bi = bi2;
                }
 
-               /* fail any reads if this device is non-operational */
-               if (!test_bit(R5_Insync, &sh->dev[i].flags) ||
-                   test_bit(R5_ReadError, &sh->dev[i].flags)) {
+               /* fail any reads if this device is non-operational and
+                * the data has not reached the cache yet.
+                */
+               if (!test_bit(R5_Wantfill, &sh->dev[i].flags) &&
+                   (!test_bit(R5_Insync, &sh->dev[i].flags) ||
+                     test_bit(R5_ReadError, &sh->dev[i].flags))) {
                        bi = sh->dev[i].toread;
                        sh->dev[i].toread = NULL;
                        if (test_and_clear_bit(R5_Overlap, &sh->dev[i].flags))
                struct r5dev *dev = &sh->dev[i];
                clear_bit(R5_Insync, &dev->flags);
 
-               pr_debug("check %d: state 0x%lx read %p write %p written %p\n",
-                       i, dev->flags, dev->toread, dev->towrite, dev->written);
-               /* maybe we can reply to a read */
-               if (test_bit(R5_UPTODATE, &dev->flags) && dev->toread) {
-                       struct bio *rbi, *rbi2;
-                       pr_debug("Return read for disc %d\n", i);
-                       spin_lock_irq(&conf->device_lock);
-                       rbi = dev->toread;
-                       dev->toread = NULL;
-                       if (test_and_clear_bit(R5_Overlap, &dev->flags))
-                               wake_up(&conf->wait_for_overlap);
-                       spin_unlock_irq(&conf->device_lock);
-                       while (rbi && rbi->bi_sector < dev->sector + STRIPE_SECTORS) {
-                               copy_data(0, rbi, dev->page, dev->sector);
-                               rbi2 = r5_next_bio(rbi, dev->sector);
-                               spin_lock_irq(&conf->device_lock);
-                               if (--rbi->bi_phys_segments == 0) {
-                                       rbi->bi_next = return_bi;
-                                       return_bi = rbi;
-                               }
-                               spin_unlock_irq(&conf->device_lock);
-                               rbi = rbi2;
-                       }
-               }
+               pr_debug("check %d: state 0x%lx toread %p read %p write %p "
+                       "written %p\n", i, dev->flags, dev->toread, dev->read,
+                       dev->towrite, dev->written);
+
+               /* maybe we can request a biofill operation
+                *
+                * new wantfill requests are only permitted while
+                * STRIPE_OP_BIOFILL is clear
+                */
+               if (test_bit(R5_UPTODATE, &dev->flags) && dev->toread &&
+                       !test_bit(STRIPE_OP_BIOFILL, &sh->ops.pending))
+                       set_bit(R5_Wantfill, &dev->flags);
 
                /* now count some things */
                if (test_bit(R5_LOCKED, &dev->flags)) s.locked++;
                if (test_bit(R5_UPTODATE, &dev->flags)) s.uptodate++;
                if (test_bit(R5_Wantcompute, &dev->flags)) s.compute++;
 
-               if (dev->toread)
+               if (test_bit(R5_Wantfill, &dev->flags))
+                       s.to_fill++;
+               else if (dev->toread)
                        s.to_read++;
                if (dev->towrite) {
                        s.to_write++;
                        set_bit(R5_Insync, &dev->flags);
        }
        rcu_read_unlock();
+
+       if (s.to_fill && !test_and_set_bit(STRIPE_OP_BIOFILL, &sh->ops.pending))
+               sh->ops.count++;
+
        pr_debug("locked=%d uptodate=%d to_read=%d"
                " to_write=%d failed=%d failed_num=%d\n",
                s.locked, s.uptodate, s.to_read, s.to_write,