diff --git a/fs/gfs2/aops.c b/fs/gfs2/aops.c
index 92340dd..24f414f 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/aops.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/aops.c
@@ -230,16 +230,14 @@
 }
 
 /**
- * gfs2_writeback_writepages - Write a bunch of dirty pages back to disk
+ * gfs2_writepages - Write a bunch of dirty pages back to disk
  * @mapping: The mapping to write
  * @wbc: Write-back control
  *
- * For the data=writeback case we can already ignore buffer heads
- * and write whole extents at once. This is a big reduction in the
- * number of I/O requests we send and the bmap calls we make in this case.
+ * Used for both ordered and writeback modes.
  */
-static int gfs2_writeback_writepages(struct address_space *mapping,
-				     struct writeback_control *wbc)
+static int gfs2_writepages(struct address_space *mapping,
+			   struct writeback_control *wbc)
 {
 	return mpage_writepages(mapping, wbc, gfs2_get_block_noalloc);
 }
@@ -1102,7 +1100,7 @@
 
 static const struct address_space_operations gfs2_writeback_aops = {
 	.writepage = gfs2_writeback_writepage,
-	.writepages = gfs2_writeback_writepages,
+	.writepages = gfs2_writepages,
 	.readpage = gfs2_readpage,
 	.readpages = gfs2_readpages,
 	.write_begin = gfs2_write_begin,
@@ -1118,6 +1116,7 @@
 
 static const struct address_space_operations gfs2_ordered_aops = {
 	.writepage = gfs2_ordered_writepage,
+	.writepages = gfs2_writepages,
 	.readpage = gfs2_readpage,
 	.readpages = gfs2_readpages,
 	.write_begin = gfs2_write_begin,
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/bmap.c b/fs/gfs2/bmap.c
index 7a86275..d29d779 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/bmap.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/bmap.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include "meta_io.h"
 #include "quota.h"
 #include "rgrp.h"
+#include "log.h"
 #include "super.h"
 #include "trans.h"
 #include "dir.h"
@@ -1137,6 +1138,7 @@
 		ip->i_height = 0;
 		ip->i_goal = ip->i_no_addr;
 		gfs2_buffer_clear_tail(dibh, sizeof(struct gfs2_dinode));
+		gfs2_ordered_del_inode(ip);
 	}
 	ip->i_inode.i_mtime = ip->i_inode.i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
 	ip->i_diskflags &= ~GFS2_DIF_TRUNC_IN_PROG;
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/incore.h b/fs/gfs2/incore.h
index 19750bc..1533cf8 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/incore.h
+++ b/fs/gfs2/incore.h
@@ -340,6 +340,7 @@
 	GIF_QD_LOCKED		= 1,
 	GIF_ALLOC_FAILED	= 2,
 	GIF_SW_PAGED		= 3,
+	GIF_ORDERED		= 4,
 };
 
 struct gfs2_inode {
@@ -356,6 +357,7 @@
 	struct gfs2_rgrpd *i_rgd;
 	u64 i_goal;	/* goal block for allocations */
 	struct rw_semaphore i_rw_mutex;
+	struct list_head i_ordered;
 	struct list_head i_trunc_list;
 	__be64 *i_hash_cache;
 	u32 i_entries;
@@ -722,6 +724,7 @@
 	struct list_head sd_log_le_revoke;
 	struct list_head sd_log_le_databuf;
 	struct list_head sd_log_le_ordered;
+	spinlock_t sd_ordered_lock;
 
 	atomic_t sd_log_thresh1;
 	atomic_t sd_log_thresh2;
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/log.c b/fs/gfs2/log.c
index f4beeb9..9a2ca8b 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/log.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/log.c
@@ -482,70 +482,66 @@
 	}
 }
 
-static int bd_cmp(void *priv, struct list_head *a, struct list_head *b)
+static int ip_cmp(void *priv, struct list_head *a, struct list_head *b)
 {
-	struct gfs2_bufdata *bda, *bdb;
+	struct gfs2_inode *ipa, *ipb;
 
-	bda = list_entry(a, struct gfs2_bufdata, bd_list);
-	bdb = list_entry(b, struct gfs2_bufdata, bd_list);
+	ipa = list_entry(a, struct gfs2_inode, i_ordered);
+	ipb = list_entry(b, struct gfs2_inode, i_ordered);
 
-	if (bda->bd_bh->b_blocknr < bdb->bd_bh->b_blocknr)
+	if (ipa->i_no_addr < ipb->i_no_addr)
 		return -1;
-	if (bda->bd_bh->b_blocknr > bdb->bd_bh->b_blocknr)
+	if (ipa->i_no_addr > ipb->i_no_addr)
 		return 1;
 	return 0;
 }
 
 static void gfs2_ordered_write(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp)
 {
-	struct gfs2_bufdata *bd;
-	struct buffer_head *bh;
+	struct gfs2_inode *ip;
 	LIST_HEAD(written);
 
-	gfs2_log_lock(sdp);
-	list_sort(NULL, &sdp->sd_log_le_ordered, &bd_cmp);
+	spin_lock(&sdp->sd_ordered_lock);
+	list_sort(NULL, &sdp->sd_log_le_ordered, &ip_cmp);
 	while (!list_empty(&sdp->sd_log_le_ordered)) {
-		bd = list_entry(sdp->sd_log_le_ordered.next, struct gfs2_bufdata, bd_list);
-		list_move(&bd->bd_list, &written);
-		bh = bd->bd_bh;
-		if (!buffer_dirty(bh))
+		ip = list_entry(sdp->sd_log_le_ordered.next, struct gfs2_inode, i_ordered);
+		list_move(&ip->i_ordered, &written);
+		if (ip->i_inode.i_mapping->nrpages == 0)
 			continue;
-		get_bh(bh);
-		gfs2_log_unlock(sdp);
-		lock_buffer(bh);
-		if (buffer_mapped(bh) && test_clear_buffer_dirty(bh)) {
-			bh->b_end_io = end_buffer_write_sync;
-			submit_bh(WRITE_SYNC, bh);
-		} else {
-			unlock_buffer(bh);
-			brelse(bh);
-		}
-		gfs2_log_lock(sdp);
+		spin_unlock(&sdp->sd_ordered_lock);
+		filemap_fdatawrite(ip->i_inode.i_mapping);
+		spin_lock(&sdp->sd_ordered_lock);
 	}
 	list_splice(&written, &sdp->sd_log_le_ordered);
-	gfs2_log_unlock(sdp);
+	spin_unlock(&sdp->sd_ordered_lock);
 }
 
 static void gfs2_ordered_wait(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp)
 {
-	struct gfs2_bufdata *bd;
-	struct buffer_head *bh;
+	struct gfs2_inode *ip;
 
-	gfs2_log_lock(sdp);
+	spin_lock(&sdp->sd_ordered_lock);
 	while (!list_empty(&sdp->sd_log_le_ordered)) {
-		bd = list_entry(sdp->sd_log_le_ordered.prev, struct gfs2_bufdata, bd_list);
-		bh = bd->bd_bh;
-		if (buffer_locked(bh)) {
-			get_bh(bh);
-			gfs2_log_unlock(sdp);
-			wait_on_buffer(bh);
-			brelse(bh);
-			gfs2_log_lock(sdp);
+		ip = list_entry(sdp->sd_log_le_ordered.next, struct gfs2_inode, i_ordered);
+		list_del(&ip->i_ordered);
+		WARN_ON(!test_and_clear_bit(GIF_ORDERED, &ip->i_flags));
+		if (ip->i_inode.i_mapping->nrpages == 0)
 			continue;
-		}
-		list_del_init(&bd->bd_list);
+		spin_unlock(&sdp->sd_ordered_lock);
+		filemap_fdatawait(ip->i_inode.i_mapping);
+		spin_lock(&sdp->sd_ordered_lock);
 	}
-	gfs2_log_unlock(sdp);
+	spin_unlock(&sdp->sd_ordered_lock);
+}
+
+void gfs2_ordered_del_inode(struct gfs2_inode *ip)
+{
+	struct gfs2_sbd *sdp = GFS2_SB(&ip->i_inode);
+
+	spin_lock(&sdp->sd_ordered_lock);
+	if (test_and_clear_bit(GIF_ORDERED, &ip->i_flags))
+		list_del(&ip->i_ordered);
+	spin_unlock(&sdp->sd_ordered_lock);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/log.h b/fs/gfs2/log.h
index 3fd5215..3566f35 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/log.h
+++ b/fs/gfs2/log.h
@@ -48,6 +48,18 @@
 	sdp->sd_log_head = sdp->sd_log_tail = value;
 }
 
+static inline void gfs2_ordered_add_inode(struct gfs2_inode *ip)
+{
+	struct gfs2_sbd *sdp = GFS2_SB(&ip->i_inode);
+
+	if (!test_bit(GIF_ORDERED, &ip->i_flags)) {
+		spin_lock(&sdp->sd_ordered_lock);
+		if (!test_and_set_bit(GIF_ORDERED, &ip->i_flags))
+			list_add(&ip->i_ordered, &sdp->sd_log_le_ordered);
+		spin_unlock(&sdp->sd_ordered_lock);
+	}
+}
+extern void gfs2_ordered_del_inode(struct gfs2_inode *ip);
 extern unsigned int gfs2_struct2blk(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, unsigned int nstruct,
 			    unsigned int ssize);
 
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c b/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c
index 5f5aba5..e063f22 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sdp->sd_log_le_revoke);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sdp->sd_log_le_databuf);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sdp->sd_log_le_ordered);
+	spin_lock_init(&sdp->sd_ordered_lock);
 
 	init_waitqueue_head(&sdp->sd_log_waitq);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&sdp->sd_logd_waitq);
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/super.c b/fs/gfs2/super.c
index c075b62..a3b40ee 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/super.c
@@ -1524,6 +1524,7 @@
 	/* Case 3 starts here */
 	truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
 	gfs2_rs_delete(ip);
+	gfs2_ordered_del_inode(ip);
 	clear_inode(inode);
 	gfs2_dir_hash_inval(ip);
 	ip->i_gl->gl_object = NULL;
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/trans.c b/fs/gfs2/trans.c
index 14dbf6d..88162fa 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/trans.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/trans.c
@@ -159,7 +159,9 @@
 }
 
 /**
- * databuf_lo_add - Add a databuf to the transaction.
+ * gfs2_trans_add_data - Add a databuf to the transaction.
+ * @gl: The inode glock associated with the buffer
+ * @bh: The buffer to add
  *
  * This is used in two distinct cases:
  * i) In ordered write mode
@@ -174,34 +176,19 @@
  *    blocks, which isn't an enormous overhead but twice as much as
  *    for normal metadata blocks.
  */
-static void databuf_lo_add(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, struct gfs2_bufdata *bd)
-{
-	struct gfs2_trans *tr = current->journal_info;
-	struct address_space *mapping = bd->bd_bh->b_page->mapping;
-	struct gfs2_inode *ip = GFS2_I(mapping->host);
-
-	if (tr)
-		tr->tr_touched = 1;
-	if (!list_empty(&bd->bd_list))
-		return;
-	set_bit(GLF_LFLUSH, &bd->bd_gl->gl_flags);
-	set_bit(GLF_DIRTY, &bd->bd_gl->gl_flags);
-	if (gfs2_is_jdata(ip)) {
-		gfs2_pin(sdp, bd->bd_bh);
-		tr->tr_num_databuf_new++;
-		sdp->sd_log_num_databuf++;
-		list_add_tail(&bd->bd_list, &sdp->sd_log_le_databuf);
-	} else {
-		list_add_tail(&bd->bd_list, &sdp->sd_log_le_ordered);
-	}
-}
-
 void gfs2_trans_add_data(struct gfs2_glock *gl, struct buffer_head *bh)
 {
-
+	struct gfs2_trans *tr = current->journal_info;
 	struct gfs2_sbd *sdp = gl->gl_sbd;
+	struct address_space *mapping = bh->b_page->mapping;
+	struct gfs2_inode *ip = GFS2_I(mapping->host);
 	struct gfs2_bufdata *bd;
 
+	if (!gfs2_is_jdata(ip)) {
+		gfs2_ordered_add_inode(ip);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	lock_buffer(bh);
 	gfs2_log_lock(sdp);
 	bd = bh->b_private;
@@ -214,7 +201,15 @@
 		gfs2_log_lock(sdp);
 	}
 	gfs2_assert(sdp, bd->bd_gl == gl);
-	databuf_lo_add(sdp, bd);
+	tr->tr_touched = 1;
+	if (list_empty(&bd->bd_list)) {
+		set_bit(GLF_LFLUSH, &bd->bd_gl->gl_flags);
+		set_bit(GLF_DIRTY, &bd->bd_gl->gl_flags);
+		gfs2_pin(sdp, bd->bd_bh);
+		tr->tr_num_databuf_new++;
+		sdp->sd_log_num_databuf++;
+		list_add_tail(&bd->bd_list, &sdp->sd_log_le_databuf);
+	}
 	gfs2_log_unlock(sdp);
 	unlock_buffer(bh);
 }