diff --git a/kmod/src/dir.c b/kmod/src/dir.c
index 7470244c..a4b6dc09 100644
--- a/kmod/src/dir.c
+++ b/kmod/src/dir.c
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ out:
 	else if (ino == 0)
 		inode = NULL;
 	else
-		inode = scoutfs_iget(sb, ino, 0);
+		inode = scoutfs_iget(sb, ino, 0, 0);
 
 	/*
 	 * We can't splice dir aliases into the dcache.  dir entries
diff --git a/kmod/src/export.c b/kmod/src/export.c
index 5321f9cd..29b89bc3 100644
--- a/kmod/src/export.c
+++ b/kmod/src/export.c
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ static struct dentry *scoutfs_fh_to_dentry(struct super_block *sb,
 	trace_scoutfs_fh_to_dentry(sb, fh_type, sfid);
 
 	if (scoutfs_valid_fileid(fh_type))
-		inode = scoutfs_iget(sb, le64_to_cpu(sfid->ino), 0);
+		inode = scoutfs_iget(sb, le64_to_cpu(sfid->ino), 0, SCOUTFS_IGF_LINKED);
 
 	return d_obtain_alias(inode);
 }
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ static struct dentry *scoutfs_fh_to_parent(struct super_block *sb,
 
 	if (scoutfs_valid_fileid(fh_type) &&
 	    fh_type == FILEID_SCOUTFS_WITH_PARENT)
-		inode = scoutfs_iget(sb, le64_to_cpu(sfid->parent_ino), 0);
+		inode = scoutfs_iget(sb, le64_to_cpu(sfid->parent_ino), 0, SCOUTFS_IGF_LINKED);
 
 	return d_obtain_alias(inode);
 }
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ static struct dentry *scoutfs_get_parent(struct dentry *child)
 	scoutfs_dir_free_backref_path(sb, &list);
 	trace_scoutfs_get_parent(sb, inode, ino);
 
-	inode = scoutfs_iget(sb, ino, 0);
+	inode = scoutfs_iget(sb, ino, 0, SCOUTFS_IGF_LINKED);
 
 	return d_obtain_alias(inode);
 }
diff --git a/kmod/src/inode.c b/kmod/src/inode.c
index bbc48daf..ac711ac8 100644
--- a/kmod/src/inode.c
+++ b/kmod/src/inode.c
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ static void load_inode(struct inode *inode, struct scoutfs_inode *cinode)
 	set_item_info(si, cinode);
 }
 
-static void init_inode_key(struct scoutfs_key *key, u64 ino)
+void scoutfs_inode_init_key(struct scoutfs_key *key, u64 ino)
 {
 	*key = (struct scoutfs_key) {
 		.sk_zone = SCOUTFS_FS_ZONE,
@@ -296,8 +296,7 @@ static void init_inode_key(struct scoutfs_key *key, u64 ino)
  * fields because they should have already had a locked refreshed inode
  * to be dereferencing its contents.
  */
-int scoutfs_inode_refresh(struct inode *inode, struct scoutfs_lock *lock,
-			  int flags)
+int scoutfs_inode_refresh(struct inode *inode, struct scoutfs_lock *lock)
 {
 	struct scoutfs_inode_info *si = SCOUTFS_I(inode);
 	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
@@ -317,7 +316,7 @@ int scoutfs_inode_refresh(struct inode *inode, struct scoutfs_lock *lock,
 	if (atomic64_read(&si->last_refreshed) == refresh_gen)
 		return 0;
 
-	init_inode_key(&key, scoutfs_ino(inode));
+	scoutfs_inode_init_key(&key, scoutfs_ino(inode));
 
 	mutex_lock(&si->item_mutex);
 	if (atomic64_read(&si->last_refreshed) < refresh_gen) {
@@ -697,21 +696,20 @@ struct inode *scoutfs_ilookup(struct super_block *sb, u64 ino)
 	return ilookup5(sb, ino, scoutfs_iget_test, &ino);
 }
 
-struct inode *scoutfs_iget(struct super_block *sb, u64 ino, int lkf)
+struct inode *scoutfs_iget(struct super_block *sb, u64 ino, int lkf, int igf)
 {
 	struct scoutfs_lock *lock = NULL;
 	struct scoutfs_inode_info *si;
-	struct inode *inode;
+	struct inode *inode = NULL;
 	int ret;
 
 	ret = scoutfs_lock_ino(sb, SCOUTFS_LOCK_READ, lkf, ino, &lock);
-	if (ret)
-		return ERR_PTR(ret);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto out;
 
-	inode = iget5_locked(sb, ino, scoutfs_iget_test, scoutfs_iget_set,
-			     &ino);
+	inode = iget5_locked(sb, ino, scoutfs_iget_test, scoutfs_iget_set, &ino);
 	if (!inode) {
-		inode = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out;
 	}
 
@@ -721,20 +719,33 @@ struct inode *scoutfs_iget(struct super_block *sb, u64 ino, int lkf)
 		atomic64_set(&si->last_refreshed, 0);
 		inode->i_version = 0;
 
-		ret = scoutfs_inode_refresh(inode, lock, 0);
-		if (ret == 0)
-			ret = scoutfs_omap_inc(sb, ino);
-		if (ret) {
-			iget_failed(inode);
-			inode = ERR_PTR(ret);
-		} else {
-			set_inode_ops(inode);
-			unlock_new_inode(inode);
+		ret = scoutfs_inode_refresh(inode, lock);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			goto out;
+
+		if ((igf & SCOUTFS_IGF_LINKED) && inode->i_nlink == 0) {
+			ret = -ENOENT;
+			goto out;
 		}
+
+		ret = scoutfs_omap_inc(sb, ino);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			goto out;
+
+		set_inode_ops(inode);
+		unlock_new_inode(inode);
 	}
 
+	ret = 0;
 out:
 	scoutfs_unlock(sb, lock, SCOUTFS_LOCK_READ);
+
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		if (inode)
+			iget_failed(inode);
+		inode = ERR_PTR(ret);
+	}
+
 	return inode;
 }
 
@@ -803,7 +814,7 @@ int scoutfs_dirty_inode_item(struct inode *inode, struct scoutfs_lock *lock)
 
 	store_inode(&sinode, inode);
 
-	init_inode_key(&key, scoutfs_ino(inode));
+	scoutfs_inode_init_key(&key, scoutfs_ino(inode));
 
 	ret = scoutfs_item_update(sb, &key, &sinode, sizeof(sinode), lock);
 	if (!ret)
@@ -1022,7 +1033,7 @@ void scoutfs_update_inode_item(struct inode *inode, struct scoutfs_lock *lock,
 	ret = update_indices(sb, si, ino, inode->i_mode, &sinode, lock_list);
 	BUG_ON(ret);
 
-	init_inode_key(&key, ino);
+	scoutfs_inode_init_key(&key, ino);
 
 	err = scoutfs_item_update(sb, &key, &sinode, sizeof(sinode), lock);
 	if (err) {
@@ -1421,7 +1432,7 @@ struct inode *scoutfs_new_inode(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *dir,
 	set_inode_ops(inode);
 
 	store_inode(&sinode, inode);
-	init_inode_key(&key, scoutfs_ino(inode));
+	scoutfs_inode_init_key(&key, scoutfs_ino(inode));
 
 	ret = scoutfs_omap_inc(sb, ino);
 	if (ret < 0)
@@ -1546,7 +1557,7 @@ static int delete_inode_items(struct super_block *sb, u64 ino, struct scoutfs_lo
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	init_inode_key(&key, ino);
+	scoutfs_inode_init_key(&key, ino);
 
 	ret = scoutfs_item_lookup_exact(sb, &key, &sinode, sizeof(sinode),
 					lock);
@@ -1855,7 +1866,7 @@ static void inode_orphan_scan_worker(struct work_struct *work)
 		}
 
 		/* try to cached and evict unused inode to delete, can be racing */
-		inode = scoutfs_iget(sb, ino, 0);
+		inode = scoutfs_iget(sb, ino, 0, 0);
 		if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
 			ret = PTR_ERR(inode);
 			if (ret == -ENOENT)
diff --git a/kmod/src/inode.h b/kmod/src/inode.h
index 9b98b966..eab303ee 100644
--- a/kmod/src/inode.h
+++ b/kmod/src/inode.h
@@ -80,9 +80,11 @@ int scoutfs_drop_inode(struct inode *inode);
 void scoutfs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode);
 void scoutfs_inode_queue_iput(struct inode *inode);
 
-struct inode *scoutfs_iget(struct super_block *sb, u64 ino, int lkf);
+#define SCOUTFS_IGF_LINKED (1 << 0) /* enoent if nlink == 0 */
+struct inode *scoutfs_iget(struct super_block *sb, u64 ino, int lkf, int igf);
 struct inode *scoutfs_ilookup(struct super_block *sb, u64 ino);
 
+void scoutfs_inode_init_key(struct scoutfs_key *key, u64 ino);
 void scoutfs_inode_init_index_key(struct scoutfs_key *key, u8 type, u64 major,
 				  u32 minor, u64 ino);
 int scoutfs_inode_index_start(struct super_block *sb, u64 *seq);
@@ -117,8 +119,7 @@ u64 scoutfs_inode_data_version(struct inode *inode);
 void scoutfs_inode_get_onoff(struct inode *inode, s64 *on, s64 *off);
 int scoutfs_complete_truncate(struct inode *inode, struct scoutfs_lock *lock);
 
-int scoutfs_inode_refresh(struct inode *inode, struct scoutfs_lock *lock,
-			  int flags);
+int scoutfs_inode_refresh(struct inode *inode, struct scoutfs_lock *lock);
 int scoutfs_getattr(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry,
 		    struct kstat *stat);
 int scoutfs_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr);
diff --git a/kmod/src/ioctl.c b/kmod/src/ioctl.c
index 014527ec..d30a5021 100644
--- a/kmod/src/ioctl.c
+++ b/kmod/src/ioctl.c
@@ -1320,6 +1320,84 @@ out:
 	return ret ?: count;
 }
 
+static long scoutfs_ioc_get_allocated_inos(struct file *file, unsigned long arg)
+{
+	struct super_block *sb = file_inode(file)->i_sb;
+	struct scoutfs_ioctl_get_allocated_inos __user *ugai = (void __user *)arg;
+	struct scoutfs_ioctl_get_allocated_inos gai;
+	struct scoutfs_lock *lock = NULL;
+	struct scoutfs_key key;
+	struct scoutfs_key end;
+	u64 __user *uinos;
+	u64 bytes;
+	u64 ino;
+	int nr;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (!(file->f_mode & FMODE_READ)) {
+		ret = -EBADF;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) {
+		ret = -EPERM;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	if (copy_from_user(&gai, ugai, sizeof(gai))) {
+		ret = -EFAULT;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	if ((gai.inos_ptr & (sizeof(__u64) - 1)) || (gai.inos_bytes < sizeof(__u64))) {
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	scoutfs_inode_init_key(&key, gai.start_ino);
+	scoutfs_inode_init_key(&end, gai.start_ino | SCOUTFS_LOCK_INODE_GROUP_MASK);
+	uinos = (void __user *)gai.inos_ptr;
+	bytes = gai.inos_bytes;
+	nr = 0;
+
+	ret = scoutfs_lock_ino(sb, SCOUTFS_LOCK_READ, 0, gai.start_ino, &lock);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto out;
+
+	while (bytes >= sizeof(*uinos)) {
+
+		ret = scoutfs_item_next(sb, &key, &end, NULL, 0, lock);
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			if (ret == -ENOENT)
+				ret = 0;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		if (key.sk_zone != SCOUTFS_FS_ZONE) {
+			ret = 0;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		/* all fs items are owned by allocated inodes, and _first is always ino */
+		ino = le64_to_cpu(key._sk_first);
+		if (put_user(ino, uinos)) {
+			ret = -EFAULT;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		uinos++;
+		bytes -= sizeof(*uinos);
+		if (++nr == INT_MAX)
+			break;
+
+		scoutfs_inode_init_key(&key, ino + 1);
+	}
+
+	scoutfs_unlock(sb, lock, SCOUTFS_LOCK_READ);
+out:
+	return ret ?: nr;
+}
+
 long scoutfs_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
 	switch (cmd) {
@@ -1353,6 +1431,8 @@ long scoutfs_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 		return scoutfs_ioc_resize_devices(file, arg);
 	case SCOUTFS_IOC_READ_XATTR_TOTALS:
 		return scoutfs_ioc_read_xattr_totals(file, arg);
+	case SCOUTFS_IOC_GET_ALLOCATED_INOS:
+		return scoutfs_ioc_get_allocated_inos(file, arg);
 	}
 
 	return -ENOTTY;
diff --git a/kmod/src/ioctl.h b/kmod/src/ioctl.h
index 24cd9a46..459ee7fb 100644
--- a/kmod/src/ioctl.h
+++ b/kmod/src/ioctl.h
@@ -520,4 +520,43 @@ struct scoutfs_ioctl_xattr_total {
 #define SCOUTFS_IOC_READ_XATTR_TOTALS \
 	_IOW(SCOUTFS_IOCTL_MAGIC, 15, struct scoutfs_ioctl_read_xattr_totals)
 
+/*
+ * This fills the caller's inos array with inode numbers that are in use
+ * after the start ino, within an internal inode group.
+ *
+ * This only makes a promise about the state of the inode numbers within
+ * the first and last numbers returned by one call.  At one time, all of
+ * those inodes were still allocated.   They could have changed before
+ * the call returned.   And any numbers outside of the first and last
+ * (or single) are undefined.
+ *
+ * This doesn't iterate over all allocated inodes, it only probes a
+ * single group that the start inode is within.   This interface was
+ * first introduced to support tests that needed to find out about a
+ * specific inode, while having some other similarly niche uses.   It is
+ * unsuitable for a consistent iteration over all the inode numbers in
+ * use.
+ *
+ * This test of inode items doesn't serialize with the inode lifetime
+ * mechanism.   It only tells you the numbers of inodes that were once
+ * active in the system and haven't yet been fully deleted.  The inode
+ * numbers returned could have been in the process of being deleted and
+ * were already unreachable even before the call started.
+ *
+ * @start_ino: the first inode number that could be returned
+ * @inos_ptr: pointer to an aligned array of 64bit inode numbers
+ * @inos_bytes: the number of bytes available in the inos_ptr array
+ *
+ * Returns errors or the count of inode numbers returned, quite possibly
+ * including 0.
+ */
+struct scoutfs_ioctl_get_allocated_inos {
+	__u64 start_ino;
+	__u64 inos_ptr;
+	__u64 inos_bytes;
+};
+
+#define SCOUTFS_IOC_GET_ALLOCATED_INOS \
+	_IOW(SCOUTFS_IOCTL_MAGIC, 16, struct scoutfs_ioctl_get_allocated_inos)
+
 #endif
diff --git a/kmod/src/lock.c b/kmod/src/lock.c
index ca674c8f..f0d0238d 100644
--- a/kmod/src/lock.c
+++ b/kmod/src/lock.c
@@ -1050,7 +1050,7 @@ int scoutfs_lock_inode(struct super_block *sb, enum scoutfs_lock_mode mode, int
 		goto out;
 
 	if (flags & SCOUTFS_LKF_REFRESH_INODE) {
-		ret = scoutfs_inode_refresh(inode, *lock, flags);
+		ret = scoutfs_inode_refresh(inode, *lock);
 		if (ret < 0) {
 			scoutfs_unlock(sb, *lock, mode);
 			*lock = NULL;
diff --git a/kmod/src/net.c b/kmod/src/net.c
index e3b6a4a6..7d8316b5 100644
--- a/kmod/src/net.c
+++ b/kmod/src/net.c
@@ -675,28 +675,18 @@ static void scoutfs_net_recv_worker(struct work_struct *work)
 
 		scoutfs_tseq_add(&ninf->msg_tseq_tree, &mrecv->tseq_entry);
 
-		/* 
-		 * We want to drain the proc_workq in order to ensure that
-		 * that the inflight lock recovery work is fully flushed out
-		 * so that we can prevent the client/server racing trying to
-		 * do lock recovery and processing farewell at the same time.
-		 */
-		if (nh.cmd == SCOUTFS_NET_CMD_FAREWELL && conn->listening_conn)
-			drain_workqueue(conn->proc_workq);
-
 		/*
-		 * Initial received greetings and farewell are processed
+		 * Initial received greetings are processed
 		 * synchronously before any other incoming messages.
 		 *
 		 * Incoming requests or responses to the lock client are
 		 * called synchronously to avoid reordering.
 		 */
 		if (nh.cmd == SCOUTFS_NET_CMD_GREETING ||
-		    (nh.cmd == SCOUTFS_NET_CMD_FAREWELL && conn->listening_conn) ||
 		    (nh.cmd == SCOUTFS_NET_CMD_LOCK && !conn->listening_conn))
 			scoutfs_net_proc_worker(&mrecv->proc_work);
 		else
-			queue_work(conn->proc_workq, &mrecv->proc_work);
+			queue_work(conn->workq, &mrecv->proc_work);
 	}
 
 	if (ret)
@@ -861,7 +851,6 @@ static void scoutfs_net_destroy_worker(struct work_struct *work)
 	}
 
 	destroy_workqueue(conn->workq);
-	destroy_workqueue(conn->proc_workq);
 	scoutfs_tseq_del(&ninf->conn_tseq_tree, &conn->tseq_entry);
 	kfree(conn->info);
 	trace_scoutfs_conn_destroy_free(conn);
@@ -1161,8 +1150,6 @@ static void scoutfs_net_shutdown_worker(struct work_struct *work)
 	/* wait for socket and proc work to finish, includes chained work */
 	drain_workqueue(conn->workq);
 
-	drain_workqueue(conn->proc_workq);
-
 	/* tear down the sock now that all work is done */
 	if (conn->sock) {
 		sock_release(conn->sock);
@@ -1360,7 +1347,7 @@ scoutfs_net_alloc_conn(struct super_block *sb,
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	conn->workq = alloc_workqueue("scoutfs_net_workq_%s",
+	conn->workq = alloc_workqueue("scoutfs_net_%s",
 				      WQ_UNBOUND | WQ_NON_REENTRANT, 0,
 				      name_suffix);
 	if (!conn->workq) {
@@ -1369,16 +1356,6 @@ scoutfs_net_alloc_conn(struct super_block *sb,
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	conn->proc_workq = alloc_workqueue("scoutfs_net_proc_workq_%s",
-					   WQ_UNBOUND | WQ_NON_REENTRANT, 0,
-					   name_suffix);
-	if (!conn->proc_workq) {
-		destroy_workqueue(conn->workq);
-		kfree(conn->info);
-		kfree(conn);
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
 	conn->sb = sb;
 	conn->notify_up = notify_up;
 	conn->notify_down = notify_down;
@@ -1411,14 +1388,6 @@ scoutfs_net_alloc_conn(struct super_block *sb,
 	return conn;
 }
 
-/* Give the caller the client info of the connection. This is used by
- * server processing the server_farewell, and lock response/recovery.
- */
-void *scoutfs_net_client_info(struct scoutfs_net_connection *conn)
-{
-	return conn->info;
-}
-
 /*
  * Give the caller the client rid of the connection.  This used by rare
  * server processing callers who want to send async responses after
@@ -1803,23 +1772,6 @@ int scoutfs_net_response_node(struct super_block *sb,
 			   NULL, NULL, NULL);
 }
 
-/*
- * The response function that was submitted with the request is not
- * called if the request is canceled here.
- */
-void scoutfs_net_cancel_request(struct super_block *sb,
-				struct scoutfs_net_connection *conn,
-				u8 cmd, u64 id)
-{
-	struct message_send *msend;
-
-	spin_lock(&conn->lock);
-	msend = find_request(conn, cmd, id);
-	if (msend)
-		complete_send(conn, msend);
-	spin_unlock(&conn->lock);
-}
-
 struct sync_request_completion {
 	struct completion comp;
 	void *resp;
diff --git a/kmod/src/net.h b/kmod/src/net.h
index dd8408a7..fe2c29e4 100644
--- a/kmod/src/net.h
+++ b/kmod/src/net.h
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ struct scoutfs_net_connection {
 	atomic64_t recv_seq;
 
 	struct workqueue_struct *workq;
-	struct workqueue_struct *proc_workq;
 	struct work_struct listen_work;
 	struct work_struct connect_work;
 	struct work_struct send_work;
@@ -116,7 +115,6 @@ scoutfs_net_alloc_conn(struct super_block *sb,
 		       scoutfs_net_notify_t notify_up,
 		       scoutfs_net_notify_t notify_down, size_t info_size,
 		       scoutfs_net_request_t *req_funcs, char *name_suffix);
-void *scoutfs_net_client_info(struct scoutfs_net_connection *conn);
 u64 scoutfs_net_client_rid(struct scoutfs_net_connection *conn);
 int scoutfs_net_connect(struct super_block *sb,
 			struct scoutfs_net_connection *conn,
@@ -136,9 +134,6 @@ int scoutfs_net_submit_request_node(struct super_block *sb,
 				    u64 rid, u8 cmd, void *arg, u16 arg_len,
 				    scoutfs_net_response_t resp_func,
 				    void *resp_data, u64 *id_ret);
-void scoutfs_net_cancel_request(struct super_block *sb,
-				struct scoutfs_net_connection *conn,
-				u8 cmd, u64 id);
 int scoutfs_net_sync_request(struct super_block *sb,
 			     struct scoutfs_net_connection *conn,
 			     u8 cmd, void *arg, unsigned arg_len,
diff --git a/kmod/src/recov.c b/kmod/src/recov.c
index 3829760b..78123e27 100644
--- a/kmod/src/recov.c
+++ b/kmod/src/recov.c
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ void scoutfs_recov_shutdown(struct super_block *sb)
 	recinf->timeout_fn = NULL;
 	spin_unlock(&recinf->lock);
 
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(pend, tmp, &recinf->pending, head) {
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(pend, tmp, &list, head) {
 		list_del(&pend->head);
 		kfree(pend);
 	}
diff --git a/kmod/src/server.c b/kmod/src/server.c
index e84d1198..24401a53 100644
--- a/kmod/src/server.c
+++ b/kmod/src/server.c
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ struct server_info {
 struct server_client_info {
 	u64 rid;
 	struct list_head head;
-	bool received_farewell;
 };
 
 static __le64 *first_valopt(struct scoutfs_volume_options *valopt)
@@ -172,7 +171,7 @@ static bool test_shutting_down(struct server_info *server)
 static void set_shutting_down(struct server_info *server, bool val)
 {
 	server->shutting_down = val;
-	smp_rmb();
+	smp_wmb();
 }
 
 static void stop_server(struct server_info *server)
@@ -1506,15 +1505,11 @@ static int server_lock(struct super_block *sb,
 		       struct scoutfs_net_connection *conn,
 		       u8 cmd, u64 id, void *arg, u16 arg_len)
 {
-	struct server_client_info *sci = scoutfs_net_client_info(conn);
 	u64 rid = scoutfs_net_client_rid(conn);
 
 	if (arg_len != sizeof(struct scoutfs_net_lock))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (sci->received_farewell)
-		return scoutfs_net_response(sb, conn, cmd, id, -EINVAL, NULL, 0);
-
 	return scoutfs_lock_server_request(sb, rid, id, arg);
 }
 
@@ -1523,15 +1518,11 @@ static int lock_response(struct super_block *sb,
 			 void *resp, unsigned int resp_len,
 			 int error, void *data)
 {
-	struct server_client_info *sci = scoutfs_net_client_info(conn);
 	u64 rid = scoutfs_net_client_rid(conn);
 
 	if (resp_len != sizeof(struct scoutfs_net_lock))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (sci->received_farewell)
-		return 0;
-
 	return scoutfs_lock_server_response(sb, rid, resp);
 }
 
@@ -1569,15 +1560,11 @@ static int lock_recover_response(struct super_block *sb,
 				 void *resp, unsigned int resp_len,
 				 int error, void *data)
 {
-	struct server_client_info *sci = scoutfs_net_client_info(conn);
 	u64 rid = scoutfs_net_client_rid(conn);
 
 	if (invalid_recover(resp, resp_len))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (sci->received_farewell)
-		return 0;
-
 	return scoutfs_lock_server_recover_response(sb, rid, resp);
 }
 
@@ -3462,6 +3449,18 @@ static void farewell_worker(struct work_struct *work)
 		}
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Responses that are ready to send can be further delayed by
+	 * moving them back to the reqs list.
+	 */
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(fw, tmp, &send, entry) {
+		/* finish lock recovery before destroying locks, fenced if too long */
+		if (scoutfs_recov_is_pending(sb, fw->rid, SCOUTFS_RECOV_LOCKS)) {
+			list_move_tail(&fw->entry, &reqs);
+			quo_reqs++;
+		}
+	}
+
 	/* clean up resources for mounts before sending responses */
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(fw, tmp, &send, entry) {
 		ret = reclaim_rid(sb, fw->rid);
@@ -3529,11 +3528,9 @@ static int server_farewell(struct super_block *sb,
 			   struct scoutfs_net_connection *conn,
 			   u8 cmd, u64 id, void *arg, u16 arg_len)
 {
-	struct server_client_info *sci = scoutfs_net_client_info(conn);
 	struct server_info *server = SCOUTFS_SB(sb)->server_info;
 	u64 rid = scoutfs_net_client_rid(conn);
 	struct farewell_request *fw;
-	int ret;
 
 	if (arg_len != 0)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -3551,20 +3548,6 @@ static int server_farewell(struct super_block *sb,
 	list_add_tail(&fw->entry, &server->farewell_requests);
 	spin_unlock(&server->farewell_lock);
 
-	/*
-	 * Tear down client lock server state and set that we recieved farewell
-	 * to ensure that we do not race between client and server trying to process
-	 * lock recovery at the same time (race). We also want to mark that the recovery
-	 * finished so that if client's try to send stuff later; the server doesnt care.
-	 */
-	sci->received_farewell = true;
-	ret = scoutfs_lock_server_farewell(sb, rid);
-	if (ret < 0) {
-		kfree(fw);
-		return ret;
-	}
-	scoutfs_server_recov_finish(sb, rid, SCOUTFS_RECOV_LOCKS);
-
 	queue_farewell_work(server);
 
 	/* response will be sent later */
@@ -3656,8 +3639,14 @@ static void finished_recovery(struct super_block *sb)
 
 void scoutfs_server_recov_finish(struct super_block *sb, u64 rid, int which)
 {
+	DECLARE_SERVER_INFO(sb, server);
+
 	if (scoutfs_recov_finish(sb, rid, which) > 0)
 		finished_recovery(sb);
+
+	/* rid's farewell response might be sent after it finishes lock recov */
+	if (which & SCOUTFS_RECOV_LOCKS)
+		queue_farewell_work(server);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/kmod/src/super.c b/kmod/src/super.c
index 792b8f1a..3302ad4f 100644
--- a/kmod/src/super.c
+++ b/kmod/src/super.c
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ static int scoutfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 		goto out;
 
 	/* this interruptible iget lets hung mount be aborted with ctl-c */
-	inode = scoutfs_iget(sb, SCOUTFS_ROOT_INO, SCOUTFS_LKF_INTERRUPTIBLE);
+	inode = scoutfs_iget(sb, SCOUTFS_ROOT_INO, SCOUTFS_LKF_INTERRUPTIBLE, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(inode);
 		if (ret == -ERESTARTSYS)
diff --git a/utils/fenced/local-force-unmount b/tests/fenced-local-force-unmount.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from utils/fenced/local-force-unmount
rename to tests/fenced-local-force-unmount.sh
diff --git a/tests/run-tests.sh b/tests/run-tests.sh
index 76e1eee2..5f826474 100755
--- a/tests/run-tests.sh
+++ b/tests/run-tests.sh
@@ -227,8 +227,9 @@ test "$T_QUORUM" -le "$T_NR_MOUNTS" || \
 	 die "-q quorum mmembers must not be greater than -n mounts"
 
 # top level paths
-T_KMOD=$(realpath "$(dirname $0)/../kmod")
-T_UTILS=$(realpath "$T_KMOD/../utils")
+T_TESTS=$(realpath "$(dirname $0)")
+T_KMOD=$(realpath "$T_TESTS/../kmod")
+T_UTILS=$(realpath "$T_TESTS/../utils")
 
 test -d "$T_KMOD" || die "kmod/ repo dir $T_KMOD not directory"
 test -d "$T_UTILS" || die "utils/ repo dir $T_UTILS not directory"
@@ -382,7 +383,7 @@ cmd grep .  /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/options/trace_printk \
 conf="$T_RESULTS/scoutfs-fencd.conf"
 cat > $conf << EOF
 SCOUTFS_FENCED_DELAY=1
-SCOUTFS_FENCED_RUN=$T_UTILS/fenced/local-force-unmount
+SCOUTFS_FENCED_RUN=$T_TESTS/fenced-local-force-unmount.sh
 SCOUTFS_FENCED_RUN_ARGS=""
 EOF
 export SCOUTFS_FENCED_CONFIG_FILE="$conf"
diff --git a/tests/tests/orphan-inodes.sh b/tests/tests/orphan-inodes.sh
index bc55d35b..ffd9f498 100644
--- a/tests/tests/orphan-inodes.sh
+++ b/tests/tests/orphan-inodes.sh
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ inode_exists()
 {
 	local ino="$1"
 
-	handle_cat "$T_M0" "$ino" > "$T_TMP.handle_cat.log" 2>&1
+	scoutfs get-allocated-inos -i "$ino" -s -p "$T_M0" > $T_TMP.inos.log 2>&1
+	test "$?" == 0 -a "$(head -1 $T_TMP.inos.log)" == "$ino"
 }
 
 echo "== test our inode existance function"
diff --git a/utils/fenced/scoutfs-fenced.conf.example b/utils/fenced/scoutfs-fenced.conf.example
index 3a2ec326..3868ded0 100644
--- a/utils/fenced/scoutfs-fenced.conf.example
+++ b/utils/fenced/scoutfs-fenced.conf.example
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# delay, in seconds, between each check for pending fence requests.
 SCOUTFS_FENCED_DELAY=1
-SCOUTFS_FENCED_RUN=/usr/libexec/scoutfs-fenced/run/local-force-unmount
+# path to executable to run to service fence request
+#SCOUTFS_FENCED_RUN=
+# arguments to pass to binary
 SCOUTFS_FENCED_RUN_ARGS=""
diff --git a/utils/man/scoutfs.8 b/utils/man/scoutfs.8
index 53662e97..6bece55c 100644
--- a/utils/man/scoutfs.8
+++ b/utils/man/scoutfs.8
@@ -617,6 +617,33 @@ command is used first.
 .RE
 .PD
 
+.TP
+.BI "get-allocated-inos [-i|--ino INO] [-s|--single] [-p|--path PATH]"
+.sp
+This debugging command prints allocated inode numbers.  It only prints
+inodes
+found in the group that contains the starting inode.  The printed inode
+numbers aren't necessarily reachable.  They could be anywhere in the
+process from being unlinked to finally deleted when their items
+were found.
+.RS 1.0i
+.PD 0
+.TP
+.sp
+.B "-i, --ino INO"
+The first 64bit inode number which could be printed.
+.TP
+.B "-s, --single"
+Only print the single starting inode when it is allocated, all other allocated
+inode numbers will be ignored.
+.TP
+.B "-p, --path PATH"
+A path within a ScoutFS filesystem.
+.RE
+.PD
+
+.TP
+
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR scoutfs (5),
 .BR xattr (7),
diff --git a/utils/scoutfs-utils.spec.in b/utils/scoutfs-utils.spec.in
index 2c2a551e..4568b73f 100644
--- a/utils/scoutfs-utils.spec.in
+++ b/utils/scoutfs-utils.spec.in
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ install -m 755 -D src/scoutfs $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_sbindir}/scoutfs
 install -m 644 -D src/ioctl.h $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_includedir}/scoutfs/ioctl.h
 install -m 644 -D src/format.h $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_includedir}/scoutfs/format.h
 install -m 755 -D fenced/scoutfs-fenced $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libexecdir}/scoutfs-fenced/scoutfs-fenced
-install -m 755 -D fenced/local-force-unmount $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libexecdir}/scoutfs-fenced/run/local-force-unmount
 install -m 644 -D fenced/scoutfs-fenced.service $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_unitdir}/scoutfs-fenced.service
 install -m 644 -D fenced/scoutfs-fenced.conf.example $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_sysconfdir}/scoutfs/scoutfs-fenced.conf.example
 
diff --git a/utils/src/get_allocated_inos.c b/utils/src/get_allocated_inos.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cc9039b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/src/get_allocated_inos.c
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <argp.h>
+
+#include "sparse.h"
+#include "parse.h"
+#include "util.h"
+#include "format.h"
+#include "ioctl.h"
+#include "cmd.h"
+
+struct get_allocated_inos_args {
+	char *path;
+	u64 ino;
+	bool have_ino;
+	bool single;
+};
+
+static int do_get_allocated_inos(struct get_allocated_inos_args *args)
+{
+	struct scoutfs_ioctl_get_allocated_inos gai;
+	u64 *inos = NULL;
+	int fd = -1;
+	u64 bytes;
+	int ret;
+	int i;
+
+	if (args->single)
+		bytes = sizeof(*inos);
+	else
+		bytes = SCOUTFS_LOCK_INODE_GROUP_NR * sizeof(*inos);
+
+	inos = malloc(bytes);
+	if (!inos) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "inode number array allocation failed\n");
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	fd = get_path(args->path, O_RDONLY);
+	if (fd < 0)
+		return fd;
+
+	memset(&gai, 0, sizeof(gai));
+	gai.start_ino = args->ino;
+	gai.inos_ptr = (unsigned long)inos;
+	gai.inos_bytes = bytes;
+
+	ret = ioctl(fd, SCOUTFS_IOC_GET_ALLOCATED_INOS, &gai);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		ret = -errno;
+		fprintf(stderr, "get_allocated_inos ioctl failed: "
+			"%s (%d)\n", strerror(errno), errno);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	if (args->single && ret > 0 && inos[0] != args->ino)
+		ret = 0;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < ret; i++)
+		printf("%llu\n", inos[i]);
+
+	ret = 0;
+out:
+	if (fd >= 0)
+		close(fd);
+	free(inos);
+
+	return ret;
+};
+
+static int parse_opt(int key, char *arg, struct argp_state *state)
+{
+	struct get_allocated_inos_args *args = state->input;
+	int ret;
+
+	switch (key) {
+	case 'i':
+		ret = parse_u64(arg, &args->ino);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+		args->have_ino = true;
+	case 'p':
+		args->path = strdup_or_error(state, arg);
+		break;
+	case 's':
+		args->single = true;
+		break;
+	case ARGP_KEY_FINI:
+		if (!args->have_ino)
+			argp_error(state, "must provide --ino starting inode number option");
+	default:
+		break;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static struct argp_option options[] = {
+	{ "ino", 'i', "NUMBER", 0, "Start from 64bit inode number (required)"},
+	{ "path", 'p', "PATH", 0, "Path to ScoutFS filesystem"},
+	{ "single", 's', NULL, 0, "Only print single specific inode number argument"},
+	{ NULL }
+};
+
+static struct argp argp = {
+	options,
+	parse_opt,
+	NULL,
+	"Print allocated inode numbers from starting inode number"
+};
+
+static int get_allocated_inos_cmd(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+
+	struct get_allocated_inos_args get_allocated_inos_args = {NULL};
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = argp_parse(&argp, argc, argv, 0, NULL, &get_allocated_inos_args);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	return do_get_allocated_inos(&get_allocated_inos_args);
+}
+
+static void __attribute__((constructor)) get_allocated_inos_ctor(void)
+{
+	cmd_register_argp("get-allocated-inos", &argp, GROUP_DEBUG, get_allocated_inos_cmd);
+}
diff --git a/utils/src/print.c b/utils/src/print.c
index f9792c5e..7328b6f8 100644
--- a/utils/src/print.c
+++ b/utils/src/print.c
@@ -278,6 +278,8 @@ static int print_log_trees_item(struct scoutfs_key *key, u64 seq, u8 flags, void
 		       "      data_freed: "ALCROOT_F"\n"
 		       "      srch_file: "SRF_FMT"\n"
 		       "      inode_count_delta: %lld\n"
+		       "      get_trans_seq: %lld\n"
+		       "      commit_trans_seq: %lld\n"
 		       "      max_item_seq: %llu\n"
 		       "      finalize_seq: %llu\n"
 		       "      rid: %016llx\n"
@@ -296,6 +298,8 @@ static int print_log_trees_item(struct scoutfs_key *key, u64 seq, u8 flags, void
 		       ALCROOT_A(&lt->data_freed),
 		       SRF_A(&lt->srch_file),
 		       le64_to_cpu(lt->inode_count_delta),
+		       le64_to_cpu(lt->get_trans_seq),
+		       le64_to_cpu(lt->commit_trans_seq),
 		       le64_to_cpu(lt->max_item_seq),
 		       le64_to_cpu(lt->finalize_seq),
 		       le64_to_cpu(lt->rid),