diff --git a/fs/9p/v9fs_vfs.h b/fs/9p/v9fs_vfs.h
index 46ce357ca1abd46d5bff175aa5518b9e1f7f778f..410ffd6ceb5fb10961d9230e056cd2fe87bef148 100644
--- a/fs/9p/v9fs_vfs.h
+++ b/fs/9p/v9fs_vfs.h
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@ extern struct kmem_cache *v9fs_inode_cache;
 
 struct inode *v9fs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb);
 void v9fs_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode);
-struct inode *v9fs_get_inode(struct super_block *sb, int mode);
+struct inode *v9fs_get_inode(struct super_block *sb, int mode, dev_t);
 int v9fs_init_inode(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses,
-		    struct inode *inode, int mode);
+		    struct inode *inode, int mode, dev_t);
 void v9fs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode);
 ino_t v9fs_qid2ino(struct p9_qid *qid);
 void v9fs_stat2inode(struct p9_wstat *, struct inode *, struct super_block *);
@@ -83,4 +83,6 @@ static inline void v9fs_invalidate_inode_attr(struct inode *inode)
 	v9inode->cache_validity |= V9FS_INO_INVALID_ATTR;
 	return;
 }
+
+int v9fs_open_to_dotl_flags(int flags);
 #endif
diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_file.c b/fs/9p/vfs_file.c
index 3c173fcc2c5a0902be016dd20e6a48411f5d3a55..62857a810a79d00332a150c6a02a433e638d72b8 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_file.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_file.c
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ int v9fs_file_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	v9inode = V9FS_I(inode);
 	v9ses = v9fs_inode2v9ses(inode);
 	if (v9fs_proto_dotl(v9ses))
-		omode = file->f_flags;
+		omode = v9fs_open_to_dotl_flags(file->f_flags);
 	else
 		omode = v9fs_uflags2omode(file->f_flags,
 					v9fs_proto_dotu(v9ses));
@@ -169,7 +169,18 @@ static int v9fs_file_do_lock(struct file *filp, int cmd, struct file_lock *fl)
 
 	/* convert posix lock to p9 tlock args */
 	memset(&flock, 0, sizeof(flock));
-	flock.type = fl->fl_type;
+	/* map the lock type */
+	switch (fl->fl_type) {
+	case F_RDLCK:
+		flock.type = P9_LOCK_TYPE_RDLCK;
+		break;
+	case F_WRLCK:
+		flock.type = P9_LOCK_TYPE_WRLCK;
+		break;
+	case F_UNLCK:
+		flock.type = P9_LOCK_TYPE_UNLCK;
+		break;
+	}
 	flock.start = fl->fl_start;
 	if (fl->fl_end == OFFSET_MAX)
 		flock.length = 0;
@@ -245,7 +256,7 @@ static int v9fs_file_getlock(struct file *filp, struct file_lock *fl)
 
 	/* convert posix lock to p9 tgetlock args */
 	memset(&glock, 0, sizeof(glock));
-	glock.type = fl->fl_type;
+	glock.type  = P9_LOCK_TYPE_UNLCK;
 	glock.start = fl->fl_start;
 	if (fl->fl_end == OFFSET_MAX)
 		glock.length = 0;
@@ -257,17 +268,26 @@ static int v9fs_file_getlock(struct file *filp, struct file_lock *fl)
 	res = p9_client_getlock_dotl(fid, &glock);
 	if (res < 0)
 		return res;
-	if (glock.type != F_UNLCK) {
-		fl->fl_type = glock.type;
+	/* map 9p lock type to os lock type */
+	switch (glock.type) {
+	case P9_LOCK_TYPE_RDLCK:
+		fl->fl_type = F_RDLCK;
+		break;
+	case P9_LOCK_TYPE_WRLCK:
+		fl->fl_type = F_WRLCK;
+		break;
+	case P9_LOCK_TYPE_UNLCK:
+		fl->fl_type = F_UNLCK;
+		break;
+	}
+	if (glock.type != P9_LOCK_TYPE_UNLCK) {
 		fl->fl_start = glock.start;
 		if (glock.length == 0)
 			fl->fl_end = OFFSET_MAX;
 		else
 			fl->fl_end = glock.start + glock.length - 1;
 		fl->fl_pid = glock.proc_id;
-	} else
-		fl->fl_type = F_UNLCK;
-
+	}
 	return res;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c b/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
index 8bb5507e822f4151574f564150f48acd4531f002..e3c03db3c788149b83cd629468d782783f99e15b 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
@@ -95,15 +95,18 @@ static int unixmode2p9mode(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses, int mode)
 /**
  * p9mode2unixmode- convert plan9 mode bits to unix mode bits
  * @v9ses: v9fs session information
- * @mode: mode to convert
+ * @stat: p9_wstat from which mode need to be derived
+ * @rdev: major number, minor number in case of device files.
  *
  */
-
-static int p9mode2unixmode(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses, int mode)
+static int p9mode2unixmode(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses,
+			   struct p9_wstat *stat, dev_t *rdev)
 {
 	int res;
+	int mode = stat->mode;
 
-	res = mode & 0777;
+	res = mode & S_IALLUGO;
+	*rdev = 0;
 
 	if ((mode & P9_DMDIR) == P9_DMDIR)
 		res |= S_IFDIR;
@@ -116,9 +119,26 @@ static int p9mode2unixmode(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses, int mode)
 		 && (v9ses->nodev == 0))
 		res |= S_IFIFO;
 	else if ((mode & P9_DMDEVICE) && (v9fs_proto_dotu(v9ses))
-		 && (v9ses->nodev == 0))
-		res |= S_IFBLK;
-	else
+		 && (v9ses->nodev == 0)) {
+		char type = 0, ext[32];
+		int major = -1, minor = -1;
+
+		strncpy(ext, stat->extension, sizeof(ext));
+		sscanf(ext, "%c %u %u", &type, &major, &minor);
+		switch (type) {
+		case 'c':
+			res |= S_IFCHR;
+			break;
+		case 'b':
+			res |= S_IFBLK;
+			break;
+		default:
+			P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_ERROR,
+				"Unknown special type %c %s\n", type,
+				stat->extension);
+		};
+		*rdev = MKDEV(major, minor);
+	} else
 		res |= S_IFREG;
 
 	if (v9fs_proto_dotu(v9ses)) {
@@ -131,7 +151,6 @@ static int p9mode2unixmode(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses, int mode)
 		if ((mode & P9_DMSETVTX) == P9_DMSETVTX)
 			res |= S_ISVTX;
 	}
-
 	return res;
 }
 
@@ -242,13 +261,13 @@ void v9fs_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
 }
 
 int v9fs_init_inode(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses,
-		    struct inode *inode, int mode)
+		    struct inode *inode, int mode, dev_t rdev)
 {
 	int err = 0;
 
 	inode_init_owner(inode, NULL, mode);
 	inode->i_blocks = 0;
-	inode->i_rdev = 0;
+	inode->i_rdev = rdev;
 	inode->i_atime = inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
 	inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &v9fs_addr_operations;
 
@@ -335,7 +354,7 @@ int v9fs_init_inode(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses,
  *
  */
 
-struct inode *v9fs_get_inode(struct super_block *sb, int mode)
+struct inode *v9fs_get_inode(struct super_block *sb, int mode, dev_t rdev)
 {
 	int err;
 	struct inode *inode;
@@ -348,7 +367,7 @@ struct inode *v9fs_get_inode(struct super_block *sb, int mode)
 		P9_EPRINTK(KERN_WARNING, "Problem allocating inode\n");
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	}
-	err = v9fs_init_inode(v9ses, inode, mode);
+	err = v9fs_init_inode(v9ses, inode, mode, rdev);
 	if (err) {
 		iput(inode);
 		return ERR_PTR(err);
@@ -435,11 +454,12 @@ void v9fs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 static int v9fs_test_inode(struct inode *inode, void *data)
 {
 	int umode;
+	dev_t rdev;
 	struct v9fs_inode *v9inode = V9FS_I(inode);
 	struct p9_wstat *st = (struct p9_wstat *)data;
 	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses = v9fs_inode2v9ses(inode);
 
-	umode = p9mode2unixmode(v9ses, st->mode);
+	umode = p9mode2unixmode(v9ses, st, &rdev);
 	/* don't match inode of different type */
 	if ((inode->i_mode & S_IFMT) != (umode & S_IFMT))
 		return 0;
@@ -473,6 +493,7 @@ static struct inode *v9fs_qid_iget(struct super_block *sb,
 				   struct p9_wstat *st,
 				   int new)
 {
+	dev_t rdev;
 	int retval, umode;
 	unsigned long i_ino;
 	struct inode *inode;
@@ -496,8 +517,8 @@ static struct inode *v9fs_qid_iget(struct super_block *sb,
 	 * later.
 	 */
 	inode->i_ino = i_ino;
-	umode = p9mode2unixmode(v9ses, st->mode);
-	retval = v9fs_init_inode(v9ses, inode, umode);
+	umode = p9mode2unixmode(v9ses, st, &rdev);
+	retval = v9fs_init_inode(v9ses, inode, umode, rdev);
 	if (retval)
 		goto error;
 
@@ -531,6 +552,19 @@ v9fs_inode_from_fid(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses, struct p9_fid *fid,
 	return inode;
 }
 
+/**
+ * v9fs_at_to_dotl_flags- convert Linux specific AT flags to
+ * plan 9 AT flag.
+ * @flags: flags to convert
+ */
+static int v9fs_at_to_dotl_flags(int flags)
+{
+	int rflags = 0;
+	if (flags & AT_REMOVEDIR)
+		rflags |= P9_DOTL_AT_REMOVEDIR;
+	return rflags;
+}
+
 /**
  * v9fs_remove - helper function to remove files and directories
  * @dir: directory inode that is being deleted
@@ -558,7 +592,8 @@ static int v9fs_remove(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int flags)
 		return retval;
 	}
 	if (v9fs_proto_dotl(v9ses))
-		retval = p9_client_unlinkat(dfid, dentry->d_name.name, flags);
+		retval = p9_client_unlinkat(dfid, dentry->d_name.name,
+					    v9fs_at_to_dotl_flags(flags));
 	if (retval == -EOPNOTSUPP) {
 		/* Try the one based on path */
 		v9fid = v9fs_fid_clone(dentry);
@@ -645,13 +680,11 @@ v9fs_create(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses, struct inode *dir,
 		P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "inode creation failed %d\n", err);
 		goto error;
 	}
-	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
 	err = v9fs_fid_add(dentry, fid);
 	if (err < 0)
 		goto error;
-
+	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
 	return ofid;
-
 error:
 	if (ofid)
 		p9_client_clunk(ofid);
@@ -792,6 +825,7 @@ static int v9fs_vfs_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode)
 struct dentry *v9fs_vfs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 				      struct nameidata *nameidata)
 {
+	struct dentry *res;
 	struct super_block *sb;
 	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses;
 	struct p9_fid *dfid, *fid;
@@ -823,22 +857,35 @@ struct dentry *v9fs_vfs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 
 		return ERR_PTR(result);
 	}
-
-	inode = v9fs_get_inode_from_fid(v9ses, fid, dir->i_sb);
+	/*
+	 * Make sure we don't use a wrong inode due to parallel
+	 * unlink. For cached mode create calls request for new
+	 * inode. But with cache disabled, lookup should do this.
+	 */
+	if (v9ses->cache)
+		inode = v9fs_get_inode_from_fid(v9ses, fid, dir->i_sb);
+	else
+		inode = v9fs_get_new_inode_from_fid(v9ses, fid, dir->i_sb);
 	if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
 		result = PTR_ERR(inode);
 		inode = NULL;
 		goto error;
 	}
-
 	result = v9fs_fid_add(dentry, fid);
 	if (result < 0)
 		goto error_iput;
-
 inst_out:
-	d_add(dentry, inode);
-	return NULL;
-
+	/*
+	 * If we had a rename on the server and a parallel lookup
+	 * for the new name, then make sure we instantiate with
+	 * the new name. ie look up for a/b, while on server somebody
+	 * moved b under k and client parallely did a lookup for
+	 * k/b.
+	 */
+	res = d_materialise_unique(dentry, inode);
+	if (!IS_ERR(res))
+		return res;
+	result = PTR_ERR(res);
 error_iput:
 	iput(inode);
 error:
@@ -1002,7 +1049,7 @@ v9fs_vfs_getattr(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry,
 		return PTR_ERR(st);
 
 	v9fs_stat2inode(st, dentry->d_inode, dentry->d_inode->i_sb);
-		generic_fillattr(dentry->d_inode, stat);
+	generic_fillattr(dentry->d_inode, stat);
 
 	p9stat_free(st);
 	kfree(st);
@@ -1086,6 +1133,7 @@ void
 v9fs_stat2inode(struct p9_wstat *stat, struct inode *inode,
 	struct super_block *sb)
 {
+	mode_t mode;
 	char ext[32];
 	char tag_name[14];
 	unsigned int i_nlink;
@@ -1121,31 +1169,9 @@ v9fs_stat2inode(struct p9_wstat *stat, struct inode *inode,
 				inode->i_nlink = i_nlink;
 		}
 	}
-	inode->i_mode = p9mode2unixmode(v9ses, stat->mode);
-	if ((S_ISBLK(inode->i_mode)) || (S_ISCHR(inode->i_mode))) {
-		char type = 0;
-		int major = -1;
-		int minor = -1;
-
-		strncpy(ext, stat->extension, sizeof(ext));
-		sscanf(ext, "%c %u %u", &type, &major, &minor);
-		switch (type) {
-		case 'c':
-			inode->i_mode &= ~S_IFBLK;
-			inode->i_mode |= S_IFCHR;
-			break;
-		case 'b':
-			break;
-		default:
-			P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_ERROR,
-				"Unknown special type %c %s\n", type,
-				stat->extension);
-		};
-		inode->i_rdev = MKDEV(major, minor);
-		init_special_inode(inode, inode->i_mode, inode->i_rdev);
-	} else
-		inode->i_rdev = 0;
-
+	mode = stat->mode & S_IALLUGO;
+	mode |= inode->i_mode & ~S_IALLUGO;
+	inode->i_mode = mode;
 	i_size_write(inode, stat->length);
 
 	/* not real number of blocks, but 512 byte ones ... */
@@ -1411,6 +1437,8 @@ v9fs_vfs_mknod(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode, dev_t rdev)
 
 int v9fs_refresh_inode(struct p9_fid *fid, struct inode *inode)
 {
+	int umode;
+	dev_t rdev;
 	loff_t i_size;
 	struct p9_wstat *st;
 	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses;
@@ -1419,6 +1447,12 @@ int v9fs_refresh_inode(struct p9_fid *fid, struct inode *inode)
 	st = p9_client_stat(fid);
 	if (IS_ERR(st))
 		return PTR_ERR(st);
+	/*
+	 * Don't update inode if the file type is different
+	 */
+	umode = p9mode2unixmode(v9ses, st, &rdev);
+	if ((inode->i_mode & S_IFMT) != (umode & S_IFMT))
+		goto out;
 
 	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
 	/*
@@ -1430,6 +1464,7 @@ int v9fs_refresh_inode(struct p9_fid *fid, struct inode *inode)
 	if (v9ses->cache)
 		inode->i_size = i_size;
 	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+out:
 	p9stat_free(st);
 	kfree(st);
 	return 0;
diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c b/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c
index b6c8ed205192e5ab34f1b8ae15323dcc01fdec34..aded79fcd5cfdadc359929f3b39fad1f92ff2001 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c
@@ -153,7 +153,8 @@ static struct inode *v9fs_qid_iget_dotl(struct super_block *sb,
 	 * later.
 	 */
 	inode->i_ino = i_ino;
-	retval = v9fs_init_inode(v9ses, inode, st->st_mode);
+	retval = v9fs_init_inode(v9ses, inode,
+				 st->st_mode, new_decode_dev(st->st_rdev));
 	if (retval)
 		goto error;
 
@@ -190,6 +191,58 @@ v9fs_inode_from_fid_dotl(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses, struct p9_fid *fid,
 	return inode;
 }
 
+struct dotl_openflag_map {
+	int open_flag;
+	int dotl_flag;
+};
+
+static int v9fs_mapped_dotl_flags(int flags)
+{
+	int i;
+	int rflags = 0;
+	struct dotl_openflag_map dotl_oflag_map[] = {
+		{ O_CREAT,	P9_DOTL_CREATE },
+		{ O_EXCL,	P9_DOTL_EXCL },
+		{ O_NOCTTY,	P9_DOTL_NOCTTY },
+		{ O_TRUNC,	P9_DOTL_TRUNC },
+		{ O_APPEND,	P9_DOTL_APPEND },
+		{ O_NONBLOCK,	P9_DOTL_NONBLOCK },
+		{ O_DSYNC,	P9_DOTL_DSYNC },
+		{ FASYNC,	P9_DOTL_FASYNC },
+		{ O_DIRECT,	P9_DOTL_DIRECT },
+		{ O_LARGEFILE,	P9_DOTL_LARGEFILE },
+		{ O_DIRECTORY,	P9_DOTL_DIRECTORY },
+		{ O_NOFOLLOW,	P9_DOTL_NOFOLLOW },
+		{ O_NOATIME,	P9_DOTL_NOATIME },
+		{ O_CLOEXEC,	P9_DOTL_CLOEXEC },
+		{ O_SYNC,	P9_DOTL_SYNC},
+	};
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(dotl_oflag_map); i++) {
+		if (flags & dotl_oflag_map[i].open_flag)
+			rflags |= dotl_oflag_map[i].dotl_flag;
+	}
+	return rflags;
+}
+
+/**
+ * v9fs_open_to_dotl_flags- convert Linux specific open flags to
+ * plan 9 open flag.
+ * @flags: flags to convert
+ */
+int v9fs_open_to_dotl_flags(int flags)
+{
+	int rflags = 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * We have same bits for P9_DOTL_READONLY, P9_DOTL_WRONLY
+	 * and P9_DOTL_NOACCESS
+	 */
+	rflags |= flags & O_ACCMODE;
+	rflags |= v9fs_mapped_dotl_flags(flags);
+
+	return rflags;
+}
+
 /**
  * v9fs_vfs_create_dotl - VFS hook to create files for 9P2000.L protocol.
  * @dir: directory inode that is being created
@@ -258,7 +311,8 @@ v9fs_vfs_create_dotl(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int omode,
 			   "Failed to get acl values in creat %d\n", err);
 		goto error;
 	}
-	err = p9_client_create_dotl(ofid, name, flags, mode, gid, &qid);
+	err = p9_client_create_dotl(ofid, name, v9fs_open_to_dotl_flags(flags),
+				    mode, gid, &qid);
 	if (err < 0) {
 		P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_VFS,
 				"p9_client_open_dotl failed in creat %d\n",
@@ -281,10 +335,10 @@ v9fs_vfs_create_dotl(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int omode,
 		P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "inode creation failed %d\n", err);
 		goto error;
 	}
-	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
 	err = v9fs_fid_add(dentry, fid);
 	if (err < 0)
 		goto error;
+	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
 
 	/* Now set the ACL based on the default value */
 	v9fs_set_create_acl(dentry, &dacl, &pacl);
@@ -403,10 +457,10 @@ static int v9fs_vfs_mkdir_dotl(struct inode *dir,
 				err);
 			goto error;
 		}
-		d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
 		err = v9fs_fid_add(dentry, fid);
 		if (err < 0)
 			goto error;
+		d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
 		fid = NULL;
 	} else {
 		/*
@@ -414,7 +468,7 @@ static int v9fs_vfs_mkdir_dotl(struct inode *dir,
 		 * inode with stat. We need to get an inode
 		 * so that we can set the acl with dentry
 		 */
-		inode = v9fs_get_inode(dir->i_sb, mode);
+		inode = v9fs_get_inode(dir->i_sb, mode, 0);
 		if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
 			err = PTR_ERR(inode);
 			goto error;
@@ -540,6 +594,7 @@ int v9fs_vfs_setattr_dotl(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *iattr)
 void
 v9fs_stat2inode_dotl(struct p9_stat_dotl *stat, struct inode *inode)
 {
+	mode_t mode;
 	struct v9fs_inode *v9inode = V9FS_I(inode);
 
 	if ((stat->st_result_mask & P9_STATS_BASIC) == P9_STATS_BASIC) {
@@ -552,11 +607,10 @@ v9fs_stat2inode_dotl(struct p9_stat_dotl *stat, struct inode *inode)
 		inode->i_uid = stat->st_uid;
 		inode->i_gid = stat->st_gid;
 		inode->i_nlink = stat->st_nlink;
-		inode->i_mode = stat->st_mode;
-		inode->i_rdev = new_decode_dev(stat->st_rdev);
 
-		if ((S_ISBLK(inode->i_mode)) || (S_ISCHR(inode->i_mode)))
-			init_special_inode(inode, inode->i_mode, inode->i_rdev);
+		mode = stat->st_mode & S_IALLUGO;
+		mode |= inode->i_mode & ~S_IALLUGO;
+		inode->i_mode = mode;
 
 		i_size_write(inode, stat->st_size);
 		inode->i_blocks = stat->st_blocks;
@@ -657,14 +711,14 @@ v9fs_vfs_symlink_dotl(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 					err);
 			goto error;
 		}
-		d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
 		err = v9fs_fid_add(dentry, fid);
 		if (err < 0)
 			goto error;
+		d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
 		fid = NULL;
 	} else {
 		/* Not in cached mode. No need to populate inode with stat */
-		inode = v9fs_get_inode(dir->i_sb, S_IFLNK);
+		inode = v9fs_get_inode(dir->i_sb, S_IFLNK, 0);
 		if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
 			err = PTR_ERR(inode);
 			goto error;
@@ -810,17 +864,17 @@ v9fs_vfs_mknod_dotl(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int omode,
 				err);
 			goto error;
 		}
-		d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
 		err = v9fs_fid_add(dentry, fid);
 		if (err < 0)
 			goto error;
+		d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
 		fid = NULL;
 	} else {
 		/*
 		 * Not in cached mode. No need to populate inode with stat.
 		 * socket syscall returns a fd, so we need instantiate
 		 */
-		inode = v9fs_get_inode(dir->i_sb, mode);
+		inode = v9fs_get_inode(dir->i_sb, mode, rdev);
 		if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
 			err = PTR_ERR(inode);
 			goto error;
@@ -886,6 +940,11 @@ int v9fs_refresh_inode_dotl(struct p9_fid *fid, struct inode *inode)
 	st = p9_client_getattr_dotl(fid, P9_STATS_ALL);
 	if (IS_ERR(st))
 		return PTR_ERR(st);
+	/*
+	 * Don't update inode if the file type is different
+	 */
+	if ((inode->i_mode & S_IFMT) != (st->st_mode & S_IFMT))
+		goto out;
 
 	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
 	/*
@@ -897,6 +956,7 @@ int v9fs_refresh_inode_dotl(struct p9_fid *fid, struct inode *inode)
 	if (v9ses->cache)
 		inode->i_size = i_size;
 	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+out:
 	kfree(st);
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_super.c b/fs/9p/vfs_super.c
index feef6cdc1fd22d23ba45a8f98f2f21ec0a0dc95a..c70251d47ed196c65594365091c1125f4e86d987 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_super.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_super.c
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ static struct dentry *v9fs_mount(struct file_system_type *fs_type, int flags,
 	else
 		sb->s_d_op = &v9fs_dentry_operations;
 
-	inode = v9fs_get_inode(sb, S_IFDIR | mode);
+	inode = v9fs_get_inode(sb, S_IFDIR | mode, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
 		retval = PTR_ERR(inode);
 		goto release_sb;
diff --git a/include/net/9p/9p.h b/include/net/9p/9p.h
index 342dcf13d039a8470ddcf4628b55c510c7fb13fe..a6326ef8ade6ccfbf19b615167f9863bc941d663 100644
--- a/include/net/9p/9p.h
+++ b/include/net/9p/9p.h
@@ -288,6 +288,35 @@ enum p9_perm_t {
 	P9_DMSETVTX = 0x00010000,
 };
 
+/* 9p2000.L open flags */
+#define P9_DOTL_RDONLY        00000000
+#define P9_DOTL_WRONLY        00000001
+#define P9_DOTL_RDWR          00000002
+#define P9_DOTL_NOACCESS      00000003
+#define P9_DOTL_CREATE        00000100
+#define P9_DOTL_EXCL          00000200
+#define P9_DOTL_NOCTTY        00000400
+#define P9_DOTL_TRUNC         00001000
+#define P9_DOTL_APPEND        00002000
+#define P9_DOTL_NONBLOCK      00004000
+#define P9_DOTL_DSYNC         00010000
+#define P9_DOTL_FASYNC        00020000
+#define P9_DOTL_DIRECT        00040000
+#define P9_DOTL_LARGEFILE     00100000
+#define P9_DOTL_DIRECTORY     00200000
+#define P9_DOTL_NOFOLLOW      00400000
+#define P9_DOTL_NOATIME       01000000
+#define P9_DOTL_CLOEXEC       02000000
+#define P9_DOTL_SYNC          04000000
+
+/* 9p2000.L at flags */
+#define P9_DOTL_AT_REMOVEDIR		0x200
+
+/* 9p2000.L lock type */
+#define P9_LOCK_TYPE_RDLCK 0
+#define P9_LOCK_TYPE_WRLCK 1
+#define P9_LOCK_TYPE_UNLCK 2
+
 /**
  * enum p9_qid_t - QID types
  * @P9_QTDIR: directory
diff --git a/net/9p/trans_virtio.c b/net/9p/trans_virtio.c
index 175b5135bdcf524d324c73298cd17da0819c9a1e..e317583fcc7314d877b9a899df24eb2a475fe9ee 100644
--- a/net/9p/trans_virtio.c
+++ b/net/9p/trans_virtio.c
@@ -263,7 +263,6 @@ p9_virtio_request(struct p9_client *client, struct p9_req_t *req)
 {
 	int in, out, inp, outp;
 	struct virtio_chan *chan = client->trans;
-	char *rdata = (char *)req->rc+sizeof(struct p9_fcall);
 	unsigned long flags;
 	size_t pdata_off = 0;
 	struct trans_rpage_info *rpinfo = NULL;
@@ -346,7 +345,8 @@ p9_virtio_request(struct p9_client *client, struct p9_req_t *req)
 		 * Arrange in such a way that server places header in the
 		 * alloced memory and payload onto the user buffer.
 		 */
-		inp = pack_sg_list(chan->sg, out, VIRTQUEUE_NUM, rdata, 11);
+		inp = pack_sg_list(chan->sg, out,
+				   VIRTQUEUE_NUM, req->rc->sdata, 11);
 		/*
 		 * Running executables in the filesystem may result in
 		 * a read request with kernel buffer as opposed to user buffer.
@@ -366,8 +366,8 @@ p9_virtio_request(struct p9_client *client, struct p9_req_t *req)
 		}
 		in += inp;
 	} else {
-		in = pack_sg_list(chan->sg, out, VIRTQUEUE_NUM, rdata,
-				req->rc->capacity);
+		in = pack_sg_list(chan->sg, out, VIRTQUEUE_NUM,
+				  req->rc->sdata, req->rc->capacity);
 	}
 
 	err = virtqueue_add_buf(chan->vq, chan->sg, out, in, req->tc);
@@ -592,7 +592,14 @@ static struct p9_trans_module p9_virtio_trans = {
 	.close = p9_virtio_close,
 	.request = p9_virtio_request,
 	.cancel = p9_virtio_cancel,
-	.maxsize = PAGE_SIZE*VIRTQUEUE_NUM,
+
+	/*
+	 * We leave one entry for input and one entry for response
+	 * headers. We also skip one more entry to accomodate, address
+	 * that are not at page boundary, that can result in an extra
+	 * page in zero copy.
+	 */
+	.maxsize = PAGE_SIZE * (VIRTQUEUE_NUM - 3),
 	.pref = P9_TRANS_PREF_PAYLOAD_SEP,
 	.def = 0,
 	.owner = THIS_MODULE,