diff --git a/fs/gfs2/acl.c b/fs/gfs2/acl.c
index 2524807ee070..9d5eecb123de 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/acl.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/acl.c
@@ -86,19 +86,6 @@ int __gfs2_set_acl(struct inode *inode, struct posix_acl *acl, int type)
 	char *data;
 	const char *name = gfs2_acl_name(type);
 
-	if (acl && acl->a_count > GFS2_ACL_MAX_ENTRIES(GFS2_SB(inode)))
-		return -E2BIG;
-
-	if (type == ACL_TYPE_ACCESS) {
-		umode_t mode = inode->i_mode;
-
-		error = posix_acl_update_mode(inode, &inode->i_mode, &acl);
-		if (error)
-			return error;
-		if (mode != inode->i_mode)
-			mark_inode_dirty(inode);
-	}
-
 	if (acl) {
 		len = posix_acl_to_xattr(&init_user_ns, acl, NULL, 0);
 		if (len == 0)
@@ -129,6 +116,10 @@ int gfs2_set_acl(struct inode *inode, struct posix_acl *acl, int type)
 	struct gfs2_holder gh;
 	bool need_unlock = false;
 	int ret;
+	umode_t mode;
+
+	if (acl && acl->a_count > GFS2_ACL_MAX_ENTRIES(GFS2_SB(inode)))
+		return -E2BIG;
 
 	ret = gfs2_rsqa_alloc(ip);
 	if (ret)
@@ -140,7 +131,20 @@ int gfs2_set_acl(struct inode *inode, struct posix_acl *acl, int type)
 			return ret;
 		need_unlock = true;
 	}
+
+	mode = inode->i_mode;
+	if (type == ACL_TYPE_ACCESS && acl) {
+		ret = posix_acl_update_mode(inode, &mode, &acl);
+		if (ret)
+			goto unlock;
+	}
+
 	ret = __gfs2_set_acl(inode, acl, type);
+	if (!ret && mode != inode->i_mode) {
+		inode->i_mode = mode;
+		mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+	}
+unlock:
 	if (need_unlock)
 		gfs2_glock_dq_uninit(&gh);
 	return ret;
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/aops.c b/fs/gfs2/aops.c
index ed7a2e252ad8..68ed06962537 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/aops.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/aops.c
@@ -234,7 +234,19 @@ out:
 static int gfs2_writepages(struct address_space *mapping,
 			   struct writeback_control *wbc)
 {
-	return mpage_writepages(mapping, wbc, gfs2_get_block_noalloc);
+	struct gfs2_sbd *sdp = gfs2_mapping2sbd(mapping);
+	int ret = mpage_writepages(mapping, wbc, gfs2_get_block_noalloc);
+
+	/*
+	 * Even if we didn't write any pages here, we might still be holding
+	 * dirty pages in the ail. We forcibly flush the ail because we don't
+	 * want balance_dirty_pages() to loop indefinitely trying to write out
+	 * pages held in the ail that it can't find.
+	 */
+	if (ret == 0)
+		set_bit(SDF_FORCE_AIL_FLUSH, &sdp->sd_flags);
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/bmap.c b/fs/gfs2/bmap.c
index 9fa3aef9a5b3..3dd0cceefa43 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/bmap.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/bmap.c
@@ -291,8 +291,9 @@ static void gfs2_metapath_ra(struct gfs2_glock *gl,
 		if (trylock_buffer(rabh)) {
 			if (!buffer_uptodate(rabh)) {
 				rabh->b_end_io = end_buffer_read_sync;
-				submit_bh(REQ_OP_READ, REQ_RAHEAD | REQ_META,
-						rabh);
+				submit_bh(REQ_OP_READ,
+					  REQ_RAHEAD | REQ_META | REQ_PRIO,
+					  rabh);
 				continue;
 			}
 			unlock_buffer(rabh);
@@ -1103,8 +1104,15 @@ static bool find_nonnull_ptr(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, struct metapath *mp,
 
 	while (true) {
 		ptr = metapointer(h, mp);
-		if (*ptr) /* if we have a non-null pointer */
+		if (*ptr) { /* if we have a non-null pointer */
+			/* Now zero the metapath after the current height. */
+			h++;
+			if (h < GFS2_MAX_META_HEIGHT)
+				memset(&mp->mp_list[h], 0,
+				       (GFS2_MAX_META_HEIGHT - h) *
+				       sizeof(mp->mp_list[0]));
 			return true;
+		}
 
 		if (mp->mp_list[h] < ptrs)
 			mp->mp_list[h]++;
@@ -1120,6 +1128,13 @@ enum dealloc_states {
 	DEALLOC_DONE = 3,       /* process complete */
 };
 
+static bool mp_eq_to_hgt(struct metapath *mp, __u16 *nbof, unsigned int h)
+{
+	if (memcmp(mp->mp_list, nbof, h * sizeof(mp->mp_list[0])))
+		return false;
+	return true;
+}
+
 /**
  * trunc_dealloc - truncate a file down to a desired size
  * @ip: inode to truncate
@@ -1197,8 +1212,7 @@ static int trunc_dealloc(struct gfs2_inode *ip, u64 newsize)
 			/* If we're truncating to a non-zero size and the mp is
 			   at the beginning of file for the strip height, we
 			   need to preserve the first metadata pointer. */
-			preserve1 = (newsize &&
-				     (mp.mp_list[mp_h] == nbof[mp_h]));
+			preserve1 = (newsize && mp_eq_to_hgt(&mp, nbof, mp_h));
 			bh = mp.mp_bh[mp_h];
 			gfs2_assert_withdraw(sdp, bh);
 			if (gfs2_assert_withdraw(sdp,
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/dir.c b/fs/gfs2/dir.c
index 5ee2e2f8576c..06a0d1947c77 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/dir.c
@@ -1513,7 +1513,9 @@ static void gfs2_dir_readahead(struct inode *inode, unsigned hsize, u32 index,
 				continue;
 			}
 			bh->b_end_io = end_buffer_read_sync;
-			submit_bh(REQ_OP_READ, REQ_RAHEAD | REQ_META, bh);
+			submit_bh(REQ_OP_READ,
+				  REQ_RAHEAD | REQ_META | REQ_PRIO,
+				  bh);
 			continue;
 		}
 		brelse(bh);
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/file.c b/fs/gfs2/file.c
index c2062a108d19..bb48074be019 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/file.c
@@ -1030,8 +1030,7 @@ static int do_flock(struct file *file, int cmd, struct file_lock *fl)
 
 	mutex_lock(&fp->f_fl_mutex);
 
-	gl = fl_gh->gh_gl;
-	if (gl) {
+	if (gfs2_holder_initialized(fl_gh)) {
 		if (fl_gh->gh_state == state)
 			goto out;
 		locks_lock_file_wait(file,
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/glock.c b/fs/gfs2/glock.c
index c38ab6c81898..98e845b7841b 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/glock.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/glock.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <linux/buffer_head.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/sort.h>
+#include <linux/hash.h>
 #include <linux/jhash.h>
 #include <linux/kallsyms.h>
 #include <linux/gfs2_ondisk.h>
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(lru_lock);
 #define GFS2_GL_HASH_SHIFT      15
 #define GFS2_GL_HASH_SIZE       BIT(GFS2_GL_HASH_SHIFT)
 
-static struct rhashtable_params ht_parms = {
+static const struct rhashtable_params ht_parms = {
 	.nelem_hint = GFS2_GL_HASH_SIZE * 3 / 4,
 	.key_len = offsetofend(struct lm_lockname, ln_type),
 	.key_offset = offsetof(struct gfs2_glock, gl_name),
@@ -80,6 +81,49 @@ static struct rhashtable_params ht_parms = {
 
 static struct rhashtable gl_hash_table;
 
+#define GLOCK_WAIT_TABLE_BITS 12
+#define GLOCK_WAIT_TABLE_SIZE (1 << GLOCK_WAIT_TABLE_BITS)
+static wait_queue_head_t glock_wait_table[GLOCK_WAIT_TABLE_SIZE] __cacheline_aligned;
+
+struct wait_glock_queue {
+	struct lm_lockname *name;
+	wait_queue_entry_t wait;
+};
+
+static int glock_wake_function(wait_queue_entry_t *wait, unsigned int mode,
+			       int sync, void *key)
+{
+	struct wait_glock_queue *wait_glock =
+		container_of(wait, struct wait_glock_queue, wait);
+	struct lm_lockname *wait_name = wait_glock->name;
+	struct lm_lockname *wake_name = key;
+
+	if (wake_name->ln_sbd != wait_name->ln_sbd ||
+	    wake_name->ln_number != wait_name->ln_number ||
+	    wake_name->ln_type != wait_name->ln_type)
+		return 0;
+	return autoremove_wake_function(wait, mode, sync, key);
+}
+
+static wait_queue_head_t *glock_waitqueue(struct lm_lockname *name)
+{
+	u32 hash = jhash2((u32 *)name, sizeof(*name) / 4, 0);
+
+	return glock_wait_table + hash_32(hash, GLOCK_WAIT_TABLE_BITS);
+}
+
+/**
+ * wake_up_glock  -  Wake up waiters on a glock
+ * @gl: the glock
+ */
+static void wake_up_glock(struct gfs2_glock *gl)
+{
+	wait_queue_head_t *wq = glock_waitqueue(&gl->gl_name);
+
+	if (waitqueue_active(wq))
+		__wake_up(wq, TASK_NORMAL, 1, &gl->gl_name);
+}
+
 static void gfs2_glock_dealloc(struct rcu_head *rcu)
 {
 	struct gfs2_glock *gl = container_of(rcu, struct gfs2_glock, gl_rcu);
@@ -96,6 +140,9 @@ void gfs2_glock_free(struct gfs2_glock *gl)
 {
 	struct gfs2_sbd *sdp = gl->gl_name.ln_sbd;
 
+	rhashtable_remove_fast(&gl_hash_table, &gl->gl_node, ht_parms);
+	smp_mb();
+	wake_up_glock(gl);
 	call_rcu(&gl->gl_rcu, gfs2_glock_dealloc);
 	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&sdp->sd_glock_disposal))
 		wake_up(&sdp->sd_glock_wait);
@@ -107,7 +154,7 @@ void gfs2_glock_free(struct gfs2_glock *gl)
  *
  */
 
-static void gfs2_glock_hold(struct gfs2_glock *gl)
+void gfs2_glock_hold(struct gfs2_glock *gl)
 {
 	GLOCK_BUG_ON(gl, __lockref_is_dead(&gl->gl_lockref));
 	lockref_get(&gl->gl_lockref);
@@ -150,6 +197,9 @@ void gfs2_glock_add_to_lru(struct gfs2_glock *gl)
 
 static void gfs2_glock_remove_from_lru(struct gfs2_glock *gl)
 {
+	if (!(gl->gl_ops->go_flags & GLOF_LRU))
+		return;
+
 	spin_lock(&lru_lock);
 	if (!list_empty(&gl->gl_lru)) {
 		list_del_init(&gl->gl_lru);
@@ -191,13 +241,20 @@ static void __gfs2_glock_put(struct gfs2_glock *gl)
 
 	gfs2_glock_remove_from_lru(gl);
 	spin_unlock(&gl->gl_lockref.lock);
-	rhashtable_remove_fast(&gl_hash_table, &gl->gl_node, ht_parms);
 	GLOCK_BUG_ON(gl, !list_empty(&gl->gl_holders));
 	GLOCK_BUG_ON(gl, mapping && mapping->nrpages);
 	trace_gfs2_glock_put(gl);
 	sdp->sd_lockstruct.ls_ops->lm_put_lock(gl);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Cause the glock to be put in work queue context.
+ */
+void gfs2_glock_queue_put(struct gfs2_glock *gl)
+{
+	gfs2_glock_queue_work(gl, 0);
+}
+
 /**
  * gfs2_glock_put() - Decrement reference count on glock
  * @gl: The glock to put
@@ -676,6 +733,40 @@ static void glock_work_func(struct work_struct *work)
 	spin_unlock(&gl->gl_lockref.lock);
 }
 
+static struct gfs2_glock *find_insert_glock(struct lm_lockname *name,
+					    struct gfs2_glock *new)
+{
+	struct wait_glock_queue wait;
+	wait_queue_head_t *wq = glock_waitqueue(name);
+	struct gfs2_glock *gl;
+
+	wait.name = name;
+	init_wait(&wait.wait);
+	wait.wait.func = glock_wake_function;
+
+again:
+	prepare_to_wait(wq, &wait.wait, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	if (new) {
+		gl = rhashtable_lookup_get_insert_fast(&gl_hash_table,
+			&new->gl_node, ht_parms);
+		if (IS_ERR(gl))
+			goto out;
+	} else {
+		gl = rhashtable_lookup_fast(&gl_hash_table,
+			name, ht_parms);
+	}
+	if (gl && !lockref_get_not_dead(&gl->gl_lockref)) {
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+		schedule();
+		goto again;
+	}
+out:
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+	finish_wait(wq, &wait.wait);
+	return gl;
+}
+
 /**
  * gfs2_glock_get() - Get a glock, or create one if one doesn't exist
  * @sdp: The GFS2 superblock
@@ -702,15 +793,11 @@ int gfs2_glock_get(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, u64 number,
 	struct kmem_cache *cachep;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	rcu_read_lock();
-	gl = rhashtable_lookup_fast(&gl_hash_table, &name, ht_parms);
-	if (gl && !lockref_get_not_dead(&gl->gl_lockref))
-		gl = NULL;
-	rcu_read_unlock();
-
-	*glp = gl;
-	if (gl)
+	gl = find_insert_glock(&name, NULL);
+	if (gl) {
+		*glp = gl;
 		return 0;
+	}
 	if (!create)
 		return -ENOENT;
 
@@ -764,10 +851,7 @@ int gfs2_glock_get(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, u64 number,
 		mapping->writeback_index = 0;
 	}
 
-again:
-	rcu_read_lock();
-	tmp = rhashtable_lookup_get_insert_fast(&gl_hash_table, &gl->gl_node,
-						ht_parms);
+	tmp = find_insert_glock(&name, gl);
 	if (!tmp) {
 		*glp = gl;
 		goto out;
@@ -776,13 +860,7 @@ again:
 		ret = PTR_ERR(tmp);
 		goto out_free;
 	}
-	if (lockref_get_not_dead(&tmp->gl_lockref)) {
-		*glp = tmp;
-		goto out_free;
-	}
-	rcu_read_unlock();
-	cond_resched();
-	goto again;
+	*glp = tmp;
 
 out_free:
 	kfree(gl->gl_lksb.sb_lvbptr);
@@ -790,7 +868,6 @@ out_free:
 	atomic_dec(&sdp->sd_glock_disposal);
 
 out:
-	rcu_read_unlock();
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -1473,14 +1550,15 @@ static void glock_hash_walk(glock_examiner examiner, const struct gfs2_sbd *sdp)
 
 	do {
 		gl = ERR_PTR(rhashtable_walk_start(&iter));
-		if (gl)
-			continue;
+		if (IS_ERR(gl))
+			goto walk_stop;
 
 		while ((gl = rhashtable_walk_next(&iter)) && !IS_ERR(gl))
-			if ((gl->gl_name.ln_sbd == sdp) &&
+			if (gl->gl_name.ln_sbd == sdp &&
 			    lockref_get_not_dead(&gl->gl_lockref))
 				examiner(gl);
 
+walk_stop:
 		rhashtable_walk_stop(&iter);
 	} while (cond_resched(), gl == ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN));
 
@@ -1803,7 +1881,7 @@ static int gfs2_sbstats_seq_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *iter_ptr)
 
 int __init gfs2_glock_init(void)
 {
-	int ret;
+	int i, ret;
 
 	ret = rhashtable_init(&gl_hash_table, &ht_parms);
 	if (ret < 0)
@@ -1832,6 +1910,9 @@ int __init gfs2_glock_init(void)
 		return ret;
 	}
 
+	for (i = 0; i < GLOCK_WAIT_TABLE_SIZE; i++)
+		init_waitqueue_head(glock_wait_table + i);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1860,6 +1941,7 @@ static void gfs2_glock_iter_next(struct gfs2_glock_iter *gi)
 }
 
 static void *gfs2_glock_seq_start(struct seq_file *seq, loff_t *pos)
+	__acquires(RCU)
 {
 	struct gfs2_glock_iter *gi = seq->private;
 	loff_t n = *pos;
@@ -1892,6 +1974,7 @@ static void *gfs2_glock_seq_next(struct seq_file *seq, void *iter_ptr,
 }
 
 static void gfs2_glock_seq_stop(struct seq_file *seq, void *iter_ptr)
+	__releases(RCU)
 {
 	struct gfs2_glock_iter *gi = seq->private;
 
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/glock.h b/fs/gfs2/glock.h
index 9ad4a6ac6c84..5e12220cc0c2 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/glock.h
+++ b/fs/gfs2/glock.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/parser.h>
 #include "incore.h"
+#include "util.h"
 
 /* Options for hostdata parser */
 
@@ -181,7 +182,9 @@ static inline struct address_space *gfs2_glock2aspace(struct gfs2_glock *gl)
 extern int gfs2_glock_get(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, u64 number,
 			  const struct gfs2_glock_operations *glops,
 			  int create, struct gfs2_glock **glp);
+extern void gfs2_glock_hold(struct gfs2_glock *gl);
 extern void gfs2_glock_put(struct gfs2_glock *gl);
+extern void gfs2_glock_queue_put(struct gfs2_glock *gl);
 extern void gfs2_holder_init(struct gfs2_glock *gl, unsigned int state,
 			     u16 flags, struct gfs2_holder *gh);
 extern void gfs2_holder_reinit(unsigned int state, u16 flags,
@@ -257,11 +260,44 @@ static inline bool gfs2_holder_initialized(struct gfs2_holder *gh)
 	return gh->gh_gl;
 }
 
+/**
+ * glock_set_object - set the gl_object field of a glock
+ * @gl: the glock
+ * @object: the object
+ */
 static inline void glock_set_object(struct gfs2_glock *gl, void *object)
 {
 	spin_lock(&gl->gl_lockref.lock);
+	if (gfs2_assert_warn(gl->gl_name.ln_sbd, gl->gl_object == NULL))
+		gfs2_dump_glock(NULL, gl);
 	gl->gl_object = object;
 	spin_unlock(&gl->gl_lockref.lock);
 }
 
+/**
+ * glock_clear_object - clear the gl_object field of a glock
+ * @gl: the glock
+ * @object: the object
+ *
+ * I'd love to similarly add this:
+ *	else if (gfs2_assert_warn(gl->gl_sbd, gl->gl_object == object))
+ *		gfs2_dump_glock(NULL, gl);
+ * Unfortunately, that's not possible because as soon as gfs2_delete_inode
+ * frees the block in the rgrp, another process can reassign it for an I_NEW
+ * inode in gfs2_create_inode because that calls new_inode, not gfs2_iget.
+ * That means gfs2_delete_inode may subsequently try to call this function
+ * for a glock that's already pointing to a brand new inode. If we clear the
+ * new inode's gl_object, we'll introduce metadata corruption. Function
+ * gfs2_delete_inode calls clear_inode which calls gfs2_clear_inode which also
+ * tries to clear gl_object, so it's more than just gfs2_delete_inode.
+ *
+ */
+static inline void glock_clear_object(struct gfs2_glock *gl, void *object)
+{
+	spin_lock(&gl->gl_lockref.lock);
+	if (gl->gl_object == object)
+		gl->gl_object = NULL;
+	spin_unlock(&gl->gl_lockref.lock);
+}
+
 #endif /* __GLOCK_DOT_H__ */
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/glops.c b/fs/gfs2/glops.c
index 5e69636d4dd3..dac6559e2195 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/glops.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/glops.c
@@ -329,32 +329,6 @@ static int inode_go_demote_ok(const struct gfs2_glock *gl)
 	return 1;
 }
 
-/**
- * gfs2_set_nlink - Set the inode's link count based on on-disk info
- * @inode: The inode in question
- * @nlink: The link count
- *
- * If the link count has hit zero, it must never be raised, whatever the
- * on-disk inode might say. When new struct inodes are created the link
- * count is set to 1, so that we can safely use this test even when reading
- * in on disk information for the first time.
- */
-
-static void gfs2_set_nlink(struct inode *inode, u32 nlink)
-{
-	/*
-	 * We will need to review setting the nlink count here in the
-	 * light of the forthcoming ro bind mount work. This is a reminder
-	 * to do that.
-	 */
-	if ((inode->i_nlink != nlink) && (inode->i_nlink != 0)) {
-		if (nlink == 0)
-			clear_nlink(inode);
-		else
-			set_nlink(inode, nlink);
-	}
-}
-
 static int gfs2_dinode_in(struct gfs2_inode *ip, const void *buf)
 {
 	const struct gfs2_dinode *str = buf;
@@ -376,7 +350,7 @@ static int gfs2_dinode_in(struct gfs2_inode *ip, const void *buf)
 
 	i_uid_write(&ip->i_inode, be32_to_cpu(str->di_uid));
 	i_gid_write(&ip->i_inode, be32_to_cpu(str->di_gid));
-	gfs2_set_nlink(&ip->i_inode, be32_to_cpu(str->di_nlink));
+	set_nlink(&ip->i_inode, be32_to_cpu(str->di_nlink));
 	i_size_write(&ip->i_inode, be64_to_cpu(str->di_size));
 	gfs2_set_inode_blocks(&ip->i_inode, be64_to_cpu(str->di_blocks));
 	atime.tv_sec = be64_to_cpu(str->di_atime);
@@ -470,7 +444,7 @@ static int inode_go_lock(struct gfs2_holder *gh)
 	    (gh->gh_state == LM_ST_EXCLUSIVE)) {
 		spin_lock(&sdp->sd_trunc_lock);
 		if (list_empty(&ip->i_trunc_list))
-			list_add(&sdp->sd_trunc_list, &ip->i_trunc_list);
+			list_add(&ip->i_trunc_list, &sdp->sd_trunc_list);
 		spin_unlock(&sdp->sd_trunc_lock);
 		wake_up(&sdp->sd_quota_wait);
 		return 1;
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/incore.h b/fs/gfs2/incore.h
index 73fce76e67ee..6e18e9793ec4 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/incore.h
+++ b/fs/gfs2/incore.h
@@ -606,6 +606,7 @@ enum {
 	SDF_NOJOURNALID		= 6,
 	SDF_RORECOVERY		= 7, /* read only recovery */
 	SDF_SKIP_DLM_UNLOCK	= 8,
+	SDF_FORCE_AIL_FLUSH     = 9,
 };
 
 enum gfs2_freeze_state {
@@ -816,6 +817,7 @@ struct gfs2_sbd {
 	atomic_t sd_log_in_flight;
 	struct bio *sd_log_bio;
 	wait_queue_head_t sd_log_flush_wait;
+	int sd_log_error;
 
 	atomic_t sd_reserving_log;
 	wait_queue_head_t sd_reserving_log_wait;
@@ -831,7 +833,7 @@ struct gfs2_sbd {
 	atomic_t sd_freeze_state;
 	struct mutex sd_freeze_mutex;
 
-	char sd_fsname[GFS2_FSNAME_LEN];
+	char sd_fsname[GFS2_FSNAME_LEN + 3 * sizeof(int) + 2];
 	char sd_table_name[GFS2_FSNAME_LEN];
 	char sd_proto_name[GFS2_FSNAME_LEN];
 
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/inode.c b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
index acca501f8110..863749e29bf9 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ static void gfs2_set_iop(struct inode *inode)
  * @no_addr: The inode number
  * @no_formal_ino: The inode generation number
  * @blktype: Requested block type (GFS2_BLKST_DINODE or GFS2_BLKST_UNLINKED;
- *           GFS2_BLKST_FREE do indicate not to verify)
+ *           GFS2_BLKST_FREE to indicate not to verify)
  *
  * If @type is DT_UNKNOWN, the inode type is fetched from disk.
  *
@@ -145,7 +145,6 @@ struct inode *gfs2_inode_lookup(struct super_block *sb, unsigned int type,
 		if (unlikely(error))
 			goto fail;
 		flush_delayed_work(&ip->i_gl->gl_work);
-		glock_set_object(ip->i_gl, ip);
 
 		error = gfs2_glock_get(sdp, no_addr, &gfs2_iopen_glops, CREATE, &io_gl);
 		if (unlikely(error))
@@ -170,11 +169,11 @@ struct inode *gfs2_inode_lookup(struct super_block *sb, unsigned int type,
 			}
 		}
 
+		glock_set_object(ip->i_gl, ip);
 		set_bit(GIF_INVALID, &ip->i_flags);
 		error = gfs2_glock_nq_init(io_gl, LM_ST_SHARED, GL_EXACT, &ip->i_iopen_gh);
 		if (unlikely(error))
 			goto fail_put;
-		flush_delayed_work(&ip->i_iopen_gh.gh_gl->gl_work);
 		glock_set_object(ip->i_iopen_gh.gh_gl, ip);
 		gfs2_glock_put(io_gl);
 		io_gl = NULL;
@@ -202,14 +201,14 @@ struct inode *gfs2_inode_lookup(struct super_block *sb, unsigned int type,
 
 fail_refresh:
 	ip->i_iopen_gh.gh_flags |= GL_NOCACHE;
-	glock_set_object(ip->i_iopen_gh.gh_gl, NULL);
+	glock_clear_object(ip->i_iopen_gh.gh_gl, ip);
 	gfs2_glock_dq_uninit(&ip->i_iopen_gh);
 fail_put:
 	if (io_gl)
 		gfs2_glock_put(io_gl);
+	glock_clear_object(ip->i_gl, ip);
 	if (gfs2_holder_initialized(&i_gh))
 		gfs2_glock_dq_uninit(&i_gh);
-	glock_set_object(ip->i_gl, NULL);
 fail:
 	iget_failed(inode);
 	return ERR_PTR(error);
@@ -706,8 +705,9 @@ static int gfs2_create_inode(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	error = gfs2_glock_get(sdp, ip->i_no_addr, &gfs2_inode_glops, CREATE, &ip->i_gl);
 	if (error)
 		goto fail_free_inode;
-
+	flush_delayed_work(&ip->i_gl->gl_work);
 	glock_set_object(ip->i_gl, ip);
+
 	error = gfs2_glock_nq_init(ip->i_gl, LM_ST_EXCLUSIVE, GL_SKIP, ghs + 1);
 	if (error)
 		goto fail_free_inode;
@@ -775,14 +775,17 @@ static int gfs2_create_inode(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	return error;
 
 fail_gunlock3:
+	glock_clear_object(io_gl, ip);
 	gfs2_glock_dq_uninit(&ip->i_iopen_gh);
 	gfs2_glock_put(io_gl);
 fail_gunlock2:
 	if (io_gl)
 		clear_bit(GLF_INODE_CREATING, &io_gl->gl_flags);
 fail_free_inode:
-	if (ip->i_gl)
+	if (ip->i_gl) {
+		glock_clear_object(ip->i_gl, ip);
 		gfs2_glock_put(ip->i_gl);
+	}
 	gfs2_rsqa_delete(ip, NULL);
 fail_free_acls:
 	if (default_acl)
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/lock_dlm.c b/fs/gfs2/lock_dlm.c
index 0515f0a68637..65f33a0ac190 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/lock_dlm.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/lock_dlm.c
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@
 #include "sys.h"
 #include "trace_gfs2.h"
 
-extern struct workqueue_struct *gfs2_control_wq;
-
 /**
  * gfs2_update_stats - Update time based stats
  * @mv: Pointer to mean/variance structure to update
@@ -1059,6 +1057,7 @@ static void free_recover_size(struct lm_lockstruct *ls)
 	ls->ls_recover_submit = NULL;
 	ls->ls_recover_result = NULL;
 	ls->ls_recover_size = 0;
+	ls->ls_lvb_bits = NULL;
 }
 
 /* dlm calls before it does lock recovery */
@@ -1175,7 +1174,7 @@ static void gdlm_recovery_result(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, unsigned int jid,
 	spin_unlock(&ls->ls_recover_spin);
 }
 
-const struct dlm_lockspace_ops gdlm_lockspace_ops = {
+static const struct dlm_lockspace_ops gdlm_lockspace_ops = {
 	.recover_prep = gdlm_recover_prep,
 	.recover_slot = gdlm_recover_slot,
 	.recover_done = gdlm_recover_done,
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/log.c b/fs/gfs2/log.c
index 9a624f694400..f72c44231406 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/log.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/log.c
@@ -898,6 +898,10 @@ static inline int gfs2_jrnl_flush_reqd(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp)
 static inline int gfs2_ail_flush_reqd(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp)
 {
 	unsigned int used_blocks = sdp->sd_jdesc->jd_blocks - atomic_read(&sdp->sd_log_blks_free);
+
+	if (test_and_clear_bit(SDF_FORCE_AIL_FLUSH, &sdp->sd_flags))
+		return 1;
+
 	return used_blocks + atomic_read(&sdp->sd_log_blks_needed) >=
 		atomic_read(&sdp->sd_log_thresh2);
 }
@@ -919,6 +923,15 @@ int gfs2_logd(void *data)
 
 	while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
 
+		/* Check for errors writing to the journal */
+		if (sdp->sd_log_error) {
+			gfs2_lm_withdraw(sdp,
+					 "GFS2: fsid=%s: error %d: "
+					 "withdrawing the file system to "
+					 "prevent further damage.\n",
+					 sdp->sd_fsname, sdp->sd_log_error);
+		}
+
 		did_flush = false;
 		if (gfs2_jrnl_flush_reqd(sdp) || t == 0) {
 			gfs2_ail1_empty(sdp);
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/lops.c b/fs/gfs2/lops.c
index 3010f9edd177..7dabbe721dba 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/lops.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/lops.c
@@ -207,8 +207,11 @@ static void gfs2_end_log_write(struct bio *bio)
 	struct page *page;
 	int i;
 
-	if (bio->bi_status)
-		fs_err(sdp, "Error %d writing to log\n", bio->bi_status);
+	if (bio->bi_status) {
+		fs_err(sdp, "Error %d writing to journal, jid=%u\n",
+		       bio->bi_status, sdp->sd_jdesc->jd_jid);
+		wake_up(&sdp->sd_logd_waitq);
+	}
 
 	bio_for_each_segment_all(bvec, bio, i) {
 		page = bvec->bv_page;
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/meta_io.c b/fs/gfs2/meta_io.c
index fabe1614f879..61ef6c9be816 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/meta_io.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/meta_io.c
@@ -419,8 +419,9 @@ int gfs2_meta_indirect_buffer(struct gfs2_inode *ip, int height, u64 num,
 	if (ret == 0 && gfs2_metatype_check(sdp, bh, mtype)) {
 		brelse(bh);
 		ret = -EIO;
+	} else {
+		*bhp = bh;
 	}
-	*bhp = bh;
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -452,7 +453,7 @@ struct buffer_head *gfs2_meta_ra(struct gfs2_glock *gl, u64 dblock, u32 extlen)
 	if (buffer_uptodate(first_bh))
 		goto out;
 	if (!buffer_locked(first_bh))
-		ll_rw_block(REQ_OP_READ, REQ_META, 1, &first_bh);
+		ll_rw_block(REQ_OP_READ, REQ_META | REQ_PRIO, 1, &first_bh);
 
 	dblock++;
 	extlen--;
@@ -461,7 +462,9 @@ struct buffer_head *gfs2_meta_ra(struct gfs2_glock *gl, u64 dblock, u32 extlen)
 		bh = gfs2_getbuf(gl, dblock, CREATE);
 
 		if (!buffer_uptodate(bh) && !buffer_locked(bh))
-			ll_rw_block(REQ_OP_READ, REQ_RAHEAD | REQ_META, 1, &bh);
+			ll_rw_block(REQ_OP_READ,
+				    REQ_RAHEAD | REQ_META | REQ_PRIO,
+				    1, &bh);
 		brelse(bh);
 		dblock++;
 		extlen--;
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c b/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c
index e76058d34b74..c0a4b3778f3f 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c
@@ -1113,7 +1113,7 @@ static int fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct gfs2_args *args, int silent
 		return error;
 	}
 
-	snprintf(sdp->sd_fsname, GFS2_FSNAME_LEN, "%s", sdp->sd_table_name);
+	snprintf(sdp->sd_fsname, sizeof(sdp->sd_fsname), "%s", sdp->sd_table_name);
 
 	error = gfs2_sys_fs_add(sdp);
 	/*
@@ -1159,10 +1159,10 @@ static int fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct gfs2_args *args, int silent
 	}
 
 	if (sdp->sd_args.ar_spectator)
-		snprintf(sdp->sd_fsname, GFS2_FSNAME_LEN, "%s.s",
+		snprintf(sdp->sd_fsname, sizeof(sdp->sd_fsname), "%s.s",
 			 sdp->sd_table_name);
 	else
-		snprintf(sdp->sd_fsname, GFS2_FSNAME_LEN, "%s.%u",
+		snprintf(sdp->sd_fsname, sizeof(sdp->sd_fsname), "%s.%u",
 			 sdp->sd_table_name, sdp->sd_lockstruct.ls_jid);
 
 	error = init_inodes(sdp, DO);
@@ -1388,7 +1388,6 @@ static void gfs2_kill_sb(struct super_block *sb)
 	sdp->sd_root_dir = NULL;
 	sdp->sd_master_dir = NULL;
 	shrink_dcache_sb(sb);
-	gfs2_delete_debugfs_file(sdp);
 	free_percpu(sdp->sd_lkstats);
 	kill_block_super(sb);
 }
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/quota.c b/fs/gfs2/quota.c
index c2ca9566b764..e647938432bd 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/quota.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/quota.c
@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@ static int gfs2_write_buf_to_page(struct gfs2_inode *ip, unsigned long index,
 		if (PageUptodate(page))
 			set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
 		if (!buffer_uptodate(bh)) {
-			ll_rw_block(REQ_OP_READ, REQ_META, 1, &bh);
+			ll_rw_block(REQ_OP_READ, REQ_META | REQ_PRIO, 1, &bh);
 			wait_on_buffer(bh);
 			if (!buffer_uptodate(bh))
 				goto unlock_out;
@@ -1474,8 +1474,11 @@ static void quotad_error(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, const char *msg, int error)
 {
 	if (error == 0 || error == -EROFS)
 		return;
-	if (!test_bit(SDF_SHUTDOWN, &sdp->sd_flags))
+	if (!test_bit(SDF_SHUTDOWN, &sdp->sd_flags)) {
 		fs_err(sdp, "gfs2_quotad: %s error %d\n", msg, error);
+		sdp->sd_log_error = error;
+		wake_up(&sdp->sd_logd_waitq);
+	}
 }
 
 static void quotad_check_timeo(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, const char *msg,
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c b/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c
index 836e38ba5d0a..95b2a57ded33 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c
@@ -705,8 +705,7 @@ void gfs2_clear_rgrpd(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp)
 		rb_erase(n, &sdp->sd_rindex_tree);
 
 		if (gl) {
-			glock_set_object(gl, NULL);
-			gfs2_glock_add_to_lru(gl);
+			glock_clear_object(gl, rgd);
 			gfs2_glock_put(gl);
 		}
 
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/super.c b/fs/gfs2/super.c
index fdedec379b78..769841185ce5 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/super.c
@@ -924,6 +924,7 @@ restart:
 	gfs2_jindex_free(sdp);
 	/*  Take apart glock structures and buffer lists  */
 	gfs2_gl_hash_clear(sdp);
+	gfs2_delete_debugfs_file(sdp);
 	/*  Unmount the locking protocol  */
 	gfs2_lm_unmount(sdp);
 
@@ -943,9 +944,9 @@ static int gfs2_sync_fs(struct super_block *sb, int wait)
 	struct gfs2_sbd *sdp = sb->s_fs_info;
 
 	gfs2_quota_sync(sb, -1);
-	if (wait && sdp)
+	if (wait)
 		gfs2_log_flush(sdp, NULL, NORMAL_FLUSH);
-	return 0;
+	return sdp->sd_log_error;
 }
 
 void gfs2_freeze_func(struct work_struct *work)
@@ -1295,7 +1296,7 @@ static int gfs2_remount_fs(struct super_block *sb, int *flags, char *data)
  * gfs2_drop_inode - Drop an inode (test for remote unlink)
  * @inode: The inode to drop
  *
- * If we've received a callback on an iopen lock then its because a
+ * If we've received a callback on an iopen lock then it's because a
  * remote node tried to deallocate the inode but failed due to this node
  * still having the inode open. Here we mark the link count zero
  * since we know that it must have reached zero if the GLF_DEMOTE flag
@@ -1317,6 +1318,23 @@ static int gfs2_drop_inode(struct inode *inode)
 		if (test_bit(GLF_DEMOTE, &gl->gl_flags))
 			clear_nlink(inode);
 	}
+
+	/*
+	 * When under memory pressure when an inode's link count has dropped to
+	 * zero, defer deleting the inode to the delete workqueue.  This avoids
+	 * calling into DLM under memory pressure, which can deadlock.
+	 */
+	if (!inode->i_nlink &&
+	    unlikely(current->flags & PF_MEMALLOC) &&
+	    gfs2_holder_initialized(&ip->i_iopen_gh)) {
+		struct gfs2_glock *gl = ip->i_iopen_gh.gh_gl;
+
+		gfs2_glock_hold(gl);
+		if (queue_work(gfs2_delete_workqueue, &gl->gl_delete) == 0)
+			gfs2_glock_queue_put(gl);
+		return false;
+	}
+
 	return generic_drop_inode(inode);
 }
 
@@ -1500,6 +1518,22 @@ out_qs:
 	return error;
 }
 
+/**
+ * gfs2_glock_put_eventually
+ * @gl:	The glock to put
+ *
+ * When under memory pressure, trigger a deferred glock put to make sure we
+ * won't call into DLM and deadlock.  Otherwise, put the glock directly.
+ */
+
+static void gfs2_glock_put_eventually(struct gfs2_glock *gl)
+{
+	if (current->flags & PF_MEMALLOC)
+		gfs2_glock_queue_put(gl);
+	else
+		gfs2_glock_put(gl);
+}
+
 /**
  * gfs2_evict_inode - Remove an inode from cache
  * @inode: The inode to evict
@@ -1544,9 +1578,14 @@ static void gfs2_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 		goto alloc_failed;
 	}
 
+	/* Deletes should never happen under memory pressure anymore.  */
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(current->flags & PF_MEMALLOC))
+		goto out;
+
 	/* Must not read inode block until block type has been verified */
 	error = gfs2_glock_nq_init(ip->i_gl, LM_ST_EXCLUSIVE, GL_SKIP, &gh);
 	if (unlikely(error)) {
+		glock_clear_object(ip->i_iopen_gh.gh_gl, ip);
 		ip->i_iopen_gh.gh_flags |= GL_NOCACHE;
 		gfs2_glock_dq_uninit(&ip->i_iopen_gh);
 		goto out;
@@ -1562,6 +1601,12 @@ static void gfs2_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 			goto out_truncate;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * The inode may have been recreated in the meantime.
+	 */
+	if (inode->i_nlink)
+		goto out_truncate;
+
 alloc_failed:
 	if (gfs2_holder_initialized(&ip->i_iopen_gh) &&
 	    test_bit(HIF_HOLDER, &ip->i_iopen_gh.gh_iflags)) {
@@ -1595,6 +1640,11 @@ alloc_failed:
 			goto out_unlock;
 	}
 
+	/* We're about to clear the bitmap for the dinode, but as soon as we
+	   do, gfs2_create_inode can create another inode at the same block
+	   location and try to set gl_object again. We clear gl_object here so
+	   that subsequent inode creates don't see an old gl_object. */
+	glock_clear_object(ip->i_gl, ip);
 	error = gfs2_dinode_dealloc(ip);
 	goto out_unlock;
 
@@ -1623,14 +1673,17 @@ out_unlock:
 		gfs2_rs_deltree(&ip->i_res);
 
 	if (gfs2_holder_initialized(&ip->i_iopen_gh)) {
+		glock_clear_object(ip->i_iopen_gh.gh_gl, ip);
 		if (test_bit(HIF_HOLDER, &ip->i_iopen_gh.gh_iflags)) {
 			ip->i_iopen_gh.gh_flags |= GL_NOCACHE;
 			gfs2_glock_dq(&ip->i_iopen_gh);
 		}
 		gfs2_holder_uninit(&ip->i_iopen_gh);
 	}
-	if (gfs2_holder_initialized(&gh))
+	if (gfs2_holder_initialized(&gh)) {
+		glock_clear_object(ip->i_gl, ip);
 		gfs2_glock_dq_uninit(&gh);
+	}
 	if (error && error != GLR_TRYFAILED && error != -EROFS)
 		fs_warn(sdp, "gfs2_evict_inode: %d\n", error);
 out:
@@ -1640,15 +1693,19 @@ out:
 	gfs2_ordered_del_inode(ip);
 	clear_inode(inode);
 	gfs2_dir_hash_inval(ip);
-	glock_set_object(ip->i_gl, NULL);
+	glock_clear_object(ip->i_gl, ip);
 	wait_on_bit_io(&ip->i_flags, GIF_GLOP_PENDING, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
 	gfs2_glock_add_to_lru(ip->i_gl);
-	gfs2_glock_put(ip->i_gl);
+	gfs2_glock_put_eventually(ip->i_gl);
 	ip->i_gl = NULL;
 	if (gfs2_holder_initialized(&ip->i_iopen_gh)) {
-		glock_set_object(ip->i_iopen_gh.gh_gl, NULL);
+		struct gfs2_glock *gl = ip->i_iopen_gh.gh_gl;
+
+		glock_clear_object(gl, ip);
 		ip->i_iopen_gh.gh_flags |= GL_NOCACHE;
+		gfs2_glock_hold(gl);
 		gfs2_glock_dq_uninit(&ip->i_iopen_gh);
+		gfs2_glock_put_eventually(gl);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/util.h b/fs/gfs2/util.h
index c81295f407f6..3926f95a6eb7 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/util.h
+++ b/fs/gfs2/util.h
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ extern struct kmem_cache *gfs2_rgrpd_cachep;
 extern struct kmem_cache *gfs2_quotad_cachep;
 extern struct kmem_cache *gfs2_qadata_cachep;
 extern mempool_t *gfs2_page_pool;
+extern struct workqueue_struct *gfs2_control_wq;
 
 static inline unsigned int gfs2_tune_get_i(struct gfs2_tune *gt,
 					   unsigned int *p)
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/xattr.c b/fs/gfs2/xattr.c
index 54179554c7d2..ea09e41dbb49 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/xattr.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "meta_io.h"
 #include "quota.h"
 #include "rgrp.h"
+#include "super.h"
 #include "trans.h"
 #include "util.h"
 
@@ -1209,8 +1210,12 @@ int __gfs2_xattr_set(struct inode *inode, const char *name,
 	if (namel > GFS2_EA_MAX_NAME_LEN)
 		return -ERANGE;
 
-	if (value == NULL)
-		return gfs2_xattr_remove(ip, type, name);
+	if (value == NULL) {
+		error = gfs2_xattr_remove(ip, type, name);
+		if (error == -ENODATA && !(flags & XATTR_REPLACE))
+			error = 0;
+		return error;
+	}
 
 	if (ea_check_size(sdp, namel, size))
 		return -ERANGE;