diff --git a/fs/configfs/inode.c b/fs/configfs/inode.c
index 6577c58..737842f 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/inode.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
 #include <linux/namei.h>
 #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
+#include <linux/capability.h>
 
 #include <linux/configfs.h>
 #include "configfs_internal.h"
@@ -48,18 +49,107 @@
 	.capabilities	= BDI_CAP_NO_ACCT_DIRTY | BDI_CAP_NO_WRITEBACK,
 };
 
-struct inode * configfs_new_inode(mode_t mode)
+static struct inode_operations configfs_inode_operations ={
+	.setattr	= configfs_setattr,
+};
+
+int configfs_setattr(struct dentry * dentry, struct iattr * iattr)
+{
+	struct inode * inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	struct configfs_dirent * sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
+	struct iattr * sd_iattr;
+	unsigned int ia_valid = iattr->ia_valid;
+	int error;
+
+	if (!sd)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	sd_iattr = sd->s_iattr;
+
+	error = inode_change_ok(inode, iattr);
+	if (error)
+		return error;
+
+	error = inode_setattr(inode, iattr);
+	if (error)
+		return error;
+
+	if (!sd_iattr) {
+		/* setting attributes for the first time, allocate now */
+		sd_iattr = kmalloc(sizeof(struct iattr), GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!sd_iattr)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		/* assign default attributes */
+		memset(sd_iattr, 0, sizeof(struct iattr));
+		sd_iattr->ia_mode = sd->s_mode;
+		sd_iattr->ia_uid = 0;
+		sd_iattr->ia_gid = 0;
+		sd_iattr->ia_atime = sd_iattr->ia_mtime = sd_iattr->ia_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
+		sd->s_iattr = sd_iattr;
+	}
+
+	/* attributes were changed atleast once in past */
+
+	if (ia_valid & ATTR_UID)
+		sd_iattr->ia_uid = iattr->ia_uid;
+	if (ia_valid & ATTR_GID)
+		sd_iattr->ia_gid = iattr->ia_gid;
+	if (ia_valid & ATTR_ATIME)
+		sd_iattr->ia_atime = timespec_trunc(iattr->ia_atime,
+						inode->i_sb->s_time_gran);
+	if (ia_valid & ATTR_MTIME)
+		sd_iattr->ia_mtime = timespec_trunc(iattr->ia_mtime,
+						inode->i_sb->s_time_gran);
+	if (ia_valid & ATTR_CTIME)
+		sd_iattr->ia_ctime = timespec_trunc(iattr->ia_ctime,
+						inode->i_sb->s_time_gran);
+	if (ia_valid & ATTR_MODE) {
+		umode_t mode = iattr->ia_mode;
+
+		if (!in_group_p(inode->i_gid) && !capable(CAP_FSETID))
+			mode &= ~S_ISGID;
+		sd_iattr->ia_mode = sd->s_mode = mode;
+	}
+
+	return error;
+}
+
+static inline void set_default_inode_attr(struct inode * inode, mode_t mode)
+{
+	inode->i_mode = mode;
+	inode->i_uid = 0;
+	inode->i_gid = 0;
+	inode->i_atime = inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
+}
+
+static inline void set_inode_attr(struct inode * inode, struct iattr * iattr)
+{
+	inode->i_mode = iattr->ia_mode;
+	inode->i_uid = iattr->ia_uid;
+	inode->i_gid = iattr->ia_gid;
+	inode->i_atime = iattr->ia_atime;
+	inode->i_mtime = iattr->ia_mtime;
+	inode->i_ctime = iattr->ia_ctime;
+}
+
+struct inode * configfs_new_inode(mode_t mode, struct configfs_dirent * sd)
 {
 	struct inode * inode = new_inode(configfs_sb);
 	if (inode) {
-		inode->i_mode = mode;
-		inode->i_uid = 0;
-		inode->i_gid = 0;
 		inode->i_blksize = PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
 		inode->i_blocks = 0;
-		inode->i_atime = inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
 		inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &configfs_aops;
 		inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info = &configfs_backing_dev_info;
+		inode->i_op = &configfs_inode_operations;
+
+		if (sd->s_iattr) {
+			/* sysfs_dirent has non-default attributes
+			 * get them for the new inode from persistent copy
+			 * in sysfs_dirent
+			 */
+			set_inode_attr(inode, sd->s_iattr);
+		} else
+			set_default_inode_attr(inode, mode);
 	}
 	return inode;
 }
@@ -70,7 +160,8 @@
 	struct inode * inode = NULL;
 	if (dentry) {
 		if (!dentry->d_inode) {
-			if ((inode = configfs_new_inode(mode))) {
+			struct configfs_dirent *sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
+			if ((inode = configfs_new_inode(mode, sd))) {
 				if (dentry->d_parent && dentry->d_parent->d_inode) {
 					struct inode *p_inode = dentry->d_parent->d_inode;
 					p_inode->i_mtime = p_inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
@@ -103,7 +194,7 @@
  */
 const unsigned char * configfs_get_name(struct configfs_dirent *sd)
 {
-	struct attribute * attr;
+	struct configfs_attribute *attr;
 
 	if (!sd || !sd->s_element)
 		BUG();
@@ -114,7 +205,7 @@
 
 	if (sd->s_type & CONFIGFS_ITEM_ATTR) {
 		attr = sd->s_element;
-		return attr->name;
+		return attr->ca_name;
 	}
 	return NULL;
 }
@@ -130,13 +221,17 @@
 
 	if (dentry) {
 		spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+		spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
 		if (!(d_unhashed(dentry) && dentry->d_inode)) {
 			dget_locked(dentry);
 			__d_drop(dentry);
+			spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 			spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
 			simple_unlink(parent->d_inode, dentry);
-		} else
+		} else {
+			spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 			spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+		}
 	}
 }
 
@@ -145,6 +240,10 @@
 	struct configfs_dirent * sd;
 	struct configfs_dirent * parent_sd = dir->d_fsdata;
 
+	if (dir->d_inode == NULL)
+		/* no inode means this hasn't been made visible yet */
+		return;
+
 	mutex_lock(&dir->d_inode->i_mutex);
 	list_for_each_entry(sd, &parent_sd->s_children, s_sibling) {
 		if (!sd->s_element)