diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
index 96d4293..bbcc156 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@
 	void (*destroy_inode)(struct inode *);
 	void (*dirty_inode) (struct inode *);
 	int (*write_inode) (struct inode *, int);
-	void (*drop_inode) (struct inode *);
-	void (*delete_inode) (struct inode *);
+	int (*drop_inode) (struct inode *);
+	void (*evict_inode) (struct inode *);
 	void (*put_super) (struct super_block *);
 	void (*write_super) (struct super_block *);
 	int (*sync_fs)(struct super_block *sb, int wait);
@@ -101,14 +101,13 @@
 	int (*unfreeze_fs) (struct super_block *);
 	int (*statfs) (struct dentry *, struct kstatfs *);
 	int (*remount_fs) (struct super_block *, int *, char *);
-	void (*clear_inode) (struct inode *);
 	void (*umount_begin) (struct super_block *);
 	int (*show_options)(struct seq_file *, struct vfsmount *);
 	ssize_t (*quota_read)(struct super_block *, int, char *, size_t, loff_t);
 	ssize_t (*quota_write)(struct super_block *, int, const char *, size_t, loff_t);
 
 locking rules:
-	All may block.
+	All may block [not true, see below]
 	None have BKL
 			s_umount
 alloc_inode:
@@ -116,22 +115,25 @@
 dirty_inode:				(must not sleep)
 write_inode:
 drop_inode:				!!!inode_lock!!!
-delete_inode:
+evict_inode:
 put_super:		write
 write_super:		read
 sync_fs:		read
 freeze_fs:		read
 unfreeze_fs:		read
-statfs:			no
-remount_fs:		maybe		(see below)
-clear_inode:
+statfs:			maybe(read)	(see below)
+remount_fs:		write
 umount_begin:		no
 show_options:		no		(namespace_sem)
 quota_read:		no		(see below)
 quota_write:		no		(see below)
 
-->remount_fs() will have the s_umount exclusive lock if it's already mounted.
-When called from get_sb_single, it does NOT have the s_umount lock.
+->statfs() has s_umount (shared) when called by ustat(2) (native or
+compat), but that's an accident of bad API; s_umount is used to pin
+the superblock down when we only have dev_t given us by userland to
+identify the superblock.  Everything else (statfs(), fstatfs(), etc.)
+doesn't hold it when calling ->statfs() - superblock is pinned down
+by resolving the pathname passed to syscall.
 ->quota_read() and ->quota_write() functions are both guaranteed to
 be the only ones operating on the quota file by the quota code (via
 dqio_sem) (unless an admin really wants to screw up something and
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/porting b/Documentation/filesystems/porting
index a7e9746..b12c895 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/porting
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/porting
@@ -273,3 +273,48 @@
 deliberate; as soon as struct block_device * is propagated in a reasonable
 way by that code fixing will become trivial; until then nothing can be
 done.
+
+[mandatory]
+
+	block truncatation on error exit from ->write_begin, and ->direct_IO
+moved from generic methods (block_write_begin, cont_write_begin,
+nobh_write_begin, blockdev_direct_IO*) to callers.  Take a look at
+ext2_write_failed and callers for an example.
+
+[mandatory]
+
+	->truncate is going away.  The whole truncate sequence needs to be
+implemented in ->setattr, which is now mandatory for filesystems
+implementing on-disk size changes.  Start with a copy of the old inode_setattr
+and vmtruncate, and the reorder the vmtruncate + foofs_vmtruncate sequence to
+be in order of zeroing blocks using block_truncate_page or similar helpers,
+size update and on finally on-disk truncation which should not fail.
+inode_change_ok now includes the size checks for ATTR_SIZE and must be called
+in the beginning of ->setattr unconditionally.
+
+[mandatory]
+
+	->clear_inode() and ->delete_inode() are gone; ->evict_inode() should
+be used instead.  It gets called whenever the inode is evicted, whether it has
+remaining links or not.  Caller does *not* evict the pagecache or inode-associated
+metadata buffers; getting rid of those is responsibility of method, as it had
+been for ->delete_inode().
+	->drop_inode() returns int now; it's called on final iput() with inode_lock
+held and it returns true if filesystems wants the inode to be dropped.  As before,
+generic_drop_inode() is still the default and it's been updated appropriately.
+generic_delete_inode() is also alive and it consists simply of return 1.  Note that
+all actual eviction work is done by caller after ->drop_inode() returns.
+	clear_inode() is gone; use end_writeback() instead.  As before, it must
+be called exactly once on each call of ->evict_inode() (as it used to be for
+each call of ->delete_inode()).  Unlike before, if you are using inode-associated
+metadata buffers (i.e. mark_buffer_dirty_inode()), it's your responsibility to
+call invalidate_inode_buffers() before end_writeback().
+	No async writeback (and thus no calls of ->write_inode()) will happen
+after end_writeback() returns, so actions that should not overlap with ->write_inode()
+(e.g. freeing on-disk inode if i_nlink is 0) ought to be done after that call.
+
+	NOTE: checking i_nlink in the beginning of ->write_inode() and bailing out
+if it's zero is not *and* *never* *had* *been* enough.  Final unlink() and iput()
+may happen while the inode is in the middle of ->write_inode(); e.g. if you blindly
+free the on-disk inode, you may end up doing that while ->write_inode() is writing
+to it.
diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c
index de9d397..88131c6 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c
@@ -234,11 +234,11 @@
 }
 
 static int
-do_osf_statfs(struct dentry * dentry, struct osf_statfs __user *buffer,
+do_osf_statfs(struct path *path, struct osf_statfs __user *buffer,
 	      unsigned long bufsiz)
 {
 	struct kstatfs linux_stat;
-	int error = vfs_statfs(dentry, &linux_stat);
+	int error = vfs_statfs(path, &linux_stat);
 	if (!error)
 		error = linux_to_osf_statfs(&linux_stat, buffer, bufsiz);
 	return error;	
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@
 
 	retval = user_path(pathname, &path);
 	if (!retval) {
-		retval = do_osf_statfs(path.dentry, buffer, bufsiz);
+		retval = do_osf_statfs(&path buffer, bufsiz);
 		path_put(&path);
 	}
 	return retval;
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@
 	retval = -EBADF;
 	file = fget(fd);
 	if (file) {
-		retval = do_osf_statfs(file->f_path.dentry, buffer, bufsiz);
+		retval = do_osf_statfs(&file->f_path, buffer, bufsiz);
 		fput(file);
 	}
 	return retval;
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/statfs.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/statfs.h
index c3ddf97..0f805c7 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/statfs.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/statfs.h
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@
 	/* Linux specials */
 	__kernel_fsid_t	f_fsid;
 	long		f_namelen;
-	long		f_spare[6];
+	long		f_flags;
+	long		f_spare[5];
 };
 
 #if (_MIPS_SIM == _MIPS_SIM_ABI32) || (_MIPS_SIM == _MIPS_SIM_NABI32)
@@ -53,7 +54,8 @@
 	__u64	f_bavail;
 	__kernel_fsid_t f_fsid;
 	__u32	f_namelen;
-	__u32	f_spare[6];
+	__u32	f_flags;
+	__u32	f_spare[5];
 };
 
 #endif /* _MIPS_SIM == _MIPS_SIM_ABI32 */
@@ -73,7 +75,8 @@
 	/* Linux specials */
 	__kernel_fsid_t	f_fsid;
 	long		f_namelen;
-	long		f_spare[6];
+	long		f_flags;
+	long		f_spare[5];
 };
 
 struct compat_statfs64 {
@@ -88,7 +91,8 @@
 	__u64	f_bavail;
 	__kernel_fsid_t f_fsid;
 	__u32	f_namelen;
-	__u32	f_spare[6];
+	__u32	f_flags;
+	__u32	f_spare[5];
 };
 
 #endif /* _MIPS_SIM == _MIPS_SIM_ABI64 */
diff --git a/arch/parisc/hpux/sys_hpux.c b/arch/parisc/hpux/sys_hpux.c
index 92343bd..ba430a0 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/hpux/sys_hpux.c
+++ b/arch/parisc/hpux/sys_hpux.c
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
 	s = user_get_super(dev);
 	if (s == NULL)
 		goto out;
-	err = vfs_statfs(s->s_root, &sbuf);
+	err = statfs_by_dentry(s->s_root, &sbuf);
 	drop_super(s);
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
@@ -186,12 +186,12 @@
      int16_t f_pad;
 };
 
-static int vfs_statfs_hpux(struct dentry *dentry, struct hpux_statfs *buf)
+static int do_statfs_hpux(struct path *path, struct hpux_statfs *buf)
 {
 	struct kstatfs st;
 	int retval;
 	
-	retval = vfs_statfs(dentry, &st);
+	retval = vfs_statfs(path, &st);
 	if (retval)
 		return retval;
 
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@
 	error = user_path(pathname, &path);
 	if (!error) {
 		struct hpux_statfs tmp;
-		error = vfs_statfs_hpux(path.dentry, &tmp);
+		error = do_statfs_hpux(&path, &tmp);
 		if (!error && copy_to_user(buf, &tmp, sizeof(tmp)))
 			error = -EFAULT;
 		path_put(&path);
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@
 	file = fget(fd);
 	if (!file)
 		goto out;
-	error = vfs_statfs_hpux(file->f_path.dentry, &tmp);
+	error = do_statfs_hpux(&file->f_path, &tmp);
 	if (!error && copy_to_user(buf, &tmp, sizeof(tmp)))
 		error = -EFAULT;
 	fput(file);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/inode.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/inode.c
index e5e5f82..5dec408 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/inode.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/inode.c
@@ -110,7 +110,9 @@
 	if ((attr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) &&
 	    (attr->ia_size != inode->i_size))
 		return -EINVAL;
-	return inode_setattr(inode, attr);
+	setattr_copy(inode, attr);
+	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 
@@ -141,15 +143,14 @@
 }
 
 static void
-spufs_delete_inode(struct inode *inode)
+spufs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct spufs_inode_info *ei = SPUFS_I(inode);
-
+	end_writeback(inode);
 	if (ei->i_ctx)
 		put_spu_context(ei->i_ctx);
 	if (ei->i_gang)
 		put_spu_gang(ei->i_gang);
-	clear_inode(inode);
 }
 
 static void spufs_prune_dir(struct dentry *dir)
@@ -777,8 +778,7 @@
 		.alloc_inode = spufs_alloc_inode,
 		.destroy_inode = spufs_destroy_inode,
 		.statfs = simple_statfs,
-		.delete_inode = spufs_delete_inode,
-		.drop_inode = generic_delete_inode,
+		.evict_inode = spufs_evict_inode,
 		.show_options = generic_show_options,
 	};
 
diff --git a/arch/s390/hypfs/inode.c b/arch/s390/hypfs/inode.c
index 6b120f0..98a4a4c 100644
--- a/arch/s390/hypfs/inode.c
+++ b/arch/s390/hypfs/inode.c
@@ -117,10 +117,10 @@
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static void hypfs_drop_inode(struct inode *inode)
+static void hypfs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
+	end_writeback(inode);
 	kfree(inode->i_private);
-	generic_delete_inode(inode);
 }
 
 static int hypfs_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@
 
 static const struct super_operations hypfs_s_ops = {
 	.statfs		= simple_statfs,
-	.drop_inode	= hypfs_drop_inode,
+	.evict_inode	= hypfs_evict_inode,
 	.show_options	= hypfs_show_options,
 };
 
diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/statfs.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/statfs.h
index 06cc703..3be7fbd 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/statfs.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/statfs.h
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@
 	__kernel_fsid_t f_fsid;
 	int  f_namelen;
 	int  f_frsize;
-	int  f_spare[5];
+	int  f_flags;
+	int  f_spare[4];
 };
 
 struct statfs64 {
@@ -47,7 +48,8 @@
 	__kernel_fsid_t f_fsid;
 	int  f_namelen;
 	int  f_frsize;
-	int  f_spare[5];
+	int  f_flags;
+	int  f_spare[4];
 };
 
 struct compat_statfs64 {
@@ -61,7 +63,8 @@
 	__kernel_fsid_t f_fsid;
 	__u32 f_namelen;
 	__u32 f_frsize;
-	__u32 f_spare[5];
+	__u32 f_flags;
+	__u32 f_spare[4];
 };
 
 #endif /* __s390x__ */
diff --git a/arch/um/include/shared/os.h b/arch/um/include/shared/os.h
index cd40fdd..c4617ba 100644
--- a/arch/um/include/shared/os.h
+++ b/arch/um/include/shared/os.h
@@ -161,6 +161,9 @@
 			      long *spare_out);
 extern int os_change_dir(char *dir);
 extern int os_fchange_dir(int fd);
+extern unsigned os_major(unsigned long long dev);
+extern unsigned os_minor(unsigned long long dev);
+extern unsigned long long os_makedev(unsigned major, unsigned minor);
 
 /* start_up.c */
 extern void os_early_checks(void);
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/ksyms.c b/arch/um/kernel/ksyms.c
index 836fc9b..0ae0dfc 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/ksyms.c
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/ksyms.c
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(os_rcv_fd);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(run_helper);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(start_thread);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(os_major);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(os_minor);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(os_makedev);
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(add_sigio_fd);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ignore_sigio_fd);
diff --git a/arch/um/os-Linux/file.c b/arch/um/os-Linux/file.c
index b5afcfd..140e587 100644
--- a/arch/um/os-Linux/file.c
+++ b/arch/um/os-Linux/file.c
@@ -561,3 +561,18 @@
  out:
 	return err;
 }
+
+unsigned os_major(unsigned long long dev)
+{
+	return major(dev);
+}
+
+unsigned os_minor(unsigned long long dev)
+{
+	return minor(dev);
+}
+
+unsigned long long os_makedev(unsigned major, unsigned minor)
+{
+	return makedev(major, minor);
+}
diff --git a/arch/um/os-Linux/user_syms.c b/arch/um/os-Linux/user_syms.c
index 89b48a1..05f5ea8 100644
--- a/arch/um/os-Linux/user_syms.c
+++ b/arch/um/os-Linux/user_syms.c
@@ -103,6 +103,10 @@
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_PROTO(fsync);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_PROTO(fdatasync);
 
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_PROTO(lstat64);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_PROTO(fstat64);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_PROTO(mknod);
+
 /* Export symbols used by GCC for the stack protector. */
 extern void __stack_smash_handler(void *) __attribute__((weak));
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__stack_smash_handler);
diff --git a/drivers/staging/pohmelfs/inode.c b/drivers/staging/pohmelfs/inode.c
index bc1c605..97dae29 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/pohmelfs/inode.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/pohmelfs/inode.c
@@ -968,12 +968,18 @@
 		goto err_out_exit;
 	}
 
-	err = inode_setattr(inode, attr);
-	if (err) {
-		dprintk("%s: ino: %llu, failed to set the attributes.\n", __func__, POHMELFS_I(inode)->ino);
-		goto err_out_exit;
+	if ((attr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) &&
+	    attr->ia_size != i_size_read(inode)) {
+		err = vmtruncate(inode, attr->ia_size);
+		if (err) {
+			dprintk("%s: ino: %llu, failed to set the attributes.\n", __func__, POHMELFS_I(inode)->ino);
+			goto err_out_exit;
+		}
 	}
 
+	setattr_copy(inode, attr);
+	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+
 	dprintk("%s: ino: %llu, mode: %o -> %o, uid: %u -> %u, gid: %u -> %u, size: %llu -> %llu.\n",
 			__func__, POHMELFS_I(inode)->ino, inode->i_mode, attr->ia_mode,
 			inode->i_uid, attr->ia_uid, inode->i_gid, attr->ia_gid, inode->i_size, attr->ia_size);
@@ -1217,7 +1223,7 @@
 	}
 }
 
-static void pohmelfs_drop_inode(struct inode *inode)
+static int pohmelfs_drop_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct pohmelfs_sb *psb = POHMELFS_SB(inode->i_sb);
 	struct pohmelfs_inode *pi = POHMELFS_I(inode);
@@ -1226,7 +1232,7 @@
 	list_del_init(&pi->inode_entry);
 	spin_unlock(&psb->ino_lock);
 
-	generic_drop_inode(inode);
+	return generic_drop_inode(inode);
 }
 
 static struct pohmelfs_inode *pohmelfs_get_inode_from_list(struct pohmelfs_sb *psb,
diff --git a/fs/9p/v9fs_vfs.h b/fs/9p/v9fs_vfs.h
index f47c6bb..88418c4 100644
--- a/fs/9p/v9fs_vfs.h
+++ b/fs/9p/v9fs_vfs.h
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 #endif
 
 struct inode *v9fs_get_inode(struct super_block *sb, int mode);
-void v9fs_clear_inode(struct inode *inode);
+void v9fs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode);
 ino_t v9fs_qid2ino(struct p9_qid *qid);
 void v9fs_stat2inode(struct p9_wstat *, struct inode *, struct super_block *);
 void v9fs_stat2inode_dotl(struct p9_stat_dotl *, struct inode *);
diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c b/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
index 6e94f32..d97c34a 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
@@ -430,8 +430,10 @@
  * @inode: inode to release
  *
  */
-void v9fs_clear_inode(struct inode *inode)
+void v9fs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
+	truncate_inode_pages(inode->i_mapping, 0);
+	end_writeback(inode);
 	filemap_fdatawrite(inode->i_mapping);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_9P_FSCACHE
@@ -1209,10 +1211,19 @@
 	}
 
 	retval = p9_client_wstat(fid, &wstat);
-	if (retval >= 0)
-		retval = inode_setattr(dentry->d_inode, iattr);
+	if (retval < 0)
+		return retval;
 
-	return retval;
+	if ((iattr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) &&
+	    iattr->ia_size != i_size_read(dentry->d_inode)) {
+		retval = vmtruncate(dentry->d_inode, iattr->ia_size);
+		if (retval)
+			return retval;
+	}
+
+	setattr_copy(dentry->d_inode, iattr);
+	mark_inode_dirty(dentry->d_inode);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_super.c b/fs/9p/vfs_super.c
index 4b9ede0..f931107 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_super.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_super.c
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@
 	.destroy_inode = v9fs_destroy_inode,
 #endif
 	.statfs = simple_statfs,
-	.clear_inode = v9fs_clear_inode,
+	.evict_inode = v9fs_evict_inode,
 	.show_options = generic_show_options,
 	.umount_begin = v9fs_umount_begin,
 };
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@
 	.destroy_inode = v9fs_destroy_inode,
 #endif
 	.statfs = v9fs_statfs,
-	.clear_inode = v9fs_clear_inode,
+	.evict_inode = v9fs_evict_inode,
 	.show_options = generic_show_options,
 	.umount_begin = v9fs_umount_begin,
 };
diff --git a/fs/adfs/inode.c b/fs/adfs/inode.c
index 6f850b0..65794b8 100644
--- a/fs/adfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/adfs/inode.c
@@ -50,10 +50,19 @@
 			loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned flags,
 			struct page **pagep, void **fsdata)
 {
+	int ret;
+
 	*pagep = NULL;
-	return cont_write_begin(file, mapping, pos, len, flags, pagep, fsdata,
+	ret = cont_write_begin(file, mapping, pos, len, flags, pagep, fsdata,
 				adfs_get_block,
 				&ADFS_I(mapping->host)->mmu_private);
+	if (unlikely(ret)) {
+		loff_t isize = mapping->host->i_size;
+		if (pos + len > isize)
+			vmtruncate(mapping->host, isize);
+	}
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static sector_t _adfs_bmap(struct address_space *mapping, sector_t block)
@@ -324,10 +333,7 @@
 
 	/* XXX: this is missing some actual on-disk truncation.. */
 	if (ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE)
-		error = simple_setsize(inode, attr->ia_size);
-
-	if (error)
-		goto out;
+		truncate_setsize(inode, attr->ia_size);
 
 	if (ia_valid & ATTR_MTIME) {
 		inode->i_mtime = attr->ia_mtime;
diff --git a/fs/affs/affs.h b/fs/affs/affs.h
index f05b615..a8cbdeb 100644
--- a/fs/affs/affs.h
+++ b/fs/affs/affs.h
@@ -171,8 +171,7 @@
 extern unsigned long		 affs_parent_ino(struct inode *dir);
 extern struct inode		*affs_new_inode(struct inode *dir);
 extern int			 affs_notify_change(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr);
-extern void			 affs_delete_inode(struct inode *inode);
-extern void			 affs_clear_inode(struct inode *inode);
+extern void			 affs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode);
 extern struct inode		*affs_iget(struct super_block *sb,
 					unsigned long ino);
 extern int			 affs_write_inode(struct inode *inode,
diff --git a/fs/affs/file.c b/fs/affs/file.c
index 322710c..c4a9875 100644
--- a/fs/affs/file.c
+++ b/fs/affs/file.c
@@ -406,10 +406,19 @@
 			loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned flags,
 			struct page **pagep, void **fsdata)
 {
+	int ret;
+
 	*pagep = NULL;
-	return cont_write_begin(file, mapping, pos, len, flags, pagep, fsdata,
+	ret = cont_write_begin(file, mapping, pos, len, flags, pagep, fsdata,
 				affs_get_block,
 				&AFFS_I(mapping->host)->mmu_private);
+	if (unlikely(ret)) {
+		loff_t isize = mapping->host->i_size;
+		if (pos + len > isize)
+			vmtruncate(mapping->host, isize);
+	}
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static sector_t _affs_bmap(struct address_space *mapping, sector_t block)
diff --git a/fs/affs/inode.c b/fs/affs/inode.c
index f4b2a4e..3a0fdec 100644
--- a/fs/affs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/affs/inode.c
@@ -235,31 +235,36 @@
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	error = inode_setattr(inode, attr);
-	if (!error && (attr->ia_valid & ATTR_MODE))
+	if ((attr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) &&
+	    attr->ia_size != i_size_read(inode)) {
+		error = vmtruncate(inode, attr->ia_size);
+		if (error)
+			return error;
+	}
+
+	setattr_copy(inode, attr);
+	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+
+	if (attr->ia_valid & ATTR_MODE)
 		mode_to_prot(inode);
 out:
 	return error;
 }
 
 void
-affs_delete_inode(struct inode *inode)
-{
-	pr_debug("AFFS: delete_inode(ino=%lu, nlink=%u)\n", inode->i_ino, inode->i_nlink);
-	truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
-	inode->i_size = 0;
-	affs_truncate(inode);
-	clear_inode(inode);
-	affs_free_block(inode->i_sb, inode->i_ino);
-}
-
-void
-affs_clear_inode(struct inode *inode)
+affs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	unsigned long cache_page;
+	pr_debug("AFFS: evict_inode(ino=%lu, nlink=%u)\n", inode->i_ino, inode->i_nlink);
+	truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
 
-	pr_debug("AFFS: clear_inode(ino=%lu, nlink=%u)\n", inode->i_ino, inode->i_nlink);
+	if (!inode->i_nlink) {
+		inode->i_size = 0;
+		affs_truncate(inode);
+	}
 
+	invalidate_inode_buffers(inode);
+	end_writeback(inode);
 	affs_free_prealloc(inode);
 	cache_page = (unsigned long)AFFS_I(inode)->i_lc;
 	if (cache_page) {
@@ -271,6 +276,9 @@
 	affs_brelse(AFFS_I(inode)->i_ext_bh);
 	AFFS_I(inode)->i_ext_last = ~1;
 	AFFS_I(inode)->i_ext_bh = NULL;
+
+	if (!inode->i_nlink)
+		affs_free_block(inode->i_sb, inode->i_ino);
 }
 
 struct inode *
diff --git a/fs/affs/super.c b/fs/affs/super.c
index 16a3e47..33c4e7e 100644
--- a/fs/affs/super.c
+++ b/fs/affs/super.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 static int affs_remount (struct super_block *sb, int *flags, char *data);
 
 static void
-affs_commit_super(struct super_block *sb, int clean)
+affs_commit_super(struct super_block *sb, int wait, int clean)
 {
 	struct affs_sb_info *sbi = AFFS_SB(sb);
 	struct buffer_head *bh = sbi->s_root_bh;
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
 	secs_to_datestamp(get_seconds(), &tail->disk_change);
 	affs_fix_checksum(sb, bh);
 	mark_buffer_dirty(bh);
+	if (wait)
+		sync_dirty_buffer(bh);
 }
 
 static void
@@ -46,8 +48,8 @@
 
 	lock_kernel();
 
-	if (!(sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY))
-		affs_commit_super(sb, 1);
+	if (!(sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY) && sb->s_dirt)
+		affs_commit_super(sb, 1, 1);
 
 	kfree(sbi->s_prefix);
 	affs_free_bitmap(sb);
@@ -61,27 +63,20 @@
 static void
 affs_write_super(struct super_block *sb)
 {
-	int clean = 2;
-
 	lock_super(sb);
-	if (!(sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)) {
-		//	if (sbi->s_bitmap[i].bm_bh) {
-		//		if (buffer_dirty(sbi->s_bitmap[i].bm_bh)) {
-		//			clean = 0;
-		affs_commit_super(sb, clean);
-		sb->s_dirt = !clean;	/* redo until bitmap synced */
-	} else
-		sb->s_dirt = 0;
+	if (!(sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY))
+		affs_commit_super(sb, 1, 2);
+	sb->s_dirt = 0;
 	unlock_super(sb);
 
-	pr_debug("AFFS: write_super() at %lu, clean=%d\n", get_seconds(), clean);
+	pr_debug("AFFS: write_super() at %lu, clean=2\n", get_seconds());
 }
 
 static int
 affs_sync_fs(struct super_block *sb, int wait)
 {
 	lock_super(sb);
-	affs_commit_super(sb, 2);
+	affs_commit_super(sb, wait, 2);
 	sb->s_dirt = 0;
 	unlock_super(sb);
 	return 0;
@@ -140,8 +135,7 @@
 	.alloc_inode	= affs_alloc_inode,
 	.destroy_inode	= affs_destroy_inode,
 	.write_inode	= affs_write_inode,
-	.delete_inode	= affs_delete_inode,
-	.clear_inode	= affs_clear_inode,
+	.evict_inode	= affs_evict_inode,
 	.put_super	= affs_put_super,
 	.write_super	= affs_write_super,
 	.sync_fs	= affs_sync_fs,
@@ -554,9 +548,7 @@
 		return 0;
 	}
 	if (*flags & MS_RDONLY) {
-		sb->s_dirt = 1;
-		while (sb->s_dirt)
-			affs_write_super(sb);
+		affs_write_super(sb);
 		affs_free_bitmap(sb);
 	} else
 		res = affs_init_bitmap(sb, flags);
diff --git a/fs/afs/inode.c b/fs/afs/inode.c
index d00b312..320ffef 100644
--- a/fs/afs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/afs/inode.c
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@
 /*
  * clear an AFS inode
  */
-void afs_clear_inode(struct inode *inode)
+void afs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct afs_permits *permits;
 	struct afs_vnode *vnode;
@@ -335,6 +335,9 @@
 
 	ASSERTCMP(inode->i_ino, ==, vnode->fid.vnode);
 
+	truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
+	end_writeback(inode);
+
 	afs_give_up_callback(vnode);
 
 	if (vnode->server) {
diff --git a/fs/afs/internal.h b/fs/afs/internal.h
index 5f679b7..8679089 100644
--- a/fs/afs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/afs/internal.h
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@
 extern int afs_validate(struct afs_vnode *, struct key *);
 extern int afs_getattr(struct vfsmount *, struct dentry *, struct kstat *);
 extern int afs_setattr(struct dentry *, struct iattr *);
-extern void afs_clear_inode(struct inode *);
+extern void afs_evict_inode(struct inode *);
 
 /*
  * main.c
diff --git a/fs/afs/super.c b/fs/afs/super.c
index e932e5a..9cf80f0 100644
--- a/fs/afs/super.c
+++ b/fs/afs/super.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 	.statfs		= afs_statfs,
 	.alloc_inode	= afs_alloc_inode,
 	.destroy_inode	= afs_destroy_inode,
-	.clear_inode	= afs_clear_inode,
+	.evict_inode	= afs_evict_inode,
 	.put_super	= afs_put_super,
 	.show_options	= generic_show_options,
 };
diff --git a/fs/attr.c b/fs/attr.c
index b4fa3b0..7ca4181 100644
--- a/fs/attr.c
+++ b/fs/attr.c
@@ -14,35 +14,53 @@
 #include <linux/fcntl.h>
 #include <linux/security.h>
 
-/* Taken over from the old code... */
-
-/* POSIX UID/GID verification for setting inode attributes. */
+/**
+ * inode_change_ok - check if attribute changes to an inode are allowed
+ * @inode:	inode to check
+ * @attr:	attributes to change
+ *
+ * Check if we are allowed to change the attributes contained in @attr
+ * in the given inode.  This includes the normal unix access permission
+ * checks, as well as checks for rlimits and others.
+ *
+ * Should be called as the first thing in ->setattr implementations,
+ * possibly after taking additional locks.
+ */
 int inode_change_ok(const struct inode *inode, struct iattr *attr)
 {
-	int retval = -EPERM;
 	unsigned int ia_valid = attr->ia_valid;
 
+	/*
+	 * First check size constraints.  These can't be overriden using
+	 * ATTR_FORCE.
+	 */
+	if (ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) {
+		int error = inode_newsize_ok(inode, attr->ia_size);
+		if (error)
+			return error;
+	}
+
 	/* If force is set do it anyway. */
 	if (ia_valid & ATTR_FORCE)
-		goto fine;
+		return 0;
 
 	/* Make sure a caller can chown. */
 	if ((ia_valid & ATTR_UID) &&
 	    (current_fsuid() != inode->i_uid ||
 	     attr->ia_uid != inode->i_uid) && !capable(CAP_CHOWN))
-		goto error;
+		return -EPERM;
 
 	/* Make sure caller can chgrp. */
 	if ((ia_valid & ATTR_GID) &&
 	    (current_fsuid() != inode->i_uid ||
 	    (!in_group_p(attr->ia_gid) && attr->ia_gid != inode->i_gid)) &&
 	    !capable(CAP_CHOWN))
-		goto error;
+		return -EPERM;
 
 	/* Make sure a caller can chmod. */
 	if (ia_valid & ATTR_MODE) {
 		if (!is_owner_or_cap(inode))
-			goto error;
+			return -EPERM;
 		/* Also check the setgid bit! */
 		if (!in_group_p((ia_valid & ATTR_GID) ? attr->ia_gid :
 				inode->i_gid) && !capable(CAP_FSETID))
@@ -52,12 +70,10 @@
 	/* Check for setting the inode time. */
 	if (ia_valid & (ATTR_MTIME_SET | ATTR_ATIME_SET | ATTR_TIMES_SET)) {
 		if (!is_owner_or_cap(inode))
-			goto error;
+			return -EPERM;
 	}
-fine:
-	retval = 0;
-error:
-	return retval;
+
+	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(inode_change_ok);
 
@@ -105,21 +121,21 @@
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(inode_newsize_ok);
 
 /**
- * generic_setattr - copy simple metadata updates into the generic inode
+ * setattr_copy - copy simple metadata updates into the generic inode
  * @inode:	the inode to be updated
  * @attr:	the new attributes
  *
- * generic_setattr must be called with i_mutex held.
+ * setattr_copy must be called with i_mutex held.
  *
- * generic_setattr updates the inode's metadata with that specified
+ * setattr_copy updates the inode's metadata with that specified
  * in attr. Noticably missing is inode size update, which is more complex
- * as it requires pagecache updates. See simple_setsize.
+ * as it requires pagecache updates.
  *
  * The inode is not marked as dirty after this operation. The rationale is
  * that for "simple" filesystems, the struct inode is the inode storage.
  * The caller is free to mark the inode dirty afterwards if needed.
  */
-void generic_setattr(struct inode *inode, const struct iattr *attr)
+void setattr_copy(struct inode *inode, const struct iattr *attr)
 {
 	unsigned int ia_valid = attr->ia_valid;
 
@@ -144,32 +160,7 @@
 		inode->i_mode = mode;
 	}
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_setattr);
-
-/*
- * note this function is deprecated, the new truncate sequence should be
- * used instead -- see eg. simple_setsize, generic_setattr.
- */
-int inode_setattr(struct inode *inode, const struct iattr *attr)
-{
-	unsigned int ia_valid = attr->ia_valid;
-
-	if (ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE &&
-	    attr->ia_size != i_size_read(inode)) {
-		int error;
-
-		error = vmtruncate(inode, attr->ia_size);
-		if (error)
-			return error;
-	}
-
-	generic_setattr(inode, attr);
-
-	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
-
-	return 0;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(inode_setattr);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(setattr_copy);
 
 int notify_change(struct dentry * dentry, struct iattr * attr)
 {
@@ -237,13 +228,10 @@
 	if (ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE)
 		down_write(&dentry->d_inode->i_alloc_sem);
 
-	if (inode->i_op && inode->i_op->setattr) {
+	if (inode->i_op->setattr)
 		error = inode->i_op->setattr(dentry, attr);
-	} else {
-		error = inode_change_ok(inode, attr);
-		if (!error)
-			error = inode_setattr(inode, attr);
-	}
+	else
+		error = simple_setattr(dentry, attr);
 
 	if (ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE)
 		up_write(&dentry->d_inode->i_alloc_sem);
diff --git a/fs/bfs/bfs.h b/fs/bfs/bfs.h
index 7109e45..f7f87e2 100644
--- a/fs/bfs/bfs.h
+++ b/fs/bfs/bfs.h
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 	unsigned long si_lf_eblk;
 	unsigned long si_lasti;
 	unsigned long *si_imap;
-	struct buffer_head *si_sbh;		/* buffer header w/superblock */
 	struct mutex bfs_lock;
 };
 
diff --git a/fs/bfs/file.c b/fs/bfs/file.c
index 88b9a3f..eb67edd 100644
--- a/fs/bfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/bfs/file.c
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@
 	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
 	struct bfs_sb_info *info = BFS_SB(sb);
 	struct bfs_inode_info *bi = BFS_I(inode);
-	struct buffer_head *sbh = info->si_sbh;
 
 	phys = bi->i_sblock + block;
 	if (!create) {
@@ -112,7 +111,6 @@
 		info->si_freeb -= phys - bi->i_eblock;
 		info->si_lf_eblk = bi->i_eblock = phys;
 		mark_inode_dirty(inode);
-		mark_buffer_dirty(sbh);
 		err = 0;
 		goto out;
 	}
@@ -147,7 +145,6 @@
 	 */
 	info->si_freeb -= bi->i_eblock - bi->i_sblock + 1 - inode->i_blocks;
 	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
-	mark_buffer_dirty(sbh);
 	map_bh(bh_result, sb, phys);
 out:
 	mutex_unlock(&info->bfs_lock);
@@ -168,9 +165,17 @@
 			loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned flags,
 			struct page **pagep, void **fsdata)
 {
-	*pagep = NULL;
-	return block_write_begin(file, mapping, pos, len, flags,
-					pagep, fsdata, bfs_get_block);
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = block_write_begin(mapping, pos, len, flags, pagep,
+				bfs_get_block);
+	if (unlikely(ret)) {
+		loff_t isize = mapping->host->i_size;
+		if (pos + len > isize)
+			vmtruncate(mapping->host, isize);
+	}
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static sector_t bfs_bmap(struct address_space *mapping, sector_t block)
diff --git a/fs/bfs/inode.c b/fs/bfs/inode.c
index f22a7d3..c4daf0f 100644
--- a/fs/bfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/bfs/inode.c
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 #define dprintf(x...)
 #endif
 
-static void bfs_write_super(struct super_block *s);
 void dump_imap(const char *prefix, struct super_block *s);
 
 struct inode *bfs_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino)
@@ -99,6 +98,24 @@
 	return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
 }
 
+static struct bfs_inode *find_inode(struct super_block *sb, u16 ino, struct buffer_head **p)
+{
+	if ((ino < BFS_ROOT_INO) || (ino > BFS_SB(sb)->si_lasti)) {
+		printf("Bad inode number %s:%08x\n", sb->s_id, ino);
+		return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
+	}
+
+	ino -= BFS_ROOT_INO;
+
+	*p = sb_bread(sb, 1 + ino / BFS_INODES_PER_BLOCK);
+	if (!*p) {
+		printf("Unable to read inode %s:%08x\n", sb->s_id, ino);
+		return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
+	}
+
+	return (struct bfs_inode *)(*p)->b_data +  ino % BFS_INODES_PER_BLOCK;
+}
+
 static int bfs_write_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 {
 	struct bfs_sb_info *info = BFS_SB(inode->i_sb);
@@ -106,28 +123,15 @@
         unsigned long i_sblock;
 	struct bfs_inode *di;
 	struct buffer_head *bh;
-	int block, off;
 	int err = 0;
 
         dprintf("ino=%08x\n", ino);
 
-	if ((ino < BFS_ROOT_INO) || (ino > BFS_SB(inode->i_sb)->si_lasti)) {
-		printf("Bad inode number %s:%08x\n", inode->i_sb->s_id, ino);
-		return -EIO;
-	}
+	di = find_inode(inode->i_sb, ino, &bh);
+	if (IS_ERR(di))
+		return PTR_ERR(di);
 
 	mutex_lock(&info->bfs_lock);
-	block = (ino - BFS_ROOT_INO) / BFS_INODES_PER_BLOCK + 1;
-	bh = sb_bread(inode->i_sb, block);
-	if (!bh) {
-		printf("Unable to read inode %s:%08x\n",
-				inode->i_sb->s_id, ino);
-		mutex_unlock(&info->bfs_lock);
-		return -EIO;
-	}
-
-	off = (ino - BFS_ROOT_INO) % BFS_INODES_PER_BLOCK;
-	di = (struct bfs_inode *)bh->b_data + off;
 
 	if (ino == BFS_ROOT_INO)
 		di->i_vtype = cpu_to_le32(BFS_VDIR);
@@ -158,12 +162,11 @@
 	return err;
 }
 
-static void bfs_delete_inode(struct inode *inode)
+static void bfs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	unsigned long ino = inode->i_ino;
 	struct bfs_inode *di;
 	struct buffer_head *bh;
-	int block, off;
 	struct super_block *s = inode->i_sb;
 	struct bfs_sb_info *info = BFS_SB(s);
 	struct bfs_inode_info *bi = BFS_I(inode);
@@ -171,28 +174,19 @@
 	dprintf("ino=%08lx\n", ino);
 
 	truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
+	invalidate_inode_buffers(inode);
+	end_writeback(inode);
 
-	if ((ino < BFS_ROOT_INO) || (ino > info->si_lasti)) {
-		printf("invalid ino=%08lx\n", ino);
+	if (inode->i_nlink)
 		return;
-	}
-	
-	inode->i_size = 0;
-	inode->i_atime = inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
+
+	di = find_inode(s, inode->i_ino, &bh);
+	if (IS_ERR(di))
+		return;
+
 	mutex_lock(&info->bfs_lock);
-	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
-
-	block = (ino - BFS_ROOT_INO) / BFS_INODES_PER_BLOCK + 1;
-	bh = sb_bread(s, block);
-	if (!bh) {
-		printf("Unable to read inode %s:%08lx\n",
-					inode->i_sb->s_id, ino);
-		mutex_unlock(&info->bfs_lock);
-		return;
-	}
-	off = (ino - BFS_ROOT_INO) % BFS_INODES_PER_BLOCK;
-	di = (struct bfs_inode *)bh->b_data + off;
-	memset((void *)di, 0, sizeof(struct bfs_inode));
+	/* clear on-disk inode */
+	memset(di, 0, sizeof(struct bfs_inode));
 	mark_buffer_dirty(bh);
 	brelse(bh);
 
@@ -209,32 +203,9 @@
 	 * "last block of the last file" even if there is no
 	 * real file there, saves us 1 gap.
 	 */
-	if (info->si_lf_eblk == bi->i_eblock) {
+	if (info->si_lf_eblk == bi->i_eblock)
 		info->si_lf_eblk = bi->i_sblock - 1;
-		mark_buffer_dirty(info->si_sbh);
-	}
 	mutex_unlock(&info->bfs_lock);
-	clear_inode(inode);
-}
-
-static int bfs_sync_fs(struct super_block *sb, int wait)
-{
-	struct bfs_sb_info *info = BFS_SB(sb);
-
-	mutex_lock(&info->bfs_lock);
-	mark_buffer_dirty(info->si_sbh);
-	sb->s_dirt = 0;
-	mutex_unlock(&info->bfs_lock);
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static void bfs_write_super(struct super_block *sb)
-{
-	if (!(sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY))
-		bfs_sync_fs(sb, 1);
-	else
-		sb->s_dirt = 0;
 }
 
 static void bfs_put_super(struct super_block *s)
@@ -246,10 +217,6 @@
 
 	lock_kernel();
 
-	if (s->s_dirt)
-		bfs_write_super(s);
-
-	brelse(info->si_sbh);
 	mutex_destroy(&info->bfs_lock);
 	kfree(info->si_imap);
 	kfree(info);
@@ -319,10 +286,8 @@
 	.alloc_inode	= bfs_alloc_inode,
 	.destroy_inode	= bfs_destroy_inode,
 	.write_inode	= bfs_write_inode,
-	.delete_inode	= bfs_delete_inode,
+	.evict_inode	= bfs_evict_inode,
 	.put_super	= bfs_put_super,
-	.write_super	= bfs_write_super,
-	.sync_fs	= bfs_sync_fs,
 	.statfs		= bfs_statfs,
 };
 
@@ -349,7 +314,7 @@
 
 static int bfs_fill_super(struct super_block *s, void *data, int silent)
 {
-	struct buffer_head *bh;
+	struct buffer_head *bh, *sbh;
 	struct bfs_super_block *bfs_sb;
 	struct inode *inode;
 	unsigned i, imap_len;
@@ -365,10 +330,10 @@
 
 	sb_set_blocksize(s, BFS_BSIZE);
 
-	info->si_sbh = sb_bread(s, 0);
-	if (!info->si_sbh)
+	sbh = sb_bread(s, 0);
+	if (!sbh)
 		goto out;
-	bfs_sb = (struct bfs_super_block *)info->si_sbh->b_data;
+	bfs_sb = (struct bfs_super_block *)sbh->b_data;
 	if (le32_to_cpu(bfs_sb->s_magic) != BFS_MAGIC) {
 		if (!silent)
 			printf("No BFS filesystem on %s (magic=%08x)\n", 
@@ -472,10 +437,7 @@
 			info->si_lf_eblk = eblock;
 	}
 	brelse(bh);
-	if (!(s->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)) {
-		mark_buffer_dirty(info->si_sbh);
-		s->s_dirt = 1;
-	} 
+	brelse(sbh);
 	dump_imap("read_super", s);
 	return 0;
 
@@ -485,7 +447,7 @@
 out2:
 	kfree(info->si_imap);
 out1:
-	brelse(info->si_sbh);
+	brelse(sbh);
 out:
 	mutex_destroy(&info->bfs_lock);
 	kfree(info);
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_misc.c b/fs/binfmt_misc.c
index c4e8353..9e60fd2 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_misc.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_misc.c
@@ -502,8 +502,9 @@
 	return inode;
 }
 
-static void bm_clear_inode(struct inode *inode)
+static void bm_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
+	end_writeback(inode);
 	kfree(inode->i_private);
 }
 
@@ -685,7 +686,7 @@
 
 static const struct super_operations s_ops = {
 	.statfs		= simple_statfs,
-	.clear_inode	= bm_clear_inode,
+	.evict_inode	= bm_evict_inode,
 };
 
 static int bm_fill_super(struct super_block * sb, void * data, int silent)
diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index b3171fb..451afbd 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -172,9 +172,8 @@
 	struct file *file = iocb->ki_filp;
 	struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host;
 
-	return blockdev_direct_IO_no_locking_newtrunc(rw, iocb, inode,
-				I_BDEV(inode), iov, offset, nr_segs,
-				blkdev_get_blocks, NULL);
+	return __blockdev_direct_IO(rw, iocb, inode, I_BDEV(inode), iov, offset,
+				    nr_segs, blkdev_get_blocks, NULL, NULL, 0);
 }
 
 int __sync_blockdev(struct block_device *bdev, int wait)
@@ -309,9 +308,8 @@
 			loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned flags,
 			struct page **pagep, void **fsdata)
 {
-	*pagep = NULL;
-	return block_write_begin_newtrunc(file, mapping, pos, len, flags,
-				pagep, fsdata, blkdev_get_block);
+	return block_write_begin(mapping, pos, len, flags, pagep,
+				 blkdev_get_block);
 }
 
 static int blkdev_write_end(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
@@ -428,10 +426,13 @@
 	inode->i_mapping = &inode->i_data;
 }
 
-static void bdev_clear_inode(struct inode *inode)
+static void bdev_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct block_device *bdev = &BDEV_I(inode)->bdev;
 	struct list_head *p;
+	truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
+	invalidate_inode_buffers(inode); /* is it needed here? */
+	end_writeback(inode);
 	spin_lock(&bdev_lock);
 	while ( (p = bdev->bd_inodes.next) != &bdev->bd_inodes ) {
 		__bd_forget(list_entry(p, struct inode, i_devices));
@@ -445,7 +446,7 @@
 	.alloc_inode = bdev_alloc_inode,
 	.destroy_inode = bdev_destroy_inode,
 	.drop_inode = generic_delete_inode,
-	.clear_inode = bdev_clear_inode,
+	.evict_inode = bdev_evict_inode,
 };
 
 static int bd_get_sb(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
index 29c2009..eaf286a 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
@@ -2389,13 +2389,13 @@
 			      pgoff_t offset, pgoff_t last_index);
 int btrfs_page_mkwrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf);
 int btrfs_readpage(struct file *file, struct page *page);
-void btrfs_delete_inode(struct inode *inode);
+void btrfs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode);
 void btrfs_put_inode(struct inode *inode);
 int btrfs_write_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc);
 void btrfs_dirty_inode(struct inode *inode);
 struct inode *btrfs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb);
 void btrfs_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode);
-void btrfs_drop_inode(struct inode *inode);
+int btrfs_drop_inode(struct inode *inode);
 int btrfs_init_cachep(void);
 void btrfs_destroy_cachep(void);
 long btrfs_ioctl_trans_end(struct file *file);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 1bff92a..8976c33 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -2938,7 +2938,6 @@
 	dir->i_mtime = dir->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
 	ret = btrfs_update_inode(trans, root, dir);
 	BUG_ON(ret);
-	dir->i_sb->s_dirt = 1;
 
 	btrfs_free_path(path);
 	return 0;
@@ -3656,17 +3655,19 @@
 		if (err)
 			return err;
 	}
-	attr->ia_valid &= ~ATTR_SIZE;
 
-	if (attr->ia_valid)
-		err = inode_setattr(inode, attr);
+	if (attr->ia_valid) {
+		setattr_copy(inode, attr);
+		mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 
-	if (!err && ((attr->ia_valid & ATTR_MODE)))
-		err = btrfs_acl_chmod(inode);
+		if (attr->ia_valid & ATTR_MODE)
+			err = btrfs_acl_chmod(inode);
+	}
+
 	return err;
 }
 
-void btrfs_delete_inode(struct inode *inode)
+void btrfs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans;
 	struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(inode)->root;
@@ -3674,10 +3675,14 @@
 	int ret;
 
 	truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
+	if (inode->i_nlink && btrfs_root_refs(&root->root_item) != 0)
+		goto no_delete;
+
 	if (is_bad_inode(inode)) {
 		btrfs_orphan_del(NULL, inode);
 		goto no_delete;
 	}
+	/* do we really want it for ->i_nlink > 0 and zero btrfs_root_refs? */
 	btrfs_wait_ordered_range(inode, 0, (u64)-1);
 
 	if (root->fs_info->log_root_recovering) {
@@ -3727,7 +3732,7 @@
 	btrfs_end_transaction(trans, root);
 	btrfs_btree_balance_dirty(root, nr);
 no_delete:
-	clear_inode(inode);
+	end_writeback(inode);
 	return;
 }
 
@@ -3858,7 +3863,7 @@
 			p = &parent->rb_right;
 		else {
 			WARN_ON(!(entry->vfs_inode.i_state &
-				  (I_WILL_FREE | I_FREEING | I_CLEAR)));
+				  (I_WILL_FREE | I_FREEING)));
 			rb_erase(parent, &root->inode_tree);
 			RB_CLEAR_NODE(parent);
 			spin_unlock(&root->inode_lock);
@@ -3937,7 +3942,7 @@
 			if (atomic_read(&inode->i_count) > 1)
 				d_prune_aliases(inode);
 			/*
-			 * btrfs_drop_inode will remove it from
+			 * btrfs_drop_inode will have it removed from
 			 * the inode cache when its usage count
 			 * hits zero.
 			 */
@@ -6331,13 +6336,14 @@
 	kmem_cache_free(btrfs_inode_cachep, BTRFS_I(inode));
 }
 
-void btrfs_drop_inode(struct inode *inode)
+int btrfs_drop_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(inode)->root;
-	if (inode->i_nlink > 0 && btrfs_root_refs(&root->root_item) == 0)
-		generic_delete_inode(inode);
+
+	if (btrfs_root_refs(&root->root_item) == 0)
+		return 1;
 	else
-		generic_drop_inode(inode);
+		return generic_drop_inode(inode);
 }
 
 static void init_once(void *foo)
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/super.c b/fs/btrfs/super.c
index f2393b3..1776dbd 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/super.c
@@ -797,7 +797,7 @@
 
 static const struct super_operations btrfs_super_ops = {
 	.drop_inode	= btrfs_drop_inode,
-	.delete_inode	= btrfs_delete_inode,
+	.evict_inode	= btrfs_evict_inode,
 	.put_super	= btrfs_put_super,
 	.sync_fs	= btrfs_sync_fs,
 	.show_options	= btrfs_show_options,
diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index d54812b..50efa33 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -1833,9 +1833,10 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(page_zero_new_buffers);
 
-static int __block_prepare_write(struct inode *inode, struct page *page,
-		unsigned from, unsigned to, get_block_t *get_block)
+int block_prepare_write(struct page *page, unsigned from, unsigned to,
+		get_block_t *get_block)
 {
+	struct inode *inode = page->mapping->host;
 	unsigned block_start, block_end;
 	sector_t block;
 	int err = 0;
@@ -1908,10 +1909,13 @@
 		if (!buffer_uptodate(*wait_bh))
 			err = -EIO;
 	}
-	if (unlikely(err))
+	if (unlikely(err)) {
 		page_zero_new_buffers(page, from, to);
+		ClearPageUptodate(page);
+	}
 	return err;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(block_prepare_write);
 
 static int __block_commit_write(struct inode *inode, struct page *page,
 		unsigned from, unsigned to)
@@ -1948,90 +1952,41 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/*
- * Filesystems implementing the new truncate sequence should use the
- * _newtrunc postfix variant which won't incorrectly call vmtruncate.
- * The filesystem needs to handle block truncation upon failure.
- */
-int block_write_begin_newtrunc(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
-			loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned flags,
-			struct page **pagep, void **fsdata,
-			get_block_t *get_block)
+int __block_write_begin(struct page *page, loff_t pos, unsigned len,
+		get_block_t *get_block)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
-	int status = 0;
-	struct page *page;
-	pgoff_t index;
-	unsigned start, end;
-	int ownpage = 0;
+	unsigned start = pos & (PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - 1);
 
-	index = pos >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
-	start = pos & (PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - 1);
-	end = start + len;
-
-	page = *pagep;
-	if (page == NULL) {
-		ownpage = 1;
-		page = grab_cache_page_write_begin(mapping, index, flags);
-		if (!page) {
-			status = -ENOMEM;
-			goto out;
-		}
-		*pagep = page;
-	} else
-		BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page));
-
-	status = __block_prepare_write(inode, page, start, end, get_block);
-	if (unlikely(status)) {
-		ClearPageUptodate(page);
-
-		if (ownpage) {
-			unlock_page(page);
-			page_cache_release(page);
-			*pagep = NULL;
-		}
-	}
-
-out:
-	return status;
+	return block_prepare_write(page, start, start + len, get_block);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(block_write_begin_newtrunc);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__block_write_begin);
 
 /*
  * block_write_begin takes care of the basic task of block allocation and
  * bringing partial write blocks uptodate first.
  *
- * If *pagep is not NULL, then block_write_begin uses the locked page
- * at *pagep rather than allocating its own. In this case, the page will
- * not be unlocked or deallocated on failure.
+ * The filesystem needs to handle block truncation upon failure.
  */
-int block_write_begin(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
-			loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned flags,
-			struct page **pagep, void **fsdata,
-			get_block_t *get_block)
+int block_write_begin(struct address_space *mapping, loff_t pos, unsigned len,
+		unsigned flags, struct page **pagep, get_block_t *get_block)
 {
-	int ret;
+	pgoff_t index = pos >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
+	struct page *page;
+	int status;
 
-	ret = block_write_begin_newtrunc(file, mapping, pos, len, flags,
-					pagep, fsdata, get_block);
+	page = grab_cache_page_write_begin(mapping, index, flags);
+	if (!page)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	/*
-	 * prepare_write() may have instantiated a few blocks
-	 * outside i_size.  Trim these off again. Don't need
-	 * i_size_read because we hold i_mutex.
-	 *
-	 * Filesystems which pass down their own page also cannot
-	 * call into vmtruncate here because it would lead to lock
-	 * inversion problems (*pagep is locked). This is a further
-	 * example of where the old truncate sequence is inadequate.
-	 */
-	if (unlikely(ret) && *pagep == NULL) {
-		loff_t isize = mapping->host->i_size;
-		if (pos + len > isize)
-			vmtruncate(mapping->host, isize);
+	status = __block_write_begin(page, pos, len, get_block);
+	if (unlikely(status)) {
+		unlock_page(page);
+		page_cache_release(page);
+		page = NULL;
 	}
 
-	return ret;
+	*pagep = page;
+	return status;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(block_write_begin);
 
@@ -2351,7 +2306,7 @@
  * For moronic filesystems that do not allow holes in file.
  * We may have to extend the file.
  */
-int cont_write_begin_newtrunc(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
+int cont_write_begin(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
 			loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned flags,
 			struct page **pagep, void **fsdata,
 			get_block_t *get_block, loff_t *bytes)
@@ -2363,7 +2318,7 @@
 
 	err = cont_expand_zero(file, mapping, pos, bytes);
 	if (err)
-		goto out;
+		return err;
 
 	zerofrom = *bytes & ~PAGE_CACHE_MASK;
 	if (pos+len > *bytes && zerofrom & (blocksize-1)) {
@@ -2371,44 +2326,10 @@
 		(*bytes)++;
 	}
 
-	*pagep = NULL;
-	err = block_write_begin_newtrunc(file, mapping, pos, len,
-				flags, pagep, fsdata, get_block);
-out:
-	return err;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(cont_write_begin_newtrunc);
-
-int cont_write_begin(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
-			loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned flags,
-			struct page **pagep, void **fsdata,
-			get_block_t *get_block, loff_t *bytes)
-{
-	int ret;
-
-	ret = cont_write_begin_newtrunc(file, mapping, pos, len, flags,
-					pagep, fsdata, get_block, bytes);
-	if (unlikely(ret)) {
-		loff_t isize = mapping->host->i_size;
-		if (pos + len > isize)
-			vmtruncate(mapping->host, isize);
-	}
-
-	return ret;
+	return block_write_begin(mapping, pos, len, flags, pagep, get_block);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(cont_write_begin);
 
-int block_prepare_write(struct page *page, unsigned from, unsigned to,
-			get_block_t *get_block)
-{
-	struct inode *inode = page->mapping->host;
-	int err = __block_prepare_write(inode, page, from, to, get_block);
-	if (err)
-		ClearPageUptodate(page);
-	return err;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(block_prepare_write);
-
 int block_commit_write(struct page *page, unsigned from, unsigned to)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = page->mapping->host;
@@ -2510,11 +2431,11 @@
 }
 
 /*
- * Filesystems implementing the new truncate sequence should use the
- * _newtrunc postfix variant which won't incorrectly call vmtruncate.
+ * On entry, the page is fully not uptodate.
+ * On exit the page is fully uptodate in the areas outside (from,to)
  * The filesystem needs to handle block truncation upon failure.
  */
-int nobh_write_begin_newtrunc(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
+int nobh_write_begin(struct address_space *mapping,
 			loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned flags,
 			struct page **pagep, void **fsdata,
 			get_block_t *get_block)
@@ -2547,8 +2468,8 @@
 		unlock_page(page);
 		page_cache_release(page);
 		*pagep = NULL;
-		return block_write_begin_newtrunc(file, mapping, pos, len,
-					flags, pagep, fsdata, get_block);
+		return block_write_begin(mapping, pos, len, flags, pagep,
+					 get_block);
 	}
 
 	if (PageMappedToDisk(page))
@@ -2654,35 +2575,6 @@
 
 	return ret;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(nobh_write_begin_newtrunc);
-
-/*
- * On entry, the page is fully not uptodate.
- * On exit the page is fully uptodate in the areas outside (from,to)
- */
-int nobh_write_begin(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
-			loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned flags,
-			struct page **pagep, void **fsdata,
-			get_block_t *get_block)
-{
-	int ret;
-
-	ret = nobh_write_begin_newtrunc(file, mapping, pos, len, flags,
-					pagep, fsdata, get_block);
-
-	/*
-	 * prepare_write() may have instantiated a few blocks
-	 * outside i_size.  Trim these off again. Don't need
-	 * i_size_read because we hold i_mutex.
-	 */
-	if (unlikely(ret)) {
-		loff_t isize = mapping->host->i_size;
-		if (pos + len > isize)
-			vmtruncate(mapping->host, isize);
-	}
-
-	return ret;
-}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(nobh_write_begin);
 
 int nobh_write_end(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
diff --git a/fs/cachefiles/bind.c b/fs/cachefiles/bind.c
index 2906077..a2603e7 100644
--- a/fs/cachefiles/bind.c
+++ b/fs/cachefiles/bind.c
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@
 		goto error_unsupported;
 
 	/* get the cache size and blocksize */
-	ret = vfs_statfs(root, &stats);
+	ret = vfs_statfs(&path, &stats);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto error_unsupported;
 
diff --git a/fs/cachefiles/daemon.c b/fs/cachefiles/daemon.c
index c241356..24eb0d3 100644
--- a/fs/cachefiles/daemon.c
+++ b/fs/cachefiles/daemon.c
@@ -683,6 +683,10 @@
 			 unsigned fnr, unsigned bnr)
 {
 	struct kstatfs stats;
+	struct path path = {
+		.mnt	= cache->mnt,
+		.dentry	= cache->mnt->mnt_root,
+	};
 	int ret;
 
 	//_enter("{%llu,%llu,%llu,%llu,%llu,%llu},%u,%u",
@@ -697,7 +701,7 @@
 	/* find out how many pages of blockdev are available */
 	memset(&stats, 0, sizeof(stats));
 
-	ret = vfs_statfs(cache->mnt->mnt_root, &stats);
+	ret = vfs_statfs(&path, &stats);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		if (ret == -EIO)
 			cachefiles_io_error(cache, "statfs failed");
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
index a5ed10c..b7431af 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
@@ -329,8 +329,10 @@
 }
 
 static void
-cifs_clear_inode(struct inode *inode)
+cifs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
+	truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
+	end_writeback(inode);
 	cifs_fscache_release_inode_cookie(inode);
 }
 
@@ -479,14 +481,13 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void cifs_drop_inode(struct inode *inode)
+static int cifs_drop_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb = CIFS_SB(inode->i_sb);
 
-	if (cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags & CIFS_MOUNT_SERVER_INUM)
-		return generic_drop_inode(inode);
-
-	return generic_delete_inode(inode);
+	/* no serverino => unconditional eviction */
+	return !(cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags & CIFS_MOUNT_SERVER_INUM) ||
+		generic_drop_inode(inode);
 }
 
 static const struct super_operations cifs_super_ops = {
@@ -495,7 +496,7 @@
 	.alloc_inode = cifs_alloc_inode,
 	.destroy_inode = cifs_destroy_inode,
 	.drop_inode	= cifs_drop_inode,
-	.clear_inode	= cifs_clear_inode,
+	.evict_inode	= cifs_evict_inode,
 /*	.delete_inode	= cifs_delete_inode,  */  /* Do not need above
 	function unless later we add lazy close of inodes or unless the
 	kernel forgets to call us with the same number of releases (closes)
diff --git a/fs/cifs/inode.c b/fs/cifs/inode.c
index dc4c47a..4bc47e5 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/inode.c
@@ -1698,26 +1698,16 @@
 	return rc;
 }
 
-static int cifs_vmtruncate(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset)
+static void cifs_setsize(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset)
 {
 	loff_t oldsize;
-	int err;
 
 	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
-	err = inode_newsize_ok(inode, offset);
-	if (err) {
-		spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
-		goto out;
-	}
-
 	oldsize = inode->i_size;
 	i_size_write(inode, offset);
 	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+
 	truncate_pagecache(inode, oldsize, offset);
-	if (inode->i_op->truncate)
-		inode->i_op->truncate(inode);
-out:
-	return err;
 }
 
 static int
@@ -1790,7 +1780,7 @@
 
 	if (rc == 0) {
 		cifsInode->server_eof = attrs->ia_size;
-		rc = cifs_vmtruncate(inode, attrs->ia_size);
+		cifs_setsize(inode, attrs->ia_size);
 		cifs_truncate_page(inode->i_mapping, inode->i_size);
 	}
 
@@ -1815,14 +1805,12 @@
 
 	xid = GetXid();
 
-	if ((cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags & CIFS_MOUNT_NO_PERM) == 0) {
-		/* check if we have permission to change attrs */
-		rc = inode_change_ok(inode, attrs);
-		if (rc < 0)
-			goto out;
-		else
-			rc = 0;
-	}
+	if (cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags & CIFS_MOUNT_NO_PERM)
+		attrs->ia_valid |= ATTR_FORCE;
+
+	rc = inode_change_ok(inode, attrs);
+	if (rc < 0)
+		goto out;
 
 	full_path = build_path_from_dentry(direntry);
 	if (full_path == NULL) {
@@ -1908,18 +1896,24 @@
 					CIFS_MOUNT_MAP_SPECIAL_CHR);
 	}
 
-	if (!rc) {
-		rc = inode_setattr(inode, attrs);
+	if (rc)
+		goto out;
 
-		/* force revalidate when any of these times are set since some
-		   of the fs types (eg ext3, fat) do not have fine enough
-		   time granularity to match protocol, and we do not have a
-		   a way (yet) to query the server fs's time granularity (and
-		   whether it rounds times down).
-		*/
-		if (!rc && (attrs->ia_valid & (ATTR_MTIME | ATTR_CTIME)))
-			cifsInode->time = 0;
-	}
+	if ((attrs->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) &&
+	    attrs->ia_size != i_size_read(inode))
+		truncate_setsize(inode, attrs->ia_size);
+
+	setattr_copy(inode, attrs);
+	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+
+	/* force revalidate when any of these times are set since some
+	   of the fs types (eg ext3, fat) do not have fine enough
+	   time granularity to match protocol, and we do not have a
+	   a way (yet) to query the server fs's time granularity (and
+	   whether it rounds times down).
+	*/
+	if (attrs->ia_valid & (ATTR_MTIME | ATTR_CTIME))
+		cifsInode->time = 0;
 out:
 	kfree(args);
 	kfree(full_path);
@@ -1944,14 +1938,13 @@
 	cFYI(1, "setattr on file %s attrs->iavalid 0x%x",
 		 direntry->d_name.name, attrs->ia_valid);
 
-	if ((cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags & CIFS_MOUNT_NO_PERM) == 0) {
-		/* check if we have permission to change attrs */
-		rc = inode_change_ok(inode, attrs);
-		if (rc < 0) {
-			FreeXid(xid);
-			return rc;
-		} else
-			rc = 0;
+	if (cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags & CIFS_MOUNT_NO_PERM)
+		attrs->ia_valid |= ATTR_FORCE;
+
+	rc = inode_change_ok(inode, attrs);
+	if (rc < 0) {
+		FreeXid(xid);
+		return rc;
 	}
 
 	full_path = build_path_from_dentry(direntry);
@@ -2059,8 +2052,17 @@
 
 	/* do not need local check to inode_check_ok since the server does
 	   that */
-	if (!rc)
-		rc = inode_setattr(inode, attrs);
+	if (rc)
+		goto cifs_setattr_exit;
+
+	if ((attrs->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) &&
+	    attrs->ia_size != i_size_read(inode))
+		truncate_setsize(inode, attrs->ia_size);
+
+	setattr_copy(inode, attrs);
+	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+	return 0;
+
 cifs_setattr_exit:
 	kfree(full_path);
 	FreeXid(xid);
diff --git a/fs/coda/inode.c b/fs/coda/inode.c
index d97f993..6526e6f 100644
--- a/fs/coda/inode.c
+++ b/fs/coda/inode.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 #include "coda_int.h"
 
 /* VFS super_block ops */
-static void coda_clear_inode(struct inode *);
+static void coda_evict_inode(struct inode *);
 static void coda_put_super(struct super_block *);
 static int coda_statfs(struct dentry *dentry, struct kstatfs *buf);
 
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
 {
 	.alloc_inode	= coda_alloc_inode,
 	.destroy_inode	= coda_destroy_inode,
-	.clear_inode	= coda_clear_inode,
+	.evict_inode	= coda_evict_inode,
 	.put_super	= coda_put_super,
 	.statfs		= coda_statfs,
 	.remount_fs	= coda_remount,
@@ -224,8 +224,10 @@
 	printk("Coda: Bye bye.\n");
 }
 
-static void coda_clear_inode(struct inode *inode)
+static void coda_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
+	truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
+	end_writeback(inode);
 	coda_cache_clear_inode(inode);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/compat.c b/fs/compat.c
index 5976bad..3e57e81 100644
--- a/fs/compat.c
+++ b/fs/compat.c
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@
 	error = user_path(pathname, &path);
 	if (!error) {
 		struct kstatfs tmp;
-		error = vfs_statfs(path.dentry, &tmp);
+		error = vfs_statfs(&path, &tmp);
 		if (!error)
 			error = put_compat_statfs(buf, &tmp);
 		path_put(&path);
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@
 	file = fget(fd);
 	if (!file)
 		goto out;
-	error = vfs_statfs(file->f_path.dentry, &tmp);
+	error = vfs_statfs(&file->f_path, &tmp);
 	if (!error)
 		error = put_compat_statfs(buf, &tmp);
 	fput(file);
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@
 	error = user_path(pathname, &path);
 	if (!error) {
 		struct kstatfs tmp;
-		error = vfs_statfs(path.dentry, &tmp);
+		error = vfs_statfs(&path, &tmp);
 		if (!error)
 			error = put_compat_statfs64(buf, &tmp);
 		path_put(&path);
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@
 	file = fget(fd);
 	if (!file)
 		goto out;
-	error = vfs_statfs(file->f_path.dentry, &tmp);
+	error = vfs_statfs(&file->f_path, &tmp);
 	if (!error)
 		error = put_compat_statfs64(buf, &tmp);
 	fput(file);
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@
 	sb = user_get_super(new_decode_dev(dev));
 	if (!sb)
 		return -EINVAL;
-	err = vfs_statfs(sb->s_root, &sbuf);
+	err = statfs_by_dentry(sb->s_root, &sbuf);
 	drop_super(sb);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
diff --git a/fs/cramfs/inode.c b/fs/cramfs/inode.c
index dd3634e..a53b130 100644
--- a/fs/cramfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/cramfs/inode.c
@@ -39,66 +39,55 @@
 #define CRAMINO(x)	(((x)->offset && (x)->size)?(x)->offset<<2:1)
 #define OFFSET(x)	((x)->i_ino)
 
-
-static int cramfs_iget5_test(struct inode *inode, void *opaque)
+static void setup_inode(struct inode *inode, struct cramfs_inode * cramfs_inode)
 {
-	struct cramfs_inode *cramfs_inode = opaque;
-	return inode->i_ino == CRAMINO(cramfs_inode) && inode->i_ino != 1;
-}
-
-static int cramfs_iget5_set(struct inode *inode, void *opaque)
-{
-	struct cramfs_inode *cramfs_inode = opaque;
-	inode->i_ino = CRAMINO(cramfs_inode);
-	return 0;
+	static struct timespec zerotime;
+	inode->i_mode = cramfs_inode->mode;
+	inode->i_uid = cramfs_inode->uid;
+	inode->i_size = cramfs_inode->size;
+	inode->i_blocks = (cramfs_inode->size - 1) / 512 + 1;
+	inode->i_gid = cramfs_inode->gid;
+	/* Struct copy intentional */
+	inode->i_mtime = inode->i_atime = inode->i_ctime = zerotime;
+	/* inode->i_nlink is left 1 - arguably wrong for directories,
+	   but it's the best we can do without reading the directory
+	   contents.  1 yields the right result in GNU find, even
+	   without -noleaf option. */
+	if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode)) {
+		inode->i_fop = &generic_ro_fops;
+		inode->i_data.a_ops = &cramfs_aops;
+	} else if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) {
+		inode->i_op = &cramfs_dir_inode_operations;
+		inode->i_fop = &cramfs_directory_operations;
+	} else if (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode)) {
+		inode->i_op = &page_symlink_inode_operations;
+		inode->i_data.a_ops = &cramfs_aops;
+	} else {
+		init_special_inode(inode, inode->i_mode,
+			old_decode_dev(cramfs_inode->size));
+	}
 }
 
 static struct inode *get_cramfs_inode(struct super_block *sb,
 				struct cramfs_inode * cramfs_inode)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = iget5_locked(sb, CRAMINO(cramfs_inode),
-					    cramfs_iget5_test, cramfs_iget5_set,
-					    cramfs_inode);
-	static struct timespec zerotime;
-
-	if (inode && (inode->i_state & I_NEW)) {
-		inode->i_mode = cramfs_inode->mode;
-		inode->i_uid = cramfs_inode->uid;
-		inode->i_size = cramfs_inode->size;
-		inode->i_blocks = (cramfs_inode->size - 1) / 512 + 1;
-		inode->i_gid = cramfs_inode->gid;
-		/* Struct copy intentional */
-		inode->i_mtime = inode->i_atime = inode->i_ctime = zerotime;
-		/* inode->i_nlink is left 1 - arguably wrong for directories,
-		   but it's the best we can do without reading the directory
-		   contents.  1 yields the right result in GNU find, even
-		   without -noleaf option. */
-		if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode)) {
-			inode->i_fop = &generic_ro_fops;
-			inode->i_data.a_ops = &cramfs_aops;
-		} else if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) {
-			inode->i_op = &cramfs_dir_inode_operations;
-			inode->i_fop = &cramfs_directory_operations;
-		} else if (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode)) {
-			inode->i_op = &page_symlink_inode_operations;
-			inode->i_data.a_ops = &cramfs_aops;
-		} else {
-			init_special_inode(inode, inode->i_mode,
-				old_decode_dev(cramfs_inode->size));
+	struct inode *inode;
+	if (CRAMINO(cramfs_inode) == 1) {
+		inode = new_inode(sb);
+		if (inode) {
+			inode->i_ino = 1;
+			setup_inode(inode, cramfs_inode);
 		}
-		unlock_new_inode(inode);
+	} else {
+		inode = iget_locked(sb, CRAMINO(cramfs_inode));
+		if (inode) {
+			setup_inode(inode, cramfs_inode);
+			unlock_new_inode(inode);
+		}
 	}
 	return inode;
 }
 
-static void cramfs_drop_inode(struct inode *inode)
-{
-	if (inode->i_ino == 1)
-		generic_delete_inode(inode);
-	else
-		generic_drop_inode(inode);
-}
-
 /*
  * We have our own block cache: don't fill up the buffer cache
  * with the rom-image, because the way the filesystem is set
@@ -542,7 +531,6 @@
 	.put_super	= cramfs_put_super,
 	.remount_fs	= cramfs_remount,
 	.statfs		= cramfs_statfs,
-	.drop_inode	= cramfs_drop_inode,
 };
 
 static int cramfs_get_sb(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index 86d4db1..9f2c134 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@
  */
 static void prune_dcache(int count)
 {
-	struct super_block *sb, *n;
+	struct super_block *sb, *p = NULL;
 	int w_count;
 	int unused = dentry_stat.nr_unused;
 	int prune_ratio;
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@
 	else
 		prune_ratio = unused / count;
 	spin_lock(&sb_lock);
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(sb, n, &super_blocks, s_list) {
+	list_for_each_entry(sb, &super_blocks, s_list) {
 		if (list_empty(&sb->s_instances))
 			continue;
 		if (sb->s_nr_dentry_unused == 0)
@@ -590,14 +590,16 @@
 			up_read(&sb->s_umount);
 		}
 		spin_lock(&sb_lock);
-		/* lock was dropped, must reset next */
-		list_safe_reset_next(sb, n, s_list);
+		if (p)
+			__put_super(p);
 		count -= pruned;
-		__put_super(sb);
+		p = sb;
 		/* more work left to do? */
 		if (count <= 0)
 			break;
 	}
+	if (p)
+		__put_super(p);
 	spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
 	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
 }
@@ -2049,16 +2051,12 @@
 /*
  * Write full pathname from the root of the filesystem into the buffer.
  */
-char *dentry_path(struct dentry *dentry, char *buf, int buflen)
+char *__dentry_path(struct dentry *dentry, char *buf, int buflen)
 {
 	char *end = buf + buflen;
 	char *retval;
 
-	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
 	prepend(&end, &buflen, "\0", 1);
-	if (d_unlinked(dentry) &&
-		(prepend(&end, &buflen, "//deleted", 9) != 0))
-			goto Elong;
 	if (buflen < 1)
 		goto Elong;
 	/* Get '/' right */
@@ -2076,7 +2074,28 @@
 		retval = end;
 		dentry = parent;
 	}
+	return retval;
+Elong:
+	return ERR_PTR(-ENAMETOOLONG);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__dentry_path);
+
+char *dentry_path(struct dentry *dentry, char *buf, int buflen)
+{
+	char *p = NULL;
+	char *retval;
+
+	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+	if (d_unlinked(dentry)) {
+		p = buf + buflen;
+		if (prepend(&p, &buflen, "//deleted", 10) != 0)
+			goto Elong;
+		buflen++;
+	}
+	retval = __dentry_path(dentry, buf, buflen);
 	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+	if (!IS_ERR(retval) && p)
+		*p = '/';	/* restore '/' overriden with '\0' */
 	return retval;
 Elong:
 	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
diff --git a/fs/direct-io.c b/fs/direct-io.c
index a10cb91..51f270b 100644
--- a/fs/direct-io.c
+++ b/fs/direct-io.c
@@ -1136,8 +1136,27 @@
 	return ret;
 }
 
+/*
+ * This is a library function for use by filesystem drivers.
+ *
+ * The locking rules are governed by the flags parameter:
+ *  - if the flags value contains DIO_LOCKING we use a fancy locking
+ *    scheme for dumb filesystems.
+ *    For writes this function is called under i_mutex and returns with
+ *    i_mutex held, for reads, i_mutex is not held on entry, but it is
+ *    taken and dropped again before returning.
+ *    For reads and writes i_alloc_sem is taken in shared mode and released
+ *    on I/O completion (which may happen asynchronously after returning to
+ *    the caller).
+ *
+ *  - if the flags value does NOT contain DIO_LOCKING we don't use any
+ *    internal locking but rather rely on the filesystem to synchronize
+ *    direct I/O reads/writes versus each other and truncate.
+ *    For reads and writes both i_mutex and i_alloc_sem are not held on
+ *    entry and are never taken.
+ */
 ssize_t
-__blockdev_direct_IO_newtrunc(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb, struct inode *inode,
+__blockdev_direct_IO(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb, struct inode *inode,
 	struct block_device *bdev, const struct iovec *iov, loff_t offset, 
 	unsigned long nr_segs, get_block_t get_block, dio_iodone_t end_io,
 	dio_submit_t submit_io,	int flags)
@@ -1233,57 +1252,4 @@
 out:
 	return retval;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(__blockdev_direct_IO_newtrunc);
-
-/*
- * This is a library function for use by filesystem drivers.
- *
- * The locking rules are governed by the flags parameter:
- *  - if the flags value contains DIO_LOCKING we use a fancy locking
- *    scheme for dumb filesystems.
- *    For writes this function is called under i_mutex and returns with
- *    i_mutex held, for reads, i_mutex is not held on entry, but it is
- *    taken and dropped again before returning.
- *    For reads and writes i_alloc_sem is taken in shared mode and released
- *    on I/O completion (which may happen asynchronously after returning to
- *    the caller).
- *
- *  - if the flags value does NOT contain DIO_LOCKING we don't use any
- *    internal locking but rather rely on the filesystem to synchronize
- *    direct I/O reads/writes versus each other and truncate.
- *    For reads and writes both i_mutex and i_alloc_sem are not held on
- *    entry and are never taken.
- */
-ssize_t
-__blockdev_direct_IO(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb, struct inode *inode,
-	struct block_device *bdev, const struct iovec *iov, loff_t offset,
-	unsigned long nr_segs, get_block_t get_block, dio_iodone_t end_io,
-	dio_submit_t submit_io,	int flags)
-{
-	ssize_t retval;
-
-	retval = __blockdev_direct_IO_newtrunc(rw, iocb, inode, bdev, iov,
-			offset, nr_segs, get_block, end_io, submit_io, flags);
-	/*
-	 * In case of error extending write may have instantiated a few
-	 * blocks outside i_size. Trim these off again for DIO_LOCKING.
-	 * NOTE: DIO_NO_LOCK/DIO_OWN_LOCK callers have to handle this in
-	 * their own manner. This is a further example of where the old
-	 * truncate sequence is inadequate.
-	 *
-	 * NOTE: filesystems with their own locking have to handle this
-	 * on their own.
-	 */
-	if (flags & DIO_LOCKING) {
-		if (unlikely((rw & WRITE) && retval < 0)) {
-			loff_t isize = i_size_read(inode);
-			loff_t end = offset + iov_length(iov, nr_segs);
-
-			if (end > isize)
-				vmtruncate(inode, isize);
-		}
-	}
-
-	return retval;
-}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__blockdev_direct_IO);
diff --git a/fs/drop_caches.c b/fs/drop_caches.c
index 83c4f60..2195c21 100644
--- a/fs/drop_caches.c
+++ b/fs/drop_caches.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 	spin_lock(&inode_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry(inode, &sb->s_inodes, i_sb_list) {
-		if (inode->i_state & (I_FREEING|I_CLEAR|I_WILL_FREE|I_NEW))
+		if (inode->i_state & (I_FREEING|I_WILL_FREE|I_NEW))
 			continue;
 		if (inode->i_mapping->nrpages == 0)
 			continue;
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
index 31ef525..82900b0 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
@@ -804,10 +804,20 @@
 		size_t num_zeros = (PAGE_CACHE_SIZE
 				    - (ia->ia_size & ~PAGE_CACHE_MASK));
 
+
+		/*
+		 * XXX(truncate) this should really happen at the begginning
+		 * of ->setattr.  But the code is too messy to that as part
+		 * of a larger patch.  ecryptfs is also totally missing out
+		 * on the inode_change_ok check at the beginning of
+		 * ->setattr while would include this.
+		 */
+		rc = inode_newsize_ok(inode, ia->ia_size);
+		if (rc)
+			goto out;
+
 		if (!(crypt_stat->flags & ECRYPTFS_ENCRYPTED)) {
-			rc = simple_setsize(inode, ia->ia_size);
-			if (rc)
-				goto out;
+			truncate_setsize(inode, ia->ia_size);
 			lower_ia->ia_size = ia->ia_size;
 			lower_ia->ia_valid |= ATTR_SIZE;
 			goto out;
@@ -830,7 +840,7 @@
 				goto out;
 			}
 		}
-		simple_setsize(inode, ia->ia_size);
+		truncate_setsize(inode, ia->ia_size);
 		rc = ecryptfs_write_inode_size_to_metadata(inode);
 		if (rc) {
 			printk(KERN_ERR	"Problem with "
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/super.c b/fs/ecryptfs/super.c
index 0435886..f7fc286 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/super.c
@@ -118,11 +118,15 @@
  */
 static int ecryptfs_statfs(struct dentry *dentry, struct kstatfs *buf)
 {
-	return vfs_statfs(ecryptfs_dentry_to_lower(dentry), buf);
+	struct dentry *lower_dentry = ecryptfs_dentry_to_lower(dentry);
+
+	if (!lower_dentry->d_sb->s_op->statfs)
+		return -ENOSYS;
+	return lower_dentry->d_sb->s_op->statfs(lower_dentry, buf);
 }
 
 /**
- * ecryptfs_clear_inode
+ * ecryptfs_evict_inode
  * @inode - The ecryptfs inode
  *
  * Called by iput() when the inode reference count reached zero
@@ -131,8 +135,10 @@
  * on the inode free list. We use this to drop out reference to the
  * lower inode.
  */
-static void ecryptfs_clear_inode(struct inode *inode)
+static void ecryptfs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
+	truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
+	end_writeback(inode);
 	iput(ecryptfs_inode_to_lower(inode));
 }
 
@@ -184,6 +190,6 @@
 	.drop_inode = generic_delete_inode,
 	.statfs = ecryptfs_statfs,
 	.remount_fs = NULL,
-	.clear_inode = ecryptfs_clear_inode,
+	.evict_inode = ecryptfs_evict_inode,
 	.show_options = ecryptfs_show_options
 };
diff --git a/fs/exofs/exofs.h b/fs/exofs/exofs.h
index 22721b2..2dc925f 100644
--- a/fs/exofs/exofs.h
+++ b/fs/exofs/exofs.h
@@ -256,7 +256,6 @@
 }
 
 /* inode.c               */
-void exofs_truncate(struct inode *inode);
 int exofs_setattr(struct dentry *, struct iattr *);
 int exofs_write_begin(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
 		loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned flags,
@@ -264,7 +263,7 @@
 extern struct inode *exofs_iget(struct super_block *, unsigned long);
 struct inode *exofs_new_inode(struct inode *, int);
 extern int exofs_write_inode(struct inode *, struct writeback_control *wbc);
-extern void exofs_delete_inode(struct inode *);
+extern void exofs_evict_inode(struct inode *);
 
 /* dir.c:                */
 int exofs_add_link(struct dentry *, struct inode *);
diff --git a/fs/exofs/file.c b/fs/exofs/file.c
index fef6899..f9bfe2b 100644
--- a/fs/exofs/file.c
+++ b/fs/exofs/file.c
@@ -86,6 +86,5 @@
 };
 
 const struct inode_operations exofs_file_inode_operations = {
-	.truncate	= exofs_truncate,
 	.setattr	= exofs_setattr,
 };
diff --git a/fs/exofs/inode.c b/fs/exofs/inode.c
index 4bb6ef8..088cb47 100644
--- a/fs/exofs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/exofs/inode.c
@@ -697,6 +697,13 @@
 	return write_exec(&pcol);
 }
 
+/* i_mutex held using inode->i_size directly */
+static void _write_failed(struct inode *inode, loff_t to)
+{
+	if (to > inode->i_size)
+		truncate_pagecache(inode, to, inode->i_size);
+}
+
 int exofs_write_begin(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
 		loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned flags,
 		struct page **pagep, void **fsdata)
@@ -710,7 +717,7 @@
 					 fsdata);
 		if (ret) {
 			EXOFS_DBGMSG("simple_write_begin faild\n");
-			return ret;
+			goto out;
 		}
 
 		page = *pagep;
@@ -725,6 +732,9 @@
 			EXOFS_DBGMSG("__readpage_filler faild\n");
 		}
 	}
+out:
+	if (unlikely(ret))
+		_write_failed(mapping->host, pos + len);
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -750,6 +760,10 @@
 	int ret;
 
 	ret = simple_write_end(file, mapping,pos, len, copied, page, fsdata);
+	if (unlikely(ret))
+		_write_failed(inode, pos + len);
+
+	/* TODO: once simple_write_end marks inode dirty remove */
 	if (i_size != inode->i_size)
 		mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 	return ret;
@@ -808,87 +822,55 @@
 	return S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode) && (oi->i_data[0] != 0);
 }
 
-/*
- * get_block_t - Fill in a buffer_head
- * An OSD takes care of block allocation so we just fake an allocation by
- * putting in the inode's sector_t in the buffer_head.
- * TODO: What about the case of create==0 and @iblock does not exist in the
- * object?
- */
-static int exofs_get_block(struct inode *inode, sector_t iblock,
-		    struct buffer_head *bh_result, int create)
-{
-	map_bh(bh_result, inode->i_sb, iblock);
-	return 0;
-}
-
 const struct osd_attr g_attr_logical_length = ATTR_DEF(
 	OSD_APAGE_OBJECT_INFORMATION, OSD_ATTR_OI_LOGICAL_LENGTH, 8);
 
-static int _do_truncate(struct inode *inode)
+static int _do_truncate(struct inode *inode, loff_t newsize)
 {
 	struct exofs_i_info *oi = exofs_i(inode);
-	loff_t isize = i_size_read(inode);
 	int ret;
 
 	inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
 
-	nobh_truncate_page(inode->i_mapping, isize, exofs_get_block);
+	ret = exofs_oi_truncate(oi, (u64)newsize);
+	if (likely(!ret))
+		truncate_setsize(inode, newsize);
 
-	ret = exofs_oi_truncate(oi, (u64)isize);
-	EXOFS_DBGMSG("(0x%lx) size=0x%llx\n", inode->i_ino, isize);
+	EXOFS_DBGMSG("(0x%lx) size=0x%llx ret=>%d\n",
+		     inode->i_ino, newsize, ret);
 	return ret;
 }
 
 /*
- * Truncate a file to the specified size - all we have to do is set the size
- * attribute.  We make sure the object exists first.
- */
-void exofs_truncate(struct inode *inode)
-{
-	struct exofs_i_info *oi = exofs_i(inode);
-	int ret;
-
-	if (!(S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) || S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)
-	     || S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode)))
-		return;
-	if (exofs_inode_is_fast_symlink(inode))
-		return;
-	if (IS_APPEND(inode) || IS_IMMUTABLE(inode))
-		return;
-
-	/* if we are about to truncate an object, and it hasn't been
-	 * created yet, wait
-	 */
-	if (unlikely(wait_obj_created(oi)))
-		goto fail;
-
-	ret = _do_truncate(inode);
-	if (ret)
-		goto fail;
-
-out:
-	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
-	return;
-fail:
-	make_bad_inode(inode);
-	goto out;
-}
-
-/*
- * Set inode attributes - just call generic functions.
+ * Set inode attributes - update size attribute on OSD if needed,
+ *                        otherwise just call generic functions.
  */
 int exofs_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *iattr)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
 	int error;
 
-	error = inode_change_ok(inode, iattr);
-	if (error)
+	/* if we are about to modify an object, and it hasn't been
+	 * created yet, wait
+	 */
+	error = wait_obj_created(exofs_i(inode));
+	if (unlikely(error))
 		return error;
 
-	error = inode_setattr(inode, iattr);
-	return error;
+	error = inode_change_ok(inode, iattr);
+	if (unlikely(error))
+		return error;
+
+	if ((iattr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) &&
+	    iattr->ia_size != i_size_read(inode)) {
+		error = _do_truncate(inode, iattr->ia_size);
+		if (unlikely(error))
+			return error;
+	}
+
+	setattr_copy(inode, iattr);
+	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static const struct osd_attr g_attr_inode_file_layout = ATTR_DEF(
@@ -1325,7 +1307,7 @@
  * from the OSD here.  We make sure the object was created before we try and
  * delete it.
  */
-void exofs_delete_inode(struct inode *inode)
+void exofs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct exofs_i_info *oi = exofs_i(inode);
 	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
@@ -1335,28 +1317,25 @@
 
 	truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
 
-	if (is_bad_inode(inode))
+	/* TODO: should do better here */
+	if (inode->i_nlink || is_bad_inode(inode))
 		goto no_delete;
 
-	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
-	exofs_update_inode(inode, inode_needs_sync(inode));
-
 	inode->i_size = 0;
-	if (inode->i_blocks)
-		exofs_truncate(inode);
-
-	clear_inode(inode);
-
-	ret = exofs_get_io_state(&sbi->layout, &ios);
-	if (unlikely(ret)) {
-		EXOFS_ERR("%s: exofs_get_io_state failed\n", __func__);
-		return;
-	}
+	end_writeback(inode);
 
 	/* if we are deleting an obj that hasn't been created yet, wait */
 	if (!obj_created(oi)) {
 		BUG_ON(!obj_2bcreated(oi));
 		wait_event(oi->i_wq, obj_created(oi));
+		/* ignore the error attempt a remove anyway */
+	}
+
+	/* Now Remove the OSD objects */
+	ret = exofs_get_io_state(&sbi->layout, &ios);
+	if (unlikely(ret)) {
+		EXOFS_ERR("%s: exofs_get_io_state failed\n", __func__);
+		return;
 	}
 
 	ios->obj.id = exofs_oi_objno(oi);
@@ -1374,5 +1353,5 @@
 	return;
 
 no_delete:
-	clear_inode(inode);
+	end_writeback(inode);
 }
diff --git a/fs/exofs/super.c b/fs/exofs/super.c
index 03149b9..32cfd61 100644
--- a/fs/exofs/super.c
+++ b/fs/exofs/super.c
@@ -743,7 +743,7 @@
 	.alloc_inode    = exofs_alloc_inode,
 	.destroy_inode  = exofs_destroy_inode,
 	.write_inode    = exofs_write_inode,
-	.delete_inode   = exofs_delete_inode,
+	.evict_inode    = exofs_evict_inode,
 	.put_super      = exofs_put_super,
 	.write_super    = exofs_write_super,
 	.sync_fs	= exofs_sync_fs,
diff --git a/fs/ext2/balloc.c b/fs/ext2/balloc.c
index e8766a3..c6c684b 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/balloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/balloc.c
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@
 error_return:
 	brelse(bitmap_bh);
 	release_blocks(sb, freed);
-	dquot_free_block(inode, freed);
+	dquot_free_block_nodirty(inode, freed);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1418,7 +1418,8 @@
 
 	*errp = 0;
 	brelse(bitmap_bh);
-	dquot_free_block(inode, *count-num);
+	dquot_free_block_nodirty(inode, *count-num);
+	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 	*count = num;
 	return ret_block;
 
@@ -1428,8 +1429,10 @@
 	/*
 	 * Undo the block allocation
 	 */
-	if (!performed_allocation)
-		dquot_free_block(inode, *count);
+	if (!performed_allocation) {
+		dquot_free_block_nodirty(inode, *count);
+		mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+	}
 	brelse(bitmap_bh);
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/fs/ext2/dir.c b/fs/ext2/dir.c
index 7516957..7641098 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/dir.c
@@ -448,6 +448,11 @@
 	return res;
 }
 
+static int ext2_prepare_chunk(struct page *page, loff_t pos, unsigned len)
+{
+	return __block_write_begin(page, pos, len, ext2_get_block);
+}
+
 /* Releases the page */
 void ext2_set_link(struct inode *dir, struct ext2_dir_entry_2 *de,
 		   struct page *page, struct inode *inode, int update_times)
@@ -458,8 +463,7 @@
 	int err;
 
 	lock_page(page);
-	err = __ext2_write_begin(NULL, page->mapping, pos, len,
-				AOP_FLAG_UNINTERRUPTIBLE, &page, NULL);
+	err = ext2_prepare_chunk(page, pos, len);
 	BUG_ON(err);
 	de->inode = cpu_to_le32(inode->i_ino);
 	ext2_set_de_type(de, inode);
@@ -542,8 +546,7 @@
 got_it:
 	pos = page_offset(page) +
 		(char*)de - (char*)page_address(page);
-	err = __ext2_write_begin(NULL, page->mapping, pos, rec_len, 0,
-							&page, NULL);
+	err = ext2_prepare_chunk(page, pos, rec_len);
 	if (err)
 		goto out_unlock;
 	if (de->inode) {
@@ -576,8 +579,7 @@
  */
 int ext2_delete_entry (struct ext2_dir_entry_2 * dir, struct page * page )
 {
-	struct address_space *mapping = page->mapping;
-	struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
+	struct inode *inode = page->mapping->host;
 	char *kaddr = page_address(page);
 	unsigned from = ((char*)dir - kaddr) & ~(ext2_chunk_size(inode)-1);
 	unsigned to = ((char *)dir - kaddr) +
@@ -601,8 +603,7 @@
 		from = (char*)pde - (char*)page_address(page);
 	pos = page_offset(page) + from;
 	lock_page(page);
-	err = __ext2_write_begin(NULL, page->mapping, pos, to - from, 0,
-							&page, NULL);
+	err = ext2_prepare_chunk(page, pos, to - from);
 	BUG_ON(err);
 	if (pde)
 		pde->rec_len = ext2_rec_len_to_disk(to - from);
@@ -621,8 +622,7 @@
  */
 int ext2_make_empty(struct inode *inode, struct inode *parent)
 {
-	struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping;
-	struct page *page = grab_cache_page(mapping, 0);
+	struct page *page = grab_cache_page(inode->i_mapping, 0);
 	unsigned chunk_size = ext2_chunk_size(inode);
 	struct ext2_dir_entry_2 * de;
 	int err;
@@ -631,8 +631,7 @@
 	if (!page)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	err = __ext2_write_begin(NULL, page->mapping, 0, chunk_size, 0,
-							&page, NULL);
+	err = ext2_prepare_chunk(page, 0, chunk_size);
 	if (err) {
 		unlock_page(page);
 		goto fail;
diff --git a/fs/ext2/ext2.h b/fs/ext2/ext2.h
index 52b34f1..416daa6 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/ext2.h
+++ b/fs/ext2/ext2.h
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
 /* inode.c */
 extern struct inode *ext2_iget (struct super_block *, unsigned long);
 extern int ext2_write_inode (struct inode *, struct writeback_control *);
-extern void ext2_delete_inode (struct inode *);
+extern void ext2_evict_inode(struct inode *);
 extern int ext2_sync_inode (struct inode *);
 extern int ext2_get_block(struct inode *, sector_t, struct buffer_head *, int);
 extern int ext2_setattr (struct dentry *, struct iattr *);
@@ -127,9 +127,6 @@
 extern void ext2_get_inode_flags(struct ext2_inode_info *);
 extern int ext2_fiemap(struct inode *inode, struct fiemap_extent_info *fieinfo,
 		       u64 start, u64 len);
-int __ext2_write_begin(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
-		loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned flags,
-		struct page **pagep, void **fsdata);
 
 /* ioctl.c */
 extern long ext2_ioctl(struct file *, unsigned int, unsigned long);
diff --git a/fs/ext2/ialloc.c b/fs/ext2/ialloc.c
index 938dbc7..ad70479 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/ialloc.c
@@ -118,19 +118,14 @@
 	 * Note: we must free any quota before locking the superblock,
 	 * as writing the quota to disk may need the lock as well.
 	 */
-	if (!is_bad_inode(inode)) {
-		/* Quota is already initialized in iput() */
-		ext2_xattr_delete_inode(inode);
-		dquot_free_inode(inode);
-		dquot_drop(inode);
-	}
+	/* Quota is already initialized in iput() */
+	ext2_xattr_delete_inode(inode);
+	dquot_free_inode(inode);
+	dquot_drop(inode);
 
 	es = EXT2_SB(sb)->s_es;
 	is_directory = S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode);
 
-	/* Do this BEFORE marking the inode not in use or returning an error */
-	clear_inode (inode);
-
 	if (ino < EXT2_FIRST_INO(sb) ||
 	    ino > le32_to_cpu(es->s_inodes_count)) {
 		ext2_error (sb, "ext2_free_inode",
diff --git a/fs/ext2/inode.c b/fs/ext2/inode.c
index 3675088..940c961 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/inode.c
@@ -69,26 +69,42 @@
 /*
  * Called at the last iput() if i_nlink is zero.
  */
-void ext2_delete_inode (struct inode * inode)
+void ext2_evict_inode(struct inode * inode)
 {
-	if (!is_bad_inode(inode))
+	struct ext2_block_alloc_info *rsv;
+	int want_delete = 0;
+
+	if (!inode->i_nlink && !is_bad_inode(inode)) {
+		want_delete = 1;
 		dquot_initialize(inode);
+	} else {
+		dquot_drop(inode);
+	}
+
 	truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
 
-	if (is_bad_inode(inode))
-		goto no_delete;
-	EXT2_I(inode)->i_dtime	= get_seconds();
-	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
-	__ext2_write_inode(inode, inode_needs_sync(inode));
+	if (want_delete) {
+		/* set dtime */
+		EXT2_I(inode)->i_dtime	= get_seconds();
+		mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+		__ext2_write_inode(inode, inode_needs_sync(inode));
+		/* truncate to 0 */
+		inode->i_size = 0;
+		if (inode->i_blocks)
+			ext2_truncate_blocks(inode, 0);
+	}
 
-	inode->i_size = 0;
-	if (inode->i_blocks)
-		ext2_truncate_blocks(inode, 0);
-	ext2_free_inode (inode);
+	invalidate_inode_buffers(inode);
+	end_writeback(inode);
 
-	return;
-no_delete:
-	clear_inode(inode);	/* We must guarantee clearing of inode... */
+	ext2_discard_reservation(inode);
+	rsv = EXT2_I(inode)->i_block_alloc_info;
+	EXT2_I(inode)->i_block_alloc_info = NULL;
+	if (unlikely(rsv))
+		kfree(rsv);
+
+	if (want_delete)
+		ext2_free_inode(inode);
 }
 
 typedef struct {
@@ -423,6 +439,8 @@
 failed_out:
 	for (i = 0; i <index; i++)
 		ext2_free_blocks(inode, new_blocks[i], 1);
+	if (index)
+		mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -765,14 +783,6 @@
 	return mpage_readpages(mapping, pages, nr_pages, ext2_get_block);
 }
 
-int __ext2_write_begin(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
-		loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned flags,
-		struct page **pagep, void **fsdata)
-{
-	return block_write_begin_newtrunc(file, mapping, pos, len, flags,
-					pagep, fsdata, ext2_get_block);
-}
-
 static int
 ext2_write_begin(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
 		loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned flags,
@@ -780,8 +790,8 @@
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	*pagep = NULL;
-	ret = __ext2_write_begin(file, mapping, pos, len, flags, pagep, fsdata);
+	ret = block_write_begin(mapping, pos, len, flags, pagep,
+				ext2_get_block);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		ext2_write_failed(mapping, pos + len);
 	return ret;
@@ -806,13 +816,8 @@
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	/*
-	 * Dir-in-pagecache still uses ext2_write_begin. Would have to rework
-	 * directory handling code to pass around offsets rather than struct
-	 * pages in order to make this work easily.
-	 */
-	ret = nobh_write_begin_newtrunc(file, mapping, pos, len, flags, pagep,
-						fsdata, ext2_get_block);
+	ret = nobh_write_begin(mapping, pos, len, flags, pagep, fsdata,
+			       ext2_get_block);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		ext2_write_failed(mapping, pos + len);
 	return ret;
@@ -838,7 +843,7 @@
 	struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
 	ssize_t ret;
 
-	ret = blockdev_direct_IO_newtrunc(rw, iocb, inode, inode->i_sb->s_bdev,
+	ret = blockdev_direct_IO(rw, iocb, inode, inode->i_sb->s_bdev,
 				iov, offset, nr_segs, ext2_get_block, NULL);
 	if (ret < 0 && (rw & WRITE))
 		ext2_write_failed(mapping, offset + iov_length(iov, nr_segs));
@@ -1006,8 +1011,8 @@
 			else if (block_to_free == nr - count)
 				count++;
 			else {
-				mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 				ext2_free_blocks (inode, block_to_free, count);
+				mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 			free_this:
 				block_to_free = nr;
 				count = 1;
@@ -1015,8 +1020,8 @@
 		}
 	}
 	if (count > 0) {
-		mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 		ext2_free_blocks (inode, block_to_free, count);
+		mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1169,15 +1174,10 @@
 	__ext2_truncate_blocks(inode, offset);
 }
 
-int ext2_setsize(struct inode *inode, loff_t newsize)
+static int ext2_setsize(struct inode *inode, loff_t newsize)
 {
-	loff_t oldsize;
 	int error;
 
-	error = inode_newsize_ok(inode, newsize);
-	if (error)
-		return error;
-
 	if (!(S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) || S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) ||
 	    S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode)))
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -1197,10 +1197,7 @@
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
-	oldsize = inode->i_size;
-	i_size_write(inode, newsize);
-	truncate_pagecache(inode, oldsize, newsize);
-
+	truncate_setsize(inode, newsize);
 	__ext2_truncate_blocks(inode, newsize);
 
 	inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
@@ -1557,7 +1554,7 @@
 		if (error)
 			return error;
 	}
-	generic_setattr(inode, iattr);
+	setattr_copy(inode, iattr);
 	if (iattr->ia_valid & ATTR_MODE)
 		error = ext2_acl_chmod(inode);
 	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
diff --git a/fs/ext2/super.c b/fs/ext2/super.c
index 7ff43f4..1ec6026 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/super.c
@@ -195,17 +195,6 @@
 	kmem_cache_destroy(ext2_inode_cachep);
 }
 
-static void ext2_clear_inode(struct inode *inode)
-{
-	struct ext2_block_alloc_info *rsv = EXT2_I(inode)->i_block_alloc_info;
-
-	dquot_drop(inode);
-	ext2_discard_reservation(inode);
-	EXT2_I(inode)->i_block_alloc_info = NULL;
-	if (unlikely(rsv))
-		kfree(rsv);
-}
-
 static int ext2_show_options(struct seq_file *seq, struct vfsmount *vfs)
 {
 	struct super_block *sb = vfs->mnt_sb;
@@ -299,13 +288,12 @@
 	.alloc_inode	= ext2_alloc_inode,
 	.destroy_inode	= ext2_destroy_inode,
 	.write_inode	= ext2_write_inode,
-	.delete_inode	= ext2_delete_inode,
+	.evict_inode	= ext2_evict_inode,
 	.put_super	= ext2_put_super,
 	.write_super	= ext2_write_super,
 	.sync_fs	= ext2_sync_fs,
 	.statfs		= ext2_statfs,
 	.remount_fs	= ext2_remount,
-	.clear_inode	= ext2_clear_inode,
 	.show_options	= ext2_show_options,
 #ifdef CONFIG_QUOTA
 	.quota_read	= ext2_quota_read,
diff --git a/fs/ext2/xattr.c b/fs/ext2/xattr.c
index 7c39157..8c29ae1 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/xattr.c
@@ -674,6 +674,7 @@
 			new_bh = sb_getblk(sb, block);
 			if (!new_bh) {
 				ext2_free_blocks(inode, block, 1);
+				mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 				error = -EIO;
 				goto cleanup;
 			}
@@ -703,8 +704,10 @@
 		 * written (only some dirty data were not) so we just proceed
 		 * as if nothing happened and cleanup the unused block */
 		if (error && error != -ENOSPC) {
-			if (new_bh && new_bh != old_bh)
-				dquot_free_block(inode, 1);
+			if (new_bh && new_bh != old_bh) {
+				dquot_free_block_nodirty(inode, 1);
+				mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+			}
 			goto cleanup;
 		}
 	} else
@@ -727,6 +730,7 @@
 				mb_cache_entry_free(ce);
 			ea_bdebug(old_bh, "freeing");
 			ext2_free_blocks(inode, old_bh->b_blocknr, 1);
+			mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 			/* We let our caller release old_bh, so we
 			 * need to duplicate the buffer before. */
 			get_bh(old_bh);
@@ -736,7 +740,8 @@
 			le32_add_cpu(&HDR(old_bh)->h_refcount, -1);
 			if (ce)
 				mb_cache_entry_release(ce);
-			dquot_free_block(inode, 1);
+			dquot_free_block_nodirty(inode, 1);
+			mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 			mark_buffer_dirty(old_bh);
 			ea_bdebug(old_bh, "refcount now=%d",
 				le32_to_cpu(HDR(old_bh)->h_refcount));
@@ -799,7 +804,7 @@
 		mark_buffer_dirty(bh);
 		if (IS_SYNC(inode))
 			sync_dirty_buffer(bh);
-		dquot_free_block(inode, 1);
+		dquot_free_block_nodirty(inode, 1);
 	}
 	EXT2_I(inode)->i_file_acl = 0;
 
@@ -838,7 +843,7 @@
 	ce = mb_cache_entry_alloc(ext2_xattr_cache, GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!ce)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	error = mb_cache_entry_insert(ce, bh->b_bdev, bh->b_blocknr, &hash);
+	error = mb_cache_entry_insert(ce, bh->b_bdev, bh->b_blocknr, hash);
 	if (error) {
 		mb_cache_entry_free(ce);
 		if (error == -EBUSY) {
@@ -912,8 +917,8 @@
 		return NULL;  /* never share */
 	ea_idebug(inode, "looking for cached blocks [%x]", (int)hash);
 again:
-	ce = mb_cache_entry_find_first(ext2_xattr_cache, 0,
-				       inode->i_sb->s_bdev, hash);
+	ce = mb_cache_entry_find_first(ext2_xattr_cache, inode->i_sb->s_bdev,
+				       hash);
 	while (ce) {
 		struct buffer_head *bh;
 
@@ -945,7 +950,7 @@
 			unlock_buffer(bh);
 			brelse(bh);
 		}
-		ce = mb_cache_entry_find_next(ce, 0, inode->i_sb->s_bdev, hash);
+		ce = mb_cache_entry_find_next(ce, inode->i_sb->s_bdev, hash);
 	}
 	return NULL;
 }
@@ -1021,9 +1026,7 @@
 int __init
 init_ext2_xattr(void)
 {
-	ext2_xattr_cache = mb_cache_create("ext2_xattr", NULL,
-		sizeof(struct mb_cache_entry) +
-		sizeof(((struct mb_cache_entry *) 0)->e_indexes[0]), 1, 6);
+	ext2_xattr_cache = mb_cache_create("ext2_xattr", 6);
 	if (!ext2_xattr_cache)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	return 0;
diff --git a/fs/ext3/ialloc.c b/fs/ext3/ialloc.c
index 498021e..4ab72db 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/ialloc.c
@@ -119,20 +119,8 @@
 	ino = inode->i_ino;
 	ext3_debug ("freeing inode %lu\n", ino);
 
-	/*
-	 * Note: we must free any quota before locking the superblock,
-	 * as writing the quota to disk may need the lock as well.
-	 */
-	dquot_initialize(inode);
-	ext3_xattr_delete_inode(handle, inode);
-	dquot_free_inode(inode);
-	dquot_drop(inode);
-
 	is_directory = S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode);
 
-	/* Do this BEFORE marking the inode not in use or returning an error */
-	clear_inode (inode);
-
 	es = EXT3_SB(sb)->s_es;
 	if (ino < EXT3_FIRST_INO(sb) || ino > le32_to_cpu(es->s_inodes_count)) {
 		ext3_error (sb, "ext3_free_inode",
diff --git a/fs/ext3/inode.c b/fs/ext3/inode.c
index 001eb0e..5e0faf4 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/inode.c
@@ -190,18 +190,28 @@
 }
 
 /*
- * Called at the last iput() if i_nlink is zero.
+ * Called at inode eviction from icache
  */
-void ext3_delete_inode (struct inode * inode)
+void ext3_evict_inode (struct inode *inode)
 {
+	struct ext3_block_alloc_info *rsv;
 	handle_t *handle;
+	int want_delete = 0;
 
-	if (!is_bad_inode(inode))
+	if (!inode->i_nlink && !is_bad_inode(inode)) {
 		dquot_initialize(inode);
+		want_delete = 1;
+	}
 
 	truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
 
-	if (is_bad_inode(inode))
+	ext3_discard_reservation(inode);
+	rsv = EXT3_I(inode)->i_block_alloc_info;
+	EXT3_I(inode)->i_block_alloc_info = NULL;
+	if (unlikely(rsv))
+		kfree(rsv);
+
+	if (!want_delete)
 		goto no_delete;
 
 	handle = start_transaction(inode);
@@ -238,15 +248,22 @@
 	 * having errors), but we can't free the inode if the mark_dirty
 	 * fails.
 	 */
-	if (ext3_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode))
-		/* If that failed, just do the required in-core inode clear. */
-		clear_inode(inode);
-	else
+	if (ext3_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode)) {
+		/* If that failed, just dquot_drop() and be done with that */
+		dquot_drop(inode);
+		end_writeback(inode);
+	} else {
+		ext3_xattr_delete_inode(handle, inode);
+		dquot_free_inode(inode);
+		dquot_drop(inode);
+		end_writeback(inode);
 		ext3_free_inode(handle, inode);
+	}
 	ext3_journal_stop(handle);
 	return;
 no_delete:
-	clear_inode(inode);	/* We must guarantee clearing of inode... */
+	end_writeback(inode);
+	dquot_drop(inode);
 }
 
 typedef struct {
@@ -1212,8 +1229,7 @@
 		ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
 		goto out;
 	}
-	ret = block_write_begin(file, mapping, pos, len, flags, pagep, fsdata,
-							ext3_get_block);
+	ret = __block_write_begin(page, pos, len, ext3_get_block);
 	if (ret)
 		goto write_begin_failed;
 
@@ -1798,6 +1814,17 @@
 	ret = blockdev_direct_IO(rw, iocb, inode, inode->i_sb->s_bdev, iov,
 				 offset, nr_segs,
 				 ext3_get_block, NULL);
+	/*
+	 * In case of error extending write may have instantiated a few
+	 * blocks outside i_size. Trim these off again.
+	 */
+	if (unlikely((rw & WRITE) && ret < 0)) {
+		loff_t isize = i_size_read(inode);
+		loff_t end = offset + iov_length(iov, nr_segs);
+
+		if (end > isize)
+			vmtruncate(inode, isize);
+	}
 	if (ret == -ENOSPC && ext3_should_retry_alloc(inode->i_sb, &retries))
 		goto retry;
 
@@ -2560,7 +2587,7 @@
 	 * If this was a simple ftruncate(), and the file will remain alive
 	 * then we need to clear up the orphan record which we created above.
 	 * However, if this was a real unlink then we were called by
-	 * ext3_delete_inode(), and we allow that function to clean up the
+	 * ext3_evict_inode(), and we allow that function to clean up the
 	 * orphan info for us.
 	 */
 	if (inode->i_nlink)
@@ -3204,9 +3231,17 @@
 		ext3_journal_stop(handle);
 	}
 
-	rc = inode_setattr(inode, attr);
+	if ((attr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) &&
+	    attr->ia_size != i_size_read(inode)) {
+		rc = vmtruncate(inode, attr->ia_size);
+		if (rc)
+			goto err_out;
+	}
 
-	if (!rc && (ia_valid & ATTR_MODE))
+	setattr_copy(inode, attr);
+	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+
+	if (ia_valid & ATTR_MODE)
 		rc = ext3_acl_chmod(inode);
 
 err_out:
diff --git a/fs/ext3/super.c b/fs/ext3/super.c
index 9650a95..5dbf4db 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/super.c
@@ -527,17 +527,6 @@
 	kmem_cache_destroy(ext3_inode_cachep);
 }
 
-static void ext3_clear_inode(struct inode *inode)
-{
-	struct ext3_block_alloc_info *rsv = EXT3_I(inode)->i_block_alloc_info;
-
-	dquot_drop(inode);
-	ext3_discard_reservation(inode);
-	EXT3_I(inode)->i_block_alloc_info = NULL;
-	if (unlikely(rsv))
-		kfree(rsv);
-}
-
 static inline void ext3_show_quota_options(struct seq_file *seq, struct super_block *sb)
 {
 #if defined(CONFIG_QUOTA)
@@ -780,14 +769,13 @@
 	.destroy_inode	= ext3_destroy_inode,
 	.write_inode	= ext3_write_inode,
 	.dirty_inode	= ext3_dirty_inode,
-	.delete_inode	= ext3_delete_inode,
+	.evict_inode	= ext3_evict_inode,
 	.put_super	= ext3_put_super,
 	.sync_fs	= ext3_sync_fs,
 	.freeze_fs	= ext3_freeze,
 	.unfreeze_fs	= ext3_unfreeze,
 	.statfs		= ext3_statfs,
 	.remount_fs	= ext3_remount,
-	.clear_inode	= ext3_clear_inode,
 	.show_options	= ext3_show_options,
 #ifdef CONFIG_QUOTA
 	.quota_read	= ext3_quota_read,
diff --git a/fs/ext3/xattr.c b/fs/ext3/xattr.c
index 71fb8d6..e69dc6d 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/xattr.c
@@ -1139,7 +1139,7 @@
 		ea_bdebug(bh, "out of memory");
 		return;
 	}
-	error = mb_cache_entry_insert(ce, bh->b_bdev, bh->b_blocknr, &hash);
+	error = mb_cache_entry_insert(ce, bh->b_bdev, bh->b_blocknr, hash);
 	if (error) {
 		mb_cache_entry_free(ce);
 		if (error == -EBUSY) {
@@ -1211,8 +1211,8 @@
 		return NULL;  /* never share */
 	ea_idebug(inode, "looking for cached blocks [%x]", (int)hash);
 again:
-	ce = mb_cache_entry_find_first(ext3_xattr_cache, 0,
-				       inode->i_sb->s_bdev, hash);
+	ce = mb_cache_entry_find_first(ext3_xattr_cache, inode->i_sb->s_bdev,
+				       hash);
 	while (ce) {
 		struct buffer_head *bh;
 
@@ -1237,7 +1237,7 @@
 			return bh;
 		}
 		brelse(bh);
-		ce = mb_cache_entry_find_next(ce, 0, inode->i_sb->s_bdev, hash);
+		ce = mb_cache_entry_find_next(ce, inode->i_sb->s_bdev, hash);
 	}
 	return NULL;
 }
@@ -1313,9 +1313,7 @@
 int __init
 init_ext3_xattr(void)
 {
-	ext3_xattr_cache = mb_cache_create("ext3_xattr", NULL,
-		sizeof(struct mb_cache_entry) +
-		sizeof(((struct mb_cache_entry *) 0)->e_indexes[0]), 1, 6);
+	ext3_xattr_cache = mb_cache_create("ext3_xattr", 6);
 	if (!ext3_xattr_cache)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	return 0;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index e03841d..889ec9d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -1643,7 +1643,8 @@
 extern int  ext4_setattr(struct dentry *, struct iattr *);
 extern int  ext4_getattr(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry,
 				struct kstat *stat);
-extern void ext4_delete_inode(struct inode *);
+extern void ext4_evict_inode(struct inode *);
+extern void ext4_clear_inode(struct inode *);
 extern int  ext4_sync_inode(handle_t *, struct inode *);
 extern void ext4_dirty_inode(struct inode *);
 extern int ext4_change_inode_journal_flag(struct inode *, int);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
index ac37750..45853e0 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@
 	is_directory = S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode);
 
 	/* Do this BEFORE marking the inode not in use or returning an error */
-	clear_inode(inode);
+	ext4_clear_inode(inode);
 
 	es = EXT4_SB(sb)->s_es;
 	if (ino < EXT4_FIRST_INO(sb) || ino > le32_to_cpu(es->s_inodes_count)) {
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index a0ab375..4b8debe 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -167,11 +167,16 @@
 /*
  * Called at the last iput() if i_nlink is zero.
  */
-void ext4_delete_inode(struct inode *inode)
+void ext4_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	handle_t *handle;
 	int err;
 
+	if (inode->i_nlink) {
+		truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
+		goto no_delete;
+	}
+
 	if (!is_bad_inode(inode))
 		dquot_initialize(inode);
 
@@ -246,13 +251,13 @@
 	 */
 	if (ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode))
 		/* If that failed, just do the required in-core inode clear. */
-		clear_inode(inode);
+		ext4_clear_inode(inode);
 	else
 		ext4_free_inode(handle, inode);
 	ext4_journal_stop(handle);
 	return;
 no_delete:
-	clear_inode(inode);	/* We must guarantee clearing of inode... */
+	ext4_clear_inode(inode);	/* We must guarantee clearing of inode... */
 }
 
 typedef struct {
@@ -1602,11 +1607,9 @@
 	*pagep = page;
 
 	if (ext4_should_dioread_nolock(inode))
-		ret = block_write_begin(file, mapping, pos, len, flags, pagep,
-				fsdata, ext4_get_block_write);
+		ret = __block_write_begin(page, pos, len, ext4_get_block_write);
 	else
-		ret = block_write_begin(file, mapping, pos, len, flags, pagep,
-				fsdata, ext4_get_block);
+		ret = __block_write_begin(page, pos, len, ext4_get_block);
 
 	if (!ret && ext4_should_journal_data(inode)) {
 		ret = walk_page_buffers(handle, page_buffers(page),
@@ -1617,7 +1620,7 @@
 		unlock_page(page);
 		page_cache_release(page);
 		/*
-		 * block_write_begin may have instantiated a few blocks
+		 * __block_write_begin may have instantiated a few blocks
 		 * outside i_size.  Trim these off again. Don't need
 		 * i_size_read because we hold i_mutex.
 		 *
@@ -3205,8 +3208,7 @@
 	}
 	*pagep = page;
 
-	ret = block_write_begin(file, mapping, pos, len, flags, pagep, fsdata,
-				ext4_da_get_block_prep);
+	ret = __block_write_begin(page, pos, len, ext4_da_get_block_prep);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		unlock_page(page);
 		ext4_journal_stop(handle);
@@ -3565,15 +3567,24 @@
 
 retry:
 	if (rw == READ && ext4_should_dioread_nolock(inode))
-		ret = blockdev_direct_IO_no_locking(rw, iocb, inode,
+		ret = __blockdev_direct_IO(rw, iocb, inode,
 				 inode->i_sb->s_bdev, iov,
 				 offset, nr_segs,
-				 ext4_get_block, NULL);
-	else
+				 ext4_get_block, NULL, NULL, 0);
+	else {
 		ret = blockdev_direct_IO(rw, iocb, inode,
 				 inode->i_sb->s_bdev, iov,
 				 offset, nr_segs,
 				 ext4_get_block, NULL);
+
+		if (unlikely((rw & WRITE) && ret < 0)) {
+			loff_t isize = i_size_read(inode);
+			loff_t end = offset + iov_length(iov, nr_segs);
+
+			if (end > isize)
+				vmtruncate(inode, isize);
+		}
+	}
 	if (ret == -ENOSPC && ext4_should_retry_alloc(inode->i_sb, &retries))
 		goto retry;
 
@@ -5536,11 +5547,19 @@
 			ext4_truncate(inode);
 	}
 
-	rc = inode_setattr(inode, attr);
+	if ((attr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) &&
+	    attr->ia_size != i_size_read(inode))
+		rc = vmtruncate(inode, attr->ia_size);
 
-	/* If inode_setattr's call to ext4_truncate failed to get a
-	 * transaction handle at all, we need to clean up the in-core
-	 * orphan list manually. */
+	if (!rc) {
+		setattr_copy(inode, attr);
+		mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * If the call to ext4_truncate failed to get a transaction handle at
+	 * all, we need to clean up the in-core orphan list manually.
+	 */
 	if (inode->i_nlink)
 		ext4_orphan_del(NULL, inode);
 
diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 8d65575..2614774 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -868,8 +868,10 @@
 	kmem_cache_destroy(ext4_inode_cachep);
 }
 
-static void ext4_clear_inode(struct inode *inode)
+void ext4_clear_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
+	invalidate_inode_buffers(inode);
+	end_writeback(inode);
 	dquot_drop(inode);
 	ext4_discard_preallocations(inode);
 	if (EXT4_JOURNAL(inode))
@@ -1158,14 +1160,13 @@
 	.destroy_inode	= ext4_destroy_inode,
 	.write_inode	= ext4_write_inode,
 	.dirty_inode	= ext4_dirty_inode,
-	.delete_inode	= ext4_delete_inode,
+	.evict_inode	= ext4_evict_inode,
 	.put_super	= ext4_put_super,
 	.sync_fs	= ext4_sync_fs,
 	.freeze_fs	= ext4_freeze,
 	.unfreeze_fs	= ext4_unfreeze,
 	.statfs		= ext4_statfs,
 	.remount_fs	= ext4_remount,
-	.clear_inode	= ext4_clear_inode,
 	.show_options	= ext4_show_options,
 #ifdef CONFIG_QUOTA
 	.quota_read	= ext4_quota_read,
@@ -1179,12 +1180,11 @@
 	.destroy_inode	= ext4_destroy_inode,
 	.write_inode	= ext4_write_inode,
 	.dirty_inode	= ext4_dirty_inode,
-	.delete_inode	= ext4_delete_inode,
+	.evict_inode	= ext4_evict_inode,
 	.write_super	= ext4_write_super,
 	.put_super	= ext4_put_super,
 	.statfs		= ext4_statfs,
 	.remount_fs	= ext4_remount,
-	.clear_inode	= ext4_clear_inode,
 	.show_options	= ext4_show_options,
 #ifdef CONFIG_QUOTA
 	.quota_read	= ext4_quota_read,
diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
index a6f3142..3a8cd8d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -1417,7 +1417,7 @@
 		ea_bdebug(bh, "out of memory");
 		return;
 	}
-	error = mb_cache_entry_insert(ce, bh->b_bdev, bh->b_blocknr, &hash);
+	error = mb_cache_entry_insert(ce, bh->b_bdev, bh->b_blocknr, hash);
 	if (error) {
 		mb_cache_entry_free(ce);
 		if (error == -EBUSY) {
@@ -1489,8 +1489,8 @@
 		return NULL;  /* never share */
 	ea_idebug(inode, "looking for cached blocks [%x]", (int)hash);
 again:
-	ce = mb_cache_entry_find_first(ext4_xattr_cache, 0,
-				       inode->i_sb->s_bdev, hash);
+	ce = mb_cache_entry_find_first(ext4_xattr_cache, inode->i_sb->s_bdev,
+				       hash);
 	while (ce) {
 		struct buffer_head *bh;
 
@@ -1514,7 +1514,7 @@
 			return bh;
 		}
 		brelse(bh);
-		ce = mb_cache_entry_find_next(ce, 0, inode->i_sb->s_bdev, hash);
+		ce = mb_cache_entry_find_next(ce, inode->i_sb->s_bdev, hash);
 	}
 	return NULL;
 }
@@ -1590,9 +1590,7 @@
 int __init
 init_ext4_xattr(void)
 {
-	ext4_xattr_cache = mb_cache_create("ext4_xattr", NULL,
-		sizeof(struct mb_cache_entry) +
-		sizeof(((struct mb_cache_entry *) 0)->e_indexes[0]), 1, 6);
+	ext4_xattr_cache = mb_cache_create("ext4_xattr", 6);
 	if (!ext4_xattr_cache)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	return 0;
diff --git a/fs/fat/fat.h b/fs/fat/fat.h
index 27ac257..d75a77f 100644
--- a/fs/fat/fat.h
+++ b/fs/fat/fat.h
@@ -306,7 +306,6 @@
 extern const struct file_operations fat_file_operations;
 extern const struct inode_operations fat_file_inode_operations;
 extern int fat_setattr(struct dentry * dentry, struct iattr * attr);
-extern int fat_setsize(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset);
 extern void fat_truncate_blocks(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset);
 extern int fat_getattr(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry,
 		       struct kstat *stat);
diff --git a/fs/fat/file.c b/fs/fat/file.c
index 990dfae..7257752 100644
--- a/fs/fat/file.c
+++ b/fs/fat/file.c
@@ -364,18 +364,6 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int fat_setsize(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset)
-{
-	int error;
-
-	error = simple_setsize(inode, offset);
-	if (error)
-		return error;
-	fat_truncate_blocks(inode, offset);
-
-	return error;
-}
-
 #define TIMES_SET_FLAGS	(ATTR_MTIME_SET | ATTR_ATIME_SET | ATTR_TIMES_SET)
 /* valid file mode bits */
 #define FAT_VALID_MODE	(S_IFREG | S_IFDIR | S_IRWXUGO)
@@ -387,21 +375,6 @@
 	unsigned int ia_valid;
 	int error;
 
-	/*
-	 * Expand the file. Since inode_setattr() updates ->i_size
-	 * before calling the ->truncate(), but FAT needs to fill the
-	 * hole before it. XXX: this is no longer true with new truncate
-	 * sequence.
-	 */
-	if (attr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) {
-		if (attr->ia_size > inode->i_size) {
-			error = fat_cont_expand(inode, attr->ia_size);
-			if (error || attr->ia_valid == ATTR_SIZE)
-				goto out;
-			attr->ia_valid &= ~ATTR_SIZE;
-		}
-	}
-
 	/* Check for setting the inode time. */
 	ia_valid = attr->ia_valid;
 	if (ia_valid & TIMES_SET_FLAGS) {
@@ -417,6 +390,21 @@
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Expand the file. Since inode_setattr() updates ->i_size
+	 * before calling the ->truncate(), but FAT needs to fill the
+	 * hole before it. XXX: this is no longer true with new truncate
+	 * sequence.
+	 */
+	if (attr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) {
+		if (attr->ia_size > inode->i_size) {
+			error = fat_cont_expand(inode, attr->ia_size);
+			if (error || attr->ia_valid == ATTR_SIZE)
+				goto out;
+			attr->ia_valid &= ~ATTR_SIZE;
+		}
+	}
+
 	if (((attr->ia_valid & ATTR_UID) &&
 	     (attr->ia_uid != sbi->options.fs_uid)) ||
 	    ((attr->ia_valid & ATTR_GID) &&
@@ -441,12 +429,11 @@
 	}
 
 	if (attr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) {
-		error = fat_setsize(inode, attr->ia_size);
-		if (error)
-			goto out;
+		truncate_setsize(inode, attr->ia_size);
+		fat_truncate_blocks(inode, attr->ia_size);
 	}
 
-	generic_setattr(inode, attr);
+	setattr_copy(inode, attr);
 	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 out:
 	return error;
diff --git a/fs/fat/inode.c b/fs/fat/inode.c
index 7bf45ae..8300580 100644
--- a/fs/fat/inode.c
+++ b/fs/fat/inode.c
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@
 	int err;
 
 	*pagep = NULL;
-	err = cont_write_begin_newtrunc(file, mapping, pos, len, flags,
+	err = cont_write_begin(file, mapping, pos, len, flags,
 				pagep, fsdata, fat_get_block,
 				&MSDOS_I(mapping->host)->mmu_private);
 	if (err < 0)
@@ -212,8 +212,8 @@
 	 * FAT need to use the DIO_LOCKING for avoiding the race
 	 * condition of fat_get_block() and ->truncate().
 	 */
-	ret = blockdev_direct_IO_newtrunc(rw, iocb, inode, inode->i_sb->s_bdev,
-				iov, offset, nr_segs, fat_get_block, NULL);
+	ret = blockdev_direct_IO(rw, iocb, inode, inode->i_sb->s_bdev,
+				 iov, offset, nr_segs, fat_get_block, NULL);
 	if (ret < 0 && (rw & WRITE))
 		fat_write_failed(mapping, offset + iov_length(iov, nr_segs));
 
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@
  *			check if the location is still valid and retry if it
  *			isn't. Otherwise we do changes.
  *		5. Spinlock is used to protect hash/unhash/location check/lookup
- *		6. fat_clear_inode() unhashes the F-d-c entry.
+ *		6. fat_evict_inode() unhashes the F-d-c entry.
  *		7. lookup() and readdir() do igrab() if they find a F-d-c entry
  *			and consider negative result as cache miss.
  */
@@ -448,16 +448,15 @@
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fat_build_inode);
 
-static void fat_delete_inode(struct inode *inode)
+static void fat_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
-	inode->i_size = 0;
-	fat_truncate_blocks(inode, 0);
-	clear_inode(inode);
-}
-
-static void fat_clear_inode(struct inode *inode)
-{
+	if (!inode->i_nlink) {
+		inode->i_size = 0;
+		fat_truncate_blocks(inode, 0);
+	}
+	invalidate_inode_buffers(inode);
+	end_writeback(inode);
 	fat_cache_inval_inode(inode);
 	fat_detach(inode);
 }
@@ -674,12 +673,11 @@
 	.alloc_inode	= fat_alloc_inode,
 	.destroy_inode	= fat_destroy_inode,
 	.write_inode	= fat_write_inode,
-	.delete_inode	= fat_delete_inode,
+	.evict_inode	= fat_evict_inode,
 	.put_super	= fat_put_super,
 	.write_super	= fat_write_super,
 	.sync_fs	= fat_sync_fs,
 	.statfs		= fat_statfs,
-	.clear_inode	= fat_clear_inode,
 	.remount_fs	= fat_remount,
 
 	.show_options	= fat_show_options,
diff --git a/fs/freevxfs/vxfs_extern.h b/fs/freevxfs/vxfs_extern.h
index 50ab5ee..881aa3d 100644
--- a/fs/freevxfs/vxfs_extern.h
+++ b/fs/freevxfs/vxfs_extern.h
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 extern struct vxfs_inode_info *	vxfs_blkiget(struct super_block *, u_long, ino_t);
 extern struct vxfs_inode_info *	vxfs_stiget(struct super_block *, ino_t);
 extern struct inode *		vxfs_iget(struct super_block *, ino_t);
-extern void			vxfs_clear_inode(struct inode *);
+extern void			vxfs_evict_inode(struct inode *);
 
 /* vxfs_lookup.c */
 extern const struct inode_operations	vxfs_dir_inode_ops;
diff --git a/fs/freevxfs/vxfs_inode.c b/fs/freevxfs/vxfs_inode.c
index 03a6ea5..79d1b4e 100644
--- a/fs/freevxfs/vxfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/freevxfs/vxfs_inode.c
@@ -337,15 +337,17 @@
 }
 
 /**
- * vxfs_clear_inode - remove inode from main memory
+ * vxfs_evict_inode - remove inode from main memory
  * @ip:		inode to discard.
  *
  * Description:
- *  vxfs_clear_inode() is called on the final iput and frees the private
+ *  vxfs_evict_inode() is called on the final iput and frees the private
  *  inode area.
  */
 void
-vxfs_clear_inode(struct inode *ip)
+vxfs_evict_inode(struct inode *ip)
 {
+	truncate_inode_pages(&ip->i_data, 0);
+	end_writeback(ip);
 	kmem_cache_free(vxfs_inode_cachep, ip->i_private);
 }
diff --git a/fs/freevxfs/vxfs_super.c b/fs/freevxfs/vxfs_super.c
index 5132c99..dc0c041 100644
--- a/fs/freevxfs/vxfs_super.c
+++ b/fs/freevxfs/vxfs_super.c
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 static int		vxfs_remount(struct super_block *, int *, char *);
 
 static const struct super_operations vxfs_super_ops = {
-	.clear_inode =		vxfs_clear_inode,
+	.evict_inode =		vxfs_evict_inode,
 	.put_super =		vxfs_put_super,
 	.statfs =		vxfs_statfs,
 	.remount_fs =		vxfs_remount,
diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index 30ac305..b7c7586 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@
 
 	spin_lock(&inode_lock);
 	inode->i_state &= ~I_SYNC;
-	if (!(inode->i_state & (I_FREEING | I_CLEAR))) {
+	if (!(inode->i_state & I_FREEING)) {
 		if ((inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_PAGES) && wbc->for_kupdate) {
 			/*
 			 * More pages get dirtied by a fast dirtier.
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@
 		if (inode_dirtied_after(inode, wbc->wb_start))
 			return 1;
 
-		BUG_ON(inode->i_state & (I_FREEING | I_CLEAR));
+		BUG_ON(inode->i_state & I_FREEING);
 		__iget(inode);
 		pages_skipped = wbc->pages_skipped;
 		writeback_single_inode(inode, wbc);
@@ -936,7 +936,7 @@
 			if (hlist_unhashed(&inode->i_hash))
 				goto out;
 		}
-		if (inode->i_state & (I_FREEING|I_CLEAR))
+		if (inode->i_state & I_FREEING)
 			goto out;
 
 		/*
@@ -1002,7 +1002,7 @@
 	list_for_each_entry(inode, &sb->s_inodes, i_sb_list) {
 		struct address_space *mapping;
 
-		if (inode->i_state & (I_FREEING|I_CLEAR|I_WILL_FREE|I_NEW))
+		if (inode->i_state & (I_FREEING|I_WILL_FREE|I_NEW))
 			continue;
 		mapping = inode->i_mapping;
 		if (mapping->nrpages == 0)
diff --git a/fs/fuse/dir.c b/fs/fuse/dir.c
index 431be07..c9627c9 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dir.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dir.c
@@ -1270,21 +1270,18 @@
 	if (!fuse_allow_task(fc, current))
 		return -EACCES;
 
-	if (fc->flags & FUSE_DEFAULT_PERMISSIONS) {
-		err = inode_change_ok(inode, attr);
-		if (err)
-			return err;
-	}
+	if (!(fc->flags & FUSE_DEFAULT_PERMISSIONS))
+		attr->ia_valid |= ATTR_FORCE;
+
+	err = inode_change_ok(inode, attr);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
 
 	if ((attr->ia_valid & ATTR_OPEN) && fc->atomic_o_trunc)
 		return 0;
 
-	if (attr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) {
-		err = inode_newsize_ok(inode, attr->ia_size);
-		if (err)
-			return err;
+	if (attr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE)
 		is_truncate = true;
-	}
 
 	req = fuse_get_req(fc);
 	if (IS_ERR(req))
diff --git a/fs/fuse/inode.c b/fs/fuse/inode.c
index ec14d19..da9e6e1 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/inode.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/inode.c
@@ -122,8 +122,10 @@
 	fuse_request_send_noreply(fc, req);
 }
 
-static void fuse_clear_inode(struct inode *inode)
+static void fuse_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
+	truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
+	end_writeback(inode);
 	if (inode->i_sb->s_flags & MS_ACTIVE) {
 		struct fuse_conn *fc = get_fuse_conn(inode);
 		struct fuse_inode *fi = get_fuse_inode(inode);
@@ -736,7 +738,7 @@
 static const struct super_operations fuse_super_operations = {
 	.alloc_inode    = fuse_alloc_inode,
 	.destroy_inode  = fuse_destroy_inode,
-	.clear_inode	= fuse_clear_inode,
+	.evict_inode	= fuse_evict_inode,
 	.drop_inode	= generic_delete_inode,
 	.remount_fs	= fuse_remount_fs,
 	.put_super	= fuse_put_super,
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/aops.c b/fs/gfs2/aops.c
index 5e96cbd..194fe16 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/aops.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/aops.c
@@ -697,12 +697,12 @@
 	page_cache_release(page);
 
 	/*
-	 * XXX(hch): the call below should probably be replaced with
+	 * XXX(truncate): the call below should probably be replaced with
 	 * a call to the gfs2-specific truncate blocks helper to actually
 	 * release disk blocks..
 	 */
 	if (pos + len > ip->i_inode.i_size)
-		simple_setsize(&ip->i_inode, ip->i_inode.i_size);
+		truncate_setsize(&ip->i_inode, ip->i_inode.i_size);
 out_endtrans:
 	gfs2_trans_end(sdp);
 out_trans_fail:
@@ -1042,9 +1042,9 @@
 	if (rv != 1)
 		goto out; /* dio not valid, fall back to buffered i/o */
 
-	rv = blockdev_direct_IO_no_locking(rw, iocb, inode, inode->i_sb->s_bdev,
-					   iov, offset, nr_segs,
-					   gfs2_get_block_direct, NULL);
+	rv = __blockdev_direct_IO(rw, iocb, inode, inode->i_sb->s_bdev, iov,
+				  offset, nr_segs, gfs2_get_block_direct,
+				  NULL, NULL, 0);
 out:
 	gfs2_glock_dq_m(1, &gh);
 	gfs2_holder_uninit(&gh);
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/inode.c b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
index f03afd9..08140f1 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
 	struct gfs2_skip_data *data = opaque;
 
 	if (ip->i_no_addr == data->no_addr) {
-		if (inode->i_state & (I_FREEING|I_CLEAR|I_WILL_FREE)){
+		if (inode->i_state & (I_FREEING|I_WILL_FREE)){
 			data->skipped = 1;
 			return 0;
 		}
@@ -991,18 +991,29 @@
 
 static int __gfs2_setattr_simple(struct gfs2_inode *ip, struct iattr *attr)
 {
+	struct inode *inode = &ip->i_inode;
 	struct buffer_head *dibh;
 	int error;
 
 	error = gfs2_meta_inode_buffer(ip, &dibh);
-	if (!error) {
-		error = inode_setattr(&ip->i_inode, attr);
-		gfs2_assert_warn(GFS2_SB(&ip->i_inode), !error);
-		gfs2_trans_add_bh(ip->i_gl, dibh, 1);
-		gfs2_dinode_out(ip, dibh->b_data);
-		brelse(dibh);
+	if (error)
+		return error;
+
+	if ((attr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) &&
+	    attr->ia_size != i_size_read(inode)) {
+		error = vmtruncate(inode, attr->ia_size);
+		if (error)
+			return error;
 	}
-	return error;
+
+	setattr_copy(inode, attr);
+	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+
+	gfs2_assert_warn(GFS2_SB(inode), !error);
+	gfs2_trans_add_bh(ip->i_gl, dibh, 1);
+	gfs2_dinode_out(ip, dibh->b_data);
+	brelse(dibh);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/ops_inode.c b/fs/gfs2/ops_inode.c
index 98cdd05..1009be2 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/ops_inode.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/ops_inode.c
@@ -1072,7 +1072,7 @@
 }
 
 /*
- * XXX: should be changed to have proper ordering by opencoding simple_setsize
+ * XXX(truncate): the truncate_setsize calls should be moved to the end.
  */
 static int setattr_size(struct inode *inode, struct iattr *attr)
 {
@@ -1084,10 +1084,8 @@
 		error = gfs2_trans_begin(sdp, 0, sdp->sd_jdesc->jd_blocks);
 		if (error)
 			return error;
-		error = simple_setsize(inode, attr->ia_size);
+		truncate_setsize(inode, attr->ia_size);
 		gfs2_trans_end(sdp);
-		if (error) 
-			return error;
 	}
 
 	error = gfs2_truncatei(ip, attr->ia_size);
@@ -1136,8 +1134,16 @@
 	if (error)
 		goto out_end_trans;
 
-	error = inode_setattr(inode, attr);
-	gfs2_assert_warn(sdp, !error);
+	if ((attr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) &&
+	    attr->ia_size != i_size_read(inode)) {
+		int error;
+
+		error = vmtruncate(inode, attr->ia_size);
+		gfs2_assert_warn(sdp, !error);
+	}
+
+	setattr_copy(inode, attr);
+	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 
 	gfs2_trans_add_bh(ip->i_gl, dibh, 1);
 	gfs2_dinode_out(ip, dibh->b_data);
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/super.c b/fs/gfs2/super.c
index 4140811..77cb9f8 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/super.c
@@ -1188,7 +1188,7 @@
  * node for later deallocation.
  */
 
-static void gfs2_drop_inode(struct inode *inode)
+static int gfs2_drop_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct gfs2_inode *ip = GFS2_I(inode);
 
@@ -1197,26 +1197,7 @@
 		if (gl && test_bit(GLF_DEMOTE, &gl->gl_flags))
 			clear_nlink(inode);
 	}
-	generic_drop_inode(inode);
-}
-
-/**
- * gfs2_clear_inode - Deallocate an inode when VFS is done with it
- * @inode: The VFS inode
- *
- */
-
-static void gfs2_clear_inode(struct inode *inode)
-{
-	struct gfs2_inode *ip = GFS2_I(inode);
-
-	ip->i_gl->gl_object = NULL;
-	gfs2_glock_put(ip->i_gl);
-	ip->i_gl = NULL;
-	if (ip->i_iopen_gh.gh_gl) {
-		ip->i_iopen_gh.gh_gl->gl_object = NULL;
-		gfs2_glock_dq_uninit(&ip->i_iopen_gh);
-	}
+	return generic_drop_inode(inode);
 }
 
 static int is_ancestor(const struct dentry *d1, const struct dentry *d2)
@@ -1344,13 +1325,16 @@
  * is safe, just less efficient.
  */
 
-static void gfs2_delete_inode(struct inode *inode)
+static void gfs2_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct gfs2_sbd *sdp = inode->i_sb->s_fs_info;
 	struct gfs2_inode *ip = GFS2_I(inode);
 	struct gfs2_holder gh;
 	int error;
 
+	if (inode->i_nlink)
+		goto out;
+
 	error = gfs2_glock_nq_init(ip->i_gl, LM_ST_EXCLUSIVE, 0, &gh);
 	if (unlikely(error)) {
 		gfs2_glock_dq_uninit(&ip->i_iopen_gh);
@@ -1404,10 +1388,18 @@
 	gfs2_holder_uninit(&ip->i_iopen_gh);
 	gfs2_glock_dq_uninit(&gh);
 	if (error && error != GLR_TRYFAILED && error != -EROFS)
-		fs_warn(sdp, "gfs2_delete_inode: %d\n", error);
+		fs_warn(sdp, "gfs2_evict_inode: %d\n", error);
 out:
 	truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
-	clear_inode(inode);
+	end_writeback(inode);
+
+	ip->i_gl->gl_object = NULL;
+	gfs2_glock_put(ip->i_gl);
+	ip->i_gl = NULL;
+	if (ip->i_iopen_gh.gh_gl) {
+		ip->i_iopen_gh.gh_gl->gl_object = NULL;
+		gfs2_glock_dq_uninit(&ip->i_iopen_gh);
+	}
 }
 
 static struct inode *gfs2_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
@@ -1431,14 +1423,13 @@
 	.alloc_inode		= gfs2_alloc_inode,
 	.destroy_inode		= gfs2_destroy_inode,
 	.write_inode		= gfs2_write_inode,
-	.delete_inode		= gfs2_delete_inode,
+	.evict_inode		= gfs2_evict_inode,
 	.put_super		= gfs2_put_super,
 	.sync_fs		= gfs2_sync_fs,
 	.freeze_fs 		= gfs2_freeze,
 	.unfreeze_fs		= gfs2_unfreeze,
 	.statfs			= gfs2_statfs,
 	.remount_fs		= gfs2_remount_fs,
-	.clear_inode		= gfs2_clear_inode,
 	.drop_inode		= gfs2_drop_inode,
 	.show_options		= gfs2_show_options,
 };
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/xattr.c b/fs/gfs2/xattr.c
index 82f93da..776af6e 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/xattr.c
@@ -1296,6 +1296,7 @@
 
 int gfs2_xattr_acl_chmod(struct gfs2_inode *ip, struct iattr *attr, char *data)
 {
+	struct inode *inode = &ip->i_inode;
 	struct gfs2_sbd *sdp = GFS2_SB(&ip->i_inode);
 	struct gfs2_ea_location el;
 	struct buffer_head *dibh;
@@ -1321,14 +1322,25 @@
 		return error;
 
 	error = gfs2_meta_inode_buffer(ip, &dibh);
-	if (!error) {
-		error = inode_setattr(&ip->i_inode, attr);
-		gfs2_assert_warn(GFS2_SB(&ip->i_inode), !error);
-		gfs2_trans_add_bh(ip->i_gl, dibh, 1);
-		gfs2_dinode_out(ip, dibh->b_data);
-		brelse(dibh);
+	if (error)
+		goto out_trans_end;
+
+	if ((attr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) &&
+	    attr->ia_size != i_size_read(inode)) {
+		int error;
+
+		error = vmtruncate(inode, attr->ia_size);
+		gfs2_assert_warn(GFS2_SB(inode), !error);
 	}
 
+	setattr_copy(inode, attr);
+	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+
+	gfs2_trans_add_bh(ip->i_gl, dibh, 1);
+	gfs2_dinode_out(ip, dibh->b_data);
+	brelse(dibh);
+
+out_trans_end:
 	gfs2_trans_end(sdp);
 	return error;
 }
diff --git a/fs/hfs/hfs_fs.h b/fs/hfs/hfs_fs.h
index fe35e3b..4f55651 100644
--- a/fs/hfs/hfs_fs.h
+++ b/fs/hfs/hfs_fs.h
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@
 extern void hfs_inode_read_fork(struct inode *inode, struct hfs_extent *ext,
 			__be32 log_size, __be32 phys_size, u32 clump_size);
 extern struct inode *hfs_iget(struct super_block *, struct hfs_cat_key *, hfs_cat_rec *);
-extern void hfs_clear_inode(struct inode *);
+extern void hfs_evict_inode(struct inode *);
 extern void hfs_delete_inode(struct inode *);
 
 /* attr.c */
diff --git a/fs/hfs/inode.c b/fs/hfs/inode.c
index 14f5cb1..397b7ad 100644
--- a/fs/hfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hfs/inode.c
@@ -39,10 +39,19 @@
 			loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned flags,
 			struct page **pagep, void **fsdata)
 {
+	int ret;
+
 	*pagep = NULL;
-	return cont_write_begin(file, mapping, pos, len, flags, pagep, fsdata,
+	ret = cont_write_begin(file, mapping, pos, len, flags, pagep, fsdata,
 				hfs_get_block,
 				&HFS_I(mapping->host)->phys_size);
+	if (unlikely(ret)) {
+		loff_t isize = mapping->host->i_size;
+		if (pos + len > isize)
+			vmtruncate(mapping->host, isize);
+	}
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static sector_t hfs_bmap(struct address_space *mapping, sector_t block)
@@ -112,9 +121,24 @@
 {
 	struct file *file = iocb->ki_filp;
 	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_mapping->host;
+	ssize_t ret;
 
-	return blockdev_direct_IO(rw, iocb, inode, inode->i_sb->s_bdev, iov,
+	ret = blockdev_direct_IO(rw, iocb, inode, inode->i_sb->s_bdev, iov,
 				  offset, nr_segs, hfs_get_block, NULL);
+
+	/*
+	 * In case of error extending write may have instantiated a few
+	 * blocks outside i_size. Trim these off again.
+	 */
+	if (unlikely((rw & WRITE) && ret < 0)) {
+		loff_t isize = i_size_read(inode);
+		loff_t end = offset + iov_length(iov, nr_segs);
+
+		if (end > isize)
+			vmtruncate(inode, isize);
+	}
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int hfs_writepages(struct address_space *mapping,
@@ -507,8 +531,10 @@
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-void hfs_clear_inode(struct inode *inode)
+void hfs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
+	truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
+	end_writeback(inode);
 	if (HFS_IS_RSRC(inode) && HFS_I(inode)->rsrc_inode) {
 		HFS_I(HFS_I(inode)->rsrc_inode)->rsrc_inode = NULL;
 		iput(HFS_I(inode)->rsrc_inode);
@@ -588,13 +614,43 @@
 			attr->ia_mode = inode->i_mode & ~S_IWUGO;
 		attr->ia_mode &= S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) ? ~hsb->s_dir_umask: ~hsb->s_file_umask;
 	}
-	error = inode_setattr(inode, attr);
-	if (error)
-		return error;
 
+	if ((attr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) &&
+	    attr->ia_size != i_size_read(inode)) {
+		error = vmtruncate(inode, attr->ia_size);
+		if (error)
+			return error;
+	}
+
+	setattr_copy(inode, attr);
+	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int hfs_file_fsync(struct file *filp, int datasync)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = filp->f_mapping->host;
+	struct super_block * sb;
+	int ret, err;
+
+	/* sync the inode to buffers */
+	ret = write_inode_now(inode, 0);
+
+	/* sync the superblock to buffers */
+	sb = inode->i_sb;
+	if (sb->s_dirt) {
+		lock_super(sb);
+		sb->s_dirt = 0;
+		if (!(sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY))
+			hfs_mdb_commit(sb);
+		unlock_super(sb);
+	}
+	/* .. finally sync the buffers to disk */
+	err = sync_blockdev(sb->s_bdev);
+	if (!ret)
+		ret = err;
+	return ret;
+}
 
 static const struct file_operations hfs_file_operations = {
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
@@ -604,7 +660,7 @@
 	.aio_write	= generic_file_aio_write,
 	.mmap		= generic_file_mmap,
 	.splice_read	= generic_file_splice_read,
-	.fsync		= file_fsync,
+	.fsync		= hfs_file_fsync,
 	.open		= hfs_file_open,
 	.release	= hfs_file_release,
 };
diff --git a/fs/hfs/super.c b/fs/hfs/super.c
index 0a81eb7..34235d4 100644
--- a/fs/hfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/hfs/super.c
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@
 	.alloc_inode	= hfs_alloc_inode,
 	.destroy_inode	= hfs_destroy_inode,
 	.write_inode	= hfs_write_inode,
-	.clear_inode	= hfs_clear_inode,
+	.evict_inode	= hfs_evict_inode,
 	.put_super	= hfs_put_super,
 	.write_super	= hfs_write_super,
 	.sync_fs	= hfs_sync_fs,
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/hfsplus_fs.h b/fs/hfsplus/hfsplus_fs.h
index 6505c30..dc856be 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/hfsplus_fs.h
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/hfsplus_fs.h
@@ -351,6 +351,7 @@
 
 /* super.c */
 struct inode *hfsplus_iget(struct super_block *, unsigned long);
+int hfsplus_sync_fs(struct super_block *sb, int wait);
 
 /* tables.c */
 extern u16 hfsplus_case_fold_table[];
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/inode.c b/fs/hfsplus/inode.c
index 9bbb829..c5a979d 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/inode.c
@@ -31,10 +31,19 @@
 			loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned flags,
 			struct page **pagep, void **fsdata)
 {
+	int ret;
+
 	*pagep = NULL;
-	return cont_write_begin(file, mapping, pos, len, flags, pagep, fsdata,
+	ret = cont_write_begin(file, mapping, pos, len, flags, pagep, fsdata,
 				hfsplus_get_block,
 				&HFSPLUS_I(mapping->host).phys_size);
+	if (unlikely(ret)) {
+		loff_t isize = mapping->host->i_size;
+		if (pos + len > isize)
+			vmtruncate(mapping->host, isize);
+	}
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static sector_t hfsplus_bmap(struct address_space *mapping, sector_t block)
@@ -105,9 +114,24 @@
 {
 	struct file *file = iocb->ki_filp;
 	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_mapping->host;
+	ssize_t ret;
 
-	return blockdev_direct_IO(rw, iocb, inode, inode->i_sb->s_bdev, iov,
+	ret = blockdev_direct_IO(rw, iocb, inode, inode->i_sb->s_bdev, iov,
 				  offset, nr_segs, hfsplus_get_block, NULL);
+
+	/*
+	 * In case of error extending write may have instantiated a few
+	 * blocks outside i_size. Trim these off again.
+	 */
+	if (unlikely((rw & WRITE) && ret < 0)) {
+		loff_t isize = i_size_read(inode);
+		loff_t end = offset + iov_length(iov, nr_segs);
+
+		if (end > isize)
+			vmtruncate(inode, isize);
+	}
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int hfsplus_writepages(struct address_space *mapping,
@@ -266,9 +290,56 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int hfsplus_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	int error;
+
+	error = inode_change_ok(inode, attr);
+	if (error)
+		return error;
+
+	if ((attr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) &&
+	    attr->ia_size != i_size_read(inode)) {
+		error = vmtruncate(inode, attr->ia_size);
+		if (error)
+			return error;
+	}
+
+	setattr_copy(inode, attr);
+	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int hfsplus_file_fsync(struct file *filp, int datasync)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = filp->f_mapping->host;
+	struct super_block * sb;
+	int ret, err;
+
+	/* sync the inode to buffers */
+	ret = write_inode_now(inode, 0);
+
+	/* sync the superblock to buffers */
+	sb = inode->i_sb;
+	if (sb->s_dirt) {
+		if (!(sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY))
+			hfsplus_sync_fs(sb, 1);
+		else
+			sb->s_dirt = 0;
+	}
+
+	/* .. finally sync the buffers to disk */
+	err = sync_blockdev(sb->s_bdev);
+	if (!ret)
+		ret = err;
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static const struct inode_operations hfsplus_file_inode_operations = {
 	.lookup		= hfsplus_file_lookup,
 	.truncate	= hfsplus_file_truncate,
+	.setattr	= hfsplus_setattr,
 	.setxattr	= hfsplus_setxattr,
 	.getxattr	= hfsplus_getxattr,
 	.listxattr	= hfsplus_listxattr,
@@ -282,7 +353,7 @@
 	.aio_write	= generic_file_aio_write,
 	.mmap		= generic_file_mmap,
 	.splice_read	= generic_file_splice_read,
-	.fsync		= file_fsync,
+	.fsync		= hfsplus_file_fsync,
 	.open		= hfsplus_file_open,
 	.release	= hfsplus_file_release,
 	.unlocked_ioctl = hfsplus_ioctl,
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/super.c b/fs/hfsplus/super.c
index 74b473a..3b55c05 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/super.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/super.c
@@ -145,16 +145,18 @@
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static void hfsplus_clear_inode(struct inode *inode)
+static void hfsplus_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
-	dprint(DBG_INODE, "hfsplus_clear_inode: %lu\n", inode->i_ino);
+	dprint(DBG_INODE, "hfsplus_evict_inode: %lu\n", inode->i_ino);
+	truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
+	end_writeback(inode);
 	if (HFSPLUS_IS_RSRC(inode)) {
 		HFSPLUS_I(HFSPLUS_I(inode).rsrc_inode).rsrc_inode = NULL;
 		iput(HFSPLUS_I(inode).rsrc_inode);
 	}
 }
 
-static int hfsplus_sync_fs(struct super_block *sb, int wait)
+int hfsplus_sync_fs(struct super_block *sb, int wait)
 {
 	struct hfsplus_vh *vhdr = HFSPLUS_SB(sb).s_vhdr;
 
@@ -293,7 +295,7 @@
 	.alloc_inode	= hfsplus_alloc_inode,
 	.destroy_inode	= hfsplus_destroy_inode,
 	.write_inode	= hfsplus_write_inode,
-	.clear_inode	= hfsplus_clear_inode,
+	.evict_inode	= hfsplus_evict_inode,
 	.put_super	= hfsplus_put_super,
 	.write_super	= hfsplus_write_super,
 	.sync_fs	= hfsplus_sync_fs,
diff --git a/fs/hostfs/hostfs.h b/fs/hostfs/hostfs.h
index 2f34f8f..6bbd75c 100644
--- a/fs/hostfs/hostfs.h
+++ b/fs/hostfs/hostfs.h
@@ -53,18 +53,28 @@
 	struct timespec	ia_ctime;
 };
 
-extern int stat_file(const char *path, unsigned long long *inode_out,
-		     int *mode_out, int *nlink_out, int *uid_out, int *gid_out,
-		     unsigned long long *size_out, struct timespec *atime_out,
-		     struct timespec *mtime_out, struct timespec *ctime_out,
-		     int *blksize_out, unsigned long long *blocks_out, int fd);
+struct hostfs_stat {
+	unsigned long long ino;
+	unsigned int mode;
+	unsigned int nlink;
+	unsigned int uid;
+	unsigned int gid;
+	unsigned long long size;
+	struct timespec atime, mtime, ctime;
+	unsigned int blksize;
+	unsigned long long blocks;
+	unsigned int maj;
+	unsigned int min;
+};
+
+extern int stat_file(const char *path, struct hostfs_stat *p, int fd);
 extern int access_file(char *path, int r, int w, int x);
 extern int open_file(char *path, int r, int w, int append);
-extern int file_type(const char *path, int *maj, int *min);
 extern void *open_dir(char *path, int *err_out);
 extern char *read_dir(void *stream, unsigned long long *pos,
 		      unsigned long long *ino_out, int *len_out);
 extern void close_file(void *stream);
+extern int replace_file(int oldfd, int fd);
 extern void close_dir(void *stream);
 extern int read_file(int fd, unsigned long long *offset, char *buf, int len);
 extern int write_file(int fd, unsigned long long *offset, const char *buf,
diff --git a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
index 87ac189..dd1e555 100644
--- a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
+++ b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
 #include <linux/mount.h>
+#include <linux/namei.h>
 #include "hostfs.h"
 #include "init.h"
 #include "kern.h"
 
 struct hostfs_inode_info {
-	char *host_filename;
 	int fd;
 	fmode_t mode;
 	struct inode vfs_inode;
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 
 static const struct inode_operations hostfs_iops;
 static const struct inode_operations hostfs_dir_iops;
-static const struct address_space_operations hostfs_link_aops;
+static const struct inode_operations hostfs_link_iops;
 
 #ifndef MODULE
 static int __init hostfs_args(char *options, int *add)
@@ -90,71 +90,58 @@
 );
 #endif
 
-static char *dentry_name(struct dentry *dentry, int extra)
+static char *__dentry_name(struct dentry *dentry, char *name)
 {
-	struct dentry *parent;
-	char *root, *name;
-	int len;
+	char *p = __dentry_path(dentry, name, PATH_MAX);
+	char *root;
+	size_t len;
 
-	len = 0;
-	parent = dentry;
-	while (parent->d_parent != parent) {
-		len += parent->d_name.len + 1;
-		parent = parent->d_parent;
-	}
+	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
 
-	root = HOSTFS_I(parent->d_inode)->host_filename;
-	len += strlen(root);
-	name = kmalloc(len + extra + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (name == NULL)
+	root = dentry->d_sb->s_fs_info;
+	len = strlen(root);
+	if (IS_ERR(p)) {
+		__putname(name);
 		return NULL;
-
-	name[len] = '\0';
-	parent = dentry;
-	while (parent->d_parent != parent) {
-		len -= parent->d_name.len + 1;
-		name[len] = '/';
-		strncpy(&name[len + 1], parent->d_name.name,
-			parent->d_name.len);
-		parent = parent->d_parent;
 	}
-	strncpy(name, root, strlen(root));
+	strncpy(name, root, PATH_MAX);
+	if (len > p - name) {
+		__putname(name);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	if (p > name + len) {
+		char *s = name + len;
+		while ((*s++ = *p++) != '\0')
+			;
+	}
 	return name;
 }
 
-static char *inode_name(struct inode *ino, int extra)
+static char *dentry_name(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
-	struct dentry *dentry;
+	char *name = __getname();
+	if (!name)
+		return NULL;
 
-	dentry = list_entry(ino->i_dentry.next, struct dentry, d_alias);
-	return dentry_name(dentry, extra);
+	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+	return __dentry_name(dentry, name); /* will unlock */
 }
 
-static int read_name(struct inode *ino, char *name)
+static char *inode_name(struct inode *ino)
 {
-	/*
-	 * The non-int inode fields are copied into ints by stat_file and
-	 * then copied into the inode because passing the actual pointers
-	 * in and having them treated as int * breaks on big-endian machines
-	 */
-	int err;
-	int i_mode, i_nlink, i_blksize;
-	unsigned long long i_size;
-	unsigned long long i_ino;
-	unsigned long long i_blocks;
+	struct dentry *dentry;
+	char *name = __getname();
+	if (!name)
+		return NULL;
 
-	err = stat_file(name, &i_ino, &i_mode, &i_nlink, &ino->i_uid,
-			&ino->i_gid, &i_size, &ino->i_atime, &ino->i_mtime,
-			&ino->i_ctime, &i_blksize, &i_blocks, -1);
-	if (err)
-		return err;
-
-	ino->i_ino = i_ino;
-	ino->i_mode = i_mode;
-	ino->i_nlink = i_nlink;
-	ino->i_size = i_size;
-	ino->i_blocks = i_blocks;
-	return 0;
+	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+	if (list_empty(&ino->i_dentry)) {
+		spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+		__putname(name);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	dentry = list_first_entry(&ino->i_dentry, struct dentry, d_alias);
+	return __dentry_name(dentry, name); /* will unlock */
 }
 
 static char *follow_link(char *link)
@@ -205,53 +192,11 @@
 	return ERR_PTR(n);
 }
 
-static int hostfs_read_inode(struct inode *ino)
-{
-	char *name;
-	int err = 0;
-
-	/*
-	 * Unfortunately, we are called from iget() when we don't have a dentry
-	 * allocated yet.
-	 */
-	if (list_empty(&ino->i_dentry))
-		goto out;
-
-	err = -ENOMEM;
-	name = inode_name(ino, 0);
-	if (name == NULL)
-		goto out;
-
-	if (file_type(name, NULL, NULL) == OS_TYPE_SYMLINK) {
-		name = follow_link(name);
-		if (IS_ERR(name)) {
-			err = PTR_ERR(name);
-			goto out;
-		}
-	}
-
-	err = read_name(ino, name);
-	kfree(name);
- out:
-	return err;
-}
-
 static struct inode *hostfs_iget(struct super_block *sb)
 {
-	struct inode *inode;
-	long ret;
-
-	inode = iget_locked(sb, 0);
+	struct inode *inode = new_inode(sb);
 	if (!inode)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-	if (inode->i_state & I_NEW) {
-		ret = hostfs_read_inode(inode);
-		if (ret < 0) {
-			iget_failed(inode);
-			return ERR_PTR(ret);
-		}
-		unlock_new_inode(inode);
-	}
 	return inode;
 }
 
@@ -269,7 +214,7 @@
 	long long f_files;
 	long long f_ffree;
 
-	err = do_statfs(HOSTFS_I(dentry->d_sb->s_root->d_inode)->host_filename,
+	err = do_statfs(dentry->d_sb->s_fs_info,
 			&sf->f_bsize, &f_blocks, &f_bfree, &f_bavail, &f_files,
 			&f_ffree, &sf->f_fsid, sizeof(sf->f_fsid),
 			&sf->f_namelen, sf->f_spare);
@@ -288,47 +233,32 @@
 {
 	struct hostfs_inode_info *hi;
 
-	hi = kmalloc(sizeof(*hi), GFP_KERNEL);
+	hi = kzalloc(sizeof(*hi), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (hi == NULL)
 		return NULL;
-
-	*hi = ((struct hostfs_inode_info) { .host_filename	= NULL,
-					    .fd			= -1,
-					    .mode		= 0 });
+	hi->fd = -1;
 	inode_init_once(&hi->vfs_inode);
 	return &hi->vfs_inode;
 }
 
-static void hostfs_delete_inode(struct inode *inode)
+static void hostfs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
+	end_writeback(inode);
 	if (HOSTFS_I(inode)->fd != -1) {
 		close_file(&HOSTFS_I(inode)->fd);
 		HOSTFS_I(inode)->fd = -1;
 	}
-	clear_inode(inode);
 }
 
 static void hostfs_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
-	kfree(HOSTFS_I(inode)->host_filename);
-
-	/*
-	 * XXX: This should not happen, probably. The check is here for
-	 * additional safety.
-	 */
-	if (HOSTFS_I(inode)->fd != -1) {
-		close_file(&HOSTFS_I(inode)->fd);
-		printk(KERN_DEBUG "Closing host fd in .destroy_inode\n");
-	}
-
 	kfree(HOSTFS_I(inode));
 }
 
 static int hostfs_show_options(struct seq_file *seq, struct vfsmount *vfs)
 {
-	struct inode *root = vfs->mnt_sb->s_root->d_inode;
-	const char *root_path = HOSTFS_I(root)->host_filename;
+	const char *root_path = vfs->mnt_sb->s_fs_info;
 	size_t offset = strlen(root_ino) + 1;
 
 	if (strlen(root_path) > offset)
@@ -339,9 +269,8 @@
 
 static const struct super_operations hostfs_sbops = {
 	.alloc_inode	= hostfs_alloc_inode,
-	.drop_inode	= generic_delete_inode,
-	.delete_inode   = hostfs_delete_inode,
 	.destroy_inode	= hostfs_destroy_inode,
+	.evict_inode	= hostfs_evict_inode,
 	.statfs		= hostfs_statfs,
 	.show_options	= hostfs_show_options,
 };
@@ -353,11 +282,11 @@
 	unsigned long long next, ino;
 	int error, len;
 
-	name = dentry_name(file->f_path.dentry, 0);
+	name = dentry_name(file->f_path.dentry);
 	if (name == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	dir = open_dir(name, &error);
-	kfree(name);
+	__putname(name);
 	if (dir == NULL)
 		return -error;
 	next = file->f_pos;
@@ -373,40 +302,59 @@
 
 int hostfs_file_open(struct inode *ino, struct file *file)
 {
+	static DEFINE_MUTEX(open_mutex);
 	char *name;
 	fmode_t mode = 0;
+	int err;
 	int r = 0, w = 0, fd;
 
 	mode = file->f_mode & (FMODE_READ | FMODE_WRITE);
 	if ((mode & HOSTFS_I(ino)->mode) == mode)
 		return 0;
 
-	/*
-	 * The file may already have been opened, but with the wrong access,
-	 * so this resets things and reopens the file with the new access.
-	 */
-	if (HOSTFS_I(ino)->fd != -1) {
-		close_file(&HOSTFS_I(ino)->fd);
-		HOSTFS_I(ino)->fd = -1;
-	}
+	mode |= HOSTFS_I(ino)->mode;
 
-	HOSTFS_I(ino)->mode |= mode;
-	if (HOSTFS_I(ino)->mode & FMODE_READ)
+retry:
+	if (mode & FMODE_READ)
 		r = 1;
-	if (HOSTFS_I(ino)->mode & FMODE_WRITE)
+	if (mode & FMODE_WRITE)
 		w = 1;
 	if (w)
 		r = 1;
 
-	name = dentry_name(file->f_path.dentry, 0);
+	name = dentry_name(file->f_path.dentry);
 	if (name == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	fd = open_file(name, r, w, append);
-	kfree(name);
+	__putname(name);
 	if (fd < 0)
 		return fd;
-	FILE_HOSTFS_I(file)->fd = fd;
+
+	mutex_lock(&open_mutex);
+	/* somebody else had handled it first? */
+	if ((mode & HOSTFS_I(ino)->mode) == mode) {
+		mutex_unlock(&open_mutex);
+		return 0;
+	}
+	if ((mode | HOSTFS_I(ino)->mode) != mode) {
+		mode |= HOSTFS_I(ino)->mode;
+		mutex_unlock(&open_mutex);
+		close_file(&fd);
+		goto retry;
+	}
+	if (HOSTFS_I(ino)->fd == -1) {
+		HOSTFS_I(ino)->fd = fd;
+	} else {
+		err = replace_file(fd, HOSTFS_I(ino)->fd);
+		close_file(&fd);
+		if (err < 0) {
+			mutex_unlock(&open_mutex);
+			return err;
+		}
+	}
+	HOSTFS_I(ino)->mode = mode;
+	mutex_unlock(&open_mutex);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -544,54 +492,50 @@
 	.write_end	= hostfs_write_end,
 };
 
-static int init_inode(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *dentry)
+static int read_name(struct inode *ino, char *name)
 {
-	char *name;
-	int type, err = -ENOMEM;
-	int maj, min;
-	dev_t rdev = 0;
+	dev_t rdev;
+	struct hostfs_stat st;
+	int err = stat_file(name, &st, -1);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
 
-	if (dentry) {
-		name = dentry_name(dentry, 0);
-		if (name == NULL)
-			goto out;
-		type = file_type(name, &maj, &min);
-		/* Reencode maj and min with the kernel encoding.*/
-		rdev = MKDEV(maj, min);
-		kfree(name);
+	/* Reencode maj and min with the kernel encoding.*/
+	rdev = MKDEV(st.maj, st.min);
+
+	switch (st.mode & S_IFMT) {
+	case S_IFLNK:
+		ino->i_op = &hostfs_link_iops;
+		break;
+	case S_IFDIR:
+		ino->i_op = &hostfs_dir_iops;
+		ino->i_fop = &hostfs_dir_fops;
+		break;
+	case S_IFCHR:
+	case S_IFBLK:
+	case S_IFIFO:
+	case S_IFSOCK:
+		init_special_inode(ino, st.mode & S_IFMT, rdev);
+		ino->i_op = &hostfs_iops;
+		break;
+
+	default:
+		ino->i_op = &hostfs_iops;
+		ino->i_fop = &hostfs_file_fops;
+		ino->i_mapping->a_ops = &hostfs_aops;
 	}
-	else type = OS_TYPE_DIR;
 
-	err = 0;
-	if (type == OS_TYPE_SYMLINK)
-		inode->i_op = &page_symlink_inode_operations;
-	else if (type == OS_TYPE_DIR)
-		inode->i_op = &hostfs_dir_iops;
-	else inode->i_op = &hostfs_iops;
-
-	if (type == OS_TYPE_DIR) inode->i_fop = &hostfs_dir_fops;
-	else inode->i_fop = &hostfs_file_fops;
-
-	if (type == OS_TYPE_SYMLINK)
-		inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &hostfs_link_aops;
-	else inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &hostfs_aops;
-
-	switch (type) {
-	case OS_TYPE_CHARDEV:
-		init_special_inode(inode, S_IFCHR, rdev);
-		break;
-	case OS_TYPE_BLOCKDEV:
-		init_special_inode(inode, S_IFBLK, rdev);
-		break;
-	case OS_TYPE_FIFO:
-		init_special_inode(inode, S_IFIFO, 0);
-		break;
-	case OS_TYPE_SOCK:
-		init_special_inode(inode, S_IFSOCK, 0);
-		break;
-	}
- out:
-	return err;
+	ino->i_ino = st.ino;
+	ino->i_mode = st.mode;
+	ino->i_nlink = st.nlink;
+	ino->i_uid = st.uid;
+	ino->i_gid = st.gid;
+	ino->i_atime = st.atime;
+	ino->i_mtime = st.mtime;
+	ino->i_ctime = st.ctime;
+	ino->i_size = st.size;
+	ino->i_blocks = st.blocks;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 int hostfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode,
@@ -607,12 +551,8 @@
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	error = init_inode(inode, dentry);
-	if (error)
-		goto out_put;
-
 	error = -ENOMEM;
-	name = dentry_name(dentry, 0);
+	name = dentry_name(dentry);
 	if (name == NULL)
 		goto out_put;
 
@@ -622,9 +562,10 @@
 			 mode & S_IROTH, mode & S_IWOTH, mode & S_IXOTH);
 	if (fd < 0)
 		error = fd;
-	else error = read_name(inode, name);
+	else
+		error = read_name(inode, name);
 
-	kfree(name);
+	__putname(name);
 	if (error)
 		goto out_put;
 
@@ -652,17 +593,14 @@
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	err = init_inode(inode, dentry);
-	if (err)
-		goto out_put;
-
 	err = -ENOMEM;
-	name = dentry_name(dentry, 0);
+	name = dentry_name(dentry);
 	if (name == NULL)
 		goto out_put;
 
 	err = read_name(inode, name);
-	kfree(name);
+
+	__putname(name);
 	if (err == -ENOENT) {
 		iput(inode);
 		inode = NULL;
@@ -680,36 +618,21 @@
 	return ERR_PTR(err);
 }
 
-static char *inode_dentry_name(struct inode *ino, struct dentry *dentry)
-{
-	char *file;
-	int len;
-
-	file = inode_name(ino, dentry->d_name.len + 1);
-	if (file == NULL)
-		return NULL;
-	strcat(file, "/");
-	len = strlen(file);
-	strncat(file, dentry->d_name.name, dentry->d_name.len);
-	file[len + dentry->d_name.len] = '\0';
-	return file;
-}
-
 int hostfs_link(struct dentry *to, struct inode *ino, struct dentry *from)
 {
 	char *from_name, *to_name;
 	int err;
 
-	if ((from_name = inode_dentry_name(ino, from)) == NULL)
+	if ((from_name = dentry_name(from)) == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	to_name = dentry_name(to, 0);
+	to_name = dentry_name(to);
 	if (to_name == NULL) {
-		kfree(from_name);
+		__putname(from_name);
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 	err = link_file(to_name, from_name);
-	kfree(from_name);
-	kfree(to_name);
+	__putname(from_name);
+	__putname(to_name);
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -718,13 +641,14 @@
 	char *file;
 	int err;
 
-	if ((file = inode_dentry_name(ino, dentry)) == NULL)
-		return -ENOMEM;
 	if (append)
 		return -EPERM;
 
+	if ((file = dentry_name(dentry)) == NULL)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	err = unlink_file(file);
-	kfree(file);
+	__putname(file);
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -733,10 +657,10 @@
 	char *file;
 	int err;
 
-	if ((file = inode_dentry_name(ino, dentry)) == NULL)
+	if ((file = dentry_name(dentry)) == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	err = make_symlink(file, to);
-	kfree(file);
+	__putname(file);
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -745,10 +669,10 @@
 	char *file;
 	int err;
 
-	if ((file = inode_dentry_name(ino, dentry)) == NULL)
+	if ((file = dentry_name(dentry)) == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	err = do_mkdir(file, mode);
-	kfree(file);
+	__putname(file);
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -757,10 +681,10 @@
 	char *file;
 	int err;
 
-	if ((file = inode_dentry_name(ino, dentry)) == NULL)
+	if ((file = dentry_name(dentry)) == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	err = do_rmdir(file);
-	kfree(file);
+	__putname(file);
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -776,22 +700,20 @@
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	err = init_inode(inode, dentry);
-	if (err)
-		goto out_put;
-
 	err = -ENOMEM;
-	name = dentry_name(dentry, 0);
+	name = dentry_name(dentry);
 	if (name == NULL)
 		goto out_put;
 
 	init_special_inode(inode, mode, dev);
 	err = do_mknod(name, mode, MAJOR(dev), MINOR(dev));
-	if (err)
+	if (!err)
 		goto out_free;
 
 	err = read_name(inode, name);
-	kfree(name);
+	__putname(name);
+	if (err)
+		goto out_put;
 	if (err)
 		goto out_put;
 
@@ -799,7 +721,7 @@
 	return 0;
 
  out_free:
-	kfree(name);
+	__putname(name);
  out_put:
 	iput(inode);
  out:
@@ -812,15 +734,15 @@
 	char *from_name, *to_name;
 	int err;
 
-	if ((from_name = inode_dentry_name(from_ino, from)) == NULL)
+	if ((from_name = dentry_name(from)) == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	if ((to_name = inode_dentry_name(to_ino, to)) == NULL) {
-		kfree(from_name);
+	if ((to_name = dentry_name(to)) == NULL) {
+		__putname(from_name);
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 	err = rename_file(from_name, to_name);
-	kfree(from_name);
-	kfree(to_name);
+	__putname(from_name);
+	__putname(to_name);
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -832,7 +754,7 @@
 	if (desired & MAY_READ) r = 1;
 	if (desired & MAY_WRITE) w = 1;
 	if (desired & MAY_EXEC) x = 1;
-	name = inode_name(ino, 0);
+	name = inode_name(ino);
 	if (name == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -841,7 +763,7 @@
 		err = 0;
 	else
 		err = access_file(name, r, w, x);
-	kfree(name);
+	__putname(name);
 	if (!err)
 		err = generic_permission(ino, desired, NULL);
 	return err;
@@ -849,13 +771,14 @@
 
 int hostfs_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr)
 {
+	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
 	struct hostfs_iattr attrs;
 	char *name;
 	int err;
 
-	int fd = HOSTFS_I(dentry->d_inode)->fd;
+	int fd = HOSTFS_I(inode)->fd;
 
-	err = inode_change_ok(dentry->d_inode, attr);
+	err = inode_change_ok(inode, attr);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
@@ -897,15 +820,26 @@
 	if (attr->ia_valid & ATTR_MTIME_SET) {
 		attrs.ia_valid |= HOSTFS_ATTR_MTIME_SET;
 	}
-	name = dentry_name(dentry, 0);
+	name = dentry_name(dentry);
 	if (name == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	err = set_attr(name, &attrs, fd);
-	kfree(name);
+	__putname(name);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	return inode_setattr(dentry->d_inode, attr);
+	if ((attr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) &&
+	    attr->ia_size != i_size_read(inode)) {
+		int error;
+
+		error = vmtruncate(inode, attr->ia_size);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+	}
+
+	setattr_copy(inode, attr);
+	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static const struct inode_operations hostfs_iops = {
@@ -935,32 +869,41 @@
 	.setattr	= hostfs_setattr,
 };
 
-int hostfs_link_readpage(struct file *file, struct page *page)
+static void *hostfs_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
-	char *buffer, *name;
-	int err;
-
-	buffer = kmap(page);
-	name = inode_name(page->mapping->host, 0);
-	if (name == NULL)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-	err = hostfs_do_readlink(name, buffer, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE);
-	kfree(name);
-	if (err == PAGE_CACHE_SIZE)
-		err = -E2BIG;
-	else if (err > 0) {
-		flush_dcache_page(page);
-		SetPageUptodate(page);
-		if (PageError(page)) ClearPageError(page);
-		err = 0;
+	char *link = __getname();
+	if (link) {
+		char *path = dentry_name(dentry);
+		int err = -ENOMEM;
+		if (path) {
+			int err = hostfs_do_readlink(path, link, PATH_MAX);
+			if (err == PATH_MAX)
+				err = -E2BIG;
+			__putname(path);
+		}
+		if (err < 0) {
+			__putname(link);
+			link = ERR_PTR(err);
+		}
+	} else {
+		link = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	}
-	kunmap(page);
-	unlock_page(page);
-	return err;
+
+	nd_set_link(nd, link);
+	return NULL;
 }
 
-static const struct address_space_operations hostfs_link_aops = {
-	.readpage	= hostfs_link_readpage,
+static void hostfs_put_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd, void *cookie)
+{
+	char *s = nd_get_link(nd);
+	if (!IS_ERR(s))
+		__putname(s);
+}
+
+static const struct inode_operations hostfs_link_iops = {
+	.readlink	= generic_readlink,
+	.follow_link	= hostfs_follow_link,
+	.put_link	= hostfs_put_link,
 };
 
 static int hostfs_fill_sb_common(struct super_block *sb, void *d, int silent)
@@ -980,49 +923,41 @@
 		req_root = "";
 
 	err = -ENOMEM;
-	host_root_path = kmalloc(strlen(root_ino) + 1
-				 + strlen(req_root) + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
+	sb->s_fs_info = host_root_path =
+		kmalloc(strlen(root_ino) + strlen(req_root) + 2, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (host_root_path == NULL)
 		goto out;
 
 	sprintf(host_root_path, "%s/%s", root_ino, req_root);
 
-	root_inode = hostfs_iget(sb);
-	if (IS_ERR(root_inode)) {
-		err = PTR_ERR(root_inode);
-		goto out_free;
-	}
+	root_inode = new_inode(sb);
+	if (!root_inode)
+		goto out;
 
-	err = init_inode(root_inode, NULL);
+	err = read_name(root_inode, host_root_path);
 	if (err)
 		goto out_put;
 
-	HOSTFS_I(root_inode)->host_filename = host_root_path;
-	/*
-	 * Avoid that in the error path, iput(root_inode) frees again
-	 * host_root_path through hostfs_destroy_inode!
-	 */
-	host_root_path = NULL;
+	if (S_ISLNK(root_inode->i_mode)) {
+		char *name = follow_link(host_root_path);
+		if (IS_ERR(name))
+			err = PTR_ERR(name);
+		else
+			err = read_name(root_inode, name);
+		kfree(name);
+		if (err)
+			goto out_put;
+	}
 
 	err = -ENOMEM;
 	sb->s_root = d_alloc_root(root_inode);
 	if (sb->s_root == NULL)
 		goto out_put;
 
-	err = hostfs_read_inode(root_inode);
-	if (err) {
-		/* No iput in this case because the dput does that for us */
-		dput(sb->s_root);
-		sb->s_root = NULL;
-		goto out;
-	}
-
 	return 0;
 
 out_put:
 	iput(root_inode);
-out_free:
-	kfree(host_root_path);
 out:
 	return err;
 }
@@ -1034,11 +969,17 @@
 	return get_sb_nodev(type, flags, data, hostfs_fill_sb_common, mnt);
 }
 
+static void hostfs_kill_sb(struct super_block *s)
+{
+	kill_anon_super(s);
+	kfree(s->s_fs_info);
+}
+
 static struct file_system_type hostfs_type = {
 	.owner 		= THIS_MODULE,
 	.name 		= "hostfs",
 	.get_sb 	= hostfs_read_sb,
-	.kill_sb	= kill_anon_super,
+	.kill_sb	= hostfs_kill_sb,
 	.fs_flags 	= 0,
 };
 
diff --git a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_user.c b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_user.c
index b79424f..6777aa0 100644
--- a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_user.c
+++ b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_user.c
@@ -19,11 +19,27 @@
 #include "user.h"
 #include <utime.h>
 
-int stat_file(const char *path, unsigned long long *inode_out, int *mode_out,
-	      int *nlink_out, int *uid_out, int *gid_out,
-	      unsigned long long *size_out, struct timespec *atime_out,
-	      struct timespec *mtime_out, struct timespec *ctime_out,
-	      int *blksize_out, unsigned long long *blocks_out, int fd)
+static void stat64_to_hostfs(const struct stat64 *buf, struct hostfs_stat *p)
+{
+	p->ino = buf->st_ino;
+	p->mode = buf->st_mode;
+	p->nlink = buf->st_nlink;
+	p->uid = buf->st_uid;
+	p->gid = buf->st_gid;
+	p->size = buf->st_size;
+	p->atime.tv_sec = buf->st_atime;
+	p->atime.tv_nsec = 0;
+	p->ctime.tv_sec = buf->st_ctime;
+	p->ctime.tv_nsec = 0;
+	p->mtime.tv_sec = buf->st_mtime;
+	p->mtime.tv_nsec = 0;
+	p->blksize = buf->st_blksize;
+	p->blocks = buf->st_blocks;
+	p->maj = os_major(buf->st_rdev);
+	p->min = os_minor(buf->st_rdev);
+}
+
+int stat_file(const char *path, struct hostfs_stat *p, int fd)
 {
 	struct stat64 buf;
 
@@ -33,68 +49,10 @@
 	} else if (lstat64(path, &buf) < 0) {
 		return -errno;
 	}
-
-	if (inode_out != NULL)
-		*inode_out = buf.st_ino;
-	if (mode_out != NULL)
-		*mode_out = buf.st_mode;
-	if (nlink_out != NULL)
-		*nlink_out = buf.st_nlink;
-	if (uid_out != NULL)
-		*uid_out = buf.st_uid;
-	if (gid_out != NULL)
-		*gid_out = buf.st_gid;
-	if (size_out != NULL)
-		*size_out = buf.st_size;
-	if (atime_out != NULL) {
-		atime_out->tv_sec = buf.st_atime;
-		atime_out->tv_nsec = 0;
-	}
-	if (mtime_out != NULL) {
-		mtime_out->tv_sec = buf.st_mtime;
-		mtime_out->tv_nsec = 0;
-	}
-	if (ctime_out != NULL) {
-		ctime_out->tv_sec = buf.st_ctime;
-		ctime_out->tv_nsec = 0;
-	}
-	if (blksize_out != NULL)
-		*blksize_out = buf.st_blksize;
-	if (blocks_out != NULL)
-		*blocks_out = buf.st_blocks;
+	stat64_to_hostfs(&buf, p);
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int file_type(const char *path, int *maj, int *min)
-{
- 	struct stat64 buf;
-
-	if (lstat64(path, &buf) < 0)
-		return -errno;
-	/*
-	 * We cannot pass rdev as is because glibc and the kernel disagree
-	 * about its definition.
-	 */
-	if (maj != NULL)
-		*maj = major(buf.st_rdev);
-	if (min != NULL)
-		*min = minor(buf.st_rdev);
-
-	if (S_ISDIR(buf.st_mode))
-		return OS_TYPE_DIR;
-	else if (S_ISLNK(buf.st_mode))
-		return OS_TYPE_SYMLINK;
-	else if (S_ISCHR(buf.st_mode))
-		return OS_TYPE_CHARDEV;
-	else if (S_ISBLK(buf.st_mode))
-		return OS_TYPE_BLOCKDEV;
-	else if (S_ISFIFO(buf.st_mode))
-		return OS_TYPE_FIFO;
-	else if (S_ISSOCK(buf.st_mode))
-		return OS_TYPE_SOCK;
-	else return OS_TYPE_FILE;
-}
-
 int access_file(char *path, int r, int w, int x)
 {
 	int mode = 0;
@@ -202,6 +160,11 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int replace_file(int oldfd, int fd)
+{
+	return dup2(oldfd, fd);
+}
+
 void close_file(void *stream)
 {
 	close(*((int *) stream));
@@ -235,8 +198,8 @@
 
 int set_attr(const char *file, struct hostfs_iattr *attrs, int fd)
 {
+	struct hostfs_stat st;
 	struct timeval times[2];
-	struct timespec atime_ts, mtime_ts;
 	int err, ma;
 
 	if (attrs->ia_valid & HOSTFS_ATTR_MODE) {
@@ -279,15 +242,14 @@
 	 */
 	ma = (HOSTFS_ATTR_ATIME_SET | HOSTFS_ATTR_MTIME_SET);
 	if (attrs->ia_valid & ma) {
-		err = stat_file(file, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL,
-				&atime_ts, &mtime_ts, NULL, NULL, NULL, fd);
+		err = stat_file(file, &st, fd);
 		if (err != 0)
 			return err;
 
-		times[0].tv_sec = atime_ts.tv_sec;
-		times[0].tv_usec = atime_ts.tv_nsec / 1000;
-		times[1].tv_sec = mtime_ts.tv_sec;
-		times[1].tv_usec = mtime_ts.tv_nsec / 1000;
+		times[0].tv_sec = st.atime.tv_sec;
+		times[0].tv_usec = st.atime.tv_nsec / 1000;
+		times[1].tv_sec = st.mtime.tv_sec;
+		times[1].tv_usec = st.mtime.tv_nsec / 1000;
 
 		if (attrs->ia_valid & HOSTFS_ATTR_ATIME_SET) {
 			times[0].tv_sec = attrs->ia_atime.tv_sec;
@@ -308,9 +270,9 @@
 
 	/* Note: ctime is not handled */
 	if (attrs->ia_valid & (HOSTFS_ATTR_ATIME | HOSTFS_ATTR_MTIME)) {
-		err = stat_file(file, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL,
-				&attrs->ia_atime, &attrs->ia_mtime, NULL,
-				NULL, NULL, fd);
+		err = stat_file(file, &st, fd);
+		attrs->ia_atime = st.atime;
+		attrs->ia_mtime = st.mtime;
 		if (err != 0)
 			return err;
 	}
@@ -361,7 +323,7 @@
 {
 	int err;
 
-	err = mknod(file, mode, makedev(major, minor));
+	err = mknod(file, mode, os_makedev(major, minor));
 	if (err)
 		return -errno;
 	return 0;
diff --git a/fs/hpfs/file.c b/fs/hpfs/file.c
index a9ae9bf..c034088 100644
--- a/fs/hpfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/hpfs/file.c
@@ -97,10 +97,19 @@
 			loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned flags,
 			struct page **pagep, void **fsdata)
 {
+	int ret;
+
 	*pagep = NULL;
-	return cont_write_begin(file, mapping, pos, len, flags, pagep, fsdata,
+	ret = cont_write_begin(file, mapping, pos, len, flags, pagep, fsdata,
 				hpfs_get_block,
 				&hpfs_i(mapping->host)->mmu_private);
+	if (unlikely(ret)) {
+		loff_t isize = mapping->host->i_size;
+		if (pos + len > isize)
+			vmtruncate(mapping->host, isize);
+	}
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static sector_t _hpfs_bmap(struct address_space *mapping, sector_t block)
diff --git a/fs/hpfs/hpfs_fn.h b/fs/hpfs/hpfs_fn.h
index 75f9d43..b59eac0 100644
--- a/fs/hpfs/hpfs_fn.h
+++ b/fs/hpfs/hpfs_fn.h
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@
 void hpfs_write_inode_nolock(struct inode *);
 int hpfs_setattr(struct dentry *, struct iattr *);
 void hpfs_write_if_changed(struct inode *);
-void hpfs_delete_inode(struct inode *);
+void hpfs_evict_inode(struct inode *);
 
 /* map.c */
 
diff --git a/fs/hpfs/inode.c b/fs/hpfs/inode.c
index 1042a9b..56f0da1 100644
--- a/fs/hpfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hpfs/inode.c
@@ -277,9 +277,15 @@
 	if (error)
 		goto out_unlock;
 
-	error = inode_setattr(inode, attr);
-	if (error)
-		goto out_unlock;
+	if ((attr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) &&
+	    attr->ia_size != i_size_read(inode)) {
+		error = vmtruncate(inode, attr->ia_size);
+		if (error)
+			return error;
+	}
+
+	setattr_copy(inode, attr);
+	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 
 	hpfs_write_inode(inode);
 
@@ -296,11 +302,13 @@
 		hpfs_write_inode(inode);
 }
 
-void hpfs_delete_inode(struct inode *inode)
+void hpfs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
-	lock_kernel();
-	hpfs_remove_fnode(inode->i_sb, inode->i_ino);
-	unlock_kernel();
-	clear_inode(inode);
+	end_writeback(inode);
+	if (!inode->i_nlink) {
+		lock_kernel();
+		hpfs_remove_fnode(inode->i_sb, inode->i_ino);
+		unlock_kernel();
+	}
 }
diff --git a/fs/hpfs/super.c b/fs/hpfs/super.c
index aa53842..2607010 100644
--- a/fs/hpfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/hpfs/super.c
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@
 {
 	.alloc_inode	= hpfs_alloc_inode,
 	.destroy_inode	= hpfs_destroy_inode,
-	.delete_inode	= hpfs_delete_inode,
+	.evict_inode	= hpfs_evict_inode,
 	.put_super	= hpfs_put_super,
 	.statfs		= hpfs_statfs,
 	.remount_fs	= hpfs_remount_fs,
diff --git a/fs/hppfs/hppfs.c b/fs/hppfs/hppfs.c
index 826c3f9..7b02772 100644
--- a/fs/hppfs/hppfs.c
+++ b/fs/hppfs/hppfs.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/statfs.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/pid_namespace.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include "os.h"
 
@@ -623,12 +624,11 @@
 	return &hi->vfs_inode;
 }
 
-void hppfs_delete_inode(struct inode *ino)
+void hppfs_evict_inode(struct inode *ino)
 {
+	end_writeback(ino);
 	dput(HPPFS_I(ino)->proc_dentry);
 	mntput(ino->i_sb->s_fs_info);
-
-	clear_inode(ino);
 }
 
 static void hppfs_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@
 static const struct super_operations hppfs_sbops = {
 	.alloc_inode	= hppfs_alloc_inode,
 	.destroy_inode	= hppfs_destroy_inode,
-	.delete_inode	= hppfs_delete_inode,
+	.evict_inode	= hppfs_evict_inode,
 	.statfs		= hppfs_statfs,
 };
 
diff --git a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
index a4e9a7e..6e5bd42 100644
--- a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
@@ -371,27 +371,10 @@
 	hugetlb_unreserve_pages(inode, start, freed);
 }
 
-static void hugetlbfs_delete_inode(struct inode *inode)
+static void hugetlbfs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	truncate_hugepages(inode, 0);
-	clear_inode(inode);
-}
-
-static void hugetlbfs_forget_inode(struct inode *inode) __releases(inode_lock)
-{
-	if (generic_detach_inode(inode)) {
-		truncate_hugepages(inode, 0);
-		clear_inode(inode);
-		destroy_inode(inode);
-	}
-}
-
-static void hugetlbfs_drop_inode(struct inode *inode)
-{
-	if (!inode->i_nlink)
-		generic_delete_inode(inode);
-	else
-		hugetlbfs_forget_inode(inode);
+	end_writeback(inode);
 }
 
 static inline void
@@ -448,19 +431,20 @@
 
 	error = inode_change_ok(inode, attr);
 	if (error)
-		goto out;
+		return error;
 
 	if (ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) {
 		error = -EINVAL;
-		if (!(attr->ia_size & ~huge_page_mask(h)))
-			error = hugetlb_vmtruncate(inode, attr->ia_size);
+		if (attr->ia_size & ~huge_page_mask(h))
+			return -EINVAL;
+		error = hugetlb_vmtruncate(inode, attr->ia_size);
 		if (error)
-			goto out;
-		attr->ia_valid &= ~ATTR_SIZE;
+			return error;
 	}
-	error = inode_setattr(inode, attr);
-out:
-	return error;
+
+	setattr_copy(inode, attr);
+	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static struct inode *hugetlbfs_get_inode(struct super_block *sb, uid_t uid, 
@@ -712,9 +696,8 @@
 static const struct super_operations hugetlbfs_ops = {
 	.alloc_inode    = hugetlbfs_alloc_inode,
 	.destroy_inode  = hugetlbfs_destroy_inode,
+	.evict_inode	= hugetlbfs_evict_inode,
 	.statfs		= hugetlbfs_statfs,
-	.delete_inode	= hugetlbfs_delete_inode,
-	.drop_inode	= hugetlbfs_drop_inode,
 	.put_super	= hugetlbfs_put_super,
 	.show_options	= generic_show_options,
 };
diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index 722860b..2575244 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -294,32 +294,34 @@
 	inodes_stat.nr_unused--;
 }
 
-/**
- * clear_inode - clear an inode
- * @inode: inode to clear
- *
- * This is called by the filesystem to tell us
- * that the inode is no longer useful. We just
- * terminate it with extreme prejudice.
- */
-void clear_inode(struct inode *inode)
+void end_writeback(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	might_sleep();
-	invalidate_inode_buffers(inode);
-
 	BUG_ON(inode->i_data.nrpages);
+	BUG_ON(!list_empty(&inode->i_data.private_list));
 	BUG_ON(!(inode->i_state & I_FREEING));
 	BUG_ON(inode->i_state & I_CLEAR);
 	inode_sync_wait(inode);
-	if (inode->i_sb->s_op->clear_inode)
-		inode->i_sb->s_op->clear_inode(inode);
+	inode->i_state = I_FREEING | I_CLEAR;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(end_writeback);
+
+static void evict(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	const struct super_operations *op = inode->i_sb->s_op;
+
+	if (op->evict_inode) {
+		op->evict_inode(inode);
+	} else {
+		if (inode->i_data.nrpages)
+			truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
+		end_writeback(inode);
+	}
 	if (S_ISBLK(inode->i_mode) && inode->i_bdev)
 		bd_forget(inode);
 	if (S_ISCHR(inode->i_mode) && inode->i_cdev)
 		cd_forget(inode);
-	inode->i_state = I_CLEAR;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(clear_inode);
 
 /*
  * dispose_list - dispose of the contents of a local list
@@ -338,9 +340,7 @@
 		inode = list_first_entry(head, struct inode, i_list);
 		list_del(&inode->i_list);
 
-		if (inode->i_data.nrpages)
-			truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
-		clear_inode(inode);
+		evict(inode);
 
 		spin_lock(&inode_lock);
 		hlist_del_init(&inode->i_hash);
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@
 			continue;
 		if (!test(inode, data))
 			continue;
-		if (inode->i_state & (I_FREEING|I_CLEAR|I_WILL_FREE)) {
+		if (inode->i_state & (I_FREEING|I_WILL_FREE)) {
 			__wait_on_freeing_inode(inode);
 			goto repeat;
 		}
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@
 			continue;
 		if (inode->i_sb != sb)
 			continue;
-		if (inode->i_state & (I_FREEING|I_CLEAR|I_WILL_FREE)) {
+		if (inode->i_state & (I_FREEING|I_WILL_FREE)) {
 			__wait_on_freeing_inode(inode);
 			goto repeat;
 		}
@@ -840,7 +840,7 @@
 struct inode *igrab(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	spin_lock(&inode_lock);
-	if (!(inode->i_state & (I_FREEING|I_CLEAR|I_WILL_FREE)))
+	if (!(inode->i_state & (I_FREEING|I_WILL_FREE)))
 		__iget(inode);
 	else
 		/*
@@ -1089,7 +1089,7 @@
 				continue;
 			if (old->i_sb != sb)
 				continue;
-			if (old->i_state & (I_FREEING|I_CLEAR|I_WILL_FREE))
+			if (old->i_state & (I_FREEING|I_WILL_FREE))
 				continue;
 			break;
 		}
@@ -1128,7 +1128,7 @@
 				continue;
 			if (!test(old, data))
 				continue;
-			if (old->i_state & (I_FREEING|I_CLEAR|I_WILL_FREE))
+			if (old->i_state & (I_FREEING|I_WILL_FREE))
 				continue;
 			break;
 		}
@@ -1180,69 +1180,51 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(remove_inode_hash);
 
-/*
- * Tell the filesystem that this inode is no longer of any interest and should
- * be completely destroyed.
- *
- * We leave the inode in the inode hash table until *after* the filesystem's
- * ->delete_inode completes.  This ensures that an iget (such as nfsd might
- * instigate) will always find up-to-date information either in the hash or on
- * disk.
- *
- * I_FREEING is set so that no-one will take a new reference to the inode while
- * it is being deleted.
- */
-void generic_delete_inode(struct inode *inode)
+int generic_delete_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
-	const struct super_operations *op = inode->i_sb->s_op;
-
-	list_del_init(&inode->i_list);
-	list_del_init(&inode->i_sb_list);
-	WARN_ON(inode->i_state & I_NEW);
-	inode->i_state |= I_FREEING;
-	inodes_stat.nr_inodes--;
-	spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
-
-	if (op->delete_inode) {
-		void (*delete)(struct inode *) = op->delete_inode;
-		/* Filesystems implementing their own
-		 * s_op->delete_inode are required to call
-		 * truncate_inode_pages and clear_inode()
-		 * internally */
-		delete(inode);
-	} else {
-		truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
-		clear_inode(inode);
-	}
-	spin_lock(&inode_lock);
-	hlist_del_init(&inode->i_hash);
-	spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
-	wake_up_inode(inode);
-	BUG_ON(inode->i_state != I_CLEAR);
-	destroy_inode(inode);
+	return 1;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_delete_inode);
 
-/**
- *	generic_detach_inode - remove inode from inode lists
- *	@inode: inode to remove
- *
- *	Remove inode from inode lists, write it if it's dirty. This is just an
- *	internal VFS helper exported for hugetlbfs. Do not use!
- *
- *	Returns 1 if inode should be completely destroyed.
+/*
+ * Normal UNIX filesystem behaviour: delete the
+ * inode when the usage count drops to zero, and
+ * i_nlink is zero.
  */
-int generic_detach_inode(struct inode *inode)
+int generic_drop_inode(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	return !inode->i_nlink || hlist_unhashed(&inode->i_hash);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(generic_drop_inode);
+
+/*
+ * Called when we're dropping the last reference
+ * to an inode.
+ *
+ * Call the FS "drop_inode()" function, defaulting to
+ * the legacy UNIX filesystem behaviour.  If it tells
+ * us to evict inode, do so.  Otherwise, retain inode
+ * in cache if fs is alive, sync and evict if fs is
+ * shutting down.
+ */
+static void iput_final(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
+	const struct super_operations *op = inode->i_sb->s_op;
+	int drop;
 
-	if (!hlist_unhashed(&inode->i_hash)) {
+	if (op && op->drop_inode)
+		drop = op->drop_inode(inode);
+	else
+		drop = generic_drop_inode(inode);
+
+	if (!drop) {
 		if (!(inode->i_state & (I_DIRTY|I_SYNC)))
 			list_move(&inode->i_list, &inode_unused);
 		inodes_stat.nr_unused++;
 		if (sb->s_flags & MS_ACTIVE) {
 			spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
-			return 0;
+			return;
 		}
 		WARN_ON(inode->i_state & I_NEW);
 		inode->i_state |= I_WILL_FREE;
@@ -1260,56 +1242,15 @@
 	inode->i_state |= I_FREEING;
 	inodes_stat.nr_inodes--;
 	spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
-	return 1;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(generic_detach_inode);
-
-static void generic_forget_inode(struct inode *inode)
-{
-	if (!generic_detach_inode(inode))
-		return;
-	if (inode->i_data.nrpages)
-		truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
-	clear_inode(inode);
+	evict(inode);
+	spin_lock(&inode_lock);
+	hlist_del_init(&inode->i_hash);
+	spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
 	wake_up_inode(inode);
+	BUG_ON(inode->i_state != (I_FREEING | I_CLEAR));
 	destroy_inode(inode);
 }
 
-/*
- * Normal UNIX filesystem behaviour: delete the
- * inode when the usage count drops to zero, and
- * i_nlink is zero.
- */
-void generic_drop_inode(struct inode *inode)
-{
-	if (!inode->i_nlink)
-		generic_delete_inode(inode);
-	else
-		generic_forget_inode(inode);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(generic_drop_inode);
-
-/*
- * Called when we're dropping the last reference
- * to an inode.
- *
- * Call the FS "drop()" function, defaulting to
- * the legacy UNIX filesystem behaviour..
- *
- * NOTE! NOTE! NOTE! We're called with the inode lock
- * held, and the drop function is supposed to release
- * the lock!
- */
-static inline void iput_final(struct inode *inode)
-{
-	const struct super_operations *op = inode->i_sb->s_op;
-	void (*drop)(struct inode *) = generic_drop_inode;
-
-	if (op && op->drop_inode)
-		drop = op->drop_inode;
-	drop(inode);
-}
-
 /**
  *	iput	- put an inode
  *	@inode: inode to put
@@ -1322,7 +1263,7 @@
 void iput(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	if (inode) {
-		BUG_ON(inode->i_state == I_CLEAR);
+		BUG_ON(inode->i_state & I_CLEAR);
 
 		if (atomic_dec_and_lock(&inode->i_count, &inode_lock))
 			iput_final(inode);
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/dir.c b/fs/jffs2/dir.c
index 166062a..5fd3b5c 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/dir.c
@@ -232,9 +232,7 @@
 	return 0;
 
  fail:
-	make_bad_inode(inode);
-	unlock_new_inode(inode);
-	iput(inode);
+	iget_failed(inode);
 	jffs2_free_raw_inode(ri);
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -454,9 +452,7 @@
 	return 0;
 
  fail:
-	make_bad_inode(inode);
-	unlock_new_inode(inode);
-	iput(inode);
+	iget_failed(inode);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -601,9 +597,7 @@
 	return 0;
 
  fail:
-	make_bad_inode(inode);
-	unlock_new_inode(inode);
-	iput(inode);
+	iget_failed(inode);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -778,9 +772,7 @@
 	return 0;
 
  fail:
-	make_bad_inode(inode);
-	unlock_new_inode(inode);
-	iput(inode);
+	iget_failed(inode);
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/fs.c b/fs/jffs2/fs.c
index 459d39d..ac0638f 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/fs.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/fs.c
@@ -169,13 +169,13 @@
 	mutex_unlock(&f->sem);
 	jffs2_complete_reservation(c);
 
-	/* We have to do the simple_setsize() without f->sem held, since
+	/* We have to do the truncate_setsize() without f->sem held, since
 	   some pages may be locked and waiting for it in readpage().
 	   We are protected from a simultaneous write() extending i_size
 	   back past iattr->ia_size, because do_truncate() holds the
 	   generic inode semaphore. */
 	if (ivalid & ATTR_SIZE && inode->i_size > iattr->ia_size) {
-		simple_setsize(inode, iattr->ia_size);
+		truncate_setsize(inode, iattr->ia_size);
 		inode->i_blocks = (inode->i_size + 511) >> 9;
 	}	
 
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@
 }
 
 
-void jffs2_clear_inode (struct inode *inode)
+void jffs2_evict_inode (struct inode *inode)
 {
 	/* We can forget about this inode for now - drop all
 	 *  the nodelists associated with it, etc.
@@ -233,7 +233,9 @@
 	struct jffs2_sb_info *c = JFFS2_SB_INFO(inode->i_sb);
 	struct jffs2_inode_info *f = JFFS2_INODE_INFO(inode);
 
-	D1(printk(KERN_DEBUG "jffs2_clear_inode(): ino #%lu mode %o\n", inode->i_ino, inode->i_mode));
+	D1(printk(KERN_DEBUG "jffs2_evict_inode(): ino #%lu mode %o\n", inode->i_ino, inode->i_mode));
+	truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
+	end_writeback(inode);
 	jffs2_do_clear_inode(c, f);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/os-linux.h b/fs/jffs2/os-linux.h
index 4791aac..00bae7c 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/os-linux.h
+++ b/fs/jffs2/os-linux.h
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
 int jffs2_setattr (struct dentry *, struct iattr *);
 int jffs2_do_setattr (struct inode *, struct iattr *);
 struct inode *jffs2_iget(struct super_block *, unsigned long);
-void jffs2_clear_inode (struct inode *);
+void jffs2_evict_inode (struct inode *);
 void jffs2_dirty_inode(struct inode *inode);
 struct inode *jffs2_new_inode (struct inode *dir_i, int mode,
 			       struct jffs2_raw_inode *ri);
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/super.c b/fs/jffs2/super.c
index 511e2d6..662bba0 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/super.c
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
 	.write_super =	jffs2_write_super,
 	.statfs =	jffs2_statfs,
 	.remount_fs =	jffs2_remount_fs,
-	.clear_inode =	jffs2_clear_inode,
+	.evict_inode =	jffs2_evict_inode,
 	.dirty_inode =	jffs2_dirty_inode,
 	.sync_fs =	jffs2_sync_fs,
 };
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/xattr.c b/fs/jffs2/xattr.c
index d258e26..9b572ca 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/xattr.c
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@
 
 void jffs2_xattr_delete_inode(struct jffs2_sb_info *c, struct jffs2_inode_cache *ic)
 {
-	/* It's called from jffs2_clear_inode() on inode removing.
+	/* It's called from jffs2_evict_inode() on inode removing.
 	   When an inode with XATTR is removed, those XATTRs must be removed. */
 	struct jffs2_xattr_ref *ref, *_ref;
 
diff --git a/fs/jfs/file.c b/fs/jfs/file.c
index 127263c..c5ce6c1 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/file.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
  *   Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
  */
 
+#include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/quotaops.h>
 #include "jfs_incore.h"
@@ -107,11 +108,18 @@
 			return rc;
 	}
 
-	rc = inode_setattr(inode, iattr);
+	if ((iattr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) &&
+	    iattr->ia_size != i_size_read(inode)) {
+		rc = vmtruncate(inode, iattr->ia_size);
+		if (rc)
+			return rc;
+	}
 
-	if (!rc && (iattr->ia_valid & ATTR_MODE))
+	setattr_copy(inode, iattr);
+	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+
+	if (iattr->ia_valid & ATTR_MODE)
 		rc = jfs_acl_chmod(inode);
-
 	return rc;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/jfs/inode.c b/fs/jfs/inode.c
index ed9ba6f..9978803 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/inode.c
@@ -145,31 +145,32 @@
 		return 0;
 }
 
-void jfs_delete_inode(struct inode *inode)
+void jfs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
-	jfs_info("In jfs_delete_inode, inode = 0x%p", inode);
+	jfs_info("In jfs_evict_inode, inode = 0x%p", inode);
 
-	if (!is_bad_inode(inode))
+	if (!inode->i_nlink && !is_bad_inode(inode)) {
 		dquot_initialize(inode);
 
-	if (!is_bad_inode(inode) &&
-	    (JFS_IP(inode)->fileset == FILESYSTEM_I)) {
+		if (JFS_IP(inode)->fileset == FILESYSTEM_I) {
+			truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
+
+			if (test_cflag(COMMIT_Freewmap, inode))
+				jfs_free_zero_link(inode);
+
+			diFree(inode);
+
+			/*
+			 * Free the inode from the quota allocation.
+			 */
+			dquot_initialize(inode);
+			dquot_free_inode(inode);
+		}
+	} else {
 		truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
-
-		if (test_cflag(COMMIT_Freewmap, inode))
-			jfs_free_zero_link(inode);
-
-		diFree(inode);
-
-		/*
-		 * Free the inode from the quota allocation.
-		 */
-		dquot_initialize(inode);
-		dquot_free_inode(inode);
-		dquot_drop(inode);
 	}
-
-	clear_inode(inode);
+	end_writeback(inode);
+	dquot_drop(inode);
 }
 
 void jfs_dirty_inode(struct inode *inode)
@@ -303,8 +304,17 @@
 				loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned flags,
 				struct page **pagep, void **fsdata)
 {
-	return nobh_write_begin(file, mapping, pos, len, flags, pagep, fsdata,
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = nobh_write_begin(mapping, pos, len, flags, pagep, fsdata,
 				jfs_get_block);
+	if (unlikely(ret)) {
+		loff_t isize = mapping->host->i_size;
+		if (pos + len > isize)
+			vmtruncate(mapping->host, isize);
+	}
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static sector_t jfs_bmap(struct address_space *mapping, sector_t block)
@@ -317,9 +327,24 @@
 {
 	struct file *file = iocb->ki_filp;
 	struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host;
+	ssize_t ret;
 
-	return blockdev_direct_IO(rw, iocb, inode, inode->i_sb->s_bdev, iov,
+	ret = blockdev_direct_IO(rw, iocb, inode, inode->i_sb->s_bdev, iov,
 				offset, nr_segs, jfs_get_block, NULL);
+
+	/*
+	 * In case of error extending write may have instantiated a few
+	 * blocks outside i_size. Trim these off again.
+	 */
+	if (unlikely((rw & WRITE) && ret < 0)) {
+		loff_t isize = i_size_read(inode);
+		loff_t end = offset + iov_length(iov, nr_segs);
+
+		if (end > isize)
+			vmtruncate(inode, isize);
+	}
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 const struct address_space_operations jfs_aops = {
diff --git a/fs/jfs/jfs_inode.h b/fs/jfs/jfs_inode.h
index 11042b1..155e91e 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/jfs_inode.h
+++ b/fs/jfs/jfs_inode.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 extern struct inode *jfs_iget(struct super_block *, unsigned long);
 extern int jfs_commit_inode(struct inode *, int);
 extern int jfs_write_inode(struct inode *, struct writeback_control *);
-extern void jfs_delete_inode(struct inode *);
+extern void jfs_evict_inode(struct inode *);
 extern void jfs_dirty_inode(struct inode *);
 extern void jfs_truncate(struct inode *);
 extern void jfs_truncate_nolock(struct inode *, loff_t);
diff --git a/fs/jfs/super.c b/fs/jfs/super.c
index b38f96b..ec8c3e4 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/super.c
@@ -132,11 +132,6 @@
 	kmem_cache_free(jfs_inode_cachep, ji);
 }
 
-static void jfs_clear_inode(struct inode *inode)
-{
-	dquot_drop(inode);
-}
-
 static int jfs_statfs(struct dentry *dentry, struct kstatfs *buf)
 {
 	struct jfs_sb_info *sbi = JFS_SBI(dentry->d_sb);
@@ -765,8 +760,7 @@
 	.destroy_inode	= jfs_destroy_inode,
 	.dirty_inode	= jfs_dirty_inode,
 	.write_inode	= jfs_write_inode,
-	.delete_inode	= jfs_delete_inode,
-	.clear_inode	= jfs_clear_inode,
+	.evict_inode	= jfs_evict_inode,
 	.put_super	= jfs_put_super,
 	.sync_fs	= jfs_sync_fs,
 	.freeze_fs	= jfs_freeze,
diff --git a/fs/libfs.c b/fs/libfs.c
index dcaf972..0a9da95 100644
--- a/fs/libfs.c
+++ b/fs/libfs.c
@@ -327,77 +327,35 @@
 }
 
 /**
- * simple_setsize - handle core mm and vfs requirements for file size change
- * @inode: inode
- * @newsize: new file size
- *
- * Returns 0 on success, -error on failure.
- *
- * simple_setsize must be called with inode_mutex held.
- *
- * simple_setsize will check that the requested new size is OK (see
- * inode_newsize_ok), and then will perform the necessary i_size update
- * and pagecache truncation (if necessary). It will be typically be called
- * from the filesystem's setattr function when ATTR_SIZE is passed in.
- *
- * The inode itself must have correct permissions and attributes to allow
- * i_size to be changed, this function then just checks that the new size
- * requested is valid.
- *
- * In the case of simple in-memory filesystems with inodes stored solely
- * in the inode cache, and file data in the pagecache, nothing more needs
- * to be done to satisfy a truncate request. Filesystems with on-disk
- * blocks for example will need to free them in the case of truncate, in
- * that case it may be easier not to use simple_setsize (but each of its
- * components will likely be required at some point to update pagecache
- * and inode etc).
- */
-int simple_setsize(struct inode *inode, loff_t newsize)
-{
-	loff_t oldsize;
-	int error;
-
-	error = inode_newsize_ok(inode, newsize);
-	if (error)
-		return error;
-
-	oldsize = inode->i_size;
-	i_size_write(inode, newsize);
-	truncate_pagecache(inode, oldsize, newsize);
-
-	return error;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_setsize);
-
-/**
- * simple_setattr - setattr for simple in-memory filesystem
+ * simple_setattr - setattr for simple filesystem
  * @dentry: dentry
  * @iattr: iattr structure
  *
  * Returns 0 on success, -error on failure.
  *
- * simple_setattr implements setattr for an in-memory filesystem which
- * does not store its own file data or metadata (eg. uses the page cache
- * and inode cache as its data store).
+ * simple_setattr is a simple ->setattr implementation without a proper
+ * implementation of size changes.
+ *
+ * It can either be used for in-memory filesystems or special files
+ * on simple regular filesystems.  Anything that needs to change on-disk
+ * or wire state on size changes needs its own setattr method.
  */
 int simple_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *iattr)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
 	int error;
 
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(inode->i_op->truncate);
+
 	error = inode_change_ok(inode, iattr);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
-	if (iattr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) {
-		error = simple_setsize(inode, iattr->ia_size);
-		if (error)
-			return error;
-	}
-
-	generic_setattr(inode, iattr);
-
-	return error;
+	if (iattr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE)
+		truncate_setsize(inode, iattr->ia_size);
+	setattr_copy(inode, iattr);
+	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_setattr);
 
diff --git a/fs/logfs/dir.c b/fs/logfs/dir.c
index 72d1893..675cc49 100644
--- a/fs/logfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/logfs/dir.c
@@ -434,8 +434,11 @@
 	int ret;
 
 	ta = kzalloc(sizeof(*ta), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!ta)
+	if (!ta) {
+		inode->i_nlink--;
+		iput(inode);
 		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
 
 	ta->state = CREATE_1;
 	ta->ino = inode->i_ino;
diff --git a/fs/logfs/file.c b/fs/logfs/file.c
index abe1caf..4dd0f7c 100644
--- a/fs/logfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/logfs/file.c
@@ -232,15 +232,19 @@
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
 	int err = 0;
 
-	if (attr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE)
-		err = logfs_truncate(inode, attr->ia_size);
-	attr->ia_valid &= ~ATTR_SIZE;
+	err = inode_change_ok(inode, attr);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
 
-	if (!err)
-		err = inode_change_ok(inode, attr);
-	if (!err)
-		err = inode_setattr(inode, attr);
-	return err;
+	if (attr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) {
+		err = logfs_truncate(inode, attr->ia_size);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+	}
+
+	setattr_copy(inode, attr);
+	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 const struct inode_operations logfs_reg_iops = {
diff --git a/fs/logfs/inode.c b/fs/logfs/inode.c
index f602e23..d8c71ec 100644
--- a/fs/logfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/logfs/inode.c
@@ -235,33 +235,21 @@
  * purpose is to create a new inode that will not trigger the warning if such
  * an inode is still in use.  An ugly hack, no doubt.  Suggections for
  * improvement are welcome.
+ *
+ * AV: that's what ->put_super() is for...
  */
 struct inode *logfs_new_meta_inode(struct super_block *sb, u64 ino)
 {
 	struct inode *inode;
 
-	inode = logfs_alloc_inode(sb);
+	inode = new_inode(sb);
 	if (!inode)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
 	inode->i_mode = S_IFREG;
 	inode->i_ino = ino;
-	inode->i_sb = sb;
-
-	/* This is a blatant copy of alloc_inode code.  We'd need alloc_inode
-	 * to be nonstatic, alas. */
-	{
-		struct address_space * const mapping = &inode->i_data;
-
-		mapping->a_ops = &logfs_reg_aops;
-		mapping->host = inode;
-		mapping->flags = 0;
-		mapping_set_gfp_mask(mapping, GFP_NOFS);
-		mapping->assoc_mapping = NULL;
-		mapping->backing_dev_info = &default_backing_dev_info;
-		inode->i_mapping = mapping;
-		inode->i_nlink = 1;
-	}
+	inode->i_data.a_ops = &logfs_reg_aops;
+	mapping_set_gfp_mask(&inode->i_data, GFP_NOFS);
 
 	return inode;
 }
@@ -277,7 +265,7 @@
 
 	err = logfs_read_inode(inode);
 	if (err) {
-		destroy_meta_inode(inode);
+		iput(inode);
 		return ERR_PTR(err);
 	}
 	logfs_inode_setops(inode);
@@ -298,18 +286,8 @@
 	return ret;
 }
 
-void destroy_meta_inode(struct inode *inode)
-{
-	if (inode) {
-		if (inode->i_data.nrpages)
-			truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
-		logfs_clear_inode(inode);
-		kmem_cache_free(logfs_inode_cache, logfs_inode(inode));
-	}
-}
-
 /* called with inode_lock held */
-static void logfs_drop_inode(struct inode *inode)
+static int logfs_drop_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct logfs_super *super = logfs_super(inode->i_sb);
 	struct logfs_inode *li = logfs_inode(inode);
@@ -317,7 +295,7 @@
 	spin_lock(&logfs_inode_lock);
 	list_move(&li->li_freeing_list, &super->s_freeing_list);
 	spin_unlock(&logfs_inode_lock);
-	generic_drop_inode(inode);
+	return generic_drop_inode(inode);
 }
 
 static void logfs_set_ino_generation(struct super_block *sb,
@@ -384,12 +362,21 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void logfs_put_super(struct super_block *sb)
+{
+	struct logfs_super *super = logfs_super(sb);
+	/* kill the meta-inodes */
+	iput(super->s_master_inode);
+	iput(super->s_segfile_inode);
+	iput(super->s_mapping_inode);
+}
+
 const struct super_operations logfs_super_operations = {
 	.alloc_inode	= logfs_alloc_inode,
-	.clear_inode	= logfs_clear_inode,
-	.delete_inode	= logfs_delete_inode,
 	.destroy_inode	= logfs_destroy_inode,
+	.evict_inode	= logfs_evict_inode,
 	.drop_inode	= logfs_drop_inode,
+	.put_super	= logfs_put_super,
 	.write_inode	= logfs_write_inode,
 	.statfs		= logfs_statfs,
 	.sync_fs	= logfs_sync_fs,
diff --git a/fs/logfs/journal.c b/fs/logfs/journal.c
index 4b0e061..f46ee8b 100644
--- a/fs/logfs/journal.c
+++ b/fs/logfs/journal.c
@@ -889,8 +889,6 @@
 	struct logfs_super *super = logfs_super(sb);
 
 	btree_grim_visitor32(&super->s_reserved_segments, 0, NULL);
-	destroy_meta_inode(super->s_master_inode);
-	super->s_master_inode = NULL;
 
 	kfree(super->s_compressed_je);
 	kfree(super->s_je);
diff --git a/fs/logfs/logfs.h b/fs/logfs/logfs.h
index c838c4d..5e3b720 100644
--- a/fs/logfs/logfs.h
+++ b/fs/logfs/logfs.h
@@ -525,13 +525,11 @@
 struct inode *logfs_read_meta_inode(struct super_block *sb, u64 ino);
 int logfs_init_inode_cache(void);
 void logfs_destroy_inode_cache(void);
-void destroy_meta_inode(struct inode *inode);
 void logfs_set_blocks(struct inode *inode, u64 no);
 /* these logically belong into inode.c but actually reside in readwrite.c */
 int logfs_read_inode(struct inode *inode);
 int __logfs_write_inode(struct inode *inode, long flags);
-void logfs_delete_inode(struct inode *inode);
-void logfs_clear_inode(struct inode *inode);
+void logfs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode);
 
 /* journal.c */
 void logfs_write_anchor(struct super_block *sb);
diff --git a/fs/logfs/readwrite.c b/fs/logfs/readwrite.c
index 0718d11..6127baf 100644
--- a/fs/logfs/readwrite.c
+++ b/fs/logfs/readwrite.c
@@ -1972,31 +1972,6 @@
 	return page;
 }
 
-/* Cheaper version of write_inode.  All changes are concealed in
- * aliases, which are moved back.  No write to the medium happens.
- */
-void logfs_clear_inode(struct inode *inode)
-{
-	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
-	struct logfs_inode *li = logfs_inode(inode);
-	struct logfs_block *block = li->li_block;
-	struct page *page;
-
-	/* Only deleted files may be dirty at this point */
-	BUG_ON(inode->i_state & I_DIRTY && inode->i_nlink);
-	if (!block)
-		return;
-	if ((logfs_super(sb)->s_flags & LOGFS_SB_FLAG_SHUTDOWN)) {
-		block->ops->free_block(inode->i_sb, block);
-		return;
-	}
-
-	BUG_ON(inode->i_ino < LOGFS_RESERVED_INOS);
-	page = inode_to_page(inode);
-	BUG_ON(!page); /* FIXME: Use emergency page */
-	logfs_put_write_page(page);
-}
-
 static int do_write_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
@@ -2164,18 +2139,40 @@
  * ZOMBIE inodes have already been deleted before and should remain dead,
  * if it weren't for valid checking.  No need to kill them again here.
  */
-void logfs_delete_inode(struct inode *inode)
+void logfs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
+	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
 	struct logfs_inode *li = logfs_inode(inode);
+	struct logfs_block *block = li->li_block;
+	struct page *page;
 
-	if (!(li->li_flags & LOGFS_IF_ZOMBIE)) {
-		li->li_flags |= LOGFS_IF_ZOMBIE;
-		if (i_size_read(inode) > 0)
-			logfs_truncate(inode, 0);
-		do_delete_inode(inode);
+	if (!inode->i_nlink) {
+		if (!(li->li_flags & LOGFS_IF_ZOMBIE)) {
+			li->li_flags |= LOGFS_IF_ZOMBIE;
+			if (i_size_read(inode) > 0)
+				logfs_truncate(inode, 0);
+			do_delete_inode(inode);
+		}
 	}
 	truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
-	clear_inode(inode);
+	end_writeback(inode);
+
+	/* Cheaper version of write_inode.  All changes are concealed in
+	 * aliases, which are moved back.  No write to the medium happens.
+	 */
+	/* Only deleted files may be dirty at this point */
+	BUG_ON(inode->i_state & I_DIRTY && inode->i_nlink);
+	if (!block)
+		return;
+	if ((logfs_super(sb)->s_flags & LOGFS_SB_FLAG_SHUTDOWN)) {
+		block->ops->free_block(inode->i_sb, block);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	BUG_ON(inode->i_ino < LOGFS_RESERVED_INOS);
+	page = inode_to_page(inode);
+	BUG_ON(!page); /* FIXME: Use emergency page */
+	logfs_put_write_page(page);
 }
 
 void btree_write_block(struct logfs_block *block)
@@ -2272,7 +2269,6 @@
 {
 	struct logfs_super *super = logfs_super(sb);
 
-	destroy_meta_inode(super->s_segfile_inode);
 	logfs_mempool_destroy(super->s_block_pool);
 	logfs_mempool_destroy(super->s_shadow_pool);
 }
diff --git a/fs/logfs/segment.c b/fs/logfs/segment.c
index a9657af..9d51873 100644
--- a/fs/logfs/segment.c
+++ b/fs/logfs/segment.c
@@ -929,5 +929,4 @@
 	for_each_area(i)
 		free_area(super->s_area[i]);
 	free_area(super->s_journal_area);
-	destroy_meta_inode(super->s_mapping_inode);
 }
diff --git a/fs/logfs/super.c b/fs/logfs/super.c
index d651e10..5336155 100644
--- a/fs/logfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/logfs/super.c
@@ -342,24 +342,27 @@
 		goto fail;
 	}
 
+	/* at that point we know that ->put_super() will be called */
 	super->s_erase_page = alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL, 0);
 	if (!super->s_erase_page)
-		goto fail;
+		return -ENOMEM;
 	memset(page_address(super->s_erase_page), 0xFF, PAGE_SIZE);
 
 	/* FIXME: check for read-only mounts */
 	err = logfs_make_writeable(sb);
-	if (err)
-		goto fail1;
+	if (err) {
+		__free_page(super->s_erase_page);
+		return err;
+	}
 
 	log_super("LogFS: Finished mounting\n");
 	simple_set_mnt(mnt, sb);
 	return 0;
 
-fail1:
-	__free_page(super->s_erase_page);
 fail:
-	iput(logfs_super(sb)->s_master_inode);
+	iput(super->s_master_inode);
+	iput(super->s_segfile_inode);
+	iput(super->s_mapping_inode);
 	return -EIO;
 }
 
@@ -580,10 +583,14 @@
 	sb->s_flags |= MS_ACTIVE;
 	err = logfs_get_sb_final(sb, mnt);
 	if (err)
-		goto err1;
-	return 0;
+		deactivate_locked_super(sb);
+	return err;
 
 err1:
+	/* no ->s_root, no ->put_super() */
+	iput(super->s_master_inode);
+	iput(super->s_segfile_inode);
+	iput(super->s_mapping_inode);
 	deactivate_locked_super(sb);
 	return err;
 err0:
diff --git a/fs/mbcache.c b/fs/mbcache.c
index e28f21b..cf4e6cd 100644
--- a/fs/mbcache.c
+++ b/fs/mbcache.c
@@ -79,15 +79,11 @@
 struct mb_cache {
 	struct list_head		c_cache_list;
 	const char			*c_name;
-	struct mb_cache_op		c_op;
 	atomic_t			c_entry_count;
 	int				c_bucket_bits;
-#ifndef MB_CACHE_INDEXES_COUNT
-	int				c_indexes_count;
-#endif
-	struct kmem_cache			*c_entry_cache;
+	struct kmem_cache		*c_entry_cache;
 	struct list_head		*c_block_hash;
-	struct list_head		*c_indexes_hash[0];
+	struct list_head		*c_index_hash;
 };
 
 
@@ -101,16 +97,6 @@
 static LIST_HEAD(mb_cache_lru_list);
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(mb_cache_spinlock);
 
-static inline int
-mb_cache_indexes(struct mb_cache *cache)
-{
-#ifdef MB_CACHE_INDEXES_COUNT
-	return MB_CACHE_INDEXES_COUNT;
-#else
-	return cache->c_indexes_count;
-#endif
-}
-
 /*
  * What the mbcache registers as to get shrunk dynamically.
  */
@@ -132,12 +118,9 @@
 static void
 __mb_cache_entry_unhash(struct mb_cache_entry *ce)
 {
-	int n;
-
 	if (__mb_cache_entry_is_hashed(ce)) {
 		list_del_init(&ce->e_block_list);
-		for (n=0; n<mb_cache_indexes(ce->e_cache); n++)
-			list_del(&ce->e_indexes[n].o_list);
+		list_del(&ce->e_index.o_list);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -148,16 +131,8 @@
 	struct mb_cache *cache = ce->e_cache;
 
 	mb_assert(!(ce->e_used || ce->e_queued));
-	if (cache->c_op.free && cache->c_op.free(ce, gfp_mask)) {
-		/* free failed -- put back on the lru list
-		   for freeing later. */
-		spin_lock(&mb_cache_spinlock);
-		list_add(&ce->e_lru_list, &mb_cache_lru_list);
-		spin_unlock(&mb_cache_spinlock);
-	} else {
-		kmem_cache_free(cache->c_entry_cache, ce);
-		atomic_dec(&cache->c_entry_count);
-	}
+	kmem_cache_free(cache->c_entry_cache, ce);
+	atomic_dec(&cache->c_entry_count);
 }
 
 
@@ -201,22 +176,12 @@
 mb_cache_shrink_fn(struct shrinker *shrink, int nr_to_scan, gfp_t gfp_mask)
 {
 	LIST_HEAD(free_list);
-	struct list_head *l, *ltmp;
+	struct mb_cache *cache;
+	struct mb_cache_entry *entry, *tmp;
 	int count = 0;
 
-	spin_lock(&mb_cache_spinlock);
-	list_for_each(l, &mb_cache_list) {
-		struct mb_cache *cache =
-			list_entry(l, struct mb_cache, c_cache_list);
-		mb_debug("cache %s (%d)", cache->c_name,
-			  atomic_read(&cache->c_entry_count));
-		count += atomic_read(&cache->c_entry_count);
-	}
 	mb_debug("trying to free %d entries", nr_to_scan);
-	if (nr_to_scan == 0) {
-		spin_unlock(&mb_cache_spinlock);
-		goto out;
-	}
+	spin_lock(&mb_cache_spinlock);
 	while (nr_to_scan-- && !list_empty(&mb_cache_lru_list)) {
 		struct mb_cache_entry *ce =
 			list_entry(mb_cache_lru_list.next,
@@ -224,12 +189,15 @@
 		list_move_tail(&ce->e_lru_list, &free_list);
 		__mb_cache_entry_unhash(ce);
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&mb_cache_spinlock);
-	list_for_each_safe(l, ltmp, &free_list) {
-		__mb_cache_entry_forget(list_entry(l, struct mb_cache_entry,
-						   e_lru_list), gfp_mask);
+	list_for_each_entry(cache, &mb_cache_list, c_cache_list) {
+		mb_debug("cache %s (%d)", cache->c_name,
+			  atomic_read(&cache->c_entry_count));
+		count += atomic_read(&cache->c_entry_count);
 	}
-out:
+	spin_unlock(&mb_cache_spinlock);
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(entry, tmp, &free_list, e_lru_list) {
+		__mb_cache_entry_forget(entry, gfp_mask);
+	}
 	return (count / 100) * sysctl_vfs_cache_pressure;
 }
 
@@ -243,72 +211,49 @@
  * memory was available.
  *
  * @name: name of the cache (informal)
- * @cache_op: contains the callback called when freeing a cache entry
- * @entry_size: The size of a cache entry, including
- *              struct mb_cache_entry
- * @indexes_count: number of additional indexes in the cache. Must equal
- *                 MB_CACHE_INDEXES_COUNT if the number of indexes is
- *                 hardwired.
  * @bucket_bits: log2(number of hash buckets)
  */
 struct mb_cache *
-mb_cache_create(const char *name, struct mb_cache_op *cache_op,
-		size_t entry_size, int indexes_count, int bucket_bits)
+mb_cache_create(const char *name, int bucket_bits)
 {
-	int m=0, n, bucket_count = 1 << bucket_bits;
+	int n, bucket_count = 1 << bucket_bits;
 	struct mb_cache *cache = NULL;
 
-	if(entry_size < sizeof(struct mb_cache_entry) +
-	   indexes_count * sizeof(((struct mb_cache_entry *) 0)->e_indexes[0]))
-		return NULL;
-
-	cache = kmalloc(sizeof(struct mb_cache) +
-	                indexes_count * sizeof(struct list_head), GFP_KERNEL);
+	cache = kmalloc(sizeof(struct mb_cache), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!cache)
-		goto fail;
+		return NULL;
 	cache->c_name = name;
-	cache->c_op.free = NULL;
-	if (cache_op)
-		cache->c_op.free = cache_op->free;
 	atomic_set(&cache->c_entry_count, 0);
 	cache->c_bucket_bits = bucket_bits;
-#ifdef MB_CACHE_INDEXES_COUNT
-	mb_assert(indexes_count == MB_CACHE_INDEXES_COUNT);
-#else
-	cache->c_indexes_count = indexes_count;
-#endif
 	cache->c_block_hash = kmalloc(bucket_count * sizeof(struct list_head),
 	                              GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!cache->c_block_hash)
 		goto fail;
 	for (n=0; n<bucket_count; n++)
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cache->c_block_hash[n]);
-	for (m=0; m<indexes_count; m++) {
-		cache->c_indexes_hash[m] = kmalloc(bucket_count *
-		                                 sizeof(struct list_head),
-		                                 GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!cache->c_indexes_hash[m])
-			goto fail;
-		for (n=0; n<bucket_count; n++)
-			INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cache->c_indexes_hash[m][n]);
-	}
-	cache->c_entry_cache = kmem_cache_create(name, entry_size, 0,
+	cache->c_index_hash = kmalloc(bucket_count * sizeof(struct list_head),
+				      GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!cache->c_index_hash)
+		goto fail;
+	for (n=0; n<bucket_count; n++)
+		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cache->c_index_hash[n]);
+	cache->c_entry_cache = kmem_cache_create(name,
+		sizeof(struct mb_cache_entry), 0,
 		SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT|SLAB_MEM_SPREAD, NULL);
 	if (!cache->c_entry_cache)
-		goto fail;
+		goto fail2;
 
 	spin_lock(&mb_cache_spinlock);
 	list_add(&cache->c_cache_list, &mb_cache_list);
 	spin_unlock(&mb_cache_spinlock);
 	return cache;
 
+fail2:
+	kfree(cache->c_index_hash);
+
 fail:
-	if (cache) {
-		while (--m >= 0)
-			kfree(cache->c_indexes_hash[m]);
-		kfree(cache->c_block_hash);
-		kfree(cache);
-	}
+	kfree(cache->c_block_hash);
+	kfree(cache);
 	return NULL;
 }
 
@@ -357,7 +302,6 @@
 {
 	LIST_HEAD(free_list);
 	struct list_head *l, *ltmp;
-	int n;
 
 	spin_lock(&mb_cache_spinlock);
 	list_for_each_safe(l, ltmp, &mb_cache_lru_list) {
@@ -384,8 +328,7 @@
 
 	kmem_cache_destroy(cache->c_entry_cache);
 
-	for (n=0; n < mb_cache_indexes(cache); n++)
-		kfree(cache->c_indexes_hash[n]);
+	kfree(cache->c_index_hash);
 	kfree(cache->c_block_hash);
 	kfree(cache);
 }
@@ -429,17 +372,16 @@
  *
  * @bdev: device the cache entry belongs to
  * @block: block number
- * @keys: array of additional keys. There must be indexes_count entries
- *        in the array (as specified when creating the cache).
+ * @key: lookup key
  */
 int
 mb_cache_entry_insert(struct mb_cache_entry *ce, struct block_device *bdev,
-		      sector_t block, unsigned int keys[])
+		      sector_t block, unsigned int key)
 {
 	struct mb_cache *cache = ce->e_cache;
 	unsigned int bucket;
 	struct list_head *l;
-	int error = -EBUSY, n;
+	int error = -EBUSY;
 
 	bucket = hash_long((unsigned long)bdev + (block & 0xffffffff), 
 			   cache->c_bucket_bits);
@@ -454,12 +396,9 @@
 	ce->e_bdev = bdev;
 	ce->e_block = block;
 	list_add(&ce->e_block_list, &cache->c_block_hash[bucket]);
-	for (n=0; n<mb_cache_indexes(cache); n++) {
-		ce->e_indexes[n].o_key = keys[n];
-		bucket = hash_long(keys[n], cache->c_bucket_bits);
-		list_add(&ce->e_indexes[n].o_list,
-			 &cache->c_indexes_hash[n][bucket]);
-	}
+	ce->e_index.o_key = key;
+	bucket = hash_long(key, cache->c_bucket_bits);
+	list_add(&ce->e_index.o_list, &cache->c_index_hash[bucket]);
 	error = 0;
 out:
 	spin_unlock(&mb_cache_spinlock);
@@ -555,13 +494,12 @@
 
 static struct mb_cache_entry *
 __mb_cache_entry_find(struct list_head *l, struct list_head *head,
-		      int index, struct block_device *bdev, unsigned int key)
+		      struct block_device *bdev, unsigned int key)
 {
 	while (l != head) {
 		struct mb_cache_entry *ce =
-			list_entry(l, struct mb_cache_entry,
-			           e_indexes[index].o_list);
-		if (ce->e_bdev == bdev && ce->e_indexes[index].o_key == key) {
+			list_entry(l, struct mb_cache_entry, e_index.o_list);
+		if (ce->e_bdev == bdev && ce->e_index.o_key == key) {
 			DEFINE_WAIT(wait);
 
 			if (!list_empty(&ce->e_lru_list))
@@ -603,23 +541,20 @@
  * returned cache entry is locked for shared access ("multiple readers").
  *
  * @cache: the cache to search
- * @index: the number of the additonal index to search (0<=index<indexes_count)
  * @bdev: the device the cache entry should belong to
  * @key: the key in the index
  */
 struct mb_cache_entry *
-mb_cache_entry_find_first(struct mb_cache *cache, int index,
-			  struct block_device *bdev, unsigned int key)
+mb_cache_entry_find_first(struct mb_cache *cache, struct block_device *bdev,
+			  unsigned int key)
 {
 	unsigned int bucket = hash_long(key, cache->c_bucket_bits);
 	struct list_head *l;
 	struct mb_cache_entry *ce;
 
-	mb_assert(index < mb_cache_indexes(cache));
 	spin_lock(&mb_cache_spinlock);
-	l = cache->c_indexes_hash[index][bucket].next;
-	ce = __mb_cache_entry_find(l, &cache->c_indexes_hash[index][bucket],
-	                           index, bdev, key);
+	l = cache->c_index_hash[bucket].next;
+	ce = __mb_cache_entry_find(l, &cache->c_index_hash[bucket], bdev, key);
 	spin_unlock(&mb_cache_spinlock);
 	return ce;
 }
@@ -640,12 +575,11 @@
  * }
  *
  * @prev: The previous match
- * @index: the number of the additonal index to search (0<=index<indexes_count)
  * @bdev: the device the cache entry should belong to
  * @key: the key in the index
  */
 struct mb_cache_entry *
-mb_cache_entry_find_next(struct mb_cache_entry *prev, int index,
+mb_cache_entry_find_next(struct mb_cache_entry *prev,
 			 struct block_device *bdev, unsigned int key)
 {
 	struct mb_cache *cache = prev->e_cache;
@@ -653,11 +587,9 @@
 	struct list_head *l;
 	struct mb_cache_entry *ce;
 
-	mb_assert(index < mb_cache_indexes(cache));
 	spin_lock(&mb_cache_spinlock);
-	l = prev->e_indexes[index].o_list.next;
-	ce = __mb_cache_entry_find(l, &cache->c_indexes_hash[index][bucket],
-	                           index, bdev, key);
+	l = prev->e_index.o_list.next;
+	ce = __mb_cache_entry_find(l, &cache->c_index_hash[bucket], bdev, key);
 	__mb_cache_entry_release_unlock(prev);
 	return ce;
 }
diff --git a/fs/minix/bitmap.c b/fs/minix/bitmap.c
index 482779f..3f32bcb 100644
--- a/fs/minix/bitmap.c
+++ b/fs/minix/bitmap.c
@@ -200,13 +200,13 @@
 	ino = inode->i_ino;
 	if (ino < 1 || ino > sbi->s_ninodes) {
 		printk("minix_free_inode: inode 0 or nonexistent inode\n");
-		goto out;
+		return;
 	}
 	bit = ino & ((1<<k) - 1);
 	ino >>= k;
 	if (ino >= sbi->s_imap_blocks) {
 		printk("minix_free_inode: nonexistent imap in superblock\n");
-		goto out;
+		return;
 	}
 
 	minix_clear_inode(inode);	/* clear on-disk copy */
@@ -217,8 +217,6 @@
 		printk("minix_free_inode: bit %lu already cleared\n", bit);
 	spin_unlock(&bitmap_lock);
 	mark_buffer_dirty(bh);
- out:
-	clear_inode(inode);		/* clear in-memory copy */
 }
 
 struct inode *minix_new_inode(const struct inode *dir, int mode, int *error)
diff --git a/fs/minix/dir.c b/fs/minix/dir.c
index 1dbf921..085a926 100644
--- a/fs/minix/dir.c
+++ b/fs/minix/dir.c
@@ -271,8 +271,7 @@
 
 got_it:
 	pos = page_offset(page) + p - (char *)page_address(page);
-	err = __minix_write_begin(NULL, page->mapping, pos, sbi->s_dirsize,
-					AOP_FLAG_UNINTERRUPTIBLE, &page, NULL);
+	err = minix_prepare_chunk(page, pos, sbi->s_dirsize);
 	if (err)
 		goto out_unlock;
 	memcpy (namx, name, namelen);
@@ -297,8 +296,7 @@
 
 int minix_delete_entry(struct minix_dir_entry *de, struct page *page)
 {
-	struct address_space *mapping = page->mapping;
-	struct inode *inode = (struct inode*)mapping->host;
+	struct inode *inode = page->mapping->host;
 	char *kaddr = page_address(page);
 	loff_t pos = page_offset(page) + (char*)de - kaddr;
 	struct minix_sb_info *sbi = minix_sb(inode->i_sb);
@@ -306,8 +304,7 @@
 	int err;
 
 	lock_page(page);
-	err = __minix_write_begin(NULL, mapping, pos, len,
-					AOP_FLAG_UNINTERRUPTIBLE, &page, NULL);
+	err = minix_prepare_chunk(page, pos, len);
 	if (err == 0) {
 		if (sbi->s_version == MINIX_V3)
 			((minix3_dirent *) de)->inode = 0;
@@ -325,16 +322,14 @@
 
 int minix_make_empty(struct inode *inode, struct inode *dir)
 {
-	struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping;
-	struct page *page = grab_cache_page(mapping, 0);
+	struct page *page = grab_cache_page(inode->i_mapping, 0);
 	struct minix_sb_info *sbi = minix_sb(inode->i_sb);
 	char *kaddr;
 	int err;
 
 	if (!page)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	err = __minix_write_begin(NULL, mapping, 0, 2 * sbi->s_dirsize,
-					AOP_FLAG_UNINTERRUPTIBLE, &page, NULL);
+	err = minix_prepare_chunk(page, 0, 2 * sbi->s_dirsize);
 	if (err) {
 		unlock_page(page);
 		goto fail;
@@ -425,8 +420,7 @@
 void minix_set_link(struct minix_dir_entry *de, struct page *page,
 	struct inode *inode)
 {
-	struct address_space *mapping = page->mapping;
-	struct inode *dir = mapping->host;
+	struct inode *dir = page->mapping->host;
 	struct minix_sb_info *sbi = minix_sb(dir->i_sb);
 	loff_t pos = page_offset(page) +
 			(char *)de-(char*)page_address(page);
@@ -434,8 +428,7 @@
 
 	lock_page(page);
 
-	err = __minix_write_begin(NULL, mapping, pos, sbi->s_dirsize,
-					AOP_FLAG_UNINTERRUPTIBLE, &page, NULL);
+	err = minix_prepare_chunk(page, pos, sbi->s_dirsize);
 	if (err == 0) {
 		if (sbi->s_version == MINIX_V3)
 			((minix3_dirent *) de)->inode = inode->i_ino;
diff --git a/fs/minix/file.c b/fs/minix/file.c
index d5320ff..4493ce6 100644
--- a/fs/minix/file.c
+++ b/fs/minix/file.c
@@ -23,7 +23,29 @@
 	.splice_read	= generic_file_splice_read,
 };
 
+static int minix_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	int error;
+
+	error = inode_change_ok(inode, attr);
+	if (error)
+		return error;
+
+	if ((attr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) &&
+	    attr->ia_size != i_size_read(inode)) {
+		error = vmtruncate(inode, attr->ia_size);
+		if (error)
+			return error;
+	}
+
+	setattr_copy(inode, attr);
+	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 const struct inode_operations minix_file_inode_operations = {
 	.truncate	= minix_truncate,
+	.setattr	= minix_setattr,
 	.getattr	= minix_getattr,
 };
diff --git a/fs/minix/inode.c b/fs/minix/inode.c
index 756f8c9..e39d6bf 100644
--- a/fs/minix/inode.c
+++ b/fs/minix/inode.c
@@ -24,12 +24,17 @@
 static int minix_statfs(struct dentry *dentry, struct kstatfs *buf);
 static int minix_remount (struct super_block * sb, int * flags, char * data);
 
-static void minix_delete_inode(struct inode *inode)
+static void minix_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
-	inode->i_size = 0;
-	minix_truncate(inode);
-	minix_free_inode(inode);
+	if (!inode->i_nlink) {
+		inode->i_size = 0;
+		minix_truncate(inode);
+	}
+	invalidate_inode_buffers(inode);
+	end_writeback(inode);
+	if (!inode->i_nlink)
+		minix_free_inode(inode);
 }
 
 static void minix_put_super(struct super_block *sb)
@@ -96,7 +101,7 @@
 	.alloc_inode	= minix_alloc_inode,
 	.destroy_inode	= minix_destroy_inode,
 	.write_inode	= minix_write_inode,
-	.delete_inode	= minix_delete_inode,
+	.evict_inode	= minix_evict_inode,
 	.put_super	= minix_put_super,
 	.statfs		= minix_statfs,
 	.remount_fs	= minix_remount,
@@ -357,20 +362,26 @@
 	return block_read_full_page(page,minix_get_block);
 }
 
-int __minix_write_begin(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
-			loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned flags,
-			struct page **pagep, void **fsdata)
+int minix_prepare_chunk(struct page *page, loff_t pos, unsigned len)
 {
-	return block_write_begin(file, mapping, pos, len, flags, pagep, fsdata,
-				minix_get_block);
+	return __block_write_begin(page, pos, len, minix_get_block);
 }
 
 static int minix_write_begin(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
 			loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned flags,
 			struct page **pagep, void **fsdata)
 {
-	*pagep = NULL;
-	return __minix_write_begin(file, mapping, pos, len, flags, pagep, fsdata);
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = block_write_begin(mapping, pos, len, flags, pagep,
+				minix_get_block);
+	if (unlikely(ret)) {
+		loff_t isize = mapping->host->i_size;
+		if (pos + len > isize)
+			vmtruncate(mapping->host, isize);
+	}
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static sector_t minix_bmap(struct address_space *mapping, sector_t block)
diff --git a/fs/minix/minix.h b/fs/minix/minix.h
index 111f34e..407b1c8 100644
--- a/fs/minix/minix.h
+++ b/fs/minix/minix.h
@@ -53,9 +53,7 @@
 extern void minix_free_block(struct inode *inode, unsigned long block);
 extern unsigned long minix_count_free_blocks(struct minix_sb_info *sbi);
 extern int minix_getattr(struct vfsmount *, struct dentry *, struct kstat *);
-extern int __minix_write_begin(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
-			loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned flags,
-			struct page **pagep, void **fsdata);
+extern int minix_prepare_chunk(struct page *page, loff_t pos, unsigned len);
 
 extern void V1_minix_truncate(struct inode *);
 extern void V2_minix_truncate(struct inode *);
diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index 88058de..32dcd24 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -1984,7 +1984,7 @@
 	if (flags & MS_RDONLY)
 		mnt_flags |= MNT_READONLY;
 
-	flags &= ~(MS_NOSUID | MS_NOEXEC | MS_NODEV | MS_ACTIVE |
+	flags &= ~(MS_NOSUID | MS_NOEXEC | MS_NODEV | MS_ACTIVE | MS_BORN |
 		   MS_NOATIME | MS_NODIRATIME | MS_RELATIME| MS_KERNMOUNT |
 		   MS_STRICTATIME);
 
diff --git a/fs/ncpfs/inode.c b/fs/ncpfs/inode.c
index 1e634de..b4de38c 100644
--- a/fs/ncpfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ncpfs/inode.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 #define NCP_DEFAULT_TIME_OUT 10
 #define NCP_DEFAULT_RETRY_COUNT 20
 
-static void ncp_delete_inode(struct inode *);
+static void ncp_evict_inode(struct inode *);
 static void ncp_put_super(struct super_block *);
 static int  ncp_statfs(struct dentry *, struct kstatfs *);
 static int  ncp_show_options(struct seq_file *, struct vfsmount *);
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
 	.alloc_inode	= ncp_alloc_inode,
 	.destroy_inode	= ncp_destroy_inode,
 	.drop_inode	= generic_delete_inode,
-	.delete_inode	= ncp_delete_inode,
+	.evict_inode	= ncp_evict_inode,
 	.put_super	= ncp_put_super,
 	.statfs		= ncp_statfs,
 	.remount_fs	= ncp_remount,
@@ -282,19 +282,19 @@
 }
 
 static void
-ncp_delete_inode(struct inode *inode)
+ncp_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
+	end_writeback(inode);
 
 	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) {
-		DDPRINTK("ncp_delete_inode: put directory %ld\n", inode->i_ino);
+		DDPRINTK("ncp_evict_inode: put directory %ld\n", inode->i_ino);
 	}
 
 	if (ncp_make_closed(inode) != 0) {
 		/* We can't do anything but complain. */
-		printk(KERN_ERR "ncp_delete_inode: could not close\n");
+		printk(KERN_ERR "ncp_evict_inode: could not close\n");
 	}
-	clear_inode(inode);
 }
 
 static void ncp_stop_tasks(struct ncp_server *server) {
@@ -924,9 +924,8 @@
 				tmpattr.ia_valid = ATTR_MODE;
 				tmpattr.ia_mode = attr->ia_mode;
 
-				result = inode_setattr(inode, &tmpattr);
-				if (result)
-					goto out;
+				setattr_copy(inode, &tmpattr);
+				mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 			}
 		}
 #endif
@@ -954,15 +953,12 @@
 		result = ncp_make_closed(inode);
 		if (result)
 			goto out;
-		{
-			struct iattr tmpattr;
-			
-			tmpattr.ia_valid = ATTR_SIZE;
-			tmpattr.ia_size = attr->ia_size;
-			
-			result = inode_setattr(inode, &tmpattr);
+
+		if (attr->ia_size != i_size_read(inode)) {
+			result = vmtruncate(inode, attr->ia_size);
 			if (result)
 				goto out;
+			mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 		}
 	}
 	if ((attr->ia_valid & ATTR_CTIME) != 0) {
@@ -1002,8 +998,12 @@
 			NCP_FINFO(inode)->nwattr = info.attributes;
 #endif
 	}
-	if (!result)
-		result = inode_setattr(inode, attr);
+	if (result)
+		goto out;
+
+	setattr_copy(inode, attr);
+	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+
 out:
 	unlock_kernel();
 	return result;
diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c
index 581d8f0..7d2d6c7 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
 	return ino;
 }
 
-void nfs_clear_inode(struct inode *inode)
+static void nfs_clear_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	/*
 	 * The following should never happen...
@@ -110,6 +110,13 @@
 	nfs_fscache_release_inode_cookie(inode);
 }
 
+void nfs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
+	end_writeback(inode);
+	nfs_clear_inode(inode);
+}
+
 /**
  * nfs_sync_mapping - helper to flush all mmapped dirty data to disk
  */
@@ -1398,8 +1405,10 @@
  * to open() calls that passed nfs_atomic_lookup, but failed to call
  * nfs_open().
  */
-void nfs4_clear_inode(struct inode *inode)
+void nfs4_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
+	truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
+	end_writeback(inode);
 	/* If we are holding a delegation, return it! */
 	nfs_inode_return_delegation_noreclaim(inode);
 	/* First call standard NFS clear_inode() code */
diff --git a/fs/nfs/internal.h b/fs/nfs/internal.h
index 4c2150d..c961bc9 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/internal.h
@@ -213,9 +213,9 @@
 extern struct inode *nfs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb);
 extern void nfs_destroy_inode(struct inode *);
 extern int nfs_write_inode(struct inode *, struct writeback_control *);
-extern void nfs_clear_inode(struct inode *);
+extern void nfs_evict_inode(struct inode *);
 #ifdef CONFIG_NFS_V4
-extern void nfs4_clear_inode(struct inode *);
+extern void nfs4_evict_inode(struct inode *);
 #endif
 void nfs_zap_acl_cache(struct inode *inode);
 extern int nfs_wait_bit_killable(void *word);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/super.c b/fs/nfs/super.c
index f1ae39f..ee26316 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/super.c
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@
 	.write_inode	= nfs_write_inode,
 	.put_super	= nfs_put_super,
 	.statfs		= nfs_statfs,
-	.clear_inode	= nfs_clear_inode,
+	.evict_inode	= nfs_evict_inode,
 	.umount_begin	= nfs_umount_begin,
 	.show_options	= nfs_show_options,
 	.show_stats	= nfs_show_stats,
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@
 	.write_inode	= nfs_write_inode,
 	.put_super	= nfs_put_super,
 	.statfs		= nfs_statfs,
-	.clear_inode	= nfs4_clear_inode,
+	.evict_inode	= nfs4_evict_inode,
 	.umount_begin	= nfs_umount_begin,
 	.show_options	= nfs_show_options,
 	.show_stats	= nfs_show_stats,
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
index f8931ac..1a468bb 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
@@ -1756,6 +1756,10 @@
 	struct nfs4_acl *acl = NULL;
 	struct nfsd4_compoundres *resp = rqstp->rq_resp;
 	u32 minorversion = resp->cstate.minorversion;
+	struct path path = {
+		.mnt	= exp->ex_path.mnt,
+		.dentry	= dentry,
+	};
 
 	BUG_ON(bmval1 & NFSD_WRITEONLY_ATTRS_WORD1);
 	BUG_ON(bmval0 & ~nfsd_suppattrs0(minorversion));
@@ -1776,7 +1780,7 @@
 			FATTR4_WORD0_MAXNAME)) ||
 	    (bmval1 & (FATTR4_WORD1_SPACE_AVAIL | FATTR4_WORD1_SPACE_FREE |
 		       FATTR4_WORD1_SPACE_TOTAL))) {
-		err = vfs_statfs(dentry, &statfs);
+		err = vfs_statfs(&path, &statfs);
 		if (err)
 			goto out_nfserr;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
index 9df85a1..8812f6b 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
@@ -2033,8 +2033,14 @@
 __be32
 nfsd_statfs(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, struct kstatfs *stat, int access)
 {
-	__be32 err = fh_verify(rqstp, fhp, 0, NFSD_MAY_NOP | access);
-	if (!err && vfs_statfs(fhp->fh_dentry,stat))
+	struct path path = {
+		.mnt	= fhp->fh_export->ex_path.mnt,
+		.dentry	= fhp->fh_dentry,
+	};
+	__be32 err;
+
+	err = fh_verify(rqstp, fhp, 0, NFSD_MAY_NOP | access);
+	if (!err && vfs_statfs(&path, stat))
 		err = nfserr_io;
 	return err;
 }
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/dir.c b/fs/nilfs2/dir.c
index b60277b..cb003c8 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/dir.c
@@ -80,23 +80,10 @@
 	return last_byte;
 }
 
-static int nilfs_prepare_chunk_uninterruptible(struct page *page,
-					       struct address_space *mapping,
-					       unsigned from, unsigned to)
+static int nilfs_prepare_chunk(struct page *page, unsigned from, unsigned to)
 {
 	loff_t pos = page_offset(page) + from;
-	return block_write_begin(NULL, mapping, pos, to - from,
-				 AOP_FLAG_UNINTERRUPTIBLE, &page,
-				 NULL, nilfs_get_block);
-}
-
-static int nilfs_prepare_chunk(struct page *page,
-			       struct address_space *mapping,
-			       unsigned from, unsigned to)
-{
-	loff_t pos = page_offset(page) + from;
-	return block_write_begin(NULL, mapping, pos, to - from, 0, &page,
-				 NULL, nilfs_get_block);
+	return __block_write_begin(page, pos, to - from, nilfs_get_block);
 }
 
 static void nilfs_commit_chunk(struct page *page,
@@ -447,7 +434,7 @@
 	int err;
 
 	lock_page(page);
-	err = nilfs_prepare_chunk_uninterruptible(page, mapping, from, to);
+	err = nilfs_prepare_chunk(page, from, to);
 	BUG_ON(err);
 	de->inode = cpu_to_le64(inode->i_ino);
 	nilfs_set_de_type(de, inode);
@@ -528,7 +515,7 @@
 got_it:
 	from = (char *)de - (char *)page_address(page);
 	to = from + rec_len;
-	err = nilfs_prepare_chunk(page, page->mapping, from, to);
+	err = nilfs_prepare_chunk(page, from, to);
 	if (err)
 		goto out_unlock;
 	if (de->inode) {
@@ -586,7 +573,7 @@
 	if (pde)
 		from = (char *)pde - (char *)page_address(page);
 	lock_page(page);
-	err = nilfs_prepare_chunk(page, mapping, from, to);
+	err = nilfs_prepare_chunk(page, from, to);
 	BUG_ON(err);
 	if (pde)
 		pde->rec_len = nilfs_rec_len_to_disk(to - from);
@@ -614,7 +601,7 @@
 	if (!page)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	err = nilfs_prepare_chunk(page, mapping, 0, chunk_size);
+	err = nilfs_prepare_chunk(page, 0, chunk_size);
 	if (unlikely(err)) {
 		unlock_page(page);
 		goto fail;
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/gcdat.c b/fs/nilfs2/gcdat.c
index dd5f7e0..84a45d1 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/gcdat.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/gcdat.c
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
 	struct inode *gcdat = nilfs->ns_gc_dat;
 	struct nilfs_inode_info *gii = NILFS_I(gcdat);
 
-	gcdat->i_state = I_CLEAR;
+	gcdat->i_state = I_FREEING | I_CLEAR;
 	gii->i_flags = 0;
 
 	nilfs_palloc_clear_cache(gcdat);
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/inode.c b/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
index 39e038a..eccb2f2 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <linux/writeback.h>
 #include <linux/uio.h>
 #include "nilfs.h"
+#include "btnode.h"
 #include "segment.h"
 #include "page.h"
 #include "mdt.h"
@@ -197,11 +198,15 @@
 	if (unlikely(err))
 		return err;
 
-	*pagep = NULL;
-	err = block_write_begin(file, mapping, pos, len, flags, pagep,
-				fsdata, nilfs_get_block);
-	if (unlikely(err))
+	err = block_write_begin(mapping, pos, len, flags, pagep,
+				nilfs_get_block);
+	if (unlikely(err)) {
+		loff_t isize = mapping->host->i_size;
+		if (pos + len > isize)
+			vmtruncate(mapping->host, isize);
+
 		nilfs_transaction_abort(inode->i_sb);
+	}
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -237,6 +242,19 @@
 	/* Needs synchronization with the cleaner */
 	size = blockdev_direct_IO(rw, iocb, inode, inode->i_sb->s_bdev, iov,
 				  offset, nr_segs, nilfs_get_block, NULL);
+
+	/*
+	 * In case of error extending write may have instantiated a few
+	 * blocks outside i_size. Trim these off again.
+	 */
+	if (unlikely((rw & WRITE) && size < 0)) {
+		loff_t isize = i_size_read(inode);
+		loff_t end = offset + iov_length(iov, nr_segs);
+
+		if (end > isize)
+			vmtruncate(inode, isize);
+	}
+
 	return size;
 }
 
@@ -337,7 +355,6 @@
 	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
 	struct nilfs_sb_info *sbi = NILFS_SB(sb);
 
-	clear_inode(inode);
 	/* XXX: check error code? Is there any thing I can do? */
 	(void) nilfs_ifile_delete_inode(sbi->s_ifile, inode->i_ino);
 	atomic_dec(&sbi->s_inodes_count);
@@ -597,16 +614,34 @@
 	   But truncate has no return value. */
 }
 
-void nilfs_delete_inode(struct inode *inode)
+static void nilfs_clear_inode(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	struct nilfs_inode_info *ii = NILFS_I(inode);
+
+	/*
+	 * Free resources allocated in nilfs_read_inode(), here.
+	 */
+	BUG_ON(!list_empty(&ii->i_dirty));
+	brelse(ii->i_bh);
+	ii->i_bh = NULL;
+
+	if (test_bit(NILFS_I_BMAP, &ii->i_state))
+		nilfs_bmap_clear(ii->i_bmap);
+
+	nilfs_btnode_cache_clear(&ii->i_btnode_cache);
+}
+
+void nilfs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct nilfs_transaction_info ti;
 	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
 	struct nilfs_inode_info *ii = NILFS_I(inode);
 
-	if (unlikely(is_bad_inode(inode))) {
+	if (inode->i_nlink || unlikely(is_bad_inode(inode))) {
 		if (inode->i_data.nrpages)
 			truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
-		clear_inode(inode);
+		end_writeback(inode);
+		nilfs_clear_inode(inode);
 		return;
 	}
 	nilfs_transaction_begin(sb, &ti, 0); /* never fails */
@@ -616,6 +651,8 @@
 
 	nilfs_truncate_bmap(ii, 0);
 	nilfs_mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+	end_writeback(inode);
+	nilfs_clear_inode(inode);
 	nilfs_free_inode(inode);
 	/* nilfs_free_inode() marks inode buffer dirty */
 	if (IS_SYNC(inode))
@@ -639,14 +676,27 @@
 	err = nilfs_transaction_begin(sb, &ti, 0);
 	if (unlikely(err))
 		return err;
-	err = inode_setattr(inode, iattr);
-	if (!err && (iattr->ia_valid & ATTR_MODE))
-		err = nilfs_acl_chmod(inode);
-	if (likely(!err))
-		err = nilfs_transaction_commit(sb);
-	else
-		nilfs_transaction_abort(sb);
 
+	if ((iattr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) &&
+	    iattr->ia_size != i_size_read(inode)) {
+		err = vmtruncate(inode, iattr->ia_size);
+		if (unlikely(err))
+			goto out_err;
+	}
+
+	setattr_copy(inode, iattr);
+	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+
+	if (iattr->ia_valid & ATTR_MODE) {
+		err = nilfs_acl_chmod(inode);
+		if (unlikely(err))
+			goto out_err;
+	}
+
+	return nilfs_transaction_commit(sb);
+
+out_err:
+	nilfs_transaction_abort(sb);
 	return err;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/nilfs.h b/fs/nilfs2/nilfs.h
index 0842d77..d3d5404 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/nilfs.h
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/nilfs.h
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@
 extern struct inode *nilfs_iget(struct super_block *, unsigned long);
 extern void nilfs_update_inode(struct inode *, struct buffer_head *);
 extern void nilfs_truncate(struct inode *);
-extern void nilfs_delete_inode(struct inode *);
+extern void nilfs_evict_inode(struct inode *);
 extern int nilfs_setattr(struct dentry *, struct iattr *);
 extern int nilfs_load_inode_block(struct nilfs_sb_info *, struct inode *,
 				  struct buffer_head **);
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/recovery.c b/fs/nilfs2/recovery.c
index 83e3d8c..d0c35ef 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/recovery.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/recovery.c
@@ -523,11 +523,14 @@
 		}
 
 		pos = rb->blkoff << inode->i_blkbits;
-		page = NULL;
-		err = block_write_begin(NULL, inode->i_mapping, pos, blocksize,
-					0, &page, NULL, nilfs_get_block);
-		if (unlikely(err))
+		err = block_write_begin(inode->i_mapping, pos, blocksize,
+					0, &page, nilfs_get_block);
+		if (unlikely(err)) {
+			loff_t isize = inode->i_size;
+			if (pos + blocksize > isize)
+				vmtruncate(inode, isize);
 			goto failed_inode;
+		}
 
 		err = nilfs_recovery_copy_block(nilfs, rb, page);
 		if (unlikely(err))
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/super.c b/fs/nilfs2/super.c
index 26078b3..1fa86b9 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/super.c
@@ -171,23 +171,6 @@
 	kmem_cache_free(nilfs_inode_cachep, NILFS_I(inode));
 }
 
-static void nilfs_clear_inode(struct inode *inode)
-{
-	struct nilfs_inode_info *ii = NILFS_I(inode);
-
-	/*
-	 * Free resources allocated in nilfs_read_inode(), here.
-	 */
-	BUG_ON(!list_empty(&ii->i_dirty));
-	brelse(ii->i_bh);
-	ii->i_bh = NULL;
-
-	if (test_bit(NILFS_I_BMAP, &ii->i_state))
-		nilfs_bmap_clear(ii->i_bmap);
-
-	nilfs_btnode_cache_clear(&ii->i_btnode_cache);
-}
-
 static int nilfs_sync_super(struct nilfs_sb_info *sbi, int flag)
 {
 	struct the_nilfs *nilfs = sbi->s_nilfs;
@@ -548,7 +531,7 @@
 	/* .write_inode    = nilfs_write_inode, */
 	/* .put_inode      = nilfs_put_inode, */
 	/* .drop_inode	  = nilfs_drop_inode, */
-	.delete_inode   = nilfs_delete_inode,
+	.evict_inode    = nilfs_evict_inode,
 	.put_super      = nilfs_put_super,
 	/* .write_super    = nilfs_write_super, */
 	.sync_fs        = nilfs_sync_fs,
@@ -556,7 +539,6 @@
 	/* .unlockfs */
 	.statfs         = nilfs_statfs,
 	.remount_fs     = nilfs_remount,
-	.clear_inode    = nilfs_clear_inode,
 	/* .umount_begin */
 	.show_options = nilfs_show_options
 };
diff --git a/fs/notify/inode_mark.c b/fs/notify/inode_mark.c
index 0399bcb..152b83e 100644
--- a/fs/notify/inode_mark.c
+++ b/fs/notify/inode_mark.c
@@ -369,11 +369,11 @@
 		struct inode *need_iput_tmp;
 
 		/*
-		 * We cannot __iget() an inode in state I_CLEAR, I_FREEING,
+		 * We cannot __iget() an inode in state I_FREEING,
 		 * I_WILL_FREE, or I_NEW which is fine because by that point
 		 * the inode cannot have any associated watches.
 		 */
-		if (inode->i_state & (I_CLEAR|I_FREEING|I_WILL_FREE|I_NEW))
+		if (inode->i_state & (I_FREEING|I_WILL_FREE|I_NEW))
 			continue;
 
 		/*
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@
 		/* In case the dropping of a reference would nuke next_i. */
 		if ((&next_i->i_sb_list != list) &&
 		    atomic_read(&next_i->i_count) &&
-		    !(next_i->i_state & (I_CLEAR | I_FREEING | I_WILL_FREE))) {
+		    !(next_i->i_state & (I_FREEING | I_WILL_FREE))) {
 			__iget(next_i);
 			need_iput = next_i;
 		}
diff --git a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify.c b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify.c
index 27b75eb..cf6b042 100644
--- a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify.c
+++ b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify.c
@@ -377,11 +377,11 @@
 		struct list_head *watches;
 
 		/*
-		 * We cannot __iget() an inode in state I_CLEAR, I_FREEING,
+		 * We cannot __iget() an inode in state I_FREEING,
 		 * I_WILL_FREE, or I_NEW which is fine because by that point
 		 * the inode cannot have any associated watches.
 		 */
-		if (inode->i_state & (I_CLEAR|I_FREEING|I_WILL_FREE|I_NEW))
+		if (inode->i_state & (I_FREEING|I_WILL_FREE|I_NEW))
 			continue;
 
 		/*
@@ -403,8 +403,7 @@
 		/* In case the dropping of a reference would nuke next_i. */
 		if ((&next_i->i_sb_list != list) &&
 				atomic_read(&next_i->i_count) &&
-				!(next_i->i_state & (I_CLEAR | I_FREEING |
-					I_WILL_FREE))) {
+				!(next_i->i_state & (I_FREEING|I_WILL_FREE))) {
 			__iget(next_i);
 			need_iput = next_i;
 		}
diff --git a/fs/ntfs/inode.c b/fs/ntfs/inode.c
index 4b57fb1..93622b1 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/inode.c
@@ -2238,7 +2238,7 @@
 }
 
 /**
- * ntfs_clear_big_inode - clean up the ntfs specific part of an inode
+ * ntfs_evict_big_inode - clean up the ntfs specific part of an inode
  * @vi:		vfs inode pending annihilation
  *
  * When the VFS is going to remove an inode from memory, ntfs_clear_big_inode()
@@ -2247,10 +2247,13 @@
  *
  * If the MFT record is dirty, we commit it before doing anything else.
  */
-void ntfs_clear_big_inode(struct inode *vi)
+void ntfs_evict_big_inode(struct inode *vi)
 {
 	ntfs_inode *ni = NTFS_I(vi);
 
+	truncate_inode_pages(&vi->i_data, 0);
+	end_writeback(vi);
+
 #ifdef NTFS_RW
 	if (NInoDirty(ni)) {
 		bool was_bad = (is_bad_inode(vi));
@@ -2879,9 +2882,6 @@
  *
  * Called with ->i_mutex held.  For the ATTR_SIZE (i.e. ->truncate) case, also
  * called with ->i_alloc_sem held for writing.
- *
- * Basically this is a copy of generic notify_change() and inode_setattr()
- * functionality, except we intercept and abort changes in i_size.
  */
 int ntfs_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr)
 {
diff --git a/fs/ntfs/inode.h b/fs/ntfs/inode.h
index 9a11354..2dabf81 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/inode.h
+++ b/fs/ntfs/inode.h
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@
 
 extern struct inode *ntfs_alloc_big_inode(struct super_block *sb);
 extern void ntfs_destroy_big_inode(struct inode *inode);
-extern void ntfs_clear_big_inode(struct inode *vi);
+extern void ntfs_evict_big_inode(struct inode *vi);
 
 extern void __ntfs_init_inode(struct super_block *sb, ntfs_inode *ni);
 
diff --git a/fs/ntfs/super.c b/fs/ntfs/super.c
index 0de1db6..5128061 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/super.c
@@ -2700,7 +2700,7 @@
 	.put_super	= ntfs_put_super,	/* Syscall: umount. */
 	.statfs		= ntfs_statfs,		/* Syscall: statfs */
 	.remount_fs	= ntfs_remount,		/* Syscall: mount -o remount. */
-	.clear_inode	= ntfs_clear_big_inode,	/* VFS: Called when an inode is
+	.evict_inode	= ntfs_evict_big_inode,	/* VFS: Called when an inode is
 						   removed from memory. */
 	//.umount_begin	= NULL,			/* Forced umount. */
 	.show_options	= ntfs_show_options,	/* Show mount options in
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/aops.c b/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
index 96337a4..0de69c9 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
@@ -643,11 +643,10 @@
 	if (i_size_read(inode) <= offset)
 		return 0;
 
-	ret = blockdev_direct_IO_no_locking(rw, iocb, inode,
-					    inode->i_sb->s_bdev, iov, offset,
-					    nr_segs,
-					    ocfs2_direct_IO_get_blocks,
-					    ocfs2_dio_end_io);
+	ret = __blockdev_direct_IO(rw, iocb, inode, inode->i_sb->s_bdev,
+				   iov, offset, nr_segs,
+				   ocfs2_direct_IO_get_blocks,
+				   ocfs2_dio_end_io, NULL, 0);
 
 	mlog_exit(ret);
 	return ret;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlmfs/dlmfs.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlmfs/dlmfs.c
index bef34d0..c2903b8 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlmfs/dlmfs.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlmfs/dlmfs.c
@@ -213,10 +213,12 @@
 
 	attr->ia_valid &= ~ATTR_SIZE;
 	error = inode_change_ok(inode, attr);
-	if (!error)
-		error = inode_setattr(inode, attr);
+	if (error)
+		return error;
 
-	return error;
+	setattr_copy(inode, attr);
+	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static unsigned int dlmfs_file_poll(struct file *file, poll_table *wait)
@@ -354,13 +356,12 @@
 	kmem_cache_free(dlmfs_inode_cache, DLMFS_I(inode));
 }
 
-static void dlmfs_clear_inode(struct inode *inode)
+static void dlmfs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	int status;
 	struct dlmfs_inode_private *ip;
 
-	if (!inode)
-		return;
+	end_writeback(inode);
 
 	mlog(0, "inode %lu\n", inode->i_ino);
 
@@ -630,7 +631,7 @@
 	.statfs		= simple_statfs,
 	.alloc_inode	= dlmfs_alloc_inode,
 	.destroy_inode	= dlmfs_destroy_inode,
-	.clear_inode	= dlmfs_clear_inode,
+	.evict_inode	= dlmfs_evict_inode,
 	.drop_inode	= generic_delete_inode,
 };
 
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/file.c b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
index 2b10b36..81296b4 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
@@ -1233,18 +1233,26 @@
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * This will intentionally not wind up calling simple_setsize(),
+	 * This will intentionally not wind up calling truncate_setsize(),
 	 * since all the work for a size change has been done above.
 	 * Otherwise, we could get into problems with truncate as
 	 * ip_alloc_sem is used there to protect against i_size
 	 * changes.
+	 *
+	 * XXX: this means the conditional below can probably be removed.
 	 */
-	status = inode_setattr(inode, attr);
-	if (status < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(status);
-		goto bail_commit;
+	if ((attr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) &&
+	    attr->ia_size != i_size_read(inode)) {
+		status = vmtruncate(inode, attr->ia_size);
+		if (status) {
+			mlog_errno(status);
+			goto bail_commit;
+		}
 	}
 
+	setattr_copy(inode, attr);
+	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+
 	status = ocfs2_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode, bh);
 	if (status < 0)
 		mlog_errno(status);
@@ -2300,12 +2308,12 @@
 			 * blocks outside i_size. Trim these off again.
 			 * Don't need i_size_read because we hold i_mutex.
 			 *
-			 * XXX(hch): this looks buggy because ocfs2 did not
+			 * XXX(truncate): this looks buggy because ocfs2 did not
 			 * actually implement ->truncate.  Take a look at
 			 * the new truncate sequence and update this accordingly
 			 */
 			if (*ppos + count > inode->i_size)
-				simple_setsize(inode, inode->i_size);
+				truncate_setsize(inode, inode->i_size);
 			ret = written;
 			goto out_dio;
 		}
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
index abb0a95..0492464 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
@@ -969,7 +969,7 @@
 	truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
 }
 
-void ocfs2_delete_inode(struct inode *inode)
+static void ocfs2_delete_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	int wipe, status;
 	sigset_t oldset;
@@ -1075,20 +1075,17 @@
 bail_unblock:
 	ocfs2_unblock_signals(&oldset);
 bail:
-	clear_inode(inode);
 	mlog_exit_void();
 }
 
-void ocfs2_clear_inode(struct inode *inode)
+static void ocfs2_clear_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	int status;
 	struct ocfs2_inode_info *oi = OCFS2_I(inode);
 
 	mlog_entry_void();
 
-	if (!inode)
-		goto bail;
-
+	end_writeback(inode);
 	mlog(0, "Clearing inode: %llu, nlink = %u\n",
 	     (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno, inode->i_nlink);
 
@@ -1180,16 +1177,27 @@
 	jbd2_journal_release_jbd_inode(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb)->journal->j_journal,
 				       &oi->ip_jinode);
 
-bail:
 	mlog_exit_void();
 }
 
+void ocfs2_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	if (!inode->i_nlink ||
+	    (OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_flags & OCFS2_INODE_MAYBE_ORPHANED)) {
+		ocfs2_delete_inode(inode);
+	} else {
+		truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
+	}
+	ocfs2_clear_inode(inode);
+}
+
 /* Called under inode_lock, with no more references on the
  * struct inode, so it's safe here to check the flags field
  * and to manipulate i_nlink without any other locks. */
-void ocfs2_drop_inode(struct inode *inode)
+int ocfs2_drop_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct ocfs2_inode_info *oi = OCFS2_I(inode);
+	int res;
 
 	mlog_entry_void();
 
@@ -1197,11 +1205,12 @@
 	     (unsigned long long)oi->ip_blkno, inode->i_nlink, oi->ip_flags);
 
 	if (oi->ip_flags & OCFS2_INODE_MAYBE_ORPHANED)
-		generic_delete_inode(inode);
+		res = 1;
 	else
-		generic_drop_inode(inode);
+		res = generic_drop_inode(inode);
 
 	mlog_exit_void();
+	return res;
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/inode.h b/fs/ocfs2/inode.h
index 9f5f5fc..6de5a86 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/inode.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/inode.h
@@ -123,9 +123,8 @@
 	return &OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_metadata_cache;
 }
 
-void ocfs2_clear_inode(struct inode *inode);
-void ocfs2_delete_inode(struct inode *inode);
-void ocfs2_drop_inode(struct inode *inode);
+void ocfs2_evict_inode(struct inode *inode);
+int ocfs2_drop_inode(struct inode *inode);
 
 /* Flags for ocfs2_iget() */
 #define OCFS2_FI_FLAG_SYSFILE		0x1
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/super.c b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
index 03a799f..fa1be1b 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
@@ -145,8 +145,7 @@
 	.alloc_inode	= ocfs2_alloc_inode,
 	.destroy_inode	= ocfs2_destroy_inode,
 	.drop_inode	= ocfs2_drop_inode,
-	.clear_inode	= ocfs2_clear_inode,
-	.delete_inode	= ocfs2_delete_inode,
+	.evict_inode	= ocfs2_evict_inode,
 	.sync_fs	= ocfs2_sync_fs,
 	.put_super	= ocfs2_put_super,
 	.remount_fs	= ocfs2_remount,
diff --git a/fs/omfs/file.c b/fs/omfs/file.c
index 6e7a329..5542c28 100644
--- a/fs/omfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/omfs/file.c
@@ -312,9 +312,17 @@
 			loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned flags,
 			struct page **pagep, void **fsdata)
 {
-	*pagep = NULL;
-	return block_write_begin(file, mapping, pos, len, flags,
-				pagep, fsdata, omfs_get_block);
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = block_write_begin(mapping, pos, len, flags, pagep,
+				omfs_get_block);
+	if (unlikely(ret)) {
+		loff_t isize = mapping->host->i_size;
+		if (pos + len > isize)
+			vmtruncate(mapping->host, isize);
+	}
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static sector_t omfs_bmap(struct address_space *mapping, sector_t block)
@@ -333,7 +341,29 @@
 	.splice_read = generic_file_splice_read,
 };
 
+static int omfs_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	int error;
+
+	error = inode_change_ok(inode, attr);
+	if (error)
+		return error;
+
+	if ((attr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) &&
+	    attr->ia_size != i_size_read(inode)) {
+		error = vmtruncate(inode, attr->ia_size);
+		if (error)
+			return error;
+	}
+
+	setattr_copy(inode, attr);
+	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 const struct inode_operations omfs_file_inops = {
+	.setattr = omfs_setattr,
 	.truncate = omfs_truncate
 };
 
diff --git a/fs/omfs/inode.c b/fs/omfs/inode.c
index 089839a..56121de 100644
--- a/fs/omfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/omfs/inode.c
@@ -175,9 +175,13 @@
  * called when an entry is deleted, need to clear the bits in the
  * bitmaps.
  */
-static void omfs_delete_inode(struct inode *inode)
+static void omfs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
+	end_writeback(inode);
+
+	if (inode->i_nlink)
+		return;
 
 	if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode)) {
 		inode->i_size = 0;
@@ -185,7 +189,6 @@
 	}
 
 	omfs_clear_range(inode->i_sb, inode->i_ino, 2);
-	clear_inode(inode);
 }
 
 struct inode *omfs_iget(struct super_block *sb, ino_t ino)
@@ -284,7 +287,7 @@
 
 static const struct super_operations omfs_sops = {
 	.write_inode	= omfs_write_inode,
-	.delete_inode	= omfs_delete_inode,
+	.evict_inode	= omfs_evict_inode,
 	.put_super	= omfs_put_super,
 	.statfs		= omfs_statfs,
 	.show_options	= generic_show_options,
diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index 69254a3..c806dfb 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -559,9 +559,19 @@
 		return -EPERM;
 
 	error = inode_change_ok(inode, attr);
-	if (!error)
-		error = inode_setattr(inode, attr);
-	return error;
+	if (error)
+		return error;
+
+	if ((attr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) &&
+	    attr->ia_size != i_size_read(inode)) {
+		error = vmtruncate(inode, attr->ia_size);
+		if (error)
+			return error;
+	}
+
+	setattr_copy(inode, attr);
+	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static const struct inode_operations proc_def_inode_operations = {
diff --git a/fs/proc/generic.c b/fs/proc/generic.c
index 2791907..dd29f03 100644
--- a/fs/proc/generic.c
+++ b/fs/proc/generic.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <linux/time.h>
 #include <linux/proc_fs.h>
 #include <linux/stat.h>
+#include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/mount.h>
@@ -258,17 +259,22 @@
 
 	error = inode_change_ok(inode, iattr);
 	if (error)
-		goto out;
+		return error;
 
-	error = inode_setattr(inode, iattr);
-	if (error)
-		goto out;
+	if ((iattr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) &&
+	    iattr->ia_size != i_size_read(inode)) {
+		error = vmtruncate(inode, iattr->ia_size);
+		if (error)
+			return error;
+	}
+
+	setattr_copy(inode, iattr);
+	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 	
 	de->uid = inode->i_uid;
 	de->gid = inode->i_gid;
 	de->mode = inode->i_mode;
-out:
-	return error;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int proc_getattr(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry,
diff --git a/fs/proc/inode.c b/fs/proc/inode.c
index aea8502..23561cd 100644
--- a/fs/proc/inode.c
+++ b/fs/proc/inode.c
@@ -25,11 +25,12 @@
 
 #include "internal.h"
 
-static void proc_delete_inode(struct inode *inode)
+static void proc_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct proc_dir_entry *de;
 
 	truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
+	end_writeback(inode);
 
 	/* Stop tracking associated processes */
 	put_pid(PROC_I(inode)->pid);
@@ -40,7 +41,6 @@
 		pde_put(de);
 	if (PROC_I(inode)->sysctl)
 		sysctl_head_put(PROC_I(inode)->sysctl);
-	clear_inode(inode);
 }
 
 struct vfsmount *proc_mnt;
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
 	.alloc_inode	= proc_alloc_inode,
 	.destroy_inode	= proc_destroy_inode,
 	.drop_inode	= generic_delete_inode,
-	.delete_inode	= proc_delete_inode,
+	.evict_inode	= proc_evict_inode,
 	.statfs		= simple_statfs,
 };
 
diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
index 6ff9981..5be436e 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
@@ -329,10 +329,19 @@
 		return -EPERM;
 
 	error = inode_change_ok(inode, attr);
-	if (!error)
-		error = inode_setattr(inode, attr);
+	if (error)
+		return error;
 
-	return error;
+	if ((attr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) &&
+	    attr->ia_size != i_size_read(inode)) {
+		error = vmtruncate(inode, attr->ia_size);
+		if (error)
+			return error;
+	}
+
+	setattr_copy(inode, attr);
+	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int proc_sys_getattr(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry, struct kstat *stat)
diff --git a/fs/qnx4/inode.c b/fs/qnx4/inode.c
index 277575d..1682972 100644
--- a/fs/qnx4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/qnx4/inode.c
@@ -320,10 +320,19 @@
 			struct page **pagep, void **fsdata)
 {
 	struct qnx4_inode_info *qnx4_inode = qnx4_i(mapping->host);
+	int ret;
+
 	*pagep = NULL;
-	return cont_write_begin(file, mapping, pos, len, flags, pagep, fsdata,
+	ret = cont_write_begin(file, mapping, pos, len, flags, pagep, fsdata,
 				qnx4_get_block,
 				&qnx4_inode->mmu_private);
+	if (unlikely(ret)) {
+		loff_t isize = mapping->host->i_size;
+		if (pos + len > isize)
+			vmtruncate(mapping->host, isize);
+	}
+
+	return ret;
 }
 static sector_t qnx4_bmap(struct address_space *mapping, sector_t block)
 {
diff --git a/fs/quota/dquot.c b/fs/quota/dquot.c
index ef72b16..aad1316 100644
--- a/fs/quota/dquot.c
+++ b/fs/quota/dquot.c
@@ -898,7 +898,7 @@
 
 	spin_lock(&inode_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry(inode, &sb->s_inodes, i_sb_list) {
-		if (inode->i_state & (I_FREEING|I_CLEAR|I_WILL_FREE|I_NEW))
+		if (inode->i_state & (I_FREEING|I_WILL_FREE|I_NEW))
 			continue;
 #ifdef CONFIG_QUOTA_DEBUG
 		if (unlikely(inode_get_rsv_space(inode) > 0))
diff --git a/fs/ramfs/file-nommu.c b/fs/ramfs/file-nommu.c
index d532c20..9eead2c 100644
--- a/fs/ramfs/file-nommu.c
+++ b/fs/ramfs/file-nommu.c
@@ -146,9 +146,8 @@
 			return ret;
 	}
 
-	ret = simple_setsize(inode, newsize);
-
-	return ret;
+	truncate_setsize(inode, newsize);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /*****************************************************************************/
@@ -183,7 +182,7 @@
 		}
 	}
 
-	generic_setattr(inode, ia);
+	setattr_copy(inode, ia);
  out:
 	ia->ia_valid = old_ia_valid;
 	return ret;
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/file.c b/fs/reiserfs/file.c
index b82cdd8..6846371 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/file.c
@@ -38,19 +38,23 @@
 
 	BUG_ON(!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode));
 
-	/* fast out for when nothing needs to be done */
-	if ((atomic_read(&inode->i_count) > 1 ||
-	     !(REISERFS_I(inode)->i_flags & i_pack_on_close_mask) ||
-	     !tail_has_to_be_packed(inode)) &&
-	    REISERFS_I(inode)->i_prealloc_count <= 0) {
+        if (atomic_add_unless(&REISERFS_I(inode)->openers, -1, 1))
+		return 0;
+
+	mutex_lock(&(REISERFS_I(inode)->tailpack));
+
+        if (!atomic_dec_and_test(&REISERFS_I(inode)->openers)) {
+		mutex_unlock(&(REISERFS_I(inode)->tailpack));
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
-
-	mutex_lock(&(REISERFS_I(inode)->i_mmap));
-	if (REISERFS_I(inode)->i_flags & i_ever_mapped)
-		REISERFS_I(inode)->i_flags &= ~i_pack_on_close_mask;
+	/* fast out for when nothing needs to be done */
+	if ((!(REISERFS_I(inode)->i_flags & i_pack_on_close_mask) ||
+	     !tail_has_to_be_packed(inode)) &&
+	    REISERFS_I(inode)->i_prealloc_count <= 0) {
+		mutex_unlock(&(REISERFS_I(inode)->tailpack));
+		return 0;
+	}
 
 	reiserfs_write_lock(inode->i_sb);
 	/* freeing preallocation only involves relogging blocks that
@@ -94,9 +98,10 @@
 	if (!err)
 		err = jbegin_failure;
 
-	if (!err && atomic_read(&inode->i_count) <= 1 &&
+	if (!err &&
 	    (REISERFS_I(inode)->i_flags & i_pack_on_close_mask) &&
 	    tail_has_to_be_packed(inode)) {
+
 		/* if regular file is released by last holder and it has been
 		   appended (we append by unformatted node only) or its direct
 		   item(s) had to be converted, then it may have to be
@@ -104,27 +109,28 @@
 		err = reiserfs_truncate_file(inode, 0);
 	}
       out:
-	mutex_unlock(&(REISERFS_I(inode)->i_mmap));
-	mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
 	reiserfs_write_unlock(inode->i_sb);
+	mutex_unlock(&(REISERFS_I(inode)->tailpack));
 	return err;
 }
 
-static int reiserfs_file_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+static int reiserfs_file_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
-	struct inode *inode;
-
-	inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
-	mutex_lock(&(REISERFS_I(inode)->i_mmap));
-	REISERFS_I(inode)->i_flags |= i_ever_mapped;
-	mutex_unlock(&(REISERFS_I(inode)->i_mmap));
-
-	return generic_file_mmap(file, vma);
+	int err = dquot_file_open(inode, file);
+        if (!atomic_inc_not_zero(&REISERFS_I(inode)->openers)) {
+		/* somebody might be tailpacking on final close; wait for it */
+		mutex_lock(&(REISERFS_I(inode)->tailpack));
+		atomic_inc(&REISERFS_I(inode)->openers);
+		mutex_unlock(&(REISERFS_I(inode)->tailpack));
+	}
+	return err;
 }
 
 static void reiserfs_vfs_truncate_file(struct inode *inode)
 {
+	mutex_lock(&(REISERFS_I(inode)->tailpack));
 	reiserfs_truncate_file(inode, 1);
+	mutex_unlock(&(REISERFS_I(inode)->tailpack));
 }
 
 /* Sync a reiserfs file. */
@@ -288,8 +294,8 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
 	.compat_ioctl = reiserfs_compat_ioctl,
 #endif
-	.mmap = reiserfs_file_mmap,
-	.open = dquot_file_open,
+	.mmap = generic_file_mmap,
+	.open = reiserfs_file_open,
 	.release = reiserfs_file_release,
 	.fsync = reiserfs_sync_file,
 	.aio_read = generic_file_aio_read,
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/inode.c b/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
index 29db72203..ae35413 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 int reiserfs_prepare_write(struct file *f, struct page *page,
 			   unsigned from, unsigned to);
 
-void reiserfs_delete_inode(struct inode *inode)
+void reiserfs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	/* We need blocks for transaction + (user+group) quota update (possibly delete) */
 	int jbegin_count =
@@ -35,10 +35,12 @@
 	int depth;
 	int err;
 
-	if (!is_bad_inode(inode))
+	if (!inode->i_nlink && !is_bad_inode(inode))
 		dquot_initialize(inode);
 
 	truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
+	if (inode->i_nlink)
+		goto no_delete;
 
 	depth = reiserfs_write_lock_once(inode->i_sb);
 
@@ -77,9 +79,14 @@
 		;
 	}
       out:
-	clear_inode(inode);	/* note this must go after the journal_end to prevent deadlock */
+	end_writeback(inode);	/* note this must go after the journal_end to prevent deadlock */
+	dquot_drop(inode);
 	inode->i_blocks = 0;
 	reiserfs_write_unlock_once(inode->i_sb, depth);
+
+no_delete:
+	end_writeback(inode);
+	dquot_drop(inode);
 }
 
 static void _make_cpu_key(struct cpu_key *key, int version, __u32 dirid,
@@ -1138,7 +1145,6 @@
 	REISERFS_I(inode)->i_prealloc_count = 0;
 	REISERFS_I(inode)->i_trans_id = 0;
 	REISERFS_I(inode)->i_jl = NULL;
-	mutex_init(&(REISERFS_I(inode)->i_mmap));
 	reiserfs_init_xattr_rwsem(inode);
 
 	if (stat_data_v1(ih)) {
@@ -1841,7 +1847,6 @@
 	REISERFS_I(inode)->i_attrs =
 	    REISERFS_I(dir)->i_attrs & REISERFS_INHERIT_MASK;
 	sd_attrs_to_i_attrs(REISERFS_I(inode)->i_attrs, inode);
-	mutex_init(&(REISERFS_I(inode)->i_mmap));
 	reiserfs_init_xattr_rwsem(inode);
 
 	/* key to search for correct place for new stat data */
@@ -2587,8 +2592,7 @@
 		old_ref = th->t_refcount;
 		th->t_refcount++;
 	}
-	ret = block_write_begin(file, mapping, pos, len, flags, pagep, fsdata,
-				reiserfs_get_block);
+	ret = __block_write_begin(page, pos, len, reiserfs_get_block);
 	if (ret && reiserfs_transaction_running(inode->i_sb)) {
 		struct reiserfs_transaction_handle *th = current->journal_info;
 		/* this gets a little ugly.  If reiserfs_get_block returned an
@@ -3059,10 +3063,25 @@
 {
 	struct file *file = iocb->ki_filp;
 	struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host;
+	ssize_t ret;
 
-	return blockdev_direct_IO(rw, iocb, inode, inode->i_sb->s_bdev, iov,
+	ret = blockdev_direct_IO(rw, iocb, inode, inode->i_sb->s_bdev, iov,
 				  offset, nr_segs,
 				  reiserfs_get_blocks_direct_io, NULL);
+
+	/*
+	 * In case of error extending write may have instantiated a few
+	 * blocks outside i_size. Trim these off again.
+	 */
+	if (unlikely((rw & WRITE) && ret < 0)) {
+		loff_t isize = i_size_read(inode);
+		loff_t end = offset + iov_length(iov, nr_segs);
+
+		if (end > isize)
+			vmtruncate(inode, isize);
+	}
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 int reiserfs_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr)
@@ -3072,6 +3091,10 @@
 	int depth;
 	int error;
 
+	error = inode_change_ok(inode, attr);
+	if (error)
+		return error;
+
 	/* must be turned off for recursive notify_change calls */
 	ia_valid = attr->ia_valid &= ~(ATTR_KILL_SUID|ATTR_KILL_SGID);
 
@@ -3121,56 +3144,59 @@
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	error = inode_change_ok(inode, attr);
-	if (!error) {
-		if ((ia_valid & ATTR_UID && attr->ia_uid != inode->i_uid) ||
-		    (ia_valid & ATTR_GID && attr->ia_gid != inode->i_gid)) {
-			error = reiserfs_chown_xattrs(inode, attr);
+	if ((ia_valid & ATTR_UID && attr->ia_uid != inode->i_uid) ||
+	    (ia_valid & ATTR_GID && attr->ia_gid != inode->i_gid)) {
+		struct reiserfs_transaction_handle th;
+		int jbegin_count =
+		    2 *
+		    (REISERFS_QUOTA_INIT_BLOCKS(inode->i_sb) +
+		     REISERFS_QUOTA_DEL_BLOCKS(inode->i_sb)) +
+		    2;
 
-			if (!error) {
-				struct reiserfs_transaction_handle th;
-				int jbegin_count =
-				    2 *
-				    (REISERFS_QUOTA_INIT_BLOCKS(inode->i_sb) +
-				     REISERFS_QUOTA_DEL_BLOCKS(inode->i_sb)) +
-				    2;
+		error = reiserfs_chown_xattrs(inode, attr);
 
-				/* (user+group)*(old+new) structure - we count quota info and , inode write (sb, inode) */
-				error =
-				    journal_begin(&th, inode->i_sb,
-						  jbegin_count);
-				if (error)
-					goto out;
-				error = dquot_transfer(inode, attr);
-				if (error) {
-					journal_end(&th, inode->i_sb,
-						    jbegin_count);
-					goto out;
-				}
-				/* Update corresponding info in inode so that everything is in
-				 * one transaction */
-				if (attr->ia_valid & ATTR_UID)
-					inode->i_uid = attr->ia_uid;
-				if (attr->ia_valid & ATTR_GID)
-					inode->i_gid = attr->ia_gid;
-				mark_inode_dirty(inode);
-				error =
-				    journal_end(&th, inode->i_sb, jbegin_count);
-			}
+		if (error)
+			return error;
+
+		/* (user+group)*(old+new) structure - we count quota info and , inode write (sb, inode) */
+		error = journal_begin(&th, inode->i_sb, jbegin_count);
+		if (error)
+			goto out;
+		error = dquot_transfer(inode, attr);
+		if (error) {
+			journal_end(&th, inode->i_sb, jbegin_count);
+			goto out;
 		}
-		if (!error) {
-			/*
-			 * Relax the lock here, as it might truncate the
-			 * inode pages and wait for inode pages locks.
-			 * To release such page lock, the owner needs the
-			 * reiserfs lock
-			 */
-			reiserfs_write_unlock_once(inode->i_sb, depth);
-			error = inode_setattr(inode, attr);
-			depth = reiserfs_write_lock_once(inode->i_sb);
-		}
+
+		/* Update corresponding info in inode so that everything is in
+		 * one transaction */
+		if (attr->ia_valid & ATTR_UID)
+			inode->i_uid = attr->ia_uid;
+		if (attr->ia_valid & ATTR_GID)
+			inode->i_gid = attr->ia_gid;
+		mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+		error = journal_end(&th, inode->i_sb, jbegin_count);
+		if (error)
+			goto out;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Relax the lock here, as it might truncate the
+	 * inode pages and wait for inode pages locks.
+	 * To release such page lock, the owner needs the
+	 * reiserfs lock
+	 */
+	reiserfs_write_unlock_once(inode->i_sb, depth);
+	if ((attr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) &&
+	    attr->ia_size != i_size_read(inode))
+		error = vmtruncate(inode, attr->ia_size);
+
+	if (!error) {
+		setattr_copy(inode, attr);
+		mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+	}
+	depth = reiserfs_write_lock_once(inode->i_sb);
+
 	if (!error && reiserfs_posixacl(inode->i_sb)) {
 		if (attr->ia_valid & ATTR_MODE)
 			error = reiserfs_acl_chmod(inode);
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/super.c b/fs/reiserfs/super.c
index 9822fa1..e15ff61 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/super.c
@@ -525,6 +525,8 @@
 	    kmem_cache_alloc(reiserfs_inode_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!ei)
 		return NULL;
+	atomic_set(&ei->openers, 0);
+	mutex_init(&ei->tailpack);
 	return &ei->vfs_inode;
 }
 
@@ -589,11 +591,6 @@
 	reiserfs_write_unlock_once(inode->i_sb, lock_depth);
 }
 
-static void reiserfs_clear_inode(struct inode *inode)
-{
-	dquot_drop(inode);
-}
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_QUOTA
 static ssize_t reiserfs_quota_write(struct super_block *, int, const char *,
 				    size_t, loff_t);
@@ -606,8 +603,7 @@
 	.destroy_inode = reiserfs_destroy_inode,
 	.write_inode = reiserfs_write_inode,
 	.dirty_inode = reiserfs_dirty_inode,
-	.clear_inode = reiserfs_clear_inode,
-	.delete_inode = reiserfs_delete_inode,
+	.evict_inode = reiserfs_evict_inode,
 	.put_super = reiserfs_put_super,
 	.write_super = reiserfs_write_super,
 	.sync_fs = reiserfs_sync_fs,
diff --git a/fs/smbfs/inode.c b/fs/smbfs/inode.c
index 9551cb6..450c919 100644
--- a/fs/smbfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/smbfs/inode.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 
 #define SMB_TTL_DEFAULT 1000
 
-static void smb_delete_inode(struct inode *);
+static void smb_evict_inode(struct inode *);
 static void smb_put_super(struct super_block *);
 static int  smb_statfs(struct dentry *, struct kstatfs *);
 static int  smb_show_options(struct seq_file *, struct vfsmount *);
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
 	.alloc_inode	= smb_alloc_inode,
 	.destroy_inode	= smb_destroy_inode,
 	.drop_inode	= generic_delete_inode,
-	.delete_inode	= smb_delete_inode,
+	.evict_inode	= smb_evict_inode,
 	.put_super	= smb_put_super,
 	.statfs		= smb_statfs,
 	.show_options	= smb_show_options,
@@ -324,15 +324,15 @@
  * All blocking cleanup operations need to go here to avoid races.
  */
 static void
-smb_delete_inode(struct inode *ino)
+smb_evict_inode(struct inode *ino)
 {
 	DEBUG1("ino=%ld\n", ino->i_ino);
 	truncate_inode_pages(&ino->i_data, 0);
+	end_writeback(ino);
 	lock_kernel();
 	if (smb_close(ino))
 		PARANOIA("could not close inode %ld\n", ino->i_ino);
 	unlock_kernel();
-	clear_inode(ino);
 }
 
 static struct option opts[] = {
@@ -714,9 +714,7 @@
 		error = server->ops->truncate(inode, attr->ia_size);
 		if (error)
 			goto out;
-		error = simple_setsize(inode, attr->ia_size);
-		if (error)
-			goto out;
+		truncate_setsize(inode, attr->ia_size);
 		refresh = 1;
 	}
 
diff --git a/fs/statfs.c b/fs/statfs.c
index 4ef021f..30ea8c8 100644
--- a/fs/statfs.c
+++ b/fs/statfs.c
@@ -2,38 +2,83 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/file.h>
+#include <linux/mount.h>
 #include <linux/namei.h>
 #include <linux/statfs.h>
 #include <linux/security.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 
-int vfs_statfs(struct dentry *dentry, struct kstatfs *buf)
+static int flags_by_mnt(int mnt_flags)
 {
-	int retval = -ENODEV;
+	int flags = 0;
 
-	if (dentry) {
-		retval = -ENOSYS;
-		if (dentry->d_sb->s_op->statfs) {
-			memset(buf, 0, sizeof(*buf));
-			retval = security_sb_statfs(dentry);
-			if (retval)
-				return retval;
-			retval = dentry->d_sb->s_op->statfs(dentry, buf);
-			if (retval == 0 && buf->f_frsize == 0)
-				buf->f_frsize = buf->f_bsize;
-		}
-	}
+	if (mnt_flags & MNT_READONLY)
+		flags |= ST_RDONLY;
+	if (mnt_flags & MNT_NOSUID)
+		flags |= ST_NOSUID;
+	if (mnt_flags & MNT_NODEV)
+		flags |= ST_NODEV;
+	if (mnt_flags & MNT_NOEXEC)
+		flags |= ST_NOEXEC;
+	if (mnt_flags & MNT_NOATIME)
+		flags |= ST_NOATIME;
+	if (mnt_flags & MNT_NODIRATIME)
+		flags |= ST_NODIRATIME;
+	if (mnt_flags & MNT_RELATIME)
+		flags |= ST_RELATIME;
+	return flags;
+}
+
+static int flags_by_sb(int s_flags)
+{
+	int flags = 0;
+	if (s_flags & MS_SYNCHRONOUS)
+		flags |= ST_SYNCHRONOUS;
+	if (s_flags & MS_MANDLOCK)
+		flags |= ST_MANDLOCK;
+	return flags;
+}
+
+static int calculate_f_flags(struct vfsmount *mnt)
+{
+	return ST_VALID | flags_by_mnt(mnt->mnt_flags) |
+		flags_by_sb(mnt->mnt_sb->s_flags);
+}
+
+int statfs_by_dentry(struct dentry *dentry, struct kstatfs *buf)
+{
+	int retval;
+
+	if (!dentry->d_sb->s_op->statfs)
+		return -ENOSYS;
+
+	memset(buf, 0, sizeof(*buf));
+	retval = security_sb_statfs(dentry);
+	if (retval)
+		return retval;
+	retval = dentry->d_sb->s_op->statfs(dentry, buf);
+	if (retval == 0 && buf->f_frsize == 0)
+		buf->f_frsize = buf->f_bsize;
 	return retval;
 }
 
+int vfs_statfs(struct path *path, struct kstatfs *buf)
+{
+	int error;
+
+	error = statfs_by_dentry(path->dentry, buf);
+	if (!error)
+		buf->f_flags = calculate_f_flags(path->mnt);
+	return error;
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_statfs);
 
-static int vfs_statfs_native(struct dentry *dentry, struct statfs *buf)
+static int do_statfs_native(struct path *path, struct statfs *buf)
 {
 	struct kstatfs st;
 	int retval;
 
-	retval = vfs_statfs(dentry, &st);
+	retval = vfs_statfs(path, &st);
 	if (retval)
 		return retval;
 
@@ -67,17 +112,18 @@
 		buf->f_fsid = st.f_fsid;
 		buf->f_namelen = st.f_namelen;
 		buf->f_frsize = st.f_frsize;
+		buf->f_flags = st.f_flags;
 		memset(buf->f_spare, 0, sizeof(buf->f_spare));
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int vfs_statfs64(struct dentry *dentry, struct statfs64 *buf)
+static int do_statfs64(struct path *path, struct statfs64 *buf)
 {
 	struct kstatfs st;
 	int retval;
 
-	retval = vfs_statfs(dentry, &st);
+	retval = vfs_statfs(path, &st);
 	if (retval)
 		return retval;
 
@@ -94,6 +140,7 @@
 		buf->f_fsid = st.f_fsid;
 		buf->f_namelen = st.f_namelen;
 		buf->f_frsize = st.f_frsize;
+		buf->f_flags = st.f_flags;
 		memset(buf->f_spare, 0, sizeof(buf->f_spare));
 	}
 	return 0;
@@ -107,7 +154,7 @@
 	error = user_path(pathname, &path);
 	if (!error) {
 		struct statfs tmp;
-		error = vfs_statfs_native(path.dentry, &tmp);
+		error = do_statfs_native(&path, &tmp);
 		if (!error && copy_to_user(buf, &tmp, sizeof(tmp)))
 			error = -EFAULT;
 		path_put(&path);
@@ -125,7 +172,7 @@
 	error = user_path(pathname, &path);
 	if (!error) {
 		struct statfs64 tmp;
-		error = vfs_statfs64(path.dentry, &tmp);
+		error = do_statfs64(&path, &tmp);
 		if (!error && copy_to_user(buf, &tmp, sizeof(tmp)))
 			error = -EFAULT;
 		path_put(&path);
@@ -143,7 +190,7 @@
 	file = fget(fd);
 	if (!file)
 		goto out;
-	error = vfs_statfs_native(file->f_path.dentry, &tmp);
+	error = do_statfs_native(&file->f_path, &tmp);
 	if (!error && copy_to_user(buf, &tmp, sizeof(tmp)))
 		error = -EFAULT;
 	fput(file);
@@ -164,7 +211,7 @@
 	file = fget(fd);
 	if (!file)
 		goto out;
-	error = vfs_statfs64(file->f_path.dentry, &tmp);
+	error = do_statfs64(&file->f_path, &tmp);
 	if (!error && copy_to_user(buf, &tmp, sizeof(tmp)))
 		error = -EFAULT;
 	fput(file);
@@ -183,7 +230,7 @@
 	if (!s)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	err = vfs_statfs(s->s_root, &sbuf);
+	err = statfs_by_dentry(s->s_root, &sbuf);
 	drop_super(s);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
diff --git a/fs/super.c b/fs/super.c
index 938119a..9674ab2 100644
--- a/fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/super.c
@@ -305,8 +305,13 @@
 			if (s) {
 				up_write(&s->s_umount);
 				destroy_super(s);
+				s = NULL;
 			}
 			down_write(&old->s_umount);
+			if (unlikely(!(old->s_flags & MS_BORN))) {
+				deactivate_locked_super(old);
+				goto retry;
+			}
 			return old;
 		}
 	}
@@ -358,10 +363,10 @@
  */
 void sync_supers(void)
 {
-	struct super_block *sb, *n;
+	struct super_block *sb, *p = NULL;
 
 	spin_lock(&sb_lock);
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(sb, n, &super_blocks, s_list) {
+	list_for_each_entry(sb, &super_blocks, s_list) {
 		if (list_empty(&sb->s_instances))
 			continue;
 		if (sb->s_op->write_super && sb->s_dirt) {
@@ -374,11 +379,13 @@
 			up_read(&sb->s_umount);
 
 			spin_lock(&sb_lock);
-			/* lock was dropped, must reset next */
-			list_safe_reset_next(sb, n, s_list);
-			__put_super(sb);
+			if (p)
+				__put_super(p);
+			p = sb;
 		}
 	}
+	if (p)
+		__put_super(p);
 	spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
 }
 
@@ -392,10 +399,10 @@
  */
 void iterate_supers(void (*f)(struct super_block *, void *), void *arg)
 {
-	struct super_block *sb, *n;
+	struct super_block *sb, *p = NULL;
 
 	spin_lock(&sb_lock);
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(sb, n, &super_blocks, s_list) {
+	list_for_each_entry(sb, &super_blocks, s_list) {
 		if (list_empty(&sb->s_instances))
 			continue;
 		sb->s_count++;
@@ -407,10 +414,12 @@
 		up_read(&sb->s_umount);
 
 		spin_lock(&sb_lock);
-		/* lock was dropped, must reset next */
-		list_safe_reset_next(sb, n, s_list);
-		__put_super(sb);
+		if (p)
+			__put_super(p);
+		p = sb;
 	}
+	if (p)
+		__put_super(p);
 	spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
 }
 
@@ -572,10 +581,10 @@
 
 static void do_emergency_remount(struct work_struct *work)
 {
-	struct super_block *sb, *n;
+	struct super_block *sb, *p = NULL;
 
 	spin_lock(&sb_lock);
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(sb, n, &super_blocks, s_list) {
+	list_for_each_entry(sb, &super_blocks, s_list) {
 		if (list_empty(&sb->s_instances))
 			continue;
 		sb->s_count++;
@@ -589,10 +598,12 @@
 		}
 		up_write(&sb->s_umount);
 		spin_lock(&sb_lock);
-		/* lock was dropped, must reset next */
-		list_safe_reset_next(sb, n, s_list);
-		__put_super(sb);
+		if (p)
+			__put_super(p);
+		p = sb;
 	}
+	if (p)
+		__put_super(p);
 	spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
 	kfree(work);
 	printk("Emergency Remount complete\n");
@@ -773,7 +784,16 @@
 			goto error_bdev;
 		}
 
+		/*
+		 * s_umount nests inside bd_mutex during
+		 * __invalidate_device().  close_bdev_exclusive()
+		 * acquires bd_mutex and can't be called under
+		 * s_umount.  Drop s_umount temporarily.  This is safe
+		 * as we're holding an active reference.
+		 */
+		up_write(&s->s_umount);
 		close_bdev_exclusive(bdev, mode);
+		down_write(&s->s_umount);
 	} else {
 		char b[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
 
@@ -909,6 +929,7 @@
 		goto out_free_secdata;
 	BUG_ON(!mnt->mnt_sb);
 	WARN_ON(!mnt->mnt_sb->s_bdi);
+	mnt->mnt_sb->s_flags |= MS_BORN;
 
 	error = security_sb_kern_mount(mnt->mnt_sb, flags, secdata);
 	if (error)
diff --git a/fs/sync.c b/fs/sync.c
index 15aa6f0..ba76b96 100644
--- a/fs/sync.c
+++ b/fs/sync.c
@@ -128,31 +128,6 @@
 	}
 }
 
-/*
- * Generic function to fsync a file.
- */
-int file_fsync(struct file *filp, int datasync)
-{
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_mapping->host;
-	struct super_block * sb;
-	int ret, err;
-
-	/* sync the inode to buffers */
-	ret = write_inode_now(inode, 0);
-
-	/* sync the superblock to buffers */
-	sb = inode->i_sb;
-	if (sb->s_dirt && sb->s_op->write_super)
-		sb->s_op->write_super(sb);
-
-	/* .. finally sync the buffers to disk */
-	err = sync_blockdev(sb->s_bdev);
-	if (!ret)
-		ret = err;
-	return ret;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(file_fsync);
-
 /**
  * vfs_fsync_range - helper to sync a range of data & metadata to disk
  * @file:		file to sync
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/inode.c b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
index 0835a3b..cffb1fd 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
 		goto out;
 
 	/* this ignores size changes */
-	generic_setattr(inode, iattr);
+	setattr_copy(inode, iattr);
 
 out:
 	mutex_unlock(&sysfs_mutex);
@@ -312,15 +312,15 @@
  * The sysfs_dirent serves as both an inode and a directory entry for sysfs.
  * To prevent the sysfs inode numbers from being freed prematurely we take a
  * reference to sysfs_dirent from the sysfs inode.  A
- * super_operations.delete_inode() implementation is needed to drop that
+ * super_operations.evict_inode() implementation is needed to drop that
  * reference upon inode destruction.
  */
-void sysfs_delete_inode(struct inode *inode)
+void sysfs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct sysfs_dirent *sd  = inode->i_private;
 
 	truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
-	clear_inode(inode);
+	end_writeback(inode);
 	sysfs_put(sd);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/mount.c b/fs/sysfs/mount.c
index 281c0c9..f2af225 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/mount.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/mount.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 static const struct super_operations sysfs_ops = {
 	.statfs		= simple_statfs,
 	.drop_inode	= generic_delete_inode,
-	.delete_inode	= sysfs_delete_inode,
+	.evict_inode	= sysfs_evict_inode,
 };
 
 struct sysfs_dirent sysfs_root = {
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
index 6a13105..d9be60a 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
+++ b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@
  * inode.c
  */
 struct inode *sysfs_get_inode(struct super_block *sb, struct sysfs_dirent *sd);
-void sysfs_delete_inode(struct inode *inode);
+void sysfs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode);
 int sysfs_sd_setattr(struct sysfs_dirent *sd, struct iattr *iattr);
 int sysfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask);
 int sysfs_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *iattr);
diff --git a/fs/sysv/dir.c b/fs/sysv/dir.c
index 79941e4..a77c421 100644
--- a/fs/sysv/dir.c
+++ b/fs/sysv/dir.c
@@ -218,8 +218,7 @@
 	pos = page_offset(page) +
 			(char*)de - (char*)page_address(page);
 	lock_page(page);
-	err = __sysv_write_begin(NULL, page->mapping, pos, SYSV_DIRSIZE,
-				AOP_FLAG_UNINTERRUPTIBLE, &page, NULL);
+	err = sysv_prepare_chunk(page, pos, SYSV_DIRSIZE);
 	if (err)
 		goto out_unlock;
 	memcpy (de->name, name, namelen);
@@ -239,15 +238,13 @@
 
 int sysv_delete_entry(struct sysv_dir_entry *de, struct page *page)
 {
-	struct address_space *mapping = page->mapping;
-	struct inode *inode = (struct inode*)mapping->host;
+	struct inode *inode = page->mapping->host;
 	char *kaddr = (char*)page_address(page);
 	loff_t pos = page_offset(page) + (char *)de - kaddr;
 	int err;
 
 	lock_page(page);
-	err = __sysv_write_begin(NULL, mapping, pos, SYSV_DIRSIZE,
-				AOP_FLAG_UNINTERRUPTIBLE, &page, NULL);
+	err = sysv_prepare_chunk(page, pos, SYSV_DIRSIZE);
 	BUG_ON(err);
 	de->inode = 0;
 	err = dir_commit_chunk(page, pos, SYSV_DIRSIZE);
@@ -259,16 +256,14 @@
 
 int sysv_make_empty(struct inode *inode, struct inode *dir)
 {
-	struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping;
-	struct page *page = grab_cache_page(mapping, 0);
+	struct page *page = grab_cache_page(inode->i_mapping, 0);
 	struct sysv_dir_entry * de;
 	char *base;
 	int err;
 
 	if (!page)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	err = __sysv_write_begin(NULL, mapping, 0, 2 * SYSV_DIRSIZE,
-				AOP_FLAG_UNINTERRUPTIBLE, &page, NULL);
+	err = sysv_prepare_chunk(page, 0, 2 * SYSV_DIRSIZE);
 	if (err) {
 		unlock_page(page);
 		goto fail;
@@ -341,15 +336,13 @@
 void sysv_set_link(struct sysv_dir_entry *de, struct page *page,
 	struct inode *inode)
 {
-	struct address_space *mapping = page->mapping;
-	struct inode *dir = mapping->host;
+	struct inode *dir = page->mapping->host;
 	loff_t pos = page_offset(page) +
 			(char *)de-(char*)page_address(page);
 	int err;
 
 	lock_page(page);
-	err = __sysv_write_begin(NULL, mapping, pos, SYSV_DIRSIZE,
-				AOP_FLAG_UNINTERRUPTIBLE, &page, NULL);
+	err = sysv_prepare_chunk(page, pos, SYSV_DIRSIZE);
 	BUG_ON(err);
 	de->inode = cpu_to_fs16(SYSV_SB(inode->i_sb), inode->i_ino);
 	err = dir_commit_chunk(page, pos, SYSV_DIRSIZE);
diff --git a/fs/sysv/file.c b/fs/sysv/file.c
index 750cc22..0a65939 100644
--- a/fs/sysv/file.c
+++ b/fs/sysv/file.c
@@ -30,7 +30,29 @@
 	.splice_read	= generic_file_splice_read,
 };
 
+static int sysv_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	int error;
+
+	error = inode_change_ok(inode, attr);
+	if (error)
+		return error;
+
+	if ((attr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) &&
+	    attr->ia_size != i_size_read(inode)) {
+		error = vmtruncate(inode, attr->ia_size);
+		if (error)
+			return error;
+	}
+
+	setattr_copy(inode, attr);
+	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 const struct inode_operations sysv_file_inode_operations = {
 	.truncate	= sysv_truncate,
+	.setattr	= sysv_setattr,
 	.getattr	= sysv_getattr,
 };
diff --git a/fs/sysv/ialloc.c b/fs/sysv/ialloc.c
index fcc498e..0c96c98 100644
--- a/fs/sysv/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/sysv/ialloc.c
@@ -113,7 +113,6 @@
 		return;
 	}
 	raw_inode = sysv_raw_inode(sb, ino, &bh);
-	clear_inode(inode);
 	if (!raw_inode) {
 		printk("sysv_free_inode: unable to read inode block on device "
 		       "%s\n", inode->i_sb->s_id);
diff --git a/fs/sysv/inode.c b/fs/sysv/inode.c
index d4a5380..de44d06 100644
--- a/fs/sysv/inode.c
+++ b/fs/sysv/inode.c
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@
 	lock_super(sb);
 	if (sbi->s_forced_ro)
 		*flags |= MS_RDONLY;
-	if (!(*flags & MS_RDONLY))
-		sb->s_dirt = 1;
+	if (*flags & MS_RDONLY)
+		sysv_write_super(sb);
 	unlock_super(sb);
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -308,12 +308,17 @@
 	return __sysv_write_inode(inode, 1);
 }
 
-static void sysv_delete_inode(struct inode *inode)
+static void sysv_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
-	inode->i_size = 0;
-	sysv_truncate(inode);
-	sysv_free_inode(inode);
+	if (!inode->i_nlink) {
+		inode->i_size = 0;
+		sysv_truncate(inode);
+	}
+	invalidate_inode_buffers(inode);
+	end_writeback(inode);
+	if (!inode->i_nlink)
+		sysv_free_inode(inode);
 }
 
 static struct kmem_cache *sysv_inode_cachep;
@@ -344,7 +349,7 @@
 	.alloc_inode	= sysv_alloc_inode,
 	.destroy_inode	= sysv_destroy_inode,
 	.write_inode	= sysv_write_inode,
-	.delete_inode	= sysv_delete_inode,
+	.evict_inode	= sysv_evict_inode,
 	.put_super	= sysv_put_super,
 	.write_super	= sysv_write_super,
 	.sync_fs	= sysv_sync_fs,
diff --git a/fs/sysv/itree.c b/fs/sysv/itree.c
index f042eec..9ca6627 100644
--- a/fs/sysv/itree.c
+++ b/fs/sysv/itree.c
@@ -459,20 +459,25 @@
 	return block_read_full_page(page,get_block);
 }
 
-int __sysv_write_begin(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
-			loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned flags,
-			struct page **pagep, void **fsdata)
+int sysv_prepare_chunk(struct page *page, loff_t pos, unsigned len)
 {
-	return block_write_begin(file, mapping, pos, len, flags, pagep, fsdata,
-				get_block);
+	return __block_write_begin(page, pos, len, get_block);
 }
 
 static int sysv_write_begin(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
 			loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned flags,
 			struct page **pagep, void **fsdata)
 {
-	*pagep = NULL;
-	return __sysv_write_begin(file, mapping, pos, len, flags, pagep, fsdata);
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = block_write_begin(mapping, pos, len, flags, pagep, get_block);
+	if (unlikely(ret)) {
+		loff_t isize = mapping->host->i_size;
+		if (pos + len > isize)
+			vmtruncate(mapping->host, isize);
+	}
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static sector_t sysv_bmap(struct address_space *mapping, sector_t block)
diff --git a/fs/sysv/super.c b/fs/sysv/super.c
index 5a903da..0e44a62 100644
--- a/fs/sysv/super.c
+++ b/fs/sysv/super.c
@@ -347,7 +347,6 @@
 		sb->s_flags |= MS_RDONLY;
 	if (sbi->s_truncate)
 		sb->s_root->d_op = &sysv_dentry_operations;
-	sb->s_dirt = 1;
 	return 1;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/sysv/sysv.h b/fs/sysv/sysv.h
index 94cb9b4..bb55cdb 100644
--- a/fs/sysv/sysv.h
+++ b/fs/sysv/sysv.h
@@ -136,9 +136,7 @@
 
 /* itree.c */
 extern void sysv_truncate(struct inode *);
-extern int __sysv_write_begin(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
-			loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned flags,
-			struct page **pagep, void **fsdata);
+extern int sysv_prepare_chunk(struct page *page, loff_t pos, unsigned len);
 
 /* inode.c */
 extern struct inode *sysv_iget(struct super_block *, unsigned int);
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/file.c b/fs/ubifs/file.c
index 12f445c..03ae894 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/file.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/file.c
@@ -967,14 +967,15 @@
  * the page locked, and it locks @ui_mutex. However, write-back does take inode
  * @i_mutex, which means other VFS operations may be run on this inode at the
  * same time. And the problematic one is truncation to smaller size, from where
- * we have to call 'simple_setsize()', which first changes @inode->i_size, then
+ * we have to call 'truncate_setsize()', which first changes @inode->i_size, then
  * drops the truncated pages. And while dropping the pages, it takes the page
- * lock. This means that 'do_truncation()' cannot call 'simple_setsize()' with
+ * lock. This means that 'do_truncation()' cannot call 'truncate_setsize()' with
  * @ui_mutex locked, because it would deadlock with 'ubifs_writepage()'. This
  * means that @inode->i_size is changed while @ui_mutex is unlocked.
  *
- * XXX: with the new truncate the above is not true anymore, the simple_setsize
- * calls can be replaced with the individual components.
+ * XXX(truncate): with the new truncate sequence this is not true anymore,
+ * and the calls to truncate_setsize can be move around freely.  They should
+ * be moved to the very end of the truncate sequence.
  *
  * But in 'ubifs_writepage()' we have to guarantee that we do not write beyond
  * inode size. How do we do this if @inode->i_size may became smaller while we
@@ -1128,9 +1129,7 @@
 		budgeted = 0;
 	}
 
-	err = simple_setsize(inode, new_size);
-	if (err)
-		goto out_budg;
+	truncate_setsize(inode, new_size);
 
 	if (offset) {
 		pgoff_t index = new_size >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
@@ -1217,16 +1216,14 @@
 
 	if (attr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) {
 		dbg_gen("size %lld -> %lld", inode->i_size, new_size);
-		err = simple_setsize(inode, new_size);
-		if (err)
-			goto out;
+		truncate_setsize(inode, new_size);
 	}
 
 	mutex_lock(&ui->ui_mutex);
 	if (attr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) {
 		/* Truncation changes inode [mc]time */
 		inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = ubifs_current_time(inode);
-		/* 'simple_setsize()' changed @i_size, update @ui_size */
+		/* 'truncate_setsize()' changed @i_size, update @ui_size */
 		ui->ui_size = inode->i_size;
 	}
 
@@ -1248,10 +1245,6 @@
 	if (IS_SYNC(inode))
 		err = inode->i_sb->s_op->write_inode(inode, NULL);
 	return err;
-
-out:
-	ubifs_release_budget(c, &req);
-	return err;
 }
 
 int ubifs_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr)
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/super.c b/fs/ubifs/super.c
index 5fc5a09..cd5900b 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/super.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/super.c
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@
 	return err;
 }
 
-static void ubifs_delete_inode(struct inode *inode)
+static void ubifs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	int err;
 	struct ubifs_info *c = inode->i_sb->s_fs_info;
@@ -343,9 +343,12 @@
 
 	dbg_gen("inode %lu, mode %#x", inode->i_ino, (int)inode->i_mode);
 	ubifs_assert(!atomic_read(&inode->i_count));
-	ubifs_assert(inode->i_nlink == 0);
 
 	truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
+
+	if (inode->i_nlink)
+		goto done;
+
 	if (is_bad_inode(inode))
 		goto out;
 
@@ -367,7 +370,8 @@
 		c->nospace = c->nospace_rp = 0;
 		smp_wmb();
 	}
-	clear_inode(inode);
+done:
+	end_writeback(inode);
 }
 
 static void ubifs_dirty_inode(struct inode *inode)
@@ -1826,7 +1830,7 @@
 	.destroy_inode = ubifs_destroy_inode,
 	.put_super     = ubifs_put_super,
 	.write_inode   = ubifs_write_inode,
-	.delete_inode  = ubifs_delete_inode,
+	.evict_inode   = ubifs_evict_inode,
 	.statfs        = ubifs_statfs,
 	.dirty_inode   = ubifs_dirty_inode,
 	.remount_fs    = ubifs_remount_fs,
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h b/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h
index 0431087..0c9876b 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h
+++ b/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@
  * The @ui_size is a "shadow" variable for @inode->i_size and UBIFS uses
  * @ui_size instead of @inode->i_size. The reason for this is that UBIFS cannot
  * make sure @inode->i_size is always changed under @ui_mutex, because it
- * cannot call 'simple_setsize()' with @ui_mutex locked, because it would deadlock
+ * cannot call 'truncate_setsize()' with @ui_mutex locked, because it would deadlock
  * with 'ubifs_writepage()' (see file.c). All the other inode fields are
  * changed under @ui_mutex, so they do not need "shadow" fields. Note, one
  * could consider to rework locking and base it on "shadow" fields.
diff --git a/fs/udf/file.c b/fs/udf/file.c
index 6e450e0..66b9e7e 100644
--- a/fs/udf/file.c
+++ b/fs/udf/file.c
@@ -227,6 +227,28 @@
 	.llseek			= generic_file_llseek,
 };
 
+static int udf_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	int error;
+
+	error = inode_change_ok(inode, attr);
+	if (error)
+		return error;
+
+	if ((attr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) &&
+	    attr->ia_size != i_size_read(inode)) {
+		error = vmtruncate(inode, attr->ia_size);
+		if (error)
+			return error;
+	}
+
+	setattr_copy(inode, attr);
+	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 const struct inode_operations udf_file_inode_operations = {
+	.setattr		= udf_setattr,
 	.truncate		= udf_truncate,
 };
diff --git a/fs/udf/ialloc.c b/fs/udf/ialloc.c
index 18cd711..75d9304 100644
--- a/fs/udf/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/udf/ialloc.c
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@
 	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
 	struct udf_sb_info *sbi = UDF_SB(sb);
 
-	clear_inode(inode);
-
 	mutex_lock(&sbi->s_alloc_mutex);
 	if (sbi->s_lvid_bh) {
 		struct logicalVolIntegrityDescImpUse *lvidiu =
diff --git a/fs/udf/inode.c b/fs/udf/inode.c
index 124852b..fc48f37 100644
--- a/fs/udf/inode.c
+++ b/fs/udf/inode.c
@@ -68,37 +68,23 @@
 static int udf_get_block(struct inode *, sector_t, struct buffer_head *, int);
 
 
-void udf_delete_inode(struct inode *inode)
-{
-	truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
-
-	if (is_bad_inode(inode))
-		goto no_delete;
-
-	inode->i_size = 0;
-	udf_truncate(inode);
-	lock_kernel();
-
-	udf_update_inode(inode, IS_SYNC(inode));
-	udf_free_inode(inode);
-
-	unlock_kernel();
-	return;
-
-no_delete:
-	clear_inode(inode);
-}
-
-/*
- * If we are going to release inode from memory, we truncate last inode extent
- * to proper length. We could use drop_inode() but it's called under inode_lock
- * and thus we cannot mark inode dirty there.  We use clear_inode() but we have
- * to make sure to write inode as it's not written automatically.
- */
-void udf_clear_inode(struct inode *inode)
+void udf_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct udf_inode_info *iinfo = UDF_I(inode);
+	int want_delete = 0;
 
+	truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
+
+	if (!inode->i_nlink && !is_bad_inode(inode)) {
+		want_delete = 1;
+		inode->i_size = 0;
+		udf_truncate(inode);
+		lock_kernel();
+		udf_update_inode(inode, IS_SYNC(inode));
+		unlock_kernel();
+	}
+	invalidate_inode_buffers(inode);
+	end_writeback(inode);
 	if (iinfo->i_alloc_type != ICBTAG_FLAG_AD_IN_ICB &&
 	    inode->i_size != iinfo->i_lenExtents) {
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "UDF-fs (%s): Inode %lu (mode %o) has "
@@ -108,9 +94,13 @@
 			(unsigned long long)inode->i_size,
 			(unsigned long long)iinfo->i_lenExtents);
 	}
-
 	kfree(iinfo->i_ext.i_data);
 	iinfo->i_ext.i_data = NULL;
+	if (want_delete) {
+		lock_kernel();
+		udf_free_inode(inode);
+		unlock_kernel();
+	}
 }
 
 static int udf_writepage(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc)
@@ -127,9 +117,16 @@
 			loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned flags,
 			struct page **pagep, void **fsdata)
 {
-	*pagep = NULL;
-	return block_write_begin(file, mapping, pos, len, flags, pagep, fsdata,
-				udf_get_block);
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = block_write_begin(mapping, pos, len, flags, pagep, udf_get_block);
+	if (unlikely(ret)) {
+		loff_t isize = mapping->host->i_size;
+		if (pos + len > isize)
+			vmtruncate(mapping->host, isize);
+	}
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static sector_t udf_bmap(struct address_space *mapping, sector_t block)
diff --git a/fs/udf/super.c b/fs/udf/super.c
index 12bb651..65412d8 100644
--- a/fs/udf/super.c
+++ b/fs/udf/super.c
@@ -175,8 +175,7 @@
 	.alloc_inode	= udf_alloc_inode,
 	.destroy_inode	= udf_destroy_inode,
 	.write_inode	= udf_write_inode,
-	.delete_inode	= udf_delete_inode,
-	.clear_inode	= udf_clear_inode,
+	.evict_inode	= udf_evict_inode,
 	.put_super	= udf_put_super,
 	.sync_fs	= udf_sync_fs,
 	.statfs		= udf_statfs,
diff --git a/fs/udf/udfdecl.h b/fs/udf/udfdecl.h
index 2bac035..6995ab1 100644
--- a/fs/udf/udfdecl.h
+++ b/fs/udf/udfdecl.h
@@ -139,8 +139,7 @@
 extern struct buffer_head *udf_bread(struct inode *, int, int, int *);
 extern void udf_truncate(struct inode *);
 extern void udf_read_inode(struct inode *);
-extern void udf_delete_inode(struct inode *);
-extern void udf_clear_inode(struct inode *);
+extern void udf_evict_inode(struct inode *);
 extern int udf_write_inode(struct inode *, struct writeback_control *wbc);
 extern long udf_block_map(struct inode *, sector_t);
 extern int udf_extend_file(struct inode *, struct extent_position *,
diff --git a/fs/ufs/dir.c b/fs/ufs/dir.c
index ec78475..dbc9099 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ufs/dir.c
@@ -95,8 +95,7 @@
 	int err;
 
 	lock_page(page);
-	err = __ufs_write_begin(NULL, page->mapping, pos, len,
-				AOP_FLAG_UNINTERRUPTIBLE, &page, NULL);
+	err = ufs_prepare_chunk(page, pos, len);
 	BUG_ON(err);
 
 	de->d_ino = cpu_to_fs32(dir->i_sb, inode->i_ino);
@@ -381,8 +380,7 @@
 got_it:
 	pos = page_offset(page) +
 			(char*)de - (char*)page_address(page);
-	err = __ufs_write_begin(NULL, page->mapping, pos, rec_len,
-				AOP_FLAG_UNINTERRUPTIBLE, &page, NULL);
+	err = ufs_prepare_chunk(page, pos, rec_len);
 	if (err)
 		goto out_unlock;
 	if (de->d_ino) {
@@ -518,7 +516,6 @@
 		     struct page * page)
 {
 	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
-	struct address_space *mapping = page->mapping;
 	char *kaddr = page_address(page);
 	unsigned from = ((char*)dir - kaddr) & ~(UFS_SB(sb)->s_uspi->s_dirblksize - 1);
 	unsigned to = ((char*)dir - kaddr) + fs16_to_cpu(sb, dir->d_reclen);
@@ -549,8 +546,7 @@
 
 	pos = page_offset(page) + from;
 	lock_page(page);
-	err = __ufs_write_begin(NULL, mapping, pos, to - from,
-				AOP_FLAG_UNINTERRUPTIBLE, &page, NULL);
+	err = ufs_prepare_chunk(page, pos, to - from);
 	BUG_ON(err);
 	if (pde)
 		pde->d_reclen = cpu_to_fs16(sb, to - from);
@@ -577,8 +573,7 @@
 	if (!page)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	err = __ufs_write_begin(NULL, mapping, 0, chunk_size,
-				AOP_FLAG_UNINTERRUPTIBLE, &page, NULL);
+	err = ufs_prepare_chunk(page, 0, chunk_size);
 	if (err) {
 		unlock_page(page);
 		goto fail;
diff --git a/fs/ufs/ialloc.c b/fs/ufs/ialloc.c
index 594480e..428017e 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ufs/ialloc.c
@@ -94,8 +94,6 @@
 
 	is_directory = S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode);
 
-	clear_inode (inode);
-
 	if (ubh_isclr (UCPI_UBH(ucpi), ucpi->c_iusedoff, bit))
 		ufs_error(sb, "ufs_free_inode", "bit already cleared for inode %u", ino);
 	else {
diff --git a/fs/ufs/inode.c b/fs/ufs/inode.c
index 73fe773..2b251f2 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ufs/inode.c
@@ -558,20 +558,26 @@
 	return block_read_full_page(page,ufs_getfrag_block);
 }
 
-int __ufs_write_begin(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
-			loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned flags,
-			struct page **pagep, void **fsdata)
+int ufs_prepare_chunk(struct page *page, loff_t pos, unsigned len)
 {
-	return block_write_begin(file, mapping, pos, len, flags, pagep, fsdata,
-				ufs_getfrag_block);
+	return __block_write_begin(page, pos, len, ufs_getfrag_block);
 }
 
 static int ufs_write_begin(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
 			loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned flags,
 			struct page **pagep, void **fsdata)
 {
-	*pagep = NULL;
-	return __ufs_write_begin(file, mapping, pos, len, flags, pagep, fsdata);
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = block_write_begin(mapping, pos, len, flags, pagep,
+				ufs_getfrag_block);
+	if (unlikely(ret)) {
+		loff_t isize = mapping->host->i_size;
+		if (pos + len > isize)
+			vmtruncate(mapping->host, isize);
+	}
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static sector_t ufs_bmap(struct address_space *mapping, sector_t block)
@@ -905,24 +911,33 @@
 	return ufs_update_inode (inode, 1);
 }
 
-void ufs_delete_inode (struct inode * inode)
+void ufs_evict_inode(struct inode * inode)
 {
-	loff_t old_i_size;
+	int want_delete = 0;
+
+	if (!inode->i_nlink && !is_bad_inode(inode))
+		want_delete = 1;
 
 	truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
-	if (is_bad_inode(inode))
-		goto no_delete;
-	/*UFS_I(inode)->i_dtime = CURRENT_TIME;*/
-	lock_kernel();
-	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
-	ufs_update_inode(inode, IS_SYNC(inode));
-	old_i_size = inode->i_size;
-	inode->i_size = 0;
-	if (inode->i_blocks && ufs_truncate(inode, old_i_size))
-		ufs_warning(inode->i_sb, __func__, "ufs_truncate failed\n");
-	ufs_free_inode (inode);
-	unlock_kernel();
-	return;
-no_delete:
-	clear_inode(inode);	/* We must guarantee clearing of inode... */
+	if (want_delete) {
+		loff_t old_i_size;
+		/*UFS_I(inode)->i_dtime = CURRENT_TIME;*/
+		lock_kernel();
+		mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+		ufs_update_inode(inode, IS_SYNC(inode));
+		old_i_size = inode->i_size;
+		inode->i_size = 0;
+		if (inode->i_blocks && ufs_truncate(inode, old_i_size))
+			ufs_warning(inode->i_sb, __func__, "ufs_truncate failed\n");
+		unlock_kernel();
+	}
+
+	invalidate_inode_buffers(inode);
+	end_writeback(inode);
+
+	if (want_delete) {
+		lock_kernel();
+		ufs_free_inode (inode);
+		unlock_kernel();
+	}
 }
diff --git a/fs/ufs/super.c b/fs/ufs/super.c
index 3ec5a9e..d510c1b 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/super.c
+++ b/fs/ufs/super.c
@@ -1440,7 +1440,7 @@
 	.alloc_inode	= ufs_alloc_inode,
 	.destroy_inode	= ufs_destroy_inode,
 	.write_inode	= ufs_write_inode,
-	.delete_inode	= ufs_delete_inode,
+	.evict_inode	= ufs_evict_inode,
 	.put_super	= ufs_put_super,
 	.write_super	= ufs_write_super,
 	.sync_fs	= ufs_sync_fs,
diff --git a/fs/ufs/truncate.c b/fs/ufs/truncate.c
index 589e01a..34d5cb1 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/truncate.c
+++ b/fs/ufs/truncate.c
@@ -500,11 +500,6 @@
 	return err;
 }
 
-/*
- * TODO:
- *	- truncate case should use proper ordering instead of using
- *	  simple_setsize
- */
 int ufs_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
@@ -518,14 +513,17 @@
 	if (ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE && attr->ia_size != inode->i_size) {
 		loff_t old_i_size = inode->i_size;
 
-		error = simple_setsize(inode, attr->ia_size);
-		if (error)
-			return error;
+		/* XXX(truncate): truncate_setsize should be called last */
+		truncate_setsize(inode, attr->ia_size);
+
 		error = ufs_truncate(inode, old_i_size);
 		if (error)
 			return error;
 	}
-	return inode_setattr(inode, attr);
+
+	setattr_copy(inode, attr);
+	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 const struct inode_operations ufs_file_inode_operations = {
diff --git a/fs/ufs/ufs.h b/fs/ufs/ufs.h
index 179ae6b..c08782e 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/ufs.h
+++ b/fs/ufs/ufs.h
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
 extern struct inode *ufs_iget(struct super_block *, unsigned long);
 extern int ufs_write_inode (struct inode *, struct writeback_control *);
 extern int ufs_sync_inode (struct inode *);
-extern void ufs_delete_inode (struct inode *);
+extern void ufs_evict_inode (struct inode *);
 extern struct buffer_head * ufs_bread (struct inode *, unsigned, int, int *);
 extern int ufs_getfrag_block (struct inode *inode, sector_t fragment, struct buffer_head *bh_result, int create);
 
diff --git a/fs/ufs/util.h b/fs/ufs/util.h
index 23ceed8..0466036 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/util.h
+++ b/fs/ufs/util.h
@@ -257,9 +257,7 @@
 
 extern dev_t ufs_get_inode_dev(struct super_block *, struct ufs_inode_info *);
 extern void ufs_set_inode_dev(struct super_block *, struct ufs_inode_info *, dev_t);
-extern int __ufs_write_begin(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
-		loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned flags,
-		struct page **pagep, void **fsdata);
+extern int ufs_prepare_chunk(struct page *page, loff_t pos, unsigned len);
 
 /*
  * These functions manipulate ufs buffers
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_aops.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_aops.c
index d24e78f..15412fe 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_aops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_aops.c
@@ -1478,22 +1478,38 @@
 	if (rw & WRITE) {
 		iocb->private = xfs_alloc_ioend(inode, IO_NEW);
 
-		ret = blockdev_direct_IO_no_locking(rw, iocb, inode, bdev, iov,
-						    offset, nr_segs,
-						    xfs_get_blocks_direct,
-						    xfs_end_io_direct_write);
+		ret = __blockdev_direct_IO(rw, iocb, inode, bdev, iov,
+					    offset, nr_segs,
+					    xfs_get_blocks_direct,
+					    xfs_end_io_direct_write, NULL, 0);
 		if (ret != -EIOCBQUEUED && iocb->private)
 			xfs_destroy_ioend(iocb->private);
 	} else {
-		ret = blockdev_direct_IO_no_locking(rw, iocb, inode, bdev, iov,
-						    offset, nr_segs,
-						    xfs_get_blocks_direct,
-						    NULL);
+		ret = __blockdev_direct_IO(rw, iocb, inode, bdev, iov,
+					    offset, nr_segs,
+					    xfs_get_blocks_direct,
+					    NULL, NULL, 0);
 	}
 
 	return ret;
 }
 
+STATIC void
+xfs_vm_write_failed(
+	struct address_space	*mapping,
+	loff_t			to)
+{
+	struct inode		*inode = mapping->host;
+
+	if (to > inode->i_size) {
+		struct iattr	ia = {
+			.ia_valid	= ATTR_SIZE | ATTR_FORCE,
+			.ia_size	= inode->i_size,
+		};
+		xfs_setattr(XFS_I(inode), &ia, XFS_ATTR_NOLOCK);
+	}
+}
+
 STATIC int
 xfs_vm_write_begin(
 	struct file		*file,
@@ -1504,9 +1520,31 @@
 	struct page		**pagep,
 	void			**fsdata)
 {
-	*pagep = NULL;
-	return block_write_begin(file, mapping, pos, len, flags | AOP_FLAG_NOFS,
-				 pagep, fsdata, xfs_get_blocks);
+	int			ret;
+
+	ret = block_write_begin(mapping, pos, len, flags | AOP_FLAG_NOFS,
+				pagep, xfs_get_blocks);
+	if (unlikely(ret))
+		xfs_vm_write_failed(mapping, pos + len);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+STATIC int
+xfs_vm_write_end(
+	struct file		*file,
+	struct address_space	*mapping,
+	loff_t			pos,
+	unsigned		len,
+	unsigned		copied,
+	struct page		*page,
+	void			*fsdata)
+{
+	int			ret;
+
+	ret = generic_write_end(file, mapping, pos, len, copied, page, fsdata);
+	if (unlikely(ret < len))
+		xfs_vm_write_failed(mapping, pos + len);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 STATIC sector_t
@@ -1551,7 +1589,7 @@
 	.releasepage		= xfs_vm_releasepage,
 	.invalidatepage		= xfs_vm_invalidatepage,
 	.write_begin		= xfs_vm_write_begin,
-	.write_end		= generic_write_end,
+	.write_end		= xfs_vm_write_end,
 	.bmap			= xfs_vm_bmap,
 	.direct_IO		= xfs_vm_direct_IO,
 	.migratepage		= buffer_migrate_page,
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.c
index 536b81e..68be25d 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.c
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
 {
 	struct inode	*inode = VFS_I(ip);
 
-	if (!(inode->i_state & (I_WILL_FREE|I_FREEING|I_CLEAR)))
+	if (!(inode->i_state & (I_WILL_FREE|I_FREEING)))
 		mark_inode_dirty_sync(inode);
 }
 
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
 {
 	struct inode	*inode = VFS_I(ip);
 
-	if (!(inode->i_state & (I_WILL_FREE|I_FREEING|I_CLEAR)))
+	if (!(inode->i_state & (I_WILL_FREE|I_FREEING)))
 		mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 }
 
@@ -540,21 +540,6 @@
 	return -xfs_setattr(XFS_I(dentry->d_inode), iattr, 0);
 }
 
-/*
- * block_truncate_page can return an error, but we can't propagate it
- * at all here. Leave a complaint + stack trace in the syslog because
- * this could be bad. If it is bad, we need to propagate the error further.
- */
-STATIC void
-xfs_vn_truncate(
-	struct inode	*inode)
-{
-	int	error;
-	error = block_truncate_page(inode->i_mapping, inode->i_size,
-							xfs_get_blocks);
-	WARN_ON(error);
-}
-
 STATIC long
 xfs_vn_fallocate(
 	struct inode	*inode,
@@ -694,7 +679,6 @@
 
 static const struct inode_operations xfs_inode_operations = {
 	.check_acl		= xfs_check_acl,
-	.truncate		= xfs_vn_truncate,
 	.getattr		= xfs_vn_getattr,
 	.setattr		= xfs_vn_setattr,
 	.setxattr		= generic_setxattr,
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_linux.h b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_linux.h
index 998a9d7..2fa0bd9 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_linux.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_linux.h
@@ -156,8 +156,6 @@
  */
 #define xfs_sort(a,n,s,fn)	sort(a,n,s,fn,NULL)
 #define xfs_stack_trace()	dump_stack()
-#define xfs_itruncate_data(ip, off)	\
-	(-vmtruncate(VFS_I(ip), (off)))
 
 
 /* Move the kernel do_div definition off to one side */
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.c
index 758df946..15c35b6 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.c
@@ -1100,13 +1100,15 @@
 }
 
 STATIC void
-xfs_fs_clear_inode(
+xfs_fs_evict_inode(
 	struct inode		*inode)
 {
 	xfs_inode_t		*ip = XFS_I(inode);
 
-	trace_xfs_clear_inode(ip);
+	trace_xfs_evict_inode(ip);
 
+	truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
+	end_writeback(inode);
 	XFS_STATS_INC(vn_rele);
 	XFS_STATS_INC(vn_remove);
 	XFS_STATS_DEC(vn_active);
@@ -1622,7 +1624,7 @@
 	.destroy_inode		= xfs_fs_destroy_inode,
 	.dirty_inode		= xfs_fs_dirty_inode,
 	.write_inode		= xfs_fs_write_inode,
-	.clear_inode		= xfs_fs_clear_inode,
+	.evict_inode		= xfs_fs_evict_inode,
 	.put_super		= xfs_fs_put_super,
 	.sync_fs		= xfs_fs_sync_fs,
 	.freeze_fs		= xfs_fs_freeze,
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_trace.h b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_trace.h
index c657cdc..be5dffd 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_trace.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_trace.h
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@
 DEFINE_INODE_EVENT(xfs_file_fsync);
 DEFINE_INODE_EVENT(xfs_destroy_inode);
 DEFINE_INODE_EVENT(xfs_write_inode);
-DEFINE_INODE_EVENT(xfs_clear_inode);
+DEFINE_INODE_EVENT(xfs_evict_inode);
 
 DEFINE_INODE_EVENT(xfs_dquot_dqalloc);
 DEFINE_INODE_EVENT(xfs_dquot_dqdetach);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c
index 3ac137d..66d585c 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c
@@ -221,8 +221,11 @@
 			 * transaction to modify the i_size.
 			 */
 			code = xfs_zero_eof(ip, iattr->ia_size, ip->i_size);
+			if (code)
+				goto error_return;
 		}
 		xfs_iunlock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
+		lock_flags &= ~XFS_ILOCK_EXCL;
 
 		/*
 		 * We are going to log the inode size change in this
@@ -236,36 +239,35 @@
 		 * really care about here and prevents waiting for other data
 		 * not within the range we care about here.
 		 */
-		if (!code &&
-		    ip->i_size != ip->i_d.di_size &&
+		if (ip->i_size != ip->i_d.di_size &&
 		    iattr->ia_size > ip->i_d.di_size) {
 			code = xfs_flush_pages(ip,
 					ip->i_d.di_size, iattr->ia_size,
 					XBF_ASYNC, FI_NONE);
+			if (code)
+				goto error_return;
 		}
 
 		/* wait for all I/O to complete */
 		xfs_ioend_wait(ip);
 
-		if (!code)
-			code = xfs_itruncate_data(ip, iattr->ia_size);
-		if (code) {
-			ASSERT(tp == NULL);
-			lock_flags &= ~XFS_ILOCK_EXCL;
-			ASSERT(lock_flags == XFS_IOLOCK_EXCL || !need_iolock);
+		code = -block_truncate_page(inode->i_mapping, iattr->ia_size,
+					    xfs_get_blocks);
+		if (code)
 			goto error_return;
-		}
+
 		tp = xfs_trans_alloc(mp, XFS_TRANS_SETATTR_SIZE);
-		if ((code = xfs_trans_reserve(tp, 0,
-					     XFS_ITRUNCATE_LOG_RES(mp), 0,
-					     XFS_TRANS_PERM_LOG_RES,
-					     XFS_ITRUNCATE_LOG_COUNT))) {
-			xfs_trans_cancel(tp, 0);
-			if (need_iolock)
-				xfs_iunlock(ip, XFS_IOLOCK_EXCL);
-			return code;
-		}
+		code = xfs_trans_reserve(tp, 0, XFS_ITRUNCATE_LOG_RES(mp), 0,
+					 XFS_TRANS_PERM_LOG_RES,
+					 XFS_ITRUNCATE_LOG_COUNT);
+		if (code)
+			goto error_return;
+
+		truncate_setsize(inode, iattr->ia_size);
+
 		commit_flags = XFS_TRANS_RELEASE_LOG_RES;
+		lock_flags |= XFS_ILOCK_EXCL;
+
 		xfs_ilock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
 
 		xfs_trans_ijoin(tp, ip);
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/statfs.h b/include/asm-generic/statfs.h
index 3b4fb3e..0fd28e0 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/statfs.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/statfs.h
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@
 	__kernel_fsid_t f_fsid;
 	__statfs_word f_namelen;
 	__statfs_word f_frsize;
-	__statfs_word f_spare[5];
+	__statfs_word f_flags;
+	__statfs_word f_spare[4];
 };
 
 /*
@@ -55,7 +56,8 @@
 	__kernel_fsid_t f_fsid;
 	__statfs_word f_namelen;
 	__statfs_word f_frsize;
-	__statfs_word f_spare[5];
+	__statfs_word f_flags;
+	__statfs_word f_spare[4];
 } ARCH_PACK_STATFS64;
 
 /* 
@@ -77,7 +79,8 @@
 	__kernel_fsid_t f_fsid;
 	__u32 f_namelen;
 	__u32 f_frsize;
-	__u32 f_spare[5];
+	__u32 f_flags;
+	__u32 f_spare[4];
 } ARCH_PACK_COMPAT_STATFS64;
 
 #endif
diff --git a/include/linux/buffer_head.h b/include/linux/buffer_head.h
index 2ce51fa..43e649a 100644
--- a/include/linux/buffer_head.h
+++ b/include/linux/buffer_head.h
@@ -203,12 +203,10 @@
 int block_read_full_page(struct page*, get_block_t*);
 int block_is_partially_uptodate(struct page *page, read_descriptor_t *desc,
 				unsigned long from);
-int block_write_begin_newtrunc(struct file *, struct address_space *,
-				loff_t, unsigned, unsigned,
-				struct page **, void **, get_block_t*);
-int block_write_begin(struct file *, struct address_space *,
-				loff_t, unsigned, unsigned,
-				struct page **, void **, get_block_t*);
+int block_write_begin(struct address_space *mapping, loff_t pos, unsigned len,
+		unsigned flags, struct page **pagep, get_block_t *get_block);
+int __block_write_begin(struct page *page, loff_t pos, unsigned len,
+		get_block_t *get_block);
 int block_write_end(struct file *, struct address_space *,
 				loff_t, unsigned, unsigned,
 				struct page *, void *);
@@ -217,9 +215,6 @@
 				struct page *, void *);
 void page_zero_new_buffers(struct page *page, unsigned from, unsigned to);
 int block_prepare_write(struct page*, unsigned, unsigned, get_block_t*);
-int cont_write_begin_newtrunc(struct file *, struct address_space *, loff_t,
-			unsigned, unsigned, struct page **, void **,
-			get_block_t *, loff_t *);
 int cont_write_begin(struct file *, struct address_space *, loff_t,
 			unsigned, unsigned, struct page **, void **,
 			get_block_t *, loff_t *);
@@ -230,12 +225,7 @@
 void block_sync_page(struct page *);
 sector_t generic_block_bmap(struct address_space *, sector_t, get_block_t *);
 int block_truncate_page(struct address_space *, loff_t, get_block_t *);
-int file_fsync(struct file *, int);
-int nobh_write_begin_newtrunc(struct file *, struct address_space *,
-				loff_t, unsigned, unsigned,
-				struct page **, void **, get_block_t*);
-int nobh_write_begin(struct file *, struct address_space *,
-				loff_t, unsigned, unsigned,
+int nobh_write_begin(struct address_space *, loff_t, unsigned, unsigned,
 				struct page **, void **, get_block_t*);
 int nobh_write_end(struct file *, struct address_space *,
 				loff_t, unsigned, unsigned,
diff --git a/include/linux/dcache.h b/include/linux/dcache.h
index eebb617..d23be03 100644
--- a/include/linux/dcache.h
+++ b/include/linux/dcache.h
@@ -315,6 +315,7 @@
 
 extern char *__d_path(const struct path *path, struct path *root, char *, int);
 extern char *d_path(const struct path *, char *, int);
+extern char *__dentry_path(struct dentry *, char *, int);
 extern char *dentry_path(struct dentry *, char *, int);
 
 /* Allocation counts.. */
diff --git a/include/linux/ext3_fs.h b/include/linux/ext3_fs.h
index 3d3a991..6ce1bca 100644
--- a/include/linux/ext3_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/ext3_fs.h
@@ -895,7 +895,7 @@
 extern struct inode *ext3_iget(struct super_block *, unsigned long);
 extern int  ext3_write_inode (struct inode *, struct writeback_control *);
 extern int  ext3_setattr (struct dentry *, struct iattr *);
-extern void ext3_delete_inode (struct inode *);
+extern void ext3_evict_inode (struct inode *);
 extern int  ext3_sync_inode (handle_t *, struct inode *);
 extern void ext3_discard_reservation (struct inode *);
 extern void ext3_dirty_inode(struct inode *);
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 488efec..9e22101 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@
 #define MS_KERNMOUNT	(1<<22) /* this is a kern_mount call */
 #define MS_I_VERSION	(1<<23) /* Update inode I_version field */
 #define MS_STRICTATIME	(1<<24) /* Always perform atime updates */
+#define MS_BORN		(1<<29)
 #define MS_ACTIVE	(1<<30)
 #define MS_NOUSER	(1<<31)
 
@@ -1564,8 +1565,8 @@
 
    	void (*dirty_inode) (struct inode *);
 	int (*write_inode) (struct inode *, struct writeback_control *wbc);
-	void (*drop_inode) (struct inode *);
-	void (*delete_inode) (struct inode *);
+	int (*drop_inode) (struct inode *);
+	void (*evict_inode) (struct inode *);
 	void (*put_super) (struct super_block *);
 	void (*write_super) (struct super_block *);
 	int (*sync_fs)(struct super_block *sb, int wait);
@@ -1573,7 +1574,6 @@
 	int (*unfreeze_fs) (struct super_block *);
 	int (*statfs) (struct dentry *, struct kstatfs *);
 	int (*remount_fs) (struct super_block *, int *, char *);
-	void (*clear_inode) (struct inode *);
 	void (*umount_begin) (struct super_block *);
 
 	int (*show_options)(struct seq_file *, struct vfsmount *);
@@ -1618,8 +1618,8 @@
  * I_FREEING		Set when inode is about to be freed but still has dirty
  *			pages or buffers attached or the inode itself is still
  *			dirty.
- * I_CLEAR		Set by clear_inode().  In this state the inode is clean
- *			and can be destroyed.
+ * I_CLEAR		Added by end_writeback().  In this state the inode is clean
+ *			and can be destroyed.  Inode keeps I_FREEING.
  *
  *			Inodes that are I_WILL_FREE, I_FREEING or I_CLEAR are
  *			prohibited for many purposes.  iget() must wait for
@@ -1816,7 +1816,8 @@
 extern void drop_collected_mounts(struct vfsmount *);
 extern int iterate_mounts(int (*)(struct vfsmount *, void *), void *,
 			  struct vfsmount *);
-extern int vfs_statfs(struct dentry *, struct kstatfs *);
+extern int vfs_statfs(struct path *, struct kstatfs *);
+extern int statfs_by_dentry(struct dentry *, struct kstatfs *);
 extern int freeze_super(struct super_block *super);
 extern int thaw_super(struct super_block *super);
 
@@ -2166,9 +2167,8 @@
 extern struct inode * igrab(struct inode *);
 extern ino_t iunique(struct super_block *, ino_t);
 extern int inode_needs_sync(struct inode *inode);
-extern void generic_delete_inode(struct inode *inode);
-extern void generic_drop_inode(struct inode *inode);
-extern int generic_detach_inode(struct inode *inode);
+extern int generic_delete_inode(struct inode *inode);
+extern int generic_drop_inode(struct inode *inode);
 
 extern struct inode *ilookup5_nowait(struct super_block *sb,
 		unsigned long hashval, int (*test)(struct inode *, void *),
@@ -2185,7 +2185,7 @@
 
 extern void __iget(struct inode * inode);
 extern void iget_failed(struct inode *);
-extern void clear_inode(struct inode *);
+extern void end_writeback(struct inode *);
 extern void destroy_inode(struct inode *);
 extern void __destroy_inode(struct inode *);
 extern struct inode *new_inode(struct super_block *);
@@ -2271,16 +2271,6 @@
 struct bio;
 typedef void (dio_submit_t)(int rw, struct bio *bio, struct inode *inode,
 			    loff_t file_offset);
-void dio_end_io(struct bio *bio, int error);
-
-ssize_t __blockdev_direct_IO_newtrunc(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb, struct inode *inode,
-	struct block_device *bdev, const struct iovec *iov, loff_t offset,
-	unsigned long nr_segs, get_block_t get_block, dio_iodone_t end_io,
-	dio_submit_t submit_io, int lock_type);
-ssize_t __blockdev_direct_IO(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb, struct inode *inode,
-	struct block_device *bdev, const struct iovec *iov, loff_t offset,
-	unsigned long nr_segs, get_block_t get_block, dio_iodone_t end_io,
-	dio_submit_t submit_io,	int lock_type);
 
 enum {
 	/* need locking between buffered and direct access */
@@ -2290,24 +2280,13 @@
 	DIO_SKIP_HOLES	= 0x02,
 };
 
-static inline ssize_t blockdev_direct_IO_newtrunc(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb,
-	struct inode *inode, struct block_device *bdev, const struct iovec *iov,
-	loff_t offset, unsigned long nr_segs, get_block_t get_block,
-	dio_iodone_t end_io)
-{
-	return __blockdev_direct_IO_newtrunc(rw, iocb, inode, bdev, iov, offset,
-				    nr_segs, get_block, end_io, NULL,
-				    DIO_LOCKING | DIO_SKIP_HOLES);
-}
+void dio_end_io(struct bio *bio, int error);
 
-static inline ssize_t blockdev_direct_IO_no_locking_newtrunc(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb,
-	struct inode *inode, struct block_device *bdev, const struct iovec *iov,
-	loff_t offset, unsigned long nr_segs, get_block_t get_block,
-	dio_iodone_t end_io)
-{
-	return __blockdev_direct_IO_newtrunc(rw, iocb, inode, bdev, iov, offset,
-				nr_segs, get_block, end_io, NULL, 0);
-}
+ssize_t __blockdev_direct_IO(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb, struct inode *inode,
+	struct block_device *bdev, const struct iovec *iov, loff_t offset,
+	unsigned long nr_segs, get_block_t get_block, dio_iodone_t end_io,
+	dio_submit_t submit_io,	int flags);
+
 static inline ssize_t blockdev_direct_IO(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb,
 	struct inode *inode, struct block_device *bdev, const struct iovec *iov,
 	loff_t offset, unsigned long nr_segs, get_block_t get_block,
@@ -2317,15 +2296,6 @@
 				    nr_segs, get_block, end_io, NULL,
 				    DIO_LOCKING | DIO_SKIP_HOLES);
 }
-
-static inline ssize_t blockdev_direct_IO_no_locking(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb,
-	struct inode *inode, struct block_device *bdev, const struct iovec *iov,
-	loff_t offset, unsigned long nr_segs, get_block_t get_block,
-	dio_iodone_t end_io)
-{
-	return __blockdev_direct_IO(rw, iocb, inode, bdev, iov, offset,
-				    nr_segs, get_block, end_io, NULL, 0);
-}
 #endif
 
 extern const struct file_operations generic_ro_fops;
@@ -2387,7 +2357,6 @@
 extern int simple_unlink(struct inode *, struct dentry *);
 extern int simple_rmdir(struct inode *, struct dentry *);
 extern int simple_rename(struct inode *, struct dentry *, struct inode *, struct dentry *);
-extern int simple_setsize(struct inode *, loff_t);
 extern int noop_fsync(struct file *, int);
 extern int simple_empty(struct dentry *);
 extern int simple_readpage(struct file *file, struct page *page);
@@ -2424,8 +2393,7 @@
 
 extern int inode_change_ok(const struct inode *, struct iattr *);
 extern int inode_newsize_ok(const struct inode *, loff_t offset);
-extern int __must_check inode_setattr(struct inode *, const struct iattr *);
-extern void generic_setattr(struct inode *inode, const struct iattr *attr);
+extern void setattr_copy(struct inode *inode, const struct iattr *attr);
 
 extern void file_update_time(struct file *file);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/mbcache.h b/include/linux/mbcache.h
index a09b84e..54cbbac 100644
--- a/include/linux/mbcache.h
+++ b/include/linux/mbcache.h
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@
   (C) 2001 by Andreas Gruenbacher, <a.gruenbacher@computer.org>
 */
 
-/* Hardwire the number of additional indexes */
-#define MB_CACHE_INDEXES_COUNT 1
-
 struct mb_cache_entry {
 	struct list_head		e_lru_list;
 	struct mb_cache			*e_cache;
@@ -18,17 +15,12 @@
 	struct {
 		struct list_head	o_list;
 		unsigned int		o_key;
-	} e_indexes[0];
-};
-
-struct mb_cache_op {
-	int (*free)(struct mb_cache_entry *, gfp_t);
+	} e_index;
 };
 
 /* Functions on caches */
 
-struct mb_cache * mb_cache_create(const char *, struct mb_cache_op *, size_t,
-				  int, int);
+struct mb_cache *mb_cache_create(const char *, int);
 void mb_cache_shrink(struct block_device *);
 void mb_cache_destroy(struct mb_cache *);
 
@@ -36,17 +28,15 @@
 
 struct mb_cache_entry *mb_cache_entry_alloc(struct mb_cache *, gfp_t);
 int mb_cache_entry_insert(struct mb_cache_entry *, struct block_device *,
-			  sector_t, unsigned int[]);
+			  sector_t, unsigned int);
 void mb_cache_entry_release(struct mb_cache_entry *);
 void mb_cache_entry_free(struct mb_cache_entry *);
 struct mb_cache_entry *mb_cache_entry_get(struct mb_cache *,
 					  struct block_device *,
 					  sector_t);
-#if !defined(MB_CACHE_INDEXES_COUNT) || (MB_CACHE_INDEXES_COUNT > 0)
-struct mb_cache_entry *mb_cache_entry_find_first(struct mb_cache *cache, int,
+struct mb_cache_entry *mb_cache_entry_find_first(struct mb_cache *cache,
 						 struct block_device *, 
 						 unsigned int);
-struct mb_cache_entry *mb_cache_entry_find_next(struct mb_cache_entry *, int,
+struct mb_cache_entry *mb_cache_entry_find_next(struct mb_cache_entry *,
 						struct block_device *, 
 						unsigned int);
-#endif
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 7a9ab7d..709f672 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -815,6 +815,7 @@
 }
 
 extern void truncate_pagecache(struct inode *inode, loff_t old, loff_t new);
+extern void truncate_setsize(struct inode *inode, loff_t newsize);
 extern int vmtruncate(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset);
 extern int vmtruncate_range(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset, loff_t end);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/reiserfs_fs.h b/include/linux/reiserfs_fs.h
index ba39416..91a4177 100644
--- a/include/linux/reiserfs_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/reiserfs_fs.h
@@ -2033,7 +2033,7 @@
 				struct reiserfs_iget_args *args);
 int reiserfs_find_actor(struct inode *inode, void *p);
 int reiserfs_init_locked_inode(struct inode *inode, void *p);
-void reiserfs_delete_inode(struct inode *inode);
+void reiserfs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode);
 int reiserfs_write_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc);
 int reiserfs_get_block(struct inode *inode, sector_t block,
 		       struct buffer_head *bh_result, int create);
diff --git a/include/linux/reiserfs_fs_i.h b/include/linux/reiserfs_fs_i.h
index 89f4d3a..97959bd 100644
--- a/include/linux/reiserfs_fs_i.h
+++ b/include/linux/reiserfs_fs_i.h
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 	i_link_saved_truncate_mask = 0x0020,
 	i_has_xattr_dir = 0x0040,
 	i_data_log = 0x0080,
-	i_ever_mapped = 0x0100
 } reiserfs_inode_flags;
 
 struct reiserfs_inode_info {
@@ -53,7 +52,8 @@
 	 ** flushed */
 	unsigned int i_trans_id;
 	struct reiserfs_journal_list *i_jl;
-	struct mutex i_mmap;
+	atomic_t openers;
+	struct mutex tailpack;
 #ifdef CONFIG_REISERFS_FS_XATTR
 	struct rw_semaphore i_xattr_sem;
 #endif
diff --git a/include/linux/statfs.h b/include/linux/statfs.h
index b34cc82..0166d32 100644
--- a/include/linux/statfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/statfs.h
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 #define _LINUX_STATFS_H
 
 #include <linux/types.h>
-
 #include <asm/statfs.h>
 
 struct kstatfs {
@@ -16,7 +15,29 @@
 	__kernel_fsid_t f_fsid;
 	long f_namelen;
 	long f_frsize;
-	long f_spare[5];
+	long f_flags;
+	long f_spare[4];
 };
 
+/*
+ * Definitions for the flag in f_flag.
+ *
+ * Generally these flags are equivalent to the MS_ flags used in the mount
+ * ABI.  The exception is ST_VALID which has the same value as MS_REMOUNT
+ * which doesn't make any sense for statfs.
+ */
+#define ST_RDONLY	0x0001	/* mount read-only */
+#define ST_NOSUID	0x0002	/* ignore suid and sgid bits */
+#define ST_NODEV	0x0004	/* disallow access to device special files */
+#define ST_NOEXEC	0x0008	/* disallow program execution */
+#define ST_SYNCHRONOUS	0x0010	/* writes are synced at once */
+#define ST_VALID	0x0020	/* f_flags support is implemented */
+#define ST_MANDLOCK	0x0040	/* allow mandatory locks on an FS */
+/* 0x0080 used for ST_WRITE in glibc */
+/* 0x0100 used for ST_APPEND in glibc */
+/* 0x0200 used for ST_IMMUTABLE in glibc */
+#define ST_NOATIME	0x0400	/* do not update access times */
+#define ST_NODIRATIME	0x0800	/* do not update directory access times */
+#define ST_RELATIME	0x1000	/* update atime relative to mtime/ctime */
+
 #endif
diff --git a/ipc/mqueue.c b/ipc/mqueue.c
index c93fd3f..c60e519 100644
--- a/ipc/mqueue.c
+++ b/ipc/mqueue.c
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@
 		 	    u->mq_bytes + mq_bytes >
 			    task_rlimit(p, RLIMIT_MSGQUEUE)) {
 				spin_unlock(&mq_lock);
-				/* mqueue_delete_inode() releases info->messages */
+				/* mqueue_evict_inode() releases info->messages */
 				goto out_inode;
 			}
 			u->mq_bytes += mq_bytes;
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@
 	kmem_cache_free(mqueue_inode_cachep, MQUEUE_I(inode));
 }
 
-static void mqueue_delete_inode(struct inode *inode)
+static void mqueue_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct mqueue_inode_info *info;
 	struct user_struct *user;
@@ -249,10 +249,11 @@
 	int i;
 	struct ipc_namespace *ipc_ns;
 
-	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) {
-		clear_inode(inode);
+	end_writeback(inode);
+
+	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
 		return;
-	}
+
 	ipc_ns = get_ns_from_inode(inode);
 	info = MQUEUE_I(inode);
 	spin_lock(&info->lock);
@@ -261,8 +262,6 @@
 	kfree(info->messages);
 	spin_unlock(&info->lock);
 
-	clear_inode(inode);
-
 	/* Total amount of bytes accounted for the mqueue */
 	mq_bytes = info->attr.mq_maxmsg * (sizeof(struct msg_msg *)
 	    + info->attr.mq_msgsize);
@@ -1225,9 +1224,8 @@
 static const struct super_operations mqueue_super_ops = {
 	.alloc_inode = mqueue_alloc_inode,
 	.destroy_inode = mqueue_destroy_inode,
+	.evict_inode = mqueue_evict_inode,
 	.statfs = simple_statfs,
-	.delete_inode = mqueue_delete_inode,
-	.drop_inode = generic_delete_inode,
 };
 
 static struct file_system_type mqueue_fs_type = {
diff --git a/kernel/acct.c b/kernel/acct.c
index 385b884..fa7eb3d 100644
--- a/kernel/acct.c
+++ b/kernel/acct.c
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
 	spin_unlock(&acct_lock);
 
 	/* May block */
-	if (vfs_statfs(file->f_path.dentry, &sbuf))
+	if (vfs_statfs(&file->f_path, &sbuf))
 		return res;
 	suspend = sbuf.f_blocks * SUSPEND;
 	resume = sbuf.f_blocks * RESUME;
diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 566f9a4..dfaa0f4 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -766,6 +766,10 @@
 	loff_t newsize = attr->ia_size;
 	int error;
 
+	error = inode_change_ok(inode, attr);
+	if (error)
+		return error;
+
 	if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) && (attr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE)
 					&& newsize != inode->i_size) {
 		struct page *page = NULL;
@@ -800,25 +804,22 @@
 			}
 		}
 
-		error = simple_setsize(inode, newsize);
+		/* XXX(truncate): truncate_setsize should be called last */
+		truncate_setsize(inode, newsize);
 		if (page)
 			page_cache_release(page);
-		if (error)
-			return error;
 		shmem_truncate_range(inode, newsize, (loff_t)-1);
 	}
 
-	error = inode_change_ok(inode, attr);
-	if (!error)
-		generic_setattr(inode, attr);
+	setattr_copy(inode, attr);
 #ifdef CONFIG_TMPFS_POSIX_ACL
-	if (!error && (attr->ia_valid & ATTR_MODE))
+	if (attr->ia_valid & ATTR_MODE)
 		error = generic_acl_chmod(inode);
 #endif
 	return error;
 }
 
-static void shmem_delete_inode(struct inode *inode)
+static void shmem_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct shmem_inode_info *info = SHMEM_I(inode);
 
@@ -835,7 +836,7 @@
 	}
 	BUG_ON(inode->i_blocks);
 	shmem_free_inode(inode->i_sb);
-	clear_inode(inode);
+	end_writeback(inode);
 }
 
 static inline int shmem_find_swp(swp_entry_t entry, swp_entry_t *dir, swp_entry_t *edir)
@@ -932,7 +933,7 @@
 
 	/*
 	 * Move _head_ to start search for next from here.
-	 * But be careful: shmem_delete_inode checks list_empty without taking
+	 * But be careful: shmem_evict_inode checks list_empty without taking
 	 * mutex, and there's an instant in list_move_tail when info->swaplist
 	 * would appear empty, if it were the only one on shmem_swaplist.  We
 	 * could avoid doing it if inode NULL; or use this minor optimization.
@@ -2518,7 +2519,7 @@
 	.remount_fs	= shmem_remount_fs,
 	.show_options	= shmem_show_options,
 #endif
-	.delete_inode	= shmem_delete_inode,
+	.evict_inode	= shmem_evict_inode,
 	.drop_inode	= generic_delete_inode,
 	.put_super	= shmem_put_super,
 };
diff --git a/mm/truncate.c b/mm/truncate.c
index 937571b..ba887bf 100644
--- a/mm/truncate.c
+++ b/mm/truncate.c
@@ -541,28 +541,48 @@
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(truncate_pagecache);
 
 /**
+ * truncate_setsize - update inode and pagecache for a new file size
+ * @inode: inode
+ * @newsize: new file size
+ *
+ * truncate_setsize updastes i_size update and performs pagecache
+ * truncation (if necessary) for a file size updates. It will be
+ * typically be called from the filesystem's setattr function when
+ * ATTR_SIZE is passed in.
+ *
+ * Must be called with inode_mutex held and after all filesystem
+ * specific block truncation has been performed.
+ */
+void truncate_setsize(struct inode *inode, loff_t newsize)
+{
+	loff_t oldsize;
+
+	oldsize = inode->i_size;
+	i_size_write(inode, newsize);
+
+	truncate_pagecache(inode, oldsize, newsize);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(truncate_setsize);
+
+/**
  * vmtruncate - unmap mappings "freed" by truncate() syscall
  * @inode: inode of the file used
  * @offset: file offset to start truncating
  *
- * NOTE! We have to be ready to update the memory sharing
- * between the file and the memory map for a potential last
- * incomplete page.  Ugly, but necessary.
- *
- * This function is deprecated and simple_setsize or truncate_pagecache
- * should be used instead.
+ * This function is deprecated and truncate_setsize or truncate_pagecache
+ * should be used instead, together with filesystem specific block truncation.
  */
 int vmtruncate(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset)
 {
 	int error;
 
-	error = simple_setsize(inode, offset);
+	error = inode_newsize_ok(inode, offset);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
+	truncate_setsize(inode, offset);
 	if (inode->i_op->truncate)
 		inode->i_op->truncate(inode);
-
-	return error;
+	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vmtruncate);