diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_fs.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_fs.c
index b3684060465eebea3b99a36329c17076fabc958f..100da8542bbaecf5d153a34b4d75bddc8ab61de9 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_fs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_fs.c
@@ -346,10 +346,8 @@ static int ipathfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data,
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(dd, tmp, &ipath_dev_list, ipath_list) {
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ipath_devs_lock, flags);
 		ret = create_device_files(sb, dd);
-		if (ret) {
-			deactivate_locked_super(sb);
+		if (ret)
 			goto bail;
-		}
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&ipath_devs_lock, flags);
 	}
 
diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_super.c b/fs/9p/vfs_super.c
index 14a86448572cc0eb0de2e472e47cf2fdd80466b5..69357c0d9899c1c3e52e090b0ce3d4725b18c41b 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_super.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_super.c
@@ -188,7 +188,8 @@ static void v9fs_kill_super(struct super_block *s)
 
 	P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_VFS, " %p\n", s);
 
-	v9fs_dentry_release(s->s_root);	/* clunk root */
+	if (s->s_root)
+		v9fs_dentry_release(s->s_root);	/* clunk root */
 
 	kill_anon_super(s);
 
diff --git a/fs/affs/affs.h b/fs/affs/affs.h
index e511dc621a2e64a45b09bcf21777e72d86added9..0e40caaba456c064a4960a7f98450a3498bd8cb8 100644
--- a/fs/affs/affs.h
+++ b/fs/affs/affs.h
@@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ struct affs_sb_info {
 	u32 s_last_bmap;
 	struct buffer_head *s_bmap_bh;
 	char *s_prefix;			/* Prefix for volumes and assigns. */
-	int s_prefix_len;		/* Length of prefix. */
 	char s_volume[32];		/* Volume prefix for absolute symlinks. */
+	spinlock_t symlink_lock;	/* protects the previous two */
 };
 
 #define SF_INTL		0x0001		/* International filesystem. */
diff --git a/fs/affs/namei.c b/fs/affs/namei.c
index 960d336ec694c3d1dc83c7941753a2c7199f317a..d70bbbac6b7be31709f407f081672d0d6893fda5 100644
--- a/fs/affs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/affs/namei.c
@@ -341,10 +341,13 @@ affs_symlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, const char *symname)
 	p  = (char *)AFFS_HEAD(bh)->table;
 	lc = '/';
 	if (*symname == '/') {
+		struct affs_sb_info *sbi = AFFS_SB(sb);
 		while (*symname == '/')
 			symname++;
-		while (AFFS_SB(sb)->s_volume[i])	/* Cannot overflow */
-			*p++ = AFFS_SB(sb)->s_volume[i++];
+		spin_lock(&sbi->symlink_lock);
+		while (sbi->s_volume[i])	/* Cannot overflow */
+			*p++ = sbi->s_volume[i++];
+		spin_unlock(&sbi->symlink_lock);
 	}
 	while (i < maxlen && (c = *symname++)) {
 		if (c == '.' && lc == '/' && *symname == '.' && symname[1] == '/') {
diff --git a/fs/affs/super.c b/fs/affs/super.c
index 104fdcb3a7fca3997d8740e2ed2d14ba283338c7..d41e9673cd9736fae4efb1db81accbeec6c1f7eb 100644
--- a/fs/affs/super.c
+++ b/fs/affs/super.c
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ parse_options(char *options, uid_t *uid, gid_t *gid, int *mode, int *reserved, s
 		switch (token) {
 		case Opt_bs:
 			if (match_int(&args[0], &n))
-				return -EINVAL;
+				return 0;
 			if (n != 512 && n != 1024 && n != 2048
 			    && n != 4096) {
 				printk ("AFFS: Invalid blocksize (512, 1024, 2048, 4096 allowed)\n");
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ parse_options(char *options, uid_t *uid, gid_t *gid, int *mode, int *reserved, s
 			break;
 		case Opt_mode:
 			if (match_octal(&args[0], &option))
-				return 1;
+				return 0;
 			*mode = option & 0777;
 			*mount_opts |= SF_SETMODE;
 			break;
@@ -221,8 +221,6 @@ parse_options(char *options, uid_t *uid, gid_t *gid, int *mode, int *reserved, s
 			*mount_opts |= SF_MUFS;
 			break;
 		case Opt_prefix:
-			/* Free any previous prefix */
-			kfree(*prefix);
 			*prefix = match_strdup(&args[0]);
 			if (!*prefix)
 				return 0;
@@ -233,21 +231,21 @@ parse_options(char *options, uid_t *uid, gid_t *gid, int *mode, int *reserved, s
 			break;
 		case Opt_reserved:
 			if (match_int(&args[0], reserved))
-				return 1;
+				return 0;
 			break;
 		case Opt_root:
 			if (match_int(&args[0], root))
-				return 1;
+				return 0;
 			break;
 		case Opt_setgid:
 			if (match_int(&args[0], &option))
-				return 1;
+				return 0;
 			*gid = option;
 			*mount_opts |= SF_SETGID;
 			break;
 		case Opt_setuid:
 			if (match_int(&args[0], &option))
-				return -EINVAL;
+				return 0;
 			*uid = option;
 			*mount_opts |= SF_SETUID;
 			break;
@@ -311,11 +309,14 @@ static int affs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	sb->s_fs_info = sbi;
 	mutex_init(&sbi->s_bmlock);
+	spin_lock_init(&sbi->symlink_lock);
 
 	if (!parse_options(data,&uid,&gid,&i,&reserved,&root_block,
 				&blocksize,&sbi->s_prefix,
 				sbi->s_volume, &mount_flags)) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "AFFS: Error parsing options\n");
+		kfree(sbi->s_prefix);
+		kfree(sbi);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 	/* N.B. after this point s_prefix must be released */
@@ -516,14 +517,18 @@ affs_remount(struct super_block *sb, int *flags, char *data)
 	unsigned long		 mount_flags;
 	int			 res = 0;
 	char			*new_opts = kstrdup(data, GFP_KERNEL);
+	char			 volume[32];
+	char			*prefix = NULL;
 
 	pr_debug("AFFS: remount(flags=0x%x,opts=\"%s\")\n",*flags,data);
 
 	*flags |= MS_NODIRATIME;
 
+	memcpy(volume, sbi->s_volume, 32);
 	if (!parse_options(data, &uid, &gid, &mode, &reserved, &root_block,
-			   &blocksize, &sbi->s_prefix, sbi->s_volume,
+			   &blocksize, &prefix, volume,
 			   &mount_flags)) {
+		kfree(prefix);
 		kfree(new_opts);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
@@ -534,6 +539,14 @@ affs_remount(struct super_block *sb, int *flags, char *data)
 	sbi->s_mode  = mode;
 	sbi->s_uid   = uid;
 	sbi->s_gid   = gid;
+	/* protect against readers */
+	spin_lock(&sbi->symlink_lock);
+	if (prefix) {
+		kfree(sbi->s_prefix);
+		sbi->s_prefix = prefix;
+	}
+	memcpy(sbi->s_volume, volume, 32);
+	spin_unlock(&sbi->symlink_lock);
 
 	if ((*flags & MS_RDONLY) == (sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)) {
 		unlock_kernel();
diff --git a/fs/affs/symlink.c b/fs/affs/symlink.c
index 41782539c907b0cd1697ac161e20cfec22a76202..ee00f08c4f534c5669ba4c57178cb292511aae35 100644
--- a/fs/affs/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/affs/symlink.c
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ static int affs_symlink_readpage(struct file *file, struct page *page)
 	int			 i, j;
 	char			 c;
 	char			 lc;
-	char			*pf;
 
 	pr_debug("AFFS: follow_link(ino=%lu)\n",inode->i_ino);
 
@@ -32,11 +31,15 @@ static int affs_symlink_readpage(struct file *file, struct page *page)
 	j  = 0;
 	lf = (struct slink_front *)bh->b_data;
 	lc = 0;
-	pf = AFFS_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_prefix ? AFFS_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_prefix : "/";
 
 	if (strchr(lf->symname,':')) {	/* Handle assign or volume name */
+		struct affs_sb_info *sbi = AFFS_SB(inode->i_sb);
+		char *pf;
+		spin_lock(&sbi->symlink_lock);
+		pf = sbi->s_prefix ? sbi->s_prefix : "/";
 		while (i < 1023 && (c = pf[i]))
 			link[i++] = c;
+		spin_unlock(&sbi->symlink_lock);
 		while (i < 1023 && lf->symname[j] != ':')
 			link[i++] = lf->symname[j++];
 		if (i < 1023)
diff --git a/fs/bfs/inode.c b/fs/bfs/inode.c
index 6f60336c6628182804aa39086040968f174fbba7..8f3d9fd896044ffa718b3fc569a613b310c1c3ec 100644
--- a/fs/bfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/bfs/inode.c
@@ -353,35 +353,35 @@ static int bfs_fill_super(struct super_block *s, void *data, int silent)
 	struct inode *inode;
 	unsigned i, imap_len;
 	struct bfs_sb_info *info;
-	long ret = -EINVAL;
+	int ret = -EINVAL;
 	unsigned long i_sblock, i_eblock, i_eoff, s_size;
 
 	info = kzalloc(sizeof(*info), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!info)
 		return -ENOMEM;
+	mutex_init(&info->bfs_lock);
 	s->s_fs_info = info;
 
 	sb_set_blocksize(s, BFS_BSIZE);
 
-	bh = sb_bread(s, 0);
-	if(!bh)
+	info->si_sbh = sb_bread(s, 0);
+	if (!info->si_sbh)
 		goto out;
-	bfs_sb = (struct bfs_super_block *)bh->b_data;
+	bfs_sb = (struct bfs_super_block *)info->si_sbh->b_data;
 	if (le32_to_cpu(bfs_sb->s_magic) != BFS_MAGIC) {
 		if (!silent)
 			printf("No BFS filesystem on %s (magic=%08x)\n", 
 				s->s_id,  le32_to_cpu(bfs_sb->s_magic));
-		goto out;
+		goto out1;
 	}
 	if (BFS_UNCLEAN(bfs_sb, s) && !silent)
 		printf("%s is unclean, continuing\n", s->s_id);
 
 	s->s_magic = BFS_MAGIC;
-	info->si_sbh = bh;
 
 	if (le32_to_cpu(bfs_sb->s_start) > le32_to_cpu(bfs_sb->s_end)) {
 		printf("Superblock is corrupted\n");
-		goto out;
+		goto out1;
 	}
 
 	info->si_lasti = (le32_to_cpu(bfs_sb->s_start) - BFS_BSIZE) /
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ static int bfs_fill_super(struct super_block *s, void *data, int silent)
 	imap_len = (info->si_lasti / 8) + 1;
 	info->si_imap = kzalloc(imap_len, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!info->si_imap)
-		goto out;
+		goto out1;
 	for (i = 0; i < BFS_ROOT_INO; i++)
 		set_bit(i, info->si_imap);
 
@@ -398,15 +398,13 @@ static int bfs_fill_super(struct super_block *s, void *data, int silent)
 	inode = bfs_iget(s, BFS_ROOT_INO);
 	if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(inode);
-		kfree(info->si_imap);
-		goto out;
+		goto out2;
 	}
 	s->s_root = d_alloc_root(inode);
 	if (!s->s_root) {
 		iput(inode);
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
-		kfree(info->si_imap);
-		goto out;
+		goto out2;
 	}
 
 	info->si_blocks = (le32_to_cpu(bfs_sb->s_end) + 1) >> BFS_BSIZE_BITS;
@@ -419,10 +417,8 @@ static int bfs_fill_super(struct super_block *s, void *data, int silent)
 	bh = sb_bread(s, info->si_blocks - 1);
 	if (!bh) {
 		printf("Last block not available: %lu\n", info->si_blocks - 1);
-		iput(inode);
 		ret = -EIO;
-		kfree(info->si_imap);
-		goto out;
+		goto out3;
 	}
 	brelse(bh);
 
@@ -459,11 +455,8 @@ static int bfs_fill_super(struct super_block *s, void *data, int silent)
 			printf("Inode 0x%08x corrupted\n", i);
 
 			brelse(bh);
-			s->s_root = NULL;
-			kfree(info->si_imap);
-			kfree(info);
-			s->s_fs_info = NULL;
-			return -EIO;
+			ret = -EIO;
+			goto out3;
 		}
 
 		if (!di->i_ino) {
@@ -483,11 +476,17 @@ static int bfs_fill_super(struct super_block *s, void *data, int silent)
 		s->s_dirt = 1;
 	} 
 	dump_imap("read_super", s);
-	mutex_init(&info->bfs_lock);
 	return 0;
 
+out3:
+	dput(s->s_root);
+	s->s_root = NULL;
+out2:
+	kfree(info->si_imap);
+out1:
+	brelse(info->si_sbh);
 out:
-	brelse(bh);
+	mutex_destroy(&info->bfs_lock);
 	kfree(info);
 	s->s_fs_info = NULL;
 	return ret;
diff --git a/fs/debugfs/inode.c b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
index b486169f42bf997e9e620f12996f7711070140e2..274ac865bae8c776180bc28a19d589f902a090c0 100644
--- a/fs/debugfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
@@ -160,15 +160,8 @@ static int debugfs_create_by_name(const char *name, mode_t mode,
 	 * block. A pointer to that is in the struct vfsmount that we
 	 * have around.
 	 */
-	if (!parent) {
-		if (debugfs_mount && debugfs_mount->mnt_sb) {
-			parent = debugfs_mount->mnt_sb->s_root;
-		}
-	}
-	if (!parent) {
-		pr_debug("debugfs: Ah! can not find a parent!\n");
-		return -EFAULT;
-	}
+	if (!parent)
+		parent = debugfs_mount->mnt_sb->s_root;
 
 	*dentry = NULL;
 	mutex_lock(&parent->d_inode->i_mutex);
diff --git a/fs/romfs/super.c b/fs/romfs/super.c
index c117fa80d1e9b9ddc9be29a7d412022b9d158010..42d213546894a3b412bea8634f7c9535f25cdb19 100644
--- a/fs/romfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/romfs/super.c
@@ -544,6 +544,7 @@ static int romfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 error_rsb_inval:
 	ret = -EINVAL;
 error_rsb:
+	kfree(rsb);
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/security/inode.c b/security/inode.c
index f7496c6a022b7c2213f061c17b435bf0328085ed..c3a793881d04f0c578049f986ce98cb778d71895 100644
--- a/security/inode.c
+++ b/security/inode.c
@@ -156,15 +156,8 @@ static int create_by_name(const char *name, mode_t mode,
 	 * block. A pointer to that is in the struct vfsmount that we
 	 * have around.
 	 */
-	if (!parent ) {
-		if (mount && mount->mnt_sb) {
-			parent = mount->mnt_sb->s_root;
-		}
-	}
-	if (!parent) {
-		pr_debug("securityfs: Ah! can not find a parent!\n");
-		return -EFAULT;
-	}
+	if (!parent)
+		parent = mount->mnt_sb->s_root;
 
 	mutex_lock(&parent->d_inode->i_mutex);
 	*dentry = lookup_one_len(name, parent, strlen(name));