6 files changed, 144 insertions, 100 deletions

diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index b38a57e78a63..2df639f143e8 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -182,14 +182,16 @@ int nfs_readdir_filler(nfs_readdir_descriptor_t *desc, struct page *page)
                 /* We requested READDIRPLUS, but the server doesn't grok it */
                 if (error == -ENOTSUPP && desc->plus) {
                         NFS_SERVER(inode)->caps &= ~NFS_CAP_READDIRPLUS;
-                        NFS_FLAGS(inode) &= ~NFS_INO_ADVISE_RDPLUS;
+                        clear_bit(NFS_INO_ADVISE_RDPLUS, &NFS_FLAGS(inode));
                         desc->plus = 0;
                         goto again;
                 }
                 goto error;
         }
         SetPageUptodate(page);
-        NFS_FLAGS(inode) |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATIME;
+        spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+        NFS_I(inode)->cache_validity |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATIME;
+        spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
         /* Ensure consistent page alignment of the data.
          * Note: assumes we have exclusive access to this mapping either
          *       through inode->i_sem or some other mechanism.
@@ -462,7 +464,9 @@ int uncached_readdir(nfs_readdir_descriptor_t *desc, void *dirent,
                                                 page,
                                                 NFS_SERVER(inode)->dtsize,
                                                 desc->plus);
-        NFS_FLAGS(inode) |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATIME;
+        spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+        NFS_I(inode)->cache_validity |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATIME;
+        spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
         desc->page = page;
         desc->ptr = kmap(page);         /* matching kunmap in nfs_do_filldir */
         if (desc->error >= 0) {
@@ -545,7 +549,7 @@ static int nfs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
                         break;
                 }
                 if (res == -ETOOSMALL && desc->plus) {
-                        NFS_FLAGS(inode) &= ~NFS_INO_ADVISE_RDPLUS;
+                        clear_bit(NFS_INO_ADVISE_RDPLUS, &NFS_FLAGS(inode));
                         nfs_zap_caches(inode);
                         desc->plus = 0;
                         desc->entry->eof = 0;
@@ -608,7 +612,7 @@ static inline int nfs_check_verifier(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 {
         if (IS_ROOT(dentry))
                 return 1;
-        if ((NFS_FLAGS(dir) & NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR) != 0
+        if ((NFS_I(dir)->cache_validity & NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR) != 0
                         || nfs_attribute_timeout(dir))
                 return 0;
         return nfs_verify_change_attribute(dir, (unsigned long)dentry->d_fsdata);
@@ -935,6 +939,7 @@ static struct dentry *nfs_atomic_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry
         error = nfs_revalidate_inode(NFS_SERVER(dir), dir);
         if (error < 0) {
                 res = ERR_PTR(error);
+                unlock_kernel();
                 goto out;
         }
 
@@ -1575,11 +1580,12 @@ out:
 
 int nfs_access_get_cached(struct inode *inode, struct rpc_cred *cred, struct nfs_access_entry *res)
 {
-        struct nfs_access_entry *cache = &NFS_I(inode)->cache_access;
+        struct nfs_inode *nfsi = NFS_I(inode);
+        struct nfs_access_entry *cache = &nfsi->cache_access;
 
         if (cache->cred != cred
                         || time_after(jiffies, cache->jiffies + NFS_ATTRTIMEO(inode))
-                        || (NFS_FLAGS(inode) & NFS_INO_INVALID_ACCESS))
+                        || (nfsi->cache_validity & NFS_INO_INVALID_ACCESS))
                 return -ENOENT;
         memcpy(res, cache, sizeof(*res));
         return 0;
@@ -1587,14 +1593,18 @@ int nfs_access_get_cached(struct inode *inode, struct rpc_cred *cred, struct nfs
 
 void nfs_access_add_cache(struct inode *inode, struct nfs_access_entry *set)
 {
-        struct nfs_access_entry *cache = &NFS_I(inode)->cache_access;
+        struct nfs_inode *nfsi = NFS_I(inode);
+        struct nfs_access_entry *cache = &nfsi->cache_access;
 
         if (cache->cred != set->cred) {
                 if (cache->cred)
                         put_rpccred(cache->cred);
                 cache->cred = get_rpccred(set->cred);
         }
-        NFS_FLAGS(inode) &= ~NFS_INO_INVALID_ACCESS;
+        /* FIXME: replace current access_cache BKL reliance with inode->i_lock */
+        spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+        nfsi->cache_validity &= ~NFS_INO_INVALID_ACCESS;
+        spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
         cache->jiffies = set->jiffies;
         cache->mask = set->mask;
 }
diff --git a/fs/nfs/file.c b/fs/nfs/file.c
index 5621ba9885f4..f6b9eda925c5 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/file.c
@@ -134,9 +134,10 @@ nfs_file_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
  */
 static int nfs_revalidate_file(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 {
+        struct nfs_inode *nfsi = NFS_I(inode);
         int retval = 0;
 
-        if ((NFS_FLAGS(inode) & NFS_INO_REVAL_PAGECACHE) || nfs_attribute_timeout(inode))
+        if ((nfsi->cache_validity & NFS_INO_REVAL_PAGECACHE) || nfs_attribute_timeout(inode))
                 retval = __nfs_revalidate_inode(NFS_SERVER(inode), inode);
         nfs_revalidate_mapping(inode, filp->f_mapping);
         return 0;
@@ -164,7 +165,7 @@ static int nfs_revalidate_file_size(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
                 goto force_reval;
         if (nfsi->npages != 0)
                 return 0;
-        if (!(NFS_FLAGS(inode) & NFS_INO_REVAL_PAGECACHE) && !nfs_attribute_timeout(inode))
+        if (!(nfsi->cache_validity & NFS_INO_REVAL_PAGECACHE) && !nfs_attribute_timeout(inode))
                 return 0;
 force_reval:
         return __nfs_revalidate_inode(server, inode);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c
index bb7ca022bcb2..541b418327c8 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c
@@ -615,14 +615,18 @@ nfs_zap_caches(struct inode *inode)
         struct nfs_inode *nfsi = NFS_I(inode);
         int mode = inode->i_mode;
 
+        spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+
         NFS_ATTRTIMEO(inode) = NFS_MINATTRTIMEO(inode);
         NFS_ATTRTIMEO_UPDATE(inode) = jiffies;
 
         memset(NFS_COOKIEVERF(inode), 0, sizeof(NFS_COOKIEVERF(inode)));
         if (S_ISREG(mode) || S_ISDIR(mode) || S_ISLNK(mode))
-                nfsi->flags |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR|NFS_INO_INVALID_DATA|NFS_INO_INVALID_ACCESS|NFS_INO_INVALID_ACL|NFS_INO_REVAL_PAGECACHE;
+                nfsi->cache_validity |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR|NFS_INO_INVALID_DATA|NFS_INO_INVALID_ACCESS|NFS_INO_INVALID_ACL|NFS_INO_REVAL_PAGECACHE;
         else
-                nfsi->flags |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR|NFS_INO_INVALID_ACCESS|NFS_INO_INVALID_ACL|NFS_INO_REVAL_PAGECACHE;
+                nfsi->cache_validity |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR|NFS_INO_INVALID_ACCESS|NFS_INO_INVALID_ACL|NFS_INO_REVAL_PAGECACHE;
+
+        spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 }
 
 static void nfs_zap_acl_cache(struct inode *inode)
@@ -632,7 +636,9 @@ static void nfs_zap_acl_cache(struct inode *inode)
         clear_acl_cache = NFS_PROTO(inode)->clear_acl_cache;
         if (clear_acl_cache != NULL)
                 clear_acl_cache(inode);
-        NFS_I(inode)->flags &= ~NFS_INO_INVALID_ACL;
+        spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+        NFS_I(inode)->cache_validity &= ~NFS_INO_INVALID_ACL;
+        spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -739,7 +745,7 @@ nfs_fhget(struct super_block *sb, struct nfs_fh *fh, struct nfs_fattr *fattr)
                         inode->i_fop = &nfs_dir_operations;
                         if (nfs_server_capable(inode, NFS_CAP_READDIRPLUS)
                             && fattr->size <= NFS_LIMIT_READDIRPLUS)
-                                NFS_FLAGS(inode) |= NFS_INO_ADVISE_RDPLUS;
+                                set_bit(NFS_INO_ADVISE_RDPLUS, &NFS_FLAGS(inode));
                 } else if (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode))
                         inode->i_op = &nfs_symlink_inode_operations;
                 else
@@ -841,7 +847,9 @@ void nfs_setattr_update_inode(struct inode *inode, struct iattr *attr)
                         inode->i_uid = attr->ia_uid;
                 if ((attr->ia_valid & ATTR_GID) != 0)
                         inode->i_gid = attr->ia_gid;
-                NFS_FLAGS(inode) |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ACCESS|NFS_INO_INVALID_ACL;
+                spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+                NFS_I(inode)->cache_validity |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ACCESS|NFS_INO_INVALID_ACL;
+                spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
         }
         if ((attr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) != 0) {
                 inode->i_size = attr->ia_size;
@@ -849,31 +857,47 @@ void nfs_setattr_update_inode(struct inode *inode, struct iattr *attr)
         }
 }
 
+static int nfs_wait_schedule(void *word)
+{
+        if (signal_pending(current))
+                return -ERESTARTSYS;
+        schedule();
+        return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * Wait for the inode to get unlocked.
- * (Used for NFS_INO_LOCKED and NFS_INO_REVALIDATING).
  */
-static int
-nfs_wait_on_inode(struct inode *inode, int flag)
+static int nfs_wait_on_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
         struct rpc_clnt *clnt = NFS_CLIENT(inode);
         struct nfs_inode *nfsi = NFS_I(inode);
-
+        sigset_t oldmask;
         int error;
-        if (!(NFS_FLAGS(inode) & flag))
-                return 0;
+
         atomic_inc(&inode->i_count);
-        error = nfs_wait_event(clnt, nfsi->nfs_i_wait,
-                                !(NFS_FLAGS(inode) & flag));
+        rpc_clnt_sigmask(clnt, &oldmask);
+        error = wait_on_bit_lock(&nfsi->flags, NFS_INO_REVALIDATING,
+                                        nfs_wait_schedule, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
+        rpc_clnt_sigunmask(clnt, &oldmask);
         iput(inode);
+
         return error;
 }
 
+static void nfs_wake_up_inode(struct inode *inode)
+{
+        struct nfs_inode *nfsi = NFS_I(inode);
+
+        clear_bit(NFS_INO_REVALIDATING, &nfsi->flags);
+        smp_mb__after_clear_bit();
+        wake_up_bit(&nfsi->flags, NFS_INO_REVALIDATING);
+}
+
 int nfs_getattr(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry, struct kstat *stat)
 {
         struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
-        struct nfs_inode *nfsi = NFS_I(inode);
-        int need_atime = nfsi->flags & NFS_INO_INVALID_ATIME;
+        int need_atime = NFS_I(inode)->cache_validity & NFS_INO_INVALID_ATIME;
         int err;
 
         if (__IS_FLG(inode, MS_NOATIME))
@@ -1019,7 +1043,7 @@ __nfs_revalidate_inode(struct nfs_server *server, struct inode *inode)
         struct nfs_fattr fattr;
         struct nfs_inode *nfsi = NFS_I(inode);
         unsigned long verifier;
-        unsigned int flags;
+        unsigned long cache_validity;
 
         dfprintk(PAGECACHE, "NFS: revalidating (%s/%Ld)\n",
                 inode->i_sb->s_id, (long long)NFS_FILEID(inode));
@@ -1030,18 +1054,19 @@ __nfs_revalidate_inode(struct nfs_server *server, struct inode *inode)
         if (NFS_STALE(inode))
                 goto out_nowait;
 
-        while (NFS_REVALIDATING(inode)) {
-                status = nfs_wait_on_inode(inode, NFS_INO_REVALIDATING);
-                if (status < 0)
-                        goto out_nowait;
-                if (NFS_ATTRTIMEO(inode) == 0)
-                        continue;
-                if (NFS_FLAGS(inode) & (NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR|NFS_INO_INVALID_DATA|NFS_INO_INVALID_ATIME))
-                        continue;
-                status = NFS_STALE(inode) ? -ESTALE : 0;
-                goto out_nowait;
+        status = nfs_wait_on_inode(inode);
+        if (status < 0)
+                goto out;
+        if (NFS_STALE(inode)) {
+                status = -ESTALE;
+                /* Do we trust the cached ESTALE? */
+                if (NFS_ATTRTIMEO(inode) != 0) {
+                        if (nfsi->cache_validity & (NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR|NFS_INO_INVALID_DATA|NFS_INO_INVALID_ATIME)) {
+                                /* no */
+                        } else
+                                goto out;
+                }
         }
-        NFS_FLAGS(inode) |= NFS_INO_REVALIDATING;
 
         /* Protect against RPC races by saving the change attribute */
         verifier = nfs_save_change_attribute(inode);
@@ -1053,7 +1078,7 @@ __nfs_revalidate_inode(struct nfs_server *server, struct inode *inode)
                 if (status == -ESTALE) {
                         nfs_zap_caches(inode);
                         if (!S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
-                                NFS_FLAGS(inode) |= NFS_INO_STALE;
+                                set_bit(NFS_INO_STALE, &NFS_FLAGS(inode));
                 }
                 goto out;
         }
@@ -1065,25 +1090,30 @@ __nfs_revalidate_inode(struct nfs_server *server, struct inode *inode)
                          (long long)NFS_FILEID(inode), status);
                 goto out;
         }
-        flags = nfsi->flags;
-        nfsi->flags &= ~NFS_INO_REVAL_PAGECACHE;
+        spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+        cache_validity = nfsi->cache_validity;
+        nfsi->cache_validity &= ~NFS_INO_REVAL_PAGECACHE;
+
         /*
          * We may need to keep the attributes marked as invalid if
          * we raced with nfs_end_attr_update().
          */
         if (verifier == nfsi->cache_change_attribute)
-                nfsi->flags &= ~(NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR|NFS_INO_INVALID_ATIME);
-        /* Do the page cache invalidation */
+                nfsi->cache_validity &= ~(NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR|NFS_INO_INVALID_ATIME);
+        spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+
         nfs_revalidate_mapping(inode, inode->i_mapping);
-        if (flags & NFS_INO_INVALID_ACL)
+
+        if (cache_validity & NFS_INO_INVALID_ACL)
                 nfs_zap_acl_cache(inode);
+
         dfprintk(PAGECACHE, "NFS: (%s/%Ld) revalidation complete\n",
                 inode->i_sb->s_id,
                 (long long)NFS_FILEID(inode));
 
-out:
-        NFS_FLAGS(inode) &= ~NFS_INO_REVALIDATING;
-        wake_up(&nfsi->nfs_i_wait);
+ out:
+        nfs_wake_up_inode(inode);
+
  out_nowait:
         unlock_kernel();
         return status;
@@ -1107,7 +1137,7 @@ int nfs_attribute_timeout(struct inode *inode)
  */
 int nfs_revalidate_inode(struct nfs_server *server, struct inode *inode)
 {
-        if (!(NFS_FLAGS(inode) & (NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR|NFS_INO_INVALID_DATA))
+        if (!(NFS_I(inode)->cache_validity & (NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR|NFS_INO_INVALID_DATA))
                         && !nfs_attribute_timeout(inode))
                 return NFS_STALE(inode) ? -ESTALE : 0;
         return __nfs_revalidate_inode(server, inode);
@@ -1122,19 +1152,23 @@ void nfs_revalidate_mapping(struct inode *inode, struct address_space *mapping)
 {
         struct nfs_inode *nfsi = NFS_I(inode);
 
-        if (nfsi->flags & NFS_INO_INVALID_DATA) {
+        if (nfsi->cache_validity & NFS_INO_INVALID_DATA) {
                 if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode)) {
                         if (filemap_fdatawrite(mapping) == 0)
                                 filemap_fdatawait(mapping);
                         nfs_wb_all(inode);
                 }
                 invalidate_inode_pages2(mapping);
-                nfsi->flags &= ~NFS_INO_INVALID_DATA;
+
+                spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+                nfsi->cache_validity &= ~NFS_INO_INVALID_DATA;
                 if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) {
                         memset(nfsi->cookieverf, 0, sizeof(nfsi->cookieverf));
                         /* This ensures we revalidate child dentries */
                         nfsi->cache_change_attribute++;
                 }
+                spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+
                 dfprintk(PAGECACHE, "NFS: (%s/%Ld) data cache invalidated\n",
                                 inode->i_sb->s_id,
                                 (long long)NFS_FILEID(inode));
@@ -1164,10 +1198,12 @@ void nfs_end_data_update(struct inode *inode)
 
         if (!nfs_have_delegation(inode, FMODE_READ)) {
                 /* Mark the attribute cache for revalidation */
-                nfsi->flags |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR;
+                spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+                nfsi->cache_validity |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR;
                 /* Directories and symlinks: invalidate page cache too */
                 if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) || S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode))
-                        nfsi->flags |= NFS_INO_INVALID_DATA;
+                        nfsi->cache_validity |= NFS_INO_INVALID_DATA;
+                spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
         }
         nfsi->cache_change_attribute ++;
         atomic_dec(&nfsi->data_updates);
@@ -1192,6 +1228,8 @@ int nfs_refresh_inode(struct inode *inode, struct nfs_fattr *fattr)
         if (nfs_have_delegation(inode, FMODE_READ))
                 return 0;
 
+        spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+
         /* Are we in the process of updating data on the server? */
         data_unstable = nfs_caches_unstable(inode);
 
@@ -1200,19 +1238,23 @@ int nfs_refresh_inode(struct inode *inode, struct nfs_fattr *fattr)
                                 && nfsi->change_attr == fattr->pre_change_attr)
                         nfsi->change_attr = fattr->change_attr;
                 if (nfsi->change_attr != fattr->change_attr) {
-                        nfsi->flags |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR;
+                        nfsi->cache_validity |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR;
                         if (!data_unstable)
-                                nfsi->flags |= NFS_INO_REVAL_PAGECACHE;
+                                nfsi->cache_validity |= NFS_INO_REVAL_PAGECACHE;
                 }
         }
 
-        if ((fattr->valid & NFS_ATTR_FATTR) == 0)
+        if ((fattr->valid & NFS_ATTR_FATTR) == 0) {
+                spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
                 return 0;
+        }
 
         /* Has the inode gone and changed behind our back? */
         if (nfsi->fileid != fattr->fileid
-                        || (inode->i_mode & S_IFMT) != (fattr->mode & S_IFMT))
+                        || (inode->i_mode & S_IFMT) != (fattr->mode & S_IFMT)) {
+                spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
                 return -EIO;
+        }
 
         cur_size = i_size_read(inode);
         new_isize = nfs_size_to_loff_t(fattr->size);
@@ -1227,30 +1269,31 @@ int nfs_refresh_inode(struct inode *inode, struct nfs_fattr *fattr)
 
         /* Verify a few of the more important attributes */
         if (!timespec_equal(&inode->i_mtime, &fattr->mtime)) {
-                nfsi->flags |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR;
+                nfsi->cache_validity |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR;
                 if (!data_unstable)
-                        nfsi->flags |= NFS_INO_REVAL_PAGECACHE;
+                        nfsi->cache_validity |= NFS_INO_REVAL_PAGECACHE;
         }
         if (cur_size != new_isize) {
-                nfsi->flags |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR;
+                nfsi->cache_validity |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR;
                 if (nfsi->npages == 0)
-                        nfsi->flags |= NFS_INO_REVAL_PAGECACHE;
+                        nfsi->cache_validity |= NFS_INO_REVAL_PAGECACHE;
         }
 
         /* Have any file permissions changed? */
         if ((inode->i_mode & S_IALLUGO) != (fattr->mode & S_IALLUGO)
                         || inode->i_uid != fattr->uid
                         || inode->i_gid != fattr->gid)
-                nfsi->flags |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR | NFS_INO_INVALID_ACCESS | NFS_INO_INVALID_ACL;
+                nfsi->cache_validity |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR | NFS_INO_INVALID_ACCESS | NFS_INO_INVALID_ACL;
 
         /* Has the link count changed? */
         if (inode->i_nlink != fattr->nlink)
-                nfsi->flags |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR;
+                nfsi->cache_validity |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR;
 
         if (!timespec_equal(&inode->i_atime, &fattr->atime))
-                nfsi->flags |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATIME;
+                nfsi->cache_validity |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATIME;
 
         nfsi->read_cache_jiffies = fattr->timestamp;
+        spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
         return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1289,11 +1332,15 @@ static int nfs_update_inode(struct inode *inode, struct nfs_fattr *fattr, unsign
                 goto out_err;
         }
 
+        spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+
         /*
          * Make sure the inode's type hasn't changed.
          */
-        if ((inode->i_mode & S_IFMT) != (fattr->mode & S_IFMT))
+        if ((inode->i_mode & S_IFMT) != (fattr->mode & S_IFMT)) {
+                spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
                 goto out_changed;
+        }
 
         /*
          * Update the read time so we don't revalidate too often.
@@ -1384,8 +1431,9 @@ static int nfs_update_inode(struct inode *inode, struct nfs_fattr *fattr, unsign
                                 || S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode)))
                 invalid &= ~NFS_INO_INVALID_DATA;
         if (!nfs_have_delegation(inode, FMODE_READ))
-                nfsi->flags |= invalid;
+                nfsi->cache_validity |= invalid;
 
+        spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
         return 0;
  out_changed:
         /*
@@ -1402,7 +1450,7 @@ static int nfs_update_inode(struct inode *inode, struct nfs_fattr *fattr, unsign
          */
         nfs_invalidate_inode(inode);
  out_err:
-        NFS_FLAGS(inode) |= NFS_INO_STALE;
+        set_bit(NFS_INO_STALE, &NFS_FLAGS(inode));
         return -ESTALE;
 }
 
@@ -1961,7 +2009,8 @@ static struct inode *nfs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
         nfsi = (struct nfs_inode *)kmem_cache_alloc(nfs_inode_cachep, SLAB_KERNEL);
         if (!nfsi)
                 return NULL;
-        nfsi->flags = 0;
+        nfsi->flags = 0UL;
+        nfsi->cache_validity = 0UL;
 #ifdef CONFIG_NFS_V3_ACL
         nfsi->acl_access = ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN);
         nfsi->acl_default = ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN);
@@ -1993,7 +2042,6 @@ static void init_once(void * foo, kmem_cache_t * cachep, unsigned long flags)
                 nfsi->ndirty = 0;
                 nfsi->ncommit = 0;
                 nfsi->npages = 0;
-                init_waitqueue_head(&nfsi->nfs_i_wait);
                 nfs4_init_once(nfsi);
         }
 }
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs3acl.c b/fs/nfs/nfs3acl.c
index 1b7a3ef2f813..6a5bbc0ae941 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs3acl.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs3acl.c
@@ -308,7 +308,9 @@ static int nfs3_proc_setacls(struct inode *inode, struct posix_acl *acl,
         nfs_begin_data_update(inode);
         status = rpc_call(server->client_acl, ACLPROC3_SETACL,
                           &args, &fattr, 0);
-        NFS_FLAGS(inode) |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ACCESS;
+        spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+        NFS_I(inode)->cache_validity |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ACCESS;
+        spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
         nfs_end_data_update(inode);
         dprintk("NFS reply setacl: %d\n", status);
 
diff --git a/fs/nfs/read.c b/fs/nfs/read.c
index 6f866b8aa2d5..6ceb1d471f20 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/read.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/read.c
@@ -140,7 +140,9 @@ static int nfs_readpage_sync(struct nfs_open_context *ctx, struct inode *inode,
                 if (rdata->res.eof != 0 || result == 0)
                         break;
         } while (count);
-        NFS_FLAGS(inode) |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATIME;
+        spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+        NFS_I(inode)->cache_validity |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATIME;
+        spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 
         if (count)
                 memclear_highpage_flush(page, rdata->args.pgbase, count);
@@ -473,7 +475,9 @@ void nfs_readpage_result(struct rpc_task *task)
                 }
                 task->tk_status = -EIO;
         }
-        NFS_FLAGS(data->inode) |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATIME;
+        spin_lock(&data->inode->i_lock);
+        NFS_I(data->inode)->cache_validity |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATIME;
+        spin_unlock(&data->inode->i_lock);
         data->complete(data, status);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/nfs/symlink.c b/fs/nfs/symlink.c
index 35f106599144..18dc95b0b646 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/symlink.c
@@ -27,26 +27,14 @@
 
 /* Symlink caching in the page cache is even more simplistic
  * and straight-forward than readdir caching.
- *
- * At the beginning of the page we store pointer to struct page in question,
- * simplifying nfs_put_link() (if inode got invalidated we can't find the page
- * to be freed via pagecache lookup).
- * The NUL-terminated string follows immediately thereafter.
  */
 
-struct nfs_symlink {
-        struct page *page;
-        char body[0];
-};
-
 static int nfs_symlink_filler(struct inode *inode, struct page *page)
 {
-        const unsigned int pgbase = offsetof(struct nfs_symlink, body);
-        const unsigned int pglen = PAGE_SIZE - pgbase;
         int error;
 
         lock_kernel();
-        error = NFS_PROTO(inode)->readlink(inode, page, pgbase, pglen);
+        error = NFS_PROTO(inode)->readlink(inode, page, 0, PAGE_SIZE);
         unlock_kernel();
         if (error < 0)
                 goto error;
@@ -60,11 +48,10 @@ error:
         return -EIO;
 }
 
-static int nfs_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
+static void *nfs_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
         struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
         struct page *page;
-        struct nfs_symlink *p;
         void *err = ERR_PTR(nfs_revalidate_inode(NFS_SERVER(inode), inode));
         if (err)
                 goto read_failed;
@@ -78,28 +65,20 @@ static int nfs_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
                 err = ERR_PTR(-EIO);
                 goto getlink_read_error;
         }
-        p = kmap(page);
-        p->page = page;
-        nd_set_link(nd, p->body);
-        return 0;
+        nd_set_link(nd, kmap(page));
+        return page;
 
 getlink_read_error:
         page_cache_release(page);
 read_failed:
         nd_set_link(nd, err);
-        return 0;
+        return NULL;
 }
 
-static void nfs_put_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
+static void nfs_put_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd, void *cookie)
 {
-        char *s = nd_get_link(nd);
-        if (!IS_ERR(s)) {
-                struct nfs_symlink *p;
-                struct page *page;
-
-                p = container_of(s, struct nfs_symlink, body[0]);
-                page = p->page;
-
+        if (cookie) {
+                struct page *page = cookie;
                 kunmap(page);
                 page_cache_release(page);
         }