diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
index f93a88250a448a99293d0a6d776af50b1a98453b..deb48b5fd88327d8249b19aa8de16aab6855c191 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
@@ -359,11 +359,9 @@ struct inode_operations {
 	ssize_t (*listxattr) (struct dentry *, char *, size_t);
 	int (*removexattr) (struct dentry *, const char *);
 	void (*update_time)(struct inode *, struct timespec *, int);
-	int (*atomic_open)(struct inode *, struct dentry *,
+	int (*atomic_open)(struct inode *, struct dentry *, struct file *,
+			unsigned open_flag, umode_t create_mode, int *opened);
 	int (*tmpfile) (struct inode *, struct dentry *, umode_t);
-} ____cacheline_aligned;
-				struct file *, unsigned open_flag,
-				umode_t create_mode, int *opened);
 };
 
 Again, all methods are called without any locks being held, unless
@@ -470,9 +468,11 @@ otherwise noted.
   	method the filesystem can look up, possibly create and open the file in
   	one atomic operation.  If it cannot perform this (e.g. the file type
   	turned out to be wrong) it may signal this by returning 1 instead of
-  	usual 0 or -ve .  This method is only called if the last
-  	component is negative or needs lookup.  Cached positive dentries are
-  	still handled by f_op->open().
+	usual 0 or -ve .  This method is only called if the last component is
+	negative or needs lookup.  Cached positive dentries are still handled by
+	f_op->open().  If the file was created, the FILE_CREATED flag should be
+	set in "opened".  In case of O_EXCL the method must only succeed if the
+	file didn't exist and hence FILE_CREATED shall always be set on success.
 
   tmpfile: called in the end of O_TMPFILE open().  Optional, equivalent to
 	atomically creating, opening and unlinking a file in given directory.
diff --git a/fs/9p/v9fs.c b/fs/9p/v9fs.c
index 58e6cbce4156fb37a9820297e3a35c83d3524e81..08f2e1e9a7e6a4b66d08ea92e5ddf834dcb9d4a4 100644
--- a/fs/9p/v9fs.c
+++ b/fs/9p/v9fs.c
@@ -603,10 +603,11 @@ static int v9fs_cache_register(void)
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 #ifdef CONFIG_9P_FSCACHE
-	return fscache_register_netfs(&v9fs_cache_netfs);
-#else
-	return ret;
+	ret = fscache_register_netfs(&v9fs_cache_netfs);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		v9fs_destroy_inode_cache();
 #endif
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static void v9fs_cache_unregister(void)
diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c b/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c
index 53687bbf2296f8b799583786b16b59a574369f9e..a7c481402c4654416106d22d1ed7d85f65f6f8e1 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c
@@ -267,14 +267,8 @@ v9fs_vfs_atomic_open_dotl(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	}
 
 	/* Only creates */
-	if (!(flags & O_CREAT))
+	if (!(flags & O_CREAT) || dentry->d_inode)
 		return	finish_no_open(file, res);
-	else if (dentry->d_inode) {
-		if ((flags & (O_CREAT | O_EXCL)) == (O_CREAT | O_EXCL))
-			return -EEXIST;
-		else
-			return finish_no_open(file, res);
-	}
 
 	v9ses = v9fs_inode2v9ses(dir);
 
diff --git a/fs/autofs4/waitq.c b/fs/autofs4/waitq.c
index 3db70dae40d3a842de562c9fb4e26c29f9284239..689e40d983ad64ca3726cd5f8dd64c44d49bb5e6 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/waitq.c
+++ b/fs/autofs4/waitq.c
@@ -109,13 +109,7 @@ static void autofs4_notify_daemon(struct autofs_sb_info *sbi,
 
 	pkt.hdr.proto_version = sbi->version;
 	pkt.hdr.type = type;
-	mutex_lock(&sbi->wq_mutex);
 
-	/* Check if we have become catatonic */
-	if (sbi->catatonic) {
-		mutex_unlock(&sbi->wq_mutex);
-		return;
-	}
 	switch (type) {
 	/* Kernel protocol v4 missing and expire packets */
 	case autofs_ptype_missing:
@@ -427,7 +421,6 @@ int autofs4_wait(struct autofs_sb_info *sbi, struct dentry *dentry,
 		wq->tgid = current->tgid;
 		wq->status = -EINTR; /* Status return if interrupted */
 		wq->wait_ctr = 2;
-		mutex_unlock(&sbi->wq_mutex);
 
 		if (sbi->version < 5) {
 			if (notify == NFY_MOUNT)
@@ -449,15 +442,15 @@ int autofs4_wait(struct autofs_sb_info *sbi, struct dentry *dentry,
 			(unsigned long) wq->wait_queue_token, wq->name.len,
 			wq->name.name, notify);
 
-		/* autofs4_notify_daemon() may block */
+		/* autofs4_notify_daemon() may block; it will unlock ->wq_mutex */
 		autofs4_notify_daemon(sbi, wq, type);
 	} else {
 		wq->wait_ctr++;
-		mutex_unlock(&sbi->wq_mutex);
-		kfree(qstr.name);
 		DPRINTK("existing wait id = 0x%08lx, name = %.*s, nfy=%d",
 			(unsigned long) wq->wait_queue_token, wq->name.len,
 			wq->name.name, notify);
+		mutex_unlock(&sbi->wq_mutex);
+		kfree(qstr.name);
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/fs/cifs/dir.c b/fs/cifs/dir.c
index d3e2eaa503a631e90d918d8ae1d3c9cc2bb66cda..5384c2a640ca6fc06962a01261ca4f8ce890b246 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/dir.c
@@ -500,6 +500,7 @@ cifs_atomic_open(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *direntry,
 		if (server->ops->close)
 			server->ops->close(xid, tcon, &fid);
 		cifs_del_pending_open(&open);
+		fput(file);
 		rc = -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/inode.c b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
index 64915eeae5a7112f59256185a00a1cc9f3b2a193..ced3257f06e84bd24b6d96063a4f88f5e2b81525 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
@@ -694,8 +694,10 @@ static int gfs2_create_inode(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 
 	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
-	if (file)
+	if (file) {
+		*opened |= FILE_CREATED;
 		error = finish_open(file, dentry, gfs2_open_common, opened);
+	}
 	gfs2_glock_dq_uninit(ghs);
 	gfs2_glock_dq_uninit(ghs + 1);
 	return error;
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 0dc4cbf21f377681aa611578a38ab80c0af24646..645268f23eb64cb8c2931ce33391beb2d0080c36 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -2656,6 +2656,7 @@ static int atomic_open(struct nameidata *nd, struct dentry *dentry,
 	int acc_mode;
 	int create_error = 0;
 	struct dentry *const DENTRY_NOT_SET = (void *) -1UL;
+	bool excl;
 
 	BUG_ON(dentry->d_inode);
 
@@ -2669,10 +2670,9 @@ static int atomic_open(struct nameidata *nd, struct dentry *dentry,
 	if ((open_flag & O_CREAT) && !IS_POSIXACL(dir))
 		mode &= ~current_umask();
 
-	if ((open_flag & (O_EXCL | O_CREAT)) == (O_EXCL | O_CREAT)) {
+	excl = (open_flag & (O_EXCL | O_CREAT)) == (O_EXCL | O_CREAT);
+	if (excl)
 		open_flag &= ~O_TRUNC;
-		*opened |= FILE_CREATED;
-	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Checking write permission is tricky, bacuse we don't know if we are
@@ -2725,12 +2725,6 @@ static int atomic_open(struct nameidata *nd, struct dentry *dentry,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	acc_mode = op->acc_mode;
-	if (*opened & FILE_CREATED) {
-		fsnotify_create(dir, dentry);
-		acc_mode = MAY_OPEN;
-	}
-
 	if (error) {	/* returned 1, that is */
 		if (WARN_ON(file->f_path.dentry == DENTRY_NOT_SET)) {
 			error = -EIO;
@@ -2740,9 +2734,19 @@ static int atomic_open(struct nameidata *nd, struct dentry *dentry,
 			dput(dentry);
 			dentry = file->f_path.dentry;
 		}
-		if (create_error && dentry->d_inode == NULL) {
-			error = create_error;
-			goto out;
+		if (*opened & FILE_CREATED)
+			fsnotify_create(dir, dentry);
+		if (!dentry->d_inode) {
+			WARN_ON(*opened & FILE_CREATED);
+			if (create_error) {
+				error = create_error;
+				goto out;
+			}
+		} else {
+			if (excl && !(*opened & FILE_CREATED)) {
+				error = -EEXIST;
+				goto out;
+			}
 		}
 		goto looked_up;
 	}
@@ -2751,6 +2755,12 @@ static int atomic_open(struct nameidata *nd, struct dentry *dentry,
 	 * We didn't have the inode before the open, so check open permission
 	 * here.
 	 */
+	acc_mode = op->acc_mode;
+	if (*opened & FILE_CREATED) {
+		WARN_ON(!(open_flag & O_CREAT));
+		fsnotify_create(dir, dentry);
+		acc_mode = MAY_OPEN;
+	}
 	error = may_open(&file->f_path, acc_mode, open_flag);
 	if (error)
 		fput(file);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index de434f309af037c5196335d41666312a69bc50a7..854a8f05a61007bf14b2dd75e7f080fbb248cce4 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -1392,6 +1392,9 @@ static int nfs_finish_open(struct nfs_open_context *ctx,
 {
 	int err;
 
+	if ((open_flags & (O_CREAT | O_EXCL)) == (O_CREAT | O_EXCL))
+		*opened |= FILE_CREATED;
+
 	err = finish_open(file, dentry, do_open, opened);
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index 2a731b0d08bc456af047ad58ce68c6823f7b1972..d420331ca32a20b20b00c1da468a9af516e6a037 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -744,14 +744,24 @@ static int do_dentry_open(struct file *f,
 
 /**
  * finish_open - finish opening a file
- * @od: opaque open data
+ * @file: file pointer
  * @dentry: pointer to dentry
  * @open: open callback
+ * @opened: state of open
  *
  * This can be used to finish opening a file passed to i_op->atomic_open().
  *
  * If the open callback is set to NULL, then the standard f_op->open()
  * filesystem callback is substituted.
+ *
+ * NB: the dentry reference is _not_ consumed.  If, for example, the dentry is
+ * the return value of d_splice_alias(), then the caller needs to perform dput()
+ * on it after finish_open().
+ *
+ * On successful return @file is a fully instantiated open file.  After this, if
+ * an error occurs in ->atomic_open(), it needs to clean up with fput().
+ *
+ * Returns zero on success or -errno if the open failed.
  */
 int finish_open(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry,
 		int (*open)(struct inode *, struct file *),
@@ -772,11 +782,16 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(finish_open);
 /**
  * finish_no_open - finish ->atomic_open() without opening the file
  *
- * @od: opaque open data
+ * @file: file pointer
  * @dentry: dentry or NULL (as returned from ->lookup())
  *
  * This can be used to set the result of a successful lookup in ->atomic_open().
- * The filesystem's atomic_open() method shall return NULL after calling this.
+ *
+ * NB: unlike finish_open() this function does consume the dentry reference and
+ * the caller need not dput() it.
+ *
+ * Returns "1" which must be the return value of ->atomic_open() after having
+ * called this function.
  */
 int finish_no_open(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry)
 {