return ret;
 }
 
+
+static int bch_btree_check_thread(void *arg)
+{
+       int ret;
+       struct btree_check_info *info = arg;
+       struct btree_check_state *check_state = info->state;
+       struct cache_set *c = check_state->c;
+       struct btree_iter iter;
+       struct bkey *k, *p;
+       int cur_idx, prev_idx, skip_nr;
+       int i, n;
+
+       k = p = NULL;
+       i = n = 0;
+       cur_idx = prev_idx = 0;
+       ret = 0;
+
+       /* root node keys are checked before thread created */
+       bch_btree_iter_init(&c->root->keys, &iter, NULL);
+       k = bch_btree_iter_next_filter(&iter, &c->root->keys, bch_ptr_bad);
+       BUG_ON(!k);
+
+       p = k;
+       while (k) {
+               /*
+                * Fetch a root node key index, skip the keys which
+                * should be fetched by other threads, then check the
+                * sub-tree indexed by the fetched key.
+                */
+               spin_lock(&check_state->idx_lock);
+               cur_idx = check_state->key_idx;
+               check_state->key_idx++;
+               spin_unlock(&check_state->idx_lock);
+
+               skip_nr = cur_idx - prev_idx;
+
+               while (skip_nr) {
+                       k = bch_btree_iter_next_filter(&iter,
+                                                      &c->root->keys,
+                                                      bch_ptr_bad);
+                       if (k)
+                               p = k;
+                       else {
+                               /*
+                                * No more keys to check in root node,
+                                * current checking threads are enough,
+                                * stop creating more.
+                                */
+                               atomic_set(&check_state->enough, 1);
+                               /* Update check_state->enough earlier */
+                               smp_mb();
+                               goto out;
+                       }
+                       skip_nr--;
+                       cond_resched();
+               }
+
+               if (p) {
+                       struct btree_op op;
+
+                       btree_node_prefetch(c->root, p);
+                       c->gc_stats.nodes++;
+                       bch_btree_op_init(&op, 0);
+                       ret = bcache_btree(check_recurse, p, c->root, &op);
+                       if (ret)
+                               goto out;
+               }
+               p = NULL;
+               prev_idx = cur_idx;
+               cond_resched();
+       }
+
+out:
+       info->result = ret;
+       /* update check_state->started among all CPUs */
+       smp_mb();
+       if (atomic_dec_and_test(&check_state->started))
+               wake_up(&check_state->wait);
+
+       return ret;
+}
+
+
+
+static int bch_btree_chkthread_nr(void)
+{
+       int n = num_online_cpus()/2;
+
+       if (n == 0)
+               n = 1;
+       else if (n > BCH_BTR_CHKTHREAD_MAX)
+               n = BCH_BTR_CHKTHREAD_MAX;
+
+       return n;
+}
+
 int bch_btree_check(struct cache_set *c)
 {
-       struct btree_op op;
+       int ret = 0;
+       int i;
+       struct bkey *k = NULL;
+       struct btree_iter iter;
+       struct btree_check_state *check_state;
+       char name[32];
 
-       bch_btree_op_init(&op, SHRT_MAX);
+       /* check and mark root node keys */
+       for_each_key_filter(&c->root->keys, k, &iter, bch_ptr_invalid)
+               bch_initial_mark_key(c, c->root->level, k);
+
+       bch_initial_mark_key(c, c->root->level + 1, &c->root->key);
+
+       if (c->root->level == 0)
+               return 0;
+
+       check_state = kzalloc(sizeof(struct btree_check_state), GFP_KERNEL);
+       if (!check_state)
+               return -ENOMEM;
+
+       check_state->c = c;
+       check_state->total_threads = bch_btree_chkthread_nr();
+       check_state->key_idx = 0;
+       spin_lock_init(&check_state->idx_lock);
+       atomic_set(&check_state->started, 0);
+       atomic_set(&check_state->enough, 0);
+       init_waitqueue_head(&check_state->wait);
 
-       return bcache_btree_root(check_recurse, c, &op);
+       /*
+        * Run multiple threads to check btree nodes in parallel,
+        * if check_state->enough is non-zero, it means current
+        * running check threads are enough, unncessary to create
+        * more.
+        */
+       for (i = 0; i < check_state->total_threads; i++) {
+               /* fetch latest check_state->enough earlier */
+               smp_mb();
+               if (atomic_read(&check_state->enough))
+                       break;
+
+               check_state->infos[i].result = 0;
+               check_state->infos[i].state = check_state;
+               snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "bch_btrchk[%u]", i);
+               atomic_inc(&check_state->started);
+
+               check_state->infos[i].thread =
+                       kthread_run(bch_btree_check_thread,
+                                   &check_state->infos[i],
+                                   name);
+               if (IS_ERR(check_state->infos[i].thread)) {
+                       pr_err("fails to run thread bch_btrchk[%d]", i);
+                       for (--i; i >= 0; i--)
+                               kthread_stop(check_state->infos[i].thread);
+                       ret = -ENOMEM;
+                       goto out;
+               }
+       }
+
+       wait_event_interruptible(check_state->wait,
+                                atomic_read(&check_state->started) == 0 ||
+                                 test_bit(CACHE_SET_IO_DISABLE, &c->flags));
+
+       for (i = 0; i < check_state->total_threads; i++) {
+               if (check_state->infos[i].result) {
+                       ret = check_state->infos[i].result;
+                       goto out;
+               }
+       }
+
+out:
+       kfree(check_state);
+       return ret;
 }
 
 void bch_initial_gc_finish(struct cache_set *c)