xfs_buftarg_t   *log_target,
                                xfs_daddr_t     blk_offset,
                                int             num_bblks);
-STATIC int      xlog_space_left(struct log *log, int64_t *head);
+STATIC int      xlog_space_left(struct log *log, atomic64_t *head);
 STATIC int      xlog_sync(xlog_t *log, xlog_in_core_t *iclog);
 STATIC void     xlog_dealloc_log(xlog_t *log);
 
 static void
 xlog_grant_sub_space(
        struct log      *log,
-       int64_t         *head,
+       atomic64_t      *head,
        int             bytes)
 {
        int             cycle, space;
 static void
 xlog_grant_add_space(
        struct log      *log,
-       int64_t         *head,
+       atomic64_t      *head,
        int             bytes)
 {
        int             tmp;
 STATIC int
 xlog_space_left(
        struct log      *log,
-       int64_t         *head)
+       atomic64_t      *head)
 {
        int             free_bytes;
        int             tail_bytes;
 
        spinlock_t              l_grant_lock ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp;
        struct list_head        l_reserveq;
        struct list_head        l_writeq;
-       int64_t                 l_grant_reserve_head;
-       int64_t                 l_grant_write_head;
+       atomic64_t                      l_grant_reserve_head;
+       atomic64_t                      l_grant_write_head;
 
        /*
         * l_last_sync_lsn and l_tail_lsn are atomics so they can be set and
  * will always get consistent component values to work from.
  */
 static inline void
-xlog_crack_grant_head(int64_t *head, int *cycle, int *space)
+xlog_crack_grant_head(atomic64_t *head, int *cycle, int *space)
 {
-       int64_t val = *head;
+       int64_t val = atomic64_read(head);
 
        *cycle = val >> 32;
        *space = val & 0xffffffff;
 }
 
 static inline void
-xlog_assign_grant_head(int64_t *head, int cycle, int space)
+xlog_assign_grant_head(atomic64_t *head, int cycle, int space)
 {
-       *head = ((int64_t)cycle << 32) | space;
+       atomic64_set(head, ((int64_t)cycle << 32) | space);
 }
 
 /*