diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_fs.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_fs.c
index edef8527eb34899a85c4b61fd33605e240bda49c..844954bf417b7cc10fd13a3c103388b4099e8f79 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_fs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_fs.c
@@ -542,10 +542,8 @@ static int qibfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(dd, tmp, &qib_dev_list, list) {
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&qib_devs_lock, flags);
 		ret = add_cntr_files(sb, dd);
-		if (ret) {
-			deactivate_super(sb);
+		if (ret)
 			goto bail;
-		}
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&qib_devs_lock, flags);
 	}
 
diff --git a/fs/ext2/inode.c b/fs/ext2/inode.c
index 19214435b75213cbbd6b4ba557194476e30654bd..3675088cb88c53c9f23c01369652d9630f5ced11 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/inode.c
@@ -1552,7 +1552,7 @@ int ext2_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *iattr)
 		if (error)
 			return error;
 	}
-	if (iattr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) {
+	if (iattr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE && iattr->ia_size != inode->i_size) {
 		error = ext2_setsize(inode, iattr->ia_size);
 		if (error)
 			return error;
diff --git a/fs/fcntl.c b/fs/fcntl.c
index f74d270ba1554034b02c7532ece41556ca9040c0..51e11bf5708f2430cca213485d597ff070f228af 100644
--- a/fs/fcntl.c
+++ b/fs/fcntl.c
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ static int f_setown_ex(struct file *filp, unsigned long arg)
 
 	ret = copy_from_user(&owner, owner_p, sizeof(owner));
 	if (ret)
-		return ret;
+		return -EFAULT;
 
 	switch (owner.type) {
 	case F_OWNER_TID:
@@ -332,8 +332,11 @@ static int f_getown_ex(struct file *filp, unsigned long arg)
 	}
 	read_unlock(&filp->f_owner.lock);
 
-	if (!ret)
+	if (!ret) {
 		ret = copy_to_user(owner_p, &owner, sizeof(owner));
+		if (ret)
+			ret = -EFAULT;
+	}
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/libfs.c b/fs/libfs.c
index 09e1016eb774556c0e69a5a4129da275410565c5..dcaf972cbf1b6d81f29e17d2a1fccd259a794777 100644
--- a/fs/libfs.c
+++ b/fs/libfs.c
@@ -489,7 +489,8 @@ int simple_write_end(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
  * unique inode values later for this filesystem, then you must take care
  * to pass it an appropriate max_reserved value to avoid collisions.
  */
-int simple_fill_super(struct super_block *s, int magic, struct tree_descr *files)
+int simple_fill_super(struct super_block *s, unsigned long magic,
+		      struct tree_descr *files)
 {
 	struct inode *inode;
 	struct dentry *root;
diff --git a/fs/minix/dir.c b/fs/minix/dir.c
index 91969589131c562d0dfaddc4d3f1905611262a23..1dbf921ca44b42de92c6dda06e014b395dfcdae9 100644
--- a/fs/minix/dir.c
+++ b/fs/minix/dir.c
@@ -75,10 +75,6 @@ static struct page * dir_get_page(struct inode *dir, unsigned long n)
 	if (!IS_ERR(page))
 		kmap(page);
 	return page;
-
-fail:
-	dir_put_page(page);
-	return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
 }
 
 static inline void *minix_next_entry(void *de, struct minix_sb_info *sbi)
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 3428393942a642f877dc065d86c05044305af399..471e1ff5079a0329bc01d03ad45ca20afb6186be 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2388,7 +2388,7 @@ extern const struct file_operations simple_dir_operations;
 extern const struct inode_operations simple_dir_inode_operations;
 struct tree_descr { char *name; const struct file_operations *ops; int mode; };
 struct dentry *d_alloc_name(struct dentry *, const char *);
-extern int simple_fill_super(struct super_block *, int, struct tree_descr *);
+extern int simple_fill_super(struct super_block *, unsigned long, struct tree_descr *);
 extern int simple_pin_fs(struct file_system_type *, struct vfsmount **mount, int *count);
 extern void simple_release_fs(struct vfsmount **mount, int *count);
 
diff --git a/ipc/mqueue.c b/ipc/mqueue.c
index 5108232f93d48ec008f0418737238c50e810ba15..c93fd3faac2d288e7d87db2642df7b167e15ddc0 100644
--- a/ipc/mqueue.c
+++ b/ipc/mqueue.c
@@ -176,7 +176,6 @@ static struct inode *mqueue_get_inode(struct super_block *sb,
 	}
 	return inode;
 out_inode:
-	make_bad_inode(inode);
 	iput(inode);
 	return NULL;
 }
diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 7e5030ae18ffd07ab19f070939f357fff3816ab9..f65f84062db554ed2b3e9452cc787f8ab4f1b0d3 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -764,10 +764,11 @@ static void shmem_truncate_range(struct inode *inode, loff_t start, loff_t end)
 static int shmem_notify_change(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	loff_t newsize = attr->ia_size;
 	int error;
 
-	if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) && (attr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE)) {
-		loff_t newsize = attr->ia_size;
+	if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) && (attr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE)
+					&& newsize != inode->i_size) {
 		struct page *page = NULL;
 
 		if (newsize < inode->i_size) {