diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.c b/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
index 289d71d..02e571e 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@
 
 		cur = btrfs_find_tree_block(root, blocknr, blocksize);
 		if (cur)
-			uptodate = btrfs_buffer_uptodate(cur);
+			uptodate = btrfs_buffer_uptodate(cur, gen);
 		else
 			uptodate = 0;
 		if (!cur || !uptodate) {
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index edee7a4..574b124 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -205,6 +205,33 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int verify_parent_transid(struct extent_io_tree *io_tree,
+				 struct extent_buffer *eb, u64 parent_transid)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	if (!parent_transid || btrfs_header_generation(eb) == parent_transid)
+		return 0;
+
+	lock_extent(io_tree, eb->start, eb->start + eb->len - 1, GFP_NOFS);
+	if (extent_buffer_uptodate(io_tree, eb) &&
+	    btrfs_header_generation(eb) == parent_transid) {
+		ret = 0;
+		goto out;
+	}
+	printk("parent transid verify failed on %llu wanted %llu found %llu\n",
+	       (unsigned long long)eb->start,
+	       (unsigned long long)parent_transid,
+	       (unsigned long long)btrfs_header_generation(eb));
+	ret = 1;
+out:
+	clear_extent_buffer_uptodate(io_tree, eb);
+	unlock_extent(io_tree, eb->start, eb->start + eb->len - 1,
+		      GFP_NOFS);
+	return ret;
+
+}
+
 static int btree_read_extent_buffer_pages(struct btrfs_root *root,
 					  struct extent_buffer *eb,
 					  u64 start, u64 parent_transid)
@@ -218,7 +245,8 @@
 	while (1) {
 		ret = read_extent_buffer_pages(io_tree, eb, start, 1,
 					       btree_get_extent, mirror_num);
-		if (!ret)
+		if (!ret &&
+		    !verify_parent_transid(io_tree, eb, parent_transid))
 			return ret;
 
 		num_copies = btrfs_num_copies(&root->fs_info->mapping_tree,
@@ -330,6 +358,13 @@
 		ret = -EIO;
 		goto err;
 	}
+	if (memcmp_extent_buffer(eb, root->fs_info->fsid,
+				 (unsigned long)btrfs_header_fsid(eb),
+				 BTRFS_FSID_SIZE)) {
+		printk("bad fsid on block %Lu\n", eb->start);
+		ret = -EIO;
+		goto err;
+	}
 	found_level = btrfs_header_level(eb);
 
 	ret = csum_tree_block(root, eb, 1);
@@ -1363,7 +1398,9 @@
 					"I/O error on %s\n",
 				       bdevname(bh->b_bdev, b));
 		}
-		set_buffer_write_io_error(bh);
+		/* note, we dont' set_buffer_write_io_error because we have
+		 * our own ways of dealing with the IO errors
+		 */
 		clear_buffer_uptodate(bh);
 	}
 	unlock_buffer(bh);
@@ -1459,7 +1496,8 @@
 				ret = submit_bh(WRITE, bh);
 				BUG_ON(ret);
 				wait_on_buffer(bh);
-				BUG_ON(!buffer_uptodate(bh));
+				if (!buffer_uptodate(bh))
+					total_errors++;
 			} else {
 				total_errors++;
 			}
@@ -1607,10 +1645,18 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int btrfs_buffer_uptodate(struct extent_buffer *buf)
+int btrfs_buffer_uptodate(struct extent_buffer *buf, u64 parent_transid)
 {
+	int ret;
 	struct inode *btree_inode = buf->first_page->mapping->host;
-	return extent_buffer_uptodate(&BTRFS_I(btree_inode)->io_tree, buf);
+
+	ret = extent_buffer_uptodate(&BTRFS_I(btree_inode)->io_tree, buf);
+	if (!ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	ret = verify_parent_transid(&BTRFS_I(btree_inode)->io_tree, buf,
+				    parent_transid);
+	return !ret;
 }
 
 int btrfs_set_buffer_uptodate(struct extent_buffer *buf)
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.h b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.h
index e29c895..30d1ed2 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.h
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 void btrfs_btree_balance_dirty(struct btrfs_root *root, unsigned long nr);
 int btrfs_free_fs_root(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, struct btrfs_root *root);
 void btrfs_mark_buffer_dirty(struct extent_buffer *buf);
-int btrfs_buffer_uptodate(struct extent_buffer *buf);
+int btrfs_buffer_uptodate(struct extent_buffer *buf, u64 parent_transid);
 int btrfs_set_buffer_uptodate(struct extent_buffer *buf);
 int wait_on_tree_block_writeback(struct btrfs_root *root,
 				 struct extent_buffer *buf);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index db07dde..605018c 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -1366,7 +1366,7 @@
 	if (!pending) {
 		buf = btrfs_find_tree_block(root, bytenr, num_bytes);
 		if (buf) {
-			if (btrfs_buffer_uptodate(buf)) {
+			if (btrfs_buffer_uptodate(buf, 0)) {
 				u64 transid =
 				    root->fs_info->running_transaction->transid;
 				u64 header_transid =
@@ -2151,7 +2151,7 @@
 			continue;
 		}
 		next = btrfs_find_tree_block(root, bytenr, blocksize);
-		if (!next || !btrfs_buffer_uptodate(next)) {
+		if (!next || !btrfs_buffer_uptodate(next, ptr_gen)) {
 			free_extent_buffer(next);
 			reada_walk_down(root, cur, path->slots[*level]);
 
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
index dd403b4..2a3624a 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
@@ -1366,7 +1366,7 @@
 				   unsigned int bytes_done, int err)
 #endif
 {
-	const int uptodate = test_bit(BIO_UPTODATE, &bio->bi_flags);
+	int uptodate = err == 0;
 	struct bio_vec *bvec = bio->bi_io_vec + bio->bi_vcnt - 1;
 	struct extent_state *state = bio->bi_private;
 	struct extent_io_tree *tree = state->tree;
@@ -1375,6 +1375,7 @@
 	u64 end;
 	u64 cur;
 	int whole_page;
+	int ret;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE <= KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,23)
@@ -1395,17 +1396,30 @@
 		if (--bvec >= bio->bi_io_vec)
 			prefetchw(&bvec->bv_page->flags);
 
+		if (tree->ops && tree->ops->writepage_end_io_hook) {
+			ret = tree->ops->writepage_end_io_hook(page, start,
+						       end, state);
+			if (ret)
+				uptodate = 0;
+		}
+
+		if (!uptodate && tree->ops &&
+		    tree->ops->writepage_io_failed_hook) {
+			ret = tree->ops->writepage_io_failed_hook(bio, page,
+							 start, end, state);
+			if (ret == 0) {
+				state = NULL;
+				uptodate = (err == 0);
+				continue;
+			}
+		}
+
 		if (!uptodate) {
 			clear_extent_uptodate(tree, start, end, GFP_ATOMIC);
 			ClearPageUptodate(page);
 			SetPageError(page);
 		}
 
-		if (tree->ops && tree->ops->writepage_end_io_hook) {
-			tree->ops->writepage_end_io_hook(page, start, end,
-							 state);
-		}
-
 		/*
 		 * bios can get merged in funny ways, and so we need to
 		 * be careful with the state variable.  We know the
@@ -2073,9 +2087,9 @@
 		} else {
 			ret = 0;
 		}
-		if (ret)
+		if (ret) {
 			SetPageError(page);
-		else {
+		} else {
 			unsigned long max_nr = end_index + 1;
 			set_range_writeback(tree, cur, cur + iosize - 1);
 			if (!PageWriteback(page)) {
@@ -2948,6 +2962,25 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(set_extent_buffer_dirty);
 
+int clear_extent_buffer_uptodate(struct extent_io_tree *tree,
+				struct extent_buffer *eb)
+{
+	unsigned long i;
+	struct page *page;
+	unsigned long num_pages;
+
+	num_pages = num_extent_pages(eb->start, eb->len);
+	eb->flags &= ~EXTENT_UPTODATE;
+
+	clear_extent_uptodate(tree, eb->start, eb->start + eb->len - 1,
+			      GFP_NOFS);
+	for (i = 0; i < num_pages; i++) {
+		page = extent_buffer_page(eb, i);
+		ClearPageUptodate(page);
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int set_extent_buffer_uptodate(struct extent_io_tree *tree,
 				struct extent_buffer *eb)
 {
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.h b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.h
index e483461..f1960da 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.h
@@ -36,9 +36,12 @@
 	int (*readpage_io_failed_hook)(struct bio *bio, struct page *page,
 				       u64 start, u64 end,
 				       struct extent_state *state);
+	int (*writepage_io_failed_hook)(struct bio *bio, struct page *page,
+					u64 start, u64 end,
+				       struct extent_state *state);
 	int (*readpage_end_io_hook)(struct page *page, u64 start, u64 end,
 				    struct extent_state *state);
-	void (*writepage_end_io_hook)(struct page *page, u64 start, u64 end,
+	int (*writepage_end_io_hook)(struct page *page, u64 start, u64 end,
 				      struct extent_state *state);
 	int (*set_bit_hook)(struct inode *inode, u64 start, u64 end,
 			    unsigned long old, unsigned long bits);
@@ -212,6 +215,8 @@
 			     struct extent_buffer *eb);
 int set_extent_buffer_uptodate(struct extent_io_tree *tree,
 			       struct extent_buffer *eb);
+int clear_extent_buffer_uptodate(struct extent_io_tree *tree,
+				struct extent_buffer *eb);
 int extent_buffer_uptodate(struct extent_io_tree *tree,
 			   struct extent_buffer *eb);
 int map_extent_buffer(struct extent_buffer *eb, unsigned long offset,
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index a492fd2..08760ff 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -430,9 +430,9 @@
 	int last_mirror;
 };
 
-int btrfs_readpage_io_failed_hook(struct bio *failed_bio,
-				  struct page *page, u64 start, u64 end,
-				  struct extent_state *state)
+int btrfs_io_failed_hook(struct bio *failed_bio,
+			 struct page *page, u64 start, u64 end,
+			 struct extent_state *state)
 {
 	struct io_failure_record *failrec = NULL;
 	u64 private;
@@ -443,6 +443,7 @@
 	struct bio *bio;
 	int num_copies;
 	int ret;
+	int rw;
 	u64 logical;
 
 	ret = get_state_private(failure_tree, start, &private);
@@ -505,7 +506,41 @@
 	bio->bi_bdev = failed_bio->bi_bdev;
 	bio->bi_size = 0;
 	bio_add_page(bio, page, failrec->len, start - page_offset(page));
-	btrfs_submit_bio_hook(inode, READ, bio, failrec->last_mirror);
+	if (failed_bio->bi_rw & (1 << BIO_RW))
+		rw = WRITE;
+	else
+		rw = READ;
+
+	BTRFS_I(inode)->io_tree.ops->submit_bio_hook(inode, rw, bio,
+						      failrec->last_mirror);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int btrfs_clean_io_failures(struct inode *inode, u64 start)
+{
+	u64 private;
+	u64 private_failure;
+	struct io_failure_record *failure;
+	int ret;
+
+	private = 0;
+	if (count_range_bits(&BTRFS_I(inode)->io_failure_tree, &private,
+			     (u64)-1, 1, EXTENT_DIRTY)) {
+		ret = get_state_private(&BTRFS_I(inode)->io_failure_tree,
+					start, &private_failure);
+		if (ret == 0) {
+			failure = (struct io_failure_record *)(unsigned long)
+				   private_failure;
+			set_state_private(&BTRFS_I(inode)->io_failure_tree,
+					  failure->start, 0);
+			clear_extent_bits(&BTRFS_I(inode)->io_failure_tree,
+					  failure->start,
+					  failure->start + failure->len - 1,
+					  EXTENT_DIRTY | EXTENT_LOCKED,
+					  GFP_NOFS);
+			kfree(failure);
+		}
+	}
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -547,26 +582,7 @@
 	/* if the io failure tree for this inode is non-empty,
 	 * check to see if we've recovered from a failed IO
 	 */
-	private = 0;
-	if (count_range_bits(&BTRFS_I(inode)->io_failure_tree, &private,
-			     (u64)-1, 1, EXTENT_DIRTY)) {
-		u64 private_failure;
-		struct io_failure_record *failure;
-		ret = get_state_private(&BTRFS_I(inode)->io_failure_tree,
-					start, &private_failure);
-		if (ret == 0) {
-			failure = (struct io_failure_record *)(unsigned long)
-				   private_failure;
-			set_state_private(&BTRFS_I(inode)->io_failure_tree,
-					  failure->start, 0);
-			clear_extent_bits(&BTRFS_I(inode)->io_failure_tree,
-					  failure->start,
-					  failure->start + failure->len - 1,
-					  EXTENT_DIRTY | EXTENT_LOCKED,
-					  GFP_NOFS);
-			kfree(failure);
-		}
-	}
+	btrfs_clean_io_failures(inode, start);
 	return 0;
 
 zeroit:
@@ -3657,7 +3673,7 @@
 	.merge_bio_hook = btrfs_merge_bio_hook,
 	.readpage_io_hook = btrfs_readpage_io_hook,
 	.readpage_end_io_hook = btrfs_readpage_end_io_hook,
-	.readpage_io_failed_hook = btrfs_readpage_io_failed_hook,
+	.readpage_io_failed_hook = btrfs_io_failed_hook,
 	.set_bit_hook = btrfs_set_bit_hook,
 	.clear_bit_hook = btrfs_clear_bit_hook,
 };
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/tree-defrag.c b/fs/btrfs/tree-defrag.c
index 5085e9e..c02e2bf 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/tree-defrag.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/tree-defrag.c
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 	struct extent_buffer *next;
 	struct extent_buffer *cur;
 	u64 bytenr;
+	u64 ptr_gen;
 	int ret = 0;
 	int is_extent = 0;
 
@@ -93,11 +94,12 @@
 			break;
 		}
 		bytenr = btrfs_node_blockptr(cur, path->slots[*level]);
+		ptr_gen = btrfs_node_ptr_generation(cur, path->slots[*level]);
 
 		if (cache_only) {
 			next = btrfs_find_tree_block(root, bytenr,
 					   btrfs_level_size(root, *level - 1));
-			if (!next || !btrfs_buffer_uptodate(next) ||
+			if (!next || !btrfs_buffer_uptodate(next, ptr_gen) ||
 			    !btrfs_buffer_defrag(next)) {
 				free_extent_buffer(next);
 				path->slots[*level]++;
@@ -106,8 +108,7 @@
 		} else {
 			next = read_tree_block(root, bytenr,
 				       btrfs_level_size(root, *level - 1),
-				       btrfs_node_ptr_generation(cur,
-							 path->slots[*level]));
+				       ptr_gen);
 		}
 		ret = btrfs_cow_block(trans, root, next, path->nodes[*level],
 				      path->slots[*level], &next);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
index b5d7bd1..5fc7fb4 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -1807,14 +1807,19 @@
 	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&multi->stripes_pending)) {
 		bio->bi_private = multi->private;
 		bio->bi_end_io = multi->end_io;
-
 		/* only send an error to the higher layers if it is
 		 * beyond the tolerance of the multi-bio
 		 */
-		if (atomic_read(&multi->error) > multi->max_errors)
+		if (atomic_read(&multi->error) > multi->max_errors) {
 			err = -EIO;
-		else
+		} else if (err) {
+			/*
+			 * this bio is actually up to date, we didn't
+			 * go over the max number of errors
+			 */
+			set_bit(BIO_UPTODATE, &bio->bi_flags);
 			err = 0;
+		}
 		kfree(multi);
 
 #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE <= KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,23)