diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index 4daae1ee2b23..c822239bcc9d 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -1157,6 +1157,7 @@ static int __make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 	const unsigned short prio = bio_prio(bio);
 	const int sync = bio_sync(bio);
 	const int unplug = bio_unplug(bio);
+	const unsigned int ff = bio->bi_rw & REQ_FAILFAST_MASK;
 	int rw_flags;
 
 	if (bio_barrier(bio) && bio_has_data(bio) &&
@@ -1186,6 +1187,9 @@ static int __make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 
 		trace_block_bio_backmerge(q, bio);
 
+		if ((req->cmd_flags & REQ_FAILFAST_MASK) != ff)
+			blk_rq_set_mixed_merge(req);
+
 		req->biotail->bi_next = bio;
 		req->biotail = bio;
 		req->__data_len += bytes;
@@ -1205,6 +1209,12 @@ static int __make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 
 		trace_block_bio_frontmerge(q, bio);
 
+		if ((req->cmd_flags & REQ_FAILFAST_MASK) != ff) {
+			blk_rq_set_mixed_merge(req);
+			req->cmd_flags &= ~REQ_FAILFAST_MASK;
+			req->cmd_flags |= ff;
+		}
+
 		bio->bi_next = req->bio;
 		req->bio = bio;
 
@@ -1649,6 +1659,50 @@ int blk_insert_cloned_request(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_insert_cloned_request);
 
+/**
+ * blk_rq_err_bytes - determine number of bytes till the next failure boundary
+ * @rq: request to examine
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *     A request could be merge of IOs which require different failure
+ *     handling.  This function determines the number of bytes which
+ *     can be failed from the beginning of the request without
+ *     crossing into area which need to be retried further.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ *     The number of bytes to fail.
+ *
+ * Context:
+ *     queue_lock must be held.
+ */
+unsigned int blk_rq_err_bytes(const struct request *rq)
+{
+	unsigned int ff = rq->cmd_flags & REQ_FAILFAST_MASK;
+	unsigned int bytes = 0;
+	struct bio *bio;
+
+	if (!(rq->cmd_flags & REQ_MIXED_MERGE))
+		return blk_rq_bytes(rq);
+
+	/*
+	 * Currently the only 'mixing' which can happen is between
+	 * different fastfail types.  We can safely fail portions
+	 * which have all the failfast bits that the first one has -
+	 * the ones which are at least as eager to fail as the first
+	 * one.
+	 */
+	for (bio = rq->bio; bio; bio = bio->bi_next) {
+		if ((bio->bi_rw & ff) != ff)
+			break;
+		bytes += bio->bi_size;
+	}
+
+	/* this could lead to infinite loop */
+	BUG_ON(blk_rq_bytes(rq) && !bytes);
+	return bytes;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_rq_err_bytes);
+
 static void blk_account_io_completion(struct request *req, unsigned int bytes)
 {
 	if (blk_do_io_stat(req)) {
@@ -1995,6 +2049,12 @@ bool blk_update_request(struct request *req, int error, unsigned int nr_bytes)
 	if (blk_fs_request(req) || blk_discard_rq(req))
 		req->__sector += total_bytes >> 9;
 
+	/* mixed attributes always follow the first bio */
+	if (req->cmd_flags & REQ_MIXED_MERGE) {
+		req->cmd_flags &= ~REQ_FAILFAST_MASK;
+		req->cmd_flags |= req->bio->bi_rw & REQ_FAILFAST_MASK;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If total number of sectors is less than the first segment
 	 * size, something has gone terribly wrong.
@@ -2173,6 +2233,25 @@ bool blk_end_request_cur(struct request *rq, int error)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_end_request_cur);
 
+/**
+ * blk_end_request_err - Finish a request till the next failure boundary.
+ * @rq: the request to finish till the next failure boundary for
+ * @error: must be negative errno
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *     Complete @rq till the next failure boundary.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ *     %false - we are done with this request
+ *     %true  - still buffers pending for this request
+ */
+bool blk_end_request_err(struct request *rq, int error)
+{
+	WARN_ON(error >= 0);
+	return blk_end_request(rq, error, blk_rq_err_bytes(rq));
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_end_request_err);
+
 /**
  * __blk_end_request - Helper function for drivers to complete the request.
  * @rq:       the request being processed
@@ -2232,6 +2311,26 @@ bool __blk_end_request_cur(struct request *rq, int error)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__blk_end_request_cur);
 
+/**
+ * __blk_end_request_err - Finish a request till the next failure boundary.
+ * @rq: the request to finish till the next failure boundary for
+ * @error: must be negative errno
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *     Complete @rq till the next failure boundary.  Must be called
+ *     with queue lock held.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ *     %false - we are done with this request
+ *     %true  - still buffers pending for this request
+ */
+bool __blk_end_request_err(struct request *rq, int error)
+{
+	WARN_ON(error >= 0);
+	return __blk_end_request(rq, error, blk_rq_err_bytes(rq));
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__blk_end_request_err);
+
 void blk_rq_bio_prep(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq,
 		     struct bio *bio)
 {
diff --git a/block/blk-merge.c b/block/blk-merge.c
index e1999679a4d5..7c9ca01baa45 100644
--- a/block/blk-merge.c
+++ b/block/blk-merge.c
@@ -311,6 +311,36 @@ static int ll_merge_requests_fn(struct request_queue *q, struct request *req,
 	return 1;
 }
 
+/**
+ * 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;
+}
+
 static void blk_account_io_merge(struct request *req)
 {
 	if (blk_do_io_stat(req)) {
@@ -365,6 +395,19 @@ static int attempt_merge(struct request_queue *q, struct request *req,
 	if (!ll_merge_requests_fn(q, req, next))
 		return 0;
 
+	/*
+	 * If failfast settings disagree or any of the two is already
+	 * a mixed merge, mark both as mixed before proceeding.  This
+	 * makes sure that all involved bios have mixable attributes
+	 * set properly.
+	 */
+	if ((req->cmd_flags | next->cmd_flags) & REQ_MIXED_MERGE ||
+	    (req->cmd_flags & REQ_FAILFAST_MASK) !=
+	    (next->cmd_flags & REQ_FAILFAST_MASK)) {
+		blk_rq_set_mixed_merge(req);
+		blk_rq_set_mixed_merge(next);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * At this point we have either done a back merge
 	 * or front merge. We need the smaller start_time of
diff --git a/block/blk.h b/block/blk.h
index 3fae6add5430..5ee3d7e72feb 100644
--- a/block/blk.h
+++ b/block/blk.h
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ int ll_front_merge_fn(struct request_queue *q, struct request *req,
 int attempt_back_merge(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq);
 int attempt_front_merge(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq);
 void blk_recalc_rq_segments(struct request *rq);
+void blk_rq_set_mixed_merge(struct request *rq);
 
 void blk_queue_congestion_threshold(struct request_queue *q);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index c3015736d814..650b6a9cb679 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ enum rq_flag_bits {
 	__REQ_INTEGRITY,	/* integrity metadata has been remapped */
 	__REQ_NOIDLE,		/* Don't anticipate more IO after this one */
 	__REQ_IO_STAT,		/* account I/O stat */
+	__REQ_MIXED_MERGE,	/* merge of different types, fail separately */
 	__REQ_NR_BITS,		/* stops here */
 };
 
@@ -143,6 +144,7 @@ enum rq_flag_bits {
 #define REQ_INTEGRITY	(1 << __REQ_INTEGRITY)
 #define REQ_NOIDLE	(1 << __REQ_NOIDLE)
 #define REQ_IO_STAT	(1 << __REQ_IO_STAT)
+#define REQ_MIXED_MERGE	(1 << __REQ_MIXED_MERGE)
 
 #define REQ_FAILFAST_MASK	(REQ_FAILFAST_DEV | REQ_FAILFAST_TRANSPORT | \
 				 REQ_FAILFAST_DRIVER)
@@ -832,11 +834,13 @@ static inline void blk_run_address_space(struct address_space *mapping)
 }
 
 /*
- * blk_rq_pos()		: the current sector
- * blk_rq_bytes()	: bytes left in the entire request
- * blk_rq_cur_bytes()	: bytes left in the current segment
- * blk_rq_sectors()	: sectors left in the entire request
- * blk_rq_cur_sectors()	: sectors left in the current segment
+ * blk_rq_pos()			: the current sector
+ * blk_rq_bytes()		: bytes left in the entire request
+ * blk_rq_cur_bytes()		: bytes left in the current segment
+ * blk_rq_err_bytes()		: bytes left till the next error boundary
+ * blk_rq_sectors()		: sectors left in the entire request
+ * blk_rq_cur_sectors()		: sectors left in the current segment
+ * blk_rq_err_sectors()		: sectors left till the next error boundary
  */
 static inline sector_t blk_rq_pos(const struct request *rq)
 {
@@ -853,6 +857,8 @@ static inline int blk_rq_cur_bytes(const struct request *rq)
 	return rq->bio ? bio_cur_bytes(rq->bio) : 0;
 }
 
+extern unsigned int blk_rq_err_bytes(const struct request *rq);
+
 static inline unsigned int blk_rq_sectors(const struct request *rq)
 {
 	return blk_rq_bytes(rq) >> 9;
@@ -863,6 +869,11 @@ static inline unsigned int blk_rq_cur_sectors(const struct request *rq)
 	return blk_rq_cur_bytes(rq) >> 9;
 }
 
+static inline unsigned int blk_rq_err_sectors(const struct request *rq)
+{
+	return blk_rq_err_bytes(rq) >> 9;
+}
+
 /*
  * Request issue related functions.
  */
@@ -889,10 +900,12 @@ extern bool blk_end_request(struct request *rq, int error,
 			    unsigned int nr_bytes);
 extern void blk_end_request_all(struct request *rq, int error);
 extern bool blk_end_request_cur(struct request *rq, int error);
+extern bool blk_end_request_err(struct request *rq, int error);
 extern bool __blk_end_request(struct request *rq, int error,
 			      unsigned int nr_bytes);
 extern void __blk_end_request_all(struct request *rq, int error);
 extern bool __blk_end_request_cur(struct request *rq, int error);
+extern bool __blk_end_request_err(struct request *rq, int error);
 
 extern void blk_complete_request(struct request *);
 extern void __blk_complete_request(struct request *);