diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c b/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
index ce26c84..3326750 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
@@ -1060,7 +1060,7 @@
 		goto bad_page_pool;
 	}
 
-	cc->bs = bioset_create(MIN_IOS, MIN_IOS);
+	cc->bs = bioset_create(MIN_IOS, 0);
 	if (!cc->bs) {
 		ti->error = "Cannot allocate crypt bioset";
 		goto bad_bs;
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-io.c b/drivers/md/dm-io.c
index 2fd6d44..a343385 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-io.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-io.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 	if (!client->pool)
 		goto bad;
 
-	client->bios = bioset_create(16, 16);
+	client->bios = bioset_create(16, 0);
 	if (!client->bios)
 		goto bad;
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm.c b/drivers/md/dm.c
index 343094c..421c9f0 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm.c
@@ -1093,7 +1093,7 @@
 	if (!md->tio_pool)
 		goto bad_tio_pool;
 
-	md->bs = bioset_create(16, 16);
+	md->bs = bioset_create(16, 0);
 	if (!md->bs)
 		goto bad_no_bioset;
 
diff --git a/fs/bio-integrity.c b/fs/bio-integrity.c
index 19caf7c..77ebc3c 100644
--- a/fs/bio-integrity.c
+++ b/fs/bio-integrity.c
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
 	    && bip->bip_buf != NULL)
 		kfree(bip->bip_buf);
 
-	mempool_free(bip->bip_vec, bs->bvec_pools[bip->bip_pool]);
+	bvec_free_bs(bs, bip->bip_vec, bip->bip_pool);
 	mempool_free(bip, bs->bio_integrity_pool);
 
 	bio->bi_integrity = NULL;
diff --git a/fs/bio.c b/fs/bio.c
index 1ab8986..0146f80 100644
--- a/fs/bio.c
+++ b/fs/bio.c
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@
 
 DEFINE_TRACE(block_split);
 
-static struct kmem_cache *bio_slab __read_mostly;
-
 static mempool_t *bio_split_pool __read_mostly;
 
 /*
@@ -40,9 +38,8 @@
  * break badly! cannot be bigger than what you can fit into an
  * unsigned short
  */
-
 #define BV(x) { .nr_vecs = x, .name = "biovec-"__stringify(x) }
-static struct biovec_slab bvec_slabs[BIOVEC_NR_POOLS] __read_mostly = {
+struct biovec_slab bvec_slabs[BIOVEC_NR_POOLS] __read_mostly = {
 	BV(1), BV(4), BV(16), BV(64), BV(128), BV(BIO_MAX_PAGES),
 };
 #undef BV
@@ -53,11 +50,119 @@
  */
 struct bio_set *fs_bio_set;
 
+/*
+ * Our slab pool management
+ */
+struct bio_slab {
+	struct kmem_cache *slab;
+	unsigned int slab_ref;
+	unsigned int slab_size;
+	char name[8];
+};
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(bio_slab_lock);
+static struct bio_slab *bio_slabs;
+static unsigned int bio_slab_nr, bio_slab_max;
+
+static struct kmem_cache *bio_find_or_create_slab(unsigned int extra_size)
+{
+	unsigned int sz = sizeof(struct bio) + extra_size;
+	struct kmem_cache *slab = NULL;
+	struct bio_slab *bslab;
+	unsigned int i, entry = -1;
+
+	mutex_lock(&bio_slab_lock);
+
+	i = 0;
+	while (i < bio_slab_nr) {
+		struct bio_slab *bslab = &bio_slabs[i];
+
+		if (!bslab->slab && entry == -1)
+			entry = i;
+		else if (bslab->slab_size == sz) {
+			slab = bslab->slab;
+			bslab->slab_ref++;
+			break;
+		}
+		i++;
+	}
+
+	if (slab)
+		goto out_unlock;
+
+	if (bio_slab_nr == bio_slab_max && entry == -1) {
+		bio_slab_max <<= 1;
+		bio_slabs = krealloc(bio_slabs,
+				     bio_slab_max * sizeof(struct bio_slab),
+				     GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!bio_slabs)
+			goto out_unlock;
+	}
+	if (entry == -1)
+		entry = bio_slab_nr++;
+
+	bslab = &bio_slabs[entry];
+
+	snprintf(bslab->name, sizeof(bslab->name), "bio-%d", entry);
+	slab = kmem_cache_create(bslab->name, sz, 0, SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN, NULL);
+	if (!slab)
+		goto out_unlock;
+
+	printk("bio: create slab <%s> at %d\n", bslab->name, entry);
+	bslab->slab = slab;
+	bslab->slab_ref = 1;
+	bslab->slab_size = sz;
+out_unlock:
+	mutex_unlock(&bio_slab_lock);
+	return slab;
+}
+
+static void bio_put_slab(struct bio_set *bs)
+{
+	struct bio_slab *bslab = NULL;
+	unsigned int i;
+
+	mutex_lock(&bio_slab_lock);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < bio_slab_nr; i++) {
+		if (bs->bio_slab == bio_slabs[i].slab) {
+			bslab = &bio_slabs[i];
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (WARN(!bslab, KERN_ERR "bio: unable to find slab!\n"))
+		goto out;
+
+	WARN_ON(!bslab->slab_ref);
+
+	if (--bslab->slab_ref)
+		goto out;
+
+	kmem_cache_destroy(bslab->slab);
+	bslab->slab = NULL;
+
+out:
+	mutex_unlock(&bio_slab_lock);
+}
+
 unsigned int bvec_nr_vecs(unsigned short idx)
 {
 	return bvec_slabs[idx].nr_vecs;
 }
 
+void bvec_free_bs(struct bio_set *bs, struct bio_vec *bv, unsigned int idx)
+{
+	BIO_BUG_ON(idx >= BIOVEC_NR_POOLS);
+
+	if (idx == BIOVEC_MAX_IDX)
+		mempool_free(bv, bs->bvec_pool);
+	else {
+		struct biovec_slab *bvs = bvec_slabs + idx;
+
+		kmem_cache_free(bvs->slab, bv);
+	}
+}
+
 struct bio_vec *bvec_alloc_bs(gfp_t gfp_mask, int nr, unsigned long *idx,
 			      struct bio_set *bs)
 {
@@ -134,24 +239,22 @@
 
 void bio_free(struct bio *bio, struct bio_set *bs)
 {
-	if (bio->bi_io_vec) {
-		const int pool_idx = BIO_POOL_IDX(bio);
+	void *p;
 
-		BIO_BUG_ON(pool_idx >= BIOVEC_NR_POOLS);
-
-		if (pool_idx == BIOVEC_MAX_IDX)
-			mempool_free(bio->bi_io_vec, bs->bvec_pool);
-		else {
-			struct biovec_slab *bvs = bvec_slabs + pool_idx;
-
-			kmem_cache_free(bvs->slab, bio->bi_io_vec);
-		}
-	}
+	if (bio->bi_io_vec)
+		bvec_free_bs(bs, bio->bi_io_vec, BIO_POOL_IDX(bio));
 
 	if (bio_integrity(bio))
 		bio_integrity_free(bio, bs);
 
-	mempool_free(bio, bs->bio_pool);
+	/*
+	 * If we have front padding, adjust the bio pointer before freeing
+	 */
+	p = bio;
+	if (bs->front_pad)
+		p -= bs->front_pad;
+
+	mempool_free(p, bs->bio_pool);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -188,16 +291,20 @@
  *   for a &struct bio to become free. If a %NULL @bs is passed in, we will
  *   fall back to just using @kmalloc to allocate the required memory.
  *
- *   allocate bio and iovecs from the memory pools specified by the
- *   bio_set structure, or @kmalloc if none given.
+ *   Note that the caller must set ->bi_destructor on succesful return
+ *   of a bio, to do the appropriate freeing of the bio once the reference
+ *   count drops to zero.
  **/
 struct bio *bio_alloc_bioset(gfp_t gfp_mask, int nr_iovecs, struct bio_set *bs)
 {
-	struct bio *bio;
+	struct bio *bio = NULL;
 
-	if (bs)
-		bio = mempool_alloc(bs->bio_pool, gfp_mask);
-	else
+	if (bs) {
+		void *p = mempool_alloc(bs->bio_pool, gfp_mask);
+
+		if (p)
+			bio = p + bs->front_pad;
+	} else
 		bio = kmalloc(sizeof(*bio), gfp_mask);
 
 	if (likely(bio)) {
@@ -1398,11 +1505,25 @@
 
 	bioset_integrity_free(bs);
 	biovec_free_pools(bs);
+	bio_put_slab(bs);
 
 	kfree(bs);
 }
 
-struct bio_set *bioset_create(int bio_pool_size, int bvec_pool_size)
+/**
+ * bioset_create  - Create a bio_set
+ * @pool_size:	Number of bio and bio_vecs to cache in the mempool
+ * @front_pad:	Number of bytes to allocate in front of the returned bio
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *    Set up a bio_set to be used with @bio_alloc_bioset. Allows the caller
+ *    to ask for a number of bytes to be allocated in front of the bio.
+ *    Front pad allocation is useful for embedding the bio inside
+ *    another structure, to avoid allocating extra data to go with the bio.
+ *    Note that the bio must be embedded at the END of that structure always,
+ *    or things will break badly.
+ */
+struct bio_set *bioset_create(unsigned int pool_size, unsigned int front_pad)
 {
 	struct bio_set *bs;
 
@@ -1410,16 +1531,22 @@
 	if (!bs)
 		return NULL;
 
-	bs->bio_slab = bio_slab;
+	bs->front_pad = front_pad;
 
-	bs->bio_pool = mempool_create_slab_pool(bio_pool_size, bs->bio_slab);
+	bs->bio_slab = bio_find_or_create_slab(front_pad);
+	if (!bs->bio_slab) {
+		kfree(bs);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	bs->bio_pool = mempool_create_slab_pool(pool_size, bs->bio_slab);
 	if (!bs->bio_pool)
 		goto bad;
 
-	if (bioset_integrity_create(bs, bio_pool_size))
+	if (bioset_integrity_create(bs, pool_size))
 		goto bad;
 
-	if (!biovec_create_pools(bs, bvec_pool_size))
+	if (!biovec_create_pools(bs, pool_size))
 		return bs;
 
 bad:
@@ -1443,12 +1570,16 @@
 
 static int __init init_bio(void)
 {
-	bio_slab = KMEM_CACHE(bio, SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN|SLAB_PANIC);
+	bio_slab_max = 2;
+	bio_slab_nr = 0;
+	bio_slabs = kzalloc(bio_slab_max * sizeof(struct bio_slab), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!bio_slabs)
+		panic("bio: can't allocate bios\n");
 
 	bio_integrity_init_slab();
 	biovec_init_slabs();
 
-	fs_bio_set = bioset_create(BIO_POOL_SIZE, 2);
+	fs_bio_set = bioset_create(BIO_POOL_SIZE, 0);
 	if (!fs_bio_set)
 		panic("bio: can't allocate bios\n");
 
diff --git a/include/linux/bio.h b/include/linux/bio.h
index 9340098..4b80d35 100644
--- a/include/linux/bio.h
+++ b/include/linux/bio.h
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@
 extern struct bio_pair *bio_split(struct bio *bi, int first_sectors);
 extern void bio_pair_release(struct bio_pair *dbio);
 
-extern struct bio_set *bioset_create(int, int);
+extern struct bio_set *bioset_create(unsigned int, unsigned int);
 extern void bioset_free(struct bio_set *);
 
 extern struct bio *bio_alloc(gfp_t, int);
@@ -379,6 +379,7 @@
 extern int bio_uncopy_user(struct bio *);
 void zero_fill_bio(struct bio *bio);
 extern struct bio_vec *bvec_alloc_bs(gfp_t, int, unsigned long *, struct bio_set *);
+extern void bvec_free_bs(struct bio_set *, struct bio_vec *, unsigned int);
 extern unsigned int bvec_nr_vecs(unsigned short idx);
 
 /*
@@ -401,6 +402,8 @@
 
 struct bio_set {
 	struct kmem_cache *bio_slab;
+	unsigned int front_pad;
+
 	mempool_t *bio_pool;
 #if defined(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INTEGRITY)
 	mempool_t *bio_integrity_pool;
@@ -415,6 +418,7 @@
 };
 
 extern struct bio_set *fs_bio_set;
+extern struct biovec_slab bvec_slabs[BIOVEC_NR_POOLS] __read_mostly;
 
 /*
  * a small number of entries is fine, not going to be performance critical.