diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_alloc.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_alloc.c
index 05b5243d89f6..1d530c253c0e 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_alloc.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_alloc.c
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ xfs_alloc_compute_diff(
 	xfs_agblock_t	wantbno,	/* target starting block */
 	xfs_extlen_t	wantlen,	/* target length */
 	xfs_extlen_t	alignment,	/* target alignment */
-	char		userdata,	/* are we allocating data? */
+	int		datatype,	/* are we allocating data? */
 	xfs_agblock_t	freebno,	/* freespace's starting block */
 	xfs_extlen_t	freelen,	/* freespace's length */
 	xfs_agblock_t	*newbnop)	/* result: best start block from free */
@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@ xfs_alloc_compute_diff(
 	xfs_extlen_t	newlen1=0;	/* length with newbno1 */
 	xfs_extlen_t	newlen2=0;	/* length with newbno2 */
 	xfs_agblock_t	wantend;	/* end of target extent */
+	bool		userdata = xfs_alloc_is_userdata(datatype);
 
 	ASSERT(freelen >= wantlen);
 	freeend = freebno + freelen;
@@ -917,7 +918,7 @@ xfs_alloc_find_best_extent(
 
 			sdiff = xfs_alloc_compute_diff(args->agbno, args->len,
 						       args->alignment,
-						       args->userdata, *sbnoa,
+						       args->datatype, *sbnoa,
 						       *slena, &new);
 
 			/*
@@ -1101,7 +1102,7 @@ restart:
 			if (args->len < blen)
 				continue;
 			ltdiff = xfs_alloc_compute_diff(args->agbno, args->len,
-				args->alignment, args->userdata, ltbnoa,
+				args->alignment, args->datatype, ltbnoa,
 				ltlena, &ltnew);
 			if (ltnew != NULLAGBLOCK &&
 			    (args->len > blen || ltdiff < bdiff)) {
@@ -1254,7 +1255,7 @@ restart:
 			args->len = XFS_EXTLEN_MIN(ltlena, args->maxlen);
 			xfs_alloc_fix_len(args);
 			ltdiff = xfs_alloc_compute_diff(args->agbno, args->len,
-				args->alignment, args->userdata, ltbnoa,
+				args->alignment, args->datatype, ltbnoa,
 				ltlena, &ltnew);
 
 			error = xfs_alloc_find_best_extent(args,
@@ -1271,7 +1272,7 @@ restart:
 			args->len = XFS_EXTLEN_MIN(gtlena, args->maxlen);
 			xfs_alloc_fix_len(args);
 			gtdiff = xfs_alloc_compute_diff(args->agbno, args->len,
-				args->alignment, args->userdata, gtbnoa,
+				args->alignment, args->datatype, gtbnoa,
 				gtlena, &gtnew);
 
 			error = xfs_alloc_find_best_extent(args,
@@ -1331,7 +1332,7 @@ restart:
 	}
 	rlen = args->len;
 	(void)xfs_alloc_compute_diff(args->agbno, rlen, args->alignment,
-				     args->userdata, ltbnoa, ltlena, &ltnew);
+				     args->datatype, ltbnoa, ltlena, &ltnew);
 	ASSERT(ltnew >= ltbno);
 	ASSERT(ltnew + rlen <= ltbnoa + ltlena);
 	ASSERT(ltnew + rlen <= be32_to_cpu(XFS_BUF_TO_AGF(args->agbp)->agf_length));
@@ -1608,9 +1609,9 @@ xfs_alloc_ag_vextent_small(
 			goto error0;
 		if (fbno != NULLAGBLOCK) {
 			xfs_extent_busy_reuse(args->mp, args->agno, fbno, 1,
-					     args->userdata);
+			      xfs_alloc_allow_busy_reuse(args->datatype));
 
-			if (args->userdata) {
+			if (xfs_alloc_is_userdata(args->datatype)) {
 				xfs_buf_t	*bp;
 
 				bp = xfs_btree_get_bufs(args->mp, args->tp,
@@ -2058,7 +2059,7 @@ xfs_alloc_fix_freelist(
 	 * somewhere else if we are not being asked to try harder at this
 	 * point
 	 */
-	if (pag->pagf_metadata && args->userdata &&
+	if (pag->pagf_metadata && xfs_alloc_is_userdata(args->datatype) &&
 	    (flags & XFS_ALLOC_FLAG_TRYLOCK)) {
 		ASSERT(!(flags & XFS_ALLOC_FLAG_FREEING));
 		goto out_agbp_relse;
@@ -2633,7 +2634,7 @@ xfs_alloc_vextent(
 		 * Try near allocation first, then anywhere-in-ag after
 		 * the first a.g. fails.
 		 */
-		if ((args->userdata & XFS_ALLOC_INITIAL_USER_DATA) &&
+		if ((args->datatype & XFS_ALLOC_INITIAL_USER_DATA) &&
 		    (mp->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_32BITINODES)) {
 			args->fsbno = XFS_AGB_TO_FSB(mp,
 					((mp->m_agfrotor / rotorstep) %
@@ -2766,7 +2767,7 @@ xfs_alloc_vextent(
 #endif
 
 		/* Zero the extent if we were asked to do so */
-		if (args->userdata & XFS_ALLOC_USERDATA_ZERO) {
+		if (args->datatype & XFS_ALLOC_USERDATA_ZERO) {
 			error = xfs_zero_extent(args->ip, args->fsbno, args->len);
 			if (error)
 				goto error0;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_alloc.h b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_alloc.h
index 6fe2d6b7cfe9..7fd8eafd9abe 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_alloc.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_alloc.h
@@ -85,20 +85,33 @@ typedef struct xfs_alloc_arg {
 	xfs_extlen_t	len;		/* output: actual size of extent */
 	xfs_alloctype_t	type;		/* allocation type XFS_ALLOCTYPE_... */
 	xfs_alloctype_t	otype;		/* original allocation type */
+	int		datatype;	/* mask defining data type treatment */
 	char		wasdel;		/* set if allocation was prev delayed */
 	char		wasfromfl;	/* set if allocation is from freelist */
 	char		isfl;		/* set if is freelist blocks - !acctg */
-	char		userdata;	/* mask defining userdata treatment */
 	xfs_fsblock_t	firstblock;	/* io first block allocated */
 	struct xfs_owner_info	oinfo;	/* owner of blocks being allocated */
 } xfs_alloc_arg_t;
 
 /*
- * Defines for userdata
+ * Defines for datatype
  */
 #define XFS_ALLOC_USERDATA		(1 << 0)/* allocation is for user data*/
 #define XFS_ALLOC_INITIAL_USER_DATA	(1 << 1)/* special case start of file */
 #define XFS_ALLOC_USERDATA_ZERO		(1 << 2)/* zero extent on allocation */
+#define XFS_ALLOC_NOBUSY		(1 << 3)/* Busy extents not allowed */
+
+static inline bool
+xfs_alloc_is_userdata(int datatype)
+{
+	return (datatype & ~XFS_ALLOC_NOBUSY) != 0;
+}
+
+static inline bool
+xfs_alloc_allow_busy_reuse(int datatype)
+{
+	return (datatype & XFS_ALLOC_NOBUSY) == 0;
+}
 
 /* freespace limit calculations */
 #define XFS_ALLOC_AGFL_RESERVE	4
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
index b060bca93402..06d1201b4718 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
@@ -3347,7 +3347,8 @@ xfs_bmap_adjacent(
 
 	mp = ap->ip->i_mount;
 	nullfb = *ap->firstblock == NULLFSBLOCK;
-	rt = XFS_IS_REALTIME_INODE(ap->ip) && ap->userdata;
+	rt = XFS_IS_REALTIME_INODE(ap->ip) &&
+		xfs_alloc_is_userdata(ap->datatype);
 	fb_agno = nullfb ? NULLAGNUMBER : XFS_FSB_TO_AGNO(mp, *ap->firstblock);
 	/*
 	 * If allocating at eof, and there's a previous real block,
@@ -3622,7 +3623,7 @@ xfs_bmap_btalloc(
 {
 	xfs_mount_t	*mp;		/* mount point structure */
 	xfs_alloctype_t	atype = 0;	/* type for allocation routines */
-	xfs_extlen_t	align;		/* minimum allocation alignment */
+	xfs_extlen_t	align = 0;	/* minimum allocation alignment */
 	xfs_agnumber_t	fb_agno;	/* ag number of ap->firstblock */
 	xfs_agnumber_t	ag;
 	xfs_alloc_arg_t	args;
@@ -3645,7 +3646,8 @@ xfs_bmap_btalloc(
 	else if (mp->m_dalign)
 		stripe_align = mp->m_dalign;
 
-	align = ap->userdata ? xfs_get_extsz_hint(ap->ip) : 0;
+	if (xfs_alloc_is_userdata(ap->datatype))
+		align = xfs_get_extsz_hint(ap->ip);
 	if (unlikely(align)) {
 		error = xfs_bmap_extsize_align(mp, &ap->got, &ap->prev,
 						align, 0, ap->eof, 0, ap->conv,
@@ -3658,7 +3660,8 @@ xfs_bmap_btalloc(
 	nullfb = *ap->firstblock == NULLFSBLOCK;
 	fb_agno = nullfb ? NULLAGNUMBER : XFS_FSB_TO_AGNO(mp, *ap->firstblock);
 	if (nullfb) {
-		if (ap->userdata && xfs_inode_is_filestream(ap->ip)) {
+		if (xfs_alloc_is_userdata(ap->datatype) &&
+		    xfs_inode_is_filestream(ap->ip)) {
 			ag = xfs_filestream_lookup_ag(ap->ip);
 			ag = (ag != NULLAGNUMBER) ? ag : 0;
 			ap->blkno = XFS_AGB_TO_FSB(mp, ag, 0);
@@ -3698,7 +3701,8 @@ xfs_bmap_btalloc(
 		 * enough for the request.  If one isn't found, then adjust
 		 * the minimum allocation size to the largest space found.
 		 */
-		if (ap->userdata && xfs_inode_is_filestream(ap->ip))
+		if (xfs_alloc_is_userdata(ap->datatype) &&
+		    xfs_inode_is_filestream(ap->ip))
 			error = xfs_bmap_btalloc_filestreams(ap, &args, &blen);
 		else
 			error = xfs_bmap_btalloc_nullfb(ap, &args, &blen);
@@ -3782,8 +3786,8 @@ xfs_bmap_btalloc(
 	args.minleft = ap->minleft;
 	args.wasdel = ap->wasdel;
 	args.isfl = 0;
-	args.userdata = ap->userdata;
-	if (ap->userdata & XFS_ALLOC_USERDATA_ZERO)
+	args.datatype = ap->datatype;
+	if (ap->datatype & XFS_ALLOC_USERDATA_ZERO)
 		args.ip = ap->ip;
 
 	error = xfs_alloc_vextent(&args);
@@ -3877,7 +3881,8 @@ STATIC int
 xfs_bmap_alloc(
 	struct xfs_bmalloca	*ap)	/* bmap alloc argument struct */
 {
-	if (XFS_IS_REALTIME_INODE(ap->ip) && ap->userdata)
+	if (XFS_IS_REALTIME_INODE(ap->ip) &&
+	    xfs_alloc_is_userdata(ap->datatype))
 		return xfs_bmap_rtalloc(ap);
 	return xfs_bmap_btalloc(ap);
 }
@@ -4287,15 +4292,21 @@ xfs_bmapi_allocate(
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * Indicate if this is the first user data in the file, or just any
-	 * user data. And if it is userdata, indicate whether it needs to
-	 * be initialised to zero during allocation.
+	 * Set the data type being allocated. For the data fork, the first data
+	 * in the file is treated differently to all other allocations. For the
+	 * attribute fork, we only need to ensure the allocated range is not on
+	 * the busy list.
 	 */
 	if (!(bma->flags & XFS_BMAPI_METADATA)) {
-		bma->userdata = (bma->offset == 0) ?
-			XFS_ALLOC_INITIAL_USER_DATA : XFS_ALLOC_USERDATA;
+		bma->datatype = XFS_ALLOC_NOBUSY;
+		if (whichfork == XFS_DATA_FORK) {
+			if (bma->offset == 0)
+				bma->datatype |= XFS_ALLOC_INITIAL_USER_DATA;
+			else
+				bma->datatype |= XFS_ALLOC_USERDATA;
+		}
 		if (bma->flags & XFS_BMAPI_ZERO)
-			bma->userdata |= XFS_ALLOC_USERDATA_ZERO;
+			bma->datatype |= XFS_ALLOC_USERDATA_ZERO;
 	}
 
 	bma->minlen = (bma->flags & XFS_BMAPI_CONTIG) ? bma->length : 1;
@@ -4565,7 +4576,7 @@ xfs_bmapi_write(
 	bma.tp = tp;
 	bma.ip = ip;
 	bma.total = total;
-	bma.userdata = 0;
+	bma.datatype = 0;
 	bma.dfops = dfops;
 	bma.firstblock = firstblock;
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.h b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.h
index 254034f96941..05576b7263f6 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.h
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ struct xfs_bmalloca {
 	bool			wasdel;	/* replacing a delayed allocation */
 	bool			aeof;	/* allocated space at eof */
 	bool			conv;	/* overwriting unwritten extents */
-	char			userdata;/* userdata mask */
+	int			datatype;/* data type being allocated */
 	int			flags;
 };
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap_util.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap_util.c
index 4ece4f2ffc72..e827d657c314 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap_util.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap_util.c
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ xfs_bmap_rtalloc(
 					XFS_TRANS_DQ_RTBCOUNT, (long) ralen);
 
 		/* Zero the extent if we were asked to do so */
-		if (ap->userdata & XFS_ALLOC_USERDATA_ZERO) {
+		if (ap->datatype & XFS_ALLOC_USERDATA_ZERO) {
 			error = xfs_zero_extent(ap->ip, ap->blkno, ap->length);
 			if (error)
 				return error;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_extent_busy.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_extent_busy.c
index c263e079273e..162dc186cf04 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_extent_busy.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_extent_busy.c
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ restart:
 		 * If this is a metadata allocation, try to reuse the busy
 		 * extent instead of trimming the allocation.
 		 */
-		if (!args->userdata &&
+		if (!xfs_alloc_is_userdata(args->datatype) &&
 		    !(busyp->flags & XFS_EXTENT_BUSY_DISCARDED)) {
 			if (!xfs_extent_busy_update_extent(args->mp, args->pag,
 							  busyp, fbno, flen,
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_filestream.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_filestream.c
index 4a33a3304369..a75f7ab0581c 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_filestream.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_filestream.c
@@ -369,7 +369,8 @@ xfs_filestream_new_ag(
 	struct xfs_mount	*mp = ip->i_mount;
 	xfs_extlen_t		minlen = ap->length;
 	xfs_agnumber_t		startag = 0;
-	int			flags, err = 0;
+	int			flags = 0;
+	int			err = 0;
 	struct xfs_mru_cache_elem *mru;
 
 	*agp = NULLAGNUMBER;
@@ -385,8 +386,10 @@ xfs_filestream_new_ag(
 		startag = (item->ag + 1) % mp->m_sb.sb_agcount;
 	}
 
-	flags = (ap->userdata ? XFS_PICK_USERDATA : 0) |
-	        (ap->dfops->dop_low ? XFS_PICK_LOWSPACE : 0);
+	if (xfs_alloc_is_userdata(ap->datatype))
+		flags |= XFS_PICK_USERDATA;
+	if (ap->dfops->dop_low)
+		flags |= XFS_PICK_LOWSPACE;
 
 	err = xfs_filestream_pick_ag(pip, startag, agp, flags, minlen);
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_trace.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_trace.h
index d303a665dba9..1144522799bb 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_trace.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_trace.h
@@ -1623,7 +1623,7 @@ DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(xfs_alloc_class,
 		__field(char, wasdel)
 		__field(char, wasfromfl)
 		__field(char, isfl)
-		__field(char, userdata)
+		__field(int, datatype)
 		__field(xfs_fsblock_t, firstblock)
 	),
 	TP_fast_assign(
@@ -1644,13 +1644,13 @@ DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(xfs_alloc_class,
 		__entry->wasdel = args->wasdel;
 		__entry->wasfromfl = args->wasfromfl;
 		__entry->isfl = args->isfl;
-		__entry->userdata = args->userdata;
+		__entry->datatype = args->datatype;
 		__entry->firstblock = args->firstblock;
 	),
 	TP_printk("dev %d:%d agno %u agbno %u minlen %u maxlen %u mod %u "
 		  "prod %u minleft %u total %u alignment %u minalignslop %u "
 		  "len %u type %s otype %s wasdel %d wasfromfl %d isfl %d "
-		  "userdata %d firstblock 0x%llx",
+		  "datatype 0x%x firstblock 0x%llx",
 		  MAJOR(__entry->dev), MINOR(__entry->dev),
 		  __entry->agno,
 		  __entry->agbno,
@@ -1668,7 +1668,7 @@ DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(xfs_alloc_class,
 		  __entry->wasdel,
 		  __entry->wasfromfl,
 		  __entry->isfl,
-		  __entry->userdata,
+		  __entry->datatype,
 		  (unsigned long long)__entry->firstblock)
 )