diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sysctl.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sysctl.c
index 7bb5092..ee3cee0 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sysctl.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sysctl.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include "xfs.h"
 #include <linux/sysctl.h>
 #include <linux/proc_fs.h>
+#include "xfs_error.h"
 
 static struct ctl_table_header *xfs_table_header;
 
@@ -51,6 +52,26 @@
 
 	return ret;
 }
+
+STATIC int
+xfs_panic_mask_proc_handler(
+	ctl_table	*ctl,
+	int		write,
+	void		__user *buffer,
+	size_t		*lenp,
+	loff_t		*ppos)
+{
+	int		ret, *valp = ctl->data;
+
+	ret = proc_dointvec_minmax(ctl, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
+	if (!ret && write) {
+		xfs_panic_mask = *valp;
+#ifdef DEBUG
+		xfs_panic_mask |= (XFS_PTAG_SHUTDOWN_CORRUPT | XFS_PTAG_LOGRES);
+#endif
+	}
+	return ret;
+}
 #endif /* CONFIG_PROC_FS */
 
 static ctl_table xfs_table[] = {
@@ -77,7 +98,7 @@
 		.data		= &xfs_params.panic_mask.val,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
+		.proc_handler	= xfs_panic_mask_proc_handler,
 		.extra1		= &xfs_params.panic_mask.min,
 		.extra2		= &xfs_params.panic_mask.max
 	},
diff --git a/fs/xfs/support/debug.c b/fs/xfs/support/debug.c
index 86162e5..e6cf955 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/support/debug.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/support/debug.c
@@ -25,80 +25,71 @@
 #include "xfs_mount.h"
 #include "xfs_error.h"
 
-static char		message[1024];	/* keep it off the stack */
-static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(xfs_err_lock);
-
-/* Translate from CE_FOO to KERN_FOO, err_level(CE_FOO) == KERN_FOO */
-#define XFS_MAX_ERR_LEVEL	7
-#define XFS_ERR_MASK		((1 << 3) - 1)
-static const char * const	err_level[XFS_MAX_ERR_LEVEL+1] =
-					{KERN_EMERG, KERN_ALERT, KERN_CRIT,
-					 KERN_ERR, KERN_WARNING, KERN_NOTICE,
-					 KERN_INFO, KERN_DEBUG};
-
 void
-cmn_err(register int level, char *fmt, ...)
+cmn_err(
+	const char	*lvl,
+	const char	*fmt,
+	...)
 {
-	char	*fp = fmt;
-	int	len;
-	ulong	flags;
-	va_list	ap;
+	struct va_format vaf;
+	va_list		args;
 
-	level &= XFS_ERR_MASK;
-	if (level > XFS_MAX_ERR_LEVEL)
-		level = XFS_MAX_ERR_LEVEL;
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&xfs_err_lock,flags);
-	va_start(ap, fmt);
-	if (*fmt == '!') fp++;
-	len = vsnprintf(message, sizeof(message), fp, ap);
-	if (len >= sizeof(message))
-		len = sizeof(message) - 1;
-	if (message[len-1] == '\n')
-		message[len-1] = 0;
-	printk("%s%s\n", err_level[level], message);
-	va_end(ap);
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&xfs_err_lock,flags);
-	BUG_ON(level == CE_PANIC);
+	va_start(args, fmt);
+	vaf.fmt = fmt;
+	vaf.va = &args;
+
+	printk("%s%pV", lvl, &vaf);
+	va_end(args);
+
+	BUG_ON(strncmp(lvl, KERN_EMERG, strlen(KERN_EMERG)) == 0);
 }
 
 void
-xfs_fs_vcmn_err(
-	int			level,
+xfs_fs_cmn_err(
+	const char		*lvl,
 	struct xfs_mount	*mp,
-	char			*fmt,
-	va_list			ap)
+	const char		*fmt,
+	...)
 {
-	unsigned long		flags;
-	int			len = 0;
+	struct va_format	vaf;
+	va_list			args;
 
-	level &= XFS_ERR_MASK;
-	if (level > XFS_MAX_ERR_LEVEL)
-		level = XFS_MAX_ERR_LEVEL;
+	va_start(args, fmt);
+	vaf.fmt = fmt;
+	vaf.va = &args;
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&xfs_err_lock,flags);
+	printk("%sFilesystem %s: %pV", lvl, mp->m_fsname, &vaf);
+	va_end(args);
 
-	if (mp) {
-		len = sprintf(message, "Filesystem \"%s\": ", mp->m_fsname);
+	BUG_ON(strncmp(lvl, KERN_EMERG, strlen(KERN_EMERG)) == 0);
+}
 
-		/*
-		 * Skip the printk if we can't print anything useful
-		 * due to an over-long device name.
-		 */
-		if (len >= sizeof(message))
-			goto out;
+/* All callers to xfs_cmn_err use CE_ALERT, so don't bother testing lvl */
+void
+xfs_cmn_err(
+	int			panic_tag,
+	const char		*lvl,
+	struct xfs_mount	*mp,
+	const char		*fmt,
+	...)
+{
+	struct va_format	vaf;
+	va_list			args;
+	int			panic = 0;
+
+	if (xfs_panic_mask && (xfs_panic_mask & panic_tag)) {
+		printk(KERN_ALERT "XFS: Transforming an alert into a BUG.");
+		panic = 1;
 	}
 
-	len = vsnprintf(message + len, sizeof(message) - len, fmt, ap);
-	if (len >= sizeof(message))
-		len = sizeof(message) - 1;
-	if (message[len-1] == '\n')
-		message[len-1] = 0;
+	va_start(args, fmt);
+	vaf.fmt = fmt;
+	vaf.va = &args;
 
-	printk("%s%s\n", err_level[level], message);
- out:
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&xfs_err_lock,flags);
+	printk(KERN_ALERT "Filesystem %s: %pV", mp->m_fsname, &vaf);
+	va_end(args);
 
-	BUG_ON(level == CE_PANIC);
+	BUG_ON(panic);
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/fs/xfs/support/debug.h b/fs/xfs/support/debug.h
index d2d2046..05699f6 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/support/debug.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/support/debug.h
@@ -20,15 +20,22 @@
 
 #include <stdarg.h>
 
-#define CE_DEBUG        7               /* debug        */
-#define CE_CONT         6               /* continuation */
-#define CE_NOTE         5               /* notice       */
-#define CE_WARN         4               /* warning      */
-#define CE_ALERT        1               /* alert        */
-#define CE_PANIC        0               /* panic        */
+struct xfs_mount;
 
-extern void cmn_err(int, char *, ...)
-	__attribute__ ((format (printf, 2, 3)));
+#define CE_DEBUG        KERN_DEBUG
+#define CE_CONT         KERN_INFO
+#define CE_NOTE         KERN_NOTICE
+#define CE_WARN         KERN_WARNING
+#define CE_ALERT        KERN_ALERT
+#define CE_PANIC        KERN_EMERG
+
+void cmn_err(const char *lvl, const char *fmt, ...)
+		__attribute__ ((format (printf, 2, 3)));
+void xfs_fs_cmn_err( const char *lvl, struct xfs_mount *mp,
+		const char *fmt, ...) __attribute__ ((format (printf, 3, 4)));
+void xfs_cmn_err( int panic_tag, const char *lvl, struct xfs_mount *mp,
+		const char *fmt, ...) __attribute__ ((format (printf, 4, 5)));
+
 extern void assfail(char *expr, char *f, int l);
 
 #define ASSERT_ALWAYS(expr)	\
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_error.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_error.c
index c78cc6a..4c7db74 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_error.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_error.c
@@ -152,37 +152,6 @@
 }
 #endif /* DEBUG */
 
-
-void
-xfs_fs_cmn_err(int level, xfs_mount_t *mp, char *fmt, ...)
-{
-	va_list ap;
-
-	va_start(ap, fmt);
-	xfs_fs_vcmn_err(level, mp, fmt, ap);
-	va_end(ap);
-}
-
-void
-xfs_cmn_err(int panic_tag, int level, xfs_mount_t *mp, char *fmt, ...)
-{
-	va_list ap;
-
-#ifdef DEBUG
-	xfs_panic_mask |= (XFS_PTAG_SHUTDOWN_CORRUPT | XFS_PTAG_LOGRES);
-#endif
-
-	if (xfs_panic_mask && (xfs_panic_mask & panic_tag)
-	    && (level & CE_ALERT)) {
-		level &= ~CE_ALERT;
-		level |= CE_PANIC;
-		cmn_err(CE_ALERT, "XFS: Transforming an alert into a BUG.");
-	}
-	va_start(ap, fmt);
-	xfs_fs_vcmn_err(level, mp, fmt, ap);
-	va_end(ap);
-}
-
 void
 xfs_error_report(
 	const char		*tag,
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_error.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_error.h
index f338847..10dce54 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_error.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_error.h
@@ -136,8 +136,8 @@
 	 xfs_error_test((tag), (mp)->m_fixedfsid, "expr", __LINE__, __FILE__, \
 			(rf))))
 
-extern int xfs_errortag_add(int error_tag, xfs_mount_t *mp);
-extern int xfs_errortag_clearall(xfs_mount_t *mp, int loud);
+extern int xfs_errortag_add(int error_tag, struct xfs_mount *mp);
+extern int xfs_errortag_clearall(struct xfs_mount *mp, int loud);
 #else
 #define XFS_TEST_ERROR(expr, mp, tag, rf)	(expr)
 #define xfs_errortag_add(tag, mp)		(ENOSYS)
@@ -162,21 +162,15 @@
 
 struct xfs_mount;
 
-extern void xfs_fs_vcmn_err(int level, struct xfs_mount *mp,
-		char *fmt, va_list ap)
-	__attribute__ ((format (printf, 3, 0)));
-extern void xfs_cmn_err(int panic_tag, int level, struct xfs_mount *mp,
-			char *fmt, ...)
-	__attribute__ ((format (printf, 4, 5)));
-extern void xfs_fs_cmn_err(int level, struct xfs_mount *mp, char *fmt, ...)
-	__attribute__ ((format (printf, 3, 4)));
-
 extern void xfs_hex_dump(void *p, int length);
 
 #define xfs_fs_repair_cmn_err(level, mp, fmt, args...) \
 	xfs_fs_cmn_err(level, mp, fmt "  Unmount and run xfs_repair.", ## args)
 
 #define xfs_fs_mount_cmn_err(f, fmt, args...) \
-	((f & XFS_MFSI_QUIET)? (void)0 : cmn_err(CE_WARN, "XFS: " fmt, ## args))
+	do { \
+		if (!(f & XFS_MFSI_QUIET)) 	\
+			cmn_err(CE_WARN, "XFS: " fmt, ## args); \
+	} while (0)
 
 #endif	/* __XFS_ERROR_H__ */
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c
index 0bf24b1..ae6fef1f 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@
 		cmn_err(CE_NOTE, "XFS mounting filesystem %s", mp->m_fsname);
 	else {
 		cmn_err(CE_NOTE,
-			"!Mounting filesystem \"%s\" in no-recovery mode.  Filesystem will be inconsistent.",
+			"Mounting filesystem \"%s\" in no-recovery mode.  Filesystem will be inconsistent.",
 			mp->m_fsname);
 		ASSERT(mp->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_RDONLY);
 	}
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
index 204d8e5..aa0ebb7 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
@@ -3800,7 +3800,7 @@
 		log->l_flags &= ~XLOG_RECOVERY_NEEDED;
 	} else {
 		cmn_err(CE_DEBUG,
-			"!Ending clean XFS mount for filesystem: %s\n",
+			"Ending clean XFS mount for filesystem: %s\n",
 			log->l_mp->m_fsname);
 	}
 	return 0;