diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/orangefs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/orangefs.txt
index 1dfdec790946..e2818b60a5c2 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/orangefs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/orangefs.txt
@@ -45,14 +45,11 @@ upstream version of the kernel client.
 BUILDING THE USERSPACE FILESYSTEM ON A SINGLE SERVER
 ====================================================
 
-When Orangefs is upstream, "--with-kernel" shouldn't be needed, but
-until then the path to where the kernel with the Orangefs kernel client
-patch was built is needed to ensure that pvfs2-client-core (the bridge
-between kernel space and user space) will build properly. You can omit
---prefix if you don't care that things are sprinkled around in
-/usr/local.
+You can omit --prefix if you don't care that things are sprinkled around in
+/usr/local. As of version 2.9.6, Orangefs uses Berkeley DB by default, we
+will probably be changing the default to lmdb soon.
 
-./configure --prefix=/opt/ofs --with-kernel=/path/to/orangefs/kernel
+./configure --prefix=/opt/ofs --with-db-backend=lmdb
 
 make
 
@@ -82,9 +79,6 @@ prove things are working with:
 
 /opt/osf/bin/pvfs2-ls /mymountpoint
 
-You might not want to enforce selinux, it doesn't seem to matter by
-linux 3.11...
-
 If stuff seems to be working, turn on the client core:
 /opt/osf/sbin/pvfs2-client -p /opt/osf/sbin/pvfs2-client-core
 
diff --git a/fs/orangefs/acl.c b/fs/orangefs/acl.c
index 7a3754488312..9108ef433e6d 100644
--- a/fs/orangefs/acl.c
+++ b/fs/orangefs/acl.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ struct posix_acl *orangefs_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
 	 * I don't do that for now.
 	 */
 	value = kmalloc(ORANGEFS_MAX_XATTR_VALUELEN, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (value == NULL)
+	if (!value)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
 	gossip_debug(GOSSIP_ACL_DEBUG,
@@ -61,9 +61,9 @@ struct posix_acl *orangefs_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
 	return acl;
 }
 
-int orangefs_set_acl(struct inode *inode, struct posix_acl *acl, int type)
+static int __orangefs_set_acl(struct inode *inode, struct posix_acl *acl,
+			      int type)
 {
-	struct orangefs_inode_s *orangefs_inode = ORANGEFS_I(inode);
 	int error = 0;
 	void *value = NULL;
 	size_t size = 0;
@@ -72,22 +72,6 @@ int orangefs_set_acl(struct inode *inode, struct posix_acl *acl, int type)
 	switch (type) {
 	case ACL_TYPE_ACCESS:
 		name = XATTR_NAME_POSIX_ACL_ACCESS;
-		if (acl) {
-			umode_t mode;
-
-			error = posix_acl_update_mode(inode, &mode, &acl);
-			if (error) {
-				gossip_err("%s: posix_acl_update_mode err: %d\n",
-					   __func__,
-					   error);
-				return error;
-			}
-
-			if (inode->i_mode != mode)
-				SetModeFlag(orangefs_inode);
-			inode->i_mode = mode;
-			mark_inode_dirty_sync(inode);
-		}
 		break;
 	case ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT:
 		name = XATTR_NAME_POSIX_ACL_DEFAULT;
@@ -132,6 +116,42 @@ out:
 	return error;
 }
 
+int orangefs_set_acl(struct inode *inode, struct posix_acl *acl, int type)
+{
+	int error;
+	struct iattr iattr;
+	int rc;
+
+	if (type == ACL_TYPE_ACCESS && acl) {
+		/*
+		 * posix_acl_update_mode checks to see if the permissions
+		 * described by the ACL can be encoded into the
+		 * object's mode. If so, it sets "acl" to NULL
+		 * and "mode" to the new desired value. It is up to
+		 * us to propagate the new mode back to the server...
+		 */
+		error = posix_acl_update_mode(inode, &iattr.ia_mode, &acl);
+		if (error) {
+			gossip_err("%s: posix_acl_update_mode err: %d\n",
+				   __func__,
+				   error);
+			return error;
+		}
+
+		if (acl) {
+			rc = __orangefs_set_acl(inode, acl, type);
+		} else {
+			iattr.ia_valid = ATTR_MODE;
+			rc = orangefs_inode_setattr(inode, &iattr);
+		}
+
+		return rc;
+
+	} else {
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+}
+
 int orangefs_init_acl(struct inode *inode, struct inode *dir)
 {
 	struct orangefs_inode_s *orangefs_inode = ORANGEFS_I(inode);
@@ -146,13 +166,14 @@ int orangefs_init_acl(struct inode *inode, struct inode *dir)
 		return error;
 
 	if (default_acl) {
-		error = orangefs_set_acl(inode, default_acl, ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT);
+		error = __orangefs_set_acl(inode, default_acl,
+					   ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT);
 		posix_acl_release(default_acl);
 	}
 
 	if (acl) {
 		if (!error)
-			error = orangefs_set_acl(inode, acl, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
+			error = __orangefs_set_acl(inode, acl, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
 		posix_acl_release(acl);
 	}
 
diff --git a/fs/orangefs/devorangefs-req.c b/fs/orangefs/devorangefs-req.c
index c19f0787c9c6..2826859bdc2c 100644
--- a/fs/orangefs/devorangefs-req.c
+++ b/fs/orangefs/devorangefs-req.c
@@ -461,13 +461,10 @@ static ssize_t orangefs_devreq_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb,
 	if (op->downcall.type != ORANGEFS_VFS_OP_READDIR)
 		goto wakeup;
 
-	op->downcall.trailer_buf =
-		vmalloc(op->downcall.trailer_size);
-	if (op->downcall.trailer_buf == NULL) {
-		gossip_err("%s: failed trailer vmalloc.\n",
-			   __func__);
+	op->downcall.trailer_buf = vmalloc(op->downcall.trailer_size);
+	if (!op->downcall.trailer_buf)
 		goto Enomem;
-	}
+
 	memset(op->downcall.trailer_buf, 0, op->downcall.trailer_size);
 	if (!copy_from_iter_full(op->downcall.trailer_buf,
 			         op->downcall.trailer_size, iter)) {
diff --git a/fs/orangefs/file.c b/fs/orangefs/file.c
index 28f38d813ad2..336ecbf8c268 100644
--- a/fs/orangefs/file.c
+++ b/fs/orangefs/file.c
@@ -646,14 +646,11 @@ static int orangefs_fsync(struct file *file,
 		       loff_t end,
 		       int datasync)
 {
-	int ret = -EINVAL;
+	int ret;
 	struct orangefs_inode_s *orangefs_inode =
 		ORANGEFS_I(file_inode(file));
 	struct orangefs_kernel_op_s *new_op = NULL;
 
-	/* required call */
-	filemap_write_and_wait_range(file->f_mapping, start, end);
-
 	new_op = op_alloc(ORANGEFS_VFS_OP_FSYNC);
 	if (!new_op)
 		return -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/fs/orangefs/orangefs-bufmap.c b/fs/orangefs/orangefs-bufmap.c
index 038d67545d9f..7ef473f3d642 100644
--- a/fs/orangefs/orangefs-bufmap.c
+++ b/fs/orangefs/orangefs-bufmap.c
@@ -244,20 +244,14 @@ orangefs_bufmap_alloc(struct ORANGEFS_dev_map_desc *user_desc)
 
 	bufmap->buffer_index_array =
 		kzalloc(DIV_ROUND_UP(bufmap->desc_count, BITS_PER_LONG), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!bufmap->buffer_index_array) {
-		gossip_err("orangefs: could not allocate %d buffer indices\n",
-				bufmap->desc_count);
+	if (!bufmap->buffer_index_array)
 		goto out_free_bufmap;
-	}
 
 	bufmap->desc_array =
 		kcalloc(bufmap->desc_count, sizeof(struct orangefs_bufmap_desc),
 			GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!bufmap->desc_array) {
-		gossip_err("orangefs: could not allocate %d descriptors\n",
-				bufmap->desc_count);
+	if (!bufmap->desc_array)
 		goto out_free_index_array;
-	}
 
 	bufmap->page_count = bufmap->total_size / PAGE_SIZE;
 
diff --git a/fs/orangefs/orangefs-debugfs.c b/fs/orangefs/orangefs-debugfs.c
index 716ed337f166..5f59917fd631 100644
--- a/fs/orangefs/orangefs-debugfs.c
+++ b/fs/orangefs/orangefs-debugfs.c
@@ -571,11 +571,8 @@ static int orangefs_prepare_cdm_array(char *debug_array_string)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	cdm_array =
-		kzalloc(cdm_element_count * sizeof(struct client_debug_mask),
-			GFP_KERNEL);
+	cdm_array = kcalloc(cdm_element_count, sizeof(*cdm_array), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!cdm_array) {
-		pr_info("malloc failed for cdm_array!\n");
 		rc = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/orangefs/orangefs-mod.c b/fs/orangefs/orangefs-mod.c
index c1b5174cb5a9..85ef87245a87 100644
--- a/fs/orangefs/orangefs-mod.c
+++ b/fs/orangefs/orangefs-mod.c
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ static int __init orangefs_init(void)
 	orangefs_htable_ops_in_progress =
 	    kcalloc(hash_table_size, sizeof(struct list_head), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!orangefs_htable_ops_in_progress) {
-		gossip_err("Failed to initialize op hashtable");
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto cleanup_inode;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/orangefs/super.c b/fs/orangefs/super.c
index 5a1bed6c8c6a..47f3fb9cbec4 100644
--- a/fs/orangefs/super.c
+++ b/fs/orangefs/super.c
@@ -107,10 +107,8 @@ static struct inode *orangefs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	struct orangefs_inode_s *orangefs_inode;
 
 	orangefs_inode = kmem_cache_alloc(orangefs_inode_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (orangefs_inode == NULL) {
-		gossip_err("Failed to allocate orangefs_inode\n");
+	if (!orangefs_inode)
 		return NULL;
-	}
 
 	/*
 	 * We want to clear everything except for rw_semaphore and the
diff --git a/fs/orangefs/xattr.c b/fs/orangefs/xattr.c
index 237c9c04dc3b..81ac88bb91ff 100644
--- a/fs/orangefs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/orangefs/xattr.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ ssize_t orangefs_inode_getxattr(struct inode *inode, const char *name,
 	if (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode))
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
-	if (strlen(name) > ORANGEFS_MAX_XATTR_NAMELEN)
+	if (strlen(name) >= ORANGEFS_MAX_XATTR_NAMELEN)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	fsuid = from_kuid(&init_user_ns, current_fsuid());
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ static int orangefs_inode_removexattr(struct inode *inode, const char *name,
 	struct orangefs_kernel_op_s *new_op = NULL;
 	int ret = -ENOMEM;
 
-	if (strlen(name) > ORANGEFS_MAX_XATTR_NAMELEN)
+	if (strlen(name) >= ORANGEFS_MAX_XATTR_NAMELEN)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	down_write(&orangefs_inode->xattr_sem);
@@ -233,13 +233,13 @@ int orangefs_inode_setxattr(struct inode *inode, const char *name,
 
 	if (size > ORANGEFS_MAX_XATTR_VALUELEN)
 		return -EINVAL;
-	if (strlen(name) > ORANGEFS_MAX_XATTR_NAMELEN)
+	if (strlen(name) >= ORANGEFS_MAX_XATTR_NAMELEN)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	internal_flag = convert_to_internal_xattr_flags(flags);
 
 	/* This is equivalent to a removexattr */
-	if (size == 0 && value == NULL) {
+	if (size == 0 && !value) {
 		gossip_debug(GOSSIP_XATTR_DEBUG,
 			     "removing xattr (%s)\n",
 			     name);
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ ssize_t orangefs_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, size_t size)
 	int i = 0;
 	int returned_count = 0;
 
-	if (size > 0 && buffer == NULL) {
+	if (size > 0 && !buffer) {
 		gossip_err("%s: bogus NULL pointers\n", __func__);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ static int orangefs_xattr_get_default(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
 
 }
 
-static struct xattr_handler orangefs_xattr_default_handler = {
+static const struct xattr_handler orangefs_xattr_default_handler = {
 	.prefix = "",  /* match any name => handlers called with full name */
 	.get = orangefs_xattr_get_default,
 	.set = orangefs_xattr_set_default,