diff --git a/fs/btrfs/btrfs_inode.h b/fs/btrfs/btrfs_inode.h
index 82ee56b..a54d354 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/btrfs_inode.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/btrfs_inode.h
@@ -128,6 +128,14 @@
 	u64 last_unlink_trans;
 
 	/*
+	 * These two counters are for delalloc metadata reservations.  We keep
+	 * track of how many extents we've accounted for vs how many extents we
+	 * have.
+	 */
+	int delalloc_reserved_extents;
+	int delalloc_extents;
+
+	/*
 	 * ordered_data_close is set by truncate when a file that used
 	 * to have good data has been truncated to zero.  When it is set
 	 * the btrfs file release call will add this inode to the
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
index 80599b4..b3959a1 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
@@ -675,18 +675,19 @@
 				   current allocations */
 	u64 bytes_readonly;	/* total bytes that are read only */
 	u64 bytes_super;	/* total bytes reserved for the super blocks */
-
-	/* delalloc accounting */
-	u64 bytes_delalloc;	/* number of bytes reserved for allocation,
-				   this space is not necessarily reserved yet
-				   by the allocator */
+	u64 bytes_root;		/* the number of bytes needed to commit a
+				   transaction */
 	u64 bytes_may_use;	/* number of bytes that may be used for
-				   delalloc */
+				   delalloc/allocations */
+	u64 bytes_delalloc;	/* number of bytes currently reserved for
+				   delayed allocation */
 
 	int full;		/* indicates that we cannot allocate any more
 				   chunks for this space */
 	int force_alloc;	/* set if we need to force a chunk alloc for
 				   this space */
+	int force_delalloc;	/* make people start doing filemap_flush until
+				   we're under a threshold */
 
 	struct list_head list;
 
@@ -695,6 +696,9 @@
 	spinlock_t lock;
 	struct rw_semaphore groups_sem;
 	atomic_t caching_threads;
+
+	int allocating_chunk;
+	wait_queue_head_t wait;
 };
 
 /*
@@ -2022,7 +2026,12 @@
 void btrfs_set_inode_space_info(struct btrfs_root *root, struct inode *ionde);
 void btrfs_clear_space_info_full(struct btrfs_fs_info *info);
 
-int btrfs_check_metadata_free_space(struct btrfs_root *root);
+int btrfs_reserve_metadata_space(struct btrfs_root *root, int num_items);
+int btrfs_unreserve_metadata_space(struct btrfs_root *root, int num_items);
+int btrfs_unreserve_metadata_for_delalloc(struct btrfs_root *root,
+					  struct inode *inode, int num_items);
+int btrfs_reserve_metadata_for_delalloc(struct btrfs_root *root,
+					struct inode *inode, int num_items);
 int btrfs_check_data_free_space(struct btrfs_root *root, struct inode *inode,
 				u64 bytes);
 void btrfs_free_reserved_data_space(struct btrfs_root *root,
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index f1e905f..ece8d1e 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -1629,7 +1629,7 @@
 	fs_info->sb = sb;
 	fs_info->max_extent = (u64)-1;
 	fs_info->max_inline = 8192 * 1024;
-	fs_info->metadata_ratio = 8;
+	fs_info->metadata_ratio = 0;
 
 	fs_info->thread_pool_size = min_t(unsigned long,
 					  num_online_cpus() + 2, 8);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index 90d314e..a4b2b03 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@
 			  struct extent_buffer **must_clean);
 static int find_next_key(struct btrfs_path *path, int level,
 			 struct btrfs_key *key);
+static void dump_space_info(struct btrfs_space_info *info, u64 bytes,
+			    int dump_block_groups);
 
 static noinline int
 block_group_cache_done(struct btrfs_block_group_cache *cache)
@@ -2764,67 +2766,346 @@
 						       alloc_target);
 }
 
+static u64 calculate_bytes_needed(struct btrfs_root *root, int num_items)
+{
+	u64 num_bytes;
+	int level;
+
+	level = BTRFS_MAX_LEVEL - 2;
+	/*
+	 * NOTE: these calculations are absolutely the worst possible case.
+	 * This assumes that _every_ item we insert will require a new leaf, and
+	 * that the tree has grown to its maximum level size.
+	 */
+
+	/*
+	 * for every item we insert we could insert both an extent item and a
+	 * extent ref item.  Then for ever item we insert, we will need to cow
+	 * both the original leaf, plus the leaf to the left and right of it.
+	 *
+	 * Unless we are talking about the extent root, then we just want the
+	 * number of items * 2, since we just need the extent item plus its ref.
+	 */
+	if (root == root->fs_info->extent_root)
+		num_bytes = num_items * 2;
+	else
+		num_bytes = (num_items + (2 * num_items)) * 3;
+
+	/*
+	 * num_bytes is total number of leaves we could need times the leaf
+	 * size, and then for every leaf we could end up cow'ing 2 nodes per
+	 * level, down to the leaf level.
+	 */
+	num_bytes = (num_bytes * root->leafsize) +
+		(num_bytes * (level * 2)) * root->nodesize;
+
+	return num_bytes;
+}
+
 /*
- * for now this just makes sure we have at least 5% of our metadata space free
- * for use.
+ * Unreserve metadata space for delalloc.  If we have less reserved credits than
+ * we have extents, this function does nothing.
  */
-int btrfs_check_metadata_free_space(struct btrfs_root *root)
+int btrfs_unreserve_metadata_for_delalloc(struct btrfs_root *root,
+					  struct inode *inode, int num_items)
 {
 	struct btrfs_fs_info *info = root->fs_info;
 	struct btrfs_space_info *meta_sinfo;
-	u64 alloc_target, thresh;
-	int committed = 0, ret;
+	u64 num_bytes;
+	u64 alloc_target;
+	bool bug = false;
 
 	/* get the space info for where the metadata will live */
 	alloc_target = btrfs_get_alloc_profile(root, 0);
 	meta_sinfo = __find_space_info(info, alloc_target);
-	if (!meta_sinfo)
-		goto alloc;
 
+	num_bytes = calculate_bytes_needed(root->fs_info->extent_root,
+					   num_items);
+
+	spin_lock(&meta_sinfo->lock);
+	if (BTRFS_I(inode)->delalloc_reserved_extents <=
+	    BTRFS_I(inode)->delalloc_extents) {
+		spin_unlock(&meta_sinfo->lock);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	BTRFS_I(inode)->delalloc_reserved_extents--;
+	BUG_ON(BTRFS_I(inode)->delalloc_reserved_extents < 0);
+
+	if (meta_sinfo->bytes_delalloc < num_bytes) {
+		bug = true;
+		meta_sinfo->bytes_delalloc = 0;
+	} else {
+		meta_sinfo->bytes_delalloc -= num_bytes;
+	}
+	spin_unlock(&meta_sinfo->lock);
+
+	BUG_ON(bug);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void check_force_delalloc(struct btrfs_space_info *meta_sinfo)
+{
+	u64 thresh;
+
+	thresh = meta_sinfo->bytes_used + meta_sinfo->bytes_reserved +
+		meta_sinfo->bytes_pinned + meta_sinfo->bytes_readonly +
+		meta_sinfo->bytes_super + meta_sinfo->bytes_root +
+		meta_sinfo->bytes_may_use;
+
+	thresh = meta_sinfo->total_bytes - thresh;
+	thresh *= 80;
+	do_div(thresh, 100);
+	if (thresh <= meta_sinfo->bytes_delalloc)
+		meta_sinfo->force_delalloc = 1;
+	else
+		meta_sinfo->force_delalloc = 0;
+}
+
+static int maybe_allocate_chunk(struct btrfs_root *root,
+				 struct btrfs_space_info *info)
+{
+	struct btrfs_super_block *disk_super = &root->fs_info->super_copy;
+	struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans;
+	bool wait = false;
+	int ret = 0;
+	u64 min_metadata;
+	u64 free_space;
+
+	free_space = btrfs_super_total_bytes(disk_super);
+	/*
+	 * we allow the metadata to grow to a max of either 5gb or 5% of the
+	 * space in the volume.
+	 */
+	min_metadata = min((u64)5 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024,
+			     div64_u64(free_space * 5, 100));
+	if (info->total_bytes >= min_metadata) {
+		spin_unlock(&info->lock);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	if (info->full) {
+		spin_unlock(&info->lock);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	if (!info->allocating_chunk) {
+		info->force_alloc = 1;
+		info->allocating_chunk = 1;
+		init_waitqueue_head(&info->wait);
+	} else {
+		wait = true;
+	}
+
+	spin_unlock(&info->lock);
+
+	if (wait) {
+		wait_event(info->wait,
+			   !info->allocating_chunk);
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	trans = btrfs_start_transaction(root, 1);
+	if (!trans) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = do_chunk_alloc(trans, root->fs_info->extent_root,
+			     4096 + 2 * 1024 * 1024,
+			     info->flags, 0);
+	btrfs_end_transaction(trans, root);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out;
+out:
+	spin_lock(&info->lock);
+	info->allocating_chunk = 0;
+	spin_unlock(&info->lock);
+	wake_up(&info->wait);
+
+	if (ret)
+		return 0;
+	return 1;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Reserve metadata space for delalloc.
+ */
+int btrfs_reserve_metadata_for_delalloc(struct btrfs_root *root,
+					struct inode *inode, int num_items)
+{
+	struct btrfs_fs_info *info = root->fs_info;
+	struct btrfs_space_info *meta_sinfo;
+	u64 num_bytes;
+	u64 used;
+	u64 alloc_target;
+	int flushed = 0;
+	int force_delalloc;
+
+	/* get the space info for where the metadata will live */
+	alloc_target = btrfs_get_alloc_profile(root, 0);
+	meta_sinfo = __find_space_info(info, alloc_target);
+
+	num_bytes = calculate_bytes_needed(root->fs_info->extent_root,
+					   num_items);
 again:
 	spin_lock(&meta_sinfo->lock);
-	if (!meta_sinfo->full)
-		thresh = meta_sinfo->total_bytes * 80;
-	else
-		thresh = meta_sinfo->total_bytes * 95;
 
-	do_div(thresh, 100);
+	force_delalloc = meta_sinfo->force_delalloc;
 
-	if (meta_sinfo->bytes_used + meta_sinfo->bytes_reserved +
-	    meta_sinfo->bytes_pinned + meta_sinfo->bytes_readonly +
-	    meta_sinfo->bytes_super > thresh) {
-		struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans;
-		if (!meta_sinfo->full) {
-			meta_sinfo->force_alloc = 1;
+	if (unlikely(!meta_sinfo->bytes_root))
+		meta_sinfo->bytes_root = calculate_bytes_needed(root, 6);
+
+	if (!flushed)
+		meta_sinfo->bytes_delalloc += num_bytes;
+
+	used = meta_sinfo->bytes_used + meta_sinfo->bytes_reserved +
+		meta_sinfo->bytes_pinned + meta_sinfo->bytes_readonly +
+		meta_sinfo->bytes_super + meta_sinfo->bytes_root +
+		meta_sinfo->bytes_may_use + meta_sinfo->bytes_delalloc;
+
+	if (used > meta_sinfo->total_bytes) {
+		flushed++;
+
+		if (flushed == 1) {
+			if (maybe_allocate_chunk(root, meta_sinfo))
+				goto again;
+			flushed++;
+		} else {
 			spin_unlock(&meta_sinfo->lock);
-alloc:
-			trans = btrfs_start_transaction(root, 1);
-			if (!trans)
-				return -ENOMEM;
+		}
 
-			ret = do_chunk_alloc(trans, root->fs_info->extent_root,
-					     2 * 1024 * 1024, alloc_target, 0);
-			btrfs_end_transaction(trans, root);
-			if (!meta_sinfo) {
-				meta_sinfo = __find_space_info(info,
-							       alloc_target);
-			}
+		if (flushed == 2) {
+			filemap_flush(inode->i_mapping);
+			goto again;
+		} else if (flushed == 3) {
+			btrfs_start_delalloc_inodes(root);
+			btrfs_wait_ordered_extents(root, 0);
 			goto again;
 		}
+		spin_lock(&meta_sinfo->lock);
+		meta_sinfo->bytes_delalloc -= num_bytes;
 		spin_unlock(&meta_sinfo->lock);
-
-		if (!committed) {
-			committed = 1;
-			trans = btrfs_join_transaction(root, 1);
-			if (!trans)
-				return -ENOMEM;
-			ret = btrfs_commit_transaction(trans, root);
-			if (ret)
-				return ret;
-			goto again;
-		}
+		printk(KERN_ERR "enospc, has %d, reserved %d\n",
+		       BTRFS_I(inode)->delalloc_extents,
+		       BTRFS_I(inode)->delalloc_reserved_extents);
+		dump_space_info(meta_sinfo, 0, 0);
 		return -ENOSPC;
 	}
+
+	BTRFS_I(inode)->delalloc_reserved_extents++;
+	check_force_delalloc(meta_sinfo);
+	spin_unlock(&meta_sinfo->lock);
+
+	if (!flushed && force_delalloc)
+		filemap_flush(inode->i_mapping);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * unreserve num_items number of items worth of metadata space.  This needs to
+ * be paired with btrfs_reserve_metadata_space.
+ *
+ * NOTE: if you have the option, run this _AFTER_ you do a
+ * btrfs_end_transaction, since btrfs_end_transaction will run delayed ref
+ * oprations which will result in more used metadata, so we want to make sure we
+ * can do that without issue.
+ */
+int btrfs_unreserve_metadata_space(struct btrfs_root *root, int num_items)
+{
+	struct btrfs_fs_info *info = root->fs_info;
+	struct btrfs_space_info *meta_sinfo;
+	u64 num_bytes;
+	u64 alloc_target;
+	bool bug = false;
+
+	/* get the space info for where the metadata will live */
+	alloc_target = btrfs_get_alloc_profile(root, 0);
+	meta_sinfo = __find_space_info(info, alloc_target);
+
+	num_bytes = calculate_bytes_needed(root, num_items);
+
+	spin_lock(&meta_sinfo->lock);
+	if (meta_sinfo->bytes_may_use < num_bytes) {
+		bug = true;
+		meta_sinfo->bytes_may_use = 0;
+	} else {
+		meta_sinfo->bytes_may_use -= num_bytes;
+	}
+	spin_unlock(&meta_sinfo->lock);
+
+	BUG_ON(bug);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Reserve some metadata space for use.  We'll calculate the worste case number
+ * of bytes that would be needed to modify num_items number of items.  If we
+ * have space, fantastic, if not, you get -ENOSPC.  Please call
+ * btrfs_unreserve_metadata_space when you are done for the _SAME_ number of
+ * items you reserved, since whatever metadata you needed should have already
+ * been allocated.
+ *
+ * This will commit the transaction to make more space if we don't have enough
+ * metadata space.  THe only time we don't do this is if we're reserving space
+ * inside of a transaction, then we will just return -ENOSPC and it is the
+ * callers responsibility to handle it properly.
+ */
+int btrfs_reserve_metadata_space(struct btrfs_root *root, int num_items)
+{
+	struct btrfs_fs_info *info = root->fs_info;
+	struct btrfs_space_info *meta_sinfo;
+	u64 num_bytes;
+	u64 used;
+	u64 alloc_target;
+	int retries = 0;
+
+	/* get the space info for where the metadata will live */
+	alloc_target = btrfs_get_alloc_profile(root, 0);
+	meta_sinfo = __find_space_info(info, alloc_target);
+
+	num_bytes = calculate_bytes_needed(root, num_items);
+again:
+	spin_lock(&meta_sinfo->lock);
+
+	if (unlikely(!meta_sinfo->bytes_root))
+		meta_sinfo->bytes_root = calculate_bytes_needed(root, 6);
+
+	if (!retries)
+		meta_sinfo->bytes_may_use += num_bytes;
+
+	used = meta_sinfo->bytes_used + meta_sinfo->bytes_reserved +
+		meta_sinfo->bytes_pinned + meta_sinfo->bytes_readonly +
+		meta_sinfo->bytes_super + meta_sinfo->bytes_root +
+		meta_sinfo->bytes_may_use + meta_sinfo->bytes_delalloc;
+
+	if (used > meta_sinfo->total_bytes) {
+		retries++;
+		if (retries == 1) {
+			if (maybe_allocate_chunk(root, meta_sinfo))
+				goto again;
+			retries++;
+		} else {
+			spin_unlock(&meta_sinfo->lock);
+		}
+
+		if (retries == 2) {
+			btrfs_start_delalloc_inodes(root);
+			btrfs_wait_ordered_extents(root, 0);
+			goto again;
+		}
+		spin_lock(&meta_sinfo->lock);
+		meta_sinfo->bytes_may_use -= num_bytes;
+		spin_unlock(&meta_sinfo->lock);
+
+		dump_space_info(meta_sinfo, 0, 0);
+		return -ENOSPC;
+	}
+
+	check_force_delalloc(meta_sinfo);
 	spin_unlock(&meta_sinfo->lock);
 
 	return 0;
@@ -2915,7 +3196,7 @@
 	BTRFS_I(inode)->reserved_bytes += bytes;
 	spin_unlock(&data_sinfo->lock);
 
-	return btrfs_check_metadata_free_space(root);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -3014,17 +3295,15 @@
 	BUG_ON(!space_info);
 
 	spin_lock(&space_info->lock);
-	if (space_info->force_alloc) {
+	if (space_info->force_alloc)
 		force = 1;
-		space_info->force_alloc = 0;
-	}
 	if (space_info->full) {
 		spin_unlock(&space_info->lock);
 		goto out;
 	}
 
 	thresh = space_info->total_bytes - space_info->bytes_readonly;
-	thresh = div_factor(thresh, 6);
+	thresh = div_factor(thresh, 8);
 	if (!force &&
 	   (space_info->bytes_used + space_info->bytes_pinned +
 	    space_info->bytes_reserved + alloc_bytes) < thresh) {
@@ -3038,7 +3317,7 @@
 	 * we keep a reasonable number of metadata chunks allocated in the
 	 * FS as well.
 	 */
-	if (flags & BTRFS_BLOCK_GROUP_DATA) {
+	if (flags & BTRFS_BLOCK_GROUP_DATA && fs_info->metadata_ratio) {
 		fs_info->data_chunk_allocations++;
 		if (!(fs_info->data_chunk_allocations %
 		      fs_info->metadata_ratio))
@@ -3046,8 +3325,11 @@
 	}
 
 	ret = btrfs_alloc_chunk(trans, extent_root, flags);
+	spin_lock(&space_info->lock);
 	if (ret)
 		space_info->full = 1;
+	space_info->force_alloc = 0;
+	spin_unlock(&space_info->lock);
 out:
 	mutex_unlock(&extent_root->fs_info->chunk_mutex);
 	return ret;
@@ -4062,21 +4344,32 @@
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static void dump_space_info(struct btrfs_space_info *info, u64 bytes)
+static void dump_space_info(struct btrfs_space_info *info, u64 bytes,
+			    int dump_block_groups)
 {
 	struct btrfs_block_group_cache *cache;
 
+	spin_lock(&info->lock);
 	printk(KERN_INFO "space_info has %llu free, is %sfull\n",
 	       (unsigned long long)(info->total_bytes - info->bytes_used -
-				    info->bytes_pinned - info->bytes_reserved),
+				    info->bytes_pinned - info->bytes_reserved -
+				    info->bytes_super),
 	       (info->full) ? "" : "not ");
 	printk(KERN_INFO "space_info total=%llu, pinned=%llu, delalloc=%llu,"
-	       " may_use=%llu, used=%llu\n",
+	       " may_use=%llu, used=%llu, root=%llu, super=%llu, reserved=%llu"
+	       "\n",
 	       (unsigned long long)info->total_bytes,
 	       (unsigned long long)info->bytes_pinned,
 	       (unsigned long long)info->bytes_delalloc,
 	       (unsigned long long)info->bytes_may_use,
-	       (unsigned long long)info->bytes_used);
+	       (unsigned long long)info->bytes_used,
+	       (unsigned long long)info->bytes_root,
+	       (unsigned long long)info->bytes_super,
+	       (unsigned long long)info->bytes_reserved);
+	spin_unlock(&info->lock);
+
+	if (!dump_block_groups)
+		return;
 
 	down_read(&info->groups_sem);
 	list_for_each_entry(cache, &info->block_groups, list) {
@@ -4144,7 +4437,7 @@
 		printk(KERN_ERR "btrfs allocation failed flags %llu, "
 		       "wanted %llu\n", (unsigned long long)data,
 		       (unsigned long long)num_bytes);
-		dump_space_info(sinfo, num_bytes);
+		dump_space_info(sinfo, num_bytes, 1);
 	}
 
 	return ret;
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
index 0cb88f8..de1793b 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
@@ -280,6 +280,14 @@
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+static void merge_cb(struct extent_io_tree *tree, struct extent_state *new,
+		     struct extent_state *other)
+{
+	if (tree->ops && tree->ops->merge_extent_hook)
+		tree->ops->merge_extent_hook(tree->mapping->host, new,
+					     other);
+}
+
 /*
  * utility function to look for merge candidates inside a given range.
  * Any extents with matching state are merged together into a single
@@ -303,6 +311,7 @@
 		other = rb_entry(other_node, struct extent_state, rb_node);
 		if (other->end == state->start - 1 &&
 		    other->state == state->state) {
+			merge_cb(tree, state, other);
 			state->start = other->start;
 			other->tree = NULL;
 			rb_erase(&other->rb_node, &tree->state);
@@ -314,33 +323,37 @@
 		other = rb_entry(other_node, struct extent_state, rb_node);
 		if (other->start == state->end + 1 &&
 		    other->state == state->state) {
+			merge_cb(tree, state, other);
 			other->start = state->start;
 			state->tree = NULL;
 			rb_erase(&state->rb_node, &tree->state);
 			free_extent_state(state);
+			state = NULL;
 		}
 	}
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void set_state_cb(struct extent_io_tree *tree,
+static int set_state_cb(struct extent_io_tree *tree,
 			 struct extent_state *state,
 			 unsigned long bits)
 {
 	if (tree->ops && tree->ops->set_bit_hook) {
-		tree->ops->set_bit_hook(tree->mapping->host, state->start,
-					state->end, state->state, bits);
+		return tree->ops->set_bit_hook(tree->mapping->host,
+					       state->start, state->end,
+					       state->state, bits);
 	}
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static void clear_state_cb(struct extent_io_tree *tree,
 			   struct extent_state *state,
 			   unsigned long bits)
 {
-	if (tree->ops && tree->ops->clear_bit_hook) {
-		tree->ops->clear_bit_hook(tree->mapping->host, state->start,
-					  state->end, state->state, bits);
-	}
+	if (tree->ops && tree->ops->clear_bit_hook)
+		tree->ops->clear_bit_hook(tree->mapping->host, state, bits);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -358,6 +371,7 @@
 			int bits)
 {
 	struct rb_node *node;
+	int ret;
 
 	if (end < start) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "btrfs end < start %llu %llu\n",
@@ -365,11 +379,14 @@
 		       (unsigned long long)start);
 		WARN_ON(1);
 	}
-	if (bits & EXTENT_DIRTY)
-		tree->dirty_bytes += end - start + 1;
 	state->start = start;
 	state->end = end;
-	set_state_cb(tree, state, bits);
+	ret = set_state_cb(tree, state, bits);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	if (bits & EXTENT_DIRTY)
+		tree->dirty_bytes += end - start + 1;
 	state->state |= bits;
 	node = tree_insert(&tree->state, end, &state->rb_node);
 	if (node) {
@@ -387,6 +404,15 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int split_cb(struct extent_io_tree *tree, struct extent_state *orig,
+		     u64 split)
+{
+	if (tree->ops && tree->ops->split_extent_hook)
+		return tree->ops->split_extent_hook(tree->mapping->host,
+						    orig, split);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * split a given extent state struct in two, inserting the preallocated
  * struct 'prealloc' as the newly created second half.  'split' indicates an
@@ -405,6 +431,9 @@
 		       struct extent_state *prealloc, u64 split)
 {
 	struct rb_node *node;
+
+	split_cb(tree, orig, split);
+
 	prealloc->start = orig->start;
 	prealloc->end = split - 1;
 	prealloc->state = orig->state;
@@ -542,8 +571,8 @@
 		if (err)
 			goto out;
 		if (state->end <= end) {
-			set |= clear_state_bit(tree, state, bits,
-					wake, delete);
+			set |= clear_state_bit(tree, state, bits, wake,
+					       delete);
 			if (last_end == (u64)-1)
 				goto out;
 			start = last_end + 1;
@@ -561,12 +590,11 @@
 			prealloc = alloc_extent_state(GFP_ATOMIC);
 		err = split_state(tree, state, prealloc, end + 1);
 		BUG_ON(err == -EEXIST);
-
 		if (wake)
 			wake_up(&state->wq);
 
-		set |= clear_state_bit(tree, prealloc, bits,
-				       wake, delete);
+		set |= clear_state_bit(tree, prealloc, bits, wake, delete);
+
 		prealloc = NULL;
 		goto out;
 	}
@@ -667,16 +695,23 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void set_state_bits(struct extent_io_tree *tree,
+static int set_state_bits(struct extent_io_tree *tree,
 			   struct extent_state *state,
 			   int bits)
 {
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = set_state_cb(tree, state, bits);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
 	if ((bits & EXTENT_DIRTY) && !(state->state & EXTENT_DIRTY)) {
 		u64 range = state->end - state->start + 1;
 		tree->dirty_bytes += range;
 	}
-	set_state_cb(tree, state, bits);
 	state->state |= bits;
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static void cache_state(struct extent_state *state,
@@ -758,7 +793,10 @@
 			goto out;
 		}
 
-		set_state_bits(tree, state, bits);
+		err = set_state_bits(tree, state, bits);
+		if (err)
+			goto out;
+
 		cache_state(state, cached_state);
 		merge_state(tree, state);
 		if (last_end == (u64)-1)
@@ -805,7 +843,9 @@
 		if (err)
 			goto out;
 		if (state->end <= end) {
-			set_state_bits(tree, state, bits);
+			err = set_state_bits(tree, state, bits);
+			if (err)
+				goto out;
 			cache_state(state, cached_state);
 			merge_state(tree, state);
 			if (last_end == (u64)-1)
@@ -829,11 +869,13 @@
 			this_end = last_start - 1;
 		err = insert_state(tree, prealloc, start, this_end,
 				   bits);
+		BUG_ON(err == -EEXIST);
+		if (err) {
+			prealloc = NULL;
+			goto out;
+		}
 		cache_state(prealloc, cached_state);
 		prealloc = NULL;
-		BUG_ON(err == -EEXIST);
-		if (err)
-			goto out;
 		start = this_end + 1;
 		goto search_again;
 	}
@@ -852,7 +894,11 @@
 		err = split_state(tree, state, prealloc, end + 1);
 		BUG_ON(err == -EEXIST);
 
-		set_state_bits(tree, prealloc, bits);
+		err = set_state_bits(tree, prealloc, bits);
+		if (err) {
+			prealloc = NULL;
+			goto out;
+		}
 		cache_state(prealloc, cached_state);
 		merge_state(tree, prealloc);
 		prealloc = NULL;
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.h b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.h
index 14ed16f..4794ec8 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.h
@@ -60,8 +60,13 @@
 				      struct extent_state *state, int uptodate);
 	int (*set_bit_hook)(struct inode *inode, u64 start, u64 end,
 			    unsigned long old, unsigned long bits);
-	int (*clear_bit_hook)(struct inode *inode, u64 start, u64 end,
-			    unsigned long old, unsigned long bits);
+	int (*clear_bit_hook)(struct inode *inode, struct extent_state *state,
+			      unsigned long bits);
+	int (*merge_extent_hook)(struct inode *inode,
+				 struct extent_state *new,
+				 struct extent_state *other);
+	int (*split_extent_hook)(struct inode *inode,
+				 struct extent_state *orig, u64 split);
 	int (*write_cache_pages_lock_hook)(struct page *page);
 };
 
@@ -79,10 +84,14 @@
 	u64 start;
 	u64 end; /* inclusive */
 	struct rb_node rb_node;
+
+	/* ADD NEW ELEMENTS AFTER THIS */
 	struct extent_io_tree *tree;
 	wait_queue_head_t wq;
 	atomic_t refs;
 	unsigned long state;
+	u64 split_start;
+	u64 split_end;
 
 	/* for use by the FS */
 	u64 private;
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/file.c b/fs/btrfs/file.c
index 571ad3c..1be96ba 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/file.c
@@ -123,7 +123,10 @@
 		    root->sectorsize - 1) & ~((u64)root->sectorsize - 1);
 
 	end_of_last_block = start_pos + num_bytes - 1;
-	btrfs_set_extent_delalloc(inode, start_pos, end_of_last_block);
+	err = btrfs_set_extent_delalloc(inode, start_pos, end_of_last_block);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
 	for (i = 0; i < num_pages; i++) {
 		struct page *p = pages[i];
 		SetPageUptodate(p);
@@ -927,6 +930,11 @@
 	err = file_remove_suid(file);
 	if (err)
 		goto out_nolock;
+
+	err = btrfs_reserve_metadata_for_delalloc(root, inode, 1);
+	if (err)
+		goto out_nolock;
+
 	file_update_time(file);
 
 	pages = kmalloc(nrptrs * sizeof(struct page *), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -1028,6 +1036,7 @@
 	mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
 	if (ret)
 		err = ret;
+	btrfs_unreserve_metadata_for_delalloc(root, inode, 1);
 
 out_nolock:
 	kfree(pages);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 01c5f8b..3cc5677 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -1159,6 +1159,83 @@
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static int btrfs_split_extent_hook(struct inode *inode,
+				    struct extent_state *orig, u64 split)
+{
+	struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(inode)->root;
+	u64 size;
+
+	if (!(orig->state & EXTENT_DELALLOC))
+		return 0;
+
+	size = orig->end - orig->start + 1;
+	if (size > root->fs_info->max_extent) {
+		u64 num_extents;
+		u64 new_size;
+
+		new_size = orig->end - split + 1;
+		num_extents = div64_u64(size + root->fs_info->max_extent - 1,
+					root->fs_info->max_extent);
+
+		/*
+		 * if we break a large extent up then leave delalloc_extents be,
+		 * since we've already accounted for the large extent.
+		 */
+		if (div64_u64(new_size + root->fs_info->max_extent - 1,
+			      root->fs_info->max_extent) < num_extents)
+			return 0;
+	}
+
+	BTRFS_I(inode)->delalloc_extents++;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * extent_io.c merge_extent_hook, used to track merged delayed allocation
+ * extents so we can keep track of new extents that are just merged onto old
+ * extents, such as when we are doing sequential writes, so we can properly
+ * account for the metadata space we'll need.
+ */
+static int btrfs_merge_extent_hook(struct inode *inode,
+				   struct extent_state *new,
+				   struct extent_state *other)
+{
+	struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(inode)->root;
+	u64 new_size, old_size;
+	u64 num_extents;
+
+	/* not delalloc, ignore it */
+	if (!(other->state & EXTENT_DELALLOC))
+		return 0;
+
+	old_size = other->end - other->start + 1;
+	if (new->start < other->start)
+		new_size = other->end - new->start + 1;
+	else
+		new_size = new->end - other->start + 1;
+
+	/* we're not bigger than the max, unreserve the space and go */
+	if (new_size <= root->fs_info->max_extent) {
+		BTRFS_I(inode)->delalloc_extents--;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * If we grew by another max_extent, just return, we want to keep that
+	 * reserved amount.
+	 */
+	num_extents = div64_u64(old_size + root->fs_info->max_extent - 1,
+				root->fs_info->max_extent);
+	if (div64_u64(new_size + root->fs_info->max_extent - 1,
+		      root->fs_info->max_extent) > num_extents)
+		return 0;
+
+	BTRFS_I(inode)->delalloc_extents--;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * extent_io.c set_bit_hook, used to track delayed allocation
  * bytes in this file, and to maintain the list of inodes that
@@ -1167,6 +1244,7 @@
 static int btrfs_set_bit_hook(struct inode *inode, u64 start, u64 end,
 		       unsigned long old, unsigned long bits)
 {
+
 	/*
 	 * set_bit and clear bit hooks normally require _irqsave/restore
 	 * but in this case, we are only testeing for the DELALLOC
@@ -1174,6 +1252,8 @@
 	 */
 	if (!(old & EXTENT_DELALLOC) && (bits & EXTENT_DELALLOC)) {
 		struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(inode)->root;
+
+		BTRFS_I(inode)->delalloc_extents++;
 		btrfs_delalloc_reserve_space(root, inode, end - start + 1);
 		spin_lock(&root->fs_info->delalloc_lock);
 		BTRFS_I(inode)->delalloc_bytes += end - start + 1;
@@ -1190,22 +1270,27 @@
 /*
  * extent_io.c clear_bit_hook, see set_bit_hook for why
  */
-static int btrfs_clear_bit_hook(struct inode *inode, u64 start, u64 end,
-			 unsigned long old, unsigned long bits)
+static int btrfs_clear_bit_hook(struct inode *inode,
+				struct extent_state *state, unsigned long bits)
 {
 	/*
 	 * set_bit and clear bit hooks normally require _irqsave/restore
 	 * but in this case, we are only testeing for the DELALLOC
 	 * bit, which is only set or cleared with irqs on
 	 */
-	if ((old & EXTENT_DELALLOC) && (bits & EXTENT_DELALLOC)) {
+	if ((state->state & EXTENT_DELALLOC) && (bits & EXTENT_DELALLOC)) {
 		struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(inode)->root;
 
+		BTRFS_I(inode)->delalloc_extents--;
+		btrfs_unreserve_metadata_for_delalloc(root, inode, 1);
+
 		spin_lock(&root->fs_info->delalloc_lock);
-		if (end - start + 1 > root->fs_info->delalloc_bytes) {
+		if (state->end - state->start + 1 >
+		    root->fs_info->delalloc_bytes) {
 			printk(KERN_INFO "btrfs warning: delalloc account "
 			       "%llu %llu\n",
-			       (unsigned long long)end - start + 1,
+			       (unsigned long long)
+			       state->end - state->start + 1,
 			       (unsigned long long)
 			       root->fs_info->delalloc_bytes);
 			btrfs_delalloc_free_space(root, inode, (u64)-1);
@@ -1213,9 +1298,12 @@
 			BTRFS_I(inode)->delalloc_bytes = 0;
 		} else {
 			btrfs_delalloc_free_space(root, inode,
-						  end - start + 1);
-			root->fs_info->delalloc_bytes -= end - start + 1;
-			BTRFS_I(inode)->delalloc_bytes -= end - start + 1;
+						  state->end -
+						  state->start + 1);
+			root->fs_info->delalloc_bytes -= state->end -
+				state->start + 1;
+			BTRFS_I(inode)->delalloc_bytes -= state->end -
+				state->start + 1;
 		}
 		if (BTRFS_I(inode)->delalloc_bytes == 0 &&
 		    !list_empty(&BTRFS_I(inode)->delalloc_inodes)) {
@@ -2950,7 +3038,12 @@
 		goto again;
 	}
 
-	btrfs_set_extent_delalloc(inode, page_start, page_end);
+	ret = btrfs_set_extent_delalloc(inode, page_start, page_end);
+	if (ret) {
+		unlock_extent(io_tree, page_start, page_end, GFP_NOFS);
+		goto out_unlock;
+	}
+
 	ret = 0;
 	if (offset != PAGE_CACHE_SIZE) {
 		kaddr = kmap(page);
@@ -2981,15 +3074,11 @@
 	u64 last_byte;
 	u64 cur_offset;
 	u64 hole_size;
-	int err;
+	int err = 0;
 
 	if (size <= hole_start)
 		return 0;
 
-	err = btrfs_check_metadata_free_space(root);
-	if (err)
-		return err;
-
 	btrfs_truncate_page(inode->i_mapping, inode->i_size);
 
 	while (1) {
@@ -3024,12 +3113,18 @@
 						 cur_offset, &hint_byte, 1);
 			if (err)
 				break;
+
+			err = btrfs_reserve_metadata_space(root, 1);
+			if (err)
+				break;
+
 			err = btrfs_insert_file_extent(trans, root,
 					inode->i_ino, cur_offset, 0,
 					0, hole_size, 0, hole_size,
 					0, 0, 0);
 			btrfs_drop_extent_cache(inode, hole_start,
 					last_byte - 1, 0);
+			btrfs_unreserve_metadata_space(root, 1);
 		}
 		free_extent_map(em);
 		cur_offset = last_byte;
@@ -3990,11 +4085,18 @@
 	if (!new_valid_dev(rdev))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	err = btrfs_check_metadata_free_space(root);
+	/*
+	 * 2 for inode item and ref
+	 * 2 for dir items
+	 * 1 for xattr if selinux is on
+	 */
+	err = btrfs_reserve_metadata_space(root, 5);
 	if (err)
-		goto fail;
+		return err;
 
 	trans = btrfs_start_transaction(root, 1);
+	if (!trans)
+		goto fail;
 	btrfs_set_trans_block_group(trans, dir);
 
 	err = btrfs_find_free_objectid(trans, root, dir->i_ino, &objectid);
@@ -4032,6 +4134,7 @@
 	nr = trans->blocks_used;
 	btrfs_end_transaction_throttle(trans, root);
 fail:
+	btrfs_unreserve_metadata_space(root, 5);
 	if (drop_inode) {
 		inode_dec_link_count(inode);
 		iput(inode);
@@ -4052,10 +4155,18 @@
 	u64 objectid;
 	u64 index = 0;
 
-	err = btrfs_check_metadata_free_space(root);
+	/*
+	 * 2 for inode item and ref
+	 * 2 for dir items
+	 * 1 for xattr if selinux is on
+	 */
+	err = btrfs_reserve_metadata_space(root, 5);
 	if (err)
-		goto fail;
+		return err;
+
 	trans = btrfs_start_transaction(root, 1);
+	if (!trans)
+		goto fail;
 	btrfs_set_trans_block_group(trans, dir);
 
 	err = btrfs_find_free_objectid(trans, root, dir->i_ino, &objectid);
@@ -4096,6 +4207,7 @@
 	nr = trans->blocks_used;
 	btrfs_end_transaction_throttle(trans, root);
 fail:
+	btrfs_unreserve_metadata_space(root, 5);
 	if (drop_inode) {
 		inode_dec_link_count(inode);
 		iput(inode);
@@ -4118,10 +4230,16 @@
 	if (inode->i_nlink == 0)
 		return -ENOENT;
 
-	btrfs_inc_nlink(inode);
-	err = btrfs_check_metadata_free_space(root);
+	/*
+	 * 1 item for inode ref
+	 * 2 items for dir items
+	 */
+	err = btrfs_reserve_metadata_space(root, 3);
 	if (err)
-		goto fail;
+		return err;
+
+	btrfs_inc_nlink(inode);
+
 	err = btrfs_set_inode_index(dir, &index);
 	if (err)
 		goto fail;
@@ -4145,6 +4263,7 @@
 	nr = trans->blocks_used;
 	btrfs_end_transaction_throttle(trans, root);
 fail:
+	btrfs_unreserve_metadata_space(root, 3);
 	if (drop_inode) {
 		inode_dec_link_count(inode);
 		iput(inode);
@@ -4164,17 +4283,21 @@
 	u64 index = 0;
 	unsigned long nr = 1;
 
-	err = btrfs_check_metadata_free_space(root);
+	/*
+	 * 2 items for inode and ref
+	 * 2 items for dir items
+	 * 1 for xattr if selinux is on
+	 */
+	err = btrfs_reserve_metadata_space(root, 5);
 	if (err)
-		goto out_unlock;
+		return err;
 
 	trans = btrfs_start_transaction(root, 1);
-	btrfs_set_trans_block_group(trans, dir);
-
-	if (IS_ERR(trans)) {
-		err = PTR_ERR(trans);
+	if (!trans) {
+		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out_unlock;
 	}
+	btrfs_set_trans_block_group(trans, dir);
 
 	err = btrfs_find_free_objectid(trans, root, dir->i_ino, &objectid);
 	if (err) {
@@ -4223,6 +4346,7 @@
 	btrfs_end_transaction_throttle(trans, root);
 
 out_unlock:
+	btrfs_unreserve_metadata_space(root, 5);
 	if (drop_on_err)
 		iput(inode);
 	btrfs_btree_balance_dirty(root, nr);
@@ -4747,6 +4871,13 @@
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	ret = btrfs_reserve_metadata_for_delalloc(root, inode, 1);
+	if (ret) {
+		btrfs_free_reserved_data_space(root, inode, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE);
+		ret = VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	ret = VM_FAULT_NOPAGE; /* make the VM retry the fault */
 again:
 	lock_page(page);
@@ -4778,7 +4909,12 @@
 		goto again;
 	}
 
-	btrfs_set_extent_delalloc(inode, page_start, page_end);
+	ret = btrfs_set_extent_delalloc(inode, page_start, page_end);
+	if (ret) {
+		unlock_extent(io_tree, page_start, page_end, GFP_NOFS);
+		ret = VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
+		goto out_unlock;
+	}
 	ret = 0;
 
 	/* page is wholly or partially inside EOF */
@@ -4801,6 +4937,7 @@
 	unlock_extent(io_tree, page_start, page_end, GFP_NOFS);
 
 out_unlock:
+	btrfs_unreserve_metadata_for_delalloc(root, inode, 1);
 	if (!ret)
 		return VM_FAULT_LOCKED;
 	unlock_page(page);
@@ -4917,6 +5054,8 @@
 		return NULL;
 	ei->last_trans = 0;
 	ei->logged_trans = 0;
+	ei->delalloc_extents = 0;
+	ei->delalloc_reserved_extents = 0;
 	btrfs_ordered_inode_tree_init(&ei->ordered_tree);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ei->i_orphan);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ei->ordered_operations);
@@ -5070,7 +5209,12 @@
 	    new_inode->i_size > BTRFS_EMPTY_DIR_SIZE)
 		return -ENOTEMPTY;
 
-	ret = btrfs_check_metadata_free_space(root);
+	/*
+	 * 2 items for dir items
+	 * 1 item for orphan entry
+	 * 1 item for ref
+	 */
+	ret = btrfs_reserve_metadata_space(root, 4);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
@@ -5185,6 +5329,8 @@
 
 	if (old_inode->i_ino == BTRFS_FIRST_FREE_OBJECTID)
 		up_read(&root->fs_info->subvol_sem);
+
+	btrfs_unreserve_metadata_space(root, 4);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -5256,11 +5402,18 @@
 	if (name_len > BTRFS_MAX_INLINE_DATA_SIZE(root))
 		return -ENAMETOOLONG;
 
-	err = btrfs_check_metadata_free_space(root);
+	/*
+	 * 2 items for inode item and ref
+	 * 2 items for dir items
+	 * 1 item for xattr if selinux is on
+	 */
+	err = btrfs_reserve_metadata_space(root, 5);
 	if (err)
-		goto out_fail;
+		return err;
 
 	trans = btrfs_start_transaction(root, 1);
+	if (!trans)
+		goto out_fail;
 	btrfs_set_trans_block_group(trans, dir);
 
 	err = btrfs_find_free_objectid(trans, root, dir->i_ino, &objectid);
@@ -5341,6 +5494,7 @@
 	nr = trans->blocks_used;
 	btrfs_end_transaction_throttle(trans, root);
 out_fail:
+	btrfs_unreserve_metadata_space(root, 5);
 	if (drop_inode) {
 		inode_dec_link_count(inode);
 		iput(inode);
@@ -5362,6 +5516,11 @@
 
 	while (num_bytes > 0) {
 		alloc_size = min(num_bytes, root->fs_info->max_extent);
+
+		ret = btrfs_reserve_metadata_space(root, 1);
+		if (ret)
+			goto out;
+
 		ret = btrfs_reserve_extent(trans, root, alloc_size,
 					   root->sectorsize, 0, alloc_hint,
 					   (u64)-1, &ins, 1);
@@ -5381,6 +5540,7 @@
 		num_bytes -= ins.offset;
 		cur_offset += ins.offset;
 		alloc_hint = ins.objectid + ins.offset;
+		btrfs_unreserve_metadata_space(root, 1);
 	}
 out:
 	if (cur_offset > start) {
@@ -5566,6 +5726,8 @@
 	.readpage_io_failed_hook = btrfs_io_failed_hook,
 	.set_bit_hook = btrfs_set_bit_hook,
 	.clear_bit_hook = btrfs_clear_bit_hook,
+	.merge_extent_hook = btrfs_merge_extent_hook,
+	.split_extent_hook = btrfs_split_extent_hook,
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
index a8577a7..4de7ef6 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
@@ -239,7 +239,13 @@
 	u64 index = 0;
 	unsigned long nr = 1;
 
-	ret = btrfs_check_metadata_free_space(root);
+	/*
+	 * 1 - inode item
+	 * 2 - refs
+	 * 1 - root item
+	 * 2 - dir items
+	 */
+	ret = btrfs_reserve_metadata_space(root, 6);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
@@ -340,6 +346,9 @@
 	err = btrfs_commit_transaction(trans, root);
 	if (err && !ret)
 		ret = err;
+
+	btrfs_unreserve_metadata_space(root, 6);
+	btrfs_btree_balance_dirty(root, nr);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -355,19 +364,27 @@
 	if (!root->ref_cows)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	ret = btrfs_check_metadata_free_space(root);
+	/*
+	 * 1 - inode item
+	 * 2 - refs
+	 * 1 - root item
+	 * 2 - dir items
+	 */
+	ret = btrfs_reserve_metadata_space(root, 6);
 	if (ret)
 		goto fail_unlock;
 
 	pending_snapshot = kzalloc(sizeof(*pending_snapshot), GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!pending_snapshot) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		btrfs_unreserve_metadata_space(root, 6);
 		goto fail_unlock;
 	}
 	pending_snapshot->name = kmalloc(namelen + 1, GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!pending_snapshot->name) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		kfree(pending_snapshot);
+		btrfs_unreserve_metadata_space(root, 6);
 		goto fail_unlock;
 	}
 	memcpy(pending_snapshot->name, name, namelen);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
index 88f866f..0b8f36d 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
@@ -186,6 +186,9 @@
 	h->alloc_exclude_start = 0;
 	h->delayed_ref_updates = 0;
 
+	if (!current->journal_info)
+		current->journal_info = h;
+
 	root->fs_info->running_transaction->use_count++;
 	record_root_in_trans(h, root);
 	mutex_unlock(&root->fs_info->trans_mutex);
@@ -317,6 +320,9 @@
 		wake_up(&cur_trans->writer_wait);
 	put_transaction(cur_trans);
 	mutex_unlock(&info->trans_mutex);
+
+	if (current->journal_info == trans)
+		current->journal_info = NULL;
 	memset(trans, 0, sizeof(*trans));
 	kmem_cache_free(btrfs_trans_handle_cachep, trans);
 
@@ -743,6 +749,7 @@
 	memcpy(&pending->root_key, &key, sizeof(key));
 fail:
 	kfree(new_root_item);
+	btrfs_unreserve_metadata_space(root, 6);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -1059,6 +1066,9 @@
 
 	mutex_unlock(&root->fs_info->trans_mutex);
 
+	if (current->journal_info == trans)
+		current->journal_info = NULL;
+
 	kmem_cache_free(btrfs_trans_handle_cachep, trans);
 	return ret;
 }