diff --git a/Documentation/crypto/async-tx-api.txt b/Documentation/crypto/async-tx-api.txt
index 76feda8541dc3ef92b4e00db195a61a72348df88..dfe0475f791954a1aec8abc8f239801c38d8a9c5 100644
--- a/Documentation/crypto/async-tx-api.txt
+++ b/Documentation/crypto/async-tx-api.txt
@@ -54,11 +54,7 @@ features surfaced as a result:
 
 3.1 General format of the API:
 struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *
-async_<operation>(<op specific parameters>,
-		  enum async_tx_flags flags,
-        	  struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *dependency,
-        	  dma_async_tx_callback callback_routine,
-		  void *callback_parameter);
+async_<operation>(<op specific parameters>, struct async_submit ctl *submit)
 
 3.2 Supported operations:
 memcpy  - memory copy between a source and a destination buffer
diff --git a/crypto/async_tx/async_memcpy.c b/crypto/async_tx/async_memcpy.c
index 7117ec6f1b74d4119b9c192d9c488535a5137bfc..89e05556f3df69337405b7a3c2439098f3a76938 100644
--- a/crypto/async_tx/async_memcpy.c
+++ b/crypto/async_tx/async_memcpy.c
@@ -33,28 +33,28 @@
  * async_memcpy - attempt to copy memory with a dma engine.
  * @dest: destination page
  * @src: src page
- * @offset: offset in pages to start transaction
+ * @dest_offset: offset into 'dest' to start transaction
+ * @src_offset: offset into 'src' to start transaction
  * @len: length in bytes
- * @flags: ASYNC_TX_ACK
- * @depend_tx: memcpy depends on the result of this transaction
- * @cb_fn: function to call when the memcpy completes
- * @cb_param: parameter to pass to the callback routine
+ * @submit: submission / completion modifiers
+ *
+ * honored flags: ASYNC_TX_ACK
  */
 struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *
 async_memcpy(struct page *dest, struct page *src, unsigned int dest_offset,
-	unsigned int src_offset, size_t len, enum async_tx_flags flags,
-	struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *depend_tx,
-	dma_async_tx_callback cb_fn, void *cb_param)
+	     unsigned int src_offset, size_t len,
+	     struct async_submit_ctl *submit)
 {
-	struct dma_chan *chan = async_tx_find_channel(depend_tx, DMA_MEMCPY,
+	struct dma_chan *chan = async_tx_find_channel(submit, DMA_MEMCPY,
 						      &dest, 1, &src, 1, len);
 	struct dma_device *device = chan ? chan->device : NULL;
 	struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *tx = NULL;
 
 	if (device) {
 		dma_addr_t dma_dest, dma_src;
-		unsigned long dma_prep_flags = cb_fn ? DMA_PREP_INTERRUPT : 0;
+		unsigned long dma_prep_flags;
 
+		dma_prep_flags = submit->cb_fn ? DMA_PREP_INTERRUPT : 0;
 		dma_dest = dma_map_page(device->dev, dest, dest_offset, len,
 					DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
 
@@ -67,13 +67,13 @@ async_memcpy(struct page *dest, struct page *src, unsigned int dest_offset,
 
 	if (tx) {
 		pr_debug("%s: (async) len: %zu\n", __func__, len);
-		async_tx_submit(chan, tx, flags, depend_tx, cb_fn, cb_param);
+		async_tx_submit(chan, tx, submit);
 	} else {
 		void *dest_buf, *src_buf;
 		pr_debug("%s: (sync) len: %zu\n", __func__, len);
 
 		/* wait for any prerequisite operations */
-		async_tx_quiesce(&depend_tx);
+		async_tx_quiesce(&submit->depend_tx);
 
 		dest_buf = kmap_atomic(dest, KM_USER0) + dest_offset;
 		src_buf = kmap_atomic(src, KM_USER1) + src_offset;
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ async_memcpy(struct page *dest, struct page *src, unsigned int dest_offset,
 		kunmap_atomic(dest_buf, KM_USER0);
 		kunmap_atomic(src_buf, KM_USER1);
 
-		async_tx_sync_epilog(cb_fn, cb_param);
+		async_tx_sync_epilog(submit);
 	}
 
 	return tx;
diff --git a/crypto/async_tx/async_memset.c b/crypto/async_tx/async_memset.c
index b2f133885b7fb5f05e2c19bf6e454cd4ec99eac4..c14437238f4c9f769566889f9d65b36c590db86a 100644
--- a/crypto/async_tx/async_memset.c
+++ b/crypto/async_tx/async_memset.c
@@ -35,26 +35,23 @@
  * @val: fill value
  * @offset: offset in pages to start transaction
  * @len: length in bytes
- * @flags: ASYNC_TX_ACK
- * @depend_tx: memset depends on the result of this transaction
- * @cb_fn: function to call when the memcpy completes
- * @cb_param: parameter to pass to the callback routine
+ *
+ * honored flags: ASYNC_TX_ACK
  */
 struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *
-async_memset(struct page *dest, int val, unsigned int offset,
-	size_t len, enum async_tx_flags flags,
-	struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *depend_tx,
-	dma_async_tx_callback cb_fn, void *cb_param)
+async_memset(struct page *dest, int val, unsigned int offset, size_t len,
+	     struct async_submit_ctl *submit)
 {
-	struct dma_chan *chan = async_tx_find_channel(depend_tx, DMA_MEMSET,
+	struct dma_chan *chan = async_tx_find_channel(submit, DMA_MEMSET,
 						      &dest, 1, NULL, 0, len);
 	struct dma_device *device = chan ? chan->device : NULL;
 	struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *tx = NULL;
 
 	if (device) {
 		dma_addr_t dma_dest;
-		unsigned long dma_prep_flags = cb_fn ? DMA_PREP_INTERRUPT : 0;
+		unsigned long dma_prep_flags;
 
+		dma_prep_flags = submit->cb_fn ? DMA_PREP_INTERRUPT : 0;
 		dma_dest = dma_map_page(device->dev, dest, offset, len,
 					DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
 
@@ -64,19 +61,19 @@ async_memset(struct page *dest, int val, unsigned int offset,
 
 	if (tx) {
 		pr_debug("%s: (async) len: %zu\n", __func__, len);
-		async_tx_submit(chan, tx, flags, depend_tx, cb_fn, cb_param);
+		async_tx_submit(chan, tx, submit);
 	} else { /* run the memset synchronously */
 		void *dest_buf;
 		pr_debug("%s: (sync) len: %zu\n", __func__, len);
 
-		dest_buf = (void *) (((char *) page_address(dest)) + offset);
+		dest_buf = page_address(dest) + offset;
 
 		/* wait for any prerequisite operations */
-		async_tx_quiesce(&depend_tx);
+		async_tx_quiesce(&submit->depend_tx);
 
 		memset(dest_buf, val, len);
 
-		async_tx_sync_epilog(cb_fn, cb_param);
+		async_tx_sync_epilog(submit);
 	}
 
 	return tx;
diff --git a/crypto/async_tx/async_tx.c b/crypto/async_tx/async_tx.c
index 3766bc3d7d896b55043a0ffd67a10a09944aa7a5..802a5ce437d97be97f5101060aa7928d7405c6e8 100644
--- a/crypto/async_tx/async_tx.c
+++ b/crypto/async_tx/async_tx.c
@@ -45,13 +45,15 @@ static void __exit async_tx_exit(void)
 /**
  * __async_tx_find_channel - find a channel to carry out the operation or let
  *	the transaction execute synchronously
- * @depend_tx: transaction dependency
+ * @submit: transaction dependency and submission modifiers
  * @tx_type: transaction type
  */
 struct dma_chan *
-__async_tx_find_channel(struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *depend_tx,
-	enum dma_transaction_type tx_type)
+__async_tx_find_channel(struct async_submit_ctl *submit,
+			enum dma_transaction_type tx_type)
 {
+	struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *depend_tx = submit->depend_tx;
+
 	/* see if we can keep the chain on one channel */
 	if (depend_tx &&
 	    dma_has_cap(tx_type, depend_tx->chan->device->cap_mask))
@@ -144,13 +146,14 @@ async_tx_channel_switch(struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *depend_tx,
 
 
 /**
- * submit_disposition - while holding depend_tx->lock we must avoid submitting
- * 	new operations to prevent a circular locking dependency with
- * 	drivers that already hold a channel lock when calling
- * 	async_tx_run_dependencies.
+ * submit_disposition - flags for routing an incoming operation
  * @ASYNC_TX_SUBMITTED: we were able to append the new operation under the lock
  * @ASYNC_TX_CHANNEL_SWITCH: when the lock is dropped schedule a channel switch
  * @ASYNC_TX_DIRECT_SUBMIT: when the lock is dropped submit directly
+ *
+ * while holding depend_tx->lock we must avoid submitting new operations
+ * to prevent a circular locking dependency with drivers that already
+ * hold a channel lock when calling async_tx_run_dependencies.
  */
 enum submit_disposition {
 	ASYNC_TX_SUBMITTED,
@@ -160,11 +163,12 @@ enum submit_disposition {
 
 void
 async_tx_submit(struct dma_chan *chan, struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *tx,
-	enum async_tx_flags flags, struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *depend_tx,
-	dma_async_tx_callback cb_fn, void *cb_param)
+		struct async_submit_ctl *submit)
 {
-	tx->callback = cb_fn;
-	tx->callback_param = cb_param;
+	struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *depend_tx = submit->depend_tx;
+
+	tx->callback = submit->cb_fn;
+	tx->callback_param = submit->cb_param;
 
 	if (depend_tx) {
 		enum submit_disposition s;
@@ -220,7 +224,7 @@ async_tx_submit(struct dma_chan *chan, struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *tx,
 		tx->tx_submit(tx);
 	}
 
-	if (flags & ASYNC_TX_ACK)
+	if (submit->flags & ASYNC_TX_ACK)
 		async_tx_ack(tx);
 
 	if (depend_tx)
@@ -229,21 +233,20 @@ async_tx_submit(struct dma_chan *chan, struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *tx,
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(async_tx_submit);
 
 /**
- * async_trigger_callback - schedules the callback function to be run after
- * any dependent operations have been completed.
- * @flags: ASYNC_TX_ACK
- * @depend_tx: 'callback' requires the completion of this transaction
- * @cb_fn: function to call after depend_tx completes
- * @cb_param: parameter to pass to the callback routine
+ * async_trigger_callback - schedules the callback function to be run
+ * @submit: submission and completion parameters
+ *
+ * honored flags: ASYNC_TX_ACK
+ *
+ * The callback is run after any dependent operations have completed.
  */
 struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *
-async_trigger_callback(enum async_tx_flags flags,
-	struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *depend_tx,
-	dma_async_tx_callback cb_fn, void *cb_param)
+async_trigger_callback(struct async_submit_ctl *submit)
 {
 	struct dma_chan *chan;
 	struct dma_device *device;
 	struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *tx;
+	struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *depend_tx = submit->depend_tx;
 
 	if (depend_tx) {
 		chan = depend_tx->chan;
@@ -262,14 +265,14 @@ async_trigger_callback(enum async_tx_flags flags,
 	if (tx) {
 		pr_debug("%s: (async)\n", __func__);
 
-		async_tx_submit(chan, tx, flags, depend_tx, cb_fn, cb_param);
+		async_tx_submit(chan, tx, submit);
 	} else {
 		pr_debug("%s: (sync)\n", __func__);
 
 		/* wait for any prerequisite operations */
-		async_tx_quiesce(&depend_tx);
+		async_tx_quiesce(&submit->depend_tx);
 
-		async_tx_sync_epilog(cb_fn, cb_param);
+		async_tx_sync_epilog(submit);
 	}
 
 	return tx;
diff --git a/crypto/async_tx/async_xor.c b/crypto/async_tx/async_xor.c
index 3cc5dc763b545d0580262eb508f838f30c80120a..691fa98a18c41f442772f3b933459c97bf6957f3 100644
--- a/crypto/async_tx/async_xor.c
+++ b/crypto/async_tx/async_xor.c
@@ -34,18 +34,16 @@
 static __async_inline struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *
 do_async_xor(struct dma_chan *chan, struct page *dest, struct page **src_list,
 	     unsigned int offset, int src_cnt, size_t len,
-	     enum async_tx_flags flags,
-	     struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *depend_tx,
-	     dma_async_tx_callback cb_fn, void *cb_param)
+	     struct async_submit_ctl *submit)
 {
 	struct dma_device *dma = chan->device;
 	dma_addr_t *dma_src = (dma_addr_t *) src_list;
 	struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *tx = NULL;
 	int src_off = 0;
 	int i;
-	dma_async_tx_callback _cb_fn;
-	void *_cb_param;
-	enum async_tx_flags async_flags;
+	dma_async_tx_callback cb_fn_orig = submit->cb_fn;
+	void *cb_param_orig = submit->cb_param;
+	enum async_tx_flags flags_orig = submit->flags;
 	enum dma_ctrl_flags dma_flags;
 	int xor_src_cnt;
 	dma_addr_t dma_dest;
@@ -63,7 +61,7 @@ do_async_xor(struct dma_chan *chan, struct page *dest, struct page **src_list,
 	}
 
 	while (src_cnt) {
-		async_flags = flags;
+		submit->flags = flags_orig;
 		dma_flags = 0;
 		xor_src_cnt = min(src_cnt, dma->max_xor);
 		/* if we are submitting additional xors, leave the chain open,
@@ -71,15 +69,15 @@ do_async_xor(struct dma_chan *chan, struct page *dest, struct page **src_list,
 		 * buffer mapped
 		 */
 		if (src_cnt > xor_src_cnt) {
-			async_flags &= ~ASYNC_TX_ACK;
+			submit->flags &= ~ASYNC_TX_ACK;
 			dma_flags = DMA_COMPL_SKIP_DEST_UNMAP;
-			_cb_fn = NULL;
-			_cb_param = NULL;
+			submit->cb_fn = NULL;
+			submit->cb_param = NULL;
 		} else {
-			_cb_fn = cb_fn;
-			_cb_param = cb_param;
+			submit->cb_fn = cb_fn_orig;
+			submit->cb_param = cb_param_orig;
 		}
-		if (_cb_fn)
+		if (submit->cb_fn)
 			dma_flags |= DMA_PREP_INTERRUPT;
 
 		/* Since we have clobbered the src_list we are committed
@@ -90,7 +88,7 @@ do_async_xor(struct dma_chan *chan, struct page *dest, struct page **src_list,
 					      xor_src_cnt, len, dma_flags);
 
 		if (unlikely(!tx))
-			async_tx_quiesce(&depend_tx);
+			async_tx_quiesce(&submit->depend_tx);
 
 		/* spin wait for the preceeding transactions to complete */
 		while (unlikely(!tx)) {
@@ -101,10 +99,8 @@ do_async_xor(struct dma_chan *chan, struct page *dest, struct page **src_list,
 						      dma_flags);
 		}
 
-		async_tx_submit(chan, tx, async_flags, depend_tx, _cb_fn,
-				_cb_param);
-
-		depend_tx = tx;
+		async_tx_submit(chan, tx, submit);
+		submit->depend_tx = tx;
 
 		if (src_cnt > xor_src_cnt) {
 			/* drop completed sources */
@@ -123,8 +119,7 @@ do_async_xor(struct dma_chan *chan, struct page *dest, struct page **src_list,
 
 static void
 do_sync_xor(struct page *dest, struct page **src_list, unsigned int offset,
-	    int src_cnt, size_t len, enum async_tx_flags flags,
-	    dma_async_tx_callback cb_fn, void *cb_param)
+	    int src_cnt, size_t len, struct async_submit_ctl *submit)
 {
 	int i;
 	int xor_src_cnt;
@@ -139,7 +134,7 @@ do_sync_xor(struct page *dest, struct page **src_list, unsigned int offset,
 	/* set destination address */
 	dest_buf = page_address(dest) + offset;
 
-	if (flags & ASYNC_TX_XOR_ZERO_DST)
+	if (submit->flags & ASYNC_TX_XOR_ZERO_DST)
 		memset(dest_buf, 0, len);
 
 	while (src_cnt > 0) {
@@ -152,33 +147,35 @@ do_sync_xor(struct page *dest, struct page **src_list, unsigned int offset,
 		src_off += xor_src_cnt;
 	}
 
-	async_tx_sync_epilog(cb_fn, cb_param);
+	async_tx_sync_epilog(submit);
 }
 
 /**
  * async_xor - attempt to xor a set of blocks with a dma engine.
- *	xor_blocks always uses the dest as a source so the ASYNC_TX_XOR_ZERO_DST
- *	flag must be set to not include dest data in the calculation.  The
- *	assumption with dma eninges is that they only use the destination
- *	buffer as a source when it is explicity specified in the source list.
  * @dest: destination page
- * @src_list: array of source pages (if the dest is also a source it must be
- *	at index zero).  The contents of this array may be overwritten.
- * @offset: offset in pages to start transaction
+ * @src_list: array of source pages
+ * @offset: common src/dst offset to start transaction
  * @src_cnt: number of source pages
  * @len: length in bytes
- * @flags: ASYNC_TX_XOR_ZERO_DST, ASYNC_TX_XOR_DROP_DEST, ASYNC_TX_ACK
- * @depend_tx: xor depends on the result of this transaction.
- * @cb_fn: function to call when the xor completes
- * @cb_param: parameter to pass to the callback routine
+ * @submit: submission / completion modifiers
+ *
+ * honored flags: ASYNC_TX_ACK, ASYNC_TX_XOR_ZERO_DST, ASYNC_TX_XOR_DROP_DST
+ *
+ * xor_blocks always uses the dest as a source so the
+ * ASYNC_TX_XOR_ZERO_DST flag must be set to not include dest data in
+ * the calculation.  The assumption with dma eninges is that they only
+ * use the destination buffer as a source when it is explicity specified
+ * in the source list.
+ *
+ * src_list note: if the dest is also a source it must be at index zero.
+ * The contents of this array will be overwritten if a scribble region
+ * is not specified.
  */
 struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *
 async_xor(struct page *dest, struct page **src_list, unsigned int offset,
-	int src_cnt, size_t len, enum async_tx_flags flags,
-	struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *depend_tx,
-	dma_async_tx_callback cb_fn, void *cb_param)
+	  int src_cnt, size_t len, struct async_submit_ctl *submit)
 {
-	struct dma_chan *chan = async_tx_find_channel(depend_tx, DMA_XOR,
+	struct dma_chan *chan = async_tx_find_channel(submit, DMA_XOR,
 						      &dest, 1, src_list,
 						      src_cnt, len);
 	BUG_ON(src_cnt <= 1);
@@ -188,7 +185,7 @@ async_xor(struct page *dest, struct page **src_list, unsigned int offset,
 		pr_debug("%s (async): len: %zu\n", __func__, len);
 
 		return do_async_xor(chan, dest, src_list, offset, src_cnt, len,
-				    flags, depend_tx, cb_fn, cb_param);
+				    submit);
 	} else {
 		/* run the xor synchronously */
 		pr_debug("%s (sync): len: %zu\n", __func__, len);
@@ -196,16 +193,15 @@ async_xor(struct page *dest, struct page **src_list, unsigned int offset,
 		/* in the sync case the dest is an implied source
 		 * (assumes the dest is the first source)
 		 */
-		if (flags & ASYNC_TX_XOR_DROP_DST) {
+		if (submit->flags & ASYNC_TX_XOR_DROP_DST) {
 			src_cnt--;
 			src_list++;
 		}
 
 		/* wait for any prerequisite operations */
-		async_tx_quiesce(&depend_tx);
+		async_tx_quiesce(&submit->depend_tx);
 
-		do_sync_xor(dest, src_list, offset, src_cnt, len,
-			    flags, cb_fn, cb_param);
+		do_sync_xor(dest, src_list, offset, src_cnt, len, submit);
 
 		return NULL;
 	}
@@ -222,25 +218,25 @@ static int page_is_zero(struct page *p, unsigned int offset, size_t len)
 /**
  * async_xor_val - attempt a xor parity check with a dma engine.
  * @dest: destination page used if the xor is performed synchronously
- * @src_list: array of source pages.  The dest page must be listed as a source
- * 	at index zero.  The contents of this array may be overwritten.
+ * @src_list: array of source pages
  * @offset: offset in pages to start transaction
  * @src_cnt: number of source pages
  * @len: length in bytes
  * @result: 0 if sum == 0 else non-zero
- * @flags: ASYNC_TX_ACK
- * @depend_tx: xor depends on the result of this transaction.
- * @cb_fn: function to call when the xor completes
- * @cb_param: parameter to pass to the callback routine
+ * @submit: submission / completion modifiers
+ *
+ * honored flags: ASYNC_TX_ACK
+ *
+ * src_list note: if the dest is also a source it must be at index zero.
+ * The contents of this array will be overwritten if a scribble region
+ * is not specified.
  */
 struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *
-async_xor_val(struct page *dest, struct page **src_list,
-	unsigned int offset, int src_cnt, size_t len,
-	u32 *result, enum async_tx_flags flags,
-	struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *depend_tx,
-	dma_async_tx_callback cb_fn, void *cb_param)
+async_xor_val(struct page *dest, struct page **src_list, unsigned int offset,
+	      int src_cnt, size_t len, u32 *result,
+	      struct async_submit_ctl *submit)
 {
-	struct dma_chan *chan = async_tx_find_channel(depend_tx, DMA_XOR_VAL,
+	struct dma_chan *chan = async_tx_find_channel(submit, DMA_XOR_VAL,
 						      &dest, 1, src_list,
 						      src_cnt, len);
 	struct dma_device *device = chan ? chan->device : NULL;
@@ -250,11 +246,12 @@ async_xor_val(struct page *dest, struct page **src_list,
 
 	if (device && src_cnt <= device->max_xor) {
 		dma_addr_t *dma_src = (dma_addr_t *) src_list;
-		unsigned long dma_prep_flags = cb_fn ? DMA_PREP_INTERRUPT : 0;
+		unsigned long dma_prep_flags;
 		int i;
 
 		pr_debug("%s: (async) len: %zu\n", __func__, len);
 
+		dma_prep_flags = submit->cb_fn ? DMA_PREP_INTERRUPT : 0;
 		for (i = 0; i < src_cnt; i++)
 			dma_src[i] = dma_map_page(device->dev, src_list[i],
 						  offset, len, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
@@ -263,7 +260,7 @@ async_xor_val(struct page *dest, struct page **src_list,
 						     len, result,
 						     dma_prep_flags);
 		if (unlikely(!tx)) {
-			async_tx_quiesce(&depend_tx);
+			async_tx_quiesce(&submit->depend_tx);
 
 			while (!tx) {
 				dma_async_issue_pending(chan);
@@ -273,23 +270,23 @@ async_xor_val(struct page *dest, struct page **src_list,
 			}
 		}
 
-		async_tx_submit(chan, tx, flags, depend_tx, cb_fn, cb_param);
+		async_tx_submit(chan, tx, submit);
 	} else {
-		unsigned long xor_flags = flags;
+		enum async_tx_flags flags_orig = submit->flags;
 
 		pr_debug("%s: (sync) len: %zu\n", __func__, len);
 
-		xor_flags |= ASYNC_TX_XOR_DROP_DST;
-		xor_flags &= ~ASYNC_TX_ACK;
+		submit->flags |= ASYNC_TX_XOR_DROP_DST;
+		submit->flags &= ~ASYNC_TX_ACK;
 
-		tx = async_xor(dest, src_list, offset, src_cnt, len, xor_flags,
-			depend_tx, NULL, NULL);
+		tx = async_xor(dest, src_list, offset, src_cnt, len, submit);
 
 		async_tx_quiesce(&tx);
 
 		*result = page_is_zero(dest, offset, len) ? 0 : 1;
 
-		async_tx_sync_epilog(cb_fn, cb_param);
+		async_tx_sync_epilog(submit);
+		submit->flags = flags_orig;
 	}
 
 	return tx;
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index 0ef5362c8d028ff6c6362a66292d2bd8d0b4aa22..e1920f23579f7d7568cea101869d2585b816c74f 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -499,11 +499,14 @@ async_copy_data(int frombio, struct bio *bio, struct page *page,
 	struct page *bio_page;
 	int i;
 	int page_offset;
+	struct async_submit_ctl submit;
 
 	if (bio->bi_sector >= sector)
 		page_offset = (signed)(bio->bi_sector - sector) * 512;
 	else
 		page_offset = (signed)(sector - bio->bi_sector) * -512;
+
+	init_async_submit(&submit, 0, tx, NULL, NULL, NULL);
 	bio_for_each_segment(bvl, bio, i) {
 		int len = bio_iovec_idx(bio, i)->bv_len;
 		int clen;
@@ -525,13 +528,14 @@ async_copy_data(int frombio, struct bio *bio, struct page *page,
 			bio_page = bio_iovec_idx(bio, i)->bv_page;
 			if (frombio)
 				tx = async_memcpy(page, bio_page, page_offset,
-						  b_offset, clen, 0,
-						  tx, NULL, NULL);
+						  b_offset, clen, &submit);
 			else
 				tx = async_memcpy(bio_page, page, b_offset,
-						  page_offset, clen, 0,
-						  tx, NULL, NULL);
+						  page_offset, clen, &submit);
 		}
+		/* chain the operations */
+		submit.depend_tx = tx;
+
 		if (clen < len) /* hit end of page */
 			break;
 		page_offset +=  len;
@@ -590,6 +594,7 @@ static void ops_run_biofill(struct stripe_head *sh)
 {
 	struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *tx = NULL;
 	raid5_conf_t *conf = sh->raid_conf;
+	struct async_submit_ctl submit;
 	int i;
 
 	pr_debug("%s: stripe %llu\n", __func__,
@@ -613,7 +618,8 @@ static void ops_run_biofill(struct stripe_head *sh)
 	}
 
 	atomic_inc(&sh->count);
-	async_trigger_callback(ASYNC_TX_ACK, tx, ops_complete_biofill, sh);
+	init_async_submit(&submit, ASYNC_TX_ACK, tx, ops_complete_biofill, sh, NULL);
+	async_trigger_callback(&submit);
 }
 
 static void ops_complete_compute5(void *stripe_head_ref)
@@ -645,6 +651,7 @@ static struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *ops_run_compute5(struct stripe_head *sh)
 	struct page *xor_dest = tgt->page;
 	int count = 0;
 	struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *tx;
+	struct async_submit_ctl submit;
 	int i;
 
 	pr_debug("%s: stripe %llu block: %d\n",
@@ -657,13 +664,12 @@ static struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *ops_run_compute5(struct stripe_head *sh)
 
 	atomic_inc(&sh->count);
 
+	init_async_submit(&submit, ASYNC_TX_XOR_ZERO_DST, NULL,
+			  ops_complete_compute5, sh, NULL);
 	if (unlikely(count == 1))
-		tx = async_memcpy(xor_dest, xor_srcs[0], 0, 0, STRIPE_SIZE,
-			0, NULL, ops_complete_compute5, sh);
+		tx = async_memcpy(xor_dest, xor_srcs[0], 0, 0, STRIPE_SIZE, &submit);
 	else
-		tx = async_xor(xor_dest, xor_srcs, 0, count, STRIPE_SIZE,
-			ASYNC_TX_XOR_ZERO_DST, NULL,
-			ops_complete_compute5, sh);
+		tx = async_xor(xor_dest, xor_srcs, 0, count, STRIPE_SIZE, &submit);
 
 	return tx;
 }
@@ -683,6 +689,7 @@ ops_run_prexor(struct stripe_head *sh, struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *tx)
 	int disks = sh->disks;
 	struct page *xor_srcs[disks];
 	int count = 0, pd_idx = sh->pd_idx, i;
+	struct async_submit_ctl submit;
 
 	/* existing parity data subtracted */
 	struct page *xor_dest = xor_srcs[count++] = sh->dev[pd_idx].page;
@@ -697,9 +704,9 @@ ops_run_prexor(struct stripe_head *sh, struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *tx)
 			xor_srcs[count++] = dev->page;
 	}
 
-	tx = async_xor(xor_dest, xor_srcs, 0, count, STRIPE_SIZE,
-		       ASYNC_TX_XOR_DROP_DST, tx,
-		       ops_complete_prexor, sh);
+	init_async_submit(&submit, ASYNC_TX_XOR_DROP_DST, tx,
+			  ops_complete_prexor, sh, NULL);
+	tx = async_xor(xor_dest, xor_srcs, 0, count, STRIPE_SIZE, &submit);
 
 	return tx;
 }
@@ -772,7 +779,7 @@ ops_run_postxor(struct stripe_head *sh, struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *tx)
 	/* kernel stack size limits the total number of disks */
 	int disks = sh->disks;
 	struct page *xor_srcs[disks];
-
+	struct async_submit_ctl submit;
 	int count = 0, pd_idx = sh->pd_idx, i;
 	struct page *xor_dest;
 	int prexor = 0;
@@ -811,13 +818,11 @@ ops_run_postxor(struct stripe_head *sh, struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *tx)
 
 	atomic_inc(&sh->count);
 
-	if (unlikely(count == 1)) {
-		flags &= ~(ASYNC_TX_XOR_DROP_DST | ASYNC_TX_XOR_ZERO_DST);
-		tx = async_memcpy(xor_dest, xor_srcs[0], 0, 0, STRIPE_SIZE,
-			flags, tx, ops_complete_postxor, sh);
-	} else
-		tx = async_xor(xor_dest, xor_srcs, 0, count, STRIPE_SIZE,
-			flags, tx, ops_complete_postxor, sh);
+	init_async_submit(&submit, flags, tx, ops_complete_postxor, sh, NULL);
+	if (unlikely(count == 1))
+		tx = async_memcpy(xor_dest, xor_srcs[0], 0, 0, STRIPE_SIZE, &submit);
+	else
+		tx = async_xor(xor_dest, xor_srcs, 0, count, STRIPE_SIZE, &submit);
 }
 
 static void ops_complete_check(void *stripe_head_ref)
@@ -838,6 +843,7 @@ static void ops_run_check(struct stripe_head *sh)
 	int disks = sh->disks;
 	struct page *xor_srcs[disks];
 	struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *tx;
+	struct async_submit_ctl submit;
 
 	int count = 0, pd_idx = sh->pd_idx, i;
 	struct page *xor_dest = xor_srcs[count++] = sh->dev[pd_idx].page;
@@ -851,12 +857,13 @@ static void ops_run_check(struct stripe_head *sh)
 			xor_srcs[count++] = dev->page;
 	}
 
+	init_async_submit(&submit, 0, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
 	tx = async_xor_val(xor_dest, xor_srcs, 0, count, STRIPE_SIZE,
-		&sh->ops.zero_sum_result, 0, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+			   &sh->ops.zero_sum_result, &submit);
 
 	atomic_inc(&sh->count);
-	tx = async_trigger_callback(ASYNC_TX_ACK, tx,
-		ops_complete_check, sh);
+	init_async_submit(&submit, ASYNC_TX_ACK, tx, ops_complete_check, sh, NULL);
+	tx = async_trigger_callback(&submit);
 }
 
 static void raid5_run_ops(struct stripe_head *sh, unsigned long ops_request)
@@ -2664,6 +2671,7 @@ static void handle_stripe_expansion(raid5_conf_t *conf, struct stripe_head *sh,
 		if (i != sh->pd_idx && i != sh->qd_idx) {
 			int dd_idx, j;
 			struct stripe_head *sh2;
+			struct async_submit_ctl submit;
 
 			sector_t bn = compute_blocknr(sh, i, 1);
 			sector_t s = raid5_compute_sector(conf, bn, 0,
@@ -2683,9 +2691,10 @@ static void handle_stripe_expansion(raid5_conf_t *conf, struct stripe_head *sh,
 			}
 
 			/* place all the copies on one channel */
+			init_async_submit(&submit, 0, tx, NULL, NULL, NULL);
 			tx = async_memcpy(sh2->dev[dd_idx].page,
 					  sh->dev[i].page, 0, 0, STRIPE_SIZE,
-					  0, tx, NULL, NULL);
+					  &submit);
 
 			set_bit(R5_Expanded, &sh2->dev[dd_idx].flags);
 			set_bit(R5_UPTODATE, &sh2->dev[dd_idx].flags);
diff --git a/include/linux/async_tx.h b/include/linux/async_tx.h
index 9f14cd540cd2810f2c4ab4b8e69fe665f5d98811..00cfb637ddf2229f0cbf41c76fc6023a4dbae262 100644
--- a/include/linux/async_tx.h
+++ b/include/linux/async_tx.h
@@ -65,6 +65,22 @@ enum async_tx_flags {
 	ASYNC_TX_ACK		 = (1 << 2),
 };
 
+/**
+ * struct async_submit_ctl - async_tx submission/completion modifiers
+ * @flags: submission modifiers
+ * @depend_tx: parent dependency of the current operation being submitted
+ * @cb_fn: callback routine to run at operation completion
+ * @cb_param: parameter for the callback routine
+ * @scribble: caller provided space for dma/page address conversions
+ */
+struct async_submit_ctl {
+	enum async_tx_flags flags;
+	struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *depend_tx;
+	dma_async_tx_callback cb_fn;
+	void *cb_param;
+	void *scribble;
+};
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_DMA_ENGINE
 #define async_tx_issue_pending_all dma_issue_pending_all
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_ASYNC_TX_FIND_CHANNEL
@@ -73,8 +89,8 @@ enum async_tx_flags {
 #define async_tx_find_channel(dep, type, dst, dst_count, src, src_count, len) \
 	 __async_tx_find_channel(dep, type)
 struct dma_chan *
-__async_tx_find_channel(struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *depend_tx,
-	enum dma_transaction_type tx_type);
+__async_tx_find_channel(struct async_submit_ctl *submit,
+			enum dma_transaction_type tx_type);
 #endif /* CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_ASYNC_TX_FIND_CHANNEL */
 #else
 static inline void async_tx_issue_pending_all(void)
@@ -83,9 +99,10 @@ static inline void async_tx_issue_pending_all(void)
 }
 
 static inline struct dma_chan *
-async_tx_find_channel(struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *depend_tx,
-	enum dma_transaction_type tx_type, struct page **dst, int dst_count,
-	struct page **src, int src_count, size_t len)
+async_tx_find_channel(struct async_submit_ctl *submit,
+		      enum dma_transaction_type tx_type, struct page **dst,
+		      int dst_count, struct page **src, int src_count,
+		      size_t len)
 {
 	return NULL;
 }
@@ -97,46 +114,53 @@ async_tx_find_channel(struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *depend_tx,
  * @cb_fn_param: parameter to pass to the callback routine
  */
 static inline void
-async_tx_sync_epilog(dma_async_tx_callback cb_fn, void *cb_fn_param)
+async_tx_sync_epilog(struct async_submit_ctl *submit)
+{
+	if (submit->cb_fn)
+		submit->cb_fn(submit->cb_param);
+}
+
+typedef union {
+	unsigned long addr;
+	struct page *page;
+	dma_addr_t dma;
+} addr_conv_t;
+
+static inline void
+init_async_submit(struct async_submit_ctl *args, enum async_tx_flags flags,
+		  struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *tx,
+		  dma_async_tx_callback cb_fn, void *cb_param,
+		  addr_conv_t *scribble)
 {
-	if (cb_fn)
-		cb_fn(cb_fn_param);
+	args->flags = flags;
+	args->depend_tx = tx;
+	args->cb_fn = cb_fn;
+	args->cb_param = cb_param;
+	args->scribble = scribble;
 }
 
-void
-async_tx_submit(struct dma_chan *chan, struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *tx,
-	enum async_tx_flags flags, struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *depend_tx,
-	dma_async_tx_callback cb_fn, void *cb_fn_param);
+void async_tx_submit(struct dma_chan *chan, struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *tx,
+		     struct async_submit_ctl *submit);
 
 struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *
 async_xor(struct page *dest, struct page **src_list, unsigned int offset,
-	int src_cnt, size_t len, enum async_tx_flags flags,
-	struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *depend_tx,
-	dma_async_tx_callback cb_fn, void *cb_fn_param);
+	  int src_cnt, size_t len, struct async_submit_ctl *submit);
 
 struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *
-async_xor_val(struct page *dest, struct page **src_list,
-	unsigned int offset, int src_cnt, size_t len,
-	u32 *result, enum async_tx_flags flags,
-	struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *depend_tx,
-	dma_async_tx_callback cb_fn, void *cb_fn_param);
+async_xor_val(struct page *dest, struct page **src_list, unsigned int offset,
+	      int src_cnt, size_t len, u32 *result,
+	      struct async_submit_ctl *submit);
 
 struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *
 async_memcpy(struct page *dest, struct page *src, unsigned int dest_offset,
-	unsigned int src_offset, size_t len, enum async_tx_flags flags,
-	struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *depend_tx,
-	dma_async_tx_callback cb_fn, void *cb_fn_param);
+	     unsigned int src_offset, size_t len,
+	     struct async_submit_ctl *submit);
 
 struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *
 async_memset(struct page *dest, int val, unsigned int offset,
-	size_t len, enum async_tx_flags flags,
-	struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *depend_tx,
-	dma_async_tx_callback cb_fn, void *cb_fn_param);
+	     size_t len, struct async_submit_ctl *submit);
 
-struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *
-async_trigger_callback(enum async_tx_flags flags,
-	struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *depend_tx,
-	dma_async_tx_callback cb_fn, void *cb_fn_param);
+struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *async_trigger_callback(struct async_submit_ctl *submit);
 
 void async_tx_quiesce(struct dma_async_tx_descriptor **tx);
 #endif /* _ASYNC_TX_H_ */