diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
index b2b411985591a7f8a18cfd0b1ccb7d1a14b737d5..d1fe74506c4c621aa8399b758126d2f8f0875c23 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
@@ -1224,6 +1224,9 @@ _xfs_buf_ioapply(
 		rw = READ;
 	}
 
+	/* we only use the buffer cache for meta-data */
+	rw |= REQ_META;
+
 next_chunk:
 	atomic_inc(&bp->b_io_remaining);
 	nr_pages = BIO_MAX_SECTORS >> (PAGE_SHIFT - BBSHIFT);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_file.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_file.c
index 825390e1c13850985c634fcbaec19c88ce2d6e46..7f7b42469ea7c9653903d0ffbe00769d40a168eb 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_file.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_file.c
@@ -149,7 +149,9 @@ xfs_file_fsync(
 
 	xfs_iflags_clear(ip, XFS_ITRUNCATED);
 
+	xfs_ilock(ip, XFS_IOLOCK_SHARED);
 	xfs_ioend_wait(ip);
+	xfs_iunlock(ip, XFS_IOLOCK_SHARED);
 
 	if (mp->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_BARRIER) {
 		/*
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.c
index 6544c3236bc8dd51bff1c8d9935d1f979830553c..b9c172b3fbbec1c6b8ac2874151f0bb1aa19240d 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.c
@@ -1194,9 +1194,14 @@ xfs_setup_inode(
 		break;
 	}
 
-	/* if there is no attribute fork no ACL can exist on this inode */
-	if (!XFS_IFORK_Q(ip))
+	/*
+	 * If there is no attribute fork no ACL can exist on this inode,
+	 * and it can't have any file capabilities attached to it either.
+	 */
+	if (!XFS_IFORK_Q(ip)) {
+		inode_has_no_xattr(inode);
 		cache_no_acl(inode);
+	}
 
 	xfs_iflags_clear(ip, XFS_INEW);
 	barrier();
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_da_btree.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_da_btree.c
index 2925726529f8029fcd4ba3ecaf4b22efec285f0c..5bfcb8779f9f63c93907aa45aa1a83bcfbf186a4 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_da_btree.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_da_btree.c
@@ -692,6 +692,24 @@ xfs_da_join(xfs_da_state_t *state)
 	return(error);
 }
 
+#ifdef	DEBUG
+static void
+xfs_da_blkinfo_onlychild_validate(struct xfs_da_blkinfo *blkinfo, __u16 level)
+{
+	__be16	magic = blkinfo->magic;
+
+	if (level == 1) {
+		ASSERT(magic == cpu_to_be16(XFS_DIR2_LEAFN_MAGIC) ||
+		       magic == cpu_to_be16(XFS_ATTR_LEAF_MAGIC));
+	} else
+		ASSERT(magic == cpu_to_be16(XFS_DA_NODE_MAGIC));
+	ASSERT(!blkinfo->forw);
+	ASSERT(!blkinfo->back);
+}
+#else	/* !DEBUG */
+#define	xfs_da_blkinfo_onlychild_validate(blkinfo, level)
+#endif	/* !DEBUG */
+
 /*
  * We have only one entry in the root.  Copy the only remaining child of
  * the old root to block 0 as the new root node.
@@ -700,8 +718,6 @@ STATIC int
 xfs_da_root_join(xfs_da_state_t *state, xfs_da_state_blk_t *root_blk)
 {
 	xfs_da_intnode_t *oldroot;
-	/* REFERENCED */
-	xfs_da_blkinfo_t *blkinfo;
 	xfs_da_args_t *args;
 	xfs_dablk_t child;
 	xfs_dabuf_t *bp;
@@ -732,15 +748,9 @@ xfs_da_root_join(xfs_da_state_t *state, xfs_da_state_blk_t *root_blk)
 	if (error)
 		return(error);
 	ASSERT(bp != NULL);
-	blkinfo = bp->data;
-	if (be16_to_cpu(oldroot->hdr.level) == 1) {
-		ASSERT(blkinfo->magic == cpu_to_be16(XFS_DIR2_LEAFN_MAGIC) ||
-		       blkinfo->magic == cpu_to_be16(XFS_ATTR_LEAF_MAGIC));
-	} else {
-		ASSERT(blkinfo->magic == cpu_to_be16(XFS_DA_NODE_MAGIC));
-	}
-	ASSERT(!blkinfo->forw);
-	ASSERT(!blkinfo->back);
+	xfs_da_blkinfo_onlychild_validate(bp->data,
+					be16_to_cpu(oldroot->hdr.level));
+
 	memcpy(root_blk->bp->data, bp->data, state->blocksize);
 	xfs_da_log_buf(args->trans, root_blk->bp, 0, state->blocksize - 1);
 	error = xfs_da_shrink_inode(args, child, bp);