return ret;
 }
 
+/*
+ * For recalculating oldest gen, we only need to walk keys in leaf nodes; btree
+ * node pointers currently never have cached pointers that can become stale:
+ */
+static int bch2_gc_btree_gens(struct bch_fs *c, enum btree_id id)
+{
+       struct btree_trans trans;
+       struct btree_iter *iter;
+       struct bkey_s_c k;
+       int ret;
+
+       bch2_trans_init(&trans, c, 0, 0);
+
+       for_each_btree_key(&trans, iter, id, POS_MIN, BTREE_ITER_PREFETCH, k, ret) {
+               struct bkey_ptrs_c ptrs = bch2_bkey_ptrs_c(k);
+               const struct bch_extent_ptr *ptr;
+
+               percpu_down_read(&c->mark_lock);
+               bkey_for_each_ptr(ptrs, ptr) {
+                       struct bch_dev *ca = bch_dev_bkey_exists(c, ptr->dev);
+                       struct bucket *g = PTR_BUCKET(ca, ptr, false);
+
+                       if (gen_after(g->gc_gen, ptr->gen))
+                               g->gc_gen = ptr->gen;
+
+                       if (gen_after(g->mark.gen, ptr->gen) > 32) {
+                               /* rewrite btree node */
+
+                       }
+               }
+               percpu_up_read(&c->mark_lock);
+       }
+
+       bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
+       return ret;
+}
+
+int bch2_gc_gens(struct bch_fs *c)
+{
+       struct bch_dev *ca;
+       struct bucket_array *buckets;
+       struct bucket *g;
+       unsigned i;
+       int ret;
+
+       down_read(&c->state_lock);
+
+       for_each_member_device(ca, c, i) {
+               down_read(&ca->bucket_lock);
+               buckets = bucket_array(ca);
+
+               for_each_bucket(g, buckets)
+                       g->gc_gen = g->mark.gen;
+               up_read(&ca->bucket_lock);
+       }
+
+       for (i = 0; i < BTREE_ID_NR; i++)
+               if (btree_node_type_needs_gc(i)) {
+                       ret = bch2_gc_btree_gens(c, i);
+                       if (ret)
+                               goto err;
+               }
+
+       for_each_member_device(ca, c, i) {
+               down_read(&ca->bucket_lock);
+               buckets = bucket_array(ca);
+
+               for_each_bucket(g, buckets)
+                       g->oldest_gen = g->gc_gen;
+               up_read(&ca->bucket_lock);
+       }
+err:
+       up_read(&c->state_lock);
+       return ret;
+}
+
 /* Btree coalescing */
 
 static void recalc_packed_keys(struct btree *b)
                last = atomic_long_read(&clock->now);
                last_kick = atomic_read(&c->kick_gc);
 
+               /*
+                * Full gc is currently incompatible with btree key cache:
+                */
+#if 0
                ret = bch2_gc(c, NULL, false, false);
+#else
+               ret = bch2_gc_gens(c);
+#endif
                if (ret)
                        bch_err(c, "btree gc failed: %i", ret);