diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-recovery.c b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-recovery.c
index 188c89819a40..8114013c37b8 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-recovery.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-recovery.c
@@ -86,15 +86,39 @@ static int pblk_recov_l2p_from_emeta(struct pblk *pblk, struct pblk_line *line)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int pblk_calc_sec_in_line(struct pblk *pblk, struct pblk_line *line)
+static void pblk_update_line_wp(struct pblk *pblk, struct pblk_line *line,
+				u64 written_secs)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < written_secs; i += pblk->min_write_pgs)
+		pblk_alloc_page(pblk, line, pblk->min_write_pgs);
+}
+
+static u64 pblk_sec_in_open_line(struct pblk *pblk, struct pblk_line *line)
 {
-	struct nvm_tgt_dev *dev = pblk->dev;
-	struct nvm_geo *geo = &dev->geo;
 	struct pblk_line_meta *lm = &pblk->lm;
 	int nr_bb = bitmap_weight(line->blk_bitmap, lm->blk_per_line);
+	u64 written_secs = 0;
+	int valid_chunks = 0;
+	int i;
 
-	return lm->sec_per_line - lm->smeta_sec - lm->emeta_sec[0] -
-				nr_bb * geo->clba;
+	for (i = 0; i < lm->blk_per_line; i++) {
+		struct nvm_chk_meta *chunk = &line->chks[i];
+
+		if (chunk->state & NVM_CHK_ST_OFFLINE)
+			continue;
+
+		written_secs += chunk->wp;
+		valid_chunks++;
+	}
+
+	if (lm->blk_per_line - nr_bb != valid_chunks)
+		pblk_err(pblk, "recovery line %d is bad\n", line->id);
+
+	pblk_update_line_wp(pblk, line, written_secs - lm->smeta_sec);
+
+	return written_secs;
 }
 
 struct pblk_recov_alloc {
@@ -106,115 +130,6 @@ struct pblk_recov_alloc {
 	dma_addr_t dma_meta_list;
 };
 
-static int pblk_recov_read_oob(struct pblk *pblk, struct pblk_line *line,
-			       struct pblk_recov_alloc p, u64 r_ptr)
-{
-	struct nvm_tgt_dev *dev = pblk->dev;
-	struct nvm_geo *geo = &dev->geo;
-	struct ppa_addr *ppa_list;
-	struct pblk_sec_meta *meta_list;
-	struct nvm_rq *rqd;
-	struct bio *bio;
-	void *data;
-	dma_addr_t dma_ppa_list, dma_meta_list;
-	u64 r_ptr_int;
-	int left_ppas;
-	int rq_ppas, rq_len;
-	int i, j;
-	int ret = 0;
-
-	ppa_list = p.ppa_list;
-	meta_list = p.meta_list;
-	rqd = p.rqd;
-	data = p.data;
-	dma_ppa_list = p.dma_ppa_list;
-	dma_meta_list = p.dma_meta_list;
-
-	left_ppas = line->cur_sec - r_ptr;
-	if (!left_ppas)
-		return 0;
-
-	r_ptr_int = r_ptr;
-
-next_read_rq:
-	memset(rqd, 0, pblk_g_rq_size);
-
-	rq_ppas = pblk_calc_secs(pblk, left_ppas, 0);
-	if (!rq_ppas)
-		rq_ppas = pblk->min_write_pgs;
-	rq_len = rq_ppas * geo->csecs;
-
-	bio = bio_map_kern(dev->q, data, rq_len, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (IS_ERR(bio))
-		return PTR_ERR(bio);
-
-	bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = 0; /* internal bio */
-	bio_set_op_attrs(bio, REQ_OP_READ, 0);
-
-	rqd->bio = bio;
-	rqd->opcode = NVM_OP_PREAD;
-	rqd->meta_list = meta_list;
-	rqd->nr_ppas = rq_ppas;
-	rqd->ppa_list = ppa_list;
-	rqd->dma_ppa_list = dma_ppa_list;
-	rqd->dma_meta_list = dma_meta_list;
-
-	if (pblk_io_aligned(pblk, rq_ppas))
-		rqd->is_seq = 1;
-
-	ppa_list = nvm_rq_to_ppa_list(rqd);
-
-	for (i = 0; i < rqd->nr_ppas; ) {
-		struct ppa_addr ppa;
-		int pos;
-
-		ppa = addr_to_gen_ppa(pblk, r_ptr_int, line->id);
-		pos = pblk_ppa_to_pos(geo, ppa);
-
-		while (test_bit(pos, line->blk_bitmap)) {
-			r_ptr_int += pblk->min_write_pgs;
-			ppa = addr_to_gen_ppa(pblk, r_ptr_int, line->id);
-			pos = pblk_ppa_to_pos(geo, ppa);
-		}
-
-		for (j = 0; j < pblk->min_write_pgs; j++, i++, r_ptr_int++)
-			ppa_list[i] =
-				addr_to_gen_ppa(pblk, r_ptr_int, line->id);
-	}
-
-	/* If read fails, more padding is needed */
-	ret = pblk_submit_io_sync(pblk, rqd);
-	if (ret) {
-		pblk_err(pblk, "I/O submission failed: %d\n", ret);
-		return ret;
-	}
-
-	atomic_dec(&pblk->inflight_io);
-
-	/* At this point, the read should not fail. If it does, it is a problem
-	 * we cannot recover from here. Need FTL log.
-	 */
-	if (rqd->error && rqd->error != NVM_RSP_WARN_HIGHECC) {
-		pblk_err(pblk, "L2P recovery failed (%d)\n", rqd->error);
-		return -EINTR;
-	}
-
-	for (i = 0; i < rqd->nr_ppas; i++) {
-		u64 lba = le64_to_cpu(meta_list[i].lba);
-
-		if (lba == ADDR_EMPTY || lba > pblk->rl.nr_secs)
-			continue;
-
-		pblk_update_map(pblk, lba, ppa_list[i]);
-	}
-
-	left_ppas -= rq_ppas;
-	if (left_ppas > 0)
-		goto next_read_rq;
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static void pblk_recov_complete(struct kref *ref)
 {
 	struct pblk_pad_rq *pad_rq = container_of(ref, struct pblk_pad_rq, ref);
@@ -236,8 +151,9 @@ static void pblk_end_io_recov(struct nvm_rq *rqd)
 	kref_put(&pad_rq->ref, pblk_recov_complete);
 }
 
-static int pblk_recov_pad_oob(struct pblk *pblk, struct pblk_line *line,
-			      int left_ppas)
+/* pad line using line bitmap.  */
+static int pblk_recov_pad_line(struct pblk *pblk, struct pblk_line *line,
+			       int left_ppas)
 {
 	struct nvm_tgt_dev *dev = pblk->dev;
 	struct nvm_geo *geo = &dev->geo;
@@ -371,143 +287,42 @@ static int pblk_recov_pad_oob(struct pblk *pblk, struct pblk_line *line,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-/* When this function is called, it means that not all upper pages have been
- * written in a page that contains valid data. In order to recover this data, we
- * first find the write pointer on the device, then we pad all necessary
- * sectors, and finally attempt to read the valid data
- */
-static int pblk_recov_scan_all_oob(struct pblk *pblk, struct pblk_line *line,
-				   struct pblk_recov_alloc p)
+static int pblk_line_wp_is_unbalanced(struct pblk *pblk,
+				      struct pblk_line *line)
 {
 	struct nvm_tgt_dev *dev = pblk->dev;
 	struct nvm_geo *geo = &dev->geo;
-	struct ppa_addr *ppa_list;
-	struct pblk_sec_meta *meta_list;
-	struct nvm_rq *rqd;
-	struct bio *bio;
-	void *data;
-	dma_addr_t dma_ppa_list, dma_meta_list;
-	u64 w_ptr = 0, r_ptr;
-	int rq_ppas, rq_len;
-	int i, j;
-	int ret = 0;
-	int rec_round;
-	int left_ppas = pblk_calc_sec_in_line(pblk, line) - line->cur_sec;
-
-	ppa_list = p.ppa_list;
-	meta_list = p.meta_list;
-	rqd = p.rqd;
-	data = p.data;
-	dma_ppa_list = p.dma_ppa_list;
-	dma_meta_list = p.dma_meta_list;
-
-	/* we could recover up until the line write pointer */
-	r_ptr = line->cur_sec;
-	rec_round = 0;
-
-next_rq:
-	memset(rqd, 0, pblk_g_rq_size);
-
-	rq_ppas = pblk_calc_secs(pblk, left_ppas, 0);
-	if (!rq_ppas)
-		rq_ppas = pblk->min_write_pgs;
-	rq_len = rq_ppas * geo->csecs;
-
-	bio = bio_map_kern(dev->q, data, rq_len, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (IS_ERR(bio))
-		return PTR_ERR(bio);
-
-	bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = 0; /* internal bio */
-	bio_set_op_attrs(bio, REQ_OP_READ, 0);
-
-	rqd->bio = bio;
-	rqd->opcode = NVM_OP_PREAD;
-	rqd->meta_list = meta_list;
-	rqd->nr_ppas = rq_ppas;
-	rqd->ppa_list = ppa_list;
-	rqd->dma_ppa_list = dma_ppa_list;
-	rqd->dma_meta_list = dma_meta_list;
-
-	if (pblk_io_aligned(pblk, rq_ppas))
-		rqd->is_seq = 1;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < rqd->nr_ppas; ) {
-		struct ppa_addr ppa;
-		int pos;
-
-		w_ptr = pblk_alloc_page(pblk, line, pblk->min_write_pgs);
-		ppa = addr_to_gen_ppa(pblk, w_ptr, line->id);
+	struct pblk_line_meta *lm = &pblk->lm;
+	struct pblk_lun *rlun;
+	struct nvm_chk_meta *chunk;
+	struct ppa_addr ppa;
+	u64 line_wp;
+	int pos, i;
+
+	rlun = &pblk->luns[0];
+	ppa = rlun->bppa;
+	pos = pblk_ppa_to_pos(geo, ppa);
+	chunk = &line->chks[pos];
+
+	line_wp = chunk->wp;
+
+	for (i = 1; i < lm->blk_per_line; i++) {
+		rlun = &pblk->luns[i];
+		ppa = rlun->bppa;
 		pos = pblk_ppa_to_pos(geo, ppa);
+		chunk = &line->chks[pos];
 
-		while (test_bit(pos, line->blk_bitmap)) {
-			w_ptr += pblk->min_write_pgs;
-			ppa = addr_to_gen_ppa(pblk, w_ptr, line->id);
-			pos = pblk_ppa_to_pos(geo, ppa);
-		}
-
-		for (j = 0; j < pblk->min_write_pgs; j++, i++, w_ptr++)
-			rqd->ppa_list[i] =
-				addr_to_gen_ppa(pblk, w_ptr, line->id);
-	}
-
-	ret = pblk_submit_io_sync(pblk, rqd);
-	if (ret) {
-		pblk_err(pblk, "I/O submission failed: %d\n", ret);
-		return ret;
+		if (chunk->wp > line_wp)
+			return 1;
+		else if (chunk->wp < line_wp)
+			line_wp = chunk->wp;
 	}
 
-	atomic_dec(&pblk->inflight_io);
-
-	/* This should not happen since the read failed during normal recovery,
-	 * but the media works funny sometimes...
-	 */
-	if (!rec_round++ && !rqd->error) {
-		rec_round = 0;
-		for (i = 0; i < rqd->nr_ppas; i++, r_ptr++) {
-			u64 lba = le64_to_cpu(meta_list[i].lba);
-
-			if (lba == ADDR_EMPTY || lba > pblk->rl.nr_secs)
-				continue;
-
-			pblk_update_map(pblk, lba, rqd->ppa_list[i]);
-		}
-	}
-
-	/* Reached the end of the written line */
-	if (rqd->error == NVM_RSP_ERR_EMPTYPAGE) {
-		int pad_secs, nr_error_bits, bit;
-		int ret;
-
-		bit = find_first_bit((void *)&rqd->ppa_status, rqd->nr_ppas);
-		nr_error_bits = rqd->nr_ppas - bit;
-
-		/* Roll back failed sectors */
-		line->cur_sec -= nr_error_bits;
-		line->left_msecs += nr_error_bits;
-		bitmap_clear(line->map_bitmap, line->cur_sec, nr_error_bits);
-
-		pad_secs = pblk_pad_distance(pblk);
-
-		ret = pblk_recov_pad_oob(pblk, line, pad_secs);
-		if (ret)
-			pblk_err(pblk, "OOB padding failed (err:%d)\n", ret);
-
-		ret = pblk_recov_read_oob(pblk, line, p, r_ptr);
-		if (ret)
-			pblk_err(pblk, "OOB read failed (err:%d)\n", ret);
-
-		left_ppas = 0;
-	}
-
-	left_ppas -= rq_ppas;
-	if (left_ppas > 0)
-		goto next_rq;
-
-	return ret;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int pblk_recov_scan_oob(struct pblk *pblk, struct pblk_line *line,
-			       struct pblk_recov_alloc p, int *done)
+			       struct pblk_recov_alloc p)
 {
 	struct nvm_tgt_dev *dev = pblk->dev;
 	struct nvm_geo *geo = &dev->geo;
@@ -517,11 +332,16 @@ static int pblk_recov_scan_oob(struct pblk *pblk, struct pblk_line *line,
 	struct bio *bio;
 	void *data;
 	dma_addr_t dma_ppa_list, dma_meta_list;
-	u64 paddr;
+	__le64 *lba_list;
+	u64 paddr = 0;
+	bool padded = false;
 	int rq_ppas, rq_len;
 	int i, j;
-	int ret = 0;
-	int left_ppas = pblk_calc_sec_in_line(pblk, line);
+	int ret;
+	u64 left_ppas = pblk_sec_in_open_line(pblk, line);
+
+	if (pblk_line_wp_is_unbalanced(pblk, line))
+		pblk_warn(pblk, "recovering unbalanced line (%d)\n", line->id);
 
 	ppa_list = p.ppa_list;
 	meta_list = p.meta_list;
@@ -530,7 +350,7 @@ static int pblk_recov_scan_oob(struct pblk *pblk, struct pblk_line *line,
 	dma_ppa_list = p.dma_ppa_list;
 	dma_meta_list = p.dma_meta_list;
 
-	*done = 1;
+	lba_list = emeta_to_lbas(pblk, line->emeta->buf);
 
 next_rq:
 	memset(rqd, 0, pblk_g_rq_size);
@@ -558,11 +378,11 @@ static int pblk_recov_scan_oob(struct pblk *pblk, struct pblk_line *line,
 	if (pblk_io_aligned(pblk, rq_ppas))
 		rqd->is_seq = 1;
 
+retry_rq:
 	for (i = 0; i < rqd->nr_ppas; ) {
 		struct ppa_addr ppa;
 		int pos;
 
-		paddr = pblk_alloc_page(pblk, line, pblk->min_write_pgs);
 		ppa = addr_to_gen_ppa(pblk, paddr, line->id);
 		pos = pblk_ppa_to_pos(geo, ppa);
 
@@ -572,9 +392,9 @@ static int pblk_recov_scan_oob(struct pblk *pblk, struct pblk_line *line,
 			pos = pblk_ppa_to_pos(geo, ppa);
 		}
 
-		for (j = 0; j < pblk->min_write_pgs; j++, i++, paddr++)
+		for (j = 0; j < pblk->min_write_pgs; j++, i++)
 			rqd->ppa_list[i] =
-				addr_to_gen_ppa(pblk, paddr, line->id);
+				addr_to_gen_ppa(pblk, paddr + j, line->id);
 	}
 
 	ret = pblk_submit_io_sync(pblk, rqd);
@@ -586,31 +406,33 @@ static int pblk_recov_scan_oob(struct pblk *pblk, struct pblk_line *line,
 
 	atomic_dec(&pblk->inflight_io);
 
-	/* Reached the end of the written line */
+	/* If a read fails, do a best effort by padding the line and retrying */
 	if (rqd->error) {
-		int nr_error_bits, bit;
+		int pad_distance, ret;
 
-		bit = find_first_bit((void *)&rqd->ppa_status, rqd->nr_ppas);
-		nr_error_bits = rqd->nr_ppas - bit;
+		if (padded) {
+			pblk_log_read_err(pblk, rqd);
+			return -EINTR;
+		}
 
-		/* Roll back failed sectors */
-		line->cur_sec -= nr_error_bits;
-		line->left_msecs += nr_error_bits;
-		bitmap_clear(line->map_bitmap, line->cur_sec, nr_error_bits);
+		pad_distance = pblk_pad_distance(pblk, line);
+		ret = pblk_recov_pad_line(pblk, line, pad_distance);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
 
-		left_ppas = 0;
-		rqd->nr_ppas = bit;
-
-		if (rqd->error != NVM_RSP_ERR_EMPTYPAGE)
-			*done = 0;
+		padded = true;
+		goto retry_rq;
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < rqd->nr_ppas; i++) {
 		u64 lba = le64_to_cpu(meta_list[i].lba);
 
+		lba_list[paddr++] = cpu_to_le64(lba);
+
 		if (lba == ADDR_EMPTY || lba > pblk->rl.nr_secs)
 			continue;
 
+		line->nr_valid_lbas++;
 		pblk_update_map(pblk, lba, rqd->ppa_list[i]);
 	}
 
@@ -618,7 +440,11 @@ static int pblk_recov_scan_oob(struct pblk *pblk, struct pblk_line *line,
 	if (left_ppas > 0)
 		goto next_rq;
 
-	return ret;
+#ifdef CONFIG_NVM_PBLK_DEBUG
+	WARN_ON(padded && !pblk_line_is_full(line));
+#endif
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /* Scan line for lbas on out of bound area */
@@ -632,7 +458,7 @@ static int pblk_recov_l2p_from_oob(struct pblk *pblk, struct pblk_line *line)
 	struct pblk_recov_alloc p;
 	void *data;
 	dma_addr_t dma_ppa_list, dma_meta_list;
-	int done, ret = 0;
+	int ret = 0;
 
 	meta_list = nvm_dev_dma_alloc(dev->parent, GFP_KERNEL, &dma_meta_list);
 	if (!meta_list)
@@ -647,7 +473,8 @@ static int pblk_recov_l2p_from_oob(struct pblk *pblk, struct pblk_line *line)
 		goto free_meta_list;
 	}
 
-	rqd = pblk_alloc_rqd(pblk, PBLK_READ);
+	rqd = mempool_alloc(&pblk->r_rq_pool, GFP_KERNEL);
+	memset(rqd, 0, pblk_g_rq_size);
 
 	p.ppa_list = ppa_list;
 	p.meta_list = meta_list;
@@ -656,24 +483,17 @@ static int pblk_recov_l2p_from_oob(struct pblk *pblk, struct pblk_line *line)
 	p.dma_ppa_list = dma_ppa_list;
 	p.dma_meta_list = dma_meta_list;
 
-	ret = pblk_recov_scan_oob(pblk, line, p, &done);
+	ret = pblk_recov_scan_oob(pblk, line, p);
 	if (ret) {
-		pblk_err(pblk, "could not recover L2P from OOB\n");
+		pblk_err(pblk, "could not recover L2P form OOB\n");
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	if (!done) {
-		ret = pblk_recov_scan_all_oob(pblk, line, p);
-		if (ret) {
-			pblk_err(pblk, "could not recover L2P from OOB\n");
-			goto out;
-		}
-	}
-
 	if (pblk_line_is_full(line))
 		pblk_line_recov_close(pblk, line);
 
 out:
+	mempool_free(rqd, &pblk->r_rq_pool);
 	kfree(data);
 free_meta_list:
 	nvm_dev_dma_free(dev->parent, meta_list, dma_meta_list);
@@ -762,7 +582,7 @@ static void pblk_recov_wa_counters(struct pblk *pblk,
 }
 
 static int pblk_line_was_written(struct pblk_line *line,
-			    struct pblk *pblk)
+				 struct pblk *pblk)
 {
 
 	struct pblk_line_meta *lm = &pblk->lm;
@@ -788,6 +608,18 @@ static int pblk_line_was_written(struct pblk_line *line,
 	return 1;
 }
 
+static bool pblk_line_is_open(struct pblk *pblk, struct pblk_line *line)
+{
+	struct pblk_line_meta *lm = &pblk->lm;
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < lm->blk_per_line; i++)
+		if (line->chks[i].state & NVM_CHK_ST_OPEN)
+			return true;
+
+	return false;
+}
+
 struct pblk_line *pblk_recov_l2p(struct pblk *pblk)
 {
 	struct pblk_line_meta *lm = &pblk->lm;
@@ -898,6 +730,11 @@ struct pblk_line *pblk_recov_l2p(struct pblk *pblk)
 		line->emeta = emeta;
 		memset(line->emeta->buf, 0, lm->emeta_len[0]);
 
+		if (pblk_line_is_open(pblk, line)) {
+			pblk_recov_l2p_from_oob(pblk, line);
+			goto next;
+		}
+
 		if (pblk_line_emeta_read(pblk, line, line->emeta->buf)) {
 			pblk_recov_l2p_from_oob(pblk, line);
 			goto next;
@@ -936,15 +773,20 @@ struct pblk_line *pblk_recov_l2p(struct pblk *pblk)
 			line->smeta = NULL;
 			line->emeta = NULL;
 		} else {
-			if (open_lines > 1)
-				pblk_err(pblk, "failed to recover L2P\n");
+			spin_lock(&line->lock);
+			line->state = PBLK_LINESTATE_OPEN;
+			spin_unlock(&line->lock);
+
+			line->emeta->mem = 0;
+			atomic_set(&line->emeta->sync, 0);
 
 			trace_pblk_line_state(pblk_disk_name(pblk), line->id,
 					line->state);
 
-			open_lines++;
-			line->meta_line = meta_line;
 			data_line = line;
+			line->meta_line = meta_line;
+
+			open_lines++;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -990,7 +832,7 @@ int pblk_recov_pad(struct pblk *pblk)
 	left_msecs = line->left_msecs;
 	spin_unlock(&l_mg->free_lock);
 
-	ret = pblk_recov_pad_oob(pblk, line, left_msecs);
+	ret = pblk_recov_pad_line(pblk, line, left_msecs);
 	if (ret) {
 		pblk_err(pblk, "tear down padding failed (%d)\n", ret);
 		return ret;
