19 files changed, 342 insertions, 245 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt
index b100adc38adb..293855e95000 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt
@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@ commit=nrsec	(*)	Ext3 can be told to sync all its data and metadata
                         Setting it to very large values will improve
                         performance.
 
-barrier=<0(*)|1>        This enables/disables the use of write barriers in
-barrier                 the jbd code.  barrier=0 disables, barrier=1 enables.
-nobarrier       (*)     This also requires an IO stack which can support
+barrier=<0|1(*)>        This enables/disables the use of write barriers in
+barrier (*)             the jbd code.  barrier=0 disables, barrier=1 enables.
+nobarrier               This also requires an IO stack which can support
                         barriers, and if jbd gets an error on a barrier
                         write, it will disable again with a warning.
                         Write barriers enforce proper on-disk ordering
diff --git a/fs/ext2/balloc.c b/fs/ext2/balloc.c
index 030c6d277e14..1c3613998862 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/balloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/balloc.c
@@ -165,7 +165,6 @@ static void release_blocks(struct super_block *sb, int count)
                 struct ext2_sb_info *sbi = EXT2_SB(sb);
 
                 percpu_counter_add(&sbi->s_freeblocks_counter, count);
-                sb->s_dirt = 1;
         }
 }
 
@@ -180,7 +179,6 @@ static void group_adjust_blocks(struct super_block *sb, int group_no,
                 free_blocks = le16_to_cpu(desc->bg_free_blocks_count);
                 desc->bg_free_blocks_count = cpu_to_le16(free_blocks + count);
                 spin_unlock(sb_bgl_lock(sbi, group_no));
-                sb->s_dirt = 1;
                 mark_buffer_dirty(bh);
         }
 }
@@ -479,7 +477,7 @@ void ext2_discard_reservation(struct inode *inode)
 }
 
 /**
- * ext2_free_blocks_sb() -- Free given blocks and update quota and i_blocks
+ * ext2_free_blocks() -- Free given blocks and update quota and i_blocks
  * @inode:              inode
  * @block:              start physcial block to free
  * @count:              number of blocks to free
diff --git a/fs/ext2/ialloc.c b/fs/ext2/ialloc.c
index 8b15cf8cef37..c13eb7b91a11 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/ialloc.c
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ static void ext2_release_inode(struct super_block *sb, int group, int dir)
         spin_unlock(sb_bgl_lock(EXT2_SB(sb), group));
         if (dir)
                 percpu_counter_dec(&EXT2_SB(sb)->s_dirs_counter);
-        sb->s_dirt = 1;
         mark_buffer_dirty(bh);
 }
 
@@ -543,7 +542,6 @@ got:
         }
         spin_unlock(sb_bgl_lock(sbi, group));
 
-        sb->s_dirt = 1;
         mark_buffer_dirty(bh2);
         if (test_opt(sb, GRPID)) {
                 inode->i_mode = mode;
diff --git a/fs/ext2/super.c b/fs/ext2/super.c
index 38f816071ddb..b3621cb7ea31 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/super.c
@@ -130,9 +130,6 @@ static void ext2_put_super (struct super_block * sb)
 
         dquot_disable(sb, -1, DQUOT_USAGE_ENABLED | DQUOT_LIMITS_ENABLED);
 
-        if (sb->s_dirt)
-                ext2_write_super(sb);
-
         ext2_xattr_put_super(sb);
         if (!(sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)) {
                 struct ext2_super_block *es = sbi->s_es;
@@ -307,7 +304,6 @@ static const struct super_operations ext2_sops = {
         .write_inode    = ext2_write_inode,
         .evict_inode    = ext2_evict_inode,
         .put_super      = ext2_put_super,
-        .write_super    = ext2_write_super,
         .sync_fs        = ext2_sync_fs,
         .statfs         = ext2_statfs,
         .remount_fs     = ext2_remount,
@@ -358,11 +354,6 @@ static struct dentry *ext2_fh_to_parent(struct super_block *sb, struct fid *fid,
                                     ext2_nfs_get_inode);
 }
 
-/* Yes, most of these are left as NULL!!
- * A NULL value implies the default, which works with ext2-like file
- * systems, but can be improved upon.
- * Currently only get_parent is required.
- */
 static const struct export_operations ext2_export_ops = {
         .fh_to_dentry = ext2_fh_to_dentry,
         .fh_to_parent = ext2_fh_to_parent,
@@ -1176,7 +1167,6 @@ static void ext2_sync_super(struct super_block *sb, struct ext2_super_block *es,
         mark_buffer_dirty(EXT2_SB(sb)->s_sbh);
         if (wait)
                 sync_dirty_buffer(EXT2_SB(sb)->s_sbh);
-        sb->s_dirt = 0;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1209,8 +1199,6 @@ void ext2_write_super(struct super_block *sb)
 {
         if (!(sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY))
                 ext2_sync_fs(sb, 1);
-        else
-                sb->s_dirt = 0;
 }
 
 static int ext2_remount (struct super_block * sb, int * flags, char * data)
@@ -1456,7 +1444,6 @@ static ssize_t ext2_quota_write(struct super_block *sb, int type,
         struct buffer_head tmp_bh;
         struct buffer_head *bh;
 
-        mutex_lock_nested(&inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_QUOTA);
         while (towrite > 0) {
                 tocopy = sb->s_blocksize - offset < towrite ?
                                 sb->s_blocksize - offset : towrite;
@@ -1486,16 +1473,13 @@ static ssize_t ext2_quota_write(struct super_block *sb, int type,
                 blk++;
         }
 out:
-        if (len == towrite) {
-                mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
+        if (len == towrite)
                 return err;
-        }
         if (inode->i_size < off+len-towrite)
                 i_size_write(inode, off+len-towrite);
         inode->i_version++;
         inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
         mark_inode_dirty(inode);
-        mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
         return len - towrite;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/ext2/xattr.c b/fs/ext2/xattr.c
index 6dcafc7efdfd..b6754dbbce3c 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/xattr.c
@@ -339,7 +339,6 @@ static void ext2_xattr_update_super_block(struct super_block *sb)
         spin_lock(&EXT2_SB(sb)->s_lock);
         EXT2_SET_COMPAT_FEATURE(sb, EXT2_FEATURE_COMPAT_EXT_ATTR);
         spin_unlock(&EXT2_SB(sb)->s_lock);
-        sb->s_dirt = 1;
         mark_buffer_dirty(EXT2_SB(sb)->s_sbh);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/ext3/dir.c b/fs/ext3/dir.c
index cc761ad8fa57..92490e9f85ca 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/dir.c
@@ -21,30 +21,15 @@
  *
  */
 
+#include <linux/compat.h>
 #include "ext3.h"
 
 static unsigned char ext3_filetype_table[] = {
         DT_UNKNOWN, DT_REG, DT_DIR, DT_CHR, DT_BLK, DT_FIFO, DT_SOCK, DT_LNK
 };
 
-static int ext3_readdir(struct file *, void *, filldir_t);
 static int ext3_dx_readdir(struct file * filp,
                            void * dirent, filldir_t filldir);
-static int ext3_release_dir (struct inode * inode,
-                                struct file * filp);
-
-const struct file_operations ext3_dir_operations = {
-        .llseek         = generic_file_llseek,
-        .read           = generic_read_dir,
-        .readdir        = ext3_readdir,         /* we take BKL. needed?*/
-        .unlocked_ioctl = ext3_ioctl,
-#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
-        .compat_ioctl   = ext3_compat_ioctl,
-#endif
-        .fsync          = ext3_sync_file,       /* BKL held */
-        .release        = ext3_release_dir,
-};
-
 
 static unsigned char get_dtype(struct super_block *sb, int filetype)
 {
@@ -55,6 +40,25 @@ static unsigned char get_dtype(struct super_block *sb, int filetype)
         return (ext3_filetype_table[filetype]);
 }
 
+/**
+ * Check if the given dir-inode refers to an htree-indexed directory
+ * (or a directory which chould potentially get coverted to use htree
+ * indexing).
+ *
+ * Return 1 if it is a dx dir, 0 if not
+ */
+static int is_dx_dir(struct inode *inode)
+{
+        struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
+
+        if (EXT3_HAS_COMPAT_FEATURE(inode->i_sb,
+                     EXT3_FEATURE_COMPAT_DIR_INDEX) &&
+            ((EXT3_I(inode)->i_flags & EXT3_INDEX_FL) ||
+             ((inode->i_size >> sb->s_blocksize_bits) == 1)))
+                return 1;
+
+        return 0;
+}
 
 int ext3_check_dir_entry (const char * function, struct inode * dir,
                           struct ext3_dir_entry_2 * de,
@@ -94,18 +98,13 @@ static int ext3_readdir(struct file * filp,
         unsigned long offset;
         int i, stored;
         struct ext3_dir_entry_2 *de;
-        struct super_block *sb;
         int err;
         struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+        struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
         int ret = 0;
         int dir_has_error = 0;
 
-        sb = inode->i_sb;
-
-        if (EXT3_HAS_COMPAT_FEATURE(inode->i_sb,
-                                    EXT3_FEATURE_COMPAT_DIR_INDEX) &&
-            ((EXT3_I(inode)->i_flags & EXT3_INDEX_FL) ||
-             ((inode->i_size >> sb->s_blocksize_bits) == 1))) {
+        if (is_dx_dir(inode)) {
                 err = ext3_dx_readdir(filp, dirent, filldir);
                 if (err != ERR_BAD_DX_DIR) {
                         ret = err;
@@ -227,22 +226,87 @@ out:
         return ret;
 }
 
+static inline int is_32bit_api(void)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
+        return is_compat_task();
+#else
+        return (BITS_PER_LONG == 32);
+#endif
+}
+
 /*
  * These functions convert from the major/minor hash to an f_pos
- * value.
+ * value for dx directories
  *
- * Currently we only use major hash numer.  This is unfortunate, but
- * on 32-bit machines, the same VFS interface is used for lseek and
- * llseek, so if we use the 64 bit offset, then the 32-bit versions of
- * lseek/telldir/seekdir will blow out spectacularly, and from within
- * the ext2 low-level routine, we don't know if we're being called by
- * a 64-bit version of the system call or the 32-bit version of the
- * system call.  Worse yet, NFSv2 only allows for a 32-bit readdir
- * cookie.  Sigh.
+ * Upper layer (for example NFS) should specify FMODE_32BITHASH or
+ * FMODE_64BITHASH explicitly. On the other hand, we allow ext3 to be mounted
+ * directly on both 32-bit and 64-bit nodes, under such case, neither
+ * FMODE_32BITHASH nor FMODE_64BITHASH is specified.
  */
-#define hash2pos(major, minor)  (major >> 1)
-#define pos2maj_hash(pos)       ((pos << 1) & 0xffffffff)
-#define pos2min_hash(pos)       (0)
+static inline loff_t hash2pos(struct file *filp, __u32 major, __u32 minor)
+{
+        if ((filp->f_mode & FMODE_32BITHASH) ||
+            (!(filp->f_mode & FMODE_64BITHASH) && is_32bit_api()))
+                return major >> 1;
+        else
+                return ((__u64)(major >> 1) << 32) | (__u64)minor;
+}
+
+static inline __u32 pos2maj_hash(struct file *filp, loff_t pos)
+{
+        if ((filp->f_mode & FMODE_32BITHASH) ||
+            (!(filp->f_mode & FMODE_64BITHASH) && is_32bit_api()))
+                return (pos << 1) & 0xffffffff;
+        else
+                return ((pos >> 32) << 1) & 0xffffffff;
+}
+
+static inline __u32 pos2min_hash(struct file *filp, loff_t pos)
+{
+        if ((filp->f_mode & FMODE_32BITHASH) ||
+            (!(filp->f_mode & FMODE_64BITHASH) && is_32bit_api()))
+                return 0;
+        else
+                return pos & 0xffffffff;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Return 32- or 64-bit end-of-file for dx directories
+ */
+static inline loff_t ext3_get_htree_eof(struct file *filp)
+{
+        if ((filp->f_mode & FMODE_32BITHASH) ||
+            (!(filp->f_mode & FMODE_64BITHASH) && is_32bit_api()))
+                return EXT3_HTREE_EOF_32BIT;
+        else
+                return EXT3_HTREE_EOF_64BIT;
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * ext3_dir_llseek() calls generic_file_llseek[_size]() to handle both
+ * non-htree and htree directories, where the "offset" is in terms
+ * of the filename hash value instead of the byte offset.
+ *
+ * Because we may return a 64-bit hash that is well beyond s_maxbytes,
+ * we need to pass the max hash as the maximum allowable offset in
+ * the htree directory case.
+ *
+ * NOTE: offsets obtained *before* ext3_set_inode_flag(dir, EXT3_INODE_INDEX)
+ *       will be invalid once the directory was converted into a dx directory
+ */
+loff_t ext3_dir_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin)
+{
+        struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host;
+        int dx_dir = is_dx_dir(inode);
+
+        if (likely(dx_dir))
+                return generic_file_llseek_size(file, offset, origin,
+                                                ext3_get_htree_eof(file));
+        else
+                return generic_file_llseek(file, offset, origin);
+}
 
 /*
  * This structure holds the nodes of the red-black tree used to store
@@ -303,15 +367,16 @@ static void free_rb_tree_fname(struct rb_root *root)
 }
 
 
-static struct dir_private_info *ext3_htree_create_dir_info(loff_t pos)
+static struct dir_private_info *ext3_htree_create_dir_info(struct file *filp,
+                                                           loff_t pos)
 {
         struct dir_private_info *p;
 
         p = kzalloc(sizeof(struct dir_private_info), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!p)
                 return NULL;
-        p->curr_hash = pos2maj_hash(pos);
-        p->curr_minor_hash = pos2min_hash(pos);
+        p->curr_hash = pos2maj_hash(filp, pos);
+        p->curr_minor_hash = pos2min_hash(filp, pos);
         return p;
 }
 
@@ -401,7 +466,7 @@ static int call_filldir(struct file * filp, void * dirent,
                 printk("call_filldir: called with null fname?!?\n");
                 return 0;
         }
-        curr_pos = hash2pos(fname->hash, fname->minor_hash);
+        curr_pos = hash2pos(filp, fname->hash, fname->minor_hash);
         while (fname) {
                 error = filldir(dirent, fname->name,
                                 fname->name_len, curr_pos,
@@ -426,13 +491,13 @@ static int ext3_dx_readdir(struct file * filp,
         int     ret;
 
         if (!info) {
-                info = ext3_htree_create_dir_info(filp->f_pos);
+                info = ext3_htree_create_dir_info(filp, filp->f_pos);
                 if (!info)
                         return -ENOMEM;
                 filp->private_data = info;
         }
 
-        if (filp->f_pos == EXT3_HTREE_EOF)
+        if (filp->f_pos == ext3_get_htree_eof(filp))
                 return 0;       /* EOF */
 
         /* Some one has messed with f_pos; reset the world */
@@ -440,8 +505,8 @@ static int ext3_dx_readdir(struct file * filp,
                 free_rb_tree_fname(&info->root);
                 info->curr_node = NULL;
                 info->extra_fname = NULL;
-                info->curr_hash = pos2maj_hash(filp->f_pos);
-                info->curr_minor_hash = pos2min_hash(filp->f_pos);
+                info->curr_hash = pos2maj_hash(filp, filp->f_pos);
+                info->curr_minor_hash = pos2min_hash(filp, filp->f_pos);
         }
 
         /*
@@ -473,7 +538,7 @@ static int ext3_dx_readdir(struct file * filp,
                         if (ret < 0)
                                 return ret;
                         if (ret == 0) {
-                                filp->f_pos = EXT3_HTREE_EOF;
+                                filp->f_pos = ext3_get_htree_eof(filp);
                                 break;
                         }
                         info->curr_node = rb_first(&info->root);
@@ -493,7 +558,7 @@ static int ext3_dx_readdir(struct file * filp,
                         info->curr_minor_hash = fname->minor_hash;
                 } else {
                         if (info->next_hash == ~0) {
-                                filp->f_pos = EXT3_HTREE_EOF;
+                                filp->f_pos = ext3_get_htree_eof(filp);
                                 break;
                         }
                         info->curr_hash = info->next_hash;
@@ -512,3 +577,15 @@ static int ext3_release_dir (struct inode * inode, struct file * filp)
 
         return 0;
 }
+
+const struct file_operations ext3_dir_operations = {
+        .llseek         = ext3_dir_llseek,
+        .read           = generic_read_dir,
+        .readdir        = ext3_readdir,
+        .unlocked_ioctl = ext3_ioctl,
+#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
+        .compat_ioctl   = ext3_compat_ioctl,
+#endif
+        .fsync          = ext3_sync_file,
+        .release        = ext3_release_dir,
+};
diff --git a/fs/ext3/ext3.h b/fs/ext3/ext3.h
index 7977973a24f0..e85ff15a060e 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/ext3.h
+++ b/fs/ext3/ext3.h
@@ -920,7 +920,11 @@ struct dx_hash_info
         u32             *seed;
 };
 
-#define EXT3_HTREE_EOF  0x7fffffff
+
+/* 32 and 64 bit signed EOF for dx directories */
+#define EXT3_HTREE_EOF_32BIT   ((1UL  << (32 - 1)) - 1)
+#define EXT3_HTREE_EOF_64BIT   ((1ULL << (64 - 1)) - 1)
+
 
 /*
  * Control parameters used by ext3_htree_next_block
diff --git a/fs/ext3/hash.c b/fs/ext3/hash.c
index d10231ddcf8a..ede315cdf126 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/hash.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/hash.c
@@ -198,8 +198,8 @@ int ext3fs_dirhash(const char *name, int len, struct dx_hash_info *hinfo)
                 return -1;
         }
         hash = hash & ~1;
-        if (hash == (EXT3_HTREE_EOF << 1))
-                hash = (EXT3_HTREE_EOF-1) << 1;
+        if (hash == (EXT3_HTREE_EOF_32BIT << 1))
+                hash = (EXT3_HTREE_EOF_32BIT - 1) << 1;
         hinfo->hash = hash;
         hinfo->minor_hash = minor_hash;
         return 0;
diff --git a/fs/ext3/ialloc.c b/fs/ext3/ialloc.c
index e3c39e4cec19..082afd78b107 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/ialloc.c
@@ -180,8 +180,7 @@ error_return:
  * It's OK to put directory into a group unless
  * it has too many directories already (max_dirs) or
  * it has too few free inodes left (min_inodes) or
- * it has too few free blocks left (min_blocks) or
- * it's already running too large debt (max_debt).
+ * it has too few free blocks left (min_blocks).
  * Parent's group is preferred, if it doesn't satisfy these
  * conditions we search cyclically through the rest. If none
  * of the groups look good we just look for a group with more
@@ -191,21 +190,16 @@ error_return:
  * when we allocate an inode, within 0--255.
  */
 
-#define INODE_COST 64
-#define BLOCK_COST 256
-
 static int find_group_orlov(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *parent)
 {
         int parent_group = EXT3_I(parent)->i_block_group;
         struct ext3_sb_info *sbi = EXT3_SB(sb);
-        struct ext3_super_block *es = sbi->s_es;
         int ngroups = sbi->s_groups_count;
         int inodes_per_group = EXT3_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb);
         unsigned int freei, avefreei;
         ext3_fsblk_t freeb, avefreeb;
-        ext3_fsblk_t blocks_per_dir;
         unsigned int ndirs;
-        int max_debt, max_dirs, min_inodes;
+        int max_dirs, min_inodes;
         ext3_grpblk_t min_blocks;
         int group = -1, i;
         struct ext3_group_desc *desc;
@@ -242,20 +236,10 @@ static int find_group_orlov(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *parent)
                 goto fallback;
         }
 
-        blocks_per_dir = (le32_to_cpu(es->s_blocks_count) - freeb) / ndirs;
-
         max_dirs = ndirs / ngroups + inodes_per_group / 16;
         min_inodes = avefreei - inodes_per_group / 4;
         min_blocks = avefreeb - EXT3_BLOCKS_PER_GROUP(sb) / 4;
 
-        max_debt = EXT3_BLOCKS_PER_GROUP(sb) / max(blocks_per_dir, (ext3_fsblk_t)BLOCK_COST);
-        if (max_debt * INODE_COST > inodes_per_group)
-                max_debt = inodes_per_group / INODE_COST;
-        if (max_debt > 255)
-                max_debt = 255;
-        if (max_debt == 0)
-                max_debt = 1;
-
         for (i = 0; i < ngroups; i++) {
                 group = (parent_group + i) % ngroups;
                 desc = ext3_get_group_desc (sb, group, NULL);
diff --git a/fs/ext3/super.c b/fs/ext3/super.c
index 94ef7e616129..8c3a44b7c375 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/super.c
@@ -3015,7 +3015,6 @@ static ssize_t ext3_quota_write(struct super_block *sb, int type,
                         (unsigned long long)off, (unsigned long long)len);
                 return -EIO;
         }
-        mutex_lock_nested(&inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_QUOTA);
         bh = ext3_bread(handle, inode, blk, 1, &err);
         if (!bh)
                 goto out;
@@ -3039,10 +3038,8 @@ static ssize_t ext3_quota_write(struct super_block *sb, int type,
         }
         brelse(bh);
 out:
-        if (err) {
-                mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
+        if (err)
                 return err;
-        }
         if (inode->i_size < off + len) {
                 i_size_write(inode, off + len);
                 EXT3_I(inode)->i_disksize = inode->i_size;
@@ -3050,7 +3047,6 @@ out:
         inode->i_version++;
         inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
         ext3_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
-        mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
         return len;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 436b4223df66..1867a98e0c49 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -4758,7 +4758,6 @@ static ssize_t ext4_quota_write(struct super_block *sb, int type,
                 return -EIO;
         }
 
-        mutex_lock_nested(&inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_QUOTA);
         bh = ext4_bread(handle, inode, blk, 1, &err);
         if (!bh)
                 goto out;
@@ -4774,16 +4773,13 @@ static ssize_t ext4_quota_write(struct super_block *sb, int type,
         err = ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, NULL, bh);
         brelse(bh);
 out:
-        if (err) {
-                mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
+        if (err)
                 return err;
-        }
         if (inode->i_size < off + len) {
                 i_size_write(inode, off + len);
                 EXT4_I(inode)->i_disksize = inode->i_size;
                 ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
         }
-        mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
         return len;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/jbd/checkpoint.c b/fs/jbd/checkpoint.c
index 05f0754f2b46..08c03044abdd 100644
--- a/fs/jbd/checkpoint.c
+++ b/fs/jbd/checkpoint.c
@@ -508,20 +508,19 @@ int cleanup_journal_tail(journal_t *journal)
         /*
          * We need to make sure that any blocks that were recently written out
          * --- perhaps by log_do_checkpoint() --- are flushed out before we
-         * drop the transactions from the journal. It's unlikely this will be
-         * necessary, especially with an appropriately sized journal, but we
-         * need this to guarantee correctness.  Fortunately
-         * cleanup_journal_tail() doesn't get called all that often.
+         * drop the transactions from the journal. Similarly we need to be sure
+         * superblock makes it to disk before next transaction starts reusing
+         * freed space (otherwise we could replay some blocks of the new
+         * transaction thinking they belong to the old one). So we use
+         * WRITE_FLUSH_FUA. It's unlikely this will be necessary, especially
+         * with an appropriately sized journal, but we need this to guarantee
+         * correctness.  Fortunately cleanup_journal_tail() doesn't get called
+         * all that often.
          */
-        if (journal->j_flags & JFS_BARRIER)
-                blkdev_issue_flush(journal->j_fs_dev, GFP_KERNEL, NULL);
+        journal_update_sb_log_tail(journal, first_tid, blocknr,
+                                   WRITE_FLUSH_FUA);
 
         spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
-        if (!tid_gt(first_tid, journal->j_tail_sequence)) {
-                spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
-                /* Someone else cleaned up journal so return 0 */
-                return 0;
-        }
         /* OK, update the superblock to recover the freed space.
          * Physical blocks come first: have we wrapped beyond the end of
          * the log?  */
@@ -539,8 +538,6 @@ int cleanup_journal_tail(journal_t *journal)
         journal->j_tail_sequence = first_tid;
         journal->j_tail = blocknr;
         spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
-        if (!(journal->j_flags & JFS_ABORT))
-                journal_update_superblock(journal, 1);
         return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/jbd/commit.c b/fs/jbd/commit.c
index f2b9a571f4cf..52c15c776029 100644
--- a/fs/jbd/commit.c
+++ b/fs/jbd/commit.c
@@ -298,6 +298,7 @@ void journal_commit_transaction(journal_t *journal)
         int tag_flag;
         int i;
         struct blk_plug plug;
+        int write_op = WRITE;
 
         /*
          * First job: lock down the current transaction and wait for
@@ -307,7 +308,16 @@ void journal_commit_transaction(journal_t *journal)
         /* Do we need to erase the effects of a prior journal_flush? */
         if (journal->j_flags & JFS_FLUSHED) {
                 jbd_debug(3, "super block updated\n");
-                journal_update_superblock(journal, 1);
+                mutex_lock(&journal->j_checkpoint_mutex);
+                /*
+                 * We hold j_checkpoint_mutex so tail cannot change under us.
+                 * We don't need any special data guarantees for writing sb
+                 * since journal is empty and it is ok for write to be
+                 * flushed only with transaction commit.
+                 */
+                journal_update_sb_log_tail(journal, journal->j_tail_sequence,
+                                           journal->j_tail, WRITE_SYNC);
+                mutex_unlock(&journal->j_checkpoint_mutex);
         } else {
                 jbd_debug(3, "superblock not updated\n");
         }
@@ -413,13 +423,16 @@ void journal_commit_transaction(journal_t *journal)
 
         jbd_debug (3, "JBD: commit phase 2\n");
 
+        if (tid_geq(journal->j_commit_waited, commit_transaction->t_tid))
+                write_op = WRITE_SYNC;
+
         /*
          * Now start flushing things to disk, in the order they appear
          * on the transaction lists.  Data blocks go first.
          */
         blk_start_plug(&plug);
         err = journal_submit_data_buffers(journal, commit_transaction,
-                                          WRITE_SYNC);
+                                          write_op);
         blk_finish_plug(&plug);
 
         /*
@@ -478,7 +491,7 @@ void journal_commit_transaction(journal_t *journal)
 
         blk_start_plug(&plug);
 
-        journal_write_revoke_records(journal, commit_transaction, WRITE_SYNC);
+        journal_write_revoke_records(journal, commit_transaction, write_op);
 
         /*
          * If we found any dirty or locked buffers, then we should have
@@ -649,7 +662,7 @@ start_journal_io:
                                 clear_buffer_dirty(bh);
                                 set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
                                 bh->b_end_io = journal_end_buffer_io_sync;
-                                submit_bh(WRITE_SYNC, bh);
+                                submit_bh(write_op, bh);
                         }
                         cond_resched();
 
diff --git a/fs/jbd/journal.c b/fs/jbd/journal.c
index 0971e9217808..425c2f2cf170 100644
--- a/fs/jbd/journal.c
+++ b/fs/jbd/journal.c
@@ -563,6 +563,8 @@ int log_wait_commit(journal_t *journal, tid_t tid)
         spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 #endif
         spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+        if (!tid_geq(journal->j_commit_waited, tid))
+                journal->j_commit_waited = tid;
         while (tid_gt(tid, journal->j_commit_sequence)) {
                 jbd_debug(1, "JBD: want %d, j_commit_sequence=%d\n",
                                   tid, journal->j_commit_sequence);
@@ -921,8 +923,33 @@ static int journal_reset(journal_t *journal)
 
         journal->j_max_transaction_buffers = journal->j_maxlen / 4;
 
-        /* Add the dynamic fields and write it to disk. */
-        journal_update_superblock(journal, 1);
+        /*
+         * As a special case, if the on-disk copy is already marked as needing
+         * no recovery (s_start == 0), then we can safely defer the superblock
+         * update until the next commit by setting JFS_FLUSHED.  This avoids
+         * attempting a write to a potential-readonly device.
+         */
+        if (sb->s_start == 0) {
+                jbd_debug(1,"JBD: Skipping superblock update on recovered sb "
+                        "(start %u, seq %d, errno %d)\n",
+                        journal->j_tail, journal->j_tail_sequence,
+                        journal->j_errno);
+                journal->j_flags |= JFS_FLUSHED;
+        } else {
+                /* Lock here to make assertions happy... */
+                mutex_lock(&journal->j_checkpoint_mutex);
+                /*
+                 * Update log tail information. We use WRITE_FUA since new
+                 * transaction will start reusing journal space and so we
+                 * must make sure information about current log tail is on
+                 * disk before that.
+                 */
+                journal_update_sb_log_tail(journal,
+                                           journal->j_tail_sequence,
+                                           journal->j_tail,
+                                           WRITE_FUA);
+                mutex_unlock(&journal->j_checkpoint_mutex);
+        }
         return journal_start_thread(journal);
 }
 
@@ -999,35 +1026,15 @@ int journal_create(journal_t *journal)
         return journal_reset(journal);
 }
 
-/**
- * void journal_update_superblock() - Update journal sb on disk.
- * @journal: The journal to update.
- * @wait: Set to '0' if you don't want to wait for IO completion.
- *
- * Update a journal's dynamic superblock fields and write it to disk,
- * optionally waiting for the IO to complete.
- */
-void journal_update_superblock(journal_t *journal, int wait)
+static void journal_write_superblock(journal_t *journal, int write_op)
 {
-        journal_superblock_t *sb = journal->j_superblock;
         struct buffer_head *bh = journal->j_sb_buffer;
+        int ret;
 
-        /*
-         * As a special case, if the on-disk copy is already marked as needing
-         * no recovery (s_start == 0) and there are no outstanding transactions
-         * in the filesystem, then we can safely defer the superblock update
-         * until the next commit by setting JFS_FLUSHED.  This avoids
-         * attempting a write to a potential-readonly device.
-         */
-        if (sb->s_start == 0 && journal->j_tail_sequence ==
-                                journal->j_transaction_sequence) {
-                jbd_debug(1,"JBD: Skipping superblock update on recovered sb "
-                        "(start %u, seq %d, errno %d)\n",
-                        journal->j_tail, journal->j_tail_sequence,
-                        journal->j_errno);
-                goto out;
-        }
-
+        trace_journal_write_superblock(journal, write_op);
+        if (!(journal->j_flags & JFS_BARRIER))
+                write_op &= ~(REQ_FUA | REQ_FLUSH);
+        lock_buffer(bh);
         if (buffer_write_io_error(bh)) {
                 char b[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
                 /*
@@ -1045,42 +1052,100 @@ void journal_update_superblock(journal_t *journal, int wait)
                 set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
         }
 
+        get_bh(bh);
+        bh->b_end_io = end_buffer_write_sync;
+        ret = submit_bh(write_op, bh);
+        wait_on_buffer(bh);
+        if (buffer_write_io_error(bh)) {
+                clear_buffer_write_io_error(bh);
+                set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
+                ret = -EIO;
+        }
+        if (ret) {
+                char b[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
+                printk(KERN_ERR "JBD: Error %d detected "
+                       "when updating journal superblock for %s.\n",
+                       ret, journal_dev_name(journal, b));
+        }
+}
+
+/**
+ * journal_update_sb_log_tail() - Update log tail in journal sb on disk.
+ * @journal: The journal to update.
+ * @tail_tid: TID of the new transaction at the tail of the log
+ * @tail_block: The first block of the transaction at the tail of the log
+ * @write_op: With which operation should we write the journal sb
+ *
+ * Update a journal's superblock information about log tail and write it to
+ * disk, waiting for the IO to complete.
+ */
+void journal_update_sb_log_tail(journal_t *journal, tid_t tail_tid,
+                                unsigned int tail_block, int write_op)
+{
+        journal_superblock_t *sb = journal->j_superblock;
+
+        BUG_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&journal->j_checkpoint_mutex));
+        jbd_debug(1,"JBD: updating superblock (start %u, seq %u)\n",
+                  tail_block, tail_tid);
+
+        sb->s_sequence = cpu_to_be32(tail_tid);
+        sb->s_start    = cpu_to_be32(tail_block);
+
+        journal_write_superblock(journal, write_op);
+
+        /* Log is no longer empty */
+        spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+        WARN_ON(!sb->s_sequence);
+        journal->j_flags &= ~JFS_FLUSHED;
+        spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+}
+
+/**
+ * mark_journal_empty() - Mark on disk journal as empty.
+ * @journal: The journal to update.
+ *
+ * Update a journal's dynamic superblock fields to show that journal is empty.
+ * Write updated superblock to disk waiting for IO to complete.
+ */
+static void mark_journal_empty(journal_t *journal)
+{
+        journal_superblock_t *sb = journal->j_superblock;
+
+        BUG_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&journal->j_checkpoint_mutex));
         spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
-        jbd_debug(1,"JBD: updating superblock (start %u, seq %d, errno %d)\n",
-                  journal->j_tail, journal->j_tail_sequence, journal->j_errno);
+        jbd_debug(1, "JBD: Marking journal as empty (seq %d)\n",
+                  journal->j_tail_sequence);
 
         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);
+        sb->s_start    = cpu_to_be32(0);
         spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 
-        BUFFER_TRACE(bh, "marking dirty");
-        mark_buffer_dirty(bh);
-        if (wait) {
-                sync_dirty_buffer(bh);
-                if (buffer_write_io_error(bh)) {
-                        char b[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
-                        printk(KERN_ERR "JBD: I/O error detected "
-                               "when updating journal superblock for %s.\n",
-                               journal_dev_name(journal, b));
-                        clear_buffer_write_io_error(bh);
-                        set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
-                }
-        } else
-                write_dirty_buffer(bh, WRITE);
+        journal_write_superblock(journal, WRITE_FUA);
 
-        trace_jbd_update_superblock_end(journal, wait);
-out:
-        /* If we have just flushed the log (by marking s_start==0), then
-         * 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);
+        /* Log is empty */
+        journal->j_flags |= JFS_FLUSHED;
+        spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+}
+
+/**
+ * journal_update_sb_errno() - Update error in the journal.
+ * @journal: The journal to update.
+ *
+ * Update a journal's errno.  Write updated superblock to disk waiting for IO
+ * to complete.
+ */
+static void journal_update_sb_errno(journal_t *journal)
+{
+        journal_superblock_t *sb = journal->j_superblock;
 
         spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
-        if (sb->s_start)
-                journal->j_flags &= ~JFS_FLUSHED;
-        else
-                journal->j_flags |= JFS_FLUSHED;
+        jbd_debug(1, "JBD: updating superblock error (errno %d)\n",
+                  journal->j_errno);
+        sb->s_errno = cpu_to_be32(journal->j_errno);
         spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+
+        journal_write_superblock(journal, WRITE_SYNC);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1251,6 +1316,8 @@ int journal_destroy(journal_t *journal)
 
         /* Force any old transactions to disk */
 
+        /* We cannot race with anybody but must keep assertions happy */
+        mutex_lock(&journal->j_checkpoint_mutex);
         /* Totally anal locking here... */
         spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
         while (journal->j_checkpoint_transactions != NULL) {
@@ -1266,16 +1333,14 @@ int journal_destroy(journal_t *journal)
 
         if (journal->j_sb_buffer) {
                 if (!is_journal_aborted(journal)) {
-                        /* We can now mark the journal as empty. */
-                        journal->j_tail = 0;
                         journal->j_tail_sequence =
                                 ++journal->j_transaction_sequence;
-                        journal_update_superblock(journal, 1);
-                } else {
+                        mark_journal_empty(journal);
+                } else
                         err = -EIO;
-                }
                 brelse(journal->j_sb_buffer);
         }
+        mutex_unlock(&journal->j_checkpoint_mutex);
 
         if (journal->j_inode)
                 iput(journal->j_inode);
@@ -1455,7 +1520,6 @@ int journal_flush(journal_t *journal)
 {
         int err = 0;
         transaction_t *transaction = NULL;
-        unsigned int old_tail;
 
         spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 
@@ -1490,6 +1554,7 @@ int journal_flush(journal_t *journal)
         if (is_journal_aborted(journal))
                 return -EIO;
 
+        mutex_lock(&journal->j_checkpoint_mutex);
         cleanup_journal_tail(journal);
 
         /* Finally, mark the journal as really needing no recovery.
@@ -1497,14 +1562,9 @@ int 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. */
+        mark_journal_empty(journal);
+        mutex_unlock(&journal->j_checkpoint_mutex);
         spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
-        old_tail = journal->j_tail;
-        journal->j_tail = 0;
-        spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
-        journal_update_superblock(journal, 1);
-        spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
-        journal->j_tail = old_tail;
-
         J_ASSERT(!journal->j_running_transaction);
         J_ASSERT(!journal->j_committing_transaction);
         J_ASSERT(!journal->j_checkpoint_transactions);
@@ -1544,8 +1604,12 @@ int journal_wipe(journal_t *journal, int write)
                 write ? "Clearing" : "Ignoring");
 
         err = journal_skip_recovery(journal);
-        if (write)
-                journal_update_superblock(journal, 1);
+        if (write) {
+                /* Lock to make assertions happy... */
+                mutex_lock(&journal->j_checkpoint_mutex);
+                mark_journal_empty(journal);
+                mutex_unlock(&journal->j_checkpoint_mutex);
+        }
 
  no_recovery:
         return err;
@@ -1613,7 +1677,7 @@ static void __journal_abort_soft (journal_t *journal, int errno)
         __journal_abort_hard(journal);
 
         if (errno)
-                journal_update_superblock(journal, 1);
+                journal_update_sb_errno(journal);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/fs/jbd/transaction.c b/fs/jbd/transaction.c
index b2a7e5244e39..febc10db5ced 100644
--- a/fs/jbd/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/jbd/transaction.c
@@ -1433,8 +1433,6 @@ int journal_stop(handle_t *handle)
                 }
         }
 
-        if (handle->h_sync)
-                transaction->t_synchronous_commit = 1;
         current->journal_info = NULL;
         spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
         spin_lock(&transaction->t_handle_lock);
diff --git a/fs/quota/dquot.c b/fs/quota/dquot.c
index d69a1d1d7e15..10cbe841cb7e 100644
--- a/fs/quota/dquot.c
+++ b/fs/quota/dquot.c
@@ -116,15 +116,15 @@
  * spinlock to internal buffers before writing.
  *
  * Lock ordering (including related VFS locks) is the following:
- *   i_mutex > dqonoff_sem > journal_lock > dqptr_sem > dquot->dq_lock >
+ *   dqonoff_mutex > i_mutex > journal_lock > dqptr_sem > dquot->dq_lock >
  *   dqio_mutex
+ * dqonoff_mutex > i_mutex comes from dquot_quota_sync, dquot_enable, etc.
  * The lock ordering of dqptr_sem imposed by quota code is only dqonoff_sem >
  * dqptr_sem. But filesystem has to count with the fact that functions such as
  * dquot_alloc_space() acquire dqptr_sem and they usually have to be called
  * from inside a transaction to keep filesystem consistency after a crash. Also
  * filesystems usually want to do some IO on dquot from ->mark_dirty which is
  * called with dqptr_sem held.
- * i_mutex on quota files is special (it's below dqio_mutex)
  */
 
 static __cacheline_aligned_in_smp DEFINE_SPINLOCK(dq_list_lock);
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ int dquot_quota_sync(struct super_block *sb, int type, int wait)
         dqstats_inc(DQST_SYNCS);
         mutex_unlock(&dqopt->dqonoff_mutex);
 
-        if (!wait || (sb_dqopt(sb)->flags & DQUOT_QUOTA_SYS_FILE))
+        if (!wait || (dqopt->flags & DQUOT_QUOTA_SYS_FILE))
                 return 0;
 
         /* This is not very clever (and fast) but currently I don't know about
@@ -652,18 +652,17 @@ int dquot_quota_sync(struct super_block *sb, int type, int wait)
          * Now when everything is written we can discard the pagecache so
          * that userspace sees the changes.
          */
-        mutex_lock(&sb_dqopt(sb)->dqonoff_mutex);
+        mutex_lock(&dqopt->dqonoff_mutex);
         for (cnt = 0; cnt < MAXQUOTAS; cnt++) {
                 if (type != -1 && cnt != type)
                         continue;
                 if (!sb_has_quota_active(sb, cnt))
                         continue;
-                mutex_lock_nested(&sb_dqopt(sb)->files[cnt]->i_mutex,
-                                  I_MUTEX_QUOTA);
-                truncate_inode_pages(&sb_dqopt(sb)->files[cnt]->i_data, 0);
-                mutex_unlock(&sb_dqopt(sb)->files[cnt]->i_mutex);
+                mutex_lock(&dqopt->files[cnt]->i_mutex);
+                truncate_inode_pages(&dqopt->files[cnt]->i_data, 0);
+                mutex_unlock(&dqopt->files[cnt]->i_mutex);
         }
-        mutex_unlock(&sb_dqopt(sb)->dqonoff_mutex);
+        mutex_unlock(&dqopt->dqonoff_mutex);
 
         return 0;
 }
@@ -907,14 +906,14 @@ static void add_dquot_ref(struct super_block *sb, int type)
                         spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
                         continue;
                 }
-#ifdef CONFIG_QUOTA_DEBUG
-                if (unlikely(inode_get_rsv_space(inode) > 0))
-                        reserved = 1;
-#endif
                 __iget(inode);
                 spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
                 spin_unlock(&inode_sb_list_lock);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_QUOTA_DEBUG
+                if (unlikely(inode_get_rsv_space(inode) > 0))
+                        reserved = 1;
+#endif
                 iput(old_inode);
                 __dquot_initialize(inode, type);
 
@@ -2037,8 +2036,7 @@ int dquot_disable(struct super_block *sb, int type, unsigned int flags)
                         /* If quota was reenabled in the meantime, we have
                          * nothing to do */
                         if (!sb_has_quota_loaded(sb, cnt)) {
-                                mutex_lock_nested(&toputinode[cnt]->i_mutex,
-                                                  I_MUTEX_QUOTA);
+                                mutex_lock(&toputinode[cnt]->i_mutex);
                                 toputinode[cnt]->i_flags &= ~(S_IMMUTABLE |
                                   S_NOATIME | S_NOQUOTA);
                                 truncate_inode_pages(&toputinode[cnt]->i_data,
@@ -2133,7 +2131,7 @@ static int vfs_load_quota_inode(struct inode *inode, int type, int format_id,
                 /* We don't want quota and atime on quota files (deadlocks
                  * possible) Also nobody should write to the file - we use
                  * special IO operations which ignore the immutable bit. */
-                mutex_lock_nested(&inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_QUOTA);
+                mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
                 oldflags = inode->i_flags & (S_NOATIME | S_IMMUTABLE |
                                              S_NOQUOTA);
                 inode->i_flags |= S_NOQUOTA | S_NOATIME | S_IMMUTABLE;
@@ -2180,7 +2178,7 @@ out_file_init:
         iput(inode);
 out_lock:
         if (oldflags != -1) {
-                mutex_lock_nested(&inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_QUOTA);
+                mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
                 /* Set the flags back (in the case of accidental quotaon()
                  * on a wrong file we don't want to mess up the flags) */
                 inode->i_flags &= ~(S_NOATIME | S_NOQUOTA | S_IMMUTABLE);
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/super.c b/fs/reiserfs/super.c
index 8b7616ef06d8..c07b7d709447 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/super.c
@@ -2270,7 +2270,6 @@ static ssize_t reiserfs_quota_write(struct super_block *sb, int type,
                         (unsigned long long)off, (unsigned long long)len);
                 return -EIO;
         }
-        mutex_lock_nested(&inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_QUOTA);
         while (towrite > 0) {
                 tocopy = sb->s_blocksize - offset < towrite ?
                     sb->s_blocksize - offset : towrite;
@@ -2302,16 +2301,13 @@ static ssize_t reiserfs_quota_write(struct super_block *sb, int type,
                 blk++;
         }
 out:
-        if (len == towrite) {
-                mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
+        if (len == towrite)
                 return err;
-        }
         if (inode->i_size < off + len - towrite)
                 i_size_write(inode, off + len - towrite);
         inode->i_version++;
         inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
         mark_inode_dirty(inode);
-        mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
         return len - towrite;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/jbd.h b/include/linux/jbd.h
index d211732b9e99..c8f32975f0e4 100644
--- a/include/linux/jbd.h
+++ b/include/linux/jbd.h
@@ -479,12 +479,6 @@ struct transaction_s
          * How many handles used this transaction? [t_handle_lock]
          */
         int t_handle_count;
-
-        /*
-         * This transaction is being forced and some process is
-         * waiting for it to finish.
-         */
-        unsigned int t_synchronous_commit:1;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -531,6 +525,8 @@ struct transaction_s
  *  transaction
  * @j_commit_request: Sequence number of the most recent transaction wanting
  *     commit
+ * @j_commit_waited: Sequence number of the most recent transaction someone
+ *     is waiting for to commit.
  * @j_uuid: Uuid of client object.
  * @j_task: Pointer to the current commit thread for this journal
  * @j_max_transaction_buffers:  Maximum number of metadata buffers to allow in a
@@ -696,6 +692,13 @@ struct journal_s
         tid_t                   j_commit_request;
 
         /*
+         * Sequence number of the most recent transaction someone is waiting
+         * for to commit.
+         * [j_state_lock]
+         */
+        tid_t                   j_commit_waited;
+
+        /*
          * Journal uuid: identifies the object (filesystem, LVM volume etc)
          * backed by this journal.  This will eventually be replaced by an array
          * of uuids, allowing us to index multiple devices within a single
@@ -861,7 +864,8 @@ extern int	   journal_destroy    (journal_t *);
 extern int         journal_recover    (journal_t *journal);
 extern int         journal_wipe       (journal_t *, int);
 extern int         journal_skip_recovery        (journal_t *);
-extern void        journal_update_superblock    (journal_t *, int);
+extern void        journal_update_sb_log_tail   (journal_t *, tid_t, unsigned int,
+                                                 int);
 extern void        journal_abort      (journal_t *, int);
 extern int         journal_errno      (journal_t *);
 extern void        journal_ack_err    (journal_t *);
diff --git a/include/trace/events/jbd.h b/include/trace/events/jbd.h
index aff64d82d713..da6f2591c25e 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/jbd.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/jbd.h
@@ -36,19 +36,17 @@ DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(jbd_commit,
 
         TP_STRUCT__entry(
                 __field(        dev_t,  dev                     )
-                __field(        char,   sync_commit             )
                 __field(        int,    transaction             )
         ),
 
         TP_fast_assign(
                 __entry->dev            = journal->j_fs_dev->bd_dev;
-                __entry->sync_commit = commit_transaction->t_synchronous_commit;
                 __entry->transaction    = commit_transaction->t_tid;
         ),
 
-        TP_printk("dev %d,%d transaction %d sync %d",
+        TP_printk("dev %d,%d transaction %d",
                   MAJOR(__entry->dev), MINOR(__entry->dev),
-                  __entry->transaction, __entry->sync_commit)
+                  __entry->transaction)
 );
 
 DEFINE_EVENT(jbd_commit, jbd_start_commit,
@@ -87,19 +85,17 @@ TRACE_EVENT(jbd_drop_transaction,
 
         TP_STRUCT__entry(
                 __field(        dev_t,  dev                     )
-                __field(        char,   sync_commit             )
                 __field(        int,    transaction             )
         ),
 
         TP_fast_assign(
                 __entry->dev            = journal->j_fs_dev->bd_dev;
-                __entry->sync_commit = commit_transaction->t_synchronous_commit;
                 __entry->transaction    = commit_transaction->t_tid;
         ),
 
-        TP_printk("dev %d,%d transaction %d sync %d",
+        TP_printk("dev %d,%d transaction %d",
                   MAJOR(__entry->dev), MINOR(__entry->dev),
-                  __entry->transaction, __entry->sync_commit)
+                  __entry->transaction)
 );
 
 TRACE_EVENT(jbd_end_commit,
@@ -109,21 +105,19 @@ TRACE_EVENT(jbd_end_commit,
 
         TP_STRUCT__entry(
                 __field(        dev_t,  dev                     )
-                __field(        char,   sync_commit             )
                 __field(        int,    transaction             )
                 __field(        int,    head                    )
         ),
 
         TP_fast_assign(
                 __entry->dev            = journal->j_fs_dev->bd_dev;
-                __entry->sync_commit = commit_transaction->t_synchronous_commit;
                 __entry->transaction    = commit_transaction->t_tid;
                 __entry->head           = journal->j_tail_sequence;
         ),
 
-        TP_printk("dev %d,%d transaction %d sync %d head %d",
+        TP_printk("dev %d,%d transaction %d head %d",
                   MAJOR(__entry->dev), MINOR(__entry->dev),
-                  __entry->transaction, __entry->sync_commit, __entry->head)
+                  __entry->transaction, __entry->head)
 );
 
 TRACE_EVENT(jbd_do_submit_data,
@@ -133,19 +127,17 @@ TRACE_EVENT(jbd_do_submit_data,
 
         TP_STRUCT__entry(
                 __field(        dev_t,  dev                     )
-                __field(        char,   sync_commit             )
                 __field(        int,    transaction             )
         ),
 
         TP_fast_assign(
                 __entry->dev            = journal->j_fs_dev->bd_dev;
-                __entry->sync_commit = commit_transaction->t_synchronous_commit;
                 __entry->transaction    = commit_transaction->t_tid;
         ),
 
-        TP_printk("dev %d,%d transaction %d sync %d",
+        TP_printk("dev %d,%d transaction %d",
                   MAJOR(__entry->dev), MINOR(__entry->dev),
-                   __entry->transaction, __entry->sync_commit)
+                   __entry->transaction)
 );
 
 TRACE_EVENT(jbd_cleanup_journal_tail,
@@ -177,24 +169,23 @@ TRACE_EVENT(jbd_cleanup_journal_tail,
                   __entry->block_nr, __entry->freed)
 );
 
-TRACE_EVENT(jbd_update_superblock_end,
-        TP_PROTO(journal_t *journal, int wait),
+TRACE_EVENT(journal_write_superblock,
+        TP_PROTO(journal_t *journal, int write_op),
 
-        TP_ARGS(journal, wait),
+        TP_ARGS(journal, write_op),
 
         TP_STRUCT__entry(
                 __field(        dev_t,  dev                     )
-                __field(        int,    wait                    )
+                __field(        int,    write_op                )
         ),
 
         TP_fast_assign(
                 __entry->dev            = journal->j_fs_dev->bd_dev;
-                __entry->wait           = wait;
+                __entry->write_op       = write_op;
         ),
 
-        TP_printk("dev %d,%d wait %d",
-                  MAJOR(__entry->dev), MINOR(__entry->dev),
-                   __entry->wait)
+        TP_printk("dev %d,%d write_op %x", MAJOR(__entry->dev),
+                  MINOR(__entry->dev), __entry->write_op)
 );
 
 #endif /* _TRACE_JBD_H */