u32                     sectorsize;
        u32                     nodesize;
        u32                     leafsize;
+
+       int                     is_dev_replace;
+
        /*
         * statistics
         */
 }
 
 static noinline_for_stack
-struct scrub_ctx *scrub_setup_ctx(struct btrfs_device *dev)
+struct scrub_ctx *scrub_setup_ctx(struct btrfs_device *dev, int is_dev_replace)
 {
        struct scrub_ctx *sctx;
        int             i;
        sctx = kzalloc(sizeof(*sctx), GFP_NOFS);
        if (!sctx)
                goto nomem;
+       sctx->is_dev_replace = is_dev_replace;
        sctx->pages_per_bio = pages_per_bio;
        sctx->curr = -1;
        sctx->dev_root = dev->dev_root;
 
 int btrfs_scrub_dev(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, u64 devid, u64 start,
                    u64 end, struct btrfs_scrub_progress *progress,
-                   int readonly)
+                   int readonly, int is_dev_replace)
 {
        struct scrub_ctx *sctx;
        int ret;
 
        mutex_lock(&fs_info->fs_devices->device_list_mutex);
        dev = btrfs_find_device(fs_info, devid, NULL, NULL);
-       if (!dev || dev->missing) {
+       if (!dev || (dev->missing && !is_dev_replace)) {
                mutex_unlock(&fs_info->fs_devices->device_list_mutex);
                scrub_workers_put(fs_info);
                return -ENODEV;
        }
        mutex_lock(&fs_info->scrub_lock);
 
-       if (!dev->in_fs_metadata) {
+       if (!dev->in_fs_metadata || dev->is_tgtdev_for_dev_replace) {
                mutex_unlock(&fs_info->scrub_lock);
                mutex_unlock(&fs_info->fs_devices->device_list_mutex);
                scrub_workers_put(fs_info);
                scrub_workers_put(fs_info);
                return -EINPROGRESS;
        }
-       sctx = scrub_setup_ctx(dev);
+       sctx = scrub_setup_ctx(dev, is_dev_replace);
        if (IS_ERR(sctx)) {
                mutex_unlock(&fs_info->scrub_lock);
                mutex_unlock(&fs_info->fs_devices->device_list_mutex);
 
        /* This is the initialized path, it is safe to release the devices. */
        list_for_each_entry_safe(device, next, &fs_devices->devices, dev_list) {
                if (device->in_fs_metadata) {
-                       if (!latest_transid ||
-                           device->generation > latest_transid) {
+                       if (!device->is_tgtdev_for_dev_replace &&
+                           (!latest_transid ||
+                            device->generation > latest_transid)) {
                                latest_devid = device->devid;
                                latest_transid = device->generation;
                                latest_bdev = device->bdev;
 
        *length = 0;
 
-       if (start >= device->total_bytes)
+       if (start >= device->total_bytes || device->is_tgtdev_for_dev_replace)
                return 0;
 
        path = btrfs_alloc_path();
        max_hole_size = 0;
        hole_size = 0;
 
-       if (search_start >= search_end) {
+       if (search_start >= search_end || device->is_tgtdev_for_dev_replace) {
                ret = -ENOSPC;
                goto error;
        }
        struct btrfs_key key;
 
        WARN_ON(!device->in_fs_metadata);
+       WARN_ON(device->is_tgtdev_for_dev_replace);
        path = btrfs_alloc_path();
        if (!path)
                return -ENOMEM;
                 * is held.
                 */
                list_for_each_entry(tmp, devices, dev_list) {
-                       if (tmp->in_fs_metadata && !tmp->bdev) {
+                       if (tmp->in_fs_metadata &&
+                           !tmp->is_tgtdev_for_dev_replace &&
+                           !tmp->bdev) {
                                device = tmp;
                                break;
                        }
                }
        }
 
+       if (device->is_tgtdev_for_dev_replace) {
+               pr_err("btrfs: unable to remove the dev_replace target dev\n");
+               ret = -EINVAL;
+               goto error_brelse;
+       }
+
        if (device->writeable && root->fs_info->fs_devices->rw_devices == 1) {
                printk(KERN_ERR "btrfs: unable to remove the only writeable "
                       "device\n");
        if (ret)
                goto error_undo;
 
+       /*
+        * TODO: the superblock still includes this device in its num_devices
+        * counter although write_all_supers() is not locked out. This
+        * could give a filesystem state which requires a degraded mount.
+        */
        ret = btrfs_rm_dev_item(root->fs_info->chunk_root, device);
        if (ret)
                goto error_undo;
        device->dev_root = root->fs_info->dev_root;
        device->bdev = bdev;
        device->in_fs_metadata = 1;
+       device->is_tgtdev_for_dev_replace = 0;
        device->mode = FMODE_EXCL;
        set_blocksize(device->bdev, 4096);
 
 
        if (!device->writeable)
                return -EACCES;
-       if (new_size <= device->total_bytes)
+       if (new_size <= device->total_bytes ||
+           device->is_tgtdev_for_dev_replace)
                return -EINVAL;
 
        btrfs_set_super_total_bytes(super_copy, old_total + diff);
                size_to_free = div_factor(old_size, 1);
                size_to_free = min(size_to_free, (u64)1 * 1024 * 1024);
                if (!device->writeable ||
-                   device->total_bytes - device->bytes_used > size_to_free)
+                   device->total_bytes - device->bytes_used > size_to_free ||
+                   device->is_tgtdev_for_dev_replace)
                        continue;
 
                ret = btrfs_shrink_device(device, old_size - size_to_free);
        u64 old_size = device->total_bytes;
        u64 diff = device->total_bytes - new_size;
 
+       if (device->is_tgtdev_for_dev_replace)
+               return -EINVAL;
+
        path = btrfs_alloc_path();
        if (!path)
                return -ENOMEM;
                        continue;
                }
 
-               if (!device->in_fs_metadata)
+               if (!device->in_fs_metadata ||
+                   device->is_tgtdev_for_dev_replace)
                        continue;
 
                if (device->total_bytes > device->bytes_used)
        device->io_align = btrfs_device_io_align(leaf, dev_item);
        device->io_width = btrfs_device_io_width(leaf, dev_item);
        device->sector_size = btrfs_device_sector_size(leaf, dev_item);
+       device->is_tgtdev_for_dev_replace = 0;
 
        ptr = (unsigned long)btrfs_device_uuid(dev_item);
        read_extent_buffer(leaf, device->uuid, ptr, BTRFS_UUID_SIZE);
        fill_device_from_item(leaf, dev_item, device);
        device->dev_root = root->fs_info->dev_root;
        device->in_fs_metadata = 1;
-       if (device->writeable) {
+       if (device->writeable && !device->is_tgtdev_for_dev_replace) {
                device->fs_devices->total_rw_bytes += device->total_bytes;
                spin_lock(&root->fs_info->free_chunk_lock);
                root->fs_info->free_chunk_space += device->total_bytes -