int extent_type = -1;
        int ret;
        int err = 0;
+       int be_nice = 0;
        u64 ino = btrfs_ino(inode);
+       u64 bytes_deleted = 0;
 
        BUG_ON(new_size > 0 && min_type != BTRFS_EXTENT_DATA_KEY);
 
+       /*
+        * for non-free space inodes and ref cows, we want to back off from
+        * time to time
+        */
+       if (!btrfs_is_free_space_inode(inode) &&
+           test_bit(BTRFS_ROOT_REF_COWS, &root->state))
+               be_nice = 1;
+
        path = btrfs_alloc_path();
        if (!path)
                return -ENOMEM;
        key.type = (u8)-1;
 
 search_again:
+       /*
+        * with a 16K leaf size and 128MB extents, you can actually queue
+        * up a huge file in a single leaf.  Most of the time that
+        * bytes_deleted is > 0, it will be huge by the time we get here
+        */
+       if (be_nice && bytes_deleted > 32 * 1024 * 1024) {
+               if (btrfs_should_end_transaction(trans, root)) {
+                       err = -EAGAIN;
+                       goto error;
+               }
+       }
+
+
        path->leave_spinning = 1;
        ret = btrfs_search_slot(trans, root, &key, path, -1, 1);
        if (ret < 0) {
                    (test_bit(BTRFS_ROOT_REF_COWS, &root->state) ||
                     root == root->fs_info->tree_root)) {
                        btrfs_set_path_blocking(path);
+                       bytes_deleted += extent_num_bytes;
                        ret = btrfs_free_extent(trans, root, extent_start,
                                                extent_num_bytes, 0,
                                                btrfs_header_owner(leaf),
                                                ino, extent_offset, 0);
                        BUG_ON(ret);
+                       if (be_nice && pending_del_nr &&
+                           (pending_del_nr % 16 == 0) &&
+                           bytes_deleted > 1024 * 1024) {
+                               btrfs_async_run_delayed_refs(root,
+                                       trans->delayed_ref_updates * 2, 0);
+                       }
                }
 
                if (found_type == BTRFS_INODE_ITEM_KEY)
        if (last_size != (u64)-1 &&
            root->root_key.objectid != BTRFS_TREE_LOG_OBJECTID)
                btrfs_ordered_update_i_size(inode, last_size, NULL);
+
        btrfs_free_path(path);
+
+       if (be_nice && bytes_deleted > 32 * 1024 * 1024) {
+               unsigned long updates = trans->delayed_ref_updates;
+               if (updates) {
+                       trans->delayed_ref_updates = 0;
+                       ret = btrfs_run_delayed_refs(trans, root, updates * 2);
+                       if (ret && !err)
+                               err = ret;
+               }
+       }
        return err;
 }
 
                trans->block_rsv = rsv;
 
                ret = btrfs_truncate_inode_items(trans, root, inode, 0, 0);
-               if (ret != -ENOSPC)
+               if (ret != -ENOSPC && ret != -EAGAIN)
                        break;
 
                trans->block_rsv = &root->fs_info->trans_block_rsv;
                ret = btrfs_truncate_inode_items(trans, root, inode,
                                                 inode->i_size,
                                                 BTRFS_EXTENT_DATA_KEY);
-               if (ret != -ENOSPC) {
+               if (ret != -ENOSPC && ret != -EAGAIN) {
                        err = ret;
                        break;
                }
 
                                          &BTRFS_I(inode)->runtime_flags);
                                clear_bit(BTRFS_INODE_COPY_EVERYTHING,
                                          &BTRFS_I(inode)->runtime_flags);
-                               ret = btrfs_truncate_inode_items(trans, log,
-                                                                inode, 0, 0);
+                               while(1) {
+                                       ret = btrfs_truncate_inode_items(trans,
+                                                        log, inode, 0, 0);
+                                       if (ret != -EAGAIN)
+                                               break;
+                               }
                        }
                } else if (test_and_clear_bit(BTRFS_INODE_COPY_EVERYTHING,
                                              &BTRFS_I(inode)->runtime_flags) ||