diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/dir.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/dir.c
index 5b2e47c246f3..6f59045be0f9 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/dir.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/dir.c
@@ -369,8 +369,6 @@ static int ll_readdir(struct file *filp, struct dir_context *ctx)
 	}
 	ctx->pos = pos;
 	ll_finish_md_op_data(op_data);
-	filp->f_version = inode->i_version;
-
 out:
 	if (!rc)
 		ll_stats_ops_tally(sbi, LPROC_LL_READDIR, 1);
@@ -1678,7 +1676,6 @@ static loff_t ll_dir_seek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin)
 			else
 				fd->lfd_pos = offset;
 			file->f_pos = offset;
-			file->f_version = 0;
 		}
 		ret = offset;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/affs/amigaffs.c b/fs/affs/amigaffs.c
index 0f0e6925e97d..14a6c1b90c9f 100644
--- a/fs/affs/amigaffs.c
+++ b/fs/affs/amigaffs.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/math64.h>
+#include <linux/iversion.h>
 #include "affs.h"
 
 /*
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ affs_insert_hash(struct inode *dir, struct buffer_head *bh)
 	affs_brelse(dir_bh);
 
 	dir->i_mtime = dir->i_ctime = current_time(dir);
-	dir->i_version++;
+	inode_inc_iversion(dir);
 	mark_inode_dirty(dir);
 
 	return 0;
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ affs_remove_hash(struct inode *dir, struct buffer_head *rem_bh)
 	affs_brelse(bh);
 
 	dir->i_mtime = dir->i_ctime = current_time(dir);
-	dir->i_version++;
+	inode_inc_iversion(dir);
 	mark_inode_dirty(dir);
 
 	return retval;
diff --git a/fs/affs/dir.c b/fs/affs/dir.c
index a105e77df2c1..d180b46453cf 100644
--- a/fs/affs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/affs/dir.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
  *
  */
 
+#include <linux/iversion.h>
 #include "affs.h"
 
 static int affs_readdir(struct file *, struct dir_context *);
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ affs_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 	 * we can jump directly to where we left off.
 	 */
 	ino = (u32)(long)file->private_data;
-	if (ino && file->f_version == inode->i_version) {
+	if (ino && inode_cmp_iversion(inode, file->f_version) == 0) {
 		pr_debug("readdir() left off=%d\n", ino);
 		goto inside;
 	}
@@ -130,7 +131,7 @@ inside:
 		} while (ino);
 	}
 done:
-	file->f_version = inode->i_version;
+	file->f_version = inode_query_iversion(inode);
 	file->private_data = (void *)(long)ino;
 	affs_brelse(fh_bh);
 
diff --git a/fs/affs/super.c b/fs/affs/super.c
index 1117e36134cc..e602619aed9d 100644
--- a/fs/affs/super.c
+++ b/fs/affs/super.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <linux/writeback.h>
 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
+#include <linux/iversion.h>
 #include "affs.h"
 
 static int affs_statfs(struct dentry *dentry, struct kstatfs *buf);
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ static struct inode *affs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	if (!i)
 		return NULL;
 
-	i->vfs_inode.i_version = 1;
+	inode_set_iversion(&i->vfs_inode, 1);
 	i->i_lc = NULL;
 	i->i_ext_bh = NULL;
 	i->i_pa_cnt = 0;
diff --git a/fs/afs/fsclient.c b/fs/afs/fsclient.c
index b90ef39ae914..88ec38c2d83c 100644
--- a/fs/afs/fsclient.c
+++ b/fs/afs/fsclient.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/circ_buf.h>
+#include <linux/iversion.h>
 #include "internal.h"
 #include "afs_fs.h"
 
@@ -124,7 +125,7 @@ static void xdr_decode_AFSFetchStatus(const __be32 **_bp,
 		vnode->vfs_inode.i_ctime.tv_sec	= status->mtime_client;
 		vnode->vfs_inode.i_mtime	= vnode->vfs_inode.i_ctime;
 		vnode->vfs_inode.i_atime	= vnode->vfs_inode.i_ctime;
-		vnode->vfs_inode.i_version	= data_version;
+		inode_set_iversion_raw(&vnode->vfs_inode, data_version);
 	}
 
 	expected_version = status->data_version;
diff --git a/fs/afs/inode.c b/fs/afs/inode.c
index 1e81864ef0b2..c7f17c44c7ce 100644
--- a/fs/afs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/afs/inode.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/mount.h>
 #include <linux/namei.h>
+#include <linux/iversion.h>
 #include "internal.h"
 
 static const struct inode_operations afs_symlink_inode_operations = {
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ static int afs_inode_map_status(struct afs_vnode *vnode, struct key *key)
 	inode->i_atime		= inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime;
 	inode->i_blocks		= 0;
 	inode->i_generation	= vnode->fid.unique;
-	inode->i_version	= vnode->status.data_version;
+	inode_set_iversion_raw(inode, vnode->status.data_version);
 	inode->i_mapping->a_ops	= &afs_fs_aops;
 
 	read_sequnlock_excl(&vnode->cb_lock);
@@ -218,7 +219,7 @@ struct inode *afs_iget_autocell(struct inode *dir, const char *dev_name,
 	inode->i_ctime.tv_nsec	= 0;
 	inode->i_atime		= inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime;
 	inode->i_blocks		= 0;
-	inode->i_version	= 0;
+	inode_set_iversion_raw(inode, 0);
 	inode->i_generation	= 0;
 
 	set_bit(AFS_VNODE_PSEUDODIR, &vnode->flags);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c b/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c
index a6226cd6063c..d4db406e2d39 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/iversion.h>
 #include "delayed-inode.h"
 #include "disk-io.h"
 #include "transaction.h"
@@ -1713,7 +1714,8 @@ static void fill_stack_inode_item(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	btrfs_set_stack_inode_nbytes(inode_item, inode_get_bytes(inode));
 	btrfs_set_stack_inode_generation(inode_item,
 					 BTRFS_I(inode)->generation);
-	btrfs_set_stack_inode_sequence(inode_item, inode->i_version);
+	btrfs_set_stack_inode_sequence(inode_item,
+				       inode_peek_iversion(inode));
 	btrfs_set_stack_inode_transid(inode_item, trans->transid);
 	btrfs_set_stack_inode_rdev(inode_item, inode->i_rdev);
 	btrfs_set_stack_inode_flags(inode_item, BTRFS_I(inode)->flags);
@@ -1767,7 +1769,8 @@ int btrfs_fill_inode(struct inode *inode, u32 *rdev)
 	BTRFS_I(inode)->generation = btrfs_stack_inode_generation(inode_item);
         BTRFS_I(inode)->last_trans = btrfs_stack_inode_transid(inode_item);
 
-	inode->i_version = btrfs_stack_inode_sequence(inode_item);
+	inode_set_iversion_queried(inode,
+				   btrfs_stack_inode_sequence(inode_item));
 	inode->i_rdev = 0;
 	*rdev = btrfs_stack_inode_rdev(inode_item);
 	BTRFS_I(inode)->flags = btrfs_stack_inode_flags(inode_item);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/file.c b/fs/btrfs/file.c
index eb1bac7c8553..c95d7b2efefb 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/file.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/btrfs.h>
 #include <linux/uio.h>
+#include <linux/iversion.h>
 #include "ctree.h"
 #include "disk-io.h"
 #include "transaction.h"
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index cb1e2d201434..734b37d9d459 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 #include <linux/posix_acl_xattr.h>
 #include <linux/uio.h>
 #include <linux/magic.h>
+#include <linux/iversion.h>
 #include "ctree.h"
 #include "disk-io.h"
 #include "transaction.h"
@@ -3777,7 +3778,8 @@ static int btrfs_read_locked_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	BTRFS_I(inode)->generation = btrfs_inode_generation(leaf, inode_item);
 	BTRFS_I(inode)->last_trans = btrfs_inode_transid(leaf, inode_item);
 
-	inode->i_version = btrfs_inode_sequence(leaf, inode_item);
+	inode_set_iversion_queried(inode,
+				   btrfs_inode_sequence(leaf, inode_item));
 	inode->i_generation = BTRFS_I(inode)->generation;
 	inode->i_rdev = 0;
 	rdev = btrfs_inode_rdev(leaf, inode_item);
@@ -3945,7 +3947,8 @@ static void fill_inode_item(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 				     &token);
 	btrfs_set_token_inode_generation(leaf, item, BTRFS_I(inode)->generation,
 					 &token);
-	btrfs_set_token_inode_sequence(leaf, item, inode->i_version, &token);
+	btrfs_set_token_inode_sequence(leaf, item, inode_peek_iversion(inode),
+				       &token);
 	btrfs_set_token_inode_transid(leaf, item, trans->transid, &token);
 	btrfs_set_token_inode_rdev(leaf, item, inode->i_rdev, &token);
 	btrfs_set_token_inode_flags(leaf, item, BTRFS_I(inode)->flags, &token);
@@ -6104,19 +6107,20 @@ static int btrfs_update_time(struct inode *inode, struct timespec *now,
 			     int flags)
 {
 	struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(inode)->root;
+	bool dirty = flags & ~S_VERSION;
 
 	if (btrfs_root_readonly(root))
 		return -EROFS;
 
 	if (flags & S_VERSION)
-		inode_inc_iversion(inode);
+		dirty |= inode_maybe_inc_iversion(inode, dirty);
 	if (flags & S_CTIME)
 		inode->i_ctime = *now;
 	if (flags & S_MTIME)
 		inode->i_mtime = *now;
 	if (flags & S_ATIME)
 		inode->i_atime = *now;
-	return btrfs_dirty_inode(inode);
+	return dirty ? btrfs_dirty_inode(inode) : 0;
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
index 2ef8acaac688..aa452c9e2eff 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 #include <linux/uuid.h>
 #include <linux/btrfs.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
+#include <linux/iversion.h>
 #include "ctree.h"
 #include "disk-io.h"
 #include "transaction.h"
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
index 7bf9b31561db..1b7d92075c1f 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
 #include <linux/list_sort.h>
+#include <linux/iversion.h>
 #include "tree-log.h"
 #include "disk-io.h"
 #include "locking.h"
@@ -3609,7 +3610,8 @@ static void fill_inode_item(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	btrfs_set_token_inode_nbytes(leaf, item, inode_get_bytes(inode),
 				     &token);
 
-	btrfs_set_token_inode_sequence(leaf, item, inode->i_version, &token);
+	btrfs_set_token_inode_sequence(leaf, item,
+				       inode_peek_iversion(inode), &token);
 	btrfs_set_token_inode_transid(leaf, item, trans->transid, &token);
 	btrfs_set_token_inode_rdev(leaf, item, inode->i_rdev, &token);
 	btrfs_set_token_inode_flags(leaf, item, BTRFS_I(inode)->flags, &token);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/xattr.c b/fs/btrfs/xattr.c
index 2c7e53f9ff1b..5258c1714830 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/xattr.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <linux/xattr.h>
 #include <linux/security.h>
 #include <linux/posix_acl_xattr.h>
+#include <linux/iversion.h>
 #include "ctree.h"
 #include "btrfs_inode.h"
 #include "transaction.h"
diff --git a/fs/exofs/dir.c b/fs/exofs/dir.c
index 98233a97b7b8..c5a53fcc43ea 100644
--- a/fs/exofs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/exofs/dir.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
  * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
  */
 
+#include <linux/iversion.h>
 #include "exofs.h"
 
 static inline unsigned exofs_chunk_size(struct inode *inode)
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ static int exofs_commit_chunk(struct page *page, loff_t pos, unsigned len)
 	struct inode *dir = mapping->host;
 	int err = 0;
 
-	dir->i_version++;
+	inode_inc_iversion(dir);
 
 	if (!PageUptodate(page))
 		SetPageUptodate(page);
@@ -241,7 +242,7 @@ exofs_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 	unsigned long n = pos >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 	unsigned long npages = dir_pages(inode);
 	unsigned chunk_mask = ~(exofs_chunk_size(inode)-1);
-	int need_revalidate = (file->f_version != inode->i_version);
+	bool need_revalidate = inode_cmp_iversion(inode, file->f_version);
 
 	if (pos > inode->i_size - EXOFS_DIR_REC_LEN(1))
 		return 0;
@@ -264,8 +265,8 @@ exofs_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 								chunk_mask);
 				ctx->pos = (n<<PAGE_SHIFT) + offset;
 			}
-			file->f_version = inode->i_version;
-			need_revalidate = 0;
+			file->f_version = inode_query_iversion(inode);
+			need_revalidate = false;
 		}
 		de = (struct exofs_dir_entry *)(kaddr + offset);
 		limit = kaddr + exofs_last_byte(inode, n) -
diff --git a/fs/exofs/super.c b/fs/exofs/super.c
index 819624cfc8da..7e244093c0e5 100644
--- a/fs/exofs/super.c
+++ b/fs/exofs/super.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/exportfs.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/iversion.h>
 
 #include "exofs.h"
 
@@ -159,7 +160,7 @@ static struct inode *exofs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	if (!oi)
 		return NULL;
 
-	oi->vfs_inode.i_version = 1;
+	inode_set_iversion(&oi->vfs_inode, 1);
 	return &oi->vfs_inode;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/ext2/dir.c b/fs/ext2/dir.c
index 987647986f47..4111085a129f 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/dir.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <linux/buffer_head.h>
 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
 #include <linux/swap.h>
+#include <linux/iversion.h>
 
 typedef struct ext2_dir_entry_2 ext2_dirent;
 
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ static int ext2_commit_chunk(struct page *page, loff_t pos, unsigned len)
 	struct inode *dir = mapping->host;
 	int err = 0;
 
-	dir->i_version++;
+	inode_inc_iversion(dir);
 	block_write_end(NULL, mapping, pos, len, len, page, NULL);
 
 	if (pos+len > dir->i_size) {
@@ -293,7 +294,7 @@ ext2_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 	unsigned long npages = dir_pages(inode);
 	unsigned chunk_mask = ~(ext2_chunk_size(inode)-1);
 	unsigned char *types = NULL;
-	int need_revalidate = file->f_version != inode->i_version;
+	bool need_revalidate = inode_cmp_iversion(inode, file->f_version);
 
 	if (pos > inode->i_size - EXT2_DIR_REC_LEN(1))
 		return 0;
@@ -319,8 +320,8 @@ ext2_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 				offset = ext2_validate_entry(kaddr, offset, chunk_mask);
 				ctx->pos = (n<<PAGE_SHIFT) + offset;
 			}
-			file->f_version = inode->i_version;
-			need_revalidate = 0;
+			file->f_version = inode_query_iversion(inode);
+			need_revalidate = false;
 		}
 		de = (ext2_dirent *)(kaddr+offset);
 		limit = kaddr + ext2_last_byte(inode, n) - EXT2_DIR_REC_LEN(1);
diff --git a/fs/ext2/super.c b/fs/ext2/super.c
index 7646818ab266..554c98b8a93a 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/super.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include <linux/quotaops.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 #include <linux/dax.h>
+#include <linux/iversion.h>
 #include "ext2.h"
 #include "xattr.h"
 #include "acl.h"
@@ -184,7 +185,7 @@ static struct inode *ext2_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	if (!ei)
 		return NULL;
 	ei->i_block_alloc_info = NULL;
-	ei->vfs_inode.i_version = 1;
+	inode_set_iversion(&ei->vfs_inode, 1);
 #ifdef CONFIG_QUOTA
 	memset(&ei->i_dquot, 0, sizeof(ei->i_dquot));
 #endif
@@ -1569,7 +1570,7 @@ out:
 		return err;
 	if (inode->i_size < off+len-towrite)
 		i_size_write(inode, off+len-towrite);
-	inode->i_version++;
+	inode_inc_iversion(inode);
 	inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = current_time(inode);
 	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 	return len - towrite;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/dir.c b/fs/ext4/dir.c
index d5babc9f222b..afda0a0499ce 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/dir.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/buffer_head.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/iversion.h>
 #include "ext4.h"
 #include "xattr.h"
 
@@ -208,7 +209,7 @@ static int ext4_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 		 * readdir(2), then we might be pointing to an invalid
 		 * dirent right now.  Scan from the start of the block
 		 * to make sure. */
-		if (file->f_version != inode->i_version) {
+		if (inode_cmp_iversion(inode, file->f_version)) {
 			for (i = 0; i < sb->s_blocksize && i < offset; ) {
 				de = (struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *)
 					(bh->b_data + i);
@@ -227,7 +228,7 @@ static int ext4_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 			offset = i;
 			ctx->pos = (ctx->pos & ~(sb->s_blocksize - 1))
 				| offset;
-			file->f_version = inode->i_version;
+			file->f_version = inode_query_iversion(inode);
 		}
 
 		while (ctx->pos < inode->i_size
@@ -568,10 +569,10 @@ static int ext4_dx_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 		 * cached entries.
 		 */
 		if ((!info->curr_node) ||
-		    (file->f_version != inode->i_version)) {
+		    inode_cmp_iversion(inode, file->f_version)) {
 			info->curr_node = NULL;
 			free_rb_tree_fname(&info->root);
-			file->f_version = inode->i_version;
+			file->f_version = inode_query_iversion(inode);
 			ret = ext4_htree_fill_tree(file, info->curr_hash,
 						   info->curr_minor_hash,
 						   &info->next_hash);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inline.c b/fs/ext4/inline.c
index 1367553c43bb..a8b987b71173 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inline.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inline.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/iomap.h>
 #include <linux/fiemap.h>
+#include <linux/iversion.h>
 
 #include "ext4_jbd2.h"
 #include "ext4.h"
@@ -1042,7 +1043,7 @@ static int ext4_add_dirent_to_inline(handle_t *handle,
 	 */
 	dir->i_mtime = dir->i_ctime = current_time(dir);
 	ext4_update_dx_flag(dir);
-	dir->i_version++;
+	inode_inc_iversion(dir);
 	return 1;
 }
 
@@ -1494,7 +1495,7 @@ int ext4_read_inline_dir(struct file *file,
 	 * dirent right now.  Scan from the start of the inline
 	 * dir to make sure.
 	 */
-	if (file->f_version != inode->i_version) {
+	if (inode_cmp_iversion(inode, file->f_version)) {
 		for (i = 0; i < extra_size && i < offset;) {
 			/*
 			 * "." is with offset 0 and
@@ -1526,7 +1527,7 @@ int ext4_read_inline_dir(struct file *file,
 		}
 		offset = i;
 		ctx->pos = offset;
-		file->f_version = inode->i_version;
+		file->f_version = inode_query_iversion(inode);
 	}
 
 	while (ctx->pos < extra_size) {
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 534a9130f625..0eff5b761c6e 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/bitops.h>
 #include <linux/iomap.h>
+#include <linux/iversion.h>
 
 #include "ext4_jbd2.h"
 #include "xattr.h"
@@ -4882,12 +4883,14 @@ struct inode *ext4_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino)
 	EXT4_EINODE_GET_XTIME(i_crtime, ei, raw_inode);
 
 	if (likely(!test_opt2(inode->i_sb, HURD_COMPAT))) {
-		inode->i_version = le32_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_disk_version);
+		u64 ivers = le32_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_disk_version);
+
 		if (EXT4_INODE_SIZE(inode->i_sb) > EXT4_GOOD_OLD_INODE_SIZE) {
 			if (EXT4_FITS_IN_INODE(raw_inode, ei, i_version_hi))
-				inode->i_version |=
+				ivers |=
 		    (__u64)(le32_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_version_hi)) << 32;
 		}
+		inode_set_iversion_queried(inode, ivers);
 	}
 
 	ret = 0;
@@ -5173,11 +5176,13 @@ static int ext4_do_update_inode(handle_t *handle,
 	}
 
 	if (likely(!test_opt2(inode->i_sb, HURD_COMPAT))) {
-		raw_inode->i_disk_version = cpu_to_le32(inode->i_version);
+		u64 ivers = inode_peek_iversion(inode);
+
+		raw_inode->i_disk_version = cpu_to_le32(ivers);
 		if (ei->i_extra_isize) {
 			if (EXT4_FITS_IN_INODE(raw_inode, ei, i_version_hi))
 				raw_inode->i_version_hi =
-					cpu_to_le32(inode->i_version >> 32);
+					cpu_to_le32(ivers >> 32);
 			raw_inode->i_extra_isize =
 				cpu_to_le16(ei->i_extra_isize);
 		}
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ioctl.c b/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
index 1eec25014f62..7e99ad02f1ba 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <linux/uuid.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
+#include <linux/iversion.h>
 #include "ext4_jbd2.h"
 #include "ext4.h"
 #include <linux/fsmap.h>
@@ -144,7 +145,7 @@ static long swap_inode_boot_loader(struct super_block *sb,
 		i_gid_write(inode_bl, 0);
 		inode_bl->i_flags = 0;
 		ei_bl->i_flags = 0;
-		inode_bl->i_version = 1;
+		inode_set_iversion(inode_bl, 1);
 		i_size_write(inode_bl, 0);
 		inode_bl->i_mode = S_IFREG;
 		if (ext4_has_feature_extents(sb)) {
diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index e750d68fbcb5..6660686e505a 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include <linux/quotaops.h>
 #include <linux/buffer_head.h>
 #include <linux/bio.h>
+#include <linux/iversion.h>
 #include "ext4.h"
 #include "ext4_jbd2.h"
 
@@ -2959,7 +2960,7 @@ static int ext4_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 			     "empty directory '%.*s' has too many links (%u)",
 			     dentry->d_name.len, dentry->d_name.name,
 			     inode->i_nlink);
-	inode->i_version++;
+	inode_inc_iversion(inode);
 	clear_nlink(inode);
 	/* There's no need to set i_disksize: the fact that i_nlink is
 	 * zero will ensure that the right thing happens during any
@@ -3365,7 +3366,7 @@ static int ext4_setent(handle_t *handle, struct ext4_renament *ent,
 	ent->de->inode = cpu_to_le32(ino);
 	if (ext4_has_feature_filetype(ent->dir->i_sb))
 		ent->de->file_type = file_type;
-	ent->dir->i_version++;
+	inode_inc_iversion(ent->dir);
 	ent->dir->i_ctime = ent->dir->i_mtime =
 		current_time(ent->dir);
 	ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, ent->dir);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 7c46693a14d7..5de959fb0244 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 #include <linux/dax.h>
 #include <linux/cleancache.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
+#include <linux/iversion.h>
 
 #include <linux/kthread.h>
 #include <linux/freezer.h>
@@ -967,7 +968,7 @@ static struct inode *ext4_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	if (!ei)
 		return NULL;
 
-	ei->vfs_inode.i_version = 1;
+	inode_set_iversion(&ei->vfs_inode, 1);
 	spin_lock_init(&ei->i_raw_lock);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ei->i_prealloc_list);
 	spin_lock_init(&ei->i_prealloc_lock);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
index 218a7ba57819..63656dbafdc4 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/mbcache.h>
 #include <linux/quotaops.h>
+#include <linux/iversion.h>
 #include "ext4_jbd2.h"
 #include "ext4.h"
 #include "xattr.h"
@@ -294,13 +295,13 @@ ext4_xattr_inode_hash(struct ext4_sb_info *sbi, const void *buffer, size_t size)
 static u64 ext4_xattr_inode_get_ref(struct inode *ea_inode)
 {
 	return ((u64)ea_inode->i_ctime.tv_sec << 32) |
-	       ((u32)ea_inode->i_version);
+		(u32) inode_peek_iversion_raw(ea_inode);
 }
 
 static void ext4_xattr_inode_set_ref(struct inode *ea_inode, u64 ref_count)
 {
 	ea_inode->i_ctime.tv_sec = (u32)(ref_count >> 32);
-	ea_inode->i_version = (u32)ref_count;
+	inode_set_iversion_raw(ea_inode, ref_count & 0xffffffff);
 }
 
 static u32 ext4_xattr_inode_get_hash(struct inode *ea_inode)
diff --git a/fs/fat/dir.c b/fs/fat/dir.c
index b833ffeee1e1..8e100c3bf72c 100644
--- a/fs/fat/dir.c
+++ b/fs/fat/dir.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/compat.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
+#include <linux/iversion.h>
 #include "fat.h"
 
 /*
@@ -1055,7 +1056,7 @@ int fat_remove_entries(struct inode *dir, struct fat_slot_info *sinfo)
 	brelse(bh);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
-	dir->i_version++;
+	inode_inc_iversion(dir);
 
 	if (nr_slots) {
 		/*
diff --git a/fs/fat/inode.c b/fs/fat/inode.c
index 20a0a89eaca5..ffbbf0520d9e 100644
--- a/fs/fat/inode.c
+++ b/fs/fat/inode.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
 #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
 #include <asm/unaligned.h>
+#include <linux/iversion.h>
 #include "fat.h"
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_IOCHARSET
@@ -507,7 +508,7 @@ int fat_fill_inode(struct inode *inode, struct msdos_dir_entry *de)
 	MSDOS_I(inode)->i_pos = 0;
 	inode->i_uid = sbi->options.fs_uid;
 	inode->i_gid = sbi->options.fs_gid;
-	inode->i_version++;
+	inode_inc_iversion(inode);
 	inode->i_generation = get_seconds();
 
 	if ((de->attr & ATTR_DIR) && !IS_FREE(de->name)) {
@@ -590,7 +591,7 @@ struct inode *fat_build_inode(struct super_block *sb,
 		goto out;
 	}
 	inode->i_ino = iunique(sb, MSDOS_ROOT_INO);
-	inode->i_version = 1;
+	inode_set_iversion(inode, 1);
 	err = fat_fill_inode(inode, de);
 	if (err) {
 		iput(inode);
@@ -1377,7 +1378,7 @@ static int fat_read_root(struct inode *inode)
 	MSDOS_I(inode)->i_pos = MSDOS_ROOT_INO;
 	inode->i_uid = sbi->options.fs_uid;
 	inode->i_gid = sbi->options.fs_gid;
-	inode->i_version++;
+	inode_inc_iversion(inode);
 	inode->i_generation = 0;
 	inode->i_mode = fat_make_mode(sbi, ATTR_DIR, S_IRWXUGO);
 	inode->i_op = sbi->dir_ops;
@@ -1828,7 +1829,7 @@ int fat_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent, int isvfat,
 	if (!root_inode)
 		goto out_fail;
 	root_inode->i_ino = MSDOS_ROOT_INO;
-	root_inode->i_version = 1;
+	inode_set_iversion(root_inode, 1);
 	error = fat_read_root(root_inode);
 	if (error < 0) {
 		iput(root_inode);
diff --git a/fs/fat/namei_msdos.c b/fs/fat/namei_msdos.c
index d24d2758a363..582ca731a6c9 100644
--- a/fs/fat/namei_msdos.c
+++ b/fs/fat/namei_msdos.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/iversion.h>
 #include "fat.h"
 
 /* Characters that are undesirable in an MS-DOS file name */
@@ -480,7 +481,7 @@ static int do_msdos_rename(struct inode *old_dir, unsigned char *old_name,
 			} else
 				mark_inode_dirty(old_inode);
 
-			old_dir->i_version++;
+			inode_inc_iversion(old_dir);
 			old_dir->i_ctime = old_dir->i_mtime = current_time(old_dir);
 			if (IS_DIRSYNC(old_dir))
 				(void)fat_sync_inode(old_dir);
@@ -508,7 +509,7 @@ static int do_msdos_rename(struct inode *old_dir, unsigned char *old_name,
 			goto out;
 		new_i_pos = sinfo.i_pos;
 	}
-	new_dir->i_version++;
+	inode_inc_iversion(new_dir);
 
 	fat_detach(old_inode);
 	fat_attach(old_inode, new_i_pos);
@@ -540,7 +541,7 @@ static int do_msdos_rename(struct inode *old_dir, unsigned char *old_name,
 	old_sinfo.bh = NULL;
 	if (err)
 		goto error_dotdot;
-	old_dir->i_version++;
+	inode_inc_iversion(old_dir);
 	old_dir->i_ctime = old_dir->i_mtime = ts;
 	if (IS_DIRSYNC(old_dir))
 		(void)fat_sync_inode(old_dir);
diff --git a/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c b/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c
index 02c066663a3a..cefea792cde8 100644
--- a/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c
+++ b/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/namei.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
-
+#include <linux/iversion.h>
 #include "fat.h"
 
 static inline unsigned long vfat_d_version(struct dentry *dentry)
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ static int vfat_revalidate_shortname(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	int ret = 1;
 	spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
-	if (vfat_d_version(dentry) != d_inode(dentry->d_parent)->i_version)
+	if (inode_cmp_iversion(d_inode(dentry->d_parent), vfat_d_version(dentry)))
 		ret = 0;
 	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 	return ret;
@@ -759,7 +759,7 @@ static struct dentry *vfat_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 out:
 	mutex_unlock(&MSDOS_SB(sb)->s_lock);
 	if (!inode)
-		vfat_d_version_set(dentry, dir->i_version);
+		vfat_d_version_set(dentry, inode_query_iversion(dir));
 	return d_splice_alias(inode, dentry);
 error:
 	mutex_unlock(&MSDOS_SB(sb)->s_lock);
@@ -781,7 +781,7 @@ static int vfat_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
 	err = vfat_add_entry(dir, &dentry->d_name, 0, 0, &ts, &sinfo);
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
-	dir->i_version++;
+	inode_inc_iversion(dir);
 
 	inode = fat_build_inode(sb, sinfo.de, sinfo.i_pos);
 	brelse(sinfo.bh);
@@ -789,7 +789,7 @@ static int vfat_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
 		err = PTR_ERR(inode);
 		goto out;
 	}
-	inode->i_version++;
+	inode_inc_iversion(inode);
 	inode->i_mtime = inode->i_atime = inode->i_ctime = ts;
 	/* timestamp is already written, so mark_inode_dirty() is unneeded. */
 
@@ -823,7 +823,7 @@ static int vfat_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	clear_nlink(inode);
 	inode->i_mtime = inode->i_atime = current_time(inode);
 	fat_detach(inode);
-	vfat_d_version_set(dentry, dir->i_version);
+	vfat_d_version_set(dentry, inode_query_iversion(dir));
 out:
 	mutex_unlock(&MSDOS_SB(sb)->s_lock);
 
@@ -849,7 +849,7 @@ static int vfat_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	clear_nlink(inode);
 	inode->i_mtime = inode->i_atime = current_time(inode);
 	fat_detach(inode);
-	vfat_d_version_set(dentry, dir->i_version);
+	vfat_d_version_set(dentry, inode_query_iversion(dir));
 out:
 	mutex_unlock(&MSDOS_SB(sb)->s_lock);
 
@@ -875,7 +875,7 @@ static int vfat_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 	err = vfat_add_entry(dir, &dentry->d_name, 1, cluster, &ts, &sinfo);
 	if (err)
 		goto out_free;
-	dir->i_version++;
+	inode_inc_iversion(dir);
 	inc_nlink(dir);
 
 	inode = fat_build_inode(sb, sinfo.de, sinfo.i_pos);
@@ -885,7 +885,7 @@ static int vfat_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 		/* the directory was completed, just return a error */
 		goto out;
 	}
-	inode->i_version++;
+	inode_inc_iversion(inode);
 	set_nlink(inode, 2);
 	inode->i_mtime = inode->i_atime = inode->i_ctime = ts;
 	/* timestamp is already written, so mark_inode_dirty() is unneeded. */
@@ -951,7 +951,7 @@ static int vfat_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 			goto out;
 		new_i_pos = sinfo.i_pos;
 	}
-	new_dir->i_version++;
+	inode_inc_iversion(new_dir);
 
 	fat_detach(old_inode);
 	fat_attach(old_inode, new_i_pos);
@@ -979,7 +979,7 @@ static int vfat_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 	old_sinfo.bh = NULL;
 	if (err)
 		goto error_dotdot;
-	old_dir->i_version++;
+	inode_inc_iversion(old_dir);
 	old_dir->i_ctime = old_dir->i_mtime = ts;
 	if (IS_DIRSYNC(old_dir))
 		(void)fat_sync_inode(old_dir);
diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index 03102d6ef044..e2ca0f4b5151 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include <linux/buffer_head.h> /* for inode_has_buffers */
 #include <linux/ratelimit.h>
 #include <linux/list_lru.h>
+#include <linux/iversion.h>
 #include <trace/events/writeback.h>
 #include "internal.h"
 
@@ -1634,17 +1635,21 @@ static int relatime_need_update(const struct path *path, struct inode *inode,
 int generic_update_time(struct inode *inode, struct timespec *time, int flags)
 {
 	int iflags = I_DIRTY_TIME;
+	bool dirty = false;
 
 	if (flags & S_ATIME)
 		inode->i_atime = *time;
 	if (flags & S_VERSION)
-		inode_inc_iversion(inode);
+		dirty = inode_maybe_inc_iversion(inode, false);
 	if (flags & S_CTIME)
 		inode->i_ctime = *time;
 	if (flags & S_MTIME)
 		inode->i_mtime = *time;
+	if ((flags & (S_ATIME | S_CTIME | S_MTIME)) &&
+	    !(inode->i_sb->s_flags & SB_LAZYTIME))
+		dirty = true;
 
-	if (!(inode->i_sb->s_flags & SB_LAZYTIME) || (flags & S_VERSION))
+	if (dirty)
 		iflags |= I_DIRTY_SYNC;
 	__mark_inode_dirty(inode, iflags);
 	return 0;
@@ -1863,7 +1868,7 @@ int file_update_time(struct file *file)
 	if (!timespec_equal(&inode->i_ctime, &now))
 		sync_it |= S_CTIME;
 
-	if (IS_I_VERSION(inode))
+	if (IS_I_VERSION(inode) && inode_iversion_need_inc(inode))
 		sync_it |= S_VERSION;
 
 	if (!sync_it)
diff --git a/fs/nfs/delegation.c b/fs/nfs/delegation.c
index ade44ca0c66c..d8b47624fee2 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/delegation.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/delegation.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
+#include <linux/iversion.h>
 
 #include <linux/nfs4.h>
 #include <linux/nfs_fs.h>
@@ -347,7 +348,7 @@ int nfs_inode_set_delegation(struct inode *inode, struct rpc_cred *cred, struct
 	nfs4_stateid_copy(&delegation->stateid, &res->delegation);
 	delegation->type = res->delegation_type;
 	delegation->pagemod_limit = res->pagemod_limit;
-	delegation->change_attr = inode->i_version;
+	delegation->change_attr = inode_peek_iversion_raw(inode);
 	delegation->cred = get_rpccred(cred);
 	delegation->inode = inode;
 	delegation->flags = 1<<NFS_DELEGATION_REFERENCED;
diff --git a/fs/nfs/fscache-index.c b/fs/nfs/fscache-index.c
index 3025fe8584a0..0ee4b93d36ea 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/fscache-index.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/fscache-index.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include <linux/nfs_fs.h>
 #include <linux/nfs_fs_sb.h>
 #include <linux/in6.h>
+#include <linux/iversion.h>
 
 #include "internal.h"
 #include "fscache.h"
@@ -211,7 +212,7 @@ static uint16_t nfs_fscache_inode_get_aux(const void *cookie_netfs_data,
 	auxdata.ctime = nfsi->vfs_inode.i_ctime;
 
 	if (NFS_SERVER(&nfsi->vfs_inode)->nfs_client->rpc_ops->version == 4)
-		auxdata.change_attr = nfsi->vfs_inode.i_version;
+		auxdata.change_attr = inode_peek_iversion_raw(&nfsi->vfs_inode);
 
 	if (bufmax > sizeof(auxdata))
 		bufmax = sizeof(auxdata);
@@ -243,7 +244,7 @@ enum fscache_checkaux nfs_fscache_inode_check_aux(void *cookie_netfs_data,
 	auxdata.ctime = nfsi->vfs_inode.i_ctime;
 
 	if (NFS_SERVER(&nfsi->vfs_inode)->nfs_client->rpc_ops->version == 4)
-		auxdata.change_attr = nfsi->vfs_inode.i_version;
+		auxdata.change_attr = inode_peek_iversion_raw(&nfsi->vfs_inode);
 
 	if (memcmp(data, &auxdata, datalen) != 0)
 		return FSCACHE_CHECKAUX_OBSOLETE;
diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c
index b992d2382ffa..93552c482992 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/compat.h>
 #include <linux/freezer.h>
-
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
+#include <linux/iversion.h>
 
 #include "nfs4_fs.h"
 #include "callback.h"
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ nfs_fhget(struct super_block *sb, struct nfs_fh *fh, struct nfs_fattr *fattr, st
 		memset(&inode->i_atime, 0, sizeof(inode->i_atime));
 		memset(&inode->i_mtime, 0, sizeof(inode->i_mtime));
 		memset(&inode->i_ctime, 0, sizeof(inode->i_ctime));
-		inode->i_version = 0;
+		inode_set_iversion_raw(inode, 0);
 		inode->i_size = 0;
 		clear_nlink(inode);
 		inode->i_uid = make_kuid(&init_user_ns, -2);
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ nfs_fhget(struct super_block *sb, struct nfs_fh *fh, struct nfs_fattr *fattr, st
 		else if (nfs_server_capable(inode, NFS_CAP_CTIME))
 			nfs_set_cache_invalid(inode, NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR);
 		if (fattr->valid & NFS_ATTR_FATTR_CHANGE)
-			inode->i_version = fattr->change_attr;
+			inode_set_iversion_raw(inode, fattr->change_attr);
 		else
 			nfs_set_cache_invalid(inode, NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR
 				| NFS_INO_REVAL_PAGECACHE);
@@ -1289,8 +1289,8 @@ static unsigned long nfs_wcc_update_inode(struct inode *inode, struct nfs_fattr
 
 	if ((fattr->valid & NFS_ATTR_FATTR_PRECHANGE)
 			&& (fattr->valid & NFS_ATTR_FATTR_CHANGE)
-			&& inode->i_version == fattr->pre_change_attr) {
-		inode->i_version = fattr->change_attr;
+			&& !inode_cmp_iversion_raw(inode, fattr->pre_change_attr)) {
+		inode_set_iversion_raw(inode, fattr->change_attr);
 		if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
 			nfs_set_cache_invalid(inode, NFS_INO_INVALID_DATA);
 		ret |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR;
@@ -1348,7 +1348,7 @@ static int nfs_check_inode_attributes(struct inode *inode, struct nfs_fattr *fat
 
 	if (!nfs_file_has_buffered_writers(nfsi)) {
 		/* Verify a few of the more important attributes */
-		if ((fattr->valid & NFS_ATTR_FATTR_CHANGE) != 0 && inode->i_version != fattr->change_attr)
+		if ((fattr->valid & NFS_ATTR_FATTR_CHANGE) != 0 && inode_cmp_iversion_raw(inode, fattr->change_attr))
 			invalid |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR | NFS_INO_REVAL_PAGECACHE;
 
 		if ((fattr->valid & NFS_ATTR_FATTR_MTIME) && !timespec_equal(&inode->i_mtime, &fattr->mtime))
@@ -1642,7 +1642,7 @@ int nfs_post_op_update_inode_force_wcc_locked(struct inode *inode, struct nfs_fa
 	}
 	if ((fattr->valid & NFS_ATTR_FATTR_CHANGE) != 0 &&
 			(fattr->valid & NFS_ATTR_FATTR_PRECHANGE) == 0) {
-		fattr->pre_change_attr = inode->i_version;
+		fattr->pre_change_attr = inode_peek_iversion_raw(inode);
 		fattr->valid |= NFS_ATTR_FATTR_PRECHANGE;
 	}
 	if ((fattr->valid & NFS_ATTR_FATTR_CTIME) != 0 &&
@@ -1778,7 +1778,7 @@ static int nfs_update_inode(struct inode *inode, struct nfs_fattr *fattr)
 
 	/* More cache consistency checks */
 	if (fattr->valid & NFS_ATTR_FATTR_CHANGE) {
-		if (inode->i_version != fattr->change_attr) {
+		if (inode_cmp_iversion_raw(inode, fattr->change_attr)) {
 			dprintk("NFS: change_attr change on server for file %s/%ld\n",
 					inode->i_sb->s_id, inode->i_ino);
 			/* Could it be a race with writeback? */
@@ -1790,7 +1790,7 @@ static int nfs_update_inode(struct inode *inode, struct nfs_fattr *fattr)
 				if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
 					nfs_force_lookup_revalidate(inode);
 			}
-			inode->i_version = fattr->change_attr;
+			inode_set_iversion_raw(inode, fattr->change_attr);
 		}
 	} else {
 		nfsi->cache_validity |= save_cache_validity;
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index 56fa5a16e097..17a03f2c4330 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 #include <linux/xattr.h>
 #include <linux/utsname.h>
 #include <linux/freezer.h>
+#include <linux/iversion.h>
 
 #include "nfs4_fs.h"
 #include "delegation.h"
@@ -1045,16 +1046,16 @@ static void update_changeattr(struct inode *dir, struct nfs4_change_info *cinfo,
 
 	spin_lock(&dir->i_lock);
 	nfsi->cache_validity |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR|NFS_INO_INVALID_DATA;
-	if (cinfo->atomic && cinfo->before == dir->i_version) {
+	if (cinfo->atomic && cinfo->before == inode_peek_iversion_raw(dir)) {
 		nfsi->cache_validity &= ~NFS_INO_REVAL_PAGECACHE;
 		nfsi->attrtimeo_timestamp = jiffies;
 	} else {
 		nfs_force_lookup_revalidate(dir);
-		if (cinfo->before != dir->i_version)
+		if (cinfo->before != inode_peek_iversion_raw(dir))
 			nfsi->cache_validity |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ACCESS |
 				NFS_INO_INVALID_ACL;
 	}
-	dir->i_version = cinfo->after;
+	inode_set_iversion_raw(dir, cinfo->after);
 	nfsi->read_cache_jiffies = timestamp;
 	nfsi->attr_gencount = nfs_inc_attr_generation_counter();
 	nfs_fscache_invalidate(dir);
@@ -2454,7 +2455,8 @@ static int _nfs4_proc_open(struct nfs4_opendata *data)
 			data->file_created = true;
 		else if (o_res->cinfo.before != o_res->cinfo.after)
 			data->file_created = true;
-		if (data->file_created || dir->i_version != o_res->cinfo.after)
+		if (data->file_created ||
+		    inode_peek_iversion_raw(dir) != o_res->cinfo.after)
 			update_changeattr(dir, &o_res->cinfo,
 					o_res->f_attr->time_start);
 	}
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfstrace.h b/fs/nfs/nfstrace.h
index 093290c42d7c..610d89d8942e 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfstrace.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfstrace.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #define _TRACE_NFS_H
 
 #include <linux/tracepoint.h>
+#include <linux/iversion.h>
 
 #define nfs_show_file_type(ftype) \
 	__print_symbolic(ftype, \
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(nfs_inode_event,
 			__entry->dev = inode->i_sb->s_dev;
 			__entry->fileid = nfsi->fileid;
 			__entry->fhandle = nfs_fhandle_hash(&nfsi->fh);
-			__entry->version = inode->i_version;
+			__entry->version = inode_peek_iversion_raw(inode);
 		),
 
 		TP_printk(
@@ -100,7 +101,7 @@ DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(nfs_inode_event_done,
 			__entry->fileid = nfsi->fileid;
 			__entry->fhandle = nfs_fhandle_hash(&nfsi->fh);
 			__entry->type = nfs_umode_to_dtype(inode->i_mode);
-			__entry->version = inode->i_version;
+			__entry->version = inode_peek_iversion_raw(inode);
 			__entry->size = i_size_read(inode);
 			__entry->nfsi_flags = nfsi->flags;
 			__entry->cache_validity = nfsi->cache_validity;
diff --git a/fs/nfs/write.c b/fs/nfs/write.c
index 4a379d7918f2..12b2d477836b 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/write.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/write.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <linux/export.h>
 #include <linux/freezer.h>
 #include <linux/wait.h>
+#include <linux/iversion.h>
 
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 
@@ -753,11 +754,8 @@ static void nfs_inode_add_request(struct inode *inode, struct nfs_page *req)
 	 */
 	spin_lock(&mapping->private_lock);
 	if (!nfs_have_writebacks(inode) &&
-	    NFS_PROTO(inode)->have_delegation(inode, FMODE_WRITE)) {
-		spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
-		inode->i_version++;
-		spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
-	}
+	    NFS_PROTO(inode)->have_delegation(inode, FMODE_WRITE))
+		inode_inc_iversion_raw(inode);
 	if (likely(!PageSwapCache(req->wb_page))) {
 		set_bit(PG_MAPPED, &req->wb_flags);
 		SetPagePrivate(req->wb_page);
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.h b/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.h
index 43f31cf49bae..b8444189223b 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.h
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <linux/crc32.h>
 #include <linux/sunrpc/svc.h>
 #include <uapi/linux/nfsd/nfsfh.h>
+#include <linux/iversion.h>
 
 static inline __u32 ino_t_to_u32(ino_t ino)
 {
@@ -259,7 +260,7 @@ static inline u64 nfsd4_change_attribute(struct inode *inode)
 	chattr =  inode->i_ctime.tv_sec;
 	chattr <<= 30;
 	chattr += inode->i_ctime.tv_nsec;
-	chattr += inode->i_version;
+	chattr += inode_query_iversion(inode);
 	return chattr;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/ntfs/inode.c b/fs/ntfs/inode.c
index 7c410f879412..1c1ee489284b 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/inode.c
@@ -560,13 +560,6 @@ static int ntfs_read_locked_inode(struct inode *vi)
 	ntfs_debug("Entering for i_ino 0x%lx.", vi->i_ino);
 
 	/* Setup the generic vfs inode parts now. */
-
-	/*
-	 * This is for checking whether an inode has changed w.r.t. a file so
-	 * that the file can be updated if necessary (compare with f_version).
-	 */
-	vi->i_version = 1;
-
 	vi->i_uid = vol->uid;
 	vi->i_gid = vol->gid;
 	vi->i_mode = 0;
@@ -1240,7 +1233,6 @@ static int ntfs_read_locked_attr_inode(struct inode *base_vi, struct inode *vi)
 	base_ni = NTFS_I(base_vi);
 
 	/* Just mirror the values from the base inode. */
-	vi->i_version	= base_vi->i_version;
 	vi->i_uid	= base_vi->i_uid;
 	vi->i_gid	= base_vi->i_gid;
 	set_nlink(vi, base_vi->i_nlink);
@@ -1507,7 +1499,6 @@ static int ntfs_read_locked_index_inode(struct inode *base_vi, struct inode *vi)
 	ni	= NTFS_I(vi);
 	base_ni = NTFS_I(base_vi);
 	/* Just mirror the values from the base inode. */
-	vi->i_version	= base_vi->i_version;
 	vi->i_uid	= base_vi->i_uid;
 	vi->i_gid	= base_vi->i_gid;
 	set_nlink(vi, base_vi->i_nlink);
diff --git a/fs/ntfs/mft.c b/fs/ntfs/mft.c
index ee8392aee9f6..2831f495a674 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/mft.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/mft.c
@@ -2641,12 +2641,6 @@ mft_rec_already_initialized:
 			goto undo_mftbmp_alloc;
 		}
 		vi->i_ino = bit;
-		/*
-		 * This is for checking whether an inode has changed w.r.t. a
-		 * file so that the file can be updated if necessary (compare
-		 * with f_version).
-		 */
-		vi->i_version = 1;
 
 		/* The owner and group come from the ntfs volume. */
 		vi->i_uid = vol->uid;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dir.c b/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
index febe6312ceff..32f9c72dff17 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 #include <linux/highmem.h>
 #include <linux/quotaops.h>
 #include <linux/sort.h>
+#include <linux/iversion.h>
 
 #include <cluster/masklog.h>
 
@@ -1174,7 +1175,7 @@ static int __ocfs2_delete_entry(handle_t *handle, struct inode *dir,
 				le16_add_cpu(&pde->rec_len,
 						le16_to_cpu(de->rec_len));
 			de->inode = 0;
-			dir->i_version++;
+			inode_inc_iversion(dir);
 			ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, bh);
 			goto bail;
 		}
@@ -1729,7 +1730,7 @@ int __ocfs2_add_entry(handle_t *handle,
 			if (ocfs2_dir_indexed(dir))
 				ocfs2_recalc_free_list(dir, handle, lookup);
 
-			dir->i_version++;
+			inode_inc_iversion(dir);
 			ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, insert_bh);
 			retval = 0;
 			goto bail;
@@ -1775,7 +1776,7 @@ static int ocfs2_dir_foreach_blk_id(struct inode *inode,
 		 * readdir(2), then we might be pointing to an invalid
 		 * dirent right now.  Scan from the start of the block
 		 * to make sure. */
-		if (*f_version != inode->i_version) {
+		if (inode_cmp_iversion(inode, *f_version)) {
 			for (i = 0; i < i_size_read(inode) && i < offset; ) {
 				de = (struct ocfs2_dir_entry *)
 					(data->id_data + i);
@@ -1791,7 +1792,7 @@ static int ocfs2_dir_foreach_blk_id(struct inode *inode,
 				i += le16_to_cpu(de->rec_len);
 			}
 			ctx->pos = offset = i;
-			*f_version = inode->i_version;
+			*f_version = inode_query_iversion(inode);
 		}
 
 		de = (struct ocfs2_dir_entry *) (data->id_data + ctx->pos);
@@ -1869,7 +1870,7 @@ static int ocfs2_dir_foreach_blk_el(struct inode *inode,
 		 * readdir(2), then we might be pointing to an invalid
 		 * dirent right now.  Scan from the start of the block
 		 * to make sure. */
-		if (*f_version != inode->i_version) {
+		if (inode_cmp_iversion(inode, *f_version)) {
 			for (i = 0; i < sb->s_blocksize && i < offset; ) {
 				de = (struct ocfs2_dir_entry *) (bh->b_data + i);
 				/* It's too expensive to do a full
@@ -1886,7 +1887,7 @@ static int ocfs2_dir_foreach_blk_el(struct inode *inode,
 			offset = i;
 			ctx->pos = (ctx->pos & ~(sb->s_blocksize - 1))
 				| offset;
-			*f_version = inode->i_version;
+			*f_version = inode_query_iversion(inode);
 		}
 
 		while (ctx->pos < i_size_read(inode)
@@ -1940,7 +1941,7 @@ static int ocfs2_dir_foreach_blk(struct inode *inode, u64 *f_version,
  */
 int ocfs2_dir_foreach(struct inode *inode, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
-	u64 version = inode->i_version;
+	u64 version = inode_query_iversion(inode);
 	ocfs2_dir_foreach_blk(inode, &version, ctx, true);
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
index 1a1e0078ab38..d51b80edd972 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include <linux/highmem.h>
 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
 #include <linux/quotaops.h>
+#include <linux/iversion.h>
 
 #include <asm/byteorder.h>
 
@@ -302,7 +303,7 @@ void ocfs2_populate_inode(struct inode *inode, struct ocfs2_dinode *fe,
 	OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_attr = le32_to_cpu(fe->i_attr);
 	OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_dyn_features = le16_to_cpu(fe->i_dyn_features);
 
-	inode->i_version = 1;
+	inode_set_iversion(inode, 1);
 	inode->i_generation = le32_to_cpu(fe->i_generation);
 	inode->i_rdev = huge_decode_dev(le64_to_cpu(fe->id1.dev1.i_rdev));
 	inode->i_mode = le16_to_cpu(fe->i_mode);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
index 3b0a10d9b36f..c801eddc4bf3 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/highmem.h>
 #include <linux/quotaops.h>
+#include <linux/iversion.h>
 
 #include <cluster/masklog.h>
 
@@ -1520,7 +1521,7 @@ static int ocfs2_rename(struct inode *old_dir,
 			mlog_errno(status);
 			goto bail;
 		}
-		new_dir->i_version++;
+		inode_inc_iversion(new_dir);
 
 		if (S_ISDIR(new_inode->i_mode))
 			ocfs2_set_links_count(newfe, 0);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/quota_global.c b/fs/ocfs2/quota_global.c
index b39d14cbfa34..7a922190a8c7 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/quota_global.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/quota_global.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <linux/writeback.h>
 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
 #include <linux/llist.h>
+#include <linux/iversion.h>
 
 #include <cluster/masklog.h>
 
@@ -289,7 +290,7 @@ out:
 		mlog_errno(err);
 		return err;
 	}
-	gqinode->i_version++;
+	inode_inc_iversion(gqinode);
 	ocfs2_mark_inode_dirty(handle, gqinode, oinfo->dqi_gqi_bh);
 	return len;
 }
diff --git a/fs/ufs/dir.c b/fs/ufs/dir.c
index 2edc1755b7c5..50dfce000864 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ufs/dir.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <linux/time.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/swap.h>
+#include <linux/iversion.h>
 
 #include "ufs_fs.h"
 #include "ufs.h"
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ static int ufs_commit_chunk(struct page *page, loff_t pos, unsigned len)
 	struct inode *dir = mapping->host;
 	int err = 0;
 
-	dir->i_version++;
+	inode_inc_iversion(dir);
 	block_write_end(NULL, mapping, pos, len, len, page, NULL);
 	if (pos+len > dir->i_size) {
 		i_size_write(dir, pos+len);
@@ -428,7 +429,7 @@ ufs_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 	unsigned long n = pos >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 	unsigned long npages = dir_pages(inode);
 	unsigned chunk_mask = ~(UFS_SB(sb)->s_uspi->s_dirblksize - 1);
-	int need_revalidate = file->f_version != inode->i_version;
+	bool need_revalidate = inode_cmp_iversion(inode, file->f_version);
 	unsigned flags = UFS_SB(sb)->s_flags;
 
 	UFSD("BEGIN\n");
@@ -455,8 +456,8 @@ ufs_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 				offset = ufs_validate_entry(sb, kaddr, offset, chunk_mask);
 				ctx->pos = (n<<PAGE_SHIFT) + offset;
 			}
-			file->f_version = inode->i_version;
-			need_revalidate = 0;
+			file->f_version = inode_query_iversion(inode);
+			need_revalidate = false;
 		}
 		de = (struct ufs_dir_entry *)(kaddr+offset);
 		limit = kaddr + ufs_last_byte(inode, n) - UFS_DIR_REC_LEN(1);
diff --git a/fs/ufs/inode.c b/fs/ufs/inode.c
index afb601c0dda0..c843ec858cf7 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ufs/inode.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/buffer_head.h>
 #include <linux/writeback.h>
+#include <linux/iversion.h>
 
 #include "ufs_fs.h"
 #include "ufs.h"
@@ -693,7 +694,7 @@ struct inode *ufs_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino)
 	if (err)
 		goto bad_inode;
 
-	inode->i_version++;
+	inode_inc_iversion(inode);
 	ufsi->i_lastfrag =
 		(inode->i_size + uspi->s_fsize - 1) >> uspi->s_fshift;
 	ufsi->i_dir_start_lookup = 0;
diff --git a/fs/ufs/super.c b/fs/ufs/super.c
index 4d497e9c6883..b6ba80e05bff 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/super.c
+++ b/fs/ufs/super.c
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@
 #include <linux/log2.h>
 #include <linux/mount.h>
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
+#include <linux/iversion.h>
 
 #include "ufs_fs.h"
 #include "ufs.h"
@@ -1440,7 +1441,7 @@ static struct inode *ufs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	if (!ei)
 		return NULL;
 
-	ei->vfs_inode.i_version = 1;
+	inode_set_iversion(&ei->vfs_inode, 1);
 	seqlock_init(&ei->meta_lock);
 	mutex_init(&ei->truncate_mutex);
 	return &ei->vfs_inode;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_buf.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_buf.c
index 6b7989038d75..b9c0bf80669c 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_buf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_buf.c
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
 #include "xfs_ialloc.h"
 #include "xfs_dir2.h"
 
+#include <linux/iversion.h>
+
 /*
  * Check that none of the inode's in the buffer have a next
  * unlinked field of 0.
@@ -264,7 +266,8 @@ xfs_inode_from_disk(
 	to->di_flags	= be16_to_cpu(from->di_flags);
 
 	if (to->di_version == 3) {
-		inode->i_version = be64_to_cpu(from->di_changecount);
+		inode_set_iversion_queried(inode,
+					   be64_to_cpu(from->di_changecount));
 		to->di_crtime.t_sec = be32_to_cpu(from->di_crtime.t_sec);
 		to->di_crtime.t_nsec = be32_to_cpu(from->di_crtime.t_nsec);
 		to->di_flags2 = be64_to_cpu(from->di_flags2);
@@ -314,7 +317,7 @@ xfs_inode_to_disk(
 	to->di_flags = cpu_to_be16(from->di_flags);
 
 	if (from->di_version == 3) {
-		to->di_changecount = cpu_to_be64(inode->i_version);
+		to->di_changecount = cpu_to_be64(inode_peek_iversion(inode));
 		to->di_crtime.t_sec = cpu_to_be32(from->di_crtime.t_sec);
 		to->di_crtime.t_nsec = cpu_to_be32(from->di_crtime.t_nsec);
 		to->di_flags2 = cpu_to_be64(from->di_flags2);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c
index 3861d61fb265..3bcb8fd2a826 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/kthread.h>
 #include <linux/freezer.h>
+#include <linux/iversion.h>
 
 /*
  * Allocate and initialise an xfs_inode.
@@ -293,14 +294,14 @@ xfs_reinit_inode(
 	int		error;
 	uint32_t	nlink = inode->i_nlink;
 	uint32_t	generation = inode->i_generation;
-	uint64_t	version = inode->i_version;
+	uint64_t	version = inode_peek_iversion(inode);
 	umode_t		mode = inode->i_mode;
 
 	error = inode_init_always(mp->m_super, inode);
 
 	set_nlink(inode, nlink);
 	inode->i_generation = generation;
-	inode->i_version = version;
+	inode_set_iversion_queried(inode, version);
 	inode->i_mode = mode;
 	return error;
 }
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
index 6f95bdb408ce..9f424e0aef1f 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
  * Inc.,  51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
  */
 #include <linux/log2.h>
+#include <linux/iversion.h>
 
 #include "xfs.h"
 #include "xfs_fs.h"
@@ -832,7 +833,7 @@ xfs_ialloc(
 	ip->i_d.di_flags = 0;
 
 	if (ip->i_d.di_version == 3) {
-		inode->i_version = 1;
+		inode_set_iversion(inode, 1);
 		ip->i_d.di_flags2 = 0;
 		ip->i_d.di_cowextsize = 0;
 		ip->i_d.di_crtime.t_sec = (int32_t)tv.tv_sec;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c
index 6ee5c3bf19ad..7571abf5dfb3 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include "xfs_buf_item.h"
 #include "xfs_log.h"
 
+#include <linux/iversion.h>
 
 kmem_zone_t	*xfs_ili_zone;		/* inode log item zone */
 
@@ -354,7 +355,7 @@ xfs_inode_to_log_dinode(
 	to->di_next_unlinked = NULLAGINO;
 
 	if (from->di_version == 3) {
-		to->di_changecount = inode->i_version;
+		to->di_changecount = inode_peek_iversion(inode);
 		to->di_crtime.t_sec = from->di_crtime.t_sec;
 		to->di_crtime.t_nsec = from->di_crtime.t_nsec;
 		to->di_flags2 = from->di_flags2;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_inode.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_inode.c
index daa7615497f9..4a89da4b6fe7 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_inode.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_inode.c
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 #include "xfs_inode_item.h"
 #include "xfs_trace.h"
 
+#include <linux/iversion.h>
+
 /*
  * Add a locked inode to the transaction.
  *
@@ -110,15 +112,17 @@ xfs_trans_log_inode(
 
 	/*
 	 * First time we log the inode in a transaction, bump the inode change
-	 * counter if it is configured for this to occur. We don't use
-	 * inode_inc_version() because there is no need for extra locking around
-	 * i_version as we already hold the inode locked exclusively for
-	 * metadata modification.
+	 * counter if it is configured for this to occur. While we have the
+	 * inode locked exclusively for metadata modification, we can usually
+	 * avoid setting XFS_ILOG_CORE if no one has queried the value since
+	 * the last time it was incremented. If we have XFS_ILOG_CORE already
+	 * set however, then go ahead and bump the i_version counter
+	 * unconditionally.
 	 */
 	if (!(ip->i_itemp->ili_item.li_desc->lid_flags & XFS_LID_DIRTY) &&
 	    IS_I_VERSION(VFS_I(ip))) {
-		VFS_I(ip)->i_version++;
-		flags |= XFS_ILOG_CORE;
+		if (inode_maybe_inc_iversion(VFS_I(ip), flags & XFS_ILOG_CORE))
+			flags |= XFS_ILOG_CORE;
 	}
 
 	tp->t_flags |= XFS_TRANS_DIRTY;
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 511fbaabf624..6804d075933e 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ struct inode {
 		struct hlist_head	i_dentry;
 		struct rcu_head		i_rcu;
 	};
-	u64			i_version;
+	atomic64_t		i_version;
 	atomic_t		i_count;
 	atomic_t		i_dio_count;
 	atomic_t		i_writecount;
@@ -2036,21 +2036,6 @@ static inline void inode_dec_link_count(struct inode *inode)
 	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 }
 
-/**
- * inode_inc_iversion - increments i_version
- * @inode: inode that need to be updated
- *
- * Every time the inode is modified, the i_version field will be incremented.
- * The filesystem has to be mounted with i_version flag
- */
-
-static inline void inode_inc_iversion(struct inode *inode)
-{
-       spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
-       inode->i_version++;
-       spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
-}
-
 enum file_time_flags {
 	S_ATIME = 1,
 	S_MTIME = 2,
diff --git a/include/linux/iversion.h b/include/linux/iversion.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..858463fca249
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/iversion.h
@@ -0,0 +1,341 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#ifndef _LINUX_IVERSION_H
+#define _LINUX_IVERSION_H
+
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+
+/*
+ * The inode->i_version field:
+ * ---------------------------
+ * The change attribute (i_version) is mandated by NFSv4 and is mostly for
+ * knfsd, but is also used for other purposes (e.g. IMA). The i_version must
+ * appear different to observers if there was a change to the inode's data or
+ * metadata since it was last queried.
+ *
+ * Observers see the i_version as a 64-bit number that never decreases. If it
+ * remains the same since it was last checked, then nothing has changed in the
+ * inode. If it's different then something has changed. Observers cannot infer
+ * anything about the nature or magnitude of the changes from the value, only
+ * that the inode has changed in some fashion.
+ *
+ * Not all filesystems properly implement the i_version counter. Subsystems that
+ * want to use i_version field on an inode should first check whether the
+ * filesystem sets the SB_I_VERSION flag (usually via the IS_I_VERSION macro).
+ *
+ * Those that set SB_I_VERSION will automatically have their i_version counter
+ * incremented on writes to normal files. If the SB_I_VERSION is not set, then
+ * the VFS will not touch it on writes, and the filesystem can use it how it
+ * wishes. Note that the filesystem is always responsible for updating the
+ * i_version on namespace changes in directories (mkdir, rmdir, unlink, etc.).
+ * We consider these sorts of filesystems to have a kernel-managed i_version.
+ *
+ * It may be impractical for filesystems to keep i_version updates atomic with
+ * respect to the changes that cause them.  They should, however, guarantee
+ * that i_version updates are never visible before the changes that caused
+ * them.  Also, i_version updates should never be delayed longer than it takes
+ * the original change to reach disk.
+ *
+ * This implementation uses the low bit in the i_version field as a flag to
+ * track when the value has been queried. If it has not been queried since it
+ * was last incremented, we can skip the increment in most cases.
+ *
+ * In the event that we're updating the ctime, we will usually go ahead and
+ * bump the i_version anyway. Since that has to go to stable storage in some
+ * fashion, we might as well increment it as well.
+ *
+ * With this implementation, the value should always appear to observers to
+ * increase over time if the file has changed. It's recommended to use
+ * inode_cmp_iversion() helper to compare values.
+ *
+ * Note that some filesystems (e.g. NFS and AFS) just use the field to store
+ * a server-provided value (for the most part). For that reason, those
+ * filesystems do not set SB_I_VERSION. These filesystems are considered to
+ * have a self-managed i_version.
+ *
+ * Persistently storing the i_version
+ * ----------------------------------
+ * Queries of the i_version field are not gated on them hitting the backing
+ * store. It's always possible that the host could crash after allowing
+ * a query of the value but before it has made it to disk.
+ *
+ * To mitigate this problem, filesystems should always use
+ * inode_set_iversion_queried when loading an existing inode from disk. This
+ * ensures that the next attempted inode increment will result in the value
+ * changing.
+ *
+ * Storing the value to disk therefore does not count as a query, so those
+ * filesystems should use inode_peek_iversion to grab the value to be stored.
+ * There is no need to flag the value as having been queried in that case.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * We borrow the lowest bit in the i_version to use as a flag to tell whether
+ * it has been queried since we last incremented it. If it has, then we must
+ * increment it on the next change. After that, we can clear the flag and
+ * avoid incrementing it again until it has again been queried.
+ */
+#define I_VERSION_QUERIED_SHIFT	(1)
+#define I_VERSION_QUERIED	(1ULL << (I_VERSION_QUERIED_SHIFT - 1))
+#define I_VERSION_INCREMENT	(1ULL << I_VERSION_QUERIED_SHIFT)
+
+/**
+ * inode_set_iversion_raw - set i_version to the specified raw value
+ * @inode: inode to set
+ * @val: new i_version value to set
+ *
+ * Set @inode's i_version field to @val. This function is for use by
+ * filesystems that self-manage the i_version.
+ *
+ * For example, the NFS client stores its NFSv4 change attribute in this way,
+ * and the AFS client stores the data_version from the server here.
+ */
+static inline void
+inode_set_iversion_raw(struct inode *inode, u64 val)
+{
+	atomic64_set(&inode->i_version, val);
+}
+
+/**
+ * inode_peek_iversion_raw - grab a "raw" iversion value
+ * @inode: inode from which i_version should be read
+ *
+ * Grab a "raw" inode->i_version value and return it. The i_version is not
+ * flagged or converted in any way. This is mostly used to access a self-managed
+ * i_version.
+ *
+ * With those filesystems, we want to treat the i_version as an entirely
+ * opaque value.
+ */
+static inline u64
+inode_peek_iversion_raw(const struct inode *inode)
+{
+	return atomic64_read(&inode->i_version);
+}
+
+/**
+ * inode_set_iversion - set i_version to a particular value
+ * @inode: inode to set
+ * @val: new i_version value to set
+ *
+ * Set @inode's i_version field to @val. This function is for filesystems with
+ * a kernel-managed i_version, for initializing a newly-created inode from
+ * scratch.
+ *
+ * In this case, we do not set the QUERIED flag since we know that this value
+ * has never been queried.
+ */
+static inline void
+inode_set_iversion(struct inode *inode, u64 val)
+{
+	inode_set_iversion_raw(inode, val << I_VERSION_QUERIED_SHIFT);
+}
+
+/**
+ * inode_set_iversion_queried - set i_version to a particular value as quereied
+ * @inode: inode to set
+ * @val: new i_version value to set
+ *
+ * Set @inode's i_version field to @val, and flag it for increment on the next
+ * change.
+ *
+ * Filesystems that persistently store the i_version on disk should use this
+ * when loading an existing inode from disk.
+ *
+ * When loading in an i_version value from a backing store, we can't be certain
+ * that it wasn't previously viewed before being stored. Thus, we must assume
+ * that it was, to ensure that we don't end up handing out the same value for
+ * different versions of the same inode.
+ */
+static inline void
+inode_set_iversion_queried(struct inode *inode, u64 val)
+{
+	inode_set_iversion_raw(inode, (val << I_VERSION_QUERIED_SHIFT) |
+				I_VERSION_QUERIED);
+}
+
+/**
+ * inode_maybe_inc_iversion - increments i_version
+ * @inode: inode with the i_version that should be updated
+ * @force: increment the counter even if it's not necessary?
+ *
+ * Every time the inode is modified, the i_version field must be seen to have
+ * changed by any observer.
+ *
+ * If "force" is set or the QUERIED flag is set, then ensure that we increment
+ * the value, and clear the queried flag.
+ *
+ * In the common case where neither is set, then we can return "false" without
+ * updating i_version.
+ *
+ * If this function returns false, and no other metadata has changed, then we
+ * can avoid logging the metadata.
+ */
+static inline bool
+inode_maybe_inc_iversion(struct inode *inode, bool force)
+{
+	u64 cur, old, new;
+
+	/*
+	 * The i_version field is not strictly ordered with any other inode
+	 * information, but the legacy inode_inc_iversion code used a spinlock
+	 * to serialize increments.
+	 *
+	 * Here, we add full memory barriers to ensure that any de-facto
+	 * ordering with other info is preserved.
+	 *
+	 * This barrier pairs with the barrier in inode_query_iversion()
+	 */
+	smp_mb();
+	cur = inode_peek_iversion_raw(inode);
+	for (;;) {
+		/* If flag is clear then we needn't do anything */
+		if (!force && !(cur & I_VERSION_QUERIED))
+			return false;
+
+		/* Since lowest bit is flag, add 2 to avoid it */
+		new = (cur & ~I_VERSION_QUERIED) + I_VERSION_INCREMENT;
+
+		old = atomic64_cmpxchg(&inode->i_version, cur, new);
+		if (likely(old == cur))
+			break;
+		cur = old;
+	}
+	return true;
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * inode_inc_iversion - forcibly increment i_version
+ * @inode: inode that needs to be updated
+ *
+ * Forcbily increment the i_version field. This always results in a change to
+ * the observable value.
+ */
+static inline void
+inode_inc_iversion(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	inode_maybe_inc_iversion(inode, true);
+}
+
+/**
+ * inode_iversion_need_inc - is the i_version in need of being incremented?
+ * @inode: inode to check
+ *
+ * Returns whether the inode->i_version counter needs incrementing on the next
+ * change. Just fetch the value and check the QUERIED flag.
+ */
+static inline bool
+inode_iversion_need_inc(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	return inode_peek_iversion_raw(inode) & I_VERSION_QUERIED;
+}
+
+/**
+ * inode_inc_iversion_raw - forcibly increment raw i_version
+ * @inode: inode that needs to be updated
+ *
+ * Forcbily increment the raw i_version field. This always results in a change
+ * to the raw value.
+ *
+ * NFS will use the i_version field to store the value from the server. It
+ * mostly treats it as opaque, but in the case where it holds a write
+ * delegation, it must increment the value itself. This function does that.
+ */
+static inline void
+inode_inc_iversion_raw(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	atomic64_inc(&inode->i_version);
+}
+
+/**
+ * inode_peek_iversion - read i_version without flagging it to be incremented
+ * @inode: inode from which i_version should be read
+ *
+ * Read the inode i_version counter for an inode without registering it as a
+ * query.
+ *
+ * This is typically used by local filesystems that need to store an i_version
+ * on disk. In that situation, it's not necessary to flag it as having been
+ * viewed, as the result won't be used to gauge changes from that point.
+ */
+static inline u64
+inode_peek_iversion(const struct inode *inode)
+{
+	return inode_peek_iversion_raw(inode) >> I_VERSION_QUERIED_SHIFT;
+}
+
+/**
+ * inode_query_iversion - read i_version for later use
+ * @inode: inode from which i_version should be read
+ *
+ * Read the inode i_version counter. This should be used by callers that wish
+ * to store the returned i_version for later comparison. This will guarantee
+ * that a later query of the i_version will result in a different value if
+ * anything has changed.
+ *
+ * In this implementation, we fetch the current value, set the QUERIED flag and
+ * then try to swap it into place with a cmpxchg, if it wasn't already set. If
+ * that fails, we try again with the newly fetched value from the cmpxchg.
+ */
+static inline u64
+inode_query_iversion(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	u64 cur, old, new;
+
+	cur = inode_peek_iversion_raw(inode);
+	for (;;) {
+		/* If flag is already set, then no need to swap */
+		if (cur & I_VERSION_QUERIED) {
+			/*
+			 * This barrier (and the implicit barrier in the
+			 * cmpxchg below) pairs with the barrier in
+			 * inode_maybe_inc_iversion().
+			 */
+			smp_mb();
+			break;
+		}
+
+		new = cur | I_VERSION_QUERIED;
+		old = atomic64_cmpxchg(&inode->i_version, cur, new);
+		if (likely(old == cur))
+			break;
+		cur = old;
+	}
+	return cur >> I_VERSION_QUERIED_SHIFT;
+}
+
+/**
+ * inode_cmp_iversion_raw - check whether the raw i_version counter has changed
+ * @inode: inode to check
+ * @old: old value to check against its i_version
+ *
+ * Compare the current raw i_version counter with a previous one. Returns 0 if
+ * they are the same or non-zero if they are different.
+ */
+static inline s64
+inode_cmp_iversion_raw(const struct inode *inode, u64 old)
+{
+	return (s64)inode_peek_iversion_raw(inode) - (s64)old;
+}
+
+/**
+ * inode_cmp_iversion - check whether the i_version counter has changed
+ * @inode: inode to check
+ * @old: old value to check against its i_version
+ *
+ * Compare an i_version counter with a previous one. Returns 0 if they are
+ * the same, a positive value if the one in the inode appears newer than @old,
+ * and a negative value if @old appears to be newer than the one in the
+ * inode.
+ *
+ * Note that we don't need to set the QUERIED flag in this case, as the value
+ * in the inode is not being recorded for later use.
+ */
+
+static inline s64
+inode_cmp_iversion(const struct inode *inode, u64 old)
+{
+	return (s64)(inode_peek_iversion_raw(inode) & ~I_VERSION_QUERIED) -
+	       (s64)(old << I_VERSION_QUERIED_SHIFT);
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c
index c7e8db0ea4c0..c6ae42266270 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/xattr.h>
 #include <linux/evm.h>
+#include <linux/iversion.h>
 
 #include "ima.h"
 
@@ -215,7 +216,7 @@ int ima_collect_measurement(struct integrity_iint_cache *iint,
 	 * which do not support i_version, support is limited to an initial
 	 * measurement/appraisal/audit.
 	 */
-	i_version = file_inode(file)->i_version;
+	i_version = inode_query_iversion(inode);
 	hash.hdr.algo = algo;
 
 	/* Initialize hash digest to 0's in case of failure */
diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
index 770654694efc..06a70c5a2329 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/xattr.h>
 #include <linux/ima.h>
+#include <linux/iversion.h>
 
 #include "ima.h"
 
@@ -127,7 +128,8 @@ static void ima_check_last_writer(struct integrity_iint_cache *iint,
 
 	inode_lock(inode);
 	if (atomic_read(&inode->i_writecount) == 1) {
-		if ((iint->version != inode->i_version) ||
+		if (!IS_I_VERSION(inode) ||
+		    inode_cmp_iversion(inode, iint->version) ||
 		    (iint->flags & IMA_NEW_FILE)) {
 			iint->flags &= ~(IMA_DONE_MASK | IMA_NEW_FILE);
 			iint->measured_pcrs = 0;