diff --git a/fs/btrfs/btrfs_inode.h b/fs/btrfs/btrfs_inode.h
index 502b9e98867949736b03d5bbf55b14b7d67205e7..d9f99a16edd6d85a9eb5fbe892f195f0ca00eeb3 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/btrfs_inode.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/btrfs_inode.h
@@ -176,7 +176,11 @@ static inline u64 btrfs_ino(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	u64 ino = BTRFS_I(inode)->location.objectid;
 
-	if (ino <= BTRFS_FIRST_FREE_OBJECTID)
+	/*
+	 * !ino: btree_inode
+	 * type == BTRFS_ROOT_ITEM_KEY: subvol dir
+	 */
+	if (!ino || BTRFS_I(inode)->location.type == BTRFS_ROOT_ITEM_KEY)
 		ino = inode->i_ino;
 	return ino;
 }
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/file-item.c b/fs/btrfs/file-item.c
index b910694f61ed25bbf0f309ff673381afcf0994d8..a1cb7821becda9229d1e68712cd7a93a1e8d6fcc 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/file-item.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/file-item.c
@@ -183,8 +183,10 @@ static int __btrfs_lookup_bio_sums(struct btrfs_root *root,
 	 * read from the commit root and sidestep a nasty deadlock
 	 * between reading the free space cache and updating the csum tree.
 	 */
-	if (btrfs_is_free_space_inode(root, inode))
+	if (btrfs_is_free_space_inode(root, inode)) {
 		path->search_commit_root = 1;
+		path->skip_locking = 1;
+	}
 
 	disk_bytenr = (u64)bio->bi_sector << 9;
 	if (dio)
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/file.c b/fs/btrfs/file.c
index e7872e485f13156459a9f0a4b14296e177f371b3..3c3abff731a7efb3ca4bc696a077b4d384bbfccb 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/file.c
@@ -1075,12 +1075,6 @@ static noinline int prepare_pages(struct btrfs_root *root, struct file *file,
 	start_pos = pos & ~((u64)root->sectorsize - 1);
 	last_pos = ((u64)index + num_pages) << PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
 
-	if (start_pos > inode->i_size) {
-		err = btrfs_cont_expand(inode, i_size_read(inode), start_pos);
-		if (err)
-			return err;
-	}
-
 again:
 	for (i = 0; i < num_pages; i++) {
 		pages[i] = find_or_create_page(inode->i_mapping, index + i,
@@ -1338,6 +1332,7 @@ static ssize_t btrfs_file_aio_write(struct kiocb *iocb,
 	struct inode *inode = fdentry(file)->d_inode;
 	struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(inode)->root;
 	loff_t *ppos = &iocb->ki_pos;
+	u64 start_pos;
 	ssize_t num_written = 0;
 	ssize_t err = 0;
 	size_t count, ocount;
@@ -1386,6 +1381,15 @@ static ssize_t btrfs_file_aio_write(struct kiocb *iocb,
 	file_update_time(file);
 	BTRFS_I(inode)->sequence++;
 
+	start_pos = round_down(pos, root->sectorsize);
+	if (start_pos > i_size_read(inode)) {
+		err = btrfs_cont_expand(inode, i_size_read(inode), start_pos);
+		if (err) {
+			mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
+
 	if (unlikely(file->f_flags & O_DIRECT)) {
 		num_written = __btrfs_direct_write(iocb, iov, nr_segs,
 						   pos, ppos, count, ocount);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c b/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c
index 6a265b9f85f2cb282940f127bb39d9c56cb5082f..41ac927401d06bc14a2214e245d1cdfbb2d7b603 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c
@@ -190,9 +190,11 @@ int btrfs_truncate_free_space_cache(struct btrfs_root *root,
 				    struct btrfs_path *path,
 				    struct inode *inode)
 {
+	struct btrfs_block_rsv *rsv;
 	loff_t oldsize;
 	int ret = 0;
 
+	rsv = trans->block_rsv;
 	trans->block_rsv = root->orphan_block_rsv;
 	ret = btrfs_block_rsv_check(trans, root,
 				    root->orphan_block_rsv,
@@ -210,6 +212,8 @@ int btrfs_truncate_free_space_cache(struct btrfs_root *root,
 	 */
 	ret = btrfs_truncate_inode_items(trans, root, inode,
 					 0, BTRFS_EXTENT_DATA_KEY);
+
+	trans->block_rsv = rsv;
 	if (ret) {
 		WARN_ON(1);
 		return ret;
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 0ccc7438ad3477163a2fe6d642f2ba40cb9e1533..4d14de6d121b46c38671a52303a2b4c833343921 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -1786,7 +1786,7 @@ static int btrfs_finish_ordered_io(struct inode *inode, u64 start, u64 end)
 			  &ordered_extent->list);
 
 	ret = btrfs_ordered_update_i_size(inode, 0, ordered_extent);
-	if (!ret) {
+	if (!ret || !test_bit(BTRFS_ORDERED_PREALLOC, &ordered_extent->flags)) {
 		ret = btrfs_update_inode(trans, root, inode);
 		BUG_ON(ret);
 	}
@@ -3510,15 +3510,19 @@ int btrfs_cont_expand(struct inode *inode, loff_t oldsize, loff_t size)
 			err = btrfs_drop_extents(trans, inode, cur_offset,
 						 cur_offset + hole_size,
 						 &hint_byte, 1);
-			if (err)
+			if (err) {
+				btrfs_end_transaction(trans, root);
 				break;
+			}
 
 			err = btrfs_insert_file_extent(trans, root,
 					btrfs_ino(inode), cur_offset, 0,
 					0, hole_size, 0, hole_size,
 					0, 0, 0);
-			if (err)
+			if (err) {
+				btrfs_end_transaction(trans, root);
 				break;
+			}
 
 			btrfs_drop_extent_cache(inode, hole_start,
 					last_byte - 1, 0);
@@ -3952,7 +3956,6 @@ struct inode *btrfs_iget(struct super_block *s, struct btrfs_key *location,
 			 struct btrfs_root *root, int *new)
 {
 	struct inode *inode;
-	int bad_inode = 0;
 
 	inode = btrfs_iget_locked(s, location->objectid, root);
 	if (!inode)
@@ -3968,15 +3971,12 @@ struct inode *btrfs_iget(struct super_block *s, struct btrfs_key *location,
 			if (new)
 				*new = 1;
 		} else {
-			bad_inode = 1;
+			unlock_new_inode(inode);
+			iput(inode);
+			inode = ERR_PTR(-ESTALE);
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (bad_inode) {
-		iput(inode);
-		inode = ERR_PTR(-ESTALE);
-	}
-
 	return inode;
 }
 
@@ -5823,7 +5823,7 @@ static void btrfs_endio_direct_write(struct bio *bio, int err)
 
 	add_pending_csums(trans, inode, ordered->file_offset, &ordered->list);
 	ret = btrfs_ordered_update_i_size(inode, 0, ordered);
-	if (!ret)
+	if (!ret || !test_bit(BTRFS_ORDERED_PREALLOC, &ordered->flags))
 		btrfs_update_inode(trans, root, inode);
 	ret = 0;
 out_unlock:
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
index 970977aab224909cb08be4045455514631653e9d..3351b1b24574215609ad6c77f99cc27259c53332 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
@@ -2220,6 +2220,12 @@ static noinline long btrfs_ioctl_clone(struct file *file, unsigned long srcfd,
 	    !IS_ALIGNED(destoff, bs))
 		goto out_unlock;
 
+	if (destoff > inode->i_size) {
+		ret = btrfs_cont_expand(inode, inode->i_size, destoff);
+		if (ret)
+			goto out_unlock;
+	}
+
 	/* do any pending delalloc/csum calc on src, one way or
 	   another, and lock file content */
 	while (1) {
@@ -2325,14 +2331,21 @@ static noinline long btrfs_ioctl_clone(struct file *file, unsigned long srcfd,
 
 			if (type == BTRFS_FILE_EXTENT_REG ||
 			    type == BTRFS_FILE_EXTENT_PREALLOC) {
+				/*
+				 *    a  | --- range to clone ---|  b
+				 * | ------------- extent ------------- |
+				 */
+
+				/* substract range b */
+				if (key.offset + datal > off + len)
+					datal = off + len - key.offset;
+
+				/* substract range a */
 				if (off > key.offset) {
 					datao += off - key.offset;
 					datal -= off - key.offset;
 				}
 
-				if (key.offset + datal > off + len)
-					datal = off + len - key.offset;
-
 				ret = btrfs_drop_extents(trans, inode,
 							 new_key.offset,
 							 new_key.offset + datal,
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
index 7dc36fab4afc5b9df1c4655e455c8df8bd3ee39b..e24b7964a15502b2ff0f6325f4a2b98c226b6688 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
@@ -884,6 +884,7 @@ static noinline int create_pending_snapshot(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	struct btrfs_root *tree_root = fs_info->tree_root;
 	struct btrfs_root *root = pending->root;
 	struct btrfs_root *parent_root;
+	struct btrfs_block_rsv *rsv;
 	struct inode *parent_inode;
 	struct dentry *parent;
 	struct dentry *dentry;
@@ -895,6 +896,8 @@ static noinline int create_pending_snapshot(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	u64 objectid;
 	u64 root_flags;
 
+	rsv = trans->block_rsv;
+
 	new_root_item = kmalloc(sizeof(*new_root_item), GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!new_root_item) {
 		pending->error = -ENOMEM;
@@ -1002,6 +1005,7 @@ static noinline int create_pending_snapshot(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	btrfs_orphan_post_snapshot(trans, pending);
 fail:
 	kfree(new_root_item);
+	trans->block_rsv = rsv;
 	btrfs_block_rsv_release(root, &pending->block_rsv, (u64)-1);
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/xattr.c b/fs/btrfs/xattr.c
index d733b9cfea343207e71bdb6d8d8b51323717c800..69565e5fc6a0f1031394f75e1fe73677ea168a83 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/xattr.c
@@ -116,6 +116,12 @@ static int do_setxattr(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		if (ret)
 			goto out;
 		btrfs_release_path(path);
+
+		/*
+		 * remove the attribute
+		 */
+		if (!value)
+			goto out;
 	}
 
 again:
@@ -158,6 +164,9 @@ static int do_setxattr(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	return ret;
 }
 
+/*
+ * @value: "" makes the attribute to empty, NULL removes it
+ */
 int __btrfs_setxattr(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		     struct inode *inode, const char *name,
 		     const void *value, size_t size, int flags)