Merge branch 'master' into for-next

Fast-forwarded to current state of Linus' tree as there are patches to be
applied for files that didn't exist on the old branch.

14 files changed, 595 insertions, 623 deletions

diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/kmem.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/kmem.c
index 666c9db48eb..a907de565db 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/kmem.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/kmem.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
 #include "time.h"
 #include "kmem.h"
+#include "xfs_message.h"
 
 /*
  * Greedy allocation.  May fail and may return vmalloced memory.
@@ -56,8 +57,8 @@ kmem_alloc(size_t size, unsigned int __nocast flags)
 		if (ptr || (flags & (KM_MAYFAIL|KM_NOSLEEP)))
 			return ptr;
 		if (!(++retries % 100))
-			printk(KERN_ERR "XFS: possible memory allocation "
-					"deadlock in %s (mode:0x%x)\n",
+			xfs_err(NULL,
+		"possible memory allocation deadlock in %s (mode:0x%x)",
 					__func__, lflags);
 		congestion_wait(BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ/50);
 	} while (1);
@@ -112,8 +113,8 @@ kmem_zone_alloc(kmem_zone_t *zone, unsigned int __nocast flags)
 		if (ptr || (flags & (KM_MAYFAIL|KM_NOSLEEP)))
 			return ptr;
 		if (!(++retries % 100))
-			printk(KERN_ERR "XFS: possible memory allocation "
-					"deadlock in %s (mode:0x%x)\n",
+			xfs_err(NULL,
+		"possible memory allocation deadlock in %s (mode:0x%x)",
 					__func__, lflags);
 		congestion_wait(BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ/50);
 	} while (1);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_aops.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_aops.c
index ec7bbb5645b..79ce38be15a 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_aops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_aops.c
@@ -413,8 +413,7 @@ xfs_submit_ioend_bio(
 	if (xfs_ioend_new_eof(ioend))
 		xfs_mark_inode_dirty(XFS_I(ioend->io_inode));
 
-	submit_bio(wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL ?
-		   WRITE_SYNC_PLUG : WRITE, bio);
+	submit_bio(wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL ? WRITE_SYNC : WRITE, bio);
 }
 
 STATIC struct bio *
@@ -854,7 +853,7 @@ xfs_aops_discard_page(
 	if (XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(ip->i_mount))
 		goto out_invalidate;
 
-	xfs_fs_cmn_err(CE_ALERT, ip->i_mount,
+	xfs_alert(ip->i_mount,
 		"page discard on page %p, inode 0x%llx, offset %llu.",
 			page, ip->i_ino, offset);
 
@@ -872,7 +871,7 @@ xfs_aops_discard_page(
 		if (error) {
 			/* something screwed, just bail */
 			if (!XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(ip->i_mount)) {
-				xfs_fs_cmn_err(CE_ALERT, ip->i_mount,
+				xfs_alert(ip->i_mount,
 			"page discard unable to remove delalloc mapping.");
 			}
 			break;
@@ -1296,7 +1295,7 @@ xfs_get_blocks_direct(
  * If the private argument is non-NULL __xfs_get_blocks signals us that we
  * need to issue a transaction to convert the range from unwritten to written
  * extents.  In case this is regular synchronous I/O we just call xfs_end_io
- * to do this and we are done.  But in case this was a successfull AIO
+ * to do this and we are done.  But in case this was a successful AIO
  * request this handler is called from interrupt context, from which we
  * can't start transactions.  In that case offload the I/O completion to
  * the workqueues we also use for buffered I/O completion.
@@ -1411,7 +1410,7 @@ xfs_vm_write_failed(
 		if (error) {
 			/* something screwed, just bail */
 			if (!XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(ip->i_mount)) {
-				xfs_fs_cmn_err(CE_ALERT, ip->i_mount,
+				xfs_alert(ip->i_mount,
 			"xfs_vm_write_failed: unable to clean up ino %lld",
 						ip->i_ino);
 			}
@@ -1495,7 +1494,6 @@ const struct address_space_operations xfs_address_space_operations = {
 	.readpages		= xfs_vm_readpages,
 	.writepage		= xfs_vm_writepage,
 	.writepages		= xfs_vm_writepages,
-	.sync_page		= block_sync_page,
 	.releasepage		= xfs_vm_releasepage,
 	.invalidatepage		= xfs_vm_invalidatepage,
 	.write_begin		= xfs_vm_write_begin,
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
index f83a4c830a6..9ef9ed2cfe2 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
@@ -94,75 +94,6 @@ xfs_buf_vmap_len(
 }
 
 /*
- *	Page Region interfaces.
- *
- *	For pages in filesystems where the blocksize is smaller than the
- *	pagesize, we use the page->private field (long) to hold a bitmap
- * 	of uptodate regions within the page.
- *
- *	Each such region is "bytes per page / bits per long" bytes long.
- *
- *	NBPPR == number-of-bytes-per-page-region
- *	BTOPR == bytes-to-page-region (rounded up)
- *	BTOPRT == bytes-to-page-region-truncated (rounded down)
- */
-#if (BITS_PER_LONG == 32)
-#define PRSHIFT		(PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT - 5)	/* (32 == 1<<5) */
-#elif (BITS_PER_LONG == 64)
-#define PRSHIFT		(PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT - 6)	/* (64 == 1<<6) */
-#else
-#error BITS_PER_LONG must be 32 or 64
-#endif
-#define NBPPR		(PAGE_CACHE_SIZE/BITS_PER_LONG)
-#define BTOPR(b)	(((unsigned int)(b) + (NBPPR - 1)) >> PRSHIFT)
-#define BTOPRT(b)	(((unsigned int)(b) >> PRSHIFT))
-
-STATIC unsigned long
-page_region_mask(
-	size_t		offset,
-	size_t		length)
-{
-	unsigned long	mask;
-	int		first, final;
-
-	first = BTOPR(offset);
-	final = BTOPRT(offset + length - 1);
-	first = min(first, final);
-
-	mask = ~0UL;
-	mask <<= BITS_PER_LONG - (final - first);
-	mask >>= BITS_PER_LONG - (final);
-
-	ASSERT(offset + length <= PAGE_CACHE_SIZE);
-	ASSERT((final - first) < BITS_PER_LONG && (final - first) >= 0);
-
-	return mask;
-}
-
-STATIC void
-set_page_region(
-	struct page	*page,
-	size_t		offset,
-	size_t		length)
-{
-	set_page_private(page,
-		page_private(page) | page_region_mask(offset, length));
-	if (page_private(page) == ~0UL)
-		SetPageUptodate(page);
-}
-
-STATIC int
-test_page_region(
-	struct page	*page,
-	size_t		offset,
-	size_t		length)
-{
-	unsigned long	mask = page_region_mask(offset, length);
-
-	return (mask && (page_private(page) & mask) == mask);
-}
-
-/*
  * xfs_buf_lru_add - add a buffer to the LRU.
  *
  * The LRU takes a new reference to the buffer so that it will only be freed
@@ -189,7 +120,7 @@ xfs_buf_lru_add(
  * The unlocked check is safe here because it only occurs when there are not
  * b_lru_ref counts left on the inode under the pag->pag_buf_lock. it is there
  * to optimise the shrinker removing the buffer from the LRU and calling
- * xfs_buf_free(). i.e. it removes an unneccessary round trip on the
+ * xfs_buf_free(). i.e. it removes an unnecessary round trip on the
  * bt_lru_lock.
  */
 STATIC void
@@ -332,7 +263,7 @@ xfs_buf_free(
 
 	ASSERT(list_empty(&bp->b_lru));
 
-	if (bp->b_flags & (_XBF_PAGE_CACHE|_XBF_PAGES)) {
+	if (bp->b_flags & _XBF_PAGES) {
 		uint		i;
 
 		if (xfs_buf_is_vmapped(bp))
@@ -342,56 +273,77 @@ xfs_buf_free(
 		for (i = 0; i < bp->b_page_count; i++) {
 			struct page	*page = bp->b_pages[i];
 
-			if (bp->b_flags & _XBF_PAGE_CACHE)
-				ASSERT(!PagePrivate(page));
-			page_cache_release(page);
+			__free_page(page);
 		}
-	}
+	} else if (bp->b_flags & _XBF_KMEM)
+		kmem_free(bp->b_addr);
 	_xfs_buf_free_pages(bp);
 	xfs_buf_deallocate(bp);
 }
 
 /*
- *	Finds all pages for buffer in question and builds it's page list.
+ * Allocates all the pages for buffer in question and builds it's page list.
  */
 STATIC int
-_xfs_buf_lookup_pages(
+xfs_buf_allocate_memory(
 	xfs_buf_t		*bp,
 	uint			flags)
 {
-	struct address_space	*mapping = bp->b_target->bt_mapping;
-	size_t			blocksize = bp->b_target->bt_bsize;
 	size_t			size = bp->b_count_desired;
 	size_t			nbytes, offset;
 	gfp_t			gfp_mask = xb_to_gfp(flags);
 	unsigned short		page_count, i;
-	pgoff_t			first;
 	xfs_off_t		end;
 	int			error;
 
+	/*
+	 * for buffers that are contained within a single page, just allocate
+	 * the memory from the heap - there's no need for the complexity of
+	 * page arrays to keep allocation down to order 0.
+	 */
+	if (bp->b_buffer_length < PAGE_SIZE) {
+		bp->b_addr = kmem_alloc(bp->b_buffer_length, xb_to_km(flags));
+		if (!bp->b_addr) {
+			/* low memory - use alloc_page loop instead */
+			goto use_alloc_page;
+		}
+
+		if (((unsigned long)(bp->b_addr + bp->b_buffer_length - 1) &
+								PAGE_MASK) !=
+		    ((unsigned long)bp->b_addr & PAGE_MASK)) {
+			/* b_addr spans two pages - use alloc_page instead */
+			kmem_free(bp->b_addr);
+			bp->b_addr = NULL;
+			goto use_alloc_page;
+		}
+		bp->b_offset = offset_in_page(bp->b_addr);
+		bp->b_pages = bp->b_page_array;
+		bp->b_pages[0] = virt_to_page(bp->b_addr);
+		bp->b_page_count = 1;
+		bp->b_flags |= XBF_MAPPED | _XBF_KMEM;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+use_alloc_page:
 	end = bp->b_file_offset + bp->b_buffer_length;
 	page_count = xfs_buf_btoc(end) - xfs_buf_btoct(bp->b_file_offset);
-
 	error = _xfs_buf_get_pages(bp, page_count, flags);
 	if (unlikely(error))
 		return error;
-	bp->b_flags |= _XBF_PAGE_CACHE;
 
 	offset = bp->b_offset;
-	first = bp->b_file_offset >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
+	bp->b_flags |= _XBF_PAGES;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < bp->b_page_count; i++) {
 		struct page	*page;
 		uint		retries = 0;
-
-	      retry:
-		page = find_or_create_page(mapping, first + i, gfp_mask);
+retry:
+		page = alloc_page(gfp_mask);
 		if (unlikely(page == NULL)) {
 			if (flags & XBF_READ_AHEAD) {
 				bp->b_page_count = i;
-				for (i = 0; i < bp->b_page_count; i++)
-					unlock_page(bp->b_pages[i]);
-				return -ENOMEM;
+				error = ENOMEM;
+				goto out_free_pages;
 			}
 
 			/*
@@ -401,9 +353,8 @@ _xfs_buf_lookup_pages(
 			 * handle buffer allocation failures we can't do much.
 			 */
 			if (!(++retries % 100))
-				printk(KERN_ERR
-					"XFS: possible memory allocation "
-					"deadlock in %s (mode:0x%x)\n",
+				xfs_err(NULL,
+		"possible memory allocation deadlock in %s (mode:0x%x)",
 					__func__, gfp_mask);
 
 			XFS_STATS_INC(xb_page_retries);
@@ -413,52 +364,44 @@ _xfs_buf_lookup_pages(
 
 		XFS_STATS_INC(xb_page_found);
 
-		nbytes = min_t(size_t, size, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - offset);
+		nbytes = min_t(size_t, size, PAGE_SIZE - offset);
 		size -= nbytes;
-
-		ASSERT(!PagePrivate(page));
-		if (!PageUptodate(page)) {
-			page_count--;
-			if (blocksize >= PAGE_CACHE_SIZE) {
-				if (flags & XBF_READ)
-					bp->b_flags |= _XBF_PAGE_LOCKED;
-			} else if (!PagePrivate(page)) {
-				if (test_page_region(page, offset, nbytes))
-					page_count++;
-			}
-		}
-
 		bp->b_pages[i] = page;
 		offset = 0;
 	}
+	return 0;
 
-	if (!(bp->b_flags & _XBF_PAGE_LOCKED)) {
-		for (i = 0; i < bp->b_page_count; i++)
-			unlock_page(bp->b_pages[i]);
-	}
-
-	if (page_count == bp->b_page_count)
-		bp->b_flags |= XBF_DONE;
-
+out_free_pages:
+	for (i = 0; i < bp->b_page_count; i++)
+		__free_page(bp->b_pages[i]);
 	return error;
 }
 
 /*
- *	Map buffer into kernel address-space if nessecary.
+ *	Map buffer into kernel address-space if necessary.
  */
 STATIC int
 _xfs_buf_map_pages(
 	xfs_buf_t		*bp,
 	uint			flags)
 {
-	/* A single page buffer is always mappable */
+	ASSERT(bp->b_flags & _XBF_PAGES);
 	if (bp->b_page_count == 1) {
+		/* A single page buffer is always mappable */
 		bp->b_addr = page_address(bp->b_pages[0]) + bp->b_offset;
 		bp->b_flags |= XBF_MAPPED;
 	} else if (flags & XBF_MAPPED) {
-		bp->b_addr = vm_map_ram(bp->b_pages, bp->b_page_count,
-					-1, PAGE_KERNEL);
-		if (unlikely(bp->b_addr == NULL))
+		int retried = 0;
+
+		do {
+			bp->b_addr = vm_map_ram(bp->b_pages, bp->b_page_count,
+						-1, PAGE_KERNEL);
+			if (bp->b_addr)
+				break;
+			vm_unmap_aliases();
+		} while (retried++ <= 1);
+
+		if (!bp->b_addr)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		bp->b_addr += bp->b_offset;
 		bp->b_flags |= XBF_MAPPED;
@@ -569,9 +512,14 @@ found:
 		}
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * if the buffer is stale, clear all the external state associated with
+	 * it. We need to keep flags such as how we allocated the buffer memory
+	 * intact here.
+	 */
 	if (bp->b_flags & XBF_STALE) {
 		ASSERT((bp->b_flags & _XBF_DELWRI_Q) == 0);
-		bp->b_flags &= XBF_MAPPED;
+		bp->b_flags &= XBF_MAPPED | _XBF_KMEM | _XBF_PAGES;
 	}
 
 	trace_xfs_buf_find(bp, flags, _RET_IP_);
@@ -592,7 +540,7 @@ xfs_buf_get(
 	xfs_buf_flags_t		flags)
 {
 	xfs_buf_t		*bp, *new_bp;
-	int			error = 0, i;
+	int			error = 0;
 
 	new_bp = xfs_buf_allocate(flags);
 	if (unlikely(!new_bp))
@@ -600,7 +548,7 @@ xfs_buf_get(
 
 	bp = _xfs_buf_find(target, ioff, isize, flags, new_bp);
 	if (bp == new_bp) {
-		error = _xfs_buf_lookup_pages(bp, flags);
+		error = xfs_buf_allocate_memory(bp, flags);
 		if (error)
 			goto no_buffer;
 	} else {
@@ -609,14 +557,11 @@ xfs_buf_get(
 			return NULL;
 	}
 
-	for (i = 0; i < bp->b_page_count; i++)
-		mark_page_accessed(bp->b_pages[i]);
-
 	if (!(bp->b_flags & XBF_MAPPED)) {
 		error = _xfs_buf_map_pages(bp, flags);
 		if (unlikely(error)) {
-			printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: failed to map pages\n",
-					__func__);
+			xfs_warn(target->bt_mount,
+				"%s: failed to map pages\n", __func__);
 			goto no_buffer;
 		}
 	}
@@ -710,10 +655,7 @@ xfs_buf_readahead(
 	xfs_off_t		ioff,
 	size_t			isize)
 {
-	struct backing_dev_info *bdi;
-
-	bdi = target->bt_mapping->backing_dev_info;
-	if (bdi_read_congested(bdi))
+	if (bdi_read_congested(target->bt_bdi))
 		return;
 
 	xfs_buf_read(target, ioff, isize,
@@ -791,10 +733,10 @@ xfs_buf_associate_memory(
 	size_t			buflen;
 	int			page_count;
 
-	pageaddr = (unsigned long)mem & PAGE_CACHE_MASK;
+	pageaddr = (unsigned long)mem & PAGE_MASK;
 	offset = (unsigned long)mem - pageaddr;
-	buflen = PAGE_CACHE_ALIGN(len + offset);
-	page_count = buflen >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
+	buflen = PAGE_ALIGN(len + offset);
+	page_count = buflen >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 
 	/* Free any previous set of page pointers */
 	if (bp->b_pages)
@@ -811,13 +753,12 @@ xfs_buf_associate_memory(
 
 	for (i = 0; i < bp->b_page_count; i++) {
 		bp->b_pages[i] = mem_to_page((void *)pageaddr);
-		pageaddr += PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
+		pageaddr += PAGE_SIZE;
 	}
 
 	bp->b_count_desired = len;
 	bp->b_buffer_length = buflen;
 	bp->b_flags |= XBF_MAPPED;
-	bp->b_flags &= ~_XBF_PAGE_LOCKED;
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -850,8 +791,8 @@ xfs_buf_get_uncached(
 
 	error = _xfs_buf_map_pages(bp, XBF_MAPPED);
 	if (unlikely(error)) {
-		printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: failed to map pages\n",
-				__func__);
+		xfs_warn(target->bt_mount,
+			"%s: failed to map pages\n", __func__);
 		goto fail_free_mem;
 	}
 
@@ -924,20 +865,7 @@ xfs_buf_rele(
 
 
 /*
- *	Mutual exclusion on buffers.  Locking model:
- *
- *	Buffers associated with inodes for which buffer locking
- *	is not enabled are not protected by semaphores, and are
- *	assumed to be exclusively owned by the caller.  There is a
- *	spinlock in the buffer, used by the caller when concurrent
- *	access is possible.
- */
-
-/*
- *	Locks a buffer object, if it is not already locked.  Note that this in
- *	no way locks the underlying pages, so it is only useful for
- *	synchronizing concurrent use of buffer objects, not for synchronizing
- *	independent access to the underlying pages.
+ *	Lock a buffer object, if it is not already locked.
  *
  *	If we come across a stale, pinned, locked buffer, we know that we are
  *	being asked to lock a buffer that has been reallocated. Because it is
@@ -971,10 +899,7 @@ xfs_buf_lock_value(
 }
 
 /*
- *	Locks a buffer object.
- *	Note that this in no way locks the underlying pages, so it is only
- *	useful for synchronizing concurrent use of buffer objects, not for
- *	synchronizing independent access to the underlying pages.
+ *	Lock a buffer object.
  *
  *	If we come across a stale, pinned, locked buffer, we know that we
  *	are being asked to lock a buffer that has been reallocated. Because
@@ -990,8 +915,6 @@ xfs_buf_lock(
 
 	if (atomic_read(&bp->b_pin_count) && (bp->b_flags & XBF_STALE))
 		xfs_log_force(bp->b_target->bt_mount, 0);
-	if (atomic_read(&bp->b_io_remaining))
-		blk_run_address_space(bp->b_target->bt_mapping);
 	down(&bp->b_sema);
 	XB_SET_OWNER(bp);
 
@@ -1035,9 +958,7 @@ xfs_buf_wait_unpin(
 		set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
 		if (atomic_read(&bp->b_pin_count) == 0)
 			break;
-		if (atomic_read(&bp->b_io_remaining))
-			blk_run_address_space(bp->b_target->bt_mapping);
-		schedule();
+		io_schedule();
 	}
 	remove_wait_queue(&bp->b_waiters, &wait);
 	set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
@@ -1249,10 +1170,8 @@ _xfs_buf_ioend(
 	xfs_buf_t		*bp,
 	int			schedule)
 {
-	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&bp->b_io_remaining) == 1) {
-		bp->b_flags &= ~_XBF_PAGE_LOCKED;
+	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&bp->b_io_remaining) == 1)
 		xfs_buf_ioend(bp, schedule);
-	}
 }
 
 STATIC void
@@ -1261,35 +1180,12 @@ xfs_buf_bio_end_io(
 	int			error)
 {
 	xfs_buf_t		*bp = (xfs_buf_t *)bio->bi_private;
-	unsigned int		blocksize = bp->b_target->bt_bsize;
-	struct bio_vec		*bvec = bio->bi_io_vec + bio->bi_vcnt - 1;
 
 	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;
-
-		ASSERT(!PagePrivate(page));
-		if (unlikely(bp->b_error)) {
-			if (bp->b_flags & XBF_READ)
-				ClearPageUptodate(page);
-		} else if (blocksize >= PAGE_CACHE_SIZE) {
-			SetPageUptodate(page);
-		} else if (!PagePrivate(page) &&
-				(bp->b_flags & _XBF_PAGE_CACHE)) {
-			set_page_region(page, bvec->bv_offset, bvec->bv_len);
-		}
-
-		if (--bvec >= bio->bi_io_vec)
-			prefetchw(&bvec->bv_page->flags);
-
-		if (bp->b_flags & _XBF_PAGE_LOCKED)
-			unlock_page(page);
-	} while (bvec >= bio->bi_io_vec);
-
 	_xfs_buf_ioend(bp, 1);
 	bio_put(bio);
 }
@@ -1303,7 +1199,6 @@ _xfs_buf_ioapply(
 	int			offset = bp->b_offset;
 	int			size = bp->b_count_desired;
 	sector_t		sector = bp->b_bn;
-	unsigned int		blocksize = bp->b_target->bt_bsize;
 
 	total_nr_pages = bp->b_page_count;
 	map_i = 0;
@@ -1324,29 +1219,6 @@ _xfs_buf_ioapply(
 		     (bp->b_flags & XBF_READ_AHEAD) ? READA : READ;
 	}
 
-	/* Special code path for reading a sub page size buffer in --
-	 * we populate up the whole page, and hence the other metadata
-	 * in the same page.  This optimization is only valid when the
-	 * filesystem block size is not smaller than the page size.
-	 */
-	if ((bp->b_buffer_length < PAGE_CACHE_SIZE) &&
-	    ((bp->b_flags & (XBF_READ|_XBF_PAGE_LOCKED)) ==
-	      (XBF_READ|_XBF_PAGE_LOCKED)) &&
-	    (blocksize >= PAGE_CACHE_SIZE)) {
-		bio = bio_alloc(GFP_NOIO, 1);
-
-		bio->bi_bdev = bp->b_target->bt_bdev;
-		bio->bi_sector = sector - (offset >> BBSHIFT);
-		bio->bi_end_io = xfs_buf_bio_end_io;
-		bio->bi_private = bp;
-
-		bio_add_page(bio, bp->b_pages[0], PAGE_CACHE_SIZE, 0);
-		size = 0;
-
-		atomic_inc(&bp->b_io_remaining);
-
-		goto submit_io;
-	}
 
 next_chunk:
 	atomic_inc(&bp->b_io_remaining);
@@ -1360,8 +1232,9 @@ next_chunk:
 	bio->bi_end_io = xfs_buf_bio_end_io;
 	bio->bi_private = bp;
 
+
 	for (; size && nr_pages; nr_pages--, map_i++) {
-		int	rbytes, nbytes = PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - offset;
+		int	rbytes, nbytes = PAGE_SIZE - offset;
 
 		if (nbytes > size)
 			nbytes = size;
@@ -1376,7 +1249,6 @@ next_chunk:
 		total_nr_pages--;
 	}
 
-submit_io:
 	if (likely(bio->bi_size)) {
 		if (xfs_buf_is_vmapped(bp)) {
 			flush_kernel_vmap_range(bp->b_addr,
@@ -1386,18 +1258,7 @@ submit_io:
 		if (size)
 			goto next_chunk;
 	} else {
-		/*
-		 * if we get here, no pages were added to the bio. However,
-		 * we can't just error out here - if the pages are locked then
-		 * we have to unlock them otherwise we can hang on a later
-		 * access to the page.
-		 */
 		xfs_buf_ioerror(bp, EIO);
-		if (bp->b_flags & _XBF_PAGE_LOCKED) {
-			int i;
-			for (i = 0; i < bp->b_page_count; i++)
-				unlock_page(bp->b_pages[i]);
-		}
 		bio_put(bio);
 	}
 }
@@ -1442,8 +1303,6 @@ xfs_buf_iowait(
 {
 	trace_xfs_buf_iowait(bp, _RET_IP_);
 
-	if (atomic_read(&bp->b_io_remaining))
-		blk_run_address_space(bp->b_target->bt_mapping);
 	wait_for_completion(&bp->b_iowait);
 
 	trace_xfs_buf_iowait_done(bp, _RET_IP_);
@@ -1461,8 +1320,8 @@ xfs_buf_offset(
 		return XFS_BUF_PTR(bp) + offset;
 
 	offset += bp->b_offset;
-	page = bp->b_pages[offset >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT];
-	return (xfs_caddr_t)page_address(page) + (offset & (PAGE_CACHE_SIZE-1));
+	page = bp->b_pages[offset >> PAGE_SHIFT];
+	return (xfs_caddr_t)page_address(page) + (offset & (PAGE_SIZE-1));
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1484,9 +1343,9 @@ xfs_buf_iomove(
 		page = bp->b_pages[xfs_buf_btoct(boff + bp->b_offset)];
 		cpoff = xfs_buf_poff(boff + bp->b_offset);
 		csize = min_t(size_t,
-			      PAGE_CACHE_SIZE-cpoff, bp->b_count_desired-boff);
+			      PAGE_SIZE-cpoff, bp->b_count_desired-boff);
 
-		ASSERT(((csize + cpoff) <= PAGE_CACHE_SIZE));
+		ASSERT(((csize + cpoff) <= PAGE_SIZE));
 
 		switch (mode) {
 		case XBRW_ZERO:
@@ -1599,7 +1458,6 @@ xfs_free_buftarg(
 	xfs_flush_buftarg(btp, 1);
 	if (mp->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_BARRIER)
 		xfs_blkdev_issue_flush(btp);
-	iput(btp->bt_mapping->host);
 
 	kthread_stop(btp->bt_task);
 	kmem_free(btp);
@@ -1617,21 +1475,12 @@ xfs_setsize_buftarg_flags(
 	btp->bt_smask = sectorsize - 1;
 
 	if (set_blocksize(btp->bt_bdev, sectorsize)) {
-		printk(KERN_WARNING
-			"XFS: Cannot set_blocksize to %u on device %s\n",
+		xfs_warn(btp->bt_mount,
+			"Cannot set_blocksize to %u on device %s\n",
 			sectorsize, XFS_BUFTARG_NAME(btp));
 		return EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	if (verbose &&
-	    (PAGE_CACHE_SIZE / BITS_PER_LONG) > sectorsize) {
-		printk(KERN_WARNING
-			"XFS: %u byte sectors in use on device %s.  "
-			"This is suboptimal; %u or greater is ideal.\n",
-			sectorsize, XFS_BUFTARG_NAME(btp),
-			(unsigned int)PAGE_CACHE_SIZE / BITS_PER_LONG);
-	}
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1646,7 +1495,7 @@ xfs_setsize_buftarg_early(
 	struct block_device	*bdev)
 {
 	return xfs_setsize_buftarg_flags(btp,
-			PAGE_CACHE_SIZE, bdev_logical_block_size(bdev), 0);
+			PAGE_SIZE, bdev_logical_block_size(bdev), 0);
 }
 
 int
@@ -1659,41 +1508,6 @@ xfs_setsize_buftarg(
 }
 
 STATIC int
-xfs_mapping_buftarg(
-	xfs_buftarg_t		*btp,
-	struct block_device	*bdev)
-{
-	struct backing_dev_info	*bdi;
-	struct inode		*inode;
-	struct address_space	*mapping;
-	static const struct address_space_operations mapping_aops = {
-		.sync_page = block_sync_page,
-		.migratepage = fail_migrate_page,
-	};
-
-	inode = new_inode(bdev->bd_inode->i_sb);
-	if (!inode) {
-		printk(KERN_WARNING
-			"XFS: Cannot allocate mapping inode for device %s\n",
-			XFS_BUFTARG_NAME(btp));
-		return ENOMEM;
-	}
-	inode->i_ino = get_next_ino();
-	inode->i_mode = S_IFBLK;
-	inode->i_bdev = bdev;
-	inode->i_rdev = bdev->bd_dev;
-	bdi = blk_get_backing_dev_info(bdev);
-	if (!bdi)
-		bdi = &default_backing_dev_info;
-	mapping = &inode->i_data;
-	mapping->a_ops = &mapping_aops;
-	mapping->backing_dev_info = bdi;
-	mapping_set_gfp_mask(mapping, GFP_NOFS);
-	btp->bt_mapping = mapping;
-	return 0;
-}
-
-STATIC int
 xfs_alloc_delwrite_queue(
 	xfs_buftarg_t		*btp,
 	const char		*fsname)
@@ -1721,12 +1535,14 @@ xfs_alloc_buftarg(
 	btp->bt_mount = mp;
 	btp->bt_dev =  bdev->bd_dev;
 	btp->bt_bdev = bdev;
+	btp->bt_bdi = blk_get_backing_dev_info(bdev);
+	if (!btp->bt_bdi)
+		goto error;
+
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&btp->bt_lru);
 	spin_lock_init(&btp->bt_lru_lock);
 	if (xfs_setsize_buftarg_early(btp, bdev))
 		goto error;
-	if (xfs_mapping_buftarg(btp, bdev))
-		goto error;
 	if (xfs_alloc_delwrite_queue(btp, fsname))
 		goto error;
 	btp->bt_shrinker.shrink = xfs_buftarg_shrink;
@@ -1923,8 +1739,8 @@ xfsbufd(
 	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;
+		struct blk_plug plug;
 
 		if (unlikely(freezing(current))) {
 			set_bit(XBT_FORCE_SLEEP, &target->bt_flags);
@@ -1940,16 +1756,15 @@ xfsbufd(
 
 		xfs_buf_delwri_split(target, &tmp, age);
 		list_sort(NULL, &tmp, xfs_buf_cmp);
+
+		blk_start_plug(&plug);
 		while (!list_empty(&tmp)) {
 			struct xfs_buf *bp;
 			bp = list_first_entry(&tmp, struct xfs_buf, b_list);
 			list_del_init(&bp->b_list);
 			xfs_bdstrat_cb(bp);
-			count++;
 		}
-		if (count)
-			blk_run_address_space(target->bt_mapping);
-
+		blk_finish_plug(&plug);
 	} while (!kthread_should_stop());
 
 	return 0;
@@ -1969,6 +1784,7 @@ xfs_flush_buftarg(
 	int		pincount = 0;
 	LIST_HEAD(tmp_list);
 	LIST_HEAD(wait_list);
+	struct blk_plug plug;
 
 	xfs_buf_runall_queues(xfsconvertd_workqueue);
 	xfs_buf_runall_queues(xfsdatad_workqueue);
@@ -1983,6 +1799,8 @@ xfs_flush_buftarg(
 	 * we do that after issuing all the IO.
 	 */
 	list_sort(NULL, &tmp_list, xfs_buf_cmp);
+
+	blk_start_plug(&plug);
 	while (!list_empty(&tmp_list)) {
 		bp = list_first_entry(&tmp_list, struct xfs_buf, b_list);
 		ASSERT(target == bp->b_target);
@@ -1993,10 +1811,10 @@ xfs_flush_buftarg(
 		}
 		xfs_bdstrat_cb(bp);
 	}
+	blk_finish_plug(&plug);
 
 	if (wait) {
-		/* Expedite and wait for IO to complete. */
-		blk_run_address_space(target->bt_mapping);
+		/* Wait for IO to complete. */
 		while (!list_empty(&wait_list)) {
 			bp = list_first_entry(&wait_list, struct xfs_buf, b_list);
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.h b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.h
index cbe65950e52..a9a1c451264 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.h
@@ -61,30 +61,11 @@ typedef enum {
 #define XBF_DONT_BLOCK	(1 << 16)/* do not block in current thread */
 
 /* flags used only internally */
-#define _XBF_PAGE_CACHE	(1 << 17)/* backed by pagecache */
 #define _XBF_PAGES	(1 << 18)/* backed by refcounted pages */
 #define	_XBF_RUN_QUEUES	(1 << 19)/* run block device task queue	*/
+#define	_XBF_KMEM	(1 << 20)/* backed by heap memory */
 #define _XBF_DELWRI_Q	(1 << 21)/* buffer on delwri queue */
 
-/*
- * Special flag for supporting metadata blocks smaller than a FSB.
- *
- * In this case we can have multiple xfs_buf_t on a single page and
- * need to lock out concurrent xfs_buf_t readers as they only
- * serialise access to the buffer.
- *
- * If the FSB size >= PAGE_CACHE_SIZE case, we have no serialisation
- * between reads of the page. Hence we can have one thread read the
- * page and modify it, but then race with another thread that thinks
- * the page is not up-to-date and hence reads it again.
- *
- * The result is that the first modifcation to the page is lost.
- * This sort of AGF/AGI reading race can happen when unlinking inodes
- * that require truncation and results in the AGI unlinked list
- * modifications being lost.
- */
-#define _XBF_PAGE_LOCKED	(1 << 22)
-
 typedef unsigned int xfs_buf_flags_t;
 
 #define XFS_BUF_FLAGS \
@@ -100,12 +81,10 @@ typedef unsigned int xfs_buf_flags_t;
 	{ XBF_LOCK,		"LOCK" },  	/* should never be set */\
 	{ XBF_TRYLOCK,		"TRYLOCK" }, 	/* ditto */\
 	{ XBF_DONT_BLOCK,	"DONT_BLOCK" },	/* ditto */\
-	{ _XBF_PAGE_CACHE,	"PAGE_CACHE" }, \
 	{ _XBF_PAGES,		"PAGES" }, \
 	{ _XBF_RUN_QUEUES,	"RUN_QUEUES" }, \
-	{ _XBF_DELWRI_Q,	"DELWRI_Q" }, \
-	{ _XBF_PAGE_LOCKED,	"PAGE_LOCKED" }
-
+	{ _XBF_KMEM,		"KMEM" }, \
+	{ _XBF_DELWRI_Q,	"DELWRI_Q" }
 
 typedef enum {
 	XBT_FORCE_SLEEP = 0,
@@ -120,7 +99,7 @@ typedef struct xfs_bufhash {
 typedef struct xfs_buftarg {
 	dev_t			bt_dev;
 	struct block_device	*bt_bdev;
-	struct address_space	*bt_mapping;
+	struct backing_dev_info	*bt_bdi;
 	struct xfs_mount	*bt_mount;
 	unsigned int		bt_bsize;
 	unsigned int		bt_sshift;
@@ -139,17 +118,6 @@ typedef struct xfs_buftarg {
 	unsigned int		bt_lru_nr;
 } xfs_buftarg_t;
 
-/*
- *	xfs_buf_t:  Buffer structure for pagecache-based buffers
- *
- * This buffer structure is used by the pagecache buffer management routines
- * to refer to an assembly of pages forming a logical buffer.
- *
- * The buffer structure is used on a temporary basis only, and discarded when
- * released.  The real data storage is recorded in the pagecache. Buffers are
- * hashed to the block device on which the file system resides.
- */
-
 struct xfs_buf;
 typedef void (*xfs_buf_iodone_t)(struct xfs_buf *);
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_file.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_file.c
index a55c1b46b21..f4213ba1ff8 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_file.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_file.c
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ xfs_aio_write_isize_update(
 
 /*
  * If this was a direct or synchronous I/O that failed (such as ENOSPC) then
- * part of the I/O may have been written to disk before the error occured.  In
+ * part of the I/O may have been written to disk before the error occurred.  In
  * this case the on-disk file size may have been adjusted beyond the in-memory
  * file size and now needs to be truncated back.
  */
@@ -896,6 +896,7 @@ xfs_file_fallocate(
 	xfs_flock64_t	bf;
 	xfs_inode_t	*ip = XFS_I(inode);
 	int		cmd = XFS_IOC_RESVSP;
+	int		attr_flags = XFS_ATTR_NOLOCK;
 
 	if (mode & ~(FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE | FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE))
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
@@ -918,7 +919,10 @@ xfs_file_fallocate(
 			goto out_unlock;
 	}
 
-	error = -xfs_change_file_space(ip, cmd, &bf, 0, XFS_ATTR_NOLOCK);
+	if (file->f_flags & O_DSYNC)
+		attr_flags |= XFS_ATTR_SYNC;
+
+	error = -xfs_change_file_space(ip, cmd, &bf, 0, attr_flags);
 	if (error)
 		goto out_unlock;
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_ioctl.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_ioctl.c
index 0ca0e3c024d..acca2c5ca3f 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_ioctl.c
@@ -624,6 +624,10 @@ xfs_ioc_space(
 
 	if (filp->f_flags & (O_NDELAY|O_NONBLOCK))
 		attr_flags |= XFS_ATTR_NONBLOCK;
+
+	if (filp->f_flags & O_DSYNC)
+		attr_flags |= XFS_ATTR_SYNC;
+
 	if (ioflags & IO_INVIS)
 		attr_flags |= XFS_ATTR_DMI;
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.c
index 9ff7fc603d2..dd21784525a 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ xfs_synchronize_times(
 
 /*
  * If the linux inode is valid, mark it dirty.
- * Used when commiting a dirty inode into a transaction so that
+ * Used when committing a dirty inode into a transaction so that
  * the inode will get written back by the linux code
  */
 void
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_linux.h b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_linux.h
index 09649499774..244be9cbfe7 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_linux.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_linux.h
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
 #include <mrlock.h>
 #include <time.h>
 
-#include <support/debug.h>
 #include <support/uuid.h>
 
 #include <linux/semaphore.h>
@@ -86,6 +85,7 @@
 #include <xfs_aops.h>
 #include <xfs_super.h>
 #include <xfs_buf.h>
+#include <xfs_message.h>
 
 /*
  * Feature macros (disable/enable)
@@ -280,4 +280,25 @@ static inline __uint64_t howmany_64(__uint64_t x, __uint32_t y)
 #define __arch_pack
 #endif
 
+#define ASSERT_ALWAYS(expr)	\
+	(unlikely(expr) ? (void)0 : assfail(#expr, __FILE__, __LINE__))
+
+#ifndef DEBUG
+#define ASSERT(expr)	((void)0)
+
+#ifndef STATIC
+# define STATIC static noinline
+#endif
+
+#else /* DEBUG */
+
+#define ASSERT(expr)	\
+	(unlikely(expr) ? (void)0 : assfail(#expr, __FILE__, __LINE__))
+
+#ifndef STATIC
+# define STATIC noinline
+#endif
+
+#endif /* DEBUG */
+
 #endif /* __XFS_LINUX__ */
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_message.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_message.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9f76cceb678
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_message.c
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2011 Red Hat, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it would be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc.,  51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+ */
+
+#include "xfs.h"
+#include "xfs_fs.h"
+#include "xfs_types.h"
+#include "xfs_log.h"
+#include "xfs_inum.h"
+#include "xfs_trans.h"
+#include "xfs_sb.h"
+#include "xfs_ag.h"
+#include "xfs_mount.h"
+
+/*
+ * XFS logging functions
+ */
+static void
+__xfs_printk(
+	const char		*level,
+	const struct xfs_mount	*mp,
+	struct va_format	*vaf)
+{
+	if (mp && mp->m_fsname) {
+		printk("%sXFS (%s): %pV\n", level, mp->m_fsname, vaf);
+		return;
+	}
+	printk("%sXFS: %pV\n", level, vaf);
+}
+
+void xfs_printk(
+	const char		*level,
+	const struct xfs_mount	*mp,
+	const char		*fmt, ...)
+{
+	struct va_format	vaf;
+	va_list			args;
+
+	va_start(args, fmt);
+
+	vaf.fmt = fmt;
+	vaf.va = &args;
+
+	__xfs_printk(level, mp, &vaf);
+	va_end(args);
+}
+
+#define define_xfs_printk_level(func, kern_level)		\
+void func(const struct xfs_mount *mp, const char *fmt, ...)	\
+{								\
+	struct va_format	vaf;				\
+	va_list			args;				\
+								\
+	va_start(args, fmt);					\
+								\
+	vaf.fmt = fmt;						\
+	vaf.va = &args;						\
+								\
+	__xfs_printk(kern_level, mp, &vaf);			\
+	va_end(args);						\
+}								\
+
+define_xfs_printk_level(xfs_emerg, KERN_EMERG);
+define_xfs_printk_level(xfs_alert, KERN_ALERT);
+define_xfs_printk_level(xfs_crit, KERN_CRIT);
+define_xfs_printk_level(xfs_err, KERN_ERR);
+define_xfs_printk_level(xfs_warn, KERN_WARNING);
+define_xfs_printk_level(xfs_notice, KERN_NOTICE);
+define_xfs_printk_level(xfs_info, KERN_INFO);
+#ifdef DEBUG
+define_xfs_printk_level(xfs_debug, KERN_DEBUG);
+#endif
+
+void
+xfs_alert_tag(
+	const struct xfs_mount	*mp,
+	int			panic_tag,
+	const char		*fmt, ...)
+{
+	struct va_format	vaf;
+	va_list			args;
+	int			do_panic = 0;
+
+	if (xfs_panic_mask && (xfs_panic_mask & panic_tag)) {
+		xfs_printk(KERN_ALERT, mp,
+			"XFS: Transforming an alert into a BUG.");
+		do_panic = 1;
+	}
+
+	va_start(args, fmt);
+
+	vaf.fmt = fmt;
+	vaf.va = &args;
+
+	__xfs_printk(KERN_ALERT, mp, &vaf);
+	va_end(args);
+
+	BUG_ON(do_panic);
+}
+
+void
+assfail(char *expr, char *file, int line)
+{
+	xfs_emerg(NULL, "Assertion failed: %s, file: %s, line: %d",
+		expr, file, line);
+	BUG();
+}
+
+void
+xfs_hex_dump(void *p, int length)
+{
+	print_hex_dump(KERN_ALERT, "", DUMP_PREFIX_ADDRESS, 16, 1, p, length, 1);
+}
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_message.h b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_message.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f1b3fc1b6c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_message.h
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#ifndef __XFS_MESSAGE_H
+#define __XFS_MESSAGE_H 1
+
+struct xfs_mount;
+
+extern void xfs_printk(const char *level, const struct xfs_mount *mp,
+                      const char *fmt, ...)
+        __attribute__ ((format (printf, 3, 4)));
+extern void xfs_emerg(const struct xfs_mount *mp, const char *fmt, ...)
+        __attribute__ ((format (printf, 2, 3)));
+extern void xfs_alert(const struct xfs_mount *mp, const char *fmt, ...)
+        __attribute__ ((format (printf, 2, 3)));
+extern void xfs_alert_tag(const struct xfs_mount *mp, int tag,
+			 const char *fmt, ...)
+        __attribute__ ((format (printf, 3, 4)));
+extern void xfs_crit(const struct xfs_mount *mp, const char *fmt, ...)
+        __attribute__ ((format (printf, 2, 3)));
+extern void xfs_err(const struct xfs_mount *mp, const char *fmt, ...)
+        __attribute__ ((format (printf, 2, 3)));
+extern void xfs_warn(const struct xfs_mount *mp, const char *fmt, ...)
+        __attribute__ ((format (printf, 2, 3)));
+extern void xfs_notice(const struct xfs_mount *mp, const char *fmt, ...)
+        __attribute__ ((format (printf, 2, 3)));
+extern void xfs_info(const struct xfs_mount *mp, const char *fmt, ...)
+        __attribute__ ((format (printf, 2, 3)));
+
+#ifdef DEBUG
+extern void xfs_debug(const struct xfs_mount *mp, const char *fmt, ...)
+        __attribute__ ((format (printf, 2, 3)));
+#else
+static inline void xfs_debug(const struct xfs_mount *mp, const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+}
+#endif
+
+extern void assfail(char *expr, char *f, int l);
+
+extern void xfs_hex_dump(void *p, int length);
+
+#endif	/* __XFS_MESSAGE_H */
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.c
index 9731898083a..b38e58d0229 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.c
@@ -173,6 +173,15 @@ xfs_parseargs(
 	__uint8_t		iosizelog = 0;
 
 	/*
+	 * set up the mount name first so all the errors will refer to the
+	 * correct device.
+	 */
+	mp->m_fsname = kstrndup(sb->s_id, MAXNAMELEN, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!mp->m_fsname)
+		return ENOMEM;
+	mp->m_fsname_len = strlen(mp->m_fsname) + 1;
+
+	/*
 	 * Copy binary VFS mount flags we are interested in.
 	 */
 	if (sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)
@@ -189,6 +198,7 @@ xfs_parseargs(
 	mp->m_flags |= XFS_MOUNT_BARRIER;
 	mp->m_flags |= XFS_MOUNT_COMPAT_IOSIZE;
 	mp->m_flags |= XFS_MOUNT_SMALL_INUMS;
+	mp->m_flags |= XFS_MOUNT_DELAYLOG;
 
 	/*
 	 * These can be overridden by the mount option parsing.
@@ -207,24 +217,21 @@ xfs_parseargs(
 
 		if (!strcmp(this_char, MNTOPT_LOGBUFS)) {
 			if (!value || !*value) {
-				cmn_err(CE_WARN,
-					"XFS: %s option requires an argument",
+				xfs_warn(mp, "%s option requires an argument",
 					this_char);
 				return EINVAL;
 			}
 			mp->m_logbufs = simple_strtoul(value, &eov, 10);
 		} else if (!strcmp(this_char, MNTOPT_LOGBSIZE)) {
 			if (!value || !*value) {
-				cmn_err(CE_WARN,
-					"XFS: %s option requires an argument",
+				xfs_warn(mp, "%s option requires an argument",
 					this_char);
 				return EINVAL;
 			}
 			mp->m_logbsize = suffix_strtoul(value, &eov, 10);
 		} else if (!strcmp(this_char, MNTOPT_LOGDEV)) {
 			if (!value || !*value) {
-				cmn_err(CE_WARN,
-					"XFS: %s option requires an argument",
+				xfs_warn(mp, "%s option requires an argument",
 					this_char);
 				return EINVAL;
 			}
@@ -232,14 +239,12 @@ xfs_parseargs(
 			if (!mp->m_logname)
 				return ENOMEM;
 		} else if (!strcmp(this_char, MNTOPT_MTPT)) {
-			cmn_err(CE_WARN,
-				"XFS: %s option not allowed on this system",
+			xfs_warn(mp, "%s option not allowed on this system",
 				this_char);
 			return EINVAL;
 		} else if (!strcmp(this_char, MNTOPT_RTDEV)) {
 			if (!value || !*value) {
-				cmn_err(CE_WARN,
-					"XFS: %s option requires an argument",
+				xfs_warn(mp, "%s option requires an argument",
 					this_char);
 				return EINVAL;
 			}
@@ -248,8 +253,7 @@ xfs_parseargs(
 				return ENOMEM;
 		} else if (!strcmp(this_char, MNTOPT_BIOSIZE)) {
 			if (!value || !*value) {
-				cmn_err(CE_WARN,
-					"XFS: %s option requires an argument",
+				xfs_warn(mp, "%s option requires an argument",
 					this_char);
 				return EINVAL;
 			}
@@ -257,8 +261,7 @@ xfs_parseargs(
 			iosizelog = ffs(iosize) - 1;
 		} else if (!strcmp(this_char, MNTOPT_ALLOCSIZE)) {
 			if (!value || !*value) {
-				cmn_err(CE_WARN,
-					"XFS: %s option requires an argument",
+				xfs_warn(mp, "%s option requires an argument",
 					this_char);
 				return EINVAL;
 			}
@@ -280,16 +283,14 @@ xfs_parseargs(
 			mp->m_flags |= XFS_MOUNT_SWALLOC;
 		} else if (!strcmp(this_char, MNTOPT_SUNIT)) {
 			if (!value || !*value) {
-				cmn_err(CE_WARN,
-					"XFS: %s option requires an argument",
+				xfs_warn(mp, "%s option requires an argument",
 					this_char);
 				return EINVAL;
 			}
 			dsunit = simple_strtoul(value, &eov, 10);
 		} else if (!strcmp(this_char, MNTOPT_SWIDTH)) {
 			if (!value || !*value) {
-				cmn_err(CE_WARN,
-					"XFS: %s option requires an argument",
+				xfs_warn(mp, "%s option requires an argument",
 					this_char);
 				return EINVAL;
 			}
@@ -297,8 +298,7 @@ xfs_parseargs(
 		} else if (!strcmp(this_char, MNTOPT_64BITINODE)) {
 			mp->m_flags &= ~XFS_MOUNT_SMALL_INUMS;
 #if !XFS_BIG_INUMS
-			cmn_err(CE_WARN,
-				"XFS: %s option not allowed on this system",
+			xfs_warn(mp, "%s option not allowed on this system",
 				this_char);
 			return EINVAL;
 #endif
@@ -356,20 +356,19 @@ xfs_parseargs(
 		} else if (!strcmp(this_char, MNTOPT_NODELAYLOG)) {
 			mp->m_flags &= ~XFS_MOUNT_DELAYLOG;
 		} else if (!strcmp(this_char, "ihashsize")) {
-			cmn_err(CE_WARN,
-	"XFS: ihashsize no longer used, option is deprecated.");
+			xfs_warn(mp,
+	"ihashsize no longer used, option is deprecated.");
 		} else if (!strcmp(this_char, "osyncisdsync")) {
-			cmn_err(CE_WARN,
-	"XFS: osyncisdsync has no effect, option is deprecated.");
+			xfs_warn(mp,
+	"osyncisdsync has no effect, option is deprecated.");
 		} else if (!strcmp(this_char, "osyncisosync")) {
-			cmn_err(CE_WARN,
-	"XFS: osyncisosync has no effect, option is deprecated.");
+			xfs_warn(mp,
+	"osyncisosync has no effect, option is deprecated.");
 		} else if (!strcmp(this_char, "irixsgid")) {
-			cmn_err(CE_WARN,
-	"XFS: irixsgid is now a sysctl(2) variable, option is deprecated.");
+			xfs_warn(mp,
+	"irixsgid is now a sysctl(2) variable, option is deprecated.");
 		} else {
-			cmn_err(CE_WARN,
-				"XFS: unknown mount option [%s].", this_char);
+			xfs_warn(mp, "unknown mount option [%s].", this_char);
 			return EINVAL;
 		}
 	}
@@ -379,40 +378,37 @@ xfs_parseargs(
 	 */
 	if ((mp->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_NORECOVERY) &&
 	    !(mp->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_RDONLY)) {
-		cmn_err(CE_WARN, "XFS: no-recovery mounts must be read-only.");
+		xfs_warn(mp, "no-recovery mounts must be read-only.");
 		return EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	if ((mp->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_NOALIGN) && (dsunit || dswidth)) {
-		cmn_err(CE_WARN,
-	"XFS: sunit and swidth options incompatible with the noalign option");
+		xfs_warn(mp,
+	"sunit and swidth options incompatible with the noalign option");
 		return EINVAL;
 	}
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_XFS_QUOTA
 	if (XFS_IS_QUOTA_RUNNING(mp)) {
-		cmn_err(CE_WARN,
-			"XFS: quota support not available in this kernel.");
+		xfs_warn(mp, "quota support not available in this kernel.");
 		return EINVAL;
 	}
 #endif
 
 	if ((mp->m_qflags & (XFS_GQUOTA_ACCT | XFS_GQUOTA_ACTIVE)) &&
 	    (mp->m_qflags & (XFS_PQUOTA_ACCT | XFS_PQUOTA_ACTIVE))) {
-		cmn_err(CE_WARN,
-			"XFS: cannot mount with both project and group quota");
+		xfs_warn(mp, "cannot mount with both project and group quota");
 		return EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	if ((dsunit && !dswidth) || (!dsunit && dswidth)) {
-		cmn_err(CE_WARN,
-			"XFS: sunit and swidth must be specified together");
+		xfs_warn(mp, "sunit and swidth must be specified together");
 		return EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	if (dsunit && (dswidth % dsunit != 0)) {
-		cmn_err(CE_WARN,
-	"XFS: stripe width (%d) must be a multiple of the stripe unit (%d)",
+		xfs_warn(mp,
+	"stripe width (%d) must be a multiple of the stripe unit (%d)",
 			dswidth, dsunit);
 		return EINVAL;
 	}
@@ -438,8 +434,7 @@ done:
 	    mp->m_logbufs != 0 &&
 	    (mp->m_logbufs < XLOG_MIN_ICLOGS ||
 	     mp->m_logbufs > XLOG_MAX_ICLOGS)) {
-		cmn_err(CE_WARN,
-			"XFS: invalid logbufs value: %d [not %d-%d]",
+		xfs_warn(mp, "invalid logbufs value: %d [not %d-%d]",
 			mp->m_logbufs, XLOG_MIN_ICLOGS, XLOG_MAX_ICLOGS);
 		return XFS_ERROR(EINVAL);
 	}
@@ -448,22 +443,16 @@ done:
 	    (mp->m_logbsize < XLOG_MIN_RECORD_BSIZE ||
 	     mp->m_logbsize > XLOG_MAX_RECORD_BSIZE ||
 	     !is_power_of_2(mp->m_logbsize))) {
-		cmn_err(CE_WARN,
-	"XFS: invalid logbufsize: %d [not 16k,32k,64k,128k or 256k]",
+		xfs_warn(mp,
+			"invalid logbufsize: %d [not 16k,32k,64k,128k or 256k]",
 			mp->m_logbsize);
 		return XFS_ERROR(EINVAL);
 	}
 
-	mp->m_fsname = kstrndup(sb->s_id, MAXNAMELEN, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!mp->m_fsname)
-		return ENOMEM;
-	mp->m_fsname_len = strlen(mp->m_fsname) + 1;
-
 	if (iosizelog) {
 		if (iosizelog > XFS_MAX_IO_LOG ||
 		    iosizelog < XFS_MIN_IO_LOG) {
-			cmn_err(CE_WARN,
-		"XFS: invalid log iosize: %d [not %d-%d]",
+			xfs_warn(mp, "invalid log iosize: %d [not %d-%d]",
 				iosizelog, XFS_MIN_IO_LOG,
 				XFS_MAX_IO_LOG);
 			return XFS_ERROR(EINVAL);
@@ -610,7 +599,7 @@ xfs_blkdev_get(
 				    mp);
 	if (IS_ERR(*bdevp)) {
 		error = PTR_ERR(*bdevp);
-		printk("XFS: Invalid device [%s], error=%d\n", name, error);
+		xfs_warn(mp, "Invalid device [%s], error=%d\n", name, error);
 	}
 
 	return -error;
@@ -664,23 +653,23 @@ xfs_mountfs_check_barriers(xfs_mount_t *mp)
 	int error;
 
 	if (mp->m_logdev_targp != mp->m_ddev_targp) {
-		xfs_fs_cmn_err(CE_NOTE, mp,
+		xfs_notice(mp,
 		  "Disabling barriers, not supported with external log device");
 		mp->m_flags &= ~XFS_MOUNT_BARRIER;
 		return;
 	}
 
 	if (xfs_readonly_buftarg(mp->m_ddev_targp)) {
-		xfs_fs_cmn_err(CE_NOTE, mp,
-		  "Disabling barriers, underlying device is readonly");
+		xfs_notice(mp,
+			"Disabling barriers, underlying device is readonly");
 		mp->m_flags &= ~XFS_MOUNT_BARRIER;
 		return;
 	}
 
 	error = xfs_barrier_test(mp);
 	if (error) {
-		xfs_fs_cmn_err(CE_NOTE, mp,
-		  "Disabling barriers, trial barrier write failed");
+		xfs_notice(mp,
+			"Disabling barriers, trial barrier write failed");
 		mp->m_flags &= ~XFS_MOUNT_BARRIER;
 		return;
 	}
@@ -743,8 +732,8 @@ xfs_open_devices(
 			goto out_close_logdev;
 
 		if (rtdev == ddev || rtdev == logdev) {
-			cmn_err(CE_WARN,
-	"XFS: Cannot mount filesystem with identical rtdev and ddev/logdev.");
+			xfs_warn(mp,
+	"Cannot mount filesystem with identical rtdev and ddev/logdev.");
 			error = EINVAL;
 			goto out_close_rtdev;
 		}
@@ -827,75 +816,6 @@ xfs_setup_devices(
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/*
- * XFS AIL push thread support
- */
-void
-xfsaild_wakeup(
-	struct xfs_ail		*ailp,
-	xfs_lsn_t		threshold_lsn)
-{
-	/* only ever move the target forwards */
-	if (XFS_LSN_CMP(threshold_lsn, ailp->xa_target) > 0) {
-		ailp->xa_target = threshold_lsn;
-		wake_up_process(ailp->xa_task);
-	}
-}
-
-STATIC int
-xfsaild(
-	void	*data)
-{
-	struct xfs_ail	*ailp = data;
-	xfs_lsn_t	last_pushed_lsn = 0;
-	long		tout = 0; /* milliseconds */
-
-	while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
-		/*
-		 * for short sleeps indicating congestion, don't allow us to
-		 * get woken early. Otherwise all we do is bang on the AIL lock
-		 * without making progress.
-		 */
-		if (tout && tout <= 20)
-			__set_current_state(TASK_KILLABLE);
-		else
-			__set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
-		schedule_timeout(tout ?
-				 msecs_to_jiffies(tout) : MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT);
-
-		/* swsusp */
-		try_to_freeze();
-
-		ASSERT(ailp->xa_mount->m_log);
-		if (XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(ailp->xa_mount))
-			continue;
-
-		tout = xfsaild_push(ailp, &last_pushed_lsn);
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}	/* xfsaild */
-
-int
-xfsaild_start(
-	struct xfs_ail	*ailp)
-{
-	ailp->xa_target = 0;
-	ailp->xa_task = kthread_run(xfsaild, ailp, "xfsaild/%s",
-				    ailp->xa_mount->m_fsname);
-	if (IS_ERR(ailp->xa_task))
-		return -PTR_ERR(ailp->xa_task);
-	return 0;
-}
-
-void
-xfsaild_stop(
-	struct xfs_ail	*ailp)
-{
-	kthread_stop(ailp->xa_task);
-}
-
-
 /* Catch misguided souls that try to use this interface on XFS */
 STATIC struct inode *
 xfs_fs_alloc_inode(
@@ -1089,7 +1009,7 @@ xfs_fs_write_inode(
 			error = 0;
 			goto out_unlock;
 		}
-		error = xfs_iflush(ip, 0);
+		error = xfs_iflush(ip, SYNC_TRYLOCK);
 	}
 
  out_unlock:
@@ -1202,22 +1122,12 @@ xfs_fs_sync_fs(
 		return -error;
 
 	if (laptop_mode) {
-		int	prev_sync_seq = mp->m_sync_seq;
-
 		/*
 		 * The disk must be active because we're syncing.
 		 * We schedule xfssyncd now (now that the disk is
 		 * active) instead of later (when it might not be).
 		 */
-		wake_up_process(mp->m_sync_task);
-		/*
-		 * We have to wait for the sync iteration to complete.
-		 * If we don't, the disk activity caused by the sync
-		 * will come after the sync is completed, and that
-		 * triggers another sync from laptop mode.
-		 */
-		wait_event(mp->m_wait_single_sync_task,
-				mp->m_sync_seq != prev_sync_seq);
+		flush_delayed_work_sync(&mp->m_sync_work);
 	}
 
 	return 0;
@@ -1345,8 +1255,8 @@ xfs_fs_remount(
 			 * options that we can't actually change.
 			 */
 #if 0
-			printk(KERN_INFO
-	"XFS: mount option \"%s\" not supported for remount\n", p);
+			xfs_info(mp,
+		"mount option \"%s\" not supported for remount\n", p);
 			return -EINVAL;
 #else
 			break;
@@ -1367,8 +1277,7 @@ xfs_fs_remount(
 		if (mp->m_update_flags) {
 			error = xfs_mount_log_sb(mp, mp->m_update_flags);
 			if (error) {
-				cmn_err(CE_WARN,
-					"XFS: failed to write sb changes");
+				xfs_warn(mp, "failed to write sb changes");
 				return error;
 			}
 			mp->m_update_flags = 0;
@@ -1452,15 +1361,15 @@ xfs_finish_flags(
 			mp->m_logbsize = mp->m_sb.sb_logsunit;
 		} else if (mp->m_logbsize > 0 &&
 			   mp->m_logbsize < mp->m_sb.sb_logsunit) {
-			cmn_err(CE_WARN,
-	"XFS: logbuf size must be greater than or equal to log stripe size");
+			xfs_warn(mp,
+		"logbuf size must be greater than or equal to log stripe size");
 			return XFS_ERROR(EINVAL);
 		}
 	} else {
 		/* Fail a mount if the logbuf is larger than 32K */
 		if (mp->m_logbsize > XLOG_BIG_RECORD_BSIZE) {
-			cmn_err(CE_WARN,
-	"XFS: logbuf size for version 1 logs must be 16K or 32K");
+			xfs_warn(mp,
+		"logbuf size for version 1 logs must be 16K or 32K");
 			return XFS_ERROR(EINVAL);
 		}
 	}
@@ -1477,8 +1386,8 @@ xfs_finish_flags(
 	 * prohibit r/w mounts of read-only filesystems
 	 */
 	if ((mp->m_sb.sb_flags & XFS_SBF_READONLY) && !ronly) {
-		cmn_err(CE_WARN,
-	"XFS: cannot mount a read-only filesystem as read-write");
+		xfs_warn(mp,
+			"cannot mount a read-only filesystem as read-write");
 		return XFS_ERROR(EROFS);
 	}
 
@@ -1502,9 +1411,6 @@ xfs_fs_fill_super(
 	spin_lock_init(&mp->m_sb_lock);
 	mutex_init(&mp->m_growlock);
 	atomic_set(&mp->m_active_trans, 0);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mp->m_sync_list);
-	spin_lock_init(&mp->m_sync_lock);
-	init_waitqueue_head(&mp->m_wait_single_sync_task);
 
 	mp->m_super = sb;
 	sb->s_fs_info = mp;
@@ -1551,10 +1457,14 @@ xfs_fs_fill_super(
 	if (error)
 		goto out_free_sb;
 
-	error = xfs_mountfs(mp);
-	if (error)
-		goto out_filestream_unmount;
-
+	/*
+	 * we must configure the block size in the superblock before we run the
+	 * full mount process as the mount process can lookup and cache inodes.
+	 * For the same reason we must also initialise the syncd and register
+	 * the inode cache shrinker so that inodes can be reclaimed during
+	 * operations like a quotacheck that iterate all inodes in the
+	 * filesystem.
+	 */
 	sb->s_magic = XFS_SB_MAGIC;
 	sb->s_blocksize = mp->m_sb.sb_blocksize;
 	sb->s_blocksize_bits = ffs(sb->s_blocksize) - 1;
@@ -1562,6 +1472,16 @@ xfs_fs_fill_super(
 	sb->s_time_gran = 1;
 	set_posix_acl_flag(sb);
 
+	error = xfs_syncd_init(mp);
+	if (error)
+		goto out_filestream_unmount;
+
+	xfs_inode_shrinker_register(mp);
+
+	error = xfs_mountfs(mp);
+	if (error)
+		goto out_syncd_stop;
+
 	root = igrab(VFS_I(mp->m_rootip));
 	if (!root) {
 		error = ENOENT;
@@ -1577,14 +1497,11 @@ xfs_fs_fill_super(
 		goto fail_vnrele;
 	}
 
-	error = xfs_syncd_init(mp);
-	if (error)
-		goto fail_vnrele;
-
-	xfs_inode_shrinker_register(mp);
-
 	return 0;
 
+ out_syncd_stop:
+	xfs_inode_shrinker_unregister(mp);
+	xfs_syncd_stop(mp);
  out_filestream_unmount:
 	xfs_filestream_unmount(mp);
  out_free_sb:
@@ -1608,6 +1525,9 @@ xfs_fs_fill_super(
 	}
 
  fail_unmount:
+	xfs_inode_shrinker_unregister(mp);
+	xfs_syncd_stop(mp);
+
 	/*
 	 * Blow away any referenced inode in the filestreams cache.
 	 * This can and will cause log traffic as inodes go inactive
@@ -1797,6 +1717,38 @@ xfs_destroy_zones(void)
 }
 
 STATIC int __init
+xfs_init_workqueues(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * max_active is set to 8 to give enough concurency to allow
+	 * multiple work operations on each CPU to run. This allows multiple
+	 * filesystems to be running sync work concurrently, and scales with
+	 * the number of CPUs in the system.
+	 */
+	xfs_syncd_wq = alloc_workqueue("xfssyncd", WQ_CPU_INTENSIVE, 8);
+	if (!xfs_syncd_wq)
+		goto out;
+
+	xfs_ail_wq = alloc_workqueue("xfsail", WQ_CPU_INTENSIVE, 8);
+	if (!xfs_ail_wq)
+		goto out_destroy_syncd;
+
+	return 0;
+
+out_destroy_syncd:
+	destroy_workqueue(xfs_syncd_wq);
+out:
+	return -ENOMEM;
+}
+
+STATIC void
+xfs_destroy_workqueues(void)
+{
+	destroy_workqueue(xfs_ail_wq);
+	destroy_workqueue(xfs_syncd_wq);
+}
+
+STATIC int __init
 init_xfs_fs(void)
 {
 	int			error;
@@ -1811,10 +1763,14 @@ init_xfs_fs(void)
 	if (error)
 		goto out;
 
-	error = xfs_mru_cache_init();
+	error = xfs_init_workqueues();
 	if (error)
 		goto out_destroy_zones;
 
+	error = xfs_mru_cache_init();
+	if (error)
+		goto out_destroy_wq;
+
 	error = xfs_filestream_init();
 	if (error)
 		goto out_mru_cache_uninit;
@@ -1831,6 +1787,10 @@ init_xfs_fs(void)
 	if (error)
 		goto out_cleanup_procfs;
 
+	error = xfs_init_workqueues();
+	if (error)
+		goto out_sysctl_unregister;
+
 	vfs_initquota();
 
 	error = register_filesystem(&xfs_fs_type);
@@ -1848,6 +1808,8 @@ init_xfs_fs(void)
 	xfs_filestream_uninit();
  out_mru_cache_uninit:
 	xfs_mru_cache_uninit();
+ out_destroy_wq:
+	xfs_destroy_workqueues();
  out_destroy_zones:
 	xfs_destroy_zones();
  out:
@@ -1864,6 +1826,7 @@ exit_xfs_fs(void)
 	xfs_buf_terminate();
 	xfs_filestream_uninit();
 	xfs_mru_cache_uninit();
+	xfs_destroy_workqueues();
 	xfs_destroy_zones();
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sync.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sync.c
index e22f0057d21..e4f9c1b0836 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sync.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sync.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include "xfs_log.h"
 #include "xfs_inum.h"
 #include "xfs_trans.h"
+#include "xfs_trans_priv.h"
 #include "xfs_sb.h"
 #include "xfs_ag.h"
 #include "xfs_mount.h"
@@ -39,6 +40,8 @@
 #include <linux/kthread.h>
 #include <linux/freezer.h>
 
+struct workqueue_struct	*xfs_syncd_wq;	/* sync workqueue */
+
 /*
  * The inode lookup is done in batches to keep the amount of lock traffic and
  * radix tree lookups to a minimum. The batch size is a trade off between
@@ -401,7 +404,7 @@ xfs_quiesce_fs(
 /*
  * Second stage of a quiesce. The data is already synced, now we have to take
  * care of the metadata. New transactions are already blocked, so we need to
- * wait for any remaining transactions to drain out before proceding.
+ * wait for any remaining transactions to drain out before proceeding.
  */
 void
 xfs_quiesce_attr(
@@ -425,69 +428,18 @@ xfs_quiesce_attr(
 	/* Push the superblock and write an unmount record */
 	error = xfs_log_sbcount(mp, 1);
 	if (error)
-		xfs_fs_cmn_err(CE_WARN, mp,
-				"xfs_attr_quiesce: failed to log sb changes. "
+		xfs_warn(mp, "xfs_attr_quiesce: failed to log sb changes. "
 				"Frozen image may not be consistent.");
 	xfs_log_unmount_write(mp);
 	xfs_unmountfs_writesb(mp);
 }
 
-/*
- * Enqueue a work item to be picked up by the vfs xfssyncd thread.
- * Doing this has two advantages:
- * - It saves on stack space, which is tight in certain situations
- * - It can be used (with care) as a mechanism to avoid deadlocks.
- * Flushing while allocating in a full filesystem requires both.
- */
-STATIC void
-xfs_syncd_queue_work(
-	struct xfs_mount *mp,
-	void		*data,
-	void		(*syncer)(struct xfs_mount *, void *),
-	struct completion *completion)
-{
-	struct xfs_sync_work *work;
-
-	work = kmem_alloc(sizeof(struct xfs_sync_work), KM_SLEEP);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&work->w_list);
-	work->w_syncer = syncer;
-	work->w_data = data;
-	work->w_mount = mp;
-	work->w_completion = completion;
-	spin_lock(&mp->m_sync_lock);
-	list_add_tail(&work->w_list, &mp->m_sync_list);
-	spin_unlock(&mp->m_sync_lock);
-	wake_up_process(mp->m_sync_task);
-}
-
-/*
- * Flush delayed allocate data, attempting to free up reserved space
- * from existing allocations.  At this point a new allocation attempt
- * has failed with ENOSPC and we are in the process of scratching our
- * heads, looking about for more room...
- */
-STATIC void
-xfs_flush_inodes_work(
-	struct xfs_mount *mp,
-	void		*arg)
-{
-	struct inode	*inode = arg;
-	xfs_sync_data(mp, SYNC_TRYLOCK);
-	xfs_sync_data(mp, SYNC_TRYLOCK | SYNC_WAIT);
-	iput(inode);
-}
-
-void
-xfs_flush_inodes(
-	xfs_inode_t	*ip)
+static void
+xfs_syncd_queue_sync(
+	struct xfs_mount        *mp)
 {
-	struct inode	*inode = VFS_I(ip);
-	DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(completion);
-
-	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_LOG_SYNC);
+	queue_delayed_work(xfs_syncd_wq, &mp->m_sync_work,
+				msecs_to_jiffies(xfs_syncd_centisecs * 10));
 }
 
 /*
@@ -497,9 +449,10 @@ xfs_flush_inodes(
  */
 STATIC void
 xfs_sync_worker(
-	struct xfs_mount *mp,
-	void		*unused)
+	struct work_struct *work)
 {
+	struct xfs_mount *mp = container_of(to_delayed_work(work),
+					struct xfs_mount, m_sync_work);
 	int		error;
 
 	if (!(mp->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_RDONLY)) {
@@ -509,73 +462,106 @@ xfs_sync_worker(
 			error = xfs_fs_log_dummy(mp);
 		else
 			xfs_log_force(mp, 0);
-		xfs_reclaim_inodes(mp, 0);
 		error = xfs_qm_sync(mp, SYNC_TRYLOCK);
+
+		/* start pushing all the metadata that is currently dirty */
+		xfs_ail_push_all(mp->m_ail);
 	}
-	mp->m_sync_seq++;
-	wake_up(&mp->m_wait_single_sync_task);
+
+	/* queue us up again */
+	xfs_syncd_queue_sync(mp);
 }
 
-STATIC int
-xfssyncd(
-	void			*arg)
+/*
+ * Queue a new inode reclaim pass if there are reclaimable inodes and there
+ * isn't a reclaim pass already in progress. By default it runs every 5s based
+ * on the xfs syncd work default of 30s. Perhaps this should have it's own
+ * tunable, but that can be done if this method proves to be ineffective or too
+ * aggressive.
+ */
+static void
+xfs_syncd_queue_reclaim(
+	struct xfs_mount        *mp)
 {
-	struct xfs_mount	*mp = arg;
-	long			timeleft;
-	xfs_sync_work_t		*work, *n;
-	LIST_HEAD		(tmp);
-
-	set_freezable();
-	timeleft = xfs_syncd_centisecs * msecs_to_jiffies(10);
-	for (;;) {
-		if (list_empty(&mp->m_sync_list))
-			timeleft = schedule_timeout_interruptible(timeleft);
-		/* swsusp */
-		try_to_freeze();
-		if (kthread_should_stop() && list_empty(&mp->m_sync_list))
-			break;
 
-		spin_lock(&mp->m_sync_lock);
-		/*
-		 * We can get woken by laptop mode, to do a sync -
-		 * that's the (only!) case where the list would be
-		 * empty with time remaining.
-		 */
-		if (!timeleft || list_empty(&mp->m_sync_list)) {
-			if (!timeleft)
-				timeleft = xfs_syncd_centisecs *
-							msecs_to_jiffies(10);
-			INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mp->m_sync_work.w_list);
-			list_add_tail(&mp->m_sync_work.w_list,
-					&mp->m_sync_list);
-		}
-		list_splice_init(&mp->m_sync_list, &tmp);
-		spin_unlock(&mp->m_sync_lock);
+	/*
+	 * We can have inodes enter reclaim after we've shut down the syncd
+	 * workqueue during unmount, so don't allow reclaim work to be queued
+	 * during unmount.
+	 */
+	if (!(mp->m_super->s_flags & MS_ACTIVE))
+		return;
 
-		list_for_each_entry_safe(work, n, &tmp, w_list) {
-			(*work->w_syncer)(mp, work->w_data);
-			list_del(&work->w_list);
-			if (work == &mp->m_sync_work)
-				continue;
-			if (work->w_completion)
-				complete(work->w_completion);
-			kmem_free(work);
-		}
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	if (radix_tree_tagged(&mp->m_perag_tree, XFS_ICI_RECLAIM_TAG)) {
+		queue_delayed_work(xfs_syncd_wq, &mp->m_reclaim_work,
+			msecs_to_jiffies(xfs_syncd_centisecs / 6 * 10));
 	}
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+}
 
-	return 0;
+/*
+ * This is a fast pass over the inode cache to try to get reclaim moving on as
+ * many inodes as possible in a short period of time. It kicks itself every few
+ * seconds, as well as being kicked by the inode cache shrinker when memory
+ * goes low. It scans as quickly as possible avoiding locked inodes or those
+ * already being flushed, and once done schedules a future pass.
+ */
+STATIC void
+xfs_reclaim_worker(
+	struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct xfs_mount *mp = container_of(to_delayed_work(work),
+					struct xfs_mount, m_reclaim_work);
+
+	xfs_reclaim_inodes(mp, SYNC_TRYLOCK);
+	xfs_syncd_queue_reclaim(mp);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Flush delayed allocate data, attempting to free up reserved space
+ * from existing allocations.  At this point a new allocation attempt
+ * has failed with ENOSPC and we are in the process of scratching our
+ * heads, looking about for more room.
+ *
+ * Queue a new data flush if there isn't one already in progress and
+ * wait for completion of the flush. This means that we only ever have one
+ * inode flush in progress no matter how many ENOSPC events are occurring and
+ * so will prevent the system from bogging down due to every concurrent
+ * ENOSPC event scanning all the active inodes in the system for writeback.
+ */
+void
+xfs_flush_inodes(
+	struct xfs_inode	*ip)
+{
+	struct xfs_mount	*mp = ip->i_mount;
+
+	queue_work(xfs_syncd_wq, &mp->m_flush_work);
+	flush_work_sync(&mp->m_flush_work);
+}
+
+STATIC void
+xfs_flush_worker(
+	struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct xfs_mount *mp = container_of(work,
+					struct xfs_mount, m_flush_work);
+
+	xfs_sync_data(mp, SYNC_TRYLOCK);
+	xfs_sync_data(mp, SYNC_TRYLOCK | SYNC_WAIT);
 }
 
 int
 xfs_syncd_init(
 	struct xfs_mount	*mp)
 {
-	mp->m_sync_work.w_syncer = xfs_sync_worker;
-	mp->m_sync_work.w_mount = mp;
-	mp->m_sync_work.w_completion = NULL;
-	mp->m_sync_task = kthread_run(xfssyncd, mp, "xfssyncd/%s", mp->m_fsname);
-	if (IS_ERR(mp->m_sync_task))
-		return -PTR_ERR(mp->m_sync_task);
+	INIT_WORK(&mp->m_flush_work, xfs_flush_worker);
+	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&mp->m_sync_work, xfs_sync_worker);
+	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&mp->m_reclaim_work, xfs_reclaim_worker);
+
+	xfs_syncd_queue_sync(mp);
+	xfs_syncd_queue_reclaim(mp);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -583,7 +569,9 @@ void
 xfs_syncd_stop(
 	struct xfs_mount	*mp)
 {
-	kthread_stop(mp->m_sync_task);
+	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&mp->m_sync_work);
+	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&mp->m_reclaim_work);
+	cancel_work_sync(&mp->m_flush_work);
 }
 
 void
@@ -602,6 +590,10 @@ __xfs_inode_set_reclaim_tag(
 				XFS_INO_TO_AGNO(ip->i_mount, ip->i_ino),
 				XFS_ICI_RECLAIM_TAG);
 		spin_unlock(&ip->i_mount->m_perag_lock);
+
+		/* schedule periodic background inode reclaim */
+		xfs_syncd_queue_reclaim(ip->i_mount);
+
 		trace_xfs_perag_set_reclaim(ip->i_mount, pag->pag_agno,
 							-1, _RET_IP_);
 	}
@@ -762,8 +754,10 @@ xfs_reclaim_inode(
 	struct xfs_perag	*pag,
 	int			sync_mode)
 {
-	int	error = 0;
+	int	error;
 
+restart:
+	error = 0;
 	xfs_ilock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
 	if (!xfs_iflock_nowait(ip)) {
 		if (!(sync_mode & SYNC_WAIT))
@@ -789,9 +783,31 @@ xfs_reclaim_inode(
 	if (xfs_inode_clean(ip))
 		goto reclaim;
 
-	/* Now we have an inode that needs flushing */
-	error = xfs_iflush(ip, sync_mode);
+	/*
+	 * Now we have an inode that needs flushing.
+	 *
+	 * We do a nonblocking flush here even if we are doing a SYNC_WAIT
+	 * reclaim as we can deadlock with inode cluster removal.
+	 * xfs_ifree_cluster() can lock the inode buffer before it locks the
+	 * ip->i_lock, and we are doing the exact opposite here. As a result,
+	 * doing a blocking xfs_itobp() to get the cluster buffer will result
+	 * in an ABBA deadlock with xfs_ifree_cluster().
+	 *
+	 * As xfs_ifree_cluser() must gather all inodes that are active in the
+	 * cache to mark them stale, if we hit this case we don't actually want
+	 * to do IO here - we want the inode marked stale so we can simply
+	 * reclaim it. Hence if we get an EAGAIN error on a SYNC_WAIT flush,
+	 * just unlock the inode, back off and try again. Hopefully the next
+	 * pass through will see the stale flag set on the inode.
+	 */
+	error = xfs_iflush(ip, SYNC_TRYLOCK | sync_mode);
 	if (sync_mode & SYNC_WAIT) {
+		if (error == EAGAIN) {
+			xfs_iunlock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
+			/* backoff longer than in xfs_ifree_cluster */
+			delay(2);
+			goto restart;
+		}
 		xfs_iflock(ip);
 		goto reclaim;
 	}
@@ -806,7 +822,7 @@ xfs_reclaim_inode(
 	 * pass on the error.
 	 */
 	if (error && error != EAGAIN && !XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(ip->i_mount)) {
-		xfs_fs_cmn_err(CE_WARN, ip->i_mount,
+		xfs_warn(ip->i_mount,
 			"inode 0x%llx background reclaim flush failed with %d",
 			(long long)ip->i_ino, error);
 	}
@@ -994,7 +1010,13 @@ xfs_reclaim_inodes(
 }
 
 /*
- * Shrinker infrastructure.
+ * Inode cache shrinker.
+ *
+ * When called we make sure that there is a background (fast) inode reclaim in
+ * progress, while we will throttle the speed of reclaim via doiing synchronous
+ * reclaim of inodes. That means if we come across dirty inodes, we wait for
+ * them to be cleaned, which we hope will not be very long due to the
+ * background walker having already kicked the IO off on those dirty inodes.
  */
 static int
 xfs_reclaim_inode_shrink(
@@ -1009,10 +1031,15 @@ xfs_reclaim_inode_shrink(
 
 	mp = container_of(shrink, struct xfs_mount, m_inode_shrink);
 	if (nr_to_scan) {
+		/* kick background reclaimer and push the AIL */
+		xfs_syncd_queue_reclaim(mp);
+		xfs_ail_push_all(mp->m_ail);
+
 		if (!(gfp_mask & __GFP_FS))
 			return -1;
 
-		xfs_reclaim_inodes_ag(mp, SYNC_TRYLOCK, &nr_to_scan);
+		xfs_reclaim_inodes_ag(mp, SYNC_TRYLOCK | SYNC_WAIT,
+					&nr_to_scan);
 		/* terminate if we don't exhaust the scan */
 		if (nr_to_scan > 0)
 			return -1;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sync.h b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sync.h
index 32ba6628290..e3a6ad27415 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sync.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sync.h
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ typedef struct xfs_sync_work {
 #define SYNC_WAIT		0x0001	/* wait for i/o to complete */
 #define SYNC_TRYLOCK		0x0002  /* only try to lock inodes */
 
+extern struct workqueue_struct	*xfs_syncd_wq;	/* sync workqueue */
+
 int xfs_syncd_init(struct xfs_mount *mp);
 void xfs_syncd_stop(struct xfs_mount *mp);
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sysctl.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sysctl.c
index ee3cee097e7..ee2d2adaa43 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sysctl.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sysctl.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ xfs_stats_clear_proc_handler(
 	ret = proc_dointvec_minmax(ctl, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
 
 	if (!ret && write && *valp) {
-		printk("XFS Clearing xfsstats\n");
+		xfs_notice(NULL, "Clearing xfsstats");
 		for_each_possible_cpu(c) {
 			preempt_disable();
 			/* save vn_active, it's a universal truth! */