diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/alloc.c b/drivers/md/bcache/alloc.c
index a59ef61..443d03f 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/alloc.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/alloc.c
@@ -78,12 +78,6 @@
 	ca->set->need_gc = max(ca->set->need_gc, bucket_gc_gen(b));
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(ca->set->need_gc > BUCKET_GC_GEN_MAX);
 
-	if (CACHE_SYNC(&ca->set->sb)) {
-		ca->need_save_prio = max(ca->need_save_prio,
-					 bucket_disk_gen(b));
-		WARN_ON_ONCE(ca->need_save_prio > BUCKET_DISK_GEN_MAX);
-	}
-
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -120,58 +114,46 @@
 	mutex_unlock(&c->bucket_lock);
 }
 
-/* Allocation */
+/*
+ * Background allocation thread: scans for buckets to be invalidated,
+ * invalidates them, rewrites prios/gens (marking them as invalidated on disk),
+ * then optionally issues discard commands to the newly free buckets, then puts
+ * them on the various freelists.
+ */
 
 static inline bool can_inc_bucket_gen(struct bucket *b)
 {
-	return bucket_gc_gen(b) < BUCKET_GC_GEN_MAX &&
-		bucket_disk_gen(b) < BUCKET_DISK_GEN_MAX;
+	return bucket_gc_gen(b) < BUCKET_GC_GEN_MAX;
 }
 
-bool bch_bucket_add_unused(struct cache *ca, struct bucket *b)
+bool bch_can_invalidate_bucket(struct cache *ca, struct bucket *b)
 {
-	BUG_ON(GC_MARK(b) || GC_SECTORS_USED(b));
+	BUG_ON(!ca->set->gc_mark_valid);
 
-	if (CACHE_REPLACEMENT(&ca->sb) == CACHE_REPLACEMENT_FIFO) {
-		unsigned i;
-
-		for (i = 0; i < RESERVE_NONE; i++)
-			if (!fifo_full(&ca->free[i]))
-				goto add;
-
-		return false;
-	}
-add:
-	b->prio = 0;
-
-	if (can_inc_bucket_gen(b) &&
-	    fifo_push(&ca->unused, b - ca->buckets)) {
-		atomic_inc(&b->pin);
-		return true;
-	}
-
-	return false;
-}
-
-static bool can_invalidate_bucket(struct cache *ca, struct bucket *b)
-{
 	return (!GC_MARK(b) ||
 		GC_MARK(b) == GC_MARK_RECLAIMABLE) &&
 		!atomic_read(&b->pin) &&
 		can_inc_bucket_gen(b);
 }
 
-static void invalidate_one_bucket(struct cache *ca, struct bucket *b)
+void __bch_invalidate_one_bucket(struct cache *ca, struct bucket *b)
 {
-	size_t bucket = b - ca->buckets;
+	lockdep_assert_held(&ca->set->bucket_lock);
+	BUG_ON(GC_MARK(b) && GC_MARK(b) != GC_MARK_RECLAIMABLE);
 
 	if (GC_SECTORS_USED(b))
-		trace_bcache_invalidate(ca, bucket);
+		trace_bcache_invalidate(ca, b - ca->buckets);
 
 	bch_inc_gen(ca, b);
 	b->prio = INITIAL_PRIO;
 	atomic_inc(&b->pin);
-	fifo_push(&ca->free_inc, bucket);
+}
+
+static void bch_invalidate_one_bucket(struct cache *ca, struct bucket *b)
+{
+	__bch_invalidate_one_bucket(ca, b);
+
+	fifo_push(&ca->free_inc, b - ca->buckets);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -201,20 +183,7 @@
 	ca->heap.used = 0;
 
 	for_each_bucket(b, ca) {
-		/*
-		 * If we fill up the unused list, if we then return before
-		 * adding anything to the free_inc list we'll skip writing
-		 * prios/gens and just go back to allocating from the unused
-		 * list:
-		 */
-		if (fifo_full(&ca->unused))
-			return;
-
-		if (!can_invalidate_bucket(ca, b))
-			continue;
-
-		if (!GC_SECTORS_USED(b) &&
-		    bch_bucket_add_unused(ca, b))
+		if (!bch_can_invalidate_bucket(ca, b))
 			continue;
 
 		if (!heap_full(&ca->heap))
@@ -239,7 +208,7 @@
 			return;
 		}
 
-		invalidate_one_bucket(ca, b);
+		bch_invalidate_one_bucket(ca, b);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -255,8 +224,8 @@
 
 		b = ca->buckets + ca->fifo_last_bucket++;
 
-		if (can_invalidate_bucket(ca, b))
-			invalidate_one_bucket(ca, b);
+		if (bch_can_invalidate_bucket(ca, b))
+			bch_invalidate_one_bucket(ca, b);
 
 		if (++checked >= ca->sb.nbuckets) {
 			ca->invalidate_needs_gc = 1;
@@ -280,8 +249,8 @@
 
 		b = ca->buckets + n;
 
-		if (can_invalidate_bucket(ca, b))
-			invalidate_one_bucket(ca, b);
+		if (bch_can_invalidate_bucket(ca, b))
+			bch_invalidate_one_bucket(ca, b);
 
 		if (++checked >= ca->sb.nbuckets / 2) {
 			ca->invalidate_needs_gc = 1;
@@ -293,8 +262,7 @@
 
 static void invalidate_buckets(struct cache *ca)
 {
-	if (ca->invalidate_needs_gc)
-		return;
+	BUG_ON(ca->invalidate_needs_gc);
 
 	switch (CACHE_REPLACEMENT(&ca->sb)) {
 	case CACHE_REPLACEMENT_LRU:
@@ -354,17 +322,10 @@
 		 * possibly issue discards to them, then we add the bucket to
 		 * the free list:
 		 */
-		while (1) {
+		while (!fifo_empty(&ca->free_inc)) {
 			long bucket;
 
-			if ((!atomic_read(&ca->set->prio_blocked) ||
-			     !CACHE_SYNC(&ca->set->sb)) &&
-			    !fifo_empty(&ca->unused))
-				fifo_pop(&ca->unused, bucket);
-			else if (!fifo_empty(&ca->free_inc))
-				fifo_pop(&ca->free_inc, bucket);
-			else
-				break;
+			fifo_pop(&ca->free_inc, bucket);
 
 			if (ca->discard) {
 				mutex_unlock(&ca->set->bucket_lock);
@@ -385,9 +346,9 @@
 		 * them to the free_inc list:
 		 */
 
+retry_invalidate:
 		allocator_wait(ca, ca->set->gc_mark_valid &&
-			       (ca->need_save_prio > 64 ||
-				!ca->invalidate_needs_gc));
+			       !ca->invalidate_needs_gc);
 		invalidate_buckets(ca);
 
 		/*
@@ -395,13 +356,28 @@
 		 * new stuff to them:
 		 */
 		allocator_wait(ca, !atomic_read(&ca->set->prio_blocked));
-		if (CACHE_SYNC(&ca->set->sb) &&
-		    (!fifo_empty(&ca->free_inc) ||
-		     ca->need_save_prio > 64))
+		if (CACHE_SYNC(&ca->set->sb)) {
+			/*
+			 * This could deadlock if an allocation with a btree
+			 * node locked ever blocked - having the btree node
+			 * locked would block garbage collection, but here we're
+			 * waiting on garbage collection before we invalidate
+			 * and free anything.
+			 *
+			 * But this should be safe since the btree code always
+			 * uses btree_check_reserve() before allocating now, and
+			 * if it fails it blocks without btree nodes locked.
+			 */
+			if (!fifo_full(&ca->free_inc))
+				goto retry_invalidate;
+
 			bch_prio_write(ca);
+		}
 	}
 }
 
+/* Allocation */
+
 long bch_bucket_alloc(struct cache *ca, unsigned reserve, bool wait)
 {
 	DEFINE_WAIT(w);
@@ -447,8 +423,6 @@
 				BUG_ON(i == r);
 		fifo_for_each(i, &ca->free_inc, iter)
 			BUG_ON(i == r);
-		fifo_for_each(i, &ca->unused, iter)
-			BUG_ON(i == r);
 	}
 
 	b = ca->buckets + r;
@@ -470,17 +444,19 @@
 	return r;
 }
 
+void __bch_bucket_free(struct cache *ca, struct bucket *b)
+{
+	SET_GC_MARK(b, 0);
+	SET_GC_SECTORS_USED(b, 0);
+}
+
 void bch_bucket_free(struct cache_set *c, struct bkey *k)
 {
 	unsigned i;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < KEY_PTRS(k); i++) {
-		struct bucket *b = PTR_BUCKET(c, k, i);
-
-		SET_GC_MARK(b, 0);
-		SET_GC_SECTORS_USED(b, 0);
-		bch_bucket_add_unused(PTR_CACHE(c, k, i), b);
-	}
+	for (i = 0; i < KEY_PTRS(k); i++)
+		__bch_bucket_free(PTR_CACHE(c, k, i),
+				  PTR_BUCKET(c, k, i));
 }
 
 int __bch_bucket_alloc_set(struct cache_set *c, unsigned reserve,