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/file_table.c b/fs/file_table.c
index eb36b6b17e26..3c16e1ca163e 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 +288,23 @@ 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;
+}
+
 /*
  * Lightweight file lookup - no refcnt increment if fd table isn't shared.
  *
@@ -310,6 +326,33 @@ struct file *fget_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);
+		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);
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 33be51a2ddb7..e1d9f90d9776 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -1544,7 +1544,7 @@ static int path_init(int dfd, const char *name, unsigned int flags,
 	} else {
 		struct dentry *dentry;
 
-		file = fget_light(dfd, &fput_needed);
+		file = fget_raw_light(dfd, &fput_needed);
 		retval = -EBADF;
 		if (!file)
 			goto out_fail;
diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index 48afc5c139d2..14a51de01f54 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -669,11 +669,16 @@ 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 +692,15 @@ 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;
@@ -911,9 +922,18 @@ static inline int build_open_flags(int flags, int mode, struct open_flags *op)
 	if (flags & __O_SYNC)
 		flags |= O_DSYNC;
 
-	op->open_flag = flags;
+	/*
+	 * 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);
+	}
 
-	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)
@@ -926,7 +946,8 @@ static inline int build_open_flags(int flags, int mode, struct open_flags *op)
 
 	op->acc_mode = acc_mode;
 
-	op->intent = LOOKUP_OPEN;
+	op->intent = flags & O_PATH ? 0 : LOOKUP_OPEN;
+
 	if (flags & O_CREAT) {
 		op->intent |= LOOKUP_CREATE;
 		if (flags & O_EXCL)
@@ -1053,8 +1074,10 @@ 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/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/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 f2143e0942c2..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)