diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/coredump.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/coredump.c
index 18daafbe2e65..301ee7d8b7df 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/coredump.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/coredump.c
@@ -73,9 +73,7 @@ static struct spu_context *coredump_next_context(int *fd)
 		return NULL;
 	*fd = n - 1;
 
-	rcu_read_lock();
-	file = lookup_fdget_rcu(*fd);
-	rcu_read_unlock();
+	file = fget_raw(*fd);
 	if (file) {
 		ctx = SPUFS_I(file_inode(file))->i_ctx;
 		get_spu_context(ctx);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/shmem_utils.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/shmem_utils.c
index 1fb6ff77fd89..bb696b29ee2c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/shmem_utils.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/shmem_utils.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ struct file *shmem_create_from_object(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)
 
 	if (i915_gem_object_is_shmem(obj)) {
 		file = obj->base.filp;
-		atomic_long_inc(&file->f_count);
+		get_file(file);
 		return file;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/ttm_object.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/ttm_object.c
index 3353e97687d1..a17e62867f3b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/ttm_object.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/ttm_object.c
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ void ttm_object_device_release(struct ttm_object_device **p_tdev)
  */
 static bool __must_check get_dma_buf_unless_doomed(struct dma_buf *dmabuf)
 {
-	return atomic_long_inc_not_zero(&dmabuf->file->f_count) != 0L;
+	return file_ref_get(&dmabuf->file->f_ref);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/fs/eventpoll.c b/fs/eventpoll.c
index 1a06e462b6ef..826d21c4486b 100644
--- a/fs/eventpoll.c
+++ b/fs/eventpoll.c
@@ -1003,7 +1003,7 @@ static struct file *epi_fget(const struct epitem *epi)
 	struct file *file;
 
 	file = epi->ffd.file;
-	if (!atomic_long_inc_not_zero(&file->f_count))
+	if (!file_ref_get(&file->f_ref))
 		file = NULL;
 	return file;
 }
diff --git a/fs/fcntl.c b/fs/fcntl.c
index 3d89de31066a..a7947a615db6 100644
--- a/fs/fcntl.c
+++ b/fs/fcntl.c
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/filelock.h>
 #include <linux/file.h>
-#include <linux/fdtable.h>
 #include <linux/capability.h>
 #include <linux/dnotify.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
diff --git a/fs/file.c b/fs/file.c
index 36ff81c90edb..fb1011cf6b4a 100644
--- a/fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/file.c
@@ -20,10 +20,73 @@
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/rcupdate.h>
 #include <linux/close_range.h>
+#include <linux/file_ref.h>
 #include <net/sock.h>
 
 #include "internal.h"
 
+/**
+ * __file_ref_put - Slowpath of file_ref_put()
+ * @ref:	Pointer to the reference count
+ * @cnt:	Current reference count
+ *
+ * Invoked when the reference count is outside of the valid zone.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ *	True if this was the last reference with no future references
+ *	possible. This signals the caller that it can safely schedule the
+ *	object, which is protected by the reference counter, for
+ *	deconstruction.
+ *
+ *	False if there are still active references or the put() raced
+ *	with a concurrent get()/put() pair. Caller is not allowed to
+ *	deconstruct the protected object.
+ */
+bool __file_ref_put(file_ref_t *ref, unsigned long cnt)
+{
+	/* Did this drop the last reference? */
+	if (likely(cnt == FILE_REF_NOREF)) {
+		/*
+		 * Carefully try to set the reference count to FILE_REF_DEAD.
+		 *
+		 * This can fail if a concurrent get() operation has
+		 * elevated it again or the corresponding put() even marked
+		 * it dead already. Both are valid situations and do not
+		 * require a retry. If this fails the caller is not
+		 * allowed to deconstruct the object.
+		 */
+		if (!atomic_long_try_cmpxchg_release(&ref->refcnt, &cnt, FILE_REF_DEAD))
+			return false;
+
+		/*
+		 * The caller can safely schedule the object for
+		 * deconstruction. Provide acquire ordering.
+		 */
+		smp_acquire__after_ctrl_dep();
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * If the reference count was already in the dead zone, then this
+	 * put() operation is imbalanced. Warn, put the reference count back to
+	 * DEAD and tell the caller to not deconstruct the object.
+	 */
+	if (WARN_ONCE(cnt >= FILE_REF_RELEASED, "imbalanced put on file reference count")) {
+		atomic_long_set(&ref->refcnt, FILE_REF_DEAD);
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * This is a put() operation on a saturated refcount. Restore the
+	 * mean saturation value and tell the caller to not deconstruct the
+	 * object.
+	 */
+	if (cnt > FILE_REF_MAXREF)
+		atomic_long_set(&ref->refcnt, FILE_REF_SATURATED);
+	return false;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__file_ref_put);
+
 unsigned int sysctl_nr_open __read_mostly = 1024*1024;
 unsigned int sysctl_nr_open_min = BITS_PER_LONG;
 /* our min() is unusable in constant expressions ;-/ */
@@ -89,18 +152,11 @@ static void copy_fdtable(struct fdtable *nfdt, struct fdtable *ofdt)
  * 'unsigned long' in some places, but simply because that is how the Linux
  * kernel bitmaps are defined to work: they are not "bits in an array of bytes",
  * they are very much "bits in an array of unsigned long".
- *
- * The ALIGN(nr, BITS_PER_LONG) here is for clarity: since we just multiplied
- * by that "1024/sizeof(ptr)" before, we already know there are sufficient
- * clear low bits. Clang seems to realize that, gcc ends up being confused.
- *
- * On a 128-bit machine, the ALIGN() would actually matter. In the meantime,
- * let's consider it documentation (and maybe a test-case for gcc to improve
- * its code generation ;)
  */
-static struct fdtable * alloc_fdtable(unsigned int nr)
+static struct fdtable *alloc_fdtable(unsigned int slots_wanted)
 {
 	struct fdtable *fdt;
+	unsigned int nr;
 	void *data;
 
 	/*
@@ -108,22 +164,32 @@ static struct fdtable * alloc_fdtable(unsigned int nr)
 	 * Allocation steps are keyed to the size of the fdarray, since it
 	 * grows far faster than any of the other dynamic data. We try to fit
 	 * the fdarray into comfortable page-tuned chunks: starting at 1024B
-	 * and growing in powers of two from there on.
+	 * and growing in powers of two from there on.  Since we called only
+	 * with slots_wanted > BITS_PER_LONG (embedded instance in files->fdtab
+	 * already gives BITS_PER_LONG slots), the above boils down to
+	 * 1.  use the smallest power of two large enough to give us that many
+	 * slots.
+	 * 2.  on 32bit skip 64 and 128 - the minimal capacity we want there is
+	 * 256 slots (i.e. 1Kb fd array).
+	 * 3.  on 64bit don't skip anything, 1Kb fd array means 128 slots there
+	 * and we are never going to be asked for 64 or less.
 	 */
-	nr /= (1024 / sizeof(struct file *));
-	nr = roundup_pow_of_two(nr + 1);
-	nr *= (1024 / sizeof(struct file *));
-	nr = ALIGN(nr, BITS_PER_LONG);
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_32BIT) && slots_wanted < 256)
+		nr = 256;
+	else
+		nr = roundup_pow_of_two(slots_wanted);
 	/*
 	 * Note that this can drive nr *below* what we had passed if sysctl_nr_open
-	 * had been set lower between the check in expand_files() and here.  Deal
-	 * with that in caller, it's cheaper that way.
+	 * had been set lower between the check in expand_files() and here.
 	 *
 	 * We make sure that nr remains a multiple of BITS_PER_LONG - otherwise
 	 * bitmaps handling below becomes unpleasant, to put it mildly...
 	 */
-	if (unlikely(nr > sysctl_nr_open))
-		nr = ((sysctl_nr_open - 1) | (BITS_PER_LONG - 1)) + 1;
+	if (unlikely(nr > sysctl_nr_open)) {
+		nr = round_down(sysctl_nr_open, BITS_PER_LONG);
+		if (nr < slots_wanted)
+			return ERR_PTR(-EMFILE);
+	}
 
 	fdt = kmalloc(sizeof(struct fdtable), GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
 	if (!fdt)
@@ -152,14 +218,14 @@ static struct fdtable * alloc_fdtable(unsigned int nr)
 out_fdt:
 	kfree(fdt);
 out:
-	return NULL;
+	return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 }
 
 /*
  * Expand the file descriptor table.
  * This function will allocate a new fdtable and both fd array and fdset, of
  * the given size.
- * Return <0 error code on error; 1 on successful completion.
+ * Return <0 error code on error; 0 on successful completion.
  * The files->file_lock should be held on entry, and will be held on exit.
  */
 static int expand_fdtable(struct files_struct *files, unsigned int nr)
@@ -169,7 +235,7 @@ static int expand_fdtable(struct files_struct *files, unsigned int nr)
 	struct fdtable *new_fdt, *cur_fdt;
 
 	spin_unlock(&files->file_lock);
-	new_fdt = alloc_fdtable(nr);
+	new_fdt = alloc_fdtable(nr + 1);
 
 	/* make sure all fd_install() have seen resize_in_progress
 	 * or have finished their rcu_read_lock_sched() section.
@@ -178,16 +244,8 @@ static int expand_fdtable(struct files_struct *files, unsigned int nr)
 		synchronize_rcu();
 
 	spin_lock(&files->file_lock);
-	if (!new_fdt)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-	/*
-	 * extremely unlikely race - sysctl_nr_open decreased between the check in
-	 * caller and alloc_fdtable().  Cheaper to catch it here...
-	 */
-	if (unlikely(new_fdt->max_fds <= nr)) {
-		__free_fdtable(new_fdt);
-		return -EMFILE;
-	}
+	if (IS_ERR(new_fdt))
+		return PTR_ERR(new_fdt);
 	cur_fdt = files_fdtable(files);
 	BUG_ON(nr < cur_fdt->max_fds);
 	copy_fdtable(new_fdt, cur_fdt);
@@ -196,15 +254,14 @@ static int expand_fdtable(struct files_struct *files, unsigned int nr)
 		call_rcu(&cur_fdt->rcu, free_fdtable_rcu);
 	/* coupled with smp_rmb() in fd_install() */
 	smp_wmb();
-	return 1;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /*
  * Expand files.
  * This function will expand the file structures, if the requested size exceeds
  * the current capacity and there is room for expansion.
- * Return <0 error code on error; 0 when nothing done; 1 when files were
- * expanded and execution may have blocked.
+ * Return <0 error code on error; 0 on success.
  * The files->file_lock should be held on entry, and will be held on exit.
  */
 static int expand_files(struct files_struct *files, unsigned int nr)
@@ -212,14 +269,14 @@ static int expand_files(struct files_struct *files, unsigned int nr)
 	__acquires(files->file_lock)
 {
 	struct fdtable *fdt;
-	int expanded = 0;
+	int error;
 
 repeat:
 	fdt = files_fdtable(files);
 
 	/* Do we need to expand? */
 	if (nr < fdt->max_fds)
-		return expanded;
+		return 0;
 
 	/* Can we expand? */
 	if (nr >= sysctl_nr_open)
@@ -227,7 +284,6 @@ static int expand_files(struct files_struct *files, unsigned int nr)
 
 	if (unlikely(files->resize_in_progress)) {
 		spin_unlock(&files->file_lock);
-		expanded = 1;
 		wait_event(files->resize_wait, !files->resize_in_progress);
 		spin_lock(&files->file_lock);
 		goto repeat;
@@ -235,27 +291,28 @@ static int expand_files(struct files_struct *files, unsigned int nr)
 
 	/* All good, so we try */
 	files->resize_in_progress = true;
-	expanded = expand_fdtable(files, nr);
+	error = expand_fdtable(files, nr);
 	files->resize_in_progress = false;
 
 	wake_up_all(&files->resize_wait);
-	return expanded;
+	return error;
 }
 
-static inline void __set_close_on_exec(unsigned int fd, struct fdtable *fdt)
+static inline void __set_close_on_exec(unsigned int fd, struct fdtable *fdt,
+				       bool set)
 {
-	__set_bit(fd, fdt->close_on_exec);
+	if (set) {
+		__set_bit(fd, fdt->close_on_exec);
+	} else {
+		if (test_bit(fd, fdt->close_on_exec))
+			__clear_bit(fd, fdt->close_on_exec);
+	}
 }
 
-static inline void __clear_close_on_exec(unsigned int fd, struct fdtable *fdt)
-{
-	if (test_bit(fd, fdt->close_on_exec))
-		__clear_bit(fd, fdt->close_on_exec);
-}
-
-static inline void __set_open_fd(unsigned int fd, struct fdtable *fdt)
+static inline void __set_open_fd(unsigned int fd, struct fdtable *fdt, bool set)
 {
 	__set_bit(fd, fdt->open_fds);
+	__set_close_on_exec(fd, fdt, set);
 	fd /= BITS_PER_LONG;
 	if (!~fdt->open_fds[fd])
 		__set_bit(fd, fdt->full_fds_bits);
@@ -264,7 +321,9 @@ static inline void __set_open_fd(unsigned int fd, struct fdtable *fdt)
 static inline void __clear_open_fd(unsigned int fd, struct fdtable *fdt)
 {
 	__clear_bit(fd, fdt->open_fds);
-	__clear_bit(fd / BITS_PER_LONG, fdt->full_fds_bits);
+	fd /= BITS_PER_LONG;
+	if (test_bit(fd, fdt->full_fds_bits))
+		__clear_bit(fd, fdt->full_fds_bits);
 }
 
 static inline bool fd_is_open(unsigned int fd, const struct fdtable *fdt)
@@ -306,7 +365,6 @@ struct files_struct *dup_fd(struct files_struct *oldf, struct fd_range *punch_ho
 	struct file **old_fds, **new_fds;
 	unsigned int open_files, i;
 	struct fdtable *old_fdt, *new_fdt;
-	int error;
 
 	newf = kmem_cache_alloc(files_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!newf)
@@ -338,17 +396,10 @@ struct files_struct *dup_fd(struct files_struct *oldf, struct fd_range *punch_ho
 		if (new_fdt != &newf->fdtab)
 			__free_fdtable(new_fdt);
 
-		new_fdt = alloc_fdtable(open_files - 1);
-		if (!new_fdt) {
-			error = -ENOMEM;
-			goto out_release;
-		}
-
-		/* beyond sysctl_nr_open; nothing to do */
-		if (unlikely(new_fdt->max_fds < open_files)) {
-			__free_fdtable(new_fdt);
-			error = -EMFILE;
-			goto out_release;
+		new_fdt = alloc_fdtable(open_files);
+		if (IS_ERR(new_fdt)) {
+			kmem_cache_free(files_cachep, newf);
+			return ERR_CAST(new_fdt);
 		}
 
 		/*
@@ -389,10 +440,6 @@ struct files_struct *dup_fd(struct files_struct *oldf, struct fd_range *punch_ho
 	rcu_assign_pointer(newf->fdt, new_fdt);
 
 	return newf;
-
-out_release:
-	kmem_cache_free(files_cachep, newf);
-	return ERR_PTR(error);
 }
 
 static struct fdtable *close_files(struct files_struct * files)
@@ -413,7 +460,7 @@ static struct fdtable *close_files(struct files_struct * files)
 		set = fdt->open_fds[j++];
 		while (set) {
 			if (set & 1) {
-				struct file * file = xchg(&fdt->fd[i], NULL);
+				struct file *file = fdt->fd[i];
 				if (file) {
 					filp_close(file, files);
 					cond_resched();
@@ -470,6 +517,15 @@ static unsigned int find_next_fd(struct fdtable *fdt, unsigned int start)
 	unsigned int maxfd = fdt->max_fds; /* always multiple of BITS_PER_LONG */
 	unsigned int maxbit = maxfd / BITS_PER_LONG;
 	unsigned int bitbit = start / BITS_PER_LONG;
+	unsigned int bit;
+
+	/*
+	 * Try to avoid looking at the second level bitmap
+	 */
+	bit = find_next_zero_bit(&fdt->open_fds[bitbit], BITS_PER_LONG,
+				 start & (BITS_PER_LONG - 1));
+	if (bit < BITS_PER_LONG)
+		return bit + bitbit * BITS_PER_LONG;
 
 	bitbit = find_next_zero_bit(fdt->full_fds_bits, maxbit, bitbit) * BITS_PER_LONG;
 	if (bitbit >= maxfd)
@@ -496,7 +552,7 @@ static int alloc_fd(unsigned start, unsigned end, unsigned flags)
 	if (fd < files->next_fd)
 		fd = files->next_fd;
 
-	if (fd < fdt->max_fds)
+	if (likely(fd < fdt->max_fds))
 		fd = find_next_fd(fdt, fd);
 
 	/*
@@ -504,36 +560,22 @@ static int alloc_fd(unsigned start, unsigned end, unsigned flags)
 	 * will limit the total number of files that can be opened.
 	 */
 	error = -EMFILE;
-	if (fd >= end)
+	if (unlikely(fd >= end))
 		goto out;
 
-	error = expand_files(files, fd);
-	if (error < 0)
-		goto out;
+	if (unlikely(fd >= fdt->max_fds)) {
+		error = expand_files(files, fd);
+		if (error < 0)
+			goto out;
 
-	/*
-	 * If we needed to expand the fs array we
-	 * might have blocked - try again.
-	 */
-	if (error)
 		goto repeat;
+	}
 
 	if (start <= files->next_fd)
 		files->next_fd = fd + 1;
 
-	__set_open_fd(fd, fdt);
-	if (flags & O_CLOEXEC)
-		__set_close_on_exec(fd, fdt);
-	else
-		__clear_close_on_exec(fd, fdt);
+	__set_open_fd(fd, fdt, flags & O_CLOEXEC);
 	error = fd;
-#if 1
-	/* Sanity check */
-	if (rcu_access_pointer(fdt->fd[fd]) != NULL) {
-		printk(KERN_WARNING "alloc_fd: slot %d not NULL!\n", fd);
-		rcu_assign_pointer(fdt->fd[fd], NULL);
-	}
-#endif
 
 out:
 	spin_unlock(&files->file_lock);
@@ -599,7 +641,7 @@ void fd_install(unsigned int fd, struct file *file)
 		rcu_read_unlock_sched();
 		spin_lock(&files->file_lock);
 		fdt = files_fdtable(files);
-		BUG_ON(fdt->fd[fd] != NULL);
+		WARN_ON(fdt->fd[fd] != NULL);
 		rcu_assign_pointer(fdt->fd[fd], file);
 		spin_unlock(&files->file_lock);
 		return;
@@ -713,7 +755,7 @@ static inline void __range_close(struct files_struct *files, unsigned int fd,
 }
 
 /**
- * __close_range() - Close all file descriptors in a given range.
+ * sys_close_range() - Close all file descriptors in a given range.
  *
  * @fd:     starting file descriptor to close
  * @max_fd: last file descriptor to close
@@ -721,8 +763,10 @@ static inline void __range_close(struct files_struct *files, unsigned int fd,
  *
  * This closes a range of file descriptors. All file descriptors
  * from @fd up to and including @max_fd are closed.
+ * Currently, errors to close a given file descriptor are ignored.
  */
-int __close_range(unsigned fd, unsigned max_fd, unsigned int flags)
+SYSCALL_DEFINE3(close_range, unsigned int, fd, unsigned int, max_fd,
+		unsigned int, flags)
 {
 	struct task_struct *me = current;
 	struct files_struct *cur_fds = me->files, *fds = NULL;
@@ -839,7 +883,7 @@ static struct file *__get_file_rcu(struct file __rcu **f)
 	if (!file)
 		return NULL;
 
-	if (unlikely(!atomic_long_inc_not_zero(&file->f_count)))
+	if (unlikely(!file_ref_get(&file->f_ref)))
 		return ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN);
 
 	file_reloaded = rcu_dereference_raw(*f);
@@ -853,8 +897,8 @@ static struct file *__get_file_rcu(struct file __rcu **f)
 	OPTIMIZER_HIDE_VAR(file_reloaded_cmp);
 
 	/*
-	 * atomic_long_inc_not_zero() above provided a full memory
-	 * barrier when we acquired a reference.
+	 * file_ref_get() above provided a full memory barrier when we
+	 * acquired a reference.
 	 *
 	 * This is paired with the write barrier from assigning to the
 	 * __rcu protected file pointer so that if that pointer still
@@ -952,11 +996,11 @@ static inline struct file *__fget_files_rcu(struct files_struct *files,
 		 * We need to confirm it by incrementing the refcount
 		 * and then check the lookup again.
 		 *
-		 * atomic_long_inc_not_zero() gives us a full memory
-		 * barrier. We only really need an 'acquire' one to
-		 * protect the loads below, but we don't have that.
+		 * file_ref_get() gives us a full memory barrier. We
+		 * only really need an 'acquire' one to protect the
+		 * loads below, but we don't have that.
 		 */
-		if (unlikely(!atomic_long_inc_not_zero(&file->f_count)))
+		if (unlikely(!file_ref_get(&file->f_ref)))
 			continue;
 
 		/*
@@ -1037,29 +1081,7 @@ struct file *fget_task(struct task_struct *task, unsigned int fd)
 	return file;
 }
 
-struct file *lookup_fdget_rcu(unsigned int fd)
-{
-	return __fget_files_rcu(current->files, fd, 0);
-
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(lookup_fdget_rcu);
-
-struct file *task_lookup_fdget_rcu(struct task_struct *task, unsigned int fd)
-{
-	/* Must be called with rcu_read_lock held */
-	struct files_struct *files;
-	struct file *file = NULL;
-
-	task_lock(task);
-	files = task->files;
-	if (files)
-		file = __fget_files_rcu(files, fd, 0);
-	task_unlock(task);
-
-	return file;
-}
-
-struct file *task_lookup_next_fdget_rcu(struct task_struct *task, unsigned int *ret_fd)
+struct file *fget_task_next(struct task_struct *task, unsigned int *ret_fd)
 {
 	/* Must be called with rcu_read_lock held */
 	struct files_struct *files;
@@ -1069,17 +1091,19 @@ struct file *task_lookup_next_fdget_rcu(struct task_struct *task, unsigned int *
 	task_lock(task);
 	files = task->files;
 	if (files) {
+		rcu_read_lock();
 		for (; fd < files_fdtable(files)->max_fds; fd++) {
 			file = __fget_files_rcu(files, fd, 0);
 			if (file)
 				break;
 		}
+		rcu_read_unlock();
 	}
 	task_unlock(task);
 	*ret_fd = fd;
 	return file;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(task_lookup_next_fdget_rcu);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(fget_task_next);
 
 /*
  * Lightweight file lookup - no refcnt increment if fd table isn't shared.
@@ -1183,13 +1207,8 @@ void __f_unlock_pos(struct file *f)
 void set_close_on_exec(unsigned int fd, int flag)
 {
 	struct files_struct *files = current->files;
-	struct fdtable *fdt;
 	spin_lock(&files->file_lock);
-	fdt = files_fdtable(files);
-	if (flag)
-		__set_close_on_exec(fd, fdt);
-	else
-		__clear_close_on_exec(fd, fdt);
+	__set_close_on_exec(fd, files_fdtable(files), flag);
 	spin_unlock(&files->file_lock);
 }
 
@@ -1230,11 +1249,7 @@ __releases(&files->file_lock)
 		goto Ebusy;
 	get_file(file);
 	rcu_assign_pointer(fdt->fd[fd], file);
-	__set_open_fd(fd, fdt);
-	if (flags & O_CLOEXEC)
-		__set_close_on_exec(fd, fdt);
-	else
-		__clear_close_on_exec(fd, fdt);
+	__set_open_fd(fd, fdt, flags & O_CLOEXEC);
 	spin_unlock(&files->file_lock);
 
 	if (tofree)
diff --git a/fs/file_table.c b/fs/file_table.c
index eed5ffad9997..976736be47cb 100644
--- a/fs/file_table.c
+++ b/fs/file_table.c
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/file.h>
-#include <linux/fdtable.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
@@ -40,13 +39,17 @@ static struct files_stat_struct files_stat = {
 
 /* SLAB cache for file structures */
 static struct kmem_cache *filp_cachep __ro_after_init;
+static struct kmem_cache *bfilp_cachep __ro_after_init;
 
 static struct percpu_counter nr_files __cacheline_aligned_in_smp;
 
 /* Container for backing file with optional user path */
 struct backing_file {
 	struct file file;
-	struct path user_path;
+	union {
+		struct path user_path;
+		freeptr_t bf_freeptr;
+	};
 };
 
 static inline struct backing_file *backing_file(struct file *f)
@@ -68,7 +71,7 @@ static inline void file_free(struct file *f)
 	put_cred(f->f_cred);
 	if (unlikely(f->f_mode & FMODE_BACKING)) {
 		path_put(backing_file_user_path(f));
-		kfree(backing_file(f));
+		kmem_cache_free(bfilp_cachep, backing_file(f));
 	} else {
 		kmem_cache_free(filp_cachep, f);
 	}
@@ -165,16 +168,32 @@ static int init_file(struct file *f, int flags, const struct cred *cred)
 	 * the respective member when opening the file.
 	 */
 	mutex_init(&f->f_pos_lock);
-	f->f_flags = flags;
-	f->f_mode = OPEN_FMODE(flags);
-	/* f->f_version: 0 */
+	memset(&f->f_path, 0, sizeof(f->f_path));
+	memset(&f->f_ra, 0, sizeof(f->f_ra));
+
+	f->f_flags	= flags;
+	f->f_mode	= OPEN_FMODE(flags);
+
+	f->f_op		= NULL;
+	f->f_mapping	= NULL;
+	f->private_data = NULL;
+	f->f_inode	= NULL;
+	f->f_owner	= NULL;
+#ifdef CONFIG_EPOLL
+	f->f_ep		= NULL;
+#endif
+
+	f->f_iocb_flags = 0;
+	f->f_pos	= 0;
+	f->f_wb_err	= 0;
+	f->f_sb_err	= 0;
 
 	/*
 	 * We're SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU so initialize f_count last. While
 	 * fget-rcu pattern users need to be able to handle spurious
 	 * refcount bumps we should reinitialize the reused file first.
 	 */
-	atomic_long_set(&f->f_count, 1);
+	file_ref_init(&f->f_ref, 1);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -206,7 +225,7 @@ struct file *alloc_empty_file(int flags, const struct cred *cred)
 			goto over;
 	}
 
-	f = kmem_cache_zalloc(filp_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
+	f = kmem_cache_alloc(filp_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (unlikely(!f))
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
@@ -240,7 +259,7 @@ struct file *alloc_empty_file_noaccount(int flags, const struct cred *cred)
 	struct file *f;
 	int error;
 
-	f = kmem_cache_zalloc(filp_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
+	f = kmem_cache_alloc(filp_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (unlikely(!f))
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
@@ -267,13 +286,13 @@ struct file *alloc_empty_backing_file(int flags, const struct cred *cred)
 	struct backing_file *ff;
 	int error;
 
-	ff = kzalloc(sizeof(struct backing_file), GFP_KERNEL);
+	ff = kmem_cache_alloc(bfilp_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (unlikely(!ff))
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
 	error = init_file(&ff->file, flags, cred);
 	if (unlikely(error)) {
-		kfree(ff);
+		kmem_cache_free(bfilp_cachep, ff);
 		return ERR_PTR(error);
 	}
 
@@ -479,7 +498,7 @@ static DECLARE_DELAYED_WORK(delayed_fput_work, delayed_fput);
 
 void fput(struct file *file)
 {
-	if (atomic_long_dec_and_test(&file->f_count)) {
+	if (file_ref_put(&file->f_ref)) {
 		struct task_struct *task = current;
 
 		if (unlikely(!(file->f_mode & (FMODE_BACKING | FMODE_OPENED)))) {
@@ -512,7 +531,7 @@ void fput(struct file *file)
  */
 void __fput_sync(struct file *file)
 {
-	if (atomic_long_dec_and_test(&file->f_count))
+	if (file_ref_put(&file->f_ref))
 		__fput(file);
 }
 
@@ -529,6 +548,11 @@ void __init files_init(void)
 	filp_cachep = kmem_cache_create("filp", sizeof(struct file), &args,
 				SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN | SLAB_PANIC |
 				SLAB_ACCOUNT | SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU);
+
+	args.freeptr_offset = offsetof(struct backing_file, bf_freeptr);
+	bfilp_cachep = kmem_cache_create("bfilp", sizeof(struct backing_file),
+				&args, SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN | SLAB_PANIC |
+				SLAB_ACCOUNT | SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU);
 	percpu_counter_init(&nr_files, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/glock.c b/fs/gfs2/glock.c
index 269c3bc7fced..4701c4aafbf4 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/glock.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/glock.c
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 #include <linux/lockref.h>
 #include <linux/rhashtable.h>
 #include <linux/pid_namespace.h>
-#include <linux/fdtable.h>
 #include <linux/file.h>
 
 #include "gfs2.h"
@@ -2768,25 +2767,18 @@ static struct file *gfs2_glockfd_next_file(struct gfs2_glockfd_iter *i)
 		i->file = NULL;
 	}
 
-	rcu_read_lock();
 	for(;; i->fd++) {
-		struct inode *inode;
-
-		i->file = task_lookup_next_fdget_rcu(i->task, &i->fd);
+		i->file = fget_task_next(i->task, &i->fd);
 		if (!i->file) {
 			i->fd = 0;
 			break;
 		}
 
-		inode = file_inode(i->file);
-		if (inode->i_sb == i->sb)
+		if (file_inode(i->file)->i_sb == i->sb)
 			break;
 
-		rcu_read_unlock();
 		fput(i->file);
-		rcu_read_lock();
 	}
-	rcu_read_unlock();
 	return i->file;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c b/fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c
index d5dbef7f5c95..6004dfdfdf0f 100644
--- a/fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c
+++ b/fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 #include <linux/security.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
-#include <linux/fdtable.h>
 #include <linux/fsnotify_backend.h>
 
 static int dir_notify_enable __read_mostly = 1;
@@ -347,9 +346,7 @@ int fcntl_dirnotify(int fd, struct file *filp, unsigned int arg)
 		new_fsn_mark = NULL;
 	}
 
-	rcu_read_lock();
-	f = lookup_fdget_rcu(fd);
-	rcu_read_unlock();
+	f = fget_raw(fd);
 
 	/* if (f != filp) means that we lost a race and another task/thread
 	 * actually closed the fd we are still playing with before we grabbed
diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c
index 224bccaab4cc..24c7c5df4998 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include <linux/fanotify.h>
-#include <linux/fdtable.h>
 #include <linux/fsnotify_backend.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/jiffies.h>
diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
index 9644bc72e457..61b83039771e 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include <linux/fanotify.h>
 #include <linux/fcntl.h>
-#include <linux/fdtable.h>
 #include <linux/file.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/anon_inodes.h>
diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index 5da4df2f9b18..446ab8ef04af 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -1576,23 +1576,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(close, unsigned int, fd)
 	return retval;
 }
 
-/**
- * sys_close_range() - Close all file descriptors in a given range.
- *
- * @fd:     starting file descriptor to close
- * @max_fd: last file descriptor to close
- * @flags:  reserved for future extensions
- *
- * This closes a range of file descriptors. All file descriptors
- * from @fd up to and including @max_fd are closed.
- * Currently, errors to close a given file descriptor are ignored.
- */
-SYSCALL_DEFINE3(close_range, unsigned int, fd, unsigned int, max_fd,
-		unsigned int, flags)
-{
-	return __close_range(fd, max_fd, flags);
-}
-
 /*
  * This routine simulates a hangup on the tty, to arrange that users
  * are given clean terminals at login time.
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c b/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
index 2ed6ad641a20..ee2cbd044ce6 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 #include <linux/sched/signal.h>
 #include <linux/cred.h>
 #include <linux/namei.h>
-#include <linux/fdtable.h>
 #include <linux/ratelimit.h>
 #include <linux/exportfs.h>
 #include "overlayfs.h"
diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index b31283d81c52..e9d7ddc52f69 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/capability.h>
 #include <linux/file.h>
-#include <linux/fdtable.h>
 #include <linux/generic-radix-tree.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
diff --git a/fs/proc/fd.c b/fs/proc/fd.c
index 5e391cbca7a3..24baf23e864f 100644
--- a/fs/proc/fd.c
+++ b/fs/proc/fd.c
@@ -116,9 +116,7 @@ static bool tid_fd_mode(struct task_struct *task, unsigned fd, fmode_t *mode)
 {
 	struct file *file;
 
-	rcu_read_lock();
-	file = task_lookup_fdget_rcu(task, fd);
-	rcu_read_unlock();
+	file = fget_task(task, fd);
 	if (file) {
 		*mode = file->f_mode;
 		fput(file);
@@ -258,19 +256,17 @@ static int proc_readfd_common(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx,
 	if (!dir_emit_dots(file, ctx))
 		goto out;
 
-	rcu_read_lock();
 	for (fd = ctx->pos - 2;; fd++) {
 		struct file *f;
 		struct fd_data data;
 		char name[10 + 1];
 		unsigned int len;
 
-		f = task_lookup_next_fdget_rcu(p, &fd);
+		f = fget_task_next(p, &fd);
 		ctx->pos = fd + 2LL;
 		if (!f)
 			break;
 		data.mode = f->f_mode;
-		rcu_read_unlock();
 		fput(f);
 		data.fd = fd;
 
@@ -278,11 +274,9 @@ static int proc_readfd_common(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx,
 		if (!proc_fill_cache(file, ctx,
 				     name, len, instantiate, p,
 				     &data))
-			goto out;
+			break;
 		cond_resched();
-		rcu_read_lock();
 	}
-	rcu_read_unlock();
 out:
 	put_task_struct(p);
 	return 0;
diff --git a/include/linux/fdtable.h b/include/linux/fdtable.h
index b1c5722f2b3c..c45306a9f007 100644
--- a/include/linux/fdtable.h
+++ b/include/linux/fdtable.h
@@ -92,10 +92,6 @@ static inline struct file *files_lookup_fd_locked(struct files_struct *files, un
 	return files_lookup_fd_raw(files, fd);
 }
 
-struct file *lookup_fdget_rcu(unsigned int fd);
-struct file *task_lookup_fdget_rcu(struct task_struct *task, unsigned int fd);
-struct file *task_lookup_next_fdget_rcu(struct task_struct *task, unsigned int *fd);
-
 static inline bool close_on_exec(unsigned int fd, const struct files_struct *files)
 {
 	return test_bit(fd, files_fdtable(files)->close_on_exec);
@@ -115,7 +111,6 @@ int iterate_fd(struct files_struct *, unsigned,
 		const void *);
 
 extern int close_fd(unsigned int fd);
-extern int __close_range(unsigned int fd, unsigned int max_fd, unsigned int flags);
 extern struct file *file_close_fd(unsigned int fd);
 
 extern struct kmem_cache *files_cachep;
diff --git a/include/linux/file.h b/include/linux/file.h
index f98de143245a..ec4ad5e6a061 100644
--- a/include/linux/file.h
+++ b/include/linux/file.h
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ static inline void fdput(struct fd fd)
 extern struct file *fget(unsigned int fd);
 extern struct file *fget_raw(unsigned int fd);
 extern struct file *fget_task(struct task_struct *task, unsigned int fd);
+extern struct file *fget_task_next(struct task_struct *task, unsigned int *fd);
 extern void __f_unlock_pos(struct file *);
 
 struct fd fdget(unsigned int fd);
diff --git a/include/linux/file_ref.h b/include/linux/file_ref.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9b3a8d9b17ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/file_ref.h
@@ -0,0 +1,177 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
+#ifndef _LINUX_FILE_REF_H
+#define _LINUX_FILE_REF_H
+
+#include <linux/atomic.h>
+#include <linux/preempt.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
+/*
+ * file_ref is a reference count implementation specifically for use by
+ * files. It takes inspiration from rcuref but differs in key aspects
+ * such as support for SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU type caches.
+ *
+ * FILE_REF_ONEREF                FILE_REF_MAXREF
+ * 0x0000000000000000UL      0x7FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUL
+ * <-------------------valid ------------------->
+ *
+ *                       FILE_REF_SATURATED
+ * 0x8000000000000000UL 0xA000000000000000UL 0xBFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUL
+ * <-----------------------saturation zone---------------------->
+ *
+ * FILE_REF_RELEASED                   FILE_REF_DEAD
+ * 0xC000000000000000UL         0xE000000000000000UL
+ * <-------------------dead zone------------------->
+ *
+ * FILE_REF_NOREF
+ * 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUL
+ */
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
+#define FILE_REF_ONEREF		0x0000000000000000UL
+#define FILE_REF_MAXREF		0x7FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUL
+#define FILE_REF_SATURATED	0xA000000000000000UL
+#define FILE_REF_RELEASED	0xC000000000000000UL
+#define FILE_REF_DEAD		0xE000000000000000UL
+#define FILE_REF_NOREF		0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUL
+#else
+#define FILE_REF_ONEREF		0x00000000U
+#define FILE_REF_MAXREF		0x7FFFFFFFU
+#define FILE_REF_SATURATED	0xA0000000U
+#define FILE_REF_RELEASED	0xC0000000U
+#define FILE_REF_DEAD		0xE0000000U
+#define FILE_REF_NOREF		0xFFFFFFFFU
+#endif
+
+typedef struct {
+#ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
+	atomic64_t refcnt;
+#else
+	atomic_t refcnt;
+#endif
+} file_ref_t;
+
+/**
+ * file_ref_init - Initialize a file reference count
+ * @ref: Pointer to the reference count
+ * @cnt: The initial reference count typically '1'
+ */
+static inline void file_ref_init(file_ref_t *ref, unsigned long cnt)
+{
+	atomic_long_set(&ref->refcnt, cnt - 1);
+}
+
+bool __file_ref_put(file_ref_t *ref, unsigned long cnt);
+
+/**
+ * file_ref_get - Acquire one reference on a file
+ * @ref: Pointer to the reference count
+ *
+ * Similar to atomic_inc_not_zero() but saturates at FILE_REF_MAXREF.
+ *
+ * Provides full memory ordering.
+ *
+ * Return: False if the attempt to acquire a reference failed. This happens
+ *         when the last reference has been put already. True if a reference
+ *         was successfully acquired
+ */
+static __always_inline __must_check bool file_ref_get(file_ref_t *ref)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Unconditionally increase the reference count with full
+	 * ordering. The saturation and dead zones provide enough
+	 * tolerance for this.
+	 *
+	 * If this indicates negative the file in question the fail can
+	 * be freed and immediately reused due to SLAB_TYPSAFE_BY_RCU.
+	 * Hence, unconditionally altering the file reference count to
+	 * e.g., reset the file reference count back to the middle of
+	 * the deadzone risk end up marking someone else's file as dead
+	 * behind their back.
+	 *
+	 * It would be possible to do a careful:
+	 *
+	 * cnt = atomic_long_inc_return();
+	 * if (likely(cnt >= 0))
+	 *	return true;
+	 *
+	 * and then something like:
+	 *
+	 * if (cnt >= FILE_REF_RELEASE)
+	 *	atomic_long_try_cmpxchg(&ref->refcnt, &cnt, FILE_REF_DEAD),
+	 *
+	 * to set the value back to the middle of the deadzone. But it's
+	 * practically impossible to go from FILE_REF_DEAD to
+	 * FILE_REF_ONEREF. It would need 2305843009213693952/2^61
+	 * file_ref_get()s to resurrect such a dead file.
+	 */
+	return !atomic_long_add_negative(1, &ref->refcnt);
+}
+
+/**
+ * file_ref_inc - Acquire one reference on a file
+ * @ref: Pointer to the reference count
+ *
+ * Acquire an additional reference on a file. Warns if the caller didn't
+ * already hold a reference.
+ */
+static __always_inline void file_ref_inc(file_ref_t *ref)
+{
+	long prior = atomic_long_fetch_inc_relaxed(&ref->refcnt);
+	WARN_ONCE(prior < 0, "file_ref_inc() on a released file reference");
+}
+
+/**
+ * file_ref_put -- Release a file reference
+ * @ref:	Pointer to the reference count
+ *
+ * Provides release memory ordering, such that prior loads and stores
+ * are done before, and provides an acquire ordering on success such
+ * that free() must come after.
+ *
+ * Return: True if this was the last reference with no future references
+ *         possible. This signals the caller that it can safely release
+ *         the object which is protected by the reference counter.
+ *         False if there are still active references or the put() raced
+ *         with a concurrent get()/put() pair. Caller is not allowed to
+ *         release the protected object.
+ */
+static __always_inline __must_check bool file_ref_put(file_ref_t *ref)
+{
+	long cnt;
+
+	/*
+	 * While files are SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU and thus file_ref_put()
+	 * calls don't risk UAFs when a file is recyclyed, it is still
+	 * vulnerable to UAFs caused by freeing the whole slab page once
+	 * it becomes unused. Prevent file_ref_put() from being
+	 * preempted protects against this.
+	 */
+	guard(preempt)();
+	/*
+	 * Unconditionally decrease the reference count. The saturation
+	 * and dead zones provide enough tolerance for this. If this
+	 * fails then we need to handle the last reference drop and
+	 * cases inside the saturation and dead zones.
+	 */
+	cnt = atomic_long_dec_return(&ref->refcnt);
+	if (cnt >= 0)
+		return false;
+	return __file_ref_put(ref, cnt);
+}
+
+/**
+ * file_ref_read - Read the number of file references
+ * @ref: Pointer to the reference count
+ *
+ * Return: The number of held references (0 ... N)
+ */
+static inline unsigned long file_ref_read(file_ref_t *ref)
+{
+	unsigned long c = atomic_long_read(&ref->refcnt);
+
+	/* Return 0 if within the DEAD zone. */
+	return c >= FILE_REF_RELEASED ? 0 : c + 1;
+}
+
+#endif
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 6b062f62cbb8..3e53ba079f17 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/maple_tree.h>
 #include <linux/rw_hint.h>
+#include <linux/file_ref.h>
 
 #include <asm/byteorder.h>
 #include <uapi/linux/fs.h>
@@ -1006,7 +1007,7 @@ static inline int ra_has_index(struct file_ra_state *ra, pgoff_t index)
 
 /**
  * struct file - Represents a file
- * @f_count: reference count
+ * @f_ref: reference count
  * @f_lock: Protects f_ep, f_flags. Must not be taken from IRQ context.
  * @f_mode: FMODE_* flags often used in hotpaths
  * @f_op: file operations
@@ -1031,7 +1032,7 @@ static inline int ra_has_index(struct file_ra_state *ra, pgoff_t index)
  * @f_freeptr: Pointer used by SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU file cache (don't touch.)
  */
 struct file {
-	atomic_long_t			f_count;
+	file_ref_t			f_ref;
 	spinlock_t			f_lock;
 	fmode_t				f_mode;
 	const struct file_operations	*f_op;
@@ -1079,15 +1080,14 @@ struct file_handle {
 
 static inline struct file *get_file(struct file *f)
 {
-	long prior = atomic_long_fetch_inc_relaxed(&f->f_count);
-	WARN_ONCE(!prior, "struct file::f_count incremented from zero; use-after-free condition present!\n");
+	file_ref_inc(&f->f_ref);
 	return f;
 }
 
 struct file *get_file_rcu(struct file __rcu **f);
 struct file *get_file_active(struct file **f);
 
-#define file_count(x)	atomic_long_read(&(x)->f_count)
+#define file_count(f)	file_ref_read(&(f)->f_ref)
 
 #define	MAX_NON_LFS	((1UL<<31) - 1)
 
diff --git a/io_uring/io_uring.c b/io_uring/io_uring.c
index b2736e3491b8..5a1676bab998 100644
--- a/io_uring/io_uring.c
+++ b/io_uring/io_uring.c
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@
 #include <linux/sched/signal.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/file.h>
-#include <linux/fdtable.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/mman.h>
 #include <linux/percpu.h>
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/bpf_inode_storage.c b/kernel/bpf/bpf_inode_storage.c
index 29da6d3838f6..e16e79f8cd6d 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/bpf_inode_storage.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/bpf_inode_storage.c
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 #include <uapi/linux/btf.h>
 #include <linux/bpf_lsm.h>
 #include <linux/btf_ids.h>
-#include <linux/fdtable.h>
 #include <linux/rcupdate_trace.h>
 
 DEFINE_BPF_STORAGE_CACHE(inode_cache);
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/bpf_task_storage.c b/kernel/bpf/bpf_task_storage.c
index adf6dfe0ba68..1eb9852a9f8e 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/bpf_task_storage.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/bpf_task_storage.c
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 #include <linux/filter.h>
 #include <uapi/linux/btf.h>
 #include <linux/btf_ids.h>
-#include <linux/fdtable.h>
 #include <linux/rcupdate_trace.h>
 
 DEFINE_BPF_STORAGE_CACHE(task_cache);
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/task_iter.c b/kernel/bpf/task_iter.c
index 5af9e130e500..98d9b4c0daff 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/task_iter.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/task_iter.c
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 #include <linux/namei.h>
 #include <linux/pid_namespace.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
-#include <linux/fdtable.h>
 #include <linux/filter.h>
 #include <linux/bpf_mem_alloc.h>
 #include <linux/btf_ids.h>
@@ -286,17 +285,14 @@ task_file_seq_get_next(struct bpf_iter_seq_task_file_info *info)
 			curr_fd = 0;
 	}
 
-	rcu_read_lock();
-	f = task_lookup_next_fdget_rcu(curr_task, &curr_fd);
+	f = fget_task_next(curr_task, &curr_fd);
 	if (f) {
 		/* set info->fd */
 		info->fd = curr_fd;
-		rcu_read_unlock();
 		return f;
 	}
 
 	/* the current task is done, go to the next task */
-	rcu_read_unlock();
 	put_task_struct(curr_task);
 
 	if (info->common.type == BPF_TASK_ITER_TID) {
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/token.c b/kernel/bpf/token.c
index dcbec1a0dfb3..26057aa13503 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/token.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/token.c
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #include <linux/bpf.h>
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
-#include <linux/fdtable.h>
 #include <linux/file.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index 619f0014c33b..1dcddfe537ee 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 #include <linux/acct.h>
 #include <linux/tsacct_kern.h>
 #include <linux/file.h>
-#include <linux/fdtable.h>
 #include <linux/freezer.h>
 #include <linux/binfmts.h>
 #include <linux/nsproxy.h>
diff --git a/kernel/kcmp.c b/kernel/kcmp.c
index b0639f21041f..2c596851f8a9 100644
--- a/kernel/kcmp.c
+++ b/kernel/kcmp.c
@@ -63,9 +63,7 @@ get_file_raw_ptr(struct task_struct *task, unsigned int idx)
 {
 	struct file *file;
 
-	rcu_read_lock();
-	file = task_lookup_fdget_rcu(task, idx);
-	rcu_read_unlock();
+	file = fget_task(task, idx);
 	if (file)
 		fput(file);
 
diff --git a/kernel/module/dups.c b/kernel/module/dups.c
index 9a92f2f8c9d3..bd2149fbe117 100644
--- a/kernel/module/dups.c
+++ b/kernel/module/dups.c
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 #include <linux/completion.h>
 #include <linux/cred.h>
 #include <linux/file.h>
-#include <linux/fdtable.h>
 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
 #include <linux/security.h>
 #include <linux/mount.h>
diff --git a/kernel/module/kmod.c b/kernel/module/kmod.c
index 0800d9891692..25f253812512 100644
--- a/kernel/module/kmod.c
+++ b/kernel/module/kmod.c
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 #include <linux/completion.h>
 #include <linux/cred.h>
 #include <linux/file.h>
-#include <linux/fdtable.h>
 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
 #include <linux/security.h>
 #include <linux/mount.h>
diff --git a/kernel/umh.c b/kernel/umh.c
index ff1f13a27d29..be9234270777 100644
--- a/kernel/umh.c
+++ b/kernel/umh.c
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 #include <linux/completion.h>
 #include <linux/cred.h>
 #include <linux/file.h>
-#include <linux/fdtable.h>
 #include <linux/fs_struct.h>
 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
 #include <linux/security.h>
diff --git a/net/handshake/request.c b/net/handshake/request.c
index 94d5cef3e048..274d2c89b6b2 100644
--- a/net/handshake/request.c
+++ b/net/handshake/request.c
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/skbuff.h>
 #include <linux/inet.h>
-#include <linux/fdtable.h>
 #include <linux/rhashtable.h>
 
 #include <net/sock.h>
diff --git a/security/apparmor/domain.c b/security/apparmor/domain.c
index 571158ec6188..2bc34dce9a46 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/domain.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/domain.c
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/errno.h>
-#include <linux/fdtable.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/file.h>
 #include <linux/mount.h>
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/.gitignore b/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/.gitignore
index f0c0ff20d6cf..828b66a10c63 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/.gitignore
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 dnotify_test
 devpts_pts
+file_stressor
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/Makefile
index c647fd6a0446..66305fc34c60 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 
 CFLAGS += $(KHDR_INCLUDES)
-TEST_GEN_PROGS := devpts_pts
+TEST_GEN_PROGS := devpts_pts file_stressor
 TEST_GEN_PROGS_EXTENDED := dnotify_test
 
 include ../lib.mk
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/file_stressor.c b/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/file_stressor.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1136f93a9977
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/file_stressor.c
@@ -0,0 +1,194 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#define __SANE_USERSPACE_TYPES__
+
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
+#include <sched.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/mount.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include "../kselftest_harness.h"
+
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/mount.h>
+#include <sys/syscall.h>
+
+static inline int sys_fsopen(const char *fsname, unsigned int flags)
+{
+	return syscall(__NR_fsopen, fsname, flags);
+}
+
+static inline int sys_fsconfig(int fd, unsigned int cmd, const char *key,
+			       const char *value, int aux)
+{
+	return syscall(__NR_fsconfig, fd, cmd, key, value, aux);
+}
+
+static inline int sys_fsmount(int fd, unsigned int flags,
+			      unsigned int attr_flags)
+{
+	return syscall(__NR_fsmount, fd, flags, attr_flags);
+}
+
+#ifndef MOVE_MOUNT_F_EMPTY_PATH
+#define MOVE_MOUNT_F_EMPTY_PATH 0x00000004 /* Empty from path permitted */
+#endif
+
+static inline int sys_move_mount(int from_dfd, const char *from_pathname,
+				 int to_dfd, const char *to_pathname,
+				 unsigned int flags)
+{
+	return syscall(__NR_move_mount, from_dfd, from_pathname, to_dfd,
+		       to_pathname, flags);
+}
+
+FIXTURE(file_stressor) {
+	int fd_tmpfs;
+	int nr_procs;
+	int max_fds;
+	pid_t *pids_openers;
+	pid_t *pids_getdents;
+	int *fd_proc_pid;
+};
+
+FIXTURE_SETUP(file_stressor)
+{
+	int fd_context;
+
+	ASSERT_EQ(unshare(CLONE_NEWNS), 0);
+	ASSERT_EQ(mount(NULL, "/", NULL, MS_SLAVE | MS_REC, NULL), 0);
+	ASSERT_EQ(mkdir("/slab_typesafe_by_rcu", 0755), 0);
+
+	fd_context = sys_fsopen("tmpfs", 0);
+	ASSERT_GE(fd_context, 0);
+
+	ASSERT_EQ(sys_fsconfig(fd_context, FSCONFIG_CMD_CREATE, NULL, NULL, 0), 0);
+	self->fd_tmpfs = sys_fsmount(fd_context, 0, 0);
+	ASSERT_GE(self->fd_tmpfs, 0);
+	ASSERT_EQ(close(fd_context), 0);
+
+	ASSERT_EQ(sys_move_mount(self->fd_tmpfs, "", -EBADF, "/slab_typesafe_by_rcu", MOVE_MOUNT_F_EMPTY_PATH), 0);
+
+	self->nr_procs = sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN);
+	self->pids_openers = malloc(sizeof(pid_t) * self->nr_procs);
+	ASSERT_NE(self->pids_openers, NULL);
+	self->pids_getdents = malloc(sizeof(pid_t) * self->nr_procs);
+	ASSERT_NE(self->pids_getdents, NULL);
+	self->fd_proc_pid = malloc(sizeof(int) * self->nr_procs);
+	ASSERT_NE(self->fd_proc_pid, NULL);
+	self->max_fds = 500;
+}
+
+FIXTURE_TEARDOWN(file_stressor)
+{
+	for (int i = 0; i < self->nr_procs; i++) {
+		int wstatus;
+		pid_t pid;
+
+		pid = waitpid(self->pids_openers[i], &wstatus, 0);
+		ASSERT_EQ(pid, self->pids_openers[i]);
+		ASSERT_TRUE(!WIFEXITED(wstatus) || !WIFSIGNALED(wstatus));
+
+		pid = waitpid(self->pids_getdents[i], &wstatus, 0);
+		ASSERT_EQ(pid, self->pids_getdents[i]);
+		ASSERT_TRUE(!WIFEXITED(wstatus) || !WIFSIGNALED(wstatus));
+	}
+	free(self->pids_openers);
+	free(self->pids_getdents);
+	ASSERT_EQ(close(self->fd_tmpfs), 0);
+
+	umount2("/slab_typesafe_by_rcu", 0);
+	ASSERT_EQ(rmdir("/slab_typesafe_by_rcu"), 0);
+}
+
+TEST_F_TIMEOUT(file_stressor, slab_typesafe_by_rcu, 900 * 2)
+{
+	for (int i = 0; i < self->nr_procs; i++) {
+		pid_t pid_self;
+
+		self->pids_openers[i] = fork();
+		ASSERT_GE(self->pids_openers[i], 0);
+
+		if (self->pids_openers[i] != 0)
+			continue;
+
+		self->pids_openers[i] = getpid();
+		for (;;) {
+			for (int i = 0; i < self->max_fds; i++) {
+				char path[PATH_MAX];
+				int fd;
+
+				sprintf(path, "/slab_typesafe_by_rcu/file-%d-%d", self->pids_openers[i], i);
+				fd = open(path, O_CREAT | O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC, 0644);
+				if (fd < 0)
+					continue;
+			}
+
+			close_range(3, ~0U, 0);
+		}
+
+		exit(0);
+	}
+
+	for (int i = 0; i < self->nr_procs; i++) {
+		char path[PATH_MAX];
+
+		sprintf(path, "/proc/%d/fd/", self->pids_openers[i]);
+		self->fd_proc_pid[i] = open(path, O_DIRECTORY | O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
+		ASSERT_GE(self->fd_proc_pid[i], 0);
+	}
+
+	for (int i = 0; i < self->nr_procs; i++) {
+		self->pids_getdents[i] = fork();
+		ASSERT_GE(self->pids_getdents[i], 0);
+
+		if (self->pids_getdents[i] != 0)
+			continue;
+
+		self->pids_getdents[i] = getpid();
+		for (;;) {
+			char ents[1024];
+			ssize_t nr_read;
+
+			/*
+			 * Concurrently read /proc/<pid>/fd/ which rougly does:
+			 *
+			 * f = fget_task_next(p, &fd);
+			 * if (!f)
+			 *	break;
+			 * data.mode = f->f_mode;
+			 * fput(f);
+			 *
+			 * Which means that it'll try to get a reference to a
+			 * file in another task's file descriptor table.
+			 *
+			 * Under heavy file load it is increasingly likely that
+			 * the other task will manage to close @file and @file
+			 * is being recycled due to SLAB_TYPEAFE_BY_RCU
+			 * concurrently. This will trigger various warnings in
+			 * the file reference counting code.
+			 */
+			do {
+				nr_read = syscall(SYS_getdents64, self->fd_proc_pid[i], ents, sizeof(ents));
+			} while (nr_read >= 0);
+
+			lseek(self->fd_proc_pid[i], 0, SEEK_SET);
+		}
+
+		exit(0);
+	}
+
+	ASSERT_EQ(clock_nanosleep(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, 0, &(struct timespec){ .tv_sec = 900 /* 15 min */ }, NULL), 0);
+
+	for (int i = 0; i < self->nr_procs; i++) {
+		kill(self->pids_openers[i], SIGKILL);
+		kill(self->pids_getdents[i], SIGKILL);
+	}
+}
+
+TEST_HARNESS_MAIN