diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
index c4a6e148732ae549be7e25b8863912a2f924d254..4dc4654776657b68f35161ac642e9caa187d15e4 100644
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -592,3 +592,11 @@ Why:    In 3.0, we can now autodetect internal 3G device and already have
 	interface that was used by acer-wmi driver. It will replaced by
 	information log when acer-wmi initial.
 Who:    Lee, Chun-Yi <jlee@novell.com>
+
+----------------------------
+What:	The XFS nodelaylog mount option
+When:	3.3
+Why:	The delaylog mode that has been the default since 2.6.39 has proven
+	stable, and the old code is in the way of additional improvements in
+	the log code.
+Who:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
index b9c172b3fbbec1c6b8ac2874151f0bb1aa19240d..673704fab7489c8f657063dae73fb04ea4a50138 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
@@ -70,9 +70,8 @@ xfs_synchronize_times(
 }
 
 /*
- * If the linux inode is valid, mark it dirty.
- * Used when committing a dirty inode into a transaction so that
- * the inode will get written back by the linux code
+ * If the linux inode is valid, mark it dirty, else mark the dirty state
+ * in the XFS inode to make sure we pick it up when reclaiming the inode.
  */
 void
 xfs_mark_inode_dirty_sync(
@@ -82,6 +81,10 @@ xfs_mark_inode_dirty_sync(
 
 	if (!(inode->i_state & (I_WILL_FREE|I_FREEING)))
 		mark_inode_dirty_sync(inode);
+	else {
+		barrier();
+		ip->i_update_core = 1;
+	}
 }
 
 void
@@ -92,6 +95,11 @@ xfs_mark_inode_dirty(
 
 	if (!(inode->i_state & (I_WILL_FREE|I_FREEING)))
 		mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+	else {
+		barrier();
+		ip->i_update_core = 1;
+	}
+
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
index 9a72dda58bd0539fb14c33b42f79e52c5197945a..2366c54cc4fa08b991bf05ef9564ddf4ade54cfd 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
@@ -356,6 +356,8 @@ xfs_parseargs(
 			mp->m_flags |= XFS_MOUNT_DELAYLOG;
 		} else if (!strcmp(this_char, MNTOPT_NODELAYLOG)) {
 			mp->m_flags &= ~XFS_MOUNT_DELAYLOG;
+			xfs_warn(mp,
+	"nodelaylog is deprecated and will be removed in Linux 3.3");
 		} else if (!strcmp(this_char, MNTOPT_DISCARD)) {
 			mp->m_flags |= XFS_MOUNT_DISCARD;
 		} else if (!strcmp(this_char, MNTOPT_NODISCARD)) {
@@ -877,33 +879,17 @@ xfs_log_inode(
 	struct xfs_trans	*tp;
 	int			error;
 
-	xfs_iunlock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_SHARED);
 	tp = xfs_trans_alloc(mp, XFS_TRANS_FSYNC_TS);
 	error = xfs_trans_reserve(tp, 0, XFS_FSYNC_TS_LOG_RES(mp), 0, 0, 0);
-
 	if (error) {
 		xfs_trans_cancel(tp, 0);
-		/* we need to return with the lock hold shared */
-		xfs_ilock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_SHARED);
 		return error;
 	}
 
 	xfs_ilock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
-
-	/*
-	 * Note - it's possible that we might have pushed ourselves out of the
-	 * way during trans_reserve which would flush the inode.  But there's
-	 * no guarantee that the inode buffer has actually gone out yet (it's
-	 * delwri).  Plus the buffer could be pinned anyway if it's part of
-	 * an inode in another recent transaction.  So we play it safe and
-	 * fire off the transaction anyway.
-	 */
-	xfs_trans_ijoin(tp, ip);
+	xfs_trans_ijoin_ref(tp, ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
 	xfs_trans_log_inode(tp, ip, XFS_ILOG_CORE);
-	error = xfs_trans_commit(tp, 0);
-	xfs_ilock_demote(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
-
-	return error;
+	return xfs_trans_commit(tp, 0);
 }
 
 STATIC int
@@ -918,7 +904,9 @@ xfs_fs_write_inode(
 	trace_xfs_write_inode(ip);
 
 	if (XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(mp))
-		return XFS_ERROR(EIO);
+		return -XFS_ERROR(EIO);
+	if (!ip->i_update_core)
+		return 0;
 
 	if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL) {
 		/*
@@ -929,12 +917,10 @@ xfs_fs_write_inode(
 		 * of synchronous log foces dramatically.
 		 */
 		xfs_ioend_wait(ip);
-		xfs_ilock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_SHARED);
-		if (ip->i_update_core) {
-			error = xfs_log_inode(ip);
-			if (error)
-				goto out_unlock;
-		}
+		error = xfs_log_inode(ip);
+		if (error)
+			goto out;
+		return 0;
 	} else {
 		/*
 		 * We make this non-blocking if the inode is contended, return