printk(KERN_ERR "Failed to read block groups: %d\n", ret);
                goto fail_block_groups;
        }
+       fs_info->num_tolerated_disk_barrier_failures =
+               btrfs_calc_num_tolerated_disk_barrier_failures(fs_info);
 
        fs_info->cleaner_kthread = kthread_run(cleaner_kthread, tree_root,
                                               "btrfs-cleaner");
                        printk_in_rcu("btrfs: disabling barriers on dev %s\n",
                                      rcu_str_deref(device->name));
                        device->nobarriers = 1;
-               }
-               if (!bio_flagged(bio, BIO_UPTODATE)) {
+               } else if (!bio_flagged(bio, BIO_UPTODATE)) {
                        ret = -EIO;
-                       if (!bio_flagged(bio, BIO_EOPNOTSUPP))
-                               btrfs_dev_stat_inc_and_print(device,
-                                       BTRFS_DEV_STAT_FLUSH_ERRS);
+                       btrfs_dev_stat_inc_and_print(device,
+                               BTRFS_DEV_STAT_FLUSH_ERRS);
                }
 
                /* drop the reference from the wait == 0 run */
 {
        struct list_head *head;
        struct btrfs_device *dev;
-       int errors = 0;
+       int errors_send = 0;
+       int errors_wait = 0;
        int ret;
 
        /* send down all the barriers */
        head = &info->fs_devices->devices;
        list_for_each_entry_rcu(dev, head, dev_list) {
                if (!dev->bdev) {
-                       errors++;
+                       errors_send++;
                        continue;
                }
                if (!dev->in_fs_metadata || !dev->writeable)
 
                ret = write_dev_flush(dev, 0);
                if (ret)
-                       errors++;
+                       errors_send++;
        }
 
        /* wait for all the barriers */
        list_for_each_entry_rcu(dev, head, dev_list) {
                if (!dev->bdev) {
-                       errors++;
+                       errors_wait++;
                        continue;
                }
                if (!dev->in_fs_metadata || !dev->writeable)
 
                ret = write_dev_flush(dev, 1);
                if (ret)
-                       errors++;
+                       errors_wait++;
        }
-       if (errors)
+       if (errors_send > info->num_tolerated_disk_barrier_failures ||
+           errors_wait > info->num_tolerated_disk_barrier_failures)
                return -EIO;
        return 0;
 }
 
+int btrfs_calc_num_tolerated_disk_barrier_failures(
+       struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
+{
+       struct btrfs_ioctl_space_info space;
+       struct btrfs_space_info *sinfo;
+       u64 types[] = {BTRFS_BLOCK_GROUP_DATA,
+                      BTRFS_BLOCK_GROUP_SYSTEM,
+                      BTRFS_BLOCK_GROUP_METADATA,
+                      BTRFS_BLOCK_GROUP_DATA | BTRFS_BLOCK_GROUP_METADATA};
+       int num_types = 4;
+       int i;
+       int c;
+       int num_tolerated_disk_barrier_failures =
+               (int)fs_info->fs_devices->num_devices;
+
+       for (i = 0; i < num_types; i++) {
+               struct btrfs_space_info *tmp;
+
+               sinfo = NULL;
+               rcu_read_lock();
+               list_for_each_entry_rcu(tmp, &fs_info->space_info, list) {
+                       if (tmp->flags == types[i]) {
+                               sinfo = tmp;
+                               break;
+                       }
+               }
+               rcu_read_unlock();
+
+               if (!sinfo)
+                       continue;
+
+               down_read(&sinfo->groups_sem);
+               for (c = 0; c < BTRFS_NR_RAID_TYPES; c++) {
+                       if (!list_empty(&sinfo->block_groups[c])) {
+                               u64 flags;
+
+                               btrfs_get_block_group_info(
+                                       &sinfo->block_groups[c], &space);
+                               if (space.total_bytes == 0 ||
+                                   space.used_bytes == 0)
+                                       continue;
+                               flags = space.flags;
+                               /*
+                                * return
+                                * 0: if dup, single or RAID0 is configured for
+                                *    any of metadata, system or data, else
+                                * 1: if RAID5 is configured, or if RAID1 or
+                                *    RAID10 is configured and only two mirrors
+                                *    are used, else
+                                * 2: if RAID6 is configured, else
+                                * num_mirrors - 1: if RAID1 or RAID10 is
+                                *                  configured and more than
+                                *                  2 mirrors are used.
+                                */
+                               if (num_tolerated_disk_barrier_failures > 0 &&
+                                   ((flags & (BTRFS_BLOCK_GROUP_DUP |
+                                              BTRFS_BLOCK_GROUP_RAID0)) ||
+                                    ((flags & BTRFS_BLOCK_GROUP_PROFILE_MASK)
+                                     == 0)))
+                                       num_tolerated_disk_barrier_failures = 0;
+                               else if (num_tolerated_disk_barrier_failures > 1
+                                        &&
+                                        (flags & (BTRFS_BLOCK_GROUP_RAID1 |
+                                                  BTRFS_BLOCK_GROUP_RAID10)))
+                                       num_tolerated_disk_barrier_failures = 1;
+                       }
+               }
+               up_read(&sinfo->groups_sem);
+       }
+
+       return num_tolerated_disk_barrier_failures;
+}
+
 int write_all_supers(struct btrfs_root *root, int max_mirrors)
 {
        struct list_head *head;
        mutex_lock(&root->fs_info->fs_devices->device_list_mutex);
        head = &root->fs_info->fs_devices->devices;
 
-       if (do_barriers)
-               barrier_all_devices(root->fs_info);
+       if (do_barriers) {
+               ret = barrier_all_devices(root->fs_info);
+               if (ret) {
+                       mutex_unlock(
+                               &root->fs_info->fs_devices->device_list_mutex);
+                       btrfs_error(root->fs_info, ret,
+                                   "errors while submitting device barriers.");
+                       return ret;
+               }
+       }
 
        list_for_each_entry_rcu(dev, head, dev_list) {
                if (!dev->bdev) {
 
                free_fs_devices(cur_devices);
        }
 
+       root->fs_info->num_tolerated_disk_barrier_failures =
+               btrfs_calc_num_tolerated_disk_barrier_failures(root->fs_info);
+
        /*
         * at this point, the device is zero sized.  We want to
         * remove it from the devices list and zero out the old super
        btrfs_clear_space_info_full(root->fs_info);
 
        unlock_chunks(root);
+       root->fs_info->num_tolerated_disk_barrier_failures =
+               btrfs_calc_num_tolerated_disk_barrier_failures(root->fs_info);
        ret = btrfs_commit_transaction(trans, root);
 
        if (seeding_dev) {
                }
        }
 
+       if (bctl->sys.flags & BTRFS_BALANCE_ARGS_CONVERT) {
+               int num_tolerated_disk_barrier_failures;
+               u64 target = bctl->sys.target;
+
+               num_tolerated_disk_barrier_failures =
+                       btrfs_calc_num_tolerated_disk_barrier_failures(fs_info);
+               if (num_tolerated_disk_barrier_failures > 0 &&
+                   (target &
+                    (BTRFS_BLOCK_GROUP_DUP | BTRFS_BLOCK_GROUP_RAID0 |
+                     BTRFS_AVAIL_ALLOC_BIT_SINGLE)))
+                       num_tolerated_disk_barrier_failures = 0;
+               else if (num_tolerated_disk_barrier_failures > 1 &&
+                        (target &
+                         (BTRFS_BLOCK_GROUP_RAID1 | BTRFS_BLOCK_GROUP_RAID10)))
+                       num_tolerated_disk_barrier_failures = 1;
+
+               fs_info->num_tolerated_disk_barrier_failures =
+                       num_tolerated_disk_barrier_failures;
+       }
+
        ret = insert_balance_item(fs_info->tree_root, bctl);
        if (ret && ret != -EEXIST)
                goto out;
                __cancel_balance(fs_info);
        }
 
+       if (bctl->sys.flags & BTRFS_BALANCE_ARGS_CONVERT) {
+               fs_info->num_tolerated_disk_barrier_failures =
+                       btrfs_calc_num_tolerated_disk_barrier_failures(fs_info);
+       }
+
        wake_up(&fs_info->balance_wait_q);
 
        return ret;