kfree(streq);
 }
 
+static void st_scsi_execute_end(struct request *req, int uptodate)
+{
+       struct st_request *SRpnt = req->end_io_data;
+       struct scsi_tape *STp = SRpnt->stp;
+
+       STp->buffer->cmdstat.midlevel_result = SRpnt->result = req->errors;
+       STp->buffer->cmdstat.residual = req->data_len;
+
+       if (SRpnt->waiting)
+               complete(SRpnt->waiting);
+
+       blk_rq_unmap_user(SRpnt->bio);
+       __blk_put_request(req->q, req);
+}
+
+static int st_scsi_execute(struct st_request *SRpnt, const unsigned char *cmd,
+                          int data_direction, void *buffer, unsigned bufflen,
+                          int timeout, int retries)
+{
+       struct request *req;
+       struct rq_map_data *mdata = &SRpnt->stp->buffer->map_data;
+       int err = 0;
+       int write = (data_direction == DMA_TO_DEVICE);
+
+       req = blk_get_request(SRpnt->stp->device->request_queue, write,
+                             GFP_KERNEL);
+       if (!req)
+               return DRIVER_ERROR << 24;
+
+       req->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_BLOCK_PC;
+       req->cmd_flags |= REQ_QUIET;
+
+       mdata->null_mapped = 1;
+
+       err = blk_rq_map_user(req->q, req, mdata, NULL, bufflen, GFP_KERNEL);
+       if (err) {
+               blk_put_request(req);
+               return DRIVER_ERROR << 24;
+       }
+
+       SRpnt->bio = req->bio;
+       req->cmd_len = COMMAND_SIZE(cmd[0]);
+       memset(req->cmd, 0, BLK_MAX_CDB);
+       memcpy(req->cmd, cmd, req->cmd_len);
+       req->sense = SRpnt->sense;
+       req->sense_len = 0;
+       req->timeout = timeout;
+       req->retries = retries;
+       req->end_io_data = SRpnt;
+
+       blk_execute_rq_nowait(req->q, NULL, req, 1, st_scsi_execute_end);
+       return 0;
+}
+
 /* Do the scsi command. Waits until command performed if do_wait is true.
    Otherwise write_behind_check() is used to check that the command
    has finished. */