struct buffer_head *bh;
        struct gfs2_log_descriptor *ld;
        struct gfs2_bufdata *bd1 = NULL, *bd2;
-       unsigned int total = sdp->sd_log_num_buf;
+       unsigned int total;
        unsigned int offset = BUF_OFFSET;
        unsigned int limit;
        unsigned int num;
        limit = buf_limit(sdp);
        /* for 4k blocks, limit = 503 */
 
+       gfs2_log_lock(sdp);
+       total = sdp->sd_log_num_buf;
        bd1 = bd2 = list_prepare_entry(bd1, &sdp->sd_log_le_buf, bd_le.le_list);
        while(total) {
                num = total;
                if (total > limit)
                        num = limit;
+               gfs2_log_unlock(sdp);
                bh = gfs2_log_get_buf(sdp);
+               gfs2_log_lock(sdp);
                ld = (struct gfs2_log_descriptor *)bh->b_data;
                ptr = (__be64 *)(bh->b_data + offset);
                ld->ld_header.mh_magic = cpu_to_be32(GFS2_MAGIC);
                                break;
                }
 
+               gfs2_log_unlock(sdp);
                set_buffer_dirty(bh);
                ll_rw_block(WRITE, 1, &bh);
+               gfs2_log_lock(sdp);
 
                n = 0;
                list_for_each_entry_continue(bd2, &sdp->sd_log_le_buf,
                                             bd_le.le_list) {
+                       gfs2_log_unlock(sdp);
                        bh = gfs2_log_fake_buf(sdp, bd2->bd_bh);
                        set_buffer_dirty(bh);
                        ll_rw_block(WRITE, 1, &bh);
+                       gfs2_log_lock(sdp);
                        if (++n >= num)
                                break;
                }
 
+               BUG_ON(total < num);
                total -= num;
        }
+       gfs2_log_unlock(sdp);
 }
 
 static void buf_lo_after_commit(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, struct gfs2_ail *ai)
        struct gfs2_log_descriptor *ld;
        unsigned int limit;
        unsigned int total_dbuf;
-       unsigned int total_jdata = sdp->sd_log_num_jdata;
+       unsigned int total_jdata;
        unsigned int num, n;
        __be64 *ptr = NULL;
 
         */
        gfs2_log_lock(sdp);
        total_dbuf = sdp->sd_log_num_databuf;
+       total_jdata = sdp->sd_log_num_jdata;
        bd2 = bd1 = list_prepare_entry(bd1, &sdp->sd_log_le_databuf,
                                       bd_le.le_list);
        while(total_dbuf) {
                }
                gfs2_log_unlock(sdp);
                if (bh) {
-                       set_buffer_mapped(bh);
                        set_buffer_dirty(bh);
                        ll_rw_block(WRITE, 1, &bh);
                        bh = NULL;
+                       ptr = NULL;
                }
                n = 0;
                gfs2_log_lock(sdp);