diff --git a/Documentation/power/pm_qos_interface.txt b/Documentation/power/pm_qos_interface.txt
index bfed898a03fcc292af8dcb55132b015010c382d0..17e130a803470377ba898d069b84f8b0f51eda69 100644
--- a/Documentation/power/pm_qos_interface.txt
+++ b/Documentation/power/pm_qos_interface.txt
@@ -4,14 +4,19 @@ This interface provides a kernel and user mode interface for registering
 performance expectations by drivers, subsystems and user space applications on
 one of the parameters.
 
-Currently we have {cpu_dma_latency, network_latency, network_throughput} as the
-initial set of pm_qos parameters.
+Two different PM QoS frameworks are available:
+1. PM QoS classes for cpu_dma_latency, network_latency, network_throughput.
+2. the per-device PM QoS framework provides the API to manage the per-device latency
+constraints.
 
 Each parameters have defined units:
  * latency: usec
  * timeout: usec
  * throughput: kbs (kilo bit / sec)
 
+
+1. PM QoS framework
+
 The infrastructure exposes multiple misc device nodes one per implemented
 parameter.  The set of parameters implement is defined by pm_qos_power_init()
 and pm_qos_params.h.  This is done because having the available parameters
@@ -23,14 +28,18 @@ an aggregated target value.  The aggregated target value is updated with
 changes to the request list or elements of the list.  Typically the
 aggregated target value is simply the max or min of the request values held
 in the parameter list elements.
+Note: the aggregated target value is implemented as an atomic variable so that
+reading the aggregated value does not require any locking mechanism.
+
 
 From kernel mode the use of this interface is simple:
 
-handle = pm_qos_add_request(param_class, target_value):
-Will insert an element into the list for that identified PM_QOS class with the
+void pm_qos_add_request(handle, param_class, target_value):
+Will insert an element into the list for that identified PM QoS class with the
 target value.  Upon change to this list the new target is recomputed and any
 registered notifiers are called only if the target value is now different.
-Clients of pm_qos need to save the returned handle.
+Clients of pm_qos need to save the returned handle for future use in other
+pm_qos API functions.
 
 void pm_qos_update_request(handle, new_target_value):
 Will update the list element pointed to by the handle with the new target value
@@ -42,6 +51,20 @@ Will remove the element.  After removal it will update the aggregate target and
 call the notification tree if the target was changed as a result of removing
 the request.
 
+int pm_qos_request(param_class):
+Returns the aggregated value for a given PM QoS class.
+
+int pm_qos_request_active(handle):
+Returns if the request is still active, i.e. it has not been removed from a
+PM QoS class constraints list.
+
+int pm_qos_add_notifier(param_class, notifier):
+Adds a notification callback function to the PM QoS class. The callback is
+called when the aggregated value for the PM QoS class is changed.
+
+int pm_qos_remove_notifier(int param_class, notifier):
+Removes the notification callback function for the PM QoS class.
+
 
 From user mode:
 Only processes can register a pm_qos request.  To provide for automatic
@@ -63,4 +86,63 @@ To remove the user mode request for a target value simply close the device
 node.
 
 
+2. PM QoS per-device latency framework
+
+For each device a list of performance requests is maintained along with
+an aggregated target value.  The aggregated target value is updated with
+changes to the request list or elements of the list.  Typically the
+aggregated target value is simply the max or min of the request values held
+in the parameter list elements.
+Note: the aggregated target value is implemented as an atomic variable so that
+reading the aggregated value does not require any locking mechanism.
+
+
+From kernel mode the use of this interface is the following:
+
+int dev_pm_qos_add_request(device, handle, value):
+Will insert an element into the list for that identified device with the
+target value.  Upon change to this list the new target is recomputed and any
+registered notifiers are called only if the target value is now different.
+Clients of dev_pm_qos need to save the handle for future use in other
+dev_pm_qos API functions.
+
+int dev_pm_qos_update_request(handle, new_value):
+Will update the list element pointed to by the handle with the new target value
+and recompute the new aggregated target, calling the notification trees if the
+target is changed.
+
+int dev_pm_qos_remove_request(handle):
+Will remove the element.  After removal it will update the aggregate target and
+call the notification trees if the target was changed as a result of removing
+the request.
+
+s32 dev_pm_qos_read_value(device):
+Returns the aggregated value for a given device's constraints list.
+
+
+Notification mechanisms:
+The per-device PM QoS framework has 2 different and distinct notification trees:
+a per-device notification tree and a global notification tree.
+
+int dev_pm_qos_add_notifier(device, notifier):
+Adds a notification callback function for the device.
+The callback is called when the aggregated value of the device constraints list
+is changed.
+
+int dev_pm_qos_remove_notifier(device, notifier):
+Removes the notification callback function for the device.
+
+int dev_pm_qos_add_global_notifier(notifier):
+Adds a notification callback function in the global notification tree of the
+framework.
+The callback is called when the aggregated value for any device is changed.
+
+int dev_pm_qos_remove_global_notifier(notifier):
+Removes the notification callback function from the global notification tree
+of the framework.
+
+
+From user mode:
+No API for user space access to the per-device latency constraints is provided
+yet - still under discussion.
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-msm/clock.c b/arch/arm/mach-msm/clock.c
index 22a537669624285e938f31d0ba2cdc0e8d51783f..d9145dfc2a3b04c4096c1dd10f4ac97ef9ac815f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-msm/clock.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-msm/clock.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/err.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
-#include <linux/pm_qos_params.h>
+#include <linux/pm_qos.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/clk.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c b/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
index 431ab11c8c1b6736aec984754c9f6002d3542ad8..2e69e09ff03e13a02b04bba1dec60bd9ef0c1cbf 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 #include <linux/dmi.h>
 #include <linux/moduleparam.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>	/* need_resched() */
-#include <linux/pm_qos_params.h>
+#include <linux/pm_qos.h>
 #include <linux/clockchips.h>
 #include <linux/cpuidle.h>
 #include <linux/irqflags.h>
diff --git a/drivers/base/power/Makefile b/drivers/base/power/Makefile
index 6488ce12f586c7ebe5be8556bf84b02c8395e5bd..81676dd1790044b3aba8c05ad3eab0cf40dab375 100644
--- a/drivers/base/power/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/base/power/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-obj-$(CONFIG_PM)	+= sysfs.o generic_ops.o common.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_PM)	+= sysfs.o generic_ops.o common.o qos.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PM_SLEEP)	+= main.o wakeup.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PM_RUNTIME)	+= runtime.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PM_TRACE_RTC)	+= trace.o
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_PM_OPP)	+= opp.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PM_GENERIC_DOMAINS)	+=  domain.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_HAVE_CLK)	+= clock_ops.o
 
-ccflags-$(CONFIG_DEBUG_DRIVER) := -DDEBUG
\ No newline at end of file
+ccflags-$(CONFIG_DEBUG_DRIVER) := -DDEBUG
diff --git a/drivers/base/power/main.c b/drivers/base/power/main.c
index a85459126bc6a5ef9cdb737140353084d0bd8c3e..c6291ab725a32c04baa74e4f5e0ff7f29bc2969a 100644
--- a/drivers/base/power/main.c
+++ b/drivers/base/power/main.c
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ void device_pm_init(struct device *dev)
 	spin_lock_init(&dev->power.lock);
 	pm_runtime_init(dev);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->power.entry);
+	dev->power.power_state = PMSG_INVALID;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -96,6 +97,7 @@ void device_pm_add(struct device *dev)
 		dev_warn(dev, "parent %s should not be sleeping\n",
 			dev_name(dev->parent));
 	list_add_tail(&dev->power.entry, &dpm_list);
+	dev_pm_qos_constraints_init(dev);
 	mutex_unlock(&dpm_list_mtx);
 }
 
@@ -109,6 +111,7 @@ void device_pm_remove(struct device *dev)
 		 dev->bus ? dev->bus->name : "No Bus", dev_name(dev));
 	complete_all(&dev->power.completion);
 	mutex_lock(&dpm_list_mtx);
+	dev_pm_qos_constraints_destroy(dev);
 	list_del_init(&dev->power.entry);
 	mutex_unlock(&dpm_list_mtx);
 	device_wakeup_disable(dev);
diff --git a/drivers/base/power/power.h b/drivers/base/power/power.h
index f2a25f18fde7caaa3a1949c893afae3c872b76c3..9bf62323aaf35778a0d664f5e4c05713bce80d80 100644
--- a/drivers/base/power/power.h
+++ b/drivers/base/power/power.h
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#include <linux/pm_qos.h>
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_PM_RUNTIME
 
 extern void pm_runtime_init(struct device *dev);
@@ -35,15 +37,21 @@ extern void device_pm_move_last(struct device *);
 static inline void device_pm_init(struct device *dev)
 {
 	spin_lock_init(&dev->power.lock);
+	dev->power.power_state = PMSG_INVALID;
 	pm_runtime_init(dev);
 }
 
+static inline void device_pm_add(struct device *dev)
+{
+	dev_pm_qos_constraints_init(dev);
+}
+
 static inline void device_pm_remove(struct device *dev)
 {
+	dev_pm_qos_constraints_destroy(dev);
 	pm_runtime_remove(dev);
 }
 
-static inline void device_pm_add(struct device *dev) {}
 static inline void device_pm_move_before(struct device *deva,
 					 struct device *devb) {}
 static inline void device_pm_move_after(struct device *deva,
diff --git a/drivers/base/power/qos.c b/drivers/base/power/qos.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..91e061417382fc26a8baa387172537e944a5a0eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/base/power/qos.c
@@ -0,0 +1,419 @@
+/*
+ * Devices PM QoS constraints management
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2011 Texas Instruments, Inc.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ *
+ * This module exposes the interface to kernel space for specifying
+ * per-device PM QoS dependencies. It provides infrastructure for registration
+ * of:
+ *
+ * Dependents on a QoS value : register requests
+ * Watchers of QoS value : get notified when target QoS value changes
+ *
+ * This QoS design is best effort based. Dependents register their QoS needs.
+ * Watchers register to keep track of the current QoS needs of the system.
+ * Watchers can register different types of notification callbacks:
+ *  . a per-device notification callback using the dev_pm_qos_*_notifier API.
+ *    The notification chain data is stored in the per-device constraint
+ *    data struct.
+ *  . a system-wide notification callback using the dev_pm_qos_*_global_notifier
+ *    API. The notification chain data is stored in a static variable.
+ *
+ * Note about the per-device constraint data struct allocation:
+ * . The per-device constraints data struct ptr is tored into the device
+ *    dev_pm_info.
+ * . To minimize the data usage by the per-device constraints, the data struct
+ *   is only allocated at the first call to dev_pm_qos_add_request.
+ * . The data is later free'd when the device is removed from the system.
+ *  . A global mutex protects the constraints users from the data being
+ *     allocated and free'd.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/pm_qos.h>
+#include <linux/spinlock.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/device.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
+
+
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(dev_pm_qos_mtx);
+
+static BLOCKING_NOTIFIER_HEAD(dev_pm_notifiers);
+
+/**
+ * dev_pm_qos_read_value - Get PM QoS constraint for a given device.
+ * @dev: Device to get the PM QoS constraint value for.
+ */
+s32 dev_pm_qos_read_value(struct device *dev)
+{
+	struct pm_qos_constraints *c;
+	unsigned long flags;
+	s32 ret = 0;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&dev->power.lock, flags);
+
+	c = dev->power.constraints;
+	if (c)
+		ret = pm_qos_read_value(c);
+
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->power.lock, flags);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * apply_constraint
+ * @req: constraint request to apply
+ * @action: action to perform add/update/remove, of type enum pm_qos_req_action
+ * @value: defines the qos request
+ *
+ * Internal function to update the constraints list using the PM QoS core
+ * code and if needed call the per-device and the global notification
+ * callbacks
+ */
+static int apply_constraint(struct dev_pm_qos_request *req,
+			    enum pm_qos_req_action action, int value)
+{
+	int ret, curr_value;
+
+	ret = pm_qos_update_target(req->dev->power.constraints,
+				   &req->node, action, value);
+
+	if (ret) {
+		/* Call the global callbacks if needed */
+		curr_value = pm_qos_read_value(req->dev->power.constraints);
+		blocking_notifier_call_chain(&dev_pm_notifiers,
+					     (unsigned long)curr_value,
+					     req);
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * dev_pm_qos_constraints_allocate
+ * @dev: device to allocate data for
+ *
+ * Called at the first call to add_request, for constraint data allocation
+ * Must be called with the dev_pm_qos_mtx mutex held
+ */
+static int dev_pm_qos_constraints_allocate(struct device *dev)
+{
+	struct pm_qos_constraints *c;
+	struct blocking_notifier_head *n;
+
+	c = kzalloc(sizeof(*c), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!c)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	n = kzalloc(sizeof(*n), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!n) {
+		kfree(c);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+	BLOCKING_INIT_NOTIFIER_HEAD(n);
+
+	plist_head_init(&c->list);
+	c->target_value = PM_QOS_DEV_LAT_DEFAULT_VALUE;
+	c->default_value = PM_QOS_DEV_LAT_DEFAULT_VALUE;
+	c->type = PM_QOS_MIN;
+	c->notifiers = n;
+
+	spin_lock_irq(&dev->power.lock);
+	dev->power.constraints = c;
+	spin_unlock_irq(&dev->power.lock);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * dev_pm_qos_constraints_init - Initalize device's PM QoS constraints pointer.
+ * @dev: target device
+ *
+ * Called from the device PM subsystem during device insertion under
+ * device_pm_lock().
+ */
+void dev_pm_qos_constraints_init(struct device *dev)
+{
+	mutex_lock(&dev_pm_qos_mtx);
+	dev->power.constraints = NULL;
+	dev->power.power_state = PMSG_ON;
+	mutex_unlock(&dev_pm_qos_mtx);
+}
+
+/**
+ * dev_pm_qos_constraints_destroy
+ * @dev: target device
+ *
+ * Called from the device PM subsystem on device removal under device_pm_lock().
+ */
+void dev_pm_qos_constraints_destroy(struct device *dev)
+{
+	struct dev_pm_qos_request *req, *tmp;
+	struct pm_qos_constraints *c;
+
+	mutex_lock(&dev_pm_qos_mtx);
+
+	dev->power.power_state = PMSG_INVALID;
+	c = dev->power.constraints;
+	if (!c)
+		goto out;
+
+	/* Flush the constraints list for the device */
+	plist_for_each_entry_safe(req, tmp, &c->list, node) {
+		/*
+		 * Update constraints list and call the notification
+		 * callbacks if needed
+		 */
+		apply_constraint(req, PM_QOS_REMOVE_REQ, PM_QOS_DEFAULT_VALUE);
+		memset(req, 0, sizeof(*req));
+	}
+
+	spin_lock_irq(&dev->power.lock);
+	dev->power.constraints = NULL;
+	spin_unlock_irq(&dev->power.lock);
+
+	kfree(c->notifiers);
+	kfree(c);
+
+ out:
+	mutex_unlock(&dev_pm_qos_mtx);
+}
+
+/**
+ * dev_pm_qos_add_request - inserts new qos request into the list
+ * @dev: target device for the constraint
+ * @req: pointer to a preallocated handle
+ * @value: defines the qos request
+ *
+ * This function inserts a new entry in the device constraints list of
+ * requested qos performance characteristics. It recomputes the aggregate
+ * QoS expectations of parameters and initializes the dev_pm_qos_request
+ * handle.  Caller needs to save this handle for later use in updates and
+ * removal.
+ *
+ * Returns 1 if the aggregated constraint value has changed,
+ * 0 if the aggregated constraint value has not changed,
+ * -EINVAL in case of wrong parameters, -ENOMEM if there's not enough memory
+ * to allocate for data structures, -ENODEV if the device has just been removed
+ * from the system.
+ */
+int dev_pm_qos_add_request(struct device *dev, struct dev_pm_qos_request *req,
+			   s32 value)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	if (!dev || !req) /*guard against callers passing in null */
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (dev_pm_qos_request_active(req)) {
+		WARN(1, KERN_ERR "dev_pm_qos_add_request() called for already "
+			"added request\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	req->dev = dev;
+
+	mutex_lock(&dev_pm_qos_mtx);
+
+	if (!dev->power.constraints) {
+		if (dev->power.power_state.event == PM_EVENT_INVALID) {
+			/* The device has been removed from the system. */
+			req->dev = NULL;
+			ret = -ENODEV;
+			goto out;
+		} else {
+			/*
+			 * Allocate the constraints data on the first call to
+			 * add_request, i.e. only if the data is not already
+			 * allocated and if the device has not been removed.
+			 */
+			ret = dev_pm_qos_constraints_allocate(dev);
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (!ret)
+		ret = apply_constraint(req, PM_QOS_ADD_REQ, value);
+
+ out:
+	mutex_unlock(&dev_pm_qos_mtx);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dev_pm_qos_add_request);
+
+/**
+ * dev_pm_qos_update_request - modifies an existing qos request
+ * @req : handle to list element holding a dev_pm_qos request to use
+ * @new_value: defines the qos request
+ *
+ * Updates an existing dev PM qos request along with updating the
+ * target value.
+ *
+ * Attempts are made to make this code callable on hot code paths.
+ *
+ * Returns 1 if the aggregated constraint value has changed,
+ * 0 if the aggregated constraint value has not changed,
+ * -EINVAL in case of wrong parameters, -ENODEV if the device has been
+ * removed from the system
+ */
+int dev_pm_qos_update_request(struct dev_pm_qos_request *req,
+			      s32 new_value)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	if (!req) /*guard against callers passing in null */
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (!dev_pm_qos_request_active(req)) {
+		WARN(1, KERN_ERR "dev_pm_qos_update_request() called for "
+			"unknown object\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	mutex_lock(&dev_pm_qos_mtx);
+
+	if (req->dev->power.constraints) {
+		if (new_value != req->node.prio)
+			ret = apply_constraint(req, PM_QOS_UPDATE_REQ,
+					       new_value);
+	} else {
+		/* Return if the device has been removed */
+		ret = -ENODEV;
+	}
+
+	mutex_unlock(&dev_pm_qos_mtx);
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dev_pm_qos_update_request);
+
+/**
+ * dev_pm_qos_remove_request - modifies an existing qos request
+ * @req: handle to request list element
+ *
+ * Will remove pm qos request from the list of constraints and
+ * recompute the current target value. Call this on slow code paths.
+ *
+ * Returns 1 if the aggregated constraint value has changed,
+ * 0 if the aggregated constraint value has not changed,
+ * -EINVAL in case of wrong parameters, -ENODEV if the device has been
+ * removed from the system
+ */
+int dev_pm_qos_remove_request(struct dev_pm_qos_request *req)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	if (!req) /*guard against callers passing in null */
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (!dev_pm_qos_request_active(req)) {
+		WARN(1, KERN_ERR "dev_pm_qos_remove_request() called for "
+			"unknown object\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	mutex_lock(&dev_pm_qos_mtx);
+
+	if (req->dev->power.constraints) {
+		ret = apply_constraint(req, PM_QOS_REMOVE_REQ,
+				       PM_QOS_DEFAULT_VALUE);
+		memset(req, 0, sizeof(*req));
+	} else {
+		/* Return if the device has been removed */
+		ret = -ENODEV;
+	}
+
+	mutex_unlock(&dev_pm_qos_mtx);
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dev_pm_qos_remove_request);
+
+/**
+ * dev_pm_qos_add_notifier - sets notification entry for changes to target value
+ * of per-device PM QoS constraints
+ *
+ * @dev: target device for the constraint
+ * @notifier: notifier block managed by caller.
+ *
+ * Will register the notifier into a notification chain that gets called
+ * upon changes to the target value for the device.
+ */
+int dev_pm_qos_add_notifier(struct device *dev, struct notifier_block *notifier)
+{
+	int retval = 0;
+
+	mutex_lock(&dev_pm_qos_mtx);
+
+	/* Silently return if the constraints object is not present. */
+	if (dev->power.constraints)
+		retval = blocking_notifier_chain_register(
+				dev->power.constraints->notifiers,
+				notifier);
+
+	mutex_unlock(&dev_pm_qos_mtx);
+	return retval;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dev_pm_qos_add_notifier);
+
+/**
+ * dev_pm_qos_remove_notifier - deletes notification for changes to target value
+ * of per-device PM QoS constraints
+ *
+ * @dev: target device for the constraint
+ * @notifier: notifier block to be removed.
+ *
+ * Will remove the notifier from the notification chain that gets called
+ * upon changes to the target value.
+ */
+int dev_pm_qos_remove_notifier(struct device *dev,
+			       struct notifier_block *notifier)
+{
+	int retval = 0;
+
+	mutex_lock(&dev_pm_qos_mtx);
+
+	/* Silently return if the constraints object is not present. */
+	if (dev->power.constraints)
+		retval = blocking_notifier_chain_unregister(
+				dev->power.constraints->notifiers,
+				notifier);
+
+	mutex_unlock(&dev_pm_qos_mtx);
+	return retval;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dev_pm_qos_remove_notifier);
+
+/**
+ * dev_pm_qos_add_global_notifier - sets notification entry for changes to
+ * target value of the PM QoS constraints for any device
+ *
+ * @notifier: notifier block managed by caller.
+ *
+ * Will register the notifier into a notification chain that gets called
+ * upon changes to the target value for any device.
+ */
+int dev_pm_qos_add_global_notifier(struct notifier_block *notifier)
+{
+	return blocking_notifier_chain_register(&dev_pm_notifiers, notifier);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dev_pm_qos_add_global_notifier);
+
+/**
+ * dev_pm_qos_remove_global_notifier - deletes notification for changes to
+ * target value of PM QoS constraints for any device
+ *
+ * @notifier: notifier block to be removed.
+ *
+ * Will remove the notifier from the notification chain that gets called
+ * upon changes to the target value for any device.
+ */
+int dev_pm_qos_remove_global_notifier(struct notifier_block *notifier)
+{
+	return blocking_notifier_chain_unregister(&dev_pm_notifiers, notifier);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dev_pm_qos_remove_global_notifier);
diff --git a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c
index d4c542372886b9cc92ae732590d2404196fb6eab..0df0141100978d583c3a2bbeac17c4625429ab8a 100644
--- a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c
+++ b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/notifier.h>
-#include <linux/pm_qos_params.h>
+#include <linux/pm_qos.h>
 #include <linux/cpu.h>
 #include <linux/cpuidle.h>
 #include <linux/ktime.h>
diff --git a/drivers/cpuidle/governors/ladder.c b/drivers/cpuidle/governors/ladder.c
index 12c98900dcf834645f47858f1687a46dbc5857cc..f62fde21e9626edc19e2374a1fb8850b922e9410 100644
--- a/drivers/cpuidle/governors/ladder.c
+++ b/drivers/cpuidle/governors/ladder.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/cpuidle.h>
-#include <linux/pm_qos_params.h>
+#include <linux/pm_qos.h>
 #include <linux/moduleparam.h>
 #include <linux/jiffies.h>
 
diff --git a/drivers/cpuidle/governors/menu.c b/drivers/cpuidle/governors/menu.c
index c47f3d09c1eeb6184420632a78e892f125c36bf8..3600f1955e4806dee41e61bef256697c6052832b 100644
--- a/drivers/cpuidle/governors/menu.c
+++ b/drivers/cpuidle/governors/menu.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/cpuidle.h>
-#include <linux/pm_qos_params.h>
+#include <linux/pm_qos.h>
 #include <linux/time.h>
 #include <linux/ktime.h>
 #include <linux/hrtimer.h>
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/via-camera.c b/drivers/media/video/via-camera.c
index bb7f17f2a33c20452ce9d6d37bbb29990215fe07..cbf13d09b4ac84c20c6cfe2ba86180e07355bbfc 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/via-camera.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/via-camera.c
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #include <media/videobuf-dma-sg.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/dma-mapping.h>
-#include <linux/pm_qos_params.h>
+#include <linux/pm_qos.h>
 #include <linux/via-core.h>
 #include <linux/via-gpio.h>
 #include <linux/via_i2c.h>
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ struct via_camera {
 	struct mutex lock;
 	enum viacam_opstate opstate;
 	unsigned long flags;
-	struct pm_qos_request_list qos_request;
+	struct pm_qos_request qos_request;
 	/*
 	 * GPIO info for power/reset management
 	 */
diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000e/netdev.c b/drivers/net/e1000e/netdev.c
index 2198e615f241c5fc7e640f7c7da078be16ece7f3..07031af3896459b03cc9ee00e817af807d40f975 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e1000e/netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000e/netdev.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 #include <linux/if_vlan.h>
 #include <linux/cpu.h>
 #include <linux/smp.h>
-#include <linux/pm_qos_params.h>
+#include <linux/pm_qos.h>
 #include <linux/pm_runtime.h>
 #include <linux/aer.h>
 #include <linux/prefetch.h>
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00/ipw2100.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00/ipw2100.c
index ef9ad79d1bfd14191f26f77a9ecbe0f2289fcb25..127e9c63beaf9be7737ccd104b72debf62f749df 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00/ipw2100.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00/ipw2100.c
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ that only one external action is invoked at a time.
 #include <linux/firmware.h>
 #include <linux/acpi.h>
 #include <linux/ctype.h>
-#include <linux/pm_qos_params.h>
+#include <linux/pm_qos.h>
 
 #include <net/lib80211.h>
 
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ that only one external action is invoked at a time.
 #define DRV_DESCRIPTION	"Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2100 Network Driver"
 #define DRV_COPYRIGHT	"Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation"
 
-static struct pm_qos_request_list ipw2100_pm_qos_req;
+static struct pm_qos_request ipw2100_pm_qos_req;
 
 /* Debugging stuff */
 #ifdef CONFIG_IPW2100_DEBUG
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index ddee79bb8f1583e8dd45a46e25e264da84967104..f38ab5b7e7688980dc9dbc2e09f3f84edc504d98 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 #include <linux/if_link.h>
 
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
-#include <linux/pm_qos_params.h>
+#include <linux/pm_qos.h>
 #include <linux/timer.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/atomic.h>
@@ -964,7 +964,7 @@ struct net_device {
 	 */
 	char			name[IFNAMSIZ];
 
-	struct pm_qos_request_list pm_qos_req;
+	struct pm_qos_request	pm_qos_req;
 
 	/* device name hash chain */
 	struct hlist_node	name_hlist;
diff --git a/include/linux/pm.h b/include/linux/pm.h
index f497ed06ee1530aba9b8a2a181ba54715558d6e7..91f248bbe4fe00f13bc374b130a4d7263d784ea1 100644
--- a/include/linux/pm.h
+++ b/include/linux/pm.h
@@ -326,6 +326,7 @@ extern struct dev_pm_ops generic_subsys_pm_ops;
  *			requested by a driver.
  */
 
+#define PM_EVENT_INVALID	(-1)
 #define PM_EVENT_ON		0x0000
 #define PM_EVENT_FREEZE 	0x0001
 #define PM_EVENT_SUSPEND	0x0002
@@ -346,6 +347,7 @@ extern struct dev_pm_ops generic_subsys_pm_ops;
 #define PM_EVENT_AUTO_SUSPEND	(PM_EVENT_AUTO | PM_EVENT_SUSPEND)
 #define PM_EVENT_AUTO_RESUME	(PM_EVENT_AUTO | PM_EVENT_RESUME)
 
+#define PMSG_INVALID	((struct pm_message){ .event = PM_EVENT_INVALID, })
 #define PMSG_ON		((struct pm_message){ .event = PM_EVENT_ON, })
 #define PMSG_FREEZE	((struct pm_message){ .event = PM_EVENT_FREEZE, })
 #define PMSG_QUIESCE	((struct pm_message){ .event = PM_EVENT_QUIESCE, })
@@ -481,6 +483,7 @@ struct dev_pm_info {
 	unsigned long		accounting_timestamp;
 #endif
 	struct pm_subsys_data	*subsys_data;  /* Owned by the subsystem. */
+	struct pm_qos_constraints *constraints;
 };
 
 extern void update_pm_runtime_accounting(struct device *dev);
diff --git a/include/linux/pm_qos.h b/include/linux/pm_qos.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..83b0ea302a8077a84c0eff688ff3322202a266f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/pm_qos.h
@@ -0,0 +1,155 @@
+#ifndef _LINUX_PM_QOS_H
+#define _LINUX_PM_QOS_H
+/* interface for the pm_qos_power infrastructure of the linux kernel.
+ *
+ * Mark Gross <mgross@linux.intel.com>
+ */
+#include <linux/plist.h>
+#include <linux/notifier.h>
+#include <linux/miscdevice.h>
+#include <linux/device.h>
+
+#define PM_QOS_RESERVED 0
+#define PM_QOS_CPU_DMA_LATENCY 1
+#define PM_QOS_NETWORK_LATENCY 2
+#define PM_QOS_NETWORK_THROUGHPUT 3
+
+#define PM_QOS_NUM_CLASSES 4
+#define PM_QOS_DEFAULT_VALUE -1
+
+#define PM_QOS_CPU_DMA_LAT_DEFAULT_VALUE	(2000 * USEC_PER_SEC)
+#define PM_QOS_NETWORK_LAT_DEFAULT_VALUE	(2000 * USEC_PER_SEC)
+#define PM_QOS_NETWORK_THROUGHPUT_DEFAULT_VALUE	0
+#define PM_QOS_DEV_LAT_DEFAULT_VALUE		0
+
+struct pm_qos_request {
+	struct plist_node node;
+	int pm_qos_class;
+};
+
+struct dev_pm_qos_request {
+	struct plist_node node;
+	struct device *dev;
+};
+
+enum pm_qos_type {
+	PM_QOS_UNITIALIZED,
+	PM_QOS_MAX,		/* return the largest value */
+	PM_QOS_MIN		/* return the smallest value */
+};
+
+/*
+ * Note: The lockless read path depends on the CPU accessing
+ * target_value atomically.  Atomic access is only guaranteed on all CPU
+ * types linux supports for 32 bit quantites
+ */
+struct pm_qos_constraints {
+	struct plist_head list;
+	s32 target_value;	/* Do not change to 64 bit */
+	s32 default_value;
+	enum pm_qos_type type;
+	struct blocking_notifier_head *notifiers;
+};
+
+/* Action requested to pm_qos_update_target */
+enum pm_qos_req_action {
+	PM_QOS_ADD_REQ,		/* Add a new request */
+	PM_QOS_UPDATE_REQ,	/* Update an existing request */
+	PM_QOS_REMOVE_REQ	/* Remove an existing request */
+};
+
+static inline int dev_pm_qos_request_active(struct dev_pm_qos_request *req)
+{
+	return req->dev != 0;
+}
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_PM
+int pm_qos_update_target(struct pm_qos_constraints *c, struct plist_node *node,
+			 enum pm_qos_req_action action, int value);
+void pm_qos_add_request(struct pm_qos_request *req, int pm_qos_class,
+			s32 value);
+void pm_qos_update_request(struct pm_qos_request *req,
+			   s32 new_value);
+void pm_qos_remove_request(struct pm_qos_request *req);
+
+int pm_qos_request(int pm_qos_class);
+int pm_qos_add_notifier(int pm_qos_class, struct notifier_block *notifier);
+int pm_qos_remove_notifier(int pm_qos_class, struct notifier_block *notifier);
+int pm_qos_request_active(struct pm_qos_request *req);
+s32 pm_qos_read_value(struct pm_qos_constraints *c);
+
+s32 dev_pm_qos_read_value(struct device *dev);
+int dev_pm_qos_add_request(struct device *dev, struct dev_pm_qos_request *req,
+			   s32 value);
+int dev_pm_qos_update_request(struct dev_pm_qos_request *req, s32 new_value);
+int dev_pm_qos_remove_request(struct dev_pm_qos_request *req);
+int dev_pm_qos_add_notifier(struct device *dev,
+			    struct notifier_block *notifier);
+int dev_pm_qos_remove_notifier(struct device *dev,
+			       struct notifier_block *notifier);
+int dev_pm_qos_add_global_notifier(struct notifier_block *notifier);
+int dev_pm_qos_remove_global_notifier(struct notifier_block *notifier);
+void dev_pm_qos_constraints_init(struct device *dev);
+void dev_pm_qos_constraints_destroy(struct device *dev);
+#else
+static inline int pm_qos_update_target(struct pm_qos_constraints *c,
+				       struct plist_node *node,
+				       enum pm_qos_req_action action,
+				       int value)
+			{ return 0; }
+static inline void pm_qos_add_request(struct pm_qos_request *req,
+				      int pm_qos_class, s32 value)
+			{ return; }
+static inline void pm_qos_update_request(struct pm_qos_request *req,
+					 s32 new_value)
+			{ return; }
+static inline void pm_qos_remove_request(struct pm_qos_request *req)
+			{ return; }
+
+static inline int pm_qos_request(int pm_qos_class)
+			{ return 0; }
+static inline int pm_qos_add_notifier(int pm_qos_class,
+				      struct notifier_block *notifier)
+			{ return 0; }
+static inline int pm_qos_remove_notifier(int pm_qos_class,
+					 struct notifier_block *notifier)
+			{ return 0; }
+static inline int pm_qos_request_active(struct pm_qos_request *req)
+			{ return 0; }
+static inline s32 pm_qos_read_value(struct pm_qos_constraints *c)
+			{ return 0; }
+
+static inline s32 dev_pm_qos_read_value(struct device *dev)
+			{ return 0; }
+static inline int dev_pm_qos_add_request(struct device *dev,
+					 struct dev_pm_qos_request *req,
+					 s32 value)
+			{ return 0; }
+static inline int dev_pm_qos_update_request(struct dev_pm_qos_request *req,
+					    s32 new_value)
+			{ return 0; }
+static inline int dev_pm_qos_remove_request(struct dev_pm_qos_request *req)
+			{ return 0; }
+static inline int dev_pm_qos_add_notifier(struct device *dev,
+					  struct notifier_block *notifier)
+			{ return 0; }
+static inline int dev_pm_qos_remove_notifier(struct device *dev,
+					     struct notifier_block *notifier)
+			{ return 0; }
+static inline int dev_pm_qos_add_global_notifier(
+					struct notifier_block *notifier)
+			{ return 0; }
+static inline int dev_pm_qos_remove_global_notifier(
+					struct notifier_block *notifier)
+			{ return 0; }
+static inline void dev_pm_qos_constraints_init(struct device *dev)
+{
+	dev->power.power_state = PMSG_ON;
+}
+static inline void dev_pm_qos_constraints_destroy(struct device *dev)
+{
+	dev->power.power_state = PMSG_INVALID;
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif
diff --git a/include/linux/pm_qos_params.h b/include/linux/pm_qos_params.h
deleted file mode 100644
index a7d87f911cabbbe7b1c8d9eabb01c8667e86fb6d..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/include/linux/pm_qos_params.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef _LINUX_PM_QOS_PARAMS_H
-#define _LINUX_PM_QOS_PARAMS_H
-/* interface for the pm_qos_power infrastructure of the linux kernel.
- *
- * Mark Gross <mgross@linux.intel.com>
- */
-#include <linux/plist.h>
-#include <linux/notifier.h>
-#include <linux/miscdevice.h>
-
-#define PM_QOS_RESERVED 0
-#define PM_QOS_CPU_DMA_LATENCY 1
-#define PM_QOS_NETWORK_LATENCY 2
-#define PM_QOS_NETWORK_THROUGHPUT 3
-
-#define PM_QOS_NUM_CLASSES 4
-#define PM_QOS_DEFAULT_VALUE -1
-
-#define PM_QOS_CPU_DMA_LAT_DEFAULT_VALUE	(2000 * USEC_PER_SEC)
-#define PM_QOS_NETWORK_LAT_DEFAULT_VALUE	(2000 * USEC_PER_SEC)
-#define PM_QOS_NETWORK_THROUGHPUT_DEFAULT_VALUE	0
-
-struct pm_qos_request_list {
-	struct plist_node list;
-	int pm_qos_class;
-};
-
-void pm_qos_add_request(struct pm_qos_request_list *l, int pm_qos_class, s32 value);
-void pm_qos_update_request(struct pm_qos_request_list *pm_qos_req,
-		s32 new_value);
-void pm_qos_remove_request(struct pm_qos_request_list *pm_qos_req);
-
-int pm_qos_request(int pm_qos_class);
-int pm_qos_add_notifier(int pm_qos_class, struct notifier_block *notifier);
-int pm_qos_remove_notifier(int pm_qos_class, struct notifier_block *notifier);
-int pm_qos_request_active(struct pm_qos_request_list *req);
-
-#endif
diff --git a/include/sound/pcm.h b/include/sound/pcm.h
index 57e71fa33f7ce8eac899870d9e11937a2240a6dd..54cb079b7bf16b7a0b7057135d105ece7db0b986 100644
--- a/include/sound/pcm.h
+++ b/include/sound/pcm.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #include <linux/poll.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/bitops.h>
-#include <linux/pm_qos_params.h>
+#include <linux/pm_qos.h>
 
 #define snd_pcm_substream_chip(substream) ((substream)->private_data)
 #define snd_pcm_chip(pcm) ((pcm)->private_data)
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ struct snd_pcm_substream {
 	int number;
 	char name[32];			/* substream name */
 	int stream;			/* stream (direction) */
-	struct pm_qos_request_list latency_pm_qos_req; /* pm_qos request */
+	struct pm_qos_request latency_pm_qos_req; /* pm_qos request */
 	size_t buffer_bytes_max;	/* limit ring buffer size */
 	struct snd_dma_buffer dma_buffer;
 	unsigned int dma_buf_id;
diff --git a/kernel/Makefile b/kernel/Makefile
index eca595e2fd523e9dac8ac582b5fa2f4400887afa..2da48d3515ebd955fab857fb4924c9b15800a5aa 100644
--- a/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ obj-y     = sched.o fork.o exec_domain.o panic.o printk.o \
 	    rcupdate.o extable.o params.o posix-timers.o \
 	    kthread.o wait.o kfifo.o sys_ni.o posix-cpu-timers.o mutex.o \
 	    hrtimer.o rwsem.o nsproxy.o srcu.o semaphore.o \
-	    notifier.o ksysfs.o pm_qos_params.o sched_clock.o cred.o \
+	    notifier.o ksysfs.o sched_clock.o cred.o \
 	    async.o range.o
 obj-y += groups.o
 
diff --git a/kernel/power/Makefile b/kernel/power/Makefile
index c5ebc6a9064390583ed4f9cb6c11cf857fd0c318..ad6bdd8b401aea9c189e7c2447937fcd8e674270 100644
--- a/kernel/power/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/power/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 ccflags-$(CONFIG_PM_DEBUG)	:= -DDEBUG
 
-obj-$(CONFIG_PM)		+= main.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_PM)		+= main.o qos.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PM_SLEEP)		+= console.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_FREEZER)		+= process.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SUSPEND)		+= suspend.o
diff --git a/kernel/pm_qos_params.c b/kernel/power/qos.c
similarity index 71%
rename from kernel/pm_qos_params.c
rename to kernel/power/qos.c
index 37f05d0f07939e696eb8657fbd80ce08bab7ef15..1c1797dd1d1d3f05c3260f47e0f6c22efc1c815c 100644
--- a/kernel/pm_qos_params.c
+++ b/kernel/power/qos.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 /*#define DEBUG*/
 
-#include <linux/pm_qos_params.h>
+#include <linux/pm_qos.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
@@ -45,62 +45,57 @@
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 
 /*
- * locking rule: all changes to requests or notifiers lists
+ * locking rule: all changes to constraints or notifiers lists
  * or pm_qos_object list and pm_qos_objects need to happen with pm_qos_lock
  * held, taken with _irqsave.  One lock to rule them all
  */
-enum pm_qos_type {
-	PM_QOS_MAX,		/* return the largest value */
-	PM_QOS_MIN		/* return the smallest value */
-};
-
-/*
- * Note: The lockless read path depends on the CPU accessing
- * target_value atomically.  Atomic access is only guaranteed on all CPU
- * types linux supports for 32 bit quantites
- */
 struct pm_qos_object {
-	struct plist_head requests;
-	struct blocking_notifier_head *notifiers;
+	struct pm_qos_constraints *constraints;
 	struct miscdevice pm_qos_power_miscdev;
 	char *name;
-	s32 target_value;	/* Do not change to 64 bit */
-	s32 default_value;
-	enum pm_qos_type type;
 };
 
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(pm_qos_lock);
 
 static struct pm_qos_object null_pm_qos;
+
 static BLOCKING_NOTIFIER_HEAD(cpu_dma_lat_notifier);
-static struct pm_qos_object cpu_dma_pm_qos = {
-	.requests = PLIST_HEAD_INIT(cpu_dma_pm_qos.requests),
-	.notifiers = &cpu_dma_lat_notifier,
-	.name = "cpu_dma_latency",
+static struct pm_qos_constraints cpu_dma_constraints = {
+	.list = PLIST_HEAD_INIT(cpu_dma_constraints.list),
 	.target_value = PM_QOS_CPU_DMA_LAT_DEFAULT_VALUE,
 	.default_value = PM_QOS_CPU_DMA_LAT_DEFAULT_VALUE,
 	.type = PM_QOS_MIN,
+	.notifiers = &cpu_dma_lat_notifier,
+};
+static struct pm_qos_object cpu_dma_pm_qos = {
+	.constraints = &cpu_dma_constraints,
 };
 
 static BLOCKING_NOTIFIER_HEAD(network_lat_notifier);
-static struct pm_qos_object network_lat_pm_qos = {
-	.requests = PLIST_HEAD_INIT(network_lat_pm_qos.requests),
-	.notifiers = &network_lat_notifier,
-	.name = "network_latency",
+static struct pm_qos_constraints network_lat_constraints = {
+	.list = PLIST_HEAD_INIT(network_lat_constraints.list),
 	.target_value = PM_QOS_NETWORK_LAT_DEFAULT_VALUE,
 	.default_value = PM_QOS_NETWORK_LAT_DEFAULT_VALUE,
-	.type = PM_QOS_MIN
+	.type = PM_QOS_MIN,
+	.notifiers = &network_lat_notifier,
+};
+static struct pm_qos_object network_lat_pm_qos = {
+	.constraints = &network_lat_constraints,
+	.name = "network_latency",
 };
 
 
 static BLOCKING_NOTIFIER_HEAD(network_throughput_notifier);
-static struct pm_qos_object network_throughput_pm_qos = {
-	.requests = PLIST_HEAD_INIT(network_throughput_pm_qos.requests),
-	.notifiers = &network_throughput_notifier,
-	.name = "network_throughput",
+static struct pm_qos_constraints network_tput_constraints = {
+	.list = PLIST_HEAD_INIT(network_tput_constraints.list),
 	.target_value = PM_QOS_NETWORK_THROUGHPUT_DEFAULT_VALUE,
 	.default_value = PM_QOS_NETWORK_THROUGHPUT_DEFAULT_VALUE,
 	.type = PM_QOS_MAX,
+	.notifiers = &network_throughput_notifier,
+};
+static struct pm_qos_object network_throughput_pm_qos = {
+	.constraints = &network_tput_constraints,
+	.name = "network_throughput",
 };
 
 
@@ -127,17 +122,17 @@ static const struct file_operations pm_qos_power_fops = {
 };
 
 /* unlocked internal variant */
-static inline int pm_qos_get_value(struct pm_qos_object *o)
+static inline int pm_qos_get_value(struct pm_qos_constraints *c)
 {
-	if (plist_head_empty(&o->requests))
-		return o->default_value;
+	if (plist_head_empty(&c->list))
+		return c->default_value;
 
-	switch (o->type) {
+	switch (c->type) {
 	case PM_QOS_MIN:
-		return plist_first(&o->requests)->prio;
+		return plist_first(&c->list)->prio;
 
 	case PM_QOS_MAX:
-		return plist_last(&o->requests)->prio;
+		return plist_last(&c->list)->prio;
 
 	default:
 		/* runtime check for not using enum */
@@ -145,69 +140,73 @@ static inline int pm_qos_get_value(struct pm_qos_object *o)
 	}
 }
 
-static inline s32 pm_qos_read_value(struct pm_qos_object *o)
+s32 pm_qos_read_value(struct pm_qos_constraints *c)
 {
-	return o->target_value;
+	return c->target_value;
 }
 
-static inline void pm_qos_set_value(struct pm_qos_object *o, s32 value)
+static inline void pm_qos_set_value(struct pm_qos_constraints *c, s32 value)
 {
-	o->target_value = value;
+	c->target_value = value;
 }
 
-static void update_target(struct pm_qos_object *o, struct plist_node *node,
-			  int del, int value)
+/**
+ * pm_qos_update_target - manages the constraints list and calls the notifiers
+ *  if needed
+ * @c: constraints data struct
+ * @node: request to add to the list, to update or to remove
+ * @action: action to take on the constraints list
+ * @value: value of the request to add or update
+ *
+ * This function returns 1 if the aggregated constraint value has changed, 0
+ *  otherwise.
+ */
+int pm_qos_update_target(struct pm_qos_constraints *c, struct plist_node *node,
+			 enum pm_qos_req_action action, int value)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
-	int prev_value, curr_value;
+	int prev_value, curr_value, new_value;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&pm_qos_lock, flags);
-	prev_value = pm_qos_get_value(o);
-	/* PM_QOS_DEFAULT_VALUE is a signal that the value is unchanged */
-	if (value != PM_QOS_DEFAULT_VALUE) {
+	prev_value = pm_qos_get_value(c);
+	if (value == PM_QOS_DEFAULT_VALUE)
+		new_value = c->default_value;
+	else
+		new_value = value;
+
+	switch (action) {
+	case PM_QOS_REMOVE_REQ:
+		plist_del(node, &c->list);
+		break;
+	case PM_QOS_UPDATE_REQ:
 		/*
 		 * to change the list, we atomically remove, reinit
 		 * with new value and add, then see if the extremal
 		 * changed
 		 */
-		plist_del(node, &o->requests);
-		plist_node_init(node, value);
-		plist_add(node, &o->requests);
-	} else if (del) {
-		plist_del(node, &o->requests);
-	} else {
-		plist_add(node, &o->requests);
+		plist_del(node, &c->list);
+	case PM_QOS_ADD_REQ:
+		plist_node_init(node, new_value);
+		plist_add(node, &c->list);
+		break;
+	default:
+		/* no action */
+		;
 	}
-	curr_value = pm_qos_get_value(o);
-	pm_qos_set_value(o, curr_value);
+
+	curr_value = pm_qos_get_value(c);
+	pm_qos_set_value(c, curr_value);
+
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pm_qos_lock, flags);
 
-	if (prev_value != curr_value)
-		blocking_notifier_call_chain(o->notifiers,
+	if (prev_value != curr_value) {
+		blocking_notifier_call_chain(c->notifiers,
 					     (unsigned long)curr_value,
 					     NULL);
-}
-
-static int register_pm_qos_misc(struct pm_qos_object *qos)
-{
-	qos->pm_qos_power_miscdev.minor = MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR;
-	qos->pm_qos_power_miscdev.name = qos->name;
-	qos->pm_qos_power_miscdev.fops = &pm_qos_power_fops;
-
-	return misc_register(&qos->pm_qos_power_miscdev);
-}
-
-static int find_pm_qos_object_by_minor(int minor)
-{
-	int pm_qos_class;
-
-	for (pm_qos_class = 0;
-		pm_qos_class < PM_QOS_NUM_CLASSES; pm_qos_class++) {
-		if (minor ==
-			pm_qos_array[pm_qos_class]->pm_qos_power_miscdev.minor)
-			return pm_qos_class;
+		return 1;
+	} else {
+		return 0;
 	}
-	return -1;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -218,11 +217,11 @@ static int find_pm_qos_object_by_minor(int minor)
  */
 int pm_qos_request(int pm_qos_class)
 {
-	return pm_qos_read_value(pm_qos_array[pm_qos_class]);
+	return pm_qos_read_value(pm_qos_array[pm_qos_class]->constraints);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pm_qos_request);
 
-int pm_qos_request_active(struct pm_qos_request_list *req)
+int pm_qos_request_active(struct pm_qos_request *req)
 {
 	return req->pm_qos_class != 0;
 }
@@ -230,40 +229,36 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pm_qos_request_active);
 
 /**
  * pm_qos_add_request - inserts new qos request into the list
- * @dep: pointer to a preallocated handle
+ * @req: pointer to a preallocated handle
  * @pm_qos_class: identifies which list of qos request to use
  * @value: defines the qos request
  *
  * This function inserts a new entry in the pm_qos_class list of requested qos
  * performance characteristics.  It recomputes the aggregate QoS expectations
- * for the pm_qos_class of parameters and initializes the pm_qos_request_list
+ * for the pm_qos_class of parameters and initializes the pm_qos_request
  * handle.  Caller needs to save this handle for later use in updates and
  * removal.
  */
 
-void pm_qos_add_request(struct pm_qos_request_list *dep,
+void pm_qos_add_request(struct pm_qos_request *req,
 			int pm_qos_class, s32 value)
 {
-	struct pm_qos_object *o =  pm_qos_array[pm_qos_class];
-	int new_value;
+	if (!req) /*guard against callers passing in null */
+		return;
 
-	if (pm_qos_request_active(dep)) {
+	if (pm_qos_request_active(req)) {
 		WARN(1, KERN_ERR "pm_qos_add_request() called for already added request\n");
 		return;
 	}
-	if (value == PM_QOS_DEFAULT_VALUE)
-		new_value = o->default_value;
-	else
-		new_value = value;
-	plist_node_init(&dep->list, new_value);
-	dep->pm_qos_class = pm_qos_class;
-	update_target(o, &dep->list, 0, PM_QOS_DEFAULT_VALUE);
+	req->pm_qos_class = pm_qos_class;
+	pm_qos_update_target(pm_qos_array[pm_qos_class]->constraints,
+			     &req->node, PM_QOS_ADD_REQ, value);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pm_qos_add_request);
 
 /**
  * pm_qos_update_request - modifies an existing qos request
- * @pm_qos_req : handle to list element holding a pm_qos request to use
+ * @req : handle to list element holding a pm_qos request to use
  * @value: defines the qos request
  *
  * Updates an existing qos request for the pm_qos_class of parameters along
@@ -271,56 +266,47 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pm_qos_add_request);
  *
  * Attempts are made to make this code callable on hot code paths.
  */
-void pm_qos_update_request(struct pm_qos_request_list *pm_qos_req,
+void pm_qos_update_request(struct pm_qos_request *req,
 			   s32 new_value)
 {
-	s32 temp;
-	struct pm_qos_object *o;
-
-	if (!pm_qos_req) /*guard against callers passing in null */
+	if (!req) /*guard against callers passing in null */
 		return;
 
-	if (!pm_qos_request_active(pm_qos_req)) {
+	if (!pm_qos_request_active(req)) {
 		WARN(1, KERN_ERR "pm_qos_update_request() called for unknown object\n");
 		return;
 	}
 
-	o = pm_qos_array[pm_qos_req->pm_qos_class];
-
-	if (new_value == PM_QOS_DEFAULT_VALUE)
-		temp = o->default_value;
-	else
-		temp = new_value;
-
-	if (temp != pm_qos_req->list.prio)
-		update_target(o, &pm_qos_req->list, 0, temp);
+	if (new_value != req->node.prio)
+		pm_qos_update_target(
+			pm_qos_array[req->pm_qos_class]->constraints,
+			&req->node, PM_QOS_UPDATE_REQ, new_value);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pm_qos_update_request);
 
 /**
  * pm_qos_remove_request - modifies an existing qos request
- * @pm_qos_req: handle to request list element
+ * @req: handle to request list element
  *
- * Will remove pm qos request from the list of requests and
+ * Will remove pm qos request from the list of constraints and
  * recompute the current target value for the pm_qos_class.  Call this
  * on slow code paths.
  */
-void pm_qos_remove_request(struct pm_qos_request_list *pm_qos_req)
+void pm_qos_remove_request(struct pm_qos_request *req)
 {
-	struct pm_qos_object *o;
-
-	if (pm_qos_req == NULL)
+	if (!req) /*guard against callers passing in null */
 		return;
 		/* silent return to keep pcm code cleaner */
 
-	if (!pm_qos_request_active(pm_qos_req)) {
+	if (!pm_qos_request_active(req)) {
 		WARN(1, KERN_ERR "pm_qos_remove_request() called for unknown object\n");
 		return;
 	}
 
-	o = pm_qos_array[pm_qos_req->pm_qos_class];
-	update_target(o, &pm_qos_req->list, 1, PM_QOS_DEFAULT_VALUE);
-	memset(pm_qos_req, 0, sizeof(*pm_qos_req));
+	pm_qos_update_target(pm_qos_array[req->pm_qos_class]->constraints,
+			     &req->node, PM_QOS_REMOVE_REQ,
+			     PM_QOS_DEFAULT_VALUE);
+	memset(req, 0, sizeof(*req));
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pm_qos_remove_request);
 
@@ -337,7 +323,8 @@ int pm_qos_add_notifier(int pm_qos_class, struct notifier_block *notifier)
 	int retval;
 
 	retval = blocking_notifier_chain_register(
-			pm_qos_array[pm_qos_class]->notifiers, notifier);
+			pm_qos_array[pm_qos_class]->constraints->notifiers,
+			notifier);
 
 	return retval;
 }
@@ -356,19 +343,43 @@ int pm_qos_remove_notifier(int pm_qos_class, struct notifier_block *notifier)
 	int retval;
 
 	retval = blocking_notifier_chain_unregister(
-			pm_qos_array[pm_qos_class]->notifiers, notifier);
+			pm_qos_array[pm_qos_class]->constraints->notifiers,
+			notifier);
 
 	return retval;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pm_qos_remove_notifier);
 
+/* User space interface to PM QoS classes via misc devices */
+static int register_pm_qos_misc(struct pm_qos_object *qos)
+{
+	qos->pm_qos_power_miscdev.minor = MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR;
+	qos->pm_qos_power_miscdev.name = qos->name;
+	qos->pm_qos_power_miscdev.fops = &pm_qos_power_fops;
+
+	return misc_register(&qos->pm_qos_power_miscdev);
+}
+
+static int find_pm_qos_object_by_minor(int minor)
+{
+	int pm_qos_class;
+
+	for (pm_qos_class = 0;
+		pm_qos_class < PM_QOS_NUM_CLASSES; pm_qos_class++) {
+		if (minor ==
+			pm_qos_array[pm_qos_class]->pm_qos_power_miscdev.minor)
+			return pm_qos_class;
+	}
+	return -1;
+}
+
 static int pm_qos_power_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 {
 	long pm_qos_class;
 
 	pm_qos_class = find_pm_qos_object_by_minor(iminor(inode));
 	if (pm_qos_class >= 0) {
-               struct pm_qos_request_list *req = kzalloc(sizeof(*req), GFP_KERNEL);
+		struct pm_qos_request *req = kzalloc(sizeof(*req), GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!req)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -383,7 +394,7 @@ static int pm_qos_power_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 
 static int pm_qos_power_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 {
-	struct pm_qos_request_list *req;
+	struct pm_qos_request *req;
 
 	req = filp->private_data;
 	pm_qos_remove_request(req);
@@ -398,17 +409,15 @@ static ssize_t pm_qos_power_read(struct file *filp, char __user *buf,
 {
 	s32 value;
 	unsigned long flags;
-	struct pm_qos_object *o;
-	struct pm_qos_request_list *pm_qos_req = filp->private_data;
+	struct pm_qos_request *req = filp->private_data;
 
-	if (!pm_qos_req)
+	if (!req)
 		return -EINVAL;
-	if (!pm_qos_request_active(pm_qos_req))
+	if (!pm_qos_request_active(req))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	o = pm_qos_array[pm_qos_req->pm_qos_class];
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&pm_qos_lock, flags);
-	value = pm_qos_get_value(o);
+	value = pm_qos_get_value(pm_qos_array[req->pm_qos_class]->constraints);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pm_qos_lock, flags);
 
 	return simple_read_from_buffer(buf, count, f_pos, &value, sizeof(s32));
@@ -418,7 +427,7 @@ static ssize_t pm_qos_power_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *buf,
 		size_t count, loff_t *f_pos)
 {
 	s32 value;
-	struct pm_qos_request_list *pm_qos_req;
+	struct pm_qos_request *req;
 
 	if (count == sizeof(s32)) {
 		if (copy_from_user(&value, buf, sizeof(s32)))
@@ -449,8 +458,8 @@ static ssize_t pm_qos_power_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *buf,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	pm_qos_req = filp->private_data;
-	pm_qos_update_request(pm_qos_req, value);
+	req = filp->private_data;
+	pm_qos_update_request(req, value);
 
 	return count;
 }
diff --git a/net/mac80211/main.c b/net/mac80211/main.c
index acb44230b2512996ff754126f617942dca572683..b1c23c0408f6e3b9e02f830373d38901cb28a023 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/main.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/main.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #include <linux/if_arp.h>
 #include <linux/rtnetlink.h>
 #include <linux/bitmap.h>
-#include <linux/pm_qos_params.h>
+#include <linux/pm_qos.h>
 #include <linux/inetdevice.h>
 #include <net/net_namespace.h>
 #include <net/cfg80211.h>
diff --git a/net/mac80211/mlme.c b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
index d6470c7fd6ce34cd226632a30fac0e0be6c7f71f..9604abc61a596fa40830019afb4bd8f04b757d96 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mlme.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #include <linux/if_arp.h>
 #include <linux/etherdevice.h>
 #include <linux/rtnetlink.h>
-#include <linux/pm_qos_params.h>
+#include <linux/pm_qos.h>
 #include <linux/crc32.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <net/mac80211.h>
diff --git a/net/mac80211/scan.c b/net/mac80211/scan.c
index 6f09eca011123de5dac20d3fed5f6712200fd112..beefb0afefa1fbbab3a1efea44ff19f099ebc40a 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/scan.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/scan.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/if_arp.h>
 #include <linux/rtnetlink.h>
-#include <linux/pm_qos_params.h>
+#include <linux/pm_qos.h>
 #include <net/sch_generic.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <net/mac80211.h>
diff --git a/sound/core/pcm_native.c b/sound/core/pcm_native.c
index 1c6be91dfb9887ea1b3634735858e27757c42e21..c74e228731ed8ffb36788f5443581dbd0d4fdae2 100644
--- a/sound/core/pcm_native.c
+++ b/sound/core/pcm_native.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #include <linux/file.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/time.h>
-#include <linux/pm_qos_params.h>
+#include <linux/pm_qos.h>
 #include <linux/uio.h>
 #include <linux/dma-mapping.h>
 #include <sound/core.h>