return ide_stopped;
 }
 
+static ide_startstop_t ide_special_rq(ide_drive_t *drive, struct request *rq)
+{
+       switch (rq->cmd[0]) {
+       case REQ_DRIVE_RESET:
+               return ide_do_reset(drive);
+       default:
+               blk_dump_rq_flags(rq, "ide_special_rq - bad request");
+               ide_end_request(drive, 0, 0);
+               return ide_stopped;
+       }
+}
+
 static void ide_check_pm_state(ide_drive_t *drive, struct request *rq)
 {
        struct request_pm_state *pm = rq->data;
                            pm->pm_step == ide_pm_state_completed)
                                ide_complete_pm_request(drive, rq);
                        return startstop;
-               }
+               } else if (!rq->rq_disk && blk_special_request(rq))
+                       /*
+                        * TODO: Once all ULDs have been modified to
+                        * check for specific op codes rather than
+                        * blindly accepting any special request, the
+                        * check for ->rq_disk above may be replaced
+                        * by a more suitable mechanism or even
+                        * dropped entirely.
+                        */
+                       return ide_special_rq(drive, rq);
 
                drv = *(ide_driver_t **)rq->rq_disk->private_data;
                return drv->do_request(drive, rq, block);
 
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ide_execute_pkt_cmd);
 
+static inline void ide_complete_drive_reset(ide_drive_t *drive)
+{
+       struct request *rq = drive->hwif->hwgroup->rq;
+
+       if (rq && blk_special_request(rq) && rq->cmd[0] == REQ_DRIVE_RESET)
+               ide_end_request(drive, 1, 0);
+}
+
 /* needed below */
 static ide_startstop_t do_reset1 (ide_drive_t *, int);
 
        }
        /* done polling */
        hwgroup->polling = 0;
-       hwgroup->resetting = 0;
+       ide_complete_drive_reset(drive);
        return ide_stopped;
 }
 
                if (port_ops->reset_poll(drive)) {
                        printk(KERN_ERR "%s: host reset_poll failure for %s.\n",
                                hwif->name, drive->name);
-                       return ide_stopped;
+                       goto out;
                }
        }
 
                }
        }
        hwgroup->polling = 0;   /* done polling */
-       hwgroup->resetting = 0; /* done reset attempt */
+out:
+       ide_complete_drive_reset(drive);
        return ide_stopped;
 }
 
 
        /* For an ATAPI device, first try an ATAPI SRST. */
        if (drive->media != ide_disk && !do_not_try_atapi) {
-               hwgroup->resetting = 1;
                pre_reset(drive);
                SELECT_DRIVE(drive);
                udelay (20);
 
        if (io_ports->ctl_addr == 0) {
                spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ide_lock, flags);
+               ide_complete_drive_reset(drive);
                return ide_stopped;
        }
 
-       hwgroup->resetting = 1;
        /*
         * Note that we also set nIEN while resetting the device,
         * to mask unwanted interrupts from the interface during the reset.
 
        return err;
 }
 
+static void generic_drive_reset(ide_drive_t *drive)
+{
+       struct request *rq;
+
+       rq = blk_get_request(drive->queue, READ, __GFP_WAIT);
+       rq->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_SPECIAL;
+       rq->cmd_len = 1;
+       rq->cmd[0] = REQ_DRIVE_RESET;
+       rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_SOFTBARRIER;
+       blk_execute_rq(drive->queue, NULL, rq, 1);
+       blk_put_request(rq);
+}
+
 int generic_ide_ioctl(ide_drive_t *drive, struct file *file, struct block_device *bdev,
                        unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
                        if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
                                return -EACCES;
 
-                       /*
-                        *      Abort the current command on the
-                        *      group if there is one, taking
-                        *      care not to allow anything else
-                        *      to be queued and to die on the
-                        *      spot if we miss one somehow
-                        */
-
-                       spin_lock_irqsave(&ide_lock, flags);
-
-                       if (HWGROUP(drive)->resetting) {
-                               spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ide_lock, flags);
-                               return -EBUSY;
-                       }
-
-                       ide_abort(drive, "drive reset");
-
-                       BUG_ON(HWGROUP(drive)->handler);
-
-                       /* Ensure nothing gets queued after we
-                          drop the lock. Reset will clear the busy */
-
-                       HWGROUP(drive)->busy = 1;
-                       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ide_lock, flags);
-                       (void) ide_do_reset(drive);
-
+                       generic_drive_reset(drive);
                        return 0;
+
                case HDIO_GET_BUSSTATE:
                        if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
                                return -EACCES;
 
 #define WAIT_CMD       (10*HZ) /* 10sec  - maximum wait for an IRQ to happen */
 #define WAIT_MIN_SLEEP (2*HZ/100)      /* 20msec - minimum sleep time */
 
+/*
+ * Op codes for special requests to be handled by ide_special_rq().
+ * Values should be in the range of 0x20 to 0x3f.
+ */
+#define REQ_DRIVE_RESET                0x20
+
 /*
  * Check for an interrupt and acknowledge the interrupt status
  */