diff --git a/fs/fat/cache.c b/fs/fat/cache.c
index fda25479af2..3a9ecac8d61 100644
--- a/fs/fat/cache.c
+++ b/fs/fat/cache.c
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ void fat_cache_destroy(void)
 
 static inline struct fat_cache *fat_cache_alloc(struct inode *inode)
 {
-	return kmem_cache_alloc(fat_cache_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
+	return kmem_cache_alloc(fat_cache_cachep, GFP_NOFS);
 }
 
 static inline void fat_cache_free(struct fat_cache *cache)
diff --git a/fs/fat/dir.c b/fs/fat/dir.c
index 486725ee99a..34541d06e62 100644
--- a/fs/fat/dir.c
+++ b/fs/fat/dir.c
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ static int __fat_readdir(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp, void *dirent,
 	loff_t cpos;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	lock_kernel();
+	lock_super(sb);
 
 	cpos = filp->f_pos;
 	/* Fake . and .. for the root directory. */
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ FillFailed:
 	if (unicode)
 		__putname(unicode);
 out:
-	unlock_kernel();
+	unlock_super(sb);
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/fat/file.c b/fs/fat/file.c
index 27cc1164ec3..7059928fb35 100644
--- a/fs/fat/file.c
+++ b/fs/fat/file.c
@@ -229,7 +229,8 @@ static int fat_free(struct inode *inode, int skip)
 
 void fat_truncate(struct inode *inode)
 {
-	struct msdos_sb_info *sbi = MSDOS_SB(inode->i_sb);
+	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
+	struct msdos_sb_info *sbi = MSDOS_SB(sb);
 	const unsigned int cluster_size = sbi->cluster_size;
 	int nr_clusters;
 
@@ -242,9 +243,9 @@ void fat_truncate(struct inode *inode)
 
 	nr_clusters = (inode->i_size + (cluster_size - 1)) >> sbi->cluster_bits;
 
-	lock_kernel();
+	lock_super(sb);
 	fat_free(inode, nr_clusters);
-	unlock_kernel();
+	unlock_super(sb);
 	fat_flush_inodes(inode->i_sb, inode, NULL);
 }
 
@@ -297,12 +298,13 @@ static int fat_allow_set_time(struct msdos_sb_info *sbi, struct inode *inode)
 
 int fat_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr)
 {
+	struct super_block *sb = dentry->d_sb;
 	struct msdos_sb_info *sbi = MSDOS_SB(dentry->d_sb);
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
 	int mask, error = 0;
 	unsigned int ia_valid;
 
-	lock_kernel();
+	lock_super(sb);
 
 	/*
 	 * Expand the file. Since inode_setattr() updates ->i_size
@@ -356,7 +358,7 @@ int fat_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr)
 		mask = sbi->options.fs_fmask;
 	inode->i_mode &= S_IFMT | (S_IRWXUGO & ~mask);
 out:
-	unlock_kernel();
+	unlock_super(sb);
 	return error;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fat_setattr);
diff --git a/fs/fat/inode.c b/fs/fat/inode.c
index 4e0a3dd9d67..46a4508ffd2 100644
--- a/fs/fat/inode.c
+++ b/fs/fat/inode.c
@@ -440,14 +440,13 @@ static void fat_delete_inode(struct inode *inode)
 
 static void fat_clear_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
-	struct msdos_sb_info *sbi = MSDOS_SB(inode->i_sb);
+	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
+	struct msdos_sb_info *sbi = MSDOS_SB(sb);
 
-	lock_kernel();
 	spin_lock(&sbi->inode_hash_lock);
 	fat_cache_inval_inode(inode);
 	hlist_del_init(&MSDOS_I(inode)->i_fat_hash);
 	spin_unlock(&sbi->inode_hash_lock);
-	unlock_kernel();
 }
 
 static void fat_write_super(struct super_block *sb)
@@ -485,7 +484,7 @@ static struct kmem_cache *fat_inode_cachep;
 static struct inode *fat_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	struct msdos_inode_info *ei;
-	ei = kmem_cache_alloc(fat_inode_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
+	ei = kmem_cache_alloc(fat_inode_cachep, GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!ei)
 		return NULL;
 	return &ei->vfs_inode;
@@ -567,7 +566,7 @@ retry:
 	if (inode->i_ino == MSDOS_ROOT_INO || !i_pos)
 		return 0;
 
-	lock_kernel();
+	lock_super(sb);
 	bh = sb_bread(sb, i_pos >> sbi->dir_per_block_bits);
 	if (!bh) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "FAT: unable to read inode block "
@@ -579,7 +578,7 @@ retry:
 	if (i_pos != MSDOS_I(inode)->i_pos) {
 		spin_unlock(&sbi->inode_hash_lock);
 		brelse(bh);
-		unlock_kernel();
+		unlock_super(sb);
 		goto retry;
 	}
 
@@ -606,7 +605,7 @@ retry:
 		err = sync_dirty_buffer(bh);
 	brelse(bh);
 out:
-	unlock_kernel();
+	unlock_super(sb);
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -736,6 +735,7 @@ fat_encode_fh(struct dentry *de, __u32 *fh, int *lenp, int connectable)
 
 static struct dentry *fat_get_parent(struct dentry *child)
 {
+	struct super_block *sb = child->d_sb;
 	struct buffer_head *bh;
 	struct msdos_dir_entry *de;
 	loff_t i_pos;
@@ -743,14 +743,14 @@ static struct dentry *fat_get_parent(struct dentry *child)
 	struct inode *inode;
 	int err;
 
-	lock_kernel();
+	lock_super(sb);
 
 	err = fat_get_dotdot_entry(child->d_inode, &bh, &de, &i_pos);
 	if (err) {
 		parent = ERR_PTR(err);
 		goto out;
 	}
-	inode = fat_build_inode(child->d_sb, de, i_pos);
+	inode = fat_build_inode(sb, de, i_pos);
 	brelse(bh);
 	if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
 		parent = ERR_CAST(inode);
@@ -762,7 +762,7 @@ static struct dentry *fat_get_parent(struct dentry *child)
 		parent = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	}
 out:
-	unlock_kernel();
+	unlock_super(sb);
 
 	return parent;
 }
@@ -1172,6 +1172,12 @@ int fat_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent,
 	long error;
 	char buf[50];
 
+	/*
+	 * GFP_KERNEL is ok here, because while we do hold the
+	 * supeblock lock, memory pressure can't call back into
+	 * the filesystem, since we're only just about to mount
+	 * it and have no inodes etc active!
+	 */
 	sbi = kzalloc(sizeof(struct msdos_sb_info), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!sbi)
 		return -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/fs/msdos/namei.c b/fs/msdos/namei.c
index 05ff4f1d702..1f7f2956412 100644
--- a/fs/msdos/namei.c
+++ b/fs/msdos/namei.c
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ static struct dentry *msdos_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 
 	dentry->d_op = &msdos_dentry_operations;
 
-	lock_kernel();
+	lock_super(sb);
 	res = msdos_find(dir, dentry->d_name.name, dentry->d_name.len, &sinfo);
 	if (res == -ENOENT)
 		goto add;
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ add:
 	if (dentry)
 		dentry->d_op = &msdos_dentry_operations;
 out:
-	unlock_kernel();
+	unlock_super(sb);
 	if (!res)
 		return dentry;
 	return ERR_PTR(res);
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ static int msdos_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode,
 	unsigned char msdos_name[MSDOS_NAME];
 	int err, is_hid;
 
-	lock_kernel();
+	lock_super(sb);
 
 	err = msdos_format_name(dentry->d_name.name, dentry->d_name.len,
 				msdos_name, &MSDOS_SB(sb)->options);
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ static int msdos_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode,
 
 	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
 out:
-	unlock_kernel();
+	unlock_super(sb);
 	if (!err)
 		err = fat_flush_inodes(sb, dir, inode);
 	return err;
@@ -324,11 +324,12 @@ out:
 /***** Remove a directory */
 static int msdos_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 {
+	struct super_block *sb = dir->i_sb;
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
 	struct fat_slot_info sinfo;
 	int err;
 
-	lock_kernel();
+	lock_super(sb);
 	/*
 	 * Check whether the directory is not in use, then check
 	 * whether it is empty.
@@ -349,9 +350,9 @@ static int msdos_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
 	fat_detach(inode);
 out:
-	unlock_kernel();
+	unlock_super(sb);
 	if (!err)
-		err = fat_flush_inodes(inode->i_sb, dir, inode);
+		err = fat_flush_inodes(sb, dir, inode);
 
 	return err;
 }
@@ -366,7 +367,7 @@ static int msdos_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode)
 	struct timespec ts;
 	int err, is_hid, cluster;
 
-	lock_kernel();
+	lock_super(sb);
 
 	err = msdos_format_name(dentry->d_name.name, dentry->d_name.len,
 				msdos_name, &MSDOS_SB(sb)->options);
@@ -404,14 +405,14 @@ static int msdos_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode)
 
 	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
 
-	unlock_kernel();
+	unlock_super(sb);
 	fat_flush_inodes(sb, dir, inode);
 	return 0;
 
 out_free:
 	fat_free_clusters(dir, cluster);
 out:
-	unlock_kernel();
+	unlock_super(sb);
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -419,10 +420,11 @@ out:
 static int msdos_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	struct super_block *sb= inode->i_sb;
 	struct fat_slot_info sinfo;
 	int err;
 
-	lock_kernel();
+	lock_super(sb);
 	err = msdos_find(dir, dentry->d_name.name, dentry->d_name.len, &sinfo);
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
@@ -434,9 +436,9 @@ static int msdos_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
 	fat_detach(inode);
 out:
-	unlock_kernel();
+	unlock_super(sb);
 	if (!err)
-		err = fat_flush_inodes(inode->i_sb, dir, inode);
+		err = fat_flush_inodes(sb, dir, inode);
 
 	return err;
 }
@@ -618,10 +620,11 @@ error_inode:
 static int msdos_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 			struct inode *new_dir, struct dentry *new_dentry)
 {
+	struct super_block *sb = old_dir->i_sb;
 	unsigned char old_msdos_name[MSDOS_NAME], new_msdos_name[MSDOS_NAME];
 	int err, is_hid;
 
-	lock_kernel();
+	lock_super(sb);
 
 	err = msdos_format_name(old_dentry->d_name.name,
 				old_dentry->d_name.len, old_msdos_name,
@@ -640,9 +643,9 @@ static int msdos_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 	err = do_msdos_rename(old_dir, old_msdos_name, old_dentry,
 			      new_dir, new_msdos_name, new_dentry, is_hid);
 out:
-	unlock_kernel();
+	unlock_super(sb);
 	if (!err)
-		err = fat_flush_inodes(old_dir->i_sb, old_dir, new_dir);
+		err = fat_flush_inodes(sb, old_dir, new_dir);
 	return err;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/vfat/namei.c b/fs/vfat/namei.c
index a3522727ea5..b546ba69be8 100644
--- a/fs/vfat/namei.c
+++ b/fs/vfat/namei.c
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ static int vfat_add_entry(struct inode *dir, struct qstr *qname, int is_dir,
 	if (len == 0)
 		return -ENOENT;
 
-	slots = kmalloc(sizeof(*slots) * MSDOS_SLOTS, GFP_KERNEL);
+	slots = kmalloc(sizeof(*slots) * MSDOS_SLOTS, GFP_NOFS);
 	if (slots == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -687,7 +687,7 @@ static struct dentry *vfat_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	struct dentry *alias;
 	int err, table;
 
-	lock_kernel();
+	lock_super(sb);
 	table = (MSDOS_SB(sb)->options.name_check == 's') ? 2 : 0;
 	dentry->d_op = &vfat_dentry_ops[table];
 
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@ static struct dentry *vfat_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	inode = fat_build_inode(sb, sinfo.de, sinfo.i_pos);
 	brelse(sinfo.bh);
 	if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
-		unlock_kernel();
+		unlock_super(sb);
 		return ERR_CAST(inode);
 	}
 	alias = d_find_alias(inode);
@@ -708,13 +708,13 @@ static struct dentry *vfat_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 			dput(alias);
 		else {
 			iput(inode);
-			unlock_kernel();
+			unlock_super(sb);
 			return alias;
 		}
 
 	}
 error:
-	unlock_kernel();
+	unlock_super(sb);
 	dentry->d_op = &vfat_dentry_ops[table];
 	dentry->d_time = dentry->d_parent->d_inode->i_version;
 	dentry = d_splice_alias(inode, dentry);
@@ -734,7 +734,7 @@ static int vfat_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode,
 	struct timespec ts;
 	int err;
 
-	lock_kernel();
+	lock_super(sb);
 
 	ts = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
 	err = vfat_add_entry(dir, &dentry->d_name, 0, 0, &ts, &sinfo);
@@ -755,17 +755,18 @@ static int vfat_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode,
 	dentry->d_time = dentry->d_parent->d_inode->i_version;
 	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
 out:
-	unlock_kernel();
+	unlock_super(sb);
 	return err;
 }
 
 static int vfat_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	struct super_block *sb = dir->i_sb;
 	struct fat_slot_info sinfo;
 	int err;
 
-	lock_kernel();
+	lock_super(sb);
 
 	err = fat_dir_empty(inode);
 	if (err)
@@ -783,7 +784,7 @@ static int vfat_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	inode->i_mtime = inode->i_atime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
 	fat_detach(inode);
 out:
-	unlock_kernel();
+	unlock_super(sb);
 
 	return err;
 }
@@ -791,10 +792,11 @@ out:
 static int vfat_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	struct super_block *sb = dir->i_sb;
 	struct fat_slot_info sinfo;
 	int err;
 
-	lock_kernel();
+	lock_super(sb);
 
 	err = vfat_find(dir, &dentry->d_name, &sinfo);
 	if (err)
@@ -807,7 +809,7 @@ static int vfat_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	inode->i_mtime = inode->i_atime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
 	fat_detach(inode);
 out:
-	unlock_kernel();
+	unlock_super(sb);
 
 	return err;
 }
@@ -820,7 +822,7 @@ static int vfat_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode)
 	struct timespec ts;
 	int err, cluster;
 
-	lock_kernel();
+	lock_super(sb);
 
 	ts = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
 	cluster = fat_alloc_new_dir(dir, &ts);
@@ -849,13 +851,13 @@ static int vfat_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode)
 	dentry->d_time = dentry->d_parent->d_inode->i_version;
 	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
 
-	unlock_kernel();
+	unlock_super(sb);
 	return 0;
 
 out_free:
 	fat_free_clusters(dir, cluster);
 out:
-	unlock_kernel();
+	unlock_super(sb);
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -869,11 +871,12 @@ static int vfat_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 	struct timespec ts;
 	loff_t dotdot_i_pos, new_i_pos;
 	int err, is_dir, update_dotdot, corrupt = 0;
+	struct super_block *sb = old_dir->i_sb;
 
 	old_sinfo.bh = sinfo.bh = dotdot_bh = NULL;
 	old_inode = old_dentry->d_inode;
 	new_inode = new_dentry->d_inode;
-	lock_kernel();
+	lock_super(sb);
 	err = vfat_find(old_dir, &old_dentry->d_name, &old_sinfo);
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
@@ -951,7 +954,7 @@ out:
 	brelse(sinfo.bh);
 	brelse(dotdot_bh);
 	brelse(old_sinfo.bh);
-	unlock_kernel();
+	unlock_super(sb);
 
 	return err;