diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
index 7f647e1..0f103e3 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
@@ -138,8 +138,8 @@
 put_super:		write
 write_super:		read
 sync_fs:		read
-freeze_fs:		read
-unfreeze_fs:		read
+freeze_fs:		write
+unfreeze_fs:		write
 statfs:			maybe(read)	(see below)
 remount_fs:		write
 umount_begin:		no
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt
index 8c235b6..88152f2 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
 - nr_open
 - overflowuid
 - overflowgid
+- protected_hardlinks
+- protected_symlinks
 - suid_dumpable
 - super-max
 - super-nr
@@ -157,6 +159,46 @@
 
 ==============================================================
 
+protected_hardlinks:
+
+A long-standing class of security issues is the hardlink-based
+time-of-check-time-of-use race, most commonly seen in world-writable
+directories like /tmp. The common method of exploitation of this flaw
+is to cross privilege boundaries when following a given hardlink (i.e. a
+root process follows a hardlink created by another user). Additionally,
+on systems without separated partitions, this stops unauthorized users
+from "pinning" vulnerable setuid/setgid files against being upgraded by
+the administrator, or linking to special files.
+
+When set to "0", hardlink creation behavior is unrestricted.
+
+When set to "1" hardlinks cannot be created by users if they do not
+already own the source file, or do not have read/write access to it.
+
+This protection is based on the restrictions in Openwall and grsecurity.
+
+==============================================================
+
+protected_symlinks:
+
+A long-standing class of security issues is the symlink-based
+time-of-check-time-of-use race, most commonly seen in world-writable
+directories like /tmp. The common method of exploitation of this flaw
+is to cross privilege boundaries when following a given symlink (i.e. a
+root process follows a symlink belonging to another user). For a likely
+incomplete list of hundreds of examples across the years, please see:
+http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvekey.cgi?keyword=/tmp
+
+When set to "0", symlink following behavior is unrestricted.
+
+When set to "1" symlinks are permitted to be followed only when outside
+a sticky world-writable directory, or when the uid of the symlink and
+follower match, or when the directory owner matches the symlink's owner.
+
+This protection is based on the restrictions in Openwall and grsecurity.
+
+==============================================================
+
 suid_dumpable:
 
 This value can be used to query and set the core dump mode for setuid
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/inode.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/inode.c
index d544d78..dba1ce23 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/inode.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/inode.c
@@ -186,10 +186,13 @@
 static int spufs_rmdir(struct inode *parent, struct dentry *dir)
 {
 	/* remove all entries */
+	int res;
 	spufs_prune_dir(dir);
 	d_drop(dir);
-
-	return simple_rmdir(parent, dir);
+	res = simple_rmdir(parent, dir);
+	/* We have to give up the mm_struct */
+	spu_forget(SPUFS_I(dir->d_inode)->i_ctx);
+	return res;
 }
 
 static int spufs_fill_dir(struct dentry *dir,
@@ -245,9 +248,6 @@
 	mutex_unlock(&parent->i_mutex);
 	WARN_ON(ret);
 
-	/* We have to give up the mm_struct */
-	spu_forget(ctx);
-
 	return dcache_dir_close(inode, file);
 }
 
@@ -450,28 +450,24 @@
 	struct spu_context *neighbor;
 	struct path path = {.mnt = mnt, .dentry = dentry};
 
-	ret = -EPERM;
 	if ((flags & SPU_CREATE_NOSCHED) &&
 	    !capable(CAP_SYS_NICE))
-		goto out_unlock;
+		return -EPERM;
 
-	ret = -EINVAL;
 	if ((flags & (SPU_CREATE_NOSCHED | SPU_CREATE_ISOLATE))
 	    == SPU_CREATE_ISOLATE)
-		goto out_unlock;
+		return -EINVAL;
 
-	ret = -ENODEV;
 	if ((flags & SPU_CREATE_ISOLATE) && !isolated_loader)
-		goto out_unlock;
+		return -ENODEV;
 
 	gang = NULL;
 	neighbor = NULL;
 	affinity = flags & (SPU_CREATE_AFFINITY_MEM | SPU_CREATE_AFFINITY_SPU);
 	if (affinity) {
 		gang = SPUFS_I(inode)->i_gang;
-		ret = -EINVAL;
 		if (!gang)
-			goto out_unlock;
+			return -EINVAL;
 		mutex_lock(&gang->aff_mutex);
 		neighbor = spufs_assert_affinity(flags, gang, aff_filp);
 		if (IS_ERR(neighbor)) {
@@ -492,22 +488,12 @@
 	}
 
 	ret = spufs_context_open(&path);
-	if (ret < 0) {
+	if (ret < 0)
 		WARN_ON(spufs_rmdir(inode, dentry));
-		if (affinity)
-			mutex_unlock(&gang->aff_mutex);
-		mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
-		spu_forget(SPUFS_I(dentry->d_inode)->i_ctx);
-		goto out;
-	}
 
 out_aff_unlock:
 	if (affinity)
 		mutex_unlock(&gang->aff_mutex);
-out_unlock:
-	mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
-out:
-	dput(dentry);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -580,18 +566,13 @@
 	int ret;
 
 	ret = spufs_mkgang(inode, dentry, mode & S_IRWXUGO);
-	if (ret)
-		goto out;
-
-	ret = spufs_gang_open(&path);
-	if (ret < 0) {
-		int err = simple_rmdir(inode, dentry);
-		WARN_ON(err);
+	if (!ret) {
+		ret = spufs_gang_open(&path);
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			int err = simple_rmdir(inode, dentry);
+			WARN_ON(err);
+		}
 	}
-
-out:
-	mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
-	dput(dentry);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -601,40 +582,32 @@
 long spufs_create(struct path *path, struct dentry *dentry,
 		unsigned int flags, umode_t mode, struct file *filp)
 {
+	struct inode *dir = path->dentry->d_inode;
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = -EINVAL;
 	/* check if we are on spufs */
 	if (path->dentry->d_sb->s_type != &spufs_type)
-		goto out;
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	/* don't accept undefined flags */
 	if (flags & (~SPU_CREATE_FLAG_ALL))
-		goto out;
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	/* only threads can be underneath a gang */
-	if (path->dentry != path->dentry->d_sb->s_root) {
-		if ((flags & SPU_CREATE_GANG) ||
-		    !SPUFS_I(path->dentry->d_inode)->i_gang)
-			goto out;
-	}
+	if (path->dentry != path->dentry->d_sb->s_root)
+		if ((flags & SPU_CREATE_GANG) || !SPUFS_I(dir)->i_gang)
+			return -EINVAL;
 
 	mode &= ~current_umask();
 
 	if (flags & SPU_CREATE_GANG)
-		ret = spufs_create_gang(path->dentry->d_inode,
-					 dentry, path->mnt, mode);
+		ret = spufs_create_gang(dir, dentry, path->mnt, mode);
 	else
-		ret = spufs_create_context(path->dentry->d_inode,
-					    dentry, path->mnt, flags, mode,
+		ret = spufs_create_context(dir, dentry, path->mnt, flags, mode,
 					    filp);
 	if (ret >= 0)
-		fsnotify_mkdir(path->dentry->d_inode, dentry);
-	return ret;
+		fsnotify_mkdir(dir, dentry);
 
-out:
-	mutex_unlock(&path->dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
-	dput(dentry);
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/syscalls.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/syscalls.c
index 5665dcc..5b7d8ff 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/syscalls.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/syscalls.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
 	ret = PTR_ERR(dentry);
 	if (!IS_ERR(dentry)) {
 		ret = spufs_create(&path, dentry, flags, mode, neighbor);
-		path_put(&path);
+		done_path_create(&path, dentry);
 	}
 
 	return ret;
diff --git a/drivers/base/devtmpfs.c b/drivers/base/devtmpfs.c
index d91a3a0..deb4a45 100644
--- a/drivers/base/devtmpfs.c
+++ b/drivers/base/devtmpfs.c
@@ -156,9 +156,7 @@
 	if (!err)
 		/* mark as kernel-created inode */
 		dentry->d_inode->i_private = &thread;
-	dput(dentry);
-	mutex_unlock(&path.dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
-	path_put(&path);
+	done_path_create(&path, dentry);
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -218,10 +216,7 @@
 		/* mark as kernel-created inode */
 		dentry->d_inode->i_private = &thread;
 	}
-	dput(dentry);
-
-	mutex_unlock(&path.dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
-	path_put(&path);
+	done_path_create(&path, dentry);
 	return err;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd_linux.c b/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd_linux.c
index 57bf1d7..9ab2452 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd_linux.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd_linux.c
@@ -1188,7 +1188,7 @@
 	kfree(buf);
 	/* close file before return */
 	if (fp)
-		filp_close(fp, current->files);
+		filp_close(fp, NULL);
 	/* restore previous address limit */
 	set_fs(old_fs);
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/bcm/Misc.c b/drivers/staging/bcm/Misc.c
index 9a60d4c..f545716 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/bcm/Misc.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/bcm/Misc.c
@@ -157,12 +157,7 @@
 
 static struct file *open_firmware_file(struct bcm_mini_adapter *Adapter, const char *path)
 {
-	struct file *flp = NULL;
-	mm_segment_t oldfs;
-	oldfs = get_fs();
-	set_fs(get_ds());
-	flp = filp_open(path, O_RDONLY, S_IRWXU);
-	set_fs(oldfs);
+	struct file *flp = filp_open(path, O_RDONLY, S_IRWXU);
 	if (IS_ERR(flp)) {
 		pr_err(DRV_NAME "Unable To Open File %s, err %ld", path, PTR_ERR(flp));
 		flp = NULL;
@@ -183,14 +178,12 @@
 {
 	int errorno = 0;
 	struct file *flp = NULL;
-	mm_segment_t oldfs;
 	struct timeval tv = {0};
 
 	flp = open_firmware_file(Adapter, path);
 	if (!flp) {
-		errorno = -ENOENT;
 		BCM_DEBUG_PRINT(Adapter, DBG_TYPE_INITEXIT, MP_INIT, DBG_LVL_ALL, "Unable to Open %s\n", path);
-		goto exit_download;
+		return -ENOENT;
 	}
 	BCM_DEBUG_PRINT(Adapter, DBG_TYPE_INITEXIT, MP_INIT, DBG_LVL_ALL, "Opened file is = %s and length =0x%lx to be downloaded at =0x%x", path, (unsigned long)flp->f_dentry->d_inode->i_size, loc);
 	do_gettimeofday(&tv);
@@ -201,10 +194,7 @@
 		errorno = -EIO;
 		goto exit_download;
 	}
-	oldfs = get_fs();
-	set_fs(get_ds());
 	vfs_llseek(flp, 0, 0);
-	set_fs(oldfs);
 	if (Adapter->bcm_file_readback_from_chip(Adapter->pvInterfaceAdapter, flp, loc)) {
 		BCM_DEBUG_PRINT(Adapter, DBG_TYPE_INITEXIT, MP_INIT, DBG_LVL_ALL, "Failed to read back firmware!");
 		errorno = -EIO;
@@ -212,12 +202,7 @@
 	}
 
 exit_download:
-	oldfs = get_fs();
-	set_fs(get_ds());
-	if (flp && !(IS_ERR(flp)))
-		filp_close(flp, current->files);
-	set_fs(oldfs);
-
+	filp_close(flp, NULL);
 	return errorno;
 }
 
@@ -1056,10 +1041,8 @@
 static int bcm_parse_target_params(struct bcm_mini_adapter *Adapter)
 {
 	struct file *flp = NULL;
-	mm_segment_t oldfs = {0};
 	char *buff;
 	int len = 0;
-	loff_t pos = 0;
 
 	buff = kmalloc(BUFFER_1K, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!buff)
@@ -1079,20 +1062,16 @@
 		Adapter->pstargetparams = NULL;
 		return -ENOENT;
 	}
-	oldfs = get_fs();
-	set_fs(get_ds());
-	len = vfs_read(flp, (void __user __force *)buff, BUFFER_1K, &pos);
-	set_fs(oldfs);
+	len = kernel_read(flp, 0, buff, BUFFER_1K);
+	filp_close(flp, NULL);
 
 	if (len != sizeof(STARGETPARAMS)) {
 		BCM_DEBUG_PRINT(Adapter, DBG_TYPE_INITEXIT, MP_INIT, DBG_LVL_ALL, "Mismatch in Target Param Structure!\n");
 		kfree(buff);
 		kfree(Adapter->pstargetparams);
 		Adapter->pstargetparams = NULL;
-		filp_close(flp, current->files);
 		return -ENOENT;
 	}
-	filp_close(flp, current->files);
 
 	/* Check for autolink in config params */
 	/*
diff --git a/drivers/staging/gdm72xx/sdio_boot.c b/drivers/staging/gdm72xx/sdio_boot.c
index 760efee..65624bc 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/gdm72xx/sdio_boot.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/gdm72xx/sdio_boot.c
@@ -66,9 +66,8 @@
 		return -ENOENT;
 	}
 
-	if (filp->f_dentry)
-		inode = filp->f_dentry->d_inode;
-	if (!inode || !S_ISREG(inode->i_mode)) {
+	inode = filp->f_dentry->d_inode;
+	if (!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode)) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "Invalid file type: %s\n", img_name);
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 		goto out;
@@ -123,7 +122,7 @@
 		pno++;
 	}
 out:
-	filp_close(filp, current->files);
+	filp_close(filp, NULL);
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/gdm72xx/usb_boot.c b/drivers/staging/gdm72xx/usb_boot.c
index fef290c..e3dbd5a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/gdm72xx/usb_boot.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/gdm72xx/usb_boot.c
@@ -173,14 +173,12 @@
 	filp = filp_open(img_name, O_RDONLY | O_LARGEFILE, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(filp)) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "Can't find %s.\n", img_name);
-		set_fs(fs);
 		ret = PTR_ERR(filp);
 		goto restore_fs;
 	}
 
-	if (filp->f_dentry)
-		inode = filp->f_dentry->d_inode;
-	if (!inode || !S_ISREG(inode->i_mode)) {
+	inode = filp->f_dentry->d_inode;
+	if (!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode)) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "Invalid file type: %s\n", img_name);
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 		goto out;
@@ -262,7 +260,7 @@
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 	}
 out:
-	filp_close(filp, current->files);
+	filp_close(filp, NULL);
 
 restore_fs:
 	set_fs(fs);
@@ -322,13 +320,11 @@
 		goto restore_fs;
 	}
 
-	if (filp->f_dentry) {
-		inode = filp->f_dentry->d_inode;
-		if (!inode || !S_ISREG(inode->i_mode)) {
-			printk(KERN_ERR "Invalid file type: %s\n", path);
-			ret = -EINVAL;
-			goto out;
-		}
+	inode = filp->f_dentry->d_inode;
+	if (!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode)) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "Invalid file type: %s\n", path);
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto out;
 	}
 
 	buf = kmalloc(DOWNLOAD_CHUCK + pad_size, GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -364,7 +360,7 @@
 		goto out;
 
 out:
-	filp_close(filp, current->files);
+	filp_close(filp, NULL);
 
 restore_fs:
 	set_fs(fs);
diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_file.c b/drivers/target/target_core_file.c
index 9e21005..cbb5aaf 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_file.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_file.c
@@ -109,46 +109,29 @@
 	struct se_subsystem_dev *se_dev,
 	void *p)
 {
-	char *dev_p = NULL;
 	struct se_device *dev;
 	struct se_dev_limits dev_limits;
 	struct queue_limits *limits;
 	struct fd_dev *fd_dev = p;
 	struct fd_host *fd_host = hba->hba_ptr;
-	mm_segment_t old_fs;
 	struct file *file;
 	struct inode *inode = NULL;
 	int dev_flags = 0, flags, ret = -EINVAL;
 
 	memset(&dev_limits, 0, sizeof(struct se_dev_limits));
 
-	old_fs = get_fs();
-	set_fs(get_ds());
-	dev_p = getname(fd_dev->fd_dev_name);
-	set_fs(old_fs);
-
-	if (IS_ERR(dev_p)) {
-		pr_err("getname(%s) failed: %lu\n",
-			fd_dev->fd_dev_name, IS_ERR(dev_p));
-		ret = PTR_ERR(dev_p);
-		goto fail;
-	}
 	/*
 	 * Use O_DSYNC by default instead of O_SYNC to forgo syncing
 	 * of pure timestamp updates.
 	 */
 	flags = O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_LARGEFILE | O_DSYNC;
 
-	file = filp_open(dev_p, flags, 0600);
+	file = filp_open(fd_dev->fd_dev_name, flags, 0600);
 	if (IS_ERR(file)) {
-		pr_err("filp_open(%s) failed\n", dev_p);
+		pr_err("filp_open(%s) failed\n", fd_dev->fd_dev_name);
 		ret = PTR_ERR(file);
 		goto fail;
 	}
-	if (!file || !file->f_dentry) {
-		pr_err("filp_open(%s) failed\n", dev_p);
-		goto fail;
-	}
 	fd_dev->fd_file = file;
 	/*
 	 * If using a block backend with this struct file, we extract
@@ -212,14 +195,12 @@
 		" %llu total bytes\n", fd_host->fd_host_id, fd_dev->fd_dev_id,
 			fd_dev->fd_dev_name, fd_dev->fd_dev_size);
 
-	putname(dev_p);
 	return dev;
 fail:
 	if (fd_dev->fd_file) {
 		filp_close(fd_dev->fd_file, NULL);
 		fd_dev->fd_file = NULL;
 	}
-	putname(dev_p);
 	return ERR_PTR(ret);
 }
 
@@ -452,14 +433,11 @@
 		token = match_token(ptr, tokens, args);
 		switch (token) {
 		case Opt_fd_dev_name:
-			arg_p = match_strdup(&args[0]);
-			if (!arg_p) {
-				ret = -ENOMEM;
+			if (match_strlcpy(fd_dev->fd_dev_name, &args[0],
+				FD_MAX_DEV_NAME) == 0) {
+				ret = -EINVAL;
 				break;
 			}
-			snprintf(fd_dev->fd_dev_name, FD_MAX_DEV_NAME,
-					"%s", arg_p);
-			kfree(arg_p);
 			pr_debug("FILEIO: Referencing Path: %s\n",
 					fd_dev->fd_dev_name);
 			fd_dev->fbd_flags |= FBDF_HAS_PATH;
diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/storage_common.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/storage_common.c
index ae8b188..8d9bcd8 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/storage_common.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/storage_common.c
@@ -656,9 +656,8 @@
 	if (!(filp->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE))
 		ro = 1;
 
-	if (filp->f_path.dentry)
-		inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
-	if (!inode || (!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) && !S_ISBLK(inode->i_mode))) {
+	inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	if ((!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) && !S_ISBLK(inode->i_mode))) {
 		LINFO(curlun, "invalid file type: %s\n", filename);
 		goto out;
 	}
@@ -667,7 +666,7 @@
 	 * If we can't read the file, it's no good.
 	 * If we can't write the file, use it read-only.
 	 */
-	if (!filp->f_op || !(filp->f_op->read || filp->f_op->aio_read)) {
+	if (!(filp->f_op->read || filp->f_op->aio_read)) {
 		LINFO(curlun, "file not readable: %s\n", filename);
 		goto out;
 	}
@@ -712,7 +711,6 @@
 	if (fsg_lun_is_open(curlun))
 		fsg_lun_close(curlun);
 
-	get_file(filp);
 	curlun->blksize = blksize;
 	curlun->blkbits = blkbits;
 	curlun->ro = ro;
@@ -720,10 +718,10 @@
 	curlun->file_length = size;
 	curlun->num_sectors = num_sectors;
 	LDBG(curlun, "open backing file: %s\n", filename);
-	rc = 0;
+	return 0;
 
 out:
-	filp_close(filp, current->files);
+	fput(filp);
 	return rc;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/u_uac1.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/u_uac1.c
index af98989..e0c5e88 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/u_uac1.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/u_uac1.c
@@ -275,17 +275,17 @@
 	/* Close control device */
 	snd = &gau->control;
 	if (snd->filp)
-		filp_close(snd->filp, current->files);
+		filp_close(snd->filp, NULL);
 
 	/* Close PCM playback device and setup substream */
 	snd = &gau->playback;
 	if (snd->filp)
-		filp_close(snd->filp, current->files);
+		filp_close(snd->filp, NULL);
 
 	/* Close PCM capture device and setup substream */
 	snd = &gau->capture;
 	if (snd->filp)
-		filp_close(snd->filp, current->files);
+		filp_close(snd->filp, NULL);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/video/fb_defio.c b/drivers/video/fb_defio.c
index 1ddeb11..64cda56 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fb_defio.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fb_defio.c
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@
 	deferred framebuffer IO. then if userspace touches a page
 	again, we repeat the same scheme */
 
+	file_update_time(vma->vm_file);
+
 	/* protect against the workqueue changing the page list */
 	mutex_lock(&fbdefio->lock);
 
diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_file.c b/fs/9p/vfs_file.c
index fc06fd2..dd6f7ee 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_file.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_file.c
@@ -610,6 +610,9 @@
 	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);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index fadeba6..62e0caf 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -1614,8 +1614,6 @@
 	struct btrfs_root *root = arg;
 
 	do {
-		vfs_check_frozen(root->fs_info->sb, SB_FREEZE_WRITE);
-
 		if (!(root->fs_info->sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY) &&
 		    mutex_trylock(&root->fs_info->cleaner_mutex)) {
 			btrfs_run_delayed_iputs(root);
@@ -1647,7 +1645,6 @@
 	do {
 		cannot_commit = false;
 		delay = HZ * 30;
-		vfs_check_frozen(root->fs_info->sb, SB_FREEZE_WRITE);
 		mutex_lock(&root->fs_info->transaction_kthread_mutex);
 
 		spin_lock(&root->fs_info->trans_lock);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/file.c b/fs/btrfs/file.c
index 9aa01ec..5caf285 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/file.c
@@ -1379,7 +1379,7 @@
 	ssize_t err = 0;
 	size_t count, ocount;
 
-	vfs_check_frozen(inode->i_sb, SB_FREEZE_WRITE);
+	sb_start_write(inode->i_sb);
 
 	mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
 
@@ -1469,6 +1469,7 @@
 			num_written = err;
 	}
 out:
+	sb_end_write(inode->i_sb);
 	current->backing_dev_info = NULL;
 	return num_written ? num_written : err;
 }
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 48bdfd2..83baec2 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -6629,6 +6629,7 @@
 	u64 page_start;
 	u64 page_end;
 
+	sb_start_pagefault(inode->i_sb);
 	ret  = btrfs_delalloc_reserve_space(inode, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE);
 	if (!ret) {
 		ret = file_update_time(vma->vm_file);
@@ -6718,12 +6719,15 @@
 	unlock_extent_cached(io_tree, page_start, page_end, &cached_state, GFP_NOFS);
 
 out_unlock:
-	if (!ret)
+	if (!ret) {
+		sb_end_pagefault(inode->i_sb);
 		return VM_FAULT_LOCKED;
+	}
 	unlock_page(page);
 out:
 	btrfs_delalloc_release_space(inode, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE);
 out_noreserve:
+	sb_end_pagefault(inode->i_sb);
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
index 43f0012..bc2f6ff 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
@@ -195,6 +195,10 @@
 	if (!inode_owner_or_capable(inode))
 		return -EACCES;
 
+	ret = mnt_want_write_file(file);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
 	mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
 
 	ip_oldflags = ip->flags;
@@ -209,10 +213,6 @@
 		}
 	}
 
-	ret = mnt_want_write_file(file);
-	if (ret)
-		goto out_unlock;
-
 	if (flags & FS_SYNC_FL)
 		ip->flags |= BTRFS_INODE_SYNC;
 	else
@@ -275,9 +275,9 @@
 		inode->i_flags = i_oldflags;
 	}
 
-	mnt_drop_write_file(file);
  out_unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
+	mnt_drop_write_file(file);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -664,6 +664,10 @@
 	struct dentry *dentry;
 	int error;
 
+	error = mnt_want_write(parent->mnt);
+	if (error)
+		return error;
+
 	mutex_lock_nested(&dir->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
 
 	dentry = lookup_one_len(name, parent->dentry, namelen);
@@ -699,6 +703,7 @@
 	dput(dentry);
 out_unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&dir->i_mutex);
+	mnt_drop_write(parent->mnt);
 	return error;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
index 7ac7cdc..17be3de 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
@@ -335,6 +335,8 @@
 	if (!h)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
+	sb_start_intwrite(root->fs_info->sb);
+
 	if (may_wait_transaction(root, type))
 		wait_current_trans(root);
 
@@ -345,6 +347,7 @@
 	} while (ret == -EBUSY);
 
 	if (ret < 0) {
+		sb_end_intwrite(root->fs_info->sb);
 		kmem_cache_free(btrfs_trans_handle_cachep, h);
 		return ERR_PTR(ret);
 	}
@@ -548,6 +551,8 @@
 	btrfs_trans_release_metadata(trans, root);
 	trans->block_rsv = NULL;
 
+	sb_end_intwrite(root->fs_info->sb);
+
 	if (lock && !atomic_read(&root->fs_info->open_ioctl_trans) &&
 	    should_end_transaction(trans, root)) {
 		trans->transaction->blocked = 1;
@@ -1578,6 +1583,8 @@
 	put_transaction(cur_trans);
 	put_transaction(cur_trans);
 
+	sb_end_intwrite(root->fs_info->sb);
+
 	trace_btrfs_transaction_commit(root);
 
 	btrfs_scrub_continue(root);
diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index c7062c8..9f6d2e4 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -2306,8 +2306,8 @@
  * beyond EOF, then the page is guaranteed safe against truncation until we
  * unlock the page.
  *
- * Direct callers of this function should call vfs_check_frozen() so that page
- * fault does not busyloop until the fs is thawed.
+ * Direct callers of this function should protect against filesystem freezing
+ * using sb_start_write() - sb_end_write() functions.
  */
 int __block_page_mkwrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf,
 			 get_block_t get_block)
@@ -2318,6 +2318,12 @@
 	loff_t size;
 	int ret;
 
+	/*
+	 * Update file times before taking page lock. We may end up failing the
+	 * fault so this update may be superfluous but who really cares...
+	 */
+	file_update_time(vma->vm_file);
+
 	lock_page(page);
 	size = i_size_read(inode);
 	if ((page->mapping != inode->i_mapping) ||
@@ -2339,18 +2345,7 @@
 
 	if (unlikely(ret < 0))
 		goto out_unlock;
-	/*
-	 * Freezing in progress? We check after the page is marked dirty and
-	 * with page lock held so if the test here fails, we are sure freezing
-	 * code will wait during syncing until the page fault is done - at that
-	 * point page will be dirty and unlocked so freezing code will write it
-	 * and writeprotect it again.
-	 */
 	set_page_dirty(page);
-	if (inode->i_sb->s_frozen != SB_UNFROZEN) {
-		ret = -EAGAIN;
-		goto out_unlock;
-	}
 	wait_on_page_writeback(page);
 	return 0;
 out_unlock:
@@ -2365,12 +2360,9 @@
 	int ret;
 	struct super_block *sb = vma->vm_file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_sb;
 
-	/*
-	 * This check is racy but catches the common case. The check in
-	 * __block_page_mkwrite() is reliable.
-	 */
-	vfs_check_frozen(sb, SB_FREEZE_WRITE);
+	sb_start_pagefault(sb);
 	ret = __block_page_mkwrite(vma, vmf, get_block);
+	sb_end_pagefault(sb);
 	return block_page_mkwrite_return(ret);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(block_page_mkwrite);
diff --git a/fs/ceph/addr.c b/fs/ceph/addr.c
index 8b67304..452e71a 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/addr.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/addr.c
@@ -1184,6 +1184,9 @@
 	loff_t size, len;
 	int ret;
 
+	/* Update time before taking page lock */
+	file_update_time(vma->vm_file);
+
 	size = i_size_read(inode);
 	if (off + PAGE_CACHE_SIZE <= size)
 		len = PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
index ffa2be5..c3ca12c 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
@@ -318,21 +318,20 @@
 	struct vfsmount *lower_mnt;
 	int rc = 0;
 
-	lower_mnt = mntget(ecryptfs_dentry_to_lower_mnt(dentry->d_parent));
-	fsstack_copy_attr_atime(dir_inode, lower_dentry->d_parent->d_inode);
-	BUG_ON(!lower_dentry->d_count);
-
 	dentry_info = kmem_cache_alloc(ecryptfs_dentry_info_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
-	ecryptfs_set_dentry_private(dentry, dentry_info);
 	if (!dentry_info) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Out of memory whilst attempting "
 		       "to allocate ecryptfs_dentry_info struct\n",
 			__func__);
 		dput(lower_dentry);
-		mntput(lower_mnt);
-		d_drop(dentry);
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
+
+	lower_mnt = mntget(ecryptfs_dentry_to_lower_mnt(dentry->d_parent));
+	fsstack_copy_attr_atime(dir_inode, lower_dentry->d_parent->d_inode);
+	BUG_ON(!lower_dentry->d_count);
+
+	ecryptfs_set_dentry_private(dentry, dentry_info);
 	ecryptfs_set_dentry_lower(dentry, lower_dentry);
 	ecryptfs_set_dentry_lower_mnt(dentry, lower_mnt);
 
@@ -381,12 +380,6 @@
 	struct dentry *lower_dir_dentry, *lower_dentry;
 	int rc = 0;
 
-	if ((ecryptfs_dentry->d_name.len == 1
-	     && !strcmp(ecryptfs_dentry->d_name.name, "."))
-	    || (ecryptfs_dentry->d_name.len == 2
-		&& !strcmp(ecryptfs_dentry->d_name.name, ".."))) {
-		goto out_d_drop;
-	}
 	lower_dir_dentry = ecryptfs_dentry_to_lower(ecryptfs_dentry->d_parent);
 	mutex_lock(&lower_dir_dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
 	lower_dentry = lookup_one_len(ecryptfs_dentry->d_name.name,
@@ -397,8 +390,8 @@
 		rc = PTR_ERR(lower_dentry);
 		ecryptfs_printk(KERN_DEBUG, "%s: lookup_one_len() returned "
 				"[%d] on lower_dentry = [%s]\n", __func__, rc,
-				encrypted_and_encoded_name);
-		goto out_d_drop;
+				ecryptfs_dentry->d_name.name);
+		goto out;
 	}
 	if (lower_dentry->d_inode)
 		goto interpose;
@@ -415,7 +408,7 @@
 	if (rc) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Error attempting to encrypt and encode "
 		       "filename; rc = [%d]\n", __func__, rc);
-		goto out_d_drop;
+		goto out;
 	}
 	mutex_lock(&lower_dir_dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
 	lower_dentry = lookup_one_len(encrypted_and_encoded_name,
@@ -427,14 +420,11 @@
 		ecryptfs_printk(KERN_DEBUG, "%s: lookup_one_len() returned "
 				"[%d] on lower_dentry = [%s]\n", __func__, rc,
 				encrypted_and_encoded_name);
-		goto out_d_drop;
+		goto out;
 	}
 interpose:
 	rc = ecryptfs_lookup_interpose(ecryptfs_dentry, lower_dentry,
 				       ecryptfs_dir_inode);
-	goto out;
-out_d_drop:
-	d_drop(ecryptfs_dentry);
 out:
 	kfree(encrypted_and_encoded_name);
 	return ERR_PTR(rc);
diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index 3684353..574cf4d 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -2069,25 +2069,18 @@
  */
 static int umh_pipe_setup(struct subprocess_info *info, struct cred *new)
 {
-	struct file *rp, *wp;
+	struct file *files[2];
 	struct fdtable *fdt;
 	struct coredump_params *cp = (struct coredump_params *)info->data;
 	struct files_struct *cf = current->files;
+	int err = create_pipe_files(files, 0);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
 
-	wp = create_write_pipe(0);
-	if (IS_ERR(wp))
-		return PTR_ERR(wp);
-
-	rp = create_read_pipe(wp, 0);
-	if (IS_ERR(rp)) {
-		free_write_pipe(wp);
-		return PTR_ERR(rp);
-	}
-
-	cp->file = wp;
+	cp->file = files[1];
 
 	sys_close(0);
-	fd_install(0, rp);
+	fd_install(0, files[0]);
 	spin_lock(&cf->file_lock);
 	fdt = files_fdtable(cf);
 	__set_open_fd(0, fdt);
diff --git a/fs/ext2/inode.c b/fs/ext2/inode.c
index 264d315..6363ac6 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/inode.c
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@
 	truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
 
 	if (want_delete) {
+		sb_start_intwrite(inode->i_sb);
 		/* set dtime */
 		EXT2_I(inode)->i_dtime	= get_seconds();
 		mark_inode_dirty(inode);
@@ -98,8 +99,10 @@
 	if (unlikely(rsv))
 		kfree(rsv);
 
-	if (want_delete)
+	if (want_delete) {
 		ext2_free_inode(inode);
+		sb_end_intwrite(inode->i_sb);
+	}
 }
 
 typedef struct {
diff --git a/fs/ext2/super.c b/fs/ext2/super.c
index 9f311d2..af74d9e 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/super.c
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@
 static int ext2_remount (struct super_block * sb, int * flags, char * data);
 static int ext2_statfs (struct dentry * dentry, struct kstatfs * buf);
 static int ext2_sync_fs(struct super_block *sb, int wait);
+static int ext2_freeze(struct super_block *sb);
+static int ext2_unfreeze(struct super_block *sb);
 
 void ext2_error(struct super_block *sb, const char *function,
 		const char *fmt, ...)
@@ -305,6 +307,8 @@
 	.evict_inode	= ext2_evict_inode,
 	.put_super	= ext2_put_super,
 	.sync_fs	= ext2_sync_fs,
+	.freeze_fs	= ext2_freeze,
+	.unfreeze_fs	= ext2_unfreeze,
 	.statfs		= ext2_statfs,
 	.remount_fs	= ext2_remount,
 	.show_options	= ext2_show_options,
@@ -1200,6 +1204,35 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int ext2_freeze(struct super_block *sb)
+{
+	struct ext2_sb_info *sbi = EXT2_SB(sb);
+
+	/*
+	 * Open but unlinked files present? Keep EXT2_VALID_FS flag cleared
+	 * because we have unattached inodes and thus filesystem is not fully
+	 * consistent.
+	 */
+	if (atomic_long_read(&sb->s_remove_count)) {
+		ext2_sync_fs(sb, 1);
+		return 0;
+	}
+	/* Set EXT2_FS_VALID flag */
+	spin_lock(&sbi->s_lock);
+	sbi->s_es->s_state = cpu_to_le16(sbi->s_mount_state);
+	spin_unlock(&sbi->s_lock);
+	ext2_sync_super(sb, sbi->s_es, 1);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int ext2_unfreeze(struct super_block *sb)
+{
+	/* Just write sb to clear EXT2_VALID_FS flag */
+	ext2_write_super(sb);
+
+	return 0;
+}
 
 void ext2_write_super(struct super_block *sb)
 {
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 89b59cb..6324f74e 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -233,6 +233,11 @@
 	if (is_bad_inode(inode))
 		goto no_delete;
 
+	/*
+	 * Protect us against freezing - iput() caller didn't have to have any
+	 * protection against it
+	 */
+	sb_start_intwrite(inode->i_sb);
 	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, ext4_blocks_for_truncate(inode)+3);
 	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 		ext4_std_error(inode->i_sb, PTR_ERR(handle));
@@ -242,6 +247,7 @@
 		 * cleaned up.
 		 */
 		ext4_orphan_del(NULL, inode);
+		sb_end_intwrite(inode->i_sb);
 		goto no_delete;
 	}
 
@@ -273,6 +279,7 @@
 		stop_handle:
 			ext4_journal_stop(handle);
 			ext4_orphan_del(NULL, inode);
+			sb_end_intwrite(inode->i_sb);
 			goto no_delete;
 		}
 	}
@@ -301,6 +308,7 @@
 	else
 		ext4_free_inode(handle, inode);
 	ext4_journal_stop(handle);
+	sb_end_intwrite(inode->i_sb);
 	return;
 no_delete:
 	ext4_clear_inode(inode);	/* We must guarantee clearing of inode... */
@@ -4779,11 +4787,7 @@
 	get_block_t *get_block;
 	int retries = 0;
 
-	/*
-	 * This check is racy but catches the common case. We rely on
-	 * __block_page_mkwrite() to do a reliable check.
-	 */
-	vfs_check_frozen(inode->i_sb, SB_FREEZE_WRITE);
+	sb_start_pagefault(inode->i_sb);
 	/* Delalloc case is easy... */
 	if (test_opt(inode->i_sb, DELALLOC) &&
 	    !ext4_should_journal_data(inode) &&
@@ -4851,5 +4855,6 @@
 out_ret:
 	ret = block_page_mkwrite_return(ret);
 out:
+	sb_end_pagefault(inode->i_sb);
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/fs/ext4/mmp.c b/fs/ext4/mmp.c
index f99a131..fe7c63f 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mmp.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mmp.c
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@
 {
 	struct mmp_struct *mmp = (struct mmp_struct *)(bh->b_data);
 
+	/*
+	 * We protect against freezing so that we don't create dirty buffers
+	 * on frozen filesystem.
+	 */
+	sb_start_write(sb);
 	ext4_mmp_csum_set(sb, mmp);
 	mark_buffer_dirty(bh);
 	lock_buffer(bh);
@@ -51,6 +56,7 @@
 	get_bh(bh);
 	submit_bh(WRITE_SYNC, bh);
 	wait_on_buffer(bh);
+	sb_end_write(sb);
 	if (unlikely(!buffer_uptodate(bh)))
 		return 1;
 
diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 2d51cd9..d76ec82 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -331,33 +331,17 @@
  * journal_end calls result in the superblock being marked dirty, so
  * that sync() will call the filesystem's write_super callback if
  * appropriate.
- *
- * To avoid j_barrier hold in userspace when a user calls freeze(),
- * ext4 prevents a new handle from being started by s_frozen, which
- * is in an upper layer.
  */
 handle_t *ext4_journal_start_sb(struct super_block *sb, int nblocks)
 {
 	journal_t *journal;
-	handle_t  *handle;
 
 	trace_ext4_journal_start(sb, nblocks, _RET_IP_);
 	if (sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)
 		return ERR_PTR(-EROFS);
 
+	WARN_ON(sb->s_writers.frozen == SB_FREEZE_COMPLETE);
 	journal = EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal;
-	handle = ext4_journal_current_handle();
-
-	/*
-	 * If a handle has been started, it should be allowed to
-	 * finish, otherwise deadlock could happen between freeze
-	 * and others(e.g. truncate) due to the restart of the
-	 * journal handle if the filesystem is forzen and active
-	 * handles are not stopped.
-	 */
-	if (!handle)
-		vfs_check_frozen(sb, SB_FREEZE_TRANS);
-
 	if (!journal)
 		return ext4_get_nojournal();
 	/*
@@ -2747,6 +2731,7 @@
 	sb = elr->lr_super;
 	ngroups = EXT4_SB(sb)->s_groups_count;
 
+	sb_start_write(sb);
 	for (group = elr->lr_next_group; group < ngroups; group++) {
 		gdp = ext4_get_group_desc(sb, group, NULL);
 		if (!gdp) {
@@ -2773,6 +2758,7 @@
 		elr->lr_next_sched = jiffies + elr->lr_timeout;
 		elr->lr_next_group = group + 1;
 	}
+	sb_end_write(sb);
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -4460,10 +4446,8 @@
 		return 0;
 
 	journal = EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal;
-	if (journal) {
-		vfs_check_frozen(sb, SB_FREEZE_TRANS);
+	if (journal)
 		ret = ext4_journal_force_commit(journal);
-	}
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -4493,9 +4477,8 @@
  * gives us a chance to flush the journal completely and mark the fs clean.
  *
  * Note that only this function cannot bring a filesystem to be in a clean
- * state independently, because ext4 prevents a new handle from being started
- * by @sb->s_frozen, which stays in an upper layer.  It thus needs help from
- * the upper layer.
+ * state independently. It relies on upper layer to stop all data & metadata
+ * modifications.
  */
 static int ext4_freeze(struct super_block *sb)
 {
@@ -4522,7 +4505,7 @@
 	EXT4_CLEAR_INCOMPAT_FEATURE(sb, EXT4_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_RECOVER);
 	error = ext4_commit_super(sb, 1);
 out:
-	/* we rely on s_frozen to stop further updates */
+	/* we rely on upper layer to stop further updates */
 	jbd2_journal_unlock_updates(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal);
 	return error;
 }
diff --git a/fs/fat/file.c b/fs/fat/file.c
index a71fe37..e007b8b 100644
--- a/fs/fat/file.c
+++ b/fs/fat/file.c
@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
 
-	mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
 	err = mnt_want_write_file(file);
 	if (err)
-		goto out_unlock_inode;
+		goto out;
+	mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
 
 	/*
 	 * ATTR_VOLUME and ATTR_DIR cannot be changed; this also
@@ -73,14 +73,14 @@
 	/* The root directory has no attributes */
 	if (inode->i_ino == MSDOS_ROOT_INO && attr != ATTR_DIR) {
 		err = -EINVAL;
-		goto out_drop_write;
+		goto out_unlock_inode;
 	}
 
 	if (sbi->options.sys_immutable &&
 	    ((attr | oldattr) & ATTR_SYS) &&
 	    !capable(CAP_LINUX_IMMUTABLE)) {
 		err = -EPERM;
-		goto out_drop_write;
+		goto out_unlock_inode;
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -90,12 +90,12 @@
 	 */
 	err = security_inode_setattr(file->f_path.dentry, &ia);
 	if (err)
-		goto out_drop_write;
+		goto out_unlock_inode;
 
 	/* This MUST be done before doing anything irreversible... */
 	err = fat_setattr(file->f_path.dentry, &ia);
 	if (err)
-		goto out_drop_write;
+		goto out_unlock_inode;
 
 	fsnotify_change(file->f_path.dentry, ia.ia_valid);
 	if (sbi->options.sys_immutable) {
@@ -107,10 +107,9 @@
 
 	fat_save_attrs(inode, attr);
 	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
-out_drop_write:
-	mnt_drop_write_file(file);
 out_unlock_inode:
 	mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
+	mnt_drop_write_file(file);
 out:
 	return err;
 }
diff --git a/fs/file_table.c b/fs/file_table.c
index b3fc4d6..701985e 100644
--- a/fs/file_table.c
+++ b/fs/file_table.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 
 static struct percpu_counter nr_files __cacheline_aligned_in_smp;
 
-static inline void file_free_rcu(struct rcu_head *head)
+static void file_free_rcu(struct rcu_head *head)
 {
 	struct file *f = container_of(head, struct file, f_u.fu_rcuhead);
 
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@
 		return;
 	if (file_check_writeable(file) != 0)
 		return;
-	mnt_drop_write(mnt);
+	__mnt_drop_write(mnt);
 	file_release_write(file);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/fuse/file.c b/fs/fuse/file.c
index b321a68..93d8d6c 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/file.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/file.c
@@ -944,9 +944,8 @@
 		return err;
 
 	count = ocount;
-
+	sb_start_write(inode->i_sb);
 	mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
-	vfs_check_frozen(inode->i_sb, SB_FREEZE_WRITE);
 
 	/* We can write back this queue in page reclaim */
 	current->backing_dev_info = mapping->backing_dev_info;
@@ -1004,6 +1003,7 @@
 out:
 	current->backing_dev_info = NULL;
 	mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
+	sb_end_write(inode->i_sb);
 
 	return written ? written : err;
 }
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/file.c b/fs/gfs2/file.c
index 9aa6af1..d1d791e 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/file.c
@@ -373,11 +373,10 @@
 	loff_t size;
 	int ret;
 
-	/* Wait if fs is frozen. This is racy so we check again later on
-	 * and retry if the fs has been frozen after the page lock has
-	 * been acquired
-	 */
-	vfs_check_frozen(inode->i_sb, SB_FREEZE_WRITE);
+	sb_start_pagefault(inode->i_sb);
+
+	/* Update file times before taking page lock */
+	file_update_time(vma->vm_file);
 
 	ret = gfs2_rs_alloc(ip);
 	if (ret)
@@ -462,14 +461,9 @@
 	gfs2_holder_uninit(&gh);
 	if (ret == 0) {
 		set_page_dirty(page);
-		/* This check must be post dropping of transaction lock */
-		if (inode->i_sb->s_frozen == SB_UNFROZEN) {
-			wait_on_page_writeback(page);
-		} else {
-			ret = -EAGAIN;
-			unlock_page(page);
-		}
+		wait_on_page_writeback(page);
 	}
+	sb_end_pagefault(inode->i_sb);
 	return block_page_mkwrite_return(ret);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/trans.c b/fs/gfs2/trans.c
index ad3e2fb..adbd278 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/trans.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/trans.c
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 	if (revokes)
 		tr->tr_reserved += gfs2_struct2blk(sdp, revokes,
 						   sizeof(u64));
+	sb_start_intwrite(sdp->sd_vfs);
 	gfs2_holder_init(sdp->sd_trans_gl, LM_ST_SHARED, 0, &tr->tr_t_gh);
 
 	error = gfs2_glock_nq(&tr->tr_t_gh);
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@
 	gfs2_glock_dq(&tr->tr_t_gh);
 
 fail_holder_uninit:
+	sb_end_intwrite(sdp->sd_vfs);
 	gfs2_holder_uninit(&tr->tr_t_gh);
 	kfree(tr);
 
@@ -116,6 +118,7 @@
 			gfs2_holder_uninit(&tr->tr_t_gh);
 			kfree(tr);
 		}
+		sb_end_intwrite(sdp->sd_vfs);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -136,6 +139,7 @@
 
 	if (sdp->sd_vfs->s_flags & MS_SYNCHRONOUS)
 		gfs2_log_flush(sdp, NULL);
+	sb_end_intwrite(sdp->sd_vfs);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index 3cc5043..ac8d904 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -1542,9 +1542,11 @@
 	if (timespec_equal(&inode->i_atime, &now))
 		return;
 
-	if (mnt_want_write(mnt))
+	if (!sb_start_write_trylock(inode->i_sb))
 		return;
 
+	if (__mnt_want_write(mnt))
+		goto skip_update;
 	/*
 	 * File systems can error out when updating inodes if they need to
 	 * allocate new space to modify an inode (such is the case for
@@ -1555,7 +1557,9 @@
 	 * of the fs read only, e.g. subvolumes in Btrfs.
 	 */
 	update_time(inode, &now, S_ATIME);
-	mnt_drop_write(mnt);
+	__mnt_drop_write(mnt);
+skip_update:
+	sb_end_write(inode->i_sb);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(touch_atime);
 
@@ -1662,11 +1666,11 @@
 		return 0;
 
 	/* Finally allowed to write? Takes lock. */
-	if (mnt_want_write_file(file))
+	if (__mnt_want_write_file(file))
 		return 0;
 
 	ret = update_time(inode, &now, sync_it);
-	mnt_drop_write_file(file);
+	__mnt_drop_write_file(file);
 
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/fs/internal.h b/fs/internal.h
index a6fd56c..371bcc4 100644
--- a/fs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/internal.h
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@
 
 extern struct lglock vfsmount_lock;
 
+extern int __mnt_want_write(struct vfsmount *);
+extern int __mnt_want_write_file(struct file *);
+extern void __mnt_drop_write(struct vfsmount *);
+extern void __mnt_drop_write_file(struct file *);
 
 /*
  * fs_struct.c
diff --git a/fs/lockd/clntproc.c b/fs/lockd/clntproc.c
index 8392cb8..05d2912 100644
--- a/fs/lockd/clntproc.c
+++ b/fs/lockd/clntproc.c
@@ -156,12 +156,16 @@
 	struct nlm_rqst		*call;
 	int			status;
 
-	nlm_get_host(host);
 	call = nlm_alloc_call(host);
 	if (call == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	nlmclnt_locks_init_private(fl, host);
+	if (!fl->fl_u.nfs_fl.owner) {
+		/* lockowner allocation has failed */
+		nlmclnt_release_call(call);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
 	/* Set up the argument struct */
 	nlmclnt_setlockargs(call, fl);
 
@@ -185,9 +189,6 @@
 
 /*
  * Allocate an NLM RPC call struct
- *
- * Note: the caller must hold a reference to host. In case of failure,
- * this reference will be released.
  */
 struct nlm_rqst *nlm_alloc_call(struct nlm_host *host)
 {
@@ -199,7 +200,7 @@
 			atomic_set(&call->a_count, 1);
 			locks_init_lock(&call->a_args.lock.fl);
 			locks_init_lock(&call->a_res.lock.fl);
-			call->a_host = host;
+			call->a_host = nlm_get_host(host);
 			return call;
 		}
 		if (signalled())
@@ -207,7 +208,6 @@
 		printk("nlm_alloc_call: failed, waiting for memory\n");
 		schedule_timeout_interruptible(5*HZ);
 	}
-	nlmclnt_release_host(host);
 	return NULL;
 }
 
@@ -750,7 +750,7 @@
 	dprintk("lockd: blocking lock attempt was interrupted by a signal.\n"
 		"       Attempting to cancel lock.\n");
 
-	req = nlm_alloc_call(nlm_get_host(host));
+	req = nlm_alloc_call(host);
 	if (!req)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	req->a_flags = RPC_TASK_ASYNC;
diff --git a/fs/lockd/svc4proc.c b/fs/lockd/svc4proc.c
index 4a43d25..b147d1a 100644
--- a/fs/lockd/svc4proc.c
+++ b/fs/lockd/svc4proc.c
@@ -257,6 +257,7 @@
 		return rpc_system_err;
 
 	call = nlm_alloc_call(host);
+	nlmsvc_release_host(host);
 	if (call == NULL)
 		return rpc_system_err;
 
diff --git a/fs/lockd/svclock.c b/fs/lockd/svclock.c
index afe4488..fb1a2be 100644
--- a/fs/lockd/svclock.c
+++ b/fs/lockd/svclock.c
@@ -219,7 +219,6 @@
 	struct nlm_block	*block;
 	struct nlm_rqst		*call = NULL;
 
-	nlm_get_host(host);
 	call = nlm_alloc_call(host);
 	if (call == NULL)
 		return NULL;
diff --git a/fs/lockd/svcproc.c b/fs/lockd/svcproc.c
index de8f2ca..3009a36 100644
--- a/fs/lockd/svcproc.c
+++ b/fs/lockd/svcproc.c
@@ -297,6 +297,7 @@
 		return rpc_system_err;
 
 	call = nlm_alloc_call(host);
+	nlmsvc_release_host(host);
 	if (call == NULL)
 		return rpc_system_err;
 
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 2ccc35c..1b46439 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -650,6 +650,121 @@
 	path_put(link);
 }
 
+int sysctl_protected_symlinks __read_mostly = 1;
+int sysctl_protected_hardlinks __read_mostly = 1;
+
+/**
+ * may_follow_link - Check symlink following for unsafe situations
+ * @link: The path of the symlink
+ *
+ * In the case of the sysctl_protected_symlinks sysctl being enabled,
+ * CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE needs to be specifically ignored if the symlink is
+ * in a sticky world-writable directory. This is to protect privileged
+ * processes from failing races against path names that may change out
+ * from under them by way of other users creating malicious symlinks.
+ * It will permit symlinks to be followed only when outside a sticky
+ * world-writable directory, or when the uid of the symlink and follower
+ * match, or when the directory owner matches the symlink's owner.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 if following the symlink is allowed, -ve on error.
+ */
+static inline int may_follow_link(struct path *link, struct nameidata *nd)
+{
+	const struct inode *inode;
+	const struct inode *parent;
+
+	if (!sysctl_protected_symlinks)
+		return 0;
+
+	/* Allowed if owner and follower match. */
+	inode = link->dentry->d_inode;
+	if (current_cred()->fsuid == inode->i_uid)
+		return 0;
+
+	/* Allowed if parent directory not sticky and world-writable. */
+	parent = nd->path.dentry->d_inode;
+	if ((parent->i_mode & (S_ISVTX|S_IWOTH)) != (S_ISVTX|S_IWOTH))
+		return 0;
+
+	/* Allowed if parent directory and link owner match. */
+	if (parent->i_uid == inode->i_uid)
+		return 0;
+
+	path_put_conditional(link, nd);
+	path_put(&nd->path);
+	audit_log_link_denied("follow_link", link);
+	return -EACCES;
+}
+
+/**
+ * safe_hardlink_source - Check for safe hardlink conditions
+ * @inode: the source inode to hardlink from
+ *
+ * Return false if at least one of the following conditions:
+ *    - inode is not a regular file
+ *    - inode is setuid
+ *    - inode is setgid and group-exec
+ *    - access failure for read and write
+ *
+ * Otherwise returns true.
+ */
+static bool safe_hardlink_source(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	umode_t mode = inode->i_mode;
+
+	/* Special files should not get pinned to the filesystem. */
+	if (!S_ISREG(mode))
+		return false;
+
+	/* Setuid files should not get pinned to the filesystem. */
+	if (mode & S_ISUID)
+		return false;
+
+	/* Executable setgid files should not get pinned to the filesystem. */
+	if ((mode & (S_ISGID | S_IXGRP)) == (S_ISGID | S_IXGRP))
+		return false;
+
+	/* Hardlinking to unreadable or unwritable sources is dangerous. */
+	if (inode_permission(inode, MAY_READ | MAY_WRITE))
+		return false;
+
+	return true;
+}
+
+/**
+ * may_linkat - Check permissions for creating a hardlink
+ * @link: the source to hardlink from
+ *
+ * Block hardlink when all of:
+ *  - sysctl_protected_hardlinks enabled
+ *  - fsuid does not match inode
+ *  - hardlink source is unsafe (see safe_hardlink_source() above)
+ *  - not CAP_FOWNER
+ *
+ * Returns 0 if successful, -ve on error.
+ */
+static int may_linkat(struct path *link)
+{
+	const struct cred *cred;
+	struct inode *inode;
+
+	if (!sysctl_protected_hardlinks)
+		return 0;
+
+	cred = current_cred();
+	inode = link->dentry->d_inode;
+
+	/* Source inode owner (or CAP_FOWNER) can hardlink all they like,
+	 * otherwise, it must be a safe source.
+	 */
+	if (cred->fsuid == inode->i_uid || safe_hardlink_source(inode) ||
+	    capable(CAP_FOWNER))
+		return 0;
+
+	audit_log_link_denied("linkat", link);
+	return -EPERM;
+}
+
 static __always_inline int
 follow_link(struct path *link, struct nameidata *nd, void **p)
 {
@@ -1818,6 +1933,9 @@
 		while (err > 0) {
 			void *cookie;
 			struct path link = path;
+			err = may_follow_link(&link, nd);
+			if (unlikely(err))
+				break;
 			nd->flags |= LOOKUP_PARENT;
 			err = follow_link(&link, nd, &cookie);
 			if (err)
@@ -2277,7 +2395,7 @@
 static int atomic_open(struct nameidata *nd, struct dentry *dentry,
 			struct path *path, struct file *file,
 			const struct open_flags *op,
-			bool *want_write, bool need_lookup,
+			bool got_write, bool need_lookup,
 			int *opened)
 {
 	struct inode *dir =  nd->path.dentry->d_inode;
@@ -2300,7 +2418,7 @@
 	if ((open_flag & O_CREAT) && !IS_POSIXACL(dir))
 		mode &= ~current_umask();
 
-	if (open_flag & O_EXCL) {
+	if ((open_flag & (O_EXCL | O_CREAT)) == (O_EXCL | O_CREAT)) {
 		open_flag &= ~O_TRUNC;
 		*opened |= FILE_CREATED;
 	}
@@ -2314,12 +2432,9 @@
 	 * Another problem is returing the "right" error value (e.g. for an
 	 * O_EXCL open we want to return EEXIST not EROFS).
 	 */
-	if ((open_flag & (O_CREAT | O_TRUNC)) ||
-	    (open_flag & O_ACCMODE) != O_RDONLY) {
-		error = mnt_want_write(nd->path.mnt);
-		if (!error) {
-			*want_write = true;
-		} else if (!(open_flag & O_CREAT)) {
+	if (((open_flag & (O_CREAT | O_TRUNC)) ||
+	    (open_flag & O_ACCMODE) != O_RDONLY) && unlikely(!got_write)) {
+		if (!(open_flag & O_CREAT)) {
 			/*
 			 * No O_CREATE -> atomicity not a requirement -> fall
 			 * back to lookup + open
@@ -2327,11 +2442,11 @@
 			goto no_open;
 		} else if (open_flag & (O_EXCL | O_TRUNC)) {
 			/* Fall back and fail with the right error */
-			create_error = error;
+			create_error = -EROFS;
 			goto no_open;
 		} else {
 			/* No side effects, safe to clear O_CREAT */
-			create_error = error;
+			create_error = -EROFS;
 			open_flag &= ~O_CREAT;
 		}
 	}
@@ -2438,7 +2553,7 @@
 static int lookup_open(struct nameidata *nd, struct path *path,
 			struct file *file,
 			const struct open_flags *op,
-			bool *want_write, int *opened)
+			bool got_write, int *opened)
 {
 	struct dentry *dir = nd->path.dentry;
 	struct inode *dir_inode = dir->d_inode;
@@ -2456,7 +2571,7 @@
 		goto out_no_open;
 
 	if ((nd->flags & LOOKUP_OPEN) && dir_inode->i_op->atomic_open) {
-		return atomic_open(nd, dentry, path, file, op, want_write,
+		return atomic_open(nd, dentry, path, file, op, got_write,
 				   need_lookup, opened);
 	}
 
@@ -2480,10 +2595,10 @@
 		 * a permanent write count is taken through
 		 * the 'struct file' in finish_open().
 		 */
-		error = mnt_want_write(nd->path.mnt);
-		if (error)
+		if (!got_write) {
+			error = -EROFS;
 			goto out_dput;
-		*want_write = true;
+		}
 		*opened |= FILE_CREATED;
 		error = security_path_mknod(&nd->path, dentry, mode, 0);
 		if (error)
@@ -2513,7 +2628,7 @@
 	struct dentry *dir = nd->path.dentry;
 	int open_flag = op->open_flag;
 	bool will_truncate = (open_flag & O_TRUNC) != 0;
-	bool want_write = false;
+	bool got_write = false;
 	int acc_mode = op->acc_mode;
 	struct inode *inode;
 	bool symlink_ok = false;
@@ -2582,8 +2697,18 @@
 	}
 
 retry_lookup:
+	if (op->open_flag & (O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_WRONLY | O_RDWR)) {
+		error = mnt_want_write(nd->path.mnt);
+		if (!error)
+			got_write = true;
+		/*
+		 * do _not_ fail yet - we might not need that or fail with
+		 * a different error; let lookup_open() decide; we'll be
+		 * dropping this one anyway.
+		 */
+	}
 	mutex_lock(&dir->d_inode->i_mutex);
-	error = lookup_open(nd, path, file, op, &want_write, opened);
+	error = lookup_open(nd, path, file, op, got_write, opened);
 	mutex_unlock(&dir->d_inode->i_mutex);
 
 	if (error <= 0) {
@@ -2608,22 +2733,23 @@
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * It already exists.
+	 * create/update audit record if it already exists.
 	 */
-	audit_inode(pathname, path->dentry);
+	if (path->dentry->d_inode)
+		audit_inode(pathname, path->dentry);
 
 	/*
 	 * If atomic_open() acquired write access it is dropped now due to
 	 * possible mount and symlink following (this might be optimized away if
 	 * necessary...)
 	 */
-	if (want_write) {
+	if (got_write) {
 		mnt_drop_write(nd->path.mnt);
-		want_write = false;
+		got_write = false;
 	}
 
 	error = -EEXIST;
-	if (open_flag & O_EXCL)
+	if ((open_flag & (O_EXCL | O_CREAT)) == (O_EXCL | O_CREAT))
 		goto exit_dput;
 
 	error = follow_managed(path, nd->flags);
@@ -2684,7 +2810,7 @@
 		error = mnt_want_write(nd->path.mnt);
 		if (error)
 			goto out;
-		want_write = true;
+		got_write = true;
 	}
 finish_open_created:
 	error = may_open(&nd->path, acc_mode, open_flag);
@@ -2711,7 +2837,7 @@
 			goto exit_fput;
 	}
 out:
-	if (want_write)
+	if (got_write)
 		mnt_drop_write(nd->path.mnt);
 	path_put(&save_parent);
 	terminate_walk(nd);
@@ -2735,9 +2861,9 @@
 	nd->inode = dir->d_inode;
 	save_parent.mnt = NULL;
 	save_parent.dentry = NULL;
-	if (want_write) {
+	if (got_write) {
 		mnt_drop_write(nd->path.mnt);
-		want_write = false;
+		got_write = false;
 	}
 	retried = true;
 	goto retry_lookup;
@@ -2777,6 +2903,9 @@
 			error = -ELOOP;
 			break;
 		}
+		error = may_follow_link(&link, nd);
+		if (unlikely(error))
+			break;
 		nd->flags |= LOOKUP_PARENT;
 		nd->flags &= ~(LOOKUP_OPEN|LOOKUP_CREATE|LOOKUP_EXCL);
 		error = follow_link(&link, nd, &cookie);
@@ -2846,6 +2975,7 @@
 {
 	struct dentry *dentry = ERR_PTR(-EEXIST);
 	struct nameidata nd;
+	int err2;
 	int error = do_path_lookup(dfd, pathname, LOOKUP_PARENT, &nd);
 	if (error)
 		return ERR_PTR(error);
@@ -2859,16 +2989,19 @@
 	nd.flags &= ~LOOKUP_PARENT;
 	nd.flags |= LOOKUP_CREATE | LOOKUP_EXCL;
 
+	/* don't fail immediately if it's r/o, at least try to report other errors */
+	err2 = mnt_want_write(nd.path.mnt);
 	/*
 	 * Do the final lookup.
 	 */
 	mutex_lock_nested(&nd.path.dentry->d_inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
 	dentry = lookup_hash(&nd);
 	if (IS_ERR(dentry))
-		goto fail;
+		goto unlock;
 
+	error = -EEXIST;
 	if (dentry->d_inode)
-		goto eexist;
+		goto fail;
 	/*
 	 * Special case - lookup gave negative, but... we had foo/bar/
 	 * From the vfs_mknod() POV we just have a negative dentry -
@@ -2876,23 +3009,37 @@
 	 * been asking for (non-existent) directory. -ENOENT for you.
 	 */
 	if (unlikely(!is_dir && nd.last.name[nd.last.len])) {
-		dput(dentry);
-		dentry = ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
+		error = -ENOENT;
+		goto fail;
+	}
+	if (unlikely(err2)) {
+		error = err2;
 		goto fail;
 	}
 	*path = nd.path;
 	return dentry;
-eexist:
-	dput(dentry);
-	dentry = ERR_PTR(-EEXIST);
 fail:
+	dput(dentry);
+	dentry = ERR_PTR(error);
+unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&nd.path.dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
+	if (!err2)
+		mnt_drop_write(nd.path.mnt);
 out:
 	path_put(&nd.path);
 	return dentry;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kern_path_create);
 
+void done_path_create(struct path *path, struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	dput(dentry);
+	mutex_unlock(&path->dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
+	mnt_drop_write(path->mnt);
+	path_put(path);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(done_path_create);
+
 struct dentry *user_path_create(int dfd, const char __user *pathname, struct path *path, int is_dir)
 {
 	char *tmp = getname(pathname);
@@ -2956,8 +3103,9 @@
 	struct path path;
 	int error;
 
-	if (S_ISDIR(mode))
-		return -EPERM;
+	error = may_mknod(mode);
+	if (error)
+		return error;
 
 	dentry = user_path_create(dfd, filename, &path, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(dentry))
@@ -2965,15 +3113,9 @@
 
 	if (!IS_POSIXACL(path.dentry->d_inode))
 		mode &= ~current_umask();
-	error = may_mknod(mode);
-	if (error)
-		goto out_dput;
-	error = mnt_want_write(path.mnt);
-	if (error)
-		goto out_dput;
 	error = security_path_mknod(&path, dentry, mode, dev);
 	if (error)
-		goto out_drop_write;
+		goto out;
 	switch (mode & S_IFMT) {
 		case 0: case S_IFREG:
 			error = vfs_create(path.dentry->d_inode,dentry,mode,true);
@@ -2986,13 +3128,8 @@
 			error = vfs_mknod(path.dentry->d_inode,dentry,mode,0);
 			break;
 	}
-out_drop_write:
-	mnt_drop_write(path.mnt);
-out_dput:
-	dput(dentry);
-	mutex_unlock(&path.dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
-	path_put(&path);
-
+out:
+	done_path_create(&path, dentry);
 	return error;
 }
 
@@ -3038,19 +3175,10 @@
 
 	if (!IS_POSIXACL(path.dentry->d_inode))
 		mode &= ~current_umask();
-	error = mnt_want_write(path.mnt);
-	if (error)
-		goto out_dput;
 	error = security_path_mkdir(&path, dentry, mode);
-	if (error)
-		goto out_drop_write;
-	error = vfs_mkdir(path.dentry->d_inode, dentry, mode);
-out_drop_write:
-	mnt_drop_write(path.mnt);
-out_dput:
-	dput(dentry);
-	mutex_unlock(&path.dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
-	path_put(&path);
+	if (!error)
+		error = vfs_mkdir(path.dentry->d_inode, dentry, mode);
+	done_path_create(&path, dentry);
 	return error;
 }
 
@@ -3144,6 +3272,9 @@
 	}
 
 	nd.flags &= ~LOOKUP_PARENT;
+	error = mnt_want_write(nd.path.mnt);
+	if (error)
+		goto exit1;
 
 	mutex_lock_nested(&nd.path.dentry->d_inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
 	dentry = lookup_hash(&nd);
@@ -3154,19 +3285,15 @@
 		error = -ENOENT;
 		goto exit3;
 	}
-	error = mnt_want_write(nd.path.mnt);
-	if (error)
-		goto exit3;
 	error = security_path_rmdir(&nd.path, dentry);
 	if (error)
-		goto exit4;
+		goto exit3;
 	error = vfs_rmdir(nd.path.dentry->d_inode, dentry);
-exit4:
-	mnt_drop_write(nd.path.mnt);
 exit3:
 	dput(dentry);
 exit2:
 	mutex_unlock(&nd.path.dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
+	mnt_drop_write(nd.path.mnt);
 exit1:
 	path_put(&nd.path);
 	putname(name);
@@ -3233,6 +3360,9 @@
 		goto exit1;
 
 	nd.flags &= ~LOOKUP_PARENT;
+	error = mnt_want_write(nd.path.mnt);
+	if (error)
+		goto exit1;
 
 	mutex_lock_nested(&nd.path.dentry->d_inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
 	dentry = lookup_hash(&nd);
@@ -3245,21 +3375,17 @@
 		if (!inode)
 			goto slashes;
 		ihold(inode);
-		error = mnt_want_write(nd.path.mnt);
-		if (error)
-			goto exit2;
 		error = security_path_unlink(&nd.path, dentry);
 		if (error)
-			goto exit3;
+			goto exit2;
 		error = vfs_unlink(nd.path.dentry->d_inode, dentry);
-exit3:
-		mnt_drop_write(nd.path.mnt);
-	exit2:
+exit2:
 		dput(dentry);
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&nd.path.dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
 	if (inode)
 		iput(inode);	/* truncate the inode here */
+	mnt_drop_write(nd.path.mnt);
 exit1:
 	path_put(&nd.path);
 	putname(name);
@@ -3324,19 +3450,10 @@
 	if (IS_ERR(dentry))
 		goto out_putname;
 
-	error = mnt_want_write(path.mnt);
-	if (error)
-		goto out_dput;
 	error = security_path_symlink(&path, dentry, from);
-	if (error)
-		goto out_drop_write;
-	error = vfs_symlink(path.dentry->d_inode, dentry, from);
-out_drop_write:
-	mnt_drop_write(path.mnt);
-out_dput:
-	dput(dentry);
-	mutex_unlock(&path.dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
-	path_put(&path);
+	if (!error)
+		error = vfs_symlink(path.dentry->d_inode, dentry, from);
+	done_path_create(&path, dentry);
 out_putname:
 	putname(from);
 	return error;
@@ -3436,19 +3553,15 @@
 	error = -EXDEV;
 	if (old_path.mnt != new_path.mnt)
 		goto out_dput;
-	error = mnt_want_write(new_path.mnt);
-	if (error)
+	error = may_linkat(&old_path);
+	if (unlikely(error))
 		goto out_dput;
 	error = security_path_link(old_path.dentry, &new_path, new_dentry);
 	if (error)
-		goto out_drop_write;
+		goto out_dput;
 	error = vfs_link(old_path.dentry, new_path.dentry->d_inode, new_dentry);
-out_drop_write:
-	mnt_drop_write(new_path.mnt);
 out_dput:
-	dput(new_dentry);
-	mutex_unlock(&new_path.dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
-	path_put(&new_path);
+	done_path_create(&new_path, new_dentry);
 out:
 	path_put(&old_path);
 
@@ -3644,6 +3757,10 @@
 	if (newnd.last_type != LAST_NORM)
 		goto exit2;
 
+	error = mnt_want_write(oldnd.path.mnt);
+	if (error)
+		goto exit2;
+
 	oldnd.flags &= ~LOOKUP_PARENT;
 	newnd.flags &= ~LOOKUP_PARENT;
 	newnd.flags |= LOOKUP_RENAME_TARGET;
@@ -3679,23 +3796,19 @@
 	if (new_dentry == trap)
 		goto exit5;
 
-	error = mnt_want_write(oldnd.path.mnt);
-	if (error)
-		goto exit5;
 	error = security_path_rename(&oldnd.path, old_dentry,
 				     &newnd.path, new_dentry);
 	if (error)
-		goto exit6;
+		goto exit5;
 	error = vfs_rename(old_dir->d_inode, old_dentry,
 				   new_dir->d_inode, new_dentry);
-exit6:
-	mnt_drop_write(oldnd.path.mnt);
 exit5:
 	dput(new_dentry);
 exit4:
 	dput(old_dentry);
 exit3:
 	unlock_rename(new_dir, old_dir);
+	mnt_drop_write(oldnd.path.mnt);
 exit2:
 	path_put(&newnd.path);
 	putname(to);
diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index c53d338..4d31f73 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -283,24 +283,22 @@
 }
 
 /*
- * Most r/o checks on a fs are for operations that take
- * discrete amounts of time, like a write() or unlink().
- * We must keep track of when those operations start
- * (for permission checks) and when they end, so that
- * we can determine when writes are able to occur to
- * a filesystem.
+ * Most r/o & frozen checks on a fs are for operations that take discrete
+ * amounts of time, like a write() or unlink().  We must keep track of when
+ * those operations start (for permission checks) and when they end, so that we
+ * can determine when writes are able to occur to a filesystem.
  */
 /**
- * mnt_want_write - get write access to a mount
+ * __mnt_want_write - get write access to a mount without freeze protection
  * @m: the mount on which to take a write
  *
- * This tells the low-level filesystem that a write is
- * about to be performed to it, and makes sure that
- * writes are allowed before returning success.  When
- * the write operation is finished, mnt_drop_write()
- * must be called.  This is effectively a refcount.
+ * This tells the low-level filesystem that a write is about to be performed to
+ * it, and makes sure that writes are allowed (mnt it read-write) before
+ * returning success. This operation does not protect against filesystem being
+ * frozen. When the write operation is finished, __mnt_drop_write() must be
+ * called. This is effectively a refcount.
  */
-int mnt_want_write(struct vfsmount *m)
+int __mnt_want_write(struct vfsmount *m)
 {
 	struct mount *mnt = real_mount(m);
 	int ret = 0;
@@ -326,6 +324,27 @@
 		ret = -EROFS;
 	}
 	preempt_enable();
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/**
+ * mnt_want_write - get write access to a mount
+ * @m: the mount on which to take a write
+ *
+ * This tells the low-level filesystem that a write is about to be performed to
+ * it, and makes sure that writes are allowed (mount is read-write, filesystem
+ * is not frozen) before returning success.  When the write operation is
+ * finished, mnt_drop_write() must be called.  This is effectively a refcount.
+ */
+int mnt_want_write(struct vfsmount *m)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	sb_start_write(m->mnt_sb);
+	ret = __mnt_want_write(m);
+	if (ret)
+		sb_end_write(m->mnt_sb);
 	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mnt_want_write);
@@ -355,6 +374,23 @@
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mnt_clone_write);
 
 /**
+ * __mnt_want_write_file - get write access to a file's mount
+ * @file: the file who's mount on which to take a write
+ *
+ * This is like __mnt_want_write, but it takes a file and can
+ * do some optimisations if the file is open for write already
+ */
+int __mnt_want_write_file(struct file *file)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = file->f_dentry->d_inode;
+
+	if (!(file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE) || special_file(inode->i_mode))
+		return __mnt_want_write(file->f_path.mnt);
+	else
+		return mnt_clone_write(file->f_path.mnt);
+}
+
+/**
  * mnt_want_write_file - get write access to a file's mount
  * @file: the file who's mount on which to take a write
  *
@@ -363,30 +399,51 @@
  */
 int mnt_want_write_file(struct file *file)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_dentry->d_inode;
-	if (!(file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE) || special_file(inode->i_mode))
-		return mnt_want_write(file->f_path.mnt);
-	else
-		return mnt_clone_write(file->f_path.mnt);
+	int ret;
+
+	sb_start_write(file->f_path.mnt->mnt_sb);
+	ret = __mnt_want_write_file(file);
+	if (ret)
+		sb_end_write(file->f_path.mnt->mnt_sb);
+	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mnt_want_write_file);
 
 /**
- * mnt_drop_write - give up write access to a mount
+ * __mnt_drop_write - give up write access to a mount
  * @mnt: the mount on which to give up write access
  *
  * Tells the low-level filesystem that we are done
  * performing writes to it.  Must be matched with
- * mnt_want_write() call above.
+ * __mnt_want_write() call above.
  */
-void mnt_drop_write(struct vfsmount *mnt)
+void __mnt_drop_write(struct vfsmount *mnt)
 {
 	preempt_disable();
 	mnt_dec_writers(real_mount(mnt));
 	preempt_enable();
 }
+
+/**
+ * mnt_drop_write - give up write access to a mount
+ * @mnt: the mount on which to give up write access
+ *
+ * Tells the low-level filesystem that we are done performing writes to it and
+ * also allows filesystem to be frozen again.  Must be matched with
+ * mnt_want_write() call above.
+ */
+void mnt_drop_write(struct vfsmount *mnt)
+{
+	__mnt_drop_write(mnt);
+	sb_end_write(mnt->mnt_sb);
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mnt_drop_write);
 
+void __mnt_drop_write_file(struct file *file)
+{
+	__mnt_drop_write(file->f_path.mnt);
+}
+
 void mnt_drop_write_file(struct file *file)
 {
 	mnt_drop_write(file->f_path.mnt);
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4recover.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4recover.c
index 5ff0b7b..43295d4 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4recover.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4recover.c
@@ -154,6 +154,10 @@
 	if (status < 0)
 		return;
 
+	status = mnt_want_write_file(rec_file);
+	if (status)
+		return;
+
 	dir = rec_file->f_path.dentry;
 	/* lock the parent */
 	mutex_lock(&dir->d_inode->i_mutex);
@@ -173,11 +177,7 @@
 		 * as well be forgiving and just succeed silently.
 		 */
 		goto out_put;
-	status = mnt_want_write_file(rec_file);
-	if (status)
-		goto out_put;
 	status = vfs_mkdir(dir->d_inode, dentry, S_IRWXU);
-	mnt_drop_write_file(rec_file);
 out_put:
 	dput(dentry);
 out_unlock:
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@
 				" (err %d); please check that %s exists"
 				" and is writeable", status,
 				user_recovery_dirname);
+	mnt_drop_write_file(rec_file);
 	nfs4_reset_creds(original_cred);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c b/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c
index cc79300..032af38 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c
@@ -635,6 +635,7 @@
 		fhp->fh_post_saved = 0;
 #endif
 	}
+	fh_drop_write(fhp);
 	if (exp) {
 		exp_put(exp);
 		fhp->fh_export = NULL;
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsproc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfsproc.c
index e15dc45..aad6d45 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfsproc.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsproc.c
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@
 	struct dentry	*dchild;
 	int		type, mode;
 	__be32		nfserr;
+	int		hosterr;
 	dev_t		rdev = 0, wanted = new_decode_dev(attr->ia_size);
 
 	dprintk("nfsd: CREATE   %s %.*s\n",
@@ -214,6 +215,12 @@
 	nfserr = nfserr_exist;
 	if (isdotent(argp->name, argp->len))
 		goto done;
+	hosterr = fh_want_write(dirfhp);
+	if (hosterr) {
+		nfserr = nfserrno(hosterr);
+		goto done;
+	}
+
 	fh_lock_nested(dirfhp, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
 	dchild = lookup_one_len(argp->name, dirfhp->fh_dentry, argp->len);
 	if (IS_ERR(dchild)) {
@@ -330,7 +337,7 @@
 out_unlock:
 	/* We don't really need to unlock, as fh_put does it. */
 	fh_unlock(dirfhp);
-
+	fh_drop_write(dirfhp);
 done:
 	fh_put(dirfhp);
 	return nfsd_return_dirop(nfserr, resp);
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
index 702f64e..a9269f1 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
@@ -1284,6 +1284,10 @@
 	 * If it has, the parent directory should already be locked.
 	 */
 	if (!resfhp->fh_dentry) {
+		host_err = fh_want_write(fhp);
+		if (host_err)
+			goto out_nfserr;
+
 		/* called from nfsd_proc_mkdir, or possibly nfsd3_proc_create */
 		fh_lock_nested(fhp, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
 		dchild = lookup_one_len(fname, dentry, flen);
@@ -1327,14 +1331,11 @@
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	host_err = fh_want_write(fhp);
-	if (host_err)
-		goto out_nfserr;
-
 	/*
 	 * Get the dir op function pointer.
 	 */
 	err = 0;
+	host_err = 0;
 	switch (type) {
 	case S_IFREG:
 		host_err = vfs_create(dirp, dchild, iap->ia_mode, true);
@@ -1351,10 +1352,8 @@
 		host_err = vfs_mknod(dirp, dchild, iap->ia_mode, rdev);
 		break;
 	}
-	if (host_err < 0) {
-		fh_drop_write(fhp);
+	if (host_err < 0)
 		goto out_nfserr;
-	}
 
 	err = nfsd_create_setattr(rqstp, resfhp, iap);
 
@@ -1366,7 +1365,6 @@
 	err2 = nfserrno(commit_metadata(fhp));
 	if (err2)
 		err = err2;
-	fh_drop_write(fhp);
 	/*
 	 * Update the file handle to get the new inode info.
 	 */
@@ -1425,6 +1423,11 @@
 	err = nfserr_notdir;
 	if (!dirp->i_op->lookup)
 		goto out;
+
+	host_err = fh_want_write(fhp);
+	if (host_err)
+		goto out_nfserr;
+
 	fh_lock_nested(fhp, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
 
 	/*
@@ -1457,9 +1460,6 @@
 		v_atime = verifier[1]&0x7fffffff;
 	}
 	
-	host_err = fh_want_write(fhp);
-	if (host_err)
-		goto out_nfserr;
 	if (dchild->d_inode) {
 		err = 0;
 
@@ -1530,7 +1530,6 @@
 	if (!err)
 		err = nfserrno(commit_metadata(fhp));
 
-	fh_drop_write(fhp);
 	/*
 	 * Update the filehandle to get the new inode info.
 	 */
@@ -1541,6 +1540,7 @@
 	fh_unlock(fhp);
 	if (dchild && !IS_ERR(dchild))
 		dput(dchild);
+	fh_drop_write(fhp);
  	return err;
  
  out_nfserr:
@@ -1621,6 +1621,11 @@
 	err = fh_verify(rqstp, fhp, S_IFDIR, NFSD_MAY_CREATE);
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
+
+	host_err = fh_want_write(fhp);
+	if (host_err)
+		goto out_nfserr;
+
 	fh_lock(fhp);
 	dentry = fhp->fh_dentry;
 	dnew = lookup_one_len(fname, dentry, flen);
@@ -1628,10 +1633,6 @@
 	if (IS_ERR(dnew))
 		goto out_nfserr;
 
-	host_err = fh_want_write(fhp);
-	if (host_err)
-		goto out_nfserr;
-
 	if (unlikely(path[plen] != 0)) {
 		char *path_alloced = kmalloc(plen+1, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (path_alloced == NULL)
@@ -1691,6 +1692,12 @@
 	if (isdotent(name, len))
 		goto out;
 
+	host_err = fh_want_write(tfhp);
+	if (host_err) {
+		err = nfserrno(host_err);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	fh_lock_nested(ffhp, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
 	ddir = ffhp->fh_dentry;
 	dirp = ddir->d_inode;
@@ -1702,18 +1709,13 @@
 
 	dold = tfhp->fh_dentry;
 
-	host_err = fh_want_write(tfhp);
-	if (host_err) {
-		err = nfserrno(host_err);
-		goto out_dput;
-	}
 	err = nfserr_noent;
 	if (!dold->d_inode)
-		goto out_drop_write;
+		goto out_dput;
 	host_err = nfsd_break_lease(dold->d_inode);
 	if (host_err) {
 		err = nfserrno(host_err);
-		goto out_drop_write;
+		goto out_dput;
 	}
 	host_err = vfs_link(dold, dirp, dnew);
 	if (!host_err) {
@@ -1726,12 +1728,11 @@
 		else
 			err = nfserrno(host_err);
 	}
-out_drop_write:
-	fh_drop_write(tfhp);
 out_dput:
 	dput(dnew);
 out_unlock:
 	fh_unlock(ffhp);
+	fh_drop_write(tfhp);
 out:
 	return err;
 
@@ -1774,6 +1775,12 @@
 	if (!flen || isdotent(fname, flen) || !tlen || isdotent(tname, tlen))
 		goto out;
 
+	host_err = fh_want_write(ffhp);
+	if (host_err) {
+		err = nfserrno(host_err);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	/* cannot use fh_lock as we need deadlock protective ordering
 	 * so do it by hand */
 	trap = lock_rename(tdentry, fdentry);
@@ -1804,17 +1811,14 @@
 	host_err = -EXDEV;
 	if (ffhp->fh_export->ex_path.mnt != tfhp->fh_export->ex_path.mnt)
 		goto out_dput_new;
-	host_err = fh_want_write(ffhp);
-	if (host_err)
-		goto out_dput_new;
 
 	host_err = nfsd_break_lease(odentry->d_inode);
 	if (host_err)
-		goto out_drop_write;
+		goto out_dput_new;
 	if (ndentry->d_inode) {
 		host_err = nfsd_break_lease(ndentry->d_inode);
 		if (host_err)
-			goto out_drop_write;
+			goto out_dput_new;
 	}
 	host_err = vfs_rename(fdir, odentry, tdir, ndentry);
 	if (!host_err) {
@@ -1822,8 +1826,6 @@
 		if (!host_err)
 			host_err = commit_metadata(ffhp);
 	}
-out_drop_write:
-	fh_drop_write(ffhp);
  out_dput_new:
 	dput(ndentry);
  out_dput_old:
@@ -1839,6 +1841,7 @@
 	fill_post_wcc(tfhp);
 	unlock_rename(tdentry, fdentry);
 	ffhp->fh_locked = tfhp->fh_locked = 0;
+	fh_drop_write(ffhp);
 
 out:
 	return err;
@@ -1864,6 +1867,10 @@
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
 
+	host_err = fh_want_write(fhp);
+	if (host_err)
+		goto out_nfserr;
+
 	fh_lock_nested(fhp, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
 	dentry = fhp->fh_dentry;
 	dirp = dentry->d_inode;
@@ -1882,21 +1889,15 @@
 	if (!type)
 		type = rdentry->d_inode->i_mode & S_IFMT;
 
-	host_err = fh_want_write(fhp);
-	if (host_err)
-		goto out_put;
-
 	host_err = nfsd_break_lease(rdentry->d_inode);
 	if (host_err)
-		goto out_drop_write;
+		goto out_put;
 	if (type != S_IFDIR)
 		host_err = vfs_unlink(dirp, rdentry);
 	else
 		host_err = vfs_rmdir(dirp, rdentry);
 	if (!host_err)
 		host_err = commit_metadata(fhp);
-out_drop_write:
-	fh_drop_write(fhp);
 out_put:
 	dput(rdentry);
 
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.h b/fs/nfsd/vfs.h
index ec0611b..359594c 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.h
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.h
@@ -110,12 +110,19 @@
 
 static inline int fh_want_write(struct svc_fh *fh)
 {
-	return mnt_want_write(fh->fh_export->ex_path.mnt);
+	int ret = mnt_want_write(fh->fh_export->ex_path.mnt);
+
+	if (!ret)
+		fh->fh_want_write = 1;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static inline void fh_drop_write(struct svc_fh *fh)
 {
-	mnt_drop_write(fh->fh_export->ex_path.mnt);
+	if (fh->fh_want_write) {
+		fh->fh_want_write = 0;
+		mnt_drop_write(fh->fh_export->ex_path.mnt);
+	}
 }
 
 #endif /* LINUX_NFSD_VFS_H */
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/file.c b/fs/nilfs2/file.c
index 62cebc8..a4d56ac 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/file.c
@@ -69,16 +69,18 @@
 	struct page *page = vmf->page;
 	struct inode *inode = vma->vm_file->f_dentry->d_inode;
 	struct nilfs_transaction_info ti;
-	int ret;
+	int ret = 0;
 
 	if (unlikely(nilfs_near_disk_full(inode->i_sb->s_fs_info)))
 		return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS; /* -ENOSPC */
 
+	sb_start_pagefault(inode->i_sb);
 	lock_page(page);
 	if (page->mapping != inode->i_mapping ||
 	    page_offset(page) >= i_size_read(inode) || !PageUptodate(page)) {
 		unlock_page(page);
-		return VM_FAULT_NOPAGE; /* make the VM retry the fault */
+		ret = -EFAULT;	/* make the VM retry the fault */
+		goto out;
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -112,19 +114,21 @@
 	ret = nilfs_transaction_begin(inode->i_sb, &ti, 1);
 	/* never returns -ENOMEM, but may return -ENOSPC */
 	if (unlikely(ret))
-		return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
+		goto out;
 
-	ret = block_page_mkwrite(vma, vmf, nilfs_get_block);
-	if (ret != VM_FAULT_LOCKED) {
+	ret = __block_page_mkwrite(vma, vmf, nilfs_get_block);
+	if (ret) {
 		nilfs_transaction_abort(inode->i_sb);
-		return ret;
+		goto out;
 	}
 	nilfs_set_file_dirty(inode, 1 << (PAGE_SHIFT - inode->i_blkbits));
 	nilfs_transaction_commit(inode->i_sb);
 
  mapped:
 	wait_on_page_writeback(page);
-	return VM_FAULT_LOCKED;
+ out:
+	sb_end_pagefault(inode->i_sb);
+	return block_page_mkwrite_return(ret);
 }
 
 static const struct vm_operations_struct nilfs_file_vm_ops = {
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c b/fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c
index 0b6387c..fdb1807 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c
@@ -660,8 +660,6 @@
 		goto out_free;
 	}
 
-	vfs_check_frozen(inode->i_sb, SB_FREEZE_WRITE);
-
 	ret = nilfs_ioctl_move_blocks(inode->i_sb, &argv[0], kbufs[0]);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		printk(KERN_ERR "NILFS: GC failed during preparation: "
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/segment.c b/fs/nilfs2/segment.c
index 88e11fb..a5752a58 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/segment.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/segment.c
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@
 	if (ret > 0)
 		return 0;
 
-	vfs_check_frozen(sb, SB_FREEZE_WRITE);
+	sb_start_intwrite(sb);
 
 	nilfs = sb->s_fs_info;
 	down_read(&nilfs->ns_segctor_sem);
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@
 	current->journal_info = ti->ti_save;
 	if (ti->ti_flags & NILFS_TI_DYNAMIC_ALLOC)
 		kmem_cache_free(nilfs_transaction_cachep, ti);
+	sb_end_intwrite(sb);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -246,6 +247,7 @@
 		err = nilfs_construct_segment(sb);
 	if (ti->ti_flags & NILFS_TI_DYNAMIC_ALLOC)
 		kmem_cache_free(nilfs_transaction_cachep, ti);
+	sb_end_intwrite(sb);
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -264,6 +266,7 @@
 	current->journal_info = ti->ti_save;
 	if (ti->ti_flags & NILFS_TI_DYNAMIC_ALLOC)
 		kmem_cache_free(nilfs_transaction_cachep, ti);
+	sb_end_intwrite(sb);
 }
 
 void nilfs_relax_pressure_in_lock(struct super_block *sb)
diff --git a/fs/ntfs/file.c b/fs/ntfs/file.c
index 7389d2d..1ecf464 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/file.c
@@ -2084,7 +2084,6 @@
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 	pos = *ppos;
-	vfs_check_frozen(inode->i_sb, SB_FREEZE_WRITE);
 	/* We can write back this queue in page reclaim. */
 	current->backing_dev_info = mapping->backing_dev_info;
 	written = 0;
@@ -2119,6 +2118,7 @@
 
 	BUG_ON(iocb->ki_pos != pos);
 
+	sb_start_write(inode->i_sb);
 	mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
 	ret = ntfs_file_aio_write_nolock(iocb, iov, nr_segs, &iocb->ki_pos);
 	mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
@@ -2127,6 +2127,7 @@
 		if (err < 0)
 			ret = err;
 	}
+	sb_end_write(inode->i_sb);
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/file.c b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
index 7602783..46a1f6d 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
@@ -1971,6 +1971,7 @@
 {
 	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
 	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
+	int ret;
 
 	if ((cmd == OCFS2_IOC_RESVSP || cmd == OCFS2_IOC_RESVSP64) &&
 	    !ocfs2_writes_unwritten_extents(osb))
@@ -1985,7 +1986,12 @@
 	if (!(file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE))
 		return -EBADF;
 
-	return __ocfs2_change_file_space(file, inode, file->f_pos, cmd, sr, 0);
+	ret = mnt_want_write_file(file);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+	ret = __ocfs2_change_file_space(file, inode, file->f_pos, cmd, sr, 0);
+	mnt_drop_write_file(file);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static long ocfs2_fallocate(struct file *file, int mode, loff_t offset,
@@ -2261,7 +2267,7 @@
 	if (iocb->ki_left == 0)
 		return 0;
 
-	vfs_check_frozen(inode->i_sb, SB_FREEZE_WRITE);
+	sb_start_write(inode->i_sb);
 
 	appending = file->f_flags & O_APPEND ? 1 : 0;
 	direct_io = file->f_flags & O_DIRECT ? 1 : 0;
@@ -2436,6 +2442,7 @@
 		ocfs2_iocb_clear_sem_locked(iocb);
 
 	mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
+	sb_end_write(inode->i_sb);
 
 	if (written)
 		ret = written;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/ioctl.c b/fs/ocfs2/ioctl.c
index d96f7f8..f20edcb 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/ioctl.c
@@ -928,7 +928,12 @@
 		if (get_user(new_clusters, (int __user *)arg))
 			return -EFAULT;
 
-		return ocfs2_group_extend(inode, new_clusters);
+		status = mnt_want_write_file(filp);
+		if (status)
+			return status;
+		status = ocfs2_group_extend(inode, new_clusters);
+		mnt_drop_write_file(filp);
+		return status;
 	case OCFS2_IOC_GROUP_ADD:
 	case OCFS2_IOC_GROUP_ADD64:
 		if (!capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE))
@@ -937,7 +942,12 @@
 		if (copy_from_user(&input, (int __user *) arg, sizeof(input)))
 			return -EFAULT;
 
-		return ocfs2_group_add(inode, &input);
+		status = mnt_want_write_file(filp);
+		if (status)
+			return status;
+		status = ocfs2_group_add(inode, &input);
+		mnt_drop_write_file(filp);
+		return status;
 	case OCFS2_IOC_REFLINK:
 		if (copy_from_user(&args, argp, sizeof(args)))
 			return -EFAULT;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/journal.c b/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
index 0a42ae9..2dd36af 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
@@ -355,11 +355,14 @@
 	if (journal_current_handle())
 		return jbd2_journal_start(journal, max_buffs);
 
+	sb_start_intwrite(osb->sb);
+
 	down_read(&osb->journal->j_trans_barrier);
 
 	handle = jbd2_journal_start(journal, max_buffs);
 	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 		up_read(&osb->journal->j_trans_barrier);
+		sb_end_intwrite(osb->sb);
 
 		mlog_errno(PTR_ERR(handle));
 
@@ -388,8 +391,10 @@
 	if (ret < 0)
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 
-	if (!nested)
+	if (!nested) {
 		up_read(&journal->j_trans_barrier);
+		sb_end_intwrite(osb->sb);
+	}
 
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/mmap.c b/fs/ocfs2/mmap.c
index 9cd4108..d150372 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/mmap.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/mmap.c
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@
 	sigset_t oldset;
 	int ret;
 
+	sb_start_pagefault(inode->i_sb);
 	ocfs2_block_signals(&oldset);
 
 	/*
@@ -165,6 +166,7 @@
 
 out:
 	ocfs2_unblock_signals(&oldset);
+	sb_end_pagefault(inode->i_sb);
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c b/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c
index 9f32d7c..30a0550 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c
@@ -4466,20 +4466,11 @@
 		goto out_dput;
 	}
 
-	error = mnt_want_write(new_path.mnt);
-	if (error) {
-		mlog_errno(error);
-		goto out_dput;
-	}
-
 	error = ocfs2_vfs_reflink(old_path.dentry,
 				  new_path.dentry->d_inode,
 				  new_dentry, preserve);
-	mnt_drop_write(new_path.mnt);
 out_dput:
-	dput(new_dentry);
-	mutex_unlock(&new_path.dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
-	path_put(&new_path);
+	done_path_create(&new_path, new_dentry);
 out:
 	path_put(&old_path);
 
diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index 1e914b3..f3d96e7 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -164,11 +164,13 @@
 	if (IS_APPEND(inode))
 		goto out_putf;
 
+	sb_start_write(inode->i_sb);
 	error = locks_verify_truncate(inode, file, length);
 	if (!error)
 		error = security_path_truncate(&file->f_path);
 	if (!error)
 		error = do_truncate(dentry, length, ATTR_MTIME|ATTR_CTIME, file);
+	sb_end_write(inode->i_sb);
 out_putf:
 	fput(file);
 out:
@@ -266,7 +268,10 @@
 	if (!file->f_op->fallocate)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
-	return file->f_op->fallocate(file, mode, offset, len);
+	sb_start_write(inode->i_sb);
+	ret = file->f_op->fallocate(file, mode, offset, len);
+	sb_end_write(inode->i_sb);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 SYSCALL_DEFINE(fallocate)(int fd, int mode, loff_t offset, loff_t len)
@@ -620,7 +625,7 @@
 		/*
 		 * Balanced in __fput()
 		 */
-		error = mnt_want_write(mnt);
+		error = __mnt_want_write(mnt);
 		if (error)
 			put_write_access(inode);
 	}
@@ -654,6 +659,7 @@
 	if (unlikely(f->f_flags & O_PATH))
 		f->f_mode = FMODE_PATH;
 
+	path_get(&f->f_path);
 	inode = f->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
 	if (f->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE) {
 		error = __get_file_write_access(inode, f->f_path.mnt);
@@ -739,9 +745,7 @@
 	int error;
 	BUG_ON(*opened & FILE_OPENED); /* once it's opened, it's opened */
 
-	mntget(file->f_path.mnt);
-	file->f_path.dentry = dget(dentry);
-
+	file->f_path.dentry = dentry;
 	error = do_dentry_open(file, open, current_cred());
 	if (!error)
 		*opened |= FILE_OPENED;
@@ -784,7 +788,6 @@
 
 	f->f_flags = flags;
 	f->f_path = *path;
-	path_get(&f->f_path);
 	error = do_dentry_open(f, NULL, cred);
 	if (!error) {
 		error = open_check_o_direct(f);
diff --git a/fs/pipe.c b/fs/pipe.c
index 95cbd6b..8d85d70 100644
--- a/fs/pipe.c
+++ b/fs/pipe.c
@@ -1016,18 +1016,16 @@
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-struct file *create_write_pipe(int flags)
+int create_pipe_files(struct file **res, int flags)
 {
 	int err;
-	struct inode *inode;
+	struct inode *inode = get_pipe_inode();
 	struct file *f;
 	struct path path;
-	struct qstr name = { .name = "" };
+	static struct qstr name = { .name = "" };
 
-	err = -ENFILE;
-	inode = get_pipe_inode();
 	if (!inode)
-		goto err;
+		return -ENFILE;
 
 	err = -ENOMEM;
 	path.dentry = d_alloc_pseudo(pipe_mnt->mnt_sb, &name);
@@ -1041,62 +1039,43 @@
 	f = alloc_file(&path, FMODE_WRITE, &write_pipefifo_fops);
 	if (!f)
 		goto err_dentry;
-	f->f_mapping = inode->i_mapping;
 
 	f->f_flags = O_WRONLY | (flags & (O_NONBLOCK | O_DIRECT));
-	f->f_version = 0;
 
-	return f;
+	res[0] = alloc_file(&path, FMODE_READ, &read_pipefifo_fops);
+	if (!res[0])
+		goto err_file;
 
- err_dentry:
+	path_get(&path);
+	res[0]->f_flags = O_RDONLY | (flags & O_NONBLOCK);
+	res[1] = f;
+	return 0;
+
+err_file:
+	put_filp(f);
+err_dentry:
 	free_pipe_info(inode);
 	path_put(&path);
-	return ERR_PTR(err);
+	return err;
 
- err_inode:
+err_inode:
 	free_pipe_info(inode);
 	iput(inode);
- err:
-	return ERR_PTR(err);
-}
-
-void free_write_pipe(struct file *f)
-{
-	free_pipe_info(f->f_dentry->d_inode);
-	path_put(&f->f_path);
-	put_filp(f);
-}
-
-struct file *create_read_pipe(struct file *wrf, int flags)
-{
-	/* Grab pipe from the writer */
-	struct file *f = alloc_file(&wrf->f_path, FMODE_READ,
-				    &read_pipefifo_fops);
-	if (!f)
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENFILE);
-
-	path_get(&wrf->f_path);
-	f->f_flags = O_RDONLY | (flags & O_NONBLOCK);
-
-	return f;
+	return err;
 }
 
 int do_pipe_flags(int *fd, int flags)
 {
-	struct file *fw, *fr;
+	struct file *files[2];
 	int error;
 	int fdw, fdr;
 
 	if (flags & ~(O_CLOEXEC | O_NONBLOCK | O_DIRECT))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	fw = create_write_pipe(flags);
-	if (IS_ERR(fw))
-		return PTR_ERR(fw);
-	fr = create_read_pipe(fw, flags);
-	error = PTR_ERR(fr);
-	if (IS_ERR(fr))
-		goto err_write_pipe;
+	error = create_pipe_files(files, flags);
+	if (error)
+		return error;
 
 	error = get_unused_fd_flags(flags);
 	if (error < 0)
@@ -1109,8 +1088,8 @@
 	fdw = error;
 
 	audit_fd_pair(fdr, fdw);
-	fd_install(fdr, fr);
-	fd_install(fdw, fw);
+	fd_install(fdr, files[0]);
+	fd_install(fdw, files[1]);
 	fd[0] = fdr;
 	fd[1] = fdw;
 
@@ -1119,10 +1098,8 @@
  err_fdr:
 	put_unused_fd(fdr);
  err_read_pipe:
-	path_put(&fr->f_path);
-	put_filp(fr);
- err_write_pipe:
-	free_write_pipe(fw);
+	fput(files[0]);
+	fput(files[1]);
 	return error;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/splice.c b/fs/splice.c
index 7bf08fa..41514dd 100644
--- a/fs/splice.c
+++ b/fs/splice.c
@@ -996,6 +996,8 @@
 	};
 	ssize_t ret;
 
+	sb_start_write(inode->i_sb);
+
 	pipe_lock(pipe);
 
 	splice_from_pipe_begin(&sd);
@@ -1034,6 +1036,7 @@
 			*ppos += ret;
 		balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited_nr(mapping, nr_pages);
 	}
+	sb_end_write(inode->i_sb);
 
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/fs/super.c b/fs/super.c
index 4bf7144..b05cf47 100644
--- a/fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/super.c
@@ -33,12 +33,19 @@
 #include <linux/rculist_bl.h>
 #include <linux/cleancache.h>
 #include <linux/fsnotify.h>
+#include <linux/lockdep.h>
 #include "internal.h"
 
 
 LIST_HEAD(super_blocks);
 DEFINE_SPINLOCK(sb_lock);
 
+static char *sb_writers_name[SB_FREEZE_LEVELS] = {
+	"sb_writers",
+	"sb_pagefaults",
+	"sb_internal",
+};
+
 /*
  * One thing we have to be careful of with a per-sb shrinker is that we don't
  * drop the last active reference to the superblock from within the shrinker.
@@ -102,6 +109,35 @@
 	return total_objects;
 }
 
+static int init_sb_writers(struct super_block *s, struct file_system_type *type)
+{
+	int err;
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < SB_FREEZE_LEVELS; i++) {
+		err = percpu_counter_init(&s->s_writers.counter[i], 0);
+		if (err < 0)
+			goto err_out;
+		lockdep_init_map(&s->s_writers.lock_map[i], sb_writers_name[i],
+				 &type->s_writers_key[i], 0);
+	}
+	init_waitqueue_head(&s->s_writers.wait);
+	init_waitqueue_head(&s->s_writers.wait_unfrozen);
+	return 0;
+err_out:
+	while (--i >= 0)
+		percpu_counter_destroy(&s->s_writers.counter[i]);
+	return err;
+}
+
+static void destroy_sb_writers(struct super_block *s)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < SB_FREEZE_LEVELS; i++)
+		percpu_counter_destroy(&s->s_writers.counter[i]);
+}
+
 /**
  *	alloc_super	-	create new superblock
  *	@type:	filesystem type superblock should belong to
@@ -117,18 +153,19 @@
 
 	if (s) {
 		if (security_sb_alloc(s)) {
+			/*
+			 * We cannot call security_sb_free() without
+			 * security_sb_alloc() succeeding. So bail out manually
+			 */
 			kfree(s);
 			s = NULL;
 			goto out;
 		}
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 		s->s_files = alloc_percpu(struct list_head);
-		if (!s->s_files) {
-			security_sb_free(s);
-			kfree(s);
-			s = NULL;
-			goto out;
-		} else {
+		if (!s->s_files)
+			goto err_out;
+		else {
 			int i;
 
 			for_each_possible_cpu(i)
@@ -137,6 +174,8 @@
 #else
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&s->s_files);
 #endif
+		if (init_sb_writers(s, type))
+			goto err_out;
 		s->s_flags = flags;
 		s->s_bdi = &default_backing_dev_info;
 		INIT_HLIST_NODE(&s->s_instances);
@@ -178,7 +217,6 @@
 		mutex_init(&s->s_dquot.dqio_mutex);
 		mutex_init(&s->s_dquot.dqonoff_mutex);
 		init_rwsem(&s->s_dquot.dqptr_sem);
-		init_waitqueue_head(&s->s_wait_unfrozen);
 		s->s_maxbytes = MAX_NON_LFS;
 		s->s_op = &default_op;
 		s->s_time_gran = 1000000000;
@@ -190,6 +228,16 @@
 	}
 out:
 	return s;
+err_out:
+	security_sb_free(s);
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+	if (s->s_files)
+		free_percpu(s->s_files);
+#endif
+	destroy_sb_writers(s);
+	kfree(s);
+	s = NULL;
+	goto out;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -203,6 +251,7 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 	free_percpu(s->s_files);
 #endif
+	destroy_sb_writers(s);
 	security_sb_free(s);
 	WARN_ON(!list_empty(&s->s_mounts));
 	kfree(s->s_subtype);
@@ -651,10 +700,11 @@
 {
 	while (1) {
 		struct super_block *s = get_super(bdev);
-		if (!s || s->s_frozen == SB_UNFROZEN)
+		if (!s || s->s_writers.frozen == SB_UNFROZEN)
 			return s;
 		up_read(&s->s_umount);
-		vfs_check_frozen(s, SB_FREEZE_WRITE);
+		wait_event(s->s_writers.wait_unfrozen,
+			   s->s_writers.frozen == SB_UNFROZEN);
 		put_super(s);
 	}
 }
@@ -732,7 +782,7 @@
 	int retval;
 	int remount_ro;
 
-	if (sb->s_frozen != SB_UNFROZEN)
+	if (sb->s_writers.frozen != SB_UNFROZEN)
 		return -EBUSY;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
@@ -1163,6 +1213,120 @@
 	return ERR_PTR(error);
 }
 
+/*
+ * This is an internal function, please use sb_end_{write,pagefault,intwrite}
+ * instead.
+ */
+void __sb_end_write(struct super_block *sb, int level)
+{
+	percpu_counter_dec(&sb->s_writers.counter[level-1]);
+	/*
+	 * Make sure s_writers are updated before we wake up waiters in
+	 * freeze_super().
+	 */
+	smp_mb();
+	if (waitqueue_active(&sb->s_writers.wait))
+		wake_up(&sb->s_writers.wait);
+	rwsem_release(&sb->s_writers.lock_map[level-1], 1, _RET_IP_);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__sb_end_write);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_LOCKDEP
+/*
+ * We want lockdep to tell us about possible deadlocks with freezing but
+ * it's it bit tricky to properly instrument it. Getting a freeze protection
+ * works as getting a read lock but there are subtle problems. XFS for example
+ * gets freeze protection on internal level twice in some cases, which is OK
+ * only because we already hold a freeze protection also on higher level. Due
+ * to these cases we have to tell lockdep we are doing trylock when we
+ * already hold a freeze protection for a higher freeze level.
+ */
+static void acquire_freeze_lock(struct super_block *sb, int level, bool trylock,
+				unsigned long ip)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	if (!trylock) {
+		for (i = 0; i < level - 1; i++)
+			if (lock_is_held(&sb->s_writers.lock_map[i])) {
+				trylock = true;
+				break;
+			}
+	}
+	rwsem_acquire_read(&sb->s_writers.lock_map[level-1], 0, trylock, ip);
+}
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * This is an internal function, please use sb_start_{write,pagefault,intwrite}
+ * instead.
+ */
+int __sb_start_write(struct super_block *sb, int level, bool wait)
+{
+retry:
+	if (unlikely(sb->s_writers.frozen >= level)) {
+		if (!wait)
+			return 0;
+		wait_event(sb->s_writers.wait_unfrozen,
+			   sb->s_writers.frozen < level);
+	}
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_LOCKDEP
+	acquire_freeze_lock(sb, level, !wait, _RET_IP_);
+#endif
+	percpu_counter_inc(&sb->s_writers.counter[level-1]);
+	/*
+	 * Make sure counter is updated before we check for frozen.
+	 * freeze_super() first sets frozen and then checks the counter.
+	 */
+	smp_mb();
+	if (unlikely(sb->s_writers.frozen >= level)) {
+		__sb_end_write(sb, level);
+		goto retry;
+	}
+	return 1;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__sb_start_write);
+
+/**
+ * sb_wait_write - wait until all writers to given file system finish
+ * @sb: the super for which we wait
+ * @level: type of writers we wait for (normal vs page fault)
+ *
+ * This function waits until there are no writers of given type to given file
+ * system. Caller of this function should make sure there can be no new writers
+ * of type @level before calling this function. Otherwise this function can
+ * livelock.
+ */
+static void sb_wait_write(struct super_block *sb, int level)
+{
+	s64 writers;
+
+	/*
+	 * We just cycle-through lockdep here so that it does not complain
+	 * about returning with lock to userspace
+	 */
+	rwsem_acquire(&sb->s_writers.lock_map[level-1], 0, 0, _THIS_IP_);
+	rwsem_release(&sb->s_writers.lock_map[level-1], 1, _THIS_IP_);
+
+	do {
+		DEFINE_WAIT(wait);
+
+		/*
+		 * We use a barrier in prepare_to_wait() to separate setting
+		 * of frozen and checking of the counter
+		 */
+		prepare_to_wait(&sb->s_writers.wait, &wait,
+				TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
+
+		writers = percpu_counter_sum(&sb->s_writers.counter[level-1]);
+		if (writers)
+			schedule();
+
+		finish_wait(&sb->s_writers.wait, &wait);
+	} while (writers);
+}
+
 /**
  * freeze_super - lock the filesystem and force it into a consistent state
  * @sb: the super to lock
@@ -1170,6 +1334,31 @@
  * Syncs the super to make sure the filesystem is consistent and calls the fs's
  * freeze_fs.  Subsequent calls to this without first thawing the fs will return
  * -EBUSY.
+ *
+ * During this function, sb->s_writers.frozen goes through these values:
+ *
+ * SB_UNFROZEN: File system is normal, all writes progress as usual.
+ *
+ * SB_FREEZE_WRITE: The file system is in the process of being frozen.  New
+ * writes should be blocked, though page faults are still allowed. We wait for
+ * all writes to complete and then proceed to the next stage.
+ *
+ * SB_FREEZE_PAGEFAULT: Freezing continues. Now also page faults are blocked
+ * but internal fs threads can still modify the filesystem (although they
+ * should not dirty new pages or inodes), writeback can run etc. After waiting
+ * for all running page faults we sync the filesystem which will clean all
+ * dirty pages and inodes (no new dirty pages or inodes can be created when
+ * sync is running).
+ *
+ * SB_FREEZE_FS: The file system is frozen. Now all internal sources of fs
+ * modification are blocked (e.g. XFS preallocation truncation on inode
+ * reclaim). This is usually implemented by blocking new transactions for
+ * filesystems that have them and need this additional guard. After all
+ * internal writers are finished we call ->freeze_fs() to finish filesystem
+ * freezing. Then we transition to SB_FREEZE_COMPLETE state. This state is
+ * mostly auxiliary for filesystems to verify they do not modify frozen fs.
+ *
+ * sb->s_writers.frozen is protected by sb->s_umount.
  */
 int freeze_super(struct super_block *sb)
 {
@@ -1177,7 +1366,7 @@
 
 	atomic_inc(&sb->s_active);
 	down_write(&sb->s_umount);
-	if (sb->s_frozen) {
+	if (sb->s_writers.frozen != SB_UNFROZEN) {
 		deactivate_locked_super(sb);
 		return -EBUSY;
 	}
@@ -1188,33 +1377,53 @@
 	}
 
 	if (sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY) {
-		sb->s_frozen = SB_FREEZE_TRANS;
-		smp_wmb();
+		/* Nothing to do really... */
+		sb->s_writers.frozen = SB_FREEZE_COMPLETE;
 		up_write(&sb->s_umount);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	sb->s_frozen = SB_FREEZE_WRITE;
+	/* From now on, no new normal writers can start */
+	sb->s_writers.frozen = SB_FREEZE_WRITE;
 	smp_wmb();
 
+	/* Release s_umount to preserve sb_start_write -> s_umount ordering */
+	up_write(&sb->s_umount);
+
+	sb_wait_write(sb, SB_FREEZE_WRITE);
+
+	/* Now we go and block page faults... */
+	down_write(&sb->s_umount);
+	sb->s_writers.frozen = SB_FREEZE_PAGEFAULT;
+	smp_wmb();
+
+	sb_wait_write(sb, SB_FREEZE_PAGEFAULT);
+
+	/* All writers are done so after syncing there won't be dirty data */
 	sync_filesystem(sb);
 
-	sb->s_frozen = SB_FREEZE_TRANS;
+	/* Now wait for internal filesystem counter */
+	sb->s_writers.frozen = SB_FREEZE_FS;
 	smp_wmb();
+	sb_wait_write(sb, SB_FREEZE_FS);
 
-	sync_blockdev(sb->s_bdev);
 	if (sb->s_op->freeze_fs) {
 		ret = sb->s_op->freeze_fs(sb);
 		if (ret) {
 			printk(KERN_ERR
 				"VFS:Filesystem freeze failed\n");
-			sb->s_frozen = SB_UNFROZEN;
+			sb->s_writers.frozen = SB_UNFROZEN;
 			smp_wmb();
-			wake_up(&sb->s_wait_unfrozen);
+			wake_up(&sb->s_writers.wait_unfrozen);
 			deactivate_locked_super(sb);
 			return ret;
 		}
 	}
+	/*
+	 * This is just for debugging purposes so that fs can warn if it
+	 * sees write activity when frozen is set to SB_FREEZE_COMPLETE.
+	 */
+	sb->s_writers.frozen = SB_FREEZE_COMPLETE;
 	up_write(&sb->s_umount);
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1231,7 +1440,7 @@
 	int error;
 
 	down_write(&sb->s_umount);
-	if (sb->s_frozen == SB_UNFROZEN) {
+	if (sb->s_writers.frozen == SB_UNFROZEN) {
 		up_write(&sb->s_umount);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
@@ -1244,16 +1453,15 @@
 		if (error) {
 			printk(KERN_ERR
 				"VFS:Filesystem thaw failed\n");
-			sb->s_frozen = SB_FREEZE_TRANS;
 			up_write(&sb->s_umount);
 			return error;
 		}
 	}
 
 out:
-	sb->s_frozen = SB_UNFROZEN;
+	sb->s_writers.frozen = SB_UNFROZEN;
 	smp_wmb();
-	wake_up(&sb->s_wait_unfrozen);
+	wake_up(&sb->s_writers.wait_unfrozen);
 	deactivate_locked_super(sb);
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/bin.c b/fs/sysfs/bin.c
index a475983..614b2b5 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/bin.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/bin.c
@@ -228,6 +228,8 @@
 	ret = 0;
 	if (bb->vm_ops->page_mkwrite)
 		ret = bb->vm_ops->page_mkwrite(vma, vmf);
+	else
+		file_update_time(file);
 
 	sysfs_put_active(attr_sd);
 	return ret;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_aops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_aops.c
index 15052ff..e562dd4 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_aops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_aops.c
@@ -124,6 +124,12 @@
 	ioend->io_append_trans = tp;
 
 	/*
+	 * We will pass freeze protection with a transaction.  So tell lockdep
+	 * we released it.
+	 */
+	rwsem_release(&ioend->io_inode->i_sb->s_writers.lock_map[SB_FREEZE_FS-1],
+		      1, _THIS_IP_);
+	/*
 	 * We hand off the transaction to the completion thread now, so
 	 * clear the flag here.
 	 */
@@ -199,6 +205,15 @@
 	struct xfs_inode *ip = XFS_I(ioend->io_inode);
 	int		error = 0;
 
+	if (ioend->io_append_trans) {
+		/*
+		 * We've got freeze protection passed with the transaction.
+		 * Tell lockdep about it.
+		 */
+		rwsem_acquire_read(
+			&ioend->io_inode->i_sb->s_writers.lock_map[SB_FREEZE_FS-1],
+			0, 1, _THIS_IP_);
+	}
 	if (XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(ip->i_mount)) {
 		ioend->io_error = -EIO;
 		goto done;
@@ -1425,6 +1440,9 @@
 	if (ioend->io_append_trans) {
 		current_set_flags_nested(&ioend->io_append_trans->t_pflags,
 					 PF_FSTRANS);
+		rwsem_acquire_read(
+			&inode->i_sb->s_writers.lock_map[SB_FREEZE_FS-1],
+			0, 1, _THIS_IP_);
 		xfs_trans_cancel(ioend->io_append_trans, 0);
 	}
 out_destroy_ioend:
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
index c4559c6..56afcdb 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
@@ -770,10 +770,12 @@
 	if (ocount == 0)
 		return 0;
 
-	xfs_wait_for_freeze(ip->i_mount, SB_FREEZE_WRITE);
+	sb_start_write(inode->i_sb);
 
-	if (XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(ip->i_mount))
-		return -EIO;
+	if (XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(ip->i_mount)) {
+		ret = -EIO;
+		goto out;
+	}
 
 	if (unlikely(file->f_flags & O_DIRECT))
 		ret = xfs_file_dio_aio_write(iocb, iovp, nr_segs, pos, ocount);
@@ -792,6 +794,8 @@
 			ret = err;
 	}
 
+out:
+	sb_end_write(inode->i_sb);
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
index 1f1535d..0e0232c 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
@@ -364,9 +364,15 @@
 	if (copy_from_user(&dmhreq, arg, sizeof(xfs_fsop_setdm_handlereq_t)))
 		return -XFS_ERROR(EFAULT);
 
+	error = mnt_want_write_file(parfilp);
+	if (error)
+		return error;
+
 	dentry = xfs_handlereq_to_dentry(parfilp, &dmhreq.hreq);
-	if (IS_ERR(dentry))
+	if (IS_ERR(dentry)) {
+		mnt_drop_write_file(parfilp);
 		return PTR_ERR(dentry);
+	}
 
 	if (IS_IMMUTABLE(dentry->d_inode) || IS_APPEND(dentry->d_inode)) {
 		error = -XFS_ERROR(EPERM);
@@ -382,6 +388,7 @@
 				 fsd.fsd_dmstate);
 
  out:
+	mnt_drop_write_file(parfilp);
 	dput(dentry);
 	return error;
 }
@@ -634,7 +641,11 @@
 	if (ioflags & IO_INVIS)
 		attr_flags |= XFS_ATTR_DMI;
 
+	error = mnt_want_write_file(filp);
+	if (error)
+		return error;
 	error = xfs_change_file_space(ip, cmd, bf, filp->f_pos, attr_flags);
+	mnt_drop_write_file(filp);
 	return -error;
 }
 
@@ -1163,6 +1174,7 @@
 {
 	struct fsxattr		fa;
 	unsigned int		mask;
+	int error;
 
 	if (copy_from_user(&fa, arg, sizeof(fa)))
 		return -EFAULT;
@@ -1171,7 +1183,12 @@
 	if (filp->f_flags & (O_NDELAY|O_NONBLOCK))
 		mask |= FSX_NONBLOCK;
 
-	return -xfs_ioctl_setattr(ip, &fa, mask);
+	error = mnt_want_write_file(filp);
+	if (error)
+		return error;
+	error = xfs_ioctl_setattr(ip, &fa, mask);
+	mnt_drop_write_file(filp);
+	return -error;
 }
 
 STATIC int
@@ -1196,6 +1213,7 @@
 	struct fsxattr		fa;
 	unsigned int		flags;
 	unsigned int		mask;
+	int error;
 
 	if (copy_from_user(&flags, arg, sizeof(flags)))
 		return -EFAULT;
@@ -1210,7 +1228,12 @@
 		mask |= FSX_NONBLOCK;
 	fa.fsx_xflags = xfs_merge_ioc_xflags(flags, xfs_ip2xflags(ip));
 
-	return -xfs_ioctl_setattr(ip, &fa, mask);
+	error = mnt_want_write_file(filp);
+	if (error)
+		return error;
+	error = xfs_ioctl_setattr(ip, &fa, mask);
+	mnt_drop_write_file(filp);
+	return -error;
 }
 
 STATIC int
@@ -1385,8 +1408,13 @@
 		if (copy_from_user(&dmi, arg, sizeof(dmi)))
 			return -XFS_ERROR(EFAULT);
 
+		error = mnt_want_write_file(filp);
+		if (error)
+			return error;
+
 		error = xfs_set_dmattrs(ip, dmi.fsd_dmevmask,
 				dmi.fsd_dmstate);
+		mnt_drop_write_file(filp);
 		return -error;
 	}
 
@@ -1434,7 +1462,11 @@
 
 		if (copy_from_user(&sxp, arg, sizeof(xfs_swapext_t)))
 			return -XFS_ERROR(EFAULT);
+		error = mnt_want_write_file(filp);
+		if (error)
+			return error;
 		error = xfs_swapext(&sxp);
+		mnt_drop_write_file(filp);
 		return -error;
 	}
 
@@ -1463,9 +1495,14 @@
 		if (copy_from_user(&inout, arg, sizeof(inout)))
 			return -XFS_ERROR(EFAULT);
 
+		error = mnt_want_write_file(filp);
+		if (error)
+			return error;
+
 		/* input parameter is passed in resblks field of structure */
 		in = inout.resblks;
 		error = xfs_reserve_blocks(mp, &in, &inout);
+		mnt_drop_write_file(filp);
 		if (error)
 			return -error;
 
@@ -1496,7 +1533,11 @@
 		if (copy_from_user(&in, arg, sizeof(in)))
 			return -XFS_ERROR(EFAULT);
 
+		error = mnt_want_write_file(filp);
+		if (error)
+			return error;
 		error = xfs_growfs_data(mp, &in);
+		mnt_drop_write_file(filp);
 		return -error;
 	}
 
@@ -1506,7 +1547,11 @@
 		if (copy_from_user(&in, arg, sizeof(in)))
 			return -XFS_ERROR(EFAULT);
 
+		error = mnt_want_write_file(filp);
+		if (error)
+			return error;
 		error = xfs_growfs_log(mp, &in);
+		mnt_drop_write_file(filp);
 		return -error;
 	}
 
@@ -1516,7 +1561,11 @@
 		if (copy_from_user(&in, arg, sizeof(in)))
 			return -XFS_ERROR(EFAULT);
 
+		error = mnt_want_write_file(filp);
+		if (error)
+			return error;
 		error = xfs_growfs_rt(mp, &in);
+		mnt_drop_write_file(filp);
 		return -error;
 	}
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl32.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl32.c
index c4f2da0..1244274a 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl32.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl32.c
@@ -600,7 +600,11 @@
 
 		if (xfs_compat_growfs_data_copyin(&in, arg))
 			return -XFS_ERROR(EFAULT);
+		error = mnt_want_write_file(filp);
+		if (error)
+			return error;
 		error = xfs_growfs_data(mp, &in);
+		mnt_drop_write_file(filp);
 		return -error;
 	}
 	case XFS_IOC_FSGROWFSRT_32: {
@@ -608,7 +612,11 @@
 
 		if (xfs_compat_growfs_rt_copyin(&in, arg))
 			return -XFS_ERROR(EFAULT);
+		error = mnt_want_write_file(filp);
+		if (error)
+			return error;
 		error = xfs_growfs_rt(mp, &in);
+		mnt_drop_write_file(filp);
 		return -error;
 	}
 #endif
@@ -627,7 +635,11 @@
 				   offsetof(struct xfs_swapext, sx_stat)) ||
 		    xfs_ioctl32_bstat_copyin(&sxp.sx_stat, &sxu->sx_stat))
 			return -XFS_ERROR(EFAULT);
+		error = mnt_want_write_file(filp);
+		if (error)
+			return error;
 		error = xfs_swapext(&sxp);
+		mnt_drop_write_file(filp);
 		return -error;
 	}
 	case XFS_IOC_FSBULKSTAT_32:
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_iomap.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_iomap.c
index 915edf6..973dff6 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_iomap.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_iomap.c
@@ -680,9 +680,9 @@
 		 * the same inode that we complete here and might deadlock
 		 * on the iolock.
 		 */
-		xfs_wait_for_freeze(mp, SB_FREEZE_TRANS);
+		sb_start_intwrite(mp->m_super);
 		tp = _xfs_trans_alloc(mp, XFS_TRANS_STRAT_WRITE, KM_NOFS);
-		tp->t_flags |= XFS_TRANS_RESERVE;
+		tp->t_flags |= XFS_TRANS_RESERVE | XFS_TRANS_FREEZE_PROT;
 		error = xfs_trans_reserve(tp, resblks,
 				XFS_WRITE_LOG_RES(mp), 0,
 				XFS_TRANS_PERM_LOG_RES,
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c
index 711ca51..29c2f83 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c
@@ -1551,7 +1551,7 @@
 int
 xfs_fs_writable(xfs_mount_t *mp)
 {
-	return !(xfs_test_for_freeze(mp) || XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(mp) ||
+	return !(mp->m_super->s_writers.frozen || XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(mp) ||
 		(mp->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_RDONLY));
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.h
index 8724336..05a05a7 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.h
@@ -311,9 +311,6 @@
 #define SHUTDOWN_REMOTE_REQ	0x0010	/* shutdown came from remote cell */
 #define SHUTDOWN_DEVICE_REQ	0x0020	/* failed all paths to the device */
 
-#define xfs_test_for_freeze(mp)		((mp)->m_super->s_frozen)
-#define xfs_wait_for_freeze(mp,l)	vfs_check_frozen((mp)->m_super, (l))
-
 /*
  * Flags for xfs_mountfs
  */
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_sync.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_sync.c
index 97304f1..9654817 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_sync.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_sync.c
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@
 	if (!(mp->m_super->s_flags & MS_ACTIVE) &&
 	    !(mp->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_RDONLY)) {
 		/* dgc: errors ignored here */
-		if (mp->m_super->s_frozen == SB_UNFROZEN &&
+		if (mp->m_super->s_writers.frozen == SB_UNFROZEN &&
 		    xfs_log_need_covered(mp))
 			error = xfs_fs_log_dummy(mp);
 		else
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c
index fdf3245..06ed520 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c
@@ -576,8 +576,12 @@
 	xfs_mount_t	*mp,
 	uint		type)
 {
-	xfs_wait_for_freeze(mp, SB_FREEZE_TRANS);
-	return _xfs_trans_alloc(mp, type, KM_SLEEP);
+	xfs_trans_t     *tp;
+
+	sb_start_intwrite(mp->m_super);
+	tp = _xfs_trans_alloc(mp, type, KM_SLEEP);
+	tp->t_flags |= XFS_TRANS_FREEZE_PROT;
+	return tp;
 }
 
 xfs_trans_t *
@@ -588,6 +592,7 @@
 {
 	xfs_trans_t	*tp;
 
+	WARN_ON(mp->m_super->s_writers.frozen == SB_FREEZE_COMPLETE);
 	atomic_inc(&mp->m_active_trans);
 
 	tp = kmem_zone_zalloc(xfs_trans_zone, memflags);
@@ -611,6 +616,8 @@
 	xfs_extent_busy_clear(tp->t_mountp, &tp->t_busy, false);
 
 	atomic_dec(&tp->t_mountp->m_active_trans);
+	if (tp->t_flags & XFS_TRANS_FREEZE_PROT)
+		sb_end_intwrite(tp->t_mountp->m_super);
 	xfs_trans_free_dqinfo(tp);
 	kmem_zone_free(xfs_trans_zone, tp);
 }
@@ -643,7 +650,11 @@
 	ASSERT(tp->t_flags & XFS_TRANS_PERM_LOG_RES);
 	ASSERT(tp->t_ticket != NULL);
 
-	ntp->t_flags = XFS_TRANS_PERM_LOG_RES | (tp->t_flags & XFS_TRANS_RESERVE);
+	ntp->t_flags = XFS_TRANS_PERM_LOG_RES |
+		       (tp->t_flags & XFS_TRANS_RESERVE) |
+		       (tp->t_flags & XFS_TRANS_FREEZE_PROT);
+	/* We gave our writer reference to the new transaction */
+	tp->t_flags &= ~XFS_TRANS_FREEZE_PROT;
 	ntp->t_ticket = xfs_log_ticket_get(tp->t_ticket);
 	ntp->t_blk_res = tp->t_blk_res - tp->t_blk_res_used;
 	tp->t_blk_res = tp->t_blk_res_used;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.h
index bc2afd5..db05654 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.h
@@ -179,6 +179,8 @@
 #define	XFS_TRANS_SYNC		0x08	/* make commit synchronous */
 #define XFS_TRANS_DQ_DIRTY	0x10	/* at least one dquot in trx dirty */
 #define XFS_TRANS_RESERVE	0x20    /* OK to use reserved data blocks */
+#define XFS_TRANS_FREEZE_PROT	0x40	/* Transaction has elevated writer
+					   count in superblock */
 
 /*
  * Values for call flags parameter.
diff --git a/include/linux/audit.h b/include/linux/audit.h
index 22f292a..36abf2a 100644
--- a/include/linux/audit.h
+++ b/include/linux/audit.h
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@
 #define AUDIT_LAST_KERN_ANOM_MSG    1799
 #define AUDIT_ANOM_PROMISCUOUS      1700 /* Device changed promiscuous mode */
 #define AUDIT_ANOM_ABEND            1701 /* Process ended abnormally */
+#define AUDIT_ANOM_LINK		    1702 /* Suspicious use of file links */
 #define AUDIT_INTEGRITY_DATA	    1800 /* Data integrity verification */
 #define AUDIT_INTEGRITY_METADATA    1801 /* Metadata integrity verification */
 #define AUDIT_INTEGRITY_STATUS	    1802 /* Integrity enable status */
@@ -687,6 +688,8 @@
 					     const struct path *path);
 extern void		    audit_log_key(struct audit_buffer *ab,
 					  char *key);
+extern void		    audit_log_link_denied(const char *operation,
+						  struct path *link);
 extern void		    audit_log_lost(const char *message);
 #ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY
 extern void 		    audit_log_secctx(struct audit_buffer *ab, u32 secid);
@@ -716,6 +719,7 @@
 #define audit_log_untrustedstring(a,s) do { ; } while (0)
 #define audit_log_d_path(b, p, d) do { ; } while (0)
 #define audit_log_key(b, k) do { ; } while (0)
+#define audit_log_link_denied(o, l) do { ; } while (0)
 #define audit_log_secctx(b,s) do { ; } while (0)
 #define audit_enabled 0
 #endif
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 4ba5c87..38dba16 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -414,6 +414,7 @@
 #include <linux/shrinker.h>
 #include <linux/migrate_mode.h>
 #include <linux/uidgid.h>
+#include <linux/lockdep.h>
 
 #include <asm/byteorder.h>
 
@@ -440,6 +441,8 @@
 extern int sysctl_nr_open;
 extern struct inodes_stat_t inodes_stat;
 extern int leases_enable, lease_break_time;
+extern int sysctl_protected_symlinks;
+extern int sysctl_protected_hardlinks;
 
 struct buffer_head;
 typedef int (get_block_t)(struct inode *inode, sector_t iblock,
@@ -1445,6 +1448,8 @@
 extern pid_t f_getown(struct file *filp);
 extern int send_sigurg(struct fown_struct *fown);
 
+struct mm_struct;
+
 /*
  *	Umount options
  */
@@ -1458,6 +1463,31 @@
 extern struct list_head super_blocks;
 extern spinlock_t sb_lock;
 
+/* Possible states of 'frozen' field */
+enum {
+	SB_UNFROZEN = 0,		/* FS is unfrozen */
+	SB_FREEZE_WRITE	= 1,		/* Writes, dir ops, ioctls frozen */
+	SB_FREEZE_PAGEFAULT = 2,	/* Page faults stopped as well */
+	SB_FREEZE_FS = 3,		/* For internal FS use (e.g. to stop
+					 * internal threads if needed) */
+	SB_FREEZE_COMPLETE = 4,		/* ->freeze_fs finished successfully */
+};
+
+#define SB_FREEZE_LEVELS (SB_FREEZE_COMPLETE - 1)
+
+struct sb_writers {
+	/* Counters for counting writers at each level */
+	struct percpu_counter	counter[SB_FREEZE_LEVELS];
+	wait_queue_head_t	wait;		/* queue for waiting for
+						   writers / faults to finish */
+	int			frozen;		/* Is sb frozen? */
+	wait_queue_head_t	wait_unfrozen;	/* queue for waiting for
+						   sb to be thawed */
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
+	struct lockdep_map	lock_map[SB_FREEZE_LEVELS];
+#endif
+};
+
 struct super_block {
 	struct list_head	s_list;		/* Keep this first */
 	dev_t			s_dev;		/* search index; _not_ kdev_t */
@@ -1505,8 +1535,7 @@
 	struct hlist_node	s_instances;
 	struct quota_info	s_dquot;	/* Diskquota specific options */
 
-	int			s_frozen;
-	wait_queue_head_t	s_wait_unfrozen;
+	struct sb_writers	s_writers;
 
 	char s_id[32];				/* Informational name */
 	u8 s_uuid[16];				/* UUID */
@@ -1561,14 +1590,117 @@
 /*
  * Snapshotting support.
  */
-enum {
-	SB_UNFROZEN = 0,
-	SB_FREEZE_WRITE	= 1,
-	SB_FREEZE_TRANS = 2,
-};
 
-#define vfs_check_frozen(sb, level) \
-	wait_event((sb)->s_wait_unfrozen, ((sb)->s_frozen < (level)))
+void __sb_end_write(struct super_block *sb, int level);
+int __sb_start_write(struct super_block *sb, int level, bool wait);
+
+/**
+ * sb_end_write - drop write access to a superblock
+ * @sb: the super we wrote to
+ *
+ * Decrement number of writers to the filesystem. Wake up possible waiters
+ * wanting to freeze the filesystem.
+ */
+static inline void sb_end_write(struct super_block *sb)
+{
+	__sb_end_write(sb, SB_FREEZE_WRITE);
+}
+
+/**
+ * sb_end_pagefault - drop write access to a superblock from a page fault
+ * @sb: the super we wrote to
+ *
+ * Decrement number of processes handling write page fault to the filesystem.
+ * Wake up possible waiters wanting to freeze the filesystem.
+ */
+static inline void sb_end_pagefault(struct super_block *sb)
+{
+	__sb_end_write(sb, SB_FREEZE_PAGEFAULT);
+}
+
+/**
+ * sb_end_intwrite - drop write access to a superblock for internal fs purposes
+ * @sb: the super we wrote to
+ *
+ * Decrement fs-internal number of writers to the filesystem.  Wake up possible
+ * waiters wanting to freeze the filesystem.
+ */
+static inline void sb_end_intwrite(struct super_block *sb)
+{
+	__sb_end_write(sb, SB_FREEZE_FS);
+}
+
+/**
+ * sb_start_write - get write access to a superblock
+ * @sb: the super we write to
+ *
+ * When a process wants to write data or metadata to a file system (i.e. dirty
+ * a page or an inode), it should embed the operation in a sb_start_write() -
+ * sb_end_write() pair to get exclusion against file system freezing. This
+ * function increments number of writers preventing freezing. If the file
+ * system is already frozen, the function waits until the file system is
+ * thawed.
+ *
+ * Since freeze protection behaves as a lock, users have to preserve
+ * ordering of freeze protection and other filesystem locks. Generally,
+ * freeze protection should be the outermost lock. In particular, we have:
+ *
+ * sb_start_write
+ *   -> i_mutex			(write path, truncate, directory ops, ...)
+ *   -> s_umount		(freeze_super, thaw_super)
+ */
+static inline void sb_start_write(struct super_block *sb)
+{
+	__sb_start_write(sb, SB_FREEZE_WRITE, true);
+}
+
+static inline int sb_start_write_trylock(struct super_block *sb)
+{
+	return __sb_start_write(sb, SB_FREEZE_WRITE, false);
+}
+
+/**
+ * sb_start_pagefault - get write access to a superblock from a page fault
+ * @sb: the super we write to
+ *
+ * When a process starts handling write page fault, it should embed the
+ * operation into sb_start_pagefault() - sb_end_pagefault() pair to get
+ * exclusion against file system freezing. This is needed since the page fault
+ * is going to dirty a page. This function increments number of running page
+ * faults preventing freezing. If the file system is already frozen, the
+ * function waits until the file system is thawed.
+ *
+ * Since page fault freeze protection behaves as a lock, users have to preserve
+ * ordering of freeze protection and other filesystem locks. It is advised to
+ * put sb_start_pagefault() close to mmap_sem in lock ordering. Page fault
+ * handling code implies lock dependency:
+ *
+ * mmap_sem
+ *   -> sb_start_pagefault
+ */
+static inline void sb_start_pagefault(struct super_block *sb)
+{
+	__sb_start_write(sb, SB_FREEZE_PAGEFAULT, true);
+}
+
+/*
+ * sb_start_intwrite - get write access to a superblock for internal fs purposes
+ * @sb: the super we write to
+ *
+ * This is the third level of protection against filesystem freezing. It is
+ * free for use by a filesystem. The only requirement is that it must rank
+ * below sb_start_pagefault.
+ *
+ * For example filesystem can call sb_start_intwrite() when starting a
+ * transaction which somewhat eases handling of freezing for internal sources
+ * of filesystem changes (internal fs threads, discarding preallocation on file
+ * close, etc.).
+ */
+static inline void sb_start_intwrite(struct super_block *sb)
+{
+	__sb_start_write(sb, SB_FREEZE_FS, true);
+}
+
 
 extern bool inode_owner_or_capable(const struct inode *inode);
 
@@ -1892,6 +2024,7 @@
 	struct lock_class_key s_lock_key;
 	struct lock_class_key s_umount_key;
 	struct lock_class_key s_vfs_rename_key;
+	struct lock_class_key s_writers_key[SB_FREEZE_LEVELS];
 
 	struct lock_class_key i_lock_key;
 	struct lock_class_key i_mutex_key;
@@ -2334,9 +2467,6 @@
 }
 #endif
 extern int do_pipe_flags(int *, int);
-extern struct file *create_read_pipe(struct file *f, int flags);
-extern struct file *create_write_pipe(int flags);
-extern void free_write_pipe(struct file *);
 
 extern int kernel_read(struct file *, loff_t, char *, unsigned long);
 extern struct file * open_exec(const char *);
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index bd079a1..311be90 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -1441,6 +1441,7 @@
 
 /* generic vm_area_ops exported for stackable file systems */
 extern int filemap_fault(struct vm_area_struct *, struct vm_fault *);
+extern int filemap_page_mkwrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf);
 
 /* mm/page-writeback.c */
 int write_one_page(struct page *page, int wait);
diff --git a/include/linux/namei.h b/include/linux/namei.h
index d2ef8b3..4bf19d8 100644
--- a/include/linux/namei.h
+++ b/include/linux/namei.h
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
 
 extern struct dentry *kern_path_create(int, const char *, struct path *, int);
 extern struct dentry *user_path_create(int, const char __user *, struct path *, int);
+extern void done_path_create(struct path *, struct dentry *);
 extern struct dentry *kern_path_locked(const char *, struct path *);
 extern int vfs_path_lookup(struct dentry *, struct vfsmount *,
 			   const char *, unsigned int, struct path *);
diff --git a/include/linux/nfsd/nfsfh.h b/include/linux/nfsd/nfsfh.h
index ce4743a..fa63048f 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfsd/nfsfh.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfsd/nfsfh.h
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@
 	int			fh_maxsize;	/* max size for fh_handle */
 
 	unsigned char		fh_locked;	/* inode locked by us */
+	unsigned char		fh_want_write;	/* remount protection taken */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NFSD_V3
 	unsigned char		fh_post_saved;	/* post-op attrs saved */
diff --git a/include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h b/include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h
index e11d1c0..ad1a427 100644
--- a/include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h
+++ b/include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h
@@ -160,4 +160,6 @@
 long pipe_fcntl(struct file *, unsigned int, unsigned long arg);
 struct pipe_inode_info *get_pipe_info(struct file *file);
 
+int create_pipe_files(struct file **, int);
+
 #endif
diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c
index 4a3f28d..ea3b7b6 100644
--- a/kernel/audit.c
+++ b/kernel/audit.c
@@ -1456,6 +1456,27 @@
 }
 
 /**
+ * audit_log_link_denied - report a link restriction denial
+ * @operation: specific link opreation
+ * @link: the path that triggered the restriction
+ */
+void audit_log_link_denied(const char *operation, struct path *link)
+{
+	struct audit_buffer *ab;
+
+	ab = audit_log_start(current->audit_context, GFP_KERNEL,
+			     AUDIT_ANOM_LINK);
+	audit_log_format(ab, "op=%s action=denied", operation);
+	audit_log_format(ab, " pid=%d comm=", current->pid);
+	audit_log_untrustedstring(ab, current->comm);
+	audit_log_d_path(ab, " path=", link);
+	audit_log_format(ab, " dev=");
+	audit_log_untrustedstring(ab, link->dentry->d_inode->i_sb->s_id);
+	audit_log_format(ab, " ino=%lu", link->dentry->d_inode->i_ino);
+	audit_log_end(ab);
+}
+
+/**
  * audit_log_end - end one audit record
  * @ab: the audit_buffer
  *
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 6502d35..87174ef5 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -1498,6 +1498,24 @@
 #endif
 #endif
 	{
+		.procname	= "protected_symlinks",
+		.data		= &sysctl_protected_symlinks,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
+		.mode		= 0600,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
+		.extra1		= &zero,
+		.extra2		= &one,
+	},
+	{
+		.procname	= "protected_hardlinks",
+		.data		= &sysctl_protected_hardlinks,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
+		.mode		= 0600,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
+		.extra1		= &zero,
+		.extra2		= &one,
+	},
+	{
 		.procname	= "suid_dumpable",
 		.data		= &suid_dumpable,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
diff --git a/lib/percpu_counter.c b/lib/percpu_counter.c
index f8a3f1a..ba6085d 100644
--- a/lib/percpu_counter.c
+++ b/lib/percpu_counter.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
 static LIST_HEAD(percpu_counters);
-static DEFINE_MUTEX(percpu_counters_lock);
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(percpu_counters_lock);
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS_PERCPU_COUNTER
@@ -123,9 +123,9 @@
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&fbc->list);
-	mutex_lock(&percpu_counters_lock);
+	spin_lock(&percpu_counters_lock);
 	list_add(&fbc->list, &percpu_counters);
-	mutex_unlock(&percpu_counters_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&percpu_counters_lock);
 #endif
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -139,9 +139,9 @@
 	debug_percpu_counter_deactivate(fbc);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
-	mutex_lock(&percpu_counters_lock);
+	spin_lock(&percpu_counters_lock);
 	list_del(&fbc->list);
-	mutex_unlock(&percpu_counters_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&percpu_counters_lock);
 #endif
 	free_percpu(fbc->counters);
 	fbc->counters = NULL;
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@
 		return NOTIFY_OK;
 
 	cpu = (unsigned long)hcpu;
-	mutex_lock(&percpu_counters_lock);
+	spin_lock(&percpu_counters_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry(fbc, &percpu_counters, list) {
 		s32 *pcount;
 		unsigned long flags;
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@
 		*pcount = 0;
 		raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&fbc->lock, flags);
 	}
-	mutex_unlock(&percpu_counters_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&percpu_counters_lock);
 #endif
 	return NOTIFY_OK;
 }
diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index a4a5260..fa5ca30 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -1712,8 +1712,35 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(filemap_fault);
 
+int filemap_page_mkwrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf)
+{
+	struct page *page = vmf->page;
+	struct inode *inode = vma->vm_file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	int ret = VM_FAULT_LOCKED;
+
+	sb_start_pagefault(inode->i_sb);
+	file_update_time(vma->vm_file);
+	lock_page(page);
+	if (page->mapping != inode->i_mapping) {
+		unlock_page(page);
+		ret = VM_FAULT_NOPAGE;
+		goto out;
+	}
+	/*
+	 * We mark the page dirty already here so that when freeze is in
+	 * progress, we are guaranteed that writeback during freezing will
+	 * see the dirty page and writeprotect it again.
+	 */
+	set_page_dirty(page);
+out:
+	sb_end_pagefault(inode->i_sb);
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(filemap_page_mkwrite);
+
 const struct vm_operations_struct generic_file_vm_ops = {
 	.fault		= filemap_fault,
+	.page_mkwrite	= filemap_page_mkwrite,
 };
 
 /* This is used for a general mmap of a disk file */
@@ -2407,8 +2434,6 @@
 	count = ocount;
 	pos = *ppos;
 
-	vfs_check_frozen(inode->i_sb, SB_FREEZE_WRITE);
-
 	/* We can write back this queue in page reclaim */
 	current->backing_dev_info = mapping->backing_dev_info;
 	written = 0;
@@ -2507,6 +2532,7 @@
 
 	BUG_ON(iocb->ki_pos != pos);
 
+	sb_start_write(inode->i_sb);
 	mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
 	blk_start_plug(&plug);
 	ret = __generic_file_aio_write(iocb, iov, nr_segs, &iocb->ki_pos);
@@ -2520,6 +2546,7 @@
 			ret = err;
 	}
 	blk_finish_plug(&plug);
+	sb_end_write(inode->i_sb);
 	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_file_aio_write);
diff --git a/mm/filemap_xip.c b/mm/filemap_xip.c
index 213ca1f..13e013b 100644
--- a/mm/filemap_xip.c
+++ b/mm/filemap_xip.c
@@ -304,6 +304,7 @@
 
 static const struct vm_operations_struct xip_file_vm_ops = {
 	.fault	= xip_file_fault,
+	.page_mkwrite	= filemap_page_mkwrite,
 };
 
 int xip_file_mmap(struct file * file, struct vm_area_struct * vma)
@@ -401,6 +402,8 @@
 	loff_t pos;
 	ssize_t ret;
 
+	sb_start_write(inode->i_sb);
+
 	mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
 
 	if (!access_ok(VERIFY_READ, buf, len)) {
@@ -411,8 +414,6 @@
 	pos = *ppos;
 	count = len;
 
-	vfs_check_frozen(inode->i_sb, SB_FREEZE_WRITE);
-
 	/* We can write back this queue in page reclaim */
 	current->backing_dev_info = mapping->backing_dev_info;
 
@@ -436,6 +437,7 @@
 	current->backing_dev_info = NULL;
  out_up:
 	mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
+	sb_end_write(inode->i_sb);
 	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(xip_file_write);
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 482f089..5736170 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -2650,6 +2650,9 @@
 		if (!page_mkwrite) {
 			wait_on_page_locked(dirty_page);
 			set_page_dirty_balance(dirty_page, page_mkwrite);
+			/* file_update_time outside page_lock */
+			if (vma->vm_file)
+				file_update_time(vma->vm_file);
 		}
 		put_page(dirty_page);
 		if (page_mkwrite) {
@@ -2667,10 +2670,6 @@
 			}
 		}
 
-		/* file_update_time outside page_lock */
-		if (vma->vm_file)
-			file_update_time(vma->vm_file);
-
 		return ret;
 	}
 
@@ -3339,12 +3338,13 @@
 
 	if (dirty_page) {
 		struct address_space *mapping = page->mapping;
+		int dirtied = 0;
 
 		if (set_page_dirty(dirty_page))
-			page_mkwrite = 1;
+			dirtied = 1;
 		unlock_page(dirty_page);
 		put_page(dirty_page);
-		if (page_mkwrite && mapping) {
+		if ((dirtied || page_mkwrite) && mapping) {
 			/*
 			 * Some device drivers do not set page.mapping but still
 			 * dirty their pages
@@ -3353,7 +3353,7 @@
 		}
 
 		/* file_update_time outside page_lock */
-		if (vma->vm_file)
+		if (vma->vm_file && !page_mkwrite)
 			file_update_time(vma->vm_file);
 	} else {
 		unlock_page(vmf.page);
diff --git a/net/unix/af_unix.c b/net/unix/af_unix.c
index 79981d9..e4768c1 100644
--- a/net/unix/af_unix.c
+++ b/net/unix/af_unix.c
@@ -823,6 +823,34 @@
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+static int unix_mknod(const char *sun_path, umode_t mode, struct path *res)
+{
+	struct dentry *dentry;
+	struct path path;
+	int err = 0;
+	/*
+	 * Get the parent directory, calculate the hash for last
+	 * component.
+	 */
+	dentry = kern_path_create(AT_FDCWD, sun_path, &path, 0);
+	err = PTR_ERR(dentry);
+	if (IS_ERR(dentry))
+		return err;
+
+	/*
+	 * All right, let's create it.
+	 */
+	err = security_path_mknod(&path, dentry, mode, 0);
+	if (!err) {
+		err = vfs_mknod(path.dentry->d_inode, dentry, mode, 0);
+		if (!err) {
+			res->mnt = mntget(path.mnt);
+			res->dentry = dget(dentry);
+		}
+	}
+	done_path_create(&path, dentry);
+	return err;
+}
 
 static int unix_bind(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *uaddr, int addr_len)
 {
@@ -831,8 +859,6 @@
 	struct unix_sock *u = unix_sk(sk);
 	struct sockaddr_un *sunaddr = (struct sockaddr_un *)uaddr;
 	char *sun_path = sunaddr->sun_path;
-	struct dentry *dentry = NULL;
-	struct path path;
 	int err;
 	unsigned int hash;
 	struct unix_address *addr;
@@ -869,43 +895,23 @@
 	atomic_set(&addr->refcnt, 1);
 
 	if (sun_path[0]) {
-		umode_t mode;
-		err = 0;
-		/*
-		 * Get the parent directory, calculate the hash for last
-		 * component.
-		 */
-		dentry = kern_path_create(AT_FDCWD, sun_path, &path, 0);
-		err = PTR_ERR(dentry);
-		if (IS_ERR(dentry))
-			goto out_mknod_parent;
-
-		/*
-		 * All right, let's create it.
-		 */
-		mode = S_IFSOCK |
+		struct path path;
+		umode_t mode = S_IFSOCK |
 		       (SOCK_INODE(sock)->i_mode & ~current_umask());
-		err = mnt_want_write(path.mnt);
-		if (err)
-			goto out_mknod_dput;
-		err = security_path_mknod(&path, dentry, mode, 0);
-		if (err)
-			goto out_mknod_drop_write;
-		err = vfs_mknod(path.dentry->d_inode, dentry, mode, 0);
-out_mknod_drop_write:
-		mnt_drop_write(path.mnt);
-		if (err)
-			goto out_mknod_dput;
-		mutex_unlock(&path.dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
-		dput(path.dentry);
-		path.dentry = dentry;
-
+		err = unix_mknod(sun_path, mode, &path);
+		if (err) {
+			if (err == -EEXIST)
+				err = -EADDRINUSE;
+			unix_release_addr(addr);
+			goto out_up;
+		}
 		addr->hash = UNIX_HASH_SIZE;
-	}
-
-	spin_lock(&unix_table_lock);
-
-	if (!sun_path[0]) {
+		hash = path.dentry->d_inode->i_ino & (UNIX_HASH_SIZE-1);
+		spin_lock(&unix_table_lock);
+		u->path = path;
+		list = &unix_socket_table[hash];
+	} else {
+		spin_lock(&unix_table_lock);
 		err = -EADDRINUSE;
 		if (__unix_find_socket_byname(net, sunaddr, addr_len,
 					      sk->sk_type, hash)) {
@@ -914,9 +920,6 @@
 		}
 
 		list = &unix_socket_table[addr->hash];
-	} else {
-		list = &unix_socket_table[dentry->d_inode->i_ino & (UNIX_HASH_SIZE-1)];
-		u->path = path;
 	}
 
 	err = 0;
@@ -930,16 +933,6 @@
 	mutex_unlock(&u->readlock);
 out:
 	return err;
-
-out_mknod_dput:
-	dput(dentry);
-	mutex_unlock(&path.dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
-	path_put(&path);
-out_mknod_parent:
-	if (err == -EEXIST)
-		err = -EADDRINUSE;
-	unix_release_addr(addr);
-	goto out_up;
 }
 
 static void unix_state_double_lock(struct sock *sk1, struct sock *sk2)
diff --git a/sound/sound_firmware.c b/sound/sound_firmware.c
index 7e96249..37711a5 100644
--- a/sound/sound_firmware.c
+++ b/sound/sound_firmware.c
@@ -23,14 +23,14 @@
 	if (l <= 0 || l > 131072)
 	{
 		printk(KERN_INFO "Invalid firmware '%s'\n", fn);
-		filp_close(filp, current->files);
+		filp_close(filp, NULL);
 		return 0;
 	}
 	dp = vmalloc(l);
 	if (dp == NULL)
 	{
 		printk(KERN_INFO "Out of memory loading '%s'.\n", fn);
-		filp_close(filp, current->files);
+		filp_close(filp, NULL);
 		return 0;
 	}
 	pos = 0;
@@ -38,10 +38,10 @@
 	{
 		printk(KERN_INFO "Failed to read '%s'.\n", fn);
 		vfree(dp);
-		filp_close(filp, current->files);
+		filp_close(filp, NULL);
 		return 0;
 	}
-	filp_close(filp, current->files);
+	filp_close(filp, NULL);
 	*fp = dp;
 	return (int) l;
 }