bcachefs: Heap allocate btree_trans

We're using more stack than we'd like in a number of functions, and
btree_trans is the biggest object that we stack allocate.

But we have to do a heap allocatation to initialize it anyways, so
there's no real downside to heap allocating the entire thing.

Signed-off-by: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@linux.dev>

47 files changed, 731 insertions, 877 deletions

diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/acl.c b/fs/bcachefs/acl.c
index ae2036b0fcc4..9653401957b3 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/acl.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/acl.c
@@ -279,18 +279,16 @@ struct posix_acl *bch2_get_acl(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 	struct bch_fs *c = inode->v.i_sb->s_fs_info;
 	struct bch_hash_info hash = bch2_hash_info_init(c, &inode->ei_inode);
 	struct xattr_search_key search = X_SEARCH(acl_to_xattr_type(type), "", 0);
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 	struct btree_iter iter = { NULL };
 	struct bkey_s_c_xattr xattr;
 	struct posix_acl *acl = NULL;
 	struct bkey_s_c k;
 	int ret;
-
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 0, 0);
 retry:
-	bch2_trans_begin(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_begin(trans);
 
-	ret = bch2_hash_lookup(&trans, &iter, bch2_xattr_hash_desc,
+	ret = bch2_hash_lookup(trans, &iter, bch2_xattr_hash_desc,
 			&hash, inode_inum(inode), &search, 0);
 	if (ret) {
 		if (!bch2_err_matches(ret, ENOENT))
@@ -306,7 +304,7 @@ retry:
 	}
 
 	xattr = bkey_s_c_to_xattr(k);
-	acl = bch2_acl_from_disk(&trans, xattr_val(xattr.v),
+	acl = bch2_acl_from_disk(trans, xattr_val(xattr.v),
 			le16_to_cpu(xattr.v->x_val_len));
 
 	if (!IS_ERR(acl))
@@ -315,8 +313,8 @@ out:
 	if (bch2_err_matches(PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(acl), BCH_ERR_transaction_restart))
 		goto retry;
 
-	bch2_trans_iter_exit(&trans, &iter);
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_iter_exit(trans, &iter);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 	return acl;
 }
 
@@ -356,7 +354,7 @@ int bch2_set_acl(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 {
 	struct bch_inode_info *inode = to_bch_ei(dentry->d_inode);
 	struct bch_fs *c = inode->v.i_sb->s_fs_info;
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 	struct btree_iter inode_iter = { NULL };
 	struct bch_inode_unpacked inode_u;
 	struct posix_acl *acl;
@@ -364,12 +362,11 @@ int bch2_set_acl(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 	int ret;
 
 	mutex_lock(&inode->ei_update_lock);
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 0, 0);
 retry:
-	bch2_trans_begin(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_begin(trans);
 	acl = _acl;
 
-	ret = bch2_inode_peek(&trans, &inode_iter, &inode_u, inode_inum(inode),
+	ret = bch2_inode_peek(trans, &inode_iter, &inode_u, inode_inum(inode),
 			      BTREE_ITER_INTENT);
 	if (ret)
 		goto btree_err;
@@ -382,30 +379,30 @@ retry:
 			goto btree_err;
 	}
 
-	ret = bch2_set_acl_trans(&trans, inode_inum(inode), &inode_u, acl, type);
+	ret = bch2_set_acl_trans(trans, inode_inum(inode), &inode_u, acl, type);
 	if (ret)
 		goto btree_err;
 
 	inode_u.bi_ctime	= bch2_current_time(c);
 	inode_u.bi_mode		= mode;
 
-	ret =   bch2_inode_write(&trans, &inode_iter, &inode_u) ?:
-		bch2_trans_commit(&trans, NULL, NULL, 0);
+	ret =   bch2_inode_write(trans, &inode_iter, &inode_u) ?:
+		bch2_trans_commit(trans, NULL, NULL, 0);
 btree_err:
-	bch2_trans_iter_exit(&trans, &inode_iter);
+	bch2_trans_iter_exit(trans, &inode_iter);
 
 	if (bch2_err_matches(ret, BCH_ERR_transaction_restart))
 		goto retry;
 	if (unlikely(ret))
 		goto err;
 
-	bch2_inode_update_after_write(&trans, inode, &inode_u,
+	bch2_inode_update_after_write(trans, inode, &inode_u,
 				      ATTR_CTIME|ATTR_MODE);
 
 	set_cached_acl(&inode->v, type, acl);
 err:
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
 	mutex_unlock(&inode->ei_update_lock);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/alloc_background.c b/fs/bcachefs/alloc_background.c
index 4eab7e59ae93..19ef7a444c23 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/alloc_background.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/alloc_background.c
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ void bch2_bucket_gens_to_text(struct printbuf *out, struct bch_fs *c, struct bke
 
 int bch2_bucket_gens_init(struct bch_fs *c)
 {
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 	struct btree_iter iter;
 	struct bkey_s_c k;
 	struct bch_alloc_v4 a;
@@ -559,9 +559,7 @@ int bch2_bucket_gens_init(struct bch_fs *c)
 	u8 gen;
 	int ret;
 
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 0, 0);
-
-	for_each_btree_key(&trans, iter, BTREE_ID_alloc, POS_MIN,
+	for_each_btree_key(trans, iter, BTREE_ID_alloc, POS_MIN,
 			   BTREE_ITER_PREFETCH, k, ret) {
 		/*
 		 * Not a fsck error because this is checked/repaired by
@@ -574,10 +572,10 @@ int bch2_bucket_gens_init(struct bch_fs *c)
 		pos = alloc_gens_pos(iter.pos, &offset);
 
 		if (have_bucket_gens_key && bkey_cmp(iter.pos, pos)) {
-			ret = commit_do(&trans, NULL, NULL,
+			ret = commit_do(trans, NULL, NULL,
 					BTREE_INSERT_NOFAIL|
 					BTREE_INSERT_LAZY_RW,
-				bch2_btree_insert_trans(&trans, BTREE_ID_bucket_gens, &g.k_i, 0));
+				bch2_btree_insert_trans(trans, BTREE_ID_bucket_gens, &g.k_i, 0));
 			if (ret)
 				break;
 			have_bucket_gens_key = false;
@@ -591,15 +589,15 @@ int bch2_bucket_gens_init(struct bch_fs *c)
 
 		g.v.gens[offset] = gen;
 	}
-	bch2_trans_iter_exit(&trans, &iter);
+	bch2_trans_iter_exit(trans, &iter);
 
 	if (have_bucket_gens_key && !ret)
-		ret = commit_do(&trans, NULL, NULL,
+		ret = commit_do(trans, NULL, NULL,
 				BTREE_INSERT_NOFAIL|
 				BTREE_INSERT_LAZY_RW,
-			bch2_btree_insert_trans(&trans, BTREE_ID_bucket_gens, &g.k_i, 0));
+			bch2_btree_insert_trans(trans, BTREE_ID_bucket_gens, &g.k_i, 0));
 
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 
 	if (ret)
 		bch_err_fn(c, ret);
@@ -608,20 +606,19 @@ int bch2_bucket_gens_init(struct bch_fs *c)
 
 int bch2_alloc_read(struct bch_fs *c)
 {
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 	struct btree_iter iter;
 	struct bkey_s_c k;
 	struct bch_dev *ca;
 	int ret;
 
 	down_read(&c->gc_lock);
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 0, 0);
 
 	if (c->sb.version_upgrade_complete >= bcachefs_metadata_version_bucket_gens) {
 		const struct bch_bucket_gens *g;
 		u64 b;
 
-		for_each_btree_key(&trans, iter, BTREE_ID_bucket_gens, POS_MIN,
+		for_each_btree_key(trans, iter, BTREE_ID_bucket_gens, POS_MIN,
 				   BTREE_ITER_PREFETCH, k, ret) {
 			u64 start = bucket_gens_pos_to_alloc(k.k->p, 0).offset;
 			u64 end = bucket_gens_pos_to_alloc(bpos_nosnap_successor(k.k->p), 0).offset;
@@ -645,11 +642,11 @@ int bch2_alloc_read(struct bch_fs *c)
 			     b++)
 				*bucket_gen(ca, b) = g->gens[b & KEY_TYPE_BUCKET_GENS_MASK];
 		}
-		bch2_trans_iter_exit(&trans, &iter);
+		bch2_trans_iter_exit(trans, &iter);
 	} else {
 		struct bch_alloc_v4 a;
 
-		for_each_btree_key(&trans, iter, BTREE_ID_alloc, POS_MIN,
+		for_each_btree_key(trans, iter, BTREE_ID_alloc, POS_MIN,
 				   BTREE_ITER_PREFETCH, k, ret) {
 			/*
 			 * Not a fsck error because this is checked/repaired by
@@ -662,10 +659,10 @@ int bch2_alloc_read(struct bch_fs *c)
 
 			*bucket_gen(ca, k.k->p.offset) = bch2_alloc_to_v4(k, &a)->gen;
 		}
-		bch2_trans_iter_exit(&trans, &iter);
+		bch2_trans_iter_exit(trans, &iter);
 	}
 
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 	up_read(&c->gc_lock);
 
 	if (ret)
@@ -1371,27 +1368,25 @@ fsck_err:
 
 int bch2_check_alloc_info(struct bch_fs *c)
 {
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 	struct btree_iter iter, discard_iter, freespace_iter, bucket_gens_iter;
 	struct bkey hole;
 	struct bkey_s_c k;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 0, 0);
-
-	bch2_trans_iter_init(&trans, &iter, BTREE_ID_alloc, POS_MIN,
+	bch2_trans_iter_init(trans, &iter, BTREE_ID_alloc, POS_MIN,
 			     BTREE_ITER_PREFETCH);
-	bch2_trans_iter_init(&trans, &discard_iter, BTREE_ID_need_discard, POS_MIN,
+	bch2_trans_iter_init(trans, &discard_iter, BTREE_ID_need_discard, POS_MIN,
 			     BTREE_ITER_PREFETCH);
-	bch2_trans_iter_init(&trans, &freespace_iter, BTREE_ID_freespace, POS_MIN,
+	bch2_trans_iter_init(trans, &freespace_iter, BTREE_ID_freespace, POS_MIN,
 			     BTREE_ITER_PREFETCH);
-	bch2_trans_iter_init(&trans, &bucket_gens_iter, BTREE_ID_bucket_gens, POS_MIN,
+	bch2_trans_iter_init(trans, &bucket_gens_iter, BTREE_ID_bucket_gens, POS_MIN,
 			     BTREE_ITER_PREFETCH);
 
 	while (1) {
 		struct bpos next;
 
-		bch2_trans_begin(&trans);
+		bch2_trans_begin(trans);
 
 		k = bch2_get_key_or_real_bucket_hole(&iter, &hole);
 		ret = bkey_err(k);
@@ -1404,7 +1399,7 @@ int bch2_check_alloc_info(struct bch_fs *c)
 		if (k.k->type) {
 			next = bpos_nosnap_successor(k.k->p);
 
-			ret = bch2_check_alloc_key(&trans,
+			ret = bch2_check_alloc_key(trans,
 						   k, &iter,
 						   &discard_iter,
 						   &freespace_iter,
@@ -1414,11 +1409,11 @@ int bch2_check_alloc_info(struct bch_fs *c)
 		} else {
 			next = k.k->p;
 
-			ret = bch2_check_alloc_hole_freespace(&trans,
+			ret = bch2_check_alloc_hole_freespace(trans,
 						    bkey_start_pos(k.k),
 						    &next,
 						    &freespace_iter) ?:
-				bch2_check_alloc_hole_bucket_gens(&trans,
+				bch2_check_alloc_hole_bucket_gens(trans,
 						    bkey_start_pos(k.k),
 						    &next,
 						    &bucket_gens_iter);
@@ -1426,7 +1421,7 @@ int bch2_check_alloc_info(struct bch_fs *c)
 				goto bkey_err;
 		}
 
-		ret = bch2_trans_commit(&trans, NULL, NULL,
+		ret = bch2_trans_commit(trans, NULL, NULL,
 					BTREE_INSERT_NOFAIL|
 					BTREE_INSERT_LAZY_RW);
 		if (ret)
@@ -1439,29 +1434,29 @@ bkey_err:
 		if (ret)
 			break;
 	}
-	bch2_trans_iter_exit(&trans, &bucket_gens_iter);
-	bch2_trans_iter_exit(&trans, &freespace_iter);
-	bch2_trans_iter_exit(&trans, &discard_iter);
-	bch2_trans_iter_exit(&trans, &iter);
+	bch2_trans_iter_exit(trans, &bucket_gens_iter);
+	bch2_trans_iter_exit(trans, &freespace_iter);
+	bch2_trans_iter_exit(trans, &discard_iter);
+	bch2_trans_iter_exit(trans, &iter);
 
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto err;
 
-	ret = for_each_btree_key2(&trans, iter,
+	ret = for_each_btree_key2(trans, iter,
 			BTREE_ID_need_discard, POS_MIN,
 			BTREE_ITER_PREFETCH, k,
-		bch2_check_discard_freespace_key(&trans, &iter, k.k->p)) ?:
-	      for_each_btree_key2(&trans, iter,
+		bch2_check_discard_freespace_key(trans, &iter, k.k->p)) ?:
+	      for_each_btree_key2(trans, iter,
 			BTREE_ID_freespace, POS_MIN,
 			BTREE_ITER_PREFETCH, k,
-		bch2_check_discard_freespace_key(&trans, &iter, k.k->p)) ?:
-	      for_each_btree_key_commit(&trans, iter,
+		bch2_check_discard_freespace_key(trans, &iter, k.k->p)) ?:
+	      for_each_btree_key_commit(trans, iter,
 			BTREE_ID_bucket_gens, POS_MIN,
 			BTREE_ITER_PREFETCH, k,
 			NULL, NULL, BTREE_INSERT_NOFAIL|BTREE_INSERT_LAZY_RW,
-		bch2_check_bucket_gens_key(&trans, &iter, k));
+		bch2_check_bucket_gens_key(trans, &iter, k));
 err:
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 	if (ret)
 		bch_err_fn(c, ret);
 	return ret;
@@ -1547,10 +1542,10 @@ int bch2_check_alloc_to_lru_refs(struct bch_fs *c)
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	ret = bch2_trans_run(c,
-		for_each_btree_key_commit(&trans, iter, BTREE_ID_alloc,
+		for_each_btree_key_commit(trans, iter, BTREE_ID_alloc,
 				POS_MIN, BTREE_ITER_PREFETCH, k,
 				NULL, NULL, BTREE_INSERT_NOFAIL|BTREE_INSERT_LAZY_RW,
-			bch2_check_alloc_to_lru_ref(&trans, &iter)));
+			bch2_check_alloc_to_lru_ref(trans, &iter)));
 	if (ret)
 		bch_err_fn(c, ret);
 	return ret;
@@ -1675,29 +1670,25 @@ out:
 static void bch2_do_discards_work(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	struct bch_fs *c = container_of(work, struct bch_fs, discard_work);
-	struct btree_trans trans;
 	struct btree_iter iter;
 	struct bkey_s_c k;
 	u64 seen = 0, open = 0, need_journal_commit = 0, discarded = 0;
 	struct bpos discard_pos_done = POS_MAX;
 	int ret;
 
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 0, 0);
-
 	/*
 	 * We're doing the commit in bch2_discard_one_bucket instead of using
 	 * for_each_btree_key_commit() so that we can increment counters after
 	 * successful commit:
 	 */
-	ret = for_each_btree_key2(&trans, iter,
-			BTREE_ID_need_discard, POS_MIN, 0, k,
-		bch2_discard_one_bucket(&trans, &iter, &discard_pos_done,
-					&seen,
-					&open,
-					&need_journal_commit,
-					&discarded));
-
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	ret = bch2_trans_run(c,
+		for_each_btree_key2(trans, iter,
+				BTREE_ID_need_discard, POS_MIN, 0, k,
+			bch2_discard_one_bucket(trans, &iter, &discard_pos_done,
+						&seen,
+						&open,
+						&need_journal_commit,
+						&discarded)));
 
 	if (need_journal_commit * 2 > seen)
 		bch2_journal_flush_async(&c->journal, NULL);
@@ -1803,15 +1794,13 @@ static void bch2_do_invalidates_work(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	struct bch_fs *c = container_of(work, struct bch_fs, invalidate_work);
 	struct bch_dev *ca;
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 	struct btree_iter iter;
 	struct bkey_s_c k;
 	unsigned i;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 0, 0);
-
-	ret = bch2_btree_write_buffer_flush(&trans);
+	ret = bch2_btree_write_buffer_flush(trans);
 	if (ret)
 		goto err;
 
@@ -1819,11 +1808,11 @@ static void bch2_do_invalidates_work(struct work_struct *work)
 		s64 nr_to_invalidate =
 			should_invalidate_buckets(ca, bch2_dev_usage_read(ca));
 
-		ret = for_each_btree_key2_upto(&trans, iter, BTREE_ID_lru,
+		ret = for_each_btree_key2_upto(trans, iter, BTREE_ID_lru,
 				lru_pos(ca->dev_idx, 0, 0),
 				lru_pos(ca->dev_idx, U64_MAX, LRU_TIME_MAX),
 				BTREE_ITER_INTENT, k,
-			invalidate_one_bucket(&trans, &iter, k, &nr_to_invalidate));
+			invalidate_one_bucket(trans, &iter, k, &nr_to_invalidate));
 
 		if (ret < 0) {
 			percpu_ref_put(&ca->ref);
@@ -1831,7 +1820,7 @@ static void bch2_do_invalidates_work(struct work_struct *work)
 		}
 	}
 err:
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 	bch2_write_ref_put(c, BCH_WRITE_REF_invalidate);
 }
 
@@ -1845,7 +1834,7 @@ void bch2_do_invalidates(struct bch_fs *c)
 static int bch2_dev_freespace_init(struct bch_fs *c, struct bch_dev *ca,
 				   unsigned long *last_updated)
 {
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 	struct btree_iter iter;
 	struct bkey_s_c k;
 	struct bkey hole;
@@ -1853,9 +1842,7 @@ static int bch2_dev_freespace_init(struct bch_fs *c, struct bch_dev *ca,
 	struct bch_member *m;
 	int ret;
 
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 0, 0);
-
-	bch2_trans_iter_init(&trans, &iter, BTREE_ID_alloc,
+	bch2_trans_iter_init(trans, &iter, BTREE_ID_alloc,
 			     POS(ca->dev_idx, ca->mi.first_bucket),
 			     BTREE_ITER_PREFETCH);
 	/*
@@ -1869,7 +1856,7 @@ static int bch2_dev_freespace_init(struct bch_fs *c, struct bch_dev *ca,
 			*last_updated = jiffies;
 		}
 
-		bch2_trans_begin(&trans);
+		bch2_trans_begin(trans);
 
 		if (bkey_ge(iter.pos, end)) {
 			ret = 0;
@@ -1889,8 +1876,8 @@ static int bch2_dev_freespace_init(struct bch_fs *c, struct bch_dev *ca,
 			struct bch_alloc_v4 a_convert;
 			const struct bch_alloc_v4 *a = bch2_alloc_to_v4(k, &a_convert);
 
-			ret =   bch2_bucket_do_index(&trans, k, a, true) ?:
-				bch2_trans_commit(&trans, NULL, NULL,
+			ret =   bch2_bucket_do_index(trans, k, a, true) ?:
+				bch2_trans_commit(trans, NULL, NULL,
 						  BTREE_INSERT_LAZY_RW|
 						  BTREE_INSERT_NOFAIL);
 			if (ret)
@@ -1900,7 +1887,7 @@ static int bch2_dev_freespace_init(struct bch_fs *c, struct bch_dev *ca,
 		} else {
 			struct bkey_i *freespace;
 
-			freespace = bch2_trans_kmalloc(&trans, sizeof(*freespace));
+			freespace = bch2_trans_kmalloc(trans, sizeof(*freespace));
 			ret = PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(freespace);
 			if (ret)
 				goto bkey_err;
@@ -1910,8 +1897,8 @@ static int bch2_dev_freespace_init(struct bch_fs *c, struct bch_dev *ca,
 			freespace->k.p		= k.k->p;
 			freespace->k.size	= k.k->size;
 
-			ret = bch2_btree_insert_trans(&trans, BTREE_ID_freespace, freespace, 0) ?:
-				bch2_trans_commit(&trans, NULL, NULL,
+			ret = bch2_btree_insert_trans(trans, BTREE_ID_freespace, freespace, 0) ?:
+				bch2_trans_commit(trans, NULL, NULL,
 						  BTREE_INSERT_LAZY_RW|
 						  BTREE_INSERT_NOFAIL);
 			if (ret)
@@ -1926,8 +1913,8 @@ bkey_err:
 			break;
 	}
 
-	bch2_trans_iter_exit(&trans, &iter);
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_iter_exit(trans, &iter);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		bch_err_msg(ca, ret, "initializing free space");
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/alloc_foreground.c b/fs/bcachefs/alloc_foreground.c
index e73b6c82870a..3bc4abd3d7d5 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/alloc_foreground.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/alloc_foreground.c
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ struct open_bucket *bch2_bucket_alloc(struct bch_fs *c, struct bch_dev *ca,
 	struct open_bucket *ob;
 
 	bch2_trans_do(c, NULL, NULL, 0,
-		      PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(ob = bch2_bucket_alloc_trans(&trans, ca, watermark,
+		      PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(ob = bch2_bucket_alloc_trans(trans, ca, watermark,
 							cl, &usage)));
 	return ob;
 }
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/backpointers.c b/fs/bcachefs/backpointers.c
index 82109585439b..43defeaa1718 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/backpointers.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/backpointers.c
@@ -390,10 +390,10 @@ int bch2_check_btree_backpointers(struct bch_fs *c)
 	int ret;
 
 	ret = bch2_trans_run(c,
-		for_each_btree_key_commit(&trans, iter,
+		for_each_btree_key_commit(trans, iter,
 			BTREE_ID_backpointers, POS_MIN, 0, k,
 			NULL, NULL, BTREE_INSERT_LAZY_RW|BTREE_INSERT_NOFAIL,
-		  bch2_check_btree_backpointer(&trans, &iter, k)));
+		  bch2_check_btree_backpointer(trans, &iter, k)));
 	if (ret)
 		bch_err_fn(c, ret);
 	return ret;
@@ -723,13 +723,12 @@ static int bch2_get_alloc_in_memory_pos(struct btree_trans *trans,
 
 int bch2_check_extents_to_backpointers(struct bch_fs *c)
 {
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 	struct bpos start = POS_MIN, end;
 	int ret;
 
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 0, 0);
 	while (1) {
-		ret = bch2_get_alloc_in_memory_pos(&trans, start, &end);
+		ret = bch2_get_alloc_in_memory_pos(trans, start, &end);
 		if (ret)
 			break;
 
@@ -749,13 +748,13 @@ int bch2_check_extents_to_backpointers(struct bch_fs *c)
 			printbuf_exit(&buf);
 		}
 
-		ret = bch2_check_extents_to_backpointers_pass(&trans, start, end);
+		ret = bch2_check_extents_to_backpointers_pass(trans, start, end);
 		if (ret || bpos_eq(end, SPOS_MAX))
 			break;
 
 		start = bpos_successor(end);
 	}
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 
 	if (ret)
 		bch_err_fn(c, ret);
@@ -824,13 +823,12 @@ static int bch2_check_backpointers_to_extents_pass(struct btree_trans *trans,
 
 int bch2_check_backpointers_to_extents(struct bch_fs *c)
 {
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 	struct bbpos start = (struct bbpos) { .btree = 0, .pos = POS_MIN, }, end;
 	int ret;
 
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 0, 0);
 	while (1) {
-		ret = bch2_get_btree_in_memory_pos(&trans,
+		ret = bch2_get_btree_in_memory_pos(trans,
 						   (1U << BTREE_ID_extents)|
 						   (1U << BTREE_ID_reflink),
 						   ~0,
@@ -856,13 +854,13 @@ int bch2_check_backpointers_to_extents(struct bch_fs *c)
 			printbuf_exit(&buf);
 		}
 
-		ret = bch2_check_backpointers_to_extents_pass(&trans, start, end);
+		ret = bch2_check_backpointers_to_extents_pass(trans, start, end);
 		if (ret || !bbpos_cmp(end, BBPOS_MAX))
 			break;
 
 		start = bbpos_successor(end);
 	}
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 
 	if (ret)
 		bch_err_fn(c, ret);
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/bcachefs.h b/fs/bcachefs/bcachefs.h
index 9fe3dac4a005..ad18f3b10af0 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/bcachefs.h
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/bcachefs.h
@@ -627,8 +627,8 @@ struct journal_keys {
 	size_t			size;
 };
 
-struct btree_path_buf {
-	struct btree_path	*path;
+struct btree_trans_buf {
+	struct btree_trans	*trans;
 };
 
 #define REPLICAS_DELTA_LIST_MAX	(1U << 16)
@@ -787,9 +787,9 @@ struct bch_fs {
 	/* btree_iter.c: */
 	struct seqmutex		btree_trans_lock;
 	struct list_head	btree_trans_list;
-	mempool_t		btree_paths_pool;
+	mempool_t		btree_trans_pool;
 	mempool_t		btree_trans_mem_pool;
-	struct btree_path_buf  __percpu	*btree_paths_bufs;
+	struct btree_trans_buf  __percpu	*btree_trans_bufs;
 
 	struct srcu_struct	btree_trans_barrier;
 	bool			btree_trans_barrier_initialized;
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/btree_gc.c b/fs/bcachefs/btree_gc.c
index 9496ff16fc91..693ed067b1a7 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/btree_gc.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/btree_gc.c
@@ -529,13 +529,11 @@ fsck_err:
 
 int bch2_check_topology(struct bch_fs *c)
 {
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 	struct btree *b;
 	unsigned i;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 0, 0);
-
 	for (i = 0; i < btree_id_nr_alive(c) && !ret; i++) {
 		struct btree_root *r = bch2_btree_id_root(c, i);
 
@@ -546,8 +544,8 @@ int bch2_check_topology(struct bch_fs *c)
 		if (btree_node_fake(b))
 			continue;
 
-		btree_node_lock_nopath_nofail(&trans, &b->c, SIX_LOCK_read);
-		ret = bch2_btree_repair_topology_recurse(&trans, b);
+		btree_node_lock_nopath_nofail(trans, &b->c, SIX_LOCK_read);
+		ret = bch2_btree_repair_topology_recurse(trans, b);
 		six_unlock_read(&b->c.lock);
 
 		if (ret == DROP_THIS_NODE) {
@@ -556,7 +554,7 @@ int bch2_check_topology(struct bch_fs *c)
 		}
 	}
 
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -1068,35 +1066,33 @@ static inline int btree_id_gc_phase_cmp(enum btree_id l, enum btree_id r)
 
 static int bch2_gc_btrees(struct bch_fs *c, bool initial, bool metadata_only)
 {
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 	enum btree_id ids[BTREE_ID_NR];
 	unsigned i;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 0, 0);
-
 	for (i = 0; i < BTREE_ID_NR; i++)
 		ids[i] = i;
 	bubble_sort(ids, BTREE_ID_NR, btree_id_gc_phase_cmp);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < BTREE_ID_NR && !ret; i++)
 		ret = initial
-			? bch2_gc_btree_init(&trans, ids[i], metadata_only)
-			: bch2_gc_btree(&trans, ids[i], initial, metadata_only);
+			? bch2_gc_btree_init(trans, ids[i], metadata_only)
+			: bch2_gc_btree(trans, ids[i], initial, metadata_only);
 
 	for (i = BTREE_ID_NR; i < btree_id_nr_alive(c) && !ret; i++) {
 		if (!bch2_btree_id_root(c, i)->alive)
 			continue;
 
 		ret = initial
-			? bch2_gc_btree_init(&trans, i, metadata_only)
-			: bch2_gc_btree(&trans, i, initial, metadata_only);
+			? bch2_gc_btree_init(trans, i, metadata_only)
+			: bch2_gc_btree(trans, i, initial, metadata_only);
 	}
 
 	if (ret < 0)
 		bch_err_fn(c, ret);
 
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -1458,21 +1454,19 @@ fsck_err:
 
 static int bch2_gc_alloc_done(struct bch_fs *c, bool metadata_only)
 {
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 	struct btree_iter iter;
 	struct bkey_s_c k;
 	struct bch_dev *ca;
 	unsigned i;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 0, 0);
-
 	for_each_member_device(ca, c, i) {
-		ret = for_each_btree_key_commit(&trans, iter, BTREE_ID_alloc,
+		ret = for_each_btree_key_commit(trans, iter, BTREE_ID_alloc,
 				POS(ca->dev_idx, ca->mi.first_bucket),
 				BTREE_ITER_SLOTS|BTREE_ITER_PREFETCH, k,
 				NULL, NULL, BTREE_INSERT_LAZY_RW,
-			bch2_alloc_write_key(&trans, &iter, k, metadata_only));
+			bch2_alloc_write_key(trans, &iter, k, metadata_only));
 
 		if (ret < 0) {
 			bch_err_fn(c, ret);
@@ -1481,14 +1475,14 @@ static int bch2_gc_alloc_done(struct bch_fs *c, bool metadata_only)
 		}
 	}
 
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 	return ret < 0 ? ret : 0;
 }
 
 static int bch2_gc_alloc_start(struct bch_fs *c, bool metadata_only)
 {
 	struct bch_dev *ca;
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 	struct btree_iter iter;
 	struct bkey_s_c k;
 	struct bucket *g;
@@ -1504,7 +1498,8 @@ static int bch2_gc_alloc_start(struct bch_fs *c, bool metadata_only)
 		if (!buckets) {
 			percpu_ref_put(&ca->ref);
 			bch_err(c, "error allocating ca->buckets[gc]");
-			return -BCH_ERR_ENOMEM_gc_alloc_start;
+			ret = -BCH_ERR_ENOMEM_gc_alloc_start;
+			goto err;
 		}
 
 		buckets->first_bucket	= ca->mi.first_bucket;
@@ -1512,9 +1507,7 @@ static int bch2_gc_alloc_start(struct bch_fs *c, bool metadata_only)
 		rcu_assign_pointer(ca->buckets_gc, buckets);
 	}
 
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 0, 0);
-
-	for_each_btree_key(&trans, iter, BTREE_ID_alloc, POS_MIN,
+	for_each_btree_key(trans, iter, BTREE_ID_alloc, POS_MIN,
 			   BTREE_ITER_PREFETCH, k, ret) {
 		ca = bch_dev_bkey_exists(c, k.k->p.inode);
 		g = gc_bucket(ca, k.k->p.offset);
@@ -1535,13 +1528,11 @@ static int bch2_gc_alloc_start(struct bch_fs *c, bool metadata_only)
 			g->stripe_redundancy	= a->stripe_redundancy;
 		}
 	}
-	bch2_trans_iter_exit(&trans, &iter);
-
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
-
+	bch2_trans_iter_exit(trans, &iter);
+err:
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 	if (ret)
 		bch_err_fn(c, ret);
-
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -1616,7 +1607,7 @@ fsck_err:
 
 static int bch2_gc_reflink_done(struct bch_fs *c, bool metadata_only)
 {
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans;
 	struct btree_iter iter;
 	struct bkey_s_c k;
 	size_t idx = 0;
@@ -1625,23 +1616,23 @@ static int bch2_gc_reflink_done(struct bch_fs *c, bool metadata_only)
 	if (metadata_only)
 		return 0;
 
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 0, 0);
+	trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 
-	ret = for_each_btree_key_commit(&trans, iter,
+	ret = for_each_btree_key_commit(trans, iter,
 			BTREE_ID_reflink, POS_MIN,
 			BTREE_ITER_PREFETCH, k,
 			NULL, NULL, BTREE_INSERT_NOFAIL,
-		bch2_gc_write_reflink_key(&trans, &iter, k, &idx));
+		bch2_gc_write_reflink_key(trans, &iter, k, &idx));
 
 	c->reflink_gc_nr = 0;
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 	return ret;
 }
 
 static int bch2_gc_reflink_start(struct bch_fs *c,
 				 bool metadata_only)
 {
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans;
 	struct btree_iter iter;
 	struct bkey_s_c k;
 	struct reflink_gc *r;
@@ -1650,10 +1641,10 @@ static int bch2_gc_reflink_start(struct bch_fs *c,
 	if (metadata_only)
 		return 0;
 
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 0, 0);
+	trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 	c->reflink_gc_nr = 0;
 
-	for_each_btree_key(&trans, iter, BTREE_ID_reflink, POS_MIN,
+	for_each_btree_key(trans, iter, BTREE_ID_reflink, POS_MIN,
 			   BTREE_ITER_PREFETCH, k, ret) {
 		const __le64 *refcount = bkey_refcount_c(k);
 
@@ -1671,9 +1662,9 @@ static int bch2_gc_reflink_start(struct bch_fs *c,
 		r->size		= k.k->size;
 		r->refcount	= 0;
 	}
-	bch2_trans_iter_exit(&trans, &iter);
+	bch2_trans_iter_exit(trans, &iter);
 
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -1740,7 +1731,7 @@ fsck_err:
 
 static int bch2_gc_stripes_done(struct bch_fs *c, bool metadata_only)
 {
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans;
 	struct btree_iter iter;
 	struct bkey_s_c k;
 	int ret = 0;
@@ -1748,15 +1739,15 @@ static int bch2_gc_stripes_done(struct bch_fs *c, bool metadata_only)
 	if (metadata_only)
 		return 0;
 
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 0, 0);
+	trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 
-	ret = for_each_btree_key_commit(&trans, iter,
+	ret = for_each_btree_key_commit(trans, iter,
 			BTREE_ID_stripes, POS_MIN,
 			BTREE_ITER_PREFETCH, k,
 			NULL, NULL, BTREE_INSERT_NOFAIL,
-		bch2_gc_write_stripes_key(&trans, &iter, k));
+		bch2_gc_write_stripes_key(trans, &iter, k));
 
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -1942,7 +1933,7 @@ static int bch2_alloc_write_oldest_gen(struct btree_trans *trans, struct btree_i
 
 int bch2_gc_gens(struct bch_fs *c)
 {
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans;
 	struct btree_iter iter;
 	struct bkey_s_c k;
 	struct bch_dev *ca;
@@ -1960,7 +1951,7 @@ int bch2_gc_gens(struct bch_fs *c)
 
 	trace_and_count(c, gc_gens_start, c);
 	down_read(&c->gc_lock);
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 0, 0);
+	trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 
 	for_each_member_device(ca, c, i) {
 		struct bucket_gens *gens;
@@ -1986,26 +1977,26 @@ int bch2_gc_gens(struct bch_fs *c)
 			c->gc_gens_btree = i;
 			c->gc_gens_pos = POS_MIN;
 
-			ret = for_each_btree_key_commit(&trans, iter, i,
+			ret = for_each_btree_key_commit(trans, iter, i,
 					POS_MIN,
 					BTREE_ITER_PREFETCH|BTREE_ITER_ALL_SNAPSHOTS,
 					k,
 					NULL, NULL,
 					BTREE_INSERT_NOFAIL,
-				gc_btree_gens_key(&trans, &iter, k));
+				gc_btree_gens_key(trans, &iter, k));
 			if (ret && !bch2_err_matches(ret, EROFS))
 				bch_err_fn(c, ret);
 			if (ret)
 				goto err;
 		}
 
-	ret = for_each_btree_key_commit(&trans, iter, BTREE_ID_alloc,
+	ret = for_each_btree_key_commit(trans, iter, BTREE_ID_alloc,
 			POS_MIN,
 			BTREE_ITER_PREFETCH,
 			k,
 			NULL, NULL,
 			BTREE_INSERT_NOFAIL,
-		bch2_alloc_write_oldest_gen(&trans, &iter, k));
+		bch2_alloc_write_oldest_gen(trans, &iter, k));
 	if (ret && !bch2_err_matches(ret, EROFS))
 		bch_err_fn(c, ret);
 	if (ret)
@@ -2024,7 +2015,7 @@ err:
 		ca->oldest_gen = NULL;
 	}
 
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 	up_read(&c->gc_lock);
 	mutex_unlock(&c->gc_gens_lock);
 	return ret;
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/btree_io.c b/fs/bcachefs/btree_io.c
index 9fa9ed641300..a869cf6ac7c6 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/btree_io.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/btree_io.c
@@ -1628,8 +1628,7 @@ err:
 int bch2_btree_root_read(struct bch_fs *c, enum btree_id id,
 			const struct bkey_i *k, unsigned level)
 {
-	return bch2_trans_run(c, __bch2_btree_root_read(&trans, id, k, level));
-
+	return bch2_trans_run(c, __bch2_btree_root_read(trans, id, k, level));
 }
 
 void bch2_btree_complete_write(struct bch_fs *c, struct btree *b,
@@ -1691,15 +1690,13 @@ static void __btree_node_write_done(struct bch_fs *c, struct btree *b)
 
 static void btree_node_write_done(struct bch_fs *c, struct btree *b)
 {
-	struct btree_trans trans;
-
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 0, 0);
+	struct btree_trans *trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 
-	btree_node_lock_nopath_nofail(&trans, &b->c, SIX_LOCK_read);
+	btree_node_lock_nopath_nofail(trans, &b->c, SIX_LOCK_read);
 	__btree_node_write_done(c, b);
 	six_unlock_read(&b->c.lock);
 
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 }
 
 static void btree_node_write_work(struct work_struct *work)
@@ -1728,7 +1725,7 @@ static void btree_node_write_work(struct work_struct *work)
 		}
 	} else {
 		ret = bch2_trans_do(c, NULL, NULL, 0,
-			bch2_btree_node_update_key_get_iter(&trans, b, &wbio->key,
+			bch2_btree_node_update_key_get_iter(trans, b, &wbio->key,
 					BCH_WATERMARK_reclaim|
 					BTREE_INSERT_JOURNAL_RECLAIM|
 					BTREE_INSERT_NOFAIL|
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/btree_iter.c b/fs/bcachefs/btree_iter.c
index 6c064e82c0c8..1d79514754d7 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/btree_iter.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/btree_iter.c
@@ -2906,28 +2906,23 @@ u32 bch2_trans_begin(struct btree_trans *trans)
 	return trans->restart_count;
 }
 
-static void bch2_trans_alloc_paths(struct btree_trans *trans, struct bch_fs *c)
+static struct btree_trans *bch2_trans_alloc(struct bch_fs *c)
 {
-	size_t paths_bytes	= sizeof(struct btree_path) * BTREE_ITER_MAX;
-	size_t updates_bytes	= sizeof(struct btree_insert_entry) * BTREE_ITER_MAX;
-	void *p = NULL;
+	struct btree_trans *trans;
 
-	BUG_ON(trans->used_mempool);
-
-#ifdef __KERNEL__
-	p = this_cpu_xchg(c->btree_paths_bufs->path, NULL);
-#endif
-	if (!p) {
-		p = mempool_alloc(&trans->c->btree_paths_pool, GFP_NOFS);
-		/*
-		 * paths need to be zeroed, bch2_check_for_deadlock looks at
-		 * paths in other threads
-		 */
-		memset(p, 0, paths_bytes);
+	if (IS_ENABLED(__KERNEL__)) {
+		trans = this_cpu_xchg(c->btree_trans_bufs->trans, NULL);
+		if (trans)
+			return trans;
 	}
 
-	trans->paths		= p; p += paths_bytes;
-	trans->updates		= p; p += updates_bytes;
+	trans = mempool_alloc(&c->btree_trans_pool, GFP_NOFS);
+	/*
+	 * paths need to be zeroed, bch2_check_for_deadlock looks at
+	 * paths in other threads
+	 */
+	memset(&trans->paths, 0, sizeof(trans->paths));
+	return trans;
 }
 
 const char *bch2_btree_transaction_fns[BCH_TRANSACTIONS_NR];
@@ -2947,11 +2942,14 @@ unsigned bch2_trans_get_fn_idx(const char *fn)
 	return i;
 }
 
-void __bch2_trans_init(struct btree_trans *trans, struct bch_fs *c, unsigned fn_idx)
+struct btree_trans *__bch2_trans_get(struct bch_fs *c, unsigned fn_idx)
 	__acquires(&c->btree_trans_barrier)
 {
+	struct btree_trans *trans;
 	struct btree_transaction_stats *s;
 
+	trans = bch2_trans_alloc(c);
+
 	memset(trans, 0, sizeof(*trans));
 	trans->c		= c;
 	trans->fn		= fn_idx < ARRAY_SIZE(bch2_btree_transaction_fns)
@@ -2963,8 +2961,6 @@ void __bch2_trans_init(struct btree_trans *trans, struct bch_fs *c, unsigned fn_
 		!test_bit(JOURNAL_REPLAY_DONE, &c->journal.flags);
 	closure_init_stack(&trans->ref);
 
-	bch2_trans_alloc_paths(trans, c);
-
 	s = btree_trans_stats(trans);
 	if (s && s->max_mem) {
 		unsigned expected_mem_bytes = roundup_pow_of_two(s->max_mem);
@@ -3010,6 +3006,8 @@ void __bch2_trans_init(struct btree_trans *trans, struct bch_fs *c, unsigned fn_
 list_add_done:
 		seqmutex_unlock(&c->btree_trans_lock);
 	}
+
+	return trans;
 }
 
 static void check_btree_paths_leaked(struct btree_trans *trans)
@@ -3034,7 +3032,7 @@ leaked:
 #endif
 }
 
-void bch2_trans_exit(struct btree_trans *trans)
+void bch2_trans_put(struct btree_trans *trans)
 	__releases(&c->btree_trans_barrier)
 {
 	struct btree_insert_entry *i;
@@ -3080,18 +3078,11 @@ void bch2_trans_exit(struct btree_trans *trans)
 	else
 		kfree(trans->mem);
 
-#ifdef __KERNEL__
-	/*
-	 * Userspace doesn't have a real percpu implementation:
-	 */
-	trans->paths = this_cpu_xchg(c->btree_paths_bufs->path, trans->paths);
-#endif
-
-	if (trans->paths)
-		mempool_free(trans->paths, &c->btree_paths_pool);
-
-	trans->mem	= (void *) 0x1;
-	trans->paths	= (void *) 0x1;
+	/* Userspace doesn't have a real percpu implementation: */
+	if (IS_ENABLED(__KERNEL__))
+		trans = this_cpu_xchg(c->btree_trans_bufs->trans, trans);
+	if (trans)
+		mempool_free(trans, &c->btree_trans_pool);
 }
 
 static void __maybe_unused
@@ -3169,6 +3160,17 @@ void bch2_btree_trans_to_text(struct printbuf *out, struct btree_trans *trans)
 void bch2_fs_btree_iter_exit(struct bch_fs *c)
 {
 	struct btree_transaction_stats *s;
+	struct btree_trans *trans;
+	int cpu;
+
+	trans = list_first_entry_or_null(&c->btree_trans_list, struct btree_trans, list);
+	if (trans)
+		panic("%s leaked btree_trans\n", trans->fn);
+
+	if (c->btree_trans_bufs)
+		for_each_possible_cpu(cpu)
+			kfree(per_cpu_ptr(c->btree_trans_bufs, cpu)->trans);
+	free_percpu(c->btree_trans_bufs);
 
 	for (s = c->btree_transaction_stats;
 	     s < c->btree_transaction_stats + ARRAY_SIZE(c->btree_transaction_stats);
@@ -3180,13 +3182,12 @@ void bch2_fs_btree_iter_exit(struct bch_fs *c)
 	if (c->btree_trans_barrier_initialized)
 		cleanup_srcu_struct(&c->btree_trans_barrier);
 	mempool_exit(&c->btree_trans_mem_pool);
-	mempool_exit(&c->btree_paths_pool);
+	mempool_exit(&c->btree_trans_pool);
 }
 
 int bch2_fs_btree_iter_init(struct bch_fs *c)
 {
 	struct btree_transaction_stats *s;
-	unsigned nr = BTREE_ITER_MAX;
 	int ret;
 
 	for (s = c->btree_transaction_stats;
@@ -3199,9 +3200,12 @@ int bch2_fs_btree_iter_init(struct bch_fs *c)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&c->btree_trans_list);
 	seqmutex_init(&c->btree_trans_lock);
 
-	ret   = mempool_init_kmalloc_pool(&c->btree_paths_pool, 1,
-			sizeof(struct btree_path) * nr +
-			sizeof(struct btree_insert_entry) * nr) ?:
+	c->btree_trans_bufs = alloc_percpu(struct btree_trans_buf);
+	if (!c->btree_trans_bufs)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	ret   = mempool_init_kmalloc_pool(&c->btree_trans_pool, 1,
+					  sizeof(struct btree_trans)) ?:
 		mempool_init_kmalloc_pool(&c->btree_trans_mem_pool, 1,
 					  BTREE_TRANS_MEM_MAX) ?:
 		init_srcu_struct(&c->btree_trans_barrier);
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/btree_iter.h b/fs/bcachefs/btree_iter.h
index 360a26b58501..fbe273453db3 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/btree_iter.h
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/btree_iter.h
@@ -915,21 +915,21 @@ void bch2_btree_path_to_text(struct printbuf *, struct btree_path *);
 void bch2_trans_paths_to_text(struct printbuf *, struct btree_trans *);
 void bch2_dump_trans_updates(struct btree_trans *);
 void bch2_dump_trans_paths_updates(struct btree_trans *);
-void __bch2_trans_init(struct btree_trans *, struct bch_fs *, unsigned);
-void bch2_trans_exit(struct btree_trans *);
+
+struct btree_trans *__bch2_trans_get(struct bch_fs *, unsigned);
+void bch2_trans_put(struct btree_trans *);
 
 extern const char *bch2_btree_transaction_fns[BCH_TRANSACTIONS_NR];
 unsigned bch2_trans_get_fn_idx(const char *);
 
-#define bch2_trans_init(_trans, _c, _nr_iters, _mem)			\
-do {									\
+#define bch2_trans_get(_c)						\
+({									\
 	static unsigned trans_fn_idx;					\
 									\
 	if (unlikely(!trans_fn_idx))					\
 		trans_fn_idx = bch2_trans_get_fn_idx(__func__);		\
-									\
-	__bch2_trans_init(_trans, _c, trans_fn_idx);			\
-} while (0)
+	__bch2_trans_get(_c, trans_fn_idx);				\
+})
 
 void bch2_btree_trans_to_text(struct printbuf *, struct btree_trans *);
 
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/btree_key_cache.c b/fs/bcachefs/btree_key_cache.c
index 784f889340cd..29a0b566a4fe 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/btree_key_cache.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/btree_key_cache.c
@@ -704,13 +704,11 @@ int bch2_btree_key_cache_journal_flush(struct journal *j,
 	struct bkey_cached *ck =
 		container_of(pin, struct bkey_cached, journal);
 	struct bkey_cached_key key;
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 	int srcu_idx = srcu_read_lock(&c->btree_trans_barrier);
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 0, 0);
-
-	btree_node_lock_nopath_nofail(&trans, &ck->c, SIX_LOCK_read);
+	btree_node_lock_nopath_nofail(trans, &ck->c, SIX_LOCK_read);
 	key = ck->key;
 
 	if (ck->journal.seq != seq ||
@@ -727,13 +725,13 @@ int bch2_btree_key_cache_journal_flush(struct journal *j,
 	}
 	six_unlock_read(&ck->c.lock);
 
-	ret = commit_do(&trans, NULL, NULL, 0,
-		btree_key_cache_flush_pos(&trans, key, seq,
+	ret = commit_do(trans, NULL, NULL, 0,
+		btree_key_cache_flush_pos(trans, key, seq,
 				BTREE_INSERT_JOURNAL_RECLAIM, false));
 unlock:
 	srcu_read_unlock(&c->btree_trans_barrier, srcu_idx);
 
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/btree_trans_commit.c b/fs/bcachefs/btree_trans_commit.c
index e3a0b101cbf8..183db5d67a26 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/btree_trans_commit.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/btree_trans_commit.c
@@ -163,13 +163,11 @@ static int __btree_node_flush(struct journal *j, struct journal_entry_pin *pin,
 	struct bch_fs *c = container_of(j, struct bch_fs, journal);
 	struct btree_write *w = container_of(pin, struct btree_write, journal);
 	struct btree *b = container_of(w, struct btree, writes[i]);
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 	unsigned long old, new, v;
 	unsigned idx = w - b->writes;
 
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 0, 0);
-
-	btree_node_lock_nopath_nofail(&trans, &b->c, SIX_LOCK_read);
+	btree_node_lock_nopath_nofail(trans, &b->c, SIX_LOCK_read);
 	v = READ_ONCE(b->flags);
 
 	do {
@@ -188,7 +186,7 @@ static int __btree_node_flush(struct journal *j, struct journal_entry_pin *pin,
 	btree_node_write_if_need(c, b, SIX_LOCK_read);
 	six_unlock_read(&b->c.lock);
 
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/btree_types.h b/fs/bcachefs/btree_types.h
index 96a03f414dd0..c9a38e254949 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/btree_types.h
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/btree_types.h
@@ -452,8 +452,8 @@ struct btree_trans {
 	void			*mem;
 
 	u8			sorted[BTREE_ITER_MAX + 8];
-	struct btree_path	*paths;
-	struct btree_insert_entry *updates;
+	struct btree_path	paths[BTREE_ITER_MAX];
+	struct btree_insert_entry updates[BTREE_ITER_MAX];
 	struct btree_write_buffered_key *wb_updates;
 
 	/* update path: */
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/btree_update.c b/fs/bcachefs/btree_update.c
index 3d126f043db0..3342718de45d 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/btree_update.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/btree_update.c
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@ int bch2_btree_insert(struct bch_fs *c, enum btree_id id, struct bkey_i *k,
 		      struct disk_reservation *disk_res, int flags)
 {
 	return bch2_trans_do(c, disk_res, NULL, flags,
-			     bch2_btree_insert_trans(&trans, id, k, 0));
+			     bch2_btree_insert_trans(trans, id, k, 0));
 }
 
 int bch2_btree_delete_extent_at(struct btree_trans *trans, struct btree_iter *iter,
@@ -824,7 +824,7 @@ int bch2_btree_delete_range(struct bch_fs *c, enum btree_id id,
 			    u64 *journal_seq)
 {
 	int ret = bch2_trans_run(c,
-			bch2_btree_delete_range_trans(&trans, id, start, end,
+			bch2_btree_delete_range_trans(trans, id, start, end,
 						      update_flags, journal_seq));
 	if (ret == -BCH_ERR_transaction_restart_nested)
 		ret = 0;
@@ -898,7 +898,7 @@ __bch2_fs_log_msg(struct bch_fs *c, unsigned commit_flags, const char *fmt,
 	} else {
 		ret = bch2_trans_do(c, NULL, NULL,
 			BTREE_INSERT_LAZY_RW|commit_flags,
-			__bch2_trans_log_msg(&trans.extra_journal_entries, fmt, args));
+			__bch2_trans_log_msg(&trans->extra_journal_entries, fmt, args));
 	}
 
 	return ret;
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/btree_update.h b/fs/bcachefs/btree_update.h
index 0be980d16007..4bfe602ce8e3 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/btree_update.h
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/btree_update.h
@@ -146,30 +146,17 @@ static inline int bch2_trans_commit(struct btree_trans *trans,
 	nested_lockrestart_do(_trans, _do ?: bch2_trans_commit(_trans, (_disk_res),\
 					(_journal_seq), (_flags)))
 
-#define bch2_trans_do(_c, _disk_res, _journal_seq, _flags, _do)		\
-({									\
-	struct btree_trans trans;					\
-	int _ret;							\
-									\
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, (_c), 0, 0);				\
-	_ret = commit_do(&trans, _disk_res, _journal_seq, _flags, _do);	\
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);					\
-									\
-	_ret;								\
-})
-
 #define bch2_trans_run(_c, _do)						\
 ({									\
-	struct btree_trans trans;					\
-	int _ret;							\
-									\
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, (_c), 0, 0);				\
-	_ret = (_do);							\
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);					\
-									\
+	struct btree_trans *trans = bch2_trans_get(_c);			\
+	int _ret = (_do);						\
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);						\
 	_ret;								\
 })
 
+#define bch2_trans_do(_c, _disk_res, _journal_seq, _flags, _do)		\
+	bch2_trans_run(_c, commit_do(trans, _disk_res, _journal_seq, _flags, _do))
+
 #define trans_for_each_update(_trans, _i)				\
 	for ((_i) = (_trans)->updates;					\
 	     (_i) < (_trans)->updates + (_trans)->nr_updates;		\
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/btree_update_interior.c b/fs/bcachefs/btree_update_interior.c
index bac495b382bb..7dbf6b6c7f34 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/btree_update_interior.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/btree_update_interior.c
@@ -597,12 +597,11 @@ static void btree_update_nodes_written(struct btree_update *as)
 {
 	struct bch_fs *c = as->c;
 	struct btree *b;
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 	u64 journal_seq = 0;
 	unsigned i;
 	int ret;
 
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 0, 512);
 	/*
 	 * If we're already in an error state, it might be because a btree node
 	 * was never written, and we might be trying to free that same btree
@@ -623,7 +622,7 @@ static void btree_update_nodes_written(struct btree_update *as)
 
 		b = as->old_nodes[i];
 
-		btree_node_lock_nopath_nofail(&trans, &b->c, SIX_LOCK_read);
+		btree_node_lock_nopath_nofail(trans, &b->c, SIX_LOCK_read);
 		seq = b->data ? b->data->keys.seq : 0;
 		six_unlock_read(&b->c.lock);
 
@@ -645,13 +644,13 @@ static void btree_update_nodes_written(struct btree_update *as)
 	 * journal reclaim does btree updates when flushing bkey_cached entries,
 	 * which may require allocations as well.
 	 */
-	ret = commit_do(&trans, &as->disk_res, &journal_seq,
+	ret = commit_do(trans, &as->disk_res, &journal_seq,
 			BCH_WATERMARK_reclaim|
 			BTREE_INSERT_NOFAIL|
 			BTREE_INSERT_NOCHECK_RW|
 			BTREE_INSERT_JOURNAL_RECLAIM,
-			btree_update_nodes_written_trans(&trans, as));
-	bch2_trans_unlock(&trans);
+			btree_update_nodes_written_trans(trans, as));
+	bch2_trans_unlock(trans);
 
 	bch2_fs_fatal_err_on(ret && !bch2_journal_error(&c->journal), c,
 			     "%s(): error %s", __func__, bch2_err_str(ret));
@@ -660,7 +659,7 @@ err:
 		struct btree_path *path;
 
 		b = as->b;
-		path = get_unlocked_mut_path(&trans, as->btree_id, b->c.level, b->key.k.p);
+		path = get_unlocked_mut_path(trans, as->btree_id, b->c.level, b->key.k.p);
 		/*
 		 * @b is the node we did the final insert into:
 		 *
@@ -683,13 +682,13 @@ err:
 		 * we may rarely end up with a locked path besides the one we
 		 * have here:
 		 */
-		bch2_trans_unlock(&trans);
-		btree_node_lock_nopath_nofail(&trans, &b->c, SIX_LOCK_intent);
-		mark_btree_node_locked(&trans, path, b->c.level, BTREE_NODE_INTENT_LOCKED);
+		bch2_trans_unlock(trans);
+		btree_node_lock_nopath_nofail(trans, &b->c, SIX_LOCK_intent);
+		mark_btree_node_locked(trans, path, b->c.level, BTREE_NODE_INTENT_LOCKED);
 		path->l[b->c.level].lock_seq = six_lock_seq(&b->c.lock);
 		path->l[b->c.level].b = b;
 
-		bch2_btree_node_lock_write_nofail(&trans, path, &b->c);
+		bch2_btree_node_lock_write_nofail(trans, path, &b->c);
 
 		mutex_lock(&c->btree_interior_update_lock);
 
@@ -729,8 +728,8 @@ err:
 		six_unlock_write(&b->c.lock);
 
 		btree_node_write_if_need(c, b, SIX_LOCK_intent);
-		btree_node_unlock(&trans, path, b->c.level);
-		bch2_path_put(&trans, path, true);
+		btree_node_unlock(trans, path, b->c.level);
+		bch2_path_put(trans, path, true);
 	}
 
 	bch2_journal_pin_drop(&c->journal, &as->journal);
@@ -750,7 +749,7 @@ err:
 	for (i = 0; i < as->nr_new_nodes; i++) {
 		b = as->new_nodes[i];
 
-		btree_node_lock_nopath_nofail(&trans, &b->c, SIX_LOCK_read);
+		btree_node_lock_nopath_nofail(trans, &b->c, SIX_LOCK_read);
 		btree_node_write_if_need(c, b, SIX_LOCK_read);
 		six_unlock_read(&b->c.lock);
 	}
@@ -758,8 +757,8 @@ err:
 	for (i = 0; i < as->nr_open_buckets; i++)
 		bch2_open_bucket_put(c, c->open_buckets + as->open_buckets[i]);
 
-	bch2_btree_update_free(as, &trans);
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_btree_update_free(as, trans);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 }
 
 static void btree_interior_update_work(struct work_struct *work)
@@ -2049,7 +2048,7 @@ static void async_btree_node_rewrite_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	int ret;
 
 	ret = bch2_trans_do(c, NULL, NULL, 0,
-		      async_btree_node_rewrite_trans(&trans, a));
+		      async_btree_node_rewrite_trans(trans, a));
 	if (ret)
 		bch_err_fn(c, ret);
 	bch2_write_ref_put(c, BCH_WRITE_REF_node_rewrite);
@@ -2365,7 +2364,7 @@ static int __bch2_btree_root_alloc(struct btree_trans *trans, enum btree_id id)
 
 void bch2_btree_root_alloc(struct bch_fs *c, enum btree_id id)
 {
-	bch2_trans_run(c, __bch2_btree_root_alloc(&trans, id));
+	bch2_trans_run(c, __bch2_btree_root_alloc(trans, id));
 }
 
 void bch2_btree_updates_to_text(struct printbuf *out, struct bch_fs *c)
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/btree_write_buffer.c b/fs/bcachefs/btree_write_buffer.c
index 6d2d43b6ff6a..4e6241db518b 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/btree_write_buffer.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/btree_write_buffer.c
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ static int bch2_btree_write_buffer_journal_flush(struct journal *j,
 	mutex_lock(&wb->flush_lock);
 
 	return bch2_trans_run(c,
-			__bch2_btree_write_buffer_flush(&trans, BTREE_INSERT_NOCHECK_RW, true));
+			__bch2_btree_write_buffer_flush(trans, BTREE_INSERT_NOCHECK_RW, true));
 }
 
 static inline u64 btree_write_buffer_ref(int idx)
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/buckets.c b/fs/bcachefs/buckets.c
index 78139f73636c..994129142d39 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/buckets.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/buckets.c
@@ -1923,7 +1923,7 @@ static int __bch2_trans_mark_dev_sb(struct btree_trans *trans,
 
 int bch2_trans_mark_dev_sb(struct bch_fs *c, struct bch_dev *ca)
 {
-	int ret = bch2_trans_run(c, __bch2_trans_mark_dev_sb(&trans, ca));
+	int ret = bch2_trans_run(c, __bch2_trans_mark_dev_sb(trans, ca));
 
 	if (ret)
 		bch_err_fn(c, ret);
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/data_update.c b/fs/bcachefs/data_update.c
index 84ca128a59a3..899ff46de8e0 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/data_update.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/data_update.c
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ out:
 
 int bch2_data_update_index_update(struct bch_write_op *op)
 {
-	return bch2_trans_run(op->c, __bch2_data_update_index_update(&trans, op));
+	return bch2_trans_run(op->c, __bch2_data_update_index_update(trans, op));
 }
 
 void bch2_data_update_read_done(struct data_update *m,
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/debug.c b/fs/bcachefs/debug.c
index 7593ba04dfb2..404148bd348a 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/debug.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/debug.c
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ static ssize_t bch2_read_btree(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 			       size_t size, loff_t *ppos)
 {
 	struct dump_iter *i = file->private_data;
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans;
 	struct btree_iter iter;
 	struct bkey_s_c k;
 	ssize_t ret;
@@ -379,17 +379,17 @@ static ssize_t bch2_read_btree(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, i->c, 0, 0);
-	ret = for_each_btree_key2(&trans, iter, i->id, i->from,
+	trans = bch2_trans_get(i->c);
+	ret = for_each_btree_key2(trans, iter, i->id, i->from,
 				  BTREE_ITER_PREFETCH|
 				  BTREE_ITER_ALL_SNAPSHOTS, k, ({
 		bch2_bkey_val_to_text(&i->buf, i->c, k);
 		prt_newline(&i->buf);
-		drop_locks_do(&trans, flush_buf(i));
+		drop_locks_do(trans, flush_buf(i));
 	}));
 	i->from = iter.pos;
 
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 
 	if (!ret)
 		ret = flush_buf(i);
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ static ssize_t bch2_read_btree_formats(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 				       size_t size, loff_t *ppos)
 {
 	struct dump_iter *i = file->private_data;
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans;
 	struct btree_iter iter;
 	struct btree *b;
 	ssize_t ret;
@@ -424,26 +424,26 @@ static ssize_t bch2_read_btree_formats(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 	if (bpos_eq(SPOS_MAX, i->from))
 		return i->ret;
 
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, i->c, 0, 0);
+	trans = bch2_trans_get(i->c);
 retry:
-	bch2_trans_begin(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_begin(trans);
 
-	for_each_btree_node(&trans, iter, i->id, i->from, 0, b, ret) {
+	for_each_btree_node(trans, iter, i->id, i->from, 0, b, ret) {
 		bch2_btree_node_to_text(&i->buf, i->c, b);
 		i->from = !bpos_eq(SPOS_MAX, b->key.k.p)
 			? bpos_successor(b->key.k.p)
 			: b->key.k.p;
 
-		ret = drop_locks_do(&trans, flush_buf(i));
+		ret = drop_locks_do(trans, flush_buf(i));
 		if (ret)
 			break;
 	}
-	bch2_trans_iter_exit(&trans, &iter);
+	bch2_trans_iter_exit(trans, &iter);
 
 	if (bch2_err_matches(ret, BCH_ERR_transaction_restart))
 		goto retry;
 
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 
 	if (!ret)
 		ret = flush_buf(i);
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ static ssize_t bch2_read_bfloat_failed(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 				       size_t size, loff_t *ppos)
 {
 	struct dump_iter *i = file->private_data;
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans;
 	struct btree_iter iter;
 	struct bkey_s_c k;
 	ssize_t ret;
@@ -475,9 +475,9 @@ static ssize_t bch2_read_bfloat_failed(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, i->c, 0, 0);
+	trans = bch2_trans_get(i->c);
 
-	ret = for_each_btree_key2(&trans, iter, i->id, i->from,
+	ret = for_each_btree_key2(trans, iter, i->id, i->from,
 				  BTREE_ITER_PREFETCH|
 				  BTREE_ITER_ALL_SNAPSHOTS, k, ({
 		struct btree_path_level *l = &iter.path->l[0];
@@ -490,11 +490,11 @@ static ssize_t bch2_read_bfloat_failed(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 		}
 
 		bch2_bfloat_to_text(&i->buf, l->b, _k);
-		drop_locks_do(&trans, flush_buf(i));
+		drop_locks_do(trans, flush_buf(i));
 	}));
 	i->from = iter.pos;
 
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 
 	if (!ret)
 		ret = flush_buf(i);
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/dirent.c b/fs/bcachefs/dirent.c
index a7559ab03802..6c6c8d57d72b 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/dirent.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/dirent.c
@@ -479,21 +479,19 @@ u64 bch2_dirent_lookup(struct bch_fs *c, subvol_inum dir,
 		       const struct bch_hash_info *hash_info,
 		       const struct qstr *name, subvol_inum *inum)
 {
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 	struct btree_iter iter;
 	int ret;
-
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 0, 0);
 retry:
-	bch2_trans_begin(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_begin(trans);
 
-	ret = __bch2_dirent_lookup_trans(&trans, &iter, dir, hash_info,
+	ret = __bch2_dirent_lookup_trans(trans, &iter, dir, hash_info,
 					  name, inum, 0);
 	if (bch2_err_matches(ret, BCH_ERR_transaction_restart))
 		goto retry;
 	if (!ret)
-		bch2_trans_iter_exit(&trans, &iter);
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+		bch2_trans_iter_exit(trans, &iter);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -522,7 +520,7 @@ int bch2_empty_dir_trans(struct btree_trans *trans, subvol_inum dir)
 
 int bch2_readdir(struct bch_fs *c, subvol_inum inum, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 	struct btree_iter iter;
 	struct bkey_s_c k;
 	struct bkey_s_c_dirent dirent;
@@ -533,15 +531,14 @@ int bch2_readdir(struct bch_fs *c, subvol_inum inum, struct dir_context *ctx)
 	int ret;
 
 	bch2_bkey_buf_init(&sk);
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 0, 0);
 retry:
-	bch2_trans_begin(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_begin(trans);
 
-	ret = bch2_subvolume_get_snapshot(&trans, inum.subvol, &snapshot);
+	ret = bch2_subvolume_get_snapshot(trans, inum.subvol, &snapshot);
 	if (ret)
 		goto err;
 
-	for_each_btree_key_upto_norestart(&trans, iter, BTREE_ID_dirents,
+	for_each_btree_key_upto_norestart(trans, iter, BTREE_ID_dirents,
 			   SPOS(inum.inum, ctx->pos, snapshot),
 			   POS(inum.inum, U64_MAX), 0, k, ret) {
 		if (k.k->type != KEY_TYPE_dirent)
@@ -549,7 +546,7 @@ retry:
 
 		dirent = bkey_s_c_to_dirent(k);
 
-		ret = bch2_dirent_read_target(&trans, inum, dirent, &target);
+		ret = bch2_dirent_read_target(trans, inum, dirent, &target);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			break;
 		if (ret)
@@ -558,7 +555,7 @@ retry:
 		/* dir_emit() can fault and block: */
 		bch2_bkey_buf_reassemble(&sk, c, k);
 		dirent = bkey_i_to_s_c_dirent(sk.k);
-		bch2_trans_unlock(&trans);
+		bch2_trans_unlock(trans);
 
 		name = bch2_dirent_get_name(dirent);
 
@@ -574,16 +571,16 @@ retry:
 		 * read_target looks up subvolumes, we can overflow paths if the
 		 * directory has many subvolumes in it
 		 */
-		ret = btree_trans_too_many_iters(&trans);
+		ret = btree_trans_too_many_iters(trans);
 		if (ret)
 			break;
 	}
-	bch2_trans_iter_exit(&trans, &iter);
+	bch2_trans_iter_exit(trans, &iter);
 err:
 	if (bch2_err_matches(ret, BCH_ERR_transaction_restart))
 		goto retry;
 
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 	bch2_bkey_buf_exit(&sk, c);
 
 	return ret;
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/ec.c b/fs/bcachefs/ec.c
index 40e72b96745a..8646856e4539 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/ec.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/ec.c
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ err:
 
 static int get_stripe_key(struct bch_fs *c, u64 idx, struct ec_stripe_buf *stripe)
 {
-	return bch2_trans_run(c, get_stripe_key_trans(&trans, idx, stripe));
+	return bch2_trans_run(c, get_stripe_key_trans(trans, idx, stripe));
 }
 
 /* recovery read path: */
@@ -788,12 +788,10 @@ static void ec_stripe_delete_work(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	struct bch_fs *c =
 		container_of(work, struct bch_fs, ec_stripe_delete_work);
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 	int ret;
 	u64 idx;
 
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 0, 0);
-
 	while (1) {
 		mutex_lock(&c->ec_stripes_heap_lock);
 		idx = stripe_idx_to_delete(c);
@@ -802,15 +800,15 @@ static void ec_stripe_delete_work(struct work_struct *work)
 		if (!idx)
 			break;
 
-		ret = commit_do(&trans, NULL, NULL, BTREE_INSERT_NOFAIL,
-				ec_stripe_delete(&trans, idx));
+		ret = commit_do(trans, NULL, NULL, BTREE_INSERT_NOFAIL,
+				ec_stripe_delete(trans, idx));
 		if (ret) {
 			bch_err_fn(c, ret);
 			break;
 		}
 	}
 
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 
 	bch2_write_ref_put(c, BCH_WRITE_REF_stripe_delete);
 }
@@ -999,24 +997,22 @@ static int ec_stripe_update_bucket(struct btree_trans *trans, struct ec_stripe_b
 
 static int ec_stripe_update_extents(struct bch_fs *c, struct ec_stripe_buf *s)
 {
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 	struct bch_stripe *v = &bkey_i_to_stripe(&s->key)->v;
 	unsigned i, nr_data = v->nr_blocks - v->nr_redundant;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 0, 0);
-
-	ret = bch2_btree_write_buffer_flush(&trans);
+	ret = bch2_btree_write_buffer_flush(trans);
 	if (ret)
 		goto err;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < nr_data; i++) {
-		ret = ec_stripe_update_bucket(&trans, s, i);
+		ret = ec_stripe_update_bucket(trans, s, i);
 		if (ret)
 			break;
 	}
 err:
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -1124,7 +1120,7 @@ static void ec_stripe_create(struct ec_stripe_new *s)
 	ret = bch2_trans_do(c, &s->res, NULL,
 			    BTREE_INSERT_NOCHECK_RW|
 			    BTREE_INSERT_NOFAIL,
-			    ec_stripe_key_update(&trans,
+			    ec_stripe_key_update(trans,
 					bkey_i_to_stripe(&s->new_stripe.key),
 					!s->have_existing_stripe));
 	if (ret) {
@@ -1822,7 +1818,7 @@ void bch2_fs_ec_flush(struct bch_fs *c)
 
 int bch2_stripes_read(struct bch_fs *c)
 {
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 	struct btree_iter iter;
 	struct bkey_s_c k;
 	const struct bch_stripe *s;
@@ -1830,9 +1826,7 @@ int bch2_stripes_read(struct bch_fs *c)
 	unsigned i;
 	int ret;
 
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 0, 0);
-
-	for_each_btree_key(&trans, iter, BTREE_ID_stripes, POS_MIN,
+	for_each_btree_key(trans, iter, BTREE_ID_stripes, POS_MIN,
 			   BTREE_ITER_PREFETCH, k, ret) {
 		if (k.k->type != KEY_TYPE_stripe)
 			continue;
@@ -1855,9 +1849,9 @@ int bch2_stripes_read(struct bch_fs *c)
 
 		bch2_stripes_heap_insert(c, m, k.k->p.offset);
 	}
-	bch2_trans_iter_exit(&trans, &iter);
+	bch2_trans_iter_exit(trans, &iter);
 
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 
 	if (ret)
 		bch_err_fn(c, ret);
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/fs-io-buffered.c b/fs/bcachefs/fs-io-buffered.c
index 7650d8b3122a..58ccc7b91ac7 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/fs-io-buffered.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/fs-io-buffered.c
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ void bch2_readahead(struct readahead_control *ractl)
 	struct bch_inode_info *inode = to_bch_ei(ractl->mapping->host);
 	struct bch_fs *c = inode->v.i_sb->s_fs_info;
 	struct bch_io_opts opts;
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 	struct folio *folio;
 	struct readpages_iter readpages_iter;
 	int ret;
@@ -280,8 +280,6 @@ void bch2_readahead(struct readahead_control *ractl)
 	ret = readpages_iter_init(&readpages_iter, ractl);
 	BUG_ON(ret);
 
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 0, 0);
-
 	bch2_pagecache_add_get(inode);
 
 	while ((folio = readpage_iter_peek(&readpages_iter))) {
@@ -300,31 +298,27 @@ void bch2_readahead(struct readahead_control *ractl)
 		rbio->bio.bi_end_io = bch2_readpages_end_io;
 		BUG_ON(!bio_add_folio(&rbio->bio, folio, folio_size(folio), 0));
 
-		bchfs_read(&trans, rbio, inode_inum(inode),
+		bchfs_read(trans, rbio, inode_inum(inode),
 			   &readpages_iter);
-		bch2_trans_unlock(&trans);
+		bch2_trans_unlock(trans);
 	}
 
 	bch2_pagecache_add_put(inode);
 
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 	darray_exit(&readpages_iter.folios);
 }
 
 static void __bchfs_readfolio(struct bch_fs *c, struct bch_read_bio *rbio,
 			     subvol_inum inum, struct folio *folio)
 {
-	struct btree_trans trans;
-
 	bch2_folio_create(folio, __GFP_NOFAIL);
 
 	rbio->bio.bi_opf = REQ_OP_READ|REQ_SYNC;
 	rbio->bio.bi_iter.bi_sector = folio_sector(folio);
 	BUG_ON(!bio_add_folio(&rbio->bio, folio, folio_size(folio), 0));
 
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 0, 0);
-	bchfs_read(&trans, rbio, inum, NULL);
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_run(c, (bchfs_read(trans, rbio, inum, NULL), 0));
 }
 
 static void bch2_read_single_folio_end_io(struct bio *bio)
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/fs-io-direct.c b/fs/bcachefs/fs-io-direct.c
index 4c61cb18c366..6a9557e7ecab 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/fs-io-direct.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/fs-io-direct.c
@@ -234,23 +234,21 @@ static bool bch2_check_range_allocated(struct bch_fs *c, subvol_inum inum,
 				       u64 offset, u64 size,
 				       unsigned nr_replicas, bool compressed)
 {
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 	struct btree_iter iter;
 	struct bkey_s_c k;
 	u64 end = offset + size;
 	u32 snapshot;
 	bool ret = true;
 	int err;
-
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 0, 0);
 retry:
-	bch2_trans_begin(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_begin(trans);
 
-	err = bch2_subvolume_get_snapshot(&trans, inum.subvol, &snapshot);
+	err = bch2_subvolume_get_snapshot(trans, inum.subvol, &snapshot);
 	if (err)
 		goto err;
 
-	for_each_btree_key_norestart(&trans, iter, BTREE_ID_extents,
+	for_each_btree_key_norestart(trans, iter, BTREE_ID_extents,
 			   SPOS(inum.inum, offset, snapshot),
 			   BTREE_ITER_SLOTS, k, err) {
 		if (bkey_ge(bkey_start_pos(k.k), POS(inum.inum, end)))
@@ -265,11 +263,11 @@ retry:
 	}
 
 	offset = iter.pos.offset;
-	bch2_trans_iter_exit(&trans, &iter);
+	bch2_trans_iter_exit(trans, &iter);
 err:
 	if (bch2_err_matches(err, BCH_ERR_transaction_restart))
 		goto retry;
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 
 	return err ? false : ret;
 }
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/fs-io-pagecache.c b/fs/bcachefs/fs-io-pagecache.c
index 4d1612ede484..8bd9bcdd27f7 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/fs-io-pagecache.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/fs-io-pagecache.c
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ static void __bch2_folio_set(struct folio *folio,
 int bch2_folio_set(struct bch_fs *c, subvol_inum inum,
 		   struct folio **fs, unsigned nr_folios)
 {
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans;
 	struct btree_iter iter;
 	struct bkey_s_c k;
 	struct bch_folio *s;
@@ -204,15 +204,15 @@ int bch2_folio_set(struct bch_fs *c, subvol_inum inum,
 		return 0;
 
 	folio_idx = 0;
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 0, 0);
+	trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 retry:
-	bch2_trans_begin(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_begin(trans);
 
-	ret = bch2_subvolume_get_snapshot(&trans, inum.subvol, &snapshot);
+	ret = bch2_subvolume_get_snapshot(trans, inum.subvol, &snapshot);
 	if (ret)
 		goto err;
 
-	for_each_btree_key_norestart(&trans, iter, BTREE_ID_extents,
+	for_each_btree_key_norestart(trans, iter, BTREE_ID_extents,
 			   SPOS(inum.inum, offset, snapshot),
 			   BTREE_ITER_SLOTS, k, ret) {
 		unsigned nr_ptrs = bch2_bkey_nr_ptrs_fully_allocated(k);
@@ -243,11 +243,11 @@ retry:
 	}
 
 	offset = iter.pos.offset;
-	bch2_trans_iter_exit(&trans, &iter);
+	bch2_trans_iter_exit(trans, &iter);
 err:
 	if (bch2_err_matches(ret, BCH_ERR_transaction_restart))
 		goto retry;
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/fs-io.c b/fs/bcachefs/fs-io.c
index ffe9206e4c18..b0e8144ec550 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/fs-io.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/fs-io.c
@@ -207,31 +207,29 @@ static inline int range_has_data(struct bch_fs *c, u32 subvol,
 				 struct bpos start,
 				 struct bpos end)
 {
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 	struct btree_iter iter;
 	struct bkey_s_c k;
 	int ret = 0;
-
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 0, 0);
 retry:
-	bch2_trans_begin(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_begin(trans);
 
-	ret = bch2_subvolume_get_snapshot(&trans, subvol, &start.snapshot);
+	ret = bch2_subvolume_get_snapshot(trans, subvol, &start.snapshot);
 	if (ret)
 		goto err;
 
-	for_each_btree_key_upto_norestart(&trans, iter, BTREE_ID_extents, start, end, 0, k, ret)
+	for_each_btree_key_upto_norestart(trans, iter, BTREE_ID_extents, start, end, 0, k, ret)
 		if (bkey_extent_is_data(k.k) && !bkey_extent_is_unwritten(k)) {
 			ret = 1;
 			break;
 		}
 	start = iter.pos;
-	bch2_trans_iter_exit(&trans, &iter);
+	bch2_trans_iter_exit(trans, &iter);
 err:
 	if (bch2_err_matches(ret, BCH_ERR_transaction_restart))
 		goto retry;
 
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -582,16 +580,15 @@ static int __bchfs_fallocate(struct bch_inode_info *inode, int mode,
 			     u64 start_sector, u64 end_sector)
 {
 	struct bch_fs *c = inode->v.i_sb->s_fs_info;
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 	struct btree_iter iter;
 	struct bpos end_pos = POS(inode->v.i_ino, end_sector);
 	struct bch_io_opts opts;
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	bch2_inode_opts_get(&opts, c, &inode->ei_inode);
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, BTREE_ITER_MAX, 512);
 
-	bch2_trans_iter_init(&trans, &iter, BTREE_ID_extents,
+	bch2_trans_iter_init(trans, &iter, BTREE_ID_extents,
 			POS(inode->v.i_ino, start_sector),
 			BTREE_ITER_SLOTS|BTREE_ITER_INTENT);
 
@@ -604,9 +601,9 @@ static int __bchfs_fallocate(struct bch_inode_info *inode, int mode,
 		u64 hole_start, hole_end;
 		u32 snapshot;
 
-		bch2_trans_begin(&trans);
+		bch2_trans_begin(trans);
 
-		ret = bch2_subvolume_get_snapshot(&trans,
+		ret = bch2_subvolume_get_snapshot(trans,
 					inode->ei_subvol, &snapshot);
 		if (ret)
 			goto bkey_err;
@@ -643,7 +640,7 @@ static int __bchfs_fallocate(struct bch_inode_info *inode, int mode,
 						 &hole_start,
 						 &hole_end,
 						 opts.data_replicas, true))
-				ret = drop_locks_do(&trans,
+				ret = drop_locks_do(trans,
 					(bch2_clamp_data_hole(&inode->v,
 							      &hole_start,
 							      &hole_end,
@@ -666,7 +663,7 @@ static int __bchfs_fallocate(struct bch_inode_info *inode, int mode,
 				goto bkey_err;
 		}
 
-		ret = bch2_extent_fallocate(&trans, inode_inum(inode), &iter,
+		ret = bch2_extent_fallocate(trans, inode_inum(inode), &iter,
 					    sectors, opts, &i_sectors_delta,
 					    writepoint_hashed((unsigned long) current));
 		if (ret)
@@ -674,7 +671,7 @@ static int __bchfs_fallocate(struct bch_inode_info *inode, int mode,
 
 		bch2_i_sectors_acct(c, inode, &quota_res, i_sectors_delta);
 
-		drop_locks_do(&trans,
+		drop_locks_do(trans,
 			(bch2_mark_pagecache_reserved(inode, hole_start, iter.pos.offset), 0));
 bkey_err:
 		bch2_quota_reservation_put(c, inode, &quota_res);
@@ -686,14 +683,14 @@ bkey_err:
 		struct quota_res quota_res = { 0 };
 		s64 i_sectors_delta = 0;
 
-		bch2_fpunch_at(&trans, &iter, inode_inum(inode),
+		bch2_fpunch_at(trans, &iter, inode_inum(inode),
 			       end_sector, &i_sectors_delta);
 		bch2_i_sectors_acct(c, inode, &quota_res, i_sectors_delta);
 		bch2_quota_reservation_put(c, inode, &quota_res);
 	}
 
-	bch2_trans_iter_exit(&trans, &iter);
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_iter_exit(trans, &iter);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -799,26 +796,24 @@ static int quota_reserve_range(struct bch_inode_info *inode,
 			       u64 start, u64 end)
 {
 	struct bch_fs *c = inode->v.i_sb->s_fs_info;
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 	struct btree_iter iter;
 	struct bkey_s_c k;
 	u32 snapshot;
 	u64 sectors = end - start;
 	u64 pos = start;
 	int ret;
-
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 0, 0);
 retry:
-	bch2_trans_begin(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_begin(trans);
 
-	ret = bch2_subvolume_get_snapshot(&trans, inode->ei_subvol, &snapshot);
+	ret = bch2_subvolume_get_snapshot(trans, inode->ei_subvol, &snapshot);
 	if (ret)
 		goto err;
 
-	bch2_trans_iter_init(&trans, &iter, BTREE_ID_extents,
+	bch2_trans_iter_init(trans, &iter, BTREE_ID_extents,
 			     SPOS(inode->v.i_ino, pos, snapshot), 0);
 
-	while (!(ret = btree_trans_too_many_iters(&trans)) &&
+	while (!(ret = btree_trans_too_many_iters(trans)) &&
 	       (k = bch2_btree_iter_peek_upto(&iter, POS(inode->v.i_ino, end - 1))).k &&
 	       !(ret = bkey_err(k))) {
 		if (bkey_extent_is_allocation(k.k)) {
@@ -830,17 +825,14 @@ retry:
 		bch2_btree_iter_advance(&iter);
 	}
 	pos = iter.pos.offset;
-	bch2_trans_iter_exit(&trans, &iter);
+	bch2_trans_iter_exit(trans, &iter);
 err:
 	if (bch2_err_matches(ret, BCH_ERR_transaction_restart))
 		goto retry;
 
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
-
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 
-	return bch2_quota_reservation_add(c, inode, res, sectors, true);
+	return ret ?: bch2_quota_reservation_add(c, inode, res, sectors, true);
 }
 
 loff_t bch2_remap_file_range(struct file *file_src, loff_t pos_src,
@@ -933,7 +925,7 @@ static loff_t bch2_seek_data(struct file *file, u64 offset)
 {
 	struct bch_inode_info *inode = file_bch_inode(file);
 	struct bch_fs *c = inode->v.i_sb->s_fs_info;
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans;
 	struct btree_iter iter;
 	struct bkey_s_c k;
 	subvol_inum inum = inode_inum(inode);
@@ -945,15 +937,15 @@ static loff_t bch2_seek_data(struct file *file, u64 offset)
 	if (offset >= isize)
 		return -ENXIO;
 
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 0, 0);
+	trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 retry:
-	bch2_trans_begin(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_begin(trans);
 
-	ret = bch2_subvolume_get_snapshot(&trans, inum.subvol, &snapshot);
+	ret = bch2_subvolume_get_snapshot(trans, inum.subvol, &snapshot);
 	if (ret)
 		goto err;
 
-	for_each_btree_key_upto_norestart(&trans, iter, BTREE_ID_extents,
+	for_each_btree_key_upto_norestart(trans, iter, BTREE_ID_extents,
 			   SPOS(inode->v.i_ino, offset >> 9, snapshot),
 			   POS(inode->v.i_ino, U64_MAX),
 			   0, k, ret) {
@@ -963,12 +955,12 @@ retry:
 		} else if (k.k->p.offset >> 9 > isize)
 			break;
 	}
-	bch2_trans_iter_exit(&trans, &iter);
+	bch2_trans_iter_exit(trans, &iter);
 err:
 	if (bch2_err_matches(ret, BCH_ERR_transaction_restart))
 		goto retry;
 
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
@@ -986,7 +978,7 @@ static loff_t bch2_seek_hole(struct file *file, u64 offset)
 {
 	struct bch_inode_info *inode = file_bch_inode(file);
 	struct bch_fs *c = inode->v.i_sb->s_fs_info;
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans;
 	struct btree_iter iter;
 	struct bkey_s_c k;
 	subvol_inum inum = inode_inum(inode);
@@ -998,15 +990,15 @@ static loff_t bch2_seek_hole(struct file *file, u64 offset)
 	if (offset >= isize)
 		return -ENXIO;
 
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 0, 0);
+	trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 retry:
-	bch2_trans_begin(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_begin(trans);
 
-	ret = bch2_subvolume_get_snapshot(&trans, inum.subvol, &snapshot);
+	ret = bch2_subvolume_get_snapshot(trans, inum.subvol, &snapshot);
 	if (ret)
 		goto err;
 
-	for_each_btree_key_norestart(&trans, iter, BTREE_ID_extents,
+	for_each_btree_key_norestart(trans, iter, BTREE_ID_extents,
 			   SPOS(inode->v.i_ino, offset >> 9, snapshot),
 			   BTREE_ITER_SLOTS, k, ret) {
 		if (k.k->p.inode != inode->v.i_ino) {
@@ -1024,12 +1016,12 @@ retry:
 			offset = max(offset, bkey_start_offset(k.k) << 9);
 		}
 	}
-	bch2_trans_iter_exit(&trans, &iter);
+	bch2_trans_iter_exit(trans, &iter);
 err:
 	if (bch2_err_matches(ret, BCH_ERR_transaction_restart))
 		goto retry;
 
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/fs.c b/fs/bcachefs/fs.c
index f814e9e0a741..bfbd4f004edc 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/fs.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/fs.c
@@ -82,29 +82,27 @@ int __must_check bch2_write_inode(struct bch_fs *c,
 				  inode_set_fn set,
 				  void *p, unsigned fields)
 {
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 	struct btree_iter iter = { NULL };
 	struct bch_inode_unpacked inode_u;
 	int ret;
-
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 0, 512);
 retry:
-	bch2_trans_begin(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_begin(trans);
 
-	ret   = bch2_inode_peek(&trans, &iter, &inode_u, inode_inum(inode),
+	ret   = bch2_inode_peek(trans, &iter, &inode_u, inode_inum(inode),
 				BTREE_ITER_INTENT) ?:
-		(set ? set(&trans, inode, &inode_u, p) : 0) ?:
-		bch2_inode_write(&trans, &iter, &inode_u) ?:
-		bch2_trans_commit(&trans, NULL, NULL, BTREE_INSERT_NOFAIL);
+		(set ? set(trans, inode, &inode_u, p) : 0) ?:
+		bch2_inode_write(trans, &iter, &inode_u) ?:
+		bch2_trans_commit(trans, NULL, NULL, BTREE_INSERT_NOFAIL);
 
 	/*
 	 * the btree node lock protects inode->ei_inode, not ei_update_lock;
 	 * this is important for inode updates via bchfs_write_index_update
 	 */
 	if (!ret)
-		bch2_inode_update_after_write(&trans, inode, &inode_u, fields);
+		bch2_inode_update_after_write(trans, inode, &inode_u, fields);
 
-	bch2_trans_iter_exit(&trans, &iter);
+	bch2_trans_iter_exit(trans, &iter);
 
 	if (bch2_err_matches(ret, BCH_ERR_transaction_restart))
 		goto retry;
@@ -114,7 +112,7 @@ retry:
 			     inode_inum(inode).subvol,
 			     inode_inum(inode).inum);
 
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 	return ret < 0 ? ret : 0;
 }
 
@@ -182,7 +180,7 @@ struct inode *bch2_vfs_inode_get(struct bch_fs *c, subvol_inum inum)
 {
 	struct bch_inode_unpacked inode_u;
 	struct bch_inode_info *inode;
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans;
 	struct bch_subvolume subvol;
 	int ret;
 
@@ -196,14 +194,14 @@ struct inode *bch2_vfs_inode_get(struct bch_fs *c, subvol_inum inum)
 	if (!(inode->v.i_state & I_NEW))
 		return &inode->v;
 
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 8, 0);
-	ret = lockrestart_do(&trans,
-		bch2_subvolume_get(&trans, inum.subvol, true, 0, &subvol) ?:
-		bch2_inode_find_by_inum_trans(&trans, inum, &inode_u));
+	trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
+	ret = lockrestart_do(trans,
+		bch2_subvolume_get(trans, inum.subvol, true, 0, &subvol) ?:
+		bch2_inode_find_by_inum_trans(trans, inum, &inode_u));
 
 	if (!ret)
-		bch2_vfs_inode_init(&trans, inum, inode, &inode_u, &subvol);
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+		bch2_vfs_inode_init(trans, inum, inode, &inode_u, &subvol);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 
 	if (ret) {
 		iget_failed(&inode->v);
@@ -226,7 +224,7 @@ __bch2_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 	      unsigned flags)
 {
 	struct bch_fs *c = dir->v.i_sb->s_fs_info;
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans;
 	struct bch_inode_unpacked dir_u;
 	struct bch_inode_info *inode, *old;
 	struct bch_inode_unpacked inode_u;
@@ -256,13 +254,11 @@ __bch2_create(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 	if (!(flags & BCH_CREATE_TMPFILE))
 		mutex_lock(&dir->ei_update_lock);
 
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 8,
-			2048 + (!(flags & BCH_CREATE_TMPFILE)
-				? dentry->d_name.len : 0));
+	trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 retry:
-	bch2_trans_begin(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_begin(trans);
 
-	ret   = bch2_create_trans(&trans,
+	ret   = bch2_create_trans(trans,
 				  inode_inum(dir), &dir_u, &inode_u,
 				  !(flags & BCH_CREATE_TMPFILE)
 				  ? &dentry->d_name : NULL,
@@ -278,9 +274,9 @@ retry:
 	inum.subvol = inode_u.bi_subvol ?: dir->ei_subvol;
 	inum.inum = inode_u.bi_inum;
 
-	ret   = bch2_subvolume_get(&trans, inum.subvol, true,
+	ret   = bch2_subvolume_get(trans, inum.subvol, true,
 				   BTREE_ITER_WITH_UPDATES, &subvol) ?:
-		bch2_trans_commit(&trans, NULL, &journal_seq, 0);
+		bch2_trans_commit(trans, NULL, &journal_seq, 0);
 	if (unlikely(ret)) {
 		bch2_quota_acct(c, bch_qid(&inode_u), Q_INO, -1,
 				KEY_TYPE_QUOTA_WARN);
@@ -291,13 +287,13 @@ err_before_quota:
 	}
 
 	if (!(flags & BCH_CREATE_TMPFILE)) {
-		bch2_inode_update_after_write(&trans, dir, &dir_u,
+		bch2_inode_update_after_write(trans, dir, &dir_u,
 					      ATTR_MTIME|ATTR_CTIME);
 		mutex_unlock(&dir->ei_update_lock);
 	}
 
 	bch2_iget5_set(&inode->v, &inum);
-	bch2_vfs_inode_init(&trans, inum, inode, &inode_u, &subvol);
+	bch2_vfs_inode_init(trans, inum, inode, &inode_u, &subvol);
 
 	set_cached_acl(&inode->v, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS, acl);
 	set_cached_acl(&inode->v, ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT, default_acl);
@@ -337,7 +333,7 @@ err_before_quota:
 		unlock_new_inode(&inode->v);
 	}
 
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 err:
 	posix_acl_release(default_acl);
 	posix_acl_release(acl);
@@ -346,7 +342,7 @@ err_trans:
 	if (!(flags & BCH_CREATE_TMPFILE))
 		mutex_unlock(&dir->ei_update_lock);
 
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 	make_bad_inode(&inode->v);
 	iput(&inode->v);
 	inode = ERR_PTR(ret);
@@ -401,26 +397,25 @@ static int __bch2_link(struct bch_fs *c,
 		       struct bch_inode_info *dir,
 		       struct dentry *dentry)
 {
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 	struct bch_inode_unpacked dir_u, inode_u;
 	int ret;
 
 	mutex_lock(&inode->ei_update_lock);
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 4, 1024);
 
-	ret = commit_do(&trans, NULL, NULL, 0,
-			bch2_link_trans(&trans,
+	ret = commit_do(trans, NULL, NULL, 0,
+			bch2_link_trans(trans,
 					inode_inum(dir),   &dir_u,
 					inode_inum(inode), &inode_u,
 					&dentry->d_name));
 
 	if (likely(!ret)) {
-		bch2_inode_update_after_write(&trans, dir, &dir_u,
+		bch2_inode_update_after_write(trans, dir, &dir_u,
 					      ATTR_MTIME|ATTR_CTIME);
-		bch2_inode_update_after_write(&trans, inode, &inode_u, ATTR_CTIME);
+		bch2_inode_update_after_write(trans, inode, &inode_u, ATTR_CTIME);
 	}
 
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 	mutex_unlock(&inode->ei_update_lock);
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -451,24 +446,23 @@ int __bch2_unlink(struct inode *vdir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	struct bch_inode_info *dir = to_bch_ei(vdir);
 	struct bch_inode_info *inode = to_bch_ei(dentry->d_inode);
 	struct bch_inode_unpacked dir_u, inode_u;
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 	int ret;
 
 	bch2_lock_inodes(INODE_UPDATE_LOCK, dir, inode);
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 4, 1024);
 
-	ret = commit_do(&trans, NULL, NULL,
+	ret = commit_do(trans, NULL, NULL,
 			BTREE_INSERT_NOFAIL,
-		bch2_unlink_trans(&trans,
+		bch2_unlink_trans(trans,
 				  inode_inum(dir), &dir_u,
 				  &inode_u, &dentry->d_name,
 				  deleting_snapshot));
 	if (unlikely(ret))
 		goto err;
 
-	bch2_inode_update_after_write(&trans, dir, &dir_u,
+	bch2_inode_update_after_write(trans, dir, &dir_u,
 				      ATTR_MTIME|ATTR_CTIME);
-	bch2_inode_update_after_write(&trans, inode, &inode_u,
+	bch2_inode_update_after_write(trans, inode, &inode_u,
 				      ATTR_MTIME);
 
 	if (inode_u.bi_subvol) {
@@ -479,8 +473,8 @@ int __bch2_unlink(struct inode *vdir, struct dentry *dentry,
 		set_nlink(&inode->v, 0);
 	}
 err:
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
 	bch2_unlock_inodes(INODE_UPDATE_LOCK, dir, inode);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -543,7 +537,7 @@ static int bch2_rename2(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 	struct bch_inode_info *dst_inode = to_bch_ei(dst_dentry->d_inode);
 	struct bch_inode_unpacked dst_dir_u, src_dir_u;
 	struct bch_inode_unpacked src_inode_u, dst_inode_u;
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans;
 	enum bch_rename_mode mode = flags & RENAME_EXCHANGE
 		? BCH_RENAME_EXCHANGE
 		: dst_dentry->d_inode
@@ -560,7 +554,7 @@ static int bch2_rename2(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 			return ret;
 	}
 
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 8, 2048);
+	trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 
 	bch2_lock_inodes(INODE_UPDATE_LOCK,
 			 src_dir,
@@ -587,8 +581,8 @@ static int bch2_rename2(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 			goto err;
 	}
 
-	ret = commit_do(&trans, NULL, NULL, 0,
-			bch2_rename_trans(&trans,
+	ret = commit_do(trans, NULL, NULL, 0,
+			bch2_rename_trans(trans,
 					  inode_inum(src_dir), &src_dir_u,
 					  inode_inum(dst_dir), &dst_dir_u,
 					  &src_inode_u,
@@ -603,21 +597,21 @@ static int bch2_rename2(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 	BUG_ON(dst_inode &&
 	       dst_inode->v.i_ino != dst_inode_u.bi_inum);
 
-	bch2_inode_update_after_write(&trans, src_dir, &src_dir_u,
+	bch2_inode_update_after_write(trans, src_dir, &src_dir_u,
 				      ATTR_MTIME|ATTR_CTIME);
 
 	if (src_dir != dst_dir)
-		bch2_inode_update_after_write(&trans, dst_dir, &dst_dir_u,
+		bch2_inode_update_after_write(trans, dst_dir, &dst_dir_u,
 					      ATTR_MTIME|ATTR_CTIME);
 
-	bch2_inode_update_after_write(&trans, src_inode, &src_inode_u,
+	bch2_inode_update_after_write(trans, src_inode, &src_inode_u,
 				      ATTR_CTIME);
 
 	if (dst_inode)
-		bch2_inode_update_after_write(&trans, dst_inode, &dst_inode_u,
+		bch2_inode_update_after_write(trans, dst_inode, &dst_inode_u,
 					      ATTR_CTIME);
 err:
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 
 	bch2_fs_quota_transfer(c, src_inode,
 			       bch_qid(&src_inode->ei_inode),
@@ -680,7 +674,7 @@ int bch2_setattr_nonsize(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 {
 	struct bch_fs *c = inode->v.i_sb->s_fs_info;
 	struct bch_qid qid;
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans;
 	struct btree_iter inode_iter = { NULL };
 	struct bch_inode_unpacked inode_u;
 	struct posix_acl *acl = NULL;
@@ -701,13 +695,13 @@ int bch2_setattr_nonsize(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 	if (ret)
 		goto err;
 
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 0, 0);
+	trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 retry:
-	bch2_trans_begin(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_begin(trans);
 	kfree(acl);
 	acl = NULL;
 
-	ret = bch2_inode_peek(&trans, &inode_iter, &inode_u, inode_inum(inode),
+	ret = bch2_inode_peek(trans, &inode_iter, &inode_u, inode_inum(inode),
 			      BTREE_ITER_INTENT);
 	if (ret)
 		goto btree_err;
@@ -715,29 +709,29 @@ retry:
 	bch2_setattr_copy(idmap, inode, &inode_u, attr);
 
 	if (attr->ia_valid & ATTR_MODE) {
-		ret = bch2_acl_chmod(&trans, inode_inum(inode), &inode_u,
+		ret = bch2_acl_chmod(trans, inode_inum(inode), &inode_u,
 				     inode_u.bi_mode, &acl);
 		if (ret)
 			goto btree_err;
 	}
 
-	ret =   bch2_inode_write(&trans, &inode_iter, &inode_u) ?:
-		bch2_trans_commit(&trans, NULL, NULL,
+	ret =   bch2_inode_write(trans, &inode_iter, &inode_u) ?:
+		bch2_trans_commit(trans, NULL, NULL,
 				  BTREE_INSERT_NOFAIL);
 btree_err:
-	bch2_trans_iter_exit(&trans, &inode_iter);
+	bch2_trans_iter_exit(trans, &inode_iter);
 
 	if (bch2_err_matches(ret, BCH_ERR_transaction_restart))
 		goto retry;
 	if (unlikely(ret))
 		goto err_trans;
 
-	bch2_inode_update_after_write(&trans, inode, &inode_u, attr->ia_valid);
+	bch2_inode_update_after_write(trans, inode, &inode_u, attr->ia_valid);
 
 	if (acl)
 		set_cached_acl(&inode->v, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS, acl);
 err_trans:
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 err:
 	mutex_unlock(&inode->ei_update_lock);
 
@@ -879,7 +873,7 @@ static int bch2_fiemap(struct inode *vinode, struct fiemap_extent_info *info,
 {
 	struct bch_fs *c = vinode->i_sb->s_fs_info;
 	struct bch_inode_info *ei = to_bch_ei(vinode);
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans;
 	struct btree_iter iter;
 	struct bkey_s_c k;
 	struct bkey_buf cur, prev;
@@ -900,18 +894,18 @@ static int bch2_fiemap(struct inode *vinode, struct fiemap_extent_info *info,
 
 	bch2_bkey_buf_init(&cur);
 	bch2_bkey_buf_init(&prev);
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 0, 0);
+	trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 retry:
-	bch2_trans_begin(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_begin(trans);
 
-	ret = bch2_subvolume_get_snapshot(&trans, ei->ei_subvol, &snapshot);
+	ret = bch2_subvolume_get_snapshot(trans, ei->ei_subvol, &snapshot);
 	if (ret)
 		goto err;
 
-	bch2_trans_iter_init(&trans, &iter, BTREE_ID_extents,
+	bch2_trans_iter_init(trans, &iter, BTREE_ID_extents,
 			     SPOS(ei->v.i_ino, start, snapshot), 0);
 
-	while (!(ret = btree_trans_too_many_iters(&trans)) &&
+	while (!(ret = btree_trans_too_many_iters(trans)) &&
 	       (k = bch2_btree_iter_peek_upto(&iter, end)).k &&
 	       !(ret = bkey_err(k))) {
 		enum btree_id data_btree = BTREE_ID_extents;
@@ -928,7 +922,7 @@ retry:
 
 		bch2_bkey_buf_reassemble(&cur, c, k);
 
-		ret = bch2_read_indirect_extent(&trans, &data_btree,
+		ret = bch2_read_indirect_extent(trans, &data_btree,
 					&offset_into_extent, &cur);
 		if (ret)
 			break;
@@ -947,7 +941,7 @@ retry:
 		cur.k->k.p.offset += cur.k->k.size;
 
 		if (have_extent) {
-			bch2_trans_unlock(&trans);
+			bch2_trans_unlock(trans);
 			ret = bch2_fill_extent(c, info,
 					bkey_i_to_s_c(prev.k), 0);
 			if (ret)
@@ -961,18 +955,18 @@ retry:
 			POS(iter.pos.inode, iter.pos.offset + sectors));
 	}
 	start = iter.pos.offset;
-	bch2_trans_iter_exit(&trans, &iter);
+	bch2_trans_iter_exit(trans, &iter);
 err:
 	if (bch2_err_matches(ret, BCH_ERR_transaction_restart))
 		goto retry;
 
 	if (!ret && have_extent) {
-		bch2_trans_unlock(&trans);
+		bch2_trans_unlock(trans);
 		ret = bch2_fill_extent(c, info, bkey_i_to_s_c(prev.k),
 				       FIEMAP_EXTENT_LAST);
 	}
 
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 	bch2_bkey_buf_exit(&cur, c);
 	bch2_bkey_buf_exit(&prev, c);
 	return ret < 0 ? ret : 0;
@@ -1230,7 +1224,7 @@ static int bch2_get_name(struct dentry *parent, char *name, struct dentry *child
 	struct bch_inode_info *inode	= to_bch_ei(child->d_inode);
 	struct bch_inode_info *dir	= to_bch_ei(parent->d_inode);
 	struct bch_fs *c = inode->v.i_sb->s_fs_info;
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans;
 	struct btree_iter iter1;
 	struct btree_iter iter2;
 	struct bkey_s_c k;
@@ -1245,23 +1239,23 @@ static int bch2_get_name(struct dentry *parent, char *name, struct dentry *child
 	if (!S_ISDIR(dir->v.i_mode))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 0, 0);
+	trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 
-	bch2_trans_iter_init(&trans, &iter1, BTREE_ID_dirents,
+	bch2_trans_iter_init(trans, &iter1, BTREE_ID_dirents,
 			     POS(dir->ei_inode.bi_inum, 0), 0);
-	bch2_trans_iter_init(&trans, &iter2, BTREE_ID_dirents,
+	bch2_trans_iter_init(trans, &iter2, BTREE_ID_dirents,
 			     POS(dir->ei_inode.bi_inum, 0), 0);
 retry:
-	bch2_trans_begin(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_begin(trans);
 
-	ret = bch2_subvolume_get_snapshot(&trans, dir->ei_subvol, &snapshot);
+	ret = bch2_subvolume_get_snapshot(trans, dir->ei_subvol, &snapshot);
 	if (ret)
 		goto err;
 
 	bch2_btree_iter_set_snapshot(&iter1, snapshot);
 	bch2_btree_iter_set_snapshot(&iter2, snapshot);
 
-	ret = bch2_inode_find_by_inum_trans(&trans, inode_inum(inode), &inode_u);
+	ret = bch2_inode_find_by_inum_trans(trans, inode_inum(inode), &inode_u);
 	if (ret)
 		goto err;
 
@@ -1279,7 +1273,7 @@ retry:
 		}
 
 		d = bkey_s_c_to_dirent(k);
-		ret = bch2_dirent_read_target(&trans, inode_inum(dir), d, &target);
+		ret = bch2_dirent_read_target(trans, inode_inum(dir), d, &target);
 		if (ret > 0)
 			ret = -BCH_ERR_ENOENT_dirent_doesnt_match_inode;
 		if (ret)
@@ -1301,7 +1295,7 @@ retry:
 				continue;
 
 			d = bkey_s_c_to_dirent(k);
-			ret = bch2_dirent_read_target(&trans, inode_inum(dir), d, &target);
+			ret = bch2_dirent_read_target(trans, inode_inum(dir), d, &target);
 			if (ret < 0)
 				break;
 			if (ret)
@@ -1325,9 +1319,9 @@ err:
 	if (bch2_err_matches(ret, BCH_ERR_transaction_restart))
 		goto retry;
 
-	bch2_trans_iter_exit(&trans, &iter1);
-	bch2_trans_iter_exit(&trans, &iter2);
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_iter_exit(trans, &iter1);
+	bch2_trans_iter_exit(trans, &iter2);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/fsck.c b/fs/bcachefs/fsck.c
index b9c9ece63175..e3d68082fdd3 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/fsck.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/fsck.c
@@ -987,7 +987,7 @@ noinline_for_stack
 int bch2_check_inodes(struct bch_fs *c)
 {
 	bool full = c->opts.fsck;
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 	struct btree_iter iter;
 	struct bch_inode_unpacked prev = { 0 };
 	struct snapshots_seen s;
@@ -995,16 +995,15 @@ int bch2_check_inodes(struct bch_fs *c)
 	int ret;
 
 	snapshots_seen_init(&s);
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, BTREE_ITER_MAX, 0);
 
-	ret = for_each_btree_key_commit(&trans, iter, BTREE_ID_inodes,
+	ret = for_each_btree_key_commit(trans, iter, BTREE_ID_inodes,
 			POS_MIN,
 			BTREE_ITER_PREFETCH|BTREE_ITER_ALL_SNAPSHOTS, k,
 			NULL, NULL, BTREE_INSERT_LAZY_RW|BTREE_INSERT_NOFAIL,
-		check_inode(&trans, &iter, k, &prev, &s, full));
+		check_inode(trans, &iter, k, &prev, &s, full));
 
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
 	snapshots_seen_exit(&s);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 	if (ret)
 		bch_err_fn(c, ret);
 	return ret;
@@ -1437,7 +1436,7 @@ int bch2_check_extents(struct bch_fs *c)
 {
 	struct inode_walker w = inode_walker_init();
 	struct snapshots_seen s;
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 	struct btree_iter iter;
 	struct bkey_s_c k;
 	struct extent_ends extent_ends;
@@ -1446,23 +1445,22 @@ int bch2_check_extents(struct bch_fs *c)
 
 	snapshots_seen_init(&s);
 	extent_ends_init(&extent_ends);
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, BTREE_ITER_MAX, 4096);
 
-	ret = for_each_btree_key_commit(&trans, iter, BTREE_ID_extents,
+	ret = for_each_btree_key_commit(trans, iter, BTREE_ID_extents,
 			POS(BCACHEFS_ROOT_INO, 0),
 			BTREE_ITER_PREFETCH|BTREE_ITER_ALL_SNAPSHOTS, k,
 			&res, NULL,
 			BTREE_INSERT_LAZY_RW|BTREE_INSERT_NOFAIL, ({
 		bch2_disk_reservation_put(c, &res);
-		check_extent(&trans, &iter, k, &w, &s, &extent_ends);
+		check_extent(trans, &iter, k, &w, &s, &extent_ends);
 	})) ?:
-	check_i_sectors(&trans, &w);
+	check_i_sectors(trans, &w);
 
 	bch2_disk_reservation_put(c, &res);
 	extent_ends_exit(&extent_ends);
 	inode_walker_exit(&w);
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
 	snapshots_seen_exit(&s);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 
 	if (ret)
 		bch_err_fn(c, ret);
@@ -1803,23 +1801,22 @@ int bch2_check_dirents(struct bch_fs *c)
 	struct inode_walker target = inode_walker_init();
 	struct snapshots_seen s;
 	struct bch_hash_info hash_info;
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 	struct btree_iter iter;
 	struct bkey_s_c k;
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	snapshots_seen_init(&s);
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, BTREE_ITER_MAX, 0);
 
-	ret = for_each_btree_key_commit(&trans, iter, BTREE_ID_dirents,
+	ret = for_each_btree_key_commit(trans, iter, BTREE_ID_dirents,
 			POS(BCACHEFS_ROOT_INO, 0),
 			BTREE_ITER_PREFETCH|BTREE_ITER_ALL_SNAPSHOTS,
 			k,
 			NULL, NULL,
 			BTREE_INSERT_LAZY_RW|BTREE_INSERT_NOFAIL,
-		check_dirent(&trans, &iter, k, &hash_info, &dir, &target, &s));
+		check_dirent(trans, &iter, k, &hash_info, &dir, &target, &s));
 
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 	snapshots_seen_exit(&s);
 	inode_walker_exit(&dir);
 	inode_walker_exit(&target);
@@ -1873,23 +1870,18 @@ int bch2_check_xattrs(struct bch_fs *c)
 {
 	struct inode_walker inode = inode_walker_init();
 	struct bch_hash_info hash_info;
-	struct btree_trans trans;
 	struct btree_iter iter;
 	struct bkey_s_c k;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, BTREE_ITER_MAX, 0);
-
-	ret = for_each_btree_key_commit(&trans, iter, BTREE_ID_xattrs,
+	ret = bch2_trans_run(c,
+		for_each_btree_key_commit(trans, iter, BTREE_ID_xattrs,
 			POS(BCACHEFS_ROOT_INO, 0),
 			BTREE_ITER_PREFETCH|BTREE_ITER_ALL_SNAPSHOTS,
 			k,
 			NULL, NULL,
 			BTREE_INSERT_LAZY_RW|BTREE_INSERT_NOFAIL,
-		check_xattr(&trans, &iter, k, &hash_info, &inode));
-
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
-
+		check_xattr(trans, &iter, k, &hash_info, &inode)));
 	if (ret)
 		bch_err_fn(c, ret);
 	return ret;
@@ -1958,7 +1950,7 @@ int bch2_check_root(struct bch_fs *c)
 	ret = bch2_trans_do(c, NULL, NULL,
 			     BTREE_INSERT_NOFAIL|
 			     BTREE_INSERT_LAZY_RW,
-		check_root_trans(&trans));
+		check_root_trans(trans));
 
 	if (ret)
 		bch_err_fn(c, ret);
@@ -2110,16 +2102,14 @@ fsck_err:
  */
 int bch2_check_directory_structure(struct bch_fs *c)
 {
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 	struct btree_iter iter;
 	struct bkey_s_c k;
 	struct bch_inode_unpacked u;
 	pathbuf path = { 0, };
 	int ret;
 
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, BTREE_ITER_MAX, 0);
-
-	for_each_btree_key(&trans, iter, BTREE_ID_inodes, POS_MIN,
+	for_each_btree_key(trans, iter, BTREE_ID_inodes, POS_MIN,
 			   BTREE_ITER_INTENT|
 			   BTREE_ITER_PREFETCH|
 			   BTREE_ITER_ALL_SNAPSHOTS, k, ret) {
@@ -2136,12 +2126,12 @@ int bch2_check_directory_structure(struct bch_fs *c)
 		if (u.bi_flags & BCH_INODE_UNLINKED)
 			continue;
 
-		ret = check_path(&trans, &path, &u, iter.pos.snapshot);
+		ret = check_path(trans, &path, &u, iter.pos.snapshot);
 		if (ret)
 			break;
 	}
-	bch2_trans_iter_exit(&trans, &iter);
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_iter_exit(trans, &iter);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 	darray_exit(&path);
 
 	if (ret)
@@ -2230,15 +2220,13 @@ static int check_nlinks_find_hardlinks(struct bch_fs *c,
 				       struct nlink_table *t,
 				       u64 start, u64 *end)
 {
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 	struct btree_iter iter;
 	struct bkey_s_c k;
 	struct bch_inode_unpacked u;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, BTREE_ITER_MAX, 0);
-
-	for_each_btree_key(&trans, iter, BTREE_ID_inodes,
+	for_each_btree_key(trans, iter, BTREE_ID_inodes,
 			   POS(0, start),
 			   BTREE_ITER_INTENT|
 			   BTREE_ITER_PREFETCH|
@@ -2267,8 +2255,8 @@ static int check_nlinks_find_hardlinks(struct bch_fs *c,
 		}
 
 	}
-	bch2_trans_iter_exit(&trans, &iter);
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_iter_exit(trans, &iter);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 
 	if (ret)
 		bch_err(c, "error in fsck: btree error %i while walking inodes", ret);
@@ -2280,7 +2268,7 @@ noinline_for_stack
 static int check_nlinks_walk_dirents(struct bch_fs *c, struct nlink_table *links,
 				     u64 range_start, u64 range_end)
 {
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 	struct snapshots_seen s;
 	struct btree_iter iter;
 	struct bkey_s_c k;
@@ -2289,9 +2277,7 @@ static int check_nlinks_walk_dirents(struct bch_fs *c, struct nlink_table *links
 
 	snapshots_seen_init(&s);
 
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, BTREE_ITER_MAX, 0);
-
-	for_each_btree_key(&trans, iter, BTREE_ID_dirents, POS_MIN,
+	for_each_btree_key(trans, iter, BTREE_ID_dirents, POS_MIN,
 			   BTREE_ITER_INTENT|
 			   BTREE_ITER_PREFETCH|
 			   BTREE_ITER_ALL_SNAPSHOTS, k, ret) {
@@ -2311,12 +2297,12 @@ static int check_nlinks_walk_dirents(struct bch_fs *c, struct nlink_table *links
 			break;
 		}
 	}
-	bch2_trans_iter_exit(&trans, &iter);
+	bch2_trans_iter_exit(trans, &iter);
 
 	if (ret)
 		bch_err(c, "error in fsck: btree error %i while walking dirents", ret);
 
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 	snapshots_seen_exit(&s);
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -2367,22 +2353,17 @@ static int check_nlinks_update_hardlinks(struct bch_fs *c,
 			       struct nlink_table *links,
 			       u64 range_start, u64 range_end)
 {
-	struct btree_trans trans;
 	struct btree_iter iter;
 	struct bkey_s_c k;
 	size_t idx = 0;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, BTREE_ITER_MAX, 0);
-
-	ret = for_each_btree_key_commit(&trans, iter, BTREE_ID_inodes,
-			POS(0, range_start),
-			BTREE_ITER_INTENT|BTREE_ITER_PREFETCH|BTREE_ITER_ALL_SNAPSHOTS, k,
-			NULL, NULL, BTREE_INSERT_LAZY_RW|BTREE_INSERT_NOFAIL,
-		check_nlinks_update_inode(&trans, &iter, k, links, &idx, range_end));
-
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
-
+	ret = bch2_trans_run(c,
+		for_each_btree_key_commit(trans, iter, BTREE_ID_inodes,
+				POS(0, range_start),
+				BTREE_ITER_INTENT|BTREE_ITER_PREFETCH|BTREE_ITER_ALL_SNAPSHOTS, k,
+				NULL, NULL, BTREE_INSERT_LAZY_RW|BTREE_INSERT_NOFAIL,
+			check_nlinks_update_inode(trans, &iter, k, links, &idx, range_end)));
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		bch_err(c, "error in fsck: btree error %i while walking inodes", ret);
 		return ret;
@@ -2464,13 +2445,12 @@ int bch2_fix_reflink_p(struct bch_fs *c)
 		return 0;
 
 	ret = bch2_trans_run(c,
-		for_each_btree_key_commit(&trans, iter,
+		for_each_btree_key_commit(trans, iter,
 				BTREE_ID_extents, POS_MIN,
 				BTREE_ITER_INTENT|BTREE_ITER_PREFETCH|
 				BTREE_ITER_ALL_SNAPSHOTS, k,
 				NULL, NULL, BTREE_INSERT_NOFAIL|BTREE_INSERT_LAZY_RW,
-			fix_reflink_p_key(&trans, &iter, k)));
-
+			fix_reflink_p_key(trans, &iter, k)));
 	if (ret)
 		bch_err_fn(c, ret);
 	return ret;
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/inode.c b/fs/bcachefs/inode.c
index 81ff2720835b..8bfd99cb7ad1 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/inode.c
@@ -826,7 +826,7 @@ err:
 
 int bch2_inode_rm(struct bch_fs *c, subvol_inum inum)
 {
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 	struct btree_iter iter = { NULL };
 	struct bkey_i_inode_generation delete;
 	struct bch_inode_unpacked inode_u;
@@ -834,8 +834,6 @@ int bch2_inode_rm(struct bch_fs *c, subvol_inum inum)
 	u32 snapshot;
 	int ret;
 
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 0, 1024);
-
 	/*
 	 * If this was a directory, there shouldn't be any real dirents left -
 	 * but there could be whiteouts (from hash collisions) that we should
@@ -844,19 +842,19 @@ int bch2_inode_rm(struct bch_fs *c, subvol_inum inum)
 	 * XXX: the dirent could ideally would delete whiteouts when they're no
 	 * longer needed
 	 */
-	ret   = bch2_inode_delete_keys(&trans, inum, BTREE_ID_extents) ?:
-		bch2_inode_delete_keys(&trans, inum, BTREE_ID_xattrs) ?:
-		bch2_inode_delete_keys(&trans, inum, BTREE_ID_dirents);
+	ret   = bch2_inode_delete_keys(trans, inum, BTREE_ID_extents) ?:
+		bch2_inode_delete_keys(trans, inum, BTREE_ID_xattrs) ?:
+		bch2_inode_delete_keys(trans, inum, BTREE_ID_dirents);
 	if (ret)
 		goto err;
 retry:
-	bch2_trans_begin(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_begin(trans);
 
-	ret = bch2_subvolume_get_snapshot(&trans, inum.subvol, &snapshot);
+	ret = bch2_subvolume_get_snapshot(trans, inum.subvol, &snapshot);
 	if (ret)
 		goto err;
 
-	k = bch2_bkey_get_iter(&trans, &iter, BTREE_ID_inodes,
+	k = bch2_bkey_get_iter(trans, &iter, BTREE_ID_inodes,
 			       SPOS(0, inum.inum, snapshot),
 			       BTREE_ITER_INTENT|BTREE_ITER_CACHED);
 	ret = bkey_err(k);
@@ -864,7 +862,7 @@ retry:
 		goto err;
 
 	if (!bkey_is_inode(k.k)) {
-		bch2_fs_inconsistent(trans.c,
+		bch2_fs_inconsistent(c,
 				     "inode %llu:%u not found when deleting",
 				     inum.inum, snapshot);
 		ret = -EIO;
@@ -877,15 +875,15 @@ retry:
 	delete.k.p = iter.pos;
 	delete.v.bi_generation = cpu_to_le32(inode_u.bi_generation + 1);
 
-	ret   = bch2_trans_update(&trans, &iter, &delete.k_i, 0) ?:
-		bch2_trans_commit(&trans, NULL, NULL,
+	ret   = bch2_trans_update(trans, &iter, &delete.k_i, 0) ?:
+		bch2_trans_commit(trans, NULL, NULL,
 				BTREE_INSERT_NOFAIL);
 err:
-	bch2_trans_iter_exit(&trans, &iter);
+	bch2_trans_iter_exit(trans, &iter);
 	if (bch2_err_matches(ret, BCH_ERR_transaction_restart))
 		goto retry;
 
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -919,7 +917,7 @@ int bch2_inode_find_by_inum(struct bch_fs *c, subvol_inum inum,
 			    struct bch_inode_unpacked *inode)
 {
 	return bch2_trans_do(c, NULL, NULL, 0,
-		bch2_inode_find_by_inum_trans(&trans, inum, inode));
+		bch2_inode_find_by_inum_trans(trans, inum, inode));
 }
 
 int bch2_inode_nlink_inc(struct bch_inode_unpacked *bi)
@@ -1091,14 +1089,12 @@ delete:
 
 int bch2_delete_dead_inodes(struct bch_fs *c)
 {
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 	struct btree_iter iter;
 	struct bkey_s_c k;
 	int ret;
 
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 0, 0);
-
-	ret = bch2_btree_write_buffer_flush_sync(&trans);
+	ret = bch2_btree_write_buffer_flush_sync(trans);
 	if (ret)
 		goto err;
 
@@ -1108,26 +1104,26 @@ int bch2_delete_dead_inodes(struct bch_fs *c)
 	 * but we can't retry because the btree write buffer won't have been
 	 * flushed and we'd spin:
 	 */
-	for_each_btree_key(&trans, iter, BTREE_ID_deleted_inodes, POS_MIN,
+	for_each_btree_key(trans, iter, BTREE_ID_deleted_inodes, POS_MIN,
 			   BTREE_ITER_PREFETCH|BTREE_ITER_ALL_SNAPSHOTS, k, ret) {
-		ret = lockrestart_do(&trans, may_delete_deleted_inode(&trans, k.k->p));
+		ret = lockrestart_do(trans, may_delete_deleted_inode(trans, k.k->p));
 		if (ret < 0)
 			break;
 
 		if (ret) {
 			if (!test_bit(BCH_FS_RW, &c->flags)) {
-				bch2_trans_unlock(&trans);
+				bch2_trans_unlock(trans);
 				bch2_fs_lazy_rw(c);
 			}
 
-			ret = bch2_inode_rm_snapshot(&trans, k.k->p.offset, k.k->p.snapshot);
+			ret = bch2_inode_rm_snapshot(trans, k.k->p.offset, k.k->p.snapshot);
 			if (ret && !bch2_err_matches(ret, BCH_ERR_transaction_restart))
 				break;
 		}
 	}
-	bch2_trans_iter_exit(&trans, &iter);
+	bch2_trans_iter_exit(trans, &iter);
 err:
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/io_misc.c b/fs/bcachefs/io_misc.c
index b1be70e15c60..668493bcfe36 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/io_misc.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/io_misc.c
@@ -198,19 +198,18 @@ int bch2_fpunch_at(struct btree_trans *trans, struct btree_iter *iter,
 int bch2_fpunch(struct bch_fs *c, subvol_inum inum, u64 start, u64 end,
 		s64 *i_sectors_delta)
 {
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 	struct btree_iter iter;
 	int ret;
 
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, BTREE_ITER_MAX, 1024);
-	bch2_trans_iter_init(&trans, &iter, BTREE_ID_extents,
+	bch2_trans_iter_init(trans, &iter, BTREE_ID_extents,
 			     POS(inum.inum, start),
 			     BTREE_ITER_INTENT);
 
-	ret = bch2_fpunch_at(&trans, &iter, inum, end, i_sectors_delta);
+	ret = bch2_fpunch_at(trans, &iter, inum, end, i_sectors_delta);
 
-	bch2_trans_iter_exit(&trans, &iter);
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_iter_exit(trans, &iter);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 
 	if (bch2_err_matches(ret, BCH_ERR_transaction_restart))
 		ret = 0;
@@ -289,8 +288,8 @@ int bch2_truncate(struct bch_fs *c, subvol_inum inum, u64 new_i_size, u64 *i_sec
 	op.v.new_i_size	= cpu_to_le64(new_i_size);
 
 	return bch2_trans_run(c,
-		bch2_logged_op_start(&trans, &op.k_i) ?:
-		__bch2_resume_logged_op_truncate(&trans, &op.k_i, i_sectors_delta));
+		bch2_logged_op_start(trans, &op.k_i) ?:
+		__bch2_resume_logged_op_truncate(trans, &op.k_i, i_sectors_delta));
 }
 
 /* finsert/fcollapse: */
@@ -493,6 +492,6 @@ int bch2_fcollapse_finsert(struct bch_fs *c, subvol_inum inum,
 	op.v.pos	= cpu_to_le64(insert ? U64_MAX : offset);
 
 	return bch2_trans_run(c,
-		bch2_logged_op_start(&trans, &op.k_i) ?:
-		__bch2_resume_logged_op_finsert(&trans, &op.k_i, i_sectors_delta));
+		bch2_logged_op_start(trans, &op.k_i) ?:
+		__bch2_resume_logged_op_finsert(trans, &op.k_i, i_sectors_delta));
 }
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/io_read.c b/fs/bcachefs/io_read.c
index 3c6c1396915a..9a57da00573d 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/io_read.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/io_read.c
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ static void bch2_read_retry_nodecode(struct bch_fs *c, struct bch_read_bio *rbio
 				     struct bch_io_failures *failed,
 				     unsigned flags)
 {
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 	struct btree_iter iter;
 	struct bkey_buf sk;
 	struct bkey_s_c k;
@@ -369,9 +369,8 @@ static void bch2_read_retry_nodecode(struct bch_fs *c, struct bch_read_bio *rbio
 	flags |= BCH_READ_MUST_CLONE;
 
 	bch2_bkey_buf_init(&sk);
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 0, 0);
 
-	bch2_trans_iter_init(&trans, &iter, rbio->data_btree,
+	bch2_trans_iter_init(trans, &iter, rbio->data_btree,
 			     rbio->read_pos, BTREE_ITER_SLOTS);
 retry:
 	rbio->bio.bi_status = 0;
@@ -382,7 +381,7 @@ retry:
 
 	bch2_bkey_buf_reassemble(&sk, c, k);
 	k = bkey_i_to_s_c(sk.k);
-	bch2_trans_unlock(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_unlock(trans);
 
 	if (!bch2_bkey_matches_ptr(c, k,
 				   rbio->pick.ptr,
@@ -393,7 +392,7 @@ retry:
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	ret = __bch2_read_extent(&trans, rbio, bvec_iter,
+	ret = __bch2_read_extent(trans, rbio, bvec_iter,
 				 rbio->read_pos,
 				 rbio->data_btree,
 				 k, 0, failed, flags);
@@ -403,8 +402,8 @@ retry:
 		goto err;
 out:
 	bch2_rbio_done(rbio);
-	bch2_trans_iter_exit(&trans, &iter);
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_iter_exit(trans, &iter);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 	bch2_bkey_buf_exit(&sk, c);
 	return;
 err:
@@ -526,7 +525,7 @@ out:
 static noinline void bch2_rbio_narrow_crcs(struct bch_read_bio *rbio)
 {
 	bch2_trans_do(rbio->c, NULL, NULL, BTREE_INSERT_NOFAIL,
-		      __bch2_rbio_narrow_crcs(&trans, rbio));
+		      __bch2_rbio_narrow_crcs(trans, rbio));
 }
 
 /* Inner part that may run in process context */
@@ -1082,7 +1081,7 @@ void __bch2_read(struct bch_fs *c, struct bch_read_bio *rbio,
 		 struct bvec_iter bvec_iter, subvol_inum inum,
 		 struct bch_io_failures *failed, unsigned flags)
 {
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 	struct btree_iter iter;
 	struct bkey_buf sk;
 	struct bkey_s_c k;
@@ -1092,16 +1091,15 @@ void __bch2_read(struct bch_fs *c, struct bch_read_bio *rbio,
 	BUG_ON(flags & BCH_READ_NODECODE);
 
 	bch2_bkey_buf_init(&sk);
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 0, 0);
 retry:
-	bch2_trans_begin(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_begin(trans);
 	iter = (struct btree_iter) { NULL };
 
-	ret = bch2_subvolume_get_snapshot(&trans, inum.subvol, &snapshot);
+	ret = bch2_subvolume_get_snapshot(trans, inum.subvol, &snapshot);
 	if (ret)
 		goto err;
 
-	bch2_trans_iter_init(&trans, &iter, BTREE_ID_extents,
+	bch2_trans_iter_init(trans, &iter, BTREE_ID_extents,
 			     SPOS(inum.inum, bvec_iter.bi_sector, snapshot),
 			     BTREE_ITER_SLOTS);
 	while (1) {
@@ -1112,7 +1110,7 @@ retry:
 		 * read_extent -> io_time_reset may cause a transaction restart
 		 * without returning an error, we need to check for that here:
 		 */
-		ret = bch2_trans_relock(&trans);
+		ret = bch2_trans_relock(trans);
 		if (ret)
 			break;
 
@@ -1130,7 +1128,7 @@ retry:
 
 		bch2_bkey_buf_reassemble(&sk, c, k);
 
-		ret = bch2_read_indirect_extent(&trans, &data_btree,
+		ret = bch2_read_indirect_extent(trans, &data_btree,
 					&offset_into_extent, &sk);
 		if (ret)
 			break;
@@ -1149,7 +1147,7 @@ retry:
 		if (bvec_iter.bi_size == bytes)
 			flags |= BCH_READ_LAST_FRAGMENT;
 
-		ret = __bch2_read_extent(&trans, rbio, bvec_iter, iter.pos,
+		ret = __bch2_read_extent(trans, rbio, bvec_iter, iter.pos,
 					 data_btree, k,
 					 offset_into_extent, failed, flags);
 		if (ret)
@@ -1161,19 +1159,19 @@ retry:
 		swap(bvec_iter.bi_size, bytes);
 		bio_advance_iter(&rbio->bio, &bvec_iter, bytes);
 
-		ret = btree_trans_too_many_iters(&trans);
+		ret = btree_trans_too_many_iters(trans);
 		if (ret)
 			break;
 	}
 err:
-	bch2_trans_iter_exit(&trans, &iter);
+	bch2_trans_iter_exit(trans, &iter);
 
 	if (bch2_err_matches(ret, BCH_ERR_transaction_restart) ||
 	    ret == READ_RETRY ||
 	    ret == READ_RETRY_AVOID)
 		goto retry;
 
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 	bch2_bkey_buf_exit(&sk, c);
 
 	if (ret) {
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/io_write.c b/fs/bcachefs/io_write.c
index 3439e9553325..659330cbe357 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/io_write.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/io_write.c
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ static int bch2_write_index_default(struct bch_write_op *op)
 	struct bkey_buf sk;
 	struct keylist *keys = &op->insert_keys;
 	struct bkey_i *k = bch2_keylist_front(keys);
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 	struct btree_iter iter;
 	subvol_inum inum = {
 		.subvol = op->subvol,
@@ -333,30 +333,29 @@ static int bch2_write_index_default(struct bch_write_op *op)
 	BUG_ON(!inum.subvol);
 
 	bch2_bkey_buf_init(&sk);
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, BTREE_ITER_MAX, 1024);
 
 	do {
-		bch2_trans_begin(&trans);
+		bch2_trans_begin(trans);
 
 		k = bch2_keylist_front(keys);
 		bch2_bkey_buf_copy(&sk, c, k);
 
-		ret = bch2_subvolume_get_snapshot(&trans, inum.subvol,
+		ret = bch2_subvolume_get_snapshot(trans, inum.subvol,
 						  &sk.k->k.p.snapshot);
 		if (bch2_err_matches(ret, BCH_ERR_transaction_restart))
 			continue;
 		if (ret)
 			break;
 
-		bch2_trans_iter_init(&trans, &iter, BTREE_ID_extents,
+		bch2_trans_iter_init(trans, &iter, BTREE_ID_extents,
 				     bkey_start_pos(&sk.k->k),
 				     BTREE_ITER_SLOTS|BTREE_ITER_INTENT);
 
-		ret = bch2_extent_update(&trans, inum, &iter, sk.k,
+		ret = bch2_extent_update(trans, inum, &iter, sk.k,
 					 &op->res,
 					 op->new_i_size, &op->i_sectors_delta,
 					 op->flags & BCH_WRITE_CHECK_ENOSPC);
-		bch2_trans_iter_exit(&trans, &iter);
+		bch2_trans_iter_exit(trans, &iter);
 
 		if (bch2_err_matches(ret, BCH_ERR_transaction_restart))
 			continue;
@@ -369,7 +368,7 @@ static int bch2_write_index_default(struct bch_write_op *op)
 			bch2_cut_front(iter.pos, k);
 	} while (!bch2_keylist_empty(keys));
 
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 	bch2_bkey_buf_exit(&sk, c);
 
 	return ret;
@@ -1163,20 +1162,18 @@ static int bch2_nocow_write_convert_one_unwritten(struct btree_trans *trans,
 static void bch2_nocow_write_convert_unwritten(struct bch_write_op *op)
 {
 	struct bch_fs *c = op->c;
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 	struct btree_iter iter;
 	struct bkey_i *orig;
 	struct bkey_s_c k;
 	int ret;
 
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 0, 0);
-
 	for_each_keylist_key(&op->insert_keys, orig) {
-		ret = for_each_btree_key_upto_commit(&trans, iter, BTREE_ID_extents,
+		ret = for_each_btree_key_upto_commit(trans, iter, BTREE_ID_extents,
 				     bkey_start_pos(&orig->k), orig->k.p,
 				     BTREE_ITER_INTENT, k,
 				     NULL, NULL, BTREE_INSERT_NOFAIL, ({
-			bch2_nocow_write_convert_one_unwritten(&trans, &iter, orig, k, op->new_i_size);
+			bch2_nocow_write_convert_one_unwritten(trans, &iter, orig, k, op->new_i_size);
 		}));
 
 		if (ret && !bch2_err_matches(ret, EROFS)) {
@@ -1194,7 +1191,7 @@ static void bch2_nocow_write_convert_unwritten(struct bch_write_op *op)
 		}
 	}
 
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 }
 
 static void __bch2_nocow_write_done(struct bch_write_op *op)
@@ -1218,7 +1215,7 @@ static void bch2_nocow_write_done(struct closure *cl)
 static void bch2_nocow_write(struct bch_write_op *op)
 {
 	struct bch_fs *c = op->c;
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans;
 	struct btree_iter iter;
 	struct bkey_s_c k;
 	struct bkey_ptrs_c ptrs;
@@ -1235,15 +1232,15 @@ static void bch2_nocow_write(struct bch_write_op *op)
 	if (op->flags & BCH_WRITE_MOVE)
 		return;
 
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 0, 0);
+	trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 retry:
-	bch2_trans_begin(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_begin(trans);
 
-	ret = bch2_subvolume_get_snapshot(&trans, op->subvol, &snapshot);
+	ret = bch2_subvolume_get_snapshot(trans, op->subvol, &snapshot);
 	if (unlikely(ret))
 		goto err;
 
-	bch2_trans_iter_init(&trans, &iter, BTREE_ID_extents,
+	bch2_trans_iter_init(trans, &iter, BTREE_ID_extents,
 			     SPOS(op->pos.inode, op->pos.offset, snapshot),
 			     BTREE_ITER_SLOTS);
 	while (1) {
@@ -1289,7 +1286,7 @@ retry:
 
 		/* Unlock before taking nocow locks, doing IO: */
 		bkey_reassemble(op->insert_keys.top, k);
-		bch2_trans_unlock(&trans);
+		bch2_trans_unlock(trans);
 
 		bch2_cut_front(op->pos, op->insert_keys.top);
 		if (op->flags & BCH_WRITE_CONVERT_UNWRITTEN)
@@ -1338,7 +1335,7 @@ retry:
 		bch2_btree_iter_advance(&iter);
 	}
 out:
-	bch2_trans_iter_exit(&trans, &iter);
+	bch2_trans_iter_exit(trans, &iter);
 err:
 	if (bch2_err_matches(ret, BCH_ERR_transaction_restart))
 		goto retry;
@@ -1353,7 +1350,7 @@ err:
 		op->flags |= BCH_WRITE_DONE;
 	}
 
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 
 	/* fallback to cow write path? */
 	if (!(op->flags & BCH_WRITE_DONE)) {
@@ -1431,7 +1428,7 @@ again:
 		 * allocations for specific disks may hang arbitrarily long:
 		 */
 		ret = bch2_trans_do(c, NULL, NULL, 0,
-			bch2_alloc_sectors_start_trans(&trans,
+			bch2_alloc_sectors_start_trans(trans,
 				op->target,
 				op->opts.erasure_code && !(op->flags & BCH_WRITE_CACHED),
 				op->write_point,
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/journal.c b/fs/bcachefs/journal.c
index 40455e892112..ad80618d1740 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/journal.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/journal.c
@@ -834,7 +834,7 @@ static int __bch2_set_nr_journal_buckets(struct bch_dev *ca, unsigned nr,
 				break;
 
 			ret = bch2_trans_run(c,
-				bch2_trans_mark_metadata_bucket(&trans, ca,
+				bch2_trans_mark_metadata_bucket(trans, ca,
 						ob[nr_got]->bucket, BCH_DATA_journal,
 						ca->mi.bucket_size));
 			if (ret) {
@@ -915,7 +915,7 @@ err_unblock:
 	if (ret && !new_fs)
 		for (i = 0; i < nr_got; i++)
 			bch2_trans_run(c,
-				bch2_trans_mark_metadata_bucket(&trans, ca,
+				bch2_trans_mark_metadata_bucket(trans, ca,
 						bu[i], BCH_DATA_free, 0));
 err_free:
 	if (!new_fs)
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/journal_seq_blacklist.c b/fs/bcachefs/journal_seq_blacklist.c
index d6b9f2cdf8e7..1e1a79405693 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/journal_seq_blacklist.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/journal_seq_blacklist.c
@@ -250,20 +250,18 @@ void bch2_blacklist_entries_gc(struct work_struct *work)
 	struct journal_seq_blacklist_table *t;
 	struct bch_sb_field_journal_seq_blacklist *bl;
 	struct journal_seq_blacklist_entry *src, *dst;
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 	unsigned i, nr, new_nr;
 	int ret;
 
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 0, 0);
-
 	for (i = 0; i < BTREE_ID_NR; i++) {
 		struct btree_iter iter;
 		struct btree *b;
 
-		bch2_trans_node_iter_init(&trans, &iter, i, POS_MIN,
+		bch2_trans_node_iter_init(trans, &iter, i, POS_MIN,
 					  0, 0, BTREE_ITER_PREFETCH);
 retry:
-		bch2_trans_begin(&trans);
+		bch2_trans_begin(trans);
 
 		b = bch2_btree_iter_peek_node(&iter);
 
@@ -275,10 +273,10 @@ retry:
 		if (bch2_err_matches(ret, BCH_ERR_transaction_restart))
 			goto retry;
 
-		bch2_trans_iter_exit(&trans, &iter);
+		bch2_trans_iter_exit(trans, &iter);
 	}
 
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 	if (ret)
 		return;
 
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/logged_ops.c b/fs/bcachefs/logged_ops.c
index e133c23ad51c..8640f7dee0de 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/logged_ops.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/logged_ops.c
@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@ int bch2_resume_logged_ops(struct bch_fs *c)
 	int ret;
 
 	ret = bch2_trans_run(c,
-		for_each_btree_key2(&trans, iter,
+		for_each_btree_key2(trans, iter,
 				BTREE_ID_logged_ops, POS_MIN, BTREE_ITER_PREFETCH, k,
-			resume_logged_op(&trans, &iter, k)));
+			resume_logged_op(trans, &iter, k)));
 	if (ret)
 		bch_err_fn(c, ret);
 	return ret;
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/lru.c b/fs/bcachefs/lru.c
index 3e8b8f2f38a3..215a653322f3 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/lru.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/lru.c
@@ -151,10 +151,10 @@ int bch2_check_lrus(struct bch_fs *c)
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	ret = bch2_trans_run(c,
-		for_each_btree_key_commit(&trans, iter,
+		for_each_btree_key_commit(trans, iter,
 				BTREE_ID_lru, POS_MIN, BTREE_ITER_PREFETCH, k,
 				NULL, NULL, BTREE_INSERT_NOFAIL|BTREE_INSERT_LAZY_RW,
-			bch2_check_lru_key(&trans, &iter, k, &last_flushed_pos)));
+			bch2_check_lru_key(trans, &iter, k, &last_flushed_pos)));
 	if (ret)
 		bch_err_fn(c, ret);
 	return ret;
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/migrate.c b/fs/bcachefs/migrate.c
index 4746dfa7af97..e3a51f6d6c9b 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/migrate.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/migrate.c
@@ -78,34 +78,32 @@ static int bch2_dev_usrdata_drop_key(struct btree_trans *trans,
 
 static int bch2_dev_usrdata_drop(struct bch_fs *c, unsigned dev_idx, int flags)
 {
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 	struct btree_iter iter;
 	struct bkey_s_c k;
 	enum btree_id id;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, BTREE_ITER_MAX, 0);
-
 	for (id = 0; id < BTREE_ID_NR; id++) {
 		if (!btree_type_has_ptrs(id))
 			continue;
 
-		ret = for_each_btree_key_commit(&trans, iter, id, POS_MIN,
+		ret = for_each_btree_key_commit(trans, iter, id, POS_MIN,
 				BTREE_ITER_PREFETCH|BTREE_ITER_ALL_SNAPSHOTS, k,
 				NULL, NULL, BTREE_INSERT_NOFAIL,
-			bch2_dev_usrdata_drop_key(&trans, &iter, k, dev_idx, flags));
+			bch2_dev_usrdata_drop_key(trans, &iter, k, dev_idx, flags));
 		if (ret)
 			break;
 	}
 
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 
 	return ret;
 }
 
 static int bch2_dev_metadata_drop(struct bch_fs *c, unsigned dev_idx, int flags)
 {
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans;
 	struct btree_iter iter;
 	struct closure cl;
 	struct btree *b;
@@ -117,16 +115,16 @@ static int bch2_dev_metadata_drop(struct bch_fs *c, unsigned dev_idx, int flags)
 	if (flags & BCH_FORCE_IF_METADATA_LOST)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 	bch2_bkey_buf_init(&k);
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 0, 0);
 	closure_init_stack(&cl);
 
 	for (id = 0; id < BTREE_ID_NR; id++) {
-		bch2_trans_node_iter_init(&trans, &iter, id, POS_MIN, 0, 0,
+		bch2_trans_node_iter_init(trans, &iter, id, POS_MIN, 0, 0,
 					  BTREE_ITER_PREFETCH);
 retry:
 		ret = 0;
-		while (bch2_trans_begin(&trans),
+		while (bch2_trans_begin(trans),
 		       (b = bch2_btree_iter_peek_node(&iter)) &&
 		       !(ret = PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(b))) {
 			if (!bch2_bkey_has_device_c(bkey_i_to_s_c(&b->key), dev_idx))
@@ -141,7 +139,7 @@ retry:
 				break;
 			}
 
-			ret = bch2_btree_node_update_key(&trans, &iter, b, k.k, 0, false);
+			ret = bch2_btree_node_update_key(trans, &iter, b, k.k, 0, false);
 			if (bch2_err_matches(ret, BCH_ERR_transaction_restart)) {
 				ret = 0;
 				continue;
@@ -157,7 +155,7 @@ next:
 		if (bch2_err_matches(ret, BCH_ERR_transaction_restart))
 			goto retry;
 
-		bch2_trans_iter_exit(&trans, &iter);
+		bch2_trans_iter_exit(trans, &iter);
 
 		if (ret)
 			goto err;
@@ -166,8 +164,8 @@ next:
 	bch2_btree_interior_updates_flush(c);
 	ret = 0;
 err:
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
 	bch2_bkey_buf_exit(&k, c);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 
 	BUG_ON(bch2_err_matches(ret, BCH_ERR_transaction_restart));
 
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/move.c b/fs/bcachefs/move.c
index d62b757536a3..c1aa76f9f845 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/move.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/move.c
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ static int __bch2_move_data(struct moving_context *ctxt,
 	struct bch_fs *c = ctxt->c;
 	struct bch_io_opts io_opts = bch2_opts_to_inode_opts(c->opts);
 	struct bkey_buf sk;
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 	struct btree_iter iter;
 	struct bkey_s_c k;
 	struct data_update_opts data_opts;
@@ -533,7 +533,6 @@ static int __bch2_move_data(struct moving_context *ctxt,
 	int ret = 0, ret2;
 
 	bch2_bkey_buf_init(&sk);
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 0, 0);
 
 	if (ctxt->stats) {
 		ctxt->stats->data_type	= BCH_DATA_user;
@@ -541,15 +540,15 @@ static int __bch2_move_data(struct moving_context *ctxt,
 		ctxt->stats->pos	= start;
 	}
 
-	bch2_trans_iter_init(&trans, &iter, btree_id, start,
+	bch2_trans_iter_init(trans, &iter, btree_id, start,
 			     BTREE_ITER_PREFETCH|
 			     BTREE_ITER_ALL_SNAPSHOTS);
 
 	if (ctxt->rate)
 		bch2_ratelimit_reset(ctxt->rate);
 
-	while (!move_ratelimit(&trans, ctxt)) {
-		bch2_trans_begin(&trans);
+	while (!move_ratelimit(trans, ctxt)) {
+		bch2_trans_begin(trans);
 
 		k = bch2_btree_iter_peek(&iter);
 		if (!k.k)
@@ -570,7 +569,7 @@ static int __bch2_move_data(struct moving_context *ctxt,
 		if (!bkey_extent_is_direct_data(k.k))
 			goto next_nondata;
 
-		ret = move_get_io_opts(&trans, &io_opts, k, &cur_inum);
+		ret = move_get_io_opts(trans, &io_opts, k, &cur_inum);
 		if (ret)
 			continue;
 
@@ -585,7 +584,7 @@ static int __bch2_move_data(struct moving_context *ctxt,
 		bch2_bkey_buf_reassemble(&sk, c, k);
 		k = bkey_i_to_s_c(sk.k);
 
-		ret2 = bch2_move_extent(&trans, &iter, ctxt, NULL,
+		ret2 = bch2_move_extent(trans, &iter, ctxt, NULL,
 					io_opts, btree_id, k, data_opts);
 		if (ret2) {
 			if (bch2_err_matches(ret2, BCH_ERR_transaction_restart))
@@ -593,7 +592,7 @@ static int __bch2_move_data(struct moving_context *ctxt,
 
 			if (ret2 == -ENOMEM) {
 				/* memory allocation failure, wait for some IO to finish */
-				bch2_move_ctxt_wait_for_io(ctxt, &trans);
+				bch2_move_ctxt_wait_for_io(ctxt, trans);
 				continue;
 			}
 
@@ -610,8 +609,8 @@ next_nondata:
 		bch2_btree_iter_advance(&iter);
 	}
 
-	bch2_trans_iter_exit(&trans, &iter);
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_iter_exit(trans, &iter);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 	bch2_bkey_buf_exit(&sk, c);
 
 	return ret;
@@ -826,15 +825,14 @@ int bch2_evacuate_bucket(struct bch_fs *c,
 			 struct write_point_specifier wp,
 			 bool wait_on_copygc)
 {
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 	struct moving_context ctxt;
 	int ret;
 
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 0, 0);
 	bch2_moving_ctxt_init(&ctxt, c, rate, stats, wp, wait_on_copygc);
-	ret = __bch2_evacuate_bucket(&trans, &ctxt, NULL, bucket, gen, data_opts);
+	ret = __bch2_evacuate_bucket(trans, &ctxt, NULL, bucket, gen, data_opts);
 	bch2_moving_ctxt_exit(&ctxt);
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -851,14 +849,13 @@ static int bch2_move_btree(struct bch_fs *c,
 {
 	bool kthread = (current->flags & PF_KTHREAD) != 0;
 	struct bch_io_opts io_opts = bch2_opts_to_inode_opts(c->opts);
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 	struct btree_iter iter;
 	struct btree *b;
 	enum btree_id id;
 	struct data_update_opts data_opts;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 0, 0);
 	progress_list_add(c, stats);
 
 	stats->data_type = BCH_DATA_btree;
@@ -871,11 +868,11 @@ static int bch2_move_btree(struct bch_fs *c,
 		if (!bch2_btree_id_root(c, id)->b)
 			continue;
 
-		bch2_trans_node_iter_init(&trans, &iter, id, POS_MIN, 0, 0,
+		bch2_trans_node_iter_init(trans, &iter, id, POS_MIN, 0, 0,
 					  BTREE_ITER_PREFETCH);
 retry:
 		ret = 0;
-		while (bch2_trans_begin(&trans),
+		while (bch2_trans_begin(trans),
 		       (b = bch2_btree_iter_peek_node(&iter)) &&
 		       !(ret = PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(b))) {
 			if (kthread && kthread_should_stop())
@@ -890,7 +887,7 @@ retry:
 			if (!pred(c, arg, b, &io_opts, &data_opts))
 				goto next;
 
-			ret = bch2_btree_node_rewrite(&trans, &iter, b, 0) ?: ret;
+			ret = bch2_btree_node_rewrite(trans, &iter, b, 0) ?: ret;
 			if (bch2_err_matches(ret, BCH_ERR_transaction_restart))
 				continue;
 			if (ret)
@@ -901,13 +898,13 @@ next:
 		if (bch2_err_matches(ret, BCH_ERR_transaction_restart))
 			goto retry;
 
-		bch2_trans_iter_exit(&trans, &iter);
+		bch2_trans_iter_exit(trans, &iter);
 
 		if (kthread && kthread_should_stop())
 			break;
 	}
 
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 
 	if (ret)
 		bch_err_fn(c, ret);
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/movinggc.c b/fs/bcachefs/movinggc.c
index 874c9324ab66..4017120baeee 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/movinggc.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/movinggc.c
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ void bch2_copygc_wait_to_text(struct printbuf *out, struct bch_fs *c)
 static int bch2_copygc_thread(void *arg)
 {
 	struct bch_fs *c = arg;
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans;
 	struct moving_context ctxt;
 	struct bch_move_stats move_stats;
 	struct io_clock *clock = &c->io_clock[WRITE];
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ static int bch2_copygc_thread(void *arg)
 	}
 
 	set_freezable();
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 0, 0);
+	trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 
 	bch2_move_stats_init(&move_stats, "copygc");
 	bch2_moving_ctxt_init(&ctxt, c, NULL, &move_stats,
@@ -325,16 +325,16 @@ static int bch2_copygc_thread(void *arg)
 			      false);
 
 	while (!ret && !kthread_should_stop()) {
-		bch2_trans_unlock(&trans);
+		bch2_trans_unlock(trans);
 		cond_resched();
 
 		if (!c->copy_gc_enabled) {
-			move_buckets_wait(&trans, &ctxt, &buckets, true);
+			move_buckets_wait(trans, &ctxt, &buckets, true);
 			kthread_wait_freezable(c->copy_gc_enabled);
 		}
 
 		if (unlikely(freezing(current))) {
-			move_buckets_wait(&trans, &ctxt, &buckets, true);
+			move_buckets_wait(trans, &ctxt, &buckets, true);
 			__refrigerator(false);
 			continue;
 		}
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ static int bch2_copygc_thread(void *arg)
 		if (wait > clock->max_slop) {
 			c->copygc_wait_at = last;
 			c->copygc_wait = last + wait;
-			move_buckets_wait(&trans, &ctxt, &buckets, true);
+			move_buckets_wait(trans, &ctxt, &buckets, true);
 			trace_and_count(c, copygc_wait, c, wait, last + wait);
 			bch2_kthread_io_clock_wait(clock, last + wait,
 					MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT);
@@ -355,15 +355,15 @@ static int bch2_copygc_thread(void *arg)
 		c->copygc_wait = 0;
 
 		c->copygc_running = true;
-		ret = bch2_copygc(&trans, &ctxt, &buckets);
+		ret = bch2_copygc(trans, &ctxt, &buckets);
 		c->copygc_running = false;
 
 		wake_up(&c->copygc_running_wq);
 	}
 
-	move_buckets_wait(&trans, &ctxt, &buckets, true);
+	move_buckets_wait(trans, &ctxt, &buckets, true);
 	rhashtable_destroy(&buckets.table);
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 	bch2_moving_ctxt_exit(&ctxt);
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/quota.c b/fs/bcachefs/quota.c
index f16aa3bc9679..36de2f071d80 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/quota.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/quota.c
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ advance:
 int bch2_fs_quota_read(struct bch_fs *c)
 {
 	struct bch_sb_field_quota *sb_quota;
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans;
 	struct btree_iter iter;
 	struct bkey_s_c k;
 	int ret;
@@ -614,16 +614,16 @@ int bch2_fs_quota_read(struct bch_fs *c)
 	bch2_sb_quota_read(c);
 	mutex_unlock(&c->sb_lock);
 
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 0, 0);
+	trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 
-	ret = for_each_btree_key2(&trans, iter, BTREE_ID_quotas,
+	ret = for_each_btree_key2(trans, iter, BTREE_ID_quotas,
 			POS_MIN, BTREE_ITER_PREFETCH, k,
 		__bch2_quota_set(c, k, NULL)) ?:
-	      for_each_btree_key2(&trans, iter, BTREE_ID_inodes,
+	      for_each_btree_key2(trans, iter, BTREE_ID_inodes,
 			POS_MIN, BTREE_ITER_PREFETCH|BTREE_ITER_ALL_SNAPSHOTS, k,
-		bch2_fs_quota_read_inode(&trans, &iter, k));
+		bch2_fs_quota_read_inode(trans, &iter, k));
 
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 
 	if (ret)
 		bch_err_fn(c, ret);
@@ -956,7 +956,7 @@ static int bch2_set_quota(struct super_block *sb, struct kqid qid,
 	new_quota.k.p = POS(qid.type, from_kqid(&init_user_ns, qid));
 
 	ret = bch2_trans_do(c, NULL, NULL, 0,
-			    bch2_set_quota_trans(&trans, &new_quota, qdq)) ?:
+			    bch2_set_quota_trans(trans, &new_quota, qdq)) ?:
 		__bch2_quota_set(c, bkey_i_to_s_c(&new_quota.k_i), qdq);
 
 	return bch2_err_class(ret);
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/recovery.c b/fs/bcachefs/recovery.c
index f566c94260d6..1dceb7eeb205 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/recovery.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/recovery.c
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ static int bch2_journal_replay(struct bch_fs *c)
 				    (!k->allocated
 				     ? BTREE_INSERT_JOURNAL_REPLAY|BCH_WATERMARK_reclaim
 				     : 0),
-			     bch2_journal_replay_key(&trans, k));
+			     bch2_journal_replay_key(trans, k));
 		if (ret) {
 			bch_err(c, "journal replay: error while replaying key at btree %s level %u: %s",
 				bch2_btree_ids[k->btree_id], k->level, bch2_err_str(ret));
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ noinline_for_stack
 static int bch2_fs_upgrade_for_subvolumes(struct bch_fs *c)
 {
 	int ret = bch2_trans_do(c, NULL, NULL, BTREE_INSERT_LAZY_RW,
-				__bch2_fs_upgrade_for_subvolumes(&trans));
+				__bch2_fs_upgrade_for_subvolumes(trans));
 	if (ret)
 		bch_err_fn(c, ret);
 	return ret;
@@ -1013,7 +1013,7 @@ int bch2_fs_initialize(struct bch_fs *c)
 	bch2_inode_init_early(c, &lostfound_inode);
 
 	ret = bch2_trans_do(c, NULL, NULL, 0,
-		bch2_create_trans(&trans,
+		bch2_create_trans(trans,
 				  BCACHEFS_ROOT_SUBVOL_INUM,
 				  &root_inode, &lostfound_inode,
 				  &lostfound,
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/reflink.c b/fs/bcachefs/reflink.c
index fb605b25b067..d77d0ea9afff 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/reflink.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/reflink.c
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ s64 bch2_remap_range(struct bch_fs *c,
 		     u64 remap_sectors,
 		     u64 new_i_size, s64 *i_sectors_delta)
 {
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans;
 	struct btree_iter dst_iter, src_iter;
 	struct bkey_s_c src_k;
 	struct bkey_buf new_dst, new_src;
@@ -275,11 +275,11 @@ s64 bch2_remap_range(struct bch_fs *c,
 
 	bch2_bkey_buf_init(&new_dst);
 	bch2_bkey_buf_init(&new_src);
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, BTREE_ITER_MAX, 4096);
+	trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 
-	bch2_trans_iter_init(&trans, &src_iter, BTREE_ID_extents, src_start,
+	bch2_trans_iter_init(trans, &src_iter, BTREE_ID_extents, src_start,
 			     BTREE_ITER_INTENT);
-	bch2_trans_iter_init(&trans, &dst_iter, BTREE_ID_extents, dst_start,
+	bch2_trans_iter_init(trans, &dst_iter, BTREE_ID_extents, dst_start,
 			     BTREE_ITER_INTENT);
 
 	while ((ret == 0 ||
@@ -287,21 +287,21 @@ s64 bch2_remap_range(struct bch_fs *c,
 	       bkey_lt(dst_iter.pos, dst_end)) {
 		struct disk_reservation disk_res = { 0 };
 
-		bch2_trans_begin(&trans);
+		bch2_trans_begin(trans);
 
 		if (fatal_signal_pending(current)) {
 			ret = -EINTR;
 			break;
 		}
 
-		ret = bch2_subvolume_get_snapshot(&trans, src_inum.subvol,
+		ret = bch2_subvolume_get_snapshot(trans, src_inum.subvol,
 						  &src_snapshot);
 		if (ret)
 			continue;
 
 		bch2_btree_iter_set_snapshot(&src_iter, src_snapshot);
 
-		ret = bch2_subvolume_get_snapshot(&trans, dst_inum.subvol,
+		ret = bch2_subvolume_get_snapshot(trans, dst_inum.subvol,
 						  &dst_snapshot);
 		if (ret)
 			continue;
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ s64 bch2_remap_range(struct bch_fs *c,
 			continue;
 
 		if (bkey_lt(src_want, src_iter.pos)) {
-			ret = bch2_fpunch_at(&trans, &dst_iter, dst_inum,
+			ret = bch2_fpunch_at(trans, &dst_iter, dst_inum,
 					min(dst_end.offset,
 					    dst_iter.pos.offset +
 					    src_iter.pos.offset - src_want.offset),
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ s64 bch2_remap_range(struct bch_fs *c,
 			bch2_bkey_buf_reassemble(&new_src, c, src_k);
 			src_k = bkey_i_to_s_c(new_src.k);
 
-			ret = bch2_make_extent_indirect(&trans, &src_iter,
+			ret = bch2_make_extent_indirect(trans, &src_iter,
 						new_src.k);
 			if (ret)
 				continue;
@@ -360,14 +360,14 @@ s64 bch2_remap_range(struct bch_fs *c,
 				min(src_k.k->p.offset - src_want.offset,
 				    dst_end.offset - dst_iter.pos.offset));
 
-		ret = bch2_extent_update(&trans, dst_inum, &dst_iter,
+		ret = bch2_extent_update(trans, dst_inum, &dst_iter,
 					 new_dst.k, &disk_res,
 					 new_i_size, i_sectors_delta,
 					 true);
 		bch2_disk_reservation_put(c, &disk_res);
 	}
-	bch2_trans_iter_exit(&trans, &dst_iter);
-	bch2_trans_iter_exit(&trans, &src_iter);
+	bch2_trans_iter_exit(trans, &dst_iter);
+	bch2_trans_iter_exit(trans, &src_iter);
 
 	BUG_ON(!ret && !bkey_eq(dst_iter.pos, dst_end));
 	BUG_ON(bkey_gt(dst_iter.pos, dst_end));
@@ -379,23 +379,23 @@ s64 bch2_remap_range(struct bch_fs *c,
 		struct bch_inode_unpacked inode_u;
 		struct btree_iter inode_iter = { NULL };
 
-		bch2_trans_begin(&trans);
+		bch2_trans_begin(trans);
 
-		ret2 = bch2_inode_peek(&trans, &inode_iter, &inode_u,
+		ret2 = bch2_inode_peek(trans, &inode_iter, &inode_u,
 				       dst_inum, BTREE_ITER_INTENT);
 
 		if (!ret2 &&
 		    inode_u.bi_size < new_i_size) {
 			inode_u.bi_size = new_i_size;
-			ret2  = bch2_inode_write(&trans, &inode_iter, &inode_u) ?:
-				bch2_trans_commit(&trans, NULL, NULL,
+			ret2  = bch2_inode_write(trans, &inode_iter, &inode_u) ?:
+				bch2_trans_commit(trans, NULL, NULL,
 						  BTREE_INSERT_NOFAIL);
 		}
 
-		bch2_trans_iter_exit(&trans, &inode_iter);
+		bch2_trans_iter_exit(trans, &inode_iter);
 	} while (bch2_err_matches(ret2, BCH_ERR_transaction_restart));
 
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 	bch2_bkey_buf_exit(&new_src, c);
 	bch2_bkey_buf_exit(&new_dst, c);
 
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/snapshot.c b/fs/bcachefs/snapshot.c
index 73fca04011ad..ff7f71576d5c 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/snapshot.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/snapshot.c
@@ -610,11 +610,11 @@ int bch2_check_snapshot_trees(struct bch_fs *c)
 	int ret;
 
 	ret = bch2_trans_run(c,
-		for_each_btree_key_commit(&trans, iter,
+		for_each_btree_key_commit(trans, iter,
 			BTREE_ID_snapshot_trees, POS_MIN,
 			BTREE_ITER_PREFETCH, k,
 			NULL, NULL, BTREE_INSERT_LAZY_RW|BTREE_INSERT_NOFAIL,
-		check_snapshot_tree(&trans, &iter, k)));
+		check_snapshot_tree(trans, &iter, k)));
 
 	if (ret)
 		bch_err(c, "error %i checking snapshot trees", ret);
@@ -883,11 +883,11 @@ int bch2_check_snapshots(struct bch_fs *c)
 	 * the parent's depth already be correct:
 	 */
 	ret = bch2_trans_run(c,
-		for_each_btree_key_reverse_commit(&trans, iter,
+		for_each_btree_key_reverse_commit(trans, iter,
 			BTREE_ID_snapshots, POS_MAX,
 			BTREE_ITER_PREFETCH, k,
 			NULL, NULL, BTREE_INSERT_LAZY_RW|BTREE_INSERT_NOFAIL,
-		check_snapshot(&trans, &iter, k)));
+		check_snapshot(trans, &iter, k)));
 	if (ret)
 		bch_err_fn(c, ret);
 	return ret;
@@ -1373,7 +1373,7 @@ static int bch2_fix_child_of_deleted_snapshot(struct btree_trans *trans,
 
 int bch2_delete_dead_snapshots(struct bch_fs *c)
 {
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans;
 	struct btree_iter iter;
 	struct bkey_s_c k;
 	struct bkey_s_c_snapshot snap;
@@ -1390,30 +1390,30 @@ int bch2_delete_dead_snapshots(struct bch_fs *c)
 		}
 	}
 
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 0, 0);
+	trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 
 	/*
 	 * For every snapshot node: If we have no live children and it's not
 	 * pointed to by a subvolume, delete it:
 	 */
-	ret = for_each_btree_key_commit(&trans, iter, BTREE_ID_snapshots,
+	ret = for_each_btree_key_commit(trans, iter, BTREE_ID_snapshots,
 			POS_MIN, 0, k,
 			NULL, NULL, 0,
-		bch2_delete_redundant_snapshot(&trans, &iter, k));
+		bch2_delete_redundant_snapshot(trans, &iter, k));
 	if (ret) {
 		bch_err_msg(c, ret, "deleting redundant snapshots");
 		goto err;
 	}
 
-	for_each_btree_key2(&trans, iter, BTREE_ID_snapshots,
+	for_each_btree_key2(trans, iter, BTREE_ID_snapshots,
 			   POS_MIN, 0, k,
-		bch2_snapshot_set_equiv(&trans, k));
+		bch2_snapshot_set_equiv(trans, k));
 	if (ret) {
 		bch_err_msg(c, ret, "in bch2_snapshots_set_equiv");
 		goto err;
 	}
 
-	for_each_btree_key(&trans, iter, BTREE_ID_snapshots,
+	for_each_btree_key(trans, iter, BTREE_ID_snapshots,
 			   POS_MIN, 0, k, ret) {
 		if (k.k->type != KEY_TYPE_snapshot)
 			continue;
@@ -1425,7 +1425,7 @@ int bch2_delete_dead_snapshots(struct bch_fs *c)
 				break;
 		}
 	}
-	bch2_trans_iter_exit(&trans, &iter);
+	bch2_trans_iter_exit(trans, &iter);
 
 	if (ret) {
 		bch_err_msg(c, ret, "walking snapshots");
@@ -1440,16 +1440,16 @@ int bch2_delete_dead_snapshots(struct bch_fs *c)
 		if (!btree_type_has_snapshots(id))
 			continue;
 
-		ret = for_each_btree_key_commit(&trans, iter,
+		ret = for_each_btree_key_commit(trans, iter,
 				id, POS_MIN,
 				BTREE_ITER_PREFETCH|BTREE_ITER_ALL_SNAPSHOTS, k,
 				&res, NULL, BTREE_INSERT_NOFAIL,
-			snapshot_delete_key(&trans, &iter, k, &deleted, &equiv_seen, &last_pos)) ?:
-		      for_each_btree_key_commit(&trans, iter,
+			snapshot_delete_key(trans, &iter, k, &deleted, &equiv_seen, &last_pos)) ?:
+		      for_each_btree_key_commit(trans, iter,
 				id, POS_MIN,
 				BTREE_ITER_PREFETCH|BTREE_ITER_ALL_SNAPSHOTS, k,
 				&res, NULL, BTREE_INSERT_NOFAIL,
-			move_key_to_correct_snapshot(&trans, &iter, k));
+			move_key_to_correct_snapshot(trans, &iter, k));
 
 		bch2_disk_reservation_put(c, &res);
 		darray_exit(&equiv_seen);
@@ -1460,7 +1460,7 @@ int bch2_delete_dead_snapshots(struct bch_fs *c)
 		}
 	}
 
-	for_each_btree_key(&trans, iter, BTREE_ID_snapshots,
+	for_each_btree_key(trans, iter, BTREE_ID_snapshots,
 			   POS_MIN, 0, k, ret) {
 		u32 snapshot = k.k->p.offset;
 		u32 equiv = bch2_snapshot_equiv(c, snapshot);
@@ -1468,23 +1468,23 @@ int bch2_delete_dead_snapshots(struct bch_fs *c)
 		if (equiv != snapshot)
 			snapshot_list_add(c, &deleted_interior, snapshot);
 	}
-	bch2_trans_iter_exit(&trans, &iter);
+	bch2_trans_iter_exit(trans, &iter);
 
 	/*
 	 * Fixing children of deleted snapshots can't be done completely
 	 * atomically, if we crash between here and when we delete the interior
 	 * nodes some depth fields will be off:
 	 */
-	ret = for_each_btree_key_commit(&trans, iter, BTREE_ID_snapshots, POS_MIN,
+	ret = for_each_btree_key_commit(trans, iter, BTREE_ID_snapshots, POS_MIN,
 				  BTREE_ITER_INTENT, k,
 				  NULL, NULL, BTREE_INSERT_NOFAIL,
-		bch2_fix_child_of_deleted_snapshot(&trans, &iter, k, &deleted_interior));
+		bch2_fix_child_of_deleted_snapshot(trans, &iter, k, &deleted_interior));
 	if (ret)
 		goto err;
 
 	darray_for_each(deleted, i) {
-		ret = commit_do(&trans, NULL, NULL, 0,
-			bch2_snapshot_node_delete(&trans, *i));
+		ret = commit_do(trans, NULL, NULL, 0,
+			bch2_snapshot_node_delete(trans, *i));
 		if (ret) {
 			bch_err_msg(c, ret, "deleting snapshot %u", *i);
 			goto err;
@@ -1492,8 +1492,8 @@ int bch2_delete_dead_snapshots(struct bch_fs *c)
 	}
 
 	darray_for_each(deleted_interior, i) {
-		ret = commit_do(&trans, NULL, NULL, 0,
-			bch2_snapshot_node_delete(&trans, *i));
+		ret = commit_do(trans, NULL, NULL, 0,
+			bch2_snapshot_node_delete(trans, *i));
 		if (ret) {
 			bch_err_msg(c, ret, "deleting snapshot %u", *i);
 			goto err;
@@ -1504,7 +1504,7 @@ int bch2_delete_dead_snapshots(struct bch_fs *c)
 err:
 	darray_exit(&deleted_interior);
 	darray_exit(&deleted);
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 	if (ret)
 		bch_err_fn(c, ret);
 	return ret;
@@ -1671,11 +1671,11 @@ int bch2_snapshots_read(struct bch_fs *c)
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	ret = bch2_trans_run(c,
-		for_each_btree_key2(&trans, iter, BTREE_ID_snapshots,
+		for_each_btree_key2(trans, iter, BTREE_ID_snapshots,
 			   POS_MIN, 0, k,
-			bch2_mark_snapshot(&trans, BTREE_ID_snapshots, 0, bkey_s_c_null, k, 0) ?:
-			bch2_snapshot_set_equiv(&trans, k)) ?:
-		for_each_btree_key2(&trans, iter, BTREE_ID_snapshots,
+			bch2_mark_snapshot(trans, BTREE_ID_snapshots, 0, bkey_s_c_null, k, 0) ?:
+			bch2_snapshot_set_equiv(trans, k)) ?:
+		for_each_btree_key2(trans, iter, BTREE_ID_snapshots,
 			   POS_MIN, 0, k,
 			   (set_is_ancestor_bitmap(c, k.k->p.offset), 0)));
 	if (ret)
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/subvolume.c b/fs/bcachefs/subvolume.c
index ca03d585a2fa..caf2dd7dafff 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/subvolume.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/subvolume.c
@@ -86,10 +86,10 @@ int bch2_check_subvols(struct bch_fs *c)
 	int ret;
 
 	ret = bch2_trans_run(c,
-		for_each_btree_key_commit(&trans, iter,
+		for_each_btree_key_commit(trans, iter,
 			BTREE_ID_subvolumes, POS_MIN, BTREE_ITER_PREFETCH, k,
 			NULL, NULL, BTREE_INSERT_LAZY_RW|BTREE_INSERT_NOFAIL,
-		check_subvol(&trans, &iter, k)));
+		check_subvol(trans, &iter, k)));
 	if (ret)
 		bch_err_fn(c, ret);
 	return ret;
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ static void bch2_subvolume_wait_for_pagecache_and_delete(struct work_struct *wor
 		bch2_evict_subvolume_inodes(c, &s);
 
 		for (id = s.data; id < s.data + s.nr; id++) {
-			ret = bch2_trans_run(c, bch2_subvolume_delete(&trans, *id));
+			ret = bch2_trans_run(c, bch2_subvolume_delete(trans, *id));
 			if (ret) {
 				bch_err_msg(c, ret, "deleting subvolume %u", *id);
 				break;
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/super.c b/fs/bcachefs/super.c
index 332951b794b4..a00dc4a4a2c9 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/super.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/super.c
@@ -470,7 +470,6 @@ int bch2_fs_read_write_early(struct bch_fs *c)
 static void __bch2_fs_free(struct bch_fs *c)
 {
 	unsigned i;
-	int cpu;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < BCH_TIME_STAT_NR; i++)
 		bch2_time_stats_exit(&c->times[i]);
@@ -502,12 +501,7 @@ static void __bch2_fs_free(struct bch_fs *c)
 	percpu_free_rwsem(&c->mark_lock);
 	free_percpu(c->online_reserved);
 
-	if (c->btree_paths_bufs)
-		for_each_possible_cpu(cpu)
-			kfree(per_cpu_ptr(c->btree_paths_bufs, cpu)->path);
-
 	darray_exit(&c->btree_roots_extra);
-	free_percpu(c->btree_paths_bufs);
 	free_percpu(c->pcpu);
 	mempool_exit(&c->large_bkey_pool);
 	mempool_exit(&c->btree_bounce_pool);
@@ -829,7 +823,6 @@ static struct bch_fs *bch2_fs_alloc(struct bch_sb *sb, struct bch_opts opts)
 			BIOSET_NEED_BVECS) ||
 	    !(c->pcpu = alloc_percpu(struct bch_fs_pcpu)) ||
 	    !(c->online_reserved = alloc_percpu(u64)) ||
-	    !(c->btree_paths_bufs = alloc_percpu(struct btree_path_buf)) ||
 	    mempool_init_kvpmalloc_pool(&c->btree_bounce_pool, 1,
 					btree_bytes(c)) ||
 	    mempool_init_kmalloc_pool(&c->large_bkey_pool, 1, 2048) ||
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/sysfs.c b/fs/bcachefs/sysfs.c
index 1e26c2645ce4..03dbea4d95ce 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/sysfs.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/sysfs.c
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ static size_t bch2_btree_cache_size(struct bch_fs *c)
 
 static int bch2_compression_stats_to_text(struct printbuf *out, struct bch_fs *c)
 {
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans;
 	struct btree_iter iter;
 	struct bkey_s_c k;
 	enum btree_id id;
@@ -268,13 +268,13 @@ static int bch2_compression_stats_to_text(struct printbuf *out, struct bch_fs *c
 	if (!test_bit(BCH_FS_STARTED, &c->flags))
 		return -EPERM;
 
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 0, 0);
+	trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 
 	for (id = 0; id < BTREE_ID_NR; id++) {
 		if (!btree_type_has_ptrs(id))
 			continue;
 
-		for_each_btree_key(&trans, iter, id, POS_MIN,
+		for_each_btree_key(trans, iter, id, POS_MIN,
 				   BTREE_ITER_ALL_SNAPSHOTS, k, ret) {
 			struct bkey_ptrs_c ptrs = bch2_bkey_ptrs_c(k);
 			const union bch_extent_entry *entry;
@@ -308,10 +308,10 @@ static int bch2_compression_stats_to_text(struct printbuf *out, struct bch_fs *c
 			else if (compressed)
 				nr_compressed_extents++;
 		}
-		bch2_trans_iter_exit(&trans, &iter);
+		bch2_trans_iter_exit(trans, &iter);
 	}
 
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/tests.c b/fs/bcachefs/tests.c
index 18ccb37b5a26..c907b3e00176 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/tests.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/tests.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ static void delete_test_keys(struct bch_fs *c)
 
 static int test_delete(struct bch_fs *c, u64 nr)
 {
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 	struct btree_iter iter;
 	struct bkey_i_cookie k;
 	int ret;
@@ -39,44 +39,43 @@ static int test_delete(struct bch_fs *c, u64 nr)
 	bkey_cookie_init(&k.k_i);
 	k.k.p.snapshot = U32_MAX;
 
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 0, 0);
-	bch2_trans_iter_init(&trans, &iter, BTREE_ID_xattrs, k.k.p,
+	bch2_trans_iter_init(trans, &iter, BTREE_ID_xattrs, k.k.p,
 			     BTREE_ITER_INTENT);
 
-	ret = commit_do(&trans, NULL, NULL, 0,
+	ret = commit_do(trans, NULL, NULL, 0,
 		bch2_btree_iter_traverse(&iter) ?:
-		bch2_trans_update(&trans, &iter, &k.k_i, 0));
+		bch2_trans_update(trans, &iter, &k.k_i, 0));
 	if (ret) {
 		bch_err_msg(c, ret, "update error");
 		goto err;
 	}
 
 	pr_info("deleting once");
-	ret = commit_do(&trans, NULL, NULL, 0,
+	ret = commit_do(trans, NULL, NULL, 0,
 		bch2_btree_iter_traverse(&iter) ?:
-		bch2_btree_delete_at(&trans, &iter, 0));
+		bch2_btree_delete_at(trans, &iter, 0));
 	if (ret) {
 		bch_err_msg(c, ret, "delete error (first)");
 		goto err;
 	}
 
 	pr_info("deleting twice");
-	ret = commit_do(&trans, NULL, NULL, 0,
+	ret = commit_do(trans, NULL, NULL, 0,
 		bch2_btree_iter_traverse(&iter) ?:
-		bch2_btree_delete_at(&trans, &iter, 0));
+		bch2_btree_delete_at(trans, &iter, 0));
 	if (ret) {
 		bch_err_msg(c, ret, "delete error (second)");
 		goto err;
 	}
 err:
-	bch2_trans_iter_exit(&trans, &iter);
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_iter_exit(trans, &iter);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 	return ret;
 }
 
 static int test_delete_written(struct bch_fs *c, u64 nr)
 {
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 	struct btree_iter iter;
 	struct bkey_i_cookie k;
 	int ret;
@@ -84,45 +83,41 @@ static int test_delete_written(struct bch_fs *c, u64 nr)
 	bkey_cookie_init(&k.k_i);
 	k.k.p.snapshot = U32_MAX;
 
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 0, 0);
-
-	bch2_trans_iter_init(&trans, &iter, BTREE_ID_xattrs, k.k.p,
+	bch2_trans_iter_init(trans, &iter, BTREE_ID_xattrs, k.k.p,
 			     BTREE_ITER_INTENT);
 
-	ret = commit_do(&trans, NULL, NULL, 0,
+	ret = commit_do(trans, NULL, NULL, 0,
 		bch2_btree_iter_traverse(&iter) ?:
-		bch2_trans_update(&trans, &iter, &k.k_i, 0));
+		bch2_trans_update(trans, &iter, &k.k_i, 0));
 	if (ret) {
 		bch_err_msg(c, ret, "update error");
 		goto err;
 	}
 
-	bch2_trans_unlock(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_unlock(trans);
 	bch2_journal_flush_all_pins(&c->journal);
 
-	ret = commit_do(&trans, NULL, NULL, 0,
+	ret = commit_do(trans, NULL, NULL, 0,
 		bch2_btree_iter_traverse(&iter) ?:
-		bch2_btree_delete_at(&trans, &iter, 0));
+		bch2_btree_delete_at(trans, &iter, 0));
 	if (ret) {
 		bch_err_msg(c, ret, "delete error");
 		goto err;
 	}
 err:
-	bch2_trans_iter_exit(&trans, &iter);
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_iter_exit(trans, &iter);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 	return ret;
 }
 
 static int test_iterate(struct bch_fs *c, u64 nr)
 {
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 	struct btree_iter iter = { NULL };
 	struct bkey_s_c k;
 	u64 i;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 0, 0);
-
 	delete_test_keys(c);
 
 	pr_info("inserting test keys");
@@ -145,7 +140,7 @@ static int test_iterate(struct bch_fs *c, u64 nr)
 
 	i = 0;
 
-	ret = for_each_btree_key2_upto(&trans, iter, BTREE_ID_xattrs,
+	ret = for_each_btree_key2_upto(trans, iter, BTREE_ID_xattrs,
 				  SPOS(0, 0, U32_MAX), POS(0, U64_MAX),
 				  0, k, ({
 		BUG_ON(k.k->p.offset != i++);
@@ -160,7 +155,7 @@ static int test_iterate(struct bch_fs *c, u64 nr)
 
 	pr_info("iterating backwards");
 
-	ret = for_each_btree_key_reverse(&trans, iter, BTREE_ID_xattrs,
+	ret = for_each_btree_key_reverse(trans, iter, BTREE_ID_xattrs,
 					 SPOS(0, U64_MAX, U32_MAX), 0, k,
 		({
 			BUG_ON(k.k->p.offset != --i);
@@ -173,21 +168,19 @@ static int test_iterate(struct bch_fs *c, u64 nr)
 
 	BUG_ON(i);
 err:
-	bch2_trans_iter_exit(&trans, &iter);
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_iter_exit(trans, &iter);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 	return ret;
 }
 
 static int test_iterate_extents(struct bch_fs *c, u64 nr)
 {
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 	struct btree_iter iter = { NULL };
 	struct bkey_s_c k;
 	u64 i;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 0, 0);
-
 	delete_test_keys(c);
 
 	pr_info("inserting test extents");
@@ -211,7 +204,7 @@ static int test_iterate_extents(struct bch_fs *c, u64 nr)
 
 	i = 0;
 
-	ret = for_each_btree_key2_upto(&trans, iter, BTREE_ID_extents,
+	ret = for_each_btree_key2_upto(trans, iter, BTREE_ID_extents,
 				  SPOS(0, 0, U32_MAX), POS(0, U64_MAX),
 				  0, k, ({
 		BUG_ON(bkey_start_offset(k.k) != i);
@@ -227,7 +220,7 @@ static int test_iterate_extents(struct bch_fs *c, u64 nr)
 
 	pr_info("iterating backwards");
 
-	ret = for_each_btree_key_reverse(&trans, iter, BTREE_ID_extents,
+	ret = for_each_btree_key_reverse(trans, iter, BTREE_ID_extents,
 					 SPOS(0, U64_MAX, U32_MAX), 0, k,
 		({
 			BUG_ON(k.k->p.offset != i);
@@ -241,21 +234,19 @@ static int test_iterate_extents(struct bch_fs *c, u64 nr)
 
 	BUG_ON(i);
 err:
-	bch2_trans_iter_exit(&trans, &iter);
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_iter_exit(trans, &iter);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 	return ret;
 }
 
 static int test_iterate_slots(struct bch_fs *c, u64 nr)
 {
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 	struct btree_iter iter = { NULL };
 	struct bkey_s_c k;
 	u64 i;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 0, 0);
-
 	delete_test_keys(c);
 
 	pr_info("inserting test keys");
@@ -278,7 +269,7 @@ static int test_iterate_slots(struct bch_fs *c, u64 nr)
 
 	i = 0;
 
-	ret = for_each_btree_key2_upto(&trans, iter, BTREE_ID_xattrs,
+	ret = for_each_btree_key2_upto(trans, iter, BTREE_ID_xattrs,
 				  SPOS(0, 0, U32_MAX), POS(0, U64_MAX),
 				  0, k, ({
 		BUG_ON(k.k->p.offset != i);
@@ -296,7 +287,7 @@ static int test_iterate_slots(struct bch_fs *c, u64 nr)
 
 	i = 0;
 
-	ret = for_each_btree_key2_upto(&trans, iter, BTREE_ID_xattrs,
+	ret = for_each_btree_key2_upto(trans, iter, BTREE_ID_xattrs,
 				  SPOS(0, 0, U32_MAX), POS(0, U64_MAX),
 				  BTREE_ITER_SLOTS, k, ({
 		if (i >= nr * 2)
@@ -314,20 +305,18 @@ static int test_iterate_slots(struct bch_fs *c, u64 nr)
 	}
 	ret = 0;
 err:
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 	return ret;
 }
 
 static int test_iterate_slots_extents(struct bch_fs *c, u64 nr)
 {
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 	struct btree_iter iter = { NULL };
 	struct bkey_s_c k;
 	u64 i;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 0, 0);
-
 	delete_test_keys(c);
 
 	pr_info("inserting test keys");
@@ -351,7 +340,7 @@ static int test_iterate_slots_extents(struct bch_fs *c, u64 nr)
 
 	i = 0;
 
-	ret = for_each_btree_key2_upto(&trans, iter, BTREE_ID_extents,
+	ret = for_each_btree_key2_upto(trans, iter, BTREE_ID_extents,
 				  SPOS(0, 0, U32_MAX), POS(0, U64_MAX),
 				  0, k, ({
 		BUG_ON(bkey_start_offset(k.k) != i + 8);
@@ -370,7 +359,7 @@ static int test_iterate_slots_extents(struct bch_fs *c, u64 nr)
 
 	i = 0;
 
-	ret = for_each_btree_key2_upto(&trans, iter, BTREE_ID_extents,
+	ret = for_each_btree_key2_upto(trans, iter, BTREE_ID_extents,
 				 SPOS(0, 0, U32_MAX), POS(0, U64_MAX),
 				 BTREE_ITER_SLOTS, k, ({
 		if (i == nr)
@@ -388,7 +377,7 @@ static int test_iterate_slots_extents(struct bch_fs *c, u64 nr)
 	}
 	ret = 0;
 err:
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -398,43 +387,41 @@ err:
  */
 static int test_peek_end(struct bch_fs *c, u64 nr)
 {
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 	struct btree_iter iter;
 	struct bkey_s_c k;
 
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 0, 0);
-	bch2_trans_iter_init(&trans, &iter, BTREE_ID_xattrs,
+	bch2_trans_iter_init(trans, &iter, BTREE_ID_xattrs,
 			     SPOS(0, 0, U32_MAX), 0);
 
-	lockrestart_do(&trans, bkey_err(k = bch2_btree_iter_peek_upto(&iter, POS(0, U64_MAX))));
+	lockrestart_do(trans, bkey_err(k = bch2_btree_iter_peek_upto(&iter, POS(0, U64_MAX))));
 	BUG_ON(k.k);
 
-	lockrestart_do(&trans, bkey_err(k = bch2_btree_iter_peek_upto(&iter, POS(0, U64_MAX))));
+	lockrestart_do(trans, bkey_err(k = bch2_btree_iter_peek_upto(&iter, POS(0, U64_MAX))));
 	BUG_ON(k.k);
 
-	bch2_trans_iter_exit(&trans, &iter);
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_iter_exit(trans, &iter);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 	return 0;
 }
 
 static int test_peek_end_extents(struct bch_fs *c, u64 nr)
 {
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 	struct btree_iter iter;
 	struct bkey_s_c k;
 
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 0, 0);
-	bch2_trans_iter_init(&trans, &iter, BTREE_ID_extents,
+	bch2_trans_iter_init(trans, &iter, BTREE_ID_extents,
 			     SPOS(0, 0, U32_MAX), 0);
 
-	lockrestart_do(&trans, bkey_err(k = bch2_btree_iter_peek_upto(&iter, POS(0, U64_MAX))));
+	lockrestart_do(trans, bkey_err(k = bch2_btree_iter_peek_upto(&iter, POS(0, U64_MAX))));
 	BUG_ON(k.k);
 
-	lockrestart_do(&trans, bkey_err(k = bch2_btree_iter_peek_upto(&iter, POS(0, U64_MAX))));
+	lockrestart_do(trans, bkey_err(k = bch2_btree_iter_peek_upto(&iter, POS(0, U64_MAX))));
 	BUG_ON(k.k);
 
-	bch2_trans_iter_exit(&trans, &iter);
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_iter_exit(trans, &iter);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -510,7 +497,7 @@ static int insert_test_overlapping_extent(struct bch_fs *c, u64 inum, u64 start,
 	k.k_i.k.size = len;
 
 	ret = bch2_trans_do(c, NULL, NULL, 0,
-		bch2_btree_insert_nonextent(&trans, BTREE_ID_extents, &k.k_i,
+		bch2_btree_insert_nonextent(trans, BTREE_ID_extents, &k.k_i,
 					    BTREE_UPDATE_INTERNAL_SNAPSHOT_NODE));
 	if (ret)
 		bch_err_fn(c, ret);
@@ -533,7 +520,7 @@ static int test_extent_create_overlapping(struct bch_fs *c, u64 inum)
 /* Test skipping over keys in unrelated snapshots: */
 static int test_snapshot_filter(struct bch_fs *c, u32 snapid_lo, u32 snapid_hi)
 {
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans;
 	struct btree_iter iter;
 	struct bkey_s_c k;
 	struct bkey_i_cookie cookie;
@@ -545,15 +532,15 @@ static int test_snapshot_filter(struct bch_fs *c, u32 snapid_lo, u32 snapid_hi)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 0, 0);
-	bch2_trans_iter_init(&trans, &iter, BTREE_ID_xattrs,
+	trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
+	bch2_trans_iter_init(trans, &iter, BTREE_ID_xattrs,
 			     SPOS(0, 0, snapid_lo), 0);
-	lockrestart_do(&trans, bkey_err(k = bch2_btree_iter_peek_upto(&iter, POS(0, U64_MAX))));
+	lockrestart_do(trans, bkey_err(k = bch2_btree_iter_peek_upto(&iter, POS(0, U64_MAX))));
 
 	BUG_ON(k.k->p.snapshot != U32_MAX);
 
-	bch2_trans_iter_exit(&trans, &iter);
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_iter_exit(trans, &iter);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -571,7 +558,7 @@ static int test_snapshots(struct bch_fs *c, u64 nr)
 		return ret;
 
 	ret = bch2_trans_do(c, NULL, NULL, 0,
-		      bch2_snapshot_node_create(&trans, U32_MAX,
+		      bch2_snapshot_node_create(trans, U32_MAX,
 						snapids,
 						snapid_subvols,
 						2));
@@ -602,38 +589,34 @@ static u64 test_rand(void)
 
 static int rand_insert(struct bch_fs *c, u64 nr)
 {
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 	struct bkey_i_cookie k;
 	int ret = 0;
 	u64 i;
 
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 0, 0);
-
 	for (i = 0; i < nr; i++) {
 		bkey_cookie_init(&k.k_i);
 		k.k.p.offset = test_rand();
 		k.k.p.snapshot = U32_MAX;
 
-		ret = commit_do(&trans, NULL, NULL, 0,
-			bch2_btree_insert_trans(&trans, BTREE_ID_xattrs, &k.k_i, 0));
+		ret = commit_do(trans, NULL, NULL, 0,
+			bch2_btree_insert_trans(trans, BTREE_ID_xattrs, &k.k_i, 0));
 		if (ret)
 			break;
 	}
 
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 	return ret;
 }
 
 static int rand_insert_multi(struct bch_fs *c, u64 nr)
 {
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 	struct bkey_i_cookie k[8];
 	int ret = 0;
 	unsigned j;
 	u64 i;
 
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 0, 0);
-
 	for (i = 0; i < nr; i += ARRAY_SIZE(k)) {
 		for (j = 0; j < ARRAY_SIZE(k); j++) {
 			bkey_cookie_init(&k[j].k_i);
@@ -641,46 +624,45 @@ static int rand_insert_multi(struct bch_fs *c, u64 nr)
 			k[j].k.p.snapshot = U32_MAX;
 		}
 
-		ret = commit_do(&trans, NULL, NULL, 0,
-			bch2_btree_insert_trans(&trans, BTREE_ID_xattrs, &k[0].k_i, 0) ?:
-			bch2_btree_insert_trans(&trans, BTREE_ID_xattrs, &k[1].k_i, 0) ?:
-			bch2_btree_insert_trans(&trans, BTREE_ID_xattrs, &k[2].k_i, 0) ?:
-			bch2_btree_insert_trans(&trans, BTREE_ID_xattrs, &k[3].k_i, 0) ?:
-			bch2_btree_insert_trans(&trans, BTREE_ID_xattrs, &k[4].k_i, 0) ?:
-			bch2_btree_insert_trans(&trans, BTREE_ID_xattrs, &k[5].k_i, 0) ?:
-			bch2_btree_insert_trans(&trans, BTREE_ID_xattrs, &k[6].k_i, 0) ?:
-			bch2_btree_insert_trans(&trans, BTREE_ID_xattrs, &k[7].k_i, 0));
+		ret = commit_do(trans, NULL, NULL, 0,
+			bch2_btree_insert_trans(trans, BTREE_ID_xattrs, &k[0].k_i, 0) ?:
+			bch2_btree_insert_trans(trans, BTREE_ID_xattrs, &k[1].k_i, 0) ?:
+			bch2_btree_insert_trans(trans, BTREE_ID_xattrs, &k[2].k_i, 0) ?:
+			bch2_btree_insert_trans(trans, BTREE_ID_xattrs, &k[3].k_i, 0) ?:
+			bch2_btree_insert_trans(trans, BTREE_ID_xattrs, &k[4].k_i, 0) ?:
+			bch2_btree_insert_trans(trans, BTREE_ID_xattrs, &k[5].k_i, 0) ?:
+			bch2_btree_insert_trans(trans, BTREE_ID_xattrs, &k[6].k_i, 0) ?:
+			bch2_btree_insert_trans(trans, BTREE_ID_xattrs, &k[7].k_i, 0));
 		if (ret)
 			break;
 	}
 
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 	return ret;
 }
 
 static int rand_lookup(struct bch_fs *c, u64 nr)
 {
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 	struct btree_iter iter;
 	struct bkey_s_c k;
 	int ret = 0;
 	u64 i;
 
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 0, 0);
-	bch2_trans_iter_init(&trans, &iter, BTREE_ID_xattrs,
+	bch2_trans_iter_init(trans, &iter, BTREE_ID_xattrs,
 			     SPOS(0, 0, U32_MAX), 0);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < nr; i++) {
 		bch2_btree_iter_set_pos(&iter, SPOS(0, test_rand(), U32_MAX));
 
-		lockrestart_do(&trans, bkey_err(k = bch2_btree_iter_peek(&iter)));
+		lockrestart_do(trans, bkey_err(k = bch2_btree_iter_peek(&iter)));
 		ret = bkey_err(k);
 		if (ret)
 			break;
 	}
 
-	bch2_trans_iter_exit(&trans, &iter);
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_iter_exit(trans, &iter);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -712,26 +694,25 @@ static int rand_mixed_trans(struct btree_trans *trans,
 
 static int rand_mixed(struct bch_fs *c, u64 nr)
 {
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 	struct btree_iter iter;
 	struct bkey_i_cookie cookie;
 	int ret = 0;
 	u64 i, rand;
 
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 0, 0);
-	bch2_trans_iter_init(&trans, &iter, BTREE_ID_xattrs,
+	bch2_trans_iter_init(trans, &iter, BTREE_ID_xattrs,
 			     SPOS(0, 0, U32_MAX), 0);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < nr; i++) {
 		rand = test_rand();
-		ret = commit_do(&trans, NULL, NULL, 0,
-			rand_mixed_trans(&trans, &iter, &cookie, i, rand));
+		ret = commit_do(trans, NULL, NULL, 0,
+			rand_mixed_trans(trans, &iter, &cookie, i, rand));
 		if (ret)
 			break;
 	}
 
-	bch2_trans_iter_exit(&trans, &iter);
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_iter_exit(trans, &iter);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -759,22 +740,20 @@ err:
 
 static int rand_delete(struct bch_fs *c, u64 nr)
 {
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 	int ret = 0;
 	u64 i;
 
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 0, 0);
-
 	for (i = 0; i < nr; i++) {
 		struct bpos pos = SPOS(0, test_rand(), U32_MAX);
 
-		ret = commit_do(&trans, NULL, NULL, 0,
-			__do_delete(&trans, pos));
+		ret = commit_do(trans, NULL, NULL, 0,
+			__do_delete(trans, pos));
 		if (ret)
 			break;
 	}
 
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -787,14 +766,14 @@ static int seq_insert(struct bch_fs *c, u64 nr)
 	bkey_cookie_init(&insert.k_i);
 
 	return bch2_trans_run(c,
-		for_each_btree_key_commit(&trans, iter, BTREE_ID_xattrs,
+		for_each_btree_key_commit(trans, iter, BTREE_ID_xattrs,
 					SPOS(0, 0, U32_MAX),
 					BTREE_ITER_SLOTS|BTREE_ITER_INTENT, k,
 					NULL, NULL, 0, ({
 			if (iter.pos.offset >= nr)
 				break;
 			insert.k.p = iter.pos;
-			bch2_trans_update(&trans, &iter, &insert.k_i, 0);
+			bch2_trans_update(trans, &iter, &insert.k_i, 0);
 		})));
 }
 
@@ -804,7 +783,7 @@ static int seq_lookup(struct bch_fs *c, u64 nr)
 	struct bkey_s_c k;
 
 	return bch2_trans_run(c,
-		for_each_btree_key2_upto(&trans, iter, BTREE_ID_xattrs,
+		for_each_btree_key2_upto(trans, iter, BTREE_ID_xattrs,
 				  SPOS(0, 0, U32_MAX), POS(0, U64_MAX),
 				  0, k,
 		0));
@@ -816,14 +795,14 @@ static int seq_overwrite(struct bch_fs *c, u64 nr)
 	struct bkey_s_c k;
 
 	return bch2_trans_run(c,
-		for_each_btree_key_commit(&trans, iter, BTREE_ID_xattrs,
+		for_each_btree_key_commit(trans, iter, BTREE_ID_xattrs,
 					SPOS(0, 0, U32_MAX),
 					BTREE_ITER_INTENT, k,
 					NULL, NULL, 0, ({
 			struct bkey_i_cookie u;
 
 			bkey_reassemble(&u.k_i, k);
-			bch2_trans_update(&trans, &iter, &u.k_i, 0);
+			bch2_trans_update(trans, &iter, &u.k_i, 0);
 		})));
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/xattr.c b/fs/bcachefs/xattr.c
index 637174b249a2..b069b1a62e25 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/xattr.c
@@ -307,24 +307,22 @@ ssize_t bch2_xattr_list(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, size_t buffer_size)
 {
 	struct bch_fs *c = dentry->d_sb->s_fs_info;
 	struct bch_inode_info *inode = to_bch_ei(dentry->d_inode);
-	struct btree_trans trans;
+	struct btree_trans *trans = bch2_trans_get(c);
 	struct btree_iter iter;
 	struct bkey_s_c k;
 	struct xattr_buf buf = { .buf = buffer, .len = buffer_size };
 	u64 offset = 0, inum = inode->ei_inode.bi_inum;
 	u32 snapshot;
 	int ret;
-
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 0, 0);
 retry:
-	bch2_trans_begin(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_begin(trans);
 	iter = (struct btree_iter) { NULL };
 
-	ret = bch2_subvolume_get_snapshot(&trans, inode->ei_subvol, &snapshot);
+	ret = bch2_subvolume_get_snapshot(trans, inode->ei_subvol, &snapshot);
 	if (ret)
 		goto err;
 
-	for_each_btree_key_upto_norestart(&trans, iter, BTREE_ID_xattrs,
+	for_each_btree_key_upto_norestart(trans, iter, BTREE_ID_xattrs,
 			   SPOS(inum, offset, snapshot),
 			   POS(inum, U64_MAX), 0, k, ret) {
 		if (k.k->type != KEY_TYPE_xattr)
@@ -336,12 +334,12 @@ retry:
 	}
 
 	offset = iter.pos.offset;
-	bch2_trans_iter_exit(&trans, &iter);
+	bch2_trans_iter_exit(trans, &iter);
 err:
 	if (bch2_err_matches(ret, BCH_ERR_transaction_restart))
 		goto retry;
 
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+	bch2_trans_put(trans);
 
 	if (ret)
 		goto out;
@@ -366,7 +364,7 @@ static int bch2_xattr_get_handler(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
 	struct bch_inode_info *inode = to_bch_ei(vinode);
 	struct bch_fs *c = inode->v.i_sb->s_fs_info;
 	int ret = bch2_trans_do(c, NULL, NULL, 0,
-		bch2_xattr_get_trans(&trans, inode, name, buffer, size, handler->flags));
+		bch2_xattr_get_trans(trans, inode, name, buffer, size, handler->flags));
 
 	return bch2_err_class(ret);
 }
@@ -381,18 +379,14 @@ static int bch2_xattr_set_handler(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
 	struct bch_fs *c = inode->v.i_sb->s_fs_info;
 	struct bch_hash_info hash = bch2_hash_info_init(c, &inode->ei_inode);
 	struct bch_inode_unpacked inode_u;
-	struct btree_trans trans;
 	int ret;
 
-	bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 0, 0);
-
-	ret = commit_do(&trans, NULL, NULL, 0,
-			bch2_xattr_set(&trans, inode_inum(inode), &inode_u,
+	ret = bch2_trans_run(c,
+		commit_do(trans, NULL, NULL, 0,
+			bch2_xattr_set(trans, inode_inum(inode), &inode_u,
 				       &hash, name, value, size,
-				       handler->flags, flags));
-	if (!ret)
-		bch2_inode_update_after_write(&trans, inode, &inode_u, ATTR_CTIME);
-	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+				       handler->flags, flags)) ?:
+		(bch2_inode_update_after_write(trans, inode, &inode_u, ATTR_CTIME), 0));
 
 	return bch2_err_class(ret);
 }