Merge branch 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/hch/hfsplus

* 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/hch/hfsplus:
  hfsplus: %L-to-%ll, macro correction, and remove unneeded braces
  hfsplus: spaces/indentation clean-up
  hfsplus: C99 comments clean-up
  hfsplus: over 80 character lines clean-up
  hfsplus: fix an artifact in ioctl flag checking
  hfsplus: flush disk caches in sync and fsync
  hfsplus: optimize fsync
  hfsplus: split up inode flags
  hfsplus: write up fsync for directories
  hfsplus: simplify fsync
  hfsplus: avoid useless work in hfsplus_sync_fs
  hfsplus: make sure sync writes out all metadata
  hfsplus: use raw bio access for partition tables
  hfsplus: use raw bio access for the volume headers
  hfsplus: always use hfsplus_sync_fs to write the volume header
  hfsplus: silence a few debug printks
  hfsplus: fix option parsing during remount

Fix up conflicts due to VFS changes in fs/hfsplus/{hfsplus_fs.h,unicode.c}

17 files changed, 701 insertions, 400 deletions

diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/bfind.c b/fs/hfsplus/bfind.c
index d182438c7ae4..5d799c13205f 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/bfind.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/bfind.c
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ int hfs_find_init(struct hfs_btree *tree, struct hfs_find_data *fd)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	fd->search_key = ptr;
 	fd->key = ptr + tree->max_key_len + 2;
-	dprint(DBG_BNODE_REFS, "find_init: %d (%p)\n", tree->cnid, __builtin_return_address(0));
+	dprint(DBG_BNODE_REFS, "find_init: %d (%p)\n",
+		tree->cnid, __builtin_return_address(0));
 	mutex_lock(&tree->tree_lock);
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -31,7 +32,8 @@ void hfs_find_exit(struct hfs_find_data *fd)
 {
 	hfs_bnode_put(fd->bnode);
 	kfree(fd->search_key);
-	dprint(DBG_BNODE_REFS, "find_exit: %d (%p)\n", fd->tree->cnid, __builtin_return_address(0));
+	dprint(DBG_BNODE_REFS, "find_exit: %d (%p)\n",
+		fd->tree->cnid, __builtin_return_address(0));
 	mutex_unlock(&fd->tree->tree_lock);
 	fd->tree = NULL;
 }
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/bitmap.c b/fs/hfsplus/bitmap.c
index ad57f5991eb1..1cad80c789cb 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/bitmap.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/bitmap.c
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
 
 #define PAGE_CACHE_BITS	(PAGE_CACHE_SIZE * 8)
 
-int hfsplus_block_allocate(struct super_block *sb, u32 size, u32 offset, u32 *max)
+int hfsplus_block_allocate(struct super_block *sb, u32 size,
+		u32 offset, u32 *max)
 {
 	struct hfsplus_sb_info *sbi = HFSPLUS_SB(sb);
 	struct page *page;
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/bnode.c b/fs/hfsplus/bnode.c
index 29da6574ba77..1c42cc5b899f 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/bnode.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/bnode.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ void hfs_bnode_read(struct hfs_bnode *node, void *buf, int off, int len)
 u16 hfs_bnode_read_u16(struct hfs_bnode *node, int off)
 {
 	__be16 data;
-	// optimize later...
+	/* TODO: optimize later... */
 	hfs_bnode_read(node, &data, off, 2);
 	return be16_to_cpu(data);
 }
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ u16 hfs_bnode_read_u16(struct hfs_bnode *node, int off)
 u8 hfs_bnode_read_u8(struct hfs_bnode *node, int off)
 {
 	u8 data;
-	// optimize later...
+	/* TODO: optimize later... */
 	hfs_bnode_read(node, &data, off, 1);
 	return data;
 }
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ void hfs_bnode_write(struct hfs_bnode *node, void *buf, int off, int len)
 void hfs_bnode_write_u16(struct hfs_bnode *node, int off, u16 data)
 {
 	__be16 v = cpu_to_be16(data);
-	// optimize later...
+	/* TODO: optimize later... */
 	hfs_bnode_write(node, &v, off, 2);
 }
 
@@ -212,7 +212,8 @@ void hfs_bnode_move(struct hfs_bnode *node, int dst, int src, int len)
 				dst_page--;
 			}
 			src -= len;
-			memmove(kmap(*dst_page) + src, kmap(*src_page) + src, len);
+			memmove(kmap(*dst_page) + src,
+				kmap(*src_page) + src, len);
 			kunmap(*src_page);
 			set_page_dirty(*dst_page);
 			kunmap(*dst_page);
@@ -250,14 +251,16 @@ void hfs_bnode_move(struct hfs_bnode *node, int dst, int src, int len)
 
 		if (src == dst) {
 			l = min(len, (int)PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - src);
-			memmove(kmap(*dst_page) + src, kmap(*src_page) + src, l);
+			memmove(kmap(*dst_page) + src,
+				kmap(*src_page) + src, l);
 			kunmap(*src_page);
 			set_page_dirty(*dst_page);
 			kunmap(*dst_page);
 
 			while ((len -= l) != 0) {
 				l = min(len, (int)PAGE_CACHE_SIZE);
-				memmove(kmap(*++dst_page), kmap(*++src_page), l);
+				memmove(kmap(*++dst_page),
+					kmap(*++src_page), l);
 				kunmap(*src_page);
 				set_page_dirty(*dst_page);
 				kunmap(*dst_page);
@@ -268,7 +271,8 @@ void hfs_bnode_move(struct hfs_bnode *node, int dst, int src, int len)
 			do {
 				src_ptr = kmap(*src_page) + src;
 				dst_ptr = kmap(*dst_page) + dst;
-				if (PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - src < PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - dst) {
+				if (PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - src <
+						PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - dst) {
 					l = PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - src;
 					src = 0;
 					dst += l;
@@ -340,7 +344,8 @@ void hfs_bnode_unlink(struct hfs_bnode *node)
 			return;
 		tmp->next = node->next;
 		cnid = cpu_to_be32(tmp->next);
-		hfs_bnode_write(tmp, &cnid, offsetof(struct hfs_bnode_desc, next), 4);
+		hfs_bnode_write(tmp, &cnid,
+			offsetof(struct hfs_bnode_desc, next), 4);
 		hfs_bnode_put(tmp);
 	} else if (node->type == HFS_NODE_LEAF)
 		tree->leaf_head = node->next;
@@ -351,15 +356,15 @@ void hfs_bnode_unlink(struct hfs_bnode *node)
 			return;
 		tmp->prev = node->prev;
 		cnid = cpu_to_be32(tmp->prev);
-		hfs_bnode_write(tmp, &cnid, offsetof(struct hfs_bnode_desc, prev), 4);
+		hfs_bnode_write(tmp, &cnid,
+			offsetof(struct hfs_bnode_desc, prev), 4);
 		hfs_bnode_put(tmp);
 	} else if (node->type == HFS_NODE_LEAF)
 		tree->leaf_tail = node->prev;
 
-	// move down?
-	if (!node->prev && !node->next) {
-		printk(KERN_DEBUG "hfs_btree_del_level\n");
-	}
+	/* move down? */
+	if (!node->prev && !node->next)
+		dprint(DBG_BNODE_MOD, "hfs_btree_del_level\n");
 	if (!node->parent) {
 		tree->root = 0;
 		tree->depth = 0;
@@ -379,16 +384,16 @@ struct hfs_bnode *hfs_bnode_findhash(struct hfs_btree *tree, u32 cnid)
 	struct hfs_bnode *node;
 
 	if (cnid >= tree->node_count) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "hfs: request for non-existent node %d in B*Tree\n", cnid);
+		printk(KERN_ERR "hfs: request for non-existent node "
+				"%d in B*Tree\n",
+			cnid);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
 	for (node = tree->node_hash[hfs_bnode_hash(cnid)];
-	     node; node = node->next_hash) {
-		if (node->this == cnid) {
+			node; node = node->next_hash)
+		if (node->this == cnid)
 			return node;
-		}
-	}
 	return NULL;
 }
 
@@ -402,7 +407,9 @@ static struct hfs_bnode *__hfs_bnode_create(struct hfs_btree *tree, u32 cnid)
 	loff_t off;
 
 	if (cnid >= tree->node_count) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "hfs: request for non-existent node %d in B*Tree\n", cnid);
+		printk(KERN_ERR "hfs: request for non-existent node "
+				"%d in B*Tree\n",
+			cnid);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
@@ -429,7 +436,8 @@ static struct hfs_bnode *__hfs_bnode_create(struct hfs_btree *tree, u32 cnid)
 	} else {
 		spin_unlock(&tree->hash_lock);
 		kfree(node);
-		wait_event(node2->lock_wq, !test_bit(HFS_BNODE_NEW, &node2->flags));
+		wait_event(node2->lock_wq,
+			!test_bit(HFS_BNODE_NEW, &node2->flags));
 		return node2;
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&tree->hash_lock);
@@ -483,7 +491,8 @@ struct hfs_bnode *hfs_bnode_find(struct hfs_btree *tree, u32 num)
 	if (node) {
 		hfs_bnode_get(node);
 		spin_unlock(&tree->hash_lock);
-		wait_event(node->lock_wq, !test_bit(HFS_BNODE_NEW, &node->flags));
+		wait_event(node->lock_wq,
+			!test_bit(HFS_BNODE_NEW, &node->flags));
 		if (test_bit(HFS_BNODE_ERROR, &node->flags))
 			goto node_error;
 		return node;
@@ -497,7 +506,8 @@ struct hfs_bnode *hfs_bnode_find(struct hfs_btree *tree, u32 num)
 	if (!test_bit(HFS_BNODE_NEW, &node->flags))
 		return node;
 
-	desc = (struct hfs_bnode_desc *)(kmap(node->page[0]) + node->page_offset);
+	desc = (struct hfs_bnode_desc *)(kmap(node->page[0]) +
+			node->page_offset);
 	node->prev = be32_to_cpu(desc->prev);
 	node->next = be32_to_cpu(desc->next);
 	node->num_recs = be16_to_cpu(desc->num_recs);
@@ -556,11 +566,13 @@ node_error:
 
 void hfs_bnode_free(struct hfs_bnode *node)
 {
-	//int i;
+#if 0
+	int i;
 
-	//for (i = 0; i < node->tree->pages_per_bnode; i++)
-	//	if (node->page[i])
-	//		page_cache_release(node->page[i]);
+	for (i = 0; i < node->tree->pages_per_bnode; i++)
+		if (node->page[i])
+			page_cache_release(node->page[i]);
+#endif
 	kfree(node);
 }
 
@@ -607,7 +619,8 @@ void hfs_bnode_get(struct hfs_bnode *node)
 	if (node) {
 		atomic_inc(&node->refcnt);
 		dprint(DBG_BNODE_REFS, "get_node(%d:%d): %d\n",
-		       node->tree->cnid, node->this, atomic_read(&node->refcnt));
+			node->tree->cnid, node->this,
+			atomic_read(&node->refcnt));
 	}
 }
 
@@ -619,7 +632,8 @@ void hfs_bnode_put(struct hfs_bnode *node)
 		int i;
 
 		dprint(DBG_BNODE_REFS, "put_node(%d:%d): %d\n",
-		       node->tree->cnid, node->this, atomic_read(&node->refcnt));
+			node->tree->cnid, node->this,
+			atomic_read(&node->refcnt));
 		BUG_ON(!atomic_read(&node->refcnt));
 		if (!atomic_dec_and_lock(&node->refcnt, &tree->hash_lock))
 			return;
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/brec.c b/fs/hfsplus/brec.c
index 2f39d05443e1..2312de34bd42 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/brec.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/brec.c
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ u16 hfs_brec_keylen(struct hfs_bnode *node, u16 rec)
 	   !(node->tree->attributes & HFS_TREE_VARIDXKEYS)) {
 		retval = node->tree->max_key_len + 2;
 	} else {
-		recoff = hfs_bnode_read_u16(node, node->tree->node_size - (rec + 1) * 2);
+		recoff = hfs_bnode_read_u16(node,
+			node->tree->node_size - (rec + 1) * 2);
 		if (!recoff)
 			return 0;
 
@@ -84,7 +85,8 @@ again:
 	end_rec_off = tree->node_size - (node->num_recs + 1) * 2;
 	end_off = hfs_bnode_read_u16(node, end_rec_off);
 	end_rec_off -= 2;
-	dprint(DBG_BNODE_MOD, "insert_rec: %d, %d, %d, %d\n", rec, size, end_off, end_rec_off);
+	dprint(DBG_BNODE_MOD, "insert_rec: %d, %d, %d, %d\n",
+		rec, size, end_off, end_rec_off);
 	if (size > end_rec_off - end_off) {
 		if (new_node)
 			panic("not enough room!\n");
@@ -99,7 +101,9 @@ again:
 	}
 	node->num_recs++;
 	/* write new last offset */
-	hfs_bnode_write_u16(node, offsetof(struct hfs_bnode_desc, num_recs), node->num_recs);
+	hfs_bnode_write_u16(node,
+		offsetof(struct hfs_bnode_desc, num_recs),
+		node->num_recs);
 	hfs_bnode_write_u16(node, end_rec_off, end_off + size);
 	data_off = end_off;
 	data_rec_off = end_rec_off + 2;
@@ -151,7 +155,8 @@ skip:
 		if (tree->attributes & HFS_TREE_VARIDXKEYS)
 			key_len = be16_to_cpu(fd->search_key->key_len) + 2;
 		else {
-			fd->search_key->key_len = cpu_to_be16(tree->max_key_len);
+			fd->search_key->key_len =
+				cpu_to_be16(tree->max_key_len);
 			key_len = tree->max_key_len + 2;
 		}
 		goto again;
@@ -180,7 +185,8 @@ again:
 		mark_inode_dirty(tree->inode);
 	}
 	hfs_bnode_dump(node);
-	dprint(DBG_BNODE_MOD, "remove_rec: %d, %d\n", fd->record, fd->keylength + fd->entrylength);
+	dprint(DBG_BNODE_MOD, "remove_rec: %d, %d\n",
+		fd->record, fd->keylength + fd->entrylength);
 	if (!--node->num_recs) {
 		hfs_bnode_unlink(node);
 		if (!node->parent)
@@ -194,7 +200,9 @@ again:
 		__hfs_brec_find(node, fd);
 		goto again;
 	}
-	hfs_bnode_write_u16(node, offsetof(struct hfs_bnode_desc, num_recs), node->num_recs);
+	hfs_bnode_write_u16(node,
+		offsetof(struct hfs_bnode_desc, num_recs),
+		node->num_recs);
 
 	if (rec_off == end_off)
 		goto skip;
@@ -364,7 +372,8 @@ again:
 		newkeylen = hfs_bnode_read_u16(node, 14) + 2;
 	else
 		fd->keylength = newkeylen = tree->max_key_len + 2;
-	dprint(DBG_BNODE_MOD, "update_rec: %d, %d, %d\n", rec, fd->keylength, newkeylen);
+	dprint(DBG_BNODE_MOD, "update_rec: %d, %d, %d\n",
+		rec, fd->keylength, newkeylen);
 
 	rec_off = tree->node_size - (rec + 2) * 2;
 	end_rec_off = tree->node_size - (parent->num_recs + 1) * 2;
@@ -375,7 +384,7 @@ again:
 		end_off = hfs_bnode_read_u16(parent, end_rec_off);
 		if (end_rec_off - end_off < diff) {
 
-			printk(KERN_DEBUG "hfs: splitting index node...\n");
+			dprint(DBG_BNODE_MOD, "hfs: splitting index node.\n");
 			fd->bnode = parent;
 			new_node = hfs_bnode_split(fd);
 			if (IS_ERR(new_node))
@@ -383,7 +392,8 @@ again:
 			parent = fd->bnode;
 			rec = fd->record;
 			rec_off = tree->node_size - (rec + 2) * 2;
-			end_rec_off = tree->node_size - (parent->num_recs + 1) * 2;
+			end_rec_off = tree->node_size -
+				(parent->num_recs + 1) * 2;
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/btree.c b/fs/hfsplus/btree.c
index 22e4d4e32999..21023d9f8ff3 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/btree.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/btree.c
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ struct hfs_btree *hfs_btree_open(struct super_block *sb, u32 id)
 		goto free_inode;
 
 	/* Load the header */
-	head = (struct hfs_btree_header_rec *)(kmap(page) + sizeof(struct hfs_bnode_desc));
+	head = (struct hfs_btree_header_rec *)(kmap(page) +
+		sizeof(struct hfs_bnode_desc));
 	tree->root = be32_to_cpu(head->root);
 	tree->leaf_count = be32_to_cpu(head->leaf_count);
 	tree->leaf_head = be32_to_cpu(head->leaf_head);
@@ -115,7 +116,9 @@ struct hfs_btree *hfs_btree_open(struct super_block *sb, u32 id)
 
 	tree->node_size_shift = ffs(size) - 1;
 
-	tree->pages_per_bnode = (tree->node_size + PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - 1) >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
+	tree->pages_per_bnode =
+		(tree->node_size + PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - 1) >>
+		PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
 
 	kunmap(page);
 	page_cache_release(page);
@@ -144,8 +147,10 @@ void hfs_btree_close(struct hfs_btree *tree)
 		while ((node = tree->node_hash[i])) {
 			tree->node_hash[i] = node->next_hash;
 			if (atomic_read(&node->refcnt))
-				printk(KERN_CRIT "hfs: node %d:%d still has %d user(s)!\n",
-					node->tree->cnid, node->this, atomic_read(&node->refcnt));
+				printk(KERN_CRIT "hfs: node %d:%d "
+						"still has %d user(s)!\n",
+					node->tree->cnid, node->this,
+					atomic_read(&node->refcnt));
 			hfs_bnode_free(node);
 			tree->node_hash_cnt--;
 		}
@@ -166,7 +171,8 @@ void hfs_btree_write(struct hfs_btree *tree)
 		return;
 	/* Load the header */
 	page = node->page[0];
-	head = (struct hfs_btree_header_rec *)(kmap(page) + sizeof(struct hfs_bnode_desc));
+	head = (struct hfs_btree_header_rec *)(kmap(page) +
+		sizeof(struct hfs_bnode_desc));
 
 	head->root = cpu_to_be32(tree->root);
 	head->leaf_count = cpu_to_be32(tree->leaf_count);
@@ -272,7 +278,8 @@ struct hfs_bnode *hfs_bmap_alloc(struct hfs_btree *tree)
 						tree->free_nodes--;
 						mark_inode_dirty(tree->inode);
 						hfs_bnode_put(node);
-						return hfs_bnode_create(tree, idx);
+						return hfs_bnode_create(tree,
+							idx);
 					}
 				}
 			}
@@ -287,7 +294,7 @@ struct hfs_bnode *hfs_bmap_alloc(struct hfs_btree *tree)
 		kunmap(*pagep);
 		nidx = node->next;
 		if (!nidx) {
-			printk(KERN_DEBUG "hfs: create new bmap node...\n");
+			dprint(DBG_BNODE_MOD, "hfs: create new bmap node.\n");
 			next_node = hfs_bmap_new_bmap(node, idx);
 		} else
 			next_node = hfs_bnode_find(tree, nidx);
@@ -329,7 +336,9 @@ void hfs_bmap_free(struct hfs_bnode *node)
 		hfs_bnode_put(node);
 		if (!i) {
 			/* panic */;
-			printk(KERN_CRIT "hfs: unable to free bnode %u. bmap not found!\n", node->this);
+			printk(KERN_CRIT "hfs: unable to free bnode %u. "
+					"bmap not found!\n",
+				node->this);
 			return;
 		}
 		node = hfs_bnode_find(tree, i);
@@ -337,7 +346,9 @@ void hfs_bmap_free(struct hfs_bnode *node)
 			return;
 		if (node->type != HFS_NODE_MAP) {
 			/* panic */;
-			printk(KERN_CRIT "hfs: invalid bmap found! (%u,%d)\n", node->this, node->type);
+			printk(KERN_CRIT "hfs: invalid bmap found! "
+					"(%u,%d)\n",
+				node->this, node->type);
 			hfs_bnode_put(node);
 			return;
 		}
@@ -350,7 +361,9 @@ void hfs_bmap_free(struct hfs_bnode *node)
 	m = 1 << (~nidx & 7);
 	byte = data[off];
 	if (!(byte & m)) {
-		printk(KERN_CRIT "hfs: trying to free free bnode %u(%d)\n", node->this, node->type);
+		printk(KERN_CRIT "hfs: trying to free free bnode "
+				"%u(%d)\n",
+			node->this, node->type);
 		kunmap(page);
 		hfs_bnode_put(node);
 		return;
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/catalog.c b/fs/hfsplus/catalog.c
index 8af45fc5b051..b4ba1b319333 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/catalog.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/catalog.c
@@ -91,7 +91,8 @@ void hfsplus_cat_set_perms(struct inode *inode, struct hfsplus_perm *perms)
 		perms->dev = 0;
 }
 
-static int hfsplus_cat_build_record(hfsplus_cat_entry *entry, u32 cnid, struct inode *inode)
+static int hfsplus_cat_build_record(hfsplus_cat_entry *entry,
+		u32 cnid, struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct hfsplus_sb_info *sbi = HFSPLUS_SB(inode->i_sb);
 
@@ -128,20 +129,32 @@ static int hfsplus_cat_build_record(hfsplus_cat_entry *entry, u32 cnid, struct i
 		if (cnid == inode->i_ino) {
 			hfsplus_cat_set_perms(inode, &file->permissions);
 			if (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode)) {
-				file->user_info.fdType = cpu_to_be32(HFSP_SYMLINK_TYPE);
-				file->user_info.fdCreator = cpu_to_be32(HFSP_SYMLINK_CREATOR);
+				file->user_info.fdType =
+					cpu_to_be32(HFSP_SYMLINK_TYPE);
+				file->user_info.fdCreator =
+					cpu_to_be32(HFSP_SYMLINK_CREATOR);
 			} else {
-				file->user_info.fdType = cpu_to_be32(sbi->type);
-				file->user_info.fdCreator = cpu_to_be32(sbi->creator);
+				file->user_info.fdType =
+					cpu_to_be32(sbi->type);
+				file->user_info.fdCreator =
+					cpu_to_be32(sbi->creator);
 			}
-			if ((file->permissions.rootflags | file->permissions.userflags) & HFSPLUS_FLG_IMMUTABLE)
-				file->flags |= cpu_to_be16(HFSPLUS_FILE_LOCKED);
+			if (HFSPLUS_FLG_IMMUTABLE &
+					(file->permissions.rootflags |
+					file->permissions.userflags))
+				file->flags |=
+					cpu_to_be16(HFSPLUS_FILE_LOCKED);
 		} else {
-			file->user_info.fdType = cpu_to_be32(HFSP_HARDLINK_TYPE);
-			file->user_info.fdCreator = cpu_to_be32(HFSP_HFSPLUS_CREATOR);
-			file->user_info.fdFlags = cpu_to_be16(0x100);
-			file->create_date = HFSPLUS_I(sbi->hidden_dir)->create_date;
-			file->permissions.dev = cpu_to_be32(HFSPLUS_I(inode)->linkid);
+			file->user_info.fdType =
+				cpu_to_be32(HFSP_HARDLINK_TYPE);
+			file->user_info.fdCreator =
+				cpu_to_be32(HFSP_HFSPLUS_CREATOR);
+			file->user_info.fdFlags =
+				cpu_to_be16(0x100);
+			file->create_date =
+				HFSPLUS_I(sbi->hidden_dir)->create_date;
+			file->permissions.dev =
+				cpu_to_be32(HFSPLUS_I(inode)->linkid);
 		}
 		return sizeof(*file);
 	}
@@ -182,12 +195,14 @@ int hfsplus_find_cat(struct super_block *sb, u32 cnid,
 		return -EIO;
 	}
 
-	hfsplus_cat_build_key_uni(fd->search_key, be32_to_cpu(tmp.thread.parentID),
-				 &tmp.thread.nodeName);
+	hfsplus_cat_build_key_uni(fd->search_key,
+		be32_to_cpu(tmp.thread.parentID),
+		&tmp.thread.nodeName);
 	return hfs_brec_find(fd);
 }
 
-int hfsplus_create_cat(u32 cnid, struct inode *dir, struct qstr *str, struct inode *inode)
+int hfsplus_create_cat(u32 cnid, struct inode *dir,
+		struct qstr *str, struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct super_block *sb = dir->i_sb;
 	struct hfs_find_data fd;
@@ -195,13 +210,15 @@ int hfsplus_create_cat(u32 cnid, struct inode *dir, struct qstr *str, struct ino
 	int entry_size;
 	int err;
 
-	dprint(DBG_CAT_MOD, "create_cat: %s,%u(%d)\n", str->name, cnid, inode->i_nlink);
+	dprint(DBG_CAT_MOD, "create_cat: %s,%u(%d)\n",
+		str->name, cnid, inode->i_nlink);
 	hfs_find_init(HFSPLUS_SB(sb)->cat_tree, &fd);
 
 	hfsplus_cat_build_key(sb, fd.search_key, cnid, NULL);
-	entry_size = hfsplus_fill_cat_thread(sb, &entry, S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) ?
+	entry_size = hfsplus_fill_cat_thread(sb, &entry,
+		S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) ?
 			HFSPLUS_FOLDER_THREAD : HFSPLUS_FILE_THREAD,
-			dir->i_ino, str);
+		dir->i_ino, str);
 	err = hfs_brec_find(&fd);
 	if (err != -ENOENT) {
 		if (!err)
@@ -227,7 +244,8 @@ int hfsplus_create_cat(u32 cnid, struct inode *dir, struct qstr *str, struct ino
 
 	dir->i_size++;
 	dir->i_mtime = dir->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
-	mark_inode_dirty(dir);
+	hfsplus_mark_inode_dirty(dir, HFSPLUS_I_CAT_DIRTY);
+
 	hfs_find_exit(&fd);
 	return 0;
 
@@ -249,7 +267,8 @@ int hfsplus_delete_cat(u32 cnid, struct inode *dir, struct qstr *str)
 	int err, off;
 	u16 type;
 
-	dprint(DBG_CAT_MOD, "delete_cat: %s,%u\n", str ? str->name : NULL, cnid);
+	dprint(DBG_CAT_MOD, "delete_cat: %s,%u\n",
+		str ? str->name : NULL, cnid);
 	hfs_find_init(HFSPLUS_SB(sb)->cat_tree, &fd);
 
 	if (!str) {
@@ -260,11 +279,15 @@ int hfsplus_delete_cat(u32 cnid, struct inode *dir, struct qstr *str)
 		if (err)
 			goto out;
 
-		off = fd.entryoffset + offsetof(struct hfsplus_cat_thread, nodeName);
+		off = fd.entryoffset +
+			offsetof(struct hfsplus_cat_thread, nodeName);
 		fd.search_key->cat.parent = cpu_to_be32(dir->i_ino);
-		hfs_bnode_read(fd.bnode, &fd.search_key->cat.name.length, off, 2);
+		hfs_bnode_read(fd.bnode,
+			&fd.search_key->cat.name.length, off, 2);
 		len = be16_to_cpu(fd.search_key->cat.name.length) * 2;
-		hfs_bnode_read(fd.bnode, &fd.search_key->cat.name.unicode, off + 2, len);
+		hfs_bnode_read(fd.bnode,
+			&fd.search_key->cat.name.unicode,
+			off + 2, len);
 		fd.search_key->key_len = cpu_to_be16(6 + len);
 	} else
 		hfsplus_cat_build_key(sb, fd.search_key, dir->i_ino, str);
@@ -281,7 +304,8 @@ int hfsplus_delete_cat(u32 cnid, struct inode *dir, struct qstr *str)
 		hfsplus_free_fork(sb, cnid, &fork, HFSPLUS_TYPE_DATA);
 #endif
 
-		off = fd.entryoffset + offsetof(struct hfsplus_cat_file, rsrc_fork);
+		off = fd.entryoffset +
+			offsetof(struct hfsplus_cat_file, rsrc_fork);
 		hfs_bnode_read(fd.bnode, &fork, off, sizeof(fork));
 		hfsplus_free_fork(sb, cnid, &fork, HFSPLUS_TYPE_RSRC);
 	}
@@ -308,7 +332,7 @@ int hfsplus_delete_cat(u32 cnid, struct inode *dir, struct qstr *str)
 
 	dir->i_size--;
 	dir->i_mtime = dir->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
-	mark_inode_dirty(dir);
+	hfsplus_mark_inode_dirty(dir, HFSPLUS_I_CAT_DIRTY);
 out:
 	hfs_find_exit(&fd);
 
@@ -325,7 +349,8 @@ int hfsplus_rename_cat(u32 cnid,
 	int entry_size, type;
 	int err = 0;
 
-	dprint(DBG_CAT_MOD, "rename_cat: %u - %lu,%s - %lu,%s\n", cnid, src_dir->i_ino, src_name->name,
+	dprint(DBG_CAT_MOD, "rename_cat: %u - %lu,%s - %lu,%s\n",
+		cnid, src_dir->i_ino, src_name->name,
 		dst_dir->i_ino, dst_name->name);
 	hfs_find_init(HFSPLUS_SB(sb)->cat_tree, &src_fd);
 	dst_fd = src_fd;
@@ -353,7 +378,6 @@ int hfsplus_rename_cat(u32 cnid,
 		goto out;
 	dst_dir->i_size++;
 	dst_dir->i_mtime = dst_dir->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
-	mark_inode_dirty(dst_dir);
 
 	/* finally remove the old entry */
 	hfsplus_cat_build_key(sb, src_fd.search_key, src_dir->i_ino, src_name);
@@ -365,7 +389,6 @@ int hfsplus_rename_cat(u32 cnid,
 		goto out;
 	src_dir->i_size--;
 	src_dir->i_mtime = src_dir->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
-	mark_inode_dirty(src_dir);
 
 	/* remove old thread entry */
 	hfsplus_cat_build_key(sb, src_fd.search_key, cnid, NULL);
@@ -379,7 +402,8 @@ int hfsplus_rename_cat(u32 cnid,
 
 	/* create new thread entry */
 	hfsplus_cat_build_key(sb, dst_fd.search_key, cnid, NULL);
-	entry_size = hfsplus_fill_cat_thread(sb, &entry, type, dst_dir->i_ino, dst_name);
+	entry_size = hfsplus_fill_cat_thread(sb, &entry, type,
+		dst_dir->i_ino, dst_name);
 	err = hfs_brec_find(&dst_fd);
 	if (err != -ENOENT) {
 		if (!err)
@@ -387,6 +411,9 @@ int hfsplus_rename_cat(u32 cnid,
 		goto out;
 	}
 	err = hfs_brec_insert(&dst_fd, &entry, entry_size);
+
+	hfsplus_mark_inode_dirty(dst_dir, HFSPLUS_I_CAT_DIRTY);
+	hfsplus_mark_inode_dirty(src_dir, HFSPLUS_I_CAT_DIRTY);
 out:
 	hfs_bnode_put(dst_fd.bnode);
 	hfs_find_exit(&src_fd);
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/dir.c b/fs/hfsplus/dir.c
index ccab87145f7a..f896dc843026 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/dir.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/dir.c
@@ -66,11 +66,17 @@ again:
 			goto fail;
 		}
 		cnid = be32_to_cpu(entry.file.id);
-		if (entry.file.user_info.fdType == cpu_to_be32(HFSP_HARDLINK_TYPE) &&
-		    entry.file.user_info.fdCreator == cpu_to_be32(HFSP_HFSPLUS_CREATOR) &&
-		    (entry.file.create_date == HFSPLUS_I(HFSPLUS_SB(sb)->hidden_dir)->create_date ||
-		     entry.file.create_date == HFSPLUS_I(sb->s_root->d_inode)->create_date) &&
-		    HFSPLUS_SB(sb)->hidden_dir) {
+		if (entry.file.user_info.fdType ==
+				cpu_to_be32(HFSP_HARDLINK_TYPE) &&
+				entry.file.user_info.fdCreator ==
+				cpu_to_be32(HFSP_HFSPLUS_CREATOR) &&
+				(entry.file.create_date ==
+					HFSPLUS_I(HFSPLUS_SB(sb)->hidden_dir)->
+						create_date ||
+				entry.file.create_date ==
+					HFSPLUS_I(sb->s_root->d_inode)->
+						create_date) &&
+				HFSPLUS_SB(sb)->hidden_dir) {
 			struct qstr str;
 			char name[32];
 
@@ -83,11 +89,13 @@ again:
 				linkid = 0;
 			} else {
 				dentry->d_fsdata = (void *)(unsigned long)cnid;
-				linkid = be32_to_cpu(entry.file.permissions.dev);
+				linkid =
+					be32_to_cpu(entry.file.permissions.dev);
 				str.len = sprintf(name, "iNode%d", linkid);
 				str.name = name;
 				hfsplus_cat_build_key(sb, fd.search_key,
-					HFSPLUS_SB(sb)->hidden_dir->i_ino, &str);
+					HFSPLUS_SB(sb)->hidden_dir->i_ino,
+					&str);
 				goto again;
 			}
 		} else if (!dentry->d_fsdata)
@@ -139,7 +147,8 @@ static int hfsplus_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 		filp->f_pos++;
 		/* fall through */
 	case 1:
-		hfs_bnode_read(fd.bnode, &entry, fd.entryoffset, fd.entrylength);
+		hfs_bnode_read(fd.bnode, &entry, fd.entryoffset,
+			fd.entrylength);
 		if (be16_to_cpu(entry.type) != HFSPLUS_FOLDER_THREAD) {
 			printk(KERN_ERR "hfs: bad catalog folder thread\n");
 			err = -EIO;
@@ -169,14 +178,16 @@ static int hfsplus_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 			err = -EIO;
 			goto out;
 		}
-		hfs_bnode_read(fd.bnode, &entry, fd.entryoffset, fd.entrylength);
+		hfs_bnode_read(fd.bnode, &entry, fd.entryoffset,
+			fd.entrylength);
 		type = be16_to_cpu(entry.type);
 		len = HFSPLUS_MAX_STRLEN;
 		err = hfsplus_uni2asc(sb, &fd.key->cat.name, strbuf, &len);
 		if (err)
 			goto out;
 		if (type == HFSPLUS_FOLDER) {
-			if (fd.entrylength < sizeof(struct hfsplus_cat_folder)) {
+			if (fd.entrylength <
+					sizeof(struct hfsplus_cat_folder)) {
 				printk(KERN_ERR "hfs: small dir entry\n");
 				err = -EIO;
 				goto out;
@@ -202,7 +213,7 @@ static int hfsplus_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 			err = -EIO;
 			goto out;
 		}
-	next:
+next:
 		filp->f_pos++;
 		if (filp->f_pos >= inode->i_size)
 			goto out;
@@ -273,7 +284,8 @@ static int hfsplus_link(struct dentry *src_dentry, struct inode *dst_dir,
 		HFSPLUS_I(inode)->linkid = id;
 		cnid = sbi->next_cnid++;
 		src_dentry->d_fsdata = (void *)(unsigned long)cnid;
-		res = hfsplus_create_cat(cnid, src_dir, &src_dentry->d_name, inode);
+		res = hfsplus_create_cat(cnid, src_dir,
+			&src_dentry->d_name, inode);
 		if (res)
 			/* panic? */
 			goto out;
@@ -485,6 +497,7 @@ const struct inode_operations hfsplus_dir_inode_operations = {
 };
 
 const struct file_operations hfsplus_dir_operations = {
+	.fsync		= hfsplus_file_fsync,
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,
 	.readdir	= hfsplus_readdir,
 	.unlocked_ioctl = hfsplus_ioctl,
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/extents.c b/fs/hfsplus/extents.c
index 0c9cb1820a52..52a0bcaa7b6d 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/extents.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/extents.c
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ static u32 hfsplus_ext_lastblock(struct hfsplus_extent *ext)
 	return be32_to_cpu(ext->start_block) + be32_to_cpu(ext->block_count);
 }
 
-static void __hfsplus_ext_write_extent(struct inode *inode, struct hfs_find_data *fd)
+static void __hfsplus_ext_write_extent(struct inode *inode,
+		struct hfs_find_data *fd)
 {
 	struct hfsplus_inode_info *hip = HFSPLUS_I(inode);
 	int res;
@@ -95,24 +96,32 @@ static void __hfsplus_ext_write_extent(struct inode *inode, struct hfs_find_data
 				HFSPLUS_TYPE_RSRC : HFSPLUS_TYPE_DATA);
 
 	res = hfs_brec_find(fd);
-	if (hip->flags & HFSPLUS_FLG_EXT_NEW) {
+	if (hip->extent_state & HFSPLUS_EXT_NEW) {
 		if (res != -ENOENT)
 			return;
 		hfs_brec_insert(fd, hip->cached_extents,
 				sizeof(hfsplus_extent_rec));
-		hip->flags &= ~(HFSPLUS_FLG_EXT_DIRTY | HFSPLUS_FLG_EXT_NEW);
+		hip->extent_state &= ~(HFSPLUS_EXT_DIRTY | HFSPLUS_EXT_NEW);
 	} else {
 		if (res)
 			return;
 		hfs_bnode_write(fd->bnode, hip->cached_extents,
 				fd->entryoffset, fd->entrylength);
-		hip->flags &= ~HFSPLUS_FLG_EXT_DIRTY;
+		hip->extent_state &= ~HFSPLUS_EXT_DIRTY;
 	}
+
+	/*
+	 * We can't just use hfsplus_mark_inode_dirty here, because we
+	 * also get called from hfsplus_write_inode, which should not
+	 * redirty the inode.  Instead the callers have to be careful
+	 * to explicily mark the inode dirty, too.
+	 */
+	set_bit(HFSPLUS_I_EXT_DIRTY, &hip->flags);
 }
 
 static void hfsplus_ext_write_extent_locked(struct inode *inode)
 {
-	if (HFSPLUS_I(inode)->flags & HFSPLUS_FLG_EXT_DIRTY) {
+	if (HFSPLUS_I(inode)->extent_state & HFSPLUS_EXT_DIRTY) {
 		struct hfs_find_data fd;
 
 		hfs_find_init(HFSPLUS_SB(inode->i_sb)->ext_tree, &fd);
@@ -144,18 +153,20 @@ static inline int __hfsplus_ext_read_extent(struct hfs_find_data *fd,
 		return -ENOENT;
 	if (fd->entrylength != sizeof(hfsplus_extent_rec))
 		return -EIO;
-	hfs_bnode_read(fd->bnode, extent, fd->entryoffset, sizeof(hfsplus_extent_rec));
+	hfs_bnode_read(fd->bnode, extent, fd->entryoffset,
+		sizeof(hfsplus_extent_rec));
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static inline int __hfsplus_ext_cache_extent(struct hfs_find_data *fd, struct inode *inode, u32 block)
+static inline int __hfsplus_ext_cache_extent(struct hfs_find_data *fd,
+		struct inode *inode, u32 block)
 {
 	struct hfsplus_inode_info *hip = HFSPLUS_I(inode);
 	int res;
 
 	WARN_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&hip->extents_lock));
 
-	if (hip->flags & HFSPLUS_FLG_EXT_DIRTY)
+	if (hip->extent_state & HFSPLUS_EXT_DIRTY)
 		__hfsplus_ext_write_extent(inode, fd);
 
 	res = __hfsplus_ext_read_extent(fd, hip->cached_extents, inode->i_ino,
@@ -164,10 +175,11 @@ static inline int __hfsplus_ext_cache_extent(struct hfs_find_data *fd, struct in
 						HFSPLUS_TYPE_DATA);
 	if (!res) {
 		hip->cached_start = be32_to_cpu(fd->key->ext.start_block);
-		hip->cached_blocks = hfsplus_ext_block_count(hip->cached_extents);
+		hip->cached_blocks =
+			hfsplus_ext_block_count(hip->cached_extents);
 	} else {
 		hip->cached_start = hip->cached_blocks = 0;
-		hip->flags &= ~(HFSPLUS_FLG_EXT_DIRTY | HFSPLUS_FLG_EXT_NEW);
+		hip->extent_state &= ~(HFSPLUS_EXT_DIRTY | HFSPLUS_EXT_NEW);
 	}
 	return res;
 }
@@ -197,6 +209,7 @@ int hfsplus_get_block(struct inode *inode, sector_t iblock,
 	struct hfsplus_inode_info *hip = HFSPLUS_I(inode);
 	int res = -EIO;
 	u32 ablock, dblock, mask;
+	int was_dirty = 0;
 	int shift;
 
 	/* Convert inode block to disk allocation block */
@@ -223,27 +236,37 @@ int hfsplus_get_block(struct inode *inode, sector_t iblock,
 		return -EIO;
 
 	mutex_lock(&hip->extents_lock);
+
+	/*
+	 * hfsplus_ext_read_extent will write out a cached extent into
+	 * the extents btree.  In that case we may have to mark the inode
+	 * dirty even for a pure read of an extent here.
+	 */
+	was_dirty = (hip->extent_state & HFSPLUS_EXT_DIRTY);
 	res = hfsplus_ext_read_extent(inode, ablock);
-	if (!res) {
-		dblock = hfsplus_ext_find_block(hip->cached_extents,
-						ablock - hip->cached_start);
-	} else {
+	if (res) {
 		mutex_unlock(&hip->extents_lock);
 		return -EIO;
 	}
+	dblock = hfsplus_ext_find_block(hip->cached_extents,
+					ablock - hip->cached_start);
 	mutex_unlock(&hip->extents_lock);
 
 done:
-	dprint(DBG_EXTENT, "get_block(%lu): %llu - %u\n", inode->i_ino, (long long)iblock, dblock);
+	dprint(DBG_EXTENT, "get_block(%lu): %llu - %u\n",
+		inode->i_ino, (long long)iblock, dblock);
 	mask = (1 << sbi->fs_shift) - 1;
-	map_bh(bh_result, sb, (dblock << sbi->fs_shift) + sbi->blockoffset + (iblock & mask));
+	map_bh(bh_result, sb,
+		(dblock << sbi->fs_shift) + sbi->blockoffset +
+			(iblock & mask));
 	if (create) {
 		set_buffer_new(bh_result);
 		hip->phys_size += sb->s_blocksize;
 		hip->fs_blocks++;
 		inode_add_bytes(inode, sb->s_blocksize);
-		mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 	}
+	if (create || was_dirty)
+		mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -326,7 +349,8 @@ found:
 	}
 }
 
-int hfsplus_free_fork(struct super_block *sb, u32 cnid, struct hfsplus_fork_raw *fork, int type)
+int hfsplus_free_fork(struct super_block *sb, u32 cnid,
+		struct hfsplus_fork_raw *fork, int type)
 {
 	struct hfs_find_data fd;
 	hfsplus_extent_rec ext_entry;
@@ -373,12 +397,13 @@ int hfsplus_file_extend(struct inode *inode)
 	u32 start, len, goal;
 	int res;
 
-	if (sbi->alloc_file->i_size * 8 <
-	    sbi->total_blocks - sbi->free_blocks + 8) {
-		// extend alloc file
-		printk(KERN_ERR "hfs: extend alloc file! (%Lu,%u,%u)\n",
-				sbi->alloc_file->i_size * 8,
-				sbi->total_blocks, sbi->free_blocks);
+	if (sbi->total_blocks - sbi->free_blocks + 8 >
+			sbi->alloc_file->i_size * 8) {
+		/* extend alloc file */
+		printk(KERN_ERR "hfs: extend alloc file! "
+				"(%llu,%u,%u)\n",
+			sbi->alloc_file->i_size * 8,
+			sbi->total_blocks, sbi->free_blocks);
 		return -ENOSPC;
 	}
 
@@ -429,7 +454,7 @@ int hfsplus_file_extend(struct inode *inode)
 					 start, len);
 		if (!res) {
 			hfsplus_dump_extent(hip->cached_extents);
-			hip->flags |= HFSPLUS_FLG_EXT_DIRTY;
+			hip->extent_state |= HFSPLUS_EXT_DIRTY;
 			hip->cached_blocks += len;
 		} else if (res == -ENOSPC)
 			goto insert_extent;
@@ -438,7 +463,7 @@ out:
 	mutex_unlock(&hip->extents_lock);
 	if (!res) {
 		hip->alloc_blocks += len;
-		mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+		hfsplus_mark_inode_dirty(inode, HFSPLUS_I_ALLOC_DIRTY);
 	}
 	return res;
 
@@ -450,7 +475,7 @@ insert_extent:
 	hip->cached_extents[0].start_block = cpu_to_be32(start);
 	hip->cached_extents[0].block_count = cpu_to_be32(len);
 	hfsplus_dump_extent(hip->cached_extents);
-	hip->flags |= HFSPLUS_FLG_EXT_DIRTY | HFSPLUS_FLG_EXT_NEW;
+	hip->extent_state |= HFSPLUS_EXT_DIRTY | HFSPLUS_EXT_NEW;
 	hip->cached_start = hip->alloc_blocks;
 	hip->cached_blocks = len;
 
@@ -466,8 +491,9 @@ void hfsplus_file_truncate(struct inode *inode)
 	u32 alloc_cnt, blk_cnt, start;
 	int res;
 
-	dprint(DBG_INODE, "truncate: %lu, %Lu -> %Lu\n",
-		inode->i_ino, (long long)hip->phys_size, inode->i_size);
+	dprint(DBG_INODE, "truncate: %lu, %llu -> %llu\n",
+		inode->i_ino, (long long)hip->phys_size,
+		inode->i_size);
 
 	if (inode->i_size > hip->phys_size) {
 		struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping;
@@ -481,7 +507,8 @@ void hfsplus_file_truncate(struct inode *inode)
 						&page, &fsdata);
 		if (res)
 			return;
-		res = pagecache_write_end(NULL, mapping, size, 0, 0, page, fsdata);
+		res = pagecache_write_end(NULL, mapping, size,
+			0, 0, page, fsdata);
 		if (res < 0)
 			return;
 		mark_inode_dirty(inode);
@@ -513,12 +540,12 @@ void hfsplus_file_truncate(struct inode *inode)
 				     alloc_cnt - start, alloc_cnt - blk_cnt);
 		hfsplus_dump_extent(hip->cached_extents);
 		if (blk_cnt > start) {
-			hip->flags |= HFSPLUS_FLG_EXT_DIRTY;
+			hip->extent_state |= HFSPLUS_EXT_DIRTY;
 			break;
 		}
 		alloc_cnt = start;
 		hip->cached_start = hip->cached_blocks = 0;
-		hip->flags &= ~(HFSPLUS_FLG_EXT_DIRTY | HFSPLUS_FLG_EXT_NEW);
+		hip->extent_state &= ~(HFSPLUS_EXT_DIRTY | HFSPLUS_EXT_NEW);
 		hfs_brec_remove(&fd);
 	}
 	hfs_find_exit(&fd);
@@ -527,7 +554,8 @@ void hfsplus_file_truncate(struct inode *inode)
 	hip->alloc_blocks = blk_cnt;
 out:
 	hip->phys_size = inode->i_size;
-	hip->fs_blocks = (inode->i_size + sb->s_blocksize - 1) >> sb->s_blocksize_bits;
+	hip->fs_blocks = (inode->i_size + sb->s_blocksize - 1) >>
+		sb->s_blocksize_bits;
 	inode_set_bytes(inode, hip->fs_blocks << sb->s_blocksize_bits);
-	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+	hfsplus_mark_inode_dirty(inode, HFSPLUS_I_ALLOC_DIRTY);
 }
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/hfsplus_fs.h b/fs/hfsplus/hfsplus_fs.h
index a5308f491e3e..d6857523336d 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/hfsplus_fs.h
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/hfsplus_fs.h
@@ -23,13 +23,16 @@
 #define DBG_EXTENT	0x00000020
 #define DBG_BITMAP	0x00000040
 
-//#define DBG_MASK	(DBG_EXTENT|DBG_INODE|DBG_BNODE_MOD)
-//#define DBG_MASK	(DBG_BNODE_MOD|DBG_CAT_MOD|DBG_INODE)
-//#define DBG_MASK	(DBG_CAT_MOD|DBG_BNODE_REFS|DBG_INODE|DBG_EXTENT)
+#if 0
+#define DBG_MASK	(DBG_EXTENT|DBG_INODE|DBG_BNODE_MOD)
+#define DBG_MASK	(DBG_BNODE_MOD|DBG_CAT_MOD|DBG_INODE)
+#define DBG_MASK	(DBG_CAT_MOD|DBG_BNODE_REFS|DBG_INODE|DBG_EXTENT)
+#endif
 #define DBG_MASK	(0)
 
 #define dprint(flg, fmt, args...) \
-	if (flg & DBG_MASK) printk(fmt , ## args)
+	if (flg & DBG_MASK) \
+		printk(fmt , ## args)
 
 /* Runtime config options */
 #define HFSPLUS_DEF_CR_TYPE    0x3F3F3F3F  /* '????' */
@@ -37,7 +40,8 @@
 #define HFSPLUS_TYPE_DATA 0x00
 #define HFSPLUS_TYPE_RSRC 0xFF
 
-typedef int (*btree_keycmp)(const hfsplus_btree_key *, const hfsplus_btree_key *);
+typedef int (*btree_keycmp)(const hfsplus_btree_key *,
+		const hfsplus_btree_key *);
 
 #define NODE_HASH_SIZE	256
 
@@ -61,7 +65,6 @@ struct hfs_btree {
 	unsigned int max_key_len;
 	unsigned int depth;
 
-	//unsigned int map1_size, map_size;
 	struct mutex tree_lock;
 
 	unsigned int pages_per_bnode;
@@ -107,8 +110,8 @@ struct hfsplus_vh;
 struct hfs_btree;
 
 struct hfsplus_sb_info {
-	struct buffer_head *s_vhbh;
 	struct hfsplus_vh *s_vhdr;
+	struct hfsplus_vh *s_backup_vhdr;
 	struct hfs_btree *ext_tree;
 	struct hfs_btree *cat_tree;
 	struct hfs_btree *attr_tree;
@@ -118,7 +121,8 @@ struct hfsplus_sb_info {
 
 	/* Runtime variables */
 	u32 blockoffset;
-	u32 sect_count;
+	sector_t part_start;
+	sector_t sect_count;
 	int fs_shift;
 
 	/* immutable data from the volume header */
@@ -155,6 +159,12 @@ struct hfsplus_sb_info {
 #define HFSPLUS_SB_FORCE	2
 #define HFSPLUS_SB_HFSX		3
 #define HFSPLUS_SB_CASEFOLD	4
+#define HFSPLUS_SB_NOBARRIER	5
+
+static inline struct hfsplus_sb_info *HFSPLUS_SB(struct super_block *sb)
+{
+	return sb->s_fs_info;
+}
 
 
 struct hfsplus_inode_info {
@@ -170,7 +180,7 @@ struct hfsplus_inode_info {
 	u32 cached_blocks;
 	hfsplus_extent_rec first_extents;
 	hfsplus_extent_rec cached_extents;
-	unsigned long flags;
+	unsigned int extent_state;
 	struct mutex extents_lock;
 
 	/*
@@ -185,6 +195,11 @@ struct hfsplus_inode_info {
 	u32 linkid;
 
 	/*
+	 * Accessed using atomic bitops.
+	 */
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	/*
 	 * Protected by i_mutex.
 	 */
 	sector_t fs_blocks;
@@ -195,12 +210,34 @@ struct hfsplus_inode_info {
 	struct inode vfs_inode;
 };
 
-#define HFSPLUS_FLG_RSRC	0x0001
-#define HFSPLUS_FLG_EXT_DIRTY	0x0002
-#define HFSPLUS_FLG_EXT_NEW	0x0004
+#define HFSPLUS_EXT_DIRTY	0x0001
+#define HFSPLUS_EXT_NEW		0x0002
+
+#define HFSPLUS_I_RSRC		0	/* represents a resource fork */
+#define HFSPLUS_I_CAT_DIRTY	1	/* has changes in the catalog tree */
+#define HFSPLUS_I_EXT_DIRTY	2	/* has changes in the extent tree */
+#define HFSPLUS_I_ALLOC_DIRTY	3	/* has changes in the allocation file */
+
+#define HFSPLUS_IS_RSRC(inode) \
+	test_bit(HFSPLUS_I_RSRC, &HFSPLUS_I(inode)->flags)
+
+static inline struct hfsplus_inode_info *HFSPLUS_I(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	return list_entry(inode, struct hfsplus_inode_info, vfs_inode);
+}
 
-#define HFSPLUS_IS_DATA(inode)   (!(HFSPLUS_I(inode)->flags & HFSPLUS_FLG_RSRC))
-#define HFSPLUS_IS_RSRC(inode)   (HFSPLUS_I(inode)->flags & HFSPLUS_FLG_RSRC)
+/*
+ * Mark an inode dirty, and also mark the btree in which the
+ * specific type of metadata is stored.
+ * For data or metadata that gets written back by into the catalog btree
+ * by hfsplus_write_inode a plain mark_inode_dirty call is enough.
+ */
+static inline void hfsplus_mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode,
+		unsigned int flag)
+{
+	set_bit(flag, &HFSPLUS_I(inode)->flags);
+	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+}
 
 struct hfs_find_data {
 	/* filled by caller */
@@ -318,9 +355,12 @@ int hfs_brec_read(struct hfs_find_data *, void *, int);
 int hfs_brec_goto(struct hfs_find_data *, int);
 
 /* catalog.c */
-int hfsplus_cat_case_cmp_key(const hfsplus_btree_key *, const hfsplus_btree_key *);
-int hfsplus_cat_bin_cmp_key(const hfsplus_btree_key *, const hfsplus_btree_key *);
-void hfsplus_cat_build_key(struct super_block *sb, hfsplus_btree_key *, u32, struct qstr *);
+int hfsplus_cat_case_cmp_key(const hfsplus_btree_key *,
+		const hfsplus_btree_key *);
+int hfsplus_cat_bin_cmp_key(const hfsplus_btree_key *,
+		const hfsplus_btree_key *);
+void hfsplus_cat_build_key(struct super_block *sb,
+		hfsplus_btree_key *, u32, struct qstr *);
 int hfsplus_find_cat(struct super_block *, u32, struct hfs_find_data *);
 int hfsplus_create_cat(u32, struct inode *, struct qstr *, struct inode *);
 int hfsplus_delete_cat(u32, struct inode *, struct qstr *);
@@ -336,7 +376,8 @@ extern const struct file_operations hfsplus_dir_operations;
 int hfsplus_ext_cmp_key(const hfsplus_btree_key *, const hfsplus_btree_key *);
 void hfsplus_ext_write_extent(struct inode *);
 int hfsplus_get_block(struct inode *, sector_t, struct buffer_head *, int);
-int hfsplus_free_fork(struct super_block *, u32, struct hfsplus_fork_raw *, int);
+int hfsplus_free_fork(struct super_block *, u32,
+		struct hfsplus_fork_raw *, int);
 int hfsplus_file_extend(struct inode *);
 void hfsplus_file_truncate(struct inode *);
 
@@ -351,6 +392,7 @@ int hfsplus_cat_read_inode(struct inode *, struct hfs_find_data *);
 int hfsplus_cat_write_inode(struct inode *);
 struct inode *hfsplus_new_inode(struct super_block *, int);
 void hfsplus_delete_inode(struct inode *);
+int hfsplus_file_fsync(struct file *file, int datasync);
 
 /* ioctl.c */
 long hfsplus_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg);
@@ -362,6 +404,7 @@ ssize_t hfsplus_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, size_t size);
 
 /* options.c */
 int hfsplus_parse_options(char *, struct hfsplus_sb_info *);
+int hfsplus_parse_options_remount(char *input, int *force);
 void hfsplus_fill_defaults(struct hfsplus_sb_info *);
 int hfsplus_show_options(struct seq_file *, struct vfsmount *);
 
@@ -375,12 +418,16 @@ extern u16 hfsplus_decompose_table[];
 extern u16 hfsplus_compose_table[];
 
 /* unicode.c */
-int hfsplus_strcasecmp(const struct hfsplus_unistr *, const struct hfsplus_unistr *);
-int hfsplus_strcmp(const struct hfsplus_unistr *, const struct hfsplus_unistr *);
-int hfsplus_uni2asc(struct super_block *, const struct hfsplus_unistr *, char *, int *);
-int hfsplus_asc2uni(struct super_block *, struct hfsplus_unistr *, const char *, int);
-int hfsplus_hash_dentry(const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
-		struct qstr *str);
+int hfsplus_strcasecmp(const struct hfsplus_unistr *,
+		const struct hfsplus_unistr *);
+int hfsplus_strcmp(const struct hfsplus_unistr *,
+		const struct hfsplus_unistr *);
+int hfsplus_uni2asc(struct super_block *,
+		const struct hfsplus_unistr *, char *, int *);
+int hfsplus_asc2uni(struct super_block *,
+		struct hfsplus_unistr *, const char *, int);
+int hfsplus_hash_dentry(const struct dentry *dentry,
+		const struct inode *inode, struct qstr *str);
 int hfsplus_compare_dentry(const struct dentry *parent,
 		const struct inode *pinode,
 		const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
@@ -388,36 +435,9 @@ int hfsplus_compare_dentry(const struct dentry *parent,
 
 /* wrapper.c */
 int hfsplus_read_wrapper(struct super_block *);
-
 int hfs_part_find(struct super_block *, sector_t *, sector_t *);
-
-/* access macros */
-static inline struct hfsplus_sb_info *HFSPLUS_SB(struct super_block *sb)
-{
-	return sb->s_fs_info;
-}
-
-static inline struct hfsplus_inode_info *HFSPLUS_I(struct inode *inode)
-{
-	return list_entry(inode, struct hfsplus_inode_info, vfs_inode);
-}
-
-#define sb_bread512(sb, sec, data) ({			\
-	struct buffer_head *__bh;			\
-	sector_t __block;				\
-	loff_t __start;					\
-	int __offset;					\
-							\
-	__start = (loff_t)(sec) << HFSPLUS_SECTOR_SHIFT;\
-	__block = __start >> (sb)->s_blocksize_bits;	\
-	__offset = __start & ((sb)->s_blocksize - 1);	\
-	__bh = sb_bread((sb), __block);			\
-	if (likely(__bh != NULL))			\
-		data = (void *)(__bh->b_data + __offset);\
-	else						\
-		data = NULL;				\
-	__bh;						\
-})
+int hfsplus_submit_bio(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector,
+		void *data, int rw);
 
 /* time macros */
 #define __hfsp_mt2ut(t)		(be32_to_cpu(t) - 2082844800U)
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/hfsplus_raw.h b/fs/hfsplus/hfsplus_raw.h
index 6892899fd6fb..927cdd6d5bf5 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/hfsplus_raw.h
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/hfsplus_raw.h
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@
 #define HFSP_WRAPOFF_EMBEDSIG     0x7C
 #define HFSP_WRAPOFF_EMBEDEXT     0x7E
 
-#define HFSP_HIDDENDIR_NAME	"\xe2\x90\x80\xe2\x90\x80\xe2\x90\x80\xe2\x90\x80HFS+ Private Data"
+#define HFSP_HIDDENDIR_NAME \
+	"\xe2\x90\x80\xe2\x90\x80\xe2\x90\x80\xe2\x90\x80HFS+ Private Data"
 
 #define HFSP_HARDLINK_TYPE	0x686c6e6b	/* 'hlnk' */
 #define HFSP_HFSPLUS_CREATOR	0x6866732b	/* 'hfs+' */
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/inode.c b/fs/hfsplus/inode.c
index 8afd7e84f98d..a8df651747f0 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/inode.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
  * Inode handling routines
  */
 
+#include <linux/blkdev.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
@@ -77,7 +78,8 @@ static int hfsplus_releasepage(struct page *page, gfp_t mask)
 	if (!tree)
 		return 0;
 	if (tree->node_size >= PAGE_CACHE_SIZE) {
-		nidx = page->index >> (tree->node_size_shift - PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT);
+		nidx = page->index >>
+			(tree->node_size_shift - PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT);
 		spin_lock(&tree->hash_lock);
 		node = hfs_bnode_findhash(tree, nidx);
 		if (!node)
@@ -90,7 +92,8 @@ static int hfsplus_releasepage(struct page *page, gfp_t mask)
 		}
 		spin_unlock(&tree->hash_lock);
 	} else {
-		nidx = page->index << (PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT - tree->node_size_shift);
+		nidx = page->index <<
+			(PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT - tree->node_size_shift);
 		i = 1 << (PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT - tree->node_size_shift);
 		spin_lock(&tree->hash_lock);
 		do {
@@ -166,8 +169,8 @@ const struct dentry_operations hfsplus_dentry_operations = {
 	.d_compare    = hfsplus_compare_dentry,
 };
 
-static struct dentry *hfsplus_file_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
-					  struct nameidata *nd)
+static struct dentry *hfsplus_file_lookup(struct inode *dir,
+		struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	struct hfs_find_data fd;
 	struct super_block *sb = dir->i_sb;
@@ -190,7 +193,9 @@ static struct dentry *hfsplus_file_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dent
 	inode->i_ino = dir->i_ino;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&hip->open_dir_list);
 	mutex_init(&hip->extents_lock);
-	hip->flags = HFSPLUS_FLG_RSRC;
+	hip->extent_state = 0;
+	hip->flags = 0;
+	set_bit(HFSPLUS_I_RSRC, &hip->flags);
 
 	hfs_find_init(HFSPLUS_SB(sb)->cat_tree, &fd);
 	err = hfsplus_find_cat(sb, dir->i_ino, &fd);
@@ -219,7 +224,8 @@ out:
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-static void hfsplus_get_perms(struct inode *inode, struct hfsplus_perm *perms, int dir)
+static void hfsplus_get_perms(struct inode *inode,
+		struct hfsplus_perm *perms, int dir)
 {
 	struct hfsplus_sb_info *sbi = HFSPLUS_SB(inode->i_sb);
 	u16 mode;
@@ -302,29 +308,41 @@ static int hfsplus_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int hfsplus_file_fsync(struct file *filp, int datasync)
+int hfsplus_file_fsync(struct file *file, int datasync)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_mapping->host;
-	struct super_block * sb;
-	int ret, err;
-
-	/* sync the inode to buffers */
-	ret = write_inode_now(inode, 0);
-
-	/* sync the superblock to buffers */
-	sb = inode->i_sb;
-	if (sb->s_dirt) {
-		if (!(sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY))
-			hfsplus_sync_fs(sb, 1);
-		else
-			sb->s_dirt = 0;
+	struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host;
+	struct hfsplus_inode_info *hip = HFSPLUS_I(inode);
+	struct hfsplus_sb_info *sbi = HFSPLUS_SB(inode->i_sb);
+	int error = 0, error2;
+
+	/*
+	 * Sync inode metadata into the catalog and extent trees.
+	 */
+	sync_inode_metadata(inode, 1);
+
+	/*
+	 * And explicitly write out the btrees.
+	 */
+	if (test_and_clear_bit(HFSPLUS_I_CAT_DIRTY, &hip->flags))
+		error = filemap_write_and_wait(sbi->cat_tree->inode->i_mapping);
+
+	if (test_and_clear_bit(HFSPLUS_I_EXT_DIRTY, &hip->flags)) {
+		error2 =
+			filemap_write_and_wait(sbi->ext_tree->inode->i_mapping);
+		if (!error)
+			error = error2;
 	}
 
-	/* .. finally sync the buffers to disk */
-	err = sync_blockdev(sb->s_bdev);
-	if (!ret)
-		ret = err;
-	return ret;
+	if (test_and_clear_bit(HFSPLUS_I_ALLOC_DIRTY, &hip->flags)) {
+		error2 = filemap_write_and_wait(sbi->alloc_file->i_mapping);
+		if (!error)
+			error = error2;
+	}
+
+	if (!test_bit(HFSPLUS_SB_NOBARRIER, &sbi->flags))
+		blkdev_issue_flush(inode->i_sb->s_bdev, GFP_KERNEL, NULL);
+
+	return error;
 }
 
 static const struct inode_operations hfsplus_file_inode_operations = {
@@ -337,7 +355,7 @@ static const struct inode_operations hfsplus_file_inode_operations = {
 };
 
 static const struct file_operations hfsplus_file_operations = {
-	.llseek 	= generic_file_llseek,
+	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
 	.read		= do_sync_read,
 	.aio_read	= generic_file_aio_read,
 	.write		= do_sync_write,
@@ -370,6 +388,7 @@ struct inode *hfsplus_new_inode(struct super_block *sb, int mode)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&hip->open_dir_list);
 	mutex_init(&hip->extents_lock);
 	atomic_set(&hip->opencnt, 0);
+	hip->extent_state = 0;
 	hip->flags = 0;
 	memset(hip->first_extents, 0, sizeof(hfsplus_extent_rec));
 	memset(hip->cached_extents, 0, sizeof(hfsplus_extent_rec));
@@ -457,7 +476,8 @@ void hfsplus_inode_read_fork(struct inode *inode, struct hfsplus_fork_raw *fork)
 	}
 }
 
-void hfsplus_inode_write_fork(struct inode *inode, struct hfsplus_fork_raw *fork)
+void hfsplus_inode_write_fork(struct inode *inode,
+		struct hfsplus_fork_raw *fork)
 {
 	memcpy(&fork->extents, &HFSPLUS_I(inode)->first_extents,
 	       sizeof(hfsplus_extent_rec));
@@ -499,13 +519,14 @@ int hfsplus_cat_read_inode(struct inode *inode, struct hfs_find_data *fd)
 		hfs_bnode_read(fd->bnode, &entry, fd->entryoffset,
 					sizeof(struct hfsplus_cat_file));
 
-		hfsplus_inode_read_fork(inode, HFSPLUS_IS_DATA(inode) ?
-					&file->data_fork : &file->rsrc_fork);
+		hfsplus_inode_read_fork(inode, HFSPLUS_IS_RSRC(inode) ?
+					&file->rsrc_fork : &file->data_fork);
 		hfsplus_get_perms(inode, &file->permissions, 0);
 		inode->i_nlink = 1;
 		if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode)) {
 			if (file->permissions.dev)
-				inode->i_nlink = be32_to_cpu(file->permissions.dev);
+				inode->i_nlink =
+					be32_to_cpu(file->permissions.dev);
 			inode->i_op = &hfsplus_file_inode_operations;
 			inode->i_fop = &hfsplus_file_operations;
 			inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &hfsplus_aops;
@@ -578,7 +599,9 @@ int hfsplus_cat_write_inode(struct inode *inode)
 					sizeof(struct hfsplus_cat_file));
 		hfsplus_inode_write_fork(inode, &file->data_fork);
 		hfsplus_cat_set_perms(inode, &file->permissions);
-		if ((file->permissions.rootflags | file->permissions.userflags) & HFSPLUS_FLG_IMMUTABLE)
+		if (HFSPLUS_FLG_IMMUTABLE &
+				(file->permissions.rootflags |
+					file->permissions.userflags))
 			file->flags |= cpu_to_be16(HFSPLUS_FILE_LOCKED);
 		else
 			file->flags &= cpu_to_be16(~HFSPLUS_FILE_LOCKED);
@@ -588,6 +611,8 @@ int hfsplus_cat_write_inode(struct inode *inode)
 		hfs_bnode_write(fd.bnode, &entry, fd.entryoffset,
 					 sizeof(struct hfsplus_cat_file));
 	}
+
+	set_bit(HFSPLUS_I_CAT_DIRTY, &HFSPLUS_I(inode)->flags);
 out:
 	hfs_find_exit(&fd);
 	return 0;
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/ioctl.c b/fs/hfsplus/ioctl.c
index 40a85a3ded6e..508ce662ce12 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/ioctl.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ static int hfsplus_ioctl_getflags(struct file *file, int __user *user_flags)
 
 	if (inode->i_flags & S_IMMUTABLE)
 		flags |= FS_IMMUTABLE_FL;
-	if (inode->i_flags |= S_APPEND)
+	if (inode->i_flags & S_APPEND)
 		flags |= FS_APPEND_FL;
 	if (hip->userflags & HFSPLUS_FLG_NODUMP)
 		flags |= FS_NODUMP_FL;
@@ -147,9 +147,11 @@ int hfsplus_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
 			res = -ERANGE;
 	} else
 		res = -EOPNOTSUPP;
-	if (!res)
+	if (!res) {
 		hfs_bnode_write(fd.bnode, &entry, fd.entryoffset,
 				sizeof(struct hfsplus_cat_file));
+		hfsplus_mark_inode_dirty(inode, HFSPLUS_I_CAT_DIRTY);
+	}
 out:
 	hfs_find_exit(&fd);
 	return res;
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/options.c b/fs/hfsplus/options.c
index f9ab276a4d8d..bb62a5882147 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/options.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/options.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ enum {
 	opt_umask, opt_uid, opt_gid,
 	opt_part, opt_session, opt_nls,
 	opt_nodecompose, opt_decompose,
+	opt_barrier, opt_nobarrier,
 	opt_force, opt_err
 };
 
@@ -37,6 +38,8 @@ static const match_table_t tokens = {
 	{ opt_nls, "nls=%s" },
 	{ opt_decompose, "decompose" },
 	{ opt_nodecompose, "nodecompose" },
+	{ opt_barrier, "barrier" },
+	{ opt_nobarrier, "nobarrier" },
 	{ opt_force, "force" },
 	{ opt_err, NULL }
 };
@@ -65,6 +68,32 @@ static inline int match_fourchar(substring_t *arg, u32 *result)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int hfsplus_parse_options_remount(char *input, int *force)
+{
+	char *p;
+	substring_t args[MAX_OPT_ARGS];
+	int token;
+
+	if (!input)
+		return 0;
+
+	while ((p = strsep(&input, ",")) != NULL) {
+		if (!*p)
+			continue;
+
+		token = match_token(p, tokens, args);
+		switch (token) {
+		case opt_force:
+			*force = 1;
+			break;
+		default:
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
 /* Parse options from mount. Returns 0 on failure */
 /* input is the options passed to mount() as a string */
 int hfsplus_parse_options(char *input, struct hfsplus_sb_info *sbi)
@@ -136,7 +165,9 @@ int hfsplus_parse_options(char *input, struct hfsplus_sb_info *sbi)
 			if (p)
 				sbi->nls = load_nls(p);
 			if (!sbi->nls) {
-				printk(KERN_ERR "hfs: unable to load nls mapping \"%s\"\n", p);
+				printk(KERN_ERR "hfs: unable to load "
+						"nls mapping \"%s\"\n",
+					p);
 				kfree(p);
 				return 0;
 			}
@@ -148,6 +179,12 @@ int hfsplus_parse_options(char *input, struct hfsplus_sb_info *sbi)
 		case opt_nodecompose:
 			set_bit(HFSPLUS_SB_NODECOMPOSE, &sbi->flags);
 			break;
+		case opt_barrier:
+			clear_bit(HFSPLUS_SB_NOBARRIER, &sbi->flags);
+			break;
+		case opt_nobarrier:
+			set_bit(HFSPLUS_SB_NOBARRIER, &sbi->flags);
+			break;
 		case opt_force:
 			set_bit(HFSPLUS_SB_FORCE, &sbi->flags);
 			break;
@@ -177,7 +214,8 @@ int hfsplus_show_options(struct seq_file *seq, struct vfsmount *mnt)
 		seq_printf(seq, ",creator=%.4s", (char *)&sbi->creator);
 	if (sbi->type != HFSPLUS_DEF_CR_TYPE)
 		seq_printf(seq, ",type=%.4s", (char *)&sbi->type);
-	seq_printf(seq, ",umask=%o,uid=%u,gid=%u", sbi->umask, sbi->uid, sbi->gid);
+	seq_printf(seq, ",umask=%o,uid=%u,gid=%u", sbi->umask,
+		sbi->uid, sbi->gid);
 	if (sbi->part >= 0)
 		seq_printf(seq, ",part=%u", sbi->part);
 	if (sbi->session >= 0)
@@ -186,5 +224,7 @@ int hfsplus_show_options(struct seq_file *seq, struct vfsmount *mnt)
 		seq_printf(seq, ",nls=%s", sbi->nls->charset);
 	if (test_bit(HFSPLUS_SB_NODECOMPOSE, &sbi->flags))
 		seq_printf(seq, ",nodecompose");
+	if (test_bit(HFSPLUS_SB_NOBARRIER, &sbi->flags))
+		seq_printf(seq, ",nobarrier");
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/part_tbl.c b/fs/hfsplus/part_tbl.c
index 208b16c645cc..d66ad113b1cc 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/part_tbl.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/part_tbl.c
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
  * linux/fs/hfsplus/part_tbl.c
  *
  * Copyright (C) 1996-1997  Paul H. Hargrove
- * This file may be distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
+ * This file may be distributed under the terms of
+ * the GNU General Public License.
  *
  * Original code to handle the new style Mac partition table based on
  * a patch contributed by Holger Schemel (aeglos@valinor.owl.de).
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@
  *
  */
 
+#include <linux/slab.h>
 #include "hfsplus_fs.h"
 
 /* offsets to various blocks */
@@ -58,77 +60,94 @@ struct new_pmap {
  */
 struct old_pmap {
 	__be16		pdSig;	/* Signature bytes */
-	struct 	old_pmap_entry {
+	struct old_pmap_entry {
 		__be32	pdStart;
 		__be32	pdSize;
 		__be32	pdFSID;
 	}	pdEntry[42];
 } __packed;
 
+static int hfs_parse_old_pmap(struct super_block *sb, struct old_pmap *pm,
+		sector_t *part_start, sector_t *part_size)
+{
+	struct hfsplus_sb_info *sbi = HFSPLUS_SB(sb);
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < 42; i++) {
+		struct old_pmap_entry *p = &pm->pdEntry[i];
+
+		if (p->pdStart && p->pdSize &&
+		    p->pdFSID == cpu_to_be32(0x54465331)/*"TFS1"*/ &&
+		    (sbi->part < 0 || sbi->part == i)) {
+			*part_start += be32_to_cpu(p->pdStart);
+			*part_size = be32_to_cpu(p->pdSize);
+			return 0;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return -ENOENT;
+}
+
+static int hfs_parse_new_pmap(struct super_block *sb, struct new_pmap *pm,
+		sector_t *part_start, sector_t *part_size)
+{
+	struct hfsplus_sb_info *sbi = HFSPLUS_SB(sb);
+	int size = be32_to_cpu(pm->pmMapBlkCnt);
+	int res;
+	int i = 0;
+
+	do {
+		if (!memcmp(pm->pmPartType, "Apple_HFS", 9) &&
+		    (sbi->part < 0 || sbi->part == i)) {
+			*part_start += be32_to_cpu(pm->pmPyPartStart);
+			*part_size = be32_to_cpu(pm->pmPartBlkCnt);
+			return 0;
+		}
+
+		if (++i >= size)
+			return -ENOENT;
+
+		res = hfsplus_submit_bio(sb->s_bdev,
+					 *part_start + HFS_PMAP_BLK + i,
+					 pm, READ);
+		if (res)
+			return res;
+	} while (pm->pmSig == cpu_to_be16(HFS_NEW_PMAP_MAGIC));
+
+	return -ENOENT;
+}
+
 /*
- * hfs_part_find()
- *
- * Parse the partition map looking for the
- * start and length of the 'part'th HFS partition.
+ * Parse the partition map looking for the start and length of a
+ * HFS/HFS+ partition.
  */
 int hfs_part_find(struct super_block *sb,
-		  sector_t *part_start, sector_t *part_size)
+		sector_t *part_start, sector_t *part_size)
 {
-	struct hfsplus_sb_info *sbi = HFSPLUS_SB(sb);
-	struct buffer_head *bh;
-	__be16 *data;
-	int i, size, res;
+	void *data;
+	int res;
+
+	data = kmalloc(HFSPLUS_SECTOR_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!data)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	res = -ENOENT;
-	bh = sb_bread512(sb, *part_start + HFS_PMAP_BLK, data);
-	if (!bh)
-		return -EIO;
+	res = hfsplus_submit_bio(sb->s_bdev, *part_start + HFS_PMAP_BLK,
+				 data, READ);
+	if (res)
+		return res;
 
-	switch (be16_to_cpu(*data)) {
+	switch (be16_to_cpu(*((__be16 *)data))) {
 	case HFS_OLD_PMAP_MAGIC:
-	  {
-		struct old_pmap *pm;
-		struct old_pmap_entry *p;
-
-		pm = (struct old_pmap *)bh->b_data;
-		p = pm->pdEntry;
-		size = 42;
-		for (i = 0; i < size; p++, i++) {
-			if (p->pdStart && p->pdSize &&
-			    p->pdFSID == cpu_to_be32(0x54465331)/*"TFS1"*/ &&
-			    (sbi->part < 0 || sbi->part == i)) {
-				*part_start += be32_to_cpu(p->pdStart);
-				*part_size = be32_to_cpu(p->pdSize);
-				res = 0;
-			}
-		}
+		res = hfs_parse_old_pmap(sb, data, part_start, part_size);
 		break;
-	  }
 	case HFS_NEW_PMAP_MAGIC:
-	  {
-		struct new_pmap *pm;
-
-		pm = (struct new_pmap *)bh->b_data;
-		size = be32_to_cpu(pm->pmMapBlkCnt);
-		for (i = 0; i < size;) {
-			if (!memcmp(pm->pmPartType,"Apple_HFS", 9) &&
-			    (sbi->part < 0 || sbi->part == i)) {
-				*part_start += be32_to_cpu(pm->pmPyPartStart);
-				*part_size = be32_to_cpu(pm->pmPartBlkCnt);
-				res = 0;
-				break;
-			}
-			brelse(bh);
-			bh = sb_bread512(sb, *part_start + HFS_PMAP_BLK + ++i, pm);
-			if (!bh)
-				return -EIO;
-			if (pm->pmSig != cpu_to_be16(HFS_NEW_PMAP_MAGIC))
-				break;
-		}
+		res = hfs_parse_new_pmap(sb, data, part_start, part_size);
+		break;
+	default:
+		res = -ENOENT;
 		break;
-	  }
 	}
-	brelse(bh);
 
+	kfree(data);
 	return res;
 }
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/super.c b/fs/hfsplus/super.c
index ddf712e4700e..6ee6ad20acf2 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/super.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/super.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
+#include <linux/blkdev.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/vfs.h>
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ struct inode *hfsplus_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&HFSPLUS_I(inode)->open_dir_list);
 	mutex_init(&HFSPLUS_I(inode)->extents_lock);
 	HFSPLUS_I(inode)->flags = 0;
+	HFSPLUS_I(inode)->extent_state = 0;
 	HFSPLUS_I(inode)->rsrc_inode = NULL;
 	atomic_set(&HFSPLUS_I(inode)->opencnt, 0);
 
@@ -157,45 +159,65 @@ int hfsplus_sync_fs(struct super_block *sb, int wait)
 {
 	struct hfsplus_sb_info *sbi = HFSPLUS_SB(sb);
 	struct hfsplus_vh *vhdr = sbi->s_vhdr;
+	int write_backup = 0;
+	int error, error2;
+
+	if (!wait)
+		return 0;
 
 	dprint(DBG_SUPER, "hfsplus_write_super\n");
 
-	mutex_lock(&sbi->vh_mutex);
-	mutex_lock(&sbi->alloc_mutex);
 	sb->s_dirt = 0;
 
+	/*
+	 * Explicitly write out the special metadata inodes.
+	 *
+	 * While these special inodes are marked as hashed and written
+	 * out peridocically by the flusher threads we redirty them
+	 * during writeout of normal inodes, and thus the life lock
+	 * prevents us from getting the latest state to disk.
+	 */
+	error = filemap_write_and_wait(sbi->cat_tree->inode->i_mapping);
+	error2 = filemap_write_and_wait(sbi->ext_tree->inode->i_mapping);
+	if (!error)
+		error = error2;
+	error2 = filemap_write_and_wait(sbi->alloc_file->i_mapping);
+	if (!error)
+		error = error2;
+
+	mutex_lock(&sbi->vh_mutex);
+	mutex_lock(&sbi->alloc_mutex);
 	vhdr->free_blocks = cpu_to_be32(sbi->free_blocks);
 	vhdr->next_cnid = cpu_to_be32(sbi->next_cnid);
 	vhdr->folder_count = cpu_to_be32(sbi->folder_count);
 	vhdr->file_count = cpu_to_be32(sbi->file_count);
 
-	mark_buffer_dirty(sbi->s_vhbh);
 	if (test_and_clear_bit(HFSPLUS_SB_WRITEBACKUP, &sbi->flags)) {
-		if (sbi->sect_count) {
-			struct buffer_head *bh;
-			u32 block, offset;
-
-			block = sbi->blockoffset;
-			block += (sbi->sect_count - 2) >> (sb->s_blocksize_bits - 9);
-			offset = ((sbi->sect_count - 2) << 9) & (sb->s_blocksize - 1);
-			printk(KERN_DEBUG "hfs: backup: %u,%u,%u,%u\n",
-					  sbi->blockoffset, sbi->sect_count,
-					  block, offset);
-			bh = sb_bread(sb, block);
-			if (bh) {
-				vhdr = (struct hfsplus_vh *)(bh->b_data + offset);
-				if (be16_to_cpu(vhdr->signature) == HFSPLUS_VOLHEAD_SIG) {
-					memcpy(vhdr, sbi->s_vhdr, sizeof(*vhdr));
-					mark_buffer_dirty(bh);
-					brelse(bh);
-				} else
-					printk(KERN_WARNING "hfs: backup not found!\n");
-			}
-		}
+		memcpy(sbi->s_backup_vhdr, sbi->s_vhdr, sizeof(*sbi->s_vhdr));
+		write_backup = 1;
 	}
+
+	error2 = hfsplus_submit_bio(sb->s_bdev,
+				   sbi->part_start + HFSPLUS_VOLHEAD_SECTOR,
+				   sbi->s_vhdr, WRITE_SYNC);
+	if (!error)
+		error = error2;
+	if (!write_backup)
+		goto out;
+
+	error2 = hfsplus_submit_bio(sb->s_bdev,
+				  sbi->part_start + sbi->sect_count - 2,
+				  sbi->s_backup_vhdr, WRITE_SYNC);
+	if (!error)
+		error2 = error;
+out:
 	mutex_unlock(&sbi->alloc_mutex);
 	mutex_unlock(&sbi->vh_mutex);
-	return 0;
+
+	if (!test_bit(HFSPLUS_SB_NOBARRIER, &sbi->flags))
+		blkdev_issue_flush(sb->s_bdev, GFP_KERNEL, NULL);
+
+	return error;
 }
 
 static void hfsplus_write_super(struct super_block *sb)
@@ -215,23 +237,22 @@ static void hfsplus_put_super(struct super_block *sb)
 	if (!sb->s_fs_info)
 		return;
 
-	if (sb->s_dirt)
-		hfsplus_write_super(sb);
 	if (!(sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY) && sbi->s_vhdr) {
 		struct hfsplus_vh *vhdr = sbi->s_vhdr;
 
 		vhdr->modify_date = hfsp_now2mt();
 		vhdr->attributes |= cpu_to_be32(HFSPLUS_VOL_UNMNT);
 		vhdr->attributes &= cpu_to_be32(~HFSPLUS_VOL_INCNSTNT);
-		mark_buffer_dirty(sbi->s_vhbh);
-		sync_dirty_buffer(sbi->s_vhbh);
+
+		hfsplus_sync_fs(sb, 1);
 	}
 
 	hfs_btree_close(sbi->cat_tree);
 	hfs_btree_close(sbi->ext_tree);
 	iput(sbi->alloc_file);
 	iput(sbi->hidden_dir);
-	brelse(sbi->s_vhbh);
+	kfree(sbi->s_vhdr);
+	kfree(sbi->s_backup_vhdr);
 	unload_nls(sbi->nls);
 	kfree(sb->s_fs_info);
 	sb->s_fs_info = NULL;
@@ -263,26 +284,31 @@ static int hfsplus_remount(struct super_block *sb, int *flags, char *data)
 		return 0;
 	if (!(*flags & MS_RDONLY)) {
 		struct hfsplus_vh *vhdr = HFSPLUS_SB(sb)->s_vhdr;
-		struct hfsplus_sb_info sbi;
+		int force = 0;
 
-		memset(&sbi, 0, sizeof(struct hfsplus_sb_info));
-		sbi.nls = HFSPLUS_SB(sb)->nls;
-		if (!hfsplus_parse_options(data, &sbi))
+		if (!hfsplus_parse_options_remount(data, &force))
 			return -EINVAL;
 
 		if (!(vhdr->attributes & cpu_to_be32(HFSPLUS_VOL_UNMNT))) {
-			printk(KERN_WARNING "hfs: filesystem was not cleanly unmounted, "
-			       "running fsck.hfsplus is recommended.  leaving read-only.\n");
+			printk(KERN_WARNING "hfs: filesystem was "
+					"not cleanly unmounted, "
+					"running fsck.hfsplus is recommended.  "
+					"leaving read-only.\n");
 			sb->s_flags |= MS_RDONLY;
 			*flags |= MS_RDONLY;
-		} else if (test_bit(HFSPLUS_SB_FORCE, &sbi.flags)) {
+		} else if (force) {
 			/* nothing */
-		} else if (vhdr->attributes & cpu_to_be32(HFSPLUS_VOL_SOFTLOCK)) {
-			printk(KERN_WARNING "hfs: filesystem is marked locked, leaving read-only.\n");
+		} else if (vhdr->attributes &
+				cpu_to_be32(HFSPLUS_VOL_SOFTLOCK)) {
+			printk(KERN_WARNING "hfs: filesystem is marked locked, "
+					"leaving read-only.\n");
 			sb->s_flags |= MS_RDONLY;
 			*flags |= MS_RDONLY;
-		} else if (vhdr->attributes & cpu_to_be32(HFSPLUS_VOL_JOURNALED)) {
-			printk(KERN_WARNING "hfs: filesystem is marked journaled, leaving read-only.\n");
+		} else if (vhdr->attributes &
+				cpu_to_be32(HFSPLUS_VOL_JOURNALED)) {
+			printk(KERN_WARNING "hfs: filesystem is "
+					"marked journaled, "
+					"leaving read-only.\n");
 			sb->s_flags |= MS_RDONLY;
 			*flags |= MS_RDONLY;
 		}
@@ -372,17 +398,22 @@ static int hfsplus_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	sb->s_maxbytes = MAX_LFS_FILESIZE;
 
 	if (!(vhdr->attributes & cpu_to_be32(HFSPLUS_VOL_UNMNT))) {
-		printk(KERN_WARNING "hfs: Filesystem was not cleanly unmounted, "
-		       "running fsck.hfsplus is recommended.  mounting read-only.\n");
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "hfs: Filesystem was "
+				"not cleanly unmounted, "
+				"running fsck.hfsplus is recommended.  "
+				"mounting read-only.\n");
 		sb->s_flags |= MS_RDONLY;
 	} else if (test_and_clear_bit(HFSPLUS_SB_FORCE, &sbi->flags)) {
 		/* nothing */
 	} else if (vhdr->attributes & cpu_to_be32(HFSPLUS_VOL_SOFTLOCK)) {
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "hfs: Filesystem is marked locked, mounting read-only.\n");
 		sb->s_flags |= MS_RDONLY;
-	} else if ((vhdr->attributes & cpu_to_be32(HFSPLUS_VOL_JOURNALED)) && !(sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)) {
-		printk(KERN_WARNING "hfs: write access to a journaled filesystem is not supported, "
-		       "use the force option at your own risk, mounting read-only.\n");
+	} else if ((vhdr->attributes & cpu_to_be32(HFSPLUS_VOL_JOURNALED)) &&
+			!(sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)) {
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "hfs: write access to "
+				"a journaled filesystem is not supported, "
+				"use the force option at your own risk, "
+				"mounting read-only.\n");
 		sb->s_flags |= MS_RDONLY;
 	}
 
@@ -449,19 +480,16 @@ static int hfsplus_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	be32_add_cpu(&vhdr->write_count, 1);
 	vhdr->attributes &= cpu_to_be32(~HFSPLUS_VOL_UNMNT);
 	vhdr->attributes |= cpu_to_be32(HFSPLUS_VOL_INCNSTNT);
-	mark_buffer_dirty(sbi->s_vhbh);
-	sync_dirty_buffer(sbi->s_vhbh);
+	hfsplus_sync_fs(sb, 1);
 
 	if (!sbi->hidden_dir) {
-		printk(KERN_DEBUG "hfs: create hidden dir...\n");
-
 		mutex_lock(&sbi->vh_mutex);
 		sbi->hidden_dir = hfsplus_new_inode(sb, S_IFDIR);
 		hfsplus_create_cat(sbi->hidden_dir->i_ino, sb->s_root->d_inode,
 				   &str, sbi->hidden_dir);
 		mutex_unlock(&sbi->vh_mutex);
 
-		mark_inode_dirty(sbi->hidden_dir);
+		hfsplus_mark_inode_dirty(sbi->hidden_dir, HFSPLUS_I_CAT_DIRTY);
 	}
 out:
 	unload_nls(sbi->nls);
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/unicode.c b/fs/hfsplus/unicode.c
index d800aa0f2c80..a3f0bfcc881e 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/unicode.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/unicode.c
@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@
 /* Returns folded char, or 0 if ignorable */
 static inline u16 case_fold(u16 c)
 {
-        u16 tmp;
-
-        tmp = hfsplus_case_fold_table[c >> 8];
-        if (tmp)
-                tmp = hfsplus_case_fold_table[tmp + (c & 0xff)];
-        else
-                tmp = c;
-        return tmp;
+	u16 tmp;
+
+	tmp = hfsplus_case_fold_table[c >> 8];
+	if (tmp)
+		tmp = hfsplus_case_fold_table[tmp + (c & 0xff)];
+	else
+		tmp = c;
+	return tmp;
 }
 
 /* Compare unicode strings, return values like normal strcmp */
@@ -118,7 +118,9 @@ static u16 *hfsplus_compose_lookup(u16 *p, u16 cc)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-int hfsplus_uni2asc(struct super_block *sb, const struct hfsplus_unistr *ustr, char *astr, int *len_p)
+int hfsplus_uni2asc(struct super_block *sb,
+		const struct hfsplus_unistr *ustr,
+		char *astr, int *len_p)
 {
 	const hfsplus_unichr *ip;
 	struct nls_table *nls = HFSPLUS_SB(sb)->nls;
@@ -171,7 +173,8 @@ int hfsplus_uni2asc(struct super_block *sb, const struct hfsplus_unistr *ustr, c
 				goto same;
 			c1 = be16_to_cpu(*ip);
 			if (likely(compose))
-				ce1 = hfsplus_compose_lookup(hfsplus_compose_table, c1);
+				ce1 = hfsplus_compose_lookup(
+					hfsplus_compose_table, c1);
 			if (ce1)
 				break;
 			switch (c0) {
@@ -199,7 +202,8 @@ int hfsplus_uni2asc(struct super_block *sb, const struct hfsplus_unistr *ustr, c
 		if (ce2) {
 			i = 1;
 			while (i < ustrlen) {
-				ce1 = hfsplus_compose_lookup(ce2, be16_to_cpu(ip[i]));
+				ce1 = hfsplus_compose_lookup(ce2,
+					be16_to_cpu(ip[i]));
 				if (!ce1)
 					break;
 				i++;
@@ -211,7 +215,7 @@ int hfsplus_uni2asc(struct super_block *sb, const struct hfsplus_unistr *ustr, c
 				goto done;
 			}
 		}
-	same:
+same:
 		switch (c0) {
 		case 0:
 			cc = 0x2400;
@@ -222,7 +226,7 @@ int hfsplus_uni2asc(struct super_block *sb, const struct hfsplus_unistr *ustr, c
 		default:
 			cc = c0;
 		}
-	done:
+done:
 		res = nls->uni2char(cc, op, len);
 		if (res < 0) {
 			if (res == -ENAMETOOLONG)
@@ -392,7 +396,9 @@ int hfsplus_compare_dentry(const struct dentry *parent,
 			astr1 += size;
 			len1 -= size;
 
-			if (!decompose || !(dstr1 = decompose_unichar(c, &dsize1))) {
+			if (decompose)
+				dstr1 = decompose_unichar(c, &dsize1);
+			if (!decompose || !dstr1) {
 				c1 = c;
 				dstr1 = &c1;
 				dsize1 = 1;
@@ -404,7 +410,9 @@ int hfsplus_compare_dentry(const struct dentry *parent,
 			astr2 += size;
 			len2 -= size;
 
-			if (!decompose || !(dstr2 = decompose_unichar(c, &dsize2))) {
+			if (decompose)
+				dstr2 = decompose_unichar(c, &dsize2);
+			if (!decompose || !dstr2) {
 				c2 = c;
 				dstr2 = &c2;
 				dsize2 = 1;
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/wrapper.c b/fs/hfsplus/wrapper.c
index 8972c20b3216..196231794f64 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/wrapper.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/wrapper.c
@@ -24,6 +24,40 @@ struct hfsplus_wd {
 	u16 embed_count;
 };
 
+static void hfsplus_end_io_sync(struct bio *bio, int err)
+{
+	if (err)
+		clear_bit(BIO_UPTODATE, &bio->bi_flags);
+	complete(bio->bi_private);
+}
+
+int hfsplus_submit_bio(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector,
+		void *data, int rw)
+{
+	DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(wait);
+	struct bio *bio;
+
+	bio = bio_alloc(GFP_NOIO, 1);
+	bio->bi_sector = sector;
+	bio->bi_bdev = bdev;
+	bio->bi_end_io = hfsplus_end_io_sync;
+	bio->bi_private = &wait;
+
+	/*
+	 * We always submit one sector at a time, so bio_add_page must not fail.
+	 */
+	if (bio_add_page(bio, virt_to_page(data), HFSPLUS_SECTOR_SIZE,
+			 offset_in_page(data)) != HFSPLUS_SECTOR_SIZE)
+		BUG();
+
+	submit_bio(rw, bio);
+	wait_for_completion(&wait);
+
+	if (!bio_flagged(bio, BIO_UPTODATE))
+		return -EIO;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int hfsplus_read_mdb(void *bufptr, struct hfsplus_wd *wd)
 {
 	u32 extent;
@@ -40,12 +74,14 @@ static int hfsplus_read_mdb(void *bufptr, struct hfsplus_wd *wd)
 	   !(attrib & HFSP_WRAP_ATTRIB_SPARED))
 		return 0;
 
-	wd->ablk_size = be32_to_cpu(*(__be32 *)(bufptr + HFSP_WRAPOFF_ABLKSIZE));
+	wd->ablk_size =
+		be32_to_cpu(*(__be32 *)(bufptr + HFSP_WRAPOFF_ABLKSIZE));
 	if (wd->ablk_size < HFSPLUS_SECTOR_SIZE)
 		return 0;
 	if (wd->ablk_size % HFSPLUS_SECTOR_SIZE)
 		return 0;
-	wd->ablk_start = be16_to_cpu(*(__be16 *)(bufptr + HFSP_WRAPOFF_ABLKSTART));
+	wd->ablk_start =
+		be16_to_cpu(*(__be16 *)(bufptr + HFSP_WRAPOFF_ABLKSTART));
 
 	extent = get_unaligned_be32(bufptr + HFSP_WRAPOFF_EMBEDEXT);
 	wd->embed_start = (extent >> 16) & 0xFFFF;
@@ -68,7 +104,8 @@ static int hfsplus_get_last_session(struct super_block *sb,
 	if (HFSPLUS_SB(sb)->session >= 0) {
 		te.cdte_track = HFSPLUS_SB(sb)->session;
 		te.cdte_format = CDROM_LBA;
-		res = ioctl_by_bdev(sb->s_bdev, CDROMREADTOCENTRY, (unsigned long)&te);
+		res = ioctl_by_bdev(sb->s_bdev,
+			CDROMREADTOCENTRY, (unsigned long)&te);
 		if (!res && (te.cdte_ctrl & CDROM_DATA_TRACK) == 4) {
 			*start = (sector_t)te.cdte_addr.lba << 2;
 			return 0;
@@ -77,7 +114,8 @@ static int hfsplus_get_last_session(struct super_block *sb,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 	ms_info.addr_format = CDROM_LBA;
-	res = ioctl_by_bdev(sb->s_bdev, CDROMMULTISESSION, (unsigned long)&ms_info);
+	res = ioctl_by_bdev(sb->s_bdev, CDROMMULTISESSION,
+		(unsigned long)&ms_info);
 	if (!res && ms_info.xa_flag)
 		*start = (sector_t)ms_info.addr.lba << 2;
 	return 0;
@@ -88,100 +126,112 @@ static int hfsplus_get_last_session(struct super_block *sb,
 int hfsplus_read_wrapper(struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	struct hfsplus_sb_info *sbi = HFSPLUS_SB(sb);
-	struct buffer_head *bh;
-	struct hfsplus_vh *vhdr;
 	struct hfsplus_wd wd;
 	sector_t part_start, part_size;
 	u32 blocksize;
+	int error = 0;
 
+	error = -EINVAL;
 	blocksize = sb_min_blocksize(sb, HFSPLUS_SECTOR_SIZE);
 	if (!blocksize)
-		return -EINVAL;
+		goto out;
 
 	if (hfsplus_get_last_session(sb, &part_start, &part_size))
-		return -EINVAL;
+		goto out;
 	if ((u64)part_start + part_size > 0x100000000ULL) {
 		pr_err("hfs: volumes larger than 2TB are not supported yet\n");
-		return -EINVAL;
+		goto out;
 	}
-	while (1) {
-		bh = sb_bread512(sb, part_start + HFSPLUS_VOLHEAD_SECTOR, vhdr);
-		if (!bh)
-			return -EIO;
-
-		if (vhdr->signature == cpu_to_be16(HFSP_WRAP_MAGIC)) {
-			if (!hfsplus_read_mdb(vhdr, &wd))
-				goto error;
-			wd.ablk_size >>= HFSPLUS_SECTOR_SHIFT;
-			part_start += wd.ablk_start + wd.embed_start * wd.ablk_size;
-			part_size = wd.embed_count * wd.ablk_size;
-			brelse(bh);
-			bh = sb_bread512(sb, part_start + HFSPLUS_VOLHEAD_SECTOR, vhdr);
-			if (!bh)
-				return -EIO;
-		}
-		if (vhdr->signature == cpu_to_be16(HFSPLUS_VOLHEAD_SIG))
-			break;
-		if (vhdr->signature == cpu_to_be16(HFSPLUS_VOLHEAD_SIGX)) {
-			set_bit(HFSPLUS_SB_HFSX, &sbi->flags);
-			break;
-		}
-		brelse(bh);
 
-		/* check for a partition block
+	error = -ENOMEM;
+	sbi->s_vhdr = kmalloc(HFSPLUS_SECTOR_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!sbi->s_vhdr)
+		goto out;
+	sbi->s_backup_vhdr = kmalloc(HFSPLUS_SECTOR_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!sbi->s_backup_vhdr)
+		goto out_free_vhdr;
+
+reread:
+	error = hfsplus_submit_bio(sb->s_bdev,
+				   part_start + HFSPLUS_VOLHEAD_SECTOR,
+				   sbi->s_vhdr, READ);
+	if (error)
+		goto out_free_backup_vhdr;
+
+	error = -EINVAL;
+	switch (sbi->s_vhdr->signature) {
+	case cpu_to_be16(HFSPLUS_VOLHEAD_SIGX):
+		set_bit(HFSPLUS_SB_HFSX, &sbi->flags);
+		/*FALLTHRU*/
+	case cpu_to_be16(HFSPLUS_VOLHEAD_SIG):
+		break;
+	case cpu_to_be16(HFSP_WRAP_MAGIC):
+		if (!hfsplus_read_mdb(sbi->s_vhdr, &wd))
+			goto out;
+		wd.ablk_size >>= HFSPLUS_SECTOR_SHIFT;
+		part_start += wd.ablk_start + wd.embed_start * wd.ablk_size;
+		part_size = wd.embed_count * wd.ablk_size;
+		goto reread;
+	default:
+		/*
+		 * Check for a partition block.
+		 *
 		 * (should do this only for cdrom/loop though)
 		 */
 		if (hfs_part_find(sb, &part_start, &part_size))
-			return -EINVAL;
+			goto out;
+		goto reread;
+	}
+
+	error = hfsplus_submit_bio(sb->s_bdev,
+				   part_start + part_size - 2,
+				   sbi->s_backup_vhdr, READ);
+	if (error)
+		goto out_free_backup_vhdr;
+
+	error = -EINVAL;
+	if (sbi->s_backup_vhdr->signature != sbi->s_vhdr->signature) {
+		printk(KERN_WARNING
+			"hfs: invalid secondary volume header\n");
+		goto out_free_backup_vhdr;
 	}
 
-	blocksize = be32_to_cpu(vhdr->blocksize);
-	brelse(bh);
+	blocksize = be32_to_cpu(sbi->s_vhdr->blocksize);
 
-	/* block size must be at least as large as a sector
-	 * and a multiple of 2
+	/*
+	 * Block size must be at least as large as a sector and a multiple of 2.
 	 */
-	if (blocksize < HFSPLUS_SECTOR_SIZE ||
-	    ((blocksize - 1) & blocksize))
-		return -EINVAL;
+	if (blocksize < HFSPLUS_SECTOR_SIZE || ((blocksize - 1) & blocksize))
+		goto out_free_backup_vhdr;
 	sbi->alloc_blksz = blocksize;
 	sbi->alloc_blksz_shift = 0;
 	while ((blocksize >>= 1) != 0)
 		sbi->alloc_blksz_shift++;
 	blocksize = min(sbi->alloc_blksz, (u32)PAGE_SIZE);
 
-	/* align block size to block offset */
+	/*
+	 * Align block size to block offset.
+	 */
 	while (part_start & ((blocksize >> HFSPLUS_SECTOR_SHIFT) - 1))
 		blocksize >>= 1;
 
 	if (sb_set_blocksize(sb, blocksize) != blocksize) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "hfs: unable to set blocksize to %u!\n", blocksize);
-		return -EINVAL;
+		printk(KERN_ERR "hfs: unable to set blocksize to %u!\n",
+			blocksize);
+		goto out_free_backup_vhdr;
 	}
 
 	sbi->blockoffset =
 		part_start >> (sb->s_blocksize_bits - HFSPLUS_SECTOR_SHIFT);
+	sbi->part_start = part_start;
 	sbi->sect_count = part_size;
 	sbi->fs_shift = sbi->alloc_blksz_shift - sb->s_blocksize_bits;
-
-	bh = sb_bread512(sb, part_start + HFSPLUS_VOLHEAD_SECTOR, vhdr);
-	if (!bh)
-		return -EIO;
-
-	/* should still be the same... */
-	if (test_bit(HFSPLUS_SB_HFSX, &sbi->flags)) {
-		if (vhdr->signature != cpu_to_be16(HFSPLUS_VOLHEAD_SIGX))
-			goto error;
-	} else {
-		if (vhdr->signature != cpu_to_be16(HFSPLUS_VOLHEAD_SIG))
-			goto error;
-	}
-
-	sbi->s_vhbh = bh;
-	sbi->s_vhdr = vhdr;
-
 	return 0;
- error:
-	brelse(bh);
-	return -EINVAL;
+
+out_free_backup_vhdr:
+	kfree(sbi->s_backup_vhdr);
+out_free_vhdr:
+	kfree(sbi->s_vhdr);
+out:
+	return error;
 }