diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_sb.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_sb.c
index d991eec05436..73a4b895de67 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_sb.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_sb.c
@@ -530,7 +530,8 @@ xfs_validate_sb_common(
 	}
 
 	if (!xfs_validate_stripe_geometry(mp, XFS_FSB_TO_B(mp, sbp->sb_unit),
-			XFS_FSB_TO_B(mp, sbp->sb_width), 0, false))
+			XFS_FSB_TO_B(mp, sbp->sb_width), 0,
+			xfs_buf_daddr(bp) == XFS_SB_DADDR, false))
 		return -EFSCORRUPTED;
 
 	/*
@@ -1323,8 +1324,10 @@ xfs_sb_get_secondary(
 }
 
 /*
- * sunit, swidth, sectorsize(optional with 0) should be all in bytes,
- * so users won't be confused by values in error messages.
+ * sunit, swidth, sectorsize(optional with 0) should be all in bytes, so users
+ * won't be confused by values in error messages.  This function returns false
+ * if the stripe geometry is invalid and the caller is unable to repair the
+ * stripe configuration later in the mount process.
  */
 bool
 xfs_validate_stripe_geometry(
@@ -1332,20 +1335,21 @@ xfs_validate_stripe_geometry(
 	__s64			sunit,
 	__s64			swidth,
 	int			sectorsize,
+	bool			may_repair,
 	bool			silent)
 {
 	if (swidth > INT_MAX) {
 		if (!silent)
 			xfs_notice(mp,
 "stripe width (%lld) is too large", swidth);
-		return false;
+		goto check_override;
 	}
 
 	if (sunit > swidth) {
 		if (!silent)
 			xfs_notice(mp,
 "stripe unit (%lld) is larger than the stripe width (%lld)", sunit, swidth);
-		return false;
+		goto check_override;
 	}
 
 	if (sectorsize && (int)sunit % sectorsize) {
@@ -1353,21 +1357,21 @@ xfs_validate_stripe_geometry(
 			xfs_notice(mp,
 "stripe unit (%lld) must be a multiple of the sector size (%d)",
 				   sunit, sectorsize);
-		return false;
+		goto check_override;
 	}
 
 	if (sunit && !swidth) {
 		if (!silent)
 			xfs_notice(mp,
 "invalid stripe unit (%lld) and stripe width of 0", sunit);
-		return false;
+		goto check_override;
 	}
 
 	if (!sunit && swidth) {
 		if (!silent)
 			xfs_notice(mp,
 "invalid stripe width (%lld) and stripe unit of 0", swidth);
-		return false;
+		goto check_override;
 	}
 
 	if (sunit && (int)swidth % (int)sunit) {
@@ -1375,9 +1379,27 @@ xfs_validate_stripe_geometry(
 			xfs_notice(mp,
 "stripe width (%lld) must be a multiple of the stripe unit (%lld)",
 				   swidth, sunit);
-		return false;
+		goto check_override;
 	}
 	return true;
+
+check_override:
+	if (!may_repair)
+		return false;
+	/*
+	 * During mount, mp->m_dalign will not be set unless the sunit mount
+	 * option was set. If it was set, ignore the bad stripe alignment values
+	 * and allow the validation and overwrite later in the mount process to
+	 * attempt to overwrite the bad stripe alignment values with the values
+	 * supplied by mount options.
+	 */
+	if (!mp->m_dalign)
+		return false;
+	if (!silent)
+		xfs_notice(mp,
+"Will try to correct with specified mount options sunit (%d) and swidth (%d)",
+			BBTOB(mp->m_dalign), BBTOB(mp->m_swidth));
+	return true;
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_sb.h b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_sb.h
index 2e8e8d63d4eb..37b1ed1bc209 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_sb.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_sb.h
@@ -35,8 +35,9 @@ extern int	xfs_sb_get_secondary(struct xfs_mount *mp,
 				struct xfs_trans *tp, xfs_agnumber_t agno,
 				struct xfs_buf **bpp);
 
-extern bool	xfs_validate_stripe_geometry(struct xfs_mount *mp,
-		__s64 sunit, __s64 swidth, int sectorsize, bool silent);
+bool	xfs_validate_stripe_geometry(struct xfs_mount *mp,
+		__s64 sunit, __s64 swidth, int sectorsize, bool may_repair,
+		bool silent);
 
 uint8_t xfs_compute_rextslog(xfs_rtbxlen_t rtextents);
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/scrub/common.c b/fs/xfs/scrub/common.c
index abff79a77c72..47a20cf5205f 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/scrub/common.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/scrub/common.c
@@ -1044,9 +1044,7 @@ xchk_irele(
 	struct xfs_scrub	*sc,
 	struct xfs_inode	*ip)
 {
-	if (current->journal_info != NULL) {
-		ASSERT(current->journal_info == sc->tp);
-
+	if (sc->tp) {
 		/*
 		 * If we are in a transaction, we /cannot/ drop the inode
 		 * ourselves, because the VFS will trigger writeback, which
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_aops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_aops.c
index 1698507d1ac7..3f428620ebf2 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_aops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_aops.c
@@ -503,13 +503,6 @@ xfs_vm_writepages(
 {
 	struct xfs_writepage_ctx wpc = { };
 
-	/*
-	 * Writing back data in a transaction context can result in recursive
-	 * transactions. This is bad, so issue a warning and get out of here.
-	 */
-	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(current->journal_info))
-		return 0;
-
 	xfs_iflags_clear(XFS_I(mapping->host), XFS_ITRUNCATED);
 	return iomap_writepages(mapping, wbc, &wpc.ctx, &xfs_writeback_ops);
 }
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c
index e64265bc0b33..74f1812b03cb 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c
@@ -2039,8 +2039,10 @@ xfs_inodegc_want_queue_work(
  *  - Memory shrinkers queued the inactivation worker and it hasn't finished.
  *  - The queue depth exceeds the maximum allowable percpu backlog.
  *
- * Note: If the current thread is running a transaction, we don't ever want to
- * wait for other transactions because that could introduce a deadlock.
+ * Note: If we are in a NOFS context here (e.g. current thread is running a
+ * transaction) the we don't want to block here as inodegc progress may require
+ * filesystem resources we hold to make progress and that could result in a
+ * deadlock. Hence we skip out of here if we are in a scoped NOFS context.
  */
 static inline bool
 xfs_inodegc_want_flush_work(
@@ -2048,7 +2050,7 @@ xfs_inodegc_want_flush_work(
 	unsigned int		items,
 	unsigned int		shrinker_hits)
 {
-	if (current->journal_info)
+	if (current->flags & PF_MEMALLOC_NOFS)
 		return false;
 
 	if (shrinker_hits > 0)
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.h
index 3f7e3a09a49f..1636663707dc 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.h
@@ -268,19 +268,14 @@ static inline void
 xfs_trans_set_context(
 	struct xfs_trans	*tp)
 {
-	ASSERT(current->journal_info == NULL);
 	tp->t_pflags = memalloc_nofs_save();
-	current->journal_info = tp;
 }
 
 static inline void
 xfs_trans_clear_context(
 	struct xfs_trans	*tp)
 {
-	if (current->journal_info == tp) {
-		memalloc_nofs_restore(tp->t_pflags);
-		current->journal_info = NULL;
-	}
+	memalloc_nofs_restore(tp->t_pflags);
 }
 
 static inline void
@@ -288,10 +283,8 @@ xfs_trans_switch_context(
 	struct xfs_trans	*old_tp,
 	struct xfs_trans	*new_tp)
 {
-	ASSERT(current->journal_info == old_tp);
 	new_tp->t_pflags = old_tp->t_pflags;
 	old_tp->t_pflags = 0;
-	current->journal_info = new_tp;
 }
 
 #endif	/* __XFS_TRANS_H__ */