Merge branch 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4

* 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4: (40 commits)
  ext4: Adding error check after calling ext4_mb_regular_allocator()
  ext4: Fix dirtying of journalled buffers in data=journal mode
  ext4: re-inline ext4_rec_len_(to|from)_disk functions
  jbd2: Remove t_handle_lock from start_this_handle()
  jbd2: Change j_state_lock to be a rwlock_t
  jbd2: Use atomic variables to avoid taking t_handle_lock in jbd2_journal_stop
  ext4: Add mount options in superblock
  ext4: force block allocation on quota_off
  ext4: fix freeze deadlock under IO
  ext4: drop inode from orphan list if ext4_delete_inode() fails
  ext4: check to make make sure bd_dev is set before dereferencing it
  jbd2: Make barrier messages less scary
  ext4: don't print scary messages for allocation failures post-abort
  ext4: fix EFBIG edge case when writing to large non-extent file
  ext4: fix ext4_get_blocks references
  ext4: Always journal quota file modifications
  ext4: Fix potential memory leak in ext4_fill_super
  ext4: Don't error out the fs if the user tries to make a file too big
  ext4: allocate stripe-multiple IOs on stripe boundaries
  ext4: move aio completion after unwritten extent conversion
  ...

Fix up conflicts in fs/ext4/inode.c as per Ted.

Fix up xfs conflicts as per earlier xfs merge.

5 files changed, 236 insertions, 196 deletions

diff --git a/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c b/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c
index 076d1cc44f9..1c23a0f4e8a 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c
@@ -118,13 +118,13 @@ static int __try_to_free_cp_buf(struct journal_head *jh)
 void __jbd2_log_wait_for_space(journal_t *journal)
 {
 	int nblocks, space_left;
-	assert_spin_locked(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	/* assert_spin_locked(&journal->j_state_lock); */
 
 	nblocks = jbd_space_needed(journal);
 	while (__jbd2_log_space_left(journal) < nblocks) {
 		if (journal->j_flags & JBD2_ABORT)
 			return;
-		spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+		write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 		mutex_lock(&journal->j_checkpoint_mutex);
 
 		/*
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ void __jbd2_log_wait_for_space(journal_t *journal)
 		 * filesystem, so abort the journal and leave a stack
 		 * trace for forensic evidence.
 		 */
-		spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+		write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 		spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
 		nblocks = jbd_space_needed(journal);
 		space_left = __jbd2_log_space_left(journal);
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ void __jbd2_log_wait_for_space(journal_t *journal)
 			if (journal->j_committing_transaction)
 				tid = journal->j_committing_transaction->t_tid;
 			spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock);
-			spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+			write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 			if (chkpt) {
 				jbd2_log_do_checkpoint(journal);
 			} else if (jbd2_cleanup_journal_tail(journal) == 0) {
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ void __jbd2_log_wait_for_space(journal_t *journal)
 				WARN_ON(1);
 				jbd2_journal_abort(journal, 0);
 			}
-			spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+			write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 		} else {
 			spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock);
 		}
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ int jbd2_cleanup_journal_tail(journal_t *journal)
 	 * next transaction ID we will write, and where it will
 	 * start. */
 
-	spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 	spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
 	transaction = journal->j_checkpoint_transactions;
 	if (transaction) {
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ int jbd2_cleanup_journal_tail(journal_t *journal)
 	/* If the oldest pinned transaction is at the tail of the log
            already then there's not much we can do right now. */
 	if (journal->j_tail_sequence == first_tid) {
-		spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+		write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 		return 1;
 	}
 
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ int jbd2_cleanup_journal_tail(journal_t *journal)
 	journal->j_free += freed;
 	journal->j_tail_sequence = first_tid;
 	journal->j_tail = blocknr;
-	spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 
 	/*
 	 * If there is an external journal, we need to make sure that
@@ -775,7 +775,7 @@ void __jbd2_journal_drop_transaction(journal_t *journal, transaction_t *transact
 	J_ASSERT(transaction->t_log_list == NULL);
 	J_ASSERT(transaction->t_checkpoint_list == NULL);
 	J_ASSERT(transaction->t_checkpoint_io_list == NULL);
-	J_ASSERT(transaction->t_updates == 0);
+	J_ASSERT(atomic_read(&transaction->t_updates) == 0);
 	J_ASSERT(journal->j_committing_transaction != transaction);
 	J_ASSERT(journal->j_running_transaction != transaction);
 
diff --git a/fs/jbd2/commit.c b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
index 75716d3d2be..f52e5e8049f 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/commit.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
@@ -150,11 +150,11 @@ static int journal_submit_commit_record(journal_t *journal,
 	 */
 	if (ret == -EOPNOTSUPP && barrier_done) {
 		printk(KERN_WARNING
-		       "JBD: barrier-based sync failed on %s - "
-		       "disabling barriers\n", journal->j_devname);
-		spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+		       "JBD2: Disabling barriers on %s, "
+		       "not supported by device\n", journal->j_devname);
+		write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 		journal->j_flags &= ~JBD2_BARRIER;
-		spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+		write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 
 		/* And try again, without the barrier */
 		lock_buffer(bh);
@@ -180,11 +180,11 @@ retry:
 	wait_on_buffer(bh);
 	if (buffer_eopnotsupp(bh) && (journal->j_flags & JBD2_BARRIER)) {
 		printk(KERN_WARNING
-		       "JBD2: wait_on_commit_record: sync failed on %s - "
-		       "disabling barriers\n", journal->j_devname);
-		spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+		       "JBD2: %s: disabling barries on %s - not supported "
+		       "by device\n", __func__, journal->j_devname);
+		write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 		journal->j_flags &= ~JBD2_BARRIER;
-		spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+		write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 
 		lock_buffer(bh);
 		clear_buffer_dirty(bh);
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ void jbd2_journal_commit_transaction(journal_t *journal)
 	jbd_debug(1, "JBD: starting commit of transaction %d\n",
 			commit_transaction->t_tid);
 
-	spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 	commit_transaction->t_state = T_LOCKED;
 
 	/*
@@ -417,23 +417,23 @@ void jbd2_journal_commit_transaction(journal_t *journal)
 					      stats.run.rs_locked);
 
 	spin_lock(&commit_transaction->t_handle_lock);
-	while (commit_transaction->t_updates) {
+	while (atomic_read(&commit_transaction->t_updates)) {
 		DEFINE_WAIT(wait);
 
 		prepare_to_wait(&journal->j_wait_updates, &wait,
 					TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
-		if (commit_transaction->t_updates) {
+		if (atomic_read(&commit_transaction->t_updates)) {
 			spin_unlock(&commit_transaction->t_handle_lock);
-			spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+			write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 			schedule();
-			spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+			write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 			spin_lock(&commit_transaction->t_handle_lock);
 		}
 		finish_wait(&journal->j_wait_updates, &wait);
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&commit_transaction->t_handle_lock);
 
-	J_ASSERT (commit_transaction->t_outstanding_credits <=
+	J_ASSERT (atomic_read(&commit_transaction->t_outstanding_credits) <=
 			journal->j_max_transaction_buffers);
 
 	/*
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ void jbd2_journal_commit_transaction(journal_t *journal)
 	start_time = ktime_get();
 	commit_transaction->t_log_start = journal->j_head;
 	wake_up(&journal->j_wait_transaction_locked);
-	spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 
 	jbd_debug (3, "JBD: commit phase 2\n");
 
@@ -519,19 +519,20 @@ void jbd2_journal_commit_transaction(journal_t *journal)
 	 * transaction!  Now comes the tricky part: we need to write out
 	 * metadata.  Loop over the transaction's entire buffer list:
 	 */
-	spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 	commit_transaction->t_state = T_COMMIT;
-	spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 
 	trace_jbd2_commit_logging(journal, commit_transaction);
 	stats.run.rs_logging = jiffies;
 	stats.run.rs_flushing = jbd2_time_diff(stats.run.rs_flushing,
 					       stats.run.rs_logging);
-	stats.run.rs_blocks = commit_transaction->t_outstanding_credits;
+	stats.run.rs_blocks =
+		atomic_read(&commit_transaction->t_outstanding_credits);
 	stats.run.rs_blocks_logged = 0;
 
 	J_ASSERT(commit_transaction->t_nr_buffers <=
-		 commit_transaction->t_outstanding_credits);
+		 atomic_read(&commit_transaction->t_outstanding_credits));
 
 	err = 0;
 	descriptor = NULL;
@@ -616,7 +617,7 @@ void jbd2_journal_commit_transaction(journal_t *journal)
 		 * the free space in the log, but this counter is changed
 		 * by jbd2_journal_next_log_block() also.
 		 */
-		commit_transaction->t_outstanding_credits--;
+		atomic_dec(&commit_transaction->t_outstanding_credits);
 
 		/* Bump b_count to prevent truncate from stumbling over
                    the shadowed buffer!  @@@ This can go if we ever get
@@ -977,7 +978,7 @@ restart_loop:
 	 * __jbd2_journal_drop_transaction(). Otherwise we could race with
 	 * other checkpointing code processing the transaction...
 	 */
-	spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 	spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
 	/*
 	 * Now recheck if some buffers did not get attached to the transaction
@@ -985,7 +986,7 @@ restart_loop:
 	 */
 	if (commit_transaction->t_forget) {
 		spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock);
-		spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+		write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 		goto restart_loop;
 	}
 
@@ -1003,7 +1004,8 @@ restart_loop:
 	 * File the transaction statistics
 	 */
 	stats.ts_tid = commit_transaction->t_tid;
-	stats.run.rs_handle_count = commit_transaction->t_handle_count;
+	stats.run.rs_handle_count =
+		atomic_read(&commit_transaction->t_handle_count);
 	trace_jbd2_run_stats(journal->j_fs_dev->bd_dev,
 			     commit_transaction->t_tid, &stats.run);
 
@@ -1037,7 +1039,7 @@ restart_loop:
 				journal->j_average_commit_time*3) / 4;
 	else
 		journal->j_average_commit_time = commit_time;
-	spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 
 	if (commit_transaction->t_checkpoint_list == NULL &&
 	    commit_transaction->t_checkpoint_io_list == NULL) {
diff --git a/fs/jbd2/journal.c b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
index 036880895bf..ad5866aaf0f 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/journal.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 #include <linux/hash.h>
 #include <linux/log2.h>
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
+#include <linux/backing-dev.h>
 
 #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
 #include <trace/events/jbd2.h>
@@ -48,8 +49,6 @@
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/page.h>
 
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(jbd2_journal_start);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(jbd2_journal_restart);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(jbd2_journal_extend);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(jbd2_journal_stop);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(jbd2_journal_lock_updates);
@@ -143,7 +142,7 @@ static int kjournald2(void *arg)
 	/*
 	 * And now, wait forever for commit wakeup events.
 	 */
-	spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 
 loop:
 	if (journal->j_flags & JBD2_UNMOUNT)
@@ -154,10 +153,10 @@ loop:
 
 	if (journal->j_commit_sequence != journal->j_commit_request) {
 		jbd_debug(1, "OK, requests differ\n");
-		spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+		write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 		del_timer_sync(&journal->j_commit_timer);
 		jbd2_journal_commit_transaction(journal);
-		spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+		write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 		goto loop;
 	}
 
@@ -169,9 +168,9 @@ loop:
 		 * be already stopped.
 		 */
 		jbd_debug(1, "Now suspending kjournald2\n");
-		spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+		write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 		refrigerator();
-		spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+		write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 	} else {
 		/*
 		 * We assume on resume that commits are already there,
@@ -191,9 +190,9 @@ loop:
 		if (journal->j_flags & JBD2_UNMOUNT)
 			should_sleep = 0;
 		if (should_sleep) {
-			spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+			write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 			schedule();
-			spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+			write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 		}
 		finish_wait(&journal->j_wait_commit, &wait);
 	}
@@ -211,7 +210,7 @@ loop:
 	goto loop;
 
 end_loop:
-	spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 	del_timer_sync(&journal->j_commit_timer);
 	journal->j_task = NULL;
 	wake_up(&journal->j_wait_done_commit);
@@ -234,16 +233,16 @@ static int jbd2_journal_start_thread(journal_t *journal)
 
 static void journal_kill_thread(journal_t *journal)
 {
-	spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 	journal->j_flags |= JBD2_UNMOUNT;
 
 	while (journal->j_task) {
 		wake_up(&journal->j_wait_commit);
-		spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+		write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 		wait_event(journal->j_wait_done_commit, journal->j_task == NULL);
-		spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+		write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -310,7 +309,17 @@ int jbd2_journal_write_metadata_buffer(transaction_t *transaction,
 	 */
 	J_ASSERT_BH(bh_in, buffer_jbddirty(bh_in));
 
-	new_bh = alloc_buffer_head(GFP_NOFS|__GFP_NOFAIL);
+retry_alloc:
+	new_bh = alloc_buffer_head(GFP_NOFS);
+	if (!new_bh) {
+		/*
+		 * Failure is not an option, but __GFP_NOFAIL is going
+		 * away; so we retry ourselves here.
+		 */
+		congestion_wait(BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ/50);
+		goto retry_alloc;
+	}
+
 	/* keep subsequent assertions sane */
 	new_bh->b_state = 0;
 	init_buffer(new_bh, NULL, NULL);
@@ -442,7 +451,7 @@ int __jbd2_log_space_left(journal_t *journal)
 {
 	int left = journal->j_free;
 
-	assert_spin_locked(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	/* assert_spin_locked(&journal->j_state_lock); */
 
 	/*
 	 * Be pessimistic here about the number of those free blocks which
@@ -487,9 +496,9 @@ int jbd2_log_start_commit(journal_t *journal, tid_t tid)
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 	ret = __jbd2_log_start_commit(journal, tid);
-	spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -508,7 +517,7 @@ int jbd2_journal_force_commit_nested(journal_t *journal)
 	transaction_t *transaction = NULL;
 	tid_t tid;
 
-	spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	read_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 	if (journal->j_running_transaction && !current->journal_info) {
 		transaction = journal->j_running_transaction;
 		__jbd2_log_start_commit(journal, transaction->t_tid);
@@ -516,12 +525,12 @@ int jbd2_journal_force_commit_nested(journal_t *journal)
 		transaction = journal->j_committing_transaction;
 
 	if (!transaction) {
-		spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+		read_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 		return 0;	/* Nothing to retry */
 	}
 
 	tid = transaction->t_tid;
-	spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	read_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 	jbd2_log_wait_commit(journal, tid);
 	return 1;
 }
@@ -535,7 +544,7 @@ int jbd2_journal_start_commit(journal_t *journal, tid_t *ptid)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 	if (journal->j_running_transaction) {
 		tid_t tid = journal->j_running_transaction->t_tid;
 
@@ -554,7 +563,7 @@ int jbd2_journal_start_commit(journal_t *journal, tid_t *ptid)
 			*ptid = journal->j_committing_transaction->t_tid;
 		ret = 1;
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -566,26 +575,24 @@ int jbd2_log_wait_commit(journal_t *journal, tid_t tid)
 {
 	int err = 0;
 
+	read_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 #ifdef CONFIG_JBD2_DEBUG
-	spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 	if (!tid_geq(journal->j_commit_request, tid)) {
 		printk(KERN_EMERG
 		       "%s: error: j_commit_request=%d, tid=%d\n",
 		       __func__, journal->j_commit_request, tid);
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 #endif
-	spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 	while (tid_gt(tid, journal->j_commit_sequence)) {
 		jbd_debug(1, "JBD: want %d, j_commit_sequence=%d\n",
 				  tid, journal->j_commit_sequence);
 		wake_up(&journal->j_wait_commit);
-		spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+		read_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 		wait_event(journal->j_wait_done_commit,
 				!tid_gt(tid, journal->j_commit_sequence));
-		spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+		read_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	read_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 
 	if (unlikely(is_journal_aborted(journal))) {
 		printk(KERN_EMERG "journal commit I/O error\n");
@@ -602,7 +609,7 @@ int jbd2_journal_next_log_block(journal_t *journal, unsigned long long *retp)
 {
 	unsigned long blocknr;
 
-	spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 	J_ASSERT(journal->j_free > 1);
 
 	blocknr = journal->j_head;
@@ -610,7 +617,7 @@ int jbd2_journal_next_log_block(journal_t *journal, unsigned long long *retp)
 	journal->j_free--;
 	if (journal->j_head == journal->j_last)
 		journal->j_head = journal->j_first;
-	spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 	return jbd2_journal_bmap(journal, blocknr, retp);
 }
 
@@ -830,7 +837,7 @@ static journal_t * journal_init_common (void)
 	mutex_init(&journal->j_checkpoint_mutex);
 	spin_lock_init(&journal->j_revoke_lock);
 	spin_lock_init(&journal->j_list_lock);
-	spin_lock_init(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	rwlock_init(&journal->j_state_lock);
 
 	journal->j_commit_interval = (HZ * JBD2_DEFAULT_MAX_COMMIT_AGE);
 	journal->j_min_batch_time = 0;
@@ -1096,14 +1103,14 @@ void jbd2_journal_update_superblock(journal_t *journal, int wait)
 		set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
 	}
 
-	spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	read_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 	jbd_debug(1,"JBD: updating superblock (start %ld, seq %d, errno %d)\n",
 		  journal->j_tail, journal->j_tail_sequence, journal->j_errno);
 
 	sb->s_sequence = cpu_to_be32(journal->j_tail_sequence);
 	sb->s_start    = cpu_to_be32(journal->j_tail);
 	sb->s_errno    = cpu_to_be32(journal->j_errno);
-	spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	read_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 
 	BUFFER_TRACE(bh, "marking dirty");
 	mark_buffer_dirty(bh);
@@ -1124,12 +1131,12 @@ out:
 	 * any future commit will have to be careful to update the
 	 * superblock again to re-record the true start of the log. */
 
-	spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 	if (sb->s_start)
 		journal->j_flags &= ~JBD2_FLUSHED;
 	else
 		journal->j_flags |= JBD2_FLUSHED;
-	spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1391,13 +1398,9 @@ int jbd2_journal_check_used_features (journal_t *journal, unsigned long compat,
 int jbd2_journal_check_available_features (journal_t *journal, unsigned long compat,
 				      unsigned long ro, unsigned long incompat)
 {
-	journal_superblock_t *sb;
-
 	if (!compat && !ro && !incompat)
 		return 1;
 
-	sb = journal->j_superblock;
-
 	/* We can support any known requested features iff the
 	 * superblock is in version 2.  Otherwise we fail to support any
 	 * extended sb features. */
@@ -1545,7 +1548,7 @@ int jbd2_journal_flush(journal_t *journal)
 	transaction_t *transaction = NULL;
 	unsigned long old_tail;
 
-	spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 
 	/* Force everything buffered to the log... */
 	if (journal->j_running_transaction) {
@@ -1558,10 +1561,10 @@ int jbd2_journal_flush(journal_t *journal)
 	if (transaction) {
 		tid_t tid = transaction->t_tid;
 
-		spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+		write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 		jbd2_log_wait_commit(journal, tid);
 	} else {
-		spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+		write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 	}
 
 	/* ...and flush everything in the log out to disk. */
@@ -1585,12 +1588,12 @@ int jbd2_journal_flush(journal_t *journal)
 	 * the magic code for a fully-recovered superblock.  Any future
 	 * commits of data to the journal will restore the current
 	 * s_start value. */
-	spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 	old_tail = journal->j_tail;
 	journal->j_tail = 0;
-	spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 	jbd2_journal_update_superblock(journal, 1);
-	spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 	journal->j_tail = old_tail;
 
 	J_ASSERT(!journal->j_running_transaction);
@@ -1598,7 +1601,7 @@ int jbd2_journal_flush(journal_t *journal)
 	J_ASSERT(!journal->j_checkpoint_transactions);
 	J_ASSERT(journal->j_head == journal->j_tail);
 	J_ASSERT(journal->j_tail_sequence == journal->j_transaction_sequence);
-	spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1617,7 +1620,6 @@ int jbd2_journal_flush(journal_t *journal)
 
 int jbd2_journal_wipe(journal_t *journal, int write)
 {
-	journal_superblock_t *sb;
 	int err = 0;
 
 	J_ASSERT (!(journal->j_flags & JBD2_LOADED));
@@ -1626,8 +1628,6 @@ int jbd2_journal_wipe(journal_t *journal, int write)
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	sb = journal->j_superblock;
-
 	if (!journal->j_tail)
 		goto no_recovery;
 
@@ -1665,12 +1665,12 @@ void __jbd2_journal_abort_hard(journal_t *journal)
 	printk(KERN_ERR "Aborting journal on device %s.\n",
 	       journal->j_devname);
 
-	spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 	journal->j_flags |= JBD2_ABORT;
 	transaction = journal->j_running_transaction;
 	if (transaction)
 		__jbd2_log_start_commit(journal, transaction->t_tid);
-	spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 }
 
 /* Soft abort: record the abort error status in the journal superblock,
@@ -1755,12 +1755,12 @@ int jbd2_journal_errno(journal_t *journal)
 {
 	int err;
 
-	spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	read_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 	if (journal->j_flags & JBD2_ABORT)
 		err = -EROFS;
 	else
 		err = journal->j_errno;
-	spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	read_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -1775,12 +1775,12 @@ int jbd2_journal_clear_err(journal_t *journal)
 {
 	int err = 0;
 
-	spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 	if (journal->j_flags & JBD2_ABORT)
 		err = -EROFS;
 	else
 		journal->j_errno = 0;
-	spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -1793,10 +1793,10 @@ int jbd2_journal_clear_err(journal_t *journal)
  */
 void jbd2_journal_ack_err(journal_t *journal)
 {
-	spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 	if (journal->j_errno)
 		journal->j_flags |= JBD2_ACK_ERR;
-	spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 }
 
 int jbd2_journal_blocks_per_page(struct inode *inode)
@@ -2201,8 +2201,6 @@ void jbd2_journal_init_jbd_inode(struct jbd2_inode *jinode, struct inode *inode)
 void jbd2_journal_release_jbd_inode(journal_t *journal,
 				    struct jbd2_inode *jinode)
 {
-	int writeout = 0;
-
 	if (!journal)
 		return;
 restart:
@@ -2219,9 +2217,6 @@ restart:
 		goto restart;
 	}
 
-	/* Do we need to wait for data writeback? */
-	if (journal->j_committing_transaction == jinode->i_transaction)
-		writeout = 1;
 	if (jinode->i_transaction) {
 		list_del(&jinode->i_list);
 		jinode->i_transaction = NULL;
diff --git a/fs/jbd2/recovery.c b/fs/jbd2/recovery.c
index 049281b7cb8..2bc4d5f116f 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/recovery.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/recovery.c
@@ -285,12 +285,10 @@ int jbd2_journal_recover(journal_t *journal)
 int jbd2_journal_skip_recovery(journal_t *journal)
 {
 	int			err;
-	journal_superblock_t *	sb;
 
 	struct recovery_info	info;
 
 	memset (&info, 0, sizeof(info));
-	sb = journal->j_superblock;
 
 	err = do_one_pass(journal, &info, PASS_SCAN);
 
@@ -299,7 +297,8 @@ int jbd2_journal_skip_recovery(journal_t *journal)
 		++journal->j_transaction_sequence;
 	} else {
 #ifdef CONFIG_JBD2_DEBUG
-		int dropped = info.end_transaction - be32_to_cpu(sb->s_sequence);
+		int dropped = info.end_transaction - 
+			be32_to_cpu(journal->j_superblock->s_sequence);
 #endif
 		jbd_debug(1,
 			  "JBD: ignoring %d transaction%s from the journal.\n",
@@ -365,11 +364,6 @@ static int do_one_pass(journal_t *journal,
 	int			tag_bytes = journal_tag_bytes(journal);
 	__u32			crc32_sum = ~0; /* Transactional Checksums */
 
-	/* Precompute the maximum metadata descriptors in a descriptor block */
-	int			MAX_BLOCKS_PER_DESC;
-	MAX_BLOCKS_PER_DESC = ((journal->j_blocksize-sizeof(journal_header_t))
-			       / tag_bytes);
-
 	/*
 	 * First thing is to establish what we expect to find in the log
 	 * (in terms of transaction IDs), and where (in terms of log
diff --git a/fs/jbd2/transaction.c b/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
index b8e0806681b..d95cc9d0401 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/highmem.h>
 #include <linux/hrtimer.h>
+#include <linux/backing-dev.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
 
 static void __jbd2_journal_temp_unlink_buffer(struct journal_head *jh);
 
@@ -53,6 +55,9 @@ jbd2_get_transaction(journal_t *journal, transaction_t *transaction)
 	transaction->t_tid = journal->j_transaction_sequence++;
 	transaction->t_expires = jiffies + journal->j_commit_interval;
 	spin_lock_init(&transaction->t_handle_lock);
+	atomic_set(&transaction->t_updates, 0);
+	atomic_set(&transaction->t_outstanding_credits, 0);
+	atomic_set(&transaction->t_handle_count, 0);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&transaction->t_inode_list);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&transaction->t_private_list);
 
@@ -83,65 +88,75 @@ jbd2_get_transaction(journal_t *journal, transaction_t *transaction)
  * transaction's buffer credits.
  */
 
-static int start_this_handle(journal_t *journal, handle_t *handle)
+static int start_this_handle(journal_t *journal, handle_t *handle,
+			     int gfp_mask)
 {
 	transaction_t *transaction;
 	int needed;
 	int nblocks = handle->h_buffer_credits;
 	transaction_t *new_transaction = NULL;
-	int ret = 0;
 	unsigned long ts = jiffies;
 
 	if (nblocks > journal->j_max_transaction_buffers) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "JBD: %s wants too many credits (%d > %d)\n",
 		       current->comm, nblocks,
 		       journal->j_max_transaction_buffers);
-		ret = -ENOSPC;
-		goto out;
+		return -ENOSPC;
 	}
 
 alloc_transaction:
 	if (!journal->j_running_transaction) {
-		new_transaction = kzalloc(sizeof(*new_transaction),
-						GFP_NOFS|__GFP_NOFAIL);
+		new_transaction = kzalloc(sizeof(*new_transaction), gfp_mask);
 		if (!new_transaction) {
-			ret = -ENOMEM;
-			goto out;
+			/*
+			 * If __GFP_FS is not present, then we may be
+			 * being called from inside the fs writeback
+			 * layer, so we MUST NOT fail.  Since
+			 * __GFP_NOFAIL is going away, we will arrange
+			 * to retry the allocation ourselves.
+			 */
+			if ((gfp_mask & __GFP_FS) == 0) {
+				congestion_wait(BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ/50);
+				goto alloc_transaction;
+			}
+			return -ENOMEM;
 		}
 	}
 
 	jbd_debug(3, "New handle %p going live.\n", handle);
 
-repeat:
-
 	/*
 	 * We need to hold j_state_lock until t_updates has been incremented,
 	 * for proper journal barrier handling
 	 */
-	spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
-repeat_locked:
+repeat:
+	read_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 	if (is_journal_aborted(journal) ||
 	    (journal->j_errno != 0 && !(journal->j_flags & JBD2_ACK_ERR))) {
-		spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
-		ret = -EROFS;
-		goto out;
+		read_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+		kfree(new_transaction);
+		return -EROFS;
 	}
 
 	/* Wait on the journal's transaction barrier if necessary */
 	if (journal->j_barrier_count) {
-		spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+		read_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 		wait_event(journal->j_wait_transaction_locked,
 				journal->j_barrier_count == 0);
 		goto repeat;
 	}
 
 	if (!journal->j_running_transaction) {
-		if (!new_transaction) {
-			spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+		read_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+		if (!new_transaction)
 			goto alloc_transaction;
+		write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+		if (!journal->j_running_transaction) {
+			jbd2_get_transaction(journal, new_transaction);
+			new_transaction = NULL;
 		}
-		jbd2_get_transaction(journal, new_transaction);
-		new_transaction = NULL;
+		write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+		goto repeat;
 	}
 
 	transaction = journal->j_running_transaction;
@@ -155,7 +170,7 @@ repeat_locked:
 
 		prepare_to_wait(&journal->j_wait_transaction_locked,
 					&wait, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
-		spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+		read_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 		schedule();
 		finish_wait(&journal->j_wait_transaction_locked, &wait);
 		goto repeat;
@@ -166,8 +181,8 @@ repeat_locked:
 	 * buffers requested by this operation, we need to stall pending a log
 	 * checkpoint to free some more log space.
 	 */
-	spin_lock(&transaction->t_handle_lock);
-	needed = transaction->t_outstanding_credits + nblocks;
+	needed = atomic_add_return(nblocks,
+				   &transaction->t_outstanding_credits);
 
 	if (needed > journal->j_max_transaction_buffers) {
 		/*
@@ -178,11 +193,11 @@ repeat_locked:
 		DEFINE_WAIT(wait);
 
 		jbd_debug(2, "Handle %p starting new commit...\n", handle);
-		spin_unlock(&transaction->t_handle_lock);
+		atomic_sub(nblocks, &transaction->t_outstanding_credits);
 		prepare_to_wait(&journal->j_wait_transaction_locked, &wait,
 				TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
 		__jbd2_log_start_commit(journal, transaction->t_tid);
-		spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+		read_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 		schedule();
 		finish_wait(&journal->j_wait_transaction_locked, &wait);
 		goto repeat;
@@ -215,35 +230,48 @@ repeat_locked:
 	 */
 	if (__jbd2_log_space_left(journal) < jbd_space_needed(journal)) {
 		jbd_debug(2, "Handle %p waiting for checkpoint...\n", handle);
-		spin_unlock(&transaction->t_handle_lock);
-		__jbd2_log_wait_for_space(journal);
-		goto repeat_locked;
+		atomic_sub(nblocks, &transaction->t_outstanding_credits);
+		read_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+		write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+		if (__jbd2_log_space_left(journal) < jbd_space_needed(journal))
+			__jbd2_log_wait_for_space(journal);
+		write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+		goto repeat;
 	}
 
 	/* OK, account for the buffers that this operation expects to
-	 * use and add the handle to the running transaction. */
-
-	if (time_after(transaction->t_start, ts)) {
+	 * use and add the handle to the running transaction. 
+	 *
+	 * In order for t_max_wait to be reliable, it must be
+	 * protected by a lock.  But doing so will mean that
+	 * start_this_handle() can not be run in parallel on SMP
+	 * systems, which limits our scalability.  So we only enable
+	 * it when debugging is enabled.  We may want to use a
+	 * separate flag, eventually, so we can enable this
+	 * independently of debugging.
+	 */
+#ifdef CONFIG_JBD2_DEBUG
+	if (jbd2_journal_enable_debug &&
+	    time_after(transaction->t_start, ts)) {
 		ts = jbd2_time_diff(ts, transaction->t_start);
+		spin_lock(&transaction->t_handle_lock);
 		if (ts > transaction->t_max_wait)
 			transaction->t_max_wait = ts;
+		spin_unlock(&transaction->t_handle_lock);
 	}
-
+#endif
 	handle->h_transaction = transaction;
-	transaction->t_outstanding_credits += nblocks;
-	transaction->t_updates++;
-	transaction->t_handle_count++;
+	atomic_inc(&transaction->t_updates);
+	atomic_inc(&transaction->t_handle_count);
 	jbd_debug(4, "Handle %p given %d credits (total %d, free %d)\n",
-		  handle, nblocks, transaction->t_outstanding_credits,
+		  handle, nblocks,
+		  atomic_read(&transaction->t_outstanding_credits),
 		  __jbd2_log_space_left(journal));
-	spin_unlock(&transaction->t_handle_lock);
-	spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	read_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 
 	lock_map_acquire(&handle->h_lockdep_map);
-out:
-	if (unlikely(new_transaction))		/* It's usually NULL */
-		kfree(new_transaction);
-	return ret;
+	kfree(new_transaction);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static struct lock_class_key jbd2_handle_key;
@@ -278,7 +306,7 @@ static handle_t *new_handle(int nblocks)
  *
  * Return a pointer to a newly allocated handle, or NULL on failure
  */
-handle_t *jbd2_journal_start(journal_t *journal, int nblocks)
+handle_t *jbd2__journal_start(journal_t *journal, int nblocks, int gfp_mask)
 {
 	handle_t *handle = journal_current_handle();
 	int err;
@@ -298,7 +326,7 @@ handle_t *jbd2_journal_start(journal_t *journal, int nblocks)
 
 	current->journal_info = handle;
 
-	err = start_this_handle(journal, handle);
+	err = start_this_handle(journal, handle, gfp_mask);
 	if (err < 0) {
 		jbd2_free_handle(handle);
 		current->journal_info = NULL;
@@ -308,6 +336,15 @@ handle_t *jbd2_journal_start(journal_t *journal, int nblocks)
 out:
 	return handle;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(jbd2__journal_start);
+
+
+handle_t *jbd2_journal_start(journal_t *journal, int nblocks)
+{
+	return jbd2__journal_start(journal, nblocks, GFP_NOFS);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(jbd2_journal_start);
+
 
 /**
  * int jbd2_journal_extend() - extend buffer credits.
@@ -342,7 +379,7 @@ int jbd2_journal_extend(handle_t *handle, int nblocks)
 
 	result = 1;
 
-	spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	read_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 
 	/* Don't extend a locked-down transaction! */
 	if (handle->h_transaction->t_state != T_RUNNING) {
@@ -352,7 +389,7 @@ int jbd2_journal_extend(handle_t *handle, int nblocks)
 	}
 
 	spin_lock(&transaction->t_handle_lock);
-	wanted = transaction->t_outstanding_credits + nblocks;
+	wanted = atomic_read(&transaction->t_outstanding_credits) + nblocks;
 
 	if (wanted > journal->j_max_transaction_buffers) {
 		jbd_debug(3, "denied handle %p %d blocks: "
@@ -367,14 +404,14 @@ int jbd2_journal_extend(handle_t *handle, int nblocks)
 	}
 
 	handle->h_buffer_credits += nblocks;
-	transaction->t_outstanding_credits += nblocks;
+	atomic_add(nblocks, &transaction->t_outstanding_credits);
 	result = 0;
 
 	jbd_debug(3, "extended handle %p by %d\n", handle, nblocks);
 unlock:
 	spin_unlock(&transaction->t_handle_lock);
 error_out:
-	spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	read_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 out:
 	return result;
 }
@@ -394,8 +431,7 @@ out:
  * transaction capabable of guaranteeing the requested number of
  * credits.
  */
-
-int jbd2_journal_restart(handle_t *handle, int nblocks)
+int jbd2__journal_restart(handle_t *handle, int nblocks, int gfp_mask)
 {
 	transaction_t *transaction = handle->h_transaction;
 	journal_t *journal = transaction->t_journal;
@@ -410,29 +446,35 @@ int jbd2_journal_restart(handle_t *handle, int nblocks)
 	 * First unlink the handle from its current transaction, and start the
 	 * commit on that.
 	 */
-	J_ASSERT(transaction->t_updates > 0);
+	J_ASSERT(atomic_read(&transaction->t_updates) > 0);
 	J_ASSERT(journal_current_handle() == handle);
 
-	spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	read_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 	spin_lock(&transaction->t_handle_lock);
-	transaction->t_outstanding_credits -= handle->h_buffer_credits;
-	transaction->t_updates--;
-
-	if (!transaction->t_updates)
+	atomic_sub(handle->h_buffer_credits,
+		   &transaction->t_outstanding_credits);
+	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&transaction->t_updates))
 		wake_up(&journal->j_wait_updates);
 	spin_unlock(&transaction->t_handle_lock);
 
 	jbd_debug(2, "restarting handle %p\n", handle);
 	__jbd2_log_start_commit(journal, transaction->t_tid);
-	spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	read_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 
 	lock_map_release(&handle->h_lockdep_map);
 	handle->h_buffer_credits = nblocks;
-	ret = start_this_handle(journal, handle);
+	ret = start_this_handle(journal, handle, gfp_mask);
 	return ret;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(jbd2__journal_restart);
 
 
+int jbd2_journal_restart(handle_t *handle, int nblocks)
+{
+	return jbd2__journal_restart(handle, nblocks, GFP_NOFS);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(jbd2_journal_restart);
+
 /**
  * void jbd2_journal_lock_updates () - establish a transaction barrier.
  * @journal:  Journal to establish a barrier on.
@@ -447,7 +489,7 @@ void jbd2_journal_lock_updates(journal_t *journal)
 {
 	DEFINE_WAIT(wait);
 
-	spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 	++journal->j_barrier_count;
 
 	/* Wait until there are no running updates */
@@ -458,19 +500,19 @@ void jbd2_journal_lock_updates(journal_t *journal)
 			break;
 
 		spin_lock(&transaction->t_handle_lock);
-		if (!transaction->t_updates) {
+		if (!atomic_read(&transaction->t_updates)) {
 			spin_unlock(&transaction->t_handle_lock);
 			break;
 		}
 		prepare_to_wait(&journal->j_wait_updates, &wait,
 				TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
 		spin_unlock(&transaction->t_handle_lock);
-		spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+		write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 		schedule();
 		finish_wait(&journal->j_wait_updates, &wait);
-		spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+		write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We have now established a barrier against other normal updates, but
@@ -494,9 +536,9 @@ void jbd2_journal_unlock_updates (journal_t *journal)
 	J_ASSERT(journal->j_barrier_count != 0);
 
 	mutex_unlock(&journal->j_barrier);
-	spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 	--journal->j_barrier_count;
-	spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 	wake_up(&journal->j_wait_transaction_locked);
 }
 
@@ -1238,7 +1280,8 @@ int jbd2_journal_stop(handle_t *handle)
 {
 	transaction_t *transaction = handle->h_transaction;
 	journal_t *journal = transaction->t_journal;
-	int err;
+	int err, wait_for_commit = 0;
+	tid_t tid;
 	pid_t pid;
 
 	J_ASSERT(journal_current_handle() == handle);
@@ -1246,7 +1289,7 @@ int jbd2_journal_stop(handle_t *handle)
 	if (is_handle_aborted(handle))
 		err = -EIO;
 	else {
-		J_ASSERT(transaction->t_updates > 0);
+		J_ASSERT(atomic_read(&transaction->t_updates) > 0);
 		err = 0;
 	}
 
@@ -1291,9 +1334,9 @@ int jbd2_journal_stop(handle_t *handle)
 
 		journal->j_last_sync_writer = pid;
 
-		spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+		read_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 		commit_time = journal->j_average_commit_time;
-		spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+		read_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 
 		trans_time = ktime_to_ns(ktime_sub(ktime_get(),
 						   transaction->t_start_time));
@@ -1314,14 +1357,8 @@ int jbd2_journal_stop(handle_t *handle)
 	if (handle->h_sync)
 		transaction->t_synchronous_commit = 1;
 	current->journal_info = NULL;
-	spin_lock(&transaction->t_handle_lock);
-	transaction->t_outstanding_credits -= handle->h_buffer_credits;
-	transaction->t_updates--;
-	if (!transaction->t_updates) {
-		wake_up(&journal->j_wait_updates);
-		if (journal->j_barrier_count)
-			wake_up(&journal->j_wait_transaction_locked);
-	}
+	atomic_sub(handle->h_buffer_credits,
+		   &transaction->t_outstanding_credits);
 
 	/*
 	 * If the handle is marked SYNC, we need to set another commit
@@ -1330,15 +1367,13 @@ int jbd2_journal_stop(handle_t *handle)
 	 * transaction is too old now.
 	 */
 	if (handle->h_sync ||
-			transaction->t_outstanding_credits >
-				journal->j_max_transaction_buffers ||
-			time_after_eq(jiffies, transaction->t_expires)) {
+	    (atomic_read(&transaction->t_outstanding_credits) >
+	     journal->j_max_transaction_buffers) ||
+	    time_after_eq(jiffies, transaction->t_expires)) {
 		/* Do this even for aborted journals: an abort still
 		 * completes the commit thread, it just doesn't write
 		 * anything to disk. */
-		tid_t tid = transaction->t_tid;
 
-		spin_unlock(&transaction->t_handle_lock);
 		jbd_debug(2, "transaction too old, requesting commit for "
 					"handle %p\n", handle);
 		/* This is non-blocking */
@@ -1349,11 +1384,25 @@ int jbd2_journal_stop(handle_t *handle)
 		 * to wait for the commit to complete.
 		 */
 		if (handle->h_sync && !(current->flags & PF_MEMALLOC))
-			err = jbd2_log_wait_commit(journal, tid);
-	} else {
-		spin_unlock(&transaction->t_handle_lock);
+			wait_for_commit = 1;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Once we drop t_updates, if it goes to zero the transaction
+	 * could start commiting on us and eventually disappear.  So
+	 * once we do this, we must not dereference transaction
+	 * pointer again.
+	 */
+	tid = transaction->t_tid;
+	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&transaction->t_updates)) {
+		wake_up(&journal->j_wait_updates);
+		if (journal->j_barrier_count)
+			wake_up(&journal->j_wait_transaction_locked);
+	}
+
+	if (wait_for_commit)
+		err = jbd2_log_wait_commit(journal, tid);
+
 	lock_map_release(&handle->h_lockdep_map);
 
 	jbd2_free_handle(handle);
@@ -1719,7 +1768,7 @@ static int journal_unmap_buffer(journal_t *journal, struct buffer_head *bh)
 		goto zap_buffer_unlocked;
 
 	/* OK, we have data buffer in journaled mode */
-	spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 	jbd_lock_bh_state(bh);
 	spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
 
@@ -1772,7 +1821,7 @@ static int journal_unmap_buffer(journal_t *journal, struct buffer_head *bh)
 			jbd2_journal_put_journal_head(jh);
 			spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock);
 			jbd_unlock_bh_state(bh);
-			spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+			write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 			return ret;
 		} else {
 			/* There is no currently-running transaction. So the
@@ -1786,7 +1835,7 @@ static int journal_unmap_buffer(journal_t *journal, struct buffer_head *bh)
 				jbd2_journal_put_journal_head(jh);
 				spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock);
 				jbd_unlock_bh_state(bh);
-				spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+				write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 				return ret;
 			} else {
 				/* The orphan record's transaction has
@@ -1810,7 +1859,7 @@ static int journal_unmap_buffer(journal_t *journal, struct buffer_head *bh)
 		jbd2_journal_put_journal_head(jh);
 		spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock);
 		jbd_unlock_bh_state(bh);
-		spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+		write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 		return 0;
 	} else {
 		/* Good, the buffer belongs to the running transaction.
@@ -1829,7 +1878,7 @@ zap_buffer:
 zap_buffer_no_jh:
 	spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock);
 	jbd_unlock_bh_state(bh);
-	spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 zap_buffer_unlocked:
 	clear_buffer_dirty(bh);
 	J_ASSERT_BH(bh, !buffer_jbddirty(bh));
@@ -2136,9 +2185,9 @@ int jbd2_journal_begin_ordered_truncate(journal_t *journal,
 	/* Locks are here just to force reading of recent values, it is
 	 * enough that the transaction was not committing before we started
 	 * a transaction adding the inode to orphan list */
-	spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	read_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 	commit_trans = journal->j_committing_transaction;
-	spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	read_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 	spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
 	inode_trans = jinode->i_transaction;
 	spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock);