.name   = "linear",
        .version = {1, 4, 0},
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ZONED
-       .features = DM_TARGET_PASSES_INTEGRITY | DM_TARGET_ZONED_HM,
+       .features = DM_TARGET_PASSES_INTEGRITY | DM_TARGET_NOWAIT |
+                   DM_TARGET_ZONED_HM,
        .report_zones = linear_report_zones,
 #else
-       .features = DM_TARGET_PASSES_INTEGRITY,
+       .features = DM_TARGET_PASSES_INTEGRITY | DM_TARGET_NOWAIT,
 #endif
        .module = THIS_MODULE,
        .ctr    = linear_ctr,
 
        return true;
 }
 
+static int device_not_nowait_capable(struct dm_target *ti, struct dm_dev *dev,
+                                    sector_t start, sector_t len, void *data)
+{
+       struct request_queue *q = bdev_get_queue(dev->bdev);
+
+       return q && !blk_queue_nowait(q);
+}
+
+static bool dm_table_supports_nowait(struct dm_table *t)
+{
+       struct dm_target *ti;
+       unsigned i = 0;
+
+       while (i < dm_table_get_num_targets(t)) {
+               ti = dm_table_get_target(t, i++);
+
+               if (!dm_target_supports_nowait(ti->type))
+                       return false;
+
+               if (!ti->type->iterate_devices ||
+                   ti->type->iterate_devices(ti, device_not_nowait_capable, NULL))
+                       return false;
+       }
+
+       return true;
+}
+
 static int device_not_discard_capable(struct dm_target *ti, struct dm_dev *dev,
                                      sector_t start, sector_t len, void *data)
 {
         */
        q->limits = *limits;
 
+       if (dm_table_supports_nowait(t))
+               blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_NOWAIT, q);
+       else
+               blk_queue_flag_clear(QUEUE_FLAG_NOWAIT, q);
+
        if (!dm_table_supports_discards(t)) {
                blk_queue_flag_clear(QUEUE_FLAG_DISCARD, q);
                /* Must also clear discard limits... */
 
        if (unlikely(test_bit(DMF_BLOCK_IO_FOR_SUSPEND, &md->flags))) {
                dm_put_live_table(md, srcu_idx);
 
-               if (!(bio->bi_opf & REQ_RAHEAD))
+               if (bio->bi_opf & REQ_NOWAIT)
+                       bio_wouldblock_error(bio);
+               else if (!(bio->bi_opf & REQ_RAHEAD))
                        queue_io(md, bio);
                else
                        bio_io_error(bio);
 
 #define DM_TARGET_ZONED_HM             0x00000040
 #define dm_target_supports_zoned_hm(type) ((type)->features & DM_TARGET_ZONED_HM)
 
+/*
+ * A target handles REQ_NOWAIT
+ */
+#define DM_TARGET_NOWAIT               0x00000080
+#define dm_target_supports_nowait(type) ((type)->features & DM_TARGET_NOWAIT)
+
 struct dm_target {
        struct dm_table *table;
        struct target_type *type;