diff --git a/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c b/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
index 93fd57d..be6aa2ee 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
@@ -543,54 +543,39 @@
  */
 static void block_operations(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 {
-	int t;
 	struct writeback_control wbc = {
 		.sync_mode = WB_SYNC_ALL,
 		.nr_to_write = LONG_MAX,
 		.for_reclaim = 0,
 	};
+retry_flush_dents:
+	mutex_lock_all(sbi);
 
-	/* Stop renaming operation */
-	mutex_lock_op(sbi, RENAME);
-	mutex_lock_op(sbi, DENTRY_OPS);
-
-retry_dents:
 	/* write all the dirty dentry pages */
-	sync_dirty_dir_inodes(sbi);
-
-	mutex_lock_op(sbi, DATA_WRITE);
 	if (get_pages(sbi, F2FS_DIRTY_DENTS)) {
-		mutex_unlock_op(sbi, DATA_WRITE);
-		goto retry_dents;
+		mutex_unlock_all(sbi);
+		sync_dirty_dir_inodes(sbi);
+		goto retry_flush_dents;
 	}
 
-	/* block all the operations */
-	for (t = DATA_NEW; t <= NODE_TRUNC; t++)
-		mutex_lock_op(sbi, t);
-
-	mutex_lock(&sbi->write_inode);
-
 	/*
 	 * POR: we should ensure that there is no dirty node pages
 	 * until finishing nat/sit flush.
 	 */
-retry:
-	sync_node_pages(sbi, 0, &wbc);
-
-	mutex_lock_op(sbi, NODE_WRITE);
+retry_flush_nodes:
+	mutex_lock(&sbi->node_write);
 
 	if (get_pages(sbi, F2FS_DIRTY_NODES)) {
-		mutex_unlock_op(sbi, NODE_WRITE);
-		goto retry;
+		mutex_unlock(&sbi->node_write);
+		sync_node_pages(sbi, 0, &wbc);
+		goto retry_flush_nodes;
 	}
-	mutex_unlock(&sbi->write_inode);
 }
 
 static void unblock_operations(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 {
-	int t;
-	for (t = NODE_WRITE; t >= RENAME; t--)
-		mutex_unlock_op(sbi, t);
+	mutex_unlock(&sbi->node_write);
+	mutex_unlock_all(sbi);
 }
 
 static void do_checkpoint(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, bool is_umount)
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/data.c b/fs/f2fs/data.c
index cf9ff5f..72a1b30 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/data.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/data.c
@@ -260,6 +260,9 @@
 /*
  * Caller ensures that this data page is never allocated.
  * A new zero-filled data page is allocated in the page cache.
+ *
+ * Also, caller should grab and release a mutex by calling mutex_lock_op() and
+ * mutex_unlock_op().
  */
 struct page *get_new_data_page(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t index,
 						bool new_i_size)
@@ -479,10 +482,11 @@
 	const pgoff_t end_index = ((unsigned long long) i_size)
 							>> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
 	unsigned offset;
+	bool need_balance_fs = false;
 	int err = 0;
 
 	if (page->index < end_index)
-		goto out;
+		goto write;
 
 	/*
 	 * If the offset is out-of-range of file size,
@@ -494,50 +498,46 @@
 			dec_page_count(sbi, F2FS_DIRTY_DENTS);
 			inode_dec_dirty_dents(inode);
 		}
-		goto unlock_out;
+		goto out;
 	}
 
 	zero_user_segment(page, offset, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE);
-out:
-	if (sbi->por_doing)
+write:
+	if (sbi->por_doing) {
+		err = AOP_WRITEPAGE_ACTIVATE;
 		goto redirty_out;
+	}
 
-	if (wbc->for_reclaim && !S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) && !is_cold_data(page))
-		goto redirty_out;
-
-	mutex_lock_op(sbi, DATA_WRITE);
+	/* Dentry blocks are controlled by checkpoint */
 	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) {
 		dec_page_count(sbi, F2FS_DIRTY_DENTS);
 		inode_dec_dirty_dents(inode);
+		err = do_write_data_page(page);
+	} else {
+		int ilock = mutex_lock_op(sbi);
+		err = do_write_data_page(page);
+		mutex_unlock_op(sbi, ilock);
+		need_balance_fs = true;
 	}
-	err = do_write_data_page(page);
-	if (err && err != -ENOENT) {
-		wbc->pages_skipped++;
-		set_page_dirty(page);
-	}
-	mutex_unlock_op(sbi, DATA_WRITE);
+	if (err == -ENOENT)
+		goto out;
+	else if (err)
+		goto redirty_out;
 
 	if (wbc->for_reclaim)
 		f2fs_submit_bio(sbi, DATA, true);
 
-	if (err == -ENOENT)
-		goto unlock_out;
-
 	clear_cold_data(page);
+out:
 	unlock_page(page);
-
-	if (!wbc->for_reclaim && !S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
+	if (need_balance_fs)
 		f2fs_balance_fs(sbi);
 	return 0;
 
-unlock_out:
-	unlock_page(page);
-	return (err == -ENOENT) ? 0 : err;
-
 redirty_out:
 	wbc->pages_skipped++;
 	set_page_dirty(page);
-	return AOP_WRITEPAGE_ACTIVATE;
+	return err;
 }
 
 #define MAX_DESIRED_PAGES_WP	4096
@@ -592,6 +592,7 @@
 	pgoff_t index = ((unsigned long long) pos) >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
 	struct dnode_of_data dn;
 	int err = 0;
+	int ilock;
 
 	/* for nobh_write_end */
 	*fsdata = NULL;
@@ -603,28 +604,21 @@
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	*pagep = page;
 
-	mutex_lock_op(sbi, DATA_NEW);
+	ilock = mutex_lock_op(sbi);
 
 	set_new_dnode(&dn, inode, NULL, NULL, 0);
 	err = get_dnode_of_data(&dn, index, ALLOC_NODE);
-	if (err) {
-		mutex_unlock_op(sbi, DATA_NEW);
-		f2fs_put_page(page, 1);
-		return err;
-	}
+	if (err)
+		goto err;
 
-	if (dn.data_blkaddr == NULL_ADDR) {
+	if (dn.data_blkaddr == NULL_ADDR)
 		err = reserve_new_block(&dn);
-		if (err) {
-			f2fs_put_dnode(&dn);
-			mutex_unlock_op(sbi, DATA_NEW);
-			f2fs_put_page(page, 1);
-			return err;
-		}
-	}
-	f2fs_put_dnode(&dn);
 
-	mutex_unlock_op(sbi, DATA_NEW);
+	f2fs_put_dnode(&dn);
+	if (err)
+		goto err;
+
+	mutex_unlock_op(sbi, ilock);
 
 	if ((len == PAGE_CACHE_SIZE) || PageUptodate(page))
 		return 0;
@@ -654,6 +648,11 @@
 	SetPageUptodate(page);
 	clear_cold_data(page);
 	return 0;
+
+err:
+	mutex_unlock_op(sbi, ilock);
+	f2fs_put_page(page, 1);
+	return err;
 }
 
 static ssize_t f2fs_direct_IO(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb,
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/dir.c b/fs/f2fs/dir.c
index 2851ae6..cd3342d 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/dir.c
@@ -249,9 +249,6 @@
 void f2fs_set_link(struct inode *dir, struct f2fs_dir_entry *de,
 		struct page *page, struct inode *inode)
 {
-	struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi = F2FS_SB(dir->i_sb);
-
-	mutex_lock_op(sbi, DENTRY_OPS);
 	lock_page(page);
 	wait_on_page_writeback(page);
 	de->ino = cpu_to_le32(inode->i_ino);
@@ -265,7 +262,6 @@
 	F2FS_I(inode)->i_pino = dir->i_ino;
 
 	f2fs_put_page(page, 1);
-	mutex_unlock_op(sbi, DENTRY_OPS);
 }
 
 void init_dent_inode(const struct qstr *name, struct page *ipage)
@@ -284,6 +280,43 @@
 	set_page_dirty(ipage);
 }
 
+static int make_empty_dir(struct inode *inode, struct inode *parent)
+{
+	struct page *dentry_page;
+	struct f2fs_dentry_block *dentry_blk;
+	struct f2fs_dir_entry *de;
+	void *kaddr;
+
+	dentry_page = get_new_data_page(inode, 0, true);
+	if (IS_ERR(dentry_page))
+		return PTR_ERR(dentry_page);
+
+	kaddr = kmap_atomic(dentry_page);
+	dentry_blk = (struct f2fs_dentry_block *)kaddr;
+
+	de = &dentry_blk->dentry[0];
+	de->name_len = cpu_to_le16(1);
+	de->hash_code = 0;
+	de->ino = cpu_to_le32(inode->i_ino);
+	memcpy(dentry_blk->filename[0], ".", 1);
+	set_de_type(de, inode);
+
+	de = &dentry_blk->dentry[1];
+	de->hash_code = 0;
+	de->name_len = cpu_to_le16(2);
+	de->ino = cpu_to_le32(parent->i_ino);
+	memcpy(dentry_blk->filename[1], "..", 2);
+	set_de_type(de, inode);
+
+	test_and_set_bit_le(0, &dentry_blk->dentry_bitmap);
+	test_and_set_bit_le(1, &dentry_blk->dentry_bitmap);
+	kunmap_atomic(kaddr);
+
+	set_page_dirty(dentry_page);
+	f2fs_put_page(dentry_page, 1);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int init_inode_metadata(struct inode *inode,
 		struct inode *dir, const struct qstr *name)
 {
@@ -294,7 +327,7 @@
 			return err;
 
 		if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) {
-			err = f2fs_make_empty(inode, dir);
+			err = make_empty_dir(inode, dir);
 			if (err) {
 				remove_inode_page(inode);
 				return err;
@@ -317,7 +350,7 @@
 	}
 	if (is_inode_flag_set(F2FS_I(inode), FI_INC_LINK)) {
 		inc_nlink(inode);
-		f2fs_write_inode(inode, NULL);
+		update_inode_page(inode);
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -341,7 +374,7 @@
 	}
 
 	if (need_dir_update)
-		f2fs_write_inode(dir, NULL);
+		update_inode_page(dir);
 	else
 		mark_inode_dirty(dir);
 
@@ -373,6 +406,10 @@
 	goto next;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Caller should grab and release a mutex by calling mutex_lock_op() and
+ * mutex_unlock_op().
+ */
 int __f2fs_add_link(struct inode *dir, const struct qstr *name, struct inode *inode)
 {
 	unsigned int bit_pos;
@@ -382,7 +419,6 @@
 	f2fs_hash_t dentry_hash;
 	struct f2fs_dir_entry *de;
 	unsigned int nbucket, nblock;
-	struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi = F2FS_SB(dir->i_sb);
 	size_t namelen = name->len;
 	struct page *dentry_page = NULL;
 	struct f2fs_dentry_block *dentry_blk = NULL;
@@ -412,12 +448,9 @@
 	bidx = dir_block_index(level, (le32_to_cpu(dentry_hash) % nbucket));
 
 	for (block = bidx; block <= (bidx + nblock - 1); block++) {
-		mutex_lock_op(sbi, DENTRY_OPS);
 		dentry_page = get_new_data_page(dir, block, true);
-		if (IS_ERR(dentry_page)) {
-			mutex_unlock_op(sbi, DENTRY_OPS);
+		if (IS_ERR(dentry_page))
 			return PTR_ERR(dentry_page);
-		}
 
 		dentry_blk = kmap(dentry_page);
 		bit_pos = room_for_filename(dentry_blk, slots);
@@ -426,7 +459,6 @@
 
 		kunmap(dentry_page);
 		f2fs_put_page(dentry_page, 1);
-		mutex_unlock_op(sbi, DENTRY_OPS);
 	}
 
 	/* Move to next level to find the empty slot for new dentry */
@@ -456,7 +488,6 @@
 fail:
 	kunmap(dentry_page);
 	f2fs_put_page(dentry_page, 1);
-	mutex_unlock_op(sbi, DENTRY_OPS);
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -476,8 +507,6 @@
 	void *kaddr = page_address(page);
 	int i;
 
-	mutex_lock_op(sbi, DENTRY_OPS);
-
 	lock_page(page);
 	wait_on_page_writeback(page);
 
@@ -497,7 +526,7 @@
 
 	if (inode && S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) {
 		drop_nlink(dir);
-		f2fs_write_inode(dir, NULL);
+		update_inode_page(dir);
 	} else {
 		mark_inode_dirty(dir);
 	}
@@ -509,7 +538,8 @@
 			drop_nlink(inode);
 			i_size_write(inode, 0);
 		}
-		f2fs_write_inode(inode, NULL);
+		update_inode_page(inode);
+
 		if (inode->i_nlink == 0)
 			add_orphan_inode(sbi, inode->i_ino);
 	}
@@ -522,45 +552,6 @@
 		inode_dec_dirty_dents(dir);
 	}
 	f2fs_put_page(page, 1);
-
-	mutex_unlock_op(sbi, DENTRY_OPS);
-}
-
-int f2fs_make_empty(struct inode *inode, struct inode *parent)
-{
-	struct page *dentry_page;
-	struct f2fs_dentry_block *dentry_blk;
-	struct f2fs_dir_entry *de;
-	void *kaddr;
-
-	dentry_page = get_new_data_page(inode, 0, true);
-	if (IS_ERR(dentry_page))
-		return PTR_ERR(dentry_page);
-
-	kaddr = kmap_atomic(dentry_page);
-	dentry_blk = (struct f2fs_dentry_block *)kaddr;
-
-	de = &dentry_blk->dentry[0];
-	de->name_len = cpu_to_le16(1);
-	de->hash_code = f2fs_dentry_hash(".", 1);
-	de->ino = cpu_to_le32(inode->i_ino);
-	memcpy(dentry_blk->filename[0], ".", 1);
-	set_de_type(de, inode);
-
-	de = &dentry_blk->dentry[1];
-	de->hash_code = f2fs_dentry_hash("..", 2);
-	de->name_len = cpu_to_le16(2);
-	de->ino = cpu_to_le32(parent->i_ino);
-	memcpy(dentry_blk->filename[1], "..", 2);
-	set_de_type(de, inode);
-
-	test_and_set_bit_le(0, &dentry_blk->dentry_bitmap);
-	test_and_set_bit_le(1, &dentry_blk->dentry_bitmap);
-	kunmap_atomic(kaddr);
-
-	set_page_dirty(dentry_page);
-	f2fs_put_page(dentry_page, 1);
-	return 0;
 }
 
 bool f2fs_empty_dir(struct inode *dir)
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
index 71eacd3..06cc75c 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
@@ -309,23 +309,12 @@
 };
 
 /*
- * FS_LOCK nesting subclasses for the lock validator:
- *
- * The locking order between these classes is
- * RENAME -> DENTRY_OPS -> DATA_WRITE -> DATA_NEW
- *    -> DATA_TRUNC -> NODE_WRITE -> NODE_NEW -> NODE_TRUNC
+ * Uses as sbi->fs_lock[NR_GLOBAL_LOCKS].
+ * The checkpoint procedure blocks all the locks in this fs_lock array.
+ * Some FS operations grab free locks, and if there is no free lock,
+ * then wait to grab a lock in a round-robin manner.
  */
-enum lock_type {
-	RENAME,		/* for renaming operations */
-	DENTRY_OPS,	/* for directory operations */
-	DATA_WRITE,	/* for data write */
-	DATA_NEW,	/* for data allocation */
-	DATA_TRUNC,	/* for data truncate */
-	NODE_NEW,	/* for node allocation */
-	NODE_TRUNC,	/* for node truncate */
-	NODE_WRITE,	/* for node write */
-	NR_LOCK_TYPE,
-};
+#define NR_GLOBAL_LOCKS	8
 
 /*
  * The below are the page types of bios used in submti_bio().
@@ -365,10 +354,11 @@
 	/* for checkpoint */
 	struct f2fs_checkpoint *ckpt;		/* raw checkpoint pointer */
 	struct inode *meta_inode;		/* cache meta blocks */
-	struct mutex cp_mutex;			/* for checkpoint procedure */
-	struct mutex fs_lock[NR_LOCK_TYPE];	/* for blocking FS operations */
-	struct mutex write_inode;		/* mutex for write inode */
+	struct mutex cp_mutex;			/* checkpoint procedure lock */
+	struct mutex fs_lock[NR_GLOBAL_LOCKS];	/* blocking FS operations */
+	struct mutex node_write;		/* locking node writes */
 	struct mutex writepages;		/* mutex for writepages() */
+	unsigned char next_lock_num;		/* round-robin global locks */
 	int por_doing;				/* recovery is doing or not */
 
 	/* for orphan inode management */
@@ -503,14 +493,40 @@
 	cp->ckpt_flags = cpu_to_le32(ckpt_flags);
 }
 
-static inline void mutex_lock_op(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, enum lock_type t)
+static inline void mutex_lock_all(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 {
-	mutex_lock_nested(&sbi->fs_lock[t], t);
+	int i = 0;
+	for (; i < NR_GLOBAL_LOCKS; i++)
+		mutex_lock(&sbi->fs_lock[i]);
 }
 
-static inline void mutex_unlock_op(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, enum lock_type t)
+static inline void mutex_unlock_all(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 {
-	mutex_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock[t]);
+	int i = 0;
+	for (; i < NR_GLOBAL_LOCKS; i++)
+		mutex_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock[i]);
+}
+
+static inline int mutex_lock_op(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
+{
+	unsigned char next_lock = sbi->next_lock_num % NR_GLOBAL_LOCKS;
+	int i = 0;
+
+	for (; i < NR_GLOBAL_LOCKS; i++)
+		if (mutex_trylock(&sbi->fs_lock[i]))
+			return i;
+
+	mutex_lock(&sbi->fs_lock[next_lock]);
+	sbi->next_lock_num++;
+	return next_lock;
+}
+
+static inline void mutex_unlock_op(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, int ilock)
+{
+	if (ilock < 0)
+		return;
+	BUG_ON(ilock >= NR_GLOBAL_LOCKS);
+	mutex_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock[ilock]);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -879,6 +895,7 @@
 void f2fs_set_inode_flags(struct inode *);
 struct inode *f2fs_iget(struct super_block *, unsigned long);
 void update_inode(struct inode *, struct page *);
+int update_inode_page(struct inode *);
 int f2fs_write_inode(struct inode *, struct writeback_control *);
 void f2fs_evict_inode(struct inode *);
 
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
index 155b362..07be88d 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
@@ -34,19 +34,18 @@
 	struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi = F2FS_SB(inode->i_sb);
 	block_t old_blk_addr;
 	struct dnode_of_data dn;
-	int err;
+	int err, ilock;
 
 	f2fs_balance_fs(sbi);
 
 	sb_start_pagefault(inode->i_sb);
 
-	mutex_lock_op(sbi, DATA_NEW);
-
 	/* block allocation */
+	ilock = mutex_lock_op(sbi);
 	set_new_dnode(&dn, inode, NULL, NULL, 0);
 	err = get_dnode_of_data(&dn, page->index, ALLOC_NODE);
 	if (err) {
-		mutex_unlock_op(sbi, DATA_NEW);
+		mutex_unlock_op(sbi, ilock);
 		goto out;
 	}
 
@@ -56,13 +55,12 @@
 		err = reserve_new_block(&dn);
 		if (err) {
 			f2fs_put_dnode(&dn);
-			mutex_unlock_op(sbi, DATA_NEW);
+			mutex_unlock_op(sbi, ilock);
 			goto out;
 		}
 	}
 	f2fs_put_dnode(&dn);
-
-	mutex_unlock_op(sbi, DATA_NEW);
+	mutex_unlock_op(sbi, ilock);
 
 	lock_page(page);
 	if (page->mapping != inode->i_mapping ||
@@ -223,20 +221,19 @@
 	unsigned int blocksize = inode->i_sb->s_blocksize;
 	struct dnode_of_data dn;
 	pgoff_t free_from;
-	int count = 0;
+	int count = 0, ilock = -1;
 	int err;
 
 	free_from = (pgoff_t)
 			((from + blocksize - 1) >> (sbi->log_blocksize));
 
-	mutex_lock_op(sbi, DATA_TRUNC);
-
+	ilock = mutex_lock_op(sbi);
 	set_new_dnode(&dn, inode, NULL, NULL, 0);
 	err = get_dnode_of_data(&dn, free_from, LOOKUP_NODE);
 	if (err) {
 		if (err == -ENOENT)
 			goto free_next;
-		mutex_unlock_op(sbi, DATA_TRUNC);
+		mutex_unlock_op(sbi, ilock);
 		return err;
 	}
 
@@ -247,6 +244,7 @@
 
 	count -= dn.ofs_in_node;
 	BUG_ON(count < 0);
+
 	if (dn.ofs_in_node || IS_INODE(dn.node_page)) {
 		truncate_data_blocks_range(&dn, count);
 		free_from += count;
@@ -255,7 +253,7 @@
 	f2fs_put_dnode(&dn);
 free_next:
 	err = truncate_inode_blocks(inode, free_from);
-	mutex_unlock_op(sbi, DATA_TRUNC);
+	mutex_unlock_op(sbi, ilock);
 
 	/* lastly zero out the first data page */
 	truncate_partial_data_page(inode, from);
@@ -363,15 +361,16 @@
 {
 	struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi = F2FS_SB(inode->i_sb);
 	struct page *page;
+	int ilock;
 
 	if (!len)
 		return;
 
 	f2fs_balance_fs(sbi);
 
-	mutex_lock_op(sbi, DATA_NEW);
+	ilock = mutex_lock_op(sbi);
 	page = get_new_data_page(inode, index, false);
-	mutex_unlock_op(sbi, DATA_NEW);
+	mutex_unlock_op(sbi, ilock);
 
 	if (!IS_ERR(page)) {
 		wait_on_page_writeback(page);
@@ -388,13 +387,10 @@
 
 	for (index = pg_start; index < pg_end; index++) {
 		struct dnode_of_data dn;
-		struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi = F2FS_SB(inode->i_sb);
 
-		mutex_lock_op(sbi, DATA_TRUNC);
 		set_new_dnode(&dn, inode, NULL, NULL, 0);
 		err = get_dnode_of_data(&dn, index, LOOKUP_NODE);
 		if (err) {
-			mutex_unlock_op(sbi, DATA_TRUNC);
 			if (err == -ENOENT)
 				continue;
 			return err;
@@ -403,7 +399,6 @@
 		if (dn.data_blkaddr != NULL_ADDR)
 			truncate_data_blocks_range(&dn, 1);
 		f2fs_put_dnode(&dn);
-		mutex_unlock_op(sbi, DATA_TRUNC);
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -434,6 +429,7 @@
 			struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping;
 			loff_t blk_start, blk_end;
 			struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi = F2FS_SB(inode->i_sb);
+			int ilock;
 
 			f2fs_balance_fs(sbi);
 
@@ -441,7 +437,10 @@
 			blk_end = pg_end << PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
 			truncate_inode_pages_range(mapping, blk_start,
 					blk_end - 1);
+
+			ilock = mutex_lock_op(sbi);
 			ret = truncate_hole(inode, pg_start, pg_end);
+			mutex_unlock_op(sbi, ilock);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -475,13 +474,13 @@
 
 	for (index = pg_start; index <= pg_end; index++) {
 		struct dnode_of_data dn;
+		int ilock;
 
-		mutex_lock_op(sbi, DATA_NEW);
-
+		ilock = mutex_lock_op(sbi);
 		set_new_dnode(&dn, inode, NULL, NULL, 0);
 		ret = get_dnode_of_data(&dn, index, ALLOC_NODE);
 		if (ret) {
-			mutex_unlock_op(sbi, DATA_NEW);
+			mutex_unlock_op(sbi, ilock);
 			break;
 		}
 
@@ -489,13 +488,12 @@
 			ret = reserve_new_block(&dn);
 			if (ret) {
 				f2fs_put_dnode(&dn);
-				mutex_unlock_op(sbi, DATA_NEW);
+				mutex_unlock_op(sbi, ilock);
 				break;
 			}
 		}
 		f2fs_put_dnode(&dn);
-
-		mutex_unlock_op(sbi, DATA_NEW);
+		mutex_unlock_op(sbi, ilock);
 
 		if (pg_start == pg_end)
 			new_size = offset + len;
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/gc.c b/fs/f2fs/gc.c
index e97f301..83cec8f 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/gc.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/gc.c
@@ -510,7 +510,6 @@
 			wait_on_page_writeback(page);
 		}
 
-		mutex_lock_op(sbi, DATA_WRITE);
 		if (clear_page_dirty_for_io(page) &&
 			S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) {
 			dec_page_count(sbi, F2FS_DIRTY_DENTS);
@@ -518,7 +517,6 @@
 		}
 		set_cold_data(page);
 		do_write_data_page(page);
-		mutex_unlock_op(sbi, DATA_WRITE);
 		clear_cold_data(page);
 	}
 out:
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/inode.c b/fs/f2fs/inode.c
index f798ddf..60105b7 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/inode.c
@@ -195,11 +195,24 @@
 	set_page_dirty(node_page);
 }
 
-int f2fs_write_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
+int update_inode_page(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi = F2FS_SB(inode->i_sb);
 	struct page *node_page;
-	bool need_lock = false;
+
+	node_page = get_node_page(sbi, inode->i_ino);
+	if (IS_ERR(node_page))
+		return PTR_ERR(node_page);
+
+	update_inode(inode, node_page);
+	f2fs_put_page(node_page, 1);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int f2fs_write_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
+{
+	struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi = F2FS_SB(inode->i_sb);
+	int ret, ilock;
 
 	if (inode->i_ino == F2FS_NODE_INO(sbi) ||
 			inode->i_ino == F2FS_META_INO(sbi))
@@ -208,25 +221,14 @@
 	if (wbc)
 		f2fs_balance_fs(sbi);
 
-	node_page = get_node_page(sbi, inode->i_ino);
-	if (IS_ERR(node_page))
-		return PTR_ERR(node_page);
-
-	if (!PageDirty(node_page)) {
-		need_lock = true;
-		f2fs_put_page(node_page, 1);
-		mutex_lock(&sbi->write_inode);
-		node_page = get_node_page(sbi, inode->i_ino);
-		if (IS_ERR(node_page)) {
-			mutex_unlock(&sbi->write_inode);
-			return PTR_ERR(node_page);
-		}
-	}
-	update_inode(inode, node_page);
-	f2fs_put_page(node_page, 1);
-	if (need_lock)
-		mutex_unlock(&sbi->write_inode);
-	return 0;
+	/*
+	 * We need to lock here to prevent from producing dirty node pages
+	 * during the urgent cleaning time when runing out of free sections.
+	 */
+	ilock = mutex_lock_op(sbi);
+	ret = update_inode_page(inode);
+	mutex_unlock_op(sbi, ilock);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -235,6 +237,7 @@
 void f2fs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi = F2FS_SB(inode->i_sb);
+	int ilock;
 
 	truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
 
@@ -255,7 +258,10 @@
 	if (F2FS_HAS_BLOCKS(inode))
 		f2fs_truncate(inode);
 
+	ilock = mutex_lock_op(sbi);
 	remove_inode_page(inode);
+	mutex_unlock_op(sbi, ilock);
+
 	sb_end_intwrite(inode->i_sb);
 no_delete:
 	clear_inode(inode);
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/namei.c b/fs/f2fs/namei.c
index 7c6e219..841f6b4 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/namei.c
@@ -26,19 +26,19 @@
 	nid_t ino;
 	struct inode *inode;
 	bool nid_free = false;
-	int err;
+	int err, ilock;
 
 	inode = new_inode(sb);
 	if (!inode)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
-	mutex_lock_op(sbi, NODE_NEW);
+	ilock = mutex_lock_op(sbi);
 	if (!alloc_nid(sbi, &ino)) {
-		mutex_unlock_op(sbi, NODE_NEW);
+		mutex_unlock_op(sbi, ilock);
 		err = -ENOSPC;
 		goto fail;
 	}
-	mutex_unlock_op(sbi, NODE_NEW);
+	mutex_unlock_op(sbi, ilock);
 
 	inode->i_uid = current_fsuid();
 
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
 	struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi = F2FS_SB(sb);
 	struct inode *inode;
 	nid_t ino = 0;
-	int err;
+	int err, ilock;
 
 	f2fs_balance_fs(sbi);
 
@@ -138,7 +138,9 @@
 	inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &f2fs_dblock_aops;
 	ino = inode->i_ino;
 
+	ilock = mutex_lock_op(sbi);
 	err = f2fs_add_link(dentry, inode);
+	mutex_unlock_op(sbi, ilock);
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -162,7 +164,7 @@
 	struct inode *inode = old_dentry->d_inode;
 	struct super_block *sb = dir->i_sb;
 	struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi = F2FS_SB(sb);
-	int err;
+	int err, ilock;
 
 	f2fs_balance_fs(sbi);
 
@@ -170,7 +172,9 @@
 	atomic_inc(&inode->i_count);
 
 	set_inode_flag(F2FS_I(inode), FI_INC_LINK);
+	ilock = mutex_lock_op(sbi);
 	err = f2fs_add_link(dentry, inode);
+	mutex_unlock_op(sbi, ilock);
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -229,6 +233,7 @@
 	struct f2fs_dir_entry *de;
 	struct page *page;
 	int err = -ENOENT;
+	int ilock;
 
 	f2fs_balance_fs(sbi);
 
@@ -243,7 +248,9 @@
 		goto fail;
 	}
 
+	ilock = mutex_lock_op(sbi);
 	f2fs_delete_entry(de, page, inode);
+	mutex_unlock_op(sbi, ilock);
 
 	/* In order to evict this inode,  we set it dirty */
 	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
@@ -258,7 +265,7 @@
 	struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi = F2FS_SB(sb);
 	struct inode *inode;
 	size_t symlen = strlen(symname) + 1;
-	int err;
+	int err, ilock;
 
 	f2fs_balance_fs(sbi);
 
@@ -269,7 +276,9 @@
 	inode->i_op = &f2fs_symlink_inode_operations;
 	inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &f2fs_dblock_aops;
 
+	ilock = mutex_lock_op(sbi);
 	err = f2fs_add_link(dentry, inode);
+	mutex_unlock_op(sbi, ilock);
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -291,7 +300,7 @@
 {
 	struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi = F2FS_SB(dir->i_sb);
 	struct inode *inode;
-	int err;
+	int err, ilock;
 
 	f2fs_balance_fs(sbi);
 
@@ -305,7 +314,9 @@
 	mapping_set_gfp_mask(inode->i_mapping, GFP_F2FS_ZERO);
 
 	set_inode_flag(F2FS_I(inode), FI_INC_LINK);
+	ilock = mutex_lock_op(sbi);
 	err = f2fs_add_link(dentry, inode);
+	mutex_unlock_op(sbi, ilock);
 	if (err)
 		goto out_fail;
 
@@ -340,6 +351,7 @@
 	struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi = F2FS_SB(sb);
 	struct inode *inode;
 	int err = 0;
+	int ilock;
 
 	if (!new_valid_dev(rdev))
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -353,7 +365,9 @@
 	init_special_inode(inode, inode->i_mode, rdev);
 	inode->i_op = &f2fs_special_inode_operations;
 
+	ilock = mutex_lock_op(sbi);
 	err = f2fs_add_link(dentry, inode);
+	mutex_unlock_op(sbi, ilock);
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -381,7 +395,7 @@
 	struct f2fs_dir_entry *old_dir_entry = NULL;
 	struct f2fs_dir_entry *old_entry;
 	struct f2fs_dir_entry *new_entry;
-	int err = -ENOENT;
+	int err = -ENOENT, ilock = -1;
 
 	f2fs_balance_fs(sbi);
 
@@ -396,7 +410,7 @@
 			goto out_old;
 	}
 
-	mutex_lock_op(sbi, RENAME);
+	ilock = mutex_lock_op(sbi);
 
 	if (new_inode) {
 		struct page *new_page;
@@ -419,7 +433,7 @@
 		drop_nlink(new_inode);
 		if (!new_inode->i_nlink)
 			add_orphan_inode(sbi, new_inode->i_ino);
-		f2fs_write_inode(new_inode, NULL);
+		update_inode_page(new_inode);
 	} else {
 		err = f2fs_add_link(new_dentry, old_inode);
 		if (err)
@@ -427,7 +441,7 @@
 
 		if (old_dir_entry) {
 			inc_nlink(new_dir);
-			f2fs_write_inode(new_dir, NULL);
+			update_inode_page(new_dir);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -445,10 +459,10 @@
 			f2fs_put_page(old_dir_page, 0);
 		}
 		drop_nlink(old_dir);
-		f2fs_write_inode(old_dir, NULL);
+		update_inode_page(old_dir);
 	}
 
-	mutex_unlock_op(sbi, RENAME);
+	mutex_unlock_op(sbi, ilock);
 	return 0;
 
 out_dir:
@@ -456,7 +470,7 @@
 		kunmap(old_dir_page);
 		f2fs_put_page(old_dir_page, 0);
 	}
-	mutex_unlock_op(sbi, RENAME);
+	mutex_unlock_op(sbi, ilock);
 out_old:
 	kunmap(old_page);
 	f2fs_put_page(old_page, 0);
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/node.c b/fs/f2fs/node.c
index ad3adbe..5a7edf9 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/node.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/node.c
@@ -385,6 +385,9 @@
 
 /*
  * Caller should call f2fs_put_dnode(dn).
+ * Also, it should grab and release a mutex by calling mutex_lock_op() and
+ * mutex_unlock_op() only if ro is not set RDONLY_NODE.
+ * In the case of RDONLY_NODE, we don't need to care about mutex.
  */
 int get_dnode_of_data(struct dnode_of_data *dn, pgoff_t index, int mode)
 {
@@ -415,11 +418,8 @@
 		bool done = false;
 
 		if (!nids[i] && mode == ALLOC_NODE) {
-			mutex_lock_op(sbi, NODE_NEW);
-
 			/* alloc new node */
 			if (!alloc_nid(sbi, &(nids[i]))) {
-				mutex_unlock_op(sbi, NODE_NEW);
 				err = -ENOSPC;
 				goto release_pages;
 			}
@@ -428,14 +428,12 @@
 			npage[i] = new_node_page(dn, noffset[i]);
 			if (IS_ERR(npage[i])) {
 				alloc_nid_failed(sbi, nids[i]);
-				mutex_unlock_op(sbi, NODE_NEW);
 				err = PTR_ERR(npage[i]);
 				goto release_pages;
 			}
 
 			set_nid(parent, offset[i - 1], nids[i], i == 1);
 			alloc_nid_done(sbi, nids[i]);
-			mutex_unlock_op(sbi, NODE_NEW);
 			done = true;
 		} else if (mode == LOOKUP_NODE_RA && i == level && level > 1) {
 			npage[i] = get_node_page_ra(parent, offset[i - 1]);
@@ -745,6 +743,10 @@
 	return err > 0 ? 0 : err;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Caller should grab and release a mutex by calling mutex_lock_op() and
+ * mutex_unlock_op().
+ */
 int remove_inode_page(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi = F2FS_SB(inode->i_sb);
@@ -752,21 +754,16 @@
 	nid_t ino = inode->i_ino;
 	struct dnode_of_data dn;
 
-	mutex_lock_op(sbi, NODE_TRUNC);
 	page = get_node_page(sbi, ino);
-	if (IS_ERR(page)) {
-		mutex_unlock_op(sbi, NODE_TRUNC);
+	if (IS_ERR(page))
 		return PTR_ERR(page);
-	}
 
 	if (F2FS_I(inode)->i_xattr_nid) {
 		nid_t nid = F2FS_I(inode)->i_xattr_nid;
 		struct page *npage = get_node_page(sbi, nid);
 
-		if (IS_ERR(npage)) {
-			mutex_unlock_op(sbi, NODE_TRUNC);
+		if (IS_ERR(npage))
 			return PTR_ERR(npage);
-		}
 
 		F2FS_I(inode)->i_xattr_nid = 0;
 		set_new_dnode(&dn, inode, page, npage, nid);
@@ -778,23 +775,18 @@
 	BUG_ON(inode->i_blocks != 0 && inode->i_blocks != 1);
 	set_new_dnode(&dn, inode, page, page, ino);
 	truncate_node(&dn);
-
-	mutex_unlock_op(sbi, NODE_TRUNC);
 	return 0;
 }
 
 int new_inode_page(struct inode *inode, const struct qstr *name)
 {
-	struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi = F2FS_SB(inode->i_sb);
 	struct page *page;
 	struct dnode_of_data dn;
 
 	/* allocate inode page for new inode */
 	set_new_dnode(&dn, inode, NULL, NULL, inode->i_ino);
-	mutex_lock_op(sbi, NODE_NEW);
 	page = new_node_page(&dn, 0);
 	init_dent_inode(name, page);
-	mutex_unlock_op(sbi, NODE_NEW);
 	if (IS_ERR(page))
 		return PTR_ERR(page);
 	f2fs_put_page(page, 1);
@@ -985,7 +977,7 @@
 		if (!dn->inode_page_locked)
 			unlock_page(dn->inode_page);
 	} else {
-		f2fs_write_inode(dn->inode, NULL);
+		update_inode_page(dn->inode);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1102,8 +1094,6 @@
 
 	wait_on_page_writeback(page);
 
-	mutex_lock_op(sbi, NODE_WRITE);
-
 	/* get old block addr of this node page */
 	nid = nid_of_node(page);
 	BUG_ON(page->index != nid);
@@ -1111,25 +1101,25 @@
 	get_node_info(sbi, nid, &ni);
 
 	/* This page is already truncated */
-	if (ni.blk_addr == NULL_ADDR)
-		goto out;
+	if (ni.blk_addr == NULL_ADDR) {
+		dec_page_count(sbi, F2FS_DIRTY_NODES);
+		unlock_page(page);
+		return 0;
+	}
 
 	if (wbc->for_reclaim) {
 		dec_page_count(sbi, F2FS_DIRTY_NODES);
 		wbc->pages_skipped++;
 		set_page_dirty(page);
-		mutex_unlock_op(sbi, NODE_WRITE);
 		return AOP_WRITEPAGE_ACTIVATE;
 	}
 
+	mutex_lock(&sbi->node_write);
 	set_page_writeback(page);
-
-	/* insert node offset */
 	write_node_page(sbi, page, nid, ni.blk_addr, &new_addr);
 	set_node_addr(sbi, &ni, new_addr);
-out:
 	dec_page_count(sbi, F2FS_DIRTY_NODES);
-	mutex_unlock_op(sbi, NODE_WRITE);
+	mutex_unlock(&sbi->node_write);
 	unlock_page(page);
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/recovery.c b/fs/f2fs/recovery.c
index 61bdaa7..f16d12d 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/recovery.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/recovery.c
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@
 	struct f2fs_summary sum;
 	struct node_info ni;
 	int err = 0;
+	int ilock;
 
 	start = start_bidx_of_node(ofs_of_node(page));
 	if (IS_INODE(page))
@@ -249,10 +250,14 @@
 	else
 		end = start + ADDRS_PER_BLOCK;
 
+	ilock = mutex_lock_op(sbi);
 	set_new_dnode(&dn, inode, NULL, NULL, 0);
+
 	err = get_dnode_of_data(&dn, start, ALLOC_NODE);
-	if (err)
+	if (err) {
+		mutex_unlock_op(sbi, ilock);
 		return err;
+	}
 
 	wait_on_page_writeback(dn.node_page);
 
@@ -297,6 +302,7 @@
 
 	recover_node_page(sbi, dn.node_page, &sum, &ni, blkaddr);
 	f2fs_put_dnode(&dn);
+	mutex_unlock_op(sbi, ilock);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/super.c b/fs/f2fs/super.c
index ca54133..2643c49 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/super.c
@@ -556,11 +556,11 @@
 	sbi->raw_super = raw_super;
 	sbi->raw_super_buf = raw_super_buf;
 	mutex_init(&sbi->gc_mutex);
-	mutex_init(&sbi->write_inode);
 	mutex_init(&sbi->writepages);
 	mutex_init(&sbi->cp_mutex);
-	for (i = 0; i < NR_LOCK_TYPE; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < NR_GLOBAL_LOCKS; i++)
 		mutex_init(&sbi->fs_lock[i]);
+	mutex_init(&sbi->node_write);
 	sbi->por_doing = 0;
 	spin_lock_init(&sbi->stat_lock);
 	init_rwsem(&sbi->bio_sem);
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/xattr.c b/fs/f2fs/xattr.c
index 3bfea80..0b02dce 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/xattr.c
@@ -307,6 +307,7 @@
 	int error, found, free, newsize;
 	size_t name_len;
 	char *pval;
+	int ilock;
 
 	if (name == NULL)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -321,7 +322,8 @@
 
 	f2fs_balance_fs(sbi);
 
-	mutex_lock_op(sbi, NODE_NEW);
+	ilock = mutex_lock_op(sbi);
+
 	if (!fi->i_xattr_nid) {
 		/* Allocate new attribute block */
 		struct dnode_of_data dn;
@@ -433,13 +435,13 @@
 		inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
 		clear_inode_flag(fi, FI_ACL_MODE);
 	}
-	f2fs_write_inode(inode, NULL);
-	mutex_unlock_op(sbi, NODE_NEW);
+	update_inode_page(inode);
+	mutex_unlock_op(sbi, ilock);
 
 	return 0;
 cleanup:
 	f2fs_put_page(page, 1);
 exit:
-	mutex_unlock_op(sbi, NODE_NEW);
+	mutex_unlock_op(sbi, ilock);
 	return error;
 }