diff --git a/fs/gfs2/aops.c b/fs/gfs2/aops.c
index 1f7d8057ea68..b7fc035a6943 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/aops.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/aops.c
@@ -611,12 +611,14 @@ static int gfs2_write_begin(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
 		gfs2_write_calc_reserv(ip, len, &data_blocks, &ind_blocks);
 
 	if (alloc_required) {
+		struct gfs2_alloc_parms ap = { .aflags = 0, };
 		error = gfs2_quota_lock_check(ip);
 		if (error)
 			goto out_unlock;
 
 		requested = data_blocks + ind_blocks;
-		error = gfs2_inplace_reserve(ip, requested, 0);
+		ap.target = requested;
+		error = gfs2_inplace_reserve(ip, &ap);
 		if (error)
 			goto out_qunlock;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/bmap.c b/fs/gfs2/bmap.c
index 62a65fc448dc..fe0500c0af7a 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/bmap.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/bmap.c
@@ -1216,6 +1216,7 @@ static int do_grow(struct inode *inode, u64 size)
 {
 	struct gfs2_inode *ip = GFS2_I(inode);
 	struct gfs2_sbd *sdp = GFS2_SB(inode);
+	struct gfs2_alloc_parms ap = { .target = 1, };
 	struct buffer_head *dibh;
 	int error;
 	int unstuff = 0;
@@ -1226,7 +1227,7 @@ static int do_grow(struct inode *inode, u64 size)
 		if (error)
 			return error;
 
-		error = gfs2_inplace_reserve(ip, 1, 0);
+		error = gfs2_inplace_reserve(ip, &ap);
 		if (error)
 			goto do_grow_qunlock;
 		unstuff = 1;
@@ -1279,6 +1280,7 @@ do_grow_qunlock:
 
 int gfs2_setattr_size(struct inode *inode, u64 newsize)
 {
+	struct gfs2_inode *ip = GFS2_I(inode);
 	int ret;
 	u64 oldsize;
 
@@ -1294,7 +1296,7 @@ int gfs2_setattr_size(struct inode *inode, u64 newsize)
 
 	inode_dio_wait(inode);
 
-	ret = gfs2_rs_alloc(GFS2_I(inode));
+	ret = gfs2_rs_alloc(ip);
 	if (ret)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -1304,6 +1306,7 @@ int gfs2_setattr_size(struct inode *inode, u64 newsize)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	gfs2_rs_deltree(ip->i_res);
 	ret = do_shrink(inode, oldsize, newsize);
 out:
 	put_write_access(inode);
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/file.c b/fs/gfs2/file.c
index 0621b46d474d..efc078f0ee4e 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/file.c
@@ -383,6 +383,7 @@ static int gfs2_page_mkwrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf)
 	struct inode *inode = file_inode(vma->vm_file);
 	struct gfs2_inode *ip = GFS2_I(inode);
 	struct gfs2_sbd *sdp = GFS2_SB(inode);
+	struct gfs2_alloc_parms ap = { .aflags = 0, };
 	unsigned long last_index;
 	u64 pos = page->index << PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
 	unsigned int data_blocks, ind_blocks, rblocks;
@@ -430,7 +431,8 @@ static int gfs2_page_mkwrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf)
 	if (ret)
 		goto out_unlock;
 	gfs2_write_calc_reserv(ip, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE, &data_blocks, &ind_blocks);
-	ret = gfs2_inplace_reserve(ip, data_blocks + ind_blocks, 0);
+	ap.target = data_blocks + ind_blocks;
+	ret = gfs2_inplace_reserve(ip, &ap);
 	if (ret)
 		goto out_quota_unlock;
 
@@ -620,7 +622,7 @@ static int gfs2_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	if (!(file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE))
 		return 0;
 
-	gfs2_rs_delete(ip);
+	gfs2_rs_delete(ip, &inode->i_writecount);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -800,6 +802,7 @@ static long gfs2_fallocate(struct file *file, int mode, loff_t offset,
 	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct gfs2_sbd *sdp = GFS2_SB(inode);
 	struct gfs2_inode *ip = GFS2_I(inode);
+	struct gfs2_alloc_parms ap = { .aflags = 0, };
 	unsigned int data_blocks = 0, ind_blocks = 0, rblocks;
 	loff_t bytes, max_bytes;
 	int error;
@@ -850,7 +853,8 @@ static long gfs2_fallocate(struct file *file, int mode, loff_t offset,
 retry:
 		gfs2_write_calc_reserv(ip, bytes, &data_blocks, &ind_blocks);
 
-		error = gfs2_inplace_reserve(ip, data_blocks + ind_blocks, 0);
+		ap.target = data_blocks + ind_blocks;
+		error = gfs2_inplace_reserve(ip, &ap);
 		if (error) {
 			if (error == -ENOSPC && bytes > sdp->sd_sb.sb_bsize) {
 				bytes >>= 1;
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/glock.c b/fs/gfs2/glock.c
index c2f41b4d00b9..e66a8009aff1 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/glock.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/glock.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include <linux/bit_spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/percpu.h>
 #include <linux/list_sort.h>
+#include <linux/lockref.h>
 
 #include "gfs2.h"
 #include "incore.h"
@@ -129,10 +130,10 @@ void gfs2_glock_free(struct gfs2_glock *gl)
  *
  */
 
-void gfs2_glock_hold(struct gfs2_glock *gl)
+static void gfs2_glock_hold(struct gfs2_glock *gl)
 {
-	GLOCK_BUG_ON(gl, atomic_read(&gl->gl_ref) == 0);
-	atomic_inc(&gl->gl_ref);
+	GLOCK_BUG_ON(gl, __lockref_is_dead(&gl->gl_lockref));
+	lockref_get(&gl->gl_lockref);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -186,20 +187,6 @@ static void gfs2_glock_remove_from_lru(struct gfs2_glock *gl)
 	spin_unlock(&lru_lock);
 }
 
-/**
- * gfs2_glock_put_nolock() - Decrement reference count on glock
- * @gl: The glock to put
- *
- * This function should only be used if the caller has its own reference
- * to the glock, in addition to the one it is dropping.
- */
-
-void gfs2_glock_put_nolock(struct gfs2_glock *gl)
-{
-	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&gl->gl_ref))
-		GLOCK_BUG_ON(gl, 1);
-}
-
 /**
  * gfs2_glock_put() - Decrement reference count on glock
  * @gl: The glock to put
@@ -211,17 +198,22 @@ void gfs2_glock_put(struct gfs2_glock *gl)
 	struct gfs2_sbd *sdp = gl->gl_sbd;
 	struct address_space *mapping = gfs2_glock2aspace(gl);
 
-	if (atomic_dec_and_lock(&gl->gl_ref, &lru_lock)) {
-		__gfs2_glock_remove_from_lru(gl);
-		spin_unlock(&lru_lock);
-		spin_lock_bucket(gl->gl_hash);
-		hlist_bl_del_rcu(&gl->gl_list);
-		spin_unlock_bucket(gl->gl_hash);
-		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);
-	}
+	if (lockref_put_or_lock(&gl->gl_lockref))
+		return;
+
+	lockref_mark_dead(&gl->gl_lockref);
+
+	spin_lock(&lru_lock);
+	__gfs2_glock_remove_from_lru(gl);
+	spin_unlock(&lru_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&gl->gl_lockref.lock);
+	spin_lock_bucket(gl->gl_hash);
+	hlist_bl_del_rcu(&gl->gl_list);
+	spin_unlock_bucket(gl->gl_hash);
+	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);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -244,7 +236,7 @@ static struct gfs2_glock *search_bucket(unsigned int hash,
 			continue;
 		if (gl->gl_sbd != sdp)
 			continue;
-		if (atomic_inc_not_zero(&gl->gl_ref))
+		if (lockref_get_not_dead(&gl->gl_lockref))
 			return gl;
 	}
 
@@ -396,10 +388,11 @@ static void state_change(struct gfs2_glock *gl, unsigned int new_state)
 	held2 = (new_state != LM_ST_UNLOCKED);
 
 	if (held1 != held2) {
+		GLOCK_BUG_ON(gl, __lockref_is_dead(&gl->gl_lockref));
 		if (held2)
-			gfs2_glock_hold(gl);
+			gl->gl_lockref.count++;
 		else
-			gfs2_glock_put_nolock(gl);
+			gl->gl_lockref.count--;
 	}
 	if (held1 && held2 && list_empty(&gl->gl_holders))
 		clear_bit(GLF_QUEUED, &gl->gl_flags);
@@ -626,9 +619,9 @@ out:
 out_sched:
 	clear_bit(GLF_LOCK, &gl->gl_flags);
 	smp_mb__after_clear_bit();
-	gfs2_glock_hold(gl);
+	gl->gl_lockref.count++;
 	if (queue_delayed_work(glock_workqueue, &gl->gl_work, 0) == 0)
-		gfs2_glock_put_nolock(gl);
+		gl->gl_lockref.count--;
 	return;
 
 out_unlock:
@@ -754,7 +747,7 @@ int gfs2_glock_get(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, u64 number,
 	gl->gl_sbd = sdp;
 	gl->gl_flags = 0;
 	gl->gl_name = name;
-	atomic_set(&gl->gl_ref, 1);
+	gl->gl_lockref.count = 1;
 	gl->gl_state = LM_ST_UNLOCKED;
 	gl->gl_target = LM_ST_UNLOCKED;
 	gl->gl_demote_state = LM_ST_EXCLUSIVE;
@@ -1356,10 +1349,10 @@ void gfs2_glock_complete(struct gfs2_glock *gl, int ret)
 		}
 	}
 
-	spin_unlock(&gl->gl_spin);
+	gl->gl_lockref.count++;
 	set_bit(GLF_REPLY_PENDING, &gl->gl_flags);
-	smp_wmb();
-	gfs2_glock_hold(gl);
+	spin_unlock(&gl->gl_spin);
+
 	if (queue_delayed_work(glock_workqueue, &gl->gl_work, 0) == 0)
 		gfs2_glock_put(gl);
 }
@@ -1404,15 +1397,19 @@ __acquires(&lru_lock)
 	while(!list_empty(list)) {
 		gl = list_entry(list->next, struct gfs2_glock, gl_lru);
 		list_del_init(&gl->gl_lru);
+		if (!spin_trylock(&gl->gl_spin)) {
+			list_add(&gl->gl_lru, &lru_list);
+			atomic_inc(&lru_count);
+			continue;
+		}
 		clear_bit(GLF_LRU, &gl->gl_flags);
-		gfs2_glock_hold(gl);
 		spin_unlock(&lru_lock);
-		spin_lock(&gl->gl_spin);
+		gl->gl_lockref.count++;
 		if (demote_ok(gl))
 			handle_callback(gl, LM_ST_UNLOCKED, 0, false);
 		WARN_ON(!test_and_clear_bit(GLF_LOCK, &gl->gl_flags));
 		if (queue_delayed_work(glock_workqueue, &gl->gl_work, 0) == 0)
-			gfs2_glock_put_nolock(gl);
+			gl->gl_lockref.count--;
 		spin_unlock(&gl->gl_spin);
 		spin_lock(&lru_lock);
 	}
@@ -1493,7 +1490,7 @@ static void examine_bucket(glock_examiner examiner, const struct gfs2_sbd *sdp,
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	hlist_bl_for_each_entry_rcu(gl, pos, head, gl_list) {
-		if ((gl->gl_sbd == sdp) && atomic_inc_not_zero(&gl->gl_ref))
+		if ((gl->gl_sbd == sdp) && lockref_get_not_dead(&gl->gl_lockref))
 			examiner(gl);
 	}
 	rcu_read_unlock();
@@ -1746,7 +1743,7 @@ int gfs2_dump_glock(struct seq_file *seq, const struct gfs2_glock *gl)
 		  state2str(gl->gl_demote_state), dtime,
 		  atomic_read(&gl->gl_ail_count),
 		  atomic_read(&gl->gl_revokes),
-		  atomic_read(&gl->gl_ref), gl->gl_hold_time);
+		  (int)gl->gl_lockref.count, gl->gl_hold_time);
 
 	list_for_each_entry(gh, &gl->gl_holders, gh_list) {
 		error = dump_holder(seq, gh);
@@ -1902,7 +1899,7 @@ static int gfs2_glock_iter_next(struct gfs2_glock_iter *gi)
 			gi->nhash = 0;
 		}
 	/* Skip entries for other sb and dead entries */
-	} while (gi->sdp != gi->gl->gl_sbd || atomic_read(&gi->gl->gl_ref) == 0);
+	} while (gi->sdp != gi->gl->gl_sbd || __lockref_is_dead(&gl->gl_lockref));
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/glock.h b/fs/gfs2/glock.h
index 69f66e3d22bf..6647d77366ba 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/glock.h
+++ b/fs/gfs2/glock.h
@@ -181,8 +181,6 @@ 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_nolock(struct gfs2_glock *gl);
 extern void gfs2_glock_put(struct gfs2_glock *gl);
 extern void gfs2_holder_init(struct gfs2_glock *gl, unsigned int state,
 			     unsigned flags, struct gfs2_holder *gh);
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/glops.c b/fs/gfs2/glops.c
index e2e0a90396e7..db908f697139 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/glops.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/glops.c
@@ -525,9 +525,9 @@ static void iopen_go_callback(struct gfs2_glock *gl, bool remote)
 
 	if (gl->gl_demote_state == LM_ST_UNLOCKED &&
 	    gl->gl_state == LM_ST_SHARED && ip) {
-		gfs2_glock_hold(gl);
+		gl->gl_lockref.count++;
 		if (queue_work(gfs2_delete_workqueue, &gl->gl_delete) == 0)
-			gfs2_glock_put_nolock(gl);
+			gl->gl_lockref.count--;
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/incore.h b/fs/gfs2/incore.h
index 26aabd7caba7..ba1ea67f4eeb 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/incore.h
+++ b/fs/gfs2/incore.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <linux/rbtree.h>
 #include <linux/ktime.h>
 #include <linux/percpu.h>
+#include <linux/lockref.h>
 
 #define DIO_WAIT	0x00000010
 #define DIO_METADATA	0x00000020
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ struct gfs2_bitmap {
 	u32 bi_offset;
 	u32 bi_start;
 	u32 bi_len;
+	u32 bi_blocks;
 };
 
 struct gfs2_rgrpd {
@@ -101,19 +103,25 @@ struct gfs2_rgrpd {
 
 struct gfs2_rbm {
 	struct gfs2_rgrpd *rgd;
-	struct gfs2_bitmap *bi;	/* Bitmap must belong to the rgd */
 	u32 offset;		/* The offset is bitmap relative */
+	int bii;		/* Bitmap index */
 };
 
+static inline struct gfs2_bitmap *rbm_bi(const struct gfs2_rbm *rbm)
+{
+	return rbm->rgd->rd_bits + rbm->bii;
+}
+
 static inline u64 gfs2_rbm_to_block(const struct gfs2_rbm *rbm)
 {
-	return rbm->rgd->rd_data0 + (rbm->bi->bi_start * GFS2_NBBY) + rbm->offset;
+	return rbm->rgd->rd_data0 + (rbm_bi(rbm)->bi_start * GFS2_NBBY) +
+		rbm->offset;
 }
 
 static inline bool gfs2_rbm_eq(const struct gfs2_rbm *rbm1,
 			       const struct gfs2_rbm *rbm2)
 {
-	return (rbm1->rgd == rbm2->rgd) && (rbm1->bi == rbm2->bi) && 
+	return (rbm1->rgd == rbm2->rgd) && (rbm1->bii == rbm2->bii) &&
 	       (rbm1->offset == rbm2->offset);
 }
 
@@ -278,6 +286,20 @@ struct gfs2_blkreserv {
 	unsigned int rs_qa_qd_num;
 };
 
+/*
+ * Allocation parameters
+ * @target: The number of blocks we'd ideally like to allocate
+ * @aflags: The flags (e.g. Orlov flag)
+ *
+ * The intent is to gradually expand this structure over time in
+ * order to give more information, e.g. alignment, min extent size
+ * to the allocation code.
+ */
+struct gfs2_alloc_parms {
+	u32 target;
+	u32 aflags;
+};
+
 enum {
 	GLF_LOCK			= 1,
 	GLF_DEMOTE			= 3,
@@ -300,9 +322,9 @@ struct gfs2_glock {
 	struct gfs2_sbd *gl_sbd;
 	unsigned long gl_flags;		/* GLF_... */
 	struct lm_lockname gl_name;
-	atomic_t gl_ref;
 
-	spinlock_t gl_spin;
+	struct lockref gl_lockref;
+#define gl_spin gl_lockref.lock
 
 	/* State fields protected by gl_spin */
 	unsigned int gl_state:2,	/* Current state */
@@ -398,11 +420,10 @@ enum {
 
 struct gfs2_quota_data {
 	struct list_head qd_list;
-	struct list_head qd_reclaim;
-
-	atomic_t qd_count;
-
 	struct kqid qd_id;
+	struct lockref qd_lockref;
+	struct list_head qd_lru;
+
 	unsigned long qd_flags;		/* QDF_... */
 
 	s64 qd_change;
@@ -516,7 +537,6 @@ struct gfs2_tune {
 
 	unsigned int gt_logd_secs;
 
-	unsigned int gt_quota_simul_sync; /* Max quotavals to sync at once */
 	unsigned int gt_quota_warn_period; /* Secs between quota warn msgs */
 	unsigned int gt_quota_scale_num; /* Numerator */
 	unsigned int gt_quota_scale_den; /* Denominator */
@@ -694,6 +714,7 @@ struct gfs2_sbd {
 	struct list_head sd_quota_list;
 	atomic_t sd_quota_count;
 	struct mutex sd_quota_mutex;
+	struct mutex sd_quota_sync_mutex;
 	wait_queue_head_t sd_quota_wait;
 	struct list_head sd_trunc_list;
 	spinlock_t sd_trunc_lock;
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/inode.c b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
index ced3257f06e8..109ce9325b76 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
@@ -379,6 +379,7 @@ static void munge_mode_uid_gid(const struct gfs2_inode *dip,
 static int alloc_dinode(struct gfs2_inode *ip, u32 flags)
 {
 	struct gfs2_sbd *sdp = GFS2_SB(&ip->i_inode);
+	struct gfs2_alloc_parms ap = { .target = RES_DINODE, .aflags = flags, };
 	int error;
 	int dblocks = 1;
 
@@ -386,7 +387,7 @@ static int alloc_dinode(struct gfs2_inode *ip, u32 flags)
 	if (error)
 		goto out;
 
-	error = gfs2_inplace_reserve(ip, RES_DINODE, flags);
+	error = gfs2_inplace_reserve(ip, &ap);
 	if (error)
 		goto out_quota;
 
@@ -472,6 +473,7 @@ static int link_dinode(struct gfs2_inode *dip, const struct qstr *name,
 		       struct gfs2_inode *ip, int arq)
 {
 	struct gfs2_sbd *sdp = GFS2_SB(&dip->i_inode);
+	struct gfs2_alloc_parms ap = { .target = sdp->sd_max_dirres, };
 	int error;
 
 	if (arq) {
@@ -479,7 +481,7 @@ static int link_dinode(struct gfs2_inode *dip, const struct qstr *name,
 		if (error)
 			goto fail_quota_locks;
 
-		error = gfs2_inplace_reserve(dip, sdp->sd_max_dirres, 0);
+		error = gfs2_inplace_reserve(dip, &ap);
 		if (error)
 			goto fail_quota_locks;
 
@@ -584,17 +586,17 @@ static int gfs2_create_inode(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	if (!IS_ERR(inode)) {
 		d = d_splice_alias(inode, dentry);
 		error = 0;
-		if (file && !IS_ERR(d)) {
-			if (d == NULL)
-				d = dentry;
-			if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
-				error = finish_open(file, d, gfs2_open_common, opened);
-			else
+		if (file) {
+			if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode)) {
+				WARN_ON(d != NULL);
+				error = finish_open(file, dentry, gfs2_open_common, opened);
+			} else {
 				error = finish_no_open(file, d);
+			}
+		} else {
+			dput(d);
 		}
 		gfs2_glock_dq_uninit(ghs);
-		if (IS_ERR(d))
-			return PTR_ERR(d);
 		return error;
 	} else if (error != -ENOENT) {
 		goto fail_gunlock;
@@ -713,7 +715,7 @@ fail_gunlock2:
 fail_free_inode:
 	if (ip->i_gl)
 		gfs2_glock_put(ip->i_gl);
-	gfs2_rs_delete(ip);
+	gfs2_rs_delete(ip, NULL);
 	free_inode_nonrcu(inode);
 	inode = NULL;
 fail_gunlock:
@@ -781,8 +783,10 @@ static struct dentry *__gfs2_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 		error = finish_open(file, dentry, gfs2_open_common, opened);
 
 	gfs2_glock_dq_uninit(&gh);
-	if (error)
+	if (error) {
+		dput(d);
 		return ERR_PTR(error);
+	}
 	return d;
 }
 
@@ -874,11 +878,12 @@ static int gfs2_link(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir,
 	error = 0;
 
 	if (alloc_required) {
+		struct gfs2_alloc_parms ap = { .target = sdp->sd_max_dirres, };
 		error = gfs2_quota_lock_check(dip);
 		if (error)
 			goto out_gunlock;
 
-		error = gfs2_inplace_reserve(dip, sdp->sd_max_dirres, 0);
+		error = gfs2_inplace_reserve(dip, &ap);
 		if (error)
 			goto out_gunlock_q;
 
@@ -1163,14 +1168,16 @@ static int gfs2_atomic_open(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	d = __gfs2_lookup(dir, dentry, file, opened);
 	if (IS_ERR(d))
 		return PTR_ERR(d);
-	if (d == NULL)
-		d = dentry;
-	if (d->d_inode) {
+	if (d != NULL)
+		dentry = d;
+	if (dentry->d_inode) {
 		if (!(*opened & FILE_OPENED))
-			return finish_no_open(file, d);
+			return finish_no_open(file, dentry);
+		dput(d);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	BUG_ON(d != NULL);
 	if (!(flags & O_CREAT))
 		return -ENOENT;
 
@@ -1385,11 +1392,12 @@ static int gfs2_rename(struct inode *odir, struct dentry *odentry,
 		goto out_gunlock;
 
 	if (alloc_required) {
+		struct gfs2_alloc_parms ap = { .target = sdp->sd_max_dirres, };
 		error = gfs2_quota_lock_check(ndip);
 		if (error)
 			goto out_gunlock;
 
-		error = gfs2_inplace_reserve(ndip, sdp->sd_max_dirres, 0);
+		error = gfs2_inplace_reserve(ndip, &ap);
 		if (error)
 			goto out_gunlock_q;
 
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/main.c b/fs/gfs2/main.c
index 351586e24e30..0650db2541ef 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/main.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/main.c
@@ -31,12 +31,6 @@
 
 struct workqueue_struct *gfs2_control_wq;
 
-static struct shrinker qd_shrinker = {
-	.count_objects = gfs2_qd_shrink_count,
-	.scan_objects = gfs2_qd_shrink_scan,
-	.seeks = DEFAULT_SEEKS,
-};
-
 static void gfs2_init_inode_once(void *foo)
 {
 	struct gfs2_inode *ip = foo;
@@ -87,6 +81,10 @@ static int __init init_gfs2_fs(void)
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
+	error = list_lru_init(&gfs2_qd_lru);
+	if (error)
+		goto fail_lru;
+
 	error = gfs2_glock_init();
 	if (error)
 		goto fail;
@@ -139,7 +137,7 @@ static int __init init_gfs2_fs(void)
 	if (!gfs2_rsrv_cachep)
 		goto fail;
 
-	register_shrinker(&qd_shrinker);
+	register_shrinker(&gfs2_qd_shrinker);
 
 	error = register_filesystem(&gfs2_fs_type);
 	if (error)
@@ -179,7 +177,9 @@ fail_wq:
 fail_unregister:
 	unregister_filesystem(&gfs2_fs_type);
 fail:
-	unregister_shrinker(&qd_shrinker);
+	list_lru_destroy(&gfs2_qd_lru);
+fail_lru:
+	unregister_shrinker(&gfs2_qd_shrinker);
 	gfs2_glock_exit();
 
 	if (gfs2_rsrv_cachep)
@@ -214,13 +214,14 @@ fail:
 
 static void __exit exit_gfs2_fs(void)
 {
-	unregister_shrinker(&qd_shrinker);
+	unregister_shrinker(&gfs2_qd_shrinker);
 	gfs2_glock_exit();
 	gfs2_unregister_debugfs();
 	unregister_filesystem(&gfs2_fs_type);
 	unregister_filesystem(&gfs2meta_fs_type);
 	destroy_workqueue(gfs_recovery_wq);
 	destroy_workqueue(gfs2_control_wq);
+	list_lru_destroy(&gfs2_qd_lru);
 
 	rcu_barrier();
 
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c b/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c
index 19ff5e8c285c..82303b474958 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ static void gfs2_tune_init(struct gfs2_tune *gt)
 {
 	spin_lock_init(&gt->gt_spin);
 
-	gt->gt_quota_simul_sync = 64;
 	gt->gt_quota_warn_period = 10;
 	gt->gt_quota_scale_num = 1;
 	gt->gt_quota_scale_den = 1;
@@ -94,6 +93,7 @@ static struct gfs2_sbd *init_sbd(struct super_block *sb)
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sdp->sd_quota_list);
 	mutex_init(&sdp->sd_quota_mutex);
+	mutex_init(&sdp->sd_quota_sync_mutex);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&sdp->sd_quota_wait);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sdp->sd_trunc_list);
 	spin_lock_init(&sdp->sd_trunc_lock);
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/quota.c b/fs/gfs2/quota.c
index db441359ee8c..453b50eaddec 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/quota.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/quota.c
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@
 #include <linux/freezer.h>
 #include <linux/quota.h>
 #include <linux/dqblk_xfs.h>
+#include <linux/lockref.h>
+#include <linux/list_lru.h>
 
 #include "gfs2.h"
 #include "incore.h"
@@ -71,29 +73,25 @@ struct gfs2_quota_change_host {
 	struct kqid qc_id;
 };
 
-static LIST_HEAD(qd_lru_list);
-static atomic_t qd_lru_count = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
-static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(qd_lru_lock);
+/* Lock order: qd_lock -> qd->lockref.lock -> lru lock */
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(qd_lock);
+struct list_lru gfs2_qd_lru;
 
-unsigned long gfs2_qd_shrink_scan(struct shrinker *shrink,
-				  struct shrink_control *sc)
+static void gfs2_qd_dispose(struct list_head *list)
 {
 	struct gfs2_quota_data *qd;
 	struct gfs2_sbd *sdp;
-	int nr_to_scan = sc->nr_to_scan;
-	long freed = 0;
 
-	if (!(sc->gfp_mask & __GFP_FS))
-		return SHRINK_STOP;
-
-	spin_lock(&qd_lru_lock);
-	while (nr_to_scan && !list_empty(&qd_lru_list)) {
-		qd = list_entry(qd_lru_list.next,
-				struct gfs2_quota_data, qd_reclaim);
+	while (!list_empty(list)) {
+		qd = list_entry(list->next, struct gfs2_quota_data, qd_lru);
 		sdp = qd->qd_gl->gl_sbd;
 
+		list_del(&qd->qd_lru);
+
 		/* Free from the filesystem-specific list */
+		spin_lock(&qd_lock);
 		list_del(&qd->qd_list);
+		spin_unlock(&qd_lock);
 
 		gfs2_assert_warn(sdp, !qd->qd_change);
 		gfs2_assert_warn(sdp, !qd->qd_slot_count);
@@ -103,24 +101,59 @@ unsigned long gfs2_qd_shrink_scan(struct shrinker *shrink,
 		atomic_dec(&sdp->sd_quota_count);
 
 		/* Delete it from the common reclaim list */
-		list_del_init(&qd->qd_reclaim);
-		atomic_dec(&qd_lru_count);
-		spin_unlock(&qd_lru_lock);
 		kmem_cache_free(gfs2_quotad_cachep, qd);
-		spin_lock(&qd_lru_lock);
-		nr_to_scan--;
-		freed++;
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&qd_lru_lock);
+}
+
+
+static enum lru_status gfs2_qd_isolate(struct list_head *item, spinlock_t *lock, void *arg)
+{
+	struct list_head *dispose = arg;
+	struct gfs2_quota_data *qd = list_entry(item, struct gfs2_quota_data, qd_lru);
+
+	if (!spin_trylock(&qd->qd_lockref.lock))
+		return LRU_SKIP;
+
+	if (qd->qd_lockref.count == 0) {
+		lockref_mark_dead(&qd->qd_lockref);
+		list_move(&qd->qd_lru, dispose);
+	}
+
+	spin_unlock(&qd->qd_lockref.lock);
+	return LRU_REMOVED;
+}
+
+static unsigned long gfs2_qd_shrink_scan(struct shrinker *shrink,
+					 struct shrink_control *sc)
+{
+	LIST_HEAD(dispose);
+	unsigned long freed;
+
+	if (!(sc->gfp_mask & __GFP_FS))
+		return SHRINK_STOP;
+
+	freed = list_lru_walk_node(&gfs2_qd_lru, sc->nid, gfs2_qd_isolate,
+				   &dispose, &sc->nr_to_scan);
+
+	gfs2_qd_dispose(&dispose);
+
 	return freed;
 }
 
-unsigned long gfs2_qd_shrink_count(struct shrinker *shrink,
-				   struct shrink_control *sc)
+static unsigned long gfs2_qd_shrink_count(struct shrinker *shrink,
+					  struct shrink_control *sc)
 {
-	return vfs_pressure_ratio(atomic_read(&qd_lru_count));
+	return vfs_pressure_ratio(list_lru_count_node(&gfs2_qd_lru, sc->nid));
 }
 
+struct shrinker gfs2_qd_shrinker = {
+	.count_objects = gfs2_qd_shrink_count,
+	.scan_objects = gfs2_qd_shrink_scan,
+	.seeks = DEFAULT_SEEKS,
+	.flags = SHRINKER_NUMA_AWARE,
+};
+
+
 static u64 qd2index(struct gfs2_quota_data *qd)
 {
 	struct kqid qid = qd->qd_id;
@@ -148,10 +181,11 @@ static int qd_alloc(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, struct kqid qid,
 	if (!qd)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	atomic_set(&qd->qd_count, 1);
+	qd->qd_lockref.count = 1;
+	spin_lock_init(&qd->qd_lockref.lock);
 	qd->qd_id = qid;
 	qd->qd_slot = -1;
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&qd->qd_reclaim);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&qd->qd_lru);
 
 	error = gfs2_glock_get(sdp, qd2index(qd),
 			      &gfs2_quota_glops, CREATE, &qd->qd_gl);
@@ -177,16 +211,11 @@ static int qd_get(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, struct kqid qid,
 
 	for (;;) {
 		found = 0;
-		spin_lock(&qd_lru_lock);
+		spin_lock(&qd_lock);
 		list_for_each_entry(qd, &sdp->sd_quota_list, qd_list) {
-			if (qid_eq(qd->qd_id, qid)) {
-				if (!atomic_read(&qd->qd_count) &&
-				    !list_empty(&qd->qd_reclaim)) {
-					/* Remove it from reclaim list */
-					list_del_init(&qd->qd_reclaim);
-					atomic_dec(&qd_lru_count);
-				}
-				atomic_inc(&qd->qd_count);
+			if (qid_eq(qd->qd_id, qid) &&
+			    lockref_get_not_dead(&qd->qd_lockref)) {
+				list_lru_del(&gfs2_qd_lru, &qd->qd_lru);
 				found = 1;
 				break;
 			}
@@ -202,7 +231,7 @@ static int qd_get(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, struct kqid qid,
 			new_qd = NULL;
 		}
 
-		spin_unlock(&qd_lru_lock);
+		spin_unlock(&qd_lock);
 
 		if (qd) {
 			if (new_qd) {
@@ -222,18 +251,19 @@ static int qd_get(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, struct kqid qid,
 static void qd_hold(struct gfs2_quota_data *qd)
 {
 	struct gfs2_sbd *sdp = qd->qd_gl->gl_sbd;
-	gfs2_assert(sdp, atomic_read(&qd->qd_count));
-	atomic_inc(&qd->qd_count);
+	gfs2_assert(sdp, !__lockref_is_dead(&qd->qd_lockref));
+	lockref_get(&qd->qd_lockref);
 }
 
 static void qd_put(struct gfs2_quota_data *qd)
 {
-	if (atomic_dec_and_lock(&qd->qd_count, &qd_lru_lock)) {
-		/* Add to the reclaim list */
-		list_add_tail(&qd->qd_reclaim, &qd_lru_list);
-		atomic_inc(&qd_lru_count);
-		spin_unlock(&qd_lru_lock);
-	}
+	if (lockref_put_or_lock(&qd->qd_lockref))
+		return;
+
+	qd->qd_lockref.count = 0;
+	list_lru_add(&gfs2_qd_lru, &qd->qd_lru);
+	spin_unlock(&qd->qd_lockref.lock);
+
 }
 
 static int slot_get(struct gfs2_quota_data *qd)
@@ -242,10 +272,10 @@ static int slot_get(struct gfs2_quota_data *qd)
 	unsigned int c, o = 0, b;
 	unsigned char byte = 0;
 
-	spin_lock(&qd_lru_lock);
+	spin_lock(&qd_lock);
 
 	if (qd->qd_slot_count++) {
-		spin_unlock(&qd_lru_lock);
+		spin_unlock(&qd_lock);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -269,13 +299,13 @@ found:
 
 	sdp->sd_quota_bitmap[c][o] |= 1 << b;
 
-	spin_unlock(&qd_lru_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&qd_lock);
 
 	return 0;
 
 fail:
 	qd->qd_slot_count--;
-	spin_unlock(&qd_lru_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&qd_lock);
 	return -ENOSPC;
 }
 
@@ -283,23 +313,43 @@ static void slot_hold(struct gfs2_quota_data *qd)
 {
 	struct gfs2_sbd *sdp = qd->qd_gl->gl_sbd;
 
-	spin_lock(&qd_lru_lock);
+	spin_lock(&qd_lock);
 	gfs2_assert(sdp, qd->qd_slot_count);
 	qd->qd_slot_count++;
-	spin_unlock(&qd_lru_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&qd_lock);
+}
+
+static void gfs2_icbit_munge(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, unsigned char **bitmap,
+			     unsigned int bit, int new_value)
+{
+	unsigned int c, o, b = bit;
+	int old_value;
+
+	c = b / (8 * PAGE_SIZE);
+	b %= 8 * PAGE_SIZE;
+	o = b / 8;
+	b %= 8;
+
+	old_value = (bitmap[c][o] & (1 << b));
+	gfs2_assert_withdraw(sdp, !old_value != !new_value);
+
+	if (new_value)
+		bitmap[c][o] |= 1 << b;
+	else
+		bitmap[c][o] &= ~(1 << b);
 }
 
 static void slot_put(struct gfs2_quota_data *qd)
 {
 	struct gfs2_sbd *sdp = qd->qd_gl->gl_sbd;
 
-	spin_lock(&qd_lru_lock);
+	spin_lock(&qd_lock);
 	gfs2_assert(sdp, qd->qd_slot_count);
 	if (!--qd->qd_slot_count) {
 		gfs2_icbit_munge(sdp, sdp->sd_quota_bitmap, qd->qd_slot, 0);
 		qd->qd_slot = -1;
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&qd_lru_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&qd_lock);
 }
 
 static int bh_get(struct gfs2_quota_data *qd)
@@ -363,6 +413,25 @@ static void bh_put(struct gfs2_quota_data *qd)
 	mutex_unlock(&sdp->sd_quota_mutex);
 }
 
+static int qd_check_sync(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, struct gfs2_quota_data *qd,
+			 u64 *sync_gen)
+{
+	if (test_bit(QDF_LOCKED, &qd->qd_flags) ||
+	    !test_bit(QDF_CHANGE, &qd->qd_flags) ||
+	    (sync_gen && (qd->qd_sync_gen >= *sync_gen)))
+		return 0;
+
+	if (!lockref_get_not_dead(&qd->qd_lockref))
+		return 0;
+
+	list_move_tail(&qd->qd_list, &sdp->sd_quota_list);
+	set_bit(QDF_LOCKED, &qd->qd_flags);
+	qd->qd_change_sync = qd->qd_change;
+	gfs2_assert_warn(sdp, qd->qd_slot_count);
+	qd->qd_slot_count++;
+	return 1;
+}
+
 static int qd_fish(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, struct gfs2_quota_data **qdp)
 {
 	struct gfs2_quota_data *qd = NULL;
@@ -374,31 +443,18 @@ static int qd_fish(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, struct gfs2_quota_data **qdp)
 	if (sdp->sd_vfs->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)
 		return 0;
 
-	spin_lock(&qd_lru_lock);
+	spin_lock(&qd_lock);
 
 	list_for_each_entry(qd, &sdp->sd_quota_list, qd_list) {
-		if (test_bit(QDF_LOCKED, &qd->qd_flags) ||
-		    !test_bit(QDF_CHANGE, &qd->qd_flags) ||
-		    qd->qd_sync_gen >= sdp->sd_quota_sync_gen)
-			continue;
-
-		list_move_tail(&qd->qd_list, &sdp->sd_quota_list);
-
-		set_bit(QDF_LOCKED, &qd->qd_flags);
-		gfs2_assert_warn(sdp, atomic_read(&qd->qd_count));
-		atomic_inc(&qd->qd_count);
-		qd->qd_change_sync = qd->qd_change;
-		gfs2_assert_warn(sdp, qd->qd_slot_count);
-		qd->qd_slot_count++;
-		found = 1;
-
-		break;
+		found = qd_check_sync(sdp, qd, &sdp->sd_quota_sync_gen);
+		if (found)
+			break;
 	}
 
 	if (!found)
 		qd = NULL;
 
-	spin_unlock(&qd_lru_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&qd_lock);
 
 	if (qd) {
 		gfs2_assert_warn(sdp, qd->qd_change_sync);
@@ -416,43 +472,6 @@ static int qd_fish(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, struct gfs2_quota_data **qdp)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int qd_trylock(struct gfs2_quota_data *qd)
-{
-	struct gfs2_sbd *sdp = qd->qd_gl->gl_sbd;
-
-	if (sdp->sd_vfs->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)
-		return 0;
-
-	spin_lock(&qd_lru_lock);
-
-	if (test_bit(QDF_LOCKED, &qd->qd_flags) ||
-	    !test_bit(QDF_CHANGE, &qd->qd_flags)) {
-		spin_unlock(&qd_lru_lock);
-		return 0;
-	}
-
-	list_move_tail(&qd->qd_list, &sdp->sd_quota_list);
-
-	set_bit(QDF_LOCKED, &qd->qd_flags);
-	gfs2_assert_warn(sdp, atomic_read(&qd->qd_count));
-	atomic_inc(&qd->qd_count);
-	qd->qd_change_sync = qd->qd_change;
-	gfs2_assert_warn(sdp, qd->qd_slot_count);
-	qd->qd_slot_count++;
-
-	spin_unlock(&qd_lru_lock);
-
-	gfs2_assert_warn(sdp, qd->qd_change_sync);
-	if (bh_get(qd)) {
-		clear_bit(QDF_LOCKED, &qd->qd_flags);
-		slot_put(qd);
-		qd_put(qd);
-		return 0;
-	}
-
-	return 1;
-}
-
 static void qd_unlock(struct gfs2_quota_data *qd)
 {
 	gfs2_assert_warn(qd->qd_gl->gl_sbd,
@@ -602,9 +621,9 @@ static void do_qc(struct gfs2_quota_data *qd, s64 change)
 	x = be64_to_cpu(qc->qc_change) + change;
 	qc->qc_change = cpu_to_be64(x);
 
-	spin_lock(&qd_lru_lock);
+	spin_lock(&qd_lock);
 	qd->qd_change = x;
-	spin_unlock(&qd_lru_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&qd_lock);
 
 	if (!x) {
 		gfs2_assert_warn(sdp, test_bit(QDF_CHANGE, &qd->qd_flags));
@@ -763,6 +782,7 @@ static int do_sync(unsigned int num_qd, struct gfs2_quota_data **qda)
 {
 	struct gfs2_sbd *sdp = (*qda)->qd_gl->gl_sbd;
 	struct gfs2_inode *ip = GFS2_I(sdp->sd_quota_inode);
+	struct gfs2_alloc_parms ap = { .aflags = 0, };
 	unsigned int data_blocks, ind_blocks;
 	struct gfs2_holder *ghs, i_gh;
 	unsigned int qx, x;
@@ -815,7 +835,8 @@ static int do_sync(unsigned int num_qd, struct gfs2_quota_data **qda)
 	blocks = num_qd * data_blocks + RES_DINODE + num_qd + 3;
 
 	reserved = 1 + (nalloc * (data_blocks + ind_blocks));
-	error = gfs2_inplace_reserve(ip, reserved, 0);
+	ap.target = reserved;
+	error = gfs2_inplace_reserve(ip, &ap);
 	if (error)
 		goto out_alloc;
 
@@ -974,9 +995,9 @@ static int need_sync(struct gfs2_quota_data *qd)
 	if (!qd->qd_qb.qb_limit)
 		return 0;
 
-	spin_lock(&qd_lru_lock);
+	spin_lock(&qd_lock);
 	value = qd->qd_change;
-	spin_unlock(&qd_lru_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&qd_lock);
 
 	spin_lock(&gt->gt_spin);
 	num = gt->gt_quota_scale_num;
@@ -1001,9 +1022,11 @@ static int need_sync(struct gfs2_quota_data *qd)
 
 void gfs2_quota_unlock(struct gfs2_inode *ip)
 {
+	struct gfs2_sbd *sdp = GFS2_SB(&ip->i_inode);
 	struct gfs2_quota_data *qda[4];
 	unsigned int count = 0;
 	unsigned int x;
+	int found;
 
 	if (!test_and_clear_bit(GIF_QD_LOCKED, &ip->i_flags))
 		goto out;
@@ -1016,9 +1039,25 @@ void gfs2_quota_unlock(struct gfs2_inode *ip)
 		sync = need_sync(qd);
 
 		gfs2_glock_dq_uninit(&ip->i_res->rs_qa_qd_ghs[x]);
+		if (!sync)
+			continue;
 
-		if (sync && qd_trylock(qd))
-			qda[count++] = qd;
+		spin_lock(&qd_lock);
+		found = qd_check_sync(sdp, qd, NULL);
+		spin_unlock(&qd_lock);
+
+		if (!found)
+			continue;
+
+		gfs2_assert_warn(sdp, qd->qd_change_sync);
+		if (bh_get(qd)) {
+			clear_bit(QDF_LOCKED, &qd->qd_flags);
+			slot_put(qd);
+			qd_put(qd);
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		qda[count++] = qd;
 	}
 
 	if (count) {
@@ -1067,9 +1106,9 @@ int gfs2_quota_check(struct gfs2_inode *ip, kuid_t uid, kgid_t gid)
 			continue;
 
 		value = (s64)be64_to_cpu(qd->qd_qb.qb_value);
-		spin_lock(&qd_lru_lock);
+		spin_lock(&qd_lock);
 		value += qd->qd_change;
-		spin_unlock(&qd_lru_lock);
+		spin_unlock(&qd_lock);
 
 		if (be64_to_cpu(qd->qd_qb.qb_limit) && (s64)be64_to_cpu(qd->qd_qb.qb_limit) < value) {
 			print_message(qd, "exceeded");
@@ -1118,17 +1157,18 @@ int gfs2_quota_sync(struct super_block *sb, int type)
 {
 	struct gfs2_sbd *sdp = sb->s_fs_info;
 	struct gfs2_quota_data **qda;
-	unsigned int max_qd = gfs2_tune_get(sdp, gt_quota_simul_sync);
+	unsigned int max_qd = PAGE_SIZE/sizeof(struct gfs2_holder);
 	unsigned int num_qd;
 	unsigned int x;
 	int error = 0;
 
-	sdp->sd_quota_sync_gen++;
-
 	qda = kcalloc(max_qd, sizeof(struct gfs2_quota_data *), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!qda)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	mutex_lock(&sdp->sd_quota_sync_mutex);
+	sdp->sd_quota_sync_gen++;
+
 	do {
 		num_qd = 0;
 
@@ -1153,6 +1193,7 @@ int gfs2_quota_sync(struct super_block *sb, int type)
 		}
 	} while (!error && num_qd == max_qd);
 
+	mutex_unlock(&sdp->sd_quota_sync_mutex);
 	kfree(qda);
 
 	return error;
@@ -1258,11 +1299,11 @@ int gfs2_quota_init(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp)
 			qd->qd_slot = slot;
 			qd->qd_slot_count = 1;
 
-			spin_lock(&qd_lru_lock);
+			spin_lock(&qd_lock);
 			gfs2_icbit_munge(sdp, sdp->sd_quota_bitmap, slot, 1);
 			list_add(&qd->qd_list, &sdp->sd_quota_list);
 			atomic_inc(&sdp->sd_quota_count);
-			spin_unlock(&qd_lru_lock);
+			spin_unlock(&qd_lock);
 
 			found++;
 		}
@@ -1288,30 +1329,34 @@ void gfs2_quota_cleanup(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp)
 	struct gfs2_quota_data *qd;
 	unsigned int x;
 
-	spin_lock(&qd_lru_lock);
+	spin_lock(&qd_lock);
 	while (!list_empty(head)) {
 		qd = list_entry(head->prev, struct gfs2_quota_data, qd_list);
 
-		if (atomic_read(&qd->qd_count) > 1 ||
-		    (atomic_read(&qd->qd_count) &&
-		     !test_bit(QDF_CHANGE, &qd->qd_flags))) {
+		/*
+		 * To be removed in due course... we should be able to
+		 * ensure that all refs to the qd have done by this point
+		 * so that this rather odd test is not required
+		 */
+		spin_lock(&qd->qd_lockref.lock);
+		if (qd->qd_lockref.count > 1 ||
+		    (qd->qd_lockref.count && !test_bit(QDF_CHANGE, &qd->qd_flags))) {
+			spin_unlock(&qd->qd_lockref.lock);
 			list_move(&qd->qd_list, head);
-			spin_unlock(&qd_lru_lock);
+			spin_unlock(&qd_lock);
 			schedule();
-			spin_lock(&qd_lru_lock);
+			spin_lock(&qd_lock);
 			continue;
 		}
+		spin_unlock(&qd->qd_lockref.lock);
 
 		list_del(&qd->qd_list);
 		/* Also remove if this qd exists in the reclaim list */
-		if (!list_empty(&qd->qd_reclaim)) {
-			list_del_init(&qd->qd_reclaim);
-			atomic_dec(&qd_lru_count);
-		}
+		list_lru_del(&gfs2_qd_lru, &qd->qd_lru);
 		atomic_dec(&sdp->sd_quota_count);
-		spin_unlock(&qd_lru_lock);
+		spin_unlock(&qd_lock);
 
-		if (!atomic_read(&qd->qd_count)) {
+		if (!qd->qd_lockref.count) {
 			gfs2_assert_warn(sdp, !qd->qd_change);
 			gfs2_assert_warn(sdp, !qd->qd_slot_count);
 		} else
@@ -1321,9 +1366,9 @@ void gfs2_quota_cleanup(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp)
 		gfs2_glock_put(qd->qd_gl);
 		kmem_cache_free(gfs2_quotad_cachep, qd);
 
-		spin_lock(&qd_lru_lock);
+		spin_lock(&qd_lock);
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&qd_lru_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&qd_lock);
 
 	gfs2_assert_warn(sdp, !atomic_read(&sdp->sd_quota_count));
 
@@ -1462,7 +1507,7 @@ static int gfs2_quota_get_xstate(struct super_block *sb,
 	}
 	fqs->qs_uquota.qfs_nextents = 1; /* unsupported */
 	fqs->qs_gquota = fqs->qs_uquota; /* its the same inode in both cases */
-	fqs->qs_incoredqs = atomic_read(&qd_lru_count);
+	fqs->qs_incoredqs = list_lru_count(&gfs2_qd_lru);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1573,10 +1618,12 @@ static int gfs2_set_dqblk(struct super_block *sb, struct kqid qid,
 	if (gfs2_is_stuffed(ip))
 		alloc_required = 1;
 	if (alloc_required) {
+		struct gfs2_alloc_parms ap = { .aflags = 0, };
 		gfs2_write_calc_reserv(ip, sizeof(struct gfs2_quota),
 				       &data_blocks, &ind_blocks);
 		blocks = 1 + data_blocks + ind_blocks;
-		error = gfs2_inplace_reserve(ip, blocks, 0);
+		ap.target = blocks;
+		error = gfs2_inplace_reserve(ip, &ap);
 		if (error)
 			goto out_i;
 		blocks += gfs2_rg_blocks(ip, blocks);
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/quota.h b/fs/gfs2/quota.h
index 0f64d9deb1b0..96e4f34a03b0 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/quota.h
+++ b/fs/gfs2/quota.h
@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@
 #ifndef __QUOTA_DOT_H__
 #define __QUOTA_DOT_H__
 
+#include <linux/list_lru.h>
+
 struct gfs2_inode;
 struct gfs2_sbd;
-struct shrink_control;
 
 #define NO_UID_QUOTA_CHANGE INVALID_UID
 #define NO_GID_QUOTA_CHANGE INVALID_GID
@@ -53,10 +54,8 @@ static inline int gfs2_quota_lock_check(struct gfs2_inode *ip)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-extern unsigned long gfs2_qd_shrink_count(struct shrinker *shrink,
-					  struct shrink_control *sc);
-extern unsigned long gfs2_qd_shrink_scan(struct shrinker *shrink,
-					 struct shrink_control *sc);
 extern const struct quotactl_ops gfs2_quotactl_ops;
+extern struct shrinker gfs2_qd_shrinker;
+extern struct list_lru gfs2_qd_lru;
 
 #endif /* __QUOTA_DOT_H__ */
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c b/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c
index 69317435faa7..4d83abdd5635 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c
@@ -81,11 +81,12 @@ static inline void gfs2_setbit(const struct gfs2_rbm *rbm, bool do_clone,
 			       unsigned char new_state)
 {
 	unsigned char *byte1, *byte2, *end, cur_state;
-	unsigned int buflen = rbm->bi->bi_len;
+	struct gfs2_bitmap *bi = rbm_bi(rbm);
+	unsigned int buflen = bi->bi_len;
 	const unsigned int bit = (rbm->offset % GFS2_NBBY) * GFS2_BIT_SIZE;
 
-	byte1 = rbm->bi->bi_bh->b_data + rbm->bi->bi_offset + (rbm->offset / GFS2_NBBY);
-	end = rbm->bi->bi_bh->b_data + rbm->bi->bi_offset + buflen;
+	byte1 = bi->bi_bh->b_data + bi->bi_offset + (rbm->offset / GFS2_NBBY);
+	end = bi->bi_bh->b_data + bi->bi_offset + buflen;
 
 	BUG_ON(byte1 >= end);
 
@@ -95,18 +96,17 @@ static inline void gfs2_setbit(const struct gfs2_rbm *rbm, bool do_clone,
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "GFS2: buf_blk = 0x%x old_state=%d, "
 		       "new_state=%d\n", rbm->offset, cur_state, new_state);
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "GFS2: rgrp=0x%llx bi_start=0x%x\n",
-		       (unsigned long long)rbm->rgd->rd_addr,
-		       rbm->bi->bi_start);
+		       (unsigned long long)rbm->rgd->rd_addr, bi->bi_start);
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "GFS2: bi_offset=0x%x bi_len=0x%x\n",
-		       rbm->bi->bi_offset, rbm->bi->bi_len);
+		       bi->bi_offset, bi->bi_len);
 		dump_stack();
 		gfs2_consist_rgrpd(rbm->rgd);
 		return;
 	}
 	*byte1 ^= (cur_state ^ new_state) << bit;
 
-	if (do_clone && rbm->bi->bi_clone) {
-		byte2 = rbm->bi->bi_clone + rbm->bi->bi_offset + (rbm->offset / GFS2_NBBY);
+	if (do_clone && bi->bi_clone) {
+		byte2 = bi->bi_clone + bi->bi_offset + (rbm->offset / GFS2_NBBY);
 		cur_state = (*byte2 >> bit) & GFS2_BIT_MASK;
 		*byte2 ^= (cur_state ^ new_state) << bit;
 	}
@@ -121,7 +121,8 @@ static inline void gfs2_setbit(const struct gfs2_rbm *rbm, bool do_clone,
 
 static inline u8 gfs2_testbit(const struct gfs2_rbm *rbm)
 {
-	const u8 *buffer = rbm->bi->bi_bh->b_data + rbm->bi->bi_offset;
+	struct gfs2_bitmap *bi = rbm_bi(rbm);
+	const u8 *buffer = bi->bi_bh->b_data + bi->bi_offset;
 	const u8 *byte;
 	unsigned int bit;
 
@@ -252,28 +253,52 @@ static u32 gfs2_bitfit(const u8 *buf, const unsigned int len,
 static int gfs2_rbm_from_block(struct gfs2_rbm *rbm, u64 block)
 {
 	u64 rblock = block - rbm->rgd->rd_data0;
-	u32 x;
 
 	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(rblock > UINT_MAX))
 		return -EINVAL;
 	if (block >= rbm->rgd->rd_data0 + rbm->rgd->rd_data)
 		return -E2BIG;
 
-	rbm->bi = rbm->rgd->rd_bits;
+	rbm->bii = 0;
 	rbm->offset = (u32)(rblock);
 	/* Check if the block is within the first block */
-	if (rbm->offset < (rbm->bi->bi_start + rbm->bi->bi_len) * GFS2_NBBY)
+	if (rbm->offset < rbm_bi(rbm)->bi_blocks)
 		return 0;
 
 	/* Adjust for the size diff between gfs2_meta_header and gfs2_rgrp */
 	rbm->offset += (sizeof(struct gfs2_rgrp) -
 			sizeof(struct gfs2_meta_header)) * GFS2_NBBY;
-	x = rbm->offset / rbm->rgd->rd_sbd->sd_blocks_per_bitmap;
-	rbm->offset -= x * rbm->rgd->rd_sbd->sd_blocks_per_bitmap;
-	rbm->bi += x;
+	rbm->bii = rbm->offset / rbm->rgd->rd_sbd->sd_blocks_per_bitmap;
+	rbm->offset -= rbm->bii * rbm->rgd->rd_sbd->sd_blocks_per_bitmap;
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ * gfs2_rbm_incr - increment an rbm structure
+ * @rbm: The rbm with rgd already set correctly
+ *
+ * This function takes an existing rbm structure and increments it to the next
+ * viable block offset.
+ *
+ * Returns: If incrementing the offset would cause the rbm to go past the
+ *          end of the rgrp, true is returned, otherwise false.
+ *
+ */
+
+static bool gfs2_rbm_incr(struct gfs2_rbm *rbm)
+{
+	if (rbm->offset + 1 < rbm_bi(rbm)->bi_blocks) { /* in the same bitmap */
+		rbm->offset++;
+		return false;
+	}
+	if (rbm->bii == rbm->rgd->rd_length - 1) /* at the last bitmap */
+		return true;
+
+	rbm->offset = 0;
+	rbm->bii++;
+	return false;
+}
+
 /**
  * gfs2_unaligned_extlen - Look for free blocks which are not byte aligned
  * @rbm: Position to search (value/result)
@@ -285,7 +310,6 @@ static int gfs2_rbm_from_block(struct gfs2_rbm *rbm, u64 block)
 
 static bool gfs2_unaligned_extlen(struct gfs2_rbm *rbm, u32 n_unaligned, u32 *len)
 {
-	u64 block;
 	u32 n;
 	u8 res;
 
@@ -296,8 +320,7 @@ static bool gfs2_unaligned_extlen(struct gfs2_rbm *rbm, u32 n_unaligned, u32 *le
 		(*len)--;
 		if (*len == 0)
 			return true;
-		block = gfs2_rbm_to_block(rbm);
-		if (gfs2_rbm_from_block(rbm, block + 1))
+		if (gfs2_rbm_incr(rbm))
 			return true;
 	}
 
@@ -328,6 +351,7 @@ static u32 gfs2_free_extlen(const struct gfs2_rbm *rrbm, u32 len)
 	u32 chunk_size;
 	u8 *ptr, *start, *end;
 	u64 block;
+	struct gfs2_bitmap *bi;
 
 	if (n_unaligned &&
 	    gfs2_unaligned_extlen(&rbm, 4 - n_unaligned, &len))
@@ -336,11 +360,12 @@ static u32 gfs2_free_extlen(const struct gfs2_rbm *rrbm, u32 len)
 	n_unaligned = len & 3;
 	/* Start is now byte aligned */
 	while (len > 3) {
-		start = rbm.bi->bi_bh->b_data;
-		if (rbm.bi->bi_clone)
-			start = rbm.bi->bi_clone;
-		end = start + rbm.bi->bi_bh->b_size;
-		start += rbm.bi->bi_offset;
+		bi = rbm_bi(&rbm);
+		start = bi->bi_bh->b_data;
+		if (bi->bi_clone)
+			start = bi->bi_clone;
+		end = start + bi->bi_bh->b_size;
+		start += bi->bi_offset;
 		BUG_ON(rbm.offset & 3);
 		start += (rbm.offset / GFS2_NBBY);
 		bytes = min_t(u32, len / GFS2_NBBY, (end - start));
@@ -605,11 +630,13 @@ static void __rs_deltree(struct gfs2_blkreserv *rs)
 	RB_CLEAR_NODE(&rs->rs_node);
 
 	if (rs->rs_free) {
+		struct gfs2_bitmap *bi = rbm_bi(&rs->rs_rbm);
+
 		/* return reserved blocks to the rgrp */
 		BUG_ON(rs->rs_rbm.rgd->rd_reserved < rs->rs_free);
 		rs->rs_rbm.rgd->rd_reserved -= rs->rs_free;
 		rs->rs_free = 0;
-		clear_bit(GBF_FULL, &rs->rs_rbm.bi->bi_flags);
+		clear_bit(GBF_FULL, &bi->bi_flags);
 		smp_mb__after_clear_bit();
 	}
 }
@@ -634,14 +661,13 @@ void gfs2_rs_deltree(struct gfs2_blkreserv *rs)
 /**
  * gfs2_rs_delete - delete a multi-block reservation
  * @ip: The inode for this reservation
+ * @wcount: The inode's write count, or NULL
  *
  */
-void gfs2_rs_delete(struct gfs2_inode *ip)
+void gfs2_rs_delete(struct gfs2_inode *ip, atomic_t *wcount)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = &ip->i_inode;
-
 	down_write(&ip->i_rw_mutex);
-	if (ip->i_res && atomic_read(&inode->i_writecount) <= 1) {
+	if (ip->i_res && ((wcount == NULL) || (atomic_read(wcount) <= 1))) {
 		gfs2_rs_deltree(ip->i_res);
 		BUG_ON(ip->i_res->rs_free);
 		kmem_cache_free(gfs2_rsrv_cachep, ip->i_res);
@@ -743,18 +769,21 @@ static int compute_bitstructs(struct gfs2_rgrpd *rgd)
 			bi->bi_offset = sizeof(struct gfs2_rgrp);
 			bi->bi_start = 0;
 			bi->bi_len = bytes;
+			bi->bi_blocks = bytes * GFS2_NBBY;
 		/* header block */
 		} else if (x == 0) {
 			bytes = sdp->sd_sb.sb_bsize - sizeof(struct gfs2_rgrp);
 			bi->bi_offset = sizeof(struct gfs2_rgrp);
 			bi->bi_start = 0;
 			bi->bi_len = bytes;
+			bi->bi_blocks = bytes * GFS2_NBBY;
 		/* last block */
 		} else if (x + 1 == length) {
 			bytes = bytes_left;
 			bi->bi_offset = sizeof(struct gfs2_meta_header);
 			bi->bi_start = rgd->rd_bitbytes - bytes_left;
 			bi->bi_len = bytes;
+			bi->bi_blocks = bytes * GFS2_NBBY;
 		/* other blocks */
 		} else {
 			bytes = sdp->sd_sb.sb_bsize -
@@ -762,6 +791,7 @@ static int compute_bitstructs(struct gfs2_rgrpd *rgd)
 			bi->bi_offset = sizeof(struct gfs2_meta_header);
 			bi->bi_start = rgd->rd_bitbytes - bytes_left;
 			bi->bi_len = bytes;
+			bi->bi_blocks = bytes * GFS2_NBBY;
 		}
 
 		bytes_left -= bytes;
@@ -1392,12 +1422,12 @@ static void rs_insert(struct gfs2_inode *ip)
  * rg_mblk_search - find a group of multiple free blocks to form a reservation
  * @rgd: the resource group descriptor
  * @ip: pointer to the inode for which we're reserving blocks
- * @requested: number of blocks required for this allocation
+ * @ap: the allocation parameters
  *
  */
 
 static void rg_mblk_search(struct gfs2_rgrpd *rgd, struct gfs2_inode *ip,
-			   unsigned requested)
+			   const struct gfs2_alloc_parms *ap)
 {
 	struct gfs2_rbm rbm = { .rgd = rgd, };
 	u64 goal;
@@ -1410,7 +1440,7 @@ static void rg_mblk_search(struct gfs2_rgrpd *rgd, struct gfs2_inode *ip,
 	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
 		extlen = 1;
 	else {
-		extlen = max_t(u32, atomic_read(&rs->rs_sizehint), requested);
+		extlen = max_t(u32, atomic_read(&rs->rs_sizehint), ap->target);
 		extlen = clamp(extlen, RGRP_RSRV_MINBLKS, free_blocks);
 	}
 	if ((rgd->rd_free_clone < rgd->rd_reserved) || (free_blocks < extlen))
@@ -1554,14 +1584,14 @@ static int gfs2_rbm_find(struct gfs2_rbm *rbm, u8 state, u32 minext,
 			 const struct gfs2_inode *ip, bool nowrap)
 {
 	struct buffer_head *bh;
-	struct gfs2_bitmap *initial_bi;
+	int initial_bii;
 	u32 initial_offset;
 	u32 offset;
 	u8 *buffer;
-	int index;
 	int n = 0;
 	int iters = rbm->rgd->rd_length;
 	int ret;
+	struct gfs2_bitmap *bi;
 
 	/* If we are not starting at the beginning of a bitmap, then we
 	 * need to add one to the bitmap count to ensure that we search
@@ -1571,52 +1601,53 @@ static int gfs2_rbm_find(struct gfs2_rbm *rbm, u8 state, u32 minext,
 		iters++;
 
 	while(1) {
-		if (test_bit(GBF_FULL, &rbm->bi->bi_flags) &&
+		bi = rbm_bi(rbm);
+		if (test_bit(GBF_FULL, &bi->bi_flags) &&
 		    (state == GFS2_BLKST_FREE))
 			goto next_bitmap;
 
-		bh = rbm->bi->bi_bh;
-		buffer = bh->b_data + rbm->bi->bi_offset;
+		bh = bi->bi_bh;
+		buffer = bh->b_data + bi->bi_offset;
 		WARN_ON(!buffer_uptodate(bh));
-		if (state != GFS2_BLKST_UNLINKED && rbm->bi->bi_clone)
-			buffer = rbm->bi->bi_clone + rbm->bi->bi_offset;
+		if (state != GFS2_BLKST_UNLINKED && bi->bi_clone)
+			buffer = bi->bi_clone + bi->bi_offset;
 		initial_offset = rbm->offset;
-		offset = gfs2_bitfit(buffer, rbm->bi->bi_len, rbm->offset, state);
+		offset = gfs2_bitfit(buffer, bi->bi_len, rbm->offset, state);
 		if (offset == BFITNOENT)
 			goto bitmap_full;
 		rbm->offset = offset;
 		if (ip == NULL)
 			return 0;
 
-		initial_bi = rbm->bi;
+		initial_bii = rbm->bii;
 		ret = gfs2_reservation_check_and_update(rbm, ip, minext);
 		if (ret == 0)
 			return 0;
 		if (ret > 0) {
-			n += (rbm->bi - initial_bi);
+			n += (rbm->bii - initial_bii);
 			goto next_iter;
 		}
 		if (ret == -E2BIG) {
-			index = 0;
+			rbm->bii = 0;
 			rbm->offset = 0;
-			n += (rbm->bi - initial_bi);
+			n += (rbm->bii - initial_bii);
 			goto res_covered_end_of_rgrp;
 		}
 		return ret;
 
 bitmap_full:	/* Mark bitmap as full and fall through */
-		if ((state == GFS2_BLKST_FREE) && initial_offset == 0)
-			set_bit(GBF_FULL, &rbm->bi->bi_flags);
+		if ((state == GFS2_BLKST_FREE) && initial_offset == 0) {
+			struct gfs2_bitmap *bi = rbm_bi(rbm);
+			set_bit(GBF_FULL, &bi->bi_flags);
+		}
 
 next_bitmap:	/* Find next bitmap in the rgrp */
 		rbm->offset = 0;
-		index = rbm->bi - rbm->rgd->rd_bits;
-		index++;
-		if (index == rbm->rgd->rd_length)
-			index = 0;
+		rbm->bii++;
+		if (rbm->bii == rbm->rgd->rd_length)
+			rbm->bii = 0;
 res_covered_end_of_rgrp:
-		rbm->bi = &rbm->rgd->rd_bits[index];
-		if ((index == 0) && nowrap)
+		if ((rbm->bii == 0) && nowrap)
 			break;
 		n++;
 next_iter:
@@ -1645,7 +1676,7 @@ static void try_rgrp_unlink(struct gfs2_rgrpd *rgd, u64 *last_unlinked, u64 skip
 	struct gfs2_inode *ip;
 	int error;
 	int found = 0;
-	struct gfs2_rbm rbm = { .rgd = rgd, .bi = rgd->rd_bits, .offset = 0 };
+	struct gfs2_rbm rbm = { .rgd = rgd, .bii = 0, .offset = 0 };
 
 	while (1) {
 		down_write(&sdp->sd_log_flush_lock);
@@ -1800,12 +1831,12 @@ static bool gfs2_select_rgrp(struct gfs2_rgrpd **pos, const struct gfs2_rgrpd *b
 /**
  * gfs2_inplace_reserve - Reserve space in the filesystem
  * @ip: the inode to reserve space for
- * @requested: the number of blocks to be reserved
+ * @ap: the allocation parameters
  *
  * Returns: errno
  */
 
-int gfs2_inplace_reserve(struct gfs2_inode *ip, u32 requested, u32 aflags)
+int gfs2_inplace_reserve(struct gfs2_inode *ip, const struct gfs2_alloc_parms *ap)
 {
 	struct gfs2_sbd *sdp = GFS2_SB(&ip->i_inode);
 	struct gfs2_rgrpd *begin = NULL;
@@ -1817,17 +1848,16 @@ int gfs2_inplace_reserve(struct gfs2_inode *ip, u32 requested, u32 aflags)
 
 	if (sdp->sd_args.ar_rgrplvb)
 		flags |= GL_SKIP;
-	if (gfs2_assert_warn(sdp, requested))
+	if (gfs2_assert_warn(sdp, ap->target))
 		return -EINVAL;
 	if (gfs2_rs_active(rs)) {
 		begin = rs->rs_rbm.rgd;
-		flags = 0; /* Yoda: Do or do not. There is no try */
 	} else if (ip->i_rgd && rgrp_contains_block(ip->i_rgd, ip->i_goal)) {
 		rs->rs_rbm.rgd = begin = ip->i_rgd;
 	} else {
 		rs->rs_rbm.rgd = begin = gfs2_blk2rgrpd(sdp, ip->i_goal, 1);
 	}
-	if (S_ISDIR(ip->i_inode.i_mode) && (aflags & GFS2_AF_ORLOV))
+	if (S_ISDIR(ip->i_inode.i_mode) && (ap->aflags & GFS2_AF_ORLOV))
 		skip = gfs2_orlov_skip(ip);
 	if (rs->rs_rbm.rgd == NULL)
 		return -EBADSLT;
@@ -1869,14 +1899,14 @@ int gfs2_inplace_reserve(struct gfs2_inode *ip, u32 requested, u32 aflags)
 
 		/* Get a reservation if we don't already have one */
 		if (!gfs2_rs_active(rs))
-			rg_mblk_search(rs->rs_rbm.rgd, ip, requested);
+			rg_mblk_search(rs->rs_rbm.rgd, ip, ap);
 
 		/* Skip rgrps when we can't get a reservation on first pass */
 		if (!gfs2_rs_active(rs) && (loops < 1))
 			goto check_rgrp;
 
 		/* If rgrp has enough free space, use it */
-		if (rs->rs_rbm.rgd->rd_free_clone >= requested) {
+		if (rs->rs_rbm.rgd->rd_free_clone >= ap->target) {
 			ip->i_rgd = rs->rs_rbm.rgd;
 			return 0;
 		}
@@ -1973,14 +2003,14 @@ static void gfs2_alloc_extent(const struct gfs2_rbm *rbm, bool dinode,
 
 	*n = 1;
 	block = gfs2_rbm_to_block(rbm);
-	gfs2_trans_add_meta(rbm->rgd->rd_gl, rbm->bi->bi_bh);
+	gfs2_trans_add_meta(rbm->rgd->rd_gl, rbm_bi(rbm)->bi_bh);
 	gfs2_setbit(rbm, true, dinode ? GFS2_BLKST_DINODE : GFS2_BLKST_USED);
 	block++;
 	while (*n < elen) {
 		ret = gfs2_rbm_from_block(&pos, block);
 		if (ret || gfs2_testbit(&pos) != GFS2_BLKST_FREE)
 			break;
-		gfs2_trans_add_meta(pos.rgd->rd_gl, pos.bi->bi_bh);
+		gfs2_trans_add_meta(pos.rgd->rd_gl, rbm_bi(&pos)->bi_bh);
 		gfs2_setbit(&pos, true, GFS2_BLKST_USED);
 		(*n)++;
 		block++;
@@ -2001,6 +2031,7 @@ static struct gfs2_rgrpd *rgblk_free(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, u64 bstart,
 				     u32 blen, unsigned char new_state)
 {
 	struct gfs2_rbm rbm;
+	struct gfs2_bitmap *bi;
 
 	rbm.rgd = gfs2_blk2rgrpd(sdp, bstart, 1);
 	if (!rbm.rgd) {
@@ -2011,15 +2042,15 @@ static struct gfs2_rgrpd *rgblk_free(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, u64 bstart,
 
 	while (blen--) {
 		gfs2_rbm_from_block(&rbm, bstart);
+		bi = rbm_bi(&rbm);
 		bstart++;
-		if (!rbm.bi->bi_clone) {
-			rbm.bi->bi_clone = kmalloc(rbm.bi->bi_bh->b_size,
-						   GFP_NOFS | __GFP_NOFAIL);
-			memcpy(rbm.bi->bi_clone + rbm.bi->bi_offset,
-			       rbm.bi->bi_bh->b_data + rbm.bi->bi_offset,
-			       rbm.bi->bi_len);
+		if (!bi->bi_clone) {
+			bi->bi_clone = kmalloc(bi->bi_bh->b_size,
+					       GFP_NOFS | __GFP_NOFAIL);
+			memcpy(bi->bi_clone + bi->bi_offset,
+			       bi->bi_bh->b_data + bi->bi_offset, bi->bi_len);
 		}
-		gfs2_trans_add_meta(rbm.rgd->rd_gl, rbm.bi->bi_bh);
+		gfs2_trans_add_meta(rbm.rgd->rd_gl, bi->bi_bh);
 		gfs2_setbit(&rbm, false, new_state);
 	}
 
@@ -2102,6 +2133,35 @@ out:
 	spin_unlock(&rgd->rd_rsspin);
 }
 
+/**
+ * gfs2_set_alloc_start - Set starting point for block allocation
+ * @rbm: The rbm which will be set to the required location
+ * @ip: The gfs2 inode
+ * @dinode: Flag to say if allocation includes a new inode
+ *
+ * This sets the starting point from the reservation if one is active
+ * otherwise it falls back to guessing a start point based on the
+ * inode's goal block or the last allocation point in the rgrp.
+ */
+
+static void gfs2_set_alloc_start(struct gfs2_rbm *rbm,
+				 const struct gfs2_inode *ip, bool dinode)
+{
+	u64 goal;
+
+	if (gfs2_rs_active(ip->i_res)) {
+		*rbm = ip->i_res->rs_rbm;
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (!dinode && rgrp_contains_block(rbm->rgd, ip->i_goal))
+		goal = ip->i_goal;
+	else
+		goal = rbm->rgd->rd_last_alloc + rbm->rgd->rd_data0;
+
+	gfs2_rbm_from_block(rbm, goal);
+}
+
 /**
  * gfs2_alloc_blocks - Allocate one or more blocks of data and/or a dinode
  * @ip: the inode to allocate the block for
@@ -2120,22 +2180,14 @@ int gfs2_alloc_blocks(struct gfs2_inode *ip, u64 *bn, unsigned int *nblocks,
 	struct buffer_head *dibh;
 	struct gfs2_rbm rbm = { .rgd = ip->i_rgd, };
 	unsigned int ndata;
-	u64 goal;
 	u64 block; /* block, within the file system scope */
 	int error;
 
-	if (gfs2_rs_active(ip->i_res))
-		goal = gfs2_rbm_to_block(&ip->i_res->rs_rbm);
-	else if (!dinode && rgrp_contains_block(rbm.rgd, ip->i_goal))
-		goal = ip->i_goal;
-	else
-		goal = rbm.rgd->rd_last_alloc + rbm.rgd->rd_data0;
-
-	gfs2_rbm_from_block(&rbm, goal);
+	gfs2_set_alloc_start(&rbm, ip, dinode);
 	error = gfs2_rbm_find(&rbm, GFS2_BLKST_FREE, 0, ip, false);
 
 	if (error == -ENOSPC) {
-		gfs2_rbm_from_block(&rbm, goal);
+		gfs2_set_alloc_start(&rbm, ip, dinode);
 		error = gfs2_rbm_find(&rbm, GFS2_BLKST_FREE, 0, NULL, false);
 	}
 
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/rgrp.h b/fs/gfs2/rgrp.h
index 5b3f4a896e6c..3a10d2ffbbe7 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/rgrp.h
+++ b/fs/gfs2/rgrp.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ extern void gfs2_rgrp_go_unlock(struct gfs2_holder *gh);
 extern struct gfs2_alloc *gfs2_alloc_get(struct gfs2_inode *ip);
 
 #define GFS2_AF_ORLOV 1
-extern int gfs2_inplace_reserve(struct gfs2_inode *ip, u32 requested, u32 flags);
+extern int gfs2_inplace_reserve(struct gfs2_inode *ip, const struct gfs2_alloc_parms *ap);
 extern void gfs2_inplace_release(struct gfs2_inode *ip);
 
 extern int gfs2_alloc_blocks(struct gfs2_inode *ip, u64 *bn, unsigned int *n,
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ extern int gfs2_alloc_blocks(struct gfs2_inode *ip, u64 *bn, unsigned int *n,
 
 extern int gfs2_rs_alloc(struct gfs2_inode *ip);
 extern void gfs2_rs_deltree(struct gfs2_blkreserv *rs);
-extern void gfs2_rs_delete(struct gfs2_inode *ip);
+extern void gfs2_rs_delete(struct gfs2_inode *ip, atomic_t *wcount);
 extern void __gfs2_free_blocks(struct gfs2_inode *ip, u64 bstart, u32 blen, int meta);
 extern void gfs2_free_meta(struct gfs2_inode *ip, u64 bstart, u32 blen);
 extern void gfs2_free_di(struct gfs2_rgrpd *rgd, struct gfs2_inode *ip);
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/super.c b/fs/gfs2/super.c
index e5639dec66c4..35da5b19c0de 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/super.c
@@ -1526,7 +1526,7 @@ out_unlock:
 out:
 	/* Case 3 starts here */
 	truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
-	gfs2_rs_delete(ip);
+	gfs2_rs_delete(ip, NULL);
 	gfs2_ordered_del_inode(ip);
 	clear_inode(inode);
 	gfs2_dir_hash_inval(ip);
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/sys.c b/fs/gfs2/sys.c
index aa5c48044966..d09f6edda0ff 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/sys.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/sys.c
@@ -587,7 +587,6 @@ TUNE_ATTR(max_readahead, 0);
 TUNE_ATTR(complain_secs, 0);
 TUNE_ATTR(statfs_slow, 0);
 TUNE_ATTR(new_files_jdata, 0);
-TUNE_ATTR(quota_simul_sync, 1);
 TUNE_ATTR(statfs_quantum, 1);
 TUNE_ATTR_3(quota_scale, quota_scale_show, quota_scale_store);
 
@@ -597,7 +596,6 @@ static struct attribute *tune_attrs[] = {
 	&tune_attr_max_readahead.attr,
 	&tune_attr_complain_secs.attr,
 	&tune_attr_statfs_slow.attr,
-	&tune_attr_quota_simul_sync.attr,
 	&tune_attr_statfs_quantum.attr,
 	&tune_attr_quota_scale.attr,
 	&tune_attr_new_files_jdata.attr,
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/util.c b/fs/gfs2/util.c
index 6402fb69d71b..f7109f689e61 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/util.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/util.c
@@ -268,23 +268,3 @@ int gfs2_io_error_bh_i(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, struct buffer_head *bh,
 	return rv;
 }
 
-void gfs2_icbit_munge(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, unsigned char **bitmap,
-		      unsigned int bit, int new_value)
-{
-	unsigned int c, o, b = bit;
-	int old_value;
-
-	c = b / (8 * PAGE_SIZE);
-	b %= 8 * PAGE_SIZE;
-	o = b / 8;
-	b %= 8;
-
-	old_value = (bitmap[c][o] & (1 << b));
-	gfs2_assert_withdraw(sdp, !old_value != !new_value);
-
-	if (new_value)
-		bitmap[c][o] |= 1 << b;
-	else
-		bitmap[c][o] &= ~(1 << b);
-}
-
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/util.h b/fs/gfs2/util.h
index 80535739ac7b..b7ffb09b99ea 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/util.h
+++ b/fs/gfs2/util.h
@@ -164,8 +164,6 @@ static inline unsigned int gfs2_tune_get_i(struct gfs2_tune *gt,
 #define gfs2_tune_get(sdp, field) \
 gfs2_tune_get_i(&(sdp)->sd_tune, &(sdp)->sd_tune.field)
 
-void gfs2_icbit_munge(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, unsigned char **bitmap,
-		      unsigned int bit, int new_value);
 int gfs2_lm_withdraw(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, char *fmt, ...);
 
 #endif /* __UTIL_DOT_H__ */
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/xattr.c b/fs/gfs2/xattr.c
index ecd37f30ab91..8c6a6f6bdba9 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/xattr.c
@@ -723,6 +723,7 @@ static int ea_alloc_skeleton(struct gfs2_inode *ip, struct gfs2_ea_request *er,
 			     unsigned int blks,
 			     ea_skeleton_call_t skeleton_call, void *private)
 {
+	struct gfs2_alloc_parms ap = { .target = blks };
 	struct buffer_head *dibh;
 	int error;
 
@@ -734,7 +735,7 @@ static int ea_alloc_skeleton(struct gfs2_inode *ip, struct gfs2_ea_request *er,
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
-	error = gfs2_inplace_reserve(ip, blks, 0);
+	error = gfs2_inplace_reserve(ip, &ap);
 	if (error)
 		goto out_gunlock_q;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/lockref.h b/include/linux/lockref.h
index f279ed9a9163..13dfd36a3294 100644
--- a/include/linux/lockref.h
+++ b/include/linux/lockref.h
@@ -36,4 +36,10 @@ extern int lockref_put_or_lock(struct lockref *);
 extern void lockref_mark_dead(struct lockref *);
 extern int lockref_get_not_dead(struct lockref *);
 
+/* Must be called under spinlock for reliable results */
+static inline int __lockref_is_dead(const struct lockref *l)
+{
+	return ((int)l->count < 0);
+}
+
 #endif /* __LINUX_LOCKREF_H */
diff --git a/lib/lockref.c b/lib/lockref.c
index 6f9d434c1521..af6e95d0bed6 100644
--- a/lib/lockref.c
+++ b/lib/lockref.c
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ void lockref_mark_dead(struct lockref *lockref)
 	assert_spin_locked(&lockref->lock);
 	lockref->count = -128;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(lockref_mark_dead);
 
 /**
  * lockref_get_not_dead - Increments count unless the ref is dead