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

* 'upstream-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jlbec/ocfs2: (85 commits)
  ocfs2: Use buffer IO if we are appending a file.
  ocfs2: add spinlock protection when dealing with lockres->purge.
  dlmglue.c: add missed mlog lines
  ocfs2: __ocfs2_abort() should not enable panic for local mounts
  ocfs2: Add ioctl for reflink.
  ocfs2: Enable refcount tree support.
  ocfs2: Implement ocfs2_reflink.
  ocfs2: Add preserve to reflink.
  ocfs2: Create reflinked file in orphan dir.
  ocfs2: Use proper parameter for some inode operation.
  ocfs2: Make transaction extend more efficient.
  ocfs2: Don't merge in 1st refcount ops of reflink.
  ocfs2: Modify removing xattr process for refcount.
  ocfs2: Add reflink support for xattr.
  ocfs2: Create an xattr indexed block if needed.
  ocfs2: Call refcount tree remove process properly.
  ocfs2: Attach xattr clusters to refcount tree.
  ocfs2: Abstract ocfs2 xattr tree extend rec iteration process.
  ocfs2: Abstract the creation of xattr block.
  ocfs2: Remove inode from ocfs2_xattr_bucket_get_name_value.
  ...

40 files changed, 8512 insertions, 1176 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/Makefile b/fs/ocfs2/Makefile
index 01596079dd6..31f25ce32c9 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/Makefile
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/Makefile
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ ocfs2-objs := \
 	locks.o			\
 	mmap.o 			\
 	namei.o 		\
+	refcounttree.o		\
 	resize.o		\
 	slot_map.o 		\
 	suballoc.o 		\
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c b/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
index ab513ddaeff..38a42f5d59f 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
@@ -49,10 +49,21 @@
 #include "super.h"
 #include "uptodate.h"
 #include "xattr.h"
+#include "refcounttree.h"
 
 #include "buffer_head_io.h"
 
+enum ocfs2_contig_type {
+	CONTIG_NONE = 0,
+	CONTIG_LEFT,
+	CONTIG_RIGHT,
+	CONTIG_LEFTRIGHT,
+};
 
+static enum ocfs2_contig_type
+	ocfs2_extent_rec_contig(struct super_block *sb,
+				struct ocfs2_extent_rec *ext,
+				struct ocfs2_extent_rec *insert_rec);
 /*
  * Operations for a specific extent tree type.
  *
@@ -79,18 +90,30 @@ struct ocfs2_extent_tree_operations {
 	 * 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,
+	void (*eo_update_clusters)(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
 				   u32 new_clusters);
 
 	/*
+	 * If this extent tree is supported by an extent map, insert
+	 * a record into the map.
+	 */
+	void (*eo_extent_map_insert)(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
+				     struct ocfs2_extent_rec *rec);
+
+	/*
+	 * If this extent tree is supported by an extent map, truncate the
+	 * map to clusters,
+	 */
+	void (*eo_extent_map_truncate)(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
+				       u32 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,
+	int (*eo_insert_check)(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
 			       struct ocfs2_extent_rec *rec);
-	int (*eo_sanity_check)(struct inode *inode, struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et);
+	int (*eo_sanity_check)(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et);
 
 	/*
 	 * --------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -109,8 +132,17 @@ struct ocfs2_extent_tree_operations {
 	 * 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);
+	void (*eo_fill_max_leaf_clusters)(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et);
+
+	/*
+	 * ->eo_extent_contig test whether the 2 ocfs2_extent_rec
+	 * are contiguous or not. Optional. Don't need to set it if use
+	 * ocfs2_extent_rec as the tree leaf.
+	 */
+	enum ocfs2_contig_type
+		(*eo_extent_contig)(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
+				    struct ocfs2_extent_rec *ext,
+				    struct ocfs2_extent_rec *insert_rec);
 };
 
 
@@ -121,19 +153,22 @@ struct ocfs2_extent_tree_operations {
 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,
+static void ocfs2_dinode_update_clusters(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
 					 u32 clusters);
-static int ocfs2_dinode_insert_check(struct inode *inode,
-				     struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
+static void ocfs2_dinode_extent_map_insert(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
+					   struct ocfs2_extent_rec *rec);
+static void ocfs2_dinode_extent_map_truncate(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
+					     u32 clusters);
+static int ocfs2_dinode_insert_check(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 int ocfs2_dinode_sanity_check(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_extent_map_insert	= ocfs2_dinode_extent_map_insert,
+	.eo_extent_map_truncate	= ocfs2_dinode_extent_map_truncate,
 	.eo_insert_check	= ocfs2_dinode_insert_check,
 	.eo_sanity_check	= ocfs2_dinode_sanity_check,
 	.eo_fill_root_el	= ocfs2_dinode_fill_root_el,
@@ -156,40 +191,53 @@ static u64 ocfs2_dinode_get_last_eb_blk(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et)
 	return le64_to_cpu(di->i_last_eb_blk);
 }
 
-static void ocfs2_dinode_update_clusters(struct inode *inode,
-					 struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
+static void ocfs2_dinode_update_clusters(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
 					 u32 clusters)
 {
+	struct ocfs2_inode_info *oi = cache_info_to_inode(et->et_ci);
 	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);
+	spin_lock(&oi->ip_lock);
+	oi->ip_clusters = le32_to_cpu(di->i_clusters);
+	spin_unlock(&oi->ip_lock);
 }
 
-static int ocfs2_dinode_insert_check(struct inode *inode,
-				     struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
+static void ocfs2_dinode_extent_map_insert(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
+					   struct ocfs2_extent_rec *rec)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = &cache_info_to_inode(et->et_ci)->vfs_inode;
+
+	ocfs2_extent_map_insert_rec(inode, rec);
+}
+
+static void ocfs2_dinode_extent_map_truncate(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
+					     u32 clusters)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = &cache_info_to_inode(et->et_ci)->vfs_inode;
+
+	ocfs2_extent_map_trunc(inode, clusters);
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_dinode_insert_check(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
 				     struct ocfs2_extent_rec *rec)
 {
-	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
+	struct ocfs2_inode_info *oi = cache_info_to_inode(et->et_ci);
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(oi->vfs_inode.i_sb);
 
-	BUG_ON(OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_dyn_features & OCFS2_INLINE_DATA_FL);
+	BUG_ON(oi->ip_dyn_features & OCFS2_INLINE_DATA_FL);
 	mlog_bug_on_msg(!ocfs2_sparse_alloc(osb) &&
-			(OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_clusters !=
-			 le32_to_cpu(rec->e_cpos)),
+			(oi->ip_clusters != le32_to_cpu(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);
+			(unsigned long long)oi->ip_blkno,
+			rec->e_cpos, oi->ip_clusters);
 
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int ocfs2_dinode_sanity_check(struct inode *inode,
-				     struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et)
+static int ocfs2_dinode_sanity_check(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et)
 {
 	struct ocfs2_dinode *di = et->et_object;
 
@@ -229,8 +277,7 @@ static u64 ocfs2_xattr_value_get_last_eb_blk(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et)
 	return le64_to_cpu(vb->vb_xv->xr_last_eb_blk);
 }
 
-static void ocfs2_xattr_value_update_clusters(struct inode *inode,
-					      struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
+static void ocfs2_xattr_value_update_clusters(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
 					      u32 clusters)
 {
 	struct ocfs2_xattr_value_buf *vb = et->et_object;
@@ -252,12 +299,11 @@ static void ocfs2_xattr_tree_fill_root_el(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et)
 	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)
+static void ocfs2_xattr_tree_fill_max_leaf_clusters(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et)
 {
+	struct super_block *sb = ocfs2_metadata_cache_get_super(et->et_ci);
 	et->et_max_leaf_clusters =
-		ocfs2_clusters_for_bytes(inode->i_sb,
-					 OCFS2_MAX_XATTR_TREE_LEAF_SIZE);
+		ocfs2_clusters_for_bytes(sb, OCFS2_MAX_XATTR_TREE_LEAF_SIZE);
 }
 
 static void ocfs2_xattr_tree_set_last_eb_blk(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
@@ -277,8 +323,7 @@ static u64 ocfs2_xattr_tree_get_last_eb_blk(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et)
 	return le64_to_cpu(xt->xt_last_eb_blk);
 }
 
-static void ocfs2_xattr_tree_update_clusters(struct inode *inode,
-					     struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
+static void ocfs2_xattr_tree_update_clusters(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
 					     u32 clusters)
 {
 	struct ocfs2_xattr_block *xb = et->et_object;
@@ -309,8 +354,7 @@ static u64 ocfs2_dx_root_get_last_eb_blk(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et)
 	return le64_to_cpu(dx_root->dr_last_eb_blk);
 }
 
-static void ocfs2_dx_root_update_clusters(struct inode *inode,
-					  struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
+static void ocfs2_dx_root_update_clusters(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
 					  u32 clusters)
 {
 	struct ocfs2_dx_root_block *dx_root = et->et_object;
@@ -318,8 +362,7 @@ static void ocfs2_dx_root_update_clusters(struct inode *inode,
 	le32_add_cpu(&dx_root->dr_clusters, clusters);
 }
 
-static int ocfs2_dx_root_sanity_check(struct inode *inode,
-				      struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et)
+static int ocfs2_dx_root_sanity_check(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et)
 {
 	struct ocfs2_dx_root_block *dx_root = et->et_object;
 
@@ -343,8 +386,54 @@ static struct ocfs2_extent_tree_operations ocfs2_dx_root_et_ops = {
 	.eo_fill_root_el	= ocfs2_dx_root_fill_root_el,
 };
 
+static void ocfs2_refcount_tree_fill_root_el(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_refcount_block *rb = et->et_object;
+
+	et->et_root_el = &rb->rf_list;
+}
+
+static void ocfs2_refcount_tree_set_last_eb_blk(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
+						u64 blkno)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_refcount_block *rb = et->et_object;
+
+	rb->rf_last_eb_blk = cpu_to_le64(blkno);
+}
+
+static u64 ocfs2_refcount_tree_get_last_eb_blk(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_refcount_block *rb = et->et_object;
+
+	return le64_to_cpu(rb->rf_last_eb_blk);
+}
+
+static void ocfs2_refcount_tree_update_clusters(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
+						u32 clusters)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_refcount_block *rb = et->et_object;
+
+	le32_add_cpu(&rb->rf_clusters, clusters);
+}
+
+static enum ocfs2_contig_type
+ocfs2_refcount_tree_extent_contig(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
+				  struct ocfs2_extent_rec *ext,
+				  struct ocfs2_extent_rec *insert_rec)
+{
+	return CONTIG_NONE;
+}
+
+static struct ocfs2_extent_tree_operations ocfs2_refcount_tree_et_ops = {
+	.eo_set_last_eb_blk	= ocfs2_refcount_tree_set_last_eb_blk,
+	.eo_get_last_eb_blk	= ocfs2_refcount_tree_get_last_eb_blk,
+	.eo_update_clusters	= ocfs2_refcount_tree_update_clusters,
+	.eo_fill_root_el	= ocfs2_refcount_tree_fill_root_el,
+	.eo_extent_contig	= ocfs2_refcount_tree_extent_contig,
+};
+
 static void __ocfs2_init_extent_tree(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
-				     struct inode *inode,
+				     struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
 				     struct buffer_head *bh,
 				     ocfs2_journal_access_func access,
 				     void *obj,
@@ -352,6 +441,7 @@ static void __ocfs2_init_extent_tree(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
 {
 	et->et_ops = ops;
 	et->et_root_bh = bh;
+	et->et_ci = ci;
 	et->et_root_journal_access = access;
 	if (!obj)
 		obj = (void *)bh->b_data;
@@ -361,41 +451,49 @@ static void __ocfs2_init_extent_tree(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *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);
+		et->et_ops->eo_fill_max_leaf_clusters(et);
 }
 
 void ocfs2_init_dinode_extent_tree(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
-				   struct inode *inode,
+				   struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
 				   struct buffer_head *bh)
 {
-	__ocfs2_init_extent_tree(et, inode, bh, ocfs2_journal_access_di,
+	__ocfs2_init_extent_tree(et, ci, bh, ocfs2_journal_access_di,
 				 NULL, &ocfs2_dinode_et_ops);
 }
 
 void ocfs2_init_xattr_tree_extent_tree(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
-				       struct inode *inode,
+				       struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
 				       struct buffer_head *bh)
 {
-	__ocfs2_init_extent_tree(et, inode, bh, ocfs2_journal_access_xb,
+	__ocfs2_init_extent_tree(et, ci, bh, ocfs2_journal_access_xb,
 				 NULL, &ocfs2_xattr_tree_et_ops);
 }
 
 void ocfs2_init_xattr_value_extent_tree(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
-					struct inode *inode,
+					struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
 					struct ocfs2_xattr_value_buf *vb)
 {
-	__ocfs2_init_extent_tree(et, inode, vb->vb_bh, vb->vb_access, vb,
+	__ocfs2_init_extent_tree(et, ci, vb->vb_bh, vb->vb_access, vb,
 				 &ocfs2_xattr_value_et_ops);
 }
 
 void ocfs2_init_dx_root_extent_tree(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
-				    struct inode *inode,
+				    struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
 				    struct buffer_head *bh)
 {
-	__ocfs2_init_extent_tree(et, inode, bh, ocfs2_journal_access_dr,
+	__ocfs2_init_extent_tree(et, ci, bh, ocfs2_journal_access_dr,
 				 NULL, &ocfs2_dx_root_et_ops);
 }
 
+void ocfs2_init_refcount_extent_tree(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
+				     struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
+				     struct buffer_head *bh)
+{
+	__ocfs2_init_extent_tree(et, ci, bh, ocfs2_journal_access_rb,
+				 NULL, &ocfs2_refcount_tree_et_ops);
+}
+
 static inline void ocfs2_et_set_last_eb_blk(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
 					    u64 new_last_eb_blk)
 {
@@ -407,78 +505,71 @@ 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,
+static inline void ocfs2_et_update_clusters(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
 					    u32 clusters)
 {
-	et->et_ops->eo_update_clusters(inode, et, clusters);
+	et->et_ops->eo_update_clusters(et, clusters);
+}
+
+static inline void ocfs2_et_extent_map_insert(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
+					      struct ocfs2_extent_rec *rec)
+{
+	if (et->et_ops->eo_extent_map_insert)
+		et->et_ops->eo_extent_map_insert(et, rec);
+}
+
+static inline void ocfs2_et_extent_map_truncate(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
+						u32 clusters)
+{
+	if (et->et_ops->eo_extent_map_truncate)
+		et->et_ops->eo_extent_map_truncate(et, clusters);
 }
 
 static inline int ocfs2_et_root_journal_access(handle_t *handle,
-					       struct inode *inode,
 					       struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
 					       int type)
 {
-	return et->et_root_journal_access(handle, inode, et->et_root_bh,
+	return et->et_root_journal_access(handle, et->et_ci, et->et_root_bh,
 					  type);
 }
 
-static inline int ocfs2_et_insert_check(struct inode *inode,
-					struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
+static inline enum ocfs2_contig_type
+	ocfs2_et_extent_contig(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
+			       struct ocfs2_extent_rec *rec,
+			       struct ocfs2_extent_rec *insert_rec)
+{
+	if (et->et_ops->eo_extent_contig)
+		return et->et_ops->eo_extent_contig(et, rec, insert_rec);
+
+	return ocfs2_extent_rec_contig(
+				ocfs2_metadata_cache_get_super(et->et_ci),
+				rec, insert_rec);
+}
+
+static inline int ocfs2_et_insert_check(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);
+		ret = et->et_ops->eo_insert_check(et, rec);
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static inline int ocfs2_et_sanity_check(struct inode *inode,
-					struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et)
+static inline int ocfs2_et_sanity_check(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	if (et->et_ops->eo_sanity_check)
-		ret = et->et_ops->eo_sanity_check(inode, et);
+		ret = et->et_ops->eo_sanity_check(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);
-
-/*
- * Structures which describe a path through a btree, and functions to
- * manipulate them.
- *
- * The idea here is to be as generic as possible with the tree
- * manipulation code.
- */
-struct ocfs2_path_item {
-	struct buffer_head		*bh;
-	struct ocfs2_extent_list	*el;
-};
-
-#define OCFS2_MAX_PATH_DEPTH	5
-
-struct ocfs2_path {
-	int				p_tree_depth;
-	ocfs2_journal_access_func	p_root_access;
-	struct ocfs2_path_item		p_node[OCFS2_MAX_PATH_DEPTH];
-};
-
-#define path_root_bh(_path) ((_path)->p_node[0].bh)
-#define path_root_el(_path) ((_path)->p_node[0].el)
-#define path_root_access(_path)((_path)->p_root_access)
-#define path_leaf_bh(_path) ((_path)->p_node[(_path)->p_tree_depth].bh)
-#define path_leaf_el(_path) ((_path)->p_node[(_path)->p_tree_depth].el)
-#define path_num_items(_path) ((_path)->p_tree_depth + 1)
-
-static int ocfs2_find_path(struct inode *inode, struct ocfs2_path *path,
-			   u32 cpos);
-static void ocfs2_adjust_rightmost_records(struct inode *inode,
-					   handle_t *handle,
+static void ocfs2_adjust_rightmost_records(handle_t *handle,
+					   struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
 					   struct ocfs2_path *path,
 					   struct ocfs2_extent_rec *insert_rec);
 /*
@@ -486,7 +577,7 @@ static void ocfs2_adjust_rightmost_records(struct inode *inode,
  * to build another path. Generally, this involves freeing the buffer
  * heads.
  */
-static void ocfs2_reinit_path(struct ocfs2_path *path, int keep_root)
+void ocfs2_reinit_path(struct ocfs2_path *path, int keep_root)
 {
 	int i, start = 0, depth = 0;
 	struct ocfs2_path_item *node;
@@ -515,7 +606,7 @@ static void ocfs2_reinit_path(struct ocfs2_path *path, int keep_root)
 	path->p_tree_depth = depth;
 }
 
-static void ocfs2_free_path(struct ocfs2_path *path)
+void ocfs2_free_path(struct ocfs2_path *path)
 {
 	if (path) {
 		ocfs2_reinit_path(path, 0);
@@ -613,13 +704,13 @@ static struct ocfs2_path *ocfs2_new_path(struct buffer_head *root_bh,
 	return path;
 }
 
-static struct ocfs2_path *ocfs2_new_path_from_path(struct ocfs2_path *path)
+struct ocfs2_path *ocfs2_new_path_from_path(struct ocfs2_path *path)
 {
 	return ocfs2_new_path(path_root_bh(path), path_root_el(path),
 			      path_root_access(path));
 }
 
-static struct ocfs2_path *ocfs2_new_path_from_et(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et)
+struct ocfs2_path *ocfs2_new_path_from_et(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et)
 {
 	return ocfs2_new_path(et->et_root_bh, et->et_root_el,
 			      et->et_root_journal_access);
@@ -632,10 +723,10 @@ static struct ocfs2_path *ocfs2_new_path_from_et(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et)
  * I don't like the way this function's name looks next to
  * ocfs2_journal_access_path(), but I don't have a better one.
  */
-static int ocfs2_path_bh_journal_access(handle_t *handle,
-					struct inode *inode,
-					struct ocfs2_path *path,
-					int idx)
+int ocfs2_path_bh_journal_access(handle_t *handle,
+				 struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
+				 struct ocfs2_path *path,
+				 int idx)
 {
 	ocfs2_journal_access_func access = path_root_access(path);
 
@@ -645,15 +736,16 @@ static int ocfs2_path_bh_journal_access(handle_t *handle,
 	if (idx)
 		access = ocfs2_journal_access_eb;
 
-	return access(handle, inode, path->p_node[idx].bh,
+	return access(handle, ci, path->p_node[idx].bh,
 		      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 }
 
 /*
  * Convenience function to journal all components in a path.
  */
-static int ocfs2_journal_access_path(struct inode *inode, handle_t *handle,
-				     struct ocfs2_path *path)
+int ocfs2_journal_access_path(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
+			      handle_t *handle,
+			      struct ocfs2_path *path)
 {
 	int i, ret = 0;
 
@@ -661,7 +753,7 @@ static int ocfs2_journal_access_path(struct inode *inode, handle_t *handle,
 		goto out;
 
 	for(i = 0; i < path_num_items(path); i++) {
-		ret = ocfs2_path_bh_journal_access(handle, inode, path, i);
+		ret = ocfs2_path_bh_journal_access(handle, ci, path, i);
 		if (ret < 0) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			goto out;
@@ -702,17 +794,9 @@ int ocfs2_search_extent_list(struct ocfs2_extent_list *el, u32 v_cluster)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-enum ocfs2_contig_type {
-	CONTIG_NONE = 0,
-	CONTIG_LEFT,
-	CONTIG_RIGHT,
-	CONTIG_LEFTRIGHT,
-};
-
-
 /*
  * NOTE: ocfs2_block_extent_contig(), ocfs2_extents_adjacent() and
- * ocfs2_extent_contig only work properly against leaf nodes!
+ * ocfs2_extent_rec_contig only work properly against leaf nodes!
  */
 static int ocfs2_block_extent_contig(struct super_block *sb,
 				     struct ocfs2_extent_rec *ext,
@@ -738,9 +822,9 @@ static int ocfs2_extents_adjacent(struct ocfs2_extent_rec *left,
 }
 
 static enum ocfs2_contig_type
-	ocfs2_extent_contig(struct inode *inode,
-			    struct ocfs2_extent_rec *ext,
-			    struct ocfs2_extent_rec *insert_rec)
+	ocfs2_extent_rec_contig(struct super_block *sb,
+				struct ocfs2_extent_rec *ext,
+				struct ocfs2_extent_rec *insert_rec)
 {
 	u64 blkno = le64_to_cpu(insert_rec->e_blkno);
 
@@ -753,12 +837,12 @@ static enum ocfs2_contig_type
 		return CONTIG_NONE;
 
 	if (ocfs2_extents_adjacent(ext, insert_rec) &&
-	    ocfs2_block_extent_contig(inode->i_sb, ext, blkno))
+	    ocfs2_block_extent_contig(sb, ext, blkno))
 			return CONTIG_RIGHT;
 
 	blkno = le64_to_cpu(ext->e_blkno);
 	if (ocfs2_extents_adjacent(insert_rec, ext) &&
-	    ocfs2_block_extent_contig(inode->i_sb, insert_rec, blkno))
+	    ocfs2_block_extent_contig(sb, insert_rec, blkno))
 		return CONTIG_LEFT;
 
 	return CONTIG_NONE;
@@ -853,13 +937,13 @@ static int ocfs2_validate_extent_block(struct super_block *sb,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int ocfs2_read_extent_block(struct inode *inode, u64 eb_blkno,
+int ocfs2_read_extent_block(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci, u64 eb_blkno,
 			    struct buffer_head **bh)
 {
 	int rc;
 	struct buffer_head *tmp = *bh;
 
-	rc = ocfs2_read_block(inode, eb_blkno, &tmp,
+	rc = ocfs2_read_block(ci, eb_blkno, &tmp,
 			      ocfs2_validate_extent_block);
 
 	/* If ocfs2_read_block() got us a new bh, pass it up. */
@@ -874,7 +958,6 @@ int ocfs2_read_extent_block(struct inode *inode, u64 eb_blkno,
  * How many free extents have we got before we need more meta data?
  */
 int ocfs2_num_free_extents(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
-			   struct inode *inode,
 			   struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et)
 {
 	int retval;
@@ -889,7 +972,8 @@ int ocfs2_num_free_extents(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	last_eb_blk = ocfs2_et_get_last_eb_blk(et);
 
 	if (last_eb_blk) {
-		retval = ocfs2_read_extent_block(inode, last_eb_blk, &eb_bh);
+		retval = ocfs2_read_extent_block(et->et_ci, last_eb_blk,
+						 &eb_bh);
 		if (retval < 0) {
 			mlog_errno(retval);
 			goto bail;
@@ -913,9 +997,8 @@ bail:
  * sets h_signature, h_blkno, h_suballoc_bit, h_suballoc_slot, and
  * l_count for you
  */
-static int ocfs2_create_new_meta_bhs(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
-				     handle_t *handle,
-				     struct inode *inode,
+static int ocfs2_create_new_meta_bhs(handle_t *handle,
+				     struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
 				     int wanted,
 				     struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac,
 				     struct buffer_head *bhs[])
@@ -924,6 +1007,8 @@ static int ocfs2_create_new_meta_bhs(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	u16 suballoc_bit_start;
 	u32 num_got;
 	u64 first_blkno;
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb =
+		OCFS2_SB(ocfs2_metadata_cache_get_super(et->et_ci));
 	struct ocfs2_extent_block *eb;
 
 	mlog_entry_void();
@@ -949,9 +1034,10 @@ static int ocfs2_create_new_meta_bhs(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 				mlog_errno(status);
 				goto bail;
 			}
-			ocfs2_set_new_buffer_uptodate(inode, bhs[i]);
+			ocfs2_set_new_buffer_uptodate(et->et_ci, bhs[i]);
 
-			status = ocfs2_journal_access_eb(handle, inode, bhs[i],
+			status = ocfs2_journal_access_eb(handle, et->et_ci,
+							 bhs[i],
 							 OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_CREATE);
 			if (status < 0) {
 				mlog_errno(status);
@@ -1023,7 +1109,6 @@ static inline u32 ocfs2_sum_rightmost_rec(struct ocfs2_extent_list  *el)
  * extent block's rightmost record.
  */
 static int ocfs2_adjust_rightmost_branch(handle_t *handle,
-					 struct inode *inode,
 					 struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et)
 {
 	int status;
@@ -1037,7 +1122,7 @@ static int ocfs2_adjust_rightmost_branch(handle_t *handle,
 		return status;
 	}
 
-	status = ocfs2_find_path(inode, path, UINT_MAX);
+	status = ocfs2_find_path(et->et_ci, path, UINT_MAX);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		goto out;
@@ -1050,7 +1135,7 @@ static int ocfs2_adjust_rightmost_branch(handle_t *handle,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	status = ocfs2_journal_access_path(inode, handle, path);
+	status = ocfs2_journal_access_path(et->et_ci, handle, path);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		goto out;
@@ -1059,7 +1144,7 @@ static int ocfs2_adjust_rightmost_branch(handle_t *handle,
 	el = path_leaf_el(path);
 	rec = &el->l_recs[le32_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec) - 1];
 
-	ocfs2_adjust_rightmost_records(inode, handle, path, rec);
+	ocfs2_adjust_rightmost_records(handle, et, path, rec);
 
 out:
 	ocfs2_free_path(path);
@@ -1068,7 +1153,7 @@ out:
 
 /*
  * Add an entire tree branch to our inode. eb_bh is the extent block
- * to start at, if we don't want to start the branch at the dinode
+ * to start at, if we don't want to start the branch at the root
  * structure.
  *
  * last_eb_bh is required as we have to update it's next_leaf pointer
@@ -1077,9 +1162,7 @@ out:
  * the new branch will be 'empty' in the sense that every block will
  * contain a single record with cluster count == 0.
  */
-static int ocfs2_add_branch(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
-			    handle_t *handle,
-			    struct inode *inode,
+static int ocfs2_add_branch(handle_t *handle,
 			    struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
 			    struct buffer_head *eb_bh,
 			    struct buffer_head **last_eb_bh,
@@ -1123,7 +1206,7 @@ static int ocfs2_add_branch(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	if (root_end > new_cpos) {
 		mlog(0, "adjust the cluster end from %u to %u\n",
 		     root_end, new_cpos);
-		status = ocfs2_adjust_rightmost_branch(handle, inode, et);
+		status = ocfs2_adjust_rightmost_branch(handle, et);
 		if (status) {
 			mlog_errno(status);
 			goto bail;
@@ -1139,7 +1222,7 @@ static int ocfs2_add_branch(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 		goto bail;
 	}
 
-	status = ocfs2_create_new_meta_bhs(osb, handle, inode, new_blocks,
+	status = ocfs2_create_new_meta_bhs(handle, et, new_blocks,
 					   meta_ac, new_eb_bhs);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
@@ -1161,7 +1244,7 @@ static int ocfs2_add_branch(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 		BUG_ON(!OCFS2_IS_VALID_EXTENT_BLOCK(eb));
 		eb_el = &eb->h_list;
 
-		status = ocfs2_journal_access_eb(handle, inode, bh,
+		status = ocfs2_journal_access_eb(handle, et->et_ci, bh,
 						 OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_CREATE);
 		if (status < 0) {
 			mlog_errno(status);
@@ -1201,20 +1284,20 @@ static int ocfs2_add_branch(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	 * journal_dirty erroring as it won't unless we've aborted the
 	 * handle (in which case we would never be here) so reserving
 	 * the write with journal_access is all we need to do. */
-	status = ocfs2_journal_access_eb(handle, inode, *last_eb_bh,
+	status = ocfs2_journal_access_eb(handle, et->et_ci, *last_eb_bh,
 					 OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		goto bail;
 	}
-	status = ocfs2_et_root_journal_access(handle, inode, et,
+	status = ocfs2_et_root_journal_access(handle, et,
 					      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		goto bail;
 	}
 	if (eb_bh) {
-		status = ocfs2_journal_access_eb(handle, inode, eb_bh,
+		status = ocfs2_journal_access_eb(handle, et->et_ci, eb_bh,
 						 OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 		if (status < 0) {
 			mlog_errno(status);
@@ -1274,9 +1357,7 @@ bail:
  * returns back the new extent block so you can add a branch to it
  * after this call.
  */
-static int ocfs2_shift_tree_depth(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
-				  handle_t *handle,
-				  struct inode *inode,
+static int ocfs2_shift_tree_depth(handle_t *handle,
 				  struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
 				  struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac,
 				  struct buffer_head **ret_new_eb_bh)
@@ -1290,7 +1371,7 @@ static int ocfs2_shift_tree_depth(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 
 	mlog_entry_void();
 
-	status = ocfs2_create_new_meta_bhs(osb, handle, inode, 1, meta_ac,
+	status = ocfs2_create_new_meta_bhs(handle, et, 1, meta_ac,
 					   &new_eb_bh);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
@@ -1304,7 +1385,7 @@ static int ocfs2_shift_tree_depth(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	eb_el = &eb->h_list;
 	root_el = et->et_root_el;
 
-	status = ocfs2_journal_access_eb(handle, inode, new_eb_bh,
+	status = ocfs2_journal_access_eb(handle, et->et_ci, new_eb_bh,
 					 OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_CREATE);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
@@ -1323,7 +1404,7 @@ static int ocfs2_shift_tree_depth(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 		goto bail;
 	}
 
-	status = ocfs2_et_root_journal_access(handle, inode, et,
+	status = ocfs2_et_root_journal_access(handle, et,
 					      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
@@ -1379,9 +1460,7 @@ bail:
  *
  * return status < 0 indicates an error.
  */
-static int ocfs2_find_branch_target(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
-				    struct inode *inode,
-				    struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
+static int ocfs2_find_branch_target(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
 				    struct buffer_head **target_bh)
 {
 	int status = 0, i;
@@ -1399,19 +1478,21 @@ static int ocfs2_find_branch_target(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 
 	while(le16_to_cpu(el->l_tree_depth) > 1) {
 		if (le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec) == 0) {
-			ocfs2_error(inode->i_sb, "Dinode %llu has empty "
+			ocfs2_error(ocfs2_metadata_cache_get_super(et->et_ci),
+				    "Owner %llu has empty "
 				    "extent list (next_free_rec == 0)",
-				    (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno);
+				    (unsigned long long)ocfs2_metadata_cache_owner(et->et_ci));
 			status = -EIO;
 			goto bail;
 		}
 		i = le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec) - 1;
 		blkno = le64_to_cpu(el->l_recs[i].e_blkno);
 		if (!blkno) {
-			ocfs2_error(inode->i_sb, "Dinode %llu has extent "
+			ocfs2_error(ocfs2_metadata_cache_get_super(et->et_ci),
+				    "Owner %llu has extent "
 				    "list where extent # %d has no physical "
 				    "block start",
-				    (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno, i);
+				    (unsigned long long)ocfs2_metadata_cache_owner(et->et_ci), i);
 			status = -EIO;
 			goto bail;
 		}
@@ -1419,7 +1500,7 @@ static int ocfs2_find_branch_target(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 		brelse(bh);
 		bh = NULL;
 
-		status = ocfs2_read_extent_block(inode, blkno, &bh);
+		status = ocfs2_read_extent_block(et->et_ci, blkno, &bh);
 		if (status < 0) {
 			mlog_errno(status);
 			goto bail;
@@ -1460,20 +1541,18 @@ bail:
  *
  * *last_eb_bh will be updated by ocfs2_add_branch().
  */
-static int ocfs2_grow_tree(struct inode *inode, handle_t *handle,
-			   struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et, int *final_depth,
-			   struct buffer_head **last_eb_bh,
+static int ocfs2_grow_tree(handle_t *handle, 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_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, et, &bh);
+	shift = ocfs2_find_branch_target(et, &bh);
 	if (shift < 0) {
 		ret = shift;
 		mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -1490,8 +1569,7 @@ 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, et,
-					     meta_ac, &bh);
+		ret = ocfs2_shift_tree_depth(handle, et, meta_ac, &bh);
 		if (ret < 0) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			goto out;
@@ -1517,7 +1595,7 @@ 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, et, bh, last_eb_bh,
+	ret = ocfs2_add_branch(handle, et, bh, last_eb_bh,
 			       meta_ac);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -1687,7 +1765,7 @@ set_and_inc:
  *
  * The array index of the subtree root is passed back.
  */
-static int ocfs2_find_subtree_root(struct inode *inode,
+static int ocfs2_find_subtree_root(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
 				   struct ocfs2_path *left,
 				   struct ocfs2_path *right)
 {
@@ -1705,10 +1783,10 @@ static int ocfs2_find_subtree_root(struct inode *inode,
 		 * The caller didn't pass two adjacent paths.
 		 */
 		mlog_bug_on_msg(i > left->p_tree_depth,
-				"Inode %lu, left depth %u, right depth %u\n"
+				"Owner %llu, left depth %u, right depth %u\n"
 				"left leaf blk %llu, right leaf blk %llu\n",
-				inode->i_ino, left->p_tree_depth,
-				right->p_tree_depth,
+				(unsigned long long)ocfs2_metadata_cache_owner(et->et_ci),
+				left->p_tree_depth, right->p_tree_depth,
 				(unsigned long long)path_leaf_bh(left)->b_blocknr,
 				(unsigned long long)path_leaf_bh(right)->b_blocknr);
 	} while (left->p_node[i].bh->b_blocknr ==
@@ -1725,7 +1803,7 @@ typedef void (path_insert_t)(void *, struct buffer_head *);
  * This code can be called with a cpos larger than the tree, in which
  * case it will return the rightmost path.
  */
-static int __ocfs2_find_path(struct inode *inode,
+static int __ocfs2_find_path(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
 			     struct ocfs2_extent_list *root_el, u32 cpos,
 			     path_insert_t *func, void *data)
 {
@@ -1736,15 +1814,14 @@ static int __ocfs2_find_path(struct inode *inode,
 	struct ocfs2_extent_block *eb;
 	struct ocfs2_extent_list *el;
 	struct ocfs2_extent_rec *rec;
-	struct ocfs2_inode_info *oi = OCFS2_I(inode);
 
 	el = root_el;
 	while (el->l_tree_depth) {
 		if (le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec) == 0) {
-			ocfs2_error(inode->i_sb,
-				    "Inode %llu has empty extent list at "
+			ocfs2_error(ocfs2_metadata_cache_get_super(ci),
+				    "Owner %llu has empty extent list at "
 				    "depth %u\n",
-				    (unsigned long long)oi->ip_blkno,
+				    (unsigned long long)ocfs2_metadata_cache_owner(ci),
 				    le16_to_cpu(el->l_tree_depth));
 			ret = -EROFS;
 			goto out;
@@ -1767,10 +1844,10 @@ static int __ocfs2_find_path(struct inode *inode,
 
 		blkno = le64_to_cpu(el->l_recs[i].e_blkno);
 		if (blkno == 0) {
-			ocfs2_error(inode->i_sb,
-				    "Inode %llu has bad blkno in extent list "
+			ocfs2_error(ocfs2_metadata_cache_get_super(ci),
+				    "Owner %llu has bad blkno in extent list "
 				    "at depth %u (index %d)\n",
-				    (unsigned long long)oi->ip_blkno,
+				    (unsigned long long)ocfs2_metadata_cache_owner(ci),
 				    le16_to_cpu(el->l_tree_depth), i);
 			ret = -EROFS;
 			goto out;
@@ -1778,7 +1855,7 @@ static int __ocfs2_find_path(struct inode *inode,
 
 		brelse(bh);
 		bh = NULL;
-		ret = ocfs2_read_extent_block(inode, blkno, &bh);
+		ret = ocfs2_read_extent_block(ci, blkno, &bh);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			goto out;
@@ -1789,10 +1866,10 @@ static int __ocfs2_find_path(struct inode *inode,
 
 		if (le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec) >
 		    le16_to_cpu(el->l_count)) {
-			ocfs2_error(inode->i_sb,
-				    "Inode %llu has bad count in extent list "
+			ocfs2_error(ocfs2_metadata_cache_get_super(ci),
+				    "Owner %llu has bad count in extent list "
 				    "at block %llu (next free=%u, count=%u)\n",
-				    (unsigned long long)oi->ip_blkno,
+				    (unsigned long long)ocfs2_metadata_cache_owner(ci),
 				    (unsigned long long)bh->b_blocknr,
 				    le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec),
 				    le16_to_cpu(el->l_count));
@@ -1836,14 +1913,14 @@ static void find_path_ins(void *data, struct buffer_head *bh)
 	ocfs2_path_insert_eb(fp->path, fp->index, bh);
 	fp->index++;
 }
-static int ocfs2_find_path(struct inode *inode, struct ocfs2_path *path,
-			   u32 cpos)
+int ocfs2_find_path(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
+		    struct ocfs2_path *path, u32 cpos)
 {
 	struct find_path_data data;
 
 	data.index = 1;
 	data.path = path;
-	return __ocfs2_find_path(inode, path_root_el(path), cpos,
+	return __ocfs2_find_path(ci, path_root_el(path), cpos,
 				 find_path_ins, &data);
 }
 
@@ -1868,13 +1945,14 @@ static void find_leaf_ins(void *data, struct buffer_head *bh)
  *
  * This function doesn't handle non btree extent lists.
  */
-int ocfs2_find_leaf(struct inode *inode, struct ocfs2_extent_list *root_el,
-		    u32 cpos, struct buffer_head **leaf_bh)
+int ocfs2_find_leaf(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
+		    struct ocfs2_extent_list *root_el, u32 cpos,
+		    struct buffer_head **leaf_bh)
 {
 	int ret;
 	struct buffer_head *bh = NULL;
 
-	ret = __ocfs2_find_path(inode, root_el, cpos, find_leaf_ins, &bh);
+	ret = __ocfs2_find_path(ci, root_el, cpos, find_leaf_ins, &bh);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
@@ -1980,7 +2058,7 @@ static void ocfs2_adjust_root_records(struct ocfs2_extent_list *root_el,
  *   - When we've adjusted the last extent record in the left path leaf and the
  *     1st extent record in the right path leaf during cross extent block merge.
  */
-static void ocfs2_complete_edge_insert(struct inode *inode, handle_t *handle,
+static void ocfs2_complete_edge_insert(handle_t *handle,
 				       struct ocfs2_path *left_path,
 				       struct ocfs2_path *right_path,
 				       int subtree_index)
@@ -2058,8 +2136,8 @@ static void ocfs2_complete_edge_insert(struct inode *inode, handle_t *handle,
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 }
 
-static int ocfs2_rotate_subtree_right(struct inode *inode,
-				      handle_t *handle,
+static int ocfs2_rotate_subtree_right(handle_t *handle,
+				      struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
 				      struct ocfs2_path *left_path,
 				      struct ocfs2_path *right_path,
 				      int subtree_index)
@@ -2075,10 +2153,10 @@ static int ocfs2_rotate_subtree_right(struct inode *inode,
 	left_el = path_leaf_el(left_path);
 
 	if (left_el->l_next_free_rec != left_el->l_count) {
-		ocfs2_error(inode->i_sb,
+		ocfs2_error(ocfs2_metadata_cache_get_super(et->et_ci),
 			    "Inode %llu has non-full interior leaf node %llu"
 			    "(next free = %u)",
-			    (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno,
+			    (unsigned long long)ocfs2_metadata_cache_owner(et->et_ci),
 			    (unsigned long long)left_leaf_bh->b_blocknr,
 			    le16_to_cpu(left_el->l_next_free_rec));
 		return -EROFS;
@@ -2094,7 +2172,7 @@ static int ocfs2_rotate_subtree_right(struct inode *inode,
 	root_bh = left_path->p_node[subtree_index].bh;
 	BUG_ON(root_bh != right_path->p_node[subtree_index].bh);
 
-	ret = ocfs2_path_bh_journal_access(handle, inode, right_path,
+	ret = ocfs2_path_bh_journal_access(handle, et->et_ci, right_path,
 					   subtree_index);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -2102,14 +2180,14 @@ static int ocfs2_rotate_subtree_right(struct inode *inode,
 	}
 
 	for(i = subtree_index + 1; i < path_num_items(right_path); i++) {
-		ret = ocfs2_path_bh_journal_access(handle, inode,
+		ret = ocfs2_path_bh_journal_access(handle, et->et_ci,
 						   right_path, i);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			goto out;
 		}
 
-		ret = ocfs2_path_bh_journal_access(handle, inode,
+		ret = ocfs2_path_bh_journal_access(handle, et->et_ci,
 						   left_path, i);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -2123,7 +2201,7 @@ static int ocfs2_rotate_subtree_right(struct inode *inode,
 	/* This is a code error, not a disk corruption. */
 	mlog_bug_on_msg(!right_el->l_next_free_rec, "Inode %llu: Rotate fails "
 			"because rightmost leaf block %llu is empty\n",
-			(unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno,
+			(unsigned long long)ocfs2_metadata_cache_owner(et->et_ci),
 			(unsigned long long)right_leaf_bh->b_blocknr);
 
 	ocfs2_create_empty_extent(right_el);
@@ -2157,8 +2235,8 @@ static int ocfs2_rotate_subtree_right(struct inode *inode,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	ocfs2_complete_edge_insert(inode, handle, left_path, right_path,
-				subtree_index);
+	ocfs2_complete_edge_insert(handle, left_path, right_path,
+				   subtree_index);
 
 out:
 	return ret;
@@ -2248,10 +2326,18 @@ static int ocfs2_extend_rotate_transaction(handle_t *handle, int subtree_depth,
 					   int op_credits,
 					   struct ocfs2_path *path)
 {
+	int ret;
 	int credits = (path->p_tree_depth - subtree_depth) * 2 + 1 + op_credits;
 
-	if (handle->h_buffer_credits < credits)
-		return ocfs2_extend_trans(handle, credits);
+	if (handle->h_buffer_credits < credits) {
+		ret = ocfs2_extend_trans(handle,
+					 credits - handle->h_buffer_credits);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+
+		if (unlikely(handle->h_buffer_credits < credits))
+			return ocfs2_extend_trans(handle, credits);
+	}
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -2321,8 +2407,8 @@ static int ocfs2_leftmost_rec_contains(struct ocfs2_extent_list *el, u32 cpos)
  *   *ret_left_path will contain a valid path which can be passed to
  *   ocfs2_insert_path().
  */
-static int ocfs2_rotate_tree_right(struct inode *inode,
-				   handle_t *handle,
+static int ocfs2_rotate_tree_right(handle_t *handle,
+				   struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
 				   enum ocfs2_split_type split,
 				   u32 insert_cpos,
 				   struct ocfs2_path *right_path,
@@ -2331,6 +2417,7 @@ static int ocfs2_rotate_tree_right(struct inode *inode,
 	int ret, start, orig_credits = handle->h_buffer_credits;
 	u32 cpos;
 	struct ocfs2_path *left_path = NULL;
+	struct super_block *sb = ocfs2_metadata_cache_get_super(et->et_ci);
 
 	*ret_left_path = NULL;
 
@@ -2341,7 +2428,7 @@ static int ocfs2_rotate_tree_right(struct inode *inode,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	ret = ocfs2_find_cpos_for_left_leaf(inode->i_sb, right_path, &cpos);
+	ret = ocfs2_find_cpos_for_left_leaf(sb, right_path, &cpos);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
@@ -2379,7 +2466,7 @@ static int ocfs2_rotate_tree_right(struct inode *inode,
 		mlog(0, "Rotating a tree: ins. cpos: %u, left path cpos: %u\n",
 		     insert_cpos, cpos);
 
-		ret = ocfs2_find_path(inode, left_path, cpos);
+		ret = ocfs2_find_path(et->et_ci, left_path, cpos);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			goto out;
@@ -2387,10 +2474,11 @@ static int ocfs2_rotate_tree_right(struct inode *inode,
 
 		mlog_bug_on_msg(path_leaf_bh(left_path) ==
 				path_leaf_bh(right_path),
-				"Inode %lu: error during insert of %u "
+				"Owner %llu: error during insert of %u "
 				"(left path cpos %u) results in two identical "
 				"paths ending at %llu\n",
-				inode->i_ino, insert_cpos, cpos,
+				(unsigned long long)ocfs2_metadata_cache_owner(et->et_ci),
+				insert_cpos, cpos,
 				(unsigned long long)
 				path_leaf_bh(left_path)->b_blocknr);
 
@@ -2416,7 +2504,7 @@ static int ocfs2_rotate_tree_right(struct inode *inode,
 			goto out_ret_path;
 		}
 
-		start = ocfs2_find_subtree_root(inode, left_path, right_path);
+		start = ocfs2_find_subtree_root(et, left_path, right_path);
 
 		mlog(0, "Subtree root at index %d (blk %llu, depth %d)\n",
 		     start,
@@ -2430,7 +2518,7 @@ static int ocfs2_rotate_tree_right(struct inode *inode,
 			goto out;
 		}
 
-		ret = ocfs2_rotate_subtree_right(inode, handle, left_path,
+		ret = ocfs2_rotate_subtree_right(handle, et, left_path,
 						 right_path, start);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -2462,8 +2550,7 @@ static int ocfs2_rotate_tree_right(struct inode *inode,
 		 */
 		ocfs2_mv_path(right_path, left_path);
 
-		ret = ocfs2_find_cpos_for_left_leaf(inode->i_sb, right_path,
-						    &cpos);
+		ret = ocfs2_find_cpos_for_left_leaf(sb, right_path, &cpos);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			goto out;
@@ -2477,7 +2564,8 @@ out_ret_path:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int ocfs2_update_edge_lengths(struct inode *inode, handle_t *handle,
+static int ocfs2_update_edge_lengths(handle_t *handle,
+				     struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
 				     int subtree_index, struct ocfs2_path *path)
 {
 	int i, idx, ret;
@@ -2502,7 +2590,7 @@ static int ocfs2_update_edge_lengths(struct inode *inode, handle_t *handle,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_path(inode, handle, path);
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_path(et->et_ci, handle, path);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
@@ -2532,7 +2620,8 @@ out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static void ocfs2_unlink_path(struct inode *inode, handle_t *handle,
+static void ocfs2_unlink_path(handle_t *handle,
+			      struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
 			      struct ocfs2_cached_dealloc_ctxt *dealloc,
 			      struct ocfs2_path *path, int unlink_start)
 {
@@ -2554,12 +2643,12 @@ static void ocfs2_unlink_path(struct inode *inode, handle_t *handle,
 			mlog(ML_ERROR,
 			     "Inode %llu, attempted to remove extent block "
 			     "%llu with %u records\n",
-			     (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno,
+			     (unsigned long long)ocfs2_metadata_cache_owner(et->et_ci),
 			     (unsigned long long)le64_to_cpu(eb->h_blkno),
 			     le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec));
 
 			ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
-			ocfs2_remove_from_cache(inode, bh);
+			ocfs2_remove_from_cache(et->et_ci, bh);
 			continue;
 		}
 
@@ -2572,11 +2661,12 @@ static void ocfs2_unlink_path(struct inode *inode, handle_t *handle,
 		if (ret)
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 
-		ocfs2_remove_from_cache(inode, bh);
+		ocfs2_remove_from_cache(et->et_ci, bh);
 	}
 }
 
-static void ocfs2_unlink_subtree(struct inode *inode, handle_t *handle,
+static void ocfs2_unlink_subtree(handle_t *handle,
+				 struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
 				 struct ocfs2_path *left_path,
 				 struct ocfs2_path *right_path,
 				 int subtree_index,
@@ -2607,17 +2697,17 @@ static void ocfs2_unlink_subtree(struct inode *inode, handle_t *handle,
 	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, root_bh);
 	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, path_leaf_bh(left_path));
 
-	ocfs2_unlink_path(inode, handle, dealloc, right_path,
+	ocfs2_unlink_path(handle, et, dealloc, right_path,
 			  subtree_index + 1);
 }
 
-static int ocfs2_rotate_subtree_left(struct inode *inode, handle_t *handle,
+static int ocfs2_rotate_subtree_left(handle_t *handle,
+				     struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
 				     struct ocfs2_path *left_path,
 				     struct ocfs2_path *right_path,
 				     int subtree_index,
 				     struct ocfs2_cached_dealloc_ctxt *dealloc,
-				     int *deleted,
-				     struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et)
+				     int *deleted)
 {
 	int ret, i, del_right_subtree = 0, right_has_empty = 0;
 	struct buffer_head *root_bh, *et_root_bh = path_root_bh(right_path);
@@ -2653,7 +2743,7 @@ static int ocfs2_rotate_subtree_left(struct inode *inode, handle_t *handle,
 			return -EAGAIN;
 
 		if (le16_to_cpu(right_leaf_el->l_next_free_rec) > 1) {
-			ret = ocfs2_journal_access_eb(handle, inode,
+			ret = ocfs2_journal_access_eb(handle, et->et_ci,
 						      path_leaf_bh(right_path),
 						      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 			if (ret) {
@@ -2672,7 +2762,7 @@ 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_et_root_journal_access(handle, inode, et,
+		ret = ocfs2_et_root_journal_access(handle, et,
 						   OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -2688,7 +2778,7 @@ static int ocfs2_rotate_subtree_left(struct inode *inode, handle_t *handle,
 	 */
 	BUG_ON(right_has_empty && !del_right_subtree);
 
-	ret = ocfs2_path_bh_journal_access(handle, inode, right_path,
+	ret = ocfs2_path_bh_journal_access(handle, et->et_ci, right_path,
 					   subtree_index);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -2696,14 +2786,14 @@ static int ocfs2_rotate_subtree_left(struct inode *inode, handle_t *handle,
 	}
 
 	for(i = subtree_index + 1; i < path_num_items(right_path); i++) {
-		ret = ocfs2_path_bh_journal_access(handle, inode,
+		ret = ocfs2_path_bh_journal_access(handle, et->et_ci,
 						   right_path, i);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			goto out;
 		}
 
-		ret = ocfs2_path_bh_journal_access(handle, inode,
+		ret = ocfs2_path_bh_journal_access(handle, et->et_ci,
 						   left_path, i);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -2740,9 +2830,9 @@ static int ocfs2_rotate_subtree_left(struct inode *inode, handle_t *handle,
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 
 	if (del_right_subtree) {
-		ocfs2_unlink_subtree(inode, handle, left_path, right_path,
+		ocfs2_unlink_subtree(handle, et, left_path, right_path,
 				     subtree_index, dealloc);
-		ret = ocfs2_update_edge_lengths(inode, handle, subtree_index,
+		ret = ocfs2_update_edge_lengths(handle, et, subtree_index,
 						left_path);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -2766,7 +2856,7 @@ static int ocfs2_rotate_subtree_left(struct inode *inode, handle_t *handle,
 
 		*deleted = 1;
 	} else
-		ocfs2_complete_edge_insert(inode, handle, left_path, right_path,
+		ocfs2_complete_edge_insert(handle, left_path, right_path,
 					   subtree_index);
 
 out:
@@ -2852,8 +2942,8 @@ out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int ocfs2_rotate_rightmost_leaf_left(struct inode *inode,
-					    handle_t *handle,
+static int ocfs2_rotate_rightmost_leaf_left(handle_t *handle,
+					    struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
 					    struct ocfs2_path *path)
 {
 	int ret;
@@ -2863,7 +2953,7 @@ static int ocfs2_rotate_rightmost_leaf_left(struct inode *inode,
 	if (!ocfs2_is_empty_extent(&el->l_recs[0]))
 		return 0;
 
-	ret = ocfs2_path_bh_journal_access(handle, inode, path,
+	ret = ocfs2_path_bh_journal_access(handle, et->et_ci, path,
 					   path_num_items(path) - 1);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -2880,24 +2970,24 @@ out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int __ocfs2_rotate_tree_left(struct inode *inode,
-				    handle_t *handle, int orig_credits,
+static int __ocfs2_rotate_tree_left(handle_t *handle,
+				    struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
+				    int orig_credits,
 				    struct ocfs2_path *path,
 				    struct ocfs2_cached_dealloc_ctxt *dealloc,
-				    struct ocfs2_path **empty_extent_path,
-				    struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et)
+				    struct ocfs2_path **empty_extent_path)
 {
 	int ret, subtree_root, deleted;
 	u32 right_cpos;
 	struct ocfs2_path *left_path = NULL;
 	struct ocfs2_path *right_path = NULL;
+	struct super_block *sb = ocfs2_metadata_cache_get_super(et->et_ci);
 
 	BUG_ON(!ocfs2_is_empty_extent(&(path_leaf_el(path)->l_recs[0])));
 
 	*empty_extent_path = NULL;
 
-	ret = ocfs2_find_cpos_for_right_leaf(inode->i_sb, path,
-					     &right_cpos);
+	ret = ocfs2_find_cpos_for_right_leaf(sb, path, &right_cpos);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
@@ -2920,13 +3010,13 @@ static int __ocfs2_rotate_tree_left(struct inode *inode,
 	}
 
 	while (right_cpos) {
-		ret = ocfs2_find_path(inode, right_path, right_cpos);
+		ret = ocfs2_find_path(et->et_ci, right_path, right_cpos);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			goto out;
 		}
 
-		subtree_root = ocfs2_find_subtree_root(inode, left_path,
+		subtree_root = ocfs2_find_subtree_root(et, left_path,
 						       right_path);
 
 		mlog(0, "Subtree root at index %d (blk %llu, depth %d)\n",
@@ -2946,16 +3036,16 @@ static int __ocfs2_rotate_tree_left(struct inode *inode,
 		 * Caller might still want to make changes to the
 		 * tree root, so re-add it to the journal here.
 		 */
-		ret = ocfs2_path_bh_journal_access(handle, inode,
+		ret = ocfs2_path_bh_journal_access(handle, et->et_ci,
 						   left_path, 0);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			goto out;
 		}
 
-		ret = ocfs2_rotate_subtree_left(inode, handle, left_path,
+		ret = ocfs2_rotate_subtree_left(handle, et, left_path,
 						right_path, subtree_root,
-						dealloc, &deleted, et);
+						dealloc, &deleted);
 		if (ret == -EAGAIN) {
 			/*
 			 * The rotation has to temporarily stop due to
@@ -2982,7 +3072,7 @@ static int __ocfs2_rotate_tree_left(struct inode *inode,
 
 		ocfs2_mv_path(left_path, right_path);
 
-		ret = ocfs2_find_cpos_for_right_leaf(inode->i_sb, left_path,
+		ret = ocfs2_find_cpos_for_right_leaf(sb, left_path,
 						     &right_cpos);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -2997,10 +3087,10 @@ out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int ocfs2_remove_rightmost_path(struct inode *inode, handle_t *handle,
+static int ocfs2_remove_rightmost_path(handle_t *handle,
+				struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
 				struct ocfs2_path *path,
-				struct ocfs2_cached_dealloc_ctxt *dealloc,
-				struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et)
+				struct ocfs2_cached_dealloc_ctxt *dealloc)
 {
 	int ret, subtree_index;
 	u32 cpos;
@@ -3009,7 +3099,7 @@ static int ocfs2_remove_rightmost_path(struct inode *inode, handle_t *handle,
 	struct ocfs2_extent_list *el;
 
 
-	ret = ocfs2_et_sanity_check(inode, et);
+	ret = ocfs2_et_sanity_check(et);
 	if (ret)
 		goto out;
 	/*
@@ -3024,13 +3114,14 @@ static int ocfs2_remove_rightmost_path(struct inode *inode, handle_t *handle,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_path(inode, handle, path);
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_path(et->et_ci, handle, path);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	ret = ocfs2_find_cpos_for_left_leaf(inode->i_sb, path, &cpos);
+	ret = ocfs2_find_cpos_for_left_leaf(ocfs2_metadata_cache_get_super(et->et_ci),
+					    path, &cpos);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
@@ -3048,23 +3139,23 @@ static int ocfs2_remove_rightmost_path(struct inode *inode, handle_t *handle,
 			goto out;
 		}
 
-		ret = ocfs2_find_path(inode, left_path, cpos);
+		ret = ocfs2_find_path(et->et_ci, left_path, cpos);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			goto out;
 		}
 
-		ret = ocfs2_journal_access_path(inode, handle, left_path);
+		ret = ocfs2_journal_access_path(et->et_ci, handle, left_path);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			goto out;
 		}
 
-		subtree_index = ocfs2_find_subtree_root(inode, left_path, path);
+		subtree_index = ocfs2_find_subtree_root(et, left_path, path);
 
-		ocfs2_unlink_subtree(inode, handle, left_path, path,
+		ocfs2_unlink_subtree(handle, et, left_path, path,
 				     subtree_index, dealloc);
-		ret = ocfs2_update_edge_lengths(inode, handle, subtree_index,
+		ret = ocfs2_update_edge_lengths(handle, et, subtree_index,
 						left_path);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -3078,10 +3169,10 @@ static int ocfs2_remove_rightmost_path(struct inode *inode, handle_t *handle,
 		 * 'path' is also the leftmost path which
 		 * means it must be the only one. This gets
 		 * handled differently because we want to
-		 * revert the inode back to having extents
+		 * revert the root back to having extents
 		 * in-line.
 		 */
-		ocfs2_unlink_path(inode, handle, dealloc, path, 1);
+		ocfs2_unlink_path(handle, et, dealloc, path, 1);
 
 		el = et->et_root_el;
 		el->l_tree_depth = 0;
@@ -3114,10 +3205,10 @@ out:
  * the rightmost tree leaf record is removed so the caller is
  * responsible for detecting and correcting that.
  */
-static int ocfs2_rotate_tree_left(struct inode *inode, handle_t *handle,
+static int ocfs2_rotate_tree_left(handle_t *handle,
+				  struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
 				  struct ocfs2_path *path,
-				  struct ocfs2_cached_dealloc_ctxt *dealloc,
-				  struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et)
+				  struct ocfs2_cached_dealloc_ctxt *dealloc)
 {
 	int ret, orig_credits = handle->h_buffer_credits;
 	struct ocfs2_path *tmp_path = NULL, *restart_path = NULL;
@@ -3134,8 +3225,7 @@ rightmost_no_delete:
 		 * Inline extents. This is trivially handled, so do
 		 * it up front.
 		 */
-		ret = ocfs2_rotate_rightmost_leaf_left(inode, handle,
-						       path);
+		ret = ocfs2_rotate_rightmost_leaf_left(handle, et, path);
 		if (ret)
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
@@ -3151,7 +3241,7 @@ rightmost_no_delete:
 	 *
 	 *  1) is handled via ocfs2_rotate_rightmost_leaf_left()
 	 *  2a) we need the left branch so that we can update it with the unlink
-	 *  2b) we need to bring the inode back to inline extents.
+	 *  2b) we need to bring the root back to inline extents.
 	 */
 
 	eb = (struct ocfs2_extent_block *)path_leaf_bh(path)->b_data;
@@ -3167,9 +3257,9 @@ rightmost_no_delete:
 
 		if (le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec) == 0) {
 			ret = -EIO;
-			ocfs2_error(inode->i_sb,
-				    "Inode %llu has empty extent block at %llu",
-				    (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno,
+			ocfs2_error(ocfs2_metadata_cache_get_super(et->et_ci),
+				    "Owner %llu has empty extent block at %llu",
+				    (unsigned long long)ocfs2_metadata_cache_owner(et->et_ci),
 				    (unsigned long long)le64_to_cpu(eb->h_blkno));
 			goto out;
 		}
@@ -3183,8 +3273,8 @@ rightmost_no_delete:
 		 * nonempty list.
 		 */
 
-		ret = ocfs2_remove_rightmost_path(inode, handle, path,
-						  dealloc, et);
+		ret = ocfs2_remove_rightmost_path(handle, et, path,
+						  dealloc);
 		if (ret)
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
@@ -3195,8 +3285,8 @@ rightmost_no_delete:
 	 * and restarting from there.
 	 */
 try_rotate:
-	ret = __ocfs2_rotate_tree_left(inode, handle, orig_credits, path,
-				       dealloc, &restart_path, et);
+	ret = __ocfs2_rotate_tree_left(handle, et, orig_credits, path,
+				       dealloc, &restart_path);
 	if (ret && ret != -EAGAIN) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
@@ -3206,9 +3296,9 @@ try_rotate:
 		tmp_path = restart_path;
 		restart_path = NULL;
 
-		ret = __ocfs2_rotate_tree_left(inode, handle, orig_credits,
+		ret = __ocfs2_rotate_tree_left(handle, et, orig_credits,
 					       tmp_path, dealloc,
-					       &restart_path, et);
+					       &restart_path);
 		if (ret && ret != -EAGAIN) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			goto out;
@@ -3259,7 +3349,7 @@ static void ocfs2_cleanup_merge(struct ocfs2_extent_list *el,
 	}
 }
 
-static int ocfs2_get_right_path(struct inode *inode,
+static int ocfs2_get_right_path(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
 				struct ocfs2_path *left_path,
 				struct ocfs2_path **ret_right_path)
 {
@@ -3276,8 +3366,8 @@ static int ocfs2_get_right_path(struct inode *inode,
 	left_el = path_leaf_el(left_path);
 	BUG_ON(left_el->l_next_free_rec != left_el->l_count);
 
-	ret = ocfs2_find_cpos_for_right_leaf(inode->i_sb, left_path,
-					     &right_cpos);
+	ret = ocfs2_find_cpos_for_right_leaf(ocfs2_metadata_cache_get_super(et->et_ci),
+					     left_path, &right_cpos);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
@@ -3293,7 +3383,7 @@ static int ocfs2_get_right_path(struct inode *inode,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	ret = ocfs2_find_path(inode, right_path, right_cpos);
+	ret = ocfs2_find_path(et->et_ci, right_path, right_cpos);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
@@ -3313,9 +3403,9 @@ out:
  * For index == l_count - 1, the "next" means the 1st extent rec of the
  * next extent block.
  */
-static int ocfs2_merge_rec_right(struct inode *inode,
-				 struct ocfs2_path *left_path,
+static int ocfs2_merge_rec_right(struct ocfs2_path *left_path,
 				 handle_t *handle,
+				 struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
 				 struct ocfs2_extent_rec *split_rec,
 				 int index)
 {
@@ -3336,7 +3426,7 @@ static int ocfs2_merge_rec_right(struct inode *inode,
 	if (index == le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec) - 1 &&
 	    le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec) == le16_to_cpu(el->l_count)) {
 		/* we meet with a cross extent block merge. */
-		ret = ocfs2_get_right_path(inode, left_path, &right_path);
+		ret = ocfs2_get_right_path(et, left_path, &right_path);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			goto out;
@@ -3355,8 +3445,8 @@ static int ocfs2_merge_rec_right(struct inode *inode,
 		       le16_to_cpu(left_rec->e_leaf_clusters) !=
 		       le32_to_cpu(right_rec->e_cpos));
 
-		subtree_index = ocfs2_find_subtree_root(inode,
-							left_path, right_path);
+		subtree_index = ocfs2_find_subtree_root(et, left_path,
+							right_path);
 
 		ret = ocfs2_extend_rotate_transaction(handle, subtree_index,
 						      handle->h_buffer_credits,
@@ -3369,7 +3459,7 @@ static int ocfs2_merge_rec_right(struct inode *inode,
 		root_bh = left_path->p_node[subtree_index].bh;
 		BUG_ON(root_bh != right_path->p_node[subtree_index].bh);
 
-		ret = ocfs2_path_bh_journal_access(handle, inode, right_path,
+		ret = ocfs2_path_bh_journal_access(handle, et->et_ci, right_path,
 						   subtree_index);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -3378,14 +3468,14 @@ static int ocfs2_merge_rec_right(struct inode *inode,
 
 		for (i = subtree_index + 1;
 		     i < path_num_items(right_path); i++) {
-			ret = ocfs2_path_bh_journal_access(handle, inode,
+			ret = ocfs2_path_bh_journal_access(handle, et->et_ci,
 							   right_path, i);
 			if (ret) {
 				mlog_errno(ret);
 				goto out;
 			}
 
-			ret = ocfs2_path_bh_journal_access(handle, inode,
+			ret = ocfs2_path_bh_journal_access(handle, et->et_ci,
 							   left_path, i);
 			if (ret) {
 				mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -3398,7 +3488,7 @@ static int ocfs2_merge_rec_right(struct inode *inode,
 		right_rec = &el->l_recs[index + 1];
 	}
 
-	ret = ocfs2_path_bh_journal_access(handle, inode, left_path,
+	ret = ocfs2_path_bh_journal_access(handle, et->et_ci, left_path,
 					   path_num_items(left_path) - 1);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -3409,7 +3499,8 @@ static int ocfs2_merge_rec_right(struct inode *inode,
 
 	le32_add_cpu(&right_rec->e_cpos, -split_clusters);
 	le64_add_cpu(&right_rec->e_blkno,
-		     -ocfs2_clusters_to_blocks(inode->i_sb, split_clusters));
+		     -ocfs2_clusters_to_blocks(ocfs2_metadata_cache_get_super(et->et_ci),
+					       split_clusters));
 	le16_add_cpu(&right_rec->e_leaf_clusters, split_clusters);
 
 	ocfs2_cleanup_merge(el, index);
@@ -3423,8 +3514,8 @@ static int ocfs2_merge_rec_right(struct inode *inode,
 		if (ret)
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 
-		ocfs2_complete_edge_insert(inode, handle, left_path,
-					   right_path, subtree_index);
+		ocfs2_complete_edge_insert(handle, left_path, right_path,
+					   subtree_index);
 	}
 out:
 	if (right_path)
@@ -3432,7 +3523,7 @@ out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int ocfs2_get_left_path(struct inode *inode,
+static int ocfs2_get_left_path(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
 			       struct ocfs2_path *right_path,
 			       struct ocfs2_path **ret_left_path)
 {
@@ -3445,7 +3536,7 @@ static int ocfs2_get_left_path(struct inode *inode,
 	/* This function shouldn't be called for non-trees. */
 	BUG_ON(right_path->p_tree_depth == 0);
 
-	ret = ocfs2_find_cpos_for_left_leaf(inode->i_sb,
+	ret = ocfs2_find_cpos_for_left_leaf(ocfs2_metadata_cache_get_super(et->et_ci),
 					    right_path, &left_cpos);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -3462,7 +3553,7 @@ static int ocfs2_get_left_path(struct inode *inode,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	ret = ocfs2_find_path(inode, left_path, left_cpos);
+	ret = ocfs2_find_path(et->et_ci, left_path, left_cpos);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
@@ -3485,12 +3576,11 @@ out:
  * remove the rightmost leaf extent block in the right_path and change
  * the right path to indicate the new rightmost path.
  */
-static int ocfs2_merge_rec_left(struct inode *inode,
-				struct ocfs2_path *right_path,
+static int ocfs2_merge_rec_left(struct ocfs2_path *right_path,
 				handle_t *handle,
+				struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
 				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;
@@ -3508,7 +3598,7 @@ static int ocfs2_merge_rec_left(struct inode *inode,
 	right_rec = &el->l_recs[index];
 	if (index == 0) {
 		/* we meet with a cross extent block merge. */
-		ret = ocfs2_get_left_path(inode, right_path, &left_path);
+		ret = ocfs2_get_left_path(et, right_path, &left_path);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			goto out;
@@ -3524,8 +3614,8 @@ static int ocfs2_merge_rec_left(struct inode *inode,
 		       le16_to_cpu(left_rec->e_leaf_clusters) !=
 		       le32_to_cpu(split_rec->e_cpos));
 
-		subtree_index = ocfs2_find_subtree_root(inode,
-							left_path, right_path);
+		subtree_index = ocfs2_find_subtree_root(et, left_path,
+							right_path);
 
 		ret = ocfs2_extend_rotate_transaction(handle, subtree_index,
 						      handle->h_buffer_credits,
@@ -3538,7 +3628,7 @@ static int ocfs2_merge_rec_left(struct inode *inode,
 		root_bh = left_path->p_node[subtree_index].bh;
 		BUG_ON(root_bh != right_path->p_node[subtree_index].bh);
 
-		ret = ocfs2_path_bh_journal_access(handle, inode, right_path,
+		ret = ocfs2_path_bh_journal_access(handle, et->et_ci, right_path,
 						   subtree_index);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -3547,14 +3637,14 @@ static int ocfs2_merge_rec_left(struct inode *inode,
 
 		for (i = subtree_index + 1;
 		     i < path_num_items(right_path); i++) {
-			ret = ocfs2_path_bh_journal_access(handle, inode,
+			ret = ocfs2_path_bh_journal_access(handle, et->et_ci,
 							   right_path, i);
 			if (ret) {
 				mlog_errno(ret);
 				goto out;
 			}
 
-			ret = ocfs2_path_bh_journal_access(handle, inode,
+			ret = ocfs2_path_bh_journal_access(handle, et->et_ci,
 							   left_path, i);
 			if (ret) {
 				mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -3567,7 +3657,7 @@ static int ocfs2_merge_rec_left(struct inode *inode,
 			has_empty_extent = 1;
 	}
 
-	ret = ocfs2_path_bh_journal_access(handle, inode, right_path,
+	ret = ocfs2_path_bh_journal_access(handle, et->et_ci, right_path,
 					   path_num_items(right_path) - 1);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -3586,7 +3676,8 @@ static int ocfs2_merge_rec_left(struct inode *inode,
 
 	le32_add_cpu(&right_rec->e_cpos, split_clusters);
 	le64_add_cpu(&right_rec->e_blkno,
-		     ocfs2_clusters_to_blocks(inode->i_sb, split_clusters));
+		     ocfs2_clusters_to_blocks(ocfs2_metadata_cache_get_super(et->et_ci),
+					      split_clusters));
 	le16_add_cpu(&right_rec->e_leaf_clusters, -split_clusters);
 
 	ocfs2_cleanup_merge(el, index);
@@ -3608,9 +3699,9 @@ static int ocfs2_merge_rec_left(struct inode *inode,
 		if (le16_to_cpu(right_rec->e_leaf_clusters) == 0 &&
 		    le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec) == 1) {
 
-			ret = ocfs2_remove_rightmost_path(inode, handle,
+			ret = ocfs2_remove_rightmost_path(handle, et,
 							  right_path,
-							  dealloc, et);
+							  dealloc);
 			if (ret) {
 				mlog_errno(ret);
 				goto out;
@@ -3622,7 +3713,7 @@ static int ocfs2_merge_rec_left(struct inode *inode,
 			ocfs2_mv_path(right_path, left_path);
 			left_path = NULL;
 		} else
-			ocfs2_complete_edge_insert(inode, handle, left_path,
+			ocfs2_complete_edge_insert(handle, left_path,
 						   right_path, subtree_index);
 	}
 out:
@@ -3631,15 +3722,13 @@ out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int ocfs2_try_to_merge_extent(struct inode *inode,
-				     handle_t *handle,
+static int ocfs2_try_to_merge_extent(handle_t *handle,
+				     struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
 				     struct ocfs2_path *path,
 				     int split_index,
 				     struct ocfs2_extent_rec *split_rec,
 				     struct ocfs2_cached_dealloc_ctxt *dealloc,
-				     struct ocfs2_merge_ctxt *ctxt,
-				     struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et)
-
+				     struct ocfs2_merge_ctxt *ctxt)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
 	struct ocfs2_extent_list *el = path_leaf_el(path);
@@ -3655,8 +3744,7 @@ static int ocfs2_try_to_merge_extent(struct inode *inode,
 		 * extents - having more than one in a leaf is
 		 * illegal.
 		 */
-		ret = ocfs2_rotate_tree_left(inode, handle, path,
-					     dealloc, et);
+		ret = ocfs2_rotate_tree_left(handle, et, path, dealloc);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			goto out;
@@ -3685,8 +3773,7 @@ static int ocfs2_try_to_merge_extent(struct inode *inode,
 		 * prevoius extent block. It is more efficient and easier
 		 * if we do merge_right first and merge_left later.
 		 */
-		ret = ocfs2_merge_rec_right(inode, path,
-					    handle, split_rec,
+		ret = ocfs2_merge_rec_right(path, handle, et, split_rec,
 					    split_index);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -3699,8 +3786,7 @@ 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, et);
+		ret = ocfs2_rotate_tree_left(handle, et, path, dealloc);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			goto out;
@@ -3712,18 +3798,15 @@ static int ocfs2_try_to_merge_extent(struct inode *inode,
 		 * Note that we don't pass split_rec here on purpose -
 		 * we've merged it into the rec already.
 		 */
-		ret = ocfs2_merge_rec_left(inode, path,
-					   handle, rec,
-					   dealloc, et,
-					   split_index);
+		ret = ocfs2_merge_rec_left(path, handle, et, rec,
+					   dealloc, split_index);
 
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			goto out;
 		}
 
-		ret = ocfs2_rotate_tree_left(inode, handle, path,
-					     dealloc, et);
+		ret = ocfs2_rotate_tree_left(handle, et, path, dealloc);
 		/*
 		 * Error from this last rotate is not critical, so
 		 * print but don't bubble it up.
@@ -3740,19 +3823,16 @@ static int ocfs2_try_to_merge_extent(struct inode *inode,
 		 * the record on the left (hence the left merge).
 		 */
 		if (ctxt->c_contig_type == CONTIG_RIGHT) {
-			ret = ocfs2_merge_rec_left(inode,
-						   path,
-						   handle, split_rec,
-						   dealloc, et,
+			ret = ocfs2_merge_rec_left(path, handle, et,
+						   split_rec, dealloc,
 						   split_index);
 			if (ret) {
 				mlog_errno(ret);
 				goto out;
 			}
 		} else {
-			ret = ocfs2_merge_rec_right(inode,
-						    path,
-						    handle, split_rec,
+			ret = ocfs2_merge_rec_right(path, handle,
+						    et, split_rec,
 						    split_index);
 			if (ret) {
 				mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -3765,8 +3845,8 @@ static int ocfs2_try_to_merge_extent(struct inode *inode,
 			 * The merge may have left an empty extent in
 			 * our leaf. Try to rotate it away.
 			 */
-			ret = ocfs2_rotate_tree_left(inode, handle, path,
-						     dealloc, et);
+			ret = ocfs2_rotate_tree_left(handle, et, path,
+						     dealloc);
 			if (ret)
 				mlog_errno(ret);
 			ret = 0;
@@ -3812,10 +3892,10 @@ static void ocfs2_subtract_from_rec(struct super_block *sb,
  * list. If this leaf is part of an allocation tree, it is assumed
  * that the tree above has been prepared.
  */
-static void ocfs2_insert_at_leaf(struct ocfs2_extent_rec *insert_rec,
+static void ocfs2_insert_at_leaf(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
+				 struct ocfs2_extent_rec *insert_rec,
 				 struct ocfs2_extent_list *el,
-				 struct ocfs2_insert_type *insert,
-				 struct inode *inode)
+				 struct ocfs2_insert_type *insert)
 {
 	int i = insert->ins_contig_index;
 	unsigned int range;
@@ -3827,7 +3907,8 @@ static void ocfs2_insert_at_leaf(struct ocfs2_extent_rec *insert_rec,
 		i = ocfs2_search_extent_list(el, le32_to_cpu(insert_rec->e_cpos));
 		BUG_ON(i == -1);
 		rec = &el->l_recs[i];
-		ocfs2_subtract_from_rec(inode->i_sb, insert->ins_split, rec,
+		ocfs2_subtract_from_rec(ocfs2_metadata_cache_get_super(et->et_ci),
+					insert->ins_split, rec,
 					insert_rec);
 		goto rotate;
 	}
@@ -3869,10 +3950,10 @@ static void ocfs2_insert_at_leaf(struct ocfs2_extent_rec *insert_rec,
 
 		mlog_bug_on_msg(le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec) >=
 				le16_to_cpu(el->l_count),
-				"inode %lu, depth %u, count %u, next free %u, "
+				"owner %llu, depth %u, count %u, next free %u, "
 				"rec.cpos %u, rec.clusters %u, "
 				"insert.cpos %u, insert.clusters %u\n",
-				inode->i_ino,
+				ocfs2_metadata_cache_owner(et->et_ci),
 				le16_to_cpu(el->l_tree_depth),
 				le16_to_cpu(el->l_count),
 				le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec),
@@ -3900,8 +3981,8 @@ rotate:
 	ocfs2_rotate_leaf(el, insert_rec);
 }
 
-static void ocfs2_adjust_rightmost_records(struct inode *inode,
-					   handle_t *handle,
+static void ocfs2_adjust_rightmost_records(handle_t *handle,
+					   struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
 					   struct ocfs2_path *path,
 					   struct ocfs2_extent_rec *insert_rec)
 {
@@ -3919,9 +4000,9 @@ static void ocfs2_adjust_rightmost_records(struct inode *inode,
 
 		next_free = le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec);
 		if (next_free == 0) {
-			ocfs2_error(inode->i_sb,
-				    "Dinode %llu has a bad extent list",
-				    (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno);
+			ocfs2_error(ocfs2_metadata_cache_get_super(et->et_ci),
+				    "Owner %llu has a bad extent list",
+				    (unsigned long long)ocfs2_metadata_cache_owner(et->et_ci));
 			ret = -EIO;
 			return;
 		}
@@ -3941,7 +4022,8 @@ static void ocfs2_adjust_rightmost_records(struct inode *inode,
 	}
 }
 
-static int ocfs2_append_rec_to_path(struct inode *inode, handle_t *handle,
+static int ocfs2_append_rec_to_path(handle_t *handle,
+				    struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
 				    struct ocfs2_extent_rec *insert_rec,
 				    struct ocfs2_path *right_path,
 				    struct ocfs2_path **ret_left_path)
@@ -3969,8 +4051,8 @@ static int ocfs2_append_rec_to_path(struct inode *inode, handle_t *handle,
 	    (next_free == 1 && ocfs2_is_empty_extent(&el->l_recs[0]))) {
 		u32 left_cpos;
 
-		ret = ocfs2_find_cpos_for_left_leaf(inode->i_sb, right_path,
-						    &left_cpos);
+		ret = ocfs2_find_cpos_for_left_leaf(ocfs2_metadata_cache_get_super(et->et_ci),
+						    right_path, &left_cpos);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			goto out;
@@ -3992,7 +4074,8 @@ static int ocfs2_append_rec_to_path(struct inode *inode, handle_t *handle,
 				goto out;
 			}
 
-			ret = ocfs2_find_path(inode, left_path, left_cpos);
+			ret = ocfs2_find_path(et->et_ci, left_path,
+					      left_cpos);
 			if (ret) {
 				mlog_errno(ret);
 				goto out;
@@ -4005,13 +4088,13 @@ static int ocfs2_append_rec_to_path(struct inode *inode, handle_t *handle,
 		}
 	}
 
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_path(inode, handle, right_path);
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_path(et->et_ci, handle, right_path);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	ocfs2_adjust_rightmost_records(inode, handle, right_path, insert_rec);
+	ocfs2_adjust_rightmost_records(handle, et, right_path, insert_rec);
 
 	*ret_left_path = left_path;
 	ret = 0;
@@ -4022,7 +4105,7 @@ out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static void ocfs2_split_record(struct inode *inode,
+static void ocfs2_split_record(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
 			       struct ocfs2_path *left_path,
 			       struct ocfs2_path *right_path,
 			       struct ocfs2_extent_rec *split_rec,
@@ -4095,7 +4178,8 @@ static void ocfs2_split_record(struct inode *inode,
 	}
 
 	rec = &el->l_recs[index];
-	ocfs2_subtract_from_rec(inode->i_sb, split, rec, split_rec);
+	ocfs2_subtract_from_rec(ocfs2_metadata_cache_get_super(et->et_ci),
+				split, rec, split_rec);
 	ocfs2_rotate_leaf(insert_el, split_rec);
 }
 
@@ -4107,8 +4191,8 @@ static void ocfs2_split_record(struct inode *inode,
  * in. left_path should only be passed in if we need to update that
  * portion of the tree after an edge insert.
  */
-static int ocfs2_insert_path(struct inode *inode,
-			     handle_t *handle,
+static int ocfs2_insert_path(handle_t *handle,
+			     struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
 			     struct ocfs2_path *left_path,
 			     struct ocfs2_path *right_path,
 			     struct ocfs2_extent_rec *insert_rec,
@@ -4134,7 +4218,7 @@ static int ocfs2_insert_path(struct inode *inode,
 			goto out;
 		}
 
-		ret = ocfs2_journal_access_path(inode, handle, left_path);
+		ret = ocfs2_journal_access_path(et->et_ci, handle, left_path);
 		if (ret < 0) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			goto out;
@@ -4145,7 +4229,7 @@ static int ocfs2_insert_path(struct inode *inode,
 	 * Pass both paths to the journal. The majority of inserts
 	 * will be touching all components anyway.
 	 */
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_path(inode, handle, right_path);
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_path(et->et_ci, handle, right_path);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
@@ -4157,7 +4241,7 @@ static int ocfs2_insert_path(struct inode *inode,
 		 * of splits, but it's easier to just let one separate
 		 * function sort it all out.
 		 */
-		ocfs2_split_record(inode, left_path, right_path,
+		ocfs2_split_record(et, left_path, right_path,
 				   insert_rec, insert->ins_split);
 
 		/*
@@ -4171,8 +4255,8 @@ static int ocfs2_insert_path(struct inode *inode,
 			if (ret)
 				mlog_errno(ret);
 	} else
-		ocfs2_insert_at_leaf(insert_rec, path_leaf_el(right_path),
-				     insert, inode);
+		ocfs2_insert_at_leaf(et, insert_rec, path_leaf_el(right_path),
+				     insert);
 
 	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, leaf_bh);
 	if (ret)
@@ -4185,10 +4269,10 @@ static int ocfs2_insert_path(struct inode *inode,
 		 *
 		 * XXX: Should we extend the transaction here?
 		 */
-		subtree_index = ocfs2_find_subtree_root(inode, left_path,
+		subtree_index = ocfs2_find_subtree_root(et, left_path,
 							right_path);
-		ocfs2_complete_edge_insert(inode, handle, left_path,
-					   right_path, subtree_index);
+		ocfs2_complete_edge_insert(handle, left_path, right_path,
+					   subtree_index);
 	}
 
 	ret = 0;
@@ -4196,8 +4280,7 @@ out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int ocfs2_do_insert_extent(struct inode *inode,
-				  handle_t *handle,
+static int ocfs2_do_insert_extent(handle_t *handle,
 				  struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
 				  struct ocfs2_extent_rec *insert_rec,
 				  struct ocfs2_insert_type *type)
@@ -4210,7 +4293,7 @@ static int ocfs2_do_insert_extent(struct inode *inode,
 
 	el = et->et_root_el;
 
-	ret = ocfs2_et_root_journal_access(handle, inode, et,
+	ret = ocfs2_et_root_journal_access(handle, et,
 					   OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -4218,7 +4301,7 @@ static int ocfs2_do_insert_extent(struct inode *inode,
 	}
 
 	if (le16_to_cpu(el->l_tree_depth) == 0) {
-		ocfs2_insert_at_leaf(insert_rec, el, type, inode);
+		ocfs2_insert_at_leaf(et, insert_rec, el, type);
 		goto out_update_clusters;
 	}
 
@@ -4241,7 +4324,7 @@ static int ocfs2_do_insert_extent(struct inode *inode,
 		cpos = UINT_MAX;
 	}
 
-	ret = ocfs2_find_path(inode, right_path, cpos);
+	ret = ocfs2_find_path(et->et_ci, right_path, cpos);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
@@ -4260,7 +4343,7 @@ static int ocfs2_do_insert_extent(struct inode *inode,
 	 * can wind up skipping both of these two special cases...
 	 */
 	if (rotate) {
-		ret = ocfs2_rotate_tree_right(inode, handle, type->ins_split,
+		ret = ocfs2_rotate_tree_right(handle, et, type->ins_split,
 					      le32_to_cpu(insert_rec->e_cpos),
 					      right_path, &left_path);
 		if (ret) {
@@ -4272,7 +4355,7 @@ 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_et_root_journal_access(handle, inode, et,
+		ret = ocfs2_et_root_journal_access(handle, et,
 						   OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -4280,7 +4363,7 @@ static int ocfs2_do_insert_extent(struct inode *inode,
 		}
 	} else if (type->ins_appending == APPEND_TAIL
 		   && type->ins_contig != CONTIG_LEFT) {
-		ret = ocfs2_append_rec_to_path(inode, handle, insert_rec,
+		ret = ocfs2_append_rec_to_path(handle, et, insert_rec,
 					       right_path, &left_path);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -4288,7 +4371,7 @@ static int ocfs2_do_insert_extent(struct inode *inode,
 		}
 	}
 
-	ret = ocfs2_insert_path(inode, handle, left_path, right_path,
+	ret = ocfs2_insert_path(handle, et, left_path, right_path,
 				insert_rec, type);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -4297,7 +4380,7 @@ static int ocfs2_do_insert_extent(struct inode *inode,
 
 out_update_clusters:
 	if (type->ins_split == SPLIT_NONE)
-		ocfs2_et_update_clusters(inode, et,
+		ocfs2_et_update_clusters(et,
 					 le16_to_cpu(insert_rec->e_leaf_clusters));
 
 	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, et->et_root_bh);
@@ -4312,7 +4395,8 @@ out:
 }
 
 static enum ocfs2_contig_type
-ocfs2_figure_merge_contig_type(struct inode *inode, struct ocfs2_path *path,
+ocfs2_figure_merge_contig_type(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
+			       struct ocfs2_path *path,
 			       struct ocfs2_extent_list *el, int index,
 			       struct ocfs2_extent_rec *split_rec)
 {
@@ -4324,12 +4408,12 @@ ocfs2_figure_merge_contig_type(struct inode *inode, struct ocfs2_path *path,
 	struct ocfs2_path *left_path = NULL, *right_path = NULL;
 	struct buffer_head *bh;
 	struct ocfs2_extent_block *eb;
+	struct super_block *sb = ocfs2_metadata_cache_get_super(et->et_ci);
 
 	if (index > 0) {
 		rec = &el->l_recs[index - 1];
 	} else if (path->p_tree_depth > 0) {
-		status = ocfs2_find_cpos_for_left_leaf(inode->i_sb,
-						       path, &left_cpos);
+		status = ocfs2_find_cpos_for_left_leaf(sb, path, &left_cpos);
 		if (status)
 			goto out;
 
@@ -4338,7 +4422,8 @@ ocfs2_figure_merge_contig_type(struct inode *inode, struct ocfs2_path *path,
 			if (!left_path)
 				goto out;
 
-			status = ocfs2_find_path(inode, left_path, left_cpos);
+			status = ocfs2_find_path(et->et_ci, left_path,
+						 left_cpos);
 			if (status)
 				goto out;
 
@@ -4348,7 +4433,7 @@ ocfs2_figure_merge_contig_type(struct inode *inode, struct ocfs2_path *path,
 			    le16_to_cpu(new_el->l_count)) {
 				bh = path_leaf_bh(left_path);
 				eb = (struct ocfs2_extent_block *)bh->b_data;
-				ocfs2_error(inode->i_sb,
+				ocfs2_error(sb,
 					    "Extent block #%llu has an "
 					    "invalid l_next_free_rec of "
 					    "%d.  It should have "
@@ -4373,7 +4458,7 @@ ocfs2_figure_merge_contig_type(struct inode *inode, struct ocfs2_path *path,
 			if (split_rec->e_cpos == el->l_recs[index].e_cpos)
 				ret = CONTIG_RIGHT;
 		} else {
-			ret = ocfs2_extent_contig(inode, rec, split_rec);
+			ret = ocfs2_et_extent_contig(et, rec, split_rec);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -4382,8 +4467,7 @@ ocfs2_figure_merge_contig_type(struct inode *inode, struct ocfs2_path *path,
 		rec = &el->l_recs[index + 1];
 	else if (le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec) == le16_to_cpu(el->l_count) &&
 		 path->p_tree_depth > 0) {
-		status = ocfs2_find_cpos_for_right_leaf(inode->i_sb,
-							path, &right_cpos);
+		status = ocfs2_find_cpos_for_right_leaf(sb, path, &right_cpos);
 		if (status)
 			goto out;
 
@@ -4394,7 +4478,7 @@ ocfs2_figure_merge_contig_type(struct inode *inode, struct ocfs2_path *path,
 		if (!right_path)
 			goto out;
 
-		status = ocfs2_find_path(inode, right_path, right_cpos);
+		status = ocfs2_find_path(et->et_ci, right_path, right_cpos);
 		if (status)
 			goto out;
 
@@ -4404,7 +4488,7 @@ ocfs2_figure_merge_contig_type(struct inode *inode, struct ocfs2_path *path,
 			if (le16_to_cpu(new_el->l_next_free_rec) <= 1) {
 				bh = path_leaf_bh(right_path);
 				eb = (struct ocfs2_extent_block *)bh->b_data;
-				ocfs2_error(inode->i_sb,
+				ocfs2_error(sb,
 					    "Extent block #%llu has an "
 					    "invalid l_next_free_rec of %d",
 					    (unsigned long long)le64_to_cpu(eb->h_blkno),
@@ -4419,7 +4503,7 @@ ocfs2_figure_merge_contig_type(struct inode *inode, struct ocfs2_path *path,
 	if (rec) {
 		enum ocfs2_contig_type contig_type;
 
-		contig_type = ocfs2_extent_contig(inode, rec, split_rec);
+		contig_type = ocfs2_et_extent_contig(et, rec, split_rec);
 
 		if (contig_type == CONTIG_LEFT && ret == CONTIG_RIGHT)
 			ret = CONTIG_LEFTRIGHT;
@@ -4436,11 +4520,10 @@ out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static void ocfs2_figure_contig_type(struct inode *inode,
+static void ocfs2_figure_contig_type(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
 				     struct ocfs2_insert_type *insert,
 				     struct ocfs2_extent_list *el,
-				     struct ocfs2_extent_rec *insert_rec,
-				     struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et)
+				     struct ocfs2_extent_rec *insert_rec)
 {
 	int i;
 	enum ocfs2_contig_type contig_type = CONTIG_NONE;
@@ -4448,8 +4531,8 @@ static void ocfs2_figure_contig_type(struct inode *inode,
 	BUG_ON(le16_to_cpu(el->l_tree_depth) != 0);
 
 	for(i = 0; i < le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec); i++) {
-		contig_type = ocfs2_extent_contig(inode, &el->l_recs[i],
-						  insert_rec);
+		contig_type = ocfs2_et_extent_contig(et, &el->l_recs[i],
+						     insert_rec);
 		if (contig_type != CONTIG_NONE) {
 			insert->ins_contig_index = i;
 			break;
@@ -4530,8 +4613,7 @@ set_tail_append:
  * All of the information is stored on the ocfs2_insert_type
  * structure.
  */
-static int ocfs2_figure_insert_type(struct inode *inode,
-				    struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
+static int ocfs2_figure_insert_type(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
 				    struct buffer_head **last_eb_bh,
 				    struct ocfs2_extent_rec *insert_rec,
 				    int *free_records,
@@ -4555,7 +4637,7 @@ static int ocfs2_figure_insert_type(struct inode *inode,
 		 * ocfs2_figure_insert_type() and ocfs2_add_branch()
 		 * may want it later.
 		 */
-		ret = ocfs2_read_extent_block(inode,
+		ret = ocfs2_read_extent_block(et->et_ci,
 					      ocfs2_et_get_last_eb_blk(et),
 					      &bh);
 		if (ret) {
@@ -4578,7 +4660,7 @@ 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, et);
+		ocfs2_figure_contig_type(et, insert, el, insert_rec);
 		ocfs2_figure_appending_type(insert, el, insert_rec);
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -4596,7 +4678,7 @@ static int ocfs2_figure_insert_type(struct inode *inode,
 	 * us the rightmost tree path. This is accounted for below in
 	 * the appending code.
 	 */
-	ret = ocfs2_find_path(inode, path, le32_to_cpu(insert_rec->e_cpos));
+	ret = ocfs2_find_path(et->et_ci, path, le32_to_cpu(insert_rec->e_cpos));
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
@@ -4612,7 +4694,7 @@ 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, et);
+	ocfs2_figure_contig_type(et, insert, el, insert_rec);
 
 	/*
 	 * The insert code isn't quite ready to deal with all cases of
@@ -4657,13 +4739,11 @@ out:
 }
 
 /*
- * Insert an extent into an inode btree.
+ * Insert an extent into a btree.
  *
- * The caller needs to update fe->i_clusters
+ * The caller needs to update the owning btree's cluster count.
  */
-int ocfs2_insert_extent(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
-			handle_t *handle,
-			struct inode *inode,
+int ocfs2_insert_extent(handle_t *handle,
 			struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
 			u32 cpos,
 			u64 start_blk,
@@ -4677,21 +4757,22 @@ int ocfs2_insert_extent(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	struct ocfs2_insert_type insert = {0, };
 	struct ocfs2_extent_rec rec;
 
-	mlog(0, "add %u clusters at position %u to inode %llu\n",
-	     new_clusters, cpos, (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno);
+	mlog(0, "add %u clusters at position %u to owner %llu\n",
+	     new_clusters, cpos,
+	     (unsigned long long)ocfs2_metadata_cache_owner(et->et_ci));
 
 	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);
+	status = ocfs2_et_insert_check(et, &rec);
 	if (status) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		goto bail;
 	}
 
-	status = ocfs2_figure_insert_type(inode, et, &last_eb_bh, &rec,
+	status = ocfs2_figure_insert_type(et, &last_eb_bh, &rec,
 					  &free_records, &insert);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
@@ -4705,7 +4786,7 @@ 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, et,
+		status = ocfs2_grow_tree(handle, et,
 					 &insert.ins_tree_depth, &last_eb_bh,
 					 meta_ac);
 		if (status) {
@@ -4715,11 +4796,11 @@ 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, et, &rec, &insert);
+	status = ocfs2_do_insert_extent(handle, et, &rec, &insert);
 	if (status < 0)
 		mlog_errno(status);
-	else if (et->et_ops == &ocfs2_dinode_et_ops)
-		ocfs2_extent_map_insert_rec(inode, &rec);
+	else
+		ocfs2_et_extent_map_insert(et, &rec);
 
 bail:
 	brelse(last_eb_bh);
@@ -4735,13 +4816,11 @@ bail:
  * 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,
+int ocfs2_add_clusters_in_btree(handle_t *handle,
+				struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
 				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)
@@ -4752,13 +4831,15 @@ int ocfs2_add_clusters_in_btree(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	u32 bit_off, num_bits;
 	u64 block;
 	u8 flags = 0;
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb =
+		OCFS2_SB(ocfs2_metadata_cache_get_super(et->et_ci));
 
 	BUG_ON(!clusters_to_add);
 
 	if (mark_unwritten)
 		flags = OCFS2_EXT_UNWRITTEN;
 
-	free_extents = ocfs2_num_free_extents(osb, inode, et);
+	free_extents = ocfs2_num_free_extents(osb, et);
 	if (free_extents < 0) {
 		status = free_extents;
 		mlog_errno(status);
@@ -4795,7 +4876,7 @@ int ocfs2_add_clusters_in_btree(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	BUG_ON(num_bits > clusters_to_add);
 
 	/* reserve our write early -- insert_extent may update the tree root */
-	status = ocfs2_et_root_journal_access(handle, inode, et,
+	status = ocfs2_et_root_journal_access(handle, et,
 					      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
@@ -4803,10 +4884,10 @@ int ocfs2_add_clusters_in_btree(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	}
 
 	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,
+	mlog(0, "Allocating %u clusters at block %u for owner %llu\n",
+	     num_bits, bit_off,
+	     (unsigned long long)ocfs2_metadata_cache_owner(et->et_ci));
+	status = ocfs2_insert_extent(handle, et, *logical_offset, block,
 				     num_bits, flags, meta_ac);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
@@ -4856,10 +4937,9 @@ static void ocfs2_make_right_split_rec(struct super_block *sb,
 	split_rec->e_flags = rec->e_flags;
 }
 
-static int ocfs2_split_and_insert(struct inode *inode,
-				  handle_t *handle,
-				  struct ocfs2_path *path,
+static int ocfs2_split_and_insert(handle_t *handle,
 				  struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
+				  struct ocfs2_path *path,
 				  struct buffer_head **last_eb_bh,
 				  int split_index,
 				  struct ocfs2_extent_rec *orig_split_rec,
@@ -4892,7 +4972,7 @@ leftright:
 
 	if (le16_to_cpu(rightmost_el->l_next_free_rec) ==
 	    le16_to_cpu(rightmost_el->l_count)) {
-		ret = ocfs2_grow_tree(inode, handle, et,
+		ret = ocfs2_grow_tree(handle, et,
 				      &depth, last_eb_bh, meta_ac);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -4921,8 +5001,8 @@ leftright:
 		 */
 		insert.ins_split = SPLIT_RIGHT;
 
-		ocfs2_make_right_split_rec(inode->i_sb, &tmprec, insert_range,
-					   &rec);
+		ocfs2_make_right_split_rec(ocfs2_metadata_cache_get_super(et->et_ci),
+					   &tmprec, insert_range, &rec);
 
 		split_rec = tmprec;
 
@@ -4930,7 +5010,7 @@ leftright:
 		do_leftright = 1;
 	}
 
-	ret = ocfs2_do_insert_extent(inode, handle, et, &split_rec, &insert);
+	ret = ocfs2_do_insert_extent(handle, et, &split_rec, &insert);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
@@ -4946,7 +5026,7 @@ leftright:
 		ocfs2_reinit_path(path, 1);
 
 		cpos = le32_to_cpu(split_rec.e_cpos);
-		ret = ocfs2_find_path(inode, path, cpos);
+		ret = ocfs2_find_path(et->et_ci, path, cpos);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			goto out;
@@ -4961,8 +5041,8 @@ out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int ocfs2_replace_extent_rec(struct inode *inode,
-				    handle_t *handle,
+static int ocfs2_replace_extent_rec(handle_t *handle,
+				    struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
 				    struct ocfs2_path *path,
 				    struct ocfs2_extent_list *el,
 				    int split_index,
@@ -4970,7 +5050,7 @@ static int ocfs2_replace_extent_rec(struct inode *inode,
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = ocfs2_path_bh_journal_access(handle, inode, path,
+	ret = ocfs2_path_bh_journal_access(handle, et->et_ci, path,
 					   path_num_items(path) - 1);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -4985,9 +5065,8 @@ out:
 }
 
 /*
- * Mark part or all of the extent record at split_index in the leaf
- * pointed to by path as written. This removes the unwritten
- * extent flag.
+ * Split part or all of the extent record at split_index in the leaf
+ * pointed to by path. Merge with the contiguous extent record if needed.
  *
  * Care is taken to handle contiguousness so as to not grow the tree.
  *
@@ -5004,14 +5083,13 @@ out:
  * have been brought into cache (and pinned via the journal), so the
  * extra overhead is not expressed in terms of disk reads.
  */
-static int __ocfs2_mark_extent_written(struct inode *inode,
-				       struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
-				       handle_t *handle,
-				       struct ocfs2_path *path,
-				       int split_index,
-				       struct ocfs2_extent_rec *split_rec,
-				       struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac,
-				       struct ocfs2_cached_dealloc_ctxt *dealloc)
+int ocfs2_split_extent(handle_t *handle,
+		       struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
+		       struct ocfs2_path *path,
+		       int split_index,
+		       struct ocfs2_extent_rec *split_rec,
+		       struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac,
+		       struct ocfs2_cached_dealloc_ctxt *dealloc)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
 	struct ocfs2_extent_list *el = path_leaf_el(path);
@@ -5020,12 +5098,6 @@ static int __ocfs2_mark_extent_written(struct inode *inode,
 	struct ocfs2_merge_ctxt ctxt;
 	struct ocfs2_extent_list *rightmost_el;
 
-	if (!(rec->e_flags & OCFS2_EXT_UNWRITTEN)) {
-		ret = -EIO;
-		mlog_errno(ret);
-		goto out;
-	}
-
 	if (le32_to_cpu(rec->e_cpos) > le32_to_cpu(split_rec->e_cpos) ||
 	    ((le32_to_cpu(rec->e_cpos) + le16_to_cpu(rec->e_leaf_clusters)) <
 	     (le32_to_cpu(split_rec->e_cpos) + le16_to_cpu(split_rec->e_leaf_clusters)))) {
@@ -5034,19 +5106,19 @@ static int __ocfs2_mark_extent_written(struct inode *inode,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	ctxt.c_contig_type = ocfs2_figure_merge_contig_type(inode, path, el,
+	ctxt.c_contig_type = ocfs2_figure_merge_contig_type(et, path, el,
 							    split_index,
 							    split_rec);
 
 	/*
 	 * The core merge / split code wants to know how much room is
-	 * left in this inodes allocation tree, so we pass the
+	 * left in this allocation tree, so we pass the
 	 * rightmost extent list.
 	 */
 	if (path->p_tree_depth) {
 		struct ocfs2_extent_block *eb;
 
-		ret = ocfs2_read_extent_block(inode,
+		ret = ocfs2_read_extent_block(et->et_ci,
 					      ocfs2_et_get_last_eb_blk(et),
 					      &last_eb_bh);
 		if (ret) {
@@ -5073,19 +5145,18 @@ static int __ocfs2_mark_extent_written(struct inode *inode,
 
 	if (ctxt.c_contig_type == CONTIG_NONE) {
 		if (ctxt.c_split_covers_rec)
-			ret = ocfs2_replace_extent_rec(inode, handle,
-						       path, el,
+			ret = ocfs2_replace_extent_rec(handle, et, path, el,
 						       split_index, split_rec);
 		else
-			ret = ocfs2_split_and_insert(inode, handle, path, et,
+			ret = ocfs2_split_and_insert(handle, et, path,
 						     &last_eb_bh, split_index,
 						     split_rec, meta_ac);
 		if (ret)
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 	} else {
-		ret = ocfs2_try_to_merge_extent(inode, handle, path,
+		ret = ocfs2_try_to_merge_extent(handle, et, path,
 						split_index, split_rec,
-						dealloc, &ctxt, et);
+						dealloc, &ctxt);
 		if (ret)
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 	}
@@ -5096,46 +5167,31 @@ out:
 }
 
 /*
- * Mark the already-existing extent at cpos as written for len clusters.
+ * Change the flags of the already-existing extent at cpos for len clusters.
+ *
+ * new_flags: the flags we want to set.
+ * clear_flags: the flags we want to clear.
+ * phys: the new physical offset we want this new extent starts from.
  *
  * If the existing extent is larger than the request, initiate a
  * split. An attempt will be made at merging with adjacent extents.
  *
  * The caller is responsible for passing down meta_ac if we'll need it.
  */
-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_change_extent_flag(handle_t *handle,
+			     struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
+			     u32 cpos, u32 len, u32 phys,
+			     struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac,
+			     struct ocfs2_cached_dealloc_ctxt *dealloc,
+			     int new_flags, int clear_flags)
 {
 	int ret, index;
-	u64 start_blkno = ocfs2_clusters_to_blocks(inode->i_sb, phys);
+	struct super_block *sb = ocfs2_metadata_cache_get_super(et->et_ci);
+	u64 start_blkno = ocfs2_clusters_to_blocks(sb, phys);
 	struct ocfs2_extent_rec split_rec;
 	struct ocfs2_path *left_path = NULL;
 	struct ocfs2_extent_list *el;
-
-	mlog(0, "Inode %lu cpos %u, len %u, phys %u (%llu)\n",
-	     inode->i_ino, cpos, len, phys, (unsigned long long)start_blkno);
-
-	if (!ocfs2_writes_unwritten_extents(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb))) {
-		ocfs2_error(inode->i_sb, "Inode %llu has unwritten extents "
-			    "that are being written to, but the feature bit "
-			    "is not set in the super block.",
-			    (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno);
-		ret = -EROFS;
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * 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?
-	 */
-	if (et->et_ops == &ocfs2_dinode_et_ops)
-		ocfs2_extent_map_trunc(inode, 0);
+	struct ocfs2_extent_rec *rec;
 
 	left_path = ocfs2_new_path_from_et(et);
 	if (!left_path) {
@@ -5144,7 +5200,7 @@ int ocfs2_mark_extent_written(struct inode *inode,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	ret = ocfs2_find_path(inode, left_path, cpos);
+	ret = ocfs2_find_path(et->et_ci, left_path, cpos);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
@@ -5153,34 +5209,102 @@ int ocfs2_mark_extent_written(struct inode *inode,
 
 	index = ocfs2_search_extent_list(el, cpos);
 	if (index == -1 || index >= le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec)) {
-		ocfs2_error(inode->i_sb,
-			    "Inode %llu has an extent at cpos %u which can no "
+		ocfs2_error(sb,
+			    "Owner %llu has an extent at cpos %u which can no "
 			    "longer be found.\n",
-			    (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno, cpos);
+			     (unsigned long long)
+			     ocfs2_metadata_cache_owner(et->et_ci), cpos);
 		ret = -EROFS;
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	ret = -EIO;
+	rec = &el->l_recs[index];
+	if (new_flags && (rec->e_flags & new_flags)) {
+		mlog(ML_ERROR, "Owner %llu tried to set %d flags on an "
+		     "extent that already had them",
+		     (unsigned long long)ocfs2_metadata_cache_owner(et->et_ci),
+		     new_flags);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	if (clear_flags && !(rec->e_flags & clear_flags)) {
+		mlog(ML_ERROR, "Owner %llu tried to clear %d flags on an "
+		     "extent that didn't have them",
+		     (unsigned long long)ocfs2_metadata_cache_owner(et->et_ci),
+		     clear_flags);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	memset(&split_rec, 0, sizeof(struct ocfs2_extent_rec));
 	split_rec.e_cpos = cpu_to_le32(cpos);
 	split_rec.e_leaf_clusters = cpu_to_le16(len);
 	split_rec.e_blkno = cpu_to_le64(start_blkno);
-	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, et, handle, left_path,
-					  index, &split_rec, meta_ac,
-					  dealloc);
+	split_rec.e_flags = rec->e_flags;
+	if (new_flags)
+		split_rec.e_flags |= new_flags;
+	if (clear_flags)
+		split_rec.e_flags &= ~clear_flags;
+
+	ret = ocfs2_split_extent(handle, et, left_path,
+				 index, &split_rec, meta_ac,
+				 dealloc);
 	if (ret)
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 
 out:
 	ocfs2_free_path(left_path);
 	return ret;
+
 }
 
-static int ocfs2_split_tree(struct inode *inode, struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
-			    handle_t *handle, struct ocfs2_path *path,
+/*
+ * Mark the already-existing extent at cpos as written for len clusters.
+ * This removes the unwritten extent flag.
+ *
+ * If the existing extent is larger than the request, initiate a
+ * split. An attempt will be made at merging with adjacent extents.
+ *
+ * The caller is responsible for passing down meta_ac if we'll need it.
+ */
+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 ret;
+
+	mlog(0, "Inode %lu cpos %u, len %u, phys clusters %u\n",
+	     inode->i_ino, cpos, len, phys);
+
+	if (!ocfs2_writes_unwritten_extents(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb))) {
+		ocfs2_error(inode->i_sb, "Inode %llu has unwritten extents "
+			    "that are being written to, but the feature bit "
+			    "is not set in the super block.",
+			    (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno);
+		ret = -EROFS;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * XXX: This should be fixed up so that we just re-insert the
+	 * next extent records.
+	 */
+	ocfs2_et_extent_map_truncate(et, 0);
+
+	ret = ocfs2_change_extent_flag(handle, et, cpos,
+				       len, phys, meta_ac, dealloc,
+				       0, OCFS2_EXT_UNWRITTEN);
+	if (ret)
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+
+out:
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_split_tree(handle_t *handle, struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
+			    struct ocfs2_path *path,
 			    int index, u32 new_range,
 			    struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac)
 {
@@ -5197,11 +5321,12 @@ static int ocfs2_split_tree(struct inode *inode, struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
 	 */
 	el = path_leaf_el(path);
 	rec = &el->l_recs[index];
-	ocfs2_make_right_split_rec(inode->i_sb, &split_rec, new_range, rec);
+	ocfs2_make_right_split_rec(ocfs2_metadata_cache_get_super(et->et_ci),
+				   &split_rec, new_range, rec);
 
 	depth = path->p_tree_depth;
 	if (depth > 0) {
-		ret = ocfs2_read_extent_block(inode,
+		ret = ocfs2_read_extent_block(et->et_ci,
 					      ocfs2_et_get_last_eb_blk(et),
 					      &last_eb_bh);
 		if (ret < 0) {
@@ -5224,7 +5349,7 @@ static int ocfs2_split_tree(struct inode *inode, struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
 
 	if (le16_to_cpu(rightmost_el->l_next_free_rec) ==
 	    le16_to_cpu(rightmost_el->l_count)) {
-		ret = ocfs2_grow_tree(inode, handle, et, &depth, &last_eb_bh,
+		ret = ocfs2_grow_tree(handle, et, &depth, &last_eb_bh,
 				      meta_ac);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -5238,7 +5363,7 @@ static int ocfs2_split_tree(struct inode *inode, struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
 	insert.ins_split = SPLIT_RIGHT;
 	insert.ins_tree_depth = depth;
 
-	ret = ocfs2_do_insert_extent(inode, handle, et, &split_rec, &insert);
+	ret = ocfs2_do_insert_extent(handle, et, &split_rec, &insert);
 	if (ret)
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 
@@ -5247,23 +5372,23 @@ out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int ocfs2_truncate_rec(struct inode *inode, handle_t *handle,
+static int ocfs2_truncate_rec(handle_t *handle,
+			      struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
 			      struct ocfs2_path *path, int index,
 			      struct ocfs2_cached_dealloc_ctxt *dealloc,
-			      u32 cpos, u32 len,
-			      struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et)
+			      u32 cpos, u32 len)
 {
 	int ret;
 	u32 left_cpos, rec_range, trunc_range;
 	int wants_rotate = 0, is_rightmost_tree_rec = 0;
-	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
+	struct super_block *sb = ocfs2_metadata_cache_get_super(et->et_ci);
 	struct ocfs2_path *left_path = NULL;
 	struct ocfs2_extent_list *el = path_leaf_el(path);
 	struct ocfs2_extent_rec *rec;
 	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, et);
+		ret = ocfs2_rotate_tree_left(handle, et, path, dealloc);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			goto out;
@@ -5295,14 +5420,13 @@ static int ocfs2_truncate_rec(struct inode *inode, handle_t *handle,
 		 * by this leaf and the one to it's left.
 		 *
 		 * There are two cases we can skip:
-		 *   1) Path is the leftmost one in our inode tree.
+		 *   1) Path is the leftmost one in our btree.
 		 *   2) The leaf is rightmost and will be empty after
 		 *      we remove the extent record - the rotate code
 		 *      knows how to update the newly formed edge.
 		 */
 
-		ret = ocfs2_find_cpos_for_left_leaf(inode->i_sb, path,
-						    &left_cpos);
+		ret = ocfs2_find_cpos_for_left_leaf(sb, path, &left_cpos);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			goto out;
@@ -5316,7 +5440,8 @@ static int ocfs2_truncate_rec(struct inode *inode, handle_t *handle,
 				goto out;
 			}
 
-			ret = ocfs2_find_path(inode, left_path, left_cpos);
+			ret = ocfs2_find_path(et->et_ci, left_path,
+					      left_cpos);
 			if (ret) {
 				mlog_errno(ret);
 				goto out;
@@ -5332,13 +5457,13 @@ static int ocfs2_truncate_rec(struct inode *inode, handle_t *handle,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_path(inode, handle, path);
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_path(et->et_ci, handle, path);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_path(inode, handle, left_path);
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_path(et->et_ci, handle, left_path);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
@@ -5361,7 +5486,7 @@ static int ocfs2_truncate_rec(struct inode *inode, handle_t *handle,
 			 * be deleted by the rotate code.
 			 */
 			rec = &el->l_recs[next_free - 1];
-			ocfs2_adjust_rightmost_records(inode, handle, path,
+			ocfs2_adjust_rightmost_records(handle, et, path,
 						       rec);
 		}
 	} else if (le32_to_cpu(rec->e_cpos) == cpos) {
@@ -5373,11 +5498,12 @@ static int ocfs2_truncate_rec(struct inode *inode, handle_t *handle,
 		/* Remove rightmost portion of the record */
 		le16_add_cpu(&rec->e_leaf_clusters, -len);
 		if (is_rightmost_tree_rec)
-			ocfs2_adjust_rightmost_records(inode, handle, path, rec);
+			ocfs2_adjust_rightmost_records(handle, et, path, rec);
 	} else {
 		/* Caller should have trapped this. */
-		mlog(ML_ERROR, "Inode %llu: Invalid record truncate: (%u, %u) "
-		     "(%u, %u)\n", (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno,
+		mlog(ML_ERROR, "Owner %llu: Invalid record truncate: (%u, %u) "
+		     "(%u, %u)\n",
+		     (unsigned long long)ocfs2_metadata_cache_owner(et->et_ci),
 		     le32_to_cpu(rec->e_cpos),
 		     le16_to_cpu(rec->e_leaf_clusters), cpos, len);
 		BUG();
@@ -5386,14 +5512,14 @@ static int ocfs2_truncate_rec(struct inode *inode, handle_t *handle,
 	if (left_path) {
 		int subtree_index;
 
-		subtree_index = ocfs2_find_subtree_root(inode, left_path, path);
-		ocfs2_complete_edge_insert(inode, handle, left_path, path,
+		subtree_index = ocfs2_find_subtree_root(et, left_path, path);
+		ocfs2_complete_edge_insert(handle, left_path, path,
 					   subtree_index);
 	}
 
 	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, path_leaf_bh(path));
 
-	ret = ocfs2_rotate_tree_left(inode, handle, path, dealloc, et);
+	ret = ocfs2_rotate_tree_left(handle, et, path, dealloc);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
@@ -5404,9 +5530,9 @@ out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-int ocfs2_remove_extent(struct inode *inode,
+int ocfs2_remove_extent(handle_t *handle,
 			struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
-			u32 cpos, u32 len, handle_t *handle,
+			u32 cpos, u32 len,
 			struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac,
 			struct ocfs2_cached_dealloc_ctxt *dealloc)
 {
@@ -5416,7 +5542,11 @@ int ocfs2_remove_extent(struct inode *inode,
 	struct ocfs2_extent_list *el;
 	struct ocfs2_path *path = NULL;
 
-	ocfs2_extent_map_trunc(inode, 0);
+	/*
+	 * XXX: Why are we truncating to 0 instead of wherever this
+	 * affects us?
+	 */
+	ocfs2_et_extent_map_truncate(et, 0);
 
 	path = ocfs2_new_path_from_et(et);
 	if (!path) {
@@ -5425,7 +5555,7 @@ int ocfs2_remove_extent(struct inode *inode,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	ret = ocfs2_find_path(inode, path, cpos);
+	ret = ocfs2_find_path(et->et_ci, path, cpos);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
@@ -5434,10 +5564,11 @@ int ocfs2_remove_extent(struct inode *inode,
 	el = path_leaf_el(path);
 	index = ocfs2_search_extent_list(el, cpos);
 	if (index == -1 || index >= le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec)) {
-		ocfs2_error(inode->i_sb,
-			    "Inode %llu has an extent at cpos %u which can no "
+		ocfs2_error(ocfs2_metadata_cache_get_super(et->et_ci),
+			    "Owner %llu has an extent at cpos %u which can no "
 			    "longer be found.\n",
-			    (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno, cpos);
+			    (unsigned long long)ocfs2_metadata_cache_owner(et->et_ci),
+			    cpos);
 		ret = -EROFS;
 		goto out;
 	}
@@ -5464,20 +5595,21 @@ int ocfs2_remove_extent(struct inode *inode,
 
 	BUG_ON(cpos < le32_to_cpu(rec->e_cpos) || trunc_range > rec_range);
 
-	mlog(0, "Inode %llu, remove (cpos %u, len %u). Existing index %d "
+	mlog(0, "Owner %llu, remove (cpos %u, len %u). Existing index %d "
 	     "(cpos %u, len %u)\n",
-	     (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno, cpos, len, index,
+	     (unsigned long long)ocfs2_metadata_cache_owner(et->et_ci),
+	     cpos, len, index,
 	     le32_to_cpu(rec->e_cpos), ocfs2_rec_clusters(el, rec));
 
 	if (le32_to_cpu(rec->e_cpos) == cpos || rec_range == trunc_range) {
-		ret = ocfs2_truncate_rec(inode, handle, path, index, dealloc,
-					 cpos, len, et);
+		ret = ocfs2_truncate_rec(handle, et, path, index, dealloc,
+					 cpos, len);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			goto out;
 		}
 	} else {
-		ret = ocfs2_split_tree(inode, et, handle, path, index,
+		ret = ocfs2_split_tree(handle, et, path, index,
 				       trunc_range, meta_ac);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -5490,7 +5622,7 @@ int ocfs2_remove_extent(struct inode *inode,
 		 */
 		ocfs2_reinit_path(path, 1);
 
-		ret = ocfs2_find_path(inode, path, cpos);
+		ret = ocfs2_find_path(et->et_ci, path, cpos);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			goto out;
@@ -5499,9 +5631,9 @@ int ocfs2_remove_extent(struct inode *inode,
 		el = path_leaf_el(path);
 		index = ocfs2_search_extent_list(el, cpos);
 		if (index == -1 || index >= le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec)) {
-			ocfs2_error(inode->i_sb,
-				    "Inode %llu: split at cpos %u lost record.",
-				    (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno,
+			ocfs2_error(ocfs2_metadata_cache_get_super(et->et_ci),
+				    "Owner %llu: split at cpos %u lost record.",
+				    (unsigned long long)ocfs2_metadata_cache_owner(et->et_ci),
 				    cpos);
 			ret = -EROFS;
 			goto out;
@@ -5515,18 +5647,18 @@ int ocfs2_remove_extent(struct inode *inode,
 		rec_range = le32_to_cpu(rec->e_cpos) +
 			ocfs2_rec_clusters(el, rec);
 		if (rec_range != trunc_range) {
-			ocfs2_error(inode->i_sb,
-				    "Inode %llu: error after split at cpos %u"
+			ocfs2_error(ocfs2_metadata_cache_get_super(et->et_ci),
+				    "Owner %llu: error after split at cpos %u"
 				    "trunc len %u, existing record is (%u,%u)",
-				    (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno,
+				    (unsigned long long)ocfs2_metadata_cache_owner(et->et_ci),
 				    cpos, len, le32_to_cpu(rec->e_cpos),
 				    ocfs2_rec_clusters(el, rec));
 			ret = -EROFS;
 			goto out;
 		}
 
-		ret = ocfs2_truncate_rec(inode, handle, path, index, dealloc,
-					 cpos, len, et);
+		ret = ocfs2_truncate_rec(handle, et, path, index, dealloc,
+					 cpos, len);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			goto out;
@@ -5573,7 +5705,7 @@ int ocfs2_remove_btree_range(struct inode *inode,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	ret = ocfs2_et_root_journal_access(handle, inode, et,
+	ret = ocfs2_et_root_journal_access(handle, et,
 					   OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -5583,14 +5715,13 @@ int ocfs2_remove_btree_range(struct inode *inode,
 	vfs_dq_free_space_nodirty(inode,
 				  ocfs2_clusters_to_bytes(inode->i_sb, len));
 
-	ret = ocfs2_remove_extent(inode, et, cpos, len, handle, meta_ac,
-				  dealloc);
+	ret = ocfs2_remove_extent(handle, et, cpos, len, meta_ac, dealloc);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out_commit;
 	}
 
-	ocfs2_et_update_clusters(inode, et, -len);
+	ocfs2_et_update_clusters(et, -len);
 
 	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, et->et_root_bh);
 	if (ret) {
@@ -5690,7 +5821,7 @@ int ocfs2_truncate_log_append(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 		goto bail;
 	}
 
-	status = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, tl_inode, tl_bh,
+	status = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, INODE_CACHE(tl_inode), tl_bh,
 					 OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
@@ -5752,7 +5883,7 @@ static int ocfs2_replay_truncate_records(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	while (i >= 0) {
 		/* Caller has given us at least enough credits to
 		 * update the truncate log dinode */
-		status = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, tl_inode, tl_bh,
+		status = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, INODE_CACHE(tl_inode), tl_bh,
 						 OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 		if (status < 0) {
 			mlog_errno(status);
@@ -6010,7 +6141,7 @@ int ocfs2_begin_truncate_log_recovery(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 		tl->tl_used = 0;
 
 		ocfs2_compute_meta_ecc(osb->sb, tl_bh->b_data, &di->i_check);
-		status = ocfs2_write_block(osb, tl_bh, tl_inode);
+		status = ocfs2_write_block(osb, tl_bh, INODE_CACHE(tl_inode));
 		if (status < 0) {
 			mlog_errno(status);
 			goto bail;
@@ -6400,9 +6531,9 @@ ocfs2_find_per_slot_free_list(int type,
 	return fl;
 }
 
-static int ocfs2_cache_block_dealloc(struct ocfs2_cached_dealloc_ctxt *ctxt,
-				     int type, int slot, u64 blkno,
-				     unsigned int bit)
+int ocfs2_cache_block_dealloc(struct ocfs2_cached_dealloc_ctxt *ctxt,
+			      int type, int slot, u64 blkno,
+			      unsigned int bit)
 {
 	int ret;
 	struct ocfs2_per_slot_free_list *fl;
@@ -6518,7 +6649,7 @@ static int ocfs2_find_new_last_ext_blk(struct inode *inode,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	ret = ocfs2_find_leaf(inode, path_root_el(path), cpos, &bh);
+	ret = ocfs2_find_leaf(INODE_CACHE(inode), path_root_el(path), cpos, &bh);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
@@ -6551,7 +6682,7 @@ out:
  */
 static int ocfs2_trim_tree(struct inode *inode, struct ocfs2_path *path,
 			   handle_t *handle, struct ocfs2_truncate_context *tc,
-			   u32 clusters_to_del, u64 *delete_start)
+			   u32 clusters_to_del, u64 *delete_start, u8 *flags)
 {
 	int ret, i, index = path->p_tree_depth;
 	u32 new_edge = 0;
@@ -6561,6 +6692,7 @@ static int ocfs2_trim_tree(struct inode *inode, struct ocfs2_path *path,
 	struct ocfs2_extent_rec *rec;
 
 	*delete_start = 0;
+	*flags = 0;
 
 	while (index >= 0) {
 		bh = path->p_node[index].bh;
@@ -6648,6 +6780,7 @@ find_tail_record:
 			*delete_start = le64_to_cpu(rec->e_blkno)
 				+ ocfs2_clusters_to_blocks(inode->i_sb,
 					le16_to_cpu(rec->e_leaf_clusters));
+			*flags = rec->e_flags;
 
 			/*
 			 * If it's now empty, remove this record.
@@ -6719,7 +6852,7 @@ delete:
 
 			mlog(0, "deleting this extent block.\n");
 
-			ocfs2_remove_from_cache(inode, bh);
+			ocfs2_remove_from_cache(INODE_CACHE(inode), bh);
 
 			BUG_ON(ocfs2_rec_clusters(el, &el->l_recs[0]));
 			BUG_ON(le32_to_cpu(el->l_recs[0].e_cpos));
@@ -6747,7 +6880,8 @@ static int ocfs2_do_truncate(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 			     struct buffer_head *fe_bh,
 			     handle_t *handle,
 			     struct ocfs2_truncate_context *tc,
-			     struct ocfs2_path *path)
+			     struct ocfs2_path *path,
+			     struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac)
 {
 	int status;
 	struct ocfs2_dinode *fe;
@@ -6755,6 +6889,7 @@ static int ocfs2_do_truncate(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	struct ocfs2_extent_list *el;
 	struct buffer_head *last_eb_bh = NULL;
 	u64 delete_blk = 0;
+	u8 rec_flags;
 
 	fe = (struct ocfs2_dinode *) fe_bh->b_data;
 
@@ -6769,14 +6904,14 @@ static int ocfs2_do_truncate(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	 * Each component will be touched, so we might as well journal
 	 * here to avoid having to handle errors later.
 	 */
-	status = ocfs2_journal_access_path(inode, handle, path);
+	status = ocfs2_journal_access_path(INODE_CACHE(inode), handle, path);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		goto bail;
 	}
 
 	if (last_eb_bh) {
-		status = ocfs2_journal_access_eb(handle, inode, last_eb_bh,
+		status = ocfs2_journal_access_eb(handle, INODE_CACHE(inode), last_eb_bh,
 						 OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 		if (status < 0) {
 			mlog_errno(status);
@@ -6810,7 +6945,7 @@ static int ocfs2_do_truncate(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	inode->i_blocks = ocfs2_inode_sector_count(inode);
 
 	status = ocfs2_trim_tree(inode, path, handle, tc,
-				 clusters_to_del, &delete_blk);
+				 clusters_to_del, &delete_blk, &rec_flags);
 	if (status) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		goto bail;
@@ -6842,8 +6977,16 @@ static int ocfs2_do_truncate(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	}
 
 	if (delete_blk) {
-		status = ocfs2_truncate_log_append(osb, handle, delete_blk,
-						   clusters_to_del);
+		if (rec_flags & OCFS2_EXT_REFCOUNTED)
+			status = ocfs2_decrease_refcount(inode, handle,
+					ocfs2_blocks_to_clusters(osb->sb,
+								 delete_blk),
+					clusters_to_del, meta_ac,
+					&tc->tc_dealloc, 1);
+		else
+			status = ocfs2_truncate_log_append(osb, handle,
+							   delete_blk,
+							   clusters_to_del);
 		if (status < 0) {
 			mlog_errno(status);
 			goto bail;
@@ -6863,9 +7006,9 @@ static int ocfs2_zero_func(handle_t *handle, struct buffer_head *bh)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-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)
+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)
 {
 	int ret, partial = 0;
 
@@ -6933,20 +7076,16 @@ out:
 		ocfs2_unlock_and_free_pages(pages, numpages);
 }
 
-static int ocfs2_grab_eof_pages(struct inode *inode, loff_t start, loff_t end,
-				struct page **pages, int *num)
+int ocfs2_grab_pages(struct inode *inode, loff_t start, loff_t end,
+		     struct page **pages, int *num)
 {
 	int numpages, ret = 0;
-	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
 	struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping;
 	unsigned long index;
 	loff_t last_page_bytes;
 
 	BUG_ON(start > end);
 
-	BUG_ON(start >> OCFS2_SB(sb)->s_clustersize_bits !=
-	       (end - 1) >> OCFS2_SB(sb)->s_clustersize_bits);
-
 	numpages = 0;
 	last_page_bytes = PAGE_ALIGN(end);
 	index = start >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
@@ -6974,6 +7113,17 @@ out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static int ocfs2_grab_eof_pages(struct inode *inode, loff_t start, loff_t end,
+				struct page **pages, int *num)
+{
+	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
+
+	BUG_ON(start >> OCFS2_SB(sb)->s_clustersize_bits !=
+	       (end - 1) >> OCFS2_SB(sb)->s_clustersize_bits);
+
+	return ocfs2_grab_pages(inode, start, end, pages, num);
+}
+
 /*
  * Zero the area past i_size but still within an allocated
  * cluster. This avoids exposing nonzero data on subsequent file
@@ -7138,7 +7288,7 @@ int ocfs2_convert_inline_data_to_extents(struct inode *inode,
 		goto out_unlock;
 	}
 
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, inode, di_bh,
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, INODE_CACHE(inode), di_bh,
 				      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -7218,9 +7368,8 @@ 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.
 		 */
-		ocfs2_init_dinode_extent_tree(&et, inode, di_bh);
-		ret = ocfs2_insert_extent(osb, handle, inode, &et,
-					  0, block, 1, 0, NULL);
+		ocfs2_init_dinode_extent_tree(&et, INODE_CACHE(inode), di_bh);
+		ret = ocfs2_insert_extent(handle, &et, 0, block, 1, 0, NULL);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			goto out_commit;
@@ -7262,11 +7411,14 @@ int ocfs2_commit_truncate(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 {
 	int status, i, credits, tl_sem = 0;
 	u32 clusters_to_del, new_highest_cpos, range;
+	u64 blkno = 0;
 	struct ocfs2_extent_list *el;
 	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;
+	struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_refcount_tree *ref_tree = NULL;
 
 	mlog_entry_void();
 
@@ -7292,10 +7444,12 @@ start:
 		goto bail;
 	}
 
+	credits = 0;
+
 	/*
 	 * Truncate always works against the rightmost tree branch.
 	 */
-	status = ocfs2_find_path(inode, path, UINT_MAX);
+	status = ocfs2_find_path(INODE_CACHE(inode), path, UINT_MAX);
 	if (status) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		goto bail;
@@ -7332,10 +7486,15 @@ start:
 		clusters_to_del = 0;
 	} else if (le32_to_cpu(el->l_recs[i].e_cpos) >= new_highest_cpos) {
 		clusters_to_del = ocfs2_rec_clusters(el, &el->l_recs[i]);
+		blkno = le64_to_cpu(el->l_recs[i].e_blkno);
 	} else if (range > new_highest_cpos) {
 		clusters_to_del = (ocfs2_rec_clusters(el, &el->l_recs[i]) +
 				   le32_to_cpu(el->l_recs[i].e_cpos)) -
 				  new_highest_cpos;
+		blkno = le64_to_cpu(el->l_recs[i].e_blkno) +
+			ocfs2_clusters_to_blocks(inode->i_sb,
+				ocfs2_rec_clusters(el, &el->l_recs[i]) -
+				clusters_to_del);
 	} else {
 		status = 0;
 		goto bail;
@@ -7344,6 +7503,29 @@ start:
 	mlog(0, "clusters_to_del = %u in this pass, tail blk=%llu\n",
 	     clusters_to_del, (unsigned long long)path_leaf_bh(path)->b_blocknr);
 
+	if (el->l_recs[i].e_flags & OCFS2_EXT_REFCOUNTED && clusters_to_del) {
+		BUG_ON(!(OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_dyn_features &
+			 OCFS2_HAS_REFCOUNT_FL));
+
+		status = ocfs2_lock_refcount_tree(osb,
+						le64_to_cpu(di->i_refcount_loc),
+						1, &ref_tree, NULL);
+		if (status) {
+			mlog_errno(status);
+			goto bail;
+		}
+
+		status = ocfs2_prepare_refcount_change_for_del(inode, fe_bh,
+							       blkno,
+							       clusters_to_del,
+							       &credits,
+							       &meta_ac);
+		if (status < 0) {
+			mlog_errno(status);
+			goto bail;
+		}
+	}
+
 	mutex_lock(&tl_inode->i_mutex);
 	tl_sem = 1;
 	/* ocfs2_truncate_log_needs_flush guarantees us at least one
@@ -7357,7 +7539,7 @@ start:
 		}
 	}
 
-	credits = ocfs2_calc_tree_trunc_credits(osb->sb, clusters_to_del,
+	credits += ocfs2_calc_tree_trunc_credits(osb->sb, clusters_to_del,
 						(struct ocfs2_dinode *)fe_bh->b_data,
 						el);
 	handle = ocfs2_start_trans(osb, credits);
@@ -7369,7 +7551,7 @@ start:
 	}
 
 	status = ocfs2_do_truncate(osb, clusters_to_del, inode, fe_bh, handle,
-				   tc, path);
+				   tc, path, meta_ac);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		goto bail;
@@ -7383,6 +7565,16 @@ start:
 
 	ocfs2_reinit_path(path, 1);
 
+	if (meta_ac) {
+		ocfs2_free_alloc_context(meta_ac);
+		meta_ac = NULL;
+	}
+
+	if (ref_tree) {
+		ocfs2_unlock_refcount_tree(osb, ref_tree, 1);
+		ref_tree = NULL;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * The check above will catch the case where we've truncated
 	 * away all allocation.
@@ -7399,6 +7591,12 @@ bail:
 	if (handle)
 		ocfs2_commit_trans(osb, handle);
 
+	if (meta_ac)
+		ocfs2_free_alloc_context(meta_ac);
+
+	if (ref_tree)
+		ocfs2_unlock_refcount_tree(osb, ref_tree, 1);
+
 	ocfs2_run_deallocs(osb, &tc->tc_dealloc);
 
 	ocfs2_free_path(path);
@@ -7445,7 +7643,7 @@ 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_extent_block(inode,
+		status = ocfs2_read_extent_block(INODE_CACHE(inode),
 						 le64_to_cpu(fe->i_last_eb_blk),
 						 &last_eb_bh);
 		if (status < 0) {
@@ -7507,7 +7705,7 @@ int ocfs2_truncate_inline(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head *di_bh,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, inode, di_bh,
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, INODE_CACHE(inode), di_bh,
 				      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/alloc.h b/fs/ocfs2/alloc.h
index 353254ba29e..9c122d57446 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/alloc.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/alloc.h
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@
  *
  * 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.  With metadata ecc, we now call different journal_access
+ * functions.  It needs the ocfs2_caching_info structure associated with
+ * I/O on the tree.  With metadata ecc, we now call different journal_access
  * functions for each type of metadata, so it must have the
  * root_journal_access function.
  * ocfs2_extent_tree_operations abstract the normal operations we do for
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ struct ocfs2_extent_tree {
 	struct ocfs2_extent_tree_operations	*et_ops;
 	struct buffer_head			*et_root_bh;
 	struct ocfs2_extent_list		*et_root_el;
+	struct ocfs2_caching_info		*et_ci;
 	ocfs2_journal_access_func		et_root_journal_access;
 	void					*et_object;
 	unsigned int				et_max_leaf_clusters;
@@ -66,31 +68,32 @@ struct ocfs2_extent_tree {
  * specified object buffer.
  */
 void ocfs2_init_dinode_extent_tree(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
-				   struct inode *inode,
+				   struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
 				   struct buffer_head *bh);
 void ocfs2_init_xattr_tree_extent_tree(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
-				       struct inode *inode,
+				       struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
 				       struct buffer_head *bh);
 struct ocfs2_xattr_value_buf;
 void ocfs2_init_xattr_value_extent_tree(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
-					struct inode *inode,
+					struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
 					struct ocfs2_xattr_value_buf *vb);
 void ocfs2_init_dx_root_extent_tree(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
-				    struct inode *inode,
+				    struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
 				    struct buffer_head *bh);
+void ocfs2_init_refcount_extent_tree(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
+				     struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
+				     struct buffer_head *bh);
 
 /*
  * Read an extent block into *bh.  If *bh is NULL, a bh will be
  * allocated.  This is a cached read.  The extent block will be validated
  * with ocfs2_validate_extent_block().
  */
-int ocfs2_read_extent_block(struct inode *inode, u64 eb_blkno,
+int ocfs2_read_extent_block(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci, u64 eb_blkno,
 			    struct buffer_head **bh);
 
 struct ocfs2_alloc_context;
-int ocfs2_insert_extent(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
-			handle_t *handle,
-			struct inode *inode,
+int ocfs2_insert_extent(handle_t *handle,
 			struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
 			u32 cpos,
 			u64 start_blk,
@@ -103,25 +106,36 @@ enum ocfs2_alloc_restarted {
 	RESTART_TRANS,
 	RESTART_META
 };
-int ocfs2_add_clusters_in_btree(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
-				struct inode *inode,
+int ocfs2_add_clusters_in_btree(handle_t *handle,
+				struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
 				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;
+struct ocfs2_path;
+int ocfs2_split_extent(handle_t *handle,
+		       struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
+		       struct ocfs2_path *path,
+		       int split_index,
+		       struct ocfs2_extent_rec *split_rec,
+		       struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac,
+		       struct ocfs2_cached_dealloc_ctxt *dealloc);
 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 ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
-			u32 cpos, u32 len, handle_t *handle,
+int ocfs2_change_extent_flag(handle_t *handle,
+			     struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
+			     u32 cpos, u32 len, u32 phys,
+			     struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac,
+			     struct ocfs2_cached_dealloc_ctxt *dealloc,
+			     int new_flags, int clear_flags);
+int ocfs2_remove_extent(handle_t *handle, struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
+			u32 cpos, u32 len,
 			struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac,
 			struct ocfs2_cached_dealloc_ctxt *dealloc);
 int ocfs2_remove_btree_range(struct inode *inode,
@@ -130,7 +144,6 @@ int ocfs2_remove_btree_range(struct inode *inode,
 			     struct ocfs2_cached_dealloc_ctxt *dealloc);
 
 int ocfs2_num_free_extents(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
-			   struct inode *inode,
 			   struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et);
 
 /*
@@ -195,6 +208,9 @@ static inline void ocfs2_init_dealloc_ctxt(struct ocfs2_cached_dealloc_ctxt *c)
 }
 int ocfs2_cache_cluster_dealloc(struct ocfs2_cached_dealloc_ctxt *ctxt,
 				u64 blkno, unsigned int bit);
+int ocfs2_cache_block_dealloc(struct ocfs2_cached_dealloc_ctxt *ctxt,
+			      int type, int slot, u64 blkno,
+			      unsigned int bit);
 static inline int ocfs2_dealloc_has_cluster(struct ocfs2_cached_dealloc_ctxt *c)
 {
 	return c->c_global_allocator != NULL;
@@ -222,8 +238,9 @@ int ocfs2_commit_truncate(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 int ocfs2_truncate_inline(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head *di_bh,
 			  unsigned int start, unsigned int end, int trunc);
 
-int ocfs2_find_leaf(struct inode *inode, struct ocfs2_extent_list *root_el,
-		    u32 cpos, struct buffer_head **leaf_bh);
+int ocfs2_find_leaf(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
+		    struct ocfs2_extent_list *root_el, u32 cpos,
+		    struct buffer_head **leaf_bh);
 int ocfs2_search_extent_list(struct ocfs2_extent_list *el, u32 v_cluster);
 
 /*
@@ -254,4 +271,50 @@ static inline int ocfs2_is_empty_extent(struct ocfs2_extent_rec *rec)
 	return !rec->e_leaf_clusters;
 }
 
+int ocfs2_grab_pages(struct inode *inode, loff_t start, loff_t end,
+		     struct page **pages, int *num);
+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);
+/*
+ * Structures which describe a path through a btree, and functions to
+ * manipulate them.
+ *
+ * The idea here is to be as generic as possible with the tree
+ * manipulation code.
+ */
+struct ocfs2_path_item {
+	struct buffer_head		*bh;
+	struct ocfs2_extent_list	*el;
+};
+
+#define OCFS2_MAX_PATH_DEPTH	5
+
+struct ocfs2_path {
+	int				p_tree_depth;
+	ocfs2_journal_access_func	p_root_access;
+	struct ocfs2_path_item		p_node[OCFS2_MAX_PATH_DEPTH];
+};
+
+#define path_root_bh(_path) ((_path)->p_node[0].bh)
+#define path_root_el(_path) ((_path)->p_node[0].el)
+#define path_root_access(_path)((_path)->p_root_access)
+#define path_leaf_bh(_path) ((_path)->p_node[(_path)->p_tree_depth].bh)
+#define path_leaf_el(_path) ((_path)->p_node[(_path)->p_tree_depth].el)
+#define path_num_items(_path) ((_path)->p_tree_depth + 1)
+
+void ocfs2_reinit_path(struct ocfs2_path *path, int keep_root);
+void ocfs2_free_path(struct ocfs2_path *path);
+int ocfs2_find_path(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
+		    struct ocfs2_path *path,
+		    u32 cpos);
+struct ocfs2_path *ocfs2_new_path_from_path(struct ocfs2_path *path);
+struct ocfs2_path *ocfs2_new_path_from_et(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et);
+int ocfs2_path_bh_journal_access(handle_t *handle,
+				 struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
+				 struct ocfs2_path *path,
+				 int idx);
+int ocfs2_journal_access_path(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
+			      handle_t *handle,
+			      struct ocfs2_path *path);
 #endif /* OCFS2_ALLOC_H */
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/aops.c b/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
index 8a1e61545f4..72e76062a90 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 #include "suballoc.h"
 #include "super.h"
 #include "symlink.h"
+#include "refcounttree.h"
 
 #include "buffer_head_io.h"
 
@@ -126,8 +127,8 @@ bail:
 	return err;
 }
 
-static int ocfs2_get_block(struct inode *inode, sector_t iblock,
-			   struct buffer_head *bh_result, int create)
+int ocfs2_get_block(struct inode *inode, sector_t iblock,
+		    struct buffer_head *bh_result, int create)
 {
 	int err = 0;
 	unsigned int ext_flags;
@@ -590,6 +591,8 @@ static int ocfs2_direct_IO_get_blocks(struct inode *inode, sector_t iblock,
 		goto bail;
 	}
 
+	/* We should already CoW the refcounted extent. */
+	BUG_ON(ext_flags & OCFS2_EXT_REFCOUNTED);
 	/*
 	 * get_more_blocks() expects us to describe a hole by clearing
 	 * the mapped bit on bh_result().
@@ -687,6 +690,10 @@ static ssize_t ocfs2_direct_IO(int rw,
 	if (OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_dyn_features & OCFS2_INLINE_DATA_FL)
 		return 0;
 
+	/* Fallback to buffered I/O if we are appending. */
+	if (i_size_read(inode) <= offset)
+		return 0;
+
 	ret = blockdev_direct_IO_no_locking(rw, iocb, inode,
 					    inode->i_sb->s_bdev, iov, offset,
 					    nr_segs, 
@@ -1259,7 +1266,8 @@ static int ocfs2_write_cluster(struct address_space *mapping,
 			goto out;
 		}
 	} else if (unwritten) {
-		ocfs2_init_dinode_extent_tree(&et, inode, wc->w_di_bh);
+		ocfs2_init_dinode_extent_tree(&et, INODE_CACHE(inode),
+					      wc->w_di_bh);
 		ret = ocfs2_mark_extent_written(inode, &et,
 						wc->w_handle, cpos, 1, phys,
 						meta_ac, &wc->w_dealloc);
@@ -1448,6 +1456,9 @@ static int ocfs2_populate_write_desc(struct inode *inode,
 				goto out;
 			}
 
+			/* We should already CoW the refcountd extent. */
+			BUG_ON(ext_flags & OCFS2_EXT_REFCOUNTED);
+
 			/*
 			 * Assume worst case - that we're writing in
 			 * the middle of the extent.
@@ -1528,7 +1539,7 @@ static int ocfs2_write_begin_inline(struct address_space *mapping,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, inode, wc->w_di_bh,
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, INODE_CACHE(inode), wc->w_di_bh,
 				      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 	if (ret) {
 		ocfs2_commit_trans(osb, handle);
@@ -1699,6 +1710,19 @@ int ocfs2_write_begin_nolock(struct address_space *mapping,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	ret = ocfs2_check_range_for_refcount(inode, pos, len);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	} else if (ret == 1) {
+		ret = ocfs2_refcount_cow(inode, di_bh,
+					 wc->w_cpos, wc->w_clen, UINT_MAX);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
+
 	ret = ocfs2_populate_write_desc(inode, wc, &clusters_to_alloc,
 					&extents_to_split);
 	if (ret) {
@@ -1726,7 +1750,8 @@ int ocfs2_write_begin_nolock(struct address_space *mapping,
 		     (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);
+		ocfs2_init_dinode_extent_tree(&et, INODE_CACHE(inode),
+					      wc->w_di_bh);
 		ret = ocfs2_lock_allocators(inode, &et,
 					    clusters_to_alloc, extents_to_split,
 					    &data_ac, &meta_ac);
@@ -1773,7 +1798,7 @@ int ocfs2_write_begin_nolock(struct address_space *mapping,
 	 * We don't want this to fail in ocfs2_write_end(), so do it
 	 * here.
 	 */
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, inode, wc->w_di_bh,
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, INODE_CACHE(inode), wc->w_di_bh,
 				      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/aops.h b/fs/ocfs2/aops.h
index 503e49232e1..c48e93ffc51 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/aops.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/aops.h
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ int ocfs2_read_inline_data(struct inode *inode, struct page *page,
 			   struct buffer_head *di_bh);
 int ocfs2_size_fits_inline_data(struct buffer_head *di_bh, u64 new_size);
 
+int ocfs2_get_block(struct inode *inode, sector_t iblock,
+		    struct buffer_head *bh_result, int create);
 /* all ocfs2_dio_end_io()'s fault */
 #define ocfs2_iocb_is_rw_locked(iocb) \
 	test_bit(0, (unsigned long *)&iocb->private)
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/buffer_head_io.c b/fs/ocfs2/buffer_head_io.c
index 15c8e6deee2..d43d34a1dd3 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/buffer_head_io.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/buffer_head_io.c
@@ -52,12 +52,12 @@ enum ocfs2_state_bits {
 BUFFER_FNS(NeedsValidate, needs_validate);
 
 int ocfs2_write_block(struct ocfs2_super *osb, struct buffer_head *bh,
-		      struct inode *inode)
+		      struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	mlog_entry("(bh->b_blocknr = %llu, inode=%p)\n",
-		   (unsigned long long)bh->b_blocknr, inode);
+	mlog_entry("(bh->b_blocknr = %llu, ci=%p)\n",
+		   (unsigned long long)bh->b_blocknr, ci);
 
 	BUG_ON(bh->b_blocknr < OCFS2_SUPER_BLOCK_BLKNO);
 	BUG_ON(buffer_jbd(bh));
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ int ocfs2_write_block(struct ocfs2_super *osb, struct buffer_head *bh,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	mutex_lock(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_io_mutex);
+	ocfs2_metadata_cache_io_lock(ci);
 
 	lock_buffer(bh);
 	set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ int ocfs2_write_block(struct ocfs2_super *osb, struct buffer_head *bh,
 	wait_on_buffer(bh);
 
 	if (buffer_uptodate(bh)) {
-		ocfs2_set_buffer_uptodate(inode, bh);
+		ocfs2_set_buffer_uptodate(ci, bh);
 	} else {
 		/* We don't need to remove the clustered uptodate
 		 * information for this bh as it's not marked locally
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ int ocfs2_write_block(struct ocfs2_super *osb, struct buffer_head *bh,
 		put_bh(bh);
 	}
 
-	mutex_unlock(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_io_mutex);
+	ocfs2_metadata_cache_io_unlock(ci);
 out:
 	mlog_exit(ret);
 	return ret;
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ bail:
 	return status;
 }
 
-int ocfs2_read_blocks(struct inode *inode, u64 block, int nr,
+int ocfs2_read_blocks(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci, u64 block, int nr,
 		      struct buffer_head *bhs[], int flags,
 		      int (*validate)(struct super_block *sb,
 				      struct buffer_head *bh))
@@ -185,11 +185,12 @@ int ocfs2_read_blocks(struct inode *inode, u64 block, int nr,
 	int status = 0;
 	int i, ignore_cache = 0;
 	struct buffer_head *bh;
+	struct super_block *sb = ocfs2_metadata_cache_get_super(ci);
 
-	mlog_entry("(inode=%p, block=(%llu), nr=(%d), flags=%d)\n",
-		   inode, (unsigned long long)block, nr, flags);
+	mlog_entry("(ci=%p, block=(%llu), nr=(%d), flags=%d)\n",
+		   ci, (unsigned long long)block, nr, flags);
 
-	BUG_ON(!inode);
+	BUG_ON(!ci);
 	BUG_ON((flags & OCFS2_BH_READAHEAD) &&
 	       (flags & OCFS2_BH_IGNORE_CACHE));
 
@@ -212,12 +213,12 @@ int ocfs2_read_blocks(struct inode *inode, u64 block, int nr,
 		goto bail;
 	}
 
-	mutex_lock(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_io_mutex);
+	ocfs2_metadata_cache_io_lock(ci);
 	for (i = 0 ; i < nr ; i++) {
 		if (bhs[i] == NULL) {
-			bhs[i] = sb_getblk(inode->i_sb, block++);
+			bhs[i] = sb_getblk(sb, block++);
 			if (bhs[i] == NULL) {
-				mutex_unlock(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_io_mutex);
+				ocfs2_metadata_cache_io_unlock(ci);
 				status = -EIO;
 				mlog_errno(status);
 				goto bail;
@@ -250,11 +251,11 @@ int ocfs2_read_blocks(struct inode *inode, u64 block, int nr,
 		 *    before our is-it-in-flight check.
 		 */
 
-		if (!ignore_cache && !ocfs2_buffer_uptodate(inode, bh)) {
+		if (!ignore_cache && !ocfs2_buffer_uptodate(ci, bh)) {
 			mlog(ML_UPTODATE,
-			     "bh (%llu), inode %llu not uptodate\n",
+			     "bh (%llu), owner %llu not uptodate\n",
 			     (unsigned long long)bh->b_blocknr,
-			     (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno);
+			     (unsigned long long)ocfs2_metadata_cache_owner(ci));
 			/* We're using ignore_cache here to say
 			 * "go to disk" */
 			ignore_cache = 1;
@@ -283,7 +284,7 @@ int ocfs2_read_blocks(struct inode *inode, u64 block, int nr,
 			 * previously submitted request than we are
 			 * done here. */
 			if ((flags & OCFS2_BH_READAHEAD)
-			    && ocfs2_buffer_read_ahead(inode, bh))
+			    && ocfs2_buffer_read_ahead(ci, bh))
 				continue;
 
 			lock_buffer(bh);
@@ -305,7 +306,7 @@ int ocfs2_read_blocks(struct inode *inode, u64 block, int nr,
 			 * buffer lock. */
 			if (!(flags & OCFS2_BH_IGNORE_CACHE)
 			    && !(flags & OCFS2_BH_READAHEAD)
-			    && ocfs2_buffer_uptodate(inode, bh)) {
+			    && ocfs2_buffer_uptodate(ci, bh)) {
 				unlock_buffer(bh);
 				continue;
 			}
@@ -327,7 +328,7 @@ int ocfs2_read_blocks(struct inode *inode, u64 block, int nr,
 
 		if (!(flags & OCFS2_BH_READAHEAD)) {
 			/* We know this can't have changed as we hold the
-			 * inode sem. Avoid doing any work on the bh if the
+			 * owner sem. Avoid doing any work on the bh if the
 			 * journal has it. */
 			if (!buffer_jbd(bh))
 				wait_on_buffer(bh);
@@ -351,7 +352,7 @@ int ocfs2_read_blocks(struct inode *inode, u64 block, int nr,
 				 * that better not have changed */
 				BUG_ON(buffer_jbd(bh));
 				clear_buffer_needs_validate(bh);
-				status = validate(inode->i_sb, bh);
+				status = validate(sb, bh);
 				if (status) {
 					put_bh(bh);
 					bhs[i] = NULL;
@@ -363,9 +364,9 @@ int ocfs2_read_blocks(struct inode *inode, 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. */
-		ocfs2_set_buffer_uptodate(inode, bh);
+		ocfs2_set_buffer_uptodate(ci, bh);
 	}
-	mutex_unlock(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_io_mutex);
+	ocfs2_metadata_cache_io_unlock(ci);
 
 	mlog(ML_BH_IO, "block=(%llu), nr=(%d), cached=%s, flags=0x%x\n", 
 	     (unsigned long long)block, nr,
@@ -399,7 +400,7 @@ static void ocfs2_check_super_or_backup(struct super_block *sb,
 
 /*
  * Write super block and backups doesn't need to collaborate with journal,
- * so we don't need to lock ip_io_mutex and inode doesn't need to bea passed
+ * so we don't need to lock ip_io_mutex and ci doesn't need to bea passed
  * into this function.
  */
 int ocfs2_write_super_or_backup(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/buffer_head_io.h b/fs/ocfs2/buffer_head_io.h
index c75d682dadd..b97bcc6dde7 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/buffer_head_io.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/buffer_head_io.h
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ void ocfs2_end_buffer_io_sync(struct buffer_head *bh,
 
 int ocfs2_write_block(struct ocfs2_super          *osb,
 		      struct buffer_head  *bh,
-		      struct inode        *inode);
+		      struct ocfs2_caching_info   *ci);
 int ocfs2_read_blocks_sync(struct ocfs2_super *osb, u64 block,
 			   unsigned int nr, struct buffer_head *bhs[]);
 
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ int ocfs2_read_blocks_sync(struct ocfs2_super *osb, u64 block,
  * be set even for a READAHEAD call, as it marks the buffer for later
  * validation.
  */
-int ocfs2_read_blocks(struct inode *inode, u64 block, int nr,
+int ocfs2_read_blocks(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci, u64 block, int nr,
 		      struct buffer_head *bhs[], int flags,
 		      int (*validate)(struct super_block *sb,
 				      struct buffer_head *bh));
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ int ocfs2_write_super_or_backup(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 #define OCFS2_BH_IGNORE_CACHE      1
 #define OCFS2_BH_READAHEAD         8
 
-static inline int ocfs2_read_block(struct inode *inode, u64 off,
+static inline int ocfs2_read_block(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci, u64 off,
 				   struct buffer_head **bh,
 				   int (*validate)(struct super_block *sb,
 						   struct buffer_head *bh))
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ static inline int ocfs2_read_block(struct inode *inode, u64 off,
 		goto bail;
 	}
 
-	status = ocfs2_read_blocks(inode, off, 1, bh, 0, validate);
+	status = ocfs2_read_blocks(ci, off, 1, bh, 0, validate);
 
 bail:
 	return status;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/masklog.c b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/masklog.c
index 96df5416993..1cd2934de61 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/masklog.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/masklog.c
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ static struct mlog_attribute mlog_attrs[MLOG_MAX_BITS] = {
 	define_mask(EXPORT),
 	define_mask(XATTR),
 	define_mask(QUOTA),
+	define_mask(REFCOUNT),
 	define_mask(ERROR),
 	define_mask(NOTICE),
 	define_mask(KTHREAD),
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/masklog.h b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/masklog.h
index 696c32e5071..9b4d11726cf 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/masklog.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/masklog.h
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@
 #define ML_EXPORT	0x0000000010000000ULL /* ocfs2 export operations */
 #define ML_XATTR	0x0000000020000000ULL /* ocfs2 extended attributes */
 #define ML_QUOTA	0x0000000040000000ULL /* ocfs2 quota operations */
+#define ML_REFCOUNT	0x0000000080000000ULL /* refcount tree operations */
 /* 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 b358f3bf896..28c3ec23879 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ static int ocfs2_dx_dir_link_trailer(struct inode *dir, handle_t *handle,
 	struct ocfs2_dx_root_block *dx_root;
 	struct ocfs2_dir_block_trailer *trailer;
 
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_dr(handle, dir, dx_root_bh,
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_dr(handle, INODE_CACHE(dir), dx_root_bh,
 				      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -564,7 +564,8 @@ static int ocfs2_read_dir_block_direct(struct inode *dir, u64 phys,
 	int ret;
 	struct buffer_head *tmp = *bh;
 
-	ret = ocfs2_read_block(dir, phys, &tmp, ocfs2_validate_dir_block);
+	ret = ocfs2_read_block(INODE_CACHE(dir), phys, &tmp,
+			       ocfs2_validate_dir_block);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
@@ -622,7 +623,8 @@ static int ocfs2_read_dx_root(struct inode *dir, struct ocfs2_dinode *di,
 	u64 blkno = le64_to_cpu(di->i_dx_root);
 	struct buffer_head *tmp = *dx_root_bh;
 
-	ret = ocfs2_read_block(dir, blkno, &tmp, ocfs2_validate_dx_root);
+	ret = ocfs2_read_block(INODE_CACHE(dir), blkno, &tmp,
+			       ocfs2_validate_dx_root);
 
 	/* If ocfs2_read_block() got us a new bh, pass it up. */
 	if (!ret && !*dx_root_bh)
@@ -662,7 +664,8 @@ static int ocfs2_read_dx_leaf(struct inode *dir, u64 blkno,
 	int ret;
 	struct buffer_head *tmp = *dx_leaf_bh;
 
-	ret = ocfs2_read_block(dir, blkno, &tmp, ocfs2_validate_dx_leaf);
+	ret = ocfs2_read_block(INODE_CACHE(dir), blkno, &tmp,
+			       ocfs2_validate_dx_leaf);
 
 	/* If ocfs2_read_block() got us a new bh, pass it up. */
 	if (!ret && !*dx_leaf_bh)
@@ -680,7 +683,7 @@ static int ocfs2_read_dx_leaves(struct inode *dir, u64 start, int num,
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = ocfs2_read_blocks(dir, start, num, dx_leaf_bhs, 0,
+	ret = ocfs2_read_blocks(INODE_CACHE(dir), start, num, dx_leaf_bhs, 0,
 				ocfs2_validate_dx_leaf);
 	if (ret)
 		mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -802,7 +805,8 @@ static int ocfs2_dx_dir_lookup_rec(struct inode *inode,
 	struct ocfs2_extent_rec *rec = NULL;
 
 	if (el->l_tree_depth) {
-		ret = ocfs2_find_leaf(inode, el, major_hash, &eb_bh);
+		ret = ocfs2_find_leaf(INODE_CACHE(inode), el, major_hash,
+				      &eb_bh);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			goto out;
@@ -1133,7 +1137,8 @@ int ocfs2_update_entry(struct inode *dir, handle_t *handle,
 	if (OCFS2_I(dir)->ip_dyn_features & OCFS2_INLINE_DATA_FL)
 		access = ocfs2_journal_access_di;
 
-	ret = access(handle, dir, de_bh, OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
+	ret = access(handle, INODE_CACHE(dir), de_bh,
+		     OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
@@ -1176,7 +1181,7 @@ static int __ocfs2_delete_entry(handle_t *handle, struct inode *dir,
 			goto bail;
 		}
 		if (de == de_del)  {
-			status = access(handle, dir, bh,
+			status = access(handle, INODE_CACHE(dir), bh,
 					OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 			if (status < 0) {
 				status = -EIO;
@@ -1326,7 +1331,7 @@ static int ocfs2_delete_entry_dx(handle_t *handle, struct inode *dir,
 	 * the entry count needs to be updated. Also, we might be
 	 * adding to the start of the free list.
 	 */
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_dr(handle, dir, dx_root_bh,
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_dr(handle, INODE_CACHE(dir), dx_root_bh,
 				      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -1334,7 +1339,7 @@ static int ocfs2_delete_entry_dx(handle_t *handle, struct inode *dir,
 	}
 
 	if (!ocfs2_dx_root_inline(dx_root)) {
-		ret = ocfs2_journal_access_dl(handle, dir,
+		ret = ocfs2_journal_access_dl(handle, INODE_CACHE(dir),
 					      lookup->dl_dx_leaf_bh,
 					      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 		if (ret) {
@@ -1493,7 +1498,7 @@ static int __ocfs2_dx_dir_leaf_insert(struct inode *dir, handle_t *handle,
 	int ret;
 	struct ocfs2_dx_leaf *dx_leaf;
 
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_dl(handle, dir, dx_leaf_bh,
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_dl(handle, INODE_CACHE(dir), dx_leaf_bh,
 				      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -1523,7 +1528,7 @@ static int ocfs2_dx_dir_insert(struct inode *dir, handle_t *handle,
 	struct ocfs2_dx_root_block *dx_root;
 	struct buffer_head *dx_root_bh = lookup->dl_dx_root_bh;
 
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_dr(handle, dir, dx_root_bh,
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_dr(handle, INODE_CACHE(dir), dx_root_bh,
 				      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -1645,11 +1650,13 @@ int __ocfs2_add_entry(handle_t *handle,
 		 */
 		if (ocfs2_free_list_at_root(lookup)) {
 			bh = lookup->dl_dx_root_bh;
-			retval = ocfs2_journal_access_dr(handle, dir, bh,
+			retval = ocfs2_journal_access_dr(handle,
+						 INODE_CACHE(dir), bh,
 						 OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 		} else {
 			bh = lookup->dl_prev_leaf_bh;
-			retval = ocfs2_journal_access_db(handle, dir, bh,
+			retval = ocfs2_journal_access_db(handle,
+						 INODE_CACHE(dir), bh,
 						 OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 		}
 		if (retval) {
@@ -1700,11 +1707,13 @@ int __ocfs2_add_entry(handle_t *handle,
 			}
 
 			if (insert_bh == parent_fe_bh)
-				status = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, dir,
+				status = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle,
+								 INODE_CACHE(dir),
 								 insert_bh,
 								 OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 			else {
-				status = ocfs2_journal_access_db(handle, dir,
+				status = ocfs2_journal_access_db(handle,
+								 INODE_CACHE(dir),
 								 insert_bh,
 					      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 
@@ -2280,7 +2289,7 @@ static int ocfs2_fill_new_dir_id(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	struct ocfs2_inline_data *data = &di->id2.i_data;
 	unsigned int size = le16_to_cpu(data->id_count);
 
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, inode, di_bh,
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, INODE_CACHE(inode), di_bh,
 				      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -2332,9 +2341,9 @@ static int ocfs2_fill_new_dir_el(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 		goto bail;
 	}
 
-	ocfs2_set_new_buffer_uptodate(inode, new_bh);
+	ocfs2_set_new_buffer_uptodate(INODE_CACHE(inode), new_bh);
 
-	status = ocfs2_journal_access_db(handle, inode, new_bh,
+	status = ocfs2_journal_access_db(handle, INODE_CACHE(inode), new_bh,
 					 OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_CREATE);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
@@ -2418,9 +2427,9 @@ static int ocfs2_dx_dir_attach_index(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 		ret = -EIO;
 		goto out;
 	}
-	ocfs2_set_new_buffer_uptodate(dir, dx_root_bh);
+	ocfs2_set_new_buffer_uptodate(INODE_CACHE(dir), dx_root_bh);
 
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_dr(handle, dir, dx_root_bh,
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_dr(handle, INODE_CACHE(dir), dx_root_bh,
 				      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_CREATE);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -2454,7 +2463,7 @@ static int ocfs2_dx_dir_attach_index(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	if (ret)
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, dir, di_bh,
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, INODE_CACHE(dir), di_bh,
 				      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_CREATE);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -2495,9 +2504,9 @@ static int ocfs2_dx_dir_format_cluster(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 		}
 		dx_leaves[i] = bh;
 
-		ocfs2_set_new_buffer_uptodate(dir, bh);
+		ocfs2_set_new_buffer_uptodate(INODE_CACHE(dir), bh);
 
-		ret = ocfs2_journal_access_dl(handle, dir, bh,
+		ret = ocfs2_journal_access_dl(handle, INODE_CACHE(dir), bh,
 					      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_CREATE);
 		if (ret < 0) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -2582,7 +2591,6 @@ static int ocfs2_dx_dir_new_cluster(struct inode *dir,
 {
 	int ret;
 	u64 phys_blkno;
-	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(dir->i_sb);
 
 	ret = __ocfs2_dx_dir_new_cluster(dir, cpos, handle, data_ac, dx_leaves,
 					 num_dx_leaves, &phys_blkno);
@@ -2591,7 +2599,7 @@ static int ocfs2_dx_dir_new_cluster(struct inode *dir,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	ret = ocfs2_insert_extent(osb, handle, dir, et, cpos, phys_blkno, 1, 0,
+	ret = ocfs2_insert_extent(handle, et, cpos, phys_blkno, 1, 0,
 				  meta_ac);
 	if (ret)
 		mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -2895,7 +2903,7 @@ static int ocfs2_expand_inline_dir(struct inode *dir, struct buffer_head *di_bh,
 	struct ocfs2_extent_tree dx_et;
 	int did_quota = 0, bytes_allocated = 0;
 
-	ocfs2_init_dinode_extent_tree(&et, dir, di_bh);
+	ocfs2_init_dinode_extent_tree(&et, INODE_CACHE(dir), di_bh);
 
 	alloc = ocfs2_clusters_for_bytes(sb, bytes);
 	dx_alloc = 0;
@@ -3005,9 +3013,9 @@ static int ocfs2_expand_inline_dir(struct inode *dir, struct buffer_head *di_bh,
 		goto out_commit;
 	}
 
-	ocfs2_set_new_buffer_uptodate(dir, dirdata_bh);
+	ocfs2_set_new_buffer_uptodate(INODE_CACHE(dir), dirdata_bh);
 
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_db(handle, dir, dirdata_bh,
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_db(handle, INODE_CACHE(dir), dirdata_bh,
 				      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_CREATE);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -3060,7 +3068,7 @@ static int ocfs2_expand_inline_dir(struct inode *dir, struct buffer_head *di_bh,
 	 * We let the later dirent insert modify c/mtime - to the user
 	 * the data hasn't changed.
 	 */
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, dir, di_bh,
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, INODE_CACHE(dir), di_bh,
 				      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_CREATE);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -3085,7 +3093,7 @@ 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, &et, 0, blkno, len,
+	ret = ocfs2_insert_extent(handle, &et, 0, blkno, len,
 				  0, NULL);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -3117,8 +3125,10 @@ static int ocfs2_expand_inline_dir(struct inode *dir, struct buffer_head *di_bh,
 			ocfs2_dx_dir_index_root_block(dir, dx_root_bh,
 						      dirdata_bh);
 		} else {
-			ocfs2_init_dx_root_extent_tree(&dx_et, dir, dx_root_bh);
-			ret = ocfs2_insert_extent(osb, handle, dir, &dx_et, 0,
+			ocfs2_init_dx_root_extent_tree(&dx_et,
+						       INODE_CACHE(dir),
+						       dx_root_bh);
+			ret = ocfs2_insert_extent(handle, &dx_et, 0,
 						  dx_insert_blkno, 1, 0, NULL);
 			if (ret)
 				mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -3138,7 +3148,7 @@ 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, &et, 1,
+		ret = ocfs2_insert_extent(handle, &et, 1,
 					  blkno, len, 0, NULL);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -3337,8 +3347,9 @@ 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);
-		ocfs2_init_dinode_extent_tree(&et, dir, parent_fe_bh);
-		num_free_extents = ocfs2_num_free_extents(osb, dir, &et);
+		ocfs2_init_dinode_extent_tree(&et, INODE_CACHE(dir),
+					      parent_fe_bh);
+		num_free_extents = ocfs2_num_free_extents(osb, &et);
 		if (num_free_extents < 0) {
 			status = num_free_extents;
 			mlog_errno(status);
@@ -3387,9 +3398,9 @@ do_extend:
 		goto bail;
 	}
 
-	ocfs2_set_new_buffer_uptodate(dir, new_bh);
+	ocfs2_set_new_buffer_uptodate(INODE_CACHE(dir), new_bh);
 
-	status = ocfs2_journal_access_db(handle, dir, new_bh,
+	status = ocfs2_journal_access_db(handle, INODE_CACHE(dir), new_bh,
 					 OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_CREATE);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
@@ -3829,7 +3840,7 @@ static int ocfs2_dx_dir_rebalance(struct ocfs2_super *osb, struct inode *dir,
 	     (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(dir)->ip_blkno,
 	     (unsigned long long)leaf_blkno, insert_hash);
 
-	ocfs2_init_dx_root_extent_tree(&et, dir, dx_root_bh);
+	ocfs2_init_dx_root_extent_tree(&et, INODE_CACHE(dir), dx_root_bh);
 
 	dx_root = (struct ocfs2_dx_root_block *)dx_root_bh->b_data;
 	/*
@@ -3885,7 +3896,7 @@ static int ocfs2_dx_dir_rebalance(struct ocfs2_super *osb, struct inode *dir,
 	}
 	did_quota = 1;
 
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_dl(handle, dir, dx_leaf_bh,
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_dl(handle, INODE_CACHE(dir), dx_leaf_bh,
 				      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -3949,7 +3960,8 @@ static int ocfs2_dx_dir_rebalance(struct ocfs2_super *osb, struct inode *dir,
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < num_dx_leaves; i++) {
-		ret = ocfs2_journal_access_dl(handle, dir, orig_dx_leaves[i],
+		ret = ocfs2_journal_access_dl(handle, INODE_CACHE(dir),
+					      orig_dx_leaves[i],
 					      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -4165,7 +4177,7 @@ static int ocfs2_expand_inline_dx_root(struct inode *dir,
 	 * failure to add the dx_root_bh to the journal won't result
 	 * us losing clusters.
 	 */
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_dr(handle, dir, dx_root_bh,
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_dr(handle, INODE_CACHE(dir), dx_root_bh,
 				      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -4207,9 +4219,8 @@ static int ocfs2_expand_inline_dx_root(struct inode *dir,
 
 	/* This should never fail considering we start with an empty
 	 * dx_root. */
-	ocfs2_init_dx_root_extent_tree(&et, dir, dx_root_bh);
-	ret = ocfs2_insert_extent(osb, handle, dir, &et, 0,
-				  insert_blkno, 1, 0, NULL);
+	ocfs2_init_dx_root_extent_tree(&et, INODE_CACHE(dir), dx_root_bh);
+	ret = ocfs2_insert_extent(handle, &et, 0, insert_blkno, 1, 0, NULL);
 	if (ret)
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 	did_quota = 0;
@@ -4469,7 +4480,7 @@ static int ocfs2_dx_dir_remove_index(struct inode *dir,
 		goto out_unlock;
 	}
 
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, dir, di_bh,
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, INODE_CACHE(dir), di_bh,
 				      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -4532,7 +4543,7 @@ int ocfs2_dx_dir_truncate(struct inode *dir, struct buffer_head *di_bh)
 	if (ocfs2_dx_root_inline(dx_root))
 		goto remove_index;
 
-	ocfs2_init_dx_root_extent_tree(&et, dir, dx_root_bh);
+	ocfs2_init_dx_root_extent_tree(&et, INODE_CACHE(dir), dx_root_bh);
 
 	/* XXX: What if dr_clusters is too large? */
 	while (le32_to_cpu(dx_root->dr_clusters)) {
@@ -4565,7 +4576,7 @@ remove_index:
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	ocfs2_remove_from_cache(dir, dx_root_bh);
+	ocfs2_remove_from_cache(INODE_CACHE(dir), dx_root_bh);
 out:
 	ocfs2_schedule_truncate_log_flush(osb, 1);
 	ocfs2_run_deallocs(osb, &dealloc);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmthread.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmthread.c
index d490b66ad9d..98569e86c61 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmthread.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmthread.c
@@ -212,14 +212,18 @@ static int dlm_purge_lockres(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm,
 		spin_lock(&dlm->spinlock);
 	}
 
+	spin_lock(&res->spinlock);
 	if (!list_empty(&res->purge)) {
 		mlog(0, "removing lockres %.*s:%p from purgelist, "
 		     "master = %d\n", res->lockname.len, res->lockname.name,
 		     res, master);
 		list_del_init(&res->purge);
+		spin_unlock(&res->spinlock);
 		dlm_lockres_put(res);
 		dlm->purge_count--;
-	}
+	} else
+		spin_unlock(&res->spinlock);
+
 	__dlm_unhash_lockres(res);
 
 	/* lockres is not in the hash now.  drop the flag and wake up
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
index 110bb57c46a..0d38d67194c 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
 #include "super.h"
 #include "uptodate.h"
 #include "quota.h"
+#include "refcounttree.h"
 
 #include "buffer_head_io.h"
 
@@ -110,6 +111,11 @@ static void ocfs2_dentry_post_unlock(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 
 static void ocfs2_set_qinfo_lvb(struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres);
 
+static int ocfs2_check_refcount_downconvert(struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres,
+					    int new_level);
+static int ocfs2_refcount_convert_worker(struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres,
+					 int blocking);
+
 #define mlog_meta_lvb(__level, __lockres) ocfs2_dump_meta_lvb_info(__level, __PRETTY_FUNCTION__, __LINE__, __lockres)
 
 /* This aids in debugging situations where a bad LVB might be involved. */
@@ -278,6 +284,12 @@ static struct ocfs2_lock_res_ops ocfs2_qinfo_lops = {
 	.flags		= LOCK_TYPE_REQUIRES_REFRESH | LOCK_TYPE_USES_LVB,
 };
 
+static struct ocfs2_lock_res_ops ocfs2_refcount_block_lops = {
+	.check_downconvert = ocfs2_check_refcount_downconvert,
+	.downconvert_worker = ocfs2_refcount_convert_worker,
+	.flags		= 0,
+};
+
 static inline int ocfs2_is_inode_lock(struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres)
 {
 	return lockres->l_type == OCFS2_LOCK_TYPE_META ||
@@ -306,6 +318,12 @@ static inline struct ocfs2_mem_dqinfo *ocfs2_lock_res_qinfo(struct ocfs2_lock_re
 	return (struct ocfs2_mem_dqinfo *)lockres->l_priv;
 }
 
+static inline struct ocfs2_refcount_tree *
+ocfs2_lock_res_refcount_tree(struct ocfs2_lock_res *res)
+{
+	return container_of(res, struct ocfs2_refcount_tree, rf_lockres);
+}
+
 static inline struct ocfs2_super *ocfs2_get_lockres_osb(struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres)
 {
 	if (lockres->l_ops->get_osb)
@@ -693,6 +711,17 @@ void ocfs2_qinfo_lock_res_init(struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres,
 				   info);
 }
 
+void ocfs2_refcount_lock_res_init(struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres,
+				  struct ocfs2_super *osb, u64 ref_blkno,
+				  unsigned int generation)
+{
+	ocfs2_lock_res_init_once(lockres);
+	ocfs2_build_lock_name(OCFS2_LOCK_TYPE_REFCOUNT, ref_blkno,
+			      generation, lockres->l_name);
+	ocfs2_lock_res_init_common(osb, lockres, OCFS2_LOCK_TYPE_REFCOUNT,
+				   &ocfs2_refcount_block_lops, osb);
+}
+
 void ocfs2_lock_res_free(struct ocfs2_lock_res *res)
 {
 	mlog_entry_void();
@@ -1548,8 +1577,10 @@ int ocfs2_rw_lock(struct inode *inode, int write)
 	     (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno,
 	     write ? "EXMODE" : "PRMODE");
 
-	if (ocfs2_mount_local(osb))
+	if (ocfs2_mount_local(osb)) {
+		mlog_exit(0);
 		return 0;
+	}
 
 	lockres = &OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_rw_lockres;
 
@@ -2127,7 +2158,7 @@ static int ocfs2_inode_lock_update(struct inode *inode,
 
 	/* This will discard any caching information we might have had
 	 * for the inode metadata. */
-	ocfs2_metadata_cache_purge(inode);
+	ocfs2_metadata_cache_purge(INODE_CACHE(inode));
 
 	ocfs2_extent_map_trunc(inode, 0);
 
@@ -3009,6 +3040,7 @@ static void ocfs2_unlock_ast(void *opaque, int error)
 		     "unlock_action %d\n", error, lockres->l_name,
 		     lockres->l_unlock_action);
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&lockres->l_lock, flags);
+		mlog_exit_void();
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -3495,11 +3527,11 @@ out:
 	return UNBLOCK_CONTINUE;
 }
 
-static int ocfs2_check_meta_downconvert(struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres,
-					int new_level)
+static int ocfs2_ci_checkpointed(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
+				 struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres,
+				 int new_level)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = ocfs2_lock_res_inode(lockres);
-	int checkpointed = ocfs2_inode_fully_checkpointed(inode);
+	int checkpointed = ocfs2_ci_fully_checkpointed(ci);
 
 	BUG_ON(new_level != DLM_LOCK_NL && new_level != DLM_LOCK_PR);
 	BUG_ON(lockres->l_level != DLM_LOCK_EX && !checkpointed);
@@ -3507,10 +3539,18 @@ static int ocfs2_check_meta_downconvert(struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres,
 	if (checkpointed)
 		return 1;
 
-	ocfs2_start_checkpoint(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb));
+	ocfs2_start_checkpoint(OCFS2_SB(ocfs2_metadata_cache_get_super(ci)));
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int ocfs2_check_meta_downconvert(struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres,
+					int new_level)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = ocfs2_lock_res_inode(lockres);
+
+	return ocfs2_ci_checkpointed(INODE_CACHE(inode), lockres, new_level);
+}
+
 static void ocfs2_set_meta_lvb(struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = ocfs2_lock_res_inode(lockres);
@@ -3640,6 +3680,26 @@ static int ocfs2_dentry_convert_worker(struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres,
 	return UNBLOCK_CONTINUE_POST;
 }
 
+static int ocfs2_check_refcount_downconvert(struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres,
+					    int new_level)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_refcount_tree *tree =
+				ocfs2_lock_res_refcount_tree(lockres);
+
+	return ocfs2_ci_checkpointed(&tree->rf_ci, lockres, new_level);
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_refcount_convert_worker(struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres,
+					 int blocking)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_refcount_tree *tree =
+				ocfs2_lock_res_refcount_tree(lockres);
+
+	ocfs2_metadata_cache_purge(&tree->rf_ci);
+
+	return UNBLOCK_CONTINUE;
+}
+
 static void ocfs2_set_qinfo_lvb(struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres)
 {
 	struct ocfs2_qinfo_lvb *lvb;
@@ -3752,6 +3812,37 @@ bail:
 	return status;
 }
 
+int ocfs2_refcount_lock(struct ocfs2_refcount_tree *ref_tree, int ex)
+{
+	int status;
+	int level = ex ? DLM_LOCK_EX : DLM_LOCK_PR;
+	struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres = &ref_tree->rf_lockres;
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb = lockres->l_priv;
+
+
+	if (ocfs2_is_hard_readonly(osb))
+		return -EROFS;
+
+	if (ocfs2_mount_local(osb))
+		return 0;
+
+	status = ocfs2_cluster_lock(osb, lockres, level, 0, 0);
+	if (status < 0)
+		mlog_errno(status);
+
+	return status;
+}
+
+void ocfs2_refcount_unlock(struct ocfs2_refcount_tree *ref_tree, int ex)
+{
+	int level = ex ? DLM_LOCK_EX : DLM_LOCK_PR;
+	struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres = &ref_tree->rf_lockres;
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb = lockres->l_priv;
+
+	if (!ocfs2_mount_local(osb))
+		ocfs2_cluster_unlock(osb, lockres, level);
+}
+
 /*
  * This is the filesystem locking protocol.  It provides the lock handling
  * hooks for the underlying DLM.  It has a maximum version number.
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.h b/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.h
index 7553836931d..d1ce48e1b3d 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.h
@@ -101,6 +101,9 @@ void ocfs2_file_lock_res_init(struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres,
 struct ocfs2_mem_dqinfo;
 void ocfs2_qinfo_lock_res_init(struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres,
                                struct ocfs2_mem_dqinfo *info);
+void ocfs2_refcount_lock_res_init(struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres,
+				  struct ocfs2_super *osb, u64 ref_blkno,
+				  unsigned int generation);
 void ocfs2_lock_res_free(struct ocfs2_lock_res *res);
 int ocfs2_create_new_inode_locks(struct inode *inode);
 int ocfs2_drop_inode_locks(struct inode *inode);
@@ -148,6 +151,9 @@ int ocfs2_file_lock(struct file *file, int ex, int trylock);
 void ocfs2_file_unlock(struct file *file);
 int ocfs2_qinfo_lock(struct ocfs2_mem_dqinfo *oinfo, int ex);
 void ocfs2_qinfo_unlock(struct ocfs2_mem_dqinfo *oinfo, int ex);
+struct ocfs2_refcount_tree;
+int ocfs2_refcount_lock(struct ocfs2_refcount_tree *ref_tree, int ex);
+void ocfs2_refcount_unlock(struct ocfs2_refcount_tree *ref_tree, int ex);
 
 
 void ocfs2_mark_lockres_freeing(struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/extent_map.c b/fs/ocfs2/extent_map.c
index f2bb1a04d25..843db64e9d4 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/extent_map.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/extent_map.c
@@ -293,7 +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_extent_block(inode, last_eb_blk, &eb_bh);
+	ret = ocfs2_read_extent_block(INODE_CACHE(inode), last_eb_blk, &eb_bh);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
@@ -353,11 +353,11 @@ static int ocfs2_search_for_hole_index(struct ocfs2_extent_list *el,
  * eb_bh is NULL. Otherwise, eb_bh should point to the extent block
  * containing el.
  */
-static int ocfs2_figure_hole_clusters(struct inode *inode,
-				      struct ocfs2_extent_list *el,
-				      struct buffer_head *eb_bh,
-				      u32 v_cluster,
-				      u32 *num_clusters)
+int ocfs2_figure_hole_clusters(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
+			       struct ocfs2_extent_list *el,
+			       struct buffer_head *eb_bh,
+			       u32 v_cluster,
+			       u32 *num_clusters)
 {
 	int ret, i;
 	struct buffer_head *next_eb_bh = NULL;
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ 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_extent_block(inode,
+		ret = ocfs2_read_extent_block(ci,
 					      le64_to_cpu(eb->h_next_leaf_blk),
 					      &next_eb_bh);
 		if (ret) {
@@ -428,7 +428,8 @@ static int ocfs2_get_clusters_nocache(struct inode *inode,
 	tree_height = le16_to_cpu(el->l_tree_depth);
 
 	if (tree_height > 0) {
-		ret = ocfs2_find_leaf(inode, el, v_cluster, &eb_bh);
+		ret = ocfs2_find_leaf(INODE_CACHE(inode), el, v_cluster,
+				      &eb_bh);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			goto out;
@@ -455,7 +456,8 @@ static int ocfs2_get_clusters_nocache(struct inode *inode,
 		 * field.
 		 */
 		if (hole_len) {
-			ret = ocfs2_figure_hole_clusters(inode, el, eb_bh,
+			ret = ocfs2_figure_hole_clusters(INODE_CACHE(inode),
+							 el, eb_bh,
 							 v_cluster, &len);
 			if (ret) {
 				mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -539,7 +541,8 @@ static void ocfs2_relative_extent_offsets(struct super_block *sb,
 
 int ocfs2_xattr_get_clusters(struct inode *inode, u32 v_cluster,
 			     u32 *p_cluster, u32 *num_clusters,
-			     struct ocfs2_extent_list *el)
+			     struct ocfs2_extent_list *el,
+			     unsigned int *extent_flags)
 {
 	int ret = 0, i;
 	struct buffer_head *eb_bh = NULL;
@@ -548,7 +551,8 @@ int ocfs2_xattr_get_clusters(struct inode *inode, u32 v_cluster,
 	u32 coff;
 
 	if (el->l_tree_depth) {
-		ret = ocfs2_find_leaf(inode, el, v_cluster, &eb_bh);
+		ret = ocfs2_find_leaf(INODE_CACHE(inode), el, v_cluster,
+				      &eb_bh);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			goto out;
@@ -590,6 +594,9 @@ int ocfs2_xattr_get_clusters(struct inode *inode, u32 v_cluster,
 		*p_cluster = *p_cluster + coff;
 		if (num_clusters)
 			*num_clusters = ocfs2_rec_clusters(el, rec) - coff;
+
+		if (extent_flags)
+			*extent_flags = rec->e_flags;
 	}
 out:
 	if (eb_bh)
@@ -862,8 +869,8 @@ int ocfs2_read_virt_blocks(struct inode *inode, u64 v_block, int nr,
 			BUG_ON(bhs[done + i]->b_blocknr != (p_block + i));
 		}
 
-		rc = ocfs2_read_blocks(inode, p_block, count, bhs + done,
-				       flags, validate);
+		rc = ocfs2_read_blocks(INODE_CACHE(inode), p_block, count,
+				       bhs + done, flags, validate);
 		if (rc) {
 			mlog_errno(rc);
 			break;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/extent_map.h b/fs/ocfs2/extent_map.h
index b7dd9731b46..e79d41c2c90 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/extent_map.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/extent_map.h
@@ -55,12 +55,18 @@ int ocfs2_fiemap(struct inode *inode, struct fiemap_extent_info *fieinfo,
 
 int ocfs2_xattr_get_clusters(struct inode *inode, u32 v_cluster,
 			     u32 *p_cluster, u32 *num_clusters,
-			     struct ocfs2_extent_list *el);
+			     struct ocfs2_extent_list *el,
+			     unsigned int *extent_flags);
 
 int ocfs2_read_virt_blocks(struct inode *inode, u64 v_block, int nr,
 			   struct buffer_head *bhs[], int flags,
 			   int (*validate)(struct super_block *sb,
 					   struct buffer_head *bh));
+int ocfs2_figure_hole_clusters(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
+			       struct ocfs2_extent_list *el,
+			       struct buffer_head *eb_bh,
+			       u32 v_cluster,
+			       u32 *num_clusters);
 static inline int ocfs2_read_virt_block(struct inode *inode, u64 v_block,
 					struct buffer_head **bh,
 					int (*validate)(struct super_block *sb,
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/file.c b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
index 221c5e98957..89fc8ee1f5a 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
 #include "xattr.h"
 #include "acl.h"
 #include "quota.h"
+#include "refcounttree.h"
 
 #include "buffer_head_io.h"
 
@@ -259,7 +260,7 @@ int ocfs2_update_inode_atime(struct inode *inode,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, inode, bh,
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, INODE_CACHE(inode), bh,
 				      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -334,6 +335,39 @@ out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static int ocfs2_cow_file_pos(struct inode *inode,
+			      struct buffer_head *fe_bh,
+			      u64 offset)
+{
+	int status;
+	u32 phys, cpos = offset >> OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_clustersize_bits;
+	unsigned int num_clusters = 0;
+	unsigned int ext_flags = 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * If the new offset is aligned to the range of the cluster, there is
+	 * no space for ocfs2_zero_range_for_truncate to fill, so no need to
+	 * CoW either.
+	 */
+	if ((offset & (OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_clustersize - 1)) == 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	status = ocfs2_get_clusters(inode, cpos, &phys,
+				    &num_clusters, &ext_flags);
+	if (status) {
+		mlog_errno(status);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	if (!(ext_flags & OCFS2_EXT_REFCOUNTED))
+		goto out;
+
+	return ocfs2_refcount_cow(inode, fe_bh, cpos, 1, cpos+1);
+
+out:
+	return status;
+}
+
 static int ocfs2_orphan_for_truncate(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 				     struct inode *inode,
 				     struct buffer_head *fe_bh,
@@ -346,6 +380,17 @@ static int ocfs2_orphan_for_truncate(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 
 	mlog_entry_void();
 
+	/*
+	 * We need to CoW the cluster contains the offset if it is reflinked
+	 * since we will call ocfs2_zero_range_for_truncate later which will
+	 * write "0" from offset to the end of the cluster.
+	 */
+	status = ocfs2_cow_file_pos(inode, fe_bh, new_i_size);
+	if (status) {
+		mlog_errno(status);
+		return status;
+	}
+
 	/* TODO: This needs to actually orphan the inode in this
 	 * transaction. */
 
@@ -356,7 +401,7 @@ static int ocfs2_orphan_for_truncate(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	status = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, inode, fe_bh,
+	status = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, INODE_CACHE(inode), fe_bh,
 					 OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
@@ -486,6 +531,8 @@ bail_unlock_sem:
 	up_write(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_alloc_sem);
 
 bail:
+	if (!status && OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_clusters == 0)
+		status = ocfs2_try_remove_refcount_tree(inode, di_bh);
 
 	mlog_exit(status);
 	return status;
@@ -515,11 +562,10 @@ int ocfs2_add_inode_data(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	int ret;
 	struct ocfs2_extent_tree et;
 
-	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);
+	ocfs2_init_dinode_extent_tree(&et, INODE_CACHE(inode), fe_bh);
+	ret = ocfs2_add_clusters_in_btree(handle, &et, logical_offset,
+					  clusters_to_add, mark_unwritten,
+					  data_ac, meta_ac, reason_ret);
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -564,7 +610,7 @@ restart_all:
 	     (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);
+	ocfs2_init_dinode_extent_tree(&et, INODE_CACHE(inode), bh);
 	status = ocfs2_lock_allocators(inode, &et, clusters_to_add, 0,
 				       &data_ac, &meta_ac);
 	if (status) {
@@ -593,7 +639,7 @@ restarted_transaction:
 	/* reserve a write to the file entry early on - that we if we
 	 * run out of credits in the allocation path, we can still
 	 * update i_size. */
-	status = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, inode, bh,
+	status = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, INODE_CACHE(inode), bh,
 					 OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
@@ -1131,7 +1177,7 @@ static int __ocfs2_write_remove_suid(struct inode *inode,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, inode, bh,
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, INODE_CACHE(inode), bh,
 				      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -1395,7 +1441,7 @@ static int ocfs2_remove_inode_range(struct inode *inode,
 	struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping;
 	struct ocfs2_extent_tree et;
 
-	ocfs2_init_dinode_extent_tree(&et, inode, di_bh);
+	ocfs2_init_dinode_extent_tree(&et, INODE_CACHE(inode), di_bh);
 	ocfs2_init_dealloc_ctxt(&dealloc);
 
 	if (byte_len == 0)
@@ -1657,6 +1703,70 @@ static long ocfs2_fallocate(struct inode *inode, int mode, loff_t offset,
 					 OCFS2_IOC_RESVSP64, &sr, change_size);
 }
 
+int ocfs2_check_range_for_refcount(struct inode *inode, loff_t pos,
+				   size_t count)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+	unsigned int extent_flags;
+	u32 cpos, clusters, extent_len, phys_cpos;
+	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
+
+	if (!ocfs2_refcount_tree(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb)) ||
+	    !(OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_dyn_features & OCFS2_HAS_REFCOUNT_FL))
+		return 0;
+
+	cpos = pos >> OCFS2_SB(sb)->s_clustersize_bits;
+	clusters = ocfs2_clusters_for_bytes(sb, pos + count) - cpos;
+
+	while (clusters) {
+		ret = ocfs2_get_clusters(inode, cpos, &phys_cpos, &extent_len,
+					 &extent_flags);
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		if (phys_cpos && (extent_flags & OCFS2_EXT_REFCOUNTED)) {
+			ret = 1;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		if (extent_len > clusters)
+			extent_len = clusters;
+
+		clusters -= extent_len;
+		cpos += extent_len;
+	}
+out:
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_prepare_inode_for_refcount(struct inode *inode,
+					    loff_t pos, size_t count,
+					    int *meta_level)
+{
+	int ret;
+	struct buffer_head *di_bh = NULL;
+	u32 cpos = pos >> OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_clustersize_bits;
+	u32 clusters =
+		ocfs2_clusters_for_bytes(inode->i_sb, pos + count) - cpos;
+
+	ret = ocfs2_inode_lock(inode, &di_bh, 1);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	*meta_level = 1;
+
+	ret = ocfs2_refcount_cow(inode, di_bh, cpos, clusters, UINT_MAX);
+	if (ret)
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+out:
+	brelse(di_bh);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static int ocfs2_prepare_inode_for_write(struct dentry *dentry,
 					 loff_t *ppos,
 					 size_t count,
@@ -1713,6 +1823,22 @@ static int ocfs2_prepare_inode_for_write(struct dentry *dentry,
 
 		end = saved_pos + count;
 
+		ret = ocfs2_check_range_for_refcount(inode, saved_pos, count);
+		if (ret == 1) {
+			ocfs2_inode_unlock(inode, meta_level);
+			meta_level = -1;
+
+			ret = ocfs2_prepare_inode_for_refcount(inode,
+							       saved_pos,
+							       count,
+							       &meta_level);
+		}
+
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out_unlock;
+		}
+
 		/*
 		 * Skip the O_DIRECT checks if we don't need
 		 * them.
@@ -1759,7 +1885,8 @@ static int ocfs2_prepare_inode_for_write(struct dentry *dentry,
 		*ppos = saved_pos;
 
 out_unlock:
-	ocfs2_inode_unlock(inode, meta_level);
+	if (meta_level >= 0)
+		ocfs2_inode_unlock(inode, meta_level);
 
 out:
 	return ret;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/file.h b/fs/ocfs2/file.h
index 172f9fbc9fc..d66cf4f7c70 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/file.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/file.h
@@ -69,4 +69,6 @@ int ocfs2_update_inode_atime(struct inode *inode,
 int ocfs2_change_file_space(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
 			    struct ocfs2_space_resv *sr);
 
+int ocfs2_check_range_for_refcount(struct inode *inode, loff_t pos,
+				   size_t count);
 #endif /* OCFS2_FILE_H */
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
index 4dc8890ba31..0297fb8982b 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
 #include "sysfile.h"
 #include "uptodate.h"
 #include "xattr.h"
+#include "refcounttree.h"
 
 #include "buffer_head_io.h"
 
@@ -562,7 +563,8 @@ static int ocfs2_truncate_for_delete(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 			goto out;
 		}
 
-		status = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, inode, fe_bh,
+		status = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, INODE_CACHE(inode),
+						 fe_bh,
 						 OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 		if (status < 0) {
 			mlog_errno(status);
@@ -646,7 +648,7 @@ static int ocfs2_remove_inode(struct inode *inode,
 	}
 
 	/* set the inodes dtime */
-	status = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, inode, di_bh,
+	status = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, INODE_CACHE(inode), di_bh,
 					 OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
@@ -662,7 +664,7 @@ static int ocfs2_remove_inode(struct inode *inode,
 		goto bail_commit;
 	}
 
-	ocfs2_remove_from_cache(inode, di_bh);
+	ocfs2_remove_from_cache(INODE_CACHE(inode), di_bh);
 	vfs_dq_free_inode(inode);
 
 	status = ocfs2_free_dinode(handle, inode_alloc_inode,
@@ -781,6 +783,12 @@ static int ocfs2_wipe_inode(struct inode *inode,
 		goto bail_unlock_dir;
 	}
 
+	status = ocfs2_remove_refcount_tree(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)
@@ -1112,13 +1120,14 @@ void ocfs2_clear_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	ocfs2_lock_res_free(&oi->ip_inode_lockres);
 	ocfs2_lock_res_free(&oi->ip_open_lockres);
 
-	ocfs2_metadata_cache_purge(inode);
+	ocfs2_metadata_cache_exit(INODE_CACHE(inode));
 
-	mlog_bug_on_msg(oi->ip_metadata_cache.ci_num_cached,
+	mlog_bug_on_msg(INODE_CACHE(inode)->ci_num_cached,
 			"Clear inode of %llu, inode has %u cache items\n",
-			(unsigned long long)oi->ip_blkno, oi->ip_metadata_cache.ci_num_cached);
+			(unsigned long long)oi->ip_blkno,
+			INODE_CACHE(inode)->ci_num_cached);
 
-	mlog_bug_on_msg(!(oi->ip_flags & OCFS2_INODE_CACHE_INLINE),
+	mlog_bug_on_msg(!(INODE_CACHE(inode)->ci_flags & OCFS2_CACHE_FL_INLINE),
 			"Clear inode of %llu, inode has a bad flag\n",
 			(unsigned long long)oi->ip_blkno);
 
@@ -1145,9 +1154,7 @@ void ocfs2_clear_inode(struct inode *inode)
 			(unsigned long long)oi->ip_blkno, oi->ip_open_count);
 
 	/* Clear all other flags. */
-	oi->ip_flags = OCFS2_INODE_CACHE_INLINE;
-	oi->ip_created_trans = 0;
-	oi->ip_last_trans = 0;
+	oi->ip_flags = 0;
 	oi->ip_dir_start_lookup = 0;
 	oi->ip_blkno = 0ULL;
 
@@ -1239,7 +1246,7 @@ int ocfs2_mark_inode_dirty(handle_t *handle,
 	mlog_entry("(inode %llu)\n",
 		   (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno);
 
-	status = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, inode, bh,
+	status = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, INODE_CACHE(inode), bh,
 					 OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
@@ -1380,8 +1387,8 @@ int ocfs2_read_inode_block_full(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head **bh,
 	int rc;
 	struct buffer_head *tmp = *bh;
 
-	rc = ocfs2_read_blocks(inode, OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno, 1, &tmp,
-			       flags, ocfs2_validate_inode_block);
+	rc = ocfs2_read_blocks(INODE_CACHE(inode), OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno,
+			       1, &tmp, flags, ocfs2_validate_inode_block);
 
 	/* If ocfs2_read_blocks() got us a new bh, pass it up. */
 	if (!rc && !*bh)
@@ -1394,3 +1401,56 @@ int ocfs2_read_inode_block(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head **bh)
 {
 	return ocfs2_read_inode_block_full(inode, bh, 0);
 }
+
+
+static u64 ocfs2_inode_cache_owner(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_inode_info *oi = cache_info_to_inode(ci);
+
+	return oi->ip_blkno;
+}
+
+static struct super_block *ocfs2_inode_cache_get_super(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_inode_info *oi = cache_info_to_inode(ci);
+
+	return oi->vfs_inode.i_sb;
+}
+
+static void ocfs2_inode_cache_lock(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_inode_info *oi = cache_info_to_inode(ci);
+
+	spin_lock(&oi->ip_lock);
+}
+
+static void ocfs2_inode_cache_unlock(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_inode_info *oi = cache_info_to_inode(ci);
+
+	spin_unlock(&oi->ip_lock);
+}
+
+static void ocfs2_inode_cache_io_lock(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_inode_info *oi = cache_info_to_inode(ci);
+
+	mutex_lock(&oi->ip_io_mutex);
+}
+
+static void ocfs2_inode_cache_io_unlock(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_inode_info *oi = cache_info_to_inode(ci);
+
+	mutex_unlock(&oi->ip_io_mutex);
+}
+
+const struct ocfs2_caching_operations ocfs2_inode_caching_ops = {
+	.co_owner		= ocfs2_inode_cache_owner,
+	.co_get_super		= ocfs2_inode_cache_get_super,
+	.co_cache_lock		= ocfs2_inode_cache_lock,
+	.co_cache_unlock	= ocfs2_inode_cache_unlock,
+	.co_io_lock		= ocfs2_inode_cache_io_lock,
+	.co_io_unlock		= ocfs2_inode_cache_io_unlock,
+};
+
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/inode.h b/fs/ocfs2/inode.h
index ea71525aad4..ba4fe07b293 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/inode.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/inode.h
@@ -60,12 +60,6 @@ struct ocfs2_inode_info
 
 	u32				ip_dir_start_lookup;
 
-	/* next two are protected by trans_inc_lock */
-	/* which transaction were we created on? Zero if none. */
-	unsigned long			ip_created_trans;
-	/* last transaction we were a part of. */
-	unsigned long			ip_last_trans;
-
 	struct ocfs2_caching_info	ip_metadata_cache;
 
 	struct ocfs2_extent_map		ip_extent_map;
@@ -106,8 +100,6 @@ struct ocfs2_inode_info
 #define OCFS2_INODE_MAYBE_ORPHANED	0x00000020
 /* Does someone have the file open O_DIRECT */
 #define OCFS2_INODE_OPEN_DIRECT		0x00000040
-/* Indicates that the metadata cache should be used as an array. */
-#define OCFS2_INODE_CACHE_INLINE	0x00000080
 
 static inline struct ocfs2_inode_info *OCFS2_I(struct inode *inode)
 {
@@ -120,6 +112,12 @@ static inline struct ocfs2_inode_info *OCFS2_I(struct inode *inode)
 extern struct kmem_cache *ocfs2_inode_cache;
 
 extern const struct address_space_operations ocfs2_aops;
+extern const struct ocfs2_caching_operations ocfs2_inode_caching_ops;
+
+static inline struct ocfs2_caching_info *INODE_CACHE(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	return &OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_metadata_cache;
+}
 
 void ocfs2_clear_inode(struct inode *inode);
 void ocfs2_delete_inode(struct inode *inode);
@@ -172,4 +170,10 @@ int ocfs2_read_inode_block(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head **bh);
 /* The same, but can be passed OCFS2_BH_* flags */
 int ocfs2_read_inode_block_full(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head **bh,
 				int flags);
+
+static inline struct ocfs2_inode_info *cache_info_to_inode(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci)
+{
+	return container_of(ci, struct ocfs2_inode_info, ip_metadata_cache);
+}
+
 #endif /* OCFS2_INODE_H */
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/ioctl.c b/fs/ocfs2/ioctl.c
index 467b413bec2..31fbb061951 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/ioctl.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "ocfs2_fs.h"
 #include "ioctl.h"
 #include "resize.h"
+#include "refcounttree.h"
 
 #include <linux/ext2_fs.h>
 
@@ -115,6 +116,9 @@ long ocfs2_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 	int status;
 	struct ocfs2_space_resv sr;
 	struct ocfs2_new_group_input input;
+	struct reflink_arguments args;
+	const char *old_path, *new_path;
+	bool preserve;
 
 	switch (cmd) {
 	case OCFS2_IOC_GETFLAGS:
@@ -160,6 +164,15 @@ long ocfs2_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 			return -EFAULT;
 
 		return ocfs2_group_add(inode, &input);
+	case OCFS2_IOC_REFLINK:
+		if (copy_from_user(&args, (struct reflink_arguments *)arg,
+				   sizeof(args)))
+			return -EFAULT;
+		old_path = (const char *)(unsigned long)args.old_path;
+		new_path = (const char *)(unsigned long)args.new_path;
+		preserve = (args.preserve != 0);
+
+		return ocfs2_reflink_ioctl(inode, old_path, new_path, preserve);
 	default:
 		return -ENOTTY;
 	}
@@ -182,6 +195,7 @@ long ocfs2_compat_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned cmd, unsigned long arg)
 	case OCFS2_IOC_GROUP_EXTEND:
 	case OCFS2_IOC_GROUP_ADD:
 	case OCFS2_IOC_GROUP_ADD64:
+	case OCFS2_IOC_REFLINK:
 		break;
 	default:
 		return -ENOIOCTLCMD;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/journal.c b/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
index c48b93ac6b6..54c16b66327 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 #include "slot_map.h"
 #include "super.h"
 #include "sysfile.h"
+#include "uptodate.h"
 #include "quota.h"
 
 #include "buffer_head_io.h"
@@ -554,6 +555,14 @@ static struct ocfs2_triggers eb_triggers = {
 	.ot_offset	= offsetof(struct ocfs2_extent_block, h_check),
 };
 
+static struct ocfs2_triggers rb_triggers = {
+	.ot_triggers = {
+		.t_commit = ocfs2_commit_trigger,
+		.t_abort = ocfs2_abort_trigger,
+	},
+	.ot_offset	= offsetof(struct ocfs2_refcount_block, rf_check),
+};
+
 static struct ocfs2_triggers gd_triggers = {
 	.ot_triggers = {
 		.t_commit = ocfs2_commit_trigger,
@@ -601,14 +610,16 @@ static struct ocfs2_triggers dl_triggers = {
 };
 
 static int __ocfs2_journal_access(handle_t *handle,
-				  struct inode *inode,
+				  struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
 				  struct buffer_head *bh,
 				  struct ocfs2_triggers *triggers,
 				  int type)
 {
 	int status;
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb =
+		OCFS2_SB(ocfs2_metadata_cache_get_super(ci));
 
-	BUG_ON(!inode);
+	BUG_ON(!ci || !ci->ci_ops);
 	BUG_ON(!handle);
 	BUG_ON(!bh);
 
@@ -627,15 +638,15 @@ static int __ocfs2_journal_access(handle_t *handle,
 		BUG();
 	}
 
-	/* Set the current transaction information on the inode so
+	/* Set the current transaction information on the ci so
 	 * that the locking code knows whether it can drop it's locks
-	 * on this inode or not. We're protected from the commit
+	 * on this ci or not. We're protected from the commit
 	 * thread updating the current transaction id until
 	 * ocfs2_commit_trans() because ocfs2_start_trans() took
 	 * j_trans_barrier for us. */
-	ocfs2_set_inode_lock_trans(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb)->journal, inode);
+	ocfs2_set_ci_lock_trans(osb->journal, ci);
 
-	mutex_lock(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_io_mutex);
+	ocfs2_metadata_cache_io_lock(ci);
 	switch (type) {
 	case OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_CREATE:
 	case OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE:
@@ -650,9 +661,9 @@ static int __ocfs2_journal_access(handle_t *handle,
 		status = -EINVAL;
 		mlog(ML_ERROR, "Uknown access type!\n");
 	}
-	if (!status && ocfs2_meta_ecc(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb)) && triggers)
+	if (!status && ocfs2_meta_ecc(osb) && triggers)
 		jbd2_journal_set_triggers(bh, &triggers->ot_triggers);
-	mutex_unlock(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_io_mutex);
+	ocfs2_metadata_cache_io_unlock(ci);
 
 	if (status < 0)
 		mlog(ML_ERROR, "Error %d getting %d access to buffer!\n",
@@ -662,66 +673,65 @@ static int __ocfs2_journal_access(handle_t *handle,
 	return status;
 }
 
-int ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
-			       struct buffer_head *bh, int type)
+int ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle_t *handle, struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
+			    struct buffer_head *bh, int type)
 {
-	return __ocfs2_journal_access(handle, inode, bh, &di_triggers,
-				      type);
+	return __ocfs2_journal_access(handle, ci, bh, &di_triggers, type);
 }
 
-int ocfs2_journal_access_eb(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
+int ocfs2_journal_access_eb(handle_t *handle, struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
 			    struct buffer_head *bh, int type)
 {
-	return __ocfs2_journal_access(handle, inode, bh, &eb_triggers,
-				      type);
+	return __ocfs2_journal_access(handle, ci, bh, &eb_triggers, type);
 }
 
-int ocfs2_journal_access_gd(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
+int ocfs2_journal_access_rb(handle_t *handle, struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
 			    struct buffer_head *bh, int type)
 {
-	return __ocfs2_journal_access(handle, inode, bh, &gd_triggers,
+	return __ocfs2_journal_access(handle, ci, bh, &rb_triggers,
 				      type);
 }
 
-int ocfs2_journal_access_db(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
+int ocfs2_journal_access_gd(handle_t *handle, struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
 			    struct buffer_head *bh, int type)
 {
-	return __ocfs2_journal_access(handle, inode, bh, &db_triggers,
-				      type);
+	return __ocfs2_journal_access(handle, ci, bh, &gd_triggers, type);
 }
 
-int ocfs2_journal_access_xb(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
+int ocfs2_journal_access_db(handle_t *handle, struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
 			    struct buffer_head *bh, int type)
 {
-	return __ocfs2_journal_access(handle, inode, bh, &xb_triggers,
-				      type);
+	return __ocfs2_journal_access(handle, ci, bh, &db_triggers, type);
 }
 
-int ocfs2_journal_access_dq(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
+int ocfs2_journal_access_xb(handle_t *handle, struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
 			    struct buffer_head *bh, int type)
 {
-	return __ocfs2_journal_access(handle, inode, bh, &dq_triggers,
-				      type);
+	return __ocfs2_journal_access(handle, ci, bh, &xb_triggers, type);
 }
 
-int ocfs2_journal_access_dr(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
+int ocfs2_journal_access_dq(handle_t *handle, struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
 			    struct buffer_head *bh, int type)
 {
-	return __ocfs2_journal_access(handle, inode, bh, &dr_triggers,
-				      type);
+	return __ocfs2_journal_access(handle, ci, bh, &dq_triggers, type);
 }
 
-int ocfs2_journal_access_dl(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
+int ocfs2_journal_access_dr(handle_t *handle, struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
 			    struct buffer_head *bh, int type)
 {
-	return __ocfs2_journal_access(handle, inode, bh, &dl_triggers,
-				      type);
+	return __ocfs2_journal_access(handle, ci, bh, &dr_triggers, type);
+}
+
+int ocfs2_journal_access_dl(handle_t *handle, struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
+			    struct buffer_head *bh, int type)
+{
+	return __ocfs2_journal_access(handle, ci, bh, &dl_triggers, type);
 }
 
-int ocfs2_journal_access(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
+int ocfs2_journal_access(handle_t *handle, struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
 			 struct buffer_head *bh, int type)
 {
-	return __ocfs2_journal_access(handle, inode, bh, NULL, type);
+	return __ocfs2_journal_access(handle, ci, bh, NULL, type);
 }
 
 int ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle_t *handle,
@@ -898,7 +908,7 @@ static int ocfs2_journal_toggle_dirty(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 		ocfs2_bump_recovery_generation(fe);
 
 	ocfs2_compute_meta_ecc(osb->sb, bh->b_data, &fe->i_check);
-	status = ocfs2_write_block(osb, bh, journal->j_inode);
+	status = ocfs2_write_block(osb, bh, INODE_CACHE(journal->j_inode));
 	if (status < 0)
 		mlog_errno(status);
 
@@ -1642,7 +1652,7 @@ static int ocfs2_replay_journal(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 					ocfs2_get_recovery_generation(fe);
 
 	ocfs2_compute_meta_ecc(osb->sb, bh->b_data, &fe->i_check);
-	status = ocfs2_write_block(osb, bh, inode);
+	status = ocfs2_write_block(osb, bh, INODE_CACHE(inode));
 	if (status < 0)
 		mlog_errno(status);
 
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/journal.h b/fs/ocfs2/journal.h
index 2c3222aec62..3f74e09b0d8 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/journal.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/journal.h
@@ -90,56 +90,66 @@ static inline unsigned long ocfs2_inc_trans_id(struct ocfs2_journal *j)
 	return old_id;
 }
 
-static inline void ocfs2_set_inode_lock_trans(struct ocfs2_journal *journal,
-					      struct inode *inode)
+static inline void ocfs2_set_ci_lock_trans(struct ocfs2_journal *journal,
+					   struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci)
 {
 	spin_lock(&trans_inc_lock);
-	OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_last_trans = journal->j_trans_id;
+	ci->ci_last_trans = journal->j_trans_id;
 	spin_unlock(&trans_inc_lock);
 }
 
 /* Used to figure out whether it's safe to drop a metadata lock on an
- * inode. Returns true if all the inodes changes have been
+ * cached object. Returns true if all the object's changes have been
  * checkpointed to disk. You should be holding the spinlock on the
  * metadata lock while calling this to be sure that nobody can take
  * the lock and put it on another transaction. */
-static inline int ocfs2_inode_fully_checkpointed(struct inode *inode)
+static inline int ocfs2_ci_fully_checkpointed(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci)
 {
 	int ret;
-	struct ocfs2_journal *journal = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb)->journal;
+	struct ocfs2_journal *journal =
+		OCFS2_SB(ocfs2_metadata_cache_get_super(ci))->journal;
 
 	spin_lock(&trans_inc_lock);
-	ret = time_after(journal->j_trans_id, OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_last_trans);
+	ret = time_after(journal->j_trans_id, ci->ci_last_trans);
 	spin_unlock(&trans_inc_lock);
 	return ret;
 }
 
-/* convenience function to check if an inode is still new (has never
- * hit disk) Will do you a favor and set created_trans = 0 when you've
- * been checkpointed.  returns '1' if the inode is still new. */
-static inline int ocfs2_inode_is_new(struct inode *inode)
+/* convenience function to check if an object backed by struct
+ * ocfs2_caching_info  is still new (has never hit disk) Will do you a
+ * favor and set created_trans = 0 when you've
+ * been checkpointed.  returns '1' if the ci is still new. */
+static inline int ocfs2_ci_is_new(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci)
 {
 	int ret;
+	struct ocfs2_journal *journal =
+		OCFS2_SB(ocfs2_metadata_cache_get_super(ci))->journal;
 
+	spin_lock(&trans_inc_lock);
+	ret = !(time_after(journal->j_trans_id, ci->ci_created_trans));
+	if (!ret)
+		ci->ci_created_trans = 0;
+	spin_unlock(&trans_inc_lock);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/* Wrapper for inodes so we can check system files */
+static inline int ocfs2_inode_is_new(struct inode *inode)
+{
 	/* System files are never "new" as they're written out by
 	 * mkfs. This helps us early during mount, before we have the
 	 * journal open and j_trans_id could be junk. */
 	if (OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_flags & OCFS2_INODE_SYSTEM_FILE)
 		return 0;
-	spin_lock(&trans_inc_lock);
-	ret = !(time_after(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb)->journal->j_trans_id,
-			   OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_created_trans));
-	if (!ret)
-		OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_created_trans = 0;
-	spin_unlock(&trans_inc_lock);
-	return ret;
+
+	return ocfs2_ci_is_new(INODE_CACHE(inode));
 }
 
-static inline void ocfs2_inode_set_new(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
-				       struct inode *inode)
+static inline void ocfs2_ci_set_new(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
+				    struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci)
 {
 	spin_lock(&trans_inc_lock);
-	OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_created_trans = osb->journal->j_trans_id;
+	ci->ci_created_trans = osb->journal->j_trans_id;
 	spin_unlock(&trans_inc_lock);
 }
 
@@ -200,7 +210,7 @@ static inline void ocfs2_checkpoint_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	if (ocfs2_mount_local(osb))
 		return;
 
-	if (!ocfs2_inode_fully_checkpointed(inode)) {
+	if (!ocfs2_ci_fully_checkpointed(INODE_CACHE(inode))) {
 		/* WARNING: This only kicks off a single
 		 * checkpoint. If someone races you and adds more
 		 * metadata to the journal, you won't know, and will
@@ -210,7 +220,7 @@ static inline void ocfs2_checkpoint_inode(struct inode *inode)
 		ocfs2_start_checkpoint(osb);
 
 		wait_event(osb->journal->j_checkpointed,
-			   ocfs2_inode_fully_checkpointed(inode));
+			   ocfs2_ci_fully_checkpointed(INODE_CACHE(inode)));
 	}
 }
 
@@ -266,31 +276,34 @@ int			     ocfs2_extend_trans(handle_t *handle, int nblocks);
 
 
 /* ocfs2_inode */
-int ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
+int ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle_t *handle, struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
 			    struct buffer_head *bh, int type);
 /* ocfs2_extent_block */
-int ocfs2_journal_access_eb(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
+int ocfs2_journal_access_eb(handle_t *handle, struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
+			    struct buffer_head *bh, int type);
+/* ocfs2_refcount_block */
+int ocfs2_journal_access_rb(handle_t *handle, struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
 			    struct buffer_head *bh, int type);
 /* ocfs2_group_desc */
-int ocfs2_journal_access_gd(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
+int ocfs2_journal_access_gd(handle_t *handle, struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
 			    struct buffer_head *bh, int type);
 /* ocfs2_xattr_block */
-int ocfs2_journal_access_xb(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
+int ocfs2_journal_access_xb(handle_t *handle, struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
 			    struct buffer_head *bh, int type);
 /* quota blocks */
-int ocfs2_journal_access_dq(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
+int ocfs2_journal_access_dq(handle_t *handle, struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
 			    struct buffer_head *bh, int type);
 /* dirblock */
-int ocfs2_journal_access_db(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
+int ocfs2_journal_access_db(handle_t *handle, struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
 			    struct buffer_head *bh, int type);
 /* ocfs2_dx_root_block */
-int ocfs2_journal_access_dr(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
+int ocfs2_journal_access_dr(handle_t *handle, struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
 			    struct buffer_head *bh, int type);
 /* ocfs2_dx_leaf */
-int ocfs2_journal_access_dl(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
+int ocfs2_journal_access_dl(handle_t *handle, struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
 			    struct buffer_head *bh, int type);
 /* Anything that has no ecc */
-int ocfs2_journal_access(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
+int ocfs2_journal_access(handle_t *handle, struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
 			 struct buffer_head *bh, int type);
 
 /*
@@ -477,6 +490,23 @@ static inline int ocfs2_calc_dxi_expand_credits(struct super_block *sb)
 	return credits;
 }
 
+/* inode update, new refcount block and its allocation credits. */
+#define OCFS2_REFCOUNT_TREE_CREATE_CREDITS (OCFS2_INODE_UPDATE_CREDITS + 1 \
+					    + OCFS2_SUBALLOC_ALLOC)
+
+/* inode and the refcount block update. */
+#define OCFS2_REFCOUNT_TREE_SET_CREDITS (OCFS2_INODE_UPDATE_CREDITS + 1)
+
+/*
+ * inode and the refcount block update.
+ * It doesn't include the credits for sub alloc change.
+ * So if we need to free the bit, OCFS2_SUBALLOC_FREE needs to be added.
+ */
+#define OCFS2_REFCOUNT_TREE_REMOVE_CREDITS (OCFS2_INODE_UPDATE_CREDITS + 1)
+
+/* 2 metadata alloc, 2 new blocks and root refcount block */
+#define OCFS2_EXPAND_REFCOUNT_TREE_CREDITS (OCFS2_SUBALLOC_ALLOC * 2 + 3)
+
 /*
  * 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
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c b/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c
index bac7e6abaf4..ac10f83edb9 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c
@@ -297,8 +297,8 @@ void ocfs2_shutdown_local_alloc(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
 	}
 	memcpy(alloc_copy, alloc, bh->b_size);
 
-	status = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, local_alloc_inode, bh,
-					 OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
+	status = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, INODE_CACHE(local_alloc_inode),
+					 bh, OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		goto out_commit;
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ int ocfs2_begin_local_alloc_recovery(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	ocfs2_clear_local_alloc(alloc);
 
 	ocfs2_compute_meta_ecc(osb->sb, alloc_bh->b_data, &alloc->i_check);
-	status = ocfs2_write_block(osb, alloc_bh, inode);
+	status = ocfs2_write_block(osb, alloc_bh, INODE_CACHE(inode));
 	if (status < 0)
 		mlog_errno(status);
 
@@ -678,7 +678,8 @@ int ocfs2_claim_local_alloc_bits(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	 * delete bits from it! */
 	*num_bits = bits_wanted;
 
-	status = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, local_alloc_inode,
+	status = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle,
+					 INODE_CACHE(local_alloc_inode),
 					 osb->local_alloc_bh,
 					 OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 	if (status < 0) {
@@ -1156,7 +1157,8 @@ static int ocfs2_local_alloc_slide_window(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	}
 	memcpy(alloc_copy, alloc, osb->local_alloc_bh->b_size);
 
-	status = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, local_alloc_inode,
+	status = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle,
+					 INODE_CACHE(local_alloc_inode),
 					 osb->local_alloc_bh,
 					 OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 	if (status < 0) {
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
index 8601f934010..f010b22b1c4 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@
 static int ocfs2_mknod_locked(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 			      struct inode *dir,
 			      struct inode *inode,
-			      struct dentry *dentry,
 			      dev_t dev,
 			      struct buffer_head **new_fe_bh,
 			      struct buffer_head *parent_fe_bh,
@@ -78,7 +77,7 @@ static int ocfs2_mknod_locked(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 
 static int ocfs2_prepare_orphan_dir(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 				    struct inode **ret_orphan_dir,
-				    struct inode *inode,
+				    u64 blkno,
 				    char *name,
 				    struct ocfs2_dir_lookup_result *lookup);
 
@@ -358,8 +357,12 @@ static int ocfs2_mknod(struct inode *dir,
 	}
 	did_quota_inode = 1;
 
+	mlog_entry("(0x%p, 0x%p, %d, %lu, '%.*s')\n", dir, dentry,
+		   inode->i_mode, (unsigned long)dev, dentry->d_name.len,
+		   dentry->d_name.name);
+
 	/* do the real work now. */
-	status = ocfs2_mknod_locked(osb, dir, inode, dentry, dev,
+	status = ocfs2_mknod_locked(osb, dir, inode, dev,
 				    &new_fe_bh, parent_fe_bh, handle,
 				    inode_ac);
 	if (status < 0) {
@@ -375,7 +378,8 @@ static int ocfs2_mknod(struct inode *dir,
 			goto leave;
 		}
 
-		status = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, dir, parent_fe_bh,
+		status = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, INODE_CACHE(dir),
+						 parent_fe_bh,
 						 OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 		if (status < 0) {
 			mlog_errno(status);
@@ -465,7 +469,6 @@ leave:
 static int ocfs2_mknod_locked(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 			      struct inode *dir,
 			      struct inode *inode,
-			      struct dentry *dentry,
 			      dev_t dev,
 			      struct buffer_head **new_fe_bh,
 			      struct buffer_head *parent_fe_bh,
@@ -479,10 +482,6 @@ static int ocfs2_mknod_locked(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	u16 suballoc_bit;
 	u16 feat;
 
-	mlog_entry("(0x%p, 0x%p, %d, %lu, '%.*s')\n", dir, dentry,
-		   inode->i_mode, (unsigned long)dev, dentry->d_name.len,
-		   dentry->d_name.name);
-
 	*new_fe_bh = NULL;
 
 	status = ocfs2_claim_new_inode(osb, handle, dir, parent_fe_bh,
@@ -507,9 +506,10 @@ static int ocfs2_mknod_locked(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		goto leave;
 	}
-	ocfs2_set_new_buffer_uptodate(inode, *new_fe_bh);
+	ocfs2_set_new_buffer_uptodate(INODE_CACHE(inode), *new_fe_bh);
 
-	status = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, inode, *new_fe_bh,
+	status = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, INODE_CACHE(inode),
+					 *new_fe_bh,
 					 OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_CREATE);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ static int ocfs2_mknod_locked(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	}
 
 	ocfs2_populate_inode(inode, fe, 1);
-	ocfs2_inode_set_new(osb, inode);
+	ocfs2_ci_set_new(osb, INODE_CACHE(inode));
 	if (!ocfs2_mount_local(osb)) {
 		status = ocfs2_create_new_inode_locks(inode);
 		if (status < 0)
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@ static int ocfs2_link(struct dentry *old_dentry,
 		goto out_unlock_inode;
 	}
 
-	err = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, inode, fe_bh,
+	err = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, INODE_CACHE(inode), fe_bh,
 				      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 	if (err < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(err);
@@ -850,7 +850,8 @@ static int ocfs2_unlink(struct inode *dir,
 	}
 
 	if (inode_is_unlinkable(inode)) {
-		status = ocfs2_prepare_orphan_dir(osb, &orphan_dir, inode,
+		status = ocfs2_prepare_orphan_dir(osb, &orphan_dir,
+						  OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno,
 						  orphan_name, &orphan_insert);
 		if (status < 0) {
 			mlog_errno(status);
@@ -866,7 +867,7 @@ static int ocfs2_unlink(struct inode *dir,
 		goto leave;
 	}
 
-	status = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, inode, fe_bh,
+	status = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, INODE_CACHE(inode), fe_bh,
 					 OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
@@ -1241,9 +1242,8 @@ static int ocfs2_rename(struct inode *old_dir,
 
 		if (S_ISDIR(new_inode->i_mode) || (new_inode->i_nlink == 1)) {
 			status = ocfs2_prepare_orphan_dir(osb, &orphan_dir,
-							  new_inode,
-							  orphan_name,
-							  &orphan_insert);
+						OCFS2_I(new_inode)->ip_blkno,
+						orphan_name, &orphan_insert);
 			if (status < 0) {
 				mlog_errno(status);
 				goto bail;
@@ -1284,7 +1284,8 @@ static int ocfs2_rename(struct inode *old_dir,
 				goto bail;
 			}
 		}
-		status = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, new_inode, newfe_bh,
+		status = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, INODE_CACHE(new_inode),
+						 newfe_bh,
 						 OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 		if (status < 0) {
 			mlog_errno(status);
@@ -1331,7 +1332,8 @@ static int ocfs2_rename(struct inode *old_dir,
 	old_inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
 	mark_inode_dirty(old_inode);
 
-	status = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, old_inode, old_inode_bh,
+	status = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, INODE_CACHE(old_inode),
+					 old_inode_bh,
 					 OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 	if (status >= 0) {
 		old_di = (struct ocfs2_dinode *) old_inode_bh->b_data;
@@ -1407,9 +1409,10 @@ static int ocfs2_rename(struct inode *old_dir,
 			     (int)old_dir_nlink, old_dir->i_nlink);
 		} else {
 			struct ocfs2_dinode *fe;
-			status = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, old_dir,
-						      old_dir_bh,
-						      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
+			status = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle,
+							 INODE_CACHE(old_dir),
+							 old_dir_bh,
+							 OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 			fe = (struct ocfs2_dinode *) old_dir_bh->b_data;
 			ocfs2_set_links_count(fe, old_dir->i_nlink);
 			status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, old_dir_bh);
@@ -1527,9 +1530,11 @@ static int ocfs2_create_symlink_data(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 			mlog_errno(status);
 			goto bail;
 		}
-		ocfs2_set_new_buffer_uptodate(inode, bhs[virtual]);
+		ocfs2_set_new_buffer_uptodate(INODE_CACHE(inode),
+					      bhs[virtual]);
 
-		status = ocfs2_journal_access(handle, inode, bhs[virtual],
+		status = ocfs2_journal_access(handle, INODE_CACHE(inode),
+					      bhs[virtual],
 					      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_CREATE);
 		if (status < 0) {
 			mlog_errno(status);
@@ -1692,7 +1697,11 @@ static int ocfs2_symlink(struct inode *dir,
 	}
 	did_quota_inode = 1;
 
-	status = ocfs2_mknod_locked(osb, dir, inode, dentry,
+	mlog_entry("(0x%p, 0x%p, %d, '%.*s')\n", dir, dentry,
+		   inode->i_mode, dentry->d_name.len,
+		   dentry->d_name.name);
+
+	status = ocfs2_mknod_locked(osb, dir, inode,
 				    0, &new_fe_bh, parent_fe_bh, handle,
 				    inode_ac);
 	if (status < 0) {
@@ -1842,7 +1851,7 @@ bail:
 
 static int ocfs2_prepare_orphan_dir(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 				    struct inode **ret_orphan_dir,
-				    struct inode *inode,
+				    u64 blkno,
 				    char *name,
 				    struct ocfs2_dir_lookup_result *lookup)
 {
@@ -1850,7 +1859,7 @@ static int ocfs2_prepare_orphan_dir(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	struct buffer_head *orphan_dir_bh = NULL;
 	int status = 0;
 
-	status = ocfs2_blkno_stringify(OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno, name);
+	status = ocfs2_blkno_stringify(blkno, name);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		return status;
@@ -1917,7 +1926,9 @@ static int ocfs2_orphan_add(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 		goto leave;
 	}
 
-	status = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, orphan_dir_inode, orphan_dir_bh,
+	status = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle,
+					 INODE_CACHE(orphan_dir_inode),
+					 orphan_dir_bh,
 					 OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
@@ -2002,7 +2013,9 @@ int ocfs2_orphan_del(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 		goto leave;
 	}
 
-	status = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle,orphan_dir_inode,  orphan_dir_bh,
+	status = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle,
+					 INODE_CACHE(orphan_dir_inode),
+					 orphan_dir_bh,
 					 OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
@@ -2028,6 +2041,274 @@ leave:
 	return status;
 }
 
+int ocfs2_create_inode_in_orphan(struct inode *dir,
+				 int mode,
+				 struct inode **new_inode)
+{
+	int status, did_quota_inode = 0;
+	struct inode *inode = NULL;
+	struct inode *orphan_dir = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(dir->i_sb);
+	struct ocfs2_dinode *di = NULL;
+	handle_t *handle = NULL;
+	char orphan_name[OCFS2_ORPHAN_NAMELEN + 1];
+	struct buffer_head *parent_di_bh = NULL;
+	struct buffer_head *new_di_bh = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_alloc_context *inode_ac = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_dir_lookup_result orphan_insert = { NULL, };
+
+	status = ocfs2_inode_lock(dir, &parent_di_bh, 1);
+	if (status < 0) {
+		if (status != -ENOENT)
+			mlog_errno(status);
+		return status;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * We give the orphan dir the root blkno to fake an orphan name,
+	 * and allocate enough space for our insertion.
+	 */
+	status = ocfs2_prepare_orphan_dir(osb, &orphan_dir,
+					  osb->root_blkno,
+					  orphan_name, &orphan_insert);
+	if (status < 0) {
+		mlog_errno(status);
+		goto leave;
+	}
+
+	/* reserve an inode spot */
+	status = ocfs2_reserve_new_inode(osb, &inode_ac);
+	if (status < 0) {
+		if (status != -ENOSPC)
+			mlog_errno(status);
+		goto leave;
+	}
+
+	inode = ocfs2_get_init_inode(dir, mode);
+	if (!inode) {
+		status = -ENOMEM;
+		mlog_errno(status);
+		goto leave;
+	}
+
+	handle = ocfs2_start_trans(osb, ocfs2_mknod_credits(osb->sb, 0, 0));
+	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
+		status = PTR_ERR(handle);
+		handle = NULL;
+		mlog_errno(status);
+		goto leave;
+	}
+
+	/* We don't use standard VFS wrapper because we don't want vfs_dq_init
+	 * to be called. */
+	if (sb_any_quota_active(osb->sb) &&
+	    osb->sb->dq_op->alloc_inode(inode, 1) == NO_QUOTA) {
+		status = -EDQUOT;
+		goto leave;
+	}
+	did_quota_inode = 1;
+
+	/* do the real work now. */
+	status = ocfs2_mknod_locked(osb, dir, inode,
+				    0, &new_di_bh, parent_di_bh, handle,
+				    inode_ac);
+	if (status < 0) {
+		mlog_errno(status);
+		goto leave;
+	}
+
+	status = ocfs2_blkno_stringify(OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno, orphan_name);
+	if (status < 0) {
+		mlog_errno(status);
+		goto leave;
+	}
+
+	di = (struct ocfs2_dinode *)new_di_bh->b_data;
+	status = ocfs2_orphan_add(osb, handle, inode, di, orphan_name,
+				  &orphan_insert, orphan_dir);
+	if (status < 0) {
+		mlog_errno(status);
+		goto leave;
+	}
+
+	/* get open lock so that only nodes can't remove it from orphan dir. */
+	status = ocfs2_open_lock(inode);
+	if (status < 0)
+		mlog_errno(status);
+
+leave:
+	if (status < 0 && did_quota_inode)
+		vfs_dq_free_inode(inode);
+	if (handle)
+		ocfs2_commit_trans(osb, handle);
+
+	if (orphan_dir) {
+		/* This was locked for us in ocfs2_prepare_orphan_dir() */
+		ocfs2_inode_unlock(orphan_dir, 1);
+		mutex_unlock(&orphan_dir->i_mutex);
+		iput(orphan_dir);
+	}
+
+	if (status == -ENOSPC)
+		mlog(0, "Disk is full\n");
+
+	if ((status < 0) && inode) {
+		clear_nlink(inode);
+		iput(inode);
+	}
+
+	if (inode_ac)
+		ocfs2_free_alloc_context(inode_ac);
+
+	brelse(new_di_bh);
+
+	if (!status)
+		*new_inode = inode;
+
+	ocfs2_free_dir_lookup_result(&orphan_insert);
+
+	ocfs2_inode_unlock(dir, 1);
+	brelse(parent_di_bh);
+	return status;
+}
+
+int ocfs2_mv_orphaned_inode_to_new(struct inode *dir,
+				   struct inode *inode,
+				   struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	int status = 0;
+	struct buffer_head *parent_di_bh = NULL;
+	handle_t *handle = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(dir->i_sb);
+	struct ocfs2_dinode *dir_di, *di;
+	struct inode *orphan_dir_inode = NULL;
+	struct buffer_head *orphan_dir_bh = NULL;
+	struct buffer_head *di_bh = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_dir_lookup_result lookup = { NULL, };
+
+	mlog_entry("(0x%p, 0x%p, %.*s')\n", dir, dentry,
+		   dentry->d_name.len, dentry->d_name.name);
+
+	status = ocfs2_inode_lock(dir, &parent_di_bh, 1);
+	if (status < 0) {
+		if (status != -ENOENT)
+			mlog_errno(status);
+		return status;
+	}
+
+	dir_di = (struct ocfs2_dinode *) parent_di_bh->b_data;
+	if (!dir_di->i_links_count) {
+		/* can't make a file in a deleted directory. */
+		status = -ENOENT;
+		goto leave;
+	}
+
+	status = ocfs2_check_dir_for_entry(dir, dentry->d_name.name,
+					   dentry->d_name.len);
+	if (status)
+		goto leave;
+
+	/* get a spot inside the dir. */
+	status = ocfs2_prepare_dir_for_insert(osb, dir, parent_di_bh,
+					      dentry->d_name.name,
+					      dentry->d_name.len, &lookup);
+	if (status < 0) {
+		mlog_errno(status);
+		goto leave;
+	}
+
+	orphan_dir_inode = ocfs2_get_system_file_inode(osb,
+						       ORPHAN_DIR_SYSTEM_INODE,
+						       osb->slot_num);
+	if (!orphan_dir_inode) {
+		status = -EEXIST;
+		mlog_errno(status);
+		goto leave;
+	}
+
+	mutex_lock(&orphan_dir_inode->i_mutex);
+
+	status = ocfs2_inode_lock(orphan_dir_inode, &orphan_dir_bh, 1);
+	if (status < 0) {
+		mlog_errno(status);
+		mutex_unlock(&orphan_dir_inode->i_mutex);
+		iput(orphan_dir_inode);
+		goto leave;
+	}
+
+	status = ocfs2_read_inode_block(inode, &di_bh);
+	if (status < 0) {
+		mlog_errno(status);
+		goto orphan_unlock;
+	}
+
+	handle = ocfs2_start_trans(osb, ocfs2_rename_credits(osb->sb));
+	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
+		status = PTR_ERR(handle);
+		handle = NULL;
+		mlog_errno(status);
+		goto orphan_unlock;
+	}
+
+	status = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, INODE_CACHE(inode),
+					 di_bh, OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
+	if (status < 0) {
+		mlog_errno(status);
+		goto out_commit;
+	}
+
+	status = ocfs2_orphan_del(osb, handle, orphan_dir_inode, inode,
+				  orphan_dir_bh);
+	if (status < 0) {
+		mlog_errno(status);
+		goto out_commit;
+	}
+
+	di = (struct ocfs2_dinode *)di_bh->b_data;
+	le32_add_cpu(&di->i_flags, -OCFS2_ORPHANED_FL);
+	di->i_orphaned_slot = 0;
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, di_bh);
+
+	status = ocfs2_add_entry(handle, dentry, inode,
+				 OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno, parent_di_bh,
+				 &lookup);
+	if (status < 0) {
+		mlog_errno(status);
+		goto out_commit;
+	}
+
+	status = ocfs2_dentry_attach_lock(dentry, inode,
+					  OCFS2_I(dir)->ip_blkno);
+	if (status) {
+		mlog_errno(status);
+		goto out_commit;
+	}
+
+	insert_inode_hash(inode);
+	dentry->d_op = &ocfs2_dentry_ops;
+	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
+	status = 0;
+out_commit:
+	ocfs2_commit_trans(osb, handle);
+orphan_unlock:
+	ocfs2_inode_unlock(orphan_dir_inode, 1);
+	mutex_unlock(&orphan_dir_inode->i_mutex);
+	iput(orphan_dir_inode);
+leave:
+
+	ocfs2_inode_unlock(dir, 1);
+
+	brelse(di_bh);
+	brelse(parent_di_bh);
+	brelse(orphan_dir_bh);
+
+	ocfs2_free_dir_lookup_result(&lookup);
+
+	mlog_exit(status);
+
+	return status;
+}
+
 const struct inode_operations ocfs2_dir_iops = {
 	.create		= ocfs2_create,
 	.lookup		= ocfs2_lookup,
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/namei.h b/fs/ocfs2/namei.h
index 688aef64c87..e5d059d4f11 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/namei.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/namei.h
@@ -35,5 +35,11 @@ int ocfs2_orphan_del(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 		     struct inode *orphan_dir_inode,
 		     struct inode *inode,
 		     struct buffer_head *orphan_dir_bh);
+int ocfs2_create_inode_in_orphan(struct inode *dir,
+				 int mode,
+				 struct inode **new_inode);
+int ocfs2_mv_orphaned_inode_to_new(struct inode *dir,
+				   struct inode *new_inode,
+				   struct dentry *new_dentry);
 
 #endif /* OCFS2_NAMEI_H */
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h b/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h
index 39e1d5a3950..eae40460242 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h
@@ -51,20 +51,51 @@
 /* For struct ocfs2_blockcheck_stats */
 #include "blockcheck.h"
 
+
+/* Caching of metadata buffers */
+
 /* Most user visible OCFS2 inodes will have very few pieces of
  * metadata, but larger files (including bitmaps, etc) must be taken
  * into account when designing an access scheme. We allow a small
  * amount of inlined blocks to be stored on an array and grow the
  * structure into a rb tree when necessary. */
-#define OCFS2_INODE_MAX_CACHE_ARRAY 2
+#define OCFS2_CACHE_INFO_MAX_ARRAY 2
+
+/* Flags for ocfs2_caching_info */
+
+enum ocfs2_caching_info_flags {
+	/* Indicates that the metadata cache is using the inline array */
+	OCFS2_CACHE_FL_INLINE	= 1<<1,
+};
 
+struct ocfs2_caching_operations;
 struct ocfs2_caching_info {
+	/*
+	 * The parent structure provides the locks, but because the
+	 * parent structure can differ, it provides locking operations
+	 * to struct ocfs2_caching_info.
+	 */
+	const struct ocfs2_caching_operations *ci_ops;
+
+	/* next two are protected by trans_inc_lock */
+	/* which transaction were we created on? Zero if none. */
+	unsigned long		ci_created_trans;
+	/* last transaction we were a part of. */
+	unsigned long		ci_last_trans;
+
+	/* Cache structures */
+	unsigned int		ci_flags;
 	unsigned int		ci_num_cached;
 	union {
-		sector_t	ci_array[OCFS2_INODE_MAX_CACHE_ARRAY];
+	sector_t	ci_array[OCFS2_CACHE_INFO_MAX_ARRAY];
 		struct rb_root	ci_tree;
 	} ci_cache;
 };
+/*
+ * Need this prototype here instead of in uptodate.h because journal.h
+ * uses it.
+ */
+struct super_block *ocfs2_metadata_cache_get_super(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci);
 
 /* this limits us to 256 nodes
  * if we need more, we can do a kmalloc for the map */
@@ -377,12 +408,17 @@ struct ocfs2_super
 
 	/* the group we used to allocate inodes. */
 	u64				osb_inode_alloc_group;
+
+	/* rb tree root for refcount lock. */
+	struct rb_root	osb_rf_lock_tree;
+	struct ocfs2_refcount_tree *osb_ref_tree_lru;
 };
 
 #define OCFS2_SB(sb)	    ((struct ocfs2_super *)(sb)->s_fs_info)
 
 /* Useful typedef for passing around journal access functions */
-typedef int (*ocfs2_journal_access_func)(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
+typedef int (*ocfs2_journal_access_func)(handle_t *handle,
+					 struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
 					 struct buffer_head *bh, int type);
 
 static inline int ocfs2_should_order_data(struct inode *inode)
@@ -480,6 +516,13 @@ static inline void ocfs2_add_links_count(struct ocfs2_dinode *di, int n)
 	ocfs2_set_links_count(di, links);
 }
 
+static inline int ocfs2_refcount_tree(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
+{
+	if (osb->s_feature_incompat & OCFS2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_REFCOUNT_TREE)
+		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
@@ -578,6 +621,9 @@ static inline int ocfs2_uses_extended_slot_map(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
 #define OCFS2_IS_VALID_DX_LEAF(ptr)					\
 	(!strcmp((ptr)->dl_signature, OCFS2_DX_LEAF_SIGNATURE))
 
+#define OCFS2_IS_VALID_REFCOUNT_BLOCK(ptr)				\
+	(!strcmp((ptr)->rf_signature, OCFS2_REFCOUNT_BLOCK_SIGNATURE))
+
 static inline unsigned long ino_from_blkno(struct super_block *sb,
 					   u64 blkno)
 {
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_fs.h b/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_fs.h
index 7ab6e9e5e77..e9431e4a5e7 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_fs.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_fs.h
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@
 #define OCFS2_DIR_TRAILER_SIGNATURE	"DIRTRL1"
 #define OCFS2_DX_ROOT_SIGNATURE		"DXDIR01"
 #define OCFS2_DX_LEAF_SIGNATURE		"DXLEAF1"
+#define OCFS2_REFCOUNT_BLOCK_SIGNATURE	"REFCNT1"
 
 /* Compatibility flags */
 #define OCFS2_HAS_COMPAT_FEATURE(sb,mask)			\
@@ -98,7 +99,8 @@
 					 | OCFS2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_USERSPACE_STACK \
 					 | OCFS2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_XATTR \
 					 | OCFS2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_META_ECC \
-					 | OCFS2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_INDEXED_DIRS)
+					 | OCFS2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_INDEXED_DIRS \
+					 | OCFS2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_REFCOUNT_TREE)
 #define OCFS2_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_SUPP	(OCFS2_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_UNWRITTEN \
 					 | OCFS2_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_USRQUOTA \
 					 | OCFS2_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_GRPQUOTA)
@@ -160,6 +162,9 @@
 /* Metadata checksum and error correction */
 #define OCFS2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_META_ECC		0x0800
 
+/* Refcount tree support */
+#define OCFS2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_REFCOUNT_TREE	0x1000
+
 /*
  * backup superblock flag is used to indicate that this volume
  * has backup superblocks.
@@ -223,6 +228,7 @@
 #define OCFS2_HAS_XATTR_FL	(0x0002)
 #define OCFS2_INLINE_XATTR_FL	(0x0004)
 #define OCFS2_INDEXED_DIR_FL	(0x0008)
+#define OCFS2_HAS_REFCOUNT_FL   (0x0010)
 
 /* Inode attributes, keep in sync with EXT2 */
 #define OCFS2_SECRM_FL		(0x00000001)	/* Secure deletion */
@@ -241,8 +247,11 @@
 /*
  * Extent record flags (e_node.leaf.flags)
  */
-#define OCFS2_EXT_UNWRITTEN	(0x01)	/* Extent is allocated but
-					 * unwritten */
+#define OCFS2_EXT_UNWRITTEN		(0x01)	/* Extent is allocated but
+						 * unwritten */
+#define OCFS2_EXT_REFCOUNTED		(0x02)  /* Extent is reference
+						 * counted in an associated
+						 * refcount tree */
 
 /*
  * ioctl commands
@@ -292,6 +301,15 @@ struct ocfs2_new_group_input {
 #define OCFS2_IOC_GROUP_ADD	_IOW('o', 2,struct ocfs2_new_group_input)
 #define OCFS2_IOC_GROUP_ADD64	_IOW('o', 3,struct ocfs2_new_group_input)
 
+/* Used to pass 2 file names to reflink. */
+struct reflink_arguments {
+	__u64 old_path;
+	__u64 new_path;
+	__u64 preserve;
+};
+#define OCFS2_IOC_REFLINK	_IOW('o', 4, struct reflink_arguments)
+
+
 /*
  * Journal Flags (ocfs2_dinode.id1.journal1.i_flags)
  */
@@ -717,7 +735,8 @@ struct ocfs2_dinode {
 	__le64 i_xattr_loc;
 /*80*/	struct ocfs2_block_check i_check;	/* Error checking */
 /*88*/	__le64 i_dx_root;		/* Pointer to dir index root block */
-	__le64 i_reserved2[5];
+/*90*/	__le64 i_refcount_loc;
+	__le64 i_reserved2[4];
 /*B8*/	union {
 		__le64 i_pad1;		/* Generic way to refer to this
 					   64bit union */
@@ -901,6 +920,60 @@ struct ocfs2_group_desc
 /*40*/	__u8    bg_bitmap[0];
 };
 
+struct ocfs2_refcount_rec {
+/*00*/	__le64 r_cpos;		/* Physical offset, in clusters */
+	__le32 r_clusters;	/* Clusters covered by this extent */
+	__le32 r_refcount;	/* Reference count of this extent */
+/*10*/
+};
+#define OCFS2_32BIT_POS_MASK		(0xffffffffULL)
+
+#define OCFS2_REFCOUNT_LEAF_FL          (0x00000001)
+#define OCFS2_REFCOUNT_TREE_FL          (0x00000002)
+
+struct ocfs2_refcount_list {
+/*00*/	__le16 rl_count;	/* Maximum number of entries possible
+				   in rl_records */
+	__le16 rl_used;		/* Current number of used records */
+	__le32 rl_reserved2;
+	__le64 rl_reserved1;	/* Pad to sizeof(ocfs2_refcount_record) */
+/*10*/	struct ocfs2_refcount_rec rl_recs[0];	/* Refcount records */
+};
+
+
+struct ocfs2_refcount_block {
+/*00*/	__u8 rf_signature[8];		/* Signature for verification */
+	__le16 rf_suballoc_slot;	/* Slot suballocator this block
+					   belongs to */
+	__le16 rf_suballoc_bit;		/* Bit offset in suballocator
+					   block group */
+	__le32 rf_fs_generation;	/* Must match superblock */
+/*10*/	__le64 rf_blkno;		/* Offset on disk, in blocks */
+	__le64 rf_parent;		/* Parent block, only valid if
+					   OCFS2_REFCOUNT_LEAF_FL is set in
+					   rf_flags */
+/*20*/	struct ocfs2_block_check rf_check;	/* Error checking */
+	__le64 rf_last_eb_blk;		/* Pointer to last extent block */
+/*30*/	__le32 rf_count;		/* Number of inodes sharing this
+					   refcount tree */
+	__le32 rf_flags;		/* See the flags above */
+	__le32 rf_clusters;		/* clusters covered by refcount tree. */
+	__le32 rf_cpos;			/* cluster offset in refcount tree.*/
+/*40*/	__le32 rf_generation;		/* generation number. all be the same
+					 * for the same refcount tree. */
+	__le32 rf_reserved0;
+	__le64 rf_reserved1[7];
+/*80*/	union {
+		struct ocfs2_refcount_list rf_records;  /* List of refcount
+							  records */
+		struct ocfs2_extent_list rf_list;	/* Extent record list,
+							only valid if
+							OCFS2_REFCOUNT_TREE_FL
+							is set in rf_flags */
+	};
+/* Actual on-disk size is one block */
+};
+
 /*
  * On disk extended attribute structure for OCFS2.
  */
@@ -1312,6 +1385,32 @@ static inline u16 ocfs2_xattr_recs_per_xb(struct super_block *sb)
 
 	return size / sizeof(struct ocfs2_extent_rec);
 }
+
+static inline u16 ocfs2_extent_recs_per_rb(struct super_block *sb)
+{
+	int size;
+
+	size = sb->s_blocksize -
+		offsetof(struct ocfs2_refcount_block, rf_list.l_recs);
+
+	return size / sizeof(struct ocfs2_extent_rec);
+}
+
+static inline u16 ocfs2_refcount_recs_per_rb(struct super_block *sb)
+{
+	int size;
+
+	size = sb->s_blocksize -
+		offsetof(struct ocfs2_refcount_block, rf_records.rl_recs);
+
+	return size / sizeof(struct ocfs2_refcount_rec);
+}
+
+static inline u32
+ocfs2_get_ref_rec_low_cpos(const struct ocfs2_refcount_rec *rec)
+{
+	return le64_to_cpu(rec->r_cpos) & OCFS2_32BIT_POS_MASK;
+}
 #else
 static inline int ocfs2_fast_symlink_chars(int blocksize)
 {
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_lockid.h b/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_lockid.h
index c212cf5a2bd..d277aabf5df 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_lockid.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_lockid.h
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ enum ocfs2_lock_type {
 	OCFS2_LOCK_TYPE_QINFO,
 	OCFS2_LOCK_TYPE_NFS_SYNC,
 	OCFS2_LOCK_TYPE_ORPHAN_SCAN,
+	OCFS2_LOCK_TYPE_REFCOUNT,
 	OCFS2_NUM_LOCK_TYPES
 };
 
@@ -89,6 +90,9 @@ static inline char ocfs2_lock_type_char(enum ocfs2_lock_type type)
 		case OCFS2_LOCK_TYPE_ORPHAN_SCAN:
 			c = 'P';
 			break;
+		case OCFS2_LOCK_TYPE_REFCOUNT:
+			c = 'T';
+			break;
 		default:
 			c = '\0';
 	}
@@ -110,6 +114,7 @@ static char *ocfs2_lock_type_strings[] = {
 	[OCFS2_LOCK_TYPE_QINFO] = "Quota",
 	[OCFS2_LOCK_TYPE_NFS_SYNC] = "NFSSync",
 	[OCFS2_LOCK_TYPE_ORPHAN_SCAN] = "OrphanScan",
+	[OCFS2_LOCK_TYPE_REFCOUNT] = "Refcount",
 };
 
 static inline const char *ocfs2_lock_type_string(enum ocfs2_lock_type type)
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/quota_global.c b/fs/ocfs2/quota_global.c
index 3cf0ec0acdd..b437dc0c4ca 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/quota_global.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/quota_global.c
@@ -253,8 +253,9 @@ ssize_t ocfs2_quota_write(struct super_block *sb, int type,
 	flush_dcache_page(bh->b_page);
 	set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
 	unlock_buffer(bh);
-	ocfs2_set_buffer_uptodate(gqinode, bh);
-	err = ocfs2_journal_access_dq(handle, gqinode, bh, ja_type);
+	ocfs2_set_buffer_uptodate(INODE_CACHE(gqinode), bh);
+	err = ocfs2_journal_access_dq(handle, INODE_CACHE(gqinode), bh,
+				      ja_type);
 	if (err < 0) {
 		brelse(bh);
 		goto out;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/quota_local.c b/fs/ocfs2/quota_local.c
index bdb09cb6e1f..1a2c50a759f 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/quota_local.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/quota_local.c
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ static int ocfs2_modify_bh(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head *bh,
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		return status;
 	}
-	status = ocfs2_journal_access_dq(handle, inode, bh,
+	status = ocfs2_journal_access_dq(handle, INODE_CACHE(inode), bh,
 					 OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
@@ -510,7 +510,8 @@ static int ocfs2_recover_local_quota_file(struct inode *lqinode,
 				goto out_commit;
 			}
 			/* Release local quota file entry */
-			status = ocfs2_journal_access_dq(handle, lqinode,
+			status = ocfs2_journal_access_dq(handle,
+					INODE_CACHE(lqinode),
 					qbh, OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 			if (status < 0) {
 				mlog_errno(status);
@@ -619,7 +620,8 @@ int ocfs2_finish_quota_recovery(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 			mlog_errno(status);
 			goto out_bh;
 		}
-		status = ocfs2_journal_access_dq(handle, lqinode, bh,
+		status = ocfs2_journal_access_dq(handle, INODE_CACHE(lqinode),
+						 bh,
 						 OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 		if (status < 0) {
 			mlog_errno(status);
@@ -993,8 +995,8 @@ static struct ocfs2_quota_chunk *ocfs2_local_quota_add_chunk(
 		goto out_trans;
 	}
 	dchunk = (struct ocfs2_local_disk_chunk *)bh->b_data;
-	ocfs2_set_new_buffer_uptodate(lqinode, bh);
-	status = ocfs2_journal_access_dq(handle, lqinode, bh,
+	ocfs2_set_new_buffer_uptodate(INODE_CACHE(lqinode), bh);
+	status = ocfs2_journal_access_dq(handle, INODE_CACHE(lqinode), bh,
 					 OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_CREATE);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
@@ -1027,8 +1029,8 @@ static struct ocfs2_quota_chunk *ocfs2_local_quota_add_chunk(
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		goto out_trans;
 	}
-	ocfs2_set_new_buffer_uptodate(lqinode, dbh);
-	status = ocfs2_journal_access_dq(handle, lqinode, dbh,
+	ocfs2_set_new_buffer_uptodate(INODE_CACHE(lqinode), dbh);
+	status = ocfs2_journal_access_dq(handle, INODE_CACHE(lqinode), dbh,
 					 OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_CREATE);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
@@ -1131,7 +1133,7 @@ static struct ocfs2_quota_chunk *ocfs2_extend_local_quota_file(
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		goto out;
 	}
-	ocfs2_set_new_buffer_uptodate(lqinode, bh);
+	ocfs2_set_new_buffer_uptodate(INODE_CACHE(lqinode), bh);
 
 	/* Local quota info, chunk header and the new block we initialize */
 	handle = ocfs2_start_trans(OCFS2_SB(sb),
@@ -1143,7 +1145,7 @@ static struct ocfs2_quota_chunk *ocfs2_extend_local_quota_file(
 		goto out;
 	}
 	/* Zero created block */
-	status = ocfs2_journal_access_dq(handle, lqinode, bh,
+	status = ocfs2_journal_access_dq(handle, INODE_CACHE(lqinode), bh,
 				 OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_CREATE);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
@@ -1158,7 +1160,8 @@ static struct ocfs2_quota_chunk *ocfs2_extend_local_quota_file(
 		goto out_trans;
 	}
 	/* Update chunk header */
-	status = ocfs2_journal_access_dq(handle, lqinode, chunk->qc_headerbh,
+	status = ocfs2_journal_access_dq(handle, INODE_CACHE(lqinode),
+					 chunk->qc_headerbh,
 				 OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
@@ -1292,7 +1295,8 @@ static int ocfs2_local_release_dquot(struct dquot *dquot)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	status = ocfs2_journal_access_dq(handle, sb_dqopt(sb)->files[type],
+	status = ocfs2_journal_access_dq(handle,
+			INODE_CACHE(sb_dqopt(sb)->files[type]),
 			od->dq_chunk->qc_headerbh, OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c b/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..60287fc56bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c
@@ -0,0 +1,4313 @@
+/* -*- mode: c; c-basic-offset: 8; -*-
+ * vim: noexpandtab sw=8 ts=8 sts=0:
+ *
+ * refcounttree.c
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2009 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.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/sort.h>
+#define MLOG_MASK_PREFIX ML_REFCOUNT
+#include <cluster/masklog.h>
+#include "ocfs2.h"
+#include "inode.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
+#include "suballoc.h"
+#include "journal.h"
+#include "uptodate.h"
+#include "super.h"
+#include "buffer_head_io.h"
+#include "blockcheck.h"
+#include "refcounttree.h"
+#include "sysfile.h"
+#include "dlmglue.h"
+#include "extent_map.h"
+#include "aops.h"
+#include "xattr.h"
+#include "namei.h"
+
+#include <linux/bio.h>
+#include <linux/blkdev.h>
+#include <linux/gfp.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/writeback.h>
+#include <linux/pagevec.h>
+#include <linux/swap.h>
+#include <linux/security.h>
+#include <linux/fsnotify.h>
+#include <linux/quotaops.h>
+#include <linux/namei.h>
+#include <linux/mount.h>
+
+struct ocfs2_cow_context {
+	struct inode *inode;
+	u32 cow_start;
+	u32 cow_len;
+	struct ocfs2_extent_tree data_et;
+	struct ocfs2_refcount_tree *ref_tree;
+	struct buffer_head *ref_root_bh;
+	struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac;
+	struct ocfs2_alloc_context *data_ac;
+	struct ocfs2_cached_dealloc_ctxt dealloc;
+	void *cow_object;
+	struct ocfs2_post_refcount *post_refcount;
+	int extra_credits;
+	int (*get_clusters)(struct ocfs2_cow_context *context,
+			    u32 v_cluster, u32 *p_cluster,
+			    u32 *num_clusters,
+			    unsigned int *extent_flags);
+	int (*cow_duplicate_clusters)(handle_t *handle,
+				      struct ocfs2_cow_context *context,
+				      u32 cpos, u32 old_cluster,
+				      u32 new_cluster, u32 new_len);
+};
+
+static inline struct ocfs2_refcount_tree *
+cache_info_to_refcount(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci)
+{
+	return container_of(ci, struct ocfs2_refcount_tree, rf_ci);
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_validate_refcount_block(struct super_block *sb,
+					 struct buffer_head *bh)
+{
+	int rc;
+	struct ocfs2_refcount_block *rb =
+		(struct ocfs2_refcount_block *)bh->b_data;
+
+	mlog(0, "Validating refcount block %llu\n",
+	     (unsigned long long)bh->b_blocknr);
+
+	BUG_ON(!buffer_uptodate(bh));
+
+	/*
+	 * If the ecc fails, we return the error but otherwise
+	 * leave the filesystem running.  We know any error is
+	 * local to this block.
+	 */
+	rc = ocfs2_validate_meta_ecc(sb, bh->b_data, &rb->rf_check);
+	if (rc) {
+		mlog(ML_ERROR, "Checksum failed for refcount block %llu\n",
+		     (unsigned long long)bh->b_blocknr);
+		return rc;
+	}
+
+
+	if (!OCFS2_IS_VALID_REFCOUNT_BLOCK(rb)) {
+		ocfs2_error(sb,
+			    "Refcount block #%llu has bad signature %.*s",
+			    (unsigned long long)bh->b_blocknr, 7,
+			    rb->rf_signature);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	if (le64_to_cpu(rb->rf_blkno) != bh->b_blocknr) {
+		ocfs2_error(sb,
+			    "Refcount block #%llu has an invalid rf_blkno "
+			    "of %llu",
+			    (unsigned long long)bh->b_blocknr,
+			    (unsigned long long)le64_to_cpu(rb->rf_blkno));
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	if (le32_to_cpu(rb->rf_fs_generation) != OCFS2_SB(sb)->fs_generation) {
+		ocfs2_error(sb,
+			    "Refcount block #%llu has an invalid "
+			    "rf_fs_generation of #%u",
+			    (unsigned long long)bh->b_blocknr,
+			    le32_to_cpu(rb->rf_fs_generation));
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_read_refcount_block(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
+				     u64 rb_blkno,
+				     struct buffer_head **bh)
+{
+	int rc;
+	struct buffer_head *tmp = *bh;
+
+	rc = ocfs2_read_block(ci, rb_blkno, &tmp,
+			      ocfs2_validate_refcount_block);
+
+	/* If ocfs2_read_block() got us a new bh, pass it up. */
+	if (!rc && !*bh)
+		*bh = tmp;
+
+	return rc;
+}
+
+static u64 ocfs2_refcount_cache_owner(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_refcount_tree *rf = cache_info_to_refcount(ci);
+
+	return rf->rf_blkno;
+}
+
+static struct super_block *
+ocfs2_refcount_cache_get_super(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_refcount_tree *rf = cache_info_to_refcount(ci);
+
+	return rf->rf_sb;
+}
+
+static void ocfs2_refcount_cache_lock(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_refcount_tree *rf = cache_info_to_refcount(ci);
+
+	spin_lock(&rf->rf_lock);
+}
+
+static void ocfs2_refcount_cache_unlock(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_refcount_tree *rf = cache_info_to_refcount(ci);
+
+	spin_unlock(&rf->rf_lock);
+}
+
+static void ocfs2_refcount_cache_io_lock(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_refcount_tree *rf = cache_info_to_refcount(ci);
+
+	mutex_lock(&rf->rf_io_mutex);
+}
+
+static void ocfs2_refcount_cache_io_unlock(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_refcount_tree *rf = cache_info_to_refcount(ci);
+
+	mutex_unlock(&rf->rf_io_mutex);
+}
+
+static const struct ocfs2_caching_operations ocfs2_refcount_caching_ops = {
+	.co_owner		= ocfs2_refcount_cache_owner,
+	.co_get_super		= ocfs2_refcount_cache_get_super,
+	.co_cache_lock		= ocfs2_refcount_cache_lock,
+	.co_cache_unlock	= ocfs2_refcount_cache_unlock,
+	.co_io_lock		= ocfs2_refcount_cache_io_lock,
+	.co_io_unlock		= ocfs2_refcount_cache_io_unlock,
+};
+
+static struct ocfs2_refcount_tree *
+ocfs2_find_refcount_tree(struct ocfs2_super *osb, u64 blkno)
+{
+	struct rb_node *n = osb->osb_rf_lock_tree.rb_node;
+	struct ocfs2_refcount_tree *tree = NULL;
+
+	while (n) {
+		tree = rb_entry(n, struct ocfs2_refcount_tree, rf_node);
+
+		if (blkno < tree->rf_blkno)
+			n = n->rb_left;
+		else if (blkno > tree->rf_blkno)
+			n = n->rb_right;
+		else
+			return tree;
+	}
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+/* osb_lock is already locked. */
+static void ocfs2_insert_refcount_tree(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
+				       struct ocfs2_refcount_tree *new)
+{
+	u64 rf_blkno = new->rf_blkno;
+	struct rb_node *parent = NULL;
+	struct rb_node **p = &osb->osb_rf_lock_tree.rb_node;
+	struct ocfs2_refcount_tree *tmp;
+
+	while (*p) {
+		parent = *p;
+
+		tmp = rb_entry(parent, struct ocfs2_refcount_tree,
+			       rf_node);
+
+		if (rf_blkno < tmp->rf_blkno)
+			p = &(*p)->rb_left;
+		else if (rf_blkno > tmp->rf_blkno)
+			p = &(*p)->rb_right;
+		else {
+			/* This should never happen! */
+			mlog(ML_ERROR, "Duplicate refcount block %llu found!\n",
+			     (unsigned long long)rf_blkno);
+			BUG();
+		}
+	}
+
+	rb_link_node(&new->rf_node, parent, p);
+	rb_insert_color(&new->rf_node, &osb->osb_rf_lock_tree);
+}
+
+static void ocfs2_free_refcount_tree(struct ocfs2_refcount_tree *tree)
+{
+	ocfs2_metadata_cache_exit(&tree->rf_ci);
+	ocfs2_simple_drop_lockres(OCFS2_SB(tree->rf_sb), &tree->rf_lockres);
+	ocfs2_lock_res_free(&tree->rf_lockres);
+	kfree(tree);
+}
+
+static inline void
+ocfs2_erase_refcount_tree_from_list_no_lock(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
+					struct ocfs2_refcount_tree *tree)
+{
+	rb_erase(&tree->rf_node, &osb->osb_rf_lock_tree);
+	if (osb->osb_ref_tree_lru && osb->osb_ref_tree_lru == tree)
+		osb->osb_ref_tree_lru = NULL;
+}
+
+static void ocfs2_erase_refcount_tree_from_list(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
+					struct ocfs2_refcount_tree *tree)
+{
+	spin_lock(&osb->osb_lock);
+	ocfs2_erase_refcount_tree_from_list_no_lock(osb, tree);
+	spin_unlock(&osb->osb_lock);
+}
+
+void ocfs2_kref_remove_refcount_tree(struct kref *kref)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_refcount_tree *tree =
+		container_of(kref, struct ocfs2_refcount_tree, rf_getcnt);
+
+	ocfs2_free_refcount_tree(tree);
+}
+
+static inline void
+ocfs2_refcount_tree_get(struct ocfs2_refcount_tree *tree)
+{
+	kref_get(&tree->rf_getcnt);
+}
+
+static inline void
+ocfs2_refcount_tree_put(struct ocfs2_refcount_tree *tree)
+{
+	kref_put(&tree->rf_getcnt, ocfs2_kref_remove_refcount_tree);
+}
+
+static inline void ocfs2_init_refcount_tree_ci(struct ocfs2_refcount_tree *new,
+					       struct super_block *sb)
+{
+	ocfs2_metadata_cache_init(&new->rf_ci, &ocfs2_refcount_caching_ops);
+	mutex_init(&new->rf_io_mutex);
+	new->rf_sb = sb;
+	spin_lock_init(&new->rf_lock);
+}
+
+static inline void ocfs2_init_refcount_tree_lock(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
+					struct ocfs2_refcount_tree *new,
+					u64 rf_blkno, u32 generation)
+{
+	init_rwsem(&new->rf_sem);
+	ocfs2_refcount_lock_res_init(&new->rf_lockres, osb,
+				     rf_blkno, generation);
+}
+
+static struct ocfs2_refcount_tree*
+ocfs2_allocate_refcount_tree(struct ocfs2_super *osb, u64 rf_blkno)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_refcount_tree *new;
+
+	new = kzalloc(sizeof(struct ocfs2_refcount_tree), GFP_NOFS);
+	if (!new)
+		return NULL;
+
+	new->rf_blkno = rf_blkno;
+	kref_init(&new->rf_getcnt);
+	ocfs2_init_refcount_tree_ci(new, osb->sb);
+
+	return new;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_get_refcount_tree(struct ocfs2_super *osb, u64 rf_blkno,
+				   struct ocfs2_refcount_tree **ret_tree)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+	struct ocfs2_refcount_tree *tree, *new = NULL;
+	struct buffer_head *ref_root_bh = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_refcount_block *ref_rb;
+
+	spin_lock(&osb->osb_lock);
+	if (osb->osb_ref_tree_lru &&
+	    osb->osb_ref_tree_lru->rf_blkno == rf_blkno)
+		tree = osb->osb_ref_tree_lru;
+	else
+		tree = ocfs2_find_refcount_tree(osb, rf_blkno);
+	if (tree)
+		goto out;
+
+	spin_unlock(&osb->osb_lock);
+
+	new = ocfs2_allocate_refcount_tree(osb, rf_blkno);
+	if (!new) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		return ret;
+	}
+	/*
+	 * We need the generation to create the refcount tree lock and since
+	 * it isn't changed during the tree modification, we are safe here to
+	 * read without protection.
+	 * We also have to purge the cache after we create the lock since the
+	 * refcount block may have the stale data. It can only be trusted when
+	 * we hold the refcount lock.
+	 */
+	ret = ocfs2_read_refcount_block(&new->rf_ci, rf_blkno, &ref_root_bh);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		ocfs2_metadata_cache_exit(&new->rf_ci);
+		kfree(new);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	ref_rb = (struct ocfs2_refcount_block *)ref_root_bh->b_data;
+	new->rf_generation = le32_to_cpu(ref_rb->rf_generation);
+	ocfs2_init_refcount_tree_lock(osb, new, rf_blkno,
+				      new->rf_generation);
+	ocfs2_metadata_cache_purge(&new->rf_ci);
+
+	spin_lock(&osb->osb_lock);
+	tree = ocfs2_find_refcount_tree(osb, rf_blkno);
+	if (tree)
+		goto out;
+
+	ocfs2_insert_refcount_tree(osb, new);
+
+	tree = new;
+	new = NULL;
+
+out:
+	*ret_tree = tree;
+
+	osb->osb_ref_tree_lru = tree;
+
+	spin_unlock(&osb->osb_lock);
+
+	if (new)
+		ocfs2_free_refcount_tree(new);
+
+	brelse(ref_root_bh);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_get_refcount_block(struct inode *inode, u64 *ref_blkno)
+{
+	int ret;
+	struct buffer_head *di_bh = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_dinode *di;
+
+	ret = ocfs2_read_inode_block(inode, &di_bh);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	BUG_ON(!(OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_dyn_features & OCFS2_HAS_REFCOUNT_FL));
+
+	di = (struct ocfs2_dinode *)di_bh->b_data;
+	*ref_blkno = le64_to_cpu(di->i_refcount_loc);
+	brelse(di_bh);
+out:
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int __ocfs2_lock_refcount_tree(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
+				      struct ocfs2_refcount_tree *tree, int rw)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = ocfs2_refcount_lock(tree, rw);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	if (rw)
+		down_write(&tree->rf_sem);
+	else
+		down_read(&tree->rf_sem);
+
+out:
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Lock the refcount tree pointed by ref_blkno and return the tree.
+ * In most case, we lock the tree and read the refcount block.
+ * So read it here if the caller really needs it.
+ *
+ * If the tree has been re-created by other node, it will free the
+ * old one and re-create it.
+ */
+int ocfs2_lock_refcount_tree(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
+			     u64 ref_blkno, int rw,
+			     struct ocfs2_refcount_tree **ret_tree,
+			     struct buffer_head **ref_bh)
+{
+	int ret, delete_tree = 0;
+	struct ocfs2_refcount_tree *tree = NULL;
+	struct buffer_head *ref_root_bh = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_refcount_block *rb;
+
+again:
+	ret = ocfs2_get_refcount_tree(osb, ref_blkno, &tree);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	ocfs2_refcount_tree_get(tree);
+
+	ret = __ocfs2_lock_refcount_tree(osb, tree, rw);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		ocfs2_refcount_tree_put(tree);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_read_refcount_block(&tree->rf_ci, tree->rf_blkno,
+					&ref_root_bh);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		ocfs2_unlock_refcount_tree(osb, tree, rw);
+		ocfs2_refcount_tree_put(tree);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	rb = (struct ocfs2_refcount_block *)ref_root_bh->b_data;
+	/*
+	 * If the refcount block has been freed and re-created, we may need
+	 * to recreate the refcount tree also.
+	 *
+	 * Here we just remove the tree from the rb-tree, and the last
+	 * kref holder will unlock and delete this refcount_tree.
+	 * Then we goto "again" and ocfs2_get_refcount_tree will create
+	 * the new refcount tree for us.
+	 */
+	if (tree->rf_generation != le32_to_cpu(rb->rf_generation)) {
+		if (!tree->rf_removed) {
+			ocfs2_erase_refcount_tree_from_list(osb, tree);
+			tree->rf_removed = 1;
+			delete_tree = 1;
+		}
+
+		ocfs2_unlock_refcount_tree(osb, tree, rw);
+		/*
+		 * We get an extra reference when we create the refcount
+		 * tree, so another put will destroy it.
+		 */
+		if (delete_tree)
+			ocfs2_refcount_tree_put(tree);
+		brelse(ref_root_bh);
+		ref_root_bh = NULL;
+		goto again;
+	}
+
+	*ret_tree = tree;
+	if (ref_bh) {
+		*ref_bh = ref_root_bh;
+		ref_root_bh = NULL;
+	}
+out:
+	brelse(ref_root_bh);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+int ocfs2_lock_refcount_tree_by_inode(struct inode *inode, int rw,
+				      struct ocfs2_refcount_tree **ret_tree,
+				      struct buffer_head **ref_bh)
+{
+	int ret;
+	u64 ref_blkno;
+
+	ret = ocfs2_get_refcount_block(inode, &ref_blkno);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	return ocfs2_lock_refcount_tree(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb), ref_blkno,
+					rw, ret_tree, ref_bh);
+}
+
+void ocfs2_unlock_refcount_tree(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
+				struct ocfs2_refcount_tree *tree, int rw)
+{
+	if (rw)
+		up_write(&tree->rf_sem);
+	else
+		up_read(&tree->rf_sem);
+
+	ocfs2_refcount_unlock(tree, rw);
+	ocfs2_refcount_tree_put(tree);
+}
+
+void ocfs2_purge_refcount_trees(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
+{
+	struct rb_node *node;
+	struct ocfs2_refcount_tree *tree;
+	struct rb_root *root = &osb->osb_rf_lock_tree;
+
+	while ((node = rb_last(root)) != NULL) {
+		tree = rb_entry(node, struct ocfs2_refcount_tree, rf_node);
+
+		mlog(0, "Purge tree %llu\n",
+		     (unsigned long long) tree->rf_blkno);
+
+		rb_erase(&tree->rf_node, root);
+		ocfs2_free_refcount_tree(tree);
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+ * Create a refcount tree for an inode.
+ * We take for granted that the inode is already locked.
+ */
+static int ocfs2_create_refcount_tree(struct inode *inode,
+				      struct buffer_head *di_bh)
+{
+	int ret;
+	handle_t *handle = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_dinode *di = (struct ocfs2_dinode *)di_bh->b_data;
+	struct ocfs2_inode_info *oi = OCFS2_I(inode);
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
+	struct buffer_head *new_bh = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_refcount_block *rb;
+	struct ocfs2_refcount_tree *new_tree = NULL, *tree = NULL;
+	u16 suballoc_bit_start;
+	u32 num_got;
+	u64 first_blkno;
+
+	BUG_ON(oi->ip_dyn_features & OCFS2_HAS_REFCOUNT_FL);
+
+	mlog(0, "create tree for inode %lu\n", inode->i_ino);
+
+	ret = ocfs2_reserve_new_metadata_blocks(osb, 1, &meta_ac);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	handle = ocfs2_start_trans(osb, OCFS2_REFCOUNT_TREE_CREATE_CREDITS);
+	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, INODE_CACHE(inode), di_bh,
+				      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out_commit;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_claim_metadata(osb, handle, meta_ac, 1,
+				   &suballoc_bit_start, &num_got,
+				   &first_blkno);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out_commit;
+	}
+
+	new_tree = ocfs2_allocate_refcount_tree(osb, first_blkno);
+	if (!new_tree) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out_commit;
+	}
+
+	new_bh = sb_getblk(inode->i_sb, first_blkno);
+	ocfs2_set_new_buffer_uptodate(&new_tree->rf_ci, new_bh);
+
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_rb(handle, &new_tree->rf_ci, new_bh,
+				      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_CREATE);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out_commit;
+	}
+
+	/* Initialize ocfs2_refcount_block. */
+	rb = (struct ocfs2_refcount_block *)new_bh->b_data;
+	memset(rb, 0, inode->i_sb->s_blocksize);
+	strcpy((void *)rb, OCFS2_REFCOUNT_BLOCK_SIGNATURE);
+	rb->rf_suballoc_slot = cpu_to_le16(osb->slot_num);
+	rb->rf_suballoc_bit = cpu_to_le16(suballoc_bit_start);
+	rb->rf_fs_generation = cpu_to_le32(osb->fs_generation);
+	rb->rf_blkno = cpu_to_le64(first_blkno);
+	rb->rf_count = cpu_to_le32(1);
+	rb->rf_records.rl_count =
+			cpu_to_le16(ocfs2_refcount_recs_per_rb(osb->sb));
+	spin_lock(&osb->osb_lock);
+	rb->rf_generation = osb->s_next_generation++;
+	spin_unlock(&osb->osb_lock);
+
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, new_bh);
+
+	spin_lock(&oi->ip_lock);
+	oi->ip_dyn_features |= OCFS2_HAS_REFCOUNT_FL;
+	di->i_dyn_features = cpu_to_le16(oi->ip_dyn_features);
+	di->i_refcount_loc = cpu_to_le64(first_blkno);
+	spin_unlock(&oi->ip_lock);
+
+	mlog(0, "created tree for inode %lu, refblock %llu\n",
+	     inode->i_ino, (unsigned long long)first_blkno);
+
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, di_bh);
+
+	/*
+	 * We have to init the tree lock here since it will use
+	 * the generation number to create it.
+	 */
+	new_tree->rf_generation = le32_to_cpu(rb->rf_generation);
+	ocfs2_init_refcount_tree_lock(osb, new_tree, first_blkno,
+				      new_tree->rf_generation);
+
+	spin_lock(&osb->osb_lock);
+	tree = ocfs2_find_refcount_tree(osb, first_blkno);
+
+	/*
+	 * We've just created a new refcount tree in this block.  If
+	 * we found a refcount tree on the ocfs2_super, it must be
+	 * one we just deleted.  We free the old tree before
+	 * inserting the new tree.
+	 */
+	BUG_ON(tree && tree->rf_generation == new_tree->rf_generation);
+	if (tree)
+		ocfs2_erase_refcount_tree_from_list_no_lock(osb, tree);
+	ocfs2_insert_refcount_tree(osb, new_tree);
+	spin_unlock(&osb->osb_lock);
+	new_tree = NULL;
+	if (tree)
+		ocfs2_refcount_tree_put(tree);
+
+out_commit:
+	ocfs2_commit_trans(osb, handle);
+
+out:
+	if (new_tree) {
+		ocfs2_metadata_cache_exit(&new_tree->rf_ci);
+		kfree(new_tree);
+	}
+
+	brelse(new_bh);
+	if (meta_ac)
+		ocfs2_free_alloc_context(meta_ac);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_set_refcount_tree(struct inode *inode,
+				   struct buffer_head *di_bh,
+				   u64 refcount_loc)
+{
+	int ret;
+	handle_t *handle = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_dinode *di = (struct ocfs2_dinode *)di_bh->b_data;
+	struct ocfs2_inode_info *oi = OCFS2_I(inode);
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
+	struct buffer_head *ref_root_bh = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_refcount_block *rb;
+	struct ocfs2_refcount_tree *ref_tree;
+
+	BUG_ON(oi->ip_dyn_features & OCFS2_HAS_REFCOUNT_FL);
+
+	ret = ocfs2_lock_refcount_tree(osb, refcount_loc, 1,
+				       &ref_tree, &ref_root_bh);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	handle = ocfs2_start_trans(osb, OCFS2_REFCOUNT_TREE_SET_CREDITS);
+	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, INODE_CACHE(inode), di_bh,
+				      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out_commit;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_rb(handle, &ref_tree->rf_ci, ref_root_bh,
+				      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out_commit;
+	}
+
+	rb = (struct ocfs2_refcount_block *)ref_root_bh->b_data;
+	le32_add_cpu(&rb->rf_count, 1);
+
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, ref_root_bh);
+
+	spin_lock(&oi->ip_lock);
+	oi->ip_dyn_features |= OCFS2_HAS_REFCOUNT_FL;
+	di->i_dyn_features = cpu_to_le16(oi->ip_dyn_features);
+	di->i_refcount_loc = cpu_to_le64(refcount_loc);
+	spin_unlock(&oi->ip_lock);
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, di_bh);
+
+out_commit:
+	ocfs2_commit_trans(osb, handle);
+out:
+	ocfs2_unlock_refcount_tree(osb, ref_tree, 1);
+	brelse(ref_root_bh);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+int ocfs2_remove_refcount_tree(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head *di_bh)
+{
+	int ret, delete_tree = 0;
+	handle_t *handle = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_dinode *di = (struct ocfs2_dinode *)di_bh->b_data;
+	struct ocfs2_inode_info *oi = OCFS2_I(inode);
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
+	struct ocfs2_refcount_block *rb;
+	struct inode *alloc_inode = NULL;
+	struct buffer_head *alloc_bh = NULL;
+	struct buffer_head *blk_bh = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_refcount_tree *ref_tree;
+	int credits = OCFS2_REFCOUNT_TREE_REMOVE_CREDITS;
+	u64 blk = 0, bg_blkno = 0, ref_blkno = le64_to_cpu(di->i_refcount_loc);
+	u16 bit = 0;
+
+	if (!(oi->ip_dyn_features & OCFS2_HAS_REFCOUNT_FL))
+		return 0;
+
+	BUG_ON(!ref_blkno);
+	ret = ocfs2_lock_refcount_tree(osb, ref_blkno, 1, &ref_tree, &blk_bh);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	rb = (struct ocfs2_refcount_block *)blk_bh->b_data;
+
+	/*
+	 * If we are the last user, we need to free the block.
+	 * So lock the allocator ahead.
+	 */
+	if (le32_to_cpu(rb->rf_count) == 1) {
+		blk = le64_to_cpu(rb->rf_blkno);
+		bit = le16_to_cpu(rb->rf_suballoc_bit);
+		bg_blkno = ocfs2_which_suballoc_group(blk, bit);
+
+		alloc_inode = ocfs2_get_system_file_inode(osb,
+					EXTENT_ALLOC_SYSTEM_INODE,
+					le16_to_cpu(rb->rf_suballoc_slot));
+		if (!alloc_inode) {
+			ret = -ENOMEM;
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out;
+		}
+		mutex_lock(&alloc_inode->i_mutex);
+
+		ret = ocfs2_inode_lock(alloc_inode, &alloc_bh, 1);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out_mutex;
+		}
+
+		credits += OCFS2_SUBALLOC_FREE;
+	}
+
+	handle = ocfs2_start_trans(osb, credits);
+	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out_unlock;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, INODE_CACHE(inode), di_bh,
+				      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out_commit;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_rb(handle, &ref_tree->rf_ci, blk_bh,
+				      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out_commit;
+	}
+
+	spin_lock(&oi->ip_lock);
+	oi->ip_dyn_features &= ~OCFS2_HAS_REFCOUNT_FL;
+	di->i_dyn_features = cpu_to_le16(oi->ip_dyn_features);
+	di->i_refcount_loc = 0;
+	spin_unlock(&oi->ip_lock);
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, di_bh);
+
+	le32_add_cpu(&rb->rf_count , -1);
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, blk_bh);
+
+	if (!rb->rf_count) {
+		delete_tree = 1;
+		ocfs2_erase_refcount_tree_from_list(osb, ref_tree);
+		ret = ocfs2_free_suballoc_bits(handle, alloc_inode,
+					       alloc_bh, bit, bg_blkno, 1);
+		if (ret)
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+	}
+
+out_commit:
+	ocfs2_commit_trans(osb, handle);
+out_unlock:
+	if (alloc_inode) {
+		ocfs2_inode_unlock(alloc_inode, 1);
+		brelse(alloc_bh);
+	}
+out_mutex:
+	if (alloc_inode) {
+		mutex_unlock(&alloc_inode->i_mutex);
+		iput(alloc_inode);
+	}
+out:
+	ocfs2_unlock_refcount_tree(osb, ref_tree, 1);
+	if (delete_tree)
+		ocfs2_refcount_tree_put(ref_tree);
+	brelse(blk_bh);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static void ocfs2_find_refcount_rec_in_rl(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
+					  struct buffer_head *ref_leaf_bh,
+					  u64 cpos, unsigned int len,
+					  struct ocfs2_refcount_rec *ret_rec,
+					  int *index)
+{
+	int i = 0;
+	struct ocfs2_refcount_block *rb =
+		(struct ocfs2_refcount_block *)ref_leaf_bh->b_data;
+	struct ocfs2_refcount_rec *rec = NULL;
+
+	for (; i < le16_to_cpu(rb->rf_records.rl_used); i++) {
+		rec = &rb->rf_records.rl_recs[i];
+
+		if (le64_to_cpu(rec->r_cpos) +
+		    le32_to_cpu(rec->r_clusters) <= cpos)
+			continue;
+		else if (le64_to_cpu(rec->r_cpos) > cpos)
+			break;
+
+		/* ok, cpos fail in this rec. Just return. */
+		if (ret_rec)
+			*ret_rec = *rec;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	if (ret_rec) {
+		/* We meet with a hole here, so fake the rec. */
+		ret_rec->r_cpos = cpu_to_le64(cpos);
+		ret_rec->r_refcount = 0;
+		if (i < le16_to_cpu(rb->rf_records.rl_used) &&
+		    le64_to_cpu(rec->r_cpos) < cpos + len)
+			ret_rec->r_clusters =
+				cpu_to_le32(le64_to_cpu(rec->r_cpos) - cpos);
+		else
+			ret_rec->r_clusters = cpu_to_le32(len);
+	}
+
+out:
+	*index = i;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Try to remove refcount tree. The mechanism is:
+ * 1) Check whether i_clusters == 0, if no, exit.
+ * 2) check whether we have i_xattr_loc in dinode. if yes, exit.
+ * 3) Check whether we have inline xattr stored outside, if yes, exit.
+ * 4) Remove the tree.
+ */
+int ocfs2_try_remove_refcount_tree(struct inode *inode,
+				   struct buffer_head *di_bh)
+{
+	int ret;
+	struct ocfs2_inode_info *oi = OCFS2_I(inode);
+	struct ocfs2_dinode *di = (struct ocfs2_dinode *)di_bh->b_data;
+
+	down_write(&oi->ip_xattr_sem);
+	down_write(&oi->ip_alloc_sem);
+
+	if (oi->ip_clusters)
+		goto out;
+
+	if ((oi->ip_dyn_features & OCFS2_HAS_XATTR_FL) && di->i_xattr_loc)
+		goto out;
+
+	if (oi->ip_dyn_features & OCFS2_INLINE_XATTR_FL &&
+	    ocfs2_has_inline_xattr_value_outside(inode, di))
+		goto out;
+
+	ret = ocfs2_remove_refcount_tree(inode, di_bh);
+	if (ret)
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+out:
+	up_write(&oi->ip_alloc_sem);
+	up_write(&oi->ip_xattr_sem);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Given a cpos and len, try to find the refcount record which contains cpos.
+ * 1. If cpos can be found in one refcount record, return the record.
+ * 2. If cpos can't be found, return a fake record which start from cpos
+ *    and end at a small value between cpos+len and start of the next record.
+ *    This fake record has r_refcount = 0.
+ */
+static int ocfs2_get_refcount_rec(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
+				  struct buffer_head *ref_root_bh,
+				  u64 cpos, unsigned int len,
+				  struct ocfs2_refcount_rec *ret_rec,
+				  int *index,
+				  struct buffer_head **ret_bh)
+{
+	int ret = 0, i, found;
+	u32 low_cpos;
+	struct ocfs2_extent_list *el;
+	struct ocfs2_extent_rec *tmp, *rec = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_extent_block *eb;
+	struct buffer_head *eb_bh = NULL, *ref_leaf_bh = NULL;
+	struct super_block *sb = ocfs2_metadata_cache_get_super(ci);
+	struct ocfs2_refcount_block *rb =
+			(struct ocfs2_refcount_block *)ref_root_bh->b_data;
+
+	if (!(le32_to_cpu(rb->rf_flags) & OCFS2_REFCOUNT_TREE_FL)) {
+		ocfs2_find_refcount_rec_in_rl(ci, ref_root_bh, cpos, len,
+					      ret_rec, index);
+		*ret_bh = ref_root_bh;
+		get_bh(ref_root_bh);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	el = &rb->rf_list;
+	low_cpos = cpos & OCFS2_32BIT_POS_MASK;
+
+	if (el->l_tree_depth) {
+		ret = ocfs2_find_leaf(ci, el, low_cpos, &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(sb,
+			"refcount tree %llu has non zero tree "
+			"depth in leaf btree tree block %llu\n",
+			(unsigned long long)ocfs2_metadata_cache_owner(ci),
+			(unsigned long long)eb_bh->b_blocknr);
+			ret = -EROFS;
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
+
+	found = 0;
+	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) <= low_cpos) {
+			found = 1;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* adjust len when we have ocfs2_extent_rec after it. */
+	if (found && i < le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec) - 1) {
+		tmp = &el->l_recs[i+1];
+
+		if (le32_to_cpu(tmp->e_cpos) < cpos + len)
+			len = le32_to_cpu(tmp->e_cpos) - cpos;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_read_refcount_block(ci, le64_to_cpu(rec->e_blkno),
+					&ref_leaf_bh);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ocfs2_find_refcount_rec_in_rl(ci, ref_leaf_bh, cpos, len,
+				      ret_rec, index);
+	*ret_bh = ref_leaf_bh;
+out:
+	brelse(eb_bh);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+enum ocfs2_ref_rec_contig {
+	REF_CONTIG_NONE = 0,
+	REF_CONTIG_LEFT,
+	REF_CONTIG_RIGHT,
+	REF_CONTIG_LEFTRIGHT,
+};
+
+static enum ocfs2_ref_rec_contig
+	ocfs2_refcount_rec_adjacent(struct ocfs2_refcount_block *rb,
+				    int index)
+{
+	if ((rb->rf_records.rl_recs[index].r_refcount ==
+	    rb->rf_records.rl_recs[index + 1].r_refcount) &&
+	    (le64_to_cpu(rb->rf_records.rl_recs[index].r_cpos) +
+	    le32_to_cpu(rb->rf_records.rl_recs[index].r_clusters) ==
+	    le64_to_cpu(rb->rf_records.rl_recs[index + 1].r_cpos)))
+		return REF_CONTIG_RIGHT;
+
+	return REF_CONTIG_NONE;
+}
+
+static enum ocfs2_ref_rec_contig
+	ocfs2_refcount_rec_contig(struct ocfs2_refcount_block *rb,
+				  int index)
+{
+	enum ocfs2_ref_rec_contig ret = REF_CONTIG_NONE;
+
+	if (index < le16_to_cpu(rb->rf_records.rl_used) - 1)
+		ret = ocfs2_refcount_rec_adjacent(rb, index);
+
+	if (index > 0) {
+		enum ocfs2_ref_rec_contig tmp;
+
+		tmp = ocfs2_refcount_rec_adjacent(rb, index - 1);
+
+		if (tmp == REF_CONTIG_RIGHT) {
+			if (ret == REF_CONTIG_RIGHT)
+				ret = REF_CONTIG_LEFTRIGHT;
+			else
+				ret = REF_CONTIG_LEFT;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static void ocfs2_rotate_refcount_rec_left(struct ocfs2_refcount_block *rb,
+					   int index)
+{
+	BUG_ON(rb->rf_records.rl_recs[index].r_refcount !=
+	       rb->rf_records.rl_recs[index+1].r_refcount);
+
+	le32_add_cpu(&rb->rf_records.rl_recs[index].r_clusters,
+		     le32_to_cpu(rb->rf_records.rl_recs[index+1].r_clusters));
+
+	if (index < le16_to_cpu(rb->rf_records.rl_used) - 2)
+		memmove(&rb->rf_records.rl_recs[index + 1],
+			&rb->rf_records.rl_recs[index + 2],
+			sizeof(struct ocfs2_refcount_rec) *
+			(le16_to_cpu(rb->rf_records.rl_used) - index - 2));
+
+	memset(&rb->rf_records.rl_recs[le16_to_cpu(rb->rf_records.rl_used) - 1],
+	       0, sizeof(struct ocfs2_refcount_rec));
+	le16_add_cpu(&rb->rf_records.rl_used, -1);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Merge the refcount rec if we are contiguous with the adjacent recs.
+ */
+static void ocfs2_refcount_rec_merge(struct ocfs2_refcount_block *rb,
+				     int index)
+{
+	enum ocfs2_ref_rec_contig contig =
+				ocfs2_refcount_rec_contig(rb, index);
+
+	if (contig == REF_CONTIG_NONE)
+		return;
+
+	if (contig == REF_CONTIG_LEFT || contig == REF_CONTIG_LEFTRIGHT) {
+		BUG_ON(index == 0);
+		index--;
+	}
+
+	ocfs2_rotate_refcount_rec_left(rb, index);
+
+	if (contig == REF_CONTIG_LEFTRIGHT)
+		ocfs2_rotate_refcount_rec_left(rb, index);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Change the refcount indexed by "index" in ref_bh.
+ * If refcount reaches 0, remove it.
+ */
+static int ocfs2_change_refcount_rec(handle_t *handle,
+				     struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
+				     struct buffer_head *ref_leaf_bh,
+				     int index, int merge, int change)
+{
+	int ret;
+	struct ocfs2_refcount_block *rb =
+			(struct ocfs2_refcount_block *)ref_leaf_bh->b_data;
+	struct ocfs2_refcount_list *rl = &rb->rf_records;
+	struct ocfs2_refcount_rec *rec = &rl->rl_recs[index];
+
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_rb(handle, ci, ref_leaf_bh,
+				      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	mlog(0, "change index %d, old count %u, change %d\n", index,
+	     le32_to_cpu(rec->r_refcount), change);
+	le32_add_cpu(&rec->r_refcount, change);
+
+	if (!rec->r_refcount) {
+		if (index != le16_to_cpu(rl->rl_used) - 1) {
+			memmove(rec, rec + 1,
+				(le16_to_cpu(rl->rl_used) - index - 1) *
+				sizeof(struct ocfs2_refcount_rec));
+			memset(&rl->rl_recs[le16_to_cpu(rl->rl_used) - 1],
+			       0, sizeof(struct ocfs2_refcount_rec));
+		}
+
+		le16_add_cpu(&rl->rl_used, -1);
+	} else if (merge)
+		ocfs2_refcount_rec_merge(rb, index);
+
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, ref_leaf_bh);
+	if (ret)
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+out:
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_expand_inline_ref_root(handle_t *handle,
+					struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
+					struct buffer_head *ref_root_bh,
+					struct buffer_head **ref_leaf_bh,
+					struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac)
+{
+	int ret;
+	u16 suballoc_bit_start;
+	u32 num_got;
+	u64 blkno;
+	struct super_block *sb = ocfs2_metadata_cache_get_super(ci);
+	struct buffer_head *new_bh = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_refcount_block *new_rb;
+	struct ocfs2_refcount_block *root_rb =
+			(struct ocfs2_refcount_block *)ref_root_bh->b_data;
+
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_rb(handle, ci, ref_root_bh,
+				      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_claim_metadata(OCFS2_SB(sb), handle, meta_ac, 1,
+				   &suballoc_bit_start, &num_got,
+				   &blkno);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	new_bh = sb_getblk(sb, blkno);
+	if (new_bh == NULL) {
+		ret = -EIO;
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+	ocfs2_set_new_buffer_uptodate(ci, new_bh);
+
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_rb(handle, ci, new_bh,
+				      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_CREATE);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Initialize ocfs2_refcount_block.
+	 * It should contain the same information as the old root.
+	 * so just memcpy it and change the corresponding field.
+	 */
+	memcpy(new_bh->b_data, ref_root_bh->b_data, sb->s_blocksize);
+
+	new_rb = (struct ocfs2_refcount_block *)new_bh->b_data;
+	new_rb->rf_suballoc_slot = cpu_to_le16(OCFS2_SB(sb)->slot_num);
+	new_rb->rf_suballoc_bit = cpu_to_le16(suballoc_bit_start);
+	new_rb->rf_blkno = cpu_to_le64(blkno);
+	new_rb->rf_cpos = cpu_to_le32(0);
+	new_rb->rf_parent = cpu_to_le64(ref_root_bh->b_blocknr);
+	new_rb->rf_flags = cpu_to_le32(OCFS2_REFCOUNT_LEAF_FL);
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, new_bh);
+
+	/* Now change the root. */
+	memset(&root_rb->rf_list, 0, sb->s_blocksize -
+	       offsetof(struct ocfs2_refcount_block, rf_list));
+	root_rb->rf_list.l_count = cpu_to_le16(ocfs2_extent_recs_per_rb(sb));
+	root_rb->rf_clusters = cpu_to_le32(1);
+	root_rb->rf_list.l_next_free_rec = cpu_to_le16(1);
+	root_rb->rf_list.l_recs[0].e_blkno = cpu_to_le64(blkno);
+	root_rb->rf_list.l_recs[0].e_leaf_clusters = cpu_to_le16(1);
+	root_rb->rf_flags = cpu_to_le32(OCFS2_REFCOUNT_TREE_FL);
+
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, ref_root_bh);
+
+	mlog(0, "new leaf block %llu, used %u\n", (unsigned long long)blkno,
+	     le16_to_cpu(new_rb->rf_records.rl_used));
+
+	*ref_leaf_bh = new_bh;
+	new_bh = NULL;
+out:
+	brelse(new_bh);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_refcount_rec_no_intersect(struct ocfs2_refcount_rec *prev,
+					   struct ocfs2_refcount_rec *next)
+{
+	if (ocfs2_get_ref_rec_low_cpos(prev) + le32_to_cpu(prev->r_clusters) <=
+		ocfs2_get_ref_rec_low_cpos(next))
+		return 1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int cmp_refcount_rec_by_low_cpos(const void *a, const void *b)
+{
+	const struct ocfs2_refcount_rec *l = a, *r = b;
+	u32 l_cpos = ocfs2_get_ref_rec_low_cpos(l);
+	u32 r_cpos = ocfs2_get_ref_rec_low_cpos(r);
+
+	if (l_cpos > r_cpos)
+		return 1;
+	if (l_cpos < r_cpos)
+		return -1;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int cmp_refcount_rec_by_cpos(const void *a, const void *b)
+{
+	const struct ocfs2_refcount_rec *l = a, *r = b;
+	u64 l_cpos = le64_to_cpu(l->r_cpos);
+	u64 r_cpos = le64_to_cpu(r->r_cpos);
+
+	if (l_cpos > r_cpos)
+		return 1;
+	if (l_cpos < r_cpos)
+		return -1;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void swap_refcount_rec(void *a, void *b, int size)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_refcount_rec *l = a, *r = b, tmp;
+
+	tmp = *(struct ocfs2_refcount_rec *)l;
+	*(struct ocfs2_refcount_rec *)l =
+			*(struct ocfs2_refcount_rec *)r;
+	*(struct ocfs2_refcount_rec *)r = tmp;
+}
+
+/*
+ * The refcount cpos are ordered by their 64bit cpos,
+ * But we will use the low 32 bit to be the e_cpos in the b-tree.
+ * So we need to make sure that this pos isn't intersected with others.
+ *
+ * Note: The refcount block is already sorted by their low 32 bit cpos,
+ *       So just try the middle pos first, and we will exit when we find
+ *       the good position.
+ */
+static int ocfs2_find_refcount_split_pos(struct ocfs2_refcount_list *rl,
+					 u32 *split_pos, int *split_index)
+{
+	int num_used = le16_to_cpu(rl->rl_used);
+	int delta, middle = num_used / 2;
+
+	for (delta = 0; delta < middle; delta++) {
+		/* Let's check delta earlier than middle */
+		if (ocfs2_refcount_rec_no_intersect(
+					&rl->rl_recs[middle - delta - 1],
+					&rl->rl_recs[middle - delta])) {
+			*split_index = middle - delta;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		/* For even counts, don't walk off the end */
+		if ((middle + delta + 1) == num_used)
+			continue;
+
+		/* Now try delta past middle */
+		if (ocfs2_refcount_rec_no_intersect(
+					&rl->rl_recs[middle + delta],
+					&rl->rl_recs[middle + delta + 1])) {
+			*split_index = middle + delta + 1;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (delta >= middle)
+		return -ENOSPC;
+
+	*split_pos = ocfs2_get_ref_rec_low_cpos(&rl->rl_recs[*split_index]);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_divide_leaf_refcount_block(struct buffer_head *ref_leaf_bh,
+					    struct buffer_head *new_bh,
+					    u32 *split_cpos)
+{
+	int split_index = 0, num_moved, ret;
+	u32 cpos = 0;
+	struct ocfs2_refcount_block *rb =
+			(struct ocfs2_refcount_block *)ref_leaf_bh->b_data;
+	struct ocfs2_refcount_list *rl = &rb->rf_records;
+	struct ocfs2_refcount_block *new_rb =
+			(struct ocfs2_refcount_block *)new_bh->b_data;
+	struct ocfs2_refcount_list *new_rl = &new_rb->rf_records;
+
+	mlog(0, "split old leaf refcount block %llu, count = %u, used = %u\n",
+	     (unsigned long long)ref_leaf_bh->b_blocknr,
+	     le32_to_cpu(rl->rl_count), le32_to_cpu(rl->rl_used));
+
+	/*
+	 * XXX: Improvement later.
+	 * If we know all the high 32 bit cpos is the same, no need to sort.
+	 *
+	 * In order to make the whole process safe, we do:
+	 * 1. sort the entries by their low 32 bit cpos first so that we can
+	 *    find the split cpos easily.
+	 * 2. call ocfs2_insert_extent to insert the new refcount block.
+	 * 3. move the refcount rec to the new block.
+	 * 4. sort the entries by their 64 bit cpos.
+	 * 5. dirty the new_rb and rb.
+	 */
+	sort(&rl->rl_recs, le16_to_cpu(rl->rl_used),
+	     sizeof(struct ocfs2_refcount_rec),
+	     cmp_refcount_rec_by_low_cpos, swap_refcount_rec);
+
+	ret = ocfs2_find_refcount_split_pos(rl, &cpos, &split_index);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	new_rb->rf_cpos = cpu_to_le32(cpos);
+
+	/* move refcount records starting from split_index to the new block. */
+	num_moved = le16_to_cpu(rl->rl_used) - split_index;
+	memcpy(new_rl->rl_recs, &rl->rl_recs[split_index],
+	       num_moved * sizeof(struct ocfs2_refcount_rec));
+
+	/*ok, remove the entries we just moved over to the other block. */
+	memset(&rl->rl_recs[split_index], 0,
+	       num_moved * sizeof(struct ocfs2_refcount_rec));
+
+	/* change old and new rl_used accordingly. */
+	le16_add_cpu(&rl->rl_used, -num_moved);
+	new_rl->rl_used = cpu_to_le32(num_moved);
+
+	sort(&rl->rl_recs, le16_to_cpu(rl->rl_used),
+	     sizeof(struct ocfs2_refcount_rec),
+	     cmp_refcount_rec_by_cpos, swap_refcount_rec);
+
+	sort(&new_rl->rl_recs, le16_to_cpu(new_rl->rl_used),
+	     sizeof(struct ocfs2_refcount_rec),
+	     cmp_refcount_rec_by_cpos, swap_refcount_rec);
+
+	*split_cpos = cpos;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_new_leaf_refcount_block(handle_t *handle,
+					 struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
+					 struct buffer_head *ref_root_bh,
+					 struct buffer_head *ref_leaf_bh,
+					 struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac)
+{
+	int ret;
+	u16 suballoc_bit_start;
+	u32 num_got, new_cpos;
+	u64 blkno;
+	struct super_block *sb = ocfs2_metadata_cache_get_super(ci);
+	struct ocfs2_refcount_block *root_rb =
+			(struct ocfs2_refcount_block *)ref_root_bh->b_data;
+	struct buffer_head *new_bh = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_refcount_block *new_rb;
+	struct ocfs2_extent_tree ref_et;
+
+	BUG_ON(!(le32_to_cpu(root_rb->rf_flags) & OCFS2_REFCOUNT_TREE_FL));
+
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_rb(handle, ci, ref_root_bh,
+				      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_rb(handle, ci, ref_leaf_bh,
+				      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_claim_metadata(OCFS2_SB(sb), handle, meta_ac, 1,
+				   &suballoc_bit_start, &num_got,
+				   &blkno);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	new_bh = sb_getblk(sb, blkno);
+	if (new_bh == NULL) {
+		ret = -EIO;
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+	ocfs2_set_new_buffer_uptodate(ci, new_bh);
+
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_rb(handle, ci, new_bh,
+				      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_CREATE);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	/* Initialize ocfs2_refcount_block. */
+	new_rb = (struct ocfs2_refcount_block *)new_bh->b_data;
+	memset(new_rb, 0, sb->s_blocksize);
+	strcpy((void *)new_rb, OCFS2_REFCOUNT_BLOCK_SIGNATURE);
+	new_rb->rf_suballoc_slot = cpu_to_le16(OCFS2_SB(sb)->slot_num);
+	new_rb->rf_suballoc_bit = cpu_to_le16(suballoc_bit_start);
+	new_rb->rf_fs_generation = cpu_to_le32(OCFS2_SB(sb)->fs_generation);
+	new_rb->rf_blkno = cpu_to_le64(blkno);
+	new_rb->rf_parent = cpu_to_le64(ref_root_bh->b_blocknr);
+	new_rb->rf_flags = cpu_to_le32(OCFS2_REFCOUNT_LEAF_FL);
+	new_rb->rf_records.rl_count =
+				cpu_to_le16(ocfs2_refcount_recs_per_rb(sb));
+	new_rb->rf_generation = root_rb->rf_generation;
+
+	ret = ocfs2_divide_leaf_refcount_block(ref_leaf_bh, new_bh, &new_cpos);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, ref_leaf_bh);
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, new_bh);
+
+	ocfs2_init_refcount_extent_tree(&ref_et, ci, ref_root_bh);
+
+	mlog(0, "insert new leaf block %llu at %u\n",
+	     (unsigned long long)new_bh->b_blocknr, new_cpos);
+
+	/* Insert the new leaf block with the specific offset cpos. */
+	ret = ocfs2_insert_extent(handle, &ref_et, new_cpos, new_bh->b_blocknr,
+				  1, 0, meta_ac);
+	if (ret)
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+
+out:
+	brelse(new_bh);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_expand_refcount_tree(handle_t *handle,
+				      struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
+				      struct buffer_head *ref_root_bh,
+				      struct buffer_head *ref_leaf_bh,
+				      struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac)
+{
+	int ret;
+	struct buffer_head *expand_bh = NULL;
+
+	if (ref_root_bh == ref_leaf_bh) {
+		/*
+		 * the old root bh hasn't been expanded to a b-tree,
+		 * so expand it first.
+		 */
+		ret = ocfs2_expand_inline_ref_root(handle, ci, ref_root_bh,
+						   &expand_bh, meta_ac);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out;
+		}
+	} else {
+		expand_bh = ref_leaf_bh;
+		get_bh(expand_bh);
+	}
+
+
+	/* Now add a new refcount block into the tree.*/
+	ret = ocfs2_new_leaf_refcount_block(handle, ci, ref_root_bh,
+					    expand_bh, meta_ac);
+	if (ret)
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+out:
+	brelse(expand_bh);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Adjust the extent rec in b-tree representing ref_leaf_bh.
+ *
+ * Only called when we have inserted a new refcount rec at index 0
+ * which means ocfs2_extent_rec.e_cpos may need some change.
+ */
+static int ocfs2_adjust_refcount_rec(handle_t *handle,
+				     struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
+				     struct buffer_head *ref_root_bh,
+				     struct buffer_head *ref_leaf_bh,
+				     struct ocfs2_refcount_rec *rec)
+{
+	int ret = 0, i;
+	u32 new_cpos, old_cpos;
+	struct ocfs2_path *path = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_extent_tree et;
+	struct ocfs2_refcount_block *rb =
+		(struct ocfs2_refcount_block *)ref_root_bh->b_data;
+	struct ocfs2_extent_list *el;
+
+	if (!(le32_to_cpu(rb->rf_flags) & OCFS2_REFCOUNT_TREE_FL))
+		goto out;
+
+	rb = (struct ocfs2_refcount_block *)ref_leaf_bh->b_data;
+	old_cpos = le32_to_cpu(rb->rf_cpos);
+	new_cpos = le64_to_cpu(rec->r_cpos) & OCFS2_32BIT_POS_MASK;
+	if (old_cpos <= new_cpos)
+		goto out;
+
+	ocfs2_init_refcount_extent_tree(&et, ci, ref_root_bh);
+
+	path = ocfs2_new_path_from_et(&et);
+	if (!path) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_find_path(ci, path, old_cpos);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * 2 more credits, one for the leaf refcount block, one for
+	 * the extent block contains the extent rec.
+	 */
+	ret = ocfs2_extend_trans(handle, handle->h_buffer_credits + 2);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_rb(handle, ci, ref_leaf_bh,
+				      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_eb(handle, ci, path_leaf_bh(path),
+				      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	/* change the leaf extent block first. */
+	el = path_leaf_el(path);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec); i++)
+		if (le32_to_cpu(el->l_recs[i].e_cpos) == old_cpos)
+			break;
+
+	BUG_ON(i == le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec));
+
+	el->l_recs[i].e_cpos = cpu_to_le32(new_cpos);
+
+	/* change the r_cpos in the leaf block. */
+	rb->rf_cpos = cpu_to_le32(new_cpos);
+
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, path_leaf_bh(path));
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, ref_leaf_bh);
+
+out:
+	ocfs2_free_path(path);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_insert_refcount_rec(handle_t *handle,
+				     struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
+				     struct buffer_head *ref_root_bh,
+				     struct buffer_head *ref_leaf_bh,
+				     struct ocfs2_refcount_rec *rec,
+				     int index, int merge,
+				     struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac)
+{
+	int ret;
+	struct ocfs2_refcount_block *rb =
+			(struct ocfs2_refcount_block *)ref_leaf_bh->b_data;
+	struct ocfs2_refcount_list *rf_list = &rb->rf_records;
+	struct buffer_head *new_bh = NULL;
+
+	BUG_ON(le32_to_cpu(rb->rf_flags) & OCFS2_REFCOUNT_TREE_FL);
+
+	if (rf_list->rl_used == rf_list->rl_count) {
+		u64 cpos = le64_to_cpu(rec->r_cpos);
+		u32 len = le32_to_cpu(rec->r_clusters);
+
+		ret = ocfs2_expand_refcount_tree(handle, ci, ref_root_bh,
+						 ref_leaf_bh, meta_ac);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		ret = ocfs2_get_refcount_rec(ci, ref_root_bh,
+					     cpos, len, NULL, &index,
+					     &new_bh);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		ref_leaf_bh = new_bh;
+		rb = (struct ocfs2_refcount_block *)ref_leaf_bh->b_data;
+		rf_list = &rb->rf_records;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_rb(handle, ci, ref_leaf_bh,
+				      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	if (index < le16_to_cpu(rf_list->rl_used))
+		memmove(&rf_list->rl_recs[index + 1],
+			&rf_list->rl_recs[index],
+			(le16_to_cpu(rf_list->rl_used) - index) *
+			 sizeof(struct ocfs2_refcount_rec));
+
+	mlog(0, "insert refcount record start %llu, len %u, count %u "
+	     "to leaf block %llu at index %d\n",
+	     (unsigned long long)le64_to_cpu(rec->r_cpos),
+	     le32_to_cpu(rec->r_clusters), le32_to_cpu(rec->r_refcount),
+	     (unsigned long long)ref_leaf_bh->b_blocknr, index);
+
+	rf_list->rl_recs[index] = *rec;
+
+	le16_add_cpu(&rf_list->rl_used, 1);
+
+	if (merge)
+		ocfs2_refcount_rec_merge(rb, index);
+
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, ref_leaf_bh);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	if (index == 0) {
+		ret = ocfs2_adjust_refcount_rec(handle, ci,
+						ref_root_bh,
+						ref_leaf_bh, rec);
+		if (ret)
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+	}
+out:
+	brelse(new_bh);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Split the refcount_rec indexed by "index" in ref_leaf_bh.
+ * This is much simple than our b-tree code.
+ * split_rec is the new refcount rec we want to insert.
+ * If split_rec->r_refcount > 0, we are changing the refcount(in case we
+ * increase refcount or decrease a refcount to non-zero).
+ * If split_rec->r_refcount == 0, we are punching a hole in current refcount
+ * rec( in case we decrease a refcount to zero).
+ */
+static int ocfs2_split_refcount_rec(handle_t *handle,
+				    struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
+				    struct buffer_head *ref_root_bh,
+				    struct buffer_head *ref_leaf_bh,
+				    struct ocfs2_refcount_rec *split_rec,
+				    int index, int merge,
+				    struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac,
+				    struct ocfs2_cached_dealloc_ctxt *dealloc)
+{
+	int ret, recs_need;
+	u32 len;
+	struct ocfs2_refcount_block *rb =
+			(struct ocfs2_refcount_block *)ref_leaf_bh->b_data;
+	struct ocfs2_refcount_list *rf_list = &rb->rf_records;
+	struct ocfs2_refcount_rec *orig_rec = &rf_list->rl_recs[index];
+	struct ocfs2_refcount_rec *tail_rec = NULL;
+	struct buffer_head *new_bh = NULL;
+
+	BUG_ON(le32_to_cpu(rb->rf_flags) & OCFS2_REFCOUNT_TREE_FL);
+
+	mlog(0, "original r_pos %llu, cluster %u, split %llu, cluster %u\n",
+	     le64_to_cpu(orig_rec->r_cpos), le32_to_cpu(orig_rec->r_clusters),
+	     le64_to_cpu(split_rec->r_cpos),
+	     le32_to_cpu(split_rec->r_clusters));
+
+	/*
+	 * If we just need to split the header or tail clusters,
+	 * no more recs are needed, just split is OK.
+	 * Otherwise we at least need one new recs.
+	 */
+	if (!split_rec->r_refcount &&
+	    (split_rec->r_cpos == orig_rec->r_cpos ||
+	     le64_to_cpu(split_rec->r_cpos) +
+	     le32_to_cpu(split_rec->r_clusters) ==
+	     le64_to_cpu(orig_rec->r_cpos) + le32_to_cpu(orig_rec->r_clusters)))
+		recs_need = 0;
+	else
+		recs_need = 1;
+
+	/*
+	 * We need one more rec if we split in the middle and the new rec have
+	 * some refcount in it.
+	 */
+	if (split_rec->r_refcount &&
+	    (split_rec->r_cpos != orig_rec->r_cpos &&
+	     le64_to_cpu(split_rec->r_cpos) +
+	     le32_to_cpu(split_rec->r_clusters) !=
+	     le64_to_cpu(orig_rec->r_cpos) + le32_to_cpu(orig_rec->r_clusters)))
+		recs_need++;
+
+	/* If the leaf block don't have enough record, expand it. */
+	if (le16_to_cpu(rf_list->rl_used) + recs_need > rf_list->rl_count) {
+		struct ocfs2_refcount_rec tmp_rec;
+		u64 cpos = le64_to_cpu(orig_rec->r_cpos);
+		len = le32_to_cpu(orig_rec->r_clusters);
+		ret = ocfs2_expand_refcount_tree(handle, ci, ref_root_bh,
+						 ref_leaf_bh, meta_ac);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * We have to re-get it since now cpos may be moved to
+		 * another leaf block.
+		 */
+		ret = ocfs2_get_refcount_rec(ci, ref_root_bh,
+					     cpos, len, &tmp_rec, &index,
+					     &new_bh);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		ref_leaf_bh = new_bh;
+		rb = (struct ocfs2_refcount_block *)ref_leaf_bh->b_data;
+		rf_list = &rb->rf_records;
+		orig_rec = &rf_list->rl_recs[index];
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_rb(handle, ci, ref_leaf_bh,
+				      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * We have calculated out how many new records we need and store
+	 * in recs_need, so spare enough space first by moving the records
+	 * after "index" to the end.
+	 */
+	if (index != le16_to_cpu(rf_list->rl_used) - 1)
+		memmove(&rf_list->rl_recs[index + 1 + recs_need],
+			&rf_list->rl_recs[index + 1],
+			(le16_to_cpu(rf_list->rl_used) - index - 1) *
+			 sizeof(struct ocfs2_refcount_rec));
+
+	len = (le64_to_cpu(orig_rec->r_cpos) +
+	      le32_to_cpu(orig_rec->r_clusters)) -
+	      (le64_to_cpu(split_rec->r_cpos) +
+	      le32_to_cpu(split_rec->r_clusters));
+
+	/*
+	 * If we have "len", the we will split in the tail and move it
+	 * to the end of the space we have just spared.
+	 */
+	if (len) {
+		tail_rec = &rf_list->rl_recs[index + recs_need];
+
+		memcpy(tail_rec, orig_rec, sizeof(struct ocfs2_refcount_rec));
+		le64_add_cpu(&tail_rec->r_cpos,
+			     le32_to_cpu(tail_rec->r_clusters) - len);
+		tail_rec->r_clusters = le32_to_cpu(len);
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * If the split pos isn't the same as the original one, we need to
+	 * split in the head.
+	 *
+	 * Note: We have the chance that split_rec.r_refcount = 0,
+	 * recs_need = 0 and len > 0, which means we just cut the head from
+	 * the orig_rec and in that case we have done some modification in
+	 * orig_rec above, so the check for r_cpos is faked.
+	 */
+	if (split_rec->r_cpos != orig_rec->r_cpos && tail_rec != orig_rec) {
+		len = le64_to_cpu(split_rec->r_cpos) -
+		      le64_to_cpu(orig_rec->r_cpos);
+		orig_rec->r_clusters = cpu_to_le32(len);
+		index++;
+	}
+
+	le16_add_cpu(&rf_list->rl_used, recs_need);
+
+	if (split_rec->r_refcount) {
+		rf_list->rl_recs[index] = *split_rec;
+		mlog(0, "insert refcount record start %llu, len %u, count %u "
+		     "to leaf block %llu at index %d\n",
+		     (unsigned long long)le64_to_cpu(split_rec->r_cpos),
+		     le32_to_cpu(split_rec->r_clusters),
+		     le32_to_cpu(split_rec->r_refcount),
+		     (unsigned long long)ref_leaf_bh->b_blocknr, index);
+
+		if (merge)
+			ocfs2_refcount_rec_merge(rb, index);
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, ref_leaf_bh);
+	if (ret)
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+
+out:
+	brelse(new_bh);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int __ocfs2_increase_refcount(handle_t *handle,
+				     struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
+				     struct buffer_head *ref_root_bh,
+				     u64 cpos, u32 len, int merge,
+				     struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac,
+				     struct ocfs2_cached_dealloc_ctxt *dealloc)
+{
+	int ret = 0, index;
+	struct buffer_head *ref_leaf_bh = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_refcount_rec rec;
+	unsigned int set_len = 0;
+
+	mlog(0, "Tree owner %llu, add refcount start %llu, len %u\n",
+	     (unsigned long long)ocfs2_metadata_cache_owner(ci),
+	     (unsigned long long)cpos, len);
+
+	while (len) {
+		ret = ocfs2_get_refcount_rec(ci, ref_root_bh,
+					     cpos, len, &rec, &index,
+					     &ref_leaf_bh);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		set_len = le32_to_cpu(rec.r_clusters);
+
+		/*
+		 * Here we may meet with 3 situations:
+		 *
+		 * 1. If we find an already existing record, and the length
+		 *    is the same, cool, we just need to increase the r_refcount
+		 *    and it is OK.
+		 * 2. If we find a hole, just insert it with r_refcount = 1.
+		 * 3. If we are in the middle of one extent record, split
+		 *    it.
+		 */
+		if (rec.r_refcount && le64_to_cpu(rec.r_cpos) == cpos &&
+		    set_len <= len) {
+			mlog(0, "increase refcount rec, start %llu, len %u, "
+			     "count %u\n", (unsigned long long)cpos, set_len,
+			     le32_to_cpu(rec.r_refcount));
+			ret = ocfs2_change_refcount_rec(handle, ci,
+							ref_leaf_bh, index,
+							merge, 1);
+			if (ret) {
+				mlog_errno(ret);
+				goto out;
+			}
+		} else if (!rec.r_refcount) {
+			rec.r_refcount = cpu_to_le32(1);
+
+			mlog(0, "insert refcount rec, start %llu, len %u\n",
+			     (unsigned long long)le64_to_cpu(rec.r_cpos),
+			     set_len);
+			ret = ocfs2_insert_refcount_rec(handle, ci, ref_root_bh,
+							ref_leaf_bh,
+							&rec, index,
+							merge, meta_ac);
+			if (ret) {
+				mlog_errno(ret);
+				goto out;
+			}
+		} else  {
+			set_len = min((u64)(cpos + len),
+				      le64_to_cpu(rec.r_cpos) + set_len) - cpos;
+			rec.r_cpos = cpu_to_le64(cpos);
+			rec.r_clusters = cpu_to_le32(set_len);
+			le32_add_cpu(&rec.r_refcount, 1);
+
+			mlog(0, "split refcount rec, start %llu, "
+			     "len %u, count %u\n",
+			     (unsigned long long)le64_to_cpu(rec.r_cpos),
+			     set_len, le32_to_cpu(rec.r_refcount));
+			ret = ocfs2_split_refcount_rec(handle, ci,
+						       ref_root_bh, ref_leaf_bh,
+						       &rec, index, merge,
+						       meta_ac, dealloc);
+			if (ret) {
+				mlog_errno(ret);
+				goto out;
+			}
+		}
+
+		cpos += set_len;
+		len -= set_len;
+		brelse(ref_leaf_bh);
+		ref_leaf_bh = NULL;
+	}
+
+out:
+	brelse(ref_leaf_bh);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_remove_refcount_extent(handle_t *handle,
+				struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
+				struct buffer_head *ref_root_bh,
+				struct buffer_head *ref_leaf_bh,
+				struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac,
+				struct ocfs2_cached_dealloc_ctxt *dealloc)
+{
+	int ret;
+	struct super_block *sb = ocfs2_metadata_cache_get_super(ci);
+	struct ocfs2_refcount_block *rb =
+			(struct ocfs2_refcount_block *)ref_leaf_bh->b_data;
+	struct ocfs2_extent_tree et;
+
+	BUG_ON(rb->rf_records.rl_used);
+
+	ocfs2_init_refcount_extent_tree(&et, ci, ref_root_bh);
+	ret = ocfs2_remove_extent(handle, &et, le32_to_cpu(rb->rf_cpos),
+				  1, meta_ac, dealloc);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ocfs2_remove_from_cache(ci, ref_leaf_bh);
+
+	/*
+	 * add the freed block to the dealloc so that it will be freed
+	 * when we run dealloc.
+	 */
+	ret = ocfs2_cache_block_dealloc(dealloc, EXTENT_ALLOC_SYSTEM_INODE,
+					le16_to_cpu(rb->rf_suballoc_slot),
+					le64_to_cpu(rb->rf_blkno),
+					le16_to_cpu(rb->rf_suballoc_bit));
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_rb(handle, ci, ref_root_bh,
+				      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	rb = (struct ocfs2_refcount_block *)ref_root_bh->b_data;
+
+	le32_add_cpu(&rb->rf_clusters, -1);
+
+	/*
+	 * check whether we need to restore the root refcount block if
+	 * there is no leaf extent block at atll.
+	 */
+	if (!rb->rf_list.l_next_free_rec) {
+		BUG_ON(rb->rf_clusters);
+
+		mlog(0, "reset refcount tree root %llu to be a record block.\n",
+		     (unsigned long long)ref_root_bh->b_blocknr);
+
+		rb->rf_flags = 0;
+		rb->rf_parent = 0;
+		rb->rf_cpos = 0;
+		memset(&rb->rf_records, 0, sb->s_blocksize -
+		       offsetof(struct ocfs2_refcount_block, rf_records));
+		rb->rf_records.rl_count =
+				cpu_to_le16(ocfs2_refcount_recs_per_rb(sb));
+	}
+
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, ref_root_bh);
+
+out:
+	return ret;
+}
+
+int ocfs2_increase_refcount(handle_t *handle,
+			    struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
+			    struct buffer_head *ref_root_bh,
+			    u64 cpos, u32 len,
+			    struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac,
+			    struct ocfs2_cached_dealloc_ctxt *dealloc)
+{
+	return __ocfs2_increase_refcount(handle, ci, ref_root_bh,
+					 cpos, len, 1,
+					 meta_ac, dealloc);
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_decrease_refcount_rec(handle_t *handle,
+				struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
+				struct buffer_head *ref_root_bh,
+				struct buffer_head *ref_leaf_bh,
+				int index, u64 cpos, unsigned int len,
+				struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac,
+				struct ocfs2_cached_dealloc_ctxt *dealloc)
+{
+	int ret;
+	struct ocfs2_refcount_block *rb =
+			(struct ocfs2_refcount_block *)ref_leaf_bh->b_data;
+	struct ocfs2_refcount_rec *rec = &rb->rf_records.rl_recs[index];
+
+	BUG_ON(cpos < le64_to_cpu(rec->r_cpos));
+	BUG_ON(cpos + len >
+	       le64_to_cpu(rec->r_cpos) + le32_to_cpu(rec->r_clusters));
+
+	if (cpos == le64_to_cpu(rec->r_cpos) &&
+	    len == le32_to_cpu(rec->r_clusters))
+		ret = ocfs2_change_refcount_rec(handle, ci,
+						ref_leaf_bh, index, 1, -1);
+	else {
+		struct ocfs2_refcount_rec split = *rec;
+		split.r_cpos = cpu_to_le64(cpos);
+		split.r_clusters = cpu_to_le32(len);
+
+		le32_add_cpu(&split.r_refcount, -1);
+
+		mlog(0, "split refcount rec, start %llu, "
+		     "len %u, count %u, original start %llu, len %u\n",
+		     (unsigned long long)le64_to_cpu(split.r_cpos),
+		     len, le32_to_cpu(split.r_refcount),
+		     (unsigned long long)le64_to_cpu(rec->r_cpos),
+		     le32_to_cpu(rec->r_clusters));
+		ret = ocfs2_split_refcount_rec(handle, ci,
+					       ref_root_bh, ref_leaf_bh,
+					       &split, index, 1,
+					       meta_ac, dealloc);
+	}
+
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	/* Remove the leaf refcount block if it contains no refcount record. */
+	if (!rb->rf_records.rl_used && ref_leaf_bh != ref_root_bh) {
+		ret = ocfs2_remove_refcount_extent(handle, ci, ref_root_bh,
+						   ref_leaf_bh, meta_ac,
+						   dealloc);
+		if (ret)
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+	}
+
+out:
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int __ocfs2_decrease_refcount(handle_t *handle,
+				     struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
+				     struct buffer_head *ref_root_bh,
+				     u64 cpos, u32 len,
+				     struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac,
+				     struct ocfs2_cached_dealloc_ctxt *dealloc,
+				     int delete)
+{
+	int ret = 0, index = 0;
+	struct ocfs2_refcount_rec rec;
+	unsigned int r_count = 0, r_len;
+	struct super_block *sb = ocfs2_metadata_cache_get_super(ci);
+	struct buffer_head *ref_leaf_bh = NULL;
+
+	mlog(0, "Tree owner %llu, decrease refcount start %llu, "
+	     "len %u, delete %u\n",
+	     (unsigned long long)ocfs2_metadata_cache_owner(ci),
+	     (unsigned long long)cpos, len, delete);
+
+	while (len) {
+		ret = ocfs2_get_refcount_rec(ci, ref_root_bh,
+					     cpos, len, &rec, &index,
+					     &ref_leaf_bh);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		r_count = le32_to_cpu(rec.r_refcount);
+		BUG_ON(r_count == 0);
+		if (!delete)
+			BUG_ON(r_count > 1);
+
+		r_len = min((u64)(cpos + len), le64_to_cpu(rec.r_cpos) +
+			      le32_to_cpu(rec.r_clusters)) - cpos;
+
+		ret = ocfs2_decrease_refcount_rec(handle, ci, ref_root_bh,
+						  ref_leaf_bh, index,
+						  cpos, r_len,
+						  meta_ac, dealloc);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		if (le32_to_cpu(rec.r_refcount) == 1 && delete) {
+			ret = ocfs2_cache_cluster_dealloc(dealloc,
+					  ocfs2_clusters_to_blocks(sb, cpos),
+							  r_len);
+			if (ret) {
+				mlog_errno(ret);
+				goto out;
+			}
+		}
+
+		cpos += r_len;
+		len -= r_len;
+		brelse(ref_leaf_bh);
+		ref_leaf_bh = NULL;
+	}
+
+out:
+	brelse(ref_leaf_bh);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/* Caller must hold refcount tree lock. */
+int ocfs2_decrease_refcount(struct inode *inode,
+			    handle_t *handle, u32 cpos, u32 len,
+			    struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac,
+			    struct ocfs2_cached_dealloc_ctxt *dealloc,
+			    int delete)
+{
+	int ret;
+	u64 ref_blkno;
+	struct ocfs2_inode_info *oi = OCFS2_I(inode);
+	struct buffer_head *ref_root_bh = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_refcount_tree *tree;
+
+	BUG_ON(!(oi->ip_dyn_features & OCFS2_HAS_REFCOUNT_FL));
+
+	ret = ocfs2_get_refcount_block(inode, &ref_blkno);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_get_refcount_tree(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb), ref_blkno, &tree);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_read_refcount_block(&tree->rf_ci, tree->rf_blkno,
+					&ref_root_bh);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = __ocfs2_decrease_refcount(handle, &tree->rf_ci, ref_root_bh,
+					cpos, len, meta_ac, dealloc, delete);
+	if (ret)
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+out:
+	brelse(ref_root_bh);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Mark the already-existing extent at cpos as refcounted for len clusters.
+ * This adds the refcount extent flag.
+ *
+ * If the existing extent is larger than the request, initiate a
+ * split. An attempt will be made at merging with adjacent extents.
+ *
+ * The caller is responsible for passing down meta_ac if we'll need it.
+ */
+static int ocfs2_mark_extent_refcounted(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 ret;
+
+	mlog(0, "Inode %lu refcount tree cpos %u, len %u, phys cluster %u\n",
+	     inode->i_ino, cpos, len, phys);
+
+	if (!ocfs2_refcount_tree(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb))) {
+		ocfs2_error(inode->i_sb, "Inode %lu want to use refcount "
+			    "tree, but the feature bit is not set in the "
+			    "super block.", inode->i_ino);
+		ret = -EROFS;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_change_extent_flag(handle, et, cpos,
+				       len, phys, meta_ac, dealloc,
+				       OCFS2_EXT_REFCOUNTED, 0);
+	if (ret)
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+
+out:
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Given some contiguous physical clusters, calculate what we need
+ * for modifying their refcount.
+ */
+static int ocfs2_calc_refcount_meta_credits(struct super_block *sb,
+					    struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
+					    struct buffer_head *ref_root_bh,
+					    u64 start_cpos,
+					    u32 clusters,
+					    int *meta_add,
+					    int *credits)
+{
+	int ret = 0, index, ref_blocks = 0, recs_add = 0;
+	u64 cpos = start_cpos;
+	struct ocfs2_refcount_block *rb;
+	struct ocfs2_refcount_rec rec;
+	struct buffer_head *ref_leaf_bh = NULL, *prev_bh = NULL;
+	u32 len;
+
+	mlog(0, "start_cpos %llu, clusters %u\n",
+	     (unsigned long long)start_cpos, clusters);
+	while (clusters) {
+		ret = ocfs2_get_refcount_rec(ci, ref_root_bh,
+					     cpos, clusters, &rec,
+					     &index, &ref_leaf_bh);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		if (ref_leaf_bh != prev_bh) {
+			/*
+			 * Now we encounter a new leaf block, so calculate
+			 * whether we need to extend the old leaf.
+			 */
+			if (prev_bh) {
+				rb = (struct ocfs2_refcount_block *)
+							prev_bh->b_data;
+
+				if (le64_to_cpu(rb->rf_records.rl_used) +
+				    recs_add >
+				    le16_to_cpu(rb->rf_records.rl_count))
+					ref_blocks++;
+			}
+
+			recs_add = 0;
+			*credits += 1;
+			brelse(prev_bh);
+			prev_bh = ref_leaf_bh;
+			get_bh(prev_bh);
+		}
+
+		rb = (struct ocfs2_refcount_block *)ref_leaf_bh->b_data;
+
+		mlog(0, "recs_add %d,cpos %llu, clusters %u, rec->r_cpos %llu,"
+		     "rec->r_clusters %u, rec->r_refcount %u, index %d\n",
+		     recs_add, (unsigned long long)cpos, clusters,
+		     (unsigned long long)le64_to_cpu(rec.r_cpos),
+		     le32_to_cpu(rec.r_clusters),
+		     le32_to_cpu(rec.r_refcount), index);
+
+		len = min((u64)cpos + clusters, le64_to_cpu(rec.r_cpos) +
+			  le32_to_cpu(rec.r_clusters)) - cpos;
+		/*
+		 * If the refcount rec already exist, cool. We just need
+		 * to check whether there is a split. Otherwise we just need
+		 * to increase the refcount.
+		 * If we will insert one, increases recs_add.
+		 *
+		 * We record all the records which will be inserted to the
+		 * same refcount block, so that we can tell exactly whether
+		 * we need a new refcount block or not.
+		 */
+		if (rec.r_refcount) {
+			/* Check whether we need a split at the beginning. */
+			if (cpos == start_cpos &&
+			    cpos != le64_to_cpu(rec.r_cpos))
+				recs_add++;
+
+			/* Check whether we need a split in the end. */
+			if (cpos + clusters < le64_to_cpu(rec.r_cpos) +
+			    le32_to_cpu(rec.r_clusters))
+				recs_add++;
+		} else
+			recs_add++;
+
+		brelse(ref_leaf_bh);
+		ref_leaf_bh = NULL;
+		clusters -= len;
+		cpos += len;
+	}
+
+	if (prev_bh) {
+		rb = (struct ocfs2_refcount_block *)prev_bh->b_data;
+
+		if (le64_to_cpu(rb->rf_records.rl_used) + recs_add >
+		    le16_to_cpu(rb->rf_records.rl_count))
+			ref_blocks++;
+
+		*credits += 1;
+	}
+
+	if (!ref_blocks)
+		goto out;
+
+	mlog(0, "we need ref_blocks %d\n", ref_blocks);
+	*meta_add += ref_blocks;
+	*credits += ref_blocks;
+
+	/*
+	 * So we may need ref_blocks to insert into the tree.
+	 * That also means we need to change the b-tree and add that number
+	 * of records since we never merge them.
+	 * We need one more block for expansion since the new created leaf
+	 * block is also full and needs split.
+	 */
+	rb = (struct ocfs2_refcount_block *)ref_root_bh->b_data;
+	if (le32_to_cpu(rb->rf_flags) & OCFS2_REFCOUNT_TREE_FL) {
+		struct ocfs2_extent_tree et;
+
+		ocfs2_init_refcount_extent_tree(&et, ci, ref_root_bh);
+		*meta_add += ocfs2_extend_meta_needed(et.et_root_el);
+		*credits += ocfs2_calc_extend_credits(sb,
+						      et.et_root_el,
+						      ref_blocks);
+	} else {
+		*credits += OCFS2_EXPAND_REFCOUNT_TREE_CREDITS;
+		*meta_add += 1;
+	}
+
+out:
+	brelse(ref_leaf_bh);
+	brelse(prev_bh);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * For refcount tree, we will decrease some contiguous clusters
+ * refcount count, so just go through it to see how many blocks
+ * we gonna touch and whether we need to create new blocks.
+ *
+ * Normally the refcount blocks store these refcount should be
+ * continguous also, so that we can get the number easily.
+ * As for meta_ac, we will at most add split 2 refcount record and
+ * 2 more refcount block, so just check it in a rough way.
+ *
+ * Caller must hold refcount tree lock.
+ */
+int ocfs2_prepare_refcount_change_for_del(struct inode *inode,
+					  struct buffer_head *di_bh,
+					  u64 phys_blkno,
+					  u32 clusters,
+					  int *credits,
+					  struct ocfs2_alloc_context **meta_ac)
+{
+	int ret, ref_blocks = 0;
+	struct ocfs2_dinode *di = (struct ocfs2_dinode *)di_bh->b_data;
+	struct ocfs2_inode_info *oi = OCFS2_I(inode);
+	struct buffer_head *ref_root_bh = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_refcount_tree *tree;
+	u64 start_cpos = ocfs2_blocks_to_clusters(inode->i_sb, phys_blkno);
+
+	if (!ocfs2_refcount_tree(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb))) {
+		ocfs2_error(inode->i_sb, "Inode %lu want to use refcount "
+			    "tree, but the feature bit is not set in the "
+			    "super block.", inode->i_ino);
+		ret = -EROFS;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	BUG_ON(!(oi->ip_dyn_features & OCFS2_HAS_REFCOUNT_FL));
+
+	ret = ocfs2_get_refcount_tree(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb),
+				      le64_to_cpu(di->i_refcount_loc), &tree);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_read_refcount_block(&tree->rf_ci,
+					le64_to_cpu(di->i_refcount_loc),
+					&ref_root_bh);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_calc_refcount_meta_credits(inode->i_sb,
+					       &tree->rf_ci,
+					       ref_root_bh,
+					       start_cpos, clusters,
+					       &ref_blocks, credits);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	mlog(0, "reserve new metadata %d, credits = %d\n",
+	     ref_blocks, *credits);
+
+	if (ref_blocks) {
+		ret = ocfs2_reserve_new_metadata_blocks(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb),
+							ref_blocks, meta_ac);
+		if (ret)
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+	}
+
+out:
+	brelse(ref_root_bh);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+#define	MAX_CONTIG_BYTES	1048576
+
+static inline unsigned int ocfs2_cow_contig_clusters(struct super_block *sb)
+{
+	return ocfs2_clusters_for_bytes(sb, MAX_CONTIG_BYTES);
+}
+
+static inline unsigned int ocfs2_cow_contig_mask(struct super_block *sb)
+{
+	return ~(ocfs2_cow_contig_clusters(sb) - 1);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Given an extent that starts at 'start' and an I/O that starts at 'cpos',
+ * find an offset (start + (n * contig_clusters)) that is closest to cpos
+ * while still being less than or equal to it.
+ *
+ * The goal is to break the extent at a multiple of contig_clusters.
+ */
+static inline unsigned int ocfs2_cow_align_start(struct super_block *sb,
+						 unsigned int start,
+						 unsigned int cpos)
+{
+	BUG_ON(start > cpos);
+
+	return start + ((cpos - start) & ocfs2_cow_contig_mask(sb));
+}
+
+/*
+ * Given a cluster count of len, pad it out so that it is a multiple
+ * of contig_clusters.
+ */
+static inline unsigned int ocfs2_cow_align_length(struct super_block *sb,
+						  unsigned int len)
+{
+	unsigned int padded =
+		(len + (ocfs2_cow_contig_clusters(sb) - 1)) &
+		ocfs2_cow_contig_mask(sb);
+
+	/* Did we wrap? */
+	if (padded < len)
+		padded = UINT_MAX;
+
+	return padded;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Calculate out the start and number of virtual clusters we need to to CoW.
+ *
+ * cpos is vitual start cluster position we want to do CoW in a
+ * file and write_len is the cluster length.
+ * max_cpos is the place where we want to stop CoW intentionally.
+ *
+ * Normal we will start CoW from the beginning of extent record cotaining cpos.
+ * We try to break up extents on boundaries of MAX_CONTIG_BYTES so that we
+ * get good I/O from the resulting extent tree.
+ */
+static int ocfs2_refcount_cal_cow_clusters(struct inode *inode,
+					   struct ocfs2_extent_list *el,
+					   u32 cpos,
+					   u32 write_len,
+					   u32 max_cpos,
+					   u32 *cow_start,
+					   u32 *cow_len)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+	int tree_height = le16_to_cpu(el->l_tree_depth), i;
+	struct buffer_head *eb_bh = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_extent_block *eb = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_extent_rec *rec;
+	unsigned int want_clusters, rec_end = 0;
+	int contig_clusters = ocfs2_cow_contig_clusters(inode->i_sb);
+	int leaf_clusters;
+
+	BUG_ON(cpos + write_len > max_cpos);
+
+	if (tree_height > 0) {
+		ret = ocfs2_find_leaf(INODE_CACHE(inode), el, cpos, &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 "
+				    "leaf block %llu\n", inode->i_ino,
+				    (unsigned long long)eb_bh->b_blocknr);
+			ret = -EROFS;
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
+
+	*cow_len = 0;
+	for (i = 0; i < le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec); i++) {
+		rec = &el->l_recs[i];
+
+		if (ocfs2_is_empty_extent(rec)) {
+			mlog_bug_on_msg(i != 0, "Inode %lu has empty record in "
+					"index %d\n", inode->i_ino, i);
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		if (le32_to_cpu(rec->e_cpos) +
+		    le16_to_cpu(rec->e_leaf_clusters) <= cpos)
+			continue;
+
+		if (*cow_len == 0) {
+			/*
+			 * We should find a refcounted record in the
+			 * first pass.
+			 */
+			BUG_ON(!(rec->e_flags & OCFS2_EXT_REFCOUNTED));
+			*cow_start = le32_to_cpu(rec->e_cpos);
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * If we encounter a hole, a non-refcounted record or
+		 * pass the max_cpos, stop the search.
+		 */
+		if ((!(rec->e_flags & OCFS2_EXT_REFCOUNTED)) ||
+		    (*cow_len && rec_end != le32_to_cpu(rec->e_cpos)) ||
+		    (max_cpos <= le32_to_cpu(rec->e_cpos)))
+			break;
+
+		leaf_clusters = le16_to_cpu(rec->e_leaf_clusters);
+		rec_end = le32_to_cpu(rec->e_cpos) + leaf_clusters;
+		if (rec_end > max_cpos) {
+			rec_end = max_cpos;
+			leaf_clusters = rec_end - le32_to_cpu(rec->e_cpos);
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * How many clusters do we actually need from
+		 * this extent?  First we see how many we actually
+		 * need to complete the write.  If that's smaller
+		 * than contig_clusters, we try for contig_clusters.
+		 */
+		if (!*cow_len)
+			want_clusters = write_len;
+		else
+			want_clusters = (cpos + write_len) -
+				(*cow_start + *cow_len);
+		if (want_clusters < contig_clusters)
+			want_clusters = contig_clusters;
+
+		/*
+		 * If the write does not cover the whole extent, we
+		 * need to calculate how we're going to split the extent.
+		 * We try to do it on contig_clusters boundaries.
+		 *
+		 * Any extent smaller than contig_clusters will be
+		 * CoWed in its entirety.
+		 */
+		if (leaf_clusters <= contig_clusters)
+			*cow_len += leaf_clusters;
+		else if (*cow_len || (*cow_start == cpos)) {
+			/*
+			 * This extent needs to be CoW'd from its
+			 * beginning, so all we have to do is compute
+			 * how many clusters to grab.  We align
+			 * want_clusters to the edge of contig_clusters
+			 * to get better I/O.
+			 */
+			want_clusters = ocfs2_cow_align_length(inode->i_sb,
+							       want_clusters);
+
+			if (leaf_clusters < want_clusters)
+				*cow_len += leaf_clusters;
+			else
+				*cow_len += want_clusters;
+		} else if ((*cow_start + contig_clusters) >=
+			   (cpos + write_len)) {
+			/*
+			 * Breaking off contig_clusters at the front
+			 * of the extent will cover our write.  That's
+			 * easy.
+			 */
+			*cow_len = contig_clusters;
+		} else if ((rec_end - cpos) <= contig_clusters) {
+			/*
+			 * Breaking off contig_clusters at the tail of
+			 * this extent will cover cpos.
+			 */
+			*cow_start = rec_end - contig_clusters;
+			*cow_len = contig_clusters;
+		} else if ((rec_end - cpos) <= want_clusters) {
+			/*
+			 * While we can't fit the entire write in this
+			 * extent, we know that the write goes from cpos
+			 * to the end of the extent.  Break that off.
+			 * We try to break it at some multiple of
+			 * contig_clusters from the front of the extent.
+			 * Failing that (ie, cpos is within
+			 * contig_clusters of the front), we'll CoW the
+			 * entire extent.
+			 */
+			*cow_start = ocfs2_cow_align_start(inode->i_sb,
+							   *cow_start, cpos);
+			*cow_len = rec_end - *cow_start;
+		} else {
+			/*
+			 * Ok, the entire write lives in the middle of
+			 * this extent.  Let's try to slice the extent up
+			 * nicely.  Optimally, our CoW region starts at
+			 * m*contig_clusters from the beginning of the
+			 * extent and goes for n*contig_clusters,
+			 * covering the entire write.
+			 */
+			*cow_start = ocfs2_cow_align_start(inode->i_sb,
+							   *cow_start, cpos);
+
+			want_clusters = (cpos + write_len) - *cow_start;
+			want_clusters = ocfs2_cow_align_length(inode->i_sb,
+							       want_clusters);
+			if (*cow_start + want_clusters <= rec_end)
+				*cow_len = want_clusters;
+			else
+				*cow_len = rec_end - *cow_start;
+		}
+
+		/* Have we covered our entire write yet? */
+		if ((*cow_start + *cow_len) >= (cpos + write_len))
+			break;
+
+		/*
+		 * If we reach the end of the extent block and don't get enough
+		 * clusters, continue with the next extent block if possible.
+		 */
+		if (i + 1 == le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec) &&
+		    eb && eb->h_next_leaf_blk) {
+			brelse(eb_bh);
+			eb_bh = NULL;
+
+			ret = ocfs2_read_extent_block(INODE_CACHE(inode),
+					       le64_to_cpu(eb->h_next_leaf_blk),
+					       &eb_bh);
+			if (ret) {
+				mlog_errno(ret);
+				goto out;
+			}
+
+			eb = (struct ocfs2_extent_block *) eb_bh->b_data;
+			el = &eb->h_list;
+			i = -1;
+		}
+	}
+
+out:
+	brelse(eb_bh);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Prepare meta_ac, data_ac and calculate credits when we want to add some
+ * num_clusters in data_tree "et" and change the refcount for the old
+ * clusters(starting form p_cluster) in the refcount tree.
+ *
+ * Note:
+ * 1. since we may split the old tree, so we at most will need num_clusters + 2
+ *    more new leaf records.
+ * 2. In some case, we may not need to reserve new clusters(e.g, reflink), so
+ *    just give data_ac = NULL.
+ */
+static int ocfs2_lock_refcount_allocators(struct super_block *sb,
+					u32 p_cluster, u32 num_clusters,
+					struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
+					struct ocfs2_caching_info *ref_ci,
+					struct buffer_head *ref_root_bh,
+					struct ocfs2_alloc_context **meta_ac,
+					struct ocfs2_alloc_context **data_ac,
+					int *credits)
+{
+	int ret = 0, meta_add = 0;
+	int num_free_extents = ocfs2_num_free_extents(OCFS2_SB(sb), et);
+
+	if (num_free_extents < 0) {
+		ret = num_free_extents;
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	if (num_free_extents < num_clusters + 2)
+		meta_add =
+			ocfs2_extend_meta_needed(et->et_root_el);
+
+	*credits += ocfs2_calc_extend_credits(sb, et->et_root_el,
+					      num_clusters + 2);
+
+	ret = ocfs2_calc_refcount_meta_credits(sb, ref_ci, ref_root_bh,
+					       p_cluster, num_clusters,
+					       &meta_add, credits);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	mlog(0, "reserve new metadata %d, clusters %u, credits = %d\n",
+	     meta_add, num_clusters, *credits);
+	ret = ocfs2_reserve_new_metadata_blocks(OCFS2_SB(sb), meta_add,
+						meta_ac);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	if (data_ac) {
+		ret = ocfs2_reserve_clusters(OCFS2_SB(sb), num_clusters,
+					     data_ac);
+		if (ret)
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+	}
+
+out:
+	if (ret) {
+		if (*meta_ac) {
+			ocfs2_free_alloc_context(*meta_ac);
+			*meta_ac = NULL;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_clear_cow_buffer(handle_t *handle, struct buffer_head *bh)
+{
+	BUG_ON(buffer_dirty(bh));
+
+	clear_buffer_mapped(bh);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_duplicate_clusters_by_page(handle_t *handle,
+					    struct ocfs2_cow_context *context,
+					    u32 cpos, u32 old_cluster,
+					    u32 new_cluster, u32 new_len)
+{
+	int ret = 0, partial;
+	struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci = context->data_et.et_ci;
+	struct super_block *sb = ocfs2_metadata_cache_get_super(ci);
+	u64 new_block = ocfs2_clusters_to_blocks(sb, new_cluster);
+	struct page *page;
+	pgoff_t page_index;
+	unsigned int from, to;
+	loff_t offset, end, map_end;
+	struct address_space *mapping = context->inode->i_mapping;
+
+	mlog(0, "old_cluster %u, new %u, len %u at offset %u\n", old_cluster,
+	     new_cluster, new_len, cpos);
+
+	offset = ((loff_t)cpos) << OCFS2_SB(sb)->s_clustersize_bits;
+	end = offset + (new_len << OCFS2_SB(sb)->s_clustersize_bits);
+
+	while (offset < end) {
+		page_index = offset >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
+		map_end = (page_index + 1) << PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
+		if (map_end > end)
+			map_end = end;
+
+		/* from, to is the offset within the page. */
+		from = offset & (PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - 1);
+		to = PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
+		if (map_end & (PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - 1))
+			to = map_end & (PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - 1);
+
+		page = grab_cache_page(mapping, page_index);
+
+		/* This page can't be dirtied before we CoW it out. */
+		BUG_ON(PageDirty(page));
+
+		if (!PageUptodate(page)) {
+			ret = block_read_full_page(page, ocfs2_get_block);
+			if (ret) {
+				mlog_errno(ret);
+				goto unlock;
+			}
+			lock_page(page);
+		}
+
+		if (page_has_buffers(page)) {
+			ret = walk_page_buffers(handle, page_buffers(page),
+						from, to, &partial,
+						ocfs2_clear_cow_buffer);
+			if (ret) {
+				mlog_errno(ret);
+				goto unlock;
+			}
+		}
+
+		ocfs2_map_and_dirty_page(context->inode,
+					 handle, from, to,
+					 page, 0, &new_block);
+		mark_page_accessed(page);
+unlock:
+		unlock_page(page);
+		page_cache_release(page);
+		page = NULL;
+		offset = map_end;
+		if (ret)
+			break;
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_duplicate_clusters_by_jbd(handle_t *handle,
+					   struct ocfs2_cow_context *context,
+					   u32 cpos, u32 old_cluster,
+					   u32 new_cluster, u32 new_len)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+	struct super_block *sb = context->inode->i_sb;
+	struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci = context->data_et.et_ci;
+	int i, blocks = ocfs2_clusters_to_blocks(sb, new_len);
+	u64 old_block = ocfs2_clusters_to_blocks(sb, old_cluster);
+	u64 new_block = ocfs2_clusters_to_blocks(sb, new_cluster);
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(sb);
+	struct buffer_head *old_bh = NULL;
+	struct buffer_head *new_bh = NULL;
+
+	mlog(0, "old_cluster %u, new %u, len %u\n", old_cluster,
+	     new_cluster, new_len);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < blocks; i++, old_block++, new_block++) {
+		new_bh = sb_getblk(osb->sb, new_block);
+		if (new_bh == NULL) {
+			ret = -EIO;
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			break;
+		}
+
+		ocfs2_set_new_buffer_uptodate(ci, new_bh);
+
+		ret = ocfs2_read_block(ci, old_block, &old_bh, NULL);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			break;
+		}
+
+		ret = ocfs2_journal_access(handle, ci, new_bh,
+					   OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_CREATE);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			break;
+		}
+
+		memcpy(new_bh->b_data, old_bh->b_data, sb->s_blocksize);
+		ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, new_bh);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			break;
+		}
+
+		brelse(new_bh);
+		brelse(old_bh);
+		new_bh = NULL;
+		old_bh = NULL;
+	}
+
+	brelse(new_bh);
+	brelse(old_bh);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_clear_ext_refcount(handle_t *handle,
+				    struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
+				    u32 cpos, u32 p_cluster, u32 len,
+				    unsigned int ext_flags,
+				    struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac,
+				    struct ocfs2_cached_dealloc_ctxt *dealloc)
+{
+	int ret, index;
+	struct ocfs2_extent_rec replace_rec;
+	struct ocfs2_path *path = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_extent_list *el;
+	struct super_block *sb = ocfs2_metadata_cache_get_super(et->et_ci);
+	u64 ino = ocfs2_metadata_cache_owner(et->et_ci);
+
+	mlog(0, "inode %llu cpos %u, len %u, p_cluster %u, ext_flags %u\n",
+	     (unsigned long long)ino, cpos, len, p_cluster, ext_flags);
+
+	memset(&replace_rec, 0, sizeof(replace_rec));
+	replace_rec.e_cpos = cpu_to_le32(cpos);
+	replace_rec.e_leaf_clusters = cpu_to_le16(len);
+	replace_rec.e_blkno = cpu_to_le64(ocfs2_clusters_to_blocks(sb,
+								   p_cluster));
+	replace_rec.e_flags = ext_flags;
+	replace_rec.e_flags &= ~OCFS2_EXT_REFCOUNTED;
+
+	path = ocfs2_new_path_from_et(et);
+	if (!path) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_find_path(et->et_ci, path, cpos);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	el = path_leaf_el(path);
+
+	index = ocfs2_search_extent_list(el, cpos);
+	if (index == -1 || index >= le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec)) {
+		ocfs2_error(sb,
+			    "Inode %llu has an extent at cpos %u which can no "
+			    "longer be found.\n",
+			    (unsigned long long)ino, cpos);
+		ret = -EROFS;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_split_extent(handle, et, path, index,
+				 &replace_rec, meta_ac, dealloc);
+	if (ret)
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+
+out:
+	ocfs2_free_path(path);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_replace_clusters(handle_t *handle,
+				  struct ocfs2_cow_context *context,
+				  u32 cpos, u32 old,
+				  u32 new, u32 len,
+				  unsigned int ext_flags)
+{
+	int ret;
+	struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci = context->data_et.et_ci;
+	u64 ino = ocfs2_metadata_cache_owner(ci);
+
+	mlog(0, "inode %llu, cpos %u, old %u, new %u, len %u, ext_flags %u\n",
+	     (unsigned long long)ino, cpos, old, new, len, ext_flags);
+
+	/*If the old clusters is unwritten, no need to duplicate. */
+	if (!(ext_flags & OCFS2_EXT_UNWRITTEN)) {
+		ret = context->cow_duplicate_clusters(handle, context, cpos,
+						      old, new, len);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_clear_ext_refcount(handle, &context->data_et,
+				       cpos, new, len, ext_flags,
+				       context->meta_ac, &context->dealloc);
+	if (ret)
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+out:
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_cow_sync_writeback(struct super_block *sb,
+				    struct ocfs2_cow_context *context,
+				    u32 cpos, u32 num_clusters)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+	loff_t offset, end, map_end;
+	pgoff_t page_index;
+	struct page *page;
+
+	if (ocfs2_should_order_data(context->inode))
+		return 0;
+
+	offset = ((loff_t)cpos) << OCFS2_SB(sb)->s_clustersize_bits;
+	end = offset + (num_clusters << OCFS2_SB(sb)->s_clustersize_bits);
+
+	ret = filemap_fdatawrite_range(context->inode->i_mapping,
+				       offset, end - 1);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	while (offset < end) {
+		page_index = offset >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
+		map_end = (page_index + 1) << PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
+		if (map_end > end)
+			map_end = end;
+
+		page = grab_cache_page(context->inode->i_mapping, page_index);
+		BUG_ON(!page);
+
+		wait_on_page_writeback(page);
+		if (PageError(page)) {
+			ret = -EIO;
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+		} else
+			mark_page_accessed(page);
+
+		unlock_page(page);
+		page_cache_release(page);
+		page = NULL;
+		offset = map_end;
+		if (ret)
+			break;
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_di_get_clusters(struct ocfs2_cow_context *context,
+				 u32 v_cluster, u32 *p_cluster,
+				 u32 *num_clusters,
+				 unsigned int *extent_flags)
+{
+	return ocfs2_get_clusters(context->inode, v_cluster, p_cluster,
+				  num_clusters, extent_flags);
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_make_clusters_writable(struct super_block *sb,
+					struct ocfs2_cow_context *context,
+					u32 cpos, u32 p_cluster,
+					u32 num_clusters, unsigned int e_flags)
+{
+	int ret, delete, index, credits =  0;
+	u32 new_bit, new_len;
+	unsigned int set_len;
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(sb);
+	handle_t *handle;
+	struct buffer_head *ref_leaf_bh = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_caching_info *ref_ci = &context->ref_tree->rf_ci;
+	struct ocfs2_refcount_rec rec;
+
+	mlog(0, "cpos %u, p_cluster %u, num_clusters %u, e_flags %u\n",
+	     cpos, p_cluster, num_clusters, e_flags);
+
+	ret = ocfs2_lock_refcount_allocators(sb, p_cluster, num_clusters,
+					     &context->data_et,
+					     ref_ci,
+					     context->ref_root_bh,
+					     &context->meta_ac,
+					     &context->data_ac, &credits);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	if (context->post_refcount)
+		credits += context->post_refcount->credits;
+
+	credits += context->extra_credits;
+	handle = ocfs2_start_trans(osb, credits);
+	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	while (num_clusters) {
+		ret = ocfs2_get_refcount_rec(ref_ci, context->ref_root_bh,
+					     p_cluster, num_clusters,
+					     &rec, &index, &ref_leaf_bh);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out_commit;
+		}
+
+		BUG_ON(!rec.r_refcount);
+		set_len = min((u64)p_cluster + num_clusters,
+			      le64_to_cpu(rec.r_cpos) +
+			      le32_to_cpu(rec.r_clusters)) - p_cluster;
+
+		/*
+		 * There are many different situation here.
+		 * 1. If refcount == 1, remove the flag and don't COW.
+		 * 2. If refcount > 1, allocate clusters.
+		 *    Here we may not allocate r_len once at a time, so continue
+		 *    until we reach num_clusters.
+		 */
+		if (le32_to_cpu(rec.r_refcount) == 1) {
+			delete = 0;
+			ret = ocfs2_clear_ext_refcount(handle,
+						       &context->data_et,
+						       cpos, p_cluster,
+						       set_len, e_flags,
+						       context->meta_ac,
+						       &context->dealloc);
+			if (ret) {
+				mlog_errno(ret);
+				goto out_commit;
+			}
+		} else {
+			delete = 1;
+
+			ret = __ocfs2_claim_clusters(osb, handle,
+						     context->data_ac,
+						     1, set_len,
+						     &new_bit, &new_len);
+			if (ret) {
+				mlog_errno(ret);
+				goto out_commit;
+			}
+
+			ret = ocfs2_replace_clusters(handle, context,
+						     cpos, p_cluster, new_bit,
+						     new_len, e_flags);
+			if (ret) {
+				mlog_errno(ret);
+				goto out_commit;
+			}
+			set_len = new_len;
+		}
+
+		ret = __ocfs2_decrease_refcount(handle, ref_ci,
+						context->ref_root_bh,
+						p_cluster, set_len,
+						context->meta_ac,
+						&context->dealloc, delete);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out_commit;
+		}
+
+		cpos += set_len;
+		p_cluster += set_len;
+		num_clusters -= set_len;
+		brelse(ref_leaf_bh);
+		ref_leaf_bh = NULL;
+	}
+
+	/* handle any post_cow action. */
+	if (context->post_refcount && context->post_refcount->func) {
+		ret = context->post_refcount->func(context->inode, handle,
+						context->post_refcount->para);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out_commit;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Here we should write the new page out first if we are
+	 * in write-back mode.
+	 */
+	if (context->get_clusters == ocfs2_di_get_clusters) {
+		ret = ocfs2_cow_sync_writeback(sb, context, cpos, num_clusters);
+		if (ret)
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+	}
+
+out_commit:
+	ocfs2_commit_trans(osb, handle);
+
+out:
+	if (context->data_ac) {
+		ocfs2_free_alloc_context(context->data_ac);
+		context->data_ac = NULL;
+	}
+	if (context->meta_ac) {
+		ocfs2_free_alloc_context(context->meta_ac);
+		context->meta_ac = NULL;
+	}
+	brelse(ref_leaf_bh);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_replace_cow(struct ocfs2_cow_context *context)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+	struct inode *inode = context->inode;
+	u32 cow_start = context->cow_start, cow_len = context->cow_len;
+	u32 p_cluster, num_clusters;
+	unsigned int ext_flags;
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
+
+	if (!ocfs2_refcount_tree(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb))) {
+		ocfs2_error(inode->i_sb, "Inode %lu want to use refcount "
+			    "tree, but the feature bit is not set in the "
+			    "super block.", inode->i_ino);
+		return -EROFS;
+	}
+
+	ocfs2_init_dealloc_ctxt(&context->dealloc);
+
+	while (cow_len) {
+		ret = context->get_clusters(context, cow_start, &p_cluster,
+					    &num_clusters, &ext_flags);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			break;
+		}
+
+		BUG_ON(!(ext_flags & OCFS2_EXT_REFCOUNTED));
+
+		if (cow_len < num_clusters)
+			num_clusters = cow_len;
+
+		ret = ocfs2_make_clusters_writable(inode->i_sb, context,
+						   cow_start, p_cluster,
+						   num_clusters, ext_flags);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			break;
+		}
+
+		cow_len -= num_clusters;
+		cow_start += num_clusters;
+	}
+
+	if (ocfs2_dealloc_has_cluster(&context->dealloc)) {
+		ocfs2_schedule_truncate_log_flush(osb, 1);
+		ocfs2_run_deallocs(osb, &context->dealloc);
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Starting at cpos, try to CoW write_len clusters.  Don't CoW
+ * past max_cpos.  This will stop when it runs into a hole or an
+ * unrefcounted extent.
+ */
+static int ocfs2_refcount_cow_hunk(struct inode *inode,
+				   struct buffer_head *di_bh,
+				   u32 cpos, u32 write_len, u32 max_cpos)
+{
+	int ret;
+	u32 cow_start = 0, cow_len = 0;
+	struct ocfs2_inode_info *oi = OCFS2_I(inode);
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
+	struct ocfs2_dinode *di = (struct ocfs2_dinode *)di_bh->b_data;
+	struct buffer_head *ref_root_bh = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_refcount_tree *ref_tree;
+	struct ocfs2_cow_context *context = NULL;
+
+	BUG_ON(!(oi->ip_dyn_features & OCFS2_HAS_REFCOUNT_FL));
+
+	ret = ocfs2_refcount_cal_cow_clusters(inode, &di->id2.i_list,
+					      cpos, write_len, max_cpos,
+					      &cow_start, &cow_len);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	mlog(0, "CoW inode %lu, cpos %u, write_len %u, cow_start %u, "
+	     "cow_len %u\n", inode->i_ino,
+	     cpos, write_len, cow_start, cow_len);
+
+	BUG_ON(cow_len == 0);
+
+	context = kzalloc(sizeof(struct ocfs2_cow_context), GFP_NOFS);
+	if (!context) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_lock_refcount_tree(osb, le64_to_cpu(di->i_refcount_loc),
+				       1, &ref_tree, &ref_root_bh);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	context->inode = inode;
+	context->cow_start = cow_start;
+	context->cow_len = cow_len;
+	context->ref_tree = ref_tree;
+	context->ref_root_bh = ref_root_bh;
+	context->cow_duplicate_clusters = ocfs2_duplicate_clusters_by_page;
+	context->get_clusters = ocfs2_di_get_clusters;
+
+	ocfs2_init_dinode_extent_tree(&context->data_et,
+				      INODE_CACHE(inode), di_bh);
+
+	ret = ocfs2_replace_cow(context);
+	if (ret)
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+
+	/*
+	 * truncate the extent map here since no matter whether we meet with
+	 * any error during the action, we shouldn't trust cached extent map
+	 * any more.
+	 */
+	ocfs2_extent_map_trunc(inode, cow_start);
+
+	ocfs2_unlock_refcount_tree(osb, ref_tree, 1);
+	brelse(ref_root_bh);
+out:
+	kfree(context);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * CoW any and all clusters between cpos and cpos+write_len.
+ * Don't CoW past max_cpos.  If this returns successfully, all
+ * clusters between cpos and cpos+write_len are safe to modify.
+ */
+int ocfs2_refcount_cow(struct inode *inode,
+		       struct buffer_head *di_bh,
+		       u32 cpos, u32 write_len, u32 max_cpos)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+	u32 p_cluster, num_clusters;
+	unsigned int ext_flags;
+
+	while (write_len) {
+		ret = ocfs2_get_clusters(inode, cpos, &p_cluster,
+					 &num_clusters, &ext_flags);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			break;
+		}
+
+		if (write_len < num_clusters)
+			num_clusters = write_len;
+
+		if (ext_flags & OCFS2_EXT_REFCOUNTED) {
+			ret = ocfs2_refcount_cow_hunk(inode, di_bh, cpos,
+						      num_clusters, max_cpos);
+			if (ret) {
+				mlog_errno(ret);
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+
+		write_len -= num_clusters;
+		cpos += num_clusters;
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_xattr_value_get_clusters(struct ocfs2_cow_context *context,
+					  u32 v_cluster, u32 *p_cluster,
+					  u32 *num_clusters,
+					  unsigned int *extent_flags)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = context->inode;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_value_root *xv = context->cow_object;
+
+	return ocfs2_xattr_get_clusters(inode, v_cluster, p_cluster,
+					num_clusters, &xv->xr_list,
+					extent_flags);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Given a xattr value root, calculate the most meta/credits we need for
+ * refcount tree change if we truncate it to 0.
+ */
+int ocfs2_refcounted_xattr_delete_need(struct inode *inode,
+				       struct ocfs2_caching_info *ref_ci,
+				       struct buffer_head *ref_root_bh,
+				       struct ocfs2_xattr_value_root *xv,
+				       int *meta_add, int *credits)
+{
+	int ret = 0, index, ref_blocks = 0;
+	u32 p_cluster, num_clusters;
+	u32 cpos = 0, clusters = le32_to_cpu(xv->xr_clusters);
+	struct ocfs2_refcount_block *rb;
+	struct ocfs2_refcount_rec rec;
+	struct buffer_head *ref_leaf_bh = NULL;
+
+	while (cpos < clusters) {
+		ret = ocfs2_xattr_get_clusters(inode, cpos, &p_cluster,
+					       &num_clusters, &xv->xr_list,
+					       NULL);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		cpos += num_clusters;
+
+		while (num_clusters) {
+			ret = ocfs2_get_refcount_rec(ref_ci, ref_root_bh,
+						     p_cluster, num_clusters,
+						     &rec, &index,
+						     &ref_leaf_bh);
+			if (ret) {
+				mlog_errno(ret);
+				goto out;
+			}
+
+			BUG_ON(!rec.r_refcount);
+
+			rb = (struct ocfs2_refcount_block *)ref_leaf_bh->b_data;
+
+			/*
+			 * We really don't know whether the other clusters is in
+			 * this refcount block or not, so just take the worst
+			 * case that all the clusters are in this block and each
+			 * one will split a refcount rec, so totally we need
+			 * clusters * 2 new refcount rec.
+			 */
+			if (le64_to_cpu(rb->rf_records.rl_used) + clusters * 2 >
+			    le16_to_cpu(rb->rf_records.rl_count))
+				ref_blocks++;
+
+			*credits += 1;
+			brelse(ref_leaf_bh);
+			ref_leaf_bh = NULL;
+
+			if (num_clusters <= le32_to_cpu(rec.r_clusters))
+				break;
+			else
+				num_clusters -= le32_to_cpu(rec.r_clusters);
+			p_cluster += num_clusters;
+		}
+	}
+
+	*meta_add += ref_blocks;
+	if (!ref_blocks)
+		goto out;
+
+	rb = (struct ocfs2_refcount_block *)ref_root_bh->b_data;
+	if (le32_to_cpu(rb->rf_flags) & OCFS2_REFCOUNT_TREE_FL)
+		*credits += OCFS2_EXPAND_REFCOUNT_TREE_CREDITS;
+	else {
+		struct ocfs2_extent_tree et;
+
+		ocfs2_init_refcount_extent_tree(&et, ref_ci, ref_root_bh);
+		*credits += ocfs2_calc_extend_credits(inode->i_sb,
+						      et.et_root_el,
+						      ref_blocks);
+	}
+
+out:
+	brelse(ref_leaf_bh);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Do CoW for xattr.
+ */
+int ocfs2_refcount_cow_xattr(struct inode *inode,
+			     struct ocfs2_dinode *di,
+			     struct ocfs2_xattr_value_buf *vb,
+			     struct ocfs2_refcount_tree *ref_tree,
+			     struct buffer_head *ref_root_bh,
+			     u32 cpos, u32 write_len,
+			     struct ocfs2_post_refcount *post)
+{
+	int ret;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_value_root *xv = vb->vb_xv;
+	struct ocfs2_inode_info *oi = OCFS2_I(inode);
+	struct ocfs2_cow_context *context = NULL;
+	u32 cow_start, cow_len;
+
+	BUG_ON(!(oi->ip_dyn_features & OCFS2_HAS_REFCOUNT_FL));
+
+	ret = ocfs2_refcount_cal_cow_clusters(inode, &xv->xr_list,
+					      cpos, write_len, UINT_MAX,
+					      &cow_start, &cow_len);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	BUG_ON(cow_len == 0);
+
+	context = kzalloc(sizeof(struct ocfs2_cow_context), GFP_NOFS);
+	if (!context) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	context->inode = inode;
+	context->cow_start = cow_start;
+	context->cow_len = cow_len;
+	context->ref_tree = ref_tree;
+	context->ref_root_bh = ref_root_bh;;
+	context->cow_object = xv;
+
+	context->cow_duplicate_clusters = ocfs2_duplicate_clusters_by_jbd;
+	/* We need the extra credits for duplicate_clusters by jbd. */
+	context->extra_credits =
+		ocfs2_clusters_to_blocks(inode->i_sb, 1) * cow_len;
+	context->get_clusters = ocfs2_xattr_value_get_clusters;
+	context->post_refcount = post;
+
+	ocfs2_init_xattr_value_extent_tree(&context->data_et,
+					   INODE_CACHE(inode), vb);
+
+	ret = ocfs2_replace_cow(context);
+	if (ret)
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+
+out:
+	kfree(context);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Insert a new extent into refcount tree and mark a extent rec
+ * as refcounted in the dinode tree.
+ */
+int ocfs2_add_refcount_flag(struct inode *inode,
+			    struct ocfs2_extent_tree *data_et,
+			    struct ocfs2_caching_info *ref_ci,
+			    struct buffer_head *ref_root_bh,
+			    u32 cpos, u32 p_cluster, u32 num_clusters,
+			    struct ocfs2_cached_dealloc_ctxt *dealloc,
+			    struct ocfs2_post_refcount *post)
+{
+	int ret;
+	handle_t *handle;
+	int credits = 1, ref_blocks = 0;
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
+	struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac = NULL;
+
+	ret = ocfs2_calc_refcount_meta_credits(inode->i_sb,
+					       ref_ci, ref_root_bh,
+					       p_cluster, num_clusters,
+					       &ref_blocks, &credits);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	mlog(0, "reserve new metadata %d, credits = %d\n",
+	     ref_blocks, credits);
+
+	if (ref_blocks) {
+		ret = ocfs2_reserve_new_metadata_blocks(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb),
+							ref_blocks, &meta_ac);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (post)
+		credits += post->credits;
+
+	handle = ocfs2_start_trans(osb, credits);
+	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_mark_extent_refcounted(inode, data_et, handle,
+					   cpos, num_clusters, p_cluster,
+					   meta_ac, dealloc);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out_commit;
+	}
+
+	ret = __ocfs2_increase_refcount(handle, ref_ci, ref_root_bh,
+					p_cluster, num_clusters, 0,
+					meta_ac, dealloc);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out_commit;
+	}
+
+	if (post && post->func) {
+		ret = post->func(inode, handle, post->para);
+		if (ret)
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+	}
+
+out_commit:
+	ocfs2_commit_trans(osb, handle);
+out:
+	if (meta_ac)
+		ocfs2_free_alloc_context(meta_ac);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_change_ctime(struct inode *inode,
+			      struct buffer_head *di_bh)
+{
+	int ret;
+	handle_t *handle;
+	struct ocfs2_dinode *di = (struct ocfs2_dinode *)di_bh->b_data;
+
+	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_di(handle, INODE_CACHE(inode), di_bh,
+				      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out_commit;
+	}
+
+	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);
+
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, di_bh);
+
+out_commit:
+	ocfs2_commit_trans(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb), handle);
+out:
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_attach_refcount_tree(struct inode *inode,
+				      struct buffer_head *di_bh)
+{
+	int ret, data_changed = 0;
+	struct buffer_head *ref_root_bh = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_inode_info *oi = OCFS2_I(inode);
+	struct ocfs2_dinode *di = (struct ocfs2_dinode *)di_bh->b_data;
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
+	struct ocfs2_refcount_tree *ref_tree;
+	unsigned int ext_flags;
+	loff_t size;
+	u32 cpos, num_clusters, clusters, p_cluster;
+	struct ocfs2_cached_dealloc_ctxt dealloc;
+	struct ocfs2_extent_tree di_et;
+
+	ocfs2_init_dealloc_ctxt(&dealloc);
+
+	if (!(oi->ip_dyn_features & OCFS2_HAS_REFCOUNT_FL)) {
+		ret = ocfs2_create_refcount_tree(inode, di_bh);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
+
+	BUG_ON(!di->i_refcount_loc);
+	ret = ocfs2_lock_refcount_tree(osb,
+				       le64_to_cpu(di->i_refcount_loc), 1,
+				       &ref_tree, &ref_root_bh);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ocfs2_init_dinode_extent_tree(&di_et, INODE_CACHE(inode), di_bh);
+
+	size = i_size_read(inode);
+	clusters = ocfs2_clusters_for_bytes(inode->i_sb, size);
+
+	cpos = 0;
+	while (cpos < clusters) {
+		ret = ocfs2_get_clusters(inode, cpos, &p_cluster,
+					 &num_clusters, &ext_flags);
+
+		if (p_cluster && !(ext_flags & OCFS2_EXT_REFCOUNTED)) {
+			ret = ocfs2_add_refcount_flag(inode, &di_et,
+						      &ref_tree->rf_ci,
+						      ref_root_bh, cpos,
+						      p_cluster, num_clusters,
+						      &dealloc, NULL);
+			if (ret) {
+				mlog_errno(ret);
+				goto unlock;
+			}
+
+			data_changed = 1;
+		}
+		cpos += num_clusters;
+	}
+
+	if (oi->ip_dyn_features & OCFS2_HAS_XATTR_FL) {
+		ret = ocfs2_xattr_attach_refcount_tree(inode, di_bh,
+						       &ref_tree->rf_ci,
+						       ref_root_bh,
+						       &dealloc);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto unlock;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (data_changed) {
+		ret = ocfs2_change_ctime(inode, di_bh);
+		if (ret)
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+	}
+
+unlock:
+	ocfs2_unlock_refcount_tree(osb, ref_tree, 1);
+	brelse(ref_root_bh);
+
+	if (!ret && ocfs2_dealloc_has_cluster(&dealloc)) {
+		ocfs2_schedule_truncate_log_flush(osb, 1);
+		ocfs2_run_deallocs(osb, &dealloc);
+	}
+out:
+	/*
+	 * Empty the extent map so that we may get the right extent
+	 * record from the disk.
+	 */
+	ocfs2_extent_map_trunc(inode, 0);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_add_refcounted_extent(struct inode *inode,
+				   struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
+				   struct ocfs2_caching_info *ref_ci,
+				   struct buffer_head *ref_root_bh,
+				   u32 cpos, u32 p_cluster, u32 num_clusters,
+				   unsigned int ext_flags,
+				   struct ocfs2_cached_dealloc_ctxt *dealloc)
+{
+	int ret;
+	handle_t *handle;
+	int credits = 0;
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
+	struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac = NULL;
+
+	ret = ocfs2_lock_refcount_allocators(inode->i_sb,
+					     p_cluster, num_clusters,
+					     et, ref_ci,
+					     ref_root_bh, &meta_ac,
+					     NULL, &credits);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	handle = ocfs2_start_trans(osb, credits);
+	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_insert_extent(handle, et, cpos,
+			cpu_to_le64(ocfs2_clusters_to_blocks(inode->i_sb,
+							     p_cluster)),
+			num_clusters, ext_flags, meta_ac);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out_commit;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_increase_refcount(handle, ref_ci, ref_root_bh,
+				      p_cluster, num_clusters,
+				      meta_ac, dealloc);
+	if (ret)
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+
+out_commit:
+	ocfs2_commit_trans(osb, handle);
+out:
+	if (meta_ac)
+		ocfs2_free_alloc_context(meta_ac);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_duplicate_extent_list(struct inode *s_inode,
+				struct inode *t_inode,
+				struct buffer_head *t_bh,
+				struct ocfs2_caching_info *ref_ci,
+				struct buffer_head *ref_root_bh,
+				struct ocfs2_cached_dealloc_ctxt *dealloc)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+	u32 p_cluster, num_clusters, clusters, cpos;
+	loff_t size;
+	unsigned int ext_flags;
+	struct ocfs2_extent_tree et;
+
+	ocfs2_init_dinode_extent_tree(&et, INODE_CACHE(t_inode), t_bh);
+
+	size = i_size_read(s_inode);
+	clusters = ocfs2_clusters_for_bytes(s_inode->i_sb, size);
+
+	cpos = 0;
+	while (cpos < clusters) {
+		ret = ocfs2_get_clusters(s_inode, cpos, &p_cluster,
+					 &num_clusters, &ext_flags);
+
+		if (p_cluster) {
+			ret = ocfs2_add_refcounted_extent(t_inode, &et,
+							  ref_ci, ref_root_bh,
+							  cpos, p_cluster,
+							  num_clusters,
+							  ext_flags,
+							  dealloc);
+			if (ret) {
+				mlog_errno(ret);
+				goto out;
+			}
+		}
+
+		cpos += num_clusters;
+	}
+
+out:
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * change the new file's attributes to the src.
+ *
+ * reflink creates a snapshot of a file, that means the attributes
+ * must be identical except for three exceptions - nlink, ino, and ctime.
+ */
+static int ocfs2_complete_reflink(struct inode *s_inode,
+				  struct buffer_head *s_bh,
+				  struct inode *t_inode,
+				  struct buffer_head *t_bh,
+				  bool preserve)
+{
+	int ret;
+	handle_t *handle;
+	struct ocfs2_dinode *s_di = (struct ocfs2_dinode *)s_bh->b_data;
+	struct ocfs2_dinode *di = (struct ocfs2_dinode *)t_bh->b_data;
+	loff_t size = i_size_read(s_inode);
+
+	handle = ocfs2_start_trans(OCFS2_SB(t_inode->i_sb),
+				   OCFS2_INODE_UPDATE_CREDITS);
+	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, INODE_CACHE(t_inode), t_bh,
+				      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out_commit;
+	}
+
+	spin_lock(&OCFS2_I(t_inode)->ip_lock);
+	OCFS2_I(t_inode)->ip_clusters = OCFS2_I(s_inode)->ip_clusters;
+	OCFS2_I(t_inode)->ip_attr = OCFS2_I(s_inode)->ip_attr;
+	OCFS2_I(t_inode)->ip_dyn_features = OCFS2_I(s_inode)->ip_dyn_features;
+	spin_unlock(&OCFS2_I(t_inode)->ip_lock);
+	i_size_write(t_inode, size);
+
+	di->i_xattr_inline_size = s_di->i_xattr_inline_size;
+	di->i_clusters = s_di->i_clusters;
+	di->i_size = s_di->i_size;
+	di->i_dyn_features = s_di->i_dyn_features;
+	di->i_attr = s_di->i_attr;
+
+	if (preserve) {
+		di->i_uid = s_di->i_uid;
+		di->i_gid = s_di->i_gid;
+		di->i_mode = s_di->i_mode;
+
+		/*
+		 * update time.
+		 * we want mtime to appear identical to the source and
+		 * update ctime.
+		 */
+		t_inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
+
+		di->i_ctime = cpu_to_le64(t_inode->i_ctime.tv_sec);
+		di->i_ctime_nsec = cpu_to_le32(t_inode->i_ctime.tv_nsec);
+
+		t_inode->i_mtime = s_inode->i_mtime;
+		di->i_mtime = s_di->i_mtime;
+		di->i_mtime_nsec = s_di->i_mtime_nsec;
+	}
+
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, t_bh);
+
+out_commit:
+	ocfs2_commit_trans(OCFS2_SB(t_inode->i_sb), handle);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_create_reflink_node(struct inode *s_inode,
+				     struct buffer_head *s_bh,
+				     struct inode *t_inode,
+				     struct buffer_head *t_bh,
+				     bool preserve)
+{
+	int ret;
+	struct buffer_head *ref_root_bh = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_cached_dealloc_ctxt dealloc;
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(s_inode->i_sb);
+	struct ocfs2_refcount_block *rb;
+	struct ocfs2_dinode *di = (struct ocfs2_dinode *)s_bh->b_data;
+	struct ocfs2_refcount_tree *ref_tree;
+
+	ocfs2_init_dealloc_ctxt(&dealloc);
+
+	ret = ocfs2_set_refcount_tree(t_inode, t_bh,
+				      le64_to_cpu(di->i_refcount_loc));
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_lock_refcount_tree(osb, le64_to_cpu(di->i_refcount_loc),
+				       1, &ref_tree, &ref_root_bh);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+	rb = (struct ocfs2_refcount_block *)ref_root_bh->b_data;
+
+	ret = ocfs2_duplicate_extent_list(s_inode, t_inode, t_bh,
+					  &ref_tree->rf_ci, ref_root_bh,
+					  &dealloc);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out_unlock_refcount;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_complete_reflink(s_inode, s_bh, t_inode, t_bh, preserve);
+	if (ret)
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+
+out_unlock_refcount:
+	ocfs2_unlock_refcount_tree(osb, ref_tree, 1);
+	brelse(ref_root_bh);
+out:
+	if (ocfs2_dealloc_has_cluster(&dealloc)) {
+		ocfs2_schedule_truncate_log_flush(osb, 1);
+		ocfs2_run_deallocs(osb, &dealloc);
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int __ocfs2_reflink(struct dentry *old_dentry,
+			   struct buffer_head *old_bh,
+			   struct inode *new_inode,
+			   bool preserve)
+{
+	int ret;
+	struct inode *inode = old_dentry->d_inode;
+	struct buffer_head *new_bh = NULL;
+
+	ret = filemap_fdatawrite(inode->i_mapping);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_attach_refcount_tree(inode, old_bh);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	mutex_lock(&new_inode->i_mutex);
+	ret = ocfs2_inode_lock(new_inode, &new_bh, 1);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out_unlock;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_create_reflink_node(inode, old_bh,
+					new_inode, new_bh, preserve);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto inode_unlock;
+	}
+
+	if (OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_dyn_features & OCFS2_HAS_XATTR_FL) {
+		ret = ocfs2_reflink_xattrs(inode, old_bh,
+					   new_inode, new_bh,
+					   preserve);
+		if (ret)
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+	}
+inode_unlock:
+	ocfs2_inode_unlock(new_inode, 1);
+	brelse(new_bh);
+out_unlock:
+	mutex_unlock(&new_inode->i_mutex);
+out:
+	if (!ret) {
+		ret = filemap_fdatawait(inode->i_mapping);
+		if (ret)
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+	}
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_reflink(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir,
+			 struct dentry *new_dentry, bool preserve)
+{
+	int error;
+	struct inode *inode = old_dentry->d_inode;
+	struct buffer_head *old_bh = NULL;
+	struct inode *new_orphan_inode = NULL;
+
+	if (!ocfs2_refcount_tree(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb)))
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
+	error = ocfs2_create_inode_in_orphan(dir, inode->i_mode,
+					     &new_orphan_inode);
+	if (error) {
+		mlog_errno(error);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	error = ocfs2_inode_lock(inode, &old_bh, 1);
+	if (error) {
+		mlog_errno(error);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	down_write(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_xattr_sem);
+	down_write(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_alloc_sem);
+	error = __ocfs2_reflink(old_dentry, old_bh,
+				new_orphan_inode, preserve);
+	up_write(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_alloc_sem);
+	up_write(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_xattr_sem);
+
+	ocfs2_inode_unlock(inode, 1);
+	brelse(old_bh);
+
+	if (error) {
+		mlog_errno(error);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	/* If the security isn't preserved, we need to re-initialize them. */
+	if (!preserve) {
+		error = ocfs2_init_security_and_acl(dir, new_orphan_inode);
+		if (error)
+			mlog_errno(error);
+	}
+out:
+	if (!error) {
+		error = ocfs2_mv_orphaned_inode_to_new(dir, new_orphan_inode,
+						       new_dentry);
+		if (error)
+			mlog_errno(error);
+	}
+
+	if (new_orphan_inode) {
+		/*
+		 * We need to open_unlock the inode no matter whether we
+		 * succeed or not, so that other nodes can delete it later.
+		 */
+		ocfs2_open_unlock(new_orphan_inode);
+		if (error)
+			iput(new_orphan_inode);
+	}
+
+	return error;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Below here are the bits used by OCFS2_IOC_REFLINK() to fake
+ * sys_reflink().  This will go away when vfs_reflink() exists in
+ * fs/namei.c.
+ */
+
+/* copied from may_create in VFS. */
+static inline int ocfs2_may_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *child)
+{
+	if (child->d_inode)
+		return -EEXIST;
+	if (IS_DEADDIR(dir))
+		return -ENOENT;
+	return inode_permission(dir, MAY_WRITE | MAY_EXEC);
+}
+
+/* copied from user_path_parent. */
+static int ocfs2_user_path_parent(const char __user *path,
+				  struct nameidata *nd, char **name)
+{
+	char *s = getname(path);
+	int error;
+
+	if (IS_ERR(s))
+		return PTR_ERR(s);
+
+	error = path_lookup(s, LOOKUP_PARENT, nd);
+	if (error)
+		putname(s);
+	else
+		*name = s;
+
+	return error;
+}
+
+/**
+ * ocfs2_vfs_reflink - Create a reference-counted link
+ *
+ * @old_dentry:        source dentry + inode
+ * @dir:       directory to create the target
+ * @new_dentry:        target dentry
+ * @preserve:  if true, preserve all file attributes
+ */
+int ocfs2_vfs_reflink(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir,
+		      struct dentry *new_dentry, bool preserve)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = old_dentry->d_inode;
+	int error;
+
+	if (!inode)
+		return -ENOENT;
+
+	error = ocfs2_may_create(dir, new_dentry);
+	if (error)
+		return error;
+
+	if (dir->i_sb != inode->i_sb)
+		return -EXDEV;
+
+	/*
+	 * A reflink to an append-only or immutable file cannot be created.
+	 */
+	if (IS_APPEND(inode) || IS_IMMUTABLE(inode))
+		return -EPERM;
+
+	/* Only regular files can be reflinked. */
+	if (!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
+		return -EPERM;
+
+	/*
+	 * If the caller wants to preserve ownership, they require the
+	 * rights to do so.
+	 */
+	if (preserve) {
+		if ((current_fsuid() != inode->i_uid) && !capable(CAP_CHOWN))
+			return -EPERM;
+		if (!in_group_p(inode->i_gid) && !capable(CAP_CHOWN))
+			return -EPERM;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * If the caller is modifying any aspect of the attributes, they
+	 * are not creating a snapshot.  They need read permission on the
+	 * file.
+	 */
+	if (!preserve) {
+		error = inode_permission(inode, MAY_READ);
+		if (error)
+			return error;
+	}
+
+	mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
+	vfs_dq_init(dir);
+	error = ocfs2_reflink(old_dentry, dir, new_dentry, preserve);
+	mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
+	if (!error)
+		fsnotify_create(dir, new_dentry);
+	return error;
+}
+/*
+ * Most codes are copied from sys_linkat.
+ */
+int ocfs2_reflink_ioctl(struct inode *inode,
+			const char __user *oldname,
+			const char __user *newname,
+			bool preserve)
+{
+	struct dentry *new_dentry;
+	struct nameidata nd;
+	struct path old_path;
+	int error;
+	char *to = NULL;
+
+	if (!ocfs2_refcount_tree(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb)))
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
+	error = user_path_at(AT_FDCWD, oldname, 0, &old_path);
+	if (error) {
+		mlog_errno(error);
+		return error;
+	}
+
+	error = ocfs2_user_path_parent(newname, &nd, &to);
+	if (error) {
+		mlog_errno(error);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	error = -EXDEV;
+	if (old_path.mnt != nd.path.mnt)
+		goto out_release;
+	new_dentry = lookup_create(&nd, 0);
+	error = PTR_ERR(new_dentry);
+	if (IS_ERR(new_dentry)) {
+		mlog_errno(error);
+		goto out_unlock;
+	}
+
+	error = mnt_want_write(nd.path.mnt);
+	if (error) {
+		mlog_errno(error);
+		goto out_dput;
+	}
+
+	error = ocfs2_vfs_reflink(old_path.dentry,
+				  nd.path.dentry->d_inode,
+				  new_dentry, preserve);
+	mnt_drop_write(nd.path.mnt);
+out_dput:
+	dput(new_dentry);
+out_unlock:
+	mutex_unlock(&nd.path.dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
+out_release:
+	path_put(&nd.path);
+	putname(to);
+out:
+	path_put(&old_path);
+
+	return error;
+}
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.h b/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c1d19b1d3ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.h
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+/* -*- mode: c; c-basic-offset: 8; -*-
+ * vim: noexpandtab sw=8 ts=8 sts=0:
+ *
+ * refcounttree.h
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2009 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_REFCOUNTTREE_H
+#define OCFS2_REFCOUNTTREE_H
+
+struct ocfs2_refcount_tree {
+	struct rb_node rf_node;
+	u64 rf_blkno;
+	u32 rf_generation;
+	struct rw_semaphore rf_sem;
+	struct ocfs2_lock_res rf_lockres;
+	struct kref rf_getcnt;
+	int rf_removed;
+
+	/* the following 4 fields are used by caching_info. */
+	struct ocfs2_caching_info rf_ci;
+	spinlock_t rf_lock;
+	struct mutex rf_io_mutex;
+	struct super_block *rf_sb;
+};
+
+void ocfs2_purge_refcount_trees(struct ocfs2_super *osb);
+int ocfs2_lock_refcount_tree(struct ocfs2_super *osb, u64 ref_blkno, int rw,
+			     struct ocfs2_refcount_tree **tree,
+			     struct buffer_head **ref_bh);
+void ocfs2_unlock_refcount_tree(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
+				struct ocfs2_refcount_tree *tree,
+				int rw);
+
+int ocfs2_decrease_refcount(struct inode *inode,
+			    handle_t *handle, u32 cpos, u32 len,
+			    struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac,
+			    struct ocfs2_cached_dealloc_ctxt *dealloc,
+			    int delete);
+int ocfs2_prepare_refcount_change_for_del(struct inode *inode,
+					  struct buffer_head *di_bh,
+					  u64 phys_blkno,
+					  u32 clusters,
+					  int *credits,
+					  struct ocfs2_alloc_context **meta_ac);
+int ocfs2_refcount_cow(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head *di_bh,
+		       u32 cpos, u32 write_len, u32 max_cpos);
+
+typedef int (ocfs2_post_refcount_func)(struct inode *inode,
+				       handle_t *handle,
+				       void *para);
+/*
+ * Some refcount caller need to do more work after we modify the data b-tree
+ * during refcount operation(including CoW and add refcount flag), and make the
+ * transaction complete. So it must give us this structure so that we can do it
+ * within our transaction.
+ *
+ */
+struct ocfs2_post_refcount {
+	int credits;			/* credits it need for journal. */
+	ocfs2_post_refcount_func *func;	/* real function. */
+	void *para;
+};
+
+int ocfs2_refcounted_xattr_delete_need(struct inode *inode,
+				       struct ocfs2_caching_info *ref_ci,
+				       struct buffer_head *ref_root_bh,
+				       struct ocfs2_xattr_value_root *xv,
+				       int *meta_add, int *credits);
+int ocfs2_refcount_cow_xattr(struct inode *inode,
+			     struct ocfs2_dinode *di,
+			     struct ocfs2_xattr_value_buf *vb,
+			     struct ocfs2_refcount_tree *ref_tree,
+			     struct buffer_head *ref_root_bh,
+			     u32 cpos, u32 write_len,
+			     struct ocfs2_post_refcount *post);
+int ocfs2_add_refcount_flag(struct inode *inode,
+			    struct ocfs2_extent_tree *data_et,
+			    struct ocfs2_caching_info *ref_ci,
+			    struct buffer_head *ref_root_bh,
+			    u32 cpos, u32 p_cluster, u32 num_clusters,
+			    struct ocfs2_cached_dealloc_ctxt *dealloc,
+			    struct ocfs2_post_refcount *post);
+int ocfs2_remove_refcount_tree(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head *di_bh);
+int ocfs2_try_remove_refcount_tree(struct inode *inode,
+				   struct buffer_head *di_bh);
+int ocfs2_increase_refcount(handle_t *handle,
+			    struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
+			    struct buffer_head *ref_root_bh,
+			    u64 cpos, u32 len,
+			    struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac,
+			    struct ocfs2_cached_dealloc_ctxt *dealloc);
+int ocfs2_reflink_ioctl(struct inode *inode,
+			const char __user *oldname,
+			const char __user *newname,
+			bool preserve);
+#endif /* OCFS2_REFCOUNTTREE_H */
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/resize.c b/fs/ocfs2/resize.c
index 424adaa5f90..3c3d673a4d2 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/resize.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/resize.c
@@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ static int ocfs2_update_last_group_and_inode(handle_t *handle,
 	mlog_entry("(new_clusters=%d, first_new_cluster = %u)\n",
 		   new_clusters, first_new_cluster);
 
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_gd(handle, bm_inode, group_bh,
-				      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_gd(handle, INODE_CACHE(bm_inode),
+				      group_bh, OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ static int ocfs2_update_last_group_and_inode(handle_t *handle,
 	}
 
 	/* update the inode accordingly. */
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, bm_inode, bm_bh,
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, INODE_CACHE(bm_inode), bm_bh,
 				      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ int ocfs2_group_add(struct inode *inode, struct ocfs2_new_group_input *input)
 		goto out_unlock;
 	}
 
-	ocfs2_set_new_buffer_uptodate(inode, group_bh);
+	ocfs2_set_new_buffer_uptodate(INODE_CACHE(inode), group_bh);
 
 	ret = ocfs2_verify_group_and_input(main_bm_inode, fe, input, group_bh);
 	if (ret) {
@@ -536,8 +536,8 @@ int ocfs2_group_add(struct inode *inode, struct ocfs2_new_group_input *input)
 	cl = &fe->id2.i_chain;
 	cr = &cl->cl_recs[input->chain];
 
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_gd(handle, main_bm_inode, group_bh,
-				      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_gd(handle, INODE_CACHE(main_bm_inode),
+				      group_bh, OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out_commit;
@@ -552,8 +552,8 @@ int ocfs2_group_add(struct inode *inode, struct ocfs2_new_group_input *input)
 		goto out_commit;
 	}
 
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, main_bm_inode, main_bm_bh,
-				      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, INODE_CACHE(main_bm_inode),
+				      main_bm_bh, OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out_commit;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/slot_map.c b/fs/ocfs2/slot_map.c
index 40661e7824e..bfbd7e9e949 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(si->si_inode, -1, si->si_blocks, si->si_bh,
-				OCFS2_BH_IGNORE_CACHE, NULL);
+	ret = ocfs2_read_blocks(INODE_CACHE(si->si_inode), -1, si->si_blocks,
+				si->si_bh, OCFS2_BH_IGNORE_CACHE, NULL);
 	if (ret == 0) {
 		spin_lock(&osb->osb_lock);
 		ocfs2_update_slot_info(si);
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ static int ocfs2_update_disk_slot(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 		ocfs2_update_disk_slot_old(si, slot_num, &bh);
 	spin_unlock(&osb->osb_lock);
 
-	status = ocfs2_write_block(osb, bh, si->si_inode);
+	status = ocfs2_write_block(osb, bh, INODE_CACHE(si->si_inode));
 	if (status < 0)
 		mlog_errno(status);
 
@@ -404,8 +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_blocks(si->si_inode, blkno, 1, &bh,
-					   OCFS2_BH_IGNORE_CACHE, NULL);
+		status = ocfs2_read_blocks(INODE_CACHE(si->si_inode), blkno,
+					   1, &bh, OCFS2_BH_IGNORE_CACHE, NULL);
 		if (status < 0) {
 			mlog_errno(status);
 			goto bail;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c b/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c
index 73a16d4666d..c30b644d957 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ int ocfs2_read_group_descriptor(struct inode *inode, struct ocfs2_dinode *di,
 	int rc;
 	struct buffer_head *tmp = *bh;
 
-	rc = ocfs2_read_block(inode, gd_blkno, &tmp,
+	rc = ocfs2_read_block(INODE_CACHE(inode), gd_blkno, &tmp,
 			      ocfs2_validate_group_descriptor);
 	if (rc)
 		goto out;
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ static int ocfs2_block_group_fill(handle_t *handle,
 	}
 
 	status = ocfs2_journal_access_gd(handle,
-					 alloc_inode,
+					 INODE_CACHE(alloc_inode),
 					 bg_bh,
 					 OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_CREATE);
 	if (status < 0) {
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ static int ocfs2_block_group_alloc(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		goto bail;
 	}
-	ocfs2_set_new_buffer_uptodate(alloc_inode, bg_bh);
+	ocfs2_set_new_buffer_uptodate(INODE_CACHE(alloc_inode), bg_bh);
 
 	status = ocfs2_block_group_fill(handle,
 					alloc_inode,
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ static int ocfs2_block_group_alloc(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 
 	bg = (struct ocfs2_group_desc *) bg_bh->b_data;
 
-	status = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, alloc_inode,
+	status = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, INODE_CACHE(alloc_inode),
 					 bh, OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
@@ -1033,7 +1033,7 @@ static inline int ocfs2_block_group_set_bits(handle_t *handle,
 		journal_type = OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_UNDO;
 
 	status = ocfs2_journal_access_gd(handle,
-					 alloc_inode,
+					 INODE_CACHE(alloc_inode),
 					 group_bh,
 					 journal_type);
 	if (status < 0) {
@@ -1106,7 +1106,8 @@ static int ocfs2_relink_block_group(handle_t *handle,
 	bg_ptr = le64_to_cpu(bg->bg_next_group);
 	prev_bg_ptr = le64_to_cpu(prev_bg->bg_next_group);
 
-	status = ocfs2_journal_access_gd(handle, alloc_inode, prev_bg_bh,
+	status = ocfs2_journal_access_gd(handle, INODE_CACHE(alloc_inode),
+					 prev_bg_bh,
 					 OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
@@ -1121,8 +1122,8 @@ static int ocfs2_relink_block_group(handle_t *handle,
 		goto out_rollback;
 	}
 
-	status = ocfs2_journal_access_gd(handle, alloc_inode, bg_bh,
-					 OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
+	status = ocfs2_journal_access_gd(handle, INODE_CACHE(alloc_inode),
+					 bg_bh, OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		goto out_rollback;
@@ -1136,8 +1137,8 @@ static int ocfs2_relink_block_group(handle_t *handle,
 		goto out_rollback;
 	}
 
-	status = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, alloc_inode, fe_bh,
-					 OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
+	status = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, INODE_CACHE(alloc_inode),
+					 fe_bh, OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		goto out_rollback;
@@ -1288,7 +1289,7 @@ static int ocfs2_alloc_dinode_update_counts(struct inode *inode,
 	struct ocfs2_dinode *di = (struct ocfs2_dinode *) di_bh->b_data;
 	struct ocfs2_chain_list *cl = (struct ocfs2_chain_list *) &di->id2.i_chain;
 
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, inode, di_bh,
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, INODE_CACHE(inode), di_bh,
 				      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -1461,7 +1462,7 @@ static int ocfs2_search_chain(struct ocfs2_alloc_context *ac,
 	/* Ok, claim our bits now: set the info on dinode, chainlist
 	 * and then the group */
 	status = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle,
-					 alloc_inode,
+					 INODE_CACHE(alloc_inode),
 					 ac->ac_bh,
 					 OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 	if (status < 0) {
@@ -1907,8 +1908,8 @@ static inline int ocfs2_block_group_clear_bits(handle_t *handle,
 	if (ocfs2_is_cluster_bitmap(alloc_inode))
 		journal_type = OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_UNDO;
 
-	status = ocfs2_journal_access_gd(handle, alloc_inode, group_bh,
-					 journal_type);
+	status = ocfs2_journal_access_gd(handle, INODE_CACHE(alloc_inode),
+					 group_bh, journal_type);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		goto bail;
@@ -1993,8 +1994,8 @@ int ocfs2_free_suballoc_bits(handle_t *handle,
 		goto bail;
 	}
 
-	status = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, alloc_inode, alloc_bh,
-					 OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
+	status = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, INODE_CACHE(alloc_inode),
+					 alloc_bh, OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		goto bail;
@@ -2151,7 +2152,7 @@ int ocfs2_lock_allocators(struct inode *inode,
 
 	BUG_ON(clusters_to_add != 0 && data_ac == NULL);
 
-	num_free_extents = ocfs2_num_free_extents(osb, inode, et);
+	num_free_extents = ocfs2_num_free_extents(osb, et);
 	if (num_free_extents < 0) {
 		ret = num_free_extents;
 		mlog_errno(ret);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/super.c b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
index faca4720aa4..24feb449a1d 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
 #include "ver.h"
 #include "xattr.h"
 #include "quota.h"
+#include "refcounttree.h"
 
 #include "buffer_head_io.h"
 
@@ -1668,8 +1669,6 @@ static void ocfs2_inode_init_once(void *data)
 	spin_lock_init(&oi->ip_lock);
 	ocfs2_extent_map_init(&oi->vfs_inode);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&oi->ip_io_markers);
-	oi->ip_created_trans = 0;
-	oi->ip_last_trans = 0;
 	oi->ip_dir_start_lookup = 0;
 
 	init_rwsem(&oi->ip_alloc_sem);
@@ -1683,7 +1682,8 @@ static void ocfs2_inode_init_once(void *data)
 	ocfs2_lock_res_init_once(&oi->ip_inode_lockres);
 	ocfs2_lock_res_init_once(&oi->ip_open_lockres);
 
-	ocfs2_metadata_cache_init(&oi->vfs_inode);
+	ocfs2_metadata_cache_init(INODE_CACHE(&oi->vfs_inode),
+				  &ocfs2_inode_caching_ops);
 
 	inode_init_once(&oi->vfs_inode);
 }
@@ -1859,6 +1859,8 @@ static void ocfs2_dismount_volume(struct super_block *sb, int mnt_err)
 
 	ocfs2_sync_blockdev(sb);
 
+	ocfs2_purge_refcount_trees(osb);
+
 	/* No cluster connection means we've failed during mount, so skip
 	 * all the steps which depended on that to complete. */
 	if (osb->cconn) {
@@ -2065,6 +2067,8 @@ static int ocfs2_initialize_super(struct super_block *sb,
 		goto bail;
 	}
 
+	osb->osb_rf_lock_tree = RB_ROOT;
+
 	osb->s_feature_compat =
 		le32_to_cpu(OCFS2_RAW_SB(di)->s_feature_compat);
 	osb->s_feature_ro_compat =
@@ -2490,7 +2494,8 @@ void __ocfs2_abort(struct super_block* sb,
 	/* Force a panic(). This stinks, but it's better than letting
 	 * things continue without having a proper hard readonly
 	 * here. */
-	OCFS2_SB(sb)->s_mount_opt |= OCFS2_MOUNT_ERRORS_PANIC;
+	if (!ocfs2_mount_local(OCFS2_SB(sb)))
+		OCFS2_SB(sb)->s_mount_opt |= OCFS2_MOUNT_ERRORS_PANIC;
 	ocfs2_handle_error(sb);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/uptodate.c b/fs/ocfs2/uptodate.c
index 187b99ff036..b6284f235d2 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/uptodate.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/uptodate.c
@@ -75,15 +75,77 @@ struct ocfs2_meta_cache_item {
 
 static struct kmem_cache *ocfs2_uptodate_cachep = NULL;
 
-void ocfs2_metadata_cache_init(struct inode *inode)
+u64 ocfs2_metadata_cache_owner(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci)
 {
-	struct ocfs2_inode_info *oi = OCFS2_I(inode);
-	struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci = &oi->ip_metadata_cache;
+	BUG_ON(!ci || !ci->ci_ops);
 
-	oi->ip_flags |= OCFS2_INODE_CACHE_INLINE;
+	return ci->ci_ops->co_owner(ci);
+}
+
+struct super_block *ocfs2_metadata_cache_get_super(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci)
+{
+	BUG_ON(!ci || !ci->ci_ops);
+
+	return ci->ci_ops->co_get_super(ci);
+}
+
+static void ocfs2_metadata_cache_lock(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci)
+{
+	BUG_ON(!ci || !ci->ci_ops);
+
+	ci->ci_ops->co_cache_lock(ci);
+}
+
+static void ocfs2_metadata_cache_unlock(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci)
+{
+	BUG_ON(!ci || !ci->ci_ops);
+
+	ci->ci_ops->co_cache_unlock(ci);
+}
+
+void ocfs2_metadata_cache_io_lock(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci)
+{
+	BUG_ON(!ci || !ci->ci_ops);
+
+	ci->ci_ops->co_io_lock(ci);
+}
+
+void ocfs2_metadata_cache_io_unlock(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci)
+{
+	BUG_ON(!ci || !ci->ci_ops);
+
+	ci->ci_ops->co_io_unlock(ci);
+}
+
+
+static void ocfs2_metadata_cache_reset(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
+				       int clear)
+{
+	ci->ci_flags |= OCFS2_CACHE_FL_INLINE;
 	ci->ci_num_cached = 0;
+
+	if (clear) {
+		ci->ci_created_trans = 0;
+		ci->ci_last_trans = 0;
+	}
+}
+
+void ocfs2_metadata_cache_init(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
+			       const struct ocfs2_caching_operations *ops)
+{
+	BUG_ON(!ops);
+
+	ci->ci_ops = ops;
+	ocfs2_metadata_cache_reset(ci, 1);
 }
 
+void ocfs2_metadata_cache_exit(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci)
+{
+	ocfs2_metadata_cache_purge(ci);
+	ocfs2_metadata_cache_reset(ci, 1);
+}
+
+
 /* No lock taken here as 'root' is not expected to be visible to other
  * processes. */
 static unsigned int ocfs2_purge_copied_metadata_tree(struct rb_root *root)
@@ -112,19 +174,20 @@ static unsigned int ocfs2_purge_copied_metadata_tree(struct rb_root *root)
  * This function is a few more lines longer than necessary due to some
  * accounting done here, but I think it's worth tracking down those
  * bugs sooner -- Mark */
-void ocfs2_metadata_cache_purge(struct inode *inode)
+void ocfs2_metadata_cache_purge(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci)
 {
-	struct ocfs2_inode_info *oi = OCFS2_I(inode);
 	unsigned int tree, to_purge, purged;
-	struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci = &oi->ip_metadata_cache;
 	struct rb_root root = RB_ROOT;
 
-	spin_lock(&oi->ip_lock);
-	tree = !(oi->ip_flags & OCFS2_INODE_CACHE_INLINE);
+	BUG_ON(!ci || !ci->ci_ops);
+
+	ocfs2_metadata_cache_lock(ci);
+	tree = !(ci->ci_flags & OCFS2_CACHE_FL_INLINE);
 	to_purge = ci->ci_num_cached;
 
-	mlog(0, "Purge %u %s items from Inode %llu\n", to_purge,
-	     tree ? "array" : "tree", (unsigned long long)oi->ip_blkno);
+	mlog(0, "Purge %u %s items from Owner %llu\n", to_purge,
+	     tree ? "array" : "tree",
+	     (unsigned long long)ocfs2_metadata_cache_owner(ci));
 
 	/* If we're a tree, save off the root so that we can safely
 	 * initialize the cache. We do the work to free tree members
@@ -132,16 +195,17 @@ void ocfs2_metadata_cache_purge(struct inode *inode)
 	if (tree)
 		root = ci->ci_cache.ci_tree;
 
-	ocfs2_metadata_cache_init(inode);
-	spin_unlock(&oi->ip_lock);
+	ocfs2_metadata_cache_reset(ci, 0);
+	ocfs2_metadata_cache_unlock(ci);
 
 	purged = ocfs2_purge_copied_metadata_tree(&root);
 	/* If possible, track the number wiped so that we can more
 	 * easily detect counting errors. Unfortunately, this is only
 	 * meaningful for trees. */
 	if (tree && purged != to_purge)
-		mlog(ML_ERROR, "Inode %llu, count = %u, purged = %u\n",
-		     (unsigned long long)oi->ip_blkno, to_purge, purged);
+		mlog(ML_ERROR, "Owner %llu, count = %u, purged = %u\n",
+		     (unsigned long long)ocfs2_metadata_cache_owner(ci),
+		     to_purge, purged);
 }
 
 /* Returns the index in the cache array, -1 if not found.
@@ -182,27 +246,25 @@ ocfs2_search_cache_tree(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-static int ocfs2_buffer_cached(struct ocfs2_inode_info *oi,
+static int ocfs2_buffer_cached(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
 			       struct buffer_head *bh)
 {
 	int index = -1;
 	struct ocfs2_meta_cache_item *item = NULL;
 
-	spin_lock(&oi->ip_lock);
+	ocfs2_metadata_cache_lock(ci);
 
-	mlog(0, "Inode %llu, query block %llu (inline = %u)\n",
-	     (unsigned long long)oi->ip_blkno,
+	mlog(0, "Owner %llu, query block %llu (inline = %u)\n",
+	     (unsigned long long)ocfs2_metadata_cache_owner(ci),
 	     (unsigned long long) bh->b_blocknr,
-	     !!(oi->ip_flags & OCFS2_INODE_CACHE_INLINE));
+	     !!(ci->ci_flags & OCFS2_CACHE_FL_INLINE));
 
-	if (oi->ip_flags & OCFS2_INODE_CACHE_INLINE)
-		index = ocfs2_search_cache_array(&oi->ip_metadata_cache,
-						 bh->b_blocknr);
+	if (ci->ci_flags & OCFS2_CACHE_FL_INLINE)
+		index = ocfs2_search_cache_array(ci, bh->b_blocknr);
 	else
-		item = ocfs2_search_cache_tree(&oi->ip_metadata_cache,
-					       bh->b_blocknr);
+		item = ocfs2_search_cache_tree(ci, bh->b_blocknr);
 
-	spin_unlock(&oi->ip_lock);
+	ocfs2_metadata_cache_unlock(ci);
 
 	mlog(0, "index = %d, item = %p\n", index, item);
 
@@ -214,7 +276,7 @@ static int ocfs2_buffer_cached(struct ocfs2_inode_info *oi,
  * 
  * This can be called under lock_buffer()
  */
-int ocfs2_buffer_uptodate(struct inode *inode,
+int ocfs2_buffer_uptodate(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
 			  struct buffer_head *bh)
 {
 	/* Doesn't matter if the bh is in our cache or not -- if it's
@@ -230,24 +292,24 @@ int ocfs2_buffer_uptodate(struct inode *inode,
 
 	/* Ok, locally the buffer is marked as up to date, now search
 	 * our cache to see if we can trust that. */
-	return ocfs2_buffer_cached(OCFS2_I(inode), bh);
+	return ocfs2_buffer_cached(ci, bh);
 }
 
-/* 
+/*
  * Determine whether a buffer is currently out on a read-ahead request.
- * ip_io_sem should be held to serialize submitters with the logic here.
+ * ci_io_sem should be held to serialize submitters with the logic here.
  */
-int ocfs2_buffer_read_ahead(struct inode *inode,
+int ocfs2_buffer_read_ahead(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
 			    struct buffer_head *bh)
 {
-	return buffer_locked(bh) && ocfs2_buffer_cached(OCFS2_I(inode), bh);
+	return buffer_locked(bh) && ocfs2_buffer_cached(ci, bh);
 }
 
 /* Requires ip_lock */
 static void ocfs2_append_cache_array(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
 				     sector_t block)
 {
-	BUG_ON(ci->ci_num_cached >= OCFS2_INODE_MAX_CACHE_ARRAY);
+	BUG_ON(ci->ci_num_cached >= OCFS2_CACHE_INFO_MAX_ARRAY);
 
 	mlog(0, "block %llu takes position %u\n", (unsigned long long) block,
 	     ci->ci_num_cached);
@@ -292,66 +354,64 @@ static void __ocfs2_insert_cache_tree(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
 	ci->ci_num_cached++;
 }
 
-static inline int ocfs2_insert_can_use_array(struct ocfs2_inode_info *oi,
-					     struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci)
+/* co_cache_lock() must be held */
+static inline int ocfs2_insert_can_use_array(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci)
 {
-	assert_spin_locked(&oi->ip_lock);
-
-	return (oi->ip_flags & OCFS2_INODE_CACHE_INLINE) &&
-		(ci->ci_num_cached < OCFS2_INODE_MAX_CACHE_ARRAY);
+	return (ci->ci_flags & OCFS2_CACHE_FL_INLINE) &&
+		(ci->ci_num_cached < OCFS2_CACHE_INFO_MAX_ARRAY);
 }
 
-/* tree should be exactly OCFS2_INODE_MAX_CACHE_ARRAY wide. NULL the
+/* tree should be exactly OCFS2_CACHE_INFO_MAX_ARRAY wide. NULL the
  * pointers in tree after we use them - this allows caller to detect
- * when to free in case of error. */
-static void ocfs2_expand_cache(struct ocfs2_inode_info *oi,
+ * when to free in case of error.
+ *
+ * The co_cache_lock() must be held. */
+static void ocfs2_expand_cache(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
 			       struct ocfs2_meta_cache_item **tree)
 {
 	int i;
-	struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci = &oi->ip_metadata_cache;
 
-	mlog_bug_on_msg(ci->ci_num_cached != OCFS2_INODE_MAX_CACHE_ARRAY,
-			"Inode %llu, num cached = %u, should be %u\n",
-			(unsigned long long)oi->ip_blkno, ci->ci_num_cached,
-			OCFS2_INODE_MAX_CACHE_ARRAY);
-	mlog_bug_on_msg(!(oi->ip_flags & OCFS2_INODE_CACHE_INLINE),
-			"Inode %llu not marked as inline anymore!\n",
-			(unsigned long long)oi->ip_blkno);
-	assert_spin_locked(&oi->ip_lock);
+	mlog_bug_on_msg(ci->ci_num_cached != OCFS2_CACHE_INFO_MAX_ARRAY,
+			"Owner %llu, num cached = %u, should be %u\n",
+			(unsigned long long)ocfs2_metadata_cache_owner(ci),
+			ci->ci_num_cached, OCFS2_CACHE_INFO_MAX_ARRAY);
+	mlog_bug_on_msg(!(ci->ci_flags & OCFS2_CACHE_FL_INLINE),
+			"Owner %llu not marked as inline anymore!\n",
+			(unsigned long long)ocfs2_metadata_cache_owner(ci));
 
 	/* Be careful to initialize the tree members *first* because
 	 * once the ci_tree is used, the array is junk... */
-	for(i = 0; i < OCFS2_INODE_MAX_CACHE_ARRAY; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < OCFS2_CACHE_INFO_MAX_ARRAY; i++)
 		tree[i]->c_block = ci->ci_cache.ci_array[i];
 
-	oi->ip_flags &= ~OCFS2_INODE_CACHE_INLINE;
+	ci->ci_flags &= ~OCFS2_CACHE_FL_INLINE;
 	ci->ci_cache.ci_tree = RB_ROOT;
 	/* this will be set again by __ocfs2_insert_cache_tree */
 	ci->ci_num_cached = 0;
 
-	for(i = 0; i < OCFS2_INODE_MAX_CACHE_ARRAY; i++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < OCFS2_CACHE_INFO_MAX_ARRAY; i++) {
 		__ocfs2_insert_cache_tree(ci, tree[i]);
 		tree[i] = NULL;
 	}
 
 	mlog(0, "Expanded %llu to a tree cache: flags 0x%x, num = %u\n",
-	     (unsigned long long)oi->ip_blkno, oi->ip_flags, ci->ci_num_cached);
+	     (unsigned long long)ocfs2_metadata_cache_owner(ci),
+	     ci->ci_flags, ci->ci_num_cached);
 }
 
 /* Slow path function - memory allocation is necessary. See the
  * comment above ocfs2_set_buffer_uptodate for more information. */
-static void __ocfs2_set_buffer_uptodate(struct ocfs2_inode_info *oi,
+static void __ocfs2_set_buffer_uptodate(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
 					sector_t block,
 					int expand_tree)
 {
 	int i;
-	struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci = &oi->ip_metadata_cache;
 	struct ocfs2_meta_cache_item *new = NULL;
-	struct ocfs2_meta_cache_item *tree[OCFS2_INODE_MAX_CACHE_ARRAY] =
+	struct ocfs2_meta_cache_item *tree[OCFS2_CACHE_INFO_MAX_ARRAY] =
 		{ NULL, };
 
-	mlog(0, "Inode %llu, block %llu, expand = %d\n",
-	     (unsigned long long)oi->ip_blkno,
+	mlog(0, "Owner %llu, block %llu, expand = %d\n",
+	     (unsigned long long)ocfs2_metadata_cache_owner(ci),
 	     (unsigned long long)block, expand_tree);
 
 	new = kmem_cache_alloc(ocfs2_uptodate_cachep, GFP_NOFS);
@@ -364,7 +424,7 @@ static void __ocfs2_set_buffer_uptodate(struct ocfs2_inode_info *oi,
 	if (expand_tree) {
 		/* Do *not* allocate an array here - the removal code
 		 * has no way of tracking that. */
-		for(i = 0; i < OCFS2_INODE_MAX_CACHE_ARRAY; i++) {
+		for (i = 0; i < OCFS2_CACHE_INFO_MAX_ARRAY; i++) {
 			tree[i] = kmem_cache_alloc(ocfs2_uptodate_cachep,
 						   GFP_NOFS);
 			if (!tree[i]) {
@@ -376,21 +436,21 @@ static void __ocfs2_set_buffer_uptodate(struct ocfs2_inode_info *oi,
 		}
 	}
 
-	spin_lock(&oi->ip_lock);
-	if (ocfs2_insert_can_use_array(oi, ci)) {
+	ocfs2_metadata_cache_lock(ci);
+	if (ocfs2_insert_can_use_array(ci)) {
 		mlog(0, "Someone cleared the tree underneath us\n");
 		/* Ok, items were removed from the cache in between
 		 * locks. Detect this and revert back to the fast path */
 		ocfs2_append_cache_array(ci, block);
-		spin_unlock(&oi->ip_lock);
+		ocfs2_metadata_cache_unlock(ci);
 		goto out_free;
 	}
 
 	if (expand_tree)
-		ocfs2_expand_cache(oi, tree);
+		ocfs2_expand_cache(ci, tree);
 
 	__ocfs2_insert_cache_tree(ci, new);
-	spin_unlock(&oi->ip_lock);
+	ocfs2_metadata_cache_unlock(ci);
 
 	new = NULL;
 out_free:
@@ -400,14 +460,14 @@ out_free:
 	/* If these were used, then ocfs2_expand_cache re-set them to
 	 * NULL for us. */
 	if (tree[0]) {
-		for(i = 0; i < OCFS2_INODE_MAX_CACHE_ARRAY; i++)
+		for (i = 0; i < OCFS2_CACHE_INFO_MAX_ARRAY; i++)
 			if (tree[i])
 				kmem_cache_free(ocfs2_uptodate_cachep,
 						tree[i]);
 	}
 }
 
-/* Item insertion is guarded by ip_io_mutex, so the insertion path takes
+/* Item insertion is guarded by co_io_lock(), so the insertion path takes
  * advantage of this by not rechecking for a duplicate insert during
  * the slow case. Additionally, if the cache needs to be bumped up to
  * a tree, the code will not recheck after acquiring the lock --
@@ -425,59 +485,55 @@ out_free:
  * Readahead buffers can be passed in here before the I/O request is
  * completed.
  */
-void ocfs2_set_buffer_uptodate(struct inode *inode,
+void ocfs2_set_buffer_uptodate(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
 			       struct buffer_head *bh)
 {
 	int expand;
-	struct ocfs2_inode_info *oi = OCFS2_I(inode);
-	struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci = &oi->ip_metadata_cache;
 
 	/* The block may very well exist in our cache already, so avoid
 	 * doing any more work in that case. */
-	if (ocfs2_buffer_cached(oi, bh))
+	if (ocfs2_buffer_cached(ci, bh))
 		return;
 
-	mlog(0, "Inode %llu, inserting block %llu\n",
-	     (unsigned long long)oi->ip_blkno,
+	mlog(0, "Owner %llu, inserting block %llu\n",
+	     (unsigned long long)ocfs2_metadata_cache_owner(ci),
 	     (unsigned long long)bh->b_blocknr);
 
 	/* No need to recheck under spinlock - insertion is guarded by
-	 * ip_io_mutex */
-	spin_lock(&oi->ip_lock);
-	if (ocfs2_insert_can_use_array(oi, ci)) {
+	 * co_io_lock() */
+	ocfs2_metadata_cache_lock(ci);
+	if (ocfs2_insert_can_use_array(ci)) {
 		/* Fast case - it's an array and there's a free
 		 * spot. */
 		ocfs2_append_cache_array(ci, bh->b_blocknr);
-		spin_unlock(&oi->ip_lock);
+		ocfs2_metadata_cache_unlock(ci);
 		return;
 	}
 
 	expand = 0;
-	if (oi->ip_flags & OCFS2_INODE_CACHE_INLINE) {
+	if (ci->ci_flags & OCFS2_CACHE_FL_INLINE) {
 		/* We need to bump things up to a tree. */
 		expand = 1;
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&oi->ip_lock);
+	ocfs2_metadata_cache_unlock(ci);
 
-	__ocfs2_set_buffer_uptodate(oi, bh->b_blocknr, expand);
+	__ocfs2_set_buffer_uptodate(ci, bh->b_blocknr, expand);
 }
 
 /* Called against a newly allocated buffer. Most likely nobody should
  * be able to read this sort of metadata while it's still being
- * allocated, but this is careful to take ip_io_mutex anyway. */
-void ocfs2_set_new_buffer_uptodate(struct inode *inode,
+ * allocated, but this is careful to take co_io_lock() anyway. */
+void ocfs2_set_new_buffer_uptodate(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
 				   struct buffer_head *bh)
 {
-	struct ocfs2_inode_info *oi = OCFS2_I(inode);
-
 	/* This should definitely *not* exist in our cache */
-	BUG_ON(ocfs2_buffer_cached(oi, bh));
+	BUG_ON(ocfs2_buffer_cached(ci, bh));
 
 	set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
 
-	mutex_lock(&oi->ip_io_mutex);
-	ocfs2_set_buffer_uptodate(inode, bh);
-	mutex_unlock(&oi->ip_io_mutex);
+	ocfs2_metadata_cache_io_lock(ci);
+	ocfs2_set_buffer_uptodate(ci, bh);
+	ocfs2_metadata_cache_io_unlock(ci);
 }
 
 /* Requires ip_lock. */
@@ -487,7 +543,7 @@ static void ocfs2_remove_metadata_array(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
 	sector_t *array = ci->ci_cache.ci_array;
 	int bytes;
 
-	BUG_ON(index < 0 || index >= OCFS2_INODE_MAX_CACHE_ARRAY);
+	BUG_ON(index < 0 || index >= OCFS2_CACHE_INFO_MAX_ARRAY);
 	BUG_ON(index >= ci->ci_num_cached);
 	BUG_ON(!ci->ci_num_cached);
 
@@ -515,21 +571,19 @@ static void ocfs2_remove_metadata_tree(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
 	ci->ci_num_cached--;
 }
 
-static void ocfs2_remove_block_from_cache(struct inode *inode,
+static void ocfs2_remove_block_from_cache(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
 					  sector_t block)
 {
 	int index;
 	struct ocfs2_meta_cache_item *item = NULL;
-	struct ocfs2_inode_info *oi = OCFS2_I(inode);
-	struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci = &oi->ip_metadata_cache;
 
-	spin_lock(&oi->ip_lock);
-	mlog(0, "Inode %llu, remove %llu, items = %u, array = %u\n",
-	     (unsigned long long)oi->ip_blkno,
+	ocfs2_metadata_cache_lock(ci);
+	mlog(0, "Owner %llu, remove %llu, items = %u, array = %u\n",
+	     (unsigned long long)ocfs2_metadata_cache_owner(ci),
 	     (unsigned long long) block, ci->ci_num_cached,
-	     oi->ip_flags & OCFS2_INODE_CACHE_INLINE);
+	     ci->ci_flags & OCFS2_CACHE_FL_INLINE);
 
-	if (oi->ip_flags & OCFS2_INODE_CACHE_INLINE) {
+	if (ci->ci_flags & OCFS2_CACHE_FL_INLINE) {
 		index = ocfs2_search_cache_array(ci, block);
 		if (index != -1)
 			ocfs2_remove_metadata_array(ci, index);
@@ -538,7 +592,7 @@ static void ocfs2_remove_block_from_cache(struct inode *inode,
 		if (item)
 			ocfs2_remove_metadata_tree(ci, item);
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&oi->ip_lock);
+	ocfs2_metadata_cache_unlock(ci);
 
 	if (item)
 		kmem_cache_free(ocfs2_uptodate_cachep, item);
@@ -549,23 +603,24 @@ static void ocfs2_remove_block_from_cache(struct inode *inode,
  * 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,
+void ocfs2_remove_from_cache(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
 			     struct buffer_head *bh)
 {
 	sector_t block = bh->b_blocknr;
 
-	ocfs2_remove_block_from_cache(inode, block);
+	ocfs2_remove_block_from_cache(ci, block);
 }
 
 /* Called when we remove xattr clusters from an inode. */
-void ocfs2_remove_xattr_clusters_from_cache(struct inode *inode,
+void ocfs2_remove_xattr_clusters_from_cache(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
 					    sector_t block,
 					    u32 c_len)
 {
-	unsigned int i, b_len = ocfs2_clusters_to_blocks(inode->i_sb, 1) * c_len;
+	struct super_block *sb = ocfs2_metadata_cache_get_super(ci);
+	unsigned int i, b_len = ocfs2_clusters_to_blocks(sb, 1) * c_len;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < b_len; i++, block++)
-		ocfs2_remove_block_from_cache(inode, block);
+		ocfs2_remove_block_from_cache(ci, block);
 }
 
 int __init init_ocfs2_uptodate_cache(void)
@@ -577,7 +632,7 @@ int __init init_ocfs2_uptodate_cache(void)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	mlog(0, "%u inlined cache items per inode.\n",
-	     OCFS2_INODE_MAX_CACHE_ARRAY);
+	     OCFS2_CACHE_INFO_MAX_ARRAY);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/uptodate.h b/fs/ocfs2/uptodate.h
index 531b4b3a0c4..0d826fe2da0 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/uptodate.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/uptodate.h
@@ -26,24 +26,59 @@
 #ifndef OCFS2_UPTODATE_H
 #define OCFS2_UPTODATE_H
 
+/*
+ * The caching code relies on locking provided by the user of
+ * struct ocfs2_caching_info.  These operations connect that up.
+ */
+struct ocfs2_caching_operations {
+	/*
+	 * A u64 representing the owning structure.  Usually this
+	 * is the block number (i_blkno or whatnot).  This is used so
+	 * that caching log messages can identify the owning structure.
+	 */
+	u64	(*co_owner)(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci);
+
+	/* The superblock is needed during I/O. */
+	struct super_block *(*co_get_super)(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci);
+	/*
+	 * Lock and unlock the caching data.  These will not sleep, and
+	 * should probably be spinlocks.
+	 */
+	void	(*co_cache_lock)(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci);
+	void	(*co_cache_unlock)(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci);
+
+	/*
+	 * Lock and unlock for disk I/O.  These will sleep, and should
+	 * be mutexes.
+	 */
+	void	(*co_io_lock)(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci);
+	void	(*co_io_unlock)(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci);
+};
+
 int __init init_ocfs2_uptodate_cache(void);
 void exit_ocfs2_uptodate_cache(void);
 
-void ocfs2_metadata_cache_init(struct inode *inode);
-void ocfs2_metadata_cache_purge(struct inode *inode);
+void ocfs2_metadata_cache_init(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
+			       const struct ocfs2_caching_operations *ops);
+void ocfs2_metadata_cache_purge(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci);
+void ocfs2_metadata_cache_exit(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci);
+
+u64 ocfs2_metadata_cache_owner(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci);
+void ocfs2_metadata_cache_io_lock(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci);
+void ocfs2_metadata_cache_io_unlock(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci);
 
-int ocfs2_buffer_uptodate(struct inode *inode,
+int ocfs2_buffer_uptodate(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
 			  struct buffer_head *bh);
-void ocfs2_set_buffer_uptodate(struct inode *inode,
+void ocfs2_set_buffer_uptodate(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
 			       struct buffer_head *bh);
-void ocfs2_set_new_buffer_uptodate(struct inode *inode,
+void ocfs2_set_new_buffer_uptodate(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
 				   struct buffer_head *bh);
-void ocfs2_remove_from_cache(struct inode *inode,
+void ocfs2_remove_from_cache(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
 			     struct buffer_head *bh);
-void ocfs2_remove_xattr_clusters_from_cache(struct inode *inode,
+void ocfs2_remove_xattr_clusters_from_cache(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
 					    sector_t block,
 					    u32 c_len);
-int ocfs2_buffer_read_ahead(struct inode *inode,
+int ocfs2_buffer_read_ahead(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
 			    struct buffer_head *bh);
 
 #endif /* OCFS2_UPTODATE_H */
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
index d1a27cda984..fe3419068df 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@
 #include "buffer_head_io.h"
 #include "super.h"
 #include "xattr.h"
-
+#include "refcounttree.h"
+#include "acl.h"
 
 struct ocfs2_xattr_def_value_root {
 	struct ocfs2_xattr_value_root	xv;
@@ -140,7 +141,7 @@ struct ocfs2_xattr_search {
 	int not_found;
 };
 
-static int ocfs2_xattr_bucket_get_name_value(struct inode *inode,
+static int ocfs2_xattr_bucket_get_name_value(struct super_block *sb,
 					     struct ocfs2_xattr_header *xh,
 					     int index,
 					     int *block_off,
@@ -157,7 +158,7 @@ static int ocfs2_xattr_index_block_find(struct inode *inode,
 					struct ocfs2_xattr_search *xs);
 
 static int ocfs2_xattr_tree_list_index_block(struct inode *inode,
-					struct ocfs2_xattr_tree_root *xt,
+					struct buffer_head *blk_bh,
 					char *buffer,
 					size_t buffer_size);
 
@@ -170,12 +171,42 @@ static int ocfs2_xattr_set_entry_index_block(struct inode *inode,
 					     struct ocfs2_xattr_search *xs,
 					     struct ocfs2_xattr_set_ctxt *ctxt);
 
-static int ocfs2_delete_xattr_index_block(struct inode *inode,
-					  struct buffer_head *xb_bh);
+typedef int (xattr_tree_rec_func)(struct inode *inode,
+				  struct buffer_head *root_bh,
+				  u64 blkno, u32 cpos, u32 len, void *para);
+static int ocfs2_iterate_xattr_index_block(struct inode *inode,
+					   struct buffer_head *root_bh,
+					   xattr_tree_rec_func *rec_func,
+					   void *para);
+static int ocfs2_delete_xattr_in_bucket(struct inode *inode,
+					struct ocfs2_xattr_bucket *bucket,
+					void *para);
+static int ocfs2_rm_xattr_cluster(struct inode *inode,
+				  struct buffer_head *root_bh,
+				  u64 blkno,
+				  u32 cpos,
+				  u32 len,
+				  void *para);
+
 static int ocfs2_mv_xattr_buckets(struct inode *inode, handle_t *handle,
 				  u64 src_blk, u64 last_blk, u64 to_blk,
 				  unsigned int start_bucket,
 				  u32 *first_hash);
+static int ocfs2_prepare_refcount_xattr(struct inode *inode,
+					struct ocfs2_dinode *di,
+					struct ocfs2_xattr_info *xi,
+					struct ocfs2_xattr_search *xis,
+					struct ocfs2_xattr_search *xbs,
+					struct ocfs2_refcount_tree **ref_tree,
+					int *meta_need,
+					int *credits);
+static int ocfs2_get_xattr_tree_value_root(struct super_block *sb,
+					   struct ocfs2_xattr_bucket *bucket,
+					   int offset,
+					   struct ocfs2_xattr_value_root **xv,
+					   struct buffer_head **bh);
+static int ocfs2_xattr_security_set(struct inode *inode, const char *name,
+				    const void *value, size_t size, int flags);
 
 static inline u16 ocfs2_xattr_buckets_per_cluster(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
 {
@@ -254,9 +285,9 @@ static int ocfs2_init_xattr_bucket(struct ocfs2_xattr_bucket *bucket,
 			break;
 		}
 
-		if (!ocfs2_buffer_uptodate(bucket->bu_inode,
+		if (!ocfs2_buffer_uptodate(INODE_CACHE(bucket->bu_inode),
 					   bucket->bu_bhs[i]))
-			ocfs2_set_new_buffer_uptodate(bucket->bu_inode,
+			ocfs2_set_new_buffer_uptodate(INODE_CACHE(bucket->bu_inode),
 						      bucket->bu_bhs[i]);
 	}
 
@@ -271,7 +302,7 @@ static int ocfs2_read_xattr_bucket(struct ocfs2_xattr_bucket *bucket,
 {
 	int rc;
 
-	rc = ocfs2_read_blocks(bucket->bu_inode, xb_blkno,
+	rc = ocfs2_read_blocks(INODE_CACHE(bucket->bu_inode), xb_blkno,
 			       bucket->bu_blocks, bucket->bu_bhs, 0,
 			       NULL);
 	if (!rc) {
@@ -297,7 +328,8 @@ static int ocfs2_xattr_bucket_journal_access(handle_t *handle,
 	int i, rc = 0;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < bucket->bu_blocks; i++) {
-		rc = ocfs2_journal_access(handle, bucket->bu_inode,
+		rc = ocfs2_journal_access(handle,
+					  INODE_CACHE(bucket->bu_inode),
 					  bucket->bu_bhs[i], type);
 		if (rc) {
 			mlog_errno(rc);
@@ -399,7 +431,7 @@ static int ocfs2_read_xattr_block(struct inode *inode, u64 xb_blkno,
 	int rc;
 	struct buffer_head *tmp = *bh;
 
-	rc = ocfs2_read_block(inode, xb_blkno, &tmp,
+	rc = ocfs2_read_block(INODE_CACHE(inode), xb_blkno, &tmp,
 			      ocfs2_validate_xattr_block);
 
 	/* If ocfs2_read_block() got us a new bh, pass it up. */
@@ -596,15 +628,14 @@ static int ocfs2_xattr_extend_allocation(struct inode *inode,
 	int status = 0;
 	handle_t *handle = ctxt->handle;
 	enum ocfs2_alloc_restarted why;
-	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
 	u32 prev_clusters, logical_start = le32_to_cpu(vb->vb_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, vb);
+	ocfs2_init_xattr_value_extent_tree(&et, INODE_CACHE(inode), vb);
 
-	status = vb->vb_access(handle, inode, vb->vb_bh,
+	status = vb->vb_access(handle, INODE_CACHE(inode), vb->vb_bh,
 			      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
@@ -612,13 +643,11 @@ static int ocfs2_xattr_extend_allocation(struct inode *inode,
 	}
 
 	prev_clusters = le32_to_cpu(vb->vb_xv->xr_clusters);
-	status = ocfs2_add_clusters_in_btree(osb,
-					     inode,
+	status = ocfs2_add_clusters_in_btree(handle,
+					     &et,
 					     &logical_start,
 					     clusters_to_add,
 					     0,
-					     &et,
-					     handle,
 					     ctxt->data_ac,
 					     ctxt->meta_ac,
 					     &why);
@@ -649,6 +678,7 @@ leave:
 static int __ocfs2_remove_xattr_range(struct inode *inode,
 				      struct ocfs2_xattr_value_buf *vb,
 				      u32 cpos, u32 phys_cpos, u32 len,
+				      unsigned int ext_flags,
 				      struct ocfs2_xattr_set_ctxt *ctxt)
 {
 	int ret;
@@ -656,16 +686,16 @@ static int __ocfs2_remove_xattr_range(struct inode *inode,
 	handle_t *handle = ctxt->handle;
 	struct ocfs2_extent_tree et;
 
-	ocfs2_init_xattr_value_extent_tree(&et, inode, vb);
+	ocfs2_init_xattr_value_extent_tree(&et, INODE_CACHE(inode), vb);
 
-	ret = vb->vb_access(handle, inode, vb->vb_bh,
+	ret = vb->vb_access(handle, INODE_CACHE(inode), vb->vb_bh,
 			    OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	ret = ocfs2_remove_extent(inode, &et, cpos, len, handle, ctxt->meta_ac,
+	ret = ocfs2_remove_extent(handle, &et, cpos, len, ctxt->meta_ac,
 				  &ctxt->dealloc);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -680,7 +710,14 @@ static int __ocfs2_remove_xattr_range(struct inode *inode,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	ret = ocfs2_cache_cluster_dealloc(&ctxt->dealloc, phys_blkno, len);
+	if (ext_flags & OCFS2_EXT_REFCOUNTED)
+		ret = ocfs2_decrease_refcount(inode, handle,
+					ocfs2_blocks_to_clusters(inode->i_sb,
+								 phys_blkno),
+					len, ctxt->meta_ac, &ctxt->dealloc, 1);
+	else
+		ret = ocfs2_cache_cluster_dealloc(&ctxt->dealloc,
+						  phys_blkno, len);
 	if (ret)
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 
@@ -695,6 +732,7 @@ static int ocfs2_xattr_shrink_size(struct inode *inode,
 				   struct ocfs2_xattr_set_ctxt *ctxt)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
+	unsigned int ext_flags;
 	u32 trunc_len, cpos, phys_cpos, alloc_size;
 	u64 block;
 
@@ -706,7 +744,7 @@ static int ocfs2_xattr_shrink_size(struct inode *inode,
 	while (trunc_len) {
 		ret = ocfs2_xattr_get_clusters(inode, cpos, &phys_cpos,
 					       &alloc_size,
-					       &vb->vb_xv->xr_list);
+					       &vb->vb_xv->xr_list, &ext_flags);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			goto out;
@@ -717,15 +755,15 @@ static int ocfs2_xattr_shrink_size(struct inode *inode,
 
 		ret = __ocfs2_remove_xattr_range(inode, vb, cpos,
 						 phys_cpos, alloc_size,
-						 ctxt);
+						 ext_flags, ctxt);
 		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);
+		ocfs2_remove_xattr_clusters_from_cache(INODE_CACHE(inode),
+						       block, alloc_size);
 		cpos += alloc_size;
 		trunc_len -= alloc_size;
 	}
@@ -810,6 +848,23 @@ static int ocfs2_xattr_list_entries(struct inode *inode,
 	return result;
 }
 
+int ocfs2_has_inline_xattr_value_outside(struct inode *inode,
+					 struct ocfs2_dinode *di)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_header *xh;
+	int i;
+
+	xh = (struct ocfs2_xattr_header *)
+		 ((void *)di + inode->i_sb->s_blocksize -
+		 le16_to_cpu(di->i_xattr_inline_size));
+
+	for (i = 0; i < le16_to_cpu(xh->xh_count); i++)
+		if (!ocfs2_xattr_is_local(&xh->xh_entries[i]))
+			return 1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int ocfs2_xattr_ibody_list(struct inode *inode,
 				  struct ocfs2_dinode *di,
 				  char *buffer,
@@ -855,11 +910,9 @@ static int ocfs2_xattr_block_list(struct inode *inode,
 		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,
+	} else
+		ret = ocfs2_xattr_tree_list_index_block(inode, blk_bh,
 						   buffer, buffer_size);
-	}
 
 	brelse(blk_bh);
 
@@ -961,7 +1014,7 @@ static int ocfs2_xattr_get_value_outside(struct inode *inode,
 	cpos = 0;
 	while (cpos < clusters) {
 		ret = ocfs2_xattr_get_clusters(inode, cpos, &p_cluster,
-					       &num_clusters, el);
+					       &num_clusters, el, NULL);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			goto out;
@@ -970,7 +1023,8 @@ static int ocfs2_xattr_get_value_outside(struct inode *inode,
 		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, NULL);
+			ret = ocfs2_read_block(INODE_CACHE(inode), blkno,
+					       &bh, NULL);
 			if (ret) {
 				mlog_errno(ret);
 				goto out;
@@ -1085,7 +1139,7 @@ static int ocfs2_xattr_block_get(struct inode *inode,
 		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,
+			ret = ocfs2_xattr_bucket_get_name_value(inode->i_sb,
 								bucket_xh(xs->bucket),
 								i,
 								&block_off,
@@ -1183,7 +1237,7 @@ static int ocfs2_xattr_get(struct inode *inode,
 
 static int __ocfs2_xattr_set_value_outside(struct inode *inode,
 					   handle_t *handle,
-					   struct ocfs2_xattr_value_root *xv,
+					   struct ocfs2_xattr_value_buf *vb,
 					   const void *value,
 					   int value_len)
 {
@@ -1194,28 +1248,34 @@ static int __ocfs2_xattr_set_value_outside(struct inode *inode,
 	u32 clusters = ocfs2_clusters_for_bytes(inode->i_sb, value_len);
 	u64 blkno;
 	struct buffer_head *bh = NULL;
+	unsigned int ext_flags;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_value_root *xv = vb->vb_xv;
 
 	BUG_ON(clusters > le32_to_cpu(xv->xr_clusters));
 
 	while (cpos < clusters) {
 		ret = ocfs2_xattr_get_clusters(inode, cpos, &p_cluster,
-					       &num_clusters, &xv->xr_list);
+					       &num_clusters, &xv->xr_list,
+					       &ext_flags);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			goto out;
 		}
 
+		BUG_ON(ext_flags & OCFS2_EXT_REFCOUNTED);
+
 		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, NULL);
+			ret = ocfs2_read_block(INODE_CACHE(inode), blkno,
+					       &bh, NULL);
 			if (ret) {
 				mlog_errno(ret);
 				goto out;
 			}
 
 			ret = ocfs2_journal_access(handle,
-						   inode,
+						   INODE_CACHE(inode),
 						   bh,
 						   OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 			if (ret < 0) {
@@ -1266,7 +1326,7 @@ static int ocfs2_xattr_cleanup(struct inode *inode,
 	void *val = xs->base + offs;
 	size_t size = OCFS2_XATTR_SIZE(name_len) + OCFS2_XATTR_ROOT_SIZE;
 
-	ret = vb->vb_access(handle, inode, vb->vb_bh,
+	ret = vb->vb_access(handle, INODE_CACHE(inode), vb->vb_bh,
 			    OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -1294,7 +1354,7 @@ static int ocfs2_xattr_update_entry(struct inode *inode,
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = vb->vb_access(handle, inode, vb->vb_bh,
+	ret = vb->vb_access(handle, INODE_CACHE(inode), vb->vb_bh,
 			    OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -1355,7 +1415,7 @@ static int ocfs2_xattr_set_value_outside(struct inode *inode,
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		return ret;
 	}
-	ret = __ocfs2_xattr_set_value_outside(inode, ctxt->handle, vb->vb_xv,
+	ret = __ocfs2_xattr_set_value_outside(inode, ctxt->handle, vb,
 					      xi->value, xi->value_len);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -1594,7 +1654,7 @@ static int ocfs2_xattr_set_entry(struct inode *inode,
 
 				ret = __ocfs2_xattr_set_value_outside(inode,
 								handle,
-								vb.vb_xv,
+								&vb,
 								xi->value,
 								xi->value_len);
 				if (ret < 0)
@@ -1615,7 +1675,7 @@ static int ocfs2_xattr_set_entry(struct inode *inode,
 		}
 	}
 
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, inode, xs->inode_bh,
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, INODE_CACHE(inode), xs->inode_bh,
 				      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -1623,7 +1683,7 @@ static int ocfs2_xattr_set_entry(struct inode *inode,
 	}
 
 	if (!(flag & OCFS2_INLINE_XATTR_FL)) {
-		ret = vb.vb_access(handle, inode, vb.vb_bh,
+		ret = vb.vb_access(handle, INODE_CACHE(inode), vb.vb_bh,
 				   OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -1700,51 +1760,112 @@ out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
+/*
+ * In xattr remove, if it is stored outside and refcounted, we may have
+ * the chance to split the refcount tree. So need the allocators.
+ */
+static int ocfs2_lock_xattr_remove_allocators(struct inode *inode,
+					struct ocfs2_xattr_value_root *xv,
+					struct ocfs2_caching_info *ref_ci,
+					struct buffer_head *ref_root_bh,
+					struct ocfs2_alloc_context **meta_ac,
+					int *ref_credits)
+{
+	int ret, meta_add = 0;
+	u32 p_cluster, num_clusters;
+	unsigned int ext_flags;
+
+	*ref_credits = 0;
+	ret = ocfs2_xattr_get_clusters(inode, 0, &p_cluster,
+				       &num_clusters,
+				       &xv->xr_list,
+				       &ext_flags);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	if (!(ext_flags & OCFS2_EXT_REFCOUNTED))
+		goto out;
+
+	ret = ocfs2_refcounted_xattr_delete_need(inode, ref_ci,
+						 ref_root_bh, xv,
+						 &meta_add, ref_credits);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_reserve_new_metadata_blocks(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb),
+						meta_add, meta_ac);
+	if (ret)
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+
+out:
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static int ocfs2_remove_value_outside(struct inode*inode,
 				      struct ocfs2_xattr_value_buf *vb,
-				      struct ocfs2_xattr_header *header)
+				      struct ocfs2_xattr_header *header,
+				      struct ocfs2_caching_info *ref_ci,
+				      struct buffer_head *ref_root_bh)
 {
-	int ret = 0, i;
+	int ret = 0, i, ref_credits;
 	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
 	struct ocfs2_xattr_set_ctxt ctxt = { NULL, NULL, };
+	void *val;
 
 	ocfs2_init_dealloc_ctxt(&ctxt.dealloc);
 
-	ctxt.handle = ocfs2_start_trans(osb,
-					ocfs2_remove_extent_credits(osb->sb));
-	if (IS_ERR(ctxt.handle)) {
-		ret = PTR_ERR(ctxt.handle);
-		mlog_errno(ret);
-		goto out;
-	}
-
 	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)) {
-			void *val;
+		if (ocfs2_xattr_is_local(entry))
+			continue;
 
-			val = (void *)header +
-				le16_to_cpu(entry->xe_name_offset);
-			vb->vb_xv = (struct ocfs2_xattr_value_root *)
-				(val + OCFS2_XATTR_SIZE(entry->xe_name_len));
-			ret = ocfs2_xattr_value_truncate(inode, vb, 0, &ctxt);
-			if (ret < 0) {
-				mlog_errno(ret);
-				break;
-			}
+		val = (void *)header +
+			le16_to_cpu(entry->xe_name_offset);
+		vb->vb_xv = (struct ocfs2_xattr_value_root *)
+			(val + OCFS2_XATTR_SIZE(entry->xe_name_len));
+
+		ret = ocfs2_lock_xattr_remove_allocators(inode, vb->vb_xv,
+							 ref_ci, ref_root_bh,
+							 &ctxt.meta_ac,
+							 &ref_credits);
+
+		ctxt.handle = ocfs2_start_trans(osb, ref_credits +
+					ocfs2_remove_extent_credits(osb->sb));
+		if (IS_ERR(ctxt.handle)) {
+			ret = PTR_ERR(ctxt.handle);
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			break;
+		}
+
+		ret = ocfs2_xattr_value_truncate(inode, vb, 0, &ctxt);
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			break;
+		}
+
+		ocfs2_commit_trans(osb, ctxt.handle);
+		if (ctxt.meta_ac) {
+			ocfs2_free_alloc_context(ctxt.meta_ac);
+			ctxt.meta_ac = NULL;
 		}
 	}
 
-	ocfs2_commit_trans(osb, ctxt.handle);
+	if (ctxt.meta_ac)
+		ocfs2_free_alloc_context(ctxt.meta_ac);
 	ocfs2_schedule_truncate_log_flush(osb, 1);
 	ocfs2_run_deallocs(osb, &ctxt.dealloc);
-out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
 static int ocfs2_xattr_ibody_remove(struct inode *inode,
-				    struct buffer_head *di_bh)
+				    struct buffer_head *di_bh,
+				    struct ocfs2_caching_info *ref_ci,
+				    struct buffer_head *ref_root_bh)
 {
 
 	struct ocfs2_dinode *di = (struct ocfs2_dinode *)di_bh->b_data;
@@ -1759,13 +1880,21 @@ static int ocfs2_xattr_ibody_remove(struct inode *inode,
 		 ((void *)di + inode->i_sb->s_blocksize -
 		 le16_to_cpu(di->i_xattr_inline_size));
 
-	ret = ocfs2_remove_value_outside(inode, &vb, header);
+	ret = ocfs2_remove_value_outside(inode, &vb, header,
+					 ref_ci, ref_root_bh);
 
 	return ret;
 }
 
+struct ocfs2_rm_xattr_bucket_para {
+	struct ocfs2_caching_info *ref_ci;
+	struct buffer_head *ref_root_bh;
+};
+
 static int ocfs2_xattr_block_remove(struct inode *inode,
-				    struct buffer_head *blk_bh)
+				    struct buffer_head *blk_bh,
+				    struct ocfs2_caching_info *ref_ci,
+				    struct buffer_head *ref_root_bh)
 {
 	struct ocfs2_xattr_block *xb;
 	int ret = 0;
@@ -1773,19 +1902,29 @@ static int ocfs2_xattr_block_remove(struct inode *inode,
 		.vb_bh = blk_bh,
 		.vb_access = ocfs2_journal_access_xb,
 	};
+	struct ocfs2_rm_xattr_bucket_para args = {
+		.ref_ci = ref_ci,
+		.ref_root_bh = ref_root_bh,
+	};
 
 	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, &vb, header);
+		ret = ocfs2_remove_value_outside(inode, &vb, header,
+						 ref_ci, ref_root_bh);
 	} else
-		ret = ocfs2_delete_xattr_index_block(inode, blk_bh);
+		ret = ocfs2_iterate_xattr_index_block(inode,
+						blk_bh,
+						ocfs2_rm_xattr_cluster,
+						&args);
 
 	return ret;
 }
 
 static int ocfs2_xattr_free_block(struct inode *inode,
-				  u64 block)
+				  u64 block,
+				  struct ocfs2_caching_info *ref_ci,
+				  struct buffer_head *ref_root_bh)
 {
 	struct inode *xb_alloc_inode;
 	struct buffer_head *xb_alloc_bh = NULL;
@@ -1803,7 +1942,7 @@ static int ocfs2_xattr_free_block(struct inode *inode,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	ret = ocfs2_xattr_block_remove(inode, blk_bh);
+	ret = ocfs2_xattr_block_remove(inode, blk_bh, ref_ci, ref_root_bh);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
@@ -1863,6 +2002,9 @@ 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;
+	struct ocfs2_refcount_tree *ref_tree = NULL;
+	struct buffer_head *ref_root_bh = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_caching_info *ref_ci = NULL;
 	handle_t *handle;
 	int ret;
 
@@ -1872,8 +2014,21 @@ int ocfs2_xattr_remove(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head *di_bh)
 	if (!(oi->ip_dyn_features & OCFS2_HAS_XATTR_FL))
 		return 0;
 
+	if (OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_dyn_features & OCFS2_HAS_REFCOUNT_FL) {
+		ret = ocfs2_lock_refcount_tree(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb),
+					       le64_to_cpu(di->i_refcount_loc),
+					       1, &ref_tree, &ref_root_bh);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out;
+		}
+		ref_ci = &ref_tree->rf_ci;
+
+	}
+
 	if (oi->ip_dyn_features & OCFS2_INLINE_XATTR_FL) {
-		ret = ocfs2_xattr_ibody_remove(inode, di_bh);
+		ret = ocfs2_xattr_ibody_remove(inode, di_bh,
+					       ref_ci, ref_root_bh);
 		if (ret < 0) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			goto out;
@@ -1882,7 +2037,8 @@ int ocfs2_xattr_remove(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head *di_bh)
 
 	if (di->i_xattr_loc) {
 		ret = ocfs2_xattr_free_block(inode,
-					     le64_to_cpu(di->i_xattr_loc));
+					     le64_to_cpu(di->i_xattr_loc),
+					     ref_ci, ref_root_bh);
 		if (ret < 0) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			goto out;
@@ -1896,7 +2052,7 @@ int ocfs2_xattr_remove(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head *di_bh)
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
 	}
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, inode, di_bh,
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, INODE_CACHE(inode), di_bh,
 				      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -1916,6 +2072,9 @@ int ocfs2_xattr_remove(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head *di_bh)
 out_commit:
 	ocfs2_commit_trans(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb), handle);
 out:
+	if (ref_tree)
+		ocfs2_unlock_refcount_tree(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb), ref_tree, 1);
+	brelse(ref_root_bh);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -2083,6 +2242,84 @@ cleanup:
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static int ocfs2_create_xattr_block(handle_t *handle,
+				    struct inode *inode,
+				    struct buffer_head *inode_bh,
+				    struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac,
+				    struct buffer_head **ret_bh,
+				    int indexed)
+{
+	int ret;
+	u16 suballoc_bit_start;
+	u32 num_got;
+	u64 first_blkno;
+	struct ocfs2_dinode *di =  (struct ocfs2_dinode *)inode_bh->b_data;
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
+	struct buffer_head *new_bh = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_block *xblk;
+
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, INODE_CACHE(inode), inode_bh,
+				      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_CREATE);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto end;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_claim_metadata(osb, handle, meta_ac, 1,
+				   &suballoc_bit_start, &num_got,
+				   &first_blkno);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto end;
+	}
+
+	new_bh = sb_getblk(inode->i_sb, first_blkno);
+	ocfs2_set_new_buffer_uptodate(INODE_CACHE(inode), new_bh);
+
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_xb(handle, INODE_CACHE(inode),
+				      new_bh,
+				      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_CREATE);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto end;
+	}
+
+	/* Initialize ocfs2_xattr_block */
+	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);
+
+	if (indexed) {
+		struct ocfs2_xattr_tree_root *xr = &xblk->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);
+		xblk->xb_flags = cpu_to_le16(OCFS2_XATTR_INDEXED);
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, new_bh);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto end;
+	}
+	di->i_xattr_loc = cpu_to_le64(first_blkno);
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, inode_bh);
+
+	*ret_bh = new_bh;
+	new_bh = NULL;
+
+end:
+	brelse(new_bh);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 /*
  * ocfs2_xattr_block_set()
  *
@@ -2095,63 +2332,24 @@ static int ocfs2_xattr_block_set(struct inode *inode,
 				 struct ocfs2_xattr_set_ctxt *ctxt)
 {
 	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;
 	handle_t *handle = ctxt->handle;
 	struct ocfs2_xattr_block *xblk = NULL;
-	u16 suballoc_bit_start;
-	u32 num_got;
-	u64 first_blkno;
 	int ret;
 
 	if (!xs->xattr_bh) {
-		ret = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, inode, xs->inode_bh,
-					      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_CREATE);
-		if (ret < 0) {
-			mlog_errno(ret);
-			goto end;
-		}
-
-		ret = ocfs2_claim_metadata(osb, handle, ctxt->meta_ac, 1,
-					   &suballoc_bit_start, &num_got,
-					   &first_blkno);
-		if (ret < 0) {
-			mlog_errno(ret);
-			goto end;
-		}
-
-		new_bh = sb_getblk(inode->i_sb, first_blkno);
-		ocfs2_set_new_buffer_uptodate(inode, new_bh);
-
-		ret = ocfs2_journal_access_xb(handle, inode, new_bh,
-					      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_CREATE);
-		if (ret < 0) {
+		ret = ocfs2_create_xattr_block(handle, inode, xs->inode_bh,
+					       ctxt->meta_ac, &new_bh, 0);
+		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			goto end;
 		}
 
-		/* 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);
-
+		xblk = (struct ocfs2_xattr_block *)xs->xattr_bh->b_data;
 		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 end;
-		}
-		di->i_xattr_loc = cpu_to_le64(first_blkno);
-		ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, xs->inode_bh);
 	} else
 		xblk = (struct ocfs2_xattr_block *)xs->xattr_bh->b_data;
 
@@ -2273,7 +2471,7 @@ static int ocfs2_calc_xattr_set_need(struct inode *inode,
 		old_in_xb = 1;
 
 		if (le16_to_cpu(xb->xb_flags) & OCFS2_XATTR_INDEXED) {
-			ret = ocfs2_xattr_bucket_get_name_value(inode,
+			ret = ocfs2_xattr_bucket_get_name_value(inode->i_sb,
 							bucket_xh(xbs->bucket),
 							i, &block_off,
 							&name_offset);
@@ -2428,6 +2626,7 @@ static int ocfs2_init_xattr_set_ctxt(struct inode *inode,
 				     struct ocfs2_xattr_search *xis,
 				     struct ocfs2_xattr_search *xbs,
 				     struct ocfs2_xattr_set_ctxt *ctxt,
+				     int extra_meta,
 				     int *credits)
 {
 	int clusters_add, meta_add, ret;
@@ -2444,6 +2643,7 @@ static int ocfs2_init_xattr_set_ctxt(struct inode *inode,
 		return ret;
 	}
 
+	meta_add += extra_meta;
 	mlog(0, "Set xattr %s, reserve meta blocks = %d, clusters = %d, "
 	     "credits = %d\n", xi->name, meta_add, clusters_add, *credits);
 
@@ -2598,7 +2798,7 @@ static int __ocfs2_xattr_set_handle(struct inode *inode,
 
 	if (!ret) {
 		/* Update inode ctime. */
-		ret = ocfs2_journal_access_di(ctxt->handle, inode,
+		ret = ocfs2_journal_access_di(ctxt->handle, INODE_CACHE(inode),
 					      xis->inode_bh,
 					      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 		if (ret) {
@@ -2711,10 +2911,11 @@ int ocfs2_xattr_set(struct inode *inode,
 {
 	struct buffer_head *di_bh = NULL;
 	struct ocfs2_dinode *di;
-	int ret, credits;
+	int ret, credits, ref_meta = 0, ref_credits = 0;
 	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
 	struct inode *tl_inode = osb->osb_tl_inode;
 	struct ocfs2_xattr_set_ctxt ctxt = { NULL, NULL, };
+	struct ocfs2_refcount_tree *ref_tree = NULL;
 
 	struct ocfs2_xattr_info xi = {
 		.name_index = name_index,
@@ -2779,6 +2980,17 @@ int ocfs2_xattr_set(struct inode *inode,
 			goto cleanup;
 	}
 
+	/* Check whether the value is refcounted and do some prepartion. */
+	if (OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_dyn_features & OCFS2_HAS_REFCOUNT_FL &&
+	    (!xis.not_found || !xbs.not_found)) {
+		ret = ocfs2_prepare_refcount_xattr(inode, di, &xi,
+						   &xis, &xbs, &ref_tree,
+						   &ref_meta, &ref_credits);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto cleanup;
+		}
+	}
 
 	mutex_lock(&tl_inode->i_mutex);
 
@@ -2793,7 +3005,7 @@ int ocfs2_xattr_set(struct inode *inode,
 	mutex_unlock(&tl_inode->i_mutex);
 
 	ret = ocfs2_init_xattr_set_ctxt(inode, di, &xi, &xis,
-					&xbs, &ctxt, &credits);
+					&xbs, &ctxt, ref_meta, &credits);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto cleanup;
@@ -2801,7 +3013,7 @@ int ocfs2_xattr_set(struct inode *inode,
 
 	/* we need to update inode's ctime field, so add credit for it. */
 	credits += OCFS2_INODE_UPDATE_CREDITS;
-	ctxt.handle = ocfs2_start_trans(osb, credits);
+	ctxt.handle = ocfs2_start_trans(osb, credits + ref_credits);
 	if (IS_ERR(ctxt.handle)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(ctxt.handle);
 		mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -2819,8 +3031,16 @@ int ocfs2_xattr_set(struct inode *inode,
 	if (ocfs2_dealloc_has_cluster(&ctxt.dealloc))
 		ocfs2_schedule_truncate_log_flush(osb, 1);
 	ocfs2_run_deallocs(osb, &ctxt.dealloc);
+
 cleanup:
+	if (ref_tree)
+		ocfs2_unlock_refcount_tree(osb, ref_tree, 1);
 	up_write(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_xattr_sem);
+	if (!value && !ret) {
+		ret = ocfs2_try_remove_refcount_tree(inode, di_bh);
+		if (ret)
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+	}
 	ocfs2_inode_unlock(inode, 1);
 cleanup_nolock:
 	brelse(di_bh);
@@ -2849,7 +3069,8 @@ static int ocfs2_xattr_get_rec(struct inode *inode,
 	u64 e_blkno = 0;
 
 	if (el->l_tree_depth) {
-		ret = ocfs2_find_leaf(inode, el, name_hash, &eb_bh);
+		ret = ocfs2_find_leaf(INODE_CACHE(inode), el, name_hash,
+				      &eb_bh);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			goto out;
@@ -2931,7 +3152,7 @@ static int ocfs2_find_xe_in_bucket(struct inode *inode,
 		if (cmp)
 			continue;
 
-		ret = ocfs2_xattr_bucket_get_name_value(inode,
+		ret = ocfs2_xattr_bucket_get_name_value(inode->i_sb,
 							xh,
 							i,
 							&block_off,
@@ -3175,7 +3396,7 @@ struct ocfs2_xattr_tree_list {
 	size_t result;
 };
 
-static int ocfs2_xattr_bucket_get_name_value(struct inode *inode,
+static int ocfs2_xattr_bucket_get_name_value(struct super_block *sb,
 					     struct ocfs2_xattr_header *xh,
 					     int index,
 					     int *block_off,
@@ -3188,8 +3409,8 @@ static int ocfs2_xattr_bucket_get_name_value(struct inode *inode,
 
 	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;
+	*block_off = name_offset >> sb->s_blocksize_bits;
+	*new_offset = name_offset % sb->s_blocksize;
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -3209,7 +3430,7 @@ static int ocfs2_list_xattr_bucket(struct inode *inode,
 		prefix = ocfs2_xattr_prefix(type);
 
 		if (prefix) {
-			ret = ocfs2_xattr_bucket_get_name_value(inode,
+			ret = ocfs2_xattr_bucket_get_name_value(inode->i_sb,
 								bucket_xh(bucket),
 								i,
 								&block_off,
@@ -3232,22 +3453,19 @@ static int ocfs2_list_xattr_bucket(struct inode *inode,
 	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)
+static int ocfs2_iterate_xattr_index_block(struct inode *inode,
+					   struct buffer_head *blk_bh,
+					   xattr_tree_rec_func *rec_func,
+					   void *para)
 {
-	struct ocfs2_extent_list *el = &xt->xt_list;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_block *xb =
+			(struct ocfs2_xattr_block *)blk_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 = 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)
+	if (!el->l_next_free_rec || !rec_func)
 		return 0;
 
 	while (name_hash > 0) {
@@ -3255,16 +3473,15 @@ static int ocfs2_xattr_tree_list_index_block(struct inode *inode,
 					  &e_cpos, &num_clusters, el);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
-			goto out;
+			break;
 		}
 
-		ret = ocfs2_iterate_xattr_buckets(inode, p_blkno, num_clusters,
-						  ocfs2_list_xattr_bucket,
-						  &xl);
+		ret = rec_func(inode, blk_bh, p_blkno, e_cpos,
+			       num_clusters, para);
 		if (ret) {
 			if (ret != -ERANGE)
 				mlog_errno(ret);
-			goto out;
+			break;
 		}
 
 		if (e_cpos == 0)
@@ -3273,6 +3490,37 @@ static int ocfs2_xattr_tree_list_index_block(struct inode *inode,
 		name_hash = e_cpos - 1;
 	}
 
+	return ret;
+
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_list_xattr_tree_rec(struct inode *inode,
+				     struct buffer_head *root_bh,
+				     u64 blkno, u32 cpos, u32 len, void *para)
+{
+	return ocfs2_iterate_xattr_buckets(inode, blkno, len,
+					   ocfs2_list_xattr_bucket, para);
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_xattr_tree_list_index_block(struct inode *inode,
+					     struct buffer_head *blk_bh,
+					     char *buffer,
+					     size_t buffer_size)
+{
+	int ret;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_tree_list xl = {
+		.buffer = buffer,
+		.buffer_size = buffer_size,
+		.result = 0,
+	};
+
+	ret = ocfs2_iterate_xattr_index_block(inode, blk_bh,
+					      ocfs2_list_xattr_tree_rec, &xl);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	ret = xl.result;
 out:
 	return ret;
@@ -3426,7 +3674,7 @@ static int ocfs2_xattr_create_index_block(struct inode *inode,
 	 */
 	down_write(&oi->ip_alloc_sem);
 
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_xb(handle, inode, xb_bh,
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_xb(handle, INODE_CACHE(inode), xb_bh,
 				      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -4263,9 +4511,9 @@ static int ocfs2_add_new_xattr_cluster(struct inode *inode,
 	     (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno,
 	     prev_cpos, (unsigned long long)bucket_blkno(first));
 
-	ocfs2_init_xattr_tree_extent_tree(&et, inode, root_bh);
+	ocfs2_init_xattr_tree_extent_tree(&et, INODE_CACHE(inode), root_bh);
 
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_xb(handle, inode, root_bh,
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_xb(handle, INODE_CACHE(inode), root_bh,
 				      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -4319,7 +4567,7 @@ static int ocfs2_add_new_xattr_cluster(struct inode *inode,
 
 	mlog(0, "Insert %u clusters at block %llu for xattr at %u\n",
 	     num_bits, (unsigned long long)block, v_start);
-	ret = ocfs2_insert_extent(osb, handle, inode, &et, v_start, block,
+	ret = ocfs2_insert_extent(handle, &et, v_start, block,
 				  num_bits, 0, ctxt->meta_ac);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -4798,10 +5046,13 @@ static int ocfs2_xattr_bucket_set_value_outside(struct inode *inode,
 	struct ocfs2_xattr_entry *xe = xs->here;
 	struct ocfs2_xattr_header *xh = bucket_xh(xs->bucket);
 	void *base;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_value_buf vb = {
+		.vb_access = ocfs2_journal_access,
+	};
 
 	BUG_ON(!xs->base || !xe || ocfs2_xattr_is_local(xe));
 
-	ret = ocfs2_xattr_bucket_get_name_value(inode, xh,
+	ret = ocfs2_xattr_bucket_get_name_value(inode->i_sb, xh,
 						xe - xh->xh_entries,
 						&block_off,
 						&offset);
@@ -4814,8 +5065,10 @@ static int ocfs2_xattr_bucket_set_value_outside(struct inode *inode,
 	xv = (struct ocfs2_xattr_value_root *)(base + offset +
 		 OCFS2_XATTR_SIZE(xe->xe_name_len));
 
+	vb.vb_xv = xv;
+	vb.vb_bh = xs->bucket->bu_bhs[block_off];
 	ret = __ocfs2_xattr_set_value_outside(inode, handle,
-					      xv, val, value_len);
+					      &vb, val, value_len);
 	if (ret)
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 out:
@@ -4826,7 +5079,8 @@ static int ocfs2_rm_xattr_cluster(struct inode *inode,
 				  struct buffer_head *root_bh,
 				  u64 blkno,
 				  u32 cpos,
-				  u32 len)
+				  u32 len,
+				  void *para)
 {
 	int ret;
 	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
@@ -4838,14 +5092,22 @@ static int ocfs2_rm_xattr_cluster(struct inode *inode,
 	struct ocfs2_cached_dealloc_ctxt dealloc;
 	struct ocfs2_extent_tree et;
 
-	ocfs2_init_xattr_tree_extent_tree(&et, inode, root_bh);
+	ret = ocfs2_iterate_xattr_buckets(inode, blkno, len,
+					  ocfs2_delete_xattr_in_bucket, para);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	ocfs2_init_xattr_tree_extent_tree(&et, INODE_CACHE(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);
+	ocfs2_remove_xattr_clusters_from_cache(INODE_CACHE(inode), blkno,
+					       len);
 
 	ret = ocfs2_lock_allocators(inode, &et, 0, 1, NULL, &meta_ac);
 	if (ret) {
@@ -4870,14 +5132,14 @@ static int ocfs2_rm_xattr_cluster(struct inode *inode,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_xb(handle, inode, root_bh,
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_xb(handle, INODE_CACHE(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,
+	ret = ocfs2_remove_extent(handle, &et, cpos, len, meta_ac,
 				  &dealloc);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -5220,7 +5482,7 @@ static int ocfs2_delete_xattr_in_bucket(struct inode *inode,
 					struct ocfs2_xattr_bucket *bucket,
 					void *para)
 {
-	int ret = 0;
+	int ret = 0, ref_credits;
 	struct ocfs2_xattr_header *xh = bucket_xh(bucket);
 	u16 i;
 	struct ocfs2_xattr_entry *xe;
@@ -5228,7 +5490,9 @@ static int ocfs2_delete_xattr_in_bucket(struct inode *inode,
 	struct ocfs2_xattr_set_ctxt ctxt = {NULL, NULL,};
 	int credits = ocfs2_remove_extent_credits(osb->sb) +
 		ocfs2_blocks_per_xattr_bucket(inode->i_sb);
-
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_value_root *xv;
+	struct ocfs2_rm_xattr_bucket_para *args =
+			(struct ocfs2_rm_xattr_bucket_para *)para;
 
 	ocfs2_init_dealloc_ctxt(&ctxt.dealloc);
 
@@ -5237,7 +5501,16 @@ static int ocfs2_delete_xattr_in_bucket(struct inode *inode,
 		if (ocfs2_xattr_is_local(xe))
 			continue;
 
-		ctxt.handle = ocfs2_start_trans(osb, credits);
+		ret = ocfs2_get_xattr_tree_value_root(inode->i_sb, bucket,
+						      i, &xv, NULL);
+
+		ret = ocfs2_lock_xattr_remove_allocators(inode, xv,
+							 args->ref_ci,
+							 args->ref_root_bh,
+							 &ctxt.meta_ac,
+							 &ref_credits);
+
+		ctxt.handle = ocfs2_start_trans(osb, credits + ref_credits);
 		if (IS_ERR(ctxt.handle)) {
 			ret = PTR_ERR(ctxt.handle);
 			mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -5248,57 +5521,1439 @@ static int ocfs2_delete_xattr_in_bucket(struct inode *inode,
 							i, 0, &ctxt);
 
 		ocfs2_commit_trans(osb, ctxt.handle);
+		if (ctxt.meta_ac) {
+			ocfs2_free_alloc_context(ctxt.meta_ac);
+			ctxt.meta_ac = NULL;
+		}
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			break;
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (ctxt.meta_ac)
+		ocfs2_free_alloc_context(ctxt.meta_ac);
 	ocfs2_schedule_truncate_log_flush(osb, 1);
 	ocfs2_run_deallocs(osb, &ctxt.dealloc);
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int ocfs2_delete_xattr_index_block(struct inode *inode,
-					  struct buffer_head *xb_bh)
+/*
+ * Whenever we modify a xattr value root in the bucket(e.g, CoW
+ * or change the extent record flag), we need to recalculate
+ * the metaecc for the whole bucket. So it is done here.
+ *
+ * Note:
+ * We have to give the extra credits for the caller.
+ */
+static int ocfs2_xattr_bucket_post_refcount(struct inode *inode,
+					    handle_t *handle,
+					    void *para)
+{
+	int ret;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_bucket *bucket =
+			(struct ocfs2_xattr_bucket *)para;
+
+	ret = ocfs2_xattr_bucket_journal_access(handle, bucket,
+						OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	ocfs2_xattr_bucket_journal_dirty(handle, bucket);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Special action we need if the xattr value is refcounted.
+ *
+ * 1. If the xattr is refcounted, lock the tree.
+ * 2. CoW the xattr if we are setting the new value and the value
+ *    will be stored outside.
+ * 3. In other case, decrease_refcount will work for us, so just
+ *    lock the refcount tree, calculate the meta and credits is OK.
+ *
+ * We have to do CoW before ocfs2_init_xattr_set_ctxt since
+ * currently CoW is a completed transaction, while this function
+ * will also lock the allocators and let us deadlock. So we will
+ * CoW the whole xattr value.
+ */
+static int ocfs2_prepare_refcount_xattr(struct inode *inode,
+					struct ocfs2_dinode *di,
+					struct ocfs2_xattr_info *xi,
+					struct ocfs2_xattr_search *xis,
+					struct ocfs2_xattr_search *xbs,
+					struct ocfs2_refcount_tree **ref_tree,
+					int *meta_add,
+					int *credits)
 {
-	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;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_block *xb;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_entry *xe;
+	char *base;
+	u32 p_cluster, num_clusters;
+	unsigned int ext_flags;
+	int name_offset, name_len;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_value_buf vb;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_bucket *bucket = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
+	struct ocfs2_post_refcount refcount;
+	struct ocfs2_post_refcount *p = NULL;
+	struct buffer_head *ref_root_bh = NULL;
 
-	if (le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec) == 0)
-		return 0;
+	if (!xis->not_found) {
+		xe = xis->here;
+		name_offset = le16_to_cpu(xe->xe_name_offset);
+		name_len = OCFS2_XATTR_SIZE(xe->xe_name_len);
+		base = xis->base;
+		vb.vb_bh = xis->inode_bh;
+		vb.vb_access = ocfs2_journal_access_di;
+	} else {
+		int i, block_off = 0;
+		xb = (struct ocfs2_xattr_block *)xbs->xattr_bh->b_data;
+		xe = xbs->here;
+		name_offset = le16_to_cpu(xe->xe_name_offset);
+		name_len = OCFS2_XATTR_SIZE(xe->xe_name_len);
+		i = xbs->here - xbs->header->xh_entries;
 
-	while (name_hash > 0) {
-		ret = ocfs2_xattr_get_rec(inode, name_hash, &p_blkno,
-					  &e_cpos, &num_clusters, el);
+		if (le16_to_cpu(xb->xb_flags) & OCFS2_XATTR_INDEXED) {
+			ret = ocfs2_xattr_bucket_get_name_value(inode->i_sb,
+							bucket_xh(xbs->bucket),
+							i, &block_off,
+							&name_offset);
+			if (ret) {
+				mlog_errno(ret);
+				goto out;
+			}
+			base = bucket_block(xbs->bucket, block_off);
+			vb.vb_bh = xbs->bucket->bu_bhs[block_off];
+			vb.vb_access = ocfs2_journal_access;
+
+			if (ocfs2_meta_ecc(osb)) {
+				/*create parameters for ocfs2_post_refcount. */
+				bucket = xbs->bucket;
+				refcount.credits = bucket->bu_blocks;
+				refcount.para = bucket;
+				refcount.func =
+					ocfs2_xattr_bucket_post_refcount;
+				p = &refcount;
+			}
+		} else {
+			base = xbs->base;
+			vb.vb_bh = xbs->xattr_bh;
+			vb.vb_access = ocfs2_journal_access_xb;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (ocfs2_xattr_is_local(xe))
+		goto out;
+
+	vb.vb_xv = (struct ocfs2_xattr_value_root *)
+				(base + name_offset + name_len);
+
+	ret = ocfs2_xattr_get_clusters(inode, 0, &p_cluster,
+				       &num_clusters, &vb.vb_xv->xr_list,
+				       &ext_flags);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * We just need to check the 1st extent record, since we always
+	 * CoW the whole xattr. So there shouldn't be a xattr with
+	 * some REFCOUNT extent recs after the 1st one.
+	 */
+	if (!(ext_flags & OCFS2_EXT_REFCOUNTED))
+		goto out;
+
+	ret = ocfs2_lock_refcount_tree(osb, le64_to_cpu(di->i_refcount_loc),
+				       1, ref_tree, &ref_root_bh);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * If we are deleting the xattr or the new size will be stored inside,
+	 * cool, leave it there, the xattr truncate process will remove them
+	 * for us(it still needs the refcount tree lock and the meta, credits).
+	 * And the worse case is that every cluster truncate will split the
+	 * refcount tree, and make the original extent become 3. So we will need
+	 * 2 * cluster more extent recs at most.
+	 */
+	if (!xi->value || xi->value_len <= OCFS2_XATTR_INLINE_SIZE) {
+
+		ret = ocfs2_refcounted_xattr_delete_need(inode,
+							 &(*ref_tree)->rf_ci,
+							 ref_root_bh, vb.vb_xv,
+							 meta_add, credits);
+		if (ret)
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_refcount_cow_xattr(inode, di, &vb,
+				       *ref_tree, ref_root_bh, 0,
+				       le32_to_cpu(vb.vb_xv->xr_clusters), p);
+	if (ret)
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+
+out:
+	brelse(ref_root_bh);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Add the REFCOUNTED flags for all the extent rec in ocfs2_xattr_value_root.
+ * The physical clusters will be added to refcount tree.
+ */
+static int ocfs2_xattr_value_attach_refcount(struct inode *inode,
+				struct ocfs2_xattr_value_root *xv,
+				struct ocfs2_extent_tree *value_et,
+				struct ocfs2_caching_info *ref_ci,
+				struct buffer_head *ref_root_bh,
+				struct ocfs2_cached_dealloc_ctxt *dealloc,
+				struct ocfs2_post_refcount *refcount)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+	u32 clusters = le32_to_cpu(xv->xr_clusters);
+	u32 cpos, p_cluster, num_clusters;
+	struct ocfs2_extent_list *el = &xv->xr_list;
+	unsigned int ext_flags;
+
+	cpos = 0;
+	while (cpos < clusters) {
+		ret = ocfs2_xattr_get_clusters(inode, cpos, &p_cluster,
+					       &num_clusters, el, &ext_flags);
+
+		cpos += num_clusters;
+		if ((ext_flags & OCFS2_EXT_REFCOUNTED))
+			continue;
+
+		BUG_ON(!p_cluster);
+
+		ret = ocfs2_add_refcount_flag(inode, value_et,
+					      ref_ci, ref_root_bh,
+					      cpos - num_clusters,
+					      p_cluster, num_clusters,
+					      dealloc, refcount);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Given a normal ocfs2_xattr_header, refcount all the entries which
+ * have value stored outside.
+ * Used for xattrs stored in inode and ocfs2_xattr_block.
+ */
+static int ocfs2_xattr_attach_refcount_normal(struct inode *inode,
+				struct ocfs2_xattr_value_buf *vb,
+				struct ocfs2_xattr_header *header,
+				struct ocfs2_caching_info *ref_ci,
+				struct buffer_head *ref_root_bh,
+				struct ocfs2_cached_dealloc_ctxt *dealloc)
+{
+
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_entry *xe;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_value_root *xv;
+	struct ocfs2_extent_tree et;
+	int i, ret = 0;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < le16_to_cpu(header->xh_count); i++) {
+		xe = &header->xh_entries[i];
+
+		if (ocfs2_xattr_is_local(xe))
+			continue;
+
+		xv = (struct ocfs2_xattr_value_root *)((void *)header +
+			le16_to_cpu(xe->xe_name_offset) +
+			OCFS2_XATTR_SIZE(xe->xe_name_len));
+
+		vb->vb_xv = xv;
+		ocfs2_init_xattr_value_extent_tree(&et, INODE_CACHE(inode), vb);
+
+		ret = ocfs2_xattr_value_attach_refcount(inode, xv, &et,
+							ref_ci, ref_root_bh,
+							dealloc, NULL);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_xattr_inline_attach_refcount(struct inode *inode,
+				struct buffer_head *fe_bh,
+				struct ocfs2_caching_info *ref_ci,
+				struct buffer_head *ref_root_bh,
+				struct ocfs2_cached_dealloc_ctxt *dealloc)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_dinode *di = (struct ocfs2_dinode *)fe_bh->b_data;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_header *header = (struct ocfs2_xattr_header *)
+				(fe_bh->b_data + inode->i_sb->s_blocksize -
+				le16_to_cpu(di->i_xattr_inline_size));
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_value_buf vb = {
+		.vb_bh = fe_bh,
+		.vb_access = ocfs2_journal_access_di,
+	};
+
+	return ocfs2_xattr_attach_refcount_normal(inode, &vb, header,
+						  ref_ci, ref_root_bh, dealloc);
+}
+
+struct ocfs2_xattr_tree_value_refcount_para {
+	struct ocfs2_caching_info *ref_ci;
+	struct buffer_head *ref_root_bh;
+	struct ocfs2_cached_dealloc_ctxt *dealloc;
+};
+
+static int ocfs2_get_xattr_tree_value_root(struct super_block *sb,
+					   struct ocfs2_xattr_bucket *bucket,
+					   int offset,
+					   struct ocfs2_xattr_value_root **xv,
+					   struct buffer_head **bh)
+{
+	int ret, block_off, name_offset;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_header *xh = bucket_xh(bucket);
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_entry *xe = &xh->xh_entries[offset];
+	void *base;
+
+	ret = ocfs2_xattr_bucket_get_name_value(sb,
+						bucket_xh(bucket),
+						offset,
+						&block_off,
+						&name_offset);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	base = bucket_block(bucket, block_off);
+
+	*xv = (struct ocfs2_xattr_value_root *)(base + name_offset +
+			 OCFS2_XATTR_SIZE(xe->xe_name_len));
+
+	if (bh)
+		*bh = bucket->bu_bhs[block_off];
+out:
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * For a given xattr bucket, refcount all the entries which
+ * have value stored outside.
+ */
+static int ocfs2_xattr_bucket_value_refcount(struct inode *inode,
+					     struct ocfs2_xattr_bucket *bucket,
+					     void *para)
+{
+	int i, ret = 0;
+	struct ocfs2_extent_tree et;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_tree_value_refcount_para *ref =
+			(struct ocfs2_xattr_tree_value_refcount_para *)para;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_header *xh =
+			(struct ocfs2_xattr_header *)bucket->bu_bhs[0]->b_data;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_entry *xe;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_value_buf vb = {
+		.vb_access = ocfs2_journal_access,
+	};
+	struct ocfs2_post_refcount refcount = {
+		.credits = bucket->bu_blocks,
+		.para = bucket,
+		.func = ocfs2_xattr_bucket_post_refcount,
+	};
+	struct ocfs2_post_refcount *p = NULL;
+
+	/* We only need post_refcount if we support metaecc. */
+	if (ocfs2_meta_ecc(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb)))
+		p = &refcount;
+
+	mlog(0, "refcount bucket %llu, count = %u\n",
+	     (unsigned long long)bucket_blkno(bucket),
+	     le16_to_cpu(xh->xh_count));
+	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_get_xattr_tree_value_root(inode->i_sb, bucket, i,
+						      &vb.vb_xv, &vb.vb_bh);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			break;
+		}
+
+		ocfs2_init_xattr_value_extent_tree(&et,
+						   INODE_CACHE(inode), &vb);
+
+		ret = ocfs2_xattr_value_attach_refcount(inode, vb.vb_xv,
+							&et, ref->ref_ci,
+							ref->ref_root_bh,
+							ref->dealloc, p);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_refcount_xattr_tree_rec(struct inode *inode,
+				     struct buffer_head *root_bh,
+				     u64 blkno, u32 cpos, u32 len, void *para)
+{
+	return ocfs2_iterate_xattr_buckets(inode, blkno, len,
+					   ocfs2_xattr_bucket_value_refcount,
+					   para);
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_xattr_block_attach_refcount(struct inode *inode,
+				struct buffer_head *blk_bh,
+				struct ocfs2_caching_info *ref_ci,
+				struct buffer_head *ref_root_bh,
+				struct ocfs2_cached_dealloc_ctxt *dealloc)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_block *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;
+		struct ocfs2_xattr_value_buf vb = {
+			.vb_bh = blk_bh,
+			.vb_access = ocfs2_journal_access_xb,
+		};
+
+		ret = ocfs2_xattr_attach_refcount_normal(inode, &vb, header,
+							 ref_ci, ref_root_bh,
+							 dealloc);
+	} else {
+		struct ocfs2_xattr_tree_value_refcount_para para = {
+			.ref_ci = ref_ci,
+			.ref_root_bh = ref_root_bh,
+			.dealloc = dealloc,
+		};
+
+		ret = ocfs2_iterate_xattr_index_block(inode, blk_bh,
+						ocfs2_refcount_xattr_tree_rec,
+						&para);
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+int ocfs2_xattr_attach_refcount_tree(struct inode *inode,
+				     struct buffer_head *fe_bh,
+				     struct ocfs2_caching_info *ref_ci,
+				     struct buffer_head *ref_root_bh,
+				     struct ocfs2_cached_dealloc_ctxt *dealloc)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+	struct ocfs2_inode_info *oi = OCFS2_I(inode);
+	struct ocfs2_dinode *di = (struct ocfs2_dinode *)fe_bh->b_data;
+	struct buffer_head *blk_bh = NULL;
+
+	if (oi->ip_dyn_features & OCFS2_INLINE_XATTR_FL) {
+		ret = ocfs2_xattr_inline_attach_refcount(inode, fe_bh,
+							 ref_ci, ref_root_bh,
+							 dealloc);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			goto out;
 		}
+	}
+
+	if (!di->i_xattr_loc)
+		goto out;
+
+	ret = ocfs2_read_xattr_block(inode, le64_to_cpu(di->i_xattr_loc),
+				     &blk_bh);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_xattr_block_attach_refcount(inode, blk_bh, ref_ci,
+						ref_root_bh, dealloc);
+	if (ret)
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+
+	brelse(blk_bh);
+out:
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+typedef int (should_xattr_reflinked)(struct ocfs2_xattr_entry *xe);
+/*
+ * Store the information we need in xattr reflink.
+ * old_bh and new_bh are inode bh for the old and new inode.
+ */
+struct ocfs2_xattr_reflink {
+	struct inode *old_inode;
+	struct inode *new_inode;
+	struct buffer_head *old_bh;
+	struct buffer_head *new_bh;
+	struct ocfs2_caching_info *ref_ci;
+	struct buffer_head *ref_root_bh;
+	struct ocfs2_cached_dealloc_ctxt *dealloc;
+	should_xattr_reflinked *xattr_reflinked;
+};
+
+/*
+ * Given a xattr header and xe offset,
+ * return the proper xv and the corresponding bh.
+ * xattr in inode, block and xattr tree have different implementaions.
+ */
+typedef int (get_xattr_value_root)(struct super_block *sb,
+				   struct buffer_head *bh,
+				   struct ocfs2_xattr_header *xh,
+				   int offset,
+				   struct ocfs2_xattr_value_root **xv,
+				   struct buffer_head **ret_bh,
+				   void *para);
+
+/*
+ * Calculate all the xattr value root metadata stored in this xattr header and
+ * credits we need if we create them from the scratch.
+ * We use get_xattr_value_root so that all types of xattr container can use it.
+ */
+static int ocfs2_value_metas_in_xattr_header(struct super_block *sb,
+					     struct buffer_head *bh,
+					     struct ocfs2_xattr_header *xh,
+					     int *metas, int *credits,
+					     int *num_recs,
+					     get_xattr_value_root *func,
+					     void *para)
+{
+	int i, ret = 0;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_value_root *xv;
+	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 = func(sb, bh, xh, i, &xv, NULL, para);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			break;
+		}
+
+		*metas += le16_to_cpu(xv->xr_list.l_tree_depth) *
+			  le16_to_cpu(xv->xr_list.l_next_free_rec);
+
+		*credits += ocfs2_calc_extend_credits(sb,
+						&def_xv.xv.xr_list,
+						le32_to_cpu(xv->xr_clusters));
+
+		/*
+		 * If the value is a tree with depth > 1, We don't go deep
+		 * to the extent block, so just calculate a maximum record num.
+		 */
+		if (!xv->xr_list.l_tree_depth)
+			*num_recs += xv->xr_list.l_next_free_rec;
+		else
+			*num_recs += ocfs2_clusters_for_bytes(sb,
+							      XATTR_SIZE_MAX);
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/* Used by xattr inode and block to return the right xv and buffer_head. */
+static int ocfs2_get_xattr_value_root(struct super_block *sb,
+				      struct buffer_head *bh,
+				      struct ocfs2_xattr_header *xh,
+				      int offset,
+				      struct ocfs2_xattr_value_root **xv,
+				      struct buffer_head **ret_bh,
+				      void *para)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_entry *xe = &xh->xh_entries[offset];
+
+	*xv = (struct ocfs2_xattr_value_root *)((void *)xh +
+		le16_to_cpu(xe->xe_name_offset) +
+		OCFS2_XATTR_SIZE(xe->xe_name_len));
+
+	if (ret_bh)
+		*ret_bh = bh;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Lock the meta_ac and caculate how much credits we need for reflink xattrs.
+ * It is only used for inline xattr and xattr block.
+ */
+static int ocfs2_reflink_lock_xattr_allocators(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
+					struct ocfs2_xattr_header *xh,
+					struct buffer_head *ref_root_bh,
+					int *credits,
+					struct ocfs2_alloc_context **meta_ac)
+{
+	int ret, meta_add = 0, num_recs = 0;
+	struct ocfs2_refcount_block *rb =
+			(struct ocfs2_refcount_block *)ref_root_bh->b_data;
+
+	*credits = 0;
+
+	ret = ocfs2_value_metas_in_xattr_header(osb->sb, NULL, xh,
+						&meta_add, credits, &num_recs,
+						ocfs2_get_xattr_value_root,
+						NULL);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * We need to add/modify num_recs in refcount tree, so just calculate
+	 * an approximate number we need for refcount tree change.
+	 * Sometimes we need to split the tree, and after split,  half recs
+	 * will be moved to the new block, and a new block can only provide
+	 * half number of recs. So we multiple new blocks by 2.
+	 */
+	num_recs = num_recs / ocfs2_refcount_recs_per_rb(osb->sb) * 2;
+	meta_add += num_recs;
+	*credits += num_recs + num_recs * OCFS2_EXPAND_REFCOUNT_TREE_CREDITS;
+	if (le32_to_cpu(rb->rf_flags) & OCFS2_REFCOUNT_TREE_FL)
+		*credits += le16_to_cpu(rb->rf_list.l_tree_depth) *
+			    le16_to_cpu(rb->rf_list.l_next_free_rec) + 1;
+	else
+		*credits += 1;
+
+	ret = ocfs2_reserve_new_metadata_blocks(osb, meta_add, meta_ac);
+	if (ret)
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+
+out:
+	return ret;
+}
 
-		ret = ocfs2_iterate_xattr_buckets(inode, p_blkno, num_clusters,
-						  ocfs2_delete_xattr_in_bucket,
-						  NULL);
+/*
+ * Given a xattr header, reflink all the xattrs in this container.
+ * It can be used for inode, block and bucket.
+ *
+ * NOTE:
+ * Before we call this function, the caller has memcpy the xattr in
+ * old_xh to the new_xh.
+ *
+ * If args.xattr_reflinked is set, call it to decide whether the xe should
+ * be reflinked or not. If not, remove it from the new xattr header.
+ */
+static int ocfs2_reflink_xattr_header(handle_t *handle,
+				      struct ocfs2_xattr_reflink *args,
+				      struct buffer_head *old_bh,
+				      struct ocfs2_xattr_header *xh,
+				      struct buffer_head *new_bh,
+				      struct ocfs2_xattr_header *new_xh,
+				      struct ocfs2_xattr_value_buf *vb,
+				      struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac,
+				      get_xattr_value_root *func,
+				      void *para)
+{
+	int ret = 0, i, j;
+	struct super_block *sb = args->old_inode->i_sb;
+	struct buffer_head *value_bh;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_entry *xe, *last;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_value_root *xv, *new_xv;
+	struct ocfs2_extent_tree data_et;
+	u32 clusters, cpos, p_cluster, num_clusters;
+	unsigned int ext_flags = 0;
+
+	mlog(0, "reflink xattr in container %llu, count = %u\n",
+	     (unsigned long long)old_bh->b_blocknr, le16_to_cpu(xh->xh_count));
+
+	last = &new_xh->xh_entries[le16_to_cpu(new_xh->xh_count)];
+	for (i = 0, j = 0; i < le16_to_cpu(xh->xh_count); i++, j++) {
+		xe = &xh->xh_entries[i];
+
+		if (args->xattr_reflinked && !args->xattr_reflinked(xe)) {
+			xe = &new_xh->xh_entries[j];
+
+			le16_add_cpu(&new_xh->xh_count, -1);
+			if (new_xh->xh_count) {
+				memmove(xe, xe + 1,
+					(void *)last - (void *)xe);
+				memset(last, 0,
+				       sizeof(struct ocfs2_xattr_entry));
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * We don't want j to increase in the next round since
+			 * it is already moved ahead.
+			 */
+			j--;
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		if (ocfs2_xattr_is_local(xe))
+			continue;
+
+		ret = func(sb, old_bh, xh, i, &xv, NULL, para);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			break;
+		}
+
+		ret = func(sb, new_bh, new_xh, j, &new_xv, &value_bh, para);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			break;
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * For the xattr which has l_tree_depth = 0, all the extent
+		 * recs have already be copied to the new xh with the
+		 * propriate OCFS2_EXT_REFCOUNTED flag we just need to
+		 * increase the refount count int the refcount tree.
+		 *
+		 * For the xattr which has l_tree_depth > 0, we need
+		 * to initialize it to the empty default value root,
+		 * and then insert the extents one by one.
+		 */
+		if (xv->xr_list.l_tree_depth) {
+			memcpy(new_xv, &def_xv, sizeof(def_xv));
+			vb->vb_xv = new_xv;
+			vb->vb_bh = value_bh;
+			ocfs2_init_xattr_value_extent_tree(&data_et,
+					INODE_CACHE(args->new_inode), vb);
+		}
+
+		clusters = le32_to_cpu(xv->xr_clusters);
+		cpos = 0;
+		while (cpos < clusters) {
+			ret = ocfs2_xattr_get_clusters(args->old_inode,
+						       cpos,
+						       &p_cluster,
+						       &num_clusters,
+						       &xv->xr_list,
+						       &ext_flags);
+			if (ret) {
+				mlog_errno(ret);
+				goto out;
+			}
+
+			BUG_ON(!p_cluster);
+
+			if (xv->xr_list.l_tree_depth) {
+				ret = ocfs2_insert_extent(handle,
+						&data_et, cpos,
+						ocfs2_clusters_to_blocks(
+							args->old_inode->i_sb,
+							p_cluster),
+						num_clusters, ext_flags,
+						meta_ac);
+				if (ret) {
+					mlog_errno(ret);
+					goto out;
+				}
+			}
+
+			ret = ocfs2_increase_refcount(handle, args->ref_ci,
+						      args->ref_root_bh,
+						      p_cluster, num_clusters,
+						      meta_ac, args->dealloc);
+			if (ret) {
+				mlog_errno(ret);
+				goto out;
+			}
+
+			cpos += num_clusters;
+		}
+	}
+
+out:
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_reflink_xattr_inline(struct ocfs2_xattr_reflink *args)
+{
+	int ret = 0, credits = 0;
+	handle_t *handle;
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(args->old_inode->i_sb);
+	struct ocfs2_dinode *di = (struct ocfs2_dinode *)args->old_bh->b_data;
+	int inline_size = le16_to_cpu(di->i_xattr_inline_size);
+	int header_off = osb->sb->s_blocksize - inline_size;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_header *xh = (struct ocfs2_xattr_header *)
+					(args->old_bh->b_data + header_off);
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_header *new_xh = (struct ocfs2_xattr_header *)
+					(args->new_bh->b_data + header_off);
+	struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_inode_info *new_oi;
+	struct ocfs2_dinode *new_di;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_value_buf vb = {
+		.vb_bh = args->new_bh,
+		.vb_access = ocfs2_journal_access_di,
+	};
+
+	ret = ocfs2_reflink_lock_xattr_allocators(osb, xh, args->ref_root_bh,
+						  &credits, &meta_ac);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	handle = ocfs2_start_trans(osb, credits);
+	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, INODE_CACHE(args->new_inode),
+				      args->new_bh, OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out_commit;
+	}
+
+	memcpy(args->new_bh->b_data + header_off,
+	       args->old_bh->b_data + header_off, inline_size);
+
+	new_di = (struct ocfs2_dinode *)args->new_bh->b_data;
+	new_di->i_xattr_inline_size = cpu_to_le16(inline_size);
+
+	ret = ocfs2_reflink_xattr_header(handle, args, args->old_bh, xh,
+					 args->new_bh, new_xh, &vb, meta_ac,
+					 ocfs2_get_xattr_value_root, NULL);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out_commit;
+	}
+
+	new_oi = OCFS2_I(args->new_inode);
+	spin_lock(&new_oi->ip_lock);
+	new_oi->ip_dyn_features |= OCFS2_HAS_XATTR_FL | OCFS2_INLINE_XATTR_FL;
+	new_di->i_dyn_features = cpu_to_le16(new_oi->ip_dyn_features);
+	spin_unlock(&new_oi->ip_lock);
+
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, args->new_bh);
+
+out_commit:
+	ocfs2_commit_trans(osb, handle);
+
+out:
+	if (meta_ac)
+		ocfs2_free_alloc_context(meta_ac);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_create_empty_xattr_block(struct inode *inode,
+					  struct buffer_head *fe_bh,
+					  struct buffer_head **ret_bh,
+					  int indexed)
+{
+	int ret;
+	handle_t *handle;
+	struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac;
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
+
+	ret = ocfs2_reserve_new_metadata_blocks(osb, 1, &meta_ac);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	handle = ocfs2_start_trans(osb, OCFS2_XATTR_BLOCK_CREATE_CREDITS);
+	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	mlog(0, "create new xattr block for inode %llu, index = %d\n",
+	     (unsigned long long)fe_bh->b_blocknr, indexed);
+	ret = ocfs2_create_xattr_block(handle, inode, fe_bh,
+				       meta_ac, ret_bh, indexed);
+	if (ret)
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+
+	ocfs2_commit_trans(osb, handle);
+out:
+	ocfs2_free_alloc_context(meta_ac);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_reflink_xattr_block(struct ocfs2_xattr_reflink *args,
+				     struct buffer_head *blk_bh,
+				     struct buffer_head *new_blk_bh)
+{
+	int ret = 0, credits = 0;
+	handle_t *handle;
+	struct ocfs2_inode_info *new_oi = OCFS2_I(args->new_inode);
+	struct ocfs2_dinode *new_di;
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(args->new_inode->i_sb);
+	int header_off = offsetof(struct ocfs2_xattr_block, xb_attrs.xb_header);
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_block *xb =
+			(struct ocfs2_xattr_block *)blk_bh->b_data;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_header *xh = &xb->xb_attrs.xb_header;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_block *new_xb =
+			(struct ocfs2_xattr_block *)new_blk_bh->b_data;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_header *new_xh = &new_xb->xb_attrs.xb_header;
+	struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_value_buf vb = {
+		.vb_bh = new_blk_bh,
+		.vb_access = ocfs2_journal_access_xb,
+	};
+
+	ret = ocfs2_reflink_lock_xattr_allocators(osb, xh, args->ref_root_bh,
+						  &credits, &meta_ac);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	/* One more credits in case we need to add xattr flags in new inode. */
+	handle = ocfs2_start_trans(osb, credits + 1);
+	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	if (!(new_oi->ip_dyn_features & OCFS2_HAS_XATTR_FL)) {
+		ret = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle,
+					      INODE_CACHE(args->new_inode),
+					      args->new_bh,
+					      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out_commit;
+		}
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_xb(handle, INODE_CACHE(args->new_inode),
+				      new_blk_bh, OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out_commit;
+	}
+
+	memcpy(new_blk_bh->b_data + header_off, blk_bh->b_data + header_off,
+	       osb->sb->s_blocksize - header_off);
+
+	ret = ocfs2_reflink_xattr_header(handle, args, blk_bh, xh,
+					 new_blk_bh, new_xh, &vb, meta_ac,
+					 ocfs2_get_xattr_value_root, NULL);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out_commit;
+	}
+
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, new_blk_bh);
+
+	if (!(new_oi->ip_dyn_features & OCFS2_HAS_XATTR_FL)) {
+		new_di = (struct ocfs2_dinode *)args->new_bh->b_data;
+		spin_lock(&new_oi->ip_lock);
+		new_oi->ip_dyn_features |= OCFS2_HAS_XATTR_FL;
+		new_di->i_dyn_features = cpu_to_le16(new_oi->ip_dyn_features);
+		spin_unlock(&new_oi->ip_lock);
+
+		ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, args->new_bh);
+	}
+
+out_commit:
+	ocfs2_commit_trans(osb, handle);
+
+out:
+	ocfs2_free_alloc_context(meta_ac);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+struct ocfs2_reflink_xattr_tree_args {
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_reflink *reflink;
+	struct buffer_head *old_blk_bh;
+	struct buffer_head *new_blk_bh;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_bucket *old_bucket;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_bucket *new_bucket;
+};
+
+/*
+ * NOTE:
+ * We have to handle the case that both old bucket and new bucket
+ * will call this function to get the right ret_bh.
+ * So The caller must give us the right bh.
+ */
+static int ocfs2_get_reflink_xattr_value_root(struct super_block *sb,
+					struct buffer_head *bh,
+					struct ocfs2_xattr_header *xh,
+					int offset,
+					struct ocfs2_xattr_value_root **xv,
+					struct buffer_head **ret_bh,
+					void *para)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_reflink_xattr_tree_args *args =
+			(struct ocfs2_reflink_xattr_tree_args *)para;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_bucket *bucket;
+
+	if (bh == args->old_bucket->bu_bhs[0])
+		bucket = args->old_bucket;
+	else
+		bucket = args->new_bucket;
+
+	return ocfs2_get_xattr_tree_value_root(sb, bucket, offset,
+					       xv, ret_bh);
+}
+
+struct ocfs2_value_tree_metas {
+	int num_metas;
+	int credits;
+	int num_recs;
+};
+
+static int ocfs2_value_tree_metas_in_bucket(struct super_block *sb,
+					struct buffer_head *bh,
+					struct ocfs2_xattr_header *xh,
+					int offset,
+					struct ocfs2_xattr_value_root **xv,
+					struct buffer_head **ret_bh,
+					void *para)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_bucket *bucket =
+				(struct ocfs2_xattr_bucket *)para;
+
+	return ocfs2_get_xattr_tree_value_root(sb, bucket, offset,
+					       xv, ret_bh);
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_calc_value_tree_metas(struct inode *inode,
+				      struct ocfs2_xattr_bucket *bucket,
+				      void *para)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_value_tree_metas *metas =
+			(struct ocfs2_value_tree_metas *)para;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_header *xh =
+			(struct ocfs2_xattr_header *)bucket->bu_bhs[0]->b_data;
+
+	/* Add the credits for this bucket first. */
+	metas->credits += bucket->bu_blocks;
+	return ocfs2_value_metas_in_xattr_header(inode->i_sb, bucket->bu_bhs[0],
+					xh, &metas->num_metas,
+					&metas->credits, &metas->num_recs,
+					ocfs2_value_tree_metas_in_bucket,
+					bucket);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Given a xattr extent rec starting from blkno and having len clusters,
+ * iterate all the buckets calculate how much metadata we need for reflinking
+ * all the ocfs2_xattr_value_root and lock the allocators accordingly.
+ */
+static int ocfs2_lock_reflink_xattr_rec_allocators(
+				struct ocfs2_reflink_xattr_tree_args *args,
+				struct ocfs2_extent_tree *xt_et,
+				u64 blkno, u32 len, int *credits,
+				struct ocfs2_alloc_context **meta_ac,
+				struct ocfs2_alloc_context **data_ac)
+{
+	int ret, num_free_extents;
+	struct ocfs2_value_tree_metas metas;
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(args->reflink->old_inode->i_sb);
+	struct ocfs2_refcount_block *rb;
+
+	memset(&metas, 0, sizeof(metas));
+
+	ret = ocfs2_iterate_xattr_buckets(args->reflink->old_inode, blkno, len,
+					  ocfs2_calc_value_tree_metas, &metas);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	*credits = metas.credits;
+
+	/*
+	 * Calculate we need for refcount tree change.
+	 *
+	 * We need to add/modify num_recs in refcount tree, so just calculate
+	 * an approximate number we need for refcount tree change.
+	 * Sometimes we need to split the tree, and after split,  half recs
+	 * will be moved to the new block, and a new block can only provide
+	 * half number of recs. So we multiple new blocks by 2.
+	 * In the end, we have to add credits for modifying the already
+	 * existed refcount block.
+	 */
+	rb = (struct ocfs2_refcount_block *)args->reflink->ref_root_bh->b_data;
+	metas.num_recs =
+		(metas.num_recs + ocfs2_refcount_recs_per_rb(osb->sb) - 1) /
+		 ocfs2_refcount_recs_per_rb(osb->sb) * 2;
+	metas.num_metas += metas.num_recs;
+	*credits += metas.num_recs +
+		    metas.num_recs * OCFS2_EXPAND_REFCOUNT_TREE_CREDITS;
+	if (le32_to_cpu(rb->rf_flags) & OCFS2_REFCOUNT_TREE_FL)
+		*credits += le16_to_cpu(rb->rf_list.l_tree_depth) *
+			    le16_to_cpu(rb->rf_list.l_next_free_rec) + 1;
+	else
+		*credits += 1;
+
+	/* count in the xattr tree change. */
+	num_free_extents = ocfs2_num_free_extents(osb, xt_et);
+	if (num_free_extents < 0) {
+		ret = num_free_extents;
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	if (num_free_extents < len)
+		metas.num_metas += ocfs2_extend_meta_needed(xt_et->et_root_el);
+
+	*credits += ocfs2_calc_extend_credits(osb->sb,
+					      xt_et->et_root_el, len);
+
+	if (metas.num_metas) {
+		ret = ocfs2_reserve_new_metadata_blocks(osb, metas.num_metas,
+							meta_ac);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			goto out;
 		}
+	}
 
-		ret = ocfs2_rm_xattr_cluster(inode, xb_bh,
-					     p_blkno, e_cpos, num_clusters);
+	if (len) {
+		ret = ocfs2_reserve_clusters(osb, len, data_ac);
+		if (ret)
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+	}
+out:
+	if (ret) {
+		if (*meta_ac) {
+			ocfs2_free_alloc_context(*meta_ac);
+			meta_ac = NULL;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_reflink_xattr_buckets(handle_t *handle,
+				u64 blkno, u64 new_blkno, u32 clusters,
+				struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac,
+				struct ocfs2_alloc_context *data_ac,
+				struct ocfs2_reflink_xattr_tree_args *args)
+{
+	int i, j, ret = 0;
+	struct super_block *sb = args->reflink->old_inode->i_sb;
+	u32 bpc = ocfs2_xattr_buckets_per_cluster(OCFS2_SB(sb));
+	u32 num_buckets = clusters * bpc;
+	int bpb = args->old_bucket->bu_blocks;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_value_buf vb = {
+		.vb_access = ocfs2_journal_access,
+	};
+
+	for (i = 0; i < num_buckets; i++, blkno += bpb, new_blkno += bpb) {
+		ret = ocfs2_read_xattr_bucket(args->old_bucket, blkno);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			break;
 		}
 
-		if (e_cpos == 0)
+		ret = ocfs2_init_xattr_bucket(args->new_bucket, new_blkno);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
 			break;
+		}
 
-		name_hash = e_cpos - 1;
+		/*
+		 * 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(args->old_bucket)->xh_num_buckets);
+
+		ret = ocfs2_xattr_bucket_journal_access(handle,
+						args->new_bucket,
+						OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_CREATE);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			break;
+		}
+
+		for (j = 0; j < bpb; j++)
+			memcpy(bucket_block(args->new_bucket, j),
+			       bucket_block(args->old_bucket, j),
+			       sb->s_blocksize);
+
+		ocfs2_xattr_bucket_journal_dirty(handle, args->new_bucket);
+
+		ret = ocfs2_reflink_xattr_header(handle, args->reflink,
+					args->old_bucket->bu_bhs[0],
+					bucket_xh(args->old_bucket),
+					args->new_bucket->bu_bhs[0],
+					bucket_xh(args->new_bucket),
+					&vb, meta_ac,
+					ocfs2_get_reflink_xattr_value_root,
+					args);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			break;
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * Re-access and dirty the bucket to calculate metaecc.
+		 * Because we may extend the transaction in reflink_xattr_header
+		 * which will let the already accessed block gone.
+		 */
+		ret = ocfs2_xattr_bucket_journal_access(handle,
+						args->new_bucket,
+						OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			break;
+		}
+
+		ocfs2_xattr_bucket_journal_dirty(handle, args->new_bucket);
+		ocfs2_xattr_bucket_relse(args->old_bucket);
+		ocfs2_xattr_bucket_relse(args->new_bucket);
+	}
+
+	ocfs2_xattr_bucket_relse(args->old_bucket);
+	ocfs2_xattr_bucket_relse(args->new_bucket);
+	return ret;
+}
+/*
+ * Create the same xattr extent record in the new inode's xattr tree.
+ */
+static int ocfs2_reflink_xattr_rec(struct inode *inode,
+				   struct buffer_head *root_bh,
+				   u64 blkno,
+				   u32 cpos,
+				   u32 len,
+				   void *para)
+{
+	int ret, credits = 0;
+	u32 p_cluster, num_clusters;
+	u64 new_blkno;
+	handle_t *handle;
+	struct ocfs2_reflink_xattr_tree_args *args =
+			(struct ocfs2_reflink_xattr_tree_args *)para;
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
+	struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_alloc_context *data_ac = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_extent_tree et;
+
+	ocfs2_init_xattr_tree_extent_tree(&et,
+					  INODE_CACHE(args->reflink->new_inode),
+					  args->new_blk_bh);
+
+	ret = ocfs2_lock_reflink_xattr_rec_allocators(args, &et, blkno,
+						      len, &credits,
+						      &meta_ac, &data_ac);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	handle = ocfs2_start_trans(osb, credits);
+	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_claim_clusters(osb, handle, data_ac,
+				   len, &p_cluster, &num_clusters);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out_commit;
+	}
+
+	new_blkno = ocfs2_clusters_to_blocks(osb->sb, p_cluster);
+
+	mlog(0, "reflink xattr buckets %llu to %llu, len %u\n",
+	     (unsigned long long)blkno, (unsigned long long)new_blkno, len);
+	ret = ocfs2_reflink_xattr_buckets(handle, blkno, new_blkno, len,
+					  meta_ac, data_ac, args);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out_commit;
+	}
+
+	mlog(0, "insert new xattr extent rec start %llu len %u to %u\n",
+	     (unsigned long long)new_blkno, len, cpos);
+	ret = ocfs2_insert_extent(handle, &et, cpos, new_blkno,
+				  len, 0, meta_ac);
+	if (ret)
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+
+out_commit:
+	ocfs2_commit_trans(osb, handle);
+
+out:
+	if (meta_ac)
+		ocfs2_free_alloc_context(meta_ac);
+	if (data_ac)
+		ocfs2_free_alloc_context(data_ac);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Create reflinked xattr buckets.
+ * We will add bucket one by one, and refcount all the xattrs in the bucket
+ * if they are stored outside.
+ */
+static int ocfs2_reflink_xattr_tree(struct ocfs2_xattr_reflink *args,
+				    struct buffer_head *blk_bh,
+				    struct buffer_head *new_blk_bh)
+{
+	int ret;
+	struct ocfs2_reflink_xattr_tree_args para;
+
+	memset(&para, 0, sizeof(para));
+	para.reflink = args;
+	para.old_blk_bh = blk_bh;
+	para.new_blk_bh = new_blk_bh;
+
+	para.old_bucket = ocfs2_xattr_bucket_new(args->old_inode);
+	if (!para.old_bucket) {
+		mlog_errno(-ENOMEM);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	para.new_bucket = ocfs2_xattr_bucket_new(args->new_inode);
+	if (!para.new_bucket) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_iterate_xattr_index_block(args->old_inode, blk_bh,
+					      ocfs2_reflink_xattr_rec,
+					      &para);
+	if (ret)
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+
+out:
+	ocfs2_xattr_bucket_free(para.old_bucket);
+	ocfs2_xattr_bucket_free(para.new_bucket);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_reflink_xattr_in_block(struct ocfs2_xattr_reflink *args,
+					struct buffer_head *blk_bh)
+{
+	int ret, indexed = 0;
+	struct buffer_head *new_blk_bh = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_block *xb =
+			(struct ocfs2_xattr_block *)blk_bh->b_data;
+
+
+	if (le16_to_cpu(xb->xb_flags) & OCFS2_XATTR_INDEXED)
+		indexed = 1;
+
+	ret = ocfs2_create_empty_xattr_block(args->new_inode, args->new_bh,
+					     &new_blk_bh, indexed);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	if (!(le16_to_cpu(xb->xb_flags) & OCFS2_XATTR_INDEXED))
+		ret = ocfs2_reflink_xattr_block(args, blk_bh, new_blk_bh);
+	else
+		ret = ocfs2_reflink_xattr_tree(args, blk_bh, new_blk_bh);
+	if (ret)
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+
+out:
+	brelse(new_blk_bh);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_reflink_xattr_no_security(struct ocfs2_xattr_entry *xe)
+{
+	int type = ocfs2_xattr_get_type(xe);
+
+	return type != OCFS2_XATTR_INDEX_SECURITY &&
+	       type != OCFS2_XATTR_INDEX_POSIX_ACL_ACCESS &&
+	       type != OCFS2_XATTR_INDEX_POSIX_ACL_DEFAULT;
+}
+
+int ocfs2_reflink_xattrs(struct inode *old_inode,
+			 struct buffer_head *old_bh,
+			 struct inode *new_inode,
+			 struct buffer_head *new_bh,
+			 bool preserve_security)
+{
+	int ret;
+	struct ocfs2_xattr_reflink args;
+	struct ocfs2_inode_info *oi = OCFS2_I(old_inode);
+	struct ocfs2_dinode *di = (struct ocfs2_dinode *)old_bh->b_data;
+	struct buffer_head *blk_bh = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_cached_dealloc_ctxt dealloc;
+	struct ocfs2_refcount_tree *ref_tree;
+	struct buffer_head *ref_root_bh = NULL;
+
+	ret = ocfs2_lock_refcount_tree(OCFS2_SB(old_inode->i_sb),
+				       le64_to_cpu(di->i_refcount_loc),
+				       1, &ref_tree, &ref_root_bh);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ocfs2_init_dealloc_ctxt(&dealloc);
+
+	args.old_inode = old_inode;
+	args.new_inode = new_inode;
+	args.old_bh = old_bh;
+	args.new_bh = new_bh;
+	args.ref_ci = &ref_tree->rf_ci;
+	args.ref_root_bh = ref_root_bh;
+	args.dealloc = &dealloc;
+	if (preserve_security)
+		args.xattr_reflinked = NULL;
+	else
+		args.xattr_reflinked = ocfs2_reflink_xattr_no_security;
+
+	if (oi->ip_dyn_features & OCFS2_INLINE_XATTR_FL) {
+		ret = ocfs2_reflink_xattr_inline(&args);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out_unlock;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (!di->i_xattr_loc)
+		goto out_unlock;
+
+	ret = ocfs2_read_xattr_block(old_inode, le64_to_cpu(di->i_xattr_loc),
+				     &blk_bh);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out_unlock;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_reflink_xattr_in_block(&args, blk_bh);
+	if (ret)
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+
+	brelse(blk_bh);
+
+out_unlock:
+	ocfs2_unlock_refcount_tree(OCFS2_SB(old_inode->i_sb),
+				   ref_tree, 1);
+	brelse(ref_root_bh);
+
+	if (ocfs2_dealloc_has_cluster(&dealloc)) {
+		ocfs2_schedule_truncate_log_flush(OCFS2_SB(old_inode->i_sb), 1);
+		ocfs2_run_deallocs(OCFS2_SB(old_inode->i_sb), &dealloc);
 	}
 
 out:
@@ -5306,6 +6961,51 @@ out:
 }
 
 /*
+ * Initialize security and acl for a already created inode.
+ * Used for reflink a non-preserve-security file.
+ *
+ * It uses common api like ocfs2_xattr_set, so the caller
+ * must not hold any lock expect i_mutex.
+ */
+int ocfs2_init_security_and_acl(struct inode *dir,
+				struct inode *inode)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+	struct buffer_head *dir_bh = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_security_xattr_info si = {
+		.enable = 1,
+	};
+
+	ret = ocfs2_init_security_get(inode, dir, &si);
+	if (!ret) {
+		ret = ocfs2_xattr_security_set(inode, si.name,
+					       si.value, si.value_len,
+					       XATTR_CREATE);
+		if (ret) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto leave;
+		}
+	} else if (ret != -EOPNOTSUPP) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto leave;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_inode_lock(dir, &dir_bh, 0);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto leave;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_init_acl(NULL, inode, dir, NULL, dir_bh, NULL, NULL);
+	if (ret)
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+
+	ocfs2_inode_unlock(dir, 0);
+	brelse(dir_bh);
+leave:
+	return ret;
+}
+/*
  * 'security' attributes support
  */
 static size_t ocfs2_xattr_security_list(struct inode *inode, char *list,
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.h b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.h
index 1ca7e9a1b7b..08e36389f56 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.h
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ int ocfs2_xattr_set_handle(handle_t *, struct inode *, struct buffer_head *,
 			   int, const char *, const void *, size_t, int,
 			   struct ocfs2_alloc_context *,
 			   struct ocfs2_alloc_context *);
+int ocfs2_has_inline_xattr_value_outside(struct inode *inode,
+					 struct ocfs2_dinode *di);
 int ocfs2_xattr_remove(struct inode *, struct buffer_head *);
 int ocfs2_init_security_get(struct inode *, struct inode *,
 			    struct ocfs2_security_xattr_info *);
@@ -83,5 +85,16 @@ struct ocfs2_xattr_value_buf {
 	struct ocfs2_xattr_value_root	*vb_xv;
 };
 
-
+int ocfs2_xattr_attach_refcount_tree(struct inode *inode,
+				     struct buffer_head *fe_bh,
+				     struct ocfs2_caching_info *ref_ci,
+				     struct buffer_head *ref_root_bh,
+				     struct ocfs2_cached_dealloc_ctxt *dealloc);
+int ocfs2_reflink_xattrs(struct inode *old_inode,
+			 struct buffer_head *old_bh,
+			 struct inode *new_inode,
+			 struct buffer_head *new_bh,
+			 bool preserve_security);
+int ocfs2_init_security_and_acl(struct inode *dir,
+				struct inode *inode);
 #endif /* OCFS2_XATTR_H */