Merge branch 'ocfs2-merge-window' into ocfs2-linux-next

Conflicts:
	fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h

34 files changed, 1486 insertions, 577 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/Makefile b/fs/ocfs2/Makefile
index 791c0886c060..07d9fd854350 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/Makefile
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/Makefile
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ ocfs2-objs := \
 	mmap.o 			\
 	namei.o 		\
 	refcounttree.o		\
+	reservations.o		\
 	resize.o		\
 	slot_map.o 		\
 	suballoc.o 		\
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c b/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
index 9f8bd913c51e..0cb2945eb817 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
@@ -1061,11 +1061,7 @@ static int ocfs2_create_new_meta_bhs(handle_t *handle,
 
 			/* We'll also be dirtied by the caller, so
 			 * this isn't absolutely necessary. */
-			status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bhs[i]);
-			if (status < 0) {
-				mlog_errno(status);
-				goto bail;
-			}
+			ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bhs[i]);
 		}
 
 		count += num_got;
@@ -1129,8 +1125,7 @@ static int ocfs2_adjust_rightmost_branch(handle_t *handle,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	status = ocfs2_extend_trans(handle, path_num_items(path) +
-				    handle->h_buffer_credits);
+	status = ocfs2_extend_trans(handle, path_num_items(path));
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		goto out;
@@ -1270,12 +1265,7 @@ static int ocfs2_add_branch(handle_t *handle,
 		if (!eb_el->l_tree_depth)
 			new_last_eb_blk = le64_to_cpu(eb->h_blkno);
 
-		status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
-		if (status < 0) {
-			mlog_errno(status);
-			goto bail;
-		}
-
+		ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
 		next_blkno = le64_to_cpu(eb->h_blkno);
 	}
 
@@ -1321,17 +1311,10 @@ static int ocfs2_add_branch(handle_t *handle,
 	eb = (struct ocfs2_extent_block *) (*last_eb_bh)->b_data;
 	eb->h_next_leaf_blk = cpu_to_le64(new_last_eb_blk);
 
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, *last_eb_bh);
-	if (status < 0)
-		mlog_errno(status);
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, et->et_root_bh);
-	if (status < 0)
-		mlog_errno(status);
-	if (eb_bh) {
-		status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, eb_bh);
-		if (status < 0)
-			mlog_errno(status);
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, *last_eb_bh);
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, et->et_root_bh);
+	if (eb_bh)
+		ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, eb_bh);
 
 	/*
 	 * Some callers want to track the rightmost leaf so pass it
@@ -1399,11 +1382,7 @@ static int ocfs2_shift_tree_depth(handle_t *handle,
 	for (i = 0; i < le16_to_cpu(root_el->l_next_free_rec); i++)
 		eb_el->l_recs[i] = root_el->l_recs[i];
 
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, new_eb_bh);
-	if (status < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(status);
-		goto bail;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, new_eb_bh);
 
 	status = ocfs2_et_root_journal_access(handle, et,
 					      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
@@ -1428,11 +1407,7 @@ static int ocfs2_shift_tree_depth(handle_t *handle,
 	if (root_el->l_tree_depth == cpu_to_le16(1))
 		ocfs2_et_set_last_eb_blk(et, le64_to_cpu(eb->h_blkno));
 
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, et->et_root_bh);
-	if (status < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(status);
-		goto bail;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, et->et_root_bh);
 
 	*ret_new_eb_bh = new_eb_bh;
 	new_eb_bh = NULL;
@@ -2064,7 +2039,7 @@ static void ocfs2_complete_edge_insert(handle_t *handle,
 				       struct ocfs2_path *right_path,
 				       int subtree_index)
 {
-	int ret, i, idx;
+	int i, idx;
 	struct ocfs2_extent_list *el, *left_el, *right_el;
 	struct ocfs2_extent_rec *left_rec, *right_rec;
 	struct buffer_head *root_bh = left_path->p_node[subtree_index].bh;
@@ -2102,13 +2077,8 @@ static void ocfs2_complete_edge_insert(handle_t *handle,
 		ocfs2_adjust_adjacent_records(left_rec, left_el, right_rec,
 					      right_el);
 
-		ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, left_path->p_node[i].bh);
-		if (ret)
-			mlog_errno(ret);
-
-		ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, right_path->p_node[i].bh);
-		if (ret)
-			mlog_errno(ret);
+		ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, left_path->p_node[i].bh);
+		ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, right_path->p_node[i].bh);
 
 		/*
 		 * Setup our list pointers now so that the current
@@ -2132,9 +2102,7 @@ static void ocfs2_complete_edge_insert(handle_t *handle,
 
 	root_bh = left_path->p_node[subtree_index].bh;
 
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, root_bh);
-	if (ret)
-		mlog_errno(ret);
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, root_bh);
 }
 
 static int ocfs2_rotate_subtree_right(handle_t *handle,
@@ -2207,11 +2175,7 @@ static int ocfs2_rotate_subtree_right(handle_t *handle,
 
 	ocfs2_create_empty_extent(right_el);
 
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, right_leaf_bh);
-	if (ret) {
-		mlog_errno(ret);
-		goto out;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, right_leaf_bh);
 
 	/* Do the copy now. */
 	i = le16_to_cpu(left_el->l_next_free_rec) - 1;
@@ -2230,11 +2194,7 @@ static int ocfs2_rotate_subtree_right(handle_t *handle,
 	memset(&left_el->l_recs[0], 0, sizeof(struct ocfs2_extent_rec));
 	le16_add_cpu(&left_el->l_next_free_rec, 1);
 
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, left_leaf_bh);
-	if (ret) {
-		mlog_errno(ret);
-		goto out;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, left_leaf_bh);
 
 	ocfs2_complete_edge_insert(handle, left_path, right_path,
 				   subtree_index);
@@ -2327,20 +2287,14 @@ static int ocfs2_extend_rotate_transaction(handle_t *handle, int subtree_depth,
 					   int op_credits,
 					   struct ocfs2_path *path)
 {
-	int ret;
+	int ret = 0;
 	int credits = (path->p_tree_depth - subtree_depth) * 2 + 1 + op_credits;
 
-	if (handle->h_buffer_credits < 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;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -2584,8 +2538,7 @@ static int ocfs2_update_edge_lengths(handle_t *handle,
 	 * records for all the bh in the path.
 	 * So we have to allocate extra credits and access them.
 	 */
-	ret = ocfs2_extend_trans(handle,
-				 handle->h_buffer_credits + subtree_index);
+	ret = ocfs2_extend_trans(handle, subtree_index);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
@@ -2823,12 +2776,8 @@ static int ocfs2_rotate_subtree_left(handle_t *handle,
 		ocfs2_remove_empty_extent(right_leaf_el);
 	}
 
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, path_leaf_bh(left_path));
-	if (ret)
-		mlog_errno(ret);
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, path_leaf_bh(right_path));
-	if (ret)
-		mlog_errno(ret);
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, path_leaf_bh(left_path));
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, path_leaf_bh(right_path));
 
 	if (del_right_subtree) {
 		ocfs2_unlink_subtree(handle, et, left_path, right_path,
@@ -2851,9 +2800,7 @@ static int ocfs2_rotate_subtree_left(handle_t *handle,
 		if (right_has_empty)
 			ocfs2_remove_empty_extent(left_leaf_el);
 
-		ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, et_root_bh);
-		if (ret)
-			mlog_errno(ret);
+		ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, et_root_bh);
 
 		*deleted = 1;
 	} else
@@ -2962,10 +2909,7 @@ static int ocfs2_rotate_rightmost_leaf_left(handle_t *handle,
 	}
 
 	ocfs2_remove_empty_extent(el);
-
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
-	if (ret)
-		mlog_errno(ret);
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
 
 out:
 	return ret;
@@ -3506,15 +3450,9 @@ static int ocfs2_merge_rec_right(struct ocfs2_path *left_path,
 
 	ocfs2_cleanup_merge(el, index);
 
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
-	if (ret)
-		mlog_errno(ret);
-
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
 	if (right_path) {
-		ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, path_leaf_bh(right_path));
-		if (ret)
-			mlog_errno(ret);
-
+		ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, path_leaf_bh(right_path));
 		ocfs2_complete_edge_insert(handle, left_path, right_path,
 					   subtree_index);
 	}
@@ -3683,14 +3621,9 @@ static int ocfs2_merge_rec_left(struct ocfs2_path *right_path,
 
 	ocfs2_cleanup_merge(el, index);
 
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
-	if (ret)
-		mlog_errno(ret);
-
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
 	if (left_path) {
-		ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, path_leaf_bh(left_path));
-		if (ret)
-			mlog_errno(ret);
+		ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, path_leaf_bh(left_path));
 
 		/*
 		 * In the situation that the right_rec is empty and the extent
@@ -4016,10 +3949,7 @@ static void ocfs2_adjust_rightmost_records(handle_t *handle,
 		le32_add_cpu(&rec->e_int_clusters,
 			     -le32_to_cpu(rec->e_cpos));
 
-		ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
-		if (ret)
-			mlog_errno(ret);
-
+		ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -4203,17 +4133,13 @@ static int ocfs2_insert_path(handle_t *handle,
 	struct buffer_head *leaf_bh = path_leaf_bh(right_path);
 
 	if (left_path) {
-		int credits = handle->h_buffer_credits;
-
 		/*
 		 * There's a chance that left_path got passed back to
 		 * us without being accounted for in the
 		 * journal. Extend our transaction here to be sure we
 		 * can change those blocks.
 		 */
-		credits += left_path->p_tree_depth;
-
-		ret = ocfs2_extend_trans(handle, credits);
+		ret = ocfs2_extend_trans(handle, left_path->p_tree_depth);
 		if (ret < 0) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			goto out;
@@ -4251,17 +4177,13 @@ static int ocfs2_insert_path(handle_t *handle,
 		 * dirty this for us.
 		 */
 		if (left_path)
-			ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle,
-						  path_leaf_bh(left_path));
-			if (ret)
-				mlog_errno(ret);
+			ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle,
+					    path_leaf_bh(left_path));
 	} else
 		ocfs2_insert_at_leaf(et, insert_rec, path_leaf_el(right_path),
 				     insert);
 
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, leaf_bh);
-	if (ret)
-		mlog_errno(ret);
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, leaf_bh);
 
 	if (left_path) {
 		/*
@@ -4384,9 +4306,7 @@ out_update_clusters:
 		ocfs2_et_update_clusters(et,
 					 le16_to_cpu(insert_rec->e_leaf_clusters));
 
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, et->et_root_bh);
-	if (ret)
-		mlog_errno(ret);
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, et->et_root_bh);
 
 out:
 	ocfs2_free_path(left_path);
@@ -4895,11 +4815,7 @@ int ocfs2_add_clusters_in_btree(handle_t *handle,
 		goto leave;
 	}
 
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, et->et_root_bh);
-	if (status < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(status);
-		goto leave;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, et->et_root_bh);
 
 	clusters_to_add -= num_bits;
 	*logical_offset += num_bits;
@@ -5309,7 +5225,7 @@ static int ocfs2_split_tree(handle_t *handle, struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
 			    int index, u32 new_range,
 			    struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac)
 {
-	int ret, depth, credits = handle->h_buffer_credits;
+	int ret, depth, credits;
 	struct buffer_head *last_eb_bh = NULL;
 	struct ocfs2_extent_block *eb;
 	struct ocfs2_extent_list *rightmost_el, *el;
@@ -5340,8 +5256,8 @@ static int ocfs2_split_tree(handle_t *handle, struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
 	} else
 		rightmost_el = path_leaf_el(path);
 
-	credits += path->p_tree_depth +
-		   ocfs2_extend_meta_needed(et->et_root_el);
+	credits = path->p_tree_depth +
+		  ocfs2_extend_meta_needed(et->et_root_el);
 	ret = ocfs2_extend_trans(handle, credits);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -5724,11 +5640,7 @@ int ocfs2_remove_btree_range(struct inode *inode,
 
 	ocfs2_et_update_clusters(et, -len);
 
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, et->et_root_bh);
-	if (ret) {
-		mlog_errno(ret);
-		goto out_commit;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, et->et_root_bh);
 
 	ret = ocfs2_truncate_log_append(osb, handle, phys_blkno, len);
 	if (ret)
@@ -5850,11 +5762,7 @@ int ocfs2_truncate_log_append(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	}
 	tl->tl_recs[index].t_clusters = cpu_to_le32(num_clusters);
 
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, tl_bh);
-	if (status < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(status);
-		goto bail;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, tl_bh);
 
 bail:
 	mlog_exit(status);
@@ -5893,11 +5801,7 @@ static int ocfs2_replay_truncate_records(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 
 		tl->tl_used = cpu_to_le16(i);
 
-		status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, tl_bh);
-		if (status < 0) {
-			mlog_errno(status);
-			goto bail;
-		}
+		ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, tl_bh);
 
 		/* TODO: Perhaps we can calculate the bulk of the
 		 * credits up front rather than extending like
@@ -6824,11 +6728,7 @@ find_tail_record:
 		}
 
 delete:
-		ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
-		if (ret) {
-			mlog_errno(ret);
-			goto out;
-		}
+		ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
 
 		mlog(0, "extent list container %llu, after: record %d: "
 		     "(%u, %u, %llu), next = %u.\n",
@@ -6959,22 +6859,14 @@ static int ocfs2_do_truncate(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	} else if (last_eb)
 		fe->i_last_eb_blk = last_eb->h_blkno;
 
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, fe_bh);
-	if (status < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(status);
-		goto bail;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, fe_bh);
 
 	if (last_eb) {
 		/* If there will be a new last extent block, then by
 		 * definition, there cannot be any leaves to the right of
 		 * him. */
 		last_eb->h_next_leaf_blk = 0;
-		status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, last_eb_bh);
-		if (status < 0) {
-			mlog_errno(status);
-			goto bail;
-		}
+		ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, last_eb_bh);
 	}
 
 	if (delete_blk) {
@@ -7307,6 +7199,8 @@ int ocfs2_convert_inline_data_to_extents(struct inode *inode,
 			goto out_commit;
 		did_quota = 1;
 
+		data_ac->ac_resv = &OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_la_data_resv;
+
 		ret = ocfs2_claim_clusters(osb, handle, data_ac, 1, &bit_off,
 					   &num);
 		if (ret) {
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/aops.c b/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
index 21441ddb5506..3623ca20cc18 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
@@ -1735,6 +1735,9 @@ int ocfs2_write_begin_nolock(struct address_space *mapping,
 			goto out;
 		}
 
+		if (data_ac)
+			data_ac->ac_resv = &OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_la_data_resv;
+
 		credits = ocfs2_calc_extend_credits(inode->i_sb,
 						    &di->id2.i_list,
 						    clusters_to_alloc);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/masklog.c b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/masklog.c
index 3bb928a2bf7d..c7fba396392d 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/masklog.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/masklog.c
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ static struct mlog_attribute mlog_attrs[MLOG_MAX_BITS] = {
 	define_mask(ERROR),
 	define_mask(NOTICE),
 	define_mask(KTHREAD),
+	define_mask(RESERVATIONS),
 };
 
 static struct attribute *mlog_attr_ptrs[MLOG_MAX_BITS] = {NULL, };
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/masklog.h b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/masklog.h
index 3dfddbec32f2..fd96e2a2fa56 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/masklog.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/masklog.h
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@
 #define ML_ERROR	0x0000000100000000ULL /* sent to KERN_ERR */
 #define ML_NOTICE	0x0000000200000000ULL /* setn to KERN_NOTICE */
 #define ML_KTHREAD	0x0000000400000000ULL /* kernel thread activity */
+#define	ML_RESERVATIONS	0x0000000800000000ULL /* ocfs2 alloc reservations */
 
 #define MLOG_INITIAL_AND_MASK (ML_ERROR|ML_NOTICE)
 #define MLOG_INITIAL_NOT_MASK (ML_ENTRY|ML_EXIT)
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp.c b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp.c
index 73e743eea2c8..aa75ca3f78da 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp.c
@@ -583,6 +583,9 @@ static void o2net_state_change(struct sock *sk)
 			o2net_sc_queue_work(sc, &sc->sc_connect_work);
 			break;
 		default:
+			printk(KERN_INFO "o2net: connection to " SC_NODEF_FMT
+			      " shutdown, state %d\n",
+			      SC_NODEF_ARGS(sc), sk->sk_state);
 			o2net_sc_queue_work(sc, &sc->sc_shutdown_work);
 			break;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dir.c b/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
index efd77d071c80..6c9a28a2d3ae 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
@@ -1194,7 +1194,7 @@ static int __ocfs2_delete_entry(handle_t *handle, struct inode *dir,
 			else
 				de->inode = 0;
 			dir->i_version++;
-			status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
+			ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
 			goto bail;
 		}
 		i += le16_to_cpu(de->rec_len);
@@ -1752,7 +1752,7 @@ int __ocfs2_add_entry(handle_t *handle,
 				ocfs2_recalc_free_list(dir, handle, lookup);
 
 			dir->i_version++;
-			status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, insert_bh);
+			ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, insert_bh);
 			retval = 0;
 			goto bail;
 		}
@@ -2297,12 +2297,7 @@ static int ocfs2_fill_new_dir_id(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	}
 
 	ocfs2_fill_initial_dirents(inode, parent, data->id_data, size);
-
 	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, di_bh);
-	if (ret) {
-		mlog_errno(ret);
-		goto out;
-	}
 
 	i_size_write(inode, size);
 	inode->i_nlink = 2;
@@ -2366,11 +2361,7 @@ static int ocfs2_fill_new_dir_el(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 		ocfs2_init_dir_trailer(inode, new_bh, size);
 	}
 
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, new_bh);
-	if (status < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(status);
-		goto bail;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, new_bh);
 
 	i_size_write(inode, inode->i_sb->s_blocksize);
 	inode->i_nlink = 2;
@@ -2458,10 +2449,7 @@ static int ocfs2_dx_dir_attach_index(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 		dx_root->dr_list.l_count =
 			cpu_to_le16(ocfs2_extent_recs_per_dx_root(osb->sb));
 	}
-
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, dx_root_bh);
-	if (ret)
-		mlog_errno(ret);
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, dx_root_bh);
 
 	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, INODE_CACHE(dir), di_bh,
 				      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_CREATE);
@@ -2475,9 +2463,7 @@ static int ocfs2_dx_dir_attach_index(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	OCFS2_I(dir)->ip_dyn_features |= OCFS2_INDEXED_DIR_FL;
 	di->i_dyn_features = cpu_to_le16(OCFS2_I(dir)->ip_dyn_features);
 
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, di_bh);
-	if (ret)
-		mlog_errno(ret);
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, di_bh);
 
 	*ret_dx_root_bh = dx_root_bh;
 	dx_root_bh = NULL;
@@ -2991,6 +2977,8 @@ static int ocfs2_expand_inline_dir(struct inode *dir, struct buffer_head *di_bh,
 	 * if we only get one now, that's enough to continue. The rest
 	 * will be claimed after the conversion to extents.
 	 */
+	if (ocfs2_dir_resv_allowed(osb))
+		data_ac->ac_resv = &oi->ip_la_data_resv;
 	ret = ocfs2_claim_clusters(osb, handle, data_ac, 1, &bit_off, &len);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -3034,11 +3022,7 @@ static int ocfs2_expand_inline_dir(struct inode *dir, struct buffer_head *di_bh,
 		ocfs2_init_dir_trailer(dir, dirdata_bh, i);
 	}
 
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, dirdata_bh);
-	if (ret) {
-		mlog_errno(ret);
-		goto out_commit;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, dirdata_bh);
 
 	if (ocfs2_supports_indexed_dirs(osb) && !dx_inline) {
 		/*
@@ -3104,11 +3088,7 @@ static int ocfs2_expand_inline_dir(struct inode *dir, struct buffer_head *di_bh,
 	 */
 	dir->i_blocks = ocfs2_inode_sector_count(dir);
 
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, di_bh);
-	if (ret) {
-		mlog_errno(ret);
-		goto out_commit;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, di_bh);
 
 	if (ocfs2_supports_indexed_dirs(osb)) {
 		ret = ocfs2_dx_dir_attach_index(osb, handle, dir, di_bh,
@@ -3369,6 +3349,9 @@ static int ocfs2_extend_dir(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 			goto bail;
 		}
 
+		if (ocfs2_dir_resv_allowed(osb))
+			data_ac->ac_resv = &OCFS2_I(dir)->ip_la_data_resv;
+
 		credits = ocfs2_calc_extend_credits(sb, el, 1);
 	} else {
 		spin_unlock(&OCFS2_I(dir)->ip_lock);
@@ -3423,11 +3406,7 @@ do_extend:
 	} else {
 		de->rec_len = cpu_to_le16(sb->s_blocksize);
 	}
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, new_bh);
-	if (status < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(status);
-		goto bail;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, new_bh);
 
 	dir_i_size += dir->i_sb->s_blocksize;
 	i_size_write(dir, dir_i_size);
@@ -3906,11 +3885,7 @@ static int ocfs2_dx_dir_rebalance(struct ocfs2_super *osb, struct inode *dir,
 	     sizeof(struct ocfs2_dx_entry), dx_leaf_sort_cmp,
 	     dx_leaf_sort_swap);
 
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, dx_leaf_bh);
-	if (ret) {
-		mlog_errno(ret);
-		goto out_commit;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, dx_leaf_bh);
 
 	ret = ocfs2_dx_dir_find_leaf_split(dx_leaf, leaf_cpos, insert_hash,
 					   &split_hash);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmast.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmast.c
index 12d5eb78a11a..e0c415cb4328 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmast.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmast.c
@@ -451,7 +451,9 @@ int dlm_send_proxy_ast_msg(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm, struct dlm_lock_resource *res,
 	ret = o2net_send_message_vec(DLM_PROXY_AST_MSG, dlm->key, vec, veclen,
 				     lock->ml.node, &status);
 	if (ret < 0)
-		mlog_errno(ret);
+		mlog(ML_ERROR, "Error %d when sending message %u (key 0x%x) to "
+		     "node %u\n", ret, DLM_PROXY_AST_MSG, dlm->key,
+		     lock->ml.node);
 	else {
 		if (status == DLM_RECOVERING) {
 			mlog(ML_ERROR, "sent AST to node %u, it thinks this "
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmconvert.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmconvert.c
index 90803b47cd8c..9f30491e5e88 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmconvert.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmconvert.c
@@ -390,7 +390,9 @@ static enum dlm_status dlm_send_remote_convert_request(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm,
 		} else if (ret != DLM_NORMAL && ret != DLM_NOTQUEUED)
 			dlm_error(ret);
 	} else {
-		mlog_errno(tmpret);
+		mlog(ML_ERROR, "Error %d when sending message %u (key 0x%x) to "
+		     "node %u\n", tmpret, DLM_CONVERT_LOCK_MSG, dlm->key,
+		     res->owner);
 		if (dlm_is_host_down(tmpret)) {
 			/* instead of logging the same network error over
 			 * and over, sleep here and wait for the heartbeat
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmdomain.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmdomain.c
index 988c9055fd4e..e82c0537eff9 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmdomain.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmdomain.c
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ static void __dlm_print_nodes(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm)
 
 	assert_spin_locked(&dlm->spinlock);
 
-	printk(KERN_INFO "ocfs2_dlm: Nodes in domain (\"%s\"): ", dlm->name);
+	printk(KERN_NOTICE "o2dlm: Nodes in domain %s: ", dlm->name);
 
 	while ((node = find_next_bit(dlm->domain_map, O2NM_MAX_NODES,
 				     node + 1)) < O2NM_MAX_NODES) {
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ static int dlm_exit_domain_handler(struct o2net_msg *msg, u32 len, void *data,
 
 	node = exit_msg->node_idx;
 
-	printk(KERN_INFO "ocfs2_dlm: Node %u leaves domain %s\n", node, dlm->name);
+	printk(KERN_NOTICE "o2dlm: Node %u leaves domain %s\n", node, dlm->name);
 
 	spin_lock(&dlm->spinlock);
 	clear_bit(node, dlm->domain_map);
@@ -565,7 +565,9 @@ static int dlm_send_one_domain_exit(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm,
 	status = o2net_send_message(DLM_EXIT_DOMAIN_MSG, dlm->key,
 				    &leave_msg, sizeof(leave_msg), node,
 				    NULL);
-
+	if (status < 0)
+		mlog(ML_ERROR, "Error %d when sending message %u (key 0x%x) to "
+		     "node %u\n", status, DLM_EXIT_DOMAIN_MSG, dlm->key, node);
 	mlog(0, "status return %d from o2net_send_message\n", status);
 
 	return status;
@@ -904,7 +906,7 @@ static int dlm_assert_joined_handler(struct o2net_msg *msg, u32 len, void *data,
 		set_bit(assert->node_idx, dlm->domain_map);
 		__dlm_set_joining_node(dlm, DLM_LOCK_RES_OWNER_UNKNOWN);
 
-		printk(KERN_INFO "ocfs2_dlm: Node %u joins domain %s\n",
+		printk(KERN_NOTICE "o2dlm: Node %u joins domain %s\n",
 		       assert->node_idx, dlm->name);
 		__dlm_print_nodes(dlm);
 
@@ -962,7 +964,9 @@ static int dlm_send_one_join_cancel(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm,
 				    &cancel_msg, sizeof(cancel_msg), node,
 				    NULL);
 	if (status < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(status);
+		mlog(ML_ERROR, "Error %d when sending message %u (key 0x%x) to "
+		     "node %u\n", status, DLM_CANCEL_JOIN_MSG, DLM_MOD_KEY,
+		     node);
 		goto bail;
 	}
 
@@ -1029,10 +1033,11 @@ static int dlm_request_join(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm,
 	byte_copymap(join_msg.node_map, dlm->live_nodes_map, O2NM_MAX_NODES);
 
 	status = o2net_send_message(DLM_QUERY_JOIN_MSG, DLM_MOD_KEY, &join_msg,
-				    sizeof(join_msg), node,
-				    &join_resp);
+				    sizeof(join_msg), node, &join_resp);
 	if (status < 0 && status != -ENOPROTOOPT) {
-		mlog_errno(status);
+		mlog(ML_ERROR, "Error %d when sending message %u (key 0x%x) to "
+		     "node %u\n", status, DLM_QUERY_JOIN_MSG, DLM_MOD_KEY,
+		     node);
 		goto bail;
 	}
 	dlm_query_join_wire_to_packet(join_resp, &packet);
@@ -1103,7 +1108,9 @@ static int dlm_send_one_join_assert(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm,
 				    &assert_msg, sizeof(assert_msg), node,
 				    NULL);
 	if (status < 0)
-		mlog_errno(status);
+		mlog(ML_ERROR, "Error %d when sending message %u (key 0x%x) to "
+		     "node %u\n", status, DLM_ASSERT_JOINED_MSG, DLM_MOD_KEY,
+		     node);
 
 	return status;
 }
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmlock.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmlock.c
index 733337772671..f1fba2a6a8fe 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmlock.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmlock.c
@@ -329,7 +329,9 @@ static enum dlm_status dlm_send_remote_lock_request(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm,
 			BUG();
 		}
 	} else {
-		mlog_errno(tmpret);
+		mlog(ML_ERROR, "Error %d when sending message %u (key 0x%x) to "
+		     "node %u\n", tmpret, DLM_CREATE_LOCK_MSG, dlm->key,
+		     res->owner);
 		if (dlm_is_host_down(tmpret)) {
 			ret = DLM_RECOVERING;
 			mlog(0, "node %u died so returning DLM_RECOVERING "
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c
index 9289b4357d27..4fc6fd22a808 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c
@@ -1666,7 +1666,9 @@ again:
 		tmpret = o2net_send_message(DLM_ASSERT_MASTER_MSG, dlm->key,
 					    &assert, sizeof(assert), to, &r);
 		if (tmpret < 0) {
-			mlog(0, "assert_master returned %d!\n", tmpret);
+			mlog(ML_ERROR, "Error %d when sending message %u (key "
+			     "0x%x) to node %u\n", tmpret,
+			     DLM_ASSERT_MASTER_MSG, dlm->key, to);
 			if (!dlm_is_host_down(tmpret)) {
 				mlog(ML_ERROR, "unhandled error=%d!\n", tmpret);
 				BUG();
@@ -2205,7 +2207,9 @@ int dlm_drop_lockres_ref(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm, struct dlm_lock_resource *res)
 	ret = o2net_send_message(DLM_DEREF_LOCKRES_MSG, dlm->key,
 				 &deref, sizeof(deref), res->owner, &r);
 	if (ret < 0)
-		mlog_errno(ret);
+		mlog(ML_ERROR, "Error %d when sending message %u (key 0x%x) to "
+		     "node %u\n", ret, DLM_DEREF_LOCKRES_MSG, dlm->key,
+		     res->owner);
 	else if (r < 0) {
 		/* BAD.  other node says I did not have a ref. */
 		mlog(ML_ERROR,"while dropping ref on %s:%.*s "
@@ -2975,7 +2979,9 @@ static int dlm_do_migrate_request(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm,
 					 &migrate, sizeof(migrate), nodenum,
 					 &status);
 		if (ret < 0) {
-			mlog(0, "migrate_request returned %d!\n", ret);
+			mlog(ML_ERROR, "Error %d when sending message %u (key "
+			     "0x%x) to node %u\n", ret, DLM_MIGRATE_REQUEST_MSG,
+			     dlm->key, nodenum);
 			if (!dlm_is_host_down(ret)) {
 				mlog(ML_ERROR, "unhandled error=%d!\n", ret);
 				BUG();
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c
index b4f99de2caf3..f8b75ce4be70 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c
@@ -803,7 +803,9 @@ static int dlm_request_all_locks(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm, u8 request_from,
 
 	/* negative status is handled by caller */
 	if (ret < 0)
-		mlog_errno(ret);
+		mlog(ML_ERROR, "Error %d when sending message %u (key "
+		     "0x%x) to node %u\n", ret, DLM_LOCK_REQUEST_MSG,
+		     dlm->key, request_from);
 
 	// return from here, then
 	// sleep until all received or error
@@ -955,10 +957,10 @@ static int dlm_send_all_done_msg(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm, u8 dead_node, u8 send_to)
 	ret = o2net_send_message(DLM_RECO_DATA_DONE_MSG, dlm->key, &done_msg,
 				 sizeof(done_msg), send_to, &tmpret);
 	if (ret < 0) {
+		mlog(ML_ERROR, "Error %d when sending message %u (key "
+		     "0x%x) to node %u\n", ret, DLM_RECO_DATA_DONE_MSG,
+		     dlm->key, send_to);
 		if (!dlm_is_host_down(ret)) {
-			mlog_errno(ret);
-			mlog(ML_ERROR, "%s: unknown error sending data-done "
-			     "to %u\n", dlm->name, send_to);
 			BUG();
 		}
 	} else
@@ -1126,7 +1128,9 @@ static int dlm_send_mig_lockres_msg(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm,
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		/* XXX: negative status is not handled.
 		 * this will end up killing this node. */
-		mlog_errno(ret);
+		mlog(ML_ERROR, "Error %d when sending message %u (key "
+		     "0x%x) to node %u\n", ret, DLM_MIG_LOCKRES_MSG,
+		     dlm->key, send_to);
 	} else {
 		/* might get an -ENOMEM back here */
 		ret = status;
@@ -1642,7 +1646,9 @@ int dlm_do_master_requery(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm, struct dlm_lock_resource *res,
 				 &req, sizeof(req), nodenum, &status);
 	/* XXX: negative status not handled properly here. */
 	if (ret < 0)
-		mlog_errno(ret);
+		mlog(ML_ERROR, "Error %d when sending message %u (key "
+		     "0x%x) to node %u\n", ret, DLM_MASTER_REQUERY_MSG,
+		     dlm->key, nodenum);
 	else {
 		BUG_ON(status < 0);
 		BUG_ON(status > DLM_LOCK_RES_OWNER_UNKNOWN);
@@ -2640,7 +2646,7 @@ retry:
 		if (dlm_is_host_down(ret)) {
 			/* node is down.  not involved in recovery
 			 * so just keep going */
-			mlog(0, "%s: node %u was down when sending "
+			mlog(ML_NOTICE, "%s: node %u was down when sending "
 			     "begin reco msg (%d)\n", dlm->name, nodenum, ret);
 			ret = 0;
 		}
@@ -2660,11 +2666,12 @@ retry:
 		}
 		if (ret < 0) {
 			struct dlm_lock_resource *res;
+
 			/* this is now a serious problem, possibly ENOMEM
 			 * in the network stack.  must retry */
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			mlog(ML_ERROR, "begin reco of dlm %s to node %u "
-			    " returned %d\n", dlm->name, nodenum, ret);
+			     "returned %d\n", dlm->name, nodenum, ret);
 			res = dlm_lookup_lockres(dlm, DLM_RECOVERY_LOCK_NAME,
 						 DLM_RECOVERY_LOCK_NAME_LEN);
 			if (res) {
@@ -2789,7 +2796,9 @@ stage2:
 		if (ret >= 0)
 			ret = status;
 		if (ret < 0) {
-			mlog_errno(ret);
+			mlog(ML_ERROR, "Error %d when sending message %u (key "
+			     "0x%x) to node %u\n", ret, DLM_FINALIZE_RECO_MSG,
+			     dlm->key, nodenum);
 			if (dlm_is_host_down(ret)) {
 				/* this has no effect on this recovery
 				 * session, so set the status to zero to
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmunlock.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmunlock.c
index b47c1b92b82b..817287c6a6db 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmunlock.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmunlock.c
@@ -354,7 +354,8 @@ static enum dlm_status dlm_send_remote_unlock_request(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm,
 			mlog(0, "master was in-progress.  retry\n");
 		ret = status;
 	} else {
-		mlog_errno(tmpret);
+		mlog(ML_ERROR, "Error %d when sending message %u (key 0x%x) to "
+		     "node %u\n", tmpret, DLM_UNLOCK_LOCK_MSG, dlm->key, owner);
 		if (dlm_is_host_down(tmpret)) {
 			/* NOTE: this seems strange, but it is what we want.
 			 * when the master goes down during a cancel or
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/file.c b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
index a5fbd9cea968..48dc4fd0a5a2 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
@@ -278,10 +278,7 @@ int ocfs2_update_inode_atime(struct inode *inode,
 	inode->i_atime = CURRENT_TIME;
 	di->i_atime = cpu_to_le64(inode->i_atime.tv_sec);
 	di->i_atime_nsec = cpu_to_le32(inode->i_atime.tv_nsec);
-
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		mlog_errno(ret);
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
 
 out_commit:
 	ocfs2_commit_trans(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb), handle);
@@ -430,9 +427,7 @@ static int ocfs2_orphan_for_truncate(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	di->i_ctime = di->i_mtime = cpu_to_le64(inode->i_ctime.tv_sec);
 	di->i_ctime_nsec = di->i_mtime_nsec = cpu_to_le32(inode->i_ctime.tv_nsec);
 
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, fe_bh);
-	if (status < 0)
-		mlog_errno(status);
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, fe_bh);
 
 out_commit:
 	ocfs2_commit_trans(osb, handle);
@@ -488,6 +483,9 @@ static int ocfs2_truncate_file(struct inode *inode,
 
 	down_write(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_alloc_sem);
 
+	ocfs2_resv_discard(&osb->osb_la_resmap,
+			   &OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_la_data_resv);
+
 	/*
 	 * The inode lock forced other nodes to sync and drop their
 	 * pages, which (correctly) happens even if we have a truncate
@@ -666,11 +664,7 @@ restarted_transaction:
 		goto leave;
 	}
 
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
-	if (status < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(status);
-		goto leave;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
 
 	spin_lock(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_lock);
 	clusters_to_add -= (OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_clusters - prev_clusters);
@@ -1195,9 +1189,7 @@ static int __ocfs2_write_remove_suid(struct inode *inode,
 	di = (struct ocfs2_dinode *) bh->b_data;
 	di->i_mode = cpu_to_le16(inode->i_mode);
 
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		mlog_errno(ret);
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
 
 out_trans:
 	ocfs2_commit_trans(osb, handle);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
index af189887201c..ce7028b9fc34 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
@@ -376,6 +376,10 @@ void ocfs2_populate_inode(struct inode *inode, struct ocfs2_dinode *fe,
 
 	OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_last_used_slot = 0;
 	OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_last_used_group = 0;
+
+	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
+		ocfs2_resv_set_type(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_la_data_resv,
+				    OCFS2_RESV_FLAG_DIR);
 	mlog_exit_void();
 }
 
@@ -659,12 +663,7 @@ static int ocfs2_remove_inode(struct inode *inode,
 
 	di->i_dtime = cpu_to_le64(CURRENT_TIME.tv_sec);
 	di->i_flags &= cpu_to_le32(~(OCFS2_VALID_FL | OCFS2_ORPHANED_FL));
-
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, di_bh);
-	if (status < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(status);
-		goto bail_commit;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, di_bh);
 
 	ocfs2_remove_from_cache(INODE_CACHE(inode), di_bh);
 	dquot_free_inode(inode);
@@ -1123,6 +1122,10 @@ void ocfs2_clear_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	ocfs2_mark_lockres_freeing(&oi->ip_inode_lockres);
 	ocfs2_mark_lockres_freeing(&oi->ip_open_lockres);
 
+	ocfs2_resv_discard(&OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb)->osb_la_resmap,
+			   &oi->ip_la_data_resv);
+	ocfs2_resv_init_once(&oi->ip_la_data_resv);
+
 	/* We very well may get a clear_inode before all an inodes
 	 * metadata has hit disk. Of course, we can't drop any cluster
 	 * locks until the journal has finished with it. The only
@@ -1298,13 +1301,8 @@ int ocfs2_mark_inode_dirty(handle_t *handle,
 	fe->i_mtime = cpu_to_le64(inode->i_mtime.tv_sec);
 	fe->i_mtime_nsec = cpu_to_le32(inode->i_mtime.tv_nsec);
 
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
-	if (status < 0)
-		mlog_errno(status);
-
-	status = 0;
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
 leave:
-
 	mlog_exit(status);
 	return status;
 }
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/inode.h b/fs/ocfs2/inode.h
index 0b28e1921a39..9f5f5fcadc45 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/inode.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/inode.h
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ struct ocfs2_inode_info
 	/* Only valid if the inode is the dir. */
 	u32				ip_last_used_slot;
 	u64				ip_last_used_group;
+
+	struct ocfs2_alloc_reservation	ip_la_data_resv;
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/journal.c b/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
index 9336c60e3a36..47878cf16418 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
@@ -402,9 +402,7 @@ int ocfs2_commit_trans(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 }
 
 /*
- * 'nblocks' is what you want to add to the current
- * transaction. extend_trans will either extend the current handle by
- * nblocks, or commit it and start a new one with nblocks credits.
+ * 'nblocks' is what you want to add to the current transaction.
  *
  * This might call jbd2_journal_restart() which will commit dirty buffers
  * and then restart the transaction. Before calling
@@ -422,11 +420,15 @@ int ocfs2_commit_trans(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
  */
 int ocfs2_extend_trans(handle_t *handle, int nblocks)
 {
-	int status;
+	int status, old_nblocks;
 
 	BUG_ON(!handle);
-	BUG_ON(!nblocks);
+	BUG_ON(nblocks < 0);
+
+	if (!nblocks)
+		return 0;
 
+	old_nblocks = handle->h_buffer_credits;
 	mlog_entry_void();
 
 	mlog(0, "Trying to extend transaction by %d blocks\n", nblocks);
@@ -445,7 +447,8 @@ int ocfs2_extend_trans(handle_t *handle, int nblocks)
 		mlog(0,
 		     "jbd2_journal_extend failed, trying "
 		     "jbd2_journal_restart\n");
-		status = jbd2_journal_restart(handle, nblocks);
+		status = jbd2_journal_restart(handle,
+					      old_nblocks + nblocks);
 		if (status < 0) {
 			mlog_errno(status);
 			goto bail;
@@ -734,8 +737,7 @@ int ocfs2_journal_access(handle_t *handle, struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
 	return __ocfs2_journal_access(handle, ci, bh, NULL, type);
 }
 
-int ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle_t *handle,
-			struct buffer_head *bh)
+void ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle_t *handle, struct buffer_head *bh)
 {
 	int status;
 
@@ -743,13 +745,9 @@ int ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle_t *handle,
 		   (unsigned long long)bh->b_blocknr);
 
 	status = jbd2_journal_dirty_metadata(handle, bh);
-	if (status < 0)
-		mlog(ML_ERROR, "Could not dirty metadata buffer. "
-		     "(bh->b_blocknr=%llu)\n",
-		     (unsigned long long)bh->b_blocknr);
+	BUG_ON(status);
 
-	mlog_exit(status);
-	return status;
+	mlog_exit_void();
 }
 
 #define OCFS2_DEFAULT_COMMIT_INTERVAL	(HZ * JBD2_DEFAULT_MAX_COMMIT_AGE)
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/journal.h b/fs/ocfs2/journal.h
index 3f74e09b0d80..7dc56561c9ae 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/journal.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/journal.h
@@ -325,8 +325,7 @@ int ocfs2_journal_access(handle_t *handle, struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
  *	<modify the bh>
  * 	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
  */
-int                  ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle_t *handle,
-					 struct buffer_head *bh);
+void ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle_t *handle, struct buffer_head *bh);
 
 /*
  *  Credit Macros:
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c b/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c
index c983715d8d8c..63c41e206792 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ static u32 ocfs2_local_alloc_count_bits(struct ocfs2_dinode *alloc);
 
 static int ocfs2_local_alloc_find_clear_bits(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 					     struct ocfs2_dinode *alloc,
-					     u32 numbits);
+					     u32 *numbits,
+					     struct ocfs2_alloc_reservation *resv);
 
 static void ocfs2_clear_local_alloc(struct ocfs2_dinode *alloc);
 
@@ -74,6 +75,144 @@ static int ocfs2_local_alloc_new_window(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 static int ocfs2_local_alloc_slide_window(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 					  struct inode *local_alloc_inode);
 
+/*
+ * ocfs2_la_default_mb() - determine a default size, in megabytes of
+ * the local alloc.
+ *
+ * Generally, we'd like to pick as large a local alloc as
+ * possible. Performance on large workloads tends to scale
+ * proportionally to la size. In addition to that, the reservations
+ * code functions more efficiently as it can reserve more windows for
+ * write.
+ *
+ * Some things work against us when trying to choose a large local alloc:
+ *
+ * - We need to ensure our sizing is picked to leave enough space in
+ *   group descriptors for other allocations (such as block groups,
+ *   etc). Picking default sizes which are a multiple of 4 could help
+ *   - block groups are allocated in 2mb and 4mb chunks.
+ *
+ * - Likewise, we don't want to starve other nodes of bits on small
+ *   file systems. This can easily be taken care of by limiting our
+ *   default to a reasonable size (256M) on larger cluster sizes.
+ *
+ * - Some file systems can't support very large sizes - 4k and 8k in
+ *   particular are limited to less than 128 and 256 megabytes respectively.
+ *
+ * The following reference table shows group descriptor and local
+ * alloc maximums at various cluster sizes (4k blocksize)
+ *
+ * csize: 4K	group: 126M	la: 121M
+ * csize: 8K	group: 252M	la: 243M
+ * csize: 16K	group: 504M	la: 486M
+ * csize: 32K	group: 1008M	la: 972M
+ * csize: 64K	group: 2016M	la: 1944M
+ * csize: 128K	group: 4032M	la: 3888M
+ * csize: 256K	group: 8064M	la: 7776M
+ * csize: 512K	group: 16128M	la: 15552M
+ * csize: 1024K	group: 32256M	la: 31104M
+ */
+#define	OCFS2_LA_MAX_DEFAULT_MB	256
+#define	OCFS2_LA_OLD_DEFAULT	8
+unsigned int ocfs2_la_default_mb(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
+{
+	unsigned int la_mb;
+	unsigned int gd_mb;
+	unsigned int megs_per_slot;
+	struct super_block *sb = osb->sb;
+
+	gd_mb = ocfs2_clusters_to_megabytes(osb->sb,
+					    8 * ocfs2_group_bitmap_size(sb));
+
+	/*
+	 * This takes care of files systems with very small group
+	 * descriptors - 512 byte blocksize at cluster sizes lower
+	 * than 16K and also 1k blocksize with 4k cluster size.
+	 */
+	if ((sb->s_blocksize == 512 && osb->s_clustersize <= 8192)
+	    || (sb->s_blocksize == 1024 && osb->s_clustersize == 4096))
+		return OCFS2_LA_OLD_DEFAULT;
+
+	/*
+	 * Leave enough room for some block groups and make the final
+	 * value we work from a multiple of 4.
+	 */
+	gd_mb -= 16;
+	gd_mb &= 0xFFFFFFFB;
+
+	la_mb = gd_mb;
+
+	/*
+	 * Keep window sizes down to a reasonable default
+	 */
+	if (la_mb > OCFS2_LA_MAX_DEFAULT_MB) {
+		/*
+		 * Some clustersize / blocksize combinations will have
+		 * given us a larger than OCFS2_LA_MAX_DEFAULT_MB
+		 * default size, but get poor distribution when
+		 * limited to exactly 256 megabytes.
+		 *
+		 * As an example, 16K clustersize at 4K blocksize
+		 * gives us a cluster group size of 504M. Paring the
+		 * local alloc size down to 256 however, would give us
+		 * only one window and around 200MB left in the
+		 * cluster group. Instead, find the first size below
+		 * 256 which would give us an even distribution.
+		 *
+		 * Larger cluster group sizes actually work out pretty
+		 * well when pared to 256, so we don't have to do this
+		 * for any group that fits more than two
+		 * OCFS2_LA_MAX_DEFAULT_MB windows.
+		 */
+		if (gd_mb > (2 * OCFS2_LA_MAX_DEFAULT_MB))
+			la_mb = 256;
+		else {
+			unsigned int gd_mult = gd_mb;
+
+			while (gd_mult > 256)
+				gd_mult = gd_mult >> 1;
+
+			la_mb = gd_mult;
+		}
+	}
+
+	megs_per_slot = osb->osb_clusters_at_boot / osb->max_slots;
+	megs_per_slot = ocfs2_clusters_to_megabytes(osb->sb, megs_per_slot);
+	/* Too many nodes, too few disk clusters. */
+	if (megs_per_slot < la_mb)
+		la_mb = megs_per_slot;
+
+	return la_mb;
+}
+
+void ocfs2_la_set_sizes(struct ocfs2_super *osb, int requested_mb)
+{
+	struct super_block *sb = osb->sb;
+	unsigned int la_default_mb = ocfs2_la_default_mb(osb);
+	unsigned int la_max_mb;
+
+	la_max_mb = ocfs2_clusters_to_megabytes(sb,
+						ocfs2_local_alloc_size(sb) * 8);
+
+	mlog(0, "requested: %dM, max: %uM, default: %uM\n",
+	     requested_mb, la_max_mb, la_default_mb);
+
+	if (requested_mb == -1) {
+		/* No user request - use defaults */
+		osb->local_alloc_default_bits =
+			ocfs2_megabytes_to_clusters(sb, la_default_mb);
+	} else if (requested_mb > la_max_mb) {
+		/* Request is too big, we give the maximum available */
+		osb->local_alloc_default_bits =
+			ocfs2_megabytes_to_clusters(sb, la_max_mb);
+	} else {
+		osb->local_alloc_default_bits =
+			ocfs2_megabytes_to_clusters(sb, requested_mb);
+	}
+
+	osb->local_alloc_bits = osb->local_alloc_default_bits;
+}
+
 static inline int ocfs2_la_state_enabled(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
 {
 	return (osb->local_alloc_state == OCFS2_LA_THROTTLED ||
@@ -156,7 +295,7 @@ int ocfs2_load_local_alloc(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
 		     osb->local_alloc_bits, (osb->bitmap_cpg - 1));
 		osb->local_alloc_bits =
 			ocfs2_megabytes_to_clusters(osb->sb,
-						    OCFS2_DEFAULT_LOCAL_ALLOC_SIZE);
+						    ocfs2_la_default_mb(osb));
 	}
 
 	/* read the alloc off disk */
@@ -262,6 +401,8 @@ void ocfs2_shutdown_local_alloc(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
 
 	osb->local_alloc_state = OCFS2_LA_DISABLED;
 
+	ocfs2_resmap_uninit(&osb->osb_la_resmap);
+
 	main_bm_inode = ocfs2_get_system_file_inode(osb,
 						    GLOBAL_BITMAP_SYSTEM_INODE,
 						    OCFS2_INVALID_SLOT);
@@ -305,12 +446,7 @@ void ocfs2_shutdown_local_alloc(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
 	}
 
 	ocfs2_clear_local_alloc(alloc);
-
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
-	if (status < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(status);
-		goto out_commit;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
 
 	brelse(bh);
 	osb->local_alloc_bh = NULL;
@@ -481,46 +617,6 @@ out:
 	return status;
 }
 
-/* Check to see if the local alloc window is within ac->ac_max_block */
-static int ocfs2_local_alloc_in_range(struct inode *inode,
-				      struct ocfs2_alloc_context *ac,
-				      u32 bits_wanted)
-{
-	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
-	struct ocfs2_dinode *alloc;
-	struct ocfs2_local_alloc *la;
-	int start;
-	u64 block_off;
-
-	if (!ac->ac_max_block)
-		return 1;
-
-	alloc = (struct ocfs2_dinode *) osb->local_alloc_bh->b_data;
-	la = OCFS2_LOCAL_ALLOC(alloc);
-
-	start = ocfs2_local_alloc_find_clear_bits(osb, alloc, bits_wanted);
-	if (start == -1) {
-		mlog_errno(-ENOSPC);
-		return 0;
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * Converting (bm_off + start + bits_wanted) to blocks gives us
-	 * the blkno just past our actual allocation.  This is perfect
-	 * to compare with ac_max_block.
-	 */
-	block_off = ocfs2_clusters_to_blocks(inode->i_sb,
-					     le32_to_cpu(la->la_bm_off) +
-					     start + bits_wanted);
-	mlog(0, "Checking %llu against %llu\n",
-	     (unsigned long long)block_off,
-	     (unsigned long long)ac->ac_max_block);
-	if (block_off > ac->ac_max_block)
-		return 0;
-
-	return 1;
-}
-
 /*
  * make sure we've got at least bits_wanted contiguous bits in the
  * local alloc. You lose them when you drop i_mutex.
@@ -613,17 +709,6 @@ int ocfs2_reserve_local_alloc_bits(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 		mlog(0, "Calling in_range for max block %llu\n",
 		     (unsigned long long)ac->ac_max_block);
 
-	if (!ocfs2_local_alloc_in_range(local_alloc_inode, ac,
-					bits_wanted)) {
-		/*
-		 * The window is outside ac->ac_max_block.
-		 * This errno tells the caller to keep localalloc enabled
-		 * but to get the allocation from the main bitmap.
-		 */
-		status = -EFBIG;
-		goto bail;
-	}
-
 	ac->ac_inode = local_alloc_inode;
 	/* We should never use localalloc from another slot */
 	ac->ac_alloc_slot = osb->slot_num;
@@ -664,7 +749,8 @@ int ocfs2_claim_local_alloc_bits(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	alloc = (struct ocfs2_dinode *) osb->local_alloc_bh->b_data;
 	la = OCFS2_LOCAL_ALLOC(alloc);
 
-	start = ocfs2_local_alloc_find_clear_bits(osb, alloc, bits_wanted);
+	start = ocfs2_local_alloc_find_clear_bits(osb, alloc, &bits_wanted,
+						  ac->ac_resv);
 	if (start == -1) {
 		/* TODO: Shouldn't we just BUG here? */
 		status = -ENOSPC;
@@ -674,8 +760,6 @@ int ocfs2_claim_local_alloc_bits(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 
 	bitmap = la->la_bitmap;
 	*bit_off = le32_to_cpu(la->la_bm_off) + start;
-	/* local alloc is always contiguous by nature -- we never
-	 * delete bits from it! */
 	*num_bits = bits_wanted;
 
 	status = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle,
@@ -687,18 +771,15 @@ int ocfs2_claim_local_alloc_bits(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 		goto bail;
 	}
 
+	ocfs2_resmap_claimed_bits(&osb->osb_la_resmap, ac->ac_resv, start,
+				  bits_wanted);
+
 	while(bits_wanted--)
 		ocfs2_set_bit(start++, bitmap);
 
 	le32_add_cpu(&alloc->id1.bitmap1.i_used, *num_bits);
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, osb->local_alloc_bh);
 
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, osb->local_alloc_bh);
-	if (status < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(status);
-		goto bail;
-	}
-
-	status = 0;
 bail:
 	mlog_exit(status);
 	return status;
@@ -722,13 +803,17 @@ static u32 ocfs2_local_alloc_count_bits(struct ocfs2_dinode *alloc)
 }
 
 static int ocfs2_local_alloc_find_clear_bits(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
-					     struct ocfs2_dinode *alloc,
-					     u32 numbits)
+				     struct ocfs2_dinode *alloc,
+				     u32 *numbits,
+				     struct ocfs2_alloc_reservation *resv)
 {
 	int numfound, bitoff, left, startoff, lastzero;
+	int local_resv = 0;
+	struct ocfs2_alloc_reservation r;
 	void *bitmap = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_reservation_map *resmap = &osb->osb_la_resmap;
 
-	mlog_entry("(numbits wanted = %u)\n", numbits);
+	mlog_entry("(numbits wanted = %u)\n", *numbits);
 
 	if (!alloc->id1.bitmap1.i_total) {
 		mlog(0, "No bits in my window!\n");
@@ -736,6 +821,30 @@ static int ocfs2_local_alloc_find_clear_bits(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 		goto bail;
 	}
 
+	if (!resv) {
+		local_resv = 1;
+		ocfs2_resv_init_once(&r);
+		ocfs2_resv_set_type(&r, OCFS2_RESV_FLAG_TMP);
+		resv = &r;
+	}
+
+	numfound = *numbits;
+	if (ocfs2_resmap_resv_bits(resmap, resv, &bitoff, &numfound) == 0) {
+		if (numfound < *numbits)
+			*numbits = numfound;
+		goto bail;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Code error. While reservations are enabled, local
+	 * allocation should _always_ go through them.
+	 */
+	BUG_ON(osb->osb_resv_level != 0);
+
+	/*
+	 * Reservations are disabled. Handle this the old way.
+	 */
+
 	bitmap = OCFS2_LOCAL_ALLOC(alloc)->la_bitmap;
 
 	numfound = bitoff = startoff = 0;
@@ -761,7 +870,7 @@ static int ocfs2_local_alloc_find_clear_bits(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 			startoff = bitoff+1;
 		}
 		/* we got everything we needed */
-		if (numfound == numbits) {
+		if (numfound == *numbits) {
 			/* mlog(0, "Found it all!\n"); */
 			break;
 		}
@@ -770,12 +879,15 @@ static int ocfs2_local_alloc_find_clear_bits(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	mlog(0, "Exiting loop, bitoff = %d, numfound = %d\n", bitoff,
 	     numfound);
 
-	if (numfound == numbits)
+	if (numfound == *numbits)
 		bitoff = startoff - numfound;
 	else
 		bitoff = -1;
 
 bail:
+	if (local_resv)
+		ocfs2_resv_discard(resmap, resv);
+
 	mlog_exit(bitoff);
 	return bitoff;
 }
@@ -1098,6 +1210,9 @@ retry_enospc:
 	memset(OCFS2_LOCAL_ALLOC(alloc)->la_bitmap, 0,
 	       le16_to_cpu(la->la_size));
 
+	ocfs2_resmap_restart(&osb->osb_la_resmap, cluster_count,
+			     OCFS2_LOCAL_ALLOC(alloc)->la_bitmap);
+
 	mlog(0, "New window allocated:\n");
 	mlog(0, "window la_bm_off = %u\n",
 	     OCFS2_LOCAL_ALLOC(alloc)->la_bm_off);
@@ -1169,12 +1284,7 @@ static int ocfs2_local_alloc_slide_window(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	}
 
 	ocfs2_clear_local_alloc(alloc);
-
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, osb->local_alloc_bh);
-	if (status < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(status);
-		goto bail;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, osb->local_alloc_bh);
 
 	status = ocfs2_sync_local_to_main(osb, handle, alloc_copy,
 					  main_bm_inode, main_bm_bh);
@@ -1192,7 +1302,6 @@ static int ocfs2_local_alloc_slide_window(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 
 	atomic_inc(&osb->alloc_stats.moves);
 
-	status = 0;
 bail:
 	if (handle)
 		ocfs2_commit_trans(osb, handle);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.h b/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.h
index ac5ea9f86653..1be9b5864460 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.h
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ int ocfs2_load_local_alloc(struct ocfs2_super *osb);
 
 void ocfs2_shutdown_local_alloc(struct ocfs2_super *osb);
 
+void ocfs2_la_set_sizes(struct ocfs2_super *osb, int requested_mb);
+unsigned int ocfs2_la_default_mb(struct ocfs2_super *osb);
+
 int ocfs2_begin_local_alloc_recovery(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 				     int node_num,
 				     struct ocfs2_dinode **alloc_copy);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
index 4cbb18f26c5f..eba9033d456e 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
@@ -384,11 +384,7 @@ static int ocfs2_mknod(struct inode *dir,
 			goto leave;
 		}
 		ocfs2_add_links_count(dirfe, 1);
-		status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, parent_fe_bh);
-		if (status < 0) {
-			mlog_errno(status);
-			goto leave;
-		}
+		ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, parent_fe_bh);
 		inc_nlink(dir);
 	}
 
@@ -567,11 +563,7 @@ static int ocfs2_mknod_locked(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 		fel->l_count = cpu_to_le16(ocfs2_extent_recs_per_inode(osb->sb));
 	}
 
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, *new_fe_bh);
-	if (status < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(status);
-		goto leave;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, *new_fe_bh);
 
 	ocfs2_populate_inode(inode, fe, 1);
 	ocfs2_ci_set_new(osb, INODE_CACHE(inode));
@@ -705,14 +697,7 @@ static int ocfs2_link(struct dentry *old_dentry,
 	ocfs2_set_links_count(fe, inode->i_nlink);
 	fe->i_ctime = cpu_to_le64(inode->i_ctime.tv_sec);
 	fe->i_ctime_nsec = cpu_to_le32(inode->i_ctime.tv_nsec);
-
-	err = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, fe_bh);
-	if (err < 0) {
-		ocfs2_add_links_count(fe, -1);
-		drop_nlink(inode);
-		mlog_errno(err);
-		goto out_commit;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, fe_bh);
 
 	err = ocfs2_add_entry(handle, dentry, inode,
 			      OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno,
@@ -909,12 +894,7 @@ static int ocfs2_unlink(struct inode *dir,
 		drop_nlink(inode);
 	drop_nlink(inode);
 	ocfs2_set_links_count(fe, inode->i_nlink);
-
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, fe_bh);
-	if (status < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(status);
-		goto leave;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, fe_bh);
 
 	dir->i_ctime = dir->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME;
 	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
@@ -1332,12 +1312,7 @@ static int ocfs2_rename(struct inode *old_dir,
 			ocfs2_set_links_count(newfe, 0);
 		else
 			ocfs2_add_links_count(newfe, -1);
-
-		status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, newfe_bh);
-		if (status < 0) {
-			mlog_errno(status);
-			goto bail;
-		}
+		ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, newfe_bh);
 	} else {
 		/* if the name was not found in new_dir, add it now */
 		status = ocfs2_add_entry(handle, new_dentry, old_inode,
@@ -1356,10 +1331,7 @@ static int ocfs2_rename(struct inode *old_dir,
 
 		old_di->i_ctime = cpu_to_le64(old_inode->i_ctime.tv_sec);
 		old_di->i_ctime_nsec = cpu_to_le32(old_inode->i_ctime.tv_nsec);
-
-		status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, old_inode_bh);
-		if (status < 0)
-			mlog_errno(status);
+		ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, old_inode_bh);
 	} else
 		mlog_errno(status);
 
@@ -1431,7 +1403,7 @@ static int ocfs2_rename(struct inode *old_dir,
 							 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);
+			ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, old_dir_bh);
 		}
 	}
 	ocfs2_dentry_move(old_dentry, new_dentry, old_dir, new_dir);
@@ -1563,11 +1535,7 @@ static int ocfs2_create_symlink_data(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 		       (bytes_left > sb->s_blocksize) ? sb->s_blocksize :
 		       bytes_left);
 
-		status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bhs[virtual]);
-		if (status < 0) {
-			mlog_errno(status);
-			goto bail;
-		}
+		ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bhs[virtual]);
 
 		virtual++;
 		p_blkno++;
@@ -1961,12 +1929,7 @@ static int ocfs2_orphan_add(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
 		ocfs2_add_links_count(orphan_fe, 1);
 	orphan_dir_inode->i_nlink = ocfs2_read_links_count(orphan_fe);
-
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, orphan_dir_bh);
-	if (status < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(status);
-		goto leave;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, orphan_dir_bh);
 
 	status = __ocfs2_add_entry(handle, orphan_dir_inode, name,
 				   OCFS2_ORPHAN_NAMELEN, inode,
@@ -2065,12 +2028,7 @@ int ocfs2_orphan_del(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
 		ocfs2_add_links_count(orphan_fe, -1);
 	orphan_dir_inode->i_nlink = ocfs2_read_links_count(orphan_fe);
-
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, orphan_dir_bh);
-	if (status < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(status);
-		goto leave;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, orphan_dir_bh);
 
 leave:
 	ocfs2_free_dir_lookup_result(&lookup);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h b/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h
index adf5e2ebc2c4..a388528f485c 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 /* For struct ocfs2_blockcheck_stats */
 #include "blockcheck.h"
 
+#include "reservations.h"
 
 /* Caching of metadata buffers */
 
@@ -341,6 +342,9 @@ struct ocfs2_super
 	 */
 	unsigned int local_alloc_bits;
 	unsigned int local_alloc_default_bits;
+	/* osb_clusters_at_boot can become stale! Do not trust it to
+	 * be up to date. */
+	unsigned int osb_clusters_at_boot;
 
 	enum ocfs2_local_alloc_state local_alloc_state; /* protected
 							 * by osb_lock */
@@ -349,6 +353,11 @@ struct ocfs2_super
 
 	u64 la_last_gd;
 
+	struct ocfs2_reservation_map	osb_la_resmap;
+
+	unsigned int	osb_resv_level;
+	unsigned int	osb_dir_resv_level;
+
 	/* Next three fields are for local node slot recovery during
 	 * mount. */
 	int dirty;
@@ -763,6 +772,12 @@ static inline unsigned int ocfs2_megabytes_to_clusters(struct super_block *sb,
 	return megs << (20 - OCFS2_SB(sb)->s_clustersize_bits);
 }
 
+static inline unsigned int ocfs2_clusters_to_megabytes(struct super_block *sb,
+						       unsigned int clusters)
+{
+	return clusters >> (20 - OCFS2_SB(sb)->s_clustersize_bits);
+}
+
 static inline void _ocfs2_set_bit(unsigned int bit, unsigned long *bitmap)
 {
 	ext2_set_bit(bit, bitmap);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_fs.h b/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_fs.h
index bb37218a7978..d61a1521b10e 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_fs.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_fs.h
@@ -283,14 +283,6 @@
 #define OCFS2_MIN_JOURNAL_SIZE		(4 * 1024 * 1024)
 
 /*
- * Default local alloc size (in megabytes)
- *
- * The value chosen should be such that most allocations, including new
- * block groups, use local alloc.
- */
-#define OCFS2_DEFAULT_LOCAL_ALLOC_SIZE	8
-
-/*
  * Inline extended attribute size (in bytes)
  * The value chosen should be aligned to 16 byte boundaries.
  */
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/quota_global.c b/fs/ocfs2/quota_global.c
index ab42a74c7539..04ae76d8c6ab 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/quota_global.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/quota_global.c
@@ -261,10 +261,8 @@ ssize_t ocfs2_quota_write(struct super_block *sb, int type,
 		brelse(bh);
 		goto out;
 	}
-	err = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
 	brelse(bh);
-	if (err < 0)
-		goto out;
 out:
 	if (err) {
 		mutex_unlock(&gqinode->i_mutex);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/quota_local.c b/fs/ocfs2/quota_local.c
index 9ad49305f450..884b641f199e 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/quota_local.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/quota_local.c
@@ -119,12 +119,8 @@ static int ocfs2_modify_bh(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head *bh,
 	lock_buffer(bh);
 	modify(bh, private);
 	unlock_buffer(bh);
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
-	if (status < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(status);
-		ocfs2_commit_trans(OCFS2_SB(sb), handle);
-		return status;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
+
 	status = ocfs2_commit_trans(OCFS2_SB(sb), handle);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
@@ -523,9 +519,7 @@ static int ocfs2_recover_local_quota_file(struct inode *lqinode,
 			ocfs2_clear_bit(bit, dchunk->dqc_bitmap);
 			le32_add_cpu(&dchunk->dqc_free, 1);
 			unlock_buffer(qbh);
-			status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, qbh);
-			if (status < 0)
-				mlog_errno(status);
+			ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, qbh);
 out_commit:
 			mutex_unlock(&sb_dqopt(sb)->dqio_mutex);
 			ocfs2_commit_trans(OCFS2_SB(sb), handle);
@@ -631,9 +625,7 @@ int ocfs2_finish_quota_recovery(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 		lock_buffer(bh);
 		ldinfo->dqi_flags = cpu_to_le32(flags | OLQF_CLEAN);
 		unlock_buffer(bh);
-		status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
-		if (status < 0)
-			mlog_errno(status);
+		ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
 out_trans:
 		ocfs2_commit_trans(osb, handle);
 out_bh:
@@ -1009,11 +1001,7 @@ static struct ocfs2_quota_chunk *ocfs2_local_quota_add_chunk(
 	       sb->s_blocksize - sizeof(struct ocfs2_local_disk_chunk) -
 	       OCFS2_QBLK_RESERVED_SPACE);
 	unlock_buffer(bh);
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
-	if (status < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(status);
-		goto out_trans;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
 
 	/* Initialize new block with structures */
 	down_read(&OCFS2_I(lqinode)->ip_alloc_sem);
@@ -1040,11 +1028,7 @@ static struct ocfs2_quota_chunk *ocfs2_local_quota_add_chunk(
 	lock_buffer(dbh);
 	memset(dbh->b_data, 0, sb->s_blocksize - OCFS2_QBLK_RESERVED_SPACE);
 	unlock_buffer(dbh);
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, dbh);
-	if (status < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(status);
-		goto out_trans;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, dbh);
 
 	/* Update local quotafile info */
 	oinfo->dqi_blocks += 2;
@@ -1155,11 +1139,8 @@ static struct ocfs2_quota_chunk *ocfs2_extend_local_quota_file(
 	lock_buffer(bh);
 	memset(bh->b_data, 0, sb->s_blocksize);
 	unlock_buffer(bh);
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
-	if (status < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(status);
-		goto out_trans;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
+
 	/* Update chunk header */
 	status = ocfs2_journal_access_dq(handle, INODE_CACHE(lqinode),
 					 chunk->qc_headerbh,
@@ -1173,11 +1154,8 @@ static struct ocfs2_quota_chunk *ocfs2_extend_local_quota_file(
 	lock_buffer(chunk->qc_headerbh);
 	le32_add_cpu(&dchunk->dqc_free, ol_quota_entries_per_block(sb));
 	unlock_buffer(chunk->qc_headerbh);
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, chunk->qc_headerbh);
-	if (status < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(status);
-		goto out_trans;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, chunk->qc_headerbh);
+
 	/* Update file header */
 	oinfo->dqi_blocks++;
 	status = ocfs2_local_write_info(sb, type);
@@ -1312,12 +1290,8 @@ static int ocfs2_local_release_dquot(struct dquot *dquot)
 	ocfs2_clear_bit(offset, dchunk->dqc_bitmap);
 	le32_add_cpu(&dchunk->dqc_free, 1);
 	unlock_buffer(od->dq_chunk->qc_headerbh);
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, od->dq_chunk->qc_headerbh);
-	if (status < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(status);
-		goto out;
-	}
-	status = 0;
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, od->dq_chunk->qc_headerbh);
+
 out:
 	/* Clear the read bit so that next time someone uses this
 	 * dquot he reads fresh info from disk and allocates local
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c b/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c
index 5cbcd0f008fc..b9c8ff283644 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c
@@ -1268,9 +1268,7 @@ static int ocfs2_change_refcount_rec(handle_t *handle,
 	} else if (merge)
 		ocfs2_refcount_rec_merge(rb, index);
 
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, ref_leaf_bh);
-	if (ret)
-		mlog_errno(ret);
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, ref_leaf_bh);
 out:
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -1694,7 +1692,7 @@ static int ocfs2_adjust_refcount_rec(handle_t *handle,
 	 * 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);
+	ret = ocfs2_extend_trans(handle, 2);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
@@ -1802,11 +1800,7 @@ static int ocfs2_insert_refcount_rec(handle_t *handle,
 	if (merge)
 		ocfs2_refcount_rec_merge(rb, index);
 
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, ref_leaf_bh);
-	if (ret) {
-		mlog_errno(ret);
-		goto out;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, ref_leaf_bh);
 
 	if (index == 0) {
 		ret = ocfs2_adjust_refcount_rec(handle, ci,
@@ -1977,9 +1971,7 @@ static int ocfs2_split_refcount_rec(handle_t *handle,
 			ocfs2_refcount_rec_merge(rb, index);
 	}
 
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, ref_leaf_bh);
-	if (ret)
-		mlog_errno(ret);
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, ref_leaf_bh);
 
 out:
 	brelse(new_bh);
@@ -3040,11 +3032,7 @@ static int ocfs2_duplicate_clusters_by_jbd(handle_t *handle,
 		}
 
 		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;
-		}
+		ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, new_bh);
 
 		brelse(new_bh);
 		brelse(old_bh);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/reservations.c b/fs/ocfs2/reservations.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..40650021fc24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/reservations.c
@@ -0,0 +1,847 @@
+/* -*- mode: c; c-basic-offset: 8; -*-
+ * vim: noexpandtab sw=8 ts=8 sts=0:
+ *
+ * reservations.c
+ *
+ * Allocation reservations implementation
+ *
+ * Some code borrowed from fs/ext3/balloc.c and is:
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995
+ * Remy Card (card@masi.ibp.fr)
+ * Laboratoire MASI - Institut Blaise Pascal
+ * Universite Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI)
+ *
+ * The rest is copyright (C) 2010 Novell.  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/fs.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/highmem.h>
+#include <linux/bitops.h>
+#include <linux/list.h>
+
+#define MLOG_MASK_PREFIX ML_RESERVATIONS
+#include <cluster/masklog.h>
+
+#include "ocfs2.h"
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_OCFS2_DEBUG_FS
+#define OCFS2_CHECK_RESERVATIONS
+#endif
+
+DEFINE_SPINLOCK(resv_lock);
+
+#define	OCFS2_MIN_RESV_WINDOW_BITS	8
+#define	OCFS2_MAX_RESV_WINDOW_BITS	1024
+
+int ocfs2_dir_resv_allowed(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
+{
+	return (osb->osb_resv_level && osb->osb_dir_resv_level);
+}
+
+static unsigned int ocfs2_resv_window_bits(struct ocfs2_reservation_map *resmap,
+					   struct ocfs2_alloc_reservation *resv)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb = resmap->m_osb;
+	unsigned int bits;
+
+	if (!(resv->r_flags & OCFS2_RESV_FLAG_DIR)) {
+		/* 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024 */
+		bits = 4 << osb->osb_resv_level;
+	} else {
+		bits = 4 << osb->osb_dir_resv_level;
+	}
+	return bits;
+}
+
+static inline unsigned int ocfs2_resv_end(struct ocfs2_alloc_reservation *resv)
+{
+	if (resv->r_len)
+		return resv->r_start + resv->r_len - 1;
+	return resv->r_start;
+}
+
+static inline int ocfs2_resv_empty(struct ocfs2_alloc_reservation *resv)
+{
+	return !!(resv->r_len == 0);
+}
+
+static inline int ocfs2_resmap_disabled(struct ocfs2_reservation_map *resmap)
+{
+	if (resmap->m_osb->osb_resv_level == 0)
+		return 1;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void ocfs2_dump_resv(struct ocfs2_reservation_map *resmap)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb = resmap->m_osb;
+	struct rb_node *node;
+	struct ocfs2_alloc_reservation *resv;
+	int i = 0;
+
+	mlog(ML_NOTICE, "Dumping resmap for device %s. Bitmap length: %u\n",
+	     osb->dev_str, resmap->m_bitmap_len);
+
+	node = rb_first(&resmap->m_reservations);
+	while (node) {
+		resv = rb_entry(node, struct ocfs2_alloc_reservation, r_node);
+
+		mlog(ML_NOTICE, "start: %u\tend: %u\tlen: %u\tlast_start: %u"
+		     "\tlast_len: %u\n", resv->r_start,
+		     ocfs2_resv_end(resv), resv->r_len, resv->r_last_start,
+		     resv->r_last_len);
+
+		node = rb_next(node);
+		i++;
+	}
+
+	mlog(ML_NOTICE, "%d reservations found. LRU follows\n", i);
+
+	i = 0;
+	list_for_each_entry(resv, &resmap->m_lru, r_lru) {
+		mlog(ML_NOTICE, "LRU(%d) start: %u\tend: %u\tlen: %u\t"
+		     "last_start: %u\tlast_len: %u\n", i, resv->r_start,
+		     ocfs2_resv_end(resv), resv->r_len, resv->r_last_start,
+		     resv->r_last_len);
+
+		i++;
+	}
+}
+
+#ifdef OCFS2_CHECK_RESERVATIONS
+static int ocfs2_validate_resmap_bits(struct ocfs2_reservation_map *resmap,
+				      int i,
+				      struct ocfs2_alloc_reservation *resv)
+{
+	char *disk_bitmap = resmap->m_disk_bitmap;
+	unsigned int start = resv->r_start;
+	unsigned int end = ocfs2_resv_end(resv);
+
+	while (start <= end) {
+		if (ocfs2_test_bit(start, disk_bitmap)) {
+			mlog(ML_ERROR,
+			     "reservation %d covers an allocated area "
+			     "starting at bit %u!\n", i, start);
+			return 1;
+		}
+
+		start++;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void ocfs2_check_resmap(struct ocfs2_reservation_map *resmap)
+{
+	unsigned int off = 0;
+	int i = 0;
+	struct rb_node *node;
+	struct ocfs2_alloc_reservation *resv;
+
+	node = rb_first(&resmap->m_reservations);
+	while (node) {
+		resv = rb_entry(node, struct ocfs2_alloc_reservation, r_node);
+
+		if (i > 0 && resv->r_start <= off) {
+			mlog(ML_ERROR, "reservation %d has bad start off!\n",
+			     i);
+			goto bad;
+		}
+
+		if (resv->r_len == 0) {
+			mlog(ML_ERROR, "reservation %d has no length!\n",
+			     i);
+			goto bad;
+		}
+
+		if (resv->r_start > ocfs2_resv_end(resv)) {
+			mlog(ML_ERROR, "reservation %d has invalid range!\n",
+			     i);
+			goto bad;
+		}
+
+		if (ocfs2_resv_end(resv) >= resmap->m_bitmap_len) {
+			mlog(ML_ERROR, "reservation %d extends past bitmap!\n",
+			     i);
+			goto bad;
+		}
+
+		if (ocfs2_validate_resmap_bits(resmap, i, resv))
+			goto bad;
+
+		off = ocfs2_resv_end(resv);
+		node = rb_next(node);
+
+		i++;
+	}
+	return;
+
+bad:
+	ocfs2_dump_resv(resmap);
+	BUG();
+}
+#else
+static inline void ocfs2_check_resmap(struct ocfs2_reservation_map *resmap)
+{
+
+}
+#endif
+
+void ocfs2_resv_init_once(struct ocfs2_alloc_reservation *resv)
+{
+	memset(resv, 0, sizeof(*resv));
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&resv->r_lru);
+}
+
+void ocfs2_resv_set_type(struct ocfs2_alloc_reservation *resv,
+			 unsigned int flags)
+{
+	BUG_ON(flags & ~OCFS2_RESV_TYPES);
+
+	resv->r_flags |= flags;
+}
+
+int ocfs2_resmap_init(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
+		      struct ocfs2_reservation_map *resmap)
+{
+	memset(resmap, 0, sizeof(*resmap));
+
+	resmap->m_osb = osb;
+	resmap->m_reservations = RB_ROOT;
+	/* m_bitmap_len is initialized to zero by the above memset. */
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&resmap->m_lru);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void ocfs2_resv_mark_lru(struct ocfs2_reservation_map *resmap,
+				struct ocfs2_alloc_reservation *resv)
+{
+	assert_spin_locked(&resv_lock);
+
+	if (!list_empty(&resv->r_lru))
+		list_del_init(&resv->r_lru);
+
+	list_add_tail(&resv->r_lru, &resmap->m_lru);
+}
+
+static void __ocfs2_resv_trunc(struct ocfs2_alloc_reservation *resv)
+{
+	resv->r_len = 0;
+	resv->r_start = 0;
+}
+
+static void ocfs2_resv_remove(struct ocfs2_reservation_map *resmap,
+			      struct ocfs2_alloc_reservation *resv)
+{
+	if (resv->r_flags & OCFS2_RESV_FLAG_INUSE) {
+		list_del_init(&resv->r_lru);
+		rb_erase(&resv->r_node, &resmap->m_reservations);
+		resv->r_flags &= ~OCFS2_RESV_FLAG_INUSE;
+	}
+}
+
+static void __ocfs2_resv_discard(struct ocfs2_reservation_map *resmap,
+				 struct ocfs2_alloc_reservation *resv)
+{
+	assert_spin_locked(&resv_lock);
+
+	__ocfs2_resv_trunc(resv);
+	/*
+	 * last_len and last_start no longer make sense if
+	 * we're changing the range of our allocations.
+	 */
+	resv->r_last_len = resv->r_last_start = 0;
+
+	ocfs2_resv_remove(resmap, resv);
+}
+
+/* does nothing if 'resv' is null */
+void ocfs2_resv_discard(struct ocfs2_reservation_map *resmap,
+			struct ocfs2_alloc_reservation *resv)
+{
+	if (resv) {
+		spin_lock(&resv_lock);
+		__ocfs2_resv_discard(resmap, resv);
+		spin_unlock(&resv_lock);
+	}
+}
+
+static void ocfs2_resmap_clear_all_resv(struct ocfs2_reservation_map *resmap)
+{
+	struct rb_node *node;
+	struct ocfs2_alloc_reservation *resv;
+
+	assert_spin_locked(&resv_lock);
+
+	while ((node = rb_last(&resmap->m_reservations)) != NULL) {
+		resv = rb_entry(node, struct ocfs2_alloc_reservation, r_node);
+
+		__ocfs2_resv_discard(resmap, resv);
+	}
+}
+
+void ocfs2_resmap_restart(struct ocfs2_reservation_map *resmap,
+			  unsigned int clen, char *disk_bitmap)
+{
+	if (ocfs2_resmap_disabled(resmap))
+		return;
+
+	spin_lock(&resv_lock);
+
+	ocfs2_resmap_clear_all_resv(resmap);
+	resmap->m_bitmap_len = clen;
+	resmap->m_disk_bitmap = disk_bitmap;
+
+	spin_unlock(&resv_lock);
+}
+
+void ocfs2_resmap_uninit(struct ocfs2_reservation_map *resmap)
+{
+	/* Does nothing for now. Keep this around for API symmetry */
+}
+
+static void ocfs2_resv_insert(struct ocfs2_reservation_map *resmap,
+			      struct ocfs2_alloc_reservation *new)
+{
+	struct rb_root *root = &resmap->m_reservations;
+	struct rb_node *parent = NULL;
+	struct rb_node **p = &root->rb_node;
+	struct ocfs2_alloc_reservation *tmp;
+
+	assert_spin_locked(&resv_lock);
+
+	mlog(0, "Insert reservation start: %u len: %u\n", new->r_start,
+	     new->r_len);
+
+	while (*p) {
+		parent = *p;
+
+		tmp = rb_entry(parent, struct ocfs2_alloc_reservation, r_node);
+
+		if (new->r_start < tmp->r_start) {
+			p = &(*p)->rb_left;
+
+			/*
+			 * This is a good place to check for
+			 * overlapping reservations.
+			 */
+			BUG_ON(ocfs2_resv_end(new) >= tmp->r_start);
+		} else if (new->r_start > ocfs2_resv_end(tmp)) {
+			p = &(*p)->rb_right;
+		} else {
+			/* This should never happen! */
+			mlog(ML_ERROR, "Duplicate reservation window!\n");
+			BUG();
+		}
+	}
+
+	rb_link_node(&new->r_node, parent, p);
+	rb_insert_color(&new->r_node, root);
+	new->r_flags |= OCFS2_RESV_FLAG_INUSE;
+
+	ocfs2_resv_mark_lru(resmap, new);
+
+	ocfs2_check_resmap(resmap);
+}
+
+/**
+ * ocfs2_find_resv_lhs() - find the window which contains goal
+ * @resmap: reservation map to search
+ * @goal: which bit to search for
+ *
+ * If a window containing that goal is not found, we return the window
+ * which comes before goal. Returns NULL on empty rbtree or no window
+ * before goal.
+ */
+static struct ocfs2_alloc_reservation *
+ocfs2_find_resv_lhs(struct ocfs2_reservation_map *resmap, unsigned int goal)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_alloc_reservation *resv = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_alloc_reservation *prev_resv = NULL;
+	struct rb_node *node = resmap->m_reservations.rb_node;
+
+	assert_spin_locked(&resv_lock);
+
+	if (!node)
+		return NULL;
+
+	node = rb_first(&resmap->m_reservations);
+	while (node) {
+		resv = rb_entry(node, struct ocfs2_alloc_reservation, r_node);
+
+		if (resv->r_start <= goal && ocfs2_resv_end(resv) >= goal)
+			break;
+
+		/* Check if we overshot the reservation just before goal? */
+		if (resv->r_start > goal) {
+			resv = prev_resv;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		prev_resv = resv;
+		node = rb_next(node);
+	}
+
+	return resv;
+}
+
+/*
+ * We are given a range within the bitmap, which corresponds to a gap
+ * inside the reservations tree (search_start, search_len). The range
+ * can be anything from the whole bitmap, to a gap between
+ * reservations.
+ *
+ * The start value of *rstart is insignificant.
+ *
+ * This function searches the bitmap range starting at search_start
+ * with length search_len for a set of contiguous free bits. We try
+ * to find up to 'wanted' bits, but can sometimes return less.
+ *
+ * Returns the length of allocation, 0 if no free bits are found.
+ *
+ * *cstart and *clen will also be populated with the result.
+ */
+static int ocfs2_resmap_find_free_bits(struct ocfs2_reservation_map *resmap,
+				       unsigned int wanted,
+				       unsigned int search_start,
+				       unsigned int search_len,
+				       unsigned int *rstart,
+				       unsigned int *rlen)
+{
+	void *bitmap = resmap->m_disk_bitmap;
+	unsigned int best_start, best_len = 0;
+	int offset, start, found;
+
+	mlog(0, "Find %u bits within range (%u, len %u) resmap len: %u\n",
+	     wanted, search_start, search_len, resmap->m_bitmap_len);
+
+	found = best_start = best_len = 0;
+
+	start = search_start;
+	while ((offset = ocfs2_find_next_zero_bit(bitmap, resmap->m_bitmap_len,
+						 start)) != -1) {
+		/* Search reached end of the region */
+		if (offset >= (search_start + search_len))
+			break;
+
+		if (offset == start) {
+			/* we found a zero */
+			found++;
+			/* move start to the next bit to test */
+			start++;
+		} else {
+			/* got a zero after some ones */
+			found = 1;
+			start = offset + 1;
+		}
+		if (found > best_len) {
+			best_len = found;
+			best_start = start - found;
+		}
+
+		if (found >= wanted)
+			break;
+	}
+
+	if (best_len == 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (best_len >= wanted)
+		best_len = wanted;
+
+	*rlen = best_len;
+	*rstart = best_start;
+
+	mlog(0, "Found start: %u len: %u\n", best_start, best_len);
+
+	return *rlen;
+}
+
+static void __ocfs2_resv_find_window(struct ocfs2_reservation_map *resmap,
+				     struct ocfs2_alloc_reservation *resv,
+				     unsigned int goal, unsigned int wanted)
+{
+	struct rb_root *root = &resmap->m_reservations;
+	unsigned int gap_start, gap_end, gap_len;
+	struct ocfs2_alloc_reservation *prev_resv, *next_resv;
+	struct rb_node *prev, *next;
+	unsigned int cstart, clen;
+	unsigned int best_start = 0, best_len = 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * Nasty cases to consider:
+	 *
+	 * - rbtree is empty
+	 * - our window should be first in all reservations
+	 * - our window should be last in all reservations
+	 * - need to make sure we don't go past end of bitmap
+	 */
+
+	mlog(0, "resv start: %u resv end: %u goal: %u wanted: %u\n",
+	     resv->r_start, ocfs2_resv_end(resv), goal, wanted);
+
+	assert_spin_locked(&resv_lock);
+
+	if (RB_EMPTY_ROOT(root)) {
+		/*
+		 * Easiest case - empty tree. We can just take
+		 * whatever window of free bits we want.
+		 */
+
+		mlog(0, "Empty root\n");
+
+		clen = ocfs2_resmap_find_free_bits(resmap, wanted, goal,
+						   resmap->m_bitmap_len - goal,
+						   &cstart, &clen);
+
+		/*
+		 * This should never happen - the local alloc window
+		 * will always have free bits when we're called.
+		 */
+		BUG_ON(goal == 0 && clen == 0);
+
+		if (clen == 0)
+			return;
+
+		resv->r_start = cstart;
+		resv->r_len = clen;
+
+		ocfs2_resv_insert(resmap, resv);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	prev_resv = ocfs2_find_resv_lhs(resmap, goal);
+
+	if (prev_resv == NULL) {
+		mlog(0, "Goal on LHS of leftmost window\n");
+
+		/*
+		 * A NULL here means that the search code couldn't
+		 * find a window that starts before goal.
+		 *
+		 * However, we can take the first window after goal,
+		 * which is also by definition, the leftmost window in
+		 * the entire tree. If we can find free bits in the
+		 * gap between goal and the LHS window, then the
+		 * reservation can safely be placed there.
+		 *
+		 * Otherwise we fall back to a linear search, checking
+		 * the gaps in between windows for a place to
+		 * allocate.
+		 */
+
+		next = rb_first(root);
+		next_resv = rb_entry(next, struct ocfs2_alloc_reservation,
+				     r_node);
+
+		/*
+		 * The search should never return such a window. (see
+		 * comment above
+		 */
+		if (next_resv->r_start <= goal) {
+			mlog(ML_ERROR, "goal: %u next_resv: start %u len %u\n",
+			     goal, next_resv->r_start, next_resv->r_len);
+			ocfs2_dump_resv(resmap);
+			BUG();
+		}
+
+		clen = ocfs2_resmap_find_free_bits(resmap, wanted, goal,
+						   next_resv->r_start - goal,
+						   &cstart, &clen);
+		if (clen) {
+			best_len = clen;
+			best_start = cstart;
+			if (best_len == wanted)
+				goto out_insert;
+		}
+
+		prev_resv = next_resv;
+		next_resv = NULL;
+	}
+
+	prev = &prev_resv->r_node;
+
+	/* Now we do a linear search for a window, starting at 'prev_rsv' */
+	while (1) {
+		next = rb_next(prev);
+		if (next) {
+			mlog(0, "One more resv found in linear search\n");
+			next_resv = rb_entry(next,
+					     struct ocfs2_alloc_reservation,
+					     r_node);
+
+			gap_start = ocfs2_resv_end(prev_resv) + 1;
+			gap_end = next_resv->r_start - 1;
+			gap_len = gap_end - gap_start + 1;
+		} else {
+			mlog(0, "No next node\n");
+			/*
+			 * We're at the rightmost edge of the
+			 * tree. See if a reservation between this
+			 * window and the end of the bitmap will work.
+			 */
+			gap_start = ocfs2_resv_end(prev_resv) + 1;
+			gap_len = resmap->m_bitmap_len - gap_start;
+			gap_end = resmap->m_bitmap_len - 1;
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * No need to check this gap if we have already found
+		 * a larger region of free bits.
+		 */
+		if (gap_len <= best_len)
+			goto next_resv;
+
+		clen = ocfs2_resmap_find_free_bits(resmap, wanted, gap_start,
+						   gap_len, &cstart, &clen);
+		if (clen == wanted) {
+			best_len = clen;
+			best_start = cstart;
+			goto out_insert;
+		} else if (clen > best_len) {
+			best_len = clen;
+			best_start = cstart;
+		}
+
+next_resv:
+		if (!next)
+			break;
+
+		prev = next;
+		prev_resv = rb_entry(prev, struct ocfs2_alloc_reservation,
+				     r_node);
+	}
+
+out_insert:
+	if (best_len) {
+		resv->r_start = best_start;
+		resv->r_len = best_len;
+		ocfs2_resv_insert(resmap, resv);
+	}
+}
+
+static void ocfs2_cannibalize_resv(struct ocfs2_reservation_map *resmap,
+				   struct ocfs2_alloc_reservation *resv,
+				   unsigned int wanted)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_alloc_reservation *lru_resv;
+	int tmpwindow = !!(resv->r_flags & OCFS2_RESV_FLAG_TMP);
+	unsigned int min_bits;
+
+	if (!tmpwindow)
+		min_bits = ocfs2_resv_window_bits(resmap, resv) >> 1;
+	else
+		min_bits = wanted; /* We at know the temp window will use all
+				    * of these bits */
+
+	/*
+	 * Take the first reservation off the LRU as our 'target'. We
+	 * don't try to be smart about it. There might be a case for
+	 * searching based on size but I don't have enough data to be
+	 * sure. --Mark (3/16/2010)
+	 */
+	lru_resv = list_first_entry(&resmap->m_lru,
+				    struct ocfs2_alloc_reservation, r_lru);
+
+	mlog(0, "lru resv: start: %u len: %u end: %u\n", lru_resv->r_start,
+	     lru_resv->r_len, ocfs2_resv_end(lru_resv));
+
+	/*
+	 * Cannibalize (some or all) of the target reservation and
+	 * feed it to the current window.
+	 */
+	if (lru_resv->r_len <= min_bits) {
+		/*
+		 * Discard completely if size is less than or equal to a
+		 * reasonable threshold - 50% of window bits for non temporary
+		 * windows.
+		 */
+		resv->r_start = lru_resv->r_start;
+		resv->r_len = lru_resv->r_len;
+
+		__ocfs2_resv_discard(resmap, lru_resv);
+	} else {
+		unsigned int shrink;
+		if (tmpwindow)
+			shrink = min_bits;
+		else
+			shrink = lru_resv->r_len / 2;
+
+		lru_resv->r_len -= shrink;
+
+		resv->r_start = ocfs2_resv_end(lru_resv) + 1;
+		resv->r_len = shrink;
+	}
+
+	mlog(0, "Reservation now looks like: r_start: %u r_end: %u "
+	     "r_len: %u r_last_start: %u r_last_len: %u\n",
+	     resv->r_start, ocfs2_resv_end(resv), resv->r_len,
+	     resv->r_last_start, resv->r_last_len);
+
+	ocfs2_resv_insert(resmap, resv);
+}
+
+static void ocfs2_resv_find_window(struct ocfs2_reservation_map *resmap,
+				   struct ocfs2_alloc_reservation *resv,
+				   unsigned int wanted)
+{
+	unsigned int goal = 0;
+
+	BUG_ON(!ocfs2_resv_empty(resv));
+
+	/*
+	 * Begin by trying to get a window as close to the previous
+	 * one as possible. Using the most recent allocation as a
+	 * start goal makes sense.
+	 */
+	if (resv->r_last_len) {
+		goal = resv->r_last_start + resv->r_last_len;
+		if (goal >= resmap->m_bitmap_len)
+			goal = 0;
+	}
+
+	__ocfs2_resv_find_window(resmap, resv, goal, wanted);
+
+	/* Search from last alloc didn't work, try once more from beginning. */
+	if (ocfs2_resv_empty(resv) && goal != 0)
+		__ocfs2_resv_find_window(resmap, resv, 0, wanted);
+
+	if (ocfs2_resv_empty(resv)) {
+		/*
+		 * Still empty? Pull oldest one off the LRU, remove it from
+		 * tree, put this one in it's place.
+		 */
+		ocfs2_cannibalize_resv(resmap, resv, wanted);
+	}
+
+	BUG_ON(ocfs2_resv_empty(resv));
+}
+
+int ocfs2_resmap_resv_bits(struct ocfs2_reservation_map *resmap,
+			   struct ocfs2_alloc_reservation *resv,
+			   int *cstart, int *clen)
+{
+	unsigned int wanted = *clen;
+
+	if (resv == NULL || ocfs2_resmap_disabled(resmap))
+		return -ENOSPC;
+
+	spin_lock(&resv_lock);
+
+	/*
+	 * We don't want to over-allocate for temporary
+	 * windows. Otherwise, we run the risk of fragmenting the
+	 * allocation space.
+	 */
+	wanted = ocfs2_resv_window_bits(resmap, resv);
+	if ((resv->r_flags & OCFS2_RESV_FLAG_TMP) || wanted < *clen)
+		wanted = *clen;
+
+	if (ocfs2_resv_empty(resv)) {
+		mlog(0, "empty reservation, find new window\n");
+
+		/*
+		 * Try to get a window here. If it works, we must fall
+		 * through and test the bitmap . This avoids some
+		 * ping-ponging of windows due to non-reserved space
+		 * being allocation before we initialize a window for
+		 * that inode.
+		 */
+		ocfs2_resv_find_window(resmap, resv, wanted);
+	}
+
+	BUG_ON(ocfs2_resv_empty(resv));
+
+	*cstart = resv->r_start;
+	*clen = resv->r_len;
+
+	spin_unlock(&resv_lock);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void
+	ocfs2_adjust_resv_from_alloc(struct ocfs2_reservation_map *resmap,
+				     struct ocfs2_alloc_reservation *resv,
+				     unsigned int start, unsigned int end)
+{
+	unsigned int rhs = 0;
+	unsigned int old_end = ocfs2_resv_end(resv);
+
+	BUG_ON(start != resv->r_start || old_end < end);
+
+	/*
+	 * Completely used? We can remove it then.
+	 */
+	if (old_end == end) {
+		__ocfs2_resv_discard(resmap, resv);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	rhs = old_end - end;
+
+	/*
+	 * This should have been trapped above.
+	 */
+	BUG_ON(rhs == 0);
+
+	resv->r_start = end + 1;
+	resv->r_len = old_end - resv->r_start + 1;
+}
+
+void ocfs2_resmap_claimed_bits(struct ocfs2_reservation_map *resmap,
+			       struct ocfs2_alloc_reservation *resv,
+			       u32 cstart, u32 clen)
+{
+	unsigned int cend = cstart + clen - 1;
+
+	if (resmap == NULL || ocfs2_resmap_disabled(resmap))
+		return;
+
+	if (resv == NULL)
+		return;
+
+	BUG_ON(cstart != resv->r_start);
+
+	spin_lock(&resv_lock);
+
+	mlog(0, "claim bits: cstart: %u cend: %u clen: %u r_start: %u "
+	     "r_end: %u r_len: %u, r_last_start: %u r_last_len: %u\n",
+	     cstart, cend, clen, resv->r_start, ocfs2_resv_end(resv),
+	     resv->r_len, resv->r_last_start, resv->r_last_len);
+
+	BUG_ON(cstart < resv->r_start);
+	BUG_ON(cstart > ocfs2_resv_end(resv));
+	BUG_ON(cend > ocfs2_resv_end(resv));
+
+	ocfs2_adjust_resv_from_alloc(resmap, resv, cstart, cend);
+	resv->r_last_start = cstart;
+	resv->r_last_len = clen;
+
+	/*
+	 * May have been discarded above from
+	 * ocfs2_adjust_resv_from_alloc().
+	 */
+	if (!ocfs2_resv_empty(resv))
+		ocfs2_resv_mark_lru(resmap, resv);
+
+	mlog(0, "Reservation now looks like: r_start: %u r_end: %u "
+	     "r_len: %u r_last_start: %u r_last_len: %u\n",
+	     resv->r_start, ocfs2_resv_end(resv), resv->r_len,
+	     resv->r_last_start, resv->r_last_len);
+
+	ocfs2_check_resmap(resmap);
+
+	spin_unlock(&resv_lock);
+}
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/reservations.h b/fs/ocfs2/reservations.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1e49cc29d06c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/reservations.h
@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+/* -*- mode: c; c-basic-offset: 8; -*-
+ * vim: noexpandtab sw=8 ts=8 sts=0:
+ *
+ * reservations.h
+ *
+ * Allocation reservations function prototypes and structures.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Novell.  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_RESERVATIONS_H
+#define	OCFS2_RESERVATIONS_H
+
+#include <linux/rbtree.h>
+
+#define OCFS2_DEFAULT_RESV_LEVEL	2
+#define OCFS2_MAX_RESV_LEVEL	9
+#define OCFS2_MIN_RESV_LEVEL	0
+
+struct ocfs2_alloc_reservation {
+	struct rb_node	r_node;
+
+	unsigned int	r_start;	/* Begining of current window */
+	unsigned int	r_len;		/* Length of the window */
+
+	unsigned int	r_last_len;	/* Length of most recent alloc */
+	unsigned int	r_last_start;	/* Start of most recent alloc */
+	struct list_head	r_lru;	/* LRU list head */
+
+	unsigned int	r_flags;
+};
+
+#define	OCFS2_RESV_FLAG_INUSE	0x01	/* Set when r_node is part of a btree */
+#define	OCFS2_RESV_FLAG_TMP	0x02	/* Temporary reservation, will be
+					 * destroyed immedately after use */
+#define	OCFS2_RESV_FLAG_DIR	0x04	/* Reservation is for an unindexed
+					 * directory btree */
+
+struct ocfs2_reservation_map {
+	struct rb_root		m_reservations;
+	char			*m_disk_bitmap;
+
+	struct ocfs2_super	*m_osb;
+
+	/* The following are not initialized to meaningful values until a disk
+	 * bitmap is provided. */
+	u32			m_bitmap_len;	/* Number of valid
+						 * bits available */
+
+	struct list_head	m_lru;		/* LRU of reservations
+						 * structures. */
+
+};
+
+void ocfs2_resv_init_once(struct ocfs2_alloc_reservation *resv);
+
+#define OCFS2_RESV_TYPES	(OCFS2_RESV_FLAG_TMP|OCFS2_RESV_FLAG_DIR)
+void ocfs2_resv_set_type(struct ocfs2_alloc_reservation *resv,
+			 unsigned int flags);
+
+int ocfs2_dir_resv_allowed(struct ocfs2_super *osb);
+
+/**
+ * ocfs2_resv_discard() - truncate a reservation
+ * @resmap:
+ * @resv: the reservation to truncate.
+ *
+ * After this function is called, the reservation will be empty, and
+ * unlinked from the rbtree.
+ */
+void ocfs2_resv_discard(struct ocfs2_reservation_map *resmap,
+			struct ocfs2_alloc_reservation *resv);
+
+
+/**
+ * ocfs2_resmap_init() - Initialize fields of a reservations bitmap
+ * @resmap: struct ocfs2_reservation_map to initialize
+ * @obj: unused for now
+ * @ops: unused for now
+ * @max_bitmap_bytes: Maximum size of the bitmap (typically blocksize)
+ *
+ * Only possible return value other than '0' is -ENOMEM for failure to
+ * allocation mirror bitmap.
+ */
+int ocfs2_resmap_init(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
+		      struct ocfs2_reservation_map *resmap);
+
+/**
+ * ocfs2_resmap_restart() - "restart" a reservation bitmap
+ * @resmap: reservations bitmap
+ * @clen: Number of valid bits in the bitmap
+ * @disk_bitmap: the disk bitmap this resmap should refer to.
+ *
+ * Re-initialize the parameters of a reservation bitmap. This is
+ * useful for local alloc window slides.
+ *
+ * This function will call ocfs2_trunc_resv against all existing
+ * reservations. A future version will recalculate existing
+ * reservations based on the new bitmap.
+ */
+void ocfs2_resmap_restart(struct ocfs2_reservation_map *resmap,
+			  unsigned int clen, char *disk_bitmap);
+
+/**
+ * ocfs2_resmap_uninit() - uninitialize a reservation bitmap structure
+ * @resmap: the struct ocfs2_reservation_map to uninitialize
+ */
+void ocfs2_resmap_uninit(struct ocfs2_reservation_map *resmap);
+
+/**
+ * ocfs2_resmap_resv_bits() - Return still-valid reservation bits
+ * @resmap: reservations bitmap
+ * @resv: reservation to base search from
+ * @cstart: start of proposed allocation
+ * @clen: length (in clusters) of proposed allocation
+ *
+ * Using the reservation data from resv, this function will compare
+ * resmap and resmap->m_disk_bitmap to determine what part (if any) of
+ * the reservation window is still clear to use. If resv is empty,
+ * this function will try to allocate a window for it.
+ *
+ * On success, zero is returned and the valid allocation area is set in cstart
+ * and clen.
+ *
+ * Returns -ENOSPC if reservations are disabled.
+ */
+int ocfs2_resmap_resv_bits(struct ocfs2_reservation_map *resmap,
+			   struct ocfs2_alloc_reservation *resv,
+			   int *cstart, int *clen);
+
+/**
+ * ocfs2_resmap_claimed_bits() - Tell the reservation code that bits were used.
+ * @resmap: reservations bitmap
+ * @resv: optional reservation to recalulate based on new bitmap
+ * @cstart: start of allocation in clusters
+ * @clen: end of allocation in clusters.
+ *
+ * Tell the reservation code that bits were used to fulfill allocation in
+ * resmap. The bits don't have to have been part of any existing
+ * reservation. But we must always call this function when bits are claimed.
+ * Internally, the reservations code will use this information to mark the
+ * reservations bitmap. If resv is passed, it's next allocation window will be
+ * calculated. It also expects that 'cstart' is the same as we passed back
+ * from ocfs2_resmap_resv_bits().
+ */
+void ocfs2_resmap_claimed_bits(struct ocfs2_reservation_map *resmap,
+			       struct ocfs2_alloc_reservation *resv,
+			       u32 cstart, u32 clen);
+
+#endif	/* OCFS2_RESERVATIONS_H */
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/resize.c b/fs/ocfs2/resize.c
index 3c3d673a4d20..a821f667b5c4 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/resize.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/resize.c
@@ -134,11 +134,7 @@ static int ocfs2_update_last_group_and_inode(handle_t *handle,
 		le16_add_cpu(&group->bg_free_bits_count, -1 * backups);
 	}
 
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, group_bh);
-	if (ret < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(ret);
-		goto out_rollback;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, group_bh);
 
 	/* update the inode accordingly. */
 	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, INODE_CACHE(bm_inode), bm_bh,
@@ -545,12 +541,7 @@ int ocfs2_group_add(struct inode *inode, struct ocfs2_new_group_input *input)
 
 	group = (struct ocfs2_group_desc *)group_bh->b_data;
 	group->bg_next_group = cr->c_blkno;
-
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, group_bh);
-	if (ret < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(ret);
-		goto out_commit;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, group_bh);
 
 	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, INODE_CACHE(main_bm_inode),
 				      main_bm_bh, OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c b/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c
index 19ba00f28547..667d622b3659 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ void ocfs2_free_ac_resource(struct ocfs2_alloc_context *ac)
 	}
 	brelse(ac->ac_bh);
 	ac->ac_bh = NULL;
+	ac->ac_resv = NULL;
 }
 
 void ocfs2_free_alloc_context(struct ocfs2_alloc_context *ac)
@@ -369,9 +370,7 @@ static int ocfs2_block_group_fill(handle_t *handle,
 	ocfs2_set_bit(0, (unsigned long *)bg->bg_bitmap);
 	bg->bg_free_bits_count = cpu_to_le16(le16_to_cpu(bg->bg_bits) - 1);
 
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bg_bh);
-	if (status < 0)
-		mlog_errno(status);
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bg_bh);
 
 	/* There is no need to zero out or otherwise initialize the
 	 * other blocks in a group - All valid FS metadata in a block
@@ -506,11 +505,7 @@ static int ocfs2_block_group_alloc(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	le32_add_cpu(&fe->id1.bitmap1.i_total, le16_to_cpu(bg->bg_bits));
 	le32_add_cpu(&fe->i_clusters, le16_to_cpu(cl->cl_cpg));
 
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
-	if (status < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(status);
-		goto bail;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
 
 	spin_lock(&OCFS2_I(alloc_inode)->ip_lock);
 	OCFS2_I(alloc_inode)->ip_clusters = le32_to_cpu(fe->i_clusters);
@@ -760,7 +755,7 @@ int ocfs2_reserve_new_metadata_blocks(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	status = ocfs2_reserve_suballoc_bits(osb, (*ac),
 					     EXTENT_ALLOC_SYSTEM_INODE,
 					     (u32)osb->slot_num, NULL,
-					     ALLOC_NEW_GROUP);
+					     ALLOC_GROUPS_FROM_GLOBAL|ALLOC_NEW_GROUP);
 
 
 	if (status >= 0) {
@@ -946,11 +941,7 @@ static int ocfs2_reserve_clusters_with_limit(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 		status = ocfs2_reserve_local_alloc_bits(osb,
 							bits_wanted,
 							*ac);
-		if (status == -EFBIG) {
-			/* The local alloc window is outside ac_max_block.
-			 * use the main bitmap. */
-			status = -ENOSPC;
-		} else if ((status < 0) && (status != -ENOSPC)) {
+		if ((status < 0) && (status != -ENOSPC)) {
 			mlog_errno(status);
 			goto bail;
 		}
@@ -1129,16 +1120,10 @@ static inline int ocfs2_block_group_set_bits(handle_t *handle,
 	}
 
 	le16_add_cpu(&bg->bg_free_bits_count, -num_bits);
-
 	while(num_bits--)
 		ocfs2_set_bit(bit_off++, bitmap);
 
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle,
-				     group_bh);
-	if (status < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(status);
-		goto bail;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, group_bh);
 
 bail:
 	mlog_exit(status);
@@ -1202,12 +1187,7 @@ static int ocfs2_relink_block_group(handle_t *handle,
 	}
 
 	prev_bg->bg_next_group = bg->bg_next_group;
-
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, prev_bg_bh);
-	if (status < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(status);
-		goto out_rollback;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, prev_bg_bh);
 
 	status = ocfs2_journal_access_gd(handle, INODE_CACHE(alloc_inode),
 					 bg_bh, OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
@@ -1217,12 +1197,7 @@ static int ocfs2_relink_block_group(handle_t *handle,
 	}
 
 	bg->bg_next_group = fe->id2.i_chain.cl_recs[chain].c_blkno;
-
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bg_bh);
-	if (status < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(status);
-		goto out_rollback;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bg_bh);
 
 	status = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, INODE_CACHE(alloc_inode),
 					 fe_bh, OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
@@ -1232,14 +1207,8 @@ static int ocfs2_relink_block_group(handle_t *handle,
 	}
 
 	fe->id2.i_chain.cl_recs[chain].c_blkno = bg->bg_blkno;
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, fe_bh);
 
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, fe_bh);
-	if (status < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(status);
-		goto out_rollback;
-	}
-
-	status = 0;
 out_rollback:
 	if (status < 0) {
 		fe->id2.i_chain.cl_recs[chain].c_blkno = cpu_to_le64(fe_ptr);
@@ -1386,10 +1355,7 @@ static int ocfs2_alloc_dinode_update_counts(struct inode *inode,
 	tmp_used = le32_to_cpu(di->id1.bitmap1.i_used);
 	di->id1.bitmap1.i_used = cpu_to_le32(num_bits + tmp_used);
 	le32_add_cpu(&cl->cl_recs[chain].c_free, -num_bits);
-
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, di_bh);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		mlog_errno(ret);
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, di_bh);
 
 out:
 	return ret;
@@ -1560,13 +1526,7 @@ static int ocfs2_search_chain(struct ocfs2_alloc_context *ac,
 	tmp_used = le32_to_cpu(fe->id1.bitmap1.i_used);
 	fe->id1.bitmap1.i_used = cpu_to_le32(*num_bits + tmp_used);
 	le32_add_cpu(&cl->cl_recs[chain].c_free, -(*num_bits));
-
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle,
-				     ac->ac_bh);
-	if (status < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(status);
-		goto bail;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, ac->ac_bh);
 
 	status = ocfs2_block_group_set_bits(handle,
 					    alloc_inode,
@@ -1907,6 +1867,8 @@ int __ocfs2_claim_clusters(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	       && ac->ac_which != OCFS2_AC_USE_MAIN);
 
 	if (ac->ac_which == OCFS2_AC_USE_LOCAL) {
+		WARN_ON(min_clusters > 1);
+
 		status = ocfs2_claim_local_alloc_bits(osb,
 						      handle,
 						      ac,
@@ -2023,9 +1985,7 @@ static int ocfs2_block_group_clear_bits(handle_t *handle,
 	if (undo_fn)
 		jbd_unlock_bh_state(group_bh);
 
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, group_bh);
-	if (status < 0)
-		mlog_errno(status);
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, group_bh);
 bail:
 	return status;
 }
@@ -2092,12 +2052,7 @@ static int _ocfs2_free_suballoc_bits(handle_t *handle,
 		     count);
 	tmp_used = le32_to_cpu(fe->id1.bitmap1.i_used);
 	fe->id1.bitmap1.i_used = cpu_to_le32(tmp_used - count);
-
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, alloc_bh);
-	if (status < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(status);
-		goto bail;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, alloc_bh);
 
 bail:
 	brelse(group_bh);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.h b/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.h
index e0f46df357e6..da2f29a55ec3 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.h
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ struct ocfs2_alloc_context {
 	u64    ac_last_group;
 	u64    ac_max_block;  /* Highest block number to allocate. 0 is
 				 is the same as ~0 - unlimited */
+
+	struct ocfs2_alloc_reservation	*ac_resv;
 };
 
 void ocfs2_init_steal_slots(struct ocfs2_super *osb);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/super.c b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
index dee03197a494..12c2203a62fe 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
@@ -94,7 +94,9 @@ struct mount_options
 	unsigned long	mount_opt;
 	unsigned int	atime_quantum;
 	signed short	slot;
-	unsigned int	localalloc_opt;
+	int		localalloc_opt;
+	unsigned int	resv_level;
+	int		dir_resv_level;
 	char		cluster_stack[OCFS2_STACK_LABEL_LEN + 1];
 };
 
@@ -176,6 +178,8 @@ enum {
 	Opt_noacl,
 	Opt_usrquota,
 	Opt_grpquota,
+	Opt_resv_level,
+	Opt_dir_resv_level,
 	Opt_err,
 };
 
@@ -202,6 +206,8 @@ static const match_table_t tokens = {
 	{Opt_noacl, "noacl"},
 	{Opt_usrquota, "usrquota"},
 	{Opt_grpquota, "grpquota"},
+	{Opt_resv_level, "resv_level=%u"},
+	{Opt_dir_resv_level, "dir_resv_level=%u"},
 	{Opt_err, NULL}
 };
 
@@ -1028,8 +1034,14 @@ static int ocfs2_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	osb->s_atime_quantum = parsed_options.atime_quantum;
 	osb->preferred_slot = parsed_options.slot;
 	osb->osb_commit_interval = parsed_options.commit_interval;
-	osb->local_alloc_default_bits = ocfs2_megabytes_to_clusters(sb, parsed_options.localalloc_opt);
-	osb->local_alloc_bits = osb->local_alloc_default_bits;
+
+	ocfs2_la_set_sizes(osb, parsed_options.localalloc_opt);
+	osb->osb_resv_level = parsed_options.resv_level;
+	osb->osb_dir_resv_level = parsed_options.resv_level;
+	if (parsed_options.dir_resv_level == -1)
+		osb->osb_dir_resv_level = parsed_options.resv_level;
+	else
+		osb->osb_dir_resv_level = parsed_options.dir_resv_level;
 
 	status = ocfs2_verify_userspace_stack(osb, &parsed_options);
 	if (status)
@@ -1285,11 +1297,13 @@ static int ocfs2_parse_options(struct super_block *sb,
 		   options ? options : "(none)");
 
 	mopt->commit_interval = 0;
-	mopt->mount_opt = 0;
+	mopt->mount_opt = OCFS2_MOUNT_NOINTR;
 	mopt->atime_quantum = OCFS2_DEFAULT_ATIME_QUANTUM;
 	mopt->slot = OCFS2_INVALID_SLOT;
-	mopt->localalloc_opt = OCFS2_DEFAULT_LOCAL_ALLOC_SIZE;
+	mopt->localalloc_opt = -1;
 	mopt->cluster_stack[0] = '\0';
+	mopt->resv_level = OCFS2_DEFAULT_RESV_LEVEL;
+	mopt->dir_resv_level = -1;
 
 	if (!options) {
 		status = 1;
@@ -1380,7 +1394,7 @@ static int ocfs2_parse_options(struct super_block *sb,
 				status = 0;
 				goto bail;
 			}
-			if (option >= 0 && (option <= ocfs2_local_alloc_size(sb) * 8))
+			if (option >= 0)
 				mopt->localalloc_opt = option;
 			break;
 		case Opt_localflocks:
@@ -1433,6 +1447,28 @@ static int ocfs2_parse_options(struct super_block *sb,
 			mopt->mount_opt |= OCFS2_MOUNT_NO_POSIX_ACL;
 			mopt->mount_opt &= ~OCFS2_MOUNT_POSIX_ACL;
 			break;
+		case Opt_resv_level:
+			if (is_remount)
+				break;
+			if (match_int(&args[0], &option)) {
+				status = 0;
+				goto bail;
+			}
+			if (option >= OCFS2_MIN_RESV_LEVEL &&
+			    option < OCFS2_MAX_RESV_LEVEL)
+				mopt->resv_level = option;
+			break;
+		case Opt_dir_resv_level:
+			if (is_remount)
+				break;
+			if (match_int(&args[0], &option)) {
+				status = 0;
+				goto bail;
+			}
+			if (option >= OCFS2_MIN_RESV_LEVEL &&
+			    option < OCFS2_MAX_RESV_LEVEL)
+				mopt->dir_resv_level = option;
+			break;
 		default:
 			mlog(ML_ERROR,
 			     "Unrecognized mount option \"%s\" "
@@ -1487,7 +1523,7 @@ static int ocfs2_show_options(struct seq_file *s, struct vfsmount *mnt)
 			   (unsigned) (osb->osb_commit_interval / HZ));
 
 	local_alloc_megs = osb->local_alloc_bits >> (20 - osb->s_clustersize_bits);
-	if (local_alloc_megs != OCFS2_DEFAULT_LOCAL_ALLOC_SIZE)
+	if (local_alloc_megs != ocfs2_la_default_mb(osb))
 		seq_printf(s, ",localalloc=%d", local_alloc_megs);
 
 	if (opts & OCFS2_MOUNT_LOCALFLOCKS)
@@ -1514,6 +1550,12 @@ static int ocfs2_show_options(struct seq_file *s, struct vfsmount *mnt)
 	else
 		seq_printf(s, ",noacl");
 
+	if (osb->osb_resv_level != OCFS2_DEFAULT_RESV_LEVEL)
+		seq_printf(s, ",resv_level=%d", osb->osb_resv_level);
+
+	if (osb->osb_dir_resv_level != osb->osb_resv_level)
+		seq_printf(s, ",dir_resv_level=%d", osb->osb_resv_level);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1688,6 +1730,8 @@ static void ocfs2_inode_init_once(void *data)
 	oi->ip_blkno = 0ULL;
 	oi->ip_clusters = 0;
 
+	ocfs2_resv_init_once(&oi->ip_la_data_resv);
+
 	ocfs2_lock_res_init_once(&oi->ip_rw_lockres);
 	ocfs2_lock_res_init_once(&oi->ip_inode_lockres);
 	ocfs2_lock_res_init_once(&oi->ip_open_lockres);
@@ -2042,6 +2086,12 @@ static int ocfs2_initialize_super(struct super_block *sb,
 
 	init_waitqueue_head(&osb->osb_mount_event);
 
+	status = ocfs2_resmap_init(osb, &osb->osb_la_resmap);
+	if (status) {
+		mlog_errno(status);
+		goto bail;
+	}
+
 	osb->vol_label = kmalloc(OCFS2_MAX_VOL_LABEL_LEN, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!osb->vol_label) {
 		mlog(ML_ERROR, "unable to alloc vol label\n");
@@ -2224,6 +2274,7 @@ static int ocfs2_initialize_super(struct super_block *sb,
 	}
 
 	osb->bitmap_blkno = OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno;
+	osb->osb_clusters_at_boot = OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_clusters;
 	iput(inode);
 
 	osb->bitmap_cpg = ocfs2_group_bitmap_size(sb) * 8;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
index 3e7773089b96..38a55ff45b3a 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
@@ -739,11 +739,7 @@ static int ocfs2_xattr_extend_allocation(struct inode *inode,
 		goto leave;
 	}
 
-	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, vb->vb_bh);
-	if (status < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(status);
-		goto leave;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, vb->vb_bh);
 
 	clusters_to_add -= le32_to_cpu(vb->vb_xv->xr_clusters) - prev_clusters;
 
@@ -786,12 +782,7 @@ static int __ocfs2_remove_xattr_range(struct inode *inode,
 	}
 
 	le32_add_cpu(&vb->vb_xv->xr_clusters, -len);
-
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, vb->vb_bh);
-	if (ret) {
-		mlog_errno(ret);
-		goto out;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, vb->vb_bh);
 
 	if (ext_flags & OCFS2_EXT_REFCOUNTED)
 		ret = ocfs2_decrease_refcount(inode, handle,
@@ -1374,11 +1365,7 @@ static int __ocfs2_xattr_set_value_outside(struct inode *inode,
 				memset(bh->b_data + cp_len, 0,
 				       blocksize - cp_len);
 
-			ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
-			if (ret < 0) {
-				mlog_errno(ret);
-				goto out;
-			}
+			ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
 			brelse(bh);
 			bh = NULL;
 
@@ -2594,9 +2581,7 @@ int ocfs2_xattr_remove(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head *di_bh)
 	di->i_dyn_features = cpu_to_le16(oi->ip_dyn_features);
 	spin_unlock(&oi->ip_lock);
 
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, di_bh);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		mlog_errno(ret);
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, di_bh);
 out_commit:
 	ocfs2_commit_trans(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb), handle);
 out:
@@ -2724,9 +2709,7 @@ static int ocfs2_xattr_ibody_init(struct inode *inode,
 	di->i_dyn_features = cpu_to_le16(oi->ip_dyn_features);
 	spin_unlock(&oi->ip_lock);
 
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(ctxt->handle, di_bh);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		mlog_errno(ret);
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(ctxt->handle, di_bh);
 
 out:
 	return ret;
@@ -3312,8 +3295,7 @@ static int __ocfs2_xattr_set_handle(struct inode *inode,
 				goto out;
 			}
 
-			ret = ocfs2_extend_trans(ctxt->handle, credits +
-					ctxt->handle->h_buffer_credits);
+			ret = ocfs2_extend_trans(ctxt->handle, credits);
 			if (ret) {
 				mlog_errno(ret);
 				goto out;
@@ -3343,8 +3325,7 @@ static int __ocfs2_xattr_set_handle(struct inode *inode,
 					goto out;
 				}
 
-				ret = ocfs2_extend_trans(ctxt->handle, credits +
-					ctxt->handle->h_buffer_credits);
+				ret = ocfs2_extend_trans(ctxt->handle, credits);
 				if (ret) {
 					mlog_errno(ret);
 					goto out;
@@ -3378,8 +3359,7 @@ static int __ocfs2_xattr_set_handle(struct inode *inode,
 					goto out;
 				}
 
-				ret = ocfs2_extend_trans(ctxt->handle, credits +
-						ctxt->handle->h_buffer_credits);
+				ret = ocfs2_extend_trans(ctxt->handle, credits);
 				if (ret) {
 					mlog_errno(ret);
 					goto out;
@@ -4887,8 +4867,7 @@ static int ocfs2_mv_xattr_buckets(struct inode *inode, handle_t *handle,
 	 * We need to update the first bucket of the old extent and all
 	 * the buckets going to the new extent.
 	 */
-	credits = ((num_buckets + 1) * blks_per_bucket) +
-		handle->h_buffer_credits;
+	credits = ((num_buckets + 1) * blks_per_bucket);
 	ret = ocfs2_extend_trans(handle, credits);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -4958,7 +4937,7 @@ static int ocfs2_divide_xattr_cluster(struct inode *inode,
 				      u32 *first_hash)
 {
 	u16 blk_per_bucket = ocfs2_blocks_per_xattr_bucket(inode->i_sb);
-	int ret, credits = 2 * blk_per_bucket + handle->h_buffer_credits;
+	int ret, credits = 2 * blk_per_bucket;
 
 	BUG_ON(OCFS2_XATTR_BUCKET_SIZE < OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_clustersize);
 
@@ -5153,9 +5132,7 @@ static int ocfs2_add_new_xattr_cluster(struct inode *inode,
 		goto leave;
 	}
 
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, root_bh);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		mlog_errno(ret);
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, root_bh);
 
 leave:
 	return ret;
@@ -5200,8 +5177,7 @@ static int ocfs2_extend_xattr_bucket(struct inode *inode,
 	 * existing bucket.  Then we add the last existing bucket, the
 	 * new bucket, and the first bucket (3 * blk_per_bucket).
 	 */
-	credits = (end_blk - target_blk) + (3 * blk_per_bucket) +
-		  handle->h_buffer_credits;
+	credits = (end_blk - target_blk) + (3 * blk_per_bucket);
 	ret = ocfs2_extend_trans(handle, credits);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
@@ -5477,12 +5453,7 @@ static int ocfs2_rm_xattr_cluster(struct inode *inode,
 	}
 
 	le32_add_cpu(&xb->xb_attrs.xb_root.xt_clusters, -len);
-
-	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, root_bh);
-	if (ret) {
-		mlog_errno(ret);
-		goto out_commit;
-	}
+	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, root_bh);
 
 	ret = ocfs2_truncate_log_append(osb, handle, blkno, len);
 	if (ret)