diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index a80c84e..900d98e 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -2801,9 +2801,9 @@
 F:	drivers/acpi/dock.c
 
 DOCUMENTATION
-M:	Rob Landley <rob@landley.net>
+M:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
 L:	linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
-T:	TBD
+T:	quilt http://www.infradead.org/~rdunlap/Doc/patches/
 S:	Maintained
 F:	Documentation/
 
diff --git a/drivers/input/evdev.c b/drivers/input/evdev.c
index a06e125..ce953d8 100644
--- a/drivers/input/evdev.c
+++ b/drivers/input/evdev.c
@@ -954,11 +954,13 @@
 			return -EFAULT;
 
 		error = input_ff_upload(dev, &effect, file);
+		if (error)
+			return error;
 
 		if (put_user(effect.id, &(((struct ff_effect __user *)p)->id)))
 			return -EFAULT;
 
-		return error;
+		return 0;
 	}
 
 	/* Multi-number variable-length handlers */
diff --git a/drivers/input/mousedev.c b/drivers/input/mousedev.c
index 4c842c3..b604564 100644
--- a/drivers/input/mousedev.c
+++ b/drivers/input/mousedev.c
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@
 	struct device dev;
 	struct cdev cdev;
 	bool exist;
-	bool is_mixdev;
 
 	struct list_head mixdev_node;
 	bool opened_by_mixdev;
@@ -77,6 +76,9 @@
 	int old_x[4], old_y[4];
 	int frac_dx, frac_dy;
 	unsigned long touch;
+
+	int (*open_device)(struct mousedev *mousedev);
+	void (*close_device)(struct mousedev *mousedev);
 };
 
 enum mousedev_emul {
@@ -116,9 +118,6 @@
 static struct mousedev *mousedev_mix;
 static LIST_HEAD(mousedev_mix_list);
 
-static void mixdev_open_devices(void);
-static void mixdev_close_devices(void);
-
 #define fx(i)  (mousedev->old_x[(mousedev->pkt_count - (i)) & 03])
 #define fy(i)  (mousedev->old_y[(mousedev->pkt_count - (i)) & 03])
 
@@ -428,9 +427,7 @@
 	if (retval)
 		return retval;
 
-	if (mousedev->is_mixdev)
-		mixdev_open_devices();
-	else if (!mousedev->exist)
+	if (!mousedev->exist)
 		retval = -ENODEV;
 	else if (!mousedev->open++) {
 		retval = input_open_device(&mousedev->handle);
@@ -446,9 +443,7 @@
 {
 	mutex_lock(&mousedev->mutex);
 
-	if (mousedev->is_mixdev)
-		mixdev_close_devices();
-	else if (mousedev->exist && !--mousedev->open)
+	if (mousedev->exist && !--mousedev->open)
 		input_close_device(&mousedev->handle);
 
 	mutex_unlock(&mousedev->mutex);
@@ -459,21 +454,29 @@
  * stream. Note that this function is called with mousedev_mix->mutex
  * held.
  */
-static void mixdev_open_devices(void)
+static int mixdev_open_devices(struct mousedev *mixdev)
 {
-	struct mousedev *mousedev;
+	int error;
 
-	if (mousedev_mix->open++)
-		return;
+	error = mutex_lock_interruptible(&mixdev->mutex);
+	if (error)
+		return error;
 
-	list_for_each_entry(mousedev, &mousedev_mix_list, mixdev_node) {
-		if (!mousedev->opened_by_mixdev) {
-			if (mousedev_open_device(mousedev))
-				continue;
+	if (!mixdev->open++) {
+		struct mousedev *mousedev;
 
-			mousedev->opened_by_mixdev = true;
+		list_for_each_entry(mousedev, &mousedev_mix_list, mixdev_node) {
+			if (!mousedev->opened_by_mixdev) {
+				if (mousedev_open_device(mousedev))
+					continue;
+
+				mousedev->opened_by_mixdev = true;
+			}
 		}
 	}
+
+	mutex_unlock(&mixdev->mutex);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -481,19 +484,22 @@
  * device. Note that this function is called with mousedev_mix->mutex
  * held.
  */
-static void mixdev_close_devices(void)
+static void mixdev_close_devices(struct mousedev *mixdev)
 {
-	struct mousedev *mousedev;
+	mutex_lock(&mixdev->mutex);
 
-	if (--mousedev_mix->open)
-		return;
+	if (!--mixdev->open) {
+		struct mousedev *mousedev;
 
-	list_for_each_entry(mousedev, &mousedev_mix_list, mixdev_node) {
-		if (mousedev->opened_by_mixdev) {
-			mousedev->opened_by_mixdev = false;
-			mousedev_close_device(mousedev);
+		list_for_each_entry(mousedev, &mousedev_mix_list, mixdev_node) {
+			if (mousedev->opened_by_mixdev) {
+				mousedev->opened_by_mixdev = false;
+				mousedev_close_device(mousedev);
+			}
 		}
 	}
+
+	mutex_unlock(&mixdev->mutex);
 }
 
 
@@ -522,7 +528,7 @@
 	mousedev_detach_client(mousedev, client);
 	kfree(client);
 
-	mousedev_close_device(mousedev);
+	mousedev->close_device(mousedev);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -550,7 +556,7 @@
 	client->mousedev = mousedev;
 	mousedev_attach_client(mousedev, client);
 
-	error = mousedev_open_device(mousedev);
+	error = mousedev->open_device(mousedev);
 	if (error)
 		goto err_free_client;
 
@@ -861,16 +867,21 @@
 
 	if (mixdev) {
 		dev_set_name(&mousedev->dev, "mice");
+
+		mousedev->open_device = mixdev_open_devices;
+		mousedev->close_device = mixdev_close_devices;
 	} else {
 		int dev_no = minor;
 		/* Normalize device number if it falls into legacy range */
 		if (dev_no < MOUSEDEV_MINOR_BASE + MOUSEDEV_MINORS)
 			dev_no -= MOUSEDEV_MINOR_BASE;
 		dev_set_name(&mousedev->dev, "mouse%d", dev_no);
+
+		mousedev->open_device = mousedev_open_device;
+		mousedev->close_device = mousedev_close_device;
 	}
 
 	mousedev->exist = true;
-	mousedev->is_mixdev = mixdev;
 	mousedev->handle.dev = input_get_device(dev);
 	mousedev->handle.name = dev_name(&mousedev->dev);
 	mousedev->handle.handler = handler;
@@ -919,7 +930,7 @@
 	device_del(&mousedev->dev);
 	mousedev_cleanup(mousedev);
 	input_free_minor(MINOR(mousedev->dev.devt));
-	if (!mousedev->is_mixdev)
+	if (mousedev != mousedev_mix)
 		input_unregister_handle(&mousedev->handle);
 	put_device(&mousedev->dev);
 }
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 6e39895..24bfd7f 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/ratelimit.h>
 #include <linux/aio.h>
+#include <linux/bitops.h>
 
 #include "ext4_jbd2.h"
 #include "xattr.h"
@@ -3921,18 +3922,20 @@
 void ext4_set_inode_flags(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	unsigned int flags = EXT4_I(inode)->i_flags;
+	unsigned int new_fl = 0;
 
-	inode->i_flags &= ~(S_SYNC|S_APPEND|S_IMMUTABLE|S_NOATIME|S_DIRSYNC);
 	if (flags & EXT4_SYNC_FL)
-		inode->i_flags |= S_SYNC;
+		new_fl |= S_SYNC;
 	if (flags & EXT4_APPEND_FL)
-		inode->i_flags |= S_APPEND;
+		new_fl |= S_APPEND;
 	if (flags & EXT4_IMMUTABLE_FL)
-		inode->i_flags |= S_IMMUTABLE;
+		new_fl |= S_IMMUTABLE;
 	if (flags & EXT4_NOATIME_FL)
-		inode->i_flags |= S_NOATIME;
+		new_fl |= S_NOATIME;
 	if (flags & EXT4_DIRSYNC_FL)
-		inode->i_flags |= S_DIRSYNC;
+		new_fl |= S_DIRSYNC;
+	set_mask_bits(&inode->i_flags,
+		      S_SYNC|S_APPEND|S_IMMUTABLE|S_NOATIME|S_DIRSYNC, new_fl);
 }
 
 /* Propagate flags from i_flags to EXT4_I(inode)->i_flags */
diff --git a/include/linux/bitops.h b/include/linux/bitops.h
index abc9ca7..be5fd38 100644
--- a/include/linux/bitops.h
+++ b/include/linux/bitops.h
@@ -196,6 +196,21 @@
 
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
 
+#ifndef set_mask_bits
+#define set_mask_bits(ptr, _mask, _bits)	\
+({								\
+	const typeof(*ptr) mask = (_mask), bits = (_bits);	\
+	typeof(*ptr) old, new;					\
+								\
+	do {							\
+		old = ACCESS_ONCE(*ptr);			\
+		new = (old & ~mask) | bits;			\
+	} while (cmpxchg(ptr, old, new) != old);		\
+								\
+	new;							\
+})
+#endif
+
 #ifndef find_last_bit
 /**
  * find_last_bit - find the last set bit in a memory region
diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c
index 3392d3e..95a20f3 100644
--- a/kernel/audit.c
+++ b/kernel/audit.c
@@ -608,9 +608,19 @@
 	int err = 0;
 
 	/* Only support the initial namespaces for now. */
+	/*
+	 * We return ECONNREFUSED because it tricks userspace into thinking
+	 * that audit was not configured into the kernel.  Lots of users
+	 * configure their PAM stack (because that's what the distro does)
+	 * to reject login if unable to send messages to audit.  If we return
+	 * ECONNREFUSED the PAM stack thinks the kernel does not have audit
+	 * configured in and will let login proceed.  If we return EPERM
+	 * userspace will reject all logins.  This should be removed when we
+	 * support non init namespaces!!
+	 */
 	if ((current_user_ns() != &init_user_ns) ||
 	    (task_active_pid_ns(current) != &init_pid_ns))
-		return -EPERM;
+		return -ECONNREFUSED;
 
 	switch (msg_type) {
 	case AUDIT_LIST: