diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/9p.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/9p.rst
index 7b5964bc8865..1b5f0cc3e4ca 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/9p.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/9p.rst
@@ -78,19 +78,39 @@ Options
   		offering several exported file systems.
 
   cache=mode	specifies a caching policy.  By default, no caches are used.
+		The mode can be specified as a bitmask or by using one of the
+		prexisting common 'shortcuts'.
+		The bitmask is described below: (unspecified bits are reserved)
 
-                        none
-				default no cache policy, metadata and data
-                                alike are synchronous.
-			loose
-				no attempts are made at consistency,
-                                intended for exclusive, read-only mounts
-                        fscache
-				use FS-Cache for a persistent, read-only
-				cache backend.
-                        mmap
-				minimal cache that is only used for read-write
-                                mmap.  Northing else is cached, like cache=none
+			==========  ====================================================
+			0b00000000  all caches disabled, mmap disabled
+			0b00000001  file caches enabled
+			0b00000010  meta-data caches enabled
+			0b00000100  writeback behavior (as opposed to writethrough)
+			0b00001000  loose caches (no explicit consistency with server)
+			0b10000000  fscache enabled for persistent caching
+			==========  ====================================================
+
+		The current shortcuts and their associated bitmask are:
+
+			=========   ====================================================
+			none        0b00000000 (no caching)
+			readahead   0b00000001 (only read-ahead file caching)
+			mmap        0b00000101 (read-ahead + writeback file cache)
+			loose       0b00001111 (non-coherent file and meta-data caches)
+			fscache     0b10001111 (persistent loose cache)
+			=========   ====================================================
+
+		NOTE: only these shortcuts are tested modes of operation at the
+		moment, so using other combinations of bit-patterns is not
+		known to work.  Work on better cache support is in progress.
+
+		IMPORTANT: loose caches (and by extension at the moment fscache)
+		do not necessarily validate cached values on the server.  In other
+		words changes on the server are not guaranteed to be reflected
+		on the client system.  Only use this mode of operation if you
+		have an exclusive mount and the server will modify the filesystem
+		underneath you.
 
   debug=n	specifies debug level.  The debug level is a bitmask.
 
@@ -137,6 +157,12 @@ Options
   		This can be used to share devices/named pipes/sockets between
 		hosts.  This functionality will be expanded in later versions.
 
+  directio	bypass page cache on all read/write operations
+
+  ignoreqv	ignore qid.version==0 as a marker to ignore cache
+
+  noxattr	do not offer xattr functions on this mount.
+
   access	there are four access modes.
 			user
 				if a user tries to access a file on v9fs
diff --git a/fs/9p/cache.h b/fs/9p/cache.h
index 1923affcdc62..ee1b6b06a2fd 100644
--- a/fs/9p/cache.h
+++ b/fs/9p/cache.h
@@ -8,9 +8,8 @@
 #ifndef _9P_CACHE_H
 #define _9P_CACHE_H
 
-#include <linux/fscache.h>
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_9P_FSCACHE
+#include <linux/fscache.h>
 
 extern int v9fs_cache_session_get_cookie(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses,
 					  const char *dev_name);
diff --git a/fs/9p/fid.c b/fs/9p/fid.c
index 805151114e96..de009a33e0e2 100644
--- a/fs/9p/fid.c
+++ b/fs/9p/fid.c
@@ -41,14 +41,24 @@ void v9fs_fid_add(struct dentry *dentry, struct p9_fid **pfid)
 	*pfid = NULL;
 }
 
+static bool v9fs_is_writeable(int mode)
+{
+	if (mode & (P9_OWRITE|P9_ORDWR))
+		return true;
+	else
+		return false;
+}
+
 /**
  * v9fs_fid_find_inode - search for an open fid off of the inode list
  * @inode: return a fid pointing to a specific inode
+ * @want_writeable: only consider fids which are writeable
  * @uid: return a fid belonging to the specified user
+ * @any: ignore uid as a selection criteria
  *
  */
-
-static struct p9_fid *v9fs_fid_find_inode(struct inode *inode, kuid_t uid)
+struct p9_fid *v9fs_fid_find_inode(struct inode *inode, bool want_writeable,
+	kuid_t uid, bool any)
 {
 	struct hlist_head *h;
 	struct p9_fid *fid, *ret = NULL;
@@ -58,7 +68,12 @@ static struct p9_fid *v9fs_fid_find_inode(struct inode *inode, kuid_t uid)
 	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
 	h = (struct hlist_head *)&inode->i_private;
 	hlist_for_each_entry(fid, h, ilist) {
-		if (uid_eq(fid->uid, uid)) {
+		if (any || uid_eq(fid->uid, uid)) {
+			if (want_writeable && !v9fs_is_writeable(fid->mode)) {
+				p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, " mode: %x not writeable?\n",
+							fid->mode);
+				continue;
+			}
 			p9_fid_get(fid);
 			ret = fid;
 			break;
@@ -118,7 +133,7 @@ static struct p9_fid *v9fs_fid_find(struct dentry *dentry, kuid_t uid, int any)
 		spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 	} else {
 		if (dentry->d_inode)
-			ret = v9fs_fid_find_inode(dentry->d_inode, uid);
+			ret = v9fs_fid_find_inode(dentry->d_inode, false, uid, any);
 	}
 
 	return ret;
@@ -299,28 +314,3 @@ struct p9_fid *v9fs_fid_lookup(struct dentry *dentry)
 	return v9fs_fid_lookup_with_uid(dentry, uid, any);
 }
 
-struct p9_fid *v9fs_writeback_fid(struct dentry *dentry)
-{
-	int err;
-	struct p9_fid *fid, *ofid;
-
-	ofid = v9fs_fid_lookup_with_uid(dentry, GLOBAL_ROOT_UID, 0);
-	fid = clone_fid(ofid);
-	if (IS_ERR(fid))
-		goto error_out;
-	p9_fid_put(ofid);
-	/*
-	 * writeback fid will only be used to write back the
-	 * dirty pages. We always request for the open fid in read-write
-	 * mode so that a partial page write which result in page
-	 * read can work.
-	 */
-	err = p9_client_open(fid, O_RDWR);
-	if (err < 0) {
-		p9_fid_put(fid);
-		fid = ERR_PTR(err);
-		goto error_out;
-	}
-error_out:
-	return fid;
-}
diff --git a/fs/9p/fid.h b/fs/9p/fid.h
index 8a4e8cd12ca2..0c51889a60b3 100644
--- a/fs/9p/fid.h
+++ b/fs/9p/fid.h
@@ -7,14 +7,16 @@
 #ifndef FS_9P_FID_H
 #define FS_9P_FID_H
 #include <linux/list.h>
+#include "v9fs.h"
 
+struct p9_fid *v9fs_fid_find_inode(struct inode *inode, bool want_writeable,
+	kuid_t uid, bool any);
 struct p9_fid *v9fs_fid_lookup(struct dentry *dentry);
 static inline struct p9_fid *v9fs_parent_fid(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	return v9fs_fid_lookup(dentry->d_parent);
 }
 void v9fs_fid_add(struct dentry *dentry, struct p9_fid **fid);
-struct p9_fid *v9fs_writeback_fid(struct dentry *dentry);
 void v9fs_open_fid_add(struct inode *inode, struct p9_fid **fid);
 static inline struct p9_fid *clone_fid(struct p9_fid *fid)
 {
@@ -32,4 +34,31 @@ static inline struct p9_fid *v9fs_fid_clone(struct dentry *dentry)
 	p9_fid_put(fid);
 	return nfid;
 }
+/**
+ * v9fs_fid_addmodes - add cache flags to fid mode (for client use only)
+ * @fid: fid to augment
+ * @s_flags: session info mount flags
+ * @s_cache: session info cache flags
+ * @f_flags: unix open flags
+ *
+ * make sure mode reflects flags of underlying mounts
+ * also qid.version == 0 reflects a synthetic or legacy file system
+ * NOTE: these are set after open so only reflect 9p client not
+ * underlying file system on server.
+ */
+static inline void v9fs_fid_add_modes(struct p9_fid *fid, int s_flags,
+	int s_cache, unsigned int f_flags)
+{
+	if (fid->qid.type != P9_QTFILE)
+		return;
+
+	if ((!s_cache) ||
+	   ((fid->qid.version == 0) && !(s_flags & V9FS_IGNORE_QV)) ||
+	   (s_flags & V9FS_DIRECT_IO) || (f_flags & O_DIRECT)) {
+		fid->mode |= P9L_DIRECT; /* no read or write cache */
+	} else if ((!(s_cache & CACHE_WRITEBACK)) ||
+				(f_flags & O_DSYNC) | (s_flags & V9FS_SYNC)) {
+		fid->mode |= P9L_NOWRITECACHE;
+	}
+}
 #endif
diff --git a/fs/9p/v9fs.c b/fs/9p/v9fs.c
index 61a51b90600d..c7f774fe398f 100644
--- a/fs/9p/v9fs.c
+++ b/fs/9p/v9fs.c
@@ -38,9 +38,7 @@ enum {
 	/* String options */
 	Opt_uname, Opt_remotename, Opt_cache, Opt_cachetag,
 	/* Options that take no arguments */
-	Opt_nodevmap,
-	/* Cache options */
-	Opt_cache_loose, Opt_fscache, Opt_mmap,
+	Opt_nodevmap, Opt_noxattr, Opt_directio, Opt_ignoreqv,
 	/* Access options */
 	Opt_access, Opt_posixacl,
 	/* Lock timeout option */
@@ -57,10 +55,10 @@ static const match_table_t tokens = {
 	{Opt_uname, "uname=%s"},
 	{Opt_remotename, "aname=%s"},
 	{Opt_nodevmap, "nodevmap"},
+	{Opt_noxattr, "noxattr"},
+	{Opt_directio, "directio"},
+	{Opt_ignoreqv, "ignoreqv"},
 	{Opt_cache, "cache=%s"},
-	{Opt_cache_loose, "loose"},
-	{Opt_fscache, "fscache"},
-	{Opt_mmap, "mmap"},
 	{Opt_cachetag, "cachetag=%s"},
 	{Opt_access, "access=%s"},
 	{Opt_posixacl, "posixacl"},
@@ -68,32 +66,30 @@ static const match_table_t tokens = {
 	{Opt_err, NULL}
 };
 
-static const char *const v9fs_cache_modes[nr__p9_cache_modes] = {
-	[CACHE_NONE]	= "none",
-	[CACHE_MMAP]	= "mmap",
-	[CACHE_LOOSE]	= "loose",
-	[CACHE_FSCACHE]	= "fscache",
-};
-
 /* Interpret mount options for cache mode */
 static int get_cache_mode(char *s)
 {
 	int version = -EINVAL;
 
 	if (!strcmp(s, "loose")) {
-		version = CACHE_LOOSE;
+		version = CACHE_SC_LOOSE;
 		p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_9P, "Cache mode: loose\n");
 	} else if (!strcmp(s, "fscache")) {
-		version = CACHE_FSCACHE;
+		version = CACHE_SC_FSCACHE;
 		p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_9P, "Cache mode: fscache\n");
 	} else if (!strcmp(s, "mmap")) {
-		version = CACHE_MMAP;
+		version = CACHE_SC_MMAP;
 		p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_9P, "Cache mode: mmap\n");
+	} else if (!strcmp(s, "readahead")) {
+		version = CACHE_SC_READAHEAD;
+		p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_9P, "Cache mode: readahead\n");
 	} else if (!strcmp(s, "none")) {
-		version = CACHE_NONE;
+		version = CACHE_SC_NONE;
 		p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_9P, "Cache mode: none\n");
-	} else
-		pr_info("Unknown Cache mode %s\n", s);
+	} else if (kstrtoint(s, 0, &version) != 0) {
+		version = -EINVAL;
+		pr_info("Unknown Cache mode or invalid value %s\n", s);
+	}
 	return version;
 }
 
@@ -121,9 +117,9 @@ int v9fs_show_options(struct seq_file *m, struct dentry *root)
 	if (v9ses->nodev)
 		seq_puts(m, ",nodevmap");
 	if (v9ses->cache)
-		seq_printf(m, ",%s", v9fs_cache_modes[v9ses->cache]);
+		seq_printf(m, ",cache=%x", v9ses->cache);
 #ifdef CONFIG_9P_FSCACHE
-	if (v9ses->cachetag && v9ses->cache == CACHE_FSCACHE)
+	if (v9ses->cachetag && (v9ses->cache & CACHE_FSCACHE))
 		seq_printf(m, ",cachetag=%s", v9ses->cachetag);
 #endif
 
@@ -143,9 +139,16 @@ int v9fs_show_options(struct seq_file *m, struct dentry *root)
 		break;
 	}
 
+	if (v9ses->flags & V9FS_IGNORE_QV)
+		seq_puts(m, ",ignoreqv");
+	if (v9ses->flags & V9FS_DIRECT_IO)
+		seq_puts(m, ",directio");
 	if (v9ses->flags & V9FS_POSIX_ACL)
 		seq_puts(m, ",posixacl");
 
+	if (v9ses->flags & V9FS_NO_XATTR)
+		seq_puts(m, ",noxattr");
+
 	return p9_show_client_options(m, v9ses->clnt);
 }
 
@@ -266,14 +269,14 @@ static int v9fs_parse_options(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses, char *opts)
 		case Opt_nodevmap:
 			v9ses->nodev = 1;
 			break;
-		case Opt_cache_loose:
-			v9ses->cache = CACHE_LOOSE;
+		case Opt_noxattr:
+			v9ses->flags |= V9FS_NO_XATTR;
 			break;
-		case Opt_fscache:
-			v9ses->cache = CACHE_FSCACHE;
+		case Opt_directio:
+			v9ses->flags |= V9FS_DIRECT_IO;
 			break;
-		case Opt_mmap:
-			v9ses->cache = CACHE_MMAP;
+		case Opt_ignoreqv:
+			v9ses->flags |= V9FS_IGNORE_QV;
 			break;
 		case Opt_cachetag:
 #ifdef CONFIG_9P_FSCACHE
@@ -468,7 +471,7 @@ struct p9_fid *v9fs_session_init(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses,
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_9P_FSCACHE
 	/* register the session for caching */
-	if (v9ses->cache == CACHE_FSCACHE) {
+	if (v9ses->cache & CACHE_FSCACHE) {
 		rc = v9fs_cache_session_get_cookie(v9ses, dev_name);
 		if (rc < 0)
 			goto err_clnt;
diff --git a/fs/9p/v9fs.h b/fs/9p/v9fs.h
index f3f74d197b5d..06a2514f0d88 100644
--- a/fs/9p/v9fs.h
+++ b/fs/9p/v9fs.h
@@ -31,29 +31,54 @@
 #define V9FS_ACL_MASK V9FS_POSIX_ACL
 
 enum p9_session_flags {
-	V9FS_PROTO_2000U	= 0x01,
-	V9FS_PROTO_2000L	= 0x02,
-	V9FS_ACCESS_SINGLE	= 0x04,
-	V9FS_ACCESS_USER	= 0x08,
-	V9FS_ACCESS_CLIENT	= 0x10,
-	V9FS_POSIX_ACL		= 0x20
+	V9FS_PROTO_2000U    = 0x01,
+	V9FS_PROTO_2000L    = 0x02,
+	V9FS_ACCESS_SINGLE  = 0x04,
+	V9FS_ACCESS_USER    = 0x08,
+	V9FS_ACCESS_CLIENT  = 0x10,
+	V9FS_POSIX_ACL      = 0x20,
+	V9FS_NO_XATTR       = 0x40,
+	V9FS_IGNORE_QV      = 0x80, /* ignore qid.version for cache hints */
+	V9FS_DIRECT_IO      = 0x100,
+	V9FS_SYNC           = 0x200
 };
 
-/* possible values of ->cache */
 /**
- * enum p9_cache_modes - user specified cache preferences
- * @CACHE_NONE: do not cache data, dentries, or directory contents (default)
- * @CACHE_LOOSE: cache data, dentries, and directory contents w/no consistency
+ * enum p9_cache_shortcuts - human readable cache preferences
+ * @CACHE_SC_NONE: disable all caches
+ * @CACHE_SC_READAHEAD: only provide caching for readahead
+ * @CACHE_SC_MMAP: provide caching to enable mmap
+ * @CACHE_SC_LOOSE: non-coherent caching for files and meta data
+ * @CACHE_SC_FSCACHE: persistent non-coherent caching for files and meta-data
  *
- * eventually support loose, tight, time, session, default always none
  */
 
-enum p9_cache_modes {
-	CACHE_NONE,
-	CACHE_MMAP,
-	CACHE_LOOSE,
-	CACHE_FSCACHE,
-	nr__p9_cache_modes
+enum p9_cache_shortcuts {
+	CACHE_SC_NONE       = 0b00000000,
+	CACHE_SC_READAHEAD  = 0b00000001,
+	CACHE_SC_MMAP       = 0b00000101,
+	CACHE_SC_LOOSE      = 0b00001111,
+	CACHE_SC_FSCACHE    = 0b10001111,
+};
+
+/**
+ * enum p9_cache_bits - possible values of ->cache
+ * @CACHE_NONE: caches disabled
+ * @CACHE_FILE: file caching (open to close)
+ * @CACHE_META: meta-data and directory caching
+ * @CACHE_WRITEBACK: write-back caching for files
+ * @CACHE_LOOSE: don't check cache consistency
+ * @CACHE_FSCACHE: local persistent caches
+ *
+ */
+
+enum p9_cache_bits {
+	CACHE_NONE          = 0b00000000,
+	CACHE_FILE          = 0b00000001,
+	CACHE_META          = 0b00000010,
+	CACHE_WRITEBACK     = 0b00000100,
+	CACHE_LOOSE         = 0b00001000,
+	CACHE_FSCACHE       = 0b10000000,
 };
 
 /**
@@ -62,7 +87,7 @@ enum p9_cache_modes {
  * @nodev: set to 1 to disable device mapping
  * @debug: debug level
  * @afid: authentication handle
- * @cache: cache mode of type &p9_cache_modes
+ * @cache: cache mode of type &p9_cache_bits
  * @cachetag: the tag of the cache associated with this session
  * @fscache: session cookie associated with FS-Cache
  * @uname: string user name to mount hierarchy as
@@ -112,7 +137,6 @@ struct v9fs_inode {
 	struct netfs_inode netfs; /* Netfslib context and vfs inode */
 	struct p9_qid qid;
 	unsigned int cache_validity;
-	struct p9_fid *writeback_fid;
 	struct mutex v_mutex;
 };
 
diff --git a/fs/9p/v9fs_vfs.h b/fs/9p/v9fs_vfs.h
index 75106b9f293d..cdf441f22e07 100644
--- a/fs/9p/v9fs_vfs.h
+++ b/fs/9p/v9fs_vfs.h
@@ -36,10 +36,6 @@ extern const struct file_operations v9fs_dir_operations;
 extern const struct file_operations v9fs_dir_operations_dotl;
 extern const struct dentry_operations v9fs_dentry_operations;
 extern const struct dentry_operations v9fs_cached_dentry_operations;
-extern const struct file_operations v9fs_cached_file_operations;
-extern const struct file_operations v9fs_cached_file_operations_dotl;
-extern const struct file_operations v9fs_mmap_file_operations;
-extern const struct file_operations v9fs_mmap_file_operations_dotl;
 extern struct kmem_cache *v9fs_inode_cache;
 
 struct inode *v9fs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb);
diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_addr.c b/fs/9p/vfs_addr.c
index 6f46d7e4c750..9239a049f736 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_addr.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_addr.c
@@ -57,8 +57,6 @@ static void v9fs_issue_read(struct netfs_io_subrequest *subreq)
  */
 static int v9fs_init_request(struct netfs_io_request *rreq, struct file *file)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
-	struct v9fs_inode *v9inode = V9FS_I(inode);
 	struct p9_fid *fid = file->private_data;
 
 	BUG_ON(!fid);
@@ -66,11 +64,8 @@ static int v9fs_init_request(struct netfs_io_request *rreq, struct file *file)
 	/* we might need to read from a fid that was opened write-only
 	 * for read-modify-write of page cache, use the writeback fid
 	 * for that */
-	if (rreq->origin == NETFS_READ_FOR_WRITE &&
-			(fid->mode & O_ACCMODE) == O_WRONLY) {
-		fid = v9inode->writeback_fid;
-		BUG_ON(!fid);
-	}
+	WARN_ON(rreq->origin == NETFS_READ_FOR_WRITE &&
+			!(fid->mode & P9_ORDWR));
 
 	p9_fid_get(fid);
 	rreq->netfs_priv = fid;
@@ -120,8 +115,6 @@ const struct netfs_request_ops v9fs_req_ops = {
 
 static bool v9fs_release_folio(struct folio *folio, gfp_t gfp)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = folio_inode(folio);
-
 	if (folio_test_private(folio))
 		return false;
 #ifdef CONFIG_9P_FSCACHE
@@ -130,8 +123,8 @@ static bool v9fs_release_folio(struct folio *folio, gfp_t gfp)
 			return false;
 		folio_wait_fscache(folio);
 	}
+	fscache_note_page_release(v9fs_inode_cookie(V9FS_I(folio_inode(folio))));
 #endif
-	fscache_note_page_release(v9fs_inode_cookie(V9FS_I(inode)));
 	return true;
 }
 
@@ -141,6 +134,7 @@ static void v9fs_invalidate_folio(struct folio *folio, size_t offset,
 	folio_wait_fscache(folio);
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_9P_FSCACHE
 static void v9fs_write_to_cache_done(void *priv, ssize_t transferred_or_error,
 				     bool was_async)
 {
@@ -154,17 +148,19 @@ static void v9fs_write_to_cache_done(void *priv, ssize_t transferred_or_error,
 				   i_size_read(&v9inode->netfs.inode), 0);
 	}
 }
+#endif
 
 static int v9fs_vfs_write_folio_locked(struct folio *folio)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = folio_inode(folio);
-	struct v9fs_inode *v9inode = V9FS_I(inode);
-	struct fscache_cookie *cookie = v9fs_inode_cookie(v9inode);
 	loff_t start = folio_pos(folio);
 	loff_t i_size = i_size_read(inode);
 	struct iov_iter from;
 	size_t len = folio_size(folio);
+	struct p9_fid *writeback_fid;
 	int err;
+	struct v9fs_inode __maybe_unused *v9inode = V9FS_I(inode);
+	struct fscache_cookie __maybe_unused *cookie = v9fs_inode_cookie(v9inode);
 
 	if (start >= i_size)
 		return 0; /* Simultaneous truncation occurred */
@@ -173,25 +169,33 @@ static int v9fs_vfs_write_folio_locked(struct folio *folio)
 
 	iov_iter_xarray(&from, ITER_SOURCE, &folio_mapping(folio)->i_pages, start, len);
 
-	/* We should have writeback_fid always set */
-	BUG_ON(!v9inode->writeback_fid);
+	writeback_fid = v9fs_fid_find_inode(inode, true, INVALID_UID, true);
+	if (!writeback_fid) {
+		WARN_ONCE(1, "folio expected an open fid inode->i_private=%p\n",
+			inode->i_private);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
 
 	folio_wait_fscache(folio);
 	folio_start_writeback(folio);
 
-	p9_client_write(v9inode->writeback_fid, start, &from, &err);
+	p9_client_write(writeback_fid, start, &from, &err);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_9P_FSCACHE
 	if (err == 0 &&
-	    fscache_cookie_enabled(cookie) &&
-	    test_bit(FSCACHE_COOKIE_IS_CACHING, &cookie->flags)) {
+		fscache_cookie_enabled(cookie) &&
+		test_bit(FSCACHE_COOKIE_IS_CACHING, &cookie->flags)) {
 		folio_start_fscache(folio);
 		fscache_write_to_cache(v9fs_inode_cookie(v9inode),
-				       folio_mapping(folio), start, len, i_size,
-				       v9fs_write_to_cache_done, v9inode,
-				       true);
+					folio_mapping(folio), start, len, i_size,
+					v9fs_write_to_cache_done, v9inode,
+					true);
 	}
+#endif
 
 	folio_end_writeback(folio);
+	p9_fid_put(writeback_fid);
+
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -298,7 +302,6 @@ static int v9fs_write_end(struct file *filp, struct address_space *mapping,
 	loff_t last_pos = pos + copied;
 	struct folio *folio = page_folio(subpage);
 	struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
-	struct v9fs_inode *v9inode = V9FS_I(inode);
 
 	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "filp %p, mapping %p\n", filp, mapping);
 
@@ -318,7 +321,10 @@ static int v9fs_write_end(struct file *filp, struct address_space *mapping,
 	if (last_pos > inode->i_size) {
 		inode_add_bytes(inode, last_pos - inode->i_size);
 		i_size_write(inode, last_pos);
-		fscache_update_cookie(v9fs_inode_cookie(v9inode), NULL, &last_pos);
+#ifdef CONFIG_9P_FSCACHE
+		fscache_update_cookie(v9fs_inode_cookie(V9FS_I(inode)), NULL,
+			&last_pos);
+#endif
 	}
 	folio_mark_dirty(folio);
 out:
diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_dir.c b/fs/9p/vfs_dir.c
index 3d74b04fe0de..289b58cb896e 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_dir.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_dir.c
@@ -197,9 +197,9 @@ static int v9fs_dir_readdir_dotl(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 
 
 /**
- * v9fs_dir_release - called on a close of a file or directory
- * @inode: inode of the directory
- * @filp: file pointer to a directory
+ * v9fs_dir_release - close a directory or a file
+ * @inode: inode of the directory or file
+ * @filp: file pointer to a directory or file
  *
  */
 
@@ -214,7 +214,11 @@ int v9fs_dir_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 	fid = filp->private_data;
 	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "inode: %p filp: %p fid: %d\n",
 		 inode, filp, fid ? fid->fid : -1);
+
 	if (fid) {
+		if ((S_ISREG(inode->i_mode)) && (filp->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE))
+			retval = filemap_fdatawrite(inode->i_mapping);
+
 		spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
 		hlist_del(&fid->ilist);
 		spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_file.c b/fs/9p/vfs_file.c
index 44c15eb2b908..07a67ac37ce2 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_file.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_file.c
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 #include "fid.h"
 #include "cache.h"
 
-static const struct vm_operations_struct v9fs_file_vm_ops;
 static const struct vm_operations_struct v9fs_mmap_file_vm_ops;
 
 /**
@@ -42,13 +41,11 @@ static const struct vm_operations_struct v9fs_mmap_file_vm_ops;
 int v9fs_file_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
 	int err;
-	struct v9fs_inode *v9inode;
 	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses;
-	struct p9_fid *fid, *writeback_fid;
+	struct p9_fid *fid;
 	int omode;
 
 	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "inode: %p file: %p\n", inode, file);
-	v9inode = V9FS_I(inode);
 	v9ses = v9fs_inode2v9ses(inode);
 	if (v9fs_proto_dotl(v9ses))
 		omode = v9fs_open_to_dotl_flags(file->f_flags);
@@ -61,7 +58,19 @@ int v9fs_file_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 		if (IS_ERR(fid))
 			return PTR_ERR(fid);
 
-		err = p9_client_open(fid, omode);
+		if ((v9ses->cache & CACHE_WRITEBACK) && (omode & P9_OWRITE)) {
+			int writeback_omode = (omode & ~P9_OWRITE) | P9_ORDWR;
+
+			p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_CACHE, "write-only file with writeback enabled, try opening O_RDWR\n");
+			err = p9_client_open(fid, writeback_omode);
+			if (err < 0) {
+				p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_CACHE, "could not open O_RDWR, disabling caches\n");
+				err = p9_client_open(fid, omode);
+				fid->mode |= P9L_DIRECT;
+			}
+		} else {
+			err = p9_client_open(fid, omode);
+		}
 		if (err < 0) {
 			p9_fid_put(fid);
 			return err;
@@ -73,36 +82,14 @@ int v9fs_file_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 		file->private_data = fid;
 	}
 
-	mutex_lock(&v9inode->v_mutex);
-	if ((v9ses->cache) && !v9inode->writeback_fid &&
-	    ((file->f_flags & O_ACCMODE) != O_RDONLY)) {
-		/*
-		 * clone a fid and add it to writeback_fid
-		 * we do it during open time instead of
-		 * page dirty time via write_begin/page_mkwrite
-		 * because we want write after unlink usecase
-		 * to work.
-		 */
-		writeback_fid = v9fs_writeback_fid(file_dentry(file));
-		if (IS_ERR(writeback_fid)) {
-			err = PTR_ERR(writeback_fid);
-			mutex_unlock(&v9inode->v_mutex);
-			goto out_error;
-		}
-		v9inode->writeback_fid = (void *) writeback_fid;
-	}
-	mutex_unlock(&v9inode->v_mutex);
 #ifdef CONFIG_9P_FSCACHE
-	if (v9ses->cache == CACHE_FSCACHE)
-		fscache_use_cookie(v9fs_inode_cookie(v9inode),
+	if (v9ses->cache & CACHE_FSCACHE)
+		fscache_use_cookie(v9fs_inode_cookie(V9FS_I(inode)),
 				   file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE);
 #endif
+	v9fs_fid_add_modes(fid, v9ses->flags, v9ses->cache, file->f_flags);
 	v9fs_open_fid_add(inode, &fid);
 	return 0;
-out_error:
-	p9_fid_put(file->private_data);
-	file->private_data = NULL;
-	return err;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -369,8 +356,13 @@ v9fs_file_read_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *to)
 	struct p9_fid *fid = iocb->ki_filp->private_data;
 	int ret, err = 0;
 
-	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "count %zu offset %lld\n",
-		 iov_iter_count(to), iocb->ki_pos);
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "fid %d count %zu offset %lld\n",
+		 fid->fid, iov_iter_count(to), iocb->ki_pos);
+
+	if (!(fid->mode & P9L_DIRECT)) {
+		p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "(cached)\n");
+		return generic_file_read_iter(iocb, to);
+	}
 
 	if (iocb->ki_filp->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK)
 		ret = p9_client_read_once(fid, iocb->ki_pos, to, &err);
@@ -393,10 +385,18 @@ static ssize_t
 v9fs_file_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
 {
 	struct file *file = iocb->ki_filp;
+	struct p9_fid *fid = file->private_data;
 	ssize_t retval;
 	loff_t origin;
 	int err = 0;
 
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "fid %d\n", fid->fid);
+
+	if (!(fid->mode & (P9L_DIRECT | P9L_NOWRITECACHE))) {
+		p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_CACHE, "(cached)\n");
+		return generic_file_write_iter(iocb, from);
+	}
+
 	retval = generic_write_checks(iocb, from);
 	if (retval <= 0)
 		return retval;
@@ -478,45 +478,18 @@ static int
 v9fs_file_mmap(struct file *filp, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
 	int retval;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
+	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses = v9fs_inode2v9ses(inode);
 
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_MMAP, "filp :%p\n", filp);
 
-	retval = generic_file_mmap(filp, vma);
-	if (!retval)
-		vma->vm_ops = &v9fs_file_vm_ops;
-
-	return retval;
-}
-
-static int
-v9fs_mmap_file_mmap(struct file *filp, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
-{
-	int retval;
-	struct inode *inode;
-	struct v9fs_inode *v9inode;
-	struct p9_fid *fid;
-
-	inode = file_inode(filp);
-	v9inode = V9FS_I(inode);
-	mutex_lock(&v9inode->v_mutex);
-	if (!v9inode->writeback_fid &&
-	    (vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED) &&
-	    (vma->vm_flags & VM_WRITE)) {
-		/*
-		 * clone a fid and add it to writeback_fid
-		 * we do it during mmap instead of
-		 * page dirty time via write_begin/page_mkwrite
-		 * because we want write after unlink usecase
-		 * to work.
-		 */
-		fid = v9fs_writeback_fid(file_dentry(filp));
-		if (IS_ERR(fid)) {
-			retval = PTR_ERR(fid);
-			mutex_unlock(&v9inode->v_mutex);
-			return retval;
-		}
-		v9inode->writeback_fid = (void *) fid;
+	if (!(v9ses->cache & CACHE_WRITEBACK)) {
+		p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_CACHE, "(no mmap mode)");
+		if (vma->vm_flags & VM_MAYSHARE)
+			return -ENODEV;
+		invalidate_inode_pages2(filp->f_mapping);
+		return generic_file_readonly_mmap(filp, vma);
 	}
-	mutex_unlock(&v9inode->v_mutex);
 
 	retval = generic_file_mmap(filp, vma);
 	if (!retval)
@@ -528,7 +501,6 @@ v9fs_mmap_file_mmap(struct file *filp, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 static vm_fault_t
 v9fs_vm_page_mkwrite(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 {
-	struct v9fs_inode *v9inode;
 	struct folio *folio = page_folio(vmf->page);
 	struct file *filp = vmf->vma->vm_file;
 	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
@@ -537,8 +509,6 @@ v9fs_vm_page_mkwrite(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "folio %p fid %lx\n",
 		 folio, (unsigned long)filp->private_data);
 
-	v9inode = V9FS_I(inode);
-
 	/* Wait for the page to be written to the cache before we allow it to
 	 * be modified.  We then assume the entire page will need writing back.
 	 */
@@ -551,7 +521,6 @@ v9fs_vm_page_mkwrite(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 	/* Update file times before taking page lock */
 	file_update_time(filp);
 
-	BUG_ON(!v9inode->writeback_fid);
 	if (folio_lock_killable(folio) < 0)
 		return VM_FAULT_RETRY;
 	if (folio_mapping(folio) != inode->i_mapping)
@@ -564,35 +533,6 @@ v9fs_vm_page_mkwrite(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 	return VM_FAULT_NOPAGE;
 }
 
-/**
- * v9fs_mmap_file_read_iter - read from a file
- * @iocb: The operation parameters
- * @to: The buffer to read into
- *
- */
-static ssize_t
-v9fs_mmap_file_read_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *to)
-{
-	/* TODO: Check if there are dirty pages */
-	return v9fs_file_read_iter(iocb, to);
-}
-
-/**
- * v9fs_mmap_file_write_iter - write to a file
- * @iocb: The operation parameters
- * @from: The data to write
- *
- */
-static ssize_t
-v9fs_mmap_file_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
-{
-	/*
-	 * TODO: invalidate mmaps on filp's inode between
-	 * offset and offset+count
-	 */
-	return v9fs_file_write_iter(iocb, from);
-}
-
 static void v9fs_mmap_vm_close(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
 	struct inode *inode;
@@ -615,13 +555,6 @@ static void v9fs_mmap_vm_close(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	filemap_fdatawrite_wbc(inode->i_mapping, &wbc);
 }
 
-
-static const struct vm_operations_struct v9fs_file_vm_ops = {
-	.fault = filemap_fault,
-	.map_pages = filemap_map_pages,
-	.page_mkwrite = v9fs_vm_page_mkwrite,
-};
-
 static const struct vm_operations_struct v9fs_mmap_file_vm_ops = {
 	.close = v9fs_mmap_vm_close,
 	.fault = filemap_fault,
@@ -629,34 +562,6 @@ static const struct vm_operations_struct v9fs_mmap_file_vm_ops = {
 	.page_mkwrite = v9fs_vm_page_mkwrite,
 };
 
-
-const struct file_operations v9fs_cached_file_operations = {
-	.llseek = generic_file_llseek,
-	.read_iter = generic_file_read_iter,
-	.write_iter = generic_file_write_iter,
-	.open = v9fs_file_open,
-	.release = v9fs_dir_release,
-	.lock = v9fs_file_lock,
-	.mmap = v9fs_file_mmap,
-	.splice_read = generic_file_splice_read,
-	.splice_write = iter_file_splice_write,
-	.fsync = v9fs_file_fsync,
-};
-
-const struct file_operations v9fs_cached_file_operations_dotl = {
-	.llseek = generic_file_llseek,
-	.read_iter = generic_file_read_iter,
-	.write_iter = generic_file_write_iter,
-	.open = v9fs_file_open,
-	.release = v9fs_dir_release,
-	.lock = v9fs_file_lock_dotl,
-	.flock = v9fs_file_flock_dotl,
-	.mmap = v9fs_file_mmap,
-	.splice_read = generic_file_splice_read,
-	.splice_write = iter_file_splice_write,
-	.fsync = v9fs_file_fsync_dotl,
-};
-
 const struct file_operations v9fs_file_operations = {
 	.llseek = generic_file_llseek,
 	.read_iter = v9fs_file_read_iter,
@@ -678,34 +583,7 @@ const struct file_operations v9fs_file_operations_dotl = {
 	.release = v9fs_dir_release,
 	.lock = v9fs_file_lock_dotl,
 	.flock = v9fs_file_flock_dotl,
-	.mmap = generic_file_readonly_mmap,
-	.splice_read = generic_file_splice_read,
-	.splice_write = iter_file_splice_write,
-	.fsync = v9fs_file_fsync_dotl,
-};
-
-const struct file_operations v9fs_mmap_file_operations = {
-	.llseek = generic_file_llseek,
-	.read_iter = v9fs_mmap_file_read_iter,
-	.write_iter = v9fs_mmap_file_write_iter,
-	.open = v9fs_file_open,
-	.release = v9fs_dir_release,
-	.lock = v9fs_file_lock,
-	.mmap = v9fs_mmap_file_mmap,
-	.splice_read = generic_file_splice_read,
-	.splice_write = iter_file_splice_write,
-	.fsync = v9fs_file_fsync,
-};
-
-const struct file_operations v9fs_mmap_file_operations_dotl = {
-	.llseek = generic_file_llseek,
-	.read_iter = v9fs_mmap_file_read_iter,
-	.write_iter = v9fs_mmap_file_write_iter,
-	.open = v9fs_file_open,
-	.release = v9fs_dir_release,
-	.lock = v9fs_file_lock_dotl,
-	.flock = v9fs_file_flock_dotl,
-	.mmap = v9fs_mmap_file_mmap,
+	.mmap = v9fs_file_mmap,
 	.splice_read = generic_file_splice_read,
 	.splice_write = iter_file_splice_write,
 	.fsync = v9fs_file_fsync_dotl,
diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c b/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
index 1d523bec0a94..3791f642c502 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
@@ -230,7 +230,6 @@ struct inode *v9fs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	v9inode = alloc_inode_sb(sb, v9fs_inode_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!v9inode)
 		return NULL;
-	v9inode->writeback_fid = NULL;
 	v9inode->cache_validity = 0;
 	mutex_init(&v9inode->v_mutex);
 	return &v9inode->netfs.inode;
@@ -287,24 +286,10 @@ int v9fs_init_inode(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses,
 	case S_IFREG:
 		if (v9fs_proto_dotl(v9ses)) {
 			inode->i_op = &v9fs_file_inode_operations_dotl;
-			if (v9ses->cache == CACHE_LOOSE ||
-			    v9ses->cache == CACHE_FSCACHE)
-				inode->i_fop =
-					&v9fs_cached_file_operations_dotl;
-			else if (v9ses->cache == CACHE_MMAP)
-				inode->i_fop = &v9fs_mmap_file_operations_dotl;
-			else
-				inode->i_fop = &v9fs_file_operations_dotl;
+			inode->i_fop = &v9fs_file_operations_dotl;
 		} else {
 			inode->i_op = &v9fs_file_inode_operations;
-			if (v9ses->cache == CACHE_LOOSE ||
-			    v9ses->cache == CACHE_FSCACHE)
-				inode->i_fop =
-					&v9fs_cached_file_operations;
-			else if (v9ses->cache == CACHE_MMAP)
-				inode->i_fop = &v9fs_mmap_file_operations;
-			else
-				inode->i_fop = &v9fs_file_operations;
+			inode->i_fop = &v9fs_file_operations;
 		}
 
 		break;
@@ -386,20 +371,23 @@ struct inode *v9fs_get_inode(struct super_block *sb, umode_t mode, dev_t rdev)
  */
 void v9fs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
-	struct v9fs_inode *v9inode = V9FS_I(inode);
-	__le32 version;
+	struct v9fs_inode __maybe_unused *v9inode = V9FS_I(inode);
+	__le32 __maybe_unused version;
 
 	truncate_inode_pages_final(&inode->i_data);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_9P_FSCACHE
 	version = cpu_to_le32(v9inode->qid.version);
 	fscache_clear_inode_writeback(v9fs_inode_cookie(v9inode), inode,
 				      &version);
+#endif
+
 	clear_inode(inode);
 	filemap_fdatawrite(&inode->i_data);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_9P_FSCACHE
 	fscache_relinquish_cookie(v9fs_inode_cookie(v9inode), false);
-	/* clunk the fid stashed in writeback_fid */
-	p9_fid_put(v9inode->writeback_fid);
-	v9inode->writeback_fid = NULL;
+#endif
 }
 
 static int v9fs_test_inode(struct inode *inode, void *data)
@@ -779,7 +767,7 @@ struct dentry *v9fs_vfs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 		inode = NULL;
 	else if (IS_ERR(fid))
 		inode = ERR_CAST(fid);
-	else if (v9ses->cache == CACHE_LOOSE || v9ses->cache == CACHE_FSCACHE)
+	else if (v9ses->cache & (CACHE_META|CACHE_LOOSE))
 		inode = v9fs_get_inode_from_fid(v9ses, fid, dir->i_sb);
 	else
 		inode = v9fs_get_new_inode_from_fid(v9ses, fid, dir->i_sb);
@@ -808,11 +796,12 @@ v9fs_vfs_atomic_open(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 {
 	int err;
 	u32 perm;
-	struct v9fs_inode *v9inode;
+	struct v9fs_inode __maybe_unused *v9inode;
 	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses;
-	struct p9_fid *fid, *inode_fid;
+	struct p9_fid *fid;
 	struct dentry *res = NULL;
 	struct inode *inode;
+	int p9_omode;
 
 	if (d_in_lookup(dentry)) {
 		res = v9fs_vfs_lookup(dir, dentry, 0);
@@ -831,9 +820,14 @@ v9fs_vfs_atomic_open(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 
 	v9ses = v9fs_inode2v9ses(dir);
 	perm = unixmode2p9mode(v9ses, mode);
-	fid = v9fs_create(v9ses, dir, dentry, NULL, perm,
-				v9fs_uflags2omode(flags,
-						v9fs_proto_dotu(v9ses)));
+	p9_omode = v9fs_uflags2omode(flags, v9fs_proto_dotu(v9ses));
+
+	if ((v9ses->cache & CACHE_WRITEBACK) && (p9_omode & P9_OWRITE)) {
+		p9_omode = (p9_omode & ~P9_OWRITE) | P9_ORDWR;
+		p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_CACHE,
+			"write-only file with writeback enabled, creating w/ O_RDWR\n");
+	}
+	fid = v9fs_create(v9ses, dir, dentry, NULL, perm, p9_omode);
 	if (IS_ERR(fid)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(fid);
 		goto error;
@@ -842,33 +836,18 @@ v9fs_vfs_atomic_open(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	v9fs_invalidate_inode_attr(dir);
 	inode = d_inode(dentry);
 	v9inode = V9FS_I(inode);
-	mutex_lock(&v9inode->v_mutex);
-	if ((v9ses->cache) && !v9inode->writeback_fid &&
-	    ((flags & O_ACCMODE) != O_RDONLY)) {
-		/*
-		 * clone a fid and add it to writeback_fid
-		 * we do it during open time instead of
-		 * page dirty time via write_begin/page_mkwrite
-		 * because we want write after unlink usecase
-		 * to work.
-		 */
-		inode_fid = v9fs_writeback_fid(dentry);
-		if (IS_ERR(inode_fid)) {
-			err = PTR_ERR(inode_fid);
-			mutex_unlock(&v9inode->v_mutex);
-			goto error;
-		}
-		v9inode->writeback_fid = (void *) inode_fid;
-	}
-	mutex_unlock(&v9inode->v_mutex);
 	err = finish_open(file, dentry, generic_file_open);
 	if (err)
 		goto error;
 
 	file->private_data = fid;
-	if (v9ses->cache == CACHE_LOOSE || v9ses->cache == CACHE_FSCACHE)
+#ifdef CONFIG_9P_FSCACHE
+	if (v9ses->cache & CACHE_FSCACHE)
 		fscache_use_cookie(v9fs_inode_cookie(v9inode),
 				   file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE);
+#endif
+
+	v9fs_fid_add_modes(fid, v9ses->flags, v9ses->cache, file->f_flags);
 	v9fs_open_fid_add(inode, &fid);
 
 	file->f_mode |= FMODE_CREATED;
@@ -1030,15 +1009,24 @@ v9fs_vfs_getattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, const struct path *path,
 		 struct kstat *stat, u32 request_mask, unsigned int flags)
 {
 	struct dentry *dentry = path->dentry;
+	struct inode *inode = d_inode(dentry);
 	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses;
 	struct p9_fid *fid;
 	struct p9_wstat *st;
 
 	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "dentry: %p\n", dentry);
 	v9ses = v9fs_dentry2v9ses(dentry);
-	if (v9ses->cache == CACHE_LOOSE || v9ses->cache == CACHE_FSCACHE) {
-		generic_fillattr(&nop_mnt_idmap, d_inode(dentry), stat);
+	if (v9ses->cache & (CACHE_META|CACHE_LOOSE)) {
+		generic_fillattr(&nop_mnt_idmap, inode, stat);
 		return 0;
+	} else if (v9ses->cache & CACHE_WRITEBACK) {
+		if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode)) {
+			int retval = filemap_fdatawrite(inode->i_mapping);
+
+			if (retval)
+				p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_ERROR,
+				    "flushing writeback during getattr returned %d\n", retval);
+		}
 	}
 	fid = v9fs_fid_lookup(dentry);
 	if (IS_ERR(fid))
@@ -1070,7 +1058,6 @@ static int v9fs_vfs_setattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 {
 	int retval, use_dentry = 0;
 	struct inode *inode = d_inode(dentry);
-	struct v9fs_inode *v9inode = V9FS_I(inode);
 	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses;
 	struct p9_fid *fid = NULL;
 	struct p9_wstat wstat;
@@ -1115,8 +1102,12 @@ static int v9fs_vfs_setattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 	}
 
 	/* Write all dirty data */
-	if (d_is_reg(dentry))
-		filemap_write_and_wait(inode->i_mapping);
+	if (d_is_reg(dentry)) {
+		retval = filemap_fdatawrite(inode->i_mapping);
+		if (retval)
+			p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_ERROR,
+			    "flushing writeback during setattr returned %d\n", retval);
+	}
 
 	retval = p9_client_wstat(fid, &wstat);
 
@@ -1127,9 +1118,17 @@ static int v9fs_vfs_setattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 		return retval;
 
 	if ((iattr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) &&
-	    iattr->ia_size != i_size_read(inode)) {
+		 iattr->ia_size != i_size_read(inode)) {
 		truncate_setsize(inode, iattr->ia_size);
-		fscache_resize_cookie(v9fs_inode_cookie(v9inode), iattr->ia_size);
+		truncate_pagecache(inode, iattr->ia_size);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_9P_FSCACHE
+		if (v9ses->cache & CACHE_FSCACHE) {
+			struct v9fs_inode *v9inode = V9FS_I(inode);
+
+			fscache_resize_cookie(v9fs_inode_cookie(v9inode), iattr->ia_size);
+		}
+#endif
 	}
 
 	v9fs_invalidate_inode_attr(inode);
@@ -1413,7 +1412,7 @@ int v9fs_refresh_inode(struct p9_fid *fid, struct inode *inode)
 	 * We don't want to refresh inode->i_size,
 	 * because we may have cached data
 	 */
-	flags = (v9ses->cache == CACHE_LOOSE || v9ses->cache == CACHE_FSCACHE) ?
+	flags = (v9ses->cache & CACHE_LOOSE) ?
 		V9FS_STAT2INODE_KEEP_ISIZE : 0;
 	v9fs_stat2inode(st, inode, inode->i_sb, flags);
 out:
diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c b/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c
index 331ed60d8fcb..3acf2bcb69cc 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c
@@ -232,12 +232,12 @@ v9fs_vfs_atomic_open_dotl(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	int err = 0;
 	kgid_t gid;
 	umode_t mode;
+	int p9_omode = v9fs_open_to_dotl_flags(flags);
 	const unsigned char *name = NULL;
 	struct p9_qid qid;
 	struct inode *inode;
 	struct p9_fid *fid = NULL;
-	struct v9fs_inode *v9inode;
-	struct p9_fid *dfid = NULL, *ofid = NULL, *inode_fid = NULL;
+	struct p9_fid *dfid = NULL, *ofid = NULL;
 	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses;
 	struct posix_acl *pacl = NULL, *dacl = NULL;
 	struct dentry *res = NULL;
@@ -282,14 +282,19 @@ v9fs_vfs_atomic_open_dotl(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	/* Update mode based on ACL value */
 	err = v9fs_acl_mode(dir, &mode, &dacl, &pacl);
 	if (err) {
-		p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "Failed to get acl values in creat %d\n",
+		p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "Failed to get acl values in create %d\n",
 			 err);
 		goto out;
 	}
-	err = p9_client_create_dotl(ofid, name, v9fs_open_to_dotl_flags(flags),
-				    mode, gid, &qid);
+
+	if ((v9ses->cache & CACHE_WRITEBACK) && (p9_omode & P9_OWRITE)) {
+		p9_omode = (p9_omode & ~P9_OWRITE) | P9_ORDWR;
+		p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_CACHE,
+			"write-only file with writeback enabled, creating w/ O_RDWR\n");
+	}
+	err = p9_client_create_dotl(ofid, name, p9_omode, mode, gid, &qid);
 	if (err < 0) {
-		p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "p9_client_open_dotl failed in creat %d\n",
+		p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "p9_client_open_dotl failed in create %d\n",
 			 err);
 		goto out;
 	}
@@ -314,36 +319,19 @@ v9fs_vfs_atomic_open_dotl(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	v9fs_fid_add(dentry, &fid);
 	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
 
-	v9inode = V9FS_I(inode);
-	mutex_lock(&v9inode->v_mutex);
-	if ((v9ses->cache) && !v9inode->writeback_fid &&
-	    ((flags & O_ACCMODE) != O_RDONLY)) {
-		/*
-		 * clone a fid and add it to writeback_fid
-		 * we do it during open time instead of
-		 * page dirty time via write_begin/page_mkwrite
-		 * because we want write after unlink usecase
-		 * to work.
-		 */
-		inode_fid = v9fs_writeback_fid(dentry);
-		if (IS_ERR(inode_fid)) {
-			err = PTR_ERR(inode_fid);
-			mutex_unlock(&v9inode->v_mutex);
-			goto out;
-		}
-		v9inode->writeback_fid = (void *) inode_fid;
-	}
-	mutex_unlock(&v9inode->v_mutex);
 	/* Since we are opening a file, assign the open fid to the file */
 	err = finish_open(file, dentry, generic_file_open);
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
 	file->private_data = ofid;
 #ifdef CONFIG_9P_FSCACHE
-	if (v9ses->cache == CACHE_FSCACHE)
+	if (v9ses->cache & CACHE_FSCACHE) {
+		struct v9fs_inode *v9inode = V9FS_I(inode);
 		fscache_use_cookie(v9fs_inode_cookie(v9inode),
 				   file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE);
+	}
 #endif
+	v9fs_fid_add_modes(ofid, v9ses->flags, v9ses->cache, flags);
 	v9fs_open_fid_add(inode, &ofid);
 	file->f_mode |= FMODE_CREATED;
 out:
@@ -415,7 +403,7 @@ static int v9fs_vfs_mkdir_dotl(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 	}
 
 	/* instantiate inode and assign the unopened fid to the dentry */
-	if (v9ses->cache == CACHE_LOOSE || v9ses->cache == CACHE_FSCACHE) {
+	if (v9ses->cache & (CACHE_META|CACHE_LOOSE)) {
 		inode = v9fs_get_new_inode_from_fid(v9ses, fid, dir->i_sb);
 		if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
 			err = PTR_ERR(inode);
@@ -458,13 +446,22 @@ v9fs_vfs_getattr_dotl(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 	struct dentry *dentry = path->dentry;
 	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses;
 	struct p9_fid *fid;
+	struct inode *inode = d_inode(dentry);
 	struct p9_stat_dotl *st;
 
 	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "dentry: %p\n", dentry);
 	v9ses = v9fs_dentry2v9ses(dentry);
-	if (v9ses->cache == CACHE_LOOSE || v9ses->cache == CACHE_FSCACHE) {
-		generic_fillattr(&nop_mnt_idmap, d_inode(dentry), stat);
+	if (v9ses->cache & (CACHE_META|CACHE_LOOSE)) {
+		generic_fillattr(&nop_mnt_idmap, inode, stat);
 		return 0;
+	} else if (v9ses->cache) {
+		if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode)) {
+			int retval = filemap_fdatawrite(inode->i_mapping);
+
+			if (retval)
+				p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_ERROR,
+				    "flushing writeback during getattr returned %d\n", retval);
+		}
 	}
 	fid = v9fs_fid_lookup(dentry);
 	if (IS_ERR(fid))
@@ -540,12 +537,13 @@ int v9fs_vfs_setattr_dotl(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 			  struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *iattr)
 {
 	int retval, use_dentry = 0;
+	struct inode *inode = d_inode(dentry);
+	struct v9fs_session_info __maybe_unused *v9ses;
 	struct p9_fid *fid = NULL;
 	struct p9_iattr_dotl p9attr = {
 		.uid = INVALID_UID,
 		.gid = INVALID_GID,
 	};
-	struct inode *inode = d_inode(dentry);
 
 	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "\n");
 
@@ -553,6 +551,8 @@ int v9fs_vfs_setattr_dotl(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 	if (retval)
 		return retval;
 
+	v9ses = v9fs_dentry2v9ses(dentry);
+
 	p9attr.valid = v9fs_mapped_iattr_valid(iattr->ia_valid);
 	if (iattr->ia_valid & ATTR_MODE)
 		p9attr.mode = iattr->ia_mode;
@@ -583,8 +583,12 @@ int v9fs_vfs_setattr_dotl(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 		return PTR_ERR(fid);
 
 	/* Write all dirty data */
-	if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
-		filemap_write_and_wait(inode->i_mapping);
+	if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode)) {
+		retval = filemap_fdatawrite(inode->i_mapping);
+		if (retval < 0)
+			p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_ERROR,
+			    "Flushing file prior to setattr failed: %d\n", retval);
+	}
 
 	retval = p9_client_setattr(fid, &p9attr);
 	if (retval < 0) {
@@ -593,9 +597,17 @@ int v9fs_vfs_setattr_dotl(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 		return retval;
 	}
 
-	if ((iattr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) &&
-	    iattr->ia_size != i_size_read(inode))
+	if ((iattr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) && iattr->ia_size !=
+		 i_size_read(inode)) {
 		truncate_setsize(inode, iattr->ia_size);
+		truncate_pagecache(inode, iattr->ia_size);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_9P_FSCACHE
+		if (v9ses->cache & CACHE_FSCACHE)
+			fscache_resize_cookie(v9fs_inode_cookie(V9FS_I(inode)),
+				iattr->ia_size);
+#endif
+	}
 
 	v9fs_invalidate_inode_attr(inode);
 	setattr_copy(&nop_mnt_idmap, inode, iattr);
@@ -722,7 +734,7 @@ v9fs_vfs_symlink_dotl(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 	}
 
 	v9fs_invalidate_inode_attr(dir);
-	if (v9ses->cache == CACHE_LOOSE || v9ses->cache == CACHE_FSCACHE) {
+	if (v9ses->cache & (CACHE_META|CACHE_LOOSE)) {
 		/* Now walk from the parent so we can get an unopened fid. */
 		fid = p9_client_walk(dfid, 1, &name, 1);
 		if (IS_ERR(fid)) {
@@ -799,7 +811,7 @@ v9fs_vfs_link_dotl(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir,
 	}
 
 	v9fs_invalidate_inode_attr(dir);
-	if (v9ses->cache == CACHE_LOOSE || v9ses->cache == CACHE_FSCACHE) {
+	if (v9ses->cache & (CACHE_META|CACHE_LOOSE)) {
 		/* Get the latest stat info from server. */
 		struct p9_fid *fid;
 
@@ -876,7 +888,7 @@ v9fs_vfs_mknod_dotl(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 	}
 
 	/* instantiate inode and assign the unopened fid to the dentry */
-	if (v9ses->cache == CACHE_LOOSE || v9ses->cache == CACHE_FSCACHE) {
+	if (v9ses->cache & (CACHE_META|CACHE_LOOSE)) {
 		inode = v9fs_get_new_inode_from_fid(v9ses, fid, dir->i_sb);
 		if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
 			err = PTR_ERR(inode);
@@ -961,7 +973,7 @@ int v9fs_refresh_inode_dotl(struct p9_fid *fid, struct inode *inode)
 	 * We don't want to refresh inode->i_size,
 	 * because we may have cached data
 	 */
-	flags = (v9ses->cache == CACHE_LOOSE || v9ses->cache == CACHE_FSCACHE) ?
+	flags = (v9ses->cache & CACHE_LOOSE) ?
 		V9FS_STAT2INODE_KEEP_ISIZE : 0;
 	v9fs_stat2inode_dotl(st, inode, flags);
 out:
diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_super.c b/fs/9p/vfs_super.c
index 266c4693e20c..c6cbc666a4c1 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_super.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_super.c
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ v9fs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses,
 	sb->s_magic = V9FS_MAGIC;
 	if (v9fs_proto_dotl(v9ses)) {
 		sb->s_op = &v9fs_super_ops_dotl;
-		sb->s_xattr = v9fs_xattr_handlers;
+		if (!(v9ses->flags & V9FS_NO_XATTR))
+			sb->s_xattr = v9fs_xattr_handlers;
 	} else {
 		sb->s_op = &v9fs_super_ops;
 		sb->s_time_max = U32_MAX;
@@ -84,9 +85,7 @@ v9fs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses,
 		sb->s_bdi->io_pages = v9ses->maxdata >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 	}
 
-	sb->s_flags |= SB_ACTIVE | SB_DIRSYNC;
-	if (!v9ses->cache)
-		sb->s_flags |= SB_SYNCHRONOUS;
+	sb->s_flags |= SB_ACTIVE;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_9P_FS_POSIX_ACL
 	if ((v9ses->flags & V9FS_ACL_MASK) == V9FS_POSIX_ACL)
@@ -137,7 +136,7 @@ static struct dentry *v9fs_mount(struct file_system_type *fs_type, int flags,
 	if (retval)
 		goto release_sb;
 
-	if (v9ses->cache == CACHE_LOOSE || v9ses->cache == CACHE_FSCACHE)
+	if (v9ses->cache & (CACHE_META|CACHE_LOOSE))
 		sb->s_d_op = &v9fs_cached_dentry_operations;
 	else
 		sb->s_d_op = &v9fs_dentry_operations;
@@ -278,7 +277,7 @@ static int v9fs_drop_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses;
 
 	v9ses = v9fs_inode2v9ses(inode);
-	if (v9ses->cache == CACHE_LOOSE || v9ses->cache == CACHE_FSCACHE)
+	if (v9ses->cache & (CACHE_META|CACHE_LOOSE))
 		return generic_drop_inode(inode);
 	/*
 	 * in case of non cached mode always drop the
@@ -291,49 +290,30 @@ static int v9fs_drop_inode(struct inode *inode)
 static int v9fs_write_inode(struct inode *inode,
 			    struct writeback_control *wbc)
 {
-	int ret;
-	struct p9_wstat wstat;
 	struct v9fs_inode *v9inode;
+
 	/*
 	 * send an fsync request to server irrespective of
 	 * wbc->sync_mode.
 	 */
 	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "%s: inode %p\n", __func__, inode);
-	v9inode = V9FS_I(inode);
-	if (!v9inode->writeback_fid)
-		return 0;
-	v9fs_blank_wstat(&wstat);
 
-	ret = p9_client_wstat(v9inode->writeback_fid, &wstat);
-	if (ret < 0) {
-		__mark_inode_dirty(inode, I_DIRTY_DATASYNC);
-		return ret;
-	}
+	v9inode = V9FS_I(inode);
 	fscache_unpin_writeback(wbc, v9fs_inode_cookie(v9inode));
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
 static int v9fs_write_inode_dotl(struct inode *inode,
 				 struct writeback_control *wbc)
 {
-	int ret;
 	struct v9fs_inode *v9inode;
-	/*
-	 * send an fsync request to server irrespective of
-	 * wbc->sync_mode.
-	 */
-	v9inode = V9FS_I(inode);
-	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "%s: inode %p, writeback_fid %p\n",
-		 __func__, inode, v9inode->writeback_fid);
-	if (!v9inode->writeback_fid)
-		return 0;
 
-	ret = p9_client_fsync(v9inode->writeback_fid, 0);
-	if (ret < 0) {
-		__mark_inode_dirty(inode, I_DIRTY_DATASYNC);
-		return ret;
-	}
+	v9inode = V9FS_I(inode);
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "%s: inode %p\n", __func__, inode);
+
 	fscache_unpin_writeback(wbc, v9fs_inode_cookie(v9inode));
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/net/9p/9p.h b/include/net/9p/9p.h
index 429adf6be29c..60cad0d200a4 100644
--- a/include/net/9p/9p.h
+++ b/include/net/9p/9p.h
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ enum p9_debug_flags {
 	P9_DEBUG_PKT =		(1<<10),
 	P9_DEBUG_FSC =		(1<<11),
 	P9_DEBUG_VPKT =		(1<<12),
+	P9_DEBUG_CACHE =	(1<<13),
+	P9_DEBUG_MMAP =		(1<<14),
 };
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_9P_DEBUG
@@ -213,6 +215,10 @@ enum p9_open_mode_t {
 	P9_ORCLOSE = 0x40,
 	P9_OAPPEND = 0x80,
 	P9_OEXCL = 0x1000,
+	P9L_MODE_MASK = 0x1FFF, /* don't send anything under this to server */
+	P9L_DIRECT = 0x2000, /* cache disabled */
+	P9L_NOWRITECACHE = 0x4000, /* no write caching  */
+	P9L_LOOSE = 0x8000, /* loose cache */
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/net/9p/client.c b/net/9p/client.c
index 2adcb5e7b0e2..a3340268ec8d 100644
--- a/net/9p/client.c
+++ b/net/9p/client.c
@@ -1230,9 +1230,9 @@ int p9_client_open(struct p9_fid *fid, int mode)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (p9_is_proto_dotl(clnt))
-		req = p9_client_rpc(clnt, P9_TLOPEN, "dd", fid->fid, mode);
+		req = p9_client_rpc(clnt, P9_TLOPEN, "dd", fid->fid, mode & P9L_MODE_MASK);
 	else
-		req = p9_client_rpc(clnt, P9_TOPEN, "db", fid->fid, mode);
+		req = p9_client_rpc(clnt, P9_TOPEN, "db", fid->fid, mode & P9L_MODE_MASK);
 	if (IS_ERR(req)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(req);
 		goto error;
@@ -1277,7 +1277,7 @@ int p9_client_create_dotl(struct p9_fid *ofid, const char *name, u32 flags,
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	req = p9_client_rpc(clnt, P9_TLCREATE, "dsddg", ofid->fid, name, flags,
-			    mode, gid);
+			    mode & P9L_MODE_MASK, gid);
 	if (IS_ERR(req)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(req);
 		goto error;
@@ -1321,7 +1321,7 @@ int p9_client_fcreate(struct p9_fid *fid, const char *name, u32 perm, int mode,
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	req = p9_client_rpc(clnt, P9_TCREATE, "dsdb?s", fid->fid, name, perm,
-			    mode, extension);
+			    mode & P9L_MODE_MASK, extension);
 	if (IS_ERR(req)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(req);
 		goto error;