diff --git a/drivers/block/Kconfig b/drivers/block/Kconfig
index e07a5fd58ad7..4682546c5da7 100644
--- a/drivers/block/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/block/Kconfig
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ menuconfig BLK_DEV
 
 if BLK_DEV
 
+config BLK_DEV_NULL_BLK
+	tristate "Null test block driver"
+
 config BLK_DEV_FD
 	tristate "Normal floppy disk support"
 	depends on ARCH_MAY_HAVE_PC_FDC
diff --git a/drivers/block/Makefile b/drivers/block/Makefile
index ca07399a8d99..03b3b4a2bd8a 100644
--- a/drivers/block/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/block/Makefile
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RBD)     += rbd.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PCIESSD_MTIP32XX)	+= mtip32xx/
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RSXX) += rsxx/
+obj-$(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NULL_BLK)	+= null_blk.o
 
 nvme-y		:= nvme-core.o nvme-scsi.o
 swim_mod-y	:= swim.o swim_asm.o
diff --git a/drivers/block/null_blk.c b/drivers/block/null_blk.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b5d842370cc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/block/null_blk.c
@@ -0,0 +1,635 @@
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/moduleparam.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/blkdev.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/blk-mq.h>
+#include <linux/hrtimer.h>
+
+struct nullb_cmd {
+	struct list_head list;
+	struct llist_node ll_list;
+	struct call_single_data csd;
+	struct request *rq;
+	struct bio *bio;
+	unsigned int tag;
+	struct nullb_queue *nq;
+};
+
+struct nullb_queue {
+	unsigned long *tag_map;
+	wait_queue_head_t wait;
+	unsigned int queue_depth;
+
+	struct nullb_cmd *cmds;
+};
+
+struct nullb {
+	struct list_head list;
+	unsigned int index;
+	struct request_queue *q;
+	struct gendisk *disk;
+	struct hrtimer timer;
+	unsigned int queue_depth;
+	spinlock_t lock;
+
+	struct nullb_queue *queues;
+	unsigned int nr_queues;
+};
+
+static LIST_HEAD(nullb_list);
+static struct mutex lock;
+static int null_major;
+static int nullb_indexes;
+
+struct completion_queue {
+	struct llist_head list;
+	struct hrtimer timer;
+};
+
+/*
+ * These are per-cpu for now, they will need to be configured by the
+ * complete_queues parameter and appropriately mapped.
+ */
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct completion_queue, completion_queues);
+
+enum {
+	NULL_IRQ_NONE		= 0,
+	NULL_IRQ_SOFTIRQ	= 1,
+	NULL_IRQ_TIMER		= 2,
+
+	NULL_Q_BIO		= 0,
+	NULL_Q_RQ		= 1,
+	NULL_Q_MQ		= 2,
+};
+
+static int submit_queues = 1;
+module_param(submit_queues, int, S_IRUGO);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(submit_queues, "Number of submission queues");
+
+static int home_node = NUMA_NO_NODE;
+module_param(home_node, int, S_IRUGO);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(home_node, "Home node for the device");
+
+static int queue_mode = NULL_Q_MQ;
+module_param(queue_mode, int, S_IRUGO);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(use_mq, "Use blk-mq interface (0=bio,1=rq,2=multiqueue)");
+
+static int gb = 250;
+module_param(gb, int, S_IRUGO);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(gb, "Size in GB");
+
+static int bs = 512;
+module_param(bs, int, S_IRUGO);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(bs, "Block size (in bytes)");
+
+static int nr_devices = 2;
+module_param(nr_devices, int, S_IRUGO);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(nr_devices, "Number of devices to register");
+
+static int irqmode = NULL_IRQ_SOFTIRQ;
+module_param(irqmode, int, S_IRUGO);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(irqmode, "IRQ completion handler. 0-none, 1-softirq, 2-timer");
+
+static int completion_nsec = 10000;
+module_param(completion_nsec, int, S_IRUGO);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(completion_nsec, "Time in ns to complete a request in hardware. Default: 10,000ns");
+
+static int hw_queue_depth = 64;
+module_param(hw_queue_depth, int, S_IRUGO);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(hw_queue_depth, "Queue depth for each hardware queue. Default: 64");
+
+static bool use_per_node_hctx = true;
+module_param(use_per_node_hctx, bool, S_IRUGO);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(use_per_node_hctx, "Use per-node allocation for hardware context queues. Default: true");
+
+static void put_tag(struct nullb_queue *nq, unsigned int tag)
+{
+	clear_bit_unlock(tag, nq->tag_map);
+
+	if (waitqueue_active(&nq->wait))
+		wake_up(&nq->wait);
+}
+
+static unsigned int get_tag(struct nullb_queue *nq)
+{
+	unsigned int tag;
+
+	do {
+		tag = find_first_zero_bit(nq->tag_map, nq->queue_depth);
+		if (tag >= nq->queue_depth)
+			return -1U;
+	} while (test_and_set_bit_lock(tag, nq->tag_map));
+
+	return tag;
+}
+
+static void free_cmd(struct nullb_cmd *cmd)
+{
+	put_tag(cmd->nq, cmd->tag);
+}
+
+static struct nullb_cmd *__alloc_cmd(struct nullb_queue *nq)
+{
+	struct nullb_cmd *cmd;
+	unsigned int tag;
+
+	tag = get_tag(nq);
+	if (tag != -1U) {
+		cmd = &nq->cmds[tag];
+		cmd->tag = tag;
+		cmd->nq = nq;
+		return cmd;
+	}
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static struct nullb_cmd *alloc_cmd(struct nullb_queue *nq, int can_wait)
+{
+	struct nullb_cmd *cmd;
+	DEFINE_WAIT(wait);
+
+	cmd = __alloc_cmd(nq);
+	if (cmd || !can_wait)
+		return cmd;
+
+	do {
+		prepare_to_wait(&nq->wait, &wait, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
+		cmd = __alloc_cmd(nq);
+		if (cmd)
+			break;
+
+		io_schedule();
+	} while (1);
+
+	finish_wait(&nq->wait, &wait);
+	return cmd;
+}
+
+static void end_cmd(struct nullb_cmd *cmd)
+{
+	if (cmd->rq) {
+		if (queue_mode == NULL_Q_MQ)
+			blk_mq_end_io(cmd->rq, 0);
+		else {
+			INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cmd->rq->queuelist);
+			blk_end_request_all(cmd->rq, 0);
+		}
+	} else if (cmd->bio)
+		bio_endio(cmd->bio, 0);
+
+	if (queue_mode != NULL_Q_MQ)
+		free_cmd(cmd);
+}
+
+static enum hrtimer_restart null_cmd_timer_expired(struct hrtimer *timer)
+{
+	struct completion_queue *cq;
+	struct llist_node *entry;
+	struct nullb_cmd *cmd;
+
+	cq = &per_cpu(completion_queues, smp_processor_id());
+
+	while ((entry = llist_del_all(&cq->list)) != NULL) {
+		do {
+			cmd = container_of(entry, struct nullb_cmd, ll_list);
+			end_cmd(cmd);
+			entry = entry->next;
+		} while (entry);
+	}
+
+	return HRTIMER_NORESTART;
+}
+
+static void null_cmd_end_timer(struct nullb_cmd *cmd)
+{
+	struct completion_queue *cq = &per_cpu(completion_queues, get_cpu());
+
+	cmd->ll_list.next = NULL;
+	if (llist_add(&cmd->ll_list, &cq->list)) {
+		ktime_t kt = ktime_set(0, completion_nsec);
+
+		hrtimer_start(&cq->timer, kt, HRTIMER_MODE_REL);
+	}
+
+	put_cpu();
+}
+
+static void null_softirq_done_fn(struct request *rq)
+{
+	blk_end_request_all(rq, 0);
+}
+
+#if defined(CONFIG_SMP) && defined(CONFIG_USE_GENERIC_SMP_HELPERS)
+
+static void null_ipi_cmd_end_io(void *data)
+{
+	struct completion_queue *cq;
+	struct llist_node *entry, *next;
+	struct nullb_cmd *cmd;
+
+	cq = &per_cpu(completion_queues, smp_processor_id());
+
+	entry = llist_del_all(&cq->list);
+
+	while (entry) {
+		next = entry->next;
+		cmd = llist_entry(entry, struct nullb_cmd, ll_list);
+		end_cmd(cmd);
+		entry = next;
+	}
+}
+
+static void null_cmd_end_ipi(struct nullb_cmd *cmd)
+{
+	struct call_single_data *data = &cmd->csd;
+	int cpu = get_cpu();
+	struct completion_queue *cq = &per_cpu(completion_queues, cpu);
+
+	cmd->ll_list.next = NULL;
+
+	if (llist_add(&cmd->ll_list, &cq->list)) {
+		data->func = null_ipi_cmd_end_io;
+		data->flags = 0;
+		__smp_call_function_single(cpu, data, 0);
+	}
+
+	put_cpu();
+}
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_SMP && CONFIG_USE_GENERIC_SMP_HELPERS */
+
+static inline void null_handle_cmd(struct nullb_cmd *cmd)
+{
+	/* Complete IO by inline, softirq or timer */
+	switch (irqmode) {
+	case NULL_IRQ_NONE:
+		end_cmd(cmd);
+		break;
+	case NULL_IRQ_SOFTIRQ:
+#if defined(CONFIG_SMP) && defined(CONFIG_USE_GENERIC_SMP_HELPERS)
+		null_cmd_end_ipi(cmd);
+#else
+		end_cmd(cmd);
+#endif
+		break;
+	case NULL_IRQ_TIMER:
+		null_cmd_end_timer(cmd);
+		break;
+	}
+}
+
+static struct nullb_queue *nullb_to_queue(struct nullb *nullb)
+{
+	int index = 0;
+
+	if (nullb->nr_queues != 1)
+		index = raw_smp_processor_id() / ((nr_cpu_ids + nullb->nr_queues - 1) / nullb->nr_queues);
+
+	return &nullb->queues[index];
+}
+
+static void null_queue_bio(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
+{
+	struct nullb *nullb = q->queuedata;
+	struct nullb_queue *nq = nullb_to_queue(nullb);
+	struct nullb_cmd *cmd;
+
+	cmd = alloc_cmd(nq, 1);
+	cmd->bio = bio;
+
+	null_handle_cmd(cmd);
+}
+
+static int null_rq_prep_fn(struct request_queue *q, struct request *req)
+{
+	struct nullb *nullb = q->queuedata;
+	struct nullb_queue *nq = nullb_to_queue(nullb);
+	struct nullb_cmd *cmd;
+
+	cmd = alloc_cmd(nq, 0);
+	if (cmd) {
+		cmd->rq = req;
+		req->special = cmd;
+		return BLKPREP_OK;
+	}
+
+	return BLKPREP_DEFER;
+}
+
+static void null_request_fn(struct request_queue *q)
+{
+	struct request *rq;
+
+	while ((rq = blk_fetch_request(q)) != NULL) {
+		struct nullb_cmd *cmd = rq->special;
+
+		spin_unlock_irq(q->queue_lock);
+		null_handle_cmd(cmd);
+		spin_lock_irq(q->queue_lock);
+	}
+}
+
+static int null_queue_rq(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, struct request *rq)
+{
+	struct nullb_cmd *cmd = rq->special;
+
+	cmd->rq = rq;
+	cmd->nq = hctx->driver_data;
+
+	null_handle_cmd(cmd);
+	return BLK_MQ_RQ_QUEUE_OK;
+}
+
+static struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *null_alloc_hctx(struct blk_mq_reg *reg, unsigned int hctx_index)
+{
+	return kzalloc_node(sizeof(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx), GFP_KERNEL,
+				hctx_index);
+}
+
+static void null_free_hctx(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, unsigned int hctx_index)
+{
+	kfree(hctx);
+}
+
+static int null_init_hctx(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, void *data,
+			  unsigned int index)
+{
+	struct nullb *nullb = data;
+	struct nullb_queue *nq = &nullb->queues[index];
+
+	init_waitqueue_head(&nq->wait);
+	nq->queue_depth = nullb->queue_depth;
+	nullb->nr_queues++;
+	hctx->driver_data = nq;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static struct blk_mq_ops null_mq_ops = {
+	.queue_rq       = null_queue_rq,
+	.map_queue      = blk_mq_map_queue,
+	.init_hctx	= null_init_hctx,
+};
+
+static struct blk_mq_reg null_mq_reg = {
+	.ops		= &null_mq_ops,
+	.queue_depth	= 64,
+	.cmd_size	= sizeof(struct nullb_cmd),
+	.flags		= BLK_MQ_F_SHOULD_MERGE,
+};
+
+static void null_del_dev(struct nullb *nullb)
+{
+	list_del_init(&nullb->list);
+
+	del_gendisk(nullb->disk);
+	if (queue_mode == NULL_Q_MQ)
+		blk_mq_free_queue(nullb->q);
+	else
+		blk_cleanup_queue(nullb->q);
+	put_disk(nullb->disk);
+	kfree(nullb);
+}
+
+static int null_open(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void null_release(struct gendisk *disk, fmode_t mode)
+{
+}
+
+static const struct block_device_operations null_fops = {
+	.owner =	THIS_MODULE,
+	.open =		null_open,
+	.release =	null_release,
+};
+
+static int setup_commands(struct nullb_queue *nq)
+{
+	struct nullb_cmd *cmd;
+	int i, tag_size;
+
+	nq->cmds = kzalloc(nq->queue_depth * sizeof(*cmd), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!nq->cmds)
+		return 1;
+
+	tag_size = ALIGN(nq->queue_depth, BITS_PER_LONG) / BITS_PER_LONG;
+	nq->tag_map = kzalloc(tag_size * sizeof(unsigned long), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!nq->tag_map) {
+		kfree(nq->cmds);
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < nq->queue_depth; i++) {
+		cmd = &nq->cmds[i];
+		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cmd->list);
+		cmd->ll_list.next = NULL;
+		cmd->tag = -1U;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void cleanup_queue(struct nullb_queue *nq)
+{
+	kfree(nq->tag_map);
+	kfree(nq->cmds);
+}
+
+static void cleanup_queues(struct nullb *nullb)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < nullb->nr_queues; i++)
+		cleanup_queue(&nullb->queues[i]);
+
+	kfree(nullb->queues);
+}
+
+static int setup_queues(struct nullb *nullb)
+{
+	struct nullb_queue *nq;
+	int i;
+
+	nullb->queues = kzalloc(submit_queues * sizeof(*nq), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!nullb->queues)
+		return 1;
+
+	nullb->nr_queues = 0;
+	nullb->queue_depth = hw_queue_depth;
+
+	if (queue_mode == NULL_Q_MQ)
+		return 0;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < submit_queues; i++) {
+		nq = &nullb->queues[i];
+		init_waitqueue_head(&nq->wait);
+		nq->queue_depth = hw_queue_depth;
+		if (setup_commands(nq))
+			break;
+		nullb->nr_queues++;
+	}
+
+	if (i == submit_queues)
+		return 0;
+
+	cleanup_queues(nullb);
+	return 1;
+}
+
+static int null_add_dev(void)
+{
+	struct gendisk *disk;
+	struct nullb *nullb;
+	sector_t size;
+
+	nullb = kzalloc_node(sizeof(*nullb), GFP_KERNEL, home_node);
+	if (!nullb)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	spin_lock_init(&nullb->lock);
+
+	if (setup_queues(nullb))
+		goto err;
+
+	if (queue_mode == NULL_Q_MQ) {
+		null_mq_reg.numa_node = home_node;
+		null_mq_reg.queue_depth = hw_queue_depth;
+
+		if (use_per_node_hctx) {
+			null_mq_reg.ops->alloc_hctx = null_alloc_hctx;
+			null_mq_reg.ops->free_hctx = null_free_hctx;
+
+			null_mq_reg.nr_hw_queues = nr_online_nodes;
+		} else {
+			null_mq_reg.ops->alloc_hctx = blk_mq_alloc_single_hw_queue;
+			null_mq_reg.ops->free_hctx = blk_mq_free_single_hw_queue;
+
+			null_mq_reg.nr_hw_queues = submit_queues;
+		}
+
+		nullb->q = blk_mq_init_queue(&null_mq_reg, nullb);
+	} else if (queue_mode == NULL_Q_BIO) {
+		nullb->q = blk_alloc_queue_node(GFP_KERNEL, home_node);
+		blk_queue_make_request(nullb->q, null_queue_bio);
+	} else {
+		nullb->q = blk_init_queue_node(null_request_fn, &nullb->lock, home_node);
+		blk_queue_prep_rq(nullb->q, null_rq_prep_fn);
+		if (nullb->q)
+			blk_queue_softirq_done(nullb->q, null_softirq_done_fn);
+	}
+
+	if (!nullb->q)
+		goto queue_fail;
+
+	nullb->q->queuedata = nullb;
+	queue_flag_set_unlocked(QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT, nullb->q);
+
+	disk = nullb->disk = alloc_disk_node(1, home_node);
+	if (!disk) {
+queue_fail:
+		if (queue_mode == NULL_Q_MQ)
+			blk_mq_free_queue(nullb->q);
+		else
+			blk_cleanup_queue(nullb->q);
+		cleanup_queues(nullb);
+err:
+		kfree(nullb);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	mutex_lock(&lock);
+	list_add_tail(&nullb->list, &nullb_list);
+	nullb->index = nullb_indexes++;
+	mutex_unlock(&lock);
+
+	blk_queue_logical_block_size(nullb->q, bs);
+	blk_queue_physical_block_size(nullb->q, bs);
+
+	size = gb * 1024 * 1024 * 1024ULL;
+	sector_div(size, bs);
+	set_capacity(disk, size);
+
+	disk->flags |= GENHD_FL_EXT_DEVT;
+	disk->major		= null_major;
+	disk->first_minor	= nullb->index;
+	disk->fops		= &null_fops;
+	disk->private_data	= nullb;
+	disk->queue		= nullb->q;
+	sprintf(disk->disk_name, "nullb%d", nullb->index);
+	add_disk(disk);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int __init null_init(void)
+{
+	unsigned int i;
+
+#if !defined(CONFIG_SMP) || !defined(CONFIG_USE_GENERIC_SMP_HELPERS)
+	if (irqmode == NULL_IRQ_SOFTIRQ) {
+		pr_warn("null_blk: softirq completions not available.\n");
+		pr_warn("null_blk: using direct completions.\n");
+		irqmode = NULL_IRQ_NONE;
+	}
+#endif
+
+	if (submit_queues > nr_cpu_ids)
+		submit_queues = nr_cpu_ids;
+	else if (!submit_queues)
+		submit_queues = 1;
+
+	mutex_init(&lock);
+
+	/* Initialize a separate list for each CPU for issuing softirqs */
+	for_each_possible_cpu(i) {
+		struct completion_queue *cq = &per_cpu(completion_queues, i);
+
+		init_llist_head(&cq->list);
+
+		if (irqmode != NULL_IRQ_TIMER)
+			continue;
+
+		hrtimer_init(&cq->timer, CLOCK_MONOTONIC, HRTIMER_MODE_REL);
+		cq->timer.function = null_cmd_timer_expired;
+	}
+
+	null_major = register_blkdev(0, "nullb");
+	if (null_major < 0)
+		return null_major;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < nr_devices; i++) {
+		if (null_add_dev()) {
+			unregister_blkdev(null_major, "nullb");
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pr_info("null: module loaded\n");
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void __exit null_exit(void)
+{
+	struct nullb *nullb;
+
+	unregister_blkdev(null_major, "nullb");
+
+	mutex_lock(&lock);
+	while (!list_empty(&nullb_list)) {
+		nullb = list_entry(nullb_list.next, struct nullb, list);
+		null_del_dev(nullb);
+	}
+	mutex_unlock(&lock);
+}
+
+module_init(null_init);
+module_exit(null_exit);
+
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Jens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com>");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");