diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
index 61b31acb9176..57d827d6071d 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ of the locking scheme for directory operations.
 prototypes:
 	struct inode *(*alloc_inode)(struct super_block *sb);
 	void (*destroy_inode)(struct inode *);
-	void (*dirty_inode) (struct inode *);
+	void (*dirty_inode) (struct inode *, int flags);
 	int (*write_inode) (struct inode *, struct writeback_control *wbc);
 	int (*drop_inode) (struct inode *);
 	void (*evict_inode) (struct inode *);
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ locking rules:
 			s_umount
 alloc_inode:
 destroy_inode:
-dirty_inode:				(must not sleep)
+dirty_inode:
 write_inode:
 drop_inode:				!!!inode->i_lock!!!
 evict_inode:
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
index 21a7dc467bba..88b9f5519af9 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ struct super_operations {
         struct inode *(*alloc_inode)(struct super_block *sb);
         void (*destroy_inode)(struct inode *);
 
-        void (*dirty_inode) (struct inode *);
+        void (*dirty_inode) (struct inode *, int flags);
         int (*write_inode) (struct inode *, int);
         void (*drop_inode) (struct inode *);
         void (*delete_inode) (struct inode *);
diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c b/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
index 8d7f3e69ae29..7f6c67703195 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
@@ -814,7 +814,6 @@ int v9fs_vfs_unlink(struct inode *i, struct dentry *d)
 
 int v9fs_vfs_rmdir(struct inode *i, struct dentry *d)
 {
-	dentry_unhash(d);
 	return v9fs_remove(i, d, 1);
 }
 
@@ -840,9 +839,6 @@ v9fs_vfs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 	struct p9_fid *newdirfid;
 	struct p9_wstat wstat;
 
-	if (new_dentry->d_inode && S_ISDIR(new_dentry->d_inode->i_mode))
-		dentry_unhash(new_dentry);
-
 	P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "\n");
 	retval = 0;
 	old_inode = old_dentry->d_inode;
diff --git a/fs/affs/namei.c b/fs/affs/namei.c
index 03330e2e390c..e3e9efc1fdd8 100644
--- a/fs/affs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/affs/namei.c
@@ -320,8 +320,6 @@ affs_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 		 dentry->d_inode->i_ino,
 		 (int)dentry->d_name.len, dentry->d_name.name);
 
-	dentry_unhash(dentry);
-
 	return affs_remove_header(dentry);
 }
 
@@ -419,9 +417,6 @@ affs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 	struct buffer_head *bh = NULL;
 	int retval;
 
-	if (new_dentry->d_inode && S_ISDIR(new_dentry->d_inode->i_mode))
-		dentry_unhash(new_dentry);
-
 	pr_debug("AFFS: rename(old=%u,\"%*s\" to new=%u,\"%*s\")\n",
 		 (u32)old_dir->i_ino, (int)old_dentry->d_name.len, old_dentry->d_name.name,
 		 (u32)new_dir->i_ino, (int)new_dentry->d_name.len, new_dentry->d_name.name);
diff --git a/fs/afs/dir.c b/fs/afs/dir.c
index 2c4e05160042..20c106f24927 100644
--- a/fs/afs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/afs/dir.c
@@ -845,8 +845,6 @@ static int afs_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	_enter("{%x:%u},{%s}",
 	       dvnode->fid.vid, dvnode->fid.vnode, dentry->d_name.name);
 
-	dentry_unhash(dentry);
-
 	ret = -ENAMETOOLONG;
 	if (dentry->d_name.len >= AFSNAMEMAX)
 		goto error;
@@ -1148,9 +1146,6 @@ static int afs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 	struct key *key;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (new_dentry->d_inode && S_ISDIR(new_dentry->d_inode->i_mode))
-		dentry_unhash(new_dentry);
-
 	vnode = AFS_FS_I(old_dentry->d_inode);
 	orig_dvnode = AFS_FS_I(old_dir);
 	new_dvnode = AFS_FS_I(new_dir);
diff --git a/fs/attr.c b/fs/attr.c
index 91dbe2a107f2..caf2aa521e2b 100644
--- a/fs/attr.c
+++ b/fs/attr.c
@@ -175,6 +175,13 @@ int notify_change(struct dentry * dentry, struct iattr * attr)
 			return -EPERM;
 	}
 
+	if ((ia_valid & ATTR_MODE)) {
+		mode_t amode = attr->ia_mode;
+		/* Flag setting protected by i_mutex */
+		if (is_sxid(amode))
+			inode->i_flags &= ~S_NOSEC;
+	}
+
 	now = current_fs_time(inode->i_sb);
 
 	attr->ia_ctime = now;
diff --git a/fs/bfs/dir.c b/fs/bfs/dir.c
index c7d1d06b0483..b14cebfd9047 100644
--- a/fs/bfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/bfs/dir.c
@@ -224,9 +224,6 @@ static int bfs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 	struct bfs_sb_info *info;
 	int error = -ENOENT;
 
-	if (new_dentry->d_inode && S_ISDIR(new_dentry->d_inode->i_mode))
-		dentry_unhash(new_dentry);
-
 	old_bh = new_bh = NULL;
 	old_inode = old_dentry->d_inode;
 	if (S_ISDIR(old_inode->i_mode))
diff --git a/fs/bio.c b/fs/bio.c
index 840a0d755248..9bfade8a609b 100644
--- a/fs/bio.c
+++ b/fs/bio.c
@@ -638,10 +638,11 @@ static int __bio_add_page(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio, struct page
  *	@offset: vec entry offset
  *
  *	Attempt to add a page to the bio_vec maplist. This can fail for a
- *	number of reasons, such as the bio being full or target block
- *	device limitations. The target block device must allow bio's
- *      smaller than PAGE_SIZE, so it is always possible to add a single
- *      page to an empty bio. This should only be used by REQ_PC bios.
+ *	number of reasons, such as the bio being full or target block device
+ *	limitations. The target block device must allow bio's up to PAGE_SIZE,
+ *	so it is always possible to add a single page to an empty bio.
+ *
+ *	This should only be used by REQ_PC bios.
  */
 int bio_add_pc_page(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio, struct page *page,
 		    unsigned int len, unsigned int offset)
@@ -659,10 +660,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(bio_add_pc_page);
  *	@offset: vec entry offset
  *
  *	Attempt to add a page to the bio_vec maplist. This can fail for a
- *	number of reasons, such as the bio being full or target block
- *	device limitations. The target block device must allow bio's
- *      smaller than PAGE_SIZE, so it is always possible to add a single
- *      page to an empty bio.
+ *	number of reasons, such as the bio being full or target block device
+ *	limitations. The target block device must allow bio's up to PAGE_SIZE,
+ *	so it is always possible to add a single page to an empty bio.
  */
 int bio_add_page(struct bio *bio, struct page *page, unsigned int len,
 		 unsigned int offset)
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
index 332323e19dd1..6c093fa98f61 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
@@ -2524,7 +2524,7 @@ int btrfs_page_mkwrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf);
 int btrfs_readpage(struct file *file, struct page *page);
 void btrfs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode);
 int btrfs_write_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc);
-void btrfs_dirty_inode(struct inode *inode);
+void btrfs_dirty_inode(struct inode *inode, int flags);
 struct inode *btrfs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb);
 void btrfs_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode);
 int btrfs_drop_inode(struct inode *inode);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index bb51bb1fa44f..39a9d5750efd 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -4294,7 +4294,7 @@ int btrfs_write_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
  * FIXME, needs more benchmarking...there are no reasons other than performance
  * to keep or drop this code.
  */
-void btrfs_dirty_inode(struct inode *inode)
+void btrfs_dirty_inode(struct inode *inode, int flags)
 {
 	struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(inode)->root;
 	struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans;
diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index 698c6b2cc462..49c9aada0374 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -2382,6 +2382,7 @@ int __block_page_mkwrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf,
 		ret = -EAGAIN;
 		goto out_unlock;
 	}
+	wait_on_page_writeback(page);
 	return 0;
 out_unlock:
 	unlock_page(page);
diff --git a/fs/coda/dir.c b/fs/coda/dir.c
index a46126fd5735..2b8dae4d121e 100644
--- a/fs/coda/dir.c
+++ b/fs/coda/dir.c
@@ -336,8 +336,6 @@ static int coda_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *de)
 	int len = de->d_name.len;
 	int error;
 
-	dentry_unhash(de);
-
 	error = venus_rmdir(dir->i_sb, coda_i2f(dir), name, len);
 	if (!error) {
 		/* VFS may delete the child */
@@ -361,9 +359,6 @@ static int coda_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 	int new_length = new_dentry->d_name.len;
 	int error;
 
-	if (new_dentry->d_inode && S_ISDIR(new_dentry->d_inode->i_mode))
-		dentry_unhash(new_dentry);
-
 	error = venus_rename(old_dir->i_sb, coda_i2f(old_dir),
 			     coda_i2f(new_dir), old_length, new_length,
 			     (const char *) old_name, (const char *)new_name);
diff --git a/fs/configfs/dir.c b/fs/configfs/dir.c
index 9d17d350abc5..9a37a9b6de3a 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/dir.c
@@ -1359,8 +1359,6 @@ static int configfs_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	struct module *subsys_owner = NULL, *dead_item_owner = NULL;
 	int ret;
 
-	dentry_unhash(dentry);
-
 	if (dentry->d_parent == configfs_sb->s_root)
 		return -EPERM;
 
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
index bc116b9ffcf2..94ab3c06317a 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
@@ -521,8 +521,6 @@ static int ecryptfs_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	struct dentry *lower_dir_dentry;
 	int rc;
 
-	dentry_unhash(dentry);
-
 	lower_dentry = ecryptfs_dentry_to_lower(dentry);
 	dget(dentry);
 	lower_dir_dentry = lock_parent(lower_dentry);
@@ -575,9 +573,6 @@ ecryptfs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 	struct dentry *lower_new_dir_dentry;
 	struct dentry *trap = NULL;
 
-	if (new_dentry->d_inode && S_ISDIR(new_dentry->d_inode->i_mode))
-		dentry_unhash(new_dentry);
-
 	lower_old_dentry = ecryptfs_dentry_to_lower(old_dentry);
 	lower_new_dentry = ecryptfs_dentry_to_lower(new_dentry);
 	dget(lower_old_dentry);
diff --git a/fs/ext3/inode.c b/fs/ext3/inode.c
index 68b2e43d7c35..3451d23c3bae 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/inode.c
@@ -3392,7 +3392,7 @@ int ext3_mark_inode_dirty(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode)
  * so would cause a commit on atime updates, which we don't bother doing.
  * We handle synchronous inodes at the highest possible level.
  */
-void ext3_dirty_inode(struct inode *inode)
+void ext3_dirty_inode(struct inode *inode, int flags)
 {
 	handle_t *current_handle = ext3_journal_current_handle();
 	handle_t *handle;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index a74b89c09f90..1921392cd708 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -1813,7 +1813,7 @@ extern int  ext4_getattr(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry,
 extern void ext4_evict_inode(struct inode *);
 extern void ext4_clear_inode(struct inode *);
 extern int  ext4_sync_inode(handle_t *, struct inode *);
-extern void ext4_dirty_inode(struct inode *);
+extern void ext4_dirty_inode(struct inode *, int);
 extern int ext4_change_inode_journal_flag(struct inode *, int);
 extern int ext4_get_inode_loc(struct inode *, struct ext4_iloc *);
 extern int ext4_can_truncate(struct inode *inode);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 50d0e9c64584..a5763e3505ba 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -5733,7 +5733,7 @@ int ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode)
  * so would cause a commit on atime updates, which we don't bother doing.
  * We handle synchronous inodes at the highest possible level.
  */
-void ext4_dirty_inode(struct inode *inode)
+void ext4_dirty_inode(struct inode *inode, int flags)
 {
 	handle_t *handle;
 
diff --git a/fs/fat/namei_msdos.c b/fs/fat/namei_msdos.c
index be15437c272e..3b222dafd15b 100644
--- a/fs/fat/namei_msdos.c
+++ b/fs/fat/namei_msdos.c
@@ -326,8 +326,6 @@ static int msdos_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	struct fat_slot_info sinfo;
 	int err;
 
-	dentry_unhash(dentry);
-
 	lock_super(sb);
 	/*
 	 * Check whether the directory is not in use, then check
@@ -459,9 +457,6 @@ static int do_msdos_rename(struct inode *old_dir, unsigned char *old_name,
 	old_inode = old_dentry->d_inode;
 	new_inode = new_dentry->d_inode;
 
-	if (new_inode && S_ISDIR(new_inode->i_mode))
-		dentry_unhash(new_dentry);
-
 	err = fat_scan(old_dir, old_name, &old_sinfo);
 	if (err) {
 		err = -EIO;
diff --git a/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c b/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c
index c61a6789f36c..20b4ea53fdc4 100644
--- a/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c
+++ b/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c
@@ -824,8 +824,6 @@ static int vfat_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	struct fat_slot_info sinfo;
 	int err;
 
-	dentry_unhash(dentry);
-
 	lock_super(sb);
 
 	err = fat_dir_empty(inode);
@@ -933,9 +931,6 @@ static int vfat_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 	int err, is_dir, update_dotdot, corrupt = 0;
 	struct super_block *sb = old_dir->i_sb;
 
-	if (new_dentry->d_inode && S_ISDIR(new_dentry->d_inode->i_mode))
-		dentry_unhash(new_dentry);
-
 	old_sinfo.bh = sinfo.bh = dotdot_bh = NULL;
 	old_inode = old_dentry->d_inode;
 	new_inode = new_dentry->d_inode;
diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index 34591ee804b5..0f015a0468de 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -1007,9 +1007,6 @@ static noinline void block_dump___mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode)
  * In short, make sure you hash any inodes _before_ you start marking
  * them dirty.
  *
- * This function *must* be atomic for the I_DIRTY_PAGES case -
- * set_page_dirty() is called under spinlock in several places.
- *
  * Note that for blockdevs, inode->dirtied_when represents the dirtying time of
  * the block-special inode (/dev/hda1) itself.  And the ->dirtied_when field of
  * the kernel-internal blockdev inode represents the dirtying time of the
@@ -1028,7 +1025,7 @@ void __mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode, int flags)
 	 */
 	if (flags & (I_DIRTY_SYNC | I_DIRTY_DATASYNC)) {
 		if (sb->s_op->dirty_inode)
-			sb->s_op->dirty_inode(inode);
+			sb->s_op->dirty_inode(inode, flags);
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/fs/fuse/dir.c b/fs/fuse/dir.c
index 0d0e3faddcfa..d50160714595 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dir.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dir.c
@@ -667,8 +667,6 @@ static int fuse_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *entry)
 	if (IS_ERR(req))
 		return PTR_ERR(req);
 
-	dentry_unhash(entry);
-
 	req->in.h.opcode = FUSE_RMDIR;
 	req->in.h.nodeid = get_node_id(dir);
 	req->in.numargs = 1;
@@ -694,9 +692,6 @@ static int fuse_rename(struct inode *olddir, struct dentry *oldent,
 	struct fuse_conn *fc = get_fuse_conn(olddir);
 	struct fuse_req *req = fuse_get_req(fc);
 
-	if (newent->d_inode && S_ISDIR(newent->d_inode->i_mode))
-		dentry_unhash(newent);
-
 	if (IS_ERR(req))
 		return PTR_ERR(req);
 
diff --git a/fs/hfs/dir.c b/fs/hfs/dir.c
index 1cb70cdba2c1..b4d70b13be92 100644
--- a/fs/hfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/hfs/dir.c
@@ -253,9 +253,6 @@ static int hfs_remove(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
 	int res;
 
-	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
-		dentry_unhash(dentry);
-
 	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) && inode->i_size != 2)
 		return -ENOTEMPTY;
 	res = hfs_cat_delete(inode->i_ino, dir, &dentry->d_name);
@@ -286,9 +283,6 @@ static int hfs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 
 	/* Unlink destination if it already exists */
 	if (new_dentry->d_inode) {
-		if (S_ISDIR(new_dentry->d_inode->i_mode))
-			dentry_unhash(new_dentry);
-
 		res = hfs_remove(new_dir, new_dentry);
 		if (res)
 			return res;
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/dir.c b/fs/hfsplus/dir.c
index b28835091dd0..4df5059c25da 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/dir.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/dir.c
@@ -370,8 +370,6 @@ static int hfsplus_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
 	int res;
 
-	dentry_unhash(dentry);
-
 	if (inode->i_size != 2)
 		return -ENOTEMPTY;
 
@@ -469,12 +467,10 @@ static int hfsplus_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 
 	/* Unlink destination if it already exists */
 	if (new_dentry->d_inode) {
-		if (S_ISDIR(new_dentry->d_inode->i_mode)) {
-			dentry_unhash(new_dentry);
+		if (S_ISDIR(new_dentry->d_inode->i_mode))
 			res = hfsplus_rmdir(new_dir, new_dentry);
-		} else {
+		else
 			res = hfsplus_unlink(new_dir, new_dentry);
-		}
 		if (res)
 			return res;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
index e6816b9e6903..2638c834ed28 100644
--- a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
+++ b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
@@ -683,8 +683,6 @@ int hostfs_rmdir(struct inode *ino, struct dentry *dentry)
 	char *file;
 	int err;
 
-	dentry_unhash(dentry);
-
 	if ((file = dentry_name(dentry)) == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	err = do_rmdir(file);
@@ -738,9 +736,6 @@ int hostfs_rename(struct inode *from_ino, struct dentry *from,
 	char *from_name, *to_name;
 	int err;
 
-	if (to->d_inode && S_ISDIR(to->d_inode->i_mode))
-		dentry_unhash(to);
-
 	if ((from_name = dentry_name(from)) == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	if ((to_name = dentry_name(to)) == NULL) {
diff --git a/fs/hpfs/namei.c b/fs/hpfs/namei.c
index ff0ce21c0867..acf95dab2aac 100644
--- a/fs/hpfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/hpfs/namei.c
@@ -439,8 +439,6 @@ static int hpfs_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	int err;
 	int r;
 
-	dentry_unhash(dentry);
-
 	hpfs_adjust_length(name, &len);
 	hpfs_lock(dir->i_sb);
 	err = -ENOENT;
@@ -535,9 +533,6 @@ static int hpfs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 	struct fnode *fnode;
 	int err;
 
-	if (new_inode && S_ISDIR(new_inode->i_mode))
-		dentry_unhash(new_dentry);
-
 	if ((err = hpfs_chk_name(new_name, &new_len))) return err;
 	err = 0;
 	hpfs_adjust_length(old_name, &old_len);
diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index 990d284877a1..0f7e88a7803f 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 /*
- * linux/fs/inode.c
- *
  * (C) 1997 Linus Torvalds
+ * (C) 1999 Andrea Arcangeli <andrea@suse.de> (dynamic inode allocation)
  */
-
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/dcache.h>
@@ -27,10 +25,11 @@
 #include <linux/prefetch.h>
 #include <linux/ima.h>
 #include <linux/cred.h>
+#include <linux/buffer_head.h> /* for inode_has_buffers */
 #include "internal.h"
 
 /*
- * inode locking rules.
+ * Inode locking rules:
  *
  * inode->i_lock protects:
  *   inode->i_state, inode->i_hash, __iget()
@@ -60,54 +59,11 @@
  *   inode_hash_lock
  */
 
-/*
- * This is needed for the following functions:
- *  - inode_has_buffers
- *  - invalidate_bdev
- *
- * FIXME: remove all knowledge of the buffer layer from this file
- */
-#include <linux/buffer_head.h>
-
-/*
- * New inode.c implementation.
- *
- * This implementation has the basic premise of trying
- * to be extremely low-overhead and SMP-safe, yet be
- * simple enough to be "obviously correct".
- *
- * Famous last words.
- */
-
-/* inode dynamic allocation 1999, Andrea Arcangeli <andrea@suse.de> */
-
-/* #define INODE_PARANOIA 1 */
-/* #define INODE_DEBUG 1 */
-
-/*
- * Inode lookup is no longer as critical as it used to be:
- * most of the lookups are going to be through the dcache.
- */
-#define I_HASHBITS	i_hash_shift
-#define I_HASHMASK	i_hash_mask
-
 static unsigned int i_hash_mask __read_mostly;
 static unsigned int i_hash_shift __read_mostly;
 static struct hlist_head *inode_hashtable __read_mostly;
 static __cacheline_aligned_in_smp DEFINE_SPINLOCK(inode_hash_lock);
 
-/*
- * Each inode can be on two separate lists. One is
- * the hash list of the inode, used for lookups. The
- * other linked list is the "type" list:
- *  "in_use" - valid inode, i_count > 0, i_nlink > 0
- *  "dirty"  - as "in_use" but also dirty
- *  "unused" - valid inode, i_count = 0
- *
- * A "dirty" list is maintained for each super block,
- * allowing for low-overhead inode sync() operations.
- */
-
 static LIST_HEAD(inode_lru);
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(inode_lru_lock);
 
@@ -424,8 +380,8 @@ static unsigned long hash(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long hashval)
 
 	tmp = (hashval * (unsigned long)sb) ^ (GOLDEN_RATIO_PRIME + hashval) /
 			L1_CACHE_BYTES;
-	tmp = tmp ^ ((tmp ^ GOLDEN_RATIO_PRIME) >> I_HASHBITS);
-	return tmp & I_HASHMASK;
+	tmp = tmp ^ ((tmp ^ GOLDEN_RATIO_PRIME) >> i_hash_shift);
+	return tmp & i_hash_mask;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/dir.c b/fs/jffs2/dir.c
index 9a1e86fc1362..4bca6a2e5c07 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/dir.c
@@ -605,8 +605,6 @@ static int jffs2_rmdir (struct inode *dir_i, struct dentry *dentry)
 	int ret;
 	uint32_t now = get_seconds();
 
-	dentry_unhash(dentry);
-
 	for (fd = f->dents ; fd; fd = fd->next) {
 		if (fd->ino)
 			return -ENOTEMPTY;
@@ -782,9 +780,6 @@ static int jffs2_rename (struct inode *old_dir_i, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 	uint8_t type;
 	uint32_t now;
 
-	if (new_dentry->d_inode && S_ISDIR(new_dentry->d_inode->i_mode))
-		dentry_unhash(new_dentry);
-
 	/* The VFS will check for us and prevent trying to rename a
 	 * file over a directory and vice versa, but if it's a directory,
 	 * the VFS can't check whether the victim is empty. The filesystem
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/fs.c b/fs/jffs2/fs.c
index e896e67767eb..46ad619b6124 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/fs.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/fs.c
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ error:
 	return ERR_PTR(ret);
 }
 
-void jffs2_dirty_inode(struct inode *inode)
+void jffs2_dirty_inode(struct inode *inode, int flags)
 {
 	struct iattr iattr;
 
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/os-linux.h b/fs/jffs2/os-linux.h
index 00bae7cc2e48..65c6c43ca482 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/os-linux.h
+++ b/fs/jffs2/os-linux.h
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ int jffs2_setattr (struct dentry *, struct iattr *);
 int jffs2_do_setattr (struct inode *, struct iattr *);
 struct inode *jffs2_iget(struct super_block *, unsigned long);
 void jffs2_evict_inode (struct inode *);
-void jffs2_dirty_inode(struct inode *inode);
+void jffs2_dirty_inode(struct inode *inode, int flags);
 struct inode *jffs2_new_inode (struct inode *dir_i, int mode,
 			       struct jffs2_raw_inode *ri);
 int jffs2_statfs (struct dentry *, struct kstatfs *);
diff --git a/fs/jfs/inode.c b/fs/jfs/inode.c
index eddbb373209e..109655904bbc 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/inode.c
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ void jfs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	dquot_drop(inode);
 }
 
-void jfs_dirty_inode(struct inode *inode)
+void jfs_dirty_inode(struct inode *inode, int flags)
 {
 	static int noisy = 5;
 
diff --git a/fs/jfs/jfs_inode.h b/fs/jfs/jfs_inode.h
index 155e91eff07d..ec2fb8b945fc 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/jfs_inode.h
+++ b/fs/jfs/jfs_inode.h
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ extern struct inode *jfs_iget(struct super_block *, unsigned long);
 extern int jfs_commit_inode(struct inode *, int);
 extern int jfs_write_inode(struct inode *, struct writeback_control *);
 extern void jfs_evict_inode(struct inode *);
-extern void jfs_dirty_inode(struct inode *);
+extern void jfs_dirty_inode(struct inode *, int);
 extern void jfs_truncate(struct inode *);
 extern void jfs_truncate_nolock(struct inode *, loff_t);
 extern void jfs_free_zero_link(struct inode *);
diff --git a/fs/jfs/namei.c b/fs/jfs/namei.c
index 865df16a6cf3..eaaf2b511e89 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/namei.c
@@ -360,8 +360,6 @@ static int jfs_rmdir(struct inode *dip, struct dentry *dentry)
 
 	jfs_info("jfs_rmdir: dip:0x%p name:%s", dip, dentry->d_name.name);
 
-	dentry_unhash(dentry);
-
 	/* Init inode for quota operations. */
 	dquot_initialize(dip);
 	dquot_initialize(ip);
@@ -1097,9 +1095,6 @@ static int jfs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 	jfs_info("jfs_rename: %s %s", old_dentry->d_name.name,
 		 new_dentry->d_name.name);
 
-	if (new_dentry->d_inode && S_ISDIR(new_dentry->d_inode->i_mode))
-		dentry_unhash(new_dentry);
-
 	dquot_initialize(old_dir);
 	dquot_initialize(new_dir);
 
diff --git a/fs/logfs/dir.c b/fs/logfs/dir.c
index f34c9cde9e94..9ed89d1663f8 100644
--- a/fs/logfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/logfs/dir.c
@@ -273,8 +273,6 @@ static int logfs_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
 
-	dentry_unhash(dentry);
-
 	if (!logfs_empty_dir(inode))
 		return -ENOTEMPTY;
 
@@ -624,9 +622,6 @@ static int logfs_rename_cross(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 	loff_t pos;
 	int err;
 
-	if (new_dentry->d_inode && S_ISDIR(new_dentry->d_inode->i_mode))
-		dentry_unhash(new_dentry);
-
 	/* 1. locate source dd */
 	err = logfs_get_dd(old_dir, old_dentry, &dd, &pos);
 	if (err)
diff --git a/fs/minix/namei.c b/fs/minix/namei.c
index f60aed8db9c4..6e6777f1b4b2 100644
--- a/fs/minix/namei.c
+++ b/fs/minix/namei.c
@@ -168,8 +168,6 @@ static int minix_rmdir(struct inode * dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	struct inode * inode = dentry->d_inode;
 	int err = -ENOTEMPTY;
 
-	dentry_unhash(dentry);
-
 	if (minix_empty_dir(inode)) {
 		err = minix_unlink(dir, dentry);
 		if (!err) {
@@ -192,9 +190,6 @@ static int minix_rename(struct inode * old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 	struct minix_dir_entry * old_de;
 	int err = -ENOENT;
 
-	if (new_inode && S_ISDIR(new_inode->i_mode))
-		dentry_unhash(new_dentry);
-
 	old_de = minix_find_entry(old_dentry, &old_page);
 	if (!old_de)
 		goto out;
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 2358b326b221..1ab641f2e78e 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -919,12 +919,11 @@ static inline bool managed_dentry_might_block(struct dentry *dentry)
 }
 
 /*
- * Skip to top of mountpoint pile in rcuwalk mode.  We abort the rcu-walk if we
- * meet a managed dentry and we're not walking to "..".  True is returned to
- * continue, false to abort.
+ * Try to skip to top of mountpoint pile in rcuwalk mode.  Fail if
+ * we meet a managed dentry that would need blocking.
  */
 static bool __follow_mount_rcu(struct nameidata *nd, struct path *path,
-			       struct inode **inode, bool reverse_transit)
+			       struct inode **inode)
 {
 	for (;;) {
 		struct vfsmount *mounted;
@@ -933,8 +932,7 @@ static bool __follow_mount_rcu(struct nameidata *nd, struct path *path,
 		 * that wants to block transit.
 		 */
 		*inode = path->dentry->d_inode;
-		if (!reverse_transit &&
-		     unlikely(managed_dentry_might_block(path->dentry)))
+		if (unlikely(managed_dentry_might_block(path->dentry)))
 			return false;
 
 		if (!d_mountpoint(path->dentry))
@@ -947,16 +945,24 @@ static bool __follow_mount_rcu(struct nameidata *nd, struct path *path,
 		path->dentry = mounted->mnt_root;
 		nd->seq = read_seqcount_begin(&path->dentry->d_seq);
 	}
-
-	if (unlikely(path->dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_NEED_AUTOMOUNT))
-		return reverse_transit;
 	return true;
 }
 
+static void follow_mount_rcu(struct nameidata *nd)
+{
+	while (d_mountpoint(nd->path.dentry)) {
+		struct vfsmount *mounted;
+		mounted = __lookup_mnt(nd->path.mnt, nd->path.dentry, 1);
+		if (!mounted)
+			break;
+		nd->path.mnt = mounted;
+		nd->path.dentry = mounted->mnt_root;
+		nd->seq = read_seqcount_begin(&nd->path.dentry->d_seq);
+	}
+}
+
 static int follow_dotdot_rcu(struct nameidata *nd)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = nd->inode;
-
 	set_root_rcu(nd);
 
 	while (1) {
@@ -972,7 +978,6 @@ static int follow_dotdot_rcu(struct nameidata *nd)
 			seq = read_seqcount_begin(&parent->d_seq);
 			if (read_seqcount_retry(&old->d_seq, nd->seq))
 				goto failed;
-			inode = parent->d_inode;
 			nd->path.dentry = parent;
 			nd->seq = seq;
 			break;
@@ -980,10 +985,9 @@ static int follow_dotdot_rcu(struct nameidata *nd)
 		if (!follow_up_rcu(&nd->path))
 			break;
 		nd->seq = read_seqcount_begin(&nd->path.dentry->d_seq);
-		inode = nd->path.dentry->d_inode;
 	}
-	__follow_mount_rcu(nd, &nd->path, &inode, true);
-	nd->inode = inode;
+	follow_mount_rcu(nd);
+	nd->inode = nd->path.dentry->d_inode;
 	return 0;
 
 failed:
@@ -1157,8 +1161,11 @@ static int do_lookup(struct nameidata *nd, struct qstr *name,
 		}
 		path->mnt = mnt;
 		path->dentry = dentry;
-		if (likely(__follow_mount_rcu(nd, path, inode, false)))
-			return 0;
+		if (unlikely(!__follow_mount_rcu(nd, path, inode)))
+			goto unlazy;
+		if (unlikely(path->dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_NEED_AUTOMOUNT))
+			goto unlazy;
+		return 0;
 unlazy:
 		if (unlazy_walk(nd, dentry))
 			return -ECHILD;
diff --git a/fs/ncpfs/dir.c b/fs/ncpfs/dir.c
index e3e646b06404..9c51f621e901 100644
--- a/fs/ncpfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ncpfs/dir.c
@@ -1033,8 +1033,11 @@ static int ncp_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	DPRINTK("ncp_rmdir: removing %s/%s\n",
 		dentry->d_parent->d_name.name, dentry->d_name.name);
 
+	/*
+	 * fail with EBUSY if there are still references to this
+	 * directory.
+	 */
 	dentry_unhash(dentry);
-
 	error = -EBUSY;
 	if (!d_unhashed(dentry))
 		goto out;
@@ -1141,8 +1144,16 @@ static int ncp_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 		old_dentry->d_parent->d_name.name, old_dentry->d_name.name,
 		new_dentry->d_parent->d_name.name, new_dentry->d_name.name);
 
-	if (new_dentry->d_inode && S_ISDIR(new_dentry->d_inode->i_mode))
+	if (new_dentry->d_inode && S_ISDIR(new_dentry->d_inode->i_mode)) {
+		/*
+		 * fail with EBUSY if there are still references to this
+		 * directory.
+		 */
 		dentry_unhash(new_dentry);
+		error = -EBUSY;
+		if (!d_unhashed(new_dentry))
+			goto out;
+	}
 
 	ncp_age_dentry(server, old_dentry);
 	ncp_age_dentry(server, new_dentry);
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/inode.c b/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
index 587f18432832..b954878ad6ce 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
@@ -917,7 +917,7 @@ int nilfs_mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode)
  * construction. This function can be called both as a single operation
  * and as a part of indivisible file operations.
  */
-void nilfs_dirty_inode(struct inode *inode)
+void nilfs_dirty_inode(struct inode *inode, int flags)
 {
 	struct nilfs_transaction_info ti;
 	struct nilfs_mdt_info *mdi = NILFS_MDT(inode);
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/namei.c b/fs/nilfs2/namei.c
index 1102a5fbb744..546849b3e88f 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/namei.c
@@ -334,8 +334,6 @@ static int nilfs_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	struct nilfs_transaction_info ti;
 	int err;
 
-	dentry_unhash(dentry);
-
 	err = nilfs_transaction_begin(dir->i_sb, &ti, 0);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
@@ -371,9 +369,6 @@ static int nilfs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 	struct nilfs_transaction_info ti;
 	int err;
 
-	if (new_inode && S_ISDIR(new_inode->i_mode))
-		dentry_unhash(new_dentry);
-
 	err = nilfs_transaction_begin(old_dir->i_sb, &ti, 1);
 	if (unlikely(err))
 		return err;
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/nilfs.h b/fs/nilfs2/nilfs.h
index a9c6a531f80c..f02b9ad43a21 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/nilfs.h
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/nilfs.h
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ int nilfs_load_inode_block(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head **pbh);
 extern int nilfs_inode_dirty(struct inode *);
 int nilfs_set_file_dirty(struct inode *inode, unsigned nr_dirty);
 extern int nilfs_mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *);
-extern void nilfs_dirty_inode(struct inode *);
+extern void nilfs_dirty_inode(struct inode *, int flags);
 int nilfs_fiemap(struct inode *inode, struct fiemap_extent_info *fieinfo,
 		 __u64 start, __u64 len);
 
diff --git a/fs/omfs/dir.c b/fs/omfs/dir.c
index c368360c35a1..3b8d3979e03b 100644
--- a/fs/omfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/omfs/dir.c
@@ -241,11 +241,9 @@ static int omfs_remove(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	int ret;
 
 
-	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) {
-		dentry_unhash(dentry);
-		if (!omfs_dir_is_empty(inode))
-			return -ENOTEMPTY;
-	}
+	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) &&
+	    !omfs_dir_is_empty(inode))
+		return -ENOTEMPTY;
 
 	ret = omfs_delete_entry(dentry);
 	if (ret)
@@ -382,9 +380,6 @@ static int omfs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 	int err;
 
 	if (new_inode) {
-		if (S_ISDIR(new_inode->i_mode))
-			dentry_unhash(new_dentry);
-
 		/* overwriting existing file/dir */
 		err = omfs_remove(new_dir, new_dentry);
 		if (err)
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/namei.c b/fs/reiserfs/namei.c
index 76c8164d5651..118662690cdf 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/namei.c
@@ -831,8 +831,6 @@ static int reiserfs_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	INITIALIZE_PATH(path);
 	struct reiserfs_dir_entry de;
 
-	dentry_unhash(dentry);
-
 	/* we will be doing 2 balancings and update 2 stat data, we change quotas
 	 * of the owner of the directory and of the owner of the parent directory.
 	 * The quota structure is possibly deleted only on last iput => outside
@@ -1227,9 +1225,6 @@ static int reiserfs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 	unsigned long savelink = 1;
 	struct timespec ctime;
 
-	if (new_dentry->d_inode && S_ISDIR(new_dentry->d_inode->i_mode))
-		dentry_unhash(new_dentry);
-
 	/* three balancings: (1) old name removal, (2) new name insertion
 	   and (3) maybe "save" link insertion
 	   stat data updates: (1) old directory,
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/super.c b/fs/reiserfs/super.c
index b216ff6be1c9..aa91089162cb 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/super.c
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ static void destroy_inodecache(void)
 }
 
 /* we don't mark inodes dirty, we just log them */
-static void reiserfs_dirty_inode(struct inode *inode)
+static void reiserfs_dirty_inode(struct inode *inode, int flags)
 {
 	struct reiserfs_transaction_handle th;
 
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c b/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
index 50f1abccd1cd..e8a62f41b458 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ static int xattr_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 
 	reiserfs_mutex_lock_nested_safe(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex,
 					I_MUTEX_CHILD, dir->i_sb);
-	dentry_unhash(dentry);
 	error = dir->i_op->rmdir(dir, dentry);
 	if (!error)
 		dentry->d_inode->i_flags |= S_DEAD;
diff --git a/fs/sysv/namei.c b/fs/sysv/namei.c
index e2cc6756f3b1..e474fbcf8bde 100644
--- a/fs/sysv/namei.c
+++ b/fs/sysv/namei.c
@@ -196,8 +196,6 @@ static int sysv_rmdir(struct inode * dir, struct dentry * dentry)
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
 	int err = -ENOTEMPTY;
 
-	dentry_unhash(dentry);
-
 	if (sysv_empty_dir(inode)) {
 		err = sysv_unlink(dir, dentry);
 		if (!err) {
@@ -224,9 +222,6 @@ static int sysv_rename(struct inode * old_dir, struct dentry * old_dentry,
 	struct sysv_dir_entry * old_de;
 	int err = -ENOENT;
 
-	if (new_inode && S_ISDIR(new_inode->i_mode))
-		dentry_unhash(new_dentry);
-
 	old_de = sysv_find_entry(old_dentry, &old_page);
 	if (!old_de)
 		goto out;
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/dir.c b/fs/ubifs/dir.c
index c2b80943560d..ef5abd38f0bf 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/dir.c
@@ -656,8 +656,6 @@ static int ubifs_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	struct ubifs_inode *dir_ui = ubifs_inode(dir);
 	struct ubifs_budget_req req = { .mod_dent = 1, .dirtied_ino = 2 };
 
-	dentry_unhash(dentry);
-
 	/*
 	 * Budget request settings: deletion direntry, deletion inode and
 	 * changing the parent inode. If budgeting fails, go ahead anyway
@@ -978,9 +976,6 @@ static int ubifs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 			.dirtied_ino_d = ALIGN(old_inode_ui->data_len, 8) };
 	struct timespec time;
 
-	if (new_inode && S_ISDIR(new_inode->i_mode))
-		dentry_unhash(new_dentry);
-
 	/*
 	 * Budget request settings: deletion direntry, new direntry, removing
 	 * the old inode, and changing old and new parent directory inodes.
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/super.c b/fs/ubifs/super.c
index 6db0bdaa9f74..1ab0d22e4c94 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/super.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/super.c
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ done:
 	end_writeback(inode);
 }
 
-static void ubifs_dirty_inode(struct inode *inode)
+static void ubifs_dirty_inode(struct inode *inode, int flags)
 {
 	struct ubifs_inode *ui = ubifs_inode(inode);
 
diff --git a/fs/udf/namei.c b/fs/udf/namei.c
index 4d76594c2a8f..f1dce848ef96 100644
--- a/fs/udf/namei.c
+++ b/fs/udf/namei.c
@@ -783,8 +783,6 @@ static int udf_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	struct fileIdentDesc *fi, cfi;
 	struct kernel_lb_addr tloc;
 
-	dentry_unhash(dentry);
-
 	retval = -ENOENT;
 	fi = udf_find_entry(dir, &dentry->d_name, &fibh, &cfi);
 	if (!fi)
@@ -1083,9 +1081,6 @@ static int udf_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 	struct kernel_lb_addr tloc;
 	struct udf_inode_info *old_iinfo = UDF_I(old_inode);
 
-	if (new_inode && S_ISDIR(new_inode->i_mode))
-		dentry_unhash(new_dentry);
-
 	ofi = udf_find_entry(old_dir, &old_dentry->d_name, &ofibh, &ocfi);
 	if (ofi) {
 		if (ofibh.sbh != ofibh.ebh)
diff --git a/fs/ufs/namei.c b/fs/ufs/namei.c
index 953ebdfc5bf7..29309e25417f 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ufs/namei.c
@@ -258,8 +258,6 @@ static int ufs_rmdir (struct inode * dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	struct inode * inode = dentry->d_inode;
 	int err= -ENOTEMPTY;
 
-	dentry_unhash(dentry);
-
 	lock_ufs(dir->i_sb);
 	if (ufs_empty_dir (inode)) {
 		err = ufs_unlink(dir, dentry);
@@ -284,9 +282,6 @@ static int ufs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 	struct ufs_dir_entry *old_de;
 	int err = -ENOENT;
 
-	if (new_inode && S_ISDIR(new_inode->i_mode))
-		dentry_unhash(new_dentry);
-
 	old_de = ufs_find_entry(old_dir, &old_dentry->d_name, &old_page);
 	if (!old_de)
 		goto out;
diff --git a/fs/xattr.c b/fs/xattr.c
index f1ef94974dea..f060663ab70c 100644
--- a/fs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/xattr.c
@@ -46,18 +46,22 @@ xattr_permission(struct inode *inode, const char *name, int mask)
 		return 0;
 
 	/*
-	 * The trusted.* namespace can only be accessed by a privileged user.
+	 * The trusted.* namespace can only be accessed by privileged users.
 	 */
-	if (!strncmp(name, XATTR_TRUSTED_PREFIX, XATTR_TRUSTED_PREFIX_LEN))
-		return (capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN) ? 0 : -EPERM);
+	if (!strncmp(name, XATTR_TRUSTED_PREFIX, XATTR_TRUSTED_PREFIX_LEN)) {
+		if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+			return (mask & MAY_WRITE) ? -EPERM : -ENODATA;
+		return 0;
+	}
 
-	/* In user.* namespace, only regular files and directories can have
+	/*
+	 * In the user.* namespace, only regular files and directories can have
 	 * extended attributes. For sticky directories, only the owner and
-	 * privileged user can write attributes.
+	 * privileged users can write attributes.
 	 */
 	if (!strncmp(name, XATTR_USER_PREFIX, XATTR_USER_PREFIX_LEN)) {
 		if (!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) && !S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
-			return -EPERM;
+			return (mask & MAY_WRITE) ? -EPERM : -ENODATA;
 		if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) && (inode->i_mode & S_ISVTX) &&
 		    (mask & MAY_WRITE) && !inode_owner_or_capable(inode))
 			return -EPERM;
@@ -87,7 +91,11 @@ int __vfs_setxattr_noperm(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
 {
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
 	int error = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+	int issec = !strncmp(name, XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX,
+				   XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX_LEN);
 
+	if (issec)
+		inode->i_flags &= ~S_NOSEC;
 	if (inode->i_op->setxattr) {
 		error = inode->i_op->setxattr(dentry, name, value, size, flags);
 		if (!error) {
@@ -95,8 +103,7 @@ int __vfs_setxattr_noperm(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
 			security_inode_post_setxattr(dentry, name, value,
 						     size, flags);
 		}
-	} else if (!strncmp(name, XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX,
-				XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX_LEN)) {
+	} else if (issec) {
 		const char *suffix = name + XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX_LEN;
 		error = security_inode_setsecurity(inode, suffix, value,
 						   size, flags);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.c
index 98b9c91fcdf1..1e3a7ce804dc 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.c
@@ -925,7 +925,8 @@ xfs_fs_inode_init_once(
  */
 STATIC void
 xfs_fs_dirty_inode(
-	struct inode	*inode)
+	struct inode	*inode,
+	int		flags)
 {
 	barrier();
 	XFS_I(inode)->i_update_core = 1;
diff --git a/include/linux/ext3_fs.h b/include/linux/ext3_fs.h
index 85c1d302c12e..5e06acf95d0f 100644
--- a/include/linux/ext3_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/ext3_fs.h
@@ -909,7 +909,7 @@ extern int  ext3_setattr (struct dentry *, struct iattr *);
 extern void ext3_evict_inode (struct inode *);
 extern int  ext3_sync_inode (handle_t *, struct inode *);
 extern void ext3_discard_reservation (struct inode *);
-extern void ext3_dirty_inode(struct inode *);
+extern void ext3_dirty_inode(struct inode *, int);
 extern int ext3_change_inode_journal_flag(struct inode *, int);
 extern int ext3_get_inode_loc(struct inode *, struct ext3_iloc *);
 extern int ext3_can_truncate(struct inode *inode);
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 241609346dfb..c55d6b7cd5d6 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ struct inodes_stat_t {
 #define S_PRIVATE	512	/* Inode is fs-internal */
 #define S_IMA		1024	/* Inode has an associated IMA struct */
 #define S_AUTOMOUNT	2048	/* Automount/referral quasi-directory */
+#define S_NOSEC		4096	/* no suid or xattr security attributes */
 
 /*
  * Note that nosuid etc flags are inode-specific: setting some file-system
@@ -273,6 +274,7 @@ struct inodes_stat_t {
 #define IS_PRIVATE(inode)	((inode)->i_flags & S_PRIVATE)
 #define IS_IMA(inode)		((inode)->i_flags & S_IMA)
 #define IS_AUTOMOUNT(inode)	((inode)->i_flags & S_AUTOMOUNT)
+#define IS_NOSEC(inode)		((inode)->i_flags & S_NOSEC)
 
 /* the read-only stuff doesn't really belong here, but any other place is
    probably as bad and I don't want to create yet another include file. */
@@ -1618,7 +1620,7 @@ struct super_operations {
    	struct inode *(*alloc_inode)(struct super_block *sb);
 	void (*destroy_inode)(struct inode *);
 
-   	void (*dirty_inode) (struct inode *);
+   	void (*dirty_inode) (struct inode *, int flags);
 	int (*write_inode) (struct inode *, struct writeback_control *wbc);
 	int (*drop_inode) (struct inode *);
 	void (*evict_inode) (struct inode *);
@@ -2582,5 +2584,16 @@ int __init get_filesystem_list(char *buf);
 #define OPEN_FMODE(flag) ((__force fmode_t)(((flag + 1) & O_ACCMODE) | \
 					    (flag & __FMODE_NONOTIFY)))
 
+static inline int is_sxid(mode_t mode)
+{
+	return (mode & S_ISUID) || ((mode & S_ISGID) && (mode & S_IXGRP));
+}
+
+static inline void inode_has_no_xattr(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	if (!is_sxid(inode->i_mode))
+		inode->i_flags |= S_NOSEC;
+}
+
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 #endif /* _LINUX_FS_H */
diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index bcdc393b6580..d7b10578a64b 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -1982,16 +1982,26 @@ static int __remove_suid(struct dentry *dentry, int kill)
 int file_remove_suid(struct file *file)
 {
 	struct dentry *dentry = file->f_path.dentry;
-	int killsuid = should_remove_suid(dentry);
-	int killpriv = security_inode_need_killpriv(dentry);
+	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	int killsuid;
+	int killpriv;
 	int error = 0;
 
+	/* Fast path for nothing security related */
+	if (IS_NOSEC(inode))
+		return 0;
+
+	killsuid = should_remove_suid(dentry);
+	killpriv = security_inode_need_killpriv(dentry);
+
 	if (killpriv < 0)
 		return killpriv;
 	if (killpriv)
 		error = security_inode_killpriv(dentry);
 	if (!error && killsuid)
 		error = __remove_suid(dentry, killsuid);
+	if (!error)
+		inode->i_flags |= S_NOSEC;
 
 	return error;
 }
@@ -2327,7 +2337,7 @@ struct page *grab_cache_page_write_begin(struct address_space *mapping,
 repeat:
 	page = find_lock_page(mapping, index);
 	if (page)
-		return page;
+		goto found;
 
 	page = __page_cache_alloc(mapping_gfp_mask(mapping) & ~gfp_notmask);
 	if (!page)
@@ -2340,6 +2350,8 @@ repeat:
 			goto repeat;
 		return NULL;
 	}
+found:
+	wait_on_page_writeback(page);
 	return page;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(grab_cache_page_write_begin);