struct xfs_trans        *tp;
        int                     error;
 
-       xfs_iunlock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_SHARED);
        tp = xfs_trans_alloc(mp, XFS_TRANS_FSYNC_TS);
        error = xfs_trans_reserve(tp, 0, XFS_FSYNC_TS_LOG_RES(mp), 0, 0, 0);
-
        if (error) {
                xfs_trans_cancel(tp, 0);
-               /* we need to return with the lock hold shared */
-               xfs_ilock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_SHARED);
                return error;
        }
 
        xfs_ilock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
-
-       /*
-        * Note - it's possible that we might have pushed ourselves out of the
-        * way during trans_reserve which would flush the inode.  But there's
-        * no guarantee that the inode buffer has actually gone out yet (it's
-        * delwri).  Plus the buffer could be pinned anyway if it's part of
-        * an inode in another recent transaction.  So we play it safe and
-        * fire off the transaction anyway.
-        */
-       xfs_trans_ijoin(tp, ip);
+       xfs_trans_ijoin_ref(tp, ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
        xfs_trans_log_inode(tp, ip, XFS_ILOG_CORE);
-       error = xfs_trans_commit(tp, 0);
-       xfs_ilock_demote(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
-
-       return error;
+       return xfs_trans_commit(tp, 0);
 }
 
 STATIC int
        trace_xfs_write_inode(ip);
 
        if (XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(mp))
-               return XFS_ERROR(EIO);
+               return -XFS_ERROR(EIO);
+       if (!ip->i_update_core)
+               return 0;
 
        if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL) {
                /*
                 * of synchronous log foces dramatically.
                 */
                xfs_ioend_wait(ip);
-               xfs_ilock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_SHARED);
-               if (ip->i_update_core) {
-                       error = xfs_log_inode(ip);
-                       if (error)
-                               goto out_unlock;
-               }
+               error = xfs_log_inode(ip);
+               if (error)
+                       goto out;
+               return 0;
        } else {
                /*
                 * We make this non-blocking if the inode is contended, return