scsi_logging.h"
 static void sd_end_flush(request_queue_t *, struct request *);
 static int sd_prepare_flush(request_queue_t *, struct request *);
 static void sd_read_capacity(struct scsi_disk *sdkp, char *diskname,
-                struct scsi_request *SRpnt, unsigned char *buffer);
+                            unsigned char *buffer);
 
 static struct scsi_driver sd_template = {
        .owner                  = THIS_MODULE,
 
 static int sd_sync_cache(struct scsi_device *sdp)
 {
-       struct scsi_request *sreq;
        int retries, res;
+       struct scsi_sense_hdr sshdr;
 
        if (!scsi_device_online(sdp))
                return -ENODEV;
 
-       sreq = scsi_allocate_request(sdp, GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (!sreq) {
-               printk("FAILED\n  No memory for request\n");
-               return -ENOMEM;
-       }
 
-       sreq->sr_data_direction = DMA_NONE;
        for (retries = 3; retries > 0; --retries) {
                unsigned char cmd[10] = { 0 };
 
                 * Leave the rest of the command zero to indicate
                 * flush everything.
                 */
-               scsi_wait_req(sreq, cmd, NULL, 0, SD_TIMEOUT, SD_MAX_RETRIES);
-               if (sreq->sr_result == 0)
+               res = scsi_execute_req(sdp, cmd, DMA_NONE, NULL, 0, &sshdr,
+                                      SD_TIMEOUT, SD_MAX_RETRIES);
+               if (res == 0)
                        break;
        }
 
-       res = sreq->sr_result;
-       if (res) {
-               printk(KERN_WARNING "FAILED\n  status = %x, message = %02x, "
+       if (res) {              printk(KERN_WARNING "FAILED\n  status = %x, message = %02x, "
                                    "host = %d, driver = %02x\n  ",
                                    status_byte(res), msg_byte(res),
                                    host_byte(res), driver_byte(res));
                        if (driver_byte(res) & DRIVER_SENSE)
-                               scsi_print_req_sense("sd", sreq);
+                               scsi_print_sense_hdr("sd", &sshdr);
        }
 
-       scsi_release_request(sreq);
        return res;
 }
 
        scsi_io_completion(SCpnt, good_bytes, block_sectors << 9);
 }
 
-static int media_not_present(struct scsi_disk *sdkp, struct scsi_request *srp)
+static int media_not_present(struct scsi_disk *sdkp,
+                            struct scsi_sense_hdr *sshdr)
 {
-       struct scsi_sense_hdr sshdr;
 
-       if (!srp->sr_result)
-               return 0;
-       if (!(driver_byte(srp->sr_result) & DRIVER_SENSE))
+       if (!scsi_sense_valid(sshdr))
                return 0;
        /* not invoked for commands that could return deferred errors */
-       if (scsi_request_normalize_sense(srp, &sshdr)) {
-               if (sshdr.sense_key != NOT_READY &&
-                   sshdr.sense_key != UNIT_ATTENTION)
-                       return 0;
-               if (sshdr.asc != 0x3A) /* medium not present */
-                       return 0;
-       }
+       if (sshdr->sense_key != NOT_READY &&
+           sshdr->sense_key != UNIT_ATTENTION)
+               return 0;
+       if (sshdr->asc != 0x3A) /* medium not present */
+               return 0;
+
        set_media_not_present(sdkp);
        return 1;
 }
  * spinup disk - called only in sd_revalidate_disk()
  */
 static void
-sd_spinup_disk(struct scsi_disk *sdkp, char *diskname,
-              struct scsi_request *SRpnt, unsigned char *buffer) {
+sd_spinup_disk(struct scsi_disk *sdkp, char *diskname)
+{
        unsigned char cmd[10];
        unsigned long spintime_value = 0;
        int retries, spintime;
                        cmd[0] = TEST_UNIT_READY;
                        memset((void *) &cmd[1], 0, 9);
 
-                       SRpnt->sr_cmd_len = 0;
-                       memset(SRpnt->sr_sense_buffer, 0,
-                              SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE);
-                       SRpnt->sr_data_direction = DMA_NONE;
+                       the_result = scsi_execute_req(sdkp->device, cmd,
+                                                     DMA_NONE, NULL, 0,
+                                                     &sshdr, SD_TIMEOUT,
+                                                     SD_MAX_RETRIES);
 
-                       scsi_wait_req (SRpnt, (void *) cmd, (void *) buffer,
-                                      0/*512*/, SD_TIMEOUT, SD_MAX_RETRIES);
-
-                       the_result = SRpnt->sr_result;
                        if (the_result)
-                               sense_valid = scsi_request_normalize_sense(
-                                                       SRpnt, &sshdr);
+                               sense_valid = scsi_sense_valid(&sshdr);
                        retries++;
                } while (retries < 3 && 
                         (!scsi_status_is_good(the_result) ||
                 * any media in it, don't bother with any of the rest of
                 * this crap.
                 */
-               if (media_not_present(sdkp, SRpnt))
+               if (media_not_present(sdkp, &sshdr))
                        return;
 
                if ((driver_byte(the_result) & DRIVER_SENSE) == 0) {
                                cmd[1] = 1;     /* Return immediately */
                                memset((void *) &cmd[2], 0, 8);
                                cmd[4] = 1;     /* Start spin cycle */
-                               SRpnt->sr_cmd_len = 0;
-                               memset(SRpnt->sr_sense_buffer, 0,
-                                       SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE);
-
-                               SRpnt->sr_data_direction = DMA_NONE;
-                               scsi_wait_req(SRpnt, (void *)cmd, 
-                                             (void *) buffer, 0/*512*/, 
-                                             SD_TIMEOUT, SD_MAX_RETRIES);
+                               scsi_execute_req(sdkp->device, cmd, DMA_NONE,
+                                                NULL, 0, &sshdr,
+                                                SD_TIMEOUT, SD_MAX_RETRIES);
                                spintime_value = jiffies;
                        }
                        spintime = 1;
                        if(!spintime) {
                                printk(KERN_NOTICE "%s: Unit Not Ready, "
                                        "sense:\n", diskname);
-                               scsi_print_req_sense("", SRpnt);
+                               scsi_print_sense_hdr("", &sshdr);
                        }
                        break;
                }
  */
 static void
 sd_read_capacity(struct scsi_disk *sdkp, char *diskname,
-                struct scsi_request *SRpnt, unsigned char *buffer) {
+                unsigned char *buffer)
+{
        unsigned char cmd[16];
-       struct scsi_device *sdp = sdkp->device;
        int the_result, retries;
        int sector_size = 0;
        int longrc = 0;
        struct scsi_sense_hdr sshdr;
        int sense_valid = 0;
+       struct scsi_device *sdp = sdkp->device;
 
 repeat:
        retries = 3;
                        memset((void *) buffer, 0, 8);
                }
                
-               SRpnt->sr_cmd_len = 0;
-               memset(SRpnt->sr_sense_buffer, 0, SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE);
-               SRpnt->sr_data_direction = DMA_FROM_DEVICE;
-
-               scsi_wait_req(SRpnt, (void *) cmd, (void *) buffer,
-                             longrc ? 12 : 8, SD_TIMEOUT, SD_MAX_RETRIES);
+               the_result = scsi_execute_req(sdp, cmd, DMA_FROM_DEVICE,
+                                             buffer, longrc ? 12 : 8, &sshdr,
+                                             SD_TIMEOUT, SD_MAX_RETRIES);
 
-               if (media_not_present(sdkp, SRpnt))
+               if (media_not_present(sdkp, &sshdr))
                        return;
 
-               the_result = SRpnt->sr_result;
                if (the_result)
-                       sense_valid = scsi_request_normalize_sense(SRpnt,
-                                                                  &sshdr);
+                       sense_valid = scsi_sense_valid(&sshdr);
                retries--;
 
        } while (the_result && retries);
                       driver_byte(the_result));
 
                if (driver_byte(the_result) & DRIVER_SENSE)
-                       scsi_print_req_sense("sd", SRpnt);
+                       scsi_print_sense_hdr("sd", &sshdr);
                else
                        printk("%s : sense not available. \n", diskname);
 
 
 /* called with buffer of length 512 */
 static inline int
-sd_do_mode_sense(struct scsi_request *SRpnt, int dbd, int modepage,
-                unsigned char *buffer, int len, struct scsi_mode_data *data)
+sd_do_mode_sense(struct scsi_device *sdp, int dbd, int modepage,
+                unsigned char *buffer, int len, struct scsi_mode_data *data,
+                struct scsi_sense_hdr *sshdr)
 {
-       return scsi_mode_sense(SRpnt->sr_device, dbd, modepage, buffer, len,
+       return scsi_mode_sense(sdp, dbd, modepage, buffer, len,
                               SD_TIMEOUT, SD_MAX_RETRIES, data,
-                              SRpnt->sr_sense_buffer);
+                              sshdr);
 }
 
 /*
  */
 static void
 sd_read_write_protect_flag(struct scsi_disk *sdkp, char *diskname,
-                  struct scsi_request *SRpnt, unsigned char *buffer) {
+                          unsigned char *buffer)
+{
        int res;
+       struct scsi_device *sdp = sdkp->device;
        struct scsi_mode_data data;
 
        set_disk_ro(sdkp->disk, 0);
-       if (sdkp->device->skip_ms_page_3f) {
+       if (sdp->skip_ms_page_3f) {
                printk(KERN_NOTICE "%s: assuming Write Enabled\n", diskname);
                return;
        }
 
-       if (sdkp->device->use_192_bytes_for_3f) {
-               res = sd_do_mode_sense(SRpnt, 0, 0x3F, buffer, 192, &data);
+       if (sdp->use_192_bytes_for_3f) {
+               res = sd_do_mode_sense(sdp, 0, 0x3F, buffer, 192, &data, NULL);
        } else {
                /*
                 * First attempt: ask for all pages (0x3F), but only 4 bytes.
                 * We have to start carefully: some devices hang if we ask
                 * for more than is available.
                 */
-               res = sd_do_mode_sense(SRpnt, 0, 0x3F, buffer, 4, &data);
+               res = sd_do_mode_sense(sdp, 0, 0x3F, buffer, 4, &data, NULL);
 
                /*
                 * Second attempt: ask for page 0 When only page 0 is
                 * CDB.
                 */
                if (!scsi_status_is_good(res))
-                       res = sd_do_mode_sense(SRpnt, 0, 0, buffer, 4, &data);
+                       res = sd_do_mode_sense(sdp, 0, 0, buffer, 4, &data, NULL);
 
                /*
                 * Third attempt: ask 255 bytes, as we did earlier.
                 */
                if (!scsi_status_is_good(res))
-                       res = sd_do_mode_sense(SRpnt, 0, 0x3F, buffer, 255,
-                                              &data);
+                       res = sd_do_mode_sense(sdp, 0, 0x3F, buffer, 255,
+                                              &data, NULL);
        }
 
        if (!scsi_status_is_good(res)) {
  */
 static void
 sd_read_cache_type(struct scsi_disk *sdkp, char *diskname,
-                  struct scsi_request *SRpnt, unsigned char *buffer)
+                  unsigned char *buffer)
 {
        int len = 0, res;
+       struct scsi_device *sdp = sdkp->device;
 
        int dbd;
        int modepage;
        struct scsi_mode_data data;
        struct scsi_sense_hdr sshdr;
 
-       if (sdkp->device->skip_ms_page_8)
+       if (sdp->skip_ms_page_8)
                goto defaults;
 
-       if (sdkp->device->type == TYPE_RBC) {
+       if (sdp->type == TYPE_RBC) {
                modepage = 6;
                dbd = 8;
        } else {
        }
 
        /* cautiously ask */
-       res = sd_do_mode_sense(SRpnt, dbd, modepage, buffer, 4, &data);
+       res = sd_do_mode_sense(sdp, dbd, modepage, buffer, 4, &data, &sshdr);
 
        if (!scsi_status_is_good(res))
                goto bad_sense;
        len += data.header_length + data.block_descriptor_length;
 
        /* Get the data */
-       res = sd_do_mode_sense(SRpnt, dbd, modepage, buffer, len, &data);
+       res = sd_do_mode_sense(sdp, dbd, modepage, buffer, len, &data, &sshdr);
 
        if (scsi_status_is_good(res)) {
                const char *types[] = {
        }
 
 bad_sense:
-       if (scsi_request_normalize_sense(SRpnt, &sshdr) &&
+       if (scsi_sense_valid(&sshdr) &&
            sshdr.sense_key == ILLEGAL_REQUEST &&
            sshdr.asc == 0x24 && sshdr.ascq == 0x0)
                printk(KERN_NOTICE "%s: cache data unavailable\n",
 {
        struct scsi_disk *sdkp = scsi_disk(disk);
        struct scsi_device *sdp = sdkp->device;
-       struct scsi_request *sreq;
        unsigned char *buffer;
 
        SCSI_LOG_HLQUEUE(3, printk("sd_revalidate_disk: disk=%s\n", disk->disk_name));
        if (!scsi_device_online(sdp))
                goto out;
 
-       sreq = scsi_allocate_request(sdp, GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (!sreq) {
-               printk(KERN_WARNING "(sd_revalidate_disk:) Request allocation "
-                      "failure.\n");
-               goto out;
-       }
-
        buffer = kmalloc(512, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_DMA);
        if (!buffer) {
                printk(KERN_WARNING "(sd_revalidate_disk:) Memory allocation "
                       "failure.\n");
-               goto out_release_request;
+               goto out;
        }
 
        /* defaults, until the device tells us otherwise */
        sdkp->WCE = 0;
        sdkp->RCD = 0;
 
-       sd_spinup_disk(sdkp, disk->disk_name, sreq, buffer);
+       sd_spinup_disk(sdkp, disk->disk_name);
 
        /*
         * Without media there is no reason to ask; moreover, some devices
         * react badly if we do.
         */
        if (sdkp->media_present) {
-               sd_read_capacity(sdkp, disk->disk_name, sreq, buffer);
+               sd_read_capacity(sdkp, disk->disk_name, buffer);
                if (sdp->removable)
                        sd_read_write_protect_flag(sdkp, disk->disk_name,
-                                       sreq, buffer);
-               sd_read_cache_type(sdkp, disk->disk_name, sreq, buffer);
+                                                  buffer);
+               sd_read_cache_type(sdkp, disk->disk_name, buffer);
        }
                
        set_capacity(disk, sdkp->capacity);
        kfree(buffer);
 
- out_release_request: 
-       scsi_release_request(sreq);
  out:
        return 0;
 }