diff --git a/fs/cifs/Kconfig b/fs/cifs/Kconfig
index 0ed213970ced..ee45648b0d1a 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/cifs/Kconfig
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ config CIFS
 	select NLS
 	select CRYPTO
 	select CRYPTO_MD5
+	select CRYPTO_HMAC
 	select CRYPTO_ARC4
 	help
 	  This is the client VFS module for the Common Internet File System
@@ -143,6 +144,13 @@ config CIFS_FSCACHE
 	    to be cached locally on disk through the general filesystem cache
 	    manager. If unsure, say N.
 
+config CIFS_ACL
+	  bool "Provide CIFS ACL support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+	  depends on EXPERIMENTAL && CIFS_XATTR
+	  help
+	    Allows to fetch CIFS/NTFS ACL from the server.  The DACL blob
+	    is handed over to the application/caller.
+
 config CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL
 	  bool "CIFS Experimental Features (EXPERIMENTAL)"
 	  depends on CIFS && EXPERIMENTAL
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsacl.c b/fs/cifs/cifsacl.c
index c9b4792ae825..c6ebea088ac7 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsacl.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsacl.c
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ static struct cifs_ntsd *get_cifs_acl_by_fid(struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb,
 	struct tcon_link *tlink = cifs_sb_tlink(cifs_sb);
 
 	if (IS_ERR(tlink))
-		return NULL;
+		return ERR_CAST(tlink);
 
 	xid = GetXid();
 	rc = CIFSSMBGetCIFSACL(xid, tlink_tcon(tlink), fid, &pntsd, pacllen);
@@ -568,7 +568,9 @@ static struct cifs_ntsd *get_cifs_acl_by_fid(struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb,
 
 	cifs_put_tlink(tlink);
 
-	cFYI(1, "GetCIFSACL rc = %d ACL len %d", rc, *pacllen);
+	cFYI(1, "%s: rc = %d ACL len %d", __func__, rc, *pacllen);
+	if (rc)
+		return ERR_PTR(rc);
 	return pntsd;
 }
 
@@ -583,7 +585,7 @@ static struct cifs_ntsd *get_cifs_acl_by_path(struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb,
 	struct tcon_link *tlink = cifs_sb_tlink(cifs_sb);
 
 	if (IS_ERR(tlink))
-		return NULL;
+		return ERR_CAST(tlink);
 
 	tcon = tlink_tcon(tlink);
 	xid = GetXid();
@@ -591,23 +593,22 @@ static struct cifs_ntsd *get_cifs_acl_by_path(struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb,
 	rc = CIFSSMBOpen(xid, tcon, path, FILE_OPEN, READ_CONTROL, 0,
 			 &fid, &oplock, NULL, cifs_sb->local_nls,
 			 cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags & CIFS_MOUNT_MAP_SPECIAL_CHR);
-	if (rc) {
-		cERROR(1, "Unable to open file to get ACL");
-		goto out;
+	if (!rc) {
+		rc = CIFSSMBGetCIFSACL(xid, tcon, fid, &pntsd, pacllen);
+		CIFSSMBClose(xid, tcon, fid);
 	}
 
-	rc = CIFSSMBGetCIFSACL(xid, tcon, fid, &pntsd, pacllen);
-	cFYI(1, "GetCIFSACL rc = %d ACL len %d", rc, *pacllen);
-
-	CIFSSMBClose(xid, tcon, fid);
- out:
 	cifs_put_tlink(tlink);
 	FreeXid(xid);
+
+	cFYI(1, "%s: rc = %d ACL len %d", __func__, rc, *pacllen);
+	if (rc)
+		return ERR_PTR(rc);
 	return pntsd;
 }
 
 /* Retrieve an ACL from the server */
-static struct cifs_ntsd *get_cifs_acl(struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb,
+struct cifs_ntsd *get_cifs_acl(struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb,
 				      struct inode *inode, const char *path,
 				      u32 *pacllen)
 {
@@ -695,7 +696,7 @@ static int set_cifs_acl(struct cifs_ntsd *pnntsd, __u32 acllen,
 }
 
 /* Translate the CIFS ACL (simlar to NTFS ACL) for a file into mode bits */
-void
+int
 cifs_acl_to_fattr(struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb, struct cifs_fattr *fattr,
 		  struct inode *inode, const char *path, const __u16 *pfid)
 {
@@ -711,17 +712,21 @@ cifs_acl_to_fattr(struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb, struct cifs_fattr *fattr,
 		pntsd = get_cifs_acl(cifs_sb, inode, path, &acllen);
 
 	/* if we can retrieve the ACL, now parse Access Control Entries, ACEs */
-	if (pntsd)
+	if (IS_ERR(pntsd)) {
+		rc = PTR_ERR(pntsd);
+		cERROR(1, "%s: error %d getting sec desc", __func__, rc);
+	} else {
 		rc = parse_sec_desc(pntsd, acllen, fattr);
-	if (rc)
-		cFYI(1, "parse sec desc failed rc = %d", rc);
+		kfree(pntsd);
+		if (rc)
+			cERROR(1, "parse sec desc failed rc = %d", rc);
+	}
 
-	kfree(pntsd);
-	return;
+	return rc;
 }
 
 /* Convert mode bits to an ACL so we can update the ACL on the server */
-int mode_to_acl(struct inode *inode, const char *path, __u64 nmode)
+int mode_to_cifs_acl(struct inode *inode, const char *path, __u64 nmode)
 {
 	int rc = 0;
 	__u32 secdesclen = 0;
@@ -736,7 +741,10 @@ int mode_to_acl(struct inode *inode, const char *path, __u64 nmode)
 	/* Add three ACEs for owner, group, everyone getting rid of
 	   other ACEs as chmod disables ACEs and set the security descriptor */
 
-	if (pntsd) {
+	if (IS_ERR(pntsd)) {
+		rc = PTR_ERR(pntsd);
+		cERROR(1, "%s: error %d getting sec desc", __func__, rc);
+	} else {
 		/* allocate memory for the smb header,
 		   set security descriptor request security descriptor
 		   parameters, and secuirty descriptor itself */
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
index 9c3789762ab7..76c8a906a63e 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
@@ -458,6 +458,8 @@ cifs_show_options(struct seq_file *s, struct vfsmount *m)
 		seq_printf(s, ",acl");
 	if (cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags & CIFS_MOUNT_MF_SYMLINKS)
 		seq_printf(s, ",mfsymlinks");
+	if (cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags & CIFS_MOUNT_FSCACHE)
+		seq_printf(s, ",fsc");
 
 	seq_printf(s, ",rsize=%d", cifs_sb->rsize);
 	seq_printf(s, ",wsize=%d", cifs_sb->wsize);
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsproto.h b/fs/cifs/cifsproto.h
index 7ed69b6b5fe6..db961dc4fd3d 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsproto.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsproto.h
@@ -130,10 +130,12 @@ extern int cifs_get_file_info_unix(struct file *filp);
 extern int cifs_get_inode_info_unix(struct inode **pinode,
 			const unsigned char *search_path,
 			struct super_block *sb, int xid);
-extern void cifs_acl_to_fattr(struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb,
+extern int cifs_acl_to_fattr(struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb,
 			      struct cifs_fattr *fattr, struct inode *inode,
 			      const char *path, const __u16 *pfid);
-extern int mode_to_acl(struct inode *inode, const char *path, __u64);
+extern int mode_to_cifs_acl(struct inode *inode, const char *path, __u64);
+extern struct cifs_ntsd *get_cifs_acl(struct cifs_sb_info *, struct inode *,
+					const char *, u32 *);
 
 extern int cifs_mount(struct super_block *, struct cifs_sb_info *, char *,
 			const char *);
diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
index 251a17c03545..32fa4d9b5dbc 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
@@ -1352,6 +1352,11 @@ cifs_parse_mount_options(char *options, const char *devname,
 				"supported. Instead set "
 				"/proc/fs/cifs/LookupCacheEnabled to 0\n");
 		} else if (strnicmp(data, "fsc", 3) == 0) {
+#ifndef CONFIG_CIFS_FSCACHE
+			cERROR(1, "FS-Cache support needs CONFIG_CIFS_FSCACHE"
+				  "kernel config option set");
+			return 1;
+#endif
 			vol->fsc = true;
 		} else if (strnicmp(data, "mfsymlinks", 10) == 0) {
 			vol->mfsymlinks = true;
diff --git a/fs/cifs/dns_resolve.c b/fs/cifs/dns_resolve.c
index 0eb87026cad3..548f06230a6d 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/dns_resolve.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/dns_resolve.c
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ dns_resolve_server_name_to_ip(const char *unc, char **ip_addr)
 	/* Search for server name delimiter */
 	sep = memchr(hostname, '\\', len);
 	if (sep)
-		len = sep - unc;
+		len = sep - hostname;
 	else
 		cFYI(1, "%s: probably server name is whole unc: %s",
 		     __func__, unc);
diff --git a/fs/cifs/file.c b/fs/cifs/file.c
index 06c3e83fa387..b857ce5db775 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/file.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/file.c
@@ -2271,8 +2271,10 @@ void cifs_oplock_break_get(struct cifsFileInfo *cfile)
 
 void cifs_oplock_break_put(struct cifsFileInfo *cfile)
 {
+	struct super_block *sb = cfile->dentry->d_sb;
+
 	cifsFileInfo_put(cfile);
-	cifs_sb_deactive(cfile->dentry->d_sb);
+	cifs_sb_deactive(sb);
 }
 
 const struct address_space_operations cifs_addr_ops = {
diff --git a/fs/cifs/fscache.c b/fs/cifs/fscache.c
index a2ad94efcfe6..297a43d0ff7f 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/fscache.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/fscache.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  *   fs/cifs/fscache.c - CIFS filesystem cache interface
  *
  *   Copyright (c) 2010 Novell, Inc.
- *   Author(s): Suresh Jayaraman (sjayaraman@suse.de>
+ *   Author(s): Suresh Jayaraman <sjayaraman@suse.de>
  *
  *   This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  *   it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published
@@ -67,10 +67,12 @@ static void cifs_fscache_enable_inode_cookie(struct inode *inode)
 	if (cifsi->fscache)
 		return;
 
-	cifsi->fscache = fscache_acquire_cookie(tcon->fscache,
+	if (cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags & CIFS_MOUNT_FSCACHE) {
+		cifsi->fscache = fscache_acquire_cookie(tcon->fscache,
 				&cifs_fscache_inode_object_def, cifsi);
-	cFYI(1, "CIFS: got FH cookie (0x%p/0x%p)", tcon->fscache,
+		cFYI(1, "CIFS: got FH cookie (0x%p/0x%p)", tcon->fscache,
 				cifsi->fscache);
+	}
 }
 
 void cifs_fscache_release_inode_cookie(struct inode *inode)
@@ -101,10 +103,8 @@ void cifs_fscache_set_inode_cookie(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 {
 	if ((filp->f_flags & O_ACCMODE) != O_RDONLY)
 		cifs_fscache_disable_inode_cookie(inode);
-	else {
+	else
 		cifs_fscache_enable_inode_cookie(inode);
-		cFYI(1, "CIFS: fscache inode cookie set");
-	}
 }
 
 void cifs_fscache_reset_inode_cookie(struct inode *inode)
diff --git a/fs/cifs/inode.c b/fs/cifs/inode.c
index ef3a55bf86b6..28cb6e735943 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/inode.c
@@ -689,8 +689,13 @@ int cifs_get_inode_info(struct inode **pinode,
 #ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL
 	/* fill in 0777 bits from ACL */
 	if (cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags & CIFS_MOUNT_CIFS_ACL) {
-		cFYI(1, "Getting mode bits from ACL");
-		cifs_acl_to_fattr(cifs_sb, &fattr, *pinode, full_path, pfid);
+		rc = cifs_acl_to_fattr(cifs_sb, &fattr, *pinode, full_path,
+						pfid);
+		if (rc) {
+			cFYI(1, "%s: Getting ACL failed with error: %d",
+				__func__, rc);
+			goto cgii_exit;
+		}
 	}
 #endif
 
@@ -881,8 +886,10 @@ struct inode *cifs_root_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino)
 		rc = cifs_get_inode_info(&inode, full_path, NULL, sb,
 						xid, NULL);
 
-	if (!inode)
-		return ERR_PTR(rc);
+	if (!inode) {
+		inode = ERR_PTR(rc);
+		goto out;
+	}
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_FSCACHE
 	/* populate tcon->resource_id */
@@ -898,13 +905,11 @@ struct inode *cifs_root_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino)
 		inode->i_uid = cifs_sb->mnt_uid;
 		inode->i_gid = cifs_sb->mnt_gid;
 	} else if (rc) {
-		kfree(full_path);
-		_FreeXid(xid);
 		iget_failed(inode);
-		return ERR_PTR(rc);
+		inode = ERR_PTR(rc);
 	}
 
-
+out:
 	kfree(full_path);
 	/* can not call macro FreeXid here since in a void func
 	 * TODO: This is no longer true
@@ -1670,7 +1675,9 @@ cifs_inode_needs_reval(struct inode *inode)
 	return false;
 }
 
-/* check invalid_mapping flag and zap the cache if it's set */
+/*
+ * Zap the cache. Called when invalid_mapping flag is set.
+ */
 static void
 cifs_invalidate_mapping(struct inode *inode)
 {
@@ -2115,9 +2122,14 @@ cifs_setattr_nounix(struct dentry *direntry, struct iattr *attrs)
 	if (attrs->ia_valid & ATTR_MODE) {
 		rc = 0;
 #ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL
-		if (cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags & CIFS_MOUNT_CIFS_ACL)
-			rc = mode_to_acl(inode, full_path, mode);
-		else
+		if (cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags & CIFS_MOUNT_CIFS_ACL) {
+			rc = mode_to_cifs_acl(inode, full_path, mode);
+			if (rc) {
+				cFYI(1, "%s: Setting ACL failed with error: %d",
+					__func__, rc);
+				goto cifs_setattr_exit;
+			}
+		} else
 #endif
 		if (((mode & S_IWUGO) == 0) &&
 		    (cifsInode->cifsAttrs & ATTR_READONLY) == 0) {
diff --git a/fs/cifs/readdir.c b/fs/cifs/readdir.c
index ef7bb7b50f58..32d300e8f20e 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/readdir.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/readdir.c
@@ -226,26 +226,29 @@ static int initiate_cifs_search(const int xid, struct file *file)
 	char *full_path = NULL;
 	struct cifsFileInfo *cifsFile;
 	struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb = CIFS_SB(file->f_path.dentry->d_sb);
-	struct tcon_link *tlink;
+	struct tcon_link *tlink = NULL;
 	struct cifsTconInfo *pTcon;
 
-	tlink = cifs_sb_tlink(cifs_sb);
-	if (IS_ERR(tlink))
-		return PTR_ERR(tlink);
-	pTcon = tlink_tcon(tlink);
-
-	if (file->private_data == NULL)
-		file->private_data =
-			kzalloc(sizeof(struct cifsFileInfo), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (file->private_data == NULL) {
-		rc = -ENOMEM;
-		goto error_exit;
+		tlink = cifs_sb_tlink(cifs_sb);
+		if (IS_ERR(tlink))
+			return PTR_ERR(tlink);
+
+		cifsFile = kzalloc(sizeof(struct cifsFileInfo), GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (cifsFile == NULL) {
+			rc = -ENOMEM;
+			goto error_exit;
+		}
+		file->private_data = cifsFile;
+		cifsFile->tlink = cifs_get_tlink(tlink);
+		pTcon = tlink_tcon(tlink);
+	} else {
+		cifsFile = file->private_data;
+		pTcon = tlink_tcon(cifsFile->tlink);
 	}
 
-	cifsFile = file->private_data;
 	cifsFile->invalidHandle = true;
 	cifsFile->srch_inf.endOfSearch = false;
-	cifsFile->tlink = cifs_get_tlink(tlink);
 
 	full_path = build_path_from_dentry(file->f_path.dentry);
 	if (full_path == NULL) {
diff --git a/fs/cifs/xattr.c b/fs/cifs/xattr.c
index a264b744bb41..eae2a1491608 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/xattr.c
@@ -30,10 +30,11 @@
 
 #define MAX_EA_VALUE_SIZE 65535
 #define CIFS_XATTR_DOS_ATTRIB "user.DosAttrib"
+#define CIFS_XATTR_CIFS_ACL "system.cifs_acl"
 #define CIFS_XATTR_USER_PREFIX "user."
 #define CIFS_XATTR_SYSTEM_PREFIX "system."
 #define CIFS_XATTR_OS2_PREFIX "os2."
-#define CIFS_XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX ".security"
+#define CIFS_XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX "security."
 #define CIFS_XATTR_TRUSTED_PREFIX "trusted."
 #define XATTR_TRUSTED_PREFIX_LEN  8
 #define XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX_LEN 9
@@ -277,29 +278,8 @@ ssize_t cifs_getxattr(struct dentry *direntry, const char *ea_name,
 				cifs_sb->local_nls,
 				cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags &
 					CIFS_MOUNT_MAP_SPECIAL_CHR);
-#ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL
-		else if (cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags & CIFS_MOUNT_CIFS_ACL) {
-			__u16 fid;
-			int oplock = 0;
-			struct cifs_ntsd *pacl = NULL;
-			__u32 buflen = 0;
-			if (experimEnabled)
-				rc = CIFSSMBOpen(xid, pTcon, full_path,
-					FILE_OPEN, GENERIC_READ, 0, &fid,
-					&oplock, NULL, cifs_sb->local_nls,
-					cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags &
-					CIFS_MOUNT_MAP_SPECIAL_CHR);
-			/* else rc is EOPNOTSUPP from above */
-
-			if (rc == 0) {
-				rc = CIFSSMBGetCIFSACL(xid, pTcon, fid, &pacl,
-						      &buflen);
-				CIFSSMBClose(xid, pTcon, fid);
-			}
-		}
-#endif /* EXPERIMENTAL */
 #else
-		cFYI(1, "query POSIX ACL not supported yet");
+		cFYI(1, "Query POSIX ACL not supported yet");
 #endif /* CONFIG_CIFS_POSIX */
 	} else if (strncmp(ea_name, POSIX_ACL_XATTR_DEFAULT,
 			  strlen(POSIX_ACL_XATTR_DEFAULT)) == 0) {
@@ -311,8 +291,33 @@ ssize_t cifs_getxattr(struct dentry *direntry, const char *ea_name,
 				cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags &
 					CIFS_MOUNT_MAP_SPECIAL_CHR);
 #else
-		cFYI(1, "query POSIX default ACL not supported yet");
-#endif
+		cFYI(1, "Query POSIX default ACL not supported yet");
+#endif /* CONFIG_CIFS_POSIX */
+	} else if (strncmp(ea_name, CIFS_XATTR_CIFS_ACL,
+				strlen(CIFS_XATTR_CIFS_ACL)) == 0) {
+#ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_ACL
+			u32 acllen;
+			struct cifs_ntsd *pacl;
+
+			pacl = get_cifs_acl(cifs_sb, direntry->d_inode,
+						full_path, &acllen);
+			if (IS_ERR(pacl)) {
+				rc = PTR_ERR(pacl);
+				cERROR(1, "%s: error %zd getting sec desc",
+						__func__, rc);
+			} else {
+				if (ea_value) {
+					if (acllen > buf_size)
+						acllen = -ERANGE;
+					else
+						memcpy(ea_value, pacl, acllen);
+				}
+				rc = acllen;
+				kfree(pacl);
+			}
+#else
+		cFYI(1, "Query CIFS ACL not supported yet");
+#endif /* CONFIG_CIFS_ACL */
 	} else if (strncmp(ea_name,
 		  CIFS_XATTR_TRUSTED_PREFIX, XATTR_TRUSTED_PREFIX_LEN) == 0) {
 		cFYI(1, "Trusted xattr namespace not supported yet");