Merge branch 'master' of /home/davem/src/GIT/linux-2.6/

Conflicts:
	drivers/firmware/iscsi_ibft.c

96 files changed, 1933 insertions, 1671 deletions

diff --git a/fs/cachefiles/namei.c b/fs/cachefiles/namei.c
index 14ac4806e291..eeb4986ea7db 100644
--- a/fs/cachefiles/namei.c
+++ b/fs/cachefiles/namei.c
@@ -348,7 +348,17 @@ int cachefiles_delete_object(struct cachefiles_cache *cache,
 	dir = dget_parent(object->dentry);
 
 	mutex_lock_nested(&dir->d_inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
-	ret = cachefiles_bury_object(cache, dir, object->dentry);
+
+	/* we need to check that our parent is _still_ our parent - it may have
+	 * been renamed */
+	if (dir == object->dentry->d_parent) {
+		ret = cachefiles_bury_object(cache, dir, object->dentry);
+	} else {
+		/* it got moved, presumably by cachefilesd culling it, so it's
+		 * no longer in the key path and we can ignore it */
+		mutex_unlock(&dir->d_inode->i_mutex);
+		ret = 0;
+	}
 
 	dput(dir);
 	_leave(" = %d", ret);
diff --git a/fs/dlm/ast.c b/fs/dlm/ast.c
index dc2ad6008b2d..4314f0d48d85 100644
--- a/fs/dlm/ast.c
+++ b/fs/dlm/ast.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 *******************************************************************************
 **
 **  Copyright (C) Sistina Software, Inc.  1997-2003  All rights reserved.
-**  Copyright (C) 2004-2008 Red Hat, Inc.  All rights reserved.
+**  Copyright (C) 2004-2010 Red Hat, Inc.  All rights reserved.
 **
 **  This copyrighted material is made available to anyone wishing to use,
 **  modify, copy, or redistribute it subject to the terms and conditions
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ void dlm_del_ast(struct dlm_lkb *lkb)
 	spin_unlock(&ast_queue_lock);
 }
 
-void dlm_add_ast(struct dlm_lkb *lkb, int type, int bastmode)
+void dlm_add_ast(struct dlm_lkb *lkb, int type, int mode)
 {
 	if (lkb->lkb_flags & DLM_IFL_USER) {
-		dlm_user_add_ast(lkb, type, bastmode);
+		dlm_user_add_ast(lkb, type, mode);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -44,10 +44,21 @@ void dlm_add_ast(struct dlm_lkb *lkb, int type, int bastmode)
 	if (!(lkb->lkb_ast_type & (AST_COMP | AST_BAST))) {
 		kref_get(&lkb->lkb_ref);
 		list_add_tail(&lkb->lkb_astqueue, &ast_queue);
+		lkb->lkb_ast_first = type;
 	}
+
+	/* sanity check, this should not happen */
+
+	if ((type == AST_COMP) && (lkb->lkb_ast_type & AST_COMP))
+		log_print("repeat cast %d castmode %d lock %x %s",
+			  mode, lkb->lkb_castmode,
+			  lkb->lkb_id, lkb->lkb_resource->res_name);
+
 	lkb->lkb_ast_type |= type;
-	if (bastmode)
-		lkb->lkb_bastmode = bastmode;
+	if (type == AST_BAST)
+		lkb->lkb_bastmode = mode;
+	else
+		lkb->lkb_castmode = mode;
 	spin_unlock(&ast_queue_lock);
 
 	set_bit(WAKE_ASTS, &astd_wakeflags);
@@ -59,9 +70,9 @@ static void process_asts(void)
 	struct dlm_ls *ls = NULL;
 	struct dlm_rsb *r = NULL;
 	struct dlm_lkb *lkb;
-	void (*cast) (void *astparam);
-	void (*bast) (void *astparam, int mode);
-	int type = 0, bastmode;
+	void (*castfn) (void *astparam);
+	void (*bastfn) (void *astparam, int mode);
+	int type, first, bastmode, castmode, do_bast, do_cast, last_castmode;
 
 repeat:
 	spin_lock(&ast_queue_lock);
@@ -75,17 +86,48 @@ repeat:
 		list_del(&lkb->lkb_astqueue);
 		type = lkb->lkb_ast_type;
 		lkb->lkb_ast_type = 0;
+		first = lkb->lkb_ast_first;
+		lkb->lkb_ast_first = 0;
 		bastmode = lkb->lkb_bastmode;
-
+		castmode = lkb->lkb_castmode;
+		castfn = lkb->lkb_astfn;
+		bastfn = lkb->lkb_bastfn;
 		spin_unlock(&ast_queue_lock);
-		cast = lkb->lkb_astfn;
-		bast = lkb->lkb_bastfn;
-
-		if ((type & AST_COMP) && cast)
-			cast(lkb->lkb_astparam);
 
-		if ((type & AST_BAST) && bast)
-			bast(lkb->lkb_astparam, bastmode);
+		do_cast = (type & AST_COMP) && castfn;
+		do_bast = (type & AST_BAST) && bastfn;
+
+		/* Skip a bast if its blocking mode is compatible with the
+		   granted mode of the preceding cast. */
+
+		if (do_bast) {
+			if (first == AST_COMP)
+				last_castmode = castmode;
+			else
+				last_castmode = lkb->lkb_castmode_done;
+			if (dlm_modes_compat(bastmode, last_castmode))
+				do_bast = 0;
+		}
+
+		if (first == AST_COMP) {
+			if (do_cast)
+				castfn(lkb->lkb_astparam);
+			if (do_bast)
+				bastfn(lkb->lkb_astparam, bastmode);
+		} else if (first == AST_BAST) {
+			if (do_bast)
+				bastfn(lkb->lkb_astparam, bastmode);
+			if (do_cast)
+				castfn(lkb->lkb_astparam);
+		} else {
+			log_error(ls, "bad ast_first %d ast_type %d",
+				  first, type);
+		}
+
+		if (do_cast)
+			lkb->lkb_castmode_done = castmode;
+		if (do_bast)
+			lkb->lkb_bastmode_done = bastmode;
 
 		/* this removes the reference added by dlm_add_ast
 		   and may result in the lkb being freed */
diff --git a/fs/dlm/ast.h b/fs/dlm/ast.h
index 1b5fc5f428fd..bcb1aaba519d 100644
--- a/fs/dlm/ast.h
+++ b/fs/dlm/ast.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /******************************************************************************
 *******************************************************************************
 **
-**  Copyright (C) 2005-2008 Red Hat, Inc.  All rights reserved.
+**  Copyright (C) 2005-2010 Red Hat, Inc.  All rights reserved.
 **
 **  This copyrighted material is made available to anyone wishing to use,
 **  modify, copy, or redistribute it subject to the terms and conditions
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #ifndef __ASTD_DOT_H__
 #define __ASTD_DOT_H__
 
-void dlm_add_ast(struct dlm_lkb *lkb, int type, int bastmode);
+void dlm_add_ast(struct dlm_lkb *lkb, int type, int mode);
 void dlm_del_ast(struct dlm_lkb *lkb);
 
 void dlm_astd_wake(void);
diff --git a/fs/dlm/debug_fs.c b/fs/dlm/debug_fs.c
index 375a2359b3bf..29d6139c35fc 100644
--- a/fs/dlm/debug_fs.c
+++ b/fs/dlm/debug_fs.c
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ static int print_format3_lock(struct seq_file *s, struct dlm_lkb *lkb,
 			lkb->lkb_status,
 			lkb->lkb_grmode,
 			lkb->lkb_rqmode,
-			lkb->lkb_highbast,
+			lkb->lkb_bastmode,
 			rsb_lookup,
 			lkb->lkb_wait_type,
 			lkb->lkb_lvbseq,
diff --git a/fs/dlm/dlm_internal.h b/fs/dlm/dlm_internal.h
index 826d3dc6e0ab..f632b58cd222 100644
--- a/fs/dlm/dlm_internal.h
+++ b/fs/dlm/dlm_internal.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 *******************************************************************************
 **
 **  Copyright (C) Sistina Software, Inc.  1997-2003  All rights reserved.
-**  Copyright (C) 2004-2008 Red Hat, Inc.  All rights reserved.
+**  Copyright (C) 2004-2010 Red Hat, Inc.  All rights reserved.
 **
 **  This copyrighted material is made available to anyone wishing to use,
 **  modify, copy, or redistribute it subject to the terms and conditions
@@ -232,11 +232,17 @@ struct dlm_lkb {
 	int8_t			lkb_status;     /* granted, waiting, convert */
 	int8_t			lkb_rqmode;	/* requested lock mode */
 	int8_t			lkb_grmode;	/* granted lock mode */
-	int8_t			lkb_bastmode;	/* requested mode */
 	int8_t			lkb_highbast;	/* highest mode bast sent for */
+
 	int8_t			lkb_wait_type;	/* type of reply waiting for */
 	int8_t			lkb_wait_count;
 	int8_t			lkb_ast_type;	/* type of ast queued for */
+	int8_t			lkb_ast_first;	/* type of first ast queued */
+
+	int8_t			lkb_bastmode;	/* req mode of queued bast */
+	int8_t			lkb_castmode;	/* gr mode of queued cast */
+	int8_t			lkb_bastmode_done; /* last delivered bastmode */
+	int8_t			lkb_castmode_done; /* last delivered castmode */
 
 	struct list_head	lkb_idtbl_list;	/* lockspace lkbtbl */
 	struct list_head	lkb_statequeue;	/* rsb g/c/w list */
diff --git a/fs/dlm/lock.c b/fs/dlm/lock.c
index 9c0c1db1e105..46ffd3eeaaf7 100644
--- a/fs/dlm/lock.c
+++ b/fs/dlm/lock.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /******************************************************************************
 *******************************************************************************
 **
-**  Copyright (C) 2005-2008 Red Hat, Inc.  All rights reserved.
+**  Copyright (C) 2005-2010 Red Hat, Inc.  All rights reserved.
 **
 **  This copyrighted material is made available to anyone wishing to use,
 **  modify, copy, or redistribute it subject to the terms and conditions
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ static void queue_cast(struct dlm_rsb *r, struct dlm_lkb *lkb, int rv)
 	lkb->lkb_lksb->sb_status = rv;
 	lkb->lkb_lksb->sb_flags = lkb->lkb_sbflags;
 
-	dlm_add_ast(lkb, AST_COMP, 0);
+	dlm_add_ast(lkb, AST_COMP, lkb->lkb_grmode);
 }
 
 static inline void queue_cast_overlap(struct dlm_rsb *r, struct dlm_lkb *lkb)
@@ -320,10 +320,12 @@ static void queue_bast(struct dlm_rsb *r, struct dlm_lkb *lkb, int rqmode)
 {
 	lkb->lkb_time_bast = ktime_get();
 
-	if (is_master_copy(lkb))
+	if (is_master_copy(lkb)) {
+		lkb->lkb_bastmode = rqmode; /* printed by debugfs */
 		send_bast(r, lkb, rqmode);
-	else
+	} else {
 		dlm_add_ast(lkb, AST_BAST, rqmode);
+	}
 }
 
 /*
@@ -2280,20 +2282,30 @@ static int do_request(struct dlm_rsb *r, struct dlm_lkb *lkb)
 	if (can_be_queued(lkb)) {
 		error = -EINPROGRESS;
 		add_lkb(r, lkb, DLM_LKSTS_WAITING);
-		send_blocking_asts(r, lkb);
 		add_timeout(lkb);
 		goto out;
 	}
 
 	error = -EAGAIN;
-	if (force_blocking_asts(lkb))
-		send_blocking_asts_all(r, lkb);
 	queue_cast(r, lkb, -EAGAIN);
-
  out:
 	return error;
 }
 
+static void do_request_effects(struct dlm_rsb *r, struct dlm_lkb *lkb,
+			       int error)
+{
+	switch (error) {
+	case -EAGAIN:
+		if (force_blocking_asts(lkb))
+			send_blocking_asts_all(r, lkb);
+		break;
+	case -EINPROGRESS:
+		send_blocking_asts(r, lkb);
+		break;
+	}
+}
+
 static int do_convert(struct dlm_rsb *r, struct dlm_lkb *lkb)
 {
 	int error = 0;
@@ -2304,7 +2316,6 @@ static int do_convert(struct dlm_rsb *r, struct dlm_lkb *lkb)
 	if (can_be_granted(r, lkb, 1, &deadlk)) {
 		grant_lock(r, lkb);
 		queue_cast(r, lkb, 0);
-		grant_pending_locks(r);
 		goto out;
 	}
 
@@ -2334,7 +2345,6 @@ static int do_convert(struct dlm_rsb *r, struct dlm_lkb *lkb)
 		if (_can_be_granted(r, lkb, 1)) {
 			grant_lock(r, lkb);
 			queue_cast(r, lkb, 0);
-			grant_pending_locks(r);
 			goto out;
 		}
 		/* else fall through and move to convert queue */
@@ -2344,28 +2354,47 @@ static int do_convert(struct dlm_rsb *r, struct dlm_lkb *lkb)
 		error = -EINPROGRESS;
 		del_lkb(r, lkb);
 		add_lkb(r, lkb, DLM_LKSTS_CONVERT);
-		send_blocking_asts(r, lkb);
 		add_timeout(lkb);
 		goto out;
 	}
 
 	error = -EAGAIN;
-	if (force_blocking_asts(lkb))
-		send_blocking_asts_all(r, lkb);
 	queue_cast(r, lkb, -EAGAIN);
-
  out:
 	return error;
 }
 
+static void do_convert_effects(struct dlm_rsb *r, struct dlm_lkb *lkb,
+			       int error)
+{
+	switch (error) {
+	case 0:
+		grant_pending_locks(r);
+		/* grant_pending_locks also sends basts */
+		break;
+	case -EAGAIN:
+		if (force_blocking_asts(lkb))
+			send_blocking_asts_all(r, lkb);
+		break;
+	case -EINPROGRESS:
+		send_blocking_asts(r, lkb);
+		break;
+	}
+}
+
 static int do_unlock(struct dlm_rsb *r, struct dlm_lkb *lkb)
 {
 	remove_lock(r, lkb);
 	queue_cast(r, lkb, -DLM_EUNLOCK);
-	grant_pending_locks(r);
 	return -DLM_EUNLOCK;
 }
 
+static void do_unlock_effects(struct dlm_rsb *r, struct dlm_lkb *lkb,
+			      int error)
+{
+	grant_pending_locks(r);
+}
+
 /* returns: 0 did nothing, -DLM_ECANCEL canceled lock */
  
 static int do_cancel(struct dlm_rsb *r, struct dlm_lkb *lkb)
@@ -2375,12 +2404,18 @@ static int do_cancel(struct dlm_rsb *r, struct dlm_lkb *lkb)
 	error = revert_lock(r, lkb);
 	if (error) {
 		queue_cast(r, lkb, -DLM_ECANCEL);
-		grant_pending_locks(r);
 		return -DLM_ECANCEL;
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void do_cancel_effects(struct dlm_rsb *r, struct dlm_lkb *lkb,
+			      int error)
+{
+	if (error)
+		grant_pending_locks(r);
+}
+
 /*
  * Four stage 3 varieties:
  * _request_lock(), _convert_lock(), _unlock_lock(), _cancel_lock()
@@ -2402,11 +2437,15 @@ static int _request_lock(struct dlm_rsb *r, struct dlm_lkb *lkb)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	if (is_remote(r))
+	if (is_remote(r)) {
 		/* receive_request() calls do_request() on remote node */
 		error = send_request(r, lkb);
-	else
+	} else {
 		error = do_request(r, lkb);
+		/* for remote locks the request_reply is sent
+		   between do_request and do_request_effects */
+		do_request_effects(r, lkb, error);
+	}
  out:
 	return error;
 }
@@ -2417,11 +2456,15 @@ static int _convert_lock(struct dlm_rsb *r, struct dlm_lkb *lkb)
 {
 	int error;
 
-	if (is_remote(r))
+	if (is_remote(r)) {
 		/* receive_convert() calls do_convert() on remote node */
 		error = send_convert(r, lkb);
-	else
+	} else {
 		error = do_convert(r, lkb);
+		/* for remote locks the convert_reply is sent
+		   between do_convert and do_convert_effects */
+		do_convert_effects(r, lkb, error);
+	}
 
 	return error;
 }
@@ -2432,11 +2475,15 @@ static int _unlock_lock(struct dlm_rsb *r, struct dlm_lkb *lkb)
 {
 	int error;
 
-	if (is_remote(r))
+	if (is_remote(r)) {
 		/* receive_unlock() calls do_unlock() on remote node */
 		error = send_unlock(r, lkb);
-	else
+	} else {
 		error = do_unlock(r, lkb);
+		/* for remote locks the unlock_reply is sent
+		   between do_unlock and do_unlock_effects */
+		do_unlock_effects(r, lkb, error);
+	}
 
 	return error;
 }
@@ -2447,11 +2494,15 @@ static int _cancel_lock(struct dlm_rsb *r, struct dlm_lkb *lkb)
 {
 	int error;
 
-	if (is_remote(r))
+	if (is_remote(r)) {
 		/* receive_cancel() calls do_cancel() on remote node */
 		error = send_cancel(r, lkb);
-	else
+	} else {
 		error = do_cancel(r, lkb);
+		/* for remote locks the cancel_reply is sent
+		   between do_cancel and do_cancel_effects */
+		do_cancel_effects(r, lkb, error);
+	}
 
 	return error;
 }
@@ -3191,6 +3242,7 @@ static void receive_request(struct dlm_ls *ls, struct dlm_message *ms)
 	attach_lkb(r, lkb);
 	error = do_request(r, lkb);
 	send_request_reply(r, lkb, error);
+	do_request_effects(r, lkb, error);
 
 	unlock_rsb(r);
 	put_rsb(r);
@@ -3226,15 +3278,19 @@ static void receive_convert(struct dlm_ls *ls, struct dlm_message *ms)
 		goto out;
 
 	receive_flags(lkb, ms);
+
 	error = receive_convert_args(ls, lkb, ms);
-	if (error)
-		goto out_reply;
+	if (error) {
+		send_convert_reply(r, lkb, error);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	reply = !down_conversion(lkb);
 
 	error = do_convert(r, lkb);
- out_reply:
 	if (reply)
 		send_convert_reply(r, lkb, error);
+	do_convert_effects(r, lkb, error);
  out:
 	unlock_rsb(r);
 	put_rsb(r);
@@ -3266,13 +3322,16 @@ static void receive_unlock(struct dlm_ls *ls, struct dlm_message *ms)
 		goto out;
 
 	receive_flags(lkb, ms);
+
 	error = receive_unlock_args(ls, lkb, ms);
-	if (error)
-		goto out_reply;
+	if (error) {
+		send_unlock_reply(r, lkb, error);
+		goto out;
+	}
 
 	error = do_unlock(r, lkb);
- out_reply:
 	send_unlock_reply(r, lkb, error);
+	do_unlock_effects(r, lkb, error);
  out:
 	unlock_rsb(r);
 	put_rsb(r);
@@ -3307,6 +3366,7 @@ static void receive_cancel(struct dlm_ls *ls, struct dlm_message *ms)
 
 	error = do_cancel(r, lkb);
 	send_cancel_reply(r, lkb, error);
+	do_cancel_effects(r, lkb, error);
  out:
 	unlock_rsb(r);
 	put_rsb(r);
diff --git a/fs/dlm/lockspace.c b/fs/dlm/lockspace.c
index c010ecfc0d29..26a8bd40400a 100644
--- a/fs/dlm/lockspace.c
+++ b/fs/dlm/lockspace.c
@@ -191,6 +191,18 @@ static int do_uevent(struct dlm_ls *ls, int in)
 	return error;
 }
 
+static int dlm_uevent(struct kset *kset, struct kobject *kobj,
+		      struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
+{
+	struct dlm_ls *ls = container_of(kobj, struct dlm_ls, ls_kobj);
+
+	add_uevent_var(env, "LOCKSPACE=%s", ls->ls_name);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static struct kset_uevent_ops dlm_uevent_ops = {
+	.uevent = dlm_uevent,
+};
 
 int __init dlm_lockspace_init(void)
 {
@@ -199,7 +211,7 @@ int __init dlm_lockspace_init(void)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&lslist);
 	spin_lock_init(&lslist_lock);
 
-	dlm_kset = kset_create_and_add("dlm", NULL, kernel_kobj);
+	dlm_kset = kset_create_and_add("dlm", &dlm_uevent_ops, kernel_kobj);
 	if (!dlm_kset) {
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: can not create kset\n", __func__);
 		return -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/fs/dlm/user.c b/fs/dlm/user.c
index e73a4bb572aa..a4bfd31ac45b 100644
--- a/fs/dlm/user.c
+++ b/fs/dlm/user.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (C) 2006-2009 Red Hat, Inc.  All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (C) 2006-2010 Red Hat, Inc.  All rights reserved.
  *
  * This copyrighted material is made available to anyone wishing to use,
  * modify, copy, or redistribute it subject to the terms and conditions
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ static int lkb_is_endoflife(struct dlm_lkb *lkb, int sb_status, int type)
 /* we could possibly check if the cancel of an orphan has resulted in the lkb
    being removed and then remove that lkb from the orphans list and free it */
 
-void dlm_user_add_ast(struct dlm_lkb *lkb, int type, int bastmode)
+void dlm_user_add_ast(struct dlm_lkb *lkb, int type, int mode)
 {
 	struct dlm_ls *ls;
 	struct dlm_user_args *ua;
@@ -206,8 +206,10 @@ void dlm_user_add_ast(struct dlm_lkb *lkb, int type, int bastmode)
 
 	ast_type = lkb->lkb_ast_type;
 	lkb->lkb_ast_type |= type;
-	if (bastmode)
-		lkb->lkb_bastmode = bastmode;
+	if (type == AST_BAST)
+		lkb->lkb_bastmode = mode;
+	else
+		lkb->lkb_castmode = mode;
 
 	if (!ast_type) {
 		kref_get(&lkb->lkb_ref);
diff --git a/fs/dlm/user.h b/fs/dlm/user.h
index 1c9686492286..f196091dd7ff 100644
--- a/fs/dlm/user.h
+++ b/fs/dlm/user.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (C) 2006-2008 Red Hat, Inc.  All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (C) 2006-2010 Red Hat, Inc.  All rights reserved.
  *
  * This copyrighted material is made available to anyone wishing to use,
  * modify, copy, or redistribute it subject to the terms and conditions
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #ifndef __USER_DOT_H__
 #define __USER_DOT_H__
 
-void dlm_user_add_ast(struct dlm_lkb *lkb, int type, int bastmode);
+void dlm_user_add_ast(struct dlm_lkb *lkb, int type, int mode);
 int dlm_user_init(void);
 void dlm_user_exit(void);
 int dlm_device_deregister(struct dlm_ls *ls);
diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index e95c692ef0e4..cce6bbdbdbb1 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -637,7 +637,6 @@ int setup_arg_pages(struct linux_binprm *bprm,
 	 * will align it up.
 	 */
 	rlim_stack = rlimit(RLIMIT_STACK) & PAGE_MASK;
-	rlim_stack = min(rlim_stack, stack_size);
 #ifdef CONFIG_STACK_GROWSUP
 	if (stack_size + stack_expand > rlim_stack)
 		stack_base = vma->vm_start + rlim_stack;
diff --git a/fs/file.c b/fs/file.c
index 87e129030ab1..38039af67663 100644
--- a/fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/file.c
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ repeat:
 	error = fd;
 #if 1
 	/* Sanity check */
-	if (rcu_dereference(fdt->fd[fd]) != NULL) {
+	if (rcu_dereference_raw(fdt->fd[fd]) != NULL) {
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "alloc_fd: slot %d not NULL!\n", fd);
 		rcu_assign_pointer(fdt->fd[fd], NULL);
 	}
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index d62fdc875f22..a4855af776a8 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -823,6 +823,17 @@ fail:
 }
 
 /*
+ * This is a temporary kludge to deal with "automount" symlinks; proper
+ * solution is to trigger them on follow_mount(), so that do_lookup()
+ * would DTRT.  To be killed before 2.6.34-final.
+ */
+static inline int follow_on_final(struct inode *inode, unsigned lookup_flags)
+{
+	return inode && unlikely(inode->i_op->follow_link) &&
+		((lookup_flags & LOOKUP_FOLLOW) || S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode));
+}
+
+/*
  * Name resolution.
  * This is the basic name resolution function, turning a pathname into
  * the final dentry. We expect 'base' to be positive and a directory.
@@ -942,8 +953,7 @@ last_component:
 		if (err)
 			break;
 		inode = next.dentry->d_inode;
-		if ((lookup_flags & LOOKUP_FOLLOW)
-		    && inode && inode->i_op->follow_link) {
+		if (follow_on_final(inode, lookup_flags)) {
 			err = do_follow_link(&next, nd);
 			if (err)
 				goto return_err;
diff --git a/fs/nfs/Kconfig b/fs/nfs/Kconfig
index 59e5673b4597..a43d07e7b924 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/nfs/Kconfig
@@ -95,8 +95,7 @@ config ROOT_NFS
 	  Most people say N here.
 
 config NFS_FSCACHE
-	bool "Provide NFS client caching support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
-	depends on EXPERIMENTAL
+	bool "Provide NFS client caching support"
 	depends on NFS_FS=m && FSCACHE || NFS_FS=y && FSCACHE=y
 	help
 	  Say Y here if you want NFS data to be cached locally on disc through
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
index 97d79eff6b7f..8715d194561a 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
@@ -752,7 +752,8 @@ nfsd_open(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, int type,
 			    flags, current_cred());
 	if (IS_ERR(*filp))
 		host_err = PTR_ERR(*filp);
-	host_err = ima_file_check(*filp, access);
+	else
+		host_err = ima_file_check(*filp, access);
 out_nfserr:
 	err = nfserrno(host_err);
 out:
diff --git a/fs/proc/array.c b/fs/proc/array.c
index 13b5d0708175..18e20feee251 100644
--- a/fs/proc/array.c
+++ b/fs/proc/array.c
@@ -270,7 +270,9 @@ static inline void task_sig(struct seq_file *m, struct task_struct *p)
 		blocked = p->blocked;
 		collect_sigign_sigcatch(p, &ignored, &caught);
 		num_threads = atomic_read(&p->signal->count);
+		rcu_read_lock();  /* FIXME: is this correct? */
 		qsize = atomic_read(&__task_cred(p)->user->sigpending);
+		rcu_read_unlock();
 		qlim = p->signal->rlim[RLIMIT_SIGPENDING].rlim_cur;
 		unlock_task_sighand(p, &flags);
 	}
diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index e42bbd843ed1..623e2ffb5d2b 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -1095,8 +1095,12 @@ static ssize_t proc_loginuid_write(struct file * file, const char __user * buf,
 	if (!capable(CAP_AUDIT_CONTROL))
 		return -EPERM;
 
-	if (current != pid_task(proc_pid(inode), PIDTYPE_PID))
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	if (current != pid_task(proc_pid(inode), PIDTYPE_PID)) {
+		rcu_read_unlock();
 		return -EPERM;
+	}
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	if (count >= PAGE_SIZE)
 		count = PAGE_SIZE - 1;
@@ -2369,16 +2373,30 @@ static void *proc_self_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	struct pid_namespace *ns = dentry->d_sb->s_fs_info;
 	pid_t tgid = task_tgid_nr_ns(current, ns);
-	char tmp[PROC_NUMBUF];
-	if (!tgid)
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
-	sprintf(tmp, "%d", task_tgid_nr_ns(current, ns));
-	return ERR_PTR(vfs_follow_link(nd,tmp));
+	char *name = ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
+	if (tgid) {
+		name = __getname();
+		if (!name)
+			name = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+		else
+			sprintf(name, "%d", tgid);
+	}
+	nd_set_link(nd, name);
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static void proc_self_put_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd,
+				void *cookie)
+{
+	char *s = nd_get_link(nd);
+	if (!IS_ERR(s))
+		__putname(s);
 }
 
 static const struct inode_operations proc_self_inode_operations = {
 	.readlink	= proc_self_readlink,
 	.follow_link	= proc_self_follow_link,
+	.put_link	= proc_self_put_link,
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_devtree.c b/fs/proc/proc_devtree.c
index 123257bb356b..f8650dce74fb 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_devtree.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_devtree.c
@@ -10,16 +10,19 @@
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
 #include <linux/stat.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
+#include <linux/of.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
 #include <asm/prom.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include "internal.h"
 
-#ifndef HAVE_ARCH_DEVTREE_FIXUPS
 static inline void set_node_proc_entry(struct device_node *np,
 				       struct proc_dir_entry *de)
 {
-}
+#ifdef HAVE_ARCH_DEVTREE_FIXUPS
+	np->pde = de;
 #endif
+}
 
 static struct proc_dir_entry *proc_device_tree;
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/Makefile b/fs/xfs/Makefile
index 56641fe52a23..5c5a366aa332 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/Makefile
+++ b/fs/xfs/Makefile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 # Inc.,  51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
 #
 
-EXTRA_CFLAGS +=	 -I$(src) -I$(src)/linux-2.6 -funsigned-char
+EXTRA_CFLAGS +=	 -I$(src) -I$(src)/linux-2.6
 
 XFS_LINUX := linux-2.6
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/kmem.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/kmem.c
index 2d3f90afe5f1..bc7405585def 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/kmem.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/kmem.c
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
  * Inc.,  51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
  */
 #include <linux/mm.h>
-#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
 #include <linux/highmem.h>
 #include <linux/swap.h>
 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
@@ -24,8 +23,25 @@
 #include "time.h"
 #include "kmem.h"
 
-#define MAX_VMALLOCS	6
-#define MAX_SLAB_SIZE	0x20000
+/*
+ * Greedy allocation.  May fail and may return vmalloced memory.
+ *
+ * Must be freed using kmem_free_large.
+ */
+void *
+kmem_zalloc_greedy(size_t *size, size_t minsize, size_t maxsize)
+{
+	void		*ptr;
+	size_t		kmsize = maxsize;
+
+	while (!(ptr = kmem_zalloc_large(kmsize))) {
+		if ((kmsize >>= 1) <= minsize)
+			kmsize = minsize;
+	}
+	if (ptr)
+		*size = kmsize;
+	return ptr;
+}
 
 void *
 kmem_alloc(size_t size, unsigned int __nocast flags)
@@ -34,19 +50,8 @@ kmem_alloc(size_t size, unsigned int __nocast flags)
 	gfp_t	lflags = kmem_flags_convert(flags);
 	void	*ptr;
 
-#ifdef DEBUG
-	if (unlikely(!(flags & KM_LARGE) && (size > PAGE_SIZE))) {
-		printk(KERN_WARNING "Large %s attempt, size=%ld\n",
-			__func__, (long)size);
-		dump_stack();
-	}
-#endif
-
 	do {
-		if (size < MAX_SLAB_SIZE || retries > MAX_VMALLOCS)
-			ptr = kmalloc(size, lflags);
-		else
-			ptr = __vmalloc(size, lflags, PAGE_KERNEL);
+		ptr = kmalloc(size, lflags);
 		if (ptr || (flags & (KM_MAYFAIL|KM_NOSLEEP)))
 			return ptr;
 		if (!(++retries % 100))
@@ -68,27 +73,6 @@ kmem_zalloc(size_t size, unsigned int __nocast flags)
 	return ptr;
 }
 
-void *
-kmem_zalloc_greedy(size_t *size, size_t minsize, size_t maxsize,
-		   unsigned int __nocast flags)
-{
-	void		*ptr;
-	size_t		kmsize = maxsize;
-	unsigned int	kmflags = (flags & ~KM_SLEEP) | KM_NOSLEEP;
-
-	while (!(ptr = kmem_zalloc(kmsize, kmflags))) {
-		if ((kmsize <= minsize) && (flags & KM_NOSLEEP))
-			break;
-		if ((kmsize >>= 1) <= minsize) {
-			kmsize = minsize;
-			kmflags = flags;
-		}
-	}
-	if (ptr)
-		*size = kmsize;
-	return ptr;
-}
-
 void
 kmem_free(const void *ptr)
 {
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/kmem.h b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/kmem.h
index 179cbd630f69..f7c8f7a9ea6d 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/kmem.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/kmem.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
+#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
 
 /*
  * General memory allocation interfaces
@@ -30,7 +31,6 @@
 #define KM_NOSLEEP	0x0002u
 #define KM_NOFS		0x0004u
 #define KM_MAYFAIL	0x0008u
-#define KM_LARGE	0x0010u
 
 /*
  * We use a special process flag to avoid recursive callbacks into
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ kmem_flags_convert(unsigned int __nocast flags)
 {
 	gfp_t	lflags;
 
-	BUG_ON(flags & ~(KM_SLEEP|KM_NOSLEEP|KM_NOFS|KM_MAYFAIL|KM_LARGE));
+	BUG_ON(flags & ~(KM_SLEEP|KM_NOSLEEP|KM_NOFS|KM_MAYFAIL));
 
 	if (flags & KM_NOSLEEP) {
 		lflags = GFP_ATOMIC | __GFP_NOWARN;
@@ -56,10 +56,25 @@ kmem_flags_convert(unsigned int __nocast flags)
 
 extern void *kmem_alloc(size_t, unsigned int __nocast);
 extern void *kmem_zalloc(size_t, unsigned int __nocast);
-extern void *kmem_zalloc_greedy(size_t *, size_t, size_t, unsigned int __nocast);
 extern void *kmem_realloc(const void *, size_t, size_t, unsigned int __nocast);
 extern void  kmem_free(const void *);
 
+static inline void *kmem_zalloc_large(size_t size)
+{
+	void *ptr;
+
+	ptr = vmalloc(size);
+	if (ptr)
+		memset(ptr, 0, size);
+	return ptr;
+}
+static inline void kmem_free_large(void *ptr)
+{
+	vfree(ptr);
+}
+
+extern void *kmem_zalloc_greedy(size_t *, size_t, size_t);
+
 /*
  * Zone interfaces
  */
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_acl.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_acl.c
index 883ca5ab8af5..bf85bbe4a9ae 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_acl.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_acl.c
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ xfs_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
 	struct posix_acl *acl;
 	struct xfs_acl *xfs_acl;
 	int len = sizeof(struct xfs_acl);
-	char *ea_name;
+	unsigned char *ea_name;
 	int error;
 
 	acl = get_cached_acl(inode, type);
@@ -133,7 +133,8 @@ xfs_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
 	if (!xfs_acl)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
-	error = -xfs_attr_get(ip, ea_name, (char *)xfs_acl, &len, ATTR_ROOT);
+	error = -xfs_attr_get(ip, ea_name, (unsigned char *)xfs_acl,
+							&len, ATTR_ROOT);
 	if (error) {
 		/*
 		 * If the attribute doesn't exist make sure we have a negative
@@ -162,7 +163,7 @@ STATIC int
 xfs_set_acl(struct inode *inode, int type, struct posix_acl *acl)
 {
 	struct xfs_inode *ip = XFS_I(inode);
-	char *ea_name;
+	unsigned char *ea_name;
 	int error;
 
 	if (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode))
@@ -194,7 +195,7 @@ xfs_set_acl(struct inode *inode, int type, struct posix_acl *acl)
 			(sizeof(struct xfs_acl_entry) *
 			 (XFS_ACL_MAX_ENTRIES - acl->a_count));
 
-		error = -xfs_attr_set(ip, ea_name, (char *)xfs_acl,
+		error = -xfs_attr_set(ip, ea_name, (unsigned char *)xfs_acl,
 				len, ATTR_ROOT);
 
 		kfree(xfs_acl);
@@ -262,7 +263,7 @@ xfs_set_mode(struct inode *inode, mode_t mode)
 }
 
 static int
-xfs_acl_exists(struct inode *inode, char *name)
+xfs_acl_exists(struct inode *inode, unsigned char *name)
 {
 	int len = sizeof(struct xfs_acl);
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
index 77b8be81c769..6f76ba85f193 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include <linux/migrate.h>
 #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
 #include <linux/freezer.h>
+#include <linux/list_sort.h>
 
 #include "xfs_sb.h"
 #include "xfs_inum.h"
@@ -76,6 +77,27 @@ struct workqueue_struct *xfsconvertd_workqueue;
 #define xfs_buf_deallocate(bp) \
 	kmem_zone_free(xfs_buf_zone, (bp));
 
+static inline int
+xfs_buf_is_vmapped(
+	struct xfs_buf	*bp)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Return true if the buffer is vmapped.
+	 *
+	 * The XBF_MAPPED flag is set if the buffer should be mapped, but the
+	 * code is clever enough to know it doesn't have to map a single page,
+	 * so the check has to be both for XBF_MAPPED and bp->b_page_count > 1.
+	 */
+	return (bp->b_flags & XBF_MAPPED) && bp->b_page_count > 1;
+}
+
+static inline int
+xfs_buf_vmap_len(
+	struct xfs_buf	*bp)
+{
+	return (bp->b_page_count * PAGE_SIZE) - bp->b_offset;
+}
+
 /*
  *	Page Region interfaces.
  *
@@ -314,7 +336,7 @@ xfs_buf_free(
 	if (bp->b_flags & (_XBF_PAGE_CACHE|_XBF_PAGES)) {
 		uint		i;
 
-		if ((bp->b_flags & XBF_MAPPED) && (bp->b_page_count > 1))
+		if (xfs_buf_is_vmapped(bp))
 			free_address(bp->b_addr - bp->b_offset);
 
 		for (i = 0; i < bp->b_page_count; i++) {
@@ -1051,22 +1073,30 @@ xfs_buf_ioerror(
 }
 
 int
-xfs_bawrite(
-	void			*mp,
+xfs_bwrite(
+	struct xfs_mount	*mp,
 	struct xfs_buf		*bp)
 {
-	trace_xfs_buf_bawrite(bp, _RET_IP_);
+	int			iowait = (bp->b_flags & XBF_ASYNC) == 0;
+	int			error = 0;
 
-	ASSERT(bp->b_bn != XFS_BUF_DADDR_NULL);
+	bp->b_strat = xfs_bdstrat_cb;
+	bp->b_mount = mp;
+	bp->b_flags |= XBF_WRITE;
+	if (!iowait)
+		bp->b_flags |= _XBF_RUN_QUEUES;
 
 	xfs_buf_delwri_dequeue(bp);
+	xfs_buf_iostrategy(bp);
 
-	bp->b_flags &= ~(XBF_READ | XBF_DELWRI | XBF_READ_AHEAD);
-	bp->b_flags |= (XBF_WRITE | XBF_ASYNC | _XBF_RUN_QUEUES);
+	if (iowait) {
+		error = xfs_buf_iowait(bp);
+		if (error)
+			xfs_force_shutdown(mp, SHUTDOWN_META_IO_ERROR);
+		xfs_buf_relse(bp);
+	}
 
-	bp->b_mount = mp;
-	bp->b_strat = xfs_bdstrat_cb;
-	return xfs_bdstrat_cb(bp);
+	return error;
 }
 
 void
@@ -1085,6 +1115,126 @@ xfs_bdwrite(
 	xfs_buf_delwri_queue(bp, 1);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Called when we want to stop a buffer from getting written or read.
+ * We attach the EIO error, muck with its flags, and call biodone
+ * so that the proper iodone callbacks get called.
+ */
+STATIC int
+xfs_bioerror(
+	xfs_buf_t *bp)
+{
+#ifdef XFSERRORDEBUG
+	ASSERT(XFS_BUF_ISREAD(bp) || bp->b_iodone);
+#endif
+
+	/*
+	 * No need to wait until the buffer is unpinned, we aren't flushing it.
+	 */
+	XFS_BUF_ERROR(bp, EIO);
+
+	/*
+	 * We're calling biodone, so delete XBF_DONE flag.
+	 */
+	XFS_BUF_UNREAD(bp);
+	XFS_BUF_UNDELAYWRITE(bp);
+	XFS_BUF_UNDONE(bp);
+	XFS_BUF_STALE(bp);
+
+	XFS_BUF_CLR_BDSTRAT_FUNC(bp);
+	xfs_biodone(bp);
+
+	return EIO;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Same as xfs_bioerror, except that we are releasing the buffer
+ * here ourselves, and avoiding the biodone call.
+ * This is meant for userdata errors; metadata bufs come with
+ * iodone functions attached, so that we can track down errors.
+ */
+STATIC int
+xfs_bioerror_relse(
+	struct xfs_buf	*bp)
+{
+	int64_t		fl = XFS_BUF_BFLAGS(bp);
+	/*
+	 * No need to wait until the buffer is unpinned.
+	 * We aren't flushing it.
+	 *
+	 * chunkhold expects B_DONE to be set, whether
+	 * we actually finish the I/O or not. We don't want to
+	 * change that interface.
+	 */
+	XFS_BUF_UNREAD(bp);
+	XFS_BUF_UNDELAYWRITE(bp);
+	XFS_BUF_DONE(bp);
+	XFS_BUF_STALE(bp);
+	XFS_BUF_CLR_IODONE_FUNC(bp);
+	XFS_BUF_CLR_BDSTRAT_FUNC(bp);
+	if (!(fl & XBF_ASYNC)) {
+		/*
+		 * Mark b_error and B_ERROR _both_.
+		 * Lot's of chunkcache code assumes that.
+		 * There's no reason to mark error for
+		 * ASYNC buffers.
+		 */
+		XFS_BUF_ERROR(bp, EIO);
+		XFS_BUF_FINISH_IOWAIT(bp);
+	} else {
+		xfs_buf_relse(bp);
+	}
+
+	return EIO;
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * All xfs metadata buffers except log state machine buffers
+ * get this attached as their b_bdstrat callback function.
+ * This is so that we can catch a buffer
+ * after prematurely unpinning it to forcibly shutdown the filesystem.
+ */
+int
+xfs_bdstrat_cb(
+	struct xfs_buf	*bp)
+{
+	if (XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(bp->b_mount)) {
+		trace_xfs_bdstrat_shut(bp, _RET_IP_);
+		/*
+		 * Metadata write that didn't get logged but
+		 * written delayed anyway. These aren't associated
+		 * with a transaction, and can be ignored.
+		 */
+		if (!bp->b_iodone && !XFS_BUF_ISREAD(bp))
+			return xfs_bioerror_relse(bp);
+		else
+			return xfs_bioerror(bp);
+	}
+
+	xfs_buf_iorequest(bp);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Wrapper around bdstrat so that we can stop data from going to disk in case
+ * we are shutting down the filesystem.  Typically user data goes thru this
+ * path; one of the exceptions is the superblock.
+ */
+void
+xfsbdstrat(
+	struct xfs_mount	*mp,
+	struct xfs_buf		*bp)
+{
+	if (XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(mp)) {
+		trace_xfs_bdstrat_shut(bp, _RET_IP_);
+		xfs_bioerror_relse(bp);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	xfs_buf_iorequest(bp);
+}
+
 STATIC void
 _xfs_buf_ioend(
 	xfs_buf_t		*bp,
@@ -1107,6 +1257,9 @@ xfs_buf_bio_end_io(
 
 	xfs_buf_ioerror(bp, -error);
 
+	if (!error && xfs_buf_is_vmapped(bp) && (bp->b_flags & XBF_READ))
+		invalidate_kernel_vmap_range(bp->b_addr, xfs_buf_vmap_len(bp));
+
 	do {
 		struct page	*page = bvec->bv_page;
 
@@ -1216,6 +1369,10 @@ next_chunk:
 
 submit_io:
 	if (likely(bio->bi_size)) {
+		if (xfs_buf_is_vmapped(bp)) {
+			flush_kernel_vmap_range(bp->b_addr,
+						xfs_buf_vmap_len(bp));
+		}
 		submit_bio(rw, bio);
 		if (size)
 			goto next_chunk;
@@ -1296,7 +1453,7 @@ xfs_buf_iomove(
 	xfs_buf_t		*bp,	/* buffer to process		*/
 	size_t			boff,	/* starting buffer offset	*/
 	size_t			bsize,	/* length to copy		*/
-	caddr_t			data,	/* data address			*/
+	void			*data,	/* data address			*/
 	xfs_buf_rw_t		mode)	/* read/write/zero flag		*/
 {
 	size_t			bend, cpoff, csize;
@@ -1378,8 +1535,8 @@ xfs_alloc_bufhash(
 
 	btp->bt_hashshift = external ? 3 : 8;	/* 8 or 256 buckets */
 	btp->bt_hashmask = (1 << btp->bt_hashshift) - 1;
-	btp->bt_hash = kmem_zalloc((1 << btp->bt_hashshift) *
-					sizeof(xfs_bufhash_t), KM_SLEEP | KM_LARGE);
+	btp->bt_hash = kmem_zalloc_large((1 << btp->bt_hashshift) *
+					 sizeof(xfs_bufhash_t));
 	for (i = 0; i < (1 << btp->bt_hashshift); i++) {
 		spin_lock_init(&btp->bt_hash[i].bh_lock);
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&btp->bt_hash[i].bh_list);
@@ -1390,7 +1547,7 @@ STATIC void
 xfs_free_bufhash(
 	xfs_buftarg_t		*btp)
 {
-	kmem_free(btp->bt_hash);
+	kmem_free_large(btp->bt_hash);
 	btp->bt_hash = NULL;
 }
 
@@ -1595,6 +1752,11 @@ xfs_buf_delwri_queue(
 		list_del(&bp->b_list);
 	}
 
+	if (list_empty(dwq)) {
+		/* start xfsbufd as it is about to have something to do */
+		wake_up_process(bp->b_target->bt_task);
+	}
+
 	bp->b_flags |= _XBF_DELWRI_Q;
 	list_add_tail(&bp->b_list, dwq);
 	bp->b_queuetime = jiffies;
@@ -1626,6 +1788,35 @@ xfs_buf_delwri_dequeue(
 	trace_xfs_buf_delwri_dequeue(bp, _RET_IP_);
 }
 
+/*
+ * If a delwri buffer needs to be pushed before it has aged out, then promote
+ * it to the head of the delwri queue so that it will be flushed on the next
+ * xfsbufd run. We do this by resetting the queuetime of the buffer to be older
+ * than the age currently needed to flush the buffer. Hence the next time the
+ * xfsbufd sees it is guaranteed to be considered old enough to flush.
+ */
+void
+xfs_buf_delwri_promote(
+	struct xfs_buf	*bp)
+{
+	struct xfs_buftarg *btp = bp->b_target;
+	long		age = xfs_buf_age_centisecs * msecs_to_jiffies(10) + 1;
+
+	ASSERT(bp->b_flags & XBF_DELWRI);
+	ASSERT(bp->b_flags & _XBF_DELWRI_Q);
+
+	/*
+	 * Check the buffer age before locking the delayed write queue as we
+	 * don't need to promote buffers that are already past the flush age.
+	 */
+	if (bp->b_queuetime < jiffies - age)
+		return;
+	bp->b_queuetime = jiffies - age;
+	spin_lock(&btp->bt_delwrite_lock);
+	list_move(&bp->b_list, &btp->bt_delwrite_queue);
+	spin_unlock(&btp->bt_delwrite_lock);
+}
+
 STATIC void
 xfs_buf_runall_queues(
 	struct workqueue_struct	*queue)
@@ -1644,6 +1835,8 @@ xfsbufd_wakeup(
 	list_for_each_entry(btp, &xfs_buftarg_list, bt_list) {
 		if (test_bit(XBT_FORCE_SLEEP, &btp->bt_flags))
 			continue;
+		if (list_empty(&btp->bt_delwrite_queue))
+			continue;
 		set_bit(XBT_FORCE_FLUSH, &btp->bt_flags);
 		wake_up_process(btp->bt_task);
 	}
@@ -1694,20 +1887,53 @@ xfs_buf_delwri_split(
 
 }
 
+/*
+ * Compare function is more complex than it needs to be because
+ * the return value is only 32 bits and we are doing comparisons
+ * on 64 bit values
+ */
+static int
+xfs_buf_cmp(
+	void		*priv,
+	struct list_head *a,
+	struct list_head *b)
+{
+	struct xfs_buf	*ap = container_of(a, struct xfs_buf, b_list);
+	struct xfs_buf	*bp = container_of(b, struct xfs_buf, b_list);
+	xfs_daddr_t		diff;
+
+	diff = ap->b_bn - bp->b_bn;
+	if (diff < 0)
+		return -1;
+	if (diff > 0)
+		return 1;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void
+xfs_buf_delwri_sort(
+	xfs_buftarg_t	*target,
+	struct list_head *list)
+{
+	list_sort(NULL, list, xfs_buf_cmp);
+}
+
 STATIC int
 xfsbufd(
 	void		*data)
 {
-	struct list_head tmp;
-	xfs_buftarg_t	*target = (xfs_buftarg_t *)data;
-	int		count;
-	xfs_buf_t	*bp;
+	xfs_buftarg_t   *target = (xfs_buftarg_t *)data;
 
 	current->flags |= PF_MEMALLOC;
 
 	set_freezable();
 
 	do {
+		long	age = xfs_buf_age_centisecs * msecs_to_jiffies(10);
+		long	tout = xfs_buf_timer_centisecs * msecs_to_jiffies(10);
+		int	count = 0;
+		struct list_head tmp;
+
 		if (unlikely(freezing(current))) {
 			set_bit(XBT_FORCE_SLEEP, &target->bt_flags);
 			refrigerator();
@@ -1715,17 +1941,16 @@ xfsbufd(
 			clear_bit(XBT_FORCE_SLEEP, &target->bt_flags);
 		}
 
-		schedule_timeout_interruptible(
-			xfs_buf_timer_centisecs * msecs_to_jiffies(10));
+		/* sleep for a long time if there is nothing to do. */
+		if (list_empty(&target->bt_delwrite_queue))
+			tout = MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT;
+		schedule_timeout_interruptible(tout);
 
-		xfs_buf_delwri_split(target, &tmp,
-				xfs_buf_age_centisecs * msecs_to_jiffies(10));
-
-		count = 0;
+		xfs_buf_delwri_split(target, &tmp, age);
+		list_sort(NULL, &tmp, xfs_buf_cmp);
 		while (!list_empty(&tmp)) {
-			bp = list_entry(tmp.next, xfs_buf_t, b_list);
-			ASSERT(target == bp->b_target);
-
+			struct xfs_buf *bp;
+			bp = list_first_entry(&tmp, struct xfs_buf, b_list);
 			list_del_init(&bp->b_list);
 			xfs_buf_iostrategy(bp);
 			count++;
@@ -1751,42 +1976,45 @@ xfs_flush_buftarg(
 	xfs_buftarg_t	*target,
 	int		wait)
 {
-	struct list_head tmp;
-	xfs_buf_t	*bp, *n;
+	xfs_buf_t	*bp;
 	int		pincount = 0;
+	LIST_HEAD(tmp_list);
+	LIST_HEAD(wait_list);
 
 	xfs_buf_runall_queues(xfsconvertd_workqueue);
 	xfs_buf_runall_queues(xfsdatad_workqueue);
 	xfs_buf_runall_queues(xfslogd_workqueue);
 
 	set_bit(XBT_FORCE_FLUSH, &target->bt_flags);
-	pincount = xfs_buf_delwri_split(target, &tmp, 0);
+	pincount = xfs_buf_delwri_split(target, &tmp_list, 0);
 
 	/*
-	 * Dropped the delayed write list lock, now walk the temporary list
+	 * Dropped the delayed write list lock, now walk the temporary list.
+	 * All I/O is issued async and then if we need to wait for completion
+	 * we do that after issuing all the IO.
 	 */
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(bp, n, &tmp, b_list) {
+	list_sort(NULL, &tmp_list, xfs_buf_cmp);
+	while (!list_empty(&tmp_list)) {
+		bp = list_first_entry(&tmp_list, struct xfs_buf, b_list);
 		ASSERT(target == bp->b_target);
-		if (wait)
+		list_del_init(&bp->b_list);
+		if (wait) {
 			bp->b_flags &= ~XBF_ASYNC;
-		else
-			list_del_init(&bp->b_list);
-
+			list_add(&bp->b_list, &wait_list);
+		}
 		xfs_buf_iostrategy(bp);
 	}
 
-	if (wait)
+	if (wait) {
+		/* Expedite and wait for IO to complete. */
 		blk_run_address_space(target->bt_mapping);
+		while (!list_empty(&wait_list)) {
+			bp = list_first_entry(&wait_list, struct xfs_buf, b_list);
 
-	/*
-	 * Remaining list items must be flushed before returning
-	 */
-	while (!list_empty(&tmp)) {
-		bp = list_entry(tmp.next, xfs_buf_t, b_list);
-
-		list_del_init(&bp->b_list);
-		xfs_iowait(bp);
-		xfs_buf_relse(bp);
+			list_del_init(&bp->b_list);
+			xfs_iowait(bp);
+			xfs_buf_relse(bp);
+		}
 	}
 
 	return pincount;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.h b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.h
index a34c7b54822d..386e7361e50e 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.h
@@ -232,13 +232,17 @@ extern void xfs_buf_lock(xfs_buf_t *);
 extern void xfs_buf_unlock(xfs_buf_t *);
 
 /* Buffer Read and Write Routines */
-extern int xfs_bawrite(void *mp, xfs_buf_t *bp);
+extern int xfs_bwrite(struct xfs_mount *mp, struct xfs_buf *bp);
 extern void xfs_bdwrite(void *mp, xfs_buf_t *bp);
+
+extern void xfsbdstrat(struct xfs_mount *, struct xfs_buf *);
+extern int xfs_bdstrat_cb(struct xfs_buf *);
+
 extern void xfs_buf_ioend(xfs_buf_t *,	int);
 extern void xfs_buf_ioerror(xfs_buf_t *, int);
 extern int xfs_buf_iorequest(xfs_buf_t *);
 extern int xfs_buf_iowait(xfs_buf_t *);
-extern void xfs_buf_iomove(xfs_buf_t *, size_t, size_t, xfs_caddr_t,
+extern void xfs_buf_iomove(xfs_buf_t *, size_t, size_t, void *,
 				xfs_buf_rw_t);
 
 static inline int xfs_buf_iostrategy(xfs_buf_t *bp)
@@ -261,6 +265,7 @@ extern int xfs_buf_ispin(xfs_buf_t *);
 
 /* Delayed Write Buffer Routines */
 extern void xfs_buf_delwri_dequeue(xfs_buf_t *);
+extern void xfs_buf_delwri_promote(xfs_buf_t *);
 
 /* Buffer Daemon Setup Routines */
 extern int xfs_buf_init(void);
@@ -270,33 +275,19 @@ extern void xfs_buf_terminate(void);
 	({ char __b[BDEVNAME_SIZE]; bdevname((target)->bt_bdev, __b); __b; })
 
 
-#define XFS_B_ASYNC		XBF_ASYNC
-#define XFS_B_DELWRI		XBF_DELWRI
-#define XFS_B_READ		XBF_READ
-#define XFS_B_WRITE		XBF_WRITE
-#define XFS_B_STALE		XBF_STALE
-
-#define XFS_BUF_TRYLOCK		XBF_TRYLOCK
-#define XFS_INCORE_TRYLOCK	XBF_TRYLOCK
-#define XFS_BUF_LOCK		XBF_LOCK
-#define XFS_BUF_MAPPED		XBF_MAPPED
-
-#define BUF_BUSY		XBF_DONT_BLOCK
-
 #define XFS_BUF_BFLAGS(bp)	((bp)->b_flags)
 #define XFS_BUF_ZEROFLAGS(bp)	((bp)->b_flags &= \
 		~(XBF_READ|XBF_WRITE|XBF_ASYNC|XBF_DELWRI|XBF_ORDERED))
 
-#define XFS_BUF_STALE(bp)	((bp)->b_flags |= XFS_B_STALE)
-#define XFS_BUF_UNSTALE(bp)	((bp)->b_flags &= ~XFS_B_STALE)
-#define XFS_BUF_ISSTALE(bp)	((bp)->b_flags & XFS_B_STALE)
+#define XFS_BUF_STALE(bp)	((bp)->b_flags |= XBF_STALE)
+#define XFS_BUF_UNSTALE(bp)	((bp)->b_flags &= ~XBF_STALE)
+#define XFS_BUF_ISSTALE(bp)	((bp)->b_flags & XBF_STALE)
 #define XFS_BUF_SUPER_STALE(bp)	do {				\
 					XFS_BUF_STALE(bp);	\
 					xfs_buf_delwri_dequeue(bp);	\
 					XFS_BUF_DONE(bp);	\
 				} while (0)
 
-#define XFS_BUF_MANAGE		XBF_FS_MANAGED
 #define XFS_BUF_UNMANAGE(bp)	((bp)->b_flags &= ~XBF_FS_MANAGED)
 
 #define XFS_BUF_DELAYWRITE(bp)		((bp)->b_flags |= XBF_DELWRI)
@@ -385,31 +376,11 @@ static inline void xfs_buf_relse(xfs_buf_t *bp)
 
 #define xfs_biomove(bp, off, len, data, rw) \
 	    xfs_buf_iomove((bp), (off), (len), (data), \
-		((rw) == XFS_B_WRITE) ? XBRW_WRITE : XBRW_READ)
+		((rw) == XBF_WRITE) ? XBRW_WRITE : XBRW_READ)
 
 #define xfs_biozero(bp, off, len) \
 	    xfs_buf_iomove((bp), (off), (len), NULL, XBRW_ZERO)
 
-
-static inline int XFS_bwrite(xfs_buf_t *bp)
-{
-	int	iowait = (bp->b_flags & XBF_ASYNC) == 0;
-	int	error = 0;
-
-	if (!iowait)
-		bp->b_flags |= _XBF_RUN_QUEUES;
-
-	xfs_buf_delwri_dequeue(bp);
-	xfs_buf_iostrategy(bp);
-	if (iowait) {
-		error = xfs_buf_iowait(bp);
-		xfs_buf_relse(bp);
-	}
-	return error;
-}
-
-#define XFS_bdstrat(bp) xfs_buf_iorequest(bp)
-
 #define xfs_iowait(bp)	xfs_buf_iowait(bp)
 
 #define xfs_baread(target, rablkno, ralen)  \
@@ -424,6 +395,7 @@ extern void xfs_free_buftarg(struct xfs_mount *, struct xfs_buftarg *);
 extern void xfs_wait_buftarg(xfs_buftarg_t *);
 extern int xfs_setsize_buftarg(xfs_buftarg_t *, unsigned int, unsigned int);
 extern int xfs_flush_buftarg(xfs_buftarg_t *, int);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_KDB_MODULES
 extern struct list_head *xfs_get_buftarg_list(void);
 #endif
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_fs_subr.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_fs_subr.c
index 7501b85fd860..b6918d76bc7b 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_fs_subr.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_fs_subr.c
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ xfs_flush_pages(
 		xfs_iflags_clear(ip, XFS_ITRUNCATED);
 		ret = -filemap_fdatawrite(mapping);
 	}
-	if (flags & XFS_B_ASYNC)
+	if (flags & XBF_ASYNC)
 		return ret;
 	ret2 = xfs_wait_on_pages(ip, first, last);
 	if (!ret)
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_ioctl.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_ioctl.c
index a034cf624437..4ea1ee18aded 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_ioctl.c
@@ -447,12 +447,12 @@ xfs_attrlist_by_handle(
 int
 xfs_attrmulti_attr_get(
 	struct inode		*inode,
-	char			*name,
-	char			__user *ubuf,
+	unsigned char		*name,
+	unsigned char		__user *ubuf,
 	__uint32_t		*len,
 	__uint32_t		flags)
 {
-	char			*kbuf;
+	unsigned char		*kbuf;
 	int			error = EFAULT;
 
 	if (*len > XATTR_SIZE_MAX)
@@ -476,12 +476,12 @@ xfs_attrmulti_attr_get(
 int
 xfs_attrmulti_attr_set(
 	struct inode		*inode,
-	char			*name,
-	const char		__user *ubuf,
+	unsigned char		*name,
+	const unsigned char	__user *ubuf,
 	__uint32_t		len,
 	__uint32_t		flags)
 {
-	char			*kbuf;
+	unsigned char		*kbuf;
 	int			error = EFAULT;
 
 	if (IS_IMMUTABLE(inode) || IS_APPEND(inode))
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ xfs_attrmulti_attr_set(
 int
 xfs_attrmulti_attr_remove(
 	struct inode		*inode,
-	char			*name,
+	unsigned char		*name,
 	__uint32_t		flags)
 {
 	if (IS_IMMUTABLE(inode) || IS_APPEND(inode))
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ xfs_attrmulti_by_handle(
 	xfs_fsop_attrmulti_handlereq_t am_hreq;
 	struct dentry		*dentry;
 	unsigned int		i, size;
-	char			*attr_name;
+	unsigned char		*attr_name;
 
 	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
 		return -XFS_ERROR(EPERM);
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ xfs_attrmulti_by_handle(
 
 	error = 0;
 	for (i = 0; i < am_hreq.opcount; i++) {
-		ops[i].am_error = strncpy_from_user(attr_name,
+		ops[i].am_error = strncpy_from_user((char *)attr_name,
 				ops[i].am_attrname, MAXNAMELEN);
 		if (ops[i].am_error == 0 || ops[i].am_error == MAXNAMELEN)
 			error = -ERANGE;
@@ -1431,6 +1431,9 @@ xfs_file_ioctl(
 		if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
 			return -EPERM;
 
+		if (mp->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_RDONLY)
+			return -XFS_ERROR(EROFS);
+
 		if (copy_from_user(&inout, arg, sizeof(inout)))
 			return -XFS_ERROR(EFAULT);
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_ioctl.h b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_ioctl.h
index 7bd7c6afc1eb..d56173b34a2a 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_ioctl.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_ioctl.h
@@ -45,23 +45,23 @@ xfs_readlink_by_handle(
 extern int
 xfs_attrmulti_attr_get(
 	struct inode		*inode,
-	char			*name,
-	char			__user *ubuf,
+	unsigned char		*name,
+	unsigned char		__user *ubuf,
 	__uint32_t		*len,
 	__uint32_t		flags);
 
 extern int
-	xfs_attrmulti_attr_set(
+xfs_attrmulti_attr_set(
 	struct inode		*inode,
-	char			*name,
-	const char		__user *ubuf,
+	unsigned char		*name,
+	const unsigned char	__user *ubuf,
 	__uint32_t		len,
 	__uint32_t		flags);
 
 extern int
 xfs_attrmulti_attr_remove(
 	struct inode		*inode,
-	char			*name,
+	unsigned char		*name,
 	__uint32_t		flags);
 
 extern struct dentry *
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_ioctl32.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_ioctl32.c
index be1527b1670c..0bf6d61f0528 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_ioctl32.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_ioctl32.c
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ xfs_compat_attrmulti_by_handle(
 	compat_xfs_fsop_attrmulti_handlereq_t	am_hreq;
 	struct dentry				*dentry;
 	unsigned int				i, size;
-	char					*attr_name;
+	unsigned char				*attr_name;
 
 	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
 		return -XFS_ERROR(EPERM);
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ xfs_compat_attrmulti_by_handle(
 
 	error = 0;
 	for (i = 0; i < am_hreq.opcount; i++) {
-		ops[i].am_error = strncpy_from_user(attr_name,
+		ops[i].am_error = strncpy_from_user((char *)attr_name,
 				compat_ptr(ops[i].am_attrname),
 				MAXNAMELEN);
 		if (ops[i].am_error == 0 || ops[i].am_error == MAXNAMELEN)
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.c
index 225946012d0b..e8566bbf0f00 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.c
@@ -140,10 +140,10 @@ xfs_init_security(
 	struct xfs_inode *ip = XFS_I(inode);
 	size_t		length;
 	void		*value;
-	char		*name;
+	unsigned char	*name;
 	int		error;
 
-	error = security_inode_init_security(inode, dir, &name,
+	error = security_inode_init_security(inode, dir, (char **)&name,
 					     &value, &length);
 	if (error) {
 		if (error == -EOPNOTSUPP)
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_lrw.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_lrw.c
index 0d32457abef1..eac6f80d786d 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_lrw.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_lrw.c
@@ -630,18 +630,9 @@ start:
 	 * by root.  This keeps people from modifying setuid and
 	 * setgid binaries.
 	 */
-
-	if (((xip->i_d.di_mode & S_ISUID) ||
-	    ((xip->i_d.di_mode & (S_ISGID | S_IXGRP)) ==
-		(S_ISGID | S_IXGRP))) &&
-	     !capable(CAP_FSETID)) {
-		error = xfs_write_clear_setuid(xip);
-		if (likely(!error))
-			error = -file_remove_suid(file);
-		if (unlikely(error)) {
-			goto out_unlock_internal;
-		}
-	}
+	error = -file_remove_suid(file);
+	if (unlikely(error))
+		goto out_unlock_internal;
 
 	/* We can write back this queue in page reclaim */
 	current->backing_dev_info = mapping->backing_dev_info;
@@ -784,53 +775,6 @@ write_retry:
 }
 
 /*
- * All xfs metadata buffers except log state machine buffers
- * get this attached as their b_bdstrat callback function.
- * This is so that we can catch a buffer
- * after prematurely unpinning it to forcibly shutdown the filesystem.
- */
-int
-xfs_bdstrat_cb(struct xfs_buf *bp)
-{
-	if (XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(bp->b_mount)) {
-		trace_xfs_bdstrat_shut(bp, _RET_IP_);
-		/*
-		 * Metadata write that didn't get logged but
-		 * written delayed anyway. These aren't associated
-		 * with a transaction, and can be ignored.
-		 */
-		if (XFS_BUF_IODONE_FUNC(bp) == NULL &&
-		    (XFS_BUF_ISREAD(bp)) == 0)
-			return (xfs_bioerror_relse(bp));
-		else
-			return (xfs_bioerror(bp));
-	}
-
-	xfs_buf_iorequest(bp);
-	return 0;
-}
-
-/*
- * Wrapper around bdstrat so that we can stop data from going to disk in case
- * we are shutting down the filesystem.  Typically user data goes thru this
- * path; one of the exceptions is the superblock.
- */
-void
-xfsbdstrat(
-	struct xfs_mount	*mp,
-	struct xfs_buf		*bp)
-{
-	ASSERT(mp);
-	if (!XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(mp)) {
-		xfs_buf_iorequest(bp);
-		return;
-	}
-
-	trace_xfs_bdstrat_shut(bp, _RET_IP_);
-	xfs_bioerror_relse(bp);
-}
-
-/*
  * If the underlying (data/log/rt) device is readonly, there are some
  * operations that cannot proceed.
  */
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_lrw.h b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_lrw.h
index d1f7789c7ffb..342ae8c0d011 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_lrw.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_lrw.h
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@ struct xfs_mount;
 struct xfs_inode;
 struct xfs_buf;
 
-/* errors from xfsbdstrat() must be extracted from the buffer */
-extern void xfsbdstrat(struct xfs_mount *, struct xfs_buf *);
-extern int xfs_bdstrat_cb(struct xfs_buf *);
 extern int xfs_dev_is_read_only(struct xfs_mount *, char *);
 
 extern int xfs_zero_eof(struct xfs_inode *, xfs_off_t, xfs_fsize_t);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.c
index 77414db10dc2..25ea2408118f 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.c
@@ -877,12 +877,11 @@ xfsaild(
 {
 	struct xfs_ail	*ailp = data;
 	xfs_lsn_t	last_pushed_lsn = 0;
-	long		tout = 0;
+	long		tout = 0; /* milliseconds */
 
 	while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
-		if (tout)
-			schedule_timeout_interruptible(msecs_to_jiffies(tout));
-		tout = 1000;
+		schedule_timeout_interruptible(tout ?
+				msecs_to_jiffies(tout) : MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT);
 
 		/* swsusp */
 		try_to_freeze();
@@ -1022,12 +1021,45 @@ xfs_fs_dirty_inode(
 	XFS_I(inode)->i_update_core = 1;
 }
 
-/*
- * Attempt to flush the inode, this will actually fail
- * if the inode is pinned, but we dirty the inode again
- * at the point when it is unpinned after a log write,
- * since this is when the inode itself becomes flushable.
- */
+STATIC int
+xfs_log_inode(
+	struct xfs_inode	*ip)
+{
+	struct xfs_mount	*mp = ip->i_mount;
+	struct xfs_trans	*tp;
+	int			error;
+
+	xfs_iunlock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_SHARED);
+	tp = xfs_trans_alloc(mp, XFS_TRANS_FSYNC_TS);
+	error = xfs_trans_reserve(tp, 0, XFS_FSYNC_TS_LOG_RES(mp), 0, 0, 0);
+
+	if (error) {
+		xfs_trans_cancel(tp, 0);
+		/* we need to return with the lock hold shared */
+		xfs_ilock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_SHARED);
+		return error;
+	}
+
+	xfs_ilock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
+
+	/*
+	 * Note - it's possible that we might have pushed ourselves out of the
+	 * way during trans_reserve which would flush the inode.  But there's
+	 * no guarantee that the inode buffer has actually gone out yet (it's
+	 * delwri).  Plus the buffer could be pinned anyway if it's part of
+	 * an inode in another recent transaction.  So we play it safe and
+	 * fire off the transaction anyway.
+	 */
+	xfs_trans_ijoin(tp, ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
+	xfs_trans_ihold(tp, ip);
+	xfs_trans_log_inode(tp, ip, XFS_ILOG_CORE);
+	xfs_trans_set_sync(tp);
+	error = xfs_trans_commit(tp, 0);
+	xfs_ilock_demote(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
+
+	return error;
+}
+
 STATIC int
 xfs_fs_write_inode(
 	struct inode		*inode,
@@ -1035,7 +1067,7 @@ xfs_fs_write_inode(
 {
 	struct xfs_inode	*ip = XFS_I(inode);
 	struct xfs_mount	*mp = ip->i_mount;
-	int			error = 0;
+	int			error = EAGAIN;
 
 	xfs_itrace_entry(ip);
 
@@ -1046,35 +1078,55 @@ xfs_fs_write_inode(
 		error = xfs_wait_on_pages(ip, 0, -1);
 		if (error)
 			goto out;
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * Bypass inodes which have already been cleaned by
-	 * the inode flush clustering code inside xfs_iflush
-	 */
-	if (xfs_inode_clean(ip))
-		goto out;
 
-	/*
-	 * We make this non-blocking if the inode is contended, return
-	 * EAGAIN to indicate to the caller that they did not succeed.
-	 * This prevents the flush path from blocking on inodes inside
-	 * another operation right now, they get caught later by xfs_sync.
-	 */
-	if (sync) {
+		/*
+		 * Make sure the inode has hit stable storage.  By using the
+		 * log and the fsync transactions we reduce the IOs we have
+		 * to do here from two (log and inode) to just the log.
+		 *
+		 * Note: We still need to do a delwri write of the inode after
+		 * this to flush it to the backing buffer so that bulkstat
+		 * works properly if this is the first time the inode has been
+		 * written.  Because we hold the ilock atomically over the
+		 * transaction commit and the inode flush we are guaranteed
+		 * that the inode is not pinned when it returns. If the flush
+		 * lock is already held, then the inode has already been
+		 * flushed once and we don't need to flush it again.  Hence
+		 * the code will only flush the inode if it isn't already
+		 * being flushed.
+		 */
 		xfs_ilock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_SHARED);
-		xfs_iflock(ip);
-
-		error = xfs_iflush(ip, XFS_IFLUSH_SYNC);
+		if (ip->i_update_core) {
+			error = xfs_log_inode(ip);
+			if (error)
+				goto out_unlock;
+		}
 	} else {
-		error = EAGAIN;
+		/*
+		 * We make this non-blocking if the inode is contended, return
+		 * EAGAIN to indicate to the caller that they did not succeed.
+		 * This prevents the flush path from blocking on inodes inside
+		 * another operation right now, they get caught later by xfs_sync.
+		 */
 		if (!xfs_ilock_nowait(ip, XFS_ILOCK_SHARED))
 			goto out;
-		if (xfs_ipincount(ip) || !xfs_iflock_nowait(ip))
-			goto out_unlock;
+	}
 
-		error = xfs_iflush(ip, XFS_IFLUSH_ASYNC_NOBLOCK);
+	if (xfs_ipincount(ip) || !xfs_iflock_nowait(ip))
+		goto out_unlock;
+
+	/*
+	 * Now we have the flush lock and the inode is not pinned, we can check
+	 * if the inode is really clean as we know that there are no pending
+	 * transaction completions, it is not waiting on the delayed write
+	 * queue and there is no IO in progress.
+	 */
+	if (xfs_inode_clean(ip)) {
+		xfs_ifunlock(ip);
+		error = 0;
+		goto out_unlock;
 	}
+	error = xfs_iflush(ip, 0);
 
  out_unlock:
 	xfs_iunlock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_SHARED);
@@ -1257,6 +1309,29 @@ xfs_fs_statfs(
 	return 0;
 }
 
+STATIC void
+xfs_save_resvblks(struct xfs_mount *mp)
+{
+	__uint64_t resblks = 0;
+
+	mp->m_resblks_save = mp->m_resblks;
+	xfs_reserve_blocks(mp, &resblks, NULL);
+}
+
+STATIC void
+xfs_restore_resvblks(struct xfs_mount *mp)
+{
+	__uint64_t resblks;
+
+	if (mp->m_resblks_save) {
+		resblks = mp->m_resblks_save;
+		mp->m_resblks_save = 0;
+	} else
+		resblks = xfs_default_resblks(mp);
+
+	xfs_reserve_blocks(mp, &resblks, NULL);
+}
+
 STATIC int
 xfs_fs_remount(
 	struct super_block	*sb,
@@ -1336,11 +1411,27 @@ xfs_fs_remount(
 			}
 			mp->m_update_flags = 0;
 		}
+
+		/*
+		 * Fill out the reserve pool if it is empty. Use the stashed
+		 * value if it is non-zero, otherwise go with the default.
+		 */
+		xfs_restore_resvblks(mp);
 	}
 
 	/* rw -> ro */
 	if (!(mp->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_RDONLY) && (*flags & MS_RDONLY)) {
+		/*
+		 * After we have synced the data but before we sync the
+		 * metadata, we need to free up the reserve block pool so that
+		 * the used block count in the superblock on disk is correct at
+		 * the end of the remount. Stash the current reserve pool size
+		 * so that if we get remounted rw, we can return it to the same
+		 * size.
+		 */
+
 		xfs_quiesce_data(mp);
+		xfs_save_resvblks(mp);
 		xfs_quiesce_attr(mp);
 		mp->m_flags |= XFS_MOUNT_RDONLY;
 	}
@@ -1359,11 +1450,22 @@ xfs_fs_freeze(
 {
 	struct xfs_mount	*mp = XFS_M(sb);
 
+	xfs_save_resvblks(mp);
 	xfs_quiesce_attr(mp);
 	return -xfs_fs_log_dummy(mp);
 }
 
 STATIC int
+xfs_fs_unfreeze(
+	struct super_block	*sb)
+{
+	struct xfs_mount	*mp = XFS_M(sb);
+
+	xfs_restore_resvblks(mp);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+STATIC int
 xfs_fs_show_options(
 	struct seq_file		*m,
 	struct vfsmount		*mnt)
@@ -1585,6 +1687,7 @@ static const struct super_operations xfs_super_operations = {
 	.put_super		= xfs_fs_put_super,
 	.sync_fs		= xfs_fs_sync_fs,
 	.freeze_fs		= xfs_fs_freeze,
+	.unfreeze_fs		= xfs_fs_unfreeze,
 	.statfs			= xfs_fs_statfs,
 	.remount_fs		= xfs_fs_remount,
 	.show_options		= xfs_fs_show_options,
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sync.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sync.c
index 1f5e4bb5e970..a9f6d20aff41 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sync.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sync.c
@@ -90,14 +90,13 @@ xfs_inode_ag_lookup(
 STATIC int
 xfs_inode_ag_walk(
 	struct xfs_mount	*mp,
-	xfs_agnumber_t		ag,
+	struct xfs_perag	*pag,
 	int			(*execute)(struct xfs_inode *ip,
 					   struct xfs_perag *pag, int flags),
 	int			flags,
 	int			tag,
 	int			exclusive)
 {
-	struct xfs_perag	*pag = &mp->m_perag[ag];
 	uint32_t		first_index;
 	int			last_error = 0;
 	int			skipped;
@@ -141,8 +140,6 @@ restart:
 		delay(1);
 		goto restart;
 	}
-
-	xfs_put_perag(mp, pag);
 	return last_error;
 }
 
@@ -160,10 +157,16 @@ xfs_inode_ag_iterator(
 	xfs_agnumber_t		ag;
 
 	for (ag = 0; ag < mp->m_sb.sb_agcount; ag++) {
-		if (!mp->m_perag[ag].pag_ici_init)
+		struct xfs_perag	*pag;
+
+		pag = xfs_perag_get(mp, ag);
+		if (!pag->pag_ici_init) {
+			xfs_perag_put(pag);
 			continue;
-		error = xfs_inode_ag_walk(mp, ag, execute, flags, tag,
+		}
+		error = xfs_inode_ag_walk(mp, pag, execute, flags, tag,
 						exclusive);
+		xfs_perag_put(pag);
 		if (error) {
 			last_error = error;
 			if (error == EFSCORRUPTED)
@@ -231,7 +234,7 @@ xfs_sync_inode_data(
 	}
 
 	error = xfs_flush_pages(ip, 0, -1, (flags & SYNC_WAIT) ?
-				0 : XFS_B_ASYNC, FI_NONE);
+				0 : XBF_ASYNC, FI_NONE);
 	xfs_iunlock(ip, XFS_IOLOCK_SHARED);
 
  out_wait:
@@ -267,8 +270,7 @@ xfs_sync_inode_attr(
 		goto out_unlock;
 	}
 
-	error = xfs_iflush(ip, (flags & SYNC_WAIT) ?
-			   XFS_IFLUSH_SYNC : XFS_IFLUSH_DELWRI);
+	error = xfs_iflush(ip, flags);
 
  out_unlock:
 	xfs_iunlock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_SHARED);
@@ -293,10 +295,7 @@ xfs_sync_data(
 	if (error)
 		return XFS_ERROR(error);
 
-	xfs_log_force(mp, 0,
-		      (flags & SYNC_WAIT) ?
-		       XFS_LOG_FORCE | XFS_LOG_SYNC :
-		       XFS_LOG_FORCE);
+	xfs_log_force(mp, (flags & SYNC_WAIT) ? XFS_LOG_SYNC : 0);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -322,10 +321,6 @@ xfs_commit_dummy_trans(
 	struct xfs_inode	*ip = mp->m_rootip;
 	struct xfs_trans	*tp;
 	int			error;
-	int			log_flags = XFS_LOG_FORCE;
-
-	if (flags & SYNC_WAIT)
-		log_flags |= XFS_LOG_SYNC;
 
 	/*
 	 * Put a dummy transaction in the log to tell recovery
@@ -347,11 +342,11 @@ xfs_commit_dummy_trans(
 	xfs_iunlock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
 
 	/* the log force ensures this transaction is pushed to disk */
-	xfs_log_force(mp, 0, log_flags);
+	xfs_log_force(mp, (flags & SYNC_WAIT) ? XFS_LOG_SYNC : 0);
 	return error;
 }
 
-int
+STATIC int
 xfs_sync_fsdata(
 	struct xfs_mount	*mp,
 	int			flags)
@@ -367,7 +362,7 @@ xfs_sync_fsdata(
 	if (flags & SYNC_TRYLOCK) {
 		ASSERT(!(flags & SYNC_WAIT));
 
-		bp = xfs_getsb(mp, XFS_BUF_TRYLOCK);
+		bp = xfs_getsb(mp, XBF_TRYLOCK);
 		if (!bp)
 			goto out;
 
@@ -387,7 +382,7 @@ xfs_sync_fsdata(
 		 * become pinned in between there and here.
 		 */
 		if (XFS_BUF_ISPINNED(bp))
-			xfs_log_force(mp, 0, XFS_LOG_FORCE);
+			xfs_log_force(mp, 0);
 	}
 
 
@@ -448,9 +443,6 @@ xfs_quiesce_data(
 	xfs_sync_data(mp, SYNC_WAIT);
 	xfs_qm_sync(mp, SYNC_WAIT);
 
-	/* drop inode references pinned by filestreams */
-	xfs_filestream_flush(mp);
-
 	/* write superblock and hoover up shutdown errors */
 	error = xfs_sync_fsdata(mp, SYNC_WAIT);
 
@@ -467,16 +459,18 @@ xfs_quiesce_fs(
 {
 	int	count = 0, pincount;
 
+	xfs_reclaim_inodes(mp, 0);
 	xfs_flush_buftarg(mp->m_ddev_targp, 0);
-	xfs_reclaim_inodes(mp, XFS_IFLUSH_DELWRI_ELSE_ASYNC);
 
 	/*
 	 * This loop must run at least twice.  The first instance of the loop
 	 * will flush most meta data but that will generate more meta data
 	 * (typically directory updates).  Which then must be flushed and
-	 * logged before we can write the unmount record.
+	 * logged before we can write the unmount record. We also so sync
+	 * reclaim of inodes to catch any that the above delwri flush skipped.
 	 */
 	do {
+		xfs_reclaim_inodes(mp, SYNC_WAIT);
 		xfs_sync_attr(mp, SYNC_WAIT);
 		pincount = xfs_flush_buftarg(mp->m_ddev_targp, 1);
 		if (!pincount) {
@@ -575,7 +569,7 @@ xfs_flush_inodes(
 	igrab(inode);
 	xfs_syncd_queue_work(ip->i_mount, inode, xfs_flush_inodes_work, &completion);
 	wait_for_completion(&completion);
-	xfs_log_force(ip->i_mount, (xfs_lsn_t)0, XFS_LOG_FORCE|XFS_LOG_SYNC);
+	xfs_log_force(ip->i_mount, XFS_LOG_SYNC);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -591,8 +585,8 @@ xfs_sync_worker(
 	int		error;
 
 	if (!(mp->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_RDONLY)) {
-		xfs_log_force(mp, (xfs_lsn_t)0, XFS_LOG_FORCE);
-		xfs_reclaim_inodes(mp, XFS_IFLUSH_DELWRI_ELSE_ASYNC);
+		xfs_log_force(mp, 0);
+		xfs_reclaim_inodes(mp, 0);
 		/* dgc: errors ignored here */
 		error = xfs_qm_sync(mp, SYNC_TRYLOCK);
 		error = xfs_sync_fsdata(mp, SYNC_TRYLOCK);
@@ -690,16 +684,17 @@ void
 xfs_inode_set_reclaim_tag(
 	xfs_inode_t	*ip)
 {
-	xfs_mount_t	*mp = ip->i_mount;
-	xfs_perag_t	*pag = xfs_get_perag(mp, ip->i_ino);
+	struct xfs_mount *mp = ip->i_mount;
+	struct xfs_perag *pag;
 
+	pag = xfs_perag_get(mp, XFS_INO_TO_AGNO(mp, ip->i_ino));
 	read_lock(&pag->pag_ici_lock);
 	spin_lock(&ip->i_flags_lock);
 	__xfs_inode_set_reclaim_tag(pag, ip);
 	__xfs_iflags_set(ip, XFS_IRECLAIMABLE);
 	spin_unlock(&ip->i_flags_lock);
 	read_unlock(&pag->pag_ici_lock);
-	xfs_put_perag(mp, pag);
+	xfs_perag_put(pag);
 }
 
 void
@@ -712,12 +707,64 @@ __xfs_inode_clear_reclaim_tag(
 			XFS_INO_TO_AGINO(mp, ip->i_ino), XFS_ICI_RECLAIM_TAG);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Inodes in different states need to be treated differently, and the return
+ * value of xfs_iflush is not sufficient to get this right. The following table
+ * lists the inode states and the reclaim actions necessary for non-blocking
+ * reclaim:
+ *
+ *
+ *	inode state	     iflush ret		required action
+ *      ---------------      ----------         ---------------
+ *	bad			-		reclaim
+ *	shutdown		EIO		unpin and reclaim
+ *	clean, unpinned		0		reclaim
+ *	stale, unpinned		0		reclaim
+ *	clean, pinned(*)	0		requeue
+ *	stale, pinned		EAGAIN		requeue
+ *	dirty, delwri ok	0		requeue
+ *	dirty, delwri blocked	EAGAIN		requeue
+ *	dirty, sync flush	0		reclaim
+ *
+ * (*) dgc: I don't think the clean, pinned state is possible but it gets
+ * handled anyway given the order of checks implemented.
+ *
+ * As can be seen from the table, the return value of xfs_iflush() is not
+ * sufficient to correctly decide the reclaim action here. The checks in
+ * xfs_iflush() might look like duplicates, but they are not.
+ *
+ * Also, because we get the flush lock first, we know that any inode that has
+ * been flushed delwri has had the flush completed by the time we check that
+ * the inode is clean. The clean inode check needs to be done before flushing
+ * the inode delwri otherwise we would loop forever requeuing clean inodes as
+ * we cannot tell apart a successful delwri flush and a clean inode from the
+ * return value of xfs_iflush().
+ *
+ * Note that because the inode is flushed delayed write by background
+ * writeback, the flush lock may already be held here and waiting on it can
+ * result in very long latencies. Hence for sync reclaims, where we wait on the
+ * flush lock, the caller should push out delayed write inodes first before
+ * trying to reclaim them to minimise the amount of time spent waiting. For
+ * background relaim, we just requeue the inode for the next pass.
+ *
+ * Hence the order of actions after gaining the locks should be:
+ *	bad		=> reclaim
+ *	shutdown	=> unpin and reclaim
+ *	pinned, delwri	=> requeue
+ *	pinned, sync	=> unpin
+ *	stale		=> reclaim
+ *	clean		=> reclaim
+ *	dirty, delwri	=> flush and requeue
+ *	dirty, sync	=> flush, wait and reclaim
+ */
 STATIC int
 xfs_reclaim_inode(
 	struct xfs_inode	*ip,
 	struct xfs_perag	*pag,
 	int			sync_mode)
 {
+	int	error = 0;
+
 	/*
 	 * The radix tree lock here protects a thread in xfs_iget from racing
 	 * with us starting reclaim on the inode.  Once we have the
@@ -735,33 +782,70 @@ xfs_reclaim_inode(
 	spin_unlock(&ip->i_flags_lock);
 	write_unlock(&pag->pag_ici_lock);
 
-	/*
-	 * If the inode is still dirty, then flush it out.  If the inode
-	 * is not in the AIL, then it will be OK to flush it delwri as
-	 * long as xfs_iflush() does not keep any references to the inode.
-	 * We leave that decision up to xfs_iflush() since it has the
-	 * knowledge of whether it's OK to simply do a delwri flush of
-	 * the inode or whether we need to wait until the inode is
-	 * pulled from the AIL.
-	 * We get the flush lock regardless, though, just to make sure
-	 * we don't free it while it is being flushed.
-	 */
 	xfs_ilock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
-	xfs_iflock(ip);
+	if (!xfs_iflock_nowait(ip)) {
+		if (!(sync_mode & SYNC_WAIT))
+			goto out;
+		xfs_iflock(ip);
+	}
+
+	if (is_bad_inode(VFS_I(ip)))
+		goto reclaim;
+	if (XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(ip->i_mount)) {
+		xfs_iunpin_wait(ip);
+		goto reclaim;
+	}
+	if (xfs_ipincount(ip)) {
+		if (!(sync_mode & SYNC_WAIT)) {
+			xfs_ifunlock(ip);
+			goto out;
+		}
+		xfs_iunpin_wait(ip);
+	}
+	if (xfs_iflags_test(ip, XFS_ISTALE))
+		goto reclaim;
+	if (xfs_inode_clean(ip))
+		goto reclaim;
+
+	/* Now we have an inode that needs flushing */
+	error = xfs_iflush(ip, sync_mode);
+	if (sync_mode & SYNC_WAIT) {
+		xfs_iflock(ip);
+		goto reclaim;
+	}
 
 	/*
-	 * In the case of a forced shutdown we rely on xfs_iflush() to
-	 * wait for the inode to be unpinned before returning an error.
+	 * When we have to flush an inode but don't have SYNC_WAIT set, we
+	 * flush the inode out using a delwri buffer and wait for the next
+	 * call into reclaim to find it in a clean state instead of waiting for
+	 * it now. We also don't return errors here - if the error is transient
+	 * then the next reclaim pass will flush the inode, and if the error
+	 * is permanent then the next sync reclaim will relcaim the inode and
+	 * pass on the error.
 	 */
-	if (!is_bad_inode(VFS_I(ip)) && xfs_iflush(ip, sync_mode) == 0) {
-		/* synchronize with xfs_iflush_done */
-		xfs_iflock(ip);
-		xfs_ifunlock(ip);
+	if (error && !XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(ip->i_mount)) {
+		xfs_fs_cmn_err(CE_WARN, ip->i_mount,
+			"inode 0x%llx background reclaim flush failed with %d",
+			(long long)ip->i_ino, error);
 	}
+out:
+	xfs_iflags_clear(ip, XFS_IRECLAIM);
+	xfs_iunlock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
+	/*
+	 * We could return EAGAIN here to make reclaim rescan the inode tree in
+	 * a short while. However, this just burns CPU time scanning the tree
+	 * waiting for IO to complete and xfssyncd never goes back to the idle
+	 * state. Instead, return 0 to let the next scheduled background reclaim
+	 * attempt to reclaim the inode again.
+	 */
+	return 0;
 
+reclaim:
+	xfs_ifunlock(ip);
 	xfs_iunlock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
 	xfs_ireclaim(ip);
-	return 0;
+	return error;
+
 }
 
 int
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sync.h b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sync.h
index ea932b43335d..d480c346cabb 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sync.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sync.h
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ void xfs_syncd_stop(struct xfs_mount *mp);
 
 int xfs_sync_attr(struct xfs_mount *mp, int flags);
 int xfs_sync_data(struct xfs_mount *mp, int flags);
-int xfs_sync_fsdata(struct xfs_mount *mp, int flags);
 
 int xfs_quiesce_data(struct xfs_mount *mp);
 void xfs_quiesce_attr(struct xfs_mount *mp);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_trace.h b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_trace.h
index c22a608321a3..a4574dcf5065 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_trace.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_trace.h
@@ -78,6 +78,33 @@ DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(xfs_attr_list_class,
 	)
 )
 
+#define DEFINE_PERAG_REF_EVENT(name) \
+TRACE_EVENT(name, \
+	TP_PROTO(struct xfs_mount *mp, xfs_agnumber_t agno, int refcount, \
+		 unsigned long caller_ip), \
+	TP_ARGS(mp, agno, refcount, caller_ip), \
+	TP_STRUCT__entry( \
+		__field(dev_t, dev) \
+		__field(xfs_agnumber_t, agno) \
+		__field(int, refcount) \
+		__field(unsigned long, caller_ip) \
+	), \
+	TP_fast_assign( \
+		__entry->dev = mp->m_super->s_dev; \
+		__entry->agno = agno; \
+		__entry->refcount = refcount; \
+		__entry->caller_ip = caller_ip; \
+	), \
+	TP_printk("dev %d:%d agno %u refcount %d caller %pf", \
+		  MAJOR(__entry->dev), MINOR(__entry->dev), \
+		  __entry->agno, \
+		  __entry->refcount, \
+		  (char *)__entry->caller_ip) \
+);
+
+DEFINE_PERAG_REF_EVENT(xfs_perag_get)
+DEFINE_PERAG_REF_EVENT(xfs_perag_put)
+
 #define DEFINE_ATTR_LIST_EVENT(name) \
 DEFINE_EVENT(xfs_attr_list_class, name, \
 	TP_PROTO(struct xfs_attr_list_context *ctx), \
@@ -456,6 +483,7 @@ DEFINE_BUF_ITEM_EVENT(xfs_buf_item_unlock);
 DEFINE_BUF_ITEM_EVENT(xfs_buf_item_unlock_stale);
 DEFINE_BUF_ITEM_EVENT(xfs_buf_item_committed);
 DEFINE_BUF_ITEM_EVENT(xfs_buf_item_push);
+DEFINE_BUF_ITEM_EVENT(xfs_buf_item_pushbuf);
 DEFINE_BUF_ITEM_EVENT(xfs_trans_get_buf);
 DEFINE_BUF_ITEM_EVENT(xfs_trans_get_buf_recur);
 DEFINE_BUF_ITEM_EVENT(xfs_trans_getsb);
@@ -1414,6 +1442,59 @@ TRACE_EVENT(xfs_dir2_leafn_moveents,
 		  __entry->count)
 );
 
+#define XFS_SWAPEXT_INODES \
+	{ 0,	"target" }, \
+	{ 1,	"temp" }
+
+#define XFS_INODE_FORMAT_STR \
+	{ 0,	"invalid" }, \
+	{ 1,	"local" }, \
+	{ 2,	"extent" }, \
+	{ 3,	"btree" }
+
+DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(xfs_swap_extent_class,
+	TP_PROTO(struct xfs_inode *ip, int which),
+	TP_ARGS(ip, which),
+	TP_STRUCT__entry(
+		__field(dev_t, dev)
+		__field(int, which)
+		__field(xfs_ino_t, ino)
+		__field(int, format)
+		__field(int, nex)
+		__field(int, max_nex)
+		__field(int, broot_size)
+		__field(int, fork_off)
+	),
+	TP_fast_assign(
+		__entry->dev = VFS_I(ip)->i_sb->s_dev;
+		__entry->which = which;
+		__entry->ino = ip->i_ino;
+		__entry->format = ip->i_d.di_format;
+		__entry->nex = ip->i_d.di_nextents;
+		__entry->max_nex = ip->i_df.if_ext_max;
+		__entry->broot_size = ip->i_df.if_broot_bytes;
+		__entry->fork_off = XFS_IFORK_BOFF(ip);
+	),
+	TP_printk("dev %d:%d ino 0x%llx (%s), %s format, num_extents %d, "
+		  "Max in-fork extents %d, broot size %d, fork offset %d",
+		  MAJOR(__entry->dev), MINOR(__entry->dev),
+		  __entry->ino,
+		  __print_symbolic(__entry->which, XFS_SWAPEXT_INODES),
+		  __print_symbolic(__entry->format, XFS_INODE_FORMAT_STR),
+		  __entry->nex,
+		  __entry->max_nex,
+		  __entry->broot_size,
+		  __entry->fork_off)
+)
+
+#define DEFINE_SWAPEXT_EVENT(name) \
+DEFINE_EVENT(xfs_swap_extent_class, name, \
+	TP_PROTO(struct xfs_inode *ip, int which), \
+	TP_ARGS(ip, which))
+
+DEFINE_SWAPEXT_EVENT(xfs_swap_extent_before);
+DEFINE_SWAPEXT_EVENT(xfs_swap_extent_after);
+
 #endif /* _TRACE_XFS_H */
 
 #undef TRACE_INCLUDE_PATH
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_xattr.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_xattr.c
index 0b1878857fc3..fa01b9daba6b 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_xattr.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_xattr.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ xfs_xattr_get(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
 		value = NULL;
 	}
 
-	error = -xfs_attr_get(ip, name, value, &asize, xflags);
+	error = -xfs_attr_get(ip, (unsigned char *)name, value, &asize, xflags);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 	return asize;
@@ -67,8 +67,9 @@ xfs_xattr_set(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, const void *value,
 		xflags |= ATTR_REPLACE;
 
 	if (!value)
-		return -xfs_attr_remove(ip, name, xflags);
-	return -xfs_attr_set(ip, name, (void *)value, size, xflags);
+		return -xfs_attr_remove(ip, (unsigned char *)name, xflags);
+	return -xfs_attr_set(ip, (unsigned char *)name,
+				(void *)value, size, xflags);
 }
 
 static struct xattr_handler xfs_xattr_user_handler = {
@@ -124,8 +125,13 @@ static const char *xfs_xattr_prefix(int flags)
 }
 
 static int
-xfs_xattr_put_listent(struct xfs_attr_list_context *context, int flags,
-		char *name, int namelen, int valuelen, char *value)
+xfs_xattr_put_listent(
+	struct xfs_attr_list_context *context,
+	int		flags,
+	unsigned char	*name,
+	int		namelen,
+	int		valuelen,
+	unsigned char	*value)
 {
 	unsigned int prefix_len = xfs_xattr_prefix_len(flags);
 	char *offset;
@@ -148,7 +154,7 @@ xfs_xattr_put_listent(struct xfs_attr_list_context *context, int flags,
 	offset = (char *)context->alist + context->count;
 	strncpy(offset, xfs_xattr_prefix(flags), prefix_len);
 	offset += prefix_len;
-	strncpy(offset, name, namelen);			/* real name */
+	strncpy(offset, (char *)name, namelen);			/* real name */
 	offset += namelen;
 	*offset = '\0';
 	context->count += prefix_len + namelen + 1;
@@ -156,8 +162,13 @@ xfs_xattr_put_listent(struct xfs_attr_list_context *context, int flags,
 }
 
 static int
-xfs_xattr_put_listent_sizes(struct xfs_attr_list_context *context, int flags,
-		char *name, int namelen, int valuelen, char *value)
+xfs_xattr_put_listent_sizes(
+	struct xfs_attr_list_context *context,
+	int		flags,
+	unsigned char	*name,
+	int		namelen,
+	int		valuelen,
+	unsigned char	*value)
 {
 	context->count += xfs_xattr_prefix_len(flags) + namelen + 1;
 	return 0;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_dquot.c b/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_dquot.c
index d7c7eea09fc2..5f79dd78626b 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_dquot.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_dquot.c
@@ -1187,7 +1187,7 @@ xfs_qm_dqflush(
 	 * block, nada.
 	 */
 	if (!XFS_DQ_IS_DIRTY(dqp) ||
-	    (!(flags & XFS_QMOPT_SYNC) && atomic_read(&dqp->q_pincount) > 0)) {
+	    (!(flags & SYNC_WAIT) && atomic_read(&dqp->q_pincount) > 0)) {
 		xfs_dqfunlock(dqp);
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -1248,23 +1248,20 @@ xfs_qm_dqflush(
 	 */
 	if (XFS_BUF_ISPINNED(bp)) {
 		trace_xfs_dqflush_force(dqp);
-		xfs_log_force(mp, (xfs_lsn_t)0, XFS_LOG_FORCE);
+		xfs_log_force(mp, 0);
 	}
 
-	if (flags & XFS_QMOPT_DELWRI) {
-		xfs_bdwrite(mp, bp);
-	} else if (flags & XFS_QMOPT_ASYNC) {
-		error = xfs_bawrite(mp, bp);
-	} else {
+	if (flags & SYNC_WAIT)
 		error = xfs_bwrite(mp, bp);
-	}
+	else
+		xfs_bdwrite(mp, bp);
 
 	trace_xfs_dqflush_done(dqp);
 
 	/*
 	 * dqp is still locked, but caller is free to unlock it now.
 	 */
-	return (error);
+	return error;
 
 }
 
@@ -1445,7 +1442,7 @@ xfs_qm_dqpurge(
 		 * We don't care about getting disk errors here. We need
 		 * to purge this dquot anyway, so we go ahead regardless.
 		 */
-		error = xfs_qm_dqflush(dqp, XFS_QMOPT_SYNC);
+		error = xfs_qm_dqflush(dqp, SYNC_WAIT);
 		if (error)
 			xfs_fs_cmn_err(CE_WARN, mp,
 				"xfs_qm_dqpurge: dquot %p flush failed", dqp);
@@ -1529,25 +1526,17 @@ xfs_qm_dqflock_pushbuf_wait(
 	 * the flush lock when the I/O completes.
 	 */
 	bp = xfs_incore(dqp->q_mount->m_ddev_targp, dqp->q_blkno,
-		    XFS_QI_DQCHUNKLEN(dqp->q_mount),
-		    XFS_INCORE_TRYLOCK);
-	if (bp != NULL) {
-		if (XFS_BUF_ISDELAYWRITE(bp)) {
-			int	error;
-			if (XFS_BUF_ISPINNED(bp)) {
-				xfs_log_force(dqp->q_mount,
-					      (xfs_lsn_t)0,
-					      XFS_LOG_FORCE);
-			}
-			error = xfs_bawrite(dqp->q_mount, bp);
-			if (error)
-				xfs_fs_cmn_err(CE_WARN, dqp->q_mount,
-					"xfs_qm_dqflock_pushbuf_wait: "
-					"pushbuf error %d on dqp %p, bp %p",
-					error, dqp, bp);
-		} else {
-			xfs_buf_relse(bp);
-		}
+		    XFS_QI_DQCHUNKLEN(dqp->q_mount), XBF_TRYLOCK);
+	if (!bp)
+		goto out_lock;
+
+	if (XFS_BUF_ISDELAYWRITE(bp)) {
+		if (XFS_BUF_ISPINNED(bp))
+			xfs_log_force(dqp->q_mount, 0);
+		xfs_buf_delwri_promote(bp);
+		wake_up_process(bp->b_target->bt_task);
 	}
+	xfs_buf_relse(bp);
+out_lock:
 	xfs_dqflock(dqp);
 }
diff --git a/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_dquot_item.c b/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_dquot_item.c
index d0d4a9a0bbd7..4e4ee9a57194 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_dquot_item.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_dquot_item.c
@@ -74,11 +74,11 @@ xfs_qm_dquot_logitem_format(
 
 	logvec->i_addr = (xfs_caddr_t)&logitem->qli_format;
 	logvec->i_len  = sizeof(xfs_dq_logformat_t);
-	XLOG_VEC_SET_TYPE(logvec, XLOG_REG_TYPE_QFORMAT);
+	logvec->i_type = XLOG_REG_TYPE_QFORMAT;
 	logvec++;
 	logvec->i_addr = (xfs_caddr_t)&logitem->qli_dquot->q_core;
 	logvec->i_len  = sizeof(xfs_disk_dquot_t);
-	XLOG_VEC_SET_TYPE(logvec, XLOG_REG_TYPE_DQUOT);
+	logvec->i_type = XLOG_REG_TYPE_DQUOT;
 
 	ASSERT(2 == logitem->qli_item.li_desc->lid_size);
 	logitem->qli_format.qlf_size = 2;
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ xfs_qm_dquot_logitem_push(
 	 * lock without sleeping, then there must not have been
 	 * anyone in the process of flushing the dquot.
 	 */
-	error = xfs_qm_dqflush(dqp, XFS_QMOPT_DELWRI);
+	error = xfs_qm_dqflush(dqp, 0);
 	if (error)
 		xfs_fs_cmn_err(CE_WARN, dqp->q_mount,
 			"xfs_qm_dquot_logitem_push: push error %d on dqp %p",
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ xfs_qm_dqunpin_wait(
 	/*
 	 * Give the log a push so we don't wait here too long.
 	 */
-	xfs_log_force(dqp->q_mount, (xfs_lsn_t)0, XFS_LOG_FORCE);
+	xfs_log_force(dqp->q_mount, 0);
 	wait_event(dqp->q_pinwait, (atomic_read(&dqp->q_pincount) == 0));
 }
 
@@ -212,68 +212,31 @@ xfs_qm_dquot_logitem_pushbuf(
 	xfs_dquot_t	*dqp;
 	xfs_mount_t	*mp;
 	xfs_buf_t	*bp;
-	uint		dopush;
 
 	dqp = qip->qli_dquot;
 	ASSERT(XFS_DQ_IS_LOCKED(dqp));
 
 	/*
-	 * The qli_pushbuf_flag keeps others from
-	 * trying to duplicate our effort.
-	 */
-	ASSERT(qip->qli_pushbuf_flag != 0);
-	ASSERT(qip->qli_push_owner == current_pid());
-
-	/*
 	 * If flushlock isn't locked anymore, chances are that the
 	 * inode flush completed and the inode was taken off the AIL.
 	 * So, just get out.
 	 */
 	if (completion_done(&dqp->q_flush)  ||
 	    ((qip->qli_item.li_flags & XFS_LI_IN_AIL) == 0)) {
-		qip->qli_pushbuf_flag = 0;
 		xfs_dqunlock(dqp);
 		return;
 	}
 	mp = dqp->q_mount;
 	bp = xfs_incore(mp->m_ddev_targp, qip->qli_format.qlf_blkno,
-		    XFS_QI_DQCHUNKLEN(mp),
-		    XFS_INCORE_TRYLOCK);
-	if (bp != NULL) {
-		if (XFS_BUF_ISDELAYWRITE(bp)) {
-			dopush = ((qip->qli_item.li_flags & XFS_LI_IN_AIL) &&
-				  !completion_done(&dqp->q_flush));
-			qip->qli_pushbuf_flag = 0;
-			xfs_dqunlock(dqp);
-
-			if (XFS_BUF_ISPINNED(bp)) {
-				xfs_log_force(mp, (xfs_lsn_t)0,
-					      XFS_LOG_FORCE);
-			}
-			if (dopush) {
-				int	error;
-#ifdef XFSRACEDEBUG
-				delay_for_intr();
-				delay(300);
-#endif
-				error = xfs_bawrite(mp, bp);
-				if (error)
-					xfs_fs_cmn_err(CE_WARN, mp,
-	"xfs_qm_dquot_logitem_pushbuf: pushbuf error %d on qip %p, bp %p",
-							error, qip, bp);
-			} else {
-				xfs_buf_relse(bp);
-			}
-		} else {
-			qip->qli_pushbuf_flag = 0;
-			xfs_dqunlock(dqp);
-			xfs_buf_relse(bp);
-		}
+		    XFS_QI_DQCHUNKLEN(mp), XBF_TRYLOCK);
+	xfs_dqunlock(dqp);
+	if (!bp)
 		return;
-	}
+	if (XFS_BUF_ISDELAYWRITE(bp))
+		xfs_buf_delwri_promote(bp);
+	xfs_buf_relse(bp);
+	return;
 
-	qip->qli_pushbuf_flag = 0;
-	xfs_dqunlock(dqp);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -291,50 +254,24 @@ xfs_qm_dquot_logitem_trylock(
 	xfs_dq_logitem_t	*qip)
 {
 	xfs_dquot_t		*dqp;
-	uint			retval;
 
 	dqp = qip->qli_dquot;
 	if (atomic_read(&dqp->q_pincount) > 0)
-		return (XFS_ITEM_PINNED);
+		return XFS_ITEM_PINNED;
 
 	if (! xfs_qm_dqlock_nowait(dqp))
-		return (XFS_ITEM_LOCKED);
+		return XFS_ITEM_LOCKED;
 
-	retval = XFS_ITEM_SUCCESS;
 	if (!xfs_dqflock_nowait(dqp)) {
 		/*
-		 * The dquot is already being flushed.	It may have been
-		 * flushed delayed write, however, and we don't want to
-		 * get stuck waiting for that to complete.  So, we want to check
-		 * to see if we can lock the dquot's buffer without sleeping.
-		 * If we can and it is marked for delayed write, then we
-		 * hold it and send it out from the push routine.  We don't
-		 * want to do that now since we might sleep in the device
-		 * strategy routine.  We also don't want to grab the buffer lock
-		 * here because we'd like not to call into the buffer cache
-		 * while holding the AIL lock.
-		 * Make sure to only return PUSHBUF if we set pushbuf_flag
-		 * ourselves.  If someone else is doing it then we don't
-		 * want to go to the push routine and duplicate their efforts.
+		 * dquot has already been flushed to the backing buffer,
+		 * leave it locked, pushbuf routine will unlock it.
 		 */
-		if (qip->qli_pushbuf_flag == 0) {
-			qip->qli_pushbuf_flag = 1;
-			ASSERT(qip->qli_format.qlf_blkno == dqp->q_blkno);
-#ifdef DEBUG
-			qip->qli_push_owner = current_pid();
-#endif
-			/*
-			 * The dquot is left locked.
-			 */
-			retval = XFS_ITEM_PUSHBUF;
-		} else {
-			retval = XFS_ITEM_FLUSHING;
-			xfs_dqunlock_nonotify(dqp);
-		}
+		return XFS_ITEM_PUSHBUF;
 	}
 
 	ASSERT(qip->qli_item.li_flags & XFS_LI_IN_AIL);
-	return (retval);
+	return XFS_ITEM_SUCCESS;
 }
 
 
@@ -467,7 +404,7 @@ xfs_qm_qoff_logitem_format(xfs_qoff_logitem_t	*qf,
 
 	log_vector->i_addr = (xfs_caddr_t)&(qf->qql_format);
 	log_vector->i_len = sizeof(xfs_qoff_logitem_t);
-	XLOG_VEC_SET_TYPE(log_vector, XLOG_REG_TYPE_QUOTAOFF);
+	log_vector->i_type = XLOG_REG_TYPE_QUOTAOFF;
 	qf->qql_format.qf_size = 1;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_dquot_item.h b/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_dquot_item.h
index 5a632531f843..5acae2ada70b 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_dquot_item.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_dquot_item.h
@@ -27,10 +27,6 @@ typedef struct xfs_dq_logitem {
 	xfs_log_item_t		 qli_item;	   /* common portion */
 	struct xfs_dquot	*qli_dquot;	   /* dquot ptr */
 	xfs_lsn_t		 qli_flush_lsn;	   /* lsn at last flush */
-	unsigned short		 qli_pushbuf_flag; /* 1 bit used in push_ail */
-#ifdef DEBUG
-	uint64_t		 qli_push_owner;
-#endif
 	xfs_dq_logformat_t	 qli_format;	   /* logged structure */
 } xfs_dq_logitem_t;
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_qm.c b/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_qm.c
index 9e627a8b5b0e..417e61e3d9dd 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_qm.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_qm.c
@@ -118,9 +118,14 @@ xfs_Gqm_init(void)
 	 */
 	udqhash = kmem_zalloc_greedy(&hsize,
 				     XFS_QM_HASHSIZE_LOW * sizeof(xfs_dqhash_t),
-				     XFS_QM_HASHSIZE_HIGH * sizeof(xfs_dqhash_t),
-				     KM_SLEEP | KM_MAYFAIL | KM_LARGE);
-	gdqhash = kmem_zalloc(hsize, KM_SLEEP | KM_LARGE);
+				     XFS_QM_HASHSIZE_HIGH * sizeof(xfs_dqhash_t));
+	if (!udqhash)
+		goto out;
+
+	gdqhash = kmem_zalloc_large(hsize);
+	if (!gdqhash)
+		goto out_free_udqhash;
+
 	hsize /= sizeof(xfs_dqhash_t);
 	ndquot = hsize << 8;
 
@@ -170,6 +175,11 @@ xfs_Gqm_init(void)
 	mutex_init(&qcheck_lock);
 #endif
 	return xqm;
+
+ out_free_udqhash:
+	kmem_free_large(udqhash);
+ out:
+	return NULL;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -189,8 +199,8 @@ xfs_qm_destroy(
 		xfs_qm_list_destroy(&(xqm->qm_usr_dqhtable[i]));
 		xfs_qm_list_destroy(&(xqm->qm_grp_dqhtable[i]));
 	}
-	kmem_free(xqm->qm_usr_dqhtable);
-	kmem_free(xqm->qm_grp_dqhtable);
+	kmem_free_large(xqm->qm_usr_dqhtable);
+	kmem_free_large(xqm->qm_grp_dqhtable);
 	xqm->qm_usr_dqhtable = NULL;
 	xqm->qm_grp_dqhtable = NULL;
 	xqm->qm_dqhashmask = 0;
@@ -219,8 +229,12 @@ xfs_qm_hold_quotafs_ref(
 	 */
 	mutex_lock(&xfs_Gqm_lock);
 
-	if (xfs_Gqm == NULL)
+	if (!xfs_Gqm) {
 		xfs_Gqm = xfs_Gqm_init();
+		if (!xfs_Gqm)
+			return ENOMEM;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * We can keep a list of all filesystems with quotas mounted for
 	 * debugging and statistical purposes, but ...
@@ -436,7 +450,7 @@ xfs_qm_unmount_quotas(
 STATIC int
 xfs_qm_dqflush_all(
 	xfs_mount_t	*mp,
-	int		flags)
+	int		sync_mode)
 {
 	int		recl;
 	xfs_dquot_t	*dqp;
@@ -472,7 +486,7 @@ again:
 		 * across a disk write.
 		 */
 		xfs_qm_mplist_unlock(mp);
-		error = xfs_qm_dqflush(dqp, flags);
+		error = xfs_qm_dqflush(dqp, sync_mode);
 		xfs_dqunlock(dqp);
 		if (error)
 			return error;
@@ -912,13 +926,11 @@ xfs_qm_sync(
 {
 	int		recl, restarts;
 	xfs_dquot_t	*dqp;
-	uint		flush_flags;
 	int		error;
 
 	if (!XFS_IS_QUOTA_RUNNING(mp) || !XFS_IS_QUOTA_ON(mp))
 		return 0;
 
-	flush_flags = (flags & SYNC_WAIT) ? XFS_QMOPT_SYNC : XFS_QMOPT_DELWRI;
 	restarts = 0;
 
   again:
@@ -978,7 +990,7 @@ xfs_qm_sync(
 		 * across a disk write
 		 */
 		xfs_qm_mplist_unlock(mp);
-		error = xfs_qm_dqflush(dqp, flush_flags);
+		error = xfs_qm_dqflush(dqp, flags);
 		xfs_dqunlock(dqp);
 		if (error && XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(mp))
 			return 0;	/* Need to prevent umount failure */
@@ -1782,7 +1794,7 @@ xfs_qm_quotacheck(
 	 * successfully.
 	 */
 	if (!error)
-		error = xfs_qm_dqflush_all(mp, XFS_QMOPT_DELWRI);
+		error = xfs_qm_dqflush_all(mp, 0);
 
 	/*
 	 * We can get this error if we couldn't do a dquot allocation inside
@@ -2004,7 +2016,7 @@ xfs_qm_shake_freelist(
 			 * We flush it delayed write, so don't bother
 			 * releasing the mplock.
 			 */
-			error = xfs_qm_dqflush(dqp, XFS_QMOPT_DELWRI);
+			error = xfs_qm_dqflush(dqp, 0);
 			if (error) {
 				xfs_fs_cmn_err(CE_WARN, dqp->q_mount,
 			"xfs_qm_dqflush_all: dquot %p flush failed", dqp);
@@ -2187,7 +2199,7 @@ xfs_qm_dqreclaim_one(void)
 			 * We flush it delayed write, so don't bother
 			 * releasing the freelist lock.
 			 */
-			error = xfs_qm_dqflush(dqp, XFS_QMOPT_DELWRI);
+			error = xfs_qm_dqflush(dqp, 0);
 			if (error) {
 				xfs_fs_cmn_err(CE_WARN, dqp->q_mount,
 			"xfs_qm_dqreclaim: dquot %p flush failed", dqp);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_qm_bhv.c b/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_qm_bhv.c
index a5346630dfae..97b410c12794 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_qm_bhv.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_qm_bhv.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ xfs_fill_statvfs_from_dquot(
 		be64_to_cpu(dp->d_blk_hardlimit);
 	if (limit && statp->f_blocks > limit) {
 		statp->f_blocks = limit;
-		statp->f_bfree =
+		statp->f_bfree = statp->f_bavail =
 			(statp->f_blocks > be64_to_cpu(dp->d_bcount)) ?
 			 (statp->f_blocks - be64_to_cpu(dp->d_bcount)) : 0;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_qm_syscalls.c b/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_qm_syscalls.c
index 873e07e29074..5d0ee8d492db 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_qm_syscalls.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_qm_syscalls.c
@@ -1192,9 +1192,9 @@ xfs_qm_internalqcheck(
 	if (! XFS_IS_QUOTA_ON(mp))
 		return XFS_ERROR(ESRCH);
 
-	xfs_log_force(mp, (xfs_lsn_t)0, XFS_LOG_FORCE | XFS_LOG_SYNC);
+	xfs_log_force(mp, XFS_LOG_SYNC);
 	XFS_bflush(mp->m_ddev_targp);
-	xfs_log_force(mp, (xfs_lsn_t)0, XFS_LOG_FORCE | XFS_LOG_SYNC);
+	xfs_log_force(mp, XFS_LOG_SYNC);
 	XFS_bflush(mp->m_ddev_targp);
 
 	mutex_lock(&qcheck_lock);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_trans_dquot.c b/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_trans_dquot.c
index 97ac9640be98..c3ab75cb1d9a 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_trans_dquot.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_trans_dquot.c
@@ -589,12 +589,18 @@ xfs_trans_unreserve_and_mod_dquots(
 	}
 }
 
-STATIC int
-xfs_quota_error(uint flags)
+STATIC void
+xfs_quota_warn(
+	struct xfs_mount	*mp,
+	struct xfs_dquot	*dqp,
+	int			type)
 {
-	if (flags & XFS_QMOPT_ENOSPC)
-		return ENOSPC;
-	return EDQUOT;
+	/* no warnings for project quotas - we just return ENOSPC later */
+	if (dqp->dq_flags & XFS_DQ_PROJ)
+		return;
+	quota_send_warning((dqp->dq_flags & XFS_DQ_USER) ? USRQUOTA : GRPQUOTA,
+			   be32_to_cpu(dqp->q_core.d_id), mp->m_super->s_dev,
+			   type);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -612,7 +618,6 @@ xfs_trans_dqresv(
 	long		ninos,
 	uint		flags)
 {
-	int		error;
 	xfs_qcnt_t	hardlimit;
 	xfs_qcnt_t	softlimit;
 	time_t		timer;
@@ -649,7 +654,6 @@ xfs_trans_dqresv(
 		warnlimit = XFS_QI_RTBWARNLIMIT(dqp->q_mount);
 		resbcountp = &dqp->q_res_rtbcount;
 	}
-	error = 0;
 
 	if ((flags & XFS_QMOPT_FORCE_RES) == 0 &&
 	    dqp->q_core.d_id &&
@@ -667,18 +671,20 @@ xfs_trans_dqresv(
 			 * nblks.
 			 */
 			if (hardlimit > 0ULL &&
-			     (hardlimit <= nblks + *resbcountp)) {
-				error = xfs_quota_error(flags);
+			    hardlimit <= nblks + *resbcountp) {
+				xfs_quota_warn(mp, dqp, QUOTA_NL_BHARDWARN);
 				goto error_return;
 			}
-
 			if (softlimit > 0ULL &&
-			     (softlimit <= nblks + *resbcountp)) {
+			    softlimit <= nblks + *resbcountp) {
 				if ((timer != 0 && get_seconds() > timer) ||
 				    (warns != 0 && warns >= warnlimit)) {
-					error = xfs_quota_error(flags);
+					xfs_quota_warn(mp, dqp,
+						       QUOTA_NL_BSOFTLONGWARN);
 					goto error_return;
 				}
+
+				xfs_quota_warn(mp, dqp, QUOTA_NL_BSOFTWARN);
 			}
 		}
 		if (ninos > 0) {
@@ -692,15 +698,19 @@ xfs_trans_dqresv(
 			softlimit = be64_to_cpu(dqp->q_core.d_ino_softlimit);
 			if (!softlimit)
 				softlimit = q->qi_isoftlimit;
+
 			if (hardlimit > 0ULL && count >= hardlimit) {
-				error = xfs_quota_error(flags);
+				xfs_quota_warn(mp, dqp, QUOTA_NL_IHARDWARN);
 				goto error_return;
-			} else if (softlimit > 0ULL && count >= softlimit) {
-				if ((timer != 0 && get_seconds() > timer) ||
+			}
+			if (softlimit > 0ULL && count >= softlimit) {
+				if  ((timer != 0 && get_seconds() > timer) ||
 				     (warns != 0 && warns >= warnlimit)) {
-					error = xfs_quota_error(flags);
+					xfs_quota_warn(mp, dqp,
+						       QUOTA_NL_ISOFTLONGWARN);
 					goto error_return;
 				}
+				xfs_quota_warn(mp, dqp, QUOTA_NL_ISOFTWARN);
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -736,9 +746,14 @@ xfs_trans_dqresv(
 	ASSERT(dqp->q_res_rtbcount >= be64_to_cpu(dqp->q_core.d_rtbcount));
 	ASSERT(dqp->q_res_icount >= be64_to_cpu(dqp->q_core.d_icount));
 
+	xfs_dqunlock(dqp);
+	return 0;
+
 error_return:
 	xfs_dqunlock(dqp);
-	return error;
+	if (flags & XFS_QMOPT_ENOSPC)
+		return ENOSPC;
+	return EDQUOT;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_acl.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_acl.h
index 00fd357c3e46..d13eeba2c8f8 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_acl.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_acl.h
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ struct xfs_acl {
 };
 
 /* On-disk XFS extended attribute names */
-#define SGI_ACL_FILE		"SGI_ACL_FILE"
-#define SGI_ACL_DEFAULT		"SGI_ACL_DEFAULT"
+#define SGI_ACL_FILE		(unsigned char *)"SGI_ACL_FILE"
+#define SGI_ACL_DEFAULT		(unsigned char *)"SGI_ACL_DEFAULT"
 #define SGI_ACL_FILE_SIZE	(sizeof(SGI_ACL_FILE)-1)
 #define SGI_ACL_DEFAULT_SIZE	(sizeof(SGI_ACL_DEFAULT)-1)
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_ag.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_ag.h
index 6702bd865811..b1a5a1ff88ea 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_ag.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_ag.h
@@ -187,17 +187,13 @@ typedef struct xfs_perag_busy {
 /*
  * Per-ag incore structure, copies of information in agf and agi,
  * to improve the performance of allocation group selection.
- *
- * pick sizes which fit in allocation buckets well
  */
-#if (BITS_PER_LONG == 32)
-#define XFS_PAGB_NUM_SLOTS	84
-#elif (BITS_PER_LONG == 64)
 #define XFS_PAGB_NUM_SLOTS	128
-#endif
 
-typedef struct xfs_perag
-{
+typedef struct xfs_perag {
+	struct xfs_mount *pag_mount;	/* owner filesystem */
+	xfs_agnumber_t	pag_agno;	/* AG this structure belongs to */
+	atomic_t	pag_ref;	/* perag reference count */
 	char		pagf_init;	/* this agf's entry is initialized */
 	char		pagi_init;	/* this agi's entry is initialized */
 	char		pagf_metadata;	/* the agf is preferred to be metadata */
@@ -210,8 +206,6 @@ typedef struct xfs_perag
 	__uint32_t	pagf_btreeblks;	/* # of blocks held in AGF btrees */
 	xfs_agino_t	pagi_freecount;	/* number of free inodes */
 	xfs_agino_t	pagi_count;	/* number of allocated inodes */
-	int		pagb_count;	/* pagb slots in use */
-	xfs_perag_busy_t *pagb_list;	/* unstable blocks */
 
 	/*
 	 * Inode allocation search lookup optimisation.
@@ -230,6 +224,8 @@ typedef struct xfs_perag
 	rwlock_t	pag_ici_lock;	/* incore inode lock */
 	struct radix_tree_root pag_ici_root;	/* incore inode cache root */
 #endif
+	int		pagb_count;	/* pagb slots in use */
+	xfs_perag_busy_t pagb_list[XFS_PAGB_NUM_SLOTS];	/* unstable blocks */
 } xfs_perag_t;
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_alloc.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_alloc.c
index 275b1f4f9430..94cddbfb2560 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_alloc.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_alloc.c
@@ -1662,11 +1662,13 @@ xfs_free_ag_extent(
 		xfs_agf_t	*agf;
 		xfs_perag_t	*pag;		/* per allocation group data */
 
+		pag = xfs_perag_get(mp, agno);
+		pag->pagf_freeblks += len;
+		xfs_perag_put(pag);
+
 		agf = XFS_BUF_TO_AGF(agbp);
-		pag = &mp->m_perag[agno];
 		be32_add_cpu(&agf->agf_freeblks, len);
 		xfs_trans_agblocks_delta(tp, len);
-		pag->pagf_freeblks += len;
 		XFS_WANT_CORRUPTED_GOTO(
 			be32_to_cpu(agf->agf_freeblks) <=
 			be32_to_cpu(agf->agf_length),
@@ -1969,10 +1971,12 @@ xfs_alloc_get_freelist(
 	xfs_trans_brelse(tp, agflbp);
 	if (be32_to_cpu(agf->agf_flfirst) == XFS_AGFL_SIZE(mp))
 		agf->agf_flfirst = 0;
-	pag = &mp->m_perag[be32_to_cpu(agf->agf_seqno)];
+
+	pag = xfs_perag_get(mp, be32_to_cpu(agf->agf_seqno));
 	be32_add_cpu(&agf->agf_flcount, -1);
 	xfs_trans_agflist_delta(tp, -1);
 	pag->pagf_flcount--;
+	xfs_perag_put(pag);
 
 	logflags = XFS_AGF_FLFIRST | XFS_AGF_FLCOUNT;
 	if (btreeblk) {
@@ -2078,7 +2082,8 @@ xfs_alloc_put_freelist(
 	be32_add_cpu(&agf->agf_fllast, 1);
 	if (be32_to_cpu(agf->agf_fllast) == XFS_AGFL_SIZE(mp))
 		agf->agf_fllast = 0;
-	pag = &mp->m_perag[be32_to_cpu(agf->agf_seqno)];
+
+	pag = xfs_perag_get(mp, be32_to_cpu(agf->agf_seqno));
 	be32_add_cpu(&agf->agf_flcount, 1);
 	xfs_trans_agflist_delta(tp, 1);
 	pag->pagf_flcount++;
@@ -2089,6 +2094,7 @@ xfs_alloc_put_freelist(
 		pag->pagf_btreeblks--;
 		logflags |= XFS_AGF_BTREEBLKS;
 	}
+	xfs_perag_put(pag);
 
 	xfs_alloc_log_agf(tp, agbp, logflags);
 
@@ -2152,7 +2158,6 @@ xfs_read_agf(
 		xfs_trans_brelse(tp, *bpp);
 		return XFS_ERROR(EFSCORRUPTED);
 	}
-
 	XFS_BUF_SET_VTYPE_REF(*bpp, B_FS_AGF, XFS_AGF_REF);
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -2175,7 +2180,7 @@ xfs_alloc_read_agf(
 	ASSERT(agno != NULLAGNUMBER);
 
 	error = xfs_read_agf(mp, tp, agno,
-			(flags & XFS_ALLOC_FLAG_TRYLOCK) ? XFS_BUF_TRYLOCK : 0,
+			(flags & XFS_ALLOC_FLAG_TRYLOCK) ? XBF_TRYLOCK : 0,
 			bpp);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
@@ -2184,7 +2189,7 @@ xfs_alloc_read_agf(
 	ASSERT(!XFS_BUF_GETERROR(*bpp));
 
 	agf = XFS_BUF_TO_AGF(*bpp);
-	pag = &mp->m_perag[agno];
+	pag = xfs_perag_get(mp, agno);
 	if (!pag->pagf_init) {
 		pag->pagf_freeblks = be32_to_cpu(agf->agf_freeblks);
 		pag->pagf_btreeblks = be32_to_cpu(agf->agf_btreeblks);
@@ -2195,8 +2200,8 @@ xfs_alloc_read_agf(
 		pag->pagf_levels[XFS_BTNUM_CNTi] =
 			be32_to_cpu(agf->agf_levels[XFS_BTNUM_CNTi]);
 		spin_lock_init(&pag->pagb_lock);
-		pag->pagb_list = kmem_zalloc(XFS_PAGB_NUM_SLOTS *
-					sizeof(xfs_perag_busy_t), KM_SLEEP);
+		pag->pagb_count = 0;
+		memset(pag->pagb_list, 0, sizeof(pag->pagb_list));
 		pag->pagf_init = 1;
 	}
 #ifdef DEBUG
@@ -2211,6 +2216,7 @@ xfs_alloc_read_agf(
 		       be32_to_cpu(agf->agf_levels[XFS_BTNUM_CNTi]));
 	}
 #endif
+	xfs_perag_put(pag);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -2270,8 +2276,7 @@ xfs_alloc_vextent(
 		 * These three force us into a single a.g.
 		 */
 		args->agno = XFS_FSB_TO_AGNO(mp, args->fsbno);
-		down_read(&mp->m_peraglock);
-		args->pag = &mp->m_perag[args->agno];
+		args->pag = xfs_perag_get(mp, args->agno);
 		args->minleft = 0;
 		error = xfs_alloc_fix_freelist(args, 0);
 		args->minleft = minleft;
@@ -2280,14 +2285,12 @@ xfs_alloc_vextent(
 			goto error0;
 		}
 		if (!args->agbp) {
-			up_read(&mp->m_peraglock);
 			trace_xfs_alloc_vextent_noagbp(args);
 			break;
 		}
 		args->agbno = XFS_FSB_TO_AGBNO(mp, args->fsbno);
 		if ((error = xfs_alloc_ag_vextent(args)))
 			goto error0;
-		up_read(&mp->m_peraglock);
 		break;
 	case XFS_ALLOCTYPE_START_BNO:
 		/*
@@ -2339,9 +2342,8 @@ xfs_alloc_vextent(
 		 * Loop over allocation groups twice; first time with
 		 * trylock set, second time without.
 		 */
-		down_read(&mp->m_peraglock);
 		for (;;) {
-			args->pag = &mp->m_perag[args->agno];
+			args->pag = xfs_perag_get(mp, args->agno);
 			if (no_min) args->minleft = 0;
 			error = xfs_alloc_fix_freelist(args, flags);
 			args->minleft = minleft;
@@ -2400,8 +2402,8 @@ xfs_alloc_vextent(
 					}
 				}
 			}
+			xfs_perag_put(args->pag);
 		}
-		up_read(&mp->m_peraglock);
 		if (bump_rotor || (type == XFS_ALLOCTYPE_ANY_AG)) {
 			if (args->agno == sagno)
 				mp->m_agfrotor = (mp->m_agfrotor + 1) %
@@ -2427,9 +2429,10 @@ xfs_alloc_vextent(
 			args->len);
 #endif
 	}
+	xfs_perag_put(args->pag);
 	return 0;
 error0:
-	up_read(&mp->m_peraglock);
+	xfs_perag_put(args->pag);
 	return error;
 }
 
@@ -2454,8 +2457,7 @@ xfs_free_extent(
 	args.agno = XFS_FSB_TO_AGNO(args.mp, bno);
 	ASSERT(args.agno < args.mp->m_sb.sb_agcount);
 	args.agbno = XFS_FSB_TO_AGBNO(args.mp, bno);
-	down_read(&args.mp->m_peraglock);
-	args.pag = &args.mp->m_perag[args.agno];
+	args.pag = xfs_perag_get(args.mp, args.agno);
 	if ((error = xfs_alloc_fix_freelist(&args, XFS_ALLOC_FLAG_FREEING)))
 		goto error0;
 #ifdef DEBUG
@@ -2465,7 +2467,7 @@ xfs_free_extent(
 #endif
 	error = xfs_free_ag_extent(tp, args.agbp, args.agno, args.agbno, len, 0);
 error0:
-	up_read(&args.mp->m_peraglock);
+	xfs_perag_put(args.pag);
 	return error;
 }
 
@@ -2486,15 +2488,15 @@ xfs_alloc_mark_busy(xfs_trans_t *tp,
 		    xfs_agblock_t bno,
 		    xfs_extlen_t len)
 {
-	xfs_mount_t		*mp;
 	xfs_perag_busy_t	*bsy;
+	struct xfs_perag	*pag;
 	int			n;
 
-	mp = tp->t_mountp;
-	spin_lock(&mp->m_perag[agno].pagb_lock);
+	pag = xfs_perag_get(tp->t_mountp, agno);
+	spin_lock(&pag->pagb_lock);
 
 	/* search pagb_list for an open slot */
-	for (bsy = mp->m_perag[agno].pagb_list, n = 0;
+	for (bsy = pag->pagb_list, n = 0;
 	     n < XFS_PAGB_NUM_SLOTS;
 	     bsy++, n++) {
 		if (bsy->busy_tp == NULL) {
@@ -2502,11 +2504,11 @@ xfs_alloc_mark_busy(xfs_trans_t *tp,
 		}
 	}
 
-	trace_xfs_alloc_busy(mp, agno, bno, len, n);
+	trace_xfs_alloc_busy(tp->t_mountp, agno, bno, len, n);
 
 	if (n < XFS_PAGB_NUM_SLOTS) {
-		bsy = &mp->m_perag[agno].pagb_list[n];
-		mp->m_perag[agno].pagb_count++;
+		bsy = &pag->pagb_list[n];
+		pag->pagb_count++;
 		bsy->busy_start = bno;
 		bsy->busy_length = len;
 		bsy->busy_tp = tp;
@@ -2521,7 +2523,8 @@ xfs_alloc_mark_busy(xfs_trans_t *tp,
 		xfs_trans_set_sync(tp);
 	}
 
-	spin_unlock(&mp->m_perag[agno].pagb_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&pag->pagb_lock);
+	xfs_perag_put(pag);
 }
 
 void
@@ -2529,24 +2532,23 @@ xfs_alloc_clear_busy(xfs_trans_t *tp,
 		     xfs_agnumber_t agno,
 		     int idx)
 {
-	xfs_mount_t		*mp;
+	struct xfs_perag	*pag;
 	xfs_perag_busy_t	*list;
 
-	mp = tp->t_mountp;
-
-	spin_lock(&mp->m_perag[agno].pagb_lock);
-	list = mp->m_perag[agno].pagb_list;
-
 	ASSERT(idx < XFS_PAGB_NUM_SLOTS);
+	pag = xfs_perag_get(tp->t_mountp, agno);
+	spin_lock(&pag->pagb_lock);
+	list = pag->pagb_list;
 
-	trace_xfs_alloc_unbusy(mp, agno, idx, list[idx].busy_tp == tp);
+	trace_xfs_alloc_unbusy(tp->t_mountp, agno, idx, list[idx].busy_tp == tp);
 
 	if (list[idx].busy_tp == tp) {
 		list[idx].busy_tp = NULL;
-		mp->m_perag[agno].pagb_count--;
+		pag->pagb_count--;
 	}
 
-	spin_unlock(&mp->m_perag[agno].pagb_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&pag->pagb_lock);
+	xfs_perag_put(pag);
 }
 
 
@@ -2560,17 +2562,15 @@ xfs_alloc_search_busy(xfs_trans_t *tp,
 		    xfs_agblock_t bno,
 		    xfs_extlen_t len)
 {
-	xfs_mount_t		*mp;
+	struct xfs_perag	*pag;
 	xfs_perag_busy_t	*bsy;
 	xfs_agblock_t		uend, bend;
 	xfs_lsn_t		lsn = 0;
 	int			cnt;
 
-	mp = tp->t_mountp;
-
-	spin_lock(&mp->m_perag[agno].pagb_lock);
-
-	uend = bno + len - 1;
+	pag = xfs_perag_get(tp->t_mountp, agno);
+	spin_lock(&pag->pagb_lock);
+	cnt = pag->pagb_count;
 
 	/*
 	 * search pagb_list for this slot, skipping open slots. We have to
@@ -2578,8 +2578,9 @@ xfs_alloc_search_busy(xfs_trans_t *tp,
 	 * we have to get the most recent LSN for the log force to push out
 	 * all the transactions that span the range.
 	 */
-	for (cnt = 0; cnt < mp->m_perag[agno].pagb_count; cnt++) {
-		bsy = &mp->m_perag[agno].pagb_list[cnt];
+	uend = bno + len - 1;
+	for (cnt = 0; cnt < pag->pagb_count; cnt++) {
+		bsy = &pag->pagb_list[cnt];
 		if (!bsy->busy_tp)
 			continue;
 
@@ -2591,7 +2592,8 @@ xfs_alloc_search_busy(xfs_trans_t *tp,
 		if (XFS_LSN_CMP(bsy->busy_tp->t_commit_lsn, lsn) > 0)
 			lsn = bsy->busy_tp->t_commit_lsn;
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&mp->m_perag[agno].pagb_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&pag->pagb_lock);
+	xfs_perag_put(pag);
 	trace_xfs_alloc_busysearch(tp->t_mountp, agno, bno, len, lsn);
 
 	/*
@@ -2599,5 +2601,5 @@ xfs_alloc_search_busy(xfs_trans_t *tp,
 	 * transaction that freed the block
 	 */
 	if (lsn)
-		xfs_log_force(mp, lsn, XFS_LOG_FORCE|XFS_LOG_SYNC);
+		xfs_log_force_lsn(tp->t_mountp, lsn, XFS_LOG_SYNC);
 }
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_alloc_btree.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_alloc_btree.c
index adbd9141aea1..b726e10d2c1c 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_alloc_btree.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_alloc_btree.c
@@ -61,12 +61,14 @@ xfs_allocbt_set_root(
 	struct xfs_agf		*agf = XFS_BUF_TO_AGF(agbp);
 	xfs_agnumber_t		seqno = be32_to_cpu(agf->agf_seqno);
 	int			btnum = cur->bc_btnum;
+	struct xfs_perag	*pag = xfs_perag_get(cur->bc_mp, seqno);
 
 	ASSERT(ptr->s != 0);
 
 	agf->agf_roots[btnum] = ptr->s;
 	be32_add_cpu(&agf->agf_levels[btnum], inc);
-	cur->bc_mp->m_perag[seqno].pagf_levels[btnum] += inc;
+	pag->pagf_levels[btnum] += inc;
+	xfs_perag_put(pag);
 
 	xfs_alloc_log_agf(cur->bc_tp, agbp, XFS_AGF_ROOTS | XFS_AGF_LEVELS);
 }
@@ -150,6 +152,7 @@ xfs_allocbt_update_lastrec(
 {
 	struct xfs_agf		*agf = XFS_BUF_TO_AGF(cur->bc_private.a.agbp);
 	xfs_agnumber_t		seqno = be32_to_cpu(agf->agf_seqno);
+	struct xfs_perag	*pag;
 	__be32			len;
 	int			numrecs;
 
@@ -193,7 +196,9 @@ xfs_allocbt_update_lastrec(
 	}
 
 	agf->agf_longest = len;
-	cur->bc_mp->m_perag[seqno].pagf_longest = be32_to_cpu(len);
+	pag = xfs_perag_get(cur->bc_mp, seqno);
+	pag->pagf_longest = be32_to_cpu(len);
+	xfs_perag_put(pag);
 	xfs_alloc_log_agf(cur->bc_tp, cur->bc_private.a.agbp, XFS_AGF_LONGEST);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_attr.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_attr.c
index e953b6cfb2a8..b9c196a53c42 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_attr.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_attr.c
@@ -93,12 +93,12 @@ STATIC int xfs_attr_rmtval_remove(xfs_da_args_t *args);
 STATIC int
 xfs_attr_name_to_xname(
 	struct xfs_name	*xname,
-	const char	*aname)
+	const unsigned char *aname)
 {
 	if (!aname)
 		return EINVAL;
 	xname->name = aname;
-	xname->len = strlen(aname);
+	xname->len = strlen((char *)aname);
 	if (xname->len >= MAXNAMELEN)
 		return EFAULT;		/* match IRIX behaviour */
 
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ STATIC int
 xfs_attr_get_int(
 	struct xfs_inode	*ip,
 	struct xfs_name		*name,
-	char			*value,
+	unsigned char		*value,
 	int			*valuelenp,
 	int			flags)
 {
@@ -171,8 +171,8 @@ xfs_attr_get_int(
 int
 xfs_attr_get(
 	xfs_inode_t	*ip,
-	const char	*name,
-	char		*value,
+	const unsigned char *name,
+	unsigned char	*value,
 	int		*valuelenp,
 	int		flags)
 {
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ xfs_attr_get(
 /*
  * Calculate how many blocks we need for the new attribute,
  */
-int
+STATIC int
 xfs_attr_calc_size(
 	struct xfs_inode 	*ip,
 	int			namelen,
@@ -235,8 +235,12 @@ xfs_attr_calc_size(
 }
 
 STATIC int
-xfs_attr_set_int(xfs_inode_t *dp, struct xfs_name *name,
-		char *value, int valuelen, int flags)
+xfs_attr_set_int(
+	struct xfs_inode *dp,
+	struct xfs_name	*name,
+	unsigned char	*value,
+	int		valuelen,
+	int		flags)
 {
 	xfs_da_args_t	args;
 	xfs_fsblock_t	firstblock;
@@ -452,8 +456,8 @@ out:
 int
 xfs_attr_set(
 	xfs_inode_t	*dp,
-	const char	*name,
-	char		*value,
+	const unsigned char *name,
+	unsigned char	*value,
 	int		valuelen,
 	int		flags)
 {
@@ -600,7 +604,7 @@ out:
 int
 xfs_attr_remove(
 	xfs_inode_t	*dp,
-	const char	*name,
+	const unsigned char *name,
 	int		flags)
 {
 	int		error;
@@ -669,9 +673,13 @@ xfs_attr_list_int(xfs_attr_list_context_t *context)
  */
 /*ARGSUSED*/
 STATIC int
-xfs_attr_put_listent(xfs_attr_list_context_t *context, int flags,
-		     char *name, int namelen,
-		     int valuelen, char *value)
+xfs_attr_put_listent(
+	xfs_attr_list_context_t *context,
+	int		flags,
+	unsigned char	*name,
+	int		namelen,
+	int		valuelen,
+	unsigned char	*value)
 {
 	struct attrlist *alist = (struct attrlist *)context->alist;
 	attrlist_ent_t *aep;
@@ -1980,7 +1988,7 @@ xfs_attr_rmtval_get(xfs_da_args_t *args)
 	xfs_bmbt_irec_t map[ATTR_RMTVALUE_MAPSIZE];
 	xfs_mount_t *mp;
 	xfs_daddr_t dblkno;
-	xfs_caddr_t dst;
+	void *dst;
 	xfs_buf_t *bp;
 	int nmap, error, tmp, valuelen, blkcnt, i;
 	xfs_dablk_t lblkno;
@@ -2007,15 +2015,14 @@ xfs_attr_rmtval_get(xfs_da_args_t *args)
 			dblkno = XFS_FSB_TO_DADDR(mp, map[i].br_startblock);
 			blkcnt = XFS_FSB_TO_BB(mp, map[i].br_blockcount);
 			error = xfs_read_buf(mp, mp->m_ddev_targp, dblkno,
-					     blkcnt,
-					     XFS_BUF_LOCK | XBF_DONT_BLOCK,
+					     blkcnt, XBF_LOCK | XBF_DONT_BLOCK,
 					     &bp);
 			if (error)
 				return(error);
 
 			tmp = (valuelen < XFS_BUF_SIZE(bp))
 				? valuelen : XFS_BUF_SIZE(bp);
-			xfs_biomove(bp, 0, tmp, dst, XFS_B_READ);
+			xfs_biomove(bp, 0, tmp, dst, XBF_READ);
 			xfs_buf_relse(bp);
 			dst += tmp;
 			valuelen -= tmp;
@@ -2039,7 +2046,7 @@ xfs_attr_rmtval_set(xfs_da_args_t *args)
 	xfs_inode_t *dp;
 	xfs_bmbt_irec_t map;
 	xfs_daddr_t dblkno;
-	xfs_caddr_t src;
+	void *src;
 	xfs_buf_t *bp;
 	xfs_dablk_t lblkno;
 	int blkcnt, valuelen, nmap, error, tmp, committed;
@@ -2141,13 +2148,13 @@ xfs_attr_rmtval_set(xfs_da_args_t *args)
 		blkcnt = XFS_FSB_TO_BB(mp, map.br_blockcount);
 
 		bp = xfs_buf_get(mp->m_ddev_targp, dblkno, blkcnt,
-				 XFS_BUF_LOCK | XBF_DONT_BLOCK);
+				 XBF_LOCK | XBF_DONT_BLOCK);
 		ASSERT(bp);
 		ASSERT(!XFS_BUF_GETERROR(bp));
 
 		tmp = (valuelen < XFS_BUF_SIZE(bp)) ? valuelen :
 							XFS_BUF_SIZE(bp);
-		xfs_biomove(bp, 0, tmp, src, XFS_B_WRITE);
+		xfs_biomove(bp, 0, tmp, src, XBF_WRITE);
 		if (tmp < XFS_BUF_SIZE(bp))
 			xfs_biozero(bp, tmp, XFS_BUF_SIZE(bp) - tmp);
 		if ((error = xfs_bwrite(mp, bp))) {/* GROT: NOTE: synchronous write */
@@ -2208,8 +2215,7 @@ xfs_attr_rmtval_remove(xfs_da_args_t *args)
 		/*
 		 * If the "remote" value is in the cache, remove it.
 		 */
-		bp = xfs_incore(mp->m_ddev_targp, dblkno, blkcnt,
-				XFS_INCORE_TRYLOCK);
+		bp = xfs_incore(mp->m_ddev_targp, dblkno, blkcnt, XBF_TRYLOCK);
 		if (bp) {
 			XFS_BUF_STALE(bp);
 			XFS_BUF_UNDELAYWRITE(bp);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_attr.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_attr.h
index 59b410ce69a1..e920d68ef509 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_attr.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_attr.h
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ typedef struct attrlist_cursor_kern {
 
 
 typedef int (*put_listent_func_t)(struct xfs_attr_list_context *, int,
-				      char *, int, int, char *);
+			      unsigned char *, int, int, unsigned char *);
 
 typedef struct xfs_attr_list_context {
 	struct xfs_inode		*dp;		/* inode */
@@ -139,7 +139,6 @@ typedef struct xfs_attr_list_context {
 /*
  * Overall external interface routines.
  */
-int xfs_attr_calc_size(struct xfs_inode *, int, int, int *);
 int xfs_attr_inactive(struct xfs_inode *dp);
 int xfs_attr_rmtval_get(struct xfs_da_args *args);
 int xfs_attr_list_int(struct xfs_attr_list_context *);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_attr_leaf.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_attr_leaf.c
index baf41b5af756..a90ce74fc256 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_attr_leaf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_attr_leaf.c
@@ -521,11 +521,11 @@ xfs_attr_shortform_to_leaf(xfs_da_args_t *args)
 
 	sfe = &sf->list[0];
 	for (i = 0; i < sf->hdr.count; i++) {
-		nargs.name = (char *)sfe->nameval;
+		nargs.name = sfe->nameval;
 		nargs.namelen = sfe->namelen;
-		nargs.value = (char *)&sfe->nameval[nargs.namelen];
+		nargs.value = &sfe->nameval[nargs.namelen];
 		nargs.valuelen = sfe->valuelen;
-		nargs.hashval = xfs_da_hashname((char *)sfe->nameval,
+		nargs.hashval = xfs_da_hashname(sfe->nameval,
 						sfe->namelen);
 		nargs.flags = XFS_ATTR_NSP_ONDISK_TO_ARGS(sfe->flags);
 		error = xfs_attr_leaf_lookup_int(bp, &nargs); /* set a->index */
@@ -612,10 +612,10 @@ xfs_attr_shortform_list(xfs_attr_list_context_t *context)
 		for (i = 0, sfe = &sf->list[0]; i < sf->hdr.count; i++) {
 			error = context->put_listent(context,
 					   sfe->flags,
-					   (char *)sfe->nameval,
+					   sfe->nameval,
 					   (int)sfe->namelen,
 					   (int)sfe->valuelen,
-					   (char*)&sfe->nameval[sfe->namelen]);
+					   &sfe->nameval[sfe->namelen]);
 
 			/*
 			 * Either search callback finished early or
@@ -659,8 +659,8 @@ xfs_attr_shortform_list(xfs_attr_list_context_t *context)
 		}
 
 		sbp->entno = i;
-		sbp->hash = xfs_da_hashname((char *)sfe->nameval, sfe->namelen);
-		sbp->name = (char *)sfe->nameval;
+		sbp->hash = xfs_da_hashname(sfe->nameval, sfe->namelen);
+		sbp->name = sfe->nameval;
 		sbp->namelen = sfe->namelen;
 		/* These are bytes, and both on-disk, don't endian-flip */
 		sbp->valuelen = sfe->valuelen;
@@ -818,9 +818,9 @@ xfs_attr_leaf_to_shortform(xfs_dabuf_t *bp, xfs_da_args_t *args, int forkoff)
 			continue;
 		ASSERT(entry->flags & XFS_ATTR_LOCAL);
 		name_loc = xfs_attr_leaf_name_local(leaf, i);
-		nargs.name = (char *)name_loc->nameval;
+		nargs.name = name_loc->nameval;
 		nargs.namelen = name_loc->namelen;
-		nargs.value = (char *)&name_loc->nameval[nargs.namelen];
+		nargs.value = &name_loc->nameval[nargs.namelen];
 		nargs.valuelen = be16_to_cpu(name_loc->valuelen);
 		nargs.hashval = be32_to_cpu(entry->hashval);
 		nargs.flags = XFS_ATTR_NSP_ONDISK_TO_ARGS(entry->flags);
@@ -2370,10 +2370,10 @@ xfs_attr_leaf_list_int(xfs_dabuf_t *bp, xfs_attr_list_context_t *context)
 
 			retval = context->put_listent(context,
 						entry->flags,
-						(char *)name_loc->nameval,
+						name_loc->nameval,
 						(int)name_loc->namelen,
 						be16_to_cpu(name_loc->valuelen),
-						(char *)&name_loc->nameval[name_loc->namelen]);
+						&name_loc->nameval[name_loc->namelen]);
 			if (retval)
 				return retval;
 		} else {
@@ -2397,15 +2397,15 @@ xfs_attr_leaf_list_int(xfs_dabuf_t *bp, xfs_attr_list_context_t *context)
 					return retval;
 				retval = context->put_listent(context,
 						entry->flags,
-						(char *)name_rmt->name,
+						name_rmt->name,
 						(int)name_rmt->namelen,
 						valuelen,
-						(char*)args.value);
+						args.value);
 				kmem_free(args.value);
 			} else {
 				retval = context->put_listent(context,
 						entry->flags,
-						(char *)name_rmt->name,
+						name_rmt->name,
 						(int)name_rmt->namelen,
 						valuelen,
 						NULL);
@@ -2950,7 +2950,7 @@ xfs_attr_leaf_freextent(xfs_trans_t **trans, xfs_inode_t *dp,
 						map.br_blockcount);
 			bp = xfs_trans_get_buf(*trans,
 					dp->i_mount->m_ddev_targp,
-					dblkno, dblkcnt, XFS_BUF_LOCK);
+					dblkno, dblkcnt, XBF_LOCK);
 			xfs_trans_binval(*trans, bp);
 			/*
 			 * Roll to next transaction.
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_attr_sf.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_attr_sf.h
index 76ab7b0cbb3a..919756e3ba53 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_attr_sf.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_attr_sf.h
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ typedef struct xfs_attr_sf_sort {
 	__uint8_t	valuelen;	/* length of value */
 	__uint8_t	flags;		/* flags bits (see xfs_attr_leaf.h) */
 	xfs_dahash_t	hash;		/* this entry's hash value */
-	char		*name;		/* name value, pointer into buffer */
+	unsigned char	*name;		/* name value, pointer into buffer */
 } xfs_attr_sf_sort_t;
 
 #define XFS_ATTR_SF_ENTSIZE_BYNAME(nlen,vlen)	/* space name/value uses */ \
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap.c
index 98251cdc52aa..1869fb973819 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap.c
@@ -2629,13 +2629,12 @@ xfs_bmap_btalloc(
 		if (startag == NULLAGNUMBER)
 			startag = ag = 0;
 		notinit = 0;
-		down_read(&mp->m_peraglock);
+		pag = xfs_perag_get(mp, ag);
 		while (blen < ap->alen) {
-			pag = &mp->m_perag[ag];
 			if (!pag->pagf_init &&
 			    (error = xfs_alloc_pagf_init(mp, args.tp,
 				    ag, XFS_ALLOC_FLAG_TRYLOCK))) {
-				up_read(&mp->m_peraglock);
+				xfs_perag_put(pag);
 				return error;
 			}
 			/*
@@ -2667,13 +2666,13 @@ xfs_bmap_btalloc(
 						break;
 
 					error = xfs_filestream_new_ag(ap, &ag);
-					if (error) {
-						up_read(&mp->m_peraglock);
+					xfs_perag_put(pag);
+					if (error)
 						return error;
-					}
 
 					/* loop again to set 'blen'*/
 					startag = NULLAGNUMBER;
+					pag = xfs_perag_get(mp, ag);
 					continue;
 				}
 			}
@@ -2681,8 +2680,10 @@ xfs_bmap_btalloc(
 				ag = 0;
 			if (ag == startag)
 				break;
+			xfs_perag_put(pag);
+			pag = xfs_perag_get(mp, ag);
 		}
-		up_read(&mp->m_peraglock);
+		xfs_perag_put(pag);
 		/*
 		 * Since the above loop did a BUF_TRYLOCK, it is
 		 * possible that there is space for this request.
@@ -4470,7 +4471,7 @@ xfs_bmapi(
 	xfs_fsblock_t	abno;		/* allocated block number */
 	xfs_extlen_t	alen;		/* allocated extent length */
 	xfs_fileoff_t	aoff;		/* allocated file offset */
-	xfs_bmalloca_t	bma;		/* args for xfs_bmap_alloc */
+	xfs_bmalloca_t	bma = { 0 };	/* args for xfs_bmap_alloc */
 	xfs_btree_cur_t	*cur;		/* bmap btree cursor */
 	xfs_fileoff_t	end;		/* end of mapped file region */
 	int		eof;		/* we've hit the end of extents */
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap_btree.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap_btree.c
index 38751d5fac6f..416e47e54b83 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap_btree.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap_btree.c
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ xfs_bmbt_disk_set_allf(
 /*
  * Set all the fields in a bmap extent record from the uncompressed form.
  */
-void
+STATIC void
 xfs_bmbt_disk_set_all(
 	xfs_bmbt_rec_t	*r,
 	xfs_bmbt_irec_t *s)
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap_btree.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap_btree.h
index cf07ca7c22e7..0e66c4ea0f85 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap_btree.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap_btree.h
@@ -223,7 +223,6 @@ extern void xfs_bmbt_set_startblock(xfs_bmbt_rec_host_t *r, xfs_fsblock_t v);
 extern void xfs_bmbt_set_startoff(xfs_bmbt_rec_host_t *r, xfs_fileoff_t v);
 extern void xfs_bmbt_set_state(xfs_bmbt_rec_host_t *r, xfs_exntst_t v);
 
-extern void xfs_bmbt_disk_set_all(xfs_bmbt_rec_t *r, xfs_bmbt_irec_t *s);
 extern void xfs_bmbt_disk_set_allf(xfs_bmbt_rec_t *r, xfs_fileoff_t o,
 			xfs_fsblock_t b, xfs_filblks_t c, xfs_exntst_t v);
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_btree.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_btree.c
index 36a0992dd669..96be4b0f2496 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_btree.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_btree.c
@@ -977,7 +977,7 @@ xfs_btree_get_buf_block(
 	xfs_daddr_t		d;
 
 	/* need to sort out how callers deal with failures first */
-	ASSERT(!(flags & XFS_BUF_TRYLOCK));
+	ASSERT(!(flags & XBF_TRYLOCK));
 
 	d = xfs_btree_ptr_to_daddr(cur, ptr);
 	*bpp = xfs_trans_get_buf(cur->bc_tp, mp->m_ddev_targp, d,
@@ -1008,7 +1008,7 @@ xfs_btree_read_buf_block(
 	int			error;
 
 	/* need to sort out how callers deal with failures first */
-	ASSERT(!(flags & XFS_BUF_TRYLOCK));
+	ASSERT(!(flags & XBF_TRYLOCK));
 
 	d = xfs_btree_ptr_to_daddr(cur, ptr);
 	error = xfs_trans_read_buf(mp, cur->bc_tp, mp->m_ddev_targp, d,
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c
index a30f7e9eb2b9..f3c49e69eab9 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ xfs_buf_item_format(
 		       ((bip->bli_format.blf_map_size - 1) * sizeof(uint)));
 	vecp->i_addr = (xfs_caddr_t)&bip->bli_format;
 	vecp->i_len = base_size;
-	XLOG_VEC_SET_TYPE(vecp, XLOG_REG_TYPE_BFORMAT);
+	vecp->i_type = XLOG_REG_TYPE_BFORMAT;
 	vecp++;
 	nvecs = 1;
 
@@ -297,14 +297,14 @@ xfs_buf_item_format(
 			buffer_offset = first_bit * XFS_BLI_CHUNK;
 			vecp->i_addr = xfs_buf_offset(bp, buffer_offset);
 			vecp->i_len = nbits * XFS_BLI_CHUNK;
-			XLOG_VEC_SET_TYPE(vecp, XLOG_REG_TYPE_BCHUNK);
+			vecp->i_type = XLOG_REG_TYPE_BCHUNK;
 			nvecs++;
 			break;
 		} else if (next_bit != last_bit + 1) {
 			buffer_offset = first_bit * XFS_BLI_CHUNK;
 			vecp->i_addr = xfs_buf_offset(bp, buffer_offset);
 			vecp->i_len = nbits * XFS_BLI_CHUNK;
-			XLOG_VEC_SET_TYPE(vecp, XLOG_REG_TYPE_BCHUNK);
+			vecp->i_type = XLOG_REG_TYPE_BCHUNK;
 			nvecs++;
 			vecp++;
 			first_bit = next_bit;
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ xfs_buf_item_format(
 			buffer_offset = first_bit * XFS_BLI_CHUNK;
 			vecp->i_addr = xfs_buf_offset(bp, buffer_offset);
 			vecp->i_len = nbits * XFS_BLI_CHUNK;
-			XLOG_VEC_SET_TYPE(vecp, XLOG_REG_TYPE_BCHUNK);
+			vecp->i_type = XLOG_REG_TYPE_BCHUNK;
 /* You would think we need to bump the nvecs here too, but we do not
  * this number is used by recovery, and it gets confused by the boundary
  * split here
@@ -467,8 +467,10 @@ xfs_buf_item_unpin_remove(
 /*
  * This is called to attempt to lock the buffer associated with this
  * buf log item.  Don't sleep on the buffer lock.  If we can't get
- * the lock right away, return 0.  If we can get the lock, pull the
- * buffer from the free list, mark it busy, and return 1.
+ * the lock right away, return 0.  If we can get the lock, take a
+ * reference to the buffer. If this is a delayed write buffer that
+ * needs AIL help to be written back, invoke the pushbuf routine
+ * rather than the normal success path.
  */
 STATIC uint
 xfs_buf_item_trylock(
@@ -477,24 +479,18 @@ xfs_buf_item_trylock(
 	xfs_buf_t	*bp;
 
 	bp = bip->bli_buf;
-
-	if (XFS_BUF_ISPINNED(bp)) {
+	if (XFS_BUF_ISPINNED(bp))
 		return XFS_ITEM_PINNED;
-	}
-
-	if (!XFS_BUF_CPSEMA(bp)) {
+	if (!XFS_BUF_CPSEMA(bp))
 		return XFS_ITEM_LOCKED;
-	}
 
-	/*
-	 * Remove the buffer from the free list.  Only do this
-	 * if it's on the free list.  Private buffers like the
-	 * superblock buffer are not.
-	 */
+	/* take a reference to the buffer.  */
 	XFS_BUF_HOLD(bp);
 
 	ASSERT(!(bip->bli_flags & XFS_BLI_STALE));
 	trace_xfs_buf_item_trylock(bip);
+	if (XFS_BUF_ISDELAYWRITE(bp))
+		return XFS_ITEM_PUSHBUF;
 	return XFS_ITEM_SUCCESS;
 }
 
@@ -626,11 +622,9 @@ xfs_buf_item_committed(
 }
 
 /*
- * This is called to asynchronously write the buffer associated with this
- * buf log item out to disk. The buffer will already have been locked by
- * a successful call to xfs_buf_item_trylock().  If the buffer still has
- * B_DELWRI set, then get it going out to disk with a call to bawrite().
- * If not, then just release the buffer.
+ * The buffer is locked, but is not a delayed write buffer. This happens
+ * if we race with IO completion and hence we don't want to try to write it
+ * again. Just release the buffer.
  */
 STATIC void
 xfs_buf_item_push(
@@ -642,17 +636,29 @@ xfs_buf_item_push(
 	trace_xfs_buf_item_push(bip);
 
 	bp = bip->bli_buf;
+	ASSERT(!XFS_BUF_ISDELAYWRITE(bp));
+	xfs_buf_relse(bp);
+}
 
-	if (XFS_BUF_ISDELAYWRITE(bp)) {
-		int	error;
-		error = xfs_bawrite(bip->bli_item.li_mountp, bp);
-		if (error)
-			xfs_fs_cmn_err(CE_WARN, bip->bli_item.li_mountp,
-			"xfs_buf_item_push: pushbuf error %d on bip %p, bp %p",
-					error, bip, bp);
-	} else {
-		xfs_buf_relse(bp);
-	}
+/*
+ * The buffer is locked and is a delayed write buffer. Promote the buffer
+ * in the delayed write queue as the caller knows that they must invoke
+ * the xfsbufd to get this buffer written. We have to unlock the buffer
+ * to allow the xfsbufd to write it, too.
+ */
+STATIC void
+xfs_buf_item_pushbuf(
+	xfs_buf_log_item_t	*bip)
+{
+	xfs_buf_t	*bp;
+
+	ASSERT(!(bip->bli_flags & XFS_BLI_STALE));
+	trace_xfs_buf_item_pushbuf(bip);
+
+	bp = bip->bli_buf;
+	ASSERT(XFS_BUF_ISDELAYWRITE(bp));
+	xfs_buf_delwri_promote(bp);
+	xfs_buf_relse(bp);
 }
 
 /* ARGSUSED */
@@ -677,7 +683,7 @@ static struct xfs_item_ops xfs_buf_item_ops = {
 	.iop_committed	= (xfs_lsn_t(*)(xfs_log_item_t*, xfs_lsn_t))
 					xfs_buf_item_committed,
 	.iop_push	= (void(*)(xfs_log_item_t*))xfs_buf_item_push,
-	.iop_pushbuf	= NULL,
+	.iop_pushbuf	= (void(*)(xfs_log_item_t*))xfs_buf_item_pushbuf,
 	.iop_committing = (void(*)(xfs_log_item_t*, xfs_lsn_t))
 					xfs_buf_item_committing
 };
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_da_btree.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_da_btree.c
index c0c8869115b1..0ca556b4bf31 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_da_btree.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_da_btree.c
@@ -1534,8 +1534,8 @@ xfs_da_hashname(const __uint8_t *name, int namelen)
 enum xfs_dacmp
 xfs_da_compname(
 	struct xfs_da_args *args,
-	const char 	*name,
-	int 		len)
+	const unsigned char *name,
+	int		len)
 {
 	return (args->namelen == len && memcmp(args->name, name, len) == 0) ?
 					XFS_CMP_EXACT : XFS_CMP_DIFFERENT;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_da_btree.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_da_btree.h
index 30cd08f56a3a..fe9f5a8c1d2a 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_da_btree.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_da_btree.h
@@ -209,7 +209,8 @@ typedef struct xfs_da_state {
  */
 struct xfs_nameops {
 	xfs_dahash_t	(*hashname)(struct xfs_name *);
-	enum xfs_dacmp	(*compname)(struct xfs_da_args *, const char *, int);
+	enum xfs_dacmp	(*compname)(struct xfs_da_args *,
+					const unsigned char *, int);
 };
 
 
@@ -260,7 +261,7 @@ int	xfs_da_shrink_inode(xfs_da_args_t *args, xfs_dablk_t dead_blkno,
 
 uint xfs_da_hashname(const __uint8_t *name_string, int name_length);
 enum xfs_dacmp xfs_da_compname(struct xfs_da_args *args,
-				const char *name, int len);
+				const unsigned char *name, int len);
 
 
 xfs_da_state_t *xfs_da_state_alloc(void);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_dfrag.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_dfrag.c
index 84ca1cf16a1e..cd27c9d6c71f 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_dfrag.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_dfrag.c
@@ -45,15 +45,21 @@
 #include "xfs_vnodeops.h"
 #include "xfs_trace.h"
 
+
+static int xfs_swap_extents(
+	xfs_inode_t	*ip,	/* target inode */
+	xfs_inode_t	*tip,	/* tmp inode */
+	xfs_swapext_t	*sxp);
+
 /*
- * Syssgi interface for swapext
+ * ioctl interface for swapext
  */
 int
 xfs_swapext(
 	xfs_swapext_t	*sxp)
 {
 	xfs_inode_t     *ip, *tip;
-	struct file	*file, *target_file;
+	struct file	*file, *tmp_file;
 	int		error = 0;
 
 	/* Pull information for the target fd */
@@ -68,46 +74,46 @@ xfs_swapext(
 		goto out_put_file;
 	}
 
-	target_file = fget((int)sxp->sx_fdtmp);
-	if (!target_file) {
+	tmp_file = fget((int)sxp->sx_fdtmp);
+	if (!tmp_file) {
 		error = XFS_ERROR(EINVAL);
 		goto out_put_file;
 	}
 
-	if (!(target_file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE) ||
-	    (target_file->f_flags & O_APPEND)) {
+	if (!(tmp_file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE) ||
+	    (tmp_file->f_flags & O_APPEND)) {
 		error = XFS_ERROR(EBADF);
-		goto out_put_target_file;
+		goto out_put_tmp_file;
 	}
 
 	if (IS_SWAPFILE(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode) ||
-	    IS_SWAPFILE(target_file->f_path.dentry->d_inode)) {
+	    IS_SWAPFILE(tmp_file->f_path.dentry->d_inode)) {
 		error = XFS_ERROR(EINVAL);
-		goto out_put_target_file;
+		goto out_put_tmp_file;
 	}
 
 	ip = XFS_I(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
-	tip = XFS_I(target_file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	tip = XFS_I(tmp_file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
 
 	if (ip->i_mount != tip->i_mount) {
 		error = XFS_ERROR(EINVAL);
-		goto out_put_target_file;
+		goto out_put_tmp_file;
 	}
 
 	if (ip->i_ino == tip->i_ino) {
 		error = XFS_ERROR(EINVAL);
-		goto out_put_target_file;
+		goto out_put_tmp_file;
 	}
 
 	if (XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(ip->i_mount)) {
 		error = XFS_ERROR(EIO);
-		goto out_put_target_file;
+		goto out_put_tmp_file;
 	}
 
 	error = xfs_swap_extents(ip, tip, sxp);
 
- out_put_target_file:
-	fput(target_file);
+ out_put_tmp_file:
+	fput(tmp_file);
  out_put_file:
 	fput(file);
  out:
@@ -186,7 +192,7 @@ xfs_swap_extents_check_format(
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int
+static int
 xfs_swap_extents(
 	xfs_inode_t	*ip,	/* target inode */
 	xfs_inode_t	*tip,	/* tmp inode */
@@ -254,6 +260,9 @@ xfs_swap_extents(
 		goto out_unlock;
 	}
 
+	trace_xfs_swap_extent_before(ip, 0);
+	trace_xfs_swap_extent_before(tip, 1);
+
 	/* check inode formats now that data is flushed */
 	error = xfs_swap_extents_check_format(ip, tip);
 	if (error) {
@@ -421,6 +430,8 @@ xfs_swap_extents(
 
 	error = xfs_trans_commit(tp, XFS_TRANS_SWAPEXT);
 
+	trace_xfs_swap_extent_after(ip, 0);
+	trace_xfs_swap_extent_after(tip, 1);
 out:
 	kmem_free(tempifp);
 	return error;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_dfrag.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_dfrag.h
index 4f55a6306558..20bdd935c121 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_dfrag.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_dfrag.h
@@ -48,9 +48,6 @@ typedef struct xfs_swapext
  */
 int	xfs_swapext(struct xfs_swapext *sx);
 
-int	xfs_swap_extents(struct xfs_inode *ip, struct xfs_inode *tip,
-		struct xfs_swapext *sxp);
-
 #endif	/* __KERNEL__ */
 
 #endif	/* __XFS_DFRAG_H__ */
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_dir2.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_dir2.c
index 93634a7e90e9..42520f041265 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_dir2.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_dir2.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 #include "xfs_vnodeops.h"
 #include "xfs_trace.h"
 
-struct xfs_name xfs_name_dotdot = {"..", 2};
+struct xfs_name xfs_name_dotdot = { (unsigned char *)"..", 2};
 
 /*
  * ASCII case-insensitive (ie. A-Z) support for directories that was
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ xfs_ascii_ci_hashname(
 STATIC enum xfs_dacmp
 xfs_ascii_ci_compname(
 	struct xfs_da_args *args,
-	const char	*name,
-	int 		len)
+	const unsigned char *name,
+	int		len)
 {
 	enum xfs_dacmp	result;
 	int		i;
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ xfs_dir_createname(
 int
 xfs_dir_cilookup_result(
 	struct xfs_da_args *args,
-	const char	*name,
+	const unsigned char *name,
 	int		len)
 {
 	if (args->cmpresult == XFS_CMP_DIFFERENT)
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_dir2.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_dir2.h
index 1d9ef96f33aa..74a3b1057685 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_dir2.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_dir2.h
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ extern int xfs_dir2_isleaf(struct xfs_trans *tp, struct xfs_inode *dp,
 extern int xfs_dir2_shrink_inode(struct xfs_da_args *args, xfs_dir2_db_t db,
 				struct xfs_dabuf *bp);
 
-extern int xfs_dir_cilookup_result(struct xfs_da_args *args, const char *name,
-				int len);
+extern int xfs_dir_cilookup_result(struct xfs_da_args *args,
+				const unsigned char *name, int len);
 
 #endif	/* __XFS_DIR2_H__ */
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_dir2_block.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_dir2_block.c
index ddc4ecc7807f..779a267b0a84 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_dir2_block.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_dir2_block.c
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ static xfs_dahash_t xfs_dir_hash_dot, xfs_dir_hash_dotdot;
 void
 xfs_dir_startup(void)
 {
-	xfs_dir_hash_dot = xfs_da_hashname(".", 1);
-	xfs_dir_hash_dotdot = xfs_da_hashname("..", 2);
+	xfs_dir_hash_dot = xfs_da_hashname((unsigned char *)".", 1);
+	xfs_dir_hash_dotdot = xfs_da_hashname((unsigned char *)"..", 2);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -513,8 +513,9 @@ xfs_dir2_block_getdents(
 		/*
 		 * If it didn't fit, set the final offset to here & return.
 		 */
-		if (filldir(dirent, dep->name, dep->namelen, cook & 0x7fffffff,
-			    be64_to_cpu(dep->inumber), DT_UNKNOWN)) {
+		if (filldir(dirent, (char *)dep->name, dep->namelen,
+			    cook & 0x7fffffff, be64_to_cpu(dep->inumber),
+			    DT_UNKNOWN)) {
 			*offset = cook & 0x7fffffff;
 			xfs_da_brelse(NULL, bp);
 			return 0;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_dir2_leaf.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_dir2_leaf.c
index 29f484c11b3a..e2d89854ec9e 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_dir2_leaf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_dir2_leaf.c
@@ -1081,7 +1081,7 @@ xfs_dir2_leaf_getdents(
 		dep = (xfs_dir2_data_entry_t *)ptr;
 		length = xfs_dir2_data_entsize(dep->namelen);
 
-		if (filldir(dirent, dep->name, dep->namelen,
+		if (filldir(dirent, (char *)dep->name, dep->namelen,
 			    xfs_dir2_byte_to_dataptr(mp, curoff) & 0x7fffffff,
 			    be64_to_cpu(dep->inumber), DT_UNKNOWN))
 			break;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_dir2_node.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_dir2_node.c
index ce6e355199b5..78fc4d9ae756 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_dir2_node.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_dir2_node.c
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ static int xfs_dir2_node_addname_int(xfs_da_args_t *args,
 /*
  * Log entries from a freespace block.
  */
-void
+STATIC void
 xfs_dir2_free_log_bests(
 	xfs_trans_t		*tp,		/* transaction pointer */
 	xfs_dabuf_t		*bp,		/* freespace buffer */
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_dir2_node.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_dir2_node.h
index dde72db3d695..82dfe7147195 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_dir2_node.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_dir2_node.h
@@ -75,8 +75,6 @@ xfs_dir2_db_to_fdindex(struct xfs_mount *mp, xfs_dir2_db_t db)
 	return ((db) % XFS_DIR2_MAX_FREE_BESTS(mp));
 }
 
-extern void xfs_dir2_free_log_bests(struct xfs_trans *tp, struct xfs_dabuf *bp,
-				    int first, int last);
 extern int xfs_dir2_leaf_to_node(struct xfs_da_args *args,
 				 struct xfs_dabuf *lbp);
 extern xfs_dahash_t xfs_dir2_leafn_lasthash(struct xfs_dabuf *bp, int *count);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_dir2_sf.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_dir2_sf.c
index 9d4f17a69676..c1a5945d463a 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_dir2_sf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_dir2_sf.c
@@ -782,7 +782,7 @@ xfs_dir2_sf_getdents(
 		}
 
 		ino = xfs_dir2_sf_get_inumber(sfp, xfs_dir2_sf_inumberp(sfep));
-		if (filldir(dirent, sfep->name, sfep->namelen,
+		if (filldir(dirent, (char *)sfep->name, sfep->namelen,
 			    off & 0x7fffffff, ino, DT_UNKNOWN)) {
 			*offset = off & 0x7fffffff;
 			return 0;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_extfree_item.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_extfree_item.c
index 05a4bdd4be39..6f35ed1b39b9 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_extfree_item.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_extfree_item.c
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ xfs_efi_item_format(xfs_efi_log_item_t	*efip,
 
 	log_vector->i_addr = (xfs_caddr_t)&(efip->efi_format);
 	log_vector->i_len = size;
-	XLOG_VEC_SET_TYPE(log_vector, XLOG_REG_TYPE_EFI_FORMAT);
+	log_vector->i_type = XLOG_REG_TYPE_EFI_FORMAT;
 	ASSERT(size >= sizeof(xfs_efi_log_format_t));
 }
 
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ xfs_efd_item_format(xfs_efd_log_item_t	*efdp,
 
 	log_vector->i_addr = (xfs_caddr_t)&(efdp->efd_format);
 	log_vector->i_len = size;
-	XLOG_VEC_SET_TYPE(log_vector, XLOG_REG_TYPE_EFD_FORMAT);
+	log_vector->i_type = XLOG_REG_TYPE_EFD_FORMAT;
 	ASSERT(size >= sizeof(xfs_efd_log_format_t));
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_filestream.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_filestream.c
index a631e1451abb..390850ee6603 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_filestream.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_filestream.c
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ _xfs_filestream_pick_ag(
 	int		flags,
 	xfs_extlen_t	minlen)
 {
+	int		streams, max_streams;
 	int		err, trylock, nscan;
 	xfs_extlen_t	longest, free, minfree, maxfree = 0;
 	xfs_agnumber_t	ag, max_ag = NULLAGNUMBER;
@@ -155,15 +156,15 @@ _xfs_filestream_pick_ag(
 	trylock = XFS_ALLOC_FLAG_TRYLOCK;
 
 	for (nscan = 0; 1; nscan++) {
-
-		TRACE_AG_SCAN(mp, ag, xfs_filestream_peek_ag(mp, ag));
-
-		pag = mp->m_perag + ag;
+		pag = xfs_perag_get(mp, ag);
+		TRACE_AG_SCAN(mp, ag, atomic_read(&pag->pagf_fstrms));
 
 		if (!pag->pagf_init) {
 			err = xfs_alloc_pagf_init(mp, NULL, ag, trylock);
-			if (err && !trylock)
+			if (err && !trylock) {
+				xfs_perag_put(pag);
 				return err;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/* Might fail sometimes during the 1st pass with trylock set. */
@@ -173,6 +174,7 @@ _xfs_filestream_pick_ag(
 		/* Keep track of the AG with the most free blocks. */
 		if (pag->pagf_freeblks > maxfree) {
 			maxfree = pag->pagf_freeblks;
+			max_streams = atomic_read(&pag->pagf_fstrms);
 			max_ag = ag;
 		}
 
@@ -195,6 +197,8 @@ _xfs_filestream_pick_ag(
 
 			/* Break out, retaining the reference on the AG. */
 			free = pag->pagf_freeblks;
+			streams = atomic_read(&pag->pagf_fstrms);
+			xfs_perag_put(pag);
 			*agp = ag;
 			break;
 		}
@@ -202,6 +206,7 @@ _xfs_filestream_pick_ag(
 		/* Drop the reference on this AG, it's not usable. */
 		xfs_filestream_put_ag(mp, ag);
 next_ag:
+		xfs_perag_put(pag);
 		/* Move to the next AG, wrapping to AG 0 if necessary. */
 		if (++ag >= mp->m_sb.sb_agcount)
 			ag = 0;
@@ -229,6 +234,7 @@ next_ag:
 		if (max_ag != NULLAGNUMBER) {
 			xfs_filestream_get_ag(mp, max_ag);
 			TRACE_AG_PICK1(mp, max_ag, maxfree);
+			streams = max_streams;
 			free = maxfree;
 			*agp = max_ag;
 			break;
@@ -240,16 +246,14 @@ next_ag:
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	TRACE_AG_PICK2(mp, startag, *agp, xfs_filestream_peek_ag(mp, *agp),
-			free, nscan, flags);
+	TRACE_AG_PICK2(mp, startag, *agp, streams, free, nscan, flags);
 
 	return 0;
 }
 
 /*
  * Set the allocation group number for a file or a directory, updating inode
- * references and per-AG references as appropriate.  Must be called with the
- * m_peraglock held in read mode.
+ * references and per-AG references as appropriate.
  */
 static int
 _xfs_filestream_update_ag(
@@ -451,20 +455,6 @@ xfs_filestream_unmount(
 }
 
 /*
- * If the mount point's m_perag array is going to be reallocated, all
- * outstanding cache entries must be flushed to avoid accessing reference count
- * addresses that have been freed.  The call to xfs_filestream_flush() must be
- * made inside the block that holds the m_peraglock in write mode to do the
- * reallocation.
- */
-void
-xfs_filestream_flush(
-	xfs_mount_t	*mp)
-{
-	xfs_mru_cache_flush(mp->m_filestream);
-}
-
-/*
  * Return the AG of the filestream the file or directory belongs to, or
  * NULLAGNUMBER otherwise.
  */
@@ -526,7 +516,6 @@ xfs_filestream_associate(
 
 	mp = pip->i_mount;
 	cache = mp->m_filestream;
-	down_read(&mp->m_peraglock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We have a problem, Houston.
@@ -543,10 +532,8 @@ xfs_filestream_associate(
 	 *
 	 * So, if we can't get the iolock without sleeping then just give up
 	 */
-	if (!xfs_ilock_nowait(pip, XFS_IOLOCK_EXCL)) {
-		up_read(&mp->m_peraglock);
+	if (!xfs_ilock_nowait(pip, XFS_IOLOCK_EXCL))
 		return 1;
-	}
 
 	/* If the parent directory is already in the cache, use its AG. */
 	item = xfs_mru_cache_lookup(cache, pip->i_ino);
@@ -601,7 +588,6 @@ exit_did_pick:
 
 exit:
 	xfs_iunlock(pip, XFS_IOLOCK_EXCL);
-	up_read(&mp->m_peraglock);
 	return -err;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_filestream.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_filestream.h
index 4aba67c5f64f..260f757bbc5d 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_filestream.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_filestream.h
@@ -79,12 +79,21 @@ extern ktrace_t *xfs_filestreams_trace_buf;
  * the cache that reference per-ag array elements that have since been
  * reallocated.
  */
+/*
+ * xfs_filestream_peek_ag is only used in tracing code
+ */
 static inline int
 xfs_filestream_peek_ag(
 	xfs_mount_t	*mp,
 	xfs_agnumber_t	agno)
 {
-	return atomic_read(&mp->m_perag[agno].pagf_fstrms);
+	struct xfs_perag *pag;
+	int		ret;
+
+	pag = xfs_perag_get(mp, agno);
+	ret = atomic_read(&pag->pagf_fstrms);
+	xfs_perag_put(pag);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static inline int
@@ -92,7 +101,13 @@ xfs_filestream_get_ag(
 	xfs_mount_t	*mp,
 	xfs_agnumber_t	agno)
 {
-	return atomic_inc_return(&mp->m_perag[agno].pagf_fstrms);
+	struct xfs_perag *pag;
+	int		ret;
+
+	pag = xfs_perag_get(mp, agno);
+	ret = atomic_inc_return(&pag->pagf_fstrms);
+	xfs_perag_put(pag);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static inline int
@@ -100,7 +115,13 @@ xfs_filestream_put_ag(
 	xfs_mount_t	*mp,
 	xfs_agnumber_t	agno)
 {
-	return atomic_dec_return(&mp->m_perag[agno].pagf_fstrms);
+	struct xfs_perag *pag;
+	int		ret;
+
+	pag = xfs_perag_get(mp, agno);
+	ret = atomic_dec_return(&pag->pagf_fstrms);
+	xfs_perag_put(pag);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /* allocation selection flags */
@@ -114,7 +135,6 @@ int xfs_filestream_init(void);
 void xfs_filestream_uninit(void);
 int xfs_filestream_mount(struct xfs_mount *mp);
 void xfs_filestream_unmount(struct xfs_mount *mp);
-void xfs_filestream_flush(struct xfs_mount *mp);
 xfs_agnumber_t xfs_filestream_lookup_ag(struct xfs_inode *ip);
 int xfs_filestream_associate(struct xfs_inode *dip, struct xfs_inode *ip);
 void xfs_filestream_deassociate(struct xfs_inode *ip);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_fsops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_fsops.c
index a13919a6a364..37a6f62c57b6 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_fsops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_fsops.c
@@ -167,27 +167,14 @@ xfs_growfs_data_private(
 	}
 	new = nb - mp->m_sb.sb_dblocks;
 	oagcount = mp->m_sb.sb_agcount;
-	if (nagcount > oagcount) {
-		void *new_perag, *old_perag;
-
-		xfs_filestream_flush(mp);
-
-		new_perag = kmem_zalloc(sizeof(xfs_perag_t) * nagcount,
-					KM_MAYFAIL);
-		if (!new_perag)
-			return XFS_ERROR(ENOMEM);
-
-		down_write(&mp->m_peraglock);
-		memcpy(new_perag, mp->m_perag, sizeof(xfs_perag_t) * oagcount);
-		old_perag = mp->m_perag;
-		mp->m_perag = new_perag;
-
-		mp->m_flags |= XFS_MOUNT_32BITINODES;
-		nagimax = xfs_initialize_perag(mp, nagcount);
-		up_write(&mp->m_peraglock);
 
-		kmem_free(old_perag);
+	/* allocate the new per-ag structures */
+	if (nagcount > oagcount) {
+		error = xfs_initialize_perag(mp, nagcount, &nagimax);
+		if (error)
+			return error;
 	}
+
 	tp = xfs_trans_alloc(mp, XFS_TRANS_GROWFS);
 	tp->t_flags |= XFS_TRANS_RESERVE;
 	if ((error = xfs_trans_reserve(tp, XFS_GROWFS_SPACE_RES(mp),
@@ -196,6 +183,11 @@ xfs_growfs_data_private(
 		return error;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Write new AG headers to disk. Non-transactional, but written
+	 * synchronously so they are completed prior to the growfs transaction
+	 * being logged.
+	 */
 	nfree = 0;
 	for (agno = nagcount - 1; agno >= oagcount; agno--, new -= agsize) {
 		/*
@@ -359,6 +351,12 @@ xfs_growfs_data_private(
 			goto error0;
 		}
 	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Update changed superblock fields transactionally. These are not
+	 * seen by the rest of the world until the transaction commit applies
+	 * them atomically to the superblock.
+	 */
 	if (nagcount > oagcount)
 		xfs_trans_mod_sb(tp, XFS_TRANS_SB_AGCOUNT, nagcount - oagcount);
 	if (nb > mp->m_sb.sb_dblocks)
@@ -369,9 +367,9 @@ xfs_growfs_data_private(
 	if (dpct)
 		xfs_trans_mod_sb(tp, XFS_TRANS_SB_IMAXPCT, dpct);
 	error = xfs_trans_commit(tp, 0);
-	if (error) {
+	if (error)
 		return error;
-	}
+
 	/* New allocation groups fully initialized, so update mount struct */
 	if (nagimax)
 		mp->m_maxagi = nagimax;
@@ -381,6 +379,8 @@ xfs_growfs_data_private(
 		mp->m_maxicount = icount << mp->m_sb.sb_inopblog;
 	} else
 		mp->m_maxicount = 0;
+
+	/* update secondary superblocks. */
 	for (agno = 1; agno < nagcount; agno++) {
 		error = xfs_read_buf(mp, mp->m_ddev_targp,
 				  XFS_AGB_TO_DADDR(mp, agno, XFS_SB_BLOCK(mp)),
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_ialloc.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_ialloc.c
index cb907ba69c4c..9d884c127bb9 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_ialloc.c
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ xfs_ialloc_inode_init(
 		d = XFS_AGB_TO_DADDR(mp, agno, agbno + (j * blks_per_cluster));
 		fbuf = xfs_trans_get_buf(tp, mp->m_ddev_targp, d,
 					 mp->m_bsize * blks_per_cluster,
-					 XFS_BUF_LOCK);
+					 XBF_LOCK);
 		ASSERT(fbuf);
 		ASSERT(!XFS_BUF_GETERROR(fbuf));
 
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ xfs_ialloc_ag_alloc(
 	xfs_agino_t	thisino;	/* current inode number, for loop */
 	int		isaligned = 0;	/* inode allocation at stripe unit */
 					/* boundary */
+	struct xfs_perag *pag;
 
 	args.tp = tp;
 	args.mp = tp->t_mountp;
@@ -382,9 +383,9 @@ xfs_ialloc_ag_alloc(
 	newino = XFS_OFFBNO_TO_AGINO(args.mp, args.agbno, 0);
 	be32_add_cpu(&agi->agi_count, newlen);
 	be32_add_cpu(&agi->agi_freecount, newlen);
-	down_read(&args.mp->m_peraglock);
-	args.mp->m_perag[agno].pagi_freecount += newlen;
-	up_read(&args.mp->m_peraglock);
+	pag = xfs_perag_get(args.mp, agno);
+	pag->pagi_freecount += newlen;
+	xfs_perag_put(pag);
 	agi->agi_newino = cpu_to_be32(newino);
 
 	/*
@@ -486,9 +487,8 @@ xfs_ialloc_ag_select(
 	 */
 	agno = pagno;
 	flags = XFS_ALLOC_FLAG_TRYLOCK;
-	down_read(&mp->m_peraglock);
 	for (;;) {
-		pag = &mp->m_perag[agno];
+		pag = xfs_perag_get(mp, agno);
 		if (!pag->pagi_init) {
 			if (xfs_ialloc_read_agi(mp, tp, agno, &agbp)) {
 				agbp = NULL;
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ xfs_ialloc_ag_select(
 					agbp = NULL;
 					goto nextag;
 				}
-				up_read(&mp->m_peraglock);
+				xfs_perag_put(pag);
 				return agbp;
 			}
 		}
@@ -535,22 +535,19 @@ unlock_nextag:
 		if (agbp)
 			xfs_trans_brelse(tp, agbp);
 nextag:
+		xfs_perag_put(pag);
 		/*
 		 * No point in iterating over the rest, if we're shutting
 		 * down.
 		 */
-		if (XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(mp)) {
-			up_read(&mp->m_peraglock);
+		if (XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(mp))
 			return NULL;
-		}
 		agno++;
 		if (agno >= agcount)
 			agno = 0;
 		if (agno == pagno) {
-			if (flags == 0) {
-				up_read(&mp->m_peraglock);
+			if (flags == 0)
 				return NULL;
-			}
 			flags = 0;
 		}
 	}
@@ -672,6 +669,7 @@ xfs_dialloc(
 	xfs_agnumber_t	tagno;		/* testing allocation group number */
 	xfs_btree_cur_t	*tcur;		/* temp cursor */
 	xfs_inobt_rec_incore_t trec;	/* temp inode allocation record */
+	struct xfs_perag *pag;
 
 
 	if (*IO_agbp == NULL) {
@@ -771,13 +769,13 @@ nextag:
 			*inop = NULLFSINO;
 			return noroom ? ENOSPC : 0;
 		}
-		down_read(&mp->m_peraglock);
-		if (mp->m_perag[tagno].pagi_inodeok == 0) {
-			up_read(&mp->m_peraglock);
+		pag = xfs_perag_get(mp, tagno);
+		if (pag->pagi_inodeok == 0) {
+			xfs_perag_put(pag);
 			goto nextag;
 		}
 		error = xfs_ialloc_read_agi(mp, tp, tagno, &agbp);
-		up_read(&mp->m_peraglock);
+		xfs_perag_put(pag);
 		if (error)
 			goto nextag;
 		agi = XFS_BUF_TO_AGI(agbp);
@@ -790,6 +788,7 @@ nextag:
 	 */
 	agno = tagno;
 	*IO_agbp = NULL;
+	pag = xfs_perag_get(mp, agno);
 
  restart_pagno:
 	cur = xfs_inobt_init_cursor(mp, tp, agbp, be32_to_cpu(agi->agi_seqno));
@@ -808,7 +807,6 @@ nextag:
 	 * If in the same AG as the parent, try to get near the parent.
 	 */
 	if (pagno == agno) {
-		xfs_perag_t	*pag = &mp->m_perag[agno];
 		int		doneleft;	/* done, to the left */
 		int		doneright;	/* done, to the right */
 		int		searchdistance = 10;
@@ -1006,9 +1004,7 @@ alloc_inode:
 		goto error0;
 	be32_add_cpu(&agi->agi_freecount, -1);
 	xfs_ialloc_log_agi(tp, agbp, XFS_AGI_FREECOUNT);
-	down_read(&mp->m_peraglock);
-	mp->m_perag[tagno].pagi_freecount--;
-	up_read(&mp->m_peraglock);
+	pag->pagi_freecount--;
 
 	error = xfs_check_agi_freecount(cur, agi);
 	if (error)
@@ -1016,12 +1012,14 @@ alloc_inode:
 
 	xfs_btree_del_cursor(cur, XFS_BTREE_NOERROR);
 	xfs_trans_mod_sb(tp, XFS_TRANS_SB_IFREE, -1);
+	xfs_perag_put(pag);
 	*inop = ino;
 	return 0;
 error1:
 	xfs_btree_del_cursor(tcur, XFS_BTREE_ERROR);
 error0:
 	xfs_btree_del_cursor(cur, XFS_BTREE_ERROR);
+	xfs_perag_put(pag);
 	return error;
 }
 
@@ -1052,6 +1050,7 @@ xfs_difree(
 	xfs_mount_t	*mp;	/* mount structure for filesystem */
 	int		off;	/* offset of inode in inode chunk */
 	xfs_inobt_rec_incore_t rec;	/* btree record */
+	struct xfs_perag *pag;
 
 	mp = tp->t_mountp;
 
@@ -1088,9 +1087,7 @@ xfs_difree(
 	/*
 	 * Get the allocation group header.
 	 */
-	down_read(&mp->m_peraglock);
 	error = xfs_ialloc_read_agi(mp, tp, agno, &agbp);
-	up_read(&mp->m_peraglock);
 	if (error) {
 		cmn_err(CE_WARN,
 			"xfs_difree: xfs_ialloc_read_agi() returned an error %d on %s.  Returning error.",
@@ -1157,9 +1154,9 @@ xfs_difree(
 		be32_add_cpu(&agi->agi_count, -ilen);
 		be32_add_cpu(&agi->agi_freecount, -(ilen - 1));
 		xfs_ialloc_log_agi(tp, agbp, XFS_AGI_COUNT | XFS_AGI_FREECOUNT);
-		down_read(&mp->m_peraglock);
-		mp->m_perag[agno].pagi_freecount -= ilen - 1;
-		up_read(&mp->m_peraglock);
+		pag = xfs_perag_get(mp, agno);
+		pag->pagi_freecount -= ilen - 1;
+		xfs_perag_put(pag);
 		xfs_trans_mod_sb(tp, XFS_TRANS_SB_ICOUNT, -ilen);
 		xfs_trans_mod_sb(tp, XFS_TRANS_SB_IFREE, -(ilen - 1));
 
@@ -1188,9 +1185,9 @@ xfs_difree(
 		 */
 		be32_add_cpu(&agi->agi_freecount, 1);
 		xfs_ialloc_log_agi(tp, agbp, XFS_AGI_FREECOUNT);
-		down_read(&mp->m_peraglock);
-		mp->m_perag[agno].pagi_freecount++;
-		up_read(&mp->m_peraglock);
+		pag = xfs_perag_get(mp, agno);
+		pag->pagi_freecount++;
+		xfs_perag_put(pag);
 		xfs_trans_mod_sb(tp, XFS_TRANS_SB_IFREE, 1);
 	}
 
@@ -1312,9 +1309,7 @@ xfs_imap(
 		xfs_buf_t	*agbp;	/* agi buffer */
 		int		i;	/* temp state */
 
-		down_read(&mp->m_peraglock);
 		error = xfs_ialloc_read_agi(mp, tp, agno, &agbp);
-		up_read(&mp->m_peraglock);
 		if (error) {
 			xfs_fs_cmn_err(CE_ALERT, mp, "xfs_imap: "
 					"xfs_ialloc_read_agi() returned "
@@ -1379,7 +1374,6 @@ xfs_imap(
 			XFS_FSB_TO_BB(mp, mp->m_sb.sb_dblocks));
 		return XFS_ERROR(EINVAL);
 	}
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1523,8 +1517,7 @@ xfs_ialloc_read_agi(
 		return error;
 
 	agi = XFS_BUF_TO_AGI(*bpp);
-	pag = &mp->m_perag[agno];
-
+	pag = xfs_perag_get(mp, agno);
 	if (!pag->pagi_init) {
 		pag->pagi_freecount = be32_to_cpu(agi->agi_freecount);
 		pag->pagi_count = be32_to_cpu(agi->agi_count);
@@ -1537,6 +1530,7 @@ xfs_ialloc_read_agi(
 	 */
 	ASSERT(pag->pagi_freecount == be32_to_cpu(agi->agi_freecount) ||
 		XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(mp));
+	xfs_perag_put(pag);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_iget.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_iget.c
index 155e798f30a1..e281eb4a1c49 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_iget.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_iget.c
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ xfs_iget(
 		return EINVAL;
 
 	/* get the perag structure and ensure that it's inode capable */
-	pag = xfs_get_perag(mp, ino);
+	pag = xfs_perag_get(mp, XFS_INO_TO_AGNO(mp, ino));
 	if (!pag->pagi_inodeok)
 		return EINVAL;
 	ASSERT(pag->pag_ici_init);
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ again:
 		if (error)
 			goto out_error_or_again;
 	}
-	xfs_put_perag(mp, pag);
+	xfs_perag_put(pag);
 
 	*ipp = ip;
 
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ out_error_or_again:
 		delay(1);
 		goto again;
 	}
-	xfs_put_perag(mp, pag);
+	xfs_perag_put(pag);
 	return error;
 }
 
@@ -488,12 +488,12 @@ xfs_ireclaim(
 	 * added to the tree assert that it's been there before to catch
 	 * problems with the inode life time early on.
 	 */
-	pag = xfs_get_perag(mp, ip->i_ino);
+	pag = xfs_perag_get(mp, XFS_INO_TO_AGNO(mp, ip->i_ino));
 	write_lock(&pag->pag_ici_lock);
 	if (!radix_tree_delete(&pag->pag_ici_root, agino))
 		ASSERT(0);
 	write_unlock(&pag->pag_ici_lock);
-	xfs_put_perag(mp, pag);
+	xfs_perag_put(pag);
 
 	/*
 	 * Here we do an (almost) spurious inode lock in order to coordinate
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
index ef77fd88c8e3..fa31360046d4 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ xfs_imap_to_bp(
 				"an error %d on %s.  Returning error.",
 				error, mp->m_fsname);
 		} else {
-			ASSERT(buf_flags & XFS_BUF_TRYLOCK);
+			ASSERT(buf_flags & XBF_TRYLOCK);
 		}
 		return error;
 	}
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ xfs_inotobp(
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
-	error = xfs_imap_to_bp(mp, tp, &imap, &bp, XFS_BUF_LOCK, imap_flags);
+	error = xfs_imap_to_bp(mp, tp, &imap, &bp, XBF_LOCK, imap_flags);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ xfs_itobp(
 		return error;
 
 	if (!bp) {
-		ASSERT(buf_flags & XFS_BUF_TRYLOCK);
+		ASSERT(buf_flags & XBF_TRYLOCK);
 		ASSERT(tp == NULL);
 		*bpp = NULL;
 		return EAGAIN;
@@ -807,7 +807,7 @@ xfs_iread(
 	 * Get pointers to the on-disk inode and the buffer containing it.
 	 */
 	error = xfs_imap_to_bp(mp, tp, &ip->i_imap, &bp,
-			       XFS_BUF_LOCK, iget_flags);
+			       XBF_LOCK, iget_flags);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 	dip = (xfs_dinode_t *)xfs_buf_offset(bp, ip->i_imap.im_boffset);
@@ -1751,7 +1751,7 @@ xfs_iunlink(
 		 * Here we put the head pointer into our next pointer,
 		 * and then we fall through to point the head at us.
 		 */
-		error = xfs_itobp(mp, tp, ip, &dip, &ibp, XFS_BUF_LOCK);
+		error = xfs_itobp(mp, tp, ip, &dip, &ibp, XBF_LOCK);
 		if (error)
 			return error;
 
@@ -1833,7 +1833,7 @@ xfs_iunlink_remove(
 		 * of dealing with the buffer when there is no need to
 		 * change it.
 		 */
-		error = xfs_itobp(mp, tp, ip, &dip, &ibp, XFS_BUF_LOCK);
+		error = xfs_itobp(mp, tp, ip, &dip, &ibp, XBF_LOCK);
 		if (error) {
 			cmn_err(CE_WARN,
 				"xfs_iunlink_remove: xfs_itobp()  returned an error %d on %s.  Returning error.",
@@ -1895,7 +1895,7 @@ xfs_iunlink_remove(
 		 * Now last_ibp points to the buffer previous to us on
 		 * the unlinked list.  Pull us from the list.
 		 */
-		error = xfs_itobp(mp, tp, ip, &dip, &ibp, XFS_BUF_LOCK);
+		error = xfs_itobp(mp, tp, ip, &dip, &ibp, XBF_LOCK);
 		if (error) {
 			cmn_err(CE_WARN,
 				"xfs_iunlink_remove: xfs_itobp()  returned an error %d on %s.  Returning error.",
@@ -1946,8 +1946,9 @@ xfs_ifree_cluster(
 	xfs_inode_t		*ip, **ip_found;
 	xfs_inode_log_item_t	*iip;
 	xfs_log_item_t		*lip;
-	xfs_perag_t		*pag = xfs_get_perag(mp, inum);
+	struct xfs_perag	*pag;
 
+	pag = xfs_perag_get(mp, XFS_INO_TO_AGNO(mp, inum));
 	if (mp->m_sb.sb_blocksize >= XFS_INODE_CLUSTER_SIZE(mp)) {
 		blks_per_cluster = 1;
 		ninodes = mp->m_sb.sb_inopblock;
@@ -2039,7 +2040,7 @@ xfs_ifree_cluster(
 
 		bp = xfs_trans_get_buf(tp, mp->m_ddev_targp, blkno, 
 					mp->m_bsize * blks_per_cluster,
-					XFS_BUF_LOCK);
+					XBF_LOCK);
 
 		pre_flushed = 0;
 		lip = XFS_BUF_FSPRIVATE(bp, xfs_log_item_t *);
@@ -2088,7 +2089,7 @@ xfs_ifree_cluster(
 	}
 
 	kmem_free(ip_found);
-	xfs_put_perag(mp, pag);
+	xfs_perag_put(pag);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -2150,7 +2151,7 @@ xfs_ifree(
 
 	xfs_trans_log_inode(tp, ip, XFS_ILOG_CORE);
 
-	error = xfs_itobp(ip->i_mount, tp, ip, &dip, &ibp, XFS_BUF_LOCK);
+	error = xfs_itobp(ip->i_mount, tp, ip, &dip, &ibp, XBF_LOCK);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
@@ -2483,13 +2484,16 @@ __xfs_iunpin_wait(
 		return;
 
 	/* Give the log a push to start the unpinning I/O */
-	xfs_log_force(ip->i_mount, (iip && iip->ili_last_lsn) ?
-				iip->ili_last_lsn : 0, XFS_LOG_FORCE);
+	if (iip && iip->ili_last_lsn)
+		xfs_log_force_lsn(ip->i_mount, iip->ili_last_lsn, 0);
+	else
+		xfs_log_force(ip->i_mount, 0);
+
 	if (wait)
 		wait_event(ip->i_ipin_wait, (atomic_read(&ip->i_pincount) == 0));
 }
 
-static inline void
+void
 xfs_iunpin_wait(
 	xfs_inode_t	*ip)
 {
@@ -2675,7 +2679,7 @@ xfs_iflush_cluster(
 	xfs_buf_t	*bp)
 {
 	xfs_mount_t		*mp = ip->i_mount;
-	xfs_perag_t		*pag = xfs_get_perag(mp, ip->i_ino);
+	struct xfs_perag	*pag;
 	unsigned long		first_index, mask;
 	unsigned long		inodes_per_cluster;
 	int			ilist_size;
@@ -2686,6 +2690,7 @@ xfs_iflush_cluster(
 	int			bufwasdelwri;
 	int			i;
 
+	pag = xfs_perag_get(mp, XFS_INO_TO_AGNO(mp, ip->i_ino));
 	ASSERT(pag->pagi_inodeok);
 	ASSERT(pag->pag_ici_init);
 
@@ -2693,7 +2698,7 @@ xfs_iflush_cluster(
 	ilist_size = inodes_per_cluster * sizeof(xfs_inode_t *);
 	ilist = kmem_alloc(ilist_size, KM_MAYFAIL|KM_NOFS);
 	if (!ilist)
-		return 0;
+		goto out_put;
 
 	mask = ~(((XFS_INODE_CLUSTER_SIZE(mp) >> mp->m_sb.sb_inodelog)) - 1);
 	first_index = XFS_INO_TO_AGINO(mp, ip->i_ino) & mask;
@@ -2762,6 +2767,8 @@ xfs_iflush_cluster(
 out_free:
 	read_unlock(&pag->pag_ici_lock);
 	kmem_free(ilist);
+out_put:
+	xfs_perag_put(pag);
 	return 0;
 
 
@@ -2805,6 +2812,7 @@ cluster_corrupt_out:
 	 */
 	xfs_iflush_abort(iq);
 	kmem_free(ilist);
+	xfs_perag_put(pag);
 	return XFS_ERROR(EFSCORRUPTED);
 }
 
@@ -2827,8 +2835,6 @@ xfs_iflush(
 	xfs_dinode_t		*dip;
 	xfs_mount_t		*mp;
 	int			error;
-	int			noblock = (flags == XFS_IFLUSH_ASYNC_NOBLOCK);
-	enum { INT_DELWRI = (1 << 0), INT_ASYNC = (1 << 1) };
 
 	XFS_STATS_INC(xs_iflush_count);
 
@@ -2841,15 +2847,6 @@ xfs_iflush(
 	mp = ip->i_mount;
 
 	/*
-	 * If the inode isn't dirty, then just release the inode flush lock and
-	 * do nothing.
-	 */
-	if (xfs_inode_clean(ip)) {
-		xfs_ifunlock(ip);
-		return 0;
-	}
-
-	/*
 	 * We can't flush the inode until it is unpinned, so wait for it if we
 	 * are allowed to block.  We know noone new can pin it, because we are
 	 * holding the inode lock shared and you need to hold it exclusively to
@@ -2860,7 +2857,7 @@ xfs_iflush(
 	 * in the same cluster are dirty, they will probably write the inode
 	 * out for us if they occur after the log force completes.
 	 */
-	if (noblock && xfs_ipincount(ip)) {
+	if (!(flags & SYNC_WAIT) && xfs_ipincount(ip)) {
 		xfs_iunpin_nowait(ip);
 		xfs_ifunlock(ip);
 		return EAGAIN;
@@ -2894,60 +2891,10 @@ xfs_iflush(
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * Decide how buffer will be flushed out.  This is done before
-	 * the call to xfs_iflush_int because this field is zeroed by it.
-	 */
-	if (iip != NULL && iip->ili_format.ilf_fields != 0) {
-		/*
-		 * Flush out the inode buffer according to the directions
-		 * of the caller.  In the cases where the caller has given
-		 * us a choice choose the non-delwri case.  This is because
-		 * the inode is in the AIL and we need to get it out soon.
-		 */
-		switch (flags) {
-		case XFS_IFLUSH_SYNC:
-		case XFS_IFLUSH_DELWRI_ELSE_SYNC:
-			flags = 0;
-			break;
-		case XFS_IFLUSH_ASYNC_NOBLOCK:
-		case XFS_IFLUSH_ASYNC:
-		case XFS_IFLUSH_DELWRI_ELSE_ASYNC:
-			flags = INT_ASYNC;
-			break;
-		case XFS_IFLUSH_DELWRI:
-			flags = INT_DELWRI;
-			break;
-		default:
-			ASSERT(0);
-			flags = 0;
-			break;
-		}
-	} else {
-		switch (flags) {
-		case XFS_IFLUSH_DELWRI_ELSE_SYNC:
-		case XFS_IFLUSH_DELWRI_ELSE_ASYNC:
-		case XFS_IFLUSH_DELWRI:
-			flags = INT_DELWRI;
-			break;
-		case XFS_IFLUSH_ASYNC_NOBLOCK:
-		case XFS_IFLUSH_ASYNC:
-			flags = INT_ASYNC;
-			break;
-		case XFS_IFLUSH_SYNC:
-			flags = 0;
-			break;
-		default:
-			ASSERT(0);
-			flags = 0;
-			break;
-		}
-	}
-
-	/*
 	 * Get the buffer containing the on-disk inode.
 	 */
 	error = xfs_itobp(mp, NULL, ip, &dip, &bp,
-				noblock ? XFS_BUF_TRYLOCK : XFS_BUF_LOCK);
+				(flags & SYNC_WAIT) ? XBF_LOCK : XBF_TRYLOCK);
 	if (error || !bp) {
 		xfs_ifunlock(ip);
 		return error;
@@ -2965,7 +2912,7 @@ xfs_iflush(
 	 * get stuck waiting in the write for too long.
 	 */
 	if (XFS_BUF_ISPINNED(bp))
-		xfs_log_force(mp, (xfs_lsn_t)0, XFS_LOG_FORCE);
+		xfs_log_force(mp, 0);
 
 	/*
 	 * inode clustering:
@@ -2975,13 +2922,10 @@ xfs_iflush(
 	if (error)
 		goto cluster_corrupt_out;
 
-	if (flags & INT_DELWRI) {
-		xfs_bdwrite(mp, bp);
-	} else if (flags & INT_ASYNC) {
-		error = xfs_bawrite(mp, bp);
-	} else {
+	if (flags & SYNC_WAIT)
 		error = xfs_bwrite(mp, bp);
-	}
+	else
+		xfs_bdwrite(mp, bp);
 	return error;
 
 corrupt_out:
@@ -3016,16 +2960,6 @@ xfs_iflush_int(
 	iip = ip->i_itemp;
 	mp = ip->i_mount;
 
-
-	/*
-	 * If the inode isn't dirty, then just release the inode
-	 * flush lock and do nothing.
-	 */
-	if (xfs_inode_clean(ip)) {
-		xfs_ifunlock(ip);
-		return 0;
-	}
-
 	/* set *dip = inode's place in the buffer */
 	dip = (xfs_dinode_t *)xfs_buf_offset(bp, ip->i_imap.im_boffset);
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h
index ec1f28c4fc4f..6c912b027596 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h
@@ -420,16 +420,6 @@ static inline void xfs_ifunlock(xfs_inode_t *ip)
 #define XFS_ILOCK_DEP(flags)	(((flags) & XFS_ILOCK_DEP_MASK) >> XFS_ILOCK_SHIFT)
 
 /*
- * Flags for xfs_iflush()
- */
-#define	XFS_IFLUSH_DELWRI_ELSE_SYNC	1
-#define	XFS_IFLUSH_DELWRI_ELSE_ASYNC	2
-#define	XFS_IFLUSH_SYNC			3
-#define	XFS_IFLUSH_ASYNC		4
-#define	XFS_IFLUSH_DELWRI		5
-#define	XFS_IFLUSH_ASYNC_NOBLOCK	6
-
-/*
  * Flags for xfs_itruncate_start().
  */
 #define	XFS_ITRUNC_DEFINITE	0x1
@@ -483,6 +473,7 @@ int		xfs_iunlink(struct xfs_trans *, xfs_inode_t *);
 void		xfs_iext_realloc(xfs_inode_t *, int, int);
 void		xfs_ipin(xfs_inode_t *);
 void		xfs_iunpin(xfs_inode_t *);
+void		xfs_iunpin_wait(xfs_inode_t *);
 int		xfs_iflush(xfs_inode_t *, uint);
 void		xfs_ichgtime(xfs_inode_t *, int);
 void		xfs_lock_inodes(xfs_inode_t **, int, uint);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c
index f38855d21ea5..d4dc063111f8 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ xfs_inode_item_format(
 
 	vecp->i_addr = (xfs_caddr_t)&iip->ili_format;
 	vecp->i_len  = sizeof(xfs_inode_log_format_t);
-	XLOG_VEC_SET_TYPE(vecp, XLOG_REG_TYPE_IFORMAT);
+	vecp->i_type = XLOG_REG_TYPE_IFORMAT;
 	vecp++;
 	nvecs	     = 1;
 
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ xfs_inode_item_format(
 
 	vecp->i_addr = (xfs_caddr_t)&ip->i_d;
 	vecp->i_len  = sizeof(struct xfs_icdinode);
-	XLOG_VEC_SET_TYPE(vecp, XLOG_REG_TYPE_ICORE);
+	vecp->i_type = XLOG_REG_TYPE_ICORE;
 	vecp++;
 	nvecs++;
 	iip->ili_format.ilf_fields |= XFS_ILOG_CORE;
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ xfs_inode_item_format(
 				vecp->i_addr =
 					(char *)(ip->i_df.if_u1.if_extents);
 				vecp->i_len = ip->i_df.if_bytes;
-				XLOG_VEC_SET_TYPE(vecp, XLOG_REG_TYPE_IEXT);
+				vecp->i_type = XLOG_REG_TYPE_IEXT;
 			} else
 #endif
 			{
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ xfs_inode_item_format(
 				vecp->i_addr = (xfs_caddr_t)ext_buffer;
 				vecp->i_len = xfs_iextents_copy(ip, ext_buffer,
 						XFS_DATA_FORK);
-				XLOG_VEC_SET_TYPE(vecp, XLOG_REG_TYPE_IEXT);
+				vecp->i_type = XLOG_REG_TYPE_IEXT;
 			}
 			ASSERT(vecp->i_len <= ip->i_df.if_bytes);
 			iip->ili_format.ilf_dsize = vecp->i_len;
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ xfs_inode_item_format(
 			ASSERT(ip->i_df.if_broot != NULL);
 			vecp->i_addr = (xfs_caddr_t)ip->i_df.if_broot;
 			vecp->i_len = ip->i_df.if_broot_bytes;
-			XLOG_VEC_SET_TYPE(vecp, XLOG_REG_TYPE_IBROOT);
+			vecp->i_type = XLOG_REG_TYPE_IBROOT;
 			vecp++;
 			nvecs++;
 			iip->ili_format.ilf_dsize = ip->i_df.if_broot_bytes;
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ xfs_inode_item_format(
 			ASSERT((ip->i_df.if_real_bytes == 0) ||
 			       (ip->i_df.if_real_bytes == data_bytes));
 			vecp->i_len = (int)data_bytes;
-			XLOG_VEC_SET_TYPE(vecp, XLOG_REG_TYPE_ILOCAL);
+			vecp->i_type = XLOG_REG_TYPE_ILOCAL;
 			vecp++;
 			nvecs++;
 			iip->ili_format.ilf_dsize = (unsigned)data_bytes;
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ xfs_inode_item_format(
 			vecp->i_len = xfs_iextents_copy(ip, ext_buffer,
 					XFS_ATTR_FORK);
 #endif
-			XLOG_VEC_SET_TYPE(vecp, XLOG_REG_TYPE_IATTR_EXT);
+			vecp->i_type = XLOG_REG_TYPE_IATTR_EXT;
 			iip->ili_format.ilf_asize = vecp->i_len;
 			vecp++;
 			nvecs++;
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ xfs_inode_item_format(
 			ASSERT(ip->i_afp->if_broot != NULL);
 			vecp->i_addr = (xfs_caddr_t)ip->i_afp->if_broot;
 			vecp->i_len = ip->i_afp->if_broot_bytes;
-			XLOG_VEC_SET_TYPE(vecp, XLOG_REG_TYPE_IATTR_BROOT);
+			vecp->i_type = XLOG_REG_TYPE_IATTR_BROOT;
 			vecp++;
 			nvecs++;
 			iip->ili_format.ilf_asize = ip->i_afp->if_broot_bytes;
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ xfs_inode_item_format(
 			ASSERT((ip->i_afp->if_real_bytes == 0) ||
 			       (ip->i_afp->if_real_bytes == data_bytes));
 			vecp->i_len = (int)data_bytes;
-			XLOG_VEC_SET_TYPE(vecp, XLOG_REG_TYPE_IATTR_LOCAL);
+			vecp->i_type = XLOG_REG_TYPE_IATTR_LOCAL;
 			vecp++;
 			nvecs++;
 			iip->ili_format.ilf_asize = (unsigned)data_bytes;
@@ -602,33 +602,20 @@ xfs_inode_item_trylock(
 
 	if (!xfs_iflock_nowait(ip)) {
 		/*
-		 * If someone else isn't already trying to push the inode
-		 * buffer, we get to do it.
+		 * inode has already been flushed to the backing buffer,
+		 * leave it locked in shared mode, pushbuf routine will
+		 * unlock it.
 		 */
-		if (iip->ili_pushbuf_flag == 0) {
-			iip->ili_pushbuf_flag = 1;
-#ifdef DEBUG
-			iip->ili_push_owner = current_pid();
-#endif
-			/*
-			 * Inode is left locked in shared mode.
-			 * Pushbuf routine gets to unlock it.
-			 */
-			return XFS_ITEM_PUSHBUF;
-		} else {
-			/*
-			 * We hold the AIL lock, so we must specify the
-			 * NONOTIFY flag so that we won't double trip.
-			 */
-			xfs_iunlock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_SHARED|XFS_IUNLOCK_NONOTIFY);
-			return XFS_ITEM_FLUSHING;
-		}
-		/* NOTREACHED */
+		return XFS_ITEM_PUSHBUF;
 	}
 
 	/* Stale items should force out the iclog */
 	if (ip->i_flags & XFS_ISTALE) {
 		xfs_ifunlock(ip);
+		/*
+		 * we hold the AIL lock - notify the unlock routine of this
+		 * so it doesn't try to get the lock again.
+		 */
 		xfs_iunlock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_SHARED|XFS_IUNLOCK_NONOTIFY);
 		return XFS_ITEM_PINNED;
 	}
@@ -746,11 +733,8 @@ xfs_inode_item_committed(
  * This gets called by xfs_trans_push_ail(), when IOP_TRYLOCK
  * failed to get the inode flush lock but did get the inode locked SHARED.
  * Here we're trying to see if the inode buffer is incore, and if so whether it's
- * marked delayed write. If that's the case, we'll initiate a bawrite on that
- * buffer to expedite the process.
- *
- * We aren't holding the AIL lock (or the flush lock) when this gets called,
- * so it is inherently race-y.
+ * marked delayed write. If that's the case, we'll promote it and that will
+ * allow the caller to write the buffer by triggering the xfsbufd to run.
  */
 STATIC void
 xfs_inode_item_pushbuf(
@@ -759,82 +743,30 @@ xfs_inode_item_pushbuf(
 	xfs_inode_t	*ip;
 	xfs_mount_t	*mp;
 	xfs_buf_t	*bp;
-	uint		dopush;
 
 	ip = iip->ili_inode;
-
 	ASSERT(xfs_isilocked(ip, XFS_ILOCK_SHARED));
 
 	/*
-	 * The ili_pushbuf_flag keeps others from
-	 * trying to duplicate our effort.
-	 */
-	ASSERT(iip->ili_pushbuf_flag != 0);
-	ASSERT(iip->ili_push_owner == current_pid());
-
-	/*
 	 * If a flush is not in progress anymore, chances are that the
 	 * inode was taken off the AIL. So, just get out.
 	 */
 	if (completion_done(&ip->i_flush) ||
 	    ((iip->ili_item.li_flags & XFS_LI_IN_AIL) == 0)) {
-		iip->ili_pushbuf_flag = 0;
 		xfs_iunlock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_SHARED);
 		return;
 	}
 
 	mp = ip->i_mount;
 	bp = xfs_incore(mp->m_ddev_targp, iip->ili_format.ilf_blkno,
-		    iip->ili_format.ilf_len, XFS_INCORE_TRYLOCK);
+		    iip->ili_format.ilf_len, XBF_TRYLOCK);
 
-	if (bp != NULL) {
-		if (XFS_BUF_ISDELAYWRITE(bp)) {
-			/*
-			 * We were racing with iflush because we don't hold
-			 * the AIL lock or the flush lock. However, at this point,
-			 * we have the buffer, and we know that it's dirty.
-			 * So, it's possible that iflush raced with us, and
-			 * this item is already taken off the AIL.
-			 * If not, we can flush it async.
-			 */
-			dopush = ((iip->ili_item.li_flags & XFS_LI_IN_AIL) &&
-				  !completion_done(&ip->i_flush));
-			iip->ili_pushbuf_flag = 0;
-			xfs_iunlock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_SHARED);
-
-			trace_xfs_inode_item_push(bp, _RET_IP_);
-
-			if (XFS_BUF_ISPINNED(bp)) {
-				xfs_log_force(mp, (xfs_lsn_t)0,
-					      XFS_LOG_FORCE);
-			}
-			if (dopush) {
-				int	error;
-				error = xfs_bawrite(mp, bp);
-				if (error)
-					xfs_fs_cmn_err(CE_WARN, mp,
-		"xfs_inode_item_pushbuf: pushbuf error %d on iip %p, bp %p",
-							error, iip, bp);
-			} else {
-				xfs_buf_relse(bp);
-			}
-		} else {
-			iip->ili_pushbuf_flag = 0;
-			xfs_iunlock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_SHARED);
-			xfs_buf_relse(bp);
-		}
-		return;
-	}
-	/*
-	 * We have to be careful about resetting pushbuf flag too early (above).
-	 * Even though in theory we can do it as soon as we have the buflock,
-	 * we don't want others to be doing work needlessly. They'll come to
-	 * this function thinking that pushing the buffer is their
-	 * responsibility only to find that the buffer is still locked by
-	 * another doing the same thing
-	 */
-	iip->ili_pushbuf_flag = 0;
 	xfs_iunlock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_SHARED);
+	if (!bp)
+		return;
+	if (XFS_BUF_ISDELAYWRITE(bp))
+		xfs_buf_delwri_promote(bp);
+	xfs_buf_relse(bp);
 	return;
 }
 
@@ -867,10 +799,14 @@ xfs_inode_item_push(
 	       iip->ili_format.ilf_fields != 0);
 
 	/*
-	 * Write out the inode.  The completion routine ('iflush_done') will
-	 * pull it from the AIL, mark it clean, unlock the flush lock.
+	 * Push the inode to it's backing buffer. This will not remove the
+	 * inode from the AIL - a further push will be required to trigger a
+	 * buffer push. However, this allows all the dirty inodes to be pushed
+	 * to the buffer before it is pushed to disk. THe buffer IO completion
+	 * will pull th einode from the AIL, mark it clean and unlock the flush
+	 * lock.
 	 */
-	(void) xfs_iflush(ip, XFS_IFLUSH_ASYNC);
+	(void) xfs_iflush(ip, 0);
 	xfs_iunlock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_SHARED);
 
 	return;
@@ -934,7 +870,6 @@ xfs_inode_item_init(
 	/*
 	   We have zeroed memory. No need ...
 	   iip->ili_extents_buf = NULL;
-	   iip->ili_pushbuf_flag = 0;
 	 */
 
 	iip->ili_format.ilf_type = XFS_LI_INODE;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.h
index cc8df1ac7783..9a467958ecdd 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.h
@@ -144,12 +144,6 @@ typedef struct xfs_inode_log_item {
 						      data exts */
 	struct xfs_bmbt_rec	*ili_aextents_buf; /* array of logged
 						      attr exts */
-	unsigned int            ili_pushbuf_flag;  /* one bit used in push_ail */
-
-#ifdef DEBUG
-	uint64_t                ili_push_owner;    /* one who sets pushbuf_flag
-						      above gets to push the buf */
-#endif
 #ifdef XFS_TRANS_DEBUG
 	int			ili_root_size;
 	char			*ili_orig_root;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_itable.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_itable.c
index 62efab2f3839..3af02314c605 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_itable.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_itable.c
@@ -408,8 +408,10 @@ xfs_bulkstat(
 		(XFS_INODE_CLUSTER_SIZE(mp) >> mp->m_sb.sb_inodelog);
 	nimask = ~(nicluster - 1);
 	nbcluster = nicluster >> mp->m_sb.sb_inopblog;
-	irbuf = kmem_zalloc_greedy(&irbsize, PAGE_SIZE, PAGE_SIZE * 4,
-				   KM_SLEEP | KM_MAYFAIL | KM_LARGE);
+	irbuf = kmem_zalloc_greedy(&irbsize, PAGE_SIZE, PAGE_SIZE * 4);
+	if (!irbuf)
+		return ENOMEM;
+
 	nirbuf = irbsize / sizeof(*irbuf);
 
 	/*
@@ -420,9 +422,7 @@ xfs_bulkstat(
 	while (XFS_BULKSTAT_UBLEFT(ubleft) && agno < mp->m_sb.sb_agcount) {
 		cond_resched();
 		bp = NULL;
-		down_read(&mp->m_peraglock);
 		error = xfs_ialloc_read_agi(mp, NULL, agno, &agbp);
-		up_read(&mp->m_peraglock);
 		if (error) {
 			/*
 			 * Skip this allocation group and go to the next one.
@@ -729,7 +729,7 @@ xfs_bulkstat(
 	/*
 	 * Done, we're either out of filesystem or space to put the data.
 	 */
-	kmem_free(irbuf);
+	kmem_free_large(irbuf);
 	*ubcountp = ubelem;
 	/*
 	 * Found some inodes, return them now and return the error next time.
@@ -849,9 +849,7 @@ xfs_inumbers(
 	agbp = NULL;
 	while (left > 0 && agno < mp->m_sb.sb_agcount) {
 		if (agbp == NULL) {
-			down_read(&mp->m_peraglock);
 			error = xfs_ialloc_read_agi(mp, NULL, agno, &agbp);
-			up_read(&mp->m_peraglock);
 			if (error) {
 				/*
 				 * If we can't read the AGI of this ag,
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c
index 600b5b06aaeb..4f16be4b6ee5 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ kmem_zone_t	*xfs_log_ticket_zone;
 	  (off) += (bytes);}
 
 /* Local miscellaneous function prototypes */
-STATIC int	 xlog_bdstrat_cb(struct xfs_buf *);
 STATIC int	 xlog_commit_record(xfs_mount_t *mp, xlog_ticket_t *ticket,
 				    xlog_in_core_t **, xfs_lsn_t *);
 STATIC xlog_t *  xlog_alloc_log(xfs_mount_t	*mp,
@@ -80,11 +79,6 @@ STATIC int  xlog_state_release_iclog(xlog_t		*log,
 STATIC void xlog_state_switch_iclogs(xlog_t		*log,
 				     xlog_in_core_t *iclog,
 				     int		eventual_size);
-STATIC int  xlog_state_sync(xlog_t			*log,
-			    xfs_lsn_t 			lsn,
-			    uint			flags,
-			    int				*log_flushed);
-STATIC int  xlog_state_sync_all(xlog_t *log, uint flags, int *log_flushed);
 STATIC void xlog_state_want_sync(xlog_t	*log, xlog_in_core_t *iclog);
 
 /* local functions to manipulate grant head */
@@ -297,65 +291,6 @@ xfs_log_done(xfs_mount_t	*mp,
 	return lsn;
 }	/* xfs_log_done */
 
-
-/*
- * Force the in-core log to disk.  If flags == XFS_LOG_SYNC,
- *	the force is done synchronously.
- *
- * Asynchronous forces are implemented by setting the WANT_SYNC
- * bit in the appropriate in-core log and then returning.
- *
- * Synchronous forces are implemented with a signal variable. All callers
- * to force a given lsn to disk will wait on a the sv attached to the
- * specific in-core log.  When given in-core log finally completes its
- * write to disk, that thread will wake up all threads waiting on the
- * sv.
- */
-int
-_xfs_log_force(
-	xfs_mount_t	*mp,
-	xfs_lsn_t	lsn,
-	uint		flags,
-	int		*log_flushed)
-{
-	xlog_t		*log = mp->m_log;
-	int		dummy;
-
-	if (!log_flushed)
-		log_flushed = &dummy;
-
-	ASSERT(flags & XFS_LOG_FORCE);
-
-	XFS_STATS_INC(xs_log_force);
-
-	if (log->l_flags & XLOG_IO_ERROR)
-		return XFS_ERROR(EIO);
-	if (lsn == 0)
-		return xlog_state_sync_all(log, flags, log_flushed);
-	else
-		return xlog_state_sync(log, lsn, flags, log_flushed);
-}	/* _xfs_log_force */
-
-/*
- * Wrapper for _xfs_log_force(), to be used when caller doesn't care
- * about errors or whether the log was flushed or not. This is the normal
- * interface to use when trying to unpin items or move the log forward.
- */
-void
-xfs_log_force(
-	xfs_mount_t	*mp,
-	xfs_lsn_t	lsn,
-	uint		flags)
-{
-	int	error;
-	error = _xfs_log_force(mp, lsn, flags, NULL);
-	if (error) {
-		xfs_fs_cmn_err(CE_WARN, mp, "xfs_log_force: "
-			"error %d returned.", error);
-	}
-}
-
-
 /*
  * Attaches a new iclog I/O completion callback routine during
  * transaction commit.  If the log is in error state, a non-zero
@@ -602,7 +537,7 @@ xfs_log_unmount_write(xfs_mount_t *mp)
 	if (mp->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_RDONLY)
 		return 0;
 
-	error = _xfs_log_force(mp, 0, XFS_LOG_FORCE|XFS_LOG_SYNC, NULL);
+	error = _xfs_log_force(mp, XFS_LOG_SYNC, NULL);
 	ASSERT(error || !(XLOG_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(log)));
 
 #ifdef DEBUG
@@ -618,7 +553,7 @@ xfs_log_unmount_write(xfs_mount_t *mp)
 	if (! (XLOG_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(log))) {
 		reg[0].i_addr = (void*)&magic;
 		reg[0].i_len  = sizeof(magic);
-		XLOG_VEC_SET_TYPE(&reg[0], XLOG_REG_TYPE_UNMOUNT);
+		reg[0].i_type = XLOG_REG_TYPE_UNMOUNT;
 
 		error = xfs_log_reserve(mp, 600, 1, &tic,
 					XFS_LOG, 0, XLOG_UNMOUNT_REC_TYPE);
@@ -988,35 +923,6 @@ xlog_iodone(xfs_buf_t *bp)
 }	/* xlog_iodone */
 
 /*
- * The bdstrat callback function for log bufs. This gives us a central
- * place to trap bufs in case we get hit by a log I/O error and need to
- * shutdown. Actually, in practice, even when we didn't get a log error,
- * we transition the iclogs to IOERROR state *after* flushing all existing
- * iclogs to disk. This is because we don't want anymore new transactions to be
- * started or completed afterwards.
- */
-STATIC int
-xlog_bdstrat_cb(struct xfs_buf *bp)
-{
-	xlog_in_core_t *iclog;
-
-	iclog = XFS_BUF_FSPRIVATE(bp, xlog_in_core_t *);
-
-	if ((iclog->ic_state & XLOG_STATE_IOERROR) == 0) {
-	  /* note for irix bstrat will need  struct bdevsw passed
-	   * Fix the following macro if the code ever is merged
-	   */
-	    XFS_bdstrat(bp);
-		return 0;
-	}
-
-	XFS_BUF_ERROR(bp, EIO);
-	XFS_BUF_STALE(bp);
-	xfs_biodone(bp);
-	return XFS_ERROR(EIO);
-}
-
-/*
  * Return size of each in-core log record buffer.
  *
  * All machines get 8 x 32kB buffers by default, unless tuned otherwise.
@@ -1158,7 +1064,6 @@ xlog_alloc_log(xfs_mount_t	*mp,
 	if (!bp)
 		goto out_free_log;
 	XFS_BUF_SET_IODONE_FUNC(bp, xlog_iodone);
-	XFS_BUF_SET_BDSTRAT_FUNC(bp, xlog_bdstrat_cb);
 	XFS_BUF_SET_FSPRIVATE2(bp, (unsigned long)1);
 	ASSERT(XFS_BUF_ISBUSY(bp));
 	ASSERT(XFS_BUF_VALUSEMA(bp) <= 0);
@@ -1196,7 +1101,6 @@ xlog_alloc_log(xfs_mount_t	*mp,
 		if (!XFS_BUF_CPSEMA(bp))
 			ASSERT(0);
 		XFS_BUF_SET_IODONE_FUNC(bp, xlog_iodone);
-		XFS_BUF_SET_BDSTRAT_FUNC(bp, xlog_bdstrat_cb);
 		XFS_BUF_SET_FSPRIVATE2(bp, (unsigned long)1);
 		iclog->ic_bp = bp;
 		iclog->ic_data = bp->b_addr;
@@ -1268,7 +1172,7 @@ xlog_commit_record(xfs_mount_t  *mp,
 
 	reg[0].i_addr = NULL;
 	reg[0].i_len = 0;
-	XLOG_VEC_SET_TYPE(&reg[0], XLOG_REG_TYPE_COMMIT);
+	reg[0].i_type = XLOG_REG_TYPE_COMMIT;
 
 	ASSERT_ALWAYS(iclog);
 	if ((error = xlog_write(mp, reg, 1, ticket, commitlsnp,
@@ -1343,6 +1247,37 @@ xlog_grant_push_ail(xfs_mount_t	*mp,
 	    xfs_trans_ail_push(log->l_ailp, threshold_lsn);
 }	/* xlog_grant_push_ail */
 
+/*
+ * The bdstrat callback function for log bufs. This gives us a central
+ * place to trap bufs in case we get hit by a log I/O error and need to
+ * shutdown. Actually, in practice, even when we didn't get a log error,
+ * we transition the iclogs to IOERROR state *after* flushing all existing
+ * iclogs to disk. This is because we don't want anymore new transactions to be
+ * started or completed afterwards.
+ */
+STATIC int
+xlog_bdstrat(
+	struct xfs_buf		*bp)
+{
+	struct xlog_in_core	*iclog;
+
+	iclog = XFS_BUF_FSPRIVATE(bp, xlog_in_core_t *);
+	if (iclog->ic_state & XLOG_STATE_IOERROR) {
+		XFS_BUF_ERROR(bp, EIO);
+		XFS_BUF_STALE(bp);
+		xfs_biodone(bp);
+		/*
+		 * It would seem logical to return EIO here, but we rely on
+		 * the log state machine to propagate I/O errors instead of
+		 * doing it here.
+		 */
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	bp->b_flags |= _XBF_RUN_QUEUES;
+	xfs_buf_iorequest(bp);
+	return 0;
+}
 
 /*
  * Flush out the in-core log (iclog) to the on-disk log in an asynchronous 
@@ -1462,7 +1397,7 @@ xlog_sync(xlog_t		*log,
 	 */
 	XFS_BUF_WRITE(bp);
 
-	if ((error = XFS_bwrite(bp))) {
+	if ((error = xlog_bdstrat(bp))) {
 		xfs_ioerror_alert("xlog_sync", log->l_mp, bp,
 				  XFS_BUF_ADDR(bp));
 		return error;
@@ -1502,7 +1437,7 @@ xlog_sync(xlog_t		*log,
 		/* account for internal log which doesn't start at block #0 */
 		XFS_BUF_SET_ADDR(bp, XFS_BUF_ADDR(bp) + log->l_logBBstart);
 		XFS_BUF_WRITE(bp);
-		if ((error = XFS_bwrite(bp))) {
+		if ((error = xlog_bdstrat(bp))) {
 			xfs_ioerror_alert("xlog_sync (split)", log->l_mp,
 					  bp, XFS_BUF_ADDR(bp));
 			return error;
@@ -2854,7 +2789,6 @@ xlog_state_switch_iclogs(xlog_t		*log,
 	log->l_iclog = iclog->ic_next;
 }	/* xlog_state_switch_iclogs */
 
-
 /*
  * Write out all data in the in-core log as of this exact moment in time.
  *
@@ -2882,11 +2816,17 @@ xlog_state_switch_iclogs(xlog_t		*log,
  *	   b) when we return from flushing out this iclog, it is still
  *		not in the active nor dirty state.
  */
-STATIC int
-xlog_state_sync_all(xlog_t *log, uint flags, int *log_flushed)
+int
+_xfs_log_force(
+	struct xfs_mount	*mp,
+	uint			flags,
+	int			*log_flushed)
 {
-	xlog_in_core_t	*iclog;
-	xfs_lsn_t	lsn;
+	struct log		*log = mp->m_log;
+	struct xlog_in_core	*iclog;
+	xfs_lsn_t		lsn;
+
+	XFS_STATS_INC(xs_log_force);
 
 	spin_lock(&log->l_icloglock);
 
@@ -2932,7 +2872,9 @@ xlog_state_sync_all(xlog_t *log, uint flags, int *log_flushed)
 
 				if (xlog_state_release_iclog(log, iclog))
 					return XFS_ERROR(EIO);
-				*log_flushed = 1;
+
+				if (log_flushed)
+					*log_flushed = 1;
 				spin_lock(&log->l_icloglock);
 				if (be64_to_cpu(iclog->ic_header.h_lsn) == lsn &&
 				    iclog->ic_state != XLOG_STATE_DIRTY)
@@ -2976,19 +2918,37 @@ maybe_sleep:
 		 */
 		if (iclog->ic_state & XLOG_STATE_IOERROR)
 			return XFS_ERROR(EIO);
-		*log_flushed = 1;
-
+		if (log_flushed)
+			*log_flushed = 1;
 	} else {
 
 no_sleep:
 		spin_unlock(&log->l_icloglock);
 	}
 	return 0;
-}	/* xlog_state_sync_all */
+}
 
+/*
+ * Wrapper for _xfs_log_force(), to be used when caller doesn't care
+ * about errors or whether the log was flushed or not. This is the normal
+ * interface to use when trying to unpin items or move the log forward.
+ */
+void
+xfs_log_force(
+	xfs_mount_t	*mp,
+	uint		flags)
+{
+	int	error;
+
+	error = _xfs_log_force(mp, flags, NULL);
+	if (error) {
+		xfs_fs_cmn_err(CE_WARN, mp, "xfs_log_force: "
+			"error %d returned.", error);
+	}
+}
 
 /*
- * Used by code which implements synchronous log forces.
+ * Force the in-core log to disk for a specific LSN.
  *
  * Find in-core log with lsn.
  *	If it is in the DIRTY state, just return.
@@ -2996,109 +2956,142 @@ no_sleep:
  *		state and go to sleep or return.
  *	If it is in any other state, go to sleep or return.
  *
- * If filesystem activity goes to zero, the iclog will get flushed only by
- * bdflush().
+ * Synchronous forces are implemented with a signal variable. All callers
+ * to force a given lsn to disk will wait on a the sv attached to the
+ * specific in-core log.  When given in-core log finally completes its
+ * write to disk, that thread will wake up all threads waiting on the
+ * sv.
  */
-STATIC int
-xlog_state_sync(xlog_t	  *log,
-		xfs_lsn_t lsn,
-		uint	  flags,
-		int	  *log_flushed)
+int
+_xfs_log_force_lsn(
+	struct xfs_mount	*mp,
+	xfs_lsn_t		lsn,
+	uint			flags,
+	int			*log_flushed)
 {
-    xlog_in_core_t	*iclog;
-    int			already_slept = 0;
+	struct log		*log = mp->m_log;
+	struct xlog_in_core	*iclog;
+	int			already_slept = 0;
 
-try_again:
-    spin_lock(&log->l_icloglock);
-    iclog = log->l_iclog;
+	ASSERT(lsn != 0);
 
-    if (iclog->ic_state & XLOG_STATE_IOERROR) {
-	    spin_unlock(&log->l_icloglock);
-	    return XFS_ERROR(EIO);
-    }
-
-    do {
-	if (be64_to_cpu(iclog->ic_header.h_lsn) != lsn) {
-		iclog = iclog->ic_next;
-		continue;
-	}
+	XFS_STATS_INC(xs_log_force);
 
-	if (iclog->ic_state == XLOG_STATE_DIRTY) {
+try_again:
+	spin_lock(&log->l_icloglock);
+	iclog = log->l_iclog;
+	if (iclog->ic_state & XLOG_STATE_IOERROR) {
 		spin_unlock(&log->l_icloglock);
-		return 0;
+		return XFS_ERROR(EIO);
 	}
 
-	if (iclog->ic_state == XLOG_STATE_ACTIVE) {
-		/*
-		 * We sleep here if we haven't already slept (e.g.
-		 * this is the first time we've looked at the correct
-		 * iclog buf) and the buffer before us is going to
-		 * be sync'ed. The reason for this is that if we
-		 * are doing sync transactions here, by waiting for
-		 * the previous I/O to complete, we can allow a few
-		 * more transactions into this iclog before we close
-		 * it down.
-		 *
-		 * Otherwise, we mark the buffer WANT_SYNC, and bump
-		 * up the refcnt so we can release the log (which drops
-		 * the ref count).  The state switch keeps new transaction
-		 * commits from using this buffer.  When the current commits
-		 * finish writing into the buffer, the refcount will drop to
-		 * zero and the buffer will go out then.
-		 */
-		if (!already_slept &&
-		    (iclog->ic_prev->ic_state & (XLOG_STATE_WANT_SYNC |
-						 XLOG_STATE_SYNCING))) {
-			ASSERT(!(iclog->ic_state & XLOG_STATE_IOERROR));
-			XFS_STATS_INC(xs_log_force_sleep);
-			sv_wait(&iclog->ic_prev->ic_write_wait, PSWP,
-				&log->l_icloglock, s);
-			*log_flushed = 1;
-			already_slept = 1;
-			goto try_again;
-		} else {
+	do {
+		if (be64_to_cpu(iclog->ic_header.h_lsn) != lsn) {
+			iclog = iclog->ic_next;
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		if (iclog->ic_state == XLOG_STATE_DIRTY) {
+			spin_unlock(&log->l_icloglock);
+			return 0;
+		}
+
+		if (iclog->ic_state == XLOG_STATE_ACTIVE) {
+			/*
+			 * We sleep here if we haven't already slept (e.g.
+			 * this is the first time we've looked at the correct
+			 * iclog buf) and the buffer before us is going to
+			 * be sync'ed. The reason for this is that if we
+			 * are doing sync transactions here, by waiting for
+			 * the previous I/O to complete, we can allow a few
+			 * more transactions into this iclog before we close
+			 * it down.
+			 *
+			 * Otherwise, we mark the buffer WANT_SYNC, and bump
+			 * up the refcnt so we can release the log (which
+			 * drops the ref count).  The state switch keeps new
+			 * transaction commits from using this buffer.  When
+			 * the current commits finish writing into the buffer,
+			 * the refcount will drop to zero and the buffer will
+			 * go out then.
+			 */
+			if (!already_slept &&
+			    (iclog->ic_prev->ic_state &
+			     (XLOG_STATE_WANT_SYNC | XLOG_STATE_SYNCING))) {
+				ASSERT(!(iclog->ic_state & XLOG_STATE_IOERROR));
+
+				XFS_STATS_INC(xs_log_force_sleep);
+
+				sv_wait(&iclog->ic_prev->ic_write_wait,
+					PSWP, &log->l_icloglock, s);
+				if (log_flushed)
+					*log_flushed = 1;
+				already_slept = 1;
+				goto try_again;
+			}
 			atomic_inc(&iclog->ic_refcnt);
 			xlog_state_switch_iclogs(log, iclog, 0);
 			spin_unlock(&log->l_icloglock);
 			if (xlog_state_release_iclog(log, iclog))
 				return XFS_ERROR(EIO);
-			*log_flushed = 1;
+			if (log_flushed)
+				*log_flushed = 1;
 			spin_lock(&log->l_icloglock);
 		}
-	}
 
-	if ((flags & XFS_LOG_SYNC) && /* sleep */
-	    !(iclog->ic_state & (XLOG_STATE_ACTIVE | XLOG_STATE_DIRTY))) {
+		if ((flags & XFS_LOG_SYNC) && /* sleep */
+		    !(iclog->ic_state &
+		      (XLOG_STATE_ACTIVE | XLOG_STATE_DIRTY))) {
+			/*
+			 * Don't wait on completion if we know that we've
+			 * gotten a log write error.
+			 */
+			if (iclog->ic_state & XLOG_STATE_IOERROR) {
+				spin_unlock(&log->l_icloglock);
+				return XFS_ERROR(EIO);
+			}
+			XFS_STATS_INC(xs_log_force_sleep);
+			sv_wait(&iclog->ic_force_wait, PSWP, &log->l_icloglock, s);
+			/*
+			 * No need to grab the log lock here since we're
+			 * only deciding whether or not to return EIO
+			 * and the memory read should be atomic.
+			 */
+			if (iclog->ic_state & XLOG_STATE_IOERROR)
+				return XFS_ERROR(EIO);
 
-		/*
-		 * Don't wait on completion if we know that we've
-		 * gotten a log write error.
-		 */
-		if (iclog->ic_state & XLOG_STATE_IOERROR) {
+			if (log_flushed)
+				*log_flushed = 1;
+		} else {		/* just return */
 			spin_unlock(&log->l_icloglock);
-			return XFS_ERROR(EIO);
 		}
-		XFS_STATS_INC(xs_log_force_sleep);
-		sv_wait(&iclog->ic_force_wait, PSWP, &log->l_icloglock, s);
-		/*
-		 * No need to grab the log lock here since we're
-		 * only deciding whether or not to return EIO
-		 * and the memory read should be atomic.
-		 */
-		if (iclog->ic_state & XLOG_STATE_IOERROR)
-			return XFS_ERROR(EIO);
-		*log_flushed = 1;
-	} else {		/* just return */
-		spin_unlock(&log->l_icloglock);
-	}
-	return 0;
 
-    } while (iclog != log->l_iclog);
+		return 0;
+	} while (iclog != log->l_iclog);
 
-    spin_unlock(&log->l_icloglock);
-    return 0;
-}	/* xlog_state_sync */
+	spin_unlock(&log->l_icloglock);
+	return 0;
+}
 
+/*
+ * Wrapper for _xfs_log_force_lsn(), to be used when caller doesn't care
+ * about errors or whether the log was flushed or not. This is the normal
+ * interface to use when trying to unpin items or move the log forward.
+ */
+void
+xfs_log_force_lsn(
+	xfs_mount_t	*mp,
+	xfs_lsn_t	lsn,
+	uint		flags)
+{
+	int	error;
+
+	error = _xfs_log_force_lsn(mp, lsn, flags, NULL);
+	if (error) {
+		xfs_fs_cmn_err(CE_WARN, mp, "xfs_log_force: "
+			"error %d returned.", error);
+	}
+}
 
 /*
  * Called when we want to mark the current iclog as being ready to sync to
@@ -3463,7 +3456,6 @@ xfs_log_force_umount(
 	xlog_ticket_t	*tic;
 	xlog_t		*log;
 	int		retval;
-	int		dummy;
 
 	log = mp->m_log;
 
@@ -3537,13 +3529,14 @@ xfs_log_force_umount(
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&log->l_grant_lock);
 
-	if (! (log->l_iclog->ic_state & XLOG_STATE_IOERROR)) {
+	if (!(log->l_iclog->ic_state & XLOG_STATE_IOERROR)) {
 		ASSERT(!logerror);
 		/*
 		 * Force the incore logs to disk before shutting the
 		 * log down completely.
 		 */
-		xlog_state_sync_all(log, XFS_LOG_FORCE|XFS_LOG_SYNC, &dummy);
+		_xfs_log_force(mp, XFS_LOG_SYNC, NULL);
+
 		spin_lock(&log->l_icloglock);
 		retval = xlog_state_ioerror(log);
 		spin_unlock(&log->l_icloglock);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_log.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_log.h
index d0c9baa50b1a..7074be9d13e9 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_log.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_log.h
@@ -70,14 +70,8 @@ static inline xfs_lsn_t	_lsn_cmp(xfs_lsn_t lsn1, xfs_lsn_t lsn2)
  * Flags to xfs_log_force()
  *
  *	XFS_LOG_SYNC:	Synchronous force in-core log to disk
- *	XFS_LOG_FORCE:	Start in-core log write now.
- *	XFS_LOG_URGE:	Start write within some window of time.
- *
- * Note: Either XFS_LOG_FORCE or XFS_LOG_URGE must be set.
  */
 #define XFS_LOG_SYNC		0x1
-#define XFS_LOG_FORCE		0x2
-#define XFS_LOG_URGE		0x4
 
 #endif	/* __KERNEL__ */
 
@@ -110,10 +104,8 @@ static inline xfs_lsn_t	_lsn_cmp(xfs_lsn_t lsn1, xfs_lsn_t lsn2)
 #define XLOG_REG_TYPE_TRANSHDR		19
 #define XLOG_REG_TYPE_MAX		19
 
-#define XLOG_VEC_SET_TYPE(vecp, t) ((vecp)->i_type = (t))
-
 typedef struct xfs_log_iovec {
-	xfs_caddr_t		i_addr;		/* beginning address of region */
+	xfs_caddr_t	i_addr;		/* beginning address of region */
 	int		i_len;		/* length in bytes of region */
 	uint		i_type;		/* type of region */
 } xfs_log_iovec_t;
@@ -140,12 +132,17 @@ xfs_lsn_t xfs_log_done(struct xfs_mount *mp,
 		       void		**iclog,
 		       uint		flags);
 int	  _xfs_log_force(struct xfs_mount *mp,
-			 xfs_lsn_t	lsn,
 			 uint		flags,
 			 int		*log_forced);
 void	  xfs_log_force(struct xfs_mount	*mp,
-			xfs_lsn_t		lsn,
 			uint			flags);
+int	  _xfs_log_force_lsn(struct xfs_mount *mp,
+			     xfs_lsn_t		lsn,
+			     uint		flags,
+			     int		*log_forced);
+void	  xfs_log_force_lsn(struct xfs_mount	*mp,
+			    xfs_lsn_t		lsn,
+			    uint		flags);
 int	  xfs_log_mount(struct xfs_mount	*mp,
 			struct xfs_buftarg	*log_target,
 			xfs_daddr_t		start_block,
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_priv.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_priv.h
index d55662db7077..fd02a18facd5 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_priv.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_priv.h
@@ -443,14 +443,9 @@ typedef struct log {
 
 /* common routines */
 extern xfs_lsn_t xlog_assign_tail_lsn(struct xfs_mount *mp);
-extern int	 xlog_find_tail(xlog_t	*log,
-				xfs_daddr_t *head_blk,
-				xfs_daddr_t *tail_blk);
 extern int	 xlog_recover(xlog_t *log);
 extern int	 xlog_recover_finish(xlog_t *log);
 extern void	 xlog_pack_data(xlog_t *log, xlog_in_core_t *iclog, int);
-extern struct xfs_buf *xlog_get_bp(xlog_t *, int);
-extern void	 xlog_put_bp(struct xfs_buf *);
 
 extern kmem_zone_t	*xfs_log_ticket_zone;
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
index 69ac2e5ef20c..22e6efdc17ea 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
@@ -50,8 +50,6 @@
 
 STATIC int	xlog_find_zeroed(xlog_t *, xfs_daddr_t *);
 STATIC int	xlog_clear_stale_blocks(xlog_t *, xfs_lsn_t);
-STATIC void	xlog_recover_insert_item_backq(xlog_recover_item_t **q,
-					       xlog_recover_item_t *item);
 #if defined(DEBUG)
 STATIC void	xlog_recover_check_summary(xlog_t *);
 #else
@@ -68,7 +66,7 @@ STATIC void	xlog_recover_check_summary(xlog_t *);
 	((bbs + (log)->l_sectbb_mask + 1) & ~(log)->l_sectbb_mask) : (bbs) )
 #define XLOG_SECTOR_ROUNDDOWN_BLKNO(log, bno)	((bno) & ~(log)->l_sectbb_mask)
 
-xfs_buf_t *
+STATIC xfs_buf_t *
 xlog_get_bp(
 	xlog_t		*log,
 	int		nbblks)
@@ -88,7 +86,7 @@ xlog_get_bp(
 	return xfs_buf_get_noaddr(BBTOB(nbblks), log->l_mp->m_logdev_targp);
 }
 
-void
+STATIC void
 xlog_put_bp(
 	xfs_buf_t	*bp)
 {
@@ -805,7 +803,7 @@ xlog_find_head(
  * We could speed up search by using current head_blk buffer, but it is not
  * available.
  */
-int
+STATIC int
 xlog_find_tail(
 	xlog_t			*log,
 	xfs_daddr_t		*head_blk,
@@ -1367,36 +1365,45 @@ xlog_clear_stale_blocks(
 
 STATIC xlog_recover_t *
 xlog_recover_find_tid(
-	xlog_recover_t		*q,
+	struct hlist_head	*head,
 	xlog_tid_t		tid)
 {
-	xlog_recover_t		*p = q;
+	xlog_recover_t		*trans;
+	struct hlist_node	*n;
 
-	while (p != NULL) {
-		if (p->r_log_tid == tid)
-		    break;
-		p = p->r_next;
+	hlist_for_each_entry(trans, n, head, r_list) {
+		if (trans->r_log_tid == tid)
+			return trans;
 	}
-	return p;
+	return NULL;
 }
 
 STATIC void
-xlog_recover_put_hashq(
-	xlog_recover_t		**q,
-	xlog_recover_t		*trans)
+xlog_recover_new_tid(
+	struct hlist_head	*head,
+	xlog_tid_t		tid,
+	xfs_lsn_t		lsn)
 {
-	trans->r_next = *q;
-	*q = trans;
+	xlog_recover_t		*trans;
+
+	trans = kmem_zalloc(sizeof(xlog_recover_t), KM_SLEEP);
+	trans->r_log_tid   = tid;
+	trans->r_lsn	   = lsn;
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&trans->r_itemq);
+
+	INIT_HLIST_NODE(&trans->r_list);
+	hlist_add_head(&trans->r_list, head);
 }
 
 STATIC void
 xlog_recover_add_item(
-	xlog_recover_item_t	**itemq)
+	struct list_head	*head)
 {
 	xlog_recover_item_t	*item;
 
 	item = kmem_zalloc(sizeof(xlog_recover_item_t), KM_SLEEP);
-	xlog_recover_insert_item_backq(itemq, item);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&item->ri_list);
+	list_add_tail(&item->ri_list, head);
 }
 
 STATIC int
@@ -1409,8 +1416,7 @@ xlog_recover_add_to_cont_trans(
 	xfs_caddr_t		ptr, old_ptr;
 	int			old_len;
 
-	item = trans->r_itemq;
-	if (item == NULL) {
+	if (list_empty(&trans->r_itemq)) {
 		/* finish copying rest of trans header */
 		xlog_recover_add_item(&trans->r_itemq);
 		ptr = (xfs_caddr_t) &trans->r_theader +
@@ -1418,7 +1424,8 @@ xlog_recover_add_to_cont_trans(
 		memcpy(ptr, dp, len); /* d, s, l */
 		return 0;
 	}
-	item = item->ri_prev;
+	/* take the tail entry */
+	item = list_entry(trans->r_itemq.prev, xlog_recover_item_t, ri_list);
 
 	old_ptr = item->ri_buf[item->ri_cnt-1].i_addr;
 	old_len = item->ri_buf[item->ri_cnt-1].i_len;
@@ -1455,8 +1462,7 @@ xlog_recover_add_to_trans(
 
 	if (!len)
 		return 0;
-	item = trans->r_itemq;
-	if (item == NULL) {
+	if (list_empty(&trans->r_itemq)) {
 		/* we need to catch log corruptions here */
 		if (*(uint *)dp != XFS_TRANS_HEADER_MAGIC) {
 			xlog_warn("XFS: xlog_recover_add_to_trans: "
@@ -1474,12 +1480,15 @@ xlog_recover_add_to_trans(
 	memcpy(ptr, dp, len);
 	in_f = (xfs_inode_log_format_t *)ptr;
 
-	if (item->ri_prev->ri_total != 0 &&
-	     item->ri_prev->ri_total == item->ri_prev->ri_cnt) {
+	/* take the tail entry */
+	item = list_entry(trans->r_itemq.prev, xlog_recover_item_t, ri_list);
+	if (item->ri_total != 0 &&
+	     item->ri_total == item->ri_cnt) {
+		/* tail item is in use, get a new one */
 		xlog_recover_add_item(&trans->r_itemq);
+		item = list_entry(trans->r_itemq.prev,
+					xlog_recover_item_t, ri_list);
 	}
-	item = trans->r_itemq;
-	item = item->ri_prev;
 
 	if (item->ri_total == 0) {		/* first region to be added */
 		if (in_f->ilf_size == 0 ||
@@ -1504,96 +1513,29 @@ xlog_recover_add_to_trans(
 	return 0;
 }
 
-STATIC void
-xlog_recover_new_tid(
-	xlog_recover_t		**q,
-	xlog_tid_t		tid,
-	xfs_lsn_t		lsn)
-{
-	xlog_recover_t		*trans;
-
-	trans = kmem_zalloc(sizeof(xlog_recover_t), KM_SLEEP);
-	trans->r_log_tid   = tid;
-	trans->r_lsn	   = lsn;
-	xlog_recover_put_hashq(q, trans);
-}
-
-STATIC int
-xlog_recover_unlink_tid(
-	xlog_recover_t		**q,
-	xlog_recover_t		*trans)
-{
-	xlog_recover_t		*tp;
-	int			found = 0;
-
-	ASSERT(trans != NULL);
-	if (trans == *q) {
-		*q = (*q)->r_next;
-	} else {
-		tp = *q;
-		while (tp) {
-			if (tp->r_next == trans) {
-				found = 1;
-				break;
-			}
-			tp = tp->r_next;
-		}
-		if (!found) {
-			xlog_warn(
-			     "XFS: xlog_recover_unlink_tid: trans not found");
-			ASSERT(0);
-			return XFS_ERROR(EIO);
-		}
-		tp->r_next = tp->r_next->r_next;
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
-
-STATIC void
-xlog_recover_insert_item_backq(
-	xlog_recover_item_t	**q,
-	xlog_recover_item_t	*item)
-{
-	if (*q == NULL) {
-		item->ri_prev = item->ri_next = item;
-		*q = item;
-	} else {
-		item->ri_next		= *q;
-		item->ri_prev		= (*q)->ri_prev;
-		(*q)->ri_prev		= item;
-		item->ri_prev->ri_next	= item;
-	}
-}
-
-STATIC void
-xlog_recover_insert_item_frontq(
-	xlog_recover_item_t	**q,
-	xlog_recover_item_t	*item)
-{
-	xlog_recover_insert_item_backq(q, item);
-	*q = item;
-}
-
+/*
+ * Sort the log items in the transaction. Cancelled buffers need
+ * to be put first so they are processed before any items that might
+ * modify the buffers. If they are cancelled, then the modifications
+ * don't need to be replayed.
+ */
 STATIC int
 xlog_recover_reorder_trans(
 	xlog_recover_t		*trans)
 {
-	xlog_recover_item_t	*first_item, *itemq, *itemq_next;
-	xfs_buf_log_format_t	*buf_f;
-	ushort			flags = 0;
+	xlog_recover_item_t	*item, *n;
+	LIST_HEAD(sort_list);
 
-	first_item = itemq = trans->r_itemq;
-	trans->r_itemq = NULL;
-	do {
-		itemq_next = itemq->ri_next;
-		buf_f = (xfs_buf_log_format_t *)itemq->ri_buf[0].i_addr;
+	list_splice_init(&trans->r_itemq, &sort_list);
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(item, n, &sort_list, ri_list) {
+		xfs_buf_log_format_t	*buf_f;
 
-		switch (ITEM_TYPE(itemq)) {
+		buf_f = (xfs_buf_log_format_t *)item->ri_buf[0].i_addr;
+
+		switch (ITEM_TYPE(item)) {
 		case XFS_LI_BUF:
-			flags = buf_f->blf_flags;
-			if (!(flags & XFS_BLI_CANCEL)) {
-				xlog_recover_insert_item_frontq(&trans->r_itemq,
-								itemq);
+			if (!(buf_f->blf_flags & XFS_BLI_CANCEL)) {
+				list_move(&item->ri_list, &trans->r_itemq);
 				break;
 			}
 		case XFS_LI_INODE:
@@ -1601,7 +1543,7 @@ xlog_recover_reorder_trans(
 		case XFS_LI_QUOTAOFF:
 		case XFS_LI_EFD:
 		case XFS_LI_EFI:
-			xlog_recover_insert_item_backq(&trans->r_itemq, itemq);
+			list_move_tail(&item->ri_list, &trans->r_itemq);
 			break;
 		default:
 			xlog_warn(
@@ -1609,8 +1551,8 @@ xlog_recover_reorder_trans(
 			ASSERT(0);
 			return XFS_ERROR(EIO);
 		}
-		itemq = itemq_next;
-	} while (first_item != itemq);
+	}
+	ASSERT(list_empty(&sort_list));
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -2242,9 +2184,9 @@ xlog_recover_do_buffer_trans(
 	}
 
 	mp = log->l_mp;
-	buf_flags = XFS_BUF_LOCK;
+	buf_flags = XBF_LOCK;
 	if (!(flags & XFS_BLI_INODE_BUF))
-		buf_flags |= XFS_BUF_MAPPED;
+		buf_flags |= XBF_MAPPED;
 
 	bp = xfs_buf_read(mp->m_ddev_targp, blkno, len, buf_flags);
 	if (XFS_BUF_ISERROR(bp)) {
@@ -2346,7 +2288,7 @@ xlog_recover_do_inode_trans(
 	}
 
 	bp = xfs_buf_read(mp->m_ddev_targp, in_f->ilf_blkno, in_f->ilf_len,
-			  XFS_BUF_LOCK);
+			  XBF_LOCK);
 	if (XFS_BUF_ISERROR(bp)) {
 		xfs_ioerror_alert("xlog_recover_do..(read#2)", mp,
 				  bp, in_f->ilf_blkno);
@@ -2814,14 +2756,13 @@ xlog_recover_do_trans(
 	int			pass)
 {
 	int			error = 0;
-	xlog_recover_item_t	*item, *first_item;
+	xlog_recover_item_t	*item;
 
 	error = xlog_recover_reorder_trans(trans);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
-	first_item = item = trans->r_itemq;
-	do {
+	list_for_each_entry(item, &trans->r_itemq, ri_list) {
 		switch (ITEM_TYPE(item)) {
 		case XFS_LI_BUF:
 			error = xlog_recover_do_buffer_trans(log, item, pass);
@@ -2854,8 +2795,7 @@ xlog_recover_do_trans(
 
 		if (error)
 			return error;
-		item = item->ri_next;
-	} while (first_item != item);
+	}
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -2869,21 +2809,18 @@ STATIC void
 xlog_recover_free_trans(
 	xlog_recover_t		*trans)
 {
-	xlog_recover_item_t	*first_item, *item, *free_item;
+	xlog_recover_item_t	*item, *n;
 	int			i;
 
-	item = first_item = trans->r_itemq;
-	do {
-		free_item = item;
-		item = item->ri_next;
-		 /* Free the regions in the item. */
-		for (i = 0; i < free_item->ri_cnt; i++) {
-			kmem_free(free_item->ri_buf[i].i_addr);
-		}
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(item, n, &trans->r_itemq, ri_list) {
+		/* Free the regions in the item. */
+		list_del(&item->ri_list);
+		for (i = 0; i < item->ri_cnt; i++)
+			kmem_free(item->ri_buf[i].i_addr);
 		/* Free the item itself */
-		kmem_free(free_item->ri_buf);
-		kmem_free(free_item);
-	} while (first_item != item);
+		kmem_free(item->ri_buf);
+		kmem_free(item);
+	}
 	/* Free the transaction recover structure */
 	kmem_free(trans);
 }
@@ -2891,14 +2828,12 @@ xlog_recover_free_trans(
 STATIC int
 xlog_recover_commit_trans(
 	xlog_t			*log,
-	xlog_recover_t		**q,
 	xlog_recover_t		*trans,
 	int			pass)
 {
 	int			error;
 
-	if ((error = xlog_recover_unlink_tid(q, trans)))
-		return error;
+	hlist_del(&trans->r_list);
 	if ((error = xlog_recover_do_trans(log, trans, pass)))
 		return error;
 	xlog_recover_free_trans(trans);			/* no error */
@@ -2926,7 +2861,7 @@ xlog_recover_unmount_trans(
 STATIC int
 xlog_recover_process_data(
 	xlog_t			*log,
-	xlog_recover_t		*rhash[],
+	struct hlist_head	rhash[],
 	xlog_rec_header_t	*rhead,
 	xfs_caddr_t		dp,
 	int			pass)
@@ -2960,7 +2895,7 @@ xlog_recover_process_data(
 		}
 		tid = be32_to_cpu(ohead->oh_tid);
 		hash = XLOG_RHASH(tid);
-		trans = xlog_recover_find_tid(rhash[hash], tid);
+		trans = xlog_recover_find_tid(&rhash[hash], tid);
 		if (trans == NULL) {		   /* not found; add new tid */
 			if (ohead->oh_flags & XLOG_START_TRANS)
 				xlog_recover_new_tid(&rhash[hash], tid,
@@ -2978,7 +2913,7 @@ xlog_recover_process_data(
 			switch (flags) {
 			case XLOG_COMMIT_TRANS:
 				error = xlog_recover_commit_trans(log,
-						&rhash[hash], trans, pass);
+								trans, pass);
 				break;
 			case XLOG_UNMOUNT_TRANS:
 				error = xlog_recover_unmount_trans(trans);
@@ -3211,7 +3146,7 @@ xlog_recover_process_one_iunlink(
 	/*
 	 * Get the on disk inode to find the next inode in the bucket.
 	 */
-	error = xfs_itobp(mp, NULL, ip, &dip, &ibp, XFS_BUF_LOCK);
+	error = xfs_itobp(mp, NULL, ip, &dip, &ibp, XBF_LOCK);
 	if (error)
 		goto fail_iput;
 
@@ -3517,7 +3452,7 @@ xlog_do_recovery_pass(
 	int			error = 0, h_size;
 	int			bblks, split_bblks;
 	int			hblks, split_hblks, wrapped_hblks;
-	xlog_recover_t		*rhash[XLOG_RHASH_SIZE];
+	struct hlist_head	rhash[XLOG_RHASH_SIZE];
 
 	ASSERT(head_blk != tail_blk);
 
@@ -3978,8 +3913,7 @@ xlog_recover_finish(
 		 * case the unlink transactions would have problems
 		 * pushing the EFIs out of the way.
 		 */
-		xfs_log_force(log->l_mp, (xfs_lsn_t)0,
-			      (XFS_LOG_FORCE | XFS_LOG_SYNC));
+		xfs_log_force(log->l_mp, XFS_LOG_SYNC);
 
 		xlog_recover_process_iunlinks(log);
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.h
index b22545555301..75d749207258 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.h
@@ -35,22 +35,21 @@
  * item headers are in ri_buf[0].  Additional buffers follow.
  */
 typedef struct xlog_recover_item {
-	struct xlog_recover_item *ri_next;
-	struct xlog_recover_item *ri_prev;
-	int			 ri_type;
-	int			 ri_cnt;	/* count of regions found */
-	int			 ri_total;	/* total regions */
-	xfs_log_iovec_t		 *ri_buf;	/* ptr to regions buffer */
+	struct list_head	ri_list;
+	int			ri_type;
+	int			ri_cnt;	/* count of regions found */
+	int			ri_total;	/* total regions */
+	xfs_log_iovec_t		*ri_buf;	/* ptr to regions buffer */
 } xlog_recover_item_t;
 
 struct xlog_tid;
 typedef struct xlog_recover {
-	struct xlog_recover *r_next;
-	xlog_tid_t	    r_log_tid;		/* log's transaction id */
-	xfs_trans_header_t  r_theader;		/* trans header for partial */
-	int		    r_state;		/* not needed */
-	xfs_lsn_t	    r_lsn;		/* xact lsn */
-	xlog_recover_item_t *r_itemq;		/* q for items */
+	struct hlist_node	r_list;
+	xlog_tid_t		r_log_tid;	/* log's transaction id */
+	xfs_trans_header_t	r_theader;	/* trans header for partial */
+	int			r_state;	/* not needed */
+	xfs_lsn_t		r_lsn;		/* xact lsn */
+	struct list_head	r_itemq;	/* q for items */
 } xlog_recover_t;
 
 #define ITEM_TYPE(i)	(*(ushort *)(i)->ri_buf[0].i_addr)
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c
index eb403b40e120..6afaaeb2950a 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c
@@ -201,6 +201,38 @@ xfs_uuid_unmount(
 
 
 /*
+ * Reference counting access wrappers to the perag structures.
+ */
+struct xfs_perag *
+xfs_perag_get(struct xfs_mount *mp, xfs_agnumber_t agno)
+{
+	struct xfs_perag	*pag;
+	int			ref = 0;
+
+	spin_lock(&mp->m_perag_lock);
+	pag = radix_tree_lookup(&mp->m_perag_tree, agno);
+	if (pag) {
+		ASSERT(atomic_read(&pag->pag_ref) >= 0);
+		/* catch leaks in the positive direction during testing */
+		ASSERT(atomic_read(&pag->pag_ref) < 1000);
+		ref = atomic_inc_return(&pag->pag_ref);
+	}
+	spin_unlock(&mp->m_perag_lock);
+	trace_xfs_perag_get(mp, agno, ref, _RET_IP_);
+	return pag;
+}
+
+void
+xfs_perag_put(struct xfs_perag *pag)
+{
+	int	ref;
+
+	ASSERT(atomic_read(&pag->pag_ref) > 0);
+	ref = atomic_dec_return(&pag->pag_ref);
+	trace_xfs_perag_put(pag->pag_mount, pag->pag_agno, ref, _RET_IP_);
+}
+
+/*
  * Free up the resources associated with a mount structure.  Assume that
  * the structure was initially zeroed, so we can tell which fields got
  * initialized.
@@ -209,13 +241,16 @@ STATIC void
 xfs_free_perag(
 	xfs_mount_t	*mp)
 {
-	if (mp->m_perag) {
-		int	agno;
+	xfs_agnumber_t	agno;
+	struct xfs_perag *pag;
 
-		for (agno = 0; agno < mp->m_maxagi; agno++)
-			if (mp->m_perag[agno].pagb_list)
-				kmem_free(mp->m_perag[agno].pagb_list);
-		kmem_free(mp->m_perag);
+	for (agno = 0; agno < mp->m_sb.sb_agcount; agno++) {
+		spin_lock(&mp->m_perag_lock);
+		pag = radix_tree_delete(&mp->m_perag_tree, agno);
+		ASSERT(pag);
+		ASSERT(atomic_read(&pag->pag_ref) == 0);
+		spin_unlock(&mp->m_perag_lock);
+		kmem_free(pag);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -389,22 +424,57 @@ xfs_initialize_perag_icache(
 	}
 }
 
-xfs_agnumber_t
+int
 xfs_initialize_perag(
 	xfs_mount_t	*mp,
-	xfs_agnumber_t	agcount)
+	xfs_agnumber_t	agcount,
+	xfs_agnumber_t	*maxagi)
 {
 	xfs_agnumber_t	index, max_metadata;
+	xfs_agnumber_t	first_initialised = 0;
 	xfs_perag_t	*pag;
 	xfs_agino_t	agino;
 	xfs_ino_t	ino;
 	xfs_sb_t	*sbp = &mp->m_sb;
 	xfs_ino_t	max_inum = XFS_MAXINUMBER_32;
+	int		error = -ENOMEM;
 
 	/* Check to see if the filesystem can overflow 32 bit inodes */
 	agino = XFS_OFFBNO_TO_AGINO(mp, sbp->sb_agblocks - 1, 0);
 	ino = XFS_AGINO_TO_INO(mp, agcount - 1, agino);
 
+	/*
+	 * Walk the current per-ag tree so we don't try to initialise AGs
+	 * that already exist (growfs case). Allocate and insert all the
+	 * AGs we don't find ready for initialisation.
+	 */
+	for (index = 0; index < agcount; index++) {
+		pag = xfs_perag_get(mp, index);
+		if (pag) {
+			xfs_perag_put(pag);
+			continue;
+		}
+		if (!first_initialised)
+			first_initialised = index;
+		pag = kmem_zalloc(sizeof(*pag), KM_MAYFAIL);
+		if (!pag)
+			goto out_unwind;
+		if (radix_tree_preload(GFP_NOFS))
+			goto out_unwind;
+		spin_lock(&mp->m_perag_lock);
+		if (radix_tree_insert(&mp->m_perag_tree, index, pag)) {
+			BUG();
+			spin_unlock(&mp->m_perag_lock);
+			radix_tree_preload_end();
+			error = -EEXIST;
+			goto out_unwind;
+		}
+		pag->pag_agno = index;
+		pag->pag_mount = mp;
+		spin_unlock(&mp->m_perag_lock);
+		radix_tree_preload_end();
+	}
+
 	/* Clear the mount flag if no inode can overflow 32 bits
 	 * on this filesystem, or if specifically requested..
 	 */
@@ -438,21 +508,33 @@ xfs_initialize_perag(
 			}
 
 			/* This ag is preferred for inodes */
-			pag = &mp->m_perag[index];
+			pag = xfs_perag_get(mp, index);
 			pag->pagi_inodeok = 1;
 			if (index < max_metadata)
 				pag->pagf_metadata = 1;
 			xfs_initialize_perag_icache(pag);
+			xfs_perag_put(pag);
 		}
 	} else {
 		/* Setup default behavior for smaller filesystems */
 		for (index = 0; index < agcount; index++) {
-			pag = &mp->m_perag[index];
+			pag = xfs_perag_get(mp, index);
 			pag->pagi_inodeok = 1;
 			xfs_initialize_perag_icache(pag);
+			xfs_perag_put(pag);
 		}
 	}
-	return index;
+	if (maxagi)
+		*maxagi = index;
+	return 0;
+
+out_unwind:
+	kmem_free(pag);
+	for (; index > first_initialised; index--) {
+		pag = radix_tree_delete(&mp->m_perag_tree, index);
+		kmem_free(pag);
+	}
+	return error;
 }
 
 void
@@ -583,7 +665,7 @@ xfs_readsb(xfs_mount_t *mp, int flags)
 	 * access to the superblock.
 	 */
 	sector_size = xfs_getsize_buftarg(mp->m_ddev_targp);
-	extra_flags = XFS_BUF_LOCK | XFS_BUF_MANAGE | XFS_BUF_MAPPED;
+	extra_flags = XBF_LOCK | XBF_FS_MANAGED | XBF_MAPPED;
 
 	bp = xfs_buf_read(mp->m_ddev_targp, XFS_SB_DADDR, BTOBB(sector_size),
 			  extra_flags);
@@ -731,12 +813,13 @@ xfs_initialize_perag_data(xfs_mount_t *mp, xfs_agnumber_t agcount)
 		error = xfs_ialloc_pagi_init(mp, NULL, index);
 		if (error)
 			return error;
-		pag = &mp->m_perag[index];
+		pag = xfs_perag_get(mp, index);
 		ifree += pag->pagi_freecount;
 		ialloc += pag->pagi_count;
 		bfree += pag->pagf_freeblks;
 		bfreelst += pag->pagf_flcount;
 		btree += pag->pagf_btreeblks;
+		xfs_perag_put(pag);
 	}
 	/*
 	 * Overwrite incore superblock counters with just-read data
@@ -1008,6 +1091,22 @@ xfs_mount_reset_sbqflags(
 	return xfs_trans_commit(tp, 0);
 }
 
+__uint64_t
+xfs_default_resblks(xfs_mount_t *mp)
+{
+	__uint64_t resblks;
+
+	/*
+	 * We default to 5% or 1024 fsbs of space reserved, whichever is smaller.
+	 * This may drive us straight to ENOSPC on mount, but that implies
+	 * we were already there on the last unmount. Warn if this occurs.
+	 */
+	resblks = mp->m_sb.sb_dblocks;
+	do_div(resblks, 20);
+	resblks = min_t(__uint64_t, resblks, 1024);
+	return resblks;
+}
+
 /*
  * This function does the following on an initial mount of a file system:
  *	- reads the superblock from disk and init the mount struct
@@ -1152,13 +1251,13 @@ xfs_mountfs(
 	/*
 	 * Allocate and initialize the per-ag data.
 	 */
-	init_rwsem(&mp->m_peraglock);
-	mp->m_perag = kmem_zalloc(sbp->sb_agcount * sizeof(xfs_perag_t),
-				  KM_MAYFAIL);
-	if (!mp->m_perag)
+	spin_lock_init(&mp->m_perag_lock);
+	INIT_RADIX_TREE(&mp->m_perag_tree, GFP_NOFS);
+	error = xfs_initialize_perag(mp, sbp->sb_agcount, &mp->m_maxagi);
+	if (error) {
+		cmn_err(CE_WARN, "XFS: Failed per-ag init: %d", error);
 		goto out_remove_uuid;
-
-	mp->m_maxagi = xfs_initialize_perag(mp, sbp->sb_agcount);
+	}
 
 	if (!sbp->sb_logblocks) {
 		cmn_err(CE_WARN, "XFS: no log defined");
@@ -1318,18 +1417,14 @@ xfs_mountfs(
 	 * when at ENOSPC. This is needed for operations like create with
 	 * attr, unwritten extent conversion at ENOSPC, etc. Data allocations
 	 * are not allowed to use this reserved space.
-	 *
-	 * We default to 5% or 1024 fsbs of space reserved, whichever is smaller.
-	 * This may drive us straight to ENOSPC on mount, but that implies
-	 * we were already there on the last unmount. Warn if this occurs.
 	 */
-	resblks = mp->m_sb.sb_dblocks;
-	do_div(resblks, 20);
-	resblks = min_t(__uint64_t, resblks, 1024);
-	error = xfs_reserve_blocks(mp, &resblks, NULL);
-	if (error)
-		cmn_err(CE_WARN, "XFS: Unable to allocate reserve blocks. "
-				"Continuing without a reserve pool.");
+	if (!(mp->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_RDONLY)) {
+		resblks = xfs_default_resblks(mp);
+		error = xfs_reserve_blocks(mp, &resblks, NULL);
+		if (error)
+			cmn_err(CE_WARN, "XFS: Unable to allocate reserve "
+				"blocks. Continuing without a reserve pool.");
+	}
 
 	return 0;
 
@@ -1372,8 +1467,19 @@ xfs_unmountfs(
 	 * push out the iclog we will never get that unlocked. hence we
 	 * need to force the log first.
 	 */
-	xfs_log_force(mp, (xfs_lsn_t)0, XFS_LOG_FORCE | XFS_LOG_SYNC);
-	xfs_reclaim_inodes(mp, XFS_IFLUSH_ASYNC);
+	xfs_log_force(mp, XFS_LOG_SYNC);
+
+	/*
+	 * Do a delwri reclaim pass first so that as many dirty inodes are
+	 * queued up for IO as possible. Then flush the buffers before making
+	 * a synchronous path to catch all the remaining inodes are reclaimed.
+	 * This makes the reclaim process as quick as possible by avoiding
+	 * synchronous writeout and blocking on inodes already in the delwri
+	 * state as much as possible.
+	 */
+	xfs_reclaim_inodes(mp, 0);
+	XFS_bflush(mp->m_ddev_targp);
+	xfs_reclaim_inodes(mp, SYNC_WAIT);
 
 	xfs_qm_unmount(mp);
 
@@ -1382,7 +1488,7 @@ xfs_unmountfs(
 	 * that nothing is pinned.  This is important because bflush()
 	 * will skip pinned buffers.
 	 */
-	xfs_log_force(mp, (xfs_lsn_t)0, XFS_LOG_FORCE | XFS_LOG_SYNC);
+	xfs_log_force(mp, XFS_LOG_SYNC);
 
 	xfs_binval(mp->m_ddev_targp);
 	if (mp->m_rtdev_targp) {
@@ -1548,15 +1654,14 @@ xfs_mod_sb(xfs_trans_t *tp, __int64_t fields)
 	xfs_sb_to_disk(XFS_BUF_TO_SBP(bp), &mp->m_sb, fields);
 
 	/* find modified range */
+	f = (xfs_sb_field_t)xfs_highbit64((__uint64_t)fields);
+	ASSERT((1LL << f) & XFS_SB_MOD_BITS);
+	last = xfs_sb_info[f + 1].offset - 1;
 
 	f = (xfs_sb_field_t)xfs_lowbit64((__uint64_t)fields);
 	ASSERT((1LL << f) & XFS_SB_MOD_BITS);
 	first = xfs_sb_info[f].offset;
 
-	f = (xfs_sb_field_t)xfs_highbit64((__uint64_t)fields);
-	ASSERT((1LL << f) & XFS_SB_MOD_BITS);
-	last = xfs_sb_info[f + 1].offset - 1;
-
 	xfs_trans_log_buf(tp, bp, first, last);
 }
 
@@ -1887,7 +1992,7 @@ xfs_getsb(
 
 	ASSERT(mp->m_sb_bp != NULL);
 	bp = mp->m_sb_bp;
-	if (flags & XFS_BUF_TRYLOCK) {
+	if (flags & XBF_TRYLOCK) {
 		if (!XFS_BUF_CPSEMA(bp)) {
 			return NULL;
 		}
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.h
index 1df7e4502967..70504fcf14cd 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.h
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ typedef int	(*xfs_send_destroy_t)(struct xfs_inode *, dm_right_t);
 typedef int	(*xfs_send_namesp_t)(dm_eventtype_t, struct xfs_mount *,
 			struct xfs_inode *, dm_right_t,
 			struct xfs_inode *, dm_right_t,
-			const char *, const char *, mode_t, int, int);
+			const unsigned char *, const unsigned char *,
+			mode_t, int, int);
 typedef int	(*xfs_send_mount_t)(struct xfs_mount *, dm_right_t,
 			char *, char *);
 typedef void	(*xfs_send_unmount_t)(struct xfs_mount *, struct xfs_inode *,
@@ -207,8 +208,8 @@ typedef struct xfs_mount {
 	uint			m_ag_maxlevels;	/* XFS_AG_MAXLEVELS */
 	uint			m_bm_maxlevels[2]; /* XFS_BM_MAXLEVELS */
 	uint			m_in_maxlevels;	/* max inobt btree levels. */
-	struct xfs_perag	*m_perag;	/* per-ag accounting info */
-	struct rw_semaphore	m_peraglock;	/* lock for m_perag (pointer) */
+	struct radix_tree_root	m_perag_tree;	/* per-ag accounting info */
+	spinlock_t		m_perag_lock;	/* lock for m_perag_tree */
 	struct mutex		m_growlock;	/* growfs mutex */
 	int			m_fixedfsid[2];	/* unchanged for life of FS */
 	uint			m_dmevmask;	/* DMI events for this FS */
@@ -224,6 +225,7 @@ typedef struct xfs_mount {
 	__uint64_t		m_maxioffset;	/* maximum inode offset */
 	__uint64_t		m_resblks;	/* total reserved blocks */
 	__uint64_t		m_resblks_avail;/* available reserved blocks */
+	__uint64_t		m_resblks_save;	/* reserved blks @ remount,ro */
 	int			m_dalign;	/* stripe unit */
 	int			m_swidth;	/* stripe width */
 	int			m_sinoalign;	/* stripe unit inode alignment */
@@ -384,19 +386,10 @@ xfs_daddr_to_agbno(struct xfs_mount *mp, xfs_daddr_t d)
 }
 
 /*
- * perag get/put wrappers for eventual ref counting
+ * perag get/put wrappers for ref counting
  */
-static inline xfs_perag_t *
-xfs_get_perag(struct xfs_mount *mp, xfs_ino_t ino)
-{
-	return &mp->m_perag[XFS_INO_TO_AGNO(mp, ino)];
-}
-
-static inline void
-xfs_put_perag(struct xfs_mount *mp, xfs_perag_t *pag)
-{
-	/* nothing to see here, move along */
-}
+struct xfs_perag *xfs_perag_get(struct xfs_mount *mp, xfs_agnumber_t agno);
+void	xfs_perag_put(struct xfs_perag *pag);
 
 /*
  * Per-cpu superblock locking functions
@@ -428,6 +421,7 @@ typedef struct xfs_mod_sb {
 } xfs_mod_sb_t;
 
 extern int	xfs_log_sbcount(xfs_mount_t *, uint);
+extern __uint64_t xfs_default_resblks(xfs_mount_t *mp);
 extern int	xfs_mountfs(xfs_mount_t *mp);
 
 extern void	xfs_unmountfs(xfs_mount_t *);
@@ -450,7 +444,8 @@ extern struct xfs_dmops xfs_dmcore_xfs;
 #endif	/* __KERNEL__ */
 
 extern void	xfs_mod_sb(struct xfs_trans *, __int64_t);
-extern xfs_agnumber_t	xfs_initialize_perag(struct xfs_mount *, xfs_agnumber_t);
+extern int	xfs_initialize_perag(struct xfs_mount *, xfs_agnumber_t,
+					xfs_agnumber_t *);
 extern void	xfs_sb_from_disk(struct xfs_sb *, struct xfs_dsb *);
 extern void	xfs_sb_to_disk(struct xfs_dsb *, struct xfs_sb *, __int64_t);
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_mru_cache.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_mru_cache.c
index 4b0613d99faa..45ce15dc5b2b 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_mru_cache.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_mru_cache.c
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ exit:
  * guaranteed that all the free functions for all the elements have finished
  * executing and the reaper is not running.
  */
-void
+static void
 xfs_mru_cache_flush(
 	xfs_mru_cache_t		*mru)
 {
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_mru_cache.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_mru_cache.h
index 5d439f34b0c9..36dd3ec8b4eb 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_mru_cache.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_mru_cache.h
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ void xfs_mru_cache_uninit(void);
 int xfs_mru_cache_create(struct xfs_mru_cache **mrup, unsigned int lifetime_ms,
 			     unsigned int grp_count,
 			     xfs_mru_cache_free_func_t free_func);
-void xfs_mru_cache_flush(xfs_mru_cache_t *mru);
 void xfs_mru_cache_destroy(struct xfs_mru_cache *mru);
 int xfs_mru_cache_insert(struct xfs_mru_cache *mru, unsigned long key,
 				void *value);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_quota.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_quota.h
index 91bfd60f4c74..fdcab3f81dde 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_quota.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_quota.h
@@ -223,16 +223,9 @@ typedef struct xfs_qoff_logformat {
 #define XFS_QMOPT_RES_INOS	0x0800000
 
 /*
- * flags for dqflush and dqflush_all.
- */
-#define XFS_QMOPT_SYNC		0x1000000
-#define XFS_QMOPT_ASYNC		0x2000000
-#define XFS_QMOPT_DELWRI	0x4000000
-
-/*
  * flags for dqalloc.
  */
-#define XFS_QMOPT_INHERIT	0x8000000
+#define XFS_QMOPT_INHERIT	0x1000000
 
 /*
  * flags to xfs_trans_mod_dquot.
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_rw.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_rw.c
index 5aa07caea5f1..e336742a58a4 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_rw.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_rw.c
@@ -47,48 +47,6 @@
 #include "xfs_trace.h"
 
 /*
- * This is a subroutine for xfs_write() and other writers (xfs_ioctl)
- * which clears the setuid and setgid bits when a file is written.
- */
-int
-xfs_write_clear_setuid(
-	xfs_inode_t	*ip)
-{
-	xfs_mount_t	*mp;
-	xfs_trans_t	*tp;
-	int		error;
-
-	mp = ip->i_mount;
-	tp = xfs_trans_alloc(mp, XFS_TRANS_WRITEID);
-	if ((error = xfs_trans_reserve(tp, 0,
-				      XFS_WRITEID_LOG_RES(mp),
-				      0, 0, 0))) {
-		xfs_trans_cancel(tp, 0);
-		return error;
-	}
-	xfs_ilock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
-	xfs_trans_ijoin(tp, ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
-	xfs_trans_ihold(tp, ip);
-	ip->i_d.di_mode &= ~S_ISUID;
-
-	/*
-	 * Note that we don't have to worry about mandatory
-	 * file locking being disabled here because we only
-	 * clear the S_ISGID bit if the Group execute bit is
-	 * on, but if it was on then mandatory locking wouldn't
-	 * have been enabled.
-	 */
-	if (ip->i_d.di_mode & S_IXGRP) {
-		ip->i_d.di_mode &= ~S_ISGID;
-	}
-	xfs_trans_log_inode(tp, ip, XFS_ILOG_CORE);
-	xfs_trans_set_sync(tp);
-	error = xfs_trans_commit(tp, 0);
-	xfs_iunlock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
-	return 0;
-}
-
-/*
  * Force a shutdown of the filesystem instantly while keeping
  * the filesystem consistent. We don't do an unmount here; just shutdown
  * the shop, make sure that absolutely nothing persistent happens to
@@ -153,88 +111,6 @@ xfs_do_force_shutdown(
 	}
 }
 
-
-/*
- * Called when we want to stop a buffer from getting written or read.
- * We attach the EIO error, muck with its flags, and call biodone
- * so that the proper iodone callbacks get called.
- */
-int
-xfs_bioerror(
-	xfs_buf_t *bp)
-{
-
-#ifdef XFSERRORDEBUG
-	ASSERT(XFS_BUF_ISREAD(bp) || bp->b_iodone);
-#endif
-
-	/*
-	 * No need to wait until the buffer is unpinned.
-	 * We aren't flushing it.
-	 */
-	XFS_BUF_ERROR(bp, EIO);
-	/*
-	 * We're calling biodone, so delete B_DONE flag. Either way
-	 * we have to call the iodone callback, and calling biodone
-	 * probably is the best way since it takes care of
-	 * GRIO as well.
-	 */
-	XFS_BUF_UNREAD(bp);
-	XFS_BUF_UNDELAYWRITE(bp);
-	XFS_BUF_UNDONE(bp);
-	XFS_BUF_STALE(bp);
-
-	XFS_BUF_CLR_BDSTRAT_FUNC(bp);
-	xfs_biodone(bp);
-
-	return (EIO);
-}
-
-/*
- * Same as xfs_bioerror, except that we are releasing the buffer
- * here ourselves, and avoiding the biodone call.
- * This is meant for userdata errors; metadata bufs come with
- * iodone functions attached, so that we can track down errors.
- */
-int
-xfs_bioerror_relse(
-	xfs_buf_t *bp)
-{
-	int64_t fl;
-
-	ASSERT(XFS_BUF_IODONE_FUNC(bp) != xfs_buf_iodone_callbacks);
-	ASSERT(XFS_BUF_IODONE_FUNC(bp) != xlog_iodone);
-
-	fl = XFS_BUF_BFLAGS(bp);
-	/*
-	 * No need to wait until the buffer is unpinned.
-	 * We aren't flushing it.
-	 *
-	 * chunkhold expects B_DONE to be set, whether
-	 * we actually finish the I/O or not. We don't want to
-	 * change that interface.
-	 */
-	XFS_BUF_UNREAD(bp);
-	XFS_BUF_UNDELAYWRITE(bp);
-	XFS_BUF_DONE(bp);
-	XFS_BUF_STALE(bp);
-	XFS_BUF_CLR_IODONE_FUNC(bp);
-	XFS_BUF_CLR_BDSTRAT_FUNC(bp);
-	if (!(fl & XFS_B_ASYNC)) {
-		/*
-		 * Mark b_error and B_ERROR _both_.
-		 * Lot's of chunkcache code assumes that.
-		 * There's no reason to mark error for
-		 * ASYNC buffers.
-		 */
-		XFS_BUF_ERROR(bp, EIO);
-		XFS_BUF_FINISH_IOWAIT(bp);
-	} else {
-		xfs_buf_relse(bp);
-	}
-	return (EIO);
-}
-
 /*
  * Prints out an ALERT message about I/O error.
  */
@@ -306,37 +182,6 @@ xfs_read_buf(
 }
 
 /*
- * Wrapper around bwrite() so that we can trap
- * write errors, and act accordingly.
- */
-int
-xfs_bwrite(
-	struct xfs_mount *mp,
-	struct xfs_buf	 *bp)
-{
-	int	error;
-
-	/*
-	 * XXXsup how does this work for quotas.
-	 */
-	XFS_BUF_SET_BDSTRAT_FUNC(bp, xfs_bdstrat_cb);
-	bp->b_mount = mp;
-	XFS_BUF_WRITE(bp);
-
-	if ((error = XFS_bwrite(bp))) {
-		ASSERT(mp);
-		/*
-		 * Cannot put a buftrace here since if the buffer is not
-		 * B_HOLD then we will brelse() the buffer before returning
-		 * from bwrite and we could be tracing a buffer that has
-		 * been reused.
-		 */
-		xfs_force_shutdown(mp, SHUTDOWN_META_IO_ERROR);
-	}
-	return (error);
-}
-
-/*
  * helper function to extract extent size hint from inode
  */
 xfs_extlen_t
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_rw.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_rw.h
index 571f2174435c..11c41ec6ed75 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_rw.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_rw.h
@@ -39,10 +39,6 @@ xfs_fsb_to_db(struct xfs_inode *ip, xfs_fsblock_t fsb)
 /*
  * Prototypes for functions in xfs_rw.c.
  */
-extern int xfs_write_clear_setuid(struct xfs_inode *ip);
-extern int xfs_bwrite(struct xfs_mount *mp, struct xfs_buf *bp);
-extern int xfs_bioerror(struct xfs_buf *bp);
-extern int xfs_bioerror_relse(struct xfs_buf *bp);
 extern int xfs_read_buf(struct xfs_mount *mp, xfs_buftarg_t *btp,
 			xfs_daddr_t blkno, int len, uint flags,
 			struct xfs_buf **bpp);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c
index 237badcbac3b..be942d4e3324 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c
@@ -981,9 +981,8 @@ shut_us_down:
 	 */
 	if (sync) {
 		if (!error) {
-			error = _xfs_log_force(mp, commit_lsn,
-				      XFS_LOG_FORCE | XFS_LOG_SYNC,
-				      log_flushed);
+			error = _xfs_log_force_lsn(mp, commit_lsn,
+				      XFS_LOG_SYNC, log_flushed);
 		}
 		XFS_STATS_INC(xs_trans_sync);
 	} else {
@@ -1121,7 +1120,7 @@ xfs_trans_fill_vecs(
 	tp->t_header.th_num_items = nitems;
 	log_vector->i_addr = (xfs_caddr_t)&tp->t_header;
 	log_vector->i_len = sizeof(xfs_trans_header_t);
-	XLOG_VEC_SET_TYPE(log_vector, XLOG_REG_TYPE_TRANSHDR);
+	log_vector->i_type = XLOG_REG_TYPE_TRANSHDR;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.h
index ca64f33c63a3..c93e3a102857 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.h
@@ -861,8 +861,7 @@ typedef struct xfs_item_ops {
 #define	XFS_ITEM_SUCCESS	0
 #define	XFS_ITEM_PINNED		1
 #define	XFS_ITEM_LOCKED		2
-#define	XFS_ITEM_FLUSHING	3
-#define XFS_ITEM_PUSHBUF	4
+#define XFS_ITEM_PUSHBUF	3
 
 /*
  * This structure is used to maintain a list of block ranges that have been
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_ail.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_ail.c
index 2ffc570679be..e799824f7245 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_ail.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_ail.c
@@ -237,14 +237,15 @@ out:
 }
 
 /*
- * Function that does the work of pushing on the AIL
+ * xfsaild_push does the work of pushing on the AIL.  Returning a timeout of
+ * zero indicates that the caller should sleep until woken.
  */
 long
 xfsaild_push(
 	struct xfs_ail	*ailp,
 	xfs_lsn_t	*last_lsn)
 {
-	long		tout = 1000; /* milliseconds */
+	long		tout = 0;
 	xfs_lsn_t	last_pushed_lsn = *last_lsn;
 	xfs_lsn_t	target =  ailp->xa_target;
 	xfs_lsn_t	lsn;
@@ -252,6 +253,7 @@ xfsaild_push(
 	int		flush_log, count, stuck;
 	xfs_mount_t	*mp = ailp->xa_mount;
 	struct xfs_ail_cursor	*cur = &ailp->xa_cursors;
+	int		push_xfsbufd = 0;
 
 	spin_lock(&ailp->xa_lock);
 	xfs_trans_ail_cursor_init(ailp, cur);
@@ -262,7 +264,7 @@ xfsaild_push(
 		 */
 		xfs_trans_ail_cursor_done(ailp, cur);
 		spin_unlock(&ailp->xa_lock);
-		last_pushed_lsn = 0;
+		*last_lsn = 0;
 		return tout;
 	}
 
@@ -279,7 +281,6 @@ xfsaild_push(
 	 * prevents use from spinning when we can't do anything or there is
 	 * lots of contention on the AIL lists.
 	 */
-	tout = 10;
 	lsn = lip->li_lsn;
 	flush_log = stuck = count = 0;
 	while ((XFS_LSN_CMP(lip->li_lsn, target) < 0)) {
@@ -308,6 +309,7 @@ xfsaild_push(
 			XFS_STATS_INC(xs_push_ail_pushbuf);
 			IOP_PUSHBUF(lip);
 			last_pushed_lsn = lsn;
+			push_xfsbufd = 1;
 			break;
 
 		case XFS_ITEM_PINNED:
@@ -322,12 +324,6 @@ xfsaild_push(
 			stuck++;
 			break;
 
-		case XFS_ITEM_FLUSHING:
-			XFS_STATS_INC(xs_push_ail_flushing);
-			last_pushed_lsn = lsn;
-			stuck++;
-			break;
-
 		default:
 			ASSERT(0);
 			break;
@@ -371,19 +367,24 @@ xfsaild_push(
 		 * move forward in the AIL.
 		 */
 		XFS_STATS_INC(xs_push_ail_flush);
-		xfs_log_force(mp, (xfs_lsn_t)0, XFS_LOG_FORCE);
+		xfs_log_force(mp, 0);
+	}
+
+	if (push_xfsbufd) {
+		/* we've got delayed write buffers to flush */
+		wake_up_process(mp->m_ddev_targp->bt_task);
 	}
 
 	if (!count) {
 		/* We're past our target or empty, so idle */
-		tout = 1000;
+		last_pushed_lsn = 0;
 	} else if (XFS_LSN_CMP(lsn, target) >= 0) {
 		/*
 		 * We reached the target so wait a bit longer for I/O to
 		 * complete and remove pushed items from the AIL before we
 		 * start the next scan from the start of the AIL.
 		 */
-		tout += 20;
+		tout = 50;
 		last_pushed_lsn = 0;
 	} else if ((stuck * 100) / count > 90) {
 		/*
@@ -395,11 +396,14 @@ xfsaild_push(
 		 * Backoff a bit more to allow some I/O to complete before
 		 * continuing from where we were.
 		 */
-		tout += 10;
+		tout = 20;
+	} else {
+		/* more to do, but wait a short while before continuing */
+		tout = 10;
 	}
 	*last_lsn = last_pushed_lsn;
 	return tout;
-}	/* xfsaild_push */
+}
 
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_buf.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_buf.c
index 49130628d5ef..5ffd544434eb 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_buf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_buf.c
@@ -75,13 +75,14 @@ xfs_trans_get_buf(xfs_trans_t	*tp,
 	xfs_buf_log_item_t	*bip;
 
 	if (flags == 0)
-		flags = XFS_BUF_LOCK | XFS_BUF_MAPPED;
+		flags = XBF_LOCK | XBF_MAPPED;
 
 	/*
 	 * Default to a normal get_buf() call if the tp is NULL.
 	 */
 	if (tp == NULL)
-		return xfs_buf_get(target_dev, blkno, len, flags | BUF_BUSY);
+		return xfs_buf_get(target_dev, blkno, len,
+				   flags | XBF_DONT_BLOCK);
 
 	/*
 	 * If we find the buffer in the cache with this transaction
@@ -117,14 +118,14 @@ xfs_trans_get_buf(xfs_trans_t	*tp,
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * We always specify the BUF_BUSY flag within a transaction so
-	 * that get_buf does not try to push out a delayed write buffer
+	 * We always specify the XBF_DONT_BLOCK flag within a transaction
+	 * so that get_buf does not try to push out a delayed write buffer
 	 * which might cause another transaction to take place (if the
 	 * buffer was delayed alloc).  Such recursive transactions can
 	 * easily deadlock with our current transaction as well as cause
 	 * us to run out of stack space.
 	 */
-	bp = xfs_buf_get(target_dev, blkno, len, flags | BUF_BUSY);
+	bp = xfs_buf_get(target_dev, blkno, len, flags | XBF_DONT_BLOCK);
 	if (bp == NULL) {
 		return NULL;
 	}
@@ -290,15 +291,15 @@ xfs_trans_read_buf(
 	int			error;
 
 	if (flags == 0)
-		flags = XFS_BUF_LOCK | XFS_BUF_MAPPED;
+		flags = XBF_LOCK | XBF_MAPPED;
 
 	/*
 	 * Default to a normal get_buf() call if the tp is NULL.
 	 */
 	if (tp == NULL) {
-		bp = xfs_buf_read(target, blkno, len, flags | BUF_BUSY);
+		bp = xfs_buf_read(target, blkno, len, flags | XBF_DONT_BLOCK);
 		if (!bp)
-			return (flags & XFS_BUF_TRYLOCK) ?
+			return (flags & XBF_TRYLOCK) ?
 					EAGAIN : XFS_ERROR(ENOMEM);
 
 		if (XFS_BUF_GETERROR(bp) != 0) {
@@ -385,14 +386,14 @@ xfs_trans_read_buf(
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * We always specify the BUF_BUSY flag within a transaction so
-	 * that get_buf does not try to push out a delayed write buffer
+	 * We always specify the XBF_DONT_BLOCK flag within a transaction
+	 * so that get_buf does not try to push out a delayed write buffer
 	 * which might cause another transaction to take place (if the
 	 * buffer was delayed alloc).  Such recursive transactions can
 	 * easily deadlock with our current transaction as well as cause
 	 * us to run out of stack space.
 	 */
-	bp = xfs_buf_read(target, blkno, len, flags | BUF_BUSY);
+	bp = xfs_buf_read(target, blkno, len, flags | XBF_DONT_BLOCK);
 	if (bp == NULL) {
 		*bpp = NULL;
 		return 0;
@@ -472,8 +473,8 @@ shutdown_abort:
 	if (XFS_BUF_ISSTALE(bp) && XFS_BUF_ISDELAYWRITE(bp))
 		cmn_err(CE_NOTE, "about to pop assert, bp == 0x%p", bp);
 #endif
-	ASSERT((XFS_BUF_BFLAGS(bp) & (XFS_B_STALE|XFS_B_DELWRI)) !=
-						(XFS_B_STALE|XFS_B_DELWRI));
+	ASSERT((XFS_BUF_BFLAGS(bp) & (XBF_STALE|XBF_DELWRI)) !=
+				     (XBF_STALE|XBF_DELWRI));
 
 	trace_xfs_trans_read_buf_shut(bp, _RET_IP_);
 	xfs_buf_relse(bp);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_types.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_types.h
index d725428c9df6..b09904555d07 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_types.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_types.h
@@ -151,8 +151,8 @@ typedef enum {
 } xfs_btnum_t;
 
 struct xfs_name {
-	const char	*name;
-	int		len;
+	const unsigned char	*name;
+	int			len;
 };
 
 #endif	/* __XFS_TYPES_H__ */
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c
index 6f268756bf36..ddd2c5d1b854 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ xfs_setattr(
 		    iattr->ia_size > ip->i_d.di_size) {
 			code = xfs_flush_pages(ip,
 					ip->i_d.di_size, iattr->ia_size,
-					XFS_B_ASYNC, FI_NONE);
+					XBF_ASYNC, FI_NONE);
 		}
 
 		/* wait for all I/O to complete */
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ xfs_fsync(
 {
 	xfs_trans_t	*tp;
 	int		error = 0;
-	int		log_flushed = 0, changed = 1;
+	int		log_flushed = 0;
 
 	xfs_itrace_entry(ip);
 
@@ -627,19 +627,16 @@ xfs_fsync(
 		 * disk yet, the inode will be still be pinned.  If it is,
 		 * force the log.
 		 */
-
 		xfs_iunlock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_SHARED);
-
 		if (xfs_ipincount(ip)) {
-			error = _xfs_log_force(ip->i_mount, (xfs_lsn_t)0,
-				      XFS_LOG_FORCE | XFS_LOG_SYNC,
-				      &log_flushed);
-		} else {
-			/*
-			 * If the inode is not pinned and nothing has changed
-			 * we don't need to flush the cache.
-			 */
-			changed = 0;
+			if (ip->i_itemp->ili_last_lsn) {
+				error = _xfs_log_force_lsn(ip->i_mount,
+						ip->i_itemp->ili_last_lsn,
+						XFS_LOG_SYNC, &log_flushed);
+			} else {
+				error = _xfs_log_force(ip->i_mount,
+						XFS_LOG_SYNC, &log_flushed);
+			}
 		}
 	} else	{
 		/*
@@ -674,7 +671,7 @@ xfs_fsync(
 		xfs_iunlock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
 	}
 
-	if ((ip->i_mount->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_BARRIER) && changed) {
+	if (ip->i_mount->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_BARRIER) {
 		/*
 		 * If the log write didn't issue an ordered tag we need
 		 * to flush the disk cache for the data device now.
@@ -1096,7 +1093,7 @@ xfs_release(
 		 */
 		truncated = xfs_iflags_test_and_clear(ip, XFS_ITRUNCATED);
 		if (truncated && VN_DIRTY(VFS_I(ip)) && ip->i_delayed_blks > 0)
-			xfs_flush_pages(ip, 0, -1, XFS_B_ASYNC, FI_NONE);
+			xfs_flush_pages(ip, 0, -1, XBF_ASYNC, FI_NONE);
 	}
 
 	if (ip->i_d.di_nlink != 0) {
@@ -2199,7 +2196,8 @@ xfs_symlink(
 	if (DM_EVENT_ENABLED(dp, DM_EVENT_SYMLINK)) {
 		error = XFS_SEND_NAMESP(mp, DM_EVENT_SYMLINK, dp,
 					DM_RIGHT_NULL, NULL, DM_RIGHT_NULL,
-					link_name->name, target_path, 0, 0, 0);
+					link_name->name,
+					(unsigned char *)target_path, 0, 0, 0);
 		if (error)
 			return error;
 	}
@@ -2395,7 +2393,8 @@ std_return:
 					dp, DM_RIGHT_NULL,
 					error ? NULL : ip,
 					DM_RIGHT_NULL, link_name->name,
-					target_path, 0, error, 0);
+					(unsigned char *)target_path,
+					0, error, 0);
 	}
 
 	if (!error)
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.h
index 167a467403a5..774f40729ca1 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.h
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ int xfs_change_file_space(struct xfs_inode *ip, int cmd,
 int xfs_rename(struct xfs_inode *src_dp, struct xfs_name *src_name,
 		struct xfs_inode *src_ip, struct xfs_inode *target_dp,
 		struct xfs_name *target_name, struct xfs_inode *target_ip);
-int xfs_attr_get(struct xfs_inode *ip, const char *name, char *value,
-		int *valuelenp, int flags);
-int xfs_attr_set(struct xfs_inode *dp, const char *name, char *value,
-		int valuelen, int flags);
-int xfs_attr_remove(struct xfs_inode *dp, const char *name, int flags);
+int xfs_attr_get(struct xfs_inode *ip, const unsigned char *name,
+		unsigned char *value, int *valuelenp, int flags);
+int xfs_attr_set(struct xfs_inode *dp, const unsigned char *name,
+		unsigned char *value, int valuelen, int flags);
+int xfs_attr_remove(struct xfs_inode *dp, const unsigned char *name, int flags);
 int xfs_attr_list(struct xfs_inode *dp, char *buffer, int bufsize,
 		int flags, struct attrlist_cursor_kern *cursor);
 ssize_t xfs_read(struct xfs_inode *ip, struct kiocb *iocb,