diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index 7663a9b94b80..08ff8ca32529 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -694,9 +694,7 @@ static inline bool should_fail_request(struct block_device *part,
 
 static inline bool bio_check_ro(struct bio *bio, struct block_device *part)
 {
-	const int op = bio_op(bio);
-
-	if (part->bd_read_only && op_is_write(op)) {
+	if (op_is_write(bio_op(bio)) && bdev_read_only(part)) {
 		char b[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
 
 		if (op_is_flush(bio->bi_opf) && !bio_sectors(bio))
diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index 9e741a4f351b..58bd86d1c90e 100644
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -1638,31 +1638,32 @@ static void set_disk_ro_uevent(struct gendisk *gd, int ro)
 	kobject_uevent_env(&disk_to_dev(gd)->kobj, KOBJ_CHANGE, envp);
 }
 
-void set_disk_ro(struct gendisk *disk, int flag)
+/**
+ * set_disk_ro - set a gendisk read-only
+ * @disk:	gendisk to operate on
+ * @ready_only:	%true to set the disk read-only, %false set the disk read/write
+ *
+ * This function is used to indicate whether a given disk device should have its
+ * read-only flag set. set_disk_ro() is typically used by device drivers to
+ * indicate whether the underlying physical device is write-protected.
+ */
+void set_disk_ro(struct gendisk *disk, bool read_only)
 {
-	struct disk_part_iter piter;
-	struct block_device *part;
-
-	if (disk->part0->bd_read_only != flag) {
-		set_disk_ro_uevent(disk, flag);
-		disk->part0->bd_read_only = flag;
+	if (read_only) {
+		if (test_and_set_bit(GD_READ_ONLY, &disk->state))
+			return;
+	} else {
+		if (!test_and_clear_bit(GD_READ_ONLY, &disk->state))
+			return;
 	}
-
-	disk_part_iter_init(&piter, disk, DISK_PITER_INCL_EMPTY);
-	while ((part = disk_part_iter_next(&piter)))
-		part->bd_read_only = flag;
-	disk_part_iter_exit(&piter);
+	set_disk_ro_uevent(disk, read_only);
 }
-
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(set_disk_ro);
 
 int bdev_read_only(struct block_device *bdev)
 {
-	if (!bdev)
-		return 0;
-	return bdev->bd_read_only;
+	return bdev->bd_read_only || get_disk_ro(bdev->bd_disk);
 }
-
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(bdev_read_only);
 
 /*
diff --git a/block/partitions/core.c b/block/partitions/core.c
index 4601a845cd79..5e916fa1d6dd 100644
--- a/block/partitions/core.c
+++ b/block/partitions/core.c
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ static ssize_t part_start_show(struct device *dev,
 static ssize_t part_ro_show(struct device *dev,
 			    struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
-	return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", dev_to_bdev(dev)->bd_read_only);
+	return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", bdev_read_only(dev_to_bdev(dev)));
 }
 
 static ssize_t part_alignment_offset_show(struct device *dev,
@@ -363,7 +363,6 @@ static struct block_device *add_partition(struct gendisk *disk, int partno,
 
 	bdev->bd_start_sect = start;
 	bdev_set_nr_sectors(bdev, len);
-	bdev->bd_read_only = get_disk_ro(disk);
 
 	if (info) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/drivers/block/brd.c b/drivers/block/brd.c
index c43a6ab4b1f3..c7c821419079 100644
--- a/drivers/block/brd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/brd.c
@@ -285,14 +285,10 @@ out:
 static blk_qc_t brd_submit_bio(struct bio *bio)
 {
 	struct brd_device *brd = bio->bi_disk->private_data;
+	sector_t sector = bio->bi_iter.bi_sector;
 	struct bio_vec bvec;
-	sector_t sector;
 	struct bvec_iter iter;
 
-	sector = bio->bi_iter.bi_sector;
-	if (bio_end_sector(bio) > get_capacity(bio->bi_disk))
-		goto io_error;
-
 	bio_for_each_segment(bvec, bio, iter) {
 		unsigned int len = bvec.bv_len;
 		int err;
diff --git a/drivers/block/rbd.c b/drivers/block/rbd.c
index 59cfe71d0b3a..bbb88eb009e0 100644
--- a/drivers/block/rbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/rbd.c
@@ -692,29 +692,10 @@ static void rbd_release(struct gendisk *disk, fmode_t mode)
 	put_device(&rbd_dev->dev);
 }
 
-static int rbd_set_read_only(struct block_device *bdev, bool ro)
-{
-	struct rbd_device *rbd_dev = bdev->bd_disk->private_data;
-
-	/*
-	 * Both images mapped read-only and snapshots can't be marked
-	 * read-write.
-	 */
-	if (!ro) {
-		if (rbd_is_ro(rbd_dev))
-			return -EROFS;
-
-		rbd_assert(!rbd_is_snap(rbd_dev));
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static const struct block_device_operations rbd_bd_ops = {
 	.owner			= THIS_MODULE,
 	.open			= rbd_open,
 	.release		= rbd_release,
-	.set_read_only		= rbd_set_read_only,
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-cache-metadata.c b/drivers/md/dm-cache-metadata.c
index af6d4f898e4c..89a73204dbf4 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-cache-metadata.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-cache-metadata.c
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ static int __check_incompat_features(struct cache_disk_superblock *disk_super,
 	/*
 	 * Check for read-only metadata to skip the following RDWR checks.
 	 */
-	if (get_disk_ro(cmd->bdev->bd_disk))
+	if (bdev_read_only(cmd->bdev))
 		return 0;
 
 	features = le32_to_cpu(disk_super->compat_ro_flags) & ~DM_CACHE_FEATURE_COMPAT_RO_SUPP;
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-thin-metadata.c b/drivers/md/dm-thin-metadata.c
index 6ebb2127f3e2..e75b20480e46 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-thin-metadata.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-thin-metadata.c
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ static int __check_incompat_features(struct thin_disk_superblock *disk_super,
 	/*
 	 * Check for read-only metadata to skip the following RDWR checks.
 	 */
-	if (get_disk_ro(pmd->bdev->bd_disk))
+	if (bdev_read_only(pmd->bdev))
 		return 0;
 
 	features = le32_to_cpu(disk_super->compat_ro_flags) & ~THIN_FEATURE_COMPAT_RO_SUPP;
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
index f13eb4ded95f..0bb3697406a2 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
@@ -2125,9 +2125,8 @@ static void nvme_update_disk_info(struct gendisk *disk,
 	nvme_config_discard(disk, ns);
 	nvme_config_write_zeroes(disk, ns);
 
-	if ((id->nsattr & NVME_NS_ATTR_RO) ||
-	    test_bit(NVME_NS_FORCE_RO, &ns->flags))
-		set_disk_ro(disk, true);
+	set_disk_ro(disk, (id->nsattr & NVME_NS_ATTR_RO) ||
+		test_bit(NVME_NS_FORCE_RO, &ns->flags));
 }
 
 static inline bool nvme_first_scan(struct gendisk *disk)
diff --git a/drivers/s390/block/dcssblk.c b/drivers/s390/block/dcssblk.c
index 299e77ec2c41..5c5cff3f2374 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/block/dcssblk.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/block/dcssblk.c
@@ -886,10 +886,6 @@ dcssblk_submit_bio(struct bio *bio)
 	    (bio->bi_iter.bi_size & 4095) != 0)
 		/* Request is not page-aligned. */
 		goto fail;
-	if (bio_end_sector(bio) > get_capacity(bio->bi_disk)) {
-		/* Request beyond end of DCSS segment. */
-		goto fail;
-	}
 	/* verify data transfer direction */
 	if (dev_info->is_shared) {
 		switch (dev_info->segment_type) {
diff --git a/fs/super.c b/fs/super.c
index 2c6cdea2ab2d..5a1f384ffc74 100644
--- a/fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/super.c
@@ -865,7 +865,8 @@ int reconfigure_super(struct fs_context *fc)
 
 	if (fc->sb_flags_mask & SB_RDONLY) {
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
-		if (!(fc->sb_flags & SB_RDONLY) && bdev_read_only(sb->s_bdev))
+		if (!(fc->sb_flags & SB_RDONLY) && sb->s_bdev &&
+		    bdev_read_only(sb->s_bdev))
 			return -EACCES;
 #endif
 
diff --git a/include/linux/genhd.h b/include/linux/genhd.h
index 809aaa32d53c..a62ccbfac54b 100644
--- a/include/linux/genhd.h
+++ b/include/linux/genhd.h
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ struct gendisk {
 	int flags;
 	unsigned long state;
 #define GD_NEED_PART_SCAN		0
+#define GD_READ_ONLY			1
 	struct kobject *slave_dir;
 
 	struct timer_rand_state *random;
@@ -249,11 +250,12 @@ static inline void add_disk_no_queue_reg(struct gendisk *disk)
 extern void del_gendisk(struct gendisk *gp);
 extern struct block_device *bdget_disk(struct gendisk *disk, int partno);
 
-extern void set_disk_ro(struct gendisk *disk, int flag);
+void set_disk_ro(struct gendisk *disk, bool read_only);
 
 static inline int get_disk_ro(struct gendisk *disk)
 {
-	return disk->part0->bd_read_only;
+	return disk->part0->bd_read_only ||
+		test_bit(GD_READ_ONLY, &disk->state);
 }
 
 extern void disk_block_events(struct gendisk *disk);