ocfs2/xattr: Reserve meta/data at the beginning of ocfs2_xattr_set.

In ocfs2 xattr set, we reserve metadata and clusters in any place
they are needed. It is time-consuming and ineffective, so this
patch try to reserve metadata and clusters at the beginning of
ocfs2_xattr_set.

Signed-off-by: Tao Ma <tao.ma@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Mark Fasheh <mfasheh@suse.com>

1 files changed, 357 insertions, 126 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
index f1da381a44f6..4fd201a54c72 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
@@ -71,6 +71,12 @@ struct ocfs2_xattr_bucket {
         int bu_blocks;
 };
 
+struct ocfs2_xattr_set_ctxt {
+        struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac;
+        struct ocfs2_alloc_context *data_ac;
+        struct ocfs2_cached_dealloc_ctxt dealloc;
+};
+
 #define OCFS2_XATTR_ROOT_SIZE   (sizeof(struct ocfs2_xattr_def_value_root))
 #define OCFS2_XATTR_INLINE_SIZE 80
 
@@ -133,11 +139,13 @@ static int ocfs2_xattr_tree_list_index_block(struct inode *inode,
                                         size_t buffer_size);
 
 static int ocfs2_xattr_create_index_block(struct inode *inode,
-                                          struct ocfs2_xattr_search *xs);
+                                          struct ocfs2_xattr_search *xs,
+                                          struct ocfs2_xattr_set_ctxt *ctxt);
 
 static int ocfs2_xattr_set_entry_index_block(struct inode *inode,
                                              struct ocfs2_xattr_info *xi,
-                                             struct ocfs2_xattr_search *xs);
+                                             struct ocfs2_xattr_search *xs,
+                                             struct ocfs2_xattr_set_ctxt *ctxt);
 
 static int ocfs2_delete_xattr_index_block(struct inode *inode,
                                           struct buffer_head *xb_bh);
@@ -334,14 +342,13 @@ static void ocfs2_xattr_hash_entry(struct inode *inode,
 static int ocfs2_xattr_extend_allocation(struct inode *inode,
                                          u32 clusters_to_add,
                                          struct buffer_head *xattr_bh,
-                                         struct ocfs2_xattr_value_root *xv)
+                                         struct ocfs2_xattr_value_root *xv,
+                                         struct ocfs2_xattr_set_ctxt *ctxt)
 {
         int status = 0;
         int restart_func = 0;
         int credits = 0;
         handle_t *handle = NULL;
-        struct ocfs2_alloc_context *data_ac = NULL;
-        struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac = NULL;
         enum ocfs2_alloc_restarted why;
         struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
         u32 prev_clusters, logical_start = le32_to_cpu(xv->xr_clusters);
@@ -353,13 +360,6 @@ static int ocfs2_xattr_extend_allocation(struct inode *inode,
 
 restart_all:
 
-        status = ocfs2_lock_allocators(inode, &et, clusters_to_add, 0,
-                                       &data_ac, &meta_ac);
-        if (status) {
-                mlog_errno(status);
-                goto leave;
-        }
-
         credits = ocfs2_calc_extend_credits(osb->sb, et.et_root_el,
                                             clusters_to_add);
         handle = ocfs2_start_trans(osb, credits);
@@ -386,8 +386,8 @@ restarted_transaction:
                                              0,
                                              &et,
                                              handle,
-                                             data_ac,
-                                             meta_ac,
+                                             ctxt->data_ac,
+                                             ctxt->meta_ac,
                                              &why);
         if ((status < 0) && (status != -EAGAIN)) {
                 if (status != -ENOSPC)
@@ -432,14 +432,6 @@ leave:
                 ocfs2_commit_trans(osb, handle);
                 handle = NULL;
         }
-        if (data_ac) {
-                ocfs2_free_alloc_context(data_ac);
-                data_ac = NULL;
-        }
-        if (meta_ac) {
-                ocfs2_free_alloc_context(meta_ac);
-                meta_ac = NULL;
-        }
         if ((!status) && restart_func) {
                 restart_func = 0;
                 goto restart_all;
@@ -452,23 +444,16 @@ static int __ocfs2_remove_xattr_range(struct inode *inode,
                                       struct buffer_head *root_bh,
                                       struct ocfs2_xattr_value_root *xv,
                                       u32 cpos, u32 phys_cpos, u32 len,
-                                      struct ocfs2_cached_dealloc_ctxt *dealloc)
+                                      struct ocfs2_xattr_set_ctxt *ctxt)
 {
         int ret;
         u64 phys_blkno = ocfs2_clusters_to_blocks(inode->i_sb, phys_cpos);
         struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
         handle_t *handle;
-        struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac = NULL;
         struct ocfs2_extent_tree et;
 
         ocfs2_init_xattr_value_extent_tree(&et, inode, root_bh, xv);
 
-        ret = ocfs2_lock_allocators(inode, &et, 0, 1, NULL, &meta_ac);
-        if (ret) {
-                mlog_errno(ret);
-                return ret;
-        }
-
         handle = ocfs2_start_trans(osb, OCFS2_REMOVE_EXTENT_CREDITS);
         if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
                 ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
@@ -483,8 +468,8 @@ static int __ocfs2_remove_xattr_range(struct inode *inode,
                 goto out_commit;
         }
 
-        ret = ocfs2_remove_extent(inode, &et, cpos, len, handle, meta_ac,
-                                  dealloc);
+        ret = ocfs2_remove_extent(inode, &et, cpos, len, handle, ctxt->meta_ac,
+                                  &ctxt->dealloc);
         if (ret) {
                 mlog_errno(ret);
                 goto out_commit;
@@ -498,17 +483,13 @@ static int __ocfs2_remove_xattr_range(struct inode *inode,
                 goto out_commit;
         }
 
-        ret = ocfs2_cache_cluster_dealloc(dealloc, phys_blkno, len);
+        ret = ocfs2_cache_cluster_dealloc(&ctxt->dealloc, phys_blkno, len);
         if (ret)
                 mlog_errno(ret);
 
 out_commit:
         ocfs2_commit_trans(osb, handle);
 out:
-
-        if (meta_ac)
-                ocfs2_free_alloc_context(meta_ac);
-
         return ret;
 }
 
@@ -516,15 +497,12 @@ static int ocfs2_xattr_shrink_size(struct inode *inode,
                                    u32 old_clusters,
                                    u32 new_clusters,
                                    struct buffer_head *root_bh,
-                                   struct ocfs2_xattr_value_root *xv)
+                                   struct ocfs2_xattr_value_root *xv,
+                                   struct ocfs2_xattr_set_ctxt *ctxt)
 {
         int ret = 0;
         u32 trunc_len, cpos, phys_cpos, alloc_size;
         u64 block;
-        struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
-        struct ocfs2_cached_dealloc_ctxt dealloc;
-
-        ocfs2_init_dealloc_ctxt(&dealloc);
 
         if (old_clusters <= new_clusters)
                 return 0;
@@ -544,7 +522,7 @@ static int ocfs2_xattr_shrink_size(struct inode *inode,
 
                 ret = __ocfs2_remove_xattr_range(inode, root_bh, xv, cpos,
                                                  phys_cpos, alloc_size,
-                                                 &dealloc);
+                                                 ctxt);
                 if (ret) {
                         mlog_errno(ret);
                         goto out;
@@ -558,16 +536,14 @@ static int ocfs2_xattr_shrink_size(struct inode *inode,
         }
 
 out:
-        ocfs2_schedule_truncate_log_flush(osb, 1);
-        ocfs2_run_deallocs(osb, &dealloc);
-
         return ret;
 }
 
 static int ocfs2_xattr_value_truncate(struct inode *inode,
                                       struct buffer_head *root_bh,
                                       struct ocfs2_xattr_value_root *xv,
-                                      int len)
+                                      int len,
+                                      struct ocfs2_xattr_set_ctxt *ctxt)
 {
         int ret;
         u32 new_clusters = ocfs2_clusters_for_bytes(inode->i_sb, len);
@@ -579,11 +555,11 @@ static int ocfs2_xattr_value_truncate(struct inode *inode,
         if (new_clusters > old_clusters)
                 ret = ocfs2_xattr_extend_allocation(inode,
                                                     new_clusters - old_clusters,
-                                                    root_bh, xv);
+                                                    root_bh, xv, ctxt);
         else
                 ret = ocfs2_xattr_shrink_size(inode,
                                               old_clusters, new_clusters,
-                                              root_bh, xv);
+                                              root_bh, xv, ctxt);
 
         return ret;
 }
@@ -1167,6 +1143,7 @@ out:
 static int ocfs2_xattr_set_value_outside(struct inode *inode,
                                          struct ocfs2_xattr_info *xi,
                                          struct ocfs2_xattr_search *xs,
+                                         struct ocfs2_xattr_set_ctxt *ctxt,
                                          size_t offs)
 {
         size_t name_len = strlen(xi->name);
@@ -1186,7 +1163,7 @@ static int ocfs2_xattr_set_value_outside(struct inode *inode,
         xv->xr_list.l_next_free_rec = 0;
 
         ret = ocfs2_xattr_value_truncate(inode, xs->xattr_bh, xv,
-                                         xi->value_len);
+                                         xi->value_len, ctxt);
         if (ret < 0) {
                 mlog_errno(ret);
                 return ret;
@@ -1317,6 +1294,7 @@ static void ocfs2_xattr_set_entry_local(struct inode *inode,
 static int ocfs2_xattr_set_entry(struct inode *inode,
                                  struct ocfs2_xattr_info *xi,
                                  struct ocfs2_xattr_search *xs,
+                                 struct ocfs2_xattr_set_ctxt *ctxt,
                                  int flag)
 {
         struct ocfs2_xattr_entry *last;
@@ -1387,7 +1365,7 @@ static int ocfs2_xattr_set_entry(struct inode *inode,
                 if (ocfs2_xattr_is_local(xs->here) && size == size_l) {
                         /* Replace existing local xattr with tree root */
                         ret = ocfs2_xattr_set_value_outside(inode, xi, xs,
-                                                            offs);
+                                                            ctxt, offs);
                         if (ret < 0)
                                 mlog_errno(ret);
                         goto out;
@@ -1406,7 +1384,8 @@ static int ocfs2_xattr_set_entry(struct inode *inode,
                                 ret = ocfs2_xattr_value_truncate(inode,
                                                                  xs->xattr_bh,
                                                                  xv,
-                                                                 xi->value_len);
+                                                                 xi->value_len,
+                                                                 ctxt);
                                 if (ret < 0) {
                                         mlog_errno(ret);
                                         goto out;
@@ -1436,7 +1415,8 @@ static int ocfs2_xattr_set_entry(struct inode *inode,
                                  ret = ocfs2_xattr_value_truncate(inode,
                                                                  xs->xattr_bh,
                                                                  xv,
-                                                                 0);
+                                                                 0,
+                                                                 ctxt);
                                 if (ret < 0)
                                         mlog_errno(ret);
                         }
@@ -1531,7 +1511,7 @@ out_commit:
                  * This is the second step for value size > INLINE_SIZE.
                  */
                 size_t offs = le16_to_cpu(xs->here->xe_name_offset);
-                ret = ocfs2_xattr_set_value_outside(inode, xi, xs, offs);
+                ret = ocfs2_xattr_set_value_outside(inode, xi, xs, ctxt, offs);
                 if (ret < 0) {
                         int ret2;
 
@@ -1555,6 +1535,10 @@ static int ocfs2_remove_value_outside(struct inode*inode,
                                       struct ocfs2_xattr_header *header)
 {
         int ret = 0, i;
+        struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
+        struct ocfs2_xattr_set_ctxt ctxt = { NULL, NULL, };
+
+        ocfs2_init_dealloc_ctxt(&ctxt.dealloc);
 
         for (i = 0; i < le16_to_cpu(header->xh_count); i++) {
                 struct ocfs2_xattr_entry *entry = &header->xh_entries[i];
@@ -1567,14 +1551,17 @@ static int ocfs2_remove_value_outside(struct inode*inode,
                                 le16_to_cpu(entry->xe_name_offset);
                         xv = (struct ocfs2_xattr_value_root *)
                                 (val + OCFS2_XATTR_SIZE(entry->xe_name_len));
-                        ret = ocfs2_xattr_value_truncate(inode, bh, xv, 0);
+                        ret = ocfs2_xattr_value_truncate(inode, bh, xv,
+                                                         0, &ctxt);
                         if (ret < 0) {
                                 mlog_errno(ret);
-                                return ret;
+                                break;
                         }
                 }
         }
 
+        ocfs2_schedule_truncate_log_flush(osb, 1);
+        ocfs2_run_deallocs(osb, &ctxt.dealloc);
         return ret;
 }
 
@@ -1836,7 +1823,8 @@ static int ocfs2_xattr_ibody_find(struct inode *inode,
  */
 static int ocfs2_xattr_ibody_set(struct inode *inode,
                                  struct ocfs2_xattr_info *xi,
-                                 struct ocfs2_xattr_search *xs)
+                                 struct ocfs2_xattr_search *xs,
+                                 struct ocfs2_xattr_set_ctxt *ctxt)
 {
         struct ocfs2_inode_info *oi = OCFS2_I(inode);
         struct ocfs2_dinode *di = (struct ocfs2_dinode *)xs->inode_bh->b_data;
@@ -1853,7 +1841,7 @@ static int ocfs2_xattr_ibody_set(struct inode *inode,
                 }
         }
 
-        ret = ocfs2_xattr_set_entry(inode, xi, xs,
+        ret = ocfs2_xattr_set_entry(inode, xi, xs, ctxt,
                                 (OCFS2_INLINE_XATTR_FL | OCFS2_HAS_XATTR_FL));
 out:
         up_write(&oi->ip_alloc_sem);
@@ -1926,12 +1914,12 @@ cleanup:
  */
 static int ocfs2_xattr_block_set(struct inode *inode,
                                  struct ocfs2_xattr_info *xi,
-                                 struct ocfs2_xattr_search *xs)
+                                 struct ocfs2_xattr_search *xs,
+                                 struct ocfs2_xattr_set_ctxt *ctxt)
 {
         struct buffer_head *new_bh = NULL;
         struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
         struct ocfs2_dinode *di =  (struct ocfs2_dinode *)xs->inode_bh->b_data;
-        struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac = NULL;
         handle_t *handle = NULL;
         struct ocfs2_xattr_block *xblk = NULL;
         u16 suballoc_bit_start;
@@ -1940,15 +1928,6 @@ static int ocfs2_xattr_block_set(struct inode *inode,
         int ret;
 
         if (!xs->xattr_bh) {
-                /*
-                 * Alloc one external block for extended attribute
-                 * outside of inode.
-                 */
-                ret = ocfs2_reserve_new_metadata_blocks(osb, 1, &meta_ac);
-                if (ret < 0) {
-                        mlog_errno(ret);
-                        goto out;
-                }
                 handle = ocfs2_start_trans(osb,
                                            OCFS2_XATTR_BLOCK_CREATE_CREDITS);
                 if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
@@ -1963,7 +1942,7 @@ static int ocfs2_xattr_block_set(struct inode *inode,
                         goto out_commit;
                 }
 
-                ret = ocfs2_claim_metadata(osb, handle, meta_ac, 1,
+                ret = ocfs2_claim_metadata(osb, handle, ctxt->meta_ac, 1,
                                            &suballoc_bit_start, &num_got,
                                            &first_blkno);
                 if (ret < 0) {
@@ -1996,7 +1975,6 @@ static int ocfs2_xattr_block_set(struct inode *inode,
                 xs->end = (void *)xblk + inode->i_sb->s_blocksize;
                 xs->here = xs->header->xh_entries;
 
-
                 ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, new_bh);
                 if (ret < 0) {
                         mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -2009,8 +1987,6 @@ static int ocfs2_xattr_block_set(struct inode *inode,
 out_commit:
                 ocfs2_commit_trans(osb, handle);
 out:
-                if (meta_ac)
-                        ocfs2_free_alloc_context(meta_ac);
                 if (ret < 0)
                         return ret;
         } else
@@ -2018,22 +1994,266 @@ out:
 
         if (!(le16_to_cpu(xblk->xb_flags) & OCFS2_XATTR_INDEXED)) {
                 /* Set extended attribute into external block */
-                ret = ocfs2_xattr_set_entry(inode, xi, xs, OCFS2_HAS_XATTR_FL);
+                ret = ocfs2_xattr_set_entry(inode, xi, xs, ctxt,
+                                            OCFS2_HAS_XATTR_FL);
                 if (!ret || ret != -ENOSPC)
                         goto end;
 
-                ret = ocfs2_xattr_create_index_block(inode, xs);
+                ret = ocfs2_xattr_create_index_block(inode, xs, ctxt);
                 if (ret)
                         goto end;
         }
 
-        ret = ocfs2_xattr_set_entry_index_block(inode, xi, xs);
+        ret = ocfs2_xattr_set_entry_index_block(inode, xi, xs, ctxt);
 
 end:
 
         return ret;
 }
 
+/* Check whether the new xattr can be inserted into the inode. */
+static int ocfs2_xattr_can_be_in_inode(struct inode *inode,
+                                       struct ocfs2_xattr_info *xi,
+                                       struct ocfs2_xattr_search *xs)
+{
+        u64 value_size;
+        struct ocfs2_xattr_entry *last;
+        int free, i;
+        size_t min_offs = xs->end - xs->base;
+
+        if (!xs->header)
+                return 0;
+
+        last = xs->header->xh_entries;
+
+        for (i = 0; i < le16_to_cpu(xs->header->xh_count); i++) {
+                size_t offs = le16_to_cpu(last->xe_name_offset);
+                if (offs < min_offs)
+                        min_offs = offs;
+                last += 1;
+        }
+
+        free = min_offs - ((void *)last - xs->base) - sizeof(__u32);
+        if (free < 0)
+                return 0;
+
+        BUG_ON(!xs->not_found);
+
+        if (xi->value_len > OCFS2_XATTR_INLINE_SIZE)
+                value_size = OCFS2_XATTR_ROOT_SIZE;
+        else
+                value_size = OCFS2_XATTR_SIZE(xi->value_len);
+
+        if (free >= sizeof(struct ocfs2_xattr_entry) +
+                   OCFS2_XATTR_SIZE(strlen(xi->name)) + value_size)
+                return 1;
+
+        return 0;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_calc_xattr_set_need(struct inode *inode,
+                                     struct ocfs2_dinode *di,
+                                     struct ocfs2_xattr_info *xi,
+                                     struct ocfs2_xattr_search *xis,
+                                     struct ocfs2_xattr_search *xbs,
+                                     int *clusters_need,
+                                     int *meta_need)
+{
+        int ret = 0, old_in_xb = 0;
+        int clusters_add = 0, meta_add = 0;
+        struct buffer_head *bh = NULL;
+        struct ocfs2_xattr_block *xb = NULL;
+        struct ocfs2_xattr_entry *xe = NULL;
+        struct ocfs2_xattr_value_root *xv = NULL;
+        char *base = NULL;
+        int name_offset, name_len = 0;
+        u32 new_clusters = ocfs2_clusters_for_bytes(inode->i_sb,
+                                                    xi->value_len);
+        u64 value_size;
+
+        /*
+         * delete a xattr doesn't need metadata and cluster allocation.
+         * so return.
+         */
+        if (!xi->value)
+                goto out;
+
+        if (xis->not_found && xbs->not_found) {
+                if (xi->value_len > OCFS2_XATTR_INLINE_SIZE)
+                        clusters_add += new_clusters;
+
+                goto meta_guess;
+        }
+
+        if (!xis->not_found) {
+                xe = xis->here;
+                name_offset = le16_to_cpu(xe->xe_name_offset);
+                name_len = OCFS2_XATTR_SIZE(xe->xe_name_len);
+                base = xis->base;
+        } else {
+                int i, block_off;
+                xb = (struct ocfs2_xattr_block *)xbs->xattr_bh->b_data;
+                xe = xbs->here;
+                name_offset = le16_to_cpu(xe->xe_name_offset);
+                name_len = OCFS2_XATTR_SIZE(xe->xe_name_len);
+                i = xbs->here - xbs->header->xh_entries;
+                old_in_xb = 1;
+
+                if (le16_to_cpu(xb->xb_flags) & OCFS2_XATTR_INDEXED) {
+                        ret = ocfs2_xattr_bucket_get_name_value(inode,
+                                                        bucket_xh(xbs->bucket),
+                                                        i, &block_off,
+                                                        &name_offset);
+                        base = bucket_block(xbs->bucket, block_off);
+                } else
+                        base = xbs->base;
+        }
+
+        /* do cluster allocation guess first. */
+        value_size = le64_to_cpu(xe->xe_value_size);
+
+        if (old_in_xb) {
+                /*
+                 * In xattr set, we always try to set the xe in inode first,
+                 * so if it can be inserted into inode successfully, the old
+                 * one will be removed from the xattr block, and this xattr
+                 * will be inserted into inode as a new xattr in inode.
+                 */
+                if (ocfs2_xattr_can_be_in_inode(inode, xi, xis)) {
+                        clusters_add += new_clusters;
+                        goto out;
+                }
+        }
+
+        if (xi->value_len > OCFS2_XATTR_INLINE_SIZE) {
+                /* the new values will be stored outside. */
+                u32 old_clusters = 0;
+
+                if (!ocfs2_xattr_is_local(xe)) {
+                        old_clusters =  ocfs2_clusters_for_bytes(inode->i_sb,
+                                                                 value_size);
+                        xv = (struct ocfs2_xattr_value_root *)
+                             (base + name_offset + name_len);
+                } else
+                        xv = &def_xv.xv;
+
+                if (old_clusters >= new_clusters)
+                        goto out;
+                else {
+                        meta_add += ocfs2_extend_meta_needed(&xv->xr_list);
+                        clusters_add += new_clusters - old_clusters;
+                        goto out;
+                }
+        } else {
+                /*
+                 * Now the new value will be stored inside. So if the new
+                 * value is smaller than the size of value root or the old
+                 * value, we don't need any allocation, otherwise we have
+                 * to guess metadata allocation.
+                 */
+                if ((ocfs2_xattr_is_local(xe) && value_size >= xi->value_len) ||
+                    (!ocfs2_xattr_is_local(xe) &&
+                     OCFS2_XATTR_ROOT_SIZE >= xi->value_len))
+                        goto out;
+        }
+
+meta_guess:
+        /* calculate metadata allocation. */
+        if (di->i_xattr_loc) {
+                if (!xbs->xattr_bh) {
+                        ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode,
+                                               le64_to_cpu(di->i_xattr_loc),
+                                               &bh);
+                        if (ret) {
+                                mlog_errno(ret);
+                                goto out;
+                        }
+
+                        xb = (struct ocfs2_xattr_block *)bh->b_data;
+                } else
+                        xb = (struct ocfs2_xattr_block *)xbs->xattr_bh->b_data;
+
+                if (le16_to_cpu(xb->xb_flags) & OCFS2_XATTR_INDEXED) {
+                        struct ocfs2_extent_list *el =
+                                 &xb->xb_attrs.xb_root.xt_list;
+                        meta_add += ocfs2_extend_meta_needed(el);
+                }
+
+                /*
+                 * This cluster will be used either for new bucket or for
+                 * new xattr block.
+                 * If the cluster size is the same as the bucket size, one
+                 * more is needed since we may need to extend the bucket
+                 * also.
+                 */
+                clusters_add += 1;
+                if (OCFS2_XATTR_BUCKET_SIZE ==
+                        OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_clustersize)
+                        clusters_add += 1;
+        } else
+                meta_add += 1;
+out:
+        if (clusters_need)
+                *clusters_need = clusters_add;
+        if (meta_need)
+                *meta_need = meta_add;
+        brelse(bh);
+        return ret;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_init_xattr_set_ctxt(struct inode *inode,
+                                     struct ocfs2_dinode *di,
+                                     struct ocfs2_xattr_info *xi,
+                                     struct ocfs2_xattr_search *xis,
+                                     struct ocfs2_xattr_search *xbs,
+                                     struct ocfs2_xattr_set_ctxt *ctxt)
+{
+        int clusters_add, meta_add, ret;
+        struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
+
+        memset(ctxt, 0, sizeof(struct ocfs2_xattr_set_ctxt));
+
+        ocfs2_init_dealloc_ctxt(&ctxt->dealloc);
+
+        ret = ocfs2_calc_xattr_set_need(inode, di, xi, xis, xbs,
+                                        &clusters_add, &meta_add);
+        if (ret) {
+                mlog_errno(ret);
+                return ret;
+        }
+
+        mlog(0, "Set xattr %s, reserve meta blocks = %d, clusters = %d\n",
+             xi->name, meta_add, clusters_add);
+
+        if (meta_add) {
+                ret = ocfs2_reserve_new_metadata_blocks(osb, meta_add,
+                                                        &ctxt->meta_ac);
+                if (ret) {
+                        mlog_errno(ret);
+                        goto out;
+                }
+        }
+
+        if (clusters_add) {
+                ret = ocfs2_reserve_clusters(osb, clusters_add, &ctxt->data_ac);
+                if (ret)
+                        mlog_errno(ret);
+        }
+out:
+        if (ret) {
+                if (ctxt->meta_ac) {
+                        ocfs2_free_alloc_context(ctxt->meta_ac);
+                        ctxt->meta_ac = NULL;
+                }
+
+                /*
+                 * We cannot have an error and a non null ctxt->data_ac.
+                 */
+        }
+
+        return ret;
+}
+
 /*
  * ocfs2_xattr_set()
  *
@@ -2051,6 +2271,8 @@ int ocfs2_xattr_set(struct inode *inode,
         struct buffer_head *di_bh = NULL;
         struct ocfs2_dinode *di;
         int ret;
+        struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
+        struct ocfs2_xattr_set_ctxt ctxt = { NULL, NULL, };
 
         struct ocfs2_xattr_info xi = {
                 .name_index = name_index,
@@ -2115,15 +2337,21 @@ int ocfs2_xattr_set(struct inode *inode,
                         goto cleanup;
         }
 
+        ret = ocfs2_init_xattr_set_ctxt(inode, di, &xi, &xis, &xbs, &ctxt);
+        if (ret) {
+                mlog_errno(ret);
+                goto cleanup;
+        }
+
         if (!value) {
                 /* Remove existing extended attribute */
                 if (!xis.not_found)
-                        ret = ocfs2_xattr_ibody_set(inode, &xi, &xis);
+                        ret = ocfs2_xattr_ibody_set(inode, &xi, &xis, &ctxt);
                 else if (!xbs.not_found)
-                        ret = ocfs2_xattr_block_set(inode, &xi, &xbs);
+                        ret = ocfs2_xattr_block_set(inode, &xi, &xbs, &ctxt);
         } else {
                 /* We always try to set extended attribute into inode first*/
-                ret = ocfs2_xattr_ibody_set(inode, &xi, &xis);
+                ret = ocfs2_xattr_ibody_set(inode, &xi, &xis, &ctxt);
                 if (!ret && !xbs.not_found) {
                         /*
                          * If succeed and that extended attribute existing in
@@ -2131,7 +2359,7 @@ int ocfs2_xattr_set(struct inode *inode,
                          */
                         xi.value = NULL;
                         xi.value_len = 0;
-                        ret = ocfs2_xattr_block_set(inode, &xi, &xbs);
+                        ret = ocfs2_xattr_block_set(inode, &xi, &xbs, &ctxt);
                 } else if (ret == -ENOSPC) {
                         if (di->i_xattr_loc && !xbs.xattr_bh) {
                                 ret = ocfs2_xattr_block_find(inode, name_index,
@@ -2143,9 +2371,9 @@ int ocfs2_xattr_set(struct inode *inode,
                          * If no space in inode, we will set extended attribute
                          * into external block.
                          */
-                        ret = ocfs2_xattr_block_set(inode, &xi, &xbs);
+                        ret = ocfs2_xattr_block_set(inode, &xi, &xbs, &ctxt);
                         if (ret)
-                                goto cleanup;
+                                goto free;
                         if (!xis.not_found) {
                                 /*
                                  * If succeed and that extended attribute
@@ -2153,10 +2381,19 @@ int ocfs2_xattr_set(struct inode *inode,
                                  */
                                 xi.value = NULL;
                                 xi.value_len = 0;
-                                ret = ocfs2_xattr_ibody_set(inode, &xi, &xis);
+                                ret = ocfs2_xattr_ibody_set(inode, &xi,
+                                                            &xis, &ctxt);
                         }
                 }
         }
+free:
+        if (ctxt.data_ac)
+                ocfs2_free_alloc_context(ctxt.data_ac);
+        if (ctxt.meta_ac)
+                ocfs2_free_alloc_context(ctxt.meta_ac);
+        if (ocfs2_dealloc_has_cluster(&ctxt.dealloc))
+                ocfs2_schedule_truncate_log_flush(osb, 1);
+        ocfs2_run_deallocs(osb, &ctxt.dealloc);
 cleanup:
         up_write(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_xattr_sem);
         ocfs2_inode_unlock(inode, 1);
@@ -2734,7 +2971,8 @@ static void ocfs2_xattr_update_xattr_search(struct inode *inode,
 }
 
 static int ocfs2_xattr_create_index_block(struct inode *inode,
-                                          struct ocfs2_xattr_search *xs)
+                                          struct ocfs2_xattr_search *xs,
+                                          struct ocfs2_xattr_set_ctxt *ctxt)
 {
         int ret, credits = OCFS2_SUBALLOC_ALLOC;
         u32 bit_off, len;
@@ -2742,7 +2980,6 @@ static int ocfs2_xattr_create_index_block(struct inode *inode,
         handle_t *handle;
         struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
         struct ocfs2_inode_info *oi = OCFS2_I(inode);
-        struct ocfs2_alloc_context *data_ac;
         struct buffer_head *xb_bh = xs->xattr_bh;
         struct ocfs2_xattr_block *xb =
                         (struct ocfs2_xattr_block *)xb_bh->b_data;
@@ -2755,12 +2992,6 @@ static int ocfs2_xattr_create_index_block(struct inode *inode,
         BUG_ON(xb_flags & OCFS2_XATTR_INDEXED);
         BUG_ON(!xs->bucket);
 
-        ret = ocfs2_reserve_clusters(osb, 1, &data_ac);
-        if (ret) {
-                mlog_errno(ret);
-                goto out;
-        }
-
         /*
          * XXX:
          * We can use this lock for now, and maybe move to a dedicated mutex
@@ -2787,7 +3018,8 @@ static int ocfs2_xattr_create_index_block(struct inode *inode,
                 goto out_commit;
         }
 
-        ret = ocfs2_claim_clusters(osb, handle, data_ac, 1, &bit_off, &len);
+        ret = __ocfs2_claim_clusters(osb, handle, ctxt->data_ac,
+                                     1, 1, &bit_off, &len);
         if (ret) {
                 mlog_errno(ret);
                 goto out_commit;
@@ -2850,10 +3082,6 @@ out_commit:
 out_sem:
         up_write(&oi->ip_alloc_sem);
 
-out:
-        if (data_ac)
-                ocfs2_free_alloc_context(data_ac);
-
         return ret;
 }
 
@@ -3614,7 +3842,8 @@ static int ocfs2_add_new_xattr_cluster(struct inode *inode,
                                        u32 *num_clusters,
                                        u32 prev_cpos,
                                        u64 prev_blkno,
-                                       int *extend)
+                                       int *extend,
+                                       struct ocfs2_xattr_set_ctxt *ctxt)
 {
         int ret, credits;
         u16 bpc = ocfs2_clusters_to_blocks(inode->i_sb, 1);
@@ -3622,8 +3851,6 @@ static int ocfs2_add_new_xattr_cluster(struct inode *inode,
         u32 clusters_to_add = 1, bit_off, num_bits, v_start = 0;
         u64 block;
         handle_t *handle = NULL;
-        struct ocfs2_alloc_context *data_ac = NULL;
-        struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac = NULL;
         struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
         struct ocfs2_extent_tree et;
 
@@ -3634,13 +3861,6 @@ static int ocfs2_add_new_xattr_cluster(struct inode *inode,
 
         ocfs2_init_xattr_tree_extent_tree(&et, inode, root_bh);
 
-        ret = ocfs2_lock_allocators(inode, &et, clusters_to_add, 0,
-                                    &data_ac, &meta_ac);
-        if (ret) {
-                mlog_errno(ret);
-                goto leave;
-        }
-
         credits = ocfs2_calc_extend_credits(osb->sb, et.et_root_el,
                                             clusters_to_add);
         handle = ocfs2_start_trans(osb, credits);
@@ -3658,7 +3878,7 @@ static int ocfs2_add_new_xattr_cluster(struct inode *inode,
                 goto leave;
         }
 
-        ret = __ocfs2_claim_clusters(osb, handle, data_ac, 1,
+        ret = __ocfs2_claim_clusters(osb, handle, ctxt->data_ac, 1,
                                      clusters_to_add, &bit_off, &num_bits);
         if (ret < 0) {
                 if (ret != -ENOSPC)
@@ -3719,7 +3939,7 @@ static int ocfs2_add_new_xattr_cluster(struct inode *inode,
         mlog(0, "Insert %u clusters at block %llu for xattr at %u\n",
              num_bits, (unsigned long long)block, v_start);
         ret = ocfs2_insert_extent(osb, handle, inode, &et, v_start, block,
-                                  num_bits, 0, meta_ac);
+                                  num_bits, 0, ctxt->meta_ac);
         if (ret < 0) {
                 mlog_errno(ret);
                 goto leave;
@@ -3734,10 +3954,6 @@ static int ocfs2_add_new_xattr_cluster(struct inode *inode,
 leave:
         if (handle)
                 ocfs2_commit_trans(osb, handle);
-        if (data_ac)
-                ocfs2_free_alloc_context(data_ac);
-        if (meta_ac)
-                ocfs2_free_alloc_context(meta_ac);
 
         return ret;
 }
@@ -3821,7 +4037,8 @@ out:
  */
 static int ocfs2_add_new_xattr_bucket(struct inode *inode,
                                       struct buffer_head *xb_bh,
-                                      struct buffer_head *header_bh)
+                                      struct buffer_head *header_bh,
+                                      struct ocfs2_xattr_set_ctxt *ctxt)
 {
         struct ocfs2_xattr_header *first_xh = NULL;
         struct buffer_head *first_bh = NULL;
@@ -3872,7 +4089,8 @@ static int ocfs2_add_new_xattr_bucket(struct inode *inode,
                                                   &num_clusters,
                                                   e_cpos,
                                                   p_blkno,
-                                                  &extend);
+                                                  &extend,
+                                                  ctxt);
                 if (ret) {
                         mlog_errno(ret);
                         goto out;
@@ -4147,7 +4365,8 @@ out:
 static int ocfs2_xattr_bucket_value_truncate(struct inode *inode,
                                              struct buffer_head *header_bh,
                                              int xe_off,
-                                             int len)
+                                             int len,
+                                             struct ocfs2_xattr_set_ctxt *ctxt)
 {
         int ret, offset;
         u64 value_blk;
@@ -4182,7 +4401,7 @@ static int ocfs2_xattr_bucket_value_truncate(struct inode *inode,
 
         mlog(0, "truncate %u in xattr bucket %llu to %d bytes.\n",
              xe_off, (unsigned long long)header_bh->b_blocknr, len);
-        ret = ocfs2_xattr_value_truncate(inode, value_bh, xv, len);
+        ret = ocfs2_xattr_value_truncate(inode, value_bh, xv, len, ctxt);
         if (ret) {
                 mlog_errno(ret);
                 goto out;
@@ -4200,8 +4419,9 @@ out:
 }
 
 static int ocfs2_xattr_bucket_value_truncate_xs(struct inode *inode,
-                                                struct ocfs2_xattr_search *xs,
-                                                int len)
+                                        struct ocfs2_xattr_search *xs,
+                                        int len,
+                                        struct ocfs2_xattr_set_ctxt *ctxt)
 {
         int ret, offset;
         struct ocfs2_xattr_entry *xe = xs->here;
@@ -4211,7 +4431,7 @@ static int ocfs2_xattr_bucket_value_truncate_xs(struct inode *inode,
 
         offset = xe - xh->xh_entries;
         ret = ocfs2_xattr_bucket_value_truncate(inode, xs->bucket->bu_bhs[0],
-                                                offset, len);
+                                                offset, len, ctxt);
         if (ret)
                 mlog_errno(ret);
 
@@ -4375,7 +4595,8 @@ out_commit:
  */
 static int ocfs2_xattr_set_in_bucket(struct inode *inode,
                                      struct ocfs2_xattr_info *xi,
-                                     struct ocfs2_xattr_search *xs)
+                                     struct ocfs2_xattr_search *xs,
+                                     struct ocfs2_xattr_set_ctxt *ctxt)
 {
         int ret, local = 1;
         size_t value_len;
@@ -4403,7 +4624,8 @@ static int ocfs2_xattr_set_in_bucket(struct inode *inode,
                         value_len = 0;
 
                 ret = ocfs2_xattr_bucket_value_truncate_xs(inode, xs,
-                                                           value_len);
+                                                           value_len,
+                                                           ctxt);
                 if (ret)
                         goto out;
 
@@ -4434,7 +4656,7 @@ static int ocfs2_xattr_set_in_bucket(struct inode *inode,
 
         /* allocate the space now for the outside block storage. */
         ret = ocfs2_xattr_bucket_value_truncate_xs(inode, xs,
-                                                   value_len);
+                                                   value_len, ctxt);
         if (ret) {
                 mlog_errno(ret);
 
@@ -4485,7 +4707,8 @@ static int ocfs2_check_xattr_bucket_collision(struct inode *inode,
 
 static int ocfs2_xattr_set_entry_index_block(struct inode *inode,
                                              struct ocfs2_xattr_info *xi,
-                                             struct ocfs2_xattr_search *xs)
+                                             struct ocfs2_xattr_search *xs,
+                                             struct ocfs2_xattr_set_ctxt *ctxt)
 {
         struct ocfs2_xattr_header *xh;
         struct ocfs2_xattr_entry *xe;
@@ -4603,7 +4826,8 @@ try_again:
 
                 ret = ocfs2_add_new_xattr_bucket(inode,
                                                  xs->xattr_bh,
-                                                 xs->bucket->bu_bhs[0]);
+                                                 xs->bucket->bu_bhs[0],
+                                                 ctxt);
                 if (ret) {
                         mlog_errno(ret);
                         goto out;
@@ -4622,7 +4846,7 @@ try_again:
         }
 
 xattr_set:
-        ret = ocfs2_xattr_set_in_bucket(inode, xi, xs);
+        ret = ocfs2_xattr_set_in_bucket(inode, xi, xs, ctxt);
 out:
         mlog_exit(ret);
         return ret;
@@ -4636,6 +4860,10 @@ static int ocfs2_delete_xattr_in_bucket(struct inode *inode,
         struct ocfs2_xattr_header *xh = bucket_xh(bucket);
         u16 i;
         struct ocfs2_xattr_entry *xe;
+        struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
+        struct ocfs2_xattr_set_ctxt ctxt = {NULL, NULL,};
+
+        ocfs2_init_dealloc_ctxt(&ctxt.dealloc);
 
         for (i = 0; i < le16_to_cpu(xh->xh_count); i++) {
                 xe = &xh->xh_entries[i];
@@ -4644,13 +4872,16 @@ static int ocfs2_delete_xattr_in_bucket(struct inode *inode,
 
                 ret = ocfs2_xattr_bucket_value_truncate(inode,
                                                         bucket->bu_bhs[0],
-                                                        i, 0);
+                                                        i, 0, &ctxt);
                 if (ret) {
                         mlog_errno(ret);
                         break;
                 }
         }
 
+        ocfs2_schedule_truncate_log_flush(osb, 1);
+        ocfs2_run_deallocs(osb, &ctxt.dealloc);
+
         return ret;
 }