diff --git a/fs/cifs/CHANGES b/fs/cifs/CHANGES
index 06e521a945c33494130c7f1ab637d5ecfbef234c..a7255751ffbcb942f972d137870717e7d77bbb22 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/CHANGES
+++ b/fs/cifs/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+Version 1.55
+------------
+Various fixes to make delete of open files behavior more predictable
+(when delete of an open file fails we mark the file as "delete-on-close"
+in a way that more servers accept, but only if we can first rename the
+file to a temporary name)
+
 Version 1.54
 ------------
 Fix premature write failure on congested networks (we would give up
@@ -13,6 +20,7 @@ on dns_upcall (resolving DFS referralls).  Fix plain text password
 authentication (requires setting SecurityFlags to 0x30030 to enable
 lanman and plain text though).  Fix writes to be at correct offset when
 file is open with O_APPEND and file is on a directio (forcediretio) mount.
+Fix bug in rewinding readdir directory searches.  Add nodfs mount option.
 
 Version 1.53
 ------------
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h
index f7b4a5cd837b98184cc35aa4ea9d7163b4f36cb7..074de0b5064d094c620b6a60de53cd08ce143565 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h
@@ -101,5 +101,5 @@ extern long cifs_ioctl(struct file *filep, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg);
 extern const struct export_operations cifs_export_ops;
 #endif /* EXPERIMENTAL */
 
-#define CIFS_VERSION   "1.54"
+#define CIFS_VERSION   "1.55"
 #endif				/* _CIFSFS_H */
diff --git a/fs/cifs/inode.c b/fs/cifs/inode.c
index dea9eeb58b000ad1e8afc8fab4f51d57e806bb02..232ab16d7fd40115d7c12dc817ff68a395a9e696 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/inode.c
@@ -773,16 +773,17 @@ cifs_set_file_info(struct inode *inode, struct iattr *attrs, int xid,
  * anything else.
  */
 static int
-cifs_rename_pending_delete(char *full_path, struct inode *inode, int xid)
+cifs_rename_pending_delete(char *full_path, struct dentry *dentry, int xid)
 {
 	int oplock = 0;
 	int rc;
 	__u16 netfid;
+	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
 	struct cifsInodeInfo *cifsInode = CIFS_I(inode);
 	struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb = CIFS_SB(inode->i_sb);
 	struct cifsTconInfo *tcon = cifs_sb->tcon;
-	__u32 dosattr;
-	FILE_BASIC_INFO *info_buf;
+	__u32 dosattr, origattr;
+	FILE_BASIC_INFO *info_buf = NULL;
 
 	rc = CIFSSMBOpen(xid, tcon, full_path, FILE_OPEN,
 			 DELETE|FILE_WRITE_ATTRIBUTES, CREATE_NOT_DIR,
@@ -791,50 +792,87 @@ cifs_rename_pending_delete(char *full_path, struct inode *inode, int xid)
 	if (rc != 0)
 		goto out;
 
-	/* set ATTR_HIDDEN and clear ATTR_READONLY */
-	cifsInode = CIFS_I(inode);
-	dosattr = cifsInode->cifsAttrs & ~ATTR_READONLY;
+	origattr = cifsInode->cifsAttrs;
+	if (origattr == 0)
+		origattr |= ATTR_NORMAL;
+
+	dosattr = origattr & ~ATTR_READONLY;
 	if (dosattr == 0)
 		dosattr |= ATTR_NORMAL;
 	dosattr |= ATTR_HIDDEN;
 
-	info_buf = kzalloc(sizeof(*info_buf), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (info_buf == NULL) {
-		rc = -ENOMEM;
-		goto out_close;
+	/* set ATTR_HIDDEN and clear ATTR_READONLY, but only if needed */
+	if (dosattr != origattr) {
+		info_buf = kzalloc(sizeof(*info_buf), GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (info_buf == NULL) {
+			rc = -ENOMEM;
+			goto out_close;
+		}
+		info_buf->Attributes = cpu_to_le32(dosattr);
+		rc = CIFSSMBSetFileInfo(xid, tcon, info_buf, netfid,
+					current->tgid);
+		/* although we would like to mark the file hidden
+ 		   if that fails we will still try to rename it */
+		if (rc != 0) {
+			cifsInode->cifsAttrs = dosattr;
+		else
+			dosattr = origattr; /* since not able to change them */
 	}
-	info_buf->Attributes = cpu_to_le32(dosattr);
-	rc = CIFSSMBSetFileInfo(xid, tcon, info_buf, netfid, current->tgid);
-	kfree(info_buf);
-	if (rc != 0)
-		goto out_close;
-	cifsInode->cifsAttrs = dosattr;
 
 	/* rename the file */
 	rc = CIFSSMBRenameOpenFile(xid, tcon, netfid, NULL, cifs_sb->local_nls,
 				   cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags &
 					    CIFS_MOUNT_MAP_SPECIAL_CHR);
-	if (rc != 0)
-		goto out;
-
-	/* set DELETE_ON_CLOSE */
-	rc = CIFSSMBSetFileDisposition(xid, tcon, true, netfid, current->tgid);
+	if (rc != 0) {
+		rc = -ETXTBSY;
+		goto undo_setattr;
+	}
 
-	/*
-	 * some samba versions return -ENOENT when we try to set the file
-	 * disposition here. Likely a samba bug, but work around it for now.
-	 * This means that some cifsXXX files may hang around after they
-	 * shouldn't.
-	 *
-	 * BB: remove this once fixed samba servers are in the field
-	 */
-	if (rc == -ENOENT)
-		rc = 0;
+	/* try to set DELETE_ON_CLOSE */
+	if (!cifsInode->delete_pending) {
+		rc = CIFSSMBSetFileDisposition(xid, tcon, true, netfid,
+					       current->tgid);
+		/*
+		 * some samba versions return -ENOENT when we try to set the
+		 * file disposition here. Likely a samba bug, but work around
+		 * it for now. This means that some cifsXXX files may hang
+		 * around after they shouldn't.
+		 *
+		 * BB: remove this hack after more servers have the fix
+		 */
+		if (rc == -ENOENT)
+			rc = 0;
+		else if (rc != 0) {
+			rc = -ETXTBSY;
+			goto undo_rename;
+		}
+		cifsInode->delete_pending = true;
+	}
 
 out_close:
 	CIFSSMBClose(xid, tcon, netfid);
 out:
+	kfree(info_buf);
 	return rc;
+
+	/*
+	 * reset everything back to the original state. Don't bother
+	 * dealing with errors here since we can't do anything about
+	 * them anyway.
+	 */
+undo_rename:
+	CIFSSMBRenameOpenFile(xid, tcon, netfid, dentry->d_name.name,
+				cifs_sb->local_nls, cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags &
+					    CIFS_MOUNT_MAP_SPECIAL_CHR);
+undo_setattr:
+	if (dosattr != origattr) {
+		info_buf->Attributes = cpu_to_le32(origattr);
+		if (!CIFSSMBSetFileInfo(xid, tcon, info_buf, netfid,
+					current->tgid))
+			cifsInode->cifsAttrs = origattr;
+	}
+
+	goto out_close;
 }
 
 int cifs_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
@@ -884,7 +922,7 @@ int cifs_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	} else if (rc == -ENOENT) {
 		d_drop(dentry);
 	} else if (rc == -ETXTBSY) {
-		rc = cifs_rename_pending_delete(full_path, inode, xid);
+		rc = cifs_rename_pending_delete(full_path, dentry, xid);
 		if (rc == 0)
 			drop_nlink(inode);
 	} else if (rc == -EACCES && dosattr == 0) {