diff --git a/block/raw-posix-aio.h b/block/raw-posix-aio.h
index ba118f6..6725135 100644
--- a/block/raw-posix-aio.h
+++ b/block/raw-posix-aio.h
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 
 
 /* posix-aio-compat.c - thread pool based implementation */
-int paio_init(void);
 BlockDriverAIOCB *paio_submit(BlockDriverState *bs, int fd,
         int64_t sector_num, QEMUIOVector *qiov, int nb_sectors,
         BlockDriverCompletionFunc *cb, void *opaque, int type);
diff --git a/block/raw-posix.c b/block/raw-posix.c
index 0dce089..e5faccd 100644
--- a/block/raw-posix.c
+++ b/block/raw-posix.c
@@ -234,11 +234,6 @@ static int raw_open_common(BlockDriverState *bs, const char *filename,
         }
     }
 
-    /* We're falling back to POSIX AIO in some cases so init always */
-    if (paio_init() < 0) {
-        goto out_free_buf;
-    }
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_LINUX_AIO
     /*
      * Currently Linux do AIO only for files opened with O_DIRECT
diff --git a/posix-aio-compat.c b/posix-aio-compat.c
index 96e4daf..4a1e3d3 100644
--- a/posix-aio-compat.c
+++ b/posix-aio-compat.c
@@ -28,13 +28,12 @@
 #include "sysemu.h"
 #include "qemu-common.h"
 #include "trace.h"
+#include "thread-pool.h"
 #include "block_int.h"
 #include "iov.h"
 
 #include "block/raw-posix-aio.h"
 
-static void do_spawn_thread(void);
-
 struct qemu_paiocb {
     BlockDriverAIOCB common;
     int aio_fildes;
@@ -46,82 +45,15 @@ struct qemu_paiocb {
     size_t aio_nbytes;
 #define aio_ioctl_cmd   aio_nbytes /* for QEMU_AIO_IOCTL */
     off_t aio_offset;
-
-    QTAILQ_ENTRY(qemu_paiocb) node;
     int aio_type;
-    ssize_t ret;
-    int active;
-    struct qemu_paiocb *next;
 };
 
-typedef struct PosixAioState {
-    int rfd, wfd;
-    struct qemu_paiocb *first_aio;
-} PosixAioState;
-
-
-static pthread_mutex_t lock = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
-static pthread_cond_t cond = PTHREAD_COND_INITIALIZER;
-static pthread_t thread_id;
-static pthread_attr_t attr;
-static int max_threads = 64;
-static int cur_threads = 0;
-static int idle_threads = 0;
-static int new_threads = 0;     /* backlog of threads we need to create */
-static int pending_threads = 0; /* threads created but not running yet */
-static QEMUBH *new_thread_bh;
-static QTAILQ_HEAD(, qemu_paiocb) request_list;
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_PREADV
 static int preadv_present = 1;
 #else
 static int preadv_present = 0;
 #endif
 
-static void die2(int err, const char *what)
-{
-    fprintf(stderr, "%s failed: %s\n", what, strerror(err));
-    abort();
-}
-
-static void die(const char *what)
-{
-    die2(errno, what);
-}
-
-static void mutex_lock(pthread_mutex_t *mutex)
-{
-    int ret = pthread_mutex_lock(mutex);
-    if (ret) die2(ret, "pthread_mutex_lock");
-}
-
-static void mutex_unlock(pthread_mutex_t *mutex)
-{
-    int ret = pthread_mutex_unlock(mutex);
-    if (ret) die2(ret, "pthread_mutex_unlock");
-}
-
-static int cond_timedwait(pthread_cond_t *cond, pthread_mutex_t *mutex,
-                           struct timespec *ts)
-{
-    int ret = pthread_cond_timedwait(cond, mutex, ts);
-    if (ret && ret != ETIMEDOUT) die2(ret, "pthread_cond_timedwait");
-    return ret;
-}
-
-static void cond_signal(pthread_cond_t *cond)
-{
-    int ret = pthread_cond_signal(cond);
-    if (ret) die2(ret, "pthread_cond_signal");
-}
-
-static void thread_create(pthread_t *thread, pthread_attr_t *attr,
-                          void *(*start_routine)(void*), void *arg)
-{
-    int ret = pthread_create(thread, attr, start_routine, arg);
-    if (ret) die2(ret, "pthread_create");
-}
-
 static ssize_t handle_aiocb_ioctl(struct qemu_paiocb *aiocb)
 {
     int ret;
@@ -310,286 +242,54 @@ static ssize_t handle_aiocb_rw(struct qemu_paiocb *aiocb)
     return nbytes;
 }
 
-static void posix_aio_notify_event(void);
-
-static void *aio_thread(void *unused)
+static int aio_worker(void *arg)
 {
-    mutex_lock(&lock);
-    pending_threads--;
-    mutex_unlock(&lock);
-    do_spawn_thread();
-
-    while (1) {
-        struct qemu_paiocb *aiocb;
-        ssize_t ret = 0;
-        qemu_timeval tv;
-        struct timespec ts;
-
-        qemu_gettimeofday(&tv);
-        ts.tv_sec = tv.tv_sec + 10;
-        ts.tv_nsec = 0;
-
-        mutex_lock(&lock);
-
-        while (QTAILQ_EMPTY(&request_list) &&
-               !(ret == ETIMEDOUT)) {
-            idle_threads++;
-            ret = cond_timedwait(&cond, &lock, &ts);
-            idle_threads--;
+    struct qemu_paiocb *aiocb = arg;
+    ssize_t ret = 0;
+
+    switch (aiocb->aio_type & QEMU_AIO_TYPE_MASK) {
+    case QEMU_AIO_READ:
+        ret = handle_aiocb_rw(aiocb);
+        if (ret >= 0 && ret < aiocb->aio_nbytes && aiocb->common.bs->growable) {
+            /* A short read means that we have reached EOF. Pad the buffer
+             * with zeros for bytes after EOF. */
+            iov_memset(aiocb->aio_iov, aiocb->aio_niov, ret,
+                       0, aiocb->aio_nbytes - ret);
+
+            ret = aiocb->aio_nbytes;
         }
-
-        if (QTAILQ_EMPTY(&request_list))
-            break;
-
-        aiocb = QTAILQ_FIRST(&request_list);
-        QTAILQ_REMOVE(&request_list, aiocb, node);
-        aiocb->active = 1;
-        mutex_unlock(&lock);
-
-        switch (aiocb->aio_type & QEMU_AIO_TYPE_MASK) {
-        case QEMU_AIO_READ:
-            ret = handle_aiocb_rw(aiocb);
-            if (ret >= 0 && ret < aiocb->aio_nbytes && aiocb->common.bs->growable) {
-                /* A short read means that we have reached EOF. Pad the buffer
-                 * with zeros for bytes after EOF. */
-                iov_memset(aiocb->aio_iov, aiocb->aio_niov, ret,
-                           0, aiocb->aio_nbytes - ret);
-
-                ret = aiocb->aio_nbytes;
-            }
-            break;
-        case QEMU_AIO_WRITE:
-            ret = handle_aiocb_rw(aiocb);
-            break;
-        case QEMU_AIO_FLUSH:
-            ret = handle_aiocb_flush(aiocb);
-            break;
-        case QEMU_AIO_IOCTL:
-            ret = handle_aiocb_ioctl(aiocb);
-            break;
-        default:
-            fprintf(stderr, "invalid aio request (0x%x)\n", aiocb->aio_type);
+        if (ret == aiocb->aio_nbytes) {
+            ret = 0;
+        } else if (ret >= 0 && ret < aiocb->aio_nbytes) {
             ret = -EINVAL;
-            break;
         }
-
-        mutex_lock(&lock);
-        aiocb->ret = ret;
-        mutex_unlock(&lock);
-
-        posix_aio_notify_event();
-    }
-
-    cur_threads--;
-    mutex_unlock(&lock);
-
-    return NULL;
-}
-
-static void do_spawn_thread(void)
-{
-    sigset_t set, oldset;
-
-    mutex_lock(&lock);
-    if (!new_threads) {
-        mutex_unlock(&lock);
-        return;
-    }
-
-    new_threads--;
-    pending_threads++;
-
-    mutex_unlock(&lock);
-
-    /* block all signals */
-    if (sigfillset(&set)) die("sigfillset");
-    if (sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &set, &oldset)) die("sigprocmask");
-
-    thread_create(&thread_id, &attr, aio_thread, NULL);
-
-    if (sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &oldset, NULL)) die("sigprocmask restore");
-}
-
-static void spawn_thread_bh_fn(void *opaque)
-{
-    do_spawn_thread();
-}
-
-static void spawn_thread(void)
-{
-    cur_threads++;
-    new_threads++;
-    /* If there are threads being created, they will spawn new workers, so
-     * we don't spend time creating many threads in a loop holding a mutex or
-     * starving the current vcpu.
-     *
-     * If there are no idle threads, ask the main thread to create one, so we
-     * inherit the correct affinity instead of the vcpu affinity.
-     */
-    if (!pending_threads) {
-        qemu_bh_schedule(new_thread_bh);
-    }
-}
-
-static void qemu_paio_submit(struct qemu_paiocb *aiocb)
-{
-    aiocb->ret = -EINPROGRESS;
-    aiocb->active = 0;
-    mutex_lock(&lock);
-    if (idle_threads == 0 && cur_threads < max_threads)
-        spawn_thread();
-    QTAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&request_list, aiocb, node);
-    mutex_unlock(&lock);
-    cond_signal(&cond);
-}
-
-static ssize_t qemu_paio_return(struct qemu_paiocb *aiocb)
-{
-    ssize_t ret;
-
-    mutex_lock(&lock);
-    ret = aiocb->ret;
-    mutex_unlock(&lock);
-
-    return ret;
-}
-
-static int qemu_paio_error(struct qemu_paiocb *aiocb)
-{
-    ssize_t ret = qemu_paio_return(aiocb);
-
-    if (ret < 0)
-        ret = -ret;
-    else
-        ret = 0;
-
-    return ret;
-}
-
-static void posix_aio_read(void *opaque)
-{
-    PosixAioState *s = opaque;
-    struct qemu_paiocb *acb, **pacb;
-    int ret;
-    ssize_t len;
-
-    /* read all bytes from signal pipe */
-    for (;;) {
-        char bytes[16];
-
-        len = read(s->rfd, bytes, sizeof(bytes));
-        if (len == -1 && errno == EINTR)
-            continue; /* try again */
-        if (len == sizeof(bytes))
-            continue; /* more to read */
         break;
-    }
-
-    for(;;) {
-        pacb = &s->first_aio;
-        for(;;) {
-            acb = *pacb;
-            if (!acb)
-                return;
-
-            ret = qemu_paio_error(acb);
-            if (ret == ECANCELED) {
-                /* remove the request */
-                *pacb = acb->next;
-                qemu_aio_release(acb);
-            } else if (ret != EINPROGRESS) {
-                /* end of aio */
-                if (ret == 0) {
-                    ret = qemu_paio_return(acb);
-                    if (ret == acb->aio_nbytes)
-                        ret = 0;
-                    else
-                        ret = -EINVAL;
-                } else {
-                    ret = -ret;
-                }
-
-                trace_paio_complete(acb, acb->common.opaque, ret);
-
-                /* remove the request */
-                *pacb = acb->next;
-                /* call the callback */
-                acb->common.cb(acb->common.opaque, ret);
-                qemu_aio_release(acb);
-                break;
-            } else {
-                pacb = &acb->next;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-static int posix_aio_flush(void *opaque)
-{
-    PosixAioState *s = opaque;
-    return !!s->first_aio;
-}
-
-static PosixAioState *posix_aio_state;
-
-static void posix_aio_notify_event(void)
-{
-    char byte = 0;
-    ssize_t ret;
-
-    ret = write(posix_aio_state->wfd, &byte, sizeof(byte));
-    if (ret < 0 && errno != EAGAIN)
-        die("write()");
-}
-
-static void paio_remove(struct qemu_paiocb *acb)
-{
-    struct qemu_paiocb **pacb;
-
-    /* remove the callback from the queue */
-    pacb = &posix_aio_state->first_aio;
-    for(;;) {
-        if (*pacb == NULL) {
-            fprintf(stderr, "paio_remove: aio request not found!\n");
-            break;
-        } else if (*pacb == acb) {
-            *pacb = acb->next;
-            qemu_aio_release(acb);
-            break;
+    case QEMU_AIO_WRITE:
+        ret = handle_aiocb_rw(aiocb);
+        if (ret == aiocb->aio_nbytes) {
+            ret = 0;
+        } else if (ret >= 0 && ret < aiocb->aio_nbytes) {
+            ret = -EINVAL;
         }
-        pacb = &(*pacb)->next;
-    }
-}
-
-static void paio_cancel(BlockDriverAIOCB *blockacb)
-{
-    struct qemu_paiocb *acb = (struct qemu_paiocb *)blockacb;
-    int active = 0;
-
-    trace_paio_cancel(acb, acb->common.opaque);
-
-    mutex_lock(&lock);
-    if (!acb->active) {
-        QTAILQ_REMOVE(&request_list, acb, node);
-        acb->ret = -ECANCELED;
-    } else if (acb->ret == -EINPROGRESS) {
-        active = 1;
-    }
-    mutex_unlock(&lock);
-
-    if (active) {
-        /* fail safe: if the aio could not be canceled, we wait for
-           it */
-        while (qemu_paio_error(acb) == EINPROGRESS)
-            ;
+        break;
+    case QEMU_AIO_FLUSH:
+        ret = handle_aiocb_flush(aiocb);
+        break;
+    case QEMU_AIO_IOCTL:
+        ret = handle_aiocb_ioctl(aiocb);
+        break;
+    default:
+        fprintf(stderr, "invalid aio request (0x%x)\n", aiocb->aio_type);
+        ret = -EINVAL;
+        break;
     }
 
-    paio_remove(acb);
+    qemu_aio_release(aiocb);
+    return ret;
 }
 
 static AIOPool raw_aio_pool = {
     .aiocb_size         = sizeof(struct qemu_paiocb),
-    .cancel             = paio_cancel,
 };
 
 BlockDriverAIOCB *paio_submit(BlockDriverState *bs, int fd,
@@ -609,12 +309,8 @@ BlockDriverAIOCB *paio_submit(BlockDriverState *bs, int fd,
     acb->aio_nbytes = nb_sectors * 512;
     acb->aio_offset = sector_num * 512;
 
-    acb->next = posix_aio_state->first_aio;
-    posix_aio_state->first_aio = acb;
-
     trace_paio_submit(acb, opaque, sector_num, nb_sectors, type);
-    qemu_paio_submit(acb);
-    return &acb->common;
+    return thread_pool_submit_aio(aio_worker, acb, cb, opaque);
 }
 
 BlockDriverAIOCB *paio_ioctl(BlockDriverState *bs, int fd,
@@ -630,50 +326,5 @@ BlockDriverAIOCB *paio_ioctl(BlockDriverState *bs, int fd,
     acb->aio_ioctl_buf = buf;
     acb->aio_ioctl_cmd = req;
 
-    acb->next = posix_aio_state->first_aio;
-    posix_aio_state->first_aio = acb;
-
-    qemu_paio_submit(acb);
-    return &acb->common;
-}
-
-int paio_init(void)
-{
-    PosixAioState *s;
-    int fds[2];
-    int ret;
-
-    if (posix_aio_state)
-        return 0;
-
-    s = g_malloc(sizeof(PosixAioState));
-
-    s->first_aio = NULL;
-    if (qemu_pipe(fds) == -1) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "failed to create pipe\n");
-        g_free(s);
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    s->rfd = fds[0];
-    s->wfd = fds[1];
-
-    fcntl(s->rfd, F_SETFL, O_NONBLOCK);
-    fcntl(s->wfd, F_SETFL, O_NONBLOCK);
-
-    qemu_aio_set_fd_handler(s->rfd, posix_aio_read, NULL, posix_aio_flush, s);
-
-    ret = pthread_attr_init(&attr);
-    if (ret)
-        die2(ret, "pthread_attr_init");
-
-    ret = pthread_attr_setdetachstate(&attr, PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED);
-    if (ret)
-        die2(ret, "pthread_attr_setdetachstate");
-
-    QTAILQ_INIT(&request_list);
-    new_thread_bh = qemu_bh_new(spawn_thread_bh_fn, NULL);
-
-    posix_aio_state = s;
-    return 0;
+    return thread_pool_submit_aio(aio_worker, acb, cb, opaque);
 }
