#define INAND_CMD38_ARG_SECTRIM1 0x81
 #define INAND_CMD38_ARG_SECTRIM2 0x88
 
-#define REL_WRITES_SUPPORTED(card) (mmc_card_mmc((card)) &&    \
-    (((card)->ext_csd.rel_param & EXT_CSD_WR_REL_PARAM_EN) ||  \
-     ((card)->ext_csd.rel_sectors)))
-
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(block_mutex);
 
 /*
        struct mmc_queue queue;
        struct list_head part;
 
+       unsigned int    flags;
+#define MMC_BLK_CMD23  (1 << 0)        /* Can do SET_BLOCK_COUNT for multiblock */
+#define MMC_BLK_REL_WR (1 << 1)        /* MMC Reliable write support */
+
        unsigned int    usage;
        unsigned int    read_only;
        unsigned int    part_type;
 
 struct mmc_blk_request {
        struct mmc_request      mrq;
+       struct mmc_command      sbc;
        struct mmc_command      cmd;
        struct mmc_command      stop;
        struct mmc_data         data;
  * reliable write can handle, thus finish the request in
  * partial completions.
  */
-static inline int mmc_apply_rel_rw(struct mmc_blk_request *brq,
-                                  struct mmc_card *card,
-                                  struct request *req)
+static inline void mmc_apply_rel_rw(struct mmc_blk_request *brq,
+                                   struct mmc_card *card,
+                                   struct request *req)
 {
-       int err;
-       struct mmc_command set_count = {0};
-
        if (!(card->ext_csd.rel_param & EXT_CSD_WR_REL_PARAM_EN)) {
                /* Legacy mode imposes restrictions on transfers. */
                if (!IS_ALIGNED(brq->cmd.arg, card->ext_csd.rel_sectors))
                else if (brq->data.blocks < card->ext_csd.rel_sectors)
                        brq->data.blocks = 1;
        }
-
-       set_count.opcode = MMC_SET_BLOCK_COUNT;
-       set_count.arg = brq->data.blocks | (1 << 31);
-       set_count.flags = MMC_RSP_R1 | MMC_CMD_AC;
-       err = mmc_wait_for_cmd(card->host, &set_count, 0);
-       if (err)
-               printk(KERN_ERR "%s: error %d SET_BLOCK_COUNT\n",
-                      req->rq_disk->disk_name, err);
-       return err;
 }
 
 static int mmc_blk_issue_rw_rq(struct mmc_queue *mq, struct request *req)
        bool do_rel_wr = ((req->cmd_flags & REQ_FUA) ||
                          (req->cmd_flags & REQ_META)) &&
                (rq_data_dir(req) == WRITE) &&
-               REL_WRITES_SUPPORTED(card);
+               (md->flags & MMC_BLK_REL_WR);
 
        do {
                struct mmc_command cmd = {0};
 
                if (brq.data.blocks > 1 || do_rel_wr) {
                        /* SPI multiblock writes terminate using a special
-                        * token, not a STOP_TRANSMISSION request. Reliable
-                        * writes use SET_BLOCK_COUNT and do not use a
-                        * STOP_TRANSMISSION request either.
+                        * token, not a STOP_TRANSMISSION request.
                         */
-                       if ((!mmc_host_is_spi(card->host) && !do_rel_wr) ||
+                       if (!mmc_host_is_spi(card->host) ||
                            rq_data_dir(req) == READ)
                                brq.mrq.stop = &brq.stop;
                        readcmd = MMC_READ_MULTIPLE_BLOCK;
                        brq.data.flags |= MMC_DATA_WRITE;
                }
 
-               if (do_rel_wr && mmc_apply_rel_rw(&brq, card, req))
-                       goto cmd_err;
+               if (do_rel_wr)
+                       mmc_apply_rel_rw(&brq, card, req);
+
+               /*
+                * Pre-defined multi-block transfers are preferable to
+                * open ended-ones (and necessary for reliable writes).
+                * However, it is not sufficient to just send CMD23,
+                * and avoid the final CMD12, as on an error condition
+                * CMD12 (stop) needs to be sent anyway. This, coupled
+                * with Auto-CMD23 enhancements provided by some
+                * hosts, means that the complexity of dealing
+                * with this is best left to the host. If CMD23 is
+                * supported by card and host, we'll fill sbc in and let
+                * the host deal with handling it correctly. This means
+                * that for hosts that don't expose MMC_CAP_CMD23, no
+                * change of behavior will be observed.
+                *
+                * N.B: Some MMC cards experience perf degradation.
+                * We'll avoid using CMD23-bounded multiblock writes for
+                * these, while retaining features like reliable writes.
+                */
+
+               if ((md->flags & MMC_BLK_CMD23) &&
+                   mmc_op_multi(brq.cmd.opcode) &&
+                   (do_rel_wr || !(card->quirks & MMC_QUIRK_BLK_NO_CMD23))) {
+                       brq.sbc.opcode = MMC_SET_BLOCK_COUNT;
+                       brq.sbc.arg = brq.data.blocks |
+                               (do_rel_wr ? (1 << 31) : 0);
+                       brq.sbc.flags = MMC_RSP_R1 | MMC_CMD_AC;
+                       brq.mrq.sbc = &brq.sbc;
+               }
 
                mmc_set_data_timeout(&brq.data, card);
 
                 * until later as we need to wait for the card to leave
                 * programming mode even when things go wrong.
                 */
-               if (brq.cmd.error || brq.data.error || brq.stop.error) {
+               if (brq.sbc.error || brq.cmd.error ||
+                   brq.data.error || brq.stop.error) {
                        if (brq.data.blocks > 1 && rq_data_dir(req) == READ) {
                                /* Redo read one sector at a time */
                                printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: retrying using single "
                        status = get_card_status(card, req);
                }
 
+               if (brq.sbc.error) {
+                       printk(KERN_ERR "%s: error %d sending SET_BLOCK_COUNT "
+                              "command, response %#x, card status %#x\n",
+                              req->rq_disk->disk_name, brq.sbc.error,
+                              brq.sbc.resp[0], status);
+               }
+
                if (brq.cmd.error) {
                        printk(KERN_ERR "%s: error %d sending read/write "
                               "command, response %#x, card status %#x\n",
        md->disk->queue = md->queue.queue;
        md->disk->driverfs_dev = parent;
        set_disk_ro(md->disk, md->read_only || default_ro);
-       if (REL_WRITES_SUPPORTED(card))
-               blk_queue_flush(md->queue.queue, REQ_FLUSH | REQ_FUA);
 
        /*
         * As discussed on lkml, GENHD_FL_REMOVABLE should:
 
        blk_queue_logical_block_size(md->queue.queue, 512);
        set_capacity(md->disk, size);
+
+       if (mmc_host_cmd23(card->host) &&
+           mmc_card_mmc(card))
+               md->flags |= MMC_BLK_CMD23;
+
+       if (mmc_card_mmc(card) &&
+           md->flags & MMC_BLK_CMD23 &&
+           ((card->ext_csd.rel_param & EXT_CSD_WR_REL_PARAM_EN) ||
+            card->ext_csd.rel_sectors)) {
+               md->flags |= MMC_BLK_REL_WR;
+               blk_queue_flush(md->queue.queue, REQ_FLUSH | REQ_FUA);
+       }
+
        return md;
 
  err_putdisk:
        MMC_FIXUP("SEM08G", 0x2, 0x100, add_quirk, MMC_QUIRK_INAND_CMD38),
        MMC_FIXUP("SEM16G", 0x2, 0x100, add_quirk, MMC_QUIRK_INAND_CMD38),
        MMC_FIXUP("SEM32G", 0x2, 0x100, add_quirk, MMC_QUIRK_INAND_CMD38),
+
+       /*
+        * Some MMC cards experience performance degradation with CMD23
+        * instead of CMD12-bounded multiblock transfers. For now we'll
+        * black list what's bad...
+        * - Certain Toshiba cards.
+        *
+        * N.B. This doesn't affect SD cards.
+        */
+       MMC_FIXUP("MMC08G", 0x11, CID_OEMID_ANY, add_quirk_mmc,
+                 MMC_QUIRK_BLK_NO_CMD23),
+       MMC_FIXUP("MMC16G", 0x11, CID_OEMID_ANY, add_quirk_mmc,
+                 MMC_QUIRK_BLK_NO_CMD23),
+       MMC_FIXUP("MMC32G", 0x11, CID_OEMID_ANY, add_quirk_mmc,
+                 MMC_QUIRK_BLK_NO_CMD23),
        END_FIXUP
 };