struct rw_semaphore     ls_in_recovery; /* block local requests */
        struct rw_semaphore     ls_recv_active; /* block dlm_recv */
        struct list_head        ls_requestqueue;/* queue remote requests */
-       atomic_t                ls_requestqueue_cnt;
-       wait_queue_head_t       ls_requestqueue_wait;
-       struct mutex            ls_requestqueue_mutex;
+       rwlock_t                ls_requestqueue_lock;
        struct dlm_rcom         *ls_recover_buf;
        int                     ls_recover_nodeid; /* for debugging */
        unsigned int            ls_recover_locks_in; /* for log info */
 #define LSFL_UEVENT_WAIT       7
 #define LSFL_CB_DELAY          9
 #define LSFL_NODIR             10
+#define LSFL_RECV_MSG_BLOCKED  11
 
 #define DLM_PROC_FLAGS_CLOSING 1
 #define DLM_PROC_FLAGS_COMPAT  2
 
 static void dlm_receive_message(struct dlm_ls *ls, const struct dlm_message *ms,
                                int nodeid)
 {
-       if (dlm_locking_stopped(ls)) {
+try_again:
+       read_lock(&ls->ls_requestqueue_lock);
+       if (test_bit(LSFL_RECV_MSG_BLOCKED, &ls->ls_flags)) {
                /* If we were a member of this lockspace, left, and rejoined,
                   other nodes may still be sending us messages from the
                   lockspace generation before we left. */
                if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!ls->ls_generation)) {
+                       read_unlock(&ls->ls_requestqueue_lock);
                        log_limit(ls, "receive %d from %d ignore old gen",
                                  le32_to_cpu(ms->m_type), nodeid);
                        return;
                }
 
+               read_unlock(&ls->ls_requestqueue_lock);
+               write_lock(&ls->ls_requestqueue_lock);
+               /* recheck because we hold writelock now */
+               if (!test_bit(LSFL_RECV_MSG_BLOCKED, &ls->ls_flags)) {
+                       write_unlock_bh(&ls->ls_requestqueue_lock);
+                       goto try_again;
+               }
+
                dlm_add_requestqueue(ls, nodeid, ms);
+               write_unlock(&ls->ls_requestqueue_lock);
        } else {
-               dlm_wait_requestqueue(ls);
                _receive_message(ls, ms, 0);
+               read_unlock(&ls->ls_requestqueue_lock);
        }
 }
 
 
        init_rwsem(&ls->ls_in_recovery);
        init_rwsem(&ls->ls_recv_active);
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ls->ls_requestqueue);
-       atomic_set(&ls->ls_requestqueue_cnt, 0);
-       init_waitqueue_head(&ls->ls_requestqueue_wait);
-       mutex_init(&ls->ls_requestqueue_mutex);
+       rwlock_init(&ls->ls_requestqueue_lock);
        spin_lock_init(&ls->ls_clear_proc_locks);
 
        /* Due backwards compatibility with 3.1 we need to use maximum
 
        set_bit(LSFL_RECOVER_STOP, &ls->ls_flags);
        new = test_and_clear_bit(LSFL_RUNNING, &ls->ls_flags);
        ls->ls_recover_seq++;
+
+       /* activate requestqueue and stop processing */
+       write_lock(&ls->ls_requestqueue_lock);
+       set_bit(LSFL_RECV_MSG_BLOCKED, &ls->ls_flags);
+       write_unlock(&ls->ls_requestqueue_lock);
        spin_unlock(&ls->ls_recover_lock);
 
        /*
 
        memcpy(&e->request, ms, sizeof(*ms));
        memcpy(&e->request.m_extra, ms->m_extra, length);
 
-       atomic_inc(&ls->ls_requestqueue_cnt);
-       mutex_lock(&ls->ls_requestqueue_mutex);
        list_add_tail(&e->list, &ls->ls_requestqueue);
-       mutex_unlock(&ls->ls_requestqueue_mutex);
 }
 
 /*
        struct dlm_message *ms;
        int error = 0;
 
-       mutex_lock(&ls->ls_requestqueue_mutex);
-
+       write_lock(&ls->ls_requestqueue_lock);
        for (;;) {
                if (list_empty(&ls->ls_requestqueue)) {
-                       mutex_unlock(&ls->ls_requestqueue_mutex);
+                       clear_bit(LSFL_RECV_MSG_BLOCKED, &ls->ls_flags);
                        error = 0;
                        break;
                }
-               e = list_entry(ls->ls_requestqueue.next, struct rq_entry, list);
-               mutex_unlock(&ls->ls_requestqueue_mutex);
+               e = list_first_entry(&ls->ls_requestqueue, struct rq_entry, list);
 
                ms = &e->request;
 
                          e->recover_seq);
 
                dlm_receive_message_saved(ls, &e->request, e->recover_seq);
-
-               mutex_lock(&ls->ls_requestqueue_mutex);
                list_del(&e->list);
-               if (atomic_dec_and_test(&ls->ls_requestqueue_cnt))
-                       wake_up(&ls->ls_requestqueue_wait);
                kfree(e);
 
                if (dlm_locking_stopped(ls)) {
                        log_debug(ls, "process_requestqueue abort running");
-                       mutex_unlock(&ls->ls_requestqueue_mutex);
                        error = -EINTR;
                        break;
                }
+               write_unlock(&ls->ls_requestqueue_lock);
                schedule();
+               write_lock(&ls->ls_requestqueue_lock);
        }
+       write_unlock(&ls->ls_requestqueue_lock);
 
        return error;
 }
 
-/*
- * After recovery is done, locking is resumed and dlm_recoverd takes all the
- * saved requests and processes them as they would have been by dlm_recv.  At
- * the same time, dlm_recv will start receiving new requests from remote nodes.
- * We want to delay dlm_recv processing new requests until dlm_recoverd has
- * finished processing the old saved requests.  We don't check for locking
- * stopped here because dlm_ls_stop won't stop locking until it's suspended us
- * (dlm_recv).
- */
-
-void dlm_wait_requestqueue(struct dlm_ls *ls)
-{
-       wait_event(ls->ls_requestqueue_wait,
-                  atomic_read(&ls->ls_requestqueue_cnt) == 0);
-}
-
 static int purge_request(struct dlm_ls *ls, struct dlm_message *ms, int nodeid)
 {
        __le32 type = ms->m_type;
        struct dlm_message *ms;
        struct rq_entry *e, *safe;
 
-       mutex_lock(&ls->ls_requestqueue_mutex);
+       write_lock(&ls->ls_requestqueue_lock);
        list_for_each_entry_safe(e, safe, &ls->ls_requestqueue, list) {
                ms =  &e->request;
 
                if (purge_request(ls, ms, e->nodeid)) {
                        list_del(&e->list);
-                       if (atomic_dec_and_test(&ls->ls_requestqueue_cnt))
-                               wake_up(&ls->ls_requestqueue_wait);
                        kfree(e);
                }
        }
-       mutex_unlock(&ls->ls_requestqueue_mutex);
+       write_unlock(&ls->ls_requestqueue_lock);
 }