+/**
+ * blk_rq_set_mixed_merge - mark a request as mixed merge
+ * @rq: request to mark as mixed merge
+ *
+ * Description:
+ * @rq is about to be mixed merged. Make sure the attributes
+ * which can be mixed are set in each bio and mark @rq as mixed
+ * merged.
+ */
+void blk_rq_set_mixed_merge(struct request *rq)
+{
+ unsigned int ff = rq->cmd_flags & REQ_FAILFAST_MASK;
+ struct bio *bio;
+
+ if (rq->cmd_flags & REQ_MIXED_MERGE)
+ return;
+
+ /*
+ * @rq will no longer represent mixable attributes for all the
+ * contained bios. It will just track those of the first one.
+ * Distributes the attributs to each bio.
+ */
+ for (bio = rq->bio; bio; bio = bio->bi_next) {
+ WARN_ON_ONCE((bio->bi_rw & REQ_FAILFAST_MASK) &&
+ (bio->bi_rw & REQ_FAILFAST_MASK) != ff);
+ bio->bi_rw |= ff;
+ }
+ rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_MIXED_MERGE;
+}
+