u64 bytenr, u64 num_bytes);
 int btrfs_exclude_logged_extents(struct extent_buffer *eb);
 int btrfs_cross_ref_exist(struct btrfs_root *root,
-                         u64 objectid, u64 offset, u64 bytenr);
+                         u64 objectid, u64 offset, u64 bytenr, bool strict);
 struct extent_buffer *btrfs_alloc_tree_block(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
                                             struct btrfs_root *root,
                                             u64 parent, u64 root_objectid,
                                           u64 start, u64 len);
 noinline int can_nocow_extent(struct inode *inode, u64 offset, u64 *len,
                              u64 *orig_start, u64 *orig_block_len,
-                             u64 *ram_bytes);
+                             u64 *ram_bytes, bool strict);
 
 void __btrfs_del_delalloc_inode(struct btrfs_root *root,
                                struct btrfs_inode *inode);
 
 
 static noinline int check_committed_ref(struct btrfs_root *root,
                                        struct btrfs_path *path,
-                                       u64 objectid, u64 offset, u64 bytenr)
+                                       u64 objectid, u64 offset, u64 bytenr,
+                                       bool strict)
 {
        struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info = root->fs_info;
        struct btrfs_root *extent_root = fs_info->extent_root;
            btrfs_extent_inline_ref_size(BTRFS_EXTENT_DATA_REF_KEY))
                goto out;
 
-       /* If extent created before last snapshot => it's definitely shared */
-       if (btrfs_extent_generation(leaf, ei) <=
-           btrfs_root_last_snapshot(&root->root_item))
+       /*
+        * If extent created before last snapshot => it's shared unless the
+        * snapshot has been deleted. Use the heuristic if strict is false.
+        */
+       if (!strict &&
+           (btrfs_extent_generation(leaf, ei) <=
+            btrfs_root_last_snapshot(&root->root_item)))
                goto out;
 
        iref = (struct btrfs_extent_inline_ref *)(ei + 1);
 }
 
 int btrfs_cross_ref_exist(struct btrfs_root *root, u64 objectid, u64 offset,
-                         u64 bytenr)
+                         u64 bytenr, bool strict)
 {
        struct btrfs_path *path;
        int ret;
 
        do {
                ret = check_committed_ref(root, path, objectid,
-                                         offset, bytenr);
+                                         offset, bytenr, strict);
                if (ret && ret != -ENOENT)
                        goto out;
 
 
                                goto out_check;
                        ret = btrfs_cross_ref_exist(root, ino,
                                                    found_key.offset -
-                                                   extent_offset, disk_bytenr);
+                                                   extent_offset, disk_bytenr, false);
                        if (ret) {
                                /*
                                 * ret could be -EIO if the above fails to read
  * @orig_start:        (optional) Return the original file offset of the file extent
  * @orig_len:  (optional) Return the original on-disk length of the file extent
  * @ram_bytes: (optional) Return the ram_bytes of the file extent
+ * @strict:    if true, omit optimizations that might force us into unnecessary
+ *             cow. e.g., don't trust generation number.
  *
  * This function will flush ordered extents in the range to ensure proper
  * nocow checks for (nowait == false) case.
  */
 noinline int can_nocow_extent(struct inode *inode, u64 offset, u64 *len,
                              u64 *orig_start, u64 *orig_block_len,
-                             u64 *ram_bytes)
+                             u64 *ram_bytes, bool strict)
 {
        struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info = btrfs_sb(inode->i_sb);
        struct btrfs_path *path;
         * Do the same check as in btrfs_cross_ref_exist but without the
         * unnecessary search.
         */
-       if (btrfs_file_extent_generation(leaf, fi) <=
-           btrfs_root_last_snapshot(&root->root_item))
+       if (!strict &&
+           (btrfs_file_extent_generation(leaf, fi) <=
+            btrfs_root_last_snapshot(&root->root_item)))
                goto out;
 
        backref_offset = btrfs_file_extent_offset(leaf, fi);
         */
 
        ret = btrfs_cross_ref_exist(root, btrfs_ino(BTRFS_I(inode)),
-                                   key.offset - backref_offset, disk_bytenr);
+                                   key.offset - backref_offset, disk_bytenr,
+                                   strict);
        if (ret) {
                ret = 0;
                goto out;
                block_start = em->block_start + (start - em->start);
 
                if (can_nocow_extent(inode, start, &len, &orig_start,
-                                    &orig_block_len, &ram_bytes) == 1 &&
+                                    &orig_block_len, &ram_bytes, false) == 1 &&
                    btrfs_inc_nocow_writers(fs_info, block_start)) {
                        struct extent_map *em2;
 
                free_extent_map(em);
                em = NULL;
 
-               ret = can_nocow_extent(inode, start, &len, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+               ret = can_nocow_extent(inode, start, &len, NULL, NULL, NULL, true);
                if (ret < 0) {
                        goto out;
                } else if (ret) {