diff --git a/fs/coda/cache.c b/fs/coda/cache.c
index a5bf577..9060f08 100644
--- a/fs/coda/cache.c
+++ b/fs/coda/cache.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/spinlock.h>
 
 #include <linux/coda.h>
 #include <linux/coda_linux.h>
@@ -31,19 +32,23 @@
 {
 	struct coda_inode_info *cii = ITOC(inode);
 
+	spin_lock(&cii->c_lock);
 	cii->c_cached_epoch = atomic_read(&permission_epoch);
 	if (cii->c_uid != current_fsuid()) {
 		cii->c_uid = current_fsuid();
                 cii->c_cached_perm = mask;
         } else
                 cii->c_cached_perm |= mask;
+	spin_unlock(&cii->c_lock);
 }
 
 /* remove cached acl from an inode */
 void coda_cache_clear_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct coda_inode_info *cii = ITOC(inode);
+	spin_lock(&cii->c_lock);
 	cii->c_cached_epoch = atomic_read(&permission_epoch) - 1;
+	spin_unlock(&cii->c_lock);
 }
 
 /* remove all acl caches */
@@ -57,13 +62,15 @@
 int coda_cache_check(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 {
 	struct coda_inode_info *cii = ITOC(inode);
-        int hit;
+	int hit;
 	
-        hit = (mask & cii->c_cached_perm) == mask &&
-		cii->c_uid == current_fsuid() &&
-		cii->c_cached_epoch == atomic_read(&permission_epoch);
+	spin_lock(&cii->c_lock);
+	hit = (mask & cii->c_cached_perm) == mask &&
+	    cii->c_uid == current_fsuid() &&
+	    cii->c_cached_epoch == atomic_read(&permission_epoch);
+	spin_unlock(&cii->c_lock);
 
-        return hit;
+	return hit;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/fs/coda/cnode.c b/fs/coda/cnode.c
index a7a7809..6022405 100644
--- a/fs/coda/cnode.c
+++ b/fs/coda/cnode.c
@@ -45,13 +45,15 @@
 static int coda_test_inode(struct inode *inode, void *data)
 {
 	struct CodaFid *fid = (struct CodaFid *)data;
-	return coda_fideq(&(ITOC(inode)->c_fid), fid);
+	struct coda_inode_info *cii = ITOC(inode);
+	return coda_fideq(&cii->c_fid, fid);
 }
 
 static int coda_set_inode(struct inode *inode, void *data)
 {
 	struct CodaFid *fid = (struct CodaFid *)data;
-	ITOC(inode)->c_fid = *fid;
+	struct coda_inode_info *cii = ITOC(inode);
+	cii->c_fid = *fid;
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -71,6 +73,7 @@
 		cii = ITOC(inode);
 		/* we still need to set i_ino for things like stat(2) */
 		inode->i_ino = hash;
+		/* inode is locked and unique, no need to grab cii->c_lock */
 		cii->c_mapcount = 0;
 		unlock_new_inode(inode);
 	}
@@ -107,14 +110,20 @@
 }
 
 
+/* Although we treat Coda file identifiers as immutable, there is one
+ * special case for files created during a disconnection where they may
+ * not be globally unique. When an identifier collision is detected we
+ * first try to flush the cached inode from the kernel and finally
+ * resort to renaming/rehashing in-place. Userspace remembers both old
+ * and new values of the identifier to handle any in-flight upcalls.
+ * The real solution is to use globally unique UUIDs as identifiers, but
+ * retrofitting the existing userspace code for this is non-trivial. */
 void coda_replace_fid(struct inode *inode, struct CodaFid *oldfid, 
 		      struct CodaFid *newfid)
 {
-	struct coda_inode_info *cii;
+	struct coda_inode_info *cii = ITOC(inode);
 	unsigned long hash = coda_f2i(newfid);
 	
-	cii = ITOC(inode);
-
 	BUG_ON(!coda_fideq(&cii->c_fid, oldfid));
 
 	/* replace fid and rehash inode */
diff --git a/fs/coda/dir.c b/fs/coda/dir.c
index ccd98b0..69fbbea 100644
--- a/fs/coda/dir.c
+++ b/fs/coda/dir.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/smp_lock.h>
+#include <linux/spinlock.h>
 
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 
@@ -617,7 +618,9 @@
 		goto out;
 
 	/* clear the flags. */
+	spin_lock(&cii->c_lock);
 	cii->c_flags &= ~(C_VATTR | C_PURGE | C_FLUSH);
+	spin_unlock(&cii->c_lock);
 
 bad:
 	unlock_kernel();
@@ -691,7 +694,10 @@
 			goto return_bad;
 		
 		coda_flag_inode_children(inode, C_FLUSH);
+
+		spin_lock(&cii->c_lock);
 		cii->c_flags &= ~(C_VATTR | C_PURGE | C_FLUSH);
+		spin_unlock(&cii->c_lock);
 	}
 
 ok:
diff --git a/fs/coda/file.c b/fs/coda/file.c
index ad3cd2a..c4e3957 100644
--- a/fs/coda/file.c
+++ b/fs/coda/file.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include <linux/cred.h>
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/smp_lock.h>
+#include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
@@ -109,19 +110,24 @@
 
 	coda_inode = coda_file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
 	host_inode = host_file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+
+	cii = ITOC(coda_inode);
+	spin_lock(&cii->c_lock);
 	coda_file->f_mapping = host_file->f_mapping;
 	if (coda_inode->i_mapping == &coda_inode->i_data)
 		coda_inode->i_mapping = host_inode->i_mapping;
 
 	/* only allow additional mmaps as long as userspace isn't changing
 	 * the container file on us! */
-	else if (coda_inode->i_mapping != host_inode->i_mapping)
+	else if (coda_inode->i_mapping != host_inode->i_mapping) {
+		spin_unlock(&cii->c_lock);
 		return -EBUSY;
+	}
 
 	/* keep track of how often the coda_inode/host_file has been mmapped */
-	cii = ITOC(coda_inode);
 	cii->c_mapcount++;
 	cfi->cfi_mapcount++;
+	spin_unlock(&cii->c_lock);
 
 	return host_file->f_op->mmap(host_file, vma);
 }
@@ -185,11 +191,13 @@
 	cii = ITOC(coda_inode);
 
 	/* did we mmap this file? */
+	spin_lock(&cii->c_lock);
 	if (coda_inode->i_mapping == &host_inode->i_data) {
 		cii->c_mapcount -= cfi->cfi_mapcount;
 		if (!cii->c_mapcount)
 			coda_inode->i_mapping = &coda_inode->i_data;
 	}
+	spin_unlock(&cii->c_lock);
 
 	fput(cfi->cfi_container);
 	kfree(coda_file->private_data);
diff --git a/fs/coda/inode.c b/fs/coda/inode.c
index bfe8179..0553f3b 100644
--- a/fs/coda/inode.c
+++ b/fs/coda/inode.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/unistd.h>
 #include <linux/smp_lock.h>
+#include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/file.h>
 #include <linux/vfs.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@
 	ei->c_flags = 0;
 	ei->c_uid = 0;
 	ei->c_cached_perm = 0;
+	spin_lock_init(&ei->c_lock);
 	return &ei->vfs_inode;
 }