int btrfs_extent_post_op(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
                         struct btrfs_root *root)
 {
-       finish_current_insert(trans, root->fs_info->extent_root, 1);
-       del_pending_extents(trans, root->fs_info->extent_root, 1);
+       u64 start;
+       u64 end;
+       int ret;
+
+       while(1) {
+               finish_current_insert(trans, root->fs_info->extent_root, 1);
+               del_pending_extents(trans, root->fs_info->extent_root, 1);
+
+               /* is there more work to do? */
+               ret = find_first_extent_bit(&root->fs_info->pending_del,
+                                           0, &start, &end, EXTENT_WRITEBACK);
+               if (!ret)
+                       continue;
+               ret = find_first_extent_bit(&root->fs_info->extent_ins,
+                                           0, &start, &end, EXTENT_WRITEBACK);
+               if (!ret)
+                       continue;
+               break;
+       }
        return 0;
 }
 
        u64 end;
        u64 priv;
        u64 search = 0;
-       u64 skipped = 0;
        struct btrfs_fs_info *info = extent_root->fs_info;
        struct btrfs_path *path;
        struct pending_extent_op *extent_op, *tmp;
        struct list_head insert_list, update_list;
        int ret;
-       int num_inserts = 0, max_inserts;
+       int num_inserts = 0, max_inserts, restart = 0;
 
        path = btrfs_alloc_path();
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&insert_list);
                ret = find_first_extent_bit(&info->extent_ins, search, &start,
                                            &end, EXTENT_WRITEBACK);
                if (ret) {
-                       if (skipped && all && !num_inserts &&
+                       if (restart && !num_inserts &&
                            list_empty(&update_list)) {
-                               skipped = 0;
+                               restart = 0;
                                search = 0;
                                continue;
                        }
-                       mutex_unlock(&info->extent_ins_mutex);
                        break;
                }
 
                ret = try_lock_extent(&info->extent_ins, start, end, GFP_NOFS);
                if (!ret) {
-                       skipped = 1;
+                       if (all)
+                               restart = 1;
                        search = end + 1;
                        if (need_resched()) {
                                mutex_unlock(&info->extent_ins_mutex);
                        list_add_tail(&extent_op->list, &insert_list);
                        search = end + 1;
                        if (num_inserts == max_inserts) {
-                               mutex_unlock(&info->extent_ins_mutex);
+                               restart = 1;
                                break;
                        }
                } else if (extent_op->type == PENDING_BACKREF_UPDATE) {
         * somebody marked this thing for deletion then just unlock it and be
         * done, the free_extents will handle it
         */
-       mutex_lock(&info->extent_ins_mutex);
        list_for_each_entry_safe(extent_op, tmp, &update_list, list) {
                clear_extent_bits(&info->extent_ins, extent_op->bytenr,
                                  extent_op->bytenr + extent_op->num_bytes - 1,
        if (!list_empty(&update_list)) {
                ret = update_backrefs(trans, extent_root, path, &update_list);
                BUG_ON(ret);
+
+               /* we may have COW'ed new blocks, so lets start over */
+               if (all)
+                       restart = 1;
        }
 
        /*
         * need to make sure everything is cleaned then reset everything and
         * go back to the beginning
         */
-       if (!num_inserts && all && skipped) {
+       if (!num_inserts && restart) {
                search = 0;
-               skipped = 0;
+               restart = 0;
                INIT_LIST_HEAD(&update_list);
                INIT_LIST_HEAD(&insert_list);
                goto again;
        BUG_ON(ret);
 
        /*
-        * if we broke out of the loop in order to insert stuff because we hit
-        * the maximum number of inserts at a time we can handle, then loop
-        * back and pick up where we left off
+        * if restart is set for whatever reason we need to go back and start
+        * searching through the pending list again.
+        *
+        * We just inserted some extents, which could have resulted in new
+        * blocks being allocated, which would result in new blocks needing
+        * updates, so if all is set we _must_ restart to get the updated
+        * blocks.
         */
-       if (num_inserts == max_inserts) {
-               INIT_LIST_HEAD(&insert_list);
-               INIT_LIST_HEAD(&update_list);
-               num_inserts = 0;
-               goto again;
-       }
-
-       /*
-        * again, if we need to make absolutely sure there are no more pending
-        * extent operations left and we know that we skipped some, go back to
-        * the beginning and do it all again
-        */
-       if (all && skipped) {
+       if (restart || all) {
                INIT_LIST_HEAD(&insert_list);
                INIT_LIST_HEAD(&update_list);
                search = 0;
-               skipped = 0;
+               restart = 0;
                num_inserts = 0;
                goto again;
        }
                goto again;
        }
 
+       if (!err)
+               finish_current_insert(trans, extent_root, 0);
        return err;
 }