diff --git a/fs/9p/mux.c b/fs/9p/mux.c
index 90a79c7..944273c 100644
--- a/fs/9p/mux.c
+++ b/fs/9p/mux.c
@@ -110,8 +110,8 @@
 };
 
 static int v9fs_poll_proc(void *);
-static void v9fs_read_work(void *);
-static void v9fs_write_work(void *);
+static void v9fs_read_work(struct work_struct *work);
+static void v9fs_write_work(struct work_struct *work);
 static void v9fs_pollwait(struct file *filp, wait_queue_head_t * wait_address,
 			  poll_table * p);
 static u16 v9fs_mux_get_tag(struct v9fs_mux_data *);
@@ -297,8 +297,8 @@
 	m->rbuf = NULL;
 	m->wpos = m->wsize = 0;
 	m->wbuf = NULL;
-	INIT_WORK(&m->rq, v9fs_read_work, m);
-	INIT_WORK(&m->wq, v9fs_write_work, m);
+	INIT_WORK(&m->rq, v9fs_read_work);
+	INIT_WORK(&m->wq, v9fs_write_work);
 	m->wsched = 0;
 	memset(&m->poll_waddr, 0, sizeof(m->poll_waddr));
 	m->poll_task = NULL;
@@ -458,13 +458,13 @@
 /**
  * v9fs_write_work - called when a transport can send some data
  */
-static void v9fs_write_work(void *a)
+static void v9fs_write_work(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	int n, err;
 	struct v9fs_mux_data *m;
 	struct v9fs_req *req;
 
-	m = a;
+	m = container_of(work, struct v9fs_mux_data, wq);
 
 	if (m->err < 0) {
 		clear_bit(Wworksched, &m->wsched);
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@
 /**
  * v9fs_read_work - called when there is some data to be read from a transport
  */
-static void v9fs_read_work(void *a)
+static void v9fs_read_work(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	int n, err;
 	struct v9fs_mux_data *m;
@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@
 	struct v9fs_fcall *rcall;
 	char *rbuf;
 
-	m = a;
+	m = container_of(work, struct v9fs_mux_data, rq);
 
 	if (m->err < 0)
 		return;
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/glock.c b/fs/gfs2/glock.c
index 78fe0fa..55f5333 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/glock.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/glock.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
 struct greedy {
 	struct gfs2_holder gr_gh;
-	struct work_struct gr_work;
+	struct delayed_work gr_work;
 };
 
 struct gfs2_gl_hash_bucket {
@@ -1368,9 +1368,9 @@
 	glops->go_xmote_th(gl, state, flags);
 }
 
-static void greedy_work(void *data)
+static void greedy_work(struct work_struct *work)
 {
-	struct greedy *gr = data;
+	struct greedy *gr = container_of(work, struct greedy, gr_work.work);
 	struct gfs2_holder *gh = &gr->gr_gh;
 	struct gfs2_glock *gl = gh->gh_gl;
 	const struct gfs2_glock_operations *glops = gl->gl_ops;
@@ -1422,7 +1422,7 @@
 
 	gfs2_holder_init(gl, 0, 0, gh);
 	set_bit(HIF_GREEDY, &gh->gh_iflags);
-	INIT_WORK(&gr->gr_work, greedy_work, gr);
+	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&gr->gr_work, greedy_work);
 
 	set_bit(GLF_SKIP_WAITERS2, &gl->gl_flags);
 	schedule_delayed_work(&gr->gr_work, time);
diff --git a/fs/ncpfs/inode.c b/fs/ncpfs/inode.c
index 42e3bef..72dad55 100644
--- a/fs/ncpfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ncpfs/inode.c
@@ -577,12 +577,12 @@
 		server->rcv.ptr = (unsigned char*)&server->rcv.buf;
 		server->rcv.len = 10;
 		server->rcv.state = 0;
-		INIT_WORK(&server->rcv.tq, ncp_tcp_rcv_proc, server);
-		INIT_WORK(&server->tx.tq, ncp_tcp_tx_proc, server);
+		INIT_WORK(&server->rcv.tq, ncp_tcp_rcv_proc);
+		INIT_WORK(&server->tx.tq, ncp_tcp_tx_proc);
 		sock->sk->sk_write_space = ncp_tcp_write_space;
 	} else {
-		INIT_WORK(&server->rcv.tq, ncpdgram_rcv_proc, server);
-		INIT_WORK(&server->timeout_tq, ncpdgram_timeout_proc, server);
+		INIT_WORK(&server->rcv.tq, ncpdgram_rcv_proc);
+		INIT_WORK(&server->timeout_tq, ncpdgram_timeout_proc);
 		server->timeout_tm.data = (unsigned long)server;
 		server->timeout_tm.function = ncpdgram_timeout_call;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/ncpfs/sock.c b/fs/ncpfs/sock.c
index 11c2b25..e496d8b 100644
--- a/fs/ncpfs/sock.c
+++ b/fs/ncpfs/sock.c
@@ -350,9 +350,10 @@
 	}
 }
 
-void ncpdgram_rcv_proc(void *s)
+void ncpdgram_rcv_proc(struct work_struct *work)
 {
-	struct ncp_server *server = s;
+	struct ncp_server *server =
+		container_of(work, struct ncp_server, rcv.tq);
 	struct socket* sock;
 	
 	sock = server->ncp_sock;
@@ -468,9 +469,10 @@
 	}
 }
 
-void ncpdgram_timeout_proc(void *s)
+void ncpdgram_timeout_proc(struct work_struct *work)
 {
-	struct ncp_server *server = s;
+	struct ncp_server *server =
+		container_of(work, struct ncp_server, timeout_tq);
 	mutex_lock(&server->rcv.creq_mutex);
 	__ncpdgram_timeout_proc(server);
 	mutex_unlock(&server->rcv.creq_mutex);
@@ -652,18 +654,20 @@
 	}
 }
 
-void ncp_tcp_rcv_proc(void *s)
+void ncp_tcp_rcv_proc(struct work_struct *work)
 {
-	struct ncp_server *server = s;
+	struct ncp_server *server =
+		container_of(work, struct ncp_server, rcv.tq);
 
 	mutex_lock(&server->rcv.creq_mutex);
 	__ncptcp_rcv_proc(server);
 	mutex_unlock(&server->rcv.creq_mutex);
 }
 
-void ncp_tcp_tx_proc(void *s)
+void ncp_tcp_tx_proc(struct work_struct *work)
 {
-	struct ncp_server *server = s;
+	struct ncp_server *server =
+		container_of(work, struct ncp_server, tx.tq);
 	
 	mutex_lock(&server->rcv.creq_mutex);
 	__ncptcp_try_send(server);
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
index 293b649..e431e93 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
@@ -1829,9 +1829,8 @@
 }
 
 static struct workqueue_struct *laundry_wq;
-static struct work_struct laundromat_work;
-static void laundromat_main(void *);
-static DECLARE_WORK(laundromat_work, laundromat_main, NULL);
+static void laundromat_main(struct work_struct *);
+static DECLARE_DELAYED_WORK(laundromat_work, laundromat_main);
 
 __be32
 nfsd4_renew(clientid_t *clid)
@@ -1940,7 +1939,7 @@
 }
 
 void
-laundromat_main(void *not_used)
+laundromat_main(struct work_struct *not_used)
 {
 	time_t t;
 
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c b/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
index f43bc5f..0b2ad16 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
@@ -1205,10 +1205,12 @@
 	return status;
 }
 
-static void ocfs2_truncate_log_worker(void *data)
+static void ocfs2_truncate_log_worker(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	int status;
-	struct ocfs2_super *osb = data;
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb =
+		container_of(work, struct ocfs2_super,
+			     osb_truncate_log_wq.work);
 
 	mlog_entry_void();
 
@@ -1441,7 +1443,8 @@
 	/* ocfs2_truncate_log_shutdown keys on the existence of
 	 * osb->osb_tl_inode so we don't set any of the osb variables
 	 * until we're sure all is well. */
-	INIT_WORK(&osb->osb_truncate_log_wq, ocfs2_truncate_log_worker, osb);
+	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&osb->osb_truncate_log_wq,
+			  ocfs2_truncate_log_worker);
 	osb->osb_tl_bh    = tl_bh;
 	osb->osb_tl_inode = tl_inode;
 
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/heartbeat.c b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/heartbeat.c
index 305cba3..4cd9a95 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/heartbeat.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/heartbeat.c
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
 	 * recognizes a node going up and down in one iteration */
 	u64			hr_generation;
 
-	struct work_struct	hr_write_timeout_work;
+	struct delayed_work	hr_write_timeout_work;
 	unsigned long		hr_last_timeout_start;
 
 	/* Used during o2hb_check_slot to hold a copy of the block
@@ -156,9 +156,11 @@
 	int               wc_error;
 };
 
-static void o2hb_write_timeout(void *arg)
+static void o2hb_write_timeout(struct work_struct *work)
 {
-	struct o2hb_region *reg = arg;
+	struct o2hb_region *reg =
+		container_of(work, struct o2hb_region,
+			     hr_write_timeout_work.work);
 
 	mlog(ML_ERROR, "Heartbeat write timeout to device %s after %u "
 	     "milliseconds\n", reg->hr_dev_name,
@@ -1404,7 +1406,7 @@
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	INIT_WORK(&reg->hr_write_timeout_work, o2hb_write_timeout, reg);
+	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&reg->hr_write_timeout_work, o2hb_write_timeout);
 
 	/*
 	 * A node is considered live after it has beat LIVE_THRESHOLD
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/quorum.c b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/quorum.c
index 7bba98f..4705d65 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/quorum.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/quorum.c
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
 	o2quo_fence_self();
 }
 
-static void o2quo_make_decision(void *arg)
+static void o2quo_make_decision(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	int quorum;
 	int lowest_hb, lowest_reachable = 0, fence = 0;
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@
 	struct o2quo_state *qs = &o2quo_state;
 
 	spin_lock_init(&qs->qs_lock);
-	INIT_WORK(&qs->qs_work, o2quo_make_decision, NULL);
+	INIT_WORK(&qs->qs_work, o2quo_make_decision);
 }
 
 void o2quo_exit(void)
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp.c b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp.c
index b650efa..9b3209d 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp.c
@@ -140,11 +140,11 @@
 		 [O2NET_ERR_DIED]	= -EHOSTDOWN,};
 
 /* can't quite avoid *all* internal declarations :/ */
-static void o2net_sc_connect_completed(void *arg);
-static void o2net_rx_until_empty(void *arg);
-static void o2net_shutdown_sc(void *arg);
+static void o2net_sc_connect_completed(struct work_struct *work);
+static void o2net_rx_until_empty(struct work_struct *work);
+static void o2net_shutdown_sc(struct work_struct *work);
 static void o2net_listen_data_ready(struct sock *sk, int bytes);
-static void o2net_sc_send_keep_req(void *arg);
+static void o2net_sc_send_keep_req(struct work_struct *work);
 static void o2net_idle_timer(unsigned long data);
 static void o2net_sc_postpone_idle(struct o2net_sock_container *sc);
 
@@ -308,10 +308,10 @@
 	o2nm_node_get(node);
 	sc->sc_node = node;
 
-	INIT_WORK(&sc->sc_connect_work, o2net_sc_connect_completed, sc);
-	INIT_WORK(&sc->sc_rx_work, o2net_rx_until_empty, sc);
-	INIT_WORK(&sc->sc_shutdown_work, o2net_shutdown_sc, sc);
-	INIT_WORK(&sc->sc_keepalive_work, o2net_sc_send_keep_req, sc);
+	INIT_WORK(&sc->sc_connect_work, o2net_sc_connect_completed);
+	INIT_WORK(&sc->sc_rx_work, o2net_rx_until_empty);
+	INIT_WORK(&sc->sc_shutdown_work, o2net_shutdown_sc);
+	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&sc->sc_keepalive_work, o2net_sc_send_keep_req);
 
 	init_timer(&sc->sc_idle_timeout);
 	sc->sc_idle_timeout.function = o2net_idle_timer;
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@
 		sc_put(sc);
 }
 static void o2net_sc_queue_delayed_work(struct o2net_sock_container *sc,
-					struct work_struct *work,
+					struct delayed_work *work,
 					int delay)
 {
 	sc_get(sc);
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@
 		sc_put(sc);
 }
 static void o2net_sc_cancel_delayed_work(struct o2net_sock_container *sc,
-					 struct work_struct *work)
+					 struct delayed_work *work)
 {
 	if (cancel_delayed_work(work))
 		sc_put(sc);
@@ -564,9 +564,11 @@
  * ourselves as state_change couldn't get the nn_lock and call set_nn_state
  * itself.
  */
-static void o2net_shutdown_sc(void *arg)
+static void o2net_shutdown_sc(struct work_struct *work)
 {
-	struct o2net_sock_container *sc = arg;
+	struct o2net_sock_container *sc =
+		container_of(work, struct o2net_sock_container,
+			     sc_shutdown_work);
 	struct o2net_node *nn = o2net_nn_from_num(sc->sc_node->nd_num);
 
 	sclog(sc, "shutting down\n");
@@ -1201,9 +1203,10 @@
 /* this work func is triggerd by data ready.  it reads until it can read no
  * more.  it interprets 0, eof, as fatal.  if data_ready hits while we're doing
  * our work the work struct will be marked and we'll be called again. */
-static void o2net_rx_until_empty(void *arg)
+static void o2net_rx_until_empty(struct work_struct *work)
 {
-	struct o2net_sock_container *sc = arg;
+	struct o2net_sock_container *sc =
+		container_of(work, struct o2net_sock_container, sc_rx_work);
 	int ret;
 
 	do {
@@ -1249,9 +1252,11 @@
 
 /* called when a connect completes and after a sock is accepted.  the
  * rx path will see the response and mark the sc valid */
-static void o2net_sc_connect_completed(void *arg)
+static void o2net_sc_connect_completed(struct work_struct *work)
 {
-	struct o2net_sock_container *sc = arg;
+	struct o2net_sock_container *sc =
+		container_of(work, struct o2net_sock_container,
+			     sc_connect_work);
 
 	mlog(ML_MSG, "sc sending handshake with ver %llu id %llx\n",
               (unsigned long long)O2NET_PROTOCOL_VERSION,
@@ -1262,9 +1267,11 @@
 }
 
 /* this is called as a work_struct func. */
-static void o2net_sc_send_keep_req(void *arg)
+static void o2net_sc_send_keep_req(struct work_struct *work)
 {
-	struct o2net_sock_container *sc = arg;
+	struct o2net_sock_container *sc =
+		container_of(work, struct o2net_sock_container,
+			     sc_keepalive_work.work);
 
 	o2net_sendpage(sc, o2net_keep_req, sizeof(*o2net_keep_req));
 	sc_put(sc);
@@ -1314,14 +1321,15 @@
  * having a connect attempt fail, etc. This centralizes the logic which decides
  * if a connect attempt should be made or if we should give up and all future
  * transmit attempts should fail */
-static void o2net_start_connect(void *arg)
+static void o2net_start_connect(struct work_struct *work)
 {
-	struct o2net_node *nn = arg;
+	struct o2net_node *nn =
+		container_of(work, struct o2net_node, nn_connect_work.work);
 	struct o2net_sock_container *sc = NULL;
 	struct o2nm_node *node = NULL, *mynode = NULL;
 	struct socket *sock = NULL;
 	struct sockaddr_in myaddr = {0, }, remoteaddr = {0, };
-	int ret = 0;
+	int ret = 0, stop;
 
 	/* if we're greater we initiate tx, otherwise we accept */
 	if (o2nm_this_node() <= o2net_num_from_nn(nn))
@@ -1342,10 +1350,9 @@
 
 	spin_lock(&nn->nn_lock);
 	/* see if we already have one pending or have given up */
-	if (nn->nn_sc || nn->nn_persistent_error)
-		arg = NULL;
+	stop = (nn->nn_sc || nn->nn_persistent_error);
 	spin_unlock(&nn->nn_lock);
-	if (arg == NULL) /* *shrug*, needed some indicator */
+	if (stop)
 		goto out;
 
 	nn->nn_last_connect_attempt = jiffies;
@@ -1421,9 +1428,10 @@
 	return;
 }
 
-static void o2net_connect_expired(void *arg)
+static void o2net_connect_expired(struct work_struct *work)
 {
-	struct o2net_node *nn = arg;
+	struct o2net_node *nn =
+		container_of(work, struct o2net_node, nn_connect_expired.work);
 
 	spin_lock(&nn->nn_lock);
 	if (!nn->nn_sc_valid) {
@@ -1436,9 +1444,10 @@
 	spin_unlock(&nn->nn_lock);
 }
 
-static void o2net_still_up(void *arg)
+static void o2net_still_up(struct work_struct *work)
 {
-	struct o2net_node *nn = arg;
+	struct o2net_node *nn =
+		container_of(work, struct o2net_node, nn_still_up.work);
 
 	o2quo_hb_still_up(o2net_num_from_nn(nn));
 }
@@ -1644,9 +1653,9 @@
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static void o2net_accept_many(void *arg)
+static void o2net_accept_many(struct work_struct *work)
 {
-	struct socket *sock = arg;
+	struct socket *sock = o2net_listen_sock;
 	while (o2net_accept_one(sock) == 0)
 		cond_resched();
 }
@@ -1700,7 +1709,7 @@
 	write_unlock_bh(&sock->sk->sk_callback_lock);
 
 	o2net_listen_sock = sock;
-	INIT_WORK(&o2net_listen_work, o2net_accept_many, sock);
+	INIT_WORK(&o2net_listen_work, o2net_accept_many);
 
 	sock->sk->sk_reuse = 1;
 	ret = sock->ops->bind(sock, (struct sockaddr *)&sin, sizeof(sin));
@@ -1819,9 +1828,10 @@
 		struct o2net_node *nn = o2net_nn_from_num(i);
 
 		spin_lock_init(&nn->nn_lock);
-		INIT_WORK(&nn->nn_connect_work, o2net_start_connect, nn);
-		INIT_WORK(&nn->nn_connect_expired, o2net_connect_expired, nn);
-		INIT_WORK(&nn->nn_still_up, o2net_still_up, nn);
+		INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&nn->nn_connect_work, o2net_start_connect);
+		INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&nn->nn_connect_expired,
+				  o2net_connect_expired);
+		INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&nn->nn_still_up, o2net_still_up);
 		/* until we see hb from a node we'll return einval */
 		nn->nn_persistent_error = -ENOTCONN;
 		init_waitqueue_head(&nn->nn_sc_wq);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp_internal.h b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp_internal.h
index 4b46aac..daebbd3 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp_internal.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp_internal.h
@@ -86,18 +86,18 @@
 	 * connect attempt fails and so can be self-arming.  shutdown is
 	 * careful to first mark the nn such that no connects will be attempted
 	 * before canceling delayed connect work and flushing the queue. */
-	struct work_struct		nn_connect_work;
+	struct delayed_work		nn_connect_work;
 	unsigned long			nn_last_connect_attempt;
 
 	/* this is queued as nodes come up and is canceled when a connection is
 	 * established.  this expiring gives up on the node and errors out
 	 * transmits */
-	struct work_struct		nn_connect_expired;
+	struct delayed_work		nn_connect_expired;
 
 	/* after we give up on a socket we wait a while before deciding
 	 * that it is still heartbeating and that we should do some
 	 * quorum work */
-	struct work_struct		nn_still_up;
+	struct delayed_work		nn_still_up;
 };
 
 struct o2net_sock_container {
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
 	struct work_struct	sc_shutdown_work;
 
 	struct timer_list	sc_idle_timeout;
-	struct work_struct	sc_keepalive_work;
+	struct delayed_work	sc_keepalive_work;
 
 	unsigned		sc_handshake_ok:1;
 
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmcommon.h b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmcommon.h
index fa96818..6b6ff76 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmcommon.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmcommon.h
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
  * called functions that cannot be directly called from the
  * net message handlers for some reason, usually because
  * they need to send net messages of their own. */
-void dlm_dispatch_work(void *data);
+void dlm_dispatch_work(struct work_struct *work);
 
 struct dlm_lock_resource;
 struct dlm_work_item;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmdomain.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmdomain.c
index 8d1065f..637646e 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmdomain.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmdomain.c
@@ -1296,7 +1296,7 @@
 
 	spin_lock_init(&dlm->work_lock);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dlm->work_list);
-	INIT_WORK(&dlm->dispatched_work, dlm_dispatch_work, dlm);
+	INIT_WORK(&dlm->dispatched_work, dlm_dispatch_work);
 
 	kref_init(&dlm->dlm_refs);
 	dlm->dlm_state = DLM_CTXT_NEW;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c
index 9d950d7..fb3e2b0 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c
@@ -153,9 +153,10 @@
 }
 
 /* Worker function used during recovery. */
-void dlm_dispatch_work(void *data)
+void dlm_dispatch_work(struct work_struct *work)
 {
-	struct dlm_ctxt *dlm = (struct dlm_ctxt *)data;
+	struct dlm_ctxt *dlm =
+		container_of(work, struct dlm_ctxt, dispatched_work);
 	LIST_HEAD(tmp_list);
 	struct list_head *iter, *iter2;
 	struct dlm_work_item *item;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/userdlm.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/userdlm.c
index eead48b..7d2f578 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/userdlm.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/userdlm.c
@@ -171,15 +171,14 @@
 		BUG();
 }
 
-static void user_dlm_unblock_lock(void *opaque);
+static void user_dlm_unblock_lock(struct work_struct *work);
 
 static void __user_dlm_queue_lockres(struct user_lock_res *lockres)
 {
 	if (!(lockres->l_flags & USER_LOCK_QUEUED)) {
 		user_dlm_grab_inode_ref(lockres);
 
-		INIT_WORK(&lockres->l_work, user_dlm_unblock_lock,
-			  lockres);
+		INIT_WORK(&lockres->l_work, user_dlm_unblock_lock);
 
 		queue_work(user_dlm_worker, &lockres->l_work);
 		lockres->l_flags |= USER_LOCK_QUEUED;
@@ -279,10 +278,11 @@
 	iput(inode);
 }
 
-static void user_dlm_unblock_lock(void *opaque)
+static void user_dlm_unblock_lock(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	int new_level, status;
-	struct user_lock_res *lockres = (struct user_lock_res *) opaque;
+	struct user_lock_res *lockres =
+		container_of(work, struct user_lock_res, l_work);
 	struct dlm_ctxt *dlm = dlm_ctxt_from_user_lockres(lockres);
 
 	mlog(0, "processing lockres %.*s\n", lockres->l_namelen,
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/journal.c b/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
index fd9734d..d95ee27 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
@@ -911,11 +911,12 @@
  * NOTE: This function can and will sleep on recovery of other nodes
  * during cluster locking, just like any other ocfs2 process.
  */
-void ocfs2_complete_recovery(void *data)
+void ocfs2_complete_recovery(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	int ret;
-	struct ocfs2_super *osb = data;
-	struct ocfs2_journal *journal = osb->journal;
+	struct ocfs2_journal *journal =
+		container_of(work, struct ocfs2_journal, j_recovery_work);
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb = journal->j_osb;
 	struct ocfs2_dinode *la_dinode, *tl_dinode;
 	struct ocfs2_la_recovery_item *item;
 	struct list_head *p, *n;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/journal.h b/fs/ocfs2/journal.h
index 2f3a6ac..5be161a 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/journal.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/journal.h
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@
 }
 
 /* Exported only for the journal struct init code in super.c. Do not call. */
-void ocfs2_complete_recovery(void *data);
+void ocfs2_complete_recovery(struct work_struct *work);
 
 /*
  *  Journal Control:
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h b/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h
index 0462a7f..9b1bad1 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@
 	/* Truncate log info */
 	struct inode			*osb_tl_inode;
 	struct buffer_head		*osb_tl_bh;
-	struct work_struct		osb_truncate_log_wq;
+	struct delayed_work		osb_truncate_log_wq;
 
 	struct ocfs2_node_map		osb_recovering_orphan_dirs;
 	unsigned int			*osb_orphan_wipes;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/super.c b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
index 76b46eb..9a80890 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
@@ -1365,7 +1365,7 @@
 	spin_lock_init(&journal->j_lock);
 	journal->j_trans_id = (unsigned long) 1;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&journal->j_la_cleanups);
-	INIT_WORK(&journal->j_recovery_work, ocfs2_complete_recovery, osb);
+	INIT_WORK(&journal->j_recovery_work, ocfs2_complete_recovery);
 	journal->j_state = OCFS2_JOURNAL_FREE;
 
 	/* get some pseudo constants for clustersize bits */
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/journal.c b/fs/reiserfs/journal.c
index 85ce232..cd1bb75 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/journal.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/journal.c
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
 			       struct reiserfs_journal *journal);
 static int dirty_one_transaction(struct super_block *s,
 				 struct reiserfs_journal_list *jl);
-static void flush_async_commits(void *p);
+static void flush_async_commits(struct work_struct *work);
 static void queue_log_writer(struct super_block *s);
 
 /* values for join in do_journal_begin_r */
@@ -2836,7 +2836,8 @@
 	if (reiserfs_mounted_fs_count <= 1)
 		commit_wq = create_workqueue("reiserfs");
 
-	INIT_WORK(&journal->j_work, flush_async_commits, p_s_sb);
+	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&journal->j_work, flush_async_commits);
+	journal->j_work_sb = p_s_sb;
 	return 0;
       free_and_return:
 	free_journal_ram(p_s_sb);
@@ -3447,10 +3448,11 @@
 /*
 ** writeback the pending async commits to disk
 */
-static void flush_async_commits(void *p)
+static void flush_async_commits(struct work_struct *work)
 {
-	struct super_block *p_s_sb = p;
-	struct reiserfs_journal *journal = SB_JOURNAL(p_s_sb);
+	struct reiserfs_journal *journal =
+		container_of(work, struct reiserfs_journal, j_work.work);
+	struct super_block *p_s_sb = journal->j_work_sb;
 	struct reiserfs_journal_list *jl;
 	struct list_head *entry;
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_aops.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_aops.c
index 09360cf..8e6b56f 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_aops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_aops.c
@@ -149,9 +149,10 @@
  */
 STATIC void
 xfs_end_bio_delalloc(
-	void			*data)
+	struct work_struct	*work)
 {
-	xfs_ioend_t		*ioend = data;
+	xfs_ioend_t		*ioend =
+		container_of(work, xfs_ioend_t, io_work);
 
 	xfs_destroy_ioend(ioend);
 }
@@ -161,9 +162,10 @@
  */
 STATIC void
 xfs_end_bio_written(
-	void			*data)
+	struct work_struct	*work)
 {
-	xfs_ioend_t		*ioend = data;
+	xfs_ioend_t		*ioend =
+		container_of(work, xfs_ioend_t, io_work);
 
 	xfs_destroy_ioend(ioend);
 }
@@ -176,9 +178,10 @@
  */
 STATIC void
 xfs_end_bio_unwritten(
-	void			*data)
+	struct work_struct	*work)
 {
-	xfs_ioend_t		*ioend = data;
+	xfs_ioend_t		*ioend =
+		container_of(work, xfs_ioend_t, io_work);
 	bhv_vnode_t		*vp = ioend->io_vnode;
 	xfs_off_t		offset = ioend->io_offset;
 	size_t			size = ioend->io_size;
@@ -220,11 +223,11 @@
 	ioend->io_size = 0;
 
 	if (type == IOMAP_UNWRITTEN)
-		INIT_WORK(&ioend->io_work, xfs_end_bio_unwritten, ioend);
+		INIT_WORK(&ioend->io_work, xfs_end_bio_unwritten);
 	else if (type == IOMAP_DELAY)
-		INIT_WORK(&ioend->io_work, xfs_end_bio_delalloc, ioend);
+		INIT_WORK(&ioend->io_work, xfs_end_bio_delalloc);
 	else
-		INIT_WORK(&ioend->io_work, xfs_end_bio_written, ioend);
+		INIT_WORK(&ioend->io_work, xfs_end_bio_written);
 
 	return ioend;
 }
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
index d338284..eef4a0b 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
@@ -994,9 +994,10 @@
 
 STATIC void
 xfs_buf_iodone_work(
-	void			*v)
+	struct work_struct	*work)
 {
-	xfs_buf_t		*bp = (xfs_buf_t *)v;
+	xfs_buf_t		*bp =
+		container_of(work, xfs_buf_t, b_iodone_work);
 
 	if (bp->b_iodone)
 		(*(bp->b_iodone))(bp);
@@ -1017,10 +1018,10 @@
 
 	if ((bp->b_iodone) || (bp->b_flags & XBF_ASYNC)) {
 		if (schedule) {
-			INIT_WORK(&bp->b_iodone_work, xfs_buf_iodone_work, bp);
+			INIT_WORK(&bp->b_iodone_work, xfs_buf_iodone_work);
 			queue_work(xfslogd_workqueue, &bp->b_iodone_work);
 		} else {
-			xfs_buf_iodone_work(bp);
+			xfs_buf_iodone_work(&bp->b_iodone_work);
 		}
 	} else {
 		up(&bp->b_iodonesema);