Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6:
  fs: brlock vfsmount_lock
  fs: scale files_lock
  lglock: introduce special lglock and brlock spin locks
  tty: fix fu_list abuse
  fs: cleanup files_lock locking
  fs: remove extra lookup in __lookup_hash
  fs: fs_struct rwlock to spinlock
  apparmor: use task path helpers
  fs: dentry allocation consolidation
  fs: fix do_lookup false negative
  mbcache: Limit the maximum number of cache entries
  hostfs ->follow_link() braino
  hostfs: dumb (and usually harmless) tpyo - strncpy instead of strlcpy
  remove SWRITE* I/O types
  kill BH_Ordered flag
  vfs: update ctime when changing the file's permission by setfacl
  cramfs: only unlock new inodes
  fix reiserfs_evict_inode end_writeback second call

32 files changed, 518 insertions, 377 deletions

diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index 50efa339e05..3e7dca279d1 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -770,11 +770,12 @@ static int fsync_buffers_list(spinlock_t *lock, struct list_head *list)
 				spin_unlock(lock);
 				/*
 				 * Ensure any pending I/O completes so that
-				 * ll_rw_block() actually writes the current
-				 * contents - it is a noop if I/O is still in
-				 * flight on potentially older contents.
+				 * write_dirty_buffer() actually writes the
+				 * current contents - it is a noop if I/O is
+				 * still in flight on potentially older
+				 * contents.
 				 */
-				ll_rw_block(SWRITE_SYNC_PLUG, 1, &bh);
+				write_dirty_buffer(bh, WRITE_SYNC_PLUG);
 
 				/*
 				 * Kick off IO for the previous mapping. Note
@@ -2912,13 +2913,6 @@ int submit_bh(int rw, struct buffer_head * bh)
 	BUG_ON(buffer_unwritten(bh));
 
 	/*
-	 * Mask in barrier bit for a write (could be either a WRITE or a
-	 * WRITE_SYNC
-	 */
-	if (buffer_ordered(bh) && (rw & WRITE))
-		rw |= WRITE_BARRIER;
-
-	/*
 	 * Only clear out a write error when rewriting
 	 */
 	if (test_set_buffer_req(bh) && (rw & WRITE))
@@ -2956,22 +2950,21 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(submit_bh);
 
 /**
  * ll_rw_block: low-level access to block devices (DEPRECATED)
- * @rw: whether to %READ or %WRITE or %SWRITE or maybe %READA (readahead)
+ * @rw: whether to %READ or %WRITE or maybe %READA (readahead)
  * @nr: number of &struct buffer_heads in the array
  * @bhs: array of pointers to &struct buffer_head
  *
  * ll_rw_block() takes an array of pointers to &struct buffer_heads, and
  * requests an I/O operation on them, either a %READ or a %WRITE.  The third
- * %SWRITE is like %WRITE only we make sure that the *current* data in buffers
- * are sent to disk. The fourth %READA option is described in the documentation
- * for generic_make_request() which ll_rw_block() calls.
+ * %READA option is described in the documentation for generic_make_request()
+ * which ll_rw_block() calls.
  *
  * This function drops any buffer that it cannot get a lock on (with the
- * BH_Lock state bit) unless SWRITE is required, any buffer that appears to be
- * clean when doing a write request, and any buffer that appears to be
- * up-to-date when doing read request.  Further it marks as clean buffers that
- * are processed for writing (the buffer cache won't assume that they are
- * actually clean until the buffer gets unlocked).
+ * BH_Lock state bit), any buffer that appears to be clean when doing a write
+ * request, and any buffer that appears to be up-to-date when doing read
+ * request.  Further it marks as clean buffers that are processed for
+ * writing (the buffer cache won't assume that they are actually clean
+ * until the buffer gets unlocked).
  *
  * ll_rw_block sets b_end_io to simple completion handler that marks
  * the buffer up-to-date (if approriate), unlocks the buffer and wakes
@@ -2987,20 +2980,13 @@ void ll_rw_block(int rw, int nr, struct buffer_head *bhs[])
 	for (i = 0; i < nr; i++) {
 		struct buffer_head *bh = bhs[i];
 
-		if (rw == SWRITE || rw == SWRITE_SYNC || rw == SWRITE_SYNC_PLUG)
-			lock_buffer(bh);
-		else if (!trylock_buffer(bh))
+		if (!trylock_buffer(bh))
 			continue;
-
-		if (rw == WRITE || rw == SWRITE || rw == SWRITE_SYNC ||
-		    rw == SWRITE_SYNC_PLUG) {
+		if (rw == WRITE) {
 			if (test_clear_buffer_dirty(bh)) {
 				bh->b_end_io = end_buffer_write_sync;
 				get_bh(bh);
-				if (rw == SWRITE_SYNC)
-					submit_bh(WRITE_SYNC, bh);
-				else
-					submit_bh(WRITE, bh);
+				submit_bh(WRITE, bh);
 				continue;
 			}
 		} else {
@@ -3016,12 +3002,25 @@ void ll_rw_block(int rw, int nr, struct buffer_head *bhs[])
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ll_rw_block);
 
+void write_dirty_buffer(struct buffer_head *bh, int rw)
+{
+	lock_buffer(bh);
+	if (!test_clear_buffer_dirty(bh)) {
+		unlock_buffer(bh);
+		return;
+	}
+	bh->b_end_io = end_buffer_write_sync;
+	get_bh(bh);
+	submit_bh(rw, bh);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(write_dirty_buffer);
+
 /*
  * For a data-integrity writeout, we need to wait upon any in-progress I/O
  * and then start new I/O and then wait upon it.  The caller must have a ref on
  * the buffer_head.
  */
-int sync_dirty_buffer(struct buffer_head *bh)
+int __sync_dirty_buffer(struct buffer_head *bh, int rw)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
 
@@ -3030,7 +3029,7 @@ int sync_dirty_buffer(struct buffer_head *bh)
 	if (test_clear_buffer_dirty(bh)) {
 		get_bh(bh);
 		bh->b_end_io = end_buffer_write_sync;
-		ret = submit_bh(WRITE_SYNC, bh);
+		ret = submit_bh(rw, bh);
 		wait_on_buffer(bh);
 		if (buffer_eopnotsupp(bh)) {
 			clear_buffer_eopnotsupp(bh);
@@ -3043,6 +3042,12 @@ int sync_dirty_buffer(struct buffer_head *bh)
 	}
 	return ret;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__sync_dirty_buffer);
+
+int sync_dirty_buffer(struct buffer_head *bh)
+{
+	return __sync_dirty_buffer(bh, WRITE_SYNC);
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_dirty_buffer);
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/cramfs/inode.c b/fs/cramfs/inode.c
index a53b130b366..1e7a33028d3 100644
--- a/fs/cramfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/cramfs/inode.c
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ static struct inode *get_cramfs_inode(struct super_block *sb,
 		}
 	} else {
 		inode = iget_locked(sb, CRAMINO(cramfs_inode));
-		if (inode) {
+		if (inode && (inode->i_state & I_NEW)) {
 			setup_inode(inode, cramfs_inode);
 			unlock_new_inode(inode);
 		}
diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index 4d13bf50b7b..83293be4814 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -1332,31 +1332,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_add_ci);
  * d_lookup - search for a dentry
  * @parent: parent dentry
  * @name: qstr of name we wish to find
+ * Returns: dentry, or NULL
  *
- * Searches the children of the parent dentry for the name in question. If
- * the dentry is found its reference count is incremented and the dentry
- * is returned. The caller must use dput to free the entry when it has
- * finished using it. %NULL is returned on failure.
- *
- * __d_lookup is dcache_lock free. The hash list is protected using RCU.
- * Memory barriers are used while updating and doing lockless traversal. 
- * To avoid races with d_move while rename is happening, d_lock is used.
- *
- * Overflows in memcmp(), while d_move, are avoided by keeping the length
- * and name pointer in one structure pointed by d_qstr.
- *
- * rcu_read_lock() and rcu_read_unlock() are used to disable preemption while
- * lookup is going on.
- *
- * The dentry unused LRU is not updated even if lookup finds the required dentry
- * in there. It is updated in places such as prune_dcache, shrink_dcache_sb,
- * select_parent and __dget_locked. This laziness saves lookup from dcache_lock
- * acquisition.
- *
- * d_lookup() is protected against the concurrent renames in some unrelated
- * directory using the seqlockt_t rename_lock.
+ * d_lookup searches the children of the parent dentry for the name in
+ * question. If the dentry is found its reference count is incremented and the
+ * dentry is returned. The caller must use dput to free the entry when it has
+ * finished using it. %NULL is returned if the dentry does not exist.
  */
-
 struct dentry * d_lookup(struct dentry * parent, struct qstr * name)
 {
 	struct dentry * dentry = NULL;
@@ -1372,6 +1354,21 @@ struct dentry * d_lookup(struct dentry * parent, struct qstr * name)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_lookup);
 
+/*
+ * __d_lookup - search for a dentry (racy)
+ * @parent: parent dentry
+ * @name: qstr of name we wish to find
+ * Returns: dentry, or NULL
+ *
+ * __d_lookup is like d_lookup, however it may (rarely) return a
+ * false-negative result due to unrelated rename activity.
+ *
+ * __d_lookup is slightly faster by avoiding rename_lock read seqlock,
+ * however it must be used carefully, eg. with a following d_lookup in
+ * the case of failure.
+ *
+ * __d_lookup callers must be commented.
+ */
 struct dentry * __d_lookup(struct dentry * parent, struct qstr * name)
 {
 	unsigned int len = name->len;
@@ -1382,6 +1379,19 @@ struct dentry * __d_lookup(struct dentry * parent, struct qstr * name)
 	struct hlist_node *node;
 	struct dentry *dentry;
 
+	/*
+	 * The hash list is protected using RCU.
+	 *
+	 * Take d_lock when comparing a candidate dentry, to avoid races
+	 * with d_move().
+	 *
+	 * It is possible that concurrent renames can mess up our list
+	 * walk here and result in missing our dentry, resulting in the
+	 * false-negative result. d_lookup() protects against concurrent
+	 * renames using rename_lock seqlock.
+	 *
+	 * See Documentation/vfs/dcache-locking.txt for more details.
+	 */
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	
 	hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(dentry, node, head, d_hash) {
@@ -1396,8 +1406,8 @@ struct dentry * __d_lookup(struct dentry * parent, struct qstr * name)
 
 		/*
 		 * Recheck the dentry after taking the lock - d_move may have
-		 * changed things.  Don't bother checking the hash because we're
-		 * about to compare the whole name anyway.
+		 * changed things. Don't bother checking the hash because
+		 * we're about to compare the whole name anyway.
 		 */
 		if (dentry->d_parent != parent)
 			goto next;
@@ -1925,7 +1935,7 @@ static int prepend_path(const struct path *path, struct path *root,
 	bool slash = false;
 	int error = 0;
 
-	spin_lock(&vfsmount_lock);
+	br_read_lock(vfsmount_lock);
 	while (dentry != root->dentry || vfsmnt != root->mnt) {
 		struct dentry * parent;
 
@@ -1954,7 +1964,7 @@ out:
 	if (!error && !slash)
 		error = prepend(buffer, buflen, "/", 1);
 
-	spin_unlock(&vfsmount_lock);
+	br_read_unlock(vfsmount_lock);
 	return error;
 
 global_root:
@@ -2292,11 +2302,12 @@ int path_is_under(struct path *path1, struct path *path2)
 	struct vfsmount *mnt = path1->mnt;
 	struct dentry *dentry = path1->dentry;
 	int res;
-	spin_lock(&vfsmount_lock);
+
+	br_read_lock(vfsmount_lock);
 	if (mnt != path2->mnt) {
 		for (;;) {
 			if (mnt->mnt_parent == mnt) {
-				spin_unlock(&vfsmount_lock);
+				br_read_unlock(vfsmount_lock);
 				return 0;
 			}
 			if (mnt->mnt_parent == path2->mnt)
@@ -2306,7 +2317,7 @@ int path_is_under(struct path *path1, struct path *path2)
 		dentry = mnt->mnt_mountpoint;
 	}
 	res = is_subdir(dentry, path2->dentry);
-	spin_unlock(&vfsmount_lock);
+	br_read_unlock(vfsmount_lock);
 	return res;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(path_is_under);
diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index 05c7d6b84df..2d945528274 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -1118,7 +1118,7 @@ int check_unsafe_exec(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
 	bprm->unsafe = tracehook_unsafe_exec(p);
 
 	n_fs = 1;
-	write_lock(&p->fs->lock);
+	spin_lock(&p->fs->lock);
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	for (t = next_thread(p); t != p; t = next_thread(t)) {
 		if (t->fs == p->fs)
@@ -1135,7 +1135,7 @@ int check_unsafe_exec(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
 			res = 1;
 		}
 	}
-	write_unlock(&p->fs->lock);
+	spin_unlock(&p->fs->lock);
 
 	return res;
 }
diff --git a/fs/fat/misc.c b/fs/fat/misc.c
index 1fa23f6ffba..1736f235638 100644
--- a/fs/fat/misc.c
+++ b/fs/fat/misc.c
@@ -250,7 +250,9 @@ int fat_sync_bhs(struct buffer_head **bhs, int nr_bhs)
 {
 	int i, err = 0;
 
-	ll_rw_block(SWRITE, nr_bhs, bhs);
+	for (i = 0; i < nr_bhs; i++)
+		write_dirty_buffer(bhs[i], WRITE);
+
 	for (i = 0; i < nr_bhs; i++) {
 		wait_on_buffer(bhs[i]);
 		if (buffer_eopnotsupp(bhs[i])) {
diff --git a/fs/file_table.c b/fs/file_table.c
index edecd36fed9..a04bdd81c11 100644
--- a/fs/file_table.c
+++ b/fs/file_table.c
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@
 #include <linux/cdev.h>
 #include <linux/fsnotify.h>
 #include <linux/sysctl.h>
+#include <linux/lglock.h>
 #include <linux/percpu_counter.h>
+#include <linux/percpu.h>
 #include <linux/ima.h>
 
 #include <asm/atomic.h>
@@ -32,8 +34,8 @@ struct files_stat_struct files_stat = {
 	.max_files = NR_FILE
 };
 
-/* public. Not pretty! */
-__cacheline_aligned_in_smp DEFINE_SPINLOCK(files_lock);
+DECLARE_LGLOCK(files_lglock);
+DEFINE_LGLOCK(files_lglock);
 
 /* SLAB cache for file structures */
 static struct kmem_cache *filp_cachep __read_mostly;
@@ -249,7 +251,7 @@ static void __fput(struct file *file)
 		cdev_put(inode->i_cdev);
 	fops_put(file->f_op);
 	put_pid(file->f_owner.pid);
-	file_kill(file);
+	file_sb_list_del(file);
 	if (file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE)
 		drop_file_write_access(file);
 	file->f_path.dentry = NULL;
@@ -328,41 +330,107 @@ struct file *fget_light(unsigned int fd, int *fput_needed)
 	return file;
 }
 
-
 void put_filp(struct file *file)
 {
 	if (atomic_long_dec_and_test(&file->f_count)) {
 		security_file_free(file);
-		file_kill(file);
+		file_sb_list_del(file);
 		file_free(file);
 	}
 }
 
-void file_move(struct file *file, struct list_head *list)
+static inline int file_list_cpu(struct file *file)
 {
-	if (!list)
-		return;
-	file_list_lock();
-	list_move(&file->f_u.fu_list, list);
-	file_list_unlock();
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+	return file->f_sb_list_cpu;
+#else
+	return smp_processor_id();
+#endif
+}
+
+/* helper for file_sb_list_add to reduce ifdefs */
+static inline void __file_sb_list_add(struct file *file, struct super_block *sb)
+{
+	struct list_head *list;
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+	int cpu;
+	cpu = smp_processor_id();
+	file->f_sb_list_cpu = cpu;
+	list = per_cpu_ptr(sb->s_files, cpu);
+#else
+	list = &sb->s_files;
+#endif
+	list_add(&file->f_u.fu_list, list);
 }
 
-void file_kill(struct file *file)
+/**
+ * file_sb_list_add - add a file to the sb's file list
+ * @file: file to add
+ * @sb: sb to add it to
+ *
+ * Use this function to associate a file with the superblock of the inode it
+ * refers to.
+ */
+void file_sb_list_add(struct file *file, struct super_block *sb)
+{
+	lg_local_lock(files_lglock);
+	__file_sb_list_add(file, sb);
+	lg_local_unlock(files_lglock);
+}
+
+/**
+ * file_sb_list_del - remove a file from the sb's file list
+ * @file: file to remove
+ * @sb: sb to remove it from
+ *
+ * Use this function to remove a file from its superblock.
+ */
+void file_sb_list_del(struct file *file)
 {
 	if (!list_empty(&file->f_u.fu_list)) {
-		file_list_lock();
+		lg_local_lock_cpu(files_lglock, file_list_cpu(file));
 		list_del_init(&file->f_u.fu_list);
-		file_list_unlock();
+		lg_local_unlock_cpu(files_lglock, file_list_cpu(file));
 	}
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+
+/*
+ * These macros iterate all files on all CPUs for a given superblock.
+ * files_lglock must be held globally.
+ */
+#define do_file_list_for_each_entry(__sb, __file)		\
+{								\
+	int i;							\
+	for_each_possible_cpu(i) {				\
+		struct list_head *list;				\
+		list = per_cpu_ptr((__sb)->s_files, i);		\
+		list_for_each_entry((__file), list, f_u.fu_list)
+
+#define while_file_list_for_each_entry				\
+	}							\
+}
+
+#else
+
+#define do_file_list_for_each_entry(__sb, __file)		\
+{								\
+	struct list_head *list;					\
+	list = &(sb)->s_files;					\
+	list_for_each_entry((__file), list, f_u.fu_list)
+
+#define while_file_list_for_each_entry				\
+}
+
+#endif
+
 int fs_may_remount_ro(struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	struct file *file;
-
 	/* Check that no files are currently opened for writing. */
-	file_list_lock();
-	list_for_each_entry(file, &sb->s_files, f_u.fu_list) {
+	lg_global_lock(files_lglock);
+	do_file_list_for_each_entry(sb, file) {
 		struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
 
 		/* File with pending delete? */
@@ -372,11 +440,11 @@ int fs_may_remount_ro(struct super_block *sb)
 		/* Writeable file? */
 		if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) && (file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE))
 			goto too_bad;
-	}
-	file_list_unlock();
+	} while_file_list_for_each_entry;
+	lg_global_unlock(files_lglock);
 	return 1; /* Tis' cool bro. */
 too_bad:
-	file_list_unlock();
+	lg_global_unlock(files_lglock);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -392,8 +460,8 @@ void mark_files_ro(struct super_block *sb)
 	struct file *f;
 
 retry:
-	file_list_lock();
-	list_for_each_entry(f, &sb->s_files, f_u.fu_list) {
+	lg_global_lock(files_lglock);
+	do_file_list_for_each_entry(sb, f) {
 		struct vfsmount *mnt;
 		if (!S_ISREG(f->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_mode))
 		       continue;
@@ -408,16 +476,13 @@ retry:
 			continue;
 		file_release_write(f);
 		mnt = mntget(f->f_path.mnt);
-		file_list_unlock();
-		/*
-		 * This can sleep, so we can't hold
-		 * the file_list_lock() spinlock.
-		 */
+		/* This can sleep, so we can't hold the spinlock. */
+		lg_global_unlock(files_lglock);
 		mnt_drop_write(mnt);
 		mntput(mnt);
 		goto retry;
-	}
-	file_list_unlock();
+	} while_file_list_for_each_entry;
+	lg_global_unlock(files_lglock);
 }
 
 void __init files_init(unsigned long mempages)
@@ -437,5 +502,6 @@ void __init files_init(unsigned long mempages)
 	if (files_stat.max_files < NR_FILE)
 		files_stat.max_files = NR_FILE;
 	files_defer_init();
+	lg_lock_init(files_lglock);
 	percpu_counter_init(&nr_files, 0);
 } 
diff --git a/fs/fs_struct.c b/fs/fs_struct.c
index 1ee40eb9a2c..ed45a9cf5f3 100644
--- a/fs/fs_struct.c
+++ b/fs/fs_struct.c
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ void set_fs_root(struct fs_struct *fs, struct path *path)
 {
 	struct path old_root;
 
-	write_lock(&fs->lock);
+	spin_lock(&fs->lock);
 	old_root = fs->root;
 	fs->root = *path;
 	path_get(path);
-	write_unlock(&fs->lock);
+	spin_unlock(&fs->lock);
 	if (old_root.dentry)
 		path_put(&old_root);
 }
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@ void set_fs_pwd(struct fs_struct *fs, struct path *path)
 {
 	struct path old_pwd;
 
-	write_lock(&fs->lock);
+	spin_lock(&fs->lock);
 	old_pwd = fs->pwd;
 	fs->pwd = *path;
 	path_get(path);
-	write_unlock(&fs->lock);
+	spin_unlock(&fs->lock);
 
 	if (old_pwd.dentry)
 		path_put(&old_pwd);
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ void chroot_fs_refs(struct path *old_root, struct path *new_root)
 		task_lock(p);
 		fs = p->fs;
 		if (fs) {
-			write_lock(&fs->lock);
+			spin_lock(&fs->lock);
 			if (fs->root.dentry == old_root->dentry
 			    && fs->root.mnt == old_root->mnt) {
 				path_get(new_root);
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ void chroot_fs_refs(struct path *old_root, struct path *new_root)
 				fs->pwd = *new_root;
 				count++;
 			}
-			write_unlock(&fs->lock);
+			spin_unlock(&fs->lock);
 		}
 		task_unlock(p);
 	} while_each_thread(g, p);
@@ -87,10 +87,10 @@ void exit_fs(struct task_struct *tsk)
 	if (fs) {
 		int kill;
 		task_lock(tsk);
-		write_lock(&fs->lock);
+		spin_lock(&fs->lock);
 		tsk->fs = NULL;
 		kill = !--fs->users;
-		write_unlock(&fs->lock);
+		spin_unlock(&fs->lock);
 		task_unlock(tsk);
 		if (kill)
 			free_fs_struct(fs);
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ struct fs_struct *copy_fs_struct(struct fs_struct *old)
 	if (fs) {
 		fs->users = 1;
 		fs->in_exec = 0;
-		rwlock_init(&fs->lock);
+		spin_lock_init(&fs->lock);
 		fs->umask = old->umask;
 		get_fs_root_and_pwd(old, &fs->root, &fs->pwd);
 	}
@@ -121,10 +121,10 @@ int unshare_fs_struct(void)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	task_lock(current);
-	write_lock(&fs->lock);
+	spin_lock(&fs->lock);
 	kill = !--fs->users;
 	current->fs = new_fs;
-	write_unlock(&fs->lock);
+	spin_unlock(&fs->lock);
 	task_unlock(current);
 
 	if (kill)
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(current_umask);
 /* to be mentioned only in INIT_TASK */
 struct fs_struct init_fs = {
 	.users		= 1,
-	.lock		= __RW_LOCK_UNLOCKED(init_fs.lock),
+	.lock		= __SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED(init_fs.lock),
 	.umask		= 0022,
 };
 
@@ -156,14 +156,14 @@ void daemonize_fs_struct(void)
 
 		task_lock(current);
 
-		write_lock(&init_fs.lock);
+		spin_lock(&init_fs.lock);
 		init_fs.users++;
-		write_unlock(&init_fs.lock);
+		spin_unlock(&init_fs.lock);
 
-		write_lock(&fs->lock);
+		spin_lock(&fs->lock);
 		current->fs = &init_fs;
 		kill = !--fs->users;
-		write_unlock(&fs->lock);
+		spin_unlock(&fs->lock);
 
 		task_unlock(current);
 		if (kill)
diff --git a/fs/generic_acl.c b/fs/generic_acl.c
index 99800e56415..6bc9e3a5a69 100644
--- a/fs/generic_acl.c
+++ b/fs/generic_acl.c
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ generic_acl_set(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, const void *value,
 			if (error < 0)
 				goto failed;
 			inode->i_mode = mode;
+			inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
 			if (error == 0) {
 				posix_acl_release(acl);
 				acl = NULL;
diff --git a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
index dd1e55535a4..f7dc9b5f9ef 100644
--- a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
+++ b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ static char *__dentry_name(struct dentry *dentry, char *name)
 		__putname(name);
 		return NULL;
 	}
-	strncpy(name, root, PATH_MAX);
+	strlcpy(name, root, PATH_MAX);
 	if (len > p - name) {
 		__putname(name);
 		return NULL;
@@ -876,7 +876,7 @@ static void *hostfs_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 		char *path = dentry_name(dentry);
 		int err = -ENOMEM;
 		if (path) {
-			int err = hostfs_do_readlink(path, link, PATH_MAX);
+			err = hostfs_do_readlink(path, link, PATH_MAX);
 			if (err == PATH_MAX)
 				err = -E2BIG;
 			__putname(path);
diff --git a/fs/internal.h b/fs/internal.h
index 6b706bc60a6..a6910e91cee 100644
--- a/fs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/internal.h
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
  * 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  */
 
+#include <linux/lglock.h>
+
 struct super_block;
 struct linux_binprm;
 struct path;
@@ -70,7 +72,8 @@ extern struct vfsmount *copy_tree(struct vfsmount *, struct dentry *, int);
 
 extern void __init mnt_init(void);
 
-extern spinlock_t vfsmount_lock;
+DECLARE_BRLOCK(vfsmount_lock);
+
 
 /*
  * fs_struct.c
@@ -80,6 +83,8 @@ extern void chroot_fs_refs(struct path *, struct path *);
 /*
  * file_table.c
  */
+extern void file_sb_list_add(struct file *f, struct super_block *sb);
+extern void file_sb_list_del(struct file *f);
 extern void mark_files_ro(struct super_block *);
 extern struct file *get_empty_filp(void);
 
diff --git a/fs/jbd/checkpoint.c b/fs/jbd/checkpoint.c
index b0435dd0654..05a38b9c4c0 100644
--- a/fs/jbd/checkpoint.c
+++ b/fs/jbd/checkpoint.c
@@ -254,7 +254,9 @@ __flush_batch(journal_t *journal, struct buffer_head **bhs, int *batch_count)
 {
 	int i;
 
-	ll_rw_block(SWRITE, *batch_count, bhs);
+	for (i = 0; i < *batch_count; i++)
+		write_dirty_buffer(bhs[i], WRITE);
+
 	for (i = 0; i < *batch_count; i++) {
 		struct buffer_head *bh = bhs[i];
 		clear_buffer_jwrite(bh);
diff --git a/fs/jbd/commit.c b/fs/jbd/commit.c
index 28a9ddaa0c4..95d8c11c929 100644
--- a/fs/jbd/commit.c
+++ b/fs/jbd/commit.c
@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@ static int journal_write_commit_record(journal_t *journal,
 	struct buffer_head *bh;
 	journal_header_t *header;
 	int ret;
-	int barrier_done = 0;
 
 	if (is_journal_aborted(journal))
 		return 0;
@@ -137,34 +136,36 @@ static int journal_write_commit_record(journal_t *journal,
 
 	JBUFFER_TRACE(descriptor, "write commit block");
 	set_buffer_dirty(bh);
+
 	if (journal->j_flags & JFS_BARRIER) {
-		set_buffer_ordered(bh);
-		barrier_done = 1;
-	}
-	ret = sync_dirty_buffer(bh);
-	if (barrier_done)
-		clear_buffer_ordered(bh);
-	/* is it possible for another commit to fail at roughly
-	 * the same time as this one?  If so, we don't want to
-	 * trust the barrier flag in the super, but instead want
-	 * to remember if we sent a barrier request
-	 */
-	if (ret == -EOPNOTSUPP && barrier_done) {
-		char b[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
+		ret = __sync_dirty_buffer(bh, WRITE_SYNC | WRITE_BARRIER);
 
-		printk(KERN_WARNING
-			"JBD: barrier-based sync failed on %s - "
-			"disabling barriers\n",
-			bdevname(journal->j_dev, b));
-		spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
-		journal->j_flags &= ~JFS_BARRIER;
-		spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+		/*
+		 * Is it possible for another commit to fail at roughly
+		 * the same time as this one?  If so, we don't want to
+		 * trust the barrier flag in the super, but instead want
+		 * to remember if we sent a barrier request
+		 */
+		if (ret == -EOPNOTSUPP) {
+			char b[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
 
-		/* And try again, without the barrier */
-		set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
-		set_buffer_dirty(bh);
+			printk(KERN_WARNING
+				"JBD: barrier-based sync failed on %s - "
+				"disabling barriers\n",
+				bdevname(journal->j_dev, b));
+			spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+			journal->j_flags &= ~JFS_BARRIER;
+			spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+
+			/* And try again, without the barrier */
+			set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
+			set_buffer_dirty(bh);
+			ret = sync_dirty_buffer(bh);
+		}
+	} else {
 		ret = sync_dirty_buffer(bh);
 	}
+
 	put_bh(bh);		/* One for getblk() */
 	journal_put_journal_head(descriptor);
 
diff --git a/fs/jbd/journal.c b/fs/jbd/journal.c
index f19ce94693d..2c4b1f109da 100644
--- a/fs/jbd/journal.c
+++ b/fs/jbd/journal.c
@@ -1024,7 +1024,7 @@ void journal_update_superblock(journal_t *journal, int wait)
 	if (wait)
 		sync_dirty_buffer(bh);
 	else
-		ll_rw_block(SWRITE, 1, &bh);
+		write_dirty_buffer(bh, WRITE);
 
 out:
 	/* If we have just flushed the log (by marking s_start==0), then
diff --git a/fs/jbd/revoke.c b/fs/jbd/revoke.c
index ad717328343..d29018307e2 100644
--- a/fs/jbd/revoke.c
+++ b/fs/jbd/revoke.c
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ static void flush_descriptor(journal_t *journal,
 	set_buffer_jwrite(bh);
 	BUFFER_TRACE(bh, "write");
 	set_buffer_dirty(bh);
-	ll_rw_block((write_op == WRITE) ? SWRITE : SWRITE_SYNC_PLUG, 1, &bh);
+	write_dirty_buffer(bh, write_op);
 }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c b/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c
index 1c23a0f4e8a..5247e7ffdcb 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c
@@ -255,7 +255,9 @@ __flush_batch(journal_t *journal, int *batch_count)
 {
 	int i;
 
-	ll_rw_block(SWRITE, *batch_count, journal->j_chkpt_bhs);
+	for (i = 0; i < *batch_count; i++)
+		write_dirty_buffer(journal->j_chkpt_bhs[i], WRITE);
+
 	for (i = 0; i < *batch_count; i++) {
 		struct buffer_head *bh = journal->j_chkpt_bhs[i];
 		clear_buffer_jwrite(bh);
diff --git a/fs/jbd2/commit.c b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
index f52e5e8049f..7c068c189d8 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/commit.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ static int journal_submit_commit_record(journal_t *journal,
 	struct commit_header *tmp;
 	struct buffer_head *bh;
 	int ret;
-	int barrier_done = 0;
 	struct timespec now = current_kernel_time();
 
 	if (is_journal_aborted(journal))
@@ -136,30 +135,22 @@ static int journal_submit_commit_record(journal_t *journal,
 	if (journal->j_flags & JBD2_BARRIER &&
 	    !JBD2_HAS_INCOMPAT_FEATURE(journal,
 				       JBD2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_ASYNC_COMMIT)) {
-		set_buffer_ordered(bh);
-		barrier_done = 1;
-	}
-	ret = submit_bh(WRITE_SYNC_PLUG, bh);
-	if (barrier_done)
-		clear_buffer_ordered(bh);
-
-	/* is it possible for another commit to fail at roughly
-	 * the same time as this one?  If so, we don't want to
-	 * trust the barrier flag in the super, but instead want
-	 * to remember if we sent a barrier request
-	 */
-	if (ret == -EOPNOTSUPP && barrier_done) {
-		printk(KERN_WARNING
-		       "JBD2: Disabling barriers on %s, "
-		       "not supported by device\n", journal->j_devname);
-		write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
-		journal->j_flags &= ~JBD2_BARRIER;
-		write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+		ret = submit_bh(WRITE_SYNC_PLUG | WRITE_BARRIER, bh);
+		if (ret == -EOPNOTSUPP) {
+			printk(KERN_WARNING
+			       "JBD2: Disabling barriers on %s, "
+			       "not supported by device\n", journal->j_devname);
+			write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+			journal->j_flags &= ~JBD2_BARRIER;
+			write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 
-		/* And try again, without the barrier */
-		lock_buffer(bh);
-		set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
-		clear_buffer_dirty(bh);
+			/* And try again, without the barrier */
+			lock_buffer(bh);
+			set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
+			clear_buffer_dirty(bh);
+			ret = submit_bh(WRITE_SYNC_PLUG, bh);
+		}
+	} else {
 		ret = submit_bh(WRITE_SYNC_PLUG, bh);
 	}
 	*cbh = bh;
diff --git a/fs/jbd2/journal.c b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
index ad5866aaf0f..0e8014ea6b9 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/journal.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
@@ -1124,7 +1124,7 @@ void jbd2_journal_update_superblock(journal_t *journal, int wait)
 			set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
 		}
 	} else
-		ll_rw_block(SWRITE, 1, &bh);
+		write_dirty_buffer(bh, WRITE);
 
 out:
 	/* If we have just flushed the log (by marking s_start==0), then
diff --git a/fs/jbd2/revoke.c b/fs/jbd2/revoke.c
index a360b06af2e..9ad321fd63f 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/revoke.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/revoke.c
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ static void flush_descriptor(journal_t *journal,
 	set_buffer_jwrite(bh);
 	BUFFER_TRACE(bh, "write");
 	set_buffer_dirty(bh);
-	ll_rw_block((write_op == WRITE) ? SWRITE : SWRITE_SYNC_PLUG, 1, &bh);
+	write_dirty_buffer(bh, write_op);
 }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/fs/mbcache.c b/fs/mbcache.c
index cf4e6cdfd15..93444747237 100644
--- a/fs/mbcache.c
+++ b/fs/mbcache.c
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ struct mb_cache {
 	struct list_head		c_cache_list;
 	const char			*c_name;
 	atomic_t			c_entry_count;
+	int				c_max_entries;
 	int				c_bucket_bits;
 	struct kmem_cache		*c_entry_cache;
 	struct list_head		*c_block_hash;
@@ -243,6 +244,12 @@ mb_cache_create(const char *name, int bucket_bits)
 	if (!cache->c_entry_cache)
 		goto fail2;
 
+	/*
+	 * Set an upper limit on the number of cache entries so that the hash
+	 * chains won't grow too long.
+	 */
+	cache->c_max_entries = bucket_count << 4;
+
 	spin_lock(&mb_cache_spinlock);
 	list_add(&cache->c_cache_list, &mb_cache_list);
 	spin_unlock(&mb_cache_spinlock);
@@ -333,7 +340,6 @@ mb_cache_destroy(struct mb_cache *cache)
 	kfree(cache);
 }
 
-
 /*
  * mb_cache_entry_alloc()
  *
@@ -345,17 +351,29 @@ mb_cache_destroy(struct mb_cache *cache)
 struct mb_cache_entry *
 mb_cache_entry_alloc(struct mb_cache *cache, gfp_t gfp_flags)
 {
-	struct mb_cache_entry *ce;
-
-	ce = kmem_cache_alloc(cache->c_entry_cache, gfp_flags);
-	if (ce) {
+	struct mb_cache_entry *ce = NULL;
+
+	if (atomic_read(&cache->c_entry_count) >= cache->c_max_entries) {
+		spin_lock(&mb_cache_spinlock);
+		if (!list_empty(&mb_cache_lru_list)) {
+			ce = list_entry(mb_cache_lru_list.next,
+					struct mb_cache_entry, e_lru_list);
+			list_del_init(&ce->e_lru_list);
+			__mb_cache_entry_unhash(ce);
+		}
+		spin_unlock(&mb_cache_spinlock);
+	}
+	if (!ce) {
+		ce = kmem_cache_alloc(cache->c_entry_cache, gfp_flags);
+		if (!ce)
+			return NULL;
 		atomic_inc(&cache->c_entry_count);
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ce->e_lru_list);
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ce->e_block_list);
 		ce->e_cache = cache;
-		ce->e_used = 1 + MB_CACHE_WRITER;
 		ce->e_queued = 0;
 	}
+	ce->e_used = 1 + MB_CACHE_WRITER;
 	return ce;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 17ea76bf2fb..24896e83356 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -595,15 +595,16 @@ int follow_up(struct path *path)
 {
 	struct vfsmount *parent;
 	struct dentry *mountpoint;
-	spin_lock(&vfsmount_lock);
+
+	br_read_lock(vfsmount_lock);
 	parent = path->mnt->mnt_parent;
 	if (parent == path->mnt) {
-		spin_unlock(&vfsmount_lock);
+		br_read_unlock(vfsmount_lock);
 		return 0;
 	}
 	mntget(parent);
 	mountpoint = dget(path->mnt->mnt_mountpoint);
-	spin_unlock(&vfsmount_lock);
+	br_read_unlock(vfsmount_lock);
 	dput(path->dentry);
 	path->dentry = mountpoint;
 	mntput(path->mnt);
@@ -686,6 +687,35 @@ static __always_inline void follow_dotdot(struct nameidata *nd)
 }
 
 /*
+ * Allocate a dentry with name and parent, and perform a parent
+ * directory ->lookup on it. Returns the new dentry, or ERR_PTR
+ * on error. parent->d_inode->i_mutex must be held. d_lookup must
+ * have verified that no child exists while under i_mutex.
+ */
+static struct dentry *d_alloc_and_lookup(struct dentry *parent,
+				struct qstr *name, struct nameidata *nd)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = parent->d_inode;
+	struct dentry *dentry;
+	struct dentry *old;
+
+	/* Don't create child dentry for a dead directory. */
+	if (unlikely(IS_DEADDIR(inode)))
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
+
+	dentry = d_alloc(parent, name);
+	if (unlikely(!dentry))
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+	old = inode->i_op->lookup(inode, dentry, nd);
+	if (unlikely(old)) {
+		dput(dentry);
+		dentry = old;
+	}
+	return dentry;
+}
+
+/*
  *  It's more convoluted than I'd like it to be, but... it's still fairly
  *  small and for now I'd prefer to have fast path as straight as possible.
  *  It _is_ time-critical.
@@ -706,9 +736,15 @@ static int do_lookup(struct nameidata *nd, struct qstr *name,
 			return err;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Rename seqlock is not required here because in the off chance
+	 * of a false negative due to a concurrent rename, we're going to
+	 * do the non-racy lookup, below.
+	 */
 	dentry = __d_lookup(nd->path.dentry, name);
 	if (!dentry)
 		goto need_lookup;
+found:
 	if (dentry->d_op && dentry->d_op->d_revalidate)
 		goto need_revalidate;
 done:
@@ -724,56 +760,28 @@ need_lookup:
 	mutex_lock(&dir->i_mutex);
 	/*
 	 * First re-do the cached lookup just in case it was created
-	 * while we waited for the directory semaphore..
+	 * while we waited for the directory semaphore, or the first
+	 * lookup failed due to an unrelated rename.
 	 *
-	 * FIXME! This could use version numbering or similar to
-	 * avoid unnecessary cache lookups.
-	 *
-	 * The "dcache_lock" is purely to protect the RCU list walker
-	 * from concurrent renames at this point (we mustn't get false
-	 * negatives from the RCU list walk here, unlike the optimistic
-	 * fast walk).
-	 *
-	 * so doing d_lookup() (with seqlock), instead of lockfree __d_lookup
+	 * This could use version numbering or similar to avoid unnecessary
+	 * cache lookups, but then we'd have to do the first lookup in the
+	 * non-racy way. However in the common case here, everything should
+	 * be hot in cache, so would it be a big win?
 	 */
 	dentry = d_lookup(parent, name);
-	if (!dentry) {
-		struct dentry *new;
-
-		/* Don't create child dentry for a dead directory. */
-		dentry = ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
-		if (IS_DEADDIR(dir))
-			goto out_unlock;
-
-		new = d_alloc(parent, name);
-		dentry = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-		if (new) {
-			dentry = dir->i_op->lookup(dir, new, nd);
-			if (dentry)
-				dput(new);
-			else
-				dentry = new;
-		}
-out_unlock:
+	if (likely(!dentry)) {
+		dentry = d_alloc_and_lookup(parent, name, nd);
 		mutex_unlock(&dir->i_mutex);
 		if (IS_ERR(dentry))
 			goto fail;
 		goto done;
 	}
-
 	/*
 	 * Uhhuh! Nasty case: the cache was re-populated while
 	 * we waited on the semaphore. Need to revalidate.
 	 */
 	mutex_unlock(&dir->i_mutex);
-	if (dentry->d_op && dentry->d_op->d_revalidate) {
-		dentry = do_revalidate(dentry, nd);
-		if (!dentry)
-			dentry = ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
-	}
-	if (IS_ERR(dentry))
-		goto fail;
-	goto done;
+	goto found;
 
 need_revalidate:
 	dentry = do_revalidate(dentry, nd);
@@ -1130,35 +1138,18 @@ static struct dentry *__lookup_hash(struct qstr *name,
 			goto out;
 	}
 
-	dentry = __d_lookup(base, name);
-
-	/* lockess __d_lookup may fail due to concurrent d_move()
-	 * in some unrelated directory, so try with d_lookup
+	/*
+	 * Don't bother with __d_lookup: callers are for creat as
+	 * well as unlink, so a lot of the time it would cost
+	 * a double lookup.
 	 */
-	if (!dentry)
-		dentry = d_lookup(base, name);
+	dentry = d_lookup(base, name);
 
 	if (dentry && dentry->d_op && dentry->d_op->d_revalidate)
 		dentry = do_revalidate(dentry, nd);
 
-	if (!dentry) {
-		struct dentry *new;
-
-		/* Don't create child dentry for a dead directory. */
-		dentry = ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
-		if (IS_DEADDIR(inode))
-			goto out;
-
-		new = d_alloc(base, name);
-		dentry = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-		if (!new)
-			goto out;
-		dentry = inode->i_op->lookup(inode, new, nd);
-		if (!dentry)
-			dentry = new;
-		else
-			dput(new);
-	}
+	if (!dentry)
+		dentry = d_alloc_and_lookup(base, name, nd);
 out:
 	return dentry;
 }
diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index 2e10cb19c5b..de402eb6eaf 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 #include <linux/syscalls.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/spinlock.h>
+#include <linux/percpu.h>
 #include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
@@ -38,12 +40,10 @@
 #define HASH_SHIFT ilog2(PAGE_SIZE / sizeof(struct list_head))
 #define HASH_SIZE (1UL << HASH_SHIFT)
 
-/* spinlock for vfsmount related operations, inplace of dcache_lock */
-__cacheline_aligned_in_smp DEFINE_SPINLOCK(vfsmount_lock);
-
 static int event;
 static DEFINE_IDA(mnt_id_ida);
 static DEFINE_IDA(mnt_group_ida);
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(mnt_id_lock);
 static int mnt_id_start = 0;
 static int mnt_group_start = 1;
 
@@ -55,6 +55,16 @@ static struct rw_semaphore namespace_sem;
 struct kobject *fs_kobj;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fs_kobj);
 
+/*
+ * vfsmount lock may be taken for read to prevent changes to the
+ * vfsmount hash, ie. during mountpoint lookups or walking back
+ * up the tree.
+ *
+ * It should be taken for write in all cases where the vfsmount
+ * tree or hash is modified or when a vfsmount structure is modified.
+ */
+DEFINE_BRLOCK(vfsmount_lock);
+
 static inline unsigned long hash(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	unsigned long tmp = ((unsigned long)mnt / L1_CACHE_BYTES);
@@ -65,18 +75,21 @@ static inline unsigned long hash(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry)
 
 #define MNT_WRITER_UNDERFLOW_LIMIT -(1<<16)
 
-/* allocation is serialized by namespace_sem */
+/*
+ * allocation is serialized by namespace_sem, but we need the spinlock to
+ * serialize with freeing.
+ */
 static int mnt_alloc_id(struct vfsmount *mnt)
 {
 	int res;
 
 retry:
 	ida_pre_get(&mnt_id_ida, GFP_KERNEL);
-	spin_lock(&vfsmount_lock);
+	spin_lock(&mnt_id_lock);
 	res = ida_get_new_above(&mnt_id_ida, mnt_id_start, &mnt->mnt_id);
 	if (!res)
 		mnt_id_start = mnt->mnt_id + 1;
-	spin_unlock(&vfsmount_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&mnt_id_lock);
 	if (res == -EAGAIN)
 		goto retry;
 
@@ -86,11 +99,11 @@ retry:
 static void mnt_free_id(struct vfsmount *mnt)
 {
 	int id = mnt->mnt_id;
-	spin_lock(&vfsmount_lock);
+	spin_lock(&mnt_id_lock);
 	ida_remove(&mnt_id_ida, id);
 	if (mnt_id_start > id)
 		mnt_id_start = id;
-	spin_unlock(&vfsmount_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&mnt_id_lock);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -348,7 +361,7 @@ static int mnt_make_readonly(struct vfsmount *mnt)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	spin_lock(&vfsmount_lock);
+	br_write_lock(vfsmount_lock);
 	mnt->mnt_flags |= MNT_WRITE_HOLD;
 	/*
 	 * After storing MNT_WRITE_HOLD, we'll read the counters. This store
@@ -382,15 +395,15 @@ static int mnt_make_readonly(struct vfsmount *mnt)
 	 */
 	smp_wmb();
 	mnt->mnt_flags &= ~MNT_WRITE_HOLD;
-	spin_unlock(&vfsmount_lock);
+	br_write_unlock(vfsmount_lock);
 	return ret;
 }
 
 static void __mnt_unmake_readonly(struct vfsmount *mnt)
 {
-	spin_lock(&vfsmount_lock);
+	br_write_lock(vfsmount_lock);
 	mnt->mnt_flags &= ~MNT_READONLY;
-	spin_unlock(&vfsmount_lock);
+	br_write_unlock(vfsmount_lock);
 }
 
 void simple_set_mnt(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct super_block *sb)
@@ -414,6 +427,7 @@ void free_vfsmnt(struct vfsmount *mnt)
 /*
  * find the first or last mount at @dentry on vfsmount @mnt depending on
  * @dir. If @dir is set return the first mount else return the last mount.
+ * vfsmount_lock must be held for read or write.
  */
 struct vfsmount *__lookup_mnt(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry,
 			      int dir)
@@ -443,10 +457,11 @@ struct vfsmount *__lookup_mnt(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry,
 struct vfsmount *lookup_mnt(struct path *path)
 {
 	struct vfsmount *child_mnt;
-	spin_lock(&vfsmount_lock);
+
+	br_read_lock(vfsmount_lock);
 	if ((child_mnt = __lookup_mnt(path->mnt, path->dentry, 1)))
 		mntget(child_mnt);
-	spin_unlock(&vfsmount_lock);
+	br_read_unlock(vfsmount_lock);
 	return child_mnt;
 }
 
@@ -455,6 +470,9 @@ static inline int check_mnt(struct vfsmount *mnt)
 	return mnt->mnt_ns == current->nsproxy->mnt_ns;
 }
 
+/*
+ * vfsmount lock must be held for write
+ */
 static void touch_mnt_namespace(struct mnt_namespace *ns)
 {
 	if (ns) {
@@ -463,6 +481,9 @@ static void touch_mnt_namespace(struct mnt_namespace *ns)
 	}
 }
 
+/*
+ * vfsmount lock must be held for write
+ */
 static void __touch_mnt_namespace(struct mnt_namespace *ns)
 {
 	if (ns && ns->event != event) {
@@ -471,6 +492,9 @@ static void __touch_mnt_namespace(struct mnt_namespace *ns)
 	}
 }
 
+/*
+ * vfsmount lock must be held for write
+ */
 static void detach_mnt(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct path *old_path)
 {
 	old_path->dentry = mnt->mnt_mountpoint;
@@ -482,6 +506,9 @@ static void detach_mnt(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct path *old_path)
 	old_path->dentry->d_mounted--;
 }
 
+/*
+ * vfsmount lock must be held for write
+ */
 void mnt_set_mountpoint(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry,
 			struct vfsmount *child_mnt)
 {
@@ -490,6 +517,9 @@ void mnt_set_mountpoint(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry,
 	dentry->d_mounted++;
 }
 
+/*
+ * vfsmount lock must be held for write
+ */
 static void attach_mnt(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct path *path)
 {
 	mnt_set_mountpoint(path->mnt, path->dentry, mnt);
@@ -499,7 +529,7 @@ static void attach_mnt(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct path *path)
 }
 
 /*
- * the caller must hold vfsmount_lock
+ * vfsmount lock must be held for write
  */
 static void commit_tree(struct vfsmount *mnt)
 {
@@ -623,39 +653,43 @@ static inline void __mntput(struct vfsmount *mnt)
 void mntput_no_expire(struct vfsmount *mnt)
 {
 repeat:
-	if (atomic_dec_and_lock(&mnt->mnt_count, &vfsmount_lock)) {
-		if (likely(!mnt->mnt_pinned)) {
-			spin_unlock(&vfsmount_lock);
-			__mntput(mnt);
-			return;
-		}
-		atomic_add(mnt->mnt_pinned + 1, &mnt->mnt_count);
-		mnt->mnt_pinned = 0;
-		spin_unlock(&vfsmount_lock);
-		acct_auto_close_mnt(mnt);
-		goto repeat;
+	if (atomic_add_unless(&mnt->mnt_count, -1, 1))
+		return;
+	br_write_lock(vfsmount_lock);
+	if (!atomic_dec_and_test(&mnt->mnt_count)) {
+		br_write_unlock(vfsmount_lock);
+		return;
+	}
+	if (likely(!mnt->mnt_pinned)) {
+		br_write_unlock(vfsmount_lock);
+		__mntput(mnt);
+		return;
 	}
+	atomic_add(mnt->mnt_pinned + 1, &mnt->mnt_count);
+	mnt->mnt_pinned = 0;
+	br_write_unlock(vfsmount_lock);
+	acct_auto_close_mnt(mnt);
+	goto repeat;
 }
-
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(mntput_no_expire);
 
 void mnt_pin(struct vfsmount *mnt)
 {
-	spin_lock(&vfsmount_lock);
+	br_write_lock(vfsmount_lock);
 	mnt->mnt_pinned++;
-	spin_unlock(&vfsmount_lock);
+	br_write_unlock(vfsmount_lock);
 }
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(mnt_pin);
 
 void mnt_unpin(struct vfsmount *mnt)
 {
-	spin_lock(&vfsmount_lock);
+	br_write_lock(vfsmount_lock);
 	if (mnt->mnt_pinned) {
 		atomic_inc(&mnt->mnt_count);
 		mnt->mnt_pinned--;
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&vfsmount_lock);
+	br_write_unlock(vfsmount_lock);
 }
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(mnt_unpin);
@@ -746,12 +780,12 @@ int mnt_had_events(struct proc_mounts *p)
 	struct mnt_namespace *ns = p->ns;
 	int res = 0;
 
-	spin_lock(&vfsmount_lock);
+	br_read_lock(vfsmount_lock);
 	if (p->event != ns->event) {
 		p->event = ns->event;
 		res = 1;
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&vfsmount_lock);
+	br_read_unlock(vfsmount_lock);
 
 	return res;
 }
@@ -952,12 +986,12 @@ int may_umount_tree(struct vfsmount *mnt)
 	int minimum_refs = 0;
 	struct vfsmount *p;
 
-	spin_lock(&vfsmount_lock);
+	br_read_lock(vfsmount_lock);
 	for (p = mnt; p; p = next_mnt(p, mnt)) {
 		actual_refs += atomic_read(&p->mnt_count);
 		minimum_refs += 2;
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&vfsmount_lock);
+	br_read_unlock(vfsmount_lock);
 
 	if (actual_refs > minimum_refs)
 		return 0;
@@ -984,10 +1018,10 @@ int may_umount(struct vfsmount *mnt)
 {
 	int ret = 1;
 	down_read(&namespace_sem);
-	spin_lock(&vfsmount_lock);
+	br_read_lock(vfsmount_lock);
 	if (propagate_mount_busy(mnt, 2))
 		ret = 0;
-	spin_unlock(&vfsmount_lock);
+	br_read_unlock(vfsmount_lock);
 	up_read(&namespace_sem);
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -1003,13 +1037,14 @@ void release_mounts(struct list_head *head)
 		if (mnt->mnt_parent != mnt) {
 			struct dentry *dentry;
 			struct vfsmount *m;
-			spin_lock(&vfsmount_lock);
+
+			br_write_lock(vfsmount_lock);
 			dentry = mnt->mnt_mountpoint;
 			m = mnt->mnt_parent;
 			mnt->mnt_mountpoint = mnt->mnt_root;
 			mnt->mnt_parent = mnt;
 			m->mnt_ghosts--;
-			spin_unlock(&vfsmount_lock);
+			br_write_unlock(vfsmount_lock);
 			dput(dentry);
 			mntput(m);
 		}
@@ -1017,6 +1052,10 @@ void release_mounts(struct list_head *head)
 	}
 }
 
+/*
+ * vfsmount lock must be held for write
+ * namespace_sem must be held for write
+ */
 void umount_tree(struct vfsmount *mnt, int propagate, struct list_head *kill)
 {
 	struct vfsmount *p;
@@ -1107,7 +1146,7 @@ static int do_umount(struct vfsmount *mnt, int flags)
 	}
 
 	down_write(&namespace_sem);
-	spin_lock(&vfsmount_lock);
+	br_write_lock(vfsmount_lock);
 	event++;
 
 	if (!(flags & MNT_DETACH))
@@ -1119,7 +1158,7 @@ static int do_umount(struct vfsmount *mnt, int flags)
 			umount_tree(mnt, 1, &umount_list);
 		retval = 0;
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&vfsmount_lock);
+	br_write_unlock(vfsmount_lock);
 	up_write(&namespace_sem);
 	release_mounts(&umount_list);
 	return retval;
@@ -1231,19 +1270,19 @@ struct vfsmount *copy_tree(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry,
 			q = clone_mnt(p, p->mnt_root, flag);
 			if (!q)
 				goto Enomem;
-			spin_lock(&vfsmount_lock);
+			br_write_lock(vfsmount_lock);
 			list_add_tail(&q->mnt_list, &res->mnt_list);
 			attach_mnt(q, &path);
-			spin_unlock(&vfsmount_lock);
+			br_write_unlock(vfsmount_lock);
 		}
 	}
 	return res;
 Enomem:
 	if (res) {
 		LIST_HEAD(umount_list);
-		spin_lock(&vfsmount_lock);
+		br_write_lock(vfsmount_lock);
 		umount_tree(res, 0, &umount_list);
-		spin_unlock(&vfsmount_lock);
+		br_write_unlock(vfsmount_lock);
 		release_mounts(&umount_list);
 	}
 	return NULL;
@@ -1262,9 +1301,9 @@ void drop_collected_mounts(struct vfsmount *mnt)
 {
 	LIST_HEAD(umount_list);
 	down_write(&namespace_sem);
-	spin_lock(&vfsmount_lock);
+	br_write_lock(vfsmount_lock);
 	umount_tree(mnt, 0, &umount_list);
-	spin_unlock(&vfsmount_lock);
+	br_write_unlock(vfsmount_lock);
 	up_write(&namespace_sem);
 	release_mounts(&umount_list);
 }
@@ -1392,7 +1431,7 @@ static int attach_recursive_mnt(struct vfsmount *source_mnt,
 	if (err)
 		goto out_cleanup_ids;
 
-	spin_lock(&vfsmount_lock);
+	br_write_lock(vfsmount_lock);
 
 	if (IS_MNT_SHARED(dest_mnt)) {
 		for (p = source_mnt; p; p = next_mnt(p, source_mnt))
@@ -1411,7 +1450,8 @@ static int attach_recursive_mnt(struct vfsmount *source_mnt,
 		list_del_init(&child->mnt_hash);
 		commit_tree(child);
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&vfsmount_lock);
+	br_write_unlock(vfsmount_lock);
+
 	return 0;
 
  out_cleanup_ids:
@@ -1466,10 +1506,10 @@ static int do_change_type(struct path *path, int flag)
 			goto out_unlock;
 	}
 
-	spin_lock(&vfsmount_lock);
+	br_write_lock(vfsmount_lock);
 	for (m = mnt; m; m = (recurse ? next_mnt(m, mnt) : NULL))
 		change_mnt_propagation(m, type);
-	spin_unlock(&vfsmount_lock);
+	br_write_unlock(vfsmount_lock);
 
  out_unlock:
 	up_write(&namespace_sem);
@@ -1513,9 +1553,10 @@ static int do_loopback(struct path *path, char *old_name,
 	err = graft_tree(mnt, path);
 	if (err) {
 		LIST_HEAD(umount_list);
-		spin_lock(&vfsmount_lock);
+
+		br_write_lock(vfsmount_lock);
 		umount_tree(mnt, 0, &umount_list);
-		spin_unlock(&vfsmount_lock);
+		br_write_unlock(vfsmount_lock);
 		release_mounts(&umount_list);
 	}
 
@@ -1568,16 +1609,16 @@ static int do_remount(struct path *path, int flags, int mnt_flags,
 	else
 		err = do_remount_sb(sb, flags, data, 0);
 	if (!err) {
-		spin_lock(&vfsmount_lock);
+		br_write_lock(vfsmount_lock);
 		mnt_flags |= path->mnt->mnt_flags & MNT_PROPAGATION_MASK;
 		path->mnt->mnt_flags = mnt_flags;
-		spin_unlock(&vfsmount_lock);
+		br_write_unlock(vfsmount_lock);
 	}
 	up_write(&sb->s_umount);
 	if (!err) {
-		spin_lock(&vfsmount_lock);
+		br_write_lock(vfsmount_lock);
 		touch_mnt_namespace(path->mnt->mnt_ns);
-		spin_unlock(&vfsmount_lock);
+		br_write_unlock(vfsmount_lock);
 	}
 	return err;
 }
@@ -1754,7 +1795,7 @@ void mark_mounts_for_expiry(struct list_head *mounts)
 		return;
 
 	down_write(&namespace_sem);
-	spin_lock(&vfsmount_lock);
+	br_write_lock(vfsmount_lock);
 
 	/* extract from the expiration list every vfsmount that matches the
 	 * following criteria:
@@ -1773,7 +1814,7 @@ void mark_mounts_for_expiry(struct list_head *mounts)
 		touch_mnt_namespace(mnt->mnt_ns);
 		umount_tree(mnt, 1, &umounts);
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&vfsmount_lock);
+	br_write_unlock(vfsmount_lock);
 	up_write(&namespace_sem);
 
 	release_mounts(&umounts);
@@ -1830,6 +1871,8 @@ resume:
 /*
  * process a list of expirable mountpoints with the intent of discarding any
  * submounts of a specific parent mountpoint
+ *
+ * vfsmount_lock must be held for write
  */
 static void shrink_submounts(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct list_head *umounts)
 {
@@ -2048,9 +2091,9 @@ static struct mnt_namespace *dup_mnt_ns(struct mnt_namespace *mnt_ns,
 		kfree(new_ns);
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	}
-	spin_lock(&vfsmount_lock);
+	br_write_lock(vfsmount_lock);
 	list_add_tail(&new_ns->list, &new_ns->root->mnt_list);
-	spin_unlock(&vfsmount_lock);
+	br_write_unlock(vfsmount_lock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Second pass: switch the tsk->fs->* elements and mark new vfsmounts
@@ -2244,7 +2287,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(pivot_root, const char __user *, new_root,
 		goto out2; /* not attached */
 	/* make sure we can reach put_old from new_root */
 	tmp = old.mnt;
-	spin_lock(&vfsmount_lock);
+	br_write_lock(vfsmount_lock);
 	if (tmp != new.mnt) {
 		for (;;) {
 			if (tmp->mnt_parent == tmp)
@@ -2264,7 +2307,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(pivot_root, const char __user *, new_root,
 	/* mount new_root on / */
 	attach_mnt(new.mnt, &root_parent);
 	touch_mnt_namespace(current->nsproxy->mnt_ns);
-	spin_unlock(&vfsmount_lock);
+	br_write_unlock(vfsmount_lock);
 	chroot_fs_refs(&root, &new);
 	error = 0;
 	path_put(&root_parent);
@@ -2279,7 +2322,7 @@ out1:
 out0:
 	return error;
 out3:
-	spin_unlock(&vfsmount_lock);
+	br_write_unlock(vfsmount_lock);
 	goto out2;
 }
 
@@ -2326,6 +2369,8 @@ void __init mnt_init(void)
 	for (u = 0; u < HASH_SIZE; u++)
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mount_hashtable[u]);
 
+	br_lock_init(vfsmount_lock);
+
 	err = sysfs_init();
 	if (err)
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: sysfs_init error: %d\n",
@@ -2344,9 +2389,9 @@ void put_mnt_ns(struct mnt_namespace *ns)
 	if (!atomic_dec_and_test(&ns->count))
 		return;
 	down_write(&namespace_sem);
-	spin_lock(&vfsmount_lock);
+	br_write_lock(vfsmount_lock);
 	umount_tree(ns->root, 0, &umount_list);
-	spin_unlock(&vfsmount_lock);
+	br_write_unlock(vfsmount_lock);
 	up_write(&namespace_sem);
 	release_mounts(&umount_list);
 	kfree(ns);
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/super.c b/fs/nilfs2/super.c
index bee60c04109..922263393c7 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/super.c
@@ -175,24 +175,24 @@ static int nilfs_sync_super(struct nilfs_sb_info *sbi, int flag)
 {
 	struct the_nilfs *nilfs = sbi->s_nilfs;
 	int err;
-	int barrier_done = 0;
 
-	if (nilfs_test_opt(sbi, BARRIER)) {
-		set_buffer_ordered(nilfs->ns_sbh[0]);
-		barrier_done = 1;
-	}
  retry:
 	set_buffer_dirty(nilfs->ns_sbh[0]);
-	err = sync_dirty_buffer(nilfs->ns_sbh[0]);
-	if (err == -EOPNOTSUPP && barrier_done) {
-		nilfs_warning(sbi->s_super, __func__,
-			      "barrier-based sync failed. "
-			      "disabling barriers\n");
-		nilfs_clear_opt(sbi, BARRIER);
-		barrier_done = 0;
-		clear_buffer_ordered(nilfs->ns_sbh[0]);
-		goto retry;
+
+	if (nilfs_test_opt(sbi, BARRIER)) {
+		err = __sync_dirty_buffer(nilfs->ns_sbh[0],
+					  WRITE_SYNC | WRITE_BARRIER);
+		if (err == -EOPNOTSUPP) {
+			nilfs_warning(sbi->s_super, __func__,
+				      "barrier-based sync failed. "
+				      "disabling barriers\n");
+			nilfs_clear_opt(sbi, BARRIER);
+			goto retry;
+		}
+	} else {
+		err = sync_dirty_buffer(nilfs->ns_sbh[0]);
 	}
+
 	if (unlikely(err)) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR
 		       "NILFS: unable to write superblock (err=%d)\n", err);
diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index 630715f9f73..d74e1983e8d 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ static struct file *__dentry_open(struct dentry *dentry, struct vfsmount *mnt,
 	f->f_path.mnt = mnt;
 	f->f_pos = 0;
 	f->f_op = fops_get(inode->i_fop);
-	file_move(f, &inode->i_sb->s_files);
+	file_sb_list_add(f, inode->i_sb);
 
 	error = security_dentry_open(f, cred);
 	if (error)
@@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ cleanup_all:
 			mnt_drop_write(mnt);
 		}
 	}
-	file_kill(f);
+	file_sb_list_del(f);
 	f->f_path.dentry = NULL;
 	f->f_path.mnt = NULL;
 cleanup_file:
diff --git a/fs/pnode.c b/fs/pnode.c
index 5cc564a8314..8066b8dd748 100644
--- a/fs/pnode.c
+++ b/fs/pnode.c
@@ -126,6 +126,9 @@ static int do_make_slave(struct vfsmount *mnt)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * vfsmount lock must be held for write
+ */
 void change_mnt_propagation(struct vfsmount *mnt, int type)
 {
 	if (type == MS_SHARED) {
@@ -270,12 +273,12 @@ int propagate_mnt(struct vfsmount *dest_mnt, struct dentry *dest_dentry,
 		prev_src_mnt  = child;
 	}
 out:
-	spin_lock(&vfsmount_lock);
+	br_write_lock(vfsmount_lock);
 	while (!list_empty(&tmp_list)) {
 		child = list_first_entry(&tmp_list, struct vfsmount, mnt_hash);
 		umount_tree(child, 0, &umount_list);
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&vfsmount_lock);
+	br_write_unlock(vfsmount_lock);
 	release_mounts(&umount_list);
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -296,6 +299,8 @@ static inline int do_refcount_check(struct vfsmount *mnt, int count)
  * other mounts its parent propagates to.
  * Check if any of these mounts that **do not have submounts**
  * have more references than 'refcnt'. If so return busy.
+ *
+ * vfsmount lock must be held for read or write
  */
 int propagate_mount_busy(struct vfsmount *mnt, int refcnt)
 {
@@ -353,6 +358,8 @@ static void __propagate_umount(struct vfsmount *mnt)
  * collect all mounts that receive propagation from the mount in @list,
  * and return these additional mounts in the same list.
  * @list: the list of mounts to be unmounted.
+ *
+ * vfsmount lock must be held for write
  */
 int propagate_umount(struct list_head *list)
 {
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/inode.c b/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
index ae35413dcbe..caa758377d6 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ void reiserfs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	dquot_drop(inode);
 	inode->i_blocks = 0;
 	reiserfs_write_unlock_once(inode->i_sb, depth);
+	return;
 
 no_delete:
 	end_writeback(inode);
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/journal.c b/fs/reiserfs/journal.c
index 1ec952b1f03..812e2c05aa2 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/journal.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/journal.c
@@ -2311,7 +2311,7 @@ static int journal_read_transaction(struct super_block *sb,
 	/* flush out the real blocks */
 	for (i = 0; i < get_desc_trans_len(desc); i++) {
 		set_buffer_dirty(real_blocks[i]);
-		ll_rw_block(SWRITE, 1, real_blocks + i);
+		write_dirty_buffer(real_blocks[i], WRITE);
 	}
 	for (i = 0; i < get_desc_trans_len(desc); i++) {
 		wait_on_buffer(real_blocks[i]);
diff --git a/fs/super.c b/fs/super.c
index 9674ab2c871..8819e3a7ff2 100644
--- a/fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/super.c
@@ -54,7 +54,22 @@ static struct super_block *alloc_super(struct file_system_type *type)
 			s = NULL;
 			goto out;
 		}
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+		s->s_files = alloc_percpu(struct list_head);
+		if (!s->s_files) {
+			security_sb_free(s);
+			kfree(s);
+			s = NULL;
+			goto out;
+		} else {
+			int i;
+
+			for_each_possible_cpu(i)
+				INIT_LIST_HEAD(per_cpu_ptr(s->s_files, i));
+		}
+#else
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&s->s_files);
+#endif
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&s->s_instances);
 		INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&s->s_anon);
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&s->s_inodes);
@@ -108,6 +123,9 @@ out:
  */
 static inline void destroy_super(struct super_block *s)
 {
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+	free_percpu(s->s_files);
+#endif
 	security_sb_free(s);
 	kfree(s->s_subtype);
 	kfree(s->s_options);
diff --git a/fs/ufs/balloc.c b/fs/ufs/balloc.c
index 048484fb10d..46f7a807bbc 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/balloc.c
+++ b/fs/ufs/balloc.c
@@ -114,10 +114,8 @@ void ufs_free_fragments(struct inode *inode, u64 fragment, unsigned count)
 	
 	ubh_mark_buffer_dirty (USPI_UBH(uspi));
 	ubh_mark_buffer_dirty (UCPI_UBH(ucpi));
-	if (sb->s_flags & MS_SYNCHRONOUS) {
-		ubh_ll_rw_block(SWRITE, UCPI_UBH(ucpi));
-		ubh_wait_on_buffer (UCPI_UBH(ucpi));
-	}
+	if (sb->s_flags & MS_SYNCHRONOUS)
+		ubh_sync_block(UCPI_UBH(ucpi));
 	sb->s_dirt = 1;
 	
 	unlock_super (sb);
@@ -207,10 +205,8 @@ do_more:
 
 	ubh_mark_buffer_dirty (USPI_UBH(uspi));
 	ubh_mark_buffer_dirty (UCPI_UBH(ucpi));
-	if (sb->s_flags & MS_SYNCHRONOUS) {
-		ubh_ll_rw_block(SWRITE, UCPI_UBH(ucpi));
-		ubh_wait_on_buffer (UCPI_UBH(ucpi));
-	}
+	if (sb->s_flags & MS_SYNCHRONOUS)
+		ubh_sync_block(UCPI_UBH(ucpi));
 
 	if (overflow) {
 		fragment += count;
@@ -558,10 +554,8 @@ static u64 ufs_add_fragments(struct inode *inode, u64 fragment,
 	
 	ubh_mark_buffer_dirty (USPI_UBH(uspi));
 	ubh_mark_buffer_dirty (UCPI_UBH(ucpi));
-	if (sb->s_flags & MS_SYNCHRONOUS) {
-		ubh_ll_rw_block(SWRITE, UCPI_UBH(ucpi));
-		ubh_wait_on_buffer (UCPI_UBH(ucpi));
-	}
+	if (sb->s_flags & MS_SYNCHRONOUS)
+		ubh_sync_block(UCPI_UBH(ucpi));
 	sb->s_dirt = 1;
 
 	UFSD("EXIT, fragment %llu\n", (unsigned long long)fragment);
@@ -680,10 +674,8 @@ cg_found:
 succed:
 	ubh_mark_buffer_dirty (USPI_UBH(uspi));
 	ubh_mark_buffer_dirty (UCPI_UBH(ucpi));
-	if (sb->s_flags & MS_SYNCHRONOUS) {
-		ubh_ll_rw_block(SWRITE, UCPI_UBH(ucpi));
-		ubh_wait_on_buffer (UCPI_UBH(ucpi));
-	}
+	if (sb->s_flags & MS_SYNCHRONOUS)
+		ubh_sync_block(UCPI_UBH(ucpi));
 	sb->s_dirt = 1;
 
 	result += cgno * uspi->s_fpg;
diff --git a/fs/ufs/ialloc.c b/fs/ufs/ialloc.c
index 428017e018f..2eabf04af3d 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ufs/ialloc.c
@@ -113,10 +113,8 @@ void ufs_free_inode (struct inode * inode)
 
 	ubh_mark_buffer_dirty (USPI_UBH(uspi));
 	ubh_mark_buffer_dirty (UCPI_UBH(ucpi));
-	if (sb->s_flags & MS_SYNCHRONOUS) {
-		ubh_ll_rw_block(SWRITE, UCPI_UBH(ucpi));
-		ubh_wait_on_buffer (UCPI_UBH(ucpi));
-	}
+	if (sb->s_flags & MS_SYNCHRONOUS)
+		ubh_sync_block(UCPI_UBH(ucpi));
 	
 	sb->s_dirt = 1;
 	unlock_super (sb);
@@ -156,10 +154,8 @@ static void ufs2_init_inodes_chunk(struct super_block *sb,
 
 	fs32_add(sb, &ucg->cg_u.cg_u2.cg_initediblk, uspi->s_inopb);
 	ubh_mark_buffer_dirty(UCPI_UBH(ucpi));
-	if (sb->s_flags & MS_SYNCHRONOUS) {
-		ubh_ll_rw_block(SWRITE, UCPI_UBH(ucpi));
-		ubh_wait_on_buffer(UCPI_UBH(ucpi));
-	}
+	if (sb->s_flags & MS_SYNCHRONOUS)
+		ubh_sync_block(UCPI_UBH(ucpi));
 
 	UFSD("EXIT\n");
 }
@@ -290,10 +286,8 @@ cg_found:
 	}
 	ubh_mark_buffer_dirty (USPI_UBH(uspi));
 	ubh_mark_buffer_dirty (UCPI_UBH(ucpi));
-	if (sb->s_flags & MS_SYNCHRONOUS) {
-		ubh_ll_rw_block(SWRITE, UCPI_UBH(ucpi));
-		ubh_wait_on_buffer (UCPI_UBH(ucpi));
-	}
+	if (sb->s_flags & MS_SYNCHRONOUS)
+		ubh_sync_block(UCPI_UBH(ucpi));
 	sb->s_dirt = 1;
 
 	inode->i_ino = cg * uspi->s_ipg + bit;
diff --git a/fs/ufs/truncate.c b/fs/ufs/truncate.c
index 34d5cb13532..a58f9155fc9 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/truncate.c
+++ b/fs/ufs/truncate.c
@@ -243,10 +243,8 @@ static int ufs_trunc_indirect(struct inode *inode, u64 offset, void *p)
 		ubh_bforget(ind_ubh);
 		ind_ubh = NULL;
 	}
-	if (IS_SYNC(inode) && ind_ubh && ubh_buffer_dirty(ind_ubh)) {
-		ubh_ll_rw_block(SWRITE, ind_ubh);
-		ubh_wait_on_buffer (ind_ubh);
-	}
+	if (IS_SYNC(inode) && ind_ubh && ubh_buffer_dirty(ind_ubh))
+		ubh_sync_block(ind_ubh);
 	ubh_brelse (ind_ubh);
 	
 	UFSD("EXIT: ino %lu\n", inode->i_ino);
@@ -307,10 +305,8 @@ static int ufs_trunc_dindirect(struct inode *inode, u64 offset, void *p)
 		ubh_bforget(dind_bh);
 		dind_bh = NULL;
 	}
-	if (IS_SYNC(inode) && dind_bh && ubh_buffer_dirty(dind_bh)) {
-		ubh_ll_rw_block(SWRITE, dind_bh);
-		ubh_wait_on_buffer (dind_bh);
-	}
+	if (IS_SYNC(inode) && dind_bh && ubh_buffer_dirty(dind_bh))
+		ubh_sync_block(dind_bh);
 	ubh_brelse (dind_bh);
 	
 	UFSD("EXIT: ino %lu\n", inode->i_ino);
@@ -367,10 +363,8 @@ static int ufs_trunc_tindirect(struct inode *inode)
 		ubh_bforget(tind_bh);
 		tind_bh = NULL;
 	}
-	if (IS_SYNC(inode) && tind_bh && ubh_buffer_dirty(tind_bh)) {
-		ubh_ll_rw_block(SWRITE, tind_bh);
-		ubh_wait_on_buffer (tind_bh);
-	}
+	if (IS_SYNC(inode) && tind_bh && ubh_buffer_dirty(tind_bh))
+		ubh_sync_block(tind_bh);
 	ubh_brelse (tind_bh);
 	
 	UFSD("EXIT: ino %lu\n", inode->i_ino);
diff --git a/fs/ufs/util.c b/fs/ufs/util.c
index 85a7fc9e4a4..d2c36d53fe6 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/util.c
+++ b/fs/ufs/util.c
@@ -113,21 +113,17 @@ void ubh_mark_buffer_uptodate (struct ufs_buffer_head * ubh, int flag)
 	}
 }
 
-void ubh_ll_rw_block(int rw, struct ufs_buffer_head *ubh)
+void ubh_sync_block(struct ufs_buffer_head *ubh)
 {
-	if (!ubh)
-		return;
+	if (ubh) {
+		unsigned i;
 
-	ll_rw_block(rw, ubh->count, ubh->bh);
-}
+		for (i = 0; i < ubh->count; i++)
+			write_dirty_buffer(ubh->bh[i], WRITE);
 
-void ubh_wait_on_buffer (struct ufs_buffer_head * ubh)
-{
-	unsigned i;
-	if (!ubh)
-		return;
-	for ( i = 0; i < ubh->count; i++ )
-		wait_on_buffer (ubh->bh[i]);
+		for (i = 0; i < ubh->count; i++)
+			wait_on_buffer(ubh->bh[i]);
+	}
 }
 
 void ubh_bforget (struct ufs_buffer_head * ubh)
diff --git a/fs/ufs/util.h b/fs/ufs/util.h
index 0466036912f..9f8775ce381 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/util.h
+++ b/fs/ufs/util.h
@@ -269,8 +269,7 @@ extern void ubh_brelse (struct ufs_buffer_head *);
 extern void ubh_brelse_uspi (struct ufs_sb_private_info *);
 extern void ubh_mark_buffer_dirty (struct ufs_buffer_head *);
 extern void ubh_mark_buffer_uptodate (struct ufs_buffer_head *, int);
-extern void ubh_ll_rw_block(int, struct ufs_buffer_head *);
-extern void ubh_wait_on_buffer (struct ufs_buffer_head *);
+extern void ubh_sync_block(struct ufs_buffer_head *);
 extern void ubh_bforget (struct ufs_buffer_head *);
 extern int  ubh_buffer_dirty (struct ufs_buffer_head *);
 #define ubh_ubhcpymem(mem,ubh,size) _ubh_ubhcpymem_(uspi,mem,ubh,size)