BUG_ON(buffer_delay(bh));
        BUG_ON(buffer_unwritten(bh));
 
-       /*
-        * Mask in barrier bit for a write (could be either a WRITE or a
-        * WRITE_SYNC
-        */
-       if (buffer_ordered(bh) && (rw & WRITE))
-               rw |= WRITE_BARRIER;
-
        /*
         * Only clear out a write error when rewriting
         */
  * and then start new I/O and then wait upon it.  The caller must have a ref on
  * the buffer_head.
  */
-int sync_dirty_buffer(struct buffer_head *bh)
+int __sync_dirty_buffer(struct buffer_head *bh, int rw)
 {
        int ret = 0;
 
        if (test_clear_buffer_dirty(bh)) {
                get_bh(bh);
                bh->b_end_io = end_buffer_write_sync;
-               ret = submit_bh(WRITE_SYNC, bh);
+               ret = submit_bh(rw, bh);
                wait_on_buffer(bh);
                if (buffer_eopnotsupp(bh)) {
                        clear_buffer_eopnotsupp(bh);
        }
        return ret;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__sync_dirty_buffer);
+
+int sync_dirty_buffer(struct buffer_head *bh)
+{
+       return __sync_dirty_buffer(bh, WRITE_SYNC);
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_dirty_buffer);
 
 /*
 
        struct buffer_head *bh;
        journal_header_t *header;
        int ret;
-       int barrier_done = 0;
 
        if (is_journal_aborted(journal))
                return 0;
 
        JBUFFER_TRACE(descriptor, "write commit block");
        set_buffer_dirty(bh);
+
        if (journal->j_flags & JFS_BARRIER) {
-               set_buffer_ordered(bh);
-               barrier_done = 1;
-       }
-       ret = sync_dirty_buffer(bh);
-       if (barrier_done)
-               clear_buffer_ordered(bh);
-       /* is it possible for another commit to fail at roughly
-        * the same time as this one?  If so, we don't want to
-        * trust the barrier flag in the super, but instead want
-        * to remember if we sent a barrier request
-        */
-       if (ret == -EOPNOTSUPP && barrier_done) {
-               char b[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
+               ret = __sync_dirty_buffer(bh, WRITE_SYNC | WRITE_BARRIER);
 
-               printk(KERN_WARNING
-                       "JBD: barrier-based sync failed on %s - "
-                       "disabling barriers\n",
-                       bdevname(journal->j_dev, b));
-               spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
-               journal->j_flags &= ~JFS_BARRIER;
-               spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+               /*
+                * Is it possible for another commit to fail at roughly
+                * the same time as this one?  If so, we don't want to
+                * trust the barrier flag in the super, but instead want
+                * to remember if we sent a barrier request
+                */
+               if (ret == -EOPNOTSUPP) {
+                       char b[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
 
-               /* And try again, without the barrier */
-               set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
-               set_buffer_dirty(bh);
+                       printk(KERN_WARNING
+                               "JBD: barrier-based sync failed on %s - "
+                               "disabling barriers\n",
+                               bdevname(journal->j_dev, b));
+                       spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+                       journal->j_flags &= ~JFS_BARRIER;
+                       spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+
+                       /* And try again, without the barrier */
+                       set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
+                       set_buffer_dirty(bh);
+                       ret = sync_dirty_buffer(bh);
+               }
+       } else {
                ret = sync_dirty_buffer(bh);
        }
+
        put_bh(bh);             /* One for getblk() */
        journal_put_journal_head(descriptor);
 
 
        struct commit_header *tmp;
        struct buffer_head *bh;
        int ret;
-       int barrier_done = 0;
        struct timespec now = current_kernel_time();
 
        if (is_journal_aborted(journal))
        if (journal->j_flags & JBD2_BARRIER &&
            !JBD2_HAS_INCOMPAT_FEATURE(journal,
                                       JBD2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_ASYNC_COMMIT)) {
-               set_buffer_ordered(bh);
-               barrier_done = 1;
-       }
-       ret = submit_bh(WRITE_SYNC_PLUG, bh);
-       if (barrier_done)
-               clear_buffer_ordered(bh);
-
-       /* is it possible for another commit to fail at roughly
-        * the same time as this one?  If so, we don't want to
-        * trust the barrier flag in the super, but instead want
-        * to remember if we sent a barrier request
-        */
-       if (ret == -EOPNOTSUPP && barrier_done) {
-               printk(KERN_WARNING
-                      "JBD2: Disabling barriers on %s, "
-                      "not supported by device\n", journal->j_devname);
-               write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
-               journal->j_flags &= ~JBD2_BARRIER;
-               write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+               ret = submit_bh(WRITE_SYNC_PLUG | WRITE_BARRIER, bh);
+               if (ret == -EOPNOTSUPP) {
+                       printk(KERN_WARNING
+                              "JBD2: Disabling barriers on %s, "
+                              "not supported by device\n", journal->j_devname);
+                       write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+                       journal->j_flags &= ~JBD2_BARRIER;
+                       write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 
-               /* And try again, without the barrier */
-               lock_buffer(bh);
-               set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
-               clear_buffer_dirty(bh);
+                       /* And try again, without the barrier */
+                       lock_buffer(bh);
+                       set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
+                       clear_buffer_dirty(bh);
+                       ret = submit_bh(WRITE_SYNC_PLUG, bh);
+               }
+       } else {
                ret = submit_bh(WRITE_SYNC_PLUG, bh);
        }
        *cbh = bh;
 
 {
        struct the_nilfs *nilfs = sbi->s_nilfs;
        int err;
-       int barrier_done = 0;
 
-       if (nilfs_test_opt(sbi, BARRIER)) {
-               set_buffer_ordered(nilfs->ns_sbh[0]);
-               barrier_done = 1;
-       }
  retry:
        set_buffer_dirty(nilfs->ns_sbh[0]);
-       err = sync_dirty_buffer(nilfs->ns_sbh[0]);
-       if (err == -EOPNOTSUPP && barrier_done) {
-               nilfs_warning(sbi->s_super, __func__,
-                             "barrier-based sync failed. "
-                             "disabling barriers\n");
-               nilfs_clear_opt(sbi, BARRIER);
-               barrier_done = 0;
-               clear_buffer_ordered(nilfs->ns_sbh[0]);
-               goto retry;
+
+       if (nilfs_test_opt(sbi, BARRIER)) {
+               err = __sync_dirty_buffer(nilfs->ns_sbh[0],
+                                         WRITE_SYNC | WRITE_BARRIER);
+               if (err == -EOPNOTSUPP) {
+                       nilfs_warning(sbi->s_super, __func__,
+                                     "barrier-based sync failed. "
+                                     "disabling barriers\n");
+                       nilfs_clear_opt(sbi, BARRIER);
+                       goto retry;
+               }
+       } else {
+               err = sync_dirty_buffer(nilfs->ns_sbh[0]);
        }
+
        if (unlikely(err)) {
                printk(KERN_ERR
                       "NILFS: unable to write superblock (err=%d)\n", err);
 
        BH_Delay,       /* Buffer is not yet allocated on disk */
        BH_Boundary,    /* Block is followed by a discontiguity */
        BH_Write_EIO,   /* I/O error on write */
-       BH_Ordered,     /* ordered write */
        BH_Eopnotsupp,  /* operation not supported (barrier) */
        BH_Unwritten,   /* Buffer is allocated on disk but not written */
        BH_Quiet,       /* Buffer Error Prinks to be quiet */
 BUFFER_FNS(Delay, delay)
 BUFFER_FNS(Boundary, boundary)
 BUFFER_FNS(Write_EIO, write_io_error)
-BUFFER_FNS(Ordered, ordered)
 BUFFER_FNS(Eopnotsupp, eopnotsupp)
 BUFFER_FNS(Unwritten, unwritten)
 
 void __lock_buffer(struct buffer_head *bh);
 void ll_rw_block(int, int, struct buffer_head * bh[]);
 int sync_dirty_buffer(struct buffer_head *bh);
+int __sync_dirty_buffer(struct buffer_head *bh, int rw);
 int submit_bh(int, struct buffer_head *);
 void write_boundary_block(struct block_device *bdev,
                        sector_t bblock, unsigned blocksize);