diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/Makefile b/fs/ecryptfs/Makefile
index 7688570..1e34a7f 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/Makefile
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/Makefile
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_ECRYPT_FS) += ecryptfs.o
 
-ecryptfs-objs := dentry.o file.o inode.o main.o super.o mmap.o read_write.o crypto.o keystore.o messaging.o netlink.o debug.o
+ecryptfs-objs := dentry.o file.o inode.o main.o super.o mmap.o read_write.o crypto.o keystore.o messaging.o netlink.o miscdev.o debug.o
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/ecryptfs_kernel.h b/fs/ecryptfs/ecryptfs_kernel.h
index 342e8d3..72e1177 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/ecryptfs_kernel.h
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/ecryptfs_kernel.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *
  * Copyright (C) 1997-2003 Erez Zadok
  * Copyright (C) 2001-2003 Stony Brook University
- * Copyright (C) 2004-2007 International Business Machines Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2004-2008 International Business Machines Corp.
  *   Author(s): Michael A. Halcrow <mahalcro@us.ibm.com>
  *              Trevor S. Highland <trevor.highland@gmail.com>
  *              Tyler Hicks <tyhicks@ou.edu>
@@ -49,11 +49,13 @@
 #define ECRYPTFS_VERSIONING_POLICY                0x00000008
 #define ECRYPTFS_VERSIONING_XATTR                 0x00000010
 #define ECRYPTFS_VERSIONING_MULTKEY               0x00000020
+#define ECRYPTFS_VERSIONING_DEVMISC               0x00000040
 #define ECRYPTFS_VERSIONING_MASK (ECRYPTFS_VERSIONING_PASSPHRASE \
 				  | ECRYPTFS_VERSIONING_PLAINTEXT_PASSTHROUGH \
 				  | ECRYPTFS_VERSIONING_PUBKEY \
 				  | ECRYPTFS_VERSIONING_XATTR \
-				  | ECRYPTFS_VERSIONING_MULTKEY)
+				  | ECRYPTFS_VERSIONING_MULTKEY \
+				  | ECRYPTFS_VERSIONING_DEVMISC)
 #define ECRYPTFS_MAX_PASSWORD_LENGTH 64
 #define ECRYPTFS_MAX_PASSPHRASE_BYTES ECRYPTFS_MAX_PASSWORD_LENGTH
 #define ECRYPTFS_SALT_SIZE 8
@@ -73,17 +75,14 @@
 #define ECRYPTFS_DEFAULT_MSG_CTX_ELEMS 32
 #define ECRYPTFS_DEFAULT_SEND_TIMEOUT HZ
 #define ECRYPTFS_MAX_MSG_CTX_TTL (HZ*3)
-#define ECRYPTFS_NLMSG_HELO 100
-#define ECRYPTFS_NLMSG_QUIT 101
-#define ECRYPTFS_NLMSG_REQUEST 102
-#define ECRYPTFS_NLMSG_RESPONSE 103
 #define ECRYPTFS_MAX_PKI_NAME_BYTES 16
 #define ECRYPTFS_DEFAULT_NUM_USERS 4
 #define ECRYPTFS_MAX_NUM_USERS 32768
 #define ECRYPTFS_TRANSPORT_NETLINK 0
 #define ECRYPTFS_TRANSPORT_CONNECTOR 1
 #define ECRYPTFS_TRANSPORT_RELAYFS 2
-#define ECRYPTFS_DEFAULT_TRANSPORT ECRYPTFS_TRANSPORT_NETLINK
+#define ECRYPTFS_TRANSPORT_MISCDEV 3
+#define ECRYPTFS_DEFAULT_TRANSPORT ECRYPTFS_TRANSPORT_MISCDEV
 #define ECRYPTFS_XATTR_NAME "user.ecryptfs"
 
 #define RFC2440_CIPHER_DES3_EDE 0x02
@@ -366,32 +365,62 @@
 };
 
 struct ecryptfs_message {
+	/* Can never be greater than ecryptfs_message_buf_len */
+	/* Used to find the parent msg_ctx */
+	/* Inherits from msg_ctx->index */
 	u32 index;
 	u32 data_len;
 	u8 data[];
 };
 
 struct ecryptfs_msg_ctx {
-#define ECRYPTFS_MSG_CTX_STATE_FREE      0x0001
-#define ECRYPTFS_MSG_CTX_STATE_PENDING   0x0002
-#define ECRYPTFS_MSG_CTX_STATE_DONE      0x0003
-	u32 state;
-	unsigned int index;
-	unsigned int counter;
+#define ECRYPTFS_MSG_CTX_STATE_FREE     0x01
+#define ECRYPTFS_MSG_CTX_STATE_PENDING  0x02
+#define ECRYPTFS_MSG_CTX_STATE_DONE     0x03
+#define ECRYPTFS_MSG_CTX_STATE_NO_REPLY 0x04
+	u8 state;
+#define ECRYPTFS_MSG_HELO 100
+#define ECRYPTFS_MSG_QUIT 101
+#define ECRYPTFS_MSG_REQUEST 102
+#define ECRYPTFS_MSG_RESPONSE 103
+	u8 type;
+	u32 index;
+	/* Counter converts to a sequence number. Each message sent
+	 * out for which we expect a response has an associated
+	 * sequence number. The response must have the same sequence
+	 * number as the counter for the msg_stc for the message to be
+	 * valid. */
+	u32 counter;
+	size_t msg_size;
 	struct ecryptfs_message *msg;
 	struct task_struct *task;
 	struct list_head node;
+	struct list_head daemon_out_list;
 	struct mutex mux;
 };
 
 extern unsigned int ecryptfs_transport;
 
-struct ecryptfs_daemon_id {
+struct ecryptfs_daemon;
+
+struct ecryptfs_daemon {
+#define ECRYPTFS_DAEMON_IN_READ      0x00000001
+#define ECRYPTFS_DAEMON_IN_POLL      0x00000002
+#define ECRYPTFS_DAEMON_ZOMBIE       0x00000004
+#define ECRYPTFS_DAEMON_MISCDEV_OPEN 0x00000008
+	u32 flags;
+	u32 num_queued_msg_ctx;
 	pid_t pid;
-	uid_t uid;
-	struct hlist_node id_chain;
+	uid_t euid;
+	struct task_struct *task;
+	struct mutex mux;
+	struct list_head msg_ctx_out_queue;
+	wait_queue_head_t wait;
+	struct hlist_node euid_chain;
 };
 
+extern struct mutex ecryptfs_daemon_hash_mux;
+
 static inline struct ecryptfs_file_info *
 ecryptfs_file_to_private(struct file *file)
 {
@@ -593,13 +622,13 @@
 void ecryptfs_release_messaging(unsigned int transport);
 
 int ecryptfs_send_netlink(char *data, int data_len,
-			  struct ecryptfs_msg_ctx *msg_ctx, u16 msg_type,
+			  struct ecryptfs_msg_ctx *msg_ctx, u8 msg_type,
 			  u16 msg_flags, pid_t daemon_pid);
 int ecryptfs_init_netlink(void);
 void ecryptfs_release_netlink(void);
 
 int ecryptfs_send_connector(char *data, int data_len,
-			    struct ecryptfs_msg_ctx *msg_ctx, u16 msg_type,
+			    struct ecryptfs_msg_ctx *msg_ctx, u8 msg_type,
 			    u16 msg_flags, pid_t daemon_pid);
 int ecryptfs_init_connector(void);
 void ecryptfs_release_connector(void);
@@ -642,5 +671,19 @@
 				     size_t offset_in_page, size_t size,
 				     struct inode *ecryptfs_inode);
 struct page *ecryptfs_get_locked_page(struct file *file, loff_t index);
+int ecryptfs_exorcise_daemon(struct ecryptfs_daemon *daemon);
+int ecryptfs_find_daemon_by_euid(struct ecryptfs_daemon **daemon, uid_t euid);
+int ecryptfs_parse_packet_length(unsigned char *data, size_t *size,
+				 size_t *length_size);
+int ecryptfs_write_packet_length(char *dest, size_t size,
+				 size_t *packet_size_length);
+int ecryptfs_init_ecryptfs_miscdev(void);
+void ecryptfs_destroy_ecryptfs_miscdev(void);
+int ecryptfs_send_miscdev(char *data, size_t data_size,
+			  struct ecryptfs_msg_ctx *msg_ctx, u8 msg_type,
+			  u16 msg_flags, struct ecryptfs_daemon *daemon);
+void ecryptfs_msg_ctx_alloc_to_free(struct ecryptfs_msg_ctx *msg_ctx);
+int
+ecryptfs_spawn_daemon(struct ecryptfs_daemon **daemon, uid_t euid, pid_t pid);
 
 #endif /* #ifndef ECRYPTFS_KERNEL_H */
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/keystore.c b/fs/ecryptfs/keystore.c
index 682b1b2..e82b457 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/keystore.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/keystore.c
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 }
 
 /**
- * parse_packet_length
+ * ecryptfs_parse_packet_length
  * @data: Pointer to memory containing length at offset
  * @size: This function writes the decoded size to this memory
  *        address; zero on error
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@
  *
  * Returns zero on success; non-zero on error
  */
-static int parse_packet_length(unsigned char *data, size_t *size,
-			       size_t *length_size)
+int ecryptfs_parse_packet_length(unsigned char *data, size_t *size,
+				 size_t *length_size)
 {
 	int rc = 0;
 
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
 }
 
 /**
- * write_packet_length
+ * ecryptfs_write_packet_length
  * @dest: The byte array target into which to write the length. Must
  *        have at least 5 bytes allocated.
  * @size: The length to write.
@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@
  *
  * Returns zero on success; non-zero on error.
  */
-static int write_packet_length(char *dest, size_t size,
-			       size_t *packet_size_length)
+int ecryptfs_write_packet_length(char *dest, size_t size,
+				 size_t *packet_size_length)
 {
 	int rc = 0;
 
@@ -162,8 +162,8 @@
 		goto out;
 	}
 	message[i++] = ECRYPTFS_TAG_64_PACKET_TYPE;
-	rc = write_packet_length(&message[i], ECRYPTFS_SIG_SIZE_HEX,
-				 &packet_size_len);
+	rc = ecryptfs_write_packet_length(&message[i], ECRYPTFS_SIG_SIZE_HEX,
+					  &packet_size_len);
 	if (rc) {
 		ecryptfs_printk(KERN_ERR, "Error generating tag 64 packet "
 				"header; cannot generate packet length\n");
@@ -172,8 +172,9 @@
 	i += packet_size_len;
 	memcpy(&message[i], signature, ECRYPTFS_SIG_SIZE_HEX);
 	i += ECRYPTFS_SIG_SIZE_HEX;
-	rc = write_packet_length(&message[i], session_key->encrypted_key_size,
-				 &packet_size_len);
+	rc = ecryptfs_write_packet_length(&message[i],
+					  session_key->encrypted_key_size,
+					  &packet_size_len);
 	if (rc) {
 		ecryptfs_printk(KERN_ERR, "Error generating tag 64 packet "
 				"header; cannot generate packet length\n");
@@ -225,7 +226,7 @@
 		rc = -EIO;
 		goto out;
 	}
-	rc = parse_packet_length(&data[i], &m_size, &data_len);
+	rc = ecryptfs_parse_packet_length(&data[i], &m_size, &data_len);
 	if (rc) {
 		ecryptfs_printk(KERN_WARNING, "Error parsing packet length; "
 				"rc = [%d]\n", rc);
@@ -304,8 +305,8 @@
 		goto out;
 	}
 	message[i++] = ECRYPTFS_TAG_66_PACKET_TYPE;
-	rc = write_packet_length(&message[i], ECRYPTFS_SIG_SIZE_HEX,
-				 &packet_size_len);
+	rc = ecryptfs_write_packet_length(&message[i], ECRYPTFS_SIG_SIZE_HEX,
+					  &packet_size_len);
 	if (rc) {
 		ecryptfs_printk(KERN_ERR, "Error generating tag 66 packet "
 				"header; cannot generate packet length\n");
@@ -315,8 +316,8 @@
 	memcpy(&message[i], signature, ECRYPTFS_SIG_SIZE_HEX);
 	i += ECRYPTFS_SIG_SIZE_HEX;
 	/* The encrypted key includes 1 byte cipher code and 2 byte checksum */
-	rc = write_packet_length(&message[i], crypt_stat->key_size + 3,
-				 &packet_size_len);
+	rc = ecryptfs_write_packet_length(&message[i], crypt_stat->key_size + 3,
+					  &packet_size_len);
 	if (rc) {
 		ecryptfs_printk(KERN_ERR, "Error generating tag 66 packet "
 				"header; cannot generate packet length\n");
@@ -357,20 +358,25 @@
 	/* verify that everything through the encrypted FEK size is present */
 	if (message_len < 4) {
 		rc = -EIO;
+		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: message_len is [%Zd]; minimum acceptable "
+		       "message length is [%d]\n", __func__, message_len, 4);
 		goto out;
 	}
 	if (data[i++] != ECRYPTFS_TAG_67_PACKET_TYPE) {
-		ecryptfs_printk(KERN_ERR, "Type should be ECRYPTFS_TAG_67\n");
 		rc = -EIO;
+		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Type should be ECRYPTFS_TAG_67\n",
+		       __func__);
 		goto out;
 	}
 	if (data[i++]) {
-		ecryptfs_printk(KERN_ERR, "Status indicator has non zero value"
-				" [%d]\n", data[i-1]);
 		rc = -EIO;
+		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Status indicator has non zero "
+		       "value [%d]\n", __func__, data[i-1]);
+
 		goto out;
 	}
-	rc = parse_packet_length(&data[i], &key_rec->enc_key_size, &data_len);
+	rc = ecryptfs_parse_packet_length(&data[i], &key_rec->enc_key_size,
+					  &data_len);
 	if (rc) {
 		ecryptfs_printk(KERN_WARNING, "Error parsing packet length; "
 				"rc = [%d]\n", rc);
@@ -378,17 +384,17 @@
 	}
 	i += data_len;
 	if (message_len < (i + key_rec->enc_key_size)) {
-		ecryptfs_printk(KERN_ERR, "message_len [%d]; max len is [%d]\n",
-				message_len, (i + key_rec->enc_key_size));
 		rc = -EIO;
+		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: message_len [%Zd]; max len is [%Zd]\n",
+		       __func__, message_len, (i + key_rec->enc_key_size));
 		goto out;
 	}
 	if (key_rec->enc_key_size > ECRYPTFS_MAX_ENCRYPTED_KEY_BYTES) {
-		ecryptfs_printk(KERN_ERR, "Encrypted key_size [%d] larger than "
-				"the maximum key size [%d]\n",
-				key_rec->enc_key_size,
-				ECRYPTFS_MAX_ENCRYPTED_KEY_BYTES);
 		rc = -EIO;
+		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Encrypted key_size [%Zd] larger than "
+		       "the maximum key size [%d]\n", __func__,
+		       key_rec->enc_key_size,
+		       ECRYPTFS_MAX_ENCRYPTED_KEY_BYTES);
 		goto out;
 	}
 	memcpy(key_rec->enc_key, &data[i], key_rec->enc_key_size);
@@ -445,7 +451,7 @@
 	rc = write_tag_64_packet(auth_tok_sig, &(auth_tok->session_key),
 				 &netlink_message, &netlink_message_length);
 	if (rc) {
-		ecryptfs_printk(KERN_ERR, "Failed to write tag 64 packet");
+		ecryptfs_printk(KERN_ERR, "Failed to write tag 64 packet\n");
 		goto out;
 	}
 	rc = ecryptfs_send_message(ecryptfs_transport, netlink_message,
@@ -570,8 +576,8 @@
 		goto out;
 	}
 	(*new_auth_tok) = &auth_tok_list_item->auth_tok;
-	rc = parse_packet_length(&data[(*packet_size)], &body_size,
-				 &length_size);
+	rc = ecryptfs_parse_packet_length(&data[(*packet_size)], &body_size,
+					  &length_size);
 	if (rc) {
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "Error parsing packet length; "
 		       "rc = [%d]\n", rc);
@@ -704,8 +710,8 @@
 		goto out;
 	}
 	(*new_auth_tok) = &auth_tok_list_item->auth_tok;
-	rc = parse_packet_length(&data[(*packet_size)], &body_size,
-				 &length_size);
+	rc = ecryptfs_parse_packet_length(&data[(*packet_size)], &body_size,
+					  &length_size);
 	if (rc) {
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "Error parsing packet length; rc = [%d]\n",
 		       rc);
@@ -852,8 +858,8 @@
 		rc = -EINVAL;
 		goto out;
 	}
-	rc = parse_packet_length(&data[(*packet_size)], &body_size,
-				 &length_size);
+	rc = ecryptfs_parse_packet_length(&data[(*packet_size)], &body_size,
+					  &length_size);
 	if (rc) {
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "Invalid tag 11 packet format\n");
 		goto out;
@@ -1405,8 +1411,8 @@
 			auth_tok->token.private_key.key_size;
 	rc = pki_encrypt_session_key(auth_tok, crypt_stat, key_rec);
 	if (rc) {
-		ecryptfs_printk(KERN_ERR, "Failed to encrypt session key "
-				"via a pki");
+		printk(KERN_ERR "Failed to encrypt session key via a key "
+		       "module; rc = [%d]\n", rc);
 		goto out;
 	}
 	if (ecryptfs_verbosity > 0) {
@@ -1430,8 +1436,9 @@
 		goto out;
 	}
 	dest[(*packet_size)++] = ECRYPTFS_TAG_1_PACKET_TYPE;
-	rc = write_packet_length(&dest[(*packet_size)], (max_packet_size - 4),
-				 &packet_size_length);
+	rc = ecryptfs_write_packet_length(&dest[(*packet_size)],
+					  (max_packet_size - 4),
+					  &packet_size_length);
 	if (rc) {
 		ecryptfs_printk(KERN_ERR, "Error generating tag 1 packet "
 				"header; cannot generate packet length\n");
@@ -1489,8 +1496,9 @@
 		goto out;
 	}
 	dest[(*packet_length)++] = ECRYPTFS_TAG_11_PACKET_TYPE;
-	rc = write_packet_length(&dest[(*packet_length)],
-				 (max_packet_size - 4), &packet_size_length);
+	rc = ecryptfs_write_packet_length(&dest[(*packet_length)],
+					  (max_packet_size - 4),
+					  &packet_size_length);
 	if (rc) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "Error generating tag 11 packet header; cannot "
 		       "generate packet length. rc = [%d]\n", rc);
@@ -1682,8 +1690,9 @@
 	dest[(*packet_size)++] = ECRYPTFS_TAG_3_PACKET_TYPE;
 	/* Chop off the Tag 3 identifier(1) and Tag 3 packet size(3)
 	 * to get the number of octets in the actual Tag 3 packet */
-	rc = write_packet_length(&dest[(*packet_size)], (max_packet_size - 4),
-				 &packet_size_length);
+	rc = ecryptfs_write_packet_length(&dest[(*packet_size)],
+					  (max_packet_size - 4),
+					  &packet_size_length);
 	if (rc) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "Error generating tag 3 packet header; cannot "
 		       "generate packet length. rc = [%d]\n", rc);
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/messaging.c b/fs/ecryptfs/messaging.c
index 9cc2aec..c6038bd 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/messaging.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/messaging.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /**
  * eCryptfs: Linux filesystem encryption layer
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2004-2006 International Business Machines Corp.
+ * Copyright (C) 2004-2008 International Business Machines Corp.
  *   Author(s): Michael A. Halcrow <mhalcrow@us.ibm.com>
  *		Tyler Hicks <tyhicks@ou.edu>
  *
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@
 static LIST_HEAD(ecryptfs_msg_ctx_alloc_list);
 static struct mutex ecryptfs_msg_ctx_lists_mux;
 
-static struct hlist_head *ecryptfs_daemon_id_hash;
-static struct mutex ecryptfs_daemon_id_hash_mux;
+static struct hlist_head *ecryptfs_daemon_hash;
+struct mutex ecryptfs_daemon_hash_mux;
 static int ecryptfs_hash_buckets;
 #define ecryptfs_uid_hash(uid) \
         hash_long((unsigned long)uid, ecryptfs_hash_buckets)
 
-static unsigned int ecryptfs_msg_counter;
+static u32 ecryptfs_msg_counter;
 static struct ecryptfs_msg_ctx *ecryptfs_msg_ctx_arr;
 
 /**
@@ -40,9 +40,10 @@
  * @msg_ctx: The context that was acquired from the free list
  *
  * Acquires a context element from the free list and locks the mutex
- * on the context.  Returns zero on success; non-zero on error or upon
- * failure to acquire a free context element.  Be sure to lock the
- * list mutex before calling.
+ * on the context.  Sets the msg_ctx task to current.  Returns zero on
+ * success; non-zero on error or upon failure to acquire a free
+ * context element.  Must be called with ecryptfs_msg_ctx_lists_mux
+ * held.
  */
 static int ecryptfs_acquire_free_msg_ctx(struct ecryptfs_msg_ctx **msg_ctx)
 {
@@ -50,11 +51,11 @@
 	int rc;
 
 	if (list_empty(&ecryptfs_msg_ctx_free_list)) {
-		ecryptfs_printk(KERN_WARNING, "The eCryptfs free "
-				"context list is empty.  It may be helpful to "
-				"specify the ecryptfs_message_buf_len "
-				"parameter to be greater than the current "
-				"value of [%d]\n", ecryptfs_message_buf_len);
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: The eCryptfs free "
+		       "context list is empty.  It may be helpful to "
+		       "specify the ecryptfs_message_buf_len "
+		       "parameter to be greater than the current "
+		       "value of [%d]\n", __func__, ecryptfs_message_buf_len);
 		rc = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out;
 	}
@@ -75,8 +76,7 @@
  * ecryptfs_msg_ctx_free_to_alloc
  * @msg_ctx: The context to move from the free list to the alloc list
  *
- * Be sure to lock the list mutex and the context mutex before
- * calling.
+ * Must be called with ecryptfs_msg_ctx_lists_mux held.
  */
 static void ecryptfs_msg_ctx_free_to_alloc(struct ecryptfs_msg_ctx *msg_ctx)
 {
@@ -89,36 +89,37 @@
  * ecryptfs_msg_ctx_alloc_to_free
  * @msg_ctx: The context to move from the alloc list to the free list
  *
- * Be sure to lock the list mutex and the context mutex before
- * calling.
+ * Must be called with ecryptfs_msg_ctx_lists_mux held.
  */
-static void ecryptfs_msg_ctx_alloc_to_free(struct ecryptfs_msg_ctx *msg_ctx)
+void ecryptfs_msg_ctx_alloc_to_free(struct ecryptfs_msg_ctx *msg_ctx)
 {
 	list_move(&(msg_ctx->node), &ecryptfs_msg_ctx_free_list);
 	if (msg_ctx->msg)
 		kfree(msg_ctx->msg);
+	msg_ctx->msg = NULL;
 	msg_ctx->state = ECRYPTFS_MSG_CTX_STATE_FREE;
 }
 
 /**
- * ecryptfs_find_daemon_id
- * @uid: The user id which maps to the desired daemon id
- * @id: If return value is zero, points to the desired daemon id
- *      pointer
+ * ecryptfs_find_daemon_by_euid
+ * @euid: The effective user id which maps to the desired daemon id
+ * @daemon: If return value is zero, points to the desired daemon pointer
  *
- * Search the hash list for the given user id.  Returns zero if the
- * user id exists in the list; non-zero otherwise.  The daemon id hash
- * mutex should be held before calling this function.
+ * Must be called with ecryptfs_daemon_hash_mux held.
+ *
+ * Search the hash list for the given user id.
+ *
+ * Returns zero if the user id exists in the list; non-zero otherwise.
  */
-static int ecryptfs_find_daemon_id(uid_t uid, struct ecryptfs_daemon_id **id)
+int ecryptfs_find_daemon_by_euid(struct ecryptfs_daemon **daemon, uid_t euid)
 {
 	struct hlist_node *elem;
 	int rc;
 
-	hlist_for_each_entry(*id, elem,
-			     &ecryptfs_daemon_id_hash[ecryptfs_uid_hash(uid)],
-			     id_chain) {
-		if ((*id)->uid == uid) {
+	hlist_for_each_entry(*daemon, elem,
+			     &ecryptfs_daemon_hash[ecryptfs_uid_hash(euid)],
+			     euid_chain) {
+		if ((*daemon)->euid == euid) {
 			rc = 0;
 			goto out;
 		}
@@ -128,181 +129,291 @@
 	return rc;
 }
 
-static int ecryptfs_send_raw_message(unsigned int transport, u16 msg_type,
-				     pid_t pid)
+static int
+ecryptfs_send_message_locked(unsigned int transport, char *data, int data_len,
+			     u8 msg_type, struct ecryptfs_msg_ctx **msg_ctx);
+
+/**
+ * ecryptfs_send_raw_message
+ * @transport: Transport type
+ * @msg_type: Message type
+ * @daemon: Daemon struct for recipient of message
+ *
+ * A raw message is one that does not include an ecryptfs_message
+ * struct. It simply has a type.
+ *
+ * Must be called with ecryptfs_daemon_hash_mux held.
+ *
+ * Returns zero on success; non-zero otherwise
+ */
+static int ecryptfs_send_raw_message(unsigned int transport, u8 msg_type,
+				     struct ecryptfs_daemon *daemon)
 {
+	struct ecryptfs_msg_ctx *msg_ctx;
 	int rc;
 
 	switch(transport) {
 	case ECRYPTFS_TRANSPORT_NETLINK:
-		rc = ecryptfs_send_netlink(NULL, 0, NULL, msg_type, 0, pid);
+		rc = ecryptfs_send_netlink(NULL, 0, NULL, msg_type, 0,
+					   daemon->pid);
+		break;
+	case ECRYPTFS_TRANSPORT_MISCDEV:
+		rc = ecryptfs_send_message_locked(transport, NULL, 0, msg_type,
+						  &msg_ctx);
+		if (rc) {
+			printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Error whilst attempting to send "
+			       "message via procfs; rc = [%d]\n", __func__, rc);
+			goto out;
+		}
+		/* Raw messages are logically context-free (e.g., no
+		 * reply is expected), so we set the state of the
+		 * ecryptfs_msg_ctx object to indicate that it should
+		 * be freed as soon as the transport sends out the message. */
+		mutex_lock(&msg_ctx->mux);
+		msg_ctx->state = ECRYPTFS_MSG_CTX_STATE_NO_REPLY;
+		mutex_unlock(&msg_ctx->mux);
 		break;
 	case ECRYPTFS_TRANSPORT_CONNECTOR:
 	case ECRYPTFS_TRANSPORT_RELAYFS:
 	default:
 		rc = -ENOSYS;
 	}
+out:
+	return rc;
+}
+
+/**
+ * ecryptfs_spawn_daemon - Create and initialize a new daemon struct
+ * @daemon: Pointer to set to newly allocated daemon struct
+ * @euid: Effective user id for the daemon
+ * @pid: Process id for the daemon
+ *
+ * Must be called ceremoniously while in possession of
+ * ecryptfs_sacred_daemon_hash_mux
+ *
+ * Returns zero on success; non-zero otherwise
+ */
+int
+ecryptfs_spawn_daemon(struct ecryptfs_daemon **daemon, uid_t euid, pid_t pid)
+{
+	int rc = 0;
+
+	(*daemon) = kzalloc(sizeof(**daemon), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!(*daemon)) {
+		rc = -ENOMEM;
+		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Failed to allocate [%Zd] bytes of "
+		       "GFP_KERNEL memory\n", __func__, sizeof(**daemon));
+		goto out;
+	}
+	(*daemon)->euid = euid;
+	(*daemon)->pid = pid;
+	(*daemon)->task = current;
+	mutex_init(&(*daemon)->mux);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&(*daemon)->msg_ctx_out_queue);
+	init_waitqueue_head(&(*daemon)->wait);
+	(*daemon)->num_queued_msg_ctx = 0;
+	hlist_add_head(&(*daemon)->euid_chain,
+		       &ecryptfs_daemon_hash[ecryptfs_uid_hash(euid)]);
+out:
 	return rc;
 }
 
 /**
  * ecryptfs_process_helo
  * @transport: The underlying transport (netlink, etc.)
- * @uid: The user ID owner of the message
+ * @euid: The user ID owner of the message
  * @pid: The process ID for the userspace program that sent the
  *       message
  *
- * Adds the uid and pid values to the daemon id hash.  If a uid
+ * Adds the euid and pid values to the daemon euid hash.  If an euid
  * already has a daemon pid registered, the daemon will be
- * unregistered before the new daemon id is put into the hash list.
- * Returns zero after adding a new daemon id to the hash list;
+ * unregistered before the new daemon is put into the hash list.
+ * Returns zero after adding a new daemon to the hash list;
  * non-zero otherwise.
  */
-int ecryptfs_process_helo(unsigned int transport, uid_t uid, pid_t pid)
+int ecryptfs_process_helo(unsigned int transport, uid_t euid, pid_t pid)
 {
-	struct ecryptfs_daemon_id *new_id;
-	struct ecryptfs_daemon_id *old_id;
+	struct ecryptfs_daemon *new_daemon;
+	struct ecryptfs_daemon *old_daemon;
 	int rc;
 
-	mutex_lock(&ecryptfs_daemon_id_hash_mux);
-	new_id = kmalloc(sizeof(*new_id), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!new_id) {
-		rc = -ENOMEM;
-		ecryptfs_printk(KERN_ERR, "Failed to allocate memory; unable "
-				"to register daemon [%d] for user [%d]\n",
-				pid, uid);
-		goto unlock;
-	}
-	if (!ecryptfs_find_daemon_id(uid, &old_id)) {
+	mutex_lock(&ecryptfs_daemon_hash_mux);
+	rc = ecryptfs_find_daemon_by_euid(&old_daemon, euid);
+	if (rc != 0) {
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "Received request from user [%d] "
 		       "to register daemon [%d]; unregistering daemon "
-		       "[%d]\n", uid, pid, old_id->pid);
-		hlist_del(&old_id->id_chain);
-		rc = ecryptfs_send_raw_message(transport, ECRYPTFS_NLMSG_QUIT,
-					       old_id->pid);
+		       "[%d]\n", euid, pid, old_daemon->pid);
+		rc = ecryptfs_send_raw_message(transport, ECRYPTFS_MSG_QUIT,
+					       old_daemon);
 		if (rc)
 			printk(KERN_WARNING "Failed to send QUIT "
 			       "message to daemon [%d]; rc = [%d]\n",
-			       old_id->pid, rc);
-		kfree(old_id);
+			       old_daemon->pid, rc);
+		hlist_del(&old_daemon->euid_chain);
+		kfree(old_daemon);
 	}
-	new_id->uid = uid;
-	new_id->pid = pid;
-	hlist_add_head(&new_id->id_chain,
-		       &ecryptfs_daemon_id_hash[ecryptfs_uid_hash(uid)]);
-	rc = 0;
-unlock:
-	mutex_unlock(&ecryptfs_daemon_id_hash_mux);
+	rc = ecryptfs_spawn_daemon(&new_daemon, euid, pid);
+	if (rc)
+		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: The gods are displeased with this attempt "
+		       "to create a new daemon object for euid [%d]; pid [%d]; "
+		       "rc = [%d]\n", __func__, euid, pid, rc);
+	mutex_unlock(&ecryptfs_daemon_hash_mux);
+	return rc;
+}
+
+/**
+ * ecryptfs_exorcise_daemon - Destroy the daemon struct
+ *
+ * Must be called ceremoniously while in possession of
+ * ecryptfs_daemon_hash_mux and the daemon's own mux.
+ */
+int ecryptfs_exorcise_daemon(struct ecryptfs_daemon *daemon)
+{
+	struct ecryptfs_msg_ctx *msg_ctx, *msg_ctx_tmp;
+	int rc = 0;
+
+	mutex_lock(&daemon->mux);
+	if ((daemon->flags & ECRYPTFS_DAEMON_IN_READ)
+	    || (daemon->flags & ECRYPTFS_DAEMON_IN_POLL)) {
+		rc = -EBUSY;
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: Attempt to destroy daemon with pid "
+		       "[%d], but it is in the midst of a read or a poll\n",
+		       __func__, daemon->pid);
+		mutex_unlock(&daemon->mux);
+		goto out;
+	}
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(msg_ctx, msg_ctx_tmp,
+				 &daemon->msg_ctx_out_queue, daemon_out_list) {
+		list_del(&msg_ctx->daemon_out_list);
+		daemon->num_queued_msg_ctx--;
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: Warning: dropping message that is in "
+		       "the out queue of a dying daemon\n", __func__);
+		ecryptfs_msg_ctx_alloc_to_free(msg_ctx);
+	}
+	hlist_del(&daemon->euid_chain);
+	if (daemon->task)
+		wake_up_process(daemon->task);
+	mutex_unlock(&daemon->mux);
+	memset(daemon, 0, sizeof(*daemon));
+	kfree(daemon);
+out:
 	return rc;
 }
 
 /**
  * ecryptfs_process_quit
- * @uid: The user ID owner of the message
+ * @euid: The user ID owner of the message
  * @pid: The process ID for the userspace program that sent the
  *       message
  *
- * Deletes the corresponding daemon id for the given uid and pid, if
+ * Deletes the corresponding daemon for the given euid and pid, if
  * it is the registered that is requesting the deletion. Returns zero
- * after deleting the desired daemon id; non-zero otherwise.
+ * after deleting the desired daemon; non-zero otherwise.
  */
-int ecryptfs_process_quit(uid_t uid, pid_t pid)
+int ecryptfs_process_quit(uid_t euid, pid_t pid)
 {
-	struct ecryptfs_daemon_id *id;
+	struct ecryptfs_daemon *daemon;
 	int rc;
 
-	mutex_lock(&ecryptfs_daemon_id_hash_mux);
-	if (ecryptfs_find_daemon_id(uid, &id)) {
+	mutex_lock(&ecryptfs_daemon_hash_mux);
+	rc = ecryptfs_find_daemon_by_euid(&daemon, euid);
+	if (rc || !daemon) {
 		rc = -EINVAL;
-		ecryptfs_printk(KERN_ERR, "Received request from user [%d] to "
-				"unregister unrecognized daemon [%d]\n", uid,
-				pid);
-		goto unlock;
+		printk(KERN_ERR "Received request from user [%d] to "
+		       "unregister unrecognized daemon [%d]\n", euid, pid);
+		goto out_unlock;
 	}
-	if (id->pid != pid) {
-		rc = -EINVAL;
-		ecryptfs_printk(KERN_WARNING, "Received request from user [%d] "
-				"with pid [%d] to unregister daemon [%d]\n",
-				uid, pid, id->pid);
-		goto unlock;
-	}
-	hlist_del(&id->id_chain);
-	kfree(id);
-	rc = 0;
-unlock:
-	mutex_unlock(&ecryptfs_daemon_id_hash_mux);
+	rc = ecryptfs_exorcise_daemon(daemon);
+out_unlock:
+	mutex_unlock(&ecryptfs_daemon_hash_mux);
 	return rc;
 }
 
 /**
  * ecryptfs_process_reponse
  * @msg: The ecryptfs message received; the caller should sanity check
- *       msg->data_len
+ *       msg->data_len and free the memory
  * @pid: The process ID of the userspace application that sent the
  *       message
- * @seq: The sequence number of the message
+ * @seq: The sequence number of the message; must match the sequence
+ *       number for the existing message context waiting for this
+ *       response
  *
- * Processes a response message after sending a operation request to
- * userspace. Returns zero upon delivery to desired context element;
- * non-zero upon delivery failure or error.
+ * Processes a response message after sending an operation request to
+ * userspace. Some other process is awaiting this response. Before
+ * sending out its first communications, the other process allocated a
+ * msg_ctx from the ecryptfs_msg_ctx_arr at a particular index. The
+ * response message contains this index so that we can copy over the
+ * response message into the msg_ctx that the process holds a
+ * reference to. The other process is going to wake up, check to see
+ * that msg_ctx->state == ECRYPTFS_MSG_CTX_STATE_DONE, and then
+ * proceed to read off and process the response message. Returns zero
+ * upon delivery to desired context element; non-zero upon delivery
+ * failure or error.
+ *
+ * Returns zero on success; non-zero otherwise
  */
-int ecryptfs_process_response(struct ecryptfs_message *msg, uid_t uid,
+int ecryptfs_process_response(struct ecryptfs_message *msg, uid_t euid,
 			      pid_t pid, u32 seq)
 {
-	struct ecryptfs_daemon_id *id;
+	struct ecryptfs_daemon *daemon;
 	struct ecryptfs_msg_ctx *msg_ctx;
-	int msg_size;
+	size_t msg_size;
 	int rc;
 
 	if (msg->index >= ecryptfs_message_buf_len) {
 		rc = -EINVAL;
-		ecryptfs_printk(KERN_ERR, "Attempt to reference "
-				"context buffer at index [%d]; maximum "
-				"allowable is [%d]\n", msg->index,
-				(ecryptfs_message_buf_len - 1));
+		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Attempt to reference "
+		       "context buffer at index [%d]; maximum "
+		       "allowable is [%d]\n", __func__, msg->index,
+		       (ecryptfs_message_buf_len - 1));
 		goto out;
 	}
 	msg_ctx = &ecryptfs_msg_ctx_arr[msg->index];
 	mutex_lock(&msg_ctx->mux);
-	if (ecryptfs_find_daemon_id(msg_ctx->task->euid, &id)) {
+	mutex_lock(&ecryptfs_daemon_hash_mux);
+	rc = ecryptfs_find_daemon_by_euid(&daemon, msg_ctx->task->euid);
+	mutex_unlock(&ecryptfs_daemon_hash_mux);
+	if (rc) {
 		rc = -EBADMSG;
-		ecryptfs_printk(KERN_WARNING, "User [%d] received a "
-				"message response from process [%d] but does "
-				"not have a registered daemon\n",
-				msg_ctx->task->euid, pid);
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: User [%d] received a "
+		       "message response from process [%d] but does "
+		       "not have a registered daemon\n", __func__,
+		       msg_ctx->task->euid, pid);
 		goto wake_up;
 	}
-	if (msg_ctx->task->euid != uid) {
+	if (msg_ctx->task->euid != euid) {
 		rc = -EBADMSG;
-		ecryptfs_printk(KERN_WARNING, "Received message from user "
-				"[%d]; expected message from user [%d]\n",
-				uid, msg_ctx->task->euid);
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: Received message from user "
+		       "[%d]; expected message from user [%d]\n", __func__,
+		       euid, msg_ctx->task->euid);
 		goto unlock;
 	}
-	if (id->pid != pid) {
+	if (daemon->pid != pid) {
 		rc = -EBADMSG;
-		ecryptfs_printk(KERN_ERR, "User [%d] received a "
-				"message response from an unrecognized "
-				"process [%d]\n", msg_ctx->task->euid, pid);
+		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: User [%d] sent a message response "
+		       "from an unrecognized process [%d]\n",
+		       __func__, msg_ctx->task->euid, pid);
 		goto unlock;
 	}
 	if (msg_ctx->state != ECRYPTFS_MSG_CTX_STATE_PENDING) {
 		rc = -EINVAL;
-		ecryptfs_printk(KERN_WARNING, "Desired context element is not "
-				"pending a response\n");
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: Desired context element is not "
+		       "pending a response\n", __func__);
 		goto unlock;
 	} else if (msg_ctx->counter != seq) {
 		rc = -EINVAL;
-		ecryptfs_printk(KERN_WARNING, "Invalid message sequence; "
-				"expected [%d]; received [%d]\n",
-				msg_ctx->counter, seq);
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: Invalid message sequence; "
+		       "expected [%d]; received [%d]\n", __func__,
+		       msg_ctx->counter, seq);
 		goto unlock;
 	}
-	msg_size = sizeof(*msg) + msg->data_len;
+	msg_size = (sizeof(*msg) + msg->data_len);
 	msg_ctx->msg = kmalloc(msg_size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!msg_ctx->msg) {
 		rc = -ENOMEM;
-		ecryptfs_printk(KERN_ERR, "Failed to allocate memory\n");
+		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Failed to allocate [%Zd] bytes of "
+		       "GFP_KERNEL memory\n", __func__, msg_size);
 		goto unlock;
 	}
 	memcpy(msg_ctx->msg, msg, msg_size);
@@ -317,34 +428,37 @@
 }
 
 /**
- * ecryptfs_send_message
+ * ecryptfs_send_message_locked
  * @transport: The transport over which to send the message (i.e.,
  *             netlink)
  * @data: The data to send
  * @data_len: The length of data
  * @msg_ctx: The message context allocated for the send
+ *
+ * Must be called with ecryptfs_daemon_hash_mux held.
+ *
+ * Returns zero on success; non-zero otherwise
  */
-int ecryptfs_send_message(unsigned int transport, char *data, int data_len,
-			  struct ecryptfs_msg_ctx **msg_ctx)
+static int
+ecryptfs_send_message_locked(unsigned int transport, char *data, int data_len,
+			     u8 msg_type, struct ecryptfs_msg_ctx **msg_ctx)
 {
-	struct ecryptfs_daemon_id *id;
+	struct ecryptfs_daemon *daemon;
 	int rc;
 
-	mutex_lock(&ecryptfs_daemon_id_hash_mux);
-	if (ecryptfs_find_daemon_id(current->euid, &id)) {
-		mutex_unlock(&ecryptfs_daemon_id_hash_mux);
+	rc = ecryptfs_find_daemon_by_euid(&daemon, current->euid);
+	if (rc || !daemon) {
 		rc = -ENOTCONN;
-		ecryptfs_printk(KERN_ERR, "User [%d] does not have a daemon "
-				"registered\n", current->euid);
+		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: User [%d] does not have a daemon "
+		       "registered\n", __func__, current->euid);
 		goto out;
 	}
-	mutex_unlock(&ecryptfs_daemon_id_hash_mux);
 	mutex_lock(&ecryptfs_msg_ctx_lists_mux);
 	rc = ecryptfs_acquire_free_msg_ctx(msg_ctx);
 	if (rc) {
 		mutex_unlock(&ecryptfs_msg_ctx_lists_mux);
-		ecryptfs_printk(KERN_WARNING, "Could not claim a free "
-				"context element\n");
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: Could not claim a free "
+		       "context element\n", __func__);
 		goto out;
 	}
 	ecryptfs_msg_ctx_free_to_alloc(*msg_ctx);
@@ -352,23 +466,50 @@
 	mutex_unlock(&ecryptfs_msg_ctx_lists_mux);
 	switch (transport) {
 	case ECRYPTFS_TRANSPORT_NETLINK:
-		rc = ecryptfs_send_netlink(data, data_len, *msg_ctx,
-					   ECRYPTFS_NLMSG_REQUEST, 0, id->pid);
+		rc = ecryptfs_send_netlink(data, data_len, *msg_ctx, msg_type,
+					   0, daemon->pid);
+		break;
+	case ECRYPTFS_TRANSPORT_MISCDEV:
+		rc = ecryptfs_send_miscdev(data, data_len, *msg_ctx, msg_type,
+					   0, daemon);
 		break;
 	case ECRYPTFS_TRANSPORT_CONNECTOR:
 	case ECRYPTFS_TRANSPORT_RELAYFS:
 	default:
 		rc = -ENOSYS;
 	}
-	if (rc) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "Error attempting to send message to userspace "
-		       "daemon; rc = [%d]\n", rc);
-	}
+	if (rc)
+		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Error attempting to send message to "
+		       "userspace daemon; rc = [%d]\n", __func__, rc);
 out:
 	return rc;
 }
 
 /**
+ * ecryptfs_send_message
+ * @transport: The transport over which to send the message (i.e.,
+ *             netlink)
+ * @data: The data to send
+ * @data_len: The length of data
+ * @msg_ctx: The message context allocated for the send
+ *
+ * Grabs ecryptfs_daemon_hash_mux.
+ *
+ * Returns zero on success; non-zero otherwise
+ */
+int ecryptfs_send_message(unsigned int transport, char *data, int data_len,
+			  struct ecryptfs_msg_ctx **msg_ctx)
+{
+	int rc;
+
+	mutex_lock(&ecryptfs_daemon_hash_mux);
+	rc = ecryptfs_send_message_locked(transport, data, data_len,
+					  ECRYPTFS_MSG_REQUEST, msg_ctx);
+	mutex_unlock(&ecryptfs_daemon_hash_mux);
+	return rc;
+}
+
+/**
  * ecryptfs_wait_for_response
  * @msg_ctx: The context that was assigned when sending a message
  * @msg: The incoming message from userspace; not set if rc != 0
@@ -377,7 +518,7 @@
  * of time exceeds ecryptfs_message_wait_timeout.  If zero is
  * returned, msg will point to a valid message from userspace; a
  * non-zero value is returned upon failure to receive a message or an
- * error occurs.
+ * error occurs. Callee must free @msg on success.
  */
 int ecryptfs_wait_for_response(struct ecryptfs_msg_ctx *msg_ctx,
 			       struct ecryptfs_message **msg)
@@ -413,32 +554,32 @@
 
 	if (ecryptfs_number_of_users > ECRYPTFS_MAX_NUM_USERS) {
 		ecryptfs_number_of_users = ECRYPTFS_MAX_NUM_USERS;
-		ecryptfs_printk(KERN_WARNING, "Specified number of users is "
-				"too large, defaulting to [%d] users\n",
-				ecryptfs_number_of_users);
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: Specified number of users is "
+		       "too large, defaulting to [%d] users\n", __func__,
+		       ecryptfs_number_of_users);
 	}
-	mutex_init(&ecryptfs_daemon_id_hash_mux);
-	mutex_lock(&ecryptfs_daemon_id_hash_mux);
+	mutex_init(&ecryptfs_daemon_hash_mux);
+	mutex_lock(&ecryptfs_daemon_hash_mux);
 	ecryptfs_hash_buckets = 1;
 	while (ecryptfs_number_of_users >> ecryptfs_hash_buckets)
 		ecryptfs_hash_buckets++;
-	ecryptfs_daemon_id_hash = kmalloc(sizeof(struct hlist_head)
-					  * ecryptfs_hash_buckets, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!ecryptfs_daemon_id_hash) {
+	ecryptfs_daemon_hash = kmalloc((sizeof(struct hlist_head)
+					* ecryptfs_hash_buckets), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!ecryptfs_daemon_hash) {
 		rc = -ENOMEM;
-		ecryptfs_printk(KERN_ERR, "Failed to allocate memory\n");
-		mutex_unlock(&ecryptfs_daemon_id_hash_mux);
+		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Failed to allocate memory\n", __func__);
+		mutex_unlock(&ecryptfs_daemon_hash_mux);
 		goto out;
 	}
 	for (i = 0; i < ecryptfs_hash_buckets; i++)
-		INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&ecryptfs_daemon_id_hash[i]);
-	mutex_unlock(&ecryptfs_daemon_id_hash_mux);
-
+		INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&ecryptfs_daemon_hash[i]);
+	mutex_unlock(&ecryptfs_daemon_hash_mux);
 	ecryptfs_msg_ctx_arr = kmalloc((sizeof(struct ecryptfs_msg_ctx)
-				      * ecryptfs_message_buf_len), GFP_KERNEL);
+					* ecryptfs_message_buf_len),
+				       GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!ecryptfs_msg_ctx_arr) {
 		rc = -ENOMEM;
-		ecryptfs_printk(KERN_ERR, "Failed to allocate memory\n");
+		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Failed to allocate memory\n", __func__);
 		goto out;
 	}
 	mutex_init(&ecryptfs_msg_ctx_lists_mux);
@@ -446,6 +587,7 @@
 	ecryptfs_msg_counter = 0;
 	for (i = 0; i < ecryptfs_message_buf_len; i++) {
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ecryptfs_msg_ctx_arr[i].node);
+		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ecryptfs_msg_ctx_arr[i].daemon_out_list);
 		mutex_init(&ecryptfs_msg_ctx_arr[i].mux);
 		mutex_lock(&ecryptfs_msg_ctx_arr[i].mux);
 		ecryptfs_msg_ctx_arr[i].index = i;
@@ -464,6 +606,11 @@
 		if (rc)
 			ecryptfs_release_messaging(transport);
 		break;
+	case ECRYPTFS_TRANSPORT_MISCDEV:
+		rc = ecryptfs_init_ecryptfs_miscdev();
+		if (rc)
+			ecryptfs_release_messaging(transport);
+		break;
 	case ECRYPTFS_TRANSPORT_CONNECTOR:
 	case ECRYPTFS_TRANSPORT_RELAYFS:
 	default:
@@ -488,27 +635,37 @@
 		kfree(ecryptfs_msg_ctx_arr);
 		mutex_unlock(&ecryptfs_msg_ctx_lists_mux);
 	}
-	if (ecryptfs_daemon_id_hash) {
+	if (ecryptfs_daemon_hash) {
 		struct hlist_node *elem;
-		struct ecryptfs_daemon_id *id;
+		struct ecryptfs_daemon *daemon;
 		int i;
 
-		mutex_lock(&ecryptfs_daemon_id_hash_mux);
+		mutex_lock(&ecryptfs_daemon_hash_mux);
 		for (i = 0; i < ecryptfs_hash_buckets; i++) {
-			hlist_for_each_entry(id, elem,
-					     &ecryptfs_daemon_id_hash[i],
-					     id_chain) {
-				hlist_del(elem);
-				kfree(id);
+			int rc;
+
+			hlist_for_each_entry(daemon, elem,
+					     &ecryptfs_daemon_hash[i],
+					     euid_chain) {
+				rc = ecryptfs_exorcise_daemon(daemon);
+				if (rc)
+					printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Error whilst "
+					       "attempting to destroy daemon; "
+					       "rc = [%d]. Dazed and confused, "
+					       "but trying to continue.\n",
+					       __func__, rc);
 			}
 		}
-		kfree(ecryptfs_daemon_id_hash);
-		mutex_unlock(&ecryptfs_daemon_id_hash_mux);
+		kfree(ecryptfs_daemon_hash);
+		mutex_unlock(&ecryptfs_daemon_hash_mux);
 	}
 	switch(transport) {
 	case ECRYPTFS_TRANSPORT_NETLINK:
 		ecryptfs_release_netlink();
 		break;
+	case ECRYPTFS_TRANSPORT_MISCDEV:
+		ecryptfs_destroy_ecryptfs_miscdev();
+		break;
 	case ECRYPTFS_TRANSPORT_CONNECTOR:
 	case ECRYPTFS_TRANSPORT_RELAYFS:
 	default:
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/miscdev.c b/fs/ecryptfs/miscdev.c
index 72dfec4..0c55973 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/miscdev.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/miscdev.c
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@
 		if (!msg_ctx->msg) {
 			rc = -ENOMEM;
 			printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Out of memory whilst attempting "
-			       "to kmalloc(%d, GFP_KERNEL)\n", __func__,
+			       "to kmalloc(%Zd, GFP_KERNEL)\n", __func__,
 			       (sizeof(*msg_ctx->msg) + data_size));
 			goto out_unlock;
 		}
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@
  *
  * Returns the number of bytes copied into the user buffer
  */
-static int
+static ssize_t
 ecryptfs_miscdev_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t count,
 		      loff_t *ppos)
 {
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/netlink.c b/fs/ecryptfs/netlink.c
index f638a69..eb70f69 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/netlink.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/netlink.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
  * upon sending the message; non-zero upon error.
  */
 int ecryptfs_send_netlink(char *data, int data_len,
-			  struct ecryptfs_msg_ctx *msg_ctx, u16 msg_type,
+			  struct ecryptfs_msg_ctx *msg_ctx, u8 msg_type,
 			  u16 msg_flags, pid_t daemon_pid)
 {
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
@@ -176,20 +176,20 @@
 		goto free;
 	}
 	switch (nlh->nlmsg_type) {
-		case ECRYPTFS_NLMSG_RESPONSE:
+		case ECRYPTFS_MSG_RESPONSE:
 			if (ecryptfs_process_nl_response(skb)) {
 				ecryptfs_printk(KERN_WARNING, "Failed to "
 						"deliver netlink response to "
 						"requesting operation\n");
 			}
 			break;
-		case ECRYPTFS_NLMSG_HELO:
+		case ECRYPTFS_MSG_HELO:
 			if (ecryptfs_process_nl_helo(skb)) {
 				ecryptfs_printk(KERN_WARNING, "Failed to "
 						"fulfill HELO request\n");
 			}
 			break;
-		case ECRYPTFS_NLMSG_QUIT:
+		case ECRYPTFS_MSG_QUIT:
 			if (ecryptfs_process_nl_quit(skb)) {
 				ecryptfs_printk(KERN_WARNING, "Failed to "
 						"fulfill QUIT request\n");