diff --git a/kmod/src/data.c b/kmod/src/data.c
index 44ca4c9d..290958b8 100644
--- a/kmod/src/data.c
+++ b/kmod/src/data.c
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ struct scoutfs_ext_ops data_ext_ops = {
  *  - +iblock of next logical block to truncate the next block from
  */
 static s64 truncate_extents(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *inode,
-			    u64 ino, u64 iblock, u64 last, bool offline,
+			    u64 ino, u64 iblock, u64 last, int dti,
 			    struct scoutfs_lock *lock)
 {
 	DECLARE_DATA_INFO(sb, datinf);
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ static s64 truncate_extents(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *inode,
 	int err;
 	int i;
 
-	flags = offline ? SEF_OFFLINE : 0;
+	flags = (dti & DTI_OFFLINE) ? SEF_OFFLINE : 0;
 	ret = 0;
 
 	for (i = 0; iblock <= last; i++) {
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ static s64 truncate_extents(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *inode,
 		}
 
 		/* nothing to do when already offline and unmapped */
-		if ((offline && (ext.flags & SEF_OFFLINE)) && !ext.map) {
+		if (((dti & DTI_OFFLINE) && (ext.flags & SEF_OFFLINE)) && !ext.map) {
 			iblock = ext.start + ext.len;
 			continue;
 		}
@@ -288,26 +288,32 @@ static s64 truncate_extents(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *inode,
  * Free blocks inside the logical block range from 'iblock' to 'last',
  * inclusive.
  *
- * If 'offline' is given then blocks are freed an offline mapping is
- * left behind.  Only blocks that have been allocated can be marked
- * offline.
+ * The DTI_ flags change behavior as described at their definition.
  *
- * If the inode is provided then we update its tracking of the online
- * and offline blocks.  If it's not provided then the inode is being
- * destroyed and isn't reachable, we don't need to update it.
+ * If the inode is provided then we update its item and the tracking of
+ * online and offline blocks.  If it's not provided then the inode is
+ * being destroyed and isn't reachable, we don't need to update it.
  *
- * The caller is in charge of locking the inode and data, but we may
- * have to modify far more items than fit in a transaction so we're in
- * charge of batching updates into transactions.  If the inode is
- * provided then we're responsible for updating its item as we go.
+ * The caller is in charge of locking the inode and data while we manage
+ * transactions.  dti flags can have us return partial progress so the
+ * caller can drop locks.
  */
-int scoutfs_data_truncate_items(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *inode,
-				u64 ino, u64 iblock, u64 last, bool offline,
+s64 scoutfs_data_truncate_items(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *inode,
+				u64 ino, u64 iblock, u64 last, int dti,
 				struct scoutfs_lock *lock)
 {
 	struct scoutfs_inode_info *si = NULL;
 	LIST_HEAD(ind_locks);
+	u64 after_isize;
+	u64 offline;
+	u64 online;
 	s64 ret = 0;
+	u64 seq;
+
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE((dti & (DTI_START_ISIZE|DTI_ONLINE_DONE)) && !inode)) {
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto out;
+	}
 
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(inode && !inode_is_locked(inode));
 
@@ -315,7 +321,22 @@ int scoutfs_data_truncate_items(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *inode,
 	if (last > SCOUTFS_BLOCK_SM_MAX)
 		last = SCOUTFS_BLOCK_SM_MAX;
 
-	trace_scoutfs_data_truncate_items(sb, iblock, last, offline);
+	if (dti & DTI_START_ISIZE) {
+		after_isize = (i_size_read(inode) + SCOUTFS_BLOCK_SM_SIZE - 1)
+				>> SCOUTFS_BLOCK_SM_SHIFT;
+		if (iblock < after_isize)
+			iblock = min(after_isize, last);
+	}
+
+	if (dti & DTI_ONLINE_DONE) {
+		scoutfs_inode_get_onoff(inode, &online, &offline);
+		if (online > 0) {
+			ret = 0;
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
+
+	trace_scoutfs_data_truncate_items(sb, iblock, last, dti);
 
 	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(last < iblock))
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -323,7 +344,16 @@ int scoutfs_data_truncate_items(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *inode,
 	if (inode)
 		si = SCOUTFS_I(inode);
 
+	if (dti & DTI_PARTIAL_INVALIDATE)
+		seq = scoutfs_trans_sample_seq(sb);
+
 	while (iblock <= last) {
+		if ((dti & DTI_PARTIAL_INVALIDATE) && iblock > 0 &&
+		    scoutfs_lock_invalidate_pending(lock) && scoutfs_trans_sample_seq(sb) != seq) {
+			ret = iblock;
+			break;
+		}
+
 		if (inode)
 			ret = scoutfs_inode_index_lock_hold(inode, &ind_locks, true, false);
 		else
@@ -339,8 +369,7 @@ int scoutfs_data_truncate_items(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *inode,
 		}
 
 		if (ret == 0)
-			ret = truncate_extents(sb, inode, ino, iblock, last,
-					       offline, lock);
+			ret = truncate_extents(sb, inode, ino, iblock, last, dti, lock);
 
 		if (inode)
 			scoutfs_update_inode_item(inode, lock, &ind_locks);
@@ -356,7 +385,7 @@ int scoutfs_data_truncate_items(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *inode,
 		iblock = ret;
 		ret = 0;
 	}
-
+out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/kmod/src/data.h b/kmod/src/data.h
index d1e701ec..67d2eda9 100644
--- a/kmod/src/data.h
+++ b/kmod/src/data.h
@@ -66,8 +66,32 @@ int scoutfs_data_alloc_block(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *inode,
 int scoutfs_get_block_write(struct inode *inode, sector_t iblock, struct buffer_head *bh,
 			    int create);
 
-int scoutfs_data_truncate_items(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *inode,
-				u64 ino, u64 iblock, u64 last, bool offline,
+enum {
+	/*
+	 * Set offline flag in extents when blocks are freed.
+	 */
+	DTI_OFFLINE		= (1 << 0),
+	/*
+	 * Set the starting block to the block after isize, only if the
+	 * initial starting block is less.  Requires a valid inode
+	 * pointer.
+	 */
+	DTI_START_ISIZE		= (1 << 1),
+	/*
+	 * Stop and return 0 if there are any online blocks.  Requires
+	 * a valid inode pointer.
+	 */
+	DTI_ONLINE_DONE		= (1 << 2),
+	/*
+	 * Allow partial progress when there's an invalidation pending
+	 * on the inode lock.  Will always make at least a transaction's
+	 * worth of progress truncating.  If partial progress was made
+	 * then the next block to resume truncating from is returned.
+	 */
+	DTI_PARTIAL_INVALIDATE	= (1 << 3),
+};
+s64 scoutfs_data_truncate_items(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *inode,
+				u64 ino, u64 iblock, u64 last, int dti,
 				struct scoutfs_lock *lock);
 int scoutfs_data_fiemap(struct inode *inode, struct fiemap_extent_info *fieinfo,
 			u64 start, u64 len);
diff --git a/kmod/src/inode.c b/kmod/src/inode.c
index 6db15554..614aa26b 100644
--- a/kmod/src/inode.c
+++ b/kmod/src/inode.c
@@ -460,8 +460,7 @@ int scoutfs_complete_truncate(struct inode *inode, struct scoutfs_lock *lock)
 	start = (i_size_read(inode) + SCOUTFS_BLOCK_SM_SIZE - 1) >>
 		SCOUTFS_BLOCK_SM_SHIFT;
 	ret = scoutfs_data_truncate_items(inode->i_sb, inode,
-					  scoutfs_ino(inode), start, ~0ULL,
-					  false, lock);
+					  scoutfs_ino(inode), start, U64_MAX, 0, lock);
 	err = clear_truncate_flag(inode, lock);
 
 	return ret ? ret : err;
@@ -1635,16 +1634,20 @@ int scoutfs_inode_orphan_delete(struct super_block *sb, u64 ino, struct scoutfs_
 }
 
 /*
- * Remove all the items associated with a given inode.  This is only
- * called once nlink has dropped to zero and nothing has the inode open
- * so we don't have to worry about dirents referencing the inode or link
+ * Remove the items associated with a given inode.  This is only called
+ * once nlink has dropped to zero and nothing has the inode open so we
+ * don't have to worry about dirents referencing the inode or link
  * backrefs.  Dropping nlink to 0 also created an orphan item.  That
  * orphan item will continue triggering attempts to finish previous
  * partial deletion until all deletion is complete and the orphan item
  * is removed.
+ *
+ * Returns a positive block number if data extent removal made partial
+ * progress and could be continued from that block number.
  */
-static int delete_inode_items(struct super_block *sb, u64 ino, struct scoutfs_inode *sinode,
-			      struct scoutfs_lock *lock, struct scoutfs_lock *orph_lock)
+static s64 delete_inode_items(struct super_block *sb, u64 ino, u64 sblock,
+			      struct scoutfs_inode *sinode, struct scoutfs_lock *lock,
+			      struct scoutfs_lock *orph_lock)
 {
 	struct scoutfs_key key;
 	LIST_HEAD(ind_locks);
@@ -1652,7 +1655,7 @@ static int delete_inode_items(struct super_block *sb, u64 ino, struct scoutfs_in
 	umode_t mode;
 	u64 ind_seq;
 	u64 size;
-	int ret;
+	s64 ret;
 
 	scoutfs_inode_init_key(&key, ino);
 
@@ -1662,9 +1665,9 @@ static int delete_inode_items(struct super_block *sb, u64 ino, struct scoutfs_in
 
 	/* remove data items in their own transactions */
 	if (S_ISREG(mode)) {
-		ret = scoutfs_data_truncate_items(sb, NULL, ino, 0, ~0ULL,
-						  false, lock);
-		if (ret)
+		ret = scoutfs_data_truncate_items(sb, NULL, ino, sblock, U64_MAX,
+						  DTI_PARTIAL_INVALIDATE, lock);
+		if (ret != 0)
 			goto out;
 	}
 
@@ -1787,7 +1790,7 @@ out:
 }
 
 /*
- * Try to delete all the items for an unused inode number.  This is the
+ * Try to delete the items for an unused inode number.  This is the
  * relatively slow path that uses cluster locks, network requests, and
  * IO to ensure correctness.  Callers should try hard to avoid calling
  * when there's no work to do.
@@ -1811,10 +1814,14 @@ out:
  * on a bit in the lock data so that we only have one deletion attempt
  * per inode under this mount's cluster lock.
  *
- * Returns -EAGAIN if we either did some cleanup work or are unable to finish
- * cleaning up this inode right now.
+ * Returns -EAGAIN if we either did some cleanup work or are unable to
+ * finish cleaning up this inode right now.
+ *
+ * This can make partial progress if it had to drop the inode lock while
+ * removing extent items.  In this case it returns the postive starting
+ * data block number that truncate could resume from.
  */
-static int try_delete_inode_items(struct super_block *sb, u64 ino)
+static s64 try_delete_inode_items(struct super_block *sb, u64 ino, u64 sblock)
 {
 	struct inode_deletion_lock_data *ldata = NULL;
 	struct scoutfs_lock *orph_lock = NULL;
@@ -1824,7 +1831,7 @@ static int try_delete_inode_items(struct super_block *sb, u64 ino)
 	bool clear_trying = false;
 	u64 group_nr;
 	int bit_nr;
-	int ret;
+	s64 ret;
 
 	trace_scoutfs_try_delete(sb, ino);
 
@@ -1873,7 +1880,7 @@ static int try_delete_inode_items(struct super_block *sb, u64 ino)
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto out;
 
-	ret = delete_inode_items(sb, ino, &sinode, lock, orph_lock);
+	ret = delete_inode_items(sb, ino, sblock, &sinode, lock, orph_lock);
 	if (ret == 0) {
 		ret = -EAGAIN;
 		scoutfs_inc_counter(sb, inode_deleted);
@@ -1890,12 +1897,33 @@ out:
 }
 
 /*
- * As we evicted an inode we need to decide to try and delete its items
- * or not, which is expensive.  We only try when we have lock coverage
- * and the inode has been unlinked.  This catches the common case of
- * regular deletion so deletion will be performed in the final unlink
- * task.  It also catches open-unlink or o_tmpfile that aren't cached on
- * other nodes.
+ * Keep deleting the inode's items as long as we make partial progress
+ * deleting extent items.
+ *
+ * Returns -EAGAIN if we either did some cleanup work or are unable to
+ * finish cleaning up this inode right now.
+ */
+static int try_delete_inode(struct super_block *sb, u64 ino)
+{
+	u64 sblock = 0;
+	s64 ret;
+
+	do {
+		ret = try_delete_inode_items(sb, ino, sblock);
+		if (ret > 0)
+			sblock = ret;
+	} while (ret > 0);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * As we evict an inode we decide if we should delete its items or not,
+ * which is expensive.  We only try when we have lock coverage and the
+ * inode has been unlinked.  This catches the common case of regular
+ * deletion so deletion will be performed in the final unlink task.  It
+ * also catches open-unlink or o_tmpfile that aren't cached on other
+ * nodes.
  *
  * Inodes being evicted outside of lock coverage, by referenced dentries
  * or inodes that survived the attempt to drop them as their lock was
@@ -1918,7 +1946,7 @@ void scoutfs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 		scoutfs_omap_clear(sb, ino);
 
 		if (scoutfs_lock_is_covered(sb, &si->ino_lock_cov) && inode->i_nlink == 0)
-			try_delete_inode_items(sb, scoutfs_ino(inode));
+			try_delete_inode(sb, scoutfs_ino(inode));
 	}
 
 	clear_inode(inode);
@@ -2164,7 +2192,7 @@ static void inode_orphan_scan_worker(struct work_struct *work)
 		scoutfs_inc_counter(sb, orphan_scan_attempts);
 		trace_scoutfs_orphan_scan_work(sb, ino);
 
-		ret = try_delete_inode_items(sb, ino);
+		ret = try_delete_inode(sb, ino);
 		if (ret == -EAGAIN) {
 			work_todo = true;
 			ret = 0;
diff --git a/kmod/src/ioctl.c b/kmod/src/ioctl.c
index 6da71d95..907e7d1d 100644
--- a/kmod/src/ioctl.c
+++ b/kmod/src/ioctl.c
@@ -298,6 +298,61 @@ out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static int release_range(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *inode, u64 data_version,
+			 u64 sblock, u64 eblock, int dti)
+{
+	struct scoutfs_lock *lock = NULL;
+	bool unlock = false;
+	int ret;
+
+	while (sblock <= eblock) {
+
+		inode_lock(inode);
+		unlock = true;
+
+		ret = scoutfs_lock_inode(sb, SCOUTFS_LOCK_WRITE,
+					 SCOUTFS_LKF_REFRESH_INODE, inode, &lock);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			goto out;
+
+		if (!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode)) {
+			ret = -EINVAL;
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		if (scoutfs_inode_data_version(inode) != data_version) {
+			ret = -ESTALE;
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		inode_dio_wait(inode);
+
+		/* drop all clean and dirty cached blocks in the range */
+		truncate_inode_pages_range(&inode->i_data,
+					   sblock << SCOUTFS_BLOCK_SM_SHIFT,
+					   ((eblock + 1) << SCOUTFS_BLOCK_SM_SHIFT) - 1);
+
+		ret = scoutfs_data_truncate_items(sb, inode, scoutfs_ino(inode), sblock, eblock,
+						  dti | DTI_PARTIAL_INVALIDATE, lock);
+
+		scoutfs_unlock(sb, lock, SCOUTFS_LOCK_WRITE);
+		lock = NULL;
+		inode_unlock(inode);
+		unlock = false;
+
+		if (ret <= 0)
+			goto out;
+		sblock = ret;
+	}
+
+	ret = 0;
+out:
+	scoutfs_unlock(sb, lock, SCOUTFS_LOCK_WRITE);
+	if (unlock)
+		inode_unlock(inode);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 /*
  * The caller has a version of the data available in the given byte
  * range in an external archive.  As long as the data version still
@@ -306,23 +361,23 @@ out:
  * recall from the archive.
  *
  * If the file's online blocks drop to 0 then we also truncate any
- * blocks beyond i_size.  This honors the intent of fully releasing a file
- * without the user needing to know to release past i_size or truncate.
+ * blocks beyond i_size.  This honors the intent of fully releasing a
+ * file without the user needing to know to release past i_size or
+ * truncate.
  *
- * XXX permissions?
- * XXX a lot of this could be generic file write prep
+ * The inode's cluster lock can be unlocked multiple times while the
+ * region is released.  This allows concurrent release operations to
+ * interleave.  Normal data plane operations that would change
+ * data_version will block while there are offline blocks so they likely
+ * won't be concurrent with release.
  */
 static long scoutfs_ioc_release(struct file *file, unsigned long arg)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
 	struct scoutfs_ioctl_release args;
-	struct scoutfs_lock *lock = NULL;
 	u64 sblock;
 	u64 eblock;
-	u64 online;
-	u64 offline;
-	u64 isize;
 	__u64 tmp;
 	int ret;
 
@@ -338,60 +393,20 @@ static long scoutfs_ioc_release(struct file *file, unsigned long arg)
 	    (args.length & SCOUTFS_BLOCK_SM_MASK))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	if (!(file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	ret = mnt_want_write_file(file);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	inode_lock(inode);
-
-	ret = scoutfs_lock_inode(sb, SCOUTFS_LOCK_WRITE,
-				 SCOUTFS_LKF_REFRESH_INODE, inode, &lock);
-	if (ret)
-		goto out;
-
-	if (!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode)) {
-		ret = -EINVAL;
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	if (!(file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE)) {
-		ret = -EINVAL;
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	if (scoutfs_inode_data_version(inode) != args.data_version) {
-		ret = -ESTALE;
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	inode_dio_wait(inode);
-
-	/* drop all clean and dirty cached blocks in the range */
-	truncate_inode_pages_range(&inode->i_data, args.offset,
-				   args.offset + args.length - 1);
-
 	sblock = args.offset >> SCOUTFS_BLOCK_SM_SHIFT;
 	eblock = (args.offset + args.length - 1) >> SCOUTFS_BLOCK_SM_SHIFT;
-	ret = scoutfs_data_truncate_items(sb, inode, scoutfs_ino(inode),
-					  sblock,
-					  eblock, true,
-					  lock);
-	if (ret == 0) {
-		scoutfs_inode_get_onoff(inode, &online, &offline);
-		isize = i_size_read(inode);
-		if (online == 0 && isize) {
-			sblock = (isize + SCOUTFS_BLOCK_SM_SIZE - 1)
-					>> SCOUTFS_BLOCK_SM_SHIFT;
-			ret = scoutfs_data_truncate_items(sb, inode,
-							  scoutfs_ino(inode),
-							  sblock, U64_MAX,
-							  false, lock);
-		}
-	}
+	ret = release_range(sb, inode, args.data_version, sblock, eblock, DTI_OFFLINE);
+	if (ret == 0)
+		ret = release_range(sb, inode, args.data_version, 0, U64_MAX,
+				    DTI_START_ISIZE | DTI_ONLINE_DONE);
 
-out:
-	scoutfs_unlock(sb, lock, SCOUTFS_LOCK_WRITE);
-	inode_unlock(inode);
 	mnt_drop_write_file(file);
 
 	trace_scoutfs_ioc_release_ret(sb, scoutfs_ino(inode), ret);
diff --git a/kmod/src/lock.c b/kmod/src/lock.c
index f3b21345..2197df96 100644
--- a/kmod/src/lock.c
+++ b/kmod/src/lock.c
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ struct lock_info {
 	struct super_block *sb;
 	spinlock_t lock;
 	bool shutdown;
-	bool unmounting;
 	struct rb_root lock_tree;
 	struct rb_root lock_range_tree;
 	u64 nr_locks;
@@ -321,21 +320,29 @@ static bool lock_counts_match(int granted, unsigned int *counts)
 	return true;
 }
 
+static bool lock_counts_zero(unsigned int *counts)
+{
+	enum scoutfs_lock_mode mode;
+
+	for (mode = 0; mode < SCOUTFS_LOCK_NR_MODES; mode++) {
+		if (counts[mode])
+			return false;
+	}
+
+	return true;
+}
+
 /*
  * An idle lock has nothing going on.  It can be present in the lru and
  * can be freed by the final put when it has a null mode.
  */
 static bool lock_idle(struct scoutfs_lock *lock)
 {
-	enum scoutfs_lock_mode mode;
-
 	if (lock->request_pending || lock->invalidate_pending)
 		return false;
 
-	for (mode = 0; mode < SCOUTFS_LOCK_NR_MODES; mode++) {
-		if (lock->waiters[mode] || lock->users[mode])
-			return false;
-	}
+	if (!lock_counts_zero(lock->waiters) || !lock_counts_zero(lock->users))
+		return false;
 
 	return true;
 }
@@ -759,6 +766,26 @@ static void lock_invalidate_worker(struct work_struct *work)
 	spin_unlock(&linfo->lock);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Returns true if the requested mode doesn't match the next mode that
+ * would result after the next invalidation is processed.
+ *
+ * We have to be careful not to cause deadlocks by having a lock attempt
+ * wait for invalidation while the invalidation is waiting for the lock
+ * attempt to unlock any previous locks it might have.  This can get
+ * gnarly when there are multiple invalidations queued and requests
+ * pending for elevated modes.  We avoid all that and never let
+ * invalidations block lock attempts when there are any other users of
+ * the lock.
+ */
+static bool next_invalidate_blocks(struct scoutfs_lock *lock, u8 requested)
+{
+	struct inv_req *ireq = list_first_entry_or_null(&lock->inv_list, struct inv_req, head);
+
+	return ireq && lock_counts_zero(lock->users) &&
+	       !lock_modes_match(ireq->nl.new_mode, requested);
+}
+
 /*
  * Add an incoming invalidation request to the end of the list on the
  * lock and queue it for blocking invalidation work.   This is being
@@ -950,7 +977,8 @@ static bool lock_wait_cond(struct super_block *sb, struct scoutfs_lock *lock,
 	bool wake;
 
 	spin_lock(&linfo->lock);
-	wake = linfo->shutdown || lock_modes_match(lock->mode, mode) ||
+	wake = scoutfs_forcing_unmount(sb) || linfo->shutdown ||
+	       (lock_modes_match(lock->mode, mode) && !next_invalidate_blocks(lock, mode)) ||
 	       !lock->request_pending;
 	spin_unlock(&linfo->lock);
 
@@ -1020,13 +1048,23 @@ static int lock_key_range(struct super_block *sb, enum scoutfs_lock_mode mode, i
 	lock_inc_count(lock->waiters, mode);
 
 	for (;;) {
+		/*
+		 * Lock grant request error response handling is
+		 * non-functional.  We directly return when forcing
+		 * unmount rather than via errors network requests.
+		 */
+		if (scoutfs_forcing_unmount(sb)) {
+			ret = -ENOLINK;
+			break;
+		}
+
 		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(linfo->shutdown)) {
 			ret = -ESHUTDOWN;
 			break;
 		}
 
 		/* the fast path where we can use the granted mode */
-		if (lock_modes_match(lock->mode, mode)) {
+		if (lock_modes_match(lock->mode, mode) && !next_invalidate_blocks(lock, mode)) {
 			lock_inc_count(lock->users, mode);
 			*ret_lock = lock;
 			ret = 0;
@@ -1040,7 +1078,7 @@ static int lock_key_range(struct super_block *sb, enum scoutfs_lock_mode mode, i
 			break;
 		}
 
-		if (!lock->request_pending) {
+		if (!lock_modes_match(lock->mode, mode) && !lock->request_pending) {
 			lock->request_pending = 1;
 			should_send = true;
 		} else {
@@ -1450,6 +1488,19 @@ bool scoutfs_lock_protected(struct scoutfs_lock *lock, struct scoutfs_key *key,
 					  &lock->start, &lock->end) == 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Returns true if there is an invalidation pending on the lock.
+ *
+ * This is racey and doesn't test modes.  But it can still be useful for
+ * writers who will take non-destructive action if there's an
+ * invalidation pending that must necessarily be incompatible with their
+ * hold.
+ */
+bool scoutfs_lock_invalidate_pending(struct scoutfs_lock *lock)
+{
+	return lock->invalidate_pending;
+}
+
 void scoutfs_free_unused_locks(struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	DECLARE_LOCK_INFO(sb, linfo);
@@ -1474,21 +1525,6 @@ static void lock_tseq_show(struct seq_file *m, struct scoutfs_tseq_entry *ent)
 			   lock->users[SCOUTFS_LOCK_WRITE_ONLY]);
 }
 
-/*
- * shrink_dcache_for_umount() tears down dentries with no locking.  We
- * need to make sure that our invalidation won't touch dentries before
- * we return and the caller calls the generic vfs unmount path.
- */
-void scoutfs_lock_unmount_begin(struct super_block *sb)
-{
-	DECLARE_LOCK_INFO(sb, linfo);
-
-	if (linfo) {
-		linfo->unmounting = true;
-		flush_work(&linfo->inv_work);
-	}
-}
-
 void scoutfs_lock_flush_invalidate(struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	DECLARE_LOCK_INFO(sb, linfo);
@@ -1497,6 +1533,32 @@ void scoutfs_lock_flush_invalidate(struct super_block *sb)
 		flush_work(&linfo->inv_work);
 }
 
+static void wake_all_locks(struct lock_info *linfo)
+{
+	struct scoutfs_lock *lock;
+	struct rb_node *node;
+
+	spin_lock(&linfo->lock);
+	for (node = rb_first(&linfo->lock_tree); node; node = rb_next(node)) {
+		lock = rb_entry(node, struct scoutfs_lock, node);
+		wake_up(&lock->waitq);
+	}
+	spin_unlock(&linfo->lock);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Used to break waiting lock attempts that should fail during forced
+ * unmount but which aren't connected to error responses from the
+ * canceled net requests.
+ */
+void scoutfs_lock_kick_waiters(struct super_block *sb)
+{
+	DECLARE_LOCK_INFO(sb, linfo);
+
+	if (linfo)
+		wake_all_locks(linfo);
+}
+
 static u64 get_held_lock_refresh_gen(struct super_block *sb, struct scoutfs_key *start)
 {
 	DECLARE_LOCK_INFO(sb, linfo);
@@ -1553,8 +1615,6 @@ u64 scoutfs_lock_ino_refresh_gen(struct super_block *sb, u64 ino)
 void scoutfs_lock_shutdown(struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	DECLARE_LOCK_INFO(sb, linfo);
-	struct scoutfs_lock *lock;
-	struct rb_node *node;
 
 	if (!linfo)
 		return;
@@ -1564,11 +1624,9 @@ void scoutfs_lock_shutdown(struct super_block *sb)
 	/* cause current and future lock calls to return errors */
 	spin_lock(&linfo->lock);
 	linfo->shutdown = true;
-	for (node = rb_first(&linfo->lock_tree); node; node = rb_next(node)) {
-		lock = rb_entry(node, struct scoutfs_lock, node);
-		wake_up(&lock->waitq);
-	}
 	spin_unlock(&linfo->lock);
+
+	wake_all_locks(linfo);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/kmod/src/lock.h b/kmod/src/lock.h
index 07908d62..a20f263b 100644
--- a/kmod/src/lock.h
+++ b/kmod/src/lock.h
@@ -103,14 +103,15 @@ void scoutfs_lock_del_coverage(struct super_block *sb,
 			       struct scoutfs_lock_coverage *cov);
 bool scoutfs_lock_protected(struct scoutfs_lock *lock, struct scoutfs_key *key,
 			    enum scoutfs_lock_mode mode);
+bool scoutfs_lock_invalidate_pending(struct scoutfs_lock *lock);
 
 u64 scoutfs_lock_ino_refresh_gen(struct super_block *sb, u64 ino);
 
 void scoutfs_free_unused_locks(struct super_block *sb);
 
 int scoutfs_lock_setup(struct super_block *sb);
-void scoutfs_lock_unmount_begin(struct super_block *sb);
 void scoutfs_lock_flush_invalidate(struct super_block *sb);
+void scoutfs_lock_kick_waiters(struct super_block *sb);
 void scoutfs_lock_shutdown(struct super_block *sb);
 void scoutfs_lock_destroy(struct super_block *sb);
 
diff --git a/kmod/src/scoutfs_trace.h b/kmod/src/scoutfs_trace.h
index 90fbc0aa..3fa75315 100644
--- a/kmod/src/scoutfs_trace.h
+++ b/kmod/src/scoutfs_trace.h
@@ -378,26 +378,26 @@ DEFINE_EVENT(scoutfs_data_file_extent_class, scoutfs_data_fiemap_extent,
 );
 
 TRACE_EVENT(scoutfs_data_truncate_items,
-	TP_PROTO(struct super_block *sb, __u64 iblock, __u64 last, int offline),
+	TP_PROTO(struct super_block *sb, __u64 iblock, __u64 last, int dti),
 
-	TP_ARGS(sb, iblock, last, offline),
+	TP_ARGS(sb, iblock, last, dti),
 
 	TP_STRUCT__entry(
 		SCSB_TRACE_FIELDS
 		__field(__u64, iblock)
 		__field(__u64, last)
-		__field(int, offline)
+		__field(int, dti)
 	),
 
 	TP_fast_assign(
 		SCSB_TRACE_ASSIGN(sb);
 		__entry->iblock = iblock;
 		__entry->last = last;
-		__entry->offline = offline;
+		__entry->dti = dti;
 	),
 
-	TP_printk(SCSBF" iblock %llu last %llu offline %u", SCSB_TRACE_ARGS,
-		  __entry->iblock, __entry->last, __entry->offline)
+	TP_printk(SCSBF" iblock %llu last %llu dti %x", SCSB_TRACE_ARGS,
+		  __entry->iblock, __entry->last, __entry->dti)
 );
 
 TRACE_EVENT(scoutfs_data_wait_check,
@@ -1211,7 +1211,7 @@ TRACE_EVENT(scoutfs_delete_inode,
 );
 
 TRACE_EVENT(scoutfs_delete_inode_end,
-	TP_PROTO(struct super_block *sb, u64 ino, umode_t mode, u64 size, int ret),
+	TP_PROTO(struct super_block *sb, u64 ino, umode_t mode, u64 size, s64 ret),
 
 	TP_ARGS(sb, ino, mode, size, ret),
 
@@ -1220,7 +1220,7 @@ TRACE_EVENT(scoutfs_delete_inode_end,
 		__field(__u64, ino)
 		__field(umode_t, mode)
 		__field(__u64, size)
-		__field(int, ret)
+		__field(__s64, ret)
 	),
 
 	TP_fast_assign(
@@ -1231,7 +1231,7 @@ TRACE_EVENT(scoutfs_delete_inode_end,
 		__entry->ret = ret;
 	),
 
-	TP_printk("dev %d,%d ino %llu, mode 0x%x size %llu, ret %d",
+	TP_printk("dev %d,%d ino %llu, mode 0x%x size %llu, ret %lld",
 		  MAJOR(__entry->dev), MINOR(__entry->dev), __entry->ino,
 		  __entry->mode, __entry->size, __entry->ret)
 );
diff --git a/kmod/src/super.c b/kmod/src/super.c
index f2e1420f..5e360b13 100644
--- a/kmod/src/super.c
+++ b/kmod/src/super.c
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ static void scoutfs_umount_begin(struct super_block *sb)
 	sbi->forced_unmount = true;
 
 	scoutfs_client_net_shutdown(sb);
+	scoutfs_lock_kick_waiters(sb);
 }
 
 static const struct super_operations scoutfs_super_ops = {
@@ -668,7 +669,7 @@ static void scoutfs_kill_sb(struct super_block *sb)
 	if (SCOUTFS_HAS_SBI(sb)) {
 		scoutfs_options_stop(sb);
 		scoutfs_inode_orphan_stop(sb);
-		scoutfs_lock_unmount_begin(sb);
+		scoutfs_lock_flush_invalidate(sb);
 	}
 
 	kill_block_super(sb);
diff --git a/tests/tests/large-fragmented-free.sh b/tests/tests/large-fragmented-free.sh
index e27d1bbe..5272f7e7 100644
--- a/tests/tests/large-fragmented-free.sh
+++ b/tests/tests/large-fragmented-free.sh
@@ -19,4 +19,12 @@ rm -f "$T_D0/move"
 echo "== cleanup"
 rm -f "$T_D0/alloc"
 
+#
+# If the inodes were picked up by the scanners then extent freeing by
+# final deletion could continune long after this text exited.  Make sure
+# the scanners are idle before finish so later tests don't have
+# surprising background work.
+#
+t_wait_for_no_orphans
+
 t_pass