35 files changed, 5943 insertions, 5459 deletions

diff --git a/fs/9p/9p.h b/fs/9p/9p.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 94e2f92ab2e..00000000000
--- a/fs/9p/9p.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,375 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * linux/fs/9p/9p.h
- *
- * 9P protocol definitions.
- *
- *  Copyright (C) 2005 by Latchesar Ionkov <lucho@ionkov.net>
- *  Copyright (C) 2004 by Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@gmail.com>
- *  Copyright (C) 2002 by Ron Minnich <rminnich@lanl.gov>
- *
- *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
- *  as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- *  GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- *  along with this program; if not, write to:
- *  Free Software Foundation
- *  51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor
- *  Boston, MA  02111-1301  USA
- *
- */
-
-/* Message Types */
-enum {
-	TVERSION = 100,
-	RVERSION,
-	TAUTH = 102,
-	RAUTH,
-	TATTACH = 104,
-	RATTACH,
-	TERROR = 106,
-	RERROR,
-	TFLUSH = 108,
-	RFLUSH,
-	TWALK = 110,
-	RWALK,
-	TOPEN = 112,
-	ROPEN,
-	TCREATE = 114,
-	RCREATE,
-	TREAD = 116,
-	RREAD,
-	TWRITE = 118,
-	RWRITE,
-	TCLUNK = 120,
-	RCLUNK,
-	TREMOVE = 122,
-	RREMOVE,
-	TSTAT = 124,
-	RSTAT,
-	TWSTAT = 126,
-	RWSTAT,
-};
-
-/* modes */
-enum {
-	V9FS_OREAD = 0x00,
-	V9FS_OWRITE = 0x01,
-	V9FS_ORDWR = 0x02,
-	V9FS_OEXEC = 0x03,
-	V9FS_OEXCL = 0x04,
-	V9FS_OTRUNC = 0x10,
-	V9FS_OREXEC = 0x20,
-	V9FS_ORCLOSE = 0x40,
-	V9FS_OAPPEND = 0x80,
-};
-
-/* permissions */
-enum {
-	V9FS_DMDIR = 0x80000000,
-	V9FS_DMAPPEND = 0x40000000,
-	V9FS_DMEXCL = 0x20000000,
-	V9FS_DMMOUNT = 0x10000000,
-	V9FS_DMAUTH = 0x08000000,
-	V9FS_DMTMP = 0x04000000,
-	V9FS_DMSYMLINK = 0x02000000,
-	V9FS_DMLINK = 0x01000000,
-	/* 9P2000.u extensions */
-	V9FS_DMDEVICE = 0x00800000,
-	V9FS_DMNAMEDPIPE = 0x00200000,
-	V9FS_DMSOCKET = 0x00100000,
-	V9FS_DMSETUID = 0x00080000,
-	V9FS_DMSETGID = 0x00040000,
-};
-
-/* qid.types */
-enum {
-	V9FS_QTDIR = 0x80,
-	V9FS_QTAPPEND = 0x40,
-	V9FS_QTEXCL = 0x20,
-	V9FS_QTMOUNT = 0x10,
-	V9FS_QTAUTH = 0x08,
-	V9FS_QTTMP = 0x04,
-	V9FS_QTSYMLINK = 0x02,
-	V9FS_QTLINK = 0x01,
-	V9FS_QTFILE = 0x00,
-};
-
-#define V9FS_NOTAG	(u16)(~0)
-#define V9FS_NOFID	(u32)(~0)
-#define V9FS_MAXWELEM	16
-
-/* ample room for Twrite/Rread header (iounit) */
-#define V9FS_IOHDRSZ	24
-
-struct v9fs_str {
-	u16 len;
-	char *str;
-};
-
-/* qids are the unique ID for a file (like an inode */
-struct v9fs_qid {
-	u8 type;
-	u32 version;
-	u64 path;
-};
-
-/* Plan 9 file metadata (stat) structure */
-struct v9fs_stat {
-	u16 size;
-	u16 type;
-	u32 dev;
-	struct v9fs_qid qid;
-	u32 mode;
-	u32 atime;
-	u32 mtime;
-	u64 length;
-	struct v9fs_str name;
-	struct v9fs_str uid;
-	struct v9fs_str gid;
-	struct v9fs_str muid;
-	struct v9fs_str extension;	/* 9p2000.u extensions */
-	u32 n_uid;		/* 9p2000.u extensions */
-	u32 n_gid;		/* 9p2000.u extensions */
-	u32 n_muid;		/* 9p2000.u extensions */
-};
-
-/* file metadata (stat) structure used to create Twstat message
-   The is similar to v9fs_stat, but the strings don't point to
-   the same memory block and should be freed separately
-*/
-struct v9fs_wstat {
-	u16 size;
-	u16 type;
-	u32 dev;
-	struct v9fs_qid qid;
-	u32 mode;
-	u32 atime;
-	u32 mtime;
-	u64 length;
-	char *name;
-	char *uid;
-	char *gid;
-	char *muid;
-	char *extension;	/* 9p2000.u extensions */
-	u32 n_uid;		/* 9p2000.u extensions */
-	u32 n_gid;		/* 9p2000.u extensions */
-	u32 n_muid;		/* 9p2000.u extensions */
-};
-
-/* Structures for Protocol Operations */
-
-struct Tversion {
-	u32 msize;
-	struct v9fs_str version;
-};
-
-struct Rversion {
-	u32 msize;
-	struct v9fs_str version;
-};
-
-struct Tauth {
-	u32 afid;
-	struct v9fs_str uname;
-	struct v9fs_str aname;
-};
-
-struct Rauth {
-	struct v9fs_qid qid;
-};
-
-struct Rerror {
-	struct v9fs_str error;
-	u32 errno;		/* 9p2000.u extension */
-};
-
-struct Tflush {
-	u16 oldtag;
-};
-
-struct Rflush {
-};
-
-struct Tattach {
-	u32 fid;
-	u32 afid;
-	struct v9fs_str uname;
-	struct v9fs_str aname;
-};
-
-struct Rattach {
-	struct v9fs_qid qid;
-};
-
-struct Twalk {
-	u32 fid;
-	u32 newfid;
-	u16 nwname;
-	struct v9fs_str wnames[16];
-};
-
-struct Rwalk {
-	u16 nwqid;
-	struct v9fs_qid wqids[16];
-};
-
-struct Topen {
-	u32 fid;
-	u8 mode;
-};
-
-struct Ropen {
-	struct v9fs_qid qid;
-	u32 iounit;
-};
-
-struct Tcreate {
-	u32 fid;
-	struct v9fs_str name;
-	u32 perm;
-	u8 mode;
-	struct v9fs_str extension;
-};
-
-struct Rcreate {
-	struct v9fs_qid qid;
-	u32 iounit;
-};
-
-struct Tread {
-	u32 fid;
-	u64 offset;
-	u32 count;
-};
-
-struct Rread {
-	u32 count;
-	u8 *data;
-};
-
-struct Twrite {
-	u32 fid;
-	u64 offset;
-	u32 count;
-	u8 *data;
-};
-
-struct Rwrite {
-	u32 count;
-};
-
-struct Tclunk {
-	u32 fid;
-};
-
-struct Rclunk {
-};
-
-struct Tremove {
-	u32 fid;
-};
-
-struct Rremove {
-};
-
-struct Tstat {
-	u32 fid;
-};
-
-struct Rstat {
-	struct v9fs_stat stat;
-};
-
-struct Twstat {
-	u32 fid;
-	struct v9fs_stat stat;
-};
-
-struct Rwstat {
-};
-
-/*
-  * fcall is the primary packet structure
-  *
-  */
-
-struct v9fs_fcall {
-	u32 size;
-	u8 id;
-	u16 tag;
-	void *sdata;
-
-	union {
-		struct Tversion tversion;
-		struct Rversion rversion;
-		struct Tauth tauth;
-		struct Rauth rauth;
-		struct Rerror rerror;
-		struct Tflush tflush;
-		struct Rflush rflush;
-		struct Tattach tattach;
-		struct Rattach rattach;
-		struct Twalk twalk;
-		struct Rwalk rwalk;
-		struct Topen topen;
-		struct Ropen ropen;
-		struct Tcreate tcreate;
-		struct Rcreate rcreate;
-		struct Tread tread;
-		struct Rread rread;
-		struct Twrite twrite;
-		struct Rwrite rwrite;
-		struct Tclunk tclunk;
-		struct Rclunk rclunk;
-		struct Tremove tremove;
-		struct Rremove rremove;
-		struct Tstat tstat;
-		struct Rstat rstat;
-		struct Twstat twstat;
-		struct Rwstat rwstat;
-	} params;
-};
-
-#define PRINT_FCALL_ERROR(s, fcall) dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "%s: %.*s\n", s, \
-	fcall?fcall->params.rerror.error.len:0, \
-	fcall?fcall->params.rerror.error.str:"");
-
-int v9fs_t_version(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses, u32 msize,
-		   char *version, struct v9fs_fcall **rcall);
-
-int v9fs_t_attach(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses, char *uname, char *aname,
-		  u32 fid, u32 afid, struct v9fs_fcall **rcall);
-
-int v9fs_t_clunk(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses, u32 fid);
-
-int v9fs_t_stat(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses, u32 fid,
-		struct v9fs_fcall **rcall);
-
-int v9fs_t_wstat(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses, u32 fid,
-		 struct v9fs_wstat *wstat, struct v9fs_fcall **rcall);
-
-int v9fs_t_walk(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses, u32 fid, u32 newfid,
-		char *name, struct v9fs_fcall **rcall);
-
-int v9fs_t_open(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses, u32 fid, u8 mode,
-		struct v9fs_fcall **rcall);
-
-int v9fs_t_remove(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses, u32 fid,
-		  struct v9fs_fcall **rcall);
-
-int v9fs_t_create(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses, u32 fid, char *name,
-	u32 perm, u8 mode, char *extension, struct v9fs_fcall **rcall);
-
-int v9fs_t_read(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses, u32 fid,
-		u64 offset, u32 count, struct v9fs_fcall **rcall);
-
-int v9fs_t_write(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses, u32 fid, u64 offset,
-		 u32 count, const char __user * data,
-		 struct v9fs_fcall **rcall);
-int v9fs_printfcall(char *, int, struct v9fs_fcall *, int);
diff --git a/fs/9p/Kconfig b/fs/9p/Kconfig
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6489e1fc1af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/9p/Kconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+config 9P_FS
+	tristate "Plan 9 Resource Sharing Support (9P2000)"
+	depends on INET && NET_9P
+	help
+	  If you say Y here, you will get experimental support for
+	  Plan 9 resource sharing via the 9P2000 protocol.
+
+	  See <http://v9fs.sf.net> for more information.
+
+	  If unsure, say N.
+
+if 9P_FS
+config 9P_FSCACHE
+	bool "Enable 9P client caching support"
+	depends on 9P_FS=m && FSCACHE || 9P_FS=y && FSCACHE=y
+	help
+	  Choose Y here to enable persistent, read-only local
+	  caching support for 9p clients using FS-Cache
+
+
+config 9P_FS_POSIX_ACL
+	bool "9P POSIX Access Control Lists"
+	select FS_POSIX_ACL
+	help
+	  POSIX Access Control Lists (ACLs) support permissions for users and
+	  groups beyond the owner/group/world scheme.
+
+	  To learn more about Access Control Lists, visit the POSIX ACLs for
+	  Linux website <http://acl.bestbits.at/>.
+
+	  If you don't know what Access Control Lists are, say N
+
+endif
+
+
+config 9P_FS_SECURITY
+        bool "9P Security Labels"
+        depends on 9P_FS
+        help
+          Security labels support alternative access control models
+          implemented by security modules like SELinux.  This option
+          enables an extended attribute handler for file security
+          labels in the 9P filesystem.
+
+          If you are not using a security module that requires using
+          extended attributes for file security labels, say N.
diff --git a/fs/9p/Makefile b/fs/9p/Makefile
index 87897f84dfb..ff7be98f84f 100644
--- a/fs/9p/Makefile
+++ b/fs/9p/Makefile
@@ -1,18 +1,19 @@
 obj-$(CONFIG_9P_FS) := 9p.o
 
 9p-objs := \
-	trans_fd.o \
-	mux.o \
-	fcall.o \
-	conv.o \
 	vfs_super.o \
 	vfs_inode.o \
+	vfs_inode_dotl.o \
 	vfs_addr.o \
 	vfs_file.o \
 	vfs_dir.o \
 	vfs_dentry.o \
-	error.o \
 	v9fs.o \
-	fid.o \
-	fcprint.o
+	fid.o  \
+	xattr.o \
+	xattr_user.o \
+	xattr_trusted.o
 
+9p-$(CONFIG_9P_FSCACHE) += cache.o
+9p-$(CONFIG_9P_FS_POSIX_ACL) += acl.o
+9p-$(CONFIG_9P_FS_SECURITY) += xattr_security.o
diff --git a/fs/9p/acl.c b/fs/9p/acl.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8482f2d1160
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/9p/acl.c
@@ -0,0 +1,381 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright IBM Corporation, 2010
+ * Author Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of version 2.1 of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it would be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <net/9p/9p.h>
+#include <net/9p/client.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/posix_acl_xattr.h>
+#include "xattr.h"
+#include "acl.h"
+#include "v9fs.h"
+#include "v9fs_vfs.h"
+#include "fid.h"
+
+static struct posix_acl *__v9fs_get_acl(struct p9_fid *fid, char *name)
+{
+	ssize_t size;
+	void *value = NULL;
+	struct posix_acl *acl = NULL;
+
+	size = v9fs_fid_xattr_get(fid, name, NULL, 0);
+	if (size > 0) {
+		value = kzalloc(size, GFP_NOFS);
+		if (!value)
+			return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+		size = v9fs_fid_xattr_get(fid, name, value, size);
+		if (size > 0) {
+			acl = posix_acl_from_xattr(&init_user_ns, value, size);
+			if (IS_ERR(acl))
+				goto err_out;
+		}
+	} else if (size == -ENODATA || size == 0 ||
+		   size == -ENOSYS || size == -EOPNOTSUPP) {
+		acl = NULL;
+	} else
+		acl = ERR_PTR(-EIO);
+
+err_out:
+	kfree(value);
+	return acl;
+}
+
+int v9fs_get_acl(struct inode *inode, struct p9_fid *fid)
+{
+	int retval = 0;
+	struct posix_acl *pacl, *dacl;
+	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses;
+
+	v9ses = v9fs_inode2v9ses(inode);
+	if (((v9ses->flags & V9FS_ACCESS_MASK) != V9FS_ACCESS_CLIENT) ||
+			((v9ses->flags & V9FS_ACL_MASK) != V9FS_POSIX_ACL)) {
+		set_cached_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT, NULL);
+		set_cached_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS, NULL);
+		return 0;
+	}
+	/* get the default/access acl values and cache them */
+	dacl = __v9fs_get_acl(fid, POSIX_ACL_XATTR_DEFAULT);
+	pacl = __v9fs_get_acl(fid, POSIX_ACL_XATTR_ACCESS);
+
+	if (!IS_ERR(dacl) && !IS_ERR(pacl)) {
+		set_cached_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT, dacl);
+		set_cached_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS, pacl);
+	} else
+		retval = -EIO;
+
+	if (!IS_ERR(dacl))
+		posix_acl_release(dacl);
+
+	if (!IS_ERR(pacl))
+		posix_acl_release(pacl);
+
+	return retval;
+}
+
+static struct posix_acl *v9fs_get_cached_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
+{
+	struct posix_acl *acl;
+	/*
+	 * 9p Always cache the acl value when
+	 * instantiating the inode (v9fs_inode_from_fid)
+	 */
+	acl = get_cached_acl(inode, type);
+	BUG_ON(acl == ACL_NOT_CACHED);
+	return acl;
+}
+
+struct posix_acl *v9fs_iop_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
+{
+	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses;
+
+	v9ses = v9fs_inode2v9ses(inode);
+	if (((v9ses->flags & V9FS_ACCESS_MASK) != V9FS_ACCESS_CLIENT) ||
+			((v9ses->flags & V9FS_ACL_MASK) != V9FS_POSIX_ACL)) {
+		/*
+		 * On access = client  and acl = on mode get the acl
+		 * values from the server
+		 */
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	return v9fs_get_cached_acl(inode, type);
+
+}
+
+static int v9fs_set_acl(struct p9_fid *fid, int type, struct posix_acl *acl)
+{
+	int retval;
+	char *name;
+	size_t size;
+	void *buffer;
+	if (!acl)
+		return 0;
+
+	/* Set a setxattr request to server */
+	size = posix_acl_xattr_size(acl->a_count);
+	buffer = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!buffer)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	retval = posix_acl_to_xattr(&init_user_ns, acl, buffer, size);
+	if (retval < 0)
+		goto err_free_out;
+	switch (type) {
+	case ACL_TYPE_ACCESS:
+		name = POSIX_ACL_XATTR_ACCESS;
+		break;
+	case ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT:
+		name = POSIX_ACL_XATTR_DEFAULT;
+		break;
+	default:
+		BUG();
+	}
+	retval = v9fs_fid_xattr_set(fid, name, buffer, size, 0);
+err_free_out:
+	kfree(buffer);
+	return retval;
+}
+
+int v9fs_acl_chmod(struct inode *inode, struct p9_fid *fid)
+{
+	int retval = 0;
+	struct posix_acl *acl;
+
+	if (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode))
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+	acl = v9fs_get_cached_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
+	if (acl) {
+		retval = __posix_acl_chmod(&acl, GFP_KERNEL, inode->i_mode);
+		if (retval)
+			return retval;
+		set_cached_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS, acl);
+		retval = v9fs_set_acl(fid, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS, acl);
+		posix_acl_release(acl);
+	}
+	return retval;
+}
+
+int v9fs_set_create_acl(struct inode *inode, struct p9_fid *fid,
+			struct posix_acl *dacl, struct posix_acl *acl)
+{
+	set_cached_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT, dacl);
+	set_cached_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS, acl);
+	v9fs_set_acl(fid, ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT, dacl);
+	v9fs_set_acl(fid, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS, acl);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void v9fs_put_acl(struct posix_acl *dacl,
+		  struct posix_acl *acl)
+{
+	posix_acl_release(dacl);
+	posix_acl_release(acl);
+}
+
+int v9fs_acl_mode(struct inode *dir, umode_t *modep,
+		  struct posix_acl **dpacl, struct posix_acl **pacl)
+{
+	int retval = 0;
+	umode_t mode = *modep;
+	struct posix_acl *acl = NULL;
+
+	if (!S_ISLNK(mode)) {
+		acl = v9fs_get_cached_acl(dir, ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT);
+		if (IS_ERR(acl))
+			return PTR_ERR(acl);
+		if (!acl)
+			mode &= ~current_umask();
+	}
+	if (acl) {
+		if (S_ISDIR(mode))
+			*dpacl = posix_acl_dup(acl);
+		retval = __posix_acl_create(&acl, GFP_NOFS, &mode);
+		if (retval < 0)
+			return retval;
+		if (retval > 0)
+			*pacl = acl;
+		else
+			posix_acl_release(acl);
+	}
+	*modep  = mode;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int v9fs_remote_get_acl(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
+			       void *buffer, size_t size, int type)
+{
+	char *full_name;
+
+	switch (type) {
+	case ACL_TYPE_ACCESS:
+		full_name =  POSIX_ACL_XATTR_ACCESS;
+		break;
+	case ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT:
+		full_name = POSIX_ACL_XATTR_DEFAULT;
+		break;
+	default:
+		BUG();
+	}
+	return v9fs_xattr_get(dentry, full_name, buffer, size);
+}
+
+static int v9fs_xattr_get_acl(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
+			      void *buffer, size_t size, int type)
+{
+	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses;
+	struct posix_acl *acl;
+	int error;
+
+	if (strcmp(name, "") != 0)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	v9ses = v9fs_dentry2v9ses(dentry);
+	/*
+	 * We allow set/get/list of acl when access=client is not specified
+	 */
+	if ((v9ses->flags & V9FS_ACCESS_MASK) != V9FS_ACCESS_CLIENT)
+		return v9fs_remote_get_acl(dentry, name, buffer, size, type);
+
+	acl = v9fs_get_cached_acl(dentry->d_inode, type);
+	if (IS_ERR(acl))
+		return PTR_ERR(acl);
+	if (acl == NULL)
+		return -ENODATA;
+	error = posix_acl_to_xattr(&init_user_ns, acl, buffer, size);
+	posix_acl_release(acl);
+
+	return error;
+}
+
+static int v9fs_remote_set_acl(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
+			      const void *value, size_t size,
+			      int flags, int type)
+{
+	char *full_name;
+
+	switch (type) {
+	case ACL_TYPE_ACCESS:
+		full_name =  POSIX_ACL_XATTR_ACCESS;
+		break;
+	case ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT:
+		full_name = POSIX_ACL_XATTR_DEFAULT;
+		break;
+	default:
+		BUG();
+	}
+	return v9fs_xattr_set(dentry, full_name, value, size, flags);
+}
+
+
+static int v9fs_xattr_set_acl(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
+			      const void *value, size_t size,
+			      int flags, int type)
+{
+	int retval;
+	struct posix_acl *acl;
+	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses;
+	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
+
+	if (strcmp(name, "") != 0)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	v9ses = v9fs_dentry2v9ses(dentry);
+	/*
+	 * set the attribute on the remote. Without even looking at the
+	 * xattr value. We leave it to the server to validate
+	 */
+	if ((v9ses->flags & V9FS_ACCESS_MASK) != V9FS_ACCESS_CLIENT)
+		return v9fs_remote_set_acl(dentry, name,
+					   value, size, flags, type);
+
+	if (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode))
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+	if (!inode_owner_or_capable(inode))
+		return -EPERM;
+	if (value) {
+		/* update the cached acl value */
+		acl = posix_acl_from_xattr(&init_user_ns, value, size);
+		if (IS_ERR(acl))
+			return PTR_ERR(acl);
+		else if (acl) {
+			retval = posix_acl_valid(acl);
+			if (retval)
+				goto err_out;
+		}
+	} else
+		acl = NULL;
+
+	switch (type) {
+	case ACL_TYPE_ACCESS:
+		name = POSIX_ACL_XATTR_ACCESS;
+		if (acl) {
+			umode_t mode = inode->i_mode;
+			retval = posix_acl_equiv_mode(acl, &mode);
+			if (retval < 0)
+				goto err_out;
+			else {
+				struct iattr iattr;
+				if (retval == 0) {
+					/*
+					 * ACL can be represented
+					 * by the mode bits. So don't
+					 * update ACL.
+					 */
+					acl = NULL;
+					value = NULL;
+					size = 0;
+				}
+				/* Updte the mode bits */
+				iattr.ia_mode = ((mode & S_IALLUGO) |
+						 (inode->i_mode & ~S_IALLUGO));
+				iattr.ia_valid = ATTR_MODE;
+				/* FIXME should we update ctime ?
+				 * What is the following setxattr update the
+				 * mode ?
+				 */
+				v9fs_vfs_setattr_dotl(dentry, &iattr);
+			}
+		}
+		break;
+	case ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT:
+		name = POSIX_ACL_XATTR_DEFAULT;
+		if (!S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) {
+			retval = acl ? -EINVAL : 0;
+			goto err_out;
+		}
+		break;
+	default:
+		BUG();
+	}
+	retval = v9fs_xattr_set(dentry, name, value, size, flags);
+	if (!retval)
+		set_cached_acl(inode, type, acl);
+err_out:
+	posix_acl_release(acl);
+	return retval;
+}
+
+const struct xattr_handler v9fs_xattr_acl_access_handler = {
+	.prefix	= POSIX_ACL_XATTR_ACCESS,
+	.flags	= ACL_TYPE_ACCESS,
+	.get	= v9fs_xattr_get_acl,
+	.set	= v9fs_xattr_set_acl,
+};
+
+const struct xattr_handler v9fs_xattr_acl_default_handler = {
+	.prefix	= POSIX_ACL_XATTR_DEFAULT,
+	.flags	= ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT,
+	.get	= v9fs_xattr_get_acl,
+	.set	= v9fs_xattr_set_acl,
+};
diff --git a/fs/9p/acl.h b/fs/9p/acl.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e4f7e882272
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/9p/acl.h
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright IBM Corporation, 2010
+ * Author Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of version 2.1 of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it would be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+ *
+ */
+#ifndef FS_9P_ACL_H
+#define FS_9P_ACL_H
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_9P_FS_POSIX_ACL
+extern int v9fs_get_acl(struct inode *, struct p9_fid *);
+extern struct posix_acl *v9fs_iop_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type);
+extern int v9fs_acl_chmod(struct inode *, struct p9_fid *);
+extern int v9fs_set_create_acl(struct inode *, struct p9_fid *,
+			       struct posix_acl *, struct posix_acl *);
+extern int v9fs_acl_mode(struct inode *dir, umode_t *modep,
+			 struct posix_acl **dpacl, struct posix_acl **pacl);
+extern void v9fs_put_acl(struct posix_acl *dacl, struct posix_acl *acl);
+#else
+#define v9fs_iop_get_acl NULL
+static inline int v9fs_get_acl(struct inode *inode, struct p9_fid *fid)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+static inline int v9fs_acl_chmod(struct inode *inode, struct p9_fid *fid)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+static inline int v9fs_set_create_acl(struct inode *inode,
+				      struct p9_fid *fid,
+				      struct posix_acl *dacl,
+				      struct posix_acl *acl)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+static inline void v9fs_put_acl(struct posix_acl *dacl,
+				struct posix_acl *acl)
+{
+}
+static inline int v9fs_acl_mode(struct inode *dir, umode_t *modep,
+				struct posix_acl **dpacl,
+				struct posix_acl **pacl)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+#endif
+#endif /* FS_9P_XATTR_H */
diff --git a/fs/9p/cache.c b/fs/9p/cache.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a69260f2755
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/9p/cache.c
@@ -0,0 +1,414 @@
+/*
+ * V9FS cache definitions.
+ *
+ *  Copyright (C) 2009 by Abhishek Kulkarni <adkulkar@umail.iu.edu>
+ *
+ *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
+ *  as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *  along with this program; if not, write to:
+ *  Free Software Foundation
+ *  51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor
+ *  Boston, MA  02111-1301  USA
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <linux/jiffies.h>
+#include <linux/file.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/stat.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <net/9p/9p.h>
+
+#include "v9fs.h"
+#include "cache.h"
+
+#define CACHETAG_LEN  11
+
+struct fscache_netfs v9fs_cache_netfs = {
+	.name 		= "9p",
+	.version 	= 0,
+};
+
+/**
+ * v9fs_random_cachetag - Generate a random tag to be associated
+ *			  with a new cache session.
+ *
+ * The value of jiffies is used for a fairly randomly cache tag.
+ */
+
+static
+int v9fs_random_cachetag(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses)
+{
+	v9ses->cachetag = kmalloc(CACHETAG_LEN, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!v9ses->cachetag)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	return scnprintf(v9ses->cachetag, CACHETAG_LEN, "%lu", jiffies);
+}
+
+static uint16_t v9fs_cache_session_get_key(const void *cookie_netfs_data,
+					   void *buffer, uint16_t bufmax)
+{
+	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses;
+	uint16_t klen = 0;
+
+	v9ses = (struct v9fs_session_info *)cookie_netfs_data;
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_FSC, "session %p buf %p size %u\n",
+		 v9ses, buffer, bufmax);
+
+	if (v9ses->cachetag)
+		klen = strlen(v9ses->cachetag);
+
+	if (klen > bufmax)
+		return 0;
+
+	memcpy(buffer, v9ses->cachetag, klen);
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_FSC, "cache session tag %s\n", v9ses->cachetag);
+	return klen;
+}
+
+const struct fscache_cookie_def v9fs_cache_session_index_def = {
+	.name		= "9P.session",
+	.type		= FSCACHE_COOKIE_TYPE_INDEX,
+	.get_key	= v9fs_cache_session_get_key,
+};
+
+void v9fs_cache_session_get_cookie(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses)
+{
+	/* If no cache session tag was specified, we generate a random one. */
+	if (!v9ses->cachetag)
+		v9fs_random_cachetag(v9ses);
+
+	v9ses->fscache = fscache_acquire_cookie(v9fs_cache_netfs.primary_index,
+						&v9fs_cache_session_index_def,
+						v9ses, true);
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_FSC, "session %p get cookie %p\n",
+		 v9ses, v9ses->fscache);
+}
+
+void v9fs_cache_session_put_cookie(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses)
+{
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_FSC, "session %p put cookie %p\n",
+		 v9ses, v9ses->fscache);
+	fscache_relinquish_cookie(v9ses->fscache, 0);
+	v9ses->fscache = NULL;
+}
+
+
+static uint16_t v9fs_cache_inode_get_key(const void *cookie_netfs_data,
+					 void *buffer, uint16_t bufmax)
+{
+	const struct v9fs_inode *v9inode = cookie_netfs_data;
+	memcpy(buffer, &v9inode->qid.path, sizeof(v9inode->qid.path));
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_FSC, "inode %p get key %llu\n",
+		 &v9inode->vfs_inode, v9inode->qid.path);
+	return sizeof(v9inode->qid.path);
+}
+
+static void v9fs_cache_inode_get_attr(const void *cookie_netfs_data,
+				      uint64_t *size)
+{
+	const struct v9fs_inode *v9inode = cookie_netfs_data;
+	*size = i_size_read(&v9inode->vfs_inode);
+
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_FSC, "inode %p get attr %llu\n",
+		 &v9inode->vfs_inode, *size);
+}
+
+static uint16_t v9fs_cache_inode_get_aux(const void *cookie_netfs_data,
+					 void *buffer, uint16_t buflen)
+{
+	const struct v9fs_inode *v9inode = cookie_netfs_data;
+	memcpy(buffer, &v9inode->qid.version, sizeof(v9inode->qid.version));
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_FSC, "inode %p get aux %u\n",
+		 &v9inode->vfs_inode, v9inode->qid.version);
+	return sizeof(v9inode->qid.version);
+}
+
+static enum
+fscache_checkaux v9fs_cache_inode_check_aux(void *cookie_netfs_data,
+					    const void *buffer,
+					    uint16_t buflen)
+{
+	const struct v9fs_inode *v9inode = cookie_netfs_data;
+
+	if (buflen != sizeof(v9inode->qid.version))
+		return FSCACHE_CHECKAUX_OBSOLETE;
+
+	if (memcmp(buffer, &v9inode->qid.version,
+		   sizeof(v9inode->qid.version)))
+		return FSCACHE_CHECKAUX_OBSOLETE;
+
+	return FSCACHE_CHECKAUX_OKAY;
+}
+
+static void v9fs_cache_inode_now_uncached(void *cookie_netfs_data)
+{
+	struct v9fs_inode *v9inode = cookie_netfs_data;
+	struct pagevec pvec;
+	pgoff_t first;
+	int loop, nr_pages;
+
+	pagevec_init(&pvec, 0);
+	first = 0;
+
+	for (;;) {
+		nr_pages = pagevec_lookup(&pvec, v9inode->vfs_inode.i_mapping,
+					  first,
+					  PAGEVEC_SIZE - pagevec_count(&pvec));
+		if (!nr_pages)
+			break;
+
+		for (loop = 0; loop < nr_pages; loop++)
+			ClearPageFsCache(pvec.pages[loop]);
+
+		first = pvec.pages[nr_pages - 1]->index + 1;
+
+		pvec.nr = nr_pages;
+		pagevec_release(&pvec);
+		cond_resched();
+	}
+}
+
+const struct fscache_cookie_def v9fs_cache_inode_index_def = {
+	.name		= "9p.inode",
+	.type		= FSCACHE_COOKIE_TYPE_DATAFILE,
+	.get_key	= v9fs_cache_inode_get_key,
+	.get_attr	= v9fs_cache_inode_get_attr,
+	.get_aux	= v9fs_cache_inode_get_aux,
+	.check_aux	= v9fs_cache_inode_check_aux,
+	.now_uncached	= v9fs_cache_inode_now_uncached,
+};
+
+void v9fs_cache_inode_get_cookie(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	struct v9fs_inode *v9inode;
+	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses;
+
+	if (!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
+		return;
+
+	v9inode = V9FS_I(inode);
+	if (v9inode->fscache)
+		return;
+
+	v9ses = v9fs_inode2v9ses(inode);
+	v9inode->fscache = fscache_acquire_cookie(v9ses->fscache,
+						  &v9fs_cache_inode_index_def,
+						  v9inode, true);
+
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_FSC, "inode %p get cookie %p\n",
+		 inode, v9inode->fscache);
+}
+
+void v9fs_cache_inode_put_cookie(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	struct v9fs_inode *v9inode = V9FS_I(inode);
+
+	if (!v9inode->fscache)
+		return;
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_FSC, "inode %p put cookie %p\n",
+		 inode, v9inode->fscache);
+
+	fscache_relinquish_cookie(v9inode->fscache, 0);
+	v9inode->fscache = NULL;
+}
+
+void v9fs_cache_inode_flush_cookie(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	struct v9fs_inode *v9inode = V9FS_I(inode);
+
+	if (!v9inode->fscache)
+		return;
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_FSC, "inode %p flush cookie %p\n",
+		 inode, v9inode->fscache);
+
+	fscache_relinquish_cookie(v9inode->fscache, 1);
+	v9inode->fscache = NULL;
+}
+
+void v9fs_cache_inode_set_cookie(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
+{
+	struct v9fs_inode *v9inode = V9FS_I(inode);
+
+	if (!v9inode->fscache)
+		return;
+
+	spin_lock(&v9inode->fscache_lock);
+
+	if ((filp->f_flags & O_ACCMODE) != O_RDONLY)
+		v9fs_cache_inode_flush_cookie(inode);
+	else
+		v9fs_cache_inode_get_cookie(inode);
+
+	spin_unlock(&v9inode->fscache_lock);
+}
+
+void v9fs_cache_inode_reset_cookie(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	struct v9fs_inode *v9inode = V9FS_I(inode);
+	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses;
+	struct fscache_cookie *old;
+
+	if (!v9inode->fscache)
+		return;
+
+	old = v9inode->fscache;
+
+	spin_lock(&v9inode->fscache_lock);
+	fscache_relinquish_cookie(v9inode->fscache, 1);
+
+	v9ses = v9fs_inode2v9ses(inode);
+	v9inode->fscache = fscache_acquire_cookie(v9ses->fscache,
+						  &v9fs_cache_inode_index_def,
+						  v9inode, true);
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_FSC, "inode %p revalidating cookie old %p new %p\n",
+		 inode, old, v9inode->fscache);
+
+	spin_unlock(&v9inode->fscache_lock);
+}
+
+int __v9fs_fscache_release_page(struct page *page, gfp_t gfp)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = page->mapping->host;
+	struct v9fs_inode *v9inode = V9FS_I(inode);
+
+	BUG_ON(!v9inode->fscache);
+
+	return fscache_maybe_release_page(v9inode->fscache, page, gfp);
+}
+
+void __v9fs_fscache_invalidate_page(struct page *page)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = page->mapping->host;
+	struct v9fs_inode *v9inode = V9FS_I(inode);
+
+	BUG_ON(!v9inode->fscache);
+
+	if (PageFsCache(page)) {
+		fscache_wait_on_page_write(v9inode->fscache, page);
+		BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page));
+		fscache_uncache_page(v9inode->fscache, page);
+	}
+}
+
+static void v9fs_vfs_readpage_complete(struct page *page, void *data,
+				       int error)
+{
+	if (!error)
+		SetPageUptodate(page);
+
+	unlock_page(page);
+}
+
+/**
+ * __v9fs_readpage_from_fscache - read a page from cache
+ *
+ * Returns 0 if the pages are in cache and a BIO is submitted,
+ * 1 if the pages are not in cache and -error otherwise.
+ */
+
+int __v9fs_readpage_from_fscache(struct inode *inode, struct page *page)
+{
+	int ret;
+	const struct v9fs_inode *v9inode = V9FS_I(inode);
+
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_FSC, "inode %p page %p\n", inode, page);
+	if (!v9inode->fscache)
+		return -ENOBUFS;
+
+	ret = fscache_read_or_alloc_page(v9inode->fscache,
+					 page,
+					 v9fs_vfs_readpage_complete,
+					 NULL,
+					 GFP_KERNEL);
+	switch (ret) {
+	case -ENOBUFS:
+	case -ENODATA:
+		p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_FSC, "page/inode not in cache %d\n", ret);
+		return 1;
+	case 0:
+		p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_FSC, "BIO submitted\n");
+		return ret;
+	default:
+		p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_FSC, "ret %d\n", ret);
+		return ret;
+	}
+}
+
+/**
+ * __v9fs_readpages_from_fscache - read multiple pages from cache
+ *
+ * Returns 0 if the pages are in cache and a BIO is submitted,
+ * 1 if the pages are not in cache and -error otherwise.
+ */
+
+int __v9fs_readpages_from_fscache(struct inode *inode,
+				  struct address_space *mapping,
+				  struct list_head *pages,
+				  unsigned *nr_pages)
+{
+	int ret;
+	const struct v9fs_inode *v9inode = V9FS_I(inode);
+
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_FSC, "inode %p pages %u\n", inode, *nr_pages);
+	if (!v9inode->fscache)
+		return -ENOBUFS;
+
+	ret = fscache_read_or_alloc_pages(v9inode->fscache,
+					  mapping, pages, nr_pages,
+					  v9fs_vfs_readpage_complete,
+					  NULL,
+					  mapping_gfp_mask(mapping));
+	switch (ret) {
+	case -ENOBUFS:
+	case -ENODATA:
+		p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_FSC, "pages/inodes not in cache %d\n", ret);
+		return 1;
+	case 0:
+		BUG_ON(!list_empty(pages));
+		BUG_ON(*nr_pages != 0);
+		p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_FSC, "BIO submitted\n");
+		return ret;
+	default:
+		p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_FSC, "ret %d\n", ret);
+		return ret;
+	}
+}
+
+/**
+ * __v9fs_readpage_to_fscache - write a page to the cache
+ *
+ */
+
+void __v9fs_readpage_to_fscache(struct inode *inode, struct page *page)
+{
+	int ret;
+	const struct v9fs_inode *v9inode = V9FS_I(inode);
+
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_FSC, "inode %p page %p\n", inode, page);
+	ret = fscache_write_page(v9inode->fscache, page, GFP_KERNEL);
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_FSC, "ret =  %d\n", ret);
+	if (ret != 0)
+		v9fs_uncache_page(inode, page);
+}
+
+/*
+ * wait for a page to complete writing to the cache
+ */
+void __v9fs_fscache_wait_on_page_write(struct inode *inode, struct page *page)
+{
+	const struct v9fs_inode *v9inode = V9FS_I(inode);
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_FSC, "inode %p page %p\n", inode, page);
+	if (PageFsCache(page))
+		fscache_wait_on_page_write(v9inode->fscache, page);
+}
diff --git a/fs/9p/cache.h b/fs/9p/cache.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2f967549109
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/9p/cache.h
@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+/*
+ * V9FS cache definitions.
+ *
+ *  Copyright (C) 2009 by Abhishek Kulkarni <adkulkar@umail.iu.edu>
+ *
+ *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
+ *  as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *  along with this program; if not, write to:
+ *  Free Software Foundation
+ *  51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor
+ *  Boston, MA  02111-1301  USA
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef _9P_CACHE_H
+#ifdef CONFIG_9P_FSCACHE
+#include <linux/fscache.h>
+#include <linux/spinlock.h>
+
+extern struct fscache_netfs v9fs_cache_netfs;
+extern const struct fscache_cookie_def v9fs_cache_session_index_def;
+extern const struct fscache_cookie_def v9fs_cache_inode_index_def;
+
+extern void v9fs_cache_session_get_cookie(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses);
+extern void v9fs_cache_session_put_cookie(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses);
+
+extern void v9fs_cache_inode_get_cookie(struct inode *inode);
+extern void v9fs_cache_inode_put_cookie(struct inode *inode);
+extern void v9fs_cache_inode_flush_cookie(struct inode *inode);
+extern void v9fs_cache_inode_set_cookie(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp);
+extern void v9fs_cache_inode_reset_cookie(struct inode *inode);
+
+extern int __v9fs_cache_register(void);
+extern void __v9fs_cache_unregister(void);
+
+extern int __v9fs_fscache_release_page(struct page *page, gfp_t gfp);
+extern void __v9fs_fscache_invalidate_page(struct page *page);
+extern int __v9fs_readpage_from_fscache(struct inode *inode,
+					struct page *page);
+extern int __v9fs_readpages_from_fscache(struct inode *inode,
+					 struct address_space *mapping,
+					 struct list_head *pages,
+					 unsigned *nr_pages);
+extern void __v9fs_readpage_to_fscache(struct inode *inode, struct page *page);
+extern void __v9fs_fscache_wait_on_page_write(struct inode *inode,
+					      struct page *page);
+
+static inline int v9fs_fscache_release_page(struct page *page,
+					    gfp_t gfp)
+{
+	return __v9fs_fscache_release_page(page, gfp);
+}
+
+static inline void v9fs_fscache_invalidate_page(struct page *page)
+{
+	__v9fs_fscache_invalidate_page(page);
+}
+
+static inline int v9fs_readpage_from_fscache(struct inode *inode,
+					     struct page *page)
+{
+	return __v9fs_readpage_from_fscache(inode, page);
+}
+
+static inline int v9fs_readpages_from_fscache(struct inode *inode,
+					      struct address_space *mapping,
+					      struct list_head *pages,
+					      unsigned *nr_pages)
+{
+	return __v9fs_readpages_from_fscache(inode, mapping, pages,
+					     nr_pages);
+}
+
+static inline void v9fs_readpage_to_fscache(struct inode *inode,
+					    struct page *page)
+{
+	if (PageFsCache(page))
+		__v9fs_readpage_to_fscache(inode, page);
+}
+
+static inline void v9fs_uncache_page(struct inode *inode, struct page *page)
+{
+	struct v9fs_inode *v9inode = V9FS_I(inode);
+	fscache_uncache_page(v9inode->fscache, page);
+	BUG_ON(PageFsCache(page));
+}
+
+static inline void v9fs_fscache_wait_on_page_write(struct inode *inode,
+						   struct page *page)
+{
+	return __v9fs_fscache_wait_on_page_write(inode, page);
+}
+
+#else /* CONFIG_9P_FSCACHE */
+
+static inline void v9fs_cache_inode_get_cookie(struct inode *inode)
+{
+}
+
+static inline void v9fs_cache_inode_put_cookie(struct inode *inode)
+{
+}
+
+static inline void v9fs_cache_inode_set_cookie(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+}
+
+static inline int v9fs_fscache_release_page(struct page *page,
+					    gfp_t gfp) {
+	return 1;
+}
+
+static inline void v9fs_fscache_invalidate_page(struct page *page) {}
+
+static inline int v9fs_readpage_from_fscache(struct inode *inode,
+					     struct page *page)
+{
+	return -ENOBUFS;
+}
+
+static inline int v9fs_readpages_from_fscache(struct inode *inode,
+					      struct address_space *mapping,
+					      struct list_head *pages,
+					      unsigned *nr_pages)
+{
+	return -ENOBUFS;
+}
+
+static inline void v9fs_readpage_to_fscache(struct inode *inode,
+					    struct page *page)
+{}
+
+static inline void v9fs_uncache_page(struct inode *inode, struct page *page)
+{}
+
+static inline void v9fs_fscache_wait_on_page_write(struct inode *inode,
+						   struct page *page)
+{
+	return;
+}
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_9P_FSCACHE */
+#endif /* _9P_CACHE_H */
diff --git a/fs/9p/conv.c b/fs/9p/conv.c
deleted file mode 100644
index a767e05b60b..00000000000
--- a/fs/9p/conv.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,843 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * linux/fs/9p/conv.c
- *
- * 9P protocol conversion functions
- *
- *  Copyright (C) 2004, 2005 by Latchesar Ionkov <lucho@ionkov.net>
- *  Copyright (C) 2004 by Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@gmail.com>
- *  Copyright (C) 2002 by Ron Minnich <rminnich@lanl.gov>
- *
- *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
- *  as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- *  GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- *  along with this program; if not, write to:
- *  Free Software Foundation
- *  51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor
- *  Boston, MA  02111-1301  USA
- *
- */
-
-#include <linux/config.h>
-#include <linux/module.h>
-#include <linux/errno.h>
-#include <linux/fs.h>
-#include <linux/idr.h>
-#include <asm/uaccess.h>
-#include "debug.h"
-#include "v9fs.h"
-#include "9p.h"
-#include "conv.h"
-
-/*
- * Buffer to help with string parsing
- */
-struct cbuf {
-	unsigned char *sp;
-	unsigned char *p;
-	unsigned char *ep;
-};
-
-static inline void buf_init(struct cbuf *buf, void *data, int datalen)
-{
-	buf->sp = buf->p = data;
-	buf->ep = data + datalen;
-}
-
-static inline int buf_check_overflow(struct cbuf *buf)
-{
-	return buf->p > buf->ep;
-}
-
-static int buf_check_size(struct cbuf *buf, int len)
-{
-	if (buf->p + len > buf->ep) {
-		if (buf->p < buf->ep) {
-			eprintk(KERN_ERR, "buffer overflow: want %d has %d\n",
-				len, (int)(buf->ep - buf->p));
-			dump_stack();
-			buf->p = buf->ep + 1;
-		}
-
-		return 0;
-	}
-
-	return 1;
-}
-
-static void *buf_alloc(struct cbuf *buf, int len)
-{
-	void *ret = NULL;
-
-	if (buf_check_size(buf, len)) {
-		ret = buf->p;
-		buf->p += len;
-	}
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
-static void buf_put_int8(struct cbuf *buf, u8 val)
-{
-	if (buf_check_size(buf, 1)) {
-		buf->p[0] = val;
-		buf->p++;
-	}
-}
-
-static void buf_put_int16(struct cbuf *buf, u16 val)
-{
-	if (buf_check_size(buf, 2)) {
-		*(__le16 *) buf->p = cpu_to_le16(val);
-		buf->p += 2;
-	}
-}
-
-static void buf_put_int32(struct cbuf *buf, u32 val)
-{
-	if (buf_check_size(buf, 4)) {
-		*(__le32 *)buf->p = cpu_to_le32(val);
-		buf->p += 4;
-	}
-}
-
-static void buf_put_int64(struct cbuf *buf, u64 val)
-{
-	if (buf_check_size(buf, 8)) {
-		*(__le64 *)buf->p = cpu_to_le64(val);
-		buf->p += 8;
-	}
-}
-
-static char *buf_put_stringn(struct cbuf *buf, const char *s, u16 slen)
-{
-	char *ret;
-
-	ret = NULL;
-	if (buf_check_size(buf, slen + 2)) {
-		buf_put_int16(buf, slen);
-		ret = buf->p;
-		memcpy(buf->p, s, slen);
-		buf->p += slen;
-	}
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
-static inline void buf_put_string(struct cbuf *buf, const char *s)
-{
-	buf_put_stringn(buf, s, strlen(s));
-}
-
-static u8 buf_get_int8(struct cbuf *buf)
-{
-	u8 ret = 0;
-
-	if (buf_check_size(buf, 1)) {
-		ret = buf->p[0];
-		buf->p++;
-	}
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
-static u16 buf_get_int16(struct cbuf *buf)
-{
-	u16 ret = 0;
-
-	if (buf_check_size(buf, 2)) {
-		ret = le16_to_cpu(*(__le16 *)buf->p);
-		buf->p += 2;
-	}
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
-static u32 buf_get_int32(struct cbuf *buf)
-{
-	u32 ret = 0;
-
-	if (buf_check_size(buf, 4)) {
-		ret = le32_to_cpu(*(__le32 *)buf->p);
-		buf->p += 4;
-	}
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
-static u64 buf_get_int64(struct cbuf *buf)
-{
-	u64 ret = 0;
-
-	if (buf_check_size(buf, 8)) {
-		ret = le64_to_cpu(*(__le64 *)buf->p);
-		buf->p += 8;
-	}
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
-static void buf_get_str(struct cbuf *buf, struct v9fs_str *vstr)
-{
-	vstr->len = buf_get_int16(buf);
-	if (!buf_check_overflow(buf) && buf_check_size(buf, vstr->len)) {
-		vstr->str = buf->p;
-		buf->p += vstr->len;
-	} else {
-		vstr->len = 0;
-		vstr->str = NULL;
-	}
-}
-
-static void buf_get_qid(struct cbuf *bufp, struct v9fs_qid *qid)
-{
-	qid->type = buf_get_int8(bufp);
-	qid->version = buf_get_int32(bufp);
-	qid->path = buf_get_int64(bufp);
-}
-
-/**
- * v9fs_size_wstat - calculate the size of a variable length stat struct
- * @stat: metadata (stat) structure
- * @extended: non-zero if 9P2000.u
- *
- */
-
-static int v9fs_size_wstat(struct v9fs_wstat *wstat, int extended)
-{
-	int size = 0;
-
-	if (wstat == NULL) {
-		eprintk(KERN_ERR, "v9fs_size_stat: got a NULL stat pointer\n");
-		return 0;
-	}
-
-	size =			/* 2 + *//* size[2] */
-	    2 +			/* type[2] */
-	    4 +			/* dev[4] */
-	    1 +			/* qid.type[1] */
-	    4 +			/* qid.vers[4] */
-	    8 +			/* qid.path[8] */
-	    4 +			/* mode[4] */
-	    4 +			/* atime[4] */
-	    4 +			/* mtime[4] */
-	    8 +			/* length[8] */
-	    8;			/* minimum sum of string lengths */
-
-	if (wstat->name)
-		size += strlen(wstat->name);
-	if (wstat->uid)
-		size += strlen(wstat->uid);
-	if (wstat->gid)
-		size += strlen(wstat->gid);
-	if (wstat->muid)
-		size += strlen(wstat->muid);
-
-	if (extended) {
-		size += 4 +	/* n_uid[4] */
-		    4 +		/* n_gid[4] */
-		    4 +		/* n_muid[4] */
-		    2;		/* string length of extension[4] */
-		if (wstat->extension)
-			size += strlen(wstat->extension);
-	}
-
-	return size;
-}
-
-/**
- * buf_get_stat - safely decode a recieved metadata (stat) structure
- * @bufp: buffer to deserialize
- * @stat: metadata (stat) structure
- * @extended: non-zero if 9P2000.u
- *
- */
-
-static void
-buf_get_stat(struct cbuf *bufp, struct v9fs_stat *stat, int extended)
-{
-	stat->size = buf_get_int16(bufp);
-	stat->type = buf_get_int16(bufp);
-	stat->dev = buf_get_int32(bufp);
-	stat->qid.type = buf_get_int8(bufp);
-	stat->qid.version = buf_get_int32(bufp);
-	stat->qid.path = buf_get_int64(bufp);
-	stat->mode = buf_get_int32(bufp);
-	stat->atime = buf_get_int32(bufp);
-	stat->mtime = buf_get_int32(bufp);
-	stat->length = buf_get_int64(bufp);
-	buf_get_str(bufp, &stat->name);
-	buf_get_str(bufp, &stat->uid);
-	buf_get_str(bufp, &stat->gid);
-	buf_get_str(bufp, &stat->muid);
-
-	if (extended) {
-		buf_get_str(bufp, &stat->extension);
-		stat->n_uid = buf_get_int32(bufp);
-		stat->n_gid = buf_get_int32(bufp);
-		stat->n_muid = buf_get_int32(bufp);
-	}
-}
-
-/**
- * v9fs_deserialize_stat - decode a received metadata structure
- * @buf: buffer to deserialize
- * @buflen: length of received buffer
- * @stat: metadata structure to decode into
- * @extended: non-zero if 9P2000.u
- *
- * Note: stat will point to the buf region.
- */
-
-int
-v9fs_deserialize_stat(void *buf, u32 buflen, struct v9fs_stat *stat,
-		int extended)
-{
-	struct cbuf buffer;
-	struct cbuf *bufp = &buffer;
-	unsigned char *p;
-
-	buf_init(bufp, buf, buflen);
-	p = bufp->p;
-	buf_get_stat(bufp, stat, extended);
-
-	if (buf_check_overflow(bufp))
-		return 0;
-	else
-		return bufp->p - p;
-}
-
-/**
- * deserialize_fcall - unmarshal a response
- * @buf: recieved buffer
- * @buflen: length of received buffer
- * @rcall: fcall structure to populate
- * @rcalllen: length of fcall structure to populate
- * @extended: non-zero if 9P2000.u
- *
- */
-
-int
-v9fs_deserialize_fcall(void *buf, u32 buflen, struct v9fs_fcall *rcall,
-		       int extended)
-{
-
-	struct cbuf buffer;
-	struct cbuf *bufp = &buffer;
-	int i = 0;
-
-	buf_init(bufp, buf, buflen);
-
-	rcall->size = buf_get_int32(bufp);
-	rcall->id = buf_get_int8(bufp);
-	rcall->tag = buf_get_int16(bufp);
-
-	dprintk(DEBUG_CONV, "size %d id %d tag %d\n", rcall->size, rcall->id,
-		rcall->tag);
-
-	switch (rcall->id) {
-	default:
-		eprintk(KERN_ERR, "unknown message type: %d\n", rcall->id);
-		return -EPROTO;
-	case RVERSION:
-		rcall->params.rversion.msize = buf_get_int32(bufp);
-		buf_get_str(bufp, &rcall->params.rversion.version);
-		break;
-	case RFLUSH:
-		break;
-	case RATTACH:
-		rcall->params.rattach.qid.type = buf_get_int8(bufp);
-		rcall->params.rattach.qid.version = buf_get_int32(bufp);
-		rcall->params.rattach.qid.path = buf_get_int64(bufp);
-		break;
-	case RWALK:
-		rcall->params.rwalk.nwqid = buf_get_int16(bufp);
-		if (rcall->params.rwalk.nwqid > V9FS_MAXWELEM) {
-			eprintk(KERN_ERR, "Rwalk with more than %d qids: %d\n",
-				V9FS_MAXWELEM, rcall->params.rwalk.nwqid);
-			return -EPROTO;
-		}
-
-		for (i = 0; i < rcall->params.rwalk.nwqid; i++)
-			buf_get_qid(bufp, &rcall->params.rwalk.wqids[i]);
-		break;
-	case ROPEN:
-		buf_get_qid(bufp, &rcall->params.ropen.qid);
-		rcall->params.ropen.iounit = buf_get_int32(bufp);
-		break;
-	case RCREATE:
-		buf_get_qid(bufp, &rcall->params.rcreate.qid);
-		rcall->params.rcreate.iounit = buf_get_int32(bufp);
-		break;
-	case RREAD:
-		rcall->params.rread.count = buf_get_int32(bufp);
-		rcall->params.rread.data = bufp->p;
-		buf_check_size(bufp, rcall->params.rread.count);
-		break;
-	case RWRITE:
-		rcall->params.rwrite.count = buf_get_int32(bufp);
-		break;
-	case RCLUNK:
-		break;
-	case RREMOVE:
-		break;
-	case RSTAT:
-		buf_get_int16(bufp);
-		buf_get_stat(bufp, &rcall->params.rstat.stat, extended);
-		break;
-	case RWSTAT:
-		break;
-	case RERROR:
-		buf_get_str(bufp, &rcall->params.rerror.error);
-		if (extended)
-			rcall->params.rerror.errno = buf_get_int16(bufp);
-		break;
-	}
-
-	if (buf_check_overflow(bufp)) {
-		dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "buffer overflow\n");
-		return -EIO;
-	}
-
-	return bufp->p - bufp->sp;
-}
-
-static inline void v9fs_put_int8(struct cbuf *bufp, u8 val, u8 * p)
-{
-	*p = val;
-	buf_put_int8(bufp, val);
-}
-
-static inline void v9fs_put_int16(struct cbuf *bufp, u16 val, u16 * p)
-{
-	*p = val;
-	buf_put_int16(bufp, val);
-}
-
-static inline void v9fs_put_int32(struct cbuf *bufp, u32 val, u32 * p)
-{
-	*p = val;
-	buf_put_int32(bufp, val);
-}
-
-static inline void v9fs_put_int64(struct cbuf *bufp, u64 val, u64 * p)
-{
-	*p = val;
-	buf_put_int64(bufp, val);
-}
-
-static void
-v9fs_put_str(struct cbuf *bufp, char *data, struct v9fs_str *str)
-{
-	int len;
-	char *s;
-
-	if (data)
-		len = strlen(data);
-	else
-		len = 0;
-
-	s = buf_put_stringn(bufp, data, len);
-	if (str) {
-		str->len = len;
-		str->str = s;
-	}
-}
-
-static int
-v9fs_put_user_data(struct cbuf *bufp, const char __user * data, int count,
-		   unsigned char **pdata)
-{
-	*pdata = buf_alloc(bufp, count);
-	return copy_from_user(*pdata, data, count);
-}
-
-static void
-v9fs_put_wstat(struct cbuf *bufp, struct v9fs_wstat *wstat,
-	       struct v9fs_stat *stat, int statsz, int extended)
-{
-	v9fs_put_int16(bufp, statsz, &stat->size);
-	v9fs_put_int16(bufp, wstat->type, &stat->type);
-	v9fs_put_int32(bufp, wstat->dev, &stat->dev);
-	v9fs_put_int8(bufp, wstat->qid.type, &stat->qid.type);
-	v9fs_put_int32(bufp, wstat->qid.version, &stat->qid.version);
-	v9fs_put_int64(bufp, wstat->qid.path, &stat->qid.path);
-	v9fs_put_int32(bufp, wstat->mode, &stat->mode);
-	v9fs_put_int32(bufp, wstat->atime, &stat->atime);
-	v9fs_put_int32(bufp, wstat->mtime, &stat->mtime);
-	v9fs_put_int64(bufp, wstat->length, &stat->length);
-
-	v9fs_put_str(bufp, wstat->name, &stat->name);
-	v9fs_put_str(bufp, wstat->uid, &stat->uid);
-	v9fs_put_str(bufp, wstat->gid, &stat->gid);
-	v9fs_put_str(bufp, wstat->muid, &stat->muid);
-
-	if (extended) {
-		v9fs_put_str(bufp, wstat->extension, &stat->extension);
-		v9fs_put_int32(bufp, wstat->n_uid, &stat->n_uid);
-		v9fs_put_int32(bufp, wstat->n_gid, &stat->n_gid);
-		v9fs_put_int32(bufp, wstat->n_muid, &stat->n_muid);
-	}
-}
-
-static struct v9fs_fcall *
-v9fs_create_common(struct cbuf *bufp, u32 size, u8 id)
-{
-	struct v9fs_fcall *fc;
-
-	size += 4 + 1 + 2;	/* size[4] id[1] tag[2] */
-	fc = kmalloc(sizeof(struct v9fs_fcall) + size, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!fc)
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-
-	fc->sdata = (char *)fc + sizeof(*fc);
-
-	buf_init(bufp, (char *)fc->sdata, size);
-	v9fs_put_int32(bufp, size, &fc->size);
-	v9fs_put_int8(bufp, id, &fc->id);
-	v9fs_put_int16(bufp, V9FS_NOTAG, &fc->tag);
-
-	return fc;
-}
-
-void v9fs_set_tag(struct v9fs_fcall *fc, u16 tag)
-{
-	fc->tag = tag;
-	*(__le16 *) (fc->sdata + 5) = cpu_to_le16(tag);
-}
-
-struct v9fs_fcall *v9fs_create_tversion(u32 msize, char *version)
-{
-	int size;
-	struct v9fs_fcall *fc;
-	struct cbuf buffer;
-	struct cbuf *bufp = &buffer;
-
-	size = 4 + 2 + strlen(version);	/* msize[4] version[s] */
-	fc = v9fs_create_common(bufp, size, TVERSION);
-	if (IS_ERR(fc))
-		goto error;
-
-	v9fs_put_int32(bufp, msize, &fc->params.tversion.msize);
-	v9fs_put_str(bufp, version, &fc->params.tversion.version);
-
-	if (buf_check_overflow(bufp)) {
-		kfree(fc);
-		fc = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-	}
-      error:
-	return fc;
-}
-
-#if 0
-struct v9fs_fcall *v9fs_create_tauth(u32 afid, char *uname, char *aname)
-{
-	int size;
-	struct v9fs_fcall *fc;
-	struct cbuf buffer;
-	struct cbuf *bufp = &buffer;
-
-	size = 4 + 2 + strlen(uname) + 2 + strlen(aname);	/* afid[4] uname[s] aname[s] */
-	fc = v9fs_create_common(bufp, size, TAUTH);
-	if (IS_ERR(fc))
-		goto error;
-
-	v9fs_put_int32(bufp, afid, &fc->params.tauth.afid);
-	v9fs_put_str(bufp, uname, &fc->params.tauth.uname);
-	v9fs_put_str(bufp, aname, &fc->params.tauth.aname);
-
-	if (buf_check_overflow(bufp)) {
-		kfree(fc);
-		fc = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-	}
-      error:
-	return fc;
-}
-#endif  /*  0  */
-
-struct v9fs_fcall *
-v9fs_create_tattach(u32 fid, u32 afid, char *uname, char *aname)
-{
-	int size;
-	struct v9fs_fcall *fc;
-	struct cbuf buffer;
-	struct cbuf *bufp = &buffer;
-
-	size = 4 + 4 + 2 + strlen(uname) + 2 + strlen(aname);	/* fid[4] afid[4] uname[s] aname[s] */
-	fc = v9fs_create_common(bufp, size, TATTACH);
-	if (IS_ERR(fc))
-		goto error;
-
-	v9fs_put_int32(bufp, fid, &fc->params.tattach.fid);
-	v9fs_put_int32(bufp, afid, &fc->params.tattach.afid);
-	v9fs_put_str(bufp, uname, &fc->params.tattach.uname);
-	v9fs_put_str(bufp, aname, &fc->params.tattach.aname);
-
-      error:
-	return fc;
-}
-
-struct v9fs_fcall *v9fs_create_tflush(u16 oldtag)
-{
-	int size;
-	struct v9fs_fcall *fc;
-	struct cbuf buffer;
-	struct cbuf *bufp = &buffer;
-
-	size = 2;		/* oldtag[2] */
-	fc = v9fs_create_common(bufp, size, TFLUSH);
-	if (IS_ERR(fc))
-		goto error;
-
-	v9fs_put_int16(bufp, oldtag, &fc->params.tflush.oldtag);
-
-	if (buf_check_overflow(bufp)) {
-		kfree(fc);
-		fc = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-	}
-      error:
-	return fc;
-}
-
-struct v9fs_fcall *v9fs_create_twalk(u32 fid, u32 newfid, u16 nwname,
-				     char **wnames)
-{
-	int i, size;
-	struct v9fs_fcall *fc;
-	struct cbuf buffer;
-	struct cbuf *bufp = &buffer;
-
-	if (nwname > V9FS_MAXWELEM) {
-		dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "nwname > %d\n", V9FS_MAXWELEM);
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	size = 4 + 4 + 2;	/* fid[4] newfid[4] nwname[2] ... */
-	for (i = 0; i < nwname; i++) {
-		size += 2 + strlen(wnames[i]);	/* wname[s] */
-	}
-
-	fc = v9fs_create_common(bufp, size, TWALK);
-	if (IS_ERR(fc))
-		goto error;
-
-	v9fs_put_int32(bufp, fid, &fc->params.twalk.fid);
-	v9fs_put_int32(bufp, newfid, &fc->params.twalk.newfid);
-	v9fs_put_int16(bufp, nwname, &fc->params.twalk.nwname);
-	for (i = 0; i < nwname; i++) {
-		v9fs_put_str(bufp, wnames[i], &fc->params.twalk.wnames[i]);
-	}
-
-	if (buf_check_overflow(bufp)) {
-		kfree(fc);
-		fc = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-	}
-      error:
-	return fc;
-}
-
-struct v9fs_fcall *v9fs_create_topen(u32 fid, u8 mode)
-{
-	int size;
-	struct v9fs_fcall *fc;
-	struct cbuf buffer;
-	struct cbuf *bufp = &buffer;
-
-	size = 4 + 1;		/* fid[4] mode[1] */
-	fc = v9fs_create_common(bufp, size, TOPEN);
-	if (IS_ERR(fc))
-		goto error;
-
-	v9fs_put_int32(bufp, fid, &fc->params.topen.fid);
-	v9fs_put_int8(bufp, mode, &fc->params.topen.mode);
-
-	if (buf_check_overflow(bufp)) {
-		kfree(fc);
-		fc = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-	}
-      error:
-	return fc;
-}
-
-struct v9fs_fcall *v9fs_create_tcreate(u32 fid, char *name, u32 perm, u8 mode,
-	char *extension, int extended)
-{
-	int size;
-	struct v9fs_fcall *fc;
-	struct cbuf buffer;
-	struct cbuf *bufp = &buffer;
-
-	size = 4 + 2 + strlen(name) + 4 + 1;	/* fid[4] name[s] perm[4] mode[1] */
-	if (extended && extension!=NULL)
-		size += 2 + strlen(extension);	/* extension[s] */
-
-	fc = v9fs_create_common(bufp, size, TCREATE);
-	if (IS_ERR(fc))
-		goto error;
-
-	v9fs_put_int32(bufp, fid, &fc->params.tcreate.fid);
-	v9fs_put_str(bufp, name, &fc->params.tcreate.name);
-	v9fs_put_int32(bufp, perm, &fc->params.tcreate.perm);
-	v9fs_put_int8(bufp, mode, &fc->params.tcreate.mode);
-	if (extended)
-		v9fs_put_str(bufp, extension, &fc->params.tcreate.extension);
-
-	if (buf_check_overflow(bufp)) {
-		kfree(fc);
-		fc = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-	}
-      error:
-	return fc;
-}
-
-struct v9fs_fcall *v9fs_create_tread(u32 fid, u64 offset, u32 count)
-{
-	int size;
-	struct v9fs_fcall *fc;
-	struct cbuf buffer;
-	struct cbuf *bufp = &buffer;
-
-	size = 4 + 8 + 4;	/* fid[4] offset[8] count[4] */
-	fc = v9fs_create_common(bufp, size, TREAD);
-	if (IS_ERR(fc))
-		goto error;
-
-	v9fs_put_int32(bufp, fid, &fc->params.tread.fid);
-	v9fs_put_int64(bufp, offset, &fc->params.tread.offset);
-	v9fs_put_int32(bufp, count, &fc->params.tread.count);
-
-	if (buf_check_overflow(bufp)) {
-		kfree(fc);
-		fc = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-	}
-      error:
-	return fc;
-}
-
-struct v9fs_fcall *v9fs_create_twrite(u32 fid, u64 offset, u32 count,
-				      const char __user * data)
-{
-	int size, err;
-	struct v9fs_fcall *fc;
-	struct cbuf buffer;
-	struct cbuf *bufp = &buffer;
-
-	size = 4 + 8 + 4 + count;	/* fid[4] offset[8] count[4] data[count] */
-	fc = v9fs_create_common(bufp, size, TWRITE);
-	if (IS_ERR(fc))
-		goto error;
-
-	v9fs_put_int32(bufp, fid, &fc->params.twrite.fid);
-	v9fs_put_int64(bufp, offset, &fc->params.twrite.offset);
-	v9fs_put_int32(bufp, count, &fc->params.twrite.count);
-	err = v9fs_put_user_data(bufp, data, count, &fc->params.twrite.data);
-	if (err) {
-		kfree(fc);
-		fc = ERR_PTR(err);
-	}
-
-	if (buf_check_overflow(bufp)) {
-		kfree(fc);
-		fc = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-	}
-      error:
-	return fc;
-}
-
-struct v9fs_fcall *v9fs_create_tclunk(u32 fid)
-{
-	int size;
-	struct v9fs_fcall *fc;
-	struct cbuf buffer;
-	struct cbuf *bufp = &buffer;
-
-	size = 4;		/* fid[4] */
-	fc = v9fs_create_common(bufp, size, TCLUNK);
-	if (IS_ERR(fc))
-		goto error;
-
-	v9fs_put_int32(bufp, fid, &fc->params.tclunk.fid);
-
-	if (buf_check_overflow(bufp)) {
-		kfree(fc);
-		fc = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-	}
-      error:
-	return fc;
-}
-
-struct v9fs_fcall *v9fs_create_tremove(u32 fid)
-{
-	int size;
-	struct v9fs_fcall *fc;
-	struct cbuf buffer;
-	struct cbuf *bufp = &buffer;
-
-	size = 4;		/* fid[4] */
-	fc = v9fs_create_common(bufp, size, TREMOVE);
-	if (IS_ERR(fc))
-		goto error;
-
-	v9fs_put_int32(bufp, fid, &fc->params.tremove.fid);
-
-	if (buf_check_overflow(bufp)) {
-		kfree(fc);
-		fc = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-	}
-      error:
-	return fc;
-}
-
-struct v9fs_fcall *v9fs_create_tstat(u32 fid)
-{
-	int size;
-	struct v9fs_fcall *fc;
-	struct cbuf buffer;
-	struct cbuf *bufp = &buffer;
-
-	size = 4;		/* fid[4] */
-	fc = v9fs_create_common(bufp, size, TSTAT);
-	if (IS_ERR(fc))
-		goto error;
-
-	v9fs_put_int32(bufp, fid, &fc->params.tstat.fid);
-
-	if (buf_check_overflow(bufp)) {
-		kfree(fc);
-		fc = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-	}
-      error:
-	return fc;
-}
-
-struct v9fs_fcall *v9fs_create_twstat(u32 fid, struct v9fs_wstat *wstat,
-				      int extended)
-{
-	int size, statsz;
-	struct v9fs_fcall *fc;
-	struct cbuf buffer;
-	struct cbuf *bufp = &buffer;
-
-	statsz = v9fs_size_wstat(wstat, extended);
-	size = 4 + 2 + 2 + statsz;	/* fid[4] stat[n] */
-	fc = v9fs_create_common(bufp, size, TWSTAT);
-	if (IS_ERR(fc))
-		goto error;
-
-	v9fs_put_int32(bufp, fid, &fc->params.twstat.fid);
-	buf_put_int16(bufp, statsz + 2);
-	v9fs_put_wstat(bufp, wstat, &fc->params.twstat.stat, statsz, extended);
-
-	if (buf_check_overflow(bufp)) {
-		kfree(fc);
-		fc = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-	}
-      error:
-	return fc;
-}
diff --git a/fs/9p/conv.h b/fs/9p/conv.h
deleted file mode 100644
index dd5b6b1b610..00000000000
--- a/fs/9p/conv.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * linux/fs/9p/conv.h
- *
- * 9P protocol conversion definitions.
- *
- *  Copyright (C) 2005 by Latchesar Ionkov <lucho@ionkov.net>
- *  Copyright (C) 2004 by Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@gmail.com>
- *  Copyright (C) 2002 by Ron Minnich <rminnich@lanl.gov>
- *
- *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
- *  as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- *  GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- *  along with this program; if not, write to:
- *  Free Software Foundation
- *  51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor
- *  Boston, MA  02111-1301  USA
- *
- */
-
-int v9fs_deserialize_stat(void *buf, u32 buflen, struct v9fs_stat *stat,
-	int extended);
-int v9fs_deserialize_fcall(void *buf, u32 buflen, struct v9fs_fcall *rcall,
-	int extended);
-
-void v9fs_set_tag(struct v9fs_fcall *fc, u16 tag);
-
-struct v9fs_fcall *v9fs_create_tversion(u32 msize, char *version);
-struct v9fs_fcall *v9fs_create_tattach(u32 fid, u32 afid, char *uname,
-	char *aname);
-struct v9fs_fcall *v9fs_create_tflush(u16 oldtag);
-struct v9fs_fcall *v9fs_create_twalk(u32 fid, u32 newfid, u16 nwname,
-	char **wnames);
-struct v9fs_fcall *v9fs_create_topen(u32 fid, u8 mode);
-struct v9fs_fcall *v9fs_create_tcreate(u32 fid, char *name, u32 perm, u8 mode,
-	char *extension, int extended);
-struct v9fs_fcall *v9fs_create_tread(u32 fid, u64 offset, u32 count);
-struct v9fs_fcall *v9fs_create_twrite(u32 fid, u64 offset, u32 count,
-	const char __user *data);
-struct v9fs_fcall *v9fs_create_tclunk(u32 fid);
-struct v9fs_fcall *v9fs_create_tremove(u32 fid);
-struct v9fs_fcall *v9fs_create_tstat(u32 fid);
-struct v9fs_fcall *v9fs_create_twstat(u32 fid, struct v9fs_wstat *wstat,
-	int extended);
diff --git a/fs/9p/debug.h b/fs/9p/debug.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 4228c0bb3c3..00000000000
--- a/fs/9p/debug.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,77 +0,0 @@
-/*
- *  linux/fs/9p/debug.h - V9FS Debug Definitions
- *
- *  Copyright (C) 2004 by Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@gmail.com>
- *  Copyright (C) 2002 by Ron Minnich <rminnich@lanl.gov>
- *
- *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
- *  as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- *  GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- *  along with this program; if not, write to:
- *  Free Software Foundation
- *  51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor
- *  Boston, MA  02111-1301  USA
- *
- */
-
-#define DEBUG_ERROR		(1<<0)
-#define DEBUG_CURRENT		(1<<1)
-#define DEBUG_9P	        (1<<2)
-#define DEBUG_VFS	        (1<<3)
-#define DEBUG_CONV		(1<<4)
-#define DEBUG_MUX		(1<<5)
-#define DEBUG_TRANS		(1<<6)
-#define DEBUG_SLABS	      	(1<<7)
-#define DEBUG_FCALL		(1<<8)
-
-#define DEBUG_DUMP_PKT		0
-
-extern int v9fs_debug_level;
-
-#define dprintk(level, format, arg...) \
-do {  \
-	if((v9fs_debug_level & level)==level) \
-		printk(KERN_NOTICE "-- %s (%d): " \
-		format , __FUNCTION__, current->pid , ## arg); \
-} while(0)
-
-#define eprintk(level, format, arg...) \
-do { \
-	printk(level "v9fs: %s (%d): " \
-		format , __FUNCTION__, current->pid , ## arg); \
-} while(0)
-
-#if DEBUG_DUMP_PKT
-static inline void dump_data(const unsigned char *data, unsigned int datalen)
-{
-	int i, n;
-	char buf[5*8];
-
-	n = 0;
-	i = 0;
-	while (i < datalen) {
-		n += snprintf(buf+n, sizeof(buf)-n, "%02x", data[i++]);
-		if (i%4 == 0)
-			n += snprintf(buf+n, sizeof(buf)-n, " ");
-
-		if (i%16 == 0) {
-			dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "%s\n", buf);
-			n = 0;
-		}
-	}
-
-	dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "%s\n", buf);
-}
-#else				/* DEBUG_DUMP_PKT */
-static inline void dump_data(const unsigned char *data, unsigned int datalen)
-{
-
-}
-#endif				/* DEBUG_DUMP_PKT */
diff --git a/fs/9p/error.c b/fs/9p/error.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 981fe8ecd78..00000000000
--- a/fs/9p/error.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,93 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * linux/fs/9p/error.c
- *
- * Error string handling
- *
- * Plan 9 uses error strings, Unix uses error numbers.  These functions
- * try to help manage that and provide for dynamically adding error
- * mappings.
- *
- *  Copyright (C) 2004 by Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@gmail.com>
- *  Copyright (C) 2002 by Ron Minnich <rminnich@lanl.gov>
- *
- *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
- *  as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- *  GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- *  along with this program; if not, write to:
- *  Free Software Foundation
- *  51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor
- *  Boston, MA  02111-1301  USA
- *
- */
-
-#include <linux/config.h>
-#include <linux/module.h>
-
-#include <linux/list.h>
-#include <linux/jhash.h>
-
-#include "debug.h"
-#include "error.h"
-
-/**
- * v9fs_error_init - preload
- * @errstr: error string
- *
- */
-
-int v9fs_error_init(void)
-{
-	struct errormap *c;
-	int bucket;
-
-	/* initialize hash table */
-	for (bucket = 0; bucket < ERRHASHSZ; bucket++)
-		INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&hash_errmap[bucket]);
-
-	/* load initial error map into hash table */
-	for (c = errmap; c->name != NULL; c++) {
-		c->namelen = strlen(c->name);
-		bucket = jhash(c->name, c->namelen, 0) % ERRHASHSZ;
-		INIT_HLIST_NODE(&c->list);
-		hlist_add_head(&c->list, &hash_errmap[bucket]);
-	}
-
-	return 1;
-}
-
-/**
- * errstr2errno - convert error string to error number
- * @errstr: error string
- *
- */
-
-int v9fs_errstr2errno(char *errstr, int len)
-{
-	int errno = 0;
-	struct hlist_node *p = NULL;
-	struct errormap *c = NULL;
-	int bucket = jhash(errstr, len, 0) % ERRHASHSZ;
-
-	hlist_for_each_entry(c, p, &hash_errmap[bucket], list) {
-		if (c->namelen==len && !memcmp(c->name, errstr, len)) {
-			errno = c->val;
-			break;
-		}
-	}
-
-	if (errno == 0) {
-		/* TODO: if error isn't found, add it dynamically */
-		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: errstr :%s: not found\n", __FUNCTION__,
-		       errstr);
-		errno = 1;
-	}
-
-	return -errno;
-}
diff --git a/fs/9p/error.h b/fs/9p/error.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 5f3ca522b31..00000000000
--- a/fs/9p/error.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,177 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * linux/fs/9p/error.h
- *
- * Huge Nasty Error Table
- *
- * Plan 9 uses error strings, Unix uses error numbers.  This table tries to
- * match UNIX strings and Plan 9 strings to unix error numbers.  It is used
- * to preload the dynamic error table which can also track user-specific error
- * strings.
- *
- *  Copyright (C) 2004 by Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@gmail.com>
- *  Copyright (C) 2002 by Ron Minnich <rminnich@lanl.gov>
- *
- *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
- *  as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- *  GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- *  along with this program; if not, write to:
- *  Free Software Foundation
- *  51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor
- *  Boston, MA  02111-1301  USA
- *
- */
-
-#include <linux/errno.h>
-#include <asm/errno.h>
-
-struct errormap {
-	char *name;
-	int val;
-
-	int namelen;
-	struct hlist_node list;
-};
-
-#define ERRHASHSZ		32
-static struct hlist_head hash_errmap[ERRHASHSZ];
-
-/* FixMe - reduce to a reasonable size */
-static struct errormap errmap[] = {
-	{"Operation not permitted", EPERM},
-	{"wstat prohibited", EPERM},
-	{"No such file or directory", ENOENT},
-	{"directory entry not found", ENOENT},
-	{"file not found", ENOENT},
-	{"Interrupted system call", EINTR},
-	{"Input/output error", EIO},
-	{"No such device or address", ENXIO},
-	{"Argument list too long", E2BIG},
-	{"Bad file descriptor", EBADF},
-	{"Resource temporarily unavailable", EAGAIN},
-	{"Cannot allocate memory", ENOMEM},
-	{"Permission denied", EACCES},
-	{"Bad address", EFAULT},
-	{"Block device required", ENOTBLK},
-	{"Device or resource busy", EBUSY},
-	{"File exists", EEXIST},
-	{"Invalid cross-device link", EXDEV},
-	{"No such device", ENODEV},
-	{"Not a directory", ENOTDIR},
-	{"Is a directory", EISDIR},
-	{"Invalid argument", EINVAL},
-	{"Too many open files in system", ENFILE},
-	{"Too many open files", EMFILE},
-	{"Text file busy", ETXTBSY},
-	{"File too large", EFBIG},
-	{"No space left on device", ENOSPC},
-	{"Illegal seek", ESPIPE},
-	{"Read-only file system", EROFS},
-	{"Too many links", EMLINK},
-	{"Broken pipe", EPIPE},
-	{"Numerical argument out of domain", EDOM},
-	{"Numerical result out of range", ERANGE},
-	{"Resource deadlock avoided", EDEADLK},
-	{"File name too long", ENAMETOOLONG},
-	{"No locks available", ENOLCK},
-	{"Function not implemented", ENOSYS},
-	{"Directory not empty", ENOTEMPTY},
-	{"Too many levels of symbolic links", ELOOP},
-	{"No message of desired type", ENOMSG},
-	{"Identifier removed", EIDRM},
-	{"No data available", ENODATA},
-	{"Machine is not on the network", ENONET},
-	{"Package not installed", ENOPKG},
-	{"Object is remote", EREMOTE},
-	{"Link has been severed", ENOLINK},
-	{"Communication error on send", ECOMM},
-	{"Protocol error", EPROTO},
-	{"Bad message", EBADMSG},
-	{"File descriptor in bad state", EBADFD},
-	{"Streams pipe error", ESTRPIPE},
-	{"Too many users", EUSERS},
-	{"Socket operation on non-socket", ENOTSOCK},
-	{"Message too long", EMSGSIZE},
-	{"Protocol not available", ENOPROTOOPT},
-	{"Protocol not supported", EPROTONOSUPPORT},
-	{"Socket type not supported", ESOCKTNOSUPPORT},
-	{"Operation not supported", EOPNOTSUPP},
-	{"Protocol family not supported", EPFNOSUPPORT},
-	{"Network is down", ENETDOWN},
-	{"Network is unreachable", ENETUNREACH},
-	{"Network dropped connection on reset", ENETRESET},
-	{"Software caused connection abort", ECONNABORTED},
-	{"Connection reset by peer", ECONNRESET},
-	{"No buffer space available", ENOBUFS},
-	{"Transport endpoint is already connected", EISCONN},
-	{"Transport endpoint is not connected", ENOTCONN},
-	{"Cannot send after transport endpoint shutdown", ESHUTDOWN},
-	{"Connection timed out", ETIMEDOUT},
-	{"Connection refused", ECONNREFUSED},
-	{"Host is down", EHOSTDOWN},
-	{"No route to host", EHOSTUNREACH},
-	{"Operation already in progress", EALREADY},
-	{"Operation now in progress", EINPROGRESS},
-	{"Is a named type file", EISNAM},
-	{"Remote I/O error", EREMOTEIO},
-	{"Disk quota exceeded", EDQUOT},
-/* errors from fossil, vacfs, and u9fs */
-	{"fid unknown or out of range", EBADF},
-	{"permission denied", EACCES},
-	{"file does not exist", ENOENT},
-	{"authentication failed", ECONNREFUSED},
-	{"bad offset in directory read", ESPIPE},
-	{"bad use of fid", EBADF},
-	{"wstat can't convert between files and directories", EPERM},
-	{"directory is not empty", ENOTEMPTY},
-	{"file exists", EEXIST},
-	{"file already exists", EEXIST},
-	{"file or directory already exists", EEXIST},
-	{"fid already in use", EBADF},
-	{"file in use", ETXTBSY},
-	{"i/o error", EIO},
-	{"file already open for I/O", ETXTBSY},
-	{"illegal mode", EINVAL},
-	{"illegal name", ENAMETOOLONG},
-	{"not a directory", ENOTDIR},
-	{"not a member of proposed group", EPERM},
-	{"not owner", EACCES},
-	{"only owner can change group in wstat", EACCES},
-	{"read only file system", EROFS},
-	{"no access to special file", EPERM},
-	{"i/o count too large", EIO},
-	{"unknown group", EINVAL},
-	{"unknown user", EINVAL},
-	{"bogus wstat buffer", EPROTO},
-	{"exclusive use file already open", EAGAIN},
-	{"corrupted directory entry", EIO},
-	{"corrupted file entry", EIO},
-	{"corrupted block label", EIO},
-	{"corrupted meta data", EIO},
-	{"illegal offset", EINVAL},
-	{"illegal path element", ENOENT},
-	{"root of file system is corrupted", EIO},
-	{"corrupted super block", EIO},
-	{"protocol botch", EPROTO},
-	{"file system is full", ENOSPC},
-	{"file is in use", EAGAIN},
-	{"directory entry is not allocated", ENOENT},
-	{"file is read only", EROFS},
-	{"file has been removed", EIDRM},
-	{"only support truncation to zero length", EPERM},
-	{"cannot remove root", EPERM},
-	{"file too big", EFBIG},
-	{"venti i/o error", EIO},
-	/* these are not errors */
-	{"u9fs rhostsauth: no authentication required", 0},
-	{"u9fs authnone: no authentication required", 0},
-	{NULL, -1}
-};
-
-extern int v9fs_error_init(void);
diff --git a/fs/9p/fcall.c b/fs/9p/fcall.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 6f2617820a4..00000000000
--- a/fs/9p/fcall.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,427 +0,0 @@
-/*
- *  linux/fs/9p/fcall.c
- *
- *  This file contains functions to perform synchronous 9P calls
- *
- *  Copyright (C) 2004 by Latchesar Ionkov <lucho@ionkov.net>
- *  Copyright (C) 2004 by Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@gmail.com>
- *  Copyright (C) 2002 by Ron Minnich <rminnich@lanl.gov>
- *
- *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
- *  as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- *  GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- *  along with this program; if not, write to:
- *  Free Software Foundation
- *  51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor
- *  Boston, MA  02111-1301  USA
- *
- */
-
-#include <linux/config.h>
-#include <linux/module.h>
-#include <linux/errno.h>
-#include <linux/fs.h>
-#include <linux/idr.h>
-
-#include "debug.h"
-#include "v9fs.h"
-#include "9p.h"
-#include "conv.h"
-#include "mux.h"
-
-/**
- * v9fs_t_version - negotiate protocol parameters with sever
- * @v9ses: 9P2000 session information
- * @msize: requested max size packet
- * @version: requested version.extension string
- * @fcall: pointer to response fcall pointer
- *
- */
-
-int
-v9fs_t_version(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses, u32 msize,
-	       char *version, struct v9fs_fcall **rcp)
-{
-	int ret;
-	struct v9fs_fcall *tc;
-
-	dprintk(DEBUG_9P, "msize: %d version: %s\n", msize, version);
-	tc = v9fs_create_tversion(msize, version);
-
-	if (!IS_ERR(tc)) {
-		ret = v9fs_mux_rpc(v9ses->mux, tc, rcp);
-		kfree(tc);
-	} else
-		ret = PTR_ERR(tc);
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
-/**
- * v9fs_t_attach - mount the server
- * @v9ses: 9P2000 session information
- * @uname: user name doing the attach
- * @aname: remote name being attached to
- * @fid: mount fid to attatch to root node
- * @afid: authentication fid (in this case result key)
- * @fcall: pointer to response fcall pointer
- *
- */
-
-int
-v9fs_t_attach(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses, char *uname, char *aname,
-	      u32 fid, u32 afid, struct v9fs_fcall **rcp)
-{
-	int ret;
-	struct v9fs_fcall* tc;
-
-	dprintk(DEBUG_9P, "uname '%s' aname '%s' fid %d afid %d\n", uname,
-		aname, fid, afid);
-
-	tc = v9fs_create_tattach(fid, afid, uname, aname);
-	if (!IS_ERR(tc)) {
-		ret = v9fs_mux_rpc(v9ses->mux, tc, rcp);
-		kfree(tc);
-	} else
-		ret = PTR_ERR(tc);
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
-static void v9fs_t_clunk_cb(void *a, struct v9fs_fcall *tc,
-	struct v9fs_fcall *rc, int err)
-{
-	int fid, id;
-	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses;
-
-	id = 0;
-	fid = tc->params.tclunk.fid;
-	if (rc)
-		id = rc->id;
-
-	kfree(tc);
-	kfree(rc);
-	if (id == RCLUNK) {
-		v9ses = a;
-		v9fs_put_idpool(fid, &v9ses->fidpool);
-	}
-}
-
-/**
- * v9fs_t_clunk - release a fid (finish a transaction)
- * @v9ses: 9P2000 session information
- * @fid: fid to release
- * @fcall: pointer to response fcall pointer
- *
- */
-
-int
-v9fs_t_clunk(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses, u32 fid)
-{
-	int ret;
-	struct v9fs_fcall *tc, *rc;
-
-	dprintk(DEBUG_9P, "fid %d\n", fid);
-
-	rc = NULL;
-	tc = v9fs_create_tclunk(fid);
-	if (!IS_ERR(tc))
-		ret = v9fs_mux_rpc(v9ses->mux, tc, &rc);
-	else
-		ret = PTR_ERR(tc);
-
-	if (ret)
-		dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "failed fid %d err %d\n", fid, ret);
-
-	v9fs_t_clunk_cb(v9ses, tc, rc, ret);
-	return ret;
-}
-
-#if 0
-/**
- * v9fs_v9fs_t_flush - flush a pending transaction
- * @v9ses: 9P2000 session information
- * @tag: tag to release
- *
- */
-int v9fs_t_flush(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses, u16 oldtag)
-{
-	int ret;
-	struct v9fs_fcall *tc;
-
-	dprintk(DEBUG_9P, "oldtag %d\n", oldtag);
-
-	tc = v9fs_create_tflush(oldtag);
-	if (!IS_ERR(tc)) {
-		ret = v9fs_mux_rpc(v9ses->mux, tc, NULL);
-		kfree(tc);
-	} else
-		ret = PTR_ERR(tc);
-
-	return ret;
-}
-#endif
-
-/**
- * v9fs_t_stat - read a file's meta-data
- * @v9ses: 9P2000 session information
- * @fid: fid pointing to file or directory to get info about
- * @fcall: pointer to response fcall
- *
- */
-
-int
-v9fs_t_stat(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses, u32 fid, struct v9fs_fcall **rcp)
-{
-	int ret;
-	struct v9fs_fcall *tc;
-
-	dprintk(DEBUG_9P, "fid %d\n", fid);
-
-	ret = -ENOMEM;
-	tc = v9fs_create_tstat(fid);
-	if (!IS_ERR(tc)) {
-		ret = v9fs_mux_rpc(v9ses->mux, tc, rcp);
-		kfree(tc);
-	} else
-		ret = PTR_ERR(tc);
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
-/**
- * v9fs_t_wstat - write a file's meta-data
- * @v9ses: 9P2000 session information
- * @fid: fid pointing to file or directory to write info about
- * @stat: metadata
- * @fcall: pointer to response fcall
- *
- */
-
-int
-v9fs_t_wstat(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses, u32 fid,
-	     struct v9fs_wstat *wstat, struct v9fs_fcall **rcp)
-{
-	int ret;
-	struct v9fs_fcall *tc;
-
-	dprintk(DEBUG_9P, "fid %d\n", fid);
-
-	tc = v9fs_create_twstat(fid, wstat, v9ses->extended);
-	if (!IS_ERR(tc)) {
-		ret = v9fs_mux_rpc(v9ses->mux, tc, rcp);
-		kfree(tc);
-	} else
-		ret = PTR_ERR(tc);
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
-/**
- * v9fs_t_walk - walk a fid to a new file or directory
- * @v9ses: 9P2000 session information
- * @fid: fid to walk
- * @newfid: new fid (for clone operations)
- * @name: path to walk fid to
- * @fcall: pointer to response fcall
- *
- */
-
-/* TODO: support multiple walk */
-
-int
-v9fs_t_walk(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses, u32 fid, u32 newfid,
-	    char *name, struct v9fs_fcall **rcp)
-{
-	int ret;
-	struct v9fs_fcall *tc;
-	int nwname;
-
-	dprintk(DEBUG_9P, "fid %d newfid %d wname '%s'\n", fid, newfid, name);
-
-	if (name)
-		nwname = 1;
-	else
-		nwname = 0;
-
-	tc = v9fs_create_twalk(fid, newfid, nwname, &name);
-	if (!IS_ERR(tc)) {
-		ret = v9fs_mux_rpc(v9ses->mux, tc, rcp);
-		kfree(tc);
-	} else
-		ret = PTR_ERR(tc);
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
-/**
- * v9fs_t_open - open a file
- *
- * @v9ses - 9P2000 session information
- * @fid - fid to open
- * @mode - mode to open file (R, RW, etc)
- * @fcall - pointer to response fcall
- *
- */
-
-int
-v9fs_t_open(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses, u32 fid, u8 mode,
-	    struct v9fs_fcall **rcp)
-{
-	int ret;
-	struct v9fs_fcall *tc;
-
-	dprintk(DEBUG_9P, "fid %d mode %d\n", fid, mode);
-
-	tc = v9fs_create_topen(fid, mode);
-	if (!IS_ERR(tc)) {
-		ret = v9fs_mux_rpc(v9ses->mux, tc, rcp);
-		kfree(tc);
-	} else
-		ret = PTR_ERR(tc);
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
-/**
- * v9fs_t_remove - remove a file or directory
- * @v9ses: 9P2000 session information
- * @fid: fid to remove
- * @fcall: pointer to response fcall
- *
- */
-
-int
-v9fs_t_remove(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses, u32 fid,
-	      struct v9fs_fcall **rcp)
-{
-	int ret;
-	struct v9fs_fcall *tc;
-
-	dprintk(DEBUG_9P, "fid %d\n", fid);
-
-	tc = v9fs_create_tremove(fid);
-	if (!IS_ERR(tc)) {
-		ret = v9fs_mux_rpc(v9ses->mux, tc, rcp);
-		kfree(tc);
-	} else
-		ret = PTR_ERR(tc);
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
-/**
- * v9fs_t_create - create a file or directory
- * @v9ses: 9P2000 session information
- * @fid: fid to create
- * @name: name of the file or directory to create
- * @perm: permissions to create with
- * @mode: mode to open file (R, RW, etc)
- * @fcall: pointer to response fcall
- *
- */
-
-int
-v9fs_t_create(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses, u32 fid, char *name, u32 perm,
-	u8 mode, char *extension, struct v9fs_fcall **rcp)
-{
-	int ret;
-	struct v9fs_fcall *tc;
-
-	dprintk(DEBUG_9P, "fid %d name '%s' perm %x mode %d\n",
-		fid, name, perm, mode);
-
-	tc = v9fs_create_tcreate(fid, name, perm, mode, extension,
-		v9ses->extended);
-
-	if (!IS_ERR(tc)) {
-		ret = v9fs_mux_rpc(v9ses->mux, tc, rcp);
-		kfree(tc);
-	} else
-		ret = PTR_ERR(tc);
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
-/**
- * v9fs_t_read - read data
- * @v9ses: 9P2000 session information
- * @fid: fid to read from
- * @offset: offset to start read at
- * @count: how many bytes to read
- * @fcall: pointer to response fcall (with data)
- *
- */
-
-int
-v9fs_t_read(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses, u32 fid, u64 offset,
-	    u32 count, struct v9fs_fcall **rcp)
-{
-	int ret;
-	struct v9fs_fcall *tc, *rc;
-
-	dprintk(DEBUG_9P, "fid %d offset 0x%llux count 0x%x\n", fid,
-		(long long unsigned) offset, count);
-
-	tc = v9fs_create_tread(fid, offset, count);
-	if (!IS_ERR(tc)) {
-		ret = v9fs_mux_rpc(v9ses->mux, tc, &rc);
-		if (!ret)
-			ret = rc->params.rread.count;
-		if (rcp)
-			*rcp = rc;
-		else
-			kfree(rc);
-
-		kfree(tc);
-	} else
-		ret = PTR_ERR(tc);
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
-/**
- * v9fs_t_write - write data
- * @v9ses: 9P2000 session information
- * @fid: fid to write to
- * @offset: offset to start write at
- * @count: how many bytes to write
- * @fcall: pointer to response fcall
- *
- */
-
-int
-v9fs_t_write(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses, u32 fid, u64 offset, u32 count,
-	const char __user *data, struct v9fs_fcall **rcp)
-{
-	int ret;
-	struct v9fs_fcall *tc, *rc;
-
-	dprintk(DEBUG_9P, "fid %d offset 0x%llux count 0x%x\n", fid,
-		(long long unsigned) offset, count);
-
-	tc = v9fs_create_twrite(fid, offset, count, data);
-	if (!IS_ERR(tc)) {
-		ret = v9fs_mux_rpc(v9ses->mux, tc, &rc);
-
-		if (!ret)
-			ret = rc->params.rwrite.count;
-		if (rcp)
-			*rcp = rc;
-		else
-			kfree(rc);
-
-		kfree(tc);
-	} else
-		ret = PTR_ERR(tc);
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
diff --git a/fs/9p/fcprint.c b/fs/9p/fcprint.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 583e827baeb..00000000000
--- a/fs/9p/fcprint.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,346 +0,0 @@
-/*
- *  linux/fs/9p/fcprint.c
- *
- *  Print 9P call.
- *
- *  Copyright (C) 2005 by Latchesar Ionkov <lucho@ionkov.net>
- *
- *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
- *  as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- *  GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- *  along with this program; if not, write to:
- *  Free Software Foundation
- *  51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor
- *  Boston, MA  02111-1301  USA
- *
- */
-#include <linux/config.h>
-#include <linux/module.h>
-#include <linux/errno.h>
-#include <linux/fs.h>
-#include <linux/idr.h>
-
-#include "debug.h"
-#include "v9fs.h"
-#include "9p.h"
-#include "mux.h"
-
-static int
-v9fs_printqid(char *buf, int buflen, struct v9fs_qid *q)
-{
-	int n;
-	char b[10];
-
-	n = 0;
-	if (q->type & V9FS_QTDIR)
-		b[n++] = 'd';
-	if (q->type & V9FS_QTAPPEND)
-		b[n++] = 'a';
-	if (q->type & V9FS_QTAUTH)
-		b[n++] = 'A';
-	if (q->type & V9FS_QTEXCL)
-		b[n++] = 'l';
-	if (q->type & V9FS_QTTMP)
-		b[n++] = 't';
-	if (q->type & V9FS_QTSYMLINK)
-		b[n++] = 'L';
-	b[n] = '\0';
-
-	return scnprintf(buf, buflen, "(%.16llx %x %s)", (long long int) q->path,
-		q->version, b);
-}
-
-static int
-v9fs_printperm(char *buf, int buflen, int perm)
-{
-	int n;
-	char b[15];
-
-	n = 0;
-	if (perm & V9FS_DMDIR)
-		b[n++] = 'd';
-	if (perm & V9FS_DMAPPEND)
-		b[n++] = 'a';
-	if (perm & V9FS_DMAUTH)
-		b[n++] = 'A';
-	if (perm & V9FS_DMEXCL)
-		b[n++] = 'l';
-	if (perm & V9FS_DMTMP)
-		b[n++] = 't';
-	if (perm & V9FS_DMDEVICE)
-		b[n++] = 'D';
-	if (perm & V9FS_DMSOCKET)
-		b[n++] = 'S';
-	if (perm & V9FS_DMNAMEDPIPE)
-		b[n++] = 'P';
-	if (perm & V9FS_DMSYMLINK)
-		b[n++] = 'L';
-	b[n] = '\0';
-
-	return scnprintf(buf, buflen, "%s%03o", b, perm&077);
-}
-
-static int
-v9fs_printstat(char *buf, int buflen, struct v9fs_stat *st, int extended)
-{
-	int n;
-
-	n = scnprintf(buf, buflen, "'%.*s' '%.*s'", st->name.len,
-		st->name.str, st->uid.len, st->uid.str);
-	if (extended)
-		n += scnprintf(buf+n, buflen-n, "(%d)", st->n_uid);
-
-	n += scnprintf(buf+n, buflen-n, " '%.*s'", st->gid.len, st->gid.str);
-	if (extended)
-		n += scnprintf(buf+n, buflen-n, "(%d)", st->n_gid);
-
-	n += scnprintf(buf+n, buflen-n, " '%.*s'", st->muid.len, st->muid.str);
-	if (extended)
-		n += scnprintf(buf+n, buflen-n, "(%d)", st->n_muid);
-
-	n += scnprintf(buf+n, buflen-n, " q ");
-	n += v9fs_printqid(buf+n, buflen-n, &st->qid);
-	n += scnprintf(buf+n, buflen-n, " m ");
-	n += v9fs_printperm(buf+n, buflen-n, st->mode);
-	n += scnprintf(buf+n, buflen-n, " at %d mt %d l %lld",
-		st->atime, st->mtime, (long long int) st->length);
-
-	if (extended)
-		n += scnprintf(buf+n, buflen-n, " ext '%.*s'",
-			st->extension.len, st->extension.str);
-
-	return n;
-}
-
-static int
-v9fs_dumpdata(char *buf, int buflen, u8 *data, int datalen)
-{
-	int i, n;
-
-	i = n = 0;
-	while (i < datalen) {
-		n += scnprintf(buf + n, buflen - n, "%02x", data[i]);
-		if (i%4 == 3)
-			n += scnprintf(buf + n, buflen - n, " ");
-		if (i%32 == 31)
-			n += scnprintf(buf + n, buflen - n, "\n");
-
-		i++;
-	}
-	n += scnprintf(buf + n, buflen - n, "\n");
-
-	return n;
-}
-
-static int
-v9fs_printdata(char *buf, int buflen, u8 *data, int datalen)
-{
-	return v9fs_dumpdata(buf, buflen, data, datalen<16?datalen:16);
-}
-
-int
-v9fs_printfcall(char *buf, int buflen, struct v9fs_fcall *fc, int extended)
-{
-	int i, ret, type, tag;
-
-	if (!fc)
-		return scnprintf(buf, buflen, "<NULL>");
-
-	type = fc->id;
-	tag = fc->tag;
-
-	ret = 0;
-	switch (type) {
-	case TVERSION:
-		ret += scnprintf(buf+ret, buflen-ret,
-			"Tversion tag %u msize %u version '%.*s'", tag,
-			fc->params.tversion.msize, fc->params.tversion.version.len,
-			fc->params.tversion.version.str);
-		break;
-
-	case RVERSION:
-		ret += scnprintf(buf+ret, buflen-ret,
-			"Rversion tag %u msize %u version '%.*s'", tag,
-			fc->params.rversion.msize, fc->params.rversion.version.len,
-			fc->params.rversion.version.str);
-		break;
-
-	case TAUTH:
-		ret += scnprintf(buf+ret, buflen-ret,
-			"Tauth tag %u afid %d uname '%.*s' aname '%.*s'", tag,
-			fc->params.tauth.afid, fc->params.tauth.uname.len,
-			fc->params.tauth.uname.str, fc->params.tauth.aname.len,
-			fc->params.tauth.aname.str);
-		break;
-
-	case RAUTH:
-		ret += scnprintf(buf+ret, buflen-ret, "Rauth tag %u qid ", tag);
-		v9fs_printqid(buf+ret, buflen-ret, &fc->params.rauth.qid);
-		break;
-
-	case TATTACH:
-		ret += scnprintf(buf+ret, buflen-ret,
-			"Tattach tag %u fid %d afid %d uname '%.*s' aname '%.*s'",
-			tag, fc->params.tattach.fid, fc->params.tattach.afid,
-			fc->params.tattach.uname.len, fc->params.tattach.uname.str,
-			fc->params.tattach.aname.len, fc->params.tattach.aname.str);
-		break;
-
-	case RATTACH:
-		ret += scnprintf(buf+ret, buflen-ret, "Rattach tag %u qid ", tag);
-		v9fs_printqid(buf+ret, buflen-ret, &fc->params.rattach.qid);
-		break;
-
-	case RERROR:
-		ret += scnprintf(buf+ret, buflen-ret, "Rerror tag %u ename '%.*s'",
-			tag, fc->params.rerror.error.len,
-			fc->params.rerror.error.str);
-		if (extended)
-			ret += scnprintf(buf+ret, buflen-ret, " ecode %d\n",
-				fc->params.rerror.errno);
-		break;
-
-	case TFLUSH:
-		ret += scnprintf(buf+ret, buflen-ret, "Tflush tag %u oldtag %u",
-			tag, fc->params.tflush.oldtag);
-		break;
-
-	case RFLUSH:
-		ret += scnprintf(buf+ret, buflen-ret, "Rflush tag %u", tag);
-		break;
-
-	case TWALK:
-		ret += scnprintf(buf+ret, buflen-ret,
-			"Twalk tag %u fid %d newfid %d nwname %d", tag,
-			fc->params.twalk.fid, fc->params.twalk.newfid,
-			fc->params.twalk.nwname);
-		for(i = 0; i < fc->params.twalk.nwname; i++)
-			ret += scnprintf(buf+ret, buflen-ret," '%.*s'",
-				fc->params.twalk.wnames[i].len,
-				fc->params.twalk.wnames[i].str);
-		break;
-
-	case RWALK:
-		ret += scnprintf(buf+ret, buflen-ret, "Rwalk tag %u nwqid %d",
-			tag, fc->params.rwalk.nwqid);
-		for(i = 0; i < fc->params.rwalk.nwqid; i++)
-			ret += v9fs_printqid(buf+ret, buflen-ret,
-				&fc->params.rwalk.wqids[i]);
-		break;
-
-	case TOPEN:
-		ret += scnprintf(buf+ret, buflen-ret,
-			"Topen tag %u fid %d mode %d", tag,
-			fc->params.topen.fid, fc->params.topen.mode);
-		break;
-
-	case ROPEN:
-		ret += scnprintf(buf+ret, buflen-ret, "Ropen tag %u", tag);
-		ret += v9fs_printqid(buf+ret, buflen-ret, &fc->params.ropen.qid);
-		ret += scnprintf(buf+ret, buflen-ret," iounit %d",
-			fc->params.ropen.iounit);
-		break;
-
-	case TCREATE:
-		ret += scnprintf(buf+ret, buflen-ret,
-			"Tcreate tag %u fid %d name '%.*s' perm ", tag,
-			fc->params.tcreate.fid, fc->params.tcreate.name.len,
-			fc->params.tcreate.name.str);
-
-		ret += v9fs_printperm(buf+ret, buflen-ret, fc->params.tcreate.perm);
-		ret += scnprintf(buf+ret, buflen-ret, " mode %d",
-			fc->params.tcreate.mode);
-		break;
-
-	case RCREATE:
-		ret += scnprintf(buf+ret, buflen-ret, "Rcreate tag %u", tag);
-		ret += v9fs_printqid(buf+ret, buflen-ret, &fc->params.rcreate.qid);
-		ret += scnprintf(buf+ret, buflen-ret, " iounit %d",
-			fc->params.rcreate.iounit);
-		break;
-
-	case TREAD:
-		ret += scnprintf(buf+ret, buflen-ret,
-			"Tread tag %u fid %d offset %lld count %u", tag,
-			fc->params.tread.fid,
-			(long long int) fc->params.tread.offset,
-			fc->params.tread.count);
-		break;
-
-	case RREAD:
-		ret += scnprintf(buf+ret, buflen-ret,
-			"Rread tag %u count %u data ", tag,
-			fc->params.rread.count);
-		ret += v9fs_printdata(buf+ret, buflen-ret, fc->params.rread.data,
-			fc->params.rread.count);
-		break;
-
-	case TWRITE:
-		ret += scnprintf(buf+ret, buflen-ret,
-			"Twrite tag %u fid %d offset %lld count %u data ",
-			tag, fc->params.twrite.fid,
-			(long long int) fc->params.twrite.offset,
-			fc->params.twrite.count);
-		ret += v9fs_printdata(buf+ret, buflen-ret, fc->params.twrite.data,
-			fc->params.twrite.count);
-		break;
-
-	case RWRITE:
-		ret += scnprintf(buf+ret, buflen-ret, "Rwrite tag %u count %u",
-			tag, fc->params.rwrite.count);
-		break;
-
-	case TCLUNK:
-		ret += scnprintf(buf+ret, buflen-ret, "Tclunk tag %u fid %d",
-			tag, fc->params.tclunk.fid);
-		break;
-
-	case RCLUNK:
-		ret += scnprintf(buf+ret, buflen-ret, "Rclunk tag %u", tag);
-		break;
-
-	case TREMOVE:
-		ret += scnprintf(buf+ret, buflen-ret, "Tremove tag %u fid %d",
-			tag, fc->params.tremove.fid);
-		break;
-
-	case RREMOVE:
-		ret += scnprintf(buf+ret, buflen-ret, "Rremove tag %u", tag);
-		break;
-
-	case TSTAT:
-		ret += scnprintf(buf+ret, buflen-ret, "Tstat tag %u fid %d",
-			tag, fc->params.tstat.fid);
-		break;
-
-	case RSTAT:
-		ret += scnprintf(buf+ret, buflen-ret, "Rstat tag %u ", tag);
-		ret += v9fs_printstat(buf+ret, buflen-ret, &fc->params.rstat.stat,
-			extended);
-		break;
-
-	case TWSTAT:
-		ret += scnprintf(buf+ret, buflen-ret, "Twstat tag %u fid %d ",
-			tag, fc->params.twstat.fid);
-		ret += v9fs_printstat(buf+ret, buflen-ret, &fc->params.twstat.stat,
-			extended);
-		break;
-
-	case RWSTAT:
-		ret += scnprintf(buf+ret, buflen-ret, "Rwstat tag %u", tag);
-		break;
-
-	default:
-		ret += scnprintf(buf+ret, buflen-ret, "unknown type %d", type);
-		break;
-	}
-
-	return ret;
-}
diff --git a/fs/9p/fid.c b/fs/9p/fid.c
index b7608af07ce..d51ec9fafcc 100644
--- a/fs/9p/fid.c
+++ b/fs/9p/fid.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * V9FS FID Management
  *
+ *  Copyright (C) 2007 by Latchesar Ionkov <lucho@ionkov.net>
  *  Copyright (C) 2005, 2006 by Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@gmail.com>
  *
  *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -20,111 +21,286 @@
  *
  */
 
-#include <linux/config.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/idr.h>
+#include <net/9p/9p.h>
+#include <net/9p/client.h>
 
-#include "debug.h"
 #include "v9fs.h"
-#include "9p.h"
 #include "v9fs_vfs.h"
 #include "fid.h"
 
 /**
- * v9fs_fid_insert - add a fid to a dentry
+ * v9fs_fid_add - add a fid to a dentry
+ * @dentry: dentry that the fid is being added to
  * @fid: fid to add
- * @dentry: dentry that it is being added to
  *
  */
 
-int v9fs_fid_insert(struct v9fs_fid *fid, struct dentry *dentry)
+static inline void __add_fid(struct dentry *dentry, struct p9_fid *fid)
 {
-	struct list_head *fid_list = (struct list_head *)dentry->d_fsdata;
-	dprintk(DEBUG_9P, "fid %d (%p) dentry %s (%p)\n", fid->fid, fid,
-		dentry->d_iname, dentry);
-	if (dentry->d_fsdata == NULL) {
-		dentry->d_fsdata =
-		    kmalloc(sizeof(struct list_head), GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (dentry->d_fsdata == NULL) {
-			dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "Out of memory\n");
-			return -ENOMEM;
-		}
-		fid_list = (struct list_head *)dentry->d_fsdata;
-		INIT_LIST_HEAD(fid_list);	/* Initialize list head */
-	}
+	hlist_add_head(&fid->dlist, (struct hlist_head *)&dentry->d_fsdata);
+}
 
-	fid->uid = current->uid;
-	list_add(&fid->list, fid_list);
-	return 0;
+void v9fs_fid_add(struct dentry *dentry, struct p9_fid *fid)
+{
+	spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
+	__add_fid(dentry, fid);
+	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 }
 
 /**
- * v9fs_fid_create - allocate a FID structure
- * @dentry - dentry to link newly created fid to
+ * v9fs_fid_find - retrieve a fid that belongs to the specified uid
+ * @dentry: dentry to look for fid in
+ * @uid: return fid that belongs to the specified user
+ * @any: if non-zero, return any fid associated with the dentry
  *
  */
 
-struct v9fs_fid *v9fs_fid_create(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses, int fid)
+static struct p9_fid *v9fs_fid_find(struct dentry *dentry, kuid_t uid, int any)
 {
-	struct v9fs_fid *new;
+	struct p9_fid *fid, *ret;
 
-	dprintk(DEBUG_9P, "fid create fid %d\n", fid);
-	new = kmalloc(sizeof(struct v9fs_fid), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (new == NULL) {
-		dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "Out of Memory\n");
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, " dentry: %s (%p) uid %d any %d\n",
+		 dentry->d_name.name, dentry, from_kuid(&init_user_ns, uid),
+		 any);
+	ret = NULL;
+	/* we'll recheck under lock if there's anything to look in */
+	if (dentry->d_fsdata) {
+		struct hlist_head *h = (struct hlist_head *)&dentry->d_fsdata;
+		spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
+		hlist_for_each_entry(fid, h, dlist) {
+			if (any || uid_eq(fid->uid, uid)) {
+				ret = fid;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+		spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 	}
 
-	new->fid = fid;
-	new->v9ses = v9ses;
-	new->fidopen = 0;
-	new->fidclunked = 0;
-	new->iounit = 0;
-	new->rdir_pos = 0;
-	new->rdir_fcall = NULL;
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&new->list);
-
-	return new;
+	return ret;
 }
 
-/**
- * v9fs_fid_destroy - deallocate a FID structure
- * @fid: fid to destroy
- *
+/*
+ * We need to hold v9ses->rename_sem as long as we hold references
+ * to returned path array. Array element contain pointers to
+ * dentry names.
  */
+static int build_path_from_dentry(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses,
+				  struct dentry *dentry, char ***names)
+{
+	int n = 0, i;
+	char **wnames;
+	struct dentry *ds;
 
-void v9fs_fid_destroy(struct v9fs_fid *fid)
+	for (ds = dentry; !IS_ROOT(ds); ds = ds->d_parent)
+		n++;
+
+	wnames = kmalloc(sizeof(char *) * n, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!wnames)
+		goto err_out;
+
+	for (ds = dentry, i = (n-1); i >= 0; i--, ds = ds->d_parent)
+		wnames[i] = (char  *)ds->d_name.name;
+
+	*names = wnames;
+	return n;
+err_out:
+	return -ENOMEM;
+}
+
+static struct p9_fid *v9fs_fid_lookup_with_uid(struct dentry *dentry,
+					       kuid_t uid, int any)
 {
-	list_del(&fid->list);
-	kfree(fid);
+	struct dentry *ds;
+	char **wnames, *uname;
+	int i, n, l, clone, access;
+	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses;
+	struct p9_fid *fid, *old_fid = NULL;
+
+	v9ses = v9fs_dentry2v9ses(dentry);
+	access = v9ses->flags & V9FS_ACCESS_MASK;
+	fid = v9fs_fid_find(dentry, uid, any);
+	if (fid)
+		return fid;
+	/*
+	 * we don't have a matching fid. To do a TWALK we need
+	 * parent fid. We need to prevent rename when we want to
+	 * look at the parent.
+	 */
+	down_read(&v9ses->rename_sem);
+	ds = dentry->d_parent;
+	fid = v9fs_fid_find(ds, uid, any);
+	if (fid) {
+		/* Found the parent fid do a lookup with that */
+		fid = p9_client_walk(fid, 1, (char **)&dentry->d_name.name, 1);
+		goto fid_out;
+	}
+	up_read(&v9ses->rename_sem);
+
+	/* start from the root and try to do a lookup */
+	fid = v9fs_fid_find(dentry->d_sb->s_root, uid, any);
+	if (!fid) {
+		/* the user is not attached to the fs yet */
+		if (access == V9FS_ACCESS_SINGLE)
+			return ERR_PTR(-EPERM);
+
+		if (v9fs_proto_dotu(v9ses) || v9fs_proto_dotl(v9ses))
+				uname = NULL;
+		else
+			uname = v9ses->uname;
+
+		fid = p9_client_attach(v9ses->clnt, NULL, uname, uid,
+				       v9ses->aname);
+		if (IS_ERR(fid))
+			return fid;
+
+		v9fs_fid_add(dentry->d_sb->s_root, fid);
+	}
+	/* If we are root ourself just return that */
+	if (dentry->d_sb->s_root == dentry)
+		return fid;
+	/*
+	 * Do a multipath walk with attached root.
+	 * When walking parent we need to make sure we
+	 * don't have a parallel rename happening
+	 */
+	down_read(&v9ses->rename_sem);
+	n  = build_path_from_dentry(v9ses, dentry, &wnames);
+	if (n < 0) {
+		fid = ERR_PTR(n);
+		goto err_out;
+	}
+	clone = 1;
+	i = 0;
+	while (i < n) {
+		l = min(n - i, P9_MAXWELEM);
+		/*
+		 * We need to hold rename lock when doing a multipath
+		 * walk to ensure none of the patch component change
+		 */
+		fid = p9_client_walk(fid, l, &wnames[i], clone);
+		if (IS_ERR(fid)) {
+			if (old_fid) {
+				/*
+				 * If we fail, clunk fid which are mapping
+				 * to path component and not the last component
+				 * of the path.
+				 */
+				p9_client_clunk(old_fid);
+			}
+			kfree(wnames);
+			goto err_out;
+		}
+		old_fid = fid;
+		i += l;
+		clone = 0;
+	}
+	kfree(wnames);
+fid_out:
+	if (!IS_ERR(fid)) {
+		spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
+		if (d_unhashed(dentry)) {
+			spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+			p9_client_clunk(fid);
+			fid = ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
+		} else {
+			__add_fid(dentry, fid);
+			spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+		}
+	}
+err_out:
+	up_read(&v9ses->rename_sem);
+	return fid;
 }
 
 /**
- * v9fs_fid_lookup - retrieve the right fid from a  particular dentry
+ * v9fs_fid_lookup - lookup for a fid, try to walk if not found
  * @dentry: dentry to look for fid in
- * @type: intent of lookup (operation or traversal)
- *
- * find a fid in the dentry
- *
- * TODO: only match fids that have the same uid as current user
  *
+ * Look for a fid in the specified dentry for the current user.
+ * If no fid is found, try to create one walking from a fid from the parent
+ * dentry (if it has one), or the root dentry. If the user haven't accessed
+ * the fs yet, attach now and walk from the root.
  */
 
-struct v9fs_fid *v9fs_fid_lookup(struct dentry *dentry)
+struct p9_fid *v9fs_fid_lookup(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
-	struct list_head *fid_list = (struct list_head *)dentry->d_fsdata;
-	struct v9fs_fid *return_fid = NULL;
+	kuid_t uid;
+	int  any, access;
+	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses;
 
-	dprintk(DEBUG_9P, " dentry: %s (%p)\n", dentry->d_iname, dentry);
+	v9ses = v9fs_dentry2v9ses(dentry);
+	access = v9ses->flags & V9FS_ACCESS_MASK;
+	switch (access) {
+	case V9FS_ACCESS_SINGLE:
+	case V9FS_ACCESS_USER:
+	case V9FS_ACCESS_CLIENT:
+		uid = current_fsuid();
+		any = 0;
+		break;
 
-	if (fid_list)
-		return_fid = list_entry(fid_list->next, struct v9fs_fid, list);
+	case V9FS_ACCESS_ANY:
+		uid = v9ses->uid;
+		any = 1;
+		break;
 
-	if (!return_fid) {
-		dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "Couldn't find a fid in dentry\n");
+	default:
+		uid = INVALID_UID;
+		any = 0;
+		break;
 	}
+	return v9fs_fid_lookup_with_uid(dentry, uid, any);
+}
+
+struct p9_fid *v9fs_fid_clone(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	struct p9_fid *fid, *ret;
 
-	return return_fid;
+	fid = v9fs_fid_lookup(dentry);
+	if (IS_ERR(fid))
+		return fid;
+
+	ret = p9_client_walk(fid, 0, NULL, 1);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static struct p9_fid *v9fs_fid_clone_with_uid(struct dentry *dentry, kuid_t uid)
+{
+	struct p9_fid *fid, *ret;
+
+	fid = v9fs_fid_lookup_with_uid(dentry, uid, 0);
+	if (IS_ERR(fid))
+		return fid;
+
+	ret = p9_client_walk(fid, 0, NULL, 1);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+struct p9_fid *v9fs_writeback_fid(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	int err;
+	struct p9_fid *fid;
+
+	fid = v9fs_fid_clone_with_uid(dentry, GLOBAL_ROOT_UID);
+	if (IS_ERR(fid))
+		goto error_out;
+	/*
+	 * writeback fid will only be used to write back the
+	 * dirty pages. We always request for the open fid in read-write
+	 * mode so that a partial page write which result in page
+	 * read can work.
+	 */
+	err = p9_client_open(fid, O_RDWR);
+	if (err < 0) {
+		p9_client_clunk(fid);
+		fid = ERR_PTR(err);
+		goto error_out;
+	}
+error_out:
+	return fid;
 }
diff --git a/fs/9p/fid.h b/fs/9p/fid.h
index aa974d6875c..2b6787fcb62 100644
--- a/fs/9p/fid.h
+++ b/fs/9p/fid.h
@@ -19,39 +19,12 @@
  *  Boston, MA  02111-1301  USA
  *
  */
-
+#ifndef FS_9P_FID_H
+#define FS_9P_FID_H
 #include <linux/list.h>
 
-#define FID_OP   0
-#define FID_WALK 1
-#define FID_CREATE 2
-
-struct v9fs_fid {
-	struct list_head list;	 /* list of fids associated with a dentry */
-	struct list_head active; /* XXX - debug */
-
-	u32 fid;
-	unsigned char fidopen;	  /* set when fid is opened */
-	unsigned char fidclunked; /* set when fid has already been clunked */
-
-	struct v9fs_qid qid;
-	u32 iounit;
-
-	/* readdir stuff */
-	int rdir_fpos;
-	loff_t rdir_pos;
-	struct v9fs_fcall *rdir_fcall;
-
-	/* management stuff */
-	uid_t uid;		/* user associated with this fid */
-
-	/* private data */
-	struct file *filp;	/* backpointer to File struct for open files */
-	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses;	/* session info for this FID */
-};
-
-struct v9fs_fid *v9fs_fid_lookup(struct dentry *dentry);
-struct v9fs_fid *v9fs_fid_get_created(struct dentry *);
-void v9fs_fid_destroy(struct v9fs_fid *fid);
-struct v9fs_fid *v9fs_fid_create(struct v9fs_session_info *, int fid);
-int v9fs_fid_insert(struct v9fs_fid *fid, struct dentry *dentry);
+struct p9_fid *v9fs_fid_lookup(struct dentry *dentry);
+struct p9_fid *v9fs_fid_clone(struct dentry *dentry);
+void v9fs_fid_add(struct dentry *dentry, struct p9_fid *fid);
+struct p9_fid *v9fs_writeback_fid(struct dentry *dentry);
+#endif
diff --git a/fs/9p/mux.c b/fs/9p/mux.c
deleted file mode 100644
index f4407eb276c..00000000000
--- a/fs/9p/mux.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,1033 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * linux/fs/9p/mux.c
- *
- * Protocol Multiplexer
- *
- *  Copyright (C) 2004 by Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@gmail.com>
- *  Copyright (C) 2004-2005 by Latchesar Ionkov <lucho@ionkov.net>
- *
- *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
- *  as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- *  GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- *  along with this program; if not, write to:
- *  Free Software Foundation
- *  51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor
- *  Boston, MA  02111-1301  USA
- *
- */
-
-#include <linux/config.h>
-#include <linux/module.h>
-#include <linux/errno.h>
-#include <linux/fs.h>
-#include <linux/poll.h>
-#include <linux/kthread.h>
-#include <linux/idr.h>
-#include <linux/mutex.h>
-
-#include "debug.h"
-#include "v9fs.h"
-#include "9p.h"
-#include "conv.h"
-#include "transport.h"
-#include "mux.h"
-
-#define ERREQFLUSH	1
-#define SCHED_TIMEOUT	10
-#define MAXPOLLWADDR	2
-
-enum {
-	Rworksched = 1,		/* read work scheduled or running */
-	Rpending = 2,		/* can read */
-	Wworksched = 4,		/* write work scheduled or running */
-	Wpending = 8,		/* can write */
-};
-
-enum {
-	None,
-	Flushing,
-	Flushed,
-};
-
-struct v9fs_mux_poll_task;
-
-struct v9fs_req {
-	spinlock_t lock;
-	int tag;
-	struct v9fs_fcall *tcall;
-	struct v9fs_fcall *rcall;
-	int err;
-	v9fs_mux_req_callback cb;
-	void *cba;
-	int flush;
-	struct list_head req_list;
-};
-
-struct v9fs_mux_data {
-	spinlock_t lock;
-	struct list_head mux_list;
-	struct v9fs_mux_poll_task *poll_task;
-	int msize;
-	unsigned char *extended;
-	struct v9fs_transport *trans;
-	struct v9fs_idpool tagpool;
-	int err;
-	wait_queue_head_t equeue;
-	struct list_head req_list;
-	struct list_head unsent_req_list;
-	struct v9fs_fcall *rcall;
-	int rpos;
-	char *rbuf;
-	int wpos;
-	int wsize;
-	char *wbuf;
-	wait_queue_t poll_wait[MAXPOLLWADDR];
-	wait_queue_head_t *poll_waddr[MAXPOLLWADDR];
-	poll_table pt;
-	struct work_struct rq;
-	struct work_struct wq;
-	unsigned long wsched;
-};
-
-struct v9fs_mux_poll_task {
-	struct task_struct *task;
-	struct list_head mux_list;
-	int muxnum;
-};
-
-struct v9fs_mux_rpc {
-	struct v9fs_mux_data *m;
-	int err;
-	struct v9fs_fcall *tcall;
-	struct v9fs_fcall *rcall;
-	wait_queue_head_t wqueue;
-};
-
-static int v9fs_poll_proc(void *);
-static void v9fs_read_work(void *);
-static void v9fs_write_work(void *);
-static void v9fs_pollwait(struct file *filp, wait_queue_head_t * wait_address,
-			  poll_table * p);
-static u16 v9fs_mux_get_tag(struct v9fs_mux_data *);
-static void v9fs_mux_put_tag(struct v9fs_mux_data *, u16);
-
-static DEFINE_MUTEX(v9fs_mux_task_lock);
-static struct workqueue_struct *v9fs_mux_wq;
-
-static int v9fs_mux_num;
-static int v9fs_mux_poll_task_num;
-static struct v9fs_mux_poll_task v9fs_mux_poll_tasks[100];
-
-int v9fs_mux_global_init(void)
-{
-	int i;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(v9fs_mux_poll_tasks); i++)
-		v9fs_mux_poll_tasks[i].task = NULL;
-
-	v9fs_mux_wq = create_workqueue("v9fs");
-	if (!v9fs_mux_wq)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-void v9fs_mux_global_exit(void)
-{
-	destroy_workqueue(v9fs_mux_wq);
-}
-
-/**
- * v9fs_mux_calc_poll_procs - calculates the number of polling procs
- * based on the number of mounted v9fs filesystems.
- *
- * The current implementation returns sqrt of the number of mounts.
- */
-static int v9fs_mux_calc_poll_procs(int muxnum)
-{
-	int n;
-
-	if (v9fs_mux_poll_task_num)
-		n = muxnum / v9fs_mux_poll_task_num +
-		    (muxnum % v9fs_mux_poll_task_num ? 1 : 0);
-	else
-		n = 1;
-
-	if (n > ARRAY_SIZE(v9fs_mux_poll_tasks))
-		n = ARRAY_SIZE(v9fs_mux_poll_tasks);
-
-	return n;
-}
-
-static int v9fs_mux_poll_start(struct v9fs_mux_data *m)
-{
-	int i, n;
-	struct v9fs_mux_poll_task *vpt, *vptlast;
-	struct task_struct *pproc;
-
-	dprintk(DEBUG_MUX, "mux %p muxnum %d procnum %d\n", m, v9fs_mux_num,
-		v9fs_mux_poll_task_num);
-	mutex_lock(&v9fs_mux_task_lock);
-
-	n = v9fs_mux_calc_poll_procs(v9fs_mux_num + 1);
-	if (n > v9fs_mux_poll_task_num) {
-		for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(v9fs_mux_poll_tasks); i++) {
-			if (v9fs_mux_poll_tasks[i].task == NULL) {
-				vpt = &v9fs_mux_poll_tasks[i];
-				dprintk(DEBUG_MUX, "create proc %p\n", vpt);
-				pproc = kthread_create(v9fs_poll_proc, vpt,
-						   "v9fs-poll");
-
-				if (!IS_ERR(pproc)) {
-					vpt->task = pproc;
-					INIT_LIST_HEAD(&vpt->mux_list);
-					vpt->muxnum = 0;
-					v9fs_mux_poll_task_num++;
-					wake_up_process(vpt->task);
-				}
-				break;
-			}
-		}
-
-		if (i >= ARRAY_SIZE(v9fs_mux_poll_tasks))
-			dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "warning: no free poll slots\n");
-	}
-
-	n = (v9fs_mux_num + 1) / v9fs_mux_poll_task_num +
-	    ((v9fs_mux_num + 1) % v9fs_mux_poll_task_num ? 1 : 0);
-
-	vptlast = NULL;
-	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(v9fs_mux_poll_tasks); i++) {
-		vpt = &v9fs_mux_poll_tasks[i];
-		if (vpt->task != NULL) {
-			vptlast = vpt;
-			if (vpt->muxnum < n) {
-				dprintk(DEBUG_MUX, "put in proc %d\n", i);
-				list_add(&m->mux_list, &vpt->mux_list);
-				vpt->muxnum++;
-				m->poll_task = vpt;
-				memset(&m->poll_waddr, 0, sizeof(m->poll_waddr));
-				init_poll_funcptr(&m->pt, v9fs_pollwait);
-				break;
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	if (i >= ARRAY_SIZE(v9fs_mux_poll_tasks)) {
-		if (vptlast == NULL)
-			return -ENOMEM;
-
-		dprintk(DEBUG_MUX, "put in proc %d\n", i);
-		list_add(&m->mux_list, &vptlast->mux_list);
-		vptlast->muxnum++;
-		m->poll_task = vptlast;
-		memset(&m->poll_waddr, 0, sizeof(m->poll_waddr));
-		init_poll_funcptr(&m->pt, v9fs_pollwait);
-	}
-
-	v9fs_mux_num++;
-	mutex_unlock(&v9fs_mux_task_lock);
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static void v9fs_mux_poll_stop(struct v9fs_mux_data *m)
-{
-	int i;
-	struct v9fs_mux_poll_task *vpt;
-
-	mutex_lock(&v9fs_mux_task_lock);
-	vpt = m->poll_task;
-	list_del(&m->mux_list);
-	for(i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(m->poll_waddr); i++) {
-		if (m->poll_waddr[i] != NULL) {
-			remove_wait_queue(m->poll_waddr[i], &m->poll_wait[i]);
-			m->poll_waddr[i] = NULL;
-		}
-	}
-	vpt->muxnum--;
-	if (!vpt->muxnum) {
-		dprintk(DEBUG_MUX, "destroy proc %p\n", vpt);
-		send_sig(SIGKILL, vpt->task, 1);
-		vpt->task = NULL;
-		v9fs_mux_poll_task_num--;
-	}
-	v9fs_mux_num--;
-	mutex_unlock(&v9fs_mux_task_lock);
-}
-
-/**
- * v9fs_mux_init - allocate and initialize the per-session mux data
- * Creates the polling task if this is the first session.
- *
- * @trans - transport structure
- * @msize - maximum message size
- * @extended - pointer to the extended flag
- */
-struct v9fs_mux_data *v9fs_mux_init(struct v9fs_transport *trans, int msize,
-				    unsigned char *extended)
-{
-	int i, n;
-	struct v9fs_mux_data *m, *mtmp;
-
-	dprintk(DEBUG_MUX, "transport %p msize %d\n", trans, msize);
-	m = kmalloc(sizeof(struct v9fs_mux_data), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!m)
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-
-	spin_lock_init(&m->lock);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&m->mux_list);
-	m->msize = msize;
-	m->extended = extended;
-	m->trans = trans;
-	idr_init(&m->tagpool.pool);
-	init_MUTEX(&m->tagpool.lock);
-	m->err = 0;
-	init_waitqueue_head(&m->equeue);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&m->req_list);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&m->unsent_req_list);
-	m->rcall = NULL;
-	m->rpos = 0;
-	m->rbuf = NULL;
-	m->wpos = m->wsize = 0;
-	m->wbuf = NULL;
-	INIT_WORK(&m->rq, v9fs_read_work, m);
-	INIT_WORK(&m->wq, v9fs_write_work, m);
-	m->wsched = 0;
-	memset(&m->poll_waddr, 0, sizeof(m->poll_waddr));
-	m->poll_task = NULL;
-	n = v9fs_mux_poll_start(m);
-	if (n)
-		return ERR_PTR(n);
-
-	n = trans->poll(trans, &m->pt);
-	if (n & POLLIN) {
-		dprintk(DEBUG_MUX, "mux %p can read\n", m);
-		set_bit(Rpending, &m->wsched);
-	}
-
-	if (n & POLLOUT) {
-		dprintk(DEBUG_MUX, "mux %p can write\n", m);
-		set_bit(Wpending, &m->wsched);
-	}
-
-	for(i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(m->poll_waddr); i++) {
-		if (IS_ERR(m->poll_waddr[i])) {
-			v9fs_mux_poll_stop(m);
-			mtmp = (void *)m->poll_waddr;	/* the error code */
-			kfree(m);
-			m = mtmp;
-			break;
-		}
-	}
-
-	return m;
-}
-
-/**
- * v9fs_mux_destroy - cancels all pending requests and frees mux resources
- */
-void v9fs_mux_destroy(struct v9fs_mux_data *m)
-{
-	dprintk(DEBUG_MUX, "mux %p prev %p next %p\n", m,
-		m->mux_list.prev, m->mux_list.next);
-	v9fs_mux_cancel(m, -ECONNRESET);
-
-	if (!list_empty(&m->req_list)) {
-		/* wait until all processes waiting on this session exit */
-		dprintk(DEBUG_MUX, "mux %p waiting for empty request queue\n",
-			m);
-		wait_event_timeout(m->equeue, (list_empty(&m->req_list)), 5000);
-		dprintk(DEBUG_MUX, "mux %p request queue empty: %d\n", m,
-			list_empty(&m->req_list));
-	}
-
-	v9fs_mux_poll_stop(m);
-	m->trans = NULL;
-
-	kfree(m);
-}
-
-/**
- * v9fs_pollwait - called by files poll operation to add v9fs-poll task
- * 	to files wait queue
- */
-static void
-v9fs_pollwait(struct file *filp, wait_queue_head_t * wait_address,
-	      poll_table * p)
-{
-	int i;
-	struct v9fs_mux_data *m;
-
-	m = container_of(p, struct v9fs_mux_data, pt);
-	for(i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(m->poll_waddr); i++)
-		if (m->poll_waddr[i] == NULL)
-			break;
-
-	if (i >= ARRAY_SIZE(m->poll_waddr)) {
-		dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "not enough wait_address slots\n");
-		return;
-	}
-
-	m->poll_waddr[i] = wait_address;
-
-	if (!wait_address) {
-		dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "no wait_address\n");
-		m->poll_waddr[i] = ERR_PTR(-EIO);
-		return;
-	}
-
-	init_waitqueue_entry(&m->poll_wait[i], m->poll_task->task);
-	add_wait_queue(wait_address, &m->poll_wait[i]);
-}
-
-/**
- * v9fs_poll_mux - polls a mux and schedules read or write works if necessary
- */
-static void v9fs_poll_mux(struct v9fs_mux_data *m)
-{
-	int n;
-
-	if (m->err < 0)
-		return;
-
-	n = m->trans->poll(m->trans, NULL);
-	if (n < 0 || n & (POLLERR | POLLHUP | POLLNVAL)) {
-		dprintk(DEBUG_MUX, "error mux %p err %d\n", m, n);
-		if (n >= 0)
-			n = -ECONNRESET;
-		v9fs_mux_cancel(m, n);
-	}
-
-	if (n & POLLIN) {
-		set_bit(Rpending, &m->wsched);
-		dprintk(DEBUG_MUX, "mux %p can read\n", m);
-		if (!test_and_set_bit(Rworksched, &m->wsched)) {
-			dprintk(DEBUG_MUX, "schedule read work mux %p\n", m);
-			queue_work(v9fs_mux_wq, &m->rq);
-		}
-	}
-
-	if (n & POLLOUT) {
-		set_bit(Wpending, &m->wsched);
-		dprintk(DEBUG_MUX, "mux %p can write\n", m);
-		if ((m->wsize || !list_empty(&m->unsent_req_list))
-		    && !test_and_set_bit(Wworksched, &m->wsched)) {
-			dprintk(DEBUG_MUX, "schedule write work mux %p\n", m);
-			queue_work(v9fs_mux_wq, &m->wq);
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-/**
- * v9fs_poll_proc - polls all v9fs transports for new events and queues
- * 	the appropriate work to the work queue
- */
-static int v9fs_poll_proc(void *a)
-{
-	struct v9fs_mux_data *m, *mtmp;
-	struct v9fs_mux_poll_task *vpt;
-
-	vpt = a;
-	dprintk(DEBUG_MUX, "start %p %p\n", current, vpt);
-	allow_signal(SIGKILL);
-	while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
-		set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
-		if (signal_pending(current))
-			break;
-
-		list_for_each_entry_safe(m, mtmp, &vpt->mux_list, mux_list) {
-			v9fs_poll_mux(m);
-		}
-
-		dprintk(DEBUG_MUX, "sleeping...\n");
-		schedule_timeout(SCHED_TIMEOUT * HZ);
-	}
-
-	__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
-	dprintk(DEBUG_MUX, "finish\n");
-	return 0;
-}
-
-/**
- * v9fs_write_work - called when a transport can send some data
- */
-static void v9fs_write_work(void *a)
-{
-	int n, err;
-	struct v9fs_mux_data *m;
-	struct v9fs_req *req;
-
-	m = a;
-
-	if (m->err < 0) {
-		clear_bit(Wworksched, &m->wsched);
-		return;
-	}
-
-	if (!m->wsize) {
-		if (list_empty(&m->unsent_req_list)) {
-			clear_bit(Wworksched, &m->wsched);
-			return;
-		}
-
-		spin_lock(&m->lock);
-again:
-		req = list_entry(m->unsent_req_list.next, struct v9fs_req,
-			       req_list);
-		list_move_tail(&req->req_list, &m->req_list);
-		if (req->err == ERREQFLUSH)
-			goto again;
-
-		m->wbuf = req->tcall->sdata;
-		m->wsize = req->tcall->size;
-		m->wpos = 0;
-		dump_data(m->wbuf, m->wsize);
-		spin_unlock(&m->lock);
-	}
-
-	dprintk(DEBUG_MUX, "mux %p pos %d size %d\n", m, m->wpos, m->wsize);
-	clear_bit(Wpending, &m->wsched);
-	err = m->trans->write(m->trans, m->wbuf + m->wpos, m->wsize - m->wpos);
-	dprintk(DEBUG_MUX, "mux %p sent %d bytes\n", m, err);
-	if (err == -EAGAIN) {
-		clear_bit(Wworksched, &m->wsched);
-		return;
-	}
-
-	if (err <= 0)
-		goto error;
-
-	m->wpos += err;
-	if (m->wpos == m->wsize)
-		m->wpos = m->wsize = 0;
-
-	if (m->wsize == 0 && !list_empty(&m->unsent_req_list)) {
-		if (test_and_clear_bit(Wpending, &m->wsched))
-			n = POLLOUT;
-		else
-			n = m->trans->poll(m->trans, NULL);
-
-		if (n & POLLOUT) {
-			dprintk(DEBUG_MUX, "schedule write work mux %p\n", m);
-			queue_work(v9fs_mux_wq, &m->wq);
-		} else
-			clear_bit(Wworksched, &m->wsched);
-	} else
-		clear_bit(Wworksched, &m->wsched);
-
-	return;
-
-      error:
-	v9fs_mux_cancel(m, err);
-	clear_bit(Wworksched, &m->wsched);
-}
-
-static void process_request(struct v9fs_mux_data *m, struct v9fs_req *req)
-{
-	int ecode;
-	struct v9fs_str *ename;
-
-	if (!req->err && req->rcall->id == RERROR) {
-		ecode = req->rcall->params.rerror.errno;
-		ename = &req->rcall->params.rerror.error;
-
-		dprintk(DEBUG_MUX, "Rerror %.*s\n", ename->len, ename->str);
-
-		if (*m->extended)
-			req->err = -ecode;
-
-		if (!req->err) {
-			req->err = v9fs_errstr2errno(ename->str, ename->len);
-
-			if (!req->err) {	/* string match failed */
-				PRINT_FCALL_ERROR("unknown error", req->rcall);
-			}
-
-			if (!req->err)
-				req->err = -ESERVERFAULT;
-		}
-	} else if (req->tcall && req->rcall->id != req->tcall->id + 1) {
-		dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "fcall mismatch: expected %d, got %d\n",
-			req->tcall->id + 1, req->rcall->id);
-		if (!req->err)
-			req->err = -EIO;
-	}
-}
-
-/**
- * v9fs_read_work - called when there is some data to be read from a transport
- */
-static void v9fs_read_work(void *a)
-{
-	int n, err;
-	struct v9fs_mux_data *m;
-	struct v9fs_req *req, *rptr, *rreq;
-	struct v9fs_fcall *rcall;
-	char *rbuf;
-
-	m = a;
-
-	if (m->err < 0)
-		return;
-
-	rcall = NULL;
-	dprintk(DEBUG_MUX, "start mux %p pos %d\n", m, m->rpos);
-
-	if (!m->rcall) {
-		m->rcall =
-		    kmalloc(sizeof(struct v9fs_fcall) + m->msize, GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!m->rcall) {
-			err = -ENOMEM;
-			goto error;
-		}
-
-		m->rbuf = (char *)m->rcall + sizeof(struct v9fs_fcall);
-		m->rpos = 0;
-	}
-
-	clear_bit(Rpending, &m->wsched);
-	err = m->trans->read(m->trans, m->rbuf + m->rpos, m->msize - m->rpos);
-	dprintk(DEBUG_MUX, "mux %p got %d bytes\n", m, err);
-	if (err == -EAGAIN) {
-		clear_bit(Rworksched, &m->wsched);
-		return;
-	}
-
-	if (err <= 0)
-		goto error;
-
-	m->rpos += err;
-	while (m->rpos > 4) {
-		n = le32_to_cpu(*(__le32 *) m->rbuf);
-		if (n >= m->msize) {
-			dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR,
-				"requested packet size too big: %d\n", n);
-			err = -EIO;
-			goto error;
-		}
-
-		if (m->rpos < n)
-			break;
-
-		dump_data(m->rbuf, n);
-		err =
-		    v9fs_deserialize_fcall(m->rbuf, n, m->rcall, *m->extended);
-		if (err < 0) {
-			goto error;
-		}
-
-		if ((v9fs_debug_level&DEBUG_FCALL) == DEBUG_FCALL) {
-			char buf[150];
-
-			v9fs_printfcall(buf, sizeof(buf), m->rcall,
-				*m->extended);
-			printk(KERN_NOTICE ">>> %p %s\n", m, buf);
-		}
-
-		rcall = m->rcall;
-		rbuf = m->rbuf;
-		if (m->rpos > n) {
-			m->rcall = kmalloc(sizeof(struct v9fs_fcall) + m->msize,
-					   GFP_KERNEL);
-			if (!m->rcall) {
-				err = -ENOMEM;
-				goto error;
-			}
-
-			m->rbuf = (char *)m->rcall + sizeof(struct v9fs_fcall);
-			memmove(m->rbuf, rbuf + n, m->rpos - n);
-			m->rpos -= n;
-		} else {
-			m->rcall = NULL;
-			m->rbuf = NULL;
-			m->rpos = 0;
-		}
-
-		dprintk(DEBUG_MUX, "mux %p fcall id %d tag %d\n", m, rcall->id,
-			rcall->tag);
-
-		req = NULL;
-		spin_lock(&m->lock);
-		list_for_each_entry_safe(rreq, rptr, &m->req_list, req_list) {
-			if (rreq->tag == rcall->tag) {
-				req = rreq;
-				if (req->flush != Flushing)
-					list_del(&req->req_list);
-				break;
-			}
-		}
-		spin_unlock(&m->lock);
-
-		if (req) {
-			req->rcall = rcall;
-			process_request(m, req);
-
-			if (req->flush != Flushing) {
-				if (req->cb)
-					(*req->cb) (req, req->cba);
-				else
-					kfree(req->rcall);
-
-				wake_up(&m->equeue);
-			}
-		} else {
-			if (err >= 0 && rcall->id != RFLUSH)
-				dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR,
-					"unexpected response mux %p id %d tag %d\n",
-					m, rcall->id, rcall->tag);
-			kfree(rcall);
-		}
-	}
-
-	if (!list_empty(&m->req_list)) {
-		if (test_and_clear_bit(Rpending, &m->wsched))
-			n = POLLIN;
-		else
-			n = m->trans->poll(m->trans, NULL);
-
-		if (n & POLLIN) {
-			dprintk(DEBUG_MUX, "schedule read work mux %p\n", m);
-			queue_work(v9fs_mux_wq, &m->rq);
-		} else
-			clear_bit(Rworksched, &m->wsched);
-	} else
-		clear_bit(Rworksched, &m->wsched);
-
-	return;
-
-      error:
-	v9fs_mux_cancel(m, err);
-	clear_bit(Rworksched, &m->wsched);
-}
-
-/**
- * v9fs_send_request - send 9P request
- * The function can sleep until the request is scheduled for sending.
- * The function can be interrupted. Return from the function is not
- * a guarantee that the request is sent succesfully. Can return errors
- * that can be retrieved by PTR_ERR macros.
- *
- * @m: mux data
- * @tc: request to be sent
- * @cb: callback function to call when response is received
- * @cba: parameter to pass to the callback function
- */
-static struct v9fs_req *v9fs_send_request(struct v9fs_mux_data *m,
-					  struct v9fs_fcall *tc,
-					  v9fs_mux_req_callback cb, void *cba)
-{
-	int n;
-	struct v9fs_req *req;
-
-	dprintk(DEBUG_MUX, "mux %p task %p tcall %p id %d\n", m, current,
-		tc, tc->id);
-	if (m->err < 0)
-		return ERR_PTR(m->err);
-
-	req = kmalloc(sizeof(struct v9fs_req), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!req)
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-
-	if (tc->id == TVERSION)
-		n = V9FS_NOTAG;
-	else
-		n = v9fs_mux_get_tag(m);
-
-	if (n < 0)
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-
-	v9fs_set_tag(tc, n);
-	if ((v9fs_debug_level&DEBUG_FCALL) == DEBUG_FCALL) {
-		char buf[150];
-
-		v9fs_printfcall(buf, sizeof(buf), tc, *m->extended);
-		printk(KERN_NOTICE "<<< %p %s\n", m, buf);
-	}
-
-	spin_lock_init(&req->lock);
-	req->tag = n;
-	req->tcall = tc;
-	req->rcall = NULL;
-	req->err = 0;
-	req->cb = cb;
-	req->cba = cba;
-	req->flush = None;
-
-	spin_lock(&m->lock);
-	list_add_tail(&req->req_list, &m->unsent_req_list);
-	spin_unlock(&m->lock);
-
-	if (test_and_clear_bit(Wpending, &m->wsched))
-		n = POLLOUT;
-	else
-		n = m->trans->poll(m->trans, NULL);
-
-	if (n & POLLOUT && !test_and_set_bit(Wworksched, &m->wsched))
-		queue_work(v9fs_mux_wq, &m->wq);
-
-	return req;
-}
-
-static void v9fs_mux_free_request(struct v9fs_mux_data *m, struct v9fs_req *req)
-{
-	v9fs_mux_put_tag(m, req->tag);
-	kfree(req);
-}
-
-static void v9fs_mux_flush_cb(struct v9fs_req *freq, void *a)
-{
-	v9fs_mux_req_callback cb;
-	int tag;
-	struct v9fs_mux_data *m;
-	struct v9fs_req *req, *rreq, *rptr;
-
-	m = a;
-	dprintk(DEBUG_MUX, "mux %p tc %p rc %p err %d oldtag %d\n", m,
-		freq->tcall, freq->rcall, freq->err,
-		freq->tcall->params.tflush.oldtag);
-
-	spin_lock(&m->lock);
-	cb = NULL;
-	tag = freq->tcall->params.tflush.oldtag;
-	req = NULL;
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(rreq, rptr, &m->req_list, req_list) {
-		if (rreq->tag == tag) {
-			req = rreq;
-			list_del(&req->req_list);
-			break;
-		}
-	}
-	spin_unlock(&m->lock);
-
-	if (req) {
-		spin_lock(&req->lock);
-		req->flush = Flushed;
-		spin_unlock(&req->lock);
-
-		if (req->cb)
-			(*req->cb) (req, req->cba);
-		else
-			kfree(req->rcall);
-
-		wake_up(&m->equeue);
-	}
-
-	kfree(freq->tcall);
-	kfree(freq->rcall);
-	v9fs_mux_free_request(m, freq);
-}
-
-static int
-v9fs_mux_flush_request(struct v9fs_mux_data *m, struct v9fs_req *req)
-{
-	struct v9fs_fcall *fc;
-	struct v9fs_req *rreq, *rptr;
-
-	dprintk(DEBUG_MUX, "mux %p req %p tag %d\n", m, req, req->tag);
-
-	/* if a response was received for a request, do nothing */
-	spin_lock(&req->lock);
-	if (req->rcall || req->err) {
-		spin_unlock(&req->lock);
-		dprintk(DEBUG_MUX, "mux %p req %p response already received\n", m, req);
-		return 0;
-	}
-
-	req->flush = Flushing;
-	spin_unlock(&req->lock);
-
-	spin_lock(&m->lock);
-	/* if the request is not sent yet, just remove it from the list */
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(rreq, rptr, &m->unsent_req_list, req_list) {
-		if (rreq->tag == req->tag) {
-			dprintk(DEBUG_MUX, "mux %p req %p request is not sent yet\n", m, req);
-			list_del(&rreq->req_list);
-			req->flush = Flushed;
-			spin_unlock(&m->lock);
-			if (req->cb)
-				(*req->cb) (req, req->cba);
-			return 0;
-		}
-	}
-	spin_unlock(&m->lock);
-
-	clear_thread_flag(TIF_SIGPENDING);
-	fc = v9fs_create_tflush(req->tag);
-	v9fs_send_request(m, fc, v9fs_mux_flush_cb, m);
-	return 1;
-}
-
-static void
-v9fs_mux_rpc_cb(struct v9fs_req *req, void *a)
-{
-	struct v9fs_mux_rpc *r;
-
-	dprintk(DEBUG_MUX, "req %p r %p\n", req, a);
-	r = a;
-	r->rcall = req->rcall;
-	r->err = req->err;
-
-	if (req->flush!=None && !req->err)
-		r->err = -ERESTARTSYS;
-
-	wake_up(&r->wqueue);
-}
-
-/**
- * v9fs_mux_rpc - sends 9P request and waits until a response is available.
- *	The function can be interrupted.
- * @m: mux data
- * @tc: request to be sent
- * @rc: pointer where a pointer to the response is stored
- */
-int
-v9fs_mux_rpc(struct v9fs_mux_data *m, struct v9fs_fcall *tc,
-	     struct v9fs_fcall **rc)
-{
-	int err, sigpending;
-	unsigned long flags;
-	struct v9fs_req *req;
-	struct v9fs_mux_rpc r;
-
-	r.err = 0;
-	r.tcall = tc;
-	r.rcall = NULL;
-	r.m = m;
-	init_waitqueue_head(&r.wqueue);
-
-	if (rc)
-		*rc = NULL;
-
-	sigpending = 0;
-	if (signal_pending(current)) {
-		sigpending = 1;
-		clear_thread_flag(TIF_SIGPENDING);
-	}
-
-	req = v9fs_send_request(m, tc, v9fs_mux_rpc_cb, &r);
-	if (IS_ERR(req)) {
-		err = PTR_ERR(req);
-		dprintk(DEBUG_MUX, "error %d\n", err);
-		return err;
-	}
-
-	err = wait_event_interruptible(r.wqueue, r.rcall != NULL || r.err < 0);
-	if (r.err < 0)
-		err = r.err;
-
-	if (err == -ERESTARTSYS && m->trans->status == Connected && m->err == 0) {
-		if (v9fs_mux_flush_request(m, req)) {
-			/* wait until we get response of the flush message */
-			do {
-				clear_thread_flag(TIF_SIGPENDING);
-				err = wait_event_interruptible(r.wqueue,
-					r.rcall || r.err);
-			} while (!r.rcall && !r.err && err==-ERESTARTSYS &&
-				m->trans->status==Connected && !m->err);
-		}
-		sigpending = 1;
-	}
-
-	if (sigpending) {
-		spin_lock_irqsave(&current->sighand->siglock, flags);
-		recalc_sigpending();
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&current->sighand->siglock, flags);
-	}
-
-	if (rc)
-		*rc = r.rcall;
-	else
-		kfree(r.rcall);
-
-	v9fs_mux_free_request(m, req);
-	if (err > 0)
-		err = -EIO;
-
-	return err;
-}
-
-#if 0
-/**
- * v9fs_mux_rpcnb - sends 9P request without waiting for response.
- * @m: mux data
- * @tc: request to be sent
- * @cb: callback function to be called when response arrives
- * @cba: value to pass to the callback function
- */
-int v9fs_mux_rpcnb(struct v9fs_mux_data *m, struct v9fs_fcall *tc,
-		   v9fs_mux_req_callback cb, void *a)
-{
-	int err;
-	struct v9fs_req *req;
-
-	req = v9fs_send_request(m, tc, cb, a);
-	if (IS_ERR(req)) {
-		err = PTR_ERR(req);
-		dprintk(DEBUG_MUX, "error %d\n", err);
-		return PTR_ERR(req);
-	}
-
-	dprintk(DEBUG_MUX, "mux %p tc %p tag %d\n", m, tc, req->tag);
-	return 0;
-}
-#endif  /*  0  */
-
-/**
- * v9fs_mux_cancel - cancel all pending requests with error
- * @m: mux data
- * @err: error code
- */
-void v9fs_mux_cancel(struct v9fs_mux_data *m, int err)
-{
-	struct v9fs_req *req, *rtmp;
-	LIST_HEAD(cancel_list);
-
-	dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "mux %p err %d\n", m, err);
-	m->err = err;
-	spin_lock(&m->lock);
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(req, rtmp, &m->req_list, req_list) {
-		list_move(&req->req_list, &cancel_list);
-	}
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(req, rtmp, &m->unsent_req_list, req_list) {
-		list_move(&req->req_list, &cancel_list);
-	}
-	spin_unlock(&m->lock);
-
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(req, rtmp, &cancel_list, req_list) {
-		list_del(&req->req_list);
-		if (!req->err)
-			req->err = err;
-
-		if (req->cb)
-			(*req->cb) (req, req->cba);
-		else
-			kfree(req->rcall);
-	}
-
-	wake_up(&m->equeue);
-}
-
-static u16 v9fs_mux_get_tag(struct v9fs_mux_data *m)
-{
-	int tag;
-
-	tag = v9fs_get_idpool(&m->tagpool);
-	if (tag < 0)
-		return V9FS_NOTAG;
-	else
-		return (u16) tag;
-}
-
-static void v9fs_mux_put_tag(struct v9fs_mux_data *m, u16 tag)
-{
-	if (tag != V9FS_NOTAG && v9fs_check_idpool(tag, &m->tagpool))
-		v9fs_put_idpool(tag, &m->tagpool);
-}
diff --git a/fs/9p/mux.h b/fs/9p/mux.h
deleted file mode 100644
index fb10c50186a..00000000000
--- a/fs/9p/mux.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * linux/fs/9p/mux.h
- *
- * Multiplexer Definitions
- *
- *  Copyright (C) 2005 by Latchesar Ionkov <lucho@ionkov.net>
- *  Copyright (C) 2004 by Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@gmail.com>
- *
- *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
- *  as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- *  GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- *  along with this program; if not, write to:
- *  Free Software Foundation
- *  51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor
- *  Boston, MA  02111-1301  USA
- *
- */
-
-struct v9fs_mux_data;
-struct v9fs_req;
-
-/**
- * v9fs_mux_req_callback - callback function that is called when the
- * response of a request is received. The callback is called from
- * a workqueue and shouldn't block.
- *
- * @a - the pointer that was specified when the request was send to be
- *      passed to the callback
- * @tc - request call
- * @rc - response call
- * @err - error code (non-zero if error occured)
- */
-typedef void (*v9fs_mux_req_callback)(struct v9fs_req *req, void *a);
-
-int v9fs_mux_global_init(void);
-void v9fs_mux_global_exit(void);
-
-struct v9fs_mux_data *v9fs_mux_init(struct v9fs_transport *trans, int msize,
-	unsigned char *extended);
-void v9fs_mux_destroy(struct v9fs_mux_data *);
-
-int v9fs_mux_send(struct v9fs_mux_data *m, struct v9fs_fcall *tc);
-struct v9fs_fcall *v9fs_mux_recv(struct v9fs_mux_data *m);
-int v9fs_mux_rpc(struct v9fs_mux_data *m, struct v9fs_fcall *tc, struct v9fs_fcall **rc);
-
-void v9fs_mux_flush(struct v9fs_mux_data *m, int sendflush);
-void v9fs_mux_cancel(struct v9fs_mux_data *m, int err);
-int v9fs_errstr2errno(char *errstr, int len);
diff --git a/fs/9p/trans_fd.c b/fs/9p/trans_fd.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 94e0a7fd9fc..00000000000
--- a/fs/9p/trans_fd.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,309 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * linux/fs/9p/trans_fd.c
- *
- * Fd transport layer.  Includes deprecated socket layer.
- *
- *  Copyright (C) 2006 by Russ Cox <rsc@swtch.com>
- *  Copyright (C) 2004-2005 by Latchesar Ionkov <lucho@ionkov.net>
- *  Copyright (C) 2004-2005 by Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@gmail.com>
- *  Copyright (C) 1997-2002 by Ron Minnich <rminnich@sarnoff.com>
- *
- *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
- *  as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- *  GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- *  along with this program; if not, write to:
- *  Free Software Foundation
- *  51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor
- *  Boston, MA  02111-1301  USA
- *
- */
-
-#include <linux/config.h>
-#include <linux/in.h>
-#include <linux/module.h>
-#include <linux/net.h>
-#include <linux/ipv6.h>
-#include <linux/errno.h>
-#include <linux/kernel.h>
-#include <linux/un.h>
-#include <asm/uaccess.h>
-#include <linux/inet.h>
-#include <linux/idr.h>
-#include <linux/file.h>
-
-#include "debug.h"
-#include "v9fs.h"
-#include "transport.h"
-
-#define V9FS_PORT 564
-
-struct v9fs_trans_fd {
-	struct file *rd;
-	struct file *wr;
-};
-
-/**
- * v9fs_fd_read- read from a fd
- * @v9ses: session information
- * @v: buffer to receive data into
- * @len: size of receive buffer
- *
- */
-static int v9fs_fd_read(struct v9fs_transport *trans, void *v, int len)
-{
-	int ret;
-	struct v9fs_trans_fd *ts;
-
-	if (!trans || trans->status == Disconnected || !(ts = trans->priv))
-		return -EREMOTEIO;
-
-	if (!(ts->rd->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK))
-		dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "blocking read ...\n");
-
-	ret = kernel_read(ts->rd, ts->rd->f_pos, v, len);
-	if (ret <= 0 && ret != -ERESTARTSYS && ret != -EAGAIN)
-		trans->status = Disconnected;
-	return ret;
-}
-
-/**
- * v9fs_fd_write - write to a socket
- * @v9ses: session information
- * @v: buffer to send data from
- * @len: size of send buffer
- *
- */
-static int v9fs_fd_write(struct v9fs_transport *trans, void *v, int len)
-{
-	int ret;
-	mm_segment_t oldfs;
-	struct v9fs_trans_fd *ts;
-
-	if (!trans || trans->status == Disconnected || !(ts = trans->priv))
-		return -EREMOTEIO;
-
-	if (!(ts->wr->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK))
-		dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "blocking write ...\n");
-
-	oldfs = get_fs();
-	set_fs(get_ds());
-	/* The cast to a user pointer is valid due to the set_fs() */
-	ret = vfs_write(ts->wr, (void __user *)v, len, &ts->wr->f_pos);
-	set_fs(oldfs);
-
-	if (ret <= 0 && ret != -ERESTARTSYS && ret != -EAGAIN)
-		trans->status = Disconnected;
-	return ret;
-}
-
-static unsigned int
-v9fs_fd_poll(struct v9fs_transport *trans, struct poll_table_struct *pt)
-{
-	int ret, n;
-	struct v9fs_trans_fd *ts;
-	mm_segment_t oldfs;
-
-	if (!trans || trans->status != Connected || !(ts = trans->priv))
-		return -EREMOTEIO;
-
-	if (!ts->rd->f_op || !ts->rd->f_op->poll)
-		return -EIO;
-
-	if (!ts->wr->f_op || !ts->wr->f_op->poll)
-		return -EIO;
-
-	oldfs = get_fs();
-	set_fs(get_ds());
-
-	ret = ts->rd->f_op->poll(ts->rd, pt);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		goto end;
-
-	if (ts->rd != ts->wr) {
-		n = ts->wr->f_op->poll(ts->wr, pt);
-		if (n < 0) {
-			ret = n;
-			goto end;
-		}
-		ret = (ret & ~POLLOUT) | (n & ~POLLIN);
-	}
-
-      end:
-	set_fs(oldfs);
-	return ret;
-}
-
-static int v9fs_fd_open(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses, int rfd, int wfd)
-{
-	struct v9fs_transport *trans = v9ses->transport;
-	struct v9fs_trans_fd *ts = kmalloc(sizeof(struct v9fs_trans_fd),
-					   GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!ts)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	ts->rd = fget(rfd);
-	ts->wr = fget(wfd);
-	if (!ts->rd || !ts->wr) {
-		if (ts->rd)
-			fput(ts->rd);
-		if (ts->wr)
-			fput(ts->wr);
-		kfree(ts);
-		return -EIO;
-	}
-
-	trans->priv = ts;
-	trans->status = Connected;
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static int v9fs_fd_init(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses, const char *addr,
-			char *data)
-{
-	if (v9ses->rfdno == ~0 || v9ses->wfdno == ~0) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "v9fs: Insufficient options for proto=fd\n");
-		return -ENOPROTOOPT;
-	}
-
-	return v9fs_fd_open(v9ses, v9ses->rfdno, v9ses->wfdno);
-}
-
-static int v9fs_socket_open(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses,
-			    struct socket *csocket)
-{
-	int fd, ret;
-
-	csocket->sk->sk_allocation = GFP_NOIO;
-	if ((fd = sock_map_fd(csocket)) < 0) {
-		eprintk(KERN_ERR, "v9fs_socket_open: failed to map fd\n");
-		ret = fd;
-	      release_csocket:
-		sock_release(csocket);
-		return ret;
-	}
-
-	if ((ret = v9fs_fd_open(v9ses, fd, fd)) < 0) {
-		sockfd_put(csocket);
-		eprintk(KERN_ERR, "v9fs_socket_open: failed to open fd\n");
-		goto release_csocket;
-	}
-
-	((struct v9fs_trans_fd *)v9ses->transport->priv)->rd->f_flags |=
-	    O_NONBLOCK;
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static int v9fs_tcp_init(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses, const char *addr,
-			 char *data)
-{
-	int ret;
-	struct socket *csocket = NULL;
-	struct sockaddr_in sin_server;
-
-	sin_server.sin_family = AF_INET;
-	sin_server.sin_addr.s_addr = in_aton(addr);
-	sin_server.sin_port = htons(v9ses->port);
-	sock_create_kern(PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_TCP, &csocket);
-
-	if (!csocket) {
-		eprintk(KERN_ERR, "v9fs_trans_tcp: problem creating socket\n");
-		return -1;
-	}
-
-	ret = csocket->ops->connect(csocket,
-				    (struct sockaddr *)&sin_server,
-				    sizeof(struct sockaddr_in), 0);
-	if (ret < 0) {
-		eprintk(KERN_ERR,
-			"v9fs_trans_tcp: problem connecting socket to %s\n",
-			addr);
-		return ret;
-	}
-
-	return v9fs_socket_open(v9ses, csocket);
-}
-
-static int
-v9fs_unix_init(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses, const char *addr, char *data)
-{
-	int ret;
-	struct socket *csocket;
-	struct sockaddr_un sun_server;
-
-	if (strlen(addr) > UNIX_PATH_MAX) {
-		eprintk(KERN_ERR, "v9fs_trans_unix: address too long: %s\n",
-			addr);
-		return -ENAMETOOLONG;
-	}
-
-	sun_server.sun_family = PF_UNIX;
-	strcpy(sun_server.sun_path, addr);
-	sock_create_kern(PF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0, &csocket);
-	ret = csocket->ops->connect(csocket, (struct sockaddr *)&sun_server,
-			sizeof(struct sockaddr_un) - 1, 0);
-	if (ret < 0) {
-		eprintk(KERN_ERR,
-			"v9fs_trans_unix: problem connecting socket: %s: %d\n",
-			addr, ret);
-		return ret;
-	}
-
-	return v9fs_socket_open(v9ses, csocket);
-}
-
-/**
- * v9fs_sock_close - shutdown socket
- * @trans: private socket structure
- *
- */
-static void v9fs_fd_close(struct v9fs_transport *trans)
-{
-	struct v9fs_trans_fd *ts;
-
-	if (!trans)
-		return;
-
-	ts = xchg(&trans->priv, NULL);
-
-	if (!ts)
-		return;
-
-	trans->status = Disconnected;
-	if (ts->rd)
-		fput(ts->rd);
-	if (ts->wr)
-		fput(ts->wr);
-	kfree(ts);
-}
-
-struct v9fs_transport v9fs_trans_fd = {
-	.init = v9fs_fd_init,
-	.write = v9fs_fd_write,
-	.read = v9fs_fd_read,
-	.close = v9fs_fd_close,
-	.poll = v9fs_fd_poll,
-};
-
-struct v9fs_transport v9fs_trans_tcp = {
-	.init = v9fs_tcp_init,
-	.write = v9fs_fd_write,
-	.read = v9fs_fd_read,
-	.close = v9fs_fd_close,
-	.poll = v9fs_fd_poll,
-};
-
-struct v9fs_transport v9fs_trans_unix = {
-	.init = v9fs_unix_init,
-	.write = v9fs_fd_write,
-	.read = v9fs_fd_read,
-	.close = v9fs_fd_close,
-	.poll = v9fs_fd_poll,
-};
diff --git a/fs/9p/transport.h b/fs/9p/transport.h
deleted file mode 100644
index b38a4b8a41c..00000000000
--- a/fs/9p/transport.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * linux/fs/9p/transport.h
- *
- * Transport Definition
- *
- *  Copyright (C) 2005 by Latchesar Ionkov <lucho@ionkov.net>
- *  Copyright (C) 2004 by Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@gmail.com>
- *
- *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
- *  as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- *  GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- *  along with this program; if not, write to:
- *  Free Software Foundation
- *  51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor
- *  Boston, MA  02111-1301  USA
- *
- */
-
-enum v9fs_transport_status {
-	Connected,
-	Disconnected,
-	Hung,
-};
-
-struct v9fs_transport {
-	enum v9fs_transport_status status;
-	void *priv;
-
-	int (*init) (struct v9fs_session_info *, const char *, char *);
-	int (*write) (struct v9fs_transport *, void *, int);
-	int (*read) (struct v9fs_transport *, void *, int);
-	void (*close) (struct v9fs_transport *);
-	unsigned int (*poll)(struct v9fs_transport *, struct poll_table_struct *);
-};
-
-extern struct v9fs_transport v9fs_trans_tcp;
-extern struct v9fs_transport v9fs_trans_unix;
-extern struct v9fs_transport v9fs_trans_fd;
diff --git a/fs/9p/v9fs.c b/fs/9p/v9fs.c
index d37416eb579..6894b085f0e 100644
--- a/fs/9p/v9fs.c
+++ b/fs/9p/v9fs.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  *  This file contains functions assisting in mapping VFS to 9P2000
  *
- *  Copyright (C) 2004 by Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@gmail.com>
+ *  Copyright (C) 2004-2008 by Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@gmail.com>
  *  Copyright (C) 2002 by Ron Minnich <rminnich@lanl.gov>
  *
  *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -23,463 +23,663 @@
  *
  */
 
-#include <linux/config.h>
+#define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
+
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/parser.h>
 #include <linux/idr.h>
-
-#include "debug.h"
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <net/9p/9p.h>
+#include <net/9p/client.h>
+#include <net/9p/transport.h>
 #include "v9fs.h"
-#include "9p.h"
 #include "v9fs_vfs.h"
-#include "transport.h"
-#include "mux.h"
+#include "cache.h"
 
-/* TODO: sysfs or debugfs interface */
-int v9fs_debug_level = 0;	/* feature-rific global debug level  */
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(v9fs_sessionlist_lock);
+static LIST_HEAD(v9fs_sessionlist);
+struct kmem_cache *v9fs_inode_cache;
 
 /*
-  * Option Parsing (code inspired by NFS code)
-  *
-  */
+ * Option Parsing (code inspired by NFS code)
+ *  NOTE: each transport will parse its own options
+ */
 
 enum {
 	/* Options that take integer arguments */
-	Opt_port, Opt_msize, Opt_uid, Opt_gid, Opt_afid, Opt_debug,
-	Opt_rfdno, Opt_wfdno,
+	Opt_debug, Opt_dfltuid, Opt_dfltgid, Opt_afid,
 	/* String options */
-	Opt_uname, Opt_remotename,
+	Opt_uname, Opt_remotename, Opt_trans, Opt_cache, Opt_cachetag,
 	/* Options that take no arguments */
-	Opt_legacy, Opt_nodevmap, Opt_unix, Opt_tcp, Opt_fd,
+	Opt_nodevmap,
+	/* Cache options */
+	Opt_cache_loose, Opt_fscache, Opt_mmap,
+	/* Access options */
+	Opt_access, Opt_posixacl,
 	/* Error token */
 	Opt_err
 };
 
-static match_table_t tokens = {
-	{Opt_port, "port=%u"},
-	{Opt_msize, "msize=%u"},
-	{Opt_uid, "uid=%u"},
-	{Opt_gid, "gid=%u"},
-	{Opt_afid, "afid=%u"},
-	{Opt_rfdno, "rfdno=%u"},
-	{Opt_wfdno, "wfdno=%u"},
+static const match_table_t tokens = {
 	{Opt_debug, "debug=%x"},
+	{Opt_dfltuid, "dfltuid=%u"},
+	{Opt_dfltgid, "dfltgid=%u"},
+	{Opt_afid, "afid=%u"},
 	{Opt_uname, "uname=%s"},
 	{Opt_remotename, "aname=%s"},
-	{Opt_unix, "proto=unix"},
-	{Opt_tcp, "proto=tcp"},
-	{Opt_fd, "proto=fd"},
-	{Opt_tcp, "tcp"},
-	{Opt_unix, "unix"},
-	{Opt_fd, "fd"},
-	{Opt_legacy, "noextend"},
 	{Opt_nodevmap, "nodevmap"},
+	{Opt_cache, "cache=%s"},
+	{Opt_cache_loose, "loose"},
+	{Opt_fscache, "fscache"},
+	{Opt_mmap, "mmap"},
+	{Opt_cachetag, "cachetag=%s"},
+	{Opt_access, "access=%s"},
+	{Opt_posixacl, "posixacl"},
 	{Opt_err, NULL}
 };
 
-/*
- *  Parse option string.
- */
+/* Interpret mount options for cache mode */
+static int get_cache_mode(char *s)
+{
+	int version = -EINVAL;
+
+	if (!strcmp(s, "loose")) {
+		version = CACHE_LOOSE;
+		p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_9P, "Cache mode: loose\n");
+	} else if (!strcmp(s, "fscache")) {
+		version = CACHE_FSCACHE;
+		p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_9P, "Cache mode: fscache\n");
+	} else if (!strcmp(s, "mmap")) {
+		version = CACHE_MMAP;
+		p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_9P, "Cache mode: mmap\n");
+	} else if (!strcmp(s, "none")) {
+		version = CACHE_NONE;
+		p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_9P, "Cache mode: none\n");
+	} else
+		pr_info("Unknown Cache mode %s\n", s);
+	return version;
+}
 
 /**
  * v9fs_parse_options - parse mount options into session structure
- * @options: options string passed from mount
  * @v9ses: existing v9fs session information
  *
+ * Return 0 upon success, -ERRNO upon failure.
  */
 
-static void v9fs_parse_options(char *options, struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses)
+static int v9fs_parse_options(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses, char *opts)
 {
-	char *p;
+	char *options, *tmp_options;
 	substring_t args[MAX_OPT_ARGS];
-	int option;
-	int ret;
+	char *p;
+	int option = 0;
+	char *s, *e;
+	int ret = 0;
 
 	/* setup defaults */
-	v9ses->port = V9FS_PORT;
-	v9ses->maxdata = 9000;
-	v9ses->proto = PROTO_TCP;
-	v9ses->extended = 1;
 	v9ses->afid = ~0;
 	v9ses->debug = 0;
-	v9ses->rfdno = ~0;
-	v9ses->wfdno = ~0;
+	v9ses->cache = CACHE_NONE;
+#ifdef CONFIG_9P_FSCACHE
+	v9ses->cachetag = NULL;
+#endif
 
-	if (!options)
-		return;
+	if (!opts)
+		return 0;
+
+	tmp_options = kstrdup(opts, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!tmp_options) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto fail_option_alloc;
+	}
+	options = tmp_options;
 
 	while ((p = strsep(&options, ",")) != NULL) {
-		int token;
+		int token, r;
 		if (!*p)
 			continue;
 		token = match_token(p, tokens, args);
-		if (token < Opt_uname) {
-			if ((ret = match_int(&args[0], &option)) < 0) {
-				dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR,
-					"integer field, but no integer?\n");
+		switch (token) {
+		case Opt_debug:
+			r = match_int(&args[0], &option);
+			if (r < 0) {
+				p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_ERROR,
+					 "integer field, but no integer?\n");
+				ret = r;
 				continue;
 			}
-
-		}
-		switch (token) {
-		case Opt_port:
-			v9ses->port = option;
-			break;
-		case Opt_msize:
-			v9ses->maxdata = option;
+			v9ses->debug = option;
+#ifdef CONFIG_NET_9P_DEBUG
+			p9_debug_level = option;
+#endif
 			break;
-		case Opt_uid:
-			v9ses->uid = option;
+
+		case Opt_dfltuid:
+			r = match_int(&args[0], &option);
+			if (r < 0) {
+				p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_ERROR,
+					 "integer field, but no integer?\n");
+				ret = r;
+				continue;
+			}
+			v9ses->dfltuid = make_kuid(current_user_ns(), option);
+			if (!uid_valid(v9ses->dfltuid)) {
+				p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_ERROR,
+					 "uid field, but not a uid?\n");
+				ret = -EINVAL;
+				continue;
+			}
 			break;
-		case Opt_gid:
-			v9ses->gid = option;
+		case Opt_dfltgid:
+			r = match_int(&args[0], &option);
+			if (r < 0) {
+				p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_ERROR,
+					 "integer field, but no integer?\n");
+				ret = r;
+				continue;
+			}
+			v9ses->dfltgid = make_kgid(current_user_ns(), option);
+			if (!gid_valid(v9ses->dfltgid)) {
+				p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_ERROR,
+					 "gid field, but not a gid?\n");
+				ret = -EINVAL;
+				continue;
+			}
 			break;
 		case Opt_afid:
+			r = match_int(&args[0], &option);
+			if (r < 0) {
+				p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_ERROR,
+					 "integer field, but no integer?\n");
+				ret = r;
+				continue;
+			}
 			v9ses->afid = option;
 			break;
-		case Opt_rfdno:
-			v9ses->rfdno = option;
+		case Opt_uname:
+			kfree(v9ses->uname);
+			v9ses->uname = match_strdup(&args[0]);
+			if (!v9ses->uname) {
+				ret = -ENOMEM;
+				goto free_and_return;
+			}
 			break;
-		case Opt_wfdno:
-			v9ses->wfdno = option;
+		case Opt_remotename:
+			kfree(v9ses->aname);
+			v9ses->aname = match_strdup(&args[0]);
+			if (!v9ses->aname) {
+				ret = -ENOMEM;
+				goto free_and_return;
+			}
 			break;
-		case Opt_debug:
-			v9ses->debug = option;
+		case Opt_nodevmap:
+			v9ses->nodev = 1;
 			break;
-		case Opt_tcp:
-			v9ses->proto = PROTO_TCP;
+		case Opt_cache_loose:
+			v9ses->cache = CACHE_LOOSE;
 			break;
-		case Opt_unix:
-			v9ses->proto = PROTO_UNIX;
+		case Opt_fscache:
+			v9ses->cache = CACHE_FSCACHE;
 			break;
-		case Opt_fd:
-			v9ses->proto = PROTO_FD;
+		case Opt_mmap:
+			v9ses->cache = CACHE_MMAP;
 			break;
-		case Opt_uname:
-			match_strcpy(v9ses->name, &args[0]);
+		case Opt_cachetag:
+#ifdef CONFIG_9P_FSCACHE
+			v9ses->cachetag = match_strdup(&args[0]);
+#endif
 			break;
-		case Opt_remotename:
-			match_strcpy(v9ses->remotename, &args[0]);
+		case Opt_cache:
+			s = match_strdup(&args[0]);
+			if (!s) {
+				ret = -ENOMEM;
+				p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_ERROR,
+					 "problem allocating copy of cache arg\n");
+				goto free_and_return;
+			}
+			ret = get_cache_mode(s);
+			if (ret == -EINVAL) {
+				kfree(s);
+				goto free_and_return;
+			}
+
+			v9ses->cache = ret;
+			kfree(s);
 			break;
-		case Opt_legacy:
-			v9ses->extended = 0;
+
+		case Opt_access:
+			s = match_strdup(&args[0]);
+			if (!s) {
+				ret = -ENOMEM;
+				p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_ERROR,
+					 "problem allocating copy of access arg\n");
+				goto free_and_return;
+			}
+
+			v9ses->flags &= ~V9FS_ACCESS_MASK;
+			if (strcmp(s, "user") == 0)
+				v9ses->flags |= V9FS_ACCESS_USER;
+			else if (strcmp(s, "any") == 0)
+				v9ses->flags |= V9FS_ACCESS_ANY;
+			else if (strcmp(s, "client") == 0) {
+				v9ses->flags |= V9FS_ACCESS_CLIENT;
+			} else {
+				uid_t uid;
+				v9ses->flags |= V9FS_ACCESS_SINGLE;
+				uid = simple_strtoul(s, &e, 10);
+				if (*e != '\0') {
+					ret = -EINVAL;
+					pr_info("Unknown access argument %s\n",
+						s);
+					kfree(s);
+					goto free_and_return;
+				}
+				v9ses->uid = make_kuid(current_user_ns(), uid);
+				if (!uid_valid(v9ses->uid)) {
+					ret = -EINVAL;
+					pr_info("Uknown uid %s\n", s);
+					kfree(s);
+					goto free_and_return;
+				}
+			}
+
+			kfree(s);
 			break;
-		case Opt_nodevmap:
-			v9ses->nodev = 1;
+
+		case Opt_posixacl:
+#ifdef CONFIG_9P_FS_POSIX_ACL
+			v9ses->flags |= V9FS_POSIX_ACL;
+#else
+			p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_ERROR,
+				 "Not defined CONFIG_9P_FS_POSIX_ACL. Ignoring posixacl option\n");
+#endif
 			break;
+
 		default:
 			continue;
 		}
 	}
+
+free_and_return:
+	kfree(tmp_options);
+fail_option_alloc:
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /**
- * v9fs_inode2v9ses - safely extract v9fs session info from super block
- * @inode: inode to extract information from
- *
- * Paranoid function to extract v9ses information from superblock,
- * if anything is missing it will report an error.
+ * v9fs_session_init - initialize session
+ * @v9ses: session information structure
+ * @dev_name: device being mounted
+ * @data: options
  *
  */
 
-struct v9fs_session_info *v9fs_inode2v9ses(struct inode *inode)
+struct p9_fid *v9fs_session_init(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses,
+		  const char *dev_name, char *data)
 {
-	return (inode->i_sb->s_fs_info);
-}
+	int retval = -EINVAL;
+	struct p9_fid *fid;
+	int rc;
 
-/**
- * v9fs_get_idpool - allocate numeric id from pool
- * @p - pool to allocate from
- *
- * XXX - This seems to be an awful generic function, should it be in idr.c with
- *            the lock included in struct idr?
- */
+	v9ses->uname = kstrdup(V9FS_DEFUSER, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!v9ses->uname)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
-int v9fs_get_idpool(struct v9fs_idpool *p)
-{
-	int i = 0;
-	int error;
+	v9ses->aname = kstrdup(V9FS_DEFANAME, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!v9ses->aname) {
+		kfree(v9ses->uname);
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+	}
+	init_rwsem(&v9ses->rename_sem);
 
-retry:
-	if (idr_pre_get(&p->pool, GFP_KERNEL) == 0)
-		return 0;
+	rc = bdi_setup_and_register(&v9ses->bdi, "9p", BDI_CAP_MAP_COPY);
+	if (rc) {
+		kfree(v9ses->aname);
+		kfree(v9ses->uname);
+		return ERR_PTR(rc);
+	}
+
+	spin_lock(&v9fs_sessionlist_lock);
+	list_add(&v9ses->slist, &v9fs_sessionlist);
+	spin_unlock(&v9fs_sessionlist_lock);
+
+	v9ses->uid = INVALID_UID;
+	v9ses->dfltuid = V9FS_DEFUID;
+	v9ses->dfltgid = V9FS_DEFGID;
+
+	v9ses->clnt = p9_client_create(dev_name, data);
+	if (IS_ERR(v9ses->clnt)) {
+		retval = PTR_ERR(v9ses->clnt);
+		v9ses->clnt = NULL;
+		p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_ERROR, "problem initializing 9p client\n");
+		goto error;
+	}
+
+	v9ses->flags = V9FS_ACCESS_USER;
+
+	if (p9_is_proto_dotl(v9ses->clnt)) {
+		v9ses->flags = V9FS_ACCESS_CLIENT;
+		v9ses->flags |= V9FS_PROTO_2000L;
+	} else if (p9_is_proto_dotu(v9ses->clnt)) {
+		v9ses->flags |= V9FS_PROTO_2000U;
+	}
+
+	rc = v9fs_parse_options(v9ses, data);
+	if (rc < 0) {
+		retval = rc;
+		goto error;
+	}
+
+	v9ses->maxdata = v9ses->clnt->msize - P9_IOHDRSZ;
+
+	if (!v9fs_proto_dotl(v9ses) &&
+	    ((v9ses->flags & V9FS_ACCESS_MASK) == V9FS_ACCESS_CLIENT)) {
+		/*
+		 * We support ACCESS_CLIENT only for dotl.
+		 * Fall back to ACCESS_USER
+		 */
+		v9ses->flags &= ~V9FS_ACCESS_MASK;
+		v9ses->flags |= V9FS_ACCESS_USER;
+	}
+	/*FIXME !! */
+	/* for legacy mode, fall back to V9FS_ACCESS_ANY */
+	if (!(v9fs_proto_dotu(v9ses) || v9fs_proto_dotl(v9ses)) &&
+		((v9ses->flags&V9FS_ACCESS_MASK) == V9FS_ACCESS_USER)) {
+
+		v9ses->flags &= ~V9FS_ACCESS_MASK;
+		v9ses->flags |= V9FS_ACCESS_ANY;
+		v9ses->uid = INVALID_UID;
+	}
+	if (!v9fs_proto_dotl(v9ses) ||
+		!((v9ses->flags & V9FS_ACCESS_MASK) == V9FS_ACCESS_CLIENT)) {
+		/*
+		 * We support ACL checks on clinet only if the protocol is
+		 * 9P2000.L and access is V9FS_ACCESS_CLIENT.
+		 */
+		v9ses->flags &= ~V9FS_ACL_MASK;
+	}
 
-	if (down_interruptible(&p->lock) == -EINTR) {
-		eprintk(KERN_WARNING, "Interrupted while locking\n");
-		return -1;
+	fid = p9_client_attach(v9ses->clnt, NULL, v9ses->uname, INVALID_UID,
+							v9ses->aname);
+	if (IS_ERR(fid)) {
+		retval = PTR_ERR(fid);
+		fid = NULL;
+		p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_ERROR, "cannot attach\n");
+		goto error;
 	}
 
-	/* no need to store exactly p, we just need something non-null */
-	error = idr_get_new(&p->pool, p, &i);
-	up(&p->lock);
+	if ((v9ses->flags & V9FS_ACCESS_MASK) == V9FS_ACCESS_SINGLE)
+		fid->uid = v9ses->uid;
+	else
+		fid->uid = INVALID_UID;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_9P_FSCACHE
+	/* register the session for caching */
+	v9fs_cache_session_get_cookie(v9ses);
+#endif
 
-	if (error == -EAGAIN)
-		goto retry;
-	else if (error)
-		return -1;
+	return fid;
 
-	return i;
+error:
+	bdi_destroy(&v9ses->bdi);
+	return ERR_PTR(retval);
 }
 
 /**
- * v9fs_put_idpool - release numeric id from pool
- * @p - pool to allocate from
+ * v9fs_session_close - shutdown a session
+ * @v9ses: session information structure
  *
- * XXX - This seems to be an awful generic function, should it be in idr.c with
- *            the lock included in struct idr?
  */
 
-void v9fs_put_idpool(int id, struct v9fs_idpool *p)
+void v9fs_session_close(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses)
 {
-	if (down_interruptible(&p->lock) == -EINTR) {
-		eprintk(KERN_WARNING, "Interrupted while locking\n");
-		return;
+	if (v9ses->clnt) {
+		p9_client_destroy(v9ses->clnt);
+		v9ses->clnt = NULL;
 	}
-	idr_remove(&p->pool, id);
-	up(&p->lock);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_9P_FSCACHE
+	if (v9ses->fscache) {
+		v9fs_cache_session_put_cookie(v9ses);
+		kfree(v9ses->cachetag);
+	}
+#endif
+	kfree(v9ses->uname);
+	kfree(v9ses->aname);
+
+	bdi_destroy(&v9ses->bdi);
+
+	spin_lock(&v9fs_sessionlist_lock);
+	list_del(&v9ses->slist);
+	spin_unlock(&v9fs_sessionlist_lock);
 }
 
 /**
- * v9fs_check_idpool - check if the specified id is available
- * @id - id to check
- * @p - pool
+ * v9fs_session_cancel - terminate a session
+ * @v9ses: session to terminate
+ *
+ * mark transport as disconnected and cancel all pending requests.
  */
-int v9fs_check_idpool(int id, struct v9fs_idpool *p)
-{
-	return idr_find(&p->pool, id) != NULL;
+
+void v9fs_session_cancel(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses) {
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_ERROR, "cancel session %p\n", v9ses);
+	p9_client_disconnect(v9ses->clnt);
 }
 
 /**
- * v9fs_session_init - initialize session
- * @v9ses: session information structure
- * @dev_name: device being mounted
- * @data: options
+ * v9fs_session_begin_cancel - Begin terminate of a session
+ * @v9ses: session to terminate
  *
+ * After this call we don't allow any request other than clunk.
  */
 
-int
-v9fs_session_init(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses,
-		  const char *dev_name, char *data)
+void v9fs_session_begin_cancel(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses)
 {
-	struct v9fs_fcall *fcall = NULL;
-	struct v9fs_transport *trans_proto;
-	int n = 0;
-	int newfid = -1;
-	int retval = -EINVAL;
-	struct v9fs_str *version;
-
-	v9ses->name = __getname();
-	if (!v9ses->name)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	v9ses->remotename = __getname();
-	if (!v9ses->remotename) {
-		__putname(v9ses->name);
-		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
-
-	strcpy(v9ses->name, V9FS_DEFUSER);
-	strcpy(v9ses->remotename, V9FS_DEFANAME);
-
-	v9fs_parse_options(data, v9ses);
-
-	/* set global debug level */
-	v9fs_debug_level = v9ses->debug;
-
-	/* id pools that are session-dependent: fids and tags */
-	idr_init(&v9ses->fidpool.pool);
-	init_MUTEX(&v9ses->fidpool.lock);
-
-	switch (v9ses->proto) {
-	case PROTO_TCP:
-		trans_proto = &v9fs_trans_tcp;
-		break;
-	case PROTO_UNIX:
-		trans_proto = &v9fs_trans_unix;
-		*v9ses->remotename = 0;
-		break;
-	case PROTO_FD:
-		trans_proto = &v9fs_trans_fd;
-		*v9ses->remotename = 0;
-		break;
-	default:
-		printk(KERN_ERR "v9fs: Bad mount protocol %d\n", v9ses->proto);
-		retval = -ENOPROTOOPT;
-		goto SessCleanUp;
-	};
-
-	v9ses->transport = kmalloc(sizeof(*v9ses->transport), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!v9ses->transport) {
-		retval = -ENOMEM;
-		goto SessCleanUp;
-	}
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_ERROR, "begin cancel session %p\n", v9ses);
+	p9_client_begin_disconnect(v9ses->clnt);
+}
 
-	memmove(v9ses->transport, trans_proto, sizeof(*v9ses->transport));
+extern int v9fs_error_init(void);
 
-	if ((retval = v9ses->transport->init(v9ses, dev_name, data)) < 0) {
-		eprintk(KERN_ERR, "problem initializing transport\n");
-		goto SessCleanUp;
-	}
+static struct kobject *v9fs_kobj;
 
-	v9ses->inprogress = 0;
-	v9ses->shutdown = 0;
-	v9ses->session_hung = 0;
+#ifdef CONFIG_9P_FSCACHE
+/**
+ * caches_show - list caches associated with a session
+ *
+ * Returns the size of buffer written.
+ */
 
-	v9ses->mux = v9fs_mux_init(v9ses->transport, v9ses->maxdata + V9FS_IOHDRSZ,
-		&v9ses->extended);
+static ssize_t caches_show(struct kobject *kobj,
+			   struct kobj_attribute *attr,
+			   char *buf)
+{
+	ssize_t n = 0, count = 0, limit = PAGE_SIZE;
+	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses;
+
+	spin_lock(&v9fs_sessionlist_lock);
+	list_for_each_entry(v9ses, &v9fs_sessionlist, slist) {
+		if (v9ses->cachetag) {
+			n = snprintf(buf, limit, "%s\n", v9ses->cachetag);
+			if (n < 0) {
+				count = n;
+				break;
+			}
 
-	if (IS_ERR(v9ses->mux)) {
-		retval = PTR_ERR(v9ses->mux);
-		v9ses->mux = NULL;
-		dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "problem initializing mux\n");
-		goto SessCleanUp;
+			count += n;
+			limit -= n;
+		}
 	}
 
-	if (v9ses->afid == ~0) {
-		if (v9ses->extended)
-			retval =
-			    v9fs_t_version(v9ses, v9ses->maxdata, "9P2000.u",
-					   &fcall);
-		else
-			retval = v9fs_t_version(v9ses, v9ses->maxdata, "9P2000",
-						&fcall);
-
-		if (retval < 0) {
-			dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "v9fs_t_version failed\n");
-			goto FreeFcall;
-		}
+	spin_unlock(&v9fs_sessionlist_lock);
+	return count;
+}
 
-		version = &fcall->params.rversion.version;
-		if (version->len==8 && !memcmp(version->str, "9P2000.u", 8)) {
-			dprintk(DEBUG_9P, "9P2000 UNIX extensions enabled\n");
-			v9ses->extended = 1;
-		} else if (version->len==6 && !memcmp(version->str, "9P2000", 6)) {
-			dprintk(DEBUG_9P, "9P2000 legacy mode enabled\n");
-			v9ses->extended = 0;
-		} else {
-			retval = -EREMOTEIO;
-			goto FreeFcall;
-		}
+static struct kobj_attribute v9fs_attr_cache = __ATTR_RO(caches);
+#endif /* CONFIG_9P_FSCACHE */
 
-		n = fcall->params.rversion.msize;
-		kfree(fcall);
+static struct attribute *v9fs_attrs[] = {
+#ifdef CONFIG_9P_FSCACHE
+	&v9fs_attr_cache.attr,
+#endif
+	NULL,
+};
 
-		if (n < v9ses->maxdata)
-			v9ses->maxdata = n;
-	}
+static struct attribute_group v9fs_attr_group = {
+	.attrs = v9fs_attrs,
+};
 
-	newfid = v9fs_get_idpool(&v9ses->fidpool);
-	if (newfid < 0) {
-		eprintk(KERN_WARNING, "couldn't allocate FID\n");
-		retval = -ENOMEM;
-		goto SessCleanUp;
-	}
-	/* it is a little bit ugly, but we have to prevent newfid */
-	/* being the same as afid, so if it is, get a new fid     */
-	if (v9ses->afid != ~0 && newfid == v9ses->afid) {
-		newfid = v9fs_get_idpool(&v9ses->fidpool);
-		if (newfid < 0) {
-			eprintk(KERN_WARNING, "couldn't allocate FID\n");
-			retval = -ENOMEM;
-			goto SessCleanUp;
-		}
-	}
+/**
+ * v9fs_sysfs_init - Initialize the v9fs sysfs interface
+ *
+ */
 
-	if ((retval =
-	     v9fs_t_attach(v9ses, v9ses->name, v9ses->remotename, newfid,
-			   v9ses->afid, NULL))
-	    < 0) {
-		dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "cannot attach\n");
-		goto SessCleanUp;
-	}
+static int __init v9fs_sysfs_init(void)
+{
+	v9fs_kobj = kobject_create_and_add("9p", fs_kobj);
+	if (!v9fs_kobj)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	if (v9ses->afid != ~0) {
-		dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "afid not equal to ~0\n");
-		if (v9fs_t_clunk(v9ses, v9ses->afid))
-			dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "clunk failed\n");
+	if (sysfs_create_group(v9fs_kobj, &v9fs_attr_group)) {
+		kobject_put(v9fs_kobj);
+		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
-	return newfid;
-
-      FreeFcall:
-	kfree(fcall);
-
-      SessCleanUp:
-	v9fs_session_close(v9ses);
-	return retval;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /**
- * v9fs_session_close - shutdown a session
- * @v9ses: session information structure
+ * v9fs_sysfs_cleanup - Unregister the v9fs sysfs interface
  *
  */
 
-void v9fs_session_close(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses)
+static void v9fs_sysfs_cleanup(void)
 {
-	if (v9ses->mux) {
-		v9fs_mux_destroy(v9ses->mux);
-		v9ses->mux = NULL;
-	}
+	sysfs_remove_group(v9fs_kobj, &v9fs_attr_group);
+	kobject_put(v9fs_kobj);
+}
 
-	if (v9ses->transport) {
-		v9ses->transport->close(v9ses->transport);
-		kfree(v9ses->transport);
-		v9ses->transport = NULL;
-	}
+static void v9fs_inode_init_once(void *foo)
+{
+	struct v9fs_inode *v9inode = (struct v9fs_inode *)foo;
+#ifdef CONFIG_9P_FSCACHE
+	v9inode->fscache = NULL;
+#endif
+	memset(&v9inode->qid, 0, sizeof(v9inode->qid));
+	inode_init_once(&v9inode->vfs_inode);
+}
+
+/**
+ * v9fs_init_inode_cache - initialize a cache for 9P
+ * Returns 0 on success.
+ */
+static int v9fs_init_inode_cache(void)
+{
+	v9fs_inode_cache = kmem_cache_create("v9fs_inode_cache",
+					  sizeof(struct v9fs_inode),
+					  0, (SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT|
+					      SLAB_MEM_SPREAD),
+					  v9fs_inode_init_once);
+	if (!v9fs_inode_cache)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	__putname(v9ses->name);
-	__putname(v9ses->remotename);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /**
- * v9fs_session_cancel - mark transport as disconnected
- * 	and cancel all pending requests.
+ * v9fs_destroy_inode_cache - destroy the cache of 9P inode
+ *
  */
-void v9fs_session_cancel(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses) {
-	dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "cancel session %p\n", v9ses);
-	v9ses->transport->status = Disconnected;
-	v9fs_mux_cancel(v9ses->mux, -EIO);
+static void v9fs_destroy_inode_cache(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Make sure all delayed rcu free inodes are flushed before we
+	 * destroy cache.
+	 */
+	rcu_barrier();
+	kmem_cache_destroy(v9fs_inode_cache);
 }
 
-extern int v9fs_error_init(void);
+static int v9fs_cache_register(void)
+{
+	int ret;
+	ret = v9fs_init_inode_cache();
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+#ifdef CONFIG_9P_FSCACHE
+	ret = fscache_register_netfs(&v9fs_cache_netfs);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		v9fs_destroy_inode_cache();
+#endif
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static void v9fs_cache_unregister(void)
+{
+	v9fs_destroy_inode_cache();
+#ifdef CONFIG_9P_FSCACHE
+	fscache_unregister_netfs(&v9fs_cache_netfs);
+#endif
+}
 
 /**
- * v9fs_init - Initialize module
+ * init_v9fs - Initialize module
  *
  */
 
 static int __init init_v9fs(void)
 {
-	int ret;
+	int err;
+	pr_info("Installing v9fs 9p2000 file system support\n");
+	/* TODO: Setup list of registered trasnport modules */
+
+	err = v9fs_cache_register();
+	if (err < 0) {
+		pr_err("Failed to register v9fs for caching\n");
+		return err;
+	}
 
-	v9fs_error_init();
+	err = v9fs_sysfs_init();
+	if (err < 0) {
+		pr_err("Failed to register with sysfs\n");
+		goto out_cache;
+	}
+	err = register_filesystem(&v9fs_fs_type);
+	if (err < 0) {
+		pr_err("Failed to register filesystem\n");
+		goto out_sysfs_cleanup;
+	}
 
-	printk(KERN_INFO "Installing v9fs 9P2000 file system support\n");
+	return 0;
 
-	ret = v9fs_mux_global_init();
-	if (!ret)
-		ret = register_filesystem(&v9fs_fs_type);
+out_sysfs_cleanup:
+	v9fs_sysfs_cleanup();
 
-	return ret;
+out_cache:
+	v9fs_cache_unregister();
+
+	return err;
 }
 
 /**
- * v9fs_init - shutdown module
+ * exit_v9fs - shutdown module
  *
  */
 
 static void __exit exit_v9fs(void)
 {
-	v9fs_mux_global_exit();
+	v9fs_sysfs_cleanup();
+	v9fs_cache_unregister();
 	unregister_filesystem(&v9fs_fs_type);
 }
 
 module_init(init_v9fs)
 module_exit(exit_v9fs)
 
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Latchesar Ionkov <lucho@ionkov.net>");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@gmail.com>");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Ron Minnich <rminnich@lanl.gov>");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
diff --git a/fs/9p/v9fs.h b/fs/9p/v9fs.h
index c134d104cb2..099c7712631 100644
--- a/fs/9p/v9fs.h
+++ b/fs/9p/v9fs.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * V9FS definitions.
  *
- *  Copyright (C) 2004 by Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@gmail.com>
+ *  Copyright (C) 2004-2008 by Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@gmail.com>
  *  Copyright (C) 2002 by Ron Minnich <rminnich@lanl.gov>
  *
  *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -20,73 +20,209 @@
  *  Boston, MA  02111-1301  USA
  *
  */
+#ifndef FS_9P_V9FS_H
+#define FS_9P_V9FS_H
 
-/*
-  * Idpool structure provides lock and id management
-  *
-  */
+#include <linux/backing-dev.h>
+
+/**
+ * enum p9_session_flags - option flags for each 9P session
+ * @V9FS_PROTO_2000U: whether or not to use 9P2000.u extensions
+ * @V9FS_PROTO_2000L: whether or not to use 9P2000.l extensions
+ * @V9FS_ACCESS_SINGLE: only the mounting user can access the hierarchy
+ * @V9FS_ACCESS_USER: a new attach will be issued for every user (default)
+ * @V9FS_ACCESS_CLIENT: Just like user, but access check is performed on client.
+ * @V9FS_ACCESS_ANY: use a single attach for all users
+ * @V9FS_ACCESS_MASK: bit mask of different ACCESS options
+ * @V9FS_POSIX_ACL: POSIX ACLs are enforced
+ *
+ * Session flags reflect options selected by users at mount time
+ */
+#define	V9FS_ACCESS_ANY (V9FS_ACCESS_SINGLE | \
+			 V9FS_ACCESS_USER |   \
+			 V9FS_ACCESS_CLIENT)
+#define V9FS_ACCESS_MASK V9FS_ACCESS_ANY
+#define V9FS_ACL_MASK V9FS_POSIX_ACL
 
-struct v9fs_idpool {
-	struct semaphore lock;
-	struct idr pool;
+enum p9_session_flags {
+	V9FS_PROTO_2000U	= 0x01,
+	V9FS_PROTO_2000L	= 0x02,
+	V9FS_ACCESS_SINGLE	= 0x04,
+	V9FS_ACCESS_USER	= 0x08,
+	V9FS_ACCESS_CLIENT	= 0x10,
+	V9FS_POSIX_ACL		= 0x20
 };
 
-/*
-  * Session structure provides information for an opened session
-  *
-  */
+/* possible values of ->cache */
+/**
+ * enum p9_cache_modes - user specified cache preferences
+ * @CACHE_NONE: do not cache data, dentries, or directory contents (default)
+ * @CACHE_LOOSE: cache data, dentries, and directory contents w/no consistency
+ *
+ * eventually support loose, tight, time, session, default always none
+ */
+
+enum p9_cache_modes {
+	CACHE_NONE,
+	CACHE_MMAP,
+	CACHE_LOOSE,
+	CACHE_FSCACHE,
+};
+
+/**
+ * struct v9fs_session_info - per-instance session information
+ * @flags: session options of type &p9_session_flags
+ * @nodev: set to 1 to disable device mapping
+ * @debug: debug level
+ * @afid: authentication handle
+ * @cache: cache mode of type &p9_cache_modes
+ * @cachetag: the tag of the cache associated with this session
+ * @fscache: session cookie associated with FS-Cache
+ * @options: copy of options string given by user
+ * @uname: string user name to mount hierarchy as
+ * @aname: mount specifier for remote hierarchy
+ * @maxdata: maximum data to be sent/recvd per protocol message
+ * @dfltuid: default numeric userid to mount hierarchy as
+ * @dfltgid: default numeric groupid to mount hierarchy as
+ * @uid: if %V9FS_ACCESS_SINGLE, the numeric uid which mounted the hierarchy
+ * @clnt: reference to 9P network client instantiated for this session
+ * @slist: reference to list of registered 9p sessions
+ *
+ * This structure holds state for each session instance established during
+ * a sys_mount() .
+ *
+ * Bugs: there seems to be a lot of state which could be condensed and/or
+ * removed.
+ */
 
 struct v9fs_session_info {
 	/* options */
-	unsigned int maxdata;
-	unsigned char extended;	/* set to 1 if we are using UNIX extensions */
-	unsigned char nodev;	/* set to 1 if no disable device mapping */
-	unsigned short port;	/* port to connect to */
-	unsigned short debug;	/* debug level */
-	unsigned short proto;	/* protocol to use */
-	unsigned int afid;	/* authentication fid */
-	unsigned int rfdno;	/* read file descriptor number */
-	unsigned int wfdno;	/* write file descriptor number */
-
-
-	char *name;		/* user name to mount as */
-	char *remotename;	/* name of remote hierarchy being mounted */
-	unsigned int uid;	/* default uid/muid for legacy support */
-	unsigned int gid;	/* default gid for legacy support */
-
-	/* book keeping */
-	struct v9fs_idpool fidpool;	/* The FID pool for file descriptors */
-
-	struct v9fs_transport *transport;
-	struct v9fs_mux_data *mux;
-
-	int inprogress;		/* session in progress => true */
-	int shutdown;		/* session shutting down. no more attaches. */
-	unsigned char session_hung;
-	struct dentry *debugfs_dir;
-};
+	unsigned char flags;
+	unsigned char nodev;
+	unsigned short debug;
+	unsigned int afid;
+	unsigned int cache;
+#ifdef CONFIG_9P_FSCACHE
+	char *cachetag;
+	struct fscache_cookie *fscache;
+#endif
 
-/* possible values of ->proto */
-enum {
-	PROTO_TCP,
-	PROTO_UNIX,
-	PROTO_FD,
+	char *uname;		/* user name to mount as */
+	char *aname;		/* name of remote hierarchy being mounted */
+	unsigned int maxdata;	/* max data for client interface */
+	kuid_t dfltuid;		/* default uid/muid for legacy support */
+	kgid_t dfltgid;		/* default gid for legacy support */
+	kuid_t uid;		/* if ACCESS_SINGLE, the uid that has access */
+	struct p9_client *clnt;	/* 9p client */
+	struct list_head slist; /* list of sessions registered with v9fs */
+	struct backing_dev_info bdi;
+	struct rw_semaphore rename_sem;
 };
 
-extern struct dentry *v9fs_debugfs_root;
+/* cache_validity flags */
+#define V9FS_INO_INVALID_ATTR 0x01
+
+struct v9fs_inode {
+#ifdef CONFIG_9P_FSCACHE
+	spinlock_t fscache_lock;
+	struct fscache_cookie *fscache;
+#endif
+	struct p9_qid qid;
+	unsigned int cache_validity;
+	struct p9_fid *writeback_fid;
+	struct mutex v_mutex;
+	struct inode vfs_inode;
+};
 
-int v9fs_session_init(struct v9fs_session_info *, const char *, char *);
-struct v9fs_session_info *v9fs_inode2v9ses(struct inode *);
-void v9fs_session_close(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses);
-int v9fs_get_idpool(struct v9fs_idpool *p);
-void v9fs_put_idpool(int id, struct v9fs_idpool *p);
-int v9fs_check_idpool(int id, struct v9fs_idpool *p);
-void v9fs_session_cancel(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses);
+static inline struct v9fs_inode *V9FS_I(const struct inode *inode)
+{
+	return container_of(inode, struct v9fs_inode, vfs_inode);
+}
 
-#define V9FS_MAGIC 0x01021997
+struct p9_fid *v9fs_session_init(struct v9fs_session_info *, const char *,
+									char *);
+extern void v9fs_session_close(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses);
+extern void v9fs_session_cancel(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses);
+extern void v9fs_session_begin_cancel(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses);
+extern struct dentry *v9fs_vfs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
+			unsigned int flags);
+extern int v9fs_vfs_unlink(struct inode *i, struct dentry *d);
+extern int v9fs_vfs_rmdir(struct inode *i, struct dentry *d);
+extern int v9fs_vfs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
+			struct inode *new_dir, struct dentry *new_dentry);
+extern void v9fs_vfs_put_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd,
+			void *p);
+extern struct inode *v9fs_inode_from_fid(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses,
+					 struct p9_fid *fid,
+					 struct super_block *sb, int new);
+extern const struct inode_operations v9fs_dir_inode_operations_dotl;
+extern const struct inode_operations v9fs_file_inode_operations_dotl;
+extern const struct inode_operations v9fs_symlink_inode_operations_dotl;
+extern struct inode *v9fs_inode_from_fid_dotl(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses,
+					      struct p9_fid *fid,
+					      struct super_block *sb, int new);
 
 /* other default globals */
-#define V9FS_PORT		564
+#define V9FS_PORT	564
 #define V9FS_DEFUSER	"nobody"
 #define V9FS_DEFANAME	""
+#define V9FS_DEFUID	KUIDT_INIT(-2)
+#define V9FS_DEFGID	KGIDT_INIT(-2)
+
+static inline struct v9fs_session_info *v9fs_inode2v9ses(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	return (inode->i_sb->s_fs_info);
+}
+
+static inline struct v9fs_session_info *v9fs_dentry2v9ses(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	return dentry->d_sb->s_fs_info;
+}
+
+static inline int v9fs_proto_dotu(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses)
+{
+	return v9ses->flags & V9FS_PROTO_2000U;
+}
+
+static inline int v9fs_proto_dotl(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses)
+{
+	return v9ses->flags & V9FS_PROTO_2000L;
+}
+
+/**
+ * v9fs_get_inode_from_fid - Helper routine to populate an inode by
+ * issuing a attribute request
+ * @v9ses: session information
+ * @fid: fid to issue attribute request for
+ * @sb: superblock on which to create inode
+ *
+ */
+static inline struct inode *
+v9fs_get_inode_from_fid(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses, struct p9_fid *fid,
+			struct super_block *sb)
+{
+	if (v9fs_proto_dotl(v9ses))
+		return v9fs_inode_from_fid_dotl(v9ses, fid, sb, 0);
+	else
+		return v9fs_inode_from_fid(v9ses, fid, sb, 0);
+}
+
+/**
+ * v9fs_get_new_inode_from_fid - Helper routine to populate an inode by
+ * issuing a attribute request
+ * @v9ses: session information
+ * @fid: fid to issue attribute request for
+ * @sb: superblock on which to create inode
+ *
+ */
+static inline struct inode *
+v9fs_get_new_inode_from_fid(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses, struct p9_fid *fid,
+			    struct super_block *sb)
+{
+	if (v9fs_proto_dotl(v9ses))
+		return v9fs_inode_from_fid_dotl(v9ses, fid, sb, 1);
+	else
+		return v9fs_inode_from_fid(v9ses, fid, sb, 1);
+}
 
+#endif
diff --git a/fs/9p/v9fs_vfs.h b/fs/9p/v9fs_vfs.h
index f867b8d3e97..b83ebfbf3fd 100644
--- a/fs/9p/v9fs_vfs.h
+++ b/fs/9p/v9fs_vfs.h
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
  *  Boston, MA  02111-1301  USA
  *
  */
+#ifndef FS_9P_V9FS_VFS_H
+#define FS_9P_V9FS_VFS_H
 
 /* plan9 semantics are that created files are implicitly opened.
  * But linux semantics are that you call create, then open.
@@ -36,18 +38,53 @@
  * unlink calls remove, which is an implicit clunk. So we have to track
  * that kind of thing so that we don't try to clunk a dead fid.
  */
+#define P9_LOCK_TIMEOUT (30*HZ)
 
 extern struct file_system_type v9fs_fs_type;
-extern struct address_space_operations v9fs_addr_operations;
+extern const struct address_space_operations v9fs_addr_operations;
 extern const struct file_operations v9fs_file_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations v9fs_file_operations_dotl;
 extern const struct file_operations v9fs_dir_operations;
-extern struct dentry_operations v9fs_dentry_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations v9fs_dir_operations_dotl;
+extern const struct dentry_operations v9fs_dentry_operations;
+extern const struct dentry_operations v9fs_cached_dentry_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations v9fs_cached_file_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations v9fs_cached_file_operations_dotl;
+extern const struct file_operations v9fs_mmap_file_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations v9fs_mmap_file_operations_dotl;
+extern struct kmem_cache *v9fs_inode_cache;
 
-struct inode *v9fs_get_inode(struct super_block *sb, int mode);
-ino_t v9fs_qid2ino(struct v9fs_qid *qid);
-void v9fs_stat2inode(struct v9fs_stat *, struct inode *, struct super_block *);
+struct inode *v9fs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb);
+void v9fs_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode);
+struct inode *v9fs_get_inode(struct super_block *sb, umode_t mode, dev_t);
+int v9fs_init_inode(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses,
+		    struct inode *inode, umode_t mode, dev_t);
+void v9fs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode);
+ino_t v9fs_qid2ino(struct p9_qid *qid);
+void v9fs_stat2inode(struct p9_wstat *, struct inode *, struct super_block *);
+void v9fs_stat2inode_dotl(struct p9_stat_dotl *, struct inode *);
 int v9fs_dir_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp);
 int v9fs_file_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file);
-void v9fs_inode2stat(struct inode *inode, struct v9fs_stat *stat);
-void v9fs_dentry_release(struct dentry *);
-int v9fs_uflags2omode(int uflags);
+void v9fs_inode2stat(struct inode *inode, struct p9_wstat *stat);
+int v9fs_uflags2omode(int uflags, int extended);
+
+ssize_t v9fs_file_readn(struct file *, char *, char __user *, u32, u64);
+ssize_t v9fs_fid_readn(struct p9_fid *, char *, char __user *, u32, u64);
+void v9fs_blank_wstat(struct p9_wstat *wstat);
+int v9fs_vfs_setattr_dotl(struct dentry *, struct iattr *);
+int v9fs_file_fsync_dotl(struct file *filp, loff_t start, loff_t end,
+			 int datasync);
+ssize_t v9fs_file_write_internal(struct inode *, struct p9_fid *,
+				 const char __user *, size_t, loff_t *, int);
+int v9fs_refresh_inode(struct p9_fid *fid, struct inode *inode);
+int v9fs_refresh_inode_dotl(struct p9_fid *fid, struct inode *inode);
+static inline void v9fs_invalidate_inode_attr(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	struct v9fs_inode *v9inode;
+	v9inode = V9FS_I(inode);
+	v9inode->cache_validity |= V9FS_INO_INVALID_ATTR;
+	return;
+}
+
+int v9fs_open_to_dotl_flags(int flags);
+#endif
diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_addr.c b/fs/9p/vfs_addr.c
index efda46fb64d..cc1cfae726b 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_addr.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_addr.c
@@ -29,80 +29,332 @@
 #include <linux/file.h>
 #include <linux/stat.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
-#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 #include <linux/inet.h>
-#include <linux/version.h>
 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
 #include <linux/idr.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/aio.h>
+#include <net/9p/9p.h>
+#include <net/9p/client.h>
 
-#include "debug.h"
 #include "v9fs.h"
-#include "9p.h"
 #include "v9fs_vfs.h"
+#include "cache.h"
 #include "fid.h"
 
 /**
+ * v9fs_fid_readpage - read an entire page in from 9P
+ *
+ * @fid: fid being read
+ * @page: structure to page
+ *
+ */
+static int v9fs_fid_readpage(struct p9_fid *fid, struct page *page)
+{
+	int retval;
+	loff_t offset;
+	char *buffer;
+	struct inode *inode;
+
+	inode = page->mapping->host;
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "\n");
+
+	BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page));
+
+	retval = v9fs_readpage_from_fscache(inode, page);
+	if (retval == 0)
+		return retval;
+
+	buffer = kmap(page);
+	offset = page_offset(page);
+
+	retval = v9fs_fid_readn(fid, buffer, NULL, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE, offset);
+	if (retval < 0) {
+		v9fs_uncache_page(inode, page);
+		goto done;
+	}
+
+	memset(buffer + retval, 0, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - retval);
+	flush_dcache_page(page);
+	SetPageUptodate(page);
+
+	v9fs_readpage_to_fscache(inode, page);
+	retval = 0;
+
+done:
+	kunmap(page);
+	unlock_page(page);
+	return retval;
+}
+
+/**
  * v9fs_vfs_readpage - read an entire page in from 9P
  *
- * @file: file being read
+ * @filp: file being read
  * @page: structure to page
  *
  */
 
 static int v9fs_vfs_readpage(struct file *filp, struct page *page)
 {
-	char *buffer = NULL;
-	int retval = -EIO;
-	loff_t offset = page_offset(page);
-	int count = PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_dentry->d_inode;
-	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses = v9fs_inode2v9ses(inode);
-	int rsize = v9ses->maxdata - V9FS_IOHDRSZ;
-	struct v9fs_fid *v9f = filp->private_data;
-	struct v9fs_fcall *fcall = NULL;
-	int fid = v9f->fid;
-	int total = 0;
-	int result = 0;
+	return v9fs_fid_readpage(filp->private_data, page);
+}
+
+/**
+ * v9fs_vfs_readpages - read a set of pages from 9P
+ *
+ * @filp: file being read
+ * @mapping: the address space
+ * @pages: list of pages to read
+ * @nr_pages: count of pages to read
+ *
+ */
+
+static int v9fs_vfs_readpages(struct file *filp, struct address_space *mapping,
+			     struct list_head *pages, unsigned nr_pages)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+	struct inode *inode;
 
-	buffer = kmap(page);
-	do {
-		if (count < rsize)
-			rsize = count;
+	inode = mapping->host;
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "inode: %p file: %p\n", inode, filp);
 
-		result = v9fs_t_read(v9ses, fid, offset, rsize, &fcall);
+	ret = v9fs_readpages_from_fscache(inode, mapping, pages, &nr_pages);
+	if (ret == 0)
+		return ret;
 
-		if (result < 0) {
-			printk(KERN_ERR "v9fs_t_read returned %d\n",
-			       result);
+	ret = read_cache_pages(mapping, pages, (void *)v9fs_vfs_readpage, filp);
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "  = %d\n", ret);
+	return ret;
+}
 
-			kfree(fcall);
-			goto UnmapAndUnlock;
-		} else
-			offset += result;
+/**
+ * v9fs_release_page - release the private state associated with a page
+ *
+ * Returns 1 if the page can be released, false otherwise.
+ */
 
-		memcpy(buffer, fcall->params.rread.data, result);
+static int v9fs_release_page(struct page *page, gfp_t gfp)
+{
+	if (PagePrivate(page))
+		return 0;
+	return v9fs_fscache_release_page(page, gfp);
+}
 
-		count -= result;
-		buffer += result;
-		total += result;
+/**
+ * v9fs_invalidate_page - Invalidate a page completely or partially
+ *
+ * @page: structure to page
+ * @offset: offset in the page
+ */
 
-		kfree(fcall);
+static void v9fs_invalidate_page(struct page *page, unsigned int offset,
+				 unsigned int length)
+{
+	/*
+	 * If called with zero offset, we should release
+	 * the private state assocated with the page
+	 */
+	if (offset == 0 && length == PAGE_CACHE_SIZE)
+		v9fs_fscache_invalidate_page(page);
+}
 
-		if (result < rsize)
-			break;
-	} while (count);
+static int v9fs_vfs_writepage_locked(struct page *page)
+{
+	char *buffer;
+	int retval, len;
+	loff_t offset, size;
+	mm_segment_t old_fs;
+	struct v9fs_inode *v9inode;
+	struct inode *inode = page->mapping->host;
 
-	memset(buffer, 0, count);
-	flush_dcache_page(page);
-	SetPageUptodate(page);
-	retval = 0;
+	v9inode = V9FS_I(inode);
+	size = i_size_read(inode);
+	if (page->index == size >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT)
+		len = size & ~PAGE_CACHE_MASK;
+	else
+		len = PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
 
-UnmapAndUnlock:
+	set_page_writeback(page);
+
+	buffer = kmap(page);
+	offset = page_offset(page);
+
+	old_fs = get_fs();
+	set_fs(get_ds());
+	/* We should have writeback_fid always set */
+	BUG_ON(!v9inode->writeback_fid);
+
+	retval = v9fs_file_write_internal(inode,
+					  v9inode->writeback_fid,
+					  (__force const char __user *)buffer,
+					  len, &offset, 0);
+	if (retval > 0)
+		retval = 0;
+
+	set_fs(old_fs);
 	kunmap(page);
+	end_page_writeback(page);
+	return retval;
+}
+
+static int v9fs_vfs_writepage(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc)
+{
+	int retval;
+
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "page %p\n", page);
+
+	retval = v9fs_vfs_writepage_locked(page);
+	if (retval < 0) {
+		if (retval == -EAGAIN) {
+			redirty_page_for_writepage(wbc, page);
+			retval = 0;
+		} else {
+			SetPageError(page);
+			mapping_set_error(page->mapping, retval);
+		}
+	} else
+		retval = 0;
+
 	unlock_page(page);
 	return retval;
 }
 
-struct address_space_operations v9fs_addr_operations = {
-      .readpage = v9fs_vfs_readpage,
+/**
+ * v9fs_launder_page - Writeback a dirty page
+ * Returns 0 on success.
+ */
+
+static int v9fs_launder_page(struct page *page)
+{
+	int retval;
+	struct inode *inode = page->mapping->host;
+
+	v9fs_fscache_wait_on_page_write(inode, page);
+	if (clear_page_dirty_for_io(page)) {
+		retval = v9fs_vfs_writepage_locked(page);
+		if (retval)
+			return retval;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * v9fs_direct_IO - 9P address space operation for direct I/O
+ * @rw: direction (read or write)
+ * @iocb: target I/O control block
+ * @iov: array of vectors that define I/O buffer
+ * @pos: offset in file to begin the operation
+ * @nr_segs: size of iovec array
+ *
+ * The presence of v9fs_direct_IO() in the address space ops vector
+ * allowes open() O_DIRECT flags which would have failed otherwise.
+ *
+ * In the non-cached mode, we shunt off direct read and write requests before
+ * the VFS gets them, so this method should never be called.
+ *
+ * Direct IO is not 'yet' supported in the cached mode. Hence when
+ * this routine is called through generic_file_aio_read(), the read/write fails
+ * with an error.
+ *
+ */
+static ssize_t
+v9fs_direct_IO(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter, loff_t pos)
+{
+	/*
+	 * FIXME
+	 * Now that we do caching with cache mode enabled, We need
+	 * to support direct IO
+	 */
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "v9fs_direct_IO: v9fs_direct_IO (%s) off/no(%lld/%lu) EINVAL\n",
+		 iocb->ki_filp->f_path.dentry->d_name.name,
+		 (long long)pos, iter->nr_segs);
+
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
+
+static int v9fs_write_begin(struct file *filp, struct address_space *mapping,
+			    loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned flags,
+			    struct page **pagep, void **fsdata)
+{
+	int retval = 0;
+	struct page *page;
+	struct v9fs_inode *v9inode;
+	pgoff_t index = pos >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
+	struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
+
+
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "filp %p, mapping %p\n", filp, mapping);
+
+	v9inode = V9FS_I(inode);
+start:
+	page = grab_cache_page_write_begin(mapping, index, flags);
+	if (!page) {
+		retval = -ENOMEM;
+		goto out;
+	}
+	BUG_ON(!v9inode->writeback_fid);
+	if (PageUptodate(page))
+		goto out;
+
+	if (len == PAGE_CACHE_SIZE)
+		goto out;
+
+	retval = v9fs_fid_readpage(v9inode->writeback_fid, page);
+	page_cache_release(page);
+	if (!retval)
+		goto start;
+out:
+	*pagep = page;
+	return retval;
+}
+
+static int v9fs_write_end(struct file *filp, struct address_space *mapping,
+			  loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned copied,
+			  struct page *page, void *fsdata)
+{
+	loff_t last_pos = pos + copied;
+	struct inode *inode = page->mapping->host;
+
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "filp %p, mapping %p\n", filp, mapping);
+
+	if (unlikely(copied < len)) {
+		/*
+		 * zero out the rest of the area
+		 */
+		unsigned from = pos & (PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - 1);
+
+		zero_user(page, from + copied, len - copied);
+		flush_dcache_page(page);
+	}
+
+	if (!PageUptodate(page))
+		SetPageUptodate(page);
+	/*
+	 * No need to use i_size_read() here, the i_size
+	 * cannot change under us because we hold the i_mutex.
+	 */
+	if (last_pos > inode->i_size) {
+		inode_add_bytes(inode, last_pos - inode->i_size);
+		i_size_write(inode, last_pos);
+	}
+	set_page_dirty(page);
+	unlock_page(page);
+	page_cache_release(page);
+
+	return copied;
+}
+
+
+const struct address_space_operations v9fs_addr_operations = {
+	.readpage = v9fs_vfs_readpage,
+	.readpages = v9fs_vfs_readpages,
+	.set_page_dirty = __set_page_dirty_nobuffers,
+	.writepage = v9fs_vfs_writepage,
+	.write_begin = v9fs_write_begin,
+	.write_end = v9fs_write_end,
+	.releasepage = v9fs_release_page,
+	.invalidatepage = v9fs_invalidate_page,
+	.launder_page = v9fs_launder_page,
+	.direct_IO = v9fs_direct_IO,
 };
diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_dentry.c b/fs/9p/vfs_dentry.c
index 062daa6000a..b03dd23feda 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_dentry.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_dentry.c
@@ -30,30 +30,32 @@
 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
 #include <linux/stat.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
-#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 #include <linux/inet.h>
 #include <linux/namei.h>
 #include <linux/idr.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <net/9p/9p.h>
+#include <net/9p/client.h>
 
-#include "debug.h"
 #include "v9fs.h"
-#include "9p.h"
 #include "v9fs_vfs.h"
 #include "fid.h"
 
 /**
- * v9fs_dentry_delete - called when dentry refcount equals 0
+ * v9fs_cached_dentry_delete - called when dentry refcount equals 0
  * @dentry:  dentry in question
  *
- * By returning 1 here we should remove cacheing of unused
- * dentry components.
- *
  */
-
-static int v9fs_dentry_delete(struct dentry *dentry)
+static int v9fs_cached_dentry_delete(const struct dentry *dentry)
 {
-	dprintk(DEBUG_VFS, " dentry: %s (%p)\n", dentry->d_iname, dentry);
-	return 1;
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, " dentry: %s (%p)\n",
+		 dentry->d_name.name, dentry);
+
+	/* Don't cache negative dentries */
+	if (!dentry->d_inode)
+		return 1;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -62,32 +64,59 @@ static int v9fs_dentry_delete(struct dentry *dentry)
  *
  */
 
-void v9fs_dentry_release(struct dentry *dentry)
+static void v9fs_dentry_release(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
-	int err;
-
-	dprintk(DEBUG_VFS, " dentry: %s (%p)\n", dentry->d_iname, dentry);
+	struct hlist_node *p, *n;
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, " dentry: %s (%p)\n",
+		 dentry->d_name.name, dentry);
+	hlist_for_each_safe(p, n, (struct hlist_head *)&dentry->d_fsdata)
+		p9_client_clunk(hlist_entry(p, struct p9_fid, dlist));
+	dentry->d_fsdata = NULL;
+}
 
-	if (dentry->d_fsdata != NULL) {
-		struct list_head *fid_list = dentry->d_fsdata;
-		struct v9fs_fid *temp = NULL;
-		struct v9fs_fid *current_fid = NULL;
+static int v9fs_lookup_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int flags)
+{
+	struct p9_fid *fid;
+	struct inode *inode;
+	struct v9fs_inode *v9inode;
 
-		list_for_each_entry_safe(current_fid, temp, fid_list, list) {
-			err = v9fs_t_clunk(current_fid->v9ses, current_fid->fid);
+	if (flags & LOOKUP_RCU)
+		return -ECHILD;
 
-			if (err < 0)
-				dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "clunk failed: %d name %s\n",
-					err, dentry->d_iname);
+	inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	if (!inode)
+		goto out_valid;
 
-			v9fs_fid_destroy(current_fid);
-		}
+	v9inode = V9FS_I(inode);
+	if (v9inode->cache_validity & V9FS_INO_INVALID_ATTR) {
+		int retval;
+		struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses;
+		fid = v9fs_fid_lookup(dentry);
+		if (IS_ERR(fid))
+			return PTR_ERR(fid);
 
-		kfree(dentry->d_fsdata);	/* free the list_head */
+		v9ses = v9fs_inode2v9ses(inode);
+		if (v9fs_proto_dotl(v9ses))
+			retval = v9fs_refresh_inode_dotl(fid, inode);
+		else
+			retval = v9fs_refresh_inode(fid, inode);
+		if (retval == -ENOENT)
+			return 0;
+		if (retval < 0)
+			return retval;
 	}
+out_valid:
+	return 1;
 }
 
-struct dentry_operations v9fs_dentry_operations = {
-	.d_delete = v9fs_dentry_delete,
+const struct dentry_operations v9fs_cached_dentry_operations = {
+	.d_revalidate = v9fs_lookup_revalidate,
+	.d_weak_revalidate = v9fs_lookup_revalidate,
+	.d_delete = v9fs_cached_dentry_delete,
+	.d_release = v9fs_dentry_release,
+};
+
+const struct dentry_operations v9fs_dentry_operations = {
+	.d_delete = always_delete_dentry,
 	.d_release = v9fs_dentry_release,
 };
diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_dir.c b/fs/9p/vfs_dir.c
index e32d5971039..0b3bfa303dd 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_dir.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_dir.c
@@ -29,146 +29,192 @@
 #include <linux/file.h>
 #include <linux/stat.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
-#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/inet.h>
 #include <linux/idr.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <net/9p/9p.h>
+#include <net/9p/client.h>
 
-#include "debug.h"
 #include "v9fs.h"
-#include "9p.h"
-#include "conv.h"
 #include "v9fs_vfs.h"
 #include "fid.h"
 
 /**
+ * struct p9_rdir - readdir accounting
+ * @head: start offset of current dirread buffer
+ * @tail: end offset of current dirread buffer
+ * @buf: dirread buffer
+ *
+ * private structure for keeping track of readdir
+ * allocated on demand
+ */
+
+struct p9_rdir {
+	int head;
+	int tail;
+	uint8_t buf[];
+};
+
+/**
  * dt_type - return file type
  * @mistat: mistat structure
  *
  */
 
-static inline int dt_type(struct v9fs_stat *mistat)
+static inline int dt_type(struct p9_wstat *mistat)
 {
 	unsigned long perm = mistat->mode;
 	int rettype = DT_REG;
 
-	if (perm & V9FS_DMDIR)
+	if (perm & P9_DMDIR)
 		rettype = DT_DIR;
-	if (perm & V9FS_DMSYMLINK)
+	if (perm & P9_DMSYMLINK)
 		rettype = DT_LNK;
 
 	return rettype;
 }
 
+static void p9stat_init(struct p9_wstat *stbuf)
+{
+	stbuf->name  = NULL;
+	stbuf->uid   = NULL;
+	stbuf->gid   = NULL;
+	stbuf->muid  = NULL;
+	stbuf->extension = NULL;
+}
+
 /**
- * v9fs_dir_readdir - read a directory
- * @filep: opened file structure
- * @dirent: directory structure ???
- * @filldir: function to populate directory structure ???
+ * v9fs_alloc_rdir_buf - Allocate buffer used for read and readdir
+ * @filp: opened file structure
+ * @buflen: Length in bytes of buffer to allocate
  *
  */
 
-static int v9fs_dir_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
+static struct p9_rdir *v9fs_alloc_rdir_buf(struct file *filp, int buflen)
 {
-	struct v9fs_fcall *fcall = NULL;
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_dentry->d_inode;
-	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses = v9fs_inode2v9ses(inode);
-	struct v9fs_fid *file = filp->private_data;
-	unsigned int i, n, s;
-	int fid = -1;
-	int ret = 0;
-	struct v9fs_stat stat;
-	int over = 0;
-
-	dprintk(DEBUG_VFS, "name %s\n", filp->f_dentry->d_name.name);
-
-	fid = file->fid;
-
-	if (file->rdir_fcall && (filp->f_pos != file->rdir_pos)) {
-		kfree(file->rdir_fcall);
-		file->rdir_fcall = NULL;
-	}
-
-	if (file->rdir_fcall) {
-		n = file->rdir_fcall->params.rread.count;
-		i = file->rdir_fpos;
-		while (i < n) {
-			s = v9fs_deserialize_stat(
-				file->rdir_fcall->params.rread.data + i,
-				n - i, &stat, v9ses->extended);
-
-			if (s == 0) {
-				dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR,
-					"error while deserializing stat\n");
-				ret = -EIO;
-				goto FreeStructs;
-			}
+	struct p9_fid *fid = filp->private_data;
+	if (!fid->rdir)
+		fid->rdir = kzalloc(sizeof(struct p9_rdir) + buflen, GFP_KERNEL);
+	return fid->rdir;
+}
 
-			over = filldir(dirent, stat.name.str, stat.name.len,
-				    filp->f_pos, v9fs_qid2ino(&stat.qid),
-				    dt_type(&stat));
+/**
+ * v9fs_dir_readdir - iterate through a directory
+ * @file: opened file structure
+ * @ctx: actor we feed the entries to
+ *
+ */
 
-			if (over) {
-				file->rdir_fpos = i;
-				file->rdir_pos = filp->f_pos;
-				break;
+static int v9fs_dir_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
+{
+	bool over;
+	struct p9_wstat st;
+	int err = 0;
+	struct p9_fid *fid;
+	int buflen;
+	int reclen = 0;
+	struct p9_rdir *rdir;
+
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "name %s\n", file->f_path.dentry->d_name.name);
+	fid = file->private_data;
+
+	buflen = fid->clnt->msize - P9_IOHDRSZ;
+
+	rdir = v9fs_alloc_rdir_buf(file, buflen);
+	if (!rdir)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	while (1) {
+		if (rdir->tail == rdir->head) {
+			err = v9fs_file_readn(file, rdir->buf, NULL,
+							buflen, ctx->pos);
+			if (err <= 0)
+				return err;
+
+			rdir->head = 0;
+			rdir->tail = err;
+		}
+		while (rdir->head < rdir->tail) {
+			p9stat_init(&st);
+			err = p9stat_read(fid->clnt, rdir->buf + rdir->head,
+					  rdir->tail - rdir->head, &st);
+			if (err) {
+				p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "returned %d\n", err);
+				p9stat_free(&st);
+				return -EIO;
 			}
+			reclen = st.size+2;
 
-			i += s;
-			filp->f_pos += s;
-		}
+			over = !dir_emit(ctx, st.name, strlen(st.name),
+					 v9fs_qid2ino(&st.qid), dt_type(&st));
+			p9stat_free(&st);
+			if (over)
+				return 0;
 
-		if (!over) {
-			kfree(file->rdir_fcall);
-			file->rdir_fcall = NULL;
+			rdir->head += reclen;
+			ctx->pos += reclen;
 		}
 	}
+}
 
-	while (!over) {
-		ret = v9fs_t_read(v9ses, fid, filp->f_pos,
-			v9ses->maxdata-V9FS_IOHDRSZ, &fcall);
-		if (ret < 0) {
-			dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "error while reading: %d: %p\n",
-				ret, fcall);
-			goto FreeStructs;
-		} else if (ret == 0)
-			break;
-
-		n = ret;
-		i = 0;
-		while (i < n) {
-			s = v9fs_deserialize_stat(fcall->params.rread.data + i,
-				n - i, &stat, v9ses->extended);
-
-			if (s == 0) {
-				dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR,
-					"error while deserializing stat\n");
-				return -EIO;
-			}
+/**
+ * v9fs_dir_readdir_dotl - iterate through a directory
+ * @file: opened file structure
+ * @ctx: actor we feed the entries to
+ *
+ */
+static int v9fs_dir_readdir_dotl(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
+{
+	int err = 0;
+	struct p9_fid *fid;
+	int buflen;
+	struct p9_rdir *rdir;
+	struct p9_dirent curdirent;
+
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "name %s\n", file->f_path.dentry->d_name.name);
+	fid = file->private_data;
+
+	buflen = fid->clnt->msize - P9_READDIRHDRSZ;
+
+	rdir = v9fs_alloc_rdir_buf(file, buflen);
+	if (!rdir)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	while (1) {
+		if (rdir->tail == rdir->head) {
+			err = p9_client_readdir(fid, rdir->buf, buflen,
+						ctx->pos);
+			if (err <= 0)
+				return err;
+
+			rdir->head = 0;
+			rdir->tail = err;
+		}
 
-			over = filldir(dirent, stat.name.str, stat.name.len,
-				    filp->f_pos, v9fs_qid2ino(&stat.qid),
-				    dt_type(&stat));
+		while (rdir->head < rdir->tail) {
 
-			if (over) {
-				file->rdir_fcall = fcall;
-				file->rdir_fpos = i;
-				file->rdir_pos = filp->f_pos;
-				fcall = NULL;
-				break;
+			err = p9dirent_read(fid->clnt, rdir->buf + rdir->head,
+					    rdir->tail - rdir->head,
+					    &curdirent);
+			if (err < 0) {
+				p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "returned %d\n", err);
+				return -EIO;
 			}
 
-			i += s;
-			filp->f_pos += s;
-		}
+			if (!dir_emit(ctx, curdirent.d_name,
+				      strlen(curdirent.d_name),
+				      v9fs_qid2ino(&curdirent.qid),
+				      curdirent.d_type))
+				return 0;
 
-		kfree(fcall);
+			ctx->pos = curdirent.d_off;
+			rdir->head += err;
+		}
 	}
-
-      FreeStructs:
-	kfree(fcall);
-	return ret;
 }
 
+
 /**
  * v9fs_dir_release - close a directory
  * @inode: inode of the directory
@@ -178,35 +224,29 @@ static int v9fs_dir_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 
 int v9fs_dir_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 {
-	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses = v9fs_inode2v9ses(inode);
-	struct v9fs_fid *fid = filp->private_data;
-	int fidnum = -1;
-
-	dprintk(DEBUG_VFS, "inode: %p filp: %p fid: %d\n", inode, filp,
-		fid->fid);
-	fidnum = fid->fid;
-
-	filemap_write_and_wait(inode->i_mapping);
-
-	if (fidnum >= 0) {
-		dprintk(DEBUG_VFS, "fidopen: %d v9f->fid: %d\n", fid->fidopen,
-			fid->fid);
-
-		if (v9fs_t_clunk(v9ses, fidnum))
-			dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "clunk failed\n");
-
-		kfree(fid->rdir_fcall);
-		kfree(fid);
-
-		filp->private_data = NULL;
-	}
+	struct p9_fid *fid;
 
+	fid = filp->private_data;
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "inode: %p filp: %p fid: %d\n",
+		 inode, filp, fid ? fid->fid : -1);
+	if (fid)
+		p9_client_clunk(fid);
 	return 0;
 }
 
 const struct file_operations v9fs_dir_operations = {
 	.read = generic_read_dir,
-	.readdir = v9fs_dir_readdir,
+	.llseek = generic_file_llseek,
+	.iterate = v9fs_dir_readdir,
+	.open = v9fs_file_open,
+	.release = v9fs_dir_release,
+};
+
+const struct file_operations v9fs_dir_operations_dotl = {
+	.read = generic_read_dir,
+	.llseek = generic_file_llseek,
+	.iterate = v9fs_dir_readdir_dotl,
 	.open = v9fs_file_open,
 	.release = v9fs_dir_release,
+        .fsync = v9fs_file_fsync_dotl,
 };
diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_file.c b/fs/9p/vfs_file.c
index 1a8e46084f0..520c11c2dcc 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_file.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_file.c
@@ -26,21 +26,26 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/file.h>
 #include <linux/stat.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
-#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 #include <linux/inet.h>
-#include <linux/version.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
+#include <linux/pagemap.h>
+#include <linux/utsname.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <linux/idr.h>
+#include <net/9p/9p.h>
+#include <net/9p/client.h>
 
-#include "debug.h"
 #include "v9fs.h"
-#include "9p.h"
 #include "v9fs_vfs.h"
 #include "fid.h"
+#include "cache.h"
+
+static const struct vm_operations_struct v9fs_file_vm_ops;
+static const struct vm_operations_struct v9fs_mmap_file_vm_ops;
 
 /**
  * v9fs_file_open - open a file (or directory)
@@ -51,226 +56,820 @@
 
 int v9fs_file_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
-	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses = v9fs_inode2v9ses(inode);
-	struct v9fs_fid *vfid;
-	struct v9fs_fcall *fcall = NULL;
-	int omode;
-	int fid = V9FS_NOFID;
 	int err;
+	struct v9fs_inode *v9inode;
+	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses;
+	struct p9_fid *fid;
+	int omode;
 
-	dprintk(DEBUG_VFS, "inode: %p file: %p \n", inode, file);
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "inode: %p file: %p\n", inode, file);
+	v9inode = V9FS_I(inode);
+	v9ses = v9fs_inode2v9ses(inode);
+	if (v9fs_proto_dotl(v9ses))
+		omode = v9fs_open_to_dotl_flags(file->f_flags);
+	else
+		omode = v9fs_uflags2omode(file->f_flags,
+					v9fs_proto_dotu(v9ses));
+	fid = file->private_data;
+	if (!fid) {
+		fid = v9fs_fid_clone(file->f_path.dentry);
+		if (IS_ERR(fid))
+			return PTR_ERR(fid);
+
+		err = p9_client_open(fid, omode);
+		if (err < 0) {
+			p9_client_clunk(fid);
+			return err;
+		}
+		if ((file->f_flags & O_APPEND) &&
+			(!v9fs_proto_dotu(v9ses) && !v9fs_proto_dotl(v9ses)))
+			generic_file_llseek(file, 0, SEEK_END);
+	}
 
-	vfid = v9fs_fid_lookup(file->f_dentry);
-	if (!vfid) {
-		dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "Couldn't resolve fid from dentry\n");
-		return -EBADF;
+	file->private_data = fid;
+	mutex_lock(&v9inode->v_mutex);
+	if ((v9ses->cache == CACHE_LOOSE || v9ses->cache == CACHE_FSCACHE) &&
+	    !v9inode->writeback_fid &&
+	    ((file->f_flags & O_ACCMODE) != O_RDONLY)) {
+		/*
+		 * clone a fid and add it to writeback_fid
+		 * we do it during open time instead of
+		 * page dirty time via write_begin/page_mkwrite
+		 * because we want write after unlink usecase
+		 * to work.
+		 */
+		fid = v9fs_writeback_fid(file->f_path.dentry);
+		if (IS_ERR(fid)) {
+			err = PTR_ERR(fid);
+			mutex_unlock(&v9inode->v_mutex);
+			goto out_error;
+		}
+		v9inode->writeback_fid = (void *) fid;
 	}
+	mutex_unlock(&v9inode->v_mutex);
+	if (v9ses->cache == CACHE_LOOSE || v9ses->cache == CACHE_FSCACHE)
+		v9fs_cache_inode_set_cookie(inode, file);
+	return 0;
+out_error:
+	p9_client_clunk(file->private_data);
+	file->private_data = NULL;
+	return err;
+}
+
+/**
+ * v9fs_file_lock - lock a file (or directory)
+ * @filp: file to be locked
+ * @cmd: lock command
+ * @fl: file lock structure
+ *
+ * Bugs: this looks like a local only lock, we should extend into 9P
+ *       by using open exclusive
+ */
 
-	fid = v9fs_get_idpool(&v9ses->fidpool);
-	if (fid < 0) {
-		eprintk(KERN_WARNING, "newfid fails!\n");
-		return -ENOSPC;
+static int v9fs_file_lock(struct file *filp, int cmd, struct file_lock *fl)
+{
+	int res = 0;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
+
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "filp: %p lock: %p\n", filp, fl);
+
+	/* No mandatory locks */
+	if (__mandatory_lock(inode) && fl->fl_type != F_UNLCK)
+		return -ENOLCK;
+
+	if ((IS_SETLK(cmd) || IS_SETLKW(cmd)) && fl->fl_type != F_UNLCK) {
+		filemap_write_and_wait(inode->i_mapping);
+		invalidate_mapping_pages(&inode->i_data, 0, -1);
 	}
 
-	err = v9fs_t_walk(v9ses, vfid->fid, fid, NULL, &fcall);
-	if (err < 0) {
-		dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "rewalk didn't work\n");
-		if (fcall && fcall->id == RWALK)
-			goto clunk_fid;
-		else {
-			v9fs_put_idpool(fid, &v9ses->fidpool);
-			goto free_fcall;
-		}
+	return res;
+}
+
+static int v9fs_file_do_lock(struct file *filp, int cmd, struct file_lock *fl)
+{
+	struct p9_flock flock;
+	struct p9_fid *fid;
+	uint8_t status;
+	int res = 0;
+	unsigned char fl_type;
+
+	fid = filp->private_data;
+	BUG_ON(fid == NULL);
+
+	if ((fl->fl_flags & FL_POSIX) != FL_POSIX)
+		BUG();
+
+	res = posix_lock_file_wait(filp, fl);
+	if (res < 0)
+		goto out;
+
+	/* convert posix lock to p9 tlock args */
+	memset(&flock, 0, sizeof(flock));
+	/* map the lock type */
+	switch (fl->fl_type) {
+	case F_RDLCK:
+		flock.type = P9_LOCK_TYPE_RDLCK;
+		break;
+	case F_WRLCK:
+		flock.type = P9_LOCK_TYPE_WRLCK;
+		break;
+	case F_UNLCK:
+		flock.type = P9_LOCK_TYPE_UNLCK;
+		break;
 	}
-	kfree(fcall);
-
-	/* TODO: do special things for O_EXCL, O_NOFOLLOW, O_SYNC */
-	/* translate open mode appropriately */
-	omode = v9fs_uflags2omode(file->f_flags);
-	err = v9fs_t_open(v9ses, fid, omode, &fcall);
-	if (err < 0) {
-		PRINT_FCALL_ERROR("open failed", fcall);
-		goto clunk_fid;
+	flock.start = fl->fl_start;
+	if (fl->fl_end == OFFSET_MAX)
+		flock.length = 0;
+	else
+		flock.length = fl->fl_end - fl->fl_start + 1;
+	flock.proc_id = fl->fl_pid;
+	flock.client_id = fid->clnt->name;
+	if (IS_SETLKW(cmd))
+		flock.flags = P9_LOCK_FLAGS_BLOCK;
+
+	/*
+	 * if its a blocked request and we get P9_LOCK_BLOCKED as the status
+	 * for lock request, keep on trying
+	 */
+	for (;;) {
+		res = p9_client_lock_dotl(fid, &flock, &status);
+		if (res < 0)
+			break;
+
+		if (status != P9_LOCK_BLOCKED)
+			break;
+		if (status == P9_LOCK_BLOCKED && !IS_SETLKW(cmd))
+			break;
+		if (schedule_timeout_interruptible(P9_LOCK_TIMEOUT) != 0)
+			break;
 	}
 
-	vfid = kmalloc(sizeof(struct v9fs_fid), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (vfid == NULL) {
-		dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "out of memory\n");
-		err = -ENOMEM;
-		goto clunk_fid;
+	/* map 9p status to VFS status */
+	switch (status) {
+	case P9_LOCK_SUCCESS:
+		res = 0;
+		break;
+	case P9_LOCK_BLOCKED:
+		res = -EAGAIN;
+		break;
+	case P9_LOCK_ERROR:
+	case P9_LOCK_GRACE:
+		res = -ENOLCK;
+		break;
+	default:
+		BUG();
 	}
 
-	file->private_data = vfid;
-	vfid->fid = fid;
-	vfid->fidopen = 1;
-	vfid->fidclunked = 0;
-	vfid->iounit = fcall->params.ropen.iounit;
-	vfid->rdir_pos = 0;
-	vfid->rdir_fcall = NULL;
-	vfid->filp = file;
-	kfree(fcall);
+	/*
+	 * incase server returned error for lock request, revert
+	 * it locally
+	 */
+	if (res < 0 && fl->fl_type != F_UNLCK) {
+		fl_type = fl->fl_type;
+		fl->fl_type = F_UNLCK;
+		res = posix_lock_file_wait(filp, fl);
+		fl->fl_type = fl_type;
+	}
+out:
+	return res;
+}
 
-	return 0;
+static int v9fs_file_getlock(struct file *filp, struct file_lock *fl)
+{
+	struct p9_getlock glock;
+	struct p9_fid *fid;
+	int res = 0;
 
-clunk_fid:
-	v9fs_t_clunk(v9ses, fid);
+	fid = filp->private_data;
+	BUG_ON(fid == NULL);
+
+	posix_test_lock(filp, fl);
+	/*
+	 * if we have a conflicting lock locally, no need to validate
+	 * with server
+	 */
+	if (fl->fl_type != F_UNLCK)
+		return res;
+
+	/* convert posix lock to p9 tgetlock args */
+	memset(&glock, 0, sizeof(glock));
+	glock.type  = P9_LOCK_TYPE_UNLCK;
+	glock.start = fl->fl_start;
+	if (fl->fl_end == OFFSET_MAX)
+		glock.length = 0;
+	else
+		glock.length = fl->fl_end - fl->fl_start + 1;
+	glock.proc_id = fl->fl_pid;
+	glock.client_id = fid->clnt->name;
+
+	res = p9_client_getlock_dotl(fid, &glock);
+	if (res < 0)
+		return res;
+	/* map 9p lock type to os lock type */
+	switch (glock.type) {
+	case P9_LOCK_TYPE_RDLCK:
+		fl->fl_type = F_RDLCK;
+		break;
+	case P9_LOCK_TYPE_WRLCK:
+		fl->fl_type = F_WRLCK;
+		break;
+	case P9_LOCK_TYPE_UNLCK:
+		fl->fl_type = F_UNLCK;
+		break;
+	}
+	if (glock.type != P9_LOCK_TYPE_UNLCK) {
+		fl->fl_start = glock.start;
+		if (glock.length == 0)
+			fl->fl_end = OFFSET_MAX;
+		else
+			fl->fl_end = glock.start + glock.length - 1;
+		fl->fl_pid = glock.proc_id;
+	}
+	return res;
+}
 
-free_fcall:
-	kfree(fcall);
+/**
+ * v9fs_file_lock_dotl - lock a file (or directory)
+ * @filp: file to be locked
+ * @cmd: lock command
+ * @fl: file lock structure
+ *
+ */
 
-	return err;
+static int v9fs_file_lock_dotl(struct file *filp, int cmd, struct file_lock *fl)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
+	int ret = -ENOLCK;
+
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "filp: %p cmd:%d lock: %p name: %s\n",
+		 filp, cmd, fl, filp->f_path.dentry->d_name.name);
+
+	/* No mandatory locks */
+	if (__mandatory_lock(inode) && fl->fl_type != F_UNLCK)
+		goto out_err;
+
+	if ((IS_SETLK(cmd) || IS_SETLKW(cmd)) && fl->fl_type != F_UNLCK) {
+		filemap_write_and_wait(inode->i_mapping);
+		invalidate_mapping_pages(&inode->i_data, 0, -1);
+	}
+
+	if (IS_SETLK(cmd) || IS_SETLKW(cmd))
+		ret = v9fs_file_do_lock(filp, cmd, fl);
+	else if (IS_GETLK(cmd))
+		ret = v9fs_file_getlock(filp, fl);
+	else
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+out_err:
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /**
- * v9fs_file_lock - lock a file (or directory)
- * @inode: inode to be opened
- * @file: file being opened
+ * v9fs_file_flock_dotl - lock a file
+ * @filp: file to be locked
+ * @cmd: lock command
+ * @fl: file lock structure
  *
- * XXX - this looks like a local only lock, we should extend into 9P
- *       by using open exclusive
  */
 
-static int v9fs_file_lock(struct file *filp, int cmd, struct file_lock *fl)
+static int v9fs_file_flock_dotl(struct file *filp, int cmd,
+	struct file_lock *fl)
 {
-	int res = 0;
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
+	int ret = -ENOLCK;
 
-	dprintk(DEBUG_VFS, "filp: %p lock: %p\n", filp, fl);
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "filp: %p cmd:%d lock: %p name: %s\n",
+		 filp, cmd, fl, filp->f_path.dentry->d_name.name);
 
 	/* No mandatory locks */
-	if ((inode->i_mode & (S_ISGID | S_IXGRP)) == S_ISGID)
-		return -ENOLCK;
+	if (__mandatory_lock(inode) && fl->fl_type != F_UNLCK)
+		goto out_err;
+
+	if (!(fl->fl_flags & FL_FLOCK))
+		goto out_err;
 
 	if ((IS_SETLK(cmd) || IS_SETLKW(cmd)) && fl->fl_type != F_UNLCK) {
 		filemap_write_and_wait(inode->i_mapping);
-		invalidate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data);
+		invalidate_mapping_pages(&inode->i_data, 0, -1);
 	}
+	/* Convert flock to posix lock */
+	fl->fl_flags |= FL_POSIX;
+	fl->fl_flags ^= FL_FLOCK;
+
+	if (IS_SETLK(cmd) | IS_SETLKW(cmd))
+		ret = v9fs_file_do_lock(filp, cmd, fl);
+	else
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+out_err:
+	return ret;
+}
 
-	return res;
+/**
+ * v9fs_fid_readn - read from a fid
+ * @fid: fid to read
+ * @data: data buffer to read data into
+ * @udata: user data buffer to read data into
+ * @count: size of buffer
+ * @offset: offset at which to read data
+ *
+ */
+ssize_t
+v9fs_fid_readn(struct p9_fid *fid, char *data, char __user *udata, u32 count,
+	       u64 offset)
+{
+	int n, total, size;
+
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "fid %d offset %llu count %d\n",
+		 fid->fid, (long long unsigned)offset, count);
+	n = 0;
+	total = 0;
+	size = fid->iounit ? fid->iounit : fid->clnt->msize - P9_IOHDRSZ;
+	do {
+		n = p9_client_read(fid, data, udata, offset, count);
+		if (n <= 0)
+			break;
+
+		if (data)
+			data += n;
+		if (udata)
+			udata += n;
+
+		offset += n;
+		count -= n;
+		total += n;
+	} while (count > 0 && n == size);
+
+	if (n < 0)
+		total = n;
+
+	return total;
 }
 
 /**
- * v9fs_file_read - read from a file
- * @filep: file pointer to read
+ * v9fs_file_readn - read from a file
+ * @filp: file pointer to read
  * @data: data buffer to read data into
+ * @udata: user data buffer to read data into
+ * @count: size of buffer
+ * @offset: offset at which to read data
+ *
+ */
+ssize_t
+v9fs_file_readn(struct file *filp, char *data, char __user *udata, u32 count,
+	       u64 offset)
+{
+	return v9fs_fid_readn(filp->private_data, data, udata, count, offset);
+}
+
+/**
+ * v9fs_file_read - read from a file
+ * @filp: file pointer to read
+ * @udata: user data buffer to read data into
  * @count: size of buffer
  * @offset: offset at which to read data
  *
  */
+
 static ssize_t
-v9fs_file_read(struct file *filp, char __user * data, size_t count,
+v9fs_file_read(struct file *filp, char __user *udata, size_t count,
 	       loff_t * offset)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_dentry->d_inode;
-	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses = v9fs_inode2v9ses(inode);
-	struct v9fs_fid *v9f = filp->private_data;
-	struct v9fs_fcall *fcall = NULL;
-	int fid = v9f->fid;
-	int rsize = 0;
-	int result = 0;
-	int total = 0;
-	int n;
+	int ret;
+	struct p9_fid *fid;
+	size_t size;
+
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "count %zu offset %lld\n", count, *offset);
+	fid = filp->private_data;
 
-	dprintk(DEBUG_VFS, "\n");
+	size = fid->iounit ? fid->iounit : fid->clnt->msize - P9_IOHDRSZ;
+	if (count > size)
+		ret = v9fs_file_readn(filp, NULL, udata, count, *offset);
+	else
+		ret = p9_client_read(fid, NULL, udata, *offset, count);
 
-	rsize = v9ses->maxdata - V9FS_IOHDRSZ;
-	if (v9f->iounit != 0 && rsize > v9f->iounit)
-		rsize = v9f->iounit;
+	if (ret > 0)
+		*offset += ret;
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+ssize_t
+v9fs_file_write_internal(struct inode *inode, struct p9_fid *fid,
+			 const char __user *data, size_t count,
+			 loff_t *offset, int invalidate)
+{
+	int n;
+	loff_t i_size;
+	size_t total = 0;
+	loff_t origin = *offset;
+	unsigned long pg_start, pg_end;
+
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "data %p count %d offset %x\n",
+		 data, (int)count, (int)*offset);
 
 	do {
-		if (count < rsize)
-			rsize = count;
+		n = p9_client_write(fid, NULL, data+total, origin+total, count);
+		if (n <= 0)
+			break;
+		count -= n;
+		total += n;
+	} while (count > 0);
+
+	if (invalidate && (total > 0)) {
+		pg_start = origin >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
+		pg_end = (origin + total - 1) >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
+		if (inode->i_mapping && inode->i_mapping->nrpages)
+			invalidate_inode_pages2_range(inode->i_mapping,
+						      pg_start, pg_end);
+		*offset += total;
+		i_size = i_size_read(inode);
+		if (*offset > i_size) {
+			inode_add_bytes(inode, *offset - i_size);
+			i_size_write(inode, *offset);
+		}
+	}
+	if (n < 0)
+		return n;
+
+	return total;
+}
+
+/**
+ * v9fs_file_write - write to a file
+ * @filp: file pointer to write
+ * @data: data buffer to write data from
+ * @count: size of buffer
+ * @offset: offset at which to write data
+ *
+ */
+static ssize_t
+v9fs_file_write(struct file *filp, const char __user * data,
+		size_t count, loff_t *offset)
+{
+	ssize_t retval = 0;
+	loff_t origin = *offset;
+
+
+	retval = generic_write_checks(filp, &origin, &count, 0);
+	if (retval)
+		goto out;
+
+	retval = -EINVAL;
+	if ((ssize_t) count < 0)
+		goto out;
+	retval = 0;
+	if (!count)
+		goto out;
+
+	retval = v9fs_file_write_internal(file_inode(filp),
+					filp->private_data,
+					data, count, &origin, 1);
+	/* update offset on successful write */
+	if (retval > 0)
+		*offset = origin;
+out:
+	return retval;
+}
+
+
+static int v9fs_file_fsync(struct file *filp, loff_t start, loff_t end,
+			   int datasync)
+{
+	struct p9_fid *fid;
+	struct inode *inode = filp->f_mapping->host;
+	struct p9_wstat wstat;
+	int retval;
 
-		result = v9fs_t_read(v9ses, fid, *offset, rsize, &fcall);
+	retval = filemap_write_and_wait_range(inode->i_mapping, start, end);
+	if (retval)
+		return retval;
+
+	mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "filp %p datasync %x\n", filp, datasync);
+
+	fid = filp->private_data;
+	v9fs_blank_wstat(&wstat);
+
+	retval = p9_client_wstat(fid, &wstat);
+	mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
+
+	return retval;
+}
+
+int v9fs_file_fsync_dotl(struct file *filp, loff_t start, loff_t end,
+			 int datasync)
+{
+	struct p9_fid *fid;
+	struct inode *inode = filp->f_mapping->host;
+	int retval;
 
-		if (result < 0) {
-			printk(KERN_ERR "9P2000: v9fs_t_read returned %d\n",
-			       result);
+	retval = filemap_write_and_wait_range(inode->i_mapping, start, end);
+	if (retval)
+		return retval;
 
-			kfree(fcall);
-			return total;
-		} else
-			*offset += result;
+	mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "filp %p datasync %x\n", filp, datasync);
 
-		n = copy_to_user(data, fcall->params.rread.data, result);
-		if (n) {
-			dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "Problem copying to user %d\n", n);
-			kfree(fcall);
-			return -EFAULT;
+	fid = filp->private_data;
+
+	retval = p9_client_fsync(fid, datasync);
+	mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
+
+	return retval;
+}
+
+static int
+v9fs_file_mmap(struct file *filp, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+{
+	int retval;
+
+
+	retval = generic_file_mmap(filp, vma);
+	if (!retval)
+		vma->vm_ops = &v9fs_file_vm_ops;
+
+	return retval;
+}
+
+static int
+v9fs_mmap_file_mmap(struct file *filp, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+{
+	int retval;
+	struct inode *inode;
+	struct v9fs_inode *v9inode;
+	struct p9_fid *fid;
+
+	inode = file_inode(filp);
+	v9inode = V9FS_I(inode);
+	mutex_lock(&v9inode->v_mutex);
+	if (!v9inode->writeback_fid &&
+	    (vma->vm_flags & VM_WRITE)) {
+		/*
+		 * clone a fid and add it to writeback_fid
+		 * we do it during mmap instead of
+		 * page dirty time via write_begin/page_mkwrite
+		 * because we want write after unlink usecase
+		 * to work.
+		 */
+		fid = v9fs_writeback_fid(filp->f_path.dentry);
+		if (IS_ERR(fid)) {
+			retval = PTR_ERR(fid);
+			mutex_unlock(&v9inode->v_mutex);
+			return retval;
 		}
+		v9inode->writeback_fid = (void *) fid;
+	}
+	mutex_unlock(&v9inode->v_mutex);
 
-		count -= result;
-		data += result;
-		total += result;
+	retval = generic_file_mmap(filp, vma);
+	if (!retval)
+		vma->vm_ops = &v9fs_mmap_file_vm_ops;
 
-		kfree(fcall);
+	return retval;
+}
 
-		if (result < rsize)
-			break;
-	} while (count);
+static int
+v9fs_vm_page_mkwrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf)
+{
+	struct v9fs_inode *v9inode;
+	struct page *page = vmf->page;
+	struct file *filp = vma->vm_file;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
+
+
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "page %p fid %lx\n",
+		 page, (unsigned long)filp->private_data);
+
+	/* Update file times before taking page lock */
+	file_update_time(filp);
+
+	v9inode = V9FS_I(inode);
+	/* make sure the cache has finished storing the page */
+	v9fs_fscache_wait_on_page_write(inode, page);
+	BUG_ON(!v9inode->writeback_fid);
+	lock_page(page);
+	if (page->mapping != inode->i_mapping)
+		goto out_unlock;
+	wait_for_stable_page(page);
+
+	return VM_FAULT_LOCKED;
+out_unlock:
+	unlock_page(page);
+	return VM_FAULT_NOPAGE;
+}
 
-	return total;
+static ssize_t
+v9fs_direct_read(struct file *filp, char __user *udata, size_t count,
+		 loff_t *offsetp)
+{
+	loff_t size, offset;
+	struct inode *inode;
+	struct address_space *mapping;
+
+	offset = *offsetp;
+	mapping = filp->f_mapping;
+	inode = mapping->host;
+	if (!count)
+		return 0;
+	size = i_size_read(inode);
+	if (offset < size)
+		filemap_write_and_wait_range(mapping, offset,
+					     offset + count - 1);
+
+	return v9fs_file_read(filp, udata, count, offsetp);
 }
 
 /**
- * v9fs_file_write - write to a file
- * @filep: file pointer to write
+ * v9fs_cached_file_read - read from a file
+ * @filp: file pointer to read
+ * @data: user data buffer to read data into
+ * @count: size of buffer
+ * @offset: offset at which to read data
+ *
+ */
+static ssize_t
+v9fs_cached_file_read(struct file *filp, char __user *data, size_t count,
+		      loff_t *offset)
+{
+	if (filp->f_flags & O_DIRECT)
+		return v9fs_direct_read(filp, data, count, offset);
+	return new_sync_read(filp, data, count, offset);
+}
+
+/**
+ * v9fs_mmap_file_read - read from a file
+ * @filp: file pointer to read
+ * @data: user data buffer to read data into
+ * @count: size of buffer
+ * @offset: offset at which to read data
+ *
+ */
+static ssize_t
+v9fs_mmap_file_read(struct file *filp, char __user *data, size_t count,
+		      loff_t *offset)
+{
+	/* TODO: Check if there are dirty pages */
+	return v9fs_file_read(filp, data, count, offset);
+}
+
+static ssize_t
+v9fs_direct_write(struct file *filp, const char __user * data,
+		  size_t count, loff_t *offsetp)
+{
+	loff_t offset;
+	ssize_t retval;
+	struct inode *inode;
+	struct address_space *mapping;
+
+	offset = *offsetp;
+	mapping = filp->f_mapping;
+	inode = mapping->host;
+	if (!count)
+		return 0;
+
+	mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
+	retval = filemap_write_and_wait_range(mapping, offset,
+					      offset + count - 1);
+	if (retval)
+		goto err_out;
+	/*
+	 * After a write we want buffered reads to be sure to go to disk to get
+	 * the new data.  We invalidate clean cached page from the region we're
+	 * about to write.  We do this *before* the write so that if we fail
+	 * here we fall back to buffered write
+	 */
+	if (mapping->nrpages) {
+		pgoff_t pg_start = offset >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
+		pgoff_t pg_end   = (offset + count - 1) >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
+
+		retval = invalidate_inode_pages2_range(mapping,
+							pg_start, pg_end);
+		/*
+		 * If a page can not be invalidated, fall back
+		 * to buffered write.
+		 */
+		if (retval) {
+			if (retval == -EBUSY)
+				goto buff_write;
+			goto err_out;
+		}
+	}
+	retval = v9fs_file_write(filp, data, count, offsetp);
+err_out:
+	mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
+	return retval;
+
+buff_write:
+	mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
+	return new_sync_write(filp, data, count, offsetp);
+}
+
+/**
+ * v9fs_cached_file_write - write to a file
+ * @filp: file pointer to write
  * @data: data buffer to write data from
  * @count: size of buffer
  * @offset: offset at which to write data
  *
  */
+static ssize_t
+v9fs_cached_file_write(struct file *filp, const char __user * data,
+		       size_t count, loff_t *offset)
+{
+
+	if (filp->f_flags & O_DIRECT)
+		return v9fs_direct_write(filp, data, count, offset);
+	return new_sync_write(filp, data, count, offset);
+}
+
 
+/**
+ * v9fs_mmap_file_write - write to a file
+ * @filp: file pointer to write
+ * @data: data buffer to write data from
+ * @count: size of buffer
+ * @offset: offset at which to write data
+ *
+ */
 static ssize_t
-v9fs_file_write(struct file *filp, const char __user * data,
-		size_t count, loff_t * offset)
+v9fs_mmap_file_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *data,
+		       size_t count, loff_t *offset)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_dentry->d_inode;
-	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses = v9fs_inode2v9ses(inode);
-	struct v9fs_fid *v9fid = filp->private_data;
-	struct v9fs_fcall *fcall;
-	int fid = v9fid->fid;
-	int result = -EIO;
-	int rsize = 0;
-	int total = 0;
-
-	dprintk(DEBUG_VFS, "data %p count %d offset %x\n", data, (int)count,
-		(int)*offset);
-	rsize = v9ses->maxdata - V9FS_IOHDRSZ;
-	if (v9fid->iounit != 0 && rsize > v9fid->iounit)
-		rsize = v9fid->iounit;
+	/*
+	 * TODO: invalidate mmaps on filp's inode between
+	 * offset and offset+count
+	 */
+	return v9fs_file_write(filp, data, count, offset);
+}
 
-	do {
-		if (count < rsize)
-			rsize = count;
-
-		result = v9fs_t_write(v9ses, fid, *offset, rsize, data, &fcall);
-		if (result < 0) {
-			PRINT_FCALL_ERROR("error while writing", fcall);
-			kfree(fcall);
-			return result;
-		} else
-			*offset += result;
-
-		kfree(fcall);
-		fcall = NULL;
-
-		if (result != rsize) {
-			eprintk(KERN_ERR,
-				"short write: v9fs_t_write returned %d\n",
-				result);
-			break;
-		}
+static void v9fs_mmap_vm_close(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+{
+	struct inode *inode;
 
-		count -= result;
-		data += result;
-		total += result;
-	} while (count);
+	struct writeback_control wbc = {
+		.nr_to_write = LONG_MAX,
+		.sync_mode = WB_SYNC_ALL,
+		.range_start = vma->vm_pgoff * PAGE_SIZE,
+		 /* absolute end, byte at end included */
+		.range_end = vma->vm_pgoff * PAGE_SIZE +
+			(vma->vm_end - vma->vm_start - 1),
+	};
 
-		invalidate_inode_pages2(inode->i_mapping);
-	return total;
+
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "9p VMA close, %p, flushing", vma);
+
+	inode = file_inode(vma->vm_file);
+
+	if (!mapping_cap_writeback_dirty(inode->i_mapping))
+		wbc.nr_to_write = 0;
+
+	might_sleep();
+	sync_inode(inode, &wbc);
 }
 
+
+static const struct vm_operations_struct v9fs_file_vm_ops = {
+	.fault = filemap_fault,
+	.map_pages = filemap_map_pages,
+	.page_mkwrite = v9fs_vm_page_mkwrite,
+	.remap_pages = generic_file_remap_pages,
+};
+
+static const struct vm_operations_struct v9fs_mmap_file_vm_ops = {
+	.close = v9fs_mmap_vm_close,
+	.fault = filemap_fault,
+	.map_pages = filemap_map_pages,
+	.page_mkwrite = v9fs_vm_page_mkwrite,
+	.remap_pages = generic_file_remap_pages,
+};
+
+
+const struct file_operations v9fs_cached_file_operations = {
+	.llseek = generic_file_llseek,
+	.read = v9fs_cached_file_read,
+	.write = v9fs_cached_file_write,
+	.read_iter = generic_file_read_iter,
+	.write_iter = generic_file_write_iter,
+	.open = v9fs_file_open,
+	.release = v9fs_dir_release,
+	.lock = v9fs_file_lock,
+	.mmap = v9fs_file_mmap,
+	.fsync = v9fs_file_fsync,
+};
+
+const struct file_operations v9fs_cached_file_operations_dotl = {
+	.llseek = generic_file_llseek,
+	.read = v9fs_cached_file_read,
+	.write = v9fs_cached_file_write,
+	.read_iter = generic_file_read_iter,
+	.write_iter = generic_file_write_iter,
+	.open = v9fs_file_open,
+	.release = v9fs_dir_release,
+	.lock = v9fs_file_lock_dotl,
+	.flock = v9fs_file_flock_dotl,
+	.mmap = v9fs_file_mmap,
+	.fsync = v9fs_file_fsync_dotl,
+};
+
 const struct file_operations v9fs_file_operations = {
 	.llseek = generic_file_llseek,
 	.read = v9fs_file_read,
@@ -278,5 +877,41 @@ const struct file_operations v9fs_file_operations = {
 	.open = v9fs_file_open,
 	.release = v9fs_dir_release,
 	.lock = v9fs_file_lock,
-	.mmap = generic_file_mmap,
+	.mmap = generic_file_readonly_mmap,
+	.fsync = v9fs_file_fsync,
+};
+
+const struct file_operations v9fs_file_operations_dotl = {
+	.llseek = generic_file_llseek,
+	.read = v9fs_file_read,
+	.write = v9fs_file_write,
+	.open = v9fs_file_open,
+	.release = v9fs_dir_release,
+	.lock = v9fs_file_lock_dotl,
+	.flock = v9fs_file_flock_dotl,
+	.mmap = generic_file_readonly_mmap,
+	.fsync = v9fs_file_fsync_dotl,
+};
+
+const struct file_operations v9fs_mmap_file_operations = {
+	.llseek = generic_file_llseek,
+	.read = v9fs_mmap_file_read,
+	.write = v9fs_mmap_file_write,
+	.open = v9fs_file_open,
+	.release = v9fs_dir_release,
+	.lock = v9fs_file_lock,
+	.mmap = v9fs_mmap_file_mmap,
+	.fsync = v9fs_file_fsync,
+};
+
+const struct file_operations v9fs_mmap_file_operations_dotl = {
+	.llseek = generic_file_llseek,
+	.read = v9fs_mmap_file_read,
+	.write = v9fs_mmap_file_write,
+	.open = v9fs_file_open,
+	.release = v9fs_dir_release,
+	.lock = v9fs_file_lock_dotl,
+	.flock = v9fs_file_flock_dotl,
+	.mmap = v9fs_mmap_file_mmap,
+	.fsync = v9fs_file_fsync_dotl,
 };
diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c b/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
index 2cb87ba4b1c..7fa4f7a7653 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
  *
  */
 
+#define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
+
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
@@ -30,21 +32,27 @@
 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
 #include <linux/stat.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
-#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 #include <linux/inet.h>
 #include <linux/namei.h>
 #include <linux/idr.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/xattr.h>
+#include <linux/posix_acl.h>
+#include <net/9p/9p.h>
+#include <net/9p/client.h>
 
-#include "debug.h"
 #include "v9fs.h"
-#include "9p.h"
 #include "v9fs_vfs.h"
 #include "fid.h"
+#include "cache.h"
+#include "xattr.h"
+#include "acl.h"
 
-static struct inode_operations v9fs_dir_inode_operations;
-static struct inode_operations v9fs_dir_inode_operations_ext;
-static struct inode_operations v9fs_file_inode_operations;
-static struct inode_operations v9fs_symlink_inode_operations;
+static const struct inode_operations v9fs_dir_inode_operations;
+static const struct inode_operations v9fs_dir_inode_operations_dotu;
+static const struct inode_operations v9fs_file_inode_operations;
+static const struct inode_operations v9fs_symlink_inode_operations;
 
 /**
  * unixmode2p9mode - convert unix mode bits to plan 9
@@ -53,78 +61,118 @@ static struct inode_operations v9fs_symlink_inode_operations;
  *
  */
 
-static int unixmode2p9mode(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses, int mode)
+static u32 unixmode2p9mode(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses, umode_t mode)
 {
 	int res;
 	res = mode & 0777;
 	if (S_ISDIR(mode))
-		res |= V9FS_DMDIR;
-	if (v9ses->extended) {
-		if (S_ISLNK(mode))
-			res |= V9FS_DMSYMLINK;
+		res |= P9_DMDIR;
+	if (v9fs_proto_dotu(v9ses)) {
 		if (v9ses->nodev == 0) {
 			if (S_ISSOCK(mode))
-				res |= V9FS_DMSOCKET;
+				res |= P9_DMSOCKET;
 			if (S_ISFIFO(mode))
-				res |= V9FS_DMNAMEDPIPE;
+				res |= P9_DMNAMEDPIPE;
 			if (S_ISBLK(mode))
-				res |= V9FS_DMDEVICE;
+				res |= P9_DMDEVICE;
 			if (S_ISCHR(mode))
-				res |= V9FS_DMDEVICE;
+				res |= P9_DMDEVICE;
 		}
 
 		if ((mode & S_ISUID) == S_ISUID)
-			res |= V9FS_DMSETUID;
+			res |= P9_DMSETUID;
 		if ((mode & S_ISGID) == S_ISGID)
-			res |= V9FS_DMSETGID;
-		if ((mode & V9FS_DMLINK))
-			res |= V9FS_DMLINK;
+			res |= P9_DMSETGID;
+		if ((mode & S_ISVTX) == S_ISVTX)
+			res |= P9_DMSETVTX;
 	}
+	return res;
+}
+
+/**
+ * p9mode2perm- convert plan9 mode bits to unix permission bits
+ * @v9ses: v9fs session information
+ * @stat: p9_wstat from which mode need to be derived
+ *
+ */
+static int p9mode2perm(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses,
+		       struct p9_wstat *stat)
+{
+	int res;
+	int mode = stat->mode;
+
+	res = mode & S_IALLUGO;
+	if (v9fs_proto_dotu(v9ses)) {
+		if ((mode & P9_DMSETUID) == P9_DMSETUID)
+			res |= S_ISUID;
+
+		if ((mode & P9_DMSETGID) == P9_DMSETGID)
+			res |= S_ISGID;
 
+		if ((mode & P9_DMSETVTX) == P9_DMSETVTX)
+			res |= S_ISVTX;
+	}
 	return res;
 }
 
 /**
  * p9mode2unixmode- convert plan9 mode bits to unix mode bits
  * @v9ses: v9fs session information
- * @mode: mode to convert
+ * @stat: p9_wstat from which mode need to be derived
+ * @rdev: major number, minor number in case of device files.
  *
  */
-
-static int p9mode2unixmode(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses, int mode)
+static umode_t p9mode2unixmode(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses,
+			       struct p9_wstat *stat, dev_t *rdev)
 {
 	int res;
+	u32 mode = stat->mode;
 
-	res = mode & 0777;
+	*rdev = 0;
+	res = p9mode2perm(v9ses, stat);
 
-	if ((mode & V9FS_DMDIR) == V9FS_DMDIR)
+	if ((mode & P9_DMDIR) == P9_DMDIR)
 		res |= S_IFDIR;
-	else if ((mode & V9FS_DMSYMLINK) && (v9ses->extended))
+	else if ((mode & P9_DMSYMLINK) && (v9fs_proto_dotu(v9ses)))
 		res |= S_IFLNK;
-	else if ((mode & V9FS_DMSOCKET) && (v9ses->extended)
+	else if ((mode & P9_DMSOCKET) && (v9fs_proto_dotu(v9ses))
 		 && (v9ses->nodev == 0))
 		res |= S_IFSOCK;
-	else if ((mode & V9FS_DMNAMEDPIPE) && (v9ses->extended)
+	else if ((mode & P9_DMNAMEDPIPE) && (v9fs_proto_dotu(v9ses))
 		 && (v9ses->nodev == 0))
 		res |= S_IFIFO;
-	else if ((mode & V9FS_DMDEVICE) && (v9ses->extended)
-		 && (v9ses->nodev == 0))
-		res |= S_IFBLK;
-	else
-		res |= S_IFREG;
+	else if ((mode & P9_DMDEVICE) && (v9fs_proto_dotu(v9ses))
+		 && (v9ses->nodev == 0)) {
+		char type = 0, ext[32];
+		int major = -1, minor = -1;
 
-	if (v9ses->extended) {
-		if ((mode & V9FS_DMSETUID) == V9FS_DMSETUID)
-			res |= S_ISUID;
-
-		if ((mode & V9FS_DMSETGID) == V9FS_DMSETGID)
-			res |= S_ISGID;
-	}
+		strlcpy(ext, stat->extension, sizeof(ext));
+		sscanf(ext, "%c %i %i", &type, &major, &minor);
+		switch (type) {
+		case 'c':
+			res |= S_IFCHR;
+			break;
+		case 'b':
+			res |= S_IFBLK;
+			break;
+		default:
+			p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_ERROR, "Unknown special type %c %s\n",
+				 type, stat->extension);
+		};
+		*rdev = MKDEV(major, minor);
+	} else
+		res |= S_IFREG;
 
 	return res;
 }
 
-int v9fs_uflags2omode(int uflags)
+/**
+ * v9fs_uflags2omode- convert posix open flags to plan 9 mode bits
+ * @uflags: flags to convert
+ * @extended: if .u extensions are active
+ */
+
+int v9fs_uflags2omode(int uflags, int extended)
 {
 	int ret;
 
@@ -132,39 +180,37 @@ int v9fs_uflags2omode(int uflags)
 	switch (uflags&3) {
 	default:
 	case O_RDONLY:
-		ret = V9FS_OREAD;
+		ret = P9_OREAD;
 		break;
 
 	case O_WRONLY:
-		ret = V9FS_OWRITE;
+		ret = P9_OWRITE;
 		break;
 
 	case O_RDWR:
-		ret = V9FS_ORDWR;
+		ret = P9_ORDWR;
 		break;
 	}
 
-	if (uflags & O_EXCL)
-		ret |= V9FS_OEXCL;
+	if (extended) {
+		if (uflags & O_EXCL)
+			ret |= P9_OEXCL;
 
-	if (uflags & O_TRUNC)
-		ret |= V9FS_OTRUNC;
-
-	if (uflags & O_APPEND)
-		ret |= V9FS_OAPPEND;
+		if (uflags & O_APPEND)
+			ret |= P9_OAPPEND;
+	}
 
 	return ret;
 }
 
 /**
  * v9fs_blank_wstat - helper function to setup a 9P stat structure
- * @v9ses: 9P session info (for determining extended mode)
  * @wstat: structure to initialize
  *
  */
 
-static void
-v9fs_blank_wstat(struct v9fs_wstat *wstat)
+void
+v9fs_blank_wstat(struct p9_wstat *wstat)
 {
 	wstat->type = ~0;
 	wstat->dev = ~0;
@@ -179,139 +225,176 @@ v9fs_blank_wstat(struct v9fs_wstat *wstat)
 	wstat->uid = NULL;
 	wstat->gid = NULL;
 	wstat->muid = NULL;
-	wstat->n_uid = ~0;
-	wstat->n_gid = ~0;
-	wstat->n_muid = ~0;
+	wstat->n_uid = INVALID_UID;
+	wstat->n_gid = INVALID_GID;
+	wstat->n_muid = INVALID_UID;
 	wstat->extension = NULL;
 }
 
 /**
- * v9fs_get_inode - helper function to setup an inode
- * @sb: superblock
- * @mode: mode to setup inode with
+ * v9fs_alloc_inode - helper function to allocate an inode
  *
  */
+struct inode *v9fs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
+{
+	struct v9fs_inode *v9inode;
+	v9inode = (struct v9fs_inode *)kmem_cache_alloc(v9fs_inode_cache,
+							GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!v9inode)
+		return NULL;
+#ifdef CONFIG_9P_FSCACHE
+	v9inode->fscache = NULL;
+	spin_lock_init(&v9inode->fscache_lock);
+#endif
+	v9inode->writeback_fid = NULL;
+	v9inode->cache_validity = 0;
+	mutex_init(&v9inode->v_mutex);
+	return &v9inode->vfs_inode;
+}
 
-struct inode *v9fs_get_inode(struct super_block *sb, int mode)
+/**
+ * v9fs_destroy_inode - destroy an inode
+ *
+ */
+
+static void v9fs_i_callback(struct rcu_head *head)
 {
-	struct inode *inode;
-	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses = sb->s_fs_info;
+	struct inode *inode = container_of(head, struct inode, i_rcu);
+	kmem_cache_free(v9fs_inode_cache, V9FS_I(inode));
+}
 
-	dprintk(DEBUG_VFS, "super block: %p mode: %o\n", sb, mode);
+void v9fs_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	call_rcu(&inode->i_rcu, v9fs_i_callback);
+}
 
-	inode = new_inode(sb);
-	if (inode) {
-		inode->i_mode = mode;
-		inode->i_uid = current->fsuid;
-		inode->i_gid = current->fsgid;
-		inode->i_blksize = sb->s_blocksize;
-		inode->i_blocks = 0;
-		inode->i_rdev = 0;
-		inode->i_atime = inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
-		inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &v9fs_addr_operations;
-
-		switch (mode & S_IFMT) {
-		case S_IFIFO:
-		case S_IFBLK:
-		case S_IFCHR:
-		case S_IFSOCK:
-			if(!v9ses->extended) {
-				dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "special files without extended mode\n");
-				return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
-			}
-			init_special_inode(inode, inode->i_mode,
-					   inode->i_rdev);
-			break;
-		case S_IFREG:
+int v9fs_init_inode(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses,
+		    struct inode *inode, umode_t mode, dev_t rdev)
+{
+	int err = 0;
+
+	inode_init_owner(inode, NULL, mode);
+	inode->i_blocks = 0;
+	inode->i_rdev = rdev;
+	inode->i_atime = inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
+	inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &v9fs_addr_operations;
+
+	switch (mode & S_IFMT) {
+	case S_IFIFO:
+	case S_IFBLK:
+	case S_IFCHR:
+	case S_IFSOCK:
+		if (v9fs_proto_dotl(v9ses)) {
+			inode->i_op = &v9fs_file_inode_operations_dotl;
+		} else if (v9fs_proto_dotu(v9ses)) {
 			inode->i_op = &v9fs_file_inode_operations;
-			inode->i_fop = &v9fs_file_operations;
-			break;
-		case S_IFLNK:
-			if(!v9ses->extended) {
-				dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "extended modes used w/o 9P2000.u\n");
-				return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
-			}
-			inode->i_op = &v9fs_symlink_inode_operations;
-			break;
-		case S_IFDIR:
-			inode->i_nlink++;
-			if(v9ses->extended)
-				inode->i_op = &v9fs_dir_inode_operations_ext;
+		} else {
+			p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_ERROR,
+				 "special files without extended mode\n");
+			err = -EINVAL;
+			goto error;
+		}
+		init_special_inode(inode, inode->i_mode, inode->i_rdev);
+		break;
+	case S_IFREG:
+		if (v9fs_proto_dotl(v9ses)) {
+			inode->i_op = &v9fs_file_inode_operations_dotl;
+			if (v9ses->cache == CACHE_LOOSE ||
+			    v9ses->cache == CACHE_FSCACHE)
+				inode->i_fop =
+					&v9fs_cached_file_operations_dotl;
+			else if (v9ses->cache == CACHE_MMAP)
+				inode->i_fop = &v9fs_mmap_file_operations_dotl;
 			else
-				inode->i_op = &v9fs_dir_inode_operations;
-			inode->i_fop = &v9fs_dir_operations;
-			break;
-		default:
-			dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "BAD mode 0x%x S_IFMT 0x%x\n",
-				mode, mode & S_IFMT);
-			return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+				inode->i_fop = &v9fs_file_operations_dotl;
+		} else {
+			inode->i_op = &v9fs_file_inode_operations;
+			if (v9ses->cache == CACHE_LOOSE ||
+			    v9ses->cache == CACHE_FSCACHE)
+				inode->i_fop =
+					&v9fs_cached_file_operations;
+			else if (v9ses->cache == CACHE_MMAP)
+				inode->i_fop = &v9fs_mmap_file_operations;
+			else
+				inode->i_fop = &v9fs_file_operations;
 		}
-	} else {
-		eprintk(KERN_WARNING, "Problem allocating inode\n");
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-	}
-	return inode;
-}
 
-static int
-v9fs_create(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses, u32 pfid, char *name, u32 perm,
-	u8 mode, char *extension, u32 *fidp, struct v9fs_qid *qid, u32 *iounit)
-{
-	u32 fid;
-	int err;
-	struct v9fs_fcall *fcall;
-
-	fid = v9fs_get_idpool(&v9ses->fidpool);
-	if (fid < 0) {
-		eprintk(KERN_WARNING, "no free fids available\n");
-		return -ENOSPC;
-	}
+		break;
+	case S_IFLNK:
+		if (!v9fs_proto_dotu(v9ses) && !v9fs_proto_dotl(v9ses)) {
+			p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_ERROR,
+				 "extended modes used with legacy protocol\n");
+			err = -EINVAL;
+			goto error;
+		}
 
-	err = v9fs_t_walk(v9ses, pfid, fid, NULL, &fcall);
-	if (err < 0) {
-		PRINT_FCALL_ERROR("clone error", fcall);
-		if (fcall && fcall->id == RWALK)
-			goto clunk_fid;
+		if (v9fs_proto_dotl(v9ses))
+			inode->i_op = &v9fs_symlink_inode_operations_dotl;
 		else
-			goto put_fid;
-	}
-	kfree(fcall);
+			inode->i_op = &v9fs_symlink_inode_operations;
 
-	err = v9fs_t_create(v9ses, fid, name, perm, mode, extension, &fcall);
-	if (err < 0) {
-		PRINT_FCALL_ERROR("create fails", fcall);
-		goto clunk_fid;
-	}
+		break;
+	case S_IFDIR:
+		inc_nlink(inode);
+		if (v9fs_proto_dotl(v9ses))
+			inode->i_op = &v9fs_dir_inode_operations_dotl;
+		else if (v9fs_proto_dotu(v9ses))
+			inode->i_op = &v9fs_dir_inode_operations_dotu;
+		else
+			inode->i_op = &v9fs_dir_inode_operations;
 
-	if (iounit)
-		*iounit = fcall->params.rcreate.iounit;
+		if (v9fs_proto_dotl(v9ses))
+			inode->i_fop = &v9fs_dir_operations_dotl;
+		else
+			inode->i_fop = &v9fs_dir_operations;
 
-	if (qid)
-		*qid = fcall->params.rcreate.qid;
+		break;
+	default:
+		p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_ERROR, "BAD mode 0x%hx S_IFMT 0x%x\n",
+			 mode, mode & S_IFMT);
+		err = -EINVAL;
+		goto error;
+	}
+error:
+	return err;
 
-	if (fidp)
-		*fidp = fid;
+}
 
-	kfree(fcall);
-	return 0;
+/**
+ * v9fs_get_inode - helper function to setup an inode
+ * @sb: superblock
+ * @mode: mode to setup inode with
+ *
+ */
 
-clunk_fid:
-	v9fs_t_clunk(v9ses, fid);
-	fid = V9FS_NOFID;
+struct inode *v9fs_get_inode(struct super_block *sb, umode_t mode, dev_t rdev)
+{
+	int err;
+	struct inode *inode;
+	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses = sb->s_fs_info;
 
-put_fid:
-	if (fid >= 0)
-		v9fs_put_idpool(fid, &v9ses->fidpool);
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "super block: %p mode: %ho\n", sb, mode);
 
-	kfree(fcall);
-	return err;
+	inode = new_inode(sb);
+	if (!inode) {
+		pr_warn("%s (%d): Problem allocating inode\n",
+			__func__, task_pid_nr(current));
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+	}
+	err = v9fs_init_inode(v9ses, inode, mode, rdev);
+	if (err) {
+		iput(inode);
+		return ERR_PTR(err);
+	}
+	return inode;
 }
 
+/*
 static struct v9fs_fid*
 v9fs_clone_walk(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses, u32 fid, struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	int err;
-	u32 nfid;
+	int nfid;
 	struct v9fs_fid *ret;
 	struct v9fs_fcall *fcall;
 
@@ -356,243 +439,337 @@ error:
 	kfree(fcall);
 	return ERR_PTR(err);
 }
+*/
 
-static struct inode *
-v9fs_inode_from_fid(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses, u32 fid,
-	struct super_block *sb)
+
+/**
+ * v9fs_clear_inode - release an inode
+ * @inode: inode to release
+ *
+ */
+void v9fs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
-	int err, umode;
-	struct inode *ret;
-	struct v9fs_fcall *fcall;
+	struct v9fs_inode *v9inode = V9FS_I(inode);
 
-	ret = NULL;
-	err = v9fs_t_stat(v9ses, fid, &fcall);
-	if (err) {
-		PRINT_FCALL_ERROR("stat error", fcall);
-		goto error;
-	}
+	truncate_inode_pages_final(inode->i_mapping);
+	clear_inode(inode);
+	filemap_fdatawrite(inode->i_mapping);
 
-	umode = p9mode2unixmode(v9ses, fcall->params.rstat.stat.mode);
-	ret = v9fs_get_inode(sb, umode);
-	if (IS_ERR(ret)) {
-		err = PTR_ERR(ret);
-		ret = NULL;
-		goto error;
+	v9fs_cache_inode_put_cookie(inode);
+	/* clunk the fid stashed in writeback_fid */
+	if (v9inode->writeback_fid) {
+		p9_client_clunk(v9inode->writeback_fid);
+		v9inode->writeback_fid = NULL;
 	}
+}
 
-	v9fs_stat2inode(&fcall->params.rstat.stat, ret, sb);
-	kfree(fcall);
-	return ret;
-
-error:
-	kfree(fcall);
-	if (ret)
-		iput(ret);
+static int v9fs_test_inode(struct inode *inode, void *data)
+{
+	int umode;
+	dev_t rdev;
+	struct v9fs_inode *v9inode = V9FS_I(inode);
+	struct p9_wstat *st = (struct p9_wstat *)data;
+	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses = v9fs_inode2v9ses(inode);
+
+	umode = p9mode2unixmode(v9ses, st, &rdev);
+	/* don't match inode of different type */
+	if ((inode->i_mode & S_IFMT) != (umode & S_IFMT))
+		return 0;
+
+	/* compare qid details */
+	if (memcmp(&v9inode->qid.version,
+		   &st->qid.version, sizeof(v9inode->qid.version)))
+		return 0;
+
+	if (v9inode->qid.type != st->qid.type)
+		return 0;
+	return 1;
+}
 
-	return ERR_PTR(err);
+static int v9fs_test_new_inode(struct inode *inode, void *data)
+{
+	return 0;
 }
 
-/**
- * v9fs_remove - helper function to remove files and directories
- * @dir: directory inode that is being deleted
- * @file:  dentry that is being deleted
- * @rmdir: removing a directory
- *
- */
+static int v9fs_set_inode(struct inode *inode,  void *data)
+{
+	struct v9fs_inode *v9inode = V9FS_I(inode);
+	struct p9_wstat *st = (struct p9_wstat *)data;
 
-static int v9fs_remove(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *file, int rmdir)
+	memcpy(&v9inode->qid, &st->qid, sizeof(st->qid));
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static struct inode *v9fs_qid_iget(struct super_block *sb,
+				   struct p9_qid *qid,
+				   struct p9_wstat *st,
+				   int new)
 {
-	struct v9fs_fcall *fcall = NULL;
-	struct super_block *sb = NULL;
-	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses = NULL;
-	struct v9fs_fid *v9fid = NULL;
-	struct inode *file_inode = NULL;
-	int fid = -1;
-	int result = 0;
-
-	dprintk(DEBUG_VFS, "inode: %p dentry: %p rmdir: %d\n", dir, file,
-		rmdir);
-
-	file_inode = file->d_inode;
-	sb = file_inode->i_sb;
-	v9ses = v9fs_inode2v9ses(file_inode);
-	v9fid = v9fs_fid_lookup(file);
-
-	if (!v9fid) {
-		dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR,
-			"no v9fs_fid\n");
-		return -EBADF;
-	}
+	dev_t rdev;
+	int retval;
+	umode_t umode;
+	unsigned long i_ino;
+	struct inode *inode;
+	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses = sb->s_fs_info;
+	int (*test)(struct inode *, void *);
 
-	fid = v9fid->fid;
-	if (fid < 0) {
-		dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "inode #%lu, no fid!\n",
-			file_inode->i_ino);
-		return -EBADF;
-	}
+	if (new)
+		test = v9fs_test_new_inode;
+	else
+		test = v9fs_test_inode;
 
-	result = v9fs_t_remove(v9ses, fid, &fcall);
-	if (result < 0) {
-		PRINT_FCALL_ERROR("remove fails", fcall);
-	} else {
-		v9fs_put_idpool(fid, &v9ses->fidpool);
-		v9fs_fid_destroy(v9fid);
-	}
+	i_ino = v9fs_qid2ino(qid);
+	inode = iget5_locked(sb, i_ino, test, v9fs_set_inode, st);
+	if (!inode)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+	if (!(inode->i_state & I_NEW))
+		return inode;
+	/*
+	 * initialize the inode with the stat info
+	 * FIXME!! we may need support for stale inodes
+	 * later.
+	 */
+	inode->i_ino = i_ino;
+	umode = p9mode2unixmode(v9ses, st, &rdev);
+	retval = v9fs_init_inode(v9ses, inode, umode, rdev);
+	if (retval)
+		goto error;
+
+	v9fs_stat2inode(st, inode, sb);
+	v9fs_cache_inode_get_cookie(inode);
+	unlock_new_inode(inode);
+	return inode;
+error:
+	unlock_new_inode(inode);
+	iput(inode);
+	return ERR_PTR(retval);
 
-	kfree(fcall);
-	return result;
 }
 
-static int
-v9fs_open_created(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+struct inode *
+v9fs_inode_from_fid(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses, struct p9_fid *fid,
+		    struct super_block *sb, int new)
 {
-	return 0;
+	struct p9_wstat *st;
+	struct inode *inode = NULL;
+
+	st = p9_client_stat(fid);
+	if (IS_ERR(st))
+		return ERR_CAST(st);
+
+	inode = v9fs_qid_iget(sb, &st->qid, st, new);
+	p9stat_free(st);
+	kfree(st);
+	return inode;
+}
+
+/**
+ * v9fs_at_to_dotl_flags- convert Linux specific AT flags to
+ * plan 9 AT flag.
+ * @flags: flags to convert
+ */
+static int v9fs_at_to_dotl_flags(int flags)
+{
+	int rflags = 0;
+	if (flags & AT_REMOVEDIR)
+		rflags |= P9_DOTL_AT_REMOVEDIR;
+	return rflags;
 }
 
 /**
- * v9fs_vfs_create - VFS hook to create files
- * @inode: directory inode that is being deleted
+ * v9fs_remove - helper function to remove files and directories
+ * @dir: directory inode that is being deleted
  * @dentry:  dentry that is being deleted
- * @mode: create permissions
- * @nd: path information
+ * @flags: removing a directory
  *
  */
 
-static int
-v9fs_vfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode,
-		struct nameidata *nd)
+static int v9fs_remove(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int flags)
 {
-	int err;
-	u32 fid, perm, iounit;
-	int flags;
-	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses;
-	struct v9fs_fid *dfid, *vfid, *ffid;
 	struct inode *inode;
-	struct v9fs_qid qid;
-	struct file *filp;
+	int retval = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+	struct p9_fid *v9fid, *dfid;
+	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses;
+
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "inode: %p dentry: %p rmdir: %x\n",
+		 dir, dentry, flags);
 
-	inode = NULL;
-	vfid = NULL;
 	v9ses = v9fs_inode2v9ses(dir);
+	inode = dentry->d_inode;
 	dfid = v9fs_fid_lookup(dentry->d_parent);
-	perm = unixmode2p9mode(v9ses, mode);
+	if (IS_ERR(dfid)) {
+		retval = PTR_ERR(dfid);
+		p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "fid lookup failed %d\n", retval);
+		return retval;
+	}
+	if (v9fs_proto_dotl(v9ses))
+		retval = p9_client_unlinkat(dfid, dentry->d_name.name,
+					    v9fs_at_to_dotl_flags(flags));
+	if (retval == -EOPNOTSUPP) {
+		/* Try the one based on path */
+		v9fid = v9fs_fid_clone(dentry);
+		if (IS_ERR(v9fid))
+			return PTR_ERR(v9fid);
+		retval = p9_client_remove(v9fid);
+	}
+	if (!retval) {
+		/*
+		 * directories on unlink should have zero
+		 * link count
+		 */
+		if (flags & AT_REMOVEDIR) {
+			clear_nlink(inode);
+			drop_nlink(dir);
+		} else
+			drop_nlink(inode);
 
-	if (nd && nd->flags & LOOKUP_OPEN)
-		flags = nd->intent.open.flags - 1;
-	else
-		flags = O_RDWR;
+		v9fs_invalidate_inode_attr(inode);
+		v9fs_invalidate_inode_attr(dir);
+	}
+	return retval;
+}
+
+/**
+ * v9fs_create - Create a file
+ * @v9ses: session information
+ * @dir: directory that dentry is being created in
+ * @dentry:  dentry that is being created
+ * @extension: 9p2000.u extension string to support devices, etc.
+ * @perm: create permissions
+ * @mode: open mode
+ *
+ */
+static struct p9_fid *
+v9fs_create(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses, struct inode *dir,
+		struct dentry *dentry, char *extension, u32 perm, u8 mode)
+{
+	int err;
+	char *name;
+	struct p9_fid *dfid, *ofid, *fid;
+	struct inode *inode;
 
-	err = v9fs_create(v9ses, dfid->fid, (char *) dentry->d_name.name,
-		perm, v9fs_uflags2omode(flags), NULL, &fid, &qid, &iounit);
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "name %s\n", dentry->d_name.name);
 
-	if (err)
-		goto error;
+	err = 0;
+	ofid = NULL;
+	fid = NULL;
+	name = (char *) dentry->d_name.name;
+	dfid = v9fs_fid_lookup(dentry->d_parent);
+	if (IS_ERR(dfid)) {
+		err = PTR_ERR(dfid);
+		p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "fid lookup failed %d\n", err);
+		return ERR_PTR(err);
+	}
 
-	vfid = v9fs_clone_walk(v9ses, dfid->fid, dentry);
-	if (IS_ERR(vfid)) {
-		err = PTR_ERR(vfid);
-		vfid = NULL;
-		goto error;
+	/* clone a fid to use for creation */
+	ofid = p9_client_walk(dfid, 0, NULL, 1);
+	if (IS_ERR(ofid)) {
+		err = PTR_ERR(ofid);
+		p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "p9_client_walk failed %d\n", err);
+		return ERR_PTR(err);
 	}
 
-	inode = v9fs_inode_from_fid(v9ses, vfid->fid, dir->i_sb);
-	if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
-		err = PTR_ERR(inode);
-		inode = NULL;
+	err = p9_client_fcreate(ofid, name, perm, mode, extension);
+	if (err < 0) {
+		p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "p9_client_fcreate failed %d\n", err);
 		goto error;
 	}
 
-	dentry->d_op = &v9fs_dentry_operations;
-	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
+	if (!(perm & P9_DMLINK)) {
+		/* now walk from the parent so we can get unopened fid */
+		fid = p9_client_walk(dfid, 1, &name, 1);
+		if (IS_ERR(fid)) {
+			err = PTR_ERR(fid);
+			p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS,
+				   "p9_client_walk failed %d\n", err);
+			fid = NULL;
+			goto error;
+		}
+		/*
+		 * instantiate inode and assign the unopened fid to the dentry
+		 */
+		inode = v9fs_get_new_inode_from_fid(v9ses, fid, dir->i_sb);
+		if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
+			err = PTR_ERR(inode);
+			p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS,
+				   "inode creation failed %d\n", err);
+			goto error;
+		}
+		v9fs_fid_add(dentry, fid);
+		d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
+	}
+	return ofid;
+error:
+	if (ofid)
+		p9_client_clunk(ofid);
 
-	if (nd && nd->flags & LOOKUP_OPEN) {
-		ffid = v9fs_fid_create(v9ses, fid);
-		if (!ffid)
-			return -ENOMEM;
+	if (fid)
+		p9_client_clunk(fid);
 
-		filp = lookup_instantiate_filp(nd, dentry, v9fs_open_created);
-		if (IS_ERR(filp)) {
-			v9fs_fid_destroy(ffid);
-			return PTR_ERR(filp);
-		}
+	return ERR_PTR(err);
+}
 
-		ffid->rdir_pos = 0;
-		ffid->rdir_fcall = NULL;
-		ffid->fidopen = 1;
-		ffid->iounit = iounit;
-		ffid->filp = filp;
-		filp->private_data = ffid;
-	}
+/**
+ * v9fs_vfs_create - VFS hook to create a regular file
+ *
+ * open(.., O_CREAT) is handled in v9fs_vfs_atomic_open().  This is only called
+ * for mknod(2).
+ *
+ * @dir: directory inode that is being created
+ * @dentry:  dentry that is being deleted
+ * @mode: create permissions
+ *
+ */
 
-	return 0;
+static int
+v9fs_vfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
+		bool excl)
+{
+	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses = v9fs_inode2v9ses(dir);
+	u32 perm = unixmode2p9mode(v9ses, mode);
+	struct p9_fid *fid;
 
-error:
-	if (vfid)
-		v9fs_fid_destroy(vfid);
+	/* P9_OEXCL? */
+	fid = v9fs_create(v9ses, dir, dentry, NULL, perm, P9_ORDWR);
+	if (IS_ERR(fid))
+		return PTR_ERR(fid);
 
-	if (inode)
-		iput(inode);
+	v9fs_invalidate_inode_attr(dir);
+	p9_client_clunk(fid);
 
-	return err;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /**
  * v9fs_vfs_mkdir - VFS mkdir hook to create a directory
- * @inode:  inode that is being unlinked
+ * @dir:  inode that is being unlinked
  * @dentry: dentry that is being unlinked
  * @mode: mode for new directory
  *
  */
 
-static int v9fs_vfs_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode)
+static int v9fs_vfs_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 {
 	int err;
-	u32 fid, perm;
+	u32 perm;
+	struct p9_fid *fid;
 	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses;
-	struct v9fs_fid *dfid, *vfid;
-	struct inode *inode;
 
-	inode = NULL;
-	vfid = NULL;
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "name %s\n", dentry->d_name.name);
+	err = 0;
 	v9ses = v9fs_inode2v9ses(dir);
-	dfid = v9fs_fid_lookup(dentry->d_parent);
 	perm = unixmode2p9mode(v9ses, mode | S_IFDIR);
-
-	err = v9fs_create(v9ses, dfid->fid, (char *) dentry->d_name.name,
-		perm, V9FS_OREAD, NULL, &fid, NULL, NULL);
-
-	if (err) {
-		dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "create error %d\n", err);
-		goto error;
-	}
-
-	err = v9fs_t_clunk(v9ses, fid);
-	if (err) {
-		dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "clunk error %d\n", err);
-		goto error;
-	}
-
-	vfid = v9fs_clone_walk(v9ses, dfid->fid, dentry);
-	if (IS_ERR(vfid)) {
-		err = PTR_ERR(vfid);
-		vfid = NULL;
-		goto error;
-	}
-
-	inode = v9fs_inode_from_fid(v9ses, vfid->fid, dir->i_sb);
-	if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
-		err = PTR_ERR(inode);
-		inode = NULL;
-		goto error;
+	fid = v9fs_create(v9ses, dir, dentry, NULL, perm, P9_OREAD);
+	if (IS_ERR(fid)) {
+		err = PTR_ERR(fid);
+		fid = NULL;
+	} else {
+		inc_nlink(dir);
+		v9fs_invalidate_inode_attr(dir);
 	}
 
-	dentry->d_op = &v9fs_dentry_operations;
-	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
-	return 0;
-
-error:
-	if (vfid)
-		v9fs_fid_destroy(vfid);
+	if (fid)
+		p9_client_clunk(fid);
 
 	return err;
 }
@@ -601,113 +778,147 @@ error:
  * v9fs_vfs_lookup - VFS lookup hook to "walk" to a new inode
  * @dir:  inode that is being walked from
  * @dentry: dentry that is being walked to?
- * @nameidata: path data
+ * @flags: lookup flags (unused)
  *
  */
 
-static struct dentry *v9fs_vfs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
-				      struct nameidata *nameidata)
+struct dentry *v9fs_vfs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
+				      unsigned int flags)
 {
-	struct super_block *sb;
+	struct dentry *res;
 	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses;
-	struct v9fs_fid *dirfid;
-	struct v9fs_fid *fid;
+	struct p9_fid *dfid, *fid;
 	struct inode *inode;
-	struct v9fs_fcall *fcall = NULL;
-	int dirfidnum = -1;
-	int newfid = -1;
-	int result = 0;
-
-	dprintk(DEBUG_VFS, "dir: %p dentry: (%s) %p nameidata: %p\n",
-		dir, dentry->d_name.name, dentry, nameidata);
-
-	sb = dir->i_sb;
-	v9ses = v9fs_inode2v9ses(dir);
-	dentry->d_op = &v9fs_dentry_operations;
-	dirfid = v9fs_fid_lookup(dentry->d_parent);
-
-	if (!dirfid) {
-		dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "no dirfid\n");
-		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
-	}
-
-	dirfidnum = dirfid->fid;
-
-	if (dirfidnum < 0) {
-		dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "no dirfid for inode %p, #%lu\n",
-			dir, dir->i_ino);
-		return ERR_PTR(-EBADF);
-	}
+	char *name;
 
-	newfid = v9fs_get_idpool(&v9ses->fidpool);
-	if (newfid < 0) {
-		eprintk(KERN_WARNING, "newfid fails!\n");
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENOSPC);
-	}
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "dir: %p dentry: (%s) %p flags: %x\n",
+		 dir, dentry->d_name.name, dentry, flags);
 
-	result = v9fs_t_walk(v9ses, dirfidnum, newfid,
-		(char *)dentry->d_name.name, &fcall);
+	if (dentry->d_name.len > NAME_MAX)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENAMETOOLONG);
 
-	if (result < 0) {
-		if (fcall && fcall->id == RWALK)
-			v9fs_t_clunk(v9ses, newfid);
-		else
-			v9fs_put_idpool(newfid, &v9ses->fidpool);
+	v9ses = v9fs_inode2v9ses(dir);
+	/* We can walk d_parent because we hold the dir->i_mutex */
+	dfid = v9fs_fid_lookup(dentry->d_parent);
+	if (IS_ERR(dfid))
+		return ERR_CAST(dfid);
 
-		if (result == -ENOENT) {
+	name = (char *) dentry->d_name.name;
+	fid = p9_client_walk(dfid, 1, &name, 1);
+	if (IS_ERR(fid)) {
+		if (fid == ERR_PTR(-ENOENT)) {
 			d_add(dentry, NULL);
-			dprintk(DEBUG_VFS,
-				"Return negative dentry %p count %d\n",
-				dentry, atomic_read(&dentry->d_count));
-			kfree(fcall);
 			return NULL;
 		}
-		dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "walk error:%d\n", result);
-		goto FreeFcall;
+		return ERR_CAST(fid);
 	}
-	kfree(fcall);
-
-	result = v9fs_t_stat(v9ses, newfid, &fcall);
-	if (result < 0) {
-		dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "stat error\n");
-		goto FreeFcall;
+	/*
+	 * Make sure we don't use a wrong inode due to parallel
+	 * unlink. For cached mode create calls request for new
+	 * inode. But with cache disabled, lookup should do this.
+	 */
+	if (v9ses->cache == CACHE_LOOSE || v9ses->cache == CACHE_FSCACHE)
+		inode = v9fs_get_inode_from_fid(v9ses, fid, dir->i_sb);
+	else
+		inode = v9fs_get_new_inode_from_fid(v9ses, fid, dir->i_sb);
+	if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
+		p9_client_clunk(fid);
+		return ERR_CAST(inode);
 	}
+	/*
+	 * If we had a rename on the server and a parallel lookup
+	 * for the new name, then make sure we instantiate with
+	 * the new name. ie look up for a/b, while on server somebody
+	 * moved b under k and client parallely did a lookup for
+	 * k/b.
+	 */
+	res = d_materialise_unique(dentry, inode);
+	if (!res)
+		v9fs_fid_add(dentry, fid);
+	else if (!IS_ERR(res))
+		v9fs_fid_add(res, fid);
+	else
+		p9_client_clunk(fid);
+	return res;
+}
 
-	inode = v9fs_get_inode(sb, p9mode2unixmode(v9ses,
-		fcall->params.rstat.stat.mode));
+static int
+v9fs_vfs_atomic_open(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
+		     struct file *file, unsigned flags, umode_t mode,
+		     int *opened)
+{
+	int err;
+	u32 perm;
+	struct v9fs_inode *v9inode;
+	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses;
+	struct p9_fid *fid, *inode_fid;
+	struct dentry *res = NULL;
 
-	if (IS_ERR(inode) && (PTR_ERR(inode) == -ENOSPC)) {
-		eprintk(KERN_WARNING, "inode alloc failes, returns %ld\n",
-			PTR_ERR(inode));
+	if (d_unhashed(dentry)) {
+		res = v9fs_vfs_lookup(dir, dentry, 0);
+		if (IS_ERR(res))
+			return PTR_ERR(res);
 
-		result = -ENOSPC;
-		goto FreeFcall;
+		if (res)
+			dentry = res;
 	}
 
-	inode->i_ino = v9fs_qid2ino(&fcall->params.rstat.stat.qid);
+	/* Only creates */
+	if (!(flags & O_CREAT) || dentry->d_inode)
+		return finish_no_open(file, res);
 
-	fid = v9fs_fid_create(v9ses, newfid);
-	if (fid == NULL) {
-		dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "couldn't insert\n");
-		result = -ENOMEM;
-		goto FreeFcall;
-	}
+	err = 0;
 
-	result = v9fs_fid_insert(fid, dentry);
-	if (result < 0)
-		goto FreeFcall;
+	v9ses = v9fs_inode2v9ses(dir);
+	perm = unixmode2p9mode(v9ses, mode);
+	fid = v9fs_create(v9ses, dir, dentry, NULL, perm,
+				v9fs_uflags2omode(flags,
+						v9fs_proto_dotu(v9ses)));
+	if (IS_ERR(fid)) {
+		err = PTR_ERR(fid);
+		fid = NULL;
+		goto error;
+	}
 
-	fid->qid = fcall->params.rstat.stat.qid;
-	v9fs_stat2inode(&fcall->params.rstat.stat, inode, inode->i_sb);
+	v9fs_invalidate_inode_attr(dir);
+	v9inode = V9FS_I(dentry->d_inode);
+	mutex_lock(&v9inode->v_mutex);
+	if ((v9ses->cache == CACHE_LOOSE || v9ses->cache == CACHE_FSCACHE) &&
+	    !v9inode->writeback_fid &&
+	    ((flags & O_ACCMODE) != O_RDONLY)) {
+		/*
+		 * clone a fid and add it to writeback_fid
+		 * we do it during open time instead of
+		 * page dirty time via write_begin/page_mkwrite
+		 * because we want write after unlink usecase
+		 * to work.
+		 */
+		inode_fid = v9fs_writeback_fid(dentry);
+		if (IS_ERR(inode_fid)) {
+			err = PTR_ERR(inode_fid);
+			mutex_unlock(&v9inode->v_mutex);
+			goto error;
+		}
+		v9inode->writeback_fid = (void *) inode_fid;
+	}
+	mutex_unlock(&v9inode->v_mutex);
+	err = finish_open(file, dentry, generic_file_open, opened);
+	if (err)
+		goto error;
 
-	d_add(dentry, inode);
-	kfree(fcall);
+	file->private_data = fid;
+	if (v9ses->cache == CACHE_LOOSE || v9ses->cache == CACHE_FSCACHE)
+		v9fs_cache_inode_set_cookie(dentry->d_inode, file);
 
-	return NULL;
+	*opened |= FILE_CREATED;
+out:
+	dput(res);
+	return err;
 
-      FreeFcall:
-	kfree(fcall);
-	return ERR_PTR(result);
+error:
+	if (fid)
+		p9_client_clunk(fid);
+	goto out;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -717,7 +928,7 @@ static struct dentry *v9fs_vfs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
  *
  */
 
-static int v9fs_vfs_unlink(struct inode *i, struct dentry *d)
+int v9fs_vfs_unlink(struct inode *i, struct dentry *d)
 {
 	return v9fs_remove(i, d, 0);
 }
@@ -729,9 +940,9 @@ static int v9fs_vfs_unlink(struct inode *i, struct dentry *d)
  *
  */
 
-static int v9fs_vfs_rmdir(struct inode *i, struct dentry *d)
+int v9fs_vfs_rmdir(struct inode *i, struct dentry *d)
 {
-	return v9fs_remove(i, d, 1);
+	return v9fs_remove(i, d, AT_REMOVEDIR);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -743,68 +954,99 @@ static int v9fs_vfs_rmdir(struct inode *i, struct dentry *d)
  *
  */
 
-static int
+int
 v9fs_vfs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 		struct inode *new_dir, struct dentry *new_dentry)
 {
-	struct inode *old_inode = old_dentry->d_inode;
-	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses = v9fs_inode2v9ses(old_inode);
-	struct v9fs_fid *oldfid = v9fs_fid_lookup(old_dentry);
-	struct v9fs_fid *olddirfid =
-	    v9fs_fid_lookup(old_dentry->d_parent);
-	struct v9fs_fid *newdirfid =
-	    v9fs_fid_lookup(new_dentry->d_parent);
-	struct v9fs_wstat wstat;
-	struct v9fs_fcall *fcall = NULL;
-	int fid = -1;
-	int olddirfidnum = -1;
-	int newdirfidnum = -1;
-	int retval = 0;
-
-	dprintk(DEBUG_VFS, "\n");
-
-	if ((!oldfid) || (!olddirfid) || (!newdirfid)) {
-		dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "problem with arguments\n");
-		return -EBADF;
-	}
+	int retval;
+	struct inode *old_inode;
+	struct inode *new_inode;
+	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses;
+	struct p9_fid *oldfid;
+	struct p9_fid *olddirfid;
+	struct p9_fid *newdirfid;
+	struct p9_wstat wstat;
+
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "\n");
+	retval = 0;
+	old_inode = old_dentry->d_inode;
+	new_inode = new_dentry->d_inode;
+	v9ses = v9fs_inode2v9ses(old_inode);
+	oldfid = v9fs_fid_lookup(old_dentry);
+	if (IS_ERR(oldfid))
+		return PTR_ERR(oldfid);
 
-	/* 9P can only handle file rename in the same directory */
-	if (memcmp(&olddirfid->qid, &newdirfid->qid, sizeof(newdirfid->qid))) {
-		dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "old dir and new dir are different\n");
-		retval = -EPERM;
-		goto FreeFcallnBail;
+	olddirfid = v9fs_fid_clone(old_dentry->d_parent);
+	if (IS_ERR(olddirfid)) {
+		retval = PTR_ERR(olddirfid);
+		goto done;
 	}
 
-	fid = oldfid->fid;
-	olddirfidnum = olddirfid->fid;
-	newdirfidnum = newdirfid->fid;
-
-	if (fid < 0) {
-		dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "no fid for old file #%lu\n",
-			old_inode->i_ino);
-		retval = -EBADF;
-		goto FreeFcallnBail;
+	newdirfid = v9fs_fid_clone(new_dentry->d_parent);
+	if (IS_ERR(newdirfid)) {
+		retval = PTR_ERR(newdirfid);
+		goto clunk_olddir;
 	}
 
+	down_write(&v9ses->rename_sem);
+	if (v9fs_proto_dotl(v9ses)) {
+		retval = p9_client_renameat(olddirfid, old_dentry->d_name.name,
+					    newdirfid, new_dentry->d_name.name);
+		if (retval == -EOPNOTSUPP)
+			retval = p9_client_rename(oldfid, newdirfid,
+						  new_dentry->d_name.name);
+		if (retval != -EOPNOTSUPP)
+			goto clunk_newdir;
+	}
+	if (old_dentry->d_parent != new_dentry->d_parent) {
+		/*
+		 * 9P .u can only handle file rename in the same directory
+		 */
+
+		p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_ERROR, "old dir and new dir are different\n");
+		retval = -EXDEV;
+		goto clunk_newdir;
+	}
 	v9fs_blank_wstat(&wstat);
-	wstat.muid = v9ses->name;
+	wstat.muid = v9ses->uname;
 	wstat.name = (char *) new_dentry->d_name.name;
+	retval = p9_client_wstat(oldfid, &wstat);
+
+clunk_newdir:
+	if (!retval) {
+		if (new_inode) {
+			if (S_ISDIR(new_inode->i_mode))
+				clear_nlink(new_inode);
+			else
+				drop_nlink(new_inode);
+		}
+		if (S_ISDIR(old_inode->i_mode)) {
+			if (!new_inode)
+				inc_nlink(new_dir);
+			drop_nlink(old_dir);
+		}
+		v9fs_invalidate_inode_attr(old_inode);
+		v9fs_invalidate_inode_attr(old_dir);
+		v9fs_invalidate_inode_attr(new_dir);
 
-	retval = v9fs_t_wstat(v9ses, fid, &wstat, &fcall);
+		/* successful rename */
+		d_move(old_dentry, new_dentry);
+	}
+	up_write(&v9ses->rename_sem);
+	p9_client_clunk(newdirfid);
 
-      FreeFcallnBail:
-	if (retval < 0)
-		PRINT_FCALL_ERROR("wstat error", fcall);
+clunk_olddir:
+	p9_client_clunk(olddirfid);
 
-	kfree(fcall);
+done:
 	return retval;
 }
 
 /**
  * v9fs_vfs_getattr - retrieve file metadata
- * @mnt - mount information
- * @dentry - file to get attributes on
- * @stat - metadata structure to populate
+ * @mnt: mount information
+ * @dentry: file to get attributes on
+ * @stat: metadata structure to populate
  *
  */
 
@@ -812,30 +1054,30 @@ static int
 v9fs_vfs_getattr(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry,
 		 struct kstat *stat)
 {
-	struct v9fs_fcall *fcall = NULL;
-	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses = v9fs_inode2v9ses(dentry->d_inode);
-	struct v9fs_fid *fid = v9fs_fid_lookup(dentry);
-	int err = -EPERM;
-
-	dprintk(DEBUG_VFS, "dentry: %p\n", dentry);
-	if (!fid) {
-		dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR,
-			"couldn't find fid associated with dentry\n");
-		return -EBADF;
-	}
-
-	err = v9fs_t_stat(v9ses, fid->fid, &fcall);
+	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses;
+	struct p9_fid *fid;
+	struct p9_wstat *st;
 
-	if (err < 0)
-		dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "stat error\n");
-	else {
-		v9fs_stat2inode(&fcall->params.rstat.stat, dentry->d_inode,
-				  dentry->d_inode->i_sb);
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "dentry: %p\n", dentry);
+	v9ses = v9fs_dentry2v9ses(dentry);
+	if (v9ses->cache == CACHE_LOOSE || v9ses->cache == CACHE_FSCACHE) {
 		generic_fillattr(dentry->d_inode, stat);
+		return 0;
 	}
+	fid = v9fs_fid_lookup(dentry);
+	if (IS_ERR(fid))
+		return PTR_ERR(fid);
 
-	kfree(fcall);
-	return err;
+	st = p9_client_stat(fid);
+	if (IS_ERR(st))
+		return PTR_ERR(st);
+
+	v9fs_stat2inode(st, dentry->d_inode, dentry->d_inode->i_sb);
+	generic_fillattr(dentry->d_inode, stat);
+
+	p9stat_free(st);
+	kfree(st);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -847,19 +1089,21 @@ v9fs_vfs_getattr(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry,
 
 static int v9fs_vfs_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *iattr)
 {
-	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses = v9fs_inode2v9ses(dentry->d_inode);
-	struct v9fs_fid *fid = v9fs_fid_lookup(dentry);
-	struct v9fs_fcall *fcall = NULL;
-	struct v9fs_wstat wstat;
-	int res = -EPERM;
+	int retval;
+	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses;
+	struct p9_fid *fid;
+	struct p9_wstat wstat;
 
-	dprintk(DEBUG_VFS, "\n");
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "\n");
+	retval = inode_change_ok(dentry->d_inode, iattr);
+	if (retval)
+		return retval;
 
-	if (!fid) {
-		dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR,
-			"Couldn't find fid associated with dentry\n");
-		return -EBADF;
-	}
+	retval = -EPERM;
+	v9ses = v9fs_dentry2v9ses(dentry);
+	fid = v9fs_fid_lookup(dentry);
+	if(IS_ERR(fid))
+		return PTR_ERR(fid);
 
 	v9fs_blank_wstat(&wstat);
 	if (iattr->ia_valid & ATTR_MODE)
@@ -874,7 +1118,7 @@ static int v9fs_vfs_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *iattr)
 	if (iattr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE)
 		wstat.length = iattr->ia_size;
 
-	if (v9ses->extended) {
+	if (v9fs_proto_dotu(v9ses)) {
 		if (iattr->ia_valid & ATTR_UID)
 			wstat.n_uid = iattr->ia_uid;
 
@@ -882,16 +1126,23 @@ static int v9fs_vfs_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *iattr)
 			wstat.n_gid = iattr->ia_gid;
 	}
 
-	res = v9fs_t_wstat(v9ses, fid->fid, &wstat, &fcall);
+	/* Write all dirty data */
+	if (S_ISREG(dentry->d_inode->i_mode))
+		filemap_write_and_wait(dentry->d_inode->i_mapping);
+
+	retval = p9_client_wstat(fid, &wstat);
+	if (retval < 0)
+		return retval;
 
-	if (res < 0)
-		PRINT_FCALL_ERROR("wstat error", fcall);
+	if ((iattr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) &&
+	    iattr->ia_size != i_size_read(dentry->d_inode))
+		truncate_setsize(dentry->d_inode, iattr->ia_size);
 
-	kfree(fcall);
-	if (res >= 0)
-		res = inode_setattr(dentry->d_inode, iattr);
+	v9fs_invalidate_inode_attr(dentry->d_inode);
 
-	return res;
+	setattr_copy(dentry->d_inode, iattr);
+	mark_inode_dirty(dentry->d_inode);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -903,59 +1154,53 @@ static int v9fs_vfs_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *iattr)
  */
 
 void
-v9fs_stat2inode(struct v9fs_stat *stat, struct inode *inode,
+v9fs_stat2inode(struct p9_wstat *stat, struct inode *inode,
 	struct super_block *sb)
 {
-	int n;
+	umode_t mode;
 	char ext[32];
+	char tag_name[14];
+	unsigned int i_nlink;
 	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses = sb->s_fs_info;
+	struct v9fs_inode *v9inode = V9FS_I(inode);
 
-	inode->i_nlink = 1;
+	set_nlink(inode, 1);
 
 	inode->i_atime.tv_sec = stat->atime;
 	inode->i_mtime.tv_sec = stat->mtime;
 	inode->i_ctime.tv_sec = stat->mtime;
 
-	inode->i_uid = v9ses->uid;
-	inode->i_gid = v9ses->gid;
+	inode->i_uid = v9ses->dfltuid;
+	inode->i_gid = v9ses->dfltgid;
 
-	if (v9ses->extended) {
+	if (v9fs_proto_dotu(v9ses)) {
 		inode->i_uid = stat->n_uid;
 		inode->i_gid = stat->n_gid;
 	}
-
-	inode->i_mode = p9mode2unixmode(v9ses, stat->mode);
-	if ((S_ISBLK(inode->i_mode)) || (S_ISCHR(inode->i_mode))) {
-		char type = 0;
-		int major = -1;
-		int minor = -1;
-
-		n = stat->extension.len;
-		if (n > sizeof(ext)-1)
-			n = sizeof(ext)-1;
-		memmove(ext, stat->extension.str, n);
-		ext[n] = 0;
-		sscanf(ext, "%c %u %u", &type, &major, &minor);
-		switch (type) {
-		case 'c':
-			inode->i_mode &= ~S_IFBLK;
-			inode->i_mode |= S_IFCHR;
-			break;
-		case 'b':
-			break;
-		default:
-			dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "Unknown special type %c (%.*s)\n",
-				type, stat->extension.len, stat->extension.str);
-		};
-		inode->i_rdev = MKDEV(major, minor);
-	} else
-		inode->i_rdev = 0;
-
-	inode->i_size = stat->length;
-
-	inode->i_blksize = sb->s_blocksize;
-	inode->i_blocks =
-	    (inode->i_size + inode->i_blksize - 1) >> sb->s_blocksize_bits;
+	if ((S_ISREG(inode->i_mode)) || (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))) {
+		if (v9fs_proto_dotu(v9ses) && (stat->extension[0] != '\0')) {
+			/*
+			 * Hadlink support got added later to
+			 * to the .u extension. So there can be
+			 * server out there that doesn't support
+			 * this even with .u extension. So check
+			 * for non NULL stat->extension
+			 */
+			strlcpy(ext, stat->extension, sizeof(ext));
+			/* HARDLINKCOUNT %u */
+			sscanf(ext, "%13s %u", tag_name, &i_nlink);
+			if (!strncmp(tag_name, "HARDLINKCOUNT", 13))
+				set_nlink(inode, i_nlink);
+		}
+	}
+	mode = p9mode2perm(v9ses, stat);
+	mode |= inode->i_mode & ~S_IALLUGO;
+	inode->i_mode = mode;
+	i_size_write(inode, stat->length);
+
+	/* not real number of blocks, but 512 byte ones ... */
+	inode->i_blocks = (i_size_read(inode) + 512 - 1) >> 9;
+	v9inode->cache_validity &= ~V9FS_INO_INVALID_ATTR;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -965,7 +1210,7 @@ v9fs_stat2inode(struct v9fs_stat *stat, struct inode *inode,
  * BUG: potential for inode number collisions?
  */
 
-ino_t v9fs_qid2ino(struct v9fs_qid *qid)
+ino_t v9fs_qid2ino(struct p9_qid *qid)
 {
 	u64 path = qid->path + 2;
 	ino_t i = 0;
@@ -988,88 +1233,41 @@ ino_t v9fs_qid2ino(struct v9fs_qid *qid)
 
 static int v9fs_readlink(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, int buflen)
 {
-	int retval = -EPERM;
-
-	struct v9fs_fcall *fcall = NULL;
-	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses = v9fs_inode2v9ses(dentry->d_inode);
-	struct v9fs_fid *fid = v9fs_fid_lookup(dentry);
-
-	if (!fid) {
-		dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "could not resolve fid from dentry\n");
-		retval = -EBADF;
-		goto FreeFcall;
-	}
+	int retval;
 
-	if (!v9ses->extended) {
-		retval = -EBADF;
-		dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "not extended\n");
-		goto FreeFcall;
-	}
+	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses;
+	struct p9_fid *fid;
+	struct p9_wstat *st;
 
-	dprintk(DEBUG_VFS, " %s\n", dentry->d_name.name);
-	retval = v9fs_t_stat(v9ses, fid->fid, &fcall);
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, " %s\n", dentry->d_name.name);
+	retval = -EPERM;
+	v9ses = v9fs_dentry2v9ses(dentry);
+	fid = v9fs_fid_lookup(dentry);
+	if (IS_ERR(fid))
+		return PTR_ERR(fid);
 
-	if (retval < 0) {
-		dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "stat error\n");
-		goto FreeFcall;
-	}
+	if (!v9fs_proto_dotu(v9ses))
+		return -EBADF;
 
-	if (!fcall)
-		return -EIO;
+	st = p9_client_stat(fid);
+	if (IS_ERR(st))
+		return PTR_ERR(st);
 
-	if (!(fcall->params.rstat.stat.mode & V9FS_DMSYMLINK)) {
+	if (!(st->mode & P9_DMSYMLINK)) {
 		retval = -EINVAL;
-		goto FreeFcall;
+		goto done;
 	}
 
 	/* copy extension buffer into buffer */
-	if (fcall->params.rstat.stat.extension.len < buflen)
-		buflen = fcall->params.rstat.stat.extension.len + 1;
-
-	memmove(buffer, fcall->params.rstat.stat.extension.str, buflen - 1);
-	buffer[buflen-1] = 0;
+	retval = min(strlen(st->extension)+1, (size_t)buflen);
+	memcpy(buffer, st->extension, retval);
 
-	dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "%s -> %.*s (%s)\n", dentry->d_name.name, fcall->params.rstat.stat.extension.len,
-		fcall->params.rstat.stat.extension.str, buffer);
-	retval = buflen;
-
-      FreeFcall:
-	kfree(fcall);
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "%s -> %s (%.*s)\n",
+		 dentry->d_name.name, st->extension, buflen, buffer);
 
-	return retval;
-}
-
-/**
- * v9fs_vfs_readlink - read a symlink's location
- * @dentry: dentry for symlink
- * @buf: buffer to load symlink location into
- * @buflen: length of buffer
- *
- */
-
-static int v9fs_vfs_readlink(struct dentry *dentry, char __user * buffer,
-			     int buflen)
-{
-	int retval;
-	int ret;
-	char *link = __getname();
-
-	if (buflen > PATH_MAX)
-		buflen = PATH_MAX;
-
-	dprintk(DEBUG_VFS, " dentry: %s (%p)\n", dentry->d_iname, dentry);
-
-	retval = v9fs_readlink(dentry, link, buflen);
-
-	if (retval > 0) {
-		if ((ret = copy_to_user(buffer, link, retval)) != 0) {
-			dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "problem copying to user: %d\n",
-				ret);
-			retval = ret;
-		}
-	}
-
-	__putname(link);
+done:
+	p9stat_free(st);
+	kfree(st);
 	return retval;
 }
 
@@ -1085,7 +1283,7 @@ static void *v9fs_vfs_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 	int len = 0;
 	char *link = __getname();
 
-	dprintk(DEBUG_VFS, "%s n", dentry->d_name.name);
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "%s\n", dentry->d_name.name);
 
 	if (!link)
 		link = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
@@ -1096,7 +1294,7 @@ static void *v9fs_vfs_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 			__putname(link);
 			link = ERR_PTR(len);
 		} else
-			link[len] = 0;
+			link[min(len, PATH_MAX-1)] = 0;
 	}
 	nd_set_link(nd, link);
 
@@ -1107,75 +1305,50 @@ static void *v9fs_vfs_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
  * v9fs_vfs_put_link - release a symlink path
  * @dentry: dentry for symlink
  * @nd: nameidata
+ * @p: unused
  *
  */
 
-static void v9fs_vfs_put_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd, void *p)
+void
+v9fs_vfs_put_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd, void *p)
 {
 	char *s = nd_get_link(nd);
 
-	dprintk(DEBUG_VFS, " %s %s\n", dentry->d_name.name, s);
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, " %s %s\n",
+		 dentry->d_name.name, IS_ERR(s) ? "<error>" : s);
 	if (!IS_ERR(s))
 		__putname(s);
 }
 
+/**
+ * v9fs_vfs_mkspecial - create a special file
+ * @dir: inode to create special file in
+ * @dentry: dentry to create
+ * @perm: mode to create special file
+ * @extension: 9p2000.u format extension string representing special file
+ *
+ */
+
 static int v9fs_vfs_mkspecial(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
-	int mode, const char *extension)
+	u32 perm, const char *extension)
 {
-	int err;
-	u32 fid, perm;
+	struct p9_fid *fid;
 	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses;
-	struct v9fs_fid *dfid, *vfid;
-	struct inode *inode;
 
-	inode = NULL;
-	vfid = NULL;
 	v9ses = v9fs_inode2v9ses(dir);
-	dfid = v9fs_fid_lookup(dentry->d_parent);
-	perm = unixmode2p9mode(v9ses, mode);
-
-	if (!v9ses->extended) {
-		dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "not extended\n");
+	if (!v9fs_proto_dotu(v9ses)) {
+		p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_ERROR, "not extended\n");
 		return -EPERM;
 	}
 
-	err = v9fs_create(v9ses, dfid->fid, (char *) dentry->d_name.name,
-		perm, V9FS_OREAD, (char *) extension, &fid, NULL, NULL);
-
-	if (err)
-		goto error;
-
-	err = v9fs_t_clunk(v9ses, fid);
-	if (err)
-		goto error;
-
-	vfid = v9fs_clone_walk(v9ses, dfid->fid, dentry);
-	if (IS_ERR(vfid)) {
-		err = PTR_ERR(vfid);
-		vfid = NULL;
-		goto error;
-	}
-
-	inode = v9fs_inode_from_fid(v9ses, vfid->fid, dir->i_sb);
-	if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
-		err = PTR_ERR(inode);
-		inode = NULL;
-		goto error;
-	}
+	fid = v9fs_create(v9ses, dir, dentry, (char *) extension, perm,
+								P9_OREAD);
+	if (IS_ERR(fid))
+		return PTR_ERR(fid);
 
-	dentry->d_op = &v9fs_dentry_operations;
-	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
+	v9fs_invalidate_inode_attr(dir);
+	p9_client_clunk(fid);
 	return 0;
-
-error:
-	if (vfid)
-		v9fs_fid_destroy(vfid);
-
-	if (inode)
-		iput(inode);
-
-	return err;
-
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1184,17 +1357,17 @@ error:
  * @dentry: dentry for symlink
  * @symname: symlink data
  *
- * See 9P2000.u RFC for more information
+ * See Also: 9P2000.u RFC for more information
  *
  */
 
 static int
 v9fs_vfs_symlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, const char *symname)
 {
-	dprintk(DEBUG_VFS, " %lu,%s,%s\n", dir->i_ino, dentry->d_name.name,
-		symname);
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, " %lu,%s,%s\n",
+		 dir->i_ino, dentry->d_name.name, symname);
 
-	return v9fs_vfs_mkspecial(dir, dentry, S_IFLNK, symname);
+	return v9fs_vfs_mkspecial(dir, dentry, P9_DMSYMLINK, symname);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1205,32 +1378,36 @@ v9fs_vfs_symlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, const char *symname)
  *
  */
 
-/* XXX - lots of code dup'd from symlink and creates,
- * figure out a better reuse strategy
- */
-
 static int
 v9fs_vfs_link(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir,
 	      struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	int retval;
-	struct v9fs_fid *oldfid;
 	char *name;
+	struct p9_fid *oldfid;
 
-	dprintk(DEBUG_VFS, " %lu,%s,%s\n", dir->i_ino, dentry->d_name.name,
-		old_dentry->d_name.name);
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, " %lu,%s,%s\n",
+		 dir->i_ino, dentry->d_name.name, old_dentry->d_name.name);
 
-	oldfid = v9fs_fid_lookup(old_dentry);
-	if (!oldfid) {
-		dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "can't find oldfid\n");
-		return -EPERM;
-	}
+	oldfid = v9fs_fid_clone(old_dentry);
+	if (IS_ERR(oldfid))
+		return PTR_ERR(oldfid);
 
 	name = __getname();
+	if (unlikely(!name)) {
+		retval = -ENOMEM;
+		goto clunk_fid;
+	}
+
 	sprintf(name, "%d\n", oldfid->fid);
-	retval = v9fs_vfs_mkspecial(dir, dentry, V9FS_DMLINK, name);
+	retval = v9fs_vfs_mkspecial(dir, dentry, P9_DMLINK, name);
 	__putname(name);
-
+	if (!retval) {
+		v9fs_refresh_inode(oldfid, old_dentry->d_inode);
+		v9fs_invalidate_inode_attr(dir);
+	}
+clunk_fid:
+	p9_client_clunk(oldfid);
 	return retval;
 }
 
@@ -1239,18 +1416,21 @@ v9fs_vfs_link(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir,
  * @dir: inode destination for new link
  * @dentry: dentry for file
  * @mode: mode for creation
- * @dev_t: device associated with special file
+ * @rdev: device associated with special file
  *
  */
 
 static int
-v9fs_vfs_mknod(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode, dev_t rdev)
+v9fs_vfs_mknod(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, dev_t rdev)
 {
+	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses = v9fs_inode2v9ses(dir);
 	int retval;
 	char *name;
+	u32 perm;
 
-	dprintk(DEBUG_VFS, " %lu,%s mode: %x MAJOR: %u MINOR: %u\n", dir->i_ino,
-		dentry->d_name.name, mode, MAJOR(rdev), MINOR(rdev));
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, " %lu,%s mode: %hx MAJOR: %u MINOR: %u\n",
+		 dir->i_ino, dentry->d_name.name, mode,
+		 MAJOR(rdev), MINOR(rdev));
 
 	if (!new_valid_dev(rdev))
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -1265,20 +1445,59 @@ v9fs_vfs_mknod(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode, dev_t rdev)
 		sprintf(name, "c %u %u", MAJOR(rdev), MINOR(rdev));
 	else if (S_ISFIFO(mode))
 		*name = 0;
+	else if (S_ISSOCK(mode))
+		*name = 0;
 	else {
 		__putname(name);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	retval = v9fs_vfs_mkspecial(dir, dentry, mode, name);
+	perm = unixmode2p9mode(v9ses, mode);
+	retval = v9fs_vfs_mkspecial(dir, dentry, perm, name);
 	__putname(name);
 
 	return retval;
 }
 
-static struct inode_operations v9fs_dir_inode_operations_ext = {
+int v9fs_refresh_inode(struct p9_fid *fid, struct inode *inode)
+{
+	int umode;
+	dev_t rdev;
+	loff_t i_size;
+	struct p9_wstat *st;
+	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses;
+
+	v9ses = v9fs_inode2v9ses(inode);
+	st = p9_client_stat(fid);
+	if (IS_ERR(st))
+		return PTR_ERR(st);
+	/*
+	 * Don't update inode if the file type is different
+	 */
+	umode = p9mode2unixmode(v9ses, st, &rdev);
+	if ((inode->i_mode & S_IFMT) != (umode & S_IFMT))
+		goto out;
+
+	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+	/*
+	 * We don't want to refresh inode->i_size,
+	 * because we may have cached data
+	 */
+	i_size = inode->i_size;
+	v9fs_stat2inode(st, inode, inode->i_sb);
+	if (v9ses->cache == CACHE_LOOSE || v9ses->cache == CACHE_FSCACHE)
+		inode->i_size = i_size;
+	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+out:
+	p9stat_free(st);
+	kfree(st);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static const struct inode_operations v9fs_dir_inode_operations_dotu = {
 	.create = v9fs_vfs_create,
 	.lookup = v9fs_vfs_lookup,
+	.atomic_open = v9fs_vfs_atomic_open,
 	.symlink = v9fs_vfs_symlink,
 	.link = v9fs_vfs_link,
 	.unlink = v9fs_vfs_unlink,
@@ -1286,14 +1505,14 @@ static struct inode_operations v9fs_dir_inode_operations_ext = {
 	.rmdir = v9fs_vfs_rmdir,
 	.mknod = v9fs_vfs_mknod,
 	.rename = v9fs_vfs_rename,
-	.readlink = v9fs_vfs_readlink,
 	.getattr = v9fs_vfs_getattr,
 	.setattr = v9fs_vfs_setattr,
 };
 
-static struct inode_operations v9fs_dir_inode_operations = {
+static const struct inode_operations v9fs_dir_inode_operations = {
 	.create = v9fs_vfs_create,
 	.lookup = v9fs_vfs_lookup,
+	.atomic_open = v9fs_vfs_atomic_open,
 	.unlink = v9fs_vfs_unlink,
 	.mkdir = v9fs_vfs_mkdir,
 	.rmdir = v9fs_vfs_rmdir,
@@ -1303,15 +1522,16 @@ static struct inode_operations v9fs_dir_inode_operations = {
 	.setattr = v9fs_vfs_setattr,
 };
 
-static struct inode_operations v9fs_file_inode_operations = {
+static const struct inode_operations v9fs_file_inode_operations = {
 	.getattr = v9fs_vfs_getattr,
 	.setattr = v9fs_vfs_setattr,
 };
 
-static struct inode_operations v9fs_symlink_inode_operations = {
-	.readlink = v9fs_vfs_readlink,
+static const struct inode_operations v9fs_symlink_inode_operations = {
+	.readlink = generic_readlink,
 	.follow_link = v9fs_vfs_follow_link,
 	.put_link = v9fs_vfs_put_link,
 	.getattr = v9fs_vfs_getattr,
 	.setattr = v9fs_vfs_setattr,
 };
+
diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c b/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1fa85aae24d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c
@@ -0,0 +1,1016 @@
+/*
+ *  linux/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c
+ *
+ * This file contains vfs inode ops for the 9P2000.L protocol.
+ *
+ *  Copyright (C) 2004 by Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@gmail.com>
+ *  Copyright (C) 2002 by Ron Minnich <rminnich@lanl.gov>
+ *
+ *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
+ *  as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *  along with this program; if not, write to:
+ *  Free Software Foundation
+ *  51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor
+ *  Boston, MA  02111-1301  USA
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/errno.h>
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/file.h>
+#include <linux/pagemap.h>
+#include <linux/stat.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
+#include <linux/inet.h>
+#include <linux/namei.h>
+#include <linux/idr.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/xattr.h>
+#include <linux/posix_acl.h>
+#include <net/9p/9p.h>
+#include <net/9p/client.h>
+
+#include "v9fs.h"
+#include "v9fs_vfs.h"
+#include "fid.h"
+#include "cache.h"
+#include "xattr.h"
+#include "acl.h"
+
+static int
+v9fs_vfs_mknod_dotl(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t omode,
+		    dev_t rdev);
+
+/**
+ * v9fs_get_fsgid_for_create - Helper function to get the gid for creating a
+ * new file system object. This checks the S_ISGID to determine the owning
+ * group of the new file system object.
+ */
+
+static kgid_t v9fs_get_fsgid_for_create(struct inode *dir_inode)
+{
+	BUG_ON(dir_inode == NULL);
+
+	if (dir_inode->i_mode & S_ISGID) {
+		/* set_gid bit is set.*/
+		return dir_inode->i_gid;
+	}
+	return current_fsgid();
+}
+
+static int v9fs_test_inode_dotl(struct inode *inode, void *data)
+{
+	struct v9fs_inode *v9inode = V9FS_I(inode);
+	struct p9_stat_dotl *st = (struct p9_stat_dotl *)data;
+
+	/* don't match inode of different type */
+	if ((inode->i_mode & S_IFMT) != (st->st_mode & S_IFMT))
+		return 0;
+
+	if (inode->i_generation != st->st_gen)
+		return 0;
+
+	/* compare qid details */
+	if (memcmp(&v9inode->qid.version,
+		   &st->qid.version, sizeof(v9inode->qid.version)))
+		return 0;
+
+	if (v9inode->qid.type != st->qid.type)
+		return 0;
+	return 1;
+}
+
+/* Always get a new inode */
+static int v9fs_test_new_inode_dotl(struct inode *inode, void *data)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int v9fs_set_inode_dotl(struct inode *inode,  void *data)
+{
+	struct v9fs_inode *v9inode = V9FS_I(inode);
+	struct p9_stat_dotl *st = (struct p9_stat_dotl *)data;
+
+	memcpy(&v9inode->qid, &st->qid, sizeof(st->qid));
+	inode->i_generation = st->st_gen;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static struct inode *v9fs_qid_iget_dotl(struct super_block *sb,
+					struct p9_qid *qid,
+					struct p9_fid *fid,
+					struct p9_stat_dotl *st,
+					int new)
+{
+	int retval;
+	unsigned long i_ino;
+	struct inode *inode;
+	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses = sb->s_fs_info;
+	int (*test)(struct inode *, void *);
+
+	if (new)
+		test = v9fs_test_new_inode_dotl;
+	else
+		test = v9fs_test_inode_dotl;
+
+	i_ino = v9fs_qid2ino(qid);
+	inode = iget5_locked(sb, i_ino, test, v9fs_set_inode_dotl, st);
+	if (!inode)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+	if (!(inode->i_state & I_NEW))
+		return inode;
+	/*
+	 * initialize the inode with the stat info
+	 * FIXME!! we may need support for stale inodes
+	 * later.
+	 */
+	inode->i_ino = i_ino;
+	retval = v9fs_init_inode(v9ses, inode,
+				 st->st_mode, new_decode_dev(st->st_rdev));
+	if (retval)
+		goto error;
+
+	v9fs_stat2inode_dotl(st, inode);
+	v9fs_cache_inode_get_cookie(inode);
+	retval = v9fs_get_acl(inode, fid);
+	if (retval)
+		goto error;
+
+	unlock_new_inode(inode);
+	return inode;
+error:
+	unlock_new_inode(inode);
+	iput(inode);
+	return ERR_PTR(retval);
+
+}
+
+struct inode *
+v9fs_inode_from_fid_dotl(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses, struct p9_fid *fid,
+			 struct super_block *sb, int new)
+{
+	struct p9_stat_dotl *st;
+	struct inode *inode = NULL;
+
+	st = p9_client_getattr_dotl(fid, P9_STATS_BASIC | P9_STATS_GEN);
+	if (IS_ERR(st))
+		return ERR_CAST(st);
+
+	inode = v9fs_qid_iget_dotl(sb, &st->qid, fid, st, new);
+	kfree(st);
+	return inode;
+}
+
+struct dotl_openflag_map {
+	int open_flag;
+	int dotl_flag;
+};
+
+static int v9fs_mapped_dotl_flags(int flags)
+{
+	int i;
+	int rflags = 0;
+	struct dotl_openflag_map dotl_oflag_map[] = {
+		{ O_CREAT,	P9_DOTL_CREATE },
+		{ O_EXCL,	P9_DOTL_EXCL },
+		{ O_NOCTTY,	P9_DOTL_NOCTTY },
+		{ O_APPEND,	P9_DOTL_APPEND },
+		{ O_NONBLOCK,	P9_DOTL_NONBLOCK },
+		{ O_DSYNC,	P9_DOTL_DSYNC },
+		{ FASYNC,	P9_DOTL_FASYNC },
+		{ O_DIRECT,	P9_DOTL_DIRECT },
+		{ O_LARGEFILE,	P9_DOTL_LARGEFILE },
+		{ O_DIRECTORY,	P9_DOTL_DIRECTORY },
+		{ O_NOFOLLOW,	P9_DOTL_NOFOLLOW },
+		{ O_NOATIME,	P9_DOTL_NOATIME },
+		{ O_CLOEXEC,	P9_DOTL_CLOEXEC },
+		{ O_SYNC,	P9_DOTL_SYNC},
+	};
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(dotl_oflag_map); i++) {
+		if (flags & dotl_oflag_map[i].open_flag)
+			rflags |= dotl_oflag_map[i].dotl_flag;
+	}
+	return rflags;
+}
+
+/**
+ * v9fs_open_to_dotl_flags- convert Linux specific open flags to
+ * plan 9 open flag.
+ * @flags: flags to convert
+ */
+int v9fs_open_to_dotl_flags(int flags)
+{
+	int rflags = 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * We have same bits for P9_DOTL_READONLY, P9_DOTL_WRONLY
+	 * and P9_DOTL_NOACCESS
+	 */
+	rflags |= flags & O_ACCMODE;
+	rflags |= v9fs_mapped_dotl_flags(flags);
+
+	return rflags;
+}
+
+/**
+ * v9fs_vfs_create_dotl - VFS hook to create files for 9P2000.L protocol.
+ * @dir: directory inode that is being created
+ * @dentry:  dentry that is being deleted
+ * @omode: create permissions
+ *
+ */
+
+static int
+v9fs_vfs_create_dotl(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t omode,
+		bool excl)
+{
+	return v9fs_vfs_mknod_dotl(dir, dentry, omode, 0);
+}
+
+static int
+v9fs_vfs_atomic_open_dotl(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
+			  struct file *file, unsigned flags, umode_t omode,
+			  int *opened)
+{
+	int err = 0;
+	kgid_t gid;
+	umode_t mode;
+	char *name = NULL;
+	struct p9_qid qid;
+	struct inode *inode;
+	struct p9_fid *fid = NULL;
+	struct v9fs_inode *v9inode;
+	struct p9_fid *dfid, *ofid, *inode_fid;
+	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses;
+	struct posix_acl *pacl = NULL, *dacl = NULL;
+	struct dentry *res = NULL;
+
+	if (d_unhashed(dentry)) {
+		res = v9fs_vfs_lookup(dir, dentry, 0);
+		if (IS_ERR(res))
+			return PTR_ERR(res);
+
+		if (res)
+			dentry = res;
+	}
+
+	/* Only creates */
+	if (!(flags & O_CREAT) || dentry->d_inode)
+		return	finish_no_open(file, res);
+
+	v9ses = v9fs_inode2v9ses(dir);
+
+	name = (char *) dentry->d_name.name;
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "name:%s flags:0x%x mode:0x%hx\n",
+		 name, flags, omode);
+
+	dfid = v9fs_fid_lookup(dentry->d_parent);
+	if (IS_ERR(dfid)) {
+		err = PTR_ERR(dfid);
+		p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "fid lookup failed %d\n", err);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	/* clone a fid to use for creation */
+	ofid = p9_client_walk(dfid, 0, NULL, 1);
+	if (IS_ERR(ofid)) {
+		err = PTR_ERR(ofid);
+		p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "p9_client_walk failed %d\n", err);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	gid = v9fs_get_fsgid_for_create(dir);
+
+	mode = omode;
+	/* Update mode based on ACL value */
+	err = v9fs_acl_mode(dir, &mode, &dacl, &pacl);
+	if (err) {
+		p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "Failed to get acl values in creat %d\n",
+			 err);
+		goto error;
+	}
+	err = p9_client_create_dotl(ofid, name, v9fs_open_to_dotl_flags(flags),
+				    mode, gid, &qid);
+	if (err < 0) {
+		p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "p9_client_open_dotl failed in creat %d\n",
+			 err);
+		goto error;
+	}
+	v9fs_invalidate_inode_attr(dir);
+
+	/* instantiate inode and assign the unopened fid to the dentry */
+	fid = p9_client_walk(dfid, 1, &name, 1);
+	if (IS_ERR(fid)) {
+		err = PTR_ERR(fid);
+		p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "p9_client_walk failed %d\n", err);
+		fid = NULL;
+		goto error;
+	}
+	inode = v9fs_get_new_inode_from_fid(v9ses, fid, dir->i_sb);
+	if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
+		err = PTR_ERR(inode);
+		p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "inode creation failed %d\n", err);
+		goto error;
+	}
+	/* Now set the ACL based on the default value */
+	v9fs_set_create_acl(inode, fid, dacl, pacl);
+
+	v9fs_fid_add(dentry, fid);
+	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
+
+	v9inode = V9FS_I(inode);
+	mutex_lock(&v9inode->v_mutex);
+	if ((v9ses->cache == CACHE_LOOSE || v9ses->cache == CACHE_FSCACHE) &&
+	    !v9inode->writeback_fid &&
+	    ((flags & O_ACCMODE) != O_RDONLY)) {
+		/*
+		 * clone a fid and add it to writeback_fid
+		 * we do it during open time instead of
+		 * page dirty time via write_begin/page_mkwrite
+		 * because we want write after unlink usecase
+		 * to work.
+		 */
+		inode_fid = v9fs_writeback_fid(dentry);
+		if (IS_ERR(inode_fid)) {
+			err = PTR_ERR(inode_fid);
+			mutex_unlock(&v9inode->v_mutex);
+			goto err_clunk_old_fid;
+		}
+		v9inode->writeback_fid = (void *) inode_fid;
+	}
+	mutex_unlock(&v9inode->v_mutex);
+	/* Since we are opening a file, assign the open fid to the file */
+	err = finish_open(file, dentry, generic_file_open, opened);
+	if (err)
+		goto err_clunk_old_fid;
+	file->private_data = ofid;
+	if (v9ses->cache == CACHE_LOOSE || v9ses->cache == CACHE_FSCACHE)
+		v9fs_cache_inode_set_cookie(inode, file);
+	*opened |= FILE_CREATED;
+out:
+	v9fs_put_acl(dacl, pacl);
+	dput(res);
+	return err;
+
+error:
+	if (fid)
+		p9_client_clunk(fid);
+err_clunk_old_fid:
+	if (ofid)
+		p9_client_clunk(ofid);
+	goto out;
+}
+
+/**
+ * v9fs_vfs_mkdir_dotl - VFS mkdir hook to create a directory
+ * @dir:  inode that is being unlinked
+ * @dentry: dentry that is being unlinked
+ * @omode: mode for new directory
+ *
+ */
+
+static int v9fs_vfs_mkdir_dotl(struct inode *dir,
+			       struct dentry *dentry, umode_t omode)
+{
+	int err;
+	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses;
+	struct p9_fid *fid = NULL, *dfid = NULL;
+	kgid_t gid;
+	char *name;
+	umode_t mode;
+	struct inode *inode;
+	struct p9_qid qid;
+	struct dentry *dir_dentry;
+	struct posix_acl *dacl = NULL, *pacl = NULL;
+
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "name %s\n", dentry->d_name.name);
+	err = 0;
+	v9ses = v9fs_inode2v9ses(dir);
+
+	omode |= S_IFDIR;
+	if (dir->i_mode & S_ISGID)
+		omode |= S_ISGID;
+
+	dir_dentry = dentry->d_parent;
+	dfid = v9fs_fid_lookup(dir_dentry);
+	if (IS_ERR(dfid)) {
+		err = PTR_ERR(dfid);
+		p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "fid lookup failed %d\n", err);
+		dfid = NULL;
+		goto error;
+	}
+
+	gid = v9fs_get_fsgid_for_create(dir);
+	mode = omode;
+	/* Update mode based on ACL value */
+	err = v9fs_acl_mode(dir, &mode, &dacl, &pacl);
+	if (err) {
+		p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "Failed to get acl values in mkdir %d\n",
+			 err);
+		goto error;
+	}
+	name = (char *) dentry->d_name.name;
+	err = p9_client_mkdir_dotl(dfid, name, mode, gid, &qid);
+	if (err < 0)
+		goto error;
+
+	fid = p9_client_walk(dfid, 1, &name, 1);
+	if (IS_ERR(fid)) {
+		err = PTR_ERR(fid);
+		p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "p9_client_walk failed %d\n",
+			 err);
+		fid = NULL;
+		goto error;
+	}
+
+	/* instantiate inode and assign the unopened fid to the dentry */
+	if (v9ses->cache == CACHE_LOOSE || v9ses->cache == CACHE_FSCACHE) {
+		inode = v9fs_get_new_inode_from_fid(v9ses, fid, dir->i_sb);
+		if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
+			err = PTR_ERR(inode);
+			p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "inode creation failed %d\n",
+				 err);
+			goto error;
+		}
+		v9fs_fid_add(dentry, fid);
+		v9fs_set_create_acl(inode, fid, dacl, pacl);
+		d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
+		fid = NULL;
+		err = 0;
+	} else {
+		/*
+		 * Not in cached mode. No need to populate
+		 * inode with stat. We need to get an inode
+		 * so that we can set the acl with dentry
+		 */
+		inode = v9fs_get_inode(dir->i_sb, mode, 0);
+		if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
+			err = PTR_ERR(inode);
+			goto error;
+		}
+		v9fs_set_create_acl(inode, fid, dacl, pacl);
+		d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
+	}
+	inc_nlink(dir);
+	v9fs_invalidate_inode_attr(dir);
+error:
+	if (fid)
+		p9_client_clunk(fid);
+	v9fs_put_acl(dacl, pacl);
+	return err;
+}
+
+static int
+v9fs_vfs_getattr_dotl(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry,
+		 struct kstat *stat)
+{
+	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses;
+	struct p9_fid *fid;
+	struct p9_stat_dotl *st;
+
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "dentry: %p\n", dentry);
+	v9ses = v9fs_dentry2v9ses(dentry);
+	if (v9ses->cache == CACHE_LOOSE || v9ses->cache == CACHE_FSCACHE) {
+		generic_fillattr(dentry->d_inode, stat);
+		return 0;
+	}
+	fid = v9fs_fid_lookup(dentry);
+	if (IS_ERR(fid))
+		return PTR_ERR(fid);
+
+	/* Ask for all the fields in stat structure. Server will return
+	 * whatever it supports
+	 */
+
+	st = p9_client_getattr_dotl(fid, P9_STATS_ALL);
+	if (IS_ERR(st))
+		return PTR_ERR(st);
+
+	v9fs_stat2inode_dotl(st, dentry->d_inode);
+	generic_fillattr(dentry->d_inode, stat);
+	/* Change block size to what the server returned */
+	stat->blksize = st->st_blksize;
+
+	kfree(st);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Attribute flags.
+ */
+#define P9_ATTR_MODE		(1 << 0)
+#define P9_ATTR_UID		(1 << 1)
+#define P9_ATTR_GID		(1 << 2)
+#define P9_ATTR_SIZE		(1 << 3)
+#define P9_ATTR_ATIME		(1 << 4)
+#define P9_ATTR_MTIME		(1 << 5)
+#define P9_ATTR_CTIME		(1 << 6)
+#define P9_ATTR_ATIME_SET	(1 << 7)
+#define P9_ATTR_MTIME_SET	(1 << 8)
+
+struct dotl_iattr_map {
+	int iattr_valid;
+	int p9_iattr_valid;
+};
+
+static int v9fs_mapped_iattr_valid(int iattr_valid)
+{
+	int i;
+	int p9_iattr_valid = 0;
+	struct dotl_iattr_map dotl_iattr_map[] = {
+		{ ATTR_MODE,		P9_ATTR_MODE },
+		{ ATTR_UID,		P9_ATTR_UID },
+		{ ATTR_GID,		P9_ATTR_GID },
+		{ ATTR_SIZE,		P9_ATTR_SIZE },
+		{ ATTR_ATIME,		P9_ATTR_ATIME },
+		{ ATTR_MTIME,		P9_ATTR_MTIME },
+		{ ATTR_CTIME,		P9_ATTR_CTIME },
+		{ ATTR_ATIME_SET,	P9_ATTR_ATIME_SET },
+		{ ATTR_MTIME_SET,	P9_ATTR_MTIME_SET },
+	};
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(dotl_iattr_map); i++) {
+		if (iattr_valid & dotl_iattr_map[i].iattr_valid)
+			p9_iattr_valid |= dotl_iattr_map[i].p9_iattr_valid;
+	}
+	return p9_iattr_valid;
+}
+
+/**
+ * v9fs_vfs_setattr_dotl - set file metadata
+ * @dentry: file whose metadata to set
+ * @iattr: metadata assignment structure
+ *
+ */
+
+int v9fs_vfs_setattr_dotl(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *iattr)
+{
+	int retval;
+	struct p9_fid *fid;
+	struct p9_iattr_dotl p9attr;
+	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
+
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "\n");
+
+	retval = inode_change_ok(inode, iattr);
+	if (retval)
+		return retval;
+
+	p9attr.valid = v9fs_mapped_iattr_valid(iattr->ia_valid);
+	p9attr.mode = iattr->ia_mode;
+	p9attr.uid = iattr->ia_uid;
+	p9attr.gid = iattr->ia_gid;
+	p9attr.size = iattr->ia_size;
+	p9attr.atime_sec = iattr->ia_atime.tv_sec;
+	p9attr.atime_nsec = iattr->ia_atime.tv_nsec;
+	p9attr.mtime_sec = iattr->ia_mtime.tv_sec;
+	p9attr.mtime_nsec = iattr->ia_mtime.tv_nsec;
+
+	fid = v9fs_fid_lookup(dentry);
+	if (IS_ERR(fid))
+		return PTR_ERR(fid);
+
+	/* Write all dirty data */
+	if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
+		filemap_write_and_wait(inode->i_mapping);
+
+	retval = p9_client_setattr(fid, &p9attr);
+	if (retval < 0)
+		return retval;
+
+	if ((iattr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) &&
+	    iattr->ia_size != i_size_read(inode))
+		truncate_setsize(inode, iattr->ia_size);
+
+	v9fs_invalidate_inode_attr(inode);
+	setattr_copy(inode, iattr);
+	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+	if (iattr->ia_valid & ATTR_MODE) {
+		/* We also want to update ACL when we update mode bits */
+		retval = v9fs_acl_chmod(inode, fid);
+		if (retval < 0)
+			return retval;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * v9fs_stat2inode_dotl - populate an inode structure with stat info
+ * @stat: stat structure
+ * @inode: inode to populate
+ *
+ */
+
+void
+v9fs_stat2inode_dotl(struct p9_stat_dotl *stat, struct inode *inode)
+{
+	umode_t mode;
+	struct v9fs_inode *v9inode = V9FS_I(inode);
+
+	if ((stat->st_result_mask & P9_STATS_BASIC) == P9_STATS_BASIC) {
+		inode->i_atime.tv_sec = stat->st_atime_sec;
+		inode->i_atime.tv_nsec = stat->st_atime_nsec;
+		inode->i_mtime.tv_sec = stat->st_mtime_sec;
+		inode->i_mtime.tv_nsec = stat->st_mtime_nsec;
+		inode->i_ctime.tv_sec = stat->st_ctime_sec;
+		inode->i_ctime.tv_nsec = stat->st_ctime_nsec;
+		inode->i_uid = stat->st_uid;
+		inode->i_gid = stat->st_gid;
+		set_nlink(inode, stat->st_nlink);
+
+		mode = stat->st_mode & S_IALLUGO;
+		mode |= inode->i_mode & ~S_IALLUGO;
+		inode->i_mode = mode;
+
+		i_size_write(inode, stat->st_size);
+		inode->i_blocks = stat->st_blocks;
+	} else {
+		if (stat->st_result_mask & P9_STATS_ATIME) {
+			inode->i_atime.tv_sec = stat->st_atime_sec;
+			inode->i_atime.tv_nsec = stat->st_atime_nsec;
+		}
+		if (stat->st_result_mask & P9_STATS_MTIME) {
+			inode->i_mtime.tv_sec = stat->st_mtime_sec;
+			inode->i_mtime.tv_nsec = stat->st_mtime_nsec;
+		}
+		if (stat->st_result_mask & P9_STATS_CTIME) {
+			inode->i_ctime.tv_sec = stat->st_ctime_sec;
+			inode->i_ctime.tv_nsec = stat->st_ctime_nsec;
+		}
+		if (stat->st_result_mask & P9_STATS_UID)
+			inode->i_uid = stat->st_uid;
+		if (stat->st_result_mask & P9_STATS_GID)
+			inode->i_gid = stat->st_gid;
+		if (stat->st_result_mask & P9_STATS_NLINK)
+			set_nlink(inode, stat->st_nlink);
+		if (stat->st_result_mask & P9_STATS_MODE) {
+			inode->i_mode = stat->st_mode;
+			if ((S_ISBLK(inode->i_mode)) ||
+						(S_ISCHR(inode->i_mode)))
+				init_special_inode(inode, inode->i_mode,
+								inode->i_rdev);
+		}
+		if (stat->st_result_mask & P9_STATS_RDEV)
+			inode->i_rdev = new_decode_dev(stat->st_rdev);
+		if (stat->st_result_mask & P9_STATS_SIZE)
+			i_size_write(inode, stat->st_size);
+		if (stat->st_result_mask & P9_STATS_BLOCKS)
+			inode->i_blocks = stat->st_blocks;
+	}
+	if (stat->st_result_mask & P9_STATS_GEN)
+		inode->i_generation = stat->st_gen;
+
+	/* Currently we don't support P9_STATS_BTIME and P9_STATS_DATA_VERSION
+	 * because the inode structure does not have fields for them.
+	 */
+	v9inode->cache_validity &= ~V9FS_INO_INVALID_ATTR;
+}
+
+static int
+v9fs_vfs_symlink_dotl(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
+		const char *symname)
+{
+	int err;
+	kgid_t gid;
+	char *name;
+	struct p9_qid qid;
+	struct inode *inode;
+	struct p9_fid *dfid;
+	struct p9_fid *fid = NULL;
+	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses;
+
+	name = (char *) dentry->d_name.name;
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "%lu,%s,%s\n", dir->i_ino, name, symname);
+	v9ses = v9fs_inode2v9ses(dir);
+
+	dfid = v9fs_fid_lookup(dentry->d_parent);
+	if (IS_ERR(dfid)) {
+		err = PTR_ERR(dfid);
+		p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "fid lookup failed %d\n", err);
+		return err;
+	}
+
+	gid = v9fs_get_fsgid_for_create(dir);
+
+	/* Server doesn't alter fid on TSYMLINK. Hence no need to clone it. */
+	err = p9_client_symlink(dfid, name, (char *)symname, gid, &qid);
+
+	if (err < 0) {
+		p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "p9_client_symlink failed %d\n", err);
+		goto error;
+	}
+
+	v9fs_invalidate_inode_attr(dir);
+	if (v9ses->cache == CACHE_LOOSE || v9ses->cache == CACHE_FSCACHE) {
+		/* Now walk from the parent so we can get an unopened fid. */
+		fid = p9_client_walk(dfid, 1, &name, 1);
+		if (IS_ERR(fid)) {
+			err = PTR_ERR(fid);
+			p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "p9_client_walk failed %d\n",
+				 err);
+			fid = NULL;
+			goto error;
+		}
+
+		/* instantiate inode and assign the unopened fid to dentry */
+		inode = v9fs_get_new_inode_from_fid(v9ses, fid, dir->i_sb);
+		if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
+			err = PTR_ERR(inode);
+			p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "inode creation failed %d\n",
+				 err);
+			goto error;
+		}
+		v9fs_fid_add(dentry, fid);
+		d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
+		fid = NULL;
+		err = 0;
+	} else {
+		/* Not in cached mode. No need to populate inode with stat */
+		inode = v9fs_get_inode(dir->i_sb, S_IFLNK, 0);
+		if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
+			err = PTR_ERR(inode);
+			goto error;
+		}
+		d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
+	}
+
+error:
+	if (fid)
+		p9_client_clunk(fid);
+
+	return err;
+}
+
+/**
+ * v9fs_vfs_link_dotl - create a hardlink for dotl
+ * @old_dentry: dentry for file to link to
+ * @dir: inode destination for new link
+ * @dentry: dentry for link
+ *
+ */
+
+static int
+v9fs_vfs_link_dotl(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir,
+		struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	int err;
+	struct dentry *dir_dentry;
+	struct p9_fid *dfid, *oldfid;
+	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses;
+
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "dir ino: %lu, old_name: %s, new_name: %s\n",
+		 dir->i_ino, old_dentry->d_name.name, dentry->d_name.name);
+
+	v9ses = v9fs_inode2v9ses(dir);
+	dir_dentry = dentry->d_parent;
+	dfid = v9fs_fid_lookup(dir_dentry);
+	if (IS_ERR(dfid))
+		return PTR_ERR(dfid);
+
+	oldfid = v9fs_fid_lookup(old_dentry);
+	if (IS_ERR(oldfid))
+		return PTR_ERR(oldfid);
+
+	err = p9_client_link(dfid, oldfid, (char *)dentry->d_name.name);
+
+	if (err < 0) {
+		p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "p9_client_link failed %d\n", err);
+		return err;
+	}
+
+	v9fs_invalidate_inode_attr(dir);
+	if (v9ses->cache == CACHE_LOOSE || v9ses->cache == CACHE_FSCACHE) {
+		/* Get the latest stat info from server. */
+		struct p9_fid *fid;
+		fid = v9fs_fid_lookup(old_dentry);
+		if (IS_ERR(fid))
+			return PTR_ERR(fid);
+
+		v9fs_refresh_inode_dotl(fid, old_dentry->d_inode);
+	}
+	ihold(old_dentry->d_inode);
+	d_instantiate(dentry, old_dentry->d_inode);
+
+	return err;
+}
+
+/**
+ * v9fs_vfs_mknod_dotl - create a special file
+ * @dir: inode destination for new link
+ * @dentry: dentry for file
+ * @omode: mode for creation
+ * @rdev: device associated with special file
+ *
+ */
+static int
+v9fs_vfs_mknod_dotl(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t omode,
+		dev_t rdev)
+{
+	int err;
+	kgid_t gid;
+	char *name;
+	umode_t mode;
+	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses;
+	struct p9_fid *fid = NULL, *dfid = NULL;
+	struct inode *inode;
+	struct p9_qid qid;
+	struct dentry *dir_dentry;
+	struct posix_acl *dacl = NULL, *pacl = NULL;
+
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, " %lu,%s mode: %hx MAJOR: %u MINOR: %u\n",
+		 dir->i_ino, dentry->d_name.name, omode,
+		 MAJOR(rdev), MINOR(rdev));
+
+	if (!new_valid_dev(rdev))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	v9ses = v9fs_inode2v9ses(dir);
+	dir_dentry = dentry->d_parent;
+	dfid = v9fs_fid_lookup(dir_dentry);
+	if (IS_ERR(dfid)) {
+		err = PTR_ERR(dfid);
+		p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "fid lookup failed %d\n", err);
+		dfid = NULL;
+		goto error;
+	}
+
+	gid = v9fs_get_fsgid_for_create(dir);
+	mode = omode;
+	/* Update mode based on ACL value */
+	err = v9fs_acl_mode(dir, &mode, &dacl, &pacl);
+	if (err) {
+		p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "Failed to get acl values in mknod %d\n",
+			 err);
+		goto error;
+	}
+	name = (char *) dentry->d_name.name;
+
+	err = p9_client_mknod_dotl(dfid, name, mode, rdev, gid, &qid);
+	if (err < 0)
+		goto error;
+
+	v9fs_invalidate_inode_attr(dir);
+	fid = p9_client_walk(dfid, 1, &name, 1);
+	if (IS_ERR(fid)) {
+		err = PTR_ERR(fid);
+		p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "p9_client_walk failed %d\n",
+			 err);
+		fid = NULL;
+		goto error;
+	}
+
+	/* instantiate inode and assign the unopened fid to the dentry */
+	if (v9ses->cache == CACHE_LOOSE || v9ses->cache == CACHE_FSCACHE) {
+		inode = v9fs_get_new_inode_from_fid(v9ses, fid, dir->i_sb);
+		if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
+			err = PTR_ERR(inode);
+			p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "inode creation failed %d\n",
+				 err);
+			goto error;
+		}
+		v9fs_set_create_acl(inode, fid, dacl, pacl);
+		v9fs_fid_add(dentry, fid);
+		d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
+		fid = NULL;
+		err = 0;
+	} else {
+		/*
+		 * Not in cached mode. No need to populate inode with stat.
+		 * socket syscall returns a fd, so we need instantiate
+		 */
+		inode = v9fs_get_inode(dir->i_sb, mode, rdev);
+		if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
+			err = PTR_ERR(inode);
+			goto error;
+		}
+		v9fs_set_create_acl(inode, fid, dacl, pacl);
+		d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
+	}
+error:
+	if (fid)
+		p9_client_clunk(fid);
+	v9fs_put_acl(dacl, pacl);
+	return err;
+}
+
+/**
+ * v9fs_vfs_follow_link_dotl - follow a symlink path
+ * @dentry: dentry for symlink
+ * @nd: nameidata
+ *
+ */
+
+static void *
+v9fs_vfs_follow_link_dotl(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
+{
+	int retval;
+	struct p9_fid *fid;
+	char *link = __getname();
+	char *target;
+
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "%s\n", dentry->d_name.name);
+
+	if (!link) {
+		link = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+		goto ndset;
+	}
+	fid = v9fs_fid_lookup(dentry);
+	if (IS_ERR(fid)) {
+		__putname(link);
+		link = ERR_CAST(fid);
+		goto ndset;
+	}
+	retval = p9_client_readlink(fid, &target);
+	if (!retval) {
+		strcpy(link, target);
+		kfree(target);
+		goto ndset;
+	}
+	__putname(link);
+	link = ERR_PTR(retval);
+ndset:
+	nd_set_link(nd, link);
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+int v9fs_refresh_inode_dotl(struct p9_fid *fid, struct inode *inode)
+{
+	loff_t i_size;
+	struct p9_stat_dotl *st;
+	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses;
+
+	v9ses = v9fs_inode2v9ses(inode);
+	st = p9_client_getattr_dotl(fid, P9_STATS_ALL);
+	if (IS_ERR(st))
+		return PTR_ERR(st);
+	/*
+	 * Don't update inode if the file type is different
+	 */
+	if ((inode->i_mode & S_IFMT) != (st->st_mode & S_IFMT))
+		goto out;
+
+	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+	/*
+	 * We don't want to refresh inode->i_size,
+	 * because we may have cached data
+	 */
+	i_size = inode->i_size;
+	v9fs_stat2inode_dotl(st, inode);
+	if (v9ses->cache == CACHE_LOOSE || v9ses->cache == CACHE_FSCACHE)
+		inode->i_size = i_size;
+	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+out:
+	kfree(st);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+const struct inode_operations v9fs_dir_inode_operations_dotl = {
+	.create = v9fs_vfs_create_dotl,
+	.atomic_open = v9fs_vfs_atomic_open_dotl,
+	.lookup = v9fs_vfs_lookup,
+	.link = v9fs_vfs_link_dotl,
+	.symlink = v9fs_vfs_symlink_dotl,
+	.unlink = v9fs_vfs_unlink,
+	.mkdir = v9fs_vfs_mkdir_dotl,
+	.rmdir = v9fs_vfs_rmdir,
+	.mknod = v9fs_vfs_mknod_dotl,
+	.rename = v9fs_vfs_rename,
+	.getattr = v9fs_vfs_getattr_dotl,
+	.setattr = v9fs_vfs_setattr_dotl,
+	.setxattr = generic_setxattr,
+	.getxattr = generic_getxattr,
+	.removexattr = generic_removexattr,
+	.listxattr = v9fs_listxattr,
+	.get_acl = v9fs_iop_get_acl,
+};
+
+const struct inode_operations v9fs_file_inode_operations_dotl = {
+	.getattr = v9fs_vfs_getattr_dotl,
+	.setattr = v9fs_vfs_setattr_dotl,
+	.setxattr = generic_setxattr,
+	.getxattr = generic_getxattr,
+	.removexattr = generic_removexattr,
+	.listxattr = v9fs_listxattr,
+	.get_acl = v9fs_iop_get_acl,
+};
+
+const struct inode_operations v9fs_symlink_inode_operations_dotl = {
+	.readlink = generic_readlink,
+	.follow_link = v9fs_vfs_follow_link_dotl,
+	.put_link = v9fs_vfs_put_link,
+	.getattr = v9fs_vfs_getattr_dotl,
+	.setattr = v9fs_vfs_setattr_dotl,
+	.setxattr = generic_setxattr,
+	.getxattr = generic_getxattr,
+	.removexattr = generic_removexattr,
+	.listxattr = v9fs_listxattr,
+};
diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_super.c b/fs/9p/vfs_super.c
index 00c1f6baf87..0afd0382822 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_super.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_super.c
@@ -25,39 +25,31 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
-#include <linux/config.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/file.h>
 #include <linux/stat.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
-#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 #include <linux/inet.h>
 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
 #include <linux/mount.h>
 #include <linux/idr.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/statfs.h>
+#include <linux/magic.h>
+#include <net/9p/9p.h>
+#include <net/9p/client.h>
 
-#include "debug.h"
 #include "v9fs.h"
-#include "9p.h"
 #include "v9fs_vfs.h"
 #include "fid.h"
+#include "xattr.h"
+#include "acl.h"
 
-static void v9fs_clear_inode(struct inode *);
-static struct super_operations v9fs_super_ops;
-
-/**
- * v9fs_clear_inode - release an inode
- * @inode: inode to release
- *
- */
-
-static void v9fs_clear_inode(struct inode *inode)
-{
-	filemap_fdatawrite(inode->i_mapping);
-}
+static const struct super_operations v9fs_super_ops, v9fs_super_ops_dotl;
 
 /**
  * v9fs_set_super - set the superblock
@@ -76,25 +68,41 @@ static int v9fs_set_super(struct super_block *s, void *data)
  * v9fs_fill_super - populate superblock with info
  * @sb: superblock
  * @v9ses: session information
+ * @flags: flags propagated from v9fs_mount()
  *
  */
 
 static void
 v9fs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses,
-		int flags)
+		int flags, void *data)
 {
 	sb->s_maxbytes = MAX_LFS_FILESIZE;
 	sb->s_blocksize_bits = fls(v9ses->maxdata - 1);
 	sb->s_blocksize = 1 << sb->s_blocksize_bits;
 	sb->s_magic = V9FS_MAGIC;
-	sb->s_op = &v9fs_super_ops;
-
-	sb->s_flags = flags | MS_ACTIVE | MS_SYNCHRONOUS | MS_DIRSYNC |
-	    MS_NOATIME;
+	if (v9fs_proto_dotl(v9ses)) {
+		sb->s_op = &v9fs_super_ops_dotl;
+		sb->s_xattr = v9fs_xattr_handlers;
+	} else
+		sb->s_op = &v9fs_super_ops;
+	sb->s_bdi = &v9ses->bdi;
+	if (v9ses->cache)
+		sb->s_bdi->ra_pages = (VM_MAX_READAHEAD * 1024)/PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
+
+	sb->s_flags |= MS_ACTIVE | MS_DIRSYNC | MS_NOATIME;
+	if (!v9ses->cache)
+		sb->s_flags |= MS_SYNCHRONOUS;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_9P_FS_POSIX_ACL
+	if ((v9ses->flags & V9FS_ACL_MASK) == V9FS_POSIX_ACL)
+		sb->s_flags |= MS_POSIXACL;
+#endif
+
+	save_mount_options(sb, data);
 }
 
 /**
- * v9fs_get_sb - mount a superblock
+ * v9fs_mount - mount a superblock
  * @fs_type: file system type
  * @flags: mount flags
  * @dev_name: device name that was mounted
@@ -102,100 +110,105 @@ v9fs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses,
  *
  */
 
-static struct super_block *v9fs_get_sb(struct file_system_type
-				       *fs_type, int flags,
-				       const char *dev_name, void *data)
+static struct dentry *v9fs_mount(struct file_system_type *fs_type, int flags,
+		       const char *dev_name, void *data)
 {
 	struct super_block *sb = NULL;
-	struct v9fs_fcall *fcall = NULL;
 	struct inode *inode = NULL;
 	struct dentry *root = NULL;
 	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses = NULL;
-	struct v9fs_fid *root_fid = NULL;
-	int mode = S_IRWXUGO | S_ISVTX;
-	uid_t uid = current->fsuid;
-	gid_t gid = current->fsgid;
-	int stat_result = 0;
-	int newfid = 0;
+	umode_t mode = S_IRWXUGO | S_ISVTX;
+	struct p9_fid *fid;
 	int retval = 0;
 
-	dprintk(DEBUG_VFS, " \n");
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "\n");
 
 	v9ses = kzalloc(sizeof(struct v9fs_session_info), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!v9ses)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
-	if ((newfid = v9fs_session_init(v9ses, dev_name, data)) < 0) {
-		dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "problem initiating session\n");
-		sb = ERR_PTR(newfid);
-		goto out_free_session;
+	fid = v9fs_session_init(v9ses, dev_name, data);
+	if (IS_ERR(fid)) {
+		retval = PTR_ERR(fid);
+		/*
+		 * we need to call session_close to tear down some
+		 * of the data structure setup by session_init
+		 */
+		goto close_session;
+	}
+
+	sb = sget(fs_type, NULL, v9fs_set_super, flags, v9ses);
+	if (IS_ERR(sb)) {
+		retval = PTR_ERR(sb);
+		goto clunk_fid;
 	}
+	v9fs_fill_super(sb, v9ses, flags, data);
 
-	sb = sget(fs_type, NULL, v9fs_set_super, v9ses);
-	if (IS_ERR(sb))
-		goto out_close_session;
-	v9fs_fill_super(sb, v9ses, flags);
+	if (v9ses->cache == CACHE_LOOSE || v9ses->cache == CACHE_FSCACHE)
+		sb->s_d_op = &v9fs_cached_dentry_operations;
+	else
+		sb->s_d_op = &v9fs_dentry_operations;
 
-	inode = v9fs_get_inode(sb, S_IFDIR | mode);
+	inode = v9fs_get_inode(sb, S_IFDIR | mode, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
 		retval = PTR_ERR(inode);
-		goto put_back_sb;
+		goto release_sb;
 	}
 
-	inode->i_uid = uid;
-	inode->i_gid = gid;
-
-	root = d_alloc_root(inode);
+	root = d_make_root(inode);
 	if (!root) {
 		retval = -ENOMEM;
-		goto put_back_sb;
+		goto release_sb;
 	}
-
 	sb->s_root = root;
-
-	stat_result = v9fs_t_stat(v9ses, newfid, &fcall);
-	if (stat_result < 0) {
-		dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "stat error\n");
-		v9fs_t_clunk(v9ses, newfid);
-	} else {
-		/* Setup the Root Inode */
-		root_fid = v9fs_fid_create(v9ses, newfid);
-		if (root_fid == NULL) {
-			retval = -ENOMEM;
-			goto put_back_sb;
+	if (v9fs_proto_dotl(v9ses)) {
+		struct p9_stat_dotl *st = NULL;
+		st = p9_client_getattr_dotl(fid, P9_STATS_BASIC);
+		if (IS_ERR(st)) {
+			retval = PTR_ERR(st);
+			goto release_sb;
 		}
-
-		retval = v9fs_fid_insert(root_fid, root);
-		if (retval < 0) {
-			kfree(fcall);
-			goto put_back_sb;
+		root->d_inode->i_ino = v9fs_qid2ino(&st->qid);
+		v9fs_stat2inode_dotl(st, root->d_inode);
+		kfree(st);
+	} else {
+		struct p9_wstat *st = NULL;
+		st = p9_client_stat(fid);
+		if (IS_ERR(st)) {
+			retval = PTR_ERR(st);
+			goto release_sb;
 		}
 
-		root_fid->qid = fcall->params.rstat.stat.qid;
-		root->d_inode->i_ino =
-		    v9fs_qid2ino(&fcall->params.rstat.stat.qid);
-		v9fs_stat2inode(&fcall->params.rstat.stat, root->d_inode, sb);
-	}
-
-	kfree(fcall);
+		root->d_inode->i_ino = v9fs_qid2ino(&st->qid);
+		v9fs_stat2inode(st, root->d_inode, sb);
 
-	if (stat_result < 0) {
-		retval = stat_result;
-		goto put_back_sb;
+		p9stat_free(st);
+		kfree(st);
 	}
+	retval = v9fs_get_acl(inode, fid);
+	if (retval)
+		goto release_sb;
+	v9fs_fid_add(root, fid);
 
-	return sb;
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, " simple set mount, return 0\n");
+	return dget(sb->s_root);
 
-out_close_session:
+clunk_fid:
+	p9_client_clunk(fid);
+close_session:
 	v9fs_session_close(v9ses);
-out_free_session:
 	kfree(v9ses);
-	return sb;
+	return ERR_PTR(retval);
 
-put_back_sb:
-	/* deactivate_super calls v9fs_kill_super which will frees the rest */
-	up_write(&sb->s_umount);
-	deactivate_super(sb);
+release_sb:
+	/*
+	 * we will do the session_close and root dentry release
+	 * in the below call. But we need to clunk fid, because we haven't
+	 * attached the fid to dentry so it won't get clunked
+	 * automatically.
+	 */
+	p9_client_clunk(fid);
+	deactivate_locked_super(sb);
 	return ERR_PTR(retval);
 }
 
@@ -209,68 +222,149 @@ static void v9fs_kill_super(struct super_block *s)
 {
 	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses = s->s_fs_info;
 
-	dprintk(DEBUG_VFS, " %p\n", s);
-
-	v9fs_dentry_release(s->s_root);	/* clunk root */
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, " %p\n", s);
 
 	kill_anon_super(s);
 
+	v9fs_session_cancel(v9ses);
 	v9fs_session_close(v9ses);
 	kfree(v9ses);
-	dprintk(DEBUG_VFS, "exiting kill_super\n");
+	s->s_fs_info = NULL;
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "exiting kill_super\n");
 }
 
-/**
- * v9fs_show_options - Show mount options in /proc/mounts
- * @m: seq_file to write to
- * @mnt: mount descriptor
- *
- */
+static void
+v9fs_umount_begin(struct super_block *sb)
+{
+	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses;
+
+	v9ses = sb->s_fs_info;
+	v9fs_session_begin_cancel(v9ses);
+}
 
-static int v9fs_show_options(struct seq_file *m, struct vfsmount *mnt)
+static int v9fs_statfs(struct dentry *dentry, struct kstatfs *buf)
 {
-	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses = mnt->mnt_sb->s_fs_info;
-
-	if (v9ses->debug != 0)
-		seq_printf(m, ",debug=%u", v9ses->debug);
-	if (v9ses->port != V9FS_PORT)
-		seq_printf(m, ",port=%u", v9ses->port);
-	if (v9ses->maxdata != 9000)
-		seq_printf(m, ",msize=%u", v9ses->maxdata);
-	if (v9ses->afid != ~0)
-		seq_printf(m, ",afid=%u", v9ses->afid);
-	if (v9ses->proto == PROTO_UNIX)
-		seq_puts(m, ",proto=unix");
-	if (v9ses->extended == 0)
-		seq_puts(m, ",noextend");
-	if (v9ses->nodev == 1)
-		seq_puts(m, ",nodevmap");
-	seq_printf(m, ",name=%s", v9ses->name);
-	seq_printf(m, ",aname=%s", v9ses->remotename);
-	seq_printf(m, ",uid=%u", v9ses->uid);
-	seq_printf(m, ",gid=%u", v9ses->gid);
-	return 0;
+	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses;
+	struct p9_fid *fid;
+	struct p9_rstatfs rs;
+	int res;
+
+	fid = v9fs_fid_lookup(dentry);
+	if (IS_ERR(fid)) {
+		res = PTR_ERR(fid);
+		goto done;
+	}
+
+	v9ses = v9fs_dentry2v9ses(dentry);
+	if (v9fs_proto_dotl(v9ses)) {
+		res = p9_client_statfs(fid, &rs);
+		if (res == 0) {
+			buf->f_type = rs.type;
+			buf->f_bsize = rs.bsize;
+			buf->f_blocks = rs.blocks;
+			buf->f_bfree = rs.bfree;
+			buf->f_bavail = rs.bavail;
+			buf->f_files = rs.files;
+			buf->f_ffree = rs.ffree;
+			buf->f_fsid.val[0] = rs.fsid & 0xFFFFFFFFUL;
+			buf->f_fsid.val[1] = (rs.fsid >> 32) & 0xFFFFFFFFUL;
+			buf->f_namelen = rs.namelen;
+		}
+		if (res != -ENOSYS)
+			goto done;
+	}
+	res = simple_statfs(dentry, buf);
+done:
+	return res;
 }
 
-static void
-v9fs_umount_begin(struct vfsmount *vfsmnt, int flags)
+static int v9fs_drop_inode(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses;
+	v9ses = v9fs_inode2v9ses(inode);
+	if (v9ses->cache == CACHE_LOOSE || v9ses->cache == CACHE_FSCACHE)
+		return generic_drop_inode(inode);
+	/*
+	 * in case of non cached mode always drop the
+	 * the inode because we want the inode attribute
+	 * to always match that on the server.
+	 */
+	return 1;
+}
+
+static int v9fs_write_inode(struct inode *inode,
+			    struct writeback_control *wbc)
 {
-	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses = vfsmnt->mnt_sb->s_fs_info;
+	int ret;
+	struct p9_wstat wstat;
+	struct v9fs_inode *v9inode;
+	/*
+	 * send an fsync request to server irrespective of
+	 * wbc->sync_mode.
+	 */
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "%s: inode %p\n", __func__, inode);
+	v9inode = V9FS_I(inode);
+	if (!v9inode->writeback_fid)
+		return 0;
+	v9fs_blank_wstat(&wstat);
+
+	ret = p9_client_wstat(v9inode->writeback_fid, &wstat);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		__mark_inode_dirty(inode, I_DIRTY_DATASYNC);
+		return ret;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
 
-	if (flags & MNT_FORCE)
-		v9fs_session_cancel(v9ses);
+static int v9fs_write_inode_dotl(struct inode *inode,
+				 struct writeback_control *wbc)
+{
+	int ret;
+	struct v9fs_inode *v9inode;
+	/*
+	 * send an fsync request to server irrespective of
+	 * wbc->sync_mode.
+	 */
+	v9inode = V9FS_I(inode);
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "%s: inode %p, writeback_fid %p\n",
+		 __func__, inode, v9inode->writeback_fid);
+	if (!v9inode->writeback_fid)
+		return 0;
+
+	ret = p9_client_fsync(v9inode->writeback_fid, 0);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		__mark_inode_dirty(inode, I_DIRTY_DATASYNC);
+		return ret;
+	}
+	return 0;
 }
 
-static struct super_operations v9fs_super_ops = {
+static const struct super_operations v9fs_super_ops = {
+	.alloc_inode = v9fs_alloc_inode,
+	.destroy_inode = v9fs_destroy_inode,
 	.statfs = simple_statfs,
-	.clear_inode = v9fs_clear_inode,
-	.show_options = v9fs_show_options,
+	.evict_inode = v9fs_evict_inode,
+	.show_options = generic_show_options,
+	.umount_begin = v9fs_umount_begin,
+	.write_inode = v9fs_write_inode,
+};
+
+static const struct super_operations v9fs_super_ops_dotl = {
+	.alloc_inode = v9fs_alloc_inode,
+	.destroy_inode = v9fs_destroy_inode,
+	.statfs = v9fs_statfs,
+	.drop_inode = v9fs_drop_inode,
+	.evict_inode = v9fs_evict_inode,
+	.show_options = generic_show_options,
 	.umount_begin = v9fs_umount_begin,
+	.write_inode = v9fs_write_inode_dotl,
 };
 
 struct file_system_type v9fs_fs_type = {
 	.name = "9p",
-	.get_sb = v9fs_get_sb,
+	.mount = v9fs_mount,
 	.kill_sb = v9fs_kill_super,
 	.owner = THIS_MODULE,
+	.fs_flags = FS_RENAME_DOES_D_MOVE,
 };
+MODULE_ALIAS_FS("9p");
diff --git a/fs/9p/xattr.c b/fs/9p/xattr.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f95e01e058e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/9p/xattr.c
@@ -0,0 +1,181 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright IBM Corporation, 2010
+ * Author Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of version 2.1 of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it would be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <net/9p/9p.h>
+#include <net/9p/client.h>
+
+#include "fid.h"
+#include "xattr.h"
+
+ssize_t v9fs_fid_xattr_get(struct p9_fid *fid, const char *name,
+			   void *buffer, size_t buffer_size)
+{
+	ssize_t retval;
+	int msize, read_count;
+	u64 offset = 0, attr_size;
+	struct p9_fid *attr_fid;
+
+	attr_fid = p9_client_xattrwalk(fid, name, &attr_size);
+	if (IS_ERR(attr_fid)) {
+		retval = PTR_ERR(attr_fid);
+		p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "p9_client_attrwalk failed %zd\n",
+			 retval);
+		attr_fid = NULL;
+		goto error;
+	}
+	if (!buffer_size) {
+		/* request to get the attr_size */
+		retval = attr_size;
+		goto error;
+	}
+	if (attr_size > buffer_size) {
+		retval = -ERANGE;
+		goto error;
+	}
+	msize = attr_fid->clnt->msize;
+	while (attr_size) {
+		if (attr_size > (msize - P9_IOHDRSZ))
+			read_count = msize - P9_IOHDRSZ;
+		else
+			read_count = attr_size;
+		read_count = p9_client_read(attr_fid, ((char *)buffer)+offset,
+					NULL, offset, read_count);
+		if (read_count < 0) {
+			/* error in xattr read */
+			retval = read_count;
+			goto error;
+		}
+		offset += read_count;
+		attr_size -= read_count;
+	}
+	/* Total read xattr bytes */
+	retval = offset;
+error:
+	if (attr_fid)
+		p9_client_clunk(attr_fid);
+	return retval;
+
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * v9fs_xattr_get()
+ *
+ * Copy an extended attribute into the buffer
+ * provided, or compute the buffer size required.
+ * Buffer is NULL to compute the size of the buffer required.
+ *
+ * Returns a negative error number on failure, or the number of bytes
+ * used / required on success.
+ */
+ssize_t v9fs_xattr_get(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
+		       void *buffer, size_t buffer_size)
+{
+	struct p9_fid *fid;
+
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "name = %s value_len = %zu\n",
+		 name, buffer_size);
+	fid = v9fs_fid_lookup(dentry);
+	if (IS_ERR(fid))
+		return PTR_ERR(fid);
+
+	return v9fs_fid_xattr_get(fid, name, buffer, buffer_size);
+}
+
+/*
+ * v9fs_xattr_set()
+ *
+ * Create, replace or remove an extended attribute for this inode. Buffer
+ * is NULL to remove an existing extended attribute, and non-NULL to
+ * either replace an existing extended attribute, or create a new extended
+ * attribute. The flags XATTR_REPLACE and XATTR_CREATE
+ * specify that an extended attribute must exist and must not exist
+ * previous to the call, respectively.
+ *
+ * Returns 0, or a negative error number on failure.
+ */
+int v9fs_xattr_set(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
+		   const void *value, size_t value_len, int flags)
+{
+	struct p9_fid *fid = v9fs_fid_lookup(dentry);
+	if (IS_ERR(fid))
+		return PTR_ERR(fid);
+	return v9fs_fid_xattr_set(fid, name, value, value_len, flags);
+}
+
+int v9fs_fid_xattr_set(struct p9_fid *fid, const char *name,
+		   const void *value, size_t value_len, int flags)
+{
+	u64 offset = 0;
+	int retval, msize, write_count;
+
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "name = %s value_len = %zu flags = %d\n",
+		 name, value_len, flags);
+
+	/* Clone it */
+	fid = p9_client_walk(fid, 0, NULL, 1);
+	if (IS_ERR(fid))
+		return PTR_ERR(fid);
+
+	/*
+	 * On success fid points to xattr
+	 */
+	retval = p9_client_xattrcreate(fid, name, value_len, flags);
+	if (retval < 0) {
+		p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "p9_client_xattrcreate failed %d\n",
+			 retval);
+		goto err;
+	}
+	msize = fid->clnt->msize;
+	while (value_len) {
+		if (value_len > (msize - P9_IOHDRSZ))
+			write_count = msize - P9_IOHDRSZ;
+		else
+			write_count = value_len;
+		write_count = p9_client_write(fid, ((char *)value)+offset,
+					NULL, offset, write_count);
+		if (write_count < 0) {
+			/* error in xattr write */
+			retval = write_count;
+			goto err;
+		}
+		offset += write_count;
+		value_len -= write_count;
+	}
+	retval = 0;
+err:
+	p9_client_clunk(fid);
+	return retval;
+}
+
+ssize_t v9fs_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, size_t buffer_size)
+{
+	return v9fs_xattr_get(dentry, NULL, buffer, buffer_size);
+}
+
+const struct xattr_handler *v9fs_xattr_handlers[] = {
+	&v9fs_xattr_user_handler,
+	&v9fs_xattr_trusted_handler,
+#ifdef CONFIG_9P_FS_POSIX_ACL
+	&v9fs_xattr_acl_access_handler,
+	&v9fs_xattr_acl_default_handler,
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_9P_FS_SECURITY
+	&v9fs_xattr_security_handler,
+#endif
+	NULL
+};
diff --git a/fs/9p/xattr.h b/fs/9p/xattr.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d3e2ea3840b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/9p/xattr.h
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright IBM Corporation, 2010
+ * Author Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of version 2.1 of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it would be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+ *
+ */
+#ifndef FS_9P_XATTR_H
+#define FS_9P_XATTR_H
+
+#include <linux/xattr.h>
+#include <net/9p/9p.h>
+#include <net/9p/client.h>
+
+extern const struct xattr_handler *v9fs_xattr_handlers[];
+extern struct xattr_handler v9fs_xattr_user_handler;
+extern struct xattr_handler v9fs_xattr_trusted_handler;
+extern struct xattr_handler v9fs_xattr_security_handler;
+extern const struct xattr_handler v9fs_xattr_acl_access_handler;
+extern const struct xattr_handler v9fs_xattr_acl_default_handler;
+
+extern ssize_t v9fs_fid_xattr_get(struct p9_fid *, const char *,
+				  void *, size_t);
+extern ssize_t v9fs_xattr_get(struct dentry *, const char *,
+			      void *, size_t);
+extern int v9fs_fid_xattr_set(struct p9_fid *, const char *,
+			  const void *, size_t, int);
+extern int v9fs_xattr_set(struct dentry *, const char *,
+			  const void *, size_t, int);
+extern ssize_t v9fs_listxattr(struct dentry *, char *, size_t);
+#endif /* FS_9P_XATTR_H */
diff --git a/fs/9p/xattr_security.c b/fs/9p/xattr_security.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cb247a142a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/9p/xattr_security.c
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright IBM Corporation, 2010
+ * Author Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of version 2.1 of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it would be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+ *
+ */
+
+
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include "xattr.h"
+
+static int v9fs_xattr_security_get(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
+			void *buffer, size_t size, int type)
+{
+	int retval;
+	char *full_name;
+	size_t name_len;
+	size_t prefix_len = XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX_LEN;
+
+	if (name == NULL)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (strcmp(name, "") == 0)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	name_len = strlen(name);
+	full_name = kmalloc(prefix_len + name_len + 1 , GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!full_name)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	memcpy(full_name, XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX, prefix_len);
+	memcpy(full_name+prefix_len, name, name_len);
+	full_name[prefix_len + name_len] = '\0';
+
+	retval = v9fs_xattr_get(dentry, full_name, buffer, size);
+	kfree(full_name);
+	return retval;
+}
+
+static int v9fs_xattr_security_set(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
+			const void *value, size_t size, int flags, int type)
+{
+	int retval;
+	char *full_name;
+	size_t name_len;
+	size_t prefix_len = XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX_LEN;
+
+	if (name == NULL)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (strcmp(name, "") == 0)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	name_len = strlen(name);
+	full_name = kmalloc(prefix_len + name_len + 1 , GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!full_name)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	memcpy(full_name, XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX, prefix_len);
+	memcpy(full_name + prefix_len, name, name_len);
+	full_name[prefix_len + name_len] = '\0';
+
+	retval = v9fs_xattr_set(dentry, full_name, value, size, flags);
+	kfree(full_name);
+	return retval;
+}
+
+struct xattr_handler v9fs_xattr_security_handler = {
+	.prefix	= XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX,
+	.get	= v9fs_xattr_security_get,
+	.set	= v9fs_xattr_security_set,
+};
diff --git a/fs/9p/xattr_trusted.c b/fs/9p/xattr_trusted.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e30d33b8a3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/9p/xattr_trusted.c
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright IBM Corporation, 2010
+ * Author Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of version 2.1 of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it would be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+ *
+ */
+
+
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include "xattr.h"
+
+static int v9fs_xattr_trusted_get(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
+			void *buffer, size_t size, int type)
+{
+	int retval;
+	char *full_name;
+	size_t name_len;
+	size_t prefix_len = XATTR_TRUSTED_PREFIX_LEN;
+
+	if (name == NULL)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (strcmp(name, "") == 0)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	name_len = strlen(name);
+	full_name = kmalloc(prefix_len + name_len + 1 , GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!full_name)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	memcpy(full_name, XATTR_TRUSTED_PREFIX, prefix_len);
+	memcpy(full_name+prefix_len, name, name_len);
+	full_name[prefix_len + name_len] = '\0';
+
+	retval = v9fs_xattr_get(dentry, full_name, buffer, size);
+	kfree(full_name);
+	return retval;
+}
+
+static int v9fs_xattr_trusted_set(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
+			const void *value, size_t size, int flags, int type)
+{
+	int retval;
+	char *full_name;
+	size_t name_len;
+	size_t prefix_len = XATTR_TRUSTED_PREFIX_LEN;
+
+	if (name == NULL)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (strcmp(name, "") == 0)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	name_len = strlen(name);
+	full_name = kmalloc(prefix_len + name_len + 1 , GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!full_name)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	memcpy(full_name, XATTR_TRUSTED_PREFIX, prefix_len);
+	memcpy(full_name + prefix_len, name, name_len);
+	full_name[prefix_len + name_len] = '\0';
+
+	retval = v9fs_xattr_set(dentry, full_name, value, size, flags);
+	kfree(full_name);
+	return retval;
+}
+
+struct xattr_handler v9fs_xattr_trusted_handler = {
+	.prefix	= XATTR_TRUSTED_PREFIX,
+	.get	= v9fs_xattr_trusted_get,
+	.set	= v9fs_xattr_trusted_set,
+};
diff --git a/fs/9p/xattr_user.c b/fs/9p/xattr_user.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d0b701b7208
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/9p/xattr_user.c
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright IBM Corporation, 2010
+ * Author Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of version 2.1 of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it would be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+ *
+ */
+
+
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include "xattr.h"
+
+static int v9fs_xattr_user_get(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
+			void *buffer, size_t size, int type)
+{
+	int retval;
+	char *full_name;
+	size_t name_len;
+	size_t prefix_len = XATTR_USER_PREFIX_LEN;
+
+	if (name == NULL)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (strcmp(name, "") == 0)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	name_len = strlen(name);
+	full_name = kmalloc(prefix_len + name_len + 1 , GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!full_name)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	memcpy(full_name, XATTR_USER_PREFIX, prefix_len);
+	memcpy(full_name+prefix_len, name, name_len);
+	full_name[prefix_len + name_len] = '\0';
+
+	retval = v9fs_xattr_get(dentry, full_name, buffer, size);
+	kfree(full_name);
+	return retval;
+}
+
+static int v9fs_xattr_user_set(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
+			const void *value, size_t size, int flags, int type)
+{
+	int retval;
+	char *full_name;
+	size_t name_len;
+	size_t prefix_len = XATTR_USER_PREFIX_LEN;
+
+	if (name == NULL)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (strcmp(name, "") == 0)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	name_len = strlen(name);
+	full_name = kmalloc(prefix_len + name_len + 1 , GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!full_name)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	memcpy(full_name, XATTR_USER_PREFIX, prefix_len);
+	memcpy(full_name + prefix_len, name, name_len);
+	full_name[prefix_len + name_len] = '\0';
+
+	retval = v9fs_xattr_set(dentry, full_name, value, size, flags);
+	kfree(full_name);
+	return retval;
+}
+
+struct xattr_handler v9fs_xattr_user_handler = {
+	.prefix	= XATTR_USER_PREFIX,
+	.get	= v9fs_xattr_user_get,
+	.set	= v9fs_xattr_user_set,
+};