if ((qip->qli_item.li_flags & XFS_LI_IN_AIL) &&
            qip->qli_item.li_lsn == qip->qli_flush_lsn) {
 
-               spin_lock(&dqp->q_mount->m_ail_lock);
+               spin_lock(&dqp->q_mount->m_ail->xa_lock);
                /*
                 * xfs_trans_delete_ail() drops the AIL lock.
                 */
                        xfs_trans_delete_ail(dqp->q_mount,
                                             (xfs_log_item_t*)qip);
                else
-                       spin_unlock(&dqp->q_mount->m_ail_lock);
+                       spin_unlock(&dqp->q_mount->m_ail->xa_lock);
        }
 
        /*
 
        xfs_qoff_logitem_t      *qfs;
 
        qfs = qfe->qql_start_lip;
-       spin_lock(&qfs->qql_item.li_mountp->m_ail_lock);
+       spin_lock(&qfs->qql_item.li_mountp->m_ail->xa_lock);
        /*
         * Delete the qoff-start logitem from the AIL.
         * xfs_trans_delete_ail() drops the AIL lock.
 
                        XFS_BUF_SET_FSPRIVATE(bp, NULL);
                        XFS_BUF_CLR_IODONE_FUNC(bp);
                } else {
-                       spin_lock(&mp->m_ail_lock);
+                       spin_lock(&mp->m_ail->xa_lock);
                        xfs_trans_delete_ail(mp, (xfs_log_item_t *)bip);
                        xfs_buf_item_relse(bp);
                        ASSERT(XFS_BUF_FSPRIVATE(bp, void *) == NULL);
         *
         * Either way, AIL is useless if we're forcing a shutdown.
         */
-       spin_lock(&mp->m_ail_lock);
+       spin_lock(&mp->m_ail->xa_lock);
        /*
         * xfs_trans_delete_ail() drops the AIL lock.
         */
 
        xfs_mount_t     *mp;
 
        mp = efip->efi_item.li_mountp;
-       spin_lock(&mp->m_ail_lock);
+       spin_lock(&mp->m_ail->xa_lock);
        if (efip->efi_flags & XFS_EFI_CANCELED) {
                /*
                 * xfs_trans_delete_ail() drops the AIL lock.
                xfs_efi_item_free(efip);
        } else {
                efip->efi_flags |= XFS_EFI_COMMITTED;
-               spin_unlock(&mp->m_ail_lock);
+               spin_unlock(&mp->m_ail->xa_lock);
        }
 }
 
        xfs_log_item_desc_t     *lidp;
 
        mp = efip->efi_item.li_mountp;
-       spin_lock(&mp->m_ail_lock);
+       spin_lock(&mp->m_ail->xa_lock);
        if (efip->efi_flags & XFS_EFI_CANCELED) {
                /*
                 * free the xaction descriptor pointing to this item
                xfs_efi_item_free(efip);
        } else {
                efip->efi_flags |= XFS_EFI_COMMITTED;
-               spin_unlock(&mp->m_ail_lock);
+               spin_unlock(&mp->m_ail->xa_lock);
        }
 }
 
        ASSERT(efip->efi_next_extent > 0);
        ASSERT(efip->efi_flags & XFS_EFI_COMMITTED);
 
-       spin_lock(&mp->m_ail_lock);
+       spin_lock(&mp->m_ail->xa_lock);
        ASSERT(efip->efi_next_extent >= nextents);
        efip->efi_next_extent -= nextents;
        extents_left = efip->efi_next_extent;
                xfs_trans_delete_ail(mp, (xfs_log_item_t *)efip);
                xfs_efi_item_free(efip);
        } else {
-               spin_unlock(&mp->m_ail_lock);
+               spin_unlock(&mp->m_ail->xa_lock);
        }
 }
 
 
                ASSERT(((lip->li_flags & XFS_LI_IN_AIL) == 0) ||
                                       XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(ip->i_mount));
                if (lip->li_flags & XFS_LI_IN_AIL) {
-                       spin_lock(&mp->m_ail_lock);
+                       spin_lock(&mp->m_ail->xa_lock);
                        if (lip->li_flags & XFS_LI_IN_AIL)
                                xfs_trans_delete_ail(mp, lip);
                        else
-                               spin_unlock(&mp->m_ail_lock);
+                               spin_unlock(&mp->m_ail->xa_lock);
                }
                xfs_inode_item_destroy(ip);
                ip->i_itemp = NULL;
 
         */
        if (iip->ili_logged &&
            (iip->ili_item.li_lsn == iip->ili_flush_lsn)) {
-               spin_lock(&ip->i_mount->m_ail_lock);
+               spin_lock(&ip->i_mount->m_ail->xa_lock);
                if (iip->ili_item.li_lsn == iip->ili_flush_lsn) {
                        /*
                         * xfs_trans_delete_ail() drops the AIL lock.
                        xfs_trans_delete_ail(ip->i_mount,
                                             (xfs_log_item_t*)iip);
                } else {
-                       spin_unlock(&ip->i_mount->m_ail_lock);
+                       spin_unlock(&ip->i_mount->m_ail->xa_lock);
                }
        }
 
        mp = ip->i_mount;
        if (iip) {
                if (iip->ili_item.li_flags & XFS_LI_IN_AIL) {
-                       spin_lock(&mp->m_ail_lock);
+                       spin_lock(&mp->m_ail->xa_lock);
                        if (iip->ili_item.li_flags & XFS_LI_IN_AIL) {
                                /*
                                 * xfs_trans_delete_ail() drops the AIL lock.
                                 */
                                xfs_trans_delete_ail(mp, (xfs_log_item_t *)iip);
                        } else
-                               spin_unlock(&mp->m_ail_lock);
+                               spin_unlock(&mp->m_ail->xa_lock);
                }
                iip->ili_logged = 0;
                /*
 
        /*
         * Initialize the AIL now we have a log.
         */
-       spin_lock_init(&mp->m_ail_lock);
        error = xfs_trans_ail_init(mp);
        if (error) {
                cmn_err(CE_WARN, "XFS: AIL initialisation failed: error %d", error);
 
        efip->efi_next_extent = efi_formatp->efi_nextents;
        efip->efi_flags |= XFS_EFI_COMMITTED;
 
-       spin_lock(&mp->m_ail_lock);
+       spin_lock(&mp->m_ail->xa_lock);
        /*
         * xfs_trans_update_ail() drops the AIL lock.
         */
         * in the AIL.
         */
        mp = log->l_mp;
-       spin_lock(&mp->m_ail_lock);
+       spin_lock(&mp->m_ail->xa_lock);
        lip = xfs_trans_ail_cursor_first(mp->m_ail, &cur, 0);
        while (lip != NULL) {
                if (lip->li_type == XFS_LI_EFI) {
                                 */
                                xfs_trans_delete_ail(mp, lip);
                                xfs_efi_item_free(efip);
-                               spin_lock(&mp->m_ail_lock);
+                               spin_lock(&mp->m_ail->xa_lock);
                                break;
                        }
                }
                lip = xfs_trans_ail_cursor_next(mp->m_ail, &cur);
        }
        xfs_trans_ail_cursor_done(mp->m_ail, &cur);
-       spin_unlock(&mp->m_ail_lock);
+       spin_unlock(&mp->m_ail->xa_lock);
 }
 
 /*
        struct xfs_ail_cursor   cur;
 
        mp = log->l_mp;
-       spin_lock(&mp->m_ail_lock);
+       spin_lock(&mp->m_ail->xa_lock);
 
        lip = xfs_trans_ail_cursor_first(mp->m_ail, &cur, 0);
        while (lip != NULL) {
                        continue;
                }
 
-               spin_unlock(&mp->m_ail_lock);
+               spin_unlock(&mp->m_ail->xa_lock);
                error = xlog_recover_process_efi(mp, efip);
-               spin_lock(&mp->m_ail_lock);
+               spin_lock(&mp->m_ail->xa_lock);
                if (error)
                        goto out;
                lip = xfs_trans_ail_cursor_next(mp->m_ail, &cur);
        }
 out:
        xfs_trans_ail_cursor_done(mp->m_ail, &cur);
-       spin_unlock(&mp->m_ail_lock);
+       spin_unlock(&mp->m_ail->xa_lock);
        return error;
 }
 
 
 typedef struct xfs_mount {
        struct super_block      *m_super;
        xfs_tid_t               m_tid;          /* next unused tid for fs */
-       spinlock_t              m_ail_lock;     /* fs AIL mutex */
        struct xfs_ail          *m_ail;         /* fs active log item list */
        xfs_sb_t                m_sb;           /* copy of fs superblock */
        spinlock_t              m_sb_lock;      /* sb counter lock */
 
                 * the test below.
                 */
                mp = lip->li_mountp;
-               spin_lock(&mp->m_ail_lock);
+               spin_lock(&mp->m_ail->xa_lock);
                if (XFS_LSN_CMP(item_lsn, lip->li_lsn) > 0) {
                        /*
                         * This will set the item's lsn to item_lsn
                         */
                        xfs_trans_update_ail(mp, lip, item_lsn);
                } else {
-                       spin_unlock(&mp->m_ail_lock);
+                       spin_unlock(&mp->m_ail->xa_lock);
                }
 
                /*
 
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2000-2002,2005 Silicon Graphics, Inc.
+ * Copyright (c) 2008 Dave Chinner
  * All Rights Reserved.
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
        xfs_lsn_t       lsn;
        xfs_log_item_t  *lip;
 
-       spin_lock(&ailp->xa_mount->m_ail_lock);
+       spin_lock(&ailp->xa_lock);
        lip = xfs_ail_min(ailp);
        if (lip == NULL) {
                lsn = (xfs_lsn_t)0;
        } else {
                lsn = lip->li_lsn;
        }
-       spin_unlock(&ailp->xa_mount->m_ail_lock);
+       spin_unlock(&ailp->xa_lock);
 
        return lsn;
 }
        xfs_mount_t     *mp = ailp->xa_mount;
        struct xfs_ail_cursor   *cur = &ailp->xa_cursors;
 
-       spin_lock(&mp->m_ail_lock);
+       spin_lock(&ailp->xa_lock);
        xfs_trans_ail_cursor_init(ailp, cur);
        lip = xfs_trans_ail_cursor_first(ailp, cur, *last_lsn);
        if (!lip || XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(mp)) {
                 * AIL is empty or our push has reached the end.
                 */
                xfs_trans_ail_cursor_done(ailp, cur);
-               spin_unlock(&mp->m_ail_lock);
+               spin_unlock(&ailp->xa_lock);
                last_pushed_lsn = 0;
                return tout;
        }
                 * skip to the next item in the list.
                 */
                lock_result = IOP_TRYLOCK(lip);
-               spin_unlock(&mp->m_ail_lock);
+               spin_unlock(&ailp->xa_lock);
                switch (lock_result) {
                case XFS_ITEM_SUCCESS:
                        XFS_STATS_INC(xs_push_ail_success);
                        break;
                }
 
-               spin_lock(&mp->m_ail_lock);
+               spin_lock(&ailp->xa_lock);
                /* should we bother continuing? */
                if (XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(mp))
                        break;
                lsn = lip->li_lsn;
        }
        xfs_trans_ail_cursor_done(ailp, cur);
-       spin_unlock(&mp->m_ail_lock);
+       spin_unlock(&ailp->xa_lock);
 
        if (flush_log) {
                /*
 xfs_trans_update_ail(
        xfs_mount_t     *mp,
        xfs_log_item_t  *lip,
-       xfs_lsn_t       lsn) __releases(mp->m_ail_lock)
+       xfs_lsn_t       lsn) __releases(ailp->xa_lock)
 {
-       xfs_log_item_t          *dlip=NULL;
+       struct xfs_ail          *ailp = mp->m_ail;
+       xfs_log_item_t          *dlip = NULL;
        xfs_log_item_t          *mlip;  /* ptr to minimum lip */
 
-       mlip = xfs_ail_min(mp->m_ail);
+       mlip = xfs_ail_min(ailp);
 
        if (lip->li_flags & XFS_LI_IN_AIL) {
-               dlip = xfs_ail_delete(mp->m_ail, lip);
+               dlip = xfs_ail_delete(ailp, lip);
                ASSERT(dlip == lip);
-               xfs_trans_ail_cursor_clear(mp->m_ail, dlip);
+               xfs_trans_ail_cursor_clear(ailp, dlip);
        } else {
                lip->li_flags |= XFS_LI_IN_AIL;
        }
 
        lip->li_lsn = lsn;
-       xfs_ail_insert(mp->m_ail, lip);
+       xfs_ail_insert(ailp, lip);
 
        if (mlip == dlip) {
-               mlip = xfs_ail_min(mp->m_ail);
-               spin_unlock(&mp->m_ail_lock);
+               mlip = xfs_ail_min(ailp);
+               spin_unlock(&ailp->xa_lock);
                xfs_log_move_tail(mp, mlip->li_lsn);
        } else {
-               spin_unlock(&mp->m_ail_lock);
+               spin_unlock(&ailp->xa_lock);
        }
 
 
 void
 xfs_trans_delete_ail(
        xfs_mount_t     *mp,
-       xfs_log_item_t  *lip) __releases(mp->m_ail_lock)
+       xfs_log_item_t  *lip) __releases(ailp->xa_lock)
 {
+       struct xfs_ail          *ailp = mp->m_ail;
        xfs_log_item_t          *dlip;
        xfs_log_item_t          *mlip;
 
        if (lip->li_flags & XFS_LI_IN_AIL) {
-               mlip = xfs_ail_min(mp->m_ail);
-               dlip = xfs_ail_delete(mp->m_ail, lip);
+               mlip = xfs_ail_min(ailp);
+               dlip = xfs_ail_delete(ailp, lip);
                ASSERT(dlip == lip);
-               xfs_trans_ail_cursor_clear(mp->m_ail, dlip);
+               xfs_trans_ail_cursor_clear(ailp, dlip);
 
 
                lip->li_flags &= ~XFS_LI_IN_AIL;
                lip->li_lsn = 0;
 
                if (mlip == dlip) {
-                       mlip = xfs_ail_min(mp->m_ail);
-                       spin_unlock(&mp->m_ail_lock);
+                       mlip = xfs_ail_min(ailp);
+                       spin_unlock(&ailp->xa_lock);
                        xfs_log_move_tail(mp, (mlip ? mlip->li_lsn : 0));
                } else {
-                       spin_unlock(&mp->m_ail_lock);
+                       spin_unlock(&ailp->xa_lock);
                }
        }
        else {
                 * If the file system is not being shutdown, we are in
                 * serious trouble if we get to this stage.
                 */
-               if (XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(mp))
-                       spin_unlock(&mp->m_ail_lock);
-               else {
+               spin_unlock(&ailp->xa_lock);
+               if (!XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(mp)) {
                        xfs_cmn_err(XFS_PTAG_AILDELETE, CE_ALERT, mp,
                "%s: attempting to delete a log item that is not in the AIL",
                                        __func__);
-                       spin_unlock(&mp->m_ail_lock);
                        xfs_force_shutdown(mp, SHUTDOWN_CORRUPT_INCORE);
                }
        }
 
        ailp->xa_mount = mp;
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ailp->xa_ail);
+       spin_lock_init(&ailp->xa_lock);
        error = xfsaild_start(ailp);
        if (error)
                goto out_free_ailp;
 
        struct task_struct      *xa_task;
        xfs_lsn_t               xa_target;
        struct xfs_ail_cursor   xa_cursors;
+       spinlock_t              xa_lock;
 };
 
 /*
        xfs_lsn_t       *src)
 {
        ASSERT(sizeof(xfs_lsn_t) == 8); /* don't lock if it shrinks */
-       spin_lock(&ailp->xa_mount->m_ail_lock);
+       spin_lock(&ailp->xa_lock);
        *dst = *src;
-       spin_unlock(&ailp->xa_mount->m_ail_lock);
+       spin_unlock(&ailp->xa_lock);
 }
 #else
 static inline void