diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-per-CPU-kthreads.txt b/Documentation/kernel-per-CPU-kthreads.txt
index f4cbfe0..edec3a3 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-per-CPU-kthreads.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-per-CPU-kthreads.txt
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ BLOCK_SOFTIRQ:  Do all of the following:
 	from being initiated from tasks that might run on the CPU to
 	be de-jittered.  (It is OK to force this CPU offline and then
 	bring it back online before you start your application.)
-BLOCK_IOPOLL_SOFTIRQ:  Do all of the following:
+IRQ_POLL_SOFTIRQ:  Do all of the following:
 1.	Force block-device interrupts onto some other CPU.
 2.	Initiate any block I/O and block-I/O polling on other CPUs.
 3.	Once your application has started, prevent CPU-hotplug operations
diff --git a/block/Makefile b/block/Makefile
index 00ecc97..e850474 100644
--- a/block/Makefile
+++ b/block/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 obj-$(CONFIG_BLOCK) := bio.o elevator.o blk-core.o blk-tag.o blk-sysfs.o \
 			blk-flush.o blk-settings.o blk-ioc.o blk-map.o \
 			blk-exec.o blk-merge.o blk-softirq.o blk-timeout.o \
-			blk-iopoll.o blk-lib.o blk-mq.o blk-mq-tag.o \
+			blk-lib.o blk-mq.o blk-mq-tag.o \
 			blk-mq-sysfs.o blk-mq-cpu.o blk-mq-cpumap.o ioctl.o \
 			genhd.o scsi_ioctl.o partition-generic.o ioprio.o \
 			partitions/
diff --git a/block/blk-iopoll.c b/block/blk-iopoll.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 0736729..0000000
--- a/block/blk-iopoll.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,224 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Functions related to interrupt-poll handling in the block layer. This
- * is similar to NAPI for network devices.
- */
-#include <linux/kernel.h>
-#include <linux/module.h>
-#include <linux/init.h>
-#include <linux/bio.h>
-#include <linux/blkdev.h>
-#include <linux/interrupt.h>
-#include <linux/cpu.h>
-#include <linux/blk-iopoll.h>
-#include <linux/delay.h>
-
-#include "blk.h"
-
-static unsigned int blk_iopoll_budget __read_mostly = 256;
-
-static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct list_head, blk_cpu_iopoll);
-
-/**
- * blk_iopoll_sched - Schedule a run of the iopoll handler
- * @iop:      The parent iopoll structure
- *
- * Description:
- *     Add this blk_iopoll structure to the pending poll list and trigger the
- *     raise of the blk iopoll softirq. The driver must already have gotten a
- *     successful return from blk_iopoll_sched_prep() before calling this.
- **/
-void blk_iopoll_sched(struct blk_iopoll *iop)
-{
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-	local_irq_save(flags);
-	list_add_tail(&iop->list, this_cpu_ptr(&blk_cpu_iopoll));
-	__raise_softirq_irqoff(BLOCK_IOPOLL_SOFTIRQ);
-	local_irq_restore(flags);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_iopoll_sched);
-
-/**
- * __blk_iopoll_complete - Mark this @iop as un-polled again
- * @iop:      The parent iopoll structure
- *
- * Description:
- *     See blk_iopoll_complete(). This function must be called with interrupts
- *     disabled.
- **/
-void __blk_iopoll_complete(struct blk_iopoll *iop)
-{
-	list_del(&iop->list);
-	smp_mb__before_atomic();
-	clear_bit_unlock(IOPOLL_F_SCHED, &iop->state);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(__blk_iopoll_complete);
-
-/**
- * blk_iopoll_complete - Mark this @iop as un-polled again
- * @iop:      The parent iopoll structure
- *
- * Description:
- *     If a driver consumes less than the assigned budget in its run of the
- *     iopoll handler, it'll end the polled mode by calling this function. The
- *     iopoll handler will not be invoked again before blk_iopoll_sched_prep()
- *     is called.
- **/
-void blk_iopoll_complete(struct blk_iopoll *iop)
-{
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-	local_irq_save(flags);
-	__blk_iopoll_complete(iop);
-	local_irq_restore(flags);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_iopoll_complete);
-
-static void blk_iopoll_softirq(struct softirq_action *h)
-{
-	struct list_head *list = this_cpu_ptr(&blk_cpu_iopoll);
-	int rearm = 0, budget = blk_iopoll_budget;
-	unsigned long start_time = jiffies;
-
-	local_irq_disable();
-
-	while (!list_empty(list)) {
-		struct blk_iopoll *iop;
-		int work, weight;
-
-		/*
-		 * If softirq window is exhausted then punt.
-		 */
-		if (budget <= 0 || time_after(jiffies, start_time)) {
-			rearm = 1;
-			break;
-		}
-
-		local_irq_enable();
-
-		/* Even though interrupts have been re-enabled, this
-		 * access is safe because interrupts can only add new
-		 * entries to the tail of this list, and only ->poll()
-		 * calls can remove this head entry from the list.
-		 */
-		iop = list_entry(list->next, struct blk_iopoll, list);
-
-		weight = iop->weight;
-		work = 0;
-		if (test_bit(IOPOLL_F_SCHED, &iop->state))
-			work = iop->poll(iop, weight);
-
-		budget -= work;
-
-		local_irq_disable();
-
-		/*
-		 * Drivers must not modify the iopoll state, if they
-		 * consume their assigned weight (or more, some drivers can't
-		 * easily just stop processing, they have to complete an
-		 * entire mask of commands).In such cases this code
-		 * still "owns" the iopoll instance and therefore can
-		 * move the instance around on the list at-will.
-		 */
-		if (work >= weight) {
-			if (blk_iopoll_disable_pending(iop))
-				__blk_iopoll_complete(iop);
-			else
-				list_move_tail(&iop->list, list);
-		}
-	}
-
-	if (rearm)
-		__raise_softirq_irqoff(BLOCK_IOPOLL_SOFTIRQ);
-
-	local_irq_enable();
-}
-
-/**
- * blk_iopoll_disable - Disable iopoll on this @iop
- * @iop:      The parent iopoll structure
- *
- * Description:
- *     Disable io polling and wait for any pending callbacks to have completed.
- **/
-void blk_iopoll_disable(struct blk_iopoll *iop)
-{
-	set_bit(IOPOLL_F_DISABLE, &iop->state);
-	while (test_and_set_bit(IOPOLL_F_SCHED, &iop->state))
-		msleep(1);
-	clear_bit(IOPOLL_F_DISABLE, &iop->state);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_iopoll_disable);
-
-/**
- * blk_iopoll_enable - Enable iopoll on this @iop
- * @iop:      The parent iopoll structure
- *
- * Description:
- *     Enable iopoll on this @iop. Note that the handler run will not be
- *     scheduled, it will only mark it as active.
- **/
-void blk_iopoll_enable(struct blk_iopoll *iop)
-{
-	BUG_ON(!test_bit(IOPOLL_F_SCHED, &iop->state));
-	smp_mb__before_atomic();
-	clear_bit_unlock(IOPOLL_F_SCHED, &iop->state);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_iopoll_enable);
-
-/**
- * blk_iopoll_init - Initialize this @iop
- * @iop:      The parent iopoll structure
- * @weight:   The default weight (or command completion budget)
- * @poll_fn:  The handler to invoke
- *
- * Description:
- *     Initialize this blk_iopoll structure. Before being actively used, the
- *     driver must call blk_iopoll_enable().
- **/
-void blk_iopoll_init(struct blk_iopoll *iop, int weight, blk_iopoll_fn *poll_fn)
-{
-	memset(iop, 0, sizeof(*iop));
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&iop->list);
-	iop->weight = weight;
-	iop->poll = poll_fn;
-	set_bit(IOPOLL_F_SCHED, &iop->state);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_iopoll_init);
-
-static int blk_iopoll_cpu_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
-				 unsigned long action, void *hcpu)
-{
-	/*
-	 * If a CPU goes away, splice its entries to the current CPU
-	 * and trigger a run of the softirq
-	 */
-	if (action == CPU_DEAD || action == CPU_DEAD_FROZEN) {
-		int cpu = (unsigned long) hcpu;
-
-		local_irq_disable();
-		list_splice_init(&per_cpu(blk_cpu_iopoll, cpu),
-				 this_cpu_ptr(&blk_cpu_iopoll));
-		__raise_softirq_irqoff(BLOCK_IOPOLL_SOFTIRQ);
-		local_irq_enable();
-	}
-
-	return NOTIFY_OK;
-}
-
-static struct notifier_block blk_iopoll_cpu_notifier = {
-	.notifier_call	= blk_iopoll_cpu_notify,
-};
-
-static __init int blk_iopoll_setup(void)
-{
-	int i;
-
-	for_each_possible_cpu(i)
-		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&per_cpu(blk_cpu_iopoll, i));
-
-	open_softirq(BLOCK_IOPOLL_SOFTIRQ, blk_iopoll_softirq);
-	register_hotcpu_notifier(&blk_iopoll_cpu_notifier);
-	return 0;
-}
-subsys_initcall(blk_iopoll_setup);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/Kconfig b/drivers/scsi/Kconfig
index 5f692ae..9209965 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/scsi/Kconfig
@@ -1102,6 +1102,7 @@ config SCSI_IPR
 	tristate "IBM Power Linux RAID adapter support"
 	depends on PCI && SCSI && ATA
 	select FW_LOADER
+	select IRQ_POLL
 	---help---
 	  This driver supports the IBM Power Linux family RAID adapters.
 	  This includes IBM pSeries 5712, 5703, 5709, and 570A, as well
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/be2iscsi/Kconfig b/drivers/scsi/be2iscsi/Kconfig
index 4e7cad2..bad5f32 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/be2iscsi/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/scsi/be2iscsi/Kconfig
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ config BE2ISCSI
 	depends on PCI && SCSI && NET
 	select SCSI_ISCSI_ATTRS
 	select ISCSI_BOOT_SYSFS
+	select IRQ_POLL
 
 	help
 	This driver implements the iSCSI functionality for Emulex
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/be2iscsi/be.h b/drivers/scsi/be2iscsi/be.h
index 77f992e..a41c643 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/be2iscsi/be.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/be2iscsi/be.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/pci.h>
 #include <linux/if_vlan.h>
-#include <linux/blk-iopoll.h>
+#include <linux/irq_poll.h>
 #define FW_VER_LEN	32
 #define MCC_Q_LEN	128
 #define MCC_CQ_LEN	256
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ struct be_eq_obj {
 	struct beiscsi_hba *phba;
 	struct be_queue_info *cq;
 	struct work_struct work_cqs; /* Work Item */
-	struct blk_iopoll	iopoll;
+	struct irq_poll	iopoll;
 };
 
 struct be_mcc_obj {
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/be2iscsi/be_iscsi.c b/drivers/scsi/be2iscsi/be_iscsi.c
index b7087ba..022e87b 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/be2iscsi/be_iscsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/be2iscsi/be_iscsi.c
@@ -1292,9 +1292,9 @@ static void beiscsi_flush_cq(struct beiscsi_hba *phba)
 
 	for (i = 0; i < phba->num_cpus; i++) {
 		pbe_eq = &phwi_context->be_eq[i];
-		blk_iopoll_disable(&pbe_eq->iopoll);
+		irq_poll_disable(&pbe_eq->iopoll);
 		beiscsi_process_cq(pbe_eq);
-		blk_iopoll_enable(&pbe_eq->iopoll);
+		irq_poll_enable(&pbe_eq->iopoll);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/be2iscsi/be_main.c b/drivers/scsi/be2iscsi/be_main.c
index fe0c514..1d879ef 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/be2iscsi/be_main.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/be2iscsi/be_main.c
@@ -910,8 +910,8 @@ static irqreturn_t be_isr_msix(int irq, void *dev_id)
 	num_eq_processed = 0;
 	while (eqe->dw[offsetof(struct amap_eq_entry, valid) / 32]
 				& EQE_VALID_MASK) {
-		if (!blk_iopoll_sched_prep(&pbe_eq->iopoll))
-			blk_iopoll_sched(&pbe_eq->iopoll);
+		if (!irq_poll_sched_prep(&pbe_eq->iopoll))
+			irq_poll_sched(&pbe_eq->iopoll);
 
 		AMAP_SET_BITS(struct amap_eq_entry, valid, eqe, 0);
 		queue_tail_inc(eq);
@@ -972,8 +972,8 @@ static irqreturn_t be_isr(int irq, void *dev_id)
 			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&phba->isr_lock, flags);
 			num_mcceq_processed++;
 		} else {
-			if (!blk_iopoll_sched_prep(&pbe_eq->iopoll))
-				blk_iopoll_sched(&pbe_eq->iopoll);
+			if (!irq_poll_sched_prep(&pbe_eq->iopoll))
+				irq_poll_sched(&pbe_eq->iopoll);
 			num_ioeq_processed++;
 		}
 		AMAP_SET_BITS(struct amap_eq_entry, valid, eqe, 0);
@@ -2295,7 +2295,7 @@ void beiscsi_process_all_cqs(struct work_struct *work)
 	hwi_ring_eq_db(phba, pbe_eq->q.id, 0, 0, 1, 1);
 }
 
-static int be_iopoll(struct blk_iopoll *iop, int budget)
+static int be_iopoll(struct irq_poll *iop, int budget)
 {
 	unsigned int ret;
 	struct beiscsi_hba *phba;
@@ -2306,7 +2306,7 @@ static int be_iopoll(struct blk_iopoll *iop, int budget)
 	pbe_eq->cq_count += ret;
 	if (ret < budget) {
 		phba = pbe_eq->phba;
-		blk_iopoll_complete(iop);
+		irq_poll_complete(iop);
 		beiscsi_log(phba, KERN_INFO,
 			    BEISCSI_LOG_CONFIG | BEISCSI_LOG_IO,
 			    "BM_%d : rearm pbe_eq->q.id =%d\n",
@@ -5293,7 +5293,7 @@ static void beiscsi_quiesce(struct beiscsi_hba *phba,
 
 	for (i = 0; i < phba->num_cpus; i++) {
 		pbe_eq = &phwi_context->be_eq[i];
-		blk_iopoll_disable(&pbe_eq->iopoll);
+		irq_poll_disable(&pbe_eq->iopoll);
 	}
 
 	if (unload_state == BEISCSI_CLEAN_UNLOAD) {
@@ -5579,9 +5579,9 @@ static void beiscsi_eeh_resume(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 
 	for (i = 0; i < phba->num_cpus; i++) {
 		pbe_eq = &phwi_context->be_eq[i];
-		blk_iopoll_init(&pbe_eq->iopoll, be_iopoll_budget,
+		irq_poll_init(&pbe_eq->iopoll, be_iopoll_budget,
 				be_iopoll);
-		blk_iopoll_enable(&pbe_eq->iopoll);
+		irq_poll_enable(&pbe_eq->iopoll);
 	}
 
 	i = (phba->msix_enabled) ? i : 0;
@@ -5752,9 +5752,9 @@ static int beiscsi_dev_probe(struct pci_dev *pcidev,
 
 	for (i = 0; i < phba->num_cpus; i++) {
 		pbe_eq = &phwi_context->be_eq[i];
-		blk_iopoll_init(&pbe_eq->iopoll, be_iopoll_budget,
+		irq_poll_init(&pbe_eq->iopoll, be_iopoll_budget,
 				be_iopoll);
-		blk_iopoll_enable(&pbe_eq->iopoll);
+		irq_poll_enable(&pbe_eq->iopoll);
 	}
 
 	i = (phba->msix_enabled) ? i : 0;
@@ -5795,7 +5795,7 @@ free_blkenbld:
 	destroy_workqueue(phba->wq);
 	for (i = 0; i < phba->num_cpus; i++) {
 		pbe_eq = &phwi_context->be_eq[i];
-		blk_iopoll_disable(&pbe_eq->iopoll);
+		irq_poll_disable(&pbe_eq->iopoll);
 	}
 free_twq:
 	beiscsi_clean_port(phba);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ipr.c b/drivers/scsi/ipr.c
index 536cd5a..6b9c738 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/ipr.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ipr.c
@@ -3638,7 +3638,7 @@ static struct device_attribute ipr_ioa_reset_attr = {
 	.store = ipr_store_reset_adapter
 };
 
-static int ipr_iopoll(struct blk_iopoll *iop, int budget);
+static int ipr_iopoll(struct irq_poll *iop, int budget);
  /**
  * ipr_show_iopoll_weight - Show ipr polling mode
  * @dev:	class device struct
@@ -3681,34 +3681,34 @@ static ssize_t ipr_store_iopoll_weight(struct device *dev,
 	int i;
 
 	if (!ioa_cfg->sis64) {
-		dev_info(&ioa_cfg->pdev->dev, "blk-iopoll not supported on this adapter\n");
+		dev_info(&ioa_cfg->pdev->dev, "irq_poll not supported on this adapter\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 	if (kstrtoul(buf, 10, &user_iopoll_weight))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (user_iopoll_weight > 256) {
-		dev_info(&ioa_cfg->pdev->dev, "Invalid blk-iopoll weight. It must be less than 256\n");
+		dev_info(&ioa_cfg->pdev->dev, "Invalid irq_poll weight. It must be less than 256\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	if (user_iopoll_weight == ioa_cfg->iopoll_weight) {
-		dev_info(&ioa_cfg->pdev->dev, "Current blk-iopoll weight has the same weight\n");
+		dev_info(&ioa_cfg->pdev->dev, "Current irq_poll weight has the same weight\n");
 		return strlen(buf);
 	}
 
 	if (ioa_cfg->iopoll_weight && ioa_cfg->sis64 && ioa_cfg->nvectors > 1) {
 		for (i = 1; i < ioa_cfg->hrrq_num; i++)
-			blk_iopoll_disable(&ioa_cfg->hrrq[i].iopoll);
+			irq_poll_disable(&ioa_cfg->hrrq[i].iopoll);
 	}
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(shost->host_lock, lock_flags);
 	ioa_cfg->iopoll_weight = user_iopoll_weight;
 	if (ioa_cfg->iopoll_weight && ioa_cfg->sis64 && ioa_cfg->nvectors > 1) {
 		for (i = 1; i < ioa_cfg->hrrq_num; i++) {
-			blk_iopoll_init(&ioa_cfg->hrrq[i].iopoll,
+			irq_poll_init(&ioa_cfg->hrrq[i].iopoll,
 					ioa_cfg->iopoll_weight, ipr_iopoll);
-			blk_iopoll_enable(&ioa_cfg->hrrq[i].iopoll);
+			irq_poll_enable(&ioa_cfg->hrrq[i].iopoll);
 		}
 	}
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(shost->host_lock, lock_flags);
@@ -5569,7 +5569,7 @@ static int ipr_process_hrrq(struct ipr_hrr_queue *hrr_queue, int budget,
 	return num_hrrq;
 }
 
-static int ipr_iopoll(struct blk_iopoll *iop, int budget)
+static int ipr_iopoll(struct irq_poll *iop, int budget)
 {
 	struct ipr_ioa_cfg *ioa_cfg;
 	struct ipr_hrr_queue *hrrq;
@@ -5585,7 +5585,7 @@ static int ipr_iopoll(struct blk_iopoll *iop, int budget)
 	completed_ops = ipr_process_hrrq(hrrq, budget, &doneq);
 
 	if (completed_ops < budget)
-		blk_iopoll_complete(iop);
+		irq_poll_complete(iop);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(hrrq->lock, hrrq_flags);
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(ipr_cmd, temp, &doneq, queue) {
@@ -5693,8 +5693,8 @@ static irqreturn_t ipr_isr_mhrrq(int irq, void *devp)
 	if (ioa_cfg->iopoll_weight && ioa_cfg->sis64 && ioa_cfg->nvectors > 1) {
 		if ((be32_to_cpu(*hrrq->hrrq_curr) & IPR_HRRQ_TOGGLE_BIT) ==
 		       hrrq->toggle_bit) {
-			if (!blk_iopoll_sched_prep(&hrrq->iopoll))
-				blk_iopoll_sched(&hrrq->iopoll);
+			if (!irq_poll_sched_prep(&hrrq->iopoll))
+				irq_poll_sched(&hrrq->iopoll);
 			spin_unlock_irqrestore(hrrq->lock, hrrq_flags);
 			return IRQ_HANDLED;
 		}
@@ -10405,9 +10405,9 @@ static int ipr_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *dev_id)
 
 	if (ioa_cfg->iopoll_weight && ioa_cfg->sis64 && ioa_cfg->nvectors > 1) {
 		for (i = 1; i < ioa_cfg->hrrq_num; i++) {
-			blk_iopoll_init(&ioa_cfg->hrrq[i].iopoll,
+			irq_poll_init(&ioa_cfg->hrrq[i].iopoll,
 					ioa_cfg->iopoll_weight, ipr_iopoll);
-			blk_iopoll_enable(&ioa_cfg->hrrq[i].iopoll);
+			irq_poll_enable(&ioa_cfg->hrrq[i].iopoll);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -10436,7 +10436,7 @@ static void ipr_shutdown(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 	if (ioa_cfg->iopoll_weight && ioa_cfg->sis64 && ioa_cfg->nvectors > 1) {
 		ioa_cfg->iopoll_weight = 0;
 		for (i = 1; i < ioa_cfg->hrrq_num; i++)
-			blk_iopoll_disable(&ioa_cfg->hrrq[i].iopoll);
+			irq_poll_disable(&ioa_cfg->hrrq[i].iopoll);
 	}
 
 	while (ioa_cfg->in_reset_reload) {
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ipr.h b/drivers/scsi/ipr.h
index a34c7a5..56c5706 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/ipr.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ipr.h
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 #include <linux/libata.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/kref.h>
-#include <linux/blk-iopoll.h>
+#include <linux/irq_poll.h>
 #include <scsi/scsi.h>
 #include <scsi/scsi_cmnd.h>
 
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ struct ipr_hrr_queue {
 	u8 allow_cmds:1;
 	u8 removing_ioa:1;
 
-	struct blk_iopoll iopoll;
+	struct irq_poll iopoll;
 };
 
 /* Command packet structure */
diff --git a/include/linux/blk-iopoll.h b/include/linux/blk-iopoll.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 77ae77c..0000000
--- a/include/linux/blk-iopoll.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef BLK_IOPOLL_H
-#define BLK_IOPOLL_H
-
-struct blk_iopoll;
-typedef int (blk_iopoll_fn)(struct blk_iopoll *, int);
-
-struct blk_iopoll {
-	struct list_head list;
-	unsigned long state;
-	unsigned long data;
-	int weight;
-	int max;
-	blk_iopoll_fn *poll;
-};
-
-enum {
-	IOPOLL_F_SCHED		= 0,
-	IOPOLL_F_DISABLE	= 1,
-};
-
-/*
- * Returns 0 if we successfully set the IOPOLL_F_SCHED bit, indicating
- * that we were the first to acquire this iop for scheduling. If this iop
- * is currently disabled, return "failure".
- */
-static inline int blk_iopoll_sched_prep(struct blk_iopoll *iop)
-{
-	if (!test_bit(IOPOLL_F_DISABLE, &iop->state))
-		return test_and_set_bit(IOPOLL_F_SCHED, &iop->state);
-
-	return 1;
-}
-
-static inline int blk_iopoll_disable_pending(struct blk_iopoll *iop)
-{
-	return test_bit(IOPOLL_F_DISABLE, &iop->state);
-}
-
-extern void blk_iopoll_sched(struct blk_iopoll *);
-extern void blk_iopoll_init(struct blk_iopoll *, int, blk_iopoll_fn *);
-extern void blk_iopoll_complete(struct blk_iopoll *);
-extern void __blk_iopoll_complete(struct blk_iopoll *);
-extern void blk_iopoll_enable(struct blk_iopoll *);
-extern void blk_iopoll_disable(struct blk_iopoll *);
-
-#endif
diff --git a/include/linux/interrupt.h b/include/linux/interrupt.h
index ad16809..7ff98c2 100644
--- a/include/linux/interrupt.h
+++ b/include/linux/interrupt.h
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ enum
 	NET_TX_SOFTIRQ,
 	NET_RX_SOFTIRQ,
 	BLOCK_SOFTIRQ,
-	BLOCK_IOPOLL_SOFTIRQ,
+	IRQ_POLL_SOFTIRQ,
 	TASKLET_SOFTIRQ,
 	SCHED_SOFTIRQ,
 	HRTIMER_SOFTIRQ, /* Unused, but kept as tools rely on the
diff --git a/include/linux/irq_poll.h b/include/linux/irq_poll.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0cf7c26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/irq_poll.h
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#ifndef IRQ_POLL_H
+#define IRQ_POLL_H
+
+struct irq_poll;
+typedef int (irq_poll_fn)(struct irq_poll *, int);
+
+struct irq_poll {
+	struct list_head list;
+	unsigned long state;
+	unsigned long data;
+	int weight;
+	int max;
+	irq_poll_fn *poll;
+};
+
+enum {
+	IRQ_POLL_F_SCHED		= 0,
+	IRQ_POLL_F_DISABLE	= 1,
+};
+
+/*
+ * Returns 0 if we successfully set the IRQ_POLL_F_SCHED bit, indicating
+ * that we were the first to acquire this iop for scheduling. If this iop
+ * is currently disabled, return "failure".
+ */
+static inline int irq_poll_sched_prep(struct irq_poll *iop)
+{
+	if (!test_bit(IRQ_POLL_F_DISABLE, &iop->state))
+		return test_and_set_bit(IRQ_POLL_F_SCHED, &iop->state);
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
+static inline int irq_poll_disable_pending(struct irq_poll *iop)
+{
+	return test_bit(IRQ_POLL_F_DISABLE, &iop->state);
+}
+
+extern void irq_poll_sched(struct irq_poll *);
+extern void irq_poll_init(struct irq_poll *, int, irq_poll_fn *);
+extern void irq_poll_complete(struct irq_poll *);
+extern void __irq_poll_complete(struct irq_poll *);
+extern void irq_poll_enable(struct irq_poll *);
+extern void irq_poll_disable(struct irq_poll *);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/include/trace/events/irq.h b/include/trace/events/irq.h
index ff8f6c0..f95f25e 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/irq.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/irq.h
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ struct softirq_action;
 			 softirq_name(NET_TX)		\
 			 softirq_name(NET_RX)		\
 			 softirq_name(BLOCK)		\
-			 softirq_name(BLOCK_IOPOLL)	\
+			 softirq_name(IRQ_POLL)		\
 			 softirq_name(TASKLET)		\
 			 softirq_name(SCHED)		\
 			 softirq_name(HRTIMER)		\
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig b/lib/Kconfig
index f0df318..e00e196 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig
+++ b/lib/Kconfig
@@ -475,6 +475,11 @@ config DDR
 	  information. This data is useful for drivers handling
 	  DDR SDRAM controllers.
 
+config IRQ_POLL
+	bool "IRQ polling library"
+	help
+	  Helper library to poll interrupt mitigation using polling.
+
 config MPILIB
 	tristate
 	select CLZ_TAB
diff --git a/lib/Makefile b/lib/Makefile
index 7f1de26..1478ae2 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile
+++ b/lib/Makefile
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_GENERIC_NET_UTILS) += net_utils.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_SG_SPLIT) += sg_split.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_STMP_DEVICE) += stmp_device.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_IRQ_POLL) += irq_poll.o
 
 libfdt_files = fdt.o fdt_ro.o fdt_wip.o fdt_rw.o fdt_sw.o fdt_strerror.o \
 	       fdt_empty_tree.o
diff --git a/lib/irq_poll.c b/lib/irq_poll.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e6fd1dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/irq_poll.c
@@ -0,0 +1,221 @@
+/*
+ * Functions related to interrupt-poll handling in the block layer. This
+ * is similar to NAPI for network devices.
+ */
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/bio.h>
+#include <linux/interrupt.h>
+#include <linux/cpu.h>
+#include <linux/irq_poll.h>
+#include <linux/delay.h>
+
+static unsigned int irq_poll_budget __read_mostly = 256;
+
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct list_head, blk_cpu_iopoll);
+
+/**
+ * irq_poll_sched - Schedule a run of the iopoll handler
+ * @iop:      The parent iopoll structure
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *     Add this irq_poll structure to the pending poll list and trigger the
+ *     raise of the blk iopoll softirq. The driver must already have gotten a
+ *     successful return from irq_poll_sched_prep() before calling this.
+ **/
+void irq_poll_sched(struct irq_poll *iop)
+{
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	local_irq_save(flags);
+	list_add_tail(&iop->list, this_cpu_ptr(&blk_cpu_iopoll));
+	__raise_softirq_irqoff(IRQ_POLL_SOFTIRQ);
+	local_irq_restore(flags);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(irq_poll_sched);
+
+/**
+ * __irq_poll_complete - Mark this @iop as un-polled again
+ * @iop:      The parent iopoll structure
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *     See irq_poll_complete(). This function must be called with interrupts
+ *     disabled.
+ **/
+void __irq_poll_complete(struct irq_poll *iop)
+{
+	list_del(&iop->list);
+	smp_mb__before_atomic();
+	clear_bit_unlock(IRQ_POLL_F_SCHED, &iop->state);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__irq_poll_complete);
+
+/**
+ * irq_poll_complete - Mark this @iop as un-polled again
+ * @iop:      The parent iopoll structure
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *     If a driver consumes less than the assigned budget in its run of the
+ *     iopoll handler, it'll end the polled mode by calling this function. The
+ *     iopoll handler will not be invoked again before irq_poll_sched_prep()
+ *     is called.
+ **/
+void irq_poll_complete(struct irq_poll *iop)
+{
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	local_irq_save(flags);
+	__irq_poll_complete(iop);
+	local_irq_restore(flags);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(irq_poll_complete);
+
+static void irq_poll_softirq(struct softirq_action *h)
+{
+	struct list_head *list = this_cpu_ptr(&blk_cpu_iopoll);
+	int rearm = 0, budget = irq_poll_budget;
+	unsigned long start_time = jiffies;
+
+	local_irq_disable();
+
+	while (!list_empty(list)) {
+		struct irq_poll *iop;
+		int work, weight;
+
+		/*
+		 * If softirq window is exhausted then punt.
+		 */
+		if (budget <= 0 || time_after(jiffies, start_time)) {
+			rearm = 1;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		local_irq_enable();
+
+		/* Even though interrupts have been re-enabled, this
+		 * access is safe because interrupts can only add new
+		 * entries to the tail of this list, and only ->poll()
+		 * calls can remove this head entry from the list.
+		 */
+		iop = list_entry(list->next, struct irq_poll, list);
+
+		weight = iop->weight;
+		work = 0;
+		if (test_bit(IRQ_POLL_F_SCHED, &iop->state))
+			work = iop->poll(iop, weight);
+
+		budget -= work;
+
+		local_irq_disable();
+
+		/*
+		 * Drivers must not modify the iopoll state, if they
+		 * consume their assigned weight (or more, some drivers can't
+		 * easily just stop processing, they have to complete an
+		 * entire mask of commands).In such cases this code
+		 * still "owns" the iopoll instance and therefore can
+		 * move the instance around on the list at-will.
+		 */
+		if (work >= weight) {
+			if (irq_poll_disable_pending(iop))
+				__irq_poll_complete(iop);
+			else
+				list_move_tail(&iop->list, list);
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (rearm)
+		__raise_softirq_irqoff(IRQ_POLL_SOFTIRQ);
+
+	local_irq_enable();
+}
+
+/**
+ * irq_poll_disable - Disable iopoll on this @iop
+ * @iop:      The parent iopoll structure
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *     Disable io polling and wait for any pending callbacks to have completed.
+ **/
+void irq_poll_disable(struct irq_poll *iop)
+{
+	set_bit(IRQ_POLL_F_DISABLE, &iop->state);
+	while (test_and_set_bit(IRQ_POLL_F_SCHED, &iop->state))
+		msleep(1);
+	clear_bit(IRQ_POLL_F_DISABLE, &iop->state);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(irq_poll_disable);
+
+/**
+ * irq_poll_enable - Enable iopoll on this @iop
+ * @iop:      The parent iopoll structure
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *     Enable iopoll on this @iop. Note that the handler run will not be
+ *     scheduled, it will only mark it as active.
+ **/
+void irq_poll_enable(struct irq_poll *iop)
+{
+	BUG_ON(!test_bit(IRQ_POLL_F_SCHED, &iop->state));
+	smp_mb__before_atomic();
+	clear_bit_unlock(IRQ_POLL_F_SCHED, &iop->state);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(irq_poll_enable);
+
+/**
+ * irq_poll_init - Initialize this @iop
+ * @iop:      The parent iopoll structure
+ * @weight:   The default weight (or command completion budget)
+ * @poll_fn:  The handler to invoke
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *     Initialize this irq_poll structure. Before being actively used, the
+ *     driver must call irq_poll_enable().
+ **/
+void irq_poll_init(struct irq_poll *iop, int weight, irq_poll_fn *poll_fn)
+{
+	memset(iop, 0, sizeof(*iop));
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&iop->list);
+	iop->weight = weight;
+	iop->poll = poll_fn;
+	set_bit(IRQ_POLL_F_SCHED, &iop->state);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(irq_poll_init);
+
+static int irq_poll_cpu_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
+				 unsigned long action, void *hcpu)
+{
+	/*
+	 * If a CPU goes away, splice its entries to the current CPU
+	 * and trigger a run of the softirq
+	 */
+	if (action == CPU_DEAD || action == CPU_DEAD_FROZEN) {
+		int cpu = (unsigned long) hcpu;
+
+		local_irq_disable();
+		list_splice_init(&per_cpu(blk_cpu_iopoll, cpu),
+				 this_cpu_ptr(&blk_cpu_iopoll));
+		__raise_softirq_irqoff(IRQ_POLL_SOFTIRQ);
+		local_irq_enable();
+	}
+
+	return NOTIFY_OK;
+}
+
+static struct notifier_block irq_poll_cpu_notifier = {
+	.notifier_call	= irq_poll_cpu_notify,
+};
+
+static __init int irq_poll_setup(void)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for_each_possible_cpu(i)
+		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&per_cpu(blk_cpu_iopoll, i));
+
+	open_softirq(IRQ_POLL_SOFTIRQ, irq_poll_softirq);
+	register_hotcpu_notifier(&irq_poll_cpu_notifier);
+	return 0;
+}
+subsys_initcall(irq_poll_setup);
diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
index 2a912df..af5a316 100644
--- a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
@@ -3746,7 +3746,7 @@ static const struct flag flags[] = {
 	{ "NET_TX_SOFTIRQ", 2 },
 	{ "NET_RX_SOFTIRQ", 3 },
 	{ "BLOCK_SOFTIRQ", 4 },
-	{ "BLOCK_IOPOLL_SOFTIRQ", 5 },
+	{ "IRQ_POLL_SOFTIRQ", 5 },
 	{ "TASKLET_SOFTIRQ", 6 },
 	{ "SCHED_SOFTIRQ", 7 },
 	{ "HRTIMER_SOFTIRQ", 8 },
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c
index 8ff7d62..33b52ea 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ static const struct flag flags[] = {
 	{ "NET_TX_SOFTIRQ", 2 },
 	{ "NET_RX_SOFTIRQ", 3 },
 	{ "BLOCK_SOFTIRQ", 4 },
-	{ "BLOCK_IOPOLL_SOFTIRQ", 5 },
+	{ "IRQ_POLL_SOFTIRQ", 5 },
 	{ "TASKLET_SOFTIRQ", 6 },
 	{ "SCHED_SOFTIRQ", 7 },
 	{ "HRTIMER_SOFTIRQ", 8 },
