diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.c b/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
index 19c0dd33b1e8..c0c95cccbb5b 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
@@ -1512,7 +1512,8 @@ cow_done:
 			if (ret && slot > 0)
 				slot -= 1;
 			p->slots[level] = slot;
-			if (ins_len > 0 && btrfs_header_nritems(b) >=
+			if ((p->search_for_split || ins_len > 0) &&
+			    btrfs_header_nritems(b) >=
 			    BTRFS_NODEPTRS_PER_BLOCK(root) - 3) {
 				int sret = split_node(trans, root, p, level);
 				BUG_ON(sret > 0);
@@ -1596,7 +1597,8 @@ cow_done:
 					goto done;
 				}
 			}
-			unlock_up(p, level, lowest_unlock);
+			if (!p->search_for_split)
+				unlock_up(p, level, lowest_unlock);
 			goto done;
 		}
 	}
@@ -2636,11 +2638,11 @@ static noinline int split_leaf(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	int num_doubles = 0;
 	struct btrfs_disk_key disk_key;
 
-	if (extend)
+	if (extend && data_size)
 		space_needed = data_size;
 
 	/* first try to make some room by pushing left and right */
-	if (ins_key->type != BTRFS_DIR_ITEM_KEY) {
+	if (data_size && ins_key->type != BTRFS_DIR_ITEM_KEY) {
 		wret = push_leaf_right(trans, root, path, data_size, 0);
 		if (wret < 0) {
 			return wret;
@@ -2721,7 +2723,7 @@ again:
 	} else {
 		if (leaf_space_used(l, 0, mid + 1) + space_needed >
 			BTRFS_LEAF_DATA_SIZE(root)) {
-			if (!extend && slot == 0) {
+			if (!extend && data_size && slot == 0) {
 				btrfs_cpu_key_to_disk(&disk_key, ins_key);
 				btrfs_set_header_nritems(right, 0);
 				wret = insert_ptr(trans, root, path,
@@ -2742,7 +2744,7 @@ again:
 				}
 				btrfs_mark_buffer_dirty(right);
 				return ret;
-			} else if (extend && slot == 0) {
+			} else if ((extend || !data_size) && slot == 0) {
 				mid = 1;
 			} else {
 				mid = slot;
@@ -2827,6 +2829,123 @@ again:
 	return ret;
 }
 
+/*
+ * This function splits a single item into two items,
+ * giving 'new_key' to the new item and splitting the
+ * old one at split_offset (from the start of the item).
+ *
+ * The path may be released by this operation.  After
+ * the split, the path is pointing to the old item.  The
+ * new item is going to be in the same node as the old one.
+ *
+ * Note, the item being split must be smaller enough to live alone on
+ * a tree block with room for one extra struct btrfs_item
+ *
+ * This allows us to split the item in place, keeping a lock on the
+ * leaf the entire time.
+ */
+int btrfs_split_item(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
+		     struct btrfs_root *root,
+		     struct btrfs_path *path,
+		     struct btrfs_key *new_key,
+		     unsigned long split_offset)
+{
+	u32 item_size;
+	struct extent_buffer *leaf;
+	struct btrfs_key orig_key;
+	struct btrfs_item *item;
+	struct btrfs_item *new_item;
+	int ret = 0;
+	int slot;
+	u32 nritems;
+	u32 orig_offset;
+	struct btrfs_disk_key disk_key;
+	char *buf;
+
+	leaf = path->nodes[0];
+	btrfs_item_key_to_cpu(leaf, &orig_key, path->slots[0]);
+	if (btrfs_leaf_free_space(root, leaf) >= sizeof(struct btrfs_item))
+		goto split;
+
+	item_size = btrfs_item_size_nr(leaf, path->slots[0]);
+	btrfs_release_path(root, path);
+
+	path->search_for_split = 1;
+	path->keep_locks = 1;
+
+	ret = btrfs_search_slot(trans, root, &orig_key, path, 0, 1);
+	path->search_for_split = 0;
+
+	/* if our item isn't there or got smaller, return now */
+	if (ret != 0 || item_size != btrfs_item_size_nr(path->nodes[0],
+							path->slots[0])) {
+		path->keep_locks = 0;
+		return -EAGAIN;
+	}
+
+	ret = split_leaf(trans, root, &orig_key, path, 0, 0);
+	path->keep_locks = 0;
+	BUG_ON(ret);
+
+	BUG_ON(btrfs_leaf_free_space(root, leaf) < sizeof(struct btrfs_item));
+	leaf = path->nodes[0];
+
+split:
+	item = btrfs_item_nr(leaf, path->slots[0]);
+	orig_offset = btrfs_item_offset(leaf, item);
+	item_size = btrfs_item_size(leaf, item);
+
+
+	buf = kmalloc(item_size, GFP_NOFS);
+	read_extent_buffer(leaf, buf, btrfs_item_ptr_offset(leaf,
+			    path->slots[0]), item_size);
+	slot = path->slots[0] + 1;
+	leaf = path->nodes[0];
+
+	nritems = btrfs_header_nritems(leaf);
+
+	if (slot != nritems) {
+		/* shift the items */
+		memmove_extent_buffer(leaf, btrfs_item_nr_offset(slot + 1),
+			      btrfs_item_nr_offset(slot),
+			      (nritems - slot) * sizeof(struct btrfs_item));
+
+	}
+
+	btrfs_cpu_key_to_disk(&disk_key, new_key);
+	btrfs_set_item_key(leaf, &disk_key, slot);
+
+	new_item = btrfs_item_nr(leaf, slot);
+
+	btrfs_set_item_offset(leaf, new_item, orig_offset);
+	btrfs_set_item_size(leaf, new_item, item_size - split_offset);
+
+	btrfs_set_item_offset(leaf, item,
+			      orig_offset + item_size - split_offset);
+	btrfs_set_item_size(leaf, item, split_offset);
+
+	btrfs_set_header_nritems(leaf, nritems + 1);
+
+	/* write the data for the start of the original item */
+	write_extent_buffer(leaf, buf,
+			    btrfs_item_ptr_offset(leaf, path->slots[0]),
+			    split_offset);
+
+	/* write the data for the new item */
+	write_extent_buffer(leaf, buf + split_offset,
+			    btrfs_item_ptr_offset(leaf, slot),
+			    item_size - split_offset);
+	btrfs_mark_buffer_dirty(leaf);
+
+	ret = 0;
+	if (btrfs_leaf_free_space(root, leaf) < 0) {
+		btrfs_print_leaf(root, leaf);
+		BUG();
+	}
+	kfree(buf);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 /*
  * make the item pointed to by the path smaller.  new_size indicates
  * how small to make it, and from_end tells us if we just chop bytes
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
index f72b43819349..5b0c79d22c09 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
@@ -409,6 +409,12 @@ struct btrfs_path {
 	int keep_locks;
 	int skip_locking;
 	int lowest_level;
+
+	/*
+	 * set by btrfs_split_item, tells search_slot to keep all locks
+	 * and to force calls to keep space in the nodes
+	 */
+	int search_for_split;
 };
 
 /*
@@ -1816,6 +1822,11 @@ int btrfs_truncate_item(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 			struct btrfs_root *root,
 			struct btrfs_path *path,
 			u32 new_size, int from_end);
+int btrfs_split_item(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
+		     struct btrfs_root *root,
+		     struct btrfs_path *path,
+		     struct btrfs_key *new_key,
+		     unsigned long split_offset);
 int btrfs_search_slot(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans, struct btrfs_root
 		      *root, struct btrfs_key *key, struct btrfs_path *p, int
 		      ins_len, int cow);
@@ -1953,6 +1964,8 @@ int btrfs_lookup_inode(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans, struct btrfs_root
 		       struct btrfs_key *location, int mod);
 
 /* file-item.c */
+int btrfs_del_csums(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
+		    struct btrfs_root *root, u64 bytenr, u64 len);
 int btrfs_lookup_bio_sums(struct btrfs_root *root, struct inode *inode,
 			  struct bio *bio, u32 *dst);
 int btrfs_insert_file_extent(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index 803647bc8400..cc74316dc426 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -2484,7 +2484,6 @@ static int __free_extent(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 				mark_free = 1;
 			BUG_ON(ret < 0);
 		}
-
 		/* block accounting for super block */
 		spin_lock_irq(&info->delalloc_lock);
 		super_used = btrfs_super_bytes_used(&info->super_copy);
@@ -2504,6 +2503,11 @@ static int __free_extent(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 					 mark_free);
 		BUG_ON(ret);
 
+		if (owner_objectid >= BTRFS_FIRST_FREE_OBJECTID) {
+			ret = btrfs_del_csums(trans, root, bytenr, num_bytes);
+			BUG_ON(ret);
+		}
+
 #ifdef BIO_RW_DISCARD
 		/* Tell the block device(s) that the sectors can be discarded */
 		ret = btrfs_map_block(&root->fs_info->mapping_tree, READ,
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/file-item.c b/fs/btrfs/file-item.c
index a3ad2ce00116..3ebef871ee6c 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/file-item.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/file-item.c
@@ -310,6 +310,179 @@ int btrfs_csum_one_bio(struct btrfs_root *root, struct inode *inode,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * helper function for csum removal, this expects the
+ * key to describe the csum pointed to by the path, and it expects
+ * the csum to overlap the range [bytenr, len]
+ *
+ * The csum should not be entirely contained in the range and the
+ * range should not be entirely contained in the csum.
+ *
+ * This calls btrfs_truncate_item with the correct args based on the
+ * overlap, and fixes up the key as required.
+ */
+static noinline int truncate_one_csum(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
+				      struct btrfs_root *root,
+				      struct btrfs_path *path,
+				      struct btrfs_key *key,
+				      u64 bytenr, u64 len)
+{
+	struct extent_buffer *leaf;
+	u16 csum_size =
+		btrfs_super_csum_size(&root->fs_info->super_copy);
+	u64 csum_end;
+	u64 end_byte = bytenr + len;
+	u32 blocksize_bits = root->fs_info->sb->s_blocksize_bits;
+	int ret;
+
+	leaf = path->nodes[0];
+	csum_end = btrfs_item_size_nr(leaf, path->slots[0]) / csum_size;
+	csum_end <<= root->fs_info->sb->s_blocksize_bits;
+	csum_end += key->offset;
+
+	if (key->offset < bytenr && csum_end <= end_byte) {
+		/*
+		 *         [ bytenr - len ]
+		 *         [   ]
+		 *   [csum     ]
+		 *   A simple truncate off the end of the item
+		 */
+		u32 new_size = (bytenr - key->offset) >> blocksize_bits;
+		new_size *= csum_size;
+		ret = btrfs_truncate_item(trans, root, path, new_size, 1);
+		BUG_ON(ret);
+	} else if (key->offset >= bytenr && csum_end > end_byte &&
+		   end_byte > key->offset) {
+		/*
+		 *         [ bytenr - len ]
+		 *                 [ ]
+		 *                 [csum     ]
+		 * we need to truncate from the beginning of the csum
+		 */
+		u32 new_size = (csum_end - end_byte) >> blocksize_bits;
+		new_size *= csum_size;
+
+		ret = btrfs_truncate_item(trans, root, path, new_size, 0);
+		BUG_ON(ret);
+
+		key->offset = end_byte;
+		ret = btrfs_set_item_key_safe(trans, root, path, key);
+		BUG_ON(ret);
+	} else {
+		BUG();
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * deletes the csum items from the csum tree for a given
+ * range of bytes.
+ */
+int btrfs_del_csums(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
+		    struct btrfs_root *root, u64 bytenr, u64 len)
+{
+	struct btrfs_path *path;
+	struct btrfs_key key;
+	u64 end_byte = bytenr + len;
+	u64 csum_end;
+	struct extent_buffer *leaf;
+	int ret;
+	u16 csum_size =
+		btrfs_super_csum_size(&root->fs_info->super_copy);
+	int blocksize_bits = root->fs_info->sb->s_blocksize_bits;
+
+	root = root->fs_info->csum_root;
+
+	path = btrfs_alloc_path();
+
+	while(1) {
+		key.objectid = BTRFS_EXTENT_CSUM_OBJECTID;
+		key.offset = end_byte - 1;
+		key.type = BTRFS_EXTENT_CSUM_KEY;
+
+		ret = btrfs_search_slot(trans, root, &key, path, -1, 1);
+		if (ret > 0) {
+			if (path->slots[0] == 0)
+				goto out;
+			path->slots[0]--;
+		}
+		leaf = path->nodes[0];
+		btrfs_item_key_to_cpu(leaf, &key, path->slots[0]);
+
+		if (key.objectid != BTRFS_EXTENT_CSUM_OBJECTID ||
+		    key.type != BTRFS_EXTENT_CSUM_KEY) {
+			break;
+		}
+
+		if (key.offset >= end_byte)
+			break;
+
+		csum_end = btrfs_item_size_nr(leaf, path->slots[0]) / csum_size;
+		csum_end <<= blocksize_bits;
+		csum_end += key.offset;
+
+		/* this csum ends before we start, we're done */
+		if (csum_end <= bytenr)
+			break;
+
+		/* delete the entire item, it is inside our range */
+		if (key.offset >= bytenr && csum_end <= end_byte) {
+			ret = btrfs_del_item(trans, root, path);
+			BUG_ON(ret);
+		} else if (key.offset < bytenr && csum_end > end_byte) {
+			unsigned long offset;
+			unsigned long shift_len;
+			unsigned long item_offset;
+			/*
+			 *        [ bytenr - len ]
+			 *     [csum                ]
+			 *
+			 * Our bytes are in the middle of the csum,
+			 * we need to split this item and insert a new one.
+			 *
+			 * But we can't drop the path because the
+			 * csum could change, get removed, extended etc.
+			 *
+			 * The trick here is the max size of a csum item leaves
+			 * enough room in the tree block for a single
+			 * item header.  So, we split the item in place,
+			 * adding a new header pointing to the existing
+			 * bytes.  Then we loop around again and we have
+			 * a nicely formed csum item that we can neatly
+			 * truncate.
+			 */
+			offset = (bytenr - key.offset) >> blocksize_bits;
+			offset *= csum_size;
+
+			shift_len = (len >> blocksize_bits) * csum_size;
+
+			item_offset = btrfs_item_ptr_offset(leaf,
+							    path->slots[0]);
+
+			memset_extent_buffer(leaf, 0, item_offset + offset,
+					     shift_len);
+			key.offset = bytenr;
+
+			/*
+			 * btrfs_split_item returns -EAGAIN when the
+			 * item changed size or key
+			 */
+			ret = btrfs_split_item(trans, root, path, &key, offset);
+			BUG_ON(ret && ret != -EAGAIN);
+
+			key.offset = end_byte - 1;
+		} else {
+			ret = truncate_one_csum(trans, root, path,
+						&key, bytenr, len);
+			BUG_ON(ret);
+		}
+		btrfs_release_path(root, path);
+	}
+out:
+	btrfs_free_path(path);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int btrfs_csum_file_blocks(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 			   struct btrfs_root *root,
 			   struct btrfs_ordered_sum *sums)
@@ -396,28 +569,40 @@ again:
 				csum_size, 1);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto fail_unlock;
-	if (ret == 0) {
-		BUG();
+
+	if (ret > 0) {
+		if (path->slots[0] == 0)
+			goto insert;
+		path->slots[0]--;
 	}
-	if (path->slots[0] == 0) {
-		goto insert;
-	}
-	path->slots[0]--;
+
 	leaf = path->nodes[0];
 	btrfs_item_key_to_cpu(leaf, &found_key, path->slots[0]);
 	csum_offset = (bytenr - found_key.offset) >>
 			root->fs_info->sb->s_blocksize_bits;
+
 	if (btrfs_key_type(&found_key) != BTRFS_EXTENT_CSUM_KEY ||
 	    found_key.objectid != BTRFS_EXTENT_CSUM_OBJECTID ||
 	    csum_offset >= MAX_CSUM_ITEMS(root, csum_size)) {
 		goto insert;
 	}
+
 	if (csum_offset >= btrfs_item_size_nr(leaf, path->slots[0]) /
 	    csum_size) {
 		u32 diff = (csum_offset + 1) * csum_size;
+
+		/*
+		 * is the item big enough already?  we dropped our lock
+		 * before and need to recheck
+		 */
+		if (diff < btrfs_item_size_nr(leaf, path->slots[0]))
+			goto csum;
+
 		diff = diff - btrfs_item_size_nr(leaf, path->slots[0]);
-		if (diff != csum_size)
+		if (diff != csum_size) {
 			goto insert;
+		}
+
 		ret = btrfs_extend_item(trans, root, path, diff);
 		BUG_ON(ret);
 		goto csum;
@@ -518,30 +703,3 @@ out:
 fail_unlock:
 	goto out;
 }
-
-int btrfs_csum_truncate(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
-			struct btrfs_root *root, struct btrfs_path *path,
-			u64 isize)
-{
-	struct btrfs_key key;
-	struct extent_buffer *leaf = path->nodes[0];
-	int slot = path->slots[0];
-	int ret;
-	u32 new_item_size;
-	u64 new_item_span;
-	u64 blocks;
-
-	btrfs_item_key_to_cpu(leaf, &key, slot);
-	if (isize <= key.offset)
-		return 0;
-	new_item_span = isize - key.offset;
-	blocks = (new_item_span + root->sectorsize - 1) >>
-		root->fs_info->sb->s_blocksize_bits;
-	new_item_size = blocks *
-		btrfs_super_csum_size(&root->fs_info->super_copy);
-	if (new_item_size >= btrfs_item_size_nr(leaf, slot))
-		return 0;
-	ret = btrfs_truncate_item(trans, root, path, new_item_size, 1);
-	BUG_ON(ret);
-	return ret;
-}