diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index 74664ca..c831a58 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
 	int pages_written;
 	int retval;
 };
-#define	DIO_AIO_UNWRITTEN	0x1
+#define	EXT4_IO_UNWRITTEN	0x1
 typedef struct ext4_io_end {
 	struct list_head	list;		/* per-file finished AIO list */
 	struct inode		*inode;		/* file being written to */
@@ -355,13 +355,13 @@
 	/* caller is from the direct IO path, request to creation of an
 	unitialized extents if not allocated, split the uninitialized
 	extent if blocks has been preallocated already*/
-#define EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_DIO			0x0008
+#define EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_PRE_IO			0x0008
 #define EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_CONVERT			0x0010
-#define EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_DIO_CREATE_EXT		(EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_DIO|\
+#define EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_IO_CREATE_EXT		(EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_PRE_IO|\
 					 EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_CREATE_UNINIT_EXT)
-	/* Convert extent to initialized after direct IO complete */
-#define EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_DIO_CONVERT_EXT		(EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_CONVERT|\
-					 EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_DIO_CREATE_EXT)
+	/* Convert extent to initialized after IO complete */
+#define EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_IO_CONVERT_EXT		(EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_CONVERT|\
+					 EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_IO_CREATE_EXT)
 
 /*
  * Flags used by ext4_free_blocks
@@ -700,8 +700,8 @@
 	qsize_t i_reserved_quota;
 #endif
 
-	/* completed async DIOs that might need unwritten extents handling */
-	struct list_head i_aio_dio_complete_list;
+	/* completed IOs that might need unwritten extents handling */
+	struct list_head i_completed_io_list;
 	/* current io_end structure for async DIO write*/
 	ext4_io_end_t *cur_aio_dio;
 
@@ -1461,7 +1461,7 @@
 		struct address_space *mapping, loff_t from);
 extern int ext4_page_mkwrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf);
 extern qsize_t *ext4_get_reserved_space(struct inode *inode);
-extern int flush_aio_dio_completed_IO(struct inode *inode);
+extern int flush_completed_IO(struct inode *inode);
 extern void ext4_da_update_reserve_space(struct inode *inode,
 					int used, int quota_claim);
 /* ioctl.c */
diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index a2c21aa..90ba8d9 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -1619,7 +1619,7 @@
 	BUG_ON(path[depth].p_hdr == NULL);
 
 	/* try to insert block into found extent and return */
-	if (ex && (flag != EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_DIO_CREATE_EXT)
+	if (ex && (flag != EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_PRE_IO)
 		&& ext4_can_extents_be_merged(inode, ex, newext)) {
 		ext_debug("append [%d]%d block to %d:[%d]%d (from %llu)\n",
 				ext4_ext_is_uninitialized(newext),
@@ -1740,7 +1740,7 @@
 
 merge:
 	/* try to merge extents to the right */
-	if (flag != EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_DIO_CREATE_EXT)
+	if (flag != EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_PRE_IO)
 		ext4_ext_try_to_merge(inode, path, nearex);
 
 	/* try to merge extents to the left */
@@ -2984,7 +2984,7 @@
 	ext4_ext_dirty(handle, inode, path + depth);
 	return err;
 }
-static int ext4_convert_unwritten_extents_dio(handle_t *handle,
+static int ext4_convert_unwritten_extents_endio(handle_t *handle,
 					      struct inode *inode,
 					      struct ext4_ext_path *path)
 {
@@ -3064,8 +3064,8 @@
 		  flags, allocated);
 	ext4_ext_show_leaf(inode, path);
 
-	/* DIO get_block() before submit the IO, split the extent */
-	if (flags == EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_DIO_CREATE_EXT) {
+	/* get_block() before submit the IO, split the extent */
+	if (flags == EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_PRE_IO) {
 		ret = ext4_split_unwritten_extents(handle,
 						inode, path, iblock,
 						max_blocks, flags);
@@ -3075,14 +3075,14 @@
 		 * completed
 		 */
 		if (io)
-			io->flag = DIO_AIO_UNWRITTEN;
+			io->flag = EXT4_IO_UNWRITTEN;
 		else
 			ext4_set_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_DIO_UNWRITTEN);
 		goto out;
 	}
-	/* async DIO end_io complete, convert the filled extent to written */
-	if (flags == EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_DIO_CONVERT_EXT) {
-		ret = ext4_convert_unwritten_extents_dio(handle, inode,
+	/* IO end_io complete, convert the filled extent to written */
+	if (flags == EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_CONVERT) {
+		ret = ext4_convert_unwritten_extents_endio(handle, inode,
 							path);
 		if (ret >= 0)
 			ext4_update_inode_fsync_trans(handle, inode, 1);
@@ -3359,9 +3359,9 @@
 		 * For non asycn direct IO case, flag the inode state
 		 * that we need to perform convertion when IO is done.
 		 */
-		if (flags == EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_DIO_CREATE_EXT) {
+		if (flags == EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_PRE_IO) {
 			if (io)
-				io->flag = DIO_AIO_UNWRITTEN;
+				io->flag = EXT4_IO_UNWRITTEN;
 			else
 				ext4_set_inode_state(inode,
 						     EXT4_STATE_DIO_UNWRITTEN);
@@ -3656,7 +3656,7 @@
 		map_bh.b_state = 0;
 		ret = ext4_get_blocks(handle, inode, block,
 				      max_blocks, &map_bh,
-				      EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_DIO_CONVERT_EXT);
+				      EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_IO_CONVERT_EXT);
 		if (ret <= 0) {
 			WARN_ON(ret <= 0);
 			printk(KERN_ERR "%s: ext4_ext_get_blocks "
diff --git a/fs/ext4/fsync.c b/fs/ext4/fsync.c
index 98bd140..0d0c323 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/fsync.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/fsync.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 	if (inode->i_sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)
 		return 0;
 
-	ret = flush_aio_dio_completed_IO(inode);
+	ret = flush_completed_IO(inode);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 	
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 427f469..28f116b 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -3468,7 +3468,7 @@
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int ext4_get_block_dio_write(struct inode *inode, sector_t iblock,
+static int ext4_get_block_write(struct inode *inode, sector_t iblock,
 		   struct buffer_head *bh_result, int create)
 {
 	handle_t *handle = NULL;
@@ -3476,28 +3476,14 @@
 	unsigned max_blocks = bh_result->b_size >> inode->i_blkbits;
 	int dio_credits;
 
-	ext4_debug("ext4_get_block_dio_write: inode %lu, create flag %d\n",
+	ext4_debug("ext4_get_block_write: inode %lu, create flag %d\n",
 		   inode->i_ino, create);
 	/*
-	 * DIO VFS code passes create = 0 flag for write to
-	 * the middle of file. It does this to avoid block
-	 * allocation for holes, to prevent expose stale data
-	 * out when there is parallel buffered read (which does
-	 * not hold the i_mutex lock) while direct IO write has
-	 * not completed. DIO request on holes finally falls back
-	 * to buffered IO for this reason.
-	 *
-	 * For ext4 extent based file, since we support fallocate,
-	 * new allocated extent as uninitialized, for holes, we
-	 * could fallocate blocks for holes, thus parallel
-	 * buffered IO read will zero out the page when read on
-	 * a hole while parallel DIO write to the hole has not completed.
-	 *
-	 * when we come here, we know it's a direct IO write to
-	 * to the middle of file (<i_size)
-	 * so it's safe to override the create flag from VFS.
+	 * ext4_get_block in prepare for a DIO write or buffer write.
+	 * We allocate an uinitialized extent if blocks haven't been allocated.
+	 * The extent will be converted to initialized after IO complete.
 	 */
-	create = EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_DIO_CREATE_EXT;
+	create = EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_IO_CREATE_EXT;
 
 	if (max_blocks > DIO_MAX_BLOCKS)
 		max_blocks = DIO_MAX_BLOCKS;
@@ -3524,19 +3510,20 @@
 	iput(io->inode);
 	kfree(io);
 }
-static void dump_aio_dio_list(struct inode * inode)
+
+static void dump_completed_IO(struct inode * inode)
 {
 #ifdef	EXT4_DEBUG
 	struct list_head *cur, *before, *after;
 	ext4_io_end_t *io, *io0, *io1;
 
-	if (list_empty(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_aio_dio_complete_list)){
-		ext4_debug("inode %lu aio dio list is empty\n", inode->i_ino);
+	if (list_empty(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_completed_io_list)){
+		ext4_debug("inode %lu completed_io list is empty\n", inode->i_ino);
 		return;
 	}
 
-	ext4_debug("Dump inode %lu aio_dio_completed_IO list \n", inode->i_ino);
-	list_for_each_entry(io, &EXT4_I(inode)->i_aio_dio_complete_list, list){
+	ext4_debug("Dump inode %lu completed_io list \n", inode->i_ino);
+	list_for_each_entry(io, &EXT4_I(inode)->i_completed_io_list, list){
 		cur = &io->list;
 		before = cur->prev;
 		io0 = container_of(before, ext4_io_end_t, list);
@@ -3552,21 +3539,21 @@
 /*
  * check a range of space and convert unwritten extents to written.
  */
-static int ext4_end_aio_dio_nolock(ext4_io_end_t *io)
+static int ext4_end_io_nolock(ext4_io_end_t *io)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = io->inode;
 	loff_t offset = io->offset;
 	ssize_t size = io->size;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	ext4_debug("end_aio_dio_onlock: io 0x%p from inode %lu,list->next 0x%p,"
+	ext4_debug("ext4_end_io_nolock: io 0x%p from inode %lu,list->next 0x%p,"
 		   "list->prev 0x%p\n",
 	           io, inode->i_ino, io->list.next, io->list.prev);
 
 	if (list_empty(&io->list))
 		return ret;
 
-	if (io->flag != DIO_AIO_UNWRITTEN)
+	if (io->flag != EXT4_IO_UNWRITTEN)
 		return ret;
 
 	if (offset + size <= i_size_read(inode))
@@ -3584,17 +3571,18 @@
 	io->flag = 0;
 	return ret;
 }
+
 /*
  * work on completed aio dio IO, to convert unwritten extents to extents
  */
-static void ext4_end_aio_dio_work(struct work_struct *work)
+static void ext4_end_io_work(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	ext4_io_end_t *io  = container_of(work, ext4_io_end_t, work);
 	struct inode *inode = io->inode;
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
-	ret = ext4_end_aio_dio_nolock(io);
+	ret = ext4_end_io_nolock(io);
 	if (ret >= 0) {
 		if (!list_empty(&io->list))
 			list_del_init(&io->list);
@@ -3602,32 +3590,35 @@
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
 }
+
 /*
  * This function is called from ext4_sync_file().
  *
- * When AIO DIO IO is completed, the work to convert unwritten
- * extents to written is queued on workqueue but may not get immediately
+ * When IO is completed, the work to convert unwritten extents to
+ * written is queued on workqueue but may not get immediately
  * scheduled. When fsync is called, we need to ensure the
  * conversion is complete before fsync returns.
- * The inode keeps track of a list of completed AIO from DIO path
- * that might needs to do the conversion. This function walks through
- * the list and convert the related unwritten extents to written.
+ * The inode keeps track of a list of pending/completed IO that
+ * might needs to do the conversion. This function walks through
+ * the list and convert the related unwritten extents for completed IO
+ * to written.
+ * The function return the number of pending IOs on success.
  */
-int flush_aio_dio_completed_IO(struct inode *inode)
+int flush_completed_IO(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	ext4_io_end_t *io;
 	int ret = 0;
 	int ret2 = 0;
 
-	if (list_empty(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_aio_dio_complete_list))
+	if (list_empty(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_completed_io_list))
 		return ret;
 
-	dump_aio_dio_list(inode);
-	while (!list_empty(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_aio_dio_complete_list)){
-		io = list_entry(EXT4_I(inode)->i_aio_dio_complete_list.next,
+	dump_completed_IO(inode);
+	while (!list_empty(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_completed_io_list)){
+		io = list_entry(EXT4_I(inode)->i_completed_io_list.next,
 				ext4_io_end_t, list);
 		/*
-		 * Calling ext4_end_aio_dio_nolock() to convert completed
+		 * Calling ext4_end_io_nolock() to convert completed
 		 * IO to written.
 		 *
 		 * When ext4_sync_file() is called, run_queue() may already
@@ -3640,7 +3631,7 @@
 		 * avoid double converting from both fsync and background work
 		 * queue work.
 		 */
-		ret = ext4_end_aio_dio_nolock(io);
+		ret = ext4_end_io_nolock(io);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			ret2 = ret;
 		else
@@ -3662,7 +3653,7 @@
 		io->offset = 0;
 		io->size = 0;
 		io->error = 0;
-		INIT_WORK(&io->work, ext4_end_aio_dio_work);
+		INIT_WORK(&io->work, ext4_end_io_work);
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&io->list);
 	}
 
@@ -3685,7 +3676,7 @@
 		  size);
 
 	/* if not aio dio with unwritten extents, just free io and return */
-	if (io_end->flag != DIO_AIO_UNWRITTEN){
+	if (io_end->flag != EXT4_IO_UNWRITTEN){
 		ext4_free_io_end(io_end);
 		iocb->private = NULL;
 		return;
@@ -3700,9 +3691,10 @@
 
 	/* Add the io_end to per-inode completed aio dio list*/
 	list_add_tail(&io_end->list,
-		 &EXT4_I(io_end->inode)->i_aio_dio_complete_list);
+		 &EXT4_I(io_end->inode)->i_completed_io_list);
 	iocb->private = NULL;
 }
+
 /*
  * For ext4 extent files, ext4 will do direct-io write to holes,
  * preallocated extents, and those write extend the file, no need to
@@ -3772,7 +3764,7 @@
 		ret = blockdev_direct_IO(rw, iocb, inode,
 					 inode->i_sb->s_bdev, iov,
 					 offset, nr_segs,
-					 ext4_get_block_dio_write,
+					 ext4_get_block_write,
 					 ext4_end_io_dio);
 		if (iocb->private)
 			EXT4_I(inode)->cur_aio_dio = NULL;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index c832508..dc7a97e 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_QUOTA
 	ei->i_reserved_quota = 0;
 #endif
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ei->i_aio_dio_complete_list);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ei->i_completed_io_list);
 	ei->cur_aio_dio = NULL;
 	ei->i_sync_tid = 0;
 	ei->i_datasync_tid = 0;