if (ip->i_d.di_size < isize) {
                ip->i_d.di_size = isize;
-               ip->i_update_core = 1;
                xfs_mark_inode_dirty_sync(ip);
        }
 
 
 #include <linux/fiemap.h>
 
 /*
- * Bring the atime in the XFS inode uptodate.
- * Used before logging the inode to disk or when the Linux inode goes away.
+ * Bring the timestamps in the XFS inode uptodate.
+ *
+ * Used before writing the inode to disk.
  */
 void
-xfs_synchronize_atime(
+xfs_synchronize_times(
        xfs_inode_t     *ip)
 {
        struct inode    *inode = VFS_I(ip);
 
-       if (!(inode->i_state & I_CLEAR)) {
-               ip->i_d.di_atime.t_sec = (__int32_t)inode->i_atime.tv_sec;
-               ip->i_d.di_atime.t_nsec = (__int32_t)inode->i_atime.tv_nsec;
-       }
+       ip->i_d.di_atime.t_sec = (__int32_t)inode->i_atime.tv_sec;
+       ip->i_d.di_atime.t_nsec = (__int32_t)inode->i_atime.tv_nsec;
+       ip->i_d.di_ctime.t_sec = (__int32_t)inode->i_ctime.tv_sec;
+       ip->i_d.di_ctime.t_nsec = (__int32_t)inode->i_ctime.tv_nsec;
+       ip->i_d.di_mtime.t_sec = (__int32_t)inode->i_mtime.tv_sec;
+       ip->i_d.di_mtime.t_nsec = (__int32_t)inode->i_mtime.tv_nsec;
 }
 
 /*
        if ((flags & XFS_ICHGTIME_MOD) &&
            !timespec_equal(&inode->i_mtime, &tv)) {
                inode->i_mtime = tv;
-               ip->i_d.di_mtime.t_sec = (__int32_t)tv.tv_sec;
-               ip->i_d.di_mtime.t_nsec = (__int32_t)tv.tv_nsec;
                sync_it = 1;
        }
        if ((flags & XFS_ICHGTIME_CHG) &&
            !timespec_equal(&inode->i_ctime, &tv)) {
                inode->i_ctime = tv;
-               ip->i_d.di_ctime.t_sec = (__int32_t)tv.tv_sec;
-               ip->i_d.di_ctime.t_nsec = (__int32_t)tv.tv_nsec;
                sync_it = 1;
        }
 
        /*
-        * We update the i_update_core field _after_ changing
-        * the timestamps in order to coordinate properly with
-        * xfs_iflush() so that we don't lose timestamp updates.
-        * This keeps us from having to hold the inode lock
-        * while doing this.  We use the SYNCHRONIZE macro to
-        * ensure that the compiler does not reorder the update
-        * of i_update_core above the timestamp updates above.
+        * Update complete - now make sure everyone knows that the inode
+        * is dirty.
         */
-       if (sync_it) {
-               SYNCHRONIZE();
-               ip->i_update_core = 1;
+       if (sync_it)
                xfs_mark_inode_dirty_sync(ip);
-       }
 }
 
 /*
        stat->gid = ip->i_d.di_gid;
        stat->ino = ip->i_ino;
        stat->atime = inode->i_atime;
-       stat->mtime.tv_sec = ip->i_d.di_mtime.t_sec;
-       stat->mtime.tv_nsec = ip->i_d.di_mtime.t_nsec;
-       stat->ctime.tv_sec = ip->i_d.di_ctime.t_sec;
-       stat->ctime.tv_nsec = ip->i_d.di_ctime.t_nsec;
+       stat->mtime = inode->i_mtime;
+       stat->ctime = inode->i_ctime;
        stat->blocks =
                XFS_FSB_TO_BB(mp, ip->i_d.di_nblocks + ip->i_delayed_blks);
 
 
                xip->i_new_size = new_size;
 
        if (likely(!(ioflags & IO_INVIS)))
-               xfs_ichgtime(xip, XFS_ICHGTIME_MOD | XFS_ICHGTIME_CHG);
+               file_update_time(file);
 
        /*
         * If the offset is beyond the size of the file, we have a couple
 
        mrlock_init(&ip->i_iolock, MRLOCK_BARRIER, "xfsio", ip->i_ino);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Dirty the XFS inode when mark_inode_dirty_sync() is called so that
+ * we catch unlogged VFS level updates to the inode. Care must be taken
+ * here - the transaction code calls mark_inode_dirty_sync() to mark the
+ * VFS inode dirty in a transaction and clears the i_update_core field;
+ * it must clear the field after calling mark_inode_dirty_sync() to
+ * correctly indicate that the dirty state has been propagated into the
+ * inode log item.
+ *
+ * We need the barrier() to maintain correct ordering between unlogged
+ * updates and the transaction commit code that clears the i_update_core
+ * field. This requires all updates to be completed before marking the
+ * inode dirty.
+ */
+STATIC void
+xfs_fs_dirty_inode(
+       struct inode    *inode)
+{
+       barrier();
+       XFS_I(inode)->i_update_core = 1;
+}
+
 /*
  * Attempt to flush the inode, this will actually fail
  * if the inode is pinned, but we dirty the inode again
 static struct super_operations xfs_super_operations = {
        .alloc_inode            = xfs_fs_alloc_inode,
        .destroy_inode          = xfs_fs_destroy_inode,
+       .dirty_inode            = xfs_fs_dirty_inode,
        .write_inode            = xfs_fs_write_inode,
        .clear_inode            = xfs_fs_clear_inode,
        .put_super              = xfs_fs_put_super,
 
         * process that the file was not changed out from
         * under it.
         */
-       if ((sbp->bs_ctime.tv_sec != ip->i_d.di_ctime.t_sec) ||
-           (sbp->bs_ctime.tv_nsec != ip->i_d.di_ctime.t_nsec) ||
-           (sbp->bs_mtime.tv_sec != ip->i_d.di_mtime.t_sec) ||
-           (sbp->bs_mtime.tv_nsec != ip->i_d.di_mtime.t_nsec)) {
+       if ((sbp->bs_ctime.tv_sec != VFS_I(ip)->i_ctime.tv_sec) ||
+           (sbp->bs_ctime.tv_nsec != VFS_I(ip)->i_ctime.tv_nsec) ||
+           (sbp->bs_mtime.tv_sec != VFS_I(ip)->i_mtime.tv_sec) ||
+           (sbp->bs_mtime.tv_nsec != VFS_I(ip)->i_mtime.tv_nsec)) {
                error = XFS_ERROR(EBUSY);
                goto out_unlock;
        }
 
        SYNCHRONIZE();
 
        /*
-        * Make sure to get the latest atime from the Linux inode.
+        * Make sure to get the latest timestamps from the Linux inode.
         */
-       xfs_synchronize_atime(ip);
+       xfs_synchronize_times(ip);
 
        if (XFS_TEST_ERROR(be16_to_cpu(dip->di_magic) != XFS_DINODE_MAGIC,
                               mp, XFS_ERRTAG_IFLUSH_1, XFS_RANDOM_IFLUSH_1)) {
 
 void           xfs_lock_inodes(xfs_inode_t **, int, uint);
 void           xfs_lock_two_inodes(xfs_inode_t *, xfs_inode_t *, uint);
 
-void           xfs_synchronize_atime(xfs_inode_t *);
+void           xfs_synchronize_times(xfs_inode_t *);
 void           xfs_mark_inode_dirty_sync(xfs_inode_t *);
 
 #if defined(XFS_INODE_TRACE)
 
        vecp++;
        nvecs        = 1;
 
+       /*
+        * Make sure the linux inode is dirty. We do this before
+        * clearing i_update_core as the VFS will call back into
+        * XFS here and set i_update_core, so we need to dirty the
+        * inode first so that the ordering of i_update_core and
+        * unlogged modifications still works as described below.
+        */
+       xfs_mark_inode_dirty_sync(ip);
+
        /*
         * Clear i_update_core if the timestamps (or any other
         * non-transactional modification) need flushing/logging
        }
 
        /*
-        * Make sure to get the latest atime from the Linux inode.
+        * Make sure to get the latest timestamps from the Linux inode.
         */
-       xfs_synchronize_atime(ip);
-
-       /*
-        * make sure the linux inode is dirty
-        */
-       xfs_mark_inode_dirty_sync(ip);
+       xfs_synchronize_times(ip);
 
        vecp->i_addr = (xfs_caddr_t)&ip->i_d;
        vecp->i_len  = sizeof(struct xfs_icdinode);
 
 {
        xfs_icdinode_t  *dic;   /* dinode core info pointer */
        xfs_inode_t     *ip;            /* incore inode pointer */
+       struct inode    *inode;
        int             error;
 
        error = xfs_iget(mp, NULL, ino,
        ASSERT(ip->i_imap.im_blkno != 0);
 
        dic = &ip->i_d;
+       inode = VFS_I(ip);
 
        /* xfs_iget returns the following without needing
         * further change.
        buf->bs_uid = dic->di_uid;
        buf->bs_gid = dic->di_gid;
        buf->bs_size = dic->di_size;
+
        /*
-        * We are reading the atime from the Linux inode because the
-        * dinode might not be uptodate.
+        * We need to read the timestamps from the Linux inode because
+        * the VFS keeps writing directly into the inode structure instead
+        * of telling us about the updates.
         */
-       buf->bs_atime.tv_sec = VFS_I(ip)->i_atime.tv_sec;
-       buf->bs_atime.tv_nsec = VFS_I(ip)->i_atime.tv_nsec;
-       buf->bs_mtime.tv_sec = dic->di_mtime.t_sec;
-       buf->bs_mtime.tv_nsec = dic->di_mtime.t_nsec;
-       buf->bs_ctime.tv_sec = dic->di_ctime.t_sec;
-       buf->bs_ctime.tv_nsec = dic->di_ctime.t_nsec;
+       buf->bs_atime.tv_sec = inode->i_atime.tv_sec;
+       buf->bs_atime.tv_nsec = inode->i_atime.tv_nsec;
+       buf->bs_mtime.tv_sec = inode->i_mtime.tv_sec;
+       buf->bs_mtime.tv_nsec = inode->i_mtime.tv_nsec;
+       buf->bs_ctime.tv_sec = inode->i_ctime.tv_sec;
+       buf->bs_ctime.tv_nsec = inode->i_ctime.tv_nsec;
+
        buf->bs_xflags = xfs_ip2xflags(ip);
        buf->bs_extsize = dic->di_extsize << mp->m_sb.sb_blocklog;
        buf->bs_extents = dic->di_nextents;
 
 
        ASSERT(XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(ip->i_mount) || ip->i_delayed_blks == 0);
 
-       /*
-        * Make sure the atime in the XFS inode is correct before freeing the
-        * Linux inode.
-        */
-       xfs_synchronize_atime(ip);
-
        /*
         * If we have nothing to flush with this inode then complete the
         * teardown now, otherwise break the link between the xfs inode and the