diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_trans_inode.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_trans_inode.c
index e15129647e00c9..3071ab55c44518 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_trans_inode.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_trans_inode.c
@@ -177,9 +177,9 @@ xfs_trans_log_inode(
 
 	/*
 	 * Always OR in the bits from the ili_last_fields field.  This is to
-	 * coordinate with the xfs_iflush() and xfs_iflush_done() routines in
-	 * the eventual clearing of the ili_fields bits.  See the big comment in
-	 * xfs_iflush() for an explanation of this coordination mechanism.
+	 * coordinate with the xfs_iflush() and xfs_buf_inode_iodone() routines
+	 * in the eventual clearing of the ili_fields bits.  See the big comment
+	 * in xfs_iflush() for an explanation of this coordination mechanism.
 	 */
 	iip->ili_fields |= (flags | iip->ili_last_fields | iversion_flags);
 	spin_unlock(&iip->ili_lock);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c
index 7c22d63f43f754..443d11bdfcf502 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c
@@ -1173,8 +1173,145 @@ xfs_buf_wait_unpin(
 }
 
 /*
- *	Buffer Utility Routines
+ * Decide if we're going to retry the write after a failure, and prepare
+ * the buffer for retrying the write.
  */
+static bool
+xfs_buf_ioerror_fail_without_retry(
+	struct xfs_buf		*bp)
+{
+	struct xfs_mount	*mp = bp->b_mount;
+	static unsigned long	lasttime;
+	static struct xfs_buftarg *lasttarg;
+
+	/*
+	 * If we've already decided to shutdown the filesystem because of
+	 * I/O errors, there's no point in giving this a retry.
+	 */
+	if (XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(mp))
+		return true;
+
+	if (bp->b_target != lasttarg ||
+	    time_after(jiffies, (lasttime + 5*HZ))) {
+		lasttime = jiffies;
+		xfs_buf_ioerror_alert(bp, __this_address);
+	}
+	lasttarg = bp->b_target;
+
+	/* synchronous writes will have callers process the error */
+	if (!(bp->b_flags & XBF_ASYNC))
+		return true;
+	return false;
+}
+
+static bool
+xfs_buf_ioerror_retry(
+	struct xfs_buf		*bp,
+	struct xfs_error_cfg	*cfg)
+{
+	if ((bp->b_flags & (XBF_STALE | XBF_WRITE_FAIL)) &&
+	    bp->b_last_error == bp->b_error)
+		return false;
+
+	bp->b_flags |= (XBF_WRITE | XBF_DONE | XBF_WRITE_FAIL);
+	bp->b_last_error = bp->b_error;
+	if (cfg->retry_timeout != XFS_ERR_RETRY_FOREVER &&
+	    !bp->b_first_retry_time)
+		bp->b_first_retry_time = jiffies;
+	return true;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Account for this latest trip around the retry handler, and decide if
+ * we've failed enough times to constitute a permanent failure.
+ */
+static bool
+xfs_buf_ioerror_permanent(
+	struct xfs_buf		*bp,
+	struct xfs_error_cfg	*cfg)
+{
+	struct xfs_mount	*mp = bp->b_mount;
+
+	if (cfg->max_retries != XFS_ERR_RETRY_FOREVER &&
+	    ++bp->b_retries > cfg->max_retries)
+		return true;
+	if (cfg->retry_timeout != XFS_ERR_RETRY_FOREVER &&
+	    time_after(jiffies, cfg->retry_timeout + bp->b_first_retry_time))
+		return true;
+
+	/* At unmount we may treat errors differently */
+	if ((mp->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_UNMOUNTING) && mp->m_fail_unmount)
+		return true;
+
+	return false;
+}
+
+/*
+ * On a sync write or shutdown we just want to stale the buffer and let the
+ * caller handle the error in bp->b_error appropriately.
+ *
+ * If the write was asynchronous then no one will be looking for the error.  If
+ * this is the first failure of this type, clear the error state and write the
+ * buffer out again. This means we always retry an async write failure at least
+ * once, but we also need to set the buffer up to behave correctly now for
+ * repeated failures.
+ *
+ * If we get repeated async write failures, then we take action according to the
+ * error configuration we have been set up to use.
+ *
+ * Multi-state return value:
+ *
+ * XBF_IOEND_FINISH: run callback completions
+ * XBF_IOEND_DONE: resubmitted immediately, do not run any completions
+ * XBF_IOEND_FAIL: transient error, run failure callback completions and then
+ *    release the buffer
+ */
+enum xfs_buf_ioend_disposition {
+	XBF_IOEND_FINISH,
+	XBF_IOEND_DONE,
+	XBF_IOEND_FAIL,
+};
+
+static enum xfs_buf_ioend_disposition
+xfs_buf_ioend_disposition(
+	struct xfs_buf		*bp)
+{
+	struct xfs_mount	*mp = bp->b_mount;
+	struct xfs_error_cfg	*cfg;
+
+	if (likely(!bp->b_error))
+		return XBF_IOEND_FINISH;
+
+	if (xfs_buf_ioerror_fail_without_retry(bp))
+		goto out_stale;
+
+	trace_xfs_buf_iodone_async(bp, _RET_IP_);
+
+	cfg = xfs_error_get_cfg(mp, XFS_ERR_METADATA, bp->b_error);
+	if (xfs_buf_ioerror_retry(bp, cfg)) {
+		xfs_buf_ioerror(bp, 0);
+		xfs_buf_submit(bp);
+		return XBF_IOEND_DONE;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Permanent error - we need to trigger a shutdown if we haven't already
+	 * to indicate that inconsistency will result from this action.
+	 */
+	if (xfs_buf_ioerror_permanent(bp, cfg)) {
+		xfs_force_shutdown(mp, SHUTDOWN_META_IO_ERROR);
+		goto out_stale;
+	}
+
+	/* Still considered a transient error. Caller will schedule retries. */
+	return XBF_IOEND_FAIL;
+
+out_stale:
+	xfs_buf_stale(bp);
+	bp->b_flags |= XBF_DONE;
+	trace_xfs_buf_error_relse(bp, _RET_IP_);
+	return XBF_IOEND_FINISH;
+}
 
 static void
 xfs_buf_ioend(
@@ -1212,12 +1349,42 @@ xfs_buf_ioend(
 			bp->b_flags |= XBF_DONE;
 		}
 
+		switch (xfs_buf_ioend_disposition(bp)) {
+		case XBF_IOEND_DONE:
+			return;
+		case XBF_IOEND_FAIL:
+			if (bp->b_flags & _XBF_INODES)
+				xfs_buf_inode_io_fail(bp);
+			else if (bp->b_flags & _XBF_DQUOTS)
+				xfs_buf_dquot_io_fail(bp);
+			else
+				ASSERT(list_empty(&bp->b_li_list));
+			xfs_buf_ioerror(bp, 0);
+			xfs_buf_relse(bp);
+			return;
+		default:
+			break;
+		}
+
+		/* clear the retry state */
+		bp->b_last_error = 0;
+		bp->b_retries = 0;
+		bp->b_first_retry_time = 0;
+
+		/*
+		 * Note that for things like remote attribute buffers, there may
+		 * not be a buffer log item here, so processing the buffer log
+		 * item must remain optional.
+		 */
+		if (bp->b_log_item)
+			xfs_buf_item_done(bp);
+
 		if (bp->b_flags & _XBF_INODES)
 			xfs_buf_inode_iodone(bp);
 		else if (bp->b_flags & _XBF_DQUOTS)
 			xfs_buf_dquot_iodone(bp);
-		else
-			xfs_buf_iodone(bp);
+
+		xfs_buf_ioend_finish(bp);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c
index 19896884189973..ccc9d69683fae4 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ static inline struct xfs_buf_log_item *BUF_ITEM(struct xfs_log_item *lip)
 	return container_of(lip, struct xfs_buf_log_item, bli_item);
 }
 
-static void xfs_buf_item_done(struct xfs_buf *bp);
-
 /* Is this log iovec plausibly large enough to contain the buffer log format? */
 bool
 xfs_buf_log_check_iovec(
@@ -464,7 +462,7 @@ xfs_buf_item_unpin(
 		 */
 		if (bip->bli_flags & XFS_BLI_STALE_INODE) {
 			xfs_buf_item_done(bp);
-			xfs_iflush_done(bp);
+			xfs_buf_inode_iodone(bp);
 			ASSERT(list_empty(&bp->b_li_list));
 		} else {
 			xfs_trans_ail_delete(lip, SHUTDOWN_LOG_IO_ERROR);
@@ -957,156 +955,12 @@ xfs_buf_item_relse(
 	xfs_buf_item_free(bip);
 }
 
-/*
- * Decide if we're going to retry the write after a failure, and prepare
- * the buffer for retrying the write.
- */
-static bool
-xfs_buf_ioerror_fail_without_retry(
-	struct xfs_buf		*bp)
-{
-	struct xfs_mount	*mp = bp->b_mount;
-	static ulong		lasttime;
-	static xfs_buftarg_t	*lasttarg;
-
-	/*
-	 * If we've already decided to shutdown the filesystem because of
-	 * I/O errors, there's no point in giving this a retry.
-	 */
-	if (XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(mp))
-		return true;
-
-	if (bp->b_target != lasttarg ||
-	    time_after(jiffies, (lasttime + 5*HZ))) {
-		lasttime = jiffies;
-		xfs_buf_ioerror_alert(bp, __this_address);
-	}
-	lasttarg = bp->b_target;
-
-	/* synchronous writes will have callers process the error */
-	if (!(bp->b_flags & XBF_ASYNC))
-		return true;
-	return false;
-}
-
-static bool
-xfs_buf_ioerror_retry(
-	struct xfs_buf		*bp,
-	struct xfs_error_cfg	*cfg)
-{
-	if ((bp->b_flags & (XBF_STALE | XBF_WRITE_FAIL)) &&
-	    bp->b_last_error == bp->b_error)
-		return false;
-
-	bp->b_flags |= (XBF_WRITE | XBF_DONE | XBF_WRITE_FAIL);
-	bp->b_last_error = bp->b_error;
-	if (cfg->retry_timeout != XFS_ERR_RETRY_FOREVER &&
-	    !bp->b_first_retry_time)
-		bp->b_first_retry_time = jiffies;
-	return true;
-}
-
-/*
- * Account for this latest trip around the retry handler, and decide if
- * we've failed enough times to constitute a permanent failure.
- */
-static bool
-xfs_buf_ioerror_permanent(
-	struct xfs_buf		*bp,
-	struct xfs_error_cfg	*cfg)
-{
-	struct xfs_mount	*mp = bp->b_mount;
-
-	if (cfg->max_retries != XFS_ERR_RETRY_FOREVER &&
-	    ++bp->b_retries > cfg->max_retries)
-		return true;
-	if (cfg->retry_timeout != XFS_ERR_RETRY_FOREVER &&
-	    time_after(jiffies, cfg->retry_timeout + bp->b_first_retry_time))
-		return true;
-
-	/* At unmount we may treat errors differently */
-	if ((mp->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_UNMOUNTING) && mp->m_fail_unmount)
-		return true;
-
-	return false;
-}
-
-/*
- * On a sync write or shutdown we just want to stale the buffer and let the
- * caller handle the error in bp->b_error appropriately.
- *
- * If the write was asynchronous then no one will be looking for the error.  If
- * this is the first failure of this type, clear the error state and write the
- * buffer out again. This means we always retry an async write failure at least
- * once, but we also need to set the buffer up to behave correctly now for
- * repeated failures.
- *
- * If we get repeated async write failures, then we take action according to the
- * error configuration we have been set up to use.
- *
- * Multi-state return value:
- *
- * XBF_IOEND_FINISH: run callback completions
- * XBF_IOEND_DONE: resubmitted immediately, do not run any completions
- * XBF_IOEND_FAIL: transient error, run failure callback completions and then
- *    release the buffer
- */
-enum xfs_buf_ioend_disposition {
-	XBF_IOEND_FINISH,
-	XBF_IOEND_DONE,
-	XBF_IOEND_FAIL,
-};
-
-static enum xfs_buf_ioend_disposition
-xfs_buf_ioend_disposition(
-	struct xfs_buf		*bp)
-{
-	struct xfs_mount	*mp = bp->b_mount;
-	struct xfs_error_cfg	*cfg;
-
-	if (likely(!bp->b_error))
-		return XBF_IOEND_FINISH;
-
-	if (xfs_buf_ioerror_fail_without_retry(bp))
-		goto out_stale;
-
-	trace_xfs_buf_item_iodone_async(bp, _RET_IP_);
-
-	cfg = xfs_error_get_cfg(mp, XFS_ERR_METADATA, bp->b_error);
-	if (xfs_buf_ioerror_retry(bp, cfg)) {
-		xfs_buf_ioerror(bp, 0);
-		xfs_buf_submit(bp);
-		return XBF_IOEND_DONE;
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * Permanent error - we need to trigger a shutdown if we haven't already
-	 * to indicate that inconsistency will result from this action.
-	 */
-	if (xfs_buf_ioerror_permanent(bp, cfg)) {
-		xfs_force_shutdown(mp, SHUTDOWN_META_IO_ERROR);
-		goto out_stale;
-	}
-
-	/* Still considered a transient error. Caller will schedule retries. */
-	return XBF_IOEND_FAIL;
-
-out_stale:
-	xfs_buf_stale(bp);
-	bp->b_flags |= XBF_DONE;
-	trace_xfs_buf_error_relse(bp, _RET_IP_);
-	return XBF_IOEND_FINISH;
-}
-
-static void
+void
 xfs_buf_item_done(
 	struct xfs_buf		*bp)
 {
 	struct xfs_buf_log_item	*bip = bp->b_log_item;
 
-	if (!bip)
-		return;
-
 	/*
 	 * If we are forcibly shutting down, this may well be off the AIL
 	 * already. That's because we simulate the log-committed callbacks to
@@ -1121,113 +975,3 @@ xfs_buf_item_done(
 	xfs_buf_item_free(bip);
 	xfs_buf_rele(bp);
 }
-
-static inline void
-xfs_buf_clear_ioerror_retry_state(
-	struct xfs_buf		*bp)
-{
-	bp->b_last_error = 0;
-	bp->b_retries = 0;
-	bp->b_first_retry_time = 0;
-}
-
-static void
-xfs_buf_inode_io_fail(
-	struct xfs_buf		*bp)
-{
-	struct xfs_log_item	*lip;
-
-	list_for_each_entry(lip, &bp->b_li_list, li_bio_list)
-		set_bit(XFS_LI_FAILED, &lip->li_flags);
-
-	xfs_buf_ioerror(bp, 0);
-	xfs_buf_relse(bp);
-}
-
-/*
- * Inode buffer iodone callback function.
- */
-void
-xfs_buf_inode_iodone(
-	struct xfs_buf		*bp)
-{
-	switch (xfs_buf_ioend_disposition(bp)) {
-	case XBF_IOEND_DONE:
-		return;
-	case XBF_IOEND_FAIL:
-		xfs_buf_inode_io_fail(bp);
-		return;
-	default:
-		break;
-	}
-
-	xfs_buf_clear_ioerror_retry_state(bp);
-	xfs_buf_item_done(bp);
-	xfs_iflush_done(bp);
-	xfs_buf_ioend_finish(bp);
-}
-
-static void
-xfs_buf_dquot_io_fail(
-	struct xfs_buf		*bp)
-{
-	struct xfs_log_item	*lip;
-
-	spin_lock(&bp->b_mount->m_ail->ail_lock);
-	list_for_each_entry(lip, &bp->b_li_list, li_bio_list)
-		xfs_set_li_failed(lip, bp);
-	spin_unlock(&bp->b_mount->m_ail->ail_lock);
-	xfs_buf_ioerror(bp, 0);
-	xfs_buf_relse(bp);
-}
-
-/*
- * Dquot buffer iodone callback function.
- */
-void
-xfs_buf_dquot_iodone(
-	struct xfs_buf		*bp)
-{
-	switch (xfs_buf_ioend_disposition(bp)) {
-	case XBF_IOEND_DONE:
-		return;
-	case XBF_IOEND_FAIL:
-		xfs_buf_dquot_io_fail(bp);
-		return;
-	default:
-		break;
-	}
-
-	xfs_buf_clear_ioerror_retry_state(bp);
-	/* a newly allocated dquot buffer might have a log item attached */
-	xfs_buf_item_done(bp);
-	xfs_dquot_done(bp);
-	xfs_buf_ioend_finish(bp);
-}
-
-/*
- * Dirty buffer iodone callback function.
- *
- * Note that for things like remote attribute buffers, there may not be a buffer
- * log item here, so processing the buffer log item must remain be optional.
- */
-void
-xfs_buf_iodone(
-	struct xfs_buf		*bp)
-{
-	switch (xfs_buf_ioend_disposition(bp)) {
-	case XBF_IOEND_DONE:
-		return;
-	case XBF_IOEND_FAIL:
-		ASSERT(list_empty(&bp->b_li_list));
-		xfs_buf_ioerror(bp, 0);
-		xfs_buf_relse(bp);
-		return;
-	default:
-		break;
-	}
-
-	xfs_buf_clear_ioerror_retry_state(bp);
-	xfs_buf_item_done(bp);
-	xfs_buf_ioend_finish(bp);
-}
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.h
index 23507cbb4c4132..55da71fb6e22fc 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.h
@@ -50,12 +50,15 @@ struct xfs_buf_log_item {
 };
 
 int	xfs_buf_item_init(struct xfs_buf *, struct xfs_mount *);
+void	xfs_buf_item_done(struct xfs_buf *bp);
 void	xfs_buf_item_relse(struct xfs_buf *);
 bool	xfs_buf_item_put(struct xfs_buf_log_item *);
 void	xfs_buf_item_log(struct xfs_buf_log_item *, uint, uint);
 bool	xfs_buf_item_dirty_format(struct xfs_buf_log_item *);
 void	xfs_buf_inode_iodone(struct xfs_buf *);
+void	xfs_buf_inode_io_fail(struct xfs_buf *bp);
 void	xfs_buf_dquot_iodone(struct xfs_buf *);
+void	xfs_buf_dquot_io_fail(struct xfs_buf *bp);
 void	xfs_buf_iodone(struct xfs_buf *);
 bool	xfs_buf_log_check_iovec(struct xfs_log_iovec *iovec);
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_dquot.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_dquot.c
index 76353c9a723ee0..2f309767d8c03b 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_dquot.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_dquot.c
@@ -1087,7 +1087,7 @@ xfs_qm_dqflush_done(
 }
 
 void
-xfs_dquot_done(
+xfs_buf_dquot_iodone(
 	struct xfs_buf		*bp)
 {
 	struct xfs_log_item	*lip, *n;
@@ -1098,6 +1098,18 @@ xfs_dquot_done(
 	}
 }
 
+void
+xfs_buf_dquot_io_fail(
+	struct xfs_buf		*bp)
+{
+	struct xfs_log_item	*lip;
+
+	spin_lock(&bp->b_mount->m_ail->ail_lock);
+	list_for_each_entry(lip, &bp->b_li_list, li_bio_list)
+		xfs_set_li_failed(lip, bp);
+	spin_unlock(&bp->b_mount->m_ail->ail_lock);
+}
+
 /*
  * Write a modified dquot to disk.
  * The dquot must be locked and the flush lock too taken by caller.
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
index 5c07bf491d9f5f..98240126914fc8 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
@@ -3569,8 +3569,8 @@ xfs_iflush(
 	 *
 	 * What we do is move the bits to the ili_last_fields field.  When
 	 * logging the inode, these bits are moved back to the ili_fields field.
-	 * In the xfs_iflush_done() routine we clear ili_last_fields, since we
-	 * know that the information those bits represent is permanently on
+	 * In the xfs_buf_inode_iodone() routine we clear ili_last_fields, since
+	 * we know that the information those bits represent is permanently on
 	 * disk.  As long as the flush completes before the inode is logged
 	 * again, then both ili_fields and ili_last_fields will be cleared.
 	 */
@@ -3584,7 +3584,7 @@ xfs_iflush(
 
 	/*
 	 * Store the current LSN of the inode so that we can tell whether the
-	 * item has moved in the AIL from xfs_iflush_done().
+	 * item has moved in the AIL from xfs_buf_inode_iodone().
 	 */
 	xfs_trans_ail_copy_lsn(mp->m_ail, &iip->ili_flush_lsn,
 				&iip->ili_item.li_lsn);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c
index 3840117f8a5e2c..69c3a40a51db10 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ xfs_iflush_finish(
  * as completing the flush and unlocking the inode.
  */
 void
-xfs_iflush_done(
+xfs_buf_inode_iodone(
 	struct xfs_buf		*bp)
 {
 	struct xfs_log_item	*lip, *n;
@@ -753,6 +753,16 @@ xfs_iflush_done(
 		list_splice_tail(&flushed_inodes, &bp->b_li_list);
 }
 
+void
+xfs_buf_inode_io_fail(
+	struct xfs_buf		*bp)
+{
+	struct xfs_log_item	*lip;
+
+	list_for_each_entry(lip, &bp->b_li_list, li_bio_list)
+		set_bit(XFS_LI_FAILED, &lip->li_flags);
+}
+
 /*
  * This is the inode flushing abort routine.  It is called from xfs_iflush when
  * the filesystem is shutting down to clean up the inode state.  It is
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.h
index 048b5e7dee901f..7154d92338a393 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.h
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ static inline int xfs_inode_clean(struct xfs_inode *ip)
 
 extern void xfs_inode_item_init(struct xfs_inode *, struct xfs_mount *);
 extern void xfs_inode_item_destroy(struct xfs_inode *);
-extern void xfs_iflush_done(struct xfs_buf *);
 extern void xfs_iflush_abort(struct xfs_inode *);
 extern int xfs_inode_item_format_convert(xfs_log_iovec_t *,
 					 struct xfs_inode_log_format *);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_trace.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_trace.h
index 50c478374a31b4..90702c6e5bd7ec 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_trace.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_trace.h
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ DEFINE_BUF_EVENT(xfs_buf_delwri_split);
 DEFINE_BUF_EVENT(xfs_buf_delwri_pushbuf);
 DEFINE_BUF_EVENT(xfs_buf_get_uncached);
 DEFINE_BUF_EVENT(xfs_buf_item_relse);
-DEFINE_BUF_EVENT(xfs_buf_item_iodone_async);
+DEFINE_BUF_EVENT(xfs_buf_iodone_async);
 DEFINE_BUF_EVENT(xfs_buf_error_relse);
 DEFINE_BUF_EVENT(xfs_buf_wait_buftarg);
 DEFINE_BUF_EVENT(xfs_trans_read_buf_shut);
