mutex_lock(&sdp->sd_log_reserve_mutex);
        gfs2_log_lock(sdp);
-       while(sdp->sd_log_blks_free <= (blks + reserved_blks)) {
+       while(atomic_read(&sdp->sd_log_blks_free) <= (blks + reserved_blks)) {
                gfs2_log_unlock(sdp);
                gfs2_ail1_empty(sdp, 0);
                gfs2_log_flush(sdp, NULL);
                        gfs2_ail1_start(sdp, 0);
                gfs2_log_lock(sdp);
        }
-       sdp->sd_log_blks_free -= blks;
+       atomic_sub(blks, &sdp->sd_log_blks_free);
        gfs2_log_unlock(sdp);
        mutex_unlock(&sdp->sd_log_reserve_mutex);
 
 {
 
        gfs2_log_lock(sdp);
-       sdp->sd_log_blks_free += blks;
+       atomic_add(blks, &sdp->sd_log_blks_free);
        gfs2_assert_withdraw(sdp,
-                            sdp->sd_log_blks_free <= sdp->sd_jdesc->jd_blocks);
+                            atomic_read(&sdp->sd_log_blks_free) <= sdp->sd_jdesc->jd_blocks);
        gfs2_log_unlock(sdp);
        up_read(&sdp->sd_log_flush_lock);
 }
        ail2_empty(sdp, new_tail);
 
        gfs2_log_lock(sdp);
-       sdp->sd_log_blks_free += dist;
-       gfs2_assert_withdraw(sdp, sdp->sd_log_blks_free <= sdp->sd_jdesc->jd_blocks);
+       atomic_add(dist, &sdp->sd_log_blks_free);
+       gfs2_assert_withdraw(sdp, atomic_read(&sdp->sd_log_blks_free) <= sdp->sd_jdesc->jd_blocks);
        gfs2_log_unlock(sdp);
 
        sdp->sd_log_tail = new_tail;
                log_flush_commit(sdp);
        else if (sdp->sd_log_tail != current_tail(sdp) && !sdp->sd_log_idle){
                gfs2_log_lock(sdp);
-               sdp->sd_log_blks_free--; /* Adjust for unreserved buffer */
+               atomic_dec(&sdp->sd_log_blks_free); /* Adjust for unreserved buffer */
                gfs2_log_unlock(sdp);
                log_write_header(sdp, 0, PULL);
        }
        sdp->sd_log_commited_revoke += tr->tr_num_revoke - tr->tr_num_revoke_rm;
        gfs2_assert_withdraw(sdp, ((int)sdp->sd_log_commited_revoke) >= 0);
        reserved = calc_reserved(sdp);
-       old = sdp->sd_log_blks_free;
-       sdp->sd_log_blks_free += tr->tr_reserved -
-                                (reserved - sdp->sd_log_blks_reserved);
+       old = atomic_read(&sdp->sd_log_blks_free);
+       atomic_add(tr->tr_reserved - (reserved - sdp->sd_log_blks_reserved),
+                  &sdp->sd_log_blks_free);
 
-       gfs2_assert_withdraw(sdp, sdp->sd_log_blks_free >= old);
-       gfs2_assert_withdraw(sdp, sdp->sd_log_blks_free <=
+       gfs2_assert_withdraw(sdp, atomic_read(&sdp->sd_log_blks_free) >= old);
+       gfs2_assert_withdraw(sdp, atomic_read(&sdp->sd_log_blks_free) <=
                             sdp->sd_jdesc->jd_blocks);
 
        sdp->sd_log_blks_reserved = reserved;
        log_write_header(sdp, GFS2_LOG_HEAD_UNMOUNT,
                         (sdp->sd_log_tail == current_tail(sdp)) ? 0 : PULL);
 
-       gfs2_assert_warn(sdp, sdp->sd_log_blks_free == sdp->sd_jdesc->jd_blocks);
+       gfs2_assert_warn(sdp, atomic_read(&sdp->sd_log_blks_free) == sdp->sd_jdesc->jd_blocks);
        gfs2_assert_warn(sdp, sdp->sd_log_head == sdp->sd_log_tail);
        gfs2_assert_warn(sdp, list_empty(&sdp->sd_ail2_list));
 
 
 
        if (sdp->sd_args.ar_spectator) {
                sdp->sd_jdesc = gfs2_jdesc_find(sdp, 0);
-               sdp->sd_log_blks_free = sdp->sd_jdesc->jd_blocks;
+               atomic_set(&sdp->sd_log_blks_free, sdp->sd_jdesc->jd_blocks);
        } else {
                if (sdp->sd_lockstruct.ls_jid >= gfs2_jindex_size(sdp)) {
                        fs_err(sdp, "can't mount journal #%u\n",
                               sdp->sd_jdesc->jd_jid, error);
                        goto fail_jinode_gh;
                }
-               sdp->sd_log_blks_free = sdp->sd_jdesc->jd_blocks;
+               atomic_set(&sdp->sd_log_blks_free, sdp->sd_jdesc->jd_blocks);
        }
 
        if (sdp->sd_lockstruct.ls_first) {