diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/time.c b/arch/mips/kernel/time.c
index 7050b4ffffcd..42c94c771afb 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/time.c
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ void do_gettimeofday(struct timeval *tv)
 	unsigned long seq;
 	unsigned long lost;
 	unsigned long usec, sec;
-	unsigned long max_ntp_tick = tick_usec - tickadj;
+	unsigned long max_ntp_tick;
 
 	do {
 		seq = read_seqbegin(&xtime_lock);
@@ -178,12 +178,13 @@ void do_gettimeofday(struct timeval *tv)
 		 * Better to lose some accuracy than have time go backwards..
 		 */
 		if (unlikely(time_adjust < 0)) {
+			max_ntp_tick = (USEC_PER_SEC / HZ) - tickadj;
 			usec = min(usec, max_ntp_tick);
 
 			if (lost)
 				usec += lost * max_ntp_tick;
 		} else if (unlikely(lost))
-			usec += lost * tick_usec;
+			usec += lost * (USEC_PER_SEC / HZ);
 
 		sec = xtime.tv_sec;
 		usec += (xtime.tv_nsec / 1000);
diff --git a/drivers/char/pcmcia/cm4000_cs.c b/drivers/char/pcmcia/cm4000_cs.c
index 649677b5dc36..5fdf18515433 100644
--- a/drivers/char/pcmcia/cm4000_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/char/pcmcia/cm4000_cs.c
@@ -13,11 +13,12 @@
   *
   * (C) 2000,2001,2002,2003,2004 Omnikey AG
   *
-  * (C) 2005 Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org>
+  * (C) 2005-2006 Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org>
   * 	- Adhere to Kernel CodingStyle
   * 	- Port to 2.6.13 "new" style PCMCIA
   * 	- Check for copy_{from,to}_user return values
   * 	- Use nonseekable_open()
+  * 	- add class interface for udev device creation
   *
   * All rights reserved. Licensed under dual BSD/GPL license.
   */
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ module_param(pc_debug, int, 0600);
 #else
 #define DEBUGP(n, rdr, x, args...)
 #endif
-static char *version = "cm4000_cs.c v2.4.0gm5 - All bugs added by Harald Welte";
+static char *version = "cm4000_cs.c v2.4.0gm6 - All bugs added by Harald Welte";
 
 #define	T_1SEC		(HZ)
 #define	T_10MSEC	msecs_to_jiffies(10)
@@ -156,6 +157,7 @@ struct cm4000_dev {
 		/*queue*/ 4*sizeof(wait_queue_head_t))
 
 static dev_link_t *dev_table[CM4000_MAX_DEV];
+static struct class *cmm_class;
 
 /* This table doesn't use spaces after the comma between fields and thus
  * violates CodingStyle.  However, I don't really think wrapping it around will
@@ -1937,6 +1939,9 @@ static int cm4000_attach(struct pcmcia_device *p_dev)
 	link->state |= DEV_PRESENT | DEV_CONFIG_PENDING;
 	cm4000_config(link, i);
 
+	class_device_create(cmm_class, NULL, MKDEV(major, i), NULL,
+			    "cmm%d", i);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1962,6 +1967,8 @@ static void cm4000_detach(struct pcmcia_device *p_dev)
 	dev_table[devno] = NULL;
  	kfree(dev);
 
+	class_device_destroy(cmm_class, MKDEV(major, devno));
+
 	return;
 }
 
@@ -1995,8 +2002,18 @@ static struct pcmcia_driver cm4000_driver = {
 
 static int __init cmm_init(void)
 {
+	int rc;
+
 	printk(KERN_INFO "%s\n", version);
-	pcmcia_register_driver(&cm4000_driver);
+
+	cmm_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "cardman_4000");
+	if (!cmm_class)
+		return -1;
+
+	rc = pcmcia_register_driver(&cm4000_driver);
+	if (rc < 0)
+		return rc;
+
 	major = register_chrdev(0, DEVICE_NAME, &cm4000_fops);
 	if (major < 0) {
 		printk(KERN_WARNING MODULE_NAME
@@ -2012,6 +2029,7 @@ static void __exit cmm_exit(void)
 	printk(KERN_INFO MODULE_NAME ": unloading\n");
 	pcmcia_unregister_driver(&cm4000_driver);
 	unregister_chrdev(major, DEVICE_NAME);
+	class_destroy(cmm_class);
 };
 
 module_init(cmm_init);
diff --git a/drivers/char/pcmcia/cm4040_cs.c b/drivers/char/pcmcia/cm4040_cs.c
index 46eb371bf17e..466e33bab029 100644
--- a/drivers/char/pcmcia/cm4040_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/char/pcmcia/cm4040_cs.c
@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@
  *
  * (c) 2000-2004 Omnikey AG (http://www.omnikey.com/)
  *
- * (C) 2005 Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org>
+ * (C) 2005-2006 Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org>
  * 	- add support for poll()
  * 	- driver cleanup
  * 	- add waitqueues
  * 	- adhere to linux kernel coding style and policies
  * 	- support 2.6.13 "new style" pcmcia interface
+ * 	- add class interface for udev device creation
  *
  * The device basically is a USB CCID compliant device that has been
  * attached to an I/O-Mapped FIFO.
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ module_param(pc_debug, int, 0600);
 #endif
 
 static char *version =
-"OMNIKEY CardMan 4040 v1.1.0gm4 - All bugs added by Harald Welte";
+"OMNIKEY CardMan 4040 v1.1.0gm5 - All bugs added by Harald Welte";
 
 #define	CCID_DRIVER_BULK_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT  	(150*HZ)
 #define	CCID_DRIVER_ASYNC_POWERUP_TIMEOUT 	(35*HZ)
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ static char *version =
 static void reader_release(dev_link_t *link);
 
 static int major;
+static struct class *cmx_class;
 
 #define		BS_READABLE	0x01
 #define		BS_WRITABLE	0x02
@@ -696,6 +698,9 @@ static int reader_attach(struct pcmcia_device *p_dev)
 	link->state |= DEV_PRESENT | DEV_CONFIG_PENDING;
 	reader_config(link, i);
 
+	class_device_create(cmx_class, NULL, MKDEV(major, i), NULL,
+			    "cmx%d", i);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -721,6 +726,8 @@ static void reader_detach(struct pcmcia_device *p_dev)
 	dev_table[devno] = NULL;
 	kfree(dev);
 
+	class_device_destroy(cmx_class, MKDEV(major, devno));
+
 	return;
 }
 
@@ -755,8 +762,17 @@ static struct pcmcia_driver reader_driver = {
 
 static int __init cm4040_init(void)
 {
+	int rc;
+
 	printk(KERN_INFO "%s\n", version);
-	pcmcia_register_driver(&reader_driver);
+	cmx_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "cardman_4040");
+	if (!cmx_class)
+		return -1;
+
+	rc = pcmcia_register_driver(&reader_driver);
+	if (rc < 0)
+		return rc;
+
 	major = register_chrdev(0, DEVICE_NAME, &reader_fops);
 	if (major < 0) {
 		printk(KERN_WARNING MODULE_NAME
@@ -771,6 +787,7 @@ static void __exit cm4040_exit(void)
 	printk(KERN_INFO MODULE_NAME ": unloading\n");
 	pcmcia_unregister_driver(&reader_driver);
 	unregister_chrdev(major, DEVICE_NAME);
+	class_destroy(cmx_class);
 }
 
 module_init(cm4040_init);
diff --git a/drivers/ide/legacy/ide-cs.c b/drivers/ide/legacy/ide-cs.c
index 4c2af9020905..6213bd3caee5 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/legacy/ide-cs.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/legacy/ide-cs.c
@@ -445,6 +445,7 @@ static struct pcmcia_device_id ide_ids[] = {
 	PCMCIA_DEVICE_PROD_ID12("PCMCIA", "PnPIDE", 0x281f1c5d, 0x0c694728),
 	PCMCIA_DEVICE_PROD_ID12("SHUTTLE TECHNOLOGY LTD.", "PCCARD-IDE/ATAPI Adapter", 0x4a3f0ba0, 0x322560e1),
 	PCMCIA_DEVICE_PROD_ID12("TOSHIBA", "MK2001MPL", 0xb4585a1a, 0x3489e003),
+	PCMCIA_DEVICE_PROD_ID1("TRANSCEND    512M   ", 0xd0909443),
 	PCMCIA_DEVICE_PROD_ID12("WIT", "IDE16", 0x244e5994, 0x3e232852),
 	PCMCIA_DEVICE_PROD_ID1("STI Flash", 0xe4a13209),
 	PCMCIA_DEVICE_PROD_ID12("STI", "Flash 5.0", 0xbf2df18d, 0x8cb57a0e),
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/redboot.c b/drivers/mtd/redboot.c
index d01b6a9198e0..8815c8dbef2d 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/redboot.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/redboot.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * $Id: redboot.c,v 1.18 2005/11/07 11:14:21 gleixner Exp $
+ * $Id: redboot.c,v 1.19 2005/12/01 10:03:51 dwmw2 Exp $
  *
  * Parse RedBoot-style Flash Image System (FIS) tables and
  * produce a Linux partition array to match.
@@ -92,10 +92,10 @@ static int parse_redboot_partitions(struct mtd_info *master,
 		if (!memcmp(buf[i].name, "FIS directory", 14)) {
 			/* This is apparently the FIS directory entry for the
 			 * FIS directory itself.  The FIS directory size is
-			 * one erase block, if the buf[i].size field is
+			 * one erase block; if the buf[i].size field is
 			 * swab32(erasesize) then we know we are looking at
 			 * a byte swapped FIS directory - swap all the entries!
-			 * (NOTE: this is 'size' not 'data_length', size is
+			 * (NOTE: this is 'size' not 'data_length'; size is
 			 * the full size of the entry.)
 			 */
 			if (swab32(buf[i].size) == master->erasesize) {
@@ -104,15 +104,13 @@ static int parse_redboot_partitions(struct mtd_info *master,
 					/* The unsigned long fields were written with the
 					 * wrong byte sex, name and pad have no byte sex.
 					 */
-#					define do_swab32(x) (x) = swab32(x)
-					do_swab32(buf[j].flash_base);
-					do_swab32(buf[j].mem_base);
-					do_swab32(buf[j].size);
-					do_swab32(buf[j].entry_point);
-					do_swab32(buf[j].data_length);
-					do_swab32(buf[j].desc_cksum);
-					do_swab32(buf[j].file_cksum);
-#					undef do_swab32
+					swab32s(&buf[j].flash_base);
+					swab32s(&buf[j].mem_base);
+					swab32s(&buf[j].size);
+					swab32s(&buf[j].entry_point);
+					swab32s(&buf[j].data_length);
+					swab32s(&buf[j].desc_cksum);
+					swab32s(&buf[j].file_cksum);
 				}
 			}
 			break;
diff --git a/drivers/net/3c59x.c b/drivers/net/3c59x.c
index 9e8897976a69..5d11a06ecb2c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/3c59x.c
+++ b/drivers/net/3c59x.c
@@ -842,7 +842,7 @@ enum xcvr_types {
 	XCVR_100baseFx, XCVR_MII=6, XCVR_NWAY=8, XCVR_ExtMII=9, XCVR_Default=10,
 };
 
-static struct media_table {
+static const struct media_table {
 	char *name;
 	unsigned int media_bits:16,		/* Bits to set in Wn4_Media register. */
 		mask:8,						/* The transceiver-present bit in Wn3_Config.*/
@@ -1446,7 +1446,7 @@ static int __devinit vortex_probe1(struct device *gendev,
 	}
 
 	{
-		static const char * ram_split[] = {"5:3", "3:1", "1:1", "3:5"};
+		static const char * const ram_split[] = {"5:3", "3:1", "1:1", "3:5"};
 		unsigned int config;
 		EL3WINDOW(3);
 		vp->available_media = ioread16(ioaddr + Wn3_Options);
diff --git a/drivers/net/8139cp.c b/drivers/net/8139cp.c
index dd410496aadb..ce99845d8266 100644
--- a/drivers/net/8139cp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/8139cp.c
@@ -1276,7 +1276,7 @@ static int cp_change_mtu(struct net_device *dev, int new_mtu)
 }
 #endif /* BROKEN */
 
-static char mii_2_8139_map[8] = {
+static const char mii_2_8139_map[8] = {
 	BasicModeCtrl,
 	BasicModeStatus,
 	0,
diff --git a/drivers/net/8139too.c b/drivers/net/8139too.c
index 2beac55b57d6..e58d4c50c2e1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/8139too.c
+++ b/drivers/net/8139too.c
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ typedef enum {
 
 
 /* indexed by board_t, above */
-static struct {
+static const struct {
 	const char *name;
 	u32 hw_flags;
 } board_info[] __devinitdata = {
@@ -1192,7 +1192,7 @@ static int __devinit read_eeprom (void __iomem *ioaddr, int location, int addr_l
 #define mdio_delay()	RTL_R8(Config4)
 
 
-static char mii_2_8139_map[8] = {
+static const char mii_2_8139_map[8] = {
 	BasicModeCtrl,
 	BasicModeStatus,
 	0,
diff --git a/drivers/net/bnx2.c b/drivers/net/bnx2.c
index a24200d0a616..b787b6582e50 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bnx2.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bnx2.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ typedef enum {
 } board_t;
 
 /* indexed by board_t, above */
-static struct {
+static const struct {
 	char *name;
 } board_info[] __devinitdata = {
 	{ "Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5706 1000Base-T" },
@@ -3476,7 +3476,7 @@ bnx2_test_registers(struct bnx2 *bp)
 {
 	int ret;
 	int i;
-	static struct {
+	static const struct {
 		u16   offset;
 		u16   flags;
 		u32   rw_mask;
@@ -3891,7 +3891,7 @@ reg_test_err:
 static int
 bnx2_do_mem_test(struct bnx2 *bp, u32 start, u32 size)
 {
-	static u32 test_pattern[] = { 0x00000000, 0xffffffff, 0x55555555,
+	static const u32 test_pattern[] = { 0x00000000, 0xffffffff, 0x55555555,
 		0xaaaaaaaa , 0xaa55aa55, 0x55aa55aa };
 	int i;
 
@@ -3916,7 +3916,7 @@ bnx2_test_memory(struct bnx2 *bp)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
 	int i;
-	static struct {
+	static const struct {
 		u32   offset;
 		u32   len;
 	} mem_tbl[] = {
@@ -5122,7 +5122,7 @@ static struct {
 
 #define STATS_OFFSET32(offset_name) (offsetof(struct statistics_block, offset_name) / 4)
 
-static unsigned long bnx2_stats_offset_arr[BNX2_NUM_STATS] = {
+static const unsigned long bnx2_stats_offset_arr[BNX2_NUM_STATS] = {
     STATS_OFFSET32(stat_IfHCInOctets_hi),
     STATS_OFFSET32(stat_IfHCInBadOctets_hi),
     STATS_OFFSET32(stat_IfHCOutOctets_hi),
diff --git a/drivers/net/bnx2_fw.h b/drivers/net/bnx2_fw.h
index 0c21bd849814..8158974c35a8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bnx2_fw.h
+++ b/drivers/net/bnx2_fw.h
@@ -14,20 +14,20 @@
  * accompanying it.
  */
 
-static int bnx2_COM_b06FwReleaseMajor = 0x1;
-static int bnx2_COM_b06FwReleaseMinor = 0x0;
-static int bnx2_COM_b06FwReleaseFix = 0x0;
-static u32 bnx2_COM_b06FwStartAddr = 0x080008b4;
-static u32 bnx2_COM_b06FwTextAddr = 0x08000000;
-static int bnx2_COM_b06FwTextLen = 0x57bc;
-static u32 bnx2_COM_b06FwDataAddr = 0x08005840;
-static int bnx2_COM_b06FwDataLen = 0x0;
-static u32 bnx2_COM_b06FwRodataAddr = 0x080057c0;
-static int bnx2_COM_b06FwRodataLen = 0x58;
-static u32 bnx2_COM_b06FwBssAddr = 0x08005860;
-static int bnx2_COM_b06FwBssLen = 0x88;
-static u32 bnx2_COM_b06FwSbssAddr = 0x08005840;
-static int bnx2_COM_b06FwSbssLen = 0x1c;
+static const int bnx2_COM_b06FwReleaseMajor = 0x1;
+static const int bnx2_COM_b06FwReleaseMinor = 0x0;
+static const int bnx2_COM_b06FwReleaseFix = 0x0;
+static const u32 bnx2_COM_b06FwStartAddr = 0x080008b4;
+static const u32 bnx2_COM_b06FwTextAddr = 0x08000000;
+static const int bnx2_COM_b06FwTextLen = 0x57bc;
+static const u32 bnx2_COM_b06FwDataAddr = 0x08005840;
+static const int bnx2_COM_b06FwDataLen = 0x0;
+static const u32 bnx2_COM_b06FwRodataAddr = 0x080057c0;
+static const int bnx2_COM_b06FwRodataLen = 0x58;
+static const u32 bnx2_COM_b06FwBssAddr = 0x08005860;
+static const int bnx2_COM_b06FwBssLen = 0x88;
+static const u32 bnx2_COM_b06FwSbssAddr = 0x08005840;
+static const int bnx2_COM_b06FwSbssLen = 0x1c;
 static u32 bnx2_COM_b06FwText[(0x57bc/4) + 1] = {
 	0x0a00022d, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x0000000d, 0x636f6d20, 0x322e352e,
 	0x38000000, 0x02050802, 0x00000000, 0x00000003, 0x00000014, 0x00000032,
@@ -2325,20 +2325,20 @@ static u32 bnx2_rv2p_proc2[] = {
 	0x0000000c, 0x29520000, 0x00000018, 0x80000002, 0x0000000c, 0x29800000,
 	0x00000018, 0x00570000 };
 
-static int bnx2_TPAT_b06FwReleaseMajor = 0x1;
-static int bnx2_TPAT_b06FwReleaseMinor = 0x0;
-static int bnx2_TPAT_b06FwReleaseFix = 0x0;
-static u32 bnx2_TPAT_b06FwStartAddr = 0x08000860;
-static u32 bnx2_TPAT_b06FwTextAddr = 0x08000800;
-static int bnx2_TPAT_b06FwTextLen = 0x122c;
-static u32 bnx2_TPAT_b06FwDataAddr = 0x08001a60;
-static int bnx2_TPAT_b06FwDataLen = 0x0;
-static u32 bnx2_TPAT_b06FwRodataAddr = 0x00000000;
-static int bnx2_TPAT_b06FwRodataLen = 0x0;
-static u32 bnx2_TPAT_b06FwBssAddr = 0x08001aa0;
-static int bnx2_TPAT_b06FwBssLen = 0x250;
-static u32 bnx2_TPAT_b06FwSbssAddr = 0x08001a60;
-static int bnx2_TPAT_b06FwSbssLen = 0x34;
+static const int bnx2_TPAT_b06FwReleaseMajor = 0x1;
+static const int bnx2_TPAT_b06FwReleaseMinor = 0x0;
+static const int bnx2_TPAT_b06FwReleaseFix = 0x0;
+static const u32 bnx2_TPAT_b06FwStartAddr = 0x08000860;
+static const u32 bnx2_TPAT_b06FwTextAddr = 0x08000800;
+static const int bnx2_TPAT_b06FwTextLen = 0x122c;
+static const u32 bnx2_TPAT_b06FwDataAddr = 0x08001a60;
+static const int bnx2_TPAT_b06FwDataLen = 0x0;
+static const u32 bnx2_TPAT_b06FwRodataAddr = 0x00000000;
+static const int bnx2_TPAT_b06FwRodataLen = 0x0;
+static const u32 bnx2_TPAT_b06FwBssAddr = 0x08001aa0;
+static const int bnx2_TPAT_b06FwBssLen = 0x250;
+static const u32 bnx2_TPAT_b06FwSbssAddr = 0x08001a60;
+static const int bnx2_TPAT_b06FwSbssLen = 0x34;
 static u32 bnx2_TPAT_b06FwText[(0x122c/4) + 1] = {
 	0x0a000218, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x0000000d, 0x74706174, 0x20322e35,
 	0x2e313100, 0x02050b01, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000,
@@ -2540,20 +2540,20 @@ static u32 bnx2_TPAT_b06FwRodata[(0x0/4) + 1] = { 0x0 };
 static u32 bnx2_TPAT_b06FwBss[(0x250/4) + 1] = { 0x0 };
 static u32 bnx2_TPAT_b06FwSbss[(0x34/4) + 1] = { 0x0 };
 
-static int bnx2_TXP_b06FwReleaseMajor = 0x1;
-static int bnx2_TXP_b06FwReleaseMinor = 0x0;
-static int bnx2_TXP_b06FwReleaseFix = 0x0;
-static u32 bnx2_TXP_b06FwStartAddr = 0x080034b0;
-static u32 bnx2_TXP_b06FwTextAddr = 0x08000000;
-static int bnx2_TXP_b06FwTextLen = 0x5748;
-static u32 bnx2_TXP_b06FwDataAddr = 0x08005760;
-static int bnx2_TXP_b06FwDataLen = 0x0;
-static u32 bnx2_TXP_b06FwRodataAddr = 0x00000000;
-static int bnx2_TXP_b06FwRodataLen = 0x0;
-static u32 bnx2_TXP_b06FwBssAddr = 0x080057a0;
-static int bnx2_TXP_b06FwBssLen = 0x1c4;
-static u32 bnx2_TXP_b06FwSbssAddr = 0x08005760;
-static int bnx2_TXP_b06FwSbssLen = 0x38;
+static const int bnx2_TXP_b06FwReleaseMajor = 0x1;
+static const int bnx2_TXP_b06FwReleaseMinor = 0x0;
+static const int bnx2_TXP_b06FwReleaseFix = 0x0;
+static const u32 bnx2_TXP_b06FwStartAddr = 0x080034b0;
+static const u32 bnx2_TXP_b06FwTextAddr = 0x08000000;
+static const int bnx2_TXP_b06FwTextLen = 0x5748;
+static const u32 bnx2_TXP_b06FwDataAddr = 0x08005760;
+static const int bnx2_TXP_b06FwDataLen = 0x0;
+static const u32 bnx2_TXP_b06FwRodataAddr = 0x00000000;
+static const int bnx2_TXP_b06FwRodataLen = 0x0;
+static const u32 bnx2_TXP_b06FwBssAddr = 0x080057a0;
+static const int bnx2_TXP_b06FwBssLen = 0x1c4;
+static const u32 bnx2_TXP_b06FwSbssAddr = 0x08005760;
+static const int bnx2_TXP_b06FwSbssLen = 0x38;
 static u32 bnx2_TXP_b06FwText[(0x5748/4) + 1] = {
 	0x0a000d2c, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x0000000d, 0x74787020, 0x322e352e,
 	0x38000000, 0x02050800, 0x0000000a, 0x000003e8, 0x0000ea60, 0x00000000,
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c
index f2a63186ae05..e83bc825f6af 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c
@@ -1261,7 +1261,7 @@ int bond_alb_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *bond_dev)
 	struct ethhdr *eth_data;
 	struct alb_bond_info *bond_info = &(BOND_ALB_INFO(bond));
 	struct slave *tx_slave = NULL;
-	static u32 ip_bcast = 0xffffffff;
+	static const u32 ip_bcast = 0xffffffff;
 	int hash_size = 0;
 	int do_tx_balance = 1;
 	u32 hash_index = 0;
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
index 623c87a83615..2d0ac169a86c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(arp_ip_target, "arp targets in n.n.n.n form");
 
 /*----------------------------- Global variables ----------------------------*/
 
-static const char *version =
+static const char * const version =
 	DRV_DESCRIPTION ": v" DRV_VERSION " (" DRV_RELDATE ")\n";
 
 LIST_HEAD(bond_dev_list);
diff --git a/drivers/net/chelsio/subr.c b/drivers/net/chelsio/subr.c
index 1ebb5d149aef..12e4e96dba2d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/chelsio/subr.c
+++ b/drivers/net/chelsio/subr.c
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ int t1_init_hw_modules(adapter_t *adapter)
  */
 static void __devinit get_pci_mode(adapter_t *adapter, struct chelsio_pci_params *p)
 {
-	static unsigned short speed_map[] = { 33, 66, 100, 133 };
+	static const unsigned short speed_map[] = { 33, 66, 100, 133 };
 	u32 pci_mode;
 
 	pci_read_config_dword(adapter->pdev, A_PCICFG_MODE, &pci_mode);
diff --git a/drivers/net/dgrs.c b/drivers/net/dgrs.c
index 70b47e4c4e9c..32d13166c6e8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dgrs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dgrs.c
@@ -993,7 +993,7 @@ dgrs_download(struct net_device *dev0)
 	int		is;
 	unsigned long	i;
 
-	static int	iv2is[16] = {
+	static const int iv2is[16] = {
 				0, 0, 0, ES4H_IS_INT3,
 				0, ES4H_IS_INT5, 0, ES4H_IS_INT7,
 				0, 0, ES4H_IS_INT10, ES4H_IS_INT11,
diff --git a/drivers/net/dgrs_firmware.c b/drivers/net/dgrs_firmware.c
index 1e49e1e1f201..8c20d4c99937 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dgrs_firmware.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dgrs_firmware.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-static int dgrs_firmnum = 550;
+static const int dgrs_firmnum = 550;
 static char dgrs_firmver[] = "$Version$";
 static char dgrs_firmdate[] = "11/16/96 03:45:15";
 static unsigned char dgrs_code[] __initdata = {
@@ -9963,4 +9963,4 @@ static unsigned char dgrs_code[] __initdata = {
 	109,46,99,0,114,99,0,0,48,120,0,0,
 	0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
 	} ;
-static int dgrs_ncode = 119520 ;
+static const int dgrs_ncode = 119520 ;
diff --git a/drivers/net/dl2k.c b/drivers/net/dl2k.c
index 430c628279b3..6376b63d9b17 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dl2k.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dl2k.c
@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ module_param(tx_coalesce, int, 0); /* HW xmit count each TxDMAComplete */
 #define EnableInt() \
 writew(DEFAULT_INTR, ioaddr + IntEnable)
 
-static int max_intrloop = 50;
-static int multicast_filter_limit = 0x40;
+static const int max_intrloop = 50;
+static const int multicast_filter_limit = 0x40;
 
 static int rio_open (struct net_device *dev);
 static void rio_timer (unsigned long data);
diff --git a/drivers/net/eepro100.c b/drivers/net/eepro100.c
index 8c62ced2c9b2..467fc861360d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/eepro100.c
+++ b/drivers/net/eepro100.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 		rx_align support: enables rx DMA without causing unaligned accesses.
 */
 
-static const char *version =
+static const char * const version =
 "eepro100.c:v1.09j-t 9/29/99 Donald Becker http://www.scyld.com/network/eepro100.html\n"
 "eepro100.c: $Revision: 1.36 $ 2000/11/17 Modified by Andrey V. Savochkin <saw@saw.sw.com.sg> and others\n";
 
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ static const char i82558_config_cmd[CONFIG_DATA_SIZE] = {
 	0x31, 0x05, };
 
 /* PHY media interface chips. */
-static const char *phys[] = {
+static const char * const phys[] = {
 	"None", "i82553-A/B", "i82553-C", "i82503",
 	"DP83840", "80c240", "80c24", "i82555",
 	"unknown-8", "unknown-9", "DP83840A", "unknown-11",
diff --git a/drivers/net/epic100.c b/drivers/net/epic100.c
index f119ec4e89ea..2f7b86837fe8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/epic100.c
+++ b/drivers/net/epic100.c
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ struct epic_chip_info {
 
 
 /* indexed by chip_t */
-static struct epic_chip_info pci_id_tbl[] = {
+static const struct epic_chip_info pci_id_tbl[] = {
 	{ "SMSC EPIC/100 83c170",
 	 EPIC_IOTYPE, EPIC_TOTAL_SIZE, TYPE2_INTR | NO_MII | MII_PWRDWN },
 	{ "SMSC EPIC/100 83c170",
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ enum CommandBits {
 			 RxDone | RxStarted | RxEarlyWarn | RxOverflow | RxFull)
 #define EpicNormalEvent	(0x0000ffff & ~EpicNapiEvent)
 
-static u16 media2miictl[16] = {
+static const u16 media2miictl[16] = {
 	0, 0x0C00, 0x0C00, 0x2000,  0x0100, 0x2100, 0, 0,
 	0, 0, 0, 0,  0, 0, 0, 0 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/fealnx.c b/drivers/net/fealnx.c
index 55dbe9a3fd56..a8449265e5fd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/fealnx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/fealnx.c
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ struct chip_info {
 	int flags;
 };
 
-static struct chip_info skel_netdrv_tbl[] = {
+static const struct chip_info skel_netdrv_tbl[] = {
 	{"100/10M Ethernet PCI Adapter", 136, HAS_MII_XCVR},
 	{"100/10M Ethernet PCI Adapter", 136, HAS_CHIP_XCVR},
 	{"1000/100/10M Ethernet PCI Adapter", 136, HAS_MII_XCVR},
diff --git a/drivers/net/hamachi.c b/drivers/net/hamachi.c
index bc9a3bf8d560..0ea4cb4a0d80 100644
--- a/drivers/net/hamachi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/hamachi.c
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ that case.
 static void hamachi_timer(unsigned long data);
 
 enum capability_flags {CanHaveMII=1, };
-static struct chip_info {
+static const struct chip_info {
 	u16	vendor_id, device_id, device_id_mask, pad;
 	const char *name;
 	void (*media_timer)(unsigned long data);
diff --git a/drivers/net/natsemi.c b/drivers/net/natsemi.c
index 9d6d2548c2d3..01920648fc38 100644
--- a/drivers/net/natsemi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/natsemi.c
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ static int mtu;
 
 /* Maximum number of multicast addresses to filter (vs. rx-all-multicast).
    This chip uses a 512 element hash table based on the Ethernet CRC.  */
-static int multicast_filter_limit = 100;
+static const int multicast_filter_limit = 100;
 
 /* Set the copy breakpoint for the copy-only-tiny-frames scheme.
    Setting to > 1518 effectively disables this feature. */
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ enum pcistuff {
 
  
 /* array of board data directly indexed by pci_tbl[x].driver_data */
-static struct {
+static const struct {
 	const char *name;
 	unsigned long flags;
 } natsemi_pci_info[] __devinitdata = {
diff --git a/drivers/net/ne2k-pci.c b/drivers/net/ne2k-pci.c
index d11821dd86ed..e3ebb5803b02 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ne2k-pci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ne2k-pci.c
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ enum ne2k_pci_chipsets {
 };
 
 
-static struct {
+static const struct {
 	char *name;
 	int flags;
 } pci_clone_list[] __devinitdata = {
diff --git a/drivers/net/ns83820.c b/drivers/net/ns83820.c
index 253cf018dfba..0fede50abd3e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ns83820.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ns83820.c
@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ static void FASTCALL(phy_intr(struct net_device *ndev));
 static void fastcall phy_intr(struct net_device *ndev)
 {
 	struct ns83820 *dev = PRIV(ndev);
-	static char *speeds[] = { "10", "100", "1000", "1000(?)", "1000F" };
+	static const char *speeds[] = { "10", "100", "1000", "1000(?)", "1000F" };
 	u32 cfg, new_cfg;
 	u32 tbisr, tanar, tanlpar;
 	int speed, fullduplex, newlinkstate;
diff --git a/drivers/net/pcmcia/3c574_cs.c b/drivers/net/pcmcia/3c574_cs.c
index 48774efeec71..ce90becb8bdf 100644
--- a/drivers/net/pcmcia/3c574_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/pcmcia/3c574_cs.c
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ static void tc574_detach(struct pcmcia_device *p_dev)
 #define CS_CHECK(fn, ret) \
   do { last_fn = (fn); if ((last_ret = (ret)) != 0) goto cs_failed; } while (0)
 
-static char *ram_split[] = {"5:3", "3:1", "1:1", "3:5"};
+static const char *ram_split[] = {"5:3", "3:1", "1:1", "3:5"};
 
 static void tc574_config(dev_link_t *link)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/net/pcmcia/3c589_cs.c b/drivers/net/pcmcia/3c589_cs.c
index c4abc9365f8e..3dba50849da7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/pcmcia/3c589_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/pcmcia/3c589_cs.c
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ struct el3_private {
     spinlock_t		lock;
 };
 
-static char *if_names[] = { "auto", "10baseT", "10base2", "AUI" };
+static const char *if_names[] = { "auto", "10baseT", "10base2", "AUI" };
 
 /*====================================================================*/
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/pcmcia/axnet_cs.c b/drivers/net/pcmcia/axnet_cs.c
index 01ddfc8cce3f..aa5581369399 100644
--- a/drivers/net/pcmcia/axnet_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/pcmcia/axnet_cs.c
@@ -806,6 +806,7 @@ static struct pcmcia_device_id axnet_ids[] = {
 	PCMCIA_DEVICE_MANF_CARD(0x026f, 0x0309),
 	PCMCIA_DEVICE_MANF_CARD(0x0274, 0x1106),
 	PCMCIA_DEVICE_MANF_CARD(0x8a01, 0xc1ab),
+	PCMCIA_DEVICE_PROD_ID12("AmbiCom,Inc.", "Fast Ethernet PC Card(AMB8110)", 0x49b020a7, 0x119cc9fc),
 	PCMCIA_DEVICE_PROD_ID124("Fast Ethernet", "16-bit PC Card", "AX88190", 0xb4be14e3, 0x9a12eb6a, 0xab9be5ef),
 	PCMCIA_DEVICE_PROD_ID12("ASIX", "AX88190", 0x0959823b, 0xab9be5ef),
 	PCMCIA_DEVICE_PROD_ID12("Billionton", "LNA-100B", 0x552ab682, 0xbc3b87e1),
diff --git a/drivers/net/pcmcia/fmvj18x_cs.c b/drivers/net/pcmcia/fmvj18x_cs.c
index 28fe2fb4d6c0..b7ac14ba8877 100644
--- a/drivers/net/pcmcia/fmvj18x_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/pcmcia/fmvj18x_cs.c
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ do { last_fn = (fn); if ((last_ret = (ret)) != 0) goto cs_failed; } while (0)
 static int mfc_try_io_port(dev_link_t *link)
 {
     int i, ret;
-    static kio_addr_t serial_base[5] = { 0x3f8, 0x2f8, 0x3e8, 0x2e8, 0x0 };
+    static const kio_addr_t serial_base[5] = { 0x3f8, 0x2f8, 0x3e8, 0x2e8, 0x0 };
 
     for (i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
 	link->io.BasePort2 = serial_base[i];
diff --git a/drivers/net/pcmcia/nmclan_cs.c b/drivers/net/pcmcia/nmclan_cs.c
index 4a232254a497..787176c57fd9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/pcmcia/nmclan_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/pcmcia/nmclan_cs.c
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ static char *version =
 DRV_NAME " " DRV_VERSION " (Roger C. Pao)";
 #endif
 
-static char *if_names[]={
+static const char *if_names[]={
     "Auto", "10baseT", "BNC",
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/pcmcia/pcnet_cs.c b/drivers/net/pcmcia/pcnet_cs.c
index 736dff5fa93c..b46e5f703efa 100644
--- a/drivers/net/pcmcia/pcnet_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/pcmcia/pcnet_cs.c
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
 
 #define PCNET_RDC_TIMEOUT (2*HZ/100)	/* Max wait in jiffies for Tx RDC */
 
-static char *if_names[] = { "auto", "10baseT", "10base2"};
+static const char *if_names[] = { "auto", "10baseT", "10base2"};
 
 #ifdef PCMCIA_DEBUG
 static int pc_debug = PCMCIA_DEBUG;
diff --git a/drivers/net/pcmcia/smc91c92_cs.c b/drivers/net/pcmcia/smc91c92_cs.c
index 0122415dfeef..8839c4faafd6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/pcmcia/smc91c92_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/pcmcia/smc91c92_cs.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 
 /*====================================================================*/
 
-static char *if_names[] = { "auto", "10baseT", "10base2"};
+static const char *if_names[] = { "auto", "10baseT", "10base2"};
 
 /* Module parameters */
 
@@ -777,7 +777,7 @@ free_cfg_mem:
 static int osi_config(dev_link_t *link)
 {
     struct net_device *dev = link->priv;
-    static kio_addr_t com[4] = { 0x3f8, 0x2f8, 0x3e8, 0x2e8 };
+    static const kio_addr_t com[4] = { 0x3f8, 0x2f8, 0x3e8, 0x2e8 };
     int i, j;
 
     link->conf.Attributes |= CONF_ENABLE_SPKR;
diff --git a/drivers/net/pcmcia/xirc2ps_cs.c b/drivers/net/pcmcia/xirc2ps_cs.c
index 593d8adee891..eed496803fe4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/pcmcia/xirc2ps_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/pcmcia/xirc2ps_cs.c
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ enum xirc_cmd { 	    /* Commands */
 #define XIRCREG45_REV	 15 /* Revision Register (rd) */
 #define XIRCREG50_IA	8   /* Individual Address (8-13) */
 
-static char *if_names[] = { "Auto", "10BaseT", "10Base2", "AUI", "100BaseT" };
+static const char *if_names[] = { "Auto", "10BaseT", "10Base2", "AUI", "100BaseT" };
 
 /****************
  * All the PCMCIA modules use PCMCIA_DEBUG to control debugging.  If
diff --git a/drivers/net/pcnet32.c b/drivers/net/pcnet32.c
index 8f6cf8c896a4..7e900572eaf8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/pcnet32.c
+++ b/drivers/net/pcnet32.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 #define DRV_RELDATE	"01.Nov.2005"
 #define PFX		DRV_NAME ": "
 
-static const char *version =
+static const char * const version =
 DRV_NAME ".c:v" DRV_VERSION " " DRV_RELDATE " tsbogend@alpha.franken.de\n";
 
 #include <linux/module.h>
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ static int rx_copybreak = 200;
  * table to translate option values from tulip
  * to internal options
  */
-static unsigned char options_mapping[] = {
+static const unsigned char options_mapping[] = {
     PCNET32_PORT_ASEL,			   /*  0 Auto-select	  */
     PCNET32_PORT_AUI,			   /*  1 BNC/AUI	  */
     PCNET32_PORT_AUI,			   /*  2 AUI/BNC	  */
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ static int pcnet32_loopback_test(struct net_device *dev, uint64_t *data1)
     int rc;				/* return code */
     int size;				/* size of packets */
     unsigned char *packet;		/* source packet data */
-    static int data_len = 60;		/* length of source packets */
+    static const int data_len = 60;		/* length of source packets */
     unsigned long flags;
     unsigned long ticks;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
index 1474b7c5ac0b..33cec2dab942 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ struct phy_setting {
 };
 
 /* A mapping of all SUPPORTED settings to speed/duplex */
-static struct phy_setting settings[] = {
+static const struct phy_setting settings[] = {
 	{
 		.speed = 10000,
 		.duplex = DUPLEX_FULL,
diff --git a/drivers/net/plip.c b/drivers/net/plip.c
index 87ee3271b17d..d4449d6d1fe4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/plip.c
+++ b/drivers/net/plip.c
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ static const char version[] = "NET3 PLIP version 2.4-parport gniibe@mri.co.jp\n"
 #ifndef NET_DEBUG
 #define NET_DEBUG 1
 #endif
-static unsigned int net_debug = NET_DEBUG;
+static const unsigned int net_debug = NET_DEBUG;
 
 #define ENABLE(irq)  if (irq != -1) enable_irq(irq)
 #define DISABLE(irq) if (irq != -1) disable_irq(irq)
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ static int plip_bh_timeout_error(struct net_device *dev, struct net_local *nl,
 typedef int (*plip_func)(struct net_device *dev, struct net_local *nl,
 			 struct plip_local *snd, struct plip_local *rcv);
 
-static plip_func connection_state_table[] =
+static const plip_func connection_state_table[] =
 {
 	plip_none,
 	plip_receive_packet,
diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp_synctty.c b/drivers/net/ppp_synctty.c
index 33cb8254e79d..33255fe8031e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ppp_synctty.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ppp_synctty.c
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ static void
 ppp_print_hex (register __u8 * out, const __u8 * in, int count)
 {
 	register __u8 next_ch;
-	static char hex[] = "0123456789ABCDEF";
+	static const char hex[] = "0123456789ABCDEF";
 
 	while (count-- > 0) {
 		next_ch = *in++;
diff --git a/drivers/net/r8169.c b/drivers/net/r8169.c
index 8cc0d0bbdf50..0ad3310290f1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/r8169.c
+++ b/drivers/net/r8169.c
@@ -113,11 +113,11 @@ static int media[MAX_UNITS] = { -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1 };
 static int num_media = 0;
 
 /* Maximum events (Rx packets, etc.) to handle at each interrupt. */
-static int max_interrupt_work = 20;
+static const int max_interrupt_work = 20;
 
 /* Maximum number of multicast addresses to filter (vs. Rx-all-multicast).
    The RTL chips use a 64 element hash table based on the Ethernet CRC. */
-static int multicast_filter_limit = 32;
+static const int multicast_filter_limit = 32;
 
 /* MAC address length */
 #define MAC_ADDR_LEN	6
diff --git a/drivers/net/s2io.c b/drivers/net/s2io.c
index 0db218c2dbeb..99ce70dfe9c8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/s2io.c
+++ b/drivers/net/s2io.c
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ static void s2io_vlan_rx_kill_vid(struct net_device *dev, unsigned long vid)
 #define SWITCH_SIGN	0xA5A5A5A5A5A5A5A5ULL
 #define	END_SIGN	0x0
 
-static u64 herc_act_dtx_cfg[] = {
+static const u64 herc_act_dtx_cfg[] = {
 	/* Set address */
 	0x8000051536750000ULL, 0x80000515367500E0ULL,
 	/* Write data */
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ static u64 herc_act_dtx_cfg[] = {
 	END_SIGN
 };
 
-static u64 xena_mdio_cfg[] = {
+static const u64 xena_mdio_cfg[] = {
 	/* Reset PMA PLL */
 	0xC001010000000000ULL, 0xC0010100000000E0ULL,
 	0xC0010100008000E4ULL,
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ static u64 xena_mdio_cfg[] = {
 	END_SIGN
 };
 
-static u64 xena_dtx_cfg[] = {
+static const u64 xena_dtx_cfg[] = {
 	0x8000051500000000ULL, 0x80000515000000E0ULL,
 	0x80000515D93500E4ULL, 0x8001051500000000ULL,
 	0x80010515000000E0ULL, 0x80010515001E00E4ULL,
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ static u64 xena_dtx_cfg[] = {
  * Constants for Fixing the MacAddress problem seen mostly on
  * Alpha machines.
  */
-static u64 fix_mac[] = {
+static const u64 fix_mac[] = {
 	0x0060000000000000ULL, 0x0060600000000000ULL,
 	0x0040600000000000ULL, 0x0000600000000000ULL,
 	0x0020600000000000ULL, 0x0060600000000000ULL,
diff --git a/drivers/net/sb1000.c b/drivers/net/sb1000.c
index 76139478c3df..66cf226c4ee3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sb1000.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sb1000.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ static char version[] = "sb1000.c:v1.1.2 6/01/98 (fventuri@mediaone.net)\n";
 #ifdef SB1000_DEBUG
 static int sb1000_debug = SB1000_DEBUG;
 #else
-static int sb1000_debug = 1;
+static const int sb1000_debug = 1;
 #endif
 
 static const int SB1000_IO_EXTENT = 8;
diff --git a/drivers/net/sis190.c b/drivers/net/sis190.c
index ed4bc91638d2..31dd3f036fa8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sis190.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sis190.c
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ static const u32 sis190_intr_mask =
  * Maximum number of multicast addresses to filter (vs. Rx-all-multicast).
  * The chips use a 64 element hash table based on the Ethernet CRC.
  */
-static int multicast_filter_limit = 32;
+static const int multicast_filter_limit = 32;
 
 static void __mdio_cmd(void __iomem *ioaddr, u32 ctl)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/net/sis900.c b/drivers/net/sis900.c
index 7a952fe60be2..a1cb07cdb60f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sis900.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sis900.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ enum {
 	SIS_900 = 0,
 	SIS_7016
 };
-static char * card_names[] = {
+static const char * card_names[] = {
 	"SiS 900 PCI Fast Ethernet",
 	"SiS 7016 PCI Fast Ethernet"
 };
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE (pci, sis900_pci_tbl);
 
 static void sis900_read_mode(struct net_device *net_dev, int *speed, int *duplex);
 
-static struct mii_chip_info {
+static const struct mii_chip_info {
 	const char * name;
 	u16 phy_id0;
 	u16 phy_id1;
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ static int __devinit sis900_probe(struct pci_dev *pci_dev,
 	void *ring_space;
 	long ioaddr;
 	int i, ret;
-	char *card_name = card_names[pci_id->driver_data];
+	const char *card_name = card_names[pci_id->driver_data];
 	const char *dev_name = pci_name(pci_dev);
 
 /* when built into the kernel, we only print version if device is found */
@@ -1275,7 +1275,7 @@ static void sis900_timer(unsigned long data)
 	struct net_device *net_dev = (struct net_device *)data;
 	struct sis900_private *sis_priv = net_dev->priv;
 	struct mii_phy *mii_phy = sis_priv->mii;
-	static int next_tick = 5*HZ;
+	static const int next_tick = 5*HZ;
 	u16 status;
 
 	if (!sis_priv->autong_complete){
diff --git a/drivers/net/skfp/fplustm.c b/drivers/net/skfp/fplustm.c
index a2ed47f1cc70..a4b2b6975d6c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/skfp/fplustm.c
+++ b/drivers/net/skfp/fplustm.c
@@ -89,21 +89,21 @@ static const u_short my_sagp = 0xffff ;	/* short group address (n.u.) */
 /*
  * useful interrupt bits
  */
-static int mac_imsk1u = FM_STXABRS | FM_STXABRA0 | FM_SXMTABT ;
-static int mac_imsk1l = FM_SQLCKS | FM_SQLCKA0 | FM_SPCEPDS | FM_SPCEPDA0|
+static const int mac_imsk1u = FM_STXABRS | FM_STXABRA0 | FM_SXMTABT ;
+static const int mac_imsk1l = FM_SQLCKS | FM_SQLCKA0 | FM_SPCEPDS | FM_SPCEPDA0|
 			FM_STBURS | FM_STBURA0 ;
 
 	/* delete FM_SRBFL after tests */
-static int mac_imsk2u = FM_SERRSF | FM_SNFSLD | FM_SRCVOVR | FM_SRBFL |
+static const int mac_imsk2u = FM_SERRSF | FM_SNFSLD | FM_SRCVOVR | FM_SRBFL |
 			FM_SMYCLM ;
-static int mac_imsk2l = FM_STRTEXR | FM_SDUPCLM | FM_SFRMCTR |
+static const int mac_imsk2l = FM_STRTEXR | FM_SDUPCLM | FM_SFRMCTR |
 			FM_SERRCTR | FM_SLSTCTR |
 			FM_STRTEXP | FM_SMULTDA | FM_SRNGOP ;
 
-static int mac_imsk3u = FM_SRCVOVR2 | FM_SRBFL2 ;
-static int mac_imsk3l = FM_SRPERRQ2 | FM_SRPERRQ1 ;
+static const int mac_imsk3u = FM_SRCVOVR2 | FM_SRBFL2 ;
+static const int mac_imsk3l = FM_SRPERRQ2 | FM_SRPERRQ1 ;
 
-static int mac_beacon_imsk2u = FM_SOTRBEC | FM_SMYBEC | FM_SBEC |
+static const int mac_beacon_imsk2u = FM_SOTRBEC | FM_SMYBEC | FM_SBEC |
 			FM_SLOCLM | FM_SHICLM | FM_SMYCLM | FM_SCLM ;
 
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/skfp/pcmplc.c b/drivers/net/skfp/pcmplc.c
index cd0aa4c151b0..74e129f3ce92 100644
--- a/drivers/net/skfp/pcmplc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/skfp/pcmplc.c
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ static	const struct plt {
  * Do we need the EBUF error during signaling, too, to detect SUPERNET_3
  * PLL bug?
  */
-static int plc_imsk_na = PL_PCM_CODE | PL_TRACE_PROP | PL_PCM_BREAK |
+static const int plc_imsk_na = PL_PCM_CODE | PL_TRACE_PROP | PL_PCM_BREAK |
 			PL_PCM_ENABLED | PL_SELF_TEST | PL_EBUF_ERR;
 #else	/* SUPERNET_3 */
 /*
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ static int plc_imsk_na = PL_PCM_CODE | PL_TRACE_PROP | PL_PCM_BREAK |
 static int plc_imsk_na = PL_PCM_CODE | PL_TRACE_PROP | PL_PCM_BREAK |
 			PL_PCM_ENABLED | PL_SELF_TEST ;
 #endif	/* SUPERNET_3 */
-static int plc_imsk_act = PL_PCM_CODE | PL_TRACE_PROP | PL_PCM_BREAK |
+static const int plc_imsk_act = PL_PCM_CODE | PL_TRACE_PROP | PL_PCM_BREAK |
 			PL_PCM_ENABLED | PL_SELF_TEST | PL_EBUF_ERR;
 
 /* external functions */
diff --git a/drivers/net/skfp/skfddi.c b/drivers/net/skfp/skfddi.c
index 4b5ed2c63177..c7fb6133047e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/skfp/skfddi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/skfp/skfddi.c
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 /* each new release!!! */
 #define VERSION		"2.07"
 
-static const char *boot_msg = 
+static const char * const boot_msg = 
 	"SysKonnect FDDI PCI Adapter driver v" VERSION " for\n"
 	"  SK-55xx/SK-58xx adapters (SK-NET FDDI-FP/UP/LP)";
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/starfire.c b/drivers/net/starfire.c
index ed5458c45446..35b18057fbdd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/starfire.c
+++ b/drivers/net/starfire.c
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ static int max_interrupt_work = 20;
 static int mtu;
 /* Maximum number of multicast addresses to filter (vs. rx-all-multicast).
    The Starfire has a 512 element hash table based on the Ethernet CRC. */
-static int multicast_filter_limit = 512;
+static const int multicast_filter_limit = 512;
 /* Whether to do TCP/UDP checksums in hardware */
 static int enable_hw_cksum = 1;
 
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ static struct pci_device_id starfire_pci_tbl[] = {
 MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(pci, starfire_pci_tbl);
 
 /* A chip capabilities table, matching the CH_xxx entries in xxx_pci_tbl[] above. */
-static struct chip_info {
+static const struct chip_info {
 	const char *name;
 	int drv_flags;
 } netdrv_tbl[] __devinitdata = {
diff --git a/drivers/net/sundance.c b/drivers/net/sundance.c
index 8cdeb5cbab5b..61eec46cb111 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sundance.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sundance.c
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
 static int debug = 1;			/* 1 normal messages, 0 quiet .. 7 verbose. */
 /* Maximum number of multicast addresses to filter (vs. rx-all-multicast).
    Typical is a 64 element hash table based on the Ethernet CRC.  */
-static int multicast_filter_limit = 32;
+static const int multicast_filter_limit = 32;
 
 /* Set the copy breakpoint for the copy-only-tiny-frames scheme.
    Setting to > 1518 effectively disables this feature.
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ enum {
 struct pci_id_info {
         const char *name;
 };
-static struct pci_id_info pci_id_tbl[] = {
+static const struct pci_id_info pci_id_tbl[] = {
 	{"D-Link DFE-550TX FAST Ethernet Adapter"},
 	{"D-Link DFE-550FX 100Mbps Fiber-optics Adapter"},
 	{"D-Link DFE-580TX 4 port Server Adapter"},
diff --git a/drivers/net/sungem_phy.c b/drivers/net/sungem_phy.c
index d3ddb41d6e5c..cb0aba95d4e3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sungem_phy.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sungem_phy.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 #include "sungem_phy.h"
 
 /* Link modes of the BCM5400 PHY */
-static int phy_BCM5400_link_table[8][3] = {
+static const int phy_BCM5400_link_table[8][3] = {
 	{ 0, 0, 0 },	/* No link */
 	{ 0, 0, 0 },	/* 10BT Half Duplex */
 	{ 1, 0, 0 },	/* 10BT Full Duplex */
diff --git a/drivers/net/tg3.c b/drivers/net/tg3.c
index e8e92c853e89..83ff5994a8d5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tg3.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tg3.c
@@ -7785,7 +7785,7 @@ static int tg3_test_link(struct tg3 *tp)
 }
 
 /* Only test the commonly used registers */
-static int tg3_test_registers(struct tg3 *tp)
+static const int tg3_test_registers(struct tg3 *tp)
 {
 	int i, is_5705;
 	u32 offset, read_mask, write_mask, val, save_val, read_val;
@@ -7999,7 +7999,7 @@ out:
 
 static int tg3_do_mem_test(struct tg3 *tp, u32 offset, u32 len)
 {
-	static u32 test_pattern[] = { 0x00000000, 0xffffffff, 0xaa55a55a };
+	static const u32 test_pattern[] = { 0x00000000, 0xffffffff, 0xaa55a55a };
 	int i;
 	u32 j;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/typhoon.c b/drivers/net/typhoon.c
index 4c76cb794bfb..cde35dd87906 100644
--- a/drivers/net/typhoon.c
+++ b/drivers/net/typhoon.c
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ enum typhoon_cards {
 };
 
 /* directly indexed by enum typhoon_cards, above */
-static struct typhoon_card_info typhoon_card_info[] __devinitdata = {
+static const struct typhoon_card_info typhoon_card_info[] __devinitdata = {
 	{ "3Com Typhoon (3C990-TX)",
 		TYPHOON_CRYPTO_NONE},
 	{ "3Com Typhoon (3CR990-TX-95)",
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_cs.c b/drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_cs.c
index 8bc0b528548f..f8f4503475f9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_cs.c
@@ -877,7 +877,6 @@ static struct pcmcia_device_id hostap_cs_ids[] = {
 	PCMCIA_DEVICE_MANF_CARD(0x0101, 0x0777),
 	PCMCIA_DEVICE_MANF_CARD(0x0126, 0x8000),
 	PCMCIA_DEVICE_MANF_CARD(0x0138, 0x0002),
-	PCMCIA_DEVICE_MANF_CARD(0x0156, 0x0002),
 	PCMCIA_DEVICE_MANF_CARD(0x0250, 0x0002),
 	PCMCIA_DEVICE_MANF_CARD(0x026f, 0x030b),
 	PCMCIA_DEVICE_MANF_CARD(0x0274, 0x1612),
@@ -891,6 +890,10 @@ static struct pcmcia_device_id hostap_cs_ids[] = {
 	PCMCIA_DEVICE_MANF_CARD(0xd601, 0x0002),
 	PCMCIA_DEVICE_MANF_CARD(0xd601, 0x0005),
 	PCMCIA_DEVICE_MANF_CARD(0xd601, 0x0010),
+	PCMCIA_DEVICE_MANF_CARD_PROD_ID1(0x0156, 0x0002, "INTERSIL",
+					 0x74c5e40d),
+	PCMCIA_DEVICE_MANF_CARD_PROD_ID1(0x0156, 0x0002, "Intersil",
+					 0x4b801a17),
 	PCMCIA_MFC_DEVICE_PROD_ID12(0, "SanDisk", "ConnectPlus",
 				    0x7a954bd9, 0x74be00c6),
 	PCMCIA_DEVICE_PROD_ID1234(
diff --git a/drivers/net/yellowfin.c b/drivers/net/yellowfin.c
index 1c2506535f7e..75d56bfef0ee 100644
--- a/drivers/net/yellowfin.c
+++ b/drivers/net/yellowfin.c
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ static int fifo_cfg = 0x0020;				/* Bypass external Tx FIFO. */
 static int dma_ctrl = 0x00CAC277;			/* Override when loading module! */
 static int fifo_cfg = 0x0028;
 #else
-static int dma_ctrl = 0x004A0263; 			/* Constrained by errata */
-static int fifo_cfg = 0x0020;				/* Bypass external Tx FIFO. */
+static const int dma_ctrl = 0x004A0263; 			/* Constrained by errata */
+static const int fifo_cfg = 0x0020;				/* Bypass external Tx FIFO. */
 #endif
 
 /* Set the copy breakpoint for the copy-only-tiny-frames scheme.
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ struct pci_id_info {
         int drv_flags;                          /* Driver use, intended as capability flags. */
 };
 
-static struct pci_id_info pci_id_tbl[] = {
+static const struct pci_id_info pci_id_tbl[] = {
 	{"Yellowfin G-NIC Gigabit Ethernet", { 0x07021000, 0xffffffff},
 	 PCI_IOTYPE, YELLOWFIN_SIZE,
 	 FullTxStatus | IsGigabit | HasMulticastBug | HasMACAddrBug | DontUseEeprom},
diff --git a/drivers/pcmcia/ds.c b/drivers/pcmcia/ds.c
index 0a424a4e8187..54ad93daca3c 100644
--- a/drivers/pcmcia/ds.c
+++ b/drivers/pcmcia/ds.c
@@ -352,11 +352,20 @@ static void pcmcia_release_dev(struct device *dev)
 	kfree(p_dev);
 }
 
+static void pcmcia_add_pseudo_device(struct pcmcia_socket *s)
+{
+	if (!s->pcmcia_state.device_add_pending) {
+		s->pcmcia_state.device_add_pending = 1;
+		schedule_work(&s->device_add);
+	}
+	return;
+}
 
 static int pcmcia_device_probe(struct device * dev)
 {
 	struct pcmcia_device *p_dev;
 	struct pcmcia_driver *p_drv;
+	struct pcmcia_device_id *did;
 	struct pcmcia_socket *s;
 	int ret = 0;
 
@@ -392,6 +401,19 @@ static int pcmcia_device_probe(struct device * dev)
 	}
 
 	ret = p_drv->probe(p_dev);
+	if (ret)
+		goto put_module;
+
+	/* handle pseudo multifunction devices:
+	 * there are at most two pseudo multifunction devices.
+	 * if we're matching against the first, schedule a
+	 * call which will then check whether there are two
+	 * pseudo devices, and if not, add the second one.
+	 */
+	did = (struct pcmcia_device_id *) p_dev->dev.driver_data;
+	if ((did->match_flags & PCMCIA_DEV_ID_MATCH_DEVICE_NO) &&
+	    (p_dev->socket->device_count == 1) && (p_dev->device_no == 0))
+		pcmcia_add_pseudo_device(p_dev->socket);
 
  put_module:
 	if (ret)
@@ -660,15 +682,6 @@ static void pcmcia_delayed_add_pseudo_device(void *data)
 	s->pcmcia_state.device_add_pending = 0;
 }
 
-static inline void pcmcia_add_pseudo_device(struct pcmcia_socket *s)
-{
-	if (!s->pcmcia_state.device_add_pending) {
-		s->pcmcia_state.device_add_pending = 1;
-		schedule_work(&s->device_add);
-	}
-	return;
-}
-
 static int pcmcia_requery(struct device *dev, void * _data)
 {
 	struct pcmcia_device *p_dev = to_pcmcia_dev(dev);
@@ -755,15 +768,6 @@ static inline int pcmcia_devmatch(struct pcmcia_device *dev,
 	}
 
 	if (did->match_flags & PCMCIA_DEV_ID_MATCH_DEVICE_NO) {
-		/* handle pseudo multifunction devices:
-		 * there are at most two pseudo multifunction devices.
-		 * if we're matching against the first, schedule a
-		 * call which will then check whether there are two
-		 * pseudo devices, and if not, add the second one.
-		 */
-		if (dev->device_no == 0)
-			pcmcia_add_pseudo_device(dev->socket);
-
 		if (dev->device_no != did->device_no)
 			return 0;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aha152x.c b/drivers/scsi/aha152x.c
index cb2ee25f213f..531a1f9ceb51 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aha152x.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aha152x.c
@@ -1260,16 +1260,15 @@ static void free_hard_reset_SCs(struct Scsi_Host *shpnt, Scsi_Cmnd **SCs)
  * Reset the bus
  *
  */
-static int aha152x_bus_reset(Scsi_Cmnd *SCpnt)
+static int aha152x_bus_reset_host(struct Scsi_Host *shpnt)
 {
-	struct Scsi_Host *shpnt = SCpnt->device->host;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	DO_LOCK(flags);
 
 #if defined(AHA152X_DEBUG)
 	if(HOSTDATA(shpnt)->debug & debug_eh) {
-		printk(DEBUG_LEAD "aha152x_bus_reset(%p)", CMDINFO(SCpnt), SCpnt);
+		printk(KERN_DEBUG "scsi%d: bus reset", shpnt->host_no);
 		show_queues(shpnt);
 	}
 #endif
@@ -1277,14 +1276,14 @@ static int aha152x_bus_reset(Scsi_Cmnd *SCpnt)
 	free_hard_reset_SCs(shpnt, &ISSUE_SC);
 	free_hard_reset_SCs(shpnt, &DISCONNECTED_SC);
 
-	DPRINTK(debug_eh, DEBUG_LEAD "resetting bus\n", CMDINFO(SCpnt));
+	DPRINTK(debug_eh, KERN_DEBUG "scsi%d: resetting bus\n", shpnt->host_no);
 
 	SETPORT(SCSISEQ, SCSIRSTO);
 	mdelay(256);
 	SETPORT(SCSISEQ, 0);
 	mdelay(DELAY);
 
-	DPRINTK(debug_eh, DEBUG_LEAD "bus resetted\n", CMDINFO(SCpnt));
+	DPRINTK(debug_eh, KERN_DEBUG "scsi%d: bus resetted\n", shpnt->host_no);
 
 	setup_expected_interrupts(shpnt);
 	if(HOSTDATA(shpnt)->commands==0)
@@ -1295,6 +1294,14 @@ static int aha152x_bus_reset(Scsi_Cmnd *SCpnt)
 	return SUCCESS;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Reset the bus
+ *
+ */
+static int aha152x_bus_reset(Scsi_Cmnd *SCpnt)
+{
+	return aha152x_bus_reset_host(SCpnt->device->host);
+}
 
 /*
  *  Restore default values to the AIC-6260 registers and reset the fifos
@@ -1337,22 +1344,27 @@ static void reset_ports(struct Scsi_Host *shpnt)
  * Reset the host (bus and controller)
  *
  */
-int aha152x_host_reset(Scsi_Cmnd * SCpnt)
+int aha152x_host_reset_host(struct Scsi_Host *shpnt)
 {
-#if defined(AHA152X_DEBUG)
-	struct Scsi_Host *shpnt = SCpnt->device->host;
-#endif
+	DPRINTK(debug_eh, KERN_DEBUG "scsi%d: host reset\n", shpnt->host_no);
 
-	DPRINTK(debug_eh, DEBUG_LEAD "aha152x_host_reset(%p)\n", CMDINFO(SCpnt), SCpnt);
+	aha152x_bus_reset_host(shpnt);
 
-	aha152x_bus_reset(SCpnt);
-
-	DPRINTK(debug_eh, DEBUG_LEAD "resetting ports\n", CMDINFO(SCpnt));
-	reset_ports(SCpnt->device->host);
+	DPRINTK(debug_eh, KERN_DEBUG "scsi%d: resetting ports\n", shpnt->host_no);
+	reset_ports(shpnt);
 
 	return SUCCESS;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Reset the host (bus and controller)
+ * 
+ */
+static int aha152x_host_reset(Scsi_Cmnd *SCpnt)
+{
+	return aha152x_host_reset_host(SCpnt->device->host);
+}
+
 /*
  * Return the "logical geometry"
  *
@@ -1431,22 +1443,18 @@ static void run(void)
 {
 	int i;
 	for (i = 0; i<ARRAY_SIZE(aha152x_host); i++) {
-		struct Scsi_Host *shpnt = aha152x_host[i];
-		if (shpnt && HOSTDATA(shpnt)->service) {
-			HOSTDATA(shpnt)->service=0;
-			is_complete(shpnt);
-		}
+		is_complete(aha152x_host[i]);
 	}
 }
 
 /*
- *    Interrupts handler
+ * Interrupt handler
  *
  */
-
 static irqreturn_t intr(int irqno, void *dev_id, struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
 	struct Scsi_Host *shpnt = lookup_irq(irqno);
+	unsigned long flags;
 	unsigned char rev, dmacntrl0;
 
 	if (!shpnt) {
@@ -1472,23 +1480,23 @@ static irqreturn_t intr(int irqno, void *dev_id, struct pt_regs *regs)
 	if ((rev == 0xFF) && (dmacntrl0 == 0xFF))
 		return IRQ_NONE;
 
+	if( TESTLO(DMASTAT, INTSTAT) )
+		return IRQ_NONE;	
+
 	/* no more interrupts from the controller, while we're busy.
 	   INTEN is restored by the BH handler */
 	CLRBITS(DMACNTRL0, INTEN);
 
-#if 0
-	/* check if there is already something to be
-           serviced; should not happen */
-	if(HOSTDATA(shpnt)->service) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "aha152x%d: lost interrupt (%d)\n", HOSTNO, HOSTDATA(shpnt)->service);
-	        show_queues(shpnt);
+	DO_LOCK(flags);
+	if( HOSTDATA(shpnt)->service==0 ) {
+		HOSTDATA(shpnt)->service=1;
+
+		/* Poke the BH handler */
+		INIT_WORK(&aha152x_tq, (void *) run, NULL);
+		schedule_work(&aha152x_tq);
 	}
-#endif
-	
-	/* Poke the BH handler */
-	HOSTDATA(shpnt)->service++;
-	INIT_WORK(&aha152x_tq, (void *) run, NULL);
-	schedule_work(&aha152x_tq);
+	DO_UNLOCK(flags);
+
 	return IRQ_HANDLED;
 }
 
@@ -2527,7 +2535,18 @@ static void is_complete(struct Scsi_Host *shpnt)
 	unsigned long flags;
 	int pending;
 
+	if(!shpnt)
+		return;
+
 	DO_LOCK(flags);
+
+	if( HOSTDATA(shpnt)->service==0 )  {
+		DO_UNLOCK(flags);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	HOSTDATA(shpnt)->service = 0;
+
 	if(HOSTDATA(shpnt)->in_intr) {
 		DO_UNLOCK(flags);
 		/* aha152x_error never returns.. */
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aha152x.h b/drivers/scsi/aha152x.h
index d277613af29b..d2add24d02a3 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aha152x.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aha152x.h
@@ -332,6 +332,6 @@ struct aha152x_setup {
 
 struct Scsi_Host *aha152x_probe_one(struct aha152x_setup *);
 void aha152x_release(struct Scsi_Host *);
-int aha152x_host_reset(Scsi_Cmnd *);
+int aha152x_host_reset_host(struct Scsi_Host *);
 
 #endif /* _AHA152X_H */
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/jazz_esp.c b/drivers/scsi/jazz_esp.c
index 23728d1c980c..fcd304e11c26 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/jazz_esp.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/jazz_esp.c
@@ -65,27 +65,6 @@ static int jazz_esp_release(struct Scsi_Host *shost)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static struct scsi_host_template driver_template = {
-	.proc_name		= "jazz_esp",
-	.proc_info		= &esp_proc_info,
-	.name			= "ESP 100/100a/200",
-	.detect			= jazz_esp_detect,
-	.slave_alloc		= esp_slave_alloc,
-	.slave_destroy		= esp_slave_destroy,
-	.release		= jazz_esp_release,
-	.info			= esp_info,
-	.queuecommand		= esp_queue,
-	.eh_abort_handler	= esp_abort,
-	.eh_bus_reset_handler	= esp_reset,
-	.can_queue		= 7,
-	.this_id		= 7,
-	.sg_tablesize		= SG_ALL,
-	.cmd_per_lun		= 1,
-	.use_clustering		= DISABLE_CLUSTERING,
-};
-
-#include "scsi_module.c"
-
 /***************************************************************** Detection */
 static int jazz_esp_detect(struct scsi_host_template *tpnt)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas.c b/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas.c
index 7de267e14458..4f39dd01936d 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas.c
@@ -793,6 +793,20 @@ megasas_queue_command(struct scsi_cmnd *scmd, void (*done) (struct scsi_cmnd *))
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int megasas_slave_configure(struct scsi_device *sdev)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Don't export physical disk devices to the disk driver.
+	 *
+	 * FIXME: Currently we don't export them to the midlayer at all.
+	 * 	  That will be fixed once LSI engineers have audited the
+	 * 	  firmware for possible issues.
+	 */
+	if (sdev->channel < MEGASAS_MAX_PD_CHANNELS && sdev->type == TYPE_DISK)
+		return -ENXIO;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /**
  * megasas_wait_for_outstanding -	Wait for all outstanding cmds
  * @instance:				Adapter soft state
@@ -943,6 +957,7 @@ static struct scsi_host_template megasas_template = {
 	.module = THIS_MODULE,
 	.name = "LSI Logic SAS based MegaRAID driver",
 	.proc_name = "megaraid_sas",
+	.slave_configure = megasas_slave_configure,
 	.queuecommand = megasas_queue_command,
 	.eh_device_reset_handler = megasas_reset_device,
 	.eh_bus_reset_handler = megasas_reset_bus_host,
@@ -1071,20 +1086,6 @@ megasas_complete_cmd(struct megasas_instance *instance, struct megasas_cmd *cmd,
 			break;
 		}
 
-		/*
-		 * Don't export physical disk devices to mid-layer.
-		 */
-		if (!MEGASAS_IS_LOGICAL(cmd->scmd) &&
-		    (hdr->cmd_status == MFI_STAT_OK) &&
-		    (cmd->scmd->cmnd[0] == INQUIRY)) {
-
-			if (((*(u8 *) cmd->scmd->request_buffer) & 0x1F) ==
-			    TYPE_DISK) {
-				cmd->scmd->result = DID_BAD_TARGET << 16;
-				exception = 1;
-			}
-		}
-
 	case MFI_CMD_LD_READ:
 	case MFI_CMD_LD_WRITE:
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/pcmcia/aha152x_stub.c b/drivers/scsi/pcmcia/aha152x_stub.c
index 0c9edb7051f4..5609847e254a 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/pcmcia/aha152x_stub.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/pcmcia/aha152x_stub.c
@@ -275,10 +275,8 @@ static int aha152x_resume(struct pcmcia_device *dev)
 
 	link->state &= ~DEV_SUSPEND;
 	if (link->state & DEV_CONFIG) {
-		Scsi_Cmnd tmp;
 		pcmcia_request_configuration(link->handle, &link->conf);
-		tmp.device->host = info->host;
-		aha152x_host_reset(&tmp);
+		aha152x_host_reset_host(info->host);
 	}
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
index 5cc97b721661..ff82ccfbb106 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
@@ -1308,7 +1308,7 @@ int scsi_decide_disposition(struct scsi_cmnd *scmd)
 	 * the request was not marked fast fail.  Note that above,
 	 * even if the request is marked fast fail, we still requeue
 	 * for queue congestion conditions (QUEUE_FULL or BUSY) */
-	if ((++scmd->retries) < scmd->allowed 
+	if ((++scmd->retries) <= scmd->allowed
 	    && !blk_noretry_request(scmd->request)) {
 		return NEEDS_RETRY;
 	} else {
@@ -1433,7 +1433,7 @@ static void scsi_eh_flush_done_q(struct list_head *done_q)
 		list_del_init(&scmd->eh_entry);
 		if (scsi_device_online(scmd->device) &&
 		    !blk_noretry_request(scmd->request) &&
-		    (++scmd->retries < scmd->allowed)) {
+		    (++scmd->retries <= scmd->allowed)) {
 			SCSI_LOG_ERROR_RECOVERY(3, printk("%s: flush"
 							  " retry cmd: %p\n",
 							  current->comm,
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
index 4362dcde74af..701a328f7beb 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
@@ -1498,7 +1498,7 @@ static void scsi_kill_request(struct request *req, request_queue_t *q)
 static void scsi_softirq_done(struct request *rq)
 {
 	struct scsi_cmnd *cmd = rq->completion_data;
-	unsigned long wait_for = cmd->allowed * cmd->timeout_per_command;
+	unsigned long wait_for = (cmd->allowed + 1) * cmd->timeout_per_command;
 	int disposition;
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cmd->eh_entry);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c
index 5acb83ca5ae5..f9ecc3dea7df 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c
@@ -752,8 +752,20 @@ static int scsi_add_lun(struct scsi_device *sdev, char *inq_result, int *bflags)
 
 	transport_configure_device(&sdev->sdev_gendev);
 
-	if (sdev->host->hostt->slave_configure)
-		sdev->host->hostt->slave_configure(sdev);
+	if (sdev->host->hostt->slave_configure) {
+		int ret = sdev->host->hostt->slave_configure(sdev);
+		if (ret) {
+			/*
+			 * if LLDD reports slave not present, don't clutter
+			 * console with alloc failure messages
+			 */
+			if (ret != -ENXIO) {
+				sdev_printk(KERN_ERR, sdev,
+					"failed to configure device\n");
+			}
+			return SCSI_SCAN_NO_RESPONSE;
+		}
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Ok, the device is now all set up, we can
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_fc.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_fc.c
index f2c9acf11bd0..929032e370db 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_fc.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_fc.c
@@ -1498,8 +1498,7 @@ fc_remote_port_add(struct Scsi_Host *shost, int channel,
 	}
 
 	/* Search the bindings array */
-	if (likely((ids->roles & FC_RPORT_ROLE_FCP_TARGET) &&
-		(fc_host_tgtid_bind_type(shost) != FC_TGTID_BIND_NONE))) {
+	if (fc_host_tgtid_bind_type(shost) != FC_TGTID_BIND_NONE) {
 
 		/* search for a matching consistent binding */
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sg.c b/drivers/scsi/sg.c
index 2a547538d444..5a0a19322d01 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sg.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sg.c
@@ -2162,7 +2162,7 @@ sg_link_reserve(Sg_fd * sfp, Sg_request * srp, int size)
 
 	srp->res_used = 1;
 	SCSI_LOG_TIMEOUT(4, printk("sg_link_reserve: size=%d\n", size));
-	rem = size = (size + 1) & (~1);	/* round to even for aha1542 */
+	rem = size;
 
 	for (k = 0; k < rsv_schp->k_use_sg; ++k, ++sg) {
 		num = sg->length;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sym53c8xx_2/sym_hipd.c b/drivers/scsi/sym53c8xx_2/sym_hipd.c
index f4854c33f48d..2627000ca653 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sym53c8xx_2/sym_hipd.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sym53c8xx_2/sym_hipd.c
@@ -919,6 +919,8 @@ static int sym_prepare_setting(struct Scsi_Host *shost, struct sym_hcb *np, stru
 
 		tp->usrflags |= (SYM_DISC_ENABLED | SYM_TAGS_ENABLED);
 		tp->usrtags = SYM_SETUP_MAX_TAG;
+		tp->usr_width = np->maxwide;
+		tp->usr_period = 9;
 
 		sym_nvram_setup_target(tp, i, nvram);
 
diff --git a/fs/9p/fid.c b/fs/9p/fid.c
index eda449778fa5..c4d13bf904d2 100644
--- a/fs/9p/fid.c
+++ b/fs/9p/fid.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * V9FS FID Management
  *
- *  Copyright (C) 2005 by Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@gmail.com>
+ *  Copyright (C) 2005, 2006 by Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@gmail.com>
  *
  *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
  *
  */
 
-static int v9fs_fid_insert(struct v9fs_fid *fid, struct dentry *dentry)
+int v9fs_fid_insert(struct v9fs_fid *fid, struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	struct list_head *fid_list = (struct list_head *)dentry->d_fsdata;
 	dprintk(DEBUG_9P, "fid %d (%p) dentry %s (%p)\n", fid->fid, fid,
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ static int v9fs_fid_insert(struct v9fs_fid *fid, struct dentry *dentry)
 	}
 
 	fid->uid = current->uid;
-	fid->pid = current->pid;
 	list_add(&fid->list, fid_list);
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -68,14 +67,11 @@ static int v9fs_fid_insert(struct v9fs_fid *fid, struct dentry *dentry)
  *
  */
 
-struct v9fs_fid *v9fs_fid_create(struct dentry *dentry,
-	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses, int fid, int create)
+struct v9fs_fid *v9fs_fid_create(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses, int fid)
 {
 	struct v9fs_fid *new;
 
-	dprintk(DEBUG_9P, "fid create dentry %p, fid %d, create %d\n",
-		dentry, fid, create);
-
+	dprintk(DEBUG_9P, "fid create fid %d\n", fid);
 	new = kmalloc(sizeof(struct v9fs_fid), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (new == NULL) {
 		dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "Out of Memory\n");
@@ -85,19 +81,13 @@ struct v9fs_fid *v9fs_fid_create(struct dentry *dentry,
 	new->fid = fid;
 	new->v9ses = v9ses;
 	new->fidopen = 0;
-	new->fidcreate = create;
 	new->fidclunked = 0;
 	new->iounit = 0;
 	new->rdir_pos = 0;
 	new->rdir_fcall = NULL;
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&new->list);
 
-	if (v9fs_fid_insert(new, dentry) == 0)
-		return new;
-	else {
-		dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "Problems inserting to dentry\n");
-		kfree(new);
-		return NULL;
-	}
+	return new;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -112,141 +102,30 @@ void v9fs_fid_destroy(struct v9fs_fid *fid)
 	kfree(fid);
 }
 
-/**
- * v9fs_fid_walk_up - walks from the process current directory
- * 	up to the specified dentry.
- */
-static struct v9fs_fid *v9fs_fid_walk_up(struct dentry *dentry)
-{
-	int fidnum, cfidnum, err;
-	struct v9fs_fid *cfid;
-	struct dentry *cde;
-	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses;
-
-	v9ses = v9fs_inode2v9ses(current->fs->pwd->d_inode);
-	cfid = v9fs_fid_lookup(current->fs->pwd);
-	if (cfid == NULL) {
-		dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "process cwd doesn't have a fid\n");
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
-	}
-
-	cfidnum = cfid->fid;
-	cde = current->fs->pwd;
-	/* TODO: take advantage of multiwalk */
-
-	fidnum = v9fs_get_idpool(&v9ses->fidpool);
-	if (fidnum < 0) {
-		dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "could not get a new fid num\n");
-		err = -ENOENT;
-		goto clunk_fid;
-	}
-
-	while (cde != dentry) {
-		if (cde == cde->d_parent) {
-			dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "can't find dentry\n");
-			err = -ENOENT;
-			goto clunk_fid;
-		}
-
-		err = v9fs_t_walk(v9ses, cfidnum, fidnum, "..", NULL);
-		if (err < 0) {
-			dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "problem walking to parent\n");
-			goto clunk_fid;
-		}
-
-		cfidnum = fidnum;
-		cde = cde->d_parent;
-	}
-
-	return v9fs_fid_create(dentry, v9ses, fidnum, 0);
-
-clunk_fid:
-	v9fs_t_clunk(v9ses, fidnum);
-	return ERR_PTR(err);
-}
-
 /**
  * v9fs_fid_lookup - retrieve the right fid from a  particular dentry
  * @dentry: dentry to look for fid in
  * @type: intent of lookup (operation or traversal)
  *
- * search list of fids associated with a dentry for a fid with a matching
- * thread id or uid.  If that fails, look up the dentry's parents to see if you
- * can find a matching fid.
+ * find a fid in the dentry
+ *
+ * TODO: only match fids that have the same uid as current user
  *
  */
 
 struct v9fs_fid *v9fs_fid_lookup(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	struct list_head *fid_list = (struct list_head *)dentry->d_fsdata;
-	struct v9fs_fid *current_fid = NULL;
-	struct v9fs_fid *temp = NULL;
 	struct v9fs_fid *return_fid = NULL;
 
 	dprintk(DEBUG_9P, " dentry: %s (%p)\n", dentry->d_iname, dentry);
 
-	if (fid_list) {
-		list_for_each_entry_safe(current_fid, temp, fid_list, list) {
-			if (!current_fid->fidcreate) {
-				return_fid = current_fid;
-				break;
-			}
-		}
-
-		if (!return_fid)
-			return_fid = current_fid;
-	}
-
-	/* we are at the root but didn't match */
-	if ((!return_fid) && (dentry->d_parent == dentry)) {
-		/* TODO: clone attach with new uid */
-		return_fid = current_fid;
-	}
+	if (fid_list)
+		return_fid = list_entry(fid_list->next, struct v9fs_fid, list);
 
 	if (!return_fid) {
-		struct dentry *par = current->fs->pwd->d_parent;
-		int count = 1;
-		while (par != NULL) {
-			if (par == dentry)
-				break;
-			count++;
-			if (par == par->d_parent) {
-				dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR,
-					"got to root without finding dentry\n");
-				break;
-			}
-			par = par->d_parent;
-		}
-
-/* XXX - there may be some duplication we can get rid of */
-		if (par == dentry) {
-			return_fid = v9fs_fid_walk_up(dentry);
-			if (IS_ERR(return_fid))
-				return_fid = NULL;
-		}
+		dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "Couldn't find a fid in dentry\n");
 	}
 
 	return return_fid;
 }
-
-struct v9fs_fid *v9fs_fid_get_created(struct dentry *dentry)
-{
-	struct list_head *fid_list;
-	struct v9fs_fid *fid, *ftmp, *ret;
-
-	dprintk(DEBUG_9P, " dentry: %s (%p)\n", dentry->d_iname, dentry);
-	fid_list = (struct list_head *)dentry->d_fsdata;
-	ret = NULL;
-	if (fid_list) {
-		list_for_each_entry_safe(fid, ftmp, fid_list, list) {
-			if (fid->fidcreate && fid->pid == current->pid) {
-				list_del(&fid->list);
-				ret = fid;
-				break;
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	dprintk(DEBUG_9P, "return %p\n", ret);
-	return ret;
-}
diff --git a/fs/9p/fid.h b/fs/9p/fid.h
index 84c673a44c83..1fc2dd08d75a 100644
--- a/fs/9p/fid.h
+++ b/fs/9p/fid.h
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ struct v9fs_fid {
 
 	u32 fid;
 	unsigned char fidopen;	  /* set when fid is opened */
-	unsigned char fidcreate;  /* set when fid was just created */
 	unsigned char fidclunked; /* set when fid has already been clunked */
 
 	struct v9fs_qid qid;
@@ -45,7 +44,6 @@ struct v9fs_fid {
 	struct v9fs_fcall *rdir_fcall;
 
 	/* management stuff */
-	pid_t pid;		/* thread associated with this fid */
 	uid_t uid;		/* user associated with this fid */
 
 	/* private data */
@@ -56,5 +54,5 @@ struct v9fs_fid {
 struct v9fs_fid *v9fs_fid_lookup(struct dentry *dentry);
 struct v9fs_fid *v9fs_fid_get_created(struct dentry *);
 void v9fs_fid_destroy(struct v9fs_fid *fid);
-struct v9fs_fid *v9fs_fid_create(struct dentry *,
-	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses, int fid, int create);
+struct v9fs_fid *v9fs_fid_create(struct v9fs_session_info *, int fid);
+int v9fs_fid_insert(struct v9fs_fid *fid, struct dentry *dentry);
diff --git a/fs/9p/v9fs.c b/fs/9p/v9fs.c
index ef3386549140..61352491ba36 100644
--- a/fs/9p/v9fs.c
+++ b/fs/9p/v9fs.c
@@ -397,6 +397,7 @@ v9fs_session_init(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses,
 	}
 
 	if (v9ses->afid != ~0) {
+		dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "afid not equal to ~0\n");
 		if (v9fs_t_clunk(v9ses, v9ses->afid))
 			dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "clunk failed\n");
 	}
diff --git a/fs/9p/v9fs_vfs.h b/fs/9p/v9fs_vfs.h
index 69cf2905dc90..a759278acaae 100644
--- a/fs/9p/v9fs_vfs.h
+++ b/fs/9p/v9fs_vfs.h
@@ -51,3 +51,4 @@ int v9fs_dir_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp);
 int v9fs_file_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file);
 void v9fs_inode2stat(struct inode *inode, struct v9fs_stat *stat);
 void v9fs_dentry_release(struct dentry *);
+int v9fs_uflags2omode(int uflags);
diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_dentry.c b/fs/9p/vfs_dentry.c
index 2dd806dac9f1..12c9cc926b71 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_dentry.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_dentry.c
@@ -43,47 +43,18 @@
 #include "fid.h"
 
 /**
- * v9fs_dentry_validate - VFS dcache hook to validate cache
- * @dentry:  dentry that is being validated
- * @nd: path data
+ * v9fs_dentry_delete - called when dentry refcount equals 0
+ * @dentry:  dentry in question
  *
- * dcache really shouldn't be used for 9P2000 as at all due to
- * potential attached semantics to directory traversal (walk).
- *
- * FUTURE: look into how to use dcache to allow multi-stage
- * walks in Plan 9 & potential for better dcache operation which
- * would remain valid for Plan 9 semantics.  Older versions
- * had validation via stat for those interested.  However, since
- * stat has the same approximate overhead as walk there really
- * is no difference.  The only improvement would be from a
- * time-decay cache like NFS has and that undermines the
- * synchronous nature of 9P2000.
+ * By returning 1 here we should remove cacheing of unused
+ * dentry components.
  *
  */
 
-static int v9fs_dentry_validate(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
+int v9fs_dentry_delete(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
-	struct dentry *dc = current->fs->pwd;
-
-	dprintk(DEBUG_VFS, "dentry: %s (%p)\n", dentry->d_iname, dentry);
-	if (v9fs_fid_lookup(dentry)) {
-		dprintk(DEBUG_VFS, "VALID\n");
-		return 1;
-	}
-
-	while (dc != NULL) {
-		if (dc == dentry) {
-			dprintk(DEBUG_VFS, "VALID\n");
-			return 1;
-		}
-		if (dc == dc->d_parent)
-			break;
-
-		dc = dc->d_parent;
-	}
-
-	dprintk(DEBUG_VFS, "INVALID\n");
-	return 0;
+	dprintk(DEBUG_VFS, " dentry: %s (%p)\n", dentry->d_iname, dentry);
+	return 1;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -118,6 +89,6 @@ void v9fs_dentry_release(struct dentry *dentry)
 }
 
 struct dentry_operations v9fs_dentry_operations = {
-	.d_revalidate = v9fs_dentry_validate,
+	.d_delete = v9fs_dentry_delete,
 	.d_release = v9fs_dentry_release,
 };
diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_file.c b/fs/9p/vfs_file.c
index c7e14d917215..de3a129698da 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_file.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_file.c
@@ -53,94 +53,70 @@
 int v9fs_file_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
 	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses = v9fs_inode2v9ses(inode);
-	struct v9fs_fid *v9fid, *fid;
+	struct v9fs_fid *vfid;
 	struct v9fs_fcall *fcall = NULL;
-	int open_mode = 0;
-	unsigned int iounit = 0;
-	int newfid = -1;
-	long result = -1;
+	int omode;
+	int fid = V9FS_NOFID;
+	int err;
 
 	dprintk(DEBUG_VFS, "inode: %p file: %p \n", inode, file);
 
-	v9fid = v9fs_fid_get_created(file->f_dentry);
-	if (!v9fid)
-		v9fid = v9fs_fid_lookup(file->f_dentry);
-
-	if (!v9fid) {
+	vfid = v9fs_fid_lookup(file->f_dentry);
+	if (!vfid) {
 		dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "Couldn't resolve fid from dentry\n");
 		return -EBADF;
 	}
 
-	if (!v9fid->fidcreate) {
-		fid = kmalloc(sizeof(struct v9fs_fid), GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (fid == NULL) {
-			dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "Out of Memory\n");
-			return -ENOMEM;
-		}
-
-		fid->fidopen = 0;
-		fid->fidcreate = 0;
-		fid->fidclunked = 0;
-		fid->iounit = 0;
-		fid->v9ses = v9ses;
-
-		newfid = v9fs_get_idpool(&v9ses->fidpool);
-		if (newfid < 0) {
+	fid = v9fs_get_idpool(&v9ses->fidpool);
+	if (fid < 0) {
 			eprintk(KERN_WARNING, "newfid fails!\n");
 			return -ENOSPC;
 		}
 
-		result =
-		    v9fs_t_walk(v9ses, v9fid->fid, newfid, NULL, NULL);
-
-		if (result < 0) {
-			v9fs_put_idpool(newfid, &v9ses->fidpool);
+	err = v9fs_t_walk(v9ses, vfid->fid, fid, NULL, NULL);
+	if (err < 0) {
 			dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "rewalk didn't work\n");
-			return -EBADF;
-		}
-
-		fid->fid = newfid;
-		v9fid = fid;
-		/* TODO: do special things for O_EXCL, O_NOFOLLOW, O_SYNC */
-		/* translate open mode appropriately */
-		open_mode = file->f_flags & 0x3;
-
-		if (file->f_flags & O_EXCL)
-			open_mode |= V9FS_OEXCL;
-
-		if (v9ses->extended) {
-			if (file->f_flags & O_TRUNC)
-				open_mode |= V9FS_OTRUNC;
-
-			if (file->f_flags & O_APPEND)
-				open_mode |= V9FS_OAPPEND;
-		}
-
-		result = v9fs_t_open(v9ses, newfid, open_mode, &fcall);
-		if (result < 0) {
-			PRINT_FCALL_ERROR("open failed", fcall);
-			kfree(fcall);
-			return result;
-		}
-
-		iounit = fcall->params.ropen.iounit;
-		kfree(fcall);
-	} else {
-		/* create case */
-		newfid = v9fid->fid;
-		iounit = v9fid->iounit;
-		v9fid->fidcreate = 0;
+		goto put_fid;
 	}
 
-	file->private_data = v9fid;
+	vfid = kmalloc(sizeof(struct v9fs_fid), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (vfid == NULL) {
+		dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "out of memory\n");
+		goto clunk_fid;
+		}
 
-	v9fid->rdir_pos = 0;
-	v9fid->rdir_fcall = NULL;
-	v9fid->fidopen = 1;
-	v9fid->filp = file;
-	v9fid->iounit = iounit;
+		/* TODO: do special things for O_EXCL, O_NOFOLLOW, O_SYNC */
+		/* translate open mode appropriately */
+	omode = v9fs_uflags2omode(file->f_flags);
+	err = v9fs_t_open(v9ses, fid, omode, &fcall);
+	if (err < 0) {
+		PRINT_FCALL_ERROR("open failed", fcall);
+		goto destroy_vfid;
+	}
+
+	file->private_data = vfid;
+	vfid->fid = fid;
+	vfid->fidopen = 1;
+	vfid->fidclunked = 0;
+	vfid->iounit = fcall->params.ropen.iounit;
+	vfid->rdir_pos = 0;
+	vfid->rdir_fcall = NULL;
+	vfid->filp = file;
+	kfree(fcall);
 
 	return 0;
+
+destroy_vfid:
+	v9fs_fid_destroy(vfid);
+
+clunk_fid:
+	v9fs_t_clunk(v9ses, fid);
+
+put_fid:
+	v9fs_put_idpool(fid, &v9ses->fidpool);
+		kfree(fcall);
+
+	return err;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -289,9 +265,7 @@ v9fs_file_write(struct file *filp, const char __user * data,
 		total += result;
 	} while (count);
 
-	if(inode->i_mapping->nrpages)
 		invalidate_inode_pages2(inode->i_mapping);
-
 	return total;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c b/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
index 63e5b0398e8b..dce729d42869 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
@@ -125,6 +125,38 @@ static int p9mode2unixmode(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses, int mode)
 	return res;
 }
 
+int v9fs_uflags2omode(int uflags)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = 0;
+	switch (uflags&3) {
+	default:
+	case O_RDONLY:
+		ret = V9FS_OREAD;
+		break;
+
+	case O_WRONLY:
+		ret = V9FS_OWRITE;
+		break;
+
+	case O_RDWR:
+		ret = V9FS_ORDWR;
+		break;
+	}
+
+	if (uflags & O_EXCL)
+		ret |= V9FS_OEXCL;
+
+	if (uflags & O_TRUNC)
+		ret |= V9FS_OTRUNC;
+
+	if (uflags & O_APPEND)
+		ret |= V9FS_OAPPEND;
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 /**
  * v9fs_blank_wstat - helper function to setup a 9P stat structure
  * @v9ses: 9P session info (for determining extended mode)
@@ -163,7 +195,7 @@ v9fs_blank_wstat(struct v9fs_wstat *wstat)
 
 struct inode *v9fs_get_inode(struct super_block *sb, int mode)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = NULL;
+	struct inode *inode;
 	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses = sb->s_fs_info;
 
 	dprintk(DEBUG_VFS, "super block: %p mode: %o\n", sb, mode);
@@ -222,171 +254,135 @@ struct inode *v9fs_get_inode(struct super_block *sb, int mode)
 	return inode;
 }
 
-/**
- * v9fs_create - helper function to create files and directories
- * @dir: directory inode file is being created in
- * @file_dentry: dentry file is being created in
- * @perm: permissions file is being created with
- * @open_mode: resulting open mode for file
- *
- */
-
 static int
-v9fs_create(struct inode *dir,
-	    struct dentry *file_dentry,
-	    unsigned int perm, unsigned int open_mode)
+v9fs_create(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses, u32 pfid, char *name,
+	u32 perm, u8 mode, u32 *fidp, struct v9fs_qid *qid, u32 *iounit)
 {
-	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses = v9fs_inode2v9ses(dir);
-	struct super_block *sb = dir->i_sb;
-	struct v9fs_fid *dirfid =
-	    v9fs_fid_lookup(file_dentry->d_parent);
-	struct v9fs_fid *fid = NULL;
-	struct inode *file_inode = NULL;
-	struct v9fs_fcall *fcall = NULL;
-	struct v9fs_qid qid;
-	int dirfidnum = -1;
-	long newfid = -1;
-	int result = 0;
-	unsigned int iounit = 0;
-	int wfidno = -1;
+	u32 fid;
 	int err;
+	struct v9fs_fcall *fcall;
 
-	perm = unixmode2p9mode(v9ses, perm);
-
-	dprintk(DEBUG_VFS, "dir: %p dentry: %p perm: %o mode: %o\n", dir,
-		file_dentry, perm, open_mode);
-
-	if (!dirfid)
-		return -EBADF;
-
-	dirfidnum = dirfid->fid;
-	if (dirfidnum < 0) {
-		dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "No fid for the directory #%lu\n",
-			dir->i_ino);
-		return -EBADF;
-	}
-
-	if (file_dentry->d_inode) {
-		dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR,
-			"Odd. There is an inode for dir %lu, name :%s:\n",
-			dir->i_ino, file_dentry->d_name.name);
-		return -EEXIST;
-	}
-
-	newfid = v9fs_get_idpool(&v9ses->fidpool);
-	if (newfid < 0) {
+	fid = v9fs_get_idpool(&v9ses->fidpool);
+	if (fid < 0) {
 		eprintk(KERN_WARNING, "no free fids available\n");
-		return -ENOSPC;
+		err = -ENOSPC;
+		goto error;
 	}
 
-	result = v9fs_t_walk(v9ses, dirfidnum, newfid, NULL, &fcall);
-	if (result < 0) {
+	err = v9fs_t_walk(v9ses, pfid, fid, NULL, &fcall);
+	if (err < 0) {
 		PRINT_FCALL_ERROR("clone error", fcall);
-		v9fs_put_idpool(newfid, &v9ses->fidpool);
-		newfid = -1;
-		goto CleanUpFid;
+		goto error;
 	}
-
 	kfree(fcall);
-	fcall = NULL;
 
-	result = v9fs_t_create(v9ses, newfid, (char *)file_dentry->d_name.name,
-			       perm, open_mode, &fcall);
-	if (result < 0) {
+	err = v9fs_t_create(v9ses, fid, name, perm, mode, &fcall);
+	if (err < 0) {
 		PRINT_FCALL_ERROR("create fails", fcall);
-		goto CleanUpFid;
+		goto error;
 	}
 
-	iounit = fcall->params.rcreate.iounit;
-	qid = fcall->params.rcreate.qid;
+	if (iounit)
+		*iounit = fcall->params.rcreate.iounit;
+
+	if (qid)
+		*qid = fcall->params.rcreate.qid;
+
+	if (fidp)
+		*fidp = fid;
+
 	kfree(fcall);
-	fcall = NULL;
-
-	if (!(perm&V9FS_DMDIR)) {
-		fid = v9fs_fid_create(file_dentry, v9ses, newfid, 1);
-		dprintk(DEBUG_VFS, "fid %p %d\n", fid, fid->fidcreate);
-		if (!fid) {
-			result = -ENOMEM;
-			goto CleanUpFid;
-		}
-
-		fid->qid = qid;
-		fid->iounit = iounit;
-	} else {
-		err = v9fs_t_clunk(v9ses, newfid);
-		newfid = -1;
-		if (err < 0)
-			dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "clunk for mkdir failed: %d\n", err);
-	}
-
-	/* walk to the newly created file and put the fid in the dentry */
-	wfidno = v9fs_get_idpool(&v9ses->fidpool);
-	if (wfidno < 0) {
-		eprintk(KERN_WARNING, "no free fids available\n");
-		return -ENOSPC;
-	}
-
-	result = v9fs_t_walk(v9ses, dirfidnum, wfidno,
-		(char *) file_dentry->d_name.name, &fcall);
-	if (result < 0) {
-		PRINT_FCALL_ERROR("clone error", fcall);
-		v9fs_put_idpool(wfidno, &v9ses->fidpool);
-		wfidno = -1;
-		goto CleanUpFid;
-	}
-	kfree(fcall);
-	fcall = NULL;
-
-	if (!v9fs_fid_create(file_dentry, v9ses, wfidno, 0)) {
-		v9fs_put_idpool(wfidno, &v9ses->fidpool);
-
-		goto CleanUpFid;
-	}
-
-	if ((perm & V9FS_DMSYMLINK) || (perm & V9FS_DMLINK) ||
-	    (perm & V9FS_DMNAMEDPIPE) || (perm & V9FS_DMSOCKET) ||
-	    (perm & V9FS_DMDEVICE))
-		return 0;
-
-	result = v9fs_t_stat(v9ses, wfidno, &fcall);
-	if (result < 0) {
-		PRINT_FCALL_ERROR("stat error", fcall);
-		goto CleanUpFid;
-	}
-
-
-	file_inode = v9fs_get_inode(sb,
-		p9mode2unixmode(v9ses, fcall->params.rstat.stat.mode));
-
-	if ((!file_inode) || IS_ERR(file_inode)) {
-		dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "create inode failed\n");
-		result = -EBADF;
-		goto CleanUpFid;
-	}
-
-	v9fs_stat2inode(&fcall->params.rstat.stat, file_inode, sb);
-	kfree(fcall);
-	fcall = NULL;
-	file_dentry->d_op = &v9fs_dentry_operations;
-	d_instantiate(file_dentry, file_inode);
-
 	return 0;
 
-      CleanUpFid:
+error:
+	if (fid >= 0)
+		v9fs_put_idpool(fid, &v9ses->fidpool);
+
+	kfree(fcall);
+	return err;
+}
+
+static struct v9fs_fid*
+v9fs_clone_walk(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses, u32 fid, struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	int err;
+	u32 nfid;
+	struct v9fs_fid *ret;
+	struct v9fs_fcall *fcall;
+
+	nfid = v9fs_get_idpool(&v9ses->fidpool);
+	if (nfid < 0) {
+		eprintk(KERN_WARNING, "no free fids available\n");
+		err = -ENOSPC;
+		goto error;
+	}
+
+	err = v9fs_t_walk(v9ses, fid, nfid, (char *) dentry->d_name.name,
+		&fcall);
+
+	if (err < 0) {
+		PRINT_FCALL_ERROR("walk error", fcall);
+		v9fs_put_idpool(nfid, &v9ses->fidpool);
+		goto error;
+	}
+
 	kfree(fcall);
 	fcall = NULL;
+	ret = v9fs_fid_create(v9ses, nfid);
+	if (!ret) {
+		err = -ENOMEM;
+		goto clunk_fid;
+	}
 
-	if (newfid >= 0) {
- 		err = v9fs_t_clunk(v9ses, newfid);
- 		if (err < 0)
- 			dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "clunk failed: %d\n", err);
+	err = v9fs_fid_insert(ret, dentry);
+	if (err < 0) {
+		v9fs_fid_destroy(ret);
+		goto clunk_fid;
 	}
-	if (wfidno >= 0) {
- 		err = v9fs_t_clunk(v9ses, wfidno);
- 		if (err < 0)
- 			dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "clunk failed: %d\n", err);
+
+	return ret;
+
+clunk_fid:
+	v9fs_t_clunk(v9ses, nfid);
+
+error:
+	kfree(fcall);
+	return ERR_PTR(err);
+}
+
+struct inode *
+v9fs_inode_from_fid(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses, u32 fid,
+	struct super_block *sb)
+{
+	int err, umode;
+	struct inode *ret;
+	struct v9fs_fcall *fcall;
+
+	ret = NULL;
+	err = v9fs_t_stat(v9ses, fid, &fcall);
+	if (err) {
+		PRINT_FCALL_ERROR("stat error", fcall);
+		goto error;
 	}
-	return result;
+
+	umode = p9mode2unixmode(v9ses, fcall->params.rstat.stat.mode);
+	ret = v9fs_get_inode(sb, umode);
+	if (IS_ERR(ret)) {
+		err = PTR_ERR(ret);
+		ret = NULL;
+		goto error;
+	}
+
+	v9fs_stat2inode(&fcall->params.rstat.stat, ret, sb);
+	kfree(fcall);
+	return ret;
+
+error:
+	kfree(fcall);
+	if (ret)
+		iput(ret);
+
+	return ERR_PTR(err);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -440,20 +436,97 @@ static int v9fs_remove(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *file, int rmdir)
 	return result;
 }
 
+static int
+v9fs_open_created(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /**
  * v9fs_vfs_create - VFS hook to create files
  * @inode: directory inode that is being deleted
  * @dentry:  dentry that is being deleted
- * @perm: create permissions
+ * @mode: create permissions
  * @nd: path information
  *
  */
 
 static int
-v9fs_vfs_create(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *dentry, int perm,
+v9fs_vfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode,
 		struct nameidata *nd)
 {
-	return v9fs_create(inode, dentry, perm, O_RDWR);
+	int err;
+	u32 fid, perm, iounit;
+	int flags;
+	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses;
+	struct v9fs_fid *dfid, *vfid, *ffid;
+	struct inode *inode;
+	struct v9fs_qid qid;
+	struct file *filp;
+
+	inode = NULL;
+	vfid = NULL;
+	v9ses = v9fs_inode2v9ses(dir);
+	dfid = v9fs_fid_lookup(dentry->d_parent);
+	perm = unixmode2p9mode(v9ses, mode);
+
+	if (nd && nd->flags & LOOKUP_OPEN)
+		flags = nd->intent.open.flags - 1;
+	else
+		flags = O_RDWR;
+
+	err = v9fs_create(v9ses, dfid->fid, (char *) dentry->d_name.name,
+		perm, v9fs_uflags2omode(flags), &fid, &qid, &iounit);
+
+	if (err)
+		goto error;
+
+	vfid = v9fs_clone_walk(v9ses, dfid->fid, dentry);
+	if (IS_ERR(vfid)) {
+		err = PTR_ERR(vfid);
+		vfid = NULL;
+		goto error;
+	}
+
+	inode = v9fs_inode_from_fid(v9ses, vfid->fid, dir->i_sb);
+	if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
+		err = PTR_ERR(inode);
+		inode = NULL;
+		goto error;
+	}
+
+	dentry->d_op = &v9fs_dentry_operations;
+	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
+
+	if (nd && nd->flags & LOOKUP_OPEN) {
+		ffid = v9fs_fid_create(v9ses, fid);
+		if (!ffid)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+
+		filp = lookup_instantiate_filp(nd, dentry, v9fs_open_created);
+		if (IS_ERR(filp)) {
+			v9fs_fid_destroy(ffid);
+			return PTR_ERR(filp);
+		}
+
+		ffid->rdir_pos = 0;
+		ffid->rdir_fcall = NULL;
+		ffid->fidopen = 1;
+		ffid->iounit = iounit;
+		ffid->filp = filp;
+		filp->private_data = ffid;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+
+error:
+	if (vfid)
+		v9fs_fid_destroy(vfid);
+
+	if (inode)
+		iput(inode);
+
+	return err;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -464,9 +537,57 @@ v9fs_vfs_create(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *dentry, int perm,
  *
  */
 
-static int v9fs_vfs_mkdir(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *dentry, int mode)
+static int v9fs_vfs_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode)
 {
-	return v9fs_create(inode, dentry, mode | S_IFDIR, O_RDONLY);
+	int err;
+	u32 fid, perm;
+	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses;
+	struct v9fs_fid *dfid, *vfid;
+	struct inode *inode;
+
+	inode = NULL;
+	vfid = NULL;
+	v9ses = v9fs_inode2v9ses(dir);
+	dfid = v9fs_fid_lookup(dentry->d_parent);
+	perm = unixmode2p9mode(v9ses, mode | S_IFDIR);
+
+	err = v9fs_create(v9ses, dfid->fid, (char *) dentry->d_name.name,
+		perm, V9FS_OREAD, &fid, NULL, NULL);
+
+	if (err) {
+		dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "create error %d\n", err);
+		goto error;
+	}
+
+	err = v9fs_t_clunk(v9ses, fid);
+	if (err) {
+		dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "clunk error %d\n", err);
+		goto error;
+	}
+
+	vfid = v9fs_clone_walk(v9ses, dfid->fid, dentry);
+	if (IS_ERR(vfid)) {
+		err = PTR_ERR(vfid);
+		vfid = NULL;
+		goto error;
+	}
+
+	inode = v9fs_inode_from_fid(v9ses, vfid->fid, dir->i_sb);
+	if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
+		err = PTR_ERR(inode);
+		inode = NULL;
+		goto error;
+	}
+
+	dentry->d_op = &v9fs_dentry_operations;
+	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
+	return 0;
+
+error:
+	if (vfid)
+		v9fs_fid_destroy(vfid);
+
+	return err;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -516,9 +637,8 @@ static struct dentry *v9fs_vfs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOSPC);
 	}
 
-	result =
-	    v9fs_t_walk(v9ses, dirfidnum, newfid, (char *)dentry->d_name.name,
-			NULL);
+	result = v9fs_t_walk(v9ses, dirfidnum, newfid,
+		(char *)dentry->d_name.name, NULL);
 	if (result < 0) {
 		v9fs_put_idpool(newfid, &v9ses->fidpool);
 		if (result == -ENOENT) {
@@ -551,13 +671,17 @@ static struct dentry *v9fs_vfs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 
 	inode->i_ino = v9fs_qid2ino(&fcall->params.rstat.stat.qid);
 
-	fid = v9fs_fid_create(dentry, v9ses, newfid, 0);
+	fid = v9fs_fid_create(v9ses, newfid);
 	if (fid == NULL) {
 		dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "couldn't insert\n");
 		result = -ENOMEM;
 		goto FreeFcall;
 	}
 
+	result = v9fs_fid_insert(fid, dentry);
+	if (result < 0)
+		goto FreeFcall;
+
 	fid->qid = fcall->params.rstat.stat.qid;
 
 	dentry->d_op = &v9fs_dentry_operations;
@@ -886,8 +1010,8 @@ static int v9fs_readlink(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, int buflen)
 	}
 
 	/* copy extension buffer into buffer */
-	if (fcall->params.rstat.stat.extension.len+1 < buflen)
-		buflen = fcall->params.rstat.stat.extension.len + 1;
+	if (fcall->params.rstat.stat.extension.len < buflen)
+		buflen = fcall->params.rstat.stat.extension.len;
 
 	memcpy(buffer, fcall->params.rstat.stat.extension.str, buflen - 1);
 	buffer[buflen-1] = 0;
@@ -951,7 +1075,7 @@ static void *v9fs_vfs_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 	if (!link)
 		link = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	else {
-		len = v9fs_readlink(dentry, link, PATH_MAX);
+		len = v9fs_readlink(dentry, link, strlen(link));
 
 		if (len < 0) {
 			__putname(link);
@@ -983,53 +1107,75 @@ static void v9fs_vfs_put_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd, void
 static int v9fs_vfs_mkspecial(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	int mode, const char *extension)
 {
-	int err, retval;
+	int err;
+	u32 fid, perm;
 	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses;
+	struct v9fs_fid *dfid, *vfid;
+	struct inode *inode;
 	struct v9fs_fcall *fcall;
-	struct v9fs_fid *fid;
 	struct v9fs_wstat wstat;
 
-	v9ses = v9fs_inode2v9ses(dir);
-	retval = -EPERM;
 	fcall = NULL;
+	inode = NULL;
+	vfid = NULL;
+	v9ses = v9fs_inode2v9ses(dir);
+	dfid = v9fs_fid_lookup(dentry->d_parent);
+	perm = unixmode2p9mode(v9ses, mode);
 
 	if (!v9ses->extended) {
 		dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "not extended\n");
-		goto free_mem;
+		return -EPERM;
 	}
 
-	/* issue a create */
-	retval = v9fs_create(dir, dentry, mode, 0);
-	if (retval != 0)
-		goto free_mem;
+	err = v9fs_create(v9ses, dfid->fid, (char *) dentry->d_name.name,
+		perm, V9FS_OREAD, &fid, NULL, NULL);
 
-	fid = v9fs_fid_get_created(dentry);
-	if (!fid) {
-		dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "couldn't resolve fid from dentry\n");
-		goto free_mem;
+	if (err)
+		goto error;
+
+	err = v9fs_t_clunk(v9ses, fid);
+	if (err)
+		goto error;
+
+	vfid = v9fs_clone_walk(v9ses, dfid->fid, dentry);
+	if (IS_ERR(vfid)) {
+		err = PTR_ERR(vfid);
+		vfid = NULL;
+		goto error;
+	}
+
+	inode = v9fs_inode_from_fid(v9ses, vfid->fid, dir->i_sb);
+	if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
+		err = PTR_ERR(inode);
+		inode = NULL;
+		goto error;
 	}
 
 	/* issue a Twstat */
 	v9fs_blank_wstat(&wstat);
 	wstat.muid = v9ses->name;
 	wstat.extension = (char *) extension;
-	retval = v9fs_t_wstat(v9ses, fid->fid, &wstat, &fcall);
-	if (retval < 0) {
-		PRINT_FCALL_ERROR("wstat error", fcall);
-		goto free_mem;
-	}
-
-	err = v9fs_t_clunk(v9ses, fid->fid);
+	err = v9fs_t_wstat(v9ses, vfid->fid, &wstat, &fcall);
 	if (err < 0) {
-		dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "clunk failed: %d\n", err);
-		goto free_mem;
+		PRINT_FCALL_ERROR("wstat error", fcall);
+		goto error;
 	}
 
-	d_drop(dentry);		/* FID - will this also clunk? */
-
-free_mem:
 	kfree(fcall);
-	return retval;
+	dentry->d_op = &v9fs_dentry_operations;
+	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
+	return 0;
+
+error:
+	kfree(fcall);
+	if (vfid)
+		v9fs_fid_destroy(vfid);
+
+	if (inode)
+		iput(inode);
+
+	return err;
+
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_super.c b/fs/9p/vfs_super.c
index 2c4fa75be025..cdf787ee08de 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_super.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_super.c
@@ -146,7 +146,6 @@ static struct super_block *v9fs_get_sb(struct file_system_type
 	inode->i_gid = gid;
 
 	root = d_alloc_root(inode);
-
 	if (!root) {
 		retval = -ENOMEM;
 		goto put_back_sb;
@@ -157,16 +156,22 @@ static struct super_block *v9fs_get_sb(struct file_system_type
 	stat_result = v9fs_t_stat(v9ses, newfid, &fcall);
 	if (stat_result < 0) {
 		dprintk(DEBUG_ERROR, "stat error\n");
+		kfree(fcall);
 		v9fs_t_clunk(v9ses, newfid);
-		v9fs_put_idpool(newfid, &v9ses->fidpool);
 	} else {
 		/* Setup the Root Inode */
-		root_fid = v9fs_fid_create(root, v9ses, newfid, 0);
+		root_fid = v9fs_fid_create(v9ses, newfid);
 		if (root_fid == NULL) {
 			retval = -ENOMEM;
 			goto put_back_sb;
 		}
 
+		retval = v9fs_fid_insert(root_fid, root);
+		if (retval < 0) {
+			kfree(fcall);
+			goto put_back_sb;
+		}
+
 		root_fid->qid = fcall->params.rstat.stat.qid;
 		root->d_inode->i_ino =
 		    v9fs_qid2ino(&fcall->params.rstat.stat.qid);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/masklog.c b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/masklog.c
index fd741cea5705..636593bf4d17 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/masklog.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/masklog.c
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ struct mlog_attribute {
 #define define_mask(_name) {			\
 	.attr = {				\
 		.name = #_name,			\
+		.owner = THIS_MODULE,		\
 		.mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,	\
 	},					\
 	.mask = ML_##_name,			\
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/masklog.h b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/masklog.h
index e8c56a3d9c64..2cadc3009c83 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/masklog.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/masklog.h
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ extern struct mlog_bits mlog_and_bits, mlog_not_bits;
 	}								\
 } while (0)
 
-#if (BITS_PER_LONG == 32) || defined(CONFIG_X86_64)
+#if (BITS_PER_LONG == 32) || defined(CONFIG_X86_64) || (defined(CONFIG_UML_X86) && defined(CONFIG_64BIT))
 #define MLFi64 "lld"
 #define MLFu64 "llu"
 #define MLFx64 "llx"
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/nodemanager.c b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/nodemanager.c
index cf7828f23361..e1fceb8aa32d 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/nodemanager.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/nodemanager.c
@@ -756,7 +756,7 @@ static int __init init_o2nm(void)
 	if (!ocfs2_table_header) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "nodemanager: unable to register sysctl\n");
 		ret = -ENOMEM; /* or something. */
-		goto out;
+		goto out_o2net;
 	}
 
 	ret = o2net_register_hb_callbacks();
@@ -780,6 +780,8 @@ out_callbacks:
 	o2net_unregister_hb_callbacks();
 out_sysctl:
 	unregister_sysctl_table(ocfs2_table_header);
+out_o2net:
+	o2net_exit();
 out:
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp.c b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp.c
index d22d4cf08db1..0f60cc0d3985 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp.c
@@ -1318,7 +1318,7 @@ static void o2net_start_connect(void *arg)
 {
 	struct o2net_node *nn = arg;
 	struct o2net_sock_container *sc = NULL;
-	struct o2nm_node *node = NULL;
+	struct o2nm_node *node = NULL, *mynode = NULL;
 	struct socket *sock = NULL;
 	struct sockaddr_in myaddr = {0, }, remoteaddr = {0, };
 	int ret = 0;
@@ -1334,6 +1334,12 @@ static void o2net_start_connect(void *arg)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	mynode = o2nm_get_node_by_num(o2nm_this_node());
+	if (mynode == NULL) {
+		ret = 0;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	spin_lock(&nn->nn_lock);
 	/* see if we already have one pending or have given up */
 	if (nn->nn_sc || nn->nn_persistent_error)
@@ -1361,12 +1367,14 @@ static void o2net_start_connect(void *arg)
 	sock->sk->sk_allocation = GFP_ATOMIC;
 
 	myaddr.sin_family = AF_INET;
+	myaddr.sin_addr.s_addr = (__force u32)mynode->nd_ipv4_address;
 	myaddr.sin_port = (__force u16)htons(0); /* any port */
 
 	ret = sock->ops->bind(sock, (struct sockaddr *)&myaddr,
 			      sizeof(myaddr));
 	if (ret) {
-		mlog(0, "bind failed: %d\n", ret);
+		mlog(ML_ERROR, "bind failed with %d at address %u.%u.%u.%u\n",
+		     ret, NIPQUAD(mynode->nd_ipv4_address));
 		goto out;
 	}
 
@@ -1407,6 +1415,8 @@ out:
 		sc_put(sc);
 	if (node)
 		o2nm_node_put(node);
+	if (mynode)
+		o2nm_node_put(mynode);
 
 	return;
 }
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp.h b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp.h
index a6f4585501c8..616ff2b8434a 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp.h
@@ -85,13 +85,10 @@ enum {
 	O2NET_DRIVER_READY,
 };
 
-int o2net_init_tcp_sock(struct inode *inode);
 int o2net_send_message(u32 msg_type, u32 key, void *data, u32 len,
 		       u8 target_node, int *status);
 int o2net_send_message_vec(u32 msg_type, u32 key, struct kvec *vec,
 			   size_t veclen, u8 target_node, int *status);
-int o2net_broadcast_message(u32 msg_type, u32 key, void *data, u32 len,
-			    struct inode *group);
 
 int o2net_register_handler(u32 msg_type, u32 key, u32 max_len,
 			   o2net_msg_handler_func *func, void *data,
@@ -107,7 +104,5 @@ void o2net_disconnect_node(struct o2nm_node *node);
 
 int o2net_init(void);
 void o2net_exit(void);
-int o2net_proc_init(struct proc_dir_entry *parent);
-void o2net_proc_exit(struct proc_dir_entry *parent);
 
 #endif /* O2CLUSTER_TCP_H */
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmcommon.h b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmcommon.h
index 23ceaa7127b4..9c772583744a 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmcommon.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmcommon.h
@@ -37,9 +37,7 @@
 #define DLM_THREAD_SHUFFLE_INTERVAL    5     // flush everything every 5 passes
 #define DLM_THREAD_MS                  200   // flush at least every 200 ms
 
-#define DLM_HASH_BITS     7
-#define DLM_HASH_SIZE     (1 << DLM_HASH_BITS)
-#define DLM_HASH_MASK     (DLM_HASH_SIZE - 1)
+#define DLM_HASH_BUCKETS     (PAGE_SIZE / sizeof(struct hlist_head))
 
 enum dlm_ast_type {
 	DLM_AST = 0,
@@ -87,7 +85,7 @@ enum dlm_ctxt_state {
 struct dlm_ctxt
 {
 	struct list_head list;
-	struct list_head *resources;
+	struct hlist_head *lockres_hash;
 	struct list_head dirty_list;
 	struct list_head purge_list;
 	struct list_head pending_asts;
@@ -217,7 +215,7 @@ struct dlm_lock_resource
 {
 	/* WARNING: Please see the comment in dlm_init_lockres before
 	 * adding fields here. */
-	struct list_head list;
+	struct hlist_node hash_node;
 	struct kref      refs;
 
 	/* please keep these next 3 in this order
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmdebug.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmdebug.c
index f339fe27975a..54f61b76ab51 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmdebug.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmdebug.c
@@ -117,8 +117,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dlm_print_one_lock);
 void dlm_dump_lock_resources(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm)
 {
 	struct dlm_lock_resource *res;
-	struct list_head *iter;
-	struct list_head *bucket;
+	struct hlist_node *iter;
+	struct hlist_head *bucket;
 	int i;
 
 	mlog(ML_NOTICE, "struct dlm_ctxt: %s, node=%u, key=%u\n",
@@ -129,12 +129,10 @@ void dlm_dump_lock_resources(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm)
 	}
 
 	spin_lock(&dlm->spinlock);
-	for (i=0; i<DLM_HASH_SIZE; i++) {
-		bucket = &(dlm->resources[i]);
-		list_for_each(iter, bucket) {
-			res = list_entry(iter, struct dlm_lock_resource, list);
+	for (i=0; i<DLM_HASH_BUCKETS; i++) {
+		bucket = &(dlm->lockres_hash[i]);
+		hlist_for_each_entry(res, iter, bucket, hash_node)
 			dlm_print_one_lock_resource(res);
-		}
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&dlm->spinlock);
 }
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmdomain.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmdomain.c
index 6ee30837389c..8f3a9e3106fd 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmdomain.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmdomain.c
@@ -77,26 +77,26 @@ static void dlm_unregister_domain_handlers(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm);
 
 void __dlm_unhash_lockres(struct dlm_lock_resource *lockres)
 {
-	list_del_init(&lockres->list);
+	hlist_del_init(&lockres->hash_node);
 	dlm_lockres_put(lockres);
 }
 
 void __dlm_insert_lockres(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm,
 		       struct dlm_lock_resource *res)
 {
-	struct list_head *bucket;
+	struct hlist_head *bucket;
 	struct qstr *q;
 
 	assert_spin_locked(&dlm->spinlock);
 
 	q = &res->lockname;
 	q->hash = full_name_hash(q->name, q->len);
-	bucket = &(dlm->resources[q->hash & DLM_HASH_MASK]);
+	bucket = &(dlm->lockres_hash[q->hash % DLM_HASH_BUCKETS]);
 
 	/* get a reference for our hashtable */
 	dlm_lockres_get(res);
 
-	list_add_tail(&res->list, bucket);
+	hlist_add_head(&res->hash_node, bucket);
 }
 
 struct dlm_lock_resource * __dlm_lookup_lockres(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm,
@@ -104,9 +104,9 @@ struct dlm_lock_resource * __dlm_lookup_lockres(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm,
 					 unsigned int len)
 {
 	unsigned int hash;
-	struct list_head *iter;
+	struct hlist_node *iter;
 	struct dlm_lock_resource *tmpres=NULL;
-	struct list_head *bucket;
+	struct hlist_head *bucket;
 
 	mlog_entry("%.*s\n", len, name);
 
@@ -114,11 +114,11 @@ struct dlm_lock_resource * __dlm_lookup_lockres(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm,
 
 	hash = full_name_hash(name, len);
 
-	bucket = &(dlm->resources[hash & DLM_HASH_MASK]);
+	bucket = &(dlm->lockres_hash[hash % DLM_HASH_BUCKETS]);
 
 	/* check for pre-existing lock */
-	list_for_each(iter, bucket) {
-		tmpres = list_entry(iter, struct dlm_lock_resource, list);
+	hlist_for_each(iter, bucket) {
+		tmpres = hlist_entry(iter, struct dlm_lock_resource, hash_node);
 		if (tmpres->lockname.len == len &&
 		    memcmp(tmpres->lockname.name, name, len) == 0) {
 			dlm_lockres_get(tmpres);
@@ -193,8 +193,8 @@ static int dlm_wait_on_domain_helper(const char *domain)
 
 static void dlm_free_ctxt_mem(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm)
 {
-	if (dlm->resources)
-		free_page((unsigned long) dlm->resources);
+	if (dlm->lockres_hash)
+		free_page((unsigned long) dlm->lockres_hash);
 
 	if (dlm->name)
 		kfree(dlm->name);
@@ -303,10 +303,10 @@ static void dlm_migrate_all_locks(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm)
 	mlog(0, "Migrating locks from domain %s\n", dlm->name);
 restart:
 	spin_lock(&dlm->spinlock);
-	for (i=0; i<DLM_HASH_SIZE; i++) {
-		while (!list_empty(&dlm->resources[i])) {
-			res = list_entry(dlm->resources[i].next,
-				     struct dlm_lock_resource, list);
+	for (i = 0; i < DLM_HASH_BUCKETS; i++) {
+		while (!hlist_empty(&dlm->lockres_hash[i])) {
+			res = hlist_entry(dlm->lockres_hash[i].first,
+					  struct dlm_lock_resource, hash_node);
 			/* need reference when manually grabbing lockres */
 			dlm_lockres_get(res);
 			/* this should unhash the lockres
@@ -1191,18 +1191,17 @@ static struct dlm_ctxt *dlm_alloc_ctxt(const char *domain,
 		goto leave;
 	}
 
-	dlm->resources = (struct list_head *) __get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!dlm->resources) {
+	dlm->lockres_hash = (struct hlist_head *) __get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!dlm->lockres_hash) {
 		mlog_errno(-ENOMEM);
 		kfree(dlm->name);
 		kfree(dlm);
 		dlm = NULL;
 		goto leave;
 	}
-	memset(dlm->resources, 0, PAGE_SIZE);
 
-	for (i=0; i<DLM_HASH_SIZE; i++)
-		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dlm->resources[i]);
+	for (i=0; i<DLM_HASH_BUCKETS; i++)
+		INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&dlm->lockres_hash[i]);
 
 	strcpy(dlm->name, domain);
 	dlm->key = key;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c
index 2e2e95e69499..847dd3cc4cf5 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ static void dlm_lockres_release(struct kref *kref)
 
 	/* By the time we're ready to blow this guy away, we shouldn't
 	 * be on any lists. */
-	BUG_ON(!list_empty(&res->list));
+	BUG_ON(!hlist_unhashed(&res->hash_node));
 	BUG_ON(!list_empty(&res->granted));
 	BUG_ON(!list_empty(&res->converting));
 	BUG_ON(!list_empty(&res->blocked));
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ static void dlm_init_lockres(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm,
 
 	init_waitqueue_head(&res->wq);
 	spin_lock_init(&res->spinlock);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&res->list);
+	INIT_HLIST_NODE(&res->hash_node);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&res->granted);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&res->converting);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&res->blocked);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c
index ed76bda1a534..1e232000f3f7 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c
@@ -1693,7 +1693,10 @@ static void dlm_finish_local_lockres_recovery(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm,
 					      u8 dead_node, u8 new_master)
 {
 	int i;
-	struct list_head *iter, *iter2, *bucket;
+	struct list_head *iter, *iter2;
+	struct hlist_node *hash_iter;
+	struct hlist_head *bucket;
+
 	struct dlm_lock_resource *res;
 
 	mlog_entry_void();
@@ -1717,10 +1720,9 @@ static void dlm_finish_local_lockres_recovery(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm,
 	 * for now we need to run the whole hash, clear
 	 * the RECOVERING state and set the owner
 	 * if necessary */
-	for (i=0; i<DLM_HASH_SIZE; i++) {
-		bucket = &(dlm->resources[i]);
-		list_for_each(iter, bucket) {
-			res = list_entry (iter, struct dlm_lock_resource, list);
+	for (i = 0; i < DLM_HASH_BUCKETS; i++) {
+		bucket = &(dlm->lockres_hash[i]);
+		hlist_for_each_entry(res, hash_iter, bucket, hash_node) {
 			if (res->state & DLM_LOCK_RES_RECOVERING) {
 				if (res->owner == dead_node) {
 					mlog(0, "(this=%u) res %.*s owner=%u "
@@ -1852,10 +1854,10 @@ static void dlm_free_dead_locks(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm,
 
 static void dlm_do_local_recovery_cleanup(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm, u8 dead_node)
 {
-	struct list_head *iter;
+	struct hlist_node *iter;
 	struct dlm_lock_resource *res;
 	int i;
-	struct list_head *bucket;
+	struct hlist_head *bucket;
 	struct dlm_lock *lock;
 
 
@@ -1876,10 +1878,9 @@ static void dlm_do_local_recovery_cleanup(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm, u8 dead_node)
 	 *    can be kicked again to see if any ASTs or BASTs
 	 *    need to be fired as a result.
 	 */
-	for (i=0; i<DLM_HASH_SIZE; i++) {
-		bucket = &(dlm->resources[i]);
-		list_for_each(iter, bucket) {
-			res = list_entry (iter, struct dlm_lock_resource, list);
+	for (i = 0; i < DLM_HASH_BUCKETS; i++) {
+		bucket = &(dlm->lockres_hash[i]);
+		hlist_for_each_entry(res, iter, bucket, hash_node) {
  			/* always prune any $RECOVERY entries for dead nodes,
  			 * otherwise hangs can occur during later recovery */
 			if (dlm_is_recovery_lock(res->lockname.name,
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/extent_map.c b/fs/ocfs2/extent_map.c
index b6ba292e9544..e6f207eebab4 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/extent_map.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/extent_map.c
@@ -181,6 +181,12 @@ static int ocfs2_extent_map_find_leaf(struct inode *inode,
 			ret = -EBADR;
 			if (rec_end > OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_clusters) {
 				mlog_errno(ret);
+				ocfs2_error(inode->i_sb,
+					    "Extent %d at e_blkno %"MLFu64" of inode %"MLFu64" goes past ip_clusters of %u\n",
+					    i,
+					    le64_to_cpu(rec->e_blkno),
+					    OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno,
+					    OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_clusters);
 				goto out_free;
 			}
 
@@ -226,6 +232,12 @@ static int ocfs2_extent_map_find_leaf(struct inode *inode,
 			ret = -EBADR;
 			if (blkno) {
 				mlog_errno(ret);
+				ocfs2_error(inode->i_sb,
+					    "Multiple extents for (cpos = %u, clusters = %u) on inode %"MLFu64"; e_blkno %"MLFu64" and rec %d at e_blkno %"MLFu64"\n",
+					    cpos, clusters,
+					    OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno,
+					    blkno, i,
+					    le64_to_cpu(rec->e_blkno));
 				goto out_free;
 			}
 
@@ -238,6 +250,10 @@ static int ocfs2_extent_map_find_leaf(struct inode *inode,
 		 */
 		ret = -EBADR;
 		if (!blkno) {
+			ocfs2_error(inode->i_sb,
+				    "No record found for (cpos = %u, clusters = %u) on inode %"MLFu64"\n",
+				    cpos, clusters,
+				    OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno);
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			goto out_free;
 		}
@@ -266,6 +282,20 @@ static int ocfs2_extent_map_find_leaf(struct inode *inode,
 
 	for (i = 0; i < le16_to_cpu(el->l_next_free_rec); i++) {
 		rec = &el->l_recs[i];
+
+		if ((le32_to_cpu(rec->e_cpos) + le32_to_cpu(rec->e_clusters)) >
+		    OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_clusters) {
+			ret = -EBADR;
+			mlog_errno(ret);
+			ocfs2_error(inode->i_sb,
+				    "Extent %d at e_blkno %"MLFu64" of inode %"MLFu64" goes past ip_clusters of %u\n",
+				    i,
+				    le64_to_cpu(rec->e_blkno),
+				    OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno,
+				    OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_clusters);
+			return ret;
+		}
+
 		ret = ocfs2_extent_map_insert(inode, rec,
 					      le16_to_cpu(el->l_tree_depth));
 		if (ret) {
@@ -526,6 +556,10 @@ static int ocfs2_extent_map_insert(struct inode *inode,
 		    OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_map.em_clusters) {
 			ret = -EBADR;
 			mlog_errno(ret);
+			ocfs2_error(inode->i_sb,
+				    "Zero e_clusters on non-tail extent record at e_blkno %"MLFu64" on inode %"MLFu64"\n",
+				    le64_to_cpu(rec->e_blkno),
+				    OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno);
 			return ret;
 		}
 
@@ -588,12 +622,12 @@ static int ocfs2_extent_map_insert(struct inode *inode,
  * Existing record in the extent map:
  *
  *	cpos = 10, len = 10
- * 	|---------|
+ *	|---------|
  *
  * New Record:
  *
  *	cpos = 10, len = 20
- * 	|------------------|
+ *	|------------------|
  *
  * The passed record is the new on-disk record.  The new_clusters value
  * is how many clusters were added to the file.  If the append is a
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/file.c b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
index 1715bc90e705..8a4048b55fdc 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
@@ -933,9 +933,6 @@ static ssize_t ocfs2_file_aio_write(struct kiocb *iocb,
 	struct file *filp = iocb->ki_filp;
 	struct inode *inode = filp->f_dentry->d_inode;
 	loff_t newsize, saved_pos;
-#ifdef OCFS2_ORACORE_WORKAROUNDS
-	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
-#endif
 
 	mlog_entry("(0x%p, 0x%p, %u, '%.*s')\n", filp, buf,
 		   (unsigned int)count,
@@ -951,14 +948,6 @@ static ssize_t ocfs2_file_aio_write(struct kiocb *iocb,
 		return -EIO;
 	}
 
-#ifdef OCFS2_ORACORE_WORKAROUNDS
-	/* ugh, work around some applications which open everything O_DIRECT +
-	 * O_APPEND and really don't mean to use O_DIRECT. */
-	if (osb->s_mount_opt & OCFS2_MOUNT_COMPAT_OCFS &&
-	    (filp->f_flags & O_APPEND) && (filp->f_flags & O_DIRECT)) 
-		filp->f_flags &= ~O_DIRECT;
-#endif
-
 	mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
 	/* to match setattr's i_mutex -> i_alloc_sem -> rw_lock ordering */
 	if (filp->f_flags & O_DIRECT) {
@@ -1079,27 +1068,7 @@ static ssize_t ocfs2_file_aio_write(struct kiocb *iocb,
 	/* communicate with ocfs2_dio_end_io */
 	ocfs2_iocb_set_rw_locked(iocb);
 
-#ifdef OCFS2_ORACORE_WORKAROUNDS
-	if (osb->s_mount_opt & OCFS2_MOUNT_COMPAT_OCFS &&
-	    filp->f_flags & O_DIRECT) {
-		unsigned int saved_flags = filp->f_flags;
-		int sector_size = 1 << osb->s_sectsize_bits;
-
-		if ((saved_pos & (sector_size - 1)) ||
-		    (count & (sector_size - 1)) ||
-		    ((unsigned long)buf & (sector_size - 1))) {
-			filp->f_flags |= O_SYNC;
-			filp->f_flags &= ~O_DIRECT;
-		}
-
-		ret = generic_file_aio_write_nolock(iocb, &local_iov, 1,
-						    &iocb->ki_pos);
-
-		filp->f_flags = saved_flags;
-	} else
-#endif
-		ret = generic_file_aio_write_nolock(iocb, &local_iov, 1,
-						    &iocb->ki_pos);
+	ret = generic_file_aio_write_nolock(iocb, &local_iov, 1, &iocb->ki_pos);
 
 	/* buffered aio wouldn't have proper lock coverage today */
 	BUG_ON(ret == -EIOCBQUEUED && !(filp->f_flags & O_DIRECT));
@@ -1140,9 +1109,6 @@ static ssize_t ocfs2_file_aio_read(struct kiocb *iocb,
 	int ret = 0, rw_level = -1, have_alloc_sem = 0;
 	struct file *filp = iocb->ki_filp;
 	struct inode *inode = filp->f_dentry->d_inode;
-#ifdef OCFS2_ORACORE_WORKAROUNDS
-	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
-#endif
 
 	mlog_entry("(0x%p, 0x%p, %u, '%.*s')\n", filp, buf,
 		   (unsigned int)count,
@@ -1155,21 +1121,6 @@ static ssize_t ocfs2_file_aio_read(struct kiocb *iocb,
 		goto bail;
 	}
 
-#ifdef OCFS2_ORACORE_WORKAROUNDS
-	if (osb->s_mount_opt & OCFS2_MOUNT_COMPAT_OCFS) {
-		if (filp->f_flags & O_DIRECT) {
-			int sector_size = 1 << osb->s_sectsize_bits;
-
-			if ((pos & (sector_size - 1)) ||
-			    (count & (sector_size - 1)) ||
-			    ((unsigned long)buf & (sector_size - 1)) ||
-			    (i_size_read(inode) & (sector_size -1))) {
-				filp->f_flags &= ~O_DIRECT;
-			}
-		}
-	}
-#endif
-
 	/* 
 	 * buffered reads protect themselves in ->readpage().  O_DIRECT reads
 	 * need locks to protect pending reads from racing with truncate.
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/heartbeat.c b/fs/ocfs2/heartbeat.c
index 0bbd22f46c80..cbfd45a97a63 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/heartbeat.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/heartbeat.c
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ void ocfs2_init_node_maps(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
 	ocfs2_node_map_init(&osb->mounted_map);
 	ocfs2_node_map_init(&osb->recovery_map);
 	ocfs2_node_map_init(&osb->umount_map);
+	ocfs2_node_map_init(&osb->osb_recovering_orphan_dirs);
 }
 
 static void ocfs2_do_node_down(int node_num,
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
index 8122489c5762..315472a5c192 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 #include "dlmglue.h"
 #include "extent_map.h"
 #include "file.h"
+#include "heartbeat.h"
 #include "inode.h"
 #include "journal.h"
 #include "namei.h"
@@ -544,6 +545,42 @@ bail:
 	return status;
 }
 
+/* 
+ * Serialize with orphan dir recovery. If the process doing
+ * recovery on this orphan dir does an iget() with the dir
+ * i_mutex held, we'll deadlock here. Instead we detect this
+ * and exit early - recovery will wipe this inode for us.
+ */
+static int ocfs2_check_orphan_recovery_state(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
+					     int slot)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	spin_lock(&osb->osb_lock);
+	if (ocfs2_node_map_test_bit(osb, &osb->osb_recovering_orphan_dirs, slot)) {
+		mlog(0, "Recovery is happening on orphan dir %d, will skip "
+		     "this inode\n", slot);
+		ret = -EDEADLK;
+		goto out;
+	}
+	/* This signals to the orphan recovery process that it should
+	 * wait for us to handle the wipe. */
+	osb->osb_orphan_wipes[slot]++;
+out:
+	spin_unlock(&osb->osb_lock);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static void ocfs2_signal_wipe_completion(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
+					 int slot)
+{
+	spin_lock(&osb->osb_lock);
+	osb->osb_orphan_wipes[slot]--;
+	spin_unlock(&osb->osb_lock);
+
+	wake_up(&osb->osb_wipe_event);
+}
+
 static int ocfs2_wipe_inode(struct inode *inode,
 			    struct buffer_head *di_bh)
 {
@@ -555,6 +592,11 @@ static int ocfs2_wipe_inode(struct inode *inode,
 	/* We've already voted on this so it should be readonly - no
 	 * spinlock needed. */
 	orphaned_slot = OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_orphaned_slot;
+
+	status = ocfs2_check_orphan_recovery_state(osb, orphaned_slot);
+	if (status)
+		return status;
+
 	orphan_dir_inode = ocfs2_get_system_file_inode(osb,
 						       ORPHAN_DIR_SYSTEM_INODE,
 						       orphaned_slot);
@@ -597,6 +639,7 @@ bail_unlock_dir:
 	brelse(orphan_dir_bh);
 bail:
 	iput(orphan_dir_inode);
+	ocfs2_signal_wipe_completion(osb, orphaned_slot);
 
 	return status;
 }
@@ -822,7 +865,8 @@ void ocfs2_delete_inode(struct inode *inode)
 
 	status = ocfs2_wipe_inode(inode, di_bh);
 	if (status < 0) {
-		mlog_errno(status);
+		if (status != -EDEADLK)
+			mlog_errno(status);
 		goto bail_unlock_inode;
 	}
 
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/journal.c b/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
index d329c9df90ae..4be801f4559b 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
@@ -1408,21 +1408,17 @@ bail:
 	return status;
 }
 
-static int ocfs2_recover_orphans(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
-				 int slot)
+static int ocfs2_queue_orphans(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
+			       int slot,
+			       struct inode **head)
 {
-	int status = 0;
-	int have_disk_lock = 0;
-	struct inode *inode = NULL;
-	struct inode *iter;
+	int status;
 	struct inode *orphan_dir_inode = NULL;
+	struct inode *iter;
 	unsigned long offset, blk, local;
 	struct buffer_head *bh = NULL;
 	struct ocfs2_dir_entry *de;
 	struct super_block *sb = osb->sb;
-	struct ocfs2_inode_info *oi;
-
-	mlog(0, "Recover inodes from orphan dir in slot %d\n", slot);
 
 	orphan_dir_inode = ocfs2_get_system_file_inode(osb,
 						       ORPHAN_DIR_SYSTEM_INODE,
@@ -1430,17 +1426,15 @@ static int ocfs2_recover_orphans(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	if  (!orphan_dir_inode) {
 		status = -ENOENT;
 		mlog_errno(status);
-		goto out;
-	}
+		return status;
+	}	
 
 	mutex_lock(&orphan_dir_inode->i_mutex);
 	status = ocfs2_meta_lock(orphan_dir_inode, NULL, NULL, 0);
 	if (status < 0) {
-		mutex_unlock(&orphan_dir_inode->i_mutex);
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		goto out;
 	}
-	have_disk_lock = 1;
 
 	offset = 0;
 	iter = NULL;
@@ -1451,11 +1445,10 @@ static int ocfs2_recover_orphans(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 		if (!bh)
 			status = -EINVAL;
 		if (status < 0) {
-			mutex_unlock(&orphan_dir_inode->i_mutex);
 			if (bh)
 				brelse(bh);
 			mlog_errno(status);
-			goto out;
+			goto out_unlock;
 		}
 
 		local = 0;
@@ -1465,11 +1458,10 @@ static int ocfs2_recover_orphans(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 
 			if (!ocfs2_check_dir_entry(orphan_dir_inode,
 						  de, bh, local)) {
-				mutex_unlock(&orphan_dir_inode->i_mutex);
 				status = -EINVAL;
 				mlog_errno(status);
 				brelse(bh);
-				goto out;
+				goto out_unlock;
 			}
 
 			local += le16_to_cpu(de->rec_len);
@@ -1504,18 +1496,95 @@ static int ocfs2_recover_orphans(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 
 			mlog(0, "queue orphan %"MLFu64"\n",
 			     OCFS2_I(iter)->ip_blkno);
-			OCFS2_I(iter)->ip_next_orphan = inode;
-			inode = iter;
+			/* No locking is required for the next_orphan
+			 * queue as there is only ever a single
+			 * process doing orphan recovery. */
+			OCFS2_I(iter)->ip_next_orphan = *head;
+			*head = iter;
 		}
 		brelse(bh);
 	}
-	mutex_unlock(&orphan_dir_inode->i_mutex);
 
+out_unlock:
 	ocfs2_meta_unlock(orphan_dir_inode, 0);
-	have_disk_lock = 0;
-
+out:
+	mutex_unlock(&orphan_dir_inode->i_mutex);
 	iput(orphan_dir_inode);
-	orphan_dir_inode = NULL;
+	return status;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_orphan_recovery_can_continue(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
+					      int slot)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	spin_lock(&osb->osb_lock);
+	ret = !osb->osb_orphan_wipes[slot];
+	spin_unlock(&osb->osb_lock);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static void ocfs2_mark_recovering_orphan_dir(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
+					     int slot)
+{
+	spin_lock(&osb->osb_lock);
+	/* Mark ourselves such that new processes in delete_inode()
+	 * know to quit early. */
+	ocfs2_node_map_set_bit(osb, &osb->osb_recovering_orphan_dirs, slot);
+	while (osb->osb_orphan_wipes[slot]) {
+		/* If any processes are already in the middle of an
+		 * orphan wipe on this dir, then we need to wait for
+		 * them. */
+		spin_unlock(&osb->osb_lock);
+		wait_event_interruptible(osb->osb_wipe_event,
+					 ocfs2_orphan_recovery_can_continue(osb, slot));
+		spin_lock(&osb->osb_lock);
+	}
+	spin_unlock(&osb->osb_lock);
+}
+
+static void ocfs2_clear_recovering_orphan_dir(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
+					      int slot)
+{
+	ocfs2_node_map_clear_bit(osb, &osb->osb_recovering_orphan_dirs, slot);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Orphan recovery. Each mounted node has it's own orphan dir which we
+ * must run during recovery. Our strategy here is to build a list of
+ * the inodes in the orphan dir and iget/iput them. The VFS does
+ * (most) of the rest of the work.
+ *
+ * Orphan recovery can happen at any time, not just mount so we have a
+ * couple of extra considerations.
+ *
+ * - We grab as many inodes as we can under the orphan dir lock -
+ *   doing iget() outside the orphan dir risks getting a reference on
+ *   an invalid inode.
+ * - We must be sure not to deadlock with other processes on the
+ *   system wanting to run delete_inode(). This can happen when they go
+ *   to lock the orphan dir and the orphan recovery process attempts to
+ *   iget() inside the orphan dir lock. This can be avoided by
+ *   advertising our state to ocfs2_delete_inode().
+ */
+static int ocfs2_recover_orphans(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
+				 int slot)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+	struct inode *inode = NULL;
+	struct inode *iter;
+	struct ocfs2_inode_info *oi;
+
+	mlog(0, "Recover inodes from orphan dir in slot %d\n", slot);
+
+	ocfs2_mark_recovering_orphan_dir(osb, slot);
+	ret = ocfs2_queue_orphans(osb, slot, &inode);
+	ocfs2_clear_recovering_orphan_dir(osb, slot);
+
+	/* Error here should be noted, but we want to continue with as
+	 * many queued inodes as we've got. */
+	if (ret)
+		mlog_errno(ret);
 
 	while (inode) {
 		oi = OCFS2_I(inode);
@@ -1541,14 +1610,7 @@ static int ocfs2_recover_orphans(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 		inode = iter;
 	}
 
-out:
-	if (have_disk_lock)
-		ocfs2_meta_unlock(orphan_dir_inode, 0);
-
-	if (orphan_dir_inode)
-		iput(orphan_dir_inode);
-
-	return status;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int ocfs2_wait_on_mount(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h b/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h
index 8d8e4779df92..e89de9b6e491 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h
@@ -174,9 +174,6 @@ enum ocfs2_mount_options
 	OCFS2_MOUNT_NOINTR  = 1 << 2,   /* Don't catch signals */
 	OCFS2_MOUNT_ERRORS_PANIC = 1 << 3, /* Panic on errors */
 	OCFS2_MOUNT_DATA_WRITEBACK = 1 << 4, /* No data ordering */
-#ifdef OCFS2_ORACORE_WORKAROUNDS
-	OCFS2_MOUNT_COMPAT_OCFS = 1 << 30, /* ocfs1 compatibility mode */
-#endif
 };
 
 #define OCFS2_OSB_SOFT_RO	0x0001
@@ -290,6 +287,10 @@ struct ocfs2_super
 	struct inode			*osb_tl_inode;
 	struct buffer_head		*osb_tl_bh;
 	struct work_struct		osb_truncate_log_wq;
+
+	struct ocfs2_node_map		osb_recovering_orphan_dirs;
+	unsigned int			*osb_orphan_wipes;
+	wait_queue_head_t		osb_wipe_event;
 };
 
 #define OCFS2_SB(sb)	    ((struct ocfs2_super *)(sb)->s_fs_info)
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_fs.h b/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_fs.h
index dfb8a5bedfc8..c5b1ac547c15 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_fs.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_fs.h
@@ -138,7 +138,6 @@
 
 /* Journal limits (in bytes) */
 #define OCFS2_MIN_JOURNAL_SIZE		(4 * 1024 * 1024)
-#define OCFS2_MAX_JOURNAL_SIZE		(500 * 1024 * 1024)
 
 struct ocfs2_system_inode_info {
 	char	*si_name;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/super.c b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
index 046824b6b625..8dd3aafec499 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
@@ -1325,6 +1325,16 @@ static int ocfs2_initialize_super(struct super_block *sb,
 	}
 	mlog(ML_NOTICE, "max_slots for this device: %u\n", osb->max_slots);
 
+	init_waitqueue_head(&osb->osb_wipe_event);
+	osb->osb_orphan_wipes = kcalloc(osb->max_slots,
+					sizeof(*osb->osb_orphan_wipes),
+					GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!osb->osb_orphan_wipes) {
+		status = -ENOMEM;
+		mlog_errno(status);
+		goto bail;
+	}
+
 	osb->s_feature_compat =
 		le32_to_cpu(OCFS2_RAW_SB(di)->s_feature_compat);
 	osb->s_feature_ro_compat =
@@ -1638,6 +1648,7 @@ static void ocfs2_delete_osb(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
 	if (osb->slot_info)
 		ocfs2_free_slot_info(osb->slot_info);
 
+	kfree(osb->osb_orphan_wipes);
 	/* FIXME
 	 * This belongs in journal shutdown, but because we have to
 	 * allocate osb->journal at the start of ocfs2_initalize_osb(),
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/file.c b/fs/reiserfs/file.c
index f3473176c83a..be12879bb179 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/file.c
@@ -1464,13 +1464,11 @@ static ssize_t reiserfs_file_write(struct file *file,	/* the file we are going t
 		   partially overwritten pages, if needed. And lock the pages,
 		   so that nobody else can access these until we are done.
 		   We get number of actual blocks needed as a result. */
-		blocks_to_allocate =
-		    reiserfs_prepare_file_region_for_write(inode, pos,
-							   num_pages,
-							   write_bytes,
-							   prepared_pages);
-		if (blocks_to_allocate < 0) {
-			res = blocks_to_allocate;
+		res = reiserfs_prepare_file_region_for_write(inode, pos,
+							     num_pages,
+							     write_bytes,
+							     prepared_pages);
+		if (res < 0) {
 			reiserfs_release_claimed_blocks(inode->i_sb,
 							num_pages <<
 							(PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT -
@@ -1478,6 +1476,8 @@ static ssize_t reiserfs_file_write(struct file *file,	/* the file we are going t
 			break;
 		}
 
+		blocks_to_allocate = res;
+
 		/* First we correct our estimate of how many blocks we need */
 		reiserfs_release_claimed_blocks(inode->i_sb,
 						(num_pages <<
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/inode.c b/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
index b33d67bba2fd..d60f6238c66a 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
@@ -627,11 +627,6 @@ int reiserfs_get_block(struct inode *inode, sector_t block,
 	reiserfs_write_lock(inode->i_sb);
 	version = get_inode_item_key_version(inode);
 
-	if (block < 0) {
-		reiserfs_write_unlock(inode->i_sb);
-		return -EIO;
-	}
-
 	if (!file_capable(inode, block)) {
 		reiserfs_write_unlock(inode->i_sb);
 		return -EFBIG;
@@ -934,12 +929,13 @@ int reiserfs_get_block(struct inode *inode, sector_t block,
 				     //pos_in_item * inode->i_sb->s_blocksize,
 				     TYPE_INDIRECT, 3);	// key type is unimportant
 
+			RFALSE(cpu_key_k_offset(&tmp_key) > cpu_key_k_offset(&key),
+			       "green-805: invalid offset");
 			blocks_needed =
 			    1 +
 			    ((cpu_key_k_offset(&key) -
 			      cpu_key_k_offset(&tmp_key)) >> inode->i_sb->
 			     s_blocksize_bits);
-			RFALSE(blocks_needed < 0, "green-805: invalid offset");
 
 			if (blocks_needed == 1) {
 				un = &unf_single;
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/journal.c b/fs/reiserfs/journal.c
index b7a179560ab4..5a9d2722fa0a 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/journal.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/journal.c
@@ -2319,8 +2319,7 @@ static int journal_read(struct super_block *p_s_sb)
 		return 1;
 	}
 	jh = (struct reiserfs_journal_header *)(journal->j_header_bh->b_data);
-	if (le32_to_cpu(jh->j_first_unflushed_offset) >= 0 &&
-	    le32_to_cpu(jh->j_first_unflushed_offset) <
+	if (le32_to_cpu(jh->j_first_unflushed_offset) <
 	    SB_ONDISK_JOURNAL_SIZE(p_s_sb)
 	    && le32_to_cpu(jh->j_last_flush_trans_id) > 0) {
 		oldest_start =
diff --git a/include/asm-powerpc/eeh.h b/include/asm-powerpc/eeh.h
index 7dfb408fe2ca..eb392032e19b 100644
--- a/include/asm-powerpc/eeh.h
+++ b/include/asm-powerpc/eeh.h
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ void __init pci_addr_cache_build(void);
  * to finish the eeh setup for this device.
  */
 void eeh_add_device_early(struct device_node *);
+void eeh_add_device_late(struct pci_dev *dev);
 void eeh_add_device_tree_early(struct device_node *);
 void eeh_add_device_tree_late(struct pci_bus *);
 
diff --git a/include/pcmcia/device_id.h b/include/pcmcia/device_id.h
index 346d81ece287..e04e0b0d9a25 100644
--- a/include/pcmcia/device_id.h
+++ b/include/pcmcia/device_id.h
@@ -72,6 +72,15 @@
 	.prod_id = { (v1), (v2), (v3), (v4) }, \
 	.prod_id_hash = { (vh1), (vh2), (vh3), (vh4) }, }
 
+#define PCMCIA_DEVICE_MANF_CARD_PROD_ID1(manf, card, v1, vh1) { \
+	.match_flags = PCMCIA_DEV_ID_MATCH_MANF_ID| \
+			PCMCIA_DEV_ID_MATCH_CARD_ID| \
+			PCMCIA_DEV_ID_MATCH_PROD_ID1, \
+	.manf_id = (manf), \
+	.card_id = (card), \
+	.prod_id = { (v1), NULL, NULL, NULL }, \
+	.prod_id_hash = { (vh1), 0, 0, 0 }, }
+
 
 /* multi-function devices */
 
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index acf6c1550f27..de2d9109194e 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ static ctl_table kern_table[] = {
 		.data		= &acpi_video_flags,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof (unsigned long),
 		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= &proc_dointvec,
+		.proc_handler	= &proc_doulongvec_minmax,
 	},
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_IA64
diff --git a/kernel/timer.c b/kernel/timer.c
index fe3a9a9f8328..fc6646fd5aab 100644
--- a/kernel/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/timer.c
@@ -1351,10 +1351,10 @@ static inline u64 time_interpolator_get_cycles(unsigned int src)
 			return x();
 
 		case TIME_SOURCE_MMIO64	:
-			return readq((void __iomem *) time_interpolator->addr);
+			return readq_relaxed((void __iomem *)time_interpolator->addr);
 
 		case TIME_SOURCE_MMIO32	:
-			return readl((void __iomem *) time_interpolator->addr);
+			return readl_relaxed((void __iomem *)time_interpolator->addr);
 
 		default: return get_cycles();
 	}
diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index 5643cfed6b0f..1a210088ad80 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -1793,7 +1793,8 @@ int show_numa_map(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 	if (!md)
 		return 0;
 
-	check_pgd_range(vma, vma->vm_start, vma->vm_end,
+	if (!is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma))
+		check_pgd_range(vma, vma->vm_start, vma->vm_end,
 		    &node_online_map, MPOL_MF_STATS, md);
 
 	if (md->pages) {
diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c
index c86c737d2433..78747afad6b0 100644
--- a/mm/oom_kill.c
+++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
@@ -355,6 +355,7 @@ retry:
 	}
 
 out:
+	read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
 	cpuset_unlock();
 	if (mm)
 		mmput(mm);
@@ -364,5 +365,5 @@ out:
 	 * retry to allocate memory unless "p" is current
 	 */
 	if (!test_thread_flag(TIF_MEMDIE))
-		schedule_timeout_interruptible(1);
+		schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(1);
 }