diff --git a/fs/cifs/Kconfig b/fs/cifs/Kconfig
index 603f18a65c12..a2172f3f69e3 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/cifs/Kconfig
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ config CIFS
 	  support for OS/2 and Windows ME and similar servers is provided as
 	  well.
 
+	  The module also provides optional support for the followon
+	  protocols for CIFS including SMB3, which enables
+	  useful performance and security features (see the description
+	  of CONFIG_CIFS_SMB2).
+
 	  The cifs module provides an advanced network file system
 	  client for mounting to CIFS compliant servers.  It includes
 	  support for DFS (hierarchical name space), secure per-user
@@ -121,7 +126,8 @@ config CIFS_ACL
 	  depends on CIFS_XATTR && KEYS
 	  help
 	    Allows fetching CIFS/NTFS ACL from the server.  The DACL blob
-	    is handed over to the application/caller.
+	    is handed over to the application/caller.  See the man
+	    page for getcifsacl for more information.
 
 config CIFS_DEBUG
 	bool "Enable CIFS debugging routines"
@@ -162,7 +168,7 @@ config CIFS_NFSD_EXPORT
 	   Allows NFS server to export a CIFS mounted share (nfsd over cifs)
 
 config CIFS_SMB2
-	bool "SMB2 network file system support"
+	bool "SMB2 and SMB3 network file system support"
 	depends on CIFS && INET
 	select NLS
 	select KEYS
@@ -170,16 +176,21 @@ config CIFS_SMB2
 	select DNS_RESOLVER
 
 	help
-	  This enables experimental support for the SMB2 (Server Message Block
-	  version 2) protocol. The SMB2 protocol is the successor to the
-	  popular CIFS and SMB network file sharing protocols. SMB2 is the
-	  native file sharing mechanism for recent versions of Windows
-	  operating systems (since Vista).  SMB2 enablement will eventually
-	  allow users better performance, security and features, than would be
-	  possible with cifs. Note that smb2 mount options also are simpler
-	  (compared to cifs) due to protocol improvements.
-
-	  Unless you are a developer or tester, say N.
+	  This enables support for the Server Message Block version 2
+	  family of protocols, including SMB3.  SMB3 support is
+	  enabled on mount by specifying "vers=3.0" in the mount
+	  options. These protocols are the successors to the popular
+	  CIFS and SMB network file sharing protocols. SMB3 is the
+	  native file sharing mechanism for the more recent
+	  versions of Windows (Windows 8 and Windows 2012 and
+	  later) and Samba server and many others support SMB3 well.
+	  In general SMB3 enables better performance, security
+	  and features, than would be possible with CIFS (Note that
+	  when mounting to Samba, due to the CIFS POSIX extensions,
+	  CIFS mounts can provide slightly better POSIX compatibility
+	  than SMB3 mounts do though). Note that SMB2/SMB3 mount
+	  options are also slightly simpler (compared to CIFS) due
+	  to protocol improvements.
 
 config CIFS_FSCACHE
 	  bool "Provide CIFS client caching support"
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h b/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
index dfc731b02aa9..25b8392bfdd2 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
@@ -70,11 +70,6 @@
 #define SERVER_NAME_LENGTH 40
 #define SERVER_NAME_LEN_WITH_NULL     (SERVER_NAME_LENGTH + 1)
 
-/* used to define string lengths for reversing unicode strings */
-/*         (256+1)*2 = 514                                     */
-/*           (max path length + 1 for null) * 2 for unicode    */
-#define MAX_NAME 514
-
 /* SMB echo "timeout" -- FIXME: tunable? */
 #define SMB_ECHO_INTERVAL (60 * HZ)
 
diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
index 03ed8a09581c..8a9fded7c135 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
@@ -837,7 +837,6 @@ cifs_demultiplex_thread(void *p)
 	struct TCP_Server_Info *server = p;
 	unsigned int pdu_length;
 	char *buf = NULL;
-	struct task_struct *task_to_wake = NULL;
 	struct mid_q_entry *mid_entry;
 
 	current->flags |= PF_MEMALLOC;
@@ -928,19 +927,7 @@ cifs_demultiplex_thread(void *p)
 	if (server->smallbuf) /* no sense logging a debug message if NULL */
 		cifs_small_buf_release(server->smallbuf);
 
-	task_to_wake = xchg(&server->tsk, NULL);
 	clean_demultiplex_info(server);
-
-	/* if server->tsk was NULL then wait for a signal before exiting */
-	if (!task_to_wake) {
-		set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
-		while (!signal_pending(current)) {
-			schedule();
-			set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
-		}
-		set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
-	}
-
 	module_put_and_exit(0);
 }
 
@@ -1600,6 +1587,7 @@ cifs_parse_mount_options(const char *mountdata, const char *devname,
 			tmp_end++;
 			if (!(tmp_end < end && tmp_end[1] == delim)) {
 				/* No it is not. Set the password to NULL */
+				kfree(vol->password);
 				vol->password = NULL;
 				break;
 			}
@@ -1637,6 +1625,7 @@ cifs_parse_mount_options(const char *mountdata, const char *devname,
 					options = end;
 			}
 
+			kfree(vol->password);
 			/* Now build new password string */
 			temp_len = strlen(value);
 			vol->password = kzalloc(temp_len+1, GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -2061,8 +2050,6 @@ cifs_find_tcp_session(struct smb_vol *vol)
 static void
 cifs_put_tcp_session(struct TCP_Server_Info *server)
 {
-	struct task_struct *task;
-
 	spin_lock(&cifs_tcp_ses_lock);
 	if (--server->srv_count > 0) {
 		spin_unlock(&cifs_tcp_ses_lock);
@@ -2086,10 +2073,6 @@ cifs_put_tcp_session(struct TCP_Server_Info *server)
 	kfree(server->session_key.response);
 	server->session_key.response = NULL;
 	server->session_key.len = 0;
-
-	task = xchg(&server->tsk, NULL);
-	if (task)
-		force_sig(SIGKILL, task);
 }
 
 static struct TCP_Server_Info *
diff --git a/fs/cifs/dir.c b/fs/cifs/dir.c
index 3db0c5fd9a11..6cbd9c688cfe 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/dir.c
@@ -497,6 +497,14 @@ cifs_atomic_open(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *direntry,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	if (file->f_flags & O_DIRECT &&
+	    CIFS_SB(inode->i_sb)->mnt_cifs_flags & CIFS_MOUNT_STRICT_IO) {
+		if (CIFS_SB(inode->i_sb)->mnt_cifs_flags & CIFS_MOUNT_NO_BRL)
+			file->f_op = &cifs_file_direct_nobrl_ops;
+		else
+			file->f_op = &cifs_file_direct_ops;
+		}
+
 	file_info = cifs_new_fileinfo(&fid, file, tlink, oplock);
 	if (file_info == NULL) {
 		if (server->ops->close)
diff --git a/fs/cifs/file.c b/fs/cifs/file.c
index d5fec92e0360..7c018a1c52f7 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/file.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/file.c
@@ -467,6 +467,14 @@ int cifs_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	cifs_dbg(FYI, "inode = 0x%p file flags are 0x%x for %s\n",
 		 inode, file->f_flags, full_path);
 
+	if (file->f_flags & O_DIRECT &&
+	    cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags & CIFS_MOUNT_STRICT_IO) {
+		if (cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags & CIFS_MOUNT_NO_BRL)
+			file->f_op = &cifs_file_direct_nobrl_ops;
+		else
+			file->f_op = &cifs_file_direct_ops;
+	}
+
 	if (server->oplocks)
 		oplock = REQ_OPLOCK;
 	else
diff --git a/fs/cifs/inode.c b/fs/cifs/inode.c
index 949ec909ec9a..7899a40465b3 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/inode.c
@@ -1720,7 +1720,10 @@ cifs_rename2(struct inode *source_dir, struct dentry *source_dentry,
 unlink_target:
 	/* Try unlinking the target dentry if it's not negative */
 	if (target_dentry->d_inode && (rc == -EACCES || rc == -EEXIST)) {
-		tmprc = cifs_unlink(target_dir, target_dentry);
+		if (d_is_dir(target_dentry))
+			tmprc = cifs_rmdir(target_dir, target_dentry);
+		else
+			tmprc = cifs_unlink(target_dir, target_dentry);
 		if (tmprc)
 			goto cifs_rename_exit;
 		rc = cifs_do_rename(xid, source_dentry, from_name,
diff --git a/fs/cifs/readdir.c b/fs/cifs/readdir.c
index 798c80a41c88..b334a89d6a66 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/readdir.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/readdir.c
@@ -596,8 +596,8 @@ find_cifs_entry(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon, loff_t pos,
 		if (server->ops->dir_needs_close(cfile)) {
 			cfile->invalidHandle = true;
 			spin_unlock(&cifs_file_list_lock);
-			if (server->ops->close)
-				server->ops->close(xid, tcon, &cfile->fid);
+			if (server->ops->close_dir)
+				server->ops->close_dir(xid, tcon, &cfile->fid);
 		} else
 			spin_unlock(&cifs_file_list_lock);
 		if (cfile->srch_inf.ntwrk_buf_start) {
diff --git a/fs/cifs/sess.c b/fs/cifs/sess.c
index 39ee32688eac..3a5e83317683 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/sess.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/sess.c
@@ -243,10 +243,11 @@ static void decode_ascii_ssetup(char **pbcc_area, __u16 bleft,
 	kfree(ses->serverOS);
 
 	ses->serverOS = kzalloc(len + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (ses->serverOS)
+	if (ses->serverOS) {
 		strncpy(ses->serverOS, bcc_ptr, len);
-	if (strncmp(ses->serverOS, "OS/2", 4) == 0)
-		cifs_dbg(FYI, "OS/2 server\n");
+		if (strncmp(ses->serverOS, "OS/2", 4) == 0)
+			cifs_dbg(FYI, "OS/2 server\n");
+	}
 
 	bcc_ptr += len + 1;
 	bleft -= len + 1;
diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2file.c b/fs/cifs/smb2file.c
index 3f17b4550831..45992944e238 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2file.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2file.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ smb2_open_file(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_open_parms *oparms,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	smb2_data = kzalloc(sizeof(struct smb2_file_all_info) + MAX_NAME * 2,
+	smb2_data = kzalloc(sizeof(struct smb2_file_all_info) + PATH_MAX * 2,
 			    GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (smb2_data == NULL) {
 		rc = -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2inode.c b/fs/cifs/smb2inode.c
index 0150182a4494..899bbc86f73e 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2inode.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2inode.c
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ smb2_query_path_info(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
 	*adjust_tz = false;
 	*symlink = false;
 
-	smb2_data = kzalloc(sizeof(struct smb2_file_all_info) + MAX_NAME * 2,
+	smb2_data = kzalloc(sizeof(struct smb2_file_all_info) + PATH_MAX * 2,
 			    GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (smb2_data == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c b/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c
index 5a48aa290dfe..f522193b7184 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ smb2_query_file_info(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
 	int rc;
 	struct smb2_file_all_info *smb2_data;
 
-	smb2_data = kzalloc(sizeof(struct smb2_file_all_info) + MAX_NAME * 2,
+	smb2_data = kzalloc(sizeof(struct smb2_file_all_info) + PATH_MAX * 2,
 			    GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (smb2_data == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -1035,7 +1035,7 @@ static long smb3_zero_range(struct file *file, struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
 		if (keep_size == false)
 			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
-	/* 
+	/*
 	 * Must check if file sparse since fallocate -z (zero range) assumes
 	 * non-sparse allocation
 	 */
diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
index fa0dd044213b..74b3a6684383 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ SMB2_sess_setup(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_ses *ses,
 	struct smb2_sess_setup_rsp *rsp = NULL;
 	struct kvec iov[2];
 	int rc = 0;
-	int resp_buftype;
+	int resp_buftype = CIFS_NO_BUFFER;
 	__le32 phase = NtLmNegotiate; /* NTLMSSP, if needed, is multistage */
 	struct TCP_Server_Info *server = ses->server;
 	u16 blob_length = 0;
@@ -1403,8 +1403,7 @@ SMB2_close(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
 	rsp = (struct smb2_close_rsp *)iov[0].iov_base;
 
 	if (rc != 0) {
-		if (tcon)
-			cifs_stats_fail_inc(tcon, SMB2_CLOSE_HE);
+		cifs_stats_fail_inc(tcon, SMB2_CLOSE_HE);
 		goto close_exit;
 	}
 
@@ -1533,7 +1532,7 @@ SMB2_query_info(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
 {
 	return query_info(xid, tcon, persistent_fid, volatile_fid,
 			  FILE_ALL_INFORMATION,
-			  sizeof(struct smb2_file_all_info) + MAX_NAME * 2,
+			  sizeof(struct smb2_file_all_info) + PATH_MAX * 2,
 			  sizeof(struct smb2_file_all_info), data);
 }