diff --git a/fs/attr.c b/fs/attr.c
index caf2aa5..f177ac8 100644
--- a/fs/attr.c
+++ b/fs/attr.c
@@ -233,16 +233,13 @@
 		return error;
 
 	if (ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE)
-		down_write(&dentry->d_inode->i_alloc_sem);
+		inode_dio_wait(inode);
 
 	if (inode->i_op->setattr)
 		error = inode->i_op->setattr(dentry, attr);
 	else
 		error = simple_setattr(dentry, attr);
 
-	if (ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE)
-		up_write(&dentry->d_inode->i_alloc_sem);
-
 	if (!error)
 		fsnotify_change(dentry, ia_valid);
 
diff --git a/fs/direct-io.c b/fs/direct-io.c
index 98ce3ac..354cbdb 100644
--- a/fs/direct-io.c
+++ b/fs/direct-io.c
@@ -135,6 +135,50 @@
 	struct page *pages[DIO_PAGES];	/* page buffer */
 };
 
+static void __inode_dio_wait(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	wait_queue_head_t *wq = bit_waitqueue(&inode->i_state, __I_DIO_WAKEUP);
+	DEFINE_WAIT_BIT(q, &inode->i_state, __I_DIO_WAKEUP);
+
+	do {
+		prepare_to_wait(wq, &q.wait, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
+		if (atomic_read(&inode->i_dio_count))
+			schedule();
+	} while (atomic_read(&inode->i_dio_count));
+	finish_wait(wq, &q.wait);
+}
+
+/**
+ * inode_dio_wait - wait for outstanding DIO requests to finish
+ * @inode: inode to wait for
+ *
+ * Waits for all pending direct I/O requests to finish so that we can
+ * proceed with a truncate or equivalent operation.
+ *
+ * Must be called under a lock that serializes taking new references
+ * to i_dio_count, usually by inode->i_mutex.
+ */
+void inode_dio_wait(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	if (atomic_read(&inode->i_dio_count))
+		__inode_dio_wait(inode);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(inode_dio_wait);
+
+/*
+ * inode_dio_done - signal finish of a direct I/O requests
+ * @inode: inode the direct I/O happens on
+ *
+ * This is called once we've finished processing a direct I/O request,
+ * and is used to wake up callers waiting for direct I/O to be quiesced.
+ */
+void inode_dio_done(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&inode->i_dio_count))
+		wake_up_bit(&inode->i_state, __I_DIO_WAKEUP);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(inode_dio_done);
+
 /*
  * How many pages are in the queue?
  */
@@ -254,9 +298,7 @@
 	}
 
 	if (dio->flags & DIO_LOCKING)
-		/* lockdep: non-owner release */
-		up_read_non_owner(&dio->inode->i_alloc_sem);
-
+		inode_dio_done(dio->inode);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -980,9 +1022,6 @@
 	return ret;
 }
 
-/*
- * Releases both i_mutex and i_alloc_sem
- */
 static ssize_t
 direct_io_worker(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb, struct inode *inode, 
 	const struct iovec *iov, loff_t offset, unsigned long nr_segs, 
@@ -1146,15 +1185,14 @@
  *    For writes this function is called under i_mutex and returns with
  *    i_mutex held, for reads, i_mutex is not held on entry, but it is
  *    taken and dropped again before returning.
- *    For reads and writes i_alloc_sem is taken in shared mode and released
- *    on I/O completion (which may happen asynchronously after returning to
- *    the caller).
+ *    The i_dio_count counter keeps track of the number of outstanding
+ *    direct I/O requests, and truncate waits for it to reach zero.
+ *    New references to i_dio_count must only be grabbed with i_mutex
+ *    held.
  *
  *  - if the flags value does NOT contain DIO_LOCKING we don't use any
  *    internal locking but rather rely on the filesystem to synchronize
  *    direct I/O reads/writes versus each other and truncate.
- *    For reads and writes both i_mutex and i_alloc_sem are not held on
- *    entry and are never taken.
  */
 ssize_t
 __blockdev_direct_IO(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb, struct inode *inode,
@@ -1234,10 +1272,9 @@
 		}
 
 		/*
-		 * Will be released at I/O completion, possibly in a
-		 * different thread.
+		 * Will be decremented at I/O completion time.
 		 */
-		down_read_non_owner(&inode->i_alloc_sem);
+		atomic_inc(&inode->i_dio_count);
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index cf81baf..96c77b8 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -168,8 +168,7 @@
 	mutex_init(&inode->i_mutex);
 	lockdep_set_class(&inode->i_mutex, &sb->s_type->i_mutex_key);
 
-	init_rwsem(&inode->i_alloc_sem);
-	lockdep_set_class(&inode->i_alloc_sem, &sb->s_type->i_alloc_sem_key);
+	atomic_set(&inode->i_dio_count, 0);
 
 	mapping->a_ops = &empty_aops;
 	mapping->host = inode;
diff --git a/fs/ntfs/file.c b/fs/ntfs/file.c
index f4b1057..b59f5ac 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/file.c
@@ -1832,9 +1832,8 @@
 	 * fails again.
 	 */
 	if (unlikely(NInoTruncateFailed(ni))) {
-		down_write(&vi->i_alloc_sem);
+		inode_dio_wait(vi);
 		err = ntfs_truncate(vi);
-		up_write(&vi->i_alloc_sem);
 		if (err || NInoTruncateFailed(ni)) {
 			if (!err)
 				err = -EIO;
diff --git a/fs/ntfs/inode.c b/fs/ntfs/inode.c
index c05d6dc..1371487 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/inode.c
@@ -2357,12 +2357,7 @@
  *
  * Returns 0 on success or -errno on error.
  *
- * Called with ->i_mutex held.  In all but one case ->i_alloc_sem is held for
- * writing.  The only case in the kernel where ->i_alloc_sem is not held is
- * mm/filemap.c::generic_file_buffered_write() where vmtruncate() is called
- * with the current i_size as the offset.  The analogous place in NTFS is in
- * fs/ntfs/file.c::ntfs_file_buffered_write() where we call vmtruncate() again
- * without holding ->i_alloc_sem.
+ * Called with ->i_mutex held.
  */
 int ntfs_truncate(struct inode *vi)
 {
@@ -2887,8 +2882,7 @@
  * We also abort all changes of user, group, and mode as we do not implement
  * the NTFS ACLs yet.
  *
- * Called with ->i_mutex held.  For the ATTR_SIZE (i.e. ->truncate) case, also
- * called with ->i_alloc_sem held for writing.
+ * Called with ->i_mutex held.
  */
 int ntfs_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr)
 {
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/aops.c b/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
index ac97bca..de1d395 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
@@ -551,9 +551,8 @@
 
 /*
  * ocfs2_dio_end_io is called by the dio core when a dio is finished.  We're
- * particularly interested in the aio/dio case.  Like the core uses
- * i_alloc_sem, we use the rw_lock DLM lock to protect io on one node from
- * truncation on another.
+ * particularly interested in the aio/dio case.  We use the rw_lock DLM lock
+ * to protect io on one node from truncation on another.
  */
 static void ocfs2_dio_end_io(struct kiocb *iocb,
 			     loff_t offset,
@@ -569,7 +568,7 @@
 	BUG_ON(!ocfs2_iocb_is_rw_locked(iocb));
 
 	if (ocfs2_iocb_is_sem_locked(iocb)) {
-		up_read(&inode->i_alloc_sem);
+		inode_dio_done(inode);
 		ocfs2_iocb_clear_sem_locked(iocb);
 	}
 
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/file.c b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
index 1406c37..2c3a465 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
@@ -2236,9 +2236,9 @@
 	ocfs2_iocb_clear_sem_locked(iocb);
 
 relock:
-	/* to match setattr's i_mutex -> i_alloc_sem -> rw_lock ordering */
+	/* to match setattr's i_mutex -> rw_lock ordering */
 	if (direct_io) {
-		down_read(&inode->i_alloc_sem);
+		atomic_inc(&inode->i_dio_count);
 		have_alloc_sem = 1;
 		/* communicate with ocfs2_dio_end_io */
 		ocfs2_iocb_set_sem_locked(iocb);
@@ -2290,7 +2290,7 @@
 	 */
 	if (direct_io && !can_do_direct) {
 		ocfs2_rw_unlock(inode, rw_level);
-		up_read(&inode->i_alloc_sem);
+		inode_dio_done(inode);
 
 		have_alloc_sem = 0;
 		rw_level = -1;
@@ -2361,8 +2361,7 @@
 	/*
 	 * deep in g_f_a_w_n()->ocfs2_direct_IO we pass in a ocfs2_dio_end_io
 	 * function pointer which is called when o_direct io completes so that
-	 * it can unlock our rw lock.  (it's the clustered equivalent of
-	 * i_alloc_sem; protects truncate from racing with pending ios).
+	 * it can unlock our rw lock.
 	 * Unfortunately there are error cases which call end_io and others
 	 * that don't.  so we don't have to unlock the rw_lock if either an
 	 * async dio is going to do it in the future or an end_io after an
@@ -2379,7 +2378,7 @@
 
 out_sems:
 	if (have_alloc_sem) {
-		up_read(&inode->i_alloc_sem);
+		inode_dio_done(inode);
 		ocfs2_iocb_clear_sem_locked(iocb);
 	}
 
@@ -2531,8 +2530,8 @@
 	 * need locks to protect pending reads from racing with truncate.
 	 */
 	if (filp->f_flags & O_DIRECT) {
-		down_read(&inode->i_alloc_sem);
 		have_alloc_sem = 1;
+		atomic_inc(&inode->i_dio_count);
 		ocfs2_iocb_set_sem_locked(iocb);
 
 		ret = ocfs2_rw_lock(inode, 0);
@@ -2575,7 +2574,7 @@
 
 bail:
 	if (have_alloc_sem) {
-		up_read(&inode->i_alloc_sem);
+		inode_dio_done(inode);
 		ocfs2_iocb_clear_sem_locked(iocb);
 	}
 	if (rw_level != -1)
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c b/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
index 4ea2ab4..6938d8c 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
@@ -555,11 +555,10 @@
 
 		reiserfs_write_unlock(inode->i_sb);
 		mutex_lock_nested(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_XATTR);
-		down_write(&dentry->d_inode->i_alloc_sem);
+		inode_dio_wait(dentry->d_inode);
 		reiserfs_write_lock(inode->i_sb);
 
 		err = reiserfs_setattr(dentry, &newattrs);
-		up_write(&dentry->d_inode->i_alloc_sem);
 		mutex_unlock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
 	} else
 		update_ctime(inode);