atomic_dec(&req->count);
 }
 
+static void fuse_req_init_context(struct fuse_req *req)
+{
+       req->in.h.uid = current->fsuid;
+       req->in.h.gid = current->fsgid;
+       req->in.h.pid = current->pid;
+}
+
 struct fuse_req *fuse_get_req(struct fuse_conn *fc)
 {
        struct fuse_req *req;
        if (!req)
                goto out;
 
-       req->in.h.uid = current->fsuid;
-       req->in.h.gid = current->fsgid;
-       req->in.h.pid = current->pid;
+       fuse_req_init_context(req);
        req->waiting = 1;
        return req;
 
        return ERR_PTR(err);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Return request in fuse_file->reserved_req.  However that may
+ * currently be in use.  If that is the case, wait for it to become
+ * available.
+ */
+static struct fuse_req *get_reserved_req(struct fuse_conn *fc,
+                                        struct file *file)
+{
+       struct fuse_req *req = NULL;
+       struct fuse_file *ff = file->private_data;
+
+       do {
+               wait_event(fc->blocked_waitq, ff->reserved_req);
+               spin_lock(&fc->lock);
+               if (ff->reserved_req) {
+                       req = ff->reserved_req;
+                       ff->reserved_req = NULL;
+                       get_file(file);
+                       req->stolen_file = file;
+               }
+               spin_unlock(&fc->lock);
+       } while (!req);
+
+       return req;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Put stolen request back into fuse_file->reserved_req
+ */
+static void put_reserved_req(struct fuse_conn *fc, struct fuse_req *req)
+{
+       struct file *file = req->stolen_file;
+       struct fuse_file *ff = file->private_data;
+
+       spin_lock(&fc->lock);
+       fuse_request_init(req);
+       BUG_ON(ff->reserved_req);
+       ff->reserved_req = req;
+       wake_up(&fc->blocked_waitq);
+       spin_unlock(&fc->lock);
+       fput(file);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Gets a requests for a file operation, always succeeds
+ *
+ * This is used for sending the FLUSH request, which must get to
+ * userspace, due to POSIX locks which may need to be unlocked.
+ *
+ * If allocation fails due to OOM, use the reserved request in
+ * fuse_file.
+ *
+ * This is very unlikely to deadlock accidentally, since the
+ * filesystem should not have it's own file open.  If deadlock is
+ * intentional, it can still be broken by "aborting" the filesystem.
+ */
+struct fuse_req *fuse_get_req_nofail(struct fuse_conn *fc, struct file *file)
+{
+       struct fuse_req *req;
+
+       atomic_inc(&fc->num_waiting);
+       wait_event(fc->blocked_waitq, !fc->blocked);
+       req = fuse_request_alloc();
+       if (!req)
+               req = get_reserved_req(fc, file);
+
+       fuse_req_init_context(req);
+       req->waiting = 1;
+       return req;
+}
+
 void fuse_put_request(struct fuse_conn *fc, struct fuse_req *req)
 {
        if (atomic_dec_and_test(&req->count)) {
                if (req->waiting)
                        atomic_dec(&fc->num_waiting);
-               fuse_request_free(req);
+
+               if (req->stolen_file)
+                       put_reserved_req(fc, req);
+               else
+                       fuse_request_free(req);
        }
 }
 
 
        struct fuse_file *ff;
        ff = kmalloc(sizeof(struct fuse_file), GFP_KERNEL);
        if (ff) {
-               ff->release_req = fuse_request_alloc();
-               if (!ff->release_req) {
+               ff->reserved_req = fuse_request_alloc();
+               if (!ff->reserved_req) {
                        kfree(ff);
                        ff = NULL;
                }
 
 void fuse_file_free(struct fuse_file *ff)
 {
-       fuse_request_free(ff->release_req);
+       fuse_request_free(ff->reserved_req);
        kfree(ff);
 }
 
 struct fuse_req *fuse_release_fill(struct fuse_file *ff, u64 nodeid, int flags,
                                   int opcode)
 {
-       struct fuse_req *req = ff->release_req;
+       struct fuse_req *req = ff->reserved_req;
        struct fuse_release_in *inarg = &req->misc.release_in;
 
        inarg->fh = ff->fh;
        if (fc->no_flush)
                return 0;
 
-       req = fuse_get_req(fc);
-       if (IS_ERR(req))
-               return PTR_ERR(req);
-
+       req = fuse_get_req_nofail(fc, file);
        memset(&inarg, 0, sizeof(inarg));
        inarg.fh = ff->fh;
        inarg.lock_owner = fuse_lock_owner_id(id);
 
 /** FUSE specific file data */
 struct fuse_file {
        /** Request reserved for flush and release */
-       struct fuse_req *release_req;
+       struct fuse_req *reserved_req;
 
        /** File handle used by userspace */
        u64 fh;
 
        /** Request completion callback */
        void (*end)(struct fuse_conn *, struct fuse_req *);
+
+       /** Request is stolen from fuse_file->reserved_req */
+       struct file *stolen_file;
 };
 
 /**
 void fuse_request_free(struct fuse_req *req);
 
 /**
- * Reserve a preallocated request
+ * Get a request, may fail with -ENOMEM
  */
 struct fuse_req *fuse_get_req(struct fuse_conn *fc);
 
+/**
+ * Gets a requests for a file operation, always succeeds
+ */
+struct fuse_req *fuse_get_req_nofail(struct fuse_conn *fc, struct file *file);
+
 /**
  * Decrement reference count of a request.  If count goes to zero free
  * the request.