diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_fs.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_fs.c
index 8dc2bb781605..b3684060465e 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_fs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_fs.c
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ static int ipathfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data,
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ipath_devs_lock, flags);
 		ret = create_device_files(sb, dd);
 		if (ret) {
-			deactivate_super(sb);
+			deactivate_locked_super(sb);
 			goto bail;
 		}
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&ipath_devs_lock, flags);
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/capi/capifs.c b/drivers/isdn/capi/capifs.c
index b129409925af..bff72d81f263 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/capi/capifs.c
+++ b/drivers/isdn/capi/capifs.c
@@ -75,15 +75,17 @@ static int capifs_remount(struct super_block *s, int *flags, char *data)
 		}
 	}
 
-	kfree(s->s_options);
-	s->s_options = new_opt;
+	mutex_lock(&s->s_root->d_inode->i_mutex);
 
+	replace_mount_options(s, new_opt);
 	config.setuid  = setuid;
 	config.setgid  = setgid;
 	config.uid     = uid;
 	config.gid     = gid;
 	config.mode    = mode;
 
+	mutex_unlock(&s->s_root->d_inode->i_mutex);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -154,13 +156,16 @@ void capifs_new_ncci(unsigned int number, dev_t device)
 	if (!inode)
 		return;
 	inode->i_ino = number+2;
+
+	dentry = get_node(number);
+
+	/* config contents is protected by root's i_mutex */
 	inode->i_uid = config.setuid ? config.uid : current_fsuid();
 	inode->i_gid = config.setgid ? config.gid : current_fsgid();
 	inode->i_mtime = inode->i_atime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
 	init_special_inode(inode, S_IFCHR|config.mode, device);
 	//inode->i_op = &capifs_file_inode_operations;
 
-	dentry = get_node(number);
 	if (!IS_ERR(dentry) && !dentry->d_inode)
 		d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
 	mutex_unlock(&capifs_root->d_inode->i_mutex);
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdsuper.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdsuper.c
index 92285d0089c2..af8b42e0a55b 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdsuper.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdsuper.c
@@ -74,8 +74,7 @@ static int get_sb_mtd_aux(struct file_system_type *fs_type, int flags,
 
 	ret = fill_super(sb, data, flags & MS_SILENT ? 1 : 0);
 	if (ret < 0) {
-		up_write(&sb->s_umount);
-		deactivate_super(sb);
+		deactivate_locked_super(sb);
 		return ret;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/osd/osd_uld.c b/drivers/scsi/osd/osd_uld.c
index f644c9571eab..22b59e13ba83 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/osd/osd_uld.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/osd/osd_uld.c
@@ -173,26 +173,26 @@ static const struct file_operations osd_fops = {
 	.unlocked_ioctl = osd_uld_ioctl,
 };
 
-struct osd_dev *osduld_path_lookup(const char *path)
+struct osd_dev *osduld_path_lookup(const char *name)
 {
-	struct nameidata nd;
+	struct path path;
 	struct inode *inode;
 	struct cdev *cdev;
 	struct osd_uld_device *uninitialized_var(oud);
 	int error;
 
-	if (!path || !*path) {
+	if (!name || !*name) {
 		OSD_ERR("Mount with !path || !*path\n");
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 	}
 
-	error = path_lookup(path, LOOKUP_FOLLOW, &nd);
+	error = kern_path(name, LOOKUP_FOLLOW, &path);
 	if (error) {
-		OSD_ERR("path_lookup of %s faild=>%d\n", path, error);
+		OSD_ERR("path_lookup of %s failed=>%d\n", name, error);
 		return ERR_PTR(error);
 	}
 
-	inode = nd.path.dentry->d_inode;
+	inode = path.dentry->d_inode;
 	error = -EINVAL; /* Not the right device e.g osd_uld_device */
 	if (!S_ISCHR(inode->i_mode)) {
 		OSD_DEBUG("!S_ISCHR()\n");
@@ -202,15 +202,15 @@ struct osd_dev *osduld_path_lookup(const char *path)
 	cdev = inode->i_cdev;
 	if (!cdev) {
 		OSD_ERR("Before mounting an OSD Based filesystem\n");
-		OSD_ERR("  user-mode must open+close the %s device\n", path);
-		OSD_ERR("  Example: bash: echo < %s\n", path);
+		OSD_ERR("  user-mode must open+close the %s device\n", name);
+		OSD_ERR("  Example: bash: echo < %s\n", name);
 		goto out;
 	}
 
 	/* The Magic wand. Is it our char-dev */
 	/* TODO: Support sg devices */
 	if (cdev->owner != THIS_MODULE) {
-		OSD_ERR("Error mounting %s - is not an OSD device\n", path);
+		OSD_ERR("Error mounting %s - is not an OSD device\n", name);
 		goto out;
 	}
 
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ struct osd_dev *osduld_path_lookup(const char *path)
 	error = 0;
 
 out:
-	path_put(&nd.path);
+	path_put(&path);
 	return error ? ERR_PTR(error) : &oud->od;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(osduld_path_lookup);
diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_super.c b/fs/9p/vfs_super.c
index 5f8ab8adb5f5..ab5547ff29a1 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_super.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_super.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include <linux/mount.h>
 #include <linux/idr.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 #include <net/9p/9p.h>
 #include <net/9p/client.h>
 
@@ -155,6 +156,7 @@ static int v9fs_get_sb(struct file_system_type *fs_type, int flags,
 
 	root = d_alloc_root(inode);
 	if (!root) {
+		iput(inode);
 		retval = -ENOMEM;
 		goto release_sb;
 	}
@@ -173,10 +175,7 @@ P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_VFS, " simple set mount, return 0\n");
 	return 0;
 
 release_sb:
-	if (sb) {
-		up_write(&sb->s_umount);
-		deactivate_super(sb);
-	}
+	deactivate_locked_super(sb);
 
 free_stat:
 	kfree(st);
@@ -230,9 +229,12 @@ static int v9fs_show_options(struct seq_file *m, struct vfsmount *mnt)
 static void
 v9fs_umount_begin(struct super_block *sb)
 {
-	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses = sb->s_fs_info;
+	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses;
 
+	lock_kernel();
+	v9ses = sb->s_fs_info;
 	v9fs_session_cancel(v9ses);
+	unlock_kernel();
 }
 
 static const struct super_operations v9fs_super_ops = {
diff --git a/fs/affs/super.c b/fs/affs/super.c
index 5ce695e707fe..63f5183f263b 100644
--- a/fs/affs/super.c
+++ b/fs/affs/super.c
@@ -507,8 +507,7 @@ affs_remount(struct super_block *sb, int *flags, char *data)
 		kfree(new_opts);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
-	kfree(sb->s_options);
-	sb->s_options = new_opts;
+	replace_mount_options(sb, new_opts);
 
 	sbi->s_flags = mount_flags;
 	sbi->s_mode  = mode;
diff --git a/fs/afs/super.c b/fs/afs/super.c
index aee239a048cb..76828e5f8a39 100644
--- a/fs/afs/super.c
+++ b/fs/afs/super.c
@@ -405,21 +405,20 @@ static int afs_get_sb(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
 		sb->s_flags = flags;
 		ret = afs_fill_super(sb, &params);
 		if (ret < 0) {
-			up_write(&sb->s_umount);
-			deactivate_super(sb);
+			deactivate_locked_super(sb);
 			goto error;
 		}
-		sb->s_options = new_opts;
+		save_mount_options(sb, new_opts);
 		sb->s_flags |= MS_ACTIVE;
 	} else {
 		_debug("reuse");
-		kfree(new_opts);
 		ASSERTCMP(sb->s_flags, &, MS_ACTIVE);
 	}
 
 	simple_set_mnt(mnt, sb);
 	afs_put_volume(params.volume);
 	afs_put_cell(params.cell);
+	kfree(new_opts);
 	_leave(" = 0 [%p]", sb);
 	return 0;
 
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/super.c b/fs/btrfs/super.c
index 3536bdb2d7cb..6dfae5b28f59 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/super.c
@@ -502,8 +502,7 @@ static int btrfs_get_sb(struct file_system_type *fs_type, int flags,
 
 	if (s->s_root) {
 		if ((flags ^ s->s_flags) & MS_RDONLY) {
-			up_write(&s->s_umount);
-			deactivate_super(s);
+			deactivate_locked_super(s);
 			error = -EBUSY;
 			goto error_close_devices;
 		}
@@ -517,8 +516,7 @@ static int btrfs_get_sb(struct file_system_type *fs_type, int flags,
 		error = btrfs_fill_super(s, fs_devices, data,
 					 flags & MS_SILENT ? 1 : 0);
 		if (error) {
-			up_write(&s->s_umount);
-			deactivate_super(s);
+			deactivate_locked_super(s);
 			goto error_free_subvol_name;
 		}
 
@@ -535,15 +533,13 @@ static int btrfs_get_sb(struct file_system_type *fs_type, int flags,
 		mutex_unlock(&s->s_root->d_inode->i_mutex);
 
 		if (IS_ERR(root)) {
-			up_write(&s->s_umount);
-			deactivate_super(s);
+			deactivate_locked_super(s);
 			error = PTR_ERR(root);
 			goto error_free_subvol_name;
 		}
 		if (!root->d_inode) {
 			dput(root);
-			up_write(&s->s_umount);
-			deactivate_super(s);
+			deactivate_locked_super(s);
 			error = -ENXIO;
 			goto error_free_subvol_name;
 		}
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
index 0d6d8b573652..5e6d35804d73 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/kthread.h>
 #include <linux/freezer.h>
+#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 #include "cifsfs.h"
 #include "cifspdu.h"
 #define DECLARE_GLOBALS_HERE
@@ -530,6 +531,7 @@ static void cifs_umount_begin(struct super_block *sb)
 	if (tcon == NULL)
 		return;
 
+	lock_kernel();
 	read_lock(&cifs_tcp_ses_lock);
 	if (tcon->tc_count == 1)
 		tcon->tidStatus = CifsExiting;
@@ -548,6 +550,7 @@ static void cifs_umount_begin(struct super_block *sb)
 	}
 /* BB FIXME - finish add checks for tidStatus BB */
 
+	unlock_kernel();
 	return;
 }
 
@@ -599,8 +602,7 @@ cifs_get_sb(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
 
 	rc = cifs_read_super(sb, data, dev_name, flags & MS_SILENT ? 1 : 0);
 	if (rc) {
-		up_write(&sb->s_umount);
-		deactivate_super(sb);
+		deactivate_locked_super(sb);
 		return rc;
 	}
 	sb->s_flags |= MS_ACTIVE;
diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index 1fcffebfb44f..75659a6fd1f8 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ restart:
 			if ((flags & DCACHE_REFERENCED)
 				&& (dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_REFERENCED)) {
 				dentry->d_flags &= ~DCACHE_REFERENCED;
-				list_move_tail(&dentry->d_lru, &referenced);
+				list_move(&dentry->d_lru, &referenced);
 				spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 			} else {
 				list_move_tail(&dentry->d_lru, &tmp);
diff --git a/fs/devpts/inode.c b/fs/devpts/inode.c
index 63a4a59e4148..21165cf934ff 100644
--- a/fs/devpts/inode.c
+++ b/fs/devpts/inode.c
@@ -389,11 +389,10 @@ static int devpts_get_sb(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
 	return 0;
 
 out_dput:
-	dput(s->s_root);
+	dput(s->s_root); /* undo dget() in simple_set_mnt() */
 
 out_undo_sget:
-	up_write(&s->s_umount);
-	deactivate_super(s);
+	deactivate_locked_super(s);
 	return error;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/main.c b/fs/ecryptfs/main.c
index ccabd5faa04d..9f0aa9883c28 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/main.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/main.c
@@ -614,9 +614,8 @@ static int ecryptfs_get_sb(struct file_system_type *fs_type, int flags,
 	}
 	goto out;
 out_abort:
-	dput(sb->s_root);
-	up_write(&sb->s_umount);
-	deactivate_super(sb);
+	dput(sb->s_root); /* aka mnt->mnt_root, as set by get_sb_nodev() */
+	deactivate_locked_super(sb);
 out:
 	return rc;
 }
diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index 639177b0eeac..895823d0149d 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -105,40 +105,28 @@ static inline void put_binfmt(struct linux_binfmt * fmt)
 SYSCALL_DEFINE1(uselib, const char __user *, library)
 {
 	struct file *file;
-	struct nameidata nd;
 	char *tmp = getname(library);
 	int error = PTR_ERR(tmp);
 
-	if (!IS_ERR(tmp)) {
-		error = path_lookup_open(AT_FDCWD, tmp,
-					 LOOKUP_FOLLOW, &nd,
-					 FMODE_READ|FMODE_EXEC);
-		putname(tmp);
-	}
-	if (error)
+	if (IS_ERR(tmp))
 		goto out;
 
-	error = -EINVAL;
-	if (!S_ISREG(nd.path.dentry->d_inode->i_mode))
-		goto exit;
-
-	error = -EACCES;
-	if (nd.path.mnt->mnt_flags & MNT_NOEXEC)
-		goto exit;
-
-	error = inode_permission(nd.path.dentry->d_inode,
-				 MAY_READ | MAY_EXEC | MAY_OPEN);
-	if (error)
-		goto exit;
-	error = ima_path_check(&nd.path, MAY_READ | MAY_EXEC | MAY_OPEN);
-	if (error)
-		goto exit;
-
-	file = nameidata_to_filp(&nd, O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE);
+	file = do_filp_open(AT_FDCWD, tmp,
+				O_LARGEFILE | O_RDONLY | FMODE_EXEC, 0,
+				MAY_READ | MAY_EXEC | MAY_OPEN);
+	putname(tmp);
 	error = PTR_ERR(file);
 	if (IS_ERR(file))
 		goto out;
 
+	error = -EINVAL;
+	if (!S_ISREG(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_mode))
+		goto exit;
+
+	error = -EACCES;
+	if (file->f_path.mnt->mnt_flags & MNT_NOEXEC)
+		goto exit;
+
 	fsnotify_open(file->f_path.dentry);
 
 	error = -ENOEXEC;
@@ -160,13 +148,10 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(uselib, const char __user *, library)
 		}
 		read_unlock(&binfmt_lock);
 	}
+exit:
 	fput(file);
 out:
   	return error;
-exit:
-	release_open_intent(&nd);
-	path_put(&nd.path);
-	goto out;
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MMU
@@ -661,47 +646,33 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(setup_arg_pages);
 
 struct file *open_exec(const char *name)
 {
-	struct nameidata nd;
 	struct file *file;
 	int err;
 
-	err = path_lookup_open(AT_FDCWD, name, LOOKUP_FOLLOW, &nd,
-				FMODE_READ|FMODE_EXEC);
-	if (err)
+	file = do_filp_open(AT_FDCWD, name,
+				O_LARGEFILE | O_RDONLY | FMODE_EXEC, 0,
+				MAY_EXEC | MAY_OPEN);
+	if (IS_ERR(file))
 		goto out;
 
 	err = -EACCES;
-	if (!S_ISREG(nd.path.dentry->d_inode->i_mode))
-		goto out_path_put;
+	if (!S_ISREG(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_mode))
+		goto exit;
 
-	if (nd.path.mnt->mnt_flags & MNT_NOEXEC)
-		goto out_path_put;
-
-	err = inode_permission(nd.path.dentry->d_inode, MAY_EXEC | MAY_OPEN);
-	if (err)
-		goto out_path_put;
-	err = ima_path_check(&nd.path, MAY_EXEC | MAY_OPEN);
-	if (err)
-		goto out_path_put;
-
-	file = nameidata_to_filp(&nd, O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE);
-	if (IS_ERR(file))
-		return file;
+	if (file->f_path.mnt->mnt_flags & MNT_NOEXEC)
+		goto exit;
 
 	fsnotify_open(file->f_path.dentry);
 
 	err = deny_write_access(file);
-	if (err) {
-		fput(file);
-		goto out;
-	}
+	if (err)
+		goto exit;
 
+out:
 	return file;
 
- out_path_put:
-	release_open_intent(&nd);
-	path_put(&nd.path);
- out:
+exit:
+	fput(file);
 	return ERR_PTR(err);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(open_exec);
diff --git a/fs/fuse/inode.c b/fs/fuse/inode.c
index 459b73dd45e1..d1bc4d33ccbc 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/inode.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/inode.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <linux/random.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/exportfs.h>
+#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Filesystem in Userspace");
@@ -259,7 +260,9 @@ struct inode *fuse_iget(struct super_block *sb, u64 nodeid,
 
 static void fuse_umount_begin(struct super_block *sb)
 {
+	lock_kernel();
 	fuse_abort_conn(get_fuse_conn_super(sb));
+	unlock_kernel();
 }
 
 static void fuse_send_destroy(struct fuse_conn *fc)
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c b/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c
index 650a730707b7..1ff9473ea753 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c
@@ -1282,21 +1282,21 @@ static int gfs2_get_sb(struct file_system_type *fs_type, int flags,
 static struct super_block *get_gfs2_sb(const char *dev_name)
 {
 	struct super_block *sb;
-	struct nameidata nd;
+	struct path path;
 	int error;
 
-	error = path_lookup(dev_name, LOOKUP_FOLLOW, &nd);
+	error = kern_path(dev_name, LOOKUP_FOLLOW, &path);
 	if (error) {
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "GFS2: path_lookup on %s returned error %d\n",
 		       dev_name, error);
 		return NULL;
 	}
-	sb = nd.path.dentry->d_inode->i_sb;
+	sb = path.dentry->d_inode->i_sb;
 	if (sb && (sb->s_type == &gfs2_fs_type))
 		atomic_inc(&sb->s_active);
 	else
 		sb = NULL;
-	path_put(&nd.path);
+	path_put(&path);
 	return sb;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/hpfs/super.c b/fs/hpfs/super.c
index fecf402d7b8a..fc77965be841 100644
--- a/fs/hpfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/hpfs/super.c
@@ -423,8 +423,7 @@ static int hpfs_remount_fs(struct super_block *s, int *flags, char *data)
 
 	if (!(*flags & MS_RDONLY)) mark_dirty(s);
 
-	kfree(s->s_options);
-	s->s_options = new_opts;
+	replace_mount_options(s, new_opts);
 
 	return 0;
 
diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index 6ad14a1cd8c9..0571983755dc 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ static DEFINE_MUTEX(iprune_mutex);
  */
 struct inodes_stat_t inodes_stat;
 
-static struct kmem_cache * inode_cachep __read_mostly;
+static struct kmem_cache *inode_cachep __read_mostly;
 
 static void wake_up_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ struct inode *inode_init_always(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *inode)
 	static struct inode_operations empty_iops;
 	static const struct file_operations empty_fops;
 
-	struct address_space * const mapping = &inode->i_data;
+	struct address_space *const mapping = &inode->i_data;
 
 	inode->i_sb = sb;
 	inode->i_blkbits = sb->s_blocksize_bits;
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ static struct inode *alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-void destroy_inode(struct inode *inode) 
+void destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	BUG_ON(inode_has_buffers(inode));
 	security_inode_free(inode);
@@ -252,12 +252,11 @@ void inode_init_once(struct inode *inode)
 	mutex_init(&inode->inotify_mutex);
 #endif
 }
-
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(inode_init_once);
 
 static void init_once(void *foo)
 {
-	struct inode * inode = (struct inode *) foo;
+	struct inode *inode = (struct inode *) foo;
 
 	inode_init_once(inode);
 }
@@ -265,7 +264,7 @@ static void init_once(void *foo)
 /*
  * inode_lock must be held
  */
-void __iget(struct inode * inode)
+void __iget(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	if (atomic_read(&inode->i_count)) {
 		atomic_inc(&inode->i_count);
@@ -289,7 +288,7 @@ void clear_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	might_sleep();
 	invalidate_inode_buffers(inode);
-       
+
 	BUG_ON(inode->i_data.nrpages);
 	BUG_ON(!(inode->i_state & I_FREEING));
 	BUG_ON(inode->i_state & I_CLEAR);
@@ -303,7 +302,6 @@ void clear_inode(struct inode *inode)
 		cd_forget(inode);
 	inode->i_state = I_CLEAR;
 }
-
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(clear_inode);
 
 /*
@@ -351,8 +349,8 @@ static int invalidate_list(struct list_head *head, struct list_head *dispose)
 
 	next = head->next;
 	for (;;) {
-		struct list_head * tmp = next;
-		struct inode * inode;
+		struct list_head *tmp = next;
+		struct inode *inode;
 
 		/*
 		 * We can reschedule here without worrying about the list's
@@ -391,7 +389,7 @@ static int invalidate_list(struct list_head *head, struct list_head *dispose)
  *	fails because there are busy inodes then a non zero value is returned.
  *	If the discard is successful all the inodes have been discarded.
  */
-int invalidate_inodes(struct super_block * sb)
+int invalidate_inodes(struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	int busy;
 	LIST_HEAD(throw_away);
@@ -407,7 +405,6 @@ int invalidate_inodes(struct super_block * sb)
 
 	return busy;
 }
-
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(invalidate_inodes);
 
 static int can_unuse(struct inode *inode)
@@ -504,7 +501,7 @@ static int shrink_icache_memory(int nr, gfp_t gfp_mask)
 		 * Nasty deadlock avoidance.  We may hold various FS locks,
 		 * and we don't want to recurse into the FS that called us
 		 * in clear_inode() and friends..
-	 	 */
+		 */
 		if (!(gfp_mask & __GFP_FS))
 			return -1;
 		prune_icache(nr);
@@ -524,10 +521,13 @@ static void __wait_on_freeing_inode(struct inode *inode);
  * by hand after calling find_inode now! This simplifies iunique and won't
  * add any additional branch in the common code.
  */
-static struct inode * find_inode(struct super_block * sb, struct hlist_head *head, int (*test)(struct inode *, void *), void *data)
+static struct inode *find_inode(struct super_block *sb,
+				struct hlist_head *head,
+				int (*test)(struct inode *, void *),
+				void *data)
 {
 	struct hlist_node *node;
-	struct inode * inode = NULL;
+	struct inode *inode = NULL;
 
 repeat:
 	hlist_for_each_entry(inode, node, head, i_hash) {
@@ -548,10 +548,11 @@ repeat:
  * find_inode_fast is the fast path version of find_inode, see the comment at
  * iget_locked for details.
  */
-static struct inode * find_inode_fast(struct super_block * sb, struct hlist_head *head, unsigned long ino)
+static struct inode *find_inode_fast(struct super_block *sb,
+				struct hlist_head *head, unsigned long ino)
 {
 	struct hlist_node *node;
-	struct inode * inode = NULL;
+	struct inode *inode = NULL;
 
 repeat:
 	hlist_for_each_entry(inode, node, head, i_hash) {
@@ -631,10 +632,10 @@ struct inode *new_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	 * here to attempt to avoid that.
 	 */
 	static unsigned int last_ino;
-	struct inode * inode;
+	struct inode *inode;
 
 	spin_lock_prefetch(&inode_lock);
-	
+
 	inode = alloc_inode(sb);
 	if (inode) {
 		spin_lock(&inode_lock);
@@ -645,7 +646,6 @@ struct inode *new_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	}
 	return inode;
 }
-
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(new_inode);
 
 void unlock_new_inode(struct inode *inode)
@@ -674,7 +674,6 @@ void unlock_new_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	inode->i_state &= ~(I_LOCK|I_NEW);
 	wake_up_inode(inode);
 }
-
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(unlock_new_inode);
 
 /*
@@ -683,13 +682,17 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(unlock_new_inode);
  * We no longer cache the sb_flags in i_flags - see fs.h
  *	-- rmk@arm.uk.linux.org
  */
-static struct inode * get_new_inode(struct super_block *sb, struct hlist_head *head, int (*test)(struct inode *, void *), int (*set)(struct inode *, void *), void *data)
+static struct inode *get_new_inode(struct super_block *sb,
+				struct hlist_head *head,
+				int (*test)(struct inode *, void *),
+				int (*set)(struct inode *, void *),
+				void *data)
 {
-	struct inode * inode;
+	struct inode *inode;
 
 	inode = alloc_inode(sb);
 	if (inode) {
-		struct inode * old;
+		struct inode *old;
 
 		spin_lock(&inode_lock);
 		/* We released the lock, so.. */
@@ -731,13 +734,14 @@ set_failed:
  * get_new_inode_fast is the fast path version of get_new_inode, see the
  * comment at iget_locked for details.
  */
-static struct inode * get_new_inode_fast(struct super_block *sb, struct hlist_head *head, unsigned long ino)
+static struct inode *get_new_inode_fast(struct super_block *sb,
+				struct hlist_head *head, unsigned long ino)
 {
-	struct inode * inode;
+	struct inode *inode;
 
 	inode = alloc_inode(sb);
 	if (inode) {
-		struct inode * old;
+		struct inode *old;
 
 		spin_lock(&inode_lock);
 		/* We released the lock, so.. */
@@ -823,7 +827,6 @@ struct inode *igrab(struct inode *inode)
 	spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
 	return inode;
 }
-
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(igrab);
 
 /**
@@ -924,7 +927,6 @@ struct inode *ilookup5_nowait(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long hashval,
 
 	return ifind(sb, head, test, data, 0);
 }
-
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ilookup5_nowait);
 
 /**
@@ -953,7 +955,6 @@ struct inode *ilookup5(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long hashval,
 
 	return ifind(sb, head, test, data, 1);
 }
-
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ilookup5);
 
 /**
@@ -976,7 +977,6 @@ struct inode *ilookup(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino)
 
 	return ifind_fast(sb, head, ino);
 }
-
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ilookup);
 
 /**
@@ -1015,7 +1015,6 @@ struct inode *iget5_locked(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long hashval,
 	 */
 	return get_new_inode(sb, head, test, set, data);
 }
-
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(iget5_locked);
 
 /**
@@ -1047,7 +1046,6 @@ struct inode *iget_locked(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino)
 	 */
 	return get_new_inode_fast(sb, head, ino);
 }
-
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(iget_locked);
 
 int insert_inode_locked(struct inode *inode)
@@ -1076,7 +1074,6 @@ int insert_inode_locked(struct inode *inode)
 		iput(old);
 	}
 }
-
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(insert_inode_locked);
 
 int insert_inode_locked4(struct inode *inode, unsigned long hashval,
@@ -1106,7 +1103,6 @@ int insert_inode_locked4(struct inode *inode, unsigned long hashval,
 		iput(old);
 	}
 }
-
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(insert_inode_locked4);
 
 /**
@@ -1124,7 +1120,6 @@ void __insert_inode_hash(struct inode *inode, unsigned long hashval)
 	hlist_add_head(&inode->i_hash, head);
 	spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
 }
-
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__insert_inode_hash);
 
 /**
@@ -1139,7 +1134,6 @@ void remove_inode_hash(struct inode *inode)
 	hlist_del_init(&inode->i_hash);
 	spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
 }
-
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(remove_inode_hash);
 
 /*
@@ -1187,7 +1181,6 @@ void generic_delete_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	BUG_ON(inode->i_state != I_CLEAR);
 	destroy_inode(inode);
 }
-
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_delete_inode);
 
 static void generic_forget_inode(struct inode *inode)
@@ -1237,12 +1230,11 @@ void generic_drop_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	else
 		generic_forget_inode(inode);
 }
-
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(generic_drop_inode);
 
 /*
  * Called when we're dropping the last reference
- * to an inode. 
+ * to an inode.
  *
  * Call the FS "drop()" function, defaulting to
  * the legacy UNIX filesystem behaviour..
@@ -1262,7 +1254,7 @@ static inline void iput_final(struct inode *inode)
 }
 
 /**
- *	iput	- put an inode 
+ *	iput	- put an inode
  *	@inode: inode to put
  *
  *	Puts an inode, dropping its usage count. If the inode use count hits
@@ -1279,7 +1271,6 @@ void iput(struct inode *inode)
 			iput_final(inode);
 	}
 }
-
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(iput);
 
 /**
@@ -1290,10 +1281,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(iput);
  *	Returns the block number on the device holding the inode that
  *	is the disk block number for the block of the file requested.
  *	That is, asked for block 4 of inode 1 the function will return the
- *	disk block relative to the disk start that holds that block of the 
+ *	disk block relative to the disk start that holds that block of the
  *	file.
  */
-sector_t bmap(struct inode * inode, sector_t block)
+sector_t bmap(struct inode *inode, sector_t block)
 {
 	sector_t res = 0;
 	if (inode->i_mapping->a_ops->bmap)
@@ -1425,7 +1416,6 @@ void file_update_time(struct file *file)
 		mark_inode_dirty_sync(inode);
 	mnt_drop_write(file->f_path.mnt);
 }
-
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(file_update_time);
 
 int inode_needs_sync(struct inode *inode)
@@ -1436,7 +1426,6 @@ int inode_needs_sync(struct inode *inode)
 		return 1;
 	return 0;
 }
-
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(inode_needs_sync);
 
 int inode_wait(void *word)
diff --git a/fs/libfs.c b/fs/libfs.c
index cd223190c4e9..80046ddf5063 100644
--- a/fs/libfs.c
+++ b/fs/libfs.c
@@ -246,8 +246,7 @@ int get_sb_pseudo(struct file_system_type *fs_type, char *name,
 	return 0;
 
 Enomem:
-	up_write(&s->s_umount);
-	deactivate_super(s);
+	deactivate_locked_super(s);
 	return -ENOMEM;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 78f253cd2d4f..967c3db92724 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -1130,8 +1130,8 @@ int vfs_path_lookup(struct dentry *dentry, struct vfsmount *mnt,
  * @nd: pointer to nameidata
  * @open_flags: open intent flags
  */
-int path_lookup_open(int dfd, const char *name, unsigned int lookup_flags,
-		struct nameidata *nd, int open_flags)
+static int path_lookup_open(int dfd, const char *name,
+		unsigned int lookup_flags, struct nameidata *nd, int open_flags)
 {
 	struct file *filp = get_empty_filp();
 	int err;
@@ -1637,18 +1637,19 @@ static int open_will_write_to_fs(int flag, struct inode *inode)
  * open_to_namei_flags() for more details.
  */
 struct file *do_filp_open(int dfd, const char *pathname,
-		int open_flag, int mode)
+		int open_flag, int mode, int acc_mode)
 {
 	struct file *filp;
 	struct nameidata nd;
-	int acc_mode, error;
+	int error;
 	struct path path;
 	struct dentry *dir;
 	int count = 0;
 	int will_write;
 	int flag = open_to_namei_flags(open_flag);
 
-	acc_mode = MAY_OPEN | ACC_MODE(flag);
+	if (!acc_mode)
+		acc_mode = MAY_OPEN | ACC_MODE(flag);
 
 	/* O_TRUNC implies we need access checks for write permissions */
 	if (flag & O_TRUNC)
@@ -1869,7 +1870,7 @@ do_link:
  */
 struct file *filp_open(const char *filename, int flags, int mode)
 {
-	return do_filp_open(AT_FDCWD, filename, flags, mode);
+	return do_filp_open(AT_FDCWD, filename, flags, mode, 0);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(filp_open);
 
diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index 41196209a906..134d494158d9 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -695,12 +695,16 @@ static inline void mangle(struct seq_file *m, const char *s)
  */
 int generic_show_options(struct seq_file *m, struct vfsmount *mnt)
 {
-	const char *options = mnt->mnt_sb->s_options;
+	const char *options;
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	options = rcu_dereference(mnt->mnt_sb->s_options);
 
 	if (options != NULL && options[0]) {
 		seq_putc(m, ',');
 		mangle(m, options);
 	}
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -721,11 +725,22 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_show_options);
  */
 void save_mount_options(struct super_block *sb, char *options)
 {
-	kfree(sb->s_options);
-	sb->s_options = kstrdup(options, GFP_KERNEL);
+	BUG_ON(sb->s_options);
+	rcu_assign_pointer(sb->s_options, kstrdup(options, GFP_KERNEL));
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(save_mount_options);
 
+void replace_mount_options(struct super_block *sb, char *options)
+{
+	char *old = sb->s_options;
+	rcu_assign_pointer(sb->s_options, options);
+	if (old) {
+		synchronize_rcu();
+		kfree(old);
+	}
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(replace_mount_options);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
 /* iterator */
 static void *m_start(struct seq_file *m, loff_t *pos)
@@ -1073,9 +1088,7 @@ static int do_umount(struct vfsmount *mnt, int flags)
 	 */
 
 	if (flags & MNT_FORCE && sb->s_op->umount_begin) {
-		lock_kernel();
 		sb->s_op->umount_begin(sb);
-		unlock_kernel();
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/fs/nfs/super.c b/fs/nfs/super.c
index 6717200923fe..d2d67781c579 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/super.c
@@ -683,9 +683,12 @@ static int nfs_show_stats(struct seq_file *m, struct vfsmount *mnt)
  */
 static void nfs_umount_begin(struct super_block *sb)
 {
-	struct nfs_server *server = NFS_SB(sb);
+	struct nfs_server *server;
 	struct rpc_clnt *rpc;
 
+	lock_kernel();
+
+	server = NFS_SB(sb);
 	/* -EIO all pending I/O */
 	rpc = server->client_acl;
 	if (!IS_ERR(rpc))
@@ -693,6 +696,8 @@ static void nfs_umount_begin(struct super_block *sb)
 	rpc = server->client;
 	if (!IS_ERR(rpc))
 		rpc_killall_tasks(rpc);
+
+	unlock_kernel();
 }
 
 /*
@@ -2106,8 +2111,7 @@ out_err_nosb:
 error_splat_root:
 	dput(mntroot);
 error_splat_super:
-	up_write(&s->s_umount);
-	deactivate_super(s);
+	deactivate_locked_super(s);
 	goto out;
 }
 
@@ -2203,8 +2207,7 @@ out_err_noserver:
 	return error;
 
 error_splat_super:
-	up_write(&s->s_umount);
-	deactivate_super(s);
+	deactivate_locked_super(s);
 	dprintk("<-- nfs_xdev_get_sb() = %d [splat]\n", error);
 	return error;
 }
@@ -2464,8 +2467,7 @@ out_free:
 error_splat_root:
 	dput(mntroot);
 error_splat_super:
-	up_write(&s->s_umount);
-	deactivate_super(s);
+	deactivate_locked_super(s);
 	goto out;
 }
 
@@ -2559,8 +2561,7 @@ out_err_noserver:
 	return error;
 
 error_splat_super:
-	up_write(&s->s_umount);
-	deactivate_super(s);
+	deactivate_locked_super(s);
 	dprintk("<-- nfs4_xdev_get_sb() = %d [splat]\n", error);
 	return error;
 }
@@ -2644,8 +2645,7 @@ out_err_noserver:
 	return error;
 
 error_splat_super:
-	up_write(&s->s_umount);
-	deactivate_super(s);
+	deactivate_locked_super(s);
 	dprintk("<-- nfs4_referral_get_sb() = %d [splat]\n", error);
 	return error;
 }
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/symlink.c b/fs/ocfs2/symlink.c
index ed0a0cfd68d2..579dd1b1110f 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/symlink.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
 #include <linux/utsname.h>
+#include <linux/namei.h>
 
 #define MLOG_MASK_PREFIX ML_NAMEI
 #include <cluster/masklog.h>
@@ -54,26 +55,6 @@
 
 #include "buffer_head_io.h"
 
-static char *ocfs2_page_getlink(struct dentry * dentry,
-				struct page **ppage);
-static char *ocfs2_fast_symlink_getlink(struct inode *inode,
-					struct buffer_head **bh);
-
-/* get the link contents into pagecache */
-static char *ocfs2_page_getlink(struct dentry * dentry,
-				struct page **ppage)
-{
-	struct page * page;
-	struct address_space *mapping = dentry->d_inode->i_mapping;
-	page = read_mapping_page(mapping, 0, NULL);
-	if (IS_ERR(page))
-		goto sync_fail;
-	*ppage = page;
-	return kmap(page);
-
-sync_fail:
-	return (char*)page;
-}
 
 static char *ocfs2_fast_symlink_getlink(struct inode *inode,
 					struct buffer_head **bh)
@@ -128,40 +109,55 @@ out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static void *ocfs2_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry,
-			       struct nameidata *nd)
+static void *ocfs2_fast_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry,
+				    struct nameidata *nd)
 {
-	int status;
-	char *link;
+	int status = 0;
+	int len;
+	char *target, *link = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
-	struct page *page = NULL;
 	struct buffer_head *bh = NULL;
-	
-	if (ocfs2_inode_is_fast_symlink(inode))
-		link = ocfs2_fast_symlink_getlink(inode, &bh);
-	else
-		link = ocfs2_page_getlink(dentry, &page);
-	if (IS_ERR(link)) {
-		status = PTR_ERR(link);
+
+	mlog_entry_void();
+
+	BUG_ON(!ocfs2_inode_is_fast_symlink(inode));
+	target = ocfs2_fast_symlink_getlink(inode, &bh);
+	if (IS_ERR(target)) {
+		status = PTR_ERR(target);
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		goto bail;
 	}
 
-	status = vfs_follow_link(nd, link);
+	/* Fast symlinks can't be large */
+	len = strlen(target);
+	link = kzalloc(len + 1, GFP_NOFS);
+	if (!link) {
+		status = -ENOMEM;
+		mlog_errno(status);
+		goto bail;
+	}
+
+	memcpy(link, target, len);
+	nd_set_link(nd, link);
 
 bail:
-	if (page) {
-		kunmap(page);
-		page_cache_release(page);
-	}
 	brelse(bh);
 
-	return ERR_PTR(status);
+	mlog_exit(status);
+	return status ? ERR_PTR(status) : link;
+}
+
+static void ocfs2_fast_put_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd, void *cookie)
+{
+	char *link = cookie;
+
+	kfree(link);
 }
 
 const struct inode_operations ocfs2_symlink_inode_operations = {
 	.readlink	= page_readlink,
-	.follow_link	= ocfs2_follow_link,
+	.follow_link	= page_follow_link_light,
+	.put_link	= page_put_link,
 	.getattr	= ocfs2_getattr,
 	.setattr	= ocfs2_setattr,
 	.setxattr	= generic_setxattr,
@@ -171,7 +167,8 @@ const struct inode_operations ocfs2_symlink_inode_operations = {
 };
 const struct inode_operations ocfs2_fast_symlink_inode_operations = {
 	.readlink	= ocfs2_readlink,
-	.follow_link	= ocfs2_follow_link,
+	.follow_link	= ocfs2_fast_follow_link,
+	.put_link	= ocfs2_fast_put_link,
 	.getattr	= ocfs2_getattr,
 	.setattr	= ocfs2_setattr,
 	.setxattr	= generic_setxattr,
diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index 377eb25b6abf..bdfbf03615a4 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -1033,7 +1033,7 @@ long do_sys_open(int dfd, const char __user *filename, int flags, int mode)
 	if (!IS_ERR(tmp)) {
 		fd = get_unused_fd_flags(flags);
 		if (fd >= 0) {
-			struct file *f = do_filp_open(dfd, tmp, flags, mode);
+			struct file *f = do_filp_open(dfd, tmp, flags, mode, 0);
 			if (IS_ERR(f)) {
 				put_unused_fd(fd);
 				fd = PTR_ERR(f);
diff --git a/fs/proc/root.c b/fs/proc/root.c
index 1e15a2b176e8..b080b791d9e3 100644
--- a/fs/proc/root.c
+++ b/fs/proc/root.c
@@ -67,8 +67,7 @@ static int proc_get_sb(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
 		sb->s_flags = flags;
 		err = proc_fill_super(sb);
 		if (err) {
-			up_write(&sb->s_umount);
-			deactivate_super(sb);
+			deactivate_locked_super(sb);
 			return err;
 		}
 
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/dir.c b/fs/reiserfs/dir.c
index 67a80d7e59e2..45ee3d357c70 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/dir.c
@@ -41,6 +41,18 @@ static int reiserfs_dir_fsync(struct file *filp, struct dentry *dentry,
 
 #define store_ih(where,what) copy_item_head (where, what)
 
+static inline bool is_privroot_deh(struct dentry *dir,
+				   struct reiserfs_de_head *deh)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+#ifdef CONFIG_REISERFS_FS_XATTR
+	struct dentry *privroot = REISERFS_SB(dir->d_sb)->priv_root;
+	ret = (dir == dir->d_parent && privroot->d_inode &&
+	       deh->deh_objectid == INODE_PKEY(privroot->d_inode)->k_objectid);
+#endif
+	return ret;
+}
+
 int reiserfs_readdir_dentry(struct dentry *dentry, void *dirent,
 			   filldir_t filldir, loff_t *pos)
 {
@@ -138,18 +150,8 @@ int reiserfs_readdir_dentry(struct dentry *dentry, void *dirent,
 				}
 
 				/* Ignore the .reiserfs_priv entry */
-				if (reiserfs_xattrs(inode->i_sb) &&
-				    !old_format_only(inode->i_sb) &&
-				    dentry == inode->i_sb->s_root &&
-				    REISERFS_SB(inode->i_sb)->priv_root &&
-				    REISERFS_SB(inode->i_sb)->priv_root->d_inode
-				    && deh_objectid(deh) ==
-				    le32_to_cpu(INODE_PKEY
-						(REISERFS_SB(inode->i_sb)->
-						 priv_root->d_inode)->
-						k_objectid)) {
+				if (is_privroot_deh(dentry, deh))
 					continue;
-				}
 
 				d_off = deh_offset(deh);
 				*pos = d_off;
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/namei.c b/fs/reiserfs/namei.c
index efd4d720718e..271579128634 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/namei.c
@@ -338,21 +338,8 @@ static struct dentry *reiserfs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 				&path_to_entry, &de);
 	pathrelse(&path_to_entry);
 	if (retval == NAME_FOUND) {
-		/* Hide the .reiserfs_priv directory */
-		if (reiserfs_xattrs(dir->i_sb) &&
-		    !old_format_only(dir->i_sb) &&
-		    REISERFS_SB(dir->i_sb)->priv_root &&
-		    REISERFS_SB(dir->i_sb)->priv_root->d_inode &&
-		    de.de_objectid ==
-		    le32_to_cpu(INODE_PKEY
-				(REISERFS_SB(dir->i_sb)->priv_root->d_inode)->
-				k_objectid)) {
-			reiserfs_write_unlock(dir->i_sb);
-			return ERR_PTR(-EACCES);
-		}
-
-		inode =
-		    reiserfs_iget(dir->i_sb, (struct cpu_key *)&(de.de_dir_id));
+		inode = reiserfs_iget(dir->i_sb,
+				      (struct cpu_key *)&(de.de_dir_id));
 		if (!inode || IS_ERR(inode)) {
 			reiserfs_write_unlock(dir->i_sb);
 			return ERR_PTR(-EACCES);
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/super.c b/fs/reiserfs/super.c
index 0ae6486d9046..1215a4f50cd2 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/super.c
@@ -1316,8 +1316,7 @@ static int reiserfs_remount(struct super_block *s, int *mount_flags, char *arg)
 	}
 
 out_ok:
-	kfree(s->s_options);
-	s->s_options = new_opts;
+	replace_mount_options(s, new_opts);
 	return 0;
 
 out_err:
@@ -1842,7 +1841,8 @@ static int reiserfs_fill_super(struct super_block *s, void *data, int silent)
 			goto error;
 		}
 
-		if ((errval = reiserfs_xattr_init(s, s->s_flags))) {
+		if ((errval = reiserfs_lookup_privroot(s)) ||
+		    (errval = reiserfs_xattr_init(s, s->s_flags))) {
 			dput(s->s_root);
 			s->s_root = NULL;
 			goto error;
@@ -1855,7 +1855,8 @@ static int reiserfs_fill_super(struct super_block *s, void *data, int silent)
 			reiserfs_info(s, "using 3.5.x disk format\n");
 		}
 
-		if ((errval = reiserfs_xattr_init(s, s->s_flags))) {
+		if ((errval = reiserfs_lookup_privroot(s)) ||
+		    (errval = reiserfs_xattr_init(s, s->s_flags))) {
 			dput(s->s_root);
 			s->s_root = NULL;
 			goto error;
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c b/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
index f83f52bae390..2237e10c7c7c 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
@@ -113,41 +113,28 @@ static int xattr_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 
 #define xattr_may_create(flags)	(!flags || flags & XATTR_CREATE)
 
-/* Returns and possibly creates the xattr dir. */
-static struct dentry *lookup_or_create_dir(struct dentry *parent,
-					    const char *name, int flags)
-{
-	struct dentry *dentry;
-	BUG_ON(!parent);
-
-	dentry = lookup_one_len(name, parent, strlen(name));
-	if (IS_ERR(dentry))
-		return dentry;
-	else if (!dentry->d_inode) {
-		int err = -ENODATA;
-
-		if (xattr_may_create(flags)) {
-			mutex_lock_nested(&parent->d_inode->i_mutex,
-					  I_MUTEX_XATTR);
-			err = xattr_mkdir(parent->d_inode, dentry, 0700);
-			mutex_unlock(&parent->d_inode->i_mutex);
-		}
-
-		if (err) {
-			dput(dentry);
-			dentry = ERR_PTR(err);
-		}
-	}
-
-	return dentry;
-}
-
 static struct dentry *open_xa_root(struct super_block *sb, int flags)
 {
 	struct dentry *privroot = REISERFS_SB(sb)->priv_root;
-	if (!privroot)
+	struct dentry *xaroot;
+	if (!privroot->d_inode)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENODATA);
-	return lookup_or_create_dir(privroot, XAROOT_NAME, flags);
+
+	mutex_lock_nested(&privroot->d_inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_XATTR);
+
+	xaroot = dget(REISERFS_SB(sb)->xattr_root);
+	if (!xaroot->d_inode) {
+		int err = -ENODATA;
+		if (xattr_may_create(flags))
+			err = xattr_mkdir(privroot->d_inode, xaroot, 0700);
+		if (err) {
+			dput(xaroot);
+			xaroot = ERR_PTR(err);
+		}
+	}
+
+	mutex_unlock(&privroot->d_inode->i_mutex);
+	return xaroot;
 }
 
 static struct dentry *open_xa_dir(const struct inode *inode, int flags)
@@ -163,10 +150,22 @@ static struct dentry *open_xa_dir(const struct inode *inode, int flags)
 		 le32_to_cpu(INODE_PKEY(inode)->k_objectid),
 		 inode->i_generation);
 
-	xadir = lookup_or_create_dir(xaroot, namebuf, flags);
+	mutex_lock_nested(&xaroot->d_inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_XATTR);
+
+	xadir = lookup_one_len(namebuf, xaroot, strlen(namebuf));
+	if (!IS_ERR(xadir) && !xadir->d_inode) {
+		int err = -ENODATA;
+		if (xattr_may_create(flags))
+			err = xattr_mkdir(xaroot->d_inode, xadir, 0700);
+		if (err) {
+			dput(xadir);
+			xadir = ERR_PTR(err);
+		}
+	}
+
+	mutex_unlock(&xaroot->d_inode->i_mutex);
 	dput(xaroot);
 	return xadir;
-
 }
 
 /* The following are side effects of other operations that aren't explicitly
@@ -184,6 +183,7 @@ fill_with_dentries(void *buf, const char *name, int namelen, loff_t offset,
 {
 	struct reiserfs_dentry_buf *dbuf = buf;
 	struct dentry *dentry;
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(!mutex_is_locked(&dbuf->xadir->d_inode->i_mutex));
 
 	if (dbuf->count == ARRAY_SIZE(dbuf->dentries))
 		return -ENOSPC;
@@ -349,6 +349,7 @@ static struct dentry *xattr_lookup(struct inode *inode, const char *name,
 	if (IS_ERR(xadir))
 		return ERR_CAST(xadir);
 
+	mutex_lock_nested(&xadir->d_inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_XATTR);
 	xafile = lookup_one_len(name, xadir, strlen(name));
 	if (IS_ERR(xafile)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(xafile);
@@ -360,18 +361,15 @@ static struct dentry *xattr_lookup(struct inode *inode, const char *name,
 
 	if (!xafile->d_inode) {
 		err = -ENODATA;
-		if (xattr_may_create(flags)) {
-			mutex_lock_nested(&xadir->d_inode->i_mutex,
-					  I_MUTEX_XATTR);
+		if (xattr_may_create(flags))
 			err = xattr_create(xadir->d_inode, xafile,
 					      0700|S_IFREG);
-			mutex_unlock(&xadir->d_inode->i_mutex);
-		}
 	}
 
 	if (err)
 		dput(xafile);
 out:
+	mutex_unlock(&xadir->d_inode->i_mutex);
 	dput(xadir);
 	if (err)
 		return ERR_PTR(err);
@@ -435,6 +433,7 @@ static int lookup_and_delete_xattr(struct inode *inode, const char *name)
 	if (IS_ERR(xadir))
 		return PTR_ERR(xadir);
 
+	mutex_lock_nested(&xadir->d_inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_XATTR);
 	dentry = lookup_one_len(name, xadir, strlen(name));
 	if (IS_ERR(dentry)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(dentry);
@@ -442,14 +441,13 @@ static int lookup_and_delete_xattr(struct inode *inode, const char *name)
 	}
 
 	if (dentry->d_inode) {
-		mutex_lock_nested(&xadir->d_inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_XATTR);
 		err = xattr_unlink(xadir->d_inode, dentry);
-		mutex_unlock(&xadir->d_inode->i_mutex);
 		update_ctime(inode);
 	}
 
 	dput(dentry);
 out_dput:
+	mutex_unlock(&xadir->d_inode->i_mutex);
 	dput(xadir);
 	return err;
 }
@@ -843,7 +841,7 @@ ssize_t reiserfs_listxattr(struct dentry * dentry, char *buffer, size_t size)
 	if (!dentry->d_inode)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (!reiserfs_xattrs(dentry->d_sb) ||
+	if (!dentry->d_sb->s_xattr ||
 	    get_inode_sd_version(dentry->d_inode) == STAT_DATA_V1)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
@@ -906,19 +904,22 @@ static int create_privroot(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	int err;
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_parent->d_inode;
-	mutex_lock_nested(&inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_XATTR);
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(!mutex_is_locked(&inode->i_mutex));
+
 	err = xattr_mkdir(inode, dentry, 0700);
-	mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
-	if (err) {
-		dput(dentry);
-		dentry = NULL;
+	if (err || !dentry->d_inode) {
+		reiserfs_warning(dentry->d_sb, "jdm-20006",
+				 "xattrs/ACLs enabled and couldn't "
+				 "find/create .reiserfs_priv. "
+				 "Failing mount.");
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 	}
 
-	if (dentry && dentry->d_inode)
-		reiserfs_info(dentry->d_sb, "Created %s - reserved for xattr "
-			      "storage.\n", PRIVROOT_NAME);
+	dentry->d_inode->i_flags |= S_PRIVATE;
+	reiserfs_info(dentry->d_sb, "Created %s - reserved for xattr "
+		      "storage.\n", PRIVROOT_NAME);
 
-	return err;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int xattr_mount_check(struct super_block *s)
@@ -950,11 +951,9 @@ static int
 xattr_lookup_poison(struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *q1, struct qstr *name)
 {
 	struct dentry *priv_root = REISERFS_SB(dentry->d_sb)->priv_root;
-	if (name->len == priv_root->d_name.len &&
-	    name->hash == priv_root->d_name.hash &&
-	    !memcmp(name->name, priv_root->d_name.name, name->len)) {
+	if (container_of(q1, struct dentry, d_name) == priv_root)
 		return -ENOENT;
-	} else if (q1->len == name->len &&
+	if (q1->len == name->len &&
 		   !memcmp(q1->name, name->name, name->len))
 		return 0;
 	return 1;
@@ -964,59 +963,60 @@ static const struct dentry_operations xattr_lookup_poison_ops = {
 	.d_compare = xattr_lookup_poison,
 };
 
+int reiserfs_lookup_privroot(struct super_block *s)
+{
+	struct dentry *dentry;
+	int err = 0;
+
+	/* If we don't have the privroot located yet - go find it */
+	mutex_lock(&s->s_root->d_inode->i_mutex);
+	dentry = lookup_one_len(PRIVROOT_NAME, s->s_root,
+				strlen(PRIVROOT_NAME));
+	if (!IS_ERR(dentry)) {
+		REISERFS_SB(s)->priv_root = dentry;
+		s->s_root->d_op = &xattr_lookup_poison_ops;
+		if (dentry->d_inode)
+			dentry->d_inode->i_flags |= S_PRIVATE;
+	} else
+		err = PTR_ERR(dentry);
+	mutex_unlock(&s->s_root->d_inode->i_mutex);
+
+	return err;
+}
+
 /* We need to take a copy of the mount flags since things like
  * MS_RDONLY don't get set until *after* we're called.
  * mount_flags != mount_options */
 int reiserfs_xattr_init(struct super_block *s, int mount_flags)
 {
 	int err = 0;
+	struct dentry *privroot = REISERFS_SB(s)->priv_root;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_REISERFS_FS_XATTR
 	err = xattr_mount_check(s);
 	if (err)
 		goto error;
-#endif
 
-	/* If we don't have the privroot located yet - go find it */
-	if (!REISERFS_SB(s)->priv_root) {
-		struct dentry *dentry;
-		dentry = lookup_one_len(PRIVROOT_NAME, s->s_root,
-					strlen(PRIVROOT_NAME));
-		if (!IS_ERR(dentry)) {
-#ifdef CONFIG_REISERFS_FS_XATTR
-			if (!(mount_flags & MS_RDONLY) && !dentry->d_inode)
-				err = create_privroot(dentry);
-#endif
-			if (!dentry->d_inode) {
-				dput(dentry);
-				dentry = NULL;
-			}
-		} else
-			err = PTR_ERR(dentry);
-
-		if (!err && dentry) {
-			s->s_root->d_op = &xattr_lookup_poison_ops;
-			dentry->d_inode->i_flags |= S_PRIVATE;
-			REISERFS_SB(s)->priv_root = dentry;
-#ifdef CONFIG_REISERFS_FS_XATTR
-		/* xattrs are unavailable */
-		} else if (!(mount_flags & MS_RDONLY)) {
-			/* If we're read-only it just means that the dir
-			 * hasn't been created. Not an error -- just no
-			 * xattrs on the fs. We'll check again if we
-			 * go read-write */
-			reiserfs_warning(s, "jdm-20006",
-					 "xattrs/ACLs enabled and couldn't "
-					 "find/create .reiserfs_priv. "
-					 "Failing mount.");
-			err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
-#endif
-		}
+	if (!privroot->d_inode && !(mount_flags & MS_RDONLY)) {
+		mutex_lock(&s->s_root->d_inode->i_mutex);
+		err = create_privroot(REISERFS_SB(s)->priv_root);
+		mutex_unlock(&s->s_root->d_inode->i_mutex);
 	}
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_REISERFS_FS_XATTR
-	if (!err)
+	if (privroot->d_inode) {
 		s->s_xattr = reiserfs_xattr_handlers;
+		mutex_lock(&privroot->d_inode->i_mutex);
+		if (!REISERFS_SB(s)->xattr_root) {
+			struct dentry *dentry;
+			dentry = lookup_one_len(XAROOT_NAME, privroot,
+						strlen(XAROOT_NAME));
+			if (!IS_ERR(dentry))
+				REISERFS_SB(s)->xattr_root = dentry;
+			else
+				err = PTR_ERR(dentry);
+		}
+		mutex_unlock(&privroot->d_inode->i_mutex);
+	}
 
 error:
 	if (err) {
@@ -1026,11 +1026,12 @@ error:
 #endif
 
 	/* The super_block MS_POSIXACL must mirror the (no)acl mount option. */
-	s->s_flags = s->s_flags & ~MS_POSIXACL;
 #ifdef CONFIG_REISERFS_FS_POSIX_ACL
 	if (reiserfs_posixacl(s))
 		s->s_flags |= MS_POSIXACL;
+	else
 #endif
+		s->s_flags &= ~MS_POSIXACL;
 
 	return err;
 }
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/xattr_security.c b/fs/reiserfs/xattr_security.c
index 4d3c20e787c3..a92c8792c0f6 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/xattr_security.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/xattr_security.c
@@ -55,8 +55,16 @@ int reiserfs_security_init(struct inode *dir, struct inode *inode,
 			   struct reiserfs_security_handle *sec)
 {
 	int blocks = 0;
-	int error = security_inode_init_security(inode, dir, &sec->name,
-						 &sec->value, &sec->length);
+	int error;
+
+	sec->name = NULL;
+
+	/* Don't add selinux attributes on xattrs - they'll never get used */
+	if (IS_PRIVATE(dir))
+		return 0;
+
+	error = security_inode_init_security(inode, dir, &sec->name,
+					     &sec->value, &sec->length);
 	if (error) {
 		if (error == -EOPNOTSUPP)
 			error = 0;
diff --git a/fs/romfs/super.c b/fs/romfs/super.c
index c53b5ef8a02f..4ab3c03d8f95 100644
--- a/fs/romfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/romfs/super.c
@@ -298,7 +298,8 @@ static struct inode *romfs_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long pos)
 	struct romfs_inode ri;
 	struct inode *i;
 	unsigned long nlen;
-	unsigned nextfh, ret;
+	unsigned nextfh;
+	int ret;
 	umode_t mode;
 
 	/* we might have to traverse a chain of "hard link" file entries to get
diff --git a/fs/super.c b/fs/super.c
index 786fe7d72790..1943fdf655fa 100644
--- a/fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/super.c
@@ -207,6 +207,34 @@ void deactivate_super(struct super_block *s)
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(deactivate_super);
 
+/**
+ *	deactivate_locked_super	-	drop an active reference to superblock
+ *	@s: superblock to deactivate
+ *
+ *	Equivalent of up_write(&s->s_umount); deactivate_super(s);, except that
+ *	it does not unlock it until it's all over.  As the result, it's safe to
+ *	use to dispose of new superblock on ->get_sb() failure exits - nobody
+ *	will see the sucker until it's all over.  Equivalent using up_write +
+ *	deactivate_super is safe for that purpose only if superblock is either
+ *	safe to use or has NULL ->s_root when we unlock.
+ */
+void deactivate_locked_super(struct super_block *s)
+{
+	struct file_system_type *fs = s->s_type;
+	if (atomic_dec_and_lock(&s->s_active, &sb_lock)) {
+		s->s_count -= S_BIAS-1;
+		spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
+		vfs_dq_off(s, 0);
+		fs->kill_sb(s);
+		put_filesystem(fs);
+		put_super(s);
+	} else {
+		up_write(&s->s_umount);
+	}
+}
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(deactivate_locked_super);
+
 /**
  *	grab_super - acquire an active reference
  *	@s: reference we are trying to make active
@@ -797,8 +825,7 @@ int get_sb_ns(struct file_system_type *fs_type, int flags, void *data,
 		sb->s_flags = flags;
 		err = fill_super(sb, data, flags & MS_SILENT ? 1 : 0);
 		if (err) {
-			up_write(&sb->s_umount);
-			deactivate_super(sb);
+			deactivate_locked_super(sb);
 			return err;
 		}
 
@@ -854,8 +881,7 @@ int get_sb_bdev(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
 
 	if (s->s_root) {
 		if ((flags ^ s->s_flags) & MS_RDONLY) {
-			up_write(&s->s_umount);
-			deactivate_super(s);
+			deactivate_locked_super(s);
 			error = -EBUSY;
 			goto error_bdev;
 		}
@@ -870,8 +896,7 @@ int get_sb_bdev(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
 		sb_set_blocksize(s, block_size(bdev));
 		error = fill_super(s, data, flags & MS_SILENT ? 1 : 0);
 		if (error) {
-			up_write(&s->s_umount);
-			deactivate_super(s);
+			deactivate_locked_super(s);
 			goto error;
 		}
 
@@ -897,7 +922,7 @@ void kill_block_super(struct super_block *sb)
 	struct block_device *bdev = sb->s_bdev;
 	fmode_t mode = sb->s_mode;
 
-	bdev->bd_super = 0;
+	bdev->bd_super = NULL;
 	generic_shutdown_super(sb);
 	sync_blockdev(bdev);
 	close_bdev_exclusive(bdev, mode);
@@ -921,8 +946,7 @@ int get_sb_nodev(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
 
 	error = fill_super(s, data, flags & MS_SILENT ? 1 : 0);
 	if (error) {
-		up_write(&s->s_umount);
-		deactivate_super(s);
+		deactivate_locked_super(s);
 		return error;
 	}
 	s->s_flags |= MS_ACTIVE;
@@ -952,8 +976,7 @@ int get_sb_single(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
 		s->s_flags = flags;
 		error = fill_super(s, data, flags & MS_SILENT ? 1 : 0);
 		if (error) {
-			up_write(&s->s_umount);
-			deactivate_super(s);
+			deactivate_locked_super(s);
 			return error;
 		}
 		s->s_flags |= MS_ACTIVE;
@@ -1006,8 +1029,7 @@ vfs_kern_mount(struct file_system_type *type, int flags, const char *name, void
 	return mnt;
 out_sb:
 	dput(mnt->mnt_root);
-	up_write(&mnt->mnt_sb->s_umount);
-	deactivate_super(mnt->mnt_sb);
+	deactivate_locked_super(mnt->mnt_sb);
 out_free_secdata:
 	free_secdata(secdata);
 out_mnt:
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/super.c b/fs/ubifs/super.c
index faa44f90608a..e9f7a754c4f7 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/super.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/super.c
@@ -2055,8 +2055,7 @@ static int ubifs_get_sb(struct file_system_type *fs_type, int flags,
 	return 0;
 
 out_deact:
-	up_write(&sb->s_umount);
-	deactivate_super(sb);
+	deactivate_locked_super(sb);
 out_close:
 	ubi_close_volume(ubi);
 	return err;
diff --git a/fs/ufs/dir.c b/fs/ufs/dir.c
index dbbbc4668769..6321b797061b 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ufs/dir.c
@@ -666,6 +666,6 @@ not_empty:
 const struct file_operations ufs_dir_operations = {
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,
 	.readdir	= ufs_readdir,
-	.fsync		= file_fsync,
+	.fsync		= ufs_sync_file,
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
 };
diff --git a/fs/ufs/file.c b/fs/ufs/file.c
index 625ef17c6f83..2bd3a1615714 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/file.c
+++ b/fs/ufs/file.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #include "ufs.h"
 
 
-static int ufs_sync_file(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
+int ufs_sync_file(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
 	int err;
diff --git a/fs/ufs/ufs.h b/fs/ufs/ufs.h
index 69b3427d7885..d0c4acd4f1f3 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/ufs.h
+++ b/fs/ufs/ufs.h
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ extern void ufs_set_link(struct inode *dir, struct ufs_dir_entry *de,
 /* file.c */
 extern const struct inode_operations ufs_file_inode_operations;
 extern const struct file_operations ufs_file_operations;
-
 extern const struct address_space_operations ufs_aops;
+extern int ufs_sync_file(struct file *, struct dentry *, int);
 
 /* ialloc.c */
 extern void ufs_free_inode (struct inode *inode);
diff --git a/include/linux/Kbuild b/include/linux/Kbuild
index ca9b9b9bd331..3f0eaa397ef5 100644
--- a/include/linux/Kbuild
+++ b/include/linux/Kbuild
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ header-y += qnxtypes.h
 header-y += radeonfb.h
 header-y += raw.h
 header-y += resource.h
+header-y += romfs_fs.h
 header-y += rose.h
 header-y += serial_reg.h
 header-y += smbno.h
@@ -314,7 +315,6 @@ unifdef-y += irqnr.h
 unifdef-y += reboot.h
 unifdef-y += reiserfs_fs.h
 unifdef-y += reiserfs_xattr.h
-unifdef-y += romfs_fs.h
 unifdef-y += route.h
 unifdef-y += rtc.h
 unifdef-y += rtnetlink.h
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 5bed436f4353..3b534e527e09 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1775,6 +1775,7 @@ void kill_block_super(struct super_block *sb);
 void kill_anon_super(struct super_block *sb);
 void kill_litter_super(struct super_block *sb);
 void deactivate_super(struct super_block *sb);
+void deactivate_locked_super(struct super_block *sb);
 int set_anon_super(struct super_block *s, void *data);
 struct super_block *sget(struct file_system_type *type,
 			int (*test)(struct super_block *,void *),
@@ -2117,7 +2118,7 @@ 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 open_flag, int mode, int acc_mode);
 extern int may_open(struct path *, int, int);
 
 extern int kernel_read(struct file *, unsigned long, char *, unsigned long);
@@ -2367,6 +2368,7 @@ extern void file_update_time(struct file *file);
 
 extern int generic_show_options(struct seq_file *m, struct vfsmount *mnt);
 extern void save_mount_options(struct super_block *sb, char *options);
+extern void replace_mount_options(struct super_block *sb, char *options);
 
 static inline ino_t parent_ino(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/namei.h b/include/linux/namei.h
index fc2e03579877..518098fe63af 100644
--- a/include/linux/namei.h
+++ b/include/linux/namei.h
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ extern int path_lookup(const char *, unsigned, struct nameidata *);
 extern int vfs_path_lookup(struct dentry *, struct vfsmount *,
 			   const char *, unsigned int, struct nameidata *);
 
-extern int path_lookup_open(int dfd, const char *name, unsigned lookup_flags, struct nameidata *, int open_flags);
 extern struct file *lookup_instantiate_filp(struct nameidata *nd, struct dentry *dentry,
 		int (*open)(struct inode *, struct file *));
 extern struct file *nameidata_to_filp(struct nameidata *nd, int flags);
diff --git a/include/linux/reiserfs_fs_sb.h b/include/linux/reiserfs_fs_sb.h
index 6b361d23a499..6473650c28f1 100644
--- a/include/linux/reiserfs_fs_sb.h
+++ b/include/linux/reiserfs_fs_sb.h
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ struct reiserfs_sb_info {
 	int reserved_blocks;	/* amount of blocks reserved for further allocations */
 	spinlock_t bitmap_lock;	/* this lock on now only used to protect reserved_blocks variable */
 	struct dentry *priv_root;	/* root of /.reiserfs_priv */
-	struct dentry *xattr_root;	/* root of /.reiserfs_priv/.xa */
+	struct dentry *xattr_root;	/* root of /.reiserfs_priv/xattrs */
 	int j_errno;
 #ifdef CONFIG_QUOTA
 	char *s_qf_names[MAXQUOTAS];
@@ -488,7 +488,6 @@ enum reiserfs_mount_options {
 #define reiserfs_data_log(s) (REISERFS_SB(s)->s_mount_opt & (1 << REISERFS_DATA_LOG))
 #define reiserfs_data_ordered(s) (REISERFS_SB(s)->s_mount_opt & (1 << REISERFS_DATA_ORDERED))
 #define reiserfs_data_writeback(s) (REISERFS_SB(s)->s_mount_opt & (1 << REISERFS_DATA_WRITEBACK))
-#define reiserfs_xattrs(s) ((s)->s_xattr != NULL)
 #define reiserfs_xattrs_user(s) (REISERFS_SB(s)->s_mount_opt & (1 << REISERFS_XATTRS_USER))
 #define reiserfs_posixacl(s) (REISERFS_SB(s)->s_mount_opt & (1 << REISERFS_POSIXACL))
 #define reiserfs_xattrs_optional(s) (reiserfs_xattrs_user(s) || reiserfs_posixacl(s))
diff --git a/include/linux/reiserfs_xattr.h b/include/linux/reiserfs_xattr.h
index dcae01e63e40..cdedc01036e4 100644
--- a/include/linux/reiserfs_xattr.h
+++ b/include/linux/reiserfs_xattr.h
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ struct nameidata;
 int reiserfs_xattr_register_handlers(void) __init;
 void reiserfs_xattr_unregister_handlers(void);
 int reiserfs_xattr_init(struct super_block *sb, int mount_flags);
+int reiserfs_lookup_privroot(struct super_block *sb);
 int reiserfs_delete_xattrs(struct inode *inode);
 int reiserfs_chown_xattrs(struct inode *inode, struct iattr *attrs);
 
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ static inline size_t reiserfs_xattr_jcreate_nblocks(struct inode *inode)
 
 	if ((REISERFS_I(inode)->i_flags & i_has_xattr_dir) == 0) {
 		nblocks += JOURNAL_BLOCKS_PER_OBJECT(inode->i_sb);
-		if (REISERFS_SB(inode->i_sb)->xattr_root == NULL)
+		if (!REISERFS_SB(inode->i_sb)->xattr_root->d_inode)
 			nblocks += JOURNAL_BLOCKS_PER_OBJECT(inode->i_sb);
 	}
 
diff --git a/include/linux/romfs_fs.h b/include/linux/romfs_fs.h
index e20bbf9eb365..c490fbc43fe2 100644
--- a/include/linux/romfs_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/romfs_fs.h
@@ -53,9 +53,4 @@ struct romfs_inode {
 #define ROMFH_PAD (ROMFH_SIZE-1)
 #define ROMFH_MASK (~ROMFH_PAD)
 
-#ifdef __KERNEL__
-
-/* Not much now */
-
-#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 #endif
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index 382109b5baeb..a7267bfd3765 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -1133,8 +1133,7 @@ static int cgroup_get_sb(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
  free_cg_links:
 	free_cg_links(&tmp_cg_links);
  drop_new_super:
-	up_write(&sb->s_umount);
-	deactivate_super(sb);
+	deactivate_locked_super(sb);
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/security/tomoyo/common.c b/security/tomoyo/common.c
index d4d41b3efc7c..ddfb9cccf468 100644
--- a/security/tomoyo/common.c
+++ b/security/tomoyo/common.c
@@ -1720,14 +1720,14 @@ static bool tomoyo_policy_loader_exists(void)
 	 * policies are not loaded yet.
 	 * Thus, let do_execve() call this function everytime.
 	 */
-	struct nameidata nd;
+	struct path path;
 
-	if (path_lookup(tomoyo_loader, LOOKUP_FOLLOW, &nd)) {
+	if (kern_path(tomoyo_loader, LOOKUP_FOLLOW, &path)) {
 		printk(KERN_INFO "Not activating Mandatory Access Control now "
 		       "since %s doesn't exist.\n", tomoyo_loader);
 		return false;
 	}
-	path_put(&nd.path);
+	path_put(&path);
 	return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/security/tomoyo/realpath.c b/security/tomoyo/realpath.c
index bf8e2b451687..40927a84cb6e 100644
--- a/security/tomoyo/realpath.c
+++ b/security/tomoyo/realpath.c
@@ -165,11 +165,11 @@ char *tomoyo_realpath_from_path(struct path *path)
  */
 char *tomoyo_realpath(const char *pathname)
 {
-	struct nameidata nd;
+	struct path path;
 
-	if (pathname && path_lookup(pathname, LOOKUP_FOLLOW, &nd) == 0) {
-		char *buf = tomoyo_realpath_from_path(&nd.path);
-		path_put(&nd.path);
+	if (pathname && kern_path(pathname, LOOKUP_FOLLOW, &path) == 0) {
+		char *buf = tomoyo_realpath_from_path(&path);
+		path_put(&path);
 		return buf;
 	}
 	return NULL;
@@ -184,11 +184,11 @@ char *tomoyo_realpath(const char *pathname)
  */
 char *tomoyo_realpath_nofollow(const char *pathname)
 {
-	struct nameidata nd;
+	struct path path;
 
-	if (pathname && path_lookup(pathname, 0, &nd) == 0) {
-		char *buf = tomoyo_realpath_from_path(&nd.path);
-		path_put(&nd.path);
+	if (pathname && kern_path(pathname, 0, &path) == 0) {
+		char *buf = tomoyo_realpath_from_path(&path);
+		path_put(&path);
 		return buf;
 	}
 	return NULL;