diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c
index 57c53f7..9c41efc 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2000-2003,2005 Silicon Graphics, Inc.
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Red Hat, Inc.
  * All Rights Reserved.
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@
 #include "xfs_trace.h"
 
 kmem_zone_t	*xfs_trans_zone;
+kmem_zone_t	*xfs_log_item_desc_zone;
 
 
 /*
@@ -593,8 +595,7 @@
 	tp->t_magic = XFS_TRANS_MAGIC;
 	tp->t_type = type;
 	tp->t_mountp = mp;
-	tp->t_items_free = XFS_LIC_NUM_SLOTS;
-	xfs_lic_init(&(tp->t_items));
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tp->t_items);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tp->t_busy);
 	return tp;
 }
@@ -639,8 +640,7 @@
 	ntp->t_magic = XFS_TRANS_MAGIC;
 	ntp->t_type = tp->t_type;
 	ntp->t_mountp = tp->t_mountp;
-	ntp->t_items_free = XFS_LIC_NUM_SLOTS;
-	xfs_lic_init(&(ntp->t_items));
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ntp->t_items);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ntp->t_busy);
 
 	ASSERT(tp->t_flags & XFS_TRANS_PERM_LOG_RES);
@@ -1120,6 +1120,108 @@
 }
 
 /*
+ * Add the given log item to the transaction's list of log items.
+ *
+ * The log item will now point to its new descriptor with its li_desc field.
+ */
+void
+xfs_trans_add_item(
+	struct xfs_trans	*tp,
+	struct xfs_log_item	*lip)
+{
+	struct xfs_log_item_desc *lidp;
+
+	ASSERT(lip->li_mountp = tp->t_mountp);
+	ASSERT(lip->li_ailp = tp->t_mountp->m_ail);
+
+	lidp = kmem_zone_zalloc(xfs_log_item_desc_zone, KM_SLEEP);
+
+	lidp->lid_item = lip;
+	lidp->lid_flags = 0;
+	lidp->lid_size = 0;
+	list_add_tail(&lidp->lid_trans, &tp->t_items);
+
+	lip->li_desc = lidp;
+}
+
+STATIC void
+xfs_trans_free_item_desc(
+	struct xfs_log_item_desc *lidp)
+{
+	list_del_init(&lidp->lid_trans);
+	kmem_zone_free(xfs_log_item_desc_zone, lidp);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Unlink and free the given descriptor.
+ */
+void
+xfs_trans_del_item(
+	struct xfs_log_item	*lip)
+{
+	xfs_trans_free_item_desc(lip->li_desc);
+	lip->li_desc = NULL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Unlock all of the items of a transaction and free all the descriptors
+ * of that transaction.
+ */
+STATIC void
+xfs_trans_free_items(
+	struct xfs_trans	*tp,
+	xfs_lsn_t		commit_lsn,
+	int			flags)
+{
+	struct xfs_log_item_desc *lidp, *next;
+
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(lidp, next, &tp->t_items, lid_trans) {
+		struct xfs_log_item	*lip = lidp->lid_item;
+
+		lip->li_desc = NULL;
+
+		if (commit_lsn != NULLCOMMITLSN)
+			IOP_COMMITTING(lip, commit_lsn);
+		if (flags & XFS_TRANS_ABORT)
+			lip->li_flags |= XFS_LI_ABORTED;
+		IOP_UNLOCK(lip);
+
+		xfs_trans_free_item_desc(lidp);
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+ * Unlock the items associated with a transaction.
+ *
+ * Items which were not logged should be freed.  Those which were logged must
+ * still be tracked so they can be unpinned when the transaction commits.
+ */
+STATIC void
+xfs_trans_unlock_items(
+	struct xfs_trans	*tp,
+	xfs_lsn_t		commit_lsn)
+{
+	struct xfs_log_item_desc *lidp, *next;
+
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(lidp, next, &tp->t_items, lid_trans) {
+		struct xfs_log_item	*lip = lidp->lid_item;
+
+		lip->li_desc = NULL;
+
+		if (commit_lsn != NULLCOMMITLSN)
+			IOP_COMMITTING(lip, commit_lsn);
+		IOP_UNLOCK(lip);
+
+		/*
+		 * Free the descriptor if the item is not dirty
+		 * within this transaction.
+		 */
+		if (!(lidp->lid_flags & XFS_LID_DIRTY))
+			xfs_trans_free_item_desc(lidp);
+	}
+}
+
+/*
  * Total up the number of log iovecs needed to commit this
  * transaction.  The transaction itself needs one for the
  * transaction header.  Ask each dirty item in turn how many
@@ -1130,30 +1232,27 @@
 	struct xfs_trans	*tp)
 {
 	int			nvecs;
-	xfs_log_item_desc_t	*lidp;
+	struct xfs_log_item_desc *lidp;
 
 	nvecs = 1;
-	lidp = xfs_trans_first_item(tp);
-	ASSERT(lidp != NULL);
 
 	/* In the non-debug case we need to start bailing out if we
 	 * didn't find a log_item here, return zero and let trans_commit
 	 * deal with it.
 	 */
-	if (lidp == NULL)
+	if (list_empty(&tp->t_items)) {
+		ASSERT(0);
 		return 0;
+	}
 
-	while (lidp != NULL) {
+	list_for_each_entry(lidp, &tp->t_items, lid_trans) {
 		/*
 		 * Skip items which aren't dirty in this transaction.
 		 */
-		if (!(lidp->lid_flags & XFS_LID_DIRTY)) {
-			lidp = xfs_trans_next_item(tp, lidp);
+		if (!(lidp->lid_flags & XFS_LID_DIRTY))
 			continue;
-		}
 		lidp->lid_size = IOP_SIZE(lidp->lid_item);
 		nvecs += lidp->lid_size;
-		lidp = xfs_trans_next_item(tp, lidp);
 	}
 
 	return nvecs;
@@ -1173,7 +1272,7 @@
 	struct xfs_trans	*tp,
 	struct xfs_log_iovec	*log_vector)
 {
-	xfs_log_item_desc_t	*lidp;
+	struct xfs_log_item_desc *lidp;
 	struct xfs_log_iovec	*vecp;
 	uint			nitems;
 
@@ -1184,14 +1283,11 @@
 	vecp = log_vector + 1;
 
 	nitems = 0;
-	lidp = xfs_trans_first_item(tp);
-	ASSERT(lidp);
-	while (lidp) {
+	ASSERT(!list_empty(&tp->t_items));
+	list_for_each_entry(lidp, &tp->t_items, lid_trans) {
 		/* Skip items which aren't dirty in this transaction. */
-		if (!(lidp->lid_flags & XFS_LID_DIRTY)) {
-			lidp = xfs_trans_next_item(tp, lidp);
+		if (!(lidp->lid_flags & XFS_LID_DIRTY))
 			continue;
-		}
 
 		/*
 		 * The item may be marked dirty but not log anything.  This can
@@ -1202,7 +1298,6 @@
 		IOP_FORMAT(lidp->lid_item, vecp);
 		vecp += lidp->lid_size;
 		IOP_PIN(lidp->lid_item);
-		lidp = xfs_trans_next_item(tp, lidp);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -1297,24 +1392,15 @@
 	struct xfs_trans	*tp,
 	int			abortflag)
 {
-	xfs_log_item_desc_t	*lidp;
-	xfs_log_item_chunk_t	*licp;
-	xfs_log_item_chunk_t	*next_licp;
+	struct xfs_log_item_desc *lidp, *next;
 
 	/* Call the transaction's completion callback if there is one. */
 	if (tp->t_callback != NULL)
 		tp->t_callback(tp, tp->t_callarg);
 
-	for (lidp = xfs_trans_first_item(tp);
-	     lidp != NULL;
-	     lidp = xfs_trans_next_item(tp, lidp)) {
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(lidp, next, &tp->t_items, lid_trans) {
 		xfs_trans_item_committed(lidp->lid_item, tp->t_lsn, abortflag);
-	}
-
-	/* free the item chunks, ignoring the embedded chunk */
-	for (licp = tp->t_items.lic_next; licp != NULL; licp = next_licp) {
-		next_licp = licp->lic_next;
-		kmem_free(licp);
+		xfs_trans_free_item_desc(lidp);
 	}
 
 	xfs_trans_free(tp);
@@ -1329,11 +1415,9 @@
 	struct xfs_trans	*tp,
 	uint			flags)
 {
-	xfs_log_item_desc_t	*lidp;
+	struct xfs_log_item_desc *lidp;
 
-	for (lidp = xfs_trans_first_item(tp);
-	     lidp != NULL;
-	     lidp = xfs_trans_next_item(tp, lidp)) {
+	list_for_each_entry(lidp, &tp->t_items, lid_trans) {
 		/*
 		 * Unpin all but those that aren't dirty.
 		 */
@@ -1504,33 +1588,28 @@
 xfs_trans_alloc_log_vecs(
 	xfs_trans_t	*tp)
 {
-	xfs_log_item_desc_t	*lidp;
+	struct xfs_log_item_desc *lidp;
 	struct xfs_log_vec	*lv = NULL;
 	struct xfs_log_vec	*ret_lv = NULL;
 
-	lidp = xfs_trans_first_item(tp);
 
 	/* Bail out if we didn't find a log item.  */
-	if (!lidp) {
+	if (list_empty(&tp->t_items)) {
 		ASSERT(0);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	while (lidp != NULL) {
+	list_for_each_entry(lidp, &tp->t_items, lid_trans) {
 		struct xfs_log_vec *new_lv;
 
 		/* Skip items which aren't dirty in this transaction. */
-		if (!(lidp->lid_flags & XFS_LID_DIRTY)) {
-			lidp = xfs_trans_next_item(tp, lidp);
+		if (!(lidp->lid_flags & XFS_LID_DIRTY))
 			continue;
-		}
 
 		/* Skip items that do not have any vectors for writing */
 		lidp->lid_size = IOP_SIZE(lidp->lid_item);
-		if (!lidp->lid_size) {
-			lidp = xfs_trans_next_item(tp, lidp);
+		if (!lidp->lid_size)
 			continue;
-		}
 
 		new_lv = kmem_zalloc(sizeof(*new_lv) +
 				lidp->lid_size * sizeof(struct xfs_log_iovec),
@@ -1545,7 +1624,6 @@
 		else
 			lv->lv_next = new_lv;
 		lv = new_lv;
-		lidp = xfs_trans_next_item(tp, lidp);
 	}
 
 	return ret_lv;
@@ -1704,12 +1782,6 @@
 	int			flags)
 {
 	int			log_flags;
-#ifdef DEBUG
-	xfs_log_item_chunk_t	*licp;
-	xfs_log_item_desc_t	*lidp;
-	xfs_log_item_t		*lip;
-	int			i;
-#endif
 	xfs_mount_t		*mp = tp->t_mountp;
 
 	/*
@@ -1728,21 +1800,11 @@
 		xfs_force_shutdown(mp, SHUTDOWN_CORRUPT_INCORE);
 	}
 #ifdef DEBUG
-	if (!(flags & XFS_TRANS_ABORT)) {
-		licp = &(tp->t_items);
-		while (licp != NULL) {
-			lidp = licp->lic_descs;
-			for (i = 0; i < licp->lic_unused; i++, lidp++) {
-				if (xfs_lic_isfree(licp, i)) {
-					continue;
-				}
+	if (!(flags & XFS_TRANS_ABORT) && !XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(mp)) {
+		struct xfs_log_item_desc *lidp;
 
-				lip = lidp->lid_item;
-				if (!XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(mp))
-					ASSERT(!(lip->li_type == XFS_LI_EFD));
-			}
-			licp = licp->lic_next;
-		}
+		list_for_each_entry(lidp, &tp->t_items, lid_trans)
+			ASSERT(!(lidp->lid_item->li_type == XFS_LI_EFD));
 	}
 #endif
 	xfs_trans_unreserve_and_mod_sb(tp);