diff --git a/fs/smb/client/cached_dir.c b/fs/smb/client/cached_dir.c
index 13a9d7acf8f8..0ff2491c311d 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/cached_dir.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/cached_dir.c
@@ -433,8 +433,8 @@ smb2_close_cached_fid(struct kref *ref)
 	if (cfid->is_open) {
 		rc = SMB2_close(0, cfid->tcon, cfid->fid.persistent_fid,
 			   cfid->fid.volatile_fid);
-		if (rc != -EBUSY && rc != -EAGAIN)
-			atomic_dec(&cfid->tcon->num_remote_opens);
+		if (rc) /* should we retry on -EBUSY or -EAGAIN? */
+			cifs_dbg(VFS, "close cached dir rc %d\n", rc);
 	}
 
 	free_cached_dir(cfid);
diff --git a/fs/smb/client/cifsglob.h b/fs/smb/client/cifsglob.h
index f6a302205f89..d6669ce4ae87 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/cifsglob.h
+++ b/fs/smb/client/cifsglob.h
@@ -1077,6 +1077,7 @@ struct cifs_ses {
 				   and after mount option parsing we fill it */
 	char *domainName;
 	char *password;
+	char *password2; /* When key rotation used, new password may be set before it expires */
 	char workstation_name[CIFS_MAX_WORKSTATION_LEN];
 	struct session_key auth_key;
 	struct ntlmssp_auth *ntlmssp; /* ciphertext, flags, server challenge */
diff --git a/fs/smb/client/connect.c b/fs/smb/client/connect.c
index 85679ae106fd..4e35970681bf 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/connect.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/connect.c
@@ -2183,6 +2183,7 @@ cifs_set_cifscreds(struct smb3_fs_context *ctx, struct cifs_ses *ses)
 	}
 
 	++delim;
+	/* BB consider adding support for password2 (Key Rotation) for multiuser in future */
 	ctx->password = kstrndup(delim, len, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!ctx->password) {
 		cifs_dbg(FYI, "Unable to allocate %zd bytes for password\n",
@@ -2206,6 +2207,7 @@ cifs_set_cifscreds(struct smb3_fs_context *ctx, struct cifs_ses *ses)
 			kfree(ctx->username);
 			ctx->username = NULL;
 			kfree_sensitive(ctx->password);
+			/* no need to free ctx->password2 since not allocated in this path */
 			ctx->password = NULL;
 			goto out_key_put;
 		}
@@ -2317,6 +2319,12 @@ cifs_get_smb_ses(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, struct smb3_fs_context *ctx)
 		if (!ses->password)
 			goto get_ses_fail;
 	}
+	/* ctx->password freed at unmount */
+	if (ctx->password2) {
+		ses->password2 = kstrdup(ctx->password2, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!ses->password2)
+			goto get_ses_fail;
+	}
 	if (ctx->domainname) {
 		ses->domainName = kstrdup(ctx->domainname, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!ses->domainName)
diff --git a/fs/smb/client/fs_context.c b/fs/smb/client/fs_context.c
index b7bfe705b2c4..6c727d8c31e8 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/fs_context.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/fs_context.c
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ const struct fs_parameter_spec smb3_fs_parameters[] = {
 	fsparam_string("username", Opt_user),
 	fsparam_string("pass", Opt_pass),
 	fsparam_string("password", Opt_pass),
+	fsparam_string("password2", Opt_pass2),
 	fsparam_string("ip", Opt_ip),
 	fsparam_string("addr", Opt_ip),
 	fsparam_string("domain", Opt_domain),
@@ -345,6 +346,7 @@ smb3_fs_context_dup(struct smb3_fs_context *new_ctx, struct smb3_fs_context *ctx
 	new_ctx->nodename = NULL;
 	new_ctx->username = NULL;
 	new_ctx->password = NULL;
+	new_ctx->password2 = NULL;
 	new_ctx->server_hostname = NULL;
 	new_ctx->domainname = NULL;
 	new_ctx->UNC = NULL;
@@ -357,6 +359,7 @@ smb3_fs_context_dup(struct smb3_fs_context *new_ctx, struct smb3_fs_context *ctx
 	DUP_CTX_STR(prepath);
 	DUP_CTX_STR(username);
 	DUP_CTX_STR(password);
+	DUP_CTX_STR(password2);
 	DUP_CTX_STR(server_hostname);
 	DUP_CTX_STR(UNC);
 	DUP_CTX_STR(source);
@@ -905,6 +908,8 @@ static int smb3_reconfigure(struct fs_context *fc)
 	else  {
 		kfree_sensitive(ses->password);
 		ses->password = kstrdup(ctx->password, GFP_KERNEL);
+		kfree_sensitive(ses->password2);
+		ses->password2 = kstrdup(ctx->password2, GFP_KERNEL);
 	}
 	STEAL_STRING(cifs_sb, ctx, domainname);
 	STEAL_STRING(cifs_sb, ctx, nodename);
@@ -1305,6 +1310,18 @@ static int smb3_fs_context_parse_param(struct fs_context *fc,
 			goto cifs_parse_mount_err;
 		}
 		break;
+	case Opt_pass2:
+		kfree_sensitive(ctx->password2);
+		ctx->password2 = NULL;
+		if (strlen(param->string) == 0)
+			break;
+
+		ctx->password2 = kstrdup(param->string, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (ctx->password2 == NULL) {
+			cifs_errorf(fc, "OOM when copying password2 string\n");
+			goto cifs_parse_mount_err;
+		}
+		break;
 	case Opt_ip:
 		if (strlen(param->string) == 0) {
 			ctx->got_ip = false;
@@ -1608,6 +1625,8 @@ static int smb3_fs_context_parse_param(struct fs_context *fc,
  cifs_parse_mount_err:
 	kfree_sensitive(ctx->password);
 	ctx->password = NULL;
+	kfree_sensitive(ctx->password2);
+	ctx->password2 = NULL;
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
 
@@ -1713,6 +1732,8 @@ smb3_cleanup_fs_context_contents(struct smb3_fs_context *ctx)
 	ctx->username = NULL;
 	kfree_sensitive(ctx->password);
 	ctx->password = NULL;
+	kfree_sensitive(ctx->password2);
+	ctx->password2 = NULL;
 	kfree(ctx->server_hostname);
 	ctx->server_hostname = NULL;
 	kfree(ctx->UNC);
diff --git a/fs/smb/client/fs_context.h b/fs/smb/client/fs_context.h
index 8a35645e0b65..a947bddeba27 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/fs_context.h
+++ b/fs/smb/client/fs_context.h
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ enum cifs_param {
 	Opt_source,
 	Opt_user,
 	Opt_pass,
+	Opt_pass2,
 	Opt_ip,
 	Opt_domain,
 	Opt_srcaddr,
@@ -177,6 +178,7 @@ struct smb3_fs_context {
 
 	char *username;
 	char *password;
+	char *password2;
 	char *domainname;
 	char *source;
 	char *server_hostname;
diff --git a/fs/smb/client/inode.c b/fs/smb/client/inode.c
index 91b07ef9e25c..60afab5c83d4 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/inode.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/inode.c
@@ -1105,7 +1105,8 @@ static int cifs_get_fattr(struct cifs_open_info_data *data,
 		} else {
 			cifs_open_info_to_fattr(fattr, data, sb);
 		}
-		if (!rc && fattr->cf_flags & CIFS_FATTR_DELETE_PENDING)
+		if (!rc && *inode &&
+		    (fattr->cf_flags & CIFS_FATTR_DELETE_PENDING))
 			cifs_mark_open_handles_for_deleted_file(*inode, full_path);
 		break;
 	case -EREMOTE:
diff --git a/fs/smb/client/misc.c b/fs/smb/client/misc.c
index 33ac4f8f5050..7d15a1969b81 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/misc.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/misc.c
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ sesInfoFree(struct cifs_ses *buf_to_free)
 	kfree(buf_to_free->serverDomain);
 	kfree(buf_to_free->serverNOS);
 	kfree_sensitive(buf_to_free->password);
+	kfree_sensitive(buf_to_free->password2);
 	kfree(buf_to_free->user_name);
 	kfree(buf_to_free->domainName);
 	kfree_sensitive(buf_to_free->auth_key.response);
diff --git a/fs/smb/client/smb2ops.c b/fs/smb/client/smb2ops.c
index b156eefa75d7..78c94d0350fe 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/smb2ops.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/smb2ops.c
@@ -4964,68 +4964,84 @@ static int smb2_next_header(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, char *buf,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int cifs_sfu_make_node(unsigned int xid, struct inode *inode,
-		       struct dentry *dentry, struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
-		       const char *full_path, umode_t mode, dev_t dev)
+static int __cifs_sfu_make_node(unsigned int xid, struct inode *inode,
+				struct dentry *dentry, struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
+				const char *full_path, umode_t mode, dev_t dev)
 {
-	struct cifs_open_info_data buf = {};
 	struct TCP_Server_Info *server = tcon->ses->server;
 	struct cifs_open_parms oparms;
 	struct cifs_io_parms io_parms = {};
 	struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb = CIFS_SB(inode->i_sb);
 	struct cifs_fid fid;
 	unsigned int bytes_written;
-	struct win_dev *pdev;
+	struct win_dev pdev = {};
 	struct kvec iov[2];
 	__u32 oplock = server->oplocks ? REQ_OPLOCK : 0;
 	int rc;
 
-	if (!S_ISCHR(mode) && !S_ISBLK(mode) && !S_ISFIFO(mode))
+	switch (mode & S_IFMT) {
+	case S_IFCHR:
+		strscpy(pdev.type, "IntxCHR");
+		pdev.major = cpu_to_le64(MAJOR(dev));
+		pdev.minor = cpu_to_le64(MINOR(dev));
+		break;
+	case S_IFBLK:
+		strscpy(pdev.type, "IntxBLK");
+		pdev.major = cpu_to_le64(MAJOR(dev));
+		pdev.minor = cpu_to_le64(MINOR(dev));
+		break;
+	case S_IFIFO:
+		strscpy(pdev.type, "LnxFIFO");
+		break;
+	default:
 		return -EPERM;
+	}
 
-	oparms = (struct cifs_open_parms) {
-		.tcon = tcon,
-		.cifs_sb = cifs_sb,
-		.desired_access = GENERIC_WRITE,
-		.create_options = cifs_create_options(cifs_sb, CREATE_NOT_DIR |
-						      CREATE_OPTION_SPECIAL),
-		.disposition = FILE_CREATE,
-		.path = full_path,
-		.fid = &fid,
-	};
+	oparms = CIFS_OPARMS(cifs_sb, tcon, full_path, GENERIC_WRITE,
+			     FILE_CREATE, CREATE_NOT_DIR |
+			     CREATE_OPTION_SPECIAL, ACL_NO_MODE);
+	oparms.fid = &fid;
 
-	rc = server->ops->open(xid, &oparms, &oplock, &buf);
+	rc = server->ops->open(xid, &oparms, &oplock, NULL);
 	if (rc)
 		return rc;
 
-	/*
-	 * BB Do not bother to decode buf since no local inode yet to put
-	 * timestamps in, but we can reuse it safely.
-	 */
-	pdev = (struct win_dev *)&buf.fi;
 	io_parms.pid = current->tgid;
 	io_parms.tcon = tcon;
-	io_parms.length = sizeof(*pdev);
-	iov[1].iov_base = pdev;
-	iov[1].iov_len = sizeof(*pdev);
-	if (S_ISCHR(mode)) {
-		memcpy(pdev->type, "IntxCHR", 8);
-		pdev->major = cpu_to_le64(MAJOR(dev));
-		pdev->minor = cpu_to_le64(MINOR(dev));
-	} else if (S_ISBLK(mode)) {
-		memcpy(pdev->type, "IntxBLK", 8);
-		pdev->major = cpu_to_le64(MAJOR(dev));
-		pdev->minor = cpu_to_le64(MINOR(dev));
-	} else if (S_ISFIFO(mode)) {
-		memcpy(pdev->type, "LnxFIFO", 8);
-	}
+	io_parms.length = sizeof(pdev);
+	iov[1].iov_base = &pdev;
+	iov[1].iov_len = sizeof(pdev);
 
 	rc = server->ops->sync_write(xid, &fid, &io_parms,
 				     &bytes_written, iov, 1);
 	server->ops->close(xid, tcon, &fid);
-	d_drop(dentry);
-	/* FIXME: add code here to set EAs */
-	cifs_free_open_info(&buf);
+	return rc;
+}
+
+int cifs_sfu_make_node(unsigned int xid, struct inode *inode,
+		       struct dentry *dentry, struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
+		       const char *full_path, umode_t mode, dev_t dev)
+{
+	struct inode *new = NULL;
+	int rc;
+
+	rc = __cifs_sfu_make_node(xid, inode, dentry, tcon,
+				  full_path, mode, dev);
+	if (rc)
+		return rc;
+
+	if (tcon->posix_extensions) {
+		rc = smb311_posix_get_inode_info(&new, full_path, NULL,
+						 inode->i_sb, xid);
+	} else if (tcon->unix_ext) {
+		rc = cifs_get_inode_info_unix(&new, full_path,
+					      inode->i_sb, xid);
+	} else {
+		rc = cifs_get_inode_info(&new, full_path, NULL,
+					 inode->i_sb, xid, NULL);
+	}
+	if (!rc)
+		d_instantiate(dentry, new);
 	return rc;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/smb/client/smb2pdu.c b/fs/smb/client/smb2pdu.c
index c0c4933af5fc..86c647a947cc 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/smb2pdu.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/smb2pdu.c
@@ -367,6 +367,17 @@ again:
 		}
 
 		rc = cifs_setup_session(0, ses, server, nls_codepage);
+		if ((rc == -EACCES) || (rc == -EKEYEXPIRED) || (rc == -EKEYREVOKED)) {
+			/*
+			 * Try alternate password for next reconnect (key rotation
+			 * could be enabled on the server e.g.) if an alternate
+			 * password is available and the current password is expired,
+			 * but do not swap on non pwd related errors like host down
+			 */
+			if (ses->password2)
+				swap(ses->password2, ses->password);
+		}
+
 		if ((rc == -EACCES) && !tcon->retry) {
 			mutex_unlock(&ses->session_mutex);
 			rc = -EHOSTDOWN;