xfs_log_force(ip->i_mount, (xfs_lsn_t)0, XFS_LOG_FORCE|XFS_LOG_SYNC);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Every sync period we need to unpin all items, reclaim inodes, sync
+ * quota and write out the superblock. We might need to cover the log
+ * to indicate it is idle.
+ */
 STATIC void
 xfs_sync_worker(
        struct xfs_mount *mp,
 {
        int             error;
 
-       if (!(mp->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_RDONLY))
-               error = xfs_sync(mp, SYNC_FSDATA | SYNC_BDFLUSH | SYNC_ATTR);
+       if (!(mp->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_RDONLY)) {
+               xfs_log_force(mp, (xfs_lsn_t)0, XFS_LOG_FORCE);
+               xfs_finish_reclaim_all(mp, 1, XFS_IFLUSH_DELWRI_ELSE_ASYNC);
+               /* dgc: errors ignored here */
+               error = XFS_QM_DQSYNC(mp, SYNC_BDFLUSH);
+               error = xfs_sync_fsdata(mp, SYNC_BDFLUSH);
+               if (xfs_log_need_covered(mp))
+                       error = xfs_commit_dummy_trans(mp, XFS_LOG_FORCE);
+       }
        mp->m_sync_seq++;
        wake_up(&mp->m_wait_single_sync_task);
 }