Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew Morton)

Merge second patch-bomb from Andrew Morton:
 - a few hotfixes
 - drivers/dma updates
 - MAINTAINERS updates
 - Quite a lot of lib/ updates
 - checkpatch updates
 - binfmt updates
 - autofs4
 - drivers/rtc/
 - various small tweaks to less used filesystems
 - ipc/ updates
 - kernel/watchdog.c changes

* emailed patches from Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>: (135 commits)
  mm: softdirty: enable write notifications on VMAs after VM_SOFTDIRTY cleared
  kernel/param: consolidate __{start,stop}___param[] in <linux/moduleparam.h>
  ia64: remove duplicate declarations of __per_cpu_start[] and __per_cpu_end[]
  frv: remove unused declarations of __start___ex_table and __stop___ex_table
  kvm: ensure hard lockup detection is disabled by default
  kernel/watchdog.c: control hard lockup detection default
  staging: rtl8192u: use %*pEn to escape buffer
  staging: rtl8192e: use %*pEn to escape buffer
  staging: wlan-ng: use %*pEhp to print SN
  lib80211: remove unused print_ssid()
  wireless: hostap: proc: print properly escaped SSID
  wireless: ipw2x00: print SSID via %*pE
  wireless: libertas: print esaped string via %*pE
  lib/vsprintf: add %*pE[achnops] format specifier
  lib / string_helpers: introduce string_escape_mem()
  lib / string_helpers: refactoring the test suite
  lib / string_helpers: move documentation to c-file
  include/linux: remove strict_strto* definitions
  arch/x86/mm/numa.c: fix boot failure when all nodes are hotpluggable
  fs: check bh blocknr earlier when searching lru
  ...

32 files changed, 355 insertions, 209 deletions

diff --git a/fs/affs/amigaffs.c b/fs/affs/amigaffs.c
index 406b29836b19..abc853968fed 100644
--- a/fs/affs/amigaffs.c
+++ b/fs/affs/amigaffs.c
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@
 
 #include "affs.h"
 
-extern struct timezone sys_tz;
-
 static char ErrorBuffer[256];
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/affs/file.c b/fs/affs/file.c
index a7fe57d2cd9a..1ed590aafecf 100644
--- a/fs/affs/file.c
+++ b/fs/affs/file.c
@@ -584,11 +584,14 @@ affs_extent_file_ofs(struct inode *inode, u32 newsize)
 		bh->b_state &= ~(1UL << BH_New);
 		mark_buffer_dirty_inode(bh, inode);
 		if (prev_bh) {
-			u32 tmp = be32_to_cpu(AFFS_DATA_HEAD(prev_bh)->next);
-			if (tmp)
-				affs_warning(sb, "extent_file_ofs", "next block already set for %d (%d)", bidx, tmp);
+			u32 tmp_next = be32_to_cpu(AFFS_DATA_HEAD(prev_bh)->next);
+
+			if (tmp_next)
+				affs_warning(sb, "extent_file_ofs",
+					     "next block already set for %d (%d)",
+					     bidx, tmp_next);
 			AFFS_DATA_HEAD(prev_bh)->next = cpu_to_be32(bh->b_blocknr);
-			affs_adjust_checksum(prev_bh, bh->b_blocknr - tmp);
+			affs_adjust_checksum(prev_bh, bh->b_blocknr - tmp_next);
 			mark_buffer_dirty_inode(prev_bh, inode);
 			affs_brelse(prev_bh);
 		}
@@ -727,11 +730,14 @@ static int affs_write_end_ofs(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
 			AFFS_DATA_HEAD(bh)->next = 0;
 			bh->b_state &= ~(1UL << BH_New);
 			if (prev_bh) {
-				u32 tmp = be32_to_cpu(AFFS_DATA_HEAD(prev_bh)->next);
-				if (tmp)
-					affs_warning(sb, "commit_write_ofs", "next block already set for %d (%d)", bidx, tmp);
+				u32 tmp_next = be32_to_cpu(AFFS_DATA_HEAD(prev_bh)->next);
+
+				if (tmp_next)
+					affs_warning(sb, "commit_write_ofs",
+						     "next block already set for %d (%d)",
+						     bidx, tmp_next);
 				AFFS_DATA_HEAD(prev_bh)->next = cpu_to_be32(bh->b_blocknr);
-				affs_adjust_checksum(prev_bh, bh->b_blocknr - tmp);
+				affs_adjust_checksum(prev_bh, bh->b_blocknr - tmp_next);
 				mark_buffer_dirty_inode(prev_bh, inode);
 			}
 		}
@@ -758,11 +764,14 @@ static int affs_write_end_ofs(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
 			AFFS_DATA_HEAD(bh)->next = 0;
 			bh->b_state &= ~(1UL << BH_New);
 			if (prev_bh) {
-				u32 tmp = be32_to_cpu(AFFS_DATA_HEAD(prev_bh)->next);
-				if (tmp)
-					affs_warning(sb, "commit_write_ofs", "next block already set for %d (%d)", bidx, tmp);
+				u32 tmp_next = be32_to_cpu(AFFS_DATA_HEAD(prev_bh)->next);
+
+				if (tmp_next)
+					affs_warning(sb, "commit_write_ofs",
+						     "next block already set for %d (%d)",
+						     bidx, tmp_next);
 				AFFS_DATA_HEAD(prev_bh)->next = cpu_to_be32(bh->b_blocknr);
-				affs_adjust_checksum(prev_bh, bh->b_blocknr - tmp);
+				affs_adjust_checksum(prev_bh, bh->b_blocknr - tmp_next);
 				mark_buffer_dirty_inode(prev_bh, inode);
 			}
 		} else if (be32_to_cpu(AFFS_DATA_HEAD(bh)->size) < tmp)
@@ -842,12 +851,12 @@ affs_truncate(struct inode *inode)
 		struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping;
 		struct page *page;
 		void *fsdata;
-		loff_t size = inode->i_size;
+		loff_t isize = inode->i_size;
 		int res;
 
-		res = mapping->a_ops->write_begin(NULL, mapping, size, 0, 0, &page, &fsdata);
+		res = mapping->a_ops->write_begin(NULL, mapping, isize, 0, 0, &page, &fsdata);
 		if (!res)
-			res = mapping->a_ops->write_end(NULL, mapping, size, 0, 0, page, fsdata);
+			res = mapping->a_ops->write_end(NULL, mapping, isize, 0, 0, page, fsdata);
 		else
 			inode->i_size = AFFS_I(inode)->mmu_private;
 		mark_inode_dirty(inode);
diff --git a/fs/affs/inode.c b/fs/affs/inode.c
index bec2d1a0c91c..e217c511459b 100644
--- a/fs/affs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/affs/inode.c
@@ -14,13 +14,11 @@
 #include "affs.h"
 
 extern const struct inode_operations affs_symlink_inode_operations;
-extern struct timezone sys_tz;
 
 struct inode *affs_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino)
 {
 	struct affs_sb_info	*sbi = AFFS_SB(sb);
 	struct buffer_head	*bh;
-	struct affs_head	*head;
 	struct affs_tail	*tail;
 	struct inode		*inode;
 	u32			 block;
@@ -49,7 +47,6 @@ struct inode *affs_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino)
 		goto bad_inode;
 	}
 
-	head = AFFS_HEAD(bh);
 	tail = AFFS_TAIL(sb, bh);
 	prot = be32_to_cpu(tail->protect);
 
diff --git a/fs/affs/super.c b/fs/affs/super.c
index 51f1a95bff73..f754ab68a840 100644
--- a/fs/affs/super.c
+++ b/fs/affs/super.c
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@
 #include <linux/writeback.h>
 #include "affs.h"
 
-extern struct timezone sys_tz;
-
 static int affs_statfs(struct dentry *dentry, struct kstatfs *buf);
 static int affs_remount (struct super_block *sb, int *flags, char *data);
 
@@ -308,7 +306,6 @@ static int affs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	u32			 chksum;
 	int			 num_bm;
 	int			 i, j;
-	s32			 key;
 	kuid_t			 uid;
 	kgid_t			 gid;
 	int			 reserved;
@@ -367,7 +364,7 @@ static int affs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 		i = j = blocksize;
 		size = size / (blocksize / 512);
 	}
-	for (blocksize = i, key = 0; blocksize <= j; blocksize <<= 1, size >>= 1) {
+	for (blocksize = i; blocksize <= j; blocksize <<= 1, size >>= 1) {
 		sbi->s_root_block = root_block;
 		if (root_block < 0)
 			sbi->s_root_block = (reserved + size - 1) / 2;
@@ -399,7 +396,6 @@ static int affs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 			    be32_to_cpu(AFFS_ROOT_TAIL(sb, root_bh)->stype) == ST_ROOT) {
 				sbi->s_hashsize    = blocksize / 4 - 56;
 				sbi->s_root_block += num_bm;
-				key                        = 1;
 				goto got_root;
 			}
 			affs_brelse(root_bh);
diff --git a/fs/autofs4/autofs_i.h b/fs/autofs4/autofs_i.h
index 9e359fb20c0a..8e98cf954bab 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/autofs_i.h
+++ b/fs/autofs4/autofs_i.h
@@ -79,6 +79,10 @@ struct autofs_info {
 };
 
 #define AUTOFS_INF_EXPIRING	(1<<0) /* dentry is in the process of expiring */
+#define AUTOFS_INF_NO_RCU	(1<<1) /* the dentry is being considered
+					* for expiry, so RCU_walk is
+					* not permitted
+					*/
 #define AUTOFS_INF_PENDING	(1<<2) /* dentry pending mount */
 
 struct autofs_wait_queue {
@@ -148,7 +152,7 @@ void autofs4_free_ino(struct autofs_info *);
 
 /* Expiration */
 int is_autofs4_dentry(struct dentry *);
-int autofs4_expire_wait(struct dentry *dentry);
+int autofs4_expire_wait(struct dentry *dentry, int rcu_walk);
 int autofs4_expire_run(struct super_block *, struct vfsmount *,
 			struct autofs_sb_info *,
 			struct autofs_packet_expire __user *);
diff --git a/fs/autofs4/dev-ioctl.c b/fs/autofs4/dev-ioctl.c
index 5b570b6efa28..aaf96cb25452 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/dev-ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/autofs4/dev-ioctl.c
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ static int autofs_dev_ioctl_requester(struct file *fp,
 	ino = autofs4_dentry_ino(path.dentry);
 	if (ino) {
 		err = 0;
-		autofs4_expire_wait(path.dentry);
+		autofs4_expire_wait(path.dentry, 0);
 		spin_lock(&sbi->fs_lock);
 		param->requester.uid = from_kuid_munged(current_user_ns(), ino->uid);
 		param->requester.gid = from_kgid_munged(current_user_ns(), ino->gid);
diff --git a/fs/autofs4/expire.c b/fs/autofs4/expire.c
index 8fa3895cda02..683a5b9ce22a 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/expire.c
+++ b/fs/autofs4/expire.c
@@ -30,12 +30,6 @@ static inline int autofs4_can_expire(struct dentry *dentry,
 		/* Too young to die */
 		if (!timeout || time_after(ino->last_used + timeout, now))
 			return 0;
-
-		/* update last_used here :-
-		   - obviously makes sense if it is in use now
-		   - less obviously, prevents rapid-fire expire
-		     attempts if expire fails the first time */
-		ino->last_used = now;
 	}
 	return 1;
 }
@@ -327,10 +321,19 @@ struct dentry *autofs4_expire_direct(struct super_block *sb,
 	if (ino->flags & AUTOFS_INF_PENDING)
 		goto out;
 	if (!autofs4_direct_busy(mnt, root, timeout, do_now)) {
-		ino->flags |= AUTOFS_INF_EXPIRING;
-		init_completion(&ino->expire_complete);
+		ino->flags |= AUTOFS_INF_NO_RCU;
 		spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
-		return root;
+		synchronize_rcu();
+		spin_lock(&sbi->fs_lock);
+		if (!autofs4_direct_busy(mnt, root, timeout, do_now)) {
+			ino->flags |= AUTOFS_INF_EXPIRING;
+			smp_mb();
+			ino->flags &= ~AUTOFS_INF_NO_RCU;
+			init_completion(&ino->expire_complete);
+			spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
+			return root;
+		}
+		ino->flags &= ~AUTOFS_INF_NO_RCU;
 	}
 out:
 	spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
@@ -339,6 +342,89 @@ out:
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+/* Check if 'dentry' should expire, or return a nearby
+ * dentry that is suitable.
+ * If returned dentry is different from arg dentry,
+ * then a dget() reference was taken, else not.
+ */
+static struct dentry *should_expire(struct dentry *dentry,
+				    struct vfsmount *mnt,
+				    unsigned long timeout,
+				    int how)
+{
+	int do_now = how & AUTOFS_EXP_IMMEDIATE;
+	int exp_leaves = how & AUTOFS_EXP_LEAVES;
+	struct autofs_info *ino = autofs4_dentry_ino(dentry);
+	unsigned int ino_count;
+
+	/* No point expiring a pending mount */
+	if (ino->flags & AUTOFS_INF_PENDING)
+		return NULL;
+
+	/*
+	 * Case 1: (i) indirect mount or top level pseudo direct mount
+	 *	   (autofs-4.1).
+	 *	   (ii) indirect mount with offset mount, check the "/"
+	 *	   offset (autofs-5.0+).
+	 */
+	if (d_mountpoint(dentry)) {
+		DPRINTK("checking mountpoint %p %.*s",
+			dentry, (int)dentry->d_name.len, dentry->d_name.name);
+
+		/* Can we umount this guy */
+		if (autofs4_mount_busy(mnt, dentry))
+			return NULL;
+
+		/* Can we expire this guy */
+		if (autofs4_can_expire(dentry, timeout, do_now))
+			return dentry;
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	if (dentry->d_inode && S_ISLNK(dentry->d_inode->i_mode)) {
+		DPRINTK("checking symlink %p %.*s",
+			dentry, (int)dentry->d_name.len, dentry->d_name.name);
+		/*
+		 * A symlink can't be "busy" in the usual sense so
+		 * just check last used for expire timeout.
+		 */
+		if (autofs4_can_expire(dentry, timeout, do_now))
+			return dentry;
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	if (simple_empty(dentry))
+		return NULL;
+
+	/* Case 2: tree mount, expire iff entire tree is not busy */
+	if (!exp_leaves) {
+		/* Path walk currently on this dentry? */
+		ino_count = atomic_read(&ino->count) + 1;
+		if (d_count(dentry) > ino_count)
+			return NULL;
+
+		if (!autofs4_tree_busy(mnt, dentry, timeout, do_now))
+			return dentry;
+	/*
+	 * Case 3: pseudo direct mount, expire individual leaves
+	 *	   (autofs-4.1).
+	 */
+	} else {
+		/* Path walk currently on this dentry? */
+		struct dentry *expired;
+		ino_count = atomic_read(&ino->count) + 1;
+		if (d_count(dentry) > ino_count)
+			return NULL;
+
+		expired = autofs4_check_leaves(mnt, dentry, timeout, do_now);
+		if (expired) {
+			if (expired == dentry)
+				dput(dentry);
+			return expired;
+		}
+	}
+	return NULL;
+}
 /*
  * Find an eligible tree to time-out
  * A tree is eligible if :-
@@ -353,11 +439,8 @@ struct dentry *autofs4_expire_indirect(struct super_block *sb,
 	unsigned long timeout;
 	struct dentry *root = sb->s_root;
 	struct dentry *dentry;
-	struct dentry *expired = NULL;
-	int do_now = how & AUTOFS_EXP_IMMEDIATE;
-	int exp_leaves = how & AUTOFS_EXP_LEAVES;
+	struct dentry *expired;
 	struct autofs_info *ino;
-	unsigned int ino_count;
 
 	if (!root)
 		return NULL;
@@ -369,77 +452,28 @@ struct dentry *autofs4_expire_indirect(struct super_block *sb,
 	while ((dentry = get_next_positive_subdir(dentry, root))) {
 		spin_lock(&sbi->fs_lock);
 		ino = autofs4_dentry_ino(dentry);
-		/* No point expiring a pending mount */
-		if (ino->flags & AUTOFS_INF_PENDING)
-			goto next;
-
-		/*
-		 * Case 1: (i) indirect mount or top level pseudo direct mount
-		 *	   (autofs-4.1).
-		 *	   (ii) indirect mount with offset mount, check the "/"
-		 *	   offset (autofs-5.0+).
-		 */
-		if (d_mountpoint(dentry)) {
-			DPRINTK("checking mountpoint %p %.*s",
-				dentry, (int)dentry->d_name.len, dentry->d_name.name);
-
-			/* Can we umount this guy */
-			if (autofs4_mount_busy(mnt, dentry))
-				goto next;
-
-			/* Can we expire this guy */
-			if (autofs4_can_expire(dentry, timeout, do_now)) {
-				expired = dentry;
-				goto found;
-			}
-			goto next;
+		if (ino->flags & AUTOFS_INF_NO_RCU)
+			expired = NULL;
+		else
+			expired = should_expire(dentry, mnt, timeout, how);
+		if (!expired) {
+			spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
+			continue;
 		}
-
-		if (dentry->d_inode && S_ISLNK(dentry->d_inode->i_mode)) {
-			DPRINTK("checking symlink %p %.*s",
-				dentry, (int)dentry->d_name.len, dentry->d_name.name);
-			/*
-			 * A symlink can't be "busy" in the usual sense so
-			 * just check last used for expire timeout.
-			 */
-			if (autofs4_can_expire(dentry, timeout, do_now)) {
-				expired = dentry;
-				goto found;
-			}
-			goto next;
-		}
-
-		if (simple_empty(dentry))
-			goto next;
-
-		/* Case 2: tree mount, expire iff entire tree is not busy */
-		if (!exp_leaves) {
-			/* Path walk currently on this dentry? */
-			ino_count = atomic_read(&ino->count) + 1;
-			if (d_count(dentry) > ino_count)
-				goto next;
-
-			if (!autofs4_tree_busy(mnt, dentry, timeout, do_now)) {
-				expired = dentry;
-				goto found;
-			}
-		/*
-		 * Case 3: pseudo direct mount, expire individual leaves
-		 *	   (autofs-4.1).
-		 */
-		} else {
-			/* Path walk currently on this dentry? */
-			ino_count = atomic_read(&ino->count) + 1;
-			if (d_count(dentry) > ino_count)
-				goto next;
-
-			expired = autofs4_check_leaves(mnt, dentry, timeout, do_now);
-			if (expired) {
+		ino = autofs4_dentry_ino(expired);
+		ino->flags |= AUTOFS_INF_NO_RCU;
+		spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
+		synchronize_rcu();
+		spin_lock(&sbi->fs_lock);
+		if (should_expire(expired, mnt, timeout, how)) {
+			if (expired != dentry)
 				dput(dentry);
-				goto found;
-			}
+			goto found;
 		}
-next:
+
+		ino->flags &= ~AUTOFS_INF_NO_RCU;
+		if (expired != dentry)
+			dput(expired);
 		spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
 	}
 	return NULL;
@@ -447,8 +481,9 @@ next:
 found:
 	DPRINTK("returning %p %.*s",
 		expired, (int)expired->d_name.len, expired->d_name.name);
-	ino = autofs4_dentry_ino(expired);
 	ino->flags |= AUTOFS_INF_EXPIRING;
+	smp_mb();
+	ino->flags &= ~AUTOFS_INF_NO_RCU;
 	init_completion(&ino->expire_complete);
 	spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
 	spin_lock(&sbi->lookup_lock);
@@ -461,13 +496,18 @@ found:
 	return expired;
 }
 
-int autofs4_expire_wait(struct dentry *dentry)
+int autofs4_expire_wait(struct dentry *dentry, int rcu_walk)
 {
 	struct autofs_sb_info *sbi = autofs4_sbi(dentry->d_sb);
 	struct autofs_info *ino = autofs4_dentry_ino(dentry);
 	int status;
 
 	/* Block on any pending expire */
+	if (!(ino->flags & (AUTOFS_INF_EXPIRING | AUTOFS_INF_NO_RCU)))
+		return 0;
+	if (rcu_walk)
+		return -ECHILD;
+
 	spin_lock(&sbi->fs_lock);
 	if (ino->flags & AUTOFS_INF_EXPIRING) {
 		spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
@@ -519,6 +559,8 @@ int autofs4_expire_run(struct super_block *sb,
 
 	spin_lock(&sbi->fs_lock);
 	ino = autofs4_dentry_ino(dentry);
+	/* avoid rapid-fire expire attempts if expiry fails */
+	ino->last_used = now;
 	ino->flags &= ~AUTOFS_INF_EXPIRING;
 	complete_all(&ino->expire_complete);
 	spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
@@ -545,6 +587,8 @@ int autofs4_do_expire_multi(struct super_block *sb, struct vfsmount *mnt,
 		ret = autofs4_wait(sbi, dentry, NFY_EXPIRE);
 
 		spin_lock(&sbi->fs_lock);
+		/* avoid rapid-fire expire attempts if expiry fails */
+		ino->last_used = now;
 		ino->flags &= ~AUTOFS_INF_EXPIRING;
 		complete_all(&ino->expire_complete);
 		spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
diff --git a/fs/autofs4/root.c b/fs/autofs4/root.c
index cdb25ebccc4c..d76d083f2f06 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/root.c
+++ b/fs/autofs4/root.c
@@ -210,7 +210,8 @@ next:
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-static struct dentry *autofs4_lookup_expiring(struct dentry *dentry)
+static struct dentry *autofs4_lookup_expiring(struct dentry *dentry,
+					      bool rcu_walk)
 {
 	struct autofs_sb_info *sbi = autofs4_sbi(dentry->d_sb);
 	struct dentry *parent = dentry->d_parent;
@@ -229,6 +230,11 @@ static struct dentry *autofs4_lookup_expiring(struct dentry *dentry)
 		struct dentry *expiring;
 		struct qstr *qstr;
 
+		if (rcu_walk) {
+			spin_unlock(&sbi->lookup_lock);
+			return ERR_PTR(-ECHILD);
+		}
+
 		ino = list_entry(p, struct autofs_info, expiring);
 		expiring = ino->dentry;
 
@@ -264,13 +270,15 @@ next:
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-static int autofs4_mount_wait(struct dentry *dentry)
+static int autofs4_mount_wait(struct dentry *dentry, bool rcu_walk)
 {
 	struct autofs_sb_info *sbi = autofs4_sbi(dentry->d_sb);
 	struct autofs_info *ino = autofs4_dentry_ino(dentry);
 	int status = 0;
 
 	if (ino->flags & AUTOFS_INF_PENDING) {
+		if (rcu_walk)
+			return -ECHILD;
 		DPRINTK("waiting for mount name=%.*s",
 			dentry->d_name.len, dentry->d_name.name);
 		status = autofs4_wait(sbi, dentry, NFY_MOUNT);
@@ -280,20 +288,22 @@ static int autofs4_mount_wait(struct dentry *dentry)
 	return status;
 }
 
-static int do_expire_wait(struct dentry *dentry)
+static int do_expire_wait(struct dentry *dentry, bool rcu_walk)
 {
 	struct dentry *expiring;
 
-	expiring = autofs4_lookup_expiring(dentry);
+	expiring = autofs4_lookup_expiring(dentry, rcu_walk);
+	if (IS_ERR(expiring))
+		return PTR_ERR(expiring);
 	if (!expiring)
-		return autofs4_expire_wait(dentry);
+		return autofs4_expire_wait(dentry, rcu_walk);
 	else {
 		/*
 		 * If we are racing with expire the request might not
 		 * be quite complete, but the directory has been removed
 		 * so it must have been successful, just wait for it.
 		 */
-		autofs4_expire_wait(expiring);
+		autofs4_expire_wait(expiring, 0);
 		autofs4_del_expiring(expiring);
 		dput(expiring);
 	}
@@ -345,7 +355,7 @@ static struct vfsmount *autofs4_d_automount(struct path *path)
 	 * and the directory was removed, so just go ahead and try
 	 * the mount.
 	 */
-	status = do_expire_wait(dentry);
+	status = do_expire_wait(dentry, 0);
 	if (status && status != -EAGAIN)
 		return NULL;
 
@@ -353,7 +363,7 @@ static struct vfsmount *autofs4_d_automount(struct path *path)
 	spin_lock(&sbi->fs_lock);
 	if (ino->flags & AUTOFS_INF_PENDING) {
 		spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
-		status = autofs4_mount_wait(dentry);
+		status = autofs4_mount_wait(dentry, 0);
 		if (status)
 			return ERR_PTR(status);
 		goto done;
@@ -394,7 +404,7 @@ static struct vfsmount *autofs4_d_automount(struct path *path)
 		}
 		ino->flags |= AUTOFS_INF_PENDING;
 		spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
-		status = autofs4_mount_wait(dentry);
+		status = autofs4_mount_wait(dentry, 0);
 		spin_lock(&sbi->fs_lock);
 		ino->flags &= ~AUTOFS_INF_PENDING;
 		if (status) {
@@ -423,28 +433,46 @@ static int autofs4_d_manage(struct dentry *dentry, bool rcu_walk)
 
 	/* The daemon never waits. */
 	if (autofs4_oz_mode(sbi)) {
-		if (rcu_walk)
-			return 0;
 		if (!d_mountpoint(dentry))
 			return -EISDIR;
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	/* We need to sleep, so we need pathwalk to be in ref-mode */
-	if (rcu_walk)
-		return -ECHILD;
-
 	/* Wait for pending expires */
-	do_expire_wait(dentry);
+	if (do_expire_wait(dentry, rcu_walk) == -ECHILD)
+		return -ECHILD;
 
 	/*
 	 * This dentry may be under construction so wait on mount
 	 * completion.
 	 */
-	status = autofs4_mount_wait(dentry);
+	status = autofs4_mount_wait(dentry, rcu_walk);
 	if (status)
 		return status;
 
+	if (rcu_walk) {
+		/* We don't need fs_lock in rcu_walk mode,
+		 * just testing 'AUTOFS_INFO_NO_RCU' is enough.
+		 * simple_empty() takes a spinlock, so leave it
+		 * to last.
+		 * We only return -EISDIR when certain this isn't
+		 * a mount-trap.
+		 */
+		struct inode *inode;
+		if (ino->flags & (AUTOFS_INF_EXPIRING | AUTOFS_INF_NO_RCU))
+			return 0;
+		if (d_mountpoint(dentry))
+			return 0;
+		inode = ACCESS_ONCE(dentry->d_inode);
+		if (inode && S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode))
+			return -EISDIR;
+		if (list_empty(&dentry->d_subdirs))
+			return 0;
+		if (!simple_empty(dentry))
+			return -EISDIR;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	spin_lock(&sbi->fs_lock);
 	/*
 	 * If the dentry has been selected for expire while we slept
diff --git a/fs/befs/btree.c b/fs/befs/btree.c
index 9c7faa8a9288..0826e91dacda 100644
--- a/fs/befs/btree.c
+++ b/fs/befs/btree.c
@@ -78,11 +78,11 @@
 /*
  * In memory structure of each btree node
  */
-typedef struct {
+struct befs_btree_node {
 	befs_host_btree_nodehead head;	/* head of node converted to cpu byteorder */
 	struct buffer_head *bh;
 	befs_btree_nodehead *od_node;	/* on disk node */
-} befs_btree_node;
+};
 
 /* local constants */
 static const befs_off_t befs_bt_inval = 0xffffffffffffffffULL;
@@ -90,27 +90,30 @@ static const befs_off_t befs_bt_inval = 0xffffffffffffffffULL;
 /* local functions */
 static int befs_btree_seekleaf(struct super_block *sb, befs_data_stream * ds,
 			       befs_btree_super * bt_super,
-			       befs_btree_node * this_node,
+			       struct befs_btree_node *this_node,
 			       befs_off_t * node_off);
 
 static int befs_bt_read_super(struct super_block *sb, befs_data_stream * ds,
 			      befs_btree_super * sup);
 
 static int befs_bt_read_node(struct super_block *sb, befs_data_stream * ds,
-			     befs_btree_node * node, befs_off_t node_off);
+			     struct befs_btree_node *node,
+			     befs_off_t node_off);
 
-static int befs_leafnode(befs_btree_node * node);
+static int befs_leafnode(struct befs_btree_node *node);
 
-static fs16 *befs_bt_keylen_index(befs_btree_node * node);
+static fs16 *befs_bt_keylen_index(struct befs_btree_node *node);
 
-static fs64 *befs_bt_valarray(befs_btree_node * node);
+static fs64 *befs_bt_valarray(struct befs_btree_node *node);
 
-static char *befs_bt_keydata(befs_btree_node * node);
+static char *befs_bt_keydata(struct befs_btree_node *node);
 
-static int befs_find_key(struct super_block *sb, befs_btree_node * node,
+static int befs_find_key(struct super_block *sb,
+			 struct befs_btree_node *node,
 			 const char *findkey, befs_off_t * value);
 
-static char *befs_bt_get_key(struct super_block *sb, befs_btree_node * node,
+static char *befs_bt_get_key(struct super_block *sb,
+			     struct befs_btree_node *node,
 			     int index, u16 * keylen);
 
 static int befs_compare_strings(const void *key1, int keylen1,
@@ -191,7 +194,7 @@ befs_bt_read_super(struct super_block *sb, befs_data_stream * ds,
 
 static int
 befs_bt_read_node(struct super_block *sb, befs_data_stream * ds,
-		  befs_btree_node * node, befs_off_t node_off)
+		  struct befs_btree_node *node, befs_off_t node_off)
 {
 	uint off = 0;
 
@@ -247,7 +250,7 @@ int
 befs_btree_find(struct super_block *sb, befs_data_stream * ds,
 		const char *key, befs_off_t * value)
 {
-	befs_btree_node *this_node = NULL;
+	struct befs_btree_node *this_node = NULL;
 	befs_btree_super bt_super;
 	befs_off_t node_off;
 	int res;
@@ -260,11 +263,11 @@ befs_btree_find(struct super_block *sb, befs_data_stream * ds,
 		goto error;
 	}
 
-	this_node = kmalloc(sizeof (befs_btree_node),
+	this_node = kmalloc(sizeof(struct befs_btree_node),
 						GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!this_node) {
 		befs_error(sb, "befs_btree_find() failed to allocate %zu "
-			   "bytes of memory", sizeof (befs_btree_node));
+			   "bytes of memory", sizeof(struct befs_btree_node));
 		goto error;
 	}
 
@@ -333,7 +336,7 @@ befs_btree_find(struct super_block *sb, befs_data_stream * ds,
  * Use binary search instead of a linear.
  */
 static int
-befs_find_key(struct super_block *sb, befs_btree_node * node,
+befs_find_key(struct super_block *sb, struct befs_btree_node *node,
 	      const char *findkey, befs_off_t * value)
 {
 	int first, last, mid;
@@ -417,7 +420,7 @@ befs_btree_read(struct super_block *sb, befs_data_stream * ds,
 		loff_t key_no, size_t bufsize, char *keybuf, size_t * keysize,
 		befs_off_t * value)
 {
-	befs_btree_node *this_node;
+	struct befs_btree_node *this_node;
 	befs_btree_super bt_super;
 	befs_off_t node_off = 0;
 	int cur_key;
@@ -436,9 +439,10 @@ befs_btree_read(struct super_block *sb, befs_data_stream * ds,
 		goto error;
 	}
 
-	if ((this_node = kmalloc(sizeof (befs_btree_node), GFP_NOFS)) == NULL) {
+	this_node = kmalloc(sizeof(struct befs_btree_node), GFP_NOFS);
+	if (this_node == NULL) {
 		befs_error(sb, "befs_btree_read() failed to allocate %zu "
-			   "bytes of memory", sizeof (befs_btree_node));
+			   "bytes of memory", sizeof(struct befs_btree_node));
 		goto error;
 	}
 
@@ -545,7 +549,8 @@ befs_btree_read(struct super_block *sb, befs_data_stream * ds,
  */
 static int
 befs_btree_seekleaf(struct super_block *sb, befs_data_stream * ds,
-		    befs_btree_super * bt_super, befs_btree_node * this_node,
+		    befs_btree_super *bt_super,
+		    struct befs_btree_node *this_node,
 		    befs_off_t * node_off)
 {
 
@@ -600,7 +605,7 @@ befs_btree_seekleaf(struct super_block *sb, befs_data_stream * ds,
  * Return 1 if leaf, 0 if interior
  */
 static int
-befs_leafnode(befs_btree_node * node)
+befs_leafnode(struct befs_btree_node *node)
 {
 	/* all interior nodes (and only interior nodes) have an overflow node */
 	if (node->head.overflow == befs_bt_inval)
@@ -623,7 +628,7 @@ befs_leafnode(befs_btree_node * node)
  * Except that rounding up to 8 works, and rounding up to 4 doesn't.
  */
 static fs16 *
-befs_bt_keylen_index(befs_btree_node * node)
+befs_bt_keylen_index(struct befs_btree_node *node)
 {
 	const int keylen_align = 8;
 	unsigned long int off =
@@ -644,7 +649,7 @@ befs_bt_keylen_index(befs_btree_node * node)
  * of the node pointed to by the node header
  */
 static fs64 *
-befs_bt_valarray(befs_btree_node * node)
+befs_bt_valarray(struct befs_btree_node *node)
 {
 	void *keylen_index_start = (void *) befs_bt_keylen_index(node);
 	size_t keylen_index_size = node->head.all_key_count * sizeof (fs16);
@@ -660,7 +665,7 @@ befs_bt_valarray(befs_btree_node * node)
  * of the node pointed to by the node header 
  */
 static char *
-befs_bt_keydata(befs_btree_node * node)
+befs_bt_keydata(struct befs_btree_node *node)
 {
 	return (char *) ((void *) node->od_node + sizeof (befs_btree_nodehead));
 }
@@ -676,7 +681,7 @@ befs_bt_keydata(befs_btree_node * node)
  * Returns NULL on failure (bad input) and sets *@keylen = 0
  */
 static char *
-befs_bt_get_key(struct super_block *sb, befs_btree_node * node,
+befs_bt_get_key(struct super_block *sb, struct befs_btree_node *node,
 		int index, u16 * keylen)
 {
 	int prev_key_end;
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_misc.c b/fs/binfmt_misc.c
index b60500300dd7..fd8beb9657a2 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_misc.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_misc.c
@@ -62,7 +62,22 @@ static struct file_system_type bm_fs_type;
 static struct vfsmount *bm_mnt;
 static int entry_count;
 
-/* 
+/*
+ * Max length of the register string.  Determined by:
+ *  - 7 delimiters
+ *  - name:   ~50 bytes
+ *  - type:   1 byte
+ *  - offset: 3 bytes (has to be smaller than BINPRM_BUF_SIZE)
+ *  - magic:  128 bytes (512 in escaped form)
+ *  - mask:   128 bytes (512 in escaped form)
+ *  - interp: ~50 bytes
+ *  - flags:  5 bytes
+ * Round that up a bit, and then back off to hold the internal data
+ * (like struct Node).
+ */
+#define MAX_REGISTER_LENGTH 1920
+
+/*
  * Check if we support the binfmt
  * if we do, return the node, else NULL
  * locking is done in load_misc_binary
@@ -279,7 +294,7 @@ static Node *create_entry(const char __user *buffer, size_t count)
 
 	/* some sanity checks */
 	err = -EINVAL;
-	if ((count < 11) || (count > 256))
+	if ((count < 11) || (count > MAX_REGISTER_LENGTH))
 		goto out;
 
 	err = -ENOMEM;
@@ -396,12 +411,12 @@ static int parse_command(const char __user *buffer, size_t count)
 {
 	char s[4];
 
-	if (!count)
-		return 0;
 	if (count > 3)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	if (copy_from_user(s, buffer, count))
 		return -EFAULT;
+	if (!count)
+		return 0;
 	if (s[count-1] == '\n')
 		count--;
 	if (count == 1 && s[0] == '0')
diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index d1f704806264..9614adc7e754 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -1331,8 +1331,8 @@ lookup_bh_lru(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block, unsigned size)
 	for (i = 0; i < BH_LRU_SIZE; i++) {
 		struct buffer_head *bh = __this_cpu_read(bh_lrus.bhs[i]);
 
-		if (bh && bh->b_bdev == bdev &&
-				bh->b_blocknr == block && bh->b_size == size) {
+		if (bh && bh->b_blocknr == block && bh->b_bdev == bdev &&
+		    bh->b_size == size) {
 			if (i) {
 				while (i) {
 					__this_cpu_write(bh_lrus.bhs[i],
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifs_dfs_ref.c b/fs/cifs/cifs_dfs_ref.c
index 58df174deb10..b8602f199815 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifs_dfs_ref.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifs_dfs_ref.c
@@ -195,15 +195,15 @@ char *cifs_compose_mount_options(const char *sb_mountdata,
 		else
 			noff = tkn_e - (sb_mountdata + off) + 1;
 
-		if (strnicmp(sb_mountdata + off, "unc=", 4) == 0) {
+		if (strncasecmp(sb_mountdata + off, "unc=", 4) == 0) {
 			off += noff;
 			continue;
 		}
-		if (strnicmp(sb_mountdata + off, "ip=", 3) == 0) {
+		if (strncasecmp(sb_mountdata + off, "ip=", 3) == 0) {
 			off += noff;
 			continue;
 		}
-		if (strnicmp(sb_mountdata + off, "prefixpath=", 11) == 0) {
+		if (strncasecmp(sb_mountdata + off, "prefixpath=", 11) == 0) {
 			off += noff;
 			continue;
 		}
diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
index 36ca2045009b..239e1fb33000 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
@@ -1718,7 +1718,7 @@ cifs_parse_mount_options(const char *mountdata, const char *devname,
 				goto cifs_parse_mount_err;
 			}
 
-			 if (strnicmp(string, "default", 7) != 0) {
+			 if (strncasecmp(string, "default", 7) != 0) {
 				vol->iocharset = kstrdup(string,
 							 GFP_KERNEL);
 				if (!vol->iocharset) {
@@ -1790,7 +1790,7 @@ cifs_parse_mount_options(const char *mountdata, const char *devname,
 			if (string == NULL)
 				goto out_nomem;
 
-			if (strnicmp(string, "1", 1) == 0) {
+			if (strncasecmp(string, "1", 1) == 0) {
 				/* This is the default */
 				break;
 			}
diff --git a/fs/coredump.c b/fs/coredump.c
index a93f7e6ea4cf..b5c86ffd5033 100644
--- a/fs/coredump.c
+++ b/fs/coredump.c
@@ -199,6 +199,14 @@ static int format_corename(struct core_name *cn, struct coredump_params *cprm)
 				err = cn_printf(cn, "%d",
 					      task_tgid_nr(current));
 				break;
+			case 'i':
+				err = cn_printf(cn, "%d",
+					      task_pid_vnr(current));
+				break;
+			case 'I':
+				err = cn_printf(cn, "%d",
+					      task_pid_nr(current));
+				break;
 			/* uid */
 			case 'u':
 				err = cn_printf(cn, "%d", cred->uid);
diff --git a/fs/fat/misc.c b/fs/fat/misc.c
index 628e22a5a543..d8da2d2e30ae 100644
--- a/fs/fat/misc.c
+++ b/fs/fat/misc.c
@@ -164,8 +164,6 @@ int fat_chain_add(struct inode *inode, int new_dclus, int nr_cluster)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-extern struct timezone sys_tz;
-
 /*
  * The epoch of FAT timestamp is 1980.
  *     :  bits :     value
diff --git a/fs/hfs/hfs_fs.h b/fs/hfs/hfs_fs.h
index 0524cda47a6e..95d255219b1e 100644
--- a/fs/hfs/hfs_fs.h
+++ b/fs/hfs/hfs_fs.h
@@ -242,8 +242,6 @@ extern int hfs_mac2asc(struct super_block *, char *, const struct hfs_name *);
 /* super.c */
 extern void hfs_mark_mdb_dirty(struct super_block *sb);
 
-extern struct timezone sys_tz;
-
 /*
  * There are two time systems.  Both are based on seconds since
  * a particular time/date.
diff --git a/fs/isofs/inode.c b/fs/isofs/inode.c
index 5ddaf8625d3b..881b3bd0143f 100644
--- a/fs/isofs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/isofs/inode.c
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ static int isofs_dentry_cmp_common(
 	}
 	if (alen == blen) {
 		if (ci) {
-			if (strnicmp(name->name, str, alen) == 0)
+			if (strncasecmp(name->name, str, alen) == 0)
 				return 0;
 		} else {
 			if (strncmp(name->name, str, alen) == 0)
diff --git a/fs/ncpfs/dir.c b/fs/ncpfs/dir.c
index 314e7add99b8..7cb751dfbeef 100644
--- a/fs/ncpfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ncpfs/dir.c
@@ -1178,9 +1178,6 @@ static int day_n[] =
 {0, 31, 59, 90, 120, 151, 181, 212, 243, 273, 304, 334, 0, 0, 0, 0};
 /* Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec */
 
-
-extern struct timezone sys_tz;
-
 static int utc2local(int time)
 {
 	return time - sys_tz.tz_minuteswest * 60;
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/file.c b/fs/nilfs2/file.c
index 24978153c0c4..e9e3325f29f3 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/file.c
@@ -56,11 +56,9 @@ int nilfs_sync_file(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
 	mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
 
 	nilfs = inode->i_sb->s_fs_info;
-	if (!err && nilfs_test_opt(nilfs, BARRIER)) {
-		err = blkdev_issue_flush(inode->i_sb->s_bdev, GFP_KERNEL, NULL);
-		if (err != -EIO)
-			err = 0;
-	}
+	if (!err)
+		err = nilfs_flush_device(nilfs);
+
 	return err;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/inode.c b/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
index d071e7f23de2..e1fa69b341b9 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ int nilfs_get_block(struct inode *inode, sector_t blkoff,
 			nilfs_transaction_abort(inode->i_sb);
 			goto out;
 		}
-		nilfs_mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+		nilfs_mark_inode_dirty_sync(inode);
 		nilfs_transaction_commit(inode->i_sb); /* never fails */
 		/* Error handling should be detailed */
 		set_buffer_new(bh_result);
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ void nilfs_write_inode_common(struct inode *inode,
 	   for substitutions of appended fields */
 }
 
-void nilfs_update_inode(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head *ibh)
+void nilfs_update_inode(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head *ibh, int flags)
 {
 	ino_t ino = inode->i_ino;
 	struct nilfs_inode_info *ii = NILFS_I(inode);
@@ -683,7 +683,8 @@ void nilfs_update_inode(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head *ibh)
 
 	if (test_and_clear_bit(NILFS_I_NEW, &ii->i_state))
 		memset(raw_inode, 0, NILFS_MDT(ifile)->mi_entry_size);
-	set_bit(NILFS_I_INODE_DIRTY, &ii->i_state);
+	if (flags & I_DIRTY_DATASYNC)
+		set_bit(NILFS_I_INODE_SYNC, &ii->i_state);
 
 	nilfs_write_inode_common(inode, raw_inode, 0);
 		/* XXX: call with has_bmap = 0 is a workaround to avoid
@@ -939,7 +940,7 @@ int nilfs_set_file_dirty(struct inode *inode, unsigned nr_dirty)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int nilfs_mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode)
+int __nilfs_mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode, int flags)
 {
 	struct buffer_head *ibh;
 	int err;
@@ -950,7 +951,7 @@ int nilfs_mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode)
 			      "failed to reget inode block.\n");
 		return err;
 	}
-	nilfs_update_inode(inode, ibh);
+	nilfs_update_inode(inode, ibh, flags);
 	mark_buffer_dirty(ibh);
 	nilfs_mdt_mark_dirty(NILFS_I(inode)->i_root->ifile);
 	brelse(ibh);
@@ -983,7 +984,7 @@ void nilfs_dirty_inode(struct inode *inode, int flags)
 		return;
 	}
 	nilfs_transaction_begin(inode->i_sb, &ti, 0);
-	nilfs_mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+	__nilfs_mark_inode_dirty(inode, flags);
 	nilfs_transaction_commit(inode->i_sb); /* never fails */
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c b/fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c
index 422fb54b7377..9a20e513d7eb 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c
@@ -1022,11 +1022,9 @@ static int nilfs_ioctl_sync(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp,
 		return ret;
 
 	nilfs = inode->i_sb->s_fs_info;
-	if (nilfs_test_opt(nilfs, BARRIER)) {
-		ret = blkdev_issue_flush(inode->i_sb->s_bdev, GFP_KERNEL, NULL);
-		if (ret == -EIO)
-			return ret;
-	}
+	ret = nilfs_flush_device(nilfs);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
 
 	if (argp != NULL) {
 		down_read(&nilfs->ns_segctor_sem);
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/nilfs.h b/fs/nilfs2/nilfs.h
index 0696161bf59d..91093cd74f0d 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/nilfs.h
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/nilfs.h
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ enum {
 					   constructor */
 	NILFS_I_COLLECTED,		/* All dirty blocks are collected */
 	NILFS_I_UPDATED,		/* The file has been written back */
-	NILFS_I_INODE_DIRTY,		/* write_inode is requested */
+	NILFS_I_INODE_SYNC,		/* dsync is not allowed for inode */
 	NILFS_I_BMAP,			/* has bmap and btnode_cache */
 	NILFS_I_GCINODE,		/* inode for GC, on memory only */
 };
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ struct inode *nilfs_iget(struct super_block *sb, struct nilfs_root *root,
 			 unsigned long ino);
 extern struct inode *nilfs_iget_for_gc(struct super_block *sb,
 				       unsigned long ino, __u64 cno);
-extern void nilfs_update_inode(struct inode *, struct buffer_head *);
+extern void nilfs_update_inode(struct inode *, struct buffer_head *, int);
 extern void nilfs_truncate(struct inode *);
 extern void nilfs_evict_inode(struct inode *);
 extern int nilfs_setattr(struct dentry *, struct iattr *);
@@ -282,10 +282,18 @@ int nilfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask);
 int nilfs_load_inode_block(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head **pbh);
 extern int nilfs_inode_dirty(struct inode *);
 int nilfs_set_file_dirty(struct inode *inode, unsigned nr_dirty);
-extern int nilfs_mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *);
+extern int __nilfs_mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *, int);
 extern void nilfs_dirty_inode(struct inode *, int flags);
 int nilfs_fiemap(struct inode *inode, struct fiemap_extent_info *fieinfo,
 		 __u64 start, __u64 len);
+static inline int nilfs_mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	return __nilfs_mark_inode_dirty(inode, I_DIRTY);
+}
+static inline int nilfs_mark_inode_dirty_sync(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	return __nilfs_mark_inode_dirty(inode, I_DIRTY_SYNC);
+}
 
 /* super.c */
 extern struct inode *nilfs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *);
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/segment.c b/fs/nilfs2/segment.c
index a1a191634abc..7ef18fc656c2 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/segment.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/segment.c
@@ -930,7 +930,7 @@ static void nilfs_drop_collected_inodes(struct list_head *head)
 		if (!test_and_clear_bit(NILFS_I_COLLECTED, &ii->i_state))
 			continue;
 
-		clear_bit(NILFS_I_INODE_DIRTY, &ii->i_state);
+		clear_bit(NILFS_I_INODE_SYNC, &ii->i_state);
 		set_bit(NILFS_I_UPDATED, &ii->i_state);
 	}
 }
@@ -1833,6 +1833,7 @@ static void nilfs_segctor_complete_write(struct nilfs_sc_info *sci)
 	nilfs_set_next_segment(nilfs, segbuf);
 
 	if (update_sr) {
+		nilfs->ns_flushed_device = 0;
 		nilfs_set_last_segment(nilfs, segbuf->sb_pseg_start,
 				       segbuf->sb_sum.seg_seq, nilfs->ns_cno++);
 
@@ -2194,7 +2195,7 @@ int nilfs_construct_dsync_segment(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *inode,
 	nilfs_transaction_lock(sb, &ti, 0);
 
 	ii = NILFS_I(inode);
-	if (test_bit(NILFS_I_INODE_DIRTY, &ii->i_state) ||
+	if (test_bit(NILFS_I_INODE_SYNC, &ii->i_state) ||
 	    nilfs_test_opt(nilfs, STRICT_ORDER) ||
 	    test_bit(NILFS_SC_UNCLOSED, &sci->sc_flags) ||
 	    nilfs_discontinued(nilfs)) {
@@ -2216,6 +2217,8 @@ int nilfs_construct_dsync_segment(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *inode,
 	sci->sc_dsync_end = end;
 
 	err = nilfs_segctor_do_construct(sci, SC_LSEG_DSYNC);
+	if (!err)
+		nilfs->ns_flushed_device = 0;
 
 	nilfs_transaction_unlock(sb);
 	return err;
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/super.c b/fs/nilfs2/super.c
index 228f5bdf0772..2e5b3ec85b8f 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/super.c
@@ -310,6 +310,9 @@ int nilfs_commit_super(struct super_block *sb, int flag)
 					    nilfs->ns_sbsize));
 	}
 	clear_nilfs_sb_dirty(nilfs);
+	nilfs->ns_flushed_device = 1;
+	/* make sure store to ns_flushed_device cannot be reordered */
+	smp_wmb();
 	return nilfs_sync_super(sb, flag);
 }
 
@@ -514,6 +517,9 @@ static int nilfs_sync_fs(struct super_block *sb, int wait)
 	}
 	up_write(&nilfs->ns_sem);
 
+	if (!err)
+		err = nilfs_flush_device(nilfs);
+
 	return err;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/the_nilfs.h b/fs/nilfs2/the_nilfs.h
index d01ead1bea9a..23778d385836 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/the_nilfs.h
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/the_nilfs.h
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ enum {
 /**
  * struct the_nilfs - struct to supervise multiple nilfs mount points
  * @ns_flags: flags
+ * @ns_flushed_device: flag indicating if all volatile data was flushed
  * @ns_bdev: block device
  * @ns_sem: semaphore for shared states
  * @ns_snapshot_mount_mutex: mutex to protect snapshot mounts
@@ -103,6 +104,7 @@ enum {
  */
 struct the_nilfs {
 	unsigned long		ns_flags;
+	int			ns_flushed_device;
 
 	struct block_device    *ns_bdev;
 	struct rw_semaphore	ns_sem;
@@ -371,4 +373,24 @@ static inline int nilfs_segment_is_active(struct the_nilfs *nilfs, __u64 n)
 	return n == nilfs->ns_segnum || n == nilfs->ns_nextnum;
 }
 
+static inline int nilfs_flush_device(struct the_nilfs *nilfs)
+{
+	int err;
+
+	if (!nilfs_test_opt(nilfs, BARRIER) || nilfs->ns_flushed_device)
+		return 0;
+
+	nilfs->ns_flushed_device = 1;
+	/*
+	 * the store to ns_flushed_device must not be reordered after
+	 * blkdev_issue_flush().
+	 */
+	smp_wmb();
+
+	err = blkdev_issue_flush(nilfs->ns_bdev, GFP_KERNEL, NULL);
+	if (err != -EIO)
+		err = 0;
+	return err;
+}
+
 #endif /* _THE_NILFS_H */
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/heartbeat.c b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/heartbeat.c
index d13385448168..eb9d48746ab4 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/heartbeat.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/heartbeat.c
@@ -2244,7 +2244,7 @@ ssize_t o2hb_heartbeat_group_mode_store(struct o2hb_heartbeat_group *group,
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < O2HB_HEARTBEAT_NUM_MODES; ++i) {
-		if (strnicmp(page, o2hb_heartbeat_mode_desc[i], len))
+		if (strncasecmp(page, o2hb_heartbeat_mode_desc[i], len))
 			continue;
 
 		ret = o2hb_global_heartbeat_mode_set(i);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/masklog.c b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/masklog.c
index 07ac24fd9252..af7598bff1b5 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/masklog.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/masklog.c
@@ -49,13 +49,13 @@ static ssize_t mlog_mask_show(u64 mask, char *buf)
 
 static ssize_t mlog_mask_store(u64 mask, const char *buf, size_t count)
 {
-	if (!strnicmp(buf, "allow", 5)) {
+	if (!strncasecmp(buf, "allow", 5)) {
 		__mlog_set_u64(mask, mlog_and_bits);
 		__mlog_clear_u64(mask, mlog_not_bits);
-	} else if (!strnicmp(buf, "deny", 4)) {
+	} else if (!strncasecmp(buf, "deny", 4)) {
 		__mlog_set_u64(mask, mlog_not_bits);
 		__mlog_clear_u64(mask, mlog_and_bits);
-	} else if (!strnicmp(buf, "off", 3)) {
+	} else if (!strncasecmp(buf, "off", 3)) {
 		__mlog_clear_u64(mask, mlog_not_bits);
 		__mlog_clear_u64(mask, mlog_and_bits);
 	} else
diff --git a/fs/omfs/inode.c b/fs/omfs/inode.c
index ba8819702c56..138321b0c6c2 100644
--- a/fs/omfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/omfs/inode.c
@@ -306,9 +306,7 @@ static const struct super_operations omfs_sops = {
  */
 static int omfs_get_imap(struct super_block *sb)
 {
-	int bitmap_size;
-	int array_size;
-	int count;
+	unsigned int bitmap_size, count, array_size;
 	struct omfs_sb_info *sbi = OMFS_SB(sb);
 	struct buffer_head *bh;
 	unsigned long **ptr;
@@ -473,6 +471,12 @@ static int omfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	sbi->s_sys_blocksize = be32_to_cpu(omfs_sb->s_sys_blocksize);
 	mutex_init(&sbi->s_bitmap_lock);
 
+	if (sbi->s_num_blocks > OMFS_MAX_BLOCKS) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "omfs: sysblock number (%llx) is out of range\n",
+		       (unsigned long long)sbi->s_num_blocks);
+		goto out_brelse_bh;
+	}
+
 	if (sbi->s_sys_blocksize > PAGE_SIZE) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "omfs: sysblock size (%d) is out of range\n",
 			sbi->s_sys_blocksize);
diff --git a/fs/omfs/omfs_fs.h b/fs/omfs/omfs_fs.h
index ee5e4327de92..83a98330ed66 100644
--- a/fs/omfs/omfs_fs.h
+++ b/fs/omfs/omfs_fs.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #define OMFS_XOR_COUNT 19
 #define OMFS_MAX_BLOCK_SIZE 8192
 #define OMFS_MAX_CLUSTER_SIZE 8
+#define OMFS_MAX_BLOCKS (1ul << 31)
 
 struct omfs_super_block {
 	char s_fill1[256];
diff --git a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
index b7a7dc963a35..4e0388cffe3d 100644
--- a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
+++ b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
@@ -827,8 +827,21 @@ static ssize_t clear_refs_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 			.private = &cp,
 		};
 		down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
-		if (type == CLEAR_REFS_SOFT_DIRTY)
+		if (type == CLEAR_REFS_SOFT_DIRTY) {
+			for (vma = mm->mmap; vma; vma = vma->vm_next) {
+				if (!(vma->vm_flags & VM_SOFTDIRTY))
+					continue;
+				up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
+				down_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
+				for (vma = mm->mmap; vma; vma = vma->vm_next) {
+					vma->vm_flags &= ~VM_SOFTDIRTY;
+					vma_set_page_prot(vma);
+				}
+				downgrade_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
+				break;
+			}
 			mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start(mm, 0, -1);
+		}
 		for (vma = mm->mmap; vma; vma = vma->vm_next) {
 			cp.vma = vma;
 			if (is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma))
@@ -848,10 +861,6 @@ static ssize_t clear_refs_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 				continue;
 			if (type == CLEAR_REFS_MAPPED && !vma->vm_file)
 				continue;
-			if (type == CLEAR_REFS_SOFT_DIRTY) {
-				if (vma->vm_flags & VM_SOFTDIRTY)
-					vma->vm_flags &= ~VM_SOFTDIRTY;
-			}
 			walk_page_range(vma->vm_start, vma->vm_end,
 					&clear_refs_walk);
 		}
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/journal.c b/fs/reiserfs/journal.c
index a88b1b3e7db3..d571e173a990 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/journal.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/journal.c
@@ -699,11 +699,13 @@ static int add_to_chunk(struct buffer_chunk *chunk, struct buffer_head *bh,
 	chunk->bh[chunk->nr++] = bh;
 	if (chunk->nr >= CHUNK_SIZE) {
 		ret = 1;
-		if (lock)
+		if (lock) {
 			spin_unlock(lock);
-		fn(chunk);
-		if (lock)
+			fn(chunk);
 			spin_lock(lock);
+		} else {
+			fn(chunk);
+		}
 	}
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/fs/ufs/balloc.c b/fs/ufs/balloc.c
index 7bc20809c99e..2c1036080d52 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/balloc.c
+++ b/fs/ufs/balloc.c
@@ -784,7 +784,6 @@ static u64 ufs_bitmap_search(struct super_block *sb,
 		0x0, 0x2, 0x6, 0xe, 0x1e, 0x3e, 0x7e, 0xfe, 0x1fe
 	};
 	struct ufs_sb_private_info *uspi = UFS_SB(sb)->s_uspi;
-	struct ufs_cylinder_group *ucg;
 	unsigned start, length, loc;
 	unsigned pos, want, blockmap, mask, end;
 	u64 result;
@@ -792,8 +791,6 @@ static u64 ufs_bitmap_search(struct super_block *sb,
 	UFSD("ENTER, cg %u, goal %llu, count %u\n", ucpi->c_cgx,
 	     (unsigned long long)goal, count);
 
-	ucg = ubh_get_ucg(UCPI_UBH(ucpi));
-
 	if (goal)
 		start = ufs_dtogd(uspi, goal) >> 3;
 	else