#define mv_chan_to_devp(chan)           \
        ((chan)->dmadev.dev)
 
-static void mv_desc_init(struct mv_xor_desc_slot *desc, unsigned long flags)
+static void mv_desc_init(struct mv_xor_desc_slot *desc,
+                        dma_addr_t addr, u32 byte_count)
 {
        struct mv_xor_desc *hw_desc = desc->hw_desc;
 
        hw_desc->status = (1 << 31);
        hw_desc->phy_next_desc = 0;
        hw_desc->desc_command = (1 << 31);
-}
-
-static void mv_desc_set_byte_count(struct mv_xor_desc_slot *desc,
-                                  u32 byte_count)
-{
-       struct mv_xor_desc *hw_desc = desc->hw_desc;
+       hw_desc->phy_dest_addr = addr;
        hw_desc->byte_count = byte_count;
 }
 
        hw_desc->phy_next_desc = 0;
 }
 
-static void mv_desc_set_dest_addr(struct mv_xor_desc_slot *desc,
-                                 dma_addr_t addr)
-{
-       struct mv_xor_desc *hw_desc = desc->hw_desc;
-       hw_desc->phy_dest_addr = addr;
-}
-
 static void mv_desc_set_src_addr(struct mv_xor_desc_slot *desc,
                                 int index, dma_addr_t addr)
 {
        return (state == 1) ? 1 : 0;
 }
 
-static int mv_chan_xor_slot_count(size_t len, int src_cnt)
-{
-       return 1;
-}
-
 /**
  * mv_xor_free_slots - flags descriptor slots for reuse
  * @slot: Slot to free
        dev_dbg(mv_chan_to_devp(mv_chan), "%s %d slot %p\n",
                __func__, __LINE__, slot);
 
-       slot->slots_per_op = 0;
+       slot->slot_used = 0;
 
 }
 
        /* set the hardware chain */
        mv_chan_set_next_descriptor(mv_chan, sw_desc->async_tx.phys);
 
-       mv_chan->pending += sw_desc->slot_cnt;
+       mv_chan->pending++;
        mv_xor_issue_pending(&mv_chan->dmachan);
 }
 
                                desc->async_tx.callback_param);
 
                dma_descriptor_unmap(&desc->async_tx);
-               if (desc->group_head)
-                       desc->group_head = NULL;
        }
 
        /* run dependent operations */
 }
 
 static struct mv_xor_desc_slot *
-mv_xor_alloc_slots(struct mv_xor_chan *mv_chan, int num_slots,
-                   int slots_per_op)
+mv_xor_alloc_slot(struct mv_xor_chan *mv_chan)
 {
-       struct mv_xor_desc_slot *iter, *_iter, *alloc_start = NULL;
-       LIST_HEAD(chain);
-       int slots_found, retry = 0;
+       struct mv_xor_desc_slot *iter, *_iter;
+       int retry = 0;
 
        /* start search from the last allocated descrtiptor
         * if a contiguous allocation can not be found start searching
         * from the beginning of the list
         */
 retry:
-       slots_found = 0;
        if (retry == 0)
                iter = mv_chan->last_used;
        else
 
        list_for_each_entry_safe_continue(
                iter, _iter, &mv_chan->all_slots, slot_node) {
+
                prefetch(_iter);
                prefetch(&_iter->async_tx);
-               if (iter->slots_per_op) {
+               if (iter->slot_used) {
                        /* give up after finding the first busy slot
                         * on the second pass through the list
                         */
                        if (retry)
                                break;
-
-                       slots_found = 0;
                        continue;
                }
 
-               /* start the allocation if the slot is correctly aligned */
-               if (!slots_found++)
-                       alloc_start = iter;
-
-               if (slots_found == num_slots) {
-                       struct mv_xor_desc_slot *alloc_tail = NULL;
-                       struct mv_xor_desc_slot *last_used = NULL;
-                       iter = alloc_start;
-                       while (num_slots) {
-                               int i;
-
-                               /* pre-ack all but the last descriptor */
-                               async_tx_ack(&iter->async_tx);
-
-                               list_add_tail(&iter->chain_node, &chain);
-                               alloc_tail = iter;
-                               iter->async_tx.cookie = 0;
-                               iter->slot_cnt = num_slots;
-                               iter->xor_check_result = NULL;
-                               for (i = 0; i < slots_per_op; i++) {
-                                       iter->slots_per_op = slots_per_op - i;
-                                       last_used = iter;
-                                       iter = list_entry(iter->slot_node.next,
-                                               struct mv_xor_desc_slot,
-                                               slot_node);
-                               }
-                               num_slots -= slots_per_op;
-                       }
-                       alloc_tail->group_head = alloc_start;
-                       alloc_tail->async_tx.cookie = -EBUSY;
-                       list_splice(&chain, &alloc_tail->tx_list);
-                       mv_chan->last_used = last_used;
-                       mv_desc_clear_next_desc(alloc_start);
-                       mv_desc_clear_next_desc(alloc_tail);
-                       return alloc_tail;
-               }
+               /* pre-ack descriptor */
+               async_tx_ack(&iter->async_tx);
+
+               iter->slot_used = 1;
+               INIT_LIST_HEAD(&iter->chain_node);
+               iter->async_tx.cookie = -EBUSY;
+               mv_chan->last_used = iter;
+               mv_desc_clear_next_desc(iter);
+
+               return iter;
+
        }
        if (!retry++)
                goto retry;
 {
        struct mv_xor_desc_slot *sw_desc = to_mv_xor_slot(tx);
        struct mv_xor_chan *mv_chan = to_mv_xor_chan(tx->chan);
-       struct mv_xor_desc_slot *grp_start, *old_chain_tail;
+       struct mv_xor_desc_slot *old_chain_tail;
        dma_cookie_t cookie;
        int new_hw_chain = 1;
 
                "%s sw_desc %p: async_tx %p\n",
                __func__, sw_desc, &sw_desc->async_tx);
 
-       grp_start = sw_desc->group_head;
-
        spin_lock_bh(&mv_chan->lock);
        cookie = dma_cookie_assign(tx);
 
        if (list_empty(&mv_chan->chain))
-               list_splice_init(&sw_desc->tx_list, &mv_chan->chain);
+               list_add_tail(&sw_desc->chain_node, &mv_chan->chain);
        else {
                new_hw_chain = 0;
 
                old_chain_tail = list_entry(mv_chan->chain.prev,
                                            struct mv_xor_desc_slot,
                                            chain_node);
-               list_splice_init(&grp_start->tx_list,
-                                &old_chain_tail->chain_node);
+               list_add_tail(&sw_desc->chain_node, &mv_chan->chain);
 
                dev_dbg(mv_chan_to_devp(mv_chan), "Append to last desc %pa\n",
                        &old_chain_tail->async_tx.phys);
 
                /* fix up the hardware chain */
-               mv_desc_set_next_desc(old_chain_tail, grp_start->async_tx.phys);
+               mv_desc_set_next_desc(old_chain_tail, sw_desc->async_tx.phys);
 
                /* if the channel is not busy */
                if (!mv_chan_is_busy(mv_chan)) {
        }
 
        if (new_hw_chain)
-               mv_xor_start_new_chain(mv_chan, grp_start);
+               mv_xor_start_new_chain(mv_chan, sw_desc);
 
        spin_unlock_bh(&mv_chan->lock);
 
                slot->async_tx.tx_submit = mv_xor_tx_submit;
                INIT_LIST_HEAD(&slot->chain_node);
                INIT_LIST_HEAD(&slot->slot_node);
-               INIT_LIST_HEAD(&slot->tx_list);
                dma_desc = mv_chan->dma_desc_pool;
                slot->async_tx.phys = dma_desc + idx * MV_XOR_SLOT_SIZE;
                slot->idx = idx++;
                    unsigned int src_cnt, size_t len, unsigned long flags)
 {
        struct mv_xor_chan *mv_chan = to_mv_xor_chan(chan);
-       struct mv_xor_desc_slot *sw_desc, *grp_start;
-       int slot_cnt;
+       struct mv_xor_desc_slot *sw_desc;
 
        if (unlikely(len < MV_XOR_MIN_BYTE_COUNT))
                return NULL;
                __func__, src_cnt, len, &dest, flags);
 
        spin_lock_bh(&mv_chan->lock);
-       slot_cnt = mv_chan_xor_slot_count(len, src_cnt);
-       sw_desc = mv_xor_alloc_slots(mv_chan, slot_cnt, 1);
+       sw_desc = mv_xor_alloc_slot(mv_chan);
        if (sw_desc) {
                sw_desc->type = DMA_XOR;
                sw_desc->async_tx.flags = flags;
-               grp_start = sw_desc->group_head;
-               mv_desc_init(grp_start, flags);
-               mv_desc_set_byte_count(grp_start, len);
-               mv_desc_set_dest_addr(sw_desc->group_head, dest);
+               mv_desc_init(sw_desc, dest, len);
                sw_desc->unmap_src_cnt = src_cnt;
                sw_desc->unmap_len = len;
                while (src_cnt--)
-                       mv_desc_set_src_addr(grp_start, src_cnt, src[src_cnt]);
+                       mv_desc_set_src_addr(sw_desc, src_cnt, src[src_cnt]);
        }
        spin_unlock_bh(&mv_chan->lock);
        dev_dbg(mv_chan_to_devp(mv_chan),