diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index c822239bcc9d..52559715cb90 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -1114,24 +1114,24 @@ void init_request_from_bio(struct request *req, struct bio *bio)
 	 * Inherit FAILFAST from bio (for read-ahead, and explicit
 	 * FAILFAST).  FAILFAST flags are identical for req and bio.
 	 */
-	if (bio_rw_ahead(bio))
+	if (bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_AHEAD))
 		req->cmd_flags |= REQ_FAILFAST_MASK;
 	else
 		req->cmd_flags |= bio->bi_rw & REQ_FAILFAST_MASK;
 
-	if (unlikely(bio_discard(bio))) {
+	if (unlikely(bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_DISCARD))) {
 		req->cmd_flags |= REQ_DISCARD;
-		if (bio_barrier(bio))
+		if (bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_BARRIER))
 			req->cmd_flags |= REQ_SOFTBARRIER;
 		req->q->prepare_discard_fn(req->q, req);
-	} else if (unlikely(bio_barrier(bio)))
+	} else if (unlikely(bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_BARRIER)))
 		req->cmd_flags |= REQ_HARDBARRIER;
 
-	if (bio_sync(bio))
+	if (bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_SYNCIO))
 		req->cmd_flags |= REQ_RW_SYNC;
-	if (bio_rw_meta(bio))
+	if (bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_META))
 		req->cmd_flags |= REQ_RW_META;
-	if (bio_noidle(bio))
+	if (bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_NOIDLE))
 		req->cmd_flags |= REQ_NOIDLE;
 
 	req->errors = 0;
@@ -1155,12 +1155,12 @@ static int __make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 	int el_ret;
 	unsigned int bytes = bio->bi_size;
 	const unsigned short prio = bio_prio(bio);
-	const int sync = bio_sync(bio);
-	const int unplug = bio_unplug(bio);
+	const bool sync = bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_SYNCIO);
+	const bool unplug = bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_UNPLUG);
 	const unsigned int ff = bio->bi_rw & REQ_FAILFAST_MASK;
 	int rw_flags;
 
-	if (bio_barrier(bio) && bio_has_data(bio) &&
+	if (bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_BARRIER) && bio_has_data(bio) &&
 	    (q->next_ordered == QUEUE_ORDERED_NONE)) {
 		bio_endio(bio, -EOPNOTSUPP);
 		return 0;
@@ -1174,7 +1174,7 @@ static int __make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 
 	spin_lock_irq(q->queue_lock);
 
-	if (unlikely(bio_barrier(bio)) || elv_queue_empty(q))
+	if (unlikely(bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_BARRIER)) || elv_queue_empty(q))
 		goto get_rq;
 
 	el_ret = elv_merge(q, &req, bio);
@@ -1470,7 +1470,8 @@ static inline void __generic_make_request(struct bio *bio)
 		if (bio_check_eod(bio, nr_sectors))
 			goto end_io;
 
-		if (bio_discard(bio) && !q->prepare_discard_fn) {
+		if (bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_DISCARD) &&
+		    !q->prepare_discard_fn) {
 			err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
 			goto end_io;
 		}
diff --git a/block/cfq-iosched.c b/block/cfq-iosched.c
index ca0d7e71324b..9e6d0af6c990 100644
--- a/block/cfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/cfq-iosched.c
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ static inline void cic_set_cfqq(struct cfq_io_context *cic,
  */
 static inline int cfq_bio_sync(struct bio *bio)
 {
-	if (bio_data_dir(bio) == READ || bio_sync(bio))
+	if (bio_data_dir(bio) == READ || bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_SYNCIO))
 		return 1;
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/block/elevator.c b/block/elevator.c
index ca861927ba41..1975b619c86d 100644
--- a/block/elevator.c
+++ b/block/elevator.c
@@ -79,7 +79,8 @@ int elv_rq_merge_ok(struct request *rq, struct bio *bio)
 	/*
 	 * Don't merge file system requests and discard requests
 	 */
-	if (bio_discard(bio) != bio_discard(rq->bio))
+	if (bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_DISCARD) !=
+	    bio_rw_flagged(rq->bio, BIO_RW_DISCARD))
 		return 0;
 
 	/*
diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index 5757188cd1fb..bbb79441d895 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ static int do_bio_filebacked(struct loop_device *lo, struct bio *bio)
 	pos = ((loff_t) bio->bi_sector << 9) + lo->lo_offset;
 
 	if (bio_rw(bio) == WRITE) {
-		int barrier = bio_barrier(bio);
+		bool barrier = bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_BARRIER);
 		struct file *file = lo->lo_backing_file;
 
 		if (barrier) {
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-raid1.c b/drivers/md/dm-raid1.c
index 33f179e66bf5..cc9dc79b0784 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-raid1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-raid1.c
@@ -1129,7 +1129,7 @@ static int mirror_end_io(struct dm_target *ti, struct bio *bio,
 	if (error == -EOPNOTSUPP)
 		goto out;
 
-	if ((error == -EWOULDBLOCK) && bio_rw_ahead(bio))
+	if ((error == -EWOULDBLOCK) && bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_AHEAD))
 		goto out;
 
 	if (unlikely(error)) {
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-stripe.c b/drivers/md/dm-stripe.c
index 3e563d251733..fde658ccbcec 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-stripe.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-stripe.c
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ static int stripe_end_io(struct dm_target *ti, struct bio *bio,
 	if (!error)
 		return 0; /* I/O complete */
 
-	if ((error == -EWOULDBLOCK) && bio_rw_ahead(bio))
+	if ((error == -EWOULDBLOCK) && bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_AHEAD))
 		return error;
 
 	if (error == -EOPNOTSUPP)
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm.c b/drivers/md/dm.c
index b4845b14740d..ec012f030240 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm.c
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ static void dec_pending(struct dm_io *io, int error)
 			 */
 			spin_lock_irqsave(&md->deferred_lock, flags);
 			if (__noflush_suspending(md)) {
-				if (!bio_barrier(io->bio))
+				if (!bio_rw_flagged(io->bio, BIO_RW_BARRIER))
 					bio_list_add_head(&md->deferred,
 							  io->bio);
 			} else
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ static void dec_pending(struct dm_io *io, int error)
 		io_error = io->error;
 		bio = io->bio;
 
-		if (bio_barrier(bio)) {
+		if (bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_BARRIER)) {
 			/*
 			 * There can be just one barrier request so we use
 			 * a per-device variable for error reporting.
@@ -1209,7 +1209,7 @@ static void __split_and_process_bio(struct mapped_device *md, struct bio *bio)
 
 	ci.map = dm_get_table(md);
 	if (unlikely(!ci.map)) {
-		if (!bio_barrier(bio))
+		if (!bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_BARRIER))
 			bio_io_error(bio);
 		else
 			if (!md->barrier_error)
@@ -1321,7 +1321,7 @@ static int _dm_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 	 * we have to queue this io for later.
 	 */
 	if (unlikely(test_bit(DMF_QUEUE_IO_TO_THREAD, &md->flags)) ||
-	    unlikely(bio_barrier(bio))) {
+	    unlikely(bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_BARRIER))) {
 		up_read(&md->io_lock);
 
 		if (unlikely(test_bit(DMF_BLOCK_IO_FOR_SUSPEND, &md->flags)) &&
@@ -1344,7 +1344,7 @@ static int dm_make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 {
 	struct mapped_device *md = q->queuedata;
 
-	if (unlikely(bio_barrier(bio))) {
+	if (unlikely(bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_BARRIER))) {
 		bio_endio(bio, -EOPNOTSUPP);
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -2164,7 +2164,7 @@ static void dm_wq_work(struct work_struct *work)
 		if (dm_request_based(md))
 			generic_make_request(c);
 		else {
-			if (bio_barrier(c))
+			if (bio_rw_flagged(c, BIO_RW_BARRIER))
 				process_barrier(md, c);
 			else
 				__split_and_process_bio(md, c);
diff --git a/drivers/md/linear.c b/drivers/md/linear.c
index 5fe39c2a3d2b..ea4842905444 100644
--- a/drivers/md/linear.c
+++ b/drivers/md/linear.c
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ static int linear_make_request (struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 	sector_t start_sector;
 	int cpu;
 
-	if (unlikely(bio_barrier(bio))) {
+	if (unlikely(bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_BARRIER))) {
 		bio_endio(bio, -EOPNOTSUPP);
 		return 0;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/md/multipath.c b/drivers/md/multipath.c
index 7140909f6662..89e76819f61f 100644
--- a/drivers/md/multipath.c
+++ b/drivers/md/multipath.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ static void multipath_end_request(struct bio *bio, int error)
 
 	if (uptodate)
 		multipath_end_bh_io(mp_bh, 0);
-	else if (!bio_rw_ahead(bio)) {
+	else if (!bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_AHEAD)) {
 		/*
 		 * oops, IO error:
 		 */
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ static int multipath_make_request (struct request_queue *q, struct bio * bio)
 	const int rw = bio_data_dir(bio);
 	int cpu;
 
-	if (unlikely(bio_barrier(bio))) {
+	if (unlikely(bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_BARRIER))) {
 		bio_endio(bio, -EOPNOTSUPP);
 		return 0;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid0.c b/drivers/md/raid0.c
index 898e2bdfee47..f845ed98fec9 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid0.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid0.c
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ static int raid0_make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 	const int rw = bio_data_dir(bio);
 	int cpu;
 
-	if (unlikely(bio_barrier(bio))) {
+	if (unlikely(bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_BARRIER))) {
 		bio_endio(bio, -EOPNOTSUPP);
 		return 0;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid1.c b/drivers/md/raid1.c
index 8726fd7ebce5..ff7ed3335995 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid1.c
@@ -782,8 +782,9 @@ static int make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio * bio)
 	struct bio_list bl;
 	struct page **behind_pages = NULL;
 	const int rw = bio_data_dir(bio);
-	const int do_sync = bio_sync(bio);
-	int cpu, do_barriers;
+	const bool do_sync = bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_SYNCIO);
+	int cpu;
+	bool do_barriers;
 	mdk_rdev_t *blocked_rdev;
 
 	/*
@@ -797,7 +798,8 @@ static int make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio * bio)
 
 	md_write_start(mddev, bio); /* wait on superblock update early */
 
-	if (unlikely(!mddev->barriers_work && bio_barrier(bio))) {
+	if (unlikely(!mddev->barriers_work &&
+		     bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_BARRIER))) {
 		if (rw == WRITE)
 			md_write_end(mddev);
 		bio_endio(bio, -EOPNOTSUPP);
@@ -925,7 +927,7 @@ static int make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio * bio)
 	atomic_set(&r1_bio->remaining, 0);
 	atomic_set(&r1_bio->behind_remaining, 0);
 
-	do_barriers = bio_barrier(bio);
+	do_barriers = bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_BARRIER);
 	if (do_barriers)
 		set_bit(R1BIO_Barrier, &r1_bio->state);
 
@@ -1600,7 +1602,7 @@ static void raid1d(mddev_t *mddev)
 			 * We already have a nr_pending reference on these rdevs.
 			 */
 			int i;
-			const int do_sync = bio_sync(r1_bio->master_bio);
+			const bool do_sync = bio_rw_flagged(r1_bio->master_bio, BIO_RW_SYNCIO);
 			clear_bit(R1BIO_BarrierRetry, &r1_bio->state);
 			clear_bit(R1BIO_Barrier, &r1_bio->state);
 			for (i=0; i < conf->raid_disks; i++)
@@ -1654,7 +1656,7 @@ static void raid1d(mddev_t *mddev)
 				       (unsigned long long)r1_bio->sector);
 				raid_end_bio_io(r1_bio);
 			} else {
-				const int do_sync = bio_sync(r1_bio->master_bio);
+				const bool do_sync = bio_rw_flagged(r1_bio->master_bio, BIO_RW_SYNCIO);
 				r1_bio->bios[r1_bio->read_disk] =
 					mddev->ro ? IO_BLOCKED : NULL;
 				r1_bio->read_disk = disk;
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid10.c b/drivers/md/raid10.c
index 3d9020cf6f6e..d0a2152e064f 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid10.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid10.c
@@ -796,12 +796,12 @@ static int make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio * bio)
 	int i;
 	int chunk_sects = conf->chunk_mask + 1;
 	const int rw = bio_data_dir(bio);
-	const int do_sync = bio_sync(bio);
+	const bool do_sync = bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_SYNCIO);
 	struct bio_list bl;
 	unsigned long flags;
 	mdk_rdev_t *blocked_rdev;
 
-	if (unlikely(bio_barrier(bio))) {
+	if (unlikely(bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_BARRIER))) {
 		bio_endio(bio, -EOPNOTSUPP);
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -1610,7 +1610,7 @@ static void raid10d(mddev_t *mddev)
 				raid_end_bio_io(r10_bio);
 				bio_put(bio);
 			} else {
-				const int do_sync = bio_sync(r10_bio->master_bio);
+				const bool do_sync = bio_rw_flagged(r10_bio->master_bio, BIO_RW_SYNCIO);
 				bio_put(bio);
 				rdev = conf->mirrors[mirror].rdev;
 				if (printk_ratelimit())
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index b8a2c5dc67ba..826eb3467357 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -3606,7 +3606,7 @@ static int make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio * bi)
 	const int rw = bio_data_dir(bi);
 	int cpu, remaining;
 
-	if (unlikely(bio_barrier(bi))) {
+	if (unlikely(bio_rw_flagged(bi, BIO_RW_BARRIER))) {
 		bio_endio(bi, -EOPNOTSUPP);
 		return 0;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/staging/dst/dcore.c b/drivers/staging/dst/dcore.c
index fad25b753042..b1c258ca2102 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/dst/dcore.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/dst/dcore.c
@@ -112,8 +112,9 @@ static int dst_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 		 * I worked with.
 		 *
 		 * Empty barriers are not allowed anyway, see 51fd77bd9f512
-		 * for example, although later it was changed to bio_discard()
-		 * only, which does not work in this case.
+		 * for example, although later it was changed to
+		 * bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_DISCARD) only, which does not
+		 * work in this case.
 		 */
 		//err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
 		err = 0;
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
index 5dbefd11b4af..5cf405b0828d 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ static noinline int run_scheduled_bios(struct btrfs_device *device)
 		num_run++;
 		batch_run++;
 
-		if (bio_sync(cur))
+		if (bio_rw_flagged(cur, BIO_RW_SYNCIO))
 			num_sync_run++;
 
 		if (need_resched()) {
@@ -2903,7 +2903,7 @@ static noinline int schedule_bio(struct btrfs_root *root,
 	bio->bi_rw |= rw;
 
 	spin_lock(&device->io_lock);
-	if (bio_sync(bio))
+	if (bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_SYNCIO))
 		pending_bios = &device->pending_sync_bios;
 	else
 		pending_bios = &device->pending_bios;
diff --git a/include/linux/bio.h b/include/linux/bio.h
index 4f8fd0221cd2..5be93f18d842 100644
--- a/include/linux/bio.h
+++ b/include/linux/bio.h
@@ -177,28 +177,17 @@ enum bio_rw_flags {
 	BIO_RW_NOIDLE,
 };
 
+/*
+ * First four bits must match between bio->bi_rw and rq->cmd_flags, make
+ * that explicit here.
+ */
+#define BIO_RW_RQ_MASK		0xf
+
 static inline bool bio_rw_flagged(struct bio *bio, enum bio_rw_flags flag)
 {
 	return (bio->bi_rw & (1 << flag)) != 0;
 }
 
-/*
- * Old defines, these should eventually be replaced by direct usage of
- * bio_rw_flagged()
- */
-#define bio_barrier(bio)	bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_BARRIER)
-#define bio_sync(bio)		bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_SYNCIO)
-#define bio_unplug(bio)		bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_UNPLUG)
-#define bio_failfast_dev(bio)	bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_FAILFAST_DEV)
-#define bio_failfast_transport(bio)	\
-		bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_FAILFAST_TRANSPORT)
-#define bio_failfast_driver(bio) 	\
-		bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_FAILFAST_DRIVER)
-#define bio_rw_ahead(bio)	bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_AHEAD)
-#define bio_rw_meta(bio)	bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_META)
-#define bio_discard(bio)	bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_DISCARD)
-#define bio_noidle(bio)		bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_NOIDLE)
-
 /*
  * upper 16 bits of bi_rw define the io priority of this bio
  */
@@ -222,7 +211,7 @@ static inline bool bio_rw_flagged(struct bio *bio, enum bio_rw_flags flag)
 #define bio_offset(bio)		bio_iovec((bio))->bv_offset
 #define bio_segments(bio)	((bio)->bi_vcnt - (bio)->bi_idx)
 #define bio_sectors(bio)	((bio)->bi_size >> 9)
-#define bio_empty_barrier(bio)	(bio_barrier(bio) && !bio_has_data(bio) && !bio_discard(bio))
+#define bio_empty_barrier(bio)	(bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_BARRIER) && !bio_has_data(bio) && !bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_DISCARD))
 
 static inline unsigned int bio_cur_bytes(struct bio *bio)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 650b6a9cb679..88edb62def82 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ enum {
 };
 
 /*
- * request type modified bits. first two bits match BIO_RW* bits, important
+ * request type modified bits. first four bits match BIO_RW* bits, important
  */
 enum rq_flag_bits {
 	__REQ_RW,		/* not set, read. set, write */