Merge branch 'upstream-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mfasheh/ocfs2

* 'upstream-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mfasheh/ocfs2: (56 commits)
  ocfs2: Make cached block reads the common case.
  ocfs2: Kill the last naked wait_on_buffer() for cached reads.
  ocfs2: Move ocfs2_bread() into dir.c
  ocfs2: Simplify ocfs2_read_block()
  ocfs2: Require an inode for ocfs2_read_block(s)().
  ocfs2: Separate out sync reads from ocfs2_read_blocks()
  ocfs2: Refactor xattr list and remove ocfs2_xattr_handler().
  ocfs2: Calculate EA hash only by its suffix.
  ocfs2: Move trusted and user attribute support into xattr.c
  ocfs2: Uninline ocfs2_xattr_name_hash()
  ocfs2: Don't check for NULL before brelse()
  ocfs2: use smaller counters in ocfs2_remove_xattr_clusters_from_cache
  ocfs2: Documentation update for user_xattr / nouser_xattr mount options
  ocfs2: make la_debug_mutex static
  ocfs2: Remove pointless !!
  ocfs2: Add empty bucket support in xattr.
  ocfs2/xattr.c: Fix a bug when inserting xattr.
  ocfs2: Add xattr mount option in ocfs2_show_options()
  ocfs2: Switch over to JBD2.
  ocfs2: Add the 'inode64' mount option.
  ...

42 files changed, 7359 insertions, 946 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ocfs2.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ocfs2.txt
index c318a8bbb1ef..4340cc825796 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/ocfs2.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ocfs2.txt
@@ -76,3 +76,9 @@ localalloc=8(*)		Allows custom localalloc size in MB. If the value is too
 			large, the fs will silently revert it to the default.
 			Localalloc is not enabled for local mounts.
 localflocks		This disables cluster aware flock.
+inode64			Indicates that Ocfs2 is allowed to create inodes at
+			any location in the filesystem, including those which
+			will result in inode numbers occupying more than 32
+			bits of significance.
+user_xattr	(*)	Enables Extended User Attributes.
+nouser_xattr		Disables Extended User Attributes.
diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig
index 501f012e0c6f..9e9d70c02a07 100644
--- a/fs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/Kconfig
@@ -220,17 +220,16 @@ config JBD
 	tristate
 	help
 	  This is a generic journalling layer for block devices.  It is
-	  currently used by the ext3 and OCFS2 file systems, but it could
-	  also be used to add journal support to other file systems or block
+	  currently used by the ext3 file system, but it could also be
+	  used to add journal support to other file systems or block
 	  devices such as RAID or LVM.
 
-	  If you are using the ext3 or OCFS2 file systems, you need to
-	  say Y here. If you are not using ext3 OCFS2 then you will probably
-	  want to say N.
+	  If you are using the ext3 file system, you need to say Y here.
+	  If you are not using ext3 then you will probably want to say N.
 
 	  To compile this device as a module, choose M here: the module will be
-	  called jbd.  If you are compiling ext3 or OCFS2 into the kernel,
-	  you cannot compile this code as a module.
+	  called jbd.  If you are compiling ext3 into the kernel, you
+	  cannot compile this code as a module.
 
 config JBD_DEBUG
 	bool "JBD (ext3) debugging support"
@@ -254,15 +253,16 @@ config JBD2
 	help
 	  This is a generic journaling layer for block devices that support
 	  both 32-bit and 64-bit block numbers.  It is currently used by
-	  the ext4 filesystem, but it could also be used to add
+	  the ext4 and OCFS2 filesystems, but it could also be used to add
 	  journal support to other file systems or block devices such
 	  as RAID or LVM.
 
-	  If you are using ext4, you need to say Y here. If you are not
-	  using ext4 then you will probably want to say N.
+	  If you are using ext4 or OCFS2, you need to say Y here.
+	  If you are not using ext4 or OCFS2 then you will
+	  probably want to say N.
 
 	  To compile this device as a module, choose M here. The module will be
-	  called jbd2.  If you are compiling ext4 into the kernel,
+	  called jbd2.  If you are compiling ext4 or OCFS2 into the kernel,
 	  you cannot compile this code as a module.
 
 config JBD2_DEBUG
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ config OCFS2_FS
 	tristate "OCFS2 file system support"
 	depends on NET && SYSFS
 	select CONFIGFS_FS
-	select JBD
+	select JBD2
 	select CRC32
 	help
 	  OCFS2 is a general purpose extent based shared disk cluster file
@@ -519,6 +519,16 @@ config OCFS2_DEBUG_FS
 	  this option for debugging only as it is likely to decrease
 	  performance of the filesystem.
 
+config OCFS2_COMPAT_JBD
+	bool "Use JBD for compatibility"
+	depends on OCFS2_FS
+	default n
+	select JBD
+	help
+	  The ocfs2 filesystem now uses JBD2 for its journalling.  JBD2
+	  is backwards compatible with JBD.  It is safe to say N here.
+	  However, if you really want to use the original JBD, say Y here.
+
 endif # BLOCK
 
 config DNOTIFY
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/Makefile b/fs/ocfs2/Makefile
index f6956de56fdb..589dcdfdfe3c 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/Makefile
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/Makefile
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ ocfs2-objs := \
 	symlink.o 		\
 	sysfile.o 		\
 	uptodate.o		\
-	ver.o
+	ver.o			\
+	xattr.o
 
 ocfs2_stackglue-objs := stackglue.o
 ocfs2_stack_o2cb-objs := stack_o2cb.o
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c b/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
index 29ff57ec5d1f..0cc2deb9394c 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
@@ -49,6 +49,340 @@
 
 #include "buffer_head_io.h"
 
+
+/*
+ * Operations for a specific extent tree type.
+ *
+ * To implement an on-disk btree (extent tree) type in ocfs2, add
+ * an ocfs2_extent_tree_operations structure and the matching
+ * ocfs2_init_<thingy>_extent_tree() function.  That's pretty much it
+ * for the allocation portion of the extent tree.
+ */
+struct ocfs2_extent_tree_operations {
+	/*
+	 * last_eb_blk is the block number of the right most leaf extent
+	 * block.  Most on-disk structures containing an extent tree store
+	 * this value for fast access.  The ->eo_set_last_eb_blk() and
+	 * ->eo_get_last_eb_blk() operations access this value.  They are
+	 *  both required.
+	 */
+	void (*eo_set_last_eb_blk)(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
+				   u64 blkno);
+	u64 (*eo_get_last_eb_blk)(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et);
+
+	/*
+	 * The on-disk structure usually keeps track of how many total
+	 * clusters are stored in this extent tree.  This function updates
+	 * that value.  new_clusters is the delta, and must be
+	 * added to the total.  Required.
+	 */
+	void (*eo_update_clusters)(struct inode *inode,
+				   struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
+				   u32 new_clusters);
+
+	/*
+	 * If ->eo_insert_check() exists, it is called before rec is
+	 * inserted into the extent tree.  It is optional.
+	 */
+	int (*eo_insert_check)(struct inode *inode,
+			       struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
+			       struct ocfs2_extent_rec *rec);
+	int (*eo_sanity_check)(struct inode *inode, struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et);
+
+	/*
+	 * --------------------------------------------------------------
+	 * The remaining are internal to ocfs2_extent_tree and don't have
+	 * accessor functions
+	 */
+
+	/*
+	 * ->eo_fill_root_el() takes et->et_object and sets et->et_root_el.
+	 * It is required.
+	 */
+	void (*eo_fill_root_el)(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et);
+
+	/*
+	 * ->eo_fill_max_leaf_clusters sets et->et_max_leaf_clusters if
+	 * it exists.  If it does not, et->et_max_leaf_clusters is set
+	 * to 0 (unlimited).  Optional.
+	 */
+	void (*eo_fill_max_leaf_clusters)(struct inode *inode,
+					  struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et);
+};
+
+
+/*
+ * Pre-declare ocfs2_dinode_et_ops so we can use it as a sanity check
+ * in the methods.
+ */
+static u64 ocfs2_dinode_get_last_eb_blk(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et);
+static void ocfs2_dinode_set_last_eb_blk(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
+					 u64 blkno);
+static void ocfs2_dinode_update_clusters(struct inode *inode,
+					 struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
+					 u32 clusters);
+static int ocfs2_dinode_insert_check(struct inode *inode,
+				     struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
+				     struct ocfs2_extent_rec *rec);
+static int ocfs2_dinode_sanity_check(struct inode *inode,
+				     struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et);
+static void ocfs2_dinode_fill_root_el(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et);
+static struct ocfs2_extent_tree_operations ocfs2_dinode_et_ops = {
+	.eo_set_last_eb_blk	= ocfs2_dinode_set_last_eb_blk,
+	.eo_get_last_eb_blk	= ocfs2_dinode_get_last_eb_blk,
+	.eo_update_clusters	= ocfs2_dinode_update_clusters,
+	.eo_insert_check	= ocfs2_dinode_insert_check,
+	.eo_sanity_check	= ocfs2_dinode_sanity_check,
+	.eo_fill_root_el	= ocfs2_dinode_fill_root_el,
+};
+
+static void ocfs2_dinode_set_last_eb_blk(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
+					 u64 blkno)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_dinode *di = et->et_object;
+
+	BUG_ON(et->et_ops != &ocfs2_dinode_et_ops);
+	di->i_last_eb_blk = cpu_to_le64(blkno);
+}
+
+static u64 ocfs2_dinode_get_last_eb_blk(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_dinode *di = et->et_object;
+
+	BUG_ON(et->et_ops != &ocfs2_dinode_et_ops);
+	return le64_to_cpu(di->i_last_eb_blk);
+}
+
+static void ocfs2_dinode_update_clusters(struct inode *inode,
+					 struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
+					 u32 clusters)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_dinode *di = et->et_object;
+
+	le32_add_cpu(&di->i_clusters, clusters);
+	spin_lock(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_lock);
+	OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_clusters = le32_to_cpu(di->i_clusters);
+	spin_unlock(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_lock);
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_dinode_insert_check(struct inode *inode,
+				     struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
+				     struct ocfs2_extent_rec *rec)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
+
+	BUG_ON(OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_dyn_features & OCFS2_INLINE_DATA_FL);
+	mlog_bug_on_msg(!ocfs2_sparse_alloc(osb) &&
+			(OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_clusters != rec->e_cpos),
+			"Device %s, asking for sparse allocation: inode %llu, "
+			"cpos %u, clusters %u\n",
+			osb->dev_str,
+			(unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno,
+			rec->e_cpos,
+			OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_clusters);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_dinode_sanity_check(struct inode *inode,
+				     struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+	struct ocfs2_dinode *di;
+
+	BUG_ON(et->et_ops != &ocfs2_dinode_et_ops);
+
+	di = et->et_object;
+	if (!OCFS2_IS_VALID_DINODE(di)) {
+		ret = -EIO;
+		ocfs2_error(inode->i_sb,
+			"Inode %llu has invalid path root",
+			(unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno);
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static void ocfs2_dinode_fill_root_el(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_dinode *di = et->et_object;
+
+	et->et_root_el = &di->id2.i_list;
+}
+
+
+static void ocfs2_xattr_value_fill_root_el(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_value_root *xv = et->et_object;
+
+	et->et_root_el = &xv->xr_list;
+}
+
+static void ocfs2_xattr_value_set_last_eb_blk(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
+					      u64 blkno)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_value_root *xv =
+		(struct ocfs2_xattr_value_root *)et->et_object;
+
+	xv->xr_last_eb_blk = cpu_to_le64(blkno);
+}
+
+static u64 ocfs2_xattr_value_get_last_eb_blk(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_value_root *xv =
+		(struct ocfs2_xattr_value_root *) et->et_object;
+
+	return le64_to_cpu(xv->xr_last_eb_blk);
+}
+
+static void ocfs2_xattr_value_update_clusters(struct inode *inode,
+					      struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
+					      u32 clusters)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_value_root *xv =
+		(struct ocfs2_xattr_value_root *)et->et_object;
+
+	le32_add_cpu(&xv->xr_clusters, clusters);
+}
+
+static struct ocfs2_extent_tree_operations ocfs2_xattr_value_et_ops = {
+	.eo_set_last_eb_blk	= ocfs2_xattr_value_set_last_eb_blk,
+	.eo_get_last_eb_blk	= ocfs2_xattr_value_get_last_eb_blk,
+	.eo_update_clusters	= ocfs2_xattr_value_update_clusters,
+	.eo_fill_root_el	= ocfs2_xattr_value_fill_root_el,
+};
+
+static void ocfs2_xattr_tree_fill_root_el(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_block *xb = et->et_object;
+
+	et->et_root_el = &xb->xb_attrs.xb_root.xt_list;
+}
+
+static void ocfs2_xattr_tree_fill_max_leaf_clusters(struct inode *inode,
+						    struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et)
+{
+	et->et_max_leaf_clusters =
+		ocfs2_clusters_for_bytes(inode->i_sb,
+					 OCFS2_MAX_XATTR_TREE_LEAF_SIZE);
+}
+
+static void ocfs2_xattr_tree_set_last_eb_blk(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
+					     u64 blkno)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_block *xb = et->et_object;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_tree_root *xt = &xb->xb_attrs.xb_root;
+
+	xt->xt_last_eb_blk = cpu_to_le64(blkno);
+}
+
+static u64 ocfs2_xattr_tree_get_last_eb_blk(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_block *xb = et->et_object;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_tree_root *xt = &xb->xb_attrs.xb_root;
+
+	return le64_to_cpu(xt->xt_last_eb_blk);
+}
+
+static void ocfs2_xattr_tree_update_clusters(struct inode *inode,
+					     struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
+					     u32 clusters)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_block *xb = et->et_object;
+
+	le32_add_cpu(&xb->xb_attrs.xb_root.xt_clusters, clusters);
+}
+
+static struct ocfs2_extent_tree_operations ocfs2_xattr_tree_et_ops = {
+	.eo_set_last_eb_blk	= ocfs2_xattr_tree_set_last_eb_blk,
+	.eo_get_last_eb_blk	= ocfs2_xattr_tree_get_last_eb_blk,
+	.eo_update_clusters	= ocfs2_xattr_tree_update_clusters,
+	.eo_fill_root_el	= ocfs2_xattr_tree_fill_root_el,
+	.eo_fill_max_leaf_clusters = ocfs2_xattr_tree_fill_max_leaf_clusters,
+};
+
+static void __ocfs2_init_extent_tree(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
+				     struct inode *inode,
+				     struct buffer_head *bh,
+				     void *obj,
+				     struct ocfs2_extent_tree_operations *ops)
+{
+	et->et_ops = ops;
+	et->et_root_bh = bh;
+	if (!obj)
+		obj = (void *)bh->b_data;
+	et->et_object = obj;
+
+	et->et_ops->eo_fill_root_el(et);
+	if (!et->et_ops->eo_fill_max_leaf_clusters)
+		et->et_max_leaf_clusters = 0;
+	else
+		et->et_ops->eo_fill_max_leaf_clusters(inode, et);
+}
+
+void ocfs2_init_dinode_extent_tree(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
+				   struct inode *inode,
+				   struct buffer_head *bh)
+{
+	__ocfs2_init_extent_tree(et, inode, bh, NULL, &ocfs2_dinode_et_ops);
+}
+
+void ocfs2_init_xattr_tree_extent_tree(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
+				       struct inode *inode,
+				       struct buffer_head *bh)
+{
+	__ocfs2_init_extent_tree(et, inode, bh, NULL,
+				 &ocfs2_xattr_tree_et_ops);
+}
+
+void ocfs2_init_xattr_value_extent_tree(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
+					struct inode *inode,
+					struct buffer_head *bh,
+					struct ocfs2_xattr_value_root *xv)
+{
+	__ocfs2_init_extent_tree(et, inode, bh, xv,
+				 &ocfs2_xattr_value_et_ops);
+}
+
+static inline void ocfs2_et_set_last_eb_blk(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
+					    u64 new_last_eb_blk)
+{
+	et->et_ops->eo_set_last_eb_blk(et, new_last_eb_blk);
+}
+
+static inline u64 ocfs2_et_get_last_eb_blk(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et)
+{
+	return et->et_ops->eo_get_last_eb_blk(et);
+}
+
+static inline void ocfs2_et_update_clusters(struct inode *inode,
+					    struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
+					    u32 clusters)
+{
+	et->et_ops->eo_update_clusters(inode, et, clusters);
+}
+
+static inline int ocfs2_et_insert_check(struct inode *inode,
+					struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
+					struct ocfs2_extent_rec *rec)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	if (et->et_ops->eo_insert_check)
+		ret = et->et_ops->eo_insert_check(inode, et, rec);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static inline int ocfs2_et_sanity_check(struct inode *inode,
+					struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	if (et->et_ops->eo_sanity_check)
+		ret = et->et_ops->eo_sanity_check(inode, et);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static void ocfs2_free_truncate_context(struct ocfs2_truncate_context *tc);
 static int ocfs2_cache_extent_block_free(struct ocfs2_cached_dealloc_ctxt *ctxt,
 					 struct ocfs2_extent_block *eb);
@@ -205,17 +539,6 @@ static struct ocfs2_path *ocfs2_new_path(struct buffer_head *root_bh,
 }
 
 /*
- * Allocate and initialize a new path based on a disk inode tree.
- */
-static struct ocfs2_path *ocfs2_new_inode_path(struct buffer_head *di_bh)
-{
-	struct ocfs2_dinode *di = (struct ocfs2_dinode *)di_bh->b_data;
-	struct ocfs2_extent_list *el = &di->id2.i_list;
-
-	return ocfs2_new_path(di_bh, el);
-}
-
-/*
  * Convenience function to journal all components in a path.
  */
 static int ocfs2_journal_access_path(struct inode *inode, handle_t *handle,
@@ -368,39 +691,35 @@ struct ocfs2_merge_ctxt {
  */
 int ocfs2_num_free_extents(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 			   struct inode *inode,
-			   struct ocfs2_dinode *fe)
+			   struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et)
 {
 	int retval;
-	struct ocfs2_extent_list *el;
+	struct ocfs2_extent_list *el = NULL;
 	struct ocfs2_extent_block *eb;
 	struct buffer_head *eb_bh = NULL;
+	u64 last_eb_blk = 0;
 
 	mlog_entry_void();
 
-	if (!OCFS2_IS_VALID_DINODE(fe)) {
-		OCFS2_RO_ON_INVALID_DINODE(inode->i_sb, fe);
-		retval = -EIO;
-		goto bail;
-	}
+	el = et->et_root_el;
+	last_eb_blk = ocfs2_et_get_last_eb_blk(et);
 
-	if (fe->i_last_eb_blk) {
-		retval = ocfs2_read_block(osb, le64_to_cpu(fe->i_last_eb_blk),
-					  &eb_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED, inode);
+	if (last_eb_blk) {
+		retval = ocfs2_read_block(inode, last_eb_blk,
+					  &eb_bh);
 		if (retval < 0) {
 			mlog_errno(retval);
 			goto bail;
 		}
 		eb = (struct ocfs2_extent_block *) eb_bh->b_data;
 		el = &eb->h_list;
-	} else
-		el = &fe->id2.i_list;
+	}
 
 	BUG_ON(el->l_tree_depth != 0);
 
 	retval = le16_to_cpu(el->l_count) - le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec);
 bail:
-	if (eb_bh)
-		brelse(eb_bh);
+	brelse(eb_bh);
 
 	mlog_exit(retval);
 	return retval;
@@ -486,8 +805,7 @@ static int ocfs2_create_new_meta_bhs(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 bail:
 	if (status < 0) {
 		for(i = 0; i < wanted; i++) {
-			if (bhs[i])
-				brelse(bhs[i]);
+			brelse(bhs[i]);
 			bhs[i] = NULL;
 		}
 	}
@@ -531,7 +849,7 @@ static inline u32 ocfs2_sum_rightmost_rec(struct ocfs2_extent_list  *el)
 static int ocfs2_add_branch(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 			    handle_t *handle,
 			    struct inode *inode,
-			    struct buffer_head *fe_bh,
+			    struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
 			    struct buffer_head *eb_bh,
 			    struct buffer_head **last_eb_bh,
 			    struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac)
@@ -540,7 +858,6 @@ static int ocfs2_add_branch(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	u64 next_blkno, new_last_eb_blk;
 	struct buffer_head *bh;
 	struct buffer_head **new_eb_bhs = NULL;
-	struct ocfs2_dinode *fe;
 	struct ocfs2_extent_block *eb;
 	struct ocfs2_extent_list  *eb_el;
 	struct ocfs2_extent_list  *el;
@@ -550,13 +867,11 @@ static int ocfs2_add_branch(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 
 	BUG_ON(!last_eb_bh || !*last_eb_bh);
 
-	fe = (struct ocfs2_dinode *) fe_bh->b_data;
-
 	if (eb_bh) {
 		eb = (struct ocfs2_extent_block *) eb_bh->b_data;
 		el = &eb->h_list;
 	} else
-		el = &fe->id2.i_list;
+		el = et->et_root_el;
 
 	/* we never add a branch to a leaf. */
 	BUG_ON(!el->l_tree_depth);
@@ -646,7 +961,7 @@ static int ocfs2_add_branch(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		goto bail;
 	}
-	status = ocfs2_journal_access(handle, inode, fe_bh,
+	status = ocfs2_journal_access(handle, inode, et->et_root_bh,
 				      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
@@ -662,7 +977,7 @@ static int ocfs2_add_branch(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	}
 
 	/* Link the new branch into the rest of the tree (el will
-	 * either be on the fe, or the extent block passed in. */
+	 * either be on the root_bh, or the extent block passed in. */
 	i = le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec);
 	el->l_recs[i].e_blkno = cpu_to_le64(next_blkno);
 	el->l_recs[i].e_cpos = cpu_to_le32(new_cpos);
@@ -671,7 +986,7 @@ static int ocfs2_add_branch(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 
 	/* fe needs a new last extent block pointer, as does the
 	 * next_leaf on the previously last-extent-block. */
-	fe->i_last_eb_blk = cpu_to_le64(new_last_eb_blk);
+	ocfs2_et_set_last_eb_blk(et, new_last_eb_blk);
 
 	eb = (struct ocfs2_extent_block *) (*last_eb_bh)->b_data;
 	eb->h_next_leaf_blk = cpu_to_le64(new_last_eb_blk);
@@ -679,7 +994,7 @@ static int ocfs2_add_branch(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, *last_eb_bh);
 	if (status < 0)
 		mlog_errno(status);
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, fe_bh);
+	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, et->et_root_bh);
 	if (status < 0)
 		mlog_errno(status);
 	if (eb_bh) {
@@ -700,8 +1015,7 @@ static int ocfs2_add_branch(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 bail:
 	if (new_eb_bhs) {
 		for (i = 0; i < new_blocks; i++)
-			if (new_eb_bhs[i])
-				brelse(new_eb_bhs[i]);
+			brelse(new_eb_bhs[i]);
 		kfree(new_eb_bhs);
 	}
 
@@ -717,16 +1031,15 @@ bail:
 static int ocfs2_shift_tree_depth(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 				  handle_t *handle,
 				  struct inode *inode,
-				  struct buffer_head *fe_bh,
+				  struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
 				  struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac,
 				  struct buffer_head **ret_new_eb_bh)
 {
 	int status, i;
 	u32 new_clusters;
 	struct buffer_head *new_eb_bh = NULL;
-	struct ocfs2_dinode *fe;
 	struct ocfs2_extent_block *eb;
-	struct ocfs2_extent_list  *fe_el;
+	struct ocfs2_extent_list  *root_el;
 	struct ocfs2_extent_list  *eb_el;
 
 	mlog_entry_void();
@@ -746,8 +1059,7 @@ static int ocfs2_shift_tree_depth(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	}
 
 	eb_el = &eb->h_list;
-	fe = (struct ocfs2_dinode *) fe_bh->b_data;
-	fe_el = &fe->id2.i_list;
+	root_el = et->et_root_el;
 
 	status = ocfs2_journal_access(handle, inode, new_eb_bh,
 				      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_CREATE);
@@ -756,11 +1068,11 @@ static int ocfs2_shift_tree_depth(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 		goto bail;
 	}
 
-	/* copy the fe data into the new extent block */
-	eb_el->l_tree_depth = fe_el->l_tree_depth;
-	eb_el->l_next_free_rec = fe_el->l_next_free_rec;
-	for(i = 0; i < le16_to_cpu(fe_el->l_next_free_rec); i++)
-		eb_el->l_recs[i] = fe_el->l_recs[i];
+	/* copy the root extent list data into the new extent block */
+	eb_el->l_tree_depth = root_el->l_tree_depth;
+	eb_el->l_next_free_rec = root_el->l_next_free_rec;
+	for (i = 0; i < le16_to_cpu(root_el->l_next_free_rec); i++)
+		eb_el->l_recs[i] = root_el->l_recs[i];
 
 	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, new_eb_bh);
 	if (status < 0) {
@@ -768,7 +1080,7 @@ static int ocfs2_shift_tree_depth(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 		goto bail;
 	}
 
-	status = ocfs2_journal_access(handle, inode, fe_bh,
+	status = ocfs2_journal_access(handle, inode, et->et_root_bh,
 				      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
@@ -777,21 +1089,21 @@ static int ocfs2_shift_tree_depth(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 
 	new_clusters = ocfs2_sum_rightmost_rec(eb_el);
 
-	/* update fe now */
-	le16_add_cpu(&fe_el->l_tree_depth, 1);
-	fe_el->l_recs[0].e_cpos = 0;
-	fe_el->l_recs[0].e_blkno = eb->h_blkno;
-	fe_el->l_recs[0].e_int_clusters = cpu_to_le32(new_clusters);
-	for(i = 1; i < le16_to_cpu(fe_el->l_next_free_rec); i++)
-		memset(&fe_el->l_recs[i], 0, sizeof(struct ocfs2_extent_rec));
-	fe_el->l_next_free_rec = cpu_to_le16(1);
+	/* update root_bh now */
+	le16_add_cpu(&root_el->l_tree_depth, 1);
+	root_el->l_recs[0].e_cpos = 0;
+	root_el->l_recs[0].e_blkno = eb->h_blkno;
+	root_el->l_recs[0].e_int_clusters = cpu_to_le32(new_clusters);
+	for (i = 1; i < le16_to_cpu(root_el->l_next_free_rec); i++)
+		memset(&root_el->l_recs[i], 0, sizeof(struct ocfs2_extent_rec));
+	root_el->l_next_free_rec = cpu_to_le16(1);
 
 	/* If this is our 1st tree depth shift, then last_eb_blk
 	 * becomes the allocated extent block */
-	if (fe_el->l_tree_depth == cpu_to_le16(1))
-		fe->i_last_eb_blk = eb->h_blkno;
+	if (root_el->l_tree_depth == cpu_to_le16(1))
+		ocfs2_et_set_last_eb_blk(et, le64_to_cpu(eb->h_blkno));
 
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, fe_bh);
+	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, et->et_root_bh);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		goto bail;
@@ -801,8 +1113,7 @@ static int ocfs2_shift_tree_depth(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	new_eb_bh = NULL;
 	status = 0;
 bail:
-	if (new_eb_bh)
-		brelse(new_eb_bh);
+	brelse(new_eb_bh);
 
 	mlog_exit(status);
 	return status;
@@ -817,22 +1128,21 @@ bail:
  * 1) a lowest extent block is found, then we pass it back in
  *    *lowest_eb_bh and return '0'
  *
- * 2) the search fails to find anything, but the dinode has room. We
+ * 2) the search fails to find anything, but the root_el has room. We
  *    pass NULL back in *lowest_eb_bh, but still return '0'
  *
- * 3) the search fails to find anything AND the dinode is full, in
+ * 3) the search fails to find anything AND the root_el is full, in
  *    which case we return > 0
  *
  * return status < 0 indicates an error.
  */
 static int ocfs2_find_branch_target(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 				    struct inode *inode,
-				    struct buffer_head *fe_bh,
+				    struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
 				    struct buffer_head **target_bh)
 {
 	int status = 0, i;
 	u64 blkno;
-	struct ocfs2_dinode *fe;
 	struct ocfs2_extent_block *eb;
 	struct ocfs2_extent_list  *el;
 	struct buffer_head *bh = NULL;
@@ -842,8 +1152,7 @@ static int ocfs2_find_branch_target(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 
 	*target_bh = NULL;
 
-	fe = (struct ocfs2_dinode *) fe_bh->b_data;
-	el = &fe->id2.i_list;
+	el = et->et_root_el;
 
 	while(le16_to_cpu(el->l_tree_depth) > 1) {
 		if (le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec) == 0) {
@@ -864,13 +1173,10 @@ static int ocfs2_find_branch_target(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 			goto bail;
 		}
 
-		if (bh) {
-			brelse(bh);
-			bh = NULL;
-		}
+		brelse(bh);
+		bh = NULL;
 
-		status = ocfs2_read_block(osb, blkno, &bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED,
-					  inode);
+		status = ocfs2_read_block(inode, blkno, &bh);
 		if (status < 0) {
 			mlog_errno(status);
 			goto bail;
@@ -886,8 +1192,7 @@ static int ocfs2_find_branch_target(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 
 		if (le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec) <
 		    le16_to_cpu(el->l_count)) {
-			if (lowest_bh)
-				brelse(lowest_bh);
+			brelse(lowest_bh);
 			lowest_bh = bh;
 			get_bh(lowest_bh);
 		}
@@ -895,14 +1200,13 @@ static int ocfs2_find_branch_target(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 
 	/* If we didn't find one and the fe doesn't have any room,
 	 * then return '1' */
-	if (!lowest_bh
-	    && (fe->id2.i_list.l_next_free_rec == fe->id2.i_list.l_count))
+	el = et->et_root_el;
+	if (!lowest_bh && (el->l_next_free_rec == el->l_count))
 		status = 1;
 
 	*target_bh = lowest_bh;
 bail:
-	if (bh)
-		brelse(bh);
+	brelse(bh);
 
 	mlog_exit(status);
 	return status;
@@ -919,19 +1223,19 @@ bail:
  * *last_eb_bh will be updated by ocfs2_add_branch().
  */
 static int ocfs2_grow_tree(struct inode *inode, handle_t *handle,
-			   struct buffer_head *di_bh, int *final_depth,
+			   struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et, int *final_depth,
 			   struct buffer_head **last_eb_bh,
 			   struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac)
 {
 	int ret, shift;
-	struct ocfs2_dinode *di = (struct ocfs2_dinode *)di_bh->b_data;
-	int depth = le16_to_cpu(di->id2.i_list.l_tree_depth);
+	struct ocfs2_extent_list *el = et->et_root_el;
+	int depth = le16_to_cpu(el->l_tree_depth);
 	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
 	struct buffer_head *bh = NULL;
 
 	BUG_ON(meta_ac == NULL);
 
-	shift = ocfs2_find_branch_target(osb, inode, di_bh, &bh);
+	shift = ocfs2_find_branch_target(osb, inode, et, &bh);
 	if (shift < 0) {
 		ret = shift;
 		mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -948,7 +1252,7 @@ static int ocfs2_grow_tree(struct inode *inode, handle_t *handle,
 		/* ocfs2_shift_tree_depth will return us a buffer with
 		 * the new extent block (so we can pass that to
 		 * ocfs2_add_branch). */
-		ret = ocfs2_shift_tree_depth(osb, handle, inode, di_bh,
+		ret = ocfs2_shift_tree_depth(osb, handle, inode, et,
 					     meta_ac, &bh);
 		if (ret < 0) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -975,7 +1279,7 @@ static int ocfs2_grow_tree(struct inode *inode, handle_t *handle,
 	/* call ocfs2_add_branch to add the final part of the tree with
 	 * the new data. */
 	mlog(0, "add branch. bh = %p\n", bh);
-	ret = ocfs2_add_branch(osb, handle, inode, di_bh, bh, last_eb_bh,
+	ret = ocfs2_add_branch(osb, handle, inode, et, bh, last_eb_bh,
 			       meta_ac);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -1236,8 +1540,7 @@ static int __ocfs2_find_path(struct inode *inode,
 
 		brelse(bh);
 		bh = NULL;
-		ret = ocfs2_read_block(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb), blkno,
-				       &bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED, inode);
+		ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, blkno, &bh);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			goto out;
@@ -2058,11 +2361,11 @@ static int ocfs2_rotate_subtree_left(struct inode *inode, handle_t *handle,
 				     struct ocfs2_path *right_path,
 				     int subtree_index,
 				     struct ocfs2_cached_dealloc_ctxt *dealloc,
-				     int *deleted)
+				     int *deleted,
+				     struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et)
 {
 	int ret, i, del_right_subtree = 0, right_has_empty = 0;
-	struct buffer_head *root_bh, *di_bh = path_root_bh(right_path);
-	struct ocfs2_dinode *di = (struct ocfs2_dinode *)di_bh->b_data;
+	struct buffer_head *root_bh, *et_root_bh = path_root_bh(right_path);
 	struct ocfs2_extent_list *right_leaf_el, *left_leaf_el;
 	struct ocfs2_extent_block *eb;
 
@@ -2114,7 +2417,7 @@ static int ocfs2_rotate_subtree_left(struct inode *inode, handle_t *handle,
 		 * We have to update i_last_eb_blk during the meta
 		 * data delete.
 		 */
-		ret = ocfs2_journal_access(handle, inode, di_bh,
+		ret = ocfs2_journal_access(handle, inode, et_root_bh,
 					   OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -2189,7 +2492,7 @@ static int ocfs2_rotate_subtree_left(struct inode *inode, handle_t *handle,
 		ocfs2_update_edge_lengths(inode, handle, left_path);
 
 		eb = (struct ocfs2_extent_block *)path_leaf_bh(left_path)->b_data;
-		di->i_last_eb_blk = eb->h_blkno;
+		ocfs2_et_set_last_eb_blk(et, le64_to_cpu(eb->h_blkno));
 
 		/*
 		 * Removal of the extent in the left leaf was skipped
@@ -2199,7 +2502,7 @@ static int ocfs2_rotate_subtree_left(struct inode *inode, handle_t *handle,
 		if (right_has_empty)
 			ocfs2_remove_empty_extent(left_leaf_el);
 
-		ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, di_bh);
+		ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, et_root_bh);
 		if (ret)
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 
@@ -2322,7 +2625,8 @@ static int __ocfs2_rotate_tree_left(struct inode *inode,
 				    handle_t *handle, int orig_credits,
 				    struct ocfs2_path *path,
 				    struct ocfs2_cached_dealloc_ctxt *dealloc,
-				    struct ocfs2_path **empty_extent_path)
+				    struct ocfs2_path **empty_extent_path,
+				    struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et)
 {
 	int ret, subtree_root, deleted;
 	u32 right_cpos;
@@ -2395,7 +2699,7 @@ static int __ocfs2_rotate_tree_left(struct inode *inode,
 
 		ret = ocfs2_rotate_subtree_left(inode, handle, left_path,
 						right_path, subtree_root,
-						dealloc, &deleted);
+						dealloc, &deleted, et);
 		if (ret == -EAGAIN) {
 			/*
 			 * The rotation has to temporarily stop due to
@@ -2438,29 +2742,20 @@ out:
 }
 
 static int ocfs2_remove_rightmost_path(struct inode *inode, handle_t *handle,
-				       struct ocfs2_path *path,
-				       struct ocfs2_cached_dealloc_ctxt *dealloc)
+				struct ocfs2_path *path,
+				struct ocfs2_cached_dealloc_ctxt *dealloc,
+				struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et)
 {
 	int ret, subtree_index;
 	u32 cpos;
 	struct ocfs2_path *left_path = NULL;
-	struct ocfs2_dinode *di;
 	struct ocfs2_extent_block *eb;
 	struct ocfs2_extent_list *el;
 
-	/*
-	 * XXX: This code assumes that the root is an inode, which is
-	 * true for now but may change as tree code gets generic.
-	 */
-	di = (struct ocfs2_dinode *)path_root_bh(path)->b_data;
-	if (!OCFS2_IS_VALID_DINODE(di)) {
-		ret = -EIO;
-		ocfs2_error(inode->i_sb,
-			    "Inode %llu has invalid path root",
-			    (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno);
-		goto out;
-	}
 
+	ret = ocfs2_et_sanity_check(inode, et);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out;
 	/*
 	 * There's two ways we handle this depending on
 	 * whether path is the only existing one.
@@ -2517,7 +2812,7 @@ static int ocfs2_remove_rightmost_path(struct inode *inode, handle_t *handle,
 		ocfs2_update_edge_lengths(inode, handle, left_path);
 
 		eb = (struct ocfs2_extent_block *)path_leaf_bh(left_path)->b_data;
-		di->i_last_eb_blk = eb->h_blkno;
+		ocfs2_et_set_last_eb_blk(et, le64_to_cpu(eb->h_blkno));
 	} else {
 		/*
 		 * 'path' is also the leftmost path which
@@ -2528,12 +2823,12 @@ static int ocfs2_remove_rightmost_path(struct inode *inode, handle_t *handle,
 		 */
 		ocfs2_unlink_path(inode, handle, dealloc, path, 1);
 
-		el = &di->id2.i_list;
+		el = et->et_root_el;
 		el->l_tree_depth = 0;
 		el->l_next_free_rec = 0;
 		memset(&el->l_recs[0], 0, sizeof(struct ocfs2_extent_rec));
 
-		di->i_last_eb_blk = 0;
+		ocfs2_et_set_last_eb_blk(et, 0);
 	}
 
 	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, path_root_bh(path));
@@ -2561,7 +2856,8 @@ out:
  */
 static int ocfs2_rotate_tree_left(struct inode *inode, handle_t *handle,
 				  struct ocfs2_path *path,
-				  struct ocfs2_cached_dealloc_ctxt *dealloc)
+				  struct ocfs2_cached_dealloc_ctxt *dealloc,
+				  struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et)
 {
 	int ret, orig_credits = handle->h_buffer_credits;
 	struct ocfs2_path *tmp_path = NULL, *restart_path = NULL;
@@ -2575,7 +2871,7 @@ static int ocfs2_rotate_tree_left(struct inode *inode, handle_t *handle,
 	if (path->p_tree_depth == 0) {
 rightmost_no_delete:
 		/*
-		 * In-inode extents. This is trivially handled, so do
+		 * Inline extents. This is trivially handled, so do
 		 * it up front.
 		 */
 		ret = ocfs2_rotate_rightmost_leaf_left(inode, handle,
@@ -2629,7 +2925,7 @@ rightmost_no_delete:
 		 */
 
 		ret = ocfs2_remove_rightmost_path(inode, handle, path,
-						  dealloc);
+						  dealloc, et);
 		if (ret)
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
@@ -2641,7 +2937,7 @@ rightmost_no_delete:
 	 */
 try_rotate:
 	ret = __ocfs2_rotate_tree_left(inode, handle, orig_credits, path,
-				       dealloc, &restart_path);
+				       dealloc, &restart_path, et);
 	if (ret && ret != -EAGAIN) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
@@ -2653,7 +2949,7 @@ try_rotate:
 
 		ret = __ocfs2_rotate_tree_left(inode, handle, orig_credits,
 					       tmp_path, dealloc,
-					       &restart_path);
+					       &restart_path, et);
 		if (ret && ret != -EAGAIN) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			goto out;
@@ -2939,6 +3235,7 @@ static int ocfs2_merge_rec_left(struct inode *inode,
 				handle_t *handle,
 				struct ocfs2_extent_rec *split_rec,
 				struct ocfs2_cached_dealloc_ctxt *dealloc,
+				struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
 				int index)
 {
 	int ret, i, subtree_index = 0, has_empty_extent = 0;
@@ -3059,7 +3356,8 @@ static int ocfs2_merge_rec_left(struct inode *inode,
 		    le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec) == 1) {
 
 			ret = ocfs2_remove_rightmost_path(inode, handle,
-							  right_path, dealloc);
+							  right_path,
+							  dealloc, et);
 			if (ret) {
 				mlog_errno(ret);
 				goto out;
@@ -3086,7 +3384,8 @@ static int ocfs2_try_to_merge_extent(struct inode *inode,
 				     int split_index,
 				     struct ocfs2_extent_rec *split_rec,
 				     struct ocfs2_cached_dealloc_ctxt *dealloc,
-				     struct ocfs2_merge_ctxt *ctxt)
+				     struct ocfs2_merge_ctxt *ctxt,
+				     struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et)
 
 {
 	int ret = 0;
@@ -3104,7 +3403,7 @@ static int ocfs2_try_to_merge_extent(struct inode *inode,
 		 * illegal.
 		 */
 		ret = ocfs2_rotate_tree_left(inode, handle, path,
-					     dealloc);
+					     dealloc, et);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			goto out;
@@ -3147,7 +3446,8 @@ static int ocfs2_try_to_merge_extent(struct inode *inode,
 		BUG_ON(!ocfs2_is_empty_extent(&el->l_recs[0]));
 
 		/* The merge left us with an empty extent, remove it. */
-		ret = ocfs2_rotate_tree_left(inode, handle, path, dealloc);
+		ret = ocfs2_rotate_tree_left(inode, handle, path,
+					     dealloc, et);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			goto out;
@@ -3161,7 +3461,7 @@ static int ocfs2_try_to_merge_extent(struct inode *inode,
 		 */
 		ret = ocfs2_merge_rec_left(inode, path,
 					   handle, rec,
-					   dealloc,
+					   dealloc, et,
 					   split_index);
 
 		if (ret) {
@@ -3170,7 +3470,7 @@ static int ocfs2_try_to_merge_extent(struct inode *inode,
 		}
 
 		ret = ocfs2_rotate_tree_left(inode, handle, path,
-					     dealloc);
+					     dealloc, et);
 		/*
 		 * Error from this last rotate is not critical, so
 		 * print but don't bubble it up.
@@ -3190,7 +3490,7 @@ static int ocfs2_try_to_merge_extent(struct inode *inode,
 			ret = ocfs2_merge_rec_left(inode,
 						   path,
 						   handle, split_rec,
-						   dealloc,
+						   dealloc, et,
 						   split_index);
 			if (ret) {
 				mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -3213,7 +3513,7 @@ static int ocfs2_try_to_merge_extent(struct inode *inode,
 			 * our leaf. Try to rotate it away.
 			 */
 			ret = ocfs2_rotate_tree_left(inode, handle, path,
-						     dealloc);
+						     dealloc, et);
 			if (ret)
 				mlog_errno(ret);
 			ret = 0;
@@ -3347,16 +3647,6 @@ rotate:
 	ocfs2_rotate_leaf(el, insert_rec);
 }
 
-static inline void ocfs2_update_dinode_clusters(struct inode *inode,
-						struct ocfs2_dinode *di,
-						u32 clusters)
-{
-	le32_add_cpu(&di->i_clusters, clusters);
-	spin_lock(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_lock);
-	OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_clusters = le32_to_cpu(di->i_clusters);
-	spin_unlock(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_lock);
-}
-
 static void ocfs2_adjust_rightmost_records(struct inode *inode,
 					   handle_t *handle,
 					   struct ocfs2_path *path,
@@ -3558,8 +3848,8 @@ static void ocfs2_split_record(struct inode *inode,
 }
 
 /*
- * This function only does inserts on an allocation b-tree. For dinode
- * lists, ocfs2_insert_at_leaf() is called directly.
+ * This function only does inserts on an allocation b-tree. For tree
+ * depth = 0, ocfs2_insert_at_leaf() is called directly.
  *
  * right_path is the path we want to do the actual insert
  * in. left_path should only be passed in if we need to update that
@@ -3656,7 +3946,7 @@ out:
 
 static int ocfs2_do_insert_extent(struct inode *inode,
 				  handle_t *handle,
-				  struct buffer_head *di_bh,
+				  struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
 				  struct ocfs2_extent_rec *insert_rec,
 				  struct ocfs2_insert_type *type)
 {
@@ -3664,13 +3954,11 @@ static int ocfs2_do_insert_extent(struct inode *inode,
 	u32 cpos;
 	struct ocfs2_path *right_path = NULL;
 	struct ocfs2_path *left_path = NULL;
-	struct ocfs2_dinode *di;
 	struct ocfs2_extent_list *el;
 
-	di = (struct ocfs2_dinode *) di_bh->b_data;
-	el = &di->id2.i_list;
+	el = et->et_root_el;
 
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_access(handle, inode, di_bh,
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access(handle, inode, et->et_root_bh,
 				   OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -3682,7 +3970,7 @@ static int ocfs2_do_insert_extent(struct inode *inode,
 		goto out_update_clusters;
 	}
 
-	right_path = ocfs2_new_inode_path(di_bh);
+	right_path = ocfs2_new_path(et->et_root_bh, et->et_root_el);
 	if (!right_path) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -3732,7 +4020,7 @@ static int ocfs2_do_insert_extent(struct inode *inode,
 		 * ocfs2_rotate_tree_right() might have extended the
 		 * transaction without re-journaling our tree root.
 		 */
-		ret = ocfs2_journal_access(handle, inode, di_bh,
+		ret = ocfs2_journal_access(handle, inode, et->et_root_bh,
 					   OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -3757,10 +4045,10 @@ static int ocfs2_do_insert_extent(struct inode *inode,
 
 out_update_clusters:
 	if (type->ins_split == SPLIT_NONE)
-		ocfs2_update_dinode_clusters(inode, di,
-					     le16_to_cpu(insert_rec->e_leaf_clusters));
+		ocfs2_et_update_clusters(inode, et,
+					 le16_to_cpu(insert_rec->e_leaf_clusters));
 
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, di_bh);
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, et->et_root_bh);
 	if (ret)
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 
@@ -3890,7 +4178,8 @@ out:
 static void ocfs2_figure_contig_type(struct inode *inode,
 				     struct ocfs2_insert_type *insert,
 				     struct ocfs2_extent_list *el,
-				     struct ocfs2_extent_rec *insert_rec)
+				     struct ocfs2_extent_rec *insert_rec,
+				     struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et)
 {
 	int i;
 	enum ocfs2_contig_type contig_type = CONTIG_NONE;
@@ -3906,6 +4195,21 @@ static void ocfs2_figure_contig_type(struct inode *inode,
 		}
 	}
 	insert->ins_contig = contig_type;
+
+	if (insert->ins_contig != CONTIG_NONE) {
+		struct ocfs2_extent_rec *rec =
+				&el->l_recs[insert->ins_contig_index];
+		unsigned int len = le16_to_cpu(rec->e_leaf_clusters) +
+				   le16_to_cpu(insert_rec->e_leaf_clusters);
+
+		/*
+		 * Caller might want us to limit the size of extents, don't
+		 * calculate contiguousness if we might exceed that limit.
+		 */
+		if (et->et_max_leaf_clusters &&
+		    (len > et->et_max_leaf_clusters))
+			insert->ins_contig = CONTIG_NONE;
+	}
 }
 
 /*
@@ -3914,8 +4218,8 @@ static void ocfs2_figure_contig_type(struct inode *inode,
  * ocfs2_figure_appending_type() will figure out whether we'll have to
  * insert at the tail of the rightmost leaf.
  *
- * This should also work against the dinode list for tree's with 0
- * depth. If we consider the dinode list to be the rightmost leaf node
+ * This should also work against the root extent list for tree's with 0
+ * depth. If we consider the root extent list to be the rightmost leaf node
  * then the logic here makes sense.
  */
 static void ocfs2_figure_appending_type(struct ocfs2_insert_type *insert,
@@ -3966,14 +4270,13 @@ set_tail_append:
  * structure.
  */
 static int ocfs2_figure_insert_type(struct inode *inode,
-				    struct buffer_head *di_bh,
+				    struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
 				    struct buffer_head **last_eb_bh,
 				    struct ocfs2_extent_rec *insert_rec,
 				    int *free_records,
 				    struct ocfs2_insert_type *insert)
 {
 	int ret;
-	struct ocfs2_dinode *di = (struct ocfs2_dinode *)di_bh->b_data;
 	struct ocfs2_extent_block *eb;
 	struct ocfs2_extent_list *el;
 	struct ocfs2_path *path = NULL;
@@ -3981,7 +4284,7 @@ static int ocfs2_figure_insert_type(struct inode *inode,
 
 	insert->ins_split = SPLIT_NONE;
 
-	el = &di->id2.i_list;
+	el = et->et_root_el;
 	insert->ins_tree_depth = le16_to_cpu(el->l_tree_depth);
 
 	if (el->l_tree_depth) {
@@ -3991,9 +4294,7 @@ static int ocfs2_figure_insert_type(struct inode *inode,
 		 * ocfs2_figure_insert_type() and ocfs2_add_branch()
 		 * may want it later.
 		 */
-		ret = ocfs2_read_block(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb),
-				       le64_to_cpu(di->i_last_eb_blk), &bh,
-				       OCFS2_BH_CACHED, inode);
+		ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, ocfs2_et_get_last_eb_blk(et), &bh);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_exit(ret);
 			goto out;
@@ -4014,12 +4315,12 @@ static int ocfs2_figure_insert_type(struct inode *inode,
 		le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec);
 
 	if (!insert->ins_tree_depth) {
-		ocfs2_figure_contig_type(inode, insert, el, insert_rec);
+		ocfs2_figure_contig_type(inode, insert, el, insert_rec, et);
 		ocfs2_figure_appending_type(insert, el, insert_rec);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	path = ocfs2_new_inode_path(di_bh);
+	path = ocfs2_new_path(et->et_root_bh, et->et_root_el);
 	if (!path) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -4048,7 +4349,7 @@ static int ocfs2_figure_insert_type(struct inode *inode,
          *     into two types of appends: simple record append, or a
          *     rotate inside the tail leaf.
 	 */
-	ocfs2_figure_contig_type(inode, insert, el, insert_rec);
+	ocfs2_figure_contig_type(inode, insert, el, insert_rec, et);
 
 	/*
 	 * The insert code isn't quite ready to deal with all cases of
@@ -4069,7 +4370,8 @@ static int ocfs2_figure_insert_type(struct inode *inode,
 	 * the case that we're doing a tail append, so maybe we can
 	 * take advantage of that information somehow.
 	 */
-	if (le64_to_cpu(di->i_last_eb_blk) == path_leaf_bh(path)->b_blocknr) {
+	if (ocfs2_et_get_last_eb_blk(et) ==
+	    path_leaf_bh(path)->b_blocknr) {
 		/*
 		 * Ok, ocfs2_find_path() returned us the rightmost
 		 * tree path. This might be an appending insert. There are
@@ -4099,7 +4401,7 @@ out:
 int ocfs2_insert_extent(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 			handle_t *handle,
 			struct inode *inode,
-			struct buffer_head *fe_bh,
+			struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
 			u32 cpos,
 			u64 start_blk,
 			u32 new_clusters,
@@ -4112,26 +4414,21 @@ int ocfs2_insert_extent(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	struct ocfs2_insert_type insert = {0, };
 	struct ocfs2_extent_rec rec;
 
-	BUG_ON(OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_dyn_features & OCFS2_INLINE_DATA_FL);
-
 	mlog(0, "add %u clusters at position %u to inode %llu\n",
 	     new_clusters, cpos, (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno);
 
-	mlog_bug_on_msg(!ocfs2_sparse_alloc(osb) &&
-			(OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_clusters != cpos),
-			"Device %s, asking for sparse allocation: inode %llu, "
-			"cpos %u, clusters %u\n",
-			osb->dev_str,
-			(unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno, cpos,
-			OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_clusters);
-
 	memset(&rec, 0, sizeof(rec));
 	rec.e_cpos = cpu_to_le32(cpos);
 	rec.e_blkno = cpu_to_le64(start_blk);
 	rec.e_leaf_clusters = cpu_to_le16(new_clusters);
 	rec.e_flags = flags;
+	status = ocfs2_et_insert_check(inode, et, &rec);
+	if (status) {
+		mlog_errno(status);
+		goto bail;
+	}
 
-	status = ocfs2_figure_insert_type(inode, fe_bh, &last_eb_bh, &rec,
+	status = ocfs2_figure_insert_type(inode, et, &last_eb_bh, &rec,
 					  &free_records, &insert);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
@@ -4145,7 +4442,7 @@ int ocfs2_insert_extent(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	     free_records, insert.ins_tree_depth);
 
 	if (insert.ins_contig == CONTIG_NONE && free_records == 0) {
-		status = ocfs2_grow_tree(inode, handle, fe_bh,
+		status = ocfs2_grow_tree(inode, handle, et,
 					 &insert.ins_tree_depth, &last_eb_bh,
 					 meta_ac);
 		if (status) {
@@ -4155,17 +4452,124 @@ int ocfs2_insert_extent(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	}
 
 	/* Finally, we can add clusters. This might rotate the tree for us. */
-	status = ocfs2_do_insert_extent(inode, handle, fe_bh, &rec, &insert);
+	status = ocfs2_do_insert_extent(inode, handle, et, &rec, &insert);
 	if (status < 0)
 		mlog_errno(status);
-	else
+	else if (et->et_ops == &ocfs2_dinode_et_ops)
 		ocfs2_extent_map_insert_rec(inode, &rec);
 
 bail:
-	if (last_eb_bh)
-		brelse(last_eb_bh);
+	brelse(last_eb_bh);
+
+	mlog_exit(status);
+	return status;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Allcate and add clusters into the extent b-tree.
+ * The new clusters(clusters_to_add) will be inserted at logical_offset.
+ * The extent b-tree's root is specified by et, and
+ * it is not limited to the file storage. Any extent tree can use this
+ * function if it implements the proper ocfs2_extent_tree.
+ */
+int ocfs2_add_clusters_in_btree(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
+				struct inode *inode,
+				u32 *logical_offset,
+				u32 clusters_to_add,
+				int mark_unwritten,
+				struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
+				handle_t *handle,
+				struct ocfs2_alloc_context *data_ac,
+				struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac,
+				enum ocfs2_alloc_restarted *reason_ret)
+{
+	int status = 0;
+	int free_extents;
+	enum ocfs2_alloc_restarted reason = RESTART_NONE;
+	u32 bit_off, num_bits;
+	u64 block;
+	u8 flags = 0;
+
+	BUG_ON(!clusters_to_add);
+
+	if (mark_unwritten)
+		flags = OCFS2_EXT_UNWRITTEN;
+
+	free_extents = ocfs2_num_free_extents(osb, inode, et);
+	if (free_extents < 0) {
+		status = free_extents;
+		mlog_errno(status);
+		goto leave;
+	}
+
+	/* there are two cases which could cause us to EAGAIN in the
+	 * we-need-more-metadata case:
+	 * 1) we haven't reserved *any*
+	 * 2) we are so fragmented, we've needed to add metadata too
+	 *    many times. */
+	if (!free_extents && !meta_ac) {
+		mlog(0, "we haven't reserved any metadata!\n");
+		status = -EAGAIN;
+		reason = RESTART_META;
+		goto leave;
+	} else if ((!free_extents)
+		   && (ocfs2_alloc_context_bits_left(meta_ac)
+		       < ocfs2_extend_meta_needed(et->et_root_el))) {
+		mlog(0, "filesystem is really fragmented...\n");
+		status = -EAGAIN;
+		reason = RESTART_META;
+		goto leave;
+	}
+
+	status = __ocfs2_claim_clusters(osb, handle, data_ac, 1,
+					clusters_to_add, &bit_off, &num_bits);
+	if (status < 0) {
+		if (status != -ENOSPC)
+			mlog_errno(status);
+		goto leave;
+	}
+
+	BUG_ON(num_bits > clusters_to_add);
 
+	/* reserve our write early -- insert_extent may update the inode */
+	status = ocfs2_journal_access(handle, inode, et->et_root_bh,
+				      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
+	if (status < 0) {
+		mlog_errno(status);
+		goto leave;
+	}
+
+	block = ocfs2_clusters_to_blocks(osb->sb, bit_off);
+	mlog(0, "Allocating %u clusters at block %u for inode %llu\n",
+	     num_bits, bit_off, (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno);
+	status = ocfs2_insert_extent(osb, handle, inode, et,
+				     *logical_offset, block,
+				     num_bits, flags, meta_ac);
+	if (status < 0) {
+		mlog_errno(status);
+		goto leave;
+	}
+
+	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, et->et_root_bh);
+	if (status < 0) {
+		mlog_errno(status);
+		goto leave;
+	}
+
+	clusters_to_add -= num_bits;
+	*logical_offset += num_bits;
+
+	if (clusters_to_add) {
+		mlog(0, "need to alloc once more, wanted = %u\n",
+		     clusters_to_add);
+		status = -EAGAIN;
+		reason = RESTART_TRANS;
+	}
+
+leave:
 	mlog_exit(status);
+	if (reason_ret)
+		*reason_ret = reason;
 	return status;
 }
 
@@ -4192,7 +4596,7 @@ static void ocfs2_make_right_split_rec(struct super_block *sb,
 static int ocfs2_split_and_insert(struct inode *inode,
 				  handle_t *handle,
 				  struct ocfs2_path *path,
-				  struct buffer_head *di_bh,
+				  struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
 				  struct buffer_head **last_eb_bh,
 				  int split_index,
 				  struct ocfs2_extent_rec *orig_split_rec,
@@ -4206,7 +4610,6 @@ static int ocfs2_split_and_insert(struct inode *inode,
 	struct ocfs2_extent_rec split_rec = *orig_split_rec;
 	struct ocfs2_insert_type insert;
 	struct ocfs2_extent_block *eb;
-	struct ocfs2_dinode *di;
 
 leftright:
 	/*
@@ -4215,8 +4618,7 @@ leftright:
 	 */
 	rec = path_leaf_el(path)->l_recs[split_index];
 
-	di = (struct ocfs2_dinode *)di_bh->b_data;
-	rightmost_el = &di->id2.i_list;
+	rightmost_el = et->et_root_el;
 
 	depth = le16_to_cpu(rightmost_el->l_tree_depth);
 	if (depth) {
@@ -4227,8 +4629,8 @@ leftright:
 
 	if (le16_to_cpu(rightmost_el->l_next_free_rec) ==
 	    le16_to_cpu(rightmost_el->l_count)) {
-		ret = ocfs2_grow_tree(inode, handle, di_bh, &depth, last_eb_bh,
-				      meta_ac);
+		ret = ocfs2_grow_tree(inode, handle, et,
+				      &depth, last_eb_bh, meta_ac);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			goto out;
@@ -4265,8 +4667,7 @@ leftright:
 		do_leftright = 1;
 	}
 
-	ret = ocfs2_do_insert_extent(inode, handle, di_bh, &split_rec,
-				     &insert);
+	ret = ocfs2_do_insert_extent(inode, handle, et, &split_rec, &insert);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
@@ -4308,8 +4709,9 @@ out:
  * of the tree is required. All other cases will degrade into a less
  * optimal tree layout.
  *
- * last_eb_bh should be the rightmost leaf block for any inode with a
- * btree. Since a split may grow the tree or a merge might shrink it, the caller cannot trust the contents of that buffer after this call.
+ * last_eb_bh should be the rightmost leaf block for any extent
+ * btree. Since a split may grow the tree or a merge might shrink it,
+ * the caller cannot trust the contents of that buffer after this call.
  *
  * This code is optimized for readability - several passes might be
  * made over certain portions of the tree. All of those blocks will
@@ -4317,7 +4719,7 @@ out:
  * extra overhead is not expressed in terms of disk reads.
  */
 static int __ocfs2_mark_extent_written(struct inode *inode,
-				       struct buffer_head *di_bh,
+				       struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
 				       handle_t *handle,
 				       struct ocfs2_path *path,
 				       int split_index,
@@ -4357,11 +4759,9 @@ static int __ocfs2_mark_extent_written(struct inode *inode,
 	 */
 	if (path->p_tree_depth) {
 		struct ocfs2_extent_block *eb;
-		struct ocfs2_dinode *di = (struct ocfs2_dinode *)di_bh->b_data;
 
-		ret = ocfs2_read_block(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb),
-				       le64_to_cpu(di->i_last_eb_blk),
-				       &last_eb_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED, inode);
+		ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, ocfs2_et_get_last_eb_blk(et),
+				       &last_eb_bh);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_exit(ret);
 			goto out;
@@ -4394,7 +4794,7 @@ static int __ocfs2_mark_extent_written(struct inode *inode,
 		if (ctxt.c_split_covers_rec)
 			el->l_recs[split_index] = *split_rec;
 		else
-			ret = ocfs2_split_and_insert(inode, handle, path, di_bh,
+			ret = ocfs2_split_and_insert(inode, handle, path, et,
 						     &last_eb_bh, split_index,
 						     split_rec, meta_ac);
 		if (ret)
@@ -4402,7 +4802,7 @@ static int __ocfs2_mark_extent_written(struct inode *inode,
 	} else {
 		ret = ocfs2_try_to_merge_extent(inode, handle, path,
 						split_index, split_rec,
-						dealloc, &ctxt);
+						dealloc, &ctxt, et);
 		if (ret)
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 	}
@@ -4420,7 +4820,8 @@ out:
  *
  * The caller is responsible for passing down meta_ac if we'll need it.
  */
-int ocfs2_mark_extent_written(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head *di_bh,
+int ocfs2_mark_extent_written(struct inode *inode,
+			      struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
 			      handle_t *handle, u32 cpos, u32 len, u32 phys,
 			      struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac,
 			      struct ocfs2_cached_dealloc_ctxt *dealloc)
@@ -4446,10 +4847,14 @@ int ocfs2_mark_extent_written(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head *di_bh,
 	/*
 	 * XXX: This should be fixed up so that we just re-insert the
 	 * next extent records.
+	 *
+	 * XXX: This is a hack on the extent tree, maybe it should be
+	 * an op?
 	 */
-	ocfs2_extent_map_trunc(inode, 0);
+	if (et->et_ops == &ocfs2_dinode_et_ops)
+		ocfs2_extent_map_trunc(inode, 0);
 
-	left_path = ocfs2_new_inode_path(di_bh);
+	left_path = ocfs2_new_path(et->et_root_bh, et->et_root_el);
 	if (!left_path) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -4480,8 +4885,9 @@ int ocfs2_mark_extent_written(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head *di_bh,
 	split_rec.e_flags = path_leaf_el(left_path)->l_recs[index].e_flags;
 	split_rec.e_flags &= ~OCFS2_EXT_UNWRITTEN;
 
-	ret = __ocfs2_mark_extent_written(inode, di_bh, handle, left_path,
-					  index, &split_rec, meta_ac, dealloc);
+	ret = __ocfs2_mark_extent_written(inode, et, handle, left_path,
+					  index, &split_rec, meta_ac,
+					  dealloc);
 	if (ret)
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 
@@ -4490,13 +4896,12 @@ out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int ocfs2_split_tree(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head *di_bh,
+static int ocfs2_split_tree(struct inode *inode, struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
 			    handle_t *handle, struct ocfs2_path *path,
 			    int index, u32 new_range,
 			    struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac)
 {
 	int ret, depth, credits = handle->h_buffer_credits;
-	struct ocfs2_dinode *di = (struct ocfs2_dinode *)di_bh->b_data;
 	struct buffer_head *last_eb_bh = NULL;
 	struct ocfs2_extent_block *eb;
 	struct ocfs2_extent_list *rightmost_el, *el;
@@ -4513,9 +4918,8 @@ static int ocfs2_split_tree(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head *di_bh,
 
 	depth = path->p_tree_depth;
 	if (depth > 0) {
-		ret = ocfs2_read_block(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb),
-				       le64_to_cpu(di->i_last_eb_blk),
-				       &last_eb_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED, inode);
+		ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, ocfs2_et_get_last_eb_blk(et),
+				       &last_eb_bh);
 		if (ret < 0) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			goto out;
@@ -4526,7 +4930,8 @@ static int ocfs2_split_tree(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head *di_bh,
 	} else
 		rightmost_el = path_leaf_el(path);
 
-	credits += path->p_tree_depth + ocfs2_extend_meta_needed(di);
+	credits += path->p_tree_depth +
+		   ocfs2_extend_meta_needed(et->et_root_el);
 	ret = ocfs2_extend_trans(handle, credits);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -4535,7 +4940,7 @@ static int ocfs2_split_tree(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head *di_bh,
 
 	if (le16_to_cpu(rightmost_el->l_next_free_rec) ==
 	    le16_to_cpu(rightmost_el->l_count)) {
-		ret = ocfs2_grow_tree(inode, handle, di_bh, &depth, &last_eb_bh,
+		ret = ocfs2_grow_tree(inode, handle, et, &depth, &last_eb_bh,
 				      meta_ac);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -4549,7 +4954,7 @@ static int ocfs2_split_tree(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head *di_bh,
 	insert.ins_split = SPLIT_RIGHT;
 	insert.ins_tree_depth = depth;
 
-	ret = ocfs2_do_insert_extent(inode, handle, di_bh, &split_rec, &insert);
+	ret = ocfs2_do_insert_extent(inode, handle, et, &split_rec, &insert);
 	if (ret)
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 
@@ -4561,7 +4966,8 @@ out:
 static int ocfs2_truncate_rec(struct inode *inode, handle_t *handle,
 			      struct ocfs2_path *path, int index,
 			      struct ocfs2_cached_dealloc_ctxt *dealloc,
-			      u32 cpos, u32 len)
+			      u32 cpos, u32 len,
+			      struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et)
 {
 	int ret;
 	u32 left_cpos, rec_range, trunc_range;
@@ -4573,7 +4979,7 @@ static int ocfs2_truncate_rec(struct inode *inode, handle_t *handle,
 	struct ocfs2_extent_block *eb;
 
 	if (ocfs2_is_empty_extent(&el->l_recs[0]) && index > 0) {
-		ret = ocfs2_rotate_tree_left(inode, handle, path, dealloc);
+		ret = ocfs2_rotate_tree_left(inode, handle, path, dealloc, et);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			goto out;
@@ -4704,7 +5110,7 @@ static int ocfs2_truncate_rec(struct inode *inode, handle_t *handle,
 
 	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, path_leaf_bh(path));
 
-	ret = ocfs2_rotate_tree_left(inode, handle, path, dealloc);
+	ret = ocfs2_rotate_tree_left(inode, handle, path, dealloc, et);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
@@ -4715,7 +5121,8 @@ out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-int ocfs2_remove_extent(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head *di_bh,
+int ocfs2_remove_extent(struct inode *inode,
+			struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
 			u32 cpos, u32 len, handle_t *handle,
 			struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac,
 			struct ocfs2_cached_dealloc_ctxt *dealloc)
@@ -4724,11 +5131,11 @@ int ocfs2_remove_extent(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head *di_bh,
 	u32 rec_range, trunc_range;
 	struct ocfs2_extent_rec *rec;
 	struct ocfs2_extent_list *el;
-	struct ocfs2_path *path;
+	struct ocfs2_path *path = NULL;
 
 	ocfs2_extent_map_trunc(inode, 0);
 
-	path = ocfs2_new_inode_path(di_bh);
+	path = ocfs2_new_path(et->et_root_bh, et->et_root_el);
 	if (!path) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -4781,13 +5188,13 @@ int ocfs2_remove_extent(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head *di_bh,
 
 	if (le32_to_cpu(rec->e_cpos) == cpos || rec_range == trunc_range) {
 		ret = ocfs2_truncate_rec(inode, handle, path, index, dealloc,
-					 cpos, len);
+					 cpos, len, et);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			goto out;
 		}
 	} else {
-		ret = ocfs2_split_tree(inode, di_bh, handle, path, index,
+		ret = ocfs2_split_tree(inode, et, handle, path, index,
 				       trunc_range, meta_ac);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -4836,7 +5243,7 @@ int ocfs2_remove_extent(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head *di_bh,
 		}
 
 		ret = ocfs2_truncate_rec(inode, handle, path, index, dealloc,
-					 cpos, len);
+					 cpos, len, et);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			goto out;
@@ -5179,8 +5586,7 @@ static int ocfs2_get_truncate_log_info(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 		goto bail;
 	}
 
-	status = ocfs2_read_block(osb, OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno, &bh,
-				  OCFS2_BH_CACHED, inode);
+	status = ocfs2_read_block(inode, OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno, &bh);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		iput(inode);
 		mlog_errno(status);
@@ -5255,8 +5661,7 @@ int ocfs2_begin_truncate_log_recovery(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 bail:
 	if (tl_inode)
 		iput(tl_inode);
-	if (tl_bh)
-		brelse(tl_bh);
+	brelse(tl_bh);
 
 	if (status < 0 && (*tl_copy)) {
 		kfree(*tl_copy);
@@ -5999,20 +6404,13 @@ bail:
 	return status;
 }
 
-static int ocfs2_writeback_zero_func(handle_t *handle, struct buffer_head *bh)
+static int ocfs2_zero_func(handle_t *handle, struct buffer_head *bh)
 {
 	set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
 	mark_buffer_dirty(bh);
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int ocfs2_ordered_zero_func(handle_t *handle, struct buffer_head *bh)
-{
-	set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
-	mark_buffer_dirty(bh);
-	return ocfs2_journal_dirty_data(handle, bh);
-}
-
 static void ocfs2_map_and_dirty_page(struct inode *inode, handle_t *handle,
 				     unsigned int from, unsigned int to,
 				     struct page *page, int zero, u64 *phys)
@@ -6031,17 +6429,18 @@ static void ocfs2_map_and_dirty_page(struct inode *inode, handle_t *handle,
 	 * here if they aren't - ocfs2_map_page_blocks()
 	 * might've skipped some
 	 */
-	if (ocfs2_should_order_data(inode)) {
-		ret = walk_page_buffers(handle,
-					page_buffers(page),
-					from, to, &partial,
-					ocfs2_ordered_zero_func);
-		if (ret < 0)
-			mlog_errno(ret);
-	} else {
+	ret = walk_page_buffers(handle, page_buffers(page),
+				from, to, &partial,
+				ocfs2_zero_func);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+	else if (ocfs2_should_order_data(inode)) {
+		ret = ocfs2_jbd2_file_inode(handle, inode);
+#ifdef CONFIG_OCFS2_COMPAT_JBD
 		ret = walk_page_buffers(handle, page_buffers(page),
 					from, to, &partial,
-					ocfs2_writeback_zero_func);
+					ocfs2_journal_dirty_data);
+#endif
 		if (ret < 0)
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 	}
@@ -6206,20 +6605,29 @@ out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static void ocfs2_zero_dinode_id2(struct inode *inode, struct ocfs2_dinode *di)
+static void ocfs2_zero_dinode_id2_with_xattr(struct inode *inode,
+					     struct ocfs2_dinode *di)
 {
 	unsigned int blocksize = 1 << inode->i_sb->s_blocksize_bits;
+	unsigned int xattrsize = le16_to_cpu(di->i_xattr_inline_size);
 
-	memset(&di->id2, 0, blocksize - offsetof(struct ocfs2_dinode, id2));
+	if (le16_to_cpu(di->i_dyn_features) & OCFS2_INLINE_XATTR_FL)
+		memset(&di->id2, 0, blocksize -
+				    offsetof(struct ocfs2_dinode, id2) -
+				    xattrsize);
+	else
+		memset(&di->id2, 0, blocksize -
+				    offsetof(struct ocfs2_dinode, id2));
 }
 
 void ocfs2_dinode_new_extent_list(struct inode *inode,
 				  struct ocfs2_dinode *di)
 {
-	ocfs2_zero_dinode_id2(inode, di);
+	ocfs2_zero_dinode_id2_with_xattr(inode, di);
 	di->id2.i_list.l_tree_depth = 0;
 	di->id2.i_list.l_next_free_rec = 0;
-	di->id2.i_list.l_count = cpu_to_le16(ocfs2_extent_recs_per_inode(inode->i_sb));
+	di->id2.i_list.l_count = cpu_to_le16(
+		ocfs2_extent_recs_per_inode_with_xattr(inode->i_sb, di));
 }
 
 void ocfs2_set_inode_data_inline(struct inode *inode, struct ocfs2_dinode *di)
@@ -6236,9 +6644,10 @@ void ocfs2_set_inode_data_inline(struct inode *inode, struct ocfs2_dinode *di)
 	 * We clear the entire i_data structure here so that all
 	 * fields can be properly initialized.
 	 */
-	ocfs2_zero_dinode_id2(inode, di);
+	ocfs2_zero_dinode_id2_with_xattr(inode, di);
 
-	idata->id_count = cpu_to_le16(ocfs2_max_inline_data(inode->i_sb));
+	idata->id_count = cpu_to_le16(
+			ocfs2_max_inline_data_with_xattr(inode->i_sb, di));
 }
 
 int ocfs2_convert_inline_data_to_extents(struct inode *inode,
@@ -6253,6 +6662,7 @@ int ocfs2_convert_inline_data_to_extents(struct inode *inode,
 	struct ocfs2_alloc_context *data_ac = NULL;
 	struct page **pages = NULL;
 	loff_t end = osb->s_clustersize;
+	struct ocfs2_extent_tree et;
 
 	has_data = i_size_read(inode) ? 1 : 0;
 
@@ -6352,7 +6762,8 @@ int ocfs2_convert_inline_data_to_extents(struct inode *inode,
 		 * this proves to be false, we could always re-build
 		 * the in-inode data from our pages.
 		 */
-		ret = ocfs2_insert_extent(osb, handle, inode, di_bh,
+		ocfs2_init_dinode_extent_tree(&et, inode, di_bh);
+		ret = ocfs2_insert_extent(osb, handle, inode, &et,
 					  0, block, 1, 0, NULL);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -6395,13 +6806,14 @@ int ocfs2_commit_truncate(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	handle_t *handle = NULL;
 	struct inode *tl_inode = osb->osb_tl_inode;
 	struct ocfs2_path *path = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_dinode *di = (struct ocfs2_dinode *)fe_bh->b_data;
 
 	mlog_entry_void();
 
 	new_highest_cpos = ocfs2_clusters_for_bytes(osb->sb,
 						     i_size_read(inode));
 
-	path = ocfs2_new_inode_path(fe_bh);
+	path = ocfs2_new_path(fe_bh, &di->id2.i_list);
 	if (!path) {
 		status = -ENOMEM;
 		mlog_errno(status);
@@ -6572,8 +6984,8 @@ int ocfs2_prepare_truncate(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	ocfs2_init_dealloc_ctxt(&(*tc)->tc_dealloc);
 
 	if (fe->id2.i_list.l_tree_depth) {
-		status = ocfs2_read_block(osb, le64_to_cpu(fe->i_last_eb_blk),
-					  &last_eb_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED, inode);
+		status = ocfs2_read_block(inode, le64_to_cpu(fe->i_last_eb_blk),
+					  &last_eb_bh);
 		if (status < 0) {
 			mlog_errno(status);
 			goto bail;
@@ -6686,8 +7098,7 @@ static void ocfs2_free_truncate_context(struct ocfs2_truncate_context *tc)
 		mlog(ML_NOTICE,
 		     "Truncate completion has non-empty dealloc context\n");
 
-	if (tc->tc_last_eb_bh)
-		brelse(tc->tc_last_eb_bh);
+	brelse(tc->tc_last_eb_bh);
 
 	kfree(tc);
 }
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/alloc.h b/fs/ocfs2/alloc.h
index 60cd3d59230c..70257c84cfbe 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/alloc.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/alloc.h
@@ -26,30 +26,102 @@
 #ifndef OCFS2_ALLOC_H
 #define OCFS2_ALLOC_H
 
+
+/*
+ * For xattr tree leaf, we limit the leaf byte size to be 64K.
+ */
+#define OCFS2_MAX_XATTR_TREE_LEAF_SIZE 65536
+
+/*
+ * ocfs2_extent_tree and ocfs2_extent_tree_operations are used to abstract
+ * the b-tree operations in ocfs2. Now all the b-tree operations are not
+ * limited to ocfs2_dinode only. Any data which need to allocate clusters
+ * to store can use b-tree. And it only needs to implement its ocfs2_extent_tree
+ * and operation.
+ *
+ * ocfs2_extent_tree becomes the first-class object for extent tree
+ * manipulation.  Callers of the alloc.c code need to fill it via one of
+ * the ocfs2_init_*_extent_tree() operations below.
+ *
+ * ocfs2_extent_tree contains info for the root of the b-tree, it must have a
+ * root ocfs2_extent_list and a root_bh so that they can be used in the b-tree
+ * functions.
+ * ocfs2_extent_tree_operations abstract the normal operations we do for
+ * the root of extent b-tree.
+ */
+struct ocfs2_extent_tree_operations;
+struct ocfs2_extent_tree {
+	struct ocfs2_extent_tree_operations	*et_ops;
+	struct buffer_head			*et_root_bh;
+	struct ocfs2_extent_list		*et_root_el;
+	void					*et_object;
+	unsigned int				et_max_leaf_clusters;
+};
+
+/*
+ * ocfs2_init_*_extent_tree() will fill an ocfs2_extent_tree from the
+ * specified object buffer.
+ */
+void ocfs2_init_dinode_extent_tree(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
+				   struct inode *inode,
+				   struct buffer_head *bh);
+void ocfs2_init_xattr_tree_extent_tree(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
+				       struct inode *inode,
+				       struct buffer_head *bh);
+void ocfs2_init_xattr_value_extent_tree(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
+					struct inode *inode,
+					struct buffer_head *bh,
+					struct ocfs2_xattr_value_root *xv);
+
 struct ocfs2_alloc_context;
 int ocfs2_insert_extent(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 			handle_t *handle,
 			struct inode *inode,
-			struct buffer_head *fe_bh,
+			struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
 			u32 cpos,
 			u64 start_blk,
 			u32 new_clusters,
 			u8 flags,
 			struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac);
+
+enum ocfs2_alloc_restarted {
+	RESTART_NONE = 0,
+	RESTART_TRANS,
+	RESTART_META
+};
+int ocfs2_add_clusters_in_btree(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
+				struct inode *inode,
+				u32 *logical_offset,
+				u32 clusters_to_add,
+				int mark_unwritten,
+				struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
+				handle_t *handle,
+				struct ocfs2_alloc_context *data_ac,
+				struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac,
+				enum ocfs2_alloc_restarted *reason_ret);
 struct ocfs2_cached_dealloc_ctxt;
-int ocfs2_mark_extent_written(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head *di_bh,
+int ocfs2_mark_extent_written(struct inode *inode,
+			      struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
 			      handle_t *handle, u32 cpos, u32 len, u32 phys,
 			      struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac,
 			      struct ocfs2_cached_dealloc_ctxt *dealloc);
-int ocfs2_remove_extent(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head *di_bh,
+int ocfs2_remove_extent(struct inode *inode,
+			struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
 			u32 cpos, u32 len, handle_t *handle,
 			struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac,
 			struct ocfs2_cached_dealloc_ctxt *dealloc);
 int ocfs2_num_free_extents(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 			   struct inode *inode,
-			   struct ocfs2_dinode *fe);
-/* how many new metadata chunks would an allocation need at maximum? */
-static inline int ocfs2_extend_meta_needed(struct ocfs2_dinode *fe)
+			   struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et);
+
+/*
+ * how many new metadata chunks would an allocation need at maximum?
+ *
+ * Please note that the caller must make sure that root_el is the root
+ * of extent tree. So for an inode, it should be &fe->id2.i_list. Otherwise
+ * the result may be wrong.
+ */
+static inline int ocfs2_extend_meta_needed(struct ocfs2_extent_list *root_el)
 {
 	/*
 	 * Rather than do all the work of determining how much we need
@@ -59,7 +131,7 @@ static inline int ocfs2_extend_meta_needed(struct ocfs2_dinode *fe)
 	 * new tree_depth==0 extent_block, and one block at the new
 	 * top-of-the tree.
 	 */
-	return le16_to_cpu(fe->id2.i_list.l_tree_depth) + 2;
+	return le16_to_cpu(root_el->l_tree_depth) + 2;
 }
 
 void ocfs2_dinode_new_extent_list(struct inode *inode, struct ocfs2_dinode *di);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/aops.c b/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
index a53da1466277..c22543b33420 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
@@ -68,9 +68,7 @@ static int ocfs2_symlink_get_block(struct inode *inode, sector_t iblock,
 		goto bail;
 	}
 
-	status = ocfs2_read_block(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb),
-				  OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno,
-				  &bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED, inode);
+	status = ocfs2_read_block(inode, OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno, &bh);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		goto bail;
@@ -128,8 +126,7 @@ static int ocfs2_symlink_get_block(struct inode *inode, sector_t iblock,
 	err = 0;
 
 bail:
-	if (bh)
-		brelse(bh);
+	brelse(bh);
 
 	mlog_exit(err);
 	return err;
@@ -261,13 +258,11 @@ static int ocfs2_readpage_inline(struct inode *inode, struct page *page)
 {
 	int ret;
 	struct buffer_head *di_bh = NULL;
-	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
 
 	BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page));
 	BUG_ON(!(OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_dyn_features & OCFS2_INLINE_DATA_FL));
 
-	ret = ocfs2_read_block(osb, OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno, &di_bh,
-			       OCFS2_BH_CACHED, inode);
+	ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno, &di_bh);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
@@ -485,11 +480,14 @@ handle_t *ocfs2_start_walk_page_trans(struct inode *inode,
 	}
 
 	if (ocfs2_should_order_data(inode)) {
+		ret = ocfs2_jbd2_file_inode(handle, inode);
+#ifdef CONFIG_OCFS2_COMPAT_JBD
 		ret = walk_page_buffers(handle,
 					page_buffers(page),
 					from, to, NULL,
 					ocfs2_journal_dirty_data);
-		if (ret < 0) 
+#endif
+		if (ret < 0)
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 	}
 out:
@@ -669,7 +667,7 @@ static void ocfs2_invalidatepage(struct page *page, unsigned long offset)
 {
 	journal_t *journal = OCFS2_SB(page->mapping->host->i_sb)->journal->j_journal;
 
-	journal_invalidatepage(journal, page, offset);
+	jbd2_journal_invalidatepage(journal, page, offset);
 }
 
 static int ocfs2_releasepage(struct page *page, gfp_t wait)
@@ -678,7 +676,7 @@ static int ocfs2_releasepage(struct page *page, gfp_t wait)
 
 	if (!page_has_buffers(page))
 		return 0;
-	return journal_try_to_free_buffers(journal, page, wait);
+	return jbd2_journal_try_to_free_buffers(journal, page, wait);
 }
 
 static ssize_t ocfs2_direct_IO(int rw,
@@ -1074,11 +1072,15 @@ static void ocfs2_write_failure(struct inode *inode,
 		tmppage = wc->w_pages[i];
 
 		if (page_has_buffers(tmppage)) {
-			if (ocfs2_should_order_data(inode))
+			if (ocfs2_should_order_data(inode)) {
+				ocfs2_jbd2_file_inode(wc->w_handle, inode);
+#ifdef CONFIG_OCFS2_COMPAT_JBD
 				walk_page_buffers(wc->w_handle,
 						  page_buffers(tmppage),
 						  from, to, NULL,
 						  ocfs2_journal_dirty_data);
+#endif
+			}
 
 			block_commit_write(tmppage, from, to);
 		}
@@ -1242,6 +1244,7 @@ static int ocfs2_write_cluster(struct address_space *mapping,
 	int ret, i, new, should_zero = 0;
 	u64 v_blkno, p_blkno;
 	struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
+	struct ocfs2_extent_tree et;
 
 	new = phys == 0 ? 1 : 0;
 	if (new || unwritten)
@@ -1255,10 +1258,10 @@ static int ocfs2_write_cluster(struct address_space *mapping,
 		 * any additional semaphores or cluster locks.
 		 */
 		tmp_pos = cpos;
-		ret = ocfs2_do_extend_allocation(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb), inode,
-						 &tmp_pos, 1, 0, wc->w_di_bh,
-						 wc->w_handle, data_ac,
-						 meta_ac, NULL);
+		ret = ocfs2_add_inode_data(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb), inode,
+					   &tmp_pos, 1, 0, wc->w_di_bh,
+					   wc->w_handle, data_ac,
+					   meta_ac, NULL);
 		/*
 		 * This shouldn't happen because we must have already
 		 * calculated the correct meta data allocation required. The
@@ -1276,7 +1279,8 @@ static int ocfs2_write_cluster(struct address_space *mapping,
 			goto out;
 		}
 	} else if (unwritten) {
-		ret = ocfs2_mark_extent_written(inode, wc->w_di_bh,
+		ocfs2_init_dinode_extent_tree(&et, inode, wc->w_di_bh);
+		ret = ocfs2_mark_extent_written(inode, &et,
 						wc->w_handle, cpos, 1, phys,
 						meta_ac, &wc->w_dealloc);
 		if (ret < 0) {
@@ -1665,6 +1669,7 @@ int ocfs2_write_begin_nolock(struct address_space *mapping,
 	struct ocfs2_alloc_context *data_ac = NULL;
 	struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac = NULL;
 	handle_t *handle;
+	struct ocfs2_extent_tree et;
 
 	ret = ocfs2_alloc_write_ctxt(&wc, osb, pos, len, di_bh);
 	if (ret) {
@@ -1712,14 +1717,23 @@ int ocfs2_write_begin_nolock(struct address_space *mapping,
 		 * ocfs2_lock_allocators(). It greatly over-estimates
 		 * the work to be done.
 		 */
-		ret = ocfs2_lock_allocators(inode, di, clusters_to_alloc,
-					    extents_to_split, &data_ac, &meta_ac);
+		mlog(0, "extend inode %llu, i_size = %lld, di->i_clusters = %u,"
+		     " clusters_to_add = %u, extents_to_split = %u\n",
+		     (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno,
+		     (long long)i_size_read(inode), le32_to_cpu(di->i_clusters),
+		     clusters_to_alloc, extents_to_split);
+
+		ocfs2_init_dinode_extent_tree(&et, inode, wc->w_di_bh);
+		ret = ocfs2_lock_allocators(inode, &et,
+					    clusters_to_alloc, extents_to_split,
+					    &data_ac, &meta_ac);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			goto out;
 		}
 
-		credits = ocfs2_calc_extend_credits(inode->i_sb, di,
+		credits = ocfs2_calc_extend_credits(inode->i_sb,
+						    &di->id2.i_list,
 						    clusters_to_alloc);
 
 	}
@@ -1905,11 +1919,15 @@ int ocfs2_write_end_nolock(struct address_space *mapping,
 		}
 
 		if (page_has_buffers(tmppage)) {
-			if (ocfs2_should_order_data(inode))
+			if (ocfs2_should_order_data(inode)) {
+				ocfs2_jbd2_file_inode(wc->w_handle, inode);
+#ifdef CONFIG_OCFS2_COMPAT_JBD
 				walk_page_buffers(wc->w_handle,
 						  page_buffers(tmppage),
 						  from, to, NULL,
 						  ocfs2_journal_dirty_data);
+#endif
+			}
 			block_commit_write(tmppage, from, to);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/buffer_head_io.c b/fs/ocfs2/buffer_head_io.c
index f136639f5b41..7e947c672469 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/buffer_head_io.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/buffer_head_io.c
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ int ocfs2_write_block(struct ocfs2_super *osb, struct buffer_head *bh,
 	/* remove from dirty list before I/O. */
 	clear_buffer_dirty(bh);
 
-	get_bh(bh); /* for end_buffer_write_sync() */                   
+	get_bh(bh); /* for end_buffer_write_sync() */
 	bh->b_end_io = end_buffer_write_sync;
 	submit_bh(WRITE, bh);
 
@@ -88,22 +88,103 @@ out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-int ocfs2_read_blocks(struct ocfs2_super *osb, u64 block, int nr,
-		      struct buffer_head *bhs[], int flags,
-		      struct inode *inode)
+int ocfs2_read_blocks_sync(struct ocfs2_super *osb, u64 block,
+			   unsigned int nr, struct buffer_head *bhs[])
+{
+	int status = 0;
+	unsigned int i;
+	struct buffer_head *bh;
+
+	if (!nr) {
+		mlog(ML_BH_IO, "No buffers will be read!\n");
+		goto bail;
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0 ; i < nr ; i++) {
+		if (bhs[i] == NULL) {
+			bhs[i] = sb_getblk(osb->sb, block++);
+			if (bhs[i] == NULL) {
+				status = -EIO;
+				mlog_errno(status);
+				goto bail;
+			}
+		}
+		bh = bhs[i];
+
+		if (buffer_jbd(bh)) {
+			mlog(ML_ERROR,
+			     "trying to sync read a jbd "
+			     "managed bh (blocknr = %llu), skipping\n",
+			     (unsigned long long)bh->b_blocknr);
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		if (buffer_dirty(bh)) {
+			/* This should probably be a BUG, or
+			 * at least return an error. */
+			mlog(ML_ERROR,
+			     "trying to sync read a dirty "
+			     "buffer! (blocknr = %llu), skipping\n",
+			     (unsigned long long)bh->b_blocknr);
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		lock_buffer(bh);
+		if (buffer_jbd(bh)) {
+			mlog(ML_ERROR,
+			     "block %llu had the JBD bit set "
+			     "while I was in lock_buffer!",
+			     (unsigned long long)bh->b_blocknr);
+			BUG();
+		}
+
+		clear_buffer_uptodate(bh);
+		get_bh(bh); /* for end_buffer_read_sync() */
+		bh->b_end_io = end_buffer_read_sync;
+		submit_bh(READ, bh);
+	}
+
+	for (i = nr; i > 0; i--) {
+		bh = bhs[i - 1];
+
+		if (buffer_jbd(bh)) {
+			mlog(ML_ERROR,
+			     "the journal got the buffer while it was "
+			     "locked for io! (blocknr = %llu)\n",
+			     (unsigned long long)bh->b_blocknr);
+			BUG();
+		}
+
+		wait_on_buffer(bh);
+		if (!buffer_uptodate(bh)) {
+			/* Status won't be cleared from here on out,
+			 * so we can safely record this and loop back
+			 * to cleanup the other buffers. */
+			status = -EIO;
+			put_bh(bh);
+			bhs[i - 1] = NULL;
+		}
+	}
+
+bail:
+	return status;
+}
+
+int ocfs2_read_blocks(struct inode *inode, u64 block, int nr,
+		      struct buffer_head *bhs[], int flags)
 {
 	int status = 0;
-	struct super_block *sb;
 	int i, ignore_cache = 0;
 	struct buffer_head *bh;
 
-	mlog_entry("(block=(%llu), nr=(%d), flags=%d, inode=%p)\n",
-		   (unsigned long long)block, nr, flags, inode);
+	mlog_entry("(inode=%p, block=(%llu), nr=(%d), flags=%d)\n",
+		   inode, (unsigned long long)block, nr, flags);
 
+	BUG_ON(!inode);
 	BUG_ON((flags & OCFS2_BH_READAHEAD) &&
-	       (!inode || !(flags & OCFS2_BH_CACHED)));
+	       (flags & OCFS2_BH_IGNORE_CACHE));
 
-	if (osb == NULL || osb->sb == NULL || bhs == NULL) {
+	if (bhs == NULL) {
 		status = -EINVAL;
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		goto bail;
@@ -122,26 +203,19 @@ int ocfs2_read_blocks(struct ocfs2_super *osb, u64 block, int nr,
 		goto bail;
 	}
 
-	sb = osb->sb;
-
-	if (flags & OCFS2_BH_CACHED && !inode)
-		flags &= ~OCFS2_BH_CACHED;
-
-	if (inode)
-		mutex_lock(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_io_mutex);
+	mutex_lock(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_io_mutex);
 	for (i = 0 ; i < nr ; i++) {
 		if (bhs[i] == NULL) {
-			bhs[i] = sb_getblk(sb, block++);
+			bhs[i] = sb_getblk(inode->i_sb, block++);
 			if (bhs[i] == NULL) {
-				if (inode)
-					mutex_unlock(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_io_mutex);
+				mutex_unlock(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_io_mutex);
 				status = -EIO;
 				mlog_errno(status);
 				goto bail;
 			}
 		}
 		bh = bhs[i];
-		ignore_cache = 0;
+		ignore_cache = (flags & OCFS2_BH_IGNORE_CACHE);
 
 		/* There are three read-ahead cases here which we need to
 		 * be concerned with. All three assume a buffer has
@@ -167,26 +241,27 @@ int ocfs2_read_blocks(struct ocfs2_super *osb, u64 block, int nr,
 		 *    before our is-it-in-flight check.
 		 */
 
-		if (flags & OCFS2_BH_CACHED &&
-		    !ocfs2_buffer_uptodate(inode, bh)) {
+		if (!ignore_cache && !ocfs2_buffer_uptodate(inode, bh)) {
 			mlog(ML_UPTODATE,
 			     "bh (%llu), inode %llu not uptodate\n",
 			     (unsigned long long)bh->b_blocknr,
 			     (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno);
+			/* We're using ignore_cache here to say
+			 * "go to disk" */
 			ignore_cache = 1;
 		}
 
 		/* XXX: Can we ever get this and *not* have the cached
 		 * flag set? */
 		if (buffer_jbd(bh)) {
-			if (!(flags & OCFS2_BH_CACHED) || ignore_cache)
+			if (ignore_cache)
 				mlog(ML_BH_IO, "trying to sync read a jbd "
 					       "managed bh (blocknr = %llu)\n",
 				     (unsigned long long)bh->b_blocknr);
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		if (!(flags & OCFS2_BH_CACHED) || ignore_cache) {
+		if (ignore_cache) {
 			if (buffer_dirty(bh)) {
 				/* This should probably be a BUG, or
 				 * at least return an error. */
@@ -221,7 +296,7 @@ int ocfs2_read_blocks(struct ocfs2_super *osb, u64 block, int nr,
 			 * previously read-ahead buffer may have
 			 * completed I/O while we were waiting for the
 			 * buffer lock. */
-			if ((flags & OCFS2_BH_CACHED)
+			if (!(flags & OCFS2_BH_IGNORE_CACHE)
 			    && !(flags & OCFS2_BH_READAHEAD)
 			    && ocfs2_buffer_uptodate(inode, bh)) {
 				unlock_buffer(bh);
@@ -265,15 +340,14 @@ int ocfs2_read_blocks(struct ocfs2_super *osb, u64 block, int nr,
 		/* Always set the buffer in the cache, even if it was
 		 * a forced read, or read-ahead which hasn't yet
 		 * completed. */
-		if (inode)
-			ocfs2_set_buffer_uptodate(inode, bh);
+		ocfs2_set_buffer_uptodate(inode, bh);
 	}
-	if (inode)
-		mutex_unlock(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_io_mutex);
+	mutex_unlock(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_io_mutex);
 
 	mlog(ML_BH_IO, "block=(%llu), nr=(%d), cached=%s, flags=0x%x\n", 
 	     (unsigned long long)block, nr,
-	     (!(flags & OCFS2_BH_CACHED) || ignore_cache) ? "no" : "yes", flags);
+	     ((flags & OCFS2_BH_IGNORE_CACHE) || ignore_cache) ? "no" : "yes",
+	     flags);
 
 bail:
 
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/buffer_head_io.h b/fs/ocfs2/buffer_head_io.h
index c2e78614c3e5..75e1dcb1ade7 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/buffer_head_io.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/buffer_head_io.h
@@ -31,31 +31,29 @@
 void ocfs2_end_buffer_io_sync(struct buffer_head *bh,
 			     int uptodate);
 
-static inline int ocfs2_read_block(struct ocfs2_super          *osb,
+static inline int ocfs2_read_block(struct inode	       *inode,
 				   u64                  off,
-				   struct buffer_head **bh,
-				   int                  flags,
-				   struct inode        *inode);
+				   struct buffer_head **bh);
 
 int ocfs2_write_block(struct ocfs2_super          *osb,
 		      struct buffer_head  *bh,
 		      struct inode        *inode);
-int ocfs2_read_blocks(struct ocfs2_super          *osb,
+int ocfs2_read_blocks(struct inode	  *inode,
 		      u64                  block,
 		      int                  nr,
 		      struct buffer_head  *bhs[],
-		      int                  flags,
-		      struct inode        *inode);
+		      int                  flags);
+int ocfs2_read_blocks_sync(struct ocfs2_super *osb, u64 block,
+			   unsigned int nr, struct buffer_head *bhs[]);
 
 int ocfs2_write_super_or_backup(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 				struct buffer_head *bh);
 
-#define OCFS2_BH_CACHED            1
+#define OCFS2_BH_IGNORE_CACHE      1
 #define OCFS2_BH_READAHEAD         8
 
-static inline int ocfs2_read_block(struct ocfs2_super * osb, u64 off,
-				   struct buffer_head **bh, int flags,
-				   struct inode *inode)
+static inline int ocfs2_read_block(struct inode *inode, u64 off,
+				   struct buffer_head **bh)
 {
 	int status = 0;
 
@@ -65,8 +63,7 @@ static inline int ocfs2_read_block(struct ocfs2_super * osb, u64 off,
 		goto bail;
 	}
 
-	status = ocfs2_read_blocks(osb, off, 1, bh,
-				   flags, inode);
+	status = ocfs2_read_blocks(inode, off, 1, bh, 0);
 
 bail:
 	return status;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/masklog.c b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/masklog.c
index 23c732f27529..d8a0cb92cef6 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/masklog.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/masklog.c
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ static struct mlog_attribute mlog_attrs[MLOG_MAX_BITS] = {
 	define_mask(CONN),
 	define_mask(QUORUM),
 	define_mask(EXPORT),
+	define_mask(XATTR),
 	define_mask(ERROR),
 	define_mask(NOTICE),
 	define_mask(KTHREAD),
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/masklog.h b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/masklog.h
index 597e064bb94f..57670c680471 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/masklog.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/masklog.h
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@
 #define ML_CONN		0x0000000004000000ULL /* net connection management */
 #define ML_QUORUM	0x0000000008000000ULL /* net connection quorum */
 #define ML_EXPORT	0x0000000010000000ULL /* ocfs2 export operations */
+#define ML_XATTR	0x0000000020000000ULL /* ocfs2 extended attributes */
 /* bits that are infrequently given and frequently matched in the high word */
 #define ML_ERROR	0x0000000100000000ULL /* sent to KERN_ERR */
 #define ML_NOTICE	0x0000000200000000ULL /* setn to KERN_NOTICE */
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dir.c b/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
index 9cce563fd627..026e6eb85187 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
@@ -82,6 +82,49 @@ static int ocfs2_do_extend_dir(struct super_block *sb,
 			       struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac,
 			       struct buffer_head **new_bh);
 
+static struct buffer_head *ocfs2_bread(struct inode *inode,
+				       int block, int *err, int reada)
+{
+	struct buffer_head *bh = NULL;
+	int tmperr;
+	u64 p_blkno;
+	int readflags = 0;
+
+	if (reada)
+		readflags |= OCFS2_BH_READAHEAD;
+
+	if (((u64)block << inode->i_sb->s_blocksize_bits) >=
+	    i_size_read(inode)) {
+		BUG_ON(!reada);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	down_read(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_alloc_sem);
+	tmperr = ocfs2_extent_map_get_blocks(inode, block, &p_blkno, NULL,
+					     NULL);
+	up_read(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_alloc_sem);
+	if (tmperr < 0) {
+		mlog_errno(tmperr);
+		goto fail;
+	}
+
+	tmperr = ocfs2_read_blocks(inode, p_blkno, 1, &bh, readflags);
+	if (tmperr < 0)
+		goto fail;
+
+	tmperr = 0;
+
+	*err = 0;
+	return bh;
+
+fail:
+	brelse(bh);
+	bh = NULL;
+
+	*err = -EIO;
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 /*
  * bh passed here can be an inode block or a dir data block, depending
  * on the inode inline data flag.
@@ -188,8 +231,7 @@ static struct buffer_head *ocfs2_find_entry_id(const char *name,
 	struct ocfs2_dinode *di;
 	struct ocfs2_inline_data *data;
 
-	ret = ocfs2_read_block(OCFS2_SB(dir->i_sb), OCFS2_I(dir)->ip_blkno,
-			       &di_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED, dir);
+	ret = ocfs2_read_block(dir, OCFS2_I(dir)->ip_blkno, &di_bh);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
@@ -260,14 +302,13 @@ restart:
 		}
 		if ((bh = bh_use[ra_ptr++]) == NULL)
 			goto next;
-		wait_on_buffer(bh);
-		if (!buffer_uptodate(bh)) {
-			/* read error, skip block & hope for the best */
+		if (ocfs2_read_block(dir, block, &bh)) {
+			/* read error, skip block & hope for the best.
+			 * ocfs2_read_block() has released the bh. */
 			ocfs2_error(dir->i_sb, "reading directory %llu, "
 				    "offset %lu\n",
 				    (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(dir)->ip_blkno,
 				    block);
-			brelse(bh);
 			goto next;
 		}
 		i = ocfs2_search_dirblock(bh, dir, name, namelen,
@@ -417,8 +458,7 @@ static inline int ocfs2_delete_entry_id(handle_t *handle,
 	struct ocfs2_dinode *di;
 	struct ocfs2_inline_data *data;
 
-	ret = ocfs2_read_block(OCFS2_SB(dir->i_sb), OCFS2_I(dir)->ip_blkno,
-			       &di_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED, dir);
+	ret = ocfs2_read_block(dir, OCFS2_I(dir)->ip_blkno, &di_bh);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
@@ -596,8 +636,7 @@ static int ocfs2_dir_foreach_blk_id(struct inode *inode,
 	struct ocfs2_inline_data *data;
 	struct ocfs2_dir_entry *de;
 
-	ret = ocfs2_read_block(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb), OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno,
-			       &di_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED, inode);
+	ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno, &di_bh);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog(ML_ERROR, "Unable to read inode block for dir %llu\n",
 		     (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno);
@@ -716,8 +755,7 @@ static int ocfs2_dir_foreach_blk_el(struct inode *inode,
 			for (i = ra_sectors >> (sb->s_blocksize_bits - 9);
 			     i > 0; i--) {
 				tmp = ocfs2_bread(inode, ++blk, &err, 1);
-				if (tmp)
-					brelse(tmp);
+				brelse(tmp);
 			}
 			last_ra_blk = blk;
 			ra_sectors = 8;
@@ -899,10 +937,8 @@ int ocfs2_find_files_on_disk(const char *name,
 leave:
 	if (status < 0) {
 		*dirent = NULL;
-		if (*dirent_bh) {
-			brelse(*dirent_bh);
-			*dirent_bh = NULL;
-		}
+		brelse(*dirent_bh);
+		*dirent_bh = NULL;
 	}
 
 	mlog_exit(status);
@@ -951,8 +987,7 @@ int ocfs2_check_dir_for_entry(struct inode *dir,
 
 	ret = 0;
 bail:
-	if (dirent_bh)
-		brelse(dirent_bh);
+	brelse(dirent_bh);
 
 	mlog_exit(ret);
 	return ret;
@@ -1127,8 +1162,7 @@ static int ocfs2_fill_new_dir_el(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 
 	status = 0;
 bail:
-	if (new_bh)
-		brelse(new_bh);
+	brelse(new_bh);
 
 	mlog_exit(status);
 	return status;
@@ -1192,6 +1226,9 @@ static int ocfs2_expand_inline_dir(struct inode *dir, struct buffer_head *di_bh,
 	struct buffer_head *dirdata_bh = NULL;
 	struct ocfs2_dinode *di = (struct ocfs2_dinode *)di_bh->b_data;
 	handle_t *handle;
+	struct ocfs2_extent_tree et;
+
+	ocfs2_init_dinode_extent_tree(&et, dir, di_bh);
 
 	alloc = ocfs2_clusters_for_bytes(sb, bytes);
 
@@ -1305,8 +1342,8 @@ static int ocfs2_expand_inline_dir(struct inode *dir, struct buffer_head *di_bh,
 	 * This should never fail as our extent list is empty and all
 	 * related blocks have been journaled already.
 	 */
-	ret = ocfs2_insert_extent(osb, handle, dir, di_bh, 0, blkno, len, 0,
-				  NULL);
+	ret = ocfs2_insert_extent(osb, handle, dir, &et, 0, blkno, len,
+				  0, NULL);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out_commit;
@@ -1337,8 +1374,8 @@ static int ocfs2_expand_inline_dir(struct inode *dir, struct buffer_head *di_bh,
 		}
 		blkno = ocfs2_clusters_to_blocks(dir->i_sb, bit_off);
 
-		ret = ocfs2_insert_extent(osb, handle, dir, di_bh, 1, blkno,
-					  len, 0, NULL);
+		ret = ocfs2_insert_extent(osb, handle, dir, &et, 1,
+					  blkno, len, 0, NULL);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			goto out_commit;
@@ -1383,9 +1420,9 @@ static int ocfs2_do_extend_dir(struct super_block *sb,
 	if (extend) {
 		u32 offset = OCFS2_I(dir)->ip_clusters;
 
-		status = ocfs2_do_extend_allocation(OCFS2_SB(sb), dir, &offset,
-						    1, 0, parent_fe_bh, handle,
-						    data_ac, meta_ac, NULL);
+		status = ocfs2_add_inode_data(OCFS2_SB(sb), dir, &offset,
+					      1, 0, parent_fe_bh, handle,
+					      data_ac, meta_ac, NULL);
 		BUG_ON(status == -EAGAIN);
 		if (status < 0) {
 			mlog_errno(status);
@@ -1430,12 +1467,14 @@ static int ocfs2_extend_dir(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	int credits, num_free_extents, drop_alloc_sem = 0;
 	loff_t dir_i_size;
 	struct ocfs2_dinode *fe = (struct ocfs2_dinode *) parent_fe_bh->b_data;
+	struct ocfs2_extent_list *el = &fe->id2.i_list;
 	struct ocfs2_alloc_context *data_ac = NULL;
 	struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac = NULL;
 	handle_t *handle = NULL;
 	struct buffer_head *new_bh = NULL;
 	struct ocfs2_dir_entry * de;
 	struct super_block *sb = osb->sb;
+	struct ocfs2_extent_tree et;
 
 	mlog_entry_void();
 
@@ -1479,7 +1518,8 @@ static int ocfs2_extend_dir(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	spin_lock(&OCFS2_I(dir)->ip_lock);
 	if (dir_i_size == ocfs2_clusters_to_bytes(sb, OCFS2_I(dir)->ip_clusters)) {
 		spin_unlock(&OCFS2_I(dir)->ip_lock);
-		num_free_extents = ocfs2_num_free_extents(osb, dir, fe);
+		ocfs2_init_dinode_extent_tree(&et, dir, parent_fe_bh);
+		num_free_extents = ocfs2_num_free_extents(osb, dir, &et);
 		if (num_free_extents < 0) {
 			status = num_free_extents;
 			mlog_errno(status);
@@ -1487,7 +1527,7 @@ static int ocfs2_extend_dir(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 		}
 
 		if (!num_free_extents) {
-			status = ocfs2_reserve_new_metadata(osb, fe, &meta_ac);
+			status = ocfs2_reserve_new_metadata(osb, el, &meta_ac);
 			if (status < 0) {
 				if (status != -ENOSPC)
 					mlog_errno(status);
@@ -1502,7 +1542,7 @@ static int ocfs2_extend_dir(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 			goto bail;
 		}
 
-		credits = ocfs2_calc_extend_credits(sb, fe, 1);
+		credits = ocfs2_calc_extend_credits(sb, el, 1);
 	} else {
 		spin_unlock(&OCFS2_I(dir)->ip_lock);
 		credits = OCFS2_SIMPLE_DIR_EXTEND_CREDITS;
@@ -1568,8 +1608,7 @@ bail:
 	if (meta_ac)
 		ocfs2_free_alloc_context(meta_ac);
 
-	if (new_bh)
-		brelse(new_bh);
+	brelse(new_bh);
 
 	mlog_exit(status);
 	return status;
@@ -1696,8 +1735,7 @@ static int ocfs2_find_dir_space_el(struct inode *dir, const char *name,
 
 	status = 0;
 bail:
-	if (bh)
-		brelse(bh);
+	brelse(bh);
 
 	mlog_exit(status);
 	return status;
@@ -1756,7 +1794,6 @@ int ocfs2_prepare_dir_for_insert(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	*ret_de_bh = bh;
 	bh = NULL;
 out:
-	if (bh)
-		brelse(bh);
+	brelse(bh);
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
index eae3d643a5e4..ec684426034b 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
@@ -2024,8 +2024,7 @@ static int ocfs2_inode_lock_update(struct inode *inode,
 	} else {
 		/* Boo, we have to go to disk. */
 		/* read bh, cast, ocfs2_refresh_inode */
-		status = ocfs2_read_block(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb), oi->ip_blkno,
-					  bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED, inode);
+		status = ocfs2_read_block(inode, oi->ip_blkno, bh);
 		if (status < 0) {
 			mlog_errno(status);
 			goto bail_refresh;
@@ -2086,11 +2085,7 @@ static int ocfs2_assign_bh(struct inode *inode,
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	status = ocfs2_read_block(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb),
-				  OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno,
-				  ret_bh,
-				  OCFS2_BH_CACHED,
-				  inode);
+	status = ocfs2_read_block(inode, OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno, ret_bh);
 	if (status < 0)
 		mlog_errno(status);
 
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/extent_map.c b/fs/ocfs2/extent_map.c
index aed268e80b49..2baedac58234 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/extent_map.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/extent_map.c
@@ -293,8 +293,7 @@ static int ocfs2_last_eb_is_empty(struct inode *inode,
 	struct ocfs2_extent_block *eb;
 	struct ocfs2_extent_list *el;
 
-	ret = ocfs2_read_block(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb), last_eb_blk,
-			       &eb_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED, inode);
+	ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, last_eb_blk, &eb_bh);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
@@ -382,9 +381,9 @@ static int ocfs2_figure_hole_clusters(struct inode *inode,
 		if (le64_to_cpu(eb->h_next_leaf_blk) == 0ULL)
 			goto no_more_extents;
 
-		ret = ocfs2_read_block(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb),
+		ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode,
 				       le64_to_cpu(eb->h_next_leaf_blk),
-				       &next_eb_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED, inode);
+				       &next_eb_bh);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			goto out;
@@ -551,6 +550,66 @@ static void ocfs2_relative_extent_offsets(struct super_block *sb,
 		*num_clusters = le16_to_cpu(rec->e_leaf_clusters) - coff;
 }
 
+int ocfs2_xattr_get_clusters(struct inode *inode, u32 v_cluster,
+			     u32 *p_cluster, u32 *num_clusters,
+			     struct ocfs2_extent_list *el)
+{
+	int ret = 0, i;
+	struct buffer_head *eb_bh = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_extent_block *eb;
+	struct ocfs2_extent_rec *rec;
+	u32 coff;
+
+	if (el->l_tree_depth) {
+		ret = ocfs2_find_leaf(inode, el, v_cluster, &eb_bh);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		eb = (struct ocfs2_extent_block *) eb_bh->b_data;
+		el = &eb->h_list;
+
+		if (el->l_tree_depth) {
+			ocfs2_error(inode->i_sb,
+				    "Inode %lu has non zero tree depth in "
+				    "xattr leaf block %llu\n", inode->i_ino,
+				    (unsigned long long)eb_bh->b_blocknr);
+			ret = -EROFS;
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
+
+	i = ocfs2_search_extent_list(el, v_cluster);
+	if (i == -1) {
+		ret = -EROFS;
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	} else {
+		rec = &el->l_recs[i];
+		BUG_ON(v_cluster < le32_to_cpu(rec->e_cpos));
+
+		if (!rec->e_blkno) {
+			ocfs2_error(inode->i_sb, "Inode %lu has bad extent "
+				    "record (%u, %u, 0) in xattr", inode->i_ino,
+				    le32_to_cpu(rec->e_cpos),
+				    ocfs2_rec_clusters(el, rec));
+			ret = -EROFS;
+			goto out;
+		}
+		coff = v_cluster - le32_to_cpu(rec->e_cpos);
+		*p_cluster = ocfs2_blocks_to_clusters(inode->i_sb,
+						    le64_to_cpu(rec->e_blkno));
+		*p_cluster = *p_cluster + coff;
+		if (num_clusters)
+			*num_clusters = ocfs2_rec_clusters(el, rec) - coff;
+	}
+out:
+	if (eb_bh)
+		brelse(eb_bh);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 int ocfs2_get_clusters(struct inode *inode, u32 v_cluster,
 		       u32 *p_cluster, u32 *num_clusters,
 		       unsigned int *extent_flags)
@@ -571,8 +630,7 @@ int ocfs2_get_clusters(struct inode *inode, u32 v_cluster,
 	if (ret == 0)
 		goto out;
 
-	ret = ocfs2_read_block(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb), OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno,
-			       &di_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED, inode);
+	ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno, &di_bh);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/extent_map.h b/fs/ocfs2/extent_map.h
index 1b97490e1ea8..1c4aa8b06f34 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/extent_map.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/extent_map.h
@@ -53,4 +53,8 @@ int ocfs2_extent_map_get_blocks(struct inode *inode, u64 v_blkno, u64 *p_blkno,
 int ocfs2_fiemap(struct inode *inode, struct fiemap_extent_info *fieinfo,
 		 u64 map_start, u64 map_len);
 
+int ocfs2_xattr_get_clusters(struct inode *inode, u32 v_cluster,
+			     u32 *p_cluster, u32 *num_clusters,
+			     struct ocfs2_extent_list *el);
+
 #endif  /* _EXTENT_MAP_H */
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/file.c b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
index ed38796052d2..8d3225a78073 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
 #include "mmap.h"
 #include "suballoc.h"
 #include "super.h"
+#include "xattr.h"
 
 #include "buffer_head_io.h"
 
@@ -184,7 +185,7 @@ static int ocfs2_sync_file(struct file *file,
 		goto bail;
 
 	journal = osb->journal->j_journal;
-	err = journal_force_commit(journal);
+	err = jbd2_journal_force_commit(journal);
 
 bail:
 	mlog_exit(err);
@@ -488,7 +489,7 @@ bail:
 }
 
 /*
- * extend allocation only here.
+ * extend file allocation only here.
  * we'll update all the disk stuff, and oip->alloc_size
  *
  * expect stuff to be locked, a transaction started and enough data /
@@ -497,189 +498,25 @@ bail:
  * Will return -EAGAIN, and a reason if a restart is needed.
  * If passed in, *reason will always be set, even in error.
  */
-int ocfs2_do_extend_allocation(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
-			       struct inode *inode,
-			       u32 *logical_offset,
-			       u32 clusters_to_add,
-			       int mark_unwritten,
-			       struct buffer_head *fe_bh,
-			       handle_t *handle,
-			       struct ocfs2_alloc_context *data_ac,
-			       struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac,
-			       enum ocfs2_alloc_restarted *reason_ret)
+int ocfs2_add_inode_data(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
+			 struct inode *inode,
+			 u32 *logical_offset,
+			 u32 clusters_to_add,
+			 int mark_unwritten,
+			 struct buffer_head *fe_bh,
+			 handle_t *handle,
+			 struct ocfs2_alloc_context *data_ac,
+			 struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac,
+			 enum ocfs2_alloc_restarted *reason_ret)
 {
-	int status = 0;
-	int free_extents;
-	struct ocfs2_dinode *fe = (struct ocfs2_dinode *) fe_bh->b_data;
-	enum ocfs2_alloc_restarted reason = RESTART_NONE;
-	u32 bit_off, num_bits;
-	u64 block;
-	u8 flags = 0;
-
-	BUG_ON(!clusters_to_add);
-
-	if (mark_unwritten)
-		flags = OCFS2_EXT_UNWRITTEN;
-
-	free_extents = ocfs2_num_free_extents(osb, inode, fe);
-	if (free_extents < 0) {
-		status = free_extents;
-		mlog_errno(status);
-		goto leave;
-	}
-
-	/* there are two cases which could cause us to EAGAIN in the
-	 * we-need-more-metadata case:
-	 * 1) we haven't reserved *any*
-	 * 2) we are so fragmented, we've needed to add metadata too
-	 *    many times. */
-	if (!free_extents && !meta_ac) {
-		mlog(0, "we haven't reserved any metadata!\n");
-		status = -EAGAIN;
-		reason = RESTART_META;
-		goto leave;
-	} else if ((!free_extents)
-		   && (ocfs2_alloc_context_bits_left(meta_ac)
-		       < ocfs2_extend_meta_needed(fe))) {
-		mlog(0, "filesystem is really fragmented...\n");
-		status = -EAGAIN;
-		reason = RESTART_META;
-		goto leave;
-	}
-
-	status = __ocfs2_claim_clusters(osb, handle, data_ac, 1,
-					clusters_to_add, &bit_off, &num_bits);
-	if (status < 0) {
-		if (status != -ENOSPC)
-			mlog_errno(status);
-		goto leave;
-	}
-
-	BUG_ON(num_bits > clusters_to_add);
-
-	/* reserve our write early -- insert_extent may update the inode */
-	status = ocfs2_journal_access(handle, inode, fe_bh,
-				      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
-	if (status < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(status);
-		goto leave;
-	}
-
-	block = ocfs2_clusters_to_blocks(osb->sb, bit_off);
-	mlog(0, "Allocating %u clusters at block %u for inode %llu\n",
-	     num_bits, bit_off, (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno);
-	status = ocfs2_insert_extent(osb, handle, inode, fe_bh,
-				     *logical_offset, block, num_bits,
-				     flags, meta_ac);
-	if (status < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(status);
-		goto leave;
-	}
-
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, fe_bh);
-	if (status < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(status);
-		goto leave;
-	}
-
-	clusters_to_add -= num_bits;
-	*logical_offset += num_bits;
-
-	if (clusters_to_add) {
-		mlog(0, "need to alloc once more, clusters = %u, wanted = "
-		     "%u\n", fe->i_clusters, clusters_to_add);
-		status = -EAGAIN;
-		reason = RESTART_TRANS;
-	}
-
-leave:
-	mlog_exit(status);
-	if (reason_ret)
-		*reason_ret = reason;
-	return status;
-}
-
-/*
- * For a given allocation, determine which allocators will need to be
- * accessed, and lock them, reserving the appropriate number of bits.
- *
- * Sparse file systems call this from ocfs2_write_begin_nolock()
- * and ocfs2_allocate_unwritten_extents().
- *
- * File systems which don't support holes call this from
- * ocfs2_extend_allocation().
- */
-int ocfs2_lock_allocators(struct inode *inode, struct ocfs2_dinode *di,
-			  u32 clusters_to_add, u32 extents_to_split,
-			  struct ocfs2_alloc_context **data_ac,
-			  struct ocfs2_alloc_context **meta_ac)
-{
-	int ret = 0, num_free_extents;
-	unsigned int max_recs_needed = clusters_to_add + 2 * extents_to_split;
-	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
-
-	*meta_ac = NULL;
-	if (data_ac)
-		*data_ac = NULL;
-
-	BUG_ON(clusters_to_add != 0 && data_ac == NULL);
-
-	mlog(0, "extend inode %llu, i_size = %lld, di->i_clusters = %u, "
-	     "clusters_to_add = %u, extents_to_split = %u\n",
-	     (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno, (long long)i_size_read(inode),
-	     le32_to_cpu(di->i_clusters), clusters_to_add, extents_to_split);
-
-	num_free_extents = ocfs2_num_free_extents(osb, inode, di);
-	if (num_free_extents < 0) {
-		ret = num_free_extents;
-		mlog_errno(ret);
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * Sparse allocation file systems need to be more conservative
-	 * with reserving room for expansion - the actual allocation
-	 * happens while we've got a journal handle open so re-taking
-	 * a cluster lock (because we ran out of room for another
-	 * extent) will violate ordering rules.
-	 *
-	 * Most of the time we'll only be seeing this 1 cluster at a time
-	 * anyway.
-	 *
-	 * Always lock for any unwritten extents - we might want to
-	 * add blocks during a split.
-	 */
-	if (!num_free_extents ||
-	    (ocfs2_sparse_alloc(osb) && num_free_extents < max_recs_needed)) {
-		ret = ocfs2_reserve_new_metadata(osb, di, meta_ac);
-		if (ret < 0) {
-			if (ret != -ENOSPC)
-				mlog_errno(ret);
-			goto out;
-		}
-	}
-
-	if (clusters_to_add == 0)
-		goto out;
-
-	ret = ocfs2_reserve_clusters(osb, clusters_to_add, data_ac);
-	if (ret < 0) {
-		if (ret != -ENOSPC)
-			mlog_errno(ret);
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-out:
-	if (ret) {
-		if (*meta_ac) {
-			ocfs2_free_alloc_context(*meta_ac);
-			*meta_ac = NULL;
-		}
+	int ret;
+	struct ocfs2_extent_tree et;
 
-		/*
-		 * We cannot have an error and a non null *data_ac.
-		 */
-	}
+	ocfs2_init_dinode_extent_tree(&et, inode, fe_bh);
+	ret = ocfs2_add_clusters_in_btree(osb, inode, logical_offset,
+					   clusters_to_add, mark_unwritten,
+					   &et, handle,
+					   data_ac, meta_ac, reason_ret);
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -698,6 +535,7 @@ static int __ocfs2_extend_allocation(struct inode *inode, u32 logical_start,
 	struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac = NULL;
 	enum ocfs2_alloc_restarted why;
 	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
+	struct ocfs2_extent_tree et;
 
 	mlog_entry("(clusters_to_add = %u)\n", clusters_to_add);
 
@@ -707,8 +545,7 @@ static int __ocfs2_extend_allocation(struct inode *inode, u32 logical_start,
 	 */
 	BUG_ON(mark_unwritten && !ocfs2_sparse_alloc(osb));
 
-	status = ocfs2_read_block(osb, OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno, &bh,
-				  OCFS2_BH_CACHED, inode);
+	status = ocfs2_read_block(inode, OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno, &bh);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		goto leave;
@@ -724,14 +561,21 @@ static int __ocfs2_extend_allocation(struct inode *inode, u32 logical_start,
 restart_all:
 	BUG_ON(le32_to_cpu(fe->i_clusters) != OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_clusters);
 
-	status = ocfs2_lock_allocators(inode, fe, clusters_to_add, 0, &data_ac,
-				       &meta_ac);
+	mlog(0, "extend inode %llu, i_size = %lld, di->i_clusters = %u, "
+	     "clusters_to_add = %u\n",
+	     (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno,
+	     (long long)i_size_read(inode), le32_to_cpu(fe->i_clusters),
+	     clusters_to_add);
+	ocfs2_init_dinode_extent_tree(&et, inode, bh);
+	status = ocfs2_lock_allocators(inode, &et, clusters_to_add, 0,
+				       &data_ac, &meta_ac);
 	if (status) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		goto leave;
 	}
 
-	credits = ocfs2_calc_extend_credits(osb->sb, fe, clusters_to_add);
+	credits = ocfs2_calc_extend_credits(osb->sb, &fe->id2.i_list,
+					    clusters_to_add);
 	handle = ocfs2_start_trans(osb, credits);
 	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 		status = PTR_ERR(handle);
@@ -753,16 +597,16 @@ restarted_transaction:
 
 	prev_clusters = OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_clusters;
 
-	status = ocfs2_do_extend_allocation(osb,
-					    inode,
-					    &logical_start,
-					    clusters_to_add,
-					    mark_unwritten,
-					    bh,
-					    handle,
-					    data_ac,
-					    meta_ac,
-					    &why);
+	status = ocfs2_add_inode_data(osb,
+				      inode,
+				      &logical_start,
+				      clusters_to_add,
+				      mark_unwritten,
+				      bh,
+				      handle,
+				      data_ac,
+				      meta_ac,
+				      &why);
 	if ((status < 0) && (status != -EAGAIN)) {
 		if (status != -ENOSPC)
 			mlog_errno(status);
@@ -789,7 +633,7 @@ restarted_transaction:
 			mlog(0, "restarting transaction.\n");
 			/* TODO: This can be more intelligent. */
 			credits = ocfs2_calc_extend_credits(osb->sb,
-							    fe,
+							    &fe->id2.i_list,
 							    clusters_to_add);
 			status = ocfs2_extend_trans(handle, credits);
 			if (status < 0) {
@@ -826,10 +670,8 @@ leave:
 		restart_func = 0;
 		goto restart_all;
 	}
-	if (bh) {
-		brelse(bh);
-		bh = NULL;
-	}
+	brelse(bh);
+	bh = NULL;
 
 	mlog_exit(status);
 	return status;
@@ -1096,9 +938,15 @@ int ocfs2_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr)
 			goto bail_unlock;
 		}
 
-		if (i_size_read(inode) > attr->ia_size)
+		if (i_size_read(inode) > attr->ia_size) {
+			if (ocfs2_should_order_data(inode)) {
+				status = ocfs2_begin_ordered_truncate(inode,
+								      attr->ia_size);
+				if (status)
+					goto bail_unlock;
+			}
 			status = ocfs2_truncate_file(inode, bh, attr->ia_size);
-		else
+		} else
 			status = ocfs2_extend_file(inode, bh, attr->ia_size);
 		if (status < 0) {
 			if (status != -ENOSPC)
@@ -1140,8 +988,7 @@ bail_unlock_rw:
 	if (size_change)
 		ocfs2_rw_unlock(inode, 1);
 bail:
-	if (bh)
-		brelse(bh);
+	brelse(bh);
 
 	mlog_exit(status);
 	return status;
@@ -1284,8 +1131,7 @@ static int ocfs2_write_remove_suid(struct inode *inode)
 	struct buffer_head *bh = NULL;
 	struct ocfs2_inode_info *oi = OCFS2_I(inode);
 
-	ret = ocfs2_read_block(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb),
-			       oi->ip_blkno, &bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED, inode);
+	ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, oi->ip_blkno, &bh);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
@@ -1311,9 +1157,8 @@ static int ocfs2_allocate_unwritten_extents(struct inode *inode,
 	struct buffer_head *di_bh = NULL;
 
 	if (OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_dyn_features & OCFS2_INLINE_DATA_FL) {
-		ret = ocfs2_read_block(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb),
-				       OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno, &di_bh,
-				       OCFS2_BH_CACHED, inode);
+		ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno,
+				       &di_bh);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			goto out;
@@ -1394,8 +1239,11 @@ static int __ocfs2_remove_inode_range(struct inode *inode,
 	handle_t *handle;
 	struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac = NULL;
 	struct ocfs2_dinode *di = (struct ocfs2_dinode *)di_bh->b_data;
+	struct ocfs2_extent_tree et;
 
-	ret = ocfs2_lock_allocators(inode, di, 0, 1, NULL, &meta_ac);
+	ocfs2_init_dinode_extent_tree(&et, inode, di_bh);
+
+	ret = ocfs2_lock_allocators(inode, &et, 0, 1, NULL, &meta_ac);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		return ret;
@@ -1425,7 +1273,7 @@ static int __ocfs2_remove_inode_range(struct inode *inode,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	ret = ocfs2_remove_extent(inode, di_bh, cpos, len, handle, meta_ac,
+	ret = ocfs2_remove_extent(inode, &et, cpos, len, handle, meta_ac,
 				  dealloc);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -2040,7 +1888,7 @@ out_dio:
 		 */
 		if (old_size != i_size_read(inode) ||
 		    old_clusters != OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_clusters) {
-			ret = journal_force_commit(osb->journal->j_journal);
+			ret = jbd2_journal_force_commit(osb->journal->j_journal);
 			if (ret < 0)
 				written = ret;
 		}
@@ -2227,6 +2075,10 @@ const struct inode_operations ocfs2_file_iops = {
 	.setattr	= ocfs2_setattr,
 	.getattr	= ocfs2_getattr,
 	.permission	= ocfs2_permission,
+	.setxattr	= generic_setxattr,
+	.getxattr	= generic_getxattr,
+	.listxattr	= ocfs2_listxattr,
+	.removexattr	= generic_removexattr,
 	.fallocate	= ocfs2_fallocate,
 	.fiemap		= ocfs2_fiemap,
 };
@@ -2237,6 +2089,10 @@ const struct inode_operations ocfs2_special_file_iops = {
 	.permission	= ocfs2_permission,
 };
 
+/*
+ * Other than ->lock, keep ocfs2_fops and ocfs2_dops in sync with
+ * ocfs2_fops_no_plocks and ocfs2_dops_no_plocks!
+ */
 const struct file_operations ocfs2_fops = {
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
 	.read		= do_sync_read,
@@ -2251,6 +2107,7 @@ const struct file_operations ocfs2_fops = {
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
 	.compat_ioctl   = ocfs2_compat_ioctl,
 #endif
+	.lock		= ocfs2_lock,
 	.flock		= ocfs2_flock,
 	.splice_read	= ocfs2_file_splice_read,
 	.splice_write	= ocfs2_file_splice_write,
@@ -2267,5 +2124,51 @@ const struct file_operations ocfs2_dops = {
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
 	.compat_ioctl   = ocfs2_compat_ioctl,
 #endif
+	.lock		= ocfs2_lock,
+	.flock		= ocfs2_flock,
+};
+
+/*
+ * POSIX-lockless variants of our file_operations.
+ *
+ * These will be used if the underlying cluster stack does not support
+ * posix file locking, if the user passes the "localflocks" mount
+ * option, or if we have a local-only fs.
+ *
+ * ocfs2_flock is in here because all stacks handle UNIX file locks,
+ * so we still want it in the case of no stack support for
+ * plocks. Internally, it will do the right thing when asked to ignore
+ * the cluster.
+ */
+const struct file_operations ocfs2_fops_no_plocks = {
+	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
+	.read		= do_sync_read,
+	.write		= do_sync_write,
+	.mmap		= ocfs2_mmap,
+	.fsync		= ocfs2_sync_file,
+	.release	= ocfs2_file_release,
+	.open		= ocfs2_file_open,
+	.aio_read	= ocfs2_file_aio_read,
+	.aio_write	= ocfs2_file_aio_write,
+	.unlocked_ioctl	= ocfs2_ioctl,
+#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
+	.compat_ioctl   = ocfs2_compat_ioctl,
+#endif
+	.flock		= ocfs2_flock,
+	.splice_read	= ocfs2_file_splice_read,
+	.splice_write	= ocfs2_file_splice_write,
+};
+
+const struct file_operations ocfs2_dops_no_plocks = {
+	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
+	.read		= generic_read_dir,
+	.readdir	= ocfs2_readdir,
+	.fsync		= ocfs2_sync_file,
+	.release	= ocfs2_dir_release,
+	.open		= ocfs2_dir_open,
+	.unlocked_ioctl	= ocfs2_ioctl,
+#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
+	.compat_ioctl   = ocfs2_compat_ioctl,
+#endif
 	.flock		= ocfs2_flock,
 };
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/file.h b/fs/ocfs2/file.h
index 1e27b4d017ea..e92382cbca5f 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/file.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/file.h
@@ -28,9 +28,12 @@
 
 extern const struct file_operations ocfs2_fops;
 extern const struct file_operations ocfs2_dops;
+extern const struct file_operations ocfs2_fops_no_plocks;
+extern const struct file_operations ocfs2_dops_no_plocks;
 extern const struct inode_operations ocfs2_file_iops;
 extern const struct inode_operations ocfs2_special_file_iops;
 struct ocfs2_alloc_context;
+enum ocfs2_alloc_restarted;
 
 struct ocfs2_file_private {
 	struct file		*fp_file;
@@ -38,27 +41,18 @@ struct ocfs2_file_private {
 	struct ocfs2_lock_res	fp_flock;
 };
 
-enum ocfs2_alloc_restarted {
-	RESTART_NONE = 0,
-	RESTART_TRANS,
-	RESTART_META
-};
-int ocfs2_do_extend_allocation(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
-			       struct inode *inode,
-			       u32 *logical_offset,
-			       u32 clusters_to_add,
-			       int mark_unwritten,
-			       struct buffer_head *fe_bh,
-			       handle_t *handle,
-			       struct ocfs2_alloc_context *data_ac,
-			       struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac,
-			       enum ocfs2_alloc_restarted *reason_ret);
+int ocfs2_add_inode_data(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
+			 struct inode *inode,
+			 u32 *logical_offset,
+			 u32 clusters_to_add,
+			 int mark_unwritten,
+			 struct buffer_head *fe_bh,
+			 handle_t *handle,
+			 struct ocfs2_alloc_context *data_ac,
+			 struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac,
+			 enum ocfs2_alloc_restarted *reason_ret);
 int ocfs2_extend_no_holes(struct inode *inode, u64 new_i_size,
 			  u64 zero_to);
-int ocfs2_lock_allocators(struct inode *inode, struct ocfs2_dinode *di,
-			  u32 clusters_to_add, u32 extents_to_split,
-			  struct ocfs2_alloc_context **data_ac,
-			  struct ocfs2_alloc_context **meta_ac);
 int ocfs2_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr);
 int ocfs2_getattr(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry,
 		  struct kstat *stat);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
index 7e9e4c79aec7..4903688f72a9 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 #include "symlink.h"
 #include "sysfile.h"
 #include "uptodate.h"
+#include "xattr.h"
 
 #include "buffer_head_io.h"
 
@@ -219,6 +220,7 @@ int ocfs2_populate_inode(struct inode *inode, struct ocfs2_dinode *fe,
 	struct super_block *sb;
 	struct ocfs2_super *osb;
 	int status = -EINVAL;
+	int use_plocks = 1;
 
 	mlog_entry("(0x%p, size:%llu)\n", inode,
 		   (unsigned long long)le64_to_cpu(fe->i_size));
@@ -226,6 +228,10 @@ int ocfs2_populate_inode(struct inode *inode, struct ocfs2_dinode *fe,
 	sb = inode->i_sb;
 	osb = OCFS2_SB(sb);
 
+	if ((osb->s_mount_opt & OCFS2_MOUNT_LOCALFLOCKS) ||
+	    ocfs2_mount_local(osb) || !ocfs2_stack_supports_plocks())
+		use_plocks = 0;
+
 	/* this means that read_inode cannot create a superblock inode
 	 * today.  change if needed. */
 	if (!OCFS2_IS_VALID_DINODE(fe) ||
@@ -295,13 +301,19 @@ int ocfs2_populate_inode(struct inode *inode, struct ocfs2_dinode *fe,
 
 	switch (inode->i_mode & S_IFMT) {
 	    case S_IFREG:
-		    inode->i_fop = &ocfs2_fops;
+		    if (use_plocks)
+			    inode->i_fop = &ocfs2_fops;
+		    else
+			    inode->i_fop = &ocfs2_fops_no_plocks;
 		    inode->i_op = &ocfs2_file_iops;
 		    i_size_write(inode, le64_to_cpu(fe->i_size));
 		    break;
 	    case S_IFDIR:
 		    inode->i_op = &ocfs2_dir_iops;
-		    inode->i_fop = &ocfs2_dops;
+		    if (use_plocks)
+			    inode->i_fop = &ocfs2_dops;
+		    else
+			    inode->i_fop = &ocfs2_dops_no_plocks;
 		    i_size_write(inode, le64_to_cpu(fe->i_size));
 		    break;
 	    case S_IFLNK:
@@ -448,8 +460,11 @@ static int ocfs2_read_locked_inode(struct inode *inode,
 		}
 	}
 
-	status = ocfs2_read_block(osb, args->fi_blkno, &bh, 0,
-				  can_lock ? inode : NULL);
+	if (can_lock)
+		status = ocfs2_read_blocks(inode, args->fi_blkno, 1, &bh,
+					   OCFS2_BH_IGNORE_CACHE);
+	else
+		status = ocfs2_read_blocks_sync(osb, args->fi_blkno, 1, &bh);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		goto bail;
@@ -522,6 +537,9 @@ static int ocfs2_truncate_for_delete(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	 * data and fast symlinks.
 	 */
 	if (fe->i_clusters) {
+		if (ocfs2_should_order_data(inode))
+			ocfs2_begin_ordered_truncate(inode, 0);
+
 		handle = ocfs2_start_trans(osb, OCFS2_INODE_UPDATE_CREDITS);
 		if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 			status = PTR_ERR(handle);
@@ -730,6 +748,13 @@ static int ocfs2_wipe_inode(struct inode *inode,
 		goto bail_unlock_dir;
 	}
 
+	/*Free extended attribute resources associated with this inode.*/
+	status = ocfs2_xattr_remove(inode, di_bh);
+	if (status < 0) {
+		mlog_errno(status);
+		goto bail_unlock_dir;
+	}
+
 	status = ocfs2_remove_inode(inode, di_bh, orphan_dir_inode,
 				    orphan_dir_bh);
 	if (status < 0)
@@ -1081,6 +1106,8 @@ void ocfs2_clear_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	oi->ip_last_trans = 0;
 	oi->ip_dir_start_lookup = 0;
 	oi->ip_blkno = 0ULL;
+	jbd2_journal_release_jbd_inode(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb)->journal->j_journal,
+				       &oi->ip_jinode);
 
 bail:
 	mlog_exit_void();
@@ -1107,58 +1134,6 @@ void ocfs2_drop_inode(struct inode *inode)
 }
 
 /*
- * TODO: this should probably be merged into ocfs2_get_block
- *
- * However, you now need to pay attention to the cont_prepare_write()
- * stuff in ocfs2_get_block (that is, ocfs2_get_block pretty much
- * expects never to extend).
- */
-struct buffer_head *ocfs2_bread(struct inode *inode,
-				int block, int *err, int reada)
-{
-	struct buffer_head *bh = NULL;
-	int tmperr;
-	u64 p_blkno;
-	int readflags = OCFS2_BH_CACHED;
-
-	if (reada)
-		readflags |= OCFS2_BH_READAHEAD;
-
-	if (((u64)block << inode->i_sb->s_blocksize_bits) >=
-	    i_size_read(inode)) {
-		BUG_ON(!reada);
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	down_read(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_alloc_sem);
-	tmperr = ocfs2_extent_map_get_blocks(inode, block, &p_blkno, NULL,
-					     NULL);
-	up_read(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_alloc_sem);
-	if (tmperr < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(tmperr);
-		goto fail;
-	}
-
-	tmperr = ocfs2_read_block(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb), p_blkno, &bh,
-				  readflags, inode);
-	if (tmperr < 0)
-		goto fail;
-
-	tmperr = 0;
-
-	*err = 0;
-	return bh;
-
-fail:
-	if (bh) {
-		brelse(bh);
-		bh = NULL;
-	}
-	*err = -EIO;
-	return NULL;
-}
-
-/*
  * This is called from our getattr.
  */
 int ocfs2_inode_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry)
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/inode.h b/fs/ocfs2/inode.h
index 390a85596aa0..2f37af9bcc4a 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/inode.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/inode.h
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ struct ocfs2_inode_info
 	/* protects allocation changes on this inode. */
 	struct rw_semaphore		ip_alloc_sem;
 
+	/* protects extended attribute changes on this inode */
+	struct rw_semaphore		ip_xattr_sem;
+
 	/* These fields are protected by ip_lock */
 	spinlock_t			ip_lock;
 	u32				ip_open_count;
@@ -68,6 +71,7 @@ struct ocfs2_inode_info
 	struct ocfs2_extent_map		ip_extent_map;
 
 	struct inode			vfs_inode;
+	struct jbd2_inode		ip_jinode;
 };
 
 /*
@@ -113,8 +117,6 @@ extern struct kmem_cache *ocfs2_inode_cache;
 
 extern const struct address_space_operations ocfs2_aops;
 
-struct buffer_head *ocfs2_bread(struct inode *inode, int block,
-				int *err, int reada);
 void ocfs2_clear_inode(struct inode *inode);
 void ocfs2_delete_inode(struct inode *inode);
 void ocfs2_drop_inode(struct inode *inode);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/ioctl.c b/fs/ocfs2/ioctl.c
index 7b142f0ce995..9fcd36dcc9a0 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/ioctl.c
@@ -102,8 +102,7 @@ bail_unlock:
 bail:
 	mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
 
-	if (bh)
-		brelse(bh);
+	brelse(bh);
 
 	mlog_exit(status);
 	return status;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/journal.c b/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
index c47bc2a809c2..81e40677eecb 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
@@ -215,9 +215,9 @@ static int ocfs2_commit_cache(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
 		goto finally;
 	}
 
-	journal_lock_updates(journal->j_journal);
-	status = journal_flush(journal->j_journal);
-	journal_unlock_updates(journal->j_journal);
+	jbd2_journal_lock_updates(journal->j_journal);
+	status = jbd2_journal_flush(journal->j_journal);
+	jbd2_journal_unlock_updates(journal->j_journal);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		up_write(&journal->j_trans_barrier);
 		mlog_errno(status);
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ handle_t *ocfs2_start_trans(struct ocfs2_super *osb, int max_buffs)
 
 	down_read(&osb->journal->j_trans_barrier);
 
-	handle = journal_start(journal, max_buffs);
+	handle = jbd2_journal_start(journal, max_buffs);
 	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 		up_read(&osb->journal->j_trans_barrier);
 
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ int ocfs2_commit_trans(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 
 	BUG_ON(!handle);
 
-	ret = journal_stop(handle);
+	ret = jbd2_journal_stop(handle);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ int ocfs2_commit_trans(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
  * transaction. extend_trans will either extend the current handle by
  * nblocks, or commit it and start a new one with nblocks credits.
  *
- * This might call journal_restart() which will commit dirty buffers
+ * This might call jbd2_journal_restart() which will commit dirty buffers
  * and then restart the transaction. Before calling
  * ocfs2_extend_trans(), any changed blocks should have been
  * dirtied. After calling it, all blocks which need to be changed must
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ int ocfs2_extend_trans(handle_t *handle, int nblocks)
 #ifdef CONFIG_OCFS2_DEBUG_FS
 	status = 1;
 #else
-	status = journal_extend(handle, nblocks);
+	status = jbd2_journal_extend(handle, nblocks);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		goto bail;
@@ -340,8 +340,10 @@ int ocfs2_extend_trans(handle_t *handle, int nblocks)
 #endif
 
 	if (status > 0) {
-		mlog(0, "journal_extend failed, trying journal_restart\n");
-		status = journal_restart(handle, nblocks);
+		mlog(0,
+		     "jbd2_journal_extend failed, trying "
+		     "jbd2_journal_restart\n");
+		status = jbd2_journal_restart(handle, nblocks);
 		if (status < 0) {
 			mlog_errno(status);
 			goto bail;
@@ -393,11 +395,11 @@ int ocfs2_journal_access(handle_t *handle,
 	switch (type) {
 	case OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_CREATE:
 	case OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE:
-		status = journal_get_write_access(handle, bh);
+		status = jbd2_journal_get_write_access(handle, bh);
 		break;
 
 	case OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_UNDO:
-		status = journal_get_undo_access(handle, bh);
+		status = jbd2_journal_get_undo_access(handle, bh);
 		break;
 
 	default:
@@ -422,7 +424,7 @@ int ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle_t *handle,
 	mlog_entry("(bh->b_blocknr=%llu)\n",
 		   (unsigned long long)bh->b_blocknr);
 
-	status = journal_dirty_metadata(handle, bh);
+	status = jbd2_journal_dirty_metadata(handle, bh);
 	if (status < 0)
 		mlog(ML_ERROR, "Could not dirty metadata buffer. "
 		     "(bh->b_blocknr=%llu)\n",
@@ -432,6 +434,7 @@ int ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle_t *handle,
 	return status;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_OCFS2_COMPAT_JBD
 int ocfs2_journal_dirty_data(handle_t *handle,
 			     struct buffer_head *bh)
 {
@@ -443,8 +446,9 @@ int ocfs2_journal_dirty_data(handle_t *handle,
 
 	return err;
 }
+#endif
 
-#define OCFS2_DEFAULT_COMMIT_INTERVAL 	(HZ * JBD_DEFAULT_MAX_COMMIT_AGE)
+#define OCFS2_DEFAULT_COMMIT_INTERVAL	(HZ * JBD2_DEFAULT_MAX_COMMIT_AGE)
 
 void ocfs2_set_journal_params(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
 {
@@ -457,9 +461,9 @@ void ocfs2_set_journal_params(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
 	spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 	journal->j_commit_interval = commit_interval;
 	if (osb->s_mount_opt & OCFS2_MOUNT_BARRIER)
-		journal->j_flags |= JFS_BARRIER;
+		journal->j_flags |= JBD2_BARRIER;
 	else
-		journal->j_flags &= ~JFS_BARRIER;
+		journal->j_flags &= ~JBD2_BARRIER;
 	spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 }
 
@@ -524,14 +528,14 @@ int ocfs2_journal_init(struct ocfs2_journal *journal, int *dirty)
 	mlog(0, "inode->ip_clusters = %u\n", OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_clusters);
 
 	/* call the kernels journal init function now */
-	j_journal = journal_init_inode(inode);
+	j_journal = jbd2_journal_init_inode(inode);
 	if (j_journal == NULL) {
 		mlog(ML_ERROR, "Linux journal layer error\n");
 		status = -EINVAL;
 		goto done;
 	}
 
-	mlog(0, "Returned from journal_init_inode\n");
+	mlog(0, "Returned from jbd2_journal_init_inode\n");
 	mlog(0, "j_journal->j_maxlen = %u\n", j_journal->j_maxlen);
 
 	*dirty = (le32_to_cpu(di->id1.journal1.ij_flags) &
@@ -550,8 +554,7 @@ done:
 	if (status < 0) {
 		if (inode_lock)
 			ocfs2_inode_unlock(inode, 1);
-		if (bh != NULL)
-			brelse(bh);
+		brelse(bh);
 		if (inode) {
 			OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_open_count--;
 			iput(inode);
@@ -639,7 +642,7 @@ void ocfs2_journal_shutdown(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
 	if (journal->j_state != OCFS2_JOURNAL_LOADED)
 		goto done;
 
-	/* need to inc inode use count as journal_destroy will iput. */
+	/* need to inc inode use count - jbd2_journal_destroy will iput. */
 	if (!igrab(inode))
 		BUG();
 
@@ -668,9 +671,9 @@ void ocfs2_journal_shutdown(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
 	BUG_ON(atomic_read(&(osb->journal->j_num_trans)) != 0);
 
 	if (ocfs2_mount_local(osb)) {
-		journal_lock_updates(journal->j_journal);
-		status = journal_flush(journal->j_journal);
-		journal_unlock_updates(journal->j_journal);
+		jbd2_journal_lock_updates(journal->j_journal);
+		status = jbd2_journal_flush(journal->j_journal);
+		jbd2_journal_unlock_updates(journal->j_journal);
 		if (status < 0)
 			mlog_errno(status);
 	}
@@ -686,7 +689,7 @@ void ocfs2_journal_shutdown(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
 	}
 
 	/* Shutdown the kernel journal system */
-	journal_destroy(journal->j_journal);
+	jbd2_journal_destroy(journal->j_journal);
 
 	OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_open_count--;
 
@@ -711,15 +714,15 @@ static void ocfs2_clear_journal_error(struct super_block *sb,
 {
 	int olderr;
 
-	olderr = journal_errno(journal);
+	olderr = jbd2_journal_errno(journal);
 	if (olderr) {
 		mlog(ML_ERROR, "File system error %d recorded in "
 		     "journal %u.\n", olderr, slot);
 		mlog(ML_ERROR, "File system on device %s needs checking.\n",
 		     sb->s_id);
 
-		journal_ack_err(journal);
-		journal_clear_err(journal);
+		jbd2_journal_ack_err(journal);
+		jbd2_journal_clear_err(journal);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -734,7 +737,7 @@ int ocfs2_journal_load(struct ocfs2_journal *journal, int local, int replayed)
 
 	osb = journal->j_osb;
 
-	status = journal_load(journal->j_journal);
+	status = jbd2_journal_load(journal->j_journal);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog(ML_ERROR, "Failed to load journal!\n");
 		goto done;
@@ -778,7 +781,7 @@ int ocfs2_journal_wipe(struct ocfs2_journal *journal, int full)
 
 	BUG_ON(!journal);
 
-	status = journal_wipe(journal->j_journal, full);
+	status = jbd2_journal_wipe(journal->j_journal, full);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		goto bail;
@@ -847,9 +850,8 @@ static int ocfs2_force_read_journal(struct inode *inode)
 
 		/* We are reading journal data which should not
 		 * be put in the uptodate cache */
-		status = ocfs2_read_blocks(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb),
-					   p_blkno, p_blocks, bhs, 0,
-					   NULL);
+		status = ocfs2_read_blocks_sync(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb),
+						p_blkno, p_blocks, bhs);
 		if (status < 0) {
 			mlog_errno(status);
 			goto bail;
@@ -865,8 +867,7 @@ static int ocfs2_force_read_journal(struct inode *inode)
 
 bail:
 	for(i = 0; i < CONCURRENT_JOURNAL_FILL; i++)
-		if (bhs[i])
-			brelse(bhs[i]);
+		brelse(bhs[i]);
 	mlog_exit(status);
 	return status;
 }
@@ -1133,7 +1134,8 @@ static int ocfs2_read_journal_inode(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	}
 	SET_INODE_JOURNAL(inode);
 
-	status = ocfs2_read_block(osb, OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno, bh, 0, inode);
+	status = ocfs2_read_blocks(inode, OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno, 1, bh,
+				   OCFS2_BH_IGNORE_CACHE);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		goto bail;
@@ -1229,19 +1231,19 @@ static int ocfs2_replay_journal(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	}
 
 	mlog(0, "calling journal_init_inode\n");
-	journal = journal_init_inode(inode);
+	journal = jbd2_journal_init_inode(inode);
 	if (journal == NULL) {
 		mlog(ML_ERROR, "Linux journal layer error\n");
 		status = -EIO;
 		goto done;
 	}
 
-	status = journal_load(journal);
+	status = jbd2_journal_load(journal);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		if (!igrab(inode))
 			BUG();
-		journal_destroy(journal);
+		jbd2_journal_destroy(journal);
 		goto done;
 	}
 
@@ -1249,9 +1251,9 @@ static int ocfs2_replay_journal(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 
 	/* wipe the journal */
 	mlog(0, "flushing the journal.\n");
-	journal_lock_updates(journal);
-	status = journal_flush(journal);
-	journal_unlock_updates(journal);
+	jbd2_journal_lock_updates(journal);
+	status = jbd2_journal_flush(journal);
+	jbd2_journal_unlock_updates(journal);
 	if (status < 0)
 		mlog_errno(status);
 
@@ -1272,7 +1274,7 @@ static int ocfs2_replay_journal(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	if (!igrab(inode))
 		BUG();
 
-	journal_destroy(journal);
+	jbd2_journal_destroy(journal);
 
 done:
 	/* drop the lock on this nodes journal */
@@ -1282,8 +1284,7 @@ done:
 	if (inode)
 		iput(inode);
 
-	if (bh)
-		brelse(bh);
+	brelse(bh);
 
 	mlog_exit(status);
 	return status;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/journal.h b/fs/ocfs2/journal.h
index 2178ebffa05f..d4d14e9a3cea 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/journal.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/journal.h
@@ -27,7 +27,12 @@
 #define OCFS2_JOURNAL_H
 
 #include <linux/fs.h>
-#include <linux/jbd.h>
+#ifndef CONFIG_OCFS2_COMPAT_JBD
+# include <linux/jbd2.h>
+#else
+# include <linux/jbd.h>
+# include "ocfs2_jbd_compat.h"
+#endif
 
 enum ocfs2_journal_state {
 	OCFS2_JOURNAL_FREE = 0,
@@ -215,8 +220,8 @@ static inline void ocfs2_checkpoint_inode(struct inode *inode)
  *                          buffer. Will have to call ocfs2_journal_dirty once
  *                          we've actually dirtied it. Type is one of . or .
  *  ocfs2_journal_dirty    - Mark a journalled buffer as having dirty data.
- *  ocfs2_journal_dirty_data - Indicate that a data buffer should go out before
- *                             the current handle commits.
+ *  ocfs2_jbd2_file_inode  - Mark an inode so that its data goes out before
+ *                           the current handle commits.
  */
 
 /* You must always start_trans with a number of buffs > 0, but it's
@@ -268,8 +273,10 @@ int                  ocfs2_journal_access(handle_t *handle,
  */
 int                  ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle_t *handle,
 					 struct buffer_head *bh);
+#ifdef CONFIG_OCFS2_COMPAT_JBD
 int                  ocfs2_journal_dirty_data(handle_t *handle,
 					      struct buffer_head *bh);
+#endif
 
 /*
  *  Credit Macros:
@@ -283,6 +290,9 @@ int                  ocfs2_journal_dirty_data(handle_t *handle,
 /* simple file updates like chmod, etc. */
 #define OCFS2_INODE_UPDATE_CREDITS 1
 
+/* extended attribute block update */
+#define OCFS2_XATTR_BLOCK_UPDATE_CREDITS 1
+
 /* group extend. inode update and last group update. */
 #define OCFS2_GROUP_EXTEND_CREDITS	(OCFS2_INODE_UPDATE_CREDITS + 1)
 
@@ -340,11 +350,23 @@ int                  ocfs2_journal_dirty_data(handle_t *handle,
 #define OCFS2_RENAME_CREDITS (3 * OCFS2_INODE_UPDATE_CREDITS + 3              \
 			     + OCFS2_UNLINK_CREDITS)
 
+/* global bitmap dinode, group desc., relinked group,
+ * suballocator dinode, group desc., relinked group,
+ * dinode, xattr block */
+#define OCFS2_XATTR_BLOCK_CREATE_CREDITS (OCFS2_SUBALLOC_ALLOC * 2 + \
+					  + OCFS2_INODE_UPDATE_CREDITS \
+					  + OCFS2_XATTR_BLOCK_UPDATE_CREDITS)
+
+/*
+ * Please note that the caller must make sure that root_el is the root
+ * of extent tree. So for an inode, it should be &fe->id2.i_list. Otherwise
+ * the result may be wrong.
+ */
 static inline int ocfs2_calc_extend_credits(struct super_block *sb,
-					    struct ocfs2_dinode *fe,
+					    struct ocfs2_extent_list *root_el,
 					    u32 bits_wanted)
 {
-	int bitmap_blocks, sysfile_bitmap_blocks, dinode_blocks;
+	int bitmap_blocks, sysfile_bitmap_blocks, extent_blocks;
 
 	/* bitmap dinode, group desc. + relinked group. */
 	bitmap_blocks = OCFS2_SUBALLOC_ALLOC;
@@ -355,16 +377,16 @@ static inline int ocfs2_calc_extend_credits(struct super_block *sb,
 	 * however many metadata chunks needed * a remaining suballoc
 	 * alloc. */
 	sysfile_bitmap_blocks = 1 +
-		(OCFS2_SUBALLOC_ALLOC - 1) * ocfs2_extend_meta_needed(fe);
+		(OCFS2_SUBALLOC_ALLOC - 1) * ocfs2_extend_meta_needed(root_el);
 
 	/* this does not include *new* metadata blocks, which are
-	 * accounted for in sysfile_bitmap_blocks. fe +
+	 * accounted for in sysfile_bitmap_blocks. root_el +
 	 * prev. last_eb_blk + blocks along edge of tree.
 	 * calc_symlink_credits passes because we just need 1
 	 * credit for the dinode there. */
-	dinode_blocks = 1 + 1 + le16_to_cpu(fe->id2.i_list.l_tree_depth);
+	extent_blocks = 1 + 1 + le16_to_cpu(root_el->l_tree_depth);
 
-	return bitmap_blocks + sysfile_bitmap_blocks + dinode_blocks;
+	return bitmap_blocks + sysfile_bitmap_blocks + extent_blocks;
 }
 
 static inline int ocfs2_calc_symlink_credits(struct super_block *sb)
@@ -415,4 +437,16 @@ static inline int ocfs2_calc_tree_trunc_credits(struct super_block *sb,
 	return credits;
 }
 
+static inline int ocfs2_jbd2_file_inode(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode)
+{
+	return jbd2_journal_file_inode(handle, &OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_jinode);
+}
+
+static inline int ocfs2_begin_ordered_truncate(struct inode *inode,
+					       loff_t new_size)
+{
+	return jbd2_journal_begin_ordered_truncate(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_jinode,
+						   new_size);
+}
+
 #endif /* OCFS2_JOURNAL_H */
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c b/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c
index 28e492e4ec88..687b28713c32 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/highmem.h>
 #include <linux/bitops.h>
+#include <linux/debugfs.h>
 
 #define MLOG_MASK_PREFIX ML_DISK_ALLOC
 #include <cluster/masklog.h>
@@ -47,8 +48,6 @@
 
 #define OCFS2_LOCAL_ALLOC(dinode)	(&((dinode)->id2.i_lab))
 
-static inline int ocfs2_local_alloc_window_bits(struct ocfs2_super *osb);
-
 static u32 ocfs2_local_alloc_count_bits(struct ocfs2_dinode *alloc);
 
 static int ocfs2_local_alloc_find_clear_bits(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
@@ -75,24 +74,129 @@ static int ocfs2_local_alloc_new_window(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 static int ocfs2_local_alloc_slide_window(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 					  struct inode *local_alloc_inode);
 
-static inline int ocfs2_local_alloc_window_bits(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
+#ifdef CONFIG_OCFS2_FS_STATS
+
+static int ocfs2_la_debug_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+	file->private_data = inode->i_private;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+#define LA_DEBUG_BUF_SZ	PAGE_CACHE_SIZE
+#define LA_DEBUG_VER	1
+static ssize_t ocfs2_la_debug_read(struct file *file, char __user *userbuf,
+				   size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	static DEFINE_MUTEX(la_debug_mutex);
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb = file->private_data;
+	int written, ret;
+	char *buf = osb->local_alloc_debug_buf;
+
+	mutex_lock(&la_debug_mutex);
+	memset(buf, 0, LA_DEBUG_BUF_SZ);
+
+	written = snprintf(buf, LA_DEBUG_BUF_SZ,
+			   "0x%x\t0x%llx\t%u\t%u\t0x%x\n",
+			   LA_DEBUG_VER,
+			   (unsigned long long)osb->la_last_gd,
+			   osb->local_alloc_default_bits,
+			   osb->local_alloc_bits, osb->local_alloc_state);
+
+	ret = simple_read_from_buffer(userbuf, count, ppos, buf, written);
+
+	mutex_unlock(&la_debug_mutex);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static const struct file_operations ocfs2_la_debug_fops = {
+	.open =		ocfs2_la_debug_open,
+	.read =		ocfs2_la_debug_read,
+};
+
+static void ocfs2_init_la_debug(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
+{
+	osb->local_alloc_debug_buf = kmalloc(LA_DEBUG_BUF_SZ, GFP_NOFS);
+	if (!osb->local_alloc_debug_buf)
+		return;
+
+	osb->local_alloc_debug = debugfs_create_file("local_alloc_stats",
+						     S_IFREG|S_IRUSR,
+						     osb->osb_debug_root,
+						     osb,
+						     &ocfs2_la_debug_fops);
+	if (!osb->local_alloc_debug) {
+		kfree(osb->local_alloc_debug_buf);
+		osb->local_alloc_debug_buf = NULL;
+	}
+}
+
+static void ocfs2_shutdown_la_debug(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
+{
+	if (osb->local_alloc_debug)
+		debugfs_remove(osb->local_alloc_debug);
+
+	if (osb->local_alloc_debug_buf)
+		kfree(osb->local_alloc_debug_buf);
+
+	osb->local_alloc_debug_buf = NULL;
+	osb->local_alloc_debug = NULL;
+}
+#else	/* CONFIG_OCFS2_FS_STATS */
+static void ocfs2_init_la_debug(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
+{
+	return;
+}
+static void ocfs2_shutdown_la_debug(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
+{
+	return;
+}
+#endif
+
+static inline int ocfs2_la_state_enabled(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
 {
-	BUG_ON(osb->s_clustersize_bits > 20);
+	return (osb->local_alloc_state == OCFS2_LA_THROTTLED ||
+		osb->local_alloc_state == OCFS2_LA_ENABLED);
+}
 
-	/* Size local alloc windows by the megabyte */
-	return osb->local_alloc_size << (20 - osb->s_clustersize_bits);
+void ocfs2_local_alloc_seen_free_bits(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
+				      unsigned int num_clusters)
+{
+	spin_lock(&osb->osb_lock);
+	if (osb->local_alloc_state == OCFS2_LA_DISABLED ||
+	    osb->local_alloc_state == OCFS2_LA_THROTTLED)
+		if (num_clusters >= osb->local_alloc_default_bits) {
+			cancel_delayed_work(&osb->la_enable_wq);
+			osb->local_alloc_state = OCFS2_LA_ENABLED;
+		}
+	spin_unlock(&osb->osb_lock);
+}
+
+void ocfs2_la_enable_worker(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb =
+		container_of(work, struct ocfs2_super,
+			     la_enable_wq.work);
+	spin_lock(&osb->osb_lock);
+	osb->local_alloc_state = OCFS2_LA_ENABLED;
+	spin_unlock(&osb->osb_lock);
 }
 
 /*
  * Tell us whether a given allocation should use the local alloc
  * file. Otherwise, it has to go to the main bitmap.
+ *
+ * This function does semi-dirty reads of local alloc size and state!
+ * This is ok however, as the values are re-checked once under mutex.
  */
 int ocfs2_alloc_should_use_local(struct ocfs2_super *osb, u64 bits)
 {
-	int la_bits = ocfs2_local_alloc_window_bits(osb);
 	int ret = 0;
+	int la_bits;
+
+	spin_lock(&osb->osb_lock);
+	la_bits = osb->local_alloc_bits;
 
-	if (osb->local_alloc_state != OCFS2_LA_ENABLED)
+	if (!ocfs2_la_state_enabled(osb))
 		goto bail;
 
 	/* la_bits should be at least twice the size (in clusters) of
@@ -106,6 +210,7 @@ int ocfs2_alloc_should_use_local(struct ocfs2_super *osb, u64 bits)
 bail:
 	mlog(0, "state=%d, bits=%llu, la_bits=%d, ret=%d\n",
 	     osb->local_alloc_state, (unsigned long long)bits, la_bits, ret);
+	spin_unlock(&osb->osb_lock);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -120,14 +225,18 @@ int ocfs2_load_local_alloc(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
 
 	mlog_entry_void();
 
-	if (osb->local_alloc_size == 0)
+	ocfs2_init_la_debug(osb);
+
+	if (osb->local_alloc_bits == 0)
 		goto bail;
 
-	if (ocfs2_local_alloc_window_bits(osb) >= osb->bitmap_cpg) {
+	if (osb->local_alloc_bits >= osb->bitmap_cpg) {
 		mlog(ML_NOTICE, "Requested local alloc window %d is larger "
 		     "than max possible %u. Using defaults.\n",
-		     ocfs2_local_alloc_window_bits(osb), (osb->bitmap_cpg - 1));
-		osb->local_alloc_size = OCFS2_DEFAULT_LOCAL_ALLOC_SIZE;
+		     osb->local_alloc_bits, (osb->bitmap_cpg - 1));
+		osb->local_alloc_bits =
+			ocfs2_megabytes_to_clusters(osb->sb,
+						    OCFS2_DEFAULT_LOCAL_ALLOC_SIZE);
 	}
 
 	/* read the alloc off disk */
@@ -139,8 +248,8 @@ int ocfs2_load_local_alloc(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
 		goto bail;
 	}
 
-	status = ocfs2_read_block(osb, OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno,
-				  &alloc_bh, 0, inode);
+	status = ocfs2_read_blocks(inode, OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno, 1,
+				   &alloc_bh, OCFS2_BH_IGNORE_CACHE);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		goto bail;
@@ -185,13 +294,14 @@ int ocfs2_load_local_alloc(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
 
 bail:
 	if (status < 0)
-		if (alloc_bh)
-			brelse(alloc_bh);
+		brelse(alloc_bh);
 	if (inode)
 		iput(inode);
 
-	mlog(0, "Local alloc window bits = %d\n",
-	     ocfs2_local_alloc_window_bits(osb));
+	if (status < 0)
+		ocfs2_shutdown_la_debug(osb);
+
+	mlog(0, "Local alloc window bits = %d\n", osb->local_alloc_bits);
 
 	mlog_exit(status);
 	return status;
@@ -217,6 +327,11 @@ void ocfs2_shutdown_local_alloc(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
 
 	mlog_entry_void();
 
+	cancel_delayed_work(&osb->la_enable_wq);
+	flush_workqueue(ocfs2_wq);
+
+	ocfs2_shutdown_la_debug(osb);
+
 	if (osb->local_alloc_state == OCFS2_LA_UNUSED)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -295,8 +410,7 @@ out_commit:
 	ocfs2_commit_trans(osb, handle);
 
 out_unlock:
-	if (main_bm_bh)
-		brelse(main_bm_bh);
+	brelse(main_bm_bh);
 
 	ocfs2_inode_unlock(main_bm_inode, 1);
 
@@ -345,8 +459,8 @@ int ocfs2_begin_local_alloc_recovery(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 
 	mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
 
-	status = ocfs2_read_block(osb, OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno,
-				  &alloc_bh, 0, inode);
+	status = ocfs2_read_blocks(inode, OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno, 1,
+				   &alloc_bh, OCFS2_BH_IGNORE_CACHE);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		goto bail;
@@ -372,8 +486,7 @@ bail:
 		*alloc_copy = NULL;
 	}
 
-	if (alloc_bh)
-		brelse(alloc_bh);
+	brelse(alloc_bh);
 
 	if (inode) {
 		mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
@@ -441,8 +554,7 @@ out_unlock:
 out_mutex:
 	mutex_unlock(&main_bm_inode->i_mutex);
 
-	if (main_bm_bh)
-		brelse(main_bm_bh);
+	brelse(main_bm_bh);
 
 	iput(main_bm_inode);
 
@@ -453,8 +565,48 @@ out:
 	return status;
 }
 
+/* Check to see if the local alloc window is within ac->ac_max_block */
+static int ocfs2_local_alloc_in_range(struct inode *inode,
+				      struct ocfs2_alloc_context *ac,
+				      u32 bits_wanted)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
+	struct ocfs2_dinode *alloc;
+	struct ocfs2_local_alloc *la;
+	int start;
+	u64 block_off;
+
+	if (!ac->ac_max_block)
+		return 1;
+
+	alloc = (struct ocfs2_dinode *) osb->local_alloc_bh->b_data;
+	la = OCFS2_LOCAL_ALLOC(alloc);
+
+	start = ocfs2_local_alloc_find_clear_bits(osb, alloc, bits_wanted);
+	if (start == -1) {
+		mlog_errno(-ENOSPC);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Converting (bm_off + start + bits_wanted) to blocks gives us
+	 * the blkno just past our actual allocation.  This is perfect
+	 * to compare with ac_max_block.
+	 */
+	block_off = ocfs2_clusters_to_blocks(inode->i_sb,
+					     le32_to_cpu(la->la_bm_off) +
+					     start + bits_wanted);
+	mlog(0, "Checking %llu against %llu\n",
+	     (unsigned long long)block_off,
+	     (unsigned long long)ac->ac_max_block);
+	if (block_off > ac->ac_max_block)
+		return 0;
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
 /*
- * make sure we've got at least bitswanted contiguous bits in the
+ * make sure we've got at least bits_wanted contiguous bits in the
  * local alloc. You lose them when you drop i_mutex.
  *
  * We will add ourselves to the transaction passed in, but may start
@@ -485,16 +637,18 @@ int ocfs2_reserve_local_alloc_bits(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 
 	mutex_lock(&local_alloc_inode->i_mutex);
 
-	if (osb->local_alloc_state != OCFS2_LA_ENABLED) {
-		status = -ENOSPC;
-		goto bail;
-	}
-
-	if (bits_wanted > ocfs2_local_alloc_window_bits(osb)) {
-		mlog(0, "Asking for more than my max window size!\n");
+	/*
+	 * We must double check state and allocator bits because
+	 * another process may have changed them while holding i_mutex.
+	 */
+	spin_lock(&osb->osb_lock);
+	if (!ocfs2_la_state_enabled(osb) ||
+	    (bits_wanted > osb->local_alloc_bits)) {
+		spin_unlock(&osb->osb_lock);
 		status = -ENOSPC;
 		goto bail;
 	}
+	spin_unlock(&osb->osb_lock);
 
 	alloc = (struct ocfs2_dinode *) osb->local_alloc_bh->b_data;
 
@@ -522,6 +676,36 @@ int ocfs2_reserve_local_alloc_bits(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 				mlog_errno(status);
 			goto bail;
 		}
+
+		/*
+		 * Under certain conditions, the window slide code
+		 * might have reduced the number of bits available or
+		 * disabled the the local alloc entirely. Re-check
+		 * here and return -ENOSPC if necessary.
+		 */
+		status = -ENOSPC;
+		if (!ocfs2_la_state_enabled(osb))
+			goto bail;
+
+		free_bits = le32_to_cpu(alloc->id1.bitmap1.i_total) -
+			le32_to_cpu(alloc->id1.bitmap1.i_used);
+		if (bits_wanted > free_bits)
+			goto bail;
+	}
+
+	if (ac->ac_max_block)
+		mlog(0, "Calling in_range for max block %llu\n",
+		     (unsigned long long)ac->ac_max_block);
+
+	if (!ocfs2_local_alloc_in_range(local_alloc_inode, ac,
+					bits_wanted)) {
+		/*
+		 * The window is outside ac->ac_max_block.
+		 * This errno tells the caller to keep localalloc enabled
+		 * but to get the allocation from the main bitmap.
+		 */
+		status = -EFBIG;
+		goto bail;
 	}
 
 	ac->ac_inode = local_alloc_inode;
@@ -789,6 +973,85 @@ bail:
 	return status;
 }
 
+enum ocfs2_la_event {
+	OCFS2_LA_EVENT_SLIDE,		/* Normal window slide. */
+	OCFS2_LA_EVENT_FRAGMENTED,	/* The global bitmap has
+					 * enough bits theoretically
+					 * free, but a contiguous
+					 * allocation could not be
+					 * found. */
+	OCFS2_LA_EVENT_ENOSPC,		/* Global bitmap doesn't have
+					 * enough bits free to satisfy
+					 * our request. */
+};
+#define OCFS2_LA_ENABLE_INTERVAL (30 * HZ)
+/*
+ * Given an event, calculate the size of our next local alloc window.
+ *
+ * This should always be called under i_mutex of the local alloc inode
+ * so that local alloc disabling doesn't race with processes trying to
+ * use the allocator.
+ *
+ * Returns the state which the local alloc was left in. This value can
+ * be ignored by some paths.
+ */
+static int ocfs2_recalc_la_window(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
+				  enum ocfs2_la_event event)
+{
+	unsigned int bits;
+	int state;
+
+	spin_lock(&osb->osb_lock);
+	if (osb->local_alloc_state == OCFS2_LA_DISABLED) {
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(osb->local_alloc_state == OCFS2_LA_DISABLED);
+		goto out_unlock;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * ENOSPC and fragmentation are treated similarly for now.
+	 */
+	if (event == OCFS2_LA_EVENT_ENOSPC ||
+	    event == OCFS2_LA_EVENT_FRAGMENTED) {
+		/*
+		 * We ran out of contiguous space in the primary
+		 * bitmap. Drastically reduce the number of bits used
+		 * by local alloc until we have to disable it.
+		 */
+		bits = osb->local_alloc_bits >> 1;
+		if (bits > ocfs2_megabytes_to_clusters(osb->sb, 1)) {
+			/*
+			 * By setting state to THROTTLED, we'll keep
+			 * the number of local alloc bits used down
+			 * until an event occurs which would give us
+			 * reason to assume the bitmap situation might
+			 * have changed.
+			 */
+			osb->local_alloc_state = OCFS2_LA_THROTTLED;
+			osb->local_alloc_bits = bits;
+		} else {
+			osb->local_alloc_state = OCFS2_LA_DISABLED;
+		}
+		queue_delayed_work(ocfs2_wq, &osb->la_enable_wq,
+				   OCFS2_LA_ENABLE_INTERVAL);
+		goto out_unlock;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Don't increase the size of the local alloc window until we
+	 * know we might be able to fulfill the request. Otherwise, we
+	 * risk bouncing around the global bitmap during periods of
+	 * low space.
+	 */
+	if (osb->local_alloc_state != OCFS2_LA_THROTTLED)
+		osb->local_alloc_bits = osb->local_alloc_default_bits;
+
+out_unlock:
+	state = osb->local_alloc_state;
+	spin_unlock(&osb->osb_lock);
+
+	return state;
+}
+
 static int ocfs2_local_alloc_reserve_for_window(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 						struct ocfs2_alloc_context **ac,
 						struct inode **bitmap_inode,
@@ -803,12 +1066,21 @@ static int ocfs2_local_alloc_reserve_for_window(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 		goto bail;
 	}
 
-	(*ac)->ac_bits_wanted = ocfs2_local_alloc_window_bits(osb);
+retry_enospc:
+	(*ac)->ac_bits_wanted = osb->local_alloc_bits;
 
 	status = ocfs2_reserve_cluster_bitmap_bits(osb, *ac);
+	if (status == -ENOSPC) {
+		if (ocfs2_recalc_la_window(osb, OCFS2_LA_EVENT_ENOSPC) ==
+		    OCFS2_LA_DISABLED)
+			goto bail;
+
+		ocfs2_free_ac_resource(*ac);
+		memset(*ac, 0, sizeof(struct ocfs2_alloc_context));
+		goto retry_enospc;
+	}
 	if (status < 0) {
-		if (status != -ENOSPC)
-			mlog_errno(status);
+		mlog_errno(status);
 		goto bail;
 	}
 
@@ -849,7 +1121,7 @@ static int ocfs2_local_alloc_new_window(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 		     "one\n");
 
 	mlog(0, "Allocating %u clusters for a new window.\n",
-	     ocfs2_local_alloc_window_bits(osb));
+	     osb->local_alloc_bits);
 
 	/* Instruct the allocation code to try the most recently used
 	 * cluster group. We'll re-record the group used this pass
@@ -859,9 +1131,36 @@ static int ocfs2_local_alloc_new_window(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	/* we used the generic suballoc reserve function, but we set
 	 * everything up nicely, so there's no reason why we can't use
 	 * the more specific cluster api to claim bits. */
-	status = ocfs2_claim_clusters(osb, handle, ac,
-				      ocfs2_local_alloc_window_bits(osb),
+	status = ocfs2_claim_clusters(osb, handle, ac, osb->local_alloc_bits,
 				      &cluster_off, &cluster_count);
+	if (status == -ENOSPC) {
+retry_enospc:
+		/*
+		 * Note: We could also try syncing the journal here to
+		 * allow use of any free bits which the current
+		 * transaction can't give us access to. --Mark
+		 */
+		if (ocfs2_recalc_la_window(osb, OCFS2_LA_EVENT_FRAGMENTED) ==
+		    OCFS2_LA_DISABLED)
+			goto bail;
+
+		status = ocfs2_claim_clusters(osb, handle, ac,
+					      osb->local_alloc_bits,
+					      &cluster_off,
+					      &cluster_count);
+		if (status == -ENOSPC)
+			goto retry_enospc;
+		/*
+		 * We only shrunk the *minimum* number of in our
+		 * request - it's entirely possible that the allocator
+		 * might give us more than we asked for.
+		 */
+		if (status == 0) {
+			spin_lock(&osb->osb_lock);
+			osb->local_alloc_bits = cluster_count;
+			spin_unlock(&osb->osb_lock);
+		}
+	}
 	if (status < 0) {
 		if (status != -ENOSPC)
 			mlog_errno(status);
@@ -905,6 +1204,8 @@ static int ocfs2_local_alloc_slide_window(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 
 	mlog_entry_void();
 
+	ocfs2_recalc_la_window(osb, OCFS2_LA_EVENT_SLIDE);
+
 	/* This will lock the main bitmap for us. */
 	status = ocfs2_local_alloc_reserve_for_window(osb,
 						      &ac,
@@ -976,8 +1277,7 @@ bail:
 	if (handle)
 		ocfs2_commit_trans(osb, handle);
 
-	if (main_bm_bh)
-		brelse(main_bm_bh);
+	brelse(main_bm_bh);
 
 	if (main_bm_inode)
 		iput(main_bm_inode);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.h b/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.h
index 3f76631e110c..ac5ea9f86653 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.h
@@ -52,4 +52,8 @@ int ocfs2_claim_local_alloc_bits(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 				 u32 *bit_off,
 				 u32 *num_bits);
 
+void ocfs2_local_alloc_seen_free_bits(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
+				      unsigned int num_clusters);
+void ocfs2_la_enable_worker(struct work_struct *work);
+
 #endif /* OCFS2_LOCALALLOC_H */
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/locks.c b/fs/ocfs2/locks.c
index 203f87143877..544ac6245175 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/locks.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/locks.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/fcntl.h>
 
 #define MLOG_MASK_PREFIX ML_INODE
 #include <cluster/masklog.h>
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@
 
 #include "dlmglue.h"
 #include "file.h"
+#include "inode.h"
 #include "locks.h"
 
 static int ocfs2_do_flock(struct file *file, struct inode *inode,
@@ -123,3 +125,16 @@ int ocfs2_flock(struct file *file, int cmd, struct file_lock *fl)
 	else
 		return ocfs2_do_flock(file, inode, cmd, fl);
 }
+
+int ocfs2_lock(struct file *file, int cmd, struct file_lock *fl)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host;
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
+
+	if (!(fl->fl_flags & FL_POSIX))
+		return -ENOLCK;
+	if (__mandatory_lock(inode))
+		return -ENOLCK;
+
+	return ocfs2_plock(osb->cconn, OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno, file, cmd, fl);
+}
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/locks.h b/fs/ocfs2/locks.h
index 9743ef2324ec..496d488b271f 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/locks.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/locks.h
@@ -27,5 +27,6 @@
 #define OCFS2_LOCKS_H
 
 int ocfs2_flock(struct file *file, int cmd, struct file_lock *fl);
+int ocfs2_lock(struct file *file, int cmd, struct file_lock *fl);
 
 #endif /* OCFS2_LOCKS_H */
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
index d5d808fe0140..485a6aa0ad39 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
 #include "symlink.h"
 #include "sysfile.h"
 #include "uptodate.h"
+#include "xattr.h"
 
 #include "buffer_head_io.h"
 
@@ -327,14 +328,9 @@ leave:
 	if (status == -ENOSPC)
 		mlog(0, "Disk is full\n");
 
-	if (new_fe_bh)
-		brelse(new_fe_bh);
-
-	if (de_bh)
-		brelse(de_bh);
-
-	if (parent_fe_bh)
-		brelse(parent_fe_bh);
+	brelse(new_fe_bh);
+	brelse(de_bh);
+	brelse(parent_fe_bh);
 
 	if ((status < 0) && inode)
 		iput(inode);
@@ -647,12 +643,9 @@ out_unlock_inode:
 out:
 	ocfs2_inode_unlock(dir, 1);
 
-	if (de_bh)
-		brelse(de_bh);
-	if (fe_bh)
-		brelse(fe_bh);
-	if (parent_fe_bh)
-		brelse(parent_fe_bh);
+	brelse(de_bh);
+	brelse(fe_bh);
+	brelse(parent_fe_bh);
 
 	mlog_exit(err);
 
@@ -851,17 +844,10 @@ leave:
 		iput(orphan_dir);
 	}
 
-	if (fe_bh)
-		brelse(fe_bh);
-
-	if (dirent_bh)
-		brelse(dirent_bh);
-
-	if (parent_node_bh)
-		brelse(parent_node_bh);
-
-	if (orphan_entry_bh)
-		brelse(orphan_entry_bh);
+	brelse(fe_bh);
+	brelse(dirent_bh);
+	brelse(parent_node_bh);
+	brelse(orphan_entry_bh);
 
 	mlog_exit(status);
 
@@ -1372,24 +1358,15 @@ bail:
 
 	if (new_inode)
 		iput(new_inode);
-	if (newfe_bh)
-		brelse(newfe_bh);
-	if (old_inode_bh)
-		brelse(old_inode_bh);
-	if (old_dir_bh)
-		brelse(old_dir_bh);
-	if (new_dir_bh)
-		brelse(new_dir_bh);
-	if (new_de_bh)
-		brelse(new_de_bh);
-	if (old_de_bh)
-		brelse(old_de_bh);
-	if (old_inode_de_bh)
-		brelse(old_inode_de_bh);
-	if (orphan_entry_bh)
-		brelse(orphan_entry_bh);
-	if (insert_entry_bh)
-		brelse(insert_entry_bh);
+	brelse(newfe_bh);
+	brelse(old_inode_bh);
+	brelse(old_dir_bh);
+	brelse(new_dir_bh);
+	brelse(new_de_bh);
+	brelse(old_de_bh);
+	brelse(old_inode_de_bh);
+	brelse(orphan_entry_bh);
+	brelse(insert_entry_bh);
 
 	mlog_exit(status);
 
@@ -1492,8 +1469,7 @@ bail:
 
 	if (bhs) {
 		for(i = 0; i < blocks; i++)
-			if (bhs[i])
-				brelse(bhs[i]);
+			brelse(bhs[i]);
 		kfree(bhs);
 	}
 
@@ -1598,10 +1574,10 @@ static int ocfs2_symlink(struct inode *dir,
 		u32 offset = 0;
 
 		inode->i_op = &ocfs2_symlink_inode_operations;
-		status = ocfs2_do_extend_allocation(osb, inode, &offset, 1, 0,
-						    new_fe_bh,
-						    handle, data_ac, NULL,
-						    NULL);
+		status = ocfs2_add_inode_data(osb, inode, &offset, 1, 0,
+					      new_fe_bh,
+					      handle, data_ac, NULL,
+					      NULL);
 		if (status < 0) {
 			if (status != -ENOSPC && status != -EINTR) {
 				mlog(ML_ERROR,
@@ -1659,12 +1635,9 @@ bail:
 
 	ocfs2_inode_unlock(dir, 1);
 
-	if (new_fe_bh)
-		brelse(new_fe_bh);
-	if (parent_fe_bh)
-		brelse(parent_fe_bh);
-	if (de_bh)
-		brelse(de_bh);
+	brelse(new_fe_bh);
+	brelse(parent_fe_bh);
+	brelse(de_bh);
 	if (inode_ac)
 		ocfs2_free_alloc_context(inode_ac);
 	if (data_ac)
@@ -1759,8 +1732,7 @@ leave:
 		iput(orphan_dir_inode);
 	}
 
-	if (orphan_dir_bh)
-		brelse(orphan_dir_bh);
+	brelse(orphan_dir_bh);
 
 	mlog_exit(status);
 	return status;
@@ -1780,10 +1752,9 @@ static int ocfs2_orphan_add(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 
 	mlog_entry("(inode->i_ino = %lu)\n", inode->i_ino);
 
-	status = ocfs2_read_block(osb,
+	status = ocfs2_read_block(orphan_dir_inode,
 				  OCFS2_I(orphan_dir_inode)->ip_blkno,
-				  &orphan_dir_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED,
-				  orphan_dir_inode);
+				  &orphan_dir_bh);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		goto leave;
@@ -1829,8 +1800,7 @@ static int ocfs2_orphan_add(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	     (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno, osb->slot_num);
 
 leave:
-	if (orphan_dir_bh)
-		brelse(orphan_dir_bh);
+	brelse(orphan_dir_bh);
 
 	mlog_exit(status);
 	return status;
@@ -1898,8 +1868,7 @@ int ocfs2_orphan_del(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	}
 
 leave:
-	if (target_de_bh)
-		brelse(target_de_bh);
+	brelse(target_de_bh);
 
 	mlog_exit(status);
 	return status;
@@ -1918,4 +1887,8 @@ const struct inode_operations ocfs2_dir_iops = {
 	.setattr	= ocfs2_setattr,
 	.getattr	= ocfs2_getattr,
 	.permission	= ocfs2_permission,
+	.setxattr	= generic_setxattr,
+	.getxattr	= generic_getxattr,
+	.listxattr	= ocfs2_listxattr,
+	.removexattr	= generic_removexattr,
 };
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h b/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h
index 7f625f2b1117..a21a465490c4 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h
@@ -34,7 +34,12 @@
 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
 #include <linux/kref.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
-#include <linux/jbd.h>
+#ifndef CONFIG_OCFS2_COMPAT_JBD
+# include <linux/jbd2.h>
+#else
+# include <linux/jbd.h>
+# include "ocfs2_jbd_compat.h"
+#endif
 
 /* For union ocfs2_dlm_lksb */
 #include "stackglue.h"
@@ -171,9 +176,13 @@ struct ocfs2_alloc_stats
 
 enum ocfs2_local_alloc_state
 {
-	OCFS2_LA_UNUSED = 0,
-	OCFS2_LA_ENABLED,
-	OCFS2_LA_DISABLED
+	OCFS2_LA_UNUSED = 0,	/* Local alloc will never be used for
+				 * this mountpoint. */
+	OCFS2_LA_ENABLED,	/* Local alloc is in use. */
+	OCFS2_LA_THROTTLED,	/* Local alloc is in use, but number
+				 * of bits has been reduced. */
+	OCFS2_LA_DISABLED	/* Local alloc has temporarily been
+				 * disabled. */
 };
 
 enum ocfs2_mount_options
@@ -184,6 +193,8 @@ enum ocfs2_mount_options
 	OCFS2_MOUNT_ERRORS_PANIC = 1 << 3, /* Panic on errors */
 	OCFS2_MOUNT_DATA_WRITEBACK = 1 << 4, /* No data ordering */
 	OCFS2_MOUNT_LOCALFLOCKS = 1 << 5, /* No cluster aware user file locks */
+	OCFS2_MOUNT_NOUSERXATTR = 1 << 6, /* No user xattr */
+	OCFS2_MOUNT_INODE64 = 1 << 7,	/* Allow inode numbers > 2^32 */
 };
 
 #define OCFS2_OSB_SOFT_RO	0x0001
@@ -214,6 +225,7 @@ struct ocfs2_super
 	u32 bitmap_cpg;
 	u8 *uuid;
 	char *uuid_str;
+	u32 uuid_hash;
 	u8 *vol_label;
 	u64 first_cluster_group_blkno;
 	u32 fs_generation;
@@ -241,6 +253,7 @@ struct ocfs2_super
 	int s_sectsize_bits;
 	int s_clustersize;
 	int s_clustersize_bits;
+	unsigned int s_xattr_inline_size;
 
 	atomic_t vol_state;
 	struct mutex recovery_lock;
@@ -252,11 +265,27 @@ struct ocfs2_super
 	struct ocfs2_journal *journal;
 	unsigned long osb_commit_interval;
 
-	int local_alloc_size;
-	enum ocfs2_local_alloc_state local_alloc_state;
+	struct delayed_work		la_enable_wq;
+
+	/*
+	 * Must hold local alloc i_mutex and osb->osb_lock to change
+	 * local_alloc_bits. Reads can be done under either lock.
+	 */
+	unsigned int local_alloc_bits;
+	unsigned int local_alloc_default_bits;
+
+	enum ocfs2_local_alloc_state local_alloc_state; /* protected
+							 * by osb_lock */
+
 	struct buffer_head *local_alloc_bh;
+
 	u64 la_last_gd;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_OCFS2_FS_STATS
+	struct dentry *local_alloc_debug;
+	char *local_alloc_debug_buf;
+#endif
+
 	/* Next two fields are for local node slot recovery during
 	 * mount. */
 	int dirty;
@@ -340,6 +369,13 @@ static inline int ocfs2_supports_inline_data(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static inline int ocfs2_supports_xattr(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
+{
+	if (osb->s_feature_incompat & OCFS2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_XATTR)
+		return 1;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /* set / clear functions because cluster events can make these happen
  * in parallel so we want the transitions to be atomic. this also
  * means that any future flags osb_flags must be protected by spinlock
@@ -554,6 +590,14 @@ static inline unsigned int ocfs2_pages_per_cluster(struct super_block *sb)
 	return pages_per_cluster;
 }
 
+static inline unsigned int ocfs2_megabytes_to_clusters(struct super_block *sb,
+						       unsigned int megs)
+{
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(OCFS2_MAX_CLUSTERSIZE > 1048576);
+
+	return megs << (20 - OCFS2_SB(sb)->s_clustersize_bits);
+}
+
 static inline void ocfs2_init_inode_steal_slot(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
 {
 	spin_lock(&osb->osb_lock);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_fs.h b/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_fs.h
index 4f619850ccf7..f24ce3d3f956 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_fs.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_fs.h
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
 #define OCFS2_INODE_SIGNATURE		"INODE01"
 #define OCFS2_EXTENT_BLOCK_SIGNATURE	"EXBLK01"
 #define OCFS2_GROUP_DESC_SIGNATURE      "GROUP01"
+#define OCFS2_XATTR_BLOCK_SIGNATURE	"XATTR01"
 
 /* Compatibility flags */
 #define OCFS2_HAS_COMPAT_FEATURE(sb,mask)			\
@@ -90,7 +91,8 @@
 					 | OCFS2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_SPARSE_ALLOC \
 					 | OCFS2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_INLINE_DATA \
 					 | OCFS2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_EXTENDED_SLOT_MAP \
-					 | OCFS2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_USERSPACE_STACK)
+					 | OCFS2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_USERSPACE_STACK \
+					 | OCFS2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_XATTR)
 #define OCFS2_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_SUPP	OCFS2_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_UNWRITTEN
 
 /*
@@ -127,10 +129,6 @@
 /* Support for data packed into inode blocks */
 #define OCFS2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_INLINE_DATA	0x0040
 
-/* Support for the extended slot map */
-#define OCFS2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_EXTENDED_SLOT_MAP 0x100
-
-
 /*
  * Support for alternate, userspace cluster stacks.  If set, the superblock
  * field s_cluster_info contains a tag for the alternate stack in use as
@@ -142,6 +140,12 @@
  */
 #define OCFS2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_USERSPACE_STACK	0x0080
 
+/* Support for the extended slot map */
+#define OCFS2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_EXTENDED_SLOT_MAP 0x100
+
+/* Support for extended attributes */
+#define OCFS2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_XATTR		0x0200
+
 /*
  * backup superblock flag is used to indicate that this volume
  * has backup superblocks.
@@ -299,6 +303,12 @@ struct ocfs2_new_group_input {
  */
 #define OCFS2_DEFAULT_LOCAL_ALLOC_SIZE	8
 
+/*
+ * Inline extended attribute size (in bytes)
+ * The value chosen should be aligned to 16 byte boundaries.
+ */
+#define OCFS2_MIN_XATTR_INLINE_SIZE     256
+
 struct ocfs2_system_inode_info {
 	char	*si_name;
 	int	si_iflags;
@@ -563,7 +573,7 @@ struct ocfs2_super_block {
 /*40*/	__le16 s_max_slots;		/* Max number of simultaneous mounts
 					   before tunefs required */
 	__le16 s_tunefs_flag;
-	__le32 s_reserved1;
+	__le32 s_uuid_hash;		/* hash value of uuid */
 	__le64 s_first_cluster_group;	/* Block offset of 1st cluster
 					 * group header */
 /*50*/	__u8  s_label[OCFS2_MAX_VOL_LABEL_LEN];	/* Label for mounting, etc. */
@@ -571,7 +581,11 @@ struct ocfs2_super_block {
 /*A0*/  struct ocfs2_cluster_info s_cluster_info; /* Selected userspace
 						     stack.  Only valid
 						     with INCOMPAT flag. */
-/*B8*/  __le64 s_reserved2[17];		/* Fill out superblock */
+/*B8*/	__le16 s_xattr_inline_size;	/* extended attribute inline size
+					   for this fs*/
+	__le16 s_reserved0;
+	__le32 s_reserved1;
+/*C0*/  __le64 s_reserved2[16];		/* Fill out superblock */
 /*140*/
 
 	/*
@@ -621,7 +635,8 @@ struct ocfs2_dinode {
 					   belongs to */
 	__le16 i_suballoc_bit;		/* Bit offset in suballocator
 					   block group */
-/*10*/	__le32 i_reserved0;
+/*10*/	__le16 i_reserved0;
+	__le16 i_xattr_inline_size;
 	__le32 i_clusters;		/* Cluster count */
 	__le32 i_uid;			/* Owner UID */
 	__le32 i_gid;			/* Owning GID */
@@ -640,11 +655,12 @@ struct ocfs2_dinode {
 	__le32 i_atime_nsec;
 	__le32 i_ctime_nsec;
 	__le32 i_mtime_nsec;
-	__le32 i_attr;
+/*70*/	__le32 i_attr;
 	__le16 i_orphaned_slot;		/* Only valid when OCFS2_ORPHANED_FL
 					   was set in i_flags */
 	__le16 i_dyn_features;
-/*70*/	__le64 i_reserved2[8];
+	__le64 i_xattr_loc;
+/*80*/	__le64 i_reserved2[7];
 /*B8*/	union {
 		__le64 i_pad1;		/* Generic way to refer to this
 					   64bit union */
@@ -715,6 +731,136 @@ struct ocfs2_group_desc
 /*40*/	__u8    bg_bitmap[0];
 };
 
+/*
+ * On disk extended attribute structure for OCFS2.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * ocfs2_xattr_entry indicates one extend attribute.
+ *
+ * Note that it can be stored in inode, one block or one xattr bucket.
+ */
+struct ocfs2_xattr_entry {
+	__le32	xe_name_hash;    /* hash value of xattr prefix+suffix. */
+	__le16	xe_name_offset;  /* byte offset from the 1st etnry in the local
+				    local xattr storage(inode, xattr block or
+				    xattr bucket). */
+	__u8	xe_name_len;	 /* xattr name len, does't include prefix. */
+	__u8	xe_type;         /* the low 7 bits indicates the name prefix's
+				  * type and the highest 1 bits indicate whether
+				  * the EA is stored in the local storage. */
+	__le64	xe_value_size;	 /* real xattr value length. */
+};
+
+/*
+ * On disk structure for xattr header.
+ *
+ * One ocfs2_xattr_header describes how many ocfs2_xattr_entry records in
+ * the local xattr storage.
+ */
+struct ocfs2_xattr_header {
+	__le16	xh_count;                       /* contains the count of how
+						   many records are in the
+						   local xattr storage. */
+	__le16	xh_free_start;                  /* current offset for storing
+						   xattr. */
+	__le16	xh_name_value_len;              /* total length of name/value
+						   length in this bucket. */
+	__le16	xh_num_buckets;                 /* bucket nums in one extent
+						   record, only valid in the
+						   first bucket. */
+	__le64  xh_csum;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_entry xh_entries[0]; /* xattr entry list. */
+};
+
+/*
+ * On disk structure for xattr value root.
+ *
+ * It is used when one extended attribute's size is larger, and we will save it
+ * in an outside cluster. It will stored in a b-tree like file content.
+ */
+struct ocfs2_xattr_value_root {
+/*00*/	__le32	xr_clusters;              /* clusters covered by xattr value. */
+	__le32	xr_reserved0;
+	__le64	xr_last_eb_blk;           /* Pointer to last extent block */
+/*10*/	struct ocfs2_extent_list xr_list; /* Extent record list */
+};
+
+/*
+ * On disk structure for xattr tree root.
+ *
+ * It is used when there are too many extended attributes for one file. These
+ * attributes will be organized and stored in an indexed-btree.
+ */
+struct ocfs2_xattr_tree_root {
+/*00*/	__le32	xt_clusters;              /* clusters covered by xattr. */
+	__le32	xt_reserved0;
+	__le64	xt_last_eb_blk;           /* Pointer to last extent block */
+/*10*/	struct ocfs2_extent_list xt_list; /* Extent record list */
+};
+
+#define OCFS2_XATTR_INDEXED	0x1
+#define OCFS2_HASH_SHIFT	5
+#define OCFS2_XATTR_ROUND	3
+#define OCFS2_XATTR_SIZE(size)	(((size) + OCFS2_XATTR_ROUND) & \
+				~(OCFS2_XATTR_ROUND))
+
+#define OCFS2_XATTR_BUCKET_SIZE			4096
+#define OCFS2_XATTR_MAX_BLOCKS_PER_BUCKET 	(OCFS2_XATTR_BUCKET_SIZE \
+						 / OCFS2_MIN_BLOCKSIZE)
+
+/*
+ * On disk structure for xattr block.
+ */
+struct ocfs2_xattr_block {
+/*00*/	__u8	xb_signature[8];     /* Signature for verification */
+	__le16	xb_suballoc_slot;    /* Slot suballocator this
+					block belongs to. */
+	__le16	xb_suballoc_bit;     /* Bit offset in suballocator
+					block group */
+	__le32	xb_fs_generation;    /* Must match super block */
+/*10*/	__le64	xb_blkno;            /* Offset on disk, in blocks */
+	__le64	xb_csum;
+/*20*/	__le16	xb_flags;            /* Indicates whether this block contains
+					real xattr or a xattr tree. */
+	__le16	xb_reserved0;
+	__le32  xb_reserved1;
+	__le64	xb_reserved2;
+/*30*/	union {
+		struct ocfs2_xattr_header xb_header; /* xattr header if this
+							block contains xattr */
+		struct ocfs2_xattr_tree_root xb_root;/* xattr tree root if this
+							block cotains xattr
+							tree. */
+	} xb_attrs;
+};
+
+#define OCFS2_XATTR_ENTRY_LOCAL		0x80
+#define OCFS2_XATTR_TYPE_MASK		0x7F
+static inline void ocfs2_xattr_set_local(struct ocfs2_xattr_entry *xe,
+					 int local)
+{
+	if (local)
+		xe->xe_type |= OCFS2_XATTR_ENTRY_LOCAL;
+	else
+		xe->xe_type &= ~OCFS2_XATTR_ENTRY_LOCAL;
+}
+
+static inline int ocfs2_xattr_is_local(struct ocfs2_xattr_entry *xe)
+{
+	return xe->xe_type & OCFS2_XATTR_ENTRY_LOCAL;
+}
+
+static inline void ocfs2_xattr_set_type(struct ocfs2_xattr_entry *xe, int type)
+{
+	xe->xe_type |= type & OCFS2_XATTR_TYPE_MASK;
+}
+
+static inline int ocfs2_xattr_get_type(struct ocfs2_xattr_entry *xe)
+{
+	return xe->xe_type & OCFS2_XATTR_TYPE_MASK;
+}
+
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
 static inline int ocfs2_fast_symlink_chars(struct super_block *sb)
 {
@@ -728,6 +874,20 @@ static inline int ocfs2_max_inline_data(struct super_block *sb)
 		offsetof(struct ocfs2_dinode, id2.i_data.id_data);
 }
 
+static inline int ocfs2_max_inline_data_with_xattr(struct super_block *sb,
+						   struct ocfs2_dinode *di)
+{
+	unsigned int xattrsize = le16_to_cpu(di->i_xattr_inline_size);
+
+	if (le16_to_cpu(di->i_dyn_features) & OCFS2_INLINE_XATTR_FL)
+		return sb->s_blocksize -
+			offsetof(struct ocfs2_dinode, id2.i_data.id_data) -
+			xattrsize;
+	else
+		return sb->s_blocksize -
+			offsetof(struct ocfs2_dinode, id2.i_data.id_data);
+}
+
 static inline int ocfs2_extent_recs_per_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	int size;
@@ -738,6 +898,24 @@ static inline int ocfs2_extent_recs_per_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	return size / sizeof(struct ocfs2_extent_rec);
 }
 
+static inline int ocfs2_extent_recs_per_inode_with_xattr(
+						struct super_block *sb,
+						struct ocfs2_dinode *di)
+{
+	int size;
+	unsigned int xattrsize = le16_to_cpu(di->i_xattr_inline_size);
+
+	if (le16_to_cpu(di->i_dyn_features) & OCFS2_INLINE_XATTR_FL)
+		size = sb->s_blocksize -
+			offsetof(struct ocfs2_dinode, id2.i_list.l_recs) -
+			xattrsize;
+	else
+		size = sb->s_blocksize -
+			offsetof(struct ocfs2_dinode, id2.i_list.l_recs);
+
+	return size / sizeof(struct ocfs2_extent_rec);
+}
+
 static inline int ocfs2_chain_recs_per_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	int size;
@@ -801,6 +979,17 @@ static inline u64 ocfs2_backup_super_blkno(struct super_block *sb, int index)
 	return 0;
 
 }
+
+static inline u16 ocfs2_xattr_recs_per_xb(struct super_block *sb)
+{
+	int size;
+
+	size = sb->s_blocksize -
+		offsetof(struct ocfs2_xattr_block,
+			 xb_attrs.xb_root.xt_list.l_recs);
+
+	return size / sizeof(struct ocfs2_extent_rec);
+}
 #else
 static inline int ocfs2_fast_symlink_chars(int blocksize)
 {
@@ -884,6 +1073,17 @@ static inline uint64_t ocfs2_backup_super_blkno(int blocksize, int index)
 
 	return 0;
 }
+
+static inline int ocfs2_xattr_recs_per_xb(int blocksize)
+{
+	int size;
+
+	size = blocksize -
+		offsetof(struct ocfs2_xattr_block,
+			 xb_attrs.xb_root.xt_list.l_recs);
+
+	return size / sizeof(struct ocfs2_extent_rec);
+}
 #endif  /* __KERNEL__ */
 
 
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_jbd_compat.h b/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_jbd_compat.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b91c78f8f558
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_jbd_compat.h
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+/* -*- mode: c; c-basic-offset: 8; -*-
+ * vim: noexpandtab sw=8 ts=8 sts=0:
+ *
+ * ocfs2_jbd_compat.h
+ *
+ * Compatibility defines for JBD.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2008 Oracle.  All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
+ * License version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * General Public License for more details.
+ */
+
+#ifndef OCFS2_JBD_COMPAT_H
+#define OCFS2_JBD_COMPAT_H
+
+#ifndef CONFIG_OCFS2_COMPAT_JBD
+# error Should not have been included
+#endif
+
+struct jbd2_inode {
+	unsigned int dummy;
+};
+
+#define JBD2_BARRIER			JFS_BARRIER
+#define JBD2_DEFAULT_MAX_COMMIT_AGE	JBD_DEFAULT_MAX_COMMIT_AGE
+
+#define jbd2_journal_ack_err			journal_ack_err
+#define jbd2_journal_clear_err			journal_clear_err
+#define jbd2_journal_destroy			journal_destroy
+#define jbd2_journal_dirty_metadata		journal_dirty_metadata
+#define jbd2_journal_errno			journal_errno
+#define jbd2_journal_extend			journal_extend
+#define jbd2_journal_flush			journal_flush
+#define jbd2_journal_force_commit		journal_force_commit
+#define jbd2_journal_get_write_access		journal_get_write_access
+#define jbd2_journal_get_undo_access		journal_get_undo_access
+#define jbd2_journal_init_inode			journal_init_inode
+#define jbd2_journal_invalidatepage		journal_invalidatepage
+#define jbd2_journal_load			journal_load
+#define jbd2_journal_lock_updates		journal_lock_updates
+#define jbd2_journal_restart			journal_restart
+#define jbd2_journal_start			journal_start
+#define jbd2_journal_start_commit		journal_start_commit
+#define jbd2_journal_stop			journal_stop
+#define jbd2_journal_try_to_free_buffers	journal_try_to_free_buffers
+#define jbd2_journal_unlock_updates		journal_unlock_updates
+#define jbd2_journal_wipe			journal_wipe
+#define jbd2_log_wait_commit			log_wait_commit
+
+static inline int jbd2_journal_file_inode(handle_t *handle,
+					  struct jbd2_inode *inode)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static inline int jbd2_journal_begin_ordered_truncate(struct jbd2_inode *inode,
+						      loff_t new_size)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static inline void jbd2_journal_init_jbd_inode(struct jbd2_inode *jinode,
+					       struct inode *inode)
+{
+	return;
+}
+
+static inline void jbd2_journal_release_jbd_inode(journal_t *journal,
+						  struct jbd2_inode *jinode)
+{
+	return;
+}
+
+
+#endif  /* OCFS2_JBD_COMPAT_H */
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/resize.c b/fs/ocfs2/resize.c
index 8166968e9015..ffd48db229a7 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/resize.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/resize.c
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ static int update_backups(struct inode * inode, u32 clusters, char *data)
 		if (cluster > clusters)
 			break;
 
-		ret = ocfs2_read_block(osb, blkno, &backup, 0, NULL);
+		ret = ocfs2_read_blocks_sync(osb, blkno, 1, &backup);
 		if (ret < 0) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			break;
@@ -236,8 +236,8 @@ static void ocfs2_update_super_and_backups(struct inode *inode,
 	 * update the superblock last.
 	 * It doesn't matter if the write failed.
 	 */
-	ret = ocfs2_read_block(osb, OCFS2_SUPER_BLOCK_BLKNO,
-			       &super_bh, 0, NULL);
+	ret = ocfs2_read_blocks_sync(osb, OCFS2_SUPER_BLOCK_BLKNO, 1,
+				     &super_bh);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
@@ -332,8 +332,7 @@ int ocfs2_group_extend(struct inode * inode, int new_clusters)
 	lgd_blkno = ocfs2_which_cluster_group(main_bm_inode,
 					      first_new_cluster - 1);
 
-	ret = ocfs2_read_block(osb, lgd_blkno, &group_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED,
-			       main_bm_inode);
+	ret = ocfs2_read_block(main_bm_inode, lgd_blkno, &group_bh);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out_unlock;
@@ -540,7 +539,7 @@ int ocfs2_group_add(struct inode *inode, struct ocfs2_new_group_input *input)
 		goto out_unlock;
 	}
 
-	ret = ocfs2_read_block(osb, input->group, &group_bh, 0, NULL);
+	ret = ocfs2_read_blocks_sync(osb, input->group, 1, &group_bh);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		mlog(ML_ERROR, "Can't read the group descriptor # %llu "
 		     "from the device.", (unsigned long long)input->group);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/slot_map.c b/fs/ocfs2/slot_map.c
index bb5ff8939bf1..bdda2d8f8508 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/slot_map.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/slot_map.c
@@ -150,8 +150,8 @@ int ocfs2_refresh_slot_info(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
 	 * be !NULL.  Thus, ocfs2_read_blocks() will ignore blocknr.  If
 	 * this is not true, the read of -1 (UINT64_MAX) will fail.
 	 */
-	ret = ocfs2_read_blocks(osb, -1, si->si_blocks, si->si_bh, 0,
-				si->si_inode);
+	ret = ocfs2_read_blocks(si->si_inode, -1, si->si_blocks, si->si_bh,
+				OCFS2_BH_IGNORE_CACHE);
 	if (ret == 0) {
 		spin_lock(&osb->osb_lock);
 		ocfs2_update_slot_info(si);
@@ -404,7 +404,8 @@ static int ocfs2_map_slot_buffers(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 		     (unsigned long long)blkno);
 
 		bh = NULL;  /* Acquire a fresh bh */
-		status = ocfs2_read_block(osb, blkno, &bh, 0, si->si_inode);
+		status = ocfs2_read_blocks(si->si_inode, blkno, 1, &bh,
+					   OCFS2_BH_IGNORE_CACHE);
 		if (status < 0) {
 			mlog_errno(status);
 			goto bail;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/stack_user.c b/fs/ocfs2/stack_user.c
index 353fc35c6748..faec2d879357 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/stack_user.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/stack_user.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include "ocfs2.h"  /* For struct ocfs2_lock_res */
 #include "stackglue.h"
 
+#include <linux/dlm_plock.h>
 
 /*
  * The control protocol starts with a handshake.  Until the handshake
@@ -746,6 +747,37 @@ static void user_dlm_dump_lksb(union ocfs2_dlm_lksb *lksb)
 {
 }
 
+static int user_plock(struct ocfs2_cluster_connection *conn,
+		      u64 ino,
+		      struct file *file,
+		      int cmd,
+		      struct file_lock *fl)
+{
+	/*
+	 * This more or less just demuxes the plock request into any
+	 * one of three dlm calls.
+	 *
+	 * Internally, fs/dlm will pass these to a misc device, which
+	 * a userspace daemon will read and write to.
+	 *
+	 * For now, cancel requests (which happen internally only),
+	 * are turned into unlocks. Most of this function taken from
+	 * gfs2_lock.
+	 */
+
+	if (cmd == F_CANCELLK) {
+		cmd = F_SETLK;
+		fl->fl_type = F_UNLCK;
+	}
+
+	if (IS_GETLK(cmd))
+		return dlm_posix_get(conn->cc_lockspace, ino, file, fl);
+	else if (fl->fl_type == F_UNLCK)
+		return dlm_posix_unlock(conn->cc_lockspace, ino, file, fl);
+	else
+		return dlm_posix_lock(conn->cc_lockspace, ino, file, cmd, fl);
+}
+
 /*
  * Compare a requested locking protocol version against the current one.
  *
@@ -839,6 +871,7 @@ static struct ocfs2_stack_operations ocfs2_user_plugin_ops = {
 	.dlm_unlock	= user_dlm_unlock,
 	.lock_status	= user_dlm_lock_status,
 	.lock_lvb	= user_dlm_lvb,
+	.plock		= user_plock,
 	.dump_lksb	= user_dlm_dump_lksb,
 };
 
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/stackglue.c b/fs/ocfs2/stackglue.c
index 07f348b8d721..68b668b0e60a 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/stackglue.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/stackglue.c
@@ -288,6 +288,26 @@ void ocfs2_dlm_dump_lksb(union ocfs2_dlm_lksb *lksb)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ocfs2_dlm_dump_lksb);
 
+int ocfs2_stack_supports_plocks(void)
+{
+	return active_stack && active_stack->sp_ops->plock;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ocfs2_stack_supports_plocks);
+
+/*
+ * ocfs2_plock() can only be safely called if
+ * ocfs2_stack_supports_plocks() returned true
+ */
+int ocfs2_plock(struct ocfs2_cluster_connection *conn, u64 ino,
+		struct file *file, int cmd, struct file_lock *fl)
+{
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(active_stack->sp_ops->plock == NULL);
+	if (active_stack->sp_ops->plock)
+		return active_stack->sp_ops->plock(conn, ino, file, cmd, fl);
+	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ocfs2_plock);
+
 int ocfs2_cluster_connect(const char *stack_name,
 			  const char *group,
 			  int grouplen,
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/stackglue.h b/fs/ocfs2/stackglue.h
index db56281dd1be..c571af375ef8 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/stackglue.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/stackglue.h
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@
 #include "dlm/dlmapi.h"
 #include <linux/dlm.h>
 
+/* Needed for plock-related prototypes */
+struct file;
+struct file_lock;
+
 /*
  * dlmconstants.h does not have a LOCAL flag.  We hope to remove it
  * some day, but right now we need it.  Let's fake it.  This value is larger
@@ -187,6 +191,17 @@ struct ocfs2_stack_operations {
 	void *(*lock_lvb)(union ocfs2_dlm_lksb *lksb);
 
 	/*
+	 * Cluster-aware posix locks
+	 *
+	 * This is NULL for stacks which do not support posix locks.
+	 */
+	int (*plock)(struct ocfs2_cluster_connection *conn,
+		     u64 ino,
+		     struct file *file,
+		     int cmd,
+		     struct file_lock *fl);
+
+	/*
 	 * This is an optoinal debugging hook.  If provided, the
 	 * stack can dump debugging information about this lock.
 	 */
@@ -240,6 +255,10 @@ int ocfs2_dlm_lock_status(union ocfs2_dlm_lksb *lksb);
 void *ocfs2_dlm_lvb(union ocfs2_dlm_lksb *lksb);
 void ocfs2_dlm_dump_lksb(union ocfs2_dlm_lksb *lksb);
 
+int ocfs2_stack_supports_plocks(void);
+int ocfs2_plock(struct ocfs2_cluster_connection *conn, u64 ino,
+		struct file *file, int cmd, struct file_lock *fl);
+
 void ocfs2_stack_glue_set_locking_protocol(struct ocfs2_locking_protocol *proto);
 
 
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c b/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c
index d2d278fb9819..c5ff18b46b57 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c
@@ -62,15 +62,18 @@ static int ocfs2_block_group_fill(handle_t *handle,
 				  struct ocfs2_chain_list *cl);
 static int ocfs2_block_group_alloc(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 				   struct inode *alloc_inode,
-				   struct buffer_head *bh);
+				   struct buffer_head *bh,
+				   u64 max_block);
 
 static int ocfs2_cluster_group_search(struct inode *inode,
 				      struct buffer_head *group_bh,
 				      u32 bits_wanted, u32 min_bits,
+				      u64 max_block,
 				      u16 *bit_off, u16 *bits_found);
 static int ocfs2_block_group_search(struct inode *inode,
 				    struct buffer_head *group_bh,
 				    u32 bits_wanted, u32 min_bits,
+				    u64 max_block,
 				    u16 *bit_off, u16 *bits_found);
 static int ocfs2_claim_suballoc_bits(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 				     struct ocfs2_alloc_context *ac,
@@ -110,8 +113,11 @@ static inline void ocfs2_block_to_cluster_group(struct inode *inode,
 						u64 data_blkno,
 						u64 *bg_blkno,
 						u16 *bg_bit_off);
+static int ocfs2_reserve_clusters_with_limit(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
+					     u32 bits_wanted, u64 max_block,
+					     struct ocfs2_alloc_context **ac);
 
-static void ocfs2_free_ac_resource(struct ocfs2_alloc_context *ac)
+void ocfs2_free_ac_resource(struct ocfs2_alloc_context *ac)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = ac->ac_inode;
 
@@ -124,10 +130,8 @@ static void ocfs2_free_ac_resource(struct ocfs2_alloc_context *ac)
 		iput(inode);
 		ac->ac_inode = NULL;
 	}
-	if (ac->ac_bh) {
-		brelse(ac->ac_bh);
-		ac->ac_bh = NULL;
-	}
+	brelse(ac->ac_bh);
+	ac->ac_bh = NULL;
 }
 
 void ocfs2_free_alloc_context(struct ocfs2_alloc_context *ac)
@@ -276,7 +280,8 @@ static inline u16 ocfs2_find_smallest_chain(struct ocfs2_chain_list *cl)
  */
 static int ocfs2_block_group_alloc(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 				   struct inode *alloc_inode,
-				   struct buffer_head *bh)
+				   struct buffer_head *bh,
+				   u64 max_block)
 {
 	int status, credits;
 	struct ocfs2_dinode *fe = (struct ocfs2_dinode *) bh->b_data;
@@ -294,9 +299,9 @@ static int ocfs2_block_group_alloc(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	mlog_entry_void();
 
 	cl = &fe->id2.i_chain;
-	status = ocfs2_reserve_clusters(osb,
-					le16_to_cpu(cl->cl_cpg),
-					&ac);
+	status = ocfs2_reserve_clusters_with_limit(osb,
+						   le16_to_cpu(cl->cl_cpg),
+						   max_block, &ac);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		if (status != -ENOSPC)
 			mlog_errno(status);
@@ -394,8 +399,7 @@ bail:
 	if (ac)
 		ocfs2_free_alloc_context(ac);
 
-	if (bg_bh)
-		brelse(bg_bh);
+	brelse(bg_bh);
 
 	mlog_exit(status);
 	return status;
@@ -469,7 +473,8 @@ static int ocfs2_reserve_suballoc_bits(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 			goto bail;
 		}
 
-		status = ocfs2_block_group_alloc(osb, alloc_inode, bh);
+		status = ocfs2_block_group_alloc(osb, alloc_inode, bh,
+						 ac->ac_max_block);
 		if (status < 0) {
 			if (status != -ENOSPC)
 				mlog_errno(status);
@@ -486,16 +491,15 @@ static int ocfs2_reserve_suballoc_bits(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	get_bh(bh);
 	ac->ac_bh = bh;
 bail:
-	if (bh)
-		brelse(bh);
+	brelse(bh);
 
 	mlog_exit(status);
 	return status;
 }
 
-int ocfs2_reserve_new_metadata(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
-			       struct ocfs2_dinode *fe,
-			       struct ocfs2_alloc_context **ac)
+int ocfs2_reserve_new_metadata_blocks(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
+				      int blocks,
+				      struct ocfs2_alloc_context **ac)
 {
 	int status;
 	u32 slot;
@@ -507,7 +511,7 @@ int ocfs2_reserve_new_metadata(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 		goto bail;
 	}
 
-	(*ac)->ac_bits_wanted = ocfs2_extend_meta_needed(fe);
+	(*ac)->ac_bits_wanted = blocks;
 	(*ac)->ac_which = OCFS2_AC_USE_META;
 	slot = osb->slot_num;
 	(*ac)->ac_group_search = ocfs2_block_group_search;
@@ -532,6 +536,15 @@ bail:
 	return status;
 }
 
+int ocfs2_reserve_new_metadata(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
+			       struct ocfs2_extent_list *root_el,
+			       struct ocfs2_alloc_context **ac)
+{
+	return ocfs2_reserve_new_metadata_blocks(osb,
+					ocfs2_extend_meta_needed(root_el),
+					ac);
+}
+
 static int ocfs2_steal_inode_from_other_nodes(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 					      struct ocfs2_alloc_context *ac)
 {
@@ -582,6 +595,14 @@ int ocfs2_reserve_new_inode(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	(*ac)->ac_group_search = ocfs2_block_group_search;
 
 	/*
+	 * stat(2) can't handle i_ino > 32bits, so we tell the
+	 * lower levels not to allocate us a block group past that
+	 * limit.  The 'inode64' mount option avoids this behavior.
+	 */
+	if (!(osb->s_mount_opt & OCFS2_MOUNT_INODE64))
+		(*ac)->ac_max_block = (u32)~0U;
+
+	/*
 	 * slot is set when we successfully steal inode from other nodes.
 	 * It is reset in 3 places:
 	 * 1. when we flush the truncate log
@@ -661,9 +682,9 @@ bail:
 /* Callers don't need to care which bitmap (local alloc or main) to
  * use so we figure it out for them, but unfortunately this clutters
  * things a bit. */
-int ocfs2_reserve_clusters(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
-			   u32 bits_wanted,
-			   struct ocfs2_alloc_context **ac)
+static int ocfs2_reserve_clusters_with_limit(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
+					     u32 bits_wanted, u64 max_block,
+					     struct ocfs2_alloc_context **ac)
 {
 	int status;
 
@@ -677,24 +698,20 @@ int ocfs2_reserve_clusters(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	}
 
 	(*ac)->ac_bits_wanted = bits_wanted;
+	(*ac)->ac_max_block = max_block;
 
 	status = -ENOSPC;
 	if (ocfs2_alloc_should_use_local(osb, bits_wanted)) {
 		status = ocfs2_reserve_local_alloc_bits(osb,
 							bits_wanted,
 							*ac);
-		if ((status < 0) && (status != -ENOSPC)) {
+		if (status == -EFBIG) {
+			/* The local alloc window is outside ac_max_block.
+			 * use the main bitmap. */
+			status = -ENOSPC;
+		} else if ((status < 0) && (status != -ENOSPC)) {
 			mlog_errno(status);
 			goto bail;
-		} else if (status == -ENOSPC) {
-			/* reserve_local_bits will return enospc with
-			 * the local alloc inode still locked, so we
-			 * can change this safely here. */
-			mlog(0, "Disabling local alloc\n");
-			/* We set to OCFS2_LA_DISABLED so that umount
-			 * can clean up what's left of the local
-			 * allocation */
-			osb->local_alloc_state = OCFS2_LA_DISABLED;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -718,6 +735,13 @@ bail:
 	return status;
 }
 
+int ocfs2_reserve_clusters(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
+			   u32 bits_wanted,
+			   struct ocfs2_alloc_context **ac)
+{
+	return ocfs2_reserve_clusters_with_limit(osb, bits_wanted, 0, ac);
+}
+
 /*
  * More or less lifted from ext3. I'll leave their description below:
  *
@@ -1000,11 +1024,14 @@ static inline int ocfs2_block_group_reasonably_empty(struct ocfs2_group_desc *bg
 static int ocfs2_cluster_group_search(struct inode *inode,
 				      struct buffer_head *group_bh,
 				      u32 bits_wanted, u32 min_bits,
+				      u64 max_block,
 				      u16 *bit_off, u16 *bits_found)
 {
 	int search = -ENOSPC;
 	int ret;
+	u64 blkoff;
 	struct ocfs2_group_desc *gd = (struct ocfs2_group_desc *) group_bh->b_data;
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
 	u16 tmp_off, tmp_found;
 	unsigned int max_bits, gd_cluster_off;
 
@@ -1037,6 +1064,17 @@ static int ocfs2_cluster_group_search(struct inode *inode,
 		if (ret)
 			return ret;
 
+		if (max_block) {
+			blkoff = ocfs2_clusters_to_blocks(inode->i_sb,
+							  gd_cluster_off +
+							  tmp_off + tmp_found);
+			mlog(0, "Checking %llu against %llu\n",
+			     (unsigned long long)blkoff,
+			     (unsigned long long)max_block);
+			if (blkoff > max_block)
+				return -ENOSPC;
+		}
+
 		/* ocfs2_block_group_find_clear_bits() might
 		 * return success, but we still want to return
 		 * -ENOSPC unless it found the minimum number
@@ -1045,6 +1083,12 @@ static int ocfs2_cluster_group_search(struct inode *inode,
 			*bit_off = tmp_off;
 			*bits_found = tmp_found;
 			search = 0; /* success */
+		} else if (tmp_found) {
+			/*
+			 * Don't show bits which we'll be returning
+			 * for allocation to the local alloc bitmap.
+			 */
+			ocfs2_local_alloc_seen_free_bits(osb, tmp_found);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1054,19 +1098,31 @@ static int ocfs2_cluster_group_search(struct inode *inode,
 static int ocfs2_block_group_search(struct inode *inode,
 				    struct buffer_head *group_bh,
 				    u32 bits_wanted, u32 min_bits,
+				    u64 max_block,
 				    u16 *bit_off, u16 *bits_found)
 {
 	int ret = -ENOSPC;
+	u64 blkoff;
 	struct ocfs2_group_desc *bg = (struct ocfs2_group_desc *) group_bh->b_data;
 
 	BUG_ON(min_bits != 1);
 	BUG_ON(ocfs2_is_cluster_bitmap(inode));
 
-	if (bg->bg_free_bits_count)
+	if (bg->bg_free_bits_count) {
 		ret = ocfs2_block_group_find_clear_bits(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb),
 							group_bh, bits_wanted,
 							le16_to_cpu(bg->bg_bits),
 							bit_off, bits_found);
+		if (!ret && max_block) {
+			blkoff = le64_to_cpu(bg->bg_blkno) + *bit_off +
+				*bits_found;
+			mlog(0, "Checking %llu against %llu\n",
+			     (unsigned long long)blkoff,
+			     (unsigned long long)max_block);
+			if (blkoff > max_block)
+				ret = -ENOSPC;
+		}
+	}
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -1116,8 +1172,7 @@ static int ocfs2_search_one_group(struct ocfs2_alloc_context *ac,
 	struct ocfs2_group_desc *gd;
 	struct inode *alloc_inode = ac->ac_inode;
 
-	ret = ocfs2_read_block(OCFS2_SB(alloc_inode->i_sb), gd_blkno,
-			       &group_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED, alloc_inode);
+	ret = ocfs2_read_block(alloc_inode, gd_blkno, &group_bh);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		return ret;
@@ -1131,7 +1186,7 @@ static int ocfs2_search_one_group(struct ocfs2_alloc_context *ac,
 	}
 
 	ret = ac->ac_group_search(alloc_inode, group_bh, bits_wanted, min_bits,
-				  bit_off, &found);
+				  ac->ac_max_block, bit_off, &found);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		if (ret != -ENOSPC)
 			mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -1186,9 +1241,9 @@ static int ocfs2_search_chain(struct ocfs2_alloc_context *ac,
 	     bits_wanted, chain,
 	     (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(alloc_inode)->ip_blkno);
 
-	status = ocfs2_read_block(OCFS2_SB(alloc_inode->i_sb),
+	status = ocfs2_read_block(alloc_inode,
 				  le64_to_cpu(cl->cl_recs[chain].c_blkno),
-				  &group_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED, alloc_inode);
+				  &group_bh);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		goto bail;
@@ -1204,21 +1259,20 @@ static int ocfs2_search_chain(struct ocfs2_alloc_context *ac,
 	/* for now, the chain search is a bit simplistic. We just use
 	 * the 1st group with any empty bits. */
 	while ((status = ac->ac_group_search(alloc_inode, group_bh,
-					     bits_wanted, min_bits, bit_off,
+					     bits_wanted, min_bits,
+					     ac->ac_max_block, bit_off,
 					     &tmp_bits)) == -ENOSPC) {
 		if (!bg->bg_next_group)
 			break;
 
-		if (prev_group_bh) {
-			brelse(prev_group_bh);
-			prev_group_bh = NULL;
-		}
+		brelse(prev_group_bh);
+		prev_group_bh = NULL;
+
 		next_group = le64_to_cpu(bg->bg_next_group);
 		prev_group_bh = group_bh;
 		group_bh = NULL;
-		status = ocfs2_read_block(OCFS2_SB(alloc_inode->i_sb),
-					  next_group, &group_bh,
-					  OCFS2_BH_CACHED, alloc_inode);
+		status = ocfs2_read_block(alloc_inode,
+					  next_group, &group_bh);
 		if (status < 0) {
 			mlog_errno(status);
 			goto bail;
@@ -1307,10 +1361,8 @@ static int ocfs2_search_chain(struct ocfs2_alloc_context *ac,
 	*bg_blkno = le64_to_cpu(bg->bg_blkno);
 	*bits_left = le16_to_cpu(bg->bg_free_bits_count);
 bail:
-	if (group_bh)
-		brelse(group_bh);
-	if (prev_group_bh)
-		brelse(prev_group_bh);
+	brelse(group_bh);
+	brelse(prev_group_bh);
 
 	mlog_exit(status);
 	return status;
@@ -1723,7 +1775,6 @@ int ocfs2_free_suballoc_bits(handle_t *handle,
 {
 	int status = 0;
 	u32 tmp_used;
-	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(alloc_inode->i_sb);
 	struct ocfs2_dinode *fe = (struct ocfs2_dinode *) alloc_bh->b_data;
 	struct ocfs2_chain_list *cl = &fe->id2.i_chain;
 	struct buffer_head *group_bh = NULL;
@@ -1742,8 +1793,7 @@ int ocfs2_free_suballoc_bits(handle_t *handle,
 	     (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(alloc_inode)->ip_blkno, count,
 	     (unsigned long long)bg_blkno, start_bit);
 
-	status = ocfs2_read_block(osb, bg_blkno, &group_bh, OCFS2_BH_CACHED,
-				  alloc_inode);
+	status = ocfs2_read_block(alloc_inode, bg_blkno, &group_bh);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		goto bail;
@@ -1784,8 +1834,7 @@ int ocfs2_free_suballoc_bits(handle_t *handle,
 	}
 
 bail:
-	if (group_bh)
-		brelse(group_bh);
+	brelse(group_bh);
 
 	mlog_exit(status);
 	return status;
@@ -1838,9 +1887,15 @@ int ocfs2_free_clusters(handle_t *handle,
 	status = ocfs2_free_suballoc_bits(handle, bitmap_inode, bitmap_bh,
 					  bg_start_bit, bg_blkno,
 					  num_clusters);
-	if (status < 0)
+	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
+		goto out;
+	}
 
+	ocfs2_local_alloc_seen_free_bits(OCFS2_SB(bitmap_inode->i_sb),
+					 num_clusters);
+
+out:
 	mlog_exit(status);
 	return status;
 }
@@ -1891,3 +1946,84 @@ static inline void ocfs2_debug_suballoc_inode(struct ocfs2_dinode *fe)
 		       (unsigned long long)fe->id2.i_chain.cl_recs[i].c_blkno);
 	}
 }
+
+/*
+ * For a given allocation, determine which allocators will need to be
+ * accessed, and lock them, reserving the appropriate number of bits.
+ *
+ * Sparse file systems call this from ocfs2_write_begin_nolock()
+ * and ocfs2_allocate_unwritten_extents().
+ *
+ * File systems which don't support holes call this from
+ * ocfs2_extend_allocation().
+ */
+int ocfs2_lock_allocators(struct inode *inode,
+			  struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
+			  u32 clusters_to_add, u32 extents_to_split,
+			  struct ocfs2_alloc_context **data_ac,
+			  struct ocfs2_alloc_context **meta_ac)
+{
+	int ret = 0, num_free_extents;
+	unsigned int max_recs_needed = clusters_to_add + 2 * extents_to_split;
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
+
+	*meta_ac = NULL;
+	if (data_ac)
+		*data_ac = NULL;
+
+	BUG_ON(clusters_to_add != 0 && data_ac == NULL);
+
+	num_free_extents = ocfs2_num_free_extents(osb, inode, et);
+	if (num_free_extents < 0) {
+		ret = num_free_extents;
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Sparse allocation file systems need to be more conservative
+	 * with reserving room for expansion - the actual allocation
+	 * happens while we've got a journal handle open so re-taking
+	 * a cluster lock (because we ran out of room for another
+	 * extent) will violate ordering rules.
+	 *
+	 * Most of the time we'll only be seeing this 1 cluster at a time
+	 * anyway.
+	 *
+	 * Always lock for any unwritten extents - we might want to
+	 * add blocks during a split.
+	 */
+	if (!num_free_extents ||
+	    (ocfs2_sparse_alloc(osb) && num_free_extents < max_recs_needed)) {
+		ret = ocfs2_reserve_new_metadata(osb, et->et_root_el, meta_ac);
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			if (ret != -ENOSPC)
+				mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (clusters_to_add == 0)
+		goto out;
+
+	ret = ocfs2_reserve_clusters(osb, clusters_to_add, data_ac);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		if (ret != -ENOSPC)
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+out:
+	if (ret) {
+		if (*meta_ac) {
+			ocfs2_free_alloc_context(*meta_ac);
+			*meta_ac = NULL;
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * We cannot have an error and a non null *data_ac.
+		 */
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.h b/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.h
index 544c600662bd..4df159d8f450 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.h
@@ -28,10 +28,11 @@
 
 typedef int (group_search_t)(struct inode *,
 			     struct buffer_head *,
-			     u32,
-			     u32,
-			     u16 *,
-			     u16 *);
+			     u32,			/* bits_wanted */
+			     u32,			/* min_bits */
+			     u64,			/* max_block */
+			     u16 *,			/* *bit_off */
+			     u16 *);			/* *bits_found */
 
 struct ocfs2_alloc_context {
 	struct inode *ac_inode;    /* which bitmap are we allocating from? */
@@ -51,6 +52,8 @@ struct ocfs2_alloc_context {
 	group_search_t *ac_group_search;
 
 	u64    ac_last_group;
+	u64    ac_max_block;  /* Highest block number to allocate. 0 is
+				 is the same as ~0 - unlimited */
 };
 
 void ocfs2_free_alloc_context(struct ocfs2_alloc_context *ac);
@@ -59,9 +62,17 @@ static inline int ocfs2_alloc_context_bits_left(struct ocfs2_alloc_context *ac)
 	return ac->ac_bits_wanted - ac->ac_bits_given;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Please note that the caller must make sure that root_el is the root
+ * of extent tree. So for an inode, it should be &fe->id2.i_list. Otherwise
+ * the result may be wrong.
+ */
 int ocfs2_reserve_new_metadata(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
-			       struct ocfs2_dinode *fe,
+			       struct ocfs2_extent_list *root_el,
 			       struct ocfs2_alloc_context **ac);
+int ocfs2_reserve_new_metadata_blocks(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
+				      int blocks,
+				      struct ocfs2_alloc_context **ac);
 int ocfs2_reserve_new_inode(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 			    struct ocfs2_alloc_context **ac);
 int ocfs2_reserve_clusters(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
@@ -147,6 +158,7 @@ static inline int ocfs2_is_cluster_bitmap(struct inode *inode)
  * apis above. */
 int ocfs2_reserve_cluster_bitmap_bits(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 				      struct ocfs2_alloc_context *ac);
+void ocfs2_free_ac_resource(struct ocfs2_alloc_context *ac);
 
 /* given a cluster offset, calculate which block group it belongs to
  * and return that block offset. */
@@ -156,4 +168,8 @@ u64 ocfs2_which_cluster_group(struct inode *inode, u32 cluster);
 int ocfs2_check_group_descriptor(struct super_block *sb,
 				 struct ocfs2_dinode *di,
 				 struct ocfs2_group_desc *gd);
+int ocfs2_lock_allocators(struct inode *inode, struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
+			  u32 clusters_to_add, u32 extents_to_split,
+			  struct ocfs2_alloc_context **data_ac,
+			  struct ocfs2_alloc_context **meta_ac);
 #endif /* _CHAINALLOC_H_ */
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/super.c b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
index 70334d85aff1..304b63ac78cf 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
 #include "sysfile.h"
 #include "uptodate.h"
 #include "ver.h"
+#include "xattr.h"
 
 #include "buffer_head_io.h"
 
@@ -154,6 +155,9 @@ enum {
 	Opt_localalloc,
 	Opt_localflocks,
 	Opt_stack,
+	Opt_user_xattr,
+	Opt_nouser_xattr,
+	Opt_inode64,
 	Opt_err,
 };
 
@@ -173,6 +177,9 @@ static const match_table_t tokens = {
 	{Opt_localalloc, "localalloc=%d"},
 	{Opt_localflocks, "localflocks"},
 	{Opt_stack, "cluster_stack=%s"},
+	{Opt_user_xattr, "user_xattr"},
+	{Opt_nouser_xattr, "nouser_xattr"},
+	{Opt_inode64, "inode64"},
 	{Opt_err, NULL}
 };
 
@@ -205,10 +212,11 @@ static int ocfs2_sync_fs(struct super_block *sb, int wait)
 		ocfs2_schedule_truncate_log_flush(osb, 0);
 	}
 
-	if (journal_start_commit(OCFS2_SB(sb)->journal->j_journal, &target)) {
+	if (jbd2_journal_start_commit(OCFS2_SB(sb)->journal->j_journal,
+				      &target)) {
 		if (wait)
-			log_wait_commit(OCFS2_SB(sb)->journal->j_journal,
-					target);
+			jbd2_log_wait_commit(OCFS2_SB(sb)->journal->j_journal,
+					     target);
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -325,6 +333,7 @@ static struct inode *ocfs2_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	if (!oi)
 		return NULL;
 
+	jbd2_journal_init_jbd_inode(&oi->ip_jinode, &oi->vfs_inode);
 	return &oi->vfs_inode;
 }
 
@@ -406,6 +415,15 @@ static int ocfs2_remount(struct super_block *sb, int *flags, char *data)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	/* Probably don't want this on remount; it might
+	 * mess with other nodes */
+	if (!(osb->s_mount_opt & OCFS2_MOUNT_INODE64) &&
+	    (parsed_options.mount_opt & OCFS2_MOUNT_INODE64)) {
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		mlog(ML_ERROR, "Cannot enable inode64 on remount\n");
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	/* We're going to/from readonly mode. */
 	if ((*flags & MS_RDONLY) != (sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)) {
 		/* Lock here so the check of HARD_RO and the potential
@@ -637,7 +655,8 @@ static int ocfs2_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	osb->s_atime_quantum = parsed_options.atime_quantum;
 	osb->preferred_slot = parsed_options.slot;
 	osb->osb_commit_interval = parsed_options.commit_interval;
-	osb->local_alloc_size = parsed_options.localalloc_opt;
+	osb->local_alloc_default_bits = ocfs2_megabytes_to_clusters(sb, parsed_options.localalloc_opt);
+	osb->local_alloc_bits = osb->local_alloc_default_bits;
 
 	status = ocfs2_verify_userspace_stack(osb, &parsed_options);
 	if (status)
@@ -743,8 +762,7 @@ static int ocfs2_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	return status;
 
 read_super_error:
-	if (bh != NULL)
-		brelse(bh);
+	brelse(bh);
 
 	if (inode)
 		iput(inode);
@@ -847,6 +865,12 @@ static int ocfs2_parse_options(struct super_block *sb,
 		case Opt_data_writeback:
 			mopt->mount_opt |= OCFS2_MOUNT_DATA_WRITEBACK;
 			break;
+		case Opt_user_xattr:
+			mopt->mount_opt &= ~OCFS2_MOUNT_NOUSERXATTR;
+			break;
+		case Opt_nouser_xattr:
+			mopt->mount_opt |= OCFS2_MOUNT_NOUSERXATTR;
+			break;
 		case Opt_atime_quantum:
 			if (match_int(&args[0], &option)) {
 				status = 0;
@@ -873,7 +897,7 @@ static int ocfs2_parse_options(struct super_block *sb,
 			if (option < 0)
 				return 0;
 			if (option == 0)
-				option = JBD_DEFAULT_MAX_COMMIT_AGE;
+				option = JBD2_DEFAULT_MAX_COMMIT_AGE;
 			mopt->commit_interval = HZ * option;
 			break;
 		case Opt_localalloc:
@@ -918,6 +942,9 @@ static int ocfs2_parse_options(struct super_block *sb,
 			       OCFS2_STACK_LABEL_LEN);
 			mopt->cluster_stack[OCFS2_STACK_LABEL_LEN] = '\0';
 			break;
+		case Opt_inode64:
+			mopt->mount_opt |= OCFS2_MOUNT_INODE64;
+			break;
 		default:
 			mlog(ML_ERROR,
 			     "Unrecognized mount option \"%s\" "
@@ -938,6 +965,7 @@ static int ocfs2_show_options(struct seq_file *s, struct vfsmount *mnt)
 {
 	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(mnt->mnt_sb);
 	unsigned long opts = osb->s_mount_opt;
+	unsigned int local_alloc_megs;
 
 	if (opts & OCFS2_MOUNT_HB_LOCAL)
 		seq_printf(s, ",_netdev,heartbeat=local");
@@ -970,8 +998,9 @@ static int ocfs2_show_options(struct seq_file *s, struct vfsmount *mnt)
 		seq_printf(s, ",commit=%u",
 			   (unsigned) (osb->osb_commit_interval / HZ));
 
-	if (osb->local_alloc_size != OCFS2_DEFAULT_LOCAL_ALLOC_SIZE)
-		seq_printf(s, ",localalloc=%d", osb->local_alloc_size);
+	local_alloc_megs = osb->local_alloc_bits >> (20 - osb->s_clustersize_bits);
+	if (local_alloc_megs != OCFS2_DEFAULT_LOCAL_ALLOC_SIZE)
+		seq_printf(s, ",localalloc=%d", local_alloc_megs);
 
 	if (opts & OCFS2_MOUNT_LOCALFLOCKS)
 		seq_printf(s, ",localflocks,");
@@ -980,6 +1009,14 @@ static int ocfs2_show_options(struct seq_file *s, struct vfsmount *mnt)
 		seq_printf(s, ",cluster_stack=%.*s", OCFS2_STACK_LABEL_LEN,
 			   osb->osb_cluster_stack);
 
+	if (opts & OCFS2_MOUNT_NOUSERXATTR)
+		seq_printf(s, ",nouser_xattr");
+	else
+		seq_printf(s, ",user_xattr");
+
+	if (opts & OCFS2_MOUNT_INODE64)
+		seq_printf(s, ",inode64");
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1132,6 +1169,7 @@ static void ocfs2_inode_init_once(void *data)
 	oi->ip_dir_start_lookup = 0;
 
 	init_rwsem(&oi->ip_alloc_sem);
+	init_rwsem(&oi->ip_xattr_sem);
 	mutex_init(&oi->ip_io_mutex);
 
 	oi->ip_blkno = 0ULL;
@@ -1375,6 +1413,7 @@ static int ocfs2_initialize_super(struct super_block *sb,
 	sb->s_fs_info = osb;
 	sb->s_op = &ocfs2_sops;
 	sb->s_export_op = &ocfs2_export_ops;
+	sb->s_xattr = ocfs2_xattr_handlers;
 	sb->s_time_gran = 1;
 	sb->s_flags |= MS_NOATIME;
 	/* this is needed to support O_LARGEFILE */
@@ -1421,8 +1460,12 @@ static int ocfs2_initialize_super(struct super_block *sb,
 
 	osb->slot_num = OCFS2_INVALID_SLOT;
 
+	osb->s_xattr_inline_size = le16_to_cpu(
+					di->id2.i_super.s_xattr_inline_size);
+
 	osb->local_alloc_state = OCFS2_LA_UNUSED;
 	osb->local_alloc_bh = NULL;
+	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&osb->la_enable_wq, ocfs2_la_enable_worker);
 
 	init_waitqueue_head(&osb->osb_mount_event);
 
@@ -1568,6 +1611,7 @@ static int ocfs2_initialize_super(struct super_block *sb,
 	osb->first_cluster_group_blkno =
 		le64_to_cpu(di->id2.i_super.s_first_cluster_group);
 	osb->fs_generation = le32_to_cpu(di->i_fs_generation);
+	osb->uuid_hash = le32_to_cpu(di->id2.i_super.s_uuid_hash);
 	mlog(0, "vol_label: %s\n", osb->vol_label);
 	mlog(0, "uuid: %s\n", osb->uuid_str);
 	mlog(0, "root_blkno=%llu, system_dir_blkno=%llu\n",
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/symlink.c b/fs/ocfs2/symlink.c
index ba9dbb51d25b..cbd03dfdc7b9 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/symlink.c
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 #include "inode.h"
 #include "journal.h"
 #include "symlink.h"
+#include "xattr.h"
 
 #include "buffer_head_io.h"
 
@@ -83,11 +84,7 @@ static char *ocfs2_fast_symlink_getlink(struct inode *inode,
 
 	mlog_entry_void();
 
-	status = ocfs2_read_block(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb),
-				  OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno,
-				  bh,
-				  OCFS2_BH_CACHED,
-				  inode);
+	status = ocfs2_read_block(inode, OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno, bh);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		link = ERR_PTR(status);
@@ -157,8 +154,7 @@ bail:
 		kunmap(page);
 		page_cache_release(page);
 	}
-	if (bh)
-		brelse(bh);
+	brelse(bh);
 
 	return ERR_PTR(status);
 }
@@ -168,10 +164,18 @@ const struct inode_operations ocfs2_symlink_inode_operations = {
 	.follow_link	= ocfs2_follow_link,
 	.getattr	= ocfs2_getattr,
 	.setattr	= ocfs2_setattr,
+	.setxattr	= generic_setxattr,
+	.getxattr	= generic_getxattr,
+	.listxattr	= ocfs2_listxattr,
+	.removexattr	= generic_removexattr,
 };
 const struct inode_operations ocfs2_fast_symlink_inode_operations = {
 	.readlink	= ocfs2_readlink,
 	.follow_link	= ocfs2_follow_link,
 	.getattr	= ocfs2_getattr,
 	.setattr	= ocfs2_setattr,
+	.setxattr	= generic_setxattr,
+	.getxattr	= generic_getxattr,
+	.listxattr	= ocfs2_listxattr,
+	.removexattr	= generic_removexattr,
 };
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/uptodate.c b/fs/ocfs2/uptodate.c
index 4da8851f2b23..187b99ff0368 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/uptodate.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/uptodate.c
@@ -53,7 +53,11 @@
 #include <linux/highmem.h>
 #include <linux/buffer_head.h>
 #include <linux/rbtree.h>
-#include <linux/jbd.h>
+#ifndef CONFIG_OCFS2_COMPAT_JBD
+# include <linux/jbd2.h>
+#else
+# include <linux/jbd.h>
+#endif
 
 #define MLOG_MASK_PREFIX ML_UPTODATE
 
@@ -511,14 +515,10 @@ static void ocfs2_remove_metadata_tree(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
 	ci->ci_num_cached--;
 }
 
-/* Called when we remove a chunk of metadata from an inode. We don't
- * bother reverting things to an inlined array in the case of a remove
- * which moves us back under the limit. */
-void ocfs2_remove_from_cache(struct inode *inode,
-			     struct buffer_head *bh)
+static void ocfs2_remove_block_from_cache(struct inode *inode,
+					  sector_t block)
 {
 	int index;
-	sector_t block = bh->b_blocknr;
 	struct ocfs2_meta_cache_item *item = NULL;
 	struct ocfs2_inode_info *oi = OCFS2_I(inode);
 	struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci = &oi->ip_metadata_cache;
@@ -544,6 +544,30 @@ void ocfs2_remove_from_cache(struct inode *inode,
 		kmem_cache_free(ocfs2_uptodate_cachep, item);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Called when we remove a chunk of metadata from an inode. We don't
+ * bother reverting things to an inlined array in the case of a remove
+ * which moves us back under the limit.
+ */
+void ocfs2_remove_from_cache(struct inode *inode,
+			     struct buffer_head *bh)
+{
+	sector_t block = bh->b_blocknr;
+
+	ocfs2_remove_block_from_cache(inode, block);
+}
+
+/* Called when we remove xattr clusters from an inode. */
+void ocfs2_remove_xattr_clusters_from_cache(struct inode *inode,
+					    sector_t block,
+					    u32 c_len)
+{
+	unsigned int i, b_len = ocfs2_clusters_to_blocks(inode->i_sb, 1) * c_len;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < b_len; i++, block++)
+		ocfs2_remove_block_from_cache(inode, block);
+}
+
 int __init init_ocfs2_uptodate_cache(void)
 {
 	ocfs2_uptodate_cachep = kmem_cache_create("ocfs2_uptodate",
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/uptodate.h b/fs/ocfs2/uptodate.h
index 2e73206059a8..531b4b3a0c47 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/uptodate.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/uptodate.h
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ void ocfs2_set_new_buffer_uptodate(struct inode *inode,
 				   struct buffer_head *bh);
 void ocfs2_remove_from_cache(struct inode *inode,
 			     struct buffer_head *bh);
+void ocfs2_remove_xattr_clusters_from_cache(struct inode *inode,
+					    sector_t block,
+					    u32 c_len);
 int ocfs2_buffer_read_ahead(struct inode *inode,
 			    struct buffer_head *bh);
 
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c25780a70dfd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
@@ -0,0 +1,4834 @@
+/* -*- mode: c; c-basic-offset: 8; -*-
+ * vim: noexpandtab sw=8 ts=8 sts=0:
+ *
+ * xattr.c
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2008 Oracle.  All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * CREDITS:
+ * Lots of code in this file is taken from ext3.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
+ * License along with this program; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 021110-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/capability.h>
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/highmem.h>
+#include <linux/pagemap.h>
+#include <linux/uio.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/splice.h>
+#include <linux/mount.h>
+#include <linux/writeback.h>
+#include <linux/falloc.h>
+#include <linux/sort.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
+
+#define MLOG_MASK_PREFIX ML_XATTR
+#include <cluster/masklog.h>
+
+#include "ocfs2.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
+#include "dlmglue.h"
+#include "file.h"
+#include "symlink.h"
+#include "sysfile.h"
+#include "inode.h"
+#include "journal.h"
+#include "ocfs2_fs.h"
+#include "suballoc.h"
+#include "uptodate.h"
+#include "buffer_head_io.h"
+#include "super.h"
+#include "xattr.h"
+
+
+struct ocfs2_xattr_def_value_root {
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_value_root	xv;
+	struct ocfs2_extent_rec		er;
+};
+
+struct ocfs2_xattr_bucket {
+	struct buffer_head *bhs[OCFS2_XATTR_MAX_BLOCKS_PER_BUCKET];
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_header *xh;
+};
+
+#define OCFS2_XATTR_ROOT_SIZE	(sizeof(struct ocfs2_xattr_def_value_root))
+#define OCFS2_XATTR_INLINE_SIZE	80
+
+static struct ocfs2_xattr_def_value_root def_xv = {
+	.xv.xr_list.l_count = cpu_to_le16(1),
+};
+
+struct xattr_handler *ocfs2_xattr_handlers[] = {
+	&ocfs2_xattr_user_handler,
+	&ocfs2_xattr_trusted_handler,
+	NULL
+};
+
+static struct xattr_handler *ocfs2_xattr_handler_map[] = {
+	[OCFS2_XATTR_INDEX_USER]	= &ocfs2_xattr_user_handler,
+	[OCFS2_XATTR_INDEX_TRUSTED]	= &ocfs2_xattr_trusted_handler,
+};
+
+struct ocfs2_xattr_info {
+	int name_index;
+	const char *name;
+	const void *value;
+	size_t value_len;
+};
+
+struct ocfs2_xattr_search {
+	struct buffer_head *inode_bh;
+	/*
+	 * xattr_bh point to the block buffer head which has extended attribute
+	 * when extended attribute in inode, xattr_bh is equal to inode_bh.
+	 */
+	struct buffer_head *xattr_bh;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_header *header;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_bucket bucket;
+	void *base;
+	void *end;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_entry *here;
+	int not_found;
+};
+
+static int ocfs2_xattr_bucket_get_name_value(struct inode *inode,
+					     struct ocfs2_xattr_header *xh,
+					     int index,
+					     int *block_off,
+					     int *new_offset);
+
+static int ocfs2_xattr_index_block_find(struct inode *inode,
+					struct buffer_head *root_bh,
+					int name_index,
+					const char *name,
+					struct ocfs2_xattr_search *xs);
+
+static int ocfs2_xattr_tree_list_index_block(struct inode *inode,
+					struct ocfs2_xattr_tree_root *xt,
+					char *buffer,
+					size_t buffer_size);
+
+static int ocfs2_xattr_create_index_block(struct inode *inode,
+					  struct ocfs2_xattr_search *xs);
+
+static int ocfs2_xattr_set_entry_index_block(struct inode *inode,
+					     struct ocfs2_xattr_info *xi,
+					     struct ocfs2_xattr_search *xs);
+
+static int ocfs2_delete_xattr_index_block(struct inode *inode,
+					  struct buffer_head *xb_bh);
+
+static inline const char *ocfs2_xattr_prefix(int name_index)
+{
+	struct xattr_handler *handler = NULL;
+
+	if (name_index > 0 && name_index < OCFS2_XATTR_MAX)
+		handler = ocfs2_xattr_handler_map[name_index];
+
+	return handler ? handler->prefix : NULL;
+}
+
+static u32 ocfs2_xattr_name_hash(struct inode *inode,
+				 const char *name,
+				 int name_len)
+{
+	/* Get hash value of uuid from super block */
+	u32 hash = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb)->uuid_hash;
+	int i;
+
+	/* hash extended attribute name */
+	for (i = 0; i < name_len; i++) {
+		hash = (hash << OCFS2_HASH_SHIFT) ^
+		       (hash >> (8*sizeof(hash) - OCFS2_HASH_SHIFT)) ^
+		       *name++;
+	}
+
+	return hash;
+}
+
+/*
+ * ocfs2_xattr_hash_entry()
+ *
+ * Compute the hash of an extended attribute.
+ */
+static void ocfs2_xattr_hash_entry(struct inode *inode,
+				   struct ocfs2_xattr_header *header,
+				   struct ocfs2_xattr_entry *entry)
+{
+	u32 hash = 0;
+	char *name = (char *)header + le16_to_cpu(entry->xe_name_offset);
+
+	hash = ocfs2_xattr_name_hash(inode, name, entry->xe_name_len);
+	entry->xe_name_hash = cpu_to_le32(hash);
+
+	return;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_xattr_extend_allocation(struct inode *inode,
+					 u32 clusters_to_add,
+					 struct buffer_head *xattr_bh,
+					 struct ocfs2_xattr_value_root *xv)
+{
+	int status = 0;
+	int restart_func = 0;
+	int credits = 0;
+	handle_t *handle = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_alloc_context *data_ac = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac = NULL;
+	enum ocfs2_alloc_restarted why;
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
+	u32 prev_clusters, logical_start = le32_to_cpu(xv->xr_clusters);
+	struct ocfs2_extent_tree et;
+
+	mlog(0, "(clusters_to_add for xattr= %u)\n", clusters_to_add);
+
+	ocfs2_init_xattr_value_extent_tree(&et, inode, xattr_bh, xv);
+
+restart_all:
+
+	status = ocfs2_lock_allocators(inode, &et, clusters_to_add, 0,
+				       &data_ac, &meta_ac);
+	if (status) {
+		mlog_errno(status);
+		goto leave;
+	}
+
+	credits = ocfs2_calc_extend_credits(osb->sb, et.et_root_el,
+					    clusters_to_add);
+	handle = ocfs2_start_trans(osb, credits);
+	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
+		status = PTR_ERR(handle);
+		handle = NULL;
+		mlog_errno(status);
+		goto leave;
+	}
+
+restarted_transaction:
+	status = ocfs2_journal_access(handle, inode, xattr_bh,
+				      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
+	if (status < 0) {
+		mlog_errno(status);
+		goto leave;
+	}
+
+	prev_clusters = le32_to_cpu(xv->xr_clusters);
+	status = ocfs2_add_clusters_in_btree(osb,
+					     inode,
+					     &logical_start,
+					     clusters_to_add,
+					     0,
+					     &et,
+					     handle,
+					     data_ac,
+					     meta_ac,
+					     &why);
+	if ((status < 0) && (status != -EAGAIN)) {
+		if (status != -ENOSPC)
+			mlog_errno(status);
+		goto leave;
+	}
+
+	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, xattr_bh);
+	if (status < 0) {
+		mlog_errno(status);
+		goto leave;
+	}
+
+	clusters_to_add -= le32_to_cpu(xv->xr_clusters) - prev_clusters;
+
+	if (why != RESTART_NONE && clusters_to_add) {
+		if (why == RESTART_META) {
+			mlog(0, "restarting function.\n");
+			restart_func = 1;
+		} else {
+			BUG_ON(why != RESTART_TRANS);
+
+			mlog(0, "restarting transaction.\n");
+			/* TODO: This can be more intelligent. */
+			credits = ocfs2_calc_extend_credits(osb->sb,
+							    et.et_root_el,
+							    clusters_to_add);
+			status = ocfs2_extend_trans(handle, credits);
+			if (status < 0) {
+				/* handle still has to be committed at
+				 * this point. */
+				status = -ENOMEM;
+				mlog_errno(status);
+				goto leave;
+			}
+			goto restarted_transaction;
+		}
+	}
+
+leave:
+	if (handle) {
+		ocfs2_commit_trans(osb, handle);
+		handle = NULL;
+	}
+	if (data_ac) {
+		ocfs2_free_alloc_context(data_ac);
+		data_ac = NULL;
+	}
+	if (meta_ac) {
+		ocfs2_free_alloc_context(meta_ac);
+		meta_ac = NULL;
+	}
+	if ((!status) && restart_func) {
+		restart_func = 0;
+		goto restart_all;
+	}
+
+	return status;
+}
+
+static int __ocfs2_remove_xattr_range(struct inode *inode,
+				      struct buffer_head *root_bh,
+				      struct ocfs2_xattr_value_root *xv,
+				      u32 cpos, u32 phys_cpos, u32 len,
+				      struct ocfs2_cached_dealloc_ctxt *dealloc)
+{
+	int ret;
+	u64 phys_blkno = ocfs2_clusters_to_blocks(inode->i_sb, phys_cpos);
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
+	struct inode *tl_inode = osb->osb_tl_inode;
+	handle_t *handle;
+	struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_extent_tree et;
+
+	ocfs2_init_xattr_value_extent_tree(&et, inode, root_bh, xv);
+
+	ret = ocfs2_lock_allocators(inode, &et, 0, 1, NULL, &meta_ac);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	mutex_lock(&tl_inode->i_mutex);
+
+	if (ocfs2_truncate_log_needs_flush(osb)) {
+		ret = __ocfs2_flush_truncate_log(osb);
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
+
+	handle = ocfs2_start_trans(osb, OCFS2_REMOVE_EXTENT_CREDITS);
+	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access(handle, inode, root_bh,
+				   OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out_commit;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_remove_extent(inode, &et, cpos, len, handle, meta_ac,
+				  dealloc);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out_commit;
+	}
+
+	le32_add_cpu(&xv->xr_clusters, -len);
+
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, root_bh);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out_commit;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_truncate_log_append(osb, handle, phys_blkno, len);
+	if (ret)
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+
+out_commit:
+	ocfs2_commit_trans(osb, handle);
+out:
+	mutex_unlock(&tl_inode->i_mutex);
+
+	if (meta_ac)
+		ocfs2_free_alloc_context(meta_ac);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_xattr_shrink_size(struct inode *inode,
+				   u32 old_clusters,
+				   u32 new_clusters,
+				   struct buffer_head *root_bh,
+				   struct ocfs2_xattr_value_root *xv)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+	u32 trunc_len, cpos, phys_cpos, alloc_size;
+	u64 block;
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
+	struct ocfs2_cached_dealloc_ctxt dealloc;
+
+	ocfs2_init_dealloc_ctxt(&dealloc);
+
+	if (old_clusters <= new_clusters)
+		return 0;
+
+	cpos = new_clusters;
+	trunc_len = old_clusters - new_clusters;
+	while (trunc_len) {
+		ret = ocfs2_xattr_get_clusters(inode, cpos, &phys_cpos,
+					       &alloc_size, &xv->xr_list);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		if (alloc_size > trunc_len)
+			alloc_size = trunc_len;
+
+		ret = __ocfs2_remove_xattr_range(inode, root_bh, xv, cpos,
+						 phys_cpos, alloc_size,
+						 &dealloc);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		block = ocfs2_clusters_to_blocks(inode->i_sb, phys_cpos);
+		ocfs2_remove_xattr_clusters_from_cache(inode, block,
+						       alloc_size);
+		cpos += alloc_size;
+		trunc_len -= alloc_size;
+	}
+
+out:
+	ocfs2_schedule_truncate_log_flush(osb, 1);
+	ocfs2_run_deallocs(osb, &dealloc);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_xattr_value_truncate(struct inode *inode,
+				      struct buffer_head *root_bh,
+				      struct ocfs2_xattr_value_root *xv,
+				      int len)
+{
+	int ret;
+	u32 new_clusters = ocfs2_clusters_for_bytes(inode->i_sb, len);
+	u32 old_clusters = le32_to_cpu(xv->xr_clusters);
+
+	if (new_clusters == old_clusters)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (new_clusters > old_clusters)
+		ret = ocfs2_xattr_extend_allocation(inode,
+						    new_clusters - old_clusters,
+						    root_bh, xv);
+	else
+		ret = ocfs2_xattr_shrink_size(inode,
+					      old_clusters, new_clusters,
+					      root_bh, xv);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_xattr_list_entry(char *buffer, size_t size,
+				  size_t *result, const char *prefix,
+				  const char *name, int name_len)
+{
+	char *p = buffer + *result;
+	int prefix_len = strlen(prefix);
+	int total_len = prefix_len + name_len + 1;
+
+	*result += total_len;
+
+	/* we are just looking for how big our buffer needs to be */
+	if (!size)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (*result > size)
+		return -ERANGE;
+
+	memcpy(p, prefix, prefix_len);
+	memcpy(p + prefix_len, name, name_len);
+	p[prefix_len + name_len] = '\0';
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_xattr_list_entries(struct inode *inode,
+				    struct ocfs2_xattr_header *header,
+				    char *buffer, size_t buffer_size)
+{
+	size_t result = 0;
+	int i, type, ret;
+	const char *prefix, *name;
+
+	for (i = 0 ; i < le16_to_cpu(header->xh_count); i++) {
+		struct ocfs2_xattr_entry *entry = &header->xh_entries[i];
+		type = ocfs2_xattr_get_type(entry);
+		prefix = ocfs2_xattr_prefix(type);
+
+		if (prefix) {
+			name = (const char *)header +
+				le16_to_cpu(entry->xe_name_offset);
+
+			ret = ocfs2_xattr_list_entry(buffer, buffer_size,
+						     &result, prefix, name,
+						     entry->xe_name_len);
+			if (ret)
+				return ret;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return result;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_xattr_ibody_list(struct inode *inode,
+				  struct ocfs2_dinode *di,
+				  char *buffer,
+				  size_t buffer_size)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_header *header = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_inode_info *oi = OCFS2_I(inode);
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	if (!(oi->ip_dyn_features & OCFS2_INLINE_XATTR_FL))
+		return ret;
+
+	header = (struct ocfs2_xattr_header *)
+		 ((void *)di + inode->i_sb->s_blocksize -
+		 le16_to_cpu(di->i_xattr_inline_size));
+
+	ret = ocfs2_xattr_list_entries(inode, header, buffer, buffer_size);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_xattr_block_list(struct inode *inode,
+				  struct ocfs2_dinode *di,
+				  char *buffer,
+				  size_t buffer_size)
+{
+	struct buffer_head *blk_bh = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_block *xb;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	if (!di->i_xattr_loc)
+		return ret;
+
+	ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, le64_to_cpu(di->i_xattr_loc), &blk_bh);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		return ret;
+	}
+	/*Verify the signature of xattr block*/
+	if (memcmp((void *)blk_bh->b_data, OCFS2_XATTR_BLOCK_SIGNATURE,
+		   strlen(OCFS2_XATTR_BLOCK_SIGNATURE))) {
+		ret = -EFAULT;
+		goto cleanup;
+	}
+
+	xb = (struct ocfs2_xattr_block *)blk_bh->b_data;
+
+	if (!(le16_to_cpu(xb->xb_flags) & OCFS2_XATTR_INDEXED)) {
+		struct ocfs2_xattr_header *header = &xb->xb_attrs.xb_header;
+		ret = ocfs2_xattr_list_entries(inode, header,
+					       buffer, buffer_size);
+	} else {
+		struct ocfs2_xattr_tree_root *xt = &xb->xb_attrs.xb_root;
+		ret = ocfs2_xattr_tree_list_index_block(inode, xt,
+						   buffer, buffer_size);
+	}
+cleanup:
+	brelse(blk_bh);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+ssize_t ocfs2_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry,
+			char *buffer,
+			size_t size)
+{
+	int ret = 0, i_ret = 0, b_ret = 0;
+	struct buffer_head *di_bh = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_dinode *di = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_inode_info *oi = OCFS2_I(dentry->d_inode);
+
+	if (!ocfs2_supports_xattr(OCFS2_SB(dentry->d_sb)))
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
+	if (!(oi->ip_dyn_features & OCFS2_HAS_XATTR_FL))
+		return ret;
+
+	ret = ocfs2_inode_lock(dentry->d_inode, &di_bh, 0);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	di = (struct ocfs2_dinode *)di_bh->b_data;
+
+	down_read(&oi->ip_xattr_sem);
+	i_ret = ocfs2_xattr_ibody_list(dentry->d_inode, di, buffer, size);
+	if (i_ret < 0)
+		b_ret = 0;
+	else {
+		if (buffer) {
+			buffer += i_ret;
+			size -= i_ret;
+		}
+		b_ret = ocfs2_xattr_block_list(dentry->d_inode, di,
+					       buffer, size);
+		if (b_ret < 0)
+			i_ret = 0;
+	}
+	up_read(&oi->ip_xattr_sem);
+	ocfs2_inode_unlock(dentry->d_inode, 0);
+
+	brelse(di_bh);
+
+	return i_ret + b_ret;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_xattr_find_entry(int name_index,
+				  const char *name,
+				  struct ocfs2_xattr_search *xs)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_entry *entry;
+	size_t name_len;
+	int i, cmp = 1;
+
+	if (name == NULL)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	name_len = strlen(name);
+	entry = xs->here;
+	for (i = 0; i < le16_to_cpu(xs->header->xh_count); i++) {
+		cmp = name_index - ocfs2_xattr_get_type(entry);
+		if (!cmp)
+			cmp = name_len - entry->xe_name_len;
+		if (!cmp)
+			cmp = memcmp(name, (xs->base +
+				     le16_to_cpu(entry->xe_name_offset)),
+				     name_len);
+		if (cmp == 0)
+			break;
+		entry += 1;
+	}
+	xs->here = entry;
+
+	return cmp ? -ENODATA : 0;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_xattr_get_value_outside(struct inode *inode,
+					 struct ocfs2_xattr_value_root *xv,
+					 void *buffer,
+					 size_t len)
+{
+	u32 cpos, p_cluster, num_clusters, bpc, clusters;
+	u64 blkno;
+	int i, ret = 0;
+	size_t cplen, blocksize;
+	struct buffer_head *bh = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_extent_list *el;
+
+	el = &xv->xr_list;
+	clusters = le32_to_cpu(xv->xr_clusters);
+	bpc = ocfs2_clusters_to_blocks(inode->i_sb, 1);
+	blocksize = inode->i_sb->s_blocksize;
+
+	cpos = 0;
+	while (cpos < clusters) {
+		ret = ocfs2_xattr_get_clusters(inode, cpos, &p_cluster,
+					       &num_clusters, el);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		blkno = ocfs2_clusters_to_blocks(inode->i_sb, p_cluster);
+		/* Copy ocfs2_xattr_value */
+		for (i = 0; i < num_clusters * bpc; i++, blkno++) {
+			ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, blkno, &bh);
+			if (ret) {
+				mlog_errno(ret);
+				goto out;
+			}
+
+			cplen = len >= blocksize ? blocksize : len;
+			memcpy(buffer, bh->b_data, cplen);
+			len -= cplen;
+			buffer += cplen;
+
+			brelse(bh);
+			bh = NULL;
+			if (len == 0)
+				break;
+		}
+		cpos += num_clusters;
+	}
+out:
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_xattr_ibody_get(struct inode *inode,
+				 int name_index,
+				 const char *name,
+				 void *buffer,
+				 size_t buffer_size,
+				 struct ocfs2_xattr_search *xs)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_inode_info *oi = OCFS2_I(inode);
+	struct ocfs2_dinode *di = (struct ocfs2_dinode *)xs->inode_bh->b_data;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_value_root *xv;
+	size_t size;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	if (!(oi->ip_dyn_features & OCFS2_INLINE_XATTR_FL))
+		return -ENODATA;
+
+	xs->end = (void *)di + inode->i_sb->s_blocksize;
+	xs->header = (struct ocfs2_xattr_header *)
+			(xs->end - le16_to_cpu(di->i_xattr_inline_size));
+	xs->base = (void *)xs->header;
+	xs->here = xs->header->xh_entries;
+
+	ret = ocfs2_xattr_find_entry(name_index, name, xs);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+	size = le64_to_cpu(xs->here->xe_value_size);
+	if (buffer) {
+		if (size > buffer_size)
+			return -ERANGE;
+		if (ocfs2_xattr_is_local(xs->here)) {
+			memcpy(buffer, (void *)xs->base +
+			       le16_to_cpu(xs->here->xe_name_offset) +
+			       OCFS2_XATTR_SIZE(xs->here->xe_name_len), size);
+		} else {
+			xv = (struct ocfs2_xattr_value_root *)
+				(xs->base + le16_to_cpu(
+				 xs->here->xe_name_offset) +
+				OCFS2_XATTR_SIZE(xs->here->xe_name_len));
+			ret = ocfs2_xattr_get_value_outside(inode, xv,
+							    buffer, size);
+			if (ret < 0) {
+				mlog_errno(ret);
+				return ret;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return size;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_xattr_block_get(struct inode *inode,
+				 int name_index,
+				 const char *name,
+				 void *buffer,
+				 size_t buffer_size,
+				 struct ocfs2_xattr_search *xs)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_dinode *di = (struct ocfs2_dinode *)xs->inode_bh->b_data;
+	struct buffer_head *blk_bh = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_block *xb;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_value_root *xv;
+	size_t size;
+	int ret = -ENODATA, name_offset, name_len, block_off, i;
+
+	if (!di->i_xattr_loc)
+		return ret;
+
+	memset(&xs->bucket, 0, sizeof(xs->bucket));
+
+	ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, le64_to_cpu(di->i_xattr_loc), &blk_bh);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		return ret;
+	}
+	/*Verify the signature of xattr block*/
+	if (memcmp((void *)blk_bh->b_data, OCFS2_XATTR_BLOCK_SIGNATURE,
+		   strlen(OCFS2_XATTR_BLOCK_SIGNATURE))) {
+		ret = -EFAULT;
+		goto cleanup;
+	}
+
+	xs->xattr_bh = blk_bh;
+	xb = (struct ocfs2_xattr_block *)blk_bh->b_data;
+
+	if (!(le16_to_cpu(xb->xb_flags) & OCFS2_XATTR_INDEXED)) {
+		xs->header = &xb->xb_attrs.xb_header;
+		xs->base = (void *)xs->header;
+		xs->end = (void *)(blk_bh->b_data) + blk_bh->b_size;
+		xs->here = xs->header->xh_entries;
+
+		ret = ocfs2_xattr_find_entry(name_index, name, xs);
+	} else
+		ret = ocfs2_xattr_index_block_find(inode, blk_bh,
+						   name_index,
+						   name, xs);
+
+	if (ret)
+		goto cleanup;
+	size = le64_to_cpu(xs->here->xe_value_size);
+	if (buffer) {
+		ret = -ERANGE;
+		if (size > buffer_size)
+			goto cleanup;
+
+		name_offset = le16_to_cpu(xs->here->xe_name_offset);
+		name_len = OCFS2_XATTR_SIZE(xs->here->xe_name_len);
+		i = xs->here - xs->header->xh_entries;
+
+		if (le16_to_cpu(xb->xb_flags) & OCFS2_XATTR_INDEXED) {
+			ret = ocfs2_xattr_bucket_get_name_value(inode,
+								xs->bucket.xh,
+								i,
+								&block_off,
+								&name_offset);
+			xs->base = xs->bucket.bhs[block_off]->b_data;
+		}
+		if (ocfs2_xattr_is_local(xs->here)) {
+			memcpy(buffer, (void *)xs->base +
+			       name_offset + name_len, size);
+		} else {
+			xv = (struct ocfs2_xattr_value_root *)
+				(xs->base + name_offset + name_len);
+			ret = ocfs2_xattr_get_value_outside(inode, xv,
+							    buffer, size);
+			if (ret < 0) {
+				mlog_errno(ret);
+				goto cleanup;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	ret = size;
+cleanup:
+	for (i = 0; i < OCFS2_XATTR_MAX_BLOCKS_PER_BUCKET; i++)
+		brelse(xs->bucket.bhs[i]);
+	memset(&xs->bucket, 0, sizeof(xs->bucket));
+
+	brelse(blk_bh);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/* ocfs2_xattr_get()
+ *
+ * Copy an extended attribute into the buffer provided.
+ * Buffer is NULL to compute the size of buffer required.
+ */
+int ocfs2_xattr_get(struct inode *inode,
+		    int name_index,
+		    const char *name,
+		    void *buffer,
+		    size_t buffer_size)
+{
+	int ret;
+	struct ocfs2_dinode *di = NULL;
+	struct buffer_head *di_bh = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_inode_info *oi = OCFS2_I(inode);
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_search xis = {
+		.not_found = -ENODATA,
+	};
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_search xbs = {
+		.not_found = -ENODATA,
+	};
+
+	if (!ocfs2_supports_xattr(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb)))
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
+	if (!(oi->ip_dyn_features & OCFS2_HAS_XATTR_FL))
+		ret = -ENODATA;
+
+	ret = ocfs2_inode_lock(inode, &di_bh, 0);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		return ret;
+	}
+	xis.inode_bh = xbs.inode_bh = di_bh;
+	di = (struct ocfs2_dinode *)di_bh->b_data;
+
+	down_read(&oi->ip_xattr_sem);
+	ret = ocfs2_xattr_ibody_get(inode, name_index, name, buffer,
+				    buffer_size, &xis);
+	if (ret == -ENODATA)
+		ret = ocfs2_xattr_block_get(inode, name_index, name, buffer,
+					    buffer_size, &xbs);
+	up_read(&oi->ip_xattr_sem);
+	ocfs2_inode_unlock(inode, 0);
+
+	brelse(di_bh);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int __ocfs2_xattr_set_value_outside(struct inode *inode,
+					   struct ocfs2_xattr_value_root *xv,
+					   const void *value,
+					   int value_len)
+{
+	int ret = 0, i, cp_len, credits;
+	u16 blocksize = inode->i_sb->s_blocksize;
+	u32 p_cluster, num_clusters;
+	u32 cpos = 0, bpc = ocfs2_clusters_to_blocks(inode->i_sb, 1);
+	u32 clusters = ocfs2_clusters_for_bytes(inode->i_sb, value_len);
+	u64 blkno;
+	struct buffer_head *bh = NULL;
+	handle_t *handle;
+
+	BUG_ON(clusters > le32_to_cpu(xv->xr_clusters));
+
+	credits = clusters * bpc;
+	handle = ocfs2_start_trans(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb), credits);
+	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	while (cpos < clusters) {
+		ret = ocfs2_xattr_get_clusters(inode, cpos, &p_cluster,
+					       &num_clusters, &xv->xr_list);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out_commit;
+		}
+
+		blkno = ocfs2_clusters_to_blocks(inode->i_sb, p_cluster);
+
+		for (i = 0; i < num_clusters * bpc; i++, blkno++) {
+			ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, blkno, &bh);
+			if (ret) {
+				mlog_errno(ret);
+				goto out_commit;
+			}
+
+			ret = ocfs2_journal_access(handle,
+						   inode,
+						   bh,
+						   OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
+			if (ret < 0) {
+				mlog_errno(ret);
+				goto out_commit;
+			}
+
+			cp_len = value_len > blocksize ? blocksize : value_len;
+			memcpy(bh->b_data, value, cp_len);
+			value_len -= cp_len;
+			value += cp_len;
+			if (cp_len < blocksize)
+				memset(bh->b_data + cp_len, 0,
+				       blocksize - cp_len);
+
+			ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
+			if (ret < 0) {
+				mlog_errno(ret);
+				goto out_commit;
+			}
+			brelse(bh);
+			bh = NULL;
+
+			/*
+			 * XXX: do we need to empty all the following
+			 * blocks in this cluster?
+			 */
+			if (!value_len)
+				break;
+		}
+		cpos += num_clusters;
+	}
+out_commit:
+	ocfs2_commit_trans(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb), handle);
+out:
+	brelse(bh);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_xattr_cleanup(struct inode *inode,
+			       struct ocfs2_xattr_info *xi,
+			       struct ocfs2_xattr_search *xs,
+			       size_t offs)
+{
+	handle_t *handle = NULL;
+	int ret = 0;
+	size_t name_len = strlen(xi->name);
+	void *val = xs->base + offs;
+	size_t size = OCFS2_XATTR_SIZE(name_len) + OCFS2_XATTR_ROOT_SIZE;
+
+	handle = ocfs2_start_trans((OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb)),
+				   OCFS2_XATTR_BLOCK_UPDATE_CREDITS);
+	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access(handle, inode, xs->xattr_bh,
+				   OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out_commit;
+	}
+	/* Decrease xattr count */
+	le16_add_cpu(&xs->header->xh_count, -1);
+	/* Remove the xattr entry and tree root which has already be set*/
+	memset((void *)xs->here, 0, sizeof(struct ocfs2_xattr_entry));
+	memset(val, 0, size);
+
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, xs->xattr_bh);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+out_commit:
+	ocfs2_commit_trans(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb), handle);
+out:
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_xattr_update_entry(struct inode *inode,
+				    struct ocfs2_xattr_info *xi,
+				    struct ocfs2_xattr_search *xs,
+				    size_t offs)
+{
+	handle_t *handle = NULL;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	handle = ocfs2_start_trans((OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb)),
+				   OCFS2_XATTR_BLOCK_UPDATE_CREDITS);
+	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access(handle, inode, xs->xattr_bh,
+				   OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out_commit;
+	}
+
+	xs->here->xe_name_offset = cpu_to_le16(offs);
+	xs->here->xe_value_size = cpu_to_le64(xi->value_len);
+	if (xi->value_len <= OCFS2_XATTR_INLINE_SIZE)
+		ocfs2_xattr_set_local(xs->here, 1);
+	else
+		ocfs2_xattr_set_local(xs->here, 0);
+	ocfs2_xattr_hash_entry(inode, xs->header, xs->here);
+
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, xs->xattr_bh);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+out_commit:
+	ocfs2_commit_trans(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb), handle);
+out:
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * ocfs2_xattr_set_value_outside()
+ *
+ * Set large size value in B tree.
+ */
+static int ocfs2_xattr_set_value_outside(struct inode *inode,
+					 struct ocfs2_xattr_info *xi,
+					 struct ocfs2_xattr_search *xs,
+					 size_t offs)
+{
+	size_t name_len = strlen(xi->name);
+	void *val = xs->base + offs;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_value_root *xv = NULL;
+	size_t size = OCFS2_XATTR_SIZE(name_len) + OCFS2_XATTR_ROOT_SIZE;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	memset(val, 0, size);
+	memcpy(val, xi->name, name_len);
+	xv = (struct ocfs2_xattr_value_root *)
+		(val + OCFS2_XATTR_SIZE(name_len));
+	xv->xr_clusters = 0;
+	xv->xr_last_eb_blk = 0;
+	xv->xr_list.l_tree_depth = 0;
+	xv->xr_list.l_count = cpu_to_le16(1);
+	xv->xr_list.l_next_free_rec = 0;
+
+	ret = ocfs2_xattr_value_truncate(inode, xs->xattr_bh, xv,
+					 xi->value_len);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		return ret;
+	}
+	ret = __ocfs2_xattr_set_value_outside(inode, xv, xi->value,
+					      xi->value_len);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		return ret;
+	}
+	ret = ocfs2_xattr_update_entry(inode, xi, xs, offs);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * ocfs2_xattr_set_entry_local()
+ *
+ * Set, replace or remove extended attribute in local.
+ */
+static void ocfs2_xattr_set_entry_local(struct inode *inode,
+					struct ocfs2_xattr_info *xi,
+					struct ocfs2_xattr_search *xs,
+					struct ocfs2_xattr_entry *last,
+					size_t min_offs)
+{
+	size_t name_len = strlen(xi->name);
+	int i;
+
+	if (xi->value && xs->not_found) {
+		/* Insert the new xattr entry. */
+		le16_add_cpu(&xs->header->xh_count, 1);
+		ocfs2_xattr_set_type(last, xi->name_index);
+		ocfs2_xattr_set_local(last, 1);
+		last->xe_name_len = name_len;
+	} else {
+		void *first_val;
+		void *val;
+		size_t offs, size;
+
+		first_val = xs->base + min_offs;
+		offs = le16_to_cpu(xs->here->xe_name_offset);
+		val = xs->base + offs;
+
+		if (le64_to_cpu(xs->here->xe_value_size) >
+		    OCFS2_XATTR_INLINE_SIZE)
+			size = OCFS2_XATTR_SIZE(name_len) +
+				OCFS2_XATTR_ROOT_SIZE;
+		else
+			size = OCFS2_XATTR_SIZE(name_len) +
+			OCFS2_XATTR_SIZE(le64_to_cpu(xs->here->xe_value_size));
+
+		if (xi->value && size == OCFS2_XATTR_SIZE(name_len) +
+				OCFS2_XATTR_SIZE(xi->value_len)) {
+			/* The old and the new value have the
+			   same size. Just replace the value. */
+			ocfs2_xattr_set_local(xs->here, 1);
+			xs->here->xe_value_size = cpu_to_le64(xi->value_len);
+			/* Clear value bytes. */
+			memset(val + OCFS2_XATTR_SIZE(name_len),
+			       0,
+			       OCFS2_XATTR_SIZE(xi->value_len));
+			memcpy(val + OCFS2_XATTR_SIZE(name_len),
+			       xi->value,
+			       xi->value_len);
+			return;
+		}
+		/* Remove the old name+value. */
+		memmove(first_val + size, first_val, val - first_val);
+		memset(first_val, 0, size);
+		xs->here->xe_name_hash = 0;
+		xs->here->xe_name_offset = 0;
+		ocfs2_xattr_set_local(xs->here, 1);
+		xs->here->xe_value_size = 0;
+
+		min_offs += size;
+
+		/* Adjust all value offsets. */
+		last = xs->header->xh_entries;
+		for (i = 0 ; i < le16_to_cpu(xs->header->xh_count); i++) {
+			size_t o = le16_to_cpu(last->xe_name_offset);
+
+			if (o < offs)
+				last->xe_name_offset = cpu_to_le16(o + size);
+			last += 1;
+		}
+
+		if (!xi->value) {
+			/* Remove the old entry. */
+			last -= 1;
+			memmove(xs->here, xs->here + 1,
+				(void *)last - (void *)xs->here);
+			memset(last, 0, sizeof(struct ocfs2_xattr_entry));
+			le16_add_cpu(&xs->header->xh_count, -1);
+		}
+	}
+	if (xi->value) {
+		/* Insert the new name+value. */
+		size_t size = OCFS2_XATTR_SIZE(name_len) +
+				OCFS2_XATTR_SIZE(xi->value_len);
+		void *val = xs->base + min_offs - size;
+
+		xs->here->xe_name_offset = cpu_to_le16(min_offs - size);
+		memset(val, 0, size);
+		memcpy(val, xi->name, name_len);
+		memcpy(val + OCFS2_XATTR_SIZE(name_len),
+		       xi->value,
+		       xi->value_len);
+		xs->here->xe_value_size = cpu_to_le64(xi->value_len);
+		ocfs2_xattr_set_local(xs->here, 1);
+		ocfs2_xattr_hash_entry(inode, xs->header, xs->here);
+	}
+
+	return;
+}
+
+/*
+ * ocfs2_xattr_set_entry()
+ *
+ * Set extended attribute entry into inode or block.
+ *
+ * If extended attribute value size > OCFS2_XATTR_INLINE_SIZE,
+ * We first insert tree root(ocfs2_xattr_value_root) with set_entry_local(),
+ * then set value in B tree with set_value_outside().
+ */
+static int ocfs2_xattr_set_entry(struct inode *inode,
+				 struct ocfs2_xattr_info *xi,
+				 struct ocfs2_xattr_search *xs,
+				 int flag)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_entry *last;
+	struct ocfs2_inode_info *oi = OCFS2_I(inode);
+	struct ocfs2_dinode *di = (struct ocfs2_dinode *)xs->inode_bh->b_data;
+	size_t min_offs = xs->end - xs->base, name_len = strlen(xi->name);
+	size_t size_l = 0;
+	handle_t *handle = NULL;
+	int free, i, ret;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_info xi_l = {
+		.name_index = xi->name_index,
+		.name = xi->name,
+		.value = xi->value,
+		.value_len = xi->value_len,
+	};
+
+	/* Compute min_offs, last and free space. */
+	last = xs->header->xh_entries;
+
+	for (i = 0 ; i < le16_to_cpu(xs->header->xh_count); i++) {
+		size_t offs = le16_to_cpu(last->xe_name_offset);
+		if (offs < min_offs)
+			min_offs = offs;
+		last += 1;
+	}
+
+	free = min_offs - ((void *)last - xs->base) - sizeof(__u32);
+	if (free < 0)
+		return -EFAULT;
+
+	if (!xs->not_found) {
+		size_t size = 0;
+		if (ocfs2_xattr_is_local(xs->here))
+			size = OCFS2_XATTR_SIZE(name_len) +
+			OCFS2_XATTR_SIZE(le64_to_cpu(xs->here->xe_value_size));
+		else
+			size = OCFS2_XATTR_SIZE(name_len) +
+				OCFS2_XATTR_ROOT_SIZE;
+		free += (size + sizeof(struct ocfs2_xattr_entry));
+	}
+	/* Check free space in inode or block */
+	if (xi->value && xi->value_len > OCFS2_XATTR_INLINE_SIZE) {
+		if (free < sizeof(struct ocfs2_xattr_entry) +
+			   OCFS2_XATTR_SIZE(name_len) +
+			   OCFS2_XATTR_ROOT_SIZE) {
+			ret = -ENOSPC;
+			goto out;
+		}
+		size_l = OCFS2_XATTR_SIZE(name_len) + OCFS2_XATTR_ROOT_SIZE;
+		xi_l.value = (void *)&def_xv;
+		xi_l.value_len = OCFS2_XATTR_ROOT_SIZE;
+	} else if (xi->value) {
+		if (free < sizeof(struct ocfs2_xattr_entry) +
+			   OCFS2_XATTR_SIZE(name_len) +
+			   OCFS2_XATTR_SIZE(xi->value_len)) {
+			ret = -ENOSPC;
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (!xs->not_found) {
+		/* For existing extended attribute */
+		size_t size = OCFS2_XATTR_SIZE(name_len) +
+			OCFS2_XATTR_SIZE(le64_to_cpu(xs->here->xe_value_size));
+		size_t offs = le16_to_cpu(xs->here->xe_name_offset);
+		void *val = xs->base + offs;
+
+		if (ocfs2_xattr_is_local(xs->here) && size == size_l) {
+			/* Replace existing local xattr with tree root */
+			ret = ocfs2_xattr_set_value_outside(inode, xi, xs,
+							    offs);
+			if (ret < 0)
+				mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out;
+		} else if (!ocfs2_xattr_is_local(xs->here)) {
+			/* For existing xattr which has value outside */
+			struct ocfs2_xattr_value_root *xv = NULL;
+			xv = (struct ocfs2_xattr_value_root *)(val +
+				OCFS2_XATTR_SIZE(name_len));
+
+			if (xi->value_len > OCFS2_XATTR_INLINE_SIZE) {
+				/*
+				 * If new value need set outside also,
+				 * first truncate old value to new value,
+				 * then set new value with set_value_outside().
+				 */
+				ret = ocfs2_xattr_value_truncate(inode,
+								 xs->xattr_bh,
+								 xv,
+								 xi->value_len);
+				if (ret < 0) {
+					mlog_errno(ret);
+					goto out;
+				}
+
+				ret = __ocfs2_xattr_set_value_outside(inode,
+								xv,
+								xi->value,
+								xi->value_len);
+				if (ret < 0) {
+					mlog_errno(ret);
+					goto out;
+				}
+
+				ret = ocfs2_xattr_update_entry(inode,
+							       xi,
+							       xs,
+							       offs);
+				if (ret < 0)
+					mlog_errno(ret);
+				goto out;
+			} else {
+				/*
+				 * If new value need set in local,
+				 * just trucate old value to zero.
+				 */
+				 ret = ocfs2_xattr_value_truncate(inode,
+								 xs->xattr_bh,
+								 xv,
+								 0);
+				if (ret < 0)
+					mlog_errno(ret);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	handle = ocfs2_start_trans((OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb)),
+				   OCFS2_INODE_UPDATE_CREDITS);
+	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access(handle, inode, xs->inode_bh,
+				   OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out_commit;
+	}
+
+	if (!(flag & OCFS2_INLINE_XATTR_FL)) {
+		/* set extended attribute in external block. */
+		ret = ocfs2_extend_trans(handle,
+					 OCFS2_INODE_UPDATE_CREDITS +
+					 OCFS2_XATTR_BLOCK_UPDATE_CREDITS);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out_commit;
+		}
+		ret = ocfs2_journal_access(handle, inode, xs->xattr_bh,
+					   OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out_commit;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Set value in local, include set tree root in local.
+	 * This is the first step for value size >INLINE_SIZE.
+	 */
+	ocfs2_xattr_set_entry_local(inode, &xi_l, xs, last, min_offs);
+
+	if (!(flag & OCFS2_INLINE_XATTR_FL)) {
+		ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, xs->xattr_bh);
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out_commit;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (!(oi->ip_dyn_features & OCFS2_INLINE_XATTR_FL) &&
+	    (flag & OCFS2_INLINE_XATTR_FL)) {
+		struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
+		unsigned int xattrsize = osb->s_xattr_inline_size;
+
+		/*
+		 * Adjust extent record count or inline data size
+		 * to reserve space for extended attribute.
+		 */
+		if (oi->ip_dyn_features & OCFS2_INLINE_DATA_FL) {
+			struct ocfs2_inline_data *idata = &di->id2.i_data;
+			le16_add_cpu(&idata->id_count, -xattrsize);
+		} else if (!(ocfs2_inode_is_fast_symlink(inode))) {
+			struct ocfs2_extent_list *el = &di->id2.i_list;
+			le16_add_cpu(&el->l_count, -(xattrsize /
+					sizeof(struct ocfs2_extent_rec)));
+		}
+		di->i_xattr_inline_size = cpu_to_le16(xattrsize);
+	}
+	/* Update xattr flag */
+	spin_lock(&oi->ip_lock);
+	oi->ip_dyn_features |= flag;
+	di->i_dyn_features = cpu_to_le16(oi->ip_dyn_features);
+	spin_unlock(&oi->ip_lock);
+	/* Update inode ctime */
+	inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
+	di->i_ctime = cpu_to_le64(inode->i_ctime.tv_sec);
+	di->i_ctime_nsec = cpu_to_le32(inode->i_ctime.tv_nsec);
+
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, xs->inode_bh);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+
+out_commit:
+	ocfs2_commit_trans(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb), handle);
+
+	if (!ret && xi->value_len > OCFS2_XATTR_INLINE_SIZE) {
+		/*
+		 * Set value outside in B tree.
+		 * This is the second step for value size > INLINE_SIZE.
+		 */
+		size_t offs = le16_to_cpu(xs->here->xe_name_offset);
+		ret = ocfs2_xattr_set_value_outside(inode, xi, xs, offs);
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			int ret2;
+
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			/*
+			 * If set value outside failed, we have to clean
+			 * the junk tree root we have already set in local.
+			 */
+			ret2 = ocfs2_xattr_cleanup(inode, xi, xs, offs);
+			if (ret2 < 0)
+				mlog_errno(ret2);
+		}
+	}
+out:
+	return ret;
+
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_remove_value_outside(struct inode*inode,
+				      struct buffer_head *bh,
+				      struct ocfs2_xattr_header *header)
+{
+	int ret = 0, i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < le16_to_cpu(header->xh_count); i++) {
+		struct ocfs2_xattr_entry *entry = &header->xh_entries[i];
+
+		if (!ocfs2_xattr_is_local(entry)) {
+			struct ocfs2_xattr_value_root *xv;
+			void *val;
+
+			val = (void *)header +
+				le16_to_cpu(entry->xe_name_offset);
+			xv = (struct ocfs2_xattr_value_root *)
+				(val + OCFS2_XATTR_SIZE(entry->xe_name_len));
+			ret = ocfs2_xattr_value_truncate(inode, bh, xv, 0);
+			if (ret < 0) {
+				mlog_errno(ret);
+				return ret;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_xattr_ibody_remove(struct inode *inode,
+				    struct buffer_head *di_bh)
+{
+
+	struct ocfs2_dinode *di = (struct ocfs2_dinode *)di_bh->b_data;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_header *header;
+	int ret;
+
+	header = (struct ocfs2_xattr_header *)
+		 ((void *)di + inode->i_sb->s_blocksize -
+		 le16_to_cpu(di->i_xattr_inline_size));
+
+	ret = ocfs2_remove_value_outside(inode, di_bh, header);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_xattr_block_remove(struct inode *inode,
+				    struct buffer_head *blk_bh)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_block *xb;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	xb = (struct ocfs2_xattr_block *)blk_bh->b_data;
+	if (!(le16_to_cpu(xb->xb_flags) & OCFS2_XATTR_INDEXED)) {
+		struct ocfs2_xattr_header *header = &(xb->xb_attrs.xb_header);
+		ret = ocfs2_remove_value_outside(inode, blk_bh, header);
+	} else
+		ret = ocfs2_delete_xattr_index_block(inode, blk_bh);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_xattr_free_block(struct inode *inode,
+				  u64 block)
+{
+	struct inode *xb_alloc_inode;
+	struct buffer_head *xb_alloc_bh = NULL;
+	struct buffer_head *blk_bh = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_block *xb;
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
+	handle_t *handle;
+	int ret = 0;
+	u64 blk, bg_blkno;
+	u16 bit;
+
+	ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, block, &blk_bh);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	/*Verify the signature of xattr block*/
+	if (memcmp((void *)blk_bh->b_data, OCFS2_XATTR_BLOCK_SIGNATURE,
+		   strlen(OCFS2_XATTR_BLOCK_SIGNATURE))) {
+		ret = -EFAULT;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_xattr_block_remove(inode, blk_bh);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	xb = (struct ocfs2_xattr_block *)blk_bh->b_data;
+	blk = le64_to_cpu(xb->xb_blkno);
+	bit = le16_to_cpu(xb->xb_suballoc_bit);
+	bg_blkno = ocfs2_which_suballoc_group(blk, bit);
+
+	xb_alloc_inode = ocfs2_get_system_file_inode(osb,
+				EXTENT_ALLOC_SYSTEM_INODE,
+				le16_to_cpu(xb->xb_suballoc_slot));
+	if (!xb_alloc_inode) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+	mutex_lock(&xb_alloc_inode->i_mutex);
+
+	ret = ocfs2_inode_lock(xb_alloc_inode, &xb_alloc_bh, 1);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out_mutex;
+	}
+
+	handle = ocfs2_start_trans(osb, OCFS2_SUBALLOC_FREE);
+	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out_unlock;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_free_suballoc_bits(handle, xb_alloc_inode, xb_alloc_bh,
+				       bit, bg_blkno, 1);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+
+	ocfs2_commit_trans(osb, handle);
+out_unlock:
+	ocfs2_inode_unlock(xb_alloc_inode, 1);
+	brelse(xb_alloc_bh);
+out_mutex:
+	mutex_unlock(&xb_alloc_inode->i_mutex);
+	iput(xb_alloc_inode);
+out:
+	brelse(blk_bh);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * ocfs2_xattr_remove()
+ *
+ * Free extended attribute resources associated with this inode.
+ */
+int ocfs2_xattr_remove(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head *di_bh)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_inode_info *oi = OCFS2_I(inode);
+	struct ocfs2_dinode *di = (struct ocfs2_dinode *)di_bh->b_data;
+	handle_t *handle;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (!ocfs2_supports_xattr(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb)))
+		return 0;
+
+	if (!(oi->ip_dyn_features & OCFS2_HAS_XATTR_FL))
+		return 0;
+
+	if (oi->ip_dyn_features & OCFS2_INLINE_XATTR_FL) {
+		ret = ocfs2_xattr_ibody_remove(inode, di_bh);
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (di->i_xattr_loc) {
+		ret = ocfs2_xattr_free_block(inode,
+					     le64_to_cpu(di->i_xattr_loc));
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
+
+	handle = ocfs2_start_trans((OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb)),
+				   OCFS2_INODE_UPDATE_CREDITS);
+	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access(handle, inode, di_bh,
+				   OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out_commit;
+	}
+
+	di->i_xattr_loc = 0;
+
+	spin_lock(&oi->ip_lock);
+	oi->ip_dyn_features &= ~(OCFS2_INLINE_XATTR_FL | OCFS2_HAS_XATTR_FL);
+	di->i_dyn_features = cpu_to_le16(oi->ip_dyn_features);
+	spin_unlock(&oi->ip_lock);
+
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, di_bh);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+out_commit:
+	ocfs2_commit_trans(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb), handle);
+out:
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_xattr_has_space_inline(struct inode *inode,
+					struct ocfs2_dinode *di)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_inode_info *oi = OCFS2_I(inode);
+	unsigned int xattrsize = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_xattr_inline_size;
+	int free;
+
+	if (xattrsize < OCFS2_MIN_XATTR_INLINE_SIZE)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (oi->ip_dyn_features & OCFS2_INLINE_DATA_FL) {
+		struct ocfs2_inline_data *idata = &di->id2.i_data;
+		free = le16_to_cpu(idata->id_count) - le64_to_cpu(di->i_size);
+	} else if (ocfs2_inode_is_fast_symlink(inode)) {
+		free = ocfs2_fast_symlink_chars(inode->i_sb) -
+			le64_to_cpu(di->i_size);
+	} else {
+		struct ocfs2_extent_list *el = &di->id2.i_list;
+		free = (le16_to_cpu(el->l_count) -
+			le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec)) *
+			sizeof(struct ocfs2_extent_rec);
+	}
+	if (free >= xattrsize)
+		return 1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * ocfs2_xattr_ibody_find()
+ *
+ * Find extended attribute in inode block and
+ * fill search info into struct ocfs2_xattr_search.
+ */
+static int ocfs2_xattr_ibody_find(struct inode *inode,
+				  int name_index,
+				  const char *name,
+				  struct ocfs2_xattr_search *xs)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_inode_info *oi = OCFS2_I(inode);
+	struct ocfs2_dinode *di = (struct ocfs2_dinode *)xs->inode_bh->b_data;
+	int ret;
+	int has_space = 0;
+
+	if (inode->i_sb->s_blocksize == OCFS2_MIN_BLOCKSIZE)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (!(oi->ip_dyn_features & OCFS2_INLINE_XATTR_FL)) {
+		down_read(&oi->ip_alloc_sem);
+		has_space = ocfs2_xattr_has_space_inline(inode, di);
+		up_read(&oi->ip_alloc_sem);
+		if (!has_space)
+			return 0;
+	}
+
+	xs->xattr_bh = xs->inode_bh;
+	xs->end = (void *)di + inode->i_sb->s_blocksize;
+	if (oi->ip_dyn_features & OCFS2_INLINE_XATTR_FL)
+		xs->header = (struct ocfs2_xattr_header *)
+			(xs->end - le16_to_cpu(di->i_xattr_inline_size));
+	else
+		xs->header = (struct ocfs2_xattr_header *)
+			(xs->end - OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_xattr_inline_size);
+	xs->base = (void *)xs->header;
+	xs->here = xs->header->xh_entries;
+
+	/* Find the named attribute. */
+	if (oi->ip_dyn_features & OCFS2_INLINE_XATTR_FL) {
+		ret = ocfs2_xattr_find_entry(name_index, name, xs);
+		if (ret && ret != -ENODATA)
+			return ret;
+		xs->not_found = ret;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * ocfs2_xattr_ibody_set()
+ *
+ * Set, replace or remove an extended attribute into inode block.
+ *
+ */
+static int ocfs2_xattr_ibody_set(struct inode *inode,
+				 struct ocfs2_xattr_info *xi,
+				 struct ocfs2_xattr_search *xs)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_inode_info *oi = OCFS2_I(inode);
+	struct ocfs2_dinode *di = (struct ocfs2_dinode *)xs->inode_bh->b_data;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (inode->i_sb->s_blocksize == OCFS2_MIN_BLOCKSIZE)
+		return -ENOSPC;
+
+	down_write(&oi->ip_alloc_sem);
+	if (!(oi->ip_dyn_features & OCFS2_INLINE_XATTR_FL)) {
+		if (!ocfs2_xattr_has_space_inline(inode, di)) {
+			ret = -ENOSPC;
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_xattr_set_entry(inode, xi, xs,
+				(OCFS2_INLINE_XATTR_FL | OCFS2_HAS_XATTR_FL));
+out:
+	up_write(&oi->ip_alloc_sem);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * ocfs2_xattr_block_find()
+ *
+ * Find extended attribute in external block and
+ * fill search info into struct ocfs2_xattr_search.
+ */
+static int ocfs2_xattr_block_find(struct inode *inode,
+				  int name_index,
+				  const char *name,
+				  struct ocfs2_xattr_search *xs)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_dinode *di = (struct ocfs2_dinode *)xs->inode_bh->b_data;
+	struct buffer_head *blk_bh = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_block *xb;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	if (!di->i_xattr_loc)
+		return ret;
+
+	ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, le64_to_cpu(di->i_xattr_loc), &blk_bh);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		return ret;
+	}
+	/*Verify the signature of xattr block*/
+	if (memcmp((void *)blk_bh->b_data, OCFS2_XATTR_BLOCK_SIGNATURE,
+		   strlen(OCFS2_XATTR_BLOCK_SIGNATURE))) {
+			ret = -EFAULT;
+			goto cleanup;
+	}
+
+	xs->xattr_bh = blk_bh;
+	xb = (struct ocfs2_xattr_block *)blk_bh->b_data;
+
+	if (!(le16_to_cpu(xb->xb_flags) & OCFS2_XATTR_INDEXED)) {
+		xs->header = &xb->xb_attrs.xb_header;
+		xs->base = (void *)xs->header;
+		xs->end = (void *)(blk_bh->b_data) + blk_bh->b_size;
+		xs->here = xs->header->xh_entries;
+
+		ret = ocfs2_xattr_find_entry(name_index, name, xs);
+	} else
+		ret = ocfs2_xattr_index_block_find(inode, blk_bh,
+						   name_index,
+						   name, xs);
+
+	if (ret && ret != -ENODATA) {
+		xs->xattr_bh = NULL;
+		goto cleanup;
+	}
+	xs->not_found = ret;
+	return 0;
+cleanup:
+	brelse(blk_bh);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * When all the xattrs are deleted from index btree, the ocfs2_xattr_tree
+ * will be erased and ocfs2_xattr_block will have its ocfs2_xattr_header
+ * re-initialized.
+ */
+static int ocfs2_restore_xattr_block(struct inode *inode,
+				     struct ocfs2_xattr_search *xs)
+{
+	int ret;
+	handle_t *handle;
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_block *xb =
+		(struct ocfs2_xattr_block *)xs->xattr_bh->b_data;
+	struct ocfs2_extent_list *el = &xb->xb_attrs.xb_root.xt_list;
+	u16 xb_flags = le16_to_cpu(xb->xb_flags);
+
+	BUG_ON(!(xb_flags & OCFS2_XATTR_INDEXED) ||
+		le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec) != 0);
+
+	handle = ocfs2_start_trans(osb, OCFS2_XATTR_BLOCK_UPDATE_CREDITS);
+	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
+		handle = NULL;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access(handle, inode, xs->xattr_bh,
+				   OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out_commit;
+	}
+
+	memset(&xb->xb_attrs, 0, inode->i_sb->s_blocksize -
+	       offsetof(struct ocfs2_xattr_block, xb_attrs));
+
+	xb->xb_flags = cpu_to_le16(xb_flags & ~OCFS2_XATTR_INDEXED);
+
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, xs->xattr_bh);
+
+out_commit:
+	ocfs2_commit_trans(osb, handle);
+out:
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * ocfs2_xattr_block_set()
+ *
+ * Set, replace or remove an extended attribute into external block.
+ *
+ */
+static int ocfs2_xattr_block_set(struct inode *inode,
+				 struct ocfs2_xattr_info *xi,
+				 struct ocfs2_xattr_search *xs)
+{
+	struct buffer_head *new_bh = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
+	struct ocfs2_dinode *di =  (struct ocfs2_dinode *)xs->inode_bh->b_data;
+	struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac = NULL;
+	handle_t *handle = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_block *xblk = NULL;
+	u16 suballoc_bit_start;
+	u32 num_got;
+	u64 first_blkno;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (!xs->xattr_bh) {
+		/*
+		 * Alloc one external block for extended attribute
+		 * outside of inode.
+		 */
+		ret = ocfs2_reserve_new_metadata_blocks(osb, 1, &meta_ac);
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out;
+		}
+		handle = ocfs2_start_trans(osb,
+					   OCFS2_XATTR_BLOCK_CREATE_CREDITS);
+		if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
+			ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out;
+		}
+		ret = ocfs2_journal_access(handle, inode, xs->inode_bh,
+					   OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_CREATE);
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out_commit;
+		}
+
+		ret = ocfs2_claim_metadata(osb, handle, meta_ac, 1,
+					   &suballoc_bit_start, &num_got,
+					   &first_blkno);
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out_commit;
+		}
+
+		new_bh = sb_getblk(inode->i_sb, first_blkno);
+		ocfs2_set_new_buffer_uptodate(inode, new_bh);
+
+		ret = ocfs2_journal_access(handle, inode, new_bh,
+					   OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_CREATE);
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out_commit;
+		}
+
+		/* Initialize ocfs2_xattr_block */
+		xs->xattr_bh = new_bh;
+		xblk = (struct ocfs2_xattr_block *)new_bh->b_data;
+		memset(xblk, 0, inode->i_sb->s_blocksize);
+		strcpy((void *)xblk, OCFS2_XATTR_BLOCK_SIGNATURE);
+		xblk->xb_suballoc_slot = cpu_to_le16(osb->slot_num);
+		xblk->xb_suballoc_bit = cpu_to_le16(suballoc_bit_start);
+		xblk->xb_fs_generation = cpu_to_le32(osb->fs_generation);
+		xblk->xb_blkno = cpu_to_le64(first_blkno);
+
+		xs->header = &xblk->xb_attrs.xb_header;
+		xs->base = (void *)xs->header;
+		xs->end = (void *)xblk + inode->i_sb->s_blocksize;
+		xs->here = xs->header->xh_entries;
+
+
+		ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, new_bh);
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out_commit;
+		}
+		di->i_xattr_loc = cpu_to_le64(first_blkno);
+		ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, xs->inode_bh);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+out_commit:
+		ocfs2_commit_trans(osb, handle);
+out:
+		if (meta_ac)
+			ocfs2_free_alloc_context(meta_ac);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			return ret;
+	} else
+		xblk = (struct ocfs2_xattr_block *)xs->xattr_bh->b_data;
+
+	if (!(le16_to_cpu(xblk->xb_flags) & OCFS2_XATTR_INDEXED)) {
+		/* Set extended attribute into external block */
+		ret = ocfs2_xattr_set_entry(inode, xi, xs, OCFS2_HAS_XATTR_FL);
+		if (!ret || ret != -ENOSPC)
+			goto end;
+
+		ret = ocfs2_xattr_create_index_block(inode, xs);
+		if (ret)
+			goto end;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_xattr_set_entry_index_block(inode, xi, xs);
+	if (!ret && xblk->xb_attrs.xb_root.xt_list.l_next_free_rec == 0)
+		ret = ocfs2_restore_xattr_block(inode, xs);
+
+end:
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * ocfs2_xattr_set()
+ *
+ * Set, replace or remove an extended attribute for this inode.
+ * value is NULL to remove an existing extended attribute, else either
+ * create or replace an extended attribute.
+ */
+int ocfs2_xattr_set(struct inode *inode,
+		    int name_index,
+		    const char *name,
+		    const void *value,
+		    size_t value_len,
+		    int flags)
+{
+	struct buffer_head *di_bh = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_dinode *di;
+	int ret;
+	u16 i, blk_per_bucket = ocfs2_blocks_per_xattr_bucket(inode->i_sb);
+
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_info xi = {
+		.name_index = name_index,
+		.name = name,
+		.value = value,
+		.value_len = value_len,
+	};
+
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_search xis = {
+		.not_found = -ENODATA,
+	};
+
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_search xbs = {
+		.not_found = -ENODATA,
+	};
+
+	if (!ocfs2_supports_xattr(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb)))
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
+	ret = ocfs2_inode_lock(inode, &di_bh, 1);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		return ret;
+	}
+	xis.inode_bh = xbs.inode_bh = di_bh;
+	di = (struct ocfs2_dinode *)di_bh->b_data;
+
+	down_write(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_xattr_sem);
+	/*
+	 * Scan inode and external block to find the same name
+	 * extended attribute and collect search infomation.
+	 */
+	ret = ocfs2_xattr_ibody_find(inode, name_index, name, &xis);
+	if (ret)
+		goto cleanup;
+	if (xis.not_found) {
+		ret = ocfs2_xattr_block_find(inode, name_index, name, &xbs);
+		if (ret)
+			goto cleanup;
+	}
+
+	if (xis.not_found && xbs.not_found) {
+		ret = -ENODATA;
+		if (flags & XATTR_REPLACE)
+			goto cleanup;
+		ret = 0;
+		if (!value)
+			goto cleanup;
+	} else {
+		ret = -EEXIST;
+		if (flags & XATTR_CREATE)
+			goto cleanup;
+	}
+
+	if (!value) {
+		/* Remove existing extended attribute */
+		if (!xis.not_found)
+			ret = ocfs2_xattr_ibody_set(inode, &xi, &xis);
+		else if (!xbs.not_found)
+			ret = ocfs2_xattr_block_set(inode, &xi, &xbs);
+	} else {
+		/* We always try to set extended attribute into inode first*/
+		ret = ocfs2_xattr_ibody_set(inode, &xi, &xis);
+		if (!ret && !xbs.not_found) {
+			/*
+			 * If succeed and that extended attribute existing in
+			 * external block, then we will remove it.
+			 */
+			xi.value = NULL;
+			xi.value_len = 0;
+			ret = ocfs2_xattr_block_set(inode, &xi, &xbs);
+		} else if (ret == -ENOSPC) {
+			if (di->i_xattr_loc && !xbs.xattr_bh) {
+				ret = ocfs2_xattr_block_find(inode, name_index,
+							     name, &xbs);
+				if (ret)
+					goto cleanup;
+			}
+			/*
+			 * If no space in inode, we will set extended attribute
+			 * into external block.
+			 */
+			ret = ocfs2_xattr_block_set(inode, &xi, &xbs);
+			if (ret)
+				goto cleanup;
+			if (!xis.not_found) {
+				/*
+				 * If succeed and that extended attribute
+				 * existing in inode, we will remove it.
+				 */
+				xi.value = NULL;
+				xi.value_len = 0;
+				ret = ocfs2_xattr_ibody_set(inode, &xi, &xis);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+cleanup:
+	up_write(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_xattr_sem);
+	ocfs2_inode_unlock(inode, 1);
+	brelse(di_bh);
+	brelse(xbs.xattr_bh);
+	for (i = 0; i < blk_per_bucket; i++)
+		brelse(xbs.bucket.bhs[i]);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Find the xattr extent rec which may contains name_hash.
+ * e_cpos will be the first name hash of the xattr rec.
+ * el must be the ocfs2_xattr_header.xb_attrs.xb_root.xt_list.
+ */
+static int ocfs2_xattr_get_rec(struct inode *inode,
+			       u32 name_hash,
+			       u64 *p_blkno,
+			       u32 *e_cpos,
+			       u32 *num_clusters,
+			       struct ocfs2_extent_list *el)
+{
+	int ret = 0, i;
+	struct buffer_head *eb_bh = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_extent_block *eb;
+	struct ocfs2_extent_rec *rec = NULL;
+	u64 e_blkno = 0;
+
+	if (el->l_tree_depth) {
+		ret = ocfs2_find_leaf(inode, el, name_hash, &eb_bh);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		eb = (struct ocfs2_extent_block *) eb_bh->b_data;
+		el = &eb->h_list;
+
+		if (el->l_tree_depth) {
+			ocfs2_error(inode->i_sb,
+				    "Inode %lu has non zero tree depth in "
+				    "xattr tree block %llu\n", inode->i_ino,
+				    (unsigned long long)eb_bh->b_blocknr);
+			ret = -EROFS;
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
+
+	for (i = le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec) - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+		rec = &el->l_recs[i];
+
+		if (le32_to_cpu(rec->e_cpos) <= name_hash) {
+			e_blkno = le64_to_cpu(rec->e_blkno);
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (!e_blkno) {
+		ocfs2_error(inode->i_sb, "Inode %lu has bad extent "
+			    "record (%u, %u, 0) in xattr", inode->i_ino,
+			    le32_to_cpu(rec->e_cpos),
+			    ocfs2_rec_clusters(el, rec));
+		ret = -EROFS;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	*p_blkno = le64_to_cpu(rec->e_blkno);
+	*num_clusters = le16_to_cpu(rec->e_leaf_clusters);
+	if (e_cpos)
+		*e_cpos = le32_to_cpu(rec->e_cpos);
+out:
+	brelse(eb_bh);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+typedef int (xattr_bucket_func)(struct inode *inode,
+				struct ocfs2_xattr_bucket *bucket,
+				void *para);
+
+static int ocfs2_find_xe_in_bucket(struct inode *inode,
+				   struct buffer_head *header_bh,
+				   int name_index,
+				   const char *name,
+				   u32 name_hash,
+				   u16 *xe_index,
+				   int *found)
+{
+	int i, ret = 0, cmp = 1, block_off, new_offset;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_header *xh =
+			(struct ocfs2_xattr_header *)header_bh->b_data;
+	size_t name_len = strlen(name);
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_entry *xe = NULL;
+	struct buffer_head *name_bh = NULL;
+	char *xe_name;
+
+	/*
+	 * We don't use binary search in the bucket because there
+	 * may be multiple entries with the same name hash.
+	 */
+	for (i = 0; i < le16_to_cpu(xh->xh_count); i++) {
+		xe = &xh->xh_entries[i];
+
+		if (name_hash > le32_to_cpu(xe->xe_name_hash))
+			continue;
+		else if (name_hash < le32_to_cpu(xe->xe_name_hash))
+			break;
+
+		cmp = name_index - ocfs2_xattr_get_type(xe);
+		if (!cmp)
+			cmp = name_len - xe->xe_name_len;
+		if (cmp)
+			continue;
+
+		ret = ocfs2_xattr_bucket_get_name_value(inode,
+							xh,
+							i,
+							&block_off,
+							&new_offset);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			break;
+		}
+
+		ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, header_bh->b_blocknr + block_off,
+				       &name_bh);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			break;
+		}
+		xe_name = name_bh->b_data + new_offset;
+
+		cmp = memcmp(name, xe_name, name_len);
+		brelse(name_bh);
+		name_bh = NULL;
+
+		if (cmp == 0) {
+			*xe_index = i;
+			*found = 1;
+			ret = 0;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Find the specified xattr entry in a series of buckets.
+ * This series start from p_blkno and last for num_clusters.
+ * The ocfs2_xattr_header.xh_num_buckets of the first bucket contains
+ * the num of the valid buckets.
+ *
+ * Return the buffer_head this xattr should reside in. And if the xattr's
+ * hash is in the gap of 2 buckets, return the lower bucket.
+ */
+static int ocfs2_xattr_bucket_find(struct inode *inode,
+				   int name_index,
+				   const char *name,
+				   u32 name_hash,
+				   u64 p_blkno,
+				   u32 first_hash,
+				   u32 num_clusters,
+				   struct ocfs2_xattr_search *xs)
+{
+	int ret, found = 0;
+	struct buffer_head *bh = NULL;
+	struct buffer_head *lower_bh = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_header *xh = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_entry *xe = NULL;
+	u16 index = 0;
+	u16 blk_per_bucket = ocfs2_blocks_per_xattr_bucket(inode->i_sb);
+	int low_bucket = 0, bucket, high_bucket;
+	u32 last_hash;
+	u64 blkno;
+
+	ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, p_blkno, &bh);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	xh = (struct ocfs2_xattr_header *)bh->b_data;
+	high_bucket = le16_to_cpu(xh->xh_num_buckets) - 1;
+
+	while (low_bucket <= high_bucket) {
+		brelse(bh);
+		bh = NULL;
+		bucket = (low_bucket + high_bucket) / 2;
+
+		blkno = p_blkno + bucket * blk_per_bucket;
+
+		ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, blkno, &bh);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		xh = (struct ocfs2_xattr_header *)bh->b_data;
+		xe = &xh->xh_entries[0];
+		if (name_hash < le32_to_cpu(xe->xe_name_hash)) {
+			high_bucket = bucket - 1;
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * Check whether the hash of the last entry in our
+		 * bucket is larger than the search one. for an empty
+		 * bucket, the last one is also the first one.
+		 */
+		if (xh->xh_count)
+			xe = &xh->xh_entries[le16_to_cpu(xh->xh_count) - 1];
+
+		last_hash = le32_to_cpu(xe->xe_name_hash);
+
+		/* record lower_bh which may be the insert place. */
+		brelse(lower_bh);
+		lower_bh = bh;
+		bh = NULL;
+
+		if (name_hash > le32_to_cpu(xe->xe_name_hash)) {
+			low_bucket = bucket + 1;
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		/* the searched xattr should reside in this bucket if exists. */
+		ret = ocfs2_find_xe_in_bucket(inode, lower_bh,
+					      name_index, name, name_hash,
+					      &index, &found);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out;
+		}
+		break;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Record the bucket we have found.
+	 * When the xattr's hash value is in the gap of 2 buckets, we will
+	 * always set it to the previous bucket.
+	 */
+	if (!lower_bh) {
+		/*
+		 * We can't find any bucket whose first name_hash is less
+		 * than the find name_hash.
+		 */
+		BUG_ON(bh->b_blocknr != p_blkno);
+		lower_bh = bh;
+		bh = NULL;
+	}
+	xs->bucket.bhs[0] = lower_bh;
+	xs->bucket.xh = (struct ocfs2_xattr_header *)
+					xs->bucket.bhs[0]->b_data;
+	lower_bh = NULL;
+
+	xs->header = xs->bucket.xh;
+	xs->base = xs->bucket.bhs[0]->b_data;
+	xs->end = xs->base + inode->i_sb->s_blocksize;
+
+	if (found) {
+		/*
+		 * If we have found the xattr enty, read all the blocks in
+		 * this bucket.
+		 */
+		ret = ocfs2_read_blocks(inode, xs->bucket.bhs[0]->b_blocknr + 1,
+					blk_per_bucket - 1, &xs->bucket.bhs[1],
+					OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		xs->here = &xs->header->xh_entries[index];
+		mlog(0, "find xattr %s in bucket %llu, entry = %u\n", name,
+		     (unsigned long long)xs->bucket.bhs[0]->b_blocknr, index);
+	} else
+		ret = -ENODATA;
+
+out:
+	brelse(bh);
+	brelse(lower_bh);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_xattr_index_block_find(struct inode *inode,
+					struct buffer_head *root_bh,
+					int name_index,
+					const char *name,
+					struct ocfs2_xattr_search *xs)
+{
+	int ret;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_block *xb =
+			(struct ocfs2_xattr_block *)root_bh->b_data;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_tree_root *xb_root = &xb->xb_attrs.xb_root;
+	struct ocfs2_extent_list *el = &xb_root->xt_list;
+	u64 p_blkno = 0;
+	u32 first_hash, num_clusters = 0;
+	u32 name_hash = ocfs2_xattr_name_hash(inode, name, strlen(name));
+
+	if (le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec) == 0)
+		return -ENODATA;
+
+	mlog(0, "find xattr %s, hash = %u, index = %d in xattr tree\n",
+	     name, name_hash, name_index);
+
+	ret = ocfs2_xattr_get_rec(inode, name_hash, &p_blkno, &first_hash,
+				  &num_clusters, el);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	BUG_ON(p_blkno == 0 || num_clusters == 0 || first_hash > name_hash);
+
+	mlog(0, "find xattr extent rec %u clusters from %llu, the first hash "
+	     "in the rec is %u\n", num_clusters, p_blkno, first_hash);
+
+	ret = ocfs2_xattr_bucket_find(inode, name_index, name, name_hash,
+				      p_blkno, first_hash, num_clusters, xs);
+
+out:
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_iterate_xattr_buckets(struct inode *inode,
+				       u64 blkno,
+				       u32 clusters,
+				       xattr_bucket_func *func,
+				       void *para)
+{
+	int i, j, ret = 0;
+	int blk_per_bucket = ocfs2_blocks_per_xattr_bucket(inode->i_sb);
+	u32 bpc = ocfs2_xattr_buckets_per_cluster(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb));
+	u32 num_buckets = clusters * bpc;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_bucket bucket;
+
+	memset(&bucket, 0, sizeof(bucket));
+
+	mlog(0, "iterating xattr buckets in %u clusters starting from %llu\n",
+	     clusters, blkno);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < num_buckets; i++, blkno += blk_per_bucket) {
+		ret = ocfs2_read_blocks(inode, blkno, blk_per_bucket,
+					bucket.bhs, OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		bucket.xh = (struct ocfs2_xattr_header *)bucket.bhs[0]->b_data;
+		/*
+		 * The real bucket num in this series of blocks is stored
+		 * in the 1st bucket.
+		 */
+		if (i == 0)
+			num_buckets = le16_to_cpu(bucket.xh->xh_num_buckets);
+
+		mlog(0, "iterating xattr bucket %llu, first hash %u\n", blkno,
+		     le32_to_cpu(bucket.xh->xh_entries[0].xe_name_hash));
+		if (func) {
+			ret = func(inode, &bucket, para);
+			if (ret) {
+				mlog_errno(ret);
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+
+		for (j = 0; j < blk_per_bucket; j++)
+			brelse(bucket.bhs[j]);
+		memset(&bucket, 0, sizeof(bucket));
+	}
+
+out:
+	for (j = 0; j < blk_per_bucket; j++)
+		brelse(bucket.bhs[j]);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+struct ocfs2_xattr_tree_list {
+	char *buffer;
+	size_t buffer_size;
+	size_t result;
+};
+
+static int ocfs2_xattr_bucket_get_name_value(struct inode *inode,
+					     struct ocfs2_xattr_header *xh,
+					     int index,
+					     int *block_off,
+					     int *new_offset)
+{
+	u16 name_offset;
+
+	if (index < 0 || index >= le16_to_cpu(xh->xh_count))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	name_offset = le16_to_cpu(xh->xh_entries[index].xe_name_offset);
+
+	*block_off = name_offset >> inode->i_sb->s_blocksize_bits;
+	*new_offset = name_offset % inode->i_sb->s_blocksize;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_list_xattr_bucket(struct inode *inode,
+				   struct ocfs2_xattr_bucket *bucket,
+				   void *para)
+{
+	int ret = 0, type;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_tree_list *xl = (struct ocfs2_xattr_tree_list *)para;
+	int i, block_off, new_offset;
+	const char *prefix, *name;
+
+	for (i = 0 ; i < le16_to_cpu(bucket->xh->xh_count); i++) {
+		struct ocfs2_xattr_entry *entry = &bucket->xh->xh_entries[i];
+		type = ocfs2_xattr_get_type(entry);
+		prefix = ocfs2_xattr_prefix(type);
+
+		if (prefix) {
+			ret = ocfs2_xattr_bucket_get_name_value(inode,
+								bucket->xh,
+								i,
+								&block_off,
+								&new_offset);
+			if (ret)
+				break;
+
+			name = (const char *)bucket->bhs[block_off]->b_data +
+				new_offset;
+			ret = ocfs2_xattr_list_entry(xl->buffer,
+						     xl->buffer_size,
+						     &xl->result,
+						     prefix, name,
+						     entry->xe_name_len);
+			if (ret)
+				break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_xattr_tree_list_index_block(struct inode *inode,
+					     struct ocfs2_xattr_tree_root *xt,
+					     char *buffer,
+					     size_t buffer_size)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_extent_list *el = &xt->xt_list;
+	int ret = 0;
+	u32 name_hash = UINT_MAX, e_cpos = 0, num_clusters = 0;
+	u64 p_blkno = 0;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_tree_list xl = {
+		.buffer = buffer,
+		.buffer_size = buffer_size,
+		.result = 0,
+	};
+
+	if (le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec) == 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	while (name_hash > 0) {
+		ret = ocfs2_xattr_get_rec(inode, name_hash, &p_blkno,
+					  &e_cpos, &num_clusters, el);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		ret = ocfs2_iterate_xattr_buckets(inode, p_blkno, num_clusters,
+						  ocfs2_list_xattr_bucket,
+						  &xl);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		if (e_cpos == 0)
+			break;
+
+		name_hash = e_cpos - 1;
+	}
+
+	ret = xl.result;
+out:
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int cmp_xe(const void *a, const void *b)
+{
+	const struct ocfs2_xattr_entry *l = a, *r = b;
+	u32 l_hash = le32_to_cpu(l->xe_name_hash);
+	u32 r_hash = le32_to_cpu(r->xe_name_hash);
+
+	if (l_hash > r_hash)
+		return 1;
+	if (l_hash < r_hash)
+		return -1;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void swap_xe(void *a, void *b, int size)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_entry *l = a, *r = b, tmp;
+
+	tmp = *l;
+	memcpy(l, r, sizeof(struct ocfs2_xattr_entry));
+	memcpy(r, &tmp, sizeof(struct ocfs2_xattr_entry));
+}
+
+/*
+ * When the ocfs2_xattr_block is filled up, new bucket will be created
+ * and all the xattr entries will be moved to the new bucket.
+ * Note: we need to sort the entries since they are not saved in order
+ * in the ocfs2_xattr_block.
+ */
+static void ocfs2_cp_xattr_block_to_bucket(struct inode *inode,
+					   struct buffer_head *xb_bh,
+					   struct buffer_head *xh_bh,
+					   struct buffer_head *data_bh)
+{
+	int i, blocksize = inode->i_sb->s_blocksize;
+	u16 offset, size, off_change;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_entry *xe;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_block *xb =
+				(struct ocfs2_xattr_block *)xb_bh->b_data;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_header *xb_xh = &xb->xb_attrs.xb_header;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_header *xh =
+				(struct ocfs2_xattr_header *)xh_bh->b_data;
+	u16 count = le16_to_cpu(xb_xh->xh_count);
+	char *target = xh_bh->b_data, *src = xb_bh->b_data;
+
+	mlog(0, "cp xattr from block %llu to bucket %llu\n",
+	     (unsigned long long)xb_bh->b_blocknr,
+	     (unsigned long long)xh_bh->b_blocknr);
+
+	memset(xh_bh->b_data, 0, blocksize);
+	if (data_bh)
+		memset(data_bh->b_data, 0, blocksize);
+	/*
+	 * Since the xe_name_offset is based on ocfs2_xattr_header,
+	 * there is a offset change corresponding to the change of
+	 * ocfs2_xattr_header's position.
+	 */
+	off_change = offsetof(struct ocfs2_xattr_block, xb_attrs.xb_header);
+	xe = &xb_xh->xh_entries[count - 1];
+	offset = le16_to_cpu(xe->xe_name_offset) + off_change;
+	size = blocksize - offset;
+
+	/* copy all the names and values. */
+	if (data_bh)
+		target = data_bh->b_data;
+	memcpy(target + offset, src + offset, size);
+
+	/* Init new header now. */
+	xh->xh_count = xb_xh->xh_count;
+	xh->xh_num_buckets = cpu_to_le16(1);
+	xh->xh_name_value_len = cpu_to_le16(size);
+	xh->xh_free_start = cpu_to_le16(OCFS2_XATTR_BUCKET_SIZE - size);
+
+	/* copy all the entries. */
+	target = xh_bh->b_data;
+	offset = offsetof(struct ocfs2_xattr_header, xh_entries);
+	size = count * sizeof(struct ocfs2_xattr_entry);
+	memcpy(target + offset, (char *)xb_xh + offset, size);
+
+	/* Change the xe offset for all the xe because of the move. */
+	off_change = OCFS2_XATTR_BUCKET_SIZE - blocksize +
+		 offsetof(struct ocfs2_xattr_block, xb_attrs.xb_header);
+	for (i = 0; i < count; i++)
+		le16_add_cpu(&xh->xh_entries[i].xe_name_offset, off_change);
+
+	mlog(0, "copy entry: start = %u, size = %u, offset_change = %u\n",
+	     offset, size, off_change);
+
+	sort(target + offset, count, sizeof(struct ocfs2_xattr_entry),
+	     cmp_xe, swap_xe);
+}
+
+/*
+ * After we move xattr from block to index btree, we have to
+ * update ocfs2_xattr_search to the new xe and base.
+ *
+ * When the entry is in xattr block, xattr_bh indicates the storage place.
+ * While if the entry is in index b-tree, "bucket" indicates the
+ * real place of the xattr.
+ */
+static int ocfs2_xattr_update_xattr_search(struct inode *inode,
+					   struct ocfs2_xattr_search *xs,
+					   struct buffer_head *old_bh,
+					   struct buffer_head *new_bh)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+	char *buf = old_bh->b_data;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_block *old_xb = (struct ocfs2_xattr_block *)buf;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_header *old_xh = &old_xb->xb_attrs.xb_header;
+	int i, blocksize = inode->i_sb->s_blocksize;
+	u16 blk_per_bucket = ocfs2_blocks_per_xattr_bucket(inode->i_sb);
+
+	xs->bucket.bhs[0] = new_bh;
+	get_bh(new_bh);
+	xs->bucket.xh = (struct ocfs2_xattr_header *)xs->bucket.bhs[0]->b_data;
+	xs->header = xs->bucket.xh;
+
+	xs->base = new_bh->b_data;
+	xs->end = xs->base + inode->i_sb->s_blocksize;
+
+	if (!xs->not_found) {
+		if (OCFS2_XATTR_BUCKET_SIZE != blocksize) {
+			ret = ocfs2_read_blocks(inode,
+					xs->bucket.bhs[0]->b_blocknr + 1,
+					blk_per_bucket - 1, &xs->bucket.bhs[1],
+					OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
+			if (ret) {
+				mlog_errno(ret);
+				return ret;
+			}
+
+			i = xs->here - old_xh->xh_entries;
+			xs->here = &xs->header->xh_entries[i];
+		}
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_xattr_create_index_block(struct inode *inode,
+					  struct ocfs2_xattr_search *xs)
+{
+	int ret, credits = OCFS2_SUBALLOC_ALLOC;
+	u32 bit_off, len;
+	u64 blkno;
+	handle_t *handle;
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
+	struct ocfs2_inode_info *oi = OCFS2_I(inode);
+	struct ocfs2_alloc_context *data_ac;
+	struct buffer_head *xh_bh = NULL, *data_bh = NULL;
+	struct buffer_head *xb_bh = xs->xattr_bh;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_block *xb =
+			(struct ocfs2_xattr_block *)xb_bh->b_data;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_tree_root *xr;
+	u16 xb_flags = le16_to_cpu(xb->xb_flags);
+	u16 bpb = ocfs2_blocks_per_xattr_bucket(inode->i_sb);
+
+	mlog(0, "create xattr index block for %llu\n",
+	     (unsigned long long)xb_bh->b_blocknr);
+
+	BUG_ON(xb_flags & OCFS2_XATTR_INDEXED);
+
+	ret = ocfs2_reserve_clusters(osb, 1, &data_ac);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * XXX:
+	 * We can use this lock for now, and maybe move to a dedicated mutex
+	 * if performance becomes a problem later.
+	 */
+	down_write(&oi->ip_alloc_sem);
+
+	/*
+	 * 3 more credits, one for xattr block update, one for the 1st block
+	 * of the new xattr bucket and one for the value/data.
+	 */
+	credits += 3;
+	handle = ocfs2_start_trans(osb, credits);
+	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out_sem;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access(handle, inode, xb_bh,
+				   OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out_commit;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_claim_clusters(osb, handle, data_ac, 1, &bit_off, &len);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out_commit;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * The bucket may spread in many blocks, and
+	 * we will only touch the 1st block and the last block
+	 * in the whole bucket(one for entry and one for data).
+	 */
+	blkno = ocfs2_clusters_to_blocks(inode->i_sb, bit_off);
+
+	mlog(0, "allocate 1 cluster from %llu to xattr block\n", blkno);
+
+	xh_bh = sb_getblk(inode->i_sb, blkno);
+	if (!xh_bh) {
+		ret = -EIO;
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out_commit;
+	}
+
+	ocfs2_set_new_buffer_uptodate(inode, xh_bh);
+
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access(handle, inode, xh_bh,
+				   OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_CREATE);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out_commit;
+	}
+
+	if (bpb > 1) {
+		data_bh = sb_getblk(inode->i_sb, blkno + bpb - 1);
+		if (!data_bh) {
+			ret = -EIO;
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out_commit;
+		}
+
+		ocfs2_set_new_buffer_uptodate(inode, data_bh);
+
+		ret = ocfs2_journal_access(handle, inode, data_bh,
+					   OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_CREATE);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out_commit;
+		}
+	}
+
+	ocfs2_cp_xattr_block_to_bucket(inode, xb_bh, xh_bh, data_bh);
+
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, xh_bh);
+	if (data_bh)
+		ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, data_bh);
+
+	ocfs2_xattr_update_xattr_search(inode, xs, xb_bh, xh_bh);
+
+	/* Change from ocfs2_xattr_header to ocfs2_xattr_tree_root */
+	memset(&xb->xb_attrs, 0, inode->i_sb->s_blocksize -
+	       offsetof(struct ocfs2_xattr_block, xb_attrs));
+
+	xr = &xb->xb_attrs.xb_root;
+	xr->xt_clusters = cpu_to_le32(1);
+	xr->xt_last_eb_blk = 0;
+	xr->xt_list.l_tree_depth = 0;
+	xr->xt_list.l_count = cpu_to_le16(ocfs2_xattr_recs_per_xb(inode->i_sb));
+	xr->xt_list.l_next_free_rec = cpu_to_le16(1);
+
+	xr->xt_list.l_recs[0].e_cpos = 0;
+	xr->xt_list.l_recs[0].e_blkno = cpu_to_le64(blkno);
+	xr->xt_list.l_recs[0].e_leaf_clusters = cpu_to_le16(1);
+
+	xb->xb_flags = cpu_to_le16(xb_flags | OCFS2_XATTR_INDEXED);
+
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, xb_bh);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out_commit;
+	}
+
+out_commit:
+	ocfs2_commit_trans(osb, handle);
+
+out_sem:
+	up_write(&oi->ip_alloc_sem);
+
+out:
+	if (data_ac)
+		ocfs2_free_alloc_context(data_ac);
+
+	brelse(xh_bh);
+	brelse(data_bh);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int cmp_xe_offset(const void *a, const void *b)
+{
+	const struct ocfs2_xattr_entry *l = a, *r = b;
+	u32 l_name_offset = le16_to_cpu(l->xe_name_offset);
+	u32 r_name_offset = le16_to_cpu(r->xe_name_offset);
+
+	if (l_name_offset < r_name_offset)
+		return 1;
+	if (l_name_offset > r_name_offset)
+		return -1;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * defrag a xattr bucket if we find that the bucket has some
+ * holes beteen name/value pairs.
+ * We will move all the name/value pairs to the end of the bucket
+ * so that we can spare some space for insertion.
+ */
+static int ocfs2_defrag_xattr_bucket(struct inode *inode,
+				     struct ocfs2_xattr_bucket *bucket)
+{
+	int ret, i;
+	size_t end, offset, len, value_len;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_header *xh;
+	char *entries, *buf, *bucket_buf = NULL;
+	u64 blkno = bucket->bhs[0]->b_blocknr;
+	u16 blk_per_bucket = ocfs2_blocks_per_xattr_bucket(inode->i_sb);
+	u16 xh_free_start;
+	size_t blocksize = inode->i_sb->s_blocksize;
+	handle_t *handle;
+	struct buffer_head **bhs;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_entry *xe;
+
+	bhs = kzalloc(sizeof(struct buffer_head *) * blk_per_bucket,
+			GFP_NOFS);
+	if (!bhs)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	ret = ocfs2_read_blocks(inode, blkno, blk_per_bucket, bhs,
+				OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out;
+
+	/*
+	 * In order to make the operation more efficient and generic,
+	 * we copy all the blocks into a contiguous memory and do the
+	 * defragment there, so if anything is error, we will not touch
+	 * the real block.
+	 */
+	bucket_buf = kmalloc(OCFS2_XATTR_BUCKET_SIZE, GFP_NOFS);
+	if (!bucket_buf) {
+		ret = -EIO;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	buf = bucket_buf;
+	for (i = 0; i < blk_per_bucket; i++, buf += blocksize)
+		memcpy(buf, bhs[i]->b_data, blocksize);
+
+	handle = ocfs2_start_trans((OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb)), blk_per_bucket);
+	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
+		handle = NULL;
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < blk_per_bucket; i++) {
+		ret = ocfs2_journal_access(handle, inode, bhs[i],
+					   OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto commit;
+		}
+	}
+
+	xh = (struct ocfs2_xattr_header *)bucket_buf;
+	entries = (char *)xh->xh_entries;
+	xh_free_start = le16_to_cpu(xh->xh_free_start);
+
+	mlog(0, "adjust xattr bucket in %llu, count = %u, "
+	     "xh_free_start = %u, xh_name_value_len = %u.\n",
+	     blkno, le16_to_cpu(xh->xh_count), xh_free_start,
+	     le16_to_cpu(xh->xh_name_value_len));
+
+	/*
+	 * sort all the entries by their offset.
+	 * the largest will be the first, so that we can
+	 * move them to the end one by one.
+	 */
+	sort(entries, le16_to_cpu(xh->xh_count),
+	     sizeof(struct ocfs2_xattr_entry),
+	     cmp_xe_offset, swap_xe);
+
+	/* Move all name/values to the end of the bucket. */
+	xe = xh->xh_entries;
+	end = OCFS2_XATTR_BUCKET_SIZE;
+	for (i = 0; i < le16_to_cpu(xh->xh_count); i++, xe++) {
+		offset = le16_to_cpu(xe->xe_name_offset);
+		if (ocfs2_xattr_is_local(xe))
+			value_len = OCFS2_XATTR_SIZE(
+					le64_to_cpu(xe->xe_value_size));
+		else
+			value_len = OCFS2_XATTR_ROOT_SIZE;
+		len = OCFS2_XATTR_SIZE(xe->xe_name_len) + value_len;
+
+		/*
+		 * We must make sure that the name/value pair
+		 * exist in the same block. So adjust end to
+		 * the previous block end if needed.
+		 */
+		if (((end - len) / blocksize !=
+			(end - 1) / blocksize))
+			end = end - end % blocksize;
+
+		if (end > offset + len) {
+			memmove(bucket_buf + end - len,
+				bucket_buf + offset, len);
+			xe->xe_name_offset = cpu_to_le16(end - len);
+		}
+
+		mlog_bug_on_msg(end < offset + len, "Defrag check failed for "
+				"bucket %llu\n", (unsigned long long)blkno);
+
+		end -= len;
+	}
+
+	mlog_bug_on_msg(xh_free_start > end, "Defrag check failed for "
+			"bucket %llu\n", (unsigned long long)blkno);
+
+	if (xh_free_start == end)
+		goto commit;
+
+	memset(bucket_buf + xh_free_start, 0, end - xh_free_start);
+	xh->xh_free_start = cpu_to_le16(end);
+
+	/* sort the entries by their name_hash. */
+	sort(entries, le16_to_cpu(xh->xh_count),
+	     sizeof(struct ocfs2_xattr_entry),
+	     cmp_xe, swap_xe);
+
+	buf = bucket_buf;
+	for (i = 0; i < blk_per_bucket; i++, buf += blocksize) {
+		memcpy(bhs[i]->b_data, buf, blocksize);
+		ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bhs[i]);
+	}
+
+commit:
+	ocfs2_commit_trans(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb), handle);
+out:
+
+	if (bhs) {
+		for (i = 0; i < blk_per_bucket; i++)
+			brelse(bhs[i]);
+	}
+	kfree(bhs);
+
+	kfree(bucket_buf);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Move half nums of the xattr bucket in the previous cluster to this new
+ * cluster. We only touch the last cluster of the previous extend record.
+ *
+ * first_bh is the first buffer_head of a series of bucket in the same
+ * extent rec and header_bh is the header of one bucket in this cluster.
+ * They will be updated if we move the data header_bh contains to the new
+ * cluster. first_hash will be set as the 1st xe's name_hash of the new cluster.
+ */
+static int ocfs2_mv_xattr_bucket_cross_cluster(struct inode *inode,
+					       handle_t *handle,
+					       struct buffer_head **first_bh,
+					       struct buffer_head **header_bh,
+					       u64 new_blkno,
+					       u64 prev_blkno,
+					       u32 num_clusters,
+					       u32 *first_hash)
+{
+	int i, ret, credits;
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
+	int bpc = ocfs2_clusters_to_blocks(inode->i_sb, 1);
+	int num_buckets = ocfs2_xattr_buckets_per_cluster(osb);
+	int blocksize = inode->i_sb->s_blocksize;
+	struct buffer_head *old_bh, *new_bh, *prev_bh, *new_first_bh = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_header *new_xh;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_header *xh =
+			(struct ocfs2_xattr_header *)((*first_bh)->b_data);
+
+	BUG_ON(le16_to_cpu(xh->xh_num_buckets) < num_buckets);
+	BUG_ON(OCFS2_XATTR_BUCKET_SIZE == osb->s_clustersize);
+
+	prev_bh = *first_bh;
+	get_bh(prev_bh);
+	xh = (struct ocfs2_xattr_header *)prev_bh->b_data;
+
+	prev_blkno += (num_clusters - 1) * bpc + bpc / 2;
+
+	mlog(0, "move half of xattrs in cluster %llu to %llu\n",
+	     prev_blkno, new_blkno);
+
+	/*
+	 * We need to update the 1st half of the new cluster and
+	 * 1 more for the update of the 1st bucket of the previous
+	 * extent record.
+	 */
+	credits = bpc / 2 + 1;
+	ret = ocfs2_extend_trans(handle, credits);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access(handle, inode, prev_bh,
+				   OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < bpc / 2; i++, prev_blkno++, new_blkno++) {
+		old_bh = new_bh = NULL;
+		new_bh = sb_getblk(inode->i_sb, new_blkno);
+		if (!new_bh) {
+			ret = -EIO;
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		ocfs2_set_new_buffer_uptodate(inode, new_bh);
+
+		ret = ocfs2_journal_access(handle, inode, new_bh,
+					   OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_CREATE);
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			brelse(new_bh);
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, prev_blkno, &old_bh);
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			brelse(new_bh);
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		memcpy(new_bh->b_data, old_bh->b_data, blocksize);
+
+		if (i == 0) {
+			new_xh = (struct ocfs2_xattr_header *)new_bh->b_data;
+			new_xh->xh_num_buckets = cpu_to_le16(num_buckets / 2);
+
+			if (first_hash)
+				*first_hash = le32_to_cpu(
+					new_xh->xh_entries[0].xe_name_hash);
+			new_first_bh = new_bh;
+			get_bh(new_first_bh);
+		}
+
+		ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, new_bh);
+
+		if (*header_bh == old_bh) {
+			brelse(*header_bh);
+			*header_bh = new_bh;
+			get_bh(*header_bh);
+
+			brelse(*first_bh);
+			*first_bh = new_first_bh;
+			get_bh(*first_bh);
+		}
+		brelse(new_bh);
+		brelse(old_bh);
+	}
+
+	le16_add_cpu(&xh->xh_num_buckets, -(num_buckets / 2));
+
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, prev_bh);
+out:
+	brelse(prev_bh);
+	brelse(new_first_bh);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_read_xattr_bucket(struct inode *inode,
+				   u64 blkno,
+				   struct buffer_head **bhs,
+				   int new)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+	u16 i, blk_per_bucket = ocfs2_blocks_per_xattr_bucket(inode->i_sb);
+
+	if (!new)
+		return ocfs2_read_blocks(inode, blkno,
+					 blk_per_bucket, bhs,
+					 OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < blk_per_bucket; i++) {
+		bhs[i] = sb_getblk(inode->i_sb, blkno + i);
+		if (bhs[i] == NULL) {
+			ret = -EIO;
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			break;
+		}
+		ocfs2_set_new_buffer_uptodate(inode, bhs[i]);
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Move half num of the xattrs in old bucket(blk) to new bucket(new_blk).
+ * first_hash will record the 1st hash of the new bucket.
+ */
+static int ocfs2_half_xattr_bucket(struct inode *inode,
+				   handle_t *handle,
+				   u64 blk,
+				   u64 new_blk,
+				   u32 *first_hash,
+				   int new_bucket_head)
+{
+	int ret, i;
+	u16 count, start, len, name_value_len, xe_len, name_offset;
+	u16 blk_per_bucket = ocfs2_blocks_per_xattr_bucket(inode->i_sb);
+	struct buffer_head **s_bhs, **t_bhs = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_header *xh;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_entry *xe;
+	int blocksize = inode->i_sb->s_blocksize;
+
+	mlog(0, "move half of xattrs from bucket %llu to %llu\n",
+	     blk, new_blk);
+
+	s_bhs = kcalloc(blk_per_bucket, sizeof(struct buffer_head *), GFP_NOFS);
+	if (!s_bhs)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	ret = ocfs2_read_xattr_bucket(inode, blk, s_bhs, 0);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access(handle, inode, s_bhs[0],
+				   OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	t_bhs = kcalloc(blk_per_bucket, sizeof(struct buffer_head *), GFP_NOFS);
+	if (!t_bhs) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_read_xattr_bucket(inode, new_blk, t_bhs, new_bucket_head);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < blk_per_bucket; i++) {
+		ret = ocfs2_journal_access(handle, inode, t_bhs[i],
+					   OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_CREATE);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* copy the whole bucket to the new first. */
+	for (i = 0; i < blk_per_bucket; i++)
+		memcpy(t_bhs[i]->b_data, s_bhs[i]->b_data, blocksize);
+
+	/* update the new bucket. */
+	xh = (struct ocfs2_xattr_header *)t_bhs[0]->b_data;
+	count = le16_to_cpu(xh->xh_count);
+	start = count / 2;
+
+	/*
+	 * Calculate the total name/value len and xh_free_start for
+	 * the old bucket first.
+	 */
+	name_offset = OCFS2_XATTR_BUCKET_SIZE;
+	name_value_len = 0;
+	for (i = 0; i < start; i++) {
+		xe = &xh->xh_entries[i];
+		xe_len = OCFS2_XATTR_SIZE(xe->xe_name_len);
+		if (ocfs2_xattr_is_local(xe))
+			xe_len +=
+			   OCFS2_XATTR_SIZE(le64_to_cpu(xe->xe_value_size));
+		else
+			xe_len += OCFS2_XATTR_ROOT_SIZE;
+		name_value_len += xe_len;
+		if (le16_to_cpu(xe->xe_name_offset) < name_offset)
+			name_offset = le16_to_cpu(xe->xe_name_offset);
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Now begin the modification to the new bucket.
+	 *
+	 * In the new bucket, We just move the xattr entry to the beginning
+	 * and don't touch the name/value. So there will be some holes in the
+	 * bucket, and they will be removed when ocfs2_defrag_xattr_bucket is
+	 * called.
+	 */
+	xe = &xh->xh_entries[start];
+	len = sizeof(struct ocfs2_xattr_entry) * (count - start);
+	mlog(0, "mv xattr entry len %d from %d to %d\n", len,
+	     (int)((char *)xe - (char *)xh),
+	     (int)((char *)xh->xh_entries - (char *)xh));
+	memmove((char *)xh->xh_entries, (char *)xe, len);
+	xe = &xh->xh_entries[count - start];
+	len = sizeof(struct ocfs2_xattr_entry) * start;
+	memset((char *)xe, 0, len);
+
+	le16_add_cpu(&xh->xh_count, -start);
+	le16_add_cpu(&xh->xh_name_value_len, -name_value_len);
+
+	/* Calculate xh_free_start for the new bucket. */
+	xh->xh_free_start = cpu_to_le16(OCFS2_XATTR_BUCKET_SIZE);
+	for (i = 0; i < le16_to_cpu(xh->xh_count); i++) {
+		xe = &xh->xh_entries[i];
+		xe_len = OCFS2_XATTR_SIZE(xe->xe_name_len);
+		if (ocfs2_xattr_is_local(xe))
+			xe_len +=
+			   OCFS2_XATTR_SIZE(le64_to_cpu(xe->xe_value_size));
+		else
+			xe_len += OCFS2_XATTR_ROOT_SIZE;
+		if (le16_to_cpu(xe->xe_name_offset) <
+		    le16_to_cpu(xh->xh_free_start))
+			xh->xh_free_start = xe->xe_name_offset;
+	}
+
+	/* set xh->xh_num_buckets for the new xh. */
+	if (new_bucket_head)
+		xh->xh_num_buckets = cpu_to_le16(1);
+	else
+		xh->xh_num_buckets = 0;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < blk_per_bucket; i++) {
+		ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, t_bhs[i]);
+		if (ret)
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+	}
+
+	/* store the first_hash of the new bucket. */
+	if (first_hash)
+		*first_hash = le32_to_cpu(xh->xh_entries[0].xe_name_hash);
+
+	/*
+	 * Now only update the 1st block of the old bucket.
+	 * Please note that the entry has been sorted already above.
+	 */
+	xh = (struct ocfs2_xattr_header *)s_bhs[0]->b_data;
+	memset(&xh->xh_entries[start], 0,
+	       sizeof(struct ocfs2_xattr_entry) * (count - start));
+	xh->xh_count = cpu_to_le16(start);
+	xh->xh_free_start = cpu_to_le16(name_offset);
+	xh->xh_name_value_len = cpu_to_le16(name_value_len);
+
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, s_bhs[0]);
+	if (ret)
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+
+out:
+	if (s_bhs) {
+		for (i = 0; i < blk_per_bucket; i++)
+			brelse(s_bhs[i]);
+	}
+	kfree(s_bhs);
+
+	if (t_bhs) {
+		for (i = 0; i < blk_per_bucket; i++)
+			brelse(t_bhs[i]);
+	}
+	kfree(t_bhs);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Copy xattr from one bucket to another bucket.
+ *
+ * The caller must make sure that the journal transaction
+ * has enough space for journaling.
+ */
+static int ocfs2_cp_xattr_bucket(struct inode *inode,
+				 handle_t *handle,
+				 u64 s_blkno,
+				 u64 t_blkno,
+				 int t_is_new)
+{
+	int ret, i;
+	int blk_per_bucket = ocfs2_blocks_per_xattr_bucket(inode->i_sb);
+	int blocksize = inode->i_sb->s_blocksize;
+	struct buffer_head **s_bhs, **t_bhs = NULL;
+
+	BUG_ON(s_blkno == t_blkno);
+
+	mlog(0, "cp bucket %llu to %llu, target is %d\n",
+	     s_blkno, t_blkno, t_is_new);
+
+	s_bhs = kzalloc(sizeof(struct buffer_head *) * blk_per_bucket,
+			GFP_NOFS);
+	if (!s_bhs)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	ret = ocfs2_read_xattr_bucket(inode, s_blkno, s_bhs, 0);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out;
+
+	t_bhs = kzalloc(sizeof(struct buffer_head *) * blk_per_bucket,
+			GFP_NOFS);
+	if (!t_bhs) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_read_xattr_bucket(inode, t_blkno, t_bhs, t_is_new);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < blk_per_bucket; i++) {
+		ret = ocfs2_journal_access(handle, inode, t_bhs[i],
+					   OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
+		if (ret)
+			goto out;
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < blk_per_bucket; i++) {
+		memcpy(t_bhs[i]->b_data, s_bhs[i]->b_data, blocksize);
+		ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, t_bhs[i]);
+	}
+
+out:
+	if (s_bhs) {
+		for (i = 0; i < blk_per_bucket; i++)
+			brelse(s_bhs[i]);
+	}
+	kfree(s_bhs);
+
+	if (t_bhs) {
+		for (i = 0; i < blk_per_bucket; i++)
+			brelse(t_bhs[i]);
+	}
+	kfree(t_bhs);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Copy one xattr cluster from src_blk to to_blk.
+ * The to_blk will become the first bucket header of the cluster, so its
+ * xh_num_buckets will be initialized as the bucket num in the cluster.
+ */
+static int ocfs2_cp_xattr_cluster(struct inode *inode,
+				  handle_t *handle,
+				  struct buffer_head *first_bh,
+				  u64 src_blk,
+				  u64 to_blk,
+				  u32 *first_hash)
+{
+	int i, ret, credits;
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
+	int bpc = ocfs2_clusters_to_blocks(inode->i_sb, 1);
+	int num_buckets = ocfs2_xattr_buckets_per_cluster(osb);
+	struct buffer_head *bh = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_header *xh;
+	u64 to_blk_start = to_blk;
+
+	mlog(0, "cp xattrs from cluster %llu to %llu\n", src_blk, to_blk);
+
+	/*
+	 * We need to update the new cluster and 1 more for the update of
+	 * the 1st bucket of the previous extent rec.
+	 */
+	credits = bpc + 1;
+	ret = ocfs2_extend_trans(handle, credits);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access(handle, inode, first_bh,
+				   OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < num_buckets; i++) {
+		ret = ocfs2_cp_xattr_bucket(inode, handle,
+					    src_blk, to_blk, 1);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		src_blk += ocfs2_blocks_per_xattr_bucket(inode->i_sb);
+		to_blk += ocfs2_blocks_per_xattr_bucket(inode->i_sb);
+	}
+
+	/* update the old bucket header. */
+	xh = (struct ocfs2_xattr_header *)first_bh->b_data;
+	le16_add_cpu(&xh->xh_num_buckets, -num_buckets);
+
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, first_bh);
+
+	/* update the new bucket header. */
+	ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, to_blk_start, &bh);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access(handle, inode, bh,
+				   OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	xh = (struct ocfs2_xattr_header *)bh->b_data;
+	xh->xh_num_buckets = cpu_to_le16(num_buckets);
+
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
+
+	if (first_hash)
+		*first_hash = le32_to_cpu(xh->xh_entries[0].xe_name_hash);
+out:
+	brelse(bh);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Move half of the xattrs in this cluster to the new cluster.
+ * This function should only be called when bucket size == cluster size.
+ * Otherwise ocfs2_mv_xattr_bucket_cross_cluster should be used instead.
+ */
+static int ocfs2_half_xattr_cluster(struct inode *inode,
+				    handle_t *handle,
+				    u64 prev_blk,
+				    u64 new_blk,
+				    u32 *first_hash)
+{
+	u16 blk_per_bucket = ocfs2_blocks_per_xattr_bucket(inode->i_sb);
+	int ret, credits = 2 * blk_per_bucket;
+
+	BUG_ON(OCFS2_XATTR_BUCKET_SIZE < OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_clustersize);
+
+	ret = ocfs2_extend_trans(handle, credits);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	/* Move half of the xattr in start_blk to the next bucket. */
+	return  ocfs2_half_xattr_bucket(inode, handle, prev_blk,
+					new_blk, first_hash, 1);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Move some xattrs from the old cluster to the new one since they are not
+ * contiguous in ocfs2 xattr tree.
+ *
+ * new_blk starts a new separate cluster, and we will move some xattrs from
+ * prev_blk to it. v_start will be set as the first name hash value in this
+ * new cluster so that it can be used as e_cpos during tree insertion and
+ * don't collide with our original b-tree operations. first_bh and header_bh
+ * will also be updated since they will be used in ocfs2_extend_xattr_bucket
+ * to extend the insert bucket.
+ *
+ * The problem is how much xattr should we move to the new one and when should
+ * we update first_bh and header_bh?
+ * 1. If cluster size > bucket size, that means the previous cluster has more
+ *    than 1 bucket, so just move half nums of bucket into the new cluster and
+ *    update the first_bh and header_bh if the insert bucket has been moved
+ *    to the new cluster.
+ * 2. If cluster_size == bucket_size:
+ *    a) If the previous extent rec has more than one cluster and the insert
+ *       place isn't in the last cluster, copy the entire last cluster to the
+ *       new one. This time, we don't need to upate the first_bh and header_bh
+ *       since they will not be moved into the new cluster.
+ *    b) Otherwise, move the bottom half of the xattrs in the last cluster into
+ *       the new one. And we set the extend flag to zero if the insert place is
+ *       moved into the new allocated cluster since no extend is needed.
+ */
+static int ocfs2_adjust_xattr_cross_cluster(struct inode *inode,
+					    handle_t *handle,
+					    struct buffer_head **first_bh,
+					    struct buffer_head **header_bh,
+					    u64 new_blk,
+					    u64 prev_blk,
+					    u32 prev_clusters,
+					    u32 *v_start,
+					    int *extend)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+	int bpc = ocfs2_clusters_to_blocks(inode->i_sb, 1);
+
+	mlog(0, "adjust xattrs from cluster %llu len %u to %llu\n",
+	     prev_blk, prev_clusters, new_blk);
+
+	if (ocfs2_xattr_buckets_per_cluster(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb)) > 1)
+		ret = ocfs2_mv_xattr_bucket_cross_cluster(inode,
+							  handle,
+							  first_bh,
+							  header_bh,
+							  new_blk,
+							  prev_blk,
+							  prev_clusters,
+							  v_start);
+	else {
+		u64 last_blk = prev_blk + bpc * (prev_clusters - 1);
+
+		if (prev_clusters > 1 && (*header_bh)->b_blocknr != last_blk)
+			ret = ocfs2_cp_xattr_cluster(inode, handle, *first_bh,
+						     last_blk, new_blk,
+						     v_start);
+		else {
+			ret = ocfs2_half_xattr_cluster(inode, handle,
+						       last_blk, new_blk,
+						       v_start);
+
+			if ((*header_bh)->b_blocknr == last_blk && extend)
+				*extend = 0;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Add a new cluster for xattr storage.
+ *
+ * If the new cluster is contiguous with the previous one, it will be
+ * appended to the same extent record, and num_clusters will be updated.
+ * If not, we will insert a new extent for it and move some xattrs in
+ * the last cluster into the new allocated one.
+ * We also need to limit the maximum size of a btree leaf, otherwise we'll
+ * lose the benefits of hashing because we'll have to search large leaves.
+ * So now the maximum size is OCFS2_MAX_XATTR_TREE_LEAF_SIZE(or clustersize,
+ * if it's bigger).
+ *
+ * first_bh is the first block of the previous extent rec and header_bh
+ * indicates the bucket we will insert the new xattrs. They will be updated
+ * when the header_bh is moved into the new cluster.
+ */
+static int ocfs2_add_new_xattr_cluster(struct inode *inode,
+				       struct buffer_head *root_bh,
+				       struct buffer_head **first_bh,
+				       struct buffer_head **header_bh,
+				       u32 *num_clusters,
+				       u32 prev_cpos,
+				       u64 prev_blkno,
+				       int *extend)
+{
+	int ret, credits;
+	u16 bpc = ocfs2_clusters_to_blocks(inode->i_sb, 1);
+	u32 prev_clusters = *num_clusters;
+	u32 clusters_to_add = 1, bit_off, num_bits, v_start = 0;
+	u64 block;
+	handle_t *handle = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_alloc_context *data_ac = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
+	struct ocfs2_extent_tree et;
+
+	mlog(0, "Add new xattr cluster for %llu, previous xattr hash = %u, "
+	     "previous xattr blkno = %llu\n",
+	     (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno,
+	     prev_cpos, prev_blkno);
+
+	ocfs2_init_xattr_tree_extent_tree(&et, inode, root_bh);
+
+	ret = ocfs2_lock_allocators(inode, &et, clusters_to_add, 0,
+				    &data_ac, &meta_ac);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto leave;
+	}
+
+	credits = ocfs2_calc_extend_credits(osb->sb, et.et_root_el,
+					    clusters_to_add);
+	handle = ocfs2_start_trans(osb, credits);
+	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
+		handle = NULL;
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto leave;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access(handle, inode, root_bh,
+				   OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto leave;
+	}
+
+	ret = __ocfs2_claim_clusters(osb, handle, data_ac, 1,
+				     clusters_to_add, &bit_off, &num_bits);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		if (ret != -ENOSPC)
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto leave;
+	}
+
+	BUG_ON(num_bits > clusters_to_add);
+
+	block = ocfs2_clusters_to_blocks(osb->sb, bit_off);
+	mlog(0, "Allocating %u clusters at block %u for xattr in inode %llu\n",
+	     num_bits, bit_off, (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno);
+
+	if (prev_blkno + prev_clusters * bpc == block &&
+	    (prev_clusters + num_bits) << osb->s_clustersize_bits <=
+	     OCFS2_MAX_XATTR_TREE_LEAF_SIZE) {
+		/*
+		 * If this cluster is contiguous with the old one and
+		 * adding this new cluster, we don't surpass the limit of
+		 * OCFS2_MAX_XATTR_TREE_LEAF_SIZE, cool. We will let it be
+		 * initialized and used like other buckets in the previous
+		 * cluster.
+		 * So add it as a contiguous one. The caller will handle
+		 * its init process.
+		 */
+		v_start = prev_cpos + prev_clusters;
+		*num_clusters = prev_clusters + num_bits;
+		mlog(0, "Add contiguous %u clusters to previous extent rec.\n",
+		     num_bits);
+	} else {
+		ret = ocfs2_adjust_xattr_cross_cluster(inode,
+						       handle,
+						       first_bh,
+						       header_bh,
+						       block,
+						       prev_blkno,
+						       prev_clusters,
+						       &v_start,
+						       extend);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto leave;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (handle->h_buffer_credits < credits) {
+		/*
+		 * The journal has been restarted before, and don't
+		 * have enough space for the insertion, so extend it
+		 * here.
+		 */
+		ret = ocfs2_extend_trans(handle, credits);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto leave;
+		}
+	}
+	mlog(0, "Insert %u clusters at block %llu for xattr at %u\n",
+	     num_bits, block, v_start);
+	ret = ocfs2_insert_extent(osb, handle, inode, &et, v_start, block,
+				  num_bits, 0, meta_ac);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto leave;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, root_bh);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto leave;
+	}
+
+leave:
+	if (handle)
+		ocfs2_commit_trans(osb, handle);
+	if (data_ac)
+		ocfs2_free_alloc_context(data_ac);
+	if (meta_ac)
+		ocfs2_free_alloc_context(meta_ac);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Extend a new xattr bucket and move xattrs to the end one by one until
+ * We meet with start_bh. Only move half of the xattrs to the bucket after it.
+ */
+static int ocfs2_extend_xattr_bucket(struct inode *inode,
+				     struct buffer_head *first_bh,
+				     struct buffer_head *start_bh,
+				     u32 num_clusters)
+{
+	int ret, credits;
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
+	u16 blk_per_bucket = ocfs2_blocks_per_xattr_bucket(inode->i_sb);
+	u64 start_blk = start_bh->b_blocknr, end_blk;
+	u32 num_buckets = num_clusters * ocfs2_xattr_buckets_per_cluster(osb);
+	handle_t *handle;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_header *first_xh =
+				(struct ocfs2_xattr_header *)first_bh->b_data;
+	u16 bucket = le16_to_cpu(first_xh->xh_num_buckets);
+
+	mlog(0, "extend xattr bucket in %llu, xattr extend rec starting "
+	     "from %llu, len = %u\n", start_blk,
+	     (unsigned long long)first_bh->b_blocknr, num_clusters);
+
+	BUG_ON(bucket >= num_buckets);
+
+	end_blk = first_bh->b_blocknr + (bucket - 1) * blk_per_bucket;
+
+	/*
+	 * We will touch all the buckets after the start_bh(include it).
+	 * Add one more bucket and modify the first_bh.
+	 */
+	credits = end_blk - start_blk + 2 * blk_per_bucket + 1;
+	handle = ocfs2_start_trans(osb, credits);
+	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
+		handle = NULL;
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access(handle, inode, first_bh,
+				   OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto commit;
+	}
+
+	while (end_blk != start_blk) {
+		ret = ocfs2_cp_xattr_bucket(inode, handle, end_blk,
+					    end_blk + blk_per_bucket, 0);
+		if (ret)
+			goto commit;
+		end_blk -= blk_per_bucket;
+	}
+
+	/* Move half of the xattr in start_blk to the next bucket. */
+	ret = ocfs2_half_xattr_bucket(inode, handle, start_blk,
+				      start_blk + blk_per_bucket, NULL, 0);
+
+	le16_add_cpu(&first_xh->xh_num_buckets, 1);
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, first_bh);
+
+commit:
+	ocfs2_commit_trans(osb, handle);
+out:
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Add new xattr bucket in an extent record and adjust the buckets accordingly.
+ * xb_bh is the ocfs2_xattr_block.
+ * We will move all the buckets starting from header_bh to the next place. As
+ * for this one, half num of its xattrs will be moved to the next one.
+ *
+ * We will allocate a new cluster if current cluster is full and adjust
+ * header_bh and first_bh if the insert place is moved to the new cluster.
+ */
+static int ocfs2_add_new_xattr_bucket(struct inode *inode,
+				      struct buffer_head *xb_bh,
+				      struct buffer_head *header_bh)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_header *first_xh = NULL;
+	struct buffer_head *first_bh = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_block *xb =
+			(struct ocfs2_xattr_block *)xb_bh->b_data;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_tree_root *xb_root = &xb->xb_attrs.xb_root;
+	struct ocfs2_extent_list *el = &xb_root->xt_list;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_header *xh =
+			(struct ocfs2_xattr_header *)header_bh->b_data;
+	u32 name_hash = le32_to_cpu(xh->xh_entries[0].xe_name_hash);
+	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(sb);
+	int ret, num_buckets, extend = 1;
+	u64 p_blkno;
+	u32 e_cpos, num_clusters;
+
+	mlog(0, "Add new xattr bucket starting form %llu\n",
+	     (unsigned long long)header_bh->b_blocknr);
+
+	/*
+	 * Add refrence for header_bh here because it may be
+	 * changed in ocfs2_add_new_xattr_cluster and we need
+	 * to free it in the end.
+	 */
+	get_bh(header_bh);
+
+	ret = ocfs2_xattr_get_rec(inode, name_hash, &p_blkno, &e_cpos,
+				  &num_clusters, el);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, p_blkno, &first_bh);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	num_buckets = ocfs2_xattr_buckets_per_cluster(osb) * num_clusters;
+	first_xh = (struct ocfs2_xattr_header *)first_bh->b_data;
+
+	if (num_buckets == le16_to_cpu(first_xh->xh_num_buckets)) {
+		ret = ocfs2_add_new_xattr_cluster(inode,
+						  xb_bh,
+						  &first_bh,
+						  &header_bh,
+						  &num_clusters,
+						  e_cpos,
+						  p_blkno,
+						  &extend);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (extend)
+		ret = ocfs2_extend_xattr_bucket(inode,
+						first_bh,
+						header_bh,
+						num_clusters);
+	if (ret)
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+out:
+	brelse(first_bh);
+	brelse(header_bh);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static inline char *ocfs2_xattr_bucket_get_val(struct inode *inode,
+					struct ocfs2_xattr_bucket *bucket,
+					int offs)
+{
+	int block_off = offs >> inode->i_sb->s_blocksize_bits;
+
+	offs = offs % inode->i_sb->s_blocksize;
+	return bucket->bhs[block_off]->b_data + offs;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Handle the normal xattr set, including replace, delete and new.
+ *
+ * Note: "local" indicates the real data's locality. So we can't
+ * just its bucket locality by its length.
+ */
+static void ocfs2_xattr_set_entry_normal(struct inode *inode,
+					 struct ocfs2_xattr_info *xi,
+					 struct ocfs2_xattr_search *xs,
+					 u32 name_hash,
+					 int local)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_entry *last, *xe;
+	int name_len = strlen(xi->name);
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_header *xh = xs->header;
+	u16 count = le16_to_cpu(xh->xh_count), start;
+	size_t blocksize = inode->i_sb->s_blocksize;
+	char *val;
+	size_t offs, size, new_size;
+
+	last = &xh->xh_entries[count];
+	if (!xs->not_found) {
+		xe = xs->here;
+		offs = le16_to_cpu(xe->xe_name_offset);
+		if (ocfs2_xattr_is_local(xe))
+			size = OCFS2_XATTR_SIZE(name_len) +
+			OCFS2_XATTR_SIZE(le64_to_cpu(xe->xe_value_size));
+		else
+			size = OCFS2_XATTR_SIZE(name_len) +
+			OCFS2_XATTR_SIZE(OCFS2_XATTR_ROOT_SIZE);
+
+		/*
+		 * If the new value will be stored outside, xi->value has been
+		 * initalized as an empty ocfs2_xattr_value_root, and the same
+		 * goes with xi->value_len, so we can set new_size safely here.
+		 * See ocfs2_xattr_set_in_bucket.
+		 */
+		new_size = OCFS2_XATTR_SIZE(name_len) +
+			   OCFS2_XATTR_SIZE(xi->value_len);
+
+		le16_add_cpu(&xh->xh_name_value_len, -size);
+		if (xi->value) {
+			if (new_size > size)
+				goto set_new_name_value;
+
+			/* Now replace the old value with new one. */
+			if (local)
+				xe->xe_value_size = cpu_to_le64(xi->value_len);
+			else
+				xe->xe_value_size = 0;
+
+			val = ocfs2_xattr_bucket_get_val(inode,
+							 &xs->bucket, offs);
+			memset(val + OCFS2_XATTR_SIZE(name_len), 0,
+			       size - OCFS2_XATTR_SIZE(name_len));
+			if (OCFS2_XATTR_SIZE(xi->value_len) > 0)
+				memcpy(val + OCFS2_XATTR_SIZE(name_len),
+				       xi->value, xi->value_len);
+
+			le16_add_cpu(&xh->xh_name_value_len, new_size);
+			ocfs2_xattr_set_local(xe, local);
+			return;
+		} else {
+			/*
+			 * Remove the old entry if there is more than one.
+			 * We don't remove the last entry so that we can
+			 * use it to indicate the hash value of the empty
+			 * bucket.
+			 */
+			last -= 1;
+			le16_add_cpu(&xh->xh_count, -1);
+			if (xh->xh_count) {
+				memmove(xe, xe + 1,
+					(void *)last - (void *)xe);
+				memset(last, 0,
+				       sizeof(struct ocfs2_xattr_entry));
+			} else
+				xh->xh_free_start =
+					cpu_to_le16(OCFS2_XATTR_BUCKET_SIZE);
+
+			return;
+		}
+	} else {
+		/* find a new entry for insert. */
+		int low = 0, high = count - 1, tmp;
+		struct ocfs2_xattr_entry *tmp_xe;
+
+		while (low <= high && count) {
+			tmp = (low + high) / 2;
+			tmp_xe = &xh->xh_entries[tmp];
+
+			if (name_hash > le32_to_cpu(tmp_xe->xe_name_hash))
+				low = tmp + 1;
+			else if (name_hash <
+				 le32_to_cpu(tmp_xe->xe_name_hash))
+				high = tmp - 1;
+			else {
+				low = tmp;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+
+		xe = &xh->xh_entries[low];
+		if (low != count)
+			memmove(xe + 1, xe, (void *)last - (void *)xe);
+
+		le16_add_cpu(&xh->xh_count, 1);
+		memset(xe, 0, sizeof(struct ocfs2_xattr_entry));
+		xe->xe_name_hash = cpu_to_le32(name_hash);
+		xe->xe_name_len = name_len;
+		ocfs2_xattr_set_type(xe, xi->name_index);
+	}
+
+set_new_name_value:
+	/* Insert the new name+value. */
+	size = OCFS2_XATTR_SIZE(name_len) + OCFS2_XATTR_SIZE(xi->value_len);
+
+	/*
+	 * We must make sure that the name/value pair
+	 * exists in the same block.
+	 */
+	offs = le16_to_cpu(xh->xh_free_start);
+	start = offs - size;
+
+	if (start >> inode->i_sb->s_blocksize_bits !=
+	    (offs - 1) >> inode->i_sb->s_blocksize_bits) {
+		offs = offs - offs % blocksize;
+		xh->xh_free_start = cpu_to_le16(offs);
+	}
+
+	val = ocfs2_xattr_bucket_get_val(inode,
+					 &xs->bucket, offs - size);
+	xe->xe_name_offset = cpu_to_le16(offs - size);
+
+	memset(val, 0, size);
+	memcpy(val, xi->name, name_len);
+	memcpy(val + OCFS2_XATTR_SIZE(name_len), xi->value, xi->value_len);
+
+	xe->xe_value_size = cpu_to_le64(xi->value_len);
+	ocfs2_xattr_set_local(xe, local);
+	xs->here = xe;
+	le16_add_cpu(&xh->xh_free_start, -size);
+	le16_add_cpu(&xh->xh_name_value_len, size);
+
+	return;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_xattr_bucket_handle_journal(struct inode *inode,
+					     handle_t *handle,
+					     struct ocfs2_xattr_search *xs,
+					     struct buffer_head **bhs,
+					     u16 bh_num)
+{
+	int ret = 0, off, block_off;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_entry *xe = xs->here;
+
+	/*
+	 * First calculate all the blocks we should journal_access
+	 * and journal_dirty. The first block should always be touched.
+	 */
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bhs[0]);
+	if (ret)
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+
+	/* calc the data. */
+	off = le16_to_cpu(xe->xe_name_offset);
+	block_off = off >> inode->i_sb->s_blocksize_bits;
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bhs[block_off]);
+	if (ret)
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Set the xattr entry in the specified bucket.
+ * The bucket is indicated by xs->bucket and it should have the enough
+ * space for the xattr insertion.
+ */
+static int ocfs2_xattr_set_entry_in_bucket(struct inode *inode,
+					   struct ocfs2_xattr_info *xi,
+					   struct ocfs2_xattr_search *xs,
+					   u32 name_hash,
+					   int local)
+{
+	int i, ret;
+	handle_t *handle = NULL;
+	u16 blk_per_bucket = ocfs2_blocks_per_xattr_bucket(inode->i_sb);
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
+
+	mlog(0, "Set xattr entry len = %lu index = %d in bucket %llu\n",
+	     (unsigned long)xi->value_len, xi->name_index,
+	     (unsigned long long)xs->bucket.bhs[0]->b_blocknr);
+
+	if (!xs->bucket.bhs[1]) {
+		ret = ocfs2_read_blocks(inode,
+					xs->bucket.bhs[0]->b_blocknr + 1,
+					blk_per_bucket - 1, &xs->bucket.bhs[1],
+					OCFS2_BH_CACHED);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
+
+	handle = ocfs2_start_trans(osb, blk_per_bucket);
+	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
+		handle = NULL;
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < blk_per_bucket; i++) {
+		ret = ocfs2_journal_access(handle, inode, xs->bucket.bhs[i],
+					   OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
+
+	ocfs2_xattr_set_entry_normal(inode, xi, xs, name_hash, local);
+
+	/*Only dirty the blocks we have touched in set xattr. */
+	ret = ocfs2_xattr_bucket_handle_journal(inode, handle, xs,
+						xs->bucket.bhs, blk_per_bucket);
+	if (ret)
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+out:
+	ocfs2_commit_trans(osb, handle);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_xattr_value_update_size(struct inode *inode,
+					 struct buffer_head *xe_bh,
+					 struct ocfs2_xattr_entry *xe,
+					 u64 new_size)
+{
+	int ret;
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
+	handle_t *handle = NULL;
+
+	handle = ocfs2_start_trans(osb, 1);
+	if (handle == NULL) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access(handle, inode, xe_bh,
+				   OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out_commit;
+	}
+
+	xe->xe_value_size = cpu_to_le64(new_size);
+
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, xe_bh);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+
+out_commit:
+	ocfs2_commit_trans(osb, handle);
+out:
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Truncate the specified xe_off entry in xattr bucket.
+ * bucket is indicated by header_bh and len is the new length.
+ * Both the ocfs2_xattr_value_root and the entry will be updated here.
+ *
+ * Copy the new updated xe and xe_value_root to new_xe and new_xv if needed.
+ */
+static int ocfs2_xattr_bucket_value_truncate(struct inode *inode,
+					     struct buffer_head *header_bh,
+					     int xe_off,
+					     int len)
+{
+	int ret, offset;
+	u64 value_blk;
+	struct buffer_head *value_bh = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_value_root *xv;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_entry *xe;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_header *xh =
+			(struct ocfs2_xattr_header *)header_bh->b_data;
+	size_t blocksize = inode->i_sb->s_blocksize;
+
+	xe = &xh->xh_entries[xe_off];
+
+	BUG_ON(!xe || ocfs2_xattr_is_local(xe));
+
+	offset = le16_to_cpu(xe->xe_name_offset) +
+		 OCFS2_XATTR_SIZE(xe->xe_name_len);
+
+	value_blk = offset / blocksize;
+
+	/* We don't allow ocfs2_xattr_value to be stored in different block. */
+	BUG_ON(value_blk != (offset + OCFS2_XATTR_ROOT_SIZE - 1) / blocksize);
+	value_blk += header_bh->b_blocknr;
+
+	ret = ocfs2_read_block(inode, value_blk, &value_bh);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	xv = (struct ocfs2_xattr_value_root *)
+		(value_bh->b_data + offset % blocksize);
+
+	mlog(0, "truncate %u in xattr bucket %llu to %d bytes.\n",
+	     xe_off, (unsigned long long)header_bh->b_blocknr, len);
+	ret = ocfs2_xattr_value_truncate(inode, value_bh, xv, len);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_xattr_value_update_size(inode, header_bh, xe, len);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+out:
+	brelse(value_bh);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_xattr_bucket_value_truncate_xs(struct inode *inode,
+						struct ocfs2_xattr_search *xs,
+						int len)
+{
+	int ret, offset;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_entry *xe = xs->here;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_header *xh = (struct ocfs2_xattr_header *)xs->base;
+
+	BUG_ON(!xs->bucket.bhs[0] || !xe || ocfs2_xattr_is_local(xe));
+
+	offset = xe - xh->xh_entries;
+	ret = ocfs2_xattr_bucket_value_truncate(inode, xs->bucket.bhs[0],
+						offset, len);
+	if (ret)
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_xattr_bucket_set_value_outside(struct inode *inode,
+						struct ocfs2_xattr_search *xs,
+						char *val,
+						int value_len)
+{
+	int offset;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_value_root *xv;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_entry *xe = xs->here;
+
+	BUG_ON(!xs->base || !xe || ocfs2_xattr_is_local(xe));
+
+	offset = le16_to_cpu(xe->xe_name_offset) +
+		 OCFS2_XATTR_SIZE(xe->xe_name_len);
+
+	xv = (struct ocfs2_xattr_value_root *)(xs->base + offset);
+
+	return __ocfs2_xattr_set_value_outside(inode, xv, val, value_len);
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_rm_xattr_cluster(struct inode *inode,
+				  struct buffer_head *root_bh,
+				  u64 blkno,
+				  u32 cpos,
+				  u32 len)
+{
+	int ret;
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
+	struct inode *tl_inode = osb->osb_tl_inode;
+	handle_t *handle;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_block *xb =
+			(struct ocfs2_xattr_block *)root_bh->b_data;
+	struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_cached_dealloc_ctxt dealloc;
+	struct ocfs2_extent_tree et;
+
+	ocfs2_init_xattr_tree_extent_tree(&et, inode, root_bh);
+
+	ocfs2_init_dealloc_ctxt(&dealloc);
+
+	mlog(0, "rm xattr extent rec at %u len = %u, start from %llu\n",
+	     cpos, len, (unsigned long long)blkno);
+
+	ocfs2_remove_xattr_clusters_from_cache(inode, blkno, len);
+
+	ret = ocfs2_lock_allocators(inode, &et, 0, 1, NULL, &meta_ac);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	mutex_lock(&tl_inode->i_mutex);
+
+	if (ocfs2_truncate_log_needs_flush(osb)) {
+		ret = __ocfs2_flush_truncate_log(osb);
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
+
+	handle = ocfs2_start_trans(osb, OCFS2_REMOVE_EXTENT_CREDITS);
+	if (handle == NULL) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access(handle, inode, root_bh,
+				   OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out_commit;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_remove_extent(inode, &et, cpos, len, handle, meta_ac,
+				  &dealloc);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out_commit;
+	}
+
+	le32_add_cpu(&xb->xb_attrs.xb_root.xt_clusters, -len);
+
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, root_bh);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out_commit;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_truncate_log_append(osb, handle, blkno, len);
+	if (ret)
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+
+out_commit:
+	ocfs2_commit_trans(osb, handle);
+out:
+	ocfs2_schedule_truncate_log_flush(osb, 1);
+
+	mutex_unlock(&tl_inode->i_mutex);
+
+	if (meta_ac)
+		ocfs2_free_alloc_context(meta_ac);
+
+	ocfs2_run_deallocs(osb, &dealloc);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static void ocfs2_xattr_bucket_remove_xs(struct inode *inode,
+					 struct ocfs2_xattr_search *xs)
+{
+	handle_t *handle = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_header *xh = xs->bucket.xh;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_entry *last = &xh->xh_entries[
+						le16_to_cpu(xh->xh_count) - 1];
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	handle = ocfs2_start_trans((OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb)), 1);
+	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access(handle, inode, xs->bucket.bhs[0],
+				   OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out_commit;
+	}
+
+	/* Remove the old entry. */
+	memmove(xs->here, xs->here + 1,
+		(void *)last - (void *)xs->here);
+	memset(last, 0, sizeof(struct ocfs2_xattr_entry));
+	le16_add_cpu(&xh->xh_count, -1);
+
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, xs->bucket.bhs[0]);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+out_commit:
+	ocfs2_commit_trans(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb), handle);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Set the xattr name/value in the bucket specified in xs.
+ *
+ * As the new value in xi may be stored in the bucket or in an outside cluster,
+ * we divide the whole process into 3 steps:
+ * 1. insert name/value in the bucket(ocfs2_xattr_set_entry_in_bucket)
+ * 2. truncate of the outside cluster(ocfs2_xattr_bucket_value_truncate_xs)
+ * 3. Set the value to the outside cluster(ocfs2_xattr_bucket_set_value_outside)
+ * 4. If the clusters for the new outside value can't be allocated, we need
+ *    to free the xattr we allocated in set.
+ */
+static int ocfs2_xattr_set_in_bucket(struct inode *inode,
+				     struct ocfs2_xattr_info *xi,
+				     struct ocfs2_xattr_search *xs)
+{
+	int ret, local = 1;
+	size_t value_len;
+	char *val = (char *)xi->value;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_entry *xe = xs->here;
+	u32 name_hash = ocfs2_xattr_name_hash(inode, xi->name,
+					      strlen(xi->name));
+
+	if (!xs->not_found && !ocfs2_xattr_is_local(xe)) {
+		/*
+		 * We need to truncate the xattr storage first.
+		 *
+		 * If both the old and new value are stored to
+		 * outside block, we only need to truncate
+		 * the storage and then set the value outside.
+		 *
+		 * If the new value should be stored within block,
+		 * we should free all the outside block first and
+		 * the modification to the xattr block will be done
+		 * by following steps.
+		 */
+		if (xi->value_len > OCFS2_XATTR_INLINE_SIZE)
+			value_len = xi->value_len;
+		else
+			value_len = 0;
+
+		ret = ocfs2_xattr_bucket_value_truncate_xs(inode, xs,
+							   value_len);
+		if (ret)
+			goto out;
+
+		if (value_len)
+			goto set_value_outside;
+	}
+
+	value_len = xi->value_len;
+	/* So we have to handle the inside block change now. */
+	if (value_len > OCFS2_XATTR_INLINE_SIZE) {
+		/*
+		 * If the new value will be stored outside of block,
+		 * initalize a new empty value root and insert it first.
+		 */
+		local = 0;
+		xi->value = &def_xv;
+		xi->value_len = OCFS2_XATTR_ROOT_SIZE;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_xattr_set_entry_in_bucket(inode, xi, xs, name_hash, local);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	if (value_len <= OCFS2_XATTR_INLINE_SIZE)
+		goto out;
+
+	/* allocate the space now for the outside block storage. */
+	ret = ocfs2_xattr_bucket_value_truncate_xs(inode, xs,
+						   value_len);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+
+		if (xs->not_found) {
+			/*
+			 * We can't allocate enough clusters for outside
+			 * storage and we have allocated xattr already,
+			 * so need to remove it.
+			 */
+			ocfs2_xattr_bucket_remove_xs(inode, xs);
+		}
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+set_value_outside:
+	ret = ocfs2_xattr_bucket_set_value_outside(inode, xs, val, value_len);
+out:
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/* check whether the xattr bucket is filled up with the same hash value. */
+static int ocfs2_check_xattr_bucket_collision(struct inode *inode,
+					      struct ocfs2_xattr_bucket *bucket)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_header *xh = bucket->xh;
+
+	if (xh->xh_entries[le16_to_cpu(xh->xh_count) - 1].xe_name_hash ==
+	    xh->xh_entries[0].xe_name_hash) {
+		mlog(ML_ERROR, "Too much hash collision in xattr bucket %llu, "
+		     "hash = %u\n",
+		     (unsigned long long)bucket->bhs[0]->b_blocknr,
+		     le32_to_cpu(xh->xh_entries[0].xe_name_hash));
+		return -ENOSPC;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_xattr_set_entry_index_block(struct inode *inode,
+					     struct ocfs2_xattr_info *xi,
+					     struct ocfs2_xattr_search *xs)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_header *xh;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_entry *xe;
+	u16 count, header_size, xh_free_start;
+	int i, free, max_free, need, old;
+	size_t value_size = 0, name_len = strlen(xi->name);
+	size_t blocksize = inode->i_sb->s_blocksize;
+	int ret, allocation = 0;
+	u16 blk_per_bucket = ocfs2_blocks_per_xattr_bucket(inode->i_sb);
+
+	mlog_entry("Set xattr %s in xattr index block\n", xi->name);
+
+try_again:
+	xh = xs->header;
+	count = le16_to_cpu(xh->xh_count);
+	xh_free_start = le16_to_cpu(xh->xh_free_start);
+	header_size = sizeof(struct ocfs2_xattr_header) +
+			count * sizeof(struct ocfs2_xattr_entry);
+	max_free = OCFS2_XATTR_BUCKET_SIZE -
+		le16_to_cpu(xh->xh_name_value_len) - header_size;
+
+	mlog_bug_on_msg(header_size > blocksize, "bucket %llu has header size "
+			"of %u which exceed block size\n",
+			(unsigned long long)xs->bucket.bhs[0]->b_blocknr,
+			header_size);
+
+	if (xi->value && xi->value_len > OCFS2_XATTR_INLINE_SIZE)
+		value_size = OCFS2_XATTR_ROOT_SIZE;
+	else if (xi->value)
+		value_size = OCFS2_XATTR_SIZE(xi->value_len);
+
+	if (xs->not_found)
+		need = sizeof(struct ocfs2_xattr_entry) +
+			OCFS2_XATTR_SIZE(name_len) + value_size;
+	else {
+		need = value_size + OCFS2_XATTR_SIZE(name_len);
+
+		/*
+		 * We only replace the old value if the new length is smaller
+		 * than the old one. Otherwise we will allocate new space in the
+		 * bucket to store it.
+		 */
+		xe = xs->here;
+		if (ocfs2_xattr_is_local(xe))
+			old = OCFS2_XATTR_SIZE(le64_to_cpu(xe->xe_value_size));
+		else
+			old = OCFS2_XATTR_SIZE(OCFS2_XATTR_ROOT_SIZE);
+
+		if (old >= value_size)
+			need = 0;
+	}
+
+	free = xh_free_start - header_size;
+	/*
+	 * We need to make sure the new name/value pair
+	 * can exist in the same block.
+	 */
+	if (xh_free_start % blocksize < need)
+		free -= xh_free_start % blocksize;
+
+	mlog(0, "xs->not_found = %d, in xattr bucket %llu: free = %d, "
+	     "need = %d, max_free = %d, xh_free_start = %u, xh_name_value_len ="
+	     " %u\n", xs->not_found,
+	     (unsigned long long)xs->bucket.bhs[0]->b_blocknr,
+	     free, need, max_free, le16_to_cpu(xh->xh_free_start),
+	     le16_to_cpu(xh->xh_name_value_len));
+
+	if (free < need || count == ocfs2_xattr_max_xe_in_bucket(inode->i_sb)) {
+		if (need <= max_free &&
+		    count < ocfs2_xattr_max_xe_in_bucket(inode->i_sb)) {
+			/*
+			 * We can create the space by defragment. Since only the
+			 * name/value will be moved, the xe shouldn't be changed
+			 * in xs.
+			 */
+			ret = ocfs2_defrag_xattr_bucket(inode, &xs->bucket);
+			if (ret) {
+				mlog_errno(ret);
+				goto out;
+			}
+
+			xh_free_start = le16_to_cpu(xh->xh_free_start);
+			free = xh_free_start - header_size;
+			if (xh_free_start % blocksize < need)
+				free -= xh_free_start % blocksize;
+
+			if (free >= need)
+				goto xattr_set;
+
+			mlog(0, "Can't get enough space for xattr insert by "
+			     "defragment. Need %u bytes, but we have %d, so "
+			     "allocate new bucket for it.\n", need, free);
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * We have to add new buckets or clusters and one
+		 * allocation should leave us enough space for insert.
+		 */
+		BUG_ON(allocation);
+
+		/*
+		 * We do not allow for overlapping ranges between buckets. And
+		 * the maximum number of collisions we will allow for then is
+		 * one bucket's worth, so check it here whether we need to
+		 * add a new bucket for the insert.
+		 */
+		ret = ocfs2_check_xattr_bucket_collision(inode, &xs->bucket);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		ret = ocfs2_add_new_xattr_bucket(inode,
+						 xs->xattr_bh,
+						 xs->bucket.bhs[0]);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		for (i = 0; i < blk_per_bucket; i++)
+			brelse(xs->bucket.bhs[i]);
+
+		memset(&xs->bucket, 0, sizeof(xs->bucket));
+
+		ret = ocfs2_xattr_index_block_find(inode, xs->xattr_bh,
+						   xi->name_index,
+						   xi->name, xs);
+		if (ret && ret != -ENODATA)
+			goto out;
+		xs->not_found = ret;
+		allocation = 1;
+		goto try_again;
+	}
+
+xattr_set:
+	ret = ocfs2_xattr_set_in_bucket(inode, xi, xs);
+out:
+	mlog_exit(ret);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_delete_xattr_in_bucket(struct inode *inode,
+					struct ocfs2_xattr_bucket *bucket,
+					void *para)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_header *xh = bucket->xh;
+	u16 i;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_entry *xe;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < le16_to_cpu(xh->xh_count); i++) {
+		xe = &xh->xh_entries[i];
+		if (ocfs2_xattr_is_local(xe))
+			continue;
+
+		ret = ocfs2_xattr_bucket_value_truncate(inode,
+							bucket->bhs[0],
+							i, 0);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_delete_xattr_index_block(struct inode *inode,
+					  struct buffer_head *xb_bh)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_block *xb =
+			(struct ocfs2_xattr_block *)xb_bh->b_data;
+	struct ocfs2_extent_list *el = &xb->xb_attrs.xb_root.xt_list;
+	int ret = 0;
+	u32 name_hash = UINT_MAX, e_cpos, num_clusters;
+	u64 p_blkno;
+
+	if (le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec) == 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	while (name_hash > 0) {
+		ret = ocfs2_xattr_get_rec(inode, name_hash, &p_blkno,
+					  &e_cpos, &num_clusters, el);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		ret = ocfs2_iterate_xattr_buckets(inode, p_blkno, num_clusters,
+						  ocfs2_delete_xattr_in_bucket,
+						  NULL);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		ret = ocfs2_rm_xattr_cluster(inode, xb_bh,
+					     p_blkno, e_cpos, num_clusters);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			break;
+		}
+
+		if (e_cpos == 0)
+			break;
+
+		name_hash = e_cpos - 1;
+	}
+
+out:
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * 'trusted' attributes support
+ */
+
+#define XATTR_TRUSTED_PREFIX "trusted."
+
+static size_t ocfs2_xattr_trusted_list(struct inode *inode, char *list,
+				       size_t list_size, const char *name,
+				       size_t name_len)
+{
+	const size_t prefix_len = sizeof(XATTR_TRUSTED_PREFIX) - 1;
+	const size_t total_len = prefix_len + name_len + 1;
+
+	if (list && total_len <= list_size) {
+		memcpy(list, XATTR_TRUSTED_PREFIX, prefix_len);
+		memcpy(list + prefix_len, name, name_len);
+		list[prefix_len + name_len] = '\0';
+	}
+	return total_len;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_xattr_trusted_get(struct inode *inode, const char *name,
+				   void *buffer, size_t size)
+{
+	if (strcmp(name, "") == 0)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	return ocfs2_xattr_get(inode, OCFS2_XATTR_INDEX_TRUSTED, name,
+			       buffer, size);
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_xattr_trusted_set(struct inode *inode, const char *name,
+				   const void *value, size_t size, int flags)
+{
+	if (strcmp(name, "") == 0)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	return ocfs2_xattr_set(inode, OCFS2_XATTR_INDEX_TRUSTED, name, value,
+			       size, flags);
+}
+
+struct xattr_handler ocfs2_xattr_trusted_handler = {
+	.prefix	= XATTR_TRUSTED_PREFIX,
+	.list	= ocfs2_xattr_trusted_list,
+	.get	= ocfs2_xattr_trusted_get,
+	.set	= ocfs2_xattr_trusted_set,
+};
+
+
+/*
+ * 'user' attributes support
+ */
+
+#define XATTR_USER_PREFIX "user."
+
+static size_t ocfs2_xattr_user_list(struct inode *inode, char *list,
+				    size_t list_size, const char *name,
+				    size_t name_len)
+{
+	const size_t prefix_len = sizeof(XATTR_USER_PREFIX) - 1;
+	const size_t total_len = prefix_len + name_len + 1;
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
+
+	if (osb->s_mount_opt & OCFS2_MOUNT_NOUSERXATTR)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (list && total_len <= list_size) {
+		memcpy(list, XATTR_USER_PREFIX, prefix_len);
+		memcpy(list + prefix_len, name, name_len);
+		list[prefix_len + name_len] = '\0';
+	}
+	return total_len;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_xattr_user_get(struct inode *inode, const char *name,
+				void *buffer, size_t size)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
+
+	if (strcmp(name, "") == 0)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	if (osb->s_mount_opt & OCFS2_MOUNT_NOUSERXATTR)
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+	return ocfs2_xattr_get(inode, OCFS2_XATTR_INDEX_USER, name,
+			       buffer, size);
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_xattr_user_set(struct inode *inode, const char *name,
+				const void *value, size_t size, int flags)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
+
+	if (strcmp(name, "") == 0)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	if (osb->s_mount_opt & OCFS2_MOUNT_NOUSERXATTR)
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
+	return ocfs2_xattr_set(inode, OCFS2_XATTR_INDEX_USER, name, value,
+			       size, flags);
+}
+
+struct xattr_handler ocfs2_xattr_user_handler = {
+	.prefix	= XATTR_USER_PREFIX,
+	.list	= ocfs2_xattr_user_list,
+	.get	= ocfs2_xattr_user_get,
+	.set	= ocfs2_xattr_user_set,
+};
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.h b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c25c7c62a059
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.h
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+/* -*- mode: c; c-basic-offset: 8; -*-
+ * vim: noexpandtab sw=8 ts=8 sts=0:
+ *
+ * xattr.h
+ *
+ * Function prototypes
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2008 Oracle.  All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
+ * License along with this program; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 021110-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#ifndef OCFS2_XATTR_H
+#define OCFS2_XATTR_H
+
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/xattr.h>
+
+enum ocfs2_xattr_type {
+	OCFS2_XATTR_INDEX_USER = 1,
+	OCFS2_XATTR_INDEX_POSIX_ACL_ACCESS,
+	OCFS2_XATTR_INDEX_POSIX_ACL_DEFAULT,
+	OCFS2_XATTR_INDEX_TRUSTED,
+	OCFS2_XATTR_INDEX_SECURITY,
+	OCFS2_XATTR_MAX
+};
+
+extern struct xattr_handler ocfs2_xattr_user_handler;
+extern struct xattr_handler ocfs2_xattr_trusted_handler;
+
+extern ssize_t ocfs2_listxattr(struct dentry *, char *, size_t);
+extern int ocfs2_xattr_get(struct inode *, int, const char *, void *, size_t);
+extern int ocfs2_xattr_set(struct inode *, int, const char *, const void *,
+			   size_t, int);
+extern int ocfs2_xattr_remove(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head *di_bh);
+extern struct xattr_handler *ocfs2_xattr_handlers[];
+
+static inline u16 ocfs2_xattr_buckets_per_cluster(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
+{
+	return (1 << osb->s_clustersize_bits) / OCFS2_XATTR_BUCKET_SIZE;
+}
+
+static inline u16 ocfs2_blocks_per_xattr_bucket(struct super_block *sb)
+{
+	return OCFS2_XATTR_BUCKET_SIZE / (1 << sb->s_blocksize_bits);
+}
+
+static inline u16 ocfs2_xattr_max_xe_in_bucket(struct super_block *sb)
+{
+	u16 len = sb->s_blocksize -
+		 offsetof(struct ocfs2_xattr_header, xh_entries);
+
+	return len / sizeof(struct ocfs2_xattr_entry);
+}
+#endif /* OCFS2_XATTR_H */