diff --git a/fs/lockd/clntlock.c b/fs/lockd/clntlock.c
index 006bb9e14579e42c37cd5954dac3a34b1eacf25c..3eaf6e70108781fec63c61a32141b435532faae3 100644
--- a/fs/lockd/clntlock.c
+++ b/fs/lockd/clntlock.c
@@ -157,6 +157,8 @@ void nlmclnt_mark_reclaim(struct nlm_host *host)
 		inode = fl->fl_file->f_dentry->d_inode;
 		if (inode->i_sb->s_magic != NFS_SUPER_MAGIC)
 			continue;
+		if (fl->fl_u.nfs_fl.owner == NULL)
+			continue;
 		if (fl->fl_u.nfs_fl.owner->host != host)
 			continue;
 		if (!(fl->fl_u.nfs_fl.flags & NFS_LCK_GRANTED))
@@ -226,6 +228,8 @@ reclaimer(void *ptr)
 		inode = fl->fl_file->f_dentry->d_inode;
 		if (inode->i_sb->s_magic != NFS_SUPER_MAGIC)
 			continue;
+		if (fl->fl_u.nfs_fl.owner == NULL)
+			continue;
 		if (fl->fl_u.nfs_fl.owner->host != host)
 			continue;
 		if (!(fl->fl_u.nfs_fl.flags & NFS_LCK_RECLAIM))
diff --git a/fs/nfs/direct.c b/fs/nfs/direct.c
index b497c71384e8df038b7059a447216b706117aa59..07922881760339f15e907e340c787cf78d888bca 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/direct.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/direct.c
@@ -678,15 +678,9 @@ nfs_file_direct_read(struct kiocb *iocb, char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t
 	if (!count)
 		goto out;
 
-	if (mapping->nrpages) {
-		retval = filemap_fdatawrite(mapping);
-		if (retval == 0)
-			retval = nfs_wb_all(inode);
-		if (retval == 0)
-			retval = filemap_fdatawait(mapping);
-		if (retval)
-			goto out;
-	}
+	retval = nfs_sync_mapping(mapping);
+	if (retval)
+		goto out;
 
 	retval = nfs_direct_read(inode, ctx, &iov, pos, 1);
 	if (retval > 0)
@@ -764,15 +758,9 @@ nfs_file_direct_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const char __user *buf, size_t count,
 	if (!count)
 		goto out;
 
-	if (mapping->nrpages) {
-		retval = filemap_fdatawrite(mapping);
-		if (retval == 0)
-			retval = nfs_wb_all(inode);
-		if (retval == 0)
-			retval = filemap_fdatawait(mapping);
-		if (retval)
-			goto out;
-	}
+	retval = nfs_sync_mapping(mapping);
+	if (retval)
+		goto out;
 
 	retval = nfs_direct_write(inode, ctx, &iov, pos, 1);
 	if (mapping->nrpages)
diff --git a/fs/nfs/file.c b/fs/nfs/file.c
index 57d3e77d97ee1eb2e9c291695078d8b06f902d24..eb5cd4c3bbfdbf3aae12b0f367f544fcc4c4a13b 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/file.c
@@ -433,11 +433,7 @@ static int do_unlk(struct file *filp, int cmd, struct file_lock *fl)
 	 * Flush all pending writes before doing anything
 	 * with locks..
 	 */
-	filemap_fdatawrite(filp->f_mapping);
-	down(&inode->i_sem);
-	nfs_wb_all(inode);
-	up(&inode->i_sem);
-	filemap_fdatawait(filp->f_mapping);
+	nfs_sync_mapping(filp->f_mapping);
 
 	/* NOTE: special case
 	 * 	If we're signalled while cleaning up locks on process exit, we
@@ -465,15 +461,8 @@ static int do_setlk(struct file *filp, int cmd, struct file_lock *fl)
 	 * Flush all pending writes before doing anything
 	 * with locks..
 	 */
-	status = filemap_fdatawrite(filp->f_mapping);
-	if (status == 0) {
-		down(&inode->i_sem);
-		status = nfs_wb_all(inode);
-		up(&inode->i_sem);
-		if (status == 0)
-			status = filemap_fdatawait(filp->f_mapping);
-	}
-	if (status < 0)
+	status = nfs_sync_mapping(filp->f_mapping);
+	if (status != 0)
 		goto out;
 
 	lock_kernel();
@@ -497,11 +486,7 @@ static int do_setlk(struct file *filp, int cmd, struct file_lock *fl)
 	 * Make sure we clear the cache whenever we try to get the lock.
 	 * This makes locking act as a cache coherency point.
 	 */
-	filemap_fdatawrite(filp->f_mapping);
-	down(&inode->i_sem);
-	nfs_wb_all(inode);	/* we may have slept */
-	up(&inode->i_sem);
-	filemap_fdatawait(filp->f_mapping);
+	nfs_sync_mapping(filp->f_mapping);
 	nfs_zap_caches(inode);
 out:
 	rpc_clnt_sigunmask(NFS_CLIENT(inode), &oldset);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c
index afd75d0463fd2ea6ce64dd6f18a390c59a8a7ccf..432f41cd75e6c9258035d01440720175008d3ebb 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c
@@ -640,6 +640,27 @@ static int nfs_show_options(struct seq_file *m, struct vfsmount *mnt)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ * nfs_sync_mapping - helper to flush all mmapped dirty data to disk
+ */
+int nfs_sync_mapping(struct address_space *mapping)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	if (mapping->nrpages == 0)
+		return 0;
+	unmap_mapping_range(mapping, 0, 0, 0);
+	ret = filemap_fdatawrite(mapping);
+	if (ret != 0)
+		goto out;
+	ret = filemap_fdatawait(mapping);
+	if (ret != 0)
+		goto out;
+	ret = nfs_wb_all(mapping->host);
+out:
+	return ret;
+}
+
 /*
  * Invalidate the local caches
  */
@@ -1179,11 +1200,8 @@ void nfs_revalidate_mapping(struct inode *inode, struct address_space *mapping)
 	struct nfs_inode *nfsi = NFS_I(inode);
 
 	if (nfsi->cache_validity & NFS_INO_INVALID_DATA) {
-		if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode)) {
-			if (filemap_fdatawrite(mapping) == 0)
-				filemap_fdatawait(mapping);
-			nfs_wb_all(inode);
-		}
+		if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
+			nfs_sync_mapping(mapping);
 		invalidate_inode_pages2(mapping);
 
 		spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
index 12787a9b02596d14a412eeeacb21d3bb39f29e43..2516adeccecfd1a7d2cd17bc9fe7f1e9c5ce9034 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
@@ -291,6 +291,7 @@ static inline int nfs_verify_change_attribute(struct inode *inode, unsigned long
 /*
  * linux/fs/nfs/inode.c
  */
+extern int nfs_sync_mapping(struct address_space *mapping);
 extern void nfs_zap_caches(struct inode *);
 extern struct inode *nfs_fhget(struct super_block *, struct nfs_fh *,
 				struct nfs_fattr *);
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c
index f44f46f1d8e053c0d330b442c2f3788cf4073dd4..8d782282ec194c6f682fd71b2a100c25141c45c0 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ gss_pipe_destroy_msg(struct rpc_pipe_msg *msg)
 				gss_msg);
 		atomic_inc(&gss_msg->count);
 		gss_unhash_msg(gss_msg);
-		if (msg->errno == -ETIMEDOUT || msg->errno == -EPIPE) {
+		if (msg->errno == -ETIMEDOUT) {
 			unsigned long now = jiffies;
 			if (time_after(now, ratelimit)) {
 				printk(KERN_WARNING "RPC: AUTH_GSS upcall timed out.\n"
@@ -786,7 +786,9 @@ gss_create_cred(struct rpc_auth *auth, struct auth_cred *acred, int taskflags)
 	cred->gc_flags = 0;
 	cred->gc_base.cr_ops = &gss_credops;
 	cred->gc_service = gss_auth->service;
-	err = gss_create_upcall(gss_auth, cred);
+	do {
+		err = gss_create_upcall(gss_auth, cred);
+	} while (err == -EAGAIN);
 	if (err < 0)
 		goto out_err;
 
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c b/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
index c76ea221798caf96666ef99ac3ce5c1694c832b7..16a2458f38f7055d889548289945cae243c5d844 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ rpc_pipe_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 		goto out;
 	msg = (struct rpc_pipe_msg *)filp->private_data;
 	if (msg != NULL) {
-		msg->errno = -EPIPE;
+		msg->errno = -EAGAIN;
 		list_del_init(&msg->list);
 		rpci->ops->destroy_msg(msg);
 	}
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ rpc_pipe_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 	if (filp->f_mode & FMODE_READ)
 		rpci->nreaders --;
 	if (!rpci->nreaders)
-		__rpc_purge_upcall(inode, -EPIPE);
+		__rpc_purge_upcall(inode, -EAGAIN);
 	if (rpci->ops->release_pipe)
 		rpci->ops->release_pipe(inode);
 out:
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
index 0a51fd46a848d03d81a57b81383d0309d7f4fa30..77e8800d412799c088bb14d25538093216e27232 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
@@ -990,6 +990,7 @@ static void xs_udp_connect_worker(void *args)
 		sk->sk_data_ready = xs_udp_data_ready;
 		sk->sk_write_space = xs_udp_write_space;
 		sk->sk_no_check = UDP_CSUM_NORCV;
+		sk->sk_allocation = GFP_ATOMIC;
 
 		xprt_set_connected(xprt);
 
@@ -1074,6 +1075,7 @@ static void xs_tcp_connect_worker(void *args)
 		sk->sk_data_ready = xs_tcp_data_ready;
 		sk->sk_state_change = xs_tcp_state_change;
 		sk->sk_write_space = xs_tcp_write_space;
+		sk->sk_allocation = GFP_ATOMIC;
 
 		/* socket options */
 		sk->sk_userlocks |= SOCK_BINDPORT_LOCK;