Btrfs: Change btree locking to use explicit blocking points

Most of the btrfs metadata operations can be protected by a spinlock,
but some operations still need to schedule.

So far, btrfs has been using a mutex along with a trylock loop,
most of the time it is able to avoid going for the full mutex, so
the trylock loop is a big performance gain.

This commit is step one for getting rid of the blocking locks entirely.
btrfs_tree_lock takes a spinlock, and the code explicitly switches
to a blocking lock when it starts an operation that can schedule.

We'll be able get rid of the blocking locks in smaller pieces over time.
Tracing allows us to find the most common cause of blocking, so we
can start with the hot spots first.

The basic idea is:

btrfs_tree_lock() returns with the spin lock held

btrfs_set_lock_blocking() sets the EXTENT_BUFFER_BLOCKING bit in
the extent buffer flags, and then drops the spin lock.  The buffer is
still considered locked by all of the btrfs code.

If btrfs_tree_lock gets the spinlock but finds the blocking bit set, it drops
the spin lock and waits on a wait queue for the blocking bit to go away.

Much of the code that needs to set the blocking bit finishes without actually
blocking a good percentage of the time.  So, an adaptive spin is still
used against the blocking bit to avoid very high context switch rates.

btrfs_clear_lock_blocking() clears the blocking bit and returns
with the spinlock held again.

btrfs_tree_unlock() can be called on either blocking or spinning locks,
it does the right thing based on the blocking bit.

ctree.c has a helper function to set/clear all the locked buffers in a
path as blocking.

Signed-off-by: Chris Mason <chris.mason@oracle.com>

11 files changed, 470 insertions, 39 deletions

diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.c b/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
index 3b6e35a..3af7773 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
@@ -54,6 +54,31 @@ struct btrfs_path *btrfs_alloc_path(void)
 	return path;
 }
 
+/*
+ * set all locked nodes in the path to blocking locks.  This should
+ * be done before scheduling
+ */
+noinline void btrfs_set_path_blocking(struct btrfs_path *p)
+{
+	int i;
+	for (i = 0; i < BTRFS_MAX_LEVEL; i++) {
+		if (p->nodes[i] && p->locks[i])
+			btrfs_set_lock_blocking(p->nodes[i]);
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+ * reset all the locked nodes in the patch to spinning locks.
+ */
+noinline void btrfs_clear_path_blocking(struct btrfs_path *p)
+{
+	int i;
+	for (i = 0; i < BTRFS_MAX_LEVEL; i++) {
+		if (p->nodes[i] && p->locks[i])
+			btrfs_clear_lock_blocking(p->nodes[i]);
+	}
+}
+
 /* this also releases the path */
 void btrfs_free_path(struct btrfs_path *p)
 {
@@ -272,6 +297,8 @@ static noinline int __btrfs_cow_block(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	if (IS_ERR(cow))
 		return PTR_ERR(cow);
 
+	/* cow is set to blocking by btrfs_init_new_buffer */
+
 	copy_extent_buffer(cow, buf, 0, 0, cow->len);
 	btrfs_set_header_bytenr(cow, cow->start);
 	btrfs_set_header_generation(cow, trans->transid);
@@ -397,6 +424,11 @@ noinline int btrfs_cow_block(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	}
 
 	search_start = buf->start & ~((u64)(1024 * 1024 * 1024) - 1);
+
+	if (parent)
+		btrfs_set_lock_blocking(parent);
+	btrfs_set_lock_blocking(buf);
+
 	ret = __btrfs_cow_block(trans, root, buf, parent,
 				 parent_slot, cow_ret, search_start, 0,
 				 prealloc_dest);
@@ -502,6 +534,8 @@ int btrfs_realloc_node(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	if (parent_nritems == 1)
 		return 0;
 
+	btrfs_set_lock_blocking(parent);
+
 	for (i = start_slot; i < end_slot; i++) {
 		int close = 1;
 
@@ -562,6 +596,7 @@ int btrfs_realloc_node(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 			search_start = last_block;
 
 		btrfs_tree_lock(cur);
+		btrfs_set_lock_blocking(cur);
 		err = __btrfs_cow_block(trans, root, cur, parent, i,
 					&cur, search_start,
 					min(16 * blocksize,
@@ -860,6 +895,7 @@ static noinline int balance_level(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		return 0;
 
 	mid = path->nodes[level];
+
 	WARN_ON(!path->locks[level]);
 	WARN_ON(btrfs_header_generation(mid) != trans->transid);
 
@@ -882,6 +918,7 @@ static noinline int balance_level(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		/* promote the child to a root */
 		child = read_node_slot(root, mid, 0);
 		btrfs_tree_lock(child);
+		btrfs_set_lock_blocking(child);
 		BUG_ON(!child);
 		ret = btrfs_cow_block(trans, root, child, mid, 0, &child, 0);
 		BUG_ON(ret);
@@ -898,6 +935,7 @@ static noinline int balance_level(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 
 		add_root_to_dirty_list(root);
 		btrfs_tree_unlock(child);
+
 		path->locks[level] = 0;
 		path->nodes[level] = NULL;
 		clean_tree_block(trans, root, mid);
@@ -922,6 +960,7 @@ static noinline int balance_level(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	left = read_node_slot(root, parent, pslot - 1);
 	if (left) {
 		btrfs_tree_lock(left);
+		btrfs_set_lock_blocking(left);
 		wret = btrfs_cow_block(trans, root, left,
 				       parent, pslot - 1, &left, 0);
 		if (wret) {
@@ -932,6 +971,7 @@ static noinline int balance_level(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	right = read_node_slot(root, parent, pslot + 1);
 	if (right) {
 		btrfs_tree_lock(right);
+		btrfs_set_lock_blocking(right);
 		wret = btrfs_cow_block(trans, root, right,
 				       parent, pslot + 1, &right, 0);
 		if (wret) {
@@ -1107,6 +1147,8 @@ static noinline int push_nodes_for_insert(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		u32 left_nr;
 
 		btrfs_tree_lock(left);
+		btrfs_set_lock_blocking(left);
+
 		left_nr = btrfs_header_nritems(left);
 		if (left_nr >= BTRFS_NODEPTRS_PER_BLOCK(root) - 1) {
 			wret = 1;
@@ -1153,7 +1195,10 @@ static noinline int push_nodes_for_insert(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	 */
 	if (right) {
 		u32 right_nr;
+
 		btrfs_tree_lock(right);
+		btrfs_set_lock_blocking(right);
+
 		right_nr = btrfs_header_nritems(right);
 		if (right_nr >= BTRFS_NODEPTRS_PER_BLOCK(root) - 1) {
 			wret = 1;
@@ -1265,6 +1310,68 @@ static noinline void reada_for_search(struct btrfs_root *root,
 }
 
 /*
+ * returns -EAGAIN if it had to drop the path, or zero if everything was in
+ * cache
+ */
+static noinline int reada_for_balance(struct btrfs_root *root,
+				      struct btrfs_path *path, int level)
+{
+	int slot;
+	int nritems;
+	struct extent_buffer *parent;
+	struct extent_buffer *eb;
+	u64 gen;
+	u64 block1 = 0;
+	u64 block2 = 0;
+	int ret = 0;
+	int blocksize;
+
+	parent = path->nodes[level - 1];
+	if (!parent)
+		return 0;
+
+	nritems = btrfs_header_nritems(parent);
+	slot = path->slots[level];
+	blocksize = btrfs_level_size(root, level);
+
+	if (slot > 0) {
+		block1 = btrfs_node_blockptr(parent, slot - 1);
+		gen = btrfs_node_ptr_generation(parent, slot - 1);
+		eb = btrfs_find_tree_block(root, block1, blocksize);
+		if (eb && btrfs_buffer_uptodate(eb, gen))
+			block1 = 0;
+		free_extent_buffer(eb);
+	}
+	if (slot < nritems) {
+		block2 = btrfs_node_blockptr(parent, slot + 1);
+		gen = btrfs_node_ptr_generation(parent, slot + 1);
+		eb = btrfs_find_tree_block(root, block2, blocksize);
+		if (eb && btrfs_buffer_uptodate(eb, gen))
+			block2 = 0;
+		free_extent_buffer(eb);
+	}
+	if (block1 || block2) {
+		ret = -EAGAIN;
+		btrfs_release_path(root, path);
+		if (block1)
+			readahead_tree_block(root, block1, blocksize, 0);
+		if (block2)
+			readahead_tree_block(root, block2, blocksize, 0);
+
+		if (block1) {
+			eb = read_tree_block(root, block1, blocksize, 0);
+			free_extent_buffer(eb);
+		}
+		if (block1) {
+			eb = read_tree_block(root, block2, blocksize, 0);
+			free_extent_buffer(eb);
+		}
+	}
+	return ret;
+}
+
+
+/*
  * when we walk down the tree, it is usually safe to unlock the higher layers
  * in the tree.  The exceptions are when our path goes through slot 0, because
  * operations on the tree might require changing key pointers higher up in the
@@ -1315,6 +1422,32 @@ static noinline void unlock_up(struct btrfs_path *path, int level,
 }
 
 /*
+ * This releases any locks held in the path starting at level and
+ * going all the way up to the root.
+ *
+ * btrfs_search_slot will keep the lock held on higher nodes in a few
+ * corner cases, such as COW of the block at slot zero in the node.  This
+ * ignores those rules, and it should only be called when there are no
+ * more updates to be done higher up in the tree.
+ */
+noinline void btrfs_unlock_up_safe(struct btrfs_path *path, int level)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	if (path->keep_locks || path->lowest_level)
+		return;
+
+	for (i = level; i < BTRFS_MAX_LEVEL; i++) {
+		if (!path->nodes[i])
+			break;
+		if (!path->locks[i])
+			break;
+		btrfs_tree_unlock(path->nodes[i]);
+		path->locks[i] = 0;
+	}
+}
+
+/*
  * look for key in the tree.  path is filled in with nodes along the way
  * if key is found, we return zero and you can find the item in the leaf
  * level of the path (level 0)
@@ -1385,6 +1518,7 @@ again:
 			 */
 			if (prealloc_block.objectid &&
 			    prealloc_block.offset != b->len) {
+				btrfs_set_path_blocking(p);
 				btrfs_free_reserved_extent(root,
 					   prealloc_block.objectid,
 					   prealloc_block.offset);
@@ -1409,6 +1543,8 @@ again:
 				goto again;
 			}
 
+			btrfs_set_path_blocking(p);
+
 			wret = btrfs_cow_block(trans, root, b,
 					       p->nodes[level + 1],
 					       p->slots[level + 1],
@@ -1430,6 +1566,22 @@ cow_done:
 		if (!p->skip_locking)
 			p->locks[level] = 1;
 
+		btrfs_clear_path_blocking(p);
+
+		/*
+		 * we have a lock on b and as long as we aren't changing
+		 * the tree, there is no way to for the items in b to change.
+		 * It is safe to drop the lock on our parent before we
+		 * go through the expensive btree search on b.
+		 *
+		 * If cow is true, then we might be changing slot zero,
+		 * which may require changing the parent.  So, we can't
+		 * drop the lock until after we know which slot we're
+		 * operating on.
+		 */
+		if (!cow)
+			btrfs_unlock_up_safe(p, level + 1);
+
 		ret = check_block(root, p, level);
 		if (ret) {
 			ret = -1;
@@ -1437,6 +1589,7 @@ cow_done:
 		}
 
 		ret = bin_search(b, key, level, &slot);
+
 		if (level != 0) {
 			if (ret && slot > 0)
 				slot -= 1;
@@ -1444,7 +1597,16 @@ cow_done:
 			if ((p->search_for_split || ins_len > 0) &&
 			    btrfs_header_nritems(b) >=
 			    BTRFS_NODEPTRS_PER_BLOCK(root) - 3) {
-				int sret = split_node(trans, root, p, level);
+				int sret;
+
+				sret = reada_for_balance(root, p, level);
+				if (sret)
+					goto again;
+
+				btrfs_set_path_blocking(p);
+				sret = split_node(trans, root, p, level);
+				btrfs_clear_path_blocking(p);
+
 				BUG_ON(sret > 0);
 				if (sret) {
 					ret = sret;
@@ -1453,8 +1615,16 @@ cow_done:
 				b = p->nodes[level];
 				slot = p->slots[level];
 			} else if (ins_len < 0) {
-				int sret = balance_level(trans, root, p,
-							 level);
+				int sret;
+
+				sret = reada_for_balance(root, p, level);
+				if (sret)
+					goto again;
+
+				btrfs_set_path_blocking(p);
+				sret = balance_level(trans, root, p, level);
+				btrfs_clear_path_blocking(p);
+
 				if (sret) {
 					ret = sret;
 					goto done;
@@ -1488,7 +1658,7 @@ cow_done:
 				 * of the btree by dropping locks before
 				 * we read.
 				 */
-				if (level > 1) {
+				if (level > 0) {
 					btrfs_release_path(NULL, p);
 					if (tmp)
 						free_extent_buffer(tmp);
@@ -1503,6 +1673,7 @@ cow_done:
 						free_extent_buffer(tmp);
 					goto again;
 				} else {
+					btrfs_set_path_blocking(p);
 					if (tmp)
 						free_extent_buffer(tmp);
 					if (should_reada)
@@ -1512,14 +1683,29 @@ cow_done:
 					b = read_node_slot(root, b, slot);
 				}
 			}
-			if (!p->skip_locking)
-				btrfs_tree_lock(b);
+			if (!p->skip_locking) {
+				int lret;
+
+				btrfs_clear_path_blocking(p);
+				lret = btrfs_try_spin_lock(b);
+
+				if (!lret) {
+					btrfs_set_path_blocking(p);
+					btrfs_tree_lock(b);
+					btrfs_clear_path_blocking(p);
+				}
+			}
 		} else {
 			p->slots[level] = slot;
 			if (ins_len > 0 &&
 			    btrfs_leaf_free_space(root, b) < ins_len) {
-				int sret = split_leaf(trans, root, key,
+				int sret;
+
+				btrfs_set_path_blocking(p);
+				sret = split_leaf(trans, root, key,
 						      p, ins_len, ret == 0);
+				btrfs_clear_path_blocking(p);
+
 				BUG_ON(sret > 0);
 				if (sret) {
 					ret = sret;
@@ -1533,12 +1719,16 @@ cow_done:
 	}
 	ret = 1;
 done:
+	/*
+	 * we don't really know what they plan on doing with the path
+	 * from here on, so for now just mark it as blocking
+	 */
+	btrfs_set_path_blocking(p);
 	if (prealloc_block.objectid) {
 		btrfs_free_reserved_extent(root,
 			   prealloc_block.objectid,
 			   prealloc_block.offset);
 	}
-
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -1562,6 +1752,8 @@ int btrfs_merge_path(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	ret = btrfs_cow_block(trans, root, eb, NULL, 0, &eb, 0);
 	BUG_ON(ret);
 
+	btrfs_set_lock_blocking(eb);
+
 	parent = eb;
 	while (1) {
 		level = btrfs_header_level(parent);
@@ -1586,6 +1778,7 @@ int btrfs_merge_path(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 			eb = read_tree_block(root, bytenr, blocksize,
 					     generation);
 			btrfs_tree_lock(eb);
+			btrfs_set_lock_blocking(eb);
 		}
 
 		/*
@@ -1610,6 +1803,7 @@ int btrfs_merge_path(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 				eb = read_tree_block(root, bytenr, blocksize,
 						generation);
 				btrfs_tree_lock(eb);
+				btrfs_set_lock_blocking(eb);
 			}
 
 			ret = btrfs_cow_block(trans, root, eb, parent, slot,
@@ -2156,6 +2350,8 @@ static int push_leaf_right(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans, struct btrfs_root
 
 	right = read_node_slot(root, upper, slot + 1);
 	btrfs_tree_lock(right);
+	btrfs_set_lock_blocking(right);
+
 	free_space = btrfs_leaf_free_space(root, right);
 	if (free_space < data_size)
 		goto out_unlock;
@@ -2351,6 +2547,8 @@ static int push_leaf_left(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans, struct btrfs_root
 
 	left = read_node_slot(root, path->nodes[1], slot - 1);
 	btrfs_tree_lock(left);
+	btrfs_set_lock_blocking(left);
+
 	free_space = btrfs_leaf_free_space(root, left);
 	if (free_space < data_size) {
 		ret = 1;
@@ -2809,6 +3007,12 @@ int btrfs_split_item(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	path->keep_locks = 0;
 	BUG_ON(ret);
 
+	/*
+	 * make sure any changes to the path from split_leaf leave it
+	 * in a blocking state
+	 */
+	btrfs_set_path_blocking(path);
+
 	leaf = path->nodes[0];
 	BUG_ON(btrfs_leaf_free_space(root, leaf) < sizeof(struct btrfs_item));
 
@@ -3338,6 +3542,7 @@ int btrfs_insert_empty_items(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		BUG();
 	}
 out:
+	btrfs_unlock_up_safe(path, 1);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -3705,12 +3910,14 @@ find_next_key:
 		 */
 		if (slot >= nritems) {
 			path->slots[level] = slot;
+			btrfs_set_path_blocking(path);
 			sret = btrfs_find_next_key(root, path, min_key, level,
 						  cache_only, min_trans);
 			if (sret == 0) {
 				btrfs_release_path(root, path);
 				goto again;
 			} else {
+				btrfs_clear_path_blocking(path);
 				goto out;
 			}
 		}
@@ -3722,16 +3929,20 @@ find_next_key:
 			unlock_up(path, level, 1);
 			goto out;
 		}
+		btrfs_set_path_blocking(path);
 		cur = read_node_slot(root, cur, slot);
 
 		btrfs_tree_lock(cur);
+
 		path->locks[level - 1] = 1;
 		path->nodes[level - 1] = cur;
 		unlock_up(path, level, 1);
+		btrfs_clear_path_blocking(path);
 	}
 out:
 	if (ret == 0)
 		memcpy(min_key, &found_key, sizeof(found_key));
+	btrfs_set_path_blocking(path);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -3827,6 +4038,7 @@ int btrfs_next_leaf(struct btrfs_root *root, struct btrfs_path *path)
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
+	btrfs_set_path_blocking(path);
 	nritems = btrfs_header_nritems(path->nodes[0]);
 	/*
 	 * by releasing the path above we dropped all our locks.  A balance
@@ -3857,6 +4069,7 @@ int btrfs_next_leaf(struct btrfs_root *root, struct btrfs_path *path)
 			free_extent_buffer(next);
 		}
 
+		/* the path was set to blocking above */
 		if (level == 1 && (path->locks[1] || path->skip_locking) &&
 		    path->reada)
 			reada_for_search(root, path, level, slot, 0);
@@ -3865,6 +4078,7 @@ int btrfs_next_leaf(struct btrfs_root *root, struct btrfs_path *path)
 		if (!path->skip_locking) {
 			WARN_ON(!btrfs_tree_locked(c));
 			btrfs_tree_lock(next);
+			btrfs_set_lock_blocking(next);
 		}
 		break;
 	}
@@ -3881,12 +4095,15 @@ int btrfs_next_leaf(struct btrfs_root *root, struct btrfs_path *path)
 			path->locks[level] = 1;
 		if (!level)
 			break;
+
+		btrfs_set_path_blocking(path);
 		if (level == 1 && path->locks[1] && path->reada)
 			reada_for_search(root, path, level, slot, 0);
 		next = read_node_slot(root, next, 0);
 		if (!path->skip_locking) {
 			WARN_ON(!btrfs_tree_locked(path->nodes[level]));
 			btrfs_tree_lock(next);
+			btrfs_set_lock_blocking(next);
 		}
 	}
 done:
@@ -3911,6 +4128,7 @@ int btrfs_previous_item(struct btrfs_root *root,
 
 	while (1) {
 		if (path->slots[0] == 0) {
+			btrfs_set_path_blocking(path);
 			ret = btrfs_prev_leaf(root, path);
 			if (ret != 0)
 				return ret;
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
index f2b8d26..531db11 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
@@ -1835,6 +1835,10 @@ void btrfs_release_path(struct btrfs_root *root, struct btrfs_path *p);
 struct btrfs_path *btrfs_alloc_path(void);
 void btrfs_free_path(struct btrfs_path *p);
 void btrfs_init_path(struct btrfs_path *p);
+void btrfs_set_path_blocking(struct btrfs_path *p);
+void btrfs_clear_path_blocking(struct btrfs_path *p);
+void btrfs_unlock_up_safe(struct btrfs_path *p, int level);
+
 int btrfs_del_items(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans, struct btrfs_root *root,
 		   struct btrfs_path *path, int slot, int nr);
 int btrfs_del_leaf(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index 5492716..5aebddd 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -799,7 +799,7 @@ struct extent_buffer *read_tree_block(struct btrfs_root *root, u64 bytenr,
 	ret = btree_read_extent_buffer_pages(root, buf, 0, parent_transid);
 
 	if (ret == 0)
-		buf->flags |= EXTENT_UPTODATE;
+		set_bit(EXTENT_BUFFER_UPTODATE, &buf->bflags);
 	else
 		WARN_ON(1);
 	return buf;
@@ -813,6 +813,10 @@ int clean_tree_block(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans, struct btrfs_root *root,
 	if (btrfs_header_generation(buf) ==
 	    root->fs_info->running_transaction->transid) {
 		WARN_ON(!btrfs_tree_locked(buf));
+
+		/* ugh, clear_extent_buffer_dirty can be expensive */
+		btrfs_set_lock_blocking(buf);
+
 		clear_extent_buffer_dirty(&BTRFS_I(btree_inode)->io_tree,
 					  buf);
 	}
@@ -2311,6 +2315,8 @@ void btrfs_mark_buffer_dirty(struct extent_buffer *buf)
 	u64 transid = btrfs_header_generation(buf);
 	struct inode *btree_inode = root->fs_info->btree_inode;
 
+	btrfs_set_lock_blocking(buf);
+
 	WARN_ON(!btrfs_tree_locked(buf));
 	if (transid != root->fs_info->generation) {
 		printk(KERN_CRIT "btrfs transid mismatch buffer %llu, "
@@ -2353,7 +2359,7 @@ int btrfs_read_buffer(struct extent_buffer *buf, u64 parent_transid)
 	int ret;
 	ret = btree_read_extent_buffer_pages(root, buf, 0, parent_transid);
 	if (ret == 0)
-		buf->flags |= EXTENT_UPTODATE;
+		set_bit(EXTENT_BUFFER_UPTODATE, &buf->bflags);
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index 7a22f2e..ed1e25d 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -3407,7 +3407,10 @@ struct extent_buffer *btrfs_init_new_buffer(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	btrfs_set_header_generation(buf, trans->transid);
 	btrfs_tree_lock(buf);
 	clean_tree_block(trans, root, buf);
+
+	btrfs_set_lock_blocking(buf);
 	btrfs_set_buffer_uptodate(buf);
+
 	if (root->root_key.objectid == BTRFS_TREE_LOG_OBJECTID) {
 		set_extent_dirty(&root->dirty_log_pages, buf->start,
 			 buf->start + buf->len - 1, GFP_NOFS);
@@ -3416,6 +3419,7 @@ struct extent_buffer *btrfs_init_new_buffer(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 			 buf->start + buf->len - 1, GFP_NOFS);
 	}
 	trans->blocks_used++;
+	/* this returns a buffer locked for blocking */
 	return buf;
 }
 
@@ -3752,6 +3756,7 @@ static noinline int walk_down_subtree(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 
 		next = read_tree_block(root, bytenr, blocksize, ptr_gen);
 		btrfs_tree_lock(next);
+		btrfs_set_lock_blocking(next);
 
 		ret = btrfs_lookup_extent_ref(trans, root, bytenr, blocksize,
 					      &refs);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
index 2ea7f05..dd5df53 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
@@ -2990,7 +2990,9 @@ static struct extent_buffer *__alloc_extent_buffer(struct extent_io_tree *tree,
 	eb = kmem_cache_zalloc(extent_buffer_cache, mask);
 	eb->start = start;
 	eb->len = len;
-	mutex_init(&eb->mutex);
+	spin_lock_init(&eb->lock);
+	init_waitqueue_head(&eb->lock_wq);
+
 #if LEAK_DEBUG
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&leak_lock, flags);
 	list_add(&eb->leak_list, &buffers);
@@ -3071,8 +3073,7 @@ struct extent_buffer *alloc_extent_buffer(struct extent_io_tree *tree,
 		unlock_page(p);
 	}
 	if (uptodate)
-		eb->flags |= EXTENT_UPTODATE;
-	eb->flags |= EXTENT_BUFFER_FILLED;
+		set_bit(EXTENT_BUFFER_UPTODATE, &eb->bflags);
 
 	spin_lock(&tree->buffer_lock);
 	exists = buffer_tree_insert(tree, start, &eb->rb_node);
@@ -3226,7 +3227,7 @@ int clear_extent_buffer_uptodate(struct extent_io_tree *tree,
 	unsigned long num_pages;
 
 	num_pages = num_extent_pages(eb->start, eb->len);
-	eb->flags &= ~EXTENT_UPTODATE;
+	clear_bit(EXTENT_BUFFER_UPTODATE, &eb->bflags);
 
 	clear_extent_uptodate(tree, eb->start, eb->start + eb->len - 1,
 			      GFP_NOFS);
@@ -3297,7 +3298,7 @@ int extent_buffer_uptodate(struct extent_io_tree *tree,
 	struct page *page;
 	int pg_uptodate = 1;
 
-	if (eb->flags & EXTENT_UPTODATE)
+	if (test_bit(EXTENT_BUFFER_UPTODATE, &eb->bflags))
 		return 1;
 
 	ret = test_range_bit(tree, eb->start, eb->start + eb->len - 1,
@@ -3333,7 +3334,7 @@ int read_extent_buffer_pages(struct extent_io_tree *tree,
 	struct bio *bio = NULL;
 	unsigned long bio_flags = 0;
 
-	if (eb->flags & EXTENT_UPTODATE)
+	if (test_bit(EXTENT_BUFFER_UPTODATE, &eb->bflags))
 		return 0;
 
 	if (test_range_bit(tree, eb->start, eb->start + eb->len - 1,
@@ -3364,7 +3365,7 @@ int read_extent_buffer_pages(struct extent_io_tree *tree,
 	}
 	if (all_uptodate) {
 		if (start_i == 0)
-			eb->flags |= EXTENT_UPTODATE;
+			set_bit(EXTENT_BUFFER_UPTODATE, &eb->bflags);
 		goto unlock_exit;
 	}
 
@@ -3400,7 +3401,7 @@ int read_extent_buffer_pages(struct extent_io_tree *tree,
 	}
 
 	if (!ret)
-		eb->flags |= EXTENT_UPTODATE;
+		set_bit(EXTENT_BUFFER_UPTODATE, &eb->bflags);
 	return ret;
 
 unlock_exit:
@@ -3497,7 +3498,6 @@ int map_extent_buffer(struct extent_buffer *eb, unsigned long start,
 		unmap_extent_buffer(eb, eb->map_token, km);
 		eb->map_token = NULL;
 		save = 1;
-		WARN_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&eb->mutex));
 	}
 	err = map_private_extent_buffer(eb, start, min_len, token, map,
 				       map_start, map_len, km);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.h b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.h
index e80c6d9..1f9df88 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.h
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@
 /* flags for bio submission */
 #define EXTENT_BIO_COMPRESSED 1
 
+/* these are bit numbers for test/set bit */
+#define EXTENT_BUFFER_UPTODATE 0
+#define EXTENT_BUFFER_BLOCKING 1
+
 /*
  * page->private values.  Every page that is controlled by the extent
  * map has page->private set to one.
@@ -95,11 +99,19 @@ struct extent_buffer {
 	unsigned long map_start;
 	unsigned long map_len;
 	struct page *first_page;
+	unsigned long bflags;
 	atomic_t refs;
-	int flags;
 	struct list_head leak_list;
 	struct rb_node rb_node;
-	struct mutex mutex;
+
+	/* the spinlock is used to protect most operations */
+	spinlock_t lock;
+
+	/*
+	 * when we keep the lock held while blocking, waiters go onto
+	 * the wq
+	 */
+	wait_queue_head_t lock_wq;
 };
 
 struct extent_map_tree;
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 4a79e1c..ebd7d6c 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 #include "tree-log.h"
 #include "ref-cache.h"
 #include "compression.h"
+#include "locking.h"
 
 struct btrfs_iget_args {
 	u64 ino;
@@ -2021,6 +2022,7 @@ void btrfs_read_locked_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	BTRFS_I(inode)->flags = btrfs_inode_flags(leaf, inode_item);
 
 	alloc_group_block = btrfs_inode_block_group(leaf, inode_item);
+
 	BTRFS_I(inode)->block_group = btrfs_find_block_group(root, 0,
 						alloc_group_block, 0);
 	btrfs_free_path(path);
@@ -2117,6 +2119,7 @@ noinline int btrfs_update_inode(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		goto failed;
 	}
 
+	btrfs_unlock_up_safe(path, 1);
 	leaf = path->nodes[0];
 	inode_item = btrfs_item_ptr(leaf, path->slots[0],
 				  struct btrfs_inode_item);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/locking.c b/fs/btrfs/locking.c
index 39bae77..68fd9cc 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/locking.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/locking.c
@@ -26,45 +26,215 @@
 #include "locking.h"
 
 /*
- * locks the per buffer mutex in an extent buffer.  This uses adaptive locks
- * and the spin is not tuned very extensively.  The spinning does make a big
- * difference in almost every workload, but spinning for the right amount of
- * time needs some help.
- *
- * In general, we want to spin as long as the lock holder is doing btree
- * searches, and we should give up if they are in more expensive code.
+ * btrfs_header_level() isn't free, so don't call it when lockdep isn't
+ * on
  */
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
+static inline void spin_nested(struct extent_buffer *eb)
+{
+	spin_lock_nested(&eb->lock, BTRFS_MAX_LEVEL - btrfs_header_level(eb));
+}
+#else
+static inline void spin_nested(struct extent_buffer *eb)
+{
+	spin_lock(&eb->lock);
+}
+#endif
 
-int btrfs_tree_lock(struct extent_buffer *eb)
+/*
+ * Setting a lock to blocking will drop the spinlock and set the
+ * flag that forces other procs who want the lock to wait.  After
+ * this you can safely schedule with the lock held.
+ */
+void btrfs_set_lock_blocking(struct extent_buffer *eb)
 {
-	int i;
+	if (!test_bit(EXTENT_BUFFER_BLOCKING, &eb->bflags)) {
+		set_bit(EXTENT_BUFFER_BLOCKING, &eb->bflags);
+		spin_unlock(&eb->lock);
+	}
+	/* exit with the spin lock released and the bit set */
+}
 
-	if (mutex_trylock(&eb->mutex))
-		return 0;
+/*
+ * clearing the blocking flag will take the spinlock again.
+ * After this you can't safely schedule
+ */
+void btrfs_clear_lock_blocking(struct extent_buffer *eb)
+{
+	if (test_bit(EXTENT_BUFFER_BLOCKING, &eb->bflags)) {
+		spin_nested(eb);
+		clear_bit(EXTENT_BUFFER_BLOCKING, &eb->bflags);
+		smp_mb__after_clear_bit();
+	}
+	/* exit with the spin lock held */
+}
+
+/*
+ * unfortunately, many of the places that currently set a lock to blocking
+ * don't end up blocking for every long, and often they don't block
+ * at all.  For a dbench 50 run, if we don't spin one the blocking bit
+ * at all, the context switch rate can jump up to 400,000/sec or more.
+ *
+ * So, we're still stuck with this crummy spin on the blocking bit,
+ * at least until the most common causes of the short blocks
+ * can be dealt with.
+ */
+static int btrfs_spin_on_block(struct extent_buffer *eb)
+{
+	int i;
 	for (i = 0; i < 512; i++) {
 		cpu_relax();
-		if (mutex_trylock(&eb->mutex))
+		if (!test_bit(EXTENT_BUFFER_BLOCKING, &eb->bflags))
+			return 1;
+		if (need_resched())
+			break;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * This is somewhat different from trylock.  It will take the
+ * spinlock but if it finds the lock is set to blocking, it will
+ * return without the lock held.
+ *
+ * returns 1 if it was able to take the lock and zero otherwise
+ *
+ * After this call, scheduling is not safe without first calling
+ * btrfs_set_lock_blocking()
+ */
+int btrfs_try_spin_lock(struct extent_buffer *eb)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	spin_nested(eb);
+	if (!test_bit(EXTENT_BUFFER_BLOCKING, &eb->bflags))
+		return 1;
+	spin_unlock(&eb->lock);
+
+	/* spin for a bit on the BLOCKING flag */
+	for (i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
+		if (!btrfs_spin_on_block(eb))
+			break;
+
+		spin_nested(eb);
+		if (!test_bit(EXTENT_BUFFER_BLOCKING, &eb->bflags))
+			return 1;
+		spin_unlock(&eb->lock);
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * the autoremove wake function will return 0 if it tried to wake up
+ * a process that was already awake, which means that process won't
+ * count as an exclusive wakeup.  The waitq code will continue waking
+ * procs until it finds one that was actually sleeping.
+ *
+ * For btrfs, this isn't quite what we want.  We want a single proc
+ * to be notified that the lock is ready for taking.  If that proc
+ * already happen to be awake, great, it will loop around and try for
+ * the lock.
+ *
+ * So, btrfs_wake_function always returns 1, even when the proc that we
+ * tried to wake up was already awake.
+ */
+static int btrfs_wake_function(wait_queue_t *wait, unsigned mode,
+			       int sync, void *key)
+{
+	autoremove_wake_function(wait, mode, sync, key);
+	return 1;
+}
+
+/*
+ * returns with the extent buffer spinlocked.
+ *
+ * This will spin and/or wait as required to take the lock, and then
+ * return with the spinlock held.
+ *
+ * After this call, scheduling is not safe without first calling
+ * btrfs_set_lock_blocking()
+ */
+int btrfs_tree_lock(struct extent_buffer *eb)
+{
+	DEFINE_WAIT(wait);
+	wait.func = btrfs_wake_function;
+
+	while(1) {
+		spin_nested(eb);
+
+		/* nobody is blocking, exit with the spinlock held */
+		if (!test_bit(EXTENT_BUFFER_BLOCKING, &eb->bflags))
 			return 0;
+
+		/*
+		 * we have the spinlock, but the real owner is blocking.
+		 * wait for them
+		 */
+		spin_unlock(&eb->lock);
+
+		/*
+		 * spin for a bit, and if the blocking flag goes away,
+		 * loop around
+		 */
+		if (btrfs_spin_on_block(eb))
+			continue;
+
+		prepare_to_wait_exclusive(&eb->lock_wq, &wait,
+					  TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
+
+		if (test_bit(EXTENT_BUFFER_BLOCKING, &eb->bflags))
+			schedule();
+
+		finish_wait(&eb->lock_wq, &wait);
 	}
-	cpu_relax();
-	mutex_lock_nested(&eb->mutex, BTRFS_MAX_LEVEL - btrfs_header_level(eb));
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Very quick trylock, this does not spin or schedule.  It returns
+ * 1 with the spinlock held if it was able to take the lock, or it
+ * returns zero if it was unable to take the lock.
+ *
+ * After this call, scheduling is not safe without first calling
+ * btrfs_set_lock_blocking()
+ */
 int btrfs_try_tree_lock(struct extent_buffer *eb)
 {
-	return mutex_trylock(&eb->mutex);
+	if (spin_trylock(&eb->lock)) {
+		if (test_bit(EXTENT_BUFFER_BLOCKING, &eb->bflags)) {
+			/*
+			 * we've got the spinlock, but the real owner is
+			 * blocking.  Drop the spinlock and return failure
+			 */
+			spin_unlock(&eb->lock);
+			return 0;
+		}
+		return 1;
+	}
+	/* someone else has the spinlock giveup */
+	return 0;
 }
 
 int btrfs_tree_unlock(struct extent_buffer *eb)
 {
-	mutex_unlock(&eb->mutex);
+	/*
+	 * if we were a blocking owner, we don't have the spinlock held
+	 * just clear the bit and look for waiters
+	 */
+	if (test_and_clear_bit(EXTENT_BUFFER_BLOCKING, &eb->bflags))
+		smp_mb__after_clear_bit();
+	else
+		spin_unlock(&eb->lock);
+
+	if (waitqueue_active(&eb->lock_wq))
+		wake_up(&eb->lock_wq);
 	return 0;
 }
 
 int btrfs_tree_locked(struct extent_buffer *eb)
 {
-	return mutex_is_locked(&eb->mutex);
+	return test_bit(EXTENT_BUFFER_BLOCKING, &eb->bflags) ||
+			spin_is_locked(&eb->lock);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -75,12 +245,14 @@ int btrfs_path_lock_waiting(struct btrfs_path *path, int level)
 {
 	int i;
 	struct extent_buffer *eb;
+
 	for (i = level; i <= level + 1 && i < BTRFS_MAX_LEVEL; i++) {
 		eb = path->nodes[i];
 		if (!eb)
 			break;
 		smp_mb();
-		if (!list_empty(&eb->mutex.wait_list))
+		if (spin_is_contended(&eb->lock) ||
+		    waitqueue_active(&eb->lock_wq))
 			return 1;
 	}
 	return 0;
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/locking.h b/fs/btrfs/locking.h
index bc1faef..d92e707 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/locking.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/locking.h
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@
 int btrfs_tree_lock(struct extent_buffer *eb);
 int btrfs_tree_unlock(struct extent_buffer *eb);
 int btrfs_tree_locked(struct extent_buffer *eb);
+
 int btrfs_try_tree_lock(struct extent_buffer *eb);
+int btrfs_try_spin_lock(struct extent_buffer *eb);
+
 int btrfs_path_lock_waiting(struct btrfs_path *path, int level);
+
+void btrfs_set_lock_blocking(struct extent_buffer *eb);
+void btrfs_clear_lock_blocking(struct extent_buffer *eb);
 #endif
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/tree-defrag.c b/fs/btrfs/tree-defrag.c
index 3e8358c..98d25fa 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/tree-defrag.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/tree-defrag.c
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ int btrfs_defrag_leaves(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		u32 nritems;
 
 		root_node = btrfs_lock_root_node(root);
+		btrfs_set_lock_blocking(root_node);
 		nritems = btrfs_header_nritems(root_node);
 		root->defrag_max.objectid = 0;
 		/* from above we know this is not a leaf */
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
index 4f26f3e..2079429 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
@@ -1615,6 +1615,7 @@ static noinline int walk_down_log_tree(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 
 				btrfs_tree_lock(next);
 				clean_tree_block(trans, root, next);
+				btrfs_set_lock_blocking(next);
 				btrfs_wait_tree_block_writeback(next);
 				btrfs_tree_unlock(next);
 
@@ -1661,6 +1662,7 @@ static noinline int walk_down_log_tree(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		next = path->nodes[*level];
 		btrfs_tree_lock(next);
 		clean_tree_block(trans, root, next);
+		btrfs_set_lock_blocking(next);
 		btrfs_wait_tree_block_writeback(next);
 		btrfs_tree_unlock(next);
 
@@ -1718,6 +1720,7 @@ static noinline int walk_up_log_tree(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 
 				btrfs_tree_lock(next);
 				clean_tree_block(trans, root, next);
+				btrfs_set_lock_blocking(next);
 				btrfs_wait_tree_block_writeback(next);
 				btrfs_tree_unlock(next);
 
@@ -1790,6 +1793,7 @@ static int walk_log_tree(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 
 			btrfs_tree_lock(next);
 			clean_tree_block(trans, log, next);
+			btrfs_set_lock_blocking(next);
 			btrfs_wait_tree_block_writeback(next);
 			btrfs_tree_unlock(next);