diff --git a/drivers/staging/dst/dcore.c b/drivers/staging/dst/dcore.c
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+++ b/drivers/staging/dst/dcore.c
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+/*
+ * 2007+ Copyright (c) Evgeniy Polyakov <zbr@ioremap.net>
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/blkdev.h>
+#include <linux/bio.h>
+#include <linux/buffer_head.h>
+#include <linux/connector.h>
+#include <linux/dst.h>
+#include <linux/device.h>
+#include <linux/jhash.h>
+#include <linux/idr.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/namei.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/socket.h>
+
+#include <linux/in.h>
+#include <linux/in6.h>
+
+#include <net/sock.h>
+
+static int dst_major;
+
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(dst_hash_lock);
+static struct list_head *dst_hashtable;
+static unsigned int dst_hashtable_size = 128;
+module_param(dst_hashtable_size, uint, 0644);
+
+static char dst_name[] = "Dementianting goldfish";
+
+static DEFINE_IDR(dst_index_idr);
+static struct cb_id cn_dst_id = { CN_DST_IDX, CN_DST_VAL };
+
+/*
+ * DST sysfs tree for device called 'storage':
+ *
+ * /sys/bus/dst/devices/storage/
+ * /sys/bus/dst/devices/storage/type : 192.168.4.80:1025
+ * /sys/bus/dst/devices/storage/size : 800
+ * /sys/bus/dst/devices/storage/name : storage
+ */
+
+static int dst_dev_match(struct device *dev, struct device_driver *drv)
+{
+	return 1;
+}
+
+static struct bus_type dst_dev_bus_type = {
+	.name 		= "dst",
+	.match 		= &dst_dev_match,
+};
+
+static void dst_node_release(struct device *dev)
+{
+	struct dst_info *info = container_of(dev, struct dst_info, device);
+
+	kfree(info);
+}
+
+static struct device dst_node_dev = {
+	.bus 		= &dst_dev_bus_type,
+	.release 	= &dst_node_release
+};
+
+/*
+ * Setting size of the node after it was changed.
+ */
+static void dst_node_set_size(struct dst_node *n)
+{
+	struct block_device *bdev;
+
+	set_capacity(n->disk, n->size >> 9);
+
+	bdev = bdget_disk(n->disk, 0);
+	if (bdev) {
+		mutex_lock(&bdev->bd_inode->i_mutex);
+		i_size_write(bdev->bd_inode, n->size);
+		mutex_unlock(&bdev->bd_inode->i_mutex);
+		bdput(bdev);
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+ * Distributed storage request processing function.
+ */
+static int dst_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
+{
+	struct dst_node *n = q->queuedata;
+
+	bio_get(bio);
+
+	return dst_process_bio(n, bio);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Open/close callbacks for appropriate block device.
+ */
+static int dst_bdev_open(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode)
+{
+	struct dst_node *n = bdev->bd_disk->private_data;
+
+	dst_node_get(n);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int dst_bdev_release(struct gendisk *disk, fmode_t mode)
+{
+	struct dst_node *n = disk->private_data;
+
+	dst_node_put(n);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static struct block_device_operations dst_blk_ops = {
+	.open		= dst_bdev_open,
+	.release	= dst_bdev_release,
+	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
+};
+
+/*
+ * Block layer binding - disk is created when array is fully configured
+ * by userspace request.
+ */
+static int dst_node_create_disk(struct dst_node *n)
+{
+	int err = -ENOMEM;
+	u32 index = 0;
+
+	n->queue = blk_init_queue(NULL, NULL);
+	if (!n->queue)
+		goto err_out_exit;
+
+	n->queue->queuedata = n;
+	blk_queue_make_request(n->queue, dst_request);
+	blk_queue_max_phys_segments(n->queue, n->max_pages);
+	blk_queue_max_hw_segments(n->queue, n->max_pages);
+
+	err = -ENOMEM;
+	n->disk = alloc_disk(1);
+	if (!n->disk)
+		goto err_out_free_queue;
+
+	if (!(n->state->permissions & DST_PERM_WRITE)) {
+		printk(KERN_INFO "DST node %s attached read-only.\n", n->name);
+		set_disk_ro(n->disk, 1);
+	}
+
+	if (!idr_pre_get(&dst_index_idr, GFP_KERNEL))
+		goto err_out_put;
+
+	mutex_lock(&dst_hash_lock);
+	err = idr_get_new(&dst_index_idr, NULL, &index);
+	mutex_unlock(&dst_hash_lock);
+	if (err)
+		goto err_out_put;
+
+	n->disk->major = dst_major;
+	n->disk->first_minor = index;
+	n->disk->fops = &dst_blk_ops;
+	n->disk->queue = n->queue;
+	n->disk->private_data = n;
+	snprintf(n->disk->disk_name, sizeof(n->disk->disk_name), "dst-%s", n->name);
+
+	return 0;
+
+err_out_put:
+	put_disk(n->disk);
+err_out_free_queue:
+	blk_cleanup_queue(n->queue);
+err_out_exit:
+	return err;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Sysfs machinery: show device's size.
+ */
+static ssize_t dst_show_size(struct device *dev,
+		struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+	struct dst_info *info = container_of(dev, struct dst_info, device);
+
+	return sprintf(buf, "%llu\n", info->size);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Show local exported device.
+ */
+static ssize_t dst_show_local(struct device *dev,
+		struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+	struct dst_info *info = container_of(dev, struct dst_info, device);
+
+	return sprintf(buf, "%s\n", info->local);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Shows type of the remote node - device major/minor number
+ * for local nodes and address (af_inet ipv4/ipv6 only) for remote nodes.
+ */
+static ssize_t dst_show_type(struct device *dev,
+		struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+	struct dst_info *info = container_of(dev, struct dst_info, device);
+	int family = info->net.addr.sa_family;
+
+	if (family == AF_INET) {
+		struct sockaddr_in *sin = (struct sockaddr_in *)&info->net.addr;
+		return sprintf(buf, "%u.%u.%u.%u:%d\n",
+			NIPQUAD(sin->sin_addr.s_addr), ntohs(sin->sin_port));
+	} else if (family == AF_INET6) {
+		struct sockaddr_in6 *sin = (struct sockaddr_in6 *)&info->net.addr;
+		return sprintf(buf,
+			"%pi6:%d\n",
+			&sin->sin6_addr, ntohs(sin->sin6_port));
+	} else {
+		int i, sz = PAGE_SIZE - 2; /* 0 symbol and '\n' below */
+		int size, addrlen = info->net.addr.sa_data_len;
+		unsigned char *a = (unsigned char *)&info->net.addr.sa_data;
+		char *buf_orig = buf;
+
+		size = snprintf(buf, sz, "family: %d, addrlen: %u, addr: ",
+				family, addrlen);
+		sz -= size;
+		buf += size;
+
+		for (i=0; i<addrlen; ++i) {
+			if (sz < 3)
+				break;
+
+			size = snprintf(buf, sz, "%02x ", a[i]);
+			sz -= size;
+			buf += size;
+		}
+		buf += sprintf(buf, "\n");
+
+		return buf - buf_orig;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static struct device_attribute dst_node_attrs[] = {
+	__ATTR(size, 0444, dst_show_size, NULL),
+	__ATTR(type, 0444, dst_show_type, NULL),
+	__ATTR(local, 0444, dst_show_local, NULL),
+};
+
+static int dst_create_node_attributes(struct dst_node *n)
+{
+	int err, i;
+
+	for (i=0; i<ARRAY_SIZE(dst_node_attrs); ++i) {
+		err = device_create_file(&n->info->device,
+				&dst_node_attrs[i]);
+		if (err)
+			goto err_out_remove_all;
+	}
+	return 0;
+
+err_out_remove_all:
+	while (--i >= 0)
+		device_remove_file(&n->info->device,
+				&dst_node_attrs[i]);
+
+	return err;
+}
+
+static void dst_remove_node_attributes(struct dst_node *n)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i=0; i<ARRAY_SIZE(dst_node_attrs); ++i)
+		device_remove_file(&n->info->device,
+				&dst_node_attrs[i]);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Sysfs cleanup and initialization.
+ * Shows number of useful parameters.
+ */
+static void dst_node_sysfs_exit(struct dst_node *n)
+{
+	if (n->info) {
+		dst_remove_node_attributes(n);
+		device_unregister(&n->info->device);
+		n->info = NULL;
+	}
+}
+
+static int dst_node_sysfs_init(struct dst_node *n)
+{
+	int err;
+
+	n->info = kzalloc(sizeof(struct dst_info), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!n->info)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	memcpy(&n->info->device, &dst_node_dev, sizeof(struct device));
+	n->info->size = n->size;
+
+	snprintf(n->info->device.bus_id, sizeof(n->info->device.bus_id), "dst-%s", n->name);
+	err = device_register(&n->info->device);
+	if (err) {
+		dprintk(KERN_ERR "Failed to register node '%s', err: %d.\n",
+				n->name, err);
+		goto err_out_exit;
+	}
+
+	dst_create_node_attributes(n);
+
+	return 0;
+
+err_out_exit:
+	kfree(n->info);
+	n->info = NULL;
+	return err;
+}
+
+/*
+ * DST node hash tables machinery.
+ */
+static inline unsigned int dst_hash(char *str, unsigned int size)
+{
+	return (jhash(str, size, 0) % dst_hashtable_size);
+}
+
+static void dst_node_remove(struct dst_node *n)
+{
+	mutex_lock(&dst_hash_lock);
+	list_del_init(&n->node_entry);
+	mutex_unlock(&dst_hash_lock);
+}
+
+static void dst_node_add(struct dst_node *n)
+{
+	unsigned hash = dst_hash(n->name, sizeof(n->name));
+
+	mutex_lock(&dst_hash_lock);
+	list_add_tail(&n->node_entry, &dst_hashtable[hash]);
+	mutex_unlock(&dst_hash_lock);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Cleaning node when it is about to be freed.
+ * There are still users of the socket though,
+ * so connection cleanup should be protected.
+ */
+static void dst_node_cleanup(struct dst_node *n)
+{
+	struct dst_state *st = n->state;
+
+	if (!st)
+		return;
+
+	if (n->queue) {
+		blk_cleanup_queue(n->queue);
+
+		mutex_lock(&dst_hash_lock);
+		idr_remove(&dst_index_idr, n->disk->first_minor);
+		mutex_unlock(&dst_hash_lock);
+
+		put_disk(n->disk);
+	}
+
+	if (n->bdev) {
+		sync_blockdev(n->bdev);
+		blkdev_put(n->bdev, FMODE_READ|FMODE_WRITE);
+	}
+
+	dst_state_lock(st);
+	st->need_exit = 1;
+	dst_state_exit_connected(st);
+	dst_state_unlock(st);
+
+	wake_up(&st->thread_wait);
+
+	dst_state_put(st);
+	n->state = NULL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Free security attributes attached to given node.
+ */
+static void dst_security_exit(struct dst_node *n)
+{
+	struct dst_secure *s, *tmp;
+
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(s, tmp, &n->security_list, sec_entry) {
+		list_del(&s->sec_entry);
+		kfree(s);
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+ * Free node when there are no more users.
+ * Actually node has to be freed on behalf od userspace process,
+ * since there are number of threads, which are embedded in the
+ * node, so they can not exit and free node from there, that is
+ * why there is a wakeup if reference counter is not equal to zero.
+ */
+void dst_node_put(struct dst_node *n)
+{
+	if (unlikely(!n))
+		return;
+
+	dprintk("%s: n: %p, refcnt: %d.\n",
+			__func__, n, atomic_read(&n->refcnt));
+
+	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&n->refcnt)) {
+		dst_node_remove(n);
+		n->trans_scan_timeout = 0;
+		dst_node_cleanup(n);
+		thread_pool_destroy(n->pool);
+		dst_node_sysfs_exit(n);
+		dst_node_crypto_exit(n);
+		dst_security_exit(n);
+		dst_node_trans_exit(n);
+
+		kfree(n);
+
+		dprintk("%s: freed n: %p.\n", __func__, n);
+	} else {
+		wake_up(&n->wait);
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+ * This function finds devices major/minor numbers for given pathname.
+ */
+static int dst_lookup_device(const char *path, dev_t *dev)
+{
+	int err;
+	struct nameidata nd;
+	struct inode *inode;
+
+	err = path_lookup(path, LOOKUP_FOLLOW, &nd);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	inode = nd.path.dentry->d_inode;
+	if (!inode) {
+		err = -ENOENT;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	if (!S_ISBLK(inode->i_mode)) {
+		err = -ENOTBLK;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	*dev = inode->i_rdev;
+
+out:
+	path_put(&nd.path);
+	return err;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Setting up export device: lookup by the name, get its size
+ * and setup listening socket, which will accept clients, which
+ * will submit IO for given storage.
+ */
+static int dst_setup_export(struct dst_node *n, struct dst_ctl *ctl,
+		struct dst_export_ctl *le)
+{
+	int err;
+	dev_t dev = 0; /* gcc likes to scream here */
+
+	snprintf(n->info->local, sizeof(n->info->local), "%s", le->device);
+
+	err = dst_lookup_device(le->device, &dev);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	n->bdev = open_by_devnum(dev, FMODE_READ|FMODE_WRITE);
+	if (!n->bdev)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	if (n->size != 0)
+		n->size = min_t(loff_t, n->bdev->bd_inode->i_size, n->size);
+	else
+		n->size = n->bdev->bd_inode->i_size;
+
+	n->info->size = n->size;
+	err = dst_node_init_listened(n, le);
+	if (err)
+		goto err_out_cleanup;
+
+	return 0;
+
+err_out_cleanup:
+	blkdev_put(n->bdev, FMODE_READ|FMODE_WRITE);
+	n->bdev = NULL;
+
+	return err;
+}
+
+/* Empty thread pool callbacks for the network processing threads. */
+static inline void *dst_thread_network_init(void *data)
+{
+	dprintk("%s: data: %p.\n", __func__, data);
+	return data;
+}
+
+static inline void dst_thread_network_cleanup(void *data)
+{
+	dprintk("%s: data: %p.\n", __func__, data);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Allocate DST node and initialize some of its parameters.
+ */
+static struct dst_node *dst_alloc_node(struct dst_ctl *ctl,
+		int (*start)(struct dst_node *),
+		int num)
+{
+	struct dst_node *n;
+	int err;
+
+	n = kzalloc(sizeof(struct dst_node), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!n)
+		return NULL;
+
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&n->node_entry);
+
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&n->security_list);
+	mutex_init(&n->security_lock);
+
+	init_waitqueue_head(&n->wait);
+
+	n->trans_scan_timeout = msecs_to_jiffies(ctl->trans_scan_timeout);
+	if (!n->trans_scan_timeout)
+		n->trans_scan_timeout = HZ;
+
+	n->trans_max_retries = ctl->trans_max_retries;
+	if (!n->trans_max_retries)
+		n->trans_max_retries = 10;
+
+	/*
+	 * Pretty much arbitrary default numbers.
+	 * 32 matches maximum number of pages in bio originated from ext3 (31).
+	 */
+	n->max_pages = ctl->max_pages;
+	if (!n->max_pages)
+		n->max_pages = 32;
+
+	if (n->max_pages > 1024)
+		n->max_pages = 1024;
+
+	n->start = start;
+	n->size = ctl->size;
+
+	atomic_set(&n->refcnt, 1);
+	atomic_long_set(&n->gen, 0);
+	snprintf(n->name, sizeof(n->name), "%s", ctl->name);
+
+	err = dst_node_sysfs_init(n);
+	if (err)
+		goto err_out_free;
+
+	n->pool = thread_pool_create(num, n->name, dst_thread_network_init,
+			dst_thread_network_cleanup, n);
+	if (IS_ERR(n->pool)) {
+		err = PTR_ERR(n->pool);
+		goto err_out_sysfs_exit;
+	}
+
+	dprintk("%s: n: %p, name: %s.\n", __func__, n, n->name);
+
+	return n;
+
+err_out_sysfs_exit:
+	dst_node_sysfs_exit(n);
+err_out_free:
+	kfree(n);
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Starting a node, connected to the remote server:
+ * register block device and initialize transaction mechanism.
+ * In revers order though.
+ *
+ * It will autonegotiate some parameters with the remote node
+ * and update local if needed.
+ *
+ * Transaction initialization should be the last thing before
+ * starting the node, since transaction should include not only
+ * block IO, but also crypto related data (if any), which are
+ * initialized separately.
+ */
+static int dst_start_remote(struct dst_node *n)
+{
+	int err;
+
+	err = dst_node_trans_init(n, sizeof(struct dst_trans));
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	err = dst_node_create_disk(n);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	dst_node_set_size(n);
+	add_disk(n->disk);
+
+	dprintk("DST: started remote node '%s', minor: %d.\n", n->name, n->disk->first_minor);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Adding remote node and initialize connection.
+ */
+static int dst_add_remote(struct dst_node *n, struct dst_ctl *ctl,
+		void *data, unsigned int size)
+{
+	int err;
+	struct dst_network_ctl *rctl = data;
+
+	if (n)
+		return -EEXIST;
+
+	if (size != sizeof(struct dst_network_ctl))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	n = dst_alloc_node(ctl, dst_start_remote, 1);
+	if (!n)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	memcpy(&n->info->net, rctl, sizeof(struct dst_network_ctl));
+	err = dst_node_init_connected(n, rctl);
+	if (err)
+		goto err_out_free;
+
+	dst_node_add(n);
+
+	return 0;
+
+err_out_free:
+	dst_node_put(n);
+	return err;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Adding export node: initializing block device and listening socket.
+ */
+static int dst_add_export(struct dst_node *n, struct dst_ctl *ctl,
+		void *data, unsigned int size)
+{
+	int err;
+	struct dst_export_ctl *le = data;
+
+	if (n)
+		return -EEXIST;
+
+	if (size != sizeof(struct dst_export_ctl))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	n = dst_alloc_node(ctl, dst_start_export, 2);
+	if (!n)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	err = dst_setup_export(n, ctl, le);
+	if (err)
+		goto err_out_free;
+
+	dst_node_add(n);
+
+	return 0;
+
+err_out_free:
+	dst_node_put(n);
+	return err;
+}
+
+static int dst_node_remove_unload(struct dst_node *n)
+{
+	printk(KERN_INFO "STOPPED name: '%s', size: %llu.\n",
+			n->name, n->size);
+
+	if (n->disk)
+		del_gendisk(n->disk);
+
+	dst_node_remove(n);
+	dst_node_sysfs_exit(n);
+
+	/*
+	 * This is not a hack. Really.
+	 * Node's reference counter allows to implement fine grained
+	 * node freeing, but since all transactions (which hold node's
+	 * reference counter) are processed in the dedicated thread,
+	 * it is possible that reference will hit zero in that thread,
+	 * so we will not be able to exit thread and cleanup the node.
+	 *
+	 * So, we remove disk, so no new activity is possible, and
+	 * wait until all pending transaction are completed (either
+	 * in receiving thread or by timeout in workqueue), in this
+	 * case reference counter will be less or equal to 2 (once set in
+	 * dst_alloc_node() and then in connector message parser;
+	 * or when we force module unloading, and connector message
+	 * parser does not hold a reference, in this case reference
+	 * counter will be equal to 1),
+	 * and subsequent dst_node_put() calls will free the node.
+	 */
+	dprintk("%s: going to sleep with %d refcnt.\n", __func__, atomic_read(&n->refcnt));
+	wait_event(n->wait, atomic_read(&n->refcnt) <= 2);
+
+	dst_node_put(n);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Remove node from the hash table.
+ */
+static int dst_del_node(struct dst_node *n, struct dst_ctl *ctl,
+		void *data, unsigned int size)
+{
+	if (!n)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	return dst_node_remove_unload(n);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Initialize crypto processing for given node.
+ */
+static int dst_crypto_init(struct dst_node *n, struct dst_ctl *ctl,
+		void *data, unsigned int size)
+{
+	struct dst_crypto_ctl *crypto = data;
+
+	if (!n)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	if (size != sizeof(struct dst_crypto_ctl) + crypto->hash_keysize +
+			crypto->cipher_keysize)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (n->trans_cache)
+		return -EEXIST;
+
+	return dst_node_crypto_init(n, crypto);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Security attributes for given node.
+ */
+static int dst_security_init(struct dst_node *n, struct dst_ctl *ctl,
+		void *data, unsigned int size)
+{
+	struct dst_secure *s;
+
+	if (!n)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	if (size != sizeof(struct dst_secure_user))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	s = kmalloc(sizeof(struct dst_secure), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!s)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	memcpy(&s->sec, data, size);
+
+	mutex_lock(&n->security_lock);
+	list_add_tail(&s->sec_entry, &n->security_list);
+	mutex_unlock(&n->security_lock);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Kill'em all!
+ */
+static int dst_start_node(struct dst_node *n, struct dst_ctl *ctl,
+		void *data, unsigned int size)
+{
+	int err;
+
+	if (!n)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	if (n->trans_cache)
+		return 0;
+
+	err = n->start(n);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	printk(KERN_INFO "STARTED name: '%s', size: %llu.\n", n->name, n->size);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+typedef int (*dst_command_func)(struct dst_node *n, struct dst_ctl *ctl,
+		void *data, unsigned int size);
+
+/*
+ * List of userspace commands.
+ */
+static dst_command_func dst_commands[] = {
+	[DST_ADD_REMOTE] = &dst_add_remote,
+	[DST_ADD_EXPORT] = &dst_add_export,
+	[DST_DEL_NODE] = &dst_del_node,
+	[DST_CRYPTO] = &dst_crypto_init,
+	[DST_SECURITY] = &dst_security_init,
+	[DST_START] = &dst_start_node,
+};
+
+/*
+ * Configuration parser.
+ */
+static void cn_dst_callback(void *data)
+{
+	struct dst_ctl *ctl;
+	struct cn_msg *msg = data;
+	int err;
+	struct dst_ctl_ack ack;
+	struct dst_node *n = NULL, *tmp;
+	unsigned int hash;
+
+	if (msg->len < sizeof(struct dst_ctl)) {
+		err = -EBADMSG;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ctl = (struct dst_ctl *)msg->data;
+
+	if (ctl->cmd >= DST_CMD_MAX) {
+		err = -EINVAL;
+		goto out;
+	}
+	hash = dst_hash(ctl->name, sizeof(ctl->name));
+
+	mutex_lock(&dst_hash_lock);
+	list_for_each_entry(tmp, &dst_hashtable[hash], node_entry) {
+		if (!memcmp(tmp->name, ctl->name, sizeof(tmp->name))) {
+			n = tmp;
+			dst_node_get(n);
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	mutex_unlock(&dst_hash_lock);
+
+	err = dst_commands[ctl->cmd](n, ctl, msg->data + sizeof(struct dst_ctl),
+			msg->len - sizeof(struct dst_ctl));
+
+	dst_node_put(n);
+out:
+	memcpy(&ack.msg, msg, sizeof(struct cn_msg));
+
+	ack.msg.ack = msg->ack + 1;
+	ack.msg.len = sizeof(struct dst_ctl_ack) - sizeof(struct cn_msg);
+
+	ack.error = err;
+
+	cn_netlink_send(&ack.msg, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Global initialization: sysfs, hash table, block device registration,
+ * connector and various caches.
+ */
+static int __init dst_sysfs_init(void)
+{
+	return bus_register(&dst_dev_bus_type);
+}
+
+static void dst_sysfs_exit(void)
+{
+	bus_unregister(&dst_dev_bus_type);
+}
+
+static int __init dst_hashtable_init(void)
+{
+	unsigned int i;
+
+	dst_hashtable = kcalloc(dst_hashtable_size, sizeof(struct list_head),
+			GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!dst_hashtable)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	for (i=0; i<dst_hashtable_size; ++i)
+		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dst_hashtable[i]);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void dst_hashtable_exit(void)
+{
+	unsigned int i;
+	struct dst_node *n, *tmp;
+
+	for (i=0; i<dst_hashtable_size; ++i) {
+		list_for_each_entry_safe(n, tmp, &dst_hashtable[i], node_entry) {
+			dst_node_remove_unload(n);
+		}
+	}
+
+	kfree(dst_hashtable);
+}
+
+static int __init dst_sys_init(void)
+{
+	int err = -ENOMEM;
+
+	err = dst_hashtable_init();
+	if (err)
+		goto err_out_exit;
+
+	err = dst_export_init();
+	if (err)
+		goto err_out_hashtable_exit;
+
+	err = register_blkdev(dst_major, DST_NAME);
+	if (err < 0)
+		goto err_out_export_exit;
+	if (err)
+		dst_major = err;
+
+	err = dst_sysfs_init();
+	if (err)
+		goto err_out_unregister;
+
+	err = cn_add_callback(&cn_dst_id, "DST", cn_dst_callback);
+	if (err)
+		goto err_out_sysfs_exit;
+
+	printk(KERN_INFO "Distributed storage, '%s' release.\n", dst_name);
+
+	return 0;
+
+err_out_sysfs_exit:
+	dst_sysfs_exit();
+err_out_unregister:
+	unregister_blkdev(dst_major, DST_NAME);
+err_out_export_exit:
+	dst_export_exit();
+err_out_hashtable_exit:
+	dst_hashtable_exit();
+err_out_exit:
+	return err;
+}
+
+static void __exit dst_sys_exit(void)
+{
+	cn_del_callback(&cn_dst_id);
+	unregister_blkdev(dst_major, DST_NAME);
+	dst_hashtable_exit();
+	dst_sysfs_exit();
+	dst_export_exit();
+}
+
+module_init(dst_sys_init);
+module_exit(dst_sys_exit);
+
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Distributed storage");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Evgeniy Polyakov <zbr@ioremap.net>");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
diff --git a/include/linux/connector.h b/include/linux/connector.h
index fc65d219d88c..b9966e64604e 100644
--- a/include/linux/connector.h
+++ b/include/linux/connector.h
@@ -39,8 +39,10 @@
 #define CN_IDX_V86D			0x4
 #define CN_VAL_V86D_UVESAFB		0x1
 #define CN_IDX_BB			0x5	/* BlackBoard, from the TSP GPL sampling framework */
+#define CN_DST_IDX			0x6
+#define CN_DST_VAL			0x1
 
-#define CN_NETLINK_USERS		6
+#define CN_NETLINK_USERS		7
 
 /*
  * Maximum connector's message size.
diff --git a/include/linux/dst.h b/include/linux/dst.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e26fed84b1aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/dst.h
@@ -0,0 +1,587 @@
+/*
+ * 2007+ Copyright (c) Evgeniy Polyakov <johnpol@2ka.mipt.ru>
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __DST_H
+#define __DST_H
+
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/connector.h>
+
+#define DST_NAMELEN		32
+#define DST_NAME		"dst"
+
+enum {
+	/* Remove node with given id from storage */
+	DST_DEL_NODE	= 0,
+	/* Add remote node with given id to the storage */
+	DST_ADD_REMOTE,
+	/* Add local node with given id to the storage to be exported and used by remote peers */
+	DST_ADD_EXPORT,
+	/* Crypto initialization command (hash/cipher used to protect the connection) */
+	DST_CRYPTO,
+	/* Security attributes for given connection (permissions for example) */
+	DST_SECURITY,
+	/* Register given node in the block layer subsystem */
+	DST_START,
+	DST_CMD_MAX
+};
+
+struct dst_ctl
+{
+	/* Storage name */
+	char			name[DST_NAMELEN];
+	/* Command flags */
+	__u32			flags;
+	/* Command itself (see above) */
+	__u32			cmd;
+	/* Maximum number of pages per single request in this device */
+	__u32			max_pages;
+	/* Stale/error transaction scanning timeout in milliseconds */
+	__u32			trans_scan_timeout;
+	/* Maximum number of retry sends before completing transaction as broken */
+	__u32			trans_max_retries;
+	/* Storage size */
+	__u64			size;
+};
+
+/* Reply command carries completion status */
+struct dst_ctl_ack
+{
+	struct cn_msg		msg;
+	int			error;
+	int			unused[3];
+};
+
+/*
+ * Unfortunaltely socket address structure is not exported to userspace
+ * and is redefined there.
+ */
+#define SADDR_MAX_DATA	128
+
+struct saddr {
+	/* address family, AF_xxx	*/
+	unsigned short		sa_family;
+	/* 14 bytes of protocol address	*/
+	char			sa_data[SADDR_MAX_DATA];
+	/* Number of bytes used in sa_data */
+	unsigned short		sa_data_len;
+};
+
+/* Address structure */
+struct dst_network_ctl
+{
+	/* Socket type: datagram, stream...*/
+	unsigned int		type;
+	/* Let me guess, is it a Jupiter diameter? */
+	unsigned int		proto;
+	/* Peer's address */
+	struct saddr		addr;
+};
+
+struct dst_crypto_ctl
+{
+	/* Cipher and hash names */
+	char			cipher_algo[DST_NAMELEN];
+	char			hash_algo[DST_NAMELEN];
+
+	/* Key sizes. Can be zero for digest for example */
+	unsigned int		cipher_keysize, hash_keysize;
+	/* Alignment. Calculated by the DST itself. */
+	unsigned int		crypto_attached_size;
+	/* Number of threads to perform crypto operations */
+	int			thread_num;
+};
+
+/* Export security attributes have this bits checked in when client connects */
+#define DST_PERM_READ		(1<<0)
+#define DST_PERM_WRITE		(1<<1)
+
+/*
+ * Right now it is simple model, where each remote address
+ * is assigned to set of permissions it is allowed to perform.
+ * In real world block device does not know anything but
+ * reading and writing, so it should be more than enough.
+ */
+struct dst_secure_user
+{
+	unsigned int		permissions;
+	struct saddr		addr;
+};
+
+/*
+ * Export control command: device to export and network address to accept
+ * clients to work with given device
+ */
+struct dst_export_ctl
+{
+	char			device[DST_NAMELEN];
+	struct dst_network_ctl	ctl;
+};
+
+enum {
+	DST_CFG	= 1, 		/* Request remote configuration */
+	DST_IO,			/* IO command */
+	DST_IO_RESPONSE,	/* IO response */
+	DST_PING,		/* Keepalive message */
+	DST_NCMD_MAX,
+};
+
+struct dst_cmd
+{
+	/* Network command itself, see above */
+	__u32			cmd;
+	/*
+	 * Size of the attached data
+	 * (in most cases, for READ command it means how many bytes were requested)
+	 */
+	__u32			size;
+	/* Crypto size: number of attached bytes with digest/hmac */
+	__u32			csize;
+	/* Here we can carry secret data */
+	__u32			reserved;
+	/* Read/write bits, see how they are encoded in bio structure */
+	__u64			rw;
+	/* BIO flags */
+	__u64			flags;
+	/* Unique command id (like transaction ID) */
+	__u64			id;
+	/* Sector to start IO from */
+	__u64			sector;
+	/* Hash data is placed after this header */
+	__u8			hash[0];
+};
+
+/*
+ * Convert command to/from network byte order.
+ * We do not use hton*() functions, since there is
+ * no 64-bit implementation.
+ */
+static inline void dst_convert_cmd(struct dst_cmd *c)
+{
+	c->cmd = __cpu_to_be32(c->cmd);
+	c->csize = __cpu_to_be32(c->csize);
+	c->size = __cpu_to_be32(c->size);
+	c->sector = __cpu_to_be64(c->sector);
+	c->id = __cpu_to_be64(c->id);
+	c->flags = __cpu_to_be64(c->flags);
+	c->rw = __cpu_to_be64(c->rw);
+}
+
+/* Transaction id */
+typedef __u64 dst_gen_t;
+
+#ifdef __KERNEL__
+
+#include <linux/blkdev.h>
+#include <linux/bio.h>
+#include <linux/device.h>
+#include <linux/mempool.h>
+#include <linux/net.h>
+#include <linux/poll.h>
+#include <linux/rbtree.h>
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_DST_DEBUG
+#define dprintk(f, a...) printk(KERN_NOTICE f, ##a)
+#else
+static inline void __attribute__ ((format (printf, 1, 2)))
+	dprintk(const char *fmt, ...) {}
+#endif
+
+struct dst_node;
+
+struct dst_trans
+{
+	/* DST node we are working with */
+	struct dst_node		*n;
+
+	/* Entry inside transaction tree */
+	struct rb_node		trans_entry;
+
+	/* Merlin kills this transaction when this memory cell equals zero */
+	atomic_t		refcnt;
+
+	/* How this transaction should be processed by crypto engine */
+	short			enc;
+	/* How many times this transaction was resent */
+	short			retries;
+	/* Completion status */
+	int			error;
+
+	/* When did we send it to the remote peer */
+	long			send_time;
+
+	/* My name is...
+	 * Well, computers does not speak, they have unique id instead */
+	dst_gen_t		gen;
+
+	/* Block IO we are working with */
+	struct bio		*bio;
+
+	/* Network command for above block IO request */
+	struct dst_cmd		cmd;
+};
+
+struct dst_crypto_engine
+{
+	/* What should we do with all block requests */
+	struct crypto_hash	*hash;
+	struct crypto_ablkcipher	*cipher;
+
+	/* Pool of pages used to encrypt data into before sending */
+	int			page_num;
+	struct page		**pages;
+
+	/* What to do with current request */
+	int			enc;
+	/* Who we are and where do we go */
+	struct scatterlist	*src, *dst;
+
+	/* Maximum timeout waiting for encryption to be completed */
+	long			timeout;
+	/* IV is a 64-bit sequential counter */
+	u64			iv;
+
+	/* Secret data */
+	void			*private;
+
+	/* Cached temporary data lives here */
+	int			size;
+	void			*data;
+};
+
+struct dst_state
+{
+	/* The main state protection */
+	struct mutex		state_lock;
+
+	/* Polling machinery for sockets */
+	wait_queue_t 		wait;
+	wait_queue_head_t 	*whead;
+	/* Most of events are being waited here */
+	wait_queue_head_t 	thread_wait;
+
+	/* Who owns this? */
+	struct dst_node		*node;
+
+	/* Network address for this state */
+	struct dst_network_ctl	ctl;
+
+	/* Permissions to work with: read-only or rw connection */
+	u32			permissions;
+
+	/* Called when we need to clean private data */
+	void			(* cleanup)(struct dst_state *st);
+
+	/* Used by the server: BIO completion queues BIOs here */
+	struct list_head	request_list;
+	spinlock_t		request_lock;
+
+	/* Guess what? No, it is not number of planets */
+	atomic_t		refcnt;
+
+	/* This flags is set when connection should be dropped */
+	int			need_exit;
+
+	/*
+	 * Socket to work with. Second pointer is used for
+	 * lockless check if socket was changed before performing
+	 * next action (like working with cached polling result)
+	 */
+	struct socket		*socket, *read_socket;
+
+	/* Cached preallocated data */
+	void			*data;
+	unsigned int		size;
+
+	/* Currently processed command */
+	struct dst_cmd		cmd;
+};
+
+struct dst_info
+{
+	/* Device size */
+	u64			size;
+
+	/* Local device name for export devices */
+	char			local[DST_NAMELEN];
+
+	/* Network setup */
+	struct dst_network_ctl	net;
+
+	/* Sysfs bits use this */
+	struct device		device;
+};
+
+struct dst_node
+{
+	struct list_head	node_entry;
+
+	/* Hi, my name is stored here */
+	char			name[DST_NAMELEN];
+	/* My cache name is stored here */
+	char			cache_name[DST_NAMELEN];
+
+	/* Block device attached to given node.
+	 * Only valid for exporting nodes */
+	struct block_device 	*bdev;
+	/* Network state machine for given peer */
+	struct dst_state	*state;
+
+	/* Block IO machinery */
+	struct request_queue	*queue;
+	struct gendisk		*disk;
+
+	/* Number of threads in processing pool */
+	int			thread_num;
+	/* Maximum number of pages in single IO */
+	int			max_pages;
+
+	/* I'm that big in bytes */
+	loff_t			size;
+
+	/* Exported to userspace node information */
+	struct dst_info		*info;
+
+	/*
+	 * Security attribute list.
+	 * Used only by exporting node currently.
+	 */
+	struct list_head	security_list;
+	struct mutex		security_lock;
+
+	/*
+	 * When this unerflows below zero, university collapses.
+	 * But this will not happen, since node will be freed,
+	 * when reference counter reaches zero.
+	 */
+	atomic_t		refcnt;
+
+	/* How precisely should I be started? */
+	int 			(*start)(struct dst_node *);
+
+	/* Crypto capabilities */
+	struct dst_crypto_ctl	crypto;
+	u8			*hash_key;
+	u8			*cipher_key;
+
+	/* Pool of processing thread */
+	struct thread_pool	*pool;
+
+	/* Transaction IDs live here */
+	atomic_long_t		gen;
+
+	/*
+	 * How frequently and how many times transaction
+	 * tree should be scanned to drop stale objects.
+	 */
+	long			trans_scan_timeout;
+	int			trans_max_retries;
+
+	/* Small gnomes live here */
+	struct rb_root		trans_root;
+	struct mutex		trans_lock;
+
+	/*
+	 * Transaction cache/memory pool.
+	 * It is big enough to contain not only transaction
+	 * itself, but additional crypto data (digest/hmac).
+	 */
+	struct kmem_cache	*trans_cache;
+	mempool_t		*trans_pool;
+
+	/* This entity scans transaction tree */
+	struct delayed_work 	trans_work;
+
+	wait_queue_head_t	wait;
+};
+
+/* Kernel representation of the security attribute */
+struct dst_secure
+{
+	struct list_head	sec_entry;
+	struct dst_secure_user	sec;
+};
+
+int dst_process_bio(struct dst_node *n, struct bio *bio);
+
+int dst_node_init_connected(struct dst_node *n, struct dst_network_ctl *r);
+int dst_node_init_listened(struct dst_node *n, struct dst_export_ctl *le);
+
+static inline struct dst_state *dst_state_get(struct dst_state *st)
+{
+	BUG_ON(atomic_read(&st->refcnt) == 0);
+	atomic_inc(&st->refcnt);
+	return st;
+}
+
+void dst_state_put(struct dst_state *st);
+
+struct dst_state *dst_state_alloc(struct dst_node *n);
+int dst_state_socket_create(struct dst_state *st);
+void dst_state_socket_release(struct dst_state *st);
+
+void dst_state_exit_connected(struct dst_state *st);
+
+int dst_state_schedule_receiver(struct dst_state *st);
+
+void dst_dump_addr(struct socket *sk, struct sockaddr *sa, char *str);
+
+static inline void dst_state_lock(struct dst_state *st)
+{
+	mutex_lock(&st->state_lock);
+}
+
+static inline void dst_state_unlock(struct dst_state *st)
+{
+	mutex_unlock(&st->state_lock);
+}
+
+void dst_poll_exit(struct dst_state *st);
+int dst_poll_init(struct dst_state *st);
+
+static inline unsigned int dst_state_poll(struct dst_state *st)
+{
+	unsigned int revents = POLLHUP | POLLERR;
+
+	dst_state_lock(st);
+	if (st->socket)
+		revents = st->socket->ops->poll(NULL, st->socket, NULL);
+	dst_state_unlock(st);
+
+	return revents;
+}
+
+static inline int dst_thread_setup(void *private, void *data)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void dst_node_put(struct dst_node *n);
+
+static inline struct dst_node *dst_node_get(struct dst_node *n)
+{
+	atomic_inc(&n->refcnt);
+	return n;
+}
+
+int dst_data_recv(struct dst_state *st, void *data, unsigned int size);
+int dst_recv_cdata(struct dst_state *st, void *cdata);
+int dst_data_send_header(struct socket *sock,
+		void *data, unsigned int size, int more);
+
+int dst_send_bio(struct dst_state *st, struct dst_cmd *cmd, struct bio *bio);
+
+int dst_process_io(struct dst_state *st);
+int dst_export_crypto(struct dst_node *n, struct bio *bio);
+int dst_export_send_bio(struct bio *bio);
+int dst_start_export(struct dst_node *n);
+
+int __init dst_export_init(void);
+void dst_export_exit(void);
+
+/* Private structure for export block IO requests */
+struct dst_export_priv
+{
+	struct list_head		request_entry;
+	struct dst_state		*state;
+	struct bio			*bio;
+	struct dst_cmd			cmd;
+};
+
+static inline void dst_trans_get(struct dst_trans *t)
+{
+	atomic_inc(&t->refcnt);
+}
+
+struct dst_trans *dst_trans_search(struct dst_node *node, dst_gen_t gen);
+int dst_trans_remove(struct dst_trans *t);
+int dst_trans_remove_nolock(struct dst_trans *t);
+void dst_trans_put(struct dst_trans *t);
+
+/*
+ * Convert bio into network command.
+ */
+static inline void dst_bio_to_cmd(struct bio *bio, struct dst_cmd *cmd,
+		u32 command, u64 id)
+{
+	cmd->cmd = command;
+	cmd->flags = (bio->bi_flags << BIO_POOL_BITS) >> BIO_POOL_BITS;
+	cmd->rw = bio->bi_rw;
+	cmd->size = bio->bi_size;
+	cmd->csize = 0;
+	cmd->id = id;
+	cmd->sector = bio->bi_sector;
+};
+
+int dst_trans_send(struct dst_trans *t);
+int dst_trans_crypto(struct dst_trans *t);
+
+int dst_node_crypto_init(struct dst_node *n, struct dst_crypto_ctl *ctl);
+void dst_node_crypto_exit(struct dst_node *n);
+
+static inline int dst_need_crypto(struct dst_node *n)
+{
+	struct dst_crypto_ctl *c = &n->crypto;
+	/*
+	 * Logical OR is appropriate here, but boolean one produces
+	 * more optimal code, so it is used instead.
+	 */
+	return (c->hash_algo[0] | c->cipher_algo[0]);
+}
+
+int dst_node_trans_init(struct dst_node *n, unsigned int size);
+void dst_node_trans_exit(struct dst_node *n);
+
+/*
+ * Pool of threads.
+ * Ready list contains threads currently free to be used,
+ * active one contains threads with some work scheduled for them.
+ * Caller can wait in given queue when thread is ready.
+ */
+struct thread_pool
+{
+	int			thread_num;
+	struct mutex		thread_lock;
+	struct list_head	ready_list, active_list;
+
+	wait_queue_head_t	wait;
+};
+
+void thread_pool_del_worker(struct thread_pool *p);
+void thread_pool_del_worker_id(struct thread_pool *p, unsigned int id);
+int thread_pool_add_worker(struct thread_pool *p,
+		char *name,
+		unsigned int id,
+		void *(* init)(void *data),
+		void (* cleanup)(void *data),
+		void *data);
+
+void thread_pool_destroy(struct thread_pool *p);
+struct thread_pool *thread_pool_create(int num, char *name,
+		void *(* init)(void *data),
+		void (* cleanup)(void *data),
+		void *data);
+
+int thread_pool_schedule(struct thread_pool *p,
+		int (* setup)(void *stored_private, void *setup_data),
+		int (* action)(void *stored_private, void *setup_data),
+		void *setup_data, long timeout);
+int thread_pool_schedule_private(struct thread_pool *p,
+		int (* setup)(void *private, void *data),
+		int (* action)(void *private, void *data),
+		void *data, long timeout, void *id);
+
+#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
+#endif /* __DST_H */