diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
index 3a137e9..5e7a38f 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
 #include "xfs_bmap_util.h"
 #include "xfs_error.h"
 #include "xfs_quota.h"
-#include "xfs_dinode.h"
 #include "xfs_filestream.h"
 #include "xfs_cksum.h"
 #include "xfs_trace.h"
@@ -62,6 +61,8 @@
 
 STATIC int xfs_iflush_int(xfs_inode_t *, xfs_buf_t *);
 
+STATIC int xfs_iunlink_remove(xfs_trans_t *, xfs_inode_t *);
+
 /*
  * helper function to extract extent size hint from inode
  */
@@ -1115,7 +1116,7 @@
 {
 	xfs_trans_ichgtime(tp, ip, XFS_ICHGTIME_CHG);
 
-	ASSERT(ip->i_d.di_nlink > 0);
+	ASSERT(ip->i_d.di_nlink > 0 || (VFS_I(ip)->i_state & I_LINKABLE));
 	ip->i_d.di_nlink++;
 	inc_nlink(VFS_I(ip));
 	if ((ip->i_d.di_version == 1) &&
@@ -1165,10 +1166,7 @@
 	if (XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(mp))
 		return XFS_ERROR(EIO);
 
-	if (dp->i_d.di_flags & XFS_DIFLAG_PROJINHERIT)
-		prid = xfs_get_projid(dp);
-	else
-		prid = XFS_PROJID_DEFAULT;
+	prid = xfs_get_initial_prid(dp);
 
 	/*
 	 * Make sure that we have allocated dquot(s) on disk.
@@ -1333,6 +1331,113 @@
 }
 
 int
+xfs_create_tmpfile(
+	struct xfs_inode	*dp,
+	struct dentry		*dentry,
+	umode_t			mode)
+{
+	struct xfs_mount	*mp = dp->i_mount;
+	struct xfs_inode	*ip = NULL;
+	struct xfs_trans	*tp = NULL;
+	int			error;
+	uint			cancel_flags = XFS_TRANS_RELEASE_LOG_RES;
+	prid_t                  prid;
+	struct xfs_dquot	*udqp = NULL;
+	struct xfs_dquot	*gdqp = NULL;
+	struct xfs_dquot	*pdqp = NULL;
+	struct xfs_trans_res	*tres;
+	uint			resblks;
+
+	if (XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(mp))
+		return XFS_ERROR(EIO);
+
+	prid = xfs_get_initial_prid(dp);
+
+	/*
+	 * Make sure that we have allocated dquot(s) on disk.
+	 */
+	error = xfs_qm_vop_dqalloc(dp, xfs_kuid_to_uid(current_fsuid()),
+				xfs_kgid_to_gid(current_fsgid()), prid,
+				XFS_QMOPT_QUOTALL | XFS_QMOPT_INHERIT,
+				&udqp, &gdqp, &pdqp);
+	if (error)
+		return error;
+
+	resblks = XFS_IALLOC_SPACE_RES(mp);
+	tp = xfs_trans_alloc(mp, XFS_TRANS_CREATE_TMPFILE);
+
+	tres = &M_RES(mp)->tr_create_tmpfile;
+	error = xfs_trans_reserve(tp, tres, resblks, 0);
+	if (error == ENOSPC) {
+		/* No space at all so try a "no-allocation" reservation */
+		resblks = 0;
+		error = xfs_trans_reserve(tp, tres, 0, 0);
+	}
+	if (error) {
+		cancel_flags = 0;
+		goto out_trans_cancel;
+	}
+
+	error = xfs_trans_reserve_quota(tp, mp, udqp, gdqp,
+						pdqp, resblks, 1, 0);
+	if (error)
+		goto out_trans_cancel;
+
+	error = xfs_dir_ialloc(&tp, dp, mode, 1, 0,
+				prid, resblks > 0, &ip, NULL);
+	if (error) {
+		if (error == ENOSPC)
+			goto out_trans_cancel;
+		goto out_trans_abort;
+	}
+
+	if (mp->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_WSYNC)
+		xfs_trans_set_sync(tp);
+
+	/*
+	 * Attach the dquot(s) to the inodes and modify them incore.
+	 * These ids of the inode couldn't have changed since the new
+	 * inode has been locked ever since it was created.
+	 */
+	xfs_qm_vop_create_dqattach(tp, ip, udqp, gdqp, pdqp);
+
+	ip->i_d.di_nlink--;
+	d_tmpfile(dentry, VFS_I(ip));
+	error = xfs_iunlink(tp, ip);
+	if (error)
+		goto out_trans_abort;
+
+	error = xfs_trans_commit(tp, XFS_TRANS_RELEASE_LOG_RES);
+	if (error)
+		goto out_release_inode;
+
+	xfs_qm_dqrele(udqp);
+	xfs_qm_dqrele(gdqp);
+	xfs_qm_dqrele(pdqp);
+
+	return 0;
+
+ out_trans_abort:
+	cancel_flags |= XFS_TRANS_ABORT;
+ out_trans_cancel:
+	xfs_trans_cancel(tp, cancel_flags);
+ out_release_inode:
+	/*
+	 * Wait until after the current transaction is aborted to
+	 * release the inode.  This prevents recursive transactions
+	 * and deadlocks from xfs_inactive.
+	 */
+	if (ip)
+		IRELE(ip);
+
+	xfs_qm_dqrele(udqp);
+	xfs_qm_dqrele(gdqp);
+	xfs_qm_dqrele(pdqp);
+
+	return error;
+}
+
+int
 xfs_link(
 	xfs_inode_t		*tdp,
 	xfs_inode_t		*sip,
@@ -1397,6 +1502,12 @@
 
 	xfs_bmap_init(&free_list, &first_block);
 
+	if (sip->i_d.di_nlink == 0) {
+		error = xfs_iunlink_remove(tp, sip);
+		if (error)
+			goto abort_return;
+	}
+
 	error = xfs_dir_createname(tp, tdp, target_name, sip->i_ino,
 					&first_block, &free_list, resblks);
 	if (error)
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h
index 65e2350..396cc1f 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 #include "xfs_inode_buf.h"
 #include "xfs_inode_fork.h"
+#include "xfs_dinode.h"
 
 /*
  * Kernel only inode definitions
@@ -192,6 +193,15 @@
 	ip->i_d.di_projid_lo = (__uint16_t) (projid & 0xffff);
 }
 
+static inline prid_t
+xfs_get_initial_prid(struct xfs_inode *dp)
+{
+	if (dp->i_d.di_flags & XFS_DIFLAG_PROJINHERIT)
+		return xfs_get_projid(dp);
+
+	return XFS_PROJID_DEFAULT;
+}
+
 /*
  * In-core inode flags.
  */
@@ -323,6 +333,8 @@
 			   struct xfs_inode **ipp, struct xfs_name *ci_name);
 int		xfs_create(struct xfs_inode *dp, struct xfs_name *name,
 			   umode_t mode, xfs_dev_t rdev, struct xfs_inode **ipp);
+int		xfs_create_tmpfile(struct xfs_inode *dp, struct dentry *dentry,
+			   umode_t mode);
 int		xfs_remove(struct xfs_inode *dp, struct xfs_name *name,
 			   struct xfs_inode *ip);
 int		xfs_link(struct xfs_inode *tdp, struct xfs_inode *sip,
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
index bb3bb65..89b07e4 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #include "xfs_da_btree.h"
 #include "xfs_dir2_priv.h"
 #include "xfs_dinode.h"
+#include "xfs_trans_space.h"
 
 #include <linux/capability.h>
 #include <linux/xattr.h>
@@ -1046,6 +1047,19 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+STATIC int
+xfs_vn_tmpfile(
+	struct inode	*dir,
+	struct dentry	*dentry,
+	umode_t		mode)
+{
+	int		error;
+
+	error = xfs_create_tmpfile(XFS_I(dir), dentry, mode);
+
+	return -error;
+}
+
 static const struct inode_operations xfs_inode_operations = {
 	.get_acl		= xfs_get_acl,
 	.set_acl		= xfs_set_acl,
@@ -1084,6 +1098,7 @@
 	.removexattr		= generic_removexattr,
 	.listxattr		= xfs_vn_listxattr,
 	.update_time		= xfs_vn_update_time,
+	.tmpfile		= xfs_vn_tmpfile,
 };
 
 static const struct inode_operations xfs_dir_ci_inode_operations = {
@@ -1111,6 +1126,7 @@
 	.removexattr		= generic_removexattr,
 	.listxattr		= xfs_vn_listxattr,
 	.update_time		= xfs_vn_update_time,
+	.tmpfile		= xfs_vn_tmpfile,
 };
 
 static const struct inode_operations xfs_symlink_inode_operations = {
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_shared.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_shared.h
index 8c5035a1..4484e51 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_shared.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_shared.h
@@ -104,7 +104,8 @@
 #define	XFS_TRANS_SB_COUNT		41
 #define	XFS_TRANS_CHECKPOINT		42
 #define	XFS_TRANS_ICREATE		43
-#define	XFS_TRANS_TYPE_MAX		43
+#define	XFS_TRANS_CREATE_TMPFILE	44
+#define	XFS_TRANS_TYPE_MAX		44
 /* new transaction types need to be reflected in xfs_logprint(8) */
 
 #define XFS_TRANS_TYPES \
@@ -112,6 +113,7 @@
 	{ XFS_TRANS_SETATTR_SIZE,	"SETATTR_SIZE" }, \
 	{ XFS_TRANS_INACTIVE,		"INACTIVE" }, \
 	{ XFS_TRANS_CREATE,		"CREATE" }, \
+	{ XFS_TRANS_CREATE_TMPFILE,	"CREATE_TMPFILE" }, \
 	{ XFS_TRANS_CREATE_TRUNC,	"CREATE_TRUNC" }, \
 	{ XFS_TRANS_TRUNCATE_FILE,	"TRUNCATE_FILE" }, \
 	{ XFS_TRANS_REMOVE,		"REMOVE" }, \
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_symlink.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_symlink.c
index 5fda189..52979aa 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_symlink.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_symlink.c
@@ -212,10 +212,7 @@
 		return XFS_ERROR(ENAMETOOLONG);
 
 	udqp = gdqp = NULL;
-	if (dp->i_d.di_flags & XFS_DIFLAG_PROJINHERIT)
-		prid = xfs_get_projid(dp);
-	else
-		prid = XFS_PROJID_DEFAULT;
+	prid = xfs_get_initial_prid(dp);
 
 	/*
 	 * Make sure that we have allocated dquot(s) on disk.
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_resv.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_resv.c
index d2c8e4a..ae36816 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_resv.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_resv.c
@@ -212,6 +212,19 @@
 }
 
 /*
+ * For removing an inode from unlinked list at first, we can modify:
+ *    the agi hash list and counters: sector size
+ *    the on disk inode before ours in the agi hash list: inode cluster size
+ */
+STATIC uint
+xfs_calc_iunlink_remove_reservation(
+	struct xfs_mount        *mp)
+{
+	return xfs_calc_buf_res(1, mp->m_sb.sb_sectsize) +
+	       max_t(uint, XFS_FSB_TO_B(mp, 1), mp->m_inode_cluster_size);
+}
+
+/*
  * For creating a link to an inode:
  *    the parent directory inode: inode size
  *    the linked inode: inode size
@@ -228,6 +241,7 @@
 	struct xfs_mount	*mp)
 {
 	return XFS_DQUOT_LOGRES(mp) +
+		xfs_calc_iunlink_remove_reservation(mp) +
 		MAX((xfs_calc_inode_res(mp, 2) +
 		     xfs_calc_buf_res(XFS_DIROP_LOG_COUNT(mp),
 				      XFS_FSB_TO_B(mp, 1))),
@@ -237,6 +251,18 @@
 }
 
 /*
+ * For adding an inode to unlinked list we can modify:
+ *    the agi hash list: sector size
+ *    the unlinked inode: inode size
+ */
+STATIC uint
+xfs_calc_iunlink_add_reservation(xfs_mount_t *mp)
+{
+	return xfs_calc_buf_res(1, mp->m_sb.sb_sectsize) +
+		xfs_calc_inode_res(mp, 1);
+}
+
+/*
  * For removing a directory entry we can modify:
  *    the parent directory inode: inode size
  *    the removed inode: inode size
@@ -253,10 +279,11 @@
 	struct xfs_mount	*mp)
 {
 	return XFS_DQUOT_LOGRES(mp) +
-		MAX((xfs_calc_inode_res(mp, 2) +
+		xfs_calc_iunlink_add_reservation(mp) +
+		MAX((xfs_calc_inode_res(mp, 1) +
 		     xfs_calc_buf_res(XFS_DIROP_LOG_COUNT(mp),
 				      XFS_FSB_TO_B(mp, 1))),
-		    (xfs_calc_buf_res(5, mp->m_sb.sb_sectsize) +
+		    (xfs_calc_buf_res(4, mp->m_sb.sb_sectsize) +
 		     xfs_calc_buf_res(XFS_ALLOCFREE_LOG_COUNT(mp, 2),
 				      XFS_FSB_TO_B(mp, 1))));
 }
@@ -351,6 +378,20 @@
 
 }
 
+STATIC uint
+xfs_calc_create_tmpfile_reservation(
+	struct xfs_mount        *mp)
+{
+	uint	res = XFS_DQUOT_LOGRES(mp);
+
+	if (xfs_sb_version_hascrc(&mp->m_sb))
+		res += xfs_calc_icreate_resv_alloc(mp);
+	else
+		res += xfs_calc_create_resv_alloc(mp);
+
+	return res + xfs_calc_iunlink_add_reservation(mp);
+}
+
 /*
  * Making a new directory is the same as creating a new file.
  */
@@ -391,9 +432,9 @@
 {
 	return XFS_DQUOT_LOGRES(mp) +
 		xfs_calc_inode_res(mp, 1) +
-		xfs_calc_buf_res(2, mp->m_sb.sb_sectsize) +
+		xfs_calc_buf_res(1, mp->m_sb.sb_sectsize) +
 		xfs_calc_buf_res(1, XFS_FSB_TO_B(mp, 1)) +
-		max_t(uint, XFS_FSB_TO_B(mp, 1), mp->m_inode_cluster_size) +
+		xfs_calc_iunlink_remove_reservation(mp) +
 		xfs_calc_buf_res(1, 0) +
 		xfs_calc_buf_res(2 + mp->m_ialloc_blks +
 				 mp->m_in_maxlevels, 0) +
@@ -736,6 +777,11 @@
 	resp->tr_create.tr_logcount = XFS_CREATE_LOG_COUNT;
 	resp->tr_create.tr_logflags |= XFS_TRANS_PERM_LOG_RES;
 
+	resp->tr_create_tmpfile.tr_logres =
+			xfs_calc_create_tmpfile_reservation(mp);
+	resp->tr_create_tmpfile.tr_logcount = XFS_CREATE_TMPFILE_LOG_COUNT;
+	resp->tr_create_tmpfile.tr_logflags |= XFS_TRANS_PERM_LOG_RES;
+
 	resp->tr_mkdir.tr_logres = xfs_calc_mkdir_reservation(mp);
 	resp->tr_mkdir.tr_logcount = XFS_MKDIR_LOG_COUNT;
 	resp->tr_mkdir.tr_logflags |= XFS_TRANS_PERM_LOG_RES;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_resv.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_resv.h
index f76c129..1097d14 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_resv.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_resv.h
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 	struct xfs_trans_res	tr_remove;	/* unlink trans */
 	struct xfs_trans_res	tr_symlink;	/* symlink trans */
 	struct xfs_trans_res	tr_create;	/* create trans */
+	struct xfs_trans_res	tr_create_tmpfile; /* create O_TMPFILE trans */
 	struct xfs_trans_res	tr_mkdir;	/* mkdir trans */
 	struct xfs_trans_res	tr_ifree;	/* inode free trans */
 	struct xfs_trans_res	tr_ichange;	/* inode update trans */
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@
 #define	XFS_ITRUNCATE_LOG_COUNT		2
 #define XFS_INACTIVE_LOG_COUNT		2
 #define	XFS_CREATE_LOG_COUNT		2
+#define	XFS_CREATE_TMPFILE_LOG_COUNT	2
 #define	XFS_MKDIR_LOG_COUNT		3
 #define	XFS_SYMLINK_LOG_COUNT		3
 #define	XFS_REMOVE_LOG_COUNT		2