16 files changed, 226 insertions, 416 deletions

diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr_leaf.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr_leaf.c
index 5d38e8b8a913..15105dbc9e28 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr_leaf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr_leaf.c
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ xfs_sbversion_add_attr2(xfs_mount_t *mp, xfs_trans_t *tp)
                 if (!xfs_sb_version_hasattr2(&mp->m_sb)) {
                         xfs_sb_version_addattr2(&mp->m_sb);
                         spin_unlock(&mp->m_sb_lock);
-                        xfs_mod_sb(tp, XFS_SB_VERSIONNUM | XFS_SB_FEATURES2);
+                        xfs_log_sb(tp);
                 } else
                         spin_unlock(&mp->m_sb_lock);
         }
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
index b5eb4743f75a..63a5bb9113ee 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
@@ -1221,22 +1221,20 @@ xfs_bmap_add_attrfork(
                 goto bmap_cancel;
         if (!xfs_sb_version_hasattr(&mp->m_sb) ||
            (!xfs_sb_version_hasattr2(&mp->m_sb) && version == 2)) {
-                __int64_t sbfields = 0;
+                bool log_sb = false;
 
                 spin_lock(&mp->m_sb_lock);
                 if (!xfs_sb_version_hasattr(&mp->m_sb)) {
                         xfs_sb_version_addattr(&mp->m_sb);
-                        sbfields |= XFS_SB_VERSIONNUM;
+                        log_sb = true;
                 }
                 if (!xfs_sb_version_hasattr2(&mp->m_sb) && version == 2) {
                         xfs_sb_version_addattr2(&mp->m_sb);
-                        sbfields |= (XFS_SB_VERSIONNUM | XFS_SB_FEATURES2);
+                        log_sb = true;
                 }
-                if (sbfields) {
-                        spin_unlock(&mp->m_sb_lock);
-                        xfs_mod_sb(tp, sbfields);
-                } else
-                        spin_unlock(&mp->m_sb_lock);
+                spin_unlock(&mp->m_sb_lock);
+                if (log_sb)
+                        xfs_log_sb(tp);
         }
 
         error = xfs_bmap_finish(&tp, &flist, &committed);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_format.h b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_format.h
index 476273287aaf..8eb718979383 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_format.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_format.h
@@ -151,10 +151,13 @@ typedef struct xfs_sb {
         __uint32_t      sb_features2;   /* additional feature bits */
 
         /*
-         * bad features2 field as a result of failing to pad the sb
-         * structure to 64 bits. Some machines will be using this field
-         * for features2 bits. Easiest just to mark it bad and not use
-         * it for anything else.
+         * bad features2 field as a result of failing to pad the sb structure to
+         * 64 bits. Some machines will be using this field for features2 bits.
+         * Easiest just to mark it bad and not use it for anything else.
+         *
+         * This is not kept up to date in memory; it is always overwritten by
+         * the value in sb_features2 when formatting the incore superblock to
+         * the disk buffer.
          */
         __uint32_t      sb_bad_features2;
 
@@ -453,13 +456,11 @@ static inline void xfs_sb_version_addattr2(struct xfs_sb *sbp)
 {
         sbp->sb_versionnum |= XFS_SB_VERSION_MOREBITSBIT;
         sbp->sb_features2 |= XFS_SB_VERSION2_ATTR2BIT;
-        sbp->sb_bad_features2 |= XFS_SB_VERSION2_ATTR2BIT;
 }
 
 static inline void xfs_sb_version_removeattr2(struct xfs_sb *sbp)
 {
         sbp->sb_features2 &= ~XFS_SB_VERSION2_ATTR2BIT;
-        sbp->sb_bad_features2 &= ~XFS_SB_VERSION2_ATTR2BIT;
         if (!sbp->sb_features2)
                 sbp->sb_versionnum &= ~XFS_SB_VERSION_MOREBITSBIT;
 }
@@ -475,7 +476,6 @@ static inline void xfs_sb_version_addprojid32bit(struct xfs_sb *sbp)
 {
         sbp->sb_versionnum |= XFS_SB_VERSION_MOREBITSBIT;
         sbp->sb_features2 |= XFS_SB_VERSION2_PROJID32BIT;
-        sbp->sb_bad_features2 |= XFS_SB_VERSION2_PROJID32BIT;
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_sb.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_sb.c
index 752915fa775a..b0a5fe95a3e2 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_sb.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_sb.c
@@ -40,69 +40,6 @@
  * Physical superblock buffer manipulations. Shared with libxfs in userspace.
  */
 
-static const struct {
-        short offset;
-        short type;     /* 0 = integer
-                         * 1 = binary / string (no translation)
-                         */
-} xfs_sb_info[] = {
-        { offsetof(xfs_sb_t, sb_magicnum),      0 },
-        { offsetof(xfs_sb_t, sb_blocksize),     0 },
-        { offsetof(xfs_sb_t, sb_dblocks),       0 },
-        { offsetof(xfs_sb_t, sb_rblocks),       0 },
-        { offsetof(xfs_sb_t, sb_rextents),      0 },
-        { offsetof(xfs_sb_t, sb_uuid),          1 },
-        { offsetof(xfs_sb_t, sb_logstart),      0 },
-        { offsetof(xfs_sb_t, sb_rootino),       0 },
-        { offsetof(xfs_sb_t, sb_rbmino),        0 },
-        { offsetof(xfs_sb_t, sb_rsumino),       0 },
-        { offsetof(xfs_sb_t, sb_rextsize),      0 },
-        { offsetof(xfs_sb_t, sb_agblocks),      0 },
-        { offsetof(xfs_sb_t, sb_agcount),       0 },
-        { offsetof(xfs_sb_t, sb_rbmblocks),     0 },
-        { offsetof(xfs_sb_t, sb_logblocks),     0 },
-        { offsetof(xfs_sb_t, sb_versionnum),    0 },
-        { offsetof(xfs_sb_t, sb_sectsize),      0 },
-        { offsetof(xfs_sb_t, sb_inodesize),     0 },
-        { offsetof(xfs_sb_t, sb_inopblock),     0 },
-        { offsetof(xfs_sb_t, sb_fname[0]),      1 },
-        { offsetof(xfs_sb_t, sb_blocklog),      0 },
-        { offsetof(xfs_sb_t, sb_sectlog),       0 },
-        { offsetof(xfs_sb_t, sb_inodelog),      0 },
-        { offsetof(xfs_sb_t, sb_inopblog),      0 },
-        { offsetof(xfs_sb_t, sb_agblklog),      0 },
-        { offsetof(xfs_sb_t, sb_rextslog),      0 },
-        { offsetof(xfs_sb_t, sb_inprogress),    0 },
-        { offsetof(xfs_sb_t, sb_imax_pct),      0 },
-        { offsetof(xfs_sb_t, sb_icount),        0 },
-        { offsetof(xfs_sb_t, sb_ifree),         0 },
-        { offsetof(xfs_sb_t, sb_fdblocks),      0 },
-        { offsetof(xfs_sb_t, sb_frextents),     0 },
-        { offsetof(xfs_sb_t, sb_uquotino),      0 },
-        { offsetof(xfs_sb_t, sb_gquotino),      0 },
-        { offsetof(xfs_sb_t, sb_qflags),        0 },
-        { offsetof(xfs_sb_t, sb_flags),         0 },
-        { offsetof(xfs_sb_t, sb_shared_vn),     0 },
-        { offsetof(xfs_sb_t, sb_inoalignmt),    0 },
-        { offsetof(xfs_sb_t, sb_unit),          0 },
-        { offsetof(xfs_sb_t, sb_width),         0 },
-        { offsetof(xfs_sb_t, sb_dirblklog),     0 },
-        { offsetof(xfs_sb_t, sb_logsectlog),    0 },
-        { offsetof(xfs_sb_t, sb_logsectsize),   0 },
-        { offsetof(xfs_sb_t, sb_logsunit),      0 },
-        { offsetof(xfs_sb_t, sb_features2),     0 },
-        { offsetof(xfs_sb_t, sb_bad_features2), 0 },
-        { offsetof(xfs_sb_t, sb_features_compat),       0 },
-        { offsetof(xfs_sb_t, sb_features_ro_compat),    0 },
-        { offsetof(xfs_sb_t, sb_features_incompat),     0 },
-        { offsetof(xfs_sb_t, sb_features_log_incompat), 0 },
-        { offsetof(xfs_sb_t, sb_crc),           0 },
-        { offsetof(xfs_sb_t, sb_pad),           0 },
-        { offsetof(xfs_sb_t, sb_pquotino),      0 },
-        { offsetof(xfs_sb_t, sb_lsn),           0 },
-        { sizeof(xfs_sb_t),                     0 }
-};
-
 /*
  * Reference counting access wrappers to the perag structures.
  * Because we never free per-ag structures, the only thing we
@@ -461,58 +398,49 @@ xfs_sb_from_disk(
         __xfs_sb_from_disk(to, from, true);
 }
 
-static inline void
+static void
 xfs_sb_quota_to_disk(
-        xfs_dsb_t       *to,
-        xfs_sb_t        *from,
-        __int64_t       *fields)
+        struct xfs_dsb  *to,
+        struct xfs_sb   *from)
 {
         __uint16_t      qflags = from->sb_qflags;
 
+        to->sb_uquotino = cpu_to_be64(from->sb_uquotino);
+        if (xfs_sb_version_has_pquotino(from)) {
+                to->sb_qflags = cpu_to_be16(from->sb_qflags);
+                to->sb_gquotino = cpu_to_be64(from->sb_gquotino);
+                to->sb_pquotino = cpu_to_be64(from->sb_pquotino);
+                return;
+        }
+
         /*
-         * We need to do these manipilations only if we are working
-         * with an older version of on-disk superblock.
+         * The in-core version of sb_qflags do not have XFS_OQUOTA_*
+         * flags, whereas the on-disk version does.  So, convert incore
+         * XFS_{PG}QUOTA_* flags to on-disk XFS_OQUOTA_* flags.
          */
-        if (xfs_sb_version_has_pquotino(from))
-                return;
+        qflags &= ~(XFS_PQUOTA_ENFD | XFS_PQUOTA_CHKD |
+                        XFS_GQUOTA_ENFD | XFS_GQUOTA_CHKD);
 
-        if (*fields & XFS_SB_QFLAGS) {
-                /*
-                 * The in-core version of sb_qflags do not have
-                 * XFS_OQUOTA_* flags, whereas the on-disk version
-                 * does.  So, convert incore XFS_{PG}QUOTA_* flags
-                 * to on-disk XFS_OQUOTA_* flags.
-                 */
-                qflags &= ~(XFS_PQUOTA_ENFD | XFS_PQUOTA_CHKD |
-                                XFS_GQUOTA_ENFD | XFS_GQUOTA_CHKD);
-
-                if (from->sb_qflags &
-                                (XFS_PQUOTA_ENFD | XFS_GQUOTA_ENFD))
-                        qflags |= XFS_OQUOTA_ENFD;
-                if (from->sb_qflags &
-                                (XFS_PQUOTA_CHKD | XFS_GQUOTA_CHKD))
-                        qflags |= XFS_OQUOTA_CHKD;
-                to->sb_qflags = cpu_to_be16(qflags);
-                *fields &= ~XFS_SB_QFLAGS;
-        }
+        if (from->sb_qflags &
+                        (XFS_PQUOTA_ENFD | XFS_GQUOTA_ENFD))
+                qflags |= XFS_OQUOTA_ENFD;
+        if (from->sb_qflags &
+                        (XFS_PQUOTA_CHKD | XFS_GQUOTA_CHKD))
+                qflags |= XFS_OQUOTA_CHKD;
+        to->sb_qflags = cpu_to_be16(qflags);
 
         /*
-         * GQUOTINO and PQUOTINO cannot be used together in versions of
-         * superblock that do not have pquotino. from->sb_flags tells us which
-         * quota is active and should be copied to disk. If neither are active,
-         * make sure we write NULLFSINO to the sb_gquotino field as a quota
-         * inode value of "0" is invalid when the XFS_SB_VERSION_QUOTA feature
-         * bit is set.
+         * GQUOTINO and PQUOTINO cannot be used together in versions
+         * of superblock that do not have pquotino. from->sb_flags
+         * tells us which quota is active and should be copied to
+         * disk. If neither are active, we should NULL the inode.
          *
-         * Note that we don't need to handle the sb_uquotino or sb_pquotino here
-         * as they do not require any translation. Hence the main sb field loop
-         * will write them appropriately from the in-core superblock.
+         * In all cases, the separate pquotino must remain 0 because it
+         * it beyond the "end" of the valid non-pquotino superblock.
          */
-        if ((*fields & XFS_SB_GQUOTINO) &&
-                                (from->sb_qflags & XFS_GQUOTA_ACCT))
+        if (from->sb_qflags & XFS_GQUOTA_ACCT)
                 to->sb_gquotino = cpu_to_be64(from->sb_gquotino);
-        else if ((*fields & XFS_SB_PQUOTINO) &&
-                                (from->sb_qflags & XFS_PQUOTA_ACCT))
+        else if (from->sb_qflags & XFS_PQUOTA_ACCT)
                 to->sb_gquotino = cpu_to_be64(from->sb_pquotino);
         else {
                 /*
@@ -526,63 +454,78 @@ xfs_sb_quota_to_disk(
                         to->sb_gquotino = cpu_to_be64(NULLFSINO);
         }
 
-        *fields &= ~(XFS_SB_PQUOTINO | XFS_SB_GQUOTINO);
+        to->sb_pquotino = 0;
 }
 
-/*
- * Copy in core superblock to ondisk one.
- *
- * The fields argument is mask of superblock fields to copy.
- */
 void
 xfs_sb_to_disk(
-        xfs_dsb_t       *to,
-        xfs_sb_t        *from,
-        __int64_t       fields)
+        struct xfs_dsb  *to,
+        struct xfs_sb   *from)
 {
-        xfs_caddr_t     to_ptr = (xfs_caddr_t)to;
-        xfs_caddr_t     from_ptr = (xfs_caddr_t)from;
-        xfs_sb_field_t  f;
-        int             first;
-        int             size;
-
-        ASSERT(fields);
-        if (!fields)
-                return;
+        xfs_sb_quota_to_disk(to, from);
 
-        /* We should never write the crc here, it's updated in the IO path */
-        fields &= ~XFS_SB_CRC;
-
-        xfs_sb_quota_to_disk(to, from, &fields);
-        while (fields) {
-                f = (xfs_sb_field_t)xfs_lowbit64((__uint64_t)fields);
-                first = xfs_sb_info[f].offset;
-                size = xfs_sb_info[f + 1].offset - first;
-
-                ASSERT(xfs_sb_info[f].type == 0 || xfs_sb_info[f].type == 1);
-
-                if (size == 1 || xfs_sb_info[f].type == 1) {
-                        memcpy(to_ptr + first, from_ptr + first, size);
-                } else {
-                        switch (size) {
-                        case 2:
-                                *(__be16 *)(to_ptr + first) =
-                                      cpu_to_be16(*(__u16 *)(from_ptr + first));
-                                break;
-                        case 4:
-                                *(__be32 *)(to_ptr + first) =
-                                      cpu_to_be32(*(__u32 *)(from_ptr + first));
-                                break;
-                        case 8:
-                                *(__be64 *)(to_ptr + first) =
-                                      cpu_to_be64(*(__u64 *)(from_ptr + first));
-                                break;
-                        default:
-                                ASSERT(0);
-                        }
-                }
+        to->sb_magicnum = cpu_to_be32(from->sb_magicnum);
+        to->sb_blocksize = cpu_to_be32(from->sb_blocksize);
+        to->sb_dblocks = cpu_to_be64(from->sb_dblocks);
+        to->sb_rblocks = cpu_to_be64(from->sb_rblocks);
+        to->sb_rextents = cpu_to_be64(from->sb_rextents);
+        memcpy(&to->sb_uuid, &from->sb_uuid, sizeof(to->sb_uuid));
+        to->sb_logstart = cpu_to_be64(from->sb_logstart);
+        to->sb_rootino = cpu_to_be64(from->sb_rootino);
+        to->sb_rbmino = cpu_to_be64(from->sb_rbmino);
+        to->sb_rsumino = cpu_to_be64(from->sb_rsumino);
+        to->sb_rextsize = cpu_to_be32(from->sb_rextsize);
+        to->sb_agblocks = cpu_to_be32(from->sb_agblocks);
+        to->sb_agcount = cpu_to_be32(from->sb_agcount);
+        to->sb_rbmblocks = cpu_to_be32(from->sb_rbmblocks);
+        to->sb_logblocks = cpu_to_be32(from->sb_logblocks);
+        to->sb_versionnum = cpu_to_be16(from->sb_versionnum);
+        to->sb_sectsize = cpu_to_be16(from->sb_sectsize);
+        to->sb_inodesize = cpu_to_be16(from->sb_inodesize);
+        to->sb_inopblock = cpu_to_be16(from->sb_inopblock);
+        memcpy(&to->sb_fname, &from->sb_fname, sizeof(to->sb_fname));
+        to->sb_blocklog = from->sb_blocklog;
+        to->sb_sectlog = from->sb_sectlog;
+        to->sb_inodelog = from->sb_inodelog;
+        to->sb_inopblog = from->sb_inopblog;
+        to->sb_agblklog = from->sb_agblklog;
+        to->sb_rextslog = from->sb_rextslog;
+        to->sb_inprogress = from->sb_inprogress;
+        to->sb_imax_pct = from->sb_imax_pct;
+        to->sb_icount = cpu_to_be64(from->sb_icount);
+        to->sb_ifree = cpu_to_be64(from->sb_ifree);
+        to->sb_fdblocks = cpu_to_be64(from->sb_fdblocks);
+        to->sb_frextents = cpu_to_be64(from->sb_frextents);
 
-                fields &= ~(1LL << f);
+        to->sb_flags = from->sb_flags;
+        to->sb_shared_vn = from->sb_shared_vn;
+        to->sb_inoalignmt = cpu_to_be32(from->sb_inoalignmt);
+        to->sb_unit = cpu_to_be32(from->sb_unit);
+        to->sb_width = cpu_to_be32(from->sb_width);
+        to->sb_dirblklog = from->sb_dirblklog;
+        to->sb_logsectlog = from->sb_logsectlog;
+        to->sb_logsectsize = cpu_to_be16(from->sb_logsectsize);
+        to->sb_logsunit = cpu_to_be32(from->sb_logsunit);
+
+        /*
+         * We need to ensure that bad_features2 always matches features2.
+         * Hence we enforce that here rather than having to remember to do it
+         * everywhere else that updates features2.
+         */
+        from->sb_bad_features2 = from->sb_features2;
+        to->sb_features2 = cpu_to_be32(from->sb_features2);
+        to->sb_bad_features2 = cpu_to_be32(from->sb_bad_features2);
+
+        if (xfs_sb_version_hascrc(from)) {
+                to->sb_features_compat = cpu_to_be32(from->sb_features_compat);
+                to->sb_features_ro_compat =
+                                cpu_to_be32(from->sb_features_ro_compat);
+                to->sb_features_incompat =
+                                cpu_to_be32(from->sb_features_incompat);
+                to->sb_features_log_incompat =
+                                cpu_to_be32(from->sb_features_log_incompat);
+                to->sb_pad = 0;
+                to->sb_lsn = cpu_to_be64(from->sb_lsn);
         }
 }
 
@@ -816,42 +759,51 @@ xfs_initialize_perag_data(
 }
 
 /*
- * xfs_mod_sb() can be used to copy arbitrary changes to the
- * in-core superblock into the superblock buffer to be logged.
- * It does not provide the higher level of locking that is
- * needed to protect the in-core superblock from concurrent
- * access.
+ * xfs_log_sb() can be used to copy arbitrary changes to the in-core superblock
+ * into the superblock buffer to be logged.  It does not provide the higher
+ * level of locking that is needed to protect the in-core superblock from
+ * concurrent access.
  */
 void
-xfs_mod_sb(xfs_trans_t *tp, __int64_t fields)
+xfs_log_sb(
+        struct xfs_trans        *tp)
 {
-        xfs_buf_t       *bp;
-        int             first;
-        int             last;
-        xfs_mount_t     *mp;
-        xfs_sb_field_t  f;
-
-        ASSERT(fields);
-        if (!fields)
-                return;
-        mp = tp->t_mountp;
-        bp = xfs_trans_getsb(tp, mp, 0);
-        first = sizeof(xfs_sb_t);
-        last = 0;
-
-        /* translate/copy */
+        struct xfs_mount        *mp = tp->t_mountp;
+        struct xfs_buf          *bp = xfs_trans_getsb(tp, mp, 0);
 
-        xfs_sb_to_disk(XFS_BUF_TO_SBP(bp), &mp->m_sb, fields);
+        xfs_sb_to_disk(XFS_BUF_TO_SBP(bp), &mp->m_sb);
+        xfs_trans_buf_set_type(tp, bp, XFS_BLFT_SB_BUF);
+        xfs_trans_log_buf(tp, bp, 0, sizeof(struct xfs_dsb));
+}
 
-        /* find modified range */
-        f = (xfs_sb_field_t)xfs_highbit64((__uint64_t)fields);
-        ASSERT((1LL << f) & XFS_SB_MOD_BITS);
-        last = xfs_sb_info[f + 1].offset - 1;
+/*
+ * xfs_sync_sb
+ *
+ * Sync the superblock to disk.
+ *
+ * Note that the caller is responsible for checking the frozen state of the
+ * filesystem. This procedure uses the non-blocking transaction allocator and
+ * thus will allow modifications to a frozen fs. This is required because this
+ * code can be called during the process of freezing where use of the high-level
+ * allocator would deadlock.
+ */
+int
+xfs_sync_sb(
+        struct xfs_mount        *mp,
+        bool                    wait)
+{
+        struct xfs_trans        *tp;
+        int                     error;
 
-        f = (xfs_sb_field_t)xfs_lowbit64((__uint64_t)fields);
-        ASSERT((1LL << f) & XFS_SB_MOD_BITS);
-        first = xfs_sb_info[f].offset;
+        tp = _xfs_trans_alloc(mp, XFS_TRANS_SB_CHANGE, KM_SLEEP);
+        error = xfs_trans_reserve(tp, &M_RES(mp)->tr_sb, 0, 0);
+        if (error) {
+                xfs_trans_cancel(tp, 0);
+                return error;
+        }
 
-        xfs_trans_buf_set_type(tp, bp, XFS_BLFT_SB_BUF);
-        xfs_trans_log_buf(tp, bp, first, last);
+        xfs_log_sb(tp);
+        if (wait)
+                xfs_trans_set_sync(tp);
+        return xfs_trans_commit(tp, 0);
 }
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_sb.h b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_sb.h
index 8eb1c54bafbf..b25bb9a343f3 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_sb.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_sb.h
@@ -27,11 +27,12 @@ extern struct xfs_perag *xfs_perag_get_tag(struct xfs_mount *, xfs_agnumber_t,
 extern void     xfs_perag_put(struct xfs_perag *pag);
 extern int      xfs_initialize_perag_data(struct xfs_mount *, xfs_agnumber_t);
 
-extern void     xfs_sb_calc_crc(struct xfs_buf  *);
-extern void     xfs_mod_sb(struct xfs_trans *, __int64_t);
-extern void     xfs_sb_mount_common(struct xfs_mount *, struct xfs_sb *);
-extern void     xfs_sb_from_disk(struct xfs_sb *, struct xfs_dsb *);
-extern void     xfs_sb_to_disk(struct xfs_dsb *, struct xfs_sb *, __int64_t);
+extern void     xfs_sb_calc_crc(struct xfs_buf *bp);
+extern void     xfs_log_sb(struct xfs_trans *tp);
+extern int      xfs_sync_sb(struct xfs_mount *mp, bool wait);
+extern void     xfs_sb_mount_common(struct xfs_mount *mp, struct xfs_sb *sbp);
+extern void     xfs_sb_from_disk(struct xfs_sb *to, struct xfs_dsb *from);
+extern void     xfs_sb_to_disk(struct xfs_dsb *to, struct xfs_sb *from);
 extern void     xfs_sb_quota_from_disk(struct xfs_sb *sbp);
 
 #endif  /* __XFS_SB_H__ */
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_shared.h b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_shared.h
index 82404da2ca67..8dda4b321343 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_shared.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_shared.h
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ extern const struct xfs_buf_ops xfs_symlink_buf_ops;
 #define XFS_TRANS_ATTR_RM               23
 #define XFS_TRANS_ATTR_FLAG             24
 #define XFS_TRANS_CLEAR_AGI_BUCKET      25
-#define XFS_TRANS_QM_SBCHANGE           26
+#define XFS_TRANS_SB_CHANGE             26
 /*
  * Dummy entries since we use the transaction type to index into the
  * trans_type[] in xlog_recover_print_trans_head()
@@ -95,17 +95,15 @@ extern const struct xfs_buf_ops xfs_symlink_buf_ops;
 #define XFS_TRANS_QM_DQCLUSTER          32
 #define XFS_TRANS_QM_QINOCREATE         33
 #define XFS_TRANS_QM_QUOTAOFF_END       34
-#define XFS_TRANS_SB_UNIT               35
-#define XFS_TRANS_FSYNC_TS              36
-#define XFS_TRANS_GROWFSRT_ALLOC        37
-#define XFS_TRANS_GROWFSRT_ZERO         38
-#define XFS_TRANS_GROWFSRT_FREE         39
-#define XFS_TRANS_SWAPEXT               40
-#define XFS_TRANS_SB_COUNT              41
-#define XFS_TRANS_CHECKPOINT            42
-#define XFS_TRANS_ICREATE               43
-#define XFS_TRANS_CREATE_TMPFILE        44
-#define XFS_TRANS_TYPE_MAX              44
+#define XFS_TRANS_FSYNC_TS              35
+#define XFS_TRANS_GROWFSRT_ALLOC        36
+#define XFS_TRANS_GROWFSRT_ZERO         37
+#define XFS_TRANS_GROWFSRT_FREE         38
+#define XFS_TRANS_SWAPEXT               39
+#define XFS_TRANS_CHECKPOINT            40
+#define XFS_TRANS_ICREATE               41
+#define XFS_TRANS_CREATE_TMPFILE        42
+#define XFS_TRANS_TYPE_MAX              43
 /* new transaction types need to be reflected in xfs_logprint(8) */
 
 #define XFS_TRANS_TYPES \
@@ -113,7 +111,6 @@ extern const struct xfs_buf_ops xfs_symlink_buf_ops;
         { XFS_TRANS_SETATTR_SIZE,       "SETATTR_SIZE" }, \
         { XFS_TRANS_INACTIVE,           "INACTIVE" }, \
         { XFS_TRANS_CREATE,             "CREATE" }, \
-        { XFS_TRANS_CREATE_TMPFILE,     "CREATE_TMPFILE" }, \
         { XFS_TRANS_CREATE_TRUNC,       "CREATE_TRUNC" }, \
         { XFS_TRANS_TRUNCATE_FILE,      "TRUNCATE_FILE" }, \
         { XFS_TRANS_REMOVE,             "REMOVE" }, \
@@ -134,23 +131,23 @@ extern const struct xfs_buf_ops xfs_symlink_buf_ops;
         { XFS_TRANS_ATTR_RM,            "ATTR_RM" }, \
         { XFS_TRANS_ATTR_FLAG,          "ATTR_FLAG" }, \
         { XFS_TRANS_CLEAR_AGI_BUCKET,   "CLEAR_AGI_BUCKET" }, \
-        { XFS_TRANS_QM_SBCHANGE,        "QM_SBCHANGE" }, \
+        { XFS_TRANS_SB_CHANGE,          "SBCHANGE" }, \
+        { XFS_TRANS_DUMMY1,             "DUMMY1" }, \
+        { XFS_TRANS_DUMMY2,             "DUMMY2" }, \
         { XFS_TRANS_QM_QUOTAOFF,        "QM_QUOTAOFF" }, \
         { XFS_TRANS_QM_DQALLOC,         "QM_DQALLOC" }, \
         { XFS_TRANS_QM_SETQLIM,         "QM_SETQLIM" }, \
         { XFS_TRANS_QM_DQCLUSTER,       "QM_DQCLUSTER" }, \
         { XFS_TRANS_QM_QINOCREATE,      "QM_QINOCREATE" }, \
         { XFS_TRANS_QM_QUOTAOFF_END,    "QM_QOFF_END" }, \
-        { XFS_TRANS_SB_UNIT,            "SB_UNIT" }, \
         { XFS_TRANS_FSYNC_TS,           "FSYNC_TS" }, \
         { XFS_TRANS_GROWFSRT_ALLOC,     "GROWFSRT_ALLOC" }, \
         { XFS_TRANS_GROWFSRT_ZERO,      "GROWFSRT_ZERO" }, \
         { XFS_TRANS_GROWFSRT_FREE,      "GROWFSRT_FREE" }, \
         { XFS_TRANS_SWAPEXT,            "SWAPEXT" }, \
-        { XFS_TRANS_SB_COUNT,           "SB_COUNT" }, \
         { XFS_TRANS_CHECKPOINT,         "CHECKPOINT" }, \
-        { XFS_TRANS_DUMMY1,             "DUMMY1" }, \
-        { XFS_TRANS_DUMMY2,             "DUMMY2" }, \
+        { XFS_TRANS_ICREATE,            "ICREATE" }, \
+        { XFS_TRANS_CREATE_TMPFILE,     "CREATE_TMPFILE" }, \
         { XLOG_UNMOUNT_REC_TYPE,        "UNMOUNT" }
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_trans_resv.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_trans_resv.c
index 6c1330f29050..68cb1e7bf2bb 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_trans_resv.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_trans_resv.c
@@ -716,17 +716,6 @@ xfs_calc_clear_agi_bucket_reservation(
 }
 
 /*
- * Clearing the quotaflags in the superblock.
- *      the super block for changing quota flags: sector size
- */
-STATIC uint
-xfs_calc_qm_sbchange_reservation(
-        struct xfs_mount        *mp)
-{
-        return xfs_calc_buf_res(1, mp->m_sb.sb_sectsize);
-}
-
-/*
  * Adjusting quota limits.
  *    the xfs_disk_dquot_t: sizeof(struct xfs_disk_dquot)
  */
@@ -864,9 +853,6 @@ xfs_trans_resv_calc(
          * The following transactions are logged in logical format with
          * a default log count.
          */
-        resp->tr_qm_sbchange.tr_logres = xfs_calc_qm_sbchange_reservation(mp);
-        resp->tr_qm_sbchange.tr_logcount = XFS_DEFAULT_LOG_COUNT;
-
         resp->tr_qm_setqlim.tr_logres = xfs_calc_qm_setqlim_reservation(mp);
         resp->tr_qm_setqlim.tr_logcount = XFS_DEFAULT_LOG_COUNT;
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_trans_resv.h b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_trans_resv.h
index 1097d14cd583..2d5bdfce6d8f 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_trans_resv.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_trans_resv.h
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ struct xfs_trans_resv {
         struct xfs_trans_res    tr_growrtalloc; /* grow realtime allocations */
         struct xfs_trans_res    tr_growrtzero;  /* grow realtime zeroing */
         struct xfs_trans_res    tr_growrtfree;  /* grow realtime freeing */
-        struct xfs_trans_res    tr_qm_sbchange; /* change quota flags */
         struct xfs_trans_res    tr_qm_setqlim;  /* adjust quota limits */
         struct xfs_trans_res    tr_qm_dqalloc;  /* allocate quota on disk */
         struct xfs_trans_res    tr_qm_quotaoff; /* turn quota off */
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_fsops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_fsops.c
index fdc64220fcb0..f7114527cd2f 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_fsops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_fsops.c
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ xfs_growfs_data_private(
                         saved_error = error;
                         continue;
                 }
-                xfs_sb_to_disk(XFS_BUF_TO_SBP(bp), &mp->m_sb, XFS_SB_ALL_BITS);
+                xfs_sb_to_disk(XFS_BUF_TO_SBP(bp), &mp->m_sb);
 
                 error = xfs_bwrite(bp);
                 xfs_buf_relse(bp);
@@ -756,37 +756,6 @@ out:
         return 0;
 }
 
-/*
- * Dump a transaction into the log that contains no real change. This is needed
- * to be able to make the log dirty or stamp the current tail LSN into the log
- * during the covering operation.
- *
- * We cannot use an inode here for this - that will push dirty state back up
- * into the VFS and then periodic inode flushing will prevent log covering from
- * making progress. Hence we log a field in the superblock instead and use a
- * synchronous transaction to ensure the superblock is immediately unpinned
- * and can be written back.
- */
-int
-xfs_fs_log_dummy(
-        xfs_mount_t     *mp)
-{
-        xfs_trans_t     *tp;
-        int             error;
-
-        tp = _xfs_trans_alloc(mp, XFS_TRANS_DUMMY1, KM_SLEEP);
-        error = xfs_trans_reserve(tp, &M_RES(mp)->tr_sb, 0, 0);
-        if (error) {
-                xfs_trans_cancel(tp, 0);
-                return error;
-        }
-
-        /* log the UUID because it is an unchanging field */
-        xfs_mod_sb(tp, XFS_SB_UUID);
-        xfs_trans_set_sync(tp);
-        return xfs_trans_commit(tp, 0);
-}
-
 int
 xfs_fs_goingdown(
         xfs_mount_t     *mp,
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c
index 8fbbfb2d46e1..bcc7cfabb787 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include "xfs_fsops.h"
 #include "xfs_cksum.h"
 #include "xfs_sysfs.h"
+#include "xfs_sb.h"
 
 kmem_zone_t     *xfs_log_ticket_zone;
 
@@ -1290,9 +1291,20 @@ xfs_log_worker(
         struct xfs_mount        *mp = log->l_mp;
 
         /* dgc: errors ignored - not fatal and nowhere to report them */
-        if (xfs_log_need_covered(mp))
-                xfs_fs_log_dummy(mp);
-        else
+        if (xfs_log_need_covered(mp)) {
+                /*
+                 * Dump a transaction into the log that contains no real change.
+                 * This is needed to stamp the current tail LSN into the log
+                 * during the covering operation.
+                 *
+                 * We cannot use an inode here for this - that will push dirty
+                 * state back up into the VFS and then periodic inode flushing
+                 * will prevent log covering from making progress. Hence we
+                 * synchronously log the superblock instead to ensure the
+                 * superblock is immediately unpinned and can be written back.
+                 */
+                xfs_sync_sb(mp, true);
+        } else
                 xfs_log_force(mp, 0);
 
         /* start pushing all the metadata that is currently dirty */
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c
index 71d2c97cf58a..4fa80e63eea2 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c
@@ -408,11 +408,11 @@ xfs_update_alignment(xfs_mount_t *mp)
                 if (xfs_sb_version_hasdalign(sbp)) {
                         if (sbp->sb_unit != mp->m_dalign) {
                                 sbp->sb_unit = mp->m_dalign;
-                                mp->m_update_flags |= XFS_SB_UNIT;
+                                mp->m_update_sb = true;
                         }
                         if (sbp->sb_width != mp->m_swidth) {
                                 sbp->sb_width = mp->m_swidth;
-                                mp->m_update_flags |= XFS_SB_WIDTH;
+                                mp->m_update_sb = true;
                         }
                 } else {
                         xfs_warn(mp,
@@ -583,38 +583,19 @@ int
 xfs_mount_reset_sbqflags(
         struct xfs_mount        *mp)
 {
-        int                     error;
-        struct xfs_trans        *tp;
-
         mp->m_qflags = 0;
 
-        /*
-         * It is OK to look at sb_qflags here in mount path,
-         * without m_sb_lock.
-         */
+        /* It is OK to look at sb_qflags in the mount path without m_sb_lock. */
         if (mp->m_sb.sb_qflags == 0)
                 return 0;
         spin_lock(&mp->m_sb_lock);
         mp->m_sb.sb_qflags = 0;
         spin_unlock(&mp->m_sb_lock);
 
-        /*
-         * If the fs is readonly, let the incore superblock run
-         * with quotas off but don't flush the update out to disk
-         */
-        if (mp->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_RDONLY)
+        if (!xfs_fs_writable(mp, SB_FREEZE_WRITE))
                 return 0;
 
-        tp = xfs_trans_alloc(mp, XFS_TRANS_QM_SBCHANGE);
-        error = xfs_trans_reserve(tp, &M_RES(mp)->tr_qm_sbchange, 0, 0);
-        if (error) {
-                xfs_trans_cancel(tp, 0);
-                xfs_alert(mp, "%s: Superblock update failed!", __func__);
-                return error;
-        }
-
-        xfs_mod_sb(tp, XFS_SB_QFLAGS);
-        return xfs_trans_commit(tp, 0);
+        return xfs_sync_sb(mp, false);
 }
 
 __uint64_t
@@ -659,26 +640,25 @@ xfs_mountfs(
         xfs_sb_mount_common(mp, sbp);
 
         /*
-         * Check for a mismatched features2 values.  Older kernels
-         * read & wrote into the wrong sb offset for sb_features2
-         * on some platforms due to xfs_sb_t not being 64bit size aligned
-         * when sb_features2 was added, which made older superblock
-         * reading/writing routines swap it as a 64-bit value.
+         * Check for a mismatched features2 values.  Older kernels read & wrote
+         * into the wrong sb offset for sb_features2 on some platforms due to
+         * xfs_sb_t not being 64bit size aligned when sb_features2 was added,
+         * which made older superblock reading/writing routines swap it as a
+         * 64-bit value.
          *
          * For backwards compatibility, we make both slots equal.
          *
-         * If we detect a mismatched field, we OR the set bits into the
-         * existing features2 field in case it has already been modified; we
-         * don't want to lose any features.  We then update the bad location
-         * with the ORed value so that older kernels will see any features2
-         * flags, and mark the two fields as needing updates once the
-         * transaction subsystem is online.
+         * If we detect a mismatched field, we OR the set bits into the existing
+         * features2 field in case it has already been modified; we don't want
+         * to lose any features.  We then update the bad location with the ORed
+         * value so that older kernels will see any features2 flags. The
+         * superblock writeback code ensures the new sb_features2 is copied to
+         * sb_bad_features2 before it is logged or written to disk.
          */
         if (xfs_sb_has_mismatched_features2(sbp)) {
                 xfs_warn(mp, "correcting sb_features alignment problem");
                 sbp->sb_features2 |= sbp->sb_bad_features2;
-                sbp->sb_bad_features2 = sbp->sb_features2;
-                mp->m_update_flags |= XFS_SB_FEATURES2;
+                mp->m_update_sb = true;
 
                 /*
                  * Re-check for ATTR2 in case it was found in bad_features2
@@ -692,17 +672,17 @@ xfs_mountfs(
         if (xfs_sb_version_hasattr2(&mp->m_sb) &&
            (mp->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_NOATTR2)) {
                 xfs_sb_version_removeattr2(&mp->m_sb);
-                mp->m_update_flags |= XFS_SB_FEATURES2;
+                mp->m_update_sb = true;
 
                 /* update sb_versionnum for the clearing of the morebits */
                 if (!sbp->sb_features2)
-                        mp->m_update_flags |= XFS_SB_VERSIONNUM;
+                        mp->m_update_sb = true;
         }
 
         /* always use v2 inodes by default now */
         if (!(mp->m_sb.sb_versionnum & XFS_SB_VERSION_NLINKBIT)) {
                 mp->m_sb.sb_versionnum |= XFS_SB_VERSION_NLINKBIT;
-                mp->m_update_flags |= XFS_SB_VERSIONNUM;
+                mp->m_update_sb = true;
         }
 
         /*
@@ -895,8 +875,8 @@ xfs_mountfs(
          * the next remount into writeable mode.  Otherwise we would never
          * perform the update e.g. for the root filesystem.
          */
-        if (mp->m_update_flags && !(mp->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_RDONLY)) {
-                error = xfs_mount_log_sb(mp, mp->m_update_flags);
+        if (mp->m_update_sb && !(mp->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_RDONLY)) {
+                error = xfs_sync_sb(mp, false);
                 if (error) {
                         xfs_warn(mp, "failed to write sb changes");
                         goto out_rtunmount;
@@ -1103,9 +1083,6 @@ xfs_fs_writable(
 int
 xfs_log_sbcount(xfs_mount_t *mp)
 {
-        xfs_trans_t     *tp;
-        int             error;
-
         /* allow this to proceed during the freeze sequence... */
         if (!xfs_fs_writable(mp, SB_FREEZE_COMPLETE))
                 return 0;
@@ -1119,17 +1096,7 @@ xfs_log_sbcount(xfs_mount_t *mp)
         if (!xfs_sb_version_haslazysbcount(&mp->m_sb))
                 return 0;
 
-        tp = _xfs_trans_alloc(mp, XFS_TRANS_SB_COUNT, KM_SLEEP);
-        error = xfs_trans_reserve(tp, &M_RES(mp)->tr_sb, 0, 0);
-        if (error) {
-                xfs_trans_cancel(tp, 0);
-                return error;
-        }
-
-        xfs_mod_sb(tp, XFS_SB_IFREE | XFS_SB_ICOUNT | XFS_SB_FDBLOCKS);
-        xfs_trans_set_sync(tp);
-        error = xfs_trans_commit(tp, 0);
-        return error;
+        return xfs_sync_sb(mp, true);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1423,33 +1390,6 @@ xfs_freesb(
 }
 
 /*
- * Used to log changes to the superblock unit and width fields which could
- * be altered by the mount options, as well as any potential sb_features2
- * fixup. Only the first superblock is updated.
- */
-int
-xfs_mount_log_sb(
-        xfs_mount_t     *mp,
-        __int64_t       fields)
-{
-        xfs_trans_t     *tp;
-        int             error;
-
-        ASSERT(fields & (XFS_SB_UNIT | XFS_SB_WIDTH | XFS_SB_UUID |
-                         XFS_SB_FEATURES2 | XFS_SB_VERSIONNUM));
-
-        tp = xfs_trans_alloc(mp, XFS_TRANS_SB_UNIT);
-        error = xfs_trans_reserve(tp, &M_RES(mp)->tr_sb, 0, 0);
-        if (error) {
-                xfs_trans_cancel(tp, 0);
-                return error;
-        }
-        xfs_mod_sb(tp, fields);
-        error = xfs_trans_commit(tp, 0);
-        return error;
-}
-
-/*
  * If the underlying (data/log/rt) device is readonly, there are some
  * operations that cannot proceed.
  */
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.h
index 22ccf69d4d3c..a5b2ff822653 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.h
@@ -162,8 +162,7 @@ typedef struct xfs_mount {
         struct delayed_work     m_reclaim_work; /* background inode reclaim */
         struct delayed_work     m_eofblocks_work; /* background eof blocks
                                                      trimming */
-        __int64_t               m_update_flags; /* sb flags we need to update
-                                                   on the next remount,rw */
+        bool                    m_update_sb;    /* sb needs update in mount */
         int64_t                 m_low_space[XFS_LOWSP_MAX];
                                                 /* low free space thresholds */
         struct xfs_kobj         m_kobj;
@@ -378,7 +377,7 @@ extern void	xfs_unmountfs(xfs_mount_t *);
 extern int      xfs_mod_incore_sb(xfs_mount_t *, xfs_sb_field_t, int64_t, int);
 extern int      xfs_mod_incore_sb_batch(xfs_mount_t *, xfs_mod_sb_t *,
                         uint, int);
-extern int      xfs_mount_log_sb(xfs_mount_t *, __int64_t);
+extern int      xfs_mount_log_sb(xfs_mount_t *);
 extern struct xfs_buf *xfs_getsb(xfs_mount_t *, int);
 extern int      xfs_readsb(xfs_mount_t *, int);
 extern void     xfs_freesb(xfs_mount_t *);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_qm.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_qm.c
index 79fb19dd9c83..3e8186279541 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_qm.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_qm.c
@@ -714,7 +714,6 @@ STATIC int
 xfs_qm_qino_alloc(
         xfs_mount_t     *mp,
         xfs_inode_t     **ip,
-        __int64_t       sbfields,
         uint            flags)
 {
         xfs_trans_t     *tp;
@@ -777,11 +776,6 @@ xfs_qm_qino_alloc(
         spin_lock(&mp->m_sb_lock);
         if (flags & XFS_QMOPT_SBVERSION) {
                 ASSERT(!xfs_sb_version_hasquota(&mp->m_sb));
-                ASSERT((sbfields & (XFS_SB_VERSIONNUM | XFS_SB_UQUOTINO |
-                        XFS_SB_GQUOTINO | XFS_SB_PQUOTINO | XFS_SB_QFLAGS)) ==
-                                (XFS_SB_VERSIONNUM | XFS_SB_UQUOTINO |
-                                 XFS_SB_GQUOTINO | XFS_SB_PQUOTINO |
-                                 XFS_SB_QFLAGS));
 
                 xfs_sb_version_addquota(&mp->m_sb);
                 mp->m_sb.sb_uquotino = NULLFSINO;
@@ -798,7 +792,7 @@ xfs_qm_qino_alloc(
         else
                 mp->m_sb.sb_pquotino = (*ip)->i_ino;
         spin_unlock(&mp->m_sb_lock);
-        xfs_mod_sb(tp, sbfields);
+        xfs_log_sb(tp);
 
         if ((error = xfs_trans_commit(tp, XFS_TRANS_RELEASE_LOG_RES))) {
                 xfs_alert(mp, "%s failed (error %d)!", __func__, error);
@@ -1451,7 +1445,7 @@ xfs_qm_mount_quotas(
         spin_unlock(&mp->m_sb_lock);
 
         if (sbf != (mp->m_qflags & XFS_MOUNT_QUOTA_ALL)) {
-                if (xfs_qm_write_sb_changes(mp, XFS_SB_QFLAGS)) {
+                if (xfs_sync_sb(mp, false)) {
                         /*
                          * We could only have been turning quotas off.
                          * We aren't in very good shape actually because
@@ -1482,7 +1476,6 @@ xfs_qm_init_quotainos(
         struct xfs_inode        *gip = NULL;
         struct xfs_inode        *pip = NULL;
         int                     error;
-        __int64_t               sbflags = 0;
         uint                    flags = 0;
 
         ASSERT(mp->m_quotainfo);
@@ -1517,9 +1510,6 @@ xfs_qm_init_quotainos(
                 }
         } else {
                 flags |= XFS_QMOPT_SBVERSION;
-                sbflags |= (XFS_SB_VERSIONNUM | XFS_SB_UQUOTINO |
-                            XFS_SB_GQUOTINO | XFS_SB_PQUOTINO |
-                            XFS_SB_QFLAGS);
         }
 
         /*
@@ -1530,7 +1520,6 @@ xfs_qm_init_quotainos(
          */
         if (XFS_IS_UQUOTA_ON(mp) && uip == NULL) {
                 error = xfs_qm_qino_alloc(mp, &uip,
-                                              sbflags | XFS_SB_UQUOTINO,
                                               flags | XFS_QMOPT_UQUOTA);
                 if (error)
                         goto error_rele;
@@ -1539,7 +1528,6 @@ xfs_qm_init_quotainos(
         }
         if (XFS_IS_GQUOTA_ON(mp) && gip == NULL) {
                 error = xfs_qm_qino_alloc(mp, &gip,
-                                          sbflags | XFS_SB_GQUOTINO,
                                           flags | XFS_QMOPT_GQUOTA);
                 if (error)
                         goto error_rele;
@@ -1548,7 +1536,6 @@ xfs_qm_init_quotainos(
         }
         if (XFS_IS_PQUOTA_ON(mp) && pip == NULL) {
                 error = xfs_qm_qino_alloc(mp, &pip,
-                                          sbflags | XFS_SB_PQUOTINO,
                                           flags | XFS_QMOPT_PQUOTA);
                 if (error)
                         goto error_rele;
@@ -1587,32 +1574,6 @@ xfs_qm_dqfree_one(
         xfs_qm_dqdestroy(dqp);
 }
 
-/*
- * Start a transaction and write the incore superblock changes to
- * disk. flags parameter indicates which fields have changed.
- */
-int
-xfs_qm_write_sb_changes(
-        xfs_mount_t     *mp,
-        __int64_t       flags)
-{
-        xfs_trans_t     *tp;
-        int             error;
-
-        tp = xfs_trans_alloc(mp, XFS_TRANS_QM_SBCHANGE);
-        error = xfs_trans_reserve(tp, &M_RES(mp)->tr_qm_sbchange, 0, 0);
-        if (error) {
-                xfs_trans_cancel(tp, 0);
-                return error;
-        }
-
-        xfs_mod_sb(tp, flags);
-        error = xfs_trans_commit(tp, 0);
-
-        return error;
-}
-
-
 /* --------------- utility functions for vnodeops ---------------- */
 
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_qm.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_qm.h
index 3a07a937e232..d6e4d88094ab 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_qm.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_qm.h
@@ -157,7 +157,6 @@ struct xfs_dquot_acct {
 #define XFS_QM_RTBWARNLIMIT     5
 
 extern void             xfs_qm_destroy_quotainfo(struct xfs_mount *);
-extern int              xfs_qm_write_sb_changes(struct xfs_mount *, __int64_t);
 
 /* dquot stuff */
 extern void             xfs_qm_dqpurge_all(struct xfs_mount *, uint);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_qm_syscalls.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_qm_syscalls.c
index 74fca68e43b6..b8a565edb4ae 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_qm_syscalls.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_qm_syscalls.c
@@ -92,8 +92,7 @@ xfs_qm_scall_quotaoff(
                 mutex_unlock(&q->qi_quotaofflock);
 
                 /* XXX what to do if error ? Revert back to old vals incore ? */
-                error = xfs_qm_write_sb_changes(mp, XFS_SB_QFLAGS);
-                return error;
+                return xfs_sync_sb(mp, false);
         }
 
         dqtype = 0;
@@ -314,7 +313,6 @@ xfs_qm_scall_quotaon(
 {
         int             error;
         uint            qf;
-        __int64_t       sbflags;
 
         flags &= (XFS_ALL_QUOTA_ACCT | XFS_ALL_QUOTA_ENFD);
         /*
@@ -322,8 +320,6 @@ xfs_qm_scall_quotaon(
          */
         flags &= ~(XFS_ALL_QUOTA_ACCT);
 
-        sbflags = 0;
-
         if (flags == 0) {
                 xfs_debug(mp, "%s: zero flags, m_qflags=%x",
                         __func__, mp->m_qflags);
@@ -370,11 +366,11 @@ xfs_qm_scall_quotaon(
         /*
          * There's nothing to change if it's the same.
          */
-        if ((qf & flags) == flags && sbflags == 0)
+        if ((qf & flags) == flags)
                 return -EEXIST;
-        sbflags |= XFS_SB_QFLAGS;
 
-        if ((error = xfs_qm_write_sb_changes(mp, sbflags)))
+        error = xfs_sync_sb(mp, false);
+        if (error)
                 return error;
         /*
          * If we aren't trying to switch on quota enforcement, we are done.
@@ -801,7 +797,7 @@ xfs_qm_log_quotaoff(
         mp->m_sb.sb_qflags = (mp->m_qflags & ~(flags)) & XFS_MOUNT_QUOTA_ALL;
         spin_unlock(&mp->m_sb_lock);
 
-        xfs_mod_sb(tp, XFS_SB_QFLAGS);
+        xfs_log_sb(tp);
 
         /*
          * We have to make sure that the transaction is secure on disk before we
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
index 22e6acaa0320..5ce76d01885d 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
@@ -1257,13 +1257,13 @@ xfs_fs_remount(
                  * If this is the first remount to writeable state we
                  * might have some superblock changes to update.
                  */
-                if (mp->m_update_flags) {
-                        error = xfs_mount_log_sb(mp, mp->m_update_flags);
+                if (mp->m_update_sb) {
+                        error = xfs_sync_sb(mp, false);
                         if (error) {
                                 xfs_warn(mp, "failed to write sb changes");
                                 return error;
                         }
-                        mp->m_update_flags = 0;
+                        mp->m_update_sb = false;
                 }
 
                 /*
@@ -1293,8 +1293,9 @@ xfs_fs_remount(
 
 /*
  * Second stage of a freeze. The data is already frozen so we only
- * need to take care of the metadata. Once that's done write a dummy
- * record to dirty the log in case of a crash while frozen.
+ * need to take care of the metadata. Once that's done sync the superblock
+ * to the log to dirty it in case of a crash while frozen. This ensures that we
+ * will recover the unlinked inode lists on the next mount.
  */
 STATIC int
 xfs_fs_freeze(
@@ -1304,7 +1305,7 @@ xfs_fs_freeze(
 
         xfs_save_resvblks(mp);
         xfs_quiesce_attr(mp);
-        return xfs_fs_log_dummy(mp);
+        return xfs_sync_sb(mp, true);
 }
 
 STATIC int