Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6: (57 commits)
  tidy the trailing symlinks traversal up
  Turn resolution of trailing symlinks iterative everywhere
  simplify link_path_walk() tail
  Make trailing symlink resolution in path_lookupat() iterative
  update nd->inode in __do_follow_link() instead of after do_follow_link()
  pull handling of one pathname component into a helper
  fs: allow AT_EMPTY_PATH in linkat(), limit that to CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH
  Allow passing O_PATH descriptors via SCM_RIGHTS datagrams
  readlinkat(), fchownat() and fstatat() with empty relative pathnames
  Allow O_PATH for symlinks
  New kind of open files - "location only".
  ext4: Copy fs UUID to superblock
  ext3: Copy fs UUID to superblock.
  vfs: Export file system uuid via /proc/<pid>/mountinfo
  unistd.h: Add new syscalls numbers to asm-generic
  x86: Add new syscalls for x86_64
  x86: Add new syscalls for x86_32
  fs: Remove i_nlink check from file system link callback
  fs: Don't allow to create hardlink for deleted file
  vfs: Add open by file handle support
  ...

57 files changed, 1483 insertions, 1253 deletions

diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c
index fe698b5045e9..376f22130791 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c
@@ -230,44 +230,24 @@ linux_to_osf_statfs(struct kstatfs *linux_stat, struct osf_statfs __user *osf_st
 	return copy_to_user(osf_stat, &tmp_stat, bufsiz) ? -EFAULT : 0;
 }
 
-static int
-do_osf_statfs(struct path *path, struct osf_statfs __user *buffer,
-	      unsigned long bufsiz)
+SYSCALL_DEFINE3(osf_statfs, const char __user *, pathname,
+		struct osf_statfs __user *, buffer, unsigned long, bufsiz)
 {
 	struct kstatfs linux_stat;
-	int error = vfs_statfs(path, &linux_stat);
+	int error = user_statfs(pathname, &linux_stat);
 	if (!error)
 		error = linux_to_osf_statfs(&linux_stat, buffer, bufsiz);
 	return error;	
 }
 
-SYSCALL_DEFINE3(osf_statfs, const char __user *, pathname,
-		struct osf_statfs __user *, buffer, unsigned long, bufsiz)
-{
-	struct path path;
-	int retval;
-
-	retval = user_path(pathname, &path);
-	if (!retval) {
-		retval = do_osf_statfs(&path, buffer, bufsiz);
-		path_put(&path);
-	}
-	return retval;
-}
-
 SYSCALL_DEFINE3(osf_fstatfs, unsigned long, fd,
 		struct osf_statfs __user *, buffer, unsigned long, bufsiz)
 {
-	struct file *file;
-	int retval;
-
-	retval = -EBADF;
-	file = fget(fd);
-	if (file) {
-		retval = do_osf_statfs(&file->f_path, buffer, bufsiz);
-		fput(file);
-	}
-	return retval;
+	struct kstatfs linux_stat;
+	int error = fd_statfs(fd, &linux_stat);
+	if (!error)
+		error = linux_to_osf_statfs(&linux_stat, buffer, bufsiz);
+	return error;
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/parisc/hpux/sys_hpux.c b/arch/parisc/hpux/sys_hpux.c
index 30394081d9b6..6ab9580b0b00 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/hpux/sys_hpux.c
+++ b/arch/parisc/hpux/sys_hpux.c
@@ -185,26 +185,21 @@ struct hpux_statfs {
      int16_t f_pad;
 };
 
-static int do_statfs_hpux(struct path *path, struct hpux_statfs *buf)
+static int do_statfs_hpux(struct kstatfs *st, struct hpux_statfs __user *p)
 {
-	struct kstatfs st;
-	int retval;
-	
-	retval = vfs_statfs(path, &st);
-	if (retval)
-		return retval;
-
-	memset(buf, 0, sizeof(*buf));
-	buf->f_type = st.f_type;
-	buf->f_bsize = st.f_bsize;
-	buf->f_blocks = st.f_blocks;
-	buf->f_bfree = st.f_bfree;
-	buf->f_bavail = st.f_bavail;
-	buf->f_files = st.f_files;
-	buf->f_ffree = st.f_ffree;
-	buf->f_fsid[0] = st.f_fsid.val[0];
-	buf->f_fsid[1] = st.f_fsid.val[1];
-
+	struct hpux_statfs buf;
+	memset(&buf, 0, sizeof(buf));
+	buf.f_type = st->f_type;
+	buf.f_bsize = st->f_bsize;
+	buf.f_blocks = st->f_blocks;
+	buf.f_bfree = st->f_bfree;
+	buf.f_bavail = st->f_bavail;
+	buf.f_files = st->f_files;
+	buf.f_ffree = st->f_ffree;
+	buf.f_fsid[0] = st->f_fsid.val[0];
+	buf.f_fsid[1] = st->f_fsid.val[1];
+	if (copy_to_user(p, &buf, sizeof(buf)))
+		return -EFAULT;
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -212,35 +207,19 @@ static int do_statfs_hpux(struct path *path, struct hpux_statfs *buf)
 asmlinkage long hpux_statfs(const char __user *pathname,
 						struct hpux_statfs __user *buf)
 {
-	struct path path;
-	int error;
-
-	error = user_path(pathname, &path);
-	if (!error) {
-		struct hpux_statfs tmp;
-		error = do_statfs_hpux(&path, &tmp);
-		if (!error && copy_to_user(buf, &tmp, sizeof(tmp)))
-			error = -EFAULT;
-		path_put(&path);
-	}
+	struct kstatfs st;
+	int error = user_statfs(pathname, &st);
+	if (!error)
+		error = do_statfs_hpux(&st, buf);
 	return error;
 }
 
 asmlinkage long hpux_fstatfs(unsigned int fd, struct hpux_statfs __user * buf)
 {
-	struct file *file;
-	struct hpux_statfs tmp;
-	int error;
-
-	error = -EBADF;
-	file = fget(fd);
-	if (!file)
-		goto out;
-	error = do_statfs_hpux(&file->f_path, &tmp);
-	if (!error && copy_to_user(buf, &tmp, sizeof(tmp)))
-		error = -EFAULT;
-	fput(file);
- out:
+	struct kstatfs st;
+	int error = fd_statfs(fd, &st);
+	if (!error)
+		error = do_statfs_hpux(&st, buf);
 	return error;
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/syscalls.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/syscalls.c
index 187a7d32f86a..a3d2ce54ea2e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/syscalls.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/syscalls.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ static long do_spu_create(const char __user *pathname, unsigned int flags,
 	if (!IS_ERR(tmp)) {
 		struct nameidata nd;
 
-		ret = path_lookup(tmp, LOOKUP_PARENT, &nd);
+		ret = kern_path_parent(tmp, &nd);
 		if (!ret) {
 			nd.flags |= LOOKUP_OPEN | LOOKUP_CREATE;
 			ret = spufs_create(&nd, flags, mode, neighbor);
diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/mconsole_kern.c b/arch/um/drivers/mconsole_kern.c
index 975613b23dcf..c70e047eed72 100644
--- a/arch/um/drivers/mconsole_kern.c
+++ b/arch/um/drivers/mconsole_kern.c
@@ -124,35 +124,18 @@ void mconsole_log(struct mc_request *req)
 #if 0
 void mconsole_proc(struct mc_request *req)
 {
-	struct nameidata nd;
 	struct vfsmount *mnt = current->nsproxy->pid_ns->proc_mnt;
 	struct file *file;
-	int n, err;
+	int n;
 	char *ptr = req->request.data, *buf;
 	mm_segment_t old_fs = get_fs();
 
 	ptr += strlen("proc");
 	ptr = skip_spaces(ptr);
 
-	err = vfs_path_lookup(mnt->mnt_root, mnt, ptr, LOOKUP_FOLLOW, &nd);
-	if (err) {
-		mconsole_reply(req, "Failed to look up file", 1, 0);
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	err = may_open(&nd.path, MAY_READ, O_RDONLY);
-	if (result) {
-		mconsole_reply(req, "Failed to open file", 1, 0);
-		path_put(&nd.path);
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	file = dentry_open(nd.path.dentry, nd.path.mnt, O_RDONLY,
-			   current_cred());
-	err = PTR_ERR(file);
+	file = file_open_root(mnt->mnt_root, mnt, ptr, O_RDONLY);
 	if (IS_ERR(file)) {
 		mconsole_reply(req, "Failed to open file", 1, 0);
-		path_put(&nd.path);
 		goto out;
 	}
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/ia32/ia32entry.S b/arch/x86/ia32/ia32entry.S
index 518bb99c3394..98d353edfff3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/ia32/ia32entry.S
+++ b/arch/x86/ia32/ia32entry.S
@@ -851,4 +851,6 @@ ia32_sys_call_table:
 	.quad sys_fanotify_init
 	.quad sys32_fanotify_mark
 	.quad sys_prlimit64		/* 340 */
+	.quad sys_name_to_handle_at
+	.quad compat_sys_open_by_handle_at
 ia32_syscall_end:
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/unistd_32.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/unistd_32.h
index b766a5e8ba0e..f4c4973fc2ac 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/unistd_32.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/unistd_32.h
@@ -346,10 +346,12 @@
 #define __NR_fanotify_init	338
 #define __NR_fanotify_mark	339
 #define __NR_prlimit64		340
+#define __NR_name_to_handle_at	341
+#define __NR_open_by_handle_at  342
 
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
 
-#define NR_syscalls 341
+#define NR_syscalls 343
 
 #define __ARCH_WANT_IPC_PARSE_VERSION
 #define __ARCH_WANT_OLD_READDIR
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/unistd_64.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/unistd_64.h
index 363e9b8a715b..81a3d5b70235 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/unistd_64.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/unistd_64.h
@@ -669,6 +669,10 @@ __SYSCALL(__NR_fanotify_init, sys_fanotify_init)
 __SYSCALL(__NR_fanotify_mark, sys_fanotify_mark)
 #define __NR_prlimit64				302
 __SYSCALL(__NR_prlimit64, sys_prlimit64)
+#define __NR_name_to_handle_at			303
+__SYSCALL(__NR_name_to_handle_at, sys_name_to_handle_at)
+#define __NR_open_by_handle_at			304
+__SYSCALL(__NR_open_by_handle_at, sys_open_by_handle_at)
 
 #ifndef __NO_STUBS
 #define __ARCH_WANT_OLD_READDIR
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/syscall_table_32.S b/arch/x86/kernel/syscall_table_32.S
index b35786dc9b8f..c314b2199efd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/syscall_table_32.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/syscall_table_32.S
@@ -340,3 +340,5 @@ ENTRY(sys_call_table)
 	.long sys_fanotify_init
 	.long sys_fanotify_mark
 	.long sys_prlimit64		/* 340 */
+	.long sys_name_to_handle_at
+	.long sys_open_by_handle_at
diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig
index 3db9caa57edc..7cb53aafac1e 100644
--- a/fs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/Kconfig
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ config FS_POSIX_ACL
 	def_bool n
 
 config EXPORTFS
-	tristate
+	bool
 
 config FILE_LOCKING
 	bool "Enable POSIX file locking API" if EXPERT
diff --git a/fs/Makefile b/fs/Makefile
index a7f7cef0c0c8..ba01202844c5 100644
--- a/fs/Makefile
+++ b/fs/Makefile
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_FS_POSIX_ACL)	+= posix_acl.o xattr_acl.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_NFS_COMMON)	+= nfs_common/
 obj-$(CONFIG_GENERIC_ACL)	+= generic_acl.o
 
+obj-$(CONFIG_FHANDLE)		+= fhandle.o
+
 obj-y				+= quota/
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_PROC_FS)		+= proc/
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/export.c b/fs/btrfs/export.c
index ff27d7a477b2..b4ffad859adb 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/export.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/export.c
@@ -21,9 +21,13 @@ static int btrfs_encode_fh(struct dentry *dentry, u32 *fh, int *max_len,
 	int len = *max_len;
 	int type;
 
-	if ((len < BTRFS_FID_SIZE_NON_CONNECTABLE) ||
-	    (connectable && len < BTRFS_FID_SIZE_CONNECTABLE))
+	if (connectable && (len < BTRFS_FID_SIZE_CONNECTABLE)) {
+		*max_len = BTRFS_FID_SIZE_CONNECTABLE;
 		return 255;
+	} else if (len < BTRFS_FID_SIZE_NON_CONNECTABLE) {
+		*max_len = BTRFS_FID_SIZE_NON_CONNECTABLE;
+		return 255;
+	}
 
 	len  = BTRFS_FID_SIZE_NON_CONNECTABLE;
 	type = FILEID_BTRFS_WITHOUT_PARENT;
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 9007bbd01dbf..4a0107e18747 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -4806,9 +4806,6 @@ static int btrfs_link(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir,
 	int err;
 	int drop_inode = 0;
 
-	if (inode->i_nlink == 0)
-		return -ENOENT;
-
 	/* do not allow sys_link's with other subvols of the same device */
 	if (root->objectid != BTRFS_I(inode)->root->objectid)
 		return -EPERM;
diff --git a/fs/compat.c b/fs/compat.c
index 691c3fd8ce1d..c6d31a3bab88 100644
--- a/fs/compat.c
+++ b/fs/compat.c
@@ -262,35 +262,19 @@ static int put_compat_statfs(struct compat_statfs __user *ubuf, struct kstatfs *
  */
 asmlinkage long compat_sys_statfs(const char __user *pathname, struct compat_statfs __user *buf)
 {
-	struct path path;
-	int error;
-
-	error = user_path(pathname, &path);
-	if (!error) {
-		struct kstatfs tmp;
-		error = vfs_statfs(&path, &tmp);
-		if (!error)
-			error = put_compat_statfs(buf, &tmp);
-		path_put(&path);
-	}
+	struct kstatfs tmp;
+	int error = user_statfs(pathname, &tmp);
+	if (!error)
+		error = put_compat_statfs(buf, &tmp);
 	return error;
 }
 
 asmlinkage long compat_sys_fstatfs(unsigned int fd, struct compat_statfs __user *buf)
 {
-	struct file * file;
 	struct kstatfs tmp;
-	int error;
-
-	error = -EBADF;
-	file = fget(fd);
-	if (!file)
-		goto out;
-	error = vfs_statfs(&file->f_path, &tmp);
+	int error = fd_statfs(fd, &tmp);
 	if (!error)
 		error = put_compat_statfs(buf, &tmp);
-	fput(file);
-out:
 	return error;
 }
 
@@ -329,41 +313,29 @@ static int put_compat_statfs64(struct compat_statfs64 __user *ubuf, struct kstat
 
 asmlinkage long compat_sys_statfs64(const char __user *pathname, compat_size_t sz, struct compat_statfs64 __user *buf)
 {
-	struct path path;
+	struct kstatfs tmp;
 	int error;
 
 	if (sz != sizeof(*buf))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	error = user_path(pathname, &path);
-	if (!error) {
-		struct kstatfs tmp;
-		error = vfs_statfs(&path, &tmp);
-		if (!error)
-			error = put_compat_statfs64(buf, &tmp);
-		path_put(&path);
-	}
+	error = user_statfs(pathname, &tmp);
+	if (!error)
+		error = put_compat_statfs64(buf, &tmp);
 	return error;
 }
 
 asmlinkage long compat_sys_fstatfs64(unsigned int fd, compat_size_t sz, struct compat_statfs64 __user *buf)
 {
-	struct file * file;
 	struct kstatfs tmp;
 	int error;
 
 	if (sz != sizeof(*buf))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	error = -EBADF;
-	file = fget(fd);
-	if (!file)
-		goto out;
-	error = vfs_statfs(&file->f_path, &tmp);
+	error = fd_statfs(fd, &tmp);
 	if (!error)
 		error = put_compat_statfs64(buf, &tmp);
-	fput(file);
-out:
 	return error;
 }
 
@@ -2312,3 +2284,16 @@ asmlinkage long compat_sys_timerfd_gettime(int ufd,
 }
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_TIMERFD */
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_FHANDLE
+/*
+ * Exactly like fs/open.c:sys_open_by_handle_at(), except that it
+ * doesn't set the O_LARGEFILE flag.
+ */
+asmlinkage long
+compat_sys_open_by_handle_at(int mountdirfd,
+			     struct file_handle __user *handle, int flags)
+{
+	return do_handle_open(mountdirfd, handle, flags);
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index 52a447d9b6ab..ba99e1abb1aa 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -115,13 +115,16 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(uselib, const char __user *, library)
 	struct file *file;
 	char *tmp = getname(library);
 	int error = PTR_ERR(tmp);
+	static const struct open_flags uselib_flags = {
+		.open_flag = O_LARGEFILE | O_RDONLY | __FMODE_EXEC,
+		.acc_mode = MAY_READ | MAY_EXEC | MAY_OPEN,
+		.intent = LOOKUP_OPEN
+	};
 
 	if (IS_ERR(tmp))
 		goto out;
 
-	file = do_filp_open(AT_FDCWD, tmp,
-				O_LARGEFILE | O_RDONLY | __FMODE_EXEC, 0,
-				MAY_READ | MAY_EXEC | MAY_OPEN);
+	file = do_filp_open(AT_FDCWD, tmp, &uselib_flags, LOOKUP_FOLLOW);
 	putname(tmp);
 	error = PTR_ERR(file);
 	if (IS_ERR(file))
@@ -721,10 +724,13 @@ struct file *open_exec(const char *name)
 {
 	struct file *file;
 	int err;
+	static const struct open_flags open_exec_flags = {
+		.open_flag = O_LARGEFILE | O_RDONLY | __FMODE_EXEC,
+		.acc_mode = MAY_EXEC | MAY_OPEN,
+		.intent = LOOKUP_OPEN
+	};
 
-	file = do_filp_open(AT_FDCWD, name,
-				O_LARGEFILE | O_RDONLY | __FMODE_EXEC, 0,
-				MAY_EXEC | MAY_OPEN);
+	file = do_filp_open(AT_FDCWD, name, &open_exec_flags, LOOKUP_FOLLOW);
 	if (IS_ERR(file))
 		goto out;
 
diff --git a/fs/exportfs/expfs.c b/fs/exportfs/expfs.c
index 4b6825740dd5..b05acb796135 100644
--- a/fs/exportfs/expfs.c
+++ b/fs/exportfs/expfs.c
@@ -320,9 +320,14 @@ static int export_encode_fh(struct dentry *dentry, struct fid *fid,
 	struct inode * inode = dentry->d_inode;
 	int len = *max_len;
 	int type = FILEID_INO32_GEN;
-	
-	if (len < 2 || (connectable && len < 4))
+
+	if (connectable && (len < 4)) {
+		*max_len = 4;
+		return 255;
+	} else if (len < 2) {
+		*max_len = 2;
 		return 255;
+	}
 
 	len = 2;
 	fid->i32.ino = inode->i_ino;
@@ -369,6 +374,8 @@ struct dentry *exportfs_decode_fh(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct fid *fid,
 	/*
 	 * Try to get any dentry for the given file handle from the filesystem.
 	 */
+	if (!nop || !nop->fh_to_dentry)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ESTALE);
 	result = nop->fh_to_dentry(mnt->mnt_sb, fid, fh_len, fileid_type);
 	if (!result)
 		result = ERR_PTR(-ESTALE);
diff --git a/fs/ext3/namei.c b/fs/ext3/namei.c
index b27ba71810ec..561f69256266 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/namei.c
@@ -2253,13 +2253,6 @@ static int ext3_link (struct dentry * old_dentry,
 
 	dquot_initialize(dir);
 
-	/*
-	 * Return -ENOENT if we've raced with unlink and i_nlink is 0.  Doing
-	 * otherwise has the potential to corrupt the orphan inode list.
-	 */
-	if (inode->i_nlink == 0)
-		return -ENOENT;
-
 retry:
 	handle = ext3_journal_start(dir, EXT3_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb) +
 					EXT3_INDEX_EXTRA_TRANS_BLOCKS);
diff --git a/fs/ext3/super.c b/fs/ext3/super.c
index 85c8cc8f2473..9cc19a1dea8e 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/super.c
@@ -1936,6 +1936,7 @@ static int ext3_fill_super (struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	sb->s_qcop = &ext3_qctl_operations;
 	sb->dq_op = &ext3_quota_operations;
 #endif
+	memcpy(sb->s_uuid, es->s_uuid, sizeof(es->s_uuid));
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sbi->s_orphan); /* unlinked but open files */
 	mutex_init(&sbi->s_orphan_lock);
 	mutex_init(&sbi->s_resize_lock);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index 5485390d32c5..e781b7ea5630 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -2304,13 +2304,6 @@ static int ext4_link(struct dentry *old_dentry,
 
 	dquot_initialize(dir);
 
-	/*
-	 * Return -ENOENT if we've raced with unlink and i_nlink is 0.  Doing
-	 * otherwise has the potential to corrupt the orphan inode list.
-	 */
-	if (inode->i_nlink == 0)
-		return -ENOENT;
-
 retry:
 	handle = ext4_journal_start(dir, EXT4_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb) +
 					EXT4_INDEX_EXTRA_TRANS_BLOCKS);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index f6a318f836b2..5977b356a435 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -3415,6 +3415,8 @@ static int ext4_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	sb->s_qcop = &ext4_qctl_operations;
 	sb->dq_op = &ext4_quota_operations;
 #endif
+	memcpy(sb->s_uuid, es->s_uuid, sizeof(es->s_uuid));
+
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sbi->s_orphan); /* unlinked but open files */
 	mutex_init(&sbi->s_orphan_lock);
 	mutex_init(&sbi->s_resize_lock);
diff --git a/fs/fat/inode.c b/fs/fat/inode.c
index 86753fe10bd1..0e277ec4b612 100644
--- a/fs/fat/inode.c
+++ b/fs/fat/inode.c
@@ -757,8 +757,10 @@ fat_encode_fh(struct dentry *de, __u32 *fh, int *lenp, int connectable)
 	struct inode *inode =  de->d_inode;
 	u32 ipos_h, ipos_m, ipos_l;
 
-	if (len < 5)
+	if (len < 5) {
+		*lenp = 5;
 		return 255; /* no room */
+	}
 
 	ipos_h = MSDOS_I(inode)->i_pos >> 8;
 	ipos_m = (MSDOS_I(inode)->i_pos & 0xf0) << 24;
diff --git a/fs/fcntl.c b/fs/fcntl.c
index cb1026181bdc..6c82e5bac039 100644
--- a/fs/fcntl.c
+++ b/fs/fcntl.c
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(dup2, unsigned int, oldfd, unsigned int, newfd)
 SYSCALL_DEFINE1(dup, unsigned int, fildes)
 {
 	int ret = -EBADF;
-	struct file *file = fget(fildes);
+	struct file *file = fget_raw(fildes);
 
 	if (file) {
 		ret = get_unused_fd();
@@ -426,15 +426,35 @@ static long do_fcntl(int fd, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg,
 	return err;
 }
 
+static int check_fcntl_cmd(unsigned cmd)
+{
+	switch (cmd) {
+	case F_DUPFD:
+	case F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC:
+	case F_GETFD:
+	case F_SETFD:
+	case F_GETFL:
+		return 1;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
 SYSCALL_DEFINE3(fcntl, unsigned int, fd, unsigned int, cmd, unsigned long, arg)
 {	
 	struct file *filp;
 	long err = -EBADF;
 
-	filp = fget(fd);
+	filp = fget_raw(fd);
 	if (!filp)
 		goto out;
 
+	if (unlikely(filp->f_mode & FMODE_PATH)) {
+		if (!check_fcntl_cmd(cmd)) {
+			fput(filp);
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
+
 	err = security_file_fcntl(filp, cmd, arg);
 	if (err) {
 		fput(filp);
@@ -456,10 +476,17 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(fcntl64, unsigned int, fd, unsigned int, cmd,
 	long err;
 
 	err = -EBADF;
-	filp = fget(fd);
+	filp = fget_raw(fd);
 	if (!filp)
 		goto out;
 
+	if (unlikely(filp->f_mode & FMODE_PATH)) {
+		if (!check_fcntl_cmd(cmd)) {
+			fput(filp);
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
+
 	err = security_file_fcntl(filp, cmd, arg);
 	if (err) {
 		fput(filp);
@@ -808,14 +835,14 @@ static int __init fcntl_init(void)
 	 * Exceptions: O_NONBLOCK is a two bit define on parisc; O_NDELAY
 	 * is defined as O_NONBLOCK on some platforms and not on others.
 	 */
-	BUILD_BUG_ON(18 - 1 /* for O_RDONLY being 0 */ != HWEIGHT32(
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(19 - 1 /* for O_RDONLY being 0 */ != HWEIGHT32(
 		O_RDONLY	| O_WRONLY	| O_RDWR	|
 		O_CREAT		| O_EXCL	| O_NOCTTY	|
 		O_TRUNC		| O_APPEND	| /* O_NONBLOCK	| */
 		__O_SYNC	| O_DSYNC	| FASYNC	|
 		O_DIRECT	| O_LARGEFILE	| O_DIRECTORY	|
 		O_NOFOLLOW	| O_NOATIME	| O_CLOEXEC	|
-		__FMODE_EXEC
+		__FMODE_EXEC	| O_PATH
 		));
 
 	fasync_cache = kmem_cache_create("fasync_cache",
diff --git a/fs/fhandle.c b/fs/fhandle.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bf93ad2bee07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/fhandle.c
@@ -0,0 +1,265 @@
+#include <linux/syscalls.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/file.h>
+#include <linux/mount.h>
+#include <linux/namei.h>
+#include <linux/exportfs.h>
+#include <linux/fs_struct.h>
+#include <linux/fsnotify.h>
+#include <asm/uaccess.h>
+#include "internal.h"
+
+static long do_sys_name_to_handle(struct path *path,
+				  struct file_handle __user *ufh,
+				  int __user *mnt_id)
+{
+	long retval;
+	struct file_handle f_handle;
+	int handle_dwords, handle_bytes;
+	struct file_handle *handle = NULL;
+
+	/*
+	 * We need t make sure wether the file system
+	 * support decoding of the file handle
+	 */
+	if (!path->mnt->mnt_sb->s_export_op ||
+	    !path->mnt->mnt_sb->s_export_op->fh_to_dentry)
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
+	if (copy_from_user(&f_handle, ufh, sizeof(struct file_handle)))
+		return -EFAULT;
+
+	if (f_handle.handle_bytes > MAX_HANDLE_SZ)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	handle = kmalloc(sizeof(struct file_handle) + f_handle.handle_bytes,
+			 GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!handle)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	/* convert handle size to  multiple of sizeof(u32) */
+	handle_dwords = f_handle.handle_bytes >> 2;
+
+	/* we ask for a non connected handle */
+	retval = exportfs_encode_fh(path->dentry,
+				    (struct fid *)handle->f_handle,
+				    &handle_dwords,  0);
+	handle->handle_type = retval;
+	/* convert handle size to bytes */
+	handle_bytes = handle_dwords * sizeof(u32);
+	handle->handle_bytes = handle_bytes;
+	if ((handle->handle_bytes > f_handle.handle_bytes) ||
+	    (retval == 255) || (retval == -ENOSPC)) {
+		/* As per old exportfs_encode_fh documentation
+		 * we could return ENOSPC to indicate overflow
+		 * But file system returned 255 always. So handle
+		 * both the values
+		 */
+		/*
+		 * set the handle size to zero so we copy only
+		 * non variable part of the file_handle
+		 */
+		handle_bytes = 0;
+		retval = -EOVERFLOW;
+	} else
+		retval = 0;
+	/* copy the mount id */
+	if (copy_to_user(mnt_id, &path->mnt->mnt_id, sizeof(*mnt_id)) ||
+	    copy_to_user(ufh, handle,
+			 sizeof(struct file_handle) + handle_bytes))
+		retval = -EFAULT;
+	kfree(handle);
+	return retval;
+}
+
+/**
+ * sys_name_to_handle_at: convert name to handle
+ * @dfd: directory relative to which name is interpreted if not absolute
+ * @name: name that should be converted to handle.
+ * @handle: resulting file handle
+ * @mnt_id: mount id of the file system containing the file
+ * @flag: flag value to indicate whether to follow symlink or not
+ *
+ * @handle->handle_size indicate the space available to store the
+ * variable part of the file handle in bytes. If there is not
+ * enough space, the field is updated to return the minimum
+ * value required.
+ */
+SYSCALL_DEFINE5(name_to_handle_at, int, dfd, const char __user *, name,
+		struct file_handle __user *, handle, int __user *, mnt_id,
+		int, flag)
+{
+	struct path path;
+	int lookup_flags;
+	int err;
+
+	if ((flag & ~(AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW | AT_EMPTY_PATH)) != 0)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	lookup_flags = (flag & AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW) ? LOOKUP_FOLLOW : 0;
+	if (flag & AT_EMPTY_PATH)
+		lookup_flags |= LOOKUP_EMPTY;
+	err = user_path_at(dfd, name, lookup_flags, &path);
+	if (!err) {
+		err = do_sys_name_to_handle(&path, handle, mnt_id);
+		path_put(&path);
+	}
+	return err;
+}
+
+static struct vfsmount *get_vfsmount_from_fd(int fd)
+{
+	struct path path;
+
+	if (fd == AT_FDCWD) {
+		struct fs_struct *fs = current->fs;
+		spin_lock(&fs->lock);
+		path = fs->pwd;
+		mntget(path.mnt);
+		spin_unlock(&fs->lock);
+	} else {
+		int fput_needed;
+		struct file *file = fget_light(fd, &fput_needed);
+		if (!file)
+			return ERR_PTR(-EBADF);
+		path = file->f_path;
+		mntget(path.mnt);
+		fput_light(file, fput_needed);
+	}
+	return path.mnt;
+}
+
+static int vfs_dentry_acceptable(void *context, struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	return 1;
+}
+
+static int do_handle_to_path(int mountdirfd, struct file_handle *handle,
+			     struct path *path)
+{
+	int retval = 0;
+	int handle_dwords;
+
+	path->mnt = get_vfsmount_from_fd(mountdirfd);
+	if (IS_ERR(path->mnt)) {
+		retval = PTR_ERR(path->mnt);
+		goto out_err;
+	}
+	/* change the handle size to multiple of sizeof(u32) */
+	handle_dwords = handle->handle_bytes >> 2;
+	path->dentry = exportfs_decode_fh(path->mnt,
+					  (struct fid *)handle->f_handle,
+					  handle_dwords, handle->handle_type,
+					  vfs_dentry_acceptable, NULL);
+	if (IS_ERR(path->dentry)) {
+		retval = PTR_ERR(path->dentry);
+		goto out_mnt;
+	}
+	return 0;
+out_mnt:
+	mntput(path->mnt);
+out_err:
+	return retval;
+}
+
+static int handle_to_path(int mountdirfd, struct file_handle __user *ufh,
+		   struct path *path)
+{
+	int retval = 0;
+	struct file_handle f_handle;
+	struct file_handle *handle = NULL;
+
+	/*
+	 * With handle we don't look at the execute bit on the
+	 * the directory. Ideally we would like CAP_DAC_SEARCH.
+	 * But we don't have that
+	 */
+	if (!capable(CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH)) {
+		retval = -EPERM;
+		goto out_err;
+	}
+	if (copy_from_user(&f_handle, ufh, sizeof(struct file_handle))) {
+		retval = -EFAULT;
+		goto out_err;
+	}
+	if ((f_handle.handle_bytes > MAX_HANDLE_SZ) ||
+	    (f_handle.handle_bytes == 0)) {
+		retval = -EINVAL;
+		goto out_err;
+	}
+	handle = kmalloc(sizeof(struct file_handle) + f_handle.handle_bytes,
+			 GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!handle) {
+		retval = -ENOMEM;
+		goto out_err;
+	}
+	/* copy the full handle */
+	if (copy_from_user(handle, ufh,
+			   sizeof(struct file_handle) +
+			   f_handle.handle_bytes)) {
+		retval = -EFAULT;
+		goto out_handle;
+	}
+
+	retval = do_handle_to_path(mountdirfd, handle, path);
+
+out_handle:
+	kfree(handle);
+out_err:
+	return retval;
+}
+
+long do_handle_open(int mountdirfd,
+		    struct file_handle __user *ufh, int open_flag)
+{
+	long retval = 0;
+	struct path path;
+	struct file *file;
+	int fd;
+
+	retval = handle_to_path(mountdirfd, ufh, &path);
+	if (retval)
+		return retval;
+
+	fd = get_unused_fd_flags(open_flag);
+	if (fd < 0) {
+		path_put(&path);
+		return fd;
+	}
+	file = file_open_root(path.dentry, path.mnt, "", open_flag);
+	if (IS_ERR(file)) {
+		put_unused_fd(fd);
+		retval =  PTR_ERR(file);
+	} else {
+		retval = fd;
+		fsnotify_open(file);
+		fd_install(fd, file);
+	}
+	path_put(&path);
+	return retval;
+}
+
+/**
+ * sys_open_by_handle_at: Open the file handle
+ * @mountdirfd: directory file descriptor
+ * @handle: file handle to be opened
+ * @flag: open flags.
+ *
+ * @mountdirfd indicate the directory file descriptor
+ * of the mount point. file handle is decoded relative
+ * to the vfsmount pointed by the @mountdirfd. @flags
+ * value is same as the open(2) flags.
+ */
+SYSCALL_DEFINE3(open_by_handle_at, int, mountdirfd,
+		struct file_handle __user *, handle,
+		int, flags)
+{
+	long ret;
+
+	if (force_o_largefile())
+		flags |= O_LARGEFILE;
+
+	ret = do_handle_open(mountdirfd, handle, flags);
+	return ret;
+}
diff --git a/fs/file_table.c b/fs/file_table.c
index eb36b6b17e26..74a9544ac770 100644
--- a/fs/file_table.c
+++ b/fs/file_table.c
@@ -276,11 +276,10 @@ struct file *fget(unsigned int fd)
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	file = fcheck_files(files, fd);
 	if (file) {
-		if (!atomic_long_inc_not_zero(&file->f_count)) {
-			/* File object ref couldn't be taken */
-			rcu_read_unlock();
-			return NULL;
-		}
+		/* File object ref couldn't be taken */
+		if (file->f_mode & FMODE_PATH ||
+		    !atomic_long_inc_not_zero(&file->f_count))
+			file = NULL;
 	}
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 
@@ -289,6 +288,25 @@ struct file *fget(unsigned int fd)
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(fget);
 
+struct file *fget_raw(unsigned int fd)
+{
+	struct file *file;
+	struct files_struct *files = current->files;
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	file = fcheck_files(files, fd);
+	if (file) {
+		/* File object ref couldn't be taken */
+		if (!atomic_long_inc_not_zero(&file->f_count))
+			file = NULL;
+	}
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+
+	return file;
+}
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(fget_raw);
+
 /*
  * Lightweight file lookup - no refcnt increment if fd table isn't shared.
  *
@@ -313,6 +331,33 @@ struct file *fget_light(unsigned int fd, int *fput_needed)
 	*fput_needed = 0;
 	if (atomic_read(&files->count) == 1) {
 		file = fcheck_files(files, fd);
+		if (file && (file->f_mode & FMODE_PATH))
+			file = NULL;
+	} else {
+		rcu_read_lock();
+		file = fcheck_files(files, fd);
+		if (file) {
+			if (!(file->f_mode & FMODE_PATH) &&
+			    atomic_long_inc_not_zero(&file->f_count))
+				*fput_needed = 1;
+			else
+				/* Didn't get the reference, someone's freed */
+				file = NULL;
+		}
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+	}
+
+	return file;
+}
+
+struct file *fget_raw_light(unsigned int fd, int *fput_needed)
+{
+	struct file *file;
+	struct files_struct *files = current->files;
+
+	*fput_needed = 0;
+	if (atomic_read(&files->count) == 1) {
+		file = fcheck_files(files, fd);
 	} else {
 		rcu_read_lock();
 		file = fcheck_files(files, fd);
diff --git a/fs/fuse/inode.c b/fs/fuse/inode.c
index 9e3f68cc1bd1..051b1a084528 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/inode.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/inode.c
@@ -637,8 +637,10 @@ static int fuse_encode_fh(struct dentry *dentry, u32 *fh, int *max_len,
 	u64 nodeid;
 	u32 generation;
 
-	if (*max_len < len)
+	if (*max_len < len) {
+		*max_len = len;
 		return  255;
+	}
 
 	nodeid = get_fuse_inode(inode)->nodeid;
 	generation = inode->i_generation;
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/export.c b/fs/gfs2/export.c
index 9023db8184f9..b5a5e60df0d5 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/export.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/export.c
@@ -36,9 +36,13 @@ static int gfs2_encode_fh(struct dentry *dentry, __u32 *p, int *len,
 	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
 	struct gfs2_inode *ip = GFS2_I(inode);
 
-	if (*len < GFS2_SMALL_FH_SIZE ||
-	    (connectable && *len < GFS2_LARGE_FH_SIZE))
+	if (connectable && (*len < GFS2_LARGE_FH_SIZE)) {
+		*len = GFS2_LARGE_FH_SIZE;
 		return 255;
+	} else if (*len < GFS2_SMALL_FH_SIZE) {
+		*len = GFS2_SMALL_FH_SIZE;
+		return 255;
+	}
 
 	fh[0] = cpu_to_be32(ip->i_no_formal_ino >> 32);
 	fh[1] = cpu_to_be32(ip->i_no_formal_ino & 0xFFFFFFFF);
diff --git a/fs/internal.h b/fs/internal.h
index 9b976b57d7fe..f3d15de44b15 100644
--- a/fs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/internal.h
@@ -106,6 +106,19 @@ extern void put_super(struct super_block *sb);
 struct nameidata;
 extern struct file *nameidata_to_filp(struct nameidata *);
 extern void release_open_intent(struct nameidata *);
+struct open_flags {
+	int open_flag;
+	int mode;
+	int acc_mode;
+	int intent;
+};
+extern struct file *do_filp_open(int dfd, const char *pathname,
+		const struct open_flags *op, int lookup_flags);
+extern struct file *do_file_open_root(struct dentry *, struct vfsmount *,
+		const char *, const struct open_flags *, int lookup_flags);
+
+extern long do_handle_open(int mountdirfd,
+			   struct file_handle __user *ufh, int open_flag);
 
 /*
  * inode.c
diff --git a/fs/isofs/export.c b/fs/isofs/export.c
index ed752cb38474..dd4687ff30d0 100644
--- a/fs/isofs/export.c
+++ b/fs/isofs/export.c
@@ -124,9 +124,13 @@ isofs_export_encode_fh(struct dentry *dentry,
 	 * offset of the inode and the upper 16 bits of fh32[1] to
 	 * hold the offset of the parent.
 	 */
-
-	if (len < 3 || (connectable && len < 5))
+	if (connectable && (len < 5)) {
+		*max_len = 5;
+		return 255;
+	} else if (len < 3) {
+		*max_len = 3;
 		return 255;
+	}
 
 	len = 3;
 	fh32[0] = ei->i_iget5_block;
diff --git a/fs/jfs/namei.c b/fs/jfs/namei.c
index 5a2b269428a6..3f04a1804931 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/namei.c
@@ -809,9 +809,6 @@ static int jfs_link(struct dentry *old_dentry,
 	if (ip->i_nlink == JFS_LINK_MAX)
 		return -EMLINK;
 
-	if (ip->i_nlink == 0)
-		return -ENOENT;
-
 	dquot_initialize(dir);
 
 	tid = txBegin(ip->i_sb, 0);
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index a4689eb2df28..0a601cae23de 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ static int do_getname(const char __user *filename, char *page)
 	return retval;
 }
 
-char * getname(const char __user * filename)
+static char *getname_flags(const char __user * filename, int flags)
 {
 	char *tmp, *result;
 
@@ -147,14 +147,21 @@ char * getname(const char __user * filename)
 
 		result = tmp;
 		if (retval < 0) {
-			__putname(tmp);
-			result = ERR_PTR(retval);
+			if (retval != -ENOENT || !(flags & LOOKUP_EMPTY)) {
+				__putname(tmp);
+				result = ERR_PTR(retval);
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	audit_getname(result);
 	return result;
 }
 
+char *getname(const char __user * filename)
+{
+	return getname_flags(filename, 0);
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL
 void putname(const char *name)
 {
@@ -401,9 +408,11 @@ static int nameidata_drop_rcu(struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	struct fs_struct *fs = current->fs;
 	struct dentry *dentry = nd->path.dentry;
+	int want_root = 0;
 
 	BUG_ON(!(nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU));
-	if (nd->root.mnt) {
+	if (nd->root.mnt && !(nd->flags & LOOKUP_ROOT)) {
+		want_root = 1;
 		spin_lock(&fs->lock);
 		if (nd->root.mnt != fs->root.mnt ||
 				nd->root.dentry != fs->root.dentry)
@@ -414,7 +423,7 @@ static int nameidata_drop_rcu(struct nameidata *nd)
 		goto err;
 	BUG_ON(nd->inode != dentry->d_inode);
 	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
-	if (nd->root.mnt) {
+	if (want_root) {
 		path_get(&nd->root);
 		spin_unlock(&fs->lock);
 	}
@@ -427,7 +436,7 @@ static int nameidata_drop_rcu(struct nameidata *nd)
 err:
 	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 err_root:
-	if (nd->root.mnt)
+	if (want_root)
 		spin_unlock(&fs->lock);
 	return -ECHILD;
 }
@@ -454,9 +463,11 @@ static int nameidata_dentry_drop_rcu(struct nameidata *nd, struct dentry *dentry
 {
 	struct fs_struct *fs = current->fs;
 	struct dentry *parent = nd->path.dentry;
+	int want_root = 0;
 
 	BUG_ON(!(nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU));
-	if (nd->root.mnt) {
+	if (nd->root.mnt && !(nd->flags & LOOKUP_ROOT)) {
+		want_root = 1;
 		spin_lock(&fs->lock);
 		if (nd->root.mnt != fs->root.mnt ||
 				nd->root.dentry != fs->root.dentry)
@@ -476,7 +487,7 @@ static int nameidata_dentry_drop_rcu(struct nameidata *nd, struct dentry *dentry
 	parent->d_count++;
 	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 	spin_unlock(&parent->d_lock);
-	if (nd->root.mnt) {
+	if (want_root) {
 		path_get(&nd->root);
 		spin_unlock(&fs->lock);
 	}
@@ -490,7 +501,7 @@ err:
 	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 	spin_unlock(&parent->d_lock);
 err_root:
-	if (nd->root.mnt)
+	if (want_root)
 		spin_unlock(&fs->lock);
 	return -ECHILD;
 }
@@ -498,8 +509,16 @@ err_root:
 /* Try to drop out of rcu-walk mode if we were in it, otherwise do nothing.  */
 static inline int nameidata_dentry_drop_rcu_maybe(struct nameidata *nd, struct dentry *dentry)
 {
-	if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU)
-		return nameidata_dentry_drop_rcu(nd, dentry);
+	if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU) {
+		if (unlikely(nameidata_dentry_drop_rcu(nd, dentry))) {
+			nd->flags &= ~LOOKUP_RCU;
+			if (!(nd->flags & LOOKUP_ROOT))
+				nd->root.mnt = NULL;
+			rcu_read_unlock();
+			br_read_unlock(vfsmount_lock);
+			return -ECHILD;
+		}
+	}
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -518,7 +537,8 @@ static int nameidata_drop_rcu_last(struct nameidata *nd)
 
 	BUG_ON(!(nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU));
 	nd->flags &= ~LOOKUP_RCU;
-	nd->root.mnt = NULL;
+	if (!(nd->flags & LOOKUP_ROOT))
+		nd->root.mnt = NULL;
 	spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
 	if (!__d_rcu_to_refcount(dentry, nd->seq))
 		goto err_unlock;
@@ -539,14 +559,6 @@ err_unlock:
 	return -ECHILD;
 }
 
-/* Try to drop out of rcu-walk mode if we were in it, otherwise do nothing.  */
-static inline int nameidata_drop_rcu_last_maybe(struct nameidata *nd)
-{
-	if (likely(nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU))
-		return nameidata_drop_rcu_last(nd);
-	return 0;
-}
-
 /**
  * release_open_intent - free up open intent resources
  * @nd: pointer to nameidata
@@ -590,42 +602,8 @@ do_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 	return dentry;
 }
 
-static inline struct dentry *
-do_revalidate_rcu(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
-{
-	int status = d_revalidate(dentry, nd);
-	if (likely(status > 0))
-		return dentry;
-	if (status == -ECHILD) {
-		if (nameidata_dentry_drop_rcu(nd, dentry))
-			return ERR_PTR(-ECHILD);
-		return do_revalidate(dentry, nd);
-	}
-	if (status < 0)
-		return ERR_PTR(status);
-	/* Don't d_invalidate in rcu-walk mode */
-	if (nameidata_dentry_drop_rcu(nd, dentry))
-		return ERR_PTR(-ECHILD);
-	if (!d_invalidate(dentry)) {
-		dput(dentry);
-		dentry = NULL;
-	}
-	return dentry;
-}
-
-static inline int need_reval_dot(struct dentry *dentry)
-{
-	if (likely(!(dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_OP_REVALIDATE)))
-		return 0;
-
-	if (likely(!(dentry->d_sb->s_type->fs_flags & FS_REVAL_DOT)))
-		return 0;
-
-	return 1;
-}
-
 /*
- * force_reval_path - force revalidation of a dentry
+ * handle_reval_path - force revalidation of a dentry
  *
  * In some situations the path walking code will trust dentries without
  * revalidating them. This causes problems for filesystems that depend on
@@ -639,27 +617,28 @@ static inline int need_reval_dot(struct dentry *dentry)
  * invalidate the dentry. It's up to the caller to handle putting references
  * to the path if necessary.
  */
-static int
-force_reval_path(struct path *path, struct nameidata *nd)
+static inline int handle_reval_path(struct nameidata *nd)
 {
+	struct dentry *dentry = nd->path.dentry;
 	int status;
-	struct dentry *dentry = path->dentry;
 
-	/*
-	 * only check on filesystems where it's possible for the dentry to
-	 * become stale.
-	 */
-	if (!need_reval_dot(dentry))
+	if (likely(!(nd->flags & LOOKUP_JUMPED)))
+		return 0;
+
+	if (likely(!(dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_OP_REVALIDATE)))
+		return 0;
+
+	if (likely(!(dentry->d_sb->s_type->fs_flags & FS_REVAL_DOT)))
 		return 0;
 
+	/* Note: we do not d_invalidate() */
 	status = d_revalidate(dentry, nd);
 	if (status > 0)
 		return 0;
 
-	if (!status) {
-		d_invalidate(dentry);
+	if (!status)
 		status = -ESTALE;
-	}
+
 	return status;
 }
 
@@ -728,6 +707,7 @@ static __always_inline int __vfs_follow_link(struct nameidata *nd, const char *l
 		path_put(&nd->path);
 		nd->path = nd->root;
 		path_get(&nd->root);
+		nd->flags |= LOOKUP_JUMPED;
 	}
 	nd->inode = nd->path.dentry->d_inode;
 
@@ -757,20 +737,44 @@ static inline void path_to_nameidata(const struct path *path,
 	nd->path.dentry = path->dentry;
 }
 
+static inline void put_link(struct nameidata *nd, struct path *link, void *cookie)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = link->dentry->d_inode;
+	if (!IS_ERR(cookie) && inode->i_op->put_link)
+		inode->i_op->put_link(link->dentry, nd, cookie);
+	path_put(link);
+}
+
 static __always_inline int
-__do_follow_link(const struct path *link, struct nameidata *nd, void **p)
+follow_link(struct path *link, struct nameidata *nd, void **p)
 {
 	int error;
 	struct dentry *dentry = link->dentry;
 
 	BUG_ON(nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU);
 
+	if (unlikely(current->total_link_count >= 40)) {
+		*p = ERR_PTR(-ELOOP); /* no ->put_link(), please */
+		path_put_conditional(link, nd);
+		path_put(&nd->path);
+		return -ELOOP;
+	}
+	cond_resched();
+	current->total_link_count++;
+
 	touch_atime(link->mnt, dentry);
 	nd_set_link(nd, NULL);
 
 	if (link->mnt == nd->path.mnt)
 		mntget(link->mnt);
 
+	error = security_inode_follow_link(link->dentry, nd);
+	if (error) {
+		*p = ERR_PTR(error); /* no ->put_link(), please */
+		path_put(&nd->path);
+		return error;
+	}
+
 	nd->last_type = LAST_BIND;
 	*p = dentry->d_inode->i_op->follow_link(dentry, nd);
 	error = PTR_ERR(*p);
@@ -780,56 +784,18 @@ __do_follow_link(const struct path *link, struct nameidata *nd, void **p)
 		if (s)
 			error = __vfs_follow_link(nd, s);
 		else if (nd->last_type == LAST_BIND) {
-			error = force_reval_path(&nd->path, nd);
-			if (error)
+			nd->flags |= LOOKUP_JUMPED;
+			nd->inode = nd->path.dentry->d_inode;
+			if (nd->inode->i_op->follow_link) {
+				/* stepped on a _really_ weird one */
 				path_put(&nd->path);
+				error = -ELOOP;
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	return error;
 }
 
-/*
- * This limits recursive symlink follows to 8, while
- * limiting consecutive symlinks to 40.
- *
- * Without that kind of total limit, nasty chains of consecutive
- * symlinks can cause almost arbitrarily long lookups. 
- */
-static inline int do_follow_link(struct inode *inode, struct path *path, struct nameidata *nd)
-{
-	void *cookie;
-	int err = -ELOOP;
-
-	/* We drop rcu-walk here */
-	if (nameidata_dentry_drop_rcu_maybe(nd, path->dentry))
-		return -ECHILD;
-	BUG_ON(inode != path->dentry->d_inode);
-
-	if (current->link_count >= MAX_NESTED_LINKS)
-		goto loop;
-	if (current->total_link_count >= 40)
-		goto loop;
-	BUG_ON(nd->depth >= MAX_NESTED_LINKS);
-	cond_resched();
-	err = security_inode_follow_link(path->dentry, nd);
-	if (err)
-		goto loop;
-	current->link_count++;
-	current->total_link_count++;
-	nd->depth++;
-	err = __do_follow_link(path, nd, &cookie);
-	if (!IS_ERR(cookie) && path->dentry->d_inode->i_op->put_link)
-		path->dentry->d_inode->i_op->put_link(path->dentry, nd, cookie);
-	path_put(path);
-	current->link_count--;
-	nd->depth--;
-	return err;
-loop:
-	path_put_conditional(path, nd);
-	path_put(&nd->path);
-	return err;
-}
-
 static int follow_up_rcu(struct path *path)
 {
 	struct vfsmount *parent;
@@ -1068,7 +1034,7 @@ static int follow_dotdot_rcu(struct nameidata *nd)
 
 			seq = read_seqcount_begin(&parent->d_seq);
 			if (read_seqcount_retry(&old->d_seq, nd->seq))
-				return -ECHILD;
+				goto failed;
 			inode = parent->d_inode;
 			nd->path.dentry = parent;
 			nd->seq = seq;
@@ -1081,8 +1047,15 @@ static int follow_dotdot_rcu(struct nameidata *nd)
 	}
 	__follow_mount_rcu(nd, &nd->path, &inode, true);
 	nd->inode = inode;
-
 	return 0;
+
+failed:
+	nd->flags &= ~LOOKUP_RCU;
+	if (!(nd->flags & LOOKUP_ROOT))
+		nd->root.mnt = NULL;
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+	br_read_unlock(vfsmount_lock);
+	return -ECHILD;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1216,68 +1189,85 @@ static int do_lookup(struct nameidata *nd, struct qstr *name,
 {
 	struct vfsmount *mnt = nd->path.mnt;
 	struct dentry *dentry, *parent = nd->path.dentry;
-	struct inode *dir;
+	int need_reval = 1;
+	int status = 1;
 	int err;
 
 	/*
-	 * See if the low-level filesystem might want
-	 * to use its own hash..
-	 */
-	if (unlikely(parent->d_flags & DCACHE_OP_HASH)) {
-		err = parent->d_op->d_hash(parent, nd->inode, name);
-		if (err < 0)
-			return err;
-	}
-
-	/*
 	 * Rename seqlock is not required here because in the off chance
 	 * of a false negative due to a concurrent rename, we're going to
 	 * do the non-racy lookup, below.
 	 */
 	if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU) {
 		unsigned seq;
-
 		*inode = nd->inode;
 		dentry = __d_lookup_rcu(parent, name, &seq, inode);
-		if (!dentry) {
-			if (nameidata_drop_rcu(nd))
-				return -ECHILD;
-			goto need_lookup;
-		}
+		if (!dentry)
+			goto unlazy;
+
 		/* Memory barrier in read_seqcount_begin of child is enough */
 		if (__read_seqcount_retry(&parent->d_seq, nd->seq))
 			return -ECHILD;
-
 		nd->seq = seq;
+
 		if (unlikely(dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_OP_REVALIDATE)) {
-			dentry = do_revalidate_rcu(dentry, nd);
-			if (!dentry)
-				goto need_lookup;
-			if (IS_ERR(dentry))
-				goto fail;
-			if (!(nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU))
-				goto done;
+			status = d_revalidate(dentry, nd);
+			if (unlikely(status <= 0)) {
+				if (status != -ECHILD)
+					need_reval = 0;
+				goto unlazy;
+			}
 		}
 		path->mnt = mnt;
 		path->dentry = dentry;
 		if (likely(__follow_mount_rcu(nd, path, inode, false)))
 			return 0;
-		if (nameidata_drop_rcu(nd))
-			return -ECHILD;
-		/* fallthru */
+unlazy:
+		if (dentry) {
+			if (nameidata_dentry_drop_rcu(nd, dentry))
+				return -ECHILD;
+		} else {
+			if (nameidata_drop_rcu(nd))
+				return -ECHILD;
+		}
+	} else {
+		dentry = __d_lookup(parent, name);
 	}
-	dentry = __d_lookup(parent, name);
-	if (!dentry)
-		goto need_lookup;
-found:
-	if (unlikely(dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_OP_REVALIDATE)) {
-		dentry = do_revalidate(dentry, nd);
-		if (!dentry)
-			goto need_lookup;
-		if (IS_ERR(dentry))
-			goto fail;
+
+retry:
+	if (unlikely(!dentry)) {
+		struct inode *dir = parent->d_inode;
+		BUG_ON(nd->inode != dir);
+
+		mutex_lock(&dir->i_mutex);
+		dentry = d_lookup(parent, name);
+		if (likely(!dentry)) {
+			dentry = d_alloc_and_lookup(parent, name, nd);
+			if (IS_ERR(dentry)) {
+				mutex_unlock(&dir->i_mutex);
+				return PTR_ERR(dentry);
+			}
+			/* known good */
+			need_reval = 0;
+			status = 1;
+		}
+		mutex_unlock(&dir->i_mutex);
 	}
-done:
+	if (unlikely(dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_OP_REVALIDATE) && need_reval)
+		status = d_revalidate(dentry, nd);
+	if (unlikely(status <= 0)) {
+		if (status < 0) {
+			dput(dentry);
+			return status;
+		}
+		if (!d_invalidate(dentry)) {
+			dput(dentry);
+			dentry = NULL;
+			need_reval = 1;
+			goto retry;
+		}
+	}
+
 	path->mnt = mnt;
 	path->dentry = dentry;
 	err = follow_managed(path, nd->flags);
@@ -1287,39 +1277,113 @@ done:
 	}
 	*inode = path->dentry->d_inode;
 	return 0;
+}
 
-need_lookup:
-	dir = parent->d_inode;
-	BUG_ON(nd->inode != dir);
+static inline int may_lookup(struct nameidata *nd)
+{
+	if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU) {
+		int err = exec_permission(nd->inode, IPERM_FLAG_RCU);
+		if (err != -ECHILD)
+			return err;
+		if (nameidata_drop_rcu(nd))
+			return -ECHILD;
+	}
+	return exec_permission(nd->inode, 0);
+}
 
-	mutex_lock(&dir->i_mutex);
-	/*
-	 * First re-do the cached lookup just in case it was created
-	 * while we waited for the directory semaphore, or the first
-	 * lookup failed due to an unrelated rename.
-	 *
-	 * This could use version numbering or similar to avoid unnecessary
-	 * cache lookups, but then we'd have to do the first lookup in the
-	 * non-racy way. However in the common case here, everything should
-	 * be hot in cache, so would it be a big win?
-	 */
-	dentry = d_lookup(parent, name);
-	if (likely(!dentry)) {
-		dentry = d_alloc_and_lookup(parent, name, nd);
-		mutex_unlock(&dir->i_mutex);
-		if (IS_ERR(dentry))
-			goto fail;
-		goto done;
+static inline int handle_dots(struct nameidata *nd, int type)
+{
+	if (type == LAST_DOTDOT) {
+		if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU) {
+			if (follow_dotdot_rcu(nd))
+				return -ECHILD;
+		} else
+			follow_dotdot(nd);
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void terminate_walk(struct nameidata *nd)
+{
+	if (!(nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU)) {
+		path_put(&nd->path);
+	} else {
+		nd->flags &= ~LOOKUP_RCU;
+		if (!(nd->flags & LOOKUP_ROOT))
+			nd->root.mnt = NULL;
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+		br_read_unlock(vfsmount_lock);
 	}
+}
+
+static inline int walk_component(struct nameidata *nd, struct path *path,
+		struct qstr *name, int type, int follow)
+{
+	struct inode *inode;
+	int err;
 	/*
-	 * Uhhuh! Nasty case: the cache was re-populated while
-	 * we waited on the semaphore. Need to revalidate.
+	 * "." and ".." are special - ".." especially so because it has
+	 * to be able to know about the current root directory and
+	 * parent relationships.
 	 */
-	mutex_unlock(&dir->i_mutex);
-	goto found;
+	if (unlikely(type != LAST_NORM))
+		return handle_dots(nd, type);
+	err = do_lookup(nd, name, path, &inode);
+	if (unlikely(err)) {
+		terminate_walk(nd);
+		return err;
+	}
+	if (!inode) {
+		path_to_nameidata(path, nd);
+		terminate_walk(nd);
+		return -ENOENT;
+	}
+	if (unlikely(inode->i_op->follow_link) && follow) {
+		if (nameidata_dentry_drop_rcu_maybe(nd, path->dentry))
+			return -ECHILD;
+		BUG_ON(inode != path->dentry->d_inode);
+		return 1;
+	}
+	path_to_nameidata(path, nd);
+	nd->inode = inode;
+	return 0;
+}
 
-fail:
-	return PTR_ERR(dentry);
+/*
+ * This limits recursive symlink follows to 8, while
+ * limiting consecutive symlinks to 40.
+ *
+ * Without that kind of total limit, nasty chains of consecutive
+ * symlinks can cause almost arbitrarily long lookups.
+ */
+static inline int nested_symlink(struct path *path, struct nameidata *nd)
+{
+	int res;
+
+	BUG_ON(nd->depth >= MAX_NESTED_LINKS);
+	if (unlikely(current->link_count >= MAX_NESTED_LINKS)) {
+		path_put_conditional(path, nd);
+		path_put(&nd->path);
+		return -ELOOP;
+	}
+
+	nd->depth++;
+	current->link_count++;
+
+	do {
+		struct path link = *path;
+		void *cookie;
+
+		res = follow_link(&link, nd, &cookie);
+		if (!res)
+			res = walk_component(nd, path, &nd->last,
+					     nd->last_type, LOOKUP_FOLLOW);
+		put_link(nd, &link, cookie);
+	} while (res > 0);
+
+	current->link_count--;
+	nd->depth--;
+	return res;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1339,30 +1403,18 @@ static int link_path_walk(const char *name, struct nameidata *nd)
 	while (*name=='/')
 		name++;
 	if (!*name)
-		goto return_reval;
-
-	if (nd->depth)
-		lookup_flags = LOOKUP_FOLLOW | (nd->flags & LOOKUP_CONTINUE);
+		return 0;
 
 	/* At this point we know we have a real path component. */
 	for(;;) {
-		struct inode *inode;
 		unsigned long hash;
 		struct qstr this;
 		unsigned int c;
+		int type;
 
 		nd->flags |= LOOKUP_CONTINUE;
-		if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU) {
-			err = exec_permission(nd->inode, IPERM_FLAG_RCU);
-			if (err == -ECHILD) {
-				if (nameidata_drop_rcu(nd))
-					return -ECHILD;
-				goto exec_again;
-			}
-		} else {
-exec_again:
-			err = exec_permission(nd->inode, 0);
-		}
+
+		err = may_lookup(nd);
  		if (err)
 			break;
 
@@ -1378,52 +1430,43 @@ exec_again:
 		this.len = name - (const char *) this.name;
 		this.hash = end_name_hash(hash);
 
+		type = LAST_NORM;
+		if (this.name[0] == '.') switch (this.len) {
+			case 2:
+				if (this.name[1] == '.') {
+					type = LAST_DOTDOT;
+					nd->flags |= LOOKUP_JUMPED;
+				}
+				break;
+			case 1:
+				type = LAST_DOT;
+		}
+		if (likely(type == LAST_NORM)) {
+			struct dentry *parent = nd->path.dentry;
+			nd->flags &= ~LOOKUP_JUMPED;
+			if (unlikely(parent->d_flags & DCACHE_OP_HASH)) {
+				err = parent->d_op->d_hash(parent, nd->inode,
+							   &this);
+				if (err < 0)
+					break;
+			}
+		}
+
 		/* remove trailing slashes? */
 		if (!c)
 			goto last_component;
 		while (*++name == '/');
 		if (!*name)
-			goto last_with_slashes;
+			goto last_component;
 
-		/*
-		 * "." and ".." are special - ".." especially so because it has
-		 * to be able to know about the current root directory and
-		 * parent relationships.
-		 */
-		if (this.name[0] == '.') switch (this.len) {
-			default:
-				break;
-			case 2:
-				if (this.name[1] != '.')
-					break;
-				if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU) {
-					if (follow_dotdot_rcu(nd))
-						return -ECHILD;
-				} else
-					follow_dotdot(nd);
-				/* fallthrough */
-			case 1:
-				continue;
-		}
-		/* This does the actual lookups.. */
-		err = do_lookup(nd, &this, &next, &inode);
-		if (err)
-			break;
-		err = -ENOENT;
-		if (!inode)
-			goto out_dput;
+		err = walk_component(nd, &next, &this, type, LOOKUP_FOLLOW);
+		if (err < 0)
+			return err;
 
-		if (inode->i_op->follow_link) {
-			err = do_follow_link(inode, &next, nd);
+		if (err) {
+			err = nested_symlink(&next, nd);
 			if (err)
-				goto return_err;
-			nd->inode = nd->path.dentry->d_inode;
-			err = -ENOENT;
-			if (!nd->inode)
-				break;
-		} else {
-			path_to_nameidata(&next, nd);
-			nd->inode = inode;
+				return err;
 		}
 		err = -ENOTDIR; 
 		if (!nd->inode->i_op->lookup)
@@ -1431,210 +1474,109 @@ exec_again:
 		continue;
 		/* here ends the main loop */
 
-last_with_slashes:
-		lookup_flags |= LOOKUP_FOLLOW | LOOKUP_DIRECTORY;
 last_component:
 		/* Clear LOOKUP_CONTINUE iff it was previously unset */
 		nd->flags &= lookup_flags | ~LOOKUP_CONTINUE;
-		if (lookup_flags & LOOKUP_PARENT)
-			goto lookup_parent;
-		if (this.name[0] == '.') switch (this.len) {
-			default:
-				break;
-			case 2:
-				if (this.name[1] != '.')
-					break;
-				if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU) {
-					if (follow_dotdot_rcu(nd))
-						return -ECHILD;
-				} else
-					follow_dotdot(nd);
-				/* fallthrough */
-			case 1:
-				goto return_reval;
-		}
-		err = do_lookup(nd, &this, &next, &inode);
-		if (err)
-			break;
-		if (inode && unlikely(inode->i_op->follow_link) &&
-		    (lookup_flags & LOOKUP_FOLLOW)) {
-			err = do_follow_link(inode, &next, nd);
-			if (err)
-				goto return_err;
-			nd->inode = nd->path.dentry->d_inode;
-		} else {
-			path_to_nameidata(&next, nd);
-			nd->inode = inode;
-		}
-		err = -ENOENT;
-		if (!nd->inode)
-			break;
-		if (lookup_flags & LOOKUP_DIRECTORY) {
-			err = -ENOTDIR; 
-			if (!nd->inode->i_op->lookup)
-				break;
-		}
-		goto return_base;
-lookup_parent:
 		nd->last = this;
-		nd->last_type = LAST_NORM;
-		if (this.name[0] != '.')
-			goto return_base;
-		if (this.len == 1)
-			nd->last_type = LAST_DOT;
-		else if (this.len == 2 && this.name[1] == '.')
-			nd->last_type = LAST_DOTDOT;
-		else
-			goto return_base;
-return_reval:
-		/*
-		 * We bypassed the ordinary revalidation routines.
-		 * We may need to check the cached dentry for staleness.
-		 */
-		if (need_reval_dot(nd->path.dentry)) {
-			if (nameidata_drop_rcu_last_maybe(nd))
-				return -ECHILD;
-			/* Note: we do not d_invalidate() */
-			err = d_revalidate(nd->path.dentry, nd);
-			if (!err)
-				err = -ESTALE;
-			if (err < 0)
-				break;
-			return 0;
-		}
-return_base:
-		if (nameidata_drop_rcu_last_maybe(nd))
-			return -ECHILD;
+		nd->last_type = type;
 		return 0;
-out_dput:
-		if (!(nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU))
-			path_put_conditional(&next, nd);
-		break;
 	}
-	if (!(nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU))
-		path_put(&nd->path);
-return_err:
+	terminate_walk(nd);
 	return err;
 }
 
-static inline int path_walk_rcu(const char *name, struct nameidata *nd)
-{
-	current->total_link_count = 0;
-
-	return link_path_walk(name, nd);
-}
-
-static inline int path_walk_simple(const char *name, struct nameidata *nd)
-{
-	current->total_link_count = 0;
-
-	return link_path_walk(name, nd);
-}
-
-static int path_walk(const char *name, struct nameidata *nd)
-{
-	struct path save = nd->path;
-	int result;
-
-	current->total_link_count = 0;
-
-	/* make sure the stuff we saved doesn't go away */
-	path_get(&save);
-
-	result = link_path_walk(name, nd);
-	if (result == -ESTALE) {
-		/* nd->path had been dropped */
-		current->total_link_count = 0;
-		nd->path = save;
-		nd->inode = save.dentry->d_inode;
-		path_get(&nd->path);
-		nd->flags |= LOOKUP_REVAL;
-		result = link_path_walk(name, nd);
-	}
-
-	path_put(&save);
-
-	return result;
-}
-
-static void path_finish_rcu(struct nameidata *nd)
-{
-	if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU) {
-		/* RCU dangling. Cancel it. */
-		nd->flags &= ~LOOKUP_RCU;
-		nd->root.mnt = NULL;
-		rcu_read_unlock();
-		br_read_unlock(vfsmount_lock);
-	}
-	if (nd->file)
-		fput(nd->file);
-}
-
-static int path_init_rcu(int dfd, const char *name, unsigned int flags, struct nameidata *nd)
+static int path_init(int dfd, const char *name, unsigned int flags,
+		     struct nameidata *nd, struct file **fp)
 {
 	int retval = 0;
 	int fput_needed;
 	struct file *file;
 
 	nd->last_type = LAST_ROOT; /* if there are only slashes... */
-	nd->flags = flags | LOOKUP_RCU;
+	nd->flags = flags | LOOKUP_JUMPED;
 	nd->depth = 0;
+	if (flags & LOOKUP_ROOT) {
+		struct inode *inode = nd->root.dentry->d_inode;
+		if (*name) {
+			if (!inode->i_op->lookup)
+				return -ENOTDIR;
+			retval = inode_permission(inode, MAY_EXEC);
+			if (retval)
+				return retval;
+		}
+		nd->path = nd->root;
+		nd->inode = inode;
+		if (flags & LOOKUP_RCU) {
+			br_read_lock(vfsmount_lock);
+			rcu_read_lock();
+			nd->seq = __read_seqcount_begin(&nd->path.dentry->d_seq);
+		} else {
+			path_get(&nd->path);
+		}
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	nd->root.mnt = NULL;
-	nd->file = NULL;
 
 	if (*name=='/') {
-		struct fs_struct *fs = current->fs;
-		unsigned seq;
-
-		br_read_lock(vfsmount_lock);
-		rcu_read_lock();
-
-		do {
-			seq = read_seqcount_begin(&fs->seq);
-			nd->root = fs->root;
-			nd->path = nd->root;
-			nd->seq = __read_seqcount_begin(&nd->path.dentry->d_seq);
-		} while (read_seqcount_retry(&fs->seq, seq));
-
+		if (flags & LOOKUP_RCU) {
+			br_read_lock(vfsmount_lock);
+			rcu_read_lock();
+			set_root_rcu(nd);
+		} else {
+			set_root(nd);
+			path_get(&nd->root);
+		}
+		nd->path = nd->root;
 	} else if (dfd == AT_FDCWD) {
-		struct fs_struct *fs = current->fs;
-		unsigned seq;
-
-		br_read_lock(vfsmount_lock);
-		rcu_read_lock();
+		if (flags & LOOKUP_RCU) {
+			struct fs_struct *fs = current->fs;
+			unsigned seq;
 
-		do {
-			seq = read_seqcount_begin(&fs->seq);
-			nd->path = fs->pwd;
-			nd->seq = __read_seqcount_begin(&nd->path.dentry->d_seq);
-		} while (read_seqcount_retry(&fs->seq, seq));
+			br_read_lock(vfsmount_lock);
+			rcu_read_lock();
 
+			do {
+				seq = read_seqcount_begin(&fs->seq);
+				nd->path = fs->pwd;
+				nd->seq = __read_seqcount_begin(&nd->path.dentry->d_seq);
+			} while (read_seqcount_retry(&fs->seq, seq));
+		} else {
+			get_fs_pwd(current->fs, &nd->path);
+		}
 	} else {
 		struct dentry *dentry;
 
-		file = fget_light(dfd, &fput_needed);
+		file = fget_raw_light(dfd, &fput_needed);
 		retval = -EBADF;
 		if (!file)
 			goto out_fail;
 
 		dentry = file->f_path.dentry;
 
-		retval = -ENOTDIR;
-		if (!S_ISDIR(dentry->d_inode->i_mode))
-			goto fput_fail;
+		if (*name) {
+			retval = -ENOTDIR;
+			if (!S_ISDIR(dentry->d_inode->i_mode))
+				goto fput_fail;
 
-		retval = file_permission(file, MAY_EXEC);
-		if (retval)
-			goto fput_fail;
+			retval = file_permission(file, MAY_EXEC);
+			if (retval)
+				goto fput_fail;
+		}
 
 		nd->path = file->f_path;
-		if (fput_needed)
-			nd->file = file;
-
-		nd->seq = __read_seqcount_begin(&nd->path.dentry->d_seq);
-		br_read_lock(vfsmount_lock);
-		rcu_read_lock();
+		if (flags & LOOKUP_RCU) {
+			if (fput_needed)
+				*fp = file;
+			nd->seq = __read_seqcount_begin(&nd->path.dentry->d_seq);
+			br_read_lock(vfsmount_lock);
+			rcu_read_lock();
+		} else {
+			path_get(&file->f_path);
+			fput_light(file, fput_needed);
+		}
 	}
+
 	nd->inode = nd->path.dentry->d_inode;
 	return 0;
 
@@ -1644,60 +1586,23 @@ out_fail:
 	return retval;
 }
 
-static int path_init(int dfd, const char *name, unsigned int flags, struct nameidata *nd)
+static inline int lookup_last(struct nameidata *nd, struct path *path)
 {
-	int retval = 0;
-	int fput_needed;
-	struct file *file;
-
-	nd->last_type = LAST_ROOT; /* if there are only slashes... */
-	nd->flags = flags;
-	nd->depth = 0;
-	nd->root.mnt = NULL;
-
-	if (*name=='/') {
-		set_root(nd);
-		nd->path = nd->root;
-		path_get(&nd->root);
-	} else if (dfd == AT_FDCWD) {
-		get_fs_pwd(current->fs, &nd->path);
-	} else {
-		struct dentry *dentry;
-
-		file = fget_light(dfd, &fput_needed);
-		retval = -EBADF;
-		if (!file)
-			goto out_fail;
-
-		dentry = file->f_path.dentry;
-
-		retval = -ENOTDIR;
-		if (!S_ISDIR(dentry->d_inode->i_mode))
-			goto fput_fail;
-
-		retval = file_permission(file, MAY_EXEC);
-		if (retval)
-			goto fput_fail;
-
-		nd->path = file->f_path;
-		path_get(&file->f_path);
+	if (nd->last_type == LAST_NORM && nd->last.name[nd->last.len])
+		nd->flags |= LOOKUP_FOLLOW | LOOKUP_DIRECTORY;
 
-		fput_light(file, fput_needed);
-	}
-	nd->inode = nd->path.dentry->d_inode;
-	return 0;
-
-fput_fail:
-	fput_light(file, fput_needed);
-out_fail:
-	return retval;
+	nd->flags &= ~LOOKUP_PARENT;
+	return walk_component(nd, path, &nd->last, nd->last_type,
+					nd->flags & LOOKUP_FOLLOW);
 }
 
 /* Returns 0 and nd will be valid on success; Retuns error, otherwise. */
-static int do_path_lookup(int dfd, const char *name,
+static int path_lookupat(int dfd, const char *name,
 				unsigned int flags, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
-	int retval;
+	struct file *base = NULL;
+	struct path path;
+	int err;
 
 	/*
 	 * Path walking is largely split up into 2 different synchronisation
@@ -1713,44 +1618,75 @@ static int do_path_lookup(int dfd, const char *name,
 	 * be handled by restarting a traditional ref-walk (which will always
 	 * be able to complete).
 	 */
-	retval = path_init_rcu(dfd, name, flags, nd);
-	if (unlikely(retval))
-		return retval;
-	retval = path_walk_rcu(name, nd);
-	path_finish_rcu(nd);
-	if (nd->root.mnt) {
-		path_put(&nd->root);
-		nd->root.mnt = NULL;
+	err = path_init(dfd, name, flags | LOOKUP_PARENT, nd, &base);
+
+	if (unlikely(err))
+		return err;
+
+	current->total_link_count = 0;
+	err = link_path_walk(name, nd);
+
+	if (!err && !(flags & LOOKUP_PARENT)) {
+		err = lookup_last(nd, &path);
+		while (err > 0) {
+			void *cookie;
+			struct path link = path;
+			nd->flags |= LOOKUP_PARENT;
+			err = follow_link(&link, nd, &cookie);
+			if (!err)
+				err = lookup_last(nd, &path);
+			put_link(nd, &link, cookie);
+		}
 	}
 
-	if (unlikely(retval == -ECHILD || retval == -ESTALE)) {
-		/* slower, locked walk */
-		if (retval == -ESTALE)
-			flags |= LOOKUP_REVAL;
-		retval = path_init(dfd, name, flags, nd);
-		if (unlikely(retval))
-			return retval;
-		retval = path_walk(name, nd);
-		if (nd->root.mnt) {
-			path_put(&nd->root);
-			nd->root.mnt = NULL;
+	if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU) {
+		/* went all way through without dropping RCU */
+		BUG_ON(err);
+		if (nameidata_drop_rcu_last(nd))
+			err = -ECHILD;
+	}
+
+	if (!err)
+		err = handle_reval_path(nd);
+
+	if (!err && nd->flags & LOOKUP_DIRECTORY) {
+		if (!nd->inode->i_op->lookup) {
+			path_put(&nd->path);
+			return -ENOTDIR;
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (base)
+		fput(base);
+
+	if (nd->root.mnt && !(nd->flags & LOOKUP_ROOT)) {
+		path_put(&nd->root);
+		nd->root.mnt = NULL;
+	}
+	return err;
+}
+
+static int do_path_lookup(int dfd, const char *name,
+				unsigned int flags, struct nameidata *nd)
+{
+	int retval = path_lookupat(dfd, name, flags | LOOKUP_RCU, nd);
+	if (unlikely(retval == -ECHILD))
+		retval = path_lookupat(dfd, name, flags, nd);
+	if (unlikely(retval == -ESTALE))
+		retval = path_lookupat(dfd, name, flags | LOOKUP_REVAL, nd);
+
 	if (likely(!retval)) {
 		if (unlikely(!audit_dummy_context())) {
 			if (nd->path.dentry && nd->inode)
 				audit_inode(name, nd->path.dentry);
 		}
 	}
-
 	return retval;
 }
 
-int path_lookup(const char *name, unsigned int flags,
-			struct nameidata *nd)
+int kern_path_parent(const char *name, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
-	return do_path_lookup(AT_FDCWD, name, flags, nd);
+	return do_path_lookup(AT_FDCWD, name, LOOKUP_PARENT, nd);
 }
 
 int kern_path(const char *name, unsigned int flags, struct path *path)
@@ -1774,29 +1710,10 @@ int vfs_path_lookup(struct dentry *dentry, struct vfsmount *mnt,
 		    const char *name, unsigned int flags,
 		    struct nameidata *nd)
 {
-	int retval;
-
-	/* same as do_path_lookup */
-	nd->last_type = LAST_ROOT;
-	nd->flags = flags;
-	nd->depth = 0;
-
-	nd->path.dentry = dentry;
-	nd->path.mnt = mnt;
-	path_get(&nd->path);
-	nd->root = nd->path;
-	path_get(&nd->root);
-	nd->inode = nd->path.dentry->d_inode;
-
-	retval = path_walk(name, nd);
-	if (unlikely(!retval && !audit_dummy_context() && nd->path.dentry &&
-				nd->inode))
-		audit_inode(name, nd->path.dentry);
-
-	path_put(&nd->root);
-	nd->root.mnt = NULL;
-
-	return retval;
+	nd->root.dentry = dentry;
+	nd->root.mnt = mnt;
+	/* the first argument of do_path_lookup() is ignored with LOOKUP_ROOT */
+	return do_path_lookup(AT_FDCWD, name, flags | LOOKUP_ROOT, nd);
 }
 
 static struct dentry *__lookup_hash(struct qstr *name,
@@ -1811,17 +1728,6 @@ static struct dentry *__lookup_hash(struct qstr *name,
 		return ERR_PTR(err);
 
 	/*
-	 * See if the low-level filesystem might want
-	 * to use its own hash..
-	 */
-	if (base->d_flags & DCACHE_OP_HASH) {
-		err = base->d_op->d_hash(base, inode, name);
-		dentry = ERR_PTR(err);
-		if (err < 0)
-			goto out;
-	}
-
-	/*
 	 * Don't bother with __d_lookup: callers are for creat as
 	 * well as unlink, so a lot of the time it would cost
 	 * a double lookup.
@@ -1833,7 +1739,7 @@ static struct dentry *__lookup_hash(struct qstr *name,
 
 	if (!dentry)
 		dentry = d_alloc_and_lookup(base, name, nd);
-out:
+
 	return dentry;
 }
 
@@ -1847,28 +1753,6 @@ static struct dentry *lookup_hash(struct nameidata *nd)
 	return __lookup_hash(&nd->last, nd->path.dentry, nd);
 }
 
-static int __lookup_one_len(const char *name, struct qstr *this,
-		struct dentry *base, int len)
-{
-	unsigned long hash;
-	unsigned int c;
-
-	this->name = name;
-	this->len = len;
-	if (!len)
-		return -EACCES;
-
-	hash = init_name_hash();
-	while (len--) {
-		c = *(const unsigned char *)name++;
-		if (c == '/' || c == '\0')
-			return -EACCES;
-		hash = partial_name_hash(c, hash);
-	}
-	this->hash = end_name_hash(hash);
-	return 0;
-}
-
 /**
  * lookup_one_len - filesystem helper to lookup single pathname component
  * @name:	pathname component to lookup
@@ -1882,14 +1766,34 @@ static int __lookup_one_len(const char *name, struct qstr *this,
  */
 struct dentry *lookup_one_len(const char *name, struct dentry *base, int len)
 {
-	int err;
 	struct qstr this;
+	unsigned long hash;
+	unsigned int c;
 
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(!mutex_is_locked(&base->d_inode->i_mutex));
 
-	err = __lookup_one_len(name, &this, base, len);
-	if (err)
-		return ERR_PTR(err);
+	this.name = name;
+	this.len = len;
+	if (!len)
+		return ERR_PTR(-EACCES);
+
+	hash = init_name_hash();
+	while (len--) {
+		c = *(const unsigned char *)name++;
+		if (c == '/' || c == '\0')
+			return ERR_PTR(-EACCES);
+		hash = partial_name_hash(c, hash);
+	}
+	this.hash = end_name_hash(hash);
+	/*
+	 * See if the low-level filesystem might want
+	 * to use its own hash..
+	 */
+	if (base->d_flags & DCACHE_OP_HASH) {
+		int err = base->d_op->d_hash(base, base->d_inode, &this);
+		if (err < 0)
+			return ERR_PTR(err);
+	}
 
 	return __lookup_hash(&this, base, NULL);
 }
@@ -1898,7 +1802,7 @@ int user_path_at(int dfd, const char __user *name, unsigned flags,
 		 struct path *path)
 {
 	struct nameidata nd;
-	char *tmp = getname(name);
+	char *tmp = getname_flags(name, flags);
 	int err = PTR_ERR(tmp);
 	if (!IS_ERR(tmp)) {
 
@@ -2078,12 +1982,16 @@ int vfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode,
 	return error;
 }
 
-int may_open(struct path *path, int acc_mode, int flag)
+static int may_open(struct path *path, int acc_mode, int flag)
 {
 	struct dentry *dentry = path->dentry;
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
 	int error;
 
+	/* O_PATH? */
+	if (!acc_mode)
+		return 0;
+
 	if (!inode)
 		return -ENOENT;
 
@@ -2152,34 +2060,6 @@ static int handle_truncate(struct file *filp)
 }
 
 /*
- * Be careful about ever adding any more callers of this
- * function.  Its flags must be in the namei format, not
- * what get passed to sys_open().
- */
-static int __open_namei_create(struct nameidata *nd, struct path *path,
-				int open_flag, int mode)
-{
-	int error;
-	struct dentry *dir = nd->path.dentry;
-
-	if (!IS_POSIXACL(dir->d_inode))
-		mode &= ~current_umask();
-	error = security_path_mknod(&nd->path, path->dentry, mode, 0);
-	if (error)
-		goto out_unlock;
-	error = vfs_create(dir->d_inode, path->dentry, mode, nd);
-out_unlock:
-	mutex_unlock(&dir->d_inode->i_mutex);
-	dput(nd->path.dentry);
-	nd->path.dentry = path->dentry;
-
-	if (error)
-		return error;
-	/* Don't check for write permission, don't truncate */
-	return may_open(&nd->path, 0, open_flag & ~O_TRUNC);
-}
-
-/*
  * Note that while the flag value (low two bits) for sys_open means:
  *	00 - read-only
  *	01 - write-only
@@ -2203,126 +2083,115 @@ static inline int open_to_namei_flags(int flag)
 	return flag;
 }
 
-static int open_will_truncate(int flag, struct inode *inode)
-{
-	/*
-	 * We'll never write to the fs underlying
-	 * a device file.
-	 */
-	if (special_file(inode->i_mode))
-		return 0;
-	return (flag & O_TRUNC);
-}
-
-static struct file *finish_open(struct nameidata *nd,
-				int open_flag, int acc_mode)
-{
-	struct file *filp;
-	int will_truncate;
-	int error;
-
-	will_truncate = open_will_truncate(open_flag, nd->path.dentry->d_inode);
-	if (will_truncate) {
-		error = mnt_want_write(nd->path.mnt);
-		if (error)
-			goto exit;
-	}
-	error = may_open(&nd->path, acc_mode, open_flag);
-	if (error) {
-		if (will_truncate)
-			mnt_drop_write(nd->path.mnt);
-		goto exit;
-	}
-	filp = nameidata_to_filp(nd);
-	if (!IS_ERR(filp)) {
-		error = ima_file_check(filp, acc_mode);
-		if (error) {
-			fput(filp);
-			filp = ERR_PTR(error);
-		}
-	}
-	if (!IS_ERR(filp)) {
-		if (will_truncate) {
-			error = handle_truncate(filp);
-			if (error) {
-				fput(filp);
-				filp = ERR_PTR(error);
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	/*
-	 * It is now safe to drop the mnt write
-	 * because the filp has had a write taken
-	 * on its behalf.
-	 */
-	if (will_truncate)
-		mnt_drop_write(nd->path.mnt);
-	path_put(&nd->path);
-	return filp;
-
-exit:
-	path_put(&nd->path);
-	return ERR_PTR(error);
-}
-
 /*
- * Handle O_CREAT case for do_filp_open
+ * Handle the last step of open()
  */
 static struct file *do_last(struct nameidata *nd, struct path *path,
-			    int open_flag, int acc_mode,
-			    int mode, const char *pathname)
+			    const struct open_flags *op, const char *pathname)
 {
 	struct dentry *dir = nd->path.dentry;
+	struct dentry *dentry;
+	int open_flag = op->open_flag;
+	int will_truncate = open_flag & O_TRUNC;
+	int want_write = 0;
+	int acc_mode = op->acc_mode;
 	struct file *filp;
-	int error = -EISDIR;
+	int error;
+
+	nd->flags &= ~LOOKUP_PARENT;
+	nd->flags |= op->intent;
 
 	switch (nd->last_type) {
 	case LAST_DOTDOT:
-		follow_dotdot(nd);
-		dir = nd->path.dentry;
 	case LAST_DOT:
-		if (need_reval_dot(dir)) {
-			int status = d_revalidate(nd->path.dentry, nd);
-			if (!status)
-				status = -ESTALE;
-			if (status < 0) {
-				error = status;
-				goto exit;
-			}
-		}
+		error = handle_dots(nd, nd->last_type);
+		if (error)
+			return ERR_PTR(error);
 		/* fallthrough */
 	case LAST_ROOT:
-		goto exit;
+		if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU) {
+			if (nameidata_drop_rcu_last(nd))
+				return ERR_PTR(-ECHILD);
+		}
+		error = handle_reval_path(nd);
+		if (error)
+			goto exit;
+		audit_inode(pathname, nd->path.dentry);
+		if (open_flag & O_CREAT) {
+			error = -EISDIR;
+			goto exit;
+		}
+		goto ok;
 	case LAST_BIND:
+		/* can't be RCU mode here */
+		error = handle_reval_path(nd);
+		if (error)
+			goto exit;
 		audit_inode(pathname, dir);
 		goto ok;
 	}
 
+	if (!(open_flag & O_CREAT)) {
+		int symlink_ok = 0;
+		if (nd->last.name[nd->last.len])
+			nd->flags |= LOOKUP_FOLLOW | LOOKUP_DIRECTORY;
+		if (open_flag & O_PATH && !(nd->flags & LOOKUP_FOLLOW))
+			symlink_ok = 1;
+		/* we _can_ be in RCU mode here */
+		error = walk_component(nd, path, &nd->last, LAST_NORM,
+					!symlink_ok);
+		if (error < 0)
+			return ERR_PTR(error);
+		if (error) /* symlink */
+			return NULL;
+		/* sayonara */
+		if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU) {
+			if (nameidata_drop_rcu_last(nd))
+				return ERR_PTR(-ECHILD);
+		}
+
+		error = -ENOTDIR;
+		if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_DIRECTORY) {
+			if (!nd->inode->i_op->lookup)
+				goto exit;
+		}
+		audit_inode(pathname, nd->path.dentry);
+		goto ok;
+	}
+
+	/* create side of things */
+
+	if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU) {
+		if (nameidata_drop_rcu_last(nd))
+			return ERR_PTR(-ECHILD);
+	}
+
+	audit_inode(pathname, dir);
+	error = -EISDIR;
 	/* trailing slashes? */
 	if (nd->last.name[nd->last.len])
 		goto exit;
 
 	mutex_lock(&dir->d_inode->i_mutex);
 
-	path->dentry = lookup_hash(nd);
-	path->mnt = nd->path.mnt;
-
-	error = PTR_ERR(path->dentry);
-	if (IS_ERR(path->dentry)) {
+	dentry = lookup_hash(nd);
+	error = PTR_ERR(dentry);
+	if (IS_ERR(dentry)) {
 		mutex_unlock(&dir->d_inode->i_mutex);
 		goto exit;
 	}
 
-	if (IS_ERR(nd->intent.open.file)) {
-		error = PTR_ERR(nd->intent.open.file);
-		goto exit_mutex_unlock;
-	}
+	path->dentry = dentry;
+	path->mnt = nd->path.mnt;
 
 	/* Negative dentry, just create the file */
-	if (!path->dentry->d_inode) {
+	if (!dentry->d_inode) {
+		int mode = op->mode;
+		if (!IS_POSIXACL(dir->d_inode))
+			mode &= ~current_umask();
 		/*
 		 * This write is needed to ensure that a
-		 * ro->rw transition does not occur between
+		 * rw->ro transition does not occur between
 		 * the time when the file is created and when
 		 * a permanent write count is taken through
 		 * the 'struct file' in nameidata_to_filp().
@@ -2330,22 +2199,21 @@ static struct file *do_last(struct nameidata *nd, struct path *path,
 		error = mnt_want_write(nd->path.mnt);
 		if (error)
 			goto exit_mutex_unlock;
-		error = __open_namei_create(nd, path, open_flag, mode);
-		if (error) {
-			mnt_drop_write(nd->path.mnt);
-			goto exit;
-		}
-		filp = nameidata_to_filp(nd);
-		mnt_drop_write(nd->path.mnt);
-		path_put(&nd->path);
-		if (!IS_ERR(filp)) {
-			error = ima_file_check(filp, acc_mode);
-			if (error) {
-				fput(filp);
-				filp = ERR_PTR(error);
-			}
-		}
-		return filp;
+		want_write = 1;
+		/* Don't check for write permission, don't truncate */
+		open_flag &= ~O_TRUNC;
+		will_truncate = 0;
+		acc_mode = MAY_OPEN;
+		error = security_path_mknod(&nd->path, dentry, mode, 0);
+		if (error)
+			goto exit_mutex_unlock;
+		error = vfs_create(dir->d_inode, dentry, mode, nd);
+		if (error)
+			goto exit_mutex_unlock;
+		mutex_unlock(&dir->d_inode->i_mutex);
+		dput(nd->path.dentry);
+		nd->path.dentry = dentry;
+		goto common;
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -2375,7 +2243,40 @@ static struct file *do_last(struct nameidata *nd, struct path *path,
 	if (S_ISDIR(nd->inode->i_mode))
 		goto exit;
 ok:
-	filp = finish_open(nd, open_flag, acc_mode);
+	if (!S_ISREG(nd->inode->i_mode))
+		will_truncate = 0;
+
+	if (will_truncate) {
+		error = mnt_want_write(nd->path.mnt);
+		if (error)
+			goto exit;
+		want_write = 1;
+	}
+common:
+	error = may_open(&nd->path, acc_mode, open_flag);
+	if (error)
+		goto exit;
+	filp = nameidata_to_filp(nd);
+	if (!IS_ERR(filp)) {
+		error = ima_file_check(filp, op->acc_mode);
+		if (error) {
+			fput(filp);
+			filp = ERR_PTR(error);
+		}
+	}
+	if (!IS_ERR(filp)) {
+		if (will_truncate) {
+			error = handle_truncate(filp);
+			if (error) {
+				fput(filp);
+				filp = ERR_PTR(error);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+out:
+	if (want_write)
+		mnt_drop_write(nd->path.mnt);
+	path_put(&nd->path);
 	return filp;
 
 exit_mutex_unlock:
@@ -2383,204 +2284,103 @@ exit_mutex_unlock:
 exit_dput:
 	path_put_conditional(path, nd);
 exit:
-	path_put(&nd->path);
-	return ERR_PTR(error);
+	filp = ERR_PTR(error);
+	goto out;
 }
 
-/*
- * Note that the low bits of the passed in "open_flag"
- * are not the same as in the local variable "flag". See
- * open_to_namei_flags() for more details.
- */
-struct file *do_filp_open(int dfd, const char *pathname,
-		int open_flag, int mode, int acc_mode)
+static struct file *path_openat(int dfd, const char *pathname,
+		struct nameidata *nd, const struct open_flags *op, int flags)
 {
+	struct file *base = NULL;
 	struct file *filp;
-	struct nameidata nd;
-	int error;
 	struct path path;
-	int count = 0;
-	int flag = open_to_namei_flags(open_flag);
-	int flags;
-
-	if (!(open_flag & O_CREAT))
-		mode = 0;
-
-	/* Must never be set by userspace */
-	open_flag &= ~FMODE_NONOTIFY;
-
-	/*
-	 * O_SYNC is implemented as __O_SYNC|O_DSYNC.  As many places only
-	 * check for O_DSYNC if the need any syncing at all we enforce it's
-	 * always set instead of having to deal with possibly weird behaviour
-	 * for malicious applications setting only __O_SYNC.
-	 */
-	if (open_flag & __O_SYNC)
-		open_flag |= O_DSYNC;
-
-	if (!acc_mode)
-		acc_mode = MAY_OPEN | ACC_MODE(open_flag);
-
-	/* O_TRUNC implies we need access checks for write permissions */
-	if (open_flag & O_TRUNC)
-		acc_mode |= MAY_WRITE;
-
-	/* Allow the LSM permission hook to distinguish append 
-	   access from general write access. */
-	if (open_flag & O_APPEND)
-		acc_mode |= MAY_APPEND;
-
-	flags = LOOKUP_OPEN;
-	if (open_flag & O_CREAT) {
-		flags |= LOOKUP_CREATE;
-		if (open_flag & O_EXCL)
-			flags |= LOOKUP_EXCL;
-	}
-	if (open_flag & O_DIRECTORY)
-		flags |= LOOKUP_DIRECTORY;
-	if (!(open_flag & O_NOFOLLOW))
-		flags |= LOOKUP_FOLLOW;
+	int error;
 
 	filp = get_empty_filp();
 	if (!filp)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENFILE);
 
-	filp->f_flags = open_flag;
-	nd.intent.open.file = filp;
-	nd.intent.open.flags = flag;
-	nd.intent.open.create_mode = mode;
+	filp->f_flags = op->open_flag;
+	nd->intent.open.file = filp;
+	nd->intent.open.flags = open_to_namei_flags(op->open_flag);
+	nd->intent.open.create_mode = op->mode;
 
-	if (open_flag & O_CREAT)
-		goto creat;
-
-	/* !O_CREAT, simple open */
-	error = do_path_lookup(dfd, pathname, flags, &nd);
+	error = path_init(dfd, pathname, flags | LOOKUP_PARENT, nd, &base);
 	if (unlikely(error))
-		goto out_filp2;
-	error = -ELOOP;
-	if (!(nd.flags & LOOKUP_FOLLOW)) {
-		if (nd.inode->i_op->follow_link)
-			goto out_path2;
-	}
-	error = -ENOTDIR;
-	if (nd.flags & LOOKUP_DIRECTORY) {
-		if (!nd.inode->i_op->lookup)
-			goto out_path2;
-	}
-	audit_inode(pathname, nd.path.dentry);
-	filp = finish_open(&nd, open_flag, acc_mode);
-out2:
-	release_open_intent(&nd);
-	return filp;
-
-out_path2:
-	path_put(&nd.path);
-out_filp2:
-	filp = ERR_PTR(error);
-	goto out2;
-
-creat:
-	/* OK, have to create the file. Find the parent. */
-	error = path_init_rcu(dfd, pathname,
-			LOOKUP_PARENT | (flags & LOOKUP_REVAL), &nd);
-	if (error)
 		goto out_filp;
-	error = path_walk_rcu(pathname, &nd);
-	path_finish_rcu(&nd);
-	if (unlikely(error == -ECHILD || error == -ESTALE)) {
-		/* slower, locked walk */
-		if (error == -ESTALE) {
-reval:
-			flags |= LOOKUP_REVAL;
-		}
-		error = path_init(dfd, pathname,
-				LOOKUP_PARENT | (flags & LOOKUP_REVAL), &nd);
-		if (error)
-			goto out_filp;
 
-		error = path_walk_simple(pathname, &nd);
-	}
+	current->total_link_count = 0;
+	error = link_path_walk(pathname, nd);
 	if (unlikely(error))
 		goto out_filp;
-	if (unlikely(!audit_dummy_context()))
-		audit_inode(pathname, nd.path.dentry);
 
-	/*
-	 * We have the parent and last component.
-	 */
-	nd.flags = flags;
-	filp = do_last(&nd, &path, open_flag, acc_mode, mode, pathname);
+	filp = do_last(nd, &path, op, pathname);
 	while (unlikely(!filp)) { /* trailing symlink */
 		struct path link = path;
-		struct inode *linki = link.dentry->d_inode;
 		void *cookie;
-		error = -ELOOP;
-		if (!(nd.flags & LOOKUP_FOLLOW))
-			goto exit_dput;
-		if (count++ == 32)
-			goto exit_dput;
-		/*
-		 * This is subtle. Instead of calling do_follow_link() we do
-		 * the thing by hands. The reason is that this way we have zero
-		 * link_count and path_walk() (called from ->follow_link)
-		 * honoring LOOKUP_PARENT.  After that we have the parent and
-		 * last component, i.e. we are in the same situation as after
-		 * the first path_walk().  Well, almost - if the last component
-		 * is normal we get its copy stored in nd->last.name and we will
-		 * have to putname() it when we are done. Procfs-like symlinks
-		 * just set LAST_BIND.
-		 */
-		nd.flags |= LOOKUP_PARENT;
-		error = security_inode_follow_link(link.dentry, &nd);
-		if (error)
-			goto exit_dput;
-		error = __do_follow_link(&link, &nd, &cookie);
-		if (unlikely(error)) {
-			if (!IS_ERR(cookie) && linki->i_op->put_link)
-				linki->i_op->put_link(link.dentry, &nd, cookie);
-			/* nd.path had been dropped */
-			nd.path = link;
-			goto out_path;
+		if (!(nd->flags & LOOKUP_FOLLOW)) {
+			path_put_conditional(&path, nd);
+			path_put(&nd->path);
+			filp = ERR_PTR(-ELOOP);
+			break;
 		}
-		nd.flags &= ~LOOKUP_PARENT;
-		filp = do_last(&nd, &path, open_flag, acc_mode, mode, pathname);
-		if (linki->i_op->put_link)
-			linki->i_op->put_link(link.dentry, &nd, cookie);
-		path_put(&link);
+		nd->flags |= LOOKUP_PARENT;
+		nd->flags &= ~(LOOKUP_OPEN|LOOKUP_CREATE|LOOKUP_EXCL);
+		error = follow_link(&link, nd, &cookie);
+		if (unlikely(error))
+			filp = ERR_PTR(error);
+		else
+			filp = do_last(nd, &path, op, pathname);
+		put_link(nd, &link, cookie);
 	}
 out:
-	if (nd.root.mnt)
-		path_put(&nd.root);
-	if (filp == ERR_PTR(-ESTALE) && !(flags & LOOKUP_REVAL))
-		goto reval;
-	release_open_intent(&nd);
+	if (nd->root.mnt && !(nd->flags & LOOKUP_ROOT))
+		path_put(&nd->root);
+	if (base)
+		fput(base);
+	release_open_intent(nd);
 	return filp;
 
-exit_dput:
-	path_put_conditional(&path, &nd);
-out_path:
-	path_put(&nd.path);
 out_filp:
 	filp = ERR_PTR(error);
 	goto out;
 }
 
-/**
- * filp_open - open file and return file pointer
- *
- * @filename:	path to open
- * @flags:	open flags as per the open(2) second argument
- * @mode:	mode for the new file if O_CREAT is set, else ignored
- *
- * This is the helper to open a file from kernelspace if you really
- * have to.  But in generally you should not do this, so please move
- * along, nothing to see here..
- */
-struct file *filp_open(const char *filename, int flags, int mode)
+struct file *do_filp_open(int dfd, const char *pathname,
+		const struct open_flags *op, int flags)
+{
+	struct nameidata nd;
+	struct file *filp;
+
+	filp = path_openat(dfd, pathname, &nd, op, flags | LOOKUP_RCU);
+	if (unlikely(filp == ERR_PTR(-ECHILD)))
+		filp = path_openat(dfd, pathname, &nd, op, flags);
+	if (unlikely(filp == ERR_PTR(-ESTALE)))
+		filp = path_openat(dfd, pathname, &nd, op, flags | LOOKUP_REVAL);
+	return filp;
+}
+
+struct file *do_file_open_root(struct dentry *dentry, struct vfsmount *mnt,
+		const char *name, const struct open_flags *op, int flags)
 {
-	return do_filp_open(AT_FDCWD, filename, flags, mode, 0);
+	struct nameidata nd;
+	struct file *file;
+
+	nd.root.mnt = mnt;
+	nd.root.dentry = dentry;
+
+	flags |= LOOKUP_ROOT;
+
+	if (dentry->d_inode->i_op->follow_link && op->intent & LOOKUP_OPEN)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ELOOP);
+
+	file = path_openat(-1, name, &nd, op, flags | LOOKUP_RCU);
+	if (unlikely(file == ERR_PTR(-ECHILD)))
+		file = path_openat(-1, name, &nd, op, flags);
+	if (unlikely(file == ERR_PTR(-ESTALE)))
+		file = path_openat(-1, name, &nd, op, flags | LOOKUP_REVAL);
+	return file;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(filp_open);
 
 /**
  * lookup_create - lookup a dentry, creating it if it doesn't exist
@@ -3119,7 +2919,11 @@ int vfs_link(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir, struct dentry *new_de
 		return error;
 
 	mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
-	error = dir->i_op->link(old_dentry, dir, new_dentry);
+	/* Make sure we don't allow creating hardlink to an unlinked file */
+	if (inode->i_nlink == 0)
+		error =  -ENOENT;
+	else
+		error = dir->i_op->link(old_dentry, dir, new_dentry);
 	mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
 	if (!error)
 		fsnotify_link(dir, inode, new_dentry);
@@ -3141,15 +2945,27 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(linkat, int, olddfd, const char __user *, oldname,
 	struct dentry *new_dentry;
 	struct nameidata nd;
 	struct path old_path;
+	int how = 0;
 	int error;
 	char *to;
 
-	if ((flags & ~AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW) != 0)
+	if ((flags & ~(AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW | AT_EMPTY_PATH)) != 0)
 		return -EINVAL;
+	/*
+	 * To use null names we require CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH
+	 * This ensures that not everyone will be able to create
+	 * handlink using the passed filedescriptor.
+	 */
+	if (flags & AT_EMPTY_PATH) {
+		if (!capable(CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH))
+			return -ENOENT;
+		how = LOOKUP_EMPTY;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW)
+		how |= LOOKUP_FOLLOW;
 
-	error = user_path_at(olddfd, oldname,
-			     flags & AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW ? LOOKUP_FOLLOW : 0,
-			     &old_path);
+	error = user_path_at(olddfd, oldname, how, &old_path);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
@@ -3586,7 +3402,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(page_readlink);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__page_symlink);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(page_symlink);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(page_symlink_inode_operations);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(path_lookup);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(kern_path_parent);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kern_path);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_path_lookup);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(inode_permission);
diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index d1edf26025dc..dffe6f49ab93 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -1002,6 +1002,18 @@ const struct seq_operations mounts_op = {
 	.show	= show_vfsmnt
 };
 
+static int uuid_is_nil(u8 *uuid)
+{
+	int i;
+	u8  *cp = (u8 *)uuid;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < 16; i++) {
+		if (*cp++)
+			return 0;
+	}
+	return 1;
+}
+
 static int show_mountinfo(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 {
 	struct proc_mounts *p = m->private;
@@ -1040,6 +1052,10 @@ static int show_mountinfo(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 	if (IS_MNT_UNBINDABLE(mnt))
 		seq_puts(m, " unbindable");
 
+	if (!uuid_is_nil(mnt->mnt_sb->s_uuid))
+		/* print the uuid */
+		seq_printf(m, " uuid:%pU", mnt->mnt_sb->s_uuid);
+
 	/* Filesystem specific data */
 	seq_puts(m, " - ");
 	show_type(m, sb);
diff --git a/fs/nfsctl.c b/fs/nfsctl.c
index bf9cbd242ddd..124e8fcb0dd6 100644
--- a/fs/nfsctl.c
+++ b/fs/nfsctl.c
@@ -22,30 +22,17 @@
 
 static struct file *do_open(char *name, int flags)
 {
-	struct nameidata nd;
 	struct vfsmount *mnt;
-	int error;
+	struct file *file;
 
 	mnt = do_kern_mount("nfsd", 0, "nfsd", NULL);
 	if (IS_ERR(mnt))
 		return (struct file *)mnt;
 
-	error = vfs_path_lookup(mnt->mnt_root, mnt, name, 0, &nd);
-	mntput(mnt);	/* drop do_kern_mount reference */
-	if (error)
-		return ERR_PTR(error);
-
-	if (flags == O_RDWR)
-		error = may_open(&nd.path, MAY_READ|MAY_WRITE, flags);
-	else
-		error = may_open(&nd.path, MAY_WRITE, flags);
+	file = file_open_root(mnt->mnt_root, mnt, name, flags);
 
-	if (!error)
-		return dentry_open(nd.path.dentry, nd.path.mnt, flags,
-				   current_cred());
-
-	path_put(&nd.path);
-	return ERR_PTR(error);
+	mntput(mnt);	/* drop do_kern_mount reference */
+	return file;
 }
 
 static struct {
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/export.c b/fs/ocfs2/export.c
index 5dbc3062b4fd..254652a9b542 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/export.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/export.c
@@ -197,8 +197,12 @@ static int ocfs2_encode_fh(struct dentry *dentry, u32 *fh_in, int *max_len,
 		   dentry->d_name.len, dentry->d_name.name,
 		   fh, len, connectable);
 
-	if (len < 3 || (connectable && len < 6)) {
-		mlog(ML_ERROR, "fh buffer is too small for encoding\n");
+	if (connectable && (len < 6)) {
+		*max_len = 6;
+		type = 255;
+		goto bail;
+	} else if (len < 3) {
+		*max_len = 3;
 		type = 255;
 		goto bail;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c b/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c
index 19ebc5aad391..29623da133cc 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c
@@ -4379,7 +4379,7 @@ static int ocfs2_user_path_parent(const char __user *path,
 	if (IS_ERR(s))
 		return PTR_ERR(s);
 
-	error = path_lookup(s, LOOKUP_PARENT, nd);
+	error = kern_path_parent(s, nd);
 	if (error)
 		putname(s);
 	else
diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index b47aab39c057..3cac0bda46df 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -573,13 +573,15 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(fchownat, int, dfd, const char __user *, filename, uid_t, user,
 {
 	struct path path;
 	int error = -EINVAL;
-	int follow;
+	int lookup_flags;
 
-	if ((flag & ~AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW) != 0)
+	if ((flag & ~(AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW | AT_EMPTY_PATH)) != 0)
 		goto out;
 
-	follow = (flag & AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW) ? 0 : LOOKUP_FOLLOW;
-	error = user_path_at(dfd, filename, follow, &path);
+	lookup_flags = (flag & AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW) ? 0 : LOOKUP_FOLLOW;
+	if (flag & AT_EMPTY_PATH)
+		lookup_flags |= LOOKUP_EMPTY;
+	error = user_path_at(dfd, filename, lookup_flags, &path);
 	if (error)
 		goto out;
 	error = mnt_want_write(path.mnt);
@@ -669,11 +671,16 @@ static struct file *__dentry_open(struct dentry *dentry, struct vfsmount *mnt,
 					int (*open)(struct inode *, struct file *),
 					const struct cred *cred)
 {
+	static const struct file_operations empty_fops = {};
 	struct inode *inode;
 	int error;
 
 	f->f_mode = OPEN_FMODE(f->f_flags) | FMODE_LSEEK |
 				FMODE_PREAD | FMODE_PWRITE;
+
+	if (unlikely(f->f_flags & O_PATH))
+		f->f_mode = FMODE_PATH;
+
 	inode = dentry->d_inode;
 	if (f->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE) {
 		error = __get_file_write_access(inode, mnt);
@@ -687,9 +694,15 @@ static struct file *__dentry_open(struct dentry *dentry, struct vfsmount *mnt,
 	f->f_path.dentry = dentry;
 	f->f_path.mnt = mnt;
 	f->f_pos = 0;
-	f->f_op = fops_get(inode->i_fop);
 	file_sb_list_add(f, inode->i_sb);
 
+	if (unlikely(f->f_mode & FMODE_PATH)) {
+		f->f_op = &empty_fops;
+		return f;
+	}
+
+	f->f_op = fops_get(inode->i_fop);
+
 	error = security_dentry_open(f, cred);
 	if (error)
 		goto cleanup_all;
@@ -890,15 +903,110 @@ void fd_install(unsigned int fd, struct file *file)
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(fd_install);
 
+static inline int build_open_flags(int flags, int mode, struct open_flags *op)
+{
+	int lookup_flags = 0;
+	int acc_mode;
+
+	if (!(flags & O_CREAT))
+		mode = 0;
+	op->mode = mode;
+
+	/* Must never be set by userspace */
+	flags &= ~FMODE_NONOTIFY;
+
+	/*
+	 * O_SYNC is implemented as __O_SYNC|O_DSYNC.  As many places only
+	 * check for O_DSYNC if the need any syncing at all we enforce it's
+	 * always set instead of having to deal with possibly weird behaviour
+	 * for malicious applications setting only __O_SYNC.
+	 */
+	if (flags & __O_SYNC)
+		flags |= O_DSYNC;
+
+	/*
+	 * If we have O_PATH in the open flag. Then we
+	 * cannot have anything other than the below set of flags
+	 */
+	if (flags & O_PATH) {
+		flags &= O_DIRECTORY | O_NOFOLLOW | O_PATH;
+		acc_mode = 0;
+	} else {
+		acc_mode = MAY_OPEN | ACC_MODE(flags);
+	}
+
+	op->open_flag = flags;
+
+	/* O_TRUNC implies we need access checks for write permissions */
+	if (flags & O_TRUNC)
+		acc_mode |= MAY_WRITE;
+
+	/* Allow the LSM permission hook to distinguish append
+	   access from general write access. */
+	if (flags & O_APPEND)
+		acc_mode |= MAY_APPEND;
+
+	op->acc_mode = acc_mode;
+
+	op->intent = flags & O_PATH ? 0 : LOOKUP_OPEN;
+
+	if (flags & O_CREAT) {
+		op->intent |= LOOKUP_CREATE;
+		if (flags & O_EXCL)
+			op->intent |= LOOKUP_EXCL;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & O_DIRECTORY)
+		lookup_flags |= LOOKUP_DIRECTORY;
+	if (!(flags & O_NOFOLLOW))
+		lookup_flags |= LOOKUP_FOLLOW;
+	return lookup_flags;
+}
+
+/**
+ * filp_open - open file and return file pointer
+ *
+ * @filename:	path to open
+ * @flags:	open flags as per the open(2) second argument
+ * @mode:	mode for the new file if O_CREAT is set, else ignored
+ *
+ * This is the helper to open a file from kernelspace if you really
+ * have to.  But in generally you should not do this, so please move
+ * along, nothing to see here..
+ */
+struct file *filp_open(const char *filename, int flags, int mode)
+{
+	struct open_flags op;
+	int lookup = build_open_flags(flags, mode, &op);
+	return do_filp_open(AT_FDCWD, filename, &op, lookup);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(filp_open);
+
+struct file *file_open_root(struct dentry *dentry, struct vfsmount *mnt,
+			    const char *filename, int flags)
+{
+	struct open_flags op;
+	int lookup = build_open_flags(flags, 0, &op);
+	if (flags & O_CREAT)
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+	if (!filename && (flags & O_DIRECTORY))
+		if (!dentry->d_inode->i_op->lookup)
+			return ERR_PTR(-ENOTDIR);
+	return do_file_open_root(dentry, mnt, filename, &op, lookup);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(file_open_root);
+
 long do_sys_open(int dfd, const char __user *filename, int flags, int mode)
 {
+	struct open_flags op;
+	int lookup = build_open_flags(flags, mode, &op);
 	char *tmp = getname(filename);
 	int fd = PTR_ERR(tmp);
 
 	if (!IS_ERR(tmp)) {
 		fd = get_unused_fd_flags(flags);
 		if (fd >= 0) {
-			struct file *f = do_filp_open(dfd, tmp, flags, mode, 0);
+			struct file *f = do_filp_open(dfd, tmp, &op, lookup);
 			if (IS_ERR(f)) {
 				put_unused_fd(fd);
 				fd = PTR_ERR(f);
@@ -968,8 +1076,10 @@ int filp_close(struct file *filp, fl_owner_t id)
 	if (filp->f_op && filp->f_op->flush)
 		retval = filp->f_op->flush(filp, id);
 
-	dnotify_flush(filp, id);
-	locks_remove_posix(filp, id);
+	if (likely(!(filp->f_mode & FMODE_PATH))) {
+		dnotify_flush(filp, id);
+		locks_remove_posix(filp, id);
+	}
 	fput(filp);
 	return retval;
 }
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/inode.c b/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
index 0bae036831e2..1bba24bad820 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
@@ -1593,8 +1593,13 @@ int reiserfs_encode_fh(struct dentry *dentry, __u32 * data, int *lenp,
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
 	int maxlen = *lenp;
 
-	if (maxlen < 3)
+	if (need_parent && (maxlen < 5)) {
+		*lenp = 5;
 		return 255;
+	} else if (maxlen < 3) {
+		*lenp = 3;
+		return 255;
+	}
 
 	data[0] = inode->i_ino;
 	data[1] = le32_to_cpu(INODE_PKEY(inode)->k_dir_id);
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/namei.c b/fs/reiserfs/namei.c
index 68fdf45cc6c9..4b2eb564fdad 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/namei.c
@@ -1122,10 +1122,6 @@ static int reiserfs_link(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir,
 		reiserfs_write_unlock(dir->i_sb);
 		return -EMLINK;
 	}
-	if (inode->i_nlink == 0) {
-		reiserfs_write_unlock(dir->i_sb);
-		return -ENOENT;
-	}
 
 	/* inc before scheduling so reiserfs_unlink knows we are here */
 	inc_nlink(inode);
diff --git a/fs/stat.c b/fs/stat.c
index d5c61cf2b703..961039121cb8 100644
--- a/fs/stat.c
+++ b/fs/stat.c
@@ -75,13 +75,16 @@ int vfs_fstatat(int dfd, const char __user *filename, struct kstat *stat,
 	int error = -EINVAL;
 	int lookup_flags = 0;
 
-	if ((flag & ~(AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW | AT_NO_AUTOMOUNT)) != 0)
+	if ((flag & ~(AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW | AT_NO_AUTOMOUNT |
+		      AT_EMPTY_PATH)) != 0)
 		goto out;
 
 	if (!(flag & AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW))
 		lookup_flags |= LOOKUP_FOLLOW;
 	if (flag & AT_NO_AUTOMOUNT)
 		lookup_flags |= LOOKUP_NO_AUTOMOUNT;
+	if (flag & AT_EMPTY_PATH)
+		lookup_flags |= LOOKUP_EMPTY;
 
 	error = user_path_at(dfd, filename, lookup_flags, &path);
 	if (error)
@@ -297,7 +300,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(readlinkat, int, dfd, const char __user *, pathname,
 	if (bufsiz <= 0)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	error = user_path_at(dfd, pathname, 0, &path);
+	error = user_path_at(dfd, pathname, LOOKUP_EMPTY, &path);
 	if (!error) {
 		struct inode *inode = path.dentry->d_inode;
 
diff --git a/fs/statfs.c b/fs/statfs.c
index 30ea8c8a996b..8244924dec55 100644
--- a/fs/statfs.c
+++ b/fs/statfs.c
@@ -73,149 +73,135 @@ int vfs_statfs(struct path *path, struct kstatfs *buf)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_statfs);
 
-static int do_statfs_native(struct path *path, struct statfs *buf)
+int user_statfs(const char __user *pathname, struct kstatfs *st)
 {
-	struct kstatfs st;
-	int retval;
+	struct path path;
+	int error = user_path(pathname, &path);
+	if (!error) {
+		error = vfs_statfs(&path, st);
+		path_put(&path);
+	}
+	return error;
+}
 
-	retval = vfs_statfs(path, &st);
-	if (retval)
-		return retval;
+int fd_statfs(int fd, struct kstatfs *st)
+{
+	struct file *file = fget(fd);
+	int error = -EBADF;
+	if (file) {
+		error = vfs_statfs(&file->f_path, st);
+		fput(file);
+	}
+	return error;
+}
 
-	if (sizeof(*buf) == sizeof(st))
-		memcpy(buf, &st, sizeof(st));
+static int do_statfs_native(struct kstatfs *st, struct statfs __user *p)
+{
+	struct statfs buf;
+
+	if (sizeof(buf) == sizeof(*st))
+		memcpy(&buf, st, sizeof(*st));
 	else {
-		if (sizeof buf->f_blocks == 4) {
-			if ((st.f_blocks | st.f_bfree | st.f_bavail |
-			     st.f_bsize | st.f_frsize) &
+		if (sizeof buf.f_blocks == 4) {
+			if ((st->f_blocks | st->f_bfree | st->f_bavail |
+			     st->f_bsize | st->f_frsize) &
 			    0xffffffff00000000ULL)
 				return -EOVERFLOW;
 			/*
 			 * f_files and f_ffree may be -1; it's okay to stuff
 			 * that into 32 bits
 			 */
-			if (st.f_files != -1 &&
-			    (st.f_files & 0xffffffff00000000ULL))
+			if (st->f_files != -1 &&
+			    (st->f_files & 0xffffffff00000000ULL))
 				return -EOVERFLOW;
-			if (st.f_ffree != -1 &&
-			    (st.f_ffree & 0xffffffff00000000ULL))
+			if (st->f_ffree != -1 &&
+			    (st->f_ffree & 0xffffffff00000000ULL))
 				return -EOVERFLOW;
 		}
 
-		buf->f_type = st.f_type;
-		buf->f_bsize = st.f_bsize;
-		buf->f_blocks = st.f_blocks;
-		buf->f_bfree = st.f_bfree;
-		buf->f_bavail = st.f_bavail;
-		buf->f_files = st.f_files;
-		buf->f_ffree = st.f_ffree;
-		buf->f_fsid = st.f_fsid;
-		buf->f_namelen = st.f_namelen;
-		buf->f_frsize = st.f_frsize;
-		buf->f_flags = st.f_flags;
-		memset(buf->f_spare, 0, sizeof(buf->f_spare));
+		buf.f_type = st->f_type;
+		buf.f_bsize = st->f_bsize;
+		buf.f_blocks = st->f_blocks;
+		buf.f_bfree = st->f_bfree;
+		buf.f_bavail = st->f_bavail;
+		buf.f_files = st->f_files;
+		buf.f_ffree = st->f_ffree;
+		buf.f_fsid = st->f_fsid;
+		buf.f_namelen = st->f_namelen;
+		buf.f_frsize = st->f_frsize;
+		buf.f_flags = st->f_flags;
+		memset(buf.f_spare, 0, sizeof(buf.f_spare));
 	}
+	if (copy_to_user(p, &buf, sizeof(buf)))
+		return -EFAULT;
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int do_statfs64(struct path *path, struct statfs64 *buf)
+static int do_statfs64(struct kstatfs *st, struct statfs64 __user *p)
 {
-	struct kstatfs st;
-	int retval;
-
-	retval = vfs_statfs(path, &st);
-	if (retval)
-		return retval;
-
-	if (sizeof(*buf) == sizeof(st))
-		memcpy(buf, &st, sizeof(st));
+	struct statfs64 buf;
+	if (sizeof(buf) == sizeof(*st))
+		memcpy(&buf, st, sizeof(*st));
 	else {
-		buf->f_type = st.f_type;
-		buf->f_bsize = st.f_bsize;
-		buf->f_blocks = st.f_blocks;
-		buf->f_bfree = st.f_bfree;
-		buf->f_bavail = st.f_bavail;
-		buf->f_files = st.f_files;
-		buf->f_ffree = st.f_ffree;
-		buf->f_fsid = st.f_fsid;
-		buf->f_namelen = st.f_namelen;
-		buf->f_frsize = st.f_frsize;
-		buf->f_flags = st.f_flags;
-		memset(buf->f_spare, 0, sizeof(buf->f_spare));
+		buf.f_type = st->f_type;
+		buf.f_bsize = st->f_bsize;
+		buf.f_blocks = st->f_blocks;
+		buf.f_bfree = st->f_bfree;
+		buf.f_bavail = st->f_bavail;
+		buf.f_files = st->f_files;
+		buf.f_ffree = st->f_ffree;
+		buf.f_fsid = st->f_fsid;
+		buf.f_namelen = st->f_namelen;
+		buf.f_frsize = st->f_frsize;
+		buf.f_flags = st->f_flags;
+		memset(buf.f_spare, 0, sizeof(buf.f_spare));
 	}
+	if (copy_to_user(p, &buf, sizeof(buf)))
+		return -EFAULT;
 	return 0;
 }
 
 SYSCALL_DEFINE2(statfs, const char __user *, pathname, struct statfs __user *, buf)
 {
-	struct path path;
-	int error;
-
-	error = user_path(pathname, &path);
-	if (!error) {
-		struct statfs tmp;
-		error = do_statfs_native(&path, &tmp);
-		if (!error && copy_to_user(buf, &tmp, sizeof(tmp)))
-			error = -EFAULT;
-		path_put(&path);
-	}
+	struct kstatfs st;
+	int error = user_statfs(pathname, &st);
+	if (!error)
+		error = do_statfs_native(&st, buf);
 	return error;
 }
 
 SYSCALL_DEFINE3(statfs64, const char __user *, pathname, size_t, sz, struct statfs64 __user *, buf)
 {
-	struct path path;
-	long error;
-
+	struct kstatfs st;
+	int error;
 	if (sz != sizeof(*buf))
 		return -EINVAL;
-	error = user_path(pathname, &path);
-	if (!error) {
-		struct statfs64 tmp;
-		error = do_statfs64(&path, &tmp);
-		if (!error && copy_to_user(buf, &tmp, sizeof(tmp)))
-			error = -EFAULT;
-		path_put(&path);
-	}
+	error = user_statfs(pathname, &st);
+	if (!error)
+		error = do_statfs64(&st, buf);
 	return error;
 }
 
 SYSCALL_DEFINE2(fstatfs, unsigned int, fd, struct statfs __user *, buf)
 {
-	struct file *file;
-	struct statfs tmp;
-	int error;
-
-	error = -EBADF;
-	file = fget(fd);
-	if (!file)
-		goto out;
-	error = do_statfs_native(&file->f_path, &tmp);
-	if (!error && copy_to_user(buf, &tmp, sizeof(tmp)))
-		error = -EFAULT;
-	fput(file);
-out:
+	struct kstatfs st;
+	int error = fd_statfs(fd, &st);
+	if (!error)
+		error = do_statfs_native(&st, buf);
 	return error;
 }
 
 SYSCALL_DEFINE3(fstatfs64, unsigned int, fd, size_t, sz, struct statfs64 __user *, buf)
 {
-	struct file *file;
-	struct statfs64 tmp;
+	struct kstatfs st;
 	int error;
 
 	if (sz != sizeof(*buf))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	error = -EBADF;
-	file = fget(fd);
-	if (!file)
-		goto out;
-	error = do_statfs64(&file->f_path, &tmp);
-	if (!error && copy_to_user(buf, &tmp, sizeof(tmp)))
-		error = -EFAULT;
-	fput(file);
-out:
+	error = fd_statfs(fd, &st);
+	if (!error)
+		error = do_statfs64(&st, buf);
 	return error;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/dir.c b/fs/ubifs/dir.c
index 14f64b689d7f..7217d67a80a6 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/dir.c
@@ -522,24 +522,6 @@ static int ubifs_link(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir,
 	ubifs_assert(mutex_is_locked(&dir->i_mutex));
 	ubifs_assert(mutex_is_locked(&inode->i_mutex));
 
-	/*
-	 * Return -ENOENT if we've raced with unlink and i_nlink is 0.  Doing
-	 * otherwise has the potential to corrupt the orphan inode list.
-	 *
-	 * Indeed, consider a scenario when 'vfs_link(dirA/fileA)' and
-	 * 'vfs_unlink(dirA/fileA, dirB/fileB)' race. 'vfs_link()' does not
-	 * lock 'dirA->i_mutex', so this is possible. Both of the functions
-	 * lock 'fileA->i_mutex' though. Suppose 'vfs_unlink()' wins, and takes
-	 * 'fileA->i_mutex' mutex first. Suppose 'fileA->i_nlink' is 1. In this
-	 * case 'ubifs_unlink()' will drop the last reference, and put 'inodeA'
-	 * to the list of orphans. After this, 'vfs_link()' will link
-	 * 'dirB/fileB' to 'inodeA'. This is a problem because, for example,
-	 * the subsequent 'vfs_unlink(dirB/fileB)' will add the same inode
-	 * to the list of orphans.
-	 */
-	 if (inode->i_nlink == 0)
-		 return -ENOENT;
-
 	err = dbg_check_synced_i_size(inode);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
diff --git a/fs/udf/namei.c b/fs/udf/namei.c
index b7c338d5e9df..f1dce848ef96 100644
--- a/fs/udf/namei.c
+++ b/fs/udf/namei.c
@@ -1286,8 +1286,13 @@ static int udf_encode_fh(struct dentry *de, __u32 *fh, int *lenp,
 	struct fid *fid = (struct fid *)fh;
 	int type = FILEID_UDF_WITHOUT_PARENT;
 
-	if (len < 3 || (connectable && len < 5))
+	if (connectable && (len < 5)) {
+		*lenp = 5;
+		return 255;
+	} else if (len < 3) {
+		*lenp = 3;
 		return 255;
+	}
 
 	*lenp = 3;
 	fid->udf.block = location.logicalBlockNum;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_export.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_export.c
index fc0114da7fdd..f4f878fc0083 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_export.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_export.c
@@ -89,8 +89,10 @@ xfs_fs_encode_fh(
 	 * seven combinations work.  The real answer is "don't use v2".
 	 */
 	len = xfs_fileid_length(fileid_type);
-	if (*max_len < len)
+	if (*max_len < len) {
+		*max_len = len;
 		return 255;
+	}
 	*max_len = len;
 
 	switch (fileid_type) {
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/fcntl.h b/include/asm-generic/fcntl.h
index 0fc16e3f0bfc..84793c7025e2 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/fcntl.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/fcntl.h
@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@
 #define O_SYNC		(__O_SYNC|O_DSYNC)
 #endif
 
+#ifndef O_PATH
+#define O_PATH		010000000
+#endif
+
 #ifndef O_NDELAY
 #define O_NDELAY	O_NONBLOCK
 #endif
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/unistd.h b/include/asm-generic/unistd.h
index b969770196c2..57af0338d270 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/unistd.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/unistd.h
@@ -646,9 +646,13 @@ __SYSCALL(__NR_prlimit64, sys_prlimit64)
 __SYSCALL(__NR_fanotify_init, sys_fanotify_init)
 #define __NR_fanotify_mark 263
 __SYSCALL(__NR_fanotify_mark, sys_fanotify_mark)
+#define __NR_name_to_handle_at		264
+__SYSCALL(__NR_name_to_handle_at, sys_name_to_handle_at)
+#define __NR_open_by_handle_at		265
+__SYSCALL(__NR_open_by_handle_at, sys_open_by_handle_at)
 
 #undef __NR_syscalls
-#define __NR_syscalls 264
+#define __NR_syscalls 266
 
 /*
  * All syscalls below here should go away really,
diff --git a/include/linux/exportfs.h b/include/linux/exportfs.h
index 28028988c862..33a42f24b275 100644
--- a/include/linux/exportfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/exportfs.h
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ struct inode;
 struct super_block;
 struct vfsmount;
 
+/* limit the handle size to NFSv4 handle size now */
+#define MAX_HANDLE_SZ 128
+
 /*
  * The fileid_type identifies how the file within the filesystem is encoded.
  * In theory this is freely set and parsed by the filesystem, but we try to
@@ -121,8 +124,10 @@ struct fid {
  *    set, the encode_fh() should store sufficient information so that a good
  *    attempt can be made to find not only the file but also it's place in the
  *    filesystem.   This typically means storing a reference to de->d_parent in
- *    the filehandle fragment.  encode_fh() should return the number of bytes
- *    stored or a negative error code such as %-ENOSPC
+ *    the filehandle fragment.  encode_fh() should return the fileid_type on
+ *    success and on error returns 255 (if the space needed to encode fh is
+ *    greater than @max_len*4 bytes). On error @max_len contains the minimum
+ *    size(in 4 byte unit) needed to encode the file handle.
  *
  * fh_to_dentry:
  *    @fh_to_dentry is given a &struct super_block (@sb) and a file handle
diff --git a/include/linux/fcntl.h b/include/linux/fcntl.h
index a562fa5fb4e3..f550f894ba15 100644
--- a/include/linux/fcntl.h
+++ b/include/linux/fcntl.h
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
                                            unlinking file.  */
 #define AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW	0x400   /* Follow symbolic links.  */
 #define AT_NO_AUTOMOUNT		0x800	/* Suppress terminal automount traversal */
+#define AT_EMPTY_PATH		0x1000	/* Allow empty relative pathname */
 
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
 
diff --git a/include/linux/file.h b/include/linux/file.h
index e85baebf6279..21a79958541c 100644
--- a/include/linux/file.h
+++ b/include/linux/file.h
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ static inline void fput_light(struct file *file, int fput_needed)
 
 extern struct file *fget(unsigned int fd);
 extern struct file *fget_light(unsigned int fd, int *fput_needed);
+extern struct file *fget_raw(unsigned int fd);
+extern struct file *fget_raw_light(unsigned int fd, int *fput_needed);
 extern void set_close_on_exec(unsigned int fd, int flag);
 extern void put_filp(struct file *);
 extern int alloc_fd(unsigned start, unsigned flags);
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index e38b50a4b9d2..13df14e2c42e 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -102,6 +102,9 @@ struct inodes_stat_t {
 /* File is huge (eg. /dev/kmem): treat loff_t as unsigned */
 #define FMODE_UNSIGNED_OFFSET	((__force fmode_t)0x2000)
 
+/* File is opened with O_PATH; almost nothing can be done with it */
+#define FMODE_PATH		((__force fmode_t)0x4000)
+
 /* File was opened by fanotify and shouldn't generate fanotify events */
 #define FMODE_NONOTIFY		((__force fmode_t)0x1000000)
 
@@ -978,6 +981,13 @@ struct file {
 #endif
 };
 
+struct file_handle {
+	__u32 handle_bytes;
+	int handle_type;
+	/* file identifier */
+	unsigned char f_handle[0];
+};
+
 #define get_file(x)	atomic_long_inc(&(x)->f_count)
 #define fput_atomic(x)	atomic_long_add_unless(&(x)->f_count, -1, 1)
 #define file_count(x)	atomic_long_read(&(x)->f_count)
@@ -1401,6 +1411,7 @@ struct super_block {
 	wait_queue_head_t	s_wait_unfrozen;
 
 	char s_id[32];				/* Informational name */
+	u8 s_uuid[16];				/* UUID */
 
 	void 			*s_fs_info;	/* Filesystem private info */
 	fmode_t			s_mode;
@@ -1874,6 +1885,8 @@ extern void drop_collected_mounts(struct vfsmount *);
 extern int iterate_mounts(int (*)(struct vfsmount *, void *), void *,
 			  struct vfsmount *);
 extern int vfs_statfs(struct path *, struct kstatfs *);
+extern int user_statfs(const char __user *, struct kstatfs *);
+extern int fd_statfs(int, struct kstatfs *);
 extern int statfs_by_dentry(struct dentry *, struct kstatfs *);
 extern int freeze_super(struct super_block *super);
 extern int thaw_super(struct super_block *super);
@@ -1990,6 +2003,8 @@ extern int do_fallocate(struct file *file, int mode, loff_t offset,
 extern long do_sys_open(int dfd, const char __user *filename, int flags,
 			int mode);
 extern struct file *filp_open(const char *, int, int);
+extern struct file *file_open_root(struct dentry *, struct vfsmount *,
+				   const char *, int);
 extern struct file * dentry_open(struct dentry *, struct vfsmount *, int,
 				 const struct cred *);
 extern int filp_close(struct file *, fl_owner_t id);
@@ -2205,10 +2220,6 @@ extern struct file *create_read_pipe(struct file *f, int flags);
 extern struct file *create_write_pipe(int flags);
 extern void free_write_pipe(struct file *);
 
-extern struct file *do_filp_open(int dfd, const char *pathname,
-		int open_flag, int mode, int acc_mode);
-extern int may_open(struct path *, int, int);
-
 extern int kernel_read(struct file *, loff_t, char *, unsigned long);
 extern struct file * open_exec(const char *);
  
diff --git a/include/linux/namei.h b/include/linux/namei.h
index f276d4fa01fc..9c8603872c36 100644
--- a/include/linux/namei.h
+++ b/include/linux/namei.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ struct nameidata {
 	struct path	path;
 	struct qstr	last;
 	struct path	root;
-	struct file	*file;
 	struct inode	*inode; /* path.dentry.d_inode */
 	unsigned int	flags;
 	unsigned	seq;
@@ -63,6 +62,10 @@ enum {LAST_NORM, LAST_ROOT, LAST_DOT, LAST_DOTDOT, LAST_BIND};
 #define LOOKUP_EXCL		0x0400
 #define LOOKUP_RENAME_TARGET	0x0800
 
+#define LOOKUP_JUMPED		0x1000
+#define LOOKUP_ROOT		0x2000
+#define LOOKUP_EMPTY		0x4000
+
 extern int user_path_at(int, const char __user *, unsigned, struct path *);
 
 #define user_path(name, path) user_path_at(AT_FDCWD, name, LOOKUP_FOLLOW, path)
@@ -72,7 +75,7 @@ extern int user_path_at(int, const char __user *, unsigned, struct path *);
 
 extern int kern_path(const char *, unsigned, struct path *);
 
-extern int path_lookup(const char *, unsigned, struct nameidata *);
+extern int kern_path_parent(const char *, struct nameidata *);
 extern int vfs_path_lookup(struct dentry *, struct vfsmount *,
 			   const char *, unsigned int, struct nameidata *);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/syscalls.h b/include/linux/syscalls.h
index 98664db1be47..2d9b79c0f224 100644
--- a/include/linux/syscalls.h
+++ b/include/linux/syscalls.h
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ struct robust_list_head;
 struct getcpu_cache;
 struct old_linux_dirent;
 struct perf_event_attr;
+struct file_handle;
 
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/aio_abi.h>
@@ -832,5 +833,10 @@ asmlinkage long sys_mmap_pgoff(unsigned long addr, unsigned long len,
 			unsigned long prot, unsigned long flags,
 			unsigned long fd, unsigned long pgoff);
 asmlinkage long sys_old_mmap(struct mmap_arg_struct __user *arg);
-
+asmlinkage long sys_name_to_handle_at(int dfd, const char __user *name,
+				      struct file_handle __user *handle,
+				      int __user *mnt_id, int flag);
+asmlinkage long sys_open_by_handle_at(int mountdirfd,
+				      struct file_handle __user *handle,
+				      int flags);
 #endif
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index be788c0957d4..e72fa17fe559 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -287,6 +287,18 @@ config BSD_PROCESS_ACCT_V3
 	  for processing it. A preliminary version of these tools is available
 	  at <http://www.gnu.org/software/acct/>.
 
+config FHANDLE
+	bool "open by fhandle syscalls"
+	select EXPORTFS
+	help
+	  If you say Y here, a user level program will be able to map
+	  file names to handle and then later use the handle for
+	  different file system operations. This is useful in implementing
+	  userspace file servers, which now track files using handles instead
+	  of names. The handle would remain the same even if file names
+	  get renamed. Enables open_by_handle_at(2) and name_to_handle_at(2)
+	  syscalls.
+
 config TASKSTATS
 	bool "Export task/process statistics through netlink (EXPERIMENTAL)"
 	depends on NET
diff --git a/kernel/audit_watch.c b/kernel/audit_watch.c
index d2e3c7866460..e683869365d9 100644
--- a/kernel/audit_watch.c
+++ b/kernel/audit_watch.c
@@ -144,9 +144,9 @@ int audit_watch_compare(struct audit_watch *watch, unsigned long ino, dev_t dev)
 }
 
 /* Initialize a parent watch entry. */
-static struct audit_parent *audit_init_parent(struct nameidata *ndp)
+static struct audit_parent *audit_init_parent(struct path *path)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = ndp->path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = path->dentry->d_inode;
 	struct audit_parent *parent;
 	int ret;
 
@@ -353,53 +353,40 @@ static void audit_remove_parent_watches(struct audit_parent *parent)
 }
 
 /* Get path information necessary for adding watches. */
-static int audit_get_nd(char *path, struct nameidata **ndp, struct nameidata **ndw)
+static int audit_get_nd(struct audit_watch *watch, struct path *parent)
 {
-	struct nameidata *ndparent, *ndwatch;
+	struct nameidata nd;
+	struct dentry *d;
 	int err;
 
-	ndparent = kmalloc(sizeof(*ndparent), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (unlikely(!ndparent))
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	err = kern_path_parent(watch->path, &nd);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
 
-	ndwatch = kmalloc(sizeof(*ndwatch), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (unlikely(!ndwatch)) {
-		kfree(ndparent);
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (nd.last_type != LAST_NORM) {
+		path_put(&nd.path);
+		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	err = path_lookup(path, LOOKUP_PARENT, ndparent);
-	if (err) {
-		kfree(ndparent);
-		kfree(ndwatch);
-		return err;
+	mutex_lock_nested(&nd.path.dentry->d_inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
+	d = lookup_one_len(nd.last.name, nd.path.dentry, nd.last.len);
+	if (IS_ERR(d)) {
+		mutex_unlock(&nd.path.dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
+		path_put(&nd.path);
+		return PTR_ERR(d);
 	}
-
-	err = path_lookup(path, 0, ndwatch);
-	if (err) {
-		kfree(ndwatch);
-		ndwatch = NULL;
+	if (d->d_inode) {
+		/* update watch filter fields */
+		watch->dev = d->d_inode->i_sb->s_dev;
+		watch->ino = d->d_inode->i_ino;
 	}
+	mutex_unlock(&nd.path.dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
 
-	*ndp = ndparent;
-	*ndw = ndwatch;
-
+	*parent = nd.path;
+	dput(d);
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/* Release resources used for watch path information. */
-static void audit_put_nd(struct nameidata *ndp, struct nameidata *ndw)
-{
-	if (ndp) {
-		path_put(&ndp->path);
-		kfree(ndp);
-	}
-	if (ndw) {
-		path_put(&ndw->path);
-		kfree(ndw);
-	}
-}
-
 /* Associate the given rule with an existing parent.
  * Caller must hold audit_filter_mutex. */
 static void audit_add_to_parent(struct audit_krule *krule,
@@ -440,31 +427,24 @@ int audit_add_watch(struct audit_krule *krule, struct list_head **list)
 {
 	struct audit_watch *watch = krule->watch;
 	struct audit_parent *parent;
-	struct nameidata *ndp = NULL, *ndw = NULL;
+	struct path parent_path;
 	int h, ret = 0;
 
 	mutex_unlock(&audit_filter_mutex);
 
 	/* Avoid calling path_lookup under audit_filter_mutex. */
-	ret = audit_get_nd(watch->path, &ndp, &ndw);
-	if (ret) {
-		/* caller expects mutex locked */
-		mutex_lock(&audit_filter_mutex);
-		goto error;
-	}
+	ret = audit_get_nd(watch, &parent_path);
 
+	/* caller expects mutex locked */
 	mutex_lock(&audit_filter_mutex);
 
-	/* update watch filter fields */
-	if (ndw) {
-		watch->dev = ndw->path.dentry->d_inode->i_sb->s_dev;
-		watch->ino = ndw->path.dentry->d_inode->i_ino;
-	}
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 
 	/* either find an old parent or attach a new one */
-	parent = audit_find_parent(ndp->path.dentry->d_inode);
+	parent = audit_find_parent(parent_path.dentry->d_inode);
 	if (!parent) {
-		parent = audit_init_parent(ndp);
+		parent = audit_init_parent(&parent_path);
 		if (IS_ERR(parent)) {
 			ret = PTR_ERR(parent);
 			goto error;
@@ -479,9 +459,8 @@ int audit_add_watch(struct audit_krule *krule, struct list_head **list)
 	h = audit_hash_ino((u32)watch->ino);
 	*list = &audit_inode_hash[h];
 error:
-	audit_put_nd(ndp, ndw);		/* NULL args OK */
+	path_put(&parent_path);
 	return ret;
-
 }
 
 void audit_remove_watch_rule(struct audit_krule *krule)
diff --git a/kernel/sys_ni.c b/kernel/sys_ni.c
index c782fe9924c7..25cc41cd8f33 100644
--- a/kernel/sys_ni.c
+++ b/kernel/sys_ni.c
@@ -186,3 +186,8 @@ cond_syscall(sys_perf_event_open);
 /* fanotify! */
 cond_syscall(sys_fanotify_init);
 cond_syscall(sys_fanotify_mark);
+
+/* open by handle */
+cond_syscall(sys_name_to_handle_at);
+cond_syscall(sys_open_by_handle_at);
+cond_syscall(compat_sys_open_by_handle_at);
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl_binary.c b/kernel/sysctl_binary.c
index b875bedf7c9a..3b8e028b9601 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl_binary.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl_binary.c
@@ -1321,13 +1321,11 @@ static ssize_t binary_sysctl(const int *name, int nlen,
 	void __user *oldval, size_t oldlen, void __user *newval, size_t newlen)
 {
 	const struct bin_table *table = NULL;
-	struct nameidata nd;
 	struct vfsmount *mnt;
 	struct file *file;
 	ssize_t result;
 	char *pathname;
 	int flags;
-	int acc_mode;
 
 	pathname = sysctl_getname(name, nlen, &table);
 	result = PTR_ERR(pathname);
@@ -1337,28 +1335,17 @@ static ssize_t binary_sysctl(const int *name, int nlen,
 	/* How should the sysctl be accessed? */
 	if (oldval && oldlen && newval && newlen) {
 		flags = O_RDWR;
-		acc_mode = MAY_READ | MAY_WRITE;
 	} else if (newval && newlen) {
 		flags = O_WRONLY;
-		acc_mode = MAY_WRITE;
 	} else if (oldval && oldlen) {
 		flags = O_RDONLY;
-		acc_mode = MAY_READ;
 	} else {
 		result = 0;
 		goto out_putname;
 	}
 
 	mnt = current->nsproxy->pid_ns->proc_mnt;
-	result = vfs_path_lookup(mnt->mnt_root, mnt, pathname, 0, &nd);
-	if (result)
-		goto out_putname;
-
-	result = may_open(&nd.path, acc_mode, flags);
-	if (result)
-		goto out_putpath;
-
-	file = dentry_open(nd.path.dentry, nd.path.mnt, flags, current_cred());
+	file = file_open_root(mnt->mnt_root, mnt, pathname, flags);
 	result = PTR_ERR(file);
 	if (IS_ERR(file))
 		goto out_putname;
@@ -1370,10 +1357,6 @@ out_putname:
 	putname(pathname);
 out:
 	return result;
-
-out_putpath:
-	path_put(&nd.path);
-	goto out_putname;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 5ee67c990602..3437b65d6d6e 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -2144,8 +2144,10 @@ static int shmem_encode_fh(struct dentry *dentry, __u32 *fh, int *len,
 {
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
 
-	if (*len < 3)
+	if (*len < 3) {
+		*len = 3;
 		return 255;
+	}
 
 	if (inode_unhashed(inode)) {
 		/* Unfortunately insert_inode_hash is not idempotent,
diff --git a/net/core/scm.c b/net/core/scm.c
index bbe454450801..4c1ef026d695 100644
--- a/net/core/scm.c
+++ b/net/core/scm.c
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ static int scm_fp_copy(struct cmsghdr *cmsg, struct scm_fp_list **fplp)
 		int fd = fdp[i];
 		struct file *file;
 
-		if (fd < 0 || !(file = fget(fd)))
+		if (fd < 0 || !(file = fget_raw(fd)))
 			return -EBADF;
 		*fpp++ = file;
 		fpl->count++;
diff --git a/net/unix/af_unix.c b/net/unix/af_unix.c
index 437a99e560e1..ba5b8c208498 100644
--- a/net/unix/af_unix.c
+++ b/net/unix/af_unix.c
@@ -850,7 +850,7 @@ static int unix_bind(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *uaddr, int addr_len)
 		 * Get the parent directory, calculate the hash for last
 		 * component.
 		 */
-		err = path_lookup(sunaddr->sun_path, LOOKUP_PARENT, &nd);
+		err = kern_path_parent(sunaddr->sun_path, &nd);
 		if (err)
 			goto out_mknod_parent;
 
diff --git a/net/unix/garbage.c b/net/unix/garbage.c
index f89f83bf828e..b6f4b994eb35 100644
--- a/net/unix/garbage.c
+++ b/net/unix/garbage.c
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ struct sock *unix_get_socket(struct file *filp)
 	/*
 	 *	Socket ?
 	 */
-	if (S_ISSOCK(inode->i_mode)) {
+	if (S_ISSOCK(inode->i_mode) && !(filp->f_mode & FMODE_PATH)) {
 		struct socket *sock = SOCKET_I(inode);
 		struct sock *s = sock->sk;