diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-raid1.c b/drivers/md/dm-raid1.c
index ec6d675bf766..38efa7071dd7 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-raid1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-raid1.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 #include "dm.h"
 #include "dm-bio-list.h"
+#include "dm-bio-record.h"
 #include "dm-io.h"
 #include "dm-log.h"
 #include "kcopyd.h"
@@ -141,6 +142,7 @@ struct mirror_set {
 	struct bio_list failures;
 
 	struct dm_io_client *io_client;
+	mempool_t *read_record_pool;
 
 	/* recovery */
 	region_t nr_regions;
@@ -647,24 +649,30 @@ static void rh_start_recovery(struct region_hash *rh)
 	wake(rh->ms);
 }
 
+#define MIN_READ_RECORDS 20
+struct dm_raid1_read_record {
+	struct mirror *m;
+	struct dm_bio_details details;
+};
+
 /*
  * Every mirror should look like this one.
  */
 #define DEFAULT_MIRROR 0
 
 /*
- * This is yucky.  We squirrel the mirror_set struct away inside
- * bi_next for write buffers.  This is safe since the bh
+ * This is yucky.  We squirrel the mirror struct away inside
+ * bi_next for read/write buffers.  This is safe since the bh
  * doesn't get submitted to the lower levels of block layer.
  */
-static struct mirror_set *bio_get_ms(struct bio *bio)
+static struct mirror *bio_get_m(struct bio *bio)
 {
-	return (struct mirror_set *) bio->bi_next;
+	return (struct mirror *) bio->bi_next;
 }
 
-static void bio_set_ms(struct bio *bio, struct mirror_set *ms)
+static void bio_set_m(struct bio *bio, struct mirror *m)
 {
-	bio->bi_next = (struct bio *) ms;
+	bio->bi_next = (struct bio *) m;
 }
 
 static struct mirror *get_default_mirror(struct mirror_set *ms)
@@ -857,17 +865,105 @@ static void do_recovery(struct mirror_set *ms)
  *---------------------------------------------------------------*/
 static struct mirror *choose_mirror(struct mirror_set *ms, sector_t sector)
 {
-	/* FIXME: add read balancing */
-	return get_default_mirror(ms);
+	struct mirror *m = get_default_mirror(ms);
+
+	do {
+		if (likely(!atomic_read(&m->error_count)))
+			return m;
+
+		if (m-- == ms->mirror)
+			m += ms->nr_mirrors;
+	} while (m != get_default_mirror(ms));
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static int default_ok(struct mirror *m)
+{
+	struct mirror *default_mirror = get_default_mirror(m->ms);
+
+	return !atomic_read(&default_mirror->error_count);
+}
+
+static int mirror_available(struct mirror_set *ms, struct bio *bio)
+{
+	region_t region = bio_to_region(&ms->rh, bio);
+
+	if (ms->rh.log->type->in_sync(ms->rh.log, region, 0))
+		return choose_mirror(ms,  bio->bi_sector) ? 1 : 0;
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /*
  * remap a buffer to a particular mirror.
  */
-static void map_bio(struct mirror_set *ms, struct mirror *m, struct bio *bio)
+static sector_t map_sector(struct mirror *m, struct bio *bio)
+{
+	return m->offset + (bio->bi_sector - m->ms->ti->begin);
+}
+
+static void map_bio(struct mirror *m, struct bio *bio)
 {
 	bio->bi_bdev = m->dev->bdev;
-	bio->bi_sector = m->offset + (bio->bi_sector - ms->ti->begin);
+	bio->bi_sector = map_sector(m, bio);
+}
+
+static void map_region(struct io_region *io, struct mirror *m,
+		       struct bio *bio)
+{
+	io->bdev = m->dev->bdev;
+	io->sector = map_sector(m, bio);
+	io->count = bio->bi_size >> 9;
+}
+
+/*-----------------------------------------------------------------
+ * Reads
+ *---------------------------------------------------------------*/
+static void read_callback(unsigned long error, void *context)
+{
+	struct bio *bio = context;
+	struct mirror *m;
+
+	m = bio_get_m(bio);
+	bio_set_m(bio, NULL);
+
+	if (likely(!error)) {
+		bio_endio(bio, 0);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	fail_mirror(m, DM_RAID1_READ_ERROR);
+
+	if (likely(default_ok(m)) || mirror_available(m->ms, bio)) {
+		DMWARN_LIMIT("Read failure on mirror device %s.  "
+			     "Trying alternative device.",
+			     m->dev->name);
+		queue_bio(m->ms, bio, bio_rw(bio));
+		return;
+	}
+
+	DMERR_LIMIT("Read failure on mirror device %s.  Failing I/O.",
+		    m->dev->name);
+	bio_endio(bio, -EIO);
+}
+
+/* Asynchronous read. */
+static void read_async_bio(struct mirror *m, struct bio *bio)
+{
+	struct io_region io;
+	struct dm_io_request io_req = {
+		.bi_rw = READ,
+		.mem.type = DM_IO_BVEC,
+		.mem.ptr.bvec = bio->bi_io_vec + bio->bi_idx,
+		.notify.fn = read_callback,
+		.notify.context = bio,
+		.client = m->ms->io_client,
+	};
+
+	map_region(&io, m, bio);
+	bio_set_m(bio, m);
+	(void) dm_io(&io_req, 1, &io, NULL);
 }
 
 static void do_reads(struct mirror_set *ms, struct bio_list *reads)
@@ -878,17 +974,20 @@ static void do_reads(struct mirror_set *ms, struct bio_list *reads)
 
 	while ((bio = bio_list_pop(reads))) {
 		region = bio_to_region(&ms->rh, bio);
+		m = get_default_mirror(ms);
 
 		/*
 		 * We can only read balance if the region is in sync.
 		 */
-		if (rh_in_sync(&ms->rh, region, 1))
+		if (likely(rh_in_sync(&ms->rh, region, 1)))
 			m = choose_mirror(ms, bio->bi_sector);
-		else
-			m = get_default_mirror(ms);
+		else if (m && atomic_read(&m->error_count))
+			m = NULL;
 
-		map_bio(ms, m, bio);
-		generic_make_request(bio);
+		if (likely(m))
+			read_async_bio(m, bio);
+		else
+			bio_endio(bio, -EIO);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -964,8 +1063,8 @@ static void write_callback(unsigned long error, void *context)
 	int should_wake = 0;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	ms = bio_get_ms(bio);
-	bio_set_ms(bio, NULL);
+	ms = bio_get_m(bio)->ms;
+	bio_set_m(bio, NULL);
 
 	/*
 	 * NOTE: We don't decrement the pending count here,
@@ -1008,7 +1107,7 @@ out:
 static void do_write(struct mirror_set *ms, struct bio *bio)
 {
 	unsigned int i;
-	struct io_region io[KCOPYD_MAX_REGIONS+1];
+	struct io_region io[ms->nr_mirrors], *dest = io;
 	struct mirror *m;
 	struct dm_io_request io_req = {
 		.bi_rw = WRITE,
@@ -1019,15 +1118,14 @@ static void do_write(struct mirror_set *ms, struct bio *bio)
 		.client = ms->io_client,
 	};
 
-	for (i = 0; i < ms->nr_mirrors; i++) {
-		m = ms->mirror + i;
+	for (i = 0, m = ms->mirror; i < ms->nr_mirrors; i++, m++)
+		map_region(dest++, m, bio);
 
-		io[i].bdev = m->dev->bdev;
-		io[i].sector = m->offset + (bio->bi_sector - ms->ti->begin);
-		io[i].count = bio->bi_size >> 9;
-	}
-
-	bio_set_ms(bio, ms);
+	/*
+	 * Use default mirror because we only need it to retrieve the reference
+	 * to the mirror set in write_callback().
+	 */
+	bio_set_m(bio, get_default_mirror(ms));
 
 	(void) dm_io(&io_req, ms->nr_mirrors, io, NULL);
 }
@@ -1092,7 +1190,7 @@ static void do_writes(struct mirror_set *ms, struct bio_list *writes)
 		rh_delay(&ms->rh, bio);
 
 	while ((bio = bio_list_pop(&nosync))) {
-		map_bio(ms, get_default_mirror(ms), bio);
+		map_bio(get_default_mirror(ms), bio);
 		generic_make_request(bio);
 	}
 }
@@ -1231,9 +1329,19 @@ static struct mirror_set *alloc_context(unsigned int nr_mirrors,
 	atomic_set(&ms->suspend, 0);
 	atomic_set(&ms->default_mirror, DEFAULT_MIRROR);
 
+	len = sizeof(struct dm_raid1_read_record);
+	ms->read_record_pool = mempool_create_kmalloc_pool(MIN_READ_RECORDS,
+							   len);
+	if (!ms->read_record_pool) {
+		ti->error = "Error creating mirror read_record_pool";
+		kfree(ms);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
 	ms->io_client = dm_io_client_create(DM_IO_PAGES);
 	if (IS_ERR(ms->io_client)) {
 		ti->error = "Error creating dm_io client";
+		mempool_destroy(ms->read_record_pool);
 		kfree(ms);
  		return NULL;
 	}
@@ -1241,6 +1349,7 @@ static struct mirror_set *alloc_context(unsigned int nr_mirrors,
 	if (rh_init(&ms->rh, ms, dl, region_size, ms->nr_regions)) {
 		ti->error = "Error creating dirty region hash";
 		dm_io_client_destroy(ms->io_client);
+		mempool_destroy(ms->read_record_pool);
 		kfree(ms);
 		return NULL;
 	}
@@ -1256,6 +1365,7 @@ static void free_context(struct mirror_set *ms, struct dm_target *ti,
 
 	dm_io_client_destroy(ms->io_client);
 	rh_exit(&ms->rh);
+	mempool_destroy(ms->read_record_pool);
 	kfree(ms);
 }
 
@@ -1510,10 +1620,11 @@ static int mirror_map(struct dm_target *ti, struct bio *bio,
 	int r, rw = bio_rw(bio);
 	struct mirror *m;
 	struct mirror_set *ms = ti->private;
-
-	map_context->ll = bio_to_region(&ms->rh, bio);
+	struct dm_raid1_read_record *read_record = NULL;
 
 	if (rw == WRITE) {
+		/* Save region for mirror_end_io() handler */
+		map_context->ll = bio_to_region(&ms->rh, bio);
 		queue_bio(ms, bio, rw);
 		return DM_MAPIO_SUBMITTED;
 	}
@@ -1523,28 +1634,34 @@ static int mirror_map(struct dm_target *ti, struct bio *bio,
 	if (r < 0 && r != -EWOULDBLOCK)
 		return r;
 
-	if (r == -EWOULDBLOCK)	/* FIXME: ugly */
-		r = DM_MAPIO_SUBMITTED;
-
 	/*
-	 * We don't want to fast track a recovery just for a read
-	 * ahead.  So we just let it silently fail.
-	 * FIXME: get rid of this.
+	 * If region is not in-sync queue the bio.
 	 */
-	if (!r && rw == READA)
-		return -EIO;
+	if (!r || (r == -EWOULDBLOCK)) {
+		if (rw == READA)
+			return -EWOULDBLOCK;
 
-	if (!r) {
-		/* Pass this io over to the daemon */
 		queue_bio(ms, bio, rw);
 		return DM_MAPIO_SUBMITTED;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * The region is in-sync and we can perform reads directly.
+	 * Store enough information so we can retry if it fails.
+	 */
 	m = choose_mirror(ms, bio->bi_sector);
-	if (!m)
+	if (unlikely(!m))
 		return -EIO;
 
-	map_bio(ms, m, bio);
+	read_record = mempool_alloc(ms->read_record_pool, GFP_NOIO);
+	if (likely(read_record)) {
+		dm_bio_record(&read_record->details, bio);
+		map_context->ptr = read_record;
+		read_record->m = m;
+	}
+
+	map_bio(m, bio);
+
 	return DM_MAPIO_REMAPPED;
 }
 
@@ -1553,15 +1670,64 @@ static int mirror_end_io(struct dm_target *ti, struct bio *bio,
 {
 	int rw = bio_rw(bio);
 	struct mirror_set *ms = (struct mirror_set *) ti->private;
-	region_t region = map_context->ll;
+	struct mirror *m = NULL;
+	struct dm_bio_details *bd = NULL;
+	struct dm_raid1_read_record *read_record = map_context->ptr;
 
 	/*
 	 * We need to dec pending if this was a write.
 	 */
-	if (rw == WRITE)
-		rh_dec(&ms->rh, region);
+	if (rw == WRITE) {
+		rh_dec(&ms->rh, map_context->ll);
+		return error;
+	}
 
-	return 0;
+	if (error == -EOPNOTSUPP)
+		goto out;
+
+	if ((error == -EWOULDBLOCK) && bio_rw_ahead(bio))
+		goto out;
+
+	if (unlikely(error)) {
+		if (!read_record) {
+			/*
+			 * There wasn't enough memory to record necessary
+			 * information for a retry or there was no other
+			 * mirror in-sync.
+			 */
+			DMERR_LIMIT("Mirror read failed from %s.",
+				    m->dev->name);
+			return -EIO;
+		}
+		DMERR("Mirror read failed from %s. Trying alternative device.",
+		      m->dev->name);
+
+		m = read_record->m;
+		fail_mirror(m, DM_RAID1_READ_ERROR);
+
+		/*
+		 * A failed read is requeued for another attempt using an intact
+		 * mirror.
+		 */
+		if (default_ok(m) || mirror_available(ms, bio)) {
+			bd = &read_record->details;
+
+			dm_bio_restore(bd, bio);
+			mempool_free(read_record, ms->read_record_pool);
+			map_context->ptr = NULL;
+			queue_bio(ms, bio, rw);
+			return 1;
+		}
+		DMERR("All replicated volumes dead, failing I/O");
+	}
+
+out:
+	if (read_record) {
+		mempool_free(read_record, ms->read_record_pool);
+		map_context->ptr = NULL;
+	}
+
+	return error;
 }
 
 static void mirror_presuspend(struct dm_target *ti)