diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_aops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_aops.c
index 33b13310ee0c2f2ddf0c68abaa57e95c7f47d963..574d4ee9b6253ea3d589f23288aa7385907642bb 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_aops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_aops.c
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ xfs_end_io(
 	int		error = 0;
 
 	if (XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(ip->i_mount)) {
-		error = -EIO;
+		ioend->io_error = -EIO;
 		goto done;
 	}
 	if (ioend->io_error)
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c
index 1a3513881bce749d7d4510c2ed21f47bda02a926..eac97ef81e2a156a58d9b74b54607c6a0d2e76c3 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ xfs_buf_item_committing(
 /*
  * This is the ops vector shared by all buf log items.
  */
-static struct xfs_item_ops xfs_buf_item_ops = {
+static const struct xfs_item_ops xfs_buf_item_ops = {
 	.iop_size	= xfs_buf_item_size,
 	.iop_format	= xfs_buf_item_format,
 	.iop_pin	= xfs_buf_item_pin,
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_dquot_item.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_dquot_item.c
index bb3f71d236d28fe8e5733e8264e693a0b00692d6..0dee0b71029d8406add271b9f20350e6b8a97859 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_dquot_item.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_dquot_item.c
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ xfs_qm_dquot_logitem_committing(
 /*
  * This is the ops vector for dquots
  */
-static struct xfs_item_ops xfs_dquot_item_ops = {
+static const struct xfs_item_ops xfs_dquot_item_ops = {
 	.iop_size	= xfs_qm_dquot_logitem_size,
 	.iop_format	= xfs_qm_dquot_logitem_format,
 	.iop_pin	= xfs_qm_dquot_logitem_pin,
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ xfs_qm_qoff_logitem_committing(
 {
 }
 
-static struct xfs_item_ops xfs_qm_qoffend_logitem_ops = {
+static const struct xfs_item_ops xfs_qm_qoffend_logitem_ops = {
 	.iop_size	= xfs_qm_qoff_logitem_size,
 	.iop_format	= xfs_qm_qoff_logitem_format,
 	.iop_pin	= xfs_qm_qoff_logitem_pin,
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ static struct xfs_item_ops xfs_qm_qoffend_logitem_ops = {
 /*
  * This is the ops vector shared by all quotaoff-start log items.
  */
-static struct xfs_item_ops xfs_qm_qoff_logitem_ops = {
+static const struct xfs_item_ops xfs_qm_qoff_logitem_ops = {
 	.iop_size	= xfs_qm_qoff_logitem_size,
 	.iop_format	= xfs_qm_qoff_logitem_format,
 	.iop_pin	= xfs_qm_qoff_logitem_pin,
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_extfree_item.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_extfree_item.c
index d22e62623437aafb79d62f5492252e140f3a6cb7..35c2aff38b209bd0afa1ff5b36e20230a1d3b5c5 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_extfree_item.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_extfree_item.c
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ xfs_efi_item_committing(
 /*
  * This is the ops vector shared by all efi log items.
  */
-static struct xfs_item_ops xfs_efi_item_ops = {
+static const struct xfs_item_ops xfs_efi_item_ops = {
 	.iop_size	= xfs_efi_item_size,
 	.iop_format	= xfs_efi_item_format,
 	.iop_pin	= xfs_efi_item_pin,
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ xfs_efd_item_committing(
 /*
  * This is the ops vector shared by all efd log items.
  */
-static struct xfs_item_ops xfs_efd_item_ops = {
+static const struct xfs_item_ops xfs_efd_item_ops = {
 	.iop_size	= xfs_efd_item_size,
 	.iop_format	= xfs_efd_item_format,
 	.iop_pin	= xfs_efd_item_pin,
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c
index b7cf21ba240f802ea56c26a45be341d55641a7dd..abaafdbb3e658e9c484fb82dcfd5b63afade43e9 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c
@@ -795,7 +795,7 @@ xfs_inode_item_committing(
 /*
  * This is the ops vector shared by all buf log items.
  */
-static struct xfs_item_ops xfs_inode_item_ops = {
+static const struct xfs_item_ops xfs_inode_item_ops = {
 	.iop_size	= xfs_inode_item_size,
 	.iop_format	= xfs_inode_item_format,
 	.iop_pin	= xfs_inode_item_pin,
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c
index 2758a6277c525998f47a6a4d59e8bbc1e9e7ee3a..a14cd89fe4655e2647d92d2191c1ffb8e6588787 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ xfs_log_item_init(
 	struct xfs_mount	*mp,
 	struct xfs_log_item	*item,
 	int			type,
-	struct xfs_item_ops	*ops)
+	const struct xfs_item_ops *ops)
 {
 	item->li_mountp = mp;
 	item->li_ailp = mp->m_ail;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_log.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_log.h
index 78c9039994afab9739c4f338a62741aea8bd17cb..3f7bf451c03446f920484a03eb6e073706127a2f 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_log.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_log.h
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ struct xfs_trans;
 void	xfs_log_item_init(struct xfs_mount	*mp,
 			struct xfs_log_item	*item,
 			int			type,
-			struct xfs_item_ops	*ops);
+			const struct xfs_item_ops *ops);
 
 xfs_lsn_t xfs_log_done(struct xfs_mount *mp,
 		       struct xlog_ticket *ticket,
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.h
index 603f3eb52041ef84b89177956ff74ffc6ef1a114..3ae713c0abd9a04b3964d3ff8a9305155cd3b97a 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.h
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ typedef struct xfs_log_item {
 						 struct xfs_log_item *);
 							/* buffer item iodone */
 							/* callback func */
-	struct xfs_item_ops		*li_ops;	/* function list */
+	const struct xfs_item_ops	*li_ops;	/* function list */
 
 	/* delayed logging */
 	struct list_head		li_cil;		/* CIL pointers */
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ typedef struct xfs_log_item {
 	{ XFS_LI_IN_AIL,	"IN_AIL" }, \
 	{ XFS_LI_ABORTED,	"ABORTED" }
 
-typedef struct xfs_item_ops {
+struct xfs_item_ops {
 	uint (*iop_size)(xfs_log_item_t *);
 	void (*iop_format)(xfs_log_item_t *, struct xfs_log_iovec *);
 	void (*iop_pin)(xfs_log_item_t *);
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ typedef struct xfs_item_ops {
 	void (*iop_push)(xfs_log_item_t *);
 	bool (*iop_pushbuf)(xfs_log_item_t *);
 	void (*iop_committing)(xfs_log_item_t *, xfs_lsn_t);
-} xfs_item_ops_t;
+};
 
 #define IOP_SIZE(ip)		(*(ip)->li_ops->iop_size)(ip)
 #define IOP_FORMAT(ip,vp)	(*(ip)->li_ops->iop_format)(ip, vp)
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c
index 4ecf2a549060295b0d354847a538eba890083631..ce9268a2f56be487a161b950d36fc88590877c29 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ xfs_readlink(
 	char		*link)
 {
 	xfs_mount_t	*mp = ip->i_mount;
-	int		pathlen;
+	xfs_fsize_t	pathlen;
 	int		error = 0;
 
 	trace_xfs_readlink(ip);
@@ -122,13 +122,19 @@ xfs_readlink(
 
 	xfs_ilock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_SHARED);
 
-	ASSERT(S_ISLNK(ip->i_d.di_mode));
-	ASSERT(ip->i_d.di_size <= MAXPATHLEN);
-
 	pathlen = ip->i_d.di_size;
 	if (!pathlen)
 		goto out;
 
+	if (pathlen < 0 || pathlen > MAXPATHLEN) {
+		xfs_alert(mp, "%s: inode (%llu) bad symlink length (%lld)",
+			 __func__, (unsigned long long) ip->i_ino,
+			 (long long) pathlen);
+		ASSERT(0);
+		return XFS_ERROR(EFSCORRUPTED);
+	}
+
+
 	if (ip->i_df.if_flags & XFS_IFINLINE) {
 		memcpy(link, ip->i_df.if_u1.if_data, pathlen);
 		link[pathlen] = '\0';