static int ioctl_internal_command(struct scsi_device *sdev, char *cmd,
                                  int timeout, int retries)
 {
-       struct scsi_request *sreq;
        int result;
        struct scsi_sense_hdr sshdr;
+       char sense[SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE];
 
        SCSI_LOG_IOCTL(1, printk("Trying ioctl with scsi command %d\n", *cmd));
 
-       sreq = scsi_allocate_request(sdev, GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (!sreq) {
-               printk(KERN_WARNING "SCSI internal ioctl failed, no memory\n");
-               return -ENOMEM;
-       }
 
-       sreq->sr_data_direction = DMA_NONE;
-        scsi_wait_req(sreq, cmd, NULL, 0, timeout, retries);
+       memset(sense, 0, sizeof(*sense));
+       result = scsi_execute_req(sdev, cmd, DMA_NONE, NULL, 0,
+                                 sense, timeout, retries);
 
-       SCSI_LOG_IOCTL(2, printk("Ioctl returned  0x%x\n", sreq->sr_result));
+       SCSI_LOG_IOCTL(2, printk("Ioctl returned  0x%x\n", result));
 
-       if ((driver_byte(sreq->sr_result) & DRIVER_SENSE) &&
-           (scsi_request_normalize_sense(sreq, &sshdr))) {
+       if ((driver_byte(result) & DRIVER_SENSE) &&
+           (scsi_normalize_sense(sense, sizeof(*sense), &sshdr))) {
                switch (sshdr.sense_key) {
                case ILLEGAL_REQUEST:
                        if (cmd[0] == ALLOW_MEDIUM_REMOVAL)
                case UNIT_ATTENTION:
                        if (sdev->removable) {
                                sdev->changed = 1;
-                               sreq->sr_result = 0;    /* This is no longer considered an error */
+                               result = 0;     /* This is no longer considered an error */
                                break;
                        }
                default:        /* Fall through for non-removable media */
                               sdev->channel,
                               sdev->id,
                               sdev->lun,
-                              sreq->sr_result);
-                       scsi_print_req_sense("   ", sreq);
+                              result);
+                       __scsi_print_sense("   ", sense, sizeof(*sense));
                        break;
                }
        }
 
-       result = sreq->sr_result;
        SCSI_LOG_IOCTL(2, printk("IOCTL Releasing command\n"));
-       scsi_release_request(sreq);
        return result;
 }
 
 {
        char *buf;
        unsigned char cmd[MAX_COMMAND_SIZE];
+       unsigned char sense[SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE];
        char __user *cmd_in;
-       struct scsi_request *sreq;
        unsigned char opcode;
        unsigned int inlen, outlen, cmdlen;
        unsigned int needed, buf_needed;
                break;
        }
 
-       sreq = scsi_allocate_request(sdev, GFP_KERNEL);
-        if (!sreq) {
-                result = -EINTR;
-                goto error;
-        }
-
-       sreq->sr_data_direction = data_direction;
-        scsi_wait_req(sreq, cmd, buf, needed, timeout, retries);
-
+       result = scsi_execute_req(sdev, cmd, data_direction, buf, needed,
+                                 sense, timeout, retries);
+                                 
        /* 
         * If there was an error condition, pass the info back to the user. 
         */
-       result = sreq->sr_result;
        if (result) {
-               int sb_len = sizeof(sreq->sr_sense_buffer);
+               int sb_len = sizeof(*sense);
 
                sb_len = (sb_len > OMAX_SB_LEN) ? OMAX_SB_LEN : sb_len;
-               if (copy_to_user(cmd_in, sreq->sr_sense_buffer, sb_len))
+               if (copy_to_user(cmd_in, sense, sb_len))
                        result = -EFAULT;
        } else {
                if (copy_to_user(cmd_in, buf, outlen))
                        result = -EFAULT;
        }       
 
-       scsi_release_request(sreq);
 error:
        kfree(buf);
        return result;
 
 /**
  *     __scsi_mode_sense - issue a mode sense, falling back from 10 to 
  *             six bytes if necessary.
- *     @sreq:  SCSI request to fill in with the MODE_SENSE
+ *     @sdev:  SCSI device to be queried
  *     @dbd:   set if mode sense will allow block descriptors to be returned
  *     @modepage: mode page being requested
  *     @buffer: request buffer (may not be smaller than eight bytes)
  *     @timeout: command timeout
  *     @retries: number of retries before failing
  *     @data: returns a structure abstracting the mode header data
+ *     @sense: place to put sense data (or NULL if no sense to be collected).
+ *             must be SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE big.
  *
  *     Returns zero if unsuccessful, or the header offset (either 4
  *     or 8 depending on whether a six or ten byte command was
  *     issued) if successful.
  **/
 int
-__scsi_mode_sense(struct scsi_request *sreq, int dbd, int modepage,
+scsi_mode_sense(struct scsi_device *sdev, int dbd, int modepage,
                  unsigned char *buffer, int len, int timeout, int retries,
-                 struct scsi_mode_data *data) {
+                 struct scsi_mode_data *data, char *sense) {
        unsigned char cmd[12];
        int use_10_for_ms;
        int header_length;
+       int result;
+       char *sense_buffer = NULL;
 
        memset(data, 0, sizeof(*data));
        memset(&cmd[0], 0, 12);
        cmd[1] = dbd & 0x18;    /* allows DBD and LLBA bits */
        cmd[2] = modepage;
 
+       if (!sense) {
+               sense_buffer = kmalloc(SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+               if (!sense_buffer) {
+                       dev_printk(KERN_ERR, &sdev->sdev_gendev, "failed to allocate sense buffer\n");
+                       return 0;
+               }
+               sense = sense_buffer;
+       }
  retry:
-       use_10_for_ms = sreq->sr_device->use_10_for_ms;
+       use_10_for_ms = sdev->use_10_for_ms;
 
        if (use_10_for_ms) {
                if (len < 8)
                header_length = 4;
        }
 
-       sreq->sr_cmd_len = 0;
-       memset(sreq->sr_sense_buffer, 0, sizeof(sreq->sr_sense_buffer));
-       sreq->sr_data_direction = DMA_FROM_DEVICE;
+       memset(sense, 0, SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE);
 
        memset(buffer, 0, len);
 
-       scsi_wait_req(sreq, cmd, buffer, len, timeout, retries);
+       result = scsi_execute_req(sdev, cmd, DMA_FROM_DEVICE, buffer, len,
+                                 sense, timeout, retries);
 
        /* This code looks awful: what it's doing is making sure an
         * ILLEGAL REQUEST sense return identifies the actual command
         * byte as the problem.  MODE_SENSE commands can return
         * ILLEGAL REQUEST if the code page isn't supported */
 
-       if (use_10_for_ms && !scsi_status_is_good(sreq->sr_result) &&
-           (driver_byte(sreq->sr_result) & DRIVER_SENSE)) {
+       if (use_10_for_ms && !scsi_status_is_good(result) &&
+           (driver_byte(result) & DRIVER_SENSE)) {
                struct scsi_sense_hdr sshdr;
 
-               if (scsi_request_normalize_sense(sreq, &sshdr)) {
+               if (scsi_normalize_sense(sense, SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE, &sshdr)) {
                        if ((sshdr.sense_key == ILLEGAL_REQUEST) &&
                            (sshdr.asc == 0x20) && (sshdr.ascq == 0)) {
                                /* 
                                 * Invalid command operation code
                                 */
-                               sreq->sr_device->use_10_for_ms = 0;
+                               sdev->use_10_for_ms = 0;
                                goto retry;
                        }
                }
        }
 
-       if(scsi_status_is_good(sreq->sr_result)) {
+       if(scsi_status_is_good(result)) {
                data->header_length = header_length;
                if(use_10_for_ms) {
                        data->length = buffer[0]*256 + buffer[1] + 2;
                }
        }
 
-       return sreq->sr_result;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(__scsi_mode_sense);
-
-/**
- *     scsi_mode_sense - issue a mode sense, falling back from 10 to 
- *             six bytes if necessary.
- *     @sdev:  scsi device to send command to.
- *     @dbd:   set if mode sense will disable block descriptors in the return
- *     @modepage: mode page being requested
- *     @buffer: request buffer (may not be smaller than eight bytes)
- *     @len:   length of request buffer.
- *     @timeout: command timeout
- *     @retries: number of retries before failing
- *
- *     Returns zero if unsuccessful, or the header offset (either 4
- *     or 8 depending on whether a six or ten byte command was
- *     issued) if successful.
- **/
-int
-scsi_mode_sense(struct scsi_device *sdev, int dbd, int modepage,
-               unsigned char *buffer, int len, int timeout, int retries,
-               struct scsi_mode_data *data)
-{
-       struct scsi_request *sreq = scsi_allocate_request(sdev, GFP_KERNEL);
-       int ret;
-
-       if (!sreq)
-               return -1;
-
-       ret = __scsi_mode_sense(sreq, dbd, modepage, buffer, len,
-                               timeout, retries, data);
-
-       scsi_release_request(sreq);
-
-       return ret;
+       kfree(sense_buffer);
+       return result;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(scsi_mode_sense);
 
 int
 scsi_test_unit_ready(struct scsi_device *sdev, int timeout, int retries)
 {
-       struct scsi_request *sreq;
        char cmd[] = {
                TEST_UNIT_READY, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
        };
+       char sense[SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE];
        int result;
        
-       sreq = scsi_allocate_request(sdev, GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (!sreq)
-               return -ENOMEM;
-
-       sreq->sr_data_direction = DMA_NONE;
-       scsi_wait_req(sreq, cmd, NULL, 0, timeout, retries);
+       result = scsi_execute_req(sdev, cmd, DMA_NONE, NULL, 0, sense,
+                                 timeout, retries);
 
-       if ((driver_byte(sreq->sr_result) & DRIVER_SENSE) && sdev->removable) {
+       if ((driver_byte(result) & DRIVER_SENSE) && sdev->removable) {
                struct scsi_sense_hdr sshdr;
 
-               if ((scsi_request_normalize_sense(sreq, &sshdr)) &&
+               if ((scsi_normalize_sense(sense, SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE,
+                                         &sshdr)) &&
                    ((sshdr.sense_key == UNIT_ATTENTION) ||
                     (sshdr.sense_key == NOT_READY))) {
                        sdev->changed = 1;
-                       sreq->sr_result = 0;
+                       result = 0;
                }
        }
-       result = sreq->sr_result;
-       scsi_release_request(sreq);
        return result;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(scsi_test_unit_ready);