diff --git a/drivers/char/adi.c b/drivers/char/adi.c
index 1c76c8758f0f..f9bec10a6064 100644
--- a/drivers/char/adi.c
+++ b/drivers/char/adi.c
@@ -190,7 +190,6 @@ static loff_t adi_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
 
 	if (offset != file->f_pos) {
 		file->f_pos = offset;
-		file->f_version = 0;
 		ret = offset;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/input/input.c b/drivers/input/input.c
index 54c57b267b25..19ea1888da9f 100644
--- a/drivers/input/input.c
+++ b/drivers/input/input.c
@@ -1079,33 +1079,31 @@ static inline void input_wakeup_procfs_readers(void)
 	wake_up(&input_devices_poll_wait);
 }
 
+struct input_seq_state {
+	unsigned short pos;
+	bool mutex_acquired;
+	int input_devices_state;
+};
+
 static __poll_t input_proc_devices_poll(struct file *file, poll_table *wait)
 {
+	struct seq_file *seq = file->private_data;
+	struct input_seq_state *state = seq->private;
+
 	poll_wait(file, &input_devices_poll_wait, wait);
-	if (file->f_version != input_devices_state) {
-		file->f_version = input_devices_state;
+	if (state->input_devices_state != input_devices_state) {
+		state->input_devices_state = input_devices_state;
 		return EPOLLIN | EPOLLRDNORM;
 	}
 
 	return 0;
 }
 
-union input_seq_state {
-	struct {
-		unsigned short pos;
-		bool mutex_acquired;
-	};
-	void *p;
-};
-
 static void *input_devices_seq_start(struct seq_file *seq, loff_t *pos)
 {
-	union input_seq_state *state = (union input_seq_state *)&seq->private;
+	struct input_seq_state *state = seq->private;
 	int error;
 
-	/* We need to fit into seq->private pointer */
-	BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(union input_seq_state) != sizeof(seq->private));
-
 	error = mutex_lock_interruptible(&input_mutex);
 	if (error) {
 		state->mutex_acquired = false;
@@ -1124,7 +1122,7 @@ static void *input_devices_seq_next(struct seq_file *seq, void *v, loff_t *pos)
 
 static void input_seq_stop(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
 {
-	union input_seq_state *state = (union input_seq_state *)&seq->private;
+	struct input_seq_state *state = seq->private;
 
 	if (state->mutex_acquired)
 		mutex_unlock(&input_mutex);
@@ -1210,7 +1208,8 @@ static const struct seq_operations input_devices_seq_ops = {
 
 static int input_proc_devices_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
-	return seq_open(file, &input_devices_seq_ops);
+	return seq_open_private(file, &input_devices_seq_ops,
+				sizeof(struct input_seq_state));
 }
 
 static const struct proc_ops input_devices_proc_ops = {
@@ -1218,17 +1217,14 @@ static const struct proc_ops input_devices_proc_ops = {
 	.proc_poll	= input_proc_devices_poll,
 	.proc_read	= seq_read,
 	.proc_lseek	= seq_lseek,
-	.proc_release	= seq_release,
+	.proc_release	= seq_release_private,
 };
 
 static void *input_handlers_seq_start(struct seq_file *seq, loff_t *pos)
 {
-	union input_seq_state *state = (union input_seq_state *)&seq->private;
+	struct input_seq_state *state = seq->private;
 	int error;
 
-	/* We need to fit into seq->private pointer */
-	BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(union input_seq_state) != sizeof(seq->private));
-
 	error = mutex_lock_interruptible(&input_mutex);
 	if (error) {
 		state->mutex_acquired = false;
@@ -1243,7 +1239,7 @@ static void *input_handlers_seq_start(struct seq_file *seq, loff_t *pos)
 
 static void *input_handlers_seq_next(struct seq_file *seq, void *v, loff_t *pos)
 {
-	union input_seq_state *state = (union input_seq_state *)&seq->private;
+	struct input_seq_state *state = seq->private;
 
 	state->pos = *pos + 1;
 	return seq_list_next(v, &input_handler_list, pos);
@@ -1252,7 +1248,7 @@ static void *input_handlers_seq_next(struct seq_file *seq, void *v, loff_t *pos)
 static int input_handlers_seq_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
 {
 	struct input_handler *handler = container_of(v, struct input_handler, node);
-	union input_seq_state *state = (union input_seq_state *)&seq->private;
+	struct input_seq_state *state = seq->private;
 
 	seq_printf(seq, "N: Number=%u Name=%s", state->pos, handler->name);
 	if (handler->filter)
@@ -1273,14 +1269,15 @@ static const struct seq_operations input_handlers_seq_ops = {
 
 static int input_proc_handlers_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
-	return seq_open(file, &input_handlers_seq_ops);
+	return seq_open_private(file, &input_handlers_seq_ops,
+				sizeof(struct input_seq_state));
 }
 
 static const struct proc_ops input_handlers_proc_ops = {
 	.proc_open	= input_proc_handlers_open,
 	.proc_read	= seq_read,
 	.proc_lseek	= seq_lseek,
-	.proc_release	= seq_release,
+	.proc_release	= seq_release_private,
 };
 
 static int __init input_proc_init(void)
diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
index a645c36f2cee..5f77faef0ff1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tun.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tun.c
@@ -3452,6 +3452,12 @@ static int tun_chr_fasync(int fd, struct file *file, int on)
 	struct tun_file *tfile = file->private_data;
 	int ret;
 
+	if (on) {
+		ret = file_f_owner_allocate(file);
+		if (ret)
+			goto out;
+	}
+
 	if ((ret = fasync_helper(fd, file, on, &tfile->fasync)) < 0)
 		goto out;
 
diff --git a/drivers/s390/char/hmcdrv_dev.c b/drivers/s390/char/hmcdrv_dev.c
index 8d50c894711f..e069dd685899 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/char/hmcdrv_dev.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/char/hmcdrv_dev.c
@@ -186,9 +186,6 @@ static loff_t hmcdrv_dev_seek(struct file *fp, loff_t pos, int whence)
 	if (pos < 0)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (fp->f_pos != pos)
-		++fp->f_version;
-
 	fp->f_pos = pos;
 	return pos;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
index 407b0d87b7c1..7ae0c8934f42 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
@@ -2225,6 +2225,12 @@ static int __tty_fasync(int fd, struct file *filp, int on)
 	if (tty_paranoia_check(tty, file_inode(filp), "tty_fasync"))
 		goto out;
 
+	if (on) {
+		retval = file_f_owner_allocate(filp);
+		if (retval)
+			goto out;
+	}
+
 	retval = fasync_helper(fd, filp, on, &tty->fasync);
 	if (retval <= 0)
 		goto out;
diff --git a/fs/affs/dir.c b/fs/affs/dir.c
index b2bf7016e1b3..bd40d5f08810 100644
--- a/fs/affs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/affs/dir.c
@@ -17,13 +17,44 @@
 #include <linux/iversion.h>
 #include "affs.h"
 
+struct affs_dir_data {
+	unsigned long ino;
+	u64 cookie;
+};
+
 static int affs_readdir(struct file *, struct dir_context *);
 
+static loff_t affs_dir_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
+{
+	struct affs_dir_data *data = file->private_data;
+
+	return generic_llseek_cookie(file, offset, whence, &data->cookie);
+}
+
+static int affs_dir_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+	struct affs_dir_data	*data;
+
+	data = kzalloc(sizeof(struct affs_dir_data), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!data)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	file->private_data = data;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int affs_dir_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+	kfree(file->private_data);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 const struct file_operations affs_dir_operations = {
+	.open		= affs_dir_open,
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,
-	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
+	.llseek		= affs_dir_llseek,
 	.iterate_shared	= affs_readdir,
 	.fsync		= affs_file_fsync,
+	.release	= affs_dir_release,
 };
 
 /*
@@ -45,6 +76,7 @@ static int
 affs_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
 	struct inode		*inode = file_inode(file);
+	struct affs_dir_data	*data = file->private_data;
 	struct super_block	*sb = inode->i_sb;
 	struct buffer_head	*dir_bh = NULL;
 	struct buffer_head	*fh_bh = NULL;
@@ -59,7 +91,7 @@ affs_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 	pr_debug("%s(ino=%lu,f_pos=%llx)\n", __func__, inode->i_ino, ctx->pos);
 
 	if (ctx->pos < 2) {
-		file->private_data = (void *)0;
+		data->ino = 0;
 		if (!dir_emit_dots(file, ctx))
 			return 0;
 	}
@@ -80,8 +112,8 @@ affs_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 	/* If the directory hasn't changed since the last call to readdir(),
 	 * we can jump directly to where we left off.
 	 */
-	ino = (u32)(long)file->private_data;
-	if (ino && inode_eq_iversion(inode, file->f_version)) {
+	ino = data->ino;
+	if (ino && inode_eq_iversion(inode, data->cookie)) {
 		pr_debug("readdir() left off=%d\n", ino);
 		goto inside;
 	}
@@ -131,8 +163,8 @@ inside:
 		} while (ino);
 	}
 done:
-	file->f_version = inode_query_iversion(inode);
-	file->private_data = (void *)(long)ino;
+	data->cookie = inode_query_iversion(inode);
+	data->ino = ino;
 	affs_brelse(fh_bh);
 
 out_brelse_dir:
diff --git a/fs/ceph/dir.c b/fs/ceph/dir.c
index 18c72b305858..ddec8c9244ee 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/dir.c
@@ -707,7 +707,6 @@ static loff_t ceph_dir_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
 
 		if (offset != file->f_pos) {
 			file->f_pos = offset;
-			file->f_version = 0;
 			dfi->file_info.flags &= ~CEPH_F_ATEND;
 		}
 		retval = offset;
diff --git a/fs/ext2/dir.c b/fs/ext2/dir.c
index 2f3042d0174c..402fecf90a44 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/dir.c
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ ext2_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 	unsigned long n = pos >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 	unsigned long npages = dir_pages(inode);
 	unsigned chunk_mask = ~(ext2_chunk_size(inode)-1);
-	bool need_revalidate = !inode_eq_iversion(inode, file->f_version);
+	bool need_revalidate = !inode_eq_iversion(inode, *(u64 *)file->private_data);
 	bool has_filetype;
 
 	if (pos > inode->i_size - EXT2_DIR_REC_LEN(1))
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ ext2_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 				offset = ext2_validate_entry(kaddr, offset, chunk_mask);
 				ctx->pos = (n<<PAGE_SHIFT) + offset;
 			}
-			file->f_version = inode_query_iversion(inode);
+			*(u64 *)file->private_data = inode_query_iversion(inode);
 			need_revalidate = false;
 		}
 		de = (ext2_dirent *)(kaddr+offset);
@@ -703,8 +703,30 @@ not_empty:
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int ext2_dir_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+	file->private_data = kzalloc(sizeof(u64), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!file->private_data)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int ext2_dir_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+	kfree(file->private_data);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static loff_t ext2_dir_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
+{
+	return generic_llseek_cookie(file, offset, whence,
+				     (u64 *)file->private_data);
+}
+
 const struct file_operations ext2_dir_operations = {
-	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
+	.open		= ext2_dir_open,
+	.release	= ext2_dir_release,
+	.llseek		= ext2_dir_llseek,
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,
 	.iterate_shared	= ext2_readdir,
 	.unlocked_ioctl = ext2_ioctl,
diff --git a/fs/ext4/dir.c b/fs/ext4/dir.c
index ff4514e4626b..13196afe55ce 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/dir.c
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ static int ext4_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
 	struct buffer_head *bh = NULL;
 	struct fscrypt_str fstr = FSTR_INIT(NULL, 0);
+	struct dir_private_info *info = file->private_data;
 
 	err = fscrypt_prepare_readdir(inode);
 	if (err)
@@ -229,7 +230,7 @@ static int ext4_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 		 * readdir(2), then we might be pointing to an invalid
 		 * dirent right now.  Scan from the start of the block
 		 * to make sure. */
-		if (!inode_eq_iversion(inode, file->f_version)) {
+		if (!inode_eq_iversion(inode, info->cookie)) {
 			for (i = 0; i < sb->s_blocksize && i < offset; ) {
 				de = (struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *)
 					(bh->b_data + i);
@@ -249,7 +250,7 @@ static int ext4_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 			offset = i;
 			ctx->pos = (ctx->pos & ~(sb->s_blocksize - 1))
 				| offset;
-			file->f_version = inode_query_iversion(inode);
+			info->cookie = inode_query_iversion(inode);
 		}
 
 		while (ctx->pos < inode->i_size
@@ -384,6 +385,7 @@ static inline loff_t ext4_get_htree_eof(struct file *filp)
 static loff_t ext4_dir_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host;
+	struct dir_private_info *info = file->private_data;
 	int dx_dir = is_dx_dir(inode);
 	loff_t ret, htree_max = ext4_get_htree_eof(file);
 
@@ -392,7 +394,7 @@ static loff_t ext4_dir_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
 						    htree_max, htree_max);
 	else
 		ret = ext4_llseek(file, offset, whence);
-	file->f_version = inode_peek_iversion(inode) - 1;
+	info->cookie = inode_peek_iversion(inode) - 1;
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -429,18 +431,15 @@ static void free_rb_tree_fname(struct rb_root *root)
 	*root = RB_ROOT;
 }
 
-
-static struct dir_private_info *ext4_htree_create_dir_info(struct file *filp,
-							   loff_t pos)
+static void ext4_htree_init_dir_info(struct file *filp, loff_t pos)
 {
-	struct dir_private_info *p;
+	struct dir_private_info *p = filp->private_data;
 
-	p = kzalloc(sizeof(*p), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!p)
-		return NULL;
-	p->curr_hash = pos2maj_hash(filp, pos);
-	p->curr_minor_hash = pos2min_hash(filp, pos);
-	return p;
+	if (is_dx_dir(file_inode(filp)) && !p->initialized) {
+		p->curr_hash = pos2maj_hash(filp, pos);
+		p->curr_minor_hash = pos2min_hash(filp, pos);
+		p->initialized = true;
+	}
 }
 
 void ext4_htree_free_dir_info(struct dir_private_info *p)
@@ -552,12 +551,7 @@ static int ext4_dx_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 	struct fname *fname;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	if (!info) {
-		info = ext4_htree_create_dir_info(file, ctx->pos);
-		if (!info)
-			return -ENOMEM;
-		file->private_data = info;
-	}
+	ext4_htree_init_dir_info(file, ctx->pos);
 
 	if (ctx->pos == ext4_get_htree_eof(file))
 		return 0;	/* EOF */
@@ -590,10 +584,10 @@ static int ext4_dx_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 		 * cached entries.
 		 */
 		if ((!info->curr_node) ||
-		    !inode_eq_iversion(inode, file->f_version)) {
+		    !inode_eq_iversion(inode, info->cookie)) {
 			info->curr_node = NULL;
 			free_rb_tree_fname(&info->root);
-			file->f_version = inode_query_iversion(inode);
+			info->cookie = inode_query_iversion(inode);
 			ret = ext4_htree_fill_tree(file, info->curr_hash,
 						   info->curr_minor_hash,
 						   &info->next_hash);
@@ -664,7 +658,19 @@ int ext4_check_all_de(struct inode *dir, struct buffer_head *bh, void *buf,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int ext4_dir_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+	struct dir_private_info *info;
+
+	info = kzalloc(sizeof(*info), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!info)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	file->private_data = info;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 const struct file_operations ext4_dir_operations = {
+	.open		= ext4_dir_open,
 	.llseek		= ext4_dir_llseek,
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,
 	.iterate_shared	= ext4_readdir,
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index c3429b664b8d..ecc15e5f1eba 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -2553,6 +2553,8 @@ struct dir_private_info {
 	__u32		curr_hash;
 	__u32		curr_minor_hash;
 	__u32		next_hash;
+	u64		cookie;
+	bool		initialized;
 };
 
 /* calculate the first block number of the group */
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inline.c b/fs/ext4/inline.c
index d5c2f3b75084..edf4aa99a974 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inline.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inline.c
@@ -1460,6 +1460,7 @@ int ext4_read_inline_dir(struct file *file,
 	struct ext4_iloc iloc;
 	void *dir_buf = NULL;
 	int dotdot_offset, dotdot_size, extra_offset, extra_size;
+	struct dir_private_info *info = file->private_data;
 
 	ret = ext4_get_inode_loc(inode, &iloc);
 	if (ret)
@@ -1503,12 +1504,12 @@ int ext4_read_inline_dir(struct file *file,
 	extra_size = extra_offset + inline_size;
 
 	/*
-	 * If the version has changed since the last call to
+	 * If the cookie has changed since the last call to
 	 * readdir(2), then we might be pointing to an invalid
 	 * dirent right now.  Scan from the start of the inline
 	 * dir to make sure.
 	 */
-	if (!inode_eq_iversion(inode, file->f_version)) {
+	if (!inode_eq_iversion(inode, info->cookie)) {
 		for (i = 0; i < extra_size && i < offset;) {
 			/*
 			 * "." is with offset 0 and
@@ -1540,7 +1541,7 @@ int ext4_read_inline_dir(struct file *file,
 		}
 		offset = i;
 		ctx->pos = offset;
-		file->f_version = inode_query_iversion(inode);
+		info->cookie = inode_query_iversion(inode);
 	}
 
 	while (ctx->pos < extra_size) {
diff --git a/fs/fcntl.c b/fs/fcntl.c
index 22ec683ad8f8..f6fde75a3bd5 100644
--- a/fs/fcntl.c
+++ b/fs/fcntl.c
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
 #include <asm/siginfo.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 
+#include "internal.h"
+
 #define SETFL_MASK (O_APPEND | O_NONBLOCK | O_NDELAY | O_DIRECT | O_NOATIME)
 
 static int setfl(int fd, struct file * filp, unsigned int arg)
@@ -87,22 +89,64 @@ static int setfl(int fd, struct file * filp, unsigned int arg)
 	return error;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Allocate an file->f_owner struct if it doesn't exist, handling racing
+ * allocations correctly.
+ */
+int file_f_owner_allocate(struct file *file)
+{
+	struct fown_struct *f_owner;
+
+	f_owner = file_f_owner(file);
+	if (f_owner)
+		return 0;
+
+	f_owner = kzalloc(sizeof(struct fown_struct), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!f_owner)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	rwlock_init(&f_owner->lock);
+	f_owner->file = file;
+	/* If someone else raced us, drop our allocation. */
+	if (unlikely(cmpxchg(&file->f_owner, NULL, f_owner)))
+		kfree(f_owner);
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(file_f_owner_allocate);
+
+void file_f_owner_release(struct file *file)
+{
+	struct fown_struct *f_owner;
+
+	f_owner = file_f_owner(file);
+	if (f_owner) {
+		put_pid(f_owner->pid);
+		kfree(f_owner);
+	}
+}
+
 static void f_modown(struct file *filp, struct pid *pid, enum pid_type type,
                      int force)
 {
-	write_lock_irq(&filp->f_owner.lock);
-	if (force || !filp->f_owner.pid) {
-		put_pid(filp->f_owner.pid);
-		filp->f_owner.pid = get_pid(pid);
-		filp->f_owner.pid_type = type;
+	struct fown_struct *f_owner;
+
+	f_owner = file_f_owner(filp);
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!f_owner))
+		return;
+
+	write_lock_irq(&f_owner->lock);
+	if (force || !f_owner->pid) {
+		put_pid(f_owner->pid);
+		f_owner->pid = get_pid(pid);
+		f_owner->pid_type = type;
 
 		if (pid) {
 			const struct cred *cred = current_cred();
-			filp->f_owner.uid = cred->uid;
-			filp->f_owner.euid = cred->euid;
+			f_owner->uid = cred->uid;
+			f_owner->euid = cred->euid;
 		}
 	}
-	write_unlock_irq(&filp->f_owner.lock);
+	write_unlock_irq(&f_owner->lock);
 }
 
 void __f_setown(struct file *filp, struct pid *pid, enum pid_type type,
@@ -119,6 +163,8 @@ int f_setown(struct file *filp, int who, int force)
 	struct pid *pid = NULL;
 	int ret = 0;
 
+	might_sleep();
+
 	type = PIDTYPE_TGID;
 	if (who < 0) {
 		/* avoid overflow below */
@@ -129,6 +175,10 @@ int f_setown(struct file *filp, int who, int force)
 		who = -who;
 	}
 
+	ret = file_f_owner_allocate(filp);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	if (who) {
 		pid = find_vpid(who);
@@ -152,16 +202,21 @@ void f_delown(struct file *filp)
 pid_t f_getown(struct file *filp)
 {
 	pid_t pid = 0;
+	struct fown_struct *f_owner;
 
-	read_lock_irq(&filp->f_owner.lock);
+	f_owner = file_f_owner(filp);
+	if (!f_owner)
+		return pid;
+
+	read_lock_irq(&f_owner->lock);
 	rcu_read_lock();
-	if (pid_task(filp->f_owner.pid, filp->f_owner.pid_type)) {
-		pid = pid_vnr(filp->f_owner.pid);
-		if (filp->f_owner.pid_type == PIDTYPE_PGID)
+	if (pid_task(f_owner->pid, f_owner->pid_type)) {
+		pid = pid_vnr(f_owner->pid);
+		if (f_owner->pid_type == PIDTYPE_PGID)
 			pid = -pid;
 	}
 	rcu_read_unlock();
-	read_unlock_irq(&filp->f_owner.lock);
+	read_unlock_irq(&f_owner->lock);
 	return pid;
 }
 
@@ -194,6 +249,10 @@ static int f_setown_ex(struct file *filp, unsigned long arg)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	ret = file_f_owner_allocate(filp);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	pid = find_vpid(owner.pid);
 	if (owner.pid && !pid)
@@ -210,13 +269,20 @@ static int f_getown_ex(struct file *filp, unsigned long arg)
 	struct f_owner_ex __user *owner_p = (void __user *)arg;
 	struct f_owner_ex owner = {};
 	int ret = 0;
+	struct fown_struct *f_owner;
+	enum pid_type pid_type = PIDTYPE_PID;
 
-	read_lock_irq(&filp->f_owner.lock);
-	rcu_read_lock();
-	if (pid_task(filp->f_owner.pid, filp->f_owner.pid_type))
-		owner.pid = pid_vnr(filp->f_owner.pid);
-	rcu_read_unlock();
-	switch (filp->f_owner.pid_type) {
+	f_owner = file_f_owner(filp);
+	if (f_owner) {
+		read_lock_irq(&f_owner->lock);
+		rcu_read_lock();
+		if (pid_task(f_owner->pid, f_owner->pid_type))
+			owner.pid = pid_vnr(f_owner->pid);
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+		pid_type = f_owner->pid_type;
+	}
+
+	switch (pid_type) {
 	case PIDTYPE_PID:
 		owner.type = F_OWNER_TID;
 		break;
@@ -234,7 +300,8 @@ static int f_getown_ex(struct file *filp, unsigned long arg)
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 		break;
 	}
-	read_unlock_irq(&filp->f_owner.lock);
+	if (f_owner)
+		read_unlock_irq(&f_owner->lock);
 
 	if (!ret) {
 		ret = copy_to_user(owner_p, &owner, sizeof(owner));
@@ -248,14 +315,18 @@ static int f_getown_ex(struct file *filp, unsigned long arg)
 static int f_getowner_uids(struct file *filp, unsigned long arg)
 {
 	struct user_namespace *user_ns = current_user_ns();
+	struct fown_struct *f_owner;
 	uid_t __user *dst = (void __user *)arg;
-	uid_t src[2];
+	uid_t src[2] = {0, 0};
 	int err;
 
-	read_lock_irq(&filp->f_owner.lock);
-	src[0] = from_kuid(user_ns, filp->f_owner.uid);
-	src[1] = from_kuid(user_ns, filp->f_owner.euid);
-	read_unlock_irq(&filp->f_owner.lock);
+	f_owner = file_f_owner(filp);
+	if (f_owner) {
+		read_lock_irq(&f_owner->lock);
+		src[0] = from_kuid(user_ns, f_owner->uid);
+		src[1] = from_kuid(user_ns, f_owner->euid);
+		read_unlock_irq(&f_owner->lock);
+	}
 
 	err  = put_user(src[0], &dst[0]);
 	err |= put_user(src[1], &dst[1]);
@@ -349,6 +420,30 @@ static long f_created_query(const struct file *filp)
 	return !!(filp->f_mode & FMODE_CREATED);
 }
 
+static int f_owner_sig(struct file *filp, int signum, bool setsig)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+	struct fown_struct *f_owner;
+
+	might_sleep();
+
+	if (setsig) {
+		if (!valid_signal(signum))
+			return -EINVAL;
+
+		ret = file_f_owner_allocate(filp);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+	}
+
+	f_owner = file_f_owner(filp);
+	if (setsig)
+		f_owner->signum = signum;
+	else if (f_owner)
+		ret = f_owner->signum;
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static long do_fcntl(int fd, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg,
 		struct file *filp)
 {
@@ -430,15 +525,10 @@ static long do_fcntl(int fd, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg,
 		err = f_getowner_uids(filp, arg);
 		break;
 	case F_GETSIG:
-		err = filp->f_owner.signum;
+		err = f_owner_sig(filp, 0, false);
 		break;
 	case F_SETSIG:
-		/* arg == 0 restores default behaviour. */
-		if (!valid_signal(argi)) {
-			break;
-		}
-		err = 0;
-		filp->f_owner.signum = argi;
+		err = f_owner_sig(filp, argi, true);
 		break;
 	case F_GETLEASE:
 		err = fcntl_getlease(filp);
@@ -854,14 +944,19 @@ static void send_sigurg_to_task(struct task_struct *p,
 		do_send_sig_info(SIGURG, SEND_SIG_PRIV, p, type);
 }
 
-int send_sigurg(struct fown_struct *fown)
+int send_sigurg(struct file *file)
 {
+	struct fown_struct *fown;
 	struct task_struct *p;
 	enum pid_type type;
 	struct pid *pid;
 	unsigned long flags;
 	int ret = 0;
 	
+	fown = file_f_owner(file);
+	if (!fown)
+		return 0;
+
 	read_lock_irqsave(&fown->lock, flags);
 
 	type = fown->pid_type;
@@ -1037,13 +1132,16 @@ static void kill_fasync_rcu(struct fasync_struct *fa, int sig, int band)
 		}
 		read_lock_irqsave(&fa->fa_lock, flags);
 		if (fa->fa_file) {
-			fown = &fa->fa_file->f_owner;
+			fown = file_f_owner(fa->fa_file);
+			if (!fown)
+				goto next;
 			/* Don't send SIGURG to processes which have not set a
 			   queued signum: SIGURG has its own default signalling
 			   mechanism. */
 			if (!(sig == SIGURG && fown->signum == 0))
 				send_sigio(fown, fa->fa_fd, band);
 		}
+next:
 		read_unlock_irqrestore(&fa->fa_lock, flags);
 		fa = rcu_dereference(fa->fa_next);
 	}
diff --git a/fs/file_table.c b/fs/file_table.c
index 35f2d5d9ca76..3cac9c34264f 100644
--- a/fs/file_table.c
+++ b/fs/file_table.c
@@ -156,8 +156,14 @@ static int init_file(struct file *f, int flags, const struct cred *cred)
 		return error;
 	}
 
-	rwlock_init(&f->f_owner.lock);
 	spin_lock_init(&f->f_lock);
+	/*
+	 * Note that f_pos_lock is only used for files raising
+	 * FMODE_ATOMIC_POS and directories. Other files such as pipes
+	 * don't need it and since f_pos_lock is in a union may reuse
+	 * the space for other purposes. They are expected to initialize
+	 * the respective member when opening the file.
+	 */
 	mutex_init(&f->f_pos_lock);
 	f->f_flags = flags;
 	f->f_mode = OPEN_FMODE(flags);
@@ -428,7 +434,7 @@ static void __fput(struct file *file)
 		cdev_put(inode->i_cdev);
 	}
 	fops_put(file->f_op);
-	put_pid(file->f_owner.pid);
+	file_f_owner_release(file);
 	put_file_access(file);
 	dput(dentry);
 	if (unlikely(mode & FMODE_NEED_UNMOUNT))
@@ -515,9 +521,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__fput_sync);
 
 void __init files_init(void)
 {
-	filp_cachep = kmem_cache_create("filp", sizeof(struct file), 0,
-				SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU | SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN |
-				SLAB_PANIC | SLAB_ACCOUNT, NULL);
+	filp_cachep = kmem_cache_create_rcu("filp", sizeof(struct file),
+				offsetof(struct file, f_freeptr),
+				SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN | SLAB_PANIC | SLAB_ACCOUNT);
 	percpu_counter_init(&nr_files, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/internal.h b/fs/internal.h
index cdd73209eecb..8c1b7acbbe8f 100644
--- a/fs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/internal.h
@@ -337,3 +337,4 @@ static inline bool path_mounted(const struct path *path)
 {
 	return path->mnt->mnt_root == path->dentry;
 }
+void file_f_owner_release(struct file *file);
diff --git a/fs/locks.c b/fs/locks.c
index e45cad40f8b6..b51b1c395ce6 100644
--- a/fs/locks.c
+++ b/fs/locks.c
@@ -1451,7 +1451,7 @@ int lease_modify(struct file_lease *fl, int arg, struct list_head *dispose)
 		struct file *filp = fl->c.flc_file;
 
 		f_delown(filp);
-		filp->f_owner.signum = 0;
+		file_f_owner(filp)->signum = 0;
 		fasync_helper(0, fl->c.flc_file, 0, &fl->fl_fasync);
 		if (fl->fl_fasync != NULL) {
 			printk(KERN_ERR "locks_delete_lock: fasync == %p\n", fl->fl_fasync);
@@ -1783,6 +1783,10 @@ generic_add_lease(struct file *filp, int arg, struct file_lease **flp, void **pr
 	lease = *flp;
 	trace_generic_add_lease(inode, lease);
 
+	error = file_f_owner_allocate(filp);
+	if (error)
+		return error;
+
 	/* Note that arg is never F_UNLCK here */
 	ctx = locks_get_lock_context(inode, arg);
 	if (!ctx)
diff --git a/fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c b/fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c
index f3669403fabf..46440fbb8662 100644
--- a/fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c
+++ b/fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ static int dnotify_handle_event(struct fsnotify_mark *inode_mark, u32 mask,
 			prev = &dn->dn_next;
 			continue;
 		}
-		fown = &dn->dn_filp->f_owner;
+		fown = file_f_owner(dn->dn_filp);
 		send_sigio(fown, dn->dn_fd, POLL_MSG);
 		if (dn->dn_mask & FS_DN_MULTISHOT)
 			prev = &dn->dn_next;
@@ -316,6 +316,10 @@ int fcntl_dirnotify(int fd, struct file *filp, unsigned int arg)
 		goto out_err;
 	}
 
+	error = file_f_owner_allocate(filp);
+	if (error)
+		goto out_err;
+
 	/* set up the new_fsn_mark and new_dn_mark */
 	new_fsn_mark = &new_dn_mark->fsn_mark;
 	fsnotify_init_mark(new_fsn_mark, dnotify_group);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dir.c b/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
index f0beb173dbba..ccef3f42b333 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
@@ -1932,6 +1932,7 @@ int ocfs2_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
 	int error = 0;
 	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
+	struct ocfs2_file_private *fp = file->private_data;
 	int lock_level = 0;
 
 	trace_ocfs2_readdir((unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno);
@@ -1952,7 +1953,7 @@ int ocfs2_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 		goto bail_nolock;
 	}
 
-	error = ocfs2_dir_foreach_blk(inode, &file->f_version, ctx, false);
+	error = ocfs2_dir_foreach_blk(inode, &fp->cookie, ctx, false);
 
 	ocfs2_inode_unlock(inode, lock_level);
 	if (error)
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/file.c b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
index d058eb30cfc2..ad131a2fc58e 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
@@ -2751,6 +2751,13 @@ out_unlock:
 	return remapped > 0 ? remapped : ret;
 }
 
+static loff_t ocfs2_dir_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_file_private *fp = file->private_data;
+
+	return generic_llseek_cookie(file, offset, whence, &fp->cookie);
+}
+
 const struct inode_operations ocfs2_file_iops = {
 	.setattr	= ocfs2_setattr,
 	.getattr	= ocfs2_getattr,
@@ -2798,7 +2805,7 @@ const struct file_operations ocfs2_fops = {
 
 WRAP_DIR_ITER(ocfs2_readdir) // FIXME!
 const struct file_operations ocfs2_dops = {
-	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
+	.llseek		= ocfs2_dir_llseek,
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,
 	.iterate_shared	= shared_ocfs2_readdir,
 	.fsync		= ocfs2_sync_file,
@@ -2844,7 +2851,7 @@ const struct file_operations ocfs2_fops_no_plocks = {
 };
 
 const struct file_operations ocfs2_dops_no_plocks = {
-	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
+	.llseek		= ocfs2_dir_llseek,
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,
 	.iterate_shared	= shared_ocfs2_readdir,
 	.fsync		= ocfs2_sync_file,
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/file.h b/fs/ocfs2/file.h
index 8e53e4ac1120..41e65e45a9f3 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/file.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/file.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ struct ocfs2_alloc_context;
 enum ocfs2_alloc_restarted;
 
 struct ocfs2_file_private {
+	u64			cookie;
 	struct file		*fp_file;
 	struct mutex		fp_mutex;
 	struct ocfs2_lock_res	fp_flock;
diff --git a/fs/pipe.c b/fs/pipe.c
index 9a6dfe39f012..4083ba492cb6 100644
--- a/fs/pipe.c
+++ b/fs/pipe.c
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ pipe_poll(struct file *filp, poll_table *wait)
 	if (filp->f_mode & FMODE_READ) {
 		if (!pipe_empty(head, tail))
 			mask |= EPOLLIN | EPOLLRDNORM;
-		if (!pipe->writers && filp->f_version != pipe->w_counter)
+		if (!pipe->writers && filp->f_pipe != pipe->w_counter)
 			mask |= EPOLLHUP;
 	}
 
@@ -945,6 +945,7 @@ int create_pipe_files(struct file **res, int flags)
 	}
 
 	f->private_data = inode->i_pipe;
+	f->f_pipe = 0;
 
 	res[0] = alloc_file_clone(f, O_RDONLY | (flags & O_NONBLOCK),
 				  &pipefifo_fops);
@@ -954,6 +955,7 @@ int create_pipe_files(struct file **res, int flags)
 		return PTR_ERR(res[0]);
 	}
 	res[0]->private_data = inode->i_pipe;
+	res[0]->f_pipe = 0;
 	res[1] = f;
 	stream_open(inode, res[0]);
 	stream_open(inode, res[1]);
@@ -1108,7 +1110,7 @@ static int fifo_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 	bool is_pipe = inode->i_sb->s_magic == PIPEFS_MAGIC;
 	int ret;
 
-	filp->f_version = 0;
+	filp->f_pipe = 0;
 
 	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
 	if (inode->i_pipe) {
@@ -1155,7 +1157,7 @@ static int fifo_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 			if ((filp->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK)) {
 				/* suppress EPOLLHUP until we have
 				 * seen a writer */
-				filp->f_version = pipe->w_counter;
+				filp->f_pipe = pipe->w_counter;
 			} else {
 				if (wait_for_partner(pipe, &pipe->w_counter))
 					goto err_rd;
diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index 1409d1003101..7f3abc3de49f 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -3868,12 +3868,12 @@ static int proc_task_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 	if (!dir_emit_dots(file, ctx))
 		return 0;
 
-	/* f_version caches the tgid value that the last readdir call couldn't
-	 * return. lseek aka telldir automagically resets f_version to 0.
+	/* We cache the tgid value that the last readdir call couldn't
+	 * return and lseek resets it to 0.
 	 */
 	ns = proc_pid_ns(inode->i_sb);
-	tid = (int)file->f_version;
-	file->f_version = 0;
+	tid = (int)(intptr_t)file->private_data;
+	file->private_data = NULL;
 	for (task = first_tid(proc_pid(inode), tid, ctx->pos - 2, ns);
 	     task;
 	     task = next_tid(task), ctx->pos++) {
@@ -3888,7 +3888,7 @@ static int proc_task_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 				proc_task_instantiate, task, NULL)) {
 			/* returning this tgid failed, save it as the first
 			 * pid for the next readir call */
-			file->f_version = (u64)tid;
+			file->private_data = (void *)(intptr_t)tid;
 			put_task_struct(task);
 			break;
 		}
@@ -3913,6 +3913,24 @@ static int proc_task_getattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * proc_task_readdir() set @file->private_data to a positive integer
+ * value, so casting that to u64 is safe. generic_llseek_cookie() will
+ * set @cookie to 0, so casting to an int is safe. The WARN_ON_ONCE() is
+ * here to catch any unexpected change in behavior either in
+ * proc_task_readdir() or generic_llseek_cookie().
+ */
+static loff_t proc_dir_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
+{
+	u64 cookie = (u64)(intptr_t)file->private_data;
+	loff_t off;
+
+	off = generic_llseek_cookie(file, offset, whence, &cookie);
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(cookie > INT_MAX);
+	file->private_data = (void *)(intptr_t)cookie; /* serialized by f_pos_lock */
+	return off;
+}
+
 static const struct inode_operations proc_task_inode_operations = {
 	.lookup		= proc_task_lookup,
 	.getattr	= proc_task_getattr,
@@ -3923,7 +3941,7 @@ static const struct inode_operations proc_task_inode_operations = {
 static const struct file_operations proc_task_operations = {
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,
 	.iterate_shared	= proc_task_readdir,
-	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
+	.llseek		= proc_dir_llseek,
 };
 
 void __init set_proc_pid_nlink(void)
diff --git a/fs/read_write.c b/fs/read_write.c
index 89d4af0e3b93..070a7c33b9dd 100644
--- a/fs/read_write.c
+++ b/fs/read_write.c
@@ -39,6 +39,35 @@ static inline bool unsigned_offsets(struct file *file)
 	return file->f_op->fop_flags & FOP_UNSIGNED_OFFSET;
 }
 
+/**
+ * vfs_setpos_cookie - update the file offset for lseek and reset cookie
+ * @file:	file structure in question
+ * @offset:	file offset to seek to
+ * @maxsize:	maximum file size
+ * @cookie:	cookie to reset
+ *
+ * Update the file offset to the value specified by @offset if the given
+ * offset is valid and it is not equal to the current file offset and
+ * reset the specified cookie to indicate that a seek happened.
+ *
+ * Return the specified offset on success and -EINVAL on invalid offset.
+ */
+static loff_t vfs_setpos_cookie(struct file *file, loff_t offset,
+				loff_t maxsize, u64 *cookie)
+{
+	if (offset < 0 && !unsigned_offsets(file))
+		return -EINVAL;
+	if (offset > maxsize)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (offset != file->f_pos) {
+		file->f_pos = offset;
+		if (cookie)
+			*cookie = 0;
+	}
+	return offset;
+}
+
 /**
  * vfs_setpos - update the file offset for lseek
  * @file:	file structure in question
@@ -53,19 +82,63 @@ static inline bool unsigned_offsets(struct file *file)
  */
 loff_t vfs_setpos(struct file *file, loff_t offset, loff_t maxsize)
 {
-	if (offset < 0 && !unsigned_offsets(file))
-		return -EINVAL;
-	if (offset > maxsize)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	if (offset != file->f_pos) {
-		file->f_pos = offset;
-		file->f_version = 0;
-	}
-	return offset;
+	return vfs_setpos_cookie(file, offset, maxsize, NULL);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_setpos);
 
+/**
+ * must_set_pos - check whether f_pos has to be updated
+ * @file: file to seek on
+ * @offset: offset to use
+ * @whence: type of seek operation
+ * @eof: end of file
+ *
+ * Check whether f_pos needs to be updated and update @offset according
+ * to @whence.
+ *
+ * Return: 0 if f_pos doesn't need to be updated, 1 if f_pos has to be
+ * updated, and negative error code on failure.
+ */
+static int must_set_pos(struct file *file, loff_t *offset, int whence, loff_t eof)
+{
+	switch (whence) {
+	case SEEK_END:
+		*offset += eof;
+		break;
+	case SEEK_CUR:
+		/*
+		 * Here we special-case the lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_CUR)
+		 * position-querying operation.  Avoid rewriting the "same"
+		 * f_pos value back to the file because a concurrent read(),
+		 * write() or lseek() might have altered it
+		 */
+		if (*offset == 0) {
+			*offset = file->f_pos;
+			return 0;
+		}
+		break;
+	case SEEK_DATA:
+		/*
+		 * In the generic case the entire file is data, so as long as
+		 * offset isn't at the end of the file then the offset is data.
+		 */
+		if ((unsigned long long)*offset >= eof)
+			return -ENXIO;
+		break;
+	case SEEK_HOLE:
+		/*
+		 * There is a virtual hole at the end of the file, so as long as
+		 * offset isn't i_size or larger, return i_size.
+		 */
+		if ((unsigned long long)*offset >= eof)
+			return -ENXIO;
+		*offset = eof;
+		break;
+	}
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
 /**
  * generic_file_llseek_size - generic llseek implementation for regular files
  * @file:	file structure to seek on
@@ -86,51 +159,73 @@ loff_t
 generic_file_llseek_size(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence,
 		loff_t maxsize, loff_t eof)
 {
-	switch (whence) {
-	case SEEK_END:
-		offset += eof;
-		break;
-	case SEEK_CUR:
-		/*
-		 * Here we special-case the lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_CUR)
-		 * position-querying operation.  Avoid rewriting the "same"
-		 * f_pos value back to the file because a concurrent read(),
-		 * write() or lseek() might have altered it
-		 */
-		if (offset == 0)
-			return file->f_pos;
-		/*
-		 * f_lock protects against read/modify/write race with other
-		 * SEEK_CURs. Note that parallel writes and reads behave
-		 * like SEEK_SET.
-		 */
-		spin_lock(&file->f_lock);
-		offset = vfs_setpos(file, file->f_pos + offset, maxsize);
-		spin_unlock(&file->f_lock);
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = must_set_pos(file, &offset, whence, eof);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+	if (ret == 0)
 		return offset;
-	case SEEK_DATA:
+
+	if (whence == SEEK_CUR) {
 		/*
-		 * In the generic case the entire file is data, so as long as
-		 * offset isn't at the end of the file then the offset is data.
+		 * f_lock protects against read/modify/write race with
+		 * other SEEK_CURs. Note that parallel writes and reads
+		 * behave like SEEK_SET.
 		 */
-		if ((unsigned long long)offset >= eof)
-			return -ENXIO;
-		break;
-	case SEEK_HOLE:
-		/*
-		 * There is a virtual hole at the end of the file, so as long as
-		 * offset isn't i_size or larger, return i_size.
-		 */
-		if ((unsigned long long)offset >= eof)
-			return -ENXIO;
-		offset = eof;
-		break;
+		guard(spinlock)(&file->f_lock);
+		return vfs_setpos(file, file->f_pos + offset, maxsize);
 	}
 
 	return vfs_setpos(file, offset, maxsize);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_file_llseek_size);
 
+/**
+ * generic_llseek_cookie - versioned llseek implementation
+ * @file:	file structure to seek on
+ * @offset:	file offset to seek to
+ * @whence:	type of seek
+ * @cookie:	cookie to update
+ *
+ * See generic_file_llseek for a general description and locking assumptions.
+ *
+ * In contrast to generic_file_llseek, this function also resets a
+ * specified cookie to indicate a seek took place.
+ */
+loff_t generic_llseek_cookie(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence,
+			     u64 *cookie)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host;
+	loff_t maxsize = inode->i_sb->s_maxbytes;
+	loff_t eof = i_size_read(inode);
+	int ret;
+
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!cookie))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	/*
+	 * Require that this is only used for directories that guarantee
+	 * synchronization between readdir and seek so that an update to
+	 * @cookie is correctly synchronized with concurrent readdir.
+	 */
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!(file->f_mode & FMODE_ATOMIC_POS)))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	ret = must_set_pos(file, &offset, whence, eof);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+	if (ret == 0)
+		return offset;
+
+	/* No need to hold f_lock because we know that f_pos_lock is held. */
+	if (whence == SEEK_CUR)
+		return vfs_setpos_cookie(file, file->f_pos + offset, maxsize, cookie);
+
+	return vfs_setpos_cookie(file, offset, maxsize, cookie);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_llseek_cookie);
+
 /**
  * generic_file_llseek - generic llseek implementation for regular files
  * @file:	file structure to seek on
@@ -270,10 +365,8 @@ loff_t default_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
 	}
 	retval = -EINVAL;
 	if (offset >= 0 || unsigned_offsets(file)) {
-		if (offset != file->f_pos) {
+		if (offset != file->f_pos)
 			file->f_pos = offset;
-			file->f_version = 0;
-		}
 		retval = offset;
 	}
 out:
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/dir.c b/fs/ubifs/dir.c
index c77ea57fe696..fda82f3e16e8 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/dir.c
@@ -555,6 +555,11 @@ static unsigned int vfs_dent_type(uint8_t type)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+struct ubifs_dir_data {
+	struct ubifs_dent_node *dent;
+	u64 cookie;
+};
+
 /*
  * The classical Unix view for directory is that it is a linear array of
  * (name, inode number) entries. Linux/VFS assumes this model as well.
@@ -582,6 +587,7 @@ static int ubifs_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 	struct inode *dir = file_inode(file);
 	struct ubifs_info *c = dir->i_sb->s_fs_info;
 	bool encrypted = IS_ENCRYPTED(dir);
+	struct ubifs_dir_data *data = file->private_data;
 
 	dbg_gen("dir ino %lu, f_pos %#llx", dir->i_ino, ctx->pos);
 
@@ -604,27 +610,27 @@ static int ubifs_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 		fstr_real_len = fstr.len;
 	}
 
-	if (file->f_version == 0) {
+	if (data->cookie == 0) {
 		/*
-		 * The file was seek'ed, which means that @file->private_data
+		 * The file was seek'ed, which means that @data->dent
 		 * is now invalid. This may also be just the first
 		 * 'ubifs_readdir()' invocation, in which case
-		 * @file->private_data is NULL, and the below code is
+		 * @data->dent is NULL, and the below code is
 		 * basically a no-op.
 		 */
-		kfree(file->private_data);
-		file->private_data = NULL;
+		kfree(data->dent);
+		data->dent = NULL;
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * 'generic_file_llseek()' unconditionally sets @file->f_version to
-	 * zero, and we use this for detecting whether the file was seek'ed.
+	 * 'ubifs_dir_llseek()' sets @data->cookie to zero, and we use this
+	 * for detecting whether the file was seek'ed.
 	 */
-	file->f_version = 1;
+	data->cookie = 1;
 
 	/* File positions 0 and 1 correspond to "." and ".." */
 	if (ctx->pos < 2) {
-		ubifs_assert(c, !file->private_data);
+		ubifs_assert(c, !data->dent);
 		if (!dir_emit_dots(file, ctx)) {
 			if (encrypted)
 				fscrypt_fname_free_buffer(&fstr);
@@ -641,10 +647,10 @@ static int ubifs_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 		}
 
 		ctx->pos = key_hash_flash(c, &dent->key);
-		file->private_data = dent;
+		data->dent = dent;
 	}
 
-	dent = file->private_data;
+	dent = data->dent;
 	if (!dent) {
 		/*
 		 * The directory was seek'ed to and is now readdir'ed.
@@ -658,7 +664,7 @@ static int ubifs_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 			goto out;
 		}
 		ctx->pos = key_hash_flash(c, &dent->key);
-		file->private_data = dent;
+		data->dent = dent;
 	}
 
 	while (1) {
@@ -701,15 +707,15 @@ static int ubifs_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 			goto out;
 		}
 
-		kfree(file->private_data);
+		kfree(data->dent);
 		ctx->pos = key_hash_flash(c, &dent->key);
-		file->private_data = dent;
+		data->dent = dent;
 		cond_resched();
 	}
 
 out:
-	kfree(file->private_data);
-	file->private_data = NULL;
+	kfree(data->dent);
+	data->dent = NULL;
 
 	if (encrypted)
 		fscrypt_fname_free_buffer(&fstr);
@@ -733,7 +739,10 @@ out:
 /* Free saved readdir() state when the directory is closed */
 static int ubifs_dir_release(struct inode *dir, struct file *file)
 {
-	kfree(file->private_data);
+	struct ubifs_dir_data *data = file->private_data;
+
+	kfree(data->dent);
+	kfree(data);
 	file->private_data = NULL;
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1712,6 +1721,24 @@ int ubifs_getattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, const struct path *path,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int ubifs_dir_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+	struct ubifs_dir_data *data;
+
+	data = kzalloc(sizeof(struct ubifs_dir_data), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!data)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	file->private_data = data;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static loff_t ubifs_dir_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
+{
+	struct ubifs_dir_data *data = file->private_data;
+
+	return generic_llseek_cookie(file, offset, whence, &data->cookie);
+}
+
 const struct inode_operations ubifs_dir_inode_operations = {
 	.lookup      = ubifs_lookup,
 	.create      = ubifs_create,
@@ -1732,7 +1759,8 @@ const struct inode_operations ubifs_dir_inode_operations = {
 };
 
 const struct file_operations ubifs_dir_operations = {
-	.llseek         = generic_file_llseek,
+	.open		= ubifs_dir_open,
+	.llseek         = ubifs_dir_llseek,
 	.release        = ubifs_dir_release,
 	.read           = generic_read_dir,
 	.iterate_shared = ubifs_readdir,
diff --git a/fs/udf/dir.c b/fs/udf/dir.c
index f94f45fe2c91..5023dfe191e8 100644
--- a/fs/udf/dir.c
+++ b/fs/udf/dir.c
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ static int udf_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 	 * identifying beginning of dir entry (names are under user control),
 	 * we need to scan the directory from the beginning.
 	 */
-	if (!inode_eq_iversion(dir, file->f_version)) {
+	if (!inode_eq_iversion(dir, *(u64 *)file->private_data)) {
 		emit_pos = nf_pos;
 		nf_pos = 0;
 	} else {
@@ -122,15 +122,37 @@ out_iter:
 	udf_fiiter_release(&iter);
 out:
 	if (pos_valid)
-		file->f_version = inode_query_iversion(dir);
+		*(u64 *)file->private_data = inode_query_iversion(dir);
 	kfree(fname);
 
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static int udf_dir_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+	file->private_data = kzalloc(sizeof(u64), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!file->private_data)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int udf_dir_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+	kfree(file->private_data);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static loff_t udf_dir_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
+{
+	return generic_llseek_cookie(file, offset, whence,
+				     (u64 *)file->private_data);
+}
+
 /* readdir and lookup functions */
 const struct file_operations udf_dir_operations = {
-	.llseek			= generic_file_llseek,
+	.open			= udf_dir_open,
+	.release		= udf_dir_release,
+	.llseek			= udf_dir_llseek,
 	.read			= generic_read_dir,
 	.iterate_shared		= udf_readdir,
 	.unlocked_ioctl		= udf_ioctl,
diff --git a/fs/ufs/dir.c b/fs/ufs/dir.c
index 1579561118f5..d6e6a2198971 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ufs/dir.c
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ ufs_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 	unsigned long n = pos >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 	unsigned long npages = dir_pages(inode);
 	unsigned chunk_mask = ~(UFS_SB(sb)->s_uspi->s_dirblksize - 1);
-	bool need_revalidate = !inode_eq_iversion(inode, file->f_version);
+	bool need_revalidate = !inode_eq_iversion(inode, *(u64 *)file->private_data);
 	unsigned flags = UFS_SB(sb)->s_flags;
 
 	UFSD("BEGIN\n");
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ ufs_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 				offset = ufs_validate_entry(sb, kaddr, offset, chunk_mask);
 				ctx->pos = (n<<PAGE_SHIFT) + offset;
 			}
-			file->f_version = inode_query_iversion(inode);
+			*(u64 *)file->private_data = inode_query_iversion(inode);
 			need_revalidate = false;
 		}
 		de = (struct ufs_dir_entry *)(kaddr+offset);
@@ -627,9 +627,31 @@ not_empty:
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int ufs_dir_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+	file->private_data = kzalloc(sizeof(u64), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!file->private_data)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int ufs_dir_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+	kfree(file->private_data);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static loff_t ufs_dir_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
+{
+	return generic_llseek_cookie(file, offset, whence,
+				     (u64 *)file->private_data);
+}
+
 const struct file_operations ufs_dir_operations = {
+	.open		= ufs_dir_open,
+	.release	= ufs_dir_release,
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,
 	.iterate_shared	= ufs_readdir,
 	.fsync		= generic_file_fsync,
-	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
+	.llseek		= ufs_dir_llseek,
 };
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index e8d078e98379..0df3e5f0dd2b 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -963,6 +963,7 @@ static inline unsigned imajor(const struct inode *inode)
 }
 
 struct fown_struct {
+	struct file *file;	/* backpointer for security modules */
 	rwlock_t lock;          /* protects pid, uid, euid fields */
 	struct pid *pid;	/* pid or -pgrp where SIGIO should be sent */
 	enum pid_type pid_type;	/* Kind of process group SIGIO should be sent to */
@@ -1002,52 +1003,69 @@ static inline int ra_has_index(struct file_ra_state *ra, pgoff_t index)
 		index <  ra->start + ra->size);
 }
 
-/*
- * f_{lock,count,pos_lock} members can be highly contended and share
- * the same cacheline. f_{lock,mode} are very frequently used together
- * and so share the same cacheline as well. The read-mostly
- * f_{path,inode,op} are kept on a separate cacheline.
+/**
+ * struct file - Represents a file
+ * @f_count: reference count
+ * @f_lock: Protects f_ep, f_flags. Must not be taken from IRQ context.
+ * @f_mode: FMODE_* flags often used in hotpaths
+ * @f_op: file operations
+ * @f_mapping: Contents of a cacheable, mappable object.
+ * @private_data: filesystem or driver specific data
+ * @f_inode: cached inode
+ * @f_flags: file flags
+ * @f_iocb_flags: iocb flags
+ * @f_cred: stashed credentials of creator/opener
+ * @f_path: path of the file
+ * @f_pos_lock: lock protecting file position
+ * @f_pipe: specific to pipes
+ * @f_pos: file position
+ * @f_security: LSM security context of this file
+ * @f_owner: file owner
+ * @f_wb_err: writeback error
+ * @f_sb_err: per sb writeback errors
+ * @f_ep: link of all epoll hooks for this file
+ * @f_task_work: task work entry point
+ * @f_llist: work queue entrypoint
+ * @f_ra: file's readahead state
+ * @f_freeptr: Pointer used by SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU file cache (don't touch.)
  */
 struct file {
-	union {
-		/* fput() uses task work when closing and freeing file (default). */
-		struct callback_head 	f_task_work;
-		/* fput() must use workqueue (most kernel threads). */
-		struct llist_node	f_llist;
-		unsigned int 		f_iocb_flags;
-	};
-
-	/*
-	 * Protects f_ep, f_flags.
-	 * Must not be taken from IRQ context.
-	 */
-	spinlock_t		f_lock;
-	fmode_t			f_mode;
-	atomic_long_t		f_count;
-	struct mutex		f_pos_lock;
-	loff_t			f_pos;
-	unsigned int		f_flags;
-	struct fown_struct	f_owner;
-	const struct cred	*f_cred;
-	struct file_ra_state	f_ra;
-	struct path		f_path;
-	struct inode		*f_inode;	/* cached value */
+	atomic_long_t			f_count;
+	spinlock_t			f_lock;
+	fmode_t				f_mode;
 	const struct file_operations	*f_op;
-
-	u64			f_version;
+	struct address_space		*f_mapping;
+	void				*private_data;
+	struct inode			*f_inode;
+	unsigned int			f_flags;
+	unsigned int			f_iocb_flags;
+	const struct cred		*f_cred;
+	/* --- cacheline 1 boundary (64 bytes) --- */
+	struct path			f_path;
+	union {
+		/* regular files (with FMODE_ATOMIC_POS) and directories */
+		struct mutex		f_pos_lock;
+		/* pipes */
+		u64			f_pipe;
+	};
+	loff_t				f_pos;
 #ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY
-	void			*f_security;
+	void				*f_security;
 #endif
-	/* needed for tty driver, and maybe others */
-	void			*private_data;
-
+	/* --- cacheline 2 boundary (128 bytes) --- */
+	struct fown_struct		*f_owner;
+	errseq_t			f_wb_err;
+	errseq_t			f_sb_err;
 #ifdef CONFIG_EPOLL
-	/* Used by fs/eventpoll.c to link all the hooks to this file */
-	struct hlist_head	*f_ep;
-#endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_EPOLL */
-	struct address_space	*f_mapping;
-	errseq_t		f_wb_err;
-	errseq_t		f_sb_err; /* for syncfs */
+	struct hlist_head		*f_ep;
+#endif
+	union {
+		struct callback_head	f_task_work;
+		struct llist_node	f_llist;
+		struct file_ra_state	f_ra;
+		freeptr_t		f_freeptr;
+	};
+	/* --- cacheline 3 boundary (192 bytes) --- */
 } __randomize_layout
   __attribute__((aligned(4)));	/* lest something weird decides that 2 is OK */
 
@@ -1092,6 +1110,12 @@ struct file_lease;
 #define OFFT_OFFSET_MAX	type_max(off_t)
 #endif
 
+int file_f_owner_allocate(struct file *file);
+static inline struct fown_struct *file_f_owner(const struct file *file)
+{
+	return READ_ONCE(file->f_owner);
+}
+
 extern void send_sigio(struct fown_struct *fown, int fd, int band);
 
 static inline struct inode *file_inode(const struct file *f)
@@ -1140,7 +1164,7 @@ extern void __f_setown(struct file *filp, struct pid *, enum pid_type, int force
 extern int f_setown(struct file *filp, int who, int force);
 extern void f_delown(struct file *filp);
 extern pid_t f_getown(struct file *filp);
-extern int send_sigurg(struct fown_struct *fown);
+extern int send_sigurg(struct file *file);
 
 /*
  * sb->s_flags.  Note that these mirror the equivalent MS_* flags where
@@ -3207,6 +3231,8 @@ extern loff_t vfs_setpos(struct file *file, loff_t offset, loff_t maxsize);
 extern loff_t generic_file_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence);
 extern loff_t generic_file_llseek_size(struct file *file, loff_t offset,
 		int whence, loff_t maxsize, loff_t eof);
+loff_t generic_llseek_cookie(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence,
+			     u64 *cookie);
 extern loff_t fixed_size_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset,
 		int whence, loff_t size);
 extern loff_t no_seek_end_llseek_size(struct file *, loff_t, int, loff_t);
diff --git a/include/linux/slab.h b/include/linux/slab.h
index eb2bf4629157..5b2da2cf31a8 100644
--- a/include/linux/slab.h
+++ b/include/linux/slab.h
@@ -212,6 +212,12 @@ enum _slab_flag_bits {
 #define SLAB_NO_OBJ_EXT		__SLAB_FLAG_UNUSED
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * freeptr_t represents a SLUB freelist pointer, which might be encoded
+ * and not dereferenceable if CONFIG_SLAB_FREELIST_HARDENED is enabled.
+ */
+typedef struct { unsigned long v; } freeptr_t;
+
 /*
  * ZERO_SIZE_PTR will be returned for zero sized kmalloc requests.
  *
@@ -242,6 +248,9 @@ struct kmem_cache *kmem_cache_create_usercopy(const char *name,
 			slab_flags_t flags,
 			unsigned int useroffset, unsigned int usersize,
 			void (*ctor)(void *));
+struct kmem_cache *kmem_cache_create_rcu(const char *name, unsigned int size,
+					 unsigned int freeptr_offset,
+					 slab_flags_t flags);
 void kmem_cache_destroy(struct kmem_cache *s);
 int kmem_cache_shrink(struct kmem_cache *s);
 
diff --git a/mm/slab.h b/mm/slab.h
index dcdb56b8e7f5..a6051385186e 100644
--- a/mm/slab.h
+++ b/mm/slab.h
@@ -261,6 +261,8 @@ struct kmem_cache {
 	unsigned int object_size;	/* Object size without metadata */
 	struct reciprocal_value reciprocal_size;
 	unsigned int offset;		/* Free pointer offset */
+	/* Specific free pointer requested (if not UINT_MAX) */
+	unsigned int rcu_freeptr_offset;
 #ifdef CONFIG_SLUB_CPU_PARTIAL
 	/* Number of per cpu partial objects to keep around */
 	unsigned int cpu_partial;
diff --git a/mm/slab_common.c b/mm/slab_common.c
index 40b582a014b8..95db3702f8d6 100644
--- a/mm/slab_common.c
+++ b/mm/slab_common.c
@@ -202,10 +202,10 @@ struct kmem_cache *find_mergeable(unsigned int size, unsigned int align,
 }
 
 static struct kmem_cache *create_cache(const char *name,
-		unsigned int object_size, unsigned int align,
-		slab_flags_t flags, unsigned int useroffset,
-		unsigned int usersize, void (*ctor)(void *),
-		struct kmem_cache *root_cache)
+		unsigned int object_size, unsigned int freeptr_offset,
+		unsigned int align, slab_flags_t flags,
+		unsigned int useroffset, unsigned int usersize,
+		void (*ctor)(void *))
 {
 	struct kmem_cache *s;
 	int err;
@@ -213,6 +213,13 @@ static struct kmem_cache *create_cache(const char *name,
 	if (WARN_ON(useroffset + usersize > object_size))
 		useroffset = usersize = 0;
 
+	/* If a custom freelist pointer is requested make sure it's sane. */
+	err = -EINVAL;
+	if (freeptr_offset != UINT_MAX &&
+	    (freeptr_offset >= object_size || !(flags & SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU) ||
+	     !IS_ALIGNED(freeptr_offset, sizeof(freeptr_t))))
+		goto out;
+
 	err = -ENOMEM;
 	s = kmem_cache_zalloc(kmem_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!s)
@@ -220,13 +227,13 @@ static struct kmem_cache *create_cache(const char *name,
 
 	s->name = name;
 	s->size = s->object_size = object_size;
+	s->rcu_freeptr_offset = freeptr_offset;
 	s->align = align;
 	s->ctor = ctor;
 #ifdef CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY
 	s->useroffset = useroffset;
 	s->usersize = usersize;
 #endif
-
 	err = __kmem_cache_create(s, flags);
 	if (err)
 		goto out_free_cache;
@@ -241,38 +248,10 @@ out:
 	return ERR_PTR(err);
 }
 
-/**
- * kmem_cache_create_usercopy - Create a cache with a region suitable
- * for copying to userspace
- * @name: A string which is used in /proc/slabinfo to identify this cache.
- * @size: The size of objects to be created in this cache.
- * @align: The required alignment for the objects.
- * @flags: SLAB flags
- * @useroffset: Usercopy region offset
- * @usersize: Usercopy region size
- * @ctor: A constructor for the objects.
- *
- * Cannot be called within a interrupt, but can be interrupted.
- * The @ctor is run when new pages are allocated by the cache.
- *
- * The flags are
- *
- * %SLAB_POISON - Poison the slab with a known test pattern (a5a5a5a5)
- * to catch references to uninitialised memory.
- *
- * %SLAB_RED_ZONE - Insert `Red` zones around the allocated memory to check
- * for buffer overruns.
- *
- * %SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN - Align the objects in this cache to a hardware
- * cacheline.  This can be beneficial if you're counting cycles as closely
- * as davem.
- *
- * Return: a pointer to the cache on success, NULL on failure.
- */
-struct kmem_cache *
-kmem_cache_create_usercopy(const char *name,
-		  unsigned int size, unsigned int align,
-		  slab_flags_t flags,
+static struct kmem_cache *
+do_kmem_cache_create_usercopy(const char *name,
+		  unsigned int size, unsigned int freeptr_offset,
+		  unsigned int align, slab_flags_t flags,
 		  unsigned int useroffset, unsigned int usersize,
 		  void (*ctor)(void *))
 {
@@ -332,9 +311,9 @@ kmem_cache_create_usercopy(const char *name,
 		goto out_unlock;
 	}
 
-	s = create_cache(cache_name, size,
+	s = create_cache(cache_name, size, freeptr_offset,
 			 calculate_alignment(flags, align, size),
-			 flags, useroffset, usersize, ctor, NULL);
+			 flags, useroffset, usersize, ctor);
 	if (IS_ERR(s)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(s);
 		kfree_const(cache_name);
@@ -356,6 +335,44 @@ out_unlock:
 	}
 	return s;
 }
+
+/**
+ * kmem_cache_create_usercopy - Create a cache with a region suitable
+ * for copying to userspace
+ * @name: A string which is used in /proc/slabinfo to identify this cache.
+ * @size: The size of objects to be created in this cache.
+ * @align: The required alignment for the objects.
+ * @flags: SLAB flags
+ * @useroffset: Usercopy region offset
+ * @usersize: Usercopy region size
+ * @ctor: A constructor for the objects.
+ *
+ * Cannot be called within a interrupt, but can be interrupted.
+ * The @ctor is run when new pages are allocated by the cache.
+ *
+ * The flags are
+ *
+ * %SLAB_POISON - Poison the slab with a known test pattern (a5a5a5a5)
+ * to catch references to uninitialised memory.
+ *
+ * %SLAB_RED_ZONE - Insert `Red` zones around the allocated memory to check
+ * for buffer overruns.
+ *
+ * %SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN - Align the objects in this cache to a hardware
+ * cacheline.  This can be beneficial if you're counting cycles as closely
+ * as davem.
+ *
+ * Return: a pointer to the cache on success, NULL on failure.
+ */
+struct kmem_cache *
+kmem_cache_create_usercopy(const char *name, unsigned int size,
+			   unsigned int align, slab_flags_t flags,
+			   unsigned int useroffset, unsigned int usersize,
+			   void (*ctor)(void *))
+{
+	return do_kmem_cache_create_usercopy(name, size, UINT_MAX, align, flags,
+					     useroffset, usersize, ctor);
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_create_usercopy);
 
 /**
@@ -387,11 +404,50 @@ struct kmem_cache *
 kmem_cache_create(const char *name, unsigned int size, unsigned int align,
 		slab_flags_t flags, void (*ctor)(void *))
 {
-	return kmem_cache_create_usercopy(name, size, align, flags, 0, 0,
-					  ctor);
+	return do_kmem_cache_create_usercopy(name, size, UINT_MAX, align, flags,
+					     0, 0, ctor);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_create);
 
+/**
+ * kmem_cache_create_rcu - Create a SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU cache.
+ * @name: A string which is used in /proc/slabinfo to identify this cache.
+ * @size: The size of objects to be created in this cache.
+ * @freeptr_offset: The offset into the memory to the free pointer
+ * @flags: SLAB flags
+ *
+ * Cannot be called within an interrupt, but can be interrupted.
+ *
+ * See kmem_cache_create() for an explanation of possible @flags.
+ *
+ * By default SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU caches place the free pointer outside
+ * of the object. This might cause the object to grow in size. Callers
+ * that have a reason to avoid this can specify a custom free pointer
+ * offset in their struct where the free pointer will be placed.
+ *
+ * Note that placing the free pointer inside the object requires the
+ * caller to ensure that no fields are invalidated that are required to
+ * guard against object recycling (See SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU for
+ * details.).
+ *
+ * Using zero as a value for @freeptr_offset is valid. To request no
+ * offset UINT_MAX must be specified.
+ *
+ * Note that @ctor isn't supported with custom free pointers as a @ctor
+ * requires an external free pointer.
+ *
+ * Return: a pointer to the cache on success, NULL on failure.
+ */
+struct kmem_cache *kmem_cache_create_rcu(const char *name, unsigned int size,
+					 unsigned int freeptr_offset,
+					 slab_flags_t flags)
+{
+	return do_kmem_cache_create_usercopy(name, size, freeptr_offset, 0,
+					     flags | SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU, 0, 0,
+					     NULL);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_create_rcu);
+
 static struct kmem_cache *kmem_buckets_cache __ro_after_init;
 
 /**
diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index a77f354f8325..be36f1df809c 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -465,12 +465,6 @@ static struct workqueue_struct *flushwq;
  * 			Core slab cache functions
  *******************************************************************/
 
-/*
- * freeptr_t represents a SLUB freelist pointer, which might be encoded
- * and not dereferenceable if CONFIG_SLAB_FREELIST_HARDENED is enabled.
- */
-typedef struct { unsigned long v; } freeptr_t;
-
 /*
  * Returns freelist pointer (ptr). With hardening, this is obfuscated
  * with an XOR of the address where the pointer is held and a per-cache
@@ -3925,6 +3919,9 @@ static void *__slab_alloc_node(struct kmem_cache *s,
 /*
  * If the object has been wiped upon free, make sure it's fully initialized by
  * zeroing out freelist pointer.
+ *
+ * Note that we also wipe custom freelist pointers specified via
+ * s->rcu_freeptr_offset.
  */
 static __always_inline void maybe_wipe_obj_freeptr(struct kmem_cache *s,
 						   void *obj)
@@ -5148,6 +5145,12 @@ static void set_cpu_partial(struct kmem_cache *s)
 #endif
 }
 
+/* Was a valid freeptr offset requested? */
+static inline bool has_freeptr_offset(const struct kmem_cache *s)
+{
+	return s->rcu_freeptr_offset != UINT_MAX;
+}
+
 /*
  * calculate_sizes() determines the order and the distribution of data within
  * a slab object.
@@ -5193,7 +5196,8 @@ static int calculate_sizes(struct kmem_cache *s)
 	 */
 	s->inuse = size;
 
-	if ((flags & (SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU | SLAB_POISON)) || s->ctor ||
+	if (((flags & SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU) && !has_freeptr_offset(s)) ||
+	    (flags & SLAB_POISON) || s->ctor ||
 	    ((flags & SLAB_RED_ZONE) &&
 	     (s->object_size < sizeof(void *) || slub_debug_orig_size(s)))) {
 		/*
@@ -5214,6 +5218,8 @@ static int calculate_sizes(struct kmem_cache *s)
 		 */
 		s->offset = size;
 		size += sizeof(void *);
+	} else if ((flags & SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU) && has_freeptr_offset(s)) {
+		s->offset = s->rcu_freeptr_offset;
 	} else {
 		/*
 		 * Store freelist pointer near middle of object to keep
diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index bbb57b5af0b1..fe87f9bd8f16 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -3497,7 +3497,7 @@ static void sock_def_destruct(struct sock *sk)
 void sk_send_sigurg(struct sock *sk)
 {
 	if (sk->sk_socket && sk->sk_socket->file)
-		if (send_sigurg(&sk->sk_socket->file->f_owner))
+		if (send_sigurg(sk->sk_socket->file))
 			sk_wake_async(sk, SOCK_WAKE_URG, POLL_PRI);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sk_send_sigurg);
diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
index 400eca4ad0fb..cc123c6390a7 100644
--- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
+++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
@@ -3950,7 +3950,7 @@ static int selinux_file_send_sigiotask(struct task_struct *tsk,
 	struct file_security_struct *fsec;
 
 	/* struct fown_struct is never outside the context of a struct file */
-	file = container_of(fown, struct file, f_owner);
+	file = fown->file;
 
 	fsec = selinux_file(file);
 
diff --git a/security/smack/smack_lsm.c b/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
index 002a1b9ed83a..eac7109be1db 100644
--- a/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
+++ b/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
@@ -1950,7 +1950,7 @@ static int smack_file_send_sigiotask(struct task_struct *tsk,
 	/*
 	 * struct fown_struct is never outside the context of a struct file
 	 */
-	file = container_of(fown, struct file, f_owner);
+	file = fown->file;
 
 	/* we don't log here as rc can be overriden */
 	blob = smack_file(file);