@@ -217,18 +217,15 @@ static int write_metadata(struct log_writes_c *lc, void *entry,
 	void *ptr;
 	size_t ret;
 
-	bio = bio_alloc(GFP_KERNEL, 1);
+	bio = bio_new(lc->logdev->bdev, sector, REQ_OP_WRITE, 0, 1, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!bio) {
 		DMERR("Couldn't alloc log bio");
 		goto error;
 	}
 	bio->bi_iter.bi_size = 0;
-	bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = sector;
-	bio_set_dev(bio, lc->logdev->bdev);
 	bio->bi_end_io = (sector == WRITE_LOG_SUPER_SECTOR) ?
 			  log_end_super : log_end_io;
 	bio->bi_private = lc;
-	bio_set_op_attrs(bio, REQ_OP_WRITE, 0);
 
 	page = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!page) {

@@ -264,7 +261,7 @@ static int write_inline_data(struct log_writes_c *lc, void *entry,
 			     size_t entrylen, void *data, size_t datalen,
 			     sector_t sector)
 {
-	int num_pages, bio_pages, pg_datalen, pg_sectorlen, i;
+	int num_pages, pg_datalen, pg_sectorlen, i;
 	struct page *page;
 	struct bio *bio;
 	size_t ret;

@@ -272,24 +269,21 @@ static int write_inline_data(struct log_writes_c *lc, void *entry,
 
 	while (datalen) {
 		num_pages = ALIGN(datalen, PAGE_SIZE) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
-		bio_pages = min(num_pages, BIO_MAX_PAGES);
 
 		atomic_inc(&lc->io_blocks);
 
-		bio = bio_alloc(GFP_KERNEL, bio_pages);
+		bio = bio_new(lc->logdev->bdev, sector, REQ_OP_WRITE, 0,
+			      num_pages, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!bio) {
 			DMERR("Couldn't alloc inline data bio");
 			goto error;
 		}
 
 		bio->bi_iter.bi_size = 0;
-		bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = sector;
-		bio_set_dev(bio, lc->logdev->bdev);
 		bio->bi_end_io = log_end_io;
 		bio->bi_private = lc;
-		bio_set_op_attrs(bio, REQ_OP_WRITE, 0);
 
-		for (i = 0; i < bio_pages; i++) {
+		for (i = 0; i < bio->bi_max_vecs; i++) {
 			pg_datalen = min_t(int, datalen, PAGE_SIZE);
 			pg_sectorlen = ALIGN(pg_datalen, lc->sectorsize);
 

@@ -317,7 +311,7 @@ static int write_inline_data(struct log_writes_c *lc, void *entry,
 		}
 		submit_bio(bio);
 
-		sector += bio_pages * PAGE_SECTORS;
+		sector += bio->bi_max_vecs * PAGE_SECTORS;
 	}
 	return 0;
 error_bio:

@@ -364,17 +358,15 @@ static int log_one_block(struct log_writes_c *lc,
 		goto out;
 
 	atomic_inc(&lc->io_blocks);
-	bio = bio_alloc(GFP_KERNEL, min(block->vec_cnt, BIO_MAX_PAGES));
+	bio = bio_new(lc->logdev->bdev, sector, REQ_OP_WRITE, 0,
+			block->vec_cnt, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!bio) {
 		DMERR("Couldn't alloc log bio");
 		goto error;
 	}
 	bio->bi_iter.bi_size = 0;
-	bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = sector;
-	bio_set_dev(bio, lc->logdev->bdev);
 	bio->bi_end_io = log_end_io;
 	bio->bi_private = lc;
-	bio_set_op_attrs(bio, REQ_OP_WRITE, 0);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < block->vec_cnt; i++) {
 		/*

@@ -386,17 +378,15 @@ static int log_one_block(struct log_writes_c *lc,
 		if (ret != block->vecs[i].bv_len) {
 			atomic_inc(&lc->io_blocks);
 			submit_bio(bio);
-			bio = bio_alloc(GFP_KERNEL, min(block->vec_cnt - i, BIO_MAX_PAGES));
+			bio = bio_new(lc->logdev->bdev, sector, REQ_OP_WRITE,
+					0, block->vec_cnt - i, GFP_KERNEL);
 			if (!bio) {
 				DMERR("Couldn't alloc log bio");
 				goto error;
 			}
 			bio->bi_iter.bi_size = 0;
-			bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = sector;
-			bio_set_dev(bio, lc->logdev->bdev);
 			bio->bi_end_io = log_end_io;
 			bio->bi_private = lc;
-			bio_set_op_attrs(bio, REQ_OP_WRITE, 0);
 
 			ret = bio_add_page(bio, block->vecs[i].bv_page,
 					   block->vecs[i].bv_len, 0);