diff --git a/Documentation/block/00-INDEX b/Documentation/block/00-INDEX
index d18ecd8..52bda21 100644
--- a/Documentation/block/00-INDEX
+++ b/Documentation/block/00-INDEX
@@ -22,3 +22,9 @@ switching-sched.txt
 	- Switching I/O schedulers at runtime
 writeback_cache_control.txt
 	- Control of volatile write back caches
+mmc-max-speed.txt
+	- eMMC layer speed simulation, related to /sys/block/mmcblk*/
+          attributes:
+            max_read_speed
+            max_write_speed
+            cache_size
diff --git a/Documentation/block/mmc-max-speed.txt b/Documentation/block/mmc-max-speed.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7b57f21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/block/mmc-max-speed.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+eMMC Block layer simulation speed controls in /sys/block/mmcblk*/
+===============================================
+
+Turned on with CONFIG_MMC_SIMULATE_MAX_SPEED which enables MMC device speed
+limiting. Used to test and simulate the behavior of the system when
+confronted with a slow MMC.
+
+Enables max_read_speed, max_write_speed and cache_size attributes and module
+default parameters to control the write or read maximum KB/second speed
+behaviors.
+
+NB: There is room for improving the algorithm for aspects tied directly to
+eMMC specific behavior. For instance, wear leveling and stalls from an
+exhausted erase pool. We would expect that if there was a need to provide
+similar speed simulation controls to other types of block devices, aspects of
+their behavior are modelled separately (e.g. head seek times, heat assist,
+shingling and rotational latency).
+
+/sys/block/mmcblk0/max_read_speed:
+
+Number of KB/second reads allowed to the block device. Used to test and
+simulate the behavior of the system when confronted with a slow reading MMC.
+Set to 0 or "off" to place no speed limit.
+
+/sys/block/mmcblk0/max_write_speed:
+
+Number of KB/second writes allowed to the block device. Used to test and
+simulate the behavior of the system when confronted with a slow writing MMC.
+Set to 0 or "off" to place no speed limit.
+
+/sys/block/mmcblk0/cache_size:
+
+Number of MB of high speed memory or high speed SLC cache expected on the
+eMMC device being simulated. Used to help simulate the write-back behavior
+more accurately. The assumption is the cache has no delay, but draws down
+in the background to the MLC/TLC primary store at the max_write_speed rate.
+Any write speed delays will show up when the cache is full, or when an I/O
+request to flush is issued.
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/card/Kconfig b/drivers/mmc/card/Kconfig
index 79d8212..ae6c60b 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/card/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/mmc/card/Kconfig
@@ -77,3 +77,15 @@ config MMC_TEST
 
 	  This driver is only of interest to those developing or
 	  testing a host driver. Most people should say N here.
+
+config MMC_SIMULATE_MAX_SPEED
+	bool "Turn on maximum speed control per block device"
+	depends on MMC_BLOCK
+	help
+	  Say Y here to enable MMC device speed limiting. Used to test and
+	  simulate the behavior of the system when confronted with a slow MMC.
+
+	  Enables max_read_speed, max_write_speed and cache_size attributes to
+	  control the write or read maximum KB/second speed behaviors.
+
+	  If unsure, say N here.
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/card/block.c b/drivers/mmc/card/block.c
index f925784..8b7931c 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/card/block.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/card/block.c
@@ -284,6 +284,250 @@ out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_MMC_SIMULATE_MAX_SPEED
+
+static int max_read_speed, max_write_speed, cache_size = 4;
+
+module_param(max_read_speed, int, S_IRUSR | S_IRGRP);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(max_read_speed, "maximum KB/s read speed 0=off");
+module_param(max_write_speed, int, S_IRUSR | S_IRGRP);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(max_write_speed, "maximum KB/s write speed 0=off");
+module_param(cache_size, int, S_IRUSR | S_IRGRP);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(cache_size, "MB high speed memory or SLC cache");
+
+/*
+ * helper macros and expectations:
+ *  size    - unsigned long number of bytes
+ *  jiffies - unsigned long HZ timestamp difference
+ *  speed   - unsigned KB/s transfer rate
+ */
+#define size_and_speed_to_jiffies(size, speed) \
+		((size) * HZ / (speed) / 1024UL)
+#define jiffies_and_speed_to_size(jiffies, speed) \
+		(((speed) * (jiffies) * 1024UL) / HZ)
+#define jiffies_and_size_to_speed(jiffies, size) \
+		((size) * HZ / (jiffies) / 1024UL)
+
+/* Limits to report warning */
+/* jiffies_and_size_to_speed(10*HZ, queue_max_hw_sectors(q) * 512UL) ~ 25 */
+#define MIN_SPEED(q) 250 /* 10 times faster than a floppy disk */
+#define MAX_SPEED(q) jiffies_and_size_to_speed(1, queue_max_sectors(q) * 512UL)
+
+#define speed_valid(speed) ((speed) > 0)
+
+static const char off[] = "off\n";
+
+static int max_speed_show(int speed, char *buf)
+{
+	if (speed)
+		return scnprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%uKB/s\n", speed);
+	else
+		return scnprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, off);
+}
+
+static int max_speed_store(const char *buf, struct request_queue *q)
+{
+	unsigned int limit, set = 0;
+
+	if (!strncasecmp(off, buf, sizeof(off) - 2))
+		return set;
+	if (kstrtouint(buf, 0, &set) || (set > INT_MAX))
+		return -EINVAL;
+	if (set == 0)
+		return set;
+	limit = MAX_SPEED(q);
+	if (set > limit)
+		pr_warn("max speed %u ineffective above %u\n", set, limit);
+	limit = MIN_SPEED(q);
+	if (set < limit)
+		pr_warn("max speed %u painful below %u\n", set, limit);
+	return set;
+}
+
+static ssize_t max_write_speed_show(struct device *dev,
+				 struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+	struct mmc_blk_data *md = mmc_blk_get(dev_to_disk(dev));
+	int ret = max_speed_show(atomic_read(&md->queue.max_write_speed), buf);
+
+	mmc_blk_put(md);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static ssize_t max_write_speed_store(struct device *dev,
+				  struct device_attribute *attr,
+				  const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+	struct mmc_blk_data *md = mmc_blk_get(dev_to_disk(dev));
+	int set = max_speed_store(buf, md->queue.queue);
+
+	if (set < 0) {
+		mmc_blk_put(md);
+		return set;
+	}
+
+	atomic_set(&md->queue.max_write_speed, set);
+	mmc_blk_put(md);
+	return count;
+}
+
+static const DEVICE_ATTR(max_write_speed, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
+	max_write_speed_show, max_write_speed_store);
+
+static ssize_t max_read_speed_show(struct device *dev,
+				 struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+	struct mmc_blk_data *md = mmc_blk_get(dev_to_disk(dev));
+	int ret = max_speed_show(atomic_read(&md->queue.max_read_speed), buf);
+
+	mmc_blk_put(md);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static ssize_t max_read_speed_store(struct device *dev,
+				  struct device_attribute *attr,
+				  const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+	struct mmc_blk_data *md = mmc_blk_get(dev_to_disk(dev));
+	int set = max_speed_store(buf, md->queue.queue);
+
+	if (set < 0) {
+		mmc_blk_put(md);
+		return set;
+	}
+
+	atomic_set(&md->queue.max_read_speed, set);
+	mmc_blk_put(md);
+	return count;
+}
+
+static const DEVICE_ATTR(max_read_speed, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
+	max_read_speed_show, max_read_speed_store);
+
+static ssize_t cache_size_show(struct device *dev,
+			       struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+	struct mmc_blk_data *md = mmc_blk_get(dev_to_disk(dev));
+	struct mmc_queue *mq = &md->queue;
+	int cache_size = atomic_read(&mq->cache_size);
+	int ret;
+
+	if (!cache_size)
+		ret = scnprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, off);
+	else {
+		int speed = atomic_read(&mq->max_write_speed);
+
+		if (!speed_valid(speed))
+			ret = scnprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%uMB\n", cache_size);
+		else { /* We accept race between cache_jiffies and cache_used */
+			unsigned long size = jiffies_and_speed_to_size(
+				jiffies - mq->cache_jiffies, speed);
+			long used = atomic_long_read(&mq->cache_used);
+
+			if (size >= used)
+				size = 0;
+			else
+				size = (used - size) * 100 / cache_size
+					/ 1024UL / 1024UL;
+
+			ret = scnprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%uMB %lu%% used\n",
+				cache_size, size);
+		}
+	}
+
+	mmc_blk_put(md);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static ssize_t cache_size_store(struct device *dev,
+				  struct device_attribute *attr,
+				  const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+	struct mmc_blk_data *md;
+	unsigned int set = 0;
+
+	if (strncasecmp(off, buf, sizeof(off) - 2)
+	 && (kstrtouint(buf, 0, &set) || (set > INT_MAX)))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	md = mmc_blk_get(dev_to_disk(dev));
+	atomic_set(&md->queue.cache_size, set);
+	mmc_blk_put(md);
+	return count;
+}
+
+static const DEVICE_ATTR(cache_size, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
+	cache_size_show, cache_size_store);
+
+/* correct for write-back */
+static long mmc_blk_cache_used(struct mmc_queue *mq, unsigned long waitfor)
+{
+	long used = 0;
+	int speed = atomic_read(&mq->max_write_speed);
+
+	if (speed_valid(speed)) {
+		unsigned long size = jiffies_and_speed_to_size(
+					waitfor - mq->cache_jiffies, speed);
+		used = atomic_long_read(&mq->cache_used);
+
+		if (size >= used)
+			used = 0;
+		else
+			used -= size;
+	}
+
+	atomic_long_set(&mq->cache_used, used);
+	mq->cache_jiffies = waitfor;
+
+	return used;
+}
+
+static void mmc_blk_simulate_delay(
+	struct mmc_queue *mq,
+	struct request *req,
+	unsigned long waitfor)
+{
+	int max_speed;
+
+	if (!req)
+		return;
+
+	max_speed = (rq_data_dir(req) == READ)
+		? atomic_read(&mq->max_read_speed)
+		: atomic_read(&mq->max_write_speed);
+	if (speed_valid(max_speed)) {
+		unsigned long bytes = blk_rq_bytes(req);
+
+		if (rq_data_dir(req) != READ) {
+			int cache_size = atomic_read(&mq->cache_size);
+
+			if (cache_size) {
+				unsigned long size = cache_size * 1024L * 1024L;
+				long used = mmc_blk_cache_used(mq, waitfor);
+
+				used += bytes;
+				atomic_long_set(&mq->cache_used, used);
+				bytes = 0;
+				if (used > size)
+					bytes = used - size;
+			}
+		}
+		waitfor += size_and_speed_to_jiffies(bytes, max_speed);
+		if (time_is_after_jiffies(waitfor)) {
+			long msecs = jiffies_to_msecs(waitfor - jiffies);
+
+			if (likely(msecs > 0))
+				msleep(msecs);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+#else
+
+#define mmc_blk_simulate_delay(mq, req, waitfor)
+
+#endif
+
 static int mmc_blk_open(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode)
 {
 	struct mmc_blk_data *md = mmc_blk_get(bdev->bd_disk);
@@ -1207,6 +1451,23 @@ static int mmc_blk_issue_flush(struct mmc_queue *mq, struct request *req)
 	if (ret)
 		ret = -EIO;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_MMC_SIMULATE_MAX_SPEED
+	else if (atomic_read(&mq->cache_size)) {
+		long used = mmc_blk_cache_used(mq, jiffies);
+
+		if (used) {
+			int speed = atomic_read(&mq->max_write_speed);
+
+			if (speed_valid(speed)) {
+				unsigned long msecs = jiffies_to_msecs(
+					size_and_speed_to_jiffies(
+						used, speed));
+				if (msecs)
+					msleep(msecs);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+#endif
 	blk_end_request_all(req, ret);
 
 	return ret ? 0 : 1;
@@ -1908,6 +2169,9 @@ static int mmc_blk_issue_rw_rq(struct mmc_queue *mq, struct request *rqc)
 	struct mmc_async_req *areq;
 	const u8 packed_nr = 2;
 	u8 reqs = 0;
+#ifdef CONFIG_MMC_SIMULATE_MAX_SPEED
+	unsigned long waitfor = jiffies;
+#endif
 
 	if (!rqc && !mq->mqrq_prev->req)
 		return 0;
@@ -1958,6 +2222,8 @@ static int mmc_blk_issue_rw_rq(struct mmc_queue *mq, struct request *rqc)
 			 */
 			mmc_blk_reset_success(md, type);
 
+			mmc_blk_simulate_delay(mq, rqc, waitfor);
+
 			if (mmc_packed_cmd(mq_rq->cmd_type)) {
 				ret = mmc_blk_end_packed_req(mq_rq);
 				break;
@@ -2381,6 +2647,14 @@ static void mmc_blk_remove_req(struct mmc_blk_data *md)
 					card->ext_csd.boot_ro_lockable)
 				device_remove_file(disk_to_dev(md->disk),
 					&md->power_ro_lock);
+#ifdef CONFIG_MMC_SIMULATE_MAX_SPEED
+			device_remove_file(disk_to_dev(md->disk),
+						&dev_attr_max_write_speed);
+			device_remove_file(disk_to_dev(md->disk),
+						&dev_attr_max_read_speed);
+			device_remove_file(disk_to_dev(md->disk),
+						&dev_attr_cache_size);
+#endif
 
 			/* Stop new requests from getting into the queue */
 			del_gendisk(md->disk);
@@ -2422,6 +2696,24 @@ static int mmc_add_disk(struct mmc_blk_data *md)
 	ret = device_create_file(disk_to_dev(md->disk), &md->force_ro);
 	if (ret)
 		goto force_ro_fail;
+#ifdef CONFIG_MMC_SIMULATE_MAX_SPEED
+	atomic_set(&md->queue.max_write_speed, max_write_speed);
+	ret = device_create_file(disk_to_dev(md->disk),
+			&dev_attr_max_write_speed);
+	if (ret)
+		goto max_write_speed_fail;
+	atomic_set(&md->queue.max_read_speed, max_read_speed);
+	ret = device_create_file(disk_to_dev(md->disk),
+			&dev_attr_max_read_speed);
+	if (ret)
+		goto max_read_speed_fail;
+	atomic_set(&md->queue.cache_size, cache_size);
+	atomic_long_set(&md->queue.cache_used, 0);
+	md->queue.cache_jiffies = jiffies;
+	ret = device_create_file(disk_to_dev(md->disk), &dev_attr_cache_size);
+	if (ret)
+		goto cache_size_fail;
+#endif
 
 	if ((md->area_type & MMC_BLK_DATA_AREA_BOOT) &&
 	     card->ext_csd.boot_ro_lockable) {
@@ -2446,6 +2738,14 @@ static int mmc_add_disk(struct mmc_blk_data *md)
 	return ret;
 
 power_ro_lock_fail:
+#ifdef CONFIG_MMC_SIMULATE_MAX_SPEED
+	device_remove_file(disk_to_dev(md->disk), &dev_attr_cache_size);
+cache_size_fail:
+	device_remove_file(disk_to_dev(md->disk), &dev_attr_max_read_speed);
+max_read_speed_fail:
+	device_remove_file(disk_to_dev(md->disk), &dev_attr_max_write_speed);
+max_write_speed_fail:
+#endif
 	device_remove_file(disk_to_dev(md->disk), &md->force_ro);
 force_ro_fail:
 	del_gendisk(md->disk);
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/card/queue.h b/drivers/mmc/card/queue.h
index 99e6521..e417903 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/card/queue.h
+++ b/drivers/mmc/card/queue.h
@@ -57,6 +57,14 @@ struct mmc_queue {
 	struct mmc_queue_req	mqrq[2];
 	struct mmc_queue_req	*mqrq_cur;
 	struct mmc_queue_req	*mqrq_prev;
+#ifdef CONFIG_MMC_SIMULATE_MAX_SPEED
+	atomic_t max_write_speed;
+	atomic_t max_read_speed;
+	atomic_t cache_size;
+	/* i/o tracking */
+	atomic_long_t cache_used;
+	unsigned long cache_jiffies;
+#endif
 };
 
 extern int mmc_init_queue(struct mmc_queue *, struct mmc_card *, spinlock_t *,
