diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/aops.c b/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
index c29d06634fd65dc030f962ada59c6109ab784e49..578ce225cf83435f34f202bad346a67d6c783419 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
@@ -499,158 +499,6 @@ static sector_t ocfs2_bmap(struct address_space *mapping, sector_t block)
 	return status;
 }
 
-/*
- * TODO: Make this into a generic get_blocks function.
- *
- * From do_direct_io in direct-io.c:
- *  "So what we do is to permit the ->get_blocks function to populate
- *   bh.b_size with the size of IO which is permitted at this offset and
- *   this i_blkbits."
- *
- * This function is called directly from get_more_blocks in direct-io.c.
- *
- * called like this: dio->get_blocks(dio->inode, fs_startblk,
- * 					fs_count, map_bh, dio->rw == WRITE);
- */
-static int ocfs2_direct_IO_get_blocks(struct inode *inode, sector_t iblock,
-				     struct buffer_head *bh_result, int create)
-{
-	int ret;
-	u32 cpos = 0;
-	int alloc_locked = 0;
-	u64 p_blkno, inode_blocks, contig_blocks;
-	unsigned int ext_flags;
-	unsigned char blocksize_bits = inode->i_sb->s_blocksize_bits;
-	unsigned long max_blocks = bh_result->b_size >> inode->i_blkbits;
-	unsigned long len = bh_result->b_size;
-	unsigned int clusters_to_alloc = 0, contig_clusters = 0;
-
-	cpos = ocfs2_blocks_to_clusters(inode->i_sb, iblock);
-
-	/* This function won't even be called if the request isn't all
-	 * nicely aligned and of the right size, so there's no need
-	 * for us to check any of that. */
-
-	inode_blocks = ocfs2_blocks_for_bytes(inode->i_sb, i_size_read(inode));
-
-	down_read(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_alloc_sem);
-
-	/* This figures out the size of the next contiguous block, and
-	 * our logical offset */
-	ret = ocfs2_extent_map_get_blocks(inode, iblock, &p_blkno,
-					  &contig_blocks, &ext_flags);
-	up_read(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_alloc_sem);
-
-	if (ret) {
-		mlog(ML_ERROR, "get_blocks() failed iblock=%llu\n",
-		     (unsigned long long)iblock);
-		ret = -EIO;
-		goto bail;
-	}
-
-	/* We should already CoW the refcounted extent in case of create. */
-	BUG_ON(create && (ext_flags & OCFS2_EXT_REFCOUNTED));
-
-	/* allocate blocks if no p_blkno is found, and create == 1 */
-	if (!p_blkno && create) {
-		ret = ocfs2_inode_lock(inode, NULL, 1);
-		if (ret < 0) {
-			mlog_errno(ret);
-			goto bail;
-		}
-
-		alloc_locked = 1;
-
-		down_write(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_alloc_sem);
-
-		/* fill hole, allocate blocks can't be larger than the size
-		 * of the hole */
-		clusters_to_alloc = ocfs2_clusters_for_bytes(inode->i_sb, len);
-		contig_clusters = ocfs2_clusters_for_blocks(inode->i_sb,
-				contig_blocks);
-		if (clusters_to_alloc > contig_clusters)
-			clusters_to_alloc = contig_clusters;
-
-		/* allocate extent and insert them into the extent tree */
-		ret = ocfs2_extend_allocation(inode, cpos,
-				clusters_to_alloc, 0);
-		if (ret < 0) {
-			up_write(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_alloc_sem);
-			mlog_errno(ret);
-			goto bail;
-		}
-
-		ret = ocfs2_extent_map_get_blocks(inode, iblock, &p_blkno,
-				&contig_blocks, &ext_flags);
-		if (ret < 0) {
-			up_write(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_alloc_sem);
-			mlog(ML_ERROR, "get_blocks() failed iblock=%llu\n",
-					(unsigned long long)iblock);
-			ret = -EIO;
-			goto bail;
-		}
-		set_buffer_new(bh_result);
-		up_write(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_alloc_sem);
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * get_more_blocks() expects us to describe a hole by clearing
-	 * the mapped bit on bh_result().
-	 *
-	 * Consider an unwritten extent as a hole.
-	 */
-	if (p_blkno && !(ext_flags & OCFS2_EXT_UNWRITTEN))
-		map_bh(bh_result, inode->i_sb, p_blkno);
-	else
-		clear_buffer_mapped(bh_result);
-
-	/* make sure we don't map more than max_blocks blocks here as
-	   that's all the kernel will handle at this point. */
-	if (max_blocks < contig_blocks)
-		contig_blocks = max_blocks;
-	bh_result->b_size = contig_blocks << blocksize_bits;
-bail:
-	if (alloc_locked)
-		ocfs2_inode_unlock(inode, 1);
-	return ret;
-}
-
-/*
- * ocfs2_dio_end_io is called by the dio core when a dio is finished.  We're
- * 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 int ocfs2_dio_end_io(struct kiocb *iocb,
-			     loff_t offset,
-			     ssize_t bytes,
-			     void *private)
-{
-	struct inode *inode = file_inode(iocb->ki_filp);
-	int level;
-
-	if (bytes <= 0)
-		return 0;
-
-	/* this io's submitter should not have unlocked this before we could */
-	BUG_ON(!ocfs2_iocb_is_rw_locked(iocb));
-
-	if (ocfs2_iocb_is_unaligned_aio(iocb)) {
-		ocfs2_iocb_clear_unaligned_aio(iocb);
-
-		mutex_unlock(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_unaligned_aio);
-	}
-
-	/* Let rw unlock to be done later to protect append direct io write */
-	if (offset + bytes <= i_size_read(inode)) {
-		ocfs2_iocb_clear_rw_locked(iocb);
-
-		level = ocfs2_iocb_rw_locked_level(iocb);
-		ocfs2_rw_unlock(inode, level);
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static int ocfs2_releasepage(struct page *page, gfp_t wait)
 {
 	if (!page_has_buffers(page))
@@ -658,363 +506,6 @@ static int ocfs2_releasepage(struct page *page, gfp_t wait)
 	return try_to_free_buffers(page);
 }
 
-static int ocfs2_is_overwrite(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
-		struct inode *inode, loff_t offset)
-{
-	int ret = 0;
-	u32 v_cpos = 0;
-	u32 p_cpos = 0;
-	unsigned int num_clusters = 0;
-	unsigned int ext_flags = 0;
-
-	v_cpos = ocfs2_bytes_to_clusters(osb->sb, offset);
-	ret = ocfs2_get_clusters(inode, v_cpos, &p_cpos,
-			&num_clusters, &ext_flags);
-	if (ret < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(ret);
-		return ret;
-	}
-
-	if (p_cpos && !(ext_flags & OCFS2_EXT_UNWRITTEN))
-		return 1;
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static int ocfs2_direct_IO_zero_extend(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
-		struct inode *inode, loff_t offset,
-		u64 zero_len, int cluster_align)
-{
-	u32 p_cpos = 0;
-	u32 v_cpos = ocfs2_bytes_to_clusters(osb->sb, i_size_read(inode));
-	unsigned int num_clusters = 0;
-	unsigned int ext_flags = 0;
-	int ret = 0;
-
-	if (offset <= i_size_read(inode) || cluster_align)
-		return 0;
-
-	ret = ocfs2_get_clusters(inode, v_cpos, &p_cpos, &num_clusters,
-			&ext_flags);
-	if (ret < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(ret);
-		return ret;
-	}
-
-	if (p_cpos && !(ext_flags & OCFS2_EXT_UNWRITTEN)) {
-		u64 s = i_size_read(inode);
-		sector_t sector = ((u64)p_cpos << (osb->s_clustersize_bits - 9)) +
-			(do_div(s, osb->s_clustersize) >> 9);
-
-		ret = blkdev_issue_zeroout(osb->sb->s_bdev, sector,
-				zero_len >> 9, GFP_NOFS, false);
-		if (ret < 0)
-			mlog_errno(ret);
-	}
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
-static int ocfs2_direct_IO_extend_no_holes(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
-		struct inode *inode, loff_t offset)
-{
-	u64 zero_start, zero_len, total_zero_len;
-	u32 p_cpos = 0, clusters_to_add;
-	u32 v_cpos = ocfs2_bytes_to_clusters(osb->sb, i_size_read(inode));
-	unsigned int num_clusters = 0;
-	unsigned int ext_flags = 0;
-	u32 size_div, offset_div;
-	int ret = 0;
-
-	{
-		u64 o = offset;
-		u64 s = i_size_read(inode);
-
-		offset_div = do_div(o, osb->s_clustersize);
-		size_div = do_div(s, osb->s_clustersize);
-	}
-
-	if (offset <= i_size_read(inode))
-		return 0;
-
-	clusters_to_add = ocfs2_bytes_to_clusters(inode->i_sb, offset) -
-		ocfs2_bytes_to_clusters(inode->i_sb, i_size_read(inode));
-	total_zero_len = offset - i_size_read(inode);
-	if (clusters_to_add)
-		total_zero_len -= offset_div;
-
-	/* Allocate clusters to fill out holes, and this is only needed
-	 * when we add more than one clusters. Otherwise the cluster will
-	 * be allocated during direct IO */
-	if (clusters_to_add > 1) {
-		ret = ocfs2_extend_allocation(inode,
-				OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_clusters,
-				clusters_to_add - 1, 0);
-		if (ret) {
-			mlog_errno(ret);
-			goto out;
-		}
-	}
-
-	while (total_zero_len) {
-		ret = ocfs2_get_clusters(inode, v_cpos, &p_cpos, &num_clusters,
-				&ext_flags);
-		if (ret < 0) {
-			mlog_errno(ret);
-			goto out;
-		}
-
-		zero_start = ocfs2_clusters_to_bytes(osb->sb, p_cpos) +
-			size_div;
-		zero_len = ocfs2_clusters_to_bytes(osb->sb, num_clusters) -
-			size_div;
-		zero_len = min(total_zero_len, zero_len);
-
-		if (p_cpos && !(ext_flags & OCFS2_EXT_UNWRITTEN)) {
-			ret = blkdev_issue_zeroout(osb->sb->s_bdev,
-					zero_start >> 9, zero_len >> 9,
-					GFP_NOFS, false);
-			if (ret < 0) {
-				mlog_errno(ret);
-				goto out;
-			}
-		}
-
-		total_zero_len -= zero_len;
-		v_cpos += ocfs2_bytes_to_clusters(osb->sb, zero_len + size_div);
-
-		/* Only at first iteration can be cluster not aligned.
-		 * So set size_div to 0 for the rest */
-		size_div = 0;
-	}
-
-out:
-	return ret;
-}
-
-static ssize_t ocfs2_direct_IO_write(struct kiocb *iocb,
-		struct iov_iter *iter,
-		loff_t offset)
-{
-	ssize_t ret = 0;
-	ssize_t written = 0;
-	bool orphaned = false;
-	int is_overwrite = 0;
-	struct file *file = iocb->ki_filp;
-	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file)->i_mapping->host;
-	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
-	struct buffer_head *di_bh = NULL;
-	size_t count = iter->count;
-	journal_t *journal = osb->journal->j_journal;
-	u64 zero_len_head, zero_len_tail;
-	int cluster_align_head, cluster_align_tail;
-	loff_t final_size = offset + count;
-	int append_write = offset >= i_size_read(inode) ? 1 : 0;
-	unsigned int num_clusters = 0;
-	unsigned int ext_flags = 0;
-
-	{
-		u64 o = offset;
-		u64 s = i_size_read(inode);
-
-		zero_len_head = do_div(o, 1 << osb->s_clustersize_bits);
-		cluster_align_head = !zero_len_head;
-
-		zero_len_tail = osb->s_clustersize -
-			do_div(s, osb->s_clustersize);
-		if ((offset - i_size_read(inode)) < zero_len_tail)
-			zero_len_tail = offset - i_size_read(inode);
-		cluster_align_tail = !zero_len_tail;
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * when final_size > inode->i_size, inode->i_size will be
-	 * updated after direct write, so add the inode to orphan
-	 * dir first.
-	 */
-	if (final_size > i_size_read(inode)) {
-		ret = ocfs2_add_inode_to_orphan(osb, inode);
-		if (ret < 0) {
-			mlog_errno(ret);
-			goto out;
-		}
-		orphaned = true;
-	}
-
-	if (append_write) {
-		ret = ocfs2_inode_lock(inode, NULL, 1);
-		if (ret < 0) {
-			mlog_errno(ret);
-			goto clean_orphan;
-		}
-
-		/* zeroing out the previously allocated cluster tail
-		 * that but not zeroed */
-		if (ocfs2_sparse_alloc(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb))) {
-			down_read(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_alloc_sem);
-			ret = ocfs2_direct_IO_zero_extend(osb, inode, offset,
-					zero_len_tail, cluster_align_tail);
-			up_read(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_alloc_sem);
-		} else {
-			down_write(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_alloc_sem);
-			ret = ocfs2_direct_IO_extend_no_holes(osb, inode,
-					offset);
-			up_write(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_alloc_sem);
-		}
-		if (ret < 0) {
-			mlog_errno(ret);
-			ocfs2_inode_unlock(inode, 1);
-			goto clean_orphan;
-		}
-
-		is_overwrite = ocfs2_is_overwrite(osb, inode, offset);
-		if (is_overwrite < 0) {
-			mlog_errno(is_overwrite);
-			ret = is_overwrite;
-			ocfs2_inode_unlock(inode, 1);
-			goto clean_orphan;
-		}
-
-		ocfs2_inode_unlock(inode, 1);
-	}
-
-	written = __blockdev_direct_IO(iocb, inode, inode->i_sb->s_bdev, iter,
-				       offset, ocfs2_direct_IO_get_blocks,
-				       ocfs2_dio_end_io, NULL, 0);
-	/* overwrite aio may return -EIOCBQUEUED, and it is not an error */
-	if ((written < 0) && (written != -EIOCBQUEUED)) {
-		loff_t i_size = i_size_read(inode);
-
-		if (offset + count > i_size) {
-			ret = ocfs2_inode_lock(inode, &di_bh, 1);
-			if (ret < 0) {
-				mlog_errno(ret);
-				goto clean_orphan;
-			}
-
-			if (i_size == i_size_read(inode)) {
-				ret = ocfs2_truncate_file(inode, di_bh,
-						i_size);
-				if (ret < 0) {
-					if (ret != -ENOSPC)
-						mlog_errno(ret);
-
-					ocfs2_inode_unlock(inode, 1);
-					brelse(di_bh);
-					di_bh = NULL;
-					goto clean_orphan;
-				}
-			}
-
-			ocfs2_inode_unlock(inode, 1);
-			brelse(di_bh);
-			di_bh = NULL;
-
-			ret = jbd2_journal_force_commit(journal);
-			if (ret < 0)
-				mlog_errno(ret);
-		}
-	} else if (written > 0 && append_write && !is_overwrite &&
-			!cluster_align_head) {
-		/* zeroing out the allocated cluster head */
-		u32 p_cpos = 0;
-		u32 v_cpos = ocfs2_bytes_to_clusters(osb->sb, offset);
-
-		ret = ocfs2_inode_lock(inode, NULL, 0);
-		if (ret < 0) {
-			mlog_errno(ret);
-			goto clean_orphan;
-		}
-
-		ret = ocfs2_get_clusters(inode, v_cpos, &p_cpos,
-				&num_clusters, &ext_flags);
-		if (ret < 0) {
-			mlog_errno(ret);
-			ocfs2_inode_unlock(inode, 0);
-			goto clean_orphan;
-		}
-
-		BUG_ON(!p_cpos || (ext_flags & OCFS2_EXT_UNWRITTEN));
-
-		ret = blkdev_issue_zeroout(osb->sb->s_bdev,
-				(u64)p_cpos << (osb->s_clustersize_bits - 9),
-				zero_len_head >> 9, GFP_NOFS, false);
-		if (ret < 0)
-			mlog_errno(ret);
-
-		ocfs2_inode_unlock(inode, 0);
-	}
-
-clean_orphan:
-	if (orphaned) {
-		int tmp_ret;
-		int update_isize = written > 0 ? 1 : 0;
-		loff_t end = update_isize ? offset + written : 0;
-
-		tmp_ret = ocfs2_inode_lock(inode, &di_bh, 1);
-		if (tmp_ret < 0) {
-			ret = tmp_ret;
-			mlog_errno(ret);
-			goto out;
-		}
-
-		tmp_ret = ocfs2_del_inode_from_orphan(osb, inode, di_bh,
-				update_isize, end);
-		if (tmp_ret < 0) {
-			ocfs2_inode_unlock(inode, 1);
-			ret = tmp_ret;
-			mlog_errno(ret);
-			brelse(di_bh);
-			goto out;
-		}
-
-		ocfs2_inode_unlock(inode, 1);
-		brelse(di_bh);
-
-		tmp_ret = jbd2_journal_force_commit(journal);
-		if (tmp_ret < 0) {
-			ret = tmp_ret;
-			mlog_errno(tmp_ret);
-		}
-	}
-
-out:
-	if (ret >= 0)
-		ret = written;
-	return ret;
-}
-
-static ssize_t ocfs2_direct_IO(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter,
-			       loff_t offset)
-{
-	struct file *file = iocb->ki_filp;
-	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file)->i_mapping->host;
-	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
-	int full_coherency = !(osb->s_mount_opt &
-			OCFS2_MOUNT_COHERENCY_BUFFERED);
-
-	/*
-	 * Fallback to buffered I/O if we see an inode without
-	 * extents.
-	 */
-	if (OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_dyn_features & OCFS2_INLINE_DATA_FL)
-		return 0;
-
-	/* Fallback to buffered I/O if we are appending and
-	 * concurrent O_DIRECT writes are allowed.
-	 */
-	if (i_size_read(inode) <= offset && !full_coherency)
-		return 0;
-
-	if (iov_iter_rw(iter) == READ)
-		return __blockdev_direct_IO(iocb, inode, inode->i_sb->s_bdev,
-					    iter, offset,
-					    ocfs2_direct_IO_get_blocks,
-					    ocfs2_dio_end_io, NULL, 0);
-	else
-		return ocfs2_direct_IO_write(iocb, iter, offset);
-}
-
 static void ocfs2_figure_cluster_boundaries(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 					    u32 cpos,
 					    unsigned int *start,
@@ -1326,14 +817,14 @@ static void ocfs2_free_unwritten_list(struct inode *inode,
 				 struct list_head *head)
 {
 	struct ocfs2_inode_info *oi = OCFS2_I(inode);
-	struct ocfs2_unwritten_extent *dz = NULL, *tmp = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_unwritten_extent *ue = NULL, *tmp = NULL;
 
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(dz, tmp, head, ue_node) {
-		list_del(&dz->ue_node);
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(ue, tmp, head, ue_node) {
+		list_del(&ue->ue_node);
 		spin_lock(&oi->ip_lock);
-		list_del(&dz->ue_ip_node);
+		list_del(&ue->ue_ip_node);
 		spin_unlock(&oi->ip_lock);
-		kfree(dz);
+		kfree(ue);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1834,7 +1325,7 @@ static int ocfs2_unwritten_check(struct inode *inode,
 				 struct ocfs2_write_cluster_desc *desc)
 {
 	struct ocfs2_inode_info *oi = OCFS2_I(inode);
-	struct ocfs2_unwritten_extent *dz = NULL, *new = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_unwritten_extent *ue = NULL, *new = NULL;
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	if (!desc->c_needs_zero)
@@ -1845,8 +1336,8 @@ static int ocfs2_unwritten_check(struct inode *inode,
 	/* Needs not to zero no metter buffer or direct. The one who is zero
 	 * the cluster is doing zero. And he will clear unwritten after all
 	 * cluster io finished. */
-	list_for_each_entry(dz, &oi->ip_unwritten_list, ue_ip_node) {
-		if (desc->c_cpos == dz->ue_cpos) {
+	list_for_each_entry(ue, &oi->ip_unwritten_list, ue_ip_node) {
+		if (desc->c_cpos == ue->ue_cpos) {
 			BUG_ON(desc->c_new);
 			desc->c_needs_zero = 0;
 			desc->c_clear_unwritten = 0;
@@ -2608,6 +2099,344 @@ static int ocfs2_write_end(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
 	return ret;
 }
 
+struct ocfs2_dio_write_ctxt {
+	struct list_head	dw_zero_list;
+	unsigned		dw_zero_count;
+	int			dw_orphaned;
+	pid_t			dw_writer_pid;
+};
+
+static struct ocfs2_dio_write_ctxt *
+ocfs2_dio_alloc_write_ctx(struct buffer_head *bh, int *alloc)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_dio_write_ctxt *dwc = NULL;
+
+	if (bh->b_private)
+		return bh->b_private;
+
+	dwc = kmalloc(sizeof(struct ocfs2_dio_write_ctxt), GFP_NOFS);
+	if (dwc == NULL)
+		return NULL;
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dwc->dw_zero_list);
+	dwc->dw_zero_count = 0;
+	dwc->dw_orphaned = 0;
+	dwc->dw_writer_pid = task_pid_nr(current);
+	bh->b_private = dwc;
+	*alloc = 1;
+
+	return dwc;
+}
+
+static void ocfs2_dio_free_write_ctx(struct inode *inode,
+				     struct ocfs2_dio_write_ctxt *dwc)
+{
+	ocfs2_free_unwritten_list(inode, &dwc->dw_zero_list);
+	kfree(dwc);
+}
+
+/*
+ * TODO: Make this into a generic get_blocks function.
+ *
+ * From do_direct_io in direct-io.c:
+ *  "So what we do is to permit the ->get_blocks function to populate
+ *   bh.b_size with the size of IO which is permitted at this offset and
+ *   this i_blkbits."
+ *
+ * This function is called directly from get_more_blocks in direct-io.c.
+ *
+ * called like this: dio->get_blocks(dio->inode, fs_startblk,
+ * 					fs_count, map_bh, dio->rw == WRITE);
+ */
+static int ocfs2_dio_get_block(struct inode *inode, sector_t iblock,
+			       struct buffer_head *bh_result, int create)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
+	struct ocfs2_write_ctxt *wc;
+	struct ocfs2_write_cluster_desc *desc = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_dio_write_ctxt *dwc = NULL;
+	struct buffer_head *di_bh = NULL;
+	u64 p_blkno;
+	loff_t pos = iblock << inode->i_sb->s_blocksize_bits;
+	unsigned len, total_len = bh_result->b_size;
+	int ret = 0, first_get_block = 0;
+
+	len = osb->s_clustersize - (pos & (osb->s_clustersize - 1));
+	len = min(total_len, len);
+
+	mlog(0, "get block of %lu at %llu:%u req %u\n",
+			inode->i_ino, pos, len, total_len);
+
+	/* This is the fast path for re-write. */
+	ret = ocfs2_get_block(inode, iblock, bh_result, create);
+
+	if (buffer_mapped(bh_result) &&
+	    !buffer_new(bh_result) &&
+	    ret == 0)
+		goto out;
+
+	/* Clear state set by ocfs2_get_block. */
+	bh_result->b_state = 0;
+
+	dwc = ocfs2_dio_alloc_write_ctx(bh_result, &first_get_block);
+	if (unlikely(dwc == NULL)) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	if (ocfs2_clusters_for_bytes(inode->i_sb, pos + total_len) >
+	    ocfs2_clusters_for_bytes(inode->i_sb, i_size_read(inode)) &&
+	    !dwc->dw_orphaned) {
+		/*
+		 * when we are going to alloc extents beyond file size, add the
+		 * inode to orphan dir, so we can recall those spaces when
+		 * system crashed during write.
+		 */
+		ret = ocfs2_add_inode_to_orphan(osb, inode);
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto out;
+		}
+		dwc->dw_orphaned = 1;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_inode_lock(inode, &di_bh, 1);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	if (first_get_block) {
+		if (ocfs2_sparse_alloc(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb)))
+			ret = ocfs2_zero_tail(inode, di_bh, pos);
+		else
+			ret = ocfs2_expand_nonsparse_inode(inode, di_bh, pos,
+							   total_len, NULL);
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			goto unlock;
+		}
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_write_begin_nolock(inode->i_mapping, pos, len,
+				       OCFS2_WRITE_DIRECT, NULL,
+				       (void **)&wc, di_bh, NULL);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto unlock;
+	}
+
+	desc = &wc->w_desc[0];
+
+	p_blkno = ocfs2_clusters_to_blocks(inode->i_sb, desc->c_phys);
+	BUG_ON(p_blkno == 0);
+	p_blkno += iblock & (u64)(ocfs2_clusters_to_blocks(inode->i_sb, 1) - 1);
+
+	map_bh(bh_result, inode->i_sb, p_blkno);
+	bh_result->b_size = len;
+	if (desc->c_needs_zero)
+		set_buffer_new(bh_result);
+
+	/* May sleep in end_io. It should not happen in a irq context. So defer
+	 * it to dio work queue. */
+	set_buffer_defer_completion(bh_result);
+
+	if (!list_empty(&wc->w_unwritten_list)) {
+		struct ocfs2_unwritten_extent *ue = NULL;
+
+		ue = list_first_entry(&wc->w_unwritten_list,
+				      struct ocfs2_unwritten_extent,
+				      ue_node);
+		BUG_ON(ue->ue_cpos != desc->c_cpos);
+		/* The physical address may be 0, fill it. */
+		ue->ue_phys = desc->c_phys;
+
+		list_splice_tail_init(&wc->w_unwritten_list, &dwc->dw_zero_list);
+		dwc->dw_zero_count++;
+	}
+
+	ret = ocfs2_write_end_nolock(inode->i_mapping, pos, len, len, NULL, wc);
+	BUG_ON(ret != len);
+	ret = 0;
+unlock:
+	ocfs2_inode_unlock(inode, 1);
+	brelse(di_bh);
+out:
+	if (ret < 0)
+		ret = -EIO;
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static void ocfs2_dio_end_io_write(struct inode *inode,
+				   struct ocfs2_dio_write_ctxt *dwc,
+				   loff_t offset,
+				   ssize_t bytes)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_cached_dealloc_ctxt dealloc;
+	struct ocfs2_extent_tree et;
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
+	struct ocfs2_unwritten_extent *ue = NULL;
+	struct buffer_head *di_bh = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_dinode *di;
+	struct ocfs2_alloc_context *data_ac = NULL;
+	struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac = NULL;
+	handle_t *handle = NULL;
+	loff_t end = offset + bytes;
+	int ret = 0, credits = 0, locked = 0;
+
+	ocfs2_init_dealloc_ctxt(&dealloc);
+
+	/* We do clear unwritten, delete orphan, change i_size here. If neither
+	 * of these happen, we can skip all this. */
+	if (list_empty(&dwc->dw_zero_list) &&
+	    end <= i_size_read(inode) &&
+	    !dwc->dw_orphaned)
+		goto out;
+
+	ret = ocfs2_inode_lock(inode, &di_bh, 1);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	/* ocfs2_file_write_iter will get i_mutex, so we need not lock if we
+	 * are in that context. */
+	if (dwc->dw_writer_pid != task_pid_nr(current)) {
+		mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
+		locked = 1;
+	}
+
+	/* Delete orphan before acquire i_mutex. */
+	if (dwc->dw_orphaned) {
+		BUG_ON(dwc->dw_writer_pid != task_pid_nr(current));
+
+		end = end > i_size_read(inode) ? end : 0;
+
+		ret = ocfs2_del_inode_from_orphan(osb, inode, di_bh,
+				!!end, end);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+	}
+
+	di = (struct ocfs2_dinode *)di_bh;
+
+	ocfs2_init_dinode_extent_tree(&et, INODE_CACHE(inode), di_bh);
+
+	ret = ocfs2_lock_allocators(inode, &et, 0, dwc->dw_zero_count*2,
+				    &data_ac, &meta_ac);
+
+	credits = ocfs2_calc_extend_credits(inode->i_sb, &di->id2.i_list);
+
+	handle = ocfs2_start_trans(osb, credits);
+	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto unlock;
+	}
+	ret = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, INODE_CACHE(inode), di_bh,
+				      OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlog_errno(ret);
+		goto commit;
+	}
+
+	list_for_each_entry(ue, &dwc->dw_zero_list, ue_node) {
+		ret = ocfs2_mark_extent_written(inode, &et, handle,
+						ue->ue_cpos, 1,
+						ue->ue_phys,
+						meta_ac, &dealloc);
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (end > i_size_read(inode)) {
+		ret = ocfs2_set_inode_size(handle, inode, di_bh, end);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+	}
+commit:
+	ocfs2_commit_trans(osb, handle);
+unlock:
+	ocfs2_inode_unlock(inode, 1);
+	brelse(di_bh);
+out:
+	ocfs2_run_deallocs(osb, &dealloc);
+	if (locked)
+		mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
+	ocfs2_dio_free_write_ctx(inode, dwc);
+	if (data_ac)
+		ocfs2_free_alloc_context(data_ac);
+	if (meta_ac)
+		ocfs2_free_alloc_context(meta_ac);
+}
+
+/*
+ * ocfs2_dio_end_io is called by the dio core when a dio is finished.  We're
+ * 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 int ocfs2_dio_end_io(struct kiocb *iocb,
+			    loff_t offset,
+			    ssize_t bytes,
+			    void *private)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(iocb->ki_filp);
+	int level;
+
+	if (bytes <= 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	/* this io's submitter should not have unlocked this before we could */
+	BUG_ON(!ocfs2_iocb_is_rw_locked(iocb));
+
+	if (ocfs2_iocb_is_unaligned_aio(iocb)) {
+		ocfs2_iocb_clear_unaligned_aio(iocb);
+
+		mutex_unlock(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_unaligned_aio);
+	}
+
+	if (private)
+		ocfs2_dio_end_io_write(inode, private, offset, bytes);
+
+	ocfs2_iocb_clear_rw_locked(iocb);
+
+	level = ocfs2_iocb_rw_locked_level(iocb);
+	ocfs2_rw_unlock(inode, level);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static ssize_t ocfs2_direct_IO(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter,
+			       loff_t offset)
+{
+	struct file *file = iocb->ki_filp;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file)->i_mapping->host;
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
+	loff_t end = offset + iter->count;
+	get_block_t *get_block;
+
+	/*
+	 * Fallback to buffered I/O if we see an inode without
+	 * extents.
+	 */
+	if (OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_dyn_features & OCFS2_INLINE_DATA_FL)
+		return 0;
+
+	/* Fallback to buffered I/O if we do not support append dio. */
+	if (end > i_size_read(inode) && !ocfs2_supports_append_dio(osb))
+		return 0;
+
+	if (iov_iter_rw(iter) == READ)
+		get_block = ocfs2_get_block;
+	else
+		get_block = ocfs2_dio_get_block;
+
+	return __blockdev_direct_IO(iocb, inode, inode->i_sb->s_bdev,
+				    iter, offset, get_block,
+				    ocfs2_dio_end_io, NULL, 0);
+}
+
 const struct address_space_operations ocfs2_aops = {
 	.readpage		= ocfs2_readpage,
 	.readpages		= ocfs2_readpages,