diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 607062f83566..93593773306a 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 5380a101d33d1d3a32c6b6bd2e17e5dd835842b0
+refs/heads/master: ff7d145fd911266ae42af7552edc32681c01addb
diff --git a/trunk/include/linux/blkdev.h b/trunk/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 55ef6efe3eb5..d2dc17151f6c 100644
--- a/trunk/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/trunk/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -232,7 +232,13 @@ struct request {
 	struct hlist_node hash;	/* merge hash */
 	struct rb_node rb_node;	/* sort/lookup */
 
+	/*
+	 * two pointers are available for the IO schedulers, if they need
+	 * more they have to dynamically allocate it.
+	 */
 	void *elevator_private;
+	void *elevator_private2;
+
 	void *completion_data;
 
 	int rq_status;	/* should split this into a few status bits */