diff --git a/fs/btrfs/Makefile b/fs/btrfs/Makefile
index 31610ea..a8411c2 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/Makefile
+++ b/fs/btrfs/Makefile
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ btrfs-y += super.o ctree.o extent-tree.o print-tree.o root-tree.o dir-item.o \
 	   extent_map.o sysfs.o struct-funcs.o xattr.o ordered-data.o \
 	   extent_io.o volumes.o async-thread.o ioctl.o locking.o orphan.o \
 	   export.o tree-log.o acl.o free-space-cache.o zlib.o lzo.o \
-	   compression.o delayed-ref.o relocation.o
+	   compression.o delayed-ref.o relocation.o delayed-inode.o
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/btrfs_inode.h b/fs/btrfs/btrfs_inode.h
index ccc991c..ef3baa8 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/btrfs_inode.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/btrfs_inode.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include "extent_map.h"
 #include "extent_io.h"
 #include "ordered-data.h"
+#include "delayed-inode.h"
 
 /* in memory btrfs inode */
 struct btrfs_inode {
@@ -159,9 +160,13 @@ struct btrfs_inode {
 	 */
 	unsigned force_compress:4;
 
+	struct btrfs_delayed_node *delayed_node;
+
 	struct inode vfs_inode;
 };
 
+extern unsigned char btrfs_filetype_table[];
+
 static inline struct btrfs_inode *BTRFS_I(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	return container_of(inode, struct btrfs_inode, vfs_inode);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.c b/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
index b5baff0..6e3e4c3 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
@@ -38,11 +38,6 @@ static int balance_node_right(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 			      struct extent_buffer *src_buf);
 static int del_ptr(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans, struct btrfs_root *root,
 		   struct btrfs_path *path, int level, int slot);
-static int setup_items_for_insert(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
-			struct btrfs_root *root, struct btrfs_path *path,
-			struct btrfs_key *cpu_key, u32 *data_size,
-			u32 total_data, u32 total_size, int nr);
-
 
 struct btrfs_path *btrfs_alloc_path(void)
 {
@@ -3688,11 +3683,10 @@ out:
  * to save stack depth by doing the bulk of the work in a function
  * that doesn't call btrfs_search_slot
  */
-static noinline_for_stack int
-setup_items_for_insert(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
-		      struct btrfs_root *root, struct btrfs_path *path,
-		      struct btrfs_key *cpu_key, u32 *data_size,
-		      u32 total_data, u32 total_size, int nr)
+int setup_items_for_insert(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
+			   struct btrfs_root *root, struct btrfs_path *path,
+			   struct btrfs_key *cpu_key, u32 *data_size,
+			   u32 total_data, u32 total_size, int nr)
 {
 	struct btrfs_item *item;
 	int i;
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
index 28188a7..bafca2e 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
@@ -859,6 +859,7 @@ struct btrfs_block_group_cache {
 struct reloc_control;
 struct btrfs_device;
 struct btrfs_fs_devices;
+struct btrfs_delayed_root;
 struct btrfs_fs_info {
 	u8 fsid[BTRFS_FSID_SIZE];
 	u8 chunk_tree_uuid[BTRFS_UUID_SIZE];
@@ -885,7 +886,10 @@ struct btrfs_fs_info {
 	/* logical->physical extent mapping */
 	struct btrfs_mapping_tree mapping_tree;
 
-	/* block reservation for extent, checksum and root tree */
+	/*
+	 * block reservation for extent, checksum, root tree and
+	 * delayed dir index item
+	 */
 	struct btrfs_block_rsv global_block_rsv;
 	/* block reservation for delay allocation */
 	struct btrfs_block_rsv delalloc_block_rsv;
@@ -1012,6 +1016,7 @@ struct btrfs_fs_info {
 	 * for the sys_munmap function call path
 	 */
 	struct btrfs_workers fixup_workers;
+	struct btrfs_workers delayed_workers;
 	struct task_struct *transaction_kthread;
 	struct task_struct *cleaner_kthread;
 	int thread_pool_size;
@@ -1069,6 +1074,8 @@ struct btrfs_fs_info {
 
 	/* filesystem state */
 	u64 fs_state;
+
+	struct btrfs_delayed_root *delayed_root;
 };
 
 /*
@@ -2086,6 +2093,13 @@ static inline bool btrfs_mixed_space_info(struct btrfs_space_info *space_info)
 }
 
 /* extent-tree.c */
+static inline u64 btrfs_calc_trans_metadata_size(struct btrfs_root *root,
+						 int num_items)
+{
+	return (root->leafsize + root->nodesize * (BTRFS_MAX_LEVEL - 1)) *
+		3 * num_items;
+}
+
 void btrfs_put_block_group(struct btrfs_block_group_cache *cache);
 int btrfs_run_delayed_refs(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 			   struct btrfs_root *root, unsigned long count);
@@ -2277,6 +2291,8 @@ void btrfs_release_path(struct btrfs_root *root, struct btrfs_path *p);
 struct btrfs_path *btrfs_alloc_path(void);
 void btrfs_free_path(struct btrfs_path *p);
 void btrfs_set_path_blocking(struct btrfs_path *p);
+void btrfs_clear_path_blocking(struct btrfs_path *p,
+			       struct extent_buffer *held);
 void btrfs_unlock_up_safe(struct btrfs_path *p, int level);
 
 int btrfs_del_items(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans, struct btrfs_root *root,
@@ -2288,6 +2304,10 @@ static inline int btrfs_del_item(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	return btrfs_del_items(trans, root, path, path->slots[0], 1);
 }
 
+int setup_items_for_insert(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
+			   struct btrfs_root *root, struct btrfs_path *path,
+			   struct btrfs_key *cpu_key, u32 *data_size,
+			   u32 total_data, u32 total_size, int nr);
 int btrfs_insert_item(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans, struct btrfs_root
 		      *root, struct btrfs_key *key, void *data, u32 data_size);
 int btrfs_insert_some_items(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
@@ -2349,7 +2369,7 @@ int btrfs_set_root_node(struct btrfs_root_item *item,
 /* dir-item.c */
 int btrfs_insert_dir_item(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 			  struct btrfs_root *root, const char *name,
-			  int name_len, u64 dir,
+			  int name_len, struct inode *dir,
 			  struct btrfs_key *location, u8 type, u64 index);
 struct btrfs_dir_item *btrfs_lookup_dir_item(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 					     struct btrfs_root *root,
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c b/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..727d9a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c
@@ -0,0 +1,1629 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2011 Fujitsu.  All rights reserved.
+ * Written by Miao Xie <miaox@cn.fujitsu.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
+ * License v2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
+ * License along with this program; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 021110-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include "delayed-inode.h"
+#include "disk-io.h"
+#include "transaction.h"
+
+#define BTRFS_DELAYED_WRITEBACK		400
+#define BTRFS_DELAYED_BACKGROUND	100
+
+static struct kmem_cache *delayed_node_cache;
+
+int __init btrfs_delayed_inode_init(void)
+{
+	delayed_node_cache = kmem_cache_create("delayed_node",
+					sizeof(struct btrfs_delayed_node),
+					0,
+					SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT | SLAB_MEM_SPREAD,
+					NULL);
+	if (!delayed_node_cache)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void btrfs_delayed_inode_exit(void)
+{
+	if (delayed_node_cache)
+		kmem_cache_destroy(delayed_node_cache);
+}
+
+static inline void btrfs_init_delayed_node(
+				struct btrfs_delayed_node *delayed_node,
+				u64 root_id, u64 inode_id)
+{
+	delayed_node->root_id = root_id;
+	delayed_node->inode_id = inode_id;
+	atomic_set(&delayed_node->refs, 0);
+	delayed_node->count = 0;
+	delayed_node->in_list = 0;
+	delayed_node->inode_dirty = 0;
+	delayed_node->ins_root = RB_ROOT;
+	delayed_node->del_root = RB_ROOT;
+	mutex_init(&delayed_node->mutex);
+	delayed_node->index_cnt = 0;
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&delayed_node->n_list);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&delayed_node->p_list);
+	delayed_node->bytes_reserved = 0;
+	delayed_node->block_rsv = NULL;
+}
+
+static inline int btrfs_is_continuous_delayed_item(
+					struct btrfs_delayed_item *item1,
+					struct btrfs_delayed_item *item2)
+{
+	if (item1->key.type == BTRFS_DIR_INDEX_KEY &&
+	    item1->key.objectid == item2->key.objectid &&
+	    item1->key.type == item2->key.type &&
+	    item1->key.offset + 1 == item2->key.offset)
+		return 1;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static inline struct btrfs_delayed_root *btrfs_get_delayed_root(
+							struct btrfs_root *root)
+{
+	return root->fs_info->delayed_root;
+}
+
+static struct btrfs_delayed_node *btrfs_get_or_create_delayed_node(
+							struct inode *inode)
+{
+	struct btrfs_delayed_node *node;
+	struct btrfs_inode *btrfs_inode = BTRFS_I(inode);
+	struct btrfs_root *root = btrfs_inode->root;
+
+	if (btrfs_inode->delayed_node) {
+		node = btrfs_inode->delayed_node;
+		atomic_inc(&node->refs);	/* can be accessed */
+		return node;
+	}
+
+	node = kmem_cache_alloc(delayed_node_cache, GFP_NOFS);
+	if (!node)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+	btrfs_init_delayed_node(node, root->objectid, inode->i_ino);
+
+	btrfs_inode->delayed_node = node;
+	node->delayed_root = btrfs_get_delayed_root(root);
+	atomic_inc(&node->refs);	/* cached in the btrfs inode */
+	atomic_inc(&node->refs);	/* can be accessed */
+
+	return node;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Call it when holding delayed_node->mutex
+ *
+ * If mod = 1, add this node into the prepared list.
+ */
+static void btrfs_queue_delayed_node(struct btrfs_delayed_root *root,
+				     struct btrfs_delayed_node *node,
+				     int mod)
+{
+	spin_lock(&root->lock);
+	if (node->in_list) {
+		if (!list_empty(&node->p_list))
+			list_move_tail(&node->p_list, &root->prepare_list);
+		else if (mod)
+			list_add_tail(&node->p_list, &root->prepare_list);
+	} else {
+		list_add_tail(&node->n_list, &root->node_list);
+		list_add_tail(&node->p_list, &root->prepare_list);
+		atomic_inc(&node->refs);	/* inserted into list */
+		root->nodes++;
+		node->in_list = 1;
+	}
+	spin_unlock(&root->lock);
+}
+
+/* Call it when holding delayed_node->mutex */
+static void btrfs_dequeue_delayed_node(struct btrfs_delayed_root *root,
+				       struct btrfs_delayed_node *node)
+{
+	spin_lock(&root->lock);
+	if (node->in_list) {
+		root->nodes--;
+		atomic_dec(&node->refs);	/* not in the list */
+		list_del_init(&node->n_list);
+		if (!list_empty(&node->p_list))
+			list_del_init(&node->p_list);
+		node->in_list = 0;
+	}
+	spin_unlock(&root->lock);
+}
+
+struct btrfs_delayed_node *btrfs_first_delayed_node(
+			struct btrfs_delayed_root *delayed_root)
+{
+	struct list_head *p;
+	struct btrfs_delayed_node *node = NULL;
+
+	spin_lock(&delayed_root->lock);
+	if (list_empty(&delayed_root->node_list))
+		goto out;
+
+	p = delayed_root->node_list.next;
+	node = list_entry(p, struct btrfs_delayed_node, n_list);
+	atomic_inc(&node->refs);
+out:
+	spin_unlock(&delayed_root->lock);
+
+	return node;
+}
+
+struct btrfs_delayed_node *btrfs_next_delayed_node(
+						struct btrfs_delayed_node *node)
+{
+	struct btrfs_delayed_root *delayed_root = node->delayed_root;
+	struct list_head *p;
+	struct btrfs_delayed_node *next = NULL;
+
+	spin_lock(&delayed_root->lock);
+	if (!node->in_list) {	/* not in the list */
+		if (list_empty(&delayed_root->node_list))
+			goto out;
+		p = delayed_root->node_list.next;
+	} else if (list_is_last(&node->n_list, &delayed_root->node_list))
+		goto out;
+	else
+		p = node->n_list.next;
+
+	next = list_entry(p, struct btrfs_delayed_node, n_list);
+	atomic_inc(&next->refs);
+out:
+	spin_unlock(&delayed_root->lock);
+
+	return next;
+}
+
+static void __btrfs_release_delayed_node(
+				struct btrfs_delayed_node *delayed_node,
+				int mod)
+{
+	struct btrfs_delayed_root *delayed_root;
+
+	if (!delayed_node)
+		return;
+
+	delayed_root = delayed_node->delayed_root;
+
+	mutex_lock(&delayed_node->mutex);
+	if (delayed_node->count)
+		btrfs_queue_delayed_node(delayed_root, delayed_node, mod);
+	else
+		btrfs_dequeue_delayed_node(delayed_root, delayed_node);
+	mutex_unlock(&delayed_node->mutex);
+
+	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&delayed_node->refs))
+		kmem_cache_free(delayed_node_cache, delayed_node);
+}
+
+static inline void btrfs_release_delayed_node(struct btrfs_delayed_node *node)
+{
+	__btrfs_release_delayed_node(node, 0);
+}
+
+struct btrfs_delayed_node *btrfs_first_prepared_delayed_node(
+					struct btrfs_delayed_root *delayed_root)
+{
+	struct list_head *p;
+	struct btrfs_delayed_node *node = NULL;
+
+	spin_lock(&delayed_root->lock);
+	if (list_empty(&delayed_root->prepare_list))
+		goto out;
+
+	p = delayed_root->prepare_list.next;
+	list_del_init(p);
+	node = list_entry(p, struct btrfs_delayed_node, p_list);
+	atomic_inc(&node->refs);
+out:
+	spin_unlock(&delayed_root->lock);
+
+	return node;
+}
+
+static inline void btrfs_release_prepared_delayed_node(
+					struct btrfs_delayed_node *node)
+{
+	__btrfs_release_delayed_node(node, 1);
+}
+
+struct btrfs_delayed_item *btrfs_alloc_delayed_item(u32 data_len)
+{
+	struct btrfs_delayed_item *item;
+	item = kmalloc(sizeof(*item) + data_len, GFP_NOFS);
+	if (item) {
+		item->data_len = data_len;
+		item->ins_or_del = 0;
+		item->bytes_reserved = 0;
+		item->block_rsv = NULL;
+		item->delayed_node = NULL;
+	}
+	return item;
+}
+
+/*
+ * __btrfs_lookup_delayed_item - look up the delayed item by key
+ * @delayed_node: pointer to the delayed node
+ * @key:	  the key to look up
+ * @prev:	  used to store the prev item if the right item isn't found
+ * @next:	  used to store the next item if the right item isn't found
+ *
+ * Note: if we don't find the right item, we will return the prev item and
+ * the next item.
+ */
+static struct btrfs_delayed_item *__btrfs_lookup_delayed_item(
+				struct rb_root *root,
+				struct btrfs_key *key,
+				struct btrfs_delayed_item **prev,
+				struct btrfs_delayed_item **next)
+{
+	struct rb_node *node, *prev_node = NULL;
+	struct btrfs_delayed_item *delayed_item = NULL;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	node = root->rb_node;
+
+	while (node) {
+		delayed_item = rb_entry(node, struct btrfs_delayed_item,
+					rb_node);
+		prev_node = node;
+		ret = btrfs_comp_cpu_keys(&delayed_item->key, key);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			node = node->rb_right;
+		else if (ret > 0)
+			node = node->rb_left;
+		else
+			return delayed_item;
+	}
+
+	if (prev) {
+		if (!prev_node)
+			*prev = NULL;
+		else if (ret < 0)
+			*prev = delayed_item;
+		else if ((node = rb_prev(prev_node)) != NULL) {
+			*prev = rb_entry(node, struct btrfs_delayed_item,
+					 rb_node);
+		} else
+			*prev = NULL;
+	}
+
+	if (next) {
+		if (!prev_node)
+			*next = NULL;
+		else if (ret > 0)
+			*next = delayed_item;
+		else if ((node = rb_next(prev_node)) != NULL) {
+			*next = rb_entry(node, struct btrfs_delayed_item,
+					 rb_node);
+		} else
+			*next = NULL;
+	}
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+struct btrfs_delayed_item *__btrfs_lookup_delayed_insertion_item(
+					struct btrfs_delayed_node *delayed_node,
+					struct btrfs_key *key)
+{
+	struct btrfs_delayed_item *item;
+
+	item = __btrfs_lookup_delayed_item(&delayed_node->ins_root, key,
+					   NULL, NULL);
+	return item;
+}
+
+struct btrfs_delayed_item *__btrfs_lookup_delayed_deletion_item(
+					struct btrfs_delayed_node *delayed_node,
+					struct btrfs_key *key)
+{
+	struct btrfs_delayed_item *item;
+
+	item = __btrfs_lookup_delayed_item(&delayed_node->del_root, key,
+					   NULL, NULL);
+	return item;
+}
+
+struct btrfs_delayed_item *__btrfs_search_delayed_insertion_item(
+					struct btrfs_delayed_node *delayed_node,
+					struct btrfs_key *key)
+{
+	struct btrfs_delayed_item *item, *next;
+
+	item = __btrfs_lookup_delayed_item(&delayed_node->ins_root, key,
+					   NULL, &next);
+	if (!item)
+		item = next;
+
+	return item;
+}
+
+struct btrfs_delayed_item *__btrfs_search_delayed_deletion_item(
+					struct btrfs_delayed_node *delayed_node,
+					struct btrfs_key *key)
+{
+	struct btrfs_delayed_item *item, *next;
+
+	item = __btrfs_lookup_delayed_item(&delayed_node->del_root, key,
+					   NULL, &next);
+	if (!item)
+		item = next;
+
+	return item;
+}
+
+static int __btrfs_add_delayed_item(struct btrfs_delayed_node *delayed_node,
+				    struct btrfs_delayed_item *ins,
+				    int action)
+{
+	struct rb_node **p, *node;
+	struct rb_node *parent_node = NULL;
+	struct rb_root *root;
+	struct btrfs_delayed_item *item;
+	int cmp;
+
+	if (action == BTRFS_DELAYED_INSERTION_ITEM)
+		root = &delayed_node->ins_root;
+	else if (action == BTRFS_DELAYED_DELETION_ITEM)
+		root = &delayed_node->del_root;
+	else
+		BUG();
+	p = &root->rb_node;
+	node = &ins->rb_node;
+
+	while (*p) {
+		parent_node = *p;
+		item = rb_entry(parent_node, struct btrfs_delayed_item,
+				 rb_node);
+
+		cmp = btrfs_comp_cpu_keys(&item->key, &ins->key);
+		if (cmp < 0)
+			p = &(*p)->rb_right;
+		else if (cmp > 0)
+			p = &(*p)->rb_left;
+		else
+			return -EEXIST;
+	}
+
+	rb_link_node(node, parent_node, p);
+	rb_insert_color(node, root);
+	ins->delayed_node = delayed_node;
+	ins->ins_or_del = action;
+
+	if (ins->key.type == BTRFS_DIR_INDEX_KEY &&
+	    action == BTRFS_DELAYED_INSERTION_ITEM &&
+	    ins->key.offset >= delayed_node->index_cnt)
+			delayed_node->index_cnt = ins->key.offset + 1;
+
+	delayed_node->count++;
+	atomic_inc(&delayed_node->delayed_root->items);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int __btrfs_add_delayed_insertion_item(struct btrfs_delayed_node *node,
+					      struct btrfs_delayed_item *item)
+{
+	return __btrfs_add_delayed_item(node, item,
+					BTRFS_DELAYED_INSERTION_ITEM);
+}
+
+static int __btrfs_add_delayed_deletion_item(struct btrfs_delayed_node *node,
+					     struct btrfs_delayed_item *item)
+{
+	return __btrfs_add_delayed_item(node, item,
+					BTRFS_DELAYED_DELETION_ITEM);
+}
+
+static void __btrfs_remove_delayed_item(struct btrfs_delayed_item *delayed_item)
+{
+	struct rb_root *root;
+	struct btrfs_delayed_root *delayed_root;
+
+	delayed_root = delayed_item->delayed_node->delayed_root;
+
+	BUG_ON(!delayed_root);
+	BUG_ON(delayed_item->ins_or_del != BTRFS_DELAYED_DELETION_ITEM &&
+	       delayed_item->ins_or_del != BTRFS_DELAYED_INSERTION_ITEM);
+
+	if (delayed_item->ins_or_del == BTRFS_DELAYED_INSERTION_ITEM)
+		root = &delayed_item->delayed_node->ins_root;
+	else
+		root = &delayed_item->delayed_node->del_root;
+
+	rb_erase(&delayed_item->rb_node, root);
+	delayed_item->delayed_node->count--;
+	atomic_dec(&delayed_root->items);
+	if (atomic_read(&delayed_root->items) < BTRFS_DELAYED_BACKGROUND &&
+	    waitqueue_active(&delayed_root->wait))
+		wake_up(&delayed_root->wait);
+}
+
+static void btrfs_release_delayed_item(struct btrfs_delayed_item *item)
+{
+	if (item) {
+		__btrfs_remove_delayed_item(item);
+		kfree(item);
+	}
+}
+
+struct btrfs_delayed_item *__btrfs_first_delayed_insertion_item(
+					struct btrfs_delayed_node *delayed_node)
+{
+	struct rb_node *p;
+	struct btrfs_delayed_item *item = NULL;
+
+	p = rb_first(&delayed_node->ins_root);
+	if (p)
+		item = rb_entry(p, struct btrfs_delayed_item, rb_node);
+
+	return item;
+}
+
+struct btrfs_delayed_item *__btrfs_first_delayed_deletion_item(
+					struct btrfs_delayed_node *delayed_node)
+{
+	struct rb_node *p;
+	struct btrfs_delayed_item *item = NULL;
+
+	p = rb_first(&delayed_node->del_root);
+	if (p)
+		item = rb_entry(p, struct btrfs_delayed_item, rb_node);
+
+	return item;
+}
+
+struct btrfs_delayed_item *__btrfs_next_delayed_item(
+						struct btrfs_delayed_item *item)
+{
+	struct rb_node *p;
+	struct btrfs_delayed_item *next = NULL;
+
+	p = rb_next(&item->rb_node);
+	if (p)
+		next = rb_entry(p, struct btrfs_delayed_item, rb_node);
+
+	return next;
+}
+
+static inline struct btrfs_delayed_node *btrfs_get_delayed_node(
+							struct inode *inode)
+{
+	struct btrfs_inode *btrfs_inode = BTRFS_I(inode);
+	struct btrfs_delayed_node *delayed_node;
+
+	delayed_node = btrfs_inode->delayed_node;
+	if (delayed_node)
+		atomic_inc(&delayed_node->refs);
+
+	return delayed_node;
+}
+
+static inline struct btrfs_root *btrfs_get_fs_root(struct btrfs_root *root,
+						   u64 root_id)
+{
+	struct btrfs_key root_key;
+
+	if (root->objectid == root_id)
+		return root;
+
+	root_key.objectid = root_id;
+	root_key.type = BTRFS_ROOT_ITEM_KEY;
+	root_key.offset = (u64)-1;
+	return btrfs_read_fs_root_no_name(root->fs_info, &root_key);
+}
+
+static int btrfs_delayed_item_reserve_metadata(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
+					       struct btrfs_root *root,
+					       struct btrfs_delayed_item *item)
+{
+	struct btrfs_block_rsv *src_rsv;
+	struct btrfs_block_rsv *dst_rsv;
+	u64 num_bytes;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (!trans->bytes_reserved)
+		return 0;
+
+	src_rsv = trans->block_rsv;
+	dst_rsv = &root->fs_info->global_block_rsv;
+
+	num_bytes = btrfs_calc_trans_metadata_size(root, 1);
+	ret = btrfs_block_rsv_migrate(src_rsv, dst_rsv, num_bytes);
+	if (!ret) {
+		item->bytes_reserved = num_bytes;
+		item->block_rsv = dst_rsv;
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static void btrfs_delayed_item_release_metadata(struct btrfs_root *root,
+						struct btrfs_delayed_item *item)
+{
+	if (!item->bytes_reserved)
+		return;
+
+	btrfs_block_rsv_release(root, item->block_rsv,
+				item->bytes_reserved);
+}
+
+static int btrfs_delayed_inode_reserve_metadata(
+					struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
+					struct btrfs_root *root,
+					struct btrfs_delayed_node *node)
+{
+	struct btrfs_block_rsv *src_rsv;
+	struct btrfs_block_rsv *dst_rsv;
+	u64 num_bytes;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (!trans->bytes_reserved)
+		return 0;
+
+	src_rsv = trans->block_rsv;
+	dst_rsv = &root->fs_info->global_block_rsv;
+
+	num_bytes = btrfs_calc_trans_metadata_size(root, 1);
+	ret = btrfs_block_rsv_migrate(src_rsv, dst_rsv, num_bytes);
+	if (!ret) {
+		node->bytes_reserved = num_bytes;
+		node->block_rsv = dst_rsv;
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static void btrfs_delayed_inode_release_metadata(struct btrfs_root *root,
+						struct btrfs_delayed_node *node)
+{
+	if (!node->bytes_reserved)
+		return;
+
+	btrfs_block_rsv_release(root, node->block_rsv,
+				node->bytes_reserved);
+	node->bytes_reserved = 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * This helper will insert some continuous items into the same leaf according
+ * to the free space of the leaf.
+ */
+static int btrfs_batch_insert_items(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
+				struct btrfs_root *root,
+				struct btrfs_path *path,
+				struct btrfs_delayed_item *item)
+{
+	struct btrfs_delayed_item *curr, *next;
+	int free_space;
+	int total_data_size = 0, total_size = 0;
+	struct extent_buffer *leaf;
+	char *data_ptr;
+	struct btrfs_key *keys;
+	u32 *data_size;
+	struct list_head head;
+	int slot;
+	int nitems;
+	int i;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	BUG_ON(!path->nodes[0]);
+
+	leaf = path->nodes[0];
+	free_space = btrfs_leaf_free_space(root, leaf);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&head);
+
+	next = item;
+
+	/*
+	 * count the number of the continuous items that we can insert in batch
+	 */
+	while (total_size + next->data_len + sizeof(struct btrfs_item) <=
+	       free_space) {
+		total_data_size += next->data_len;
+		total_size += next->data_len + sizeof(struct btrfs_item);
+		list_add_tail(&next->tree_list, &head);
+		nitems++;
+
+		curr = next;
+		next = __btrfs_next_delayed_item(curr);
+		if (!next)
+			break;
+
+		if (!btrfs_is_continuous_delayed_item(curr, next))
+			break;
+	}
+
+	if (!nitems) {
+		ret = 0;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * we need allocate some memory space, but it might cause the task
+	 * to sleep, so we set all locked nodes in the path to blocking locks
+	 * first.
+	 */
+	btrfs_set_path_blocking(path);
+
+	keys = kmalloc(sizeof(struct btrfs_key) * nitems, GFP_NOFS);
+	if (!keys) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	data_size = kmalloc(sizeof(u32) * nitems, GFP_NOFS);
+	if (!data_size) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto error;
+	}
+
+	/* get keys of all the delayed items */
+	i = 0;
+	list_for_each_entry(next, &head, tree_list) {
+		keys[i] = next->key;
+		data_size[i] = next->data_len;
+		i++;
+	}
+
+	/* reset all the locked nodes in the patch to spinning locks. */
+	btrfs_clear_path_blocking(path, NULL);
+
+	/* insert the keys of the items */
+	ret = setup_items_for_insert(trans, root, path, keys, data_size,
+				     total_data_size, total_size, nitems);
+	if (ret)
+		goto error;
+
+	/* insert the dir index items */
+	slot = path->slots[0];
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(curr, next, &head, tree_list) {
+		data_ptr = btrfs_item_ptr(leaf, slot, char);
+		write_extent_buffer(leaf, &curr->data,
+				    (unsigned long)data_ptr,
+				    curr->data_len);
+		slot++;
+
+		btrfs_delayed_item_release_metadata(root, curr);
+
+		list_del(&curr->tree_list);
+		btrfs_release_delayed_item(curr);
+	}
+
+error:
+	kfree(data_size);
+	kfree(keys);
+out:
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * This helper can just do simple insertion that needn't extend item for new
+ * data, such as directory name index insertion, inode insertion.
+ */
+static int btrfs_insert_delayed_item(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
+				     struct btrfs_root *root,
+				     struct btrfs_path *path,
+				     struct btrfs_delayed_item *delayed_item)
+{
+	struct extent_buffer *leaf;
+	struct btrfs_item *item;
+	char *ptr;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = btrfs_insert_empty_item(trans, root, path, &delayed_item->key,
+				      delayed_item->data_len);
+	if (ret < 0 && ret != -EEXIST)
+		return ret;
+
+	leaf = path->nodes[0];
+
+	item = btrfs_item_nr(leaf, path->slots[0]);
+	ptr = btrfs_item_ptr(leaf, path->slots[0], char);
+
+	write_extent_buffer(leaf, delayed_item->data, (unsigned long)ptr,
+			    delayed_item->data_len);
+	btrfs_mark_buffer_dirty(leaf);
+
+	btrfs_delayed_item_release_metadata(root, delayed_item);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * we insert an item first, then if there are some continuous items, we try
+ * to insert those items into the same leaf.
+ */
+static int btrfs_insert_delayed_items(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
+				      struct btrfs_path *path,
+				      struct btrfs_root *root,
+				      struct btrfs_delayed_node *node)
+{
+	struct btrfs_delayed_item *curr, *prev;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+do_again:
+	mutex_lock(&node->mutex);
+	curr = __btrfs_first_delayed_insertion_item(node);
+	if (!curr)
+		goto insert_end;
+
+	ret = btrfs_insert_delayed_item(trans, root, path, curr);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		btrfs_release_path(root, path);
+		goto insert_end;
+	}
+
+	prev = curr;
+	curr = __btrfs_next_delayed_item(prev);
+	if (curr && btrfs_is_continuous_delayed_item(prev, curr)) {
+		/* insert the continuous items into the same leaf */
+		path->slots[0]++;
+		btrfs_batch_insert_items(trans, root, path, curr);
+	}
+	btrfs_release_delayed_item(prev);
+	btrfs_mark_buffer_dirty(path->nodes[0]);
+
+	btrfs_release_path(root, path);
+	mutex_unlock(&node->mutex);
+	goto do_again;
+
+insert_end:
+	mutex_unlock(&node->mutex);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int btrfs_batch_delete_items(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
+				    struct btrfs_root *root,
+				    struct btrfs_path *path,
+				    struct btrfs_delayed_item *item)
+{
+	struct btrfs_delayed_item *curr, *next;
+	struct extent_buffer *leaf;
+	struct btrfs_key key;
+	struct list_head head;
+	int nitems, i, last_item;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	BUG_ON(!path->nodes[0]);
+
+	leaf = path->nodes[0];
+
+	i = path->slots[0];
+	last_item = btrfs_header_nritems(leaf) - 1;
+	if (i > last_item)
+		return -ENOENT;	/* FIXME: Is errno suitable? */
+
+	next = item;
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&head);
+	btrfs_item_key_to_cpu(leaf, &key, i);
+	nitems = 0;
+	/*
+	 * count the number of the dir index items that we can delete in batch
+	 */
+	while (btrfs_comp_cpu_keys(&next->key, &key) == 0) {
+		list_add_tail(&next->tree_list, &head);
+		nitems++;
+
+		curr = next;
+		next = __btrfs_next_delayed_item(curr);
+		if (!next)
+			break;
+
+		if (!btrfs_is_continuous_delayed_item(curr, next))
+			break;
+
+		i++;
+		if (i > last_item)
+			break;
+		btrfs_item_key_to_cpu(leaf, &key, i);
+	}
+
+	if (!nitems)
+		return 0;
+
+	ret = btrfs_del_items(trans, root, path, path->slots[0], nitems);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out;
+
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(curr, next, &head, tree_list) {
+		btrfs_delayed_item_release_metadata(root, curr);
+		list_del(&curr->tree_list);
+		btrfs_release_delayed_item(curr);
+	}
+
+out:
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int btrfs_delete_delayed_items(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
+				      struct btrfs_path *path,
+				      struct btrfs_root *root,
+				      struct btrfs_delayed_node *node)
+{
+	struct btrfs_delayed_item *curr, *prev;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+do_again:
+	mutex_lock(&node->mutex);
+	curr = __btrfs_first_delayed_deletion_item(node);
+	if (!curr)
+		goto delete_fail;
+
+	ret = btrfs_search_slot(trans, root, &curr->key, path, -1, 1);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto delete_fail;
+	else if (ret > 0) {
+		/*
+		 * can't find the item which the node points to, so this node
+		 * is invalid, just drop it.
+		 */
+		prev = curr;
+		curr = __btrfs_next_delayed_item(prev);
+		btrfs_release_delayed_item(prev);
+		ret = 0;
+		btrfs_release_path(root, path);
+		if (curr)
+			goto do_again;
+		else
+			goto delete_fail;
+	}
+
+	btrfs_batch_delete_items(trans, root, path, curr);
+	btrfs_release_path(root, path);
+	mutex_unlock(&node->mutex);
+	goto do_again;
+
+delete_fail:
+	btrfs_release_path(root, path);
+	mutex_unlock(&node->mutex);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static void btrfs_release_delayed_inode(struct btrfs_delayed_node *delayed_node)
+{
+	if (delayed_node && delayed_node->inode_dirty) {
+		BUG_ON(!delayed_node->delayed_root);
+		delayed_node->inode_dirty = 0;
+		delayed_node->count--;
+		atomic_dec(&delayed_node->delayed_root->items);
+		if (atomic_read(&delayed_node->delayed_root->items) <
+		    BTRFS_DELAYED_BACKGROUND &&
+		    waitqueue_active(&delayed_node->delayed_root->wait))
+			wake_up(&delayed_node->delayed_root->wait);
+	}
+}
+
+static int btrfs_update_delayed_inode(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
+				      struct btrfs_root *root,
+				      struct btrfs_path *path,
+				      struct btrfs_delayed_node *node)
+{
+	struct btrfs_key key;
+	struct btrfs_inode_item *inode_item;
+	struct extent_buffer *leaf;
+	int ret;
+
+	mutex_lock(&node->mutex);
+	if (!node->inode_dirty) {
+		mutex_unlock(&node->mutex);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	key.objectid = node->inode_id;
+	btrfs_set_key_type(&key, BTRFS_INODE_ITEM_KEY);
+	key.offset = 0;
+	ret = btrfs_lookup_inode(trans, root, path, &key, 1);
+	if (ret > 0) {
+		btrfs_release_path(root, path);
+		mutex_unlock(&node->mutex);
+		return -ENOENT;
+	} else if (ret < 0) {
+		mutex_unlock(&node->mutex);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	btrfs_unlock_up_safe(path, 1);
+	leaf = path->nodes[0];
+	inode_item = btrfs_item_ptr(leaf, path->slots[0],
+				    struct btrfs_inode_item);
+	write_extent_buffer(leaf, &node->inode_item, (unsigned long)inode_item,
+			    sizeof(struct btrfs_inode_item));
+	btrfs_mark_buffer_dirty(leaf);
+	btrfs_release_path(root, path);
+
+	btrfs_delayed_inode_release_metadata(root, node);
+	btrfs_release_delayed_inode(node);
+	mutex_unlock(&node->mutex);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/* Called when committing the transaction. */
+int btrfs_run_delayed_items(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
+			    struct btrfs_root *root)
+{
+	struct btrfs_delayed_root *delayed_root;
+	struct btrfs_delayed_node *curr_node, *prev_node;
+	struct btrfs_path *path;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	path = btrfs_alloc_path();
+	if (!path)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	path->leave_spinning = 1;
+
+	delayed_root = btrfs_get_delayed_root(root);
+
+	curr_node = btrfs_first_delayed_node(delayed_root);
+	while (curr_node) {
+		/*
+		 * check root, if root is not the one which the delayed item
+		 * wants to be inserted to, we get the right root.
+		 */
+		if (root->objectid != curr_node->root_id) {
+			root = btrfs_get_fs_root(root, curr_node->root_id);
+			BUG_ON(IS_ERR_OR_NULL(root));
+		}
+
+		ret = btrfs_insert_delayed_items(trans, path, root,
+						 curr_node);
+		if (!ret)
+			ret = btrfs_delete_delayed_items(trans, path, root,
+							 curr_node);
+		if (!ret)
+			ret = btrfs_update_delayed_inode(trans, root, path,
+							 curr_node);
+		if (ret) {
+			btrfs_release_delayed_node(curr_node);
+			break;
+		}
+
+		prev_node = curr_node;
+		curr_node = btrfs_next_delayed_node(curr_node);
+		btrfs_release_delayed_node(prev_node);
+	}
+
+	btrfs_free_path(path);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int __btrfs_commit_inode_delayed_items(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
+					      struct btrfs_root *root,
+					      struct btrfs_delayed_node *node)
+{
+	struct btrfs_path *path;
+	int ret;
+
+	path = btrfs_alloc_path();
+	if (!path)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	path->leave_spinning = 1;
+
+	ret = btrfs_insert_delayed_items(trans, path, root, node);
+	if (!ret)
+		ret = btrfs_delete_delayed_items(trans, path, root, node);
+	if (!ret)
+		ret = btrfs_update_delayed_inode(trans, root, path, node);
+	btrfs_free_path(path);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+int btrfs_commit_inode_delayed_items(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
+				     struct btrfs_root *root,
+				     struct inode *inode)
+{
+	struct btrfs_delayed_node *delayed_node = btrfs_get_delayed_node(inode);
+	int ret;
+
+	if (!delayed_node)
+		return 0;
+
+	mutex_lock(&delayed_node->mutex);
+	if (!delayed_node->count) {
+		mutex_unlock(&delayed_node->mutex);
+		btrfs_release_delayed_node(delayed_node);
+		return 0;
+	}
+	mutex_unlock(&delayed_node->mutex);
+
+	ret = __btrfs_commit_inode_delayed_items(trans, root, delayed_node);
+	btrfs_release_delayed_node(delayed_node);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+int btrfs_remove_delayed_node(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans;
+	struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(inode)->root;
+	struct btrfs_delayed_node *delayed_node = BTRFS_I(inode)->delayed_node;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (!delayed_node)
+		return 0;
+
+	mutex_lock(&delayed_node->mutex);
+	if (!delayed_node->count) {
+		mutex_unlock(&delayed_node->mutex);
+		btrfs_release_delayed_node(delayed_node);
+		BTRFS_I(inode)->delayed_node = NULL;
+		return 0;
+	}
+	mutex_unlock(&delayed_node->mutex);
+
+	trans = btrfs_join_transaction(root, 0);
+	if (IS_ERR(trans))
+		return PTR_ERR(trans);
+
+	ret = __btrfs_commit_inode_delayed_items(trans, root, delayed_node);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out;
+
+	BUG_ON(delayed_node->count);
+
+	BTRFS_I(inode)->delayed_node = NULL;
+	btrfs_release_delayed_node(delayed_node);
+out:
+	btrfs_end_transaction_dmeta(trans, root);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+struct btrfs_async_delayed_node {
+	struct btrfs_root *root;
+	struct btrfs_delayed_node *delayed_node;
+	struct btrfs_work work;
+};
+
+static void btrfs_async_run_delayed_node_done(struct btrfs_work *work)
+{
+	struct btrfs_async_delayed_node *async_node;
+	struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans;
+	struct btrfs_path *path;
+	struct btrfs_delayed_node *delayed_node = NULL;
+	struct btrfs_root *root;
+	unsigned long nr = 0;
+	int need_requeue = 0;
+	int ret;
+
+	async_node = container_of(work, struct btrfs_async_delayed_node, work);
+
+	path = btrfs_alloc_path();
+	if (!path)
+		goto out;
+	path->leave_spinning = 1;
+
+	root = async_node->root;
+	BUG_ON(!root);
+
+	trans = btrfs_join_transaction(root, 0);
+	if (IS_ERR(trans))
+		goto free_path;
+
+	delayed_node = async_node->delayed_node;
+
+	root = btrfs_get_fs_root(async_node->root, delayed_node->root_id);
+	BUG_ON(IS_ERR_OR_NULL(root));
+
+	ret = btrfs_insert_delayed_items(trans, path, root, delayed_node);
+	if (!ret)
+		ret = btrfs_delete_delayed_items(trans, path, root,
+						 delayed_node);
+
+	if (!ret)
+		btrfs_update_delayed_inode(trans, root, path, delayed_node);
+
+	/*
+	 * Maybe new delayed items have been inserted, so we need requeue
+	 * the work. Besides that, we must dequeue the empty delayed nodes
+	 * to avoid the race between delayed items balance and the worker.
+	 * The race like this:
+	 * 	Task1				Worker thread
+	 * 					count == 0, needn't requeue
+	 * 					  also needn't insert the
+	 * 					  delayed node into prepare
+	 * 					  list again.
+	 * 	add lots of delayed items
+	 * 	queue the delayed node
+	 * 	  already in the list,
+	 * 	  and not in the prepare
+	 * 	  list, it means the delayed
+	 * 	  node is being dealt with
+	 * 	  by the worker.
+	 * 	do delayed items balance
+	 * 	  the delayed node is being
+	 * 	  dealt with by the worker
+	 * 	  now, just wait.
+	 * 	  				the worker goto idle.
+	 * Task1 will sleep until the transaction is commited.
+	 */
+	mutex_lock(&delayed_node->mutex);
+	if (delayed_node->count)
+		need_requeue = 1;
+	else
+		btrfs_dequeue_delayed_node(delayed_node->delayed_root,
+					   delayed_node);
+	mutex_unlock(&delayed_node->mutex);
+
+	nr = trans->blocks_used;
+
+	btrfs_end_transaction_dmeta(trans, root);
+	btrfs_btree_balance_dirty(root, nr);
+free_path:
+	btrfs_free_path(path);
+out:
+	if (need_requeue)
+		btrfs_requeue_work(&async_node->work);
+	else {
+		btrfs_release_prepared_delayed_node(delayed_node);
+		kfree(async_node);
+	}
+}
+
+static int btrfs_wq_run_delayed_node(struct btrfs_delayed_root *delayed_root,
+				     struct btrfs_root *root, int all)
+{
+	struct btrfs_async_delayed_node *async_node;
+	struct btrfs_delayed_node *curr;
+	int count = 0;
+
+again:
+	curr = btrfs_first_prepared_delayed_node(delayed_root);
+	if (!curr)
+		return 0;
+
+	async_node = kmalloc(sizeof(*async_node), GFP_NOFS);
+	if (!async_node) {
+		btrfs_release_prepared_delayed_node(curr);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	async_node->root = root;
+	async_node->delayed_node = curr;
+
+	async_node->work.func = btrfs_async_run_delayed_node_done;
+	async_node->work.flags = 0;
+
+	btrfs_queue_worker(&root->fs_info->delayed_workers, &async_node->work);
+	count++;
+
+	if (all || count < 4)
+		goto again;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void btrfs_balance_delayed_items(struct btrfs_root *root)
+{
+	struct btrfs_delayed_root *delayed_root;
+
+	delayed_root = btrfs_get_delayed_root(root);
+
+	if (atomic_read(&delayed_root->items) < BTRFS_DELAYED_BACKGROUND)
+		return;
+
+	if (atomic_read(&delayed_root->items) >= BTRFS_DELAYED_WRITEBACK) {
+		int ret;
+		ret = btrfs_wq_run_delayed_node(delayed_root, root, 1);
+		if (ret)
+			return;
+
+		wait_event_interruptible_timeout(
+				delayed_root->wait,
+				(atomic_read(&delayed_root->items) <
+				 BTRFS_DELAYED_BACKGROUND),
+				HZ);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	btrfs_wq_run_delayed_node(delayed_root, root, 0);
+}
+
+int btrfs_insert_delayed_dir_index(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
+				   struct btrfs_root *root, const char *name,
+				   int name_len, struct inode *dir,
+				   struct btrfs_disk_key *disk_key, u8 type,
+				   u64 index)
+{
+	struct btrfs_delayed_node *delayed_node;
+	struct btrfs_delayed_item *delayed_item;
+	struct btrfs_dir_item *dir_item;
+	int ret;
+
+	delayed_node = btrfs_get_or_create_delayed_node(dir);
+	if (IS_ERR(delayed_node))
+		return PTR_ERR(delayed_node);
+
+	delayed_item = btrfs_alloc_delayed_item(sizeof(*dir_item) + name_len);
+	if (!delayed_item) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto release_node;
+	}
+
+	ret = btrfs_delayed_item_reserve_metadata(trans, root, delayed_item);
+	/*
+	 * we have reserved enough space when we start a new transaction,
+	 * so reserving metadata failure is impossible
+	 */
+	BUG_ON(ret);
+
+	delayed_item->key.objectid = dir->i_ino;
+	btrfs_set_key_type(&delayed_item->key, BTRFS_DIR_INDEX_KEY);
+	delayed_item->key.offset = index;
+
+	dir_item = (struct btrfs_dir_item *)delayed_item->data;
+	dir_item->location = *disk_key;
+	dir_item->transid = cpu_to_le64(trans->transid);
+	dir_item->data_len = 0;
+	dir_item->name_len = cpu_to_le16(name_len);
+	dir_item->type = type;
+	memcpy((char *)(dir_item + 1), name, name_len);
+
+	mutex_lock(&delayed_node->mutex);
+	ret = __btrfs_add_delayed_insertion_item(delayed_node, delayed_item);
+	if (unlikely(ret)) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "err add delayed dir index item(name: %s) into "
+				"the insertion tree of the delayed node"
+				"(root id: %llu, inode id: %llu, errno: %d)\n",
+				name,
+				(unsigned long long)delayed_node->root_id,
+				(unsigned long long)delayed_node->inode_id,
+				ret);
+		BUG();
+	}
+	mutex_unlock(&delayed_node->mutex);
+
+release_node:
+	btrfs_release_delayed_node(delayed_node);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int btrfs_delete_delayed_insertion_item(struct btrfs_root *root,
+					       struct btrfs_delayed_node *node,
+					       struct btrfs_key *key)
+{
+	struct btrfs_delayed_item *item;
+
+	mutex_lock(&node->mutex);
+	item = __btrfs_lookup_delayed_insertion_item(node, key);
+	if (!item) {
+		mutex_unlock(&node->mutex);
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	btrfs_delayed_item_release_metadata(root, item);
+	btrfs_release_delayed_item(item);
+	mutex_unlock(&node->mutex);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int btrfs_delete_delayed_dir_index(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
+				   struct btrfs_root *root, struct inode *dir,
+				   u64 index)
+{
+	struct btrfs_delayed_node *node;
+	struct btrfs_delayed_item *item;
+	struct btrfs_key item_key;
+	int ret;
+
+	node = btrfs_get_or_create_delayed_node(dir);
+	if (IS_ERR(node))
+		return PTR_ERR(node);
+
+	item_key.objectid = dir->i_ino;
+	btrfs_set_key_type(&item_key, BTRFS_DIR_INDEX_KEY);
+	item_key.offset = index;
+
+	ret = btrfs_delete_delayed_insertion_item(root, node, &item_key);
+	if (!ret)
+		goto end;
+
+	item = btrfs_alloc_delayed_item(0);
+	if (!item) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto end;
+	}
+
+	item->key = item_key;
+
+	ret = btrfs_delayed_item_reserve_metadata(trans, root, item);
+	/*
+	 * we have reserved enough space when we start a new transaction,
+	 * so reserving metadata failure is impossible.
+	 */
+	BUG_ON(ret);
+
+	mutex_lock(&node->mutex);
+	ret = __btrfs_add_delayed_deletion_item(node, item);
+	if (unlikely(ret)) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "err add delayed dir index item(index: %llu) "
+				"into the deletion tree of the delayed node"
+				"(root id: %llu, inode id: %llu, errno: %d)\n",
+				(unsigned long long)index,
+				(unsigned long long)node->root_id,
+				(unsigned long long)node->inode_id,
+				ret);
+		BUG();
+	}
+	mutex_unlock(&node->mutex);
+end:
+	btrfs_release_delayed_node(node);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+int btrfs_inode_delayed_dir_index_count(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	struct btrfs_delayed_node *delayed_node = BTRFS_I(inode)->delayed_node;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	if (!delayed_node)
+		return -ENOENT;
+
+	/*
+	 * Since we have held i_mutex of this directory, it is impossible that
+	 * a new directory index is added into the delayed node and index_cnt
+	 * is updated now. So we needn't lock the delayed node.
+	 */
+	if (!delayed_node->index_cnt)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	BTRFS_I(inode)->index_cnt = delayed_node->index_cnt;
+	return ret;
+}
+
+struct btrfs_delayed_node *btrfs_get_locked_delayed_node(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	struct btrfs_delayed_node *delayed_node;
+
+	delayed_node = btrfs_get_delayed_node(inode);
+	if (delayed_node)
+		mutex_lock(&delayed_node->mutex);
+
+	return delayed_node;
+}
+
+void btrfs_put_locked_delayed_node(struct btrfs_delayed_node *node)
+{
+	if (!node)
+		return;
+
+	mutex_unlock(&node->mutex);
+	/*
+	 * This delayed node is still cached in the btrfs inode, so refs
+	 * must be > 1 now, and we needn't check it is going to be freed
+	 * or not.
+	 *
+	 * Besides that, this function is used to read dir, we do not
+	 * insert/delete delayed items in this period. So we also needn't
+	 * requeue or dequeue this delayed node.
+	 */
+	atomic_dec(&node->refs);
+}
+
+int btrfs_should_delete_dir_index(struct btrfs_delayed_node *delayed_node,
+				  struct btrfs_delayed_item **item,
+				  u64 index)
+{
+	if (!delayed_node)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (IS_ERR(*item))
+		return 0;
+
+	if (!(*item))
+		*item = __btrfs_first_delayed_deletion_item(delayed_node);
+
+	while (*item) {
+		if ((*item)->key.offset < index) {
+			*item = __btrfs_next_delayed_item(*item);
+			continue;
+		} else if ((*item)->key.offset > index)
+			break;
+
+		*item = __btrfs_next_delayed_item(*item);
+		if (!(*item))
+			*item = ERR_PTR(-ERANGE);
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	if (!(*item))
+		*item = ERR_PTR(-ERANGE);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * btrfs_readdir_delayed_dir_index - read dir info stored in the delayed tree
+ *
+ */
+int btrfs_readdir_delayed_dir_index(struct file *filp, void *dirent,
+				    filldir_t filldir,
+				    struct btrfs_delayed_node *delayed_node)
+{
+	struct btrfs_dir_item *di;
+	struct btrfs_delayed_item *item;
+	struct btrfs_key location;
+	char *name;
+	int name_len;
+	int over = 0;
+	unsigned char d_type;
+
+	if (!delayed_node)
+		return 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * Changing the data of the delayed item is impossible. So
+	 * we needn't lock them. And we have held i_mutex of the directory,
+	 * nobody can delete any directory indexes now.
+	 */
+	item = __btrfs_first_delayed_insertion_item(delayed_node);
+	while (item) {
+		if (item->key.offset < filp->f_pos) {
+			item = __btrfs_next_delayed_item(item);
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		filp->f_pos = item->key.offset;
+
+		di = (struct btrfs_dir_item *)item->data;
+		name = (char *)(di + 1);
+		name_len = le16_to_cpu(di->name_len);
+
+		d_type = btrfs_filetype_table[di->type];
+		btrfs_disk_key_to_cpu(&location, &di->location);
+
+		over = filldir(dirent, name, name_len, item->key.offset,
+			       location.objectid, d_type);
+
+		if (over)
+			return 1;
+		item = __btrfs_next_delayed_item(item);
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+BTRFS_SETGET_STACK_FUNCS(stack_inode_generation, struct btrfs_inode_item,
+			 generation, 64);
+BTRFS_SETGET_STACK_FUNCS(stack_inode_sequence, struct btrfs_inode_item,
+			 sequence, 64);
+BTRFS_SETGET_STACK_FUNCS(stack_inode_transid, struct btrfs_inode_item,
+			 transid, 64);
+BTRFS_SETGET_STACK_FUNCS(stack_inode_size, struct btrfs_inode_item, size, 64);
+BTRFS_SETGET_STACK_FUNCS(stack_inode_nbytes, struct btrfs_inode_item,
+			 nbytes, 64);
+BTRFS_SETGET_STACK_FUNCS(stack_inode_block_group, struct btrfs_inode_item,
+			 block_group, 64);
+BTRFS_SETGET_STACK_FUNCS(stack_inode_nlink, struct btrfs_inode_item, nlink, 32);
+BTRFS_SETGET_STACK_FUNCS(stack_inode_uid, struct btrfs_inode_item, uid, 32);
+BTRFS_SETGET_STACK_FUNCS(stack_inode_gid, struct btrfs_inode_item, gid, 32);
+BTRFS_SETGET_STACK_FUNCS(stack_inode_mode, struct btrfs_inode_item, mode, 32);
+BTRFS_SETGET_STACK_FUNCS(stack_inode_rdev, struct btrfs_inode_item, rdev, 64);
+BTRFS_SETGET_STACK_FUNCS(stack_inode_flags, struct btrfs_inode_item, flags, 64);
+
+BTRFS_SETGET_STACK_FUNCS(stack_timespec_sec, struct btrfs_timespec, sec, 64);
+BTRFS_SETGET_STACK_FUNCS(stack_timespec_nsec, struct btrfs_timespec, nsec, 32);
+
+static void fill_stack_inode_item(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
+				  struct btrfs_inode_item *inode_item,
+				  struct inode *inode)
+{
+	btrfs_set_stack_inode_uid(inode_item, inode->i_uid);
+	btrfs_set_stack_inode_gid(inode_item, inode->i_gid);
+	btrfs_set_stack_inode_size(inode_item, BTRFS_I(inode)->disk_i_size);
+	btrfs_set_stack_inode_mode(inode_item, inode->i_mode);
+	btrfs_set_stack_inode_nlink(inode_item, inode->i_nlink);
+	btrfs_set_stack_inode_nbytes(inode_item, inode_get_bytes(inode));
+	btrfs_set_stack_inode_generation(inode_item,
+					 BTRFS_I(inode)->generation);
+	btrfs_set_stack_inode_sequence(inode_item, BTRFS_I(inode)->sequence);
+	btrfs_set_stack_inode_transid(inode_item, trans->transid);
+	btrfs_set_stack_inode_rdev(inode_item, inode->i_rdev);
+	btrfs_set_stack_inode_flags(inode_item, BTRFS_I(inode)->flags);
+	btrfs_set_stack_inode_block_group(inode_item,
+					  BTRFS_I(inode)->block_group);
+
+	btrfs_set_stack_timespec_sec(btrfs_inode_atime(inode_item),
+				     inode->i_atime.tv_sec);
+	btrfs_set_stack_timespec_nsec(btrfs_inode_atime(inode_item),
+				      inode->i_atime.tv_nsec);
+
+	btrfs_set_stack_timespec_sec(btrfs_inode_mtime(inode_item),
+				     inode->i_mtime.tv_sec);
+	btrfs_set_stack_timespec_nsec(btrfs_inode_mtime(inode_item),
+				      inode->i_mtime.tv_nsec);
+
+	btrfs_set_stack_timespec_sec(btrfs_inode_ctime(inode_item),
+				     inode->i_ctime.tv_sec);
+	btrfs_set_stack_timespec_nsec(btrfs_inode_ctime(inode_item),
+				      inode->i_ctime.tv_nsec);
+}
+
+int btrfs_delayed_update_inode(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
+			       struct btrfs_root *root, struct inode *inode)
+{
+	struct btrfs_delayed_node *delayed_node;
+	int ret;
+
+	delayed_node = btrfs_get_or_create_delayed_node(inode);
+	if (IS_ERR(delayed_node))
+		return PTR_ERR(delayed_node);
+
+	mutex_lock(&delayed_node->mutex);
+	if (delayed_node->inode_dirty) {
+		fill_stack_inode_item(trans, &delayed_node->inode_item, inode);
+		goto release_node;
+	}
+
+	ret = btrfs_delayed_inode_reserve_metadata(trans, root, delayed_node);
+	/*
+	 * we must reserve enough space when we start a new transaction,
+	 * so reserving metadata failure is impossible
+	 */
+	BUG_ON(ret);
+
+	fill_stack_inode_item(trans, &delayed_node->inode_item, inode);
+	delayed_node->inode_dirty = 1;
+	delayed_node->count++;
+	atomic_inc(&delayed_node->delayed_root->items);
+release_node:
+	mutex_unlock(&delayed_node->mutex);
+	btrfs_release_delayed_node(delayed_node);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+int btrfs_kill_delayed_inode_items(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
+				   struct inode *inode)
+{
+	struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(inode)->root;
+	struct btrfs_delayed_node *delayed_node;
+	struct btrfs_delayed_item *curr_item, *prev_item;
+
+	delayed_node = btrfs_get_delayed_node(inode);
+	if (!delayed_node)
+		return 0;
+
+	mutex_lock(&delayed_node->mutex);
+	curr_item = __btrfs_first_delayed_insertion_item(delayed_node);
+	while (curr_item) {
+		btrfs_delayed_item_release_metadata(root, curr_item);
+		prev_item = curr_item;
+		curr_item = __btrfs_next_delayed_item(prev_item);
+		btrfs_release_delayed_item(prev_item);
+	}
+
+	curr_item = __btrfs_first_delayed_deletion_item(delayed_node);
+	while (curr_item) {
+		btrfs_delayed_item_release_metadata(root, curr_item);
+		prev_item = curr_item;
+		curr_item = __btrfs_next_delayed_item(prev_item);
+		btrfs_release_delayed_item(prev_item);
+	}
+
+	if (delayed_node->inode_dirty) {
+		btrfs_delayed_inode_release_metadata(root, delayed_node);
+		btrfs_release_delayed_inode(delayed_node);
+	}
+	mutex_unlock(&delayed_node->mutex);
+
+	btrfs_release_delayed_node(delayed_node);
+
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.h b/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d4134bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.h
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2011 Fujitsu.  All rights reserved.
+ * Written by Miao Xie <miaox@cn.fujitsu.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
+ * License v2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
+ * License along with this program; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 021110-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __DELAYED_TREE_OPERATION_H
+#define __DELAYED_TREE_OPERATION_H
+
+#include <linux/rbtree.h>
+#include <linux/spinlock.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
+#include <linux/list.h>
+#include <linux/wait.h>
+#include <asm/atomic.h>
+
+#include "ctree.h"
+
+/* types of the delayed item */
+#define BTRFS_DELAYED_INSERTION_ITEM	1
+#define BTRFS_DELAYED_DELETION_ITEM	2
+
+struct btrfs_delayed_root {
+	spinlock_t lock;
+	struct list_head node_list;
+	/*
+	 * Used for delayed nodes which is waiting to be dealt with by the
+	 * worker. If the delayed node is inserted into the work queue, we
+	 * drop it from this list.
+	 */
+	struct list_head prepare_list;
+	atomic_t items;		/* for delayed items */
+	int nodes;		/* for delayed nodes */
+	wait_queue_head_t wait;
+};
+
+struct btrfs_delayed_node {
+	u64 root_id;
+	u64 inode_id;
+	u64 bytes_reserved;
+	struct btrfs_block_rsv *block_rsv;
+	struct btrfs_delayed_root *delayed_root;
+	/* Used to add the node into the delayed root's node list. */
+	struct list_head n_list;
+	/*
+	 * Used to add the node into the prepare list, the nodes in this list
+	 * is waiting to be dealt with by the async worker.
+	 */
+	struct list_head p_list;
+	struct rb_root ins_root;
+	struct rb_root del_root;
+	struct mutex mutex;
+	struct btrfs_inode_item inode_item;
+	atomic_t refs;
+	u64 index_cnt;
+	bool in_list;
+	bool inode_dirty;
+	int count;
+};
+
+struct btrfs_delayed_item {
+	struct rb_node rb_node;
+	struct btrfs_key key;
+	struct list_head tree_list;	/* used for batch insert/delete items */
+	u64 bytes_reserved;
+	struct btrfs_block_rsv *block_rsv;
+	struct btrfs_delayed_node *delayed_node;
+	int ins_or_del;
+	u32 data_len;
+	char data[0];
+};
+
+static inline void btrfs_init_delayed_root(
+				struct btrfs_delayed_root *delayed_root)
+{
+	atomic_set(&delayed_root->items, 0);
+	delayed_root->nodes = 0;
+	spin_lock_init(&delayed_root->lock);
+	init_waitqueue_head(&delayed_root->wait);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&delayed_root->node_list);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&delayed_root->prepare_list);
+}
+
+int btrfs_insert_delayed_dir_index(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
+				   struct btrfs_root *root, const char *name,
+				   int name_len, struct inode *dir,
+				   struct btrfs_disk_key *disk_key, u8 type,
+				   u64 index);
+
+int btrfs_delete_delayed_dir_index(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
+				   struct btrfs_root *root, struct inode *dir,
+				   u64 index);
+
+int btrfs_inode_delayed_dir_index_count(struct inode *inode);
+
+int btrfs_run_delayed_items(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
+			    struct btrfs_root *root);
+
+void btrfs_balance_delayed_items(struct btrfs_root *root);
+
+int btrfs_commit_inode_delayed_items(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
+				     struct btrfs_root *root,
+				     struct inode *inode);
+/* Used for evicting the inode. */
+int btrfs_remove_delayed_node(struct inode *inode);
+int btrfs_kill_delayed_inode_items(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
+				   struct inode *inode);
+
+
+int btrfs_delayed_update_inode(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
+			       struct btrfs_root *root, struct inode *inode);
+
+/* Used for readdir() */
+struct btrfs_delayed_node *btrfs_get_locked_delayed_node(struct inode *inode);
+void btrfs_put_locked_delayed_node(struct btrfs_delayed_node *node);
+int btrfs_should_delete_dir_index(struct btrfs_delayed_node *delayed_node,
+				  struct btrfs_delayed_item **item,
+				  u64 index);
+int btrfs_readdir_delayed_dir_index(struct file *filp, void *dirent,
+				    filldir_t filldir,
+				    struct btrfs_delayed_node *delayed_node);
+
+/* for init */
+int __init btrfs_delayed_inode_init(void);
+void btrfs_delayed_inode_exit(void);
+#endif
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/dir-item.c b/fs/btrfs/dir-item.c
index f0cad5a..696c793 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/dir-item.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/dir-item.c
@@ -124,8 +124,9 @@ int btrfs_insert_xattr_item(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
  * to use for the second index (if one is created).
  */
 int btrfs_insert_dir_item(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans, struct btrfs_root
-			  *root, const char *name, int name_len, u64 dir,
-			  struct btrfs_key *location, u8 type, u64 index)
+			  *root, const char *name, int name_len,
+			  struct inode *dir, struct btrfs_key *location,
+			  u8 type, u64 index)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
 	int ret2 = 0;
@@ -137,13 +138,17 @@ int btrfs_insert_dir_item(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans, struct btrfs_root
 	struct btrfs_disk_key disk_key;
 	u32 data_size;
 
-	key.objectid = dir;
+	key.objectid = dir->i_ino;
 	btrfs_set_key_type(&key, BTRFS_DIR_ITEM_KEY);
 	key.offset = btrfs_name_hash(name, name_len);
 
 	path = btrfs_alloc_path();
+	if (!path)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 	path->leave_spinning = 1;
 
+	btrfs_cpu_key_to_disk(&disk_key, location);
+
 	data_size = sizeof(*dir_item) + name_len;
 	dir_item = insert_with_overflow(trans, root, path, &key, data_size,
 					name, name_len);
@@ -155,7 +160,6 @@ int btrfs_insert_dir_item(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans, struct btrfs_root
 	}
 
 	leaf = path->nodes[0];
-	btrfs_cpu_key_to_disk(&disk_key, location);
 	btrfs_set_dir_item_key(leaf, dir_item, &disk_key);
 	btrfs_set_dir_type(leaf, dir_item, type);
 	btrfs_set_dir_data_len(leaf, dir_item, 0);
@@ -174,24 +178,8 @@ second_insert:
 	}
 	btrfs_release_path(root, path);
 
-	btrfs_set_key_type(&key, BTRFS_DIR_INDEX_KEY);
-	key.offset = index;
-	dir_item = insert_with_overflow(trans, root, path, &key, data_size,
-					name, name_len);
-	if (IS_ERR(dir_item)) {
-		ret2 = PTR_ERR(dir_item);
-		goto out;
-	}
-	leaf = path->nodes[0];
-	btrfs_cpu_key_to_disk(&disk_key, location);
-	btrfs_set_dir_item_key(leaf, dir_item, &disk_key);
-	btrfs_set_dir_type(leaf, dir_item, type);
-	btrfs_set_dir_data_len(leaf, dir_item, 0);
-	btrfs_set_dir_name_len(leaf, dir_item, name_len);
-	btrfs_set_dir_transid(leaf, dir_item, trans->transid);
-	name_ptr = (unsigned long)(dir_item + 1);
-	write_extent_buffer(leaf, name, name_ptr, name_len);
-	btrfs_mark_buffer_dirty(leaf);
+	ret2 = btrfs_insert_delayed_dir_index(trans, root, name, name_len, dir,
+					      &disk_key, type, index);
 out:
 	btrfs_free_path(path);
 	if (ret)
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index 3e1ea3e..ea3c145 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -1676,6 +1676,13 @@ struct btrfs_root *open_ctree(struct super_block *sb,
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&fs_info->ordered_extents);
 	spin_lock_init(&fs_info->ordered_extent_lock);
+	fs_info->delayed_root = kmalloc(sizeof(struct btrfs_delayed_root),
+					GFP_NOFS);
+	if (!fs_info->delayed_root) {
+		err = -ENOMEM;
+		goto fail_iput;
+	}
+	btrfs_init_delayed_root(fs_info->delayed_root);
 
 	sb->s_blocksize = 4096;
 	sb->s_blocksize_bits = blksize_bits(4096);
@@ -1743,7 +1750,7 @@ struct btrfs_root *open_ctree(struct super_block *sb,
 	bh = btrfs_read_dev_super(fs_devices->latest_bdev);
 	if (!bh) {
 		err = -EINVAL;
-		goto fail_iput;
+		goto fail_alloc;
 	}
 
 	memcpy(&fs_info->super_copy, bh->b_data, sizeof(fs_info->super_copy));
@@ -1755,7 +1762,7 @@ struct btrfs_root *open_ctree(struct super_block *sb,
 
 	disk_super = &fs_info->super_copy;
 	if (!btrfs_super_root(disk_super))
-		goto fail_iput;
+		goto fail_alloc;
 
 	/* check FS state, whether FS is broken. */
 	fs_info->fs_state |= btrfs_super_flags(disk_super);
@@ -1765,7 +1772,7 @@ struct btrfs_root *open_ctree(struct super_block *sb,
 	ret = btrfs_parse_options(tree_root, options);
 	if (ret) {
 		err = ret;
-		goto fail_iput;
+		goto fail_alloc;
 	}
 
 	features = btrfs_super_incompat_flags(disk_super) &
@@ -1775,7 +1782,7 @@ struct btrfs_root *open_ctree(struct super_block *sb,
 		       "unsupported optional features (%Lx).\n",
 		       (unsigned long long)features);
 		err = -EINVAL;
-		goto fail_iput;
+		goto fail_alloc;
 	}
 
 	features = btrfs_super_incompat_flags(disk_super);
@@ -1791,7 +1798,7 @@ struct btrfs_root *open_ctree(struct super_block *sb,
 		       "unsupported option features (%Lx).\n",
 		       (unsigned long long)features);
 		err = -EINVAL;
-		goto fail_iput;
+		goto fail_alloc;
 	}
 
 	btrfs_init_workers(&fs_info->generic_worker,
@@ -1838,6 +1845,9 @@ struct btrfs_root *open_ctree(struct super_block *sb,
 			   &fs_info->generic_worker);
 	btrfs_init_workers(&fs_info->endio_freespace_worker, "freespace-write",
 			   1, &fs_info->generic_worker);
+	btrfs_init_workers(&fs_info->delayed_workers, "delayed-meta",
+			   fs_info->thread_pool_size,
+			   &fs_info->generic_worker);
 
 	/*
 	 * endios are largely parallel and should have a very
@@ -1859,6 +1869,7 @@ struct btrfs_root *open_ctree(struct super_block *sb,
 	btrfs_start_workers(&fs_info->endio_meta_write_workers, 1);
 	btrfs_start_workers(&fs_info->endio_write_workers, 1);
 	btrfs_start_workers(&fs_info->endio_freespace_worker, 1);
+	btrfs_start_workers(&fs_info->delayed_workers, 1);
 
 	fs_info->bdi.ra_pages *= btrfs_super_num_devices(disk_super);
 	fs_info->bdi.ra_pages = max(fs_info->bdi.ra_pages,
@@ -2104,6 +2115,9 @@ fail_sb_buffer:
 	btrfs_stop_workers(&fs_info->endio_write_workers);
 	btrfs_stop_workers(&fs_info->endio_freespace_worker);
 	btrfs_stop_workers(&fs_info->submit_workers);
+	btrfs_stop_workers(&fs_info->delayed_workers);
+fail_alloc:
+	kfree(fs_info->delayed_root);
 fail_iput:
 	invalidate_inode_pages2(fs_info->btree_inode->i_mapping);
 	iput(fs_info->btree_inode);
@@ -2551,6 +2565,7 @@ int close_ctree(struct btrfs_root *root)
 	del_fs_roots(fs_info);
 
 	iput(fs_info->btree_inode);
+	kfree(fs_info->delayed_root);
 
 	btrfs_stop_workers(&fs_info->generic_worker);
 	btrfs_stop_workers(&fs_info->fixup_workers);
@@ -2562,6 +2577,7 @@ int close_ctree(struct btrfs_root *root)
 	btrfs_stop_workers(&fs_info->endio_write_workers);
 	btrfs_stop_workers(&fs_info->endio_freespace_worker);
 	btrfs_stop_workers(&fs_info->submit_workers);
+	btrfs_stop_workers(&fs_info->delayed_workers);
 
 	btrfs_close_devices(fs_info->fs_devices);
 	btrfs_mapping_tree_free(&fs_info->mapping_tree);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index 100e409..aed763f 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -3897,12 +3897,6 @@ static void release_global_block_rsv(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
 	WARN_ON(fs_info->chunk_block_rsv.reserved > 0);
 }
 
-static u64 calc_trans_metadata_size(struct btrfs_root *root, int num_items)
-{
-	return (root->leafsize + root->nodesize * (BTRFS_MAX_LEVEL - 1)) *
-		3 * num_items;
-}
-
 int btrfs_trans_reserve_metadata(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 				 struct btrfs_root *root,
 				 int num_items)
@@ -3913,7 +3907,7 @@ int btrfs_trans_reserve_metadata(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	if (num_items == 0 || root->fs_info->chunk_root == root)
 		return 0;
 
-	num_bytes = calc_trans_metadata_size(root, num_items);
+	num_bytes = btrfs_calc_trans_metadata_size(root, num_items);
 	ret = btrfs_block_rsv_add(trans, root, &root->fs_info->trans_block_rsv,
 				  num_bytes);
 	if (!ret) {
@@ -3952,14 +3946,14 @@ int btrfs_orphan_reserve_metadata(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	 * If all of the metadata space is used, we can commit
 	 * transaction and use space it freed.
 	 */
-	u64 num_bytes = calc_trans_metadata_size(root, 4);
+	u64 num_bytes = btrfs_calc_trans_metadata_size(root, 4);
 	return block_rsv_migrate_bytes(src_rsv, dst_rsv, num_bytes);
 }
 
 void btrfs_orphan_release_metadata(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(inode)->root;
-	u64 num_bytes = calc_trans_metadata_size(root, 4);
+	u64 num_bytes = btrfs_calc_trans_metadata_size(root, 4);
 	btrfs_block_rsv_release(root, root->orphan_block_rsv, num_bytes);
 }
 
@@ -3973,7 +3967,7 @@ int btrfs_snap_reserve_metadata(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	 * two for root back/forward refs, two for directory entries
 	 * and one for root of the snapshot.
 	 */
-	u64 num_bytes = calc_trans_metadata_size(root, 5);
+	u64 num_bytes = btrfs_calc_trans_metadata_size(root, 5);
 	dst_rsv->space_info = src_rsv->space_info;
 	return block_rsv_migrate_bytes(src_rsv, dst_rsv, num_bytes);
 }
@@ -4000,7 +3994,7 @@ int btrfs_delalloc_reserve_metadata(struct inode *inode, u64 num_bytes)
 	nr_extents = atomic_read(&BTRFS_I(inode)->outstanding_extents) + 1;
 	if (nr_extents > BTRFS_I(inode)->reserved_extents) {
 		nr_extents -= BTRFS_I(inode)->reserved_extents;
-		to_reserve = calc_trans_metadata_size(root, nr_extents);
+		to_reserve = btrfs_calc_trans_metadata_size(root, nr_extents);
 	} else {
 		nr_extents = 0;
 		to_reserve = 0;
@@ -4047,7 +4041,7 @@ void btrfs_delalloc_release_metadata(struct inode *inode, u64 num_bytes)
 
 	to_free = calc_csum_metadata_size(inode, num_bytes);
 	if (nr_extents > 0)
-		to_free += calc_trans_metadata_size(root, nr_extents);
+		to_free += btrfs_calc_trans_metadata_size(root, nr_extents);
 
 	btrfs_block_rsv_release(root, &root->fs_info->delalloc_block_rsv,
 				to_free);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 7027953..6ee549f 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -2603,11 +2603,26 @@ noinline int btrfs_update_inode(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	struct extent_buffer *leaf;
 	int ret;
 
+	/*
+	 * If root is tree root, it means this inode is used to
+	 * store free space information. And these inodes are updated
+	 * when committing the transaction, so they needn't delaye to
+	 * be updated, or deadlock will occured.
+	 */
+	if (likely(root != root->fs_info->tree_root)) {
+		ret = btrfs_delayed_update_inode(trans, root, inode);
+		if (!ret)
+			btrfs_set_inode_last_trans(trans, inode);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
 	path = btrfs_alloc_path();
-	BUG_ON(!path);
+	if (!path)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	path->leave_spinning = 1;
-	ret = btrfs_lookup_inode(trans, root, path,
-				 &BTRFS_I(inode)->location, 1);
+	ret = btrfs_lookup_inode(trans, root, path, &BTRFS_I(inode)->location,
+				 1);
 	if (ret) {
 		if (ret > 0)
 			ret = -ENOENT;
@@ -2617,7 +2632,7 @@ noinline int btrfs_update_inode(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	btrfs_unlock_up_safe(path, 1);
 	leaf = path->nodes[0];
 	inode_item = btrfs_item_ptr(leaf, path->slots[0],
-				  struct btrfs_inode_item);
+				    struct btrfs_inode_item);
 
 	fill_inode_item(trans, leaf, inode_item, inode);
 	btrfs_mark_buffer_dirty(leaf);
@@ -2628,7 +2643,6 @@ failed:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-
 /*
  * unlink helper that gets used here in inode.c and in the tree logging
  * recovery code.  It remove a link in a directory with a given name, and
@@ -2680,18 +2694,9 @@ int btrfs_unlink_inode(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		goto err;
 	}
 
-	di = btrfs_lookup_dir_index_item(trans, root, path, dir->i_ino,
-					 index, name, name_len, -1);
-	if (IS_ERR(di)) {
-		ret = PTR_ERR(di);
-		goto err;
-	}
-	if (!di) {
-		ret = -ENOENT;
+	ret = btrfs_delete_delayed_dir_index(trans, root, dir, index);
+	if (ret)
 		goto err;
-	}
-	ret = btrfs_delete_one_dir_name(trans, root, path, di);
-	btrfs_release_path(root, path);
 
 	ret = btrfs_del_inode_ref_in_log(trans, root, name, name_len,
 					 inode, dir->i_ino);
@@ -2867,6 +2872,14 @@ static struct btrfs_trans_handle *__unlink_start_trans(struct inode *dir,
 	index = btrfs_inode_ref_index(path->nodes[0], ref);
 	btrfs_release_path(root, path);
 
+	/*
+	 * This is a commit root search, if we can lookup inode item and other
+	 * relative items in the commit root, it means the transaction of
+	 * dir/file creation has been committed, and the dir index item that we
+	 * delay to insert has also been inserted into the commit root. So
+	 * we needn't worry about the delayed insertion of the dir index item
+	 * here.
+	 */
 	di = btrfs_lookup_dir_index_item(trans, root, path, dir->i_ino, index,
 				dentry->d_name.name, dentry->d_name.len, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(di)) {
@@ -2972,24 +2985,16 @@ int btrfs_unlink_subvol(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		btrfs_release_path(root, path);
 		index = key.offset;
 	}
+	btrfs_release_path(root, path);
 
-	di = btrfs_lookup_dir_index_item(trans, root, path, dir->i_ino,
-					 index, name, name_len, -1);
-	BUG_ON(!di || IS_ERR(di));
-
-	leaf = path->nodes[0];
-	btrfs_dir_item_key_to_cpu(leaf, di, &key);
-	WARN_ON(key.type != BTRFS_ROOT_ITEM_KEY || key.objectid != objectid);
-	ret = btrfs_delete_one_dir_name(trans, root, path, di);
+	ret = btrfs_delete_delayed_dir_index(trans, root, dir, index);
 	BUG_ON(ret);
-	btrfs_release_path(root, path);
 
 	btrfs_i_size_write(dir, dir->i_size - name_len * 2);
 	dir->i_mtime = dir->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
 	ret = btrfs_update_inode(trans, root, dir);
 	BUG_ON(ret);
 
-	btrfs_free_path(path);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -3249,6 +3254,15 @@ int btrfs_truncate_inode_items(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	if (root->ref_cows || root == root->fs_info->tree_root)
 		btrfs_drop_extent_cache(inode, new_size & (~mask), (u64)-1, 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * This function is also used to drop the items in the log tree before
+	 * we relog the inode, so if root != BTRFS_I(inode)->root, it means
+	 * it is used to drop the loged items. So we shouldn't kill the delayed
+	 * items.
+	 */
+	if (min_type == 0 && root == BTRFS_I(inode)->root)
+		btrfs_kill_delayed_inode_items(trans, inode);
+
 	path = btrfs_alloc_path();
 	BUG_ON(!path);
 	path->reada = -1;
@@ -4182,7 +4196,7 @@ static struct dentry *btrfs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	return d_splice_alias(inode, dentry);
 }
 
-static unsigned char btrfs_filetype_table[] = {
+unsigned char btrfs_filetype_table[] = {
 	DT_UNKNOWN, DT_REG, DT_DIR, DT_CHR, DT_BLK, DT_FIFO, DT_SOCK, DT_LNK
 };
 
@@ -4196,6 +4210,8 @@ static int btrfs_real_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent,
 	struct btrfs_key key;
 	struct btrfs_key found_key;
 	struct btrfs_path *path;
+	struct btrfs_delayed_node *delayed_node = NULL;
+	struct btrfs_delayed_item *delayed_item = NULL;
 	int ret;
 	u32 nritems;
 	struct extent_buffer *leaf;
@@ -4210,6 +4226,7 @@ static int btrfs_real_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent,
 	char tmp_name[32];
 	char *name_ptr;
 	int name_len;
+	int is_curr = 0;	/* filp->f_pos points to the current index? */
 
 	/* FIXME, use a real flag for deciding about the key type */
 	if (root->fs_info->tree_root == root)
@@ -4234,8 +4251,13 @@ static int btrfs_real_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent,
 		filp->f_pos = 2;
 	}
 	path = btrfs_alloc_path();
+	if (!path)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 	path->reada = 2;
 
+	if (key_type == BTRFS_DIR_INDEX_KEY)
+		delayed_node = btrfs_get_locked_delayed_node(inode);
+
 	btrfs_set_key_type(&key, key_type);
 	key.offset = filp->f_pos;
 	key.objectid = inode->i_ino;
@@ -4273,8 +4295,13 @@ static int btrfs_real_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent,
 			break;
 		if (found_key.offset < filp->f_pos)
 			continue;
+		if (key_type == BTRFS_DIR_INDEX_KEY &&
+		    btrfs_should_delete_dir_index(delayed_node, &delayed_item,
+						  found_key.offset))
+			continue;
 
 		filp->f_pos = found_key.offset;
+		is_curr = 1;
 
 		di = btrfs_item_ptr(leaf, slot, struct btrfs_dir_item);
 		di_cur = 0;
@@ -4324,6 +4351,15 @@ skip:
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (key_type == BTRFS_DIR_INDEX_KEY) {
+		if (is_curr)
+			filp->f_pos++;
+		ret = btrfs_readdir_delayed_dir_index(filp, dirent, filldir,
+						      delayed_node);
+		if (ret)
+			goto nopos;
+	}
+
 	/* Reached end of directory/root. Bump pos past the last item. */
 	if (key_type == BTRFS_DIR_INDEX_KEY)
 		/*
@@ -4336,6 +4372,8 @@ skip:
 nopos:
 	ret = 0;
 err:
+	if (key_type == BTRFS_DIR_INDEX_KEY)
+		btrfs_put_locked_delayed_node(delayed_node);
 	btrfs_free_path(path);
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -4481,9 +4519,12 @@ int btrfs_set_inode_index(struct inode *dir, u64 *index)
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	if (BTRFS_I(dir)->index_cnt == (u64)-1) {
-		ret = btrfs_set_inode_index_count(dir);
-		if (ret)
-			return ret;
+		ret = btrfs_inode_delayed_dir_index_count(dir);
+		if (ret) {
+			ret = btrfs_set_inode_index_count(dir);
+			if (ret)
+				return ret;
+		}
 	}
 
 	*index = BTRFS_I(dir)->index_cnt;
@@ -4641,7 +4682,7 @@ int btrfs_add_link(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 
 	if (ret == 0) {
 		ret = btrfs_insert_dir_item(trans, root, name, name_len,
-					    parent_inode->i_ino, &key,
+					    parent_inode, &key,
 					    btrfs_inode_type(inode), index);
 		BUG_ON(ret);
 
@@ -6642,6 +6683,8 @@ struct inode *btrfs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	ei->dummy_inode = 0;
 	ei->force_compress = BTRFS_COMPRESS_NONE;
 
+	ei->delayed_node = NULL;
+
 	inode = &ei->vfs_inode;
 	extent_map_tree_init(&ei->extent_tree, GFP_NOFS);
 	extent_io_tree_init(&ei->io_tree, &inode->i_data, GFP_NOFS);
@@ -6660,6 +6703,7 @@ void btrfs_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct btrfs_ordered_extent *ordered;
 	struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(inode)->root;
+	int ret;
 
 	WARN_ON(!list_empty(&inode->i_dentry));
 	WARN_ON(inode->i_data.nrpages);
@@ -6725,6 +6769,8 @@ void btrfs_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	inode_tree_del(inode);
 	btrfs_drop_extent_cache(inode, 0, (u64)-1, 0);
 free:
+	ret = btrfs_remove_delayed_node(inode);
+	BUG_ON(ret);
 	kmem_cache_free(btrfs_inode_cachep, BTRFS_I(inode));
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
index 5fdb2ab..b200e07 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ static noinline int create_subvol(struct btrfs_root *root,
 	BUG_ON(ret);
 
 	ret = btrfs_insert_dir_item(trans, root,
-				    name, namelen, dir->i_ino, &key,
+				    name, namelen, dir, &key,
 				    BTRFS_FT_DIR, index);
 	if (ret)
 		goto fail;
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/super.c b/fs/btrfs/super.c
index db0a827..593ce8a 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/super.c
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 #include <linux/magic.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include "compat.h"
+#include "delayed-inode.h"
 #include "ctree.h"
 #include "disk-io.h"
 #include "transaction.h"
@@ -1163,10 +1164,14 @@ static int __init init_btrfs_fs(void)
 	if (err)
 		goto free_extent_io;
 
-	err = btrfs_interface_init();
+	err = btrfs_delayed_inode_init();
 	if (err)
 		goto free_extent_map;
 
+	err = btrfs_interface_init();
+	if (err)
+		goto free_delayed_inode;
+
 	err = register_filesystem(&btrfs_fs_type);
 	if (err)
 		goto unregister_ioctl;
@@ -1176,6 +1181,8 @@ static int __init init_btrfs_fs(void)
 
 unregister_ioctl:
 	btrfs_interface_exit();
+free_delayed_inode:
+	btrfs_delayed_inode_exit();
 free_extent_map:
 	extent_map_exit();
 free_extent_io:
@@ -1192,6 +1199,7 @@ free_sysfs:
 static void __exit exit_btrfs_fs(void)
 {
 	btrfs_destroy_cachep();
+	btrfs_delayed_inode_exit();
 	extent_map_exit();
 	extent_io_exit();
 	btrfs_interface_exit();
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
index 3d73c8d..31b328b 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
@@ -478,19 +478,46 @@ static int __btrfs_end_transaction(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 int btrfs_end_transaction(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 			  struct btrfs_root *root)
 {
-	return __btrfs_end_transaction(trans, root, 0, 1);
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = __btrfs_end_transaction(trans, root, 0, 1);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	btrfs_balance_delayed_items(root);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 int btrfs_end_transaction_throttle(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 				   struct btrfs_root *root)
 {
-	return __btrfs_end_transaction(trans, root, 1, 1);
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = __btrfs_end_transaction(trans, root, 1, 1);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	btrfs_balance_delayed_items(root);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 int btrfs_end_transaction_nolock(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 				 struct btrfs_root *root)
 {
-	return __btrfs_end_transaction(trans, root, 0, 0);
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = __btrfs_end_transaction(trans, root, 0, 0);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	btrfs_balance_delayed_items(root);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int btrfs_end_transaction_dmeta(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
+				struct btrfs_root *root)
+{
+	return __btrfs_end_transaction(trans, root, 1, 1);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -958,7 +985,7 @@ static noinline int create_pending_snapshot(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	BUG_ON(ret);
 	ret = btrfs_insert_dir_item(trans, parent_root,
 				dentry->d_name.name, dentry->d_name.len,
-				parent_inode->i_ino, &key,
+				parent_inode, &key,
 				BTRFS_FT_DIR, index);
 	BUG_ON(ret);
 
@@ -1027,6 +1054,14 @@ static noinline int create_pending_snapshots(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	int ret;
 
 	list_for_each_entry(pending, head, list) {
+		/*
+		 * We must deal with the delayed items before creating
+		 * snapshots, or we will create a snapthot with inconsistent
+		 * information.
+		*/
+		ret = btrfs_run_delayed_items(trans, fs_info->fs_root);
+		BUG_ON(ret);
+
 		ret = create_pending_snapshot(trans, fs_info, pending);
 		BUG_ON(ret);
 	}
@@ -1279,6 +1314,9 @@ int btrfs_commit_transaction(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 			BUG_ON(ret);
 		}
 
+		ret = btrfs_run_delayed_items(trans, root);
+		BUG_ON(ret);
+
 		/*
 		 * rename don't use btrfs_join_transaction, so, once we
 		 * set the transaction to blocked above, we aren't going
@@ -1305,6 +1343,9 @@ int btrfs_commit_transaction(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	ret = create_pending_snapshots(trans, root->fs_info);
 	BUG_ON(ret);
 
+	ret = btrfs_run_delayed_items(trans, root);
+	BUG_ON(ret);
+
 	ret = btrfs_run_delayed_refs(trans, root, (unsigned long)-1);
 	BUG_ON(ret);
 
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/transaction.h b/fs/btrfs/transaction.h
index 229a594..a4a441f 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/transaction.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/transaction.h
@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ int btrfs_commit_transaction_async(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 				   int wait_for_unblock);
 int btrfs_end_transaction_throttle(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 				   struct btrfs_root *root);
+int btrfs_end_transaction_dmeta(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
+				struct btrfs_root *root);
 int btrfs_should_end_transaction(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 				 struct btrfs_root *root);
 void btrfs_throttle(struct btrfs_root *root);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
index a4bbb85..e8a2e95 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
@@ -2775,6 +2775,13 @@ static int btrfs_log_inode(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		max_key.type = (u8)-1;
 	max_key.offset = (u64)-1;
 
+	ret = btrfs_commit_inode_delayed_items(trans, root, inode);
+	if (ret) {
+		btrfs_free_path(path);
+		btrfs_free_path(dst_path);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
 	mutex_lock(&BTRFS_I(inode)->log_mutex);
 
 	/*
