Merge remote-tracking branch 'remotes/gkurz/tags/cve-2016-9602-for-upstream' into staging

This pull request have all the fixes for CVE-2016-9602, so that it can
be easily picked up by downstreams, as suggested by Michel Tokarev.

# gpg: Signature made Tue 28 Feb 2017 10:21:32 GMT
# gpg:                using DSA key 0x02FC3AEB0101DBC2
# gpg: Good signature from "Greg Kurz <groug@kaod.org>"
# gpg:                 aka "Greg Kurz <groug@free.fr>"
# gpg:                 aka "Greg Kurz <gkurz@linux.vnet.ibm.com>"
# gpg:                 aka "Gregory Kurz (Groug) <groug@free.fr>"
# gpg:                 aka "[jpeg image of size 3330]"
# gpg: WARNING: This key is not certified with a trusted signature!
# gpg:          There is no indication that the signature belongs to the owner.
# Primary key fingerprint: 2BD4 3B44 535E C0A7 9894  DBA2 02FC 3AEB 0101 DBC2

* remotes/gkurz/tags/cve-2016-9602-for-upstream: (28 commits)
  9pfs: local: drop unused code
  9pfs: local: open2: don't follow symlinks
  9pfs: local: mkdir: don't follow symlinks
  9pfs: local: mknod: don't follow symlinks
  9pfs: local: symlink: don't follow symlinks
  9pfs: local: chown: don't follow symlinks
  9pfs: local: chmod: don't follow symlinks
  9pfs: local: link: don't follow symlinks
  9pfs: local: improve error handling in link op
  9pfs: local: rename: use renameat
  9pfs: local: renameat: don't follow symlinks
  9pfs: local: lstat: don't follow symlinks
  9pfs: local: readlink: don't follow symlinks
  9pfs: local: truncate: don't follow symlinks
  9pfs: local: statfs: don't follow symlinks
  9pfs: local: utimensat: don't follow symlinks
  9pfs: local: remove: don't follow symlinks
  9pfs: local: unlinkat: don't follow symlinks
  9pfs: local: lremovexattr: don't follow symlinks
  9pfs: local: lsetxattr: don't follow symlinks
  ...

Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>

9 files changed, 893 insertions, 596 deletions

diff --git a/hw/9pfs/9p-local.c b/hw/9pfs/9p-local.c
index 2369b91..f22a3c3 100644
--- a/hw/9pfs/9p-local.c
+++ b/hw/9pfs/9p-local.c
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "9p.h"
+#include "9p-local.h"
 #include "9p-xattr.h"
+#include "9p-util.h"
 #include "fsdev/qemu-fsdev.h"   /* local_ops */
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
 #include <pwd.h>
@@ -43,40 +45,62 @@
 #define BTRFS_SUPER_MAGIC 0x9123683E
 #endif
 
-#define VIRTFS_META_DIR ".virtfs_metadata"
+typedef struct {
+    int mountfd;
+} LocalData;
 
-static char *local_mapped_attr_path(FsContext *ctx, const char *path)
+int local_open_nofollow(FsContext *fs_ctx, const char *path, int flags,
+                        mode_t mode)
 {
-    int dirlen;
-    const char *name = strrchr(path, '/');
-    if (name) {
-        dirlen = name - path;
-        ++name;
-    } else {
-        name = path;
-        dirlen = 0;
+    LocalData *data = fs_ctx->private;
+
+    /* All paths are relative to the path data->mountfd points to */
+    while (*path == '/') {
+        path++;
     }
-    return g_strdup_printf("%s/%.*s/%s/%s", ctx->fs_root,
-                           dirlen, path, VIRTFS_META_DIR, name);
+
+    return relative_openat_nofollow(data->mountfd, path, flags, mode);
+}
+
+int local_opendir_nofollow(FsContext *fs_ctx, const char *path)
+{
+    return local_open_nofollow(fs_ctx, path, O_DIRECTORY | O_RDONLY, 0);
+}
+
+static void renameat_preserve_errno(int odirfd, const char *opath, int ndirfd,
+                                    const char *npath)
+{
+    int serrno = errno;
+    renameat(odirfd, opath, ndirfd, npath);
+    errno = serrno;
 }
 
-static FILE *local_fopen(const char *path, const char *mode)
+static void unlinkat_preserve_errno(int dirfd, const char *path, int flags)
+{
+    int serrno = errno;
+    unlinkat(dirfd, path, flags);
+    errno = serrno;
+}
+
+#define VIRTFS_META_DIR ".virtfs_metadata"
+
+static FILE *local_fopenat(int dirfd, const char *name, const char *mode)
 {
     int fd, o_mode = 0;
     FILE *fp;
-    int flags = O_NOFOLLOW;
+    int flags;
     /*
      * only supports two modes
      */
     if (mode[0] == 'r') {
-        flags |= O_RDONLY;
+        flags = O_RDONLY;
     } else if (mode[0] == 'w') {
-        flags |= O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC | O_CREAT;
+        flags = O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC | O_CREAT;
         o_mode = S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IWGRP | S_IROTH | S_IWOTH;
     } else {
         return NULL;
     }
-    fd = open(path, flags, o_mode);
+    fd = openat_file(dirfd, name, flags, o_mode);
     if (fd == -1) {
         return NULL;
     }
@@ -88,16 +112,20 @@ static FILE *local_fopen(const char *path, const char *mode)
 }
 
 #define ATTR_MAX 100
-static void local_mapped_file_attr(FsContext *ctx, const char *path,
+static void local_mapped_file_attr(int dirfd, const char *name,
                                    struct stat *stbuf)
 {
     FILE *fp;
     char buf[ATTR_MAX];
-    char *attr_path;
+    int map_dirfd;
 
-    attr_path = local_mapped_attr_path(ctx, path);
-    fp = local_fopen(attr_path, "r");
-    g_free(attr_path);
+    map_dirfd = openat_dir(dirfd, VIRTFS_META_DIR);
+    if (map_dirfd == -1) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    fp = local_fopenat(map_dirfd, name, "r");
+    close_preserve_errno(map_dirfd);
     if (!fp) {
         return;
     }
@@ -119,12 +147,17 @@ static void local_mapped_file_attr(FsContext *ctx, const char *path,
 
 static int local_lstat(FsContext *fs_ctx, V9fsPath *fs_path, struct stat *stbuf)
 {
-    int err;
-    char *buffer;
-    char *path = fs_path->data;
+    int err = -1;
+    char *dirpath = g_path_get_dirname(fs_path->data);
+    char *name = g_path_get_basename(fs_path->data);
+    int dirfd;
+
+    dirfd = local_opendir_nofollow(fs_ctx, dirpath);
+    if (dirfd == -1) {
+        goto out;
+    }
 
-    buffer = rpath(fs_ctx, path);
-    err =  lstat(buffer, stbuf);
+    err = fstatat(dirfd, name, stbuf, AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW);
     if (err) {
         goto err_out;
     }
@@ -134,87 +167,83 @@ static int local_lstat(FsContext *fs_ctx, V9fsPath *fs_path, struct stat *stbuf)
         gid_t tmp_gid;
         mode_t tmp_mode;
         dev_t tmp_dev;
-        if (getxattr(buffer, "user.virtfs.uid", &tmp_uid, sizeof(uid_t)) > 0) {
+
+        if (fgetxattrat_nofollow(dirfd, name, "user.virtfs.uid", &tmp_uid,
+                                 sizeof(uid_t)) > 0) {
             stbuf->st_uid = le32_to_cpu(tmp_uid);
         }
-        if (getxattr(buffer, "user.virtfs.gid", &tmp_gid, sizeof(gid_t)) > 0) {
+        if (fgetxattrat_nofollow(dirfd, name, "user.virtfs.gid", &tmp_gid,
+                                 sizeof(gid_t)) > 0) {
             stbuf->st_gid = le32_to_cpu(tmp_gid);
         }
-        if (getxattr(buffer, "user.virtfs.mode",
-                    &tmp_mode, sizeof(mode_t)) > 0) {
+        if (fgetxattrat_nofollow(dirfd, name, "user.virtfs.mode", &tmp_mode,
+                                 sizeof(mode_t)) > 0) {
             stbuf->st_mode = le32_to_cpu(tmp_mode);
         }
-        if (getxattr(buffer, "user.virtfs.rdev", &tmp_dev, sizeof(dev_t)) > 0) {
+        if (fgetxattrat_nofollow(dirfd, name, "user.virtfs.rdev", &tmp_dev,
+                                 sizeof(dev_t)) > 0) {
             stbuf->st_rdev = le64_to_cpu(tmp_dev);
         }
     } else if (fs_ctx->export_flags & V9FS_SM_MAPPED_FILE) {
-        local_mapped_file_attr(fs_ctx, path, stbuf);
+        local_mapped_file_attr(dirfd, name, stbuf);
     }
 
 err_out:
-    g_free(buffer);
-    return err;
-}
-
-static int local_create_mapped_attr_dir(FsContext *ctx, const char *path)
-{
-    int err;
-    char *attr_dir;
-    char *tmp_path = g_strdup(path);
-
-    attr_dir = g_strdup_printf("%s/%s/%s",
-             ctx->fs_root, dirname(tmp_path), VIRTFS_META_DIR);
-
-    err = mkdir(attr_dir, 0700);
-    if (err < 0 && errno == EEXIST) {
-        err = 0;
-    }
-    g_free(attr_dir);
-    g_free(tmp_path);
+    close_preserve_errno(dirfd);
+out:
+    g_free(name);
+    g_free(dirpath);
     return err;
 }
 
-static int local_set_mapped_file_attr(FsContext *ctx,
-                                      const char *path, FsCred *credp)
+static int local_set_mapped_file_attrat(int dirfd, const char *name,
+                                        FsCred *credp)
 {
     FILE *fp;
-    int ret = 0;
+    int ret;
     char buf[ATTR_MAX];
-    char *attr_path;
     int uid = -1, gid = -1, mode = -1, rdev = -1;
+    int map_dirfd;
+
+    ret = mkdirat(dirfd, VIRTFS_META_DIR, 0700);
+    if (ret < 0 && errno != EEXIST) {
+        return -1;
+    }
 
-    attr_path = local_mapped_attr_path(ctx, path);
-    fp = local_fopen(attr_path, "r");
+    map_dirfd = openat_dir(dirfd, VIRTFS_META_DIR);
+    if (map_dirfd == -1) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    fp = local_fopenat(map_dirfd, name, "r");
     if (!fp) {
-        goto create_map_file;
+        if (errno == ENOENT) {
+            goto update_map_file;
+        } else {
+            close_preserve_errno(map_dirfd);
+            return -1;
+        }
     }
     memset(buf, 0, ATTR_MAX);
     while (fgets(buf, ATTR_MAX, fp)) {
         if (!strncmp(buf, "virtfs.uid", 10)) {
-            uid = atoi(buf+11);
+            uid = atoi(buf + 11);
         } else if (!strncmp(buf, "virtfs.gid", 10)) {
-            gid = atoi(buf+11);
+            gid = atoi(buf + 11);
         } else if (!strncmp(buf, "virtfs.mode", 11)) {
-            mode = atoi(buf+12);
+            mode = atoi(buf + 12);
         } else if (!strncmp(buf, "virtfs.rdev", 11)) {
-            rdev = atoi(buf+12);
+            rdev = atoi(buf + 12);
         }
         memset(buf, 0, ATTR_MAX);
     }
     fclose(fp);
-    goto update_map_file;
-
-create_map_file:
-    ret = local_create_mapped_attr_dir(ctx, path);
-    if (ret < 0) {
-        goto err_out;
-    }
 
 update_map_file:
-    fp = local_fopen(attr_path, "w");
+    fp = local_fopenat(map_dirfd, name, "w");
+    close_preserve_errno(map_dirfd);
     if (!fp) {
-        ret = -1;
-        goto err_out;
+        return -1;
     }
 
     if (credp->fc_uid != -1) {
@@ -230,7 +259,6 @@ update_map_file:
         rdev = credp->fc_rdev;
     }
 
-
     if (uid != -1) {
         fprintf(fp, "virtfs.uid=%d\n", uid);
     }
@@ -245,39 +273,71 @@ update_map_file:
     }
     fclose(fp);
 
-err_out:
-    g_free(attr_path);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static int fchmodat_nofollow(int dirfd, const char *name, mode_t mode)
+{
+    int fd, ret;
+
+    /* FIXME: this should be handled with fchmodat(AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW).
+     * Unfortunately, the linux kernel doesn't implement it yet. As an
+     * alternative, let's open the file and use fchmod() instead. This
+     * may fail depending on the permissions of the file, but it is the
+     * best we can do to avoid TOCTTOU. We first try to open read-only
+     * in case name points to a directory. If that fails, we try write-only
+     * in case name doesn't point to a directory.
+     */
+    fd = openat_file(dirfd, name, O_RDONLY, 0);
+    if (fd == -1) {
+        /* In case the file is writable-only and isn't a directory. */
+        if (errno == EACCES) {
+            fd = openat_file(dirfd, name, O_WRONLY, 0);
+        }
+        if (fd == -1 && errno == EISDIR) {
+            errno = EACCES;
+        }
+    }
+    if (fd == -1) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+    ret = fchmod(fd, mode);
+    close_preserve_errno(fd);
     return ret;
 }
 
-static int local_set_xattr(const char *path, FsCred *credp)
+static int local_set_xattrat(int dirfd, const char *path, FsCred *credp)
 {
     int err;
 
     if (credp->fc_uid != -1) {
         uint32_t tmp_uid = cpu_to_le32(credp->fc_uid);
-        err = setxattr(path, "user.virtfs.uid", &tmp_uid, sizeof(uid_t), 0);
+        err = fsetxattrat_nofollow(dirfd, path, "user.virtfs.uid", &tmp_uid,
+                                   sizeof(uid_t), 0);
         if (err) {
             return err;
         }
     }
     if (credp->fc_gid != -1) {
         uint32_t tmp_gid = cpu_to_le32(credp->fc_gid);
-        err = setxattr(path, "user.virtfs.gid", &tmp_gid, sizeof(gid_t), 0);
+        err = fsetxattrat_nofollow(dirfd, path, "user.virtfs.gid", &tmp_gid,
+                                   sizeof(gid_t), 0);
         if (err) {
             return err;
         }
     }
     if (credp->fc_mode != -1) {
         uint32_t tmp_mode = cpu_to_le32(credp->fc_mode);
-        err = setxattr(path, "user.virtfs.mode", &tmp_mode, sizeof(mode_t), 0);
+        err = fsetxattrat_nofollow(dirfd, path, "user.virtfs.mode", &tmp_mode,
+                                   sizeof(mode_t), 0);
         if (err) {
             return err;
         }
     }
     if (credp->fc_rdev != -1) {
         uint64_t tmp_rdev = cpu_to_le64(credp->fc_rdev);
-        err = setxattr(path, "user.virtfs.rdev", &tmp_rdev, sizeof(dev_t), 0);
+        err = fsetxattrat_nofollow(dirfd, path, "user.virtfs.rdev", &tmp_rdev,
+                                   sizeof(dev_t), 0);
         if (err) {
             return err;
         }
@@ -285,58 +345,56 @@ static int local_set_xattr(const char *path, FsCred *credp)
     return 0;
 }
 
-static int local_post_create_passthrough(FsContext *fs_ctx, const char *path,
-                                         FsCred *credp)
+static int local_set_cred_passthrough(FsContext *fs_ctx, int dirfd,
+                                      const char *name, FsCred *credp)
 {
-    char *buffer;
-
-    buffer = rpath(fs_ctx, path);
-    if (lchown(buffer, credp->fc_uid, credp->fc_gid) < 0) {
+    if (fchownat(dirfd, name, credp->fc_uid, credp->fc_gid,
+                 AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW | AT_EMPTY_PATH) < 0) {
         /*
          * If we fail to change ownership and if we are
          * using security model none. Ignore the error
          */
         if ((fs_ctx->export_flags & V9FS_SEC_MASK) != V9FS_SM_NONE) {
-            goto err;
+            return -1;
         }
     }
 
-    if (chmod(buffer, credp->fc_mode & 07777) < 0) {
-        goto err;
-    }
-
-    g_free(buffer);
-    return 0;
-err:
-    g_free(buffer);
-    return -1;
+    return fchmodat_nofollow(dirfd, name, credp->fc_mode & 07777);
 }
 
 static ssize_t local_readlink(FsContext *fs_ctx, V9fsPath *fs_path,
                               char *buf, size_t bufsz)
 {
     ssize_t tsize = -1;
-    char *buffer;
-    char *path = fs_path->data;
 
     if ((fs_ctx->export_flags & V9FS_SM_MAPPED) ||
         (fs_ctx->export_flags & V9FS_SM_MAPPED_FILE)) {
         int fd;
-        buffer = rpath(fs_ctx, path);
-        fd = open(buffer, O_RDONLY | O_NOFOLLOW);
-        g_free(buffer);
+
+        fd = local_open_nofollow(fs_ctx, fs_path->data, O_RDONLY, 0);
         if (fd == -1) {
             return -1;
         }
         do {
             tsize = read(fd, (void *)buf, bufsz);
         } while (tsize == -1 && errno == EINTR);
-        close(fd);
+        close_preserve_errno(fd);
     } else if ((fs_ctx->export_flags & V9FS_SM_PASSTHROUGH) ||
                (fs_ctx->export_flags & V9FS_SM_NONE)) {
-        buffer = rpath(fs_ctx, path);
-        tsize = readlink(buffer, buf, bufsz);
-        g_free(buffer);
+        char *dirpath = g_path_get_dirname(fs_path->data);
+        char *name = g_path_get_basename(fs_path->data);
+        int dirfd;
+
+        dirfd = local_opendir_nofollow(fs_ctx, dirpath);
+        if (dirfd == -1) {
+            goto out;
+        }
+
+        tsize = readlinkat(dirfd, name, buf, bufsz);
+        close_preserve_errno(dirfd);
+    out:
+        g_free(name);
+        g_free(dirpath);
     }
     return tsize;
 }
@@ -354,27 +412,32 @@ static int local_closedir(FsContext *ctx, V9fsFidOpenState *fs)
 static int local_open(FsContext *ctx, V9fsPath *fs_path,
                       int flags, V9fsFidOpenState *fs)
 {
-    char *buffer;
-    char *path = fs_path->data;
+    int fd;
 
-    buffer = rpath(ctx, path);
-    fs->fd = open(buffer, flags | O_NOFOLLOW);
-    g_free(buffer);
+    fd = local_open_nofollow(ctx, fs_path->data, flags, 0);
+    if (fd == -1) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+    fs->fd = fd;
     return fs->fd;
 }
 
 static int local_opendir(FsContext *ctx,
                          V9fsPath *fs_path, V9fsFidOpenState *fs)
 {
-    char *buffer;
-    char *path = fs_path->data;
+    int dirfd;
+    DIR *stream;
+
+    dirfd = local_opendir_nofollow(ctx, fs_path->data);
+    if (dirfd == -1) {
+        return -1;
+    }
 
-    buffer = rpath(ctx, path);
-    fs->dir.stream = opendir(buffer);
-    g_free(buffer);
-    if (!fs->dir.stream) {
+    stream = fdopendir(dirfd);
+    if (!stream) {
         return -1;
     }
+    fs->dir.stream = stream;
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -463,145 +526,122 @@ static ssize_t local_pwritev(FsContext *ctx, V9fsFidOpenState *fs,
 
 static int local_chmod(FsContext *fs_ctx, V9fsPath *fs_path, FsCred *credp)
 {
-    char *buffer;
+    char *dirpath = g_path_get_dirname(fs_path->data);
+    char *name = g_path_get_basename(fs_path->data);
     int ret = -1;
-    char *path = fs_path->data;
+    int dirfd;
+
+    dirfd = local_opendir_nofollow(fs_ctx, dirpath);
+    if (dirfd == -1) {
+        goto out;
+    }
 
     if (fs_ctx->export_flags & V9FS_SM_MAPPED) {
-        buffer = rpath(fs_ctx, path);
-        ret = local_set_xattr(buffer, credp);
-        g_free(buffer);
+        ret = local_set_xattrat(dirfd, name, credp);
     } else if (fs_ctx->export_flags & V9FS_SM_MAPPED_FILE) {
-        return local_set_mapped_file_attr(fs_ctx, path, credp);
-    } else if ((fs_ctx->export_flags & V9FS_SM_PASSTHROUGH) ||
-               (fs_ctx->export_flags & V9FS_SM_NONE)) {
-        buffer = rpath(fs_ctx, path);
-        ret = chmod(buffer, credp->fc_mode);
-        g_free(buffer);
+        ret = local_set_mapped_file_attrat(dirfd, name, credp);
+    } else if (fs_ctx->export_flags & V9FS_SM_PASSTHROUGH ||
+               fs_ctx->export_flags & V9FS_SM_NONE) {
+        ret = fchmodat_nofollow(dirfd, name, credp->fc_mode);
     }
+    close_preserve_errno(dirfd);
+
+out:
+    g_free(dirpath);
+    g_free(name);
     return ret;
 }
 
 static int local_mknod(FsContext *fs_ctx, V9fsPath *dir_path,
                        const char *name, FsCred *credp)
 {
-    char *path;
     int err = -1;
-    int serrno = 0;
-    V9fsString fullname;
-    char *buffer = NULL;
+    int dirfd;
 
-    v9fs_string_init(&fullname);
-    v9fs_string_sprintf(&fullname, "%s/%s", dir_path->data, name);
-    path = fullname.data;
+    dirfd = local_opendir_nofollow(fs_ctx, dir_path->data);
+    if (dirfd == -1) {
+        return -1;
+    }
 
-    /* Determine the security model */
-    if (fs_ctx->export_flags & V9FS_SM_MAPPED) {
-        buffer = rpath(fs_ctx, path);
-        err = mknod(buffer, SM_LOCAL_MODE_BITS|S_IFREG, 0);
+    if (fs_ctx->export_flags & V9FS_SM_MAPPED ||
+        fs_ctx->export_flags & V9FS_SM_MAPPED_FILE) {
+        err = mknodat(dirfd, name, SM_LOCAL_MODE_BITS | S_IFREG, 0);
         if (err == -1) {
             goto out;
         }
-        err = local_set_xattr(buffer, credp);
-        if (err == -1) {
-            serrno = errno;
-            goto err_end;
-        }
-    } else if (fs_ctx->export_flags & V9FS_SM_MAPPED_FILE) {
 
-        buffer = rpath(fs_ctx, path);
-        err = mknod(buffer, SM_LOCAL_MODE_BITS|S_IFREG, 0);
-        if (err == -1) {
-            goto out;
+        if (fs_ctx->export_flags & V9FS_SM_MAPPED) {
+            err = local_set_xattrat(dirfd, name, credp);
+        } else {
+            err = local_set_mapped_file_attrat(dirfd, name, credp);
         }
-        err = local_set_mapped_file_attr(fs_ctx, path, credp);
         if (err == -1) {
-            serrno = errno;
             goto err_end;
         }
-    } else if ((fs_ctx->export_flags & V9FS_SM_PASSTHROUGH) ||
-               (fs_ctx->export_flags & V9FS_SM_NONE)) {
-        buffer = rpath(fs_ctx, path);
-        err = mknod(buffer, credp->fc_mode, credp->fc_rdev);
+    } else if (fs_ctx->export_flags & V9FS_SM_PASSTHROUGH ||
+               fs_ctx->export_flags & V9FS_SM_NONE) {
+        err = mknodat(dirfd, name, credp->fc_mode, credp->fc_rdev);
         if (err == -1) {
             goto out;
         }
-        err = local_post_create_passthrough(fs_ctx, path, credp);
+        err = local_set_cred_passthrough(fs_ctx, dirfd, name, credp);
         if (err == -1) {
-            serrno = errno;
             goto err_end;
         }
     }
     goto out;
 
 err_end:
-    remove(buffer);
-    errno = serrno;
+    unlinkat_preserve_errno(dirfd, name, 0);
 out:
-    g_free(buffer);
-    v9fs_string_free(&fullname);
+    close_preserve_errno(dirfd);
     return err;
 }
 
 static int local_mkdir(FsContext *fs_ctx, V9fsPath *dir_path,
                        const char *name, FsCred *credp)
 {
-    char *path;
     int err = -1;
-    int serrno = 0;
-    V9fsString fullname;
-    char *buffer = NULL;
+    int dirfd;
 
-    v9fs_string_init(&fullname);
-    v9fs_string_sprintf(&fullname, "%s/%s", dir_path->data, name);
-    path = fullname.data;
+    dirfd = local_opendir_nofollow(fs_ctx, dir_path->data);
+    if (dirfd == -1) {
+        return -1;
+    }
 
-    /* Determine the security model */
-    if (fs_ctx->export_flags & V9FS_SM_MAPPED) {
-        buffer = rpath(fs_ctx, path);
-        err = mkdir(buffer, SM_LOCAL_DIR_MODE_BITS);
+    if (fs_ctx->export_flags & V9FS_SM_MAPPED ||
+        fs_ctx->export_flags & V9FS_SM_MAPPED_FILE) {
+        err = mkdirat(dirfd, name, SM_LOCAL_DIR_MODE_BITS);
         if (err == -1) {
             goto out;
         }
-        credp->fc_mode = credp->fc_mode|S_IFDIR;
-        err = local_set_xattr(buffer, credp);
-        if (err == -1) {
-            serrno = errno;
-            goto err_end;
-        }
-    } else if (fs_ctx->export_flags & V9FS_SM_MAPPED_FILE) {
-        buffer = rpath(fs_ctx, path);
-        err = mkdir(buffer, SM_LOCAL_DIR_MODE_BITS);
-        if (err == -1) {
-            goto out;
+        credp->fc_mode = credp->fc_mode | S_IFDIR;
+
+        if (fs_ctx->export_flags & V9FS_SM_MAPPED) {
+            err = local_set_xattrat(dirfd, name, credp);
+        } else {
+            err = local_set_mapped_file_attrat(dirfd, name, credp);
         }
-        credp->fc_mode = credp->fc_mode|S_IFDIR;
-        err = local_set_mapped_file_attr(fs_ctx, path, credp);
         if (err == -1) {
-            serrno = errno;
             goto err_end;
         }
-    } else if ((fs_ctx->export_flags & V9FS_SM_PASSTHROUGH) ||
-               (fs_ctx->export_flags & V9FS_SM_NONE)) {
-        buffer = rpath(fs_ctx, path);
-        err = mkdir(buffer, credp->fc_mode);
+    } else if (fs_ctx->export_flags & V9FS_SM_PASSTHROUGH ||
+               fs_ctx->export_flags & V9FS_SM_NONE) {
+        err = mkdirat(dirfd, name, credp->fc_mode);
         if (err == -1) {
             goto out;
         }
-        err = local_post_create_passthrough(fs_ctx, path, credp);
+        err = local_set_cred_passthrough(fs_ctx, dirfd, name, credp);
         if (err == -1) {
-            serrno = errno;
             goto err_end;
         }
     }
     goto out;
 
 err_end:
-    remove(buffer);
-    errno = serrno;
+    unlinkat_preserve_errno(dirfd, name, AT_REMOVEDIR);
 out:
-    g_free(buffer);
-    v9fs_string_free(&fullname);
+    close_preserve_errno(dirfd);
     return err;
 }
 
@@ -649,62 +689,45 @@ static int local_fstat(FsContext *fs_ctx, int fid_type,
 static int local_open2(FsContext *fs_ctx, V9fsPath *dir_path, const char *name,
                        int flags, FsCred *credp, V9fsFidOpenState *fs)
 {
-    char *path;
     int fd = -1;
     int err = -1;
-    int serrno = 0;
-    V9fsString fullname;
-    char *buffer = NULL;
+    int dirfd;
 
     /*
      * Mark all the open to not follow symlinks
      */
     flags |= O_NOFOLLOW;
 
-    v9fs_string_init(&fullname);
-    v9fs_string_sprintf(&fullname, "%s/%s", dir_path->data, name);
-    path = fullname.data;
+    dirfd = local_opendir_nofollow(fs_ctx, dir_path->data);
+    if (dirfd == -1) {
+        return -1;
+    }
 
     /* Determine the security model */
-    if (fs_ctx->export_flags & V9FS_SM_MAPPED) {
-        buffer = rpath(fs_ctx, path);
-        fd = open(buffer, flags, SM_LOCAL_MODE_BITS);
+    if (fs_ctx->export_flags & V9FS_SM_MAPPED ||
+        fs_ctx->export_flags & V9FS_SM_MAPPED_FILE) {
+        fd = openat_file(dirfd, name, flags, SM_LOCAL_MODE_BITS);
         if (fd == -1) {
-            err = fd;
             goto out;
         }
         credp->fc_mode = credp->fc_mode|S_IFREG;
-        /* Set cleint credentials in xattr */
-        err = local_set_xattr(buffer, credp);
-        if (err == -1) {
-            serrno = errno;
-            goto err_end;
-        }
-    } else if (fs_ctx->export_flags & V9FS_SM_MAPPED_FILE) {
-        buffer = rpath(fs_ctx, path);
-        fd = open(buffer, flags, SM_LOCAL_MODE_BITS);
-        if (fd == -1) {
-            err = fd;
-            goto out;
+        if (fs_ctx->export_flags & V9FS_SM_MAPPED) {
+            /* Set cleint credentials in xattr */
+            err = local_set_xattrat(dirfd, name, credp);
+        } else {
+            err = local_set_mapped_file_attrat(dirfd, name, credp);
         }
-        credp->fc_mode = credp->fc_mode|S_IFREG;
-        /* Set client credentials in .virtfs_metadata directory files */
-        err = local_set_mapped_file_attr(fs_ctx, path, credp);
         if (err == -1) {
-            serrno = errno;
             goto err_end;
         }
     } else if ((fs_ctx->export_flags & V9FS_SM_PASSTHROUGH) ||
                (fs_ctx->export_flags & V9FS_SM_NONE)) {
-        buffer = rpath(fs_ctx, path);
-        fd = open(buffer, flags, credp->fc_mode);
+        fd = openat_file(dirfd, name, flags, credp->fc_mode);
         if (fd == -1) {
-            err = fd;
             goto out;
         }
-        err = local_post_create_passthrough(fs_ctx, path, credp);
+        err = local_set_cred_passthrough(fs_ctx, dirfd, name, credp);
         if (err == -1) {
-            serrno = errno;
             goto err_end;
         }
     }
@@ -713,12 +736,11 @@ static int local_open2(FsContext *fs_ctx, V9fsPath *dir_path, const char *name,
     goto out;
 
 err_end:
-    close(fd);
-    remove(buffer);
-    errno = serrno;
+    unlinkat_preserve_errno(dirfd, name,
+                            flags & O_DIRECTORY ? AT_REMOVEDIR : 0);
+    close_preserve_errno(fd);
 out:
-    g_free(buffer);
-    v9fs_string_free(&fullname);
+    close_preserve_errno(dirfd);
     return err;
 }
 
@@ -727,23 +749,22 @@ static int local_symlink(FsContext *fs_ctx, const char *oldpath,
                          V9fsPath *dir_path, const char *name, FsCred *credp)
 {
     int err = -1;
-    int serrno = 0;
-    char *newpath;
-    V9fsString fullname;
-    char *buffer = NULL;
+    int dirfd;
 
-    v9fs_string_init(&fullname);
-    v9fs_string_sprintf(&fullname, "%s/%s", dir_path->data, name);
-    newpath = fullname.data;
+    dirfd = local_opendir_nofollow(fs_ctx, dir_path->data);
+    if (dirfd == -1) {
+        return -1;
+    }
 
     /* Determine the security model */
-    if (fs_ctx->export_flags & V9FS_SM_MAPPED) {
+    if (fs_ctx->export_flags & V9FS_SM_MAPPED ||
+        fs_ctx->export_flags & V9FS_SM_MAPPED_FILE) {
         int fd;
         ssize_t oldpath_size, write_size;
-        buffer = rpath(fs_ctx, newpath);
-        fd = open(buffer, O_CREAT|O_EXCL|O_RDWR|O_NOFOLLOW, SM_LOCAL_MODE_BITS);
+
+        fd = openat_file(dirfd, name, O_CREAT | O_EXCL | O_RDWR,
+                         SM_LOCAL_MODE_BITS);
         if (fd == -1) {
-            err = fd;
             goto out;
         }
         /* Write the oldpath (target) to the file. */
@@ -751,218 +772,204 @@ static int local_symlink(FsContext *fs_ctx, const char *oldpath,
         do {
             write_size = write(fd, (void *)oldpath, oldpath_size);
         } while (write_size == -1 && errno == EINTR);
+        close_preserve_errno(fd);
 
         if (write_size != oldpath_size) {
-            serrno = errno;
-            close(fd);
-            err = -1;
             goto err_end;
         }
-        close(fd);
         /* Set cleint credentials in symlink's xattr */
-        credp->fc_mode = credp->fc_mode|S_IFLNK;
-        err = local_set_xattr(buffer, credp);
-        if (err == -1) {
-            serrno = errno;
-            goto err_end;
-        }
-    } else if (fs_ctx->export_flags & V9FS_SM_MAPPED_FILE) {
-        int fd;
-        ssize_t oldpath_size, write_size;
-        buffer = rpath(fs_ctx, newpath);
-        fd = open(buffer, O_CREAT|O_EXCL|O_RDWR|O_NOFOLLOW, SM_LOCAL_MODE_BITS);
-        if (fd == -1) {
-            err = fd;
-            goto out;
-        }
-        /* Write the oldpath (target) to the file. */
-        oldpath_size = strlen(oldpath);
-        do {
-            write_size = write(fd, (void *)oldpath, oldpath_size);
-        } while (write_size == -1 && errno == EINTR);
+        credp->fc_mode = credp->fc_mode | S_IFLNK;
 
-        if (write_size != oldpath_size) {
-            serrno = errno;
-            close(fd);
-            err = -1;
-            goto err_end;
+        if (fs_ctx->export_flags & V9FS_SM_MAPPED) {
+            err = local_set_xattrat(dirfd, name, credp);
+        } else {
+            err = local_set_mapped_file_attrat(dirfd, name, credp);
         }
-        close(fd);
-        /* Set cleint credentials in symlink's xattr */
-        credp->fc_mode = credp->fc_mode|S_IFLNK;
-        err = local_set_mapped_file_attr(fs_ctx, newpath, credp);
         if (err == -1) {
-            serrno = errno;
             goto err_end;
         }
-    } else if ((fs_ctx->export_flags & V9FS_SM_PASSTHROUGH) ||
-               (fs_ctx->export_flags & V9FS_SM_NONE)) {
-        buffer = rpath(fs_ctx, newpath);
-        err = symlink(oldpath, buffer);
+    } else if (fs_ctx->export_flags & V9FS_SM_PASSTHROUGH ||
+               fs_ctx->export_flags & V9FS_SM_NONE) {
+        err = symlinkat(oldpath, dirfd, name);
         if (err) {
             goto out;
         }
-        err = lchown(buffer, credp->fc_uid, credp->fc_gid);
+        err = fchownat(dirfd, name, credp->fc_uid, credp->fc_gid,
+                       AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW);
         if (err == -1) {
             /*
              * If we fail to change ownership and if we are
              * using security model none. Ignore the error
              */
             if ((fs_ctx->export_flags & V9FS_SEC_MASK) != V9FS_SM_NONE) {
-                serrno = errno;
                 goto err_end;
-            } else
+            } else {
                 err = 0;
+            }
         }
     }
     goto out;
 
 err_end:
-    remove(buffer);
-    errno = serrno;
+    unlinkat_preserve_errno(dirfd, name, 0);
 out:
-    g_free(buffer);
-    v9fs_string_free(&fullname);
+    close_preserve_errno(dirfd);
     return err;
 }
 
 static int local_link(FsContext *ctx, V9fsPath *oldpath,
                       V9fsPath *dirpath, const char *name)
 {
-    int ret;
-    V9fsString newpath;
-    char *buffer, *buffer1;
+    char *odirpath = g_path_get_dirname(oldpath->data);
+    char *oname = g_path_get_basename(oldpath->data);
+    int ret = -1;
+    int odirfd, ndirfd;
+
+    odirfd = local_opendir_nofollow(ctx, odirpath);
+    if (odirfd == -1) {
+        goto out;
+    }
 
-    v9fs_string_init(&newpath);
-    v9fs_string_sprintf(&newpath, "%s/%s", dirpath->data, name);
+    ndirfd = local_opendir_nofollow(ctx, dirpath->data);
+    if (ndirfd == -1) {
+        close_preserve_errno(odirfd);
+        goto out;
+    }
 
-    buffer = rpath(ctx, oldpath->data);
-    buffer1 = rpath(ctx, newpath.data);
-    ret = link(buffer, buffer1);
-    g_free(buffer);
-    g_free(buffer1);
+    ret = linkat(odirfd, oname, ndirfd, name, 0);
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        goto out_close;
+    }
 
     /* now link the virtfs_metadata files */
-    if (!ret && (ctx->export_flags & V9FS_SM_MAPPED_FILE)) {
-        /* Link the .virtfs_metadata files. Create the metada directory */
-        ret = local_create_mapped_attr_dir(ctx, newpath.data);
-        if (ret < 0) {
-            goto err_out;
+    if (ctx->export_flags & V9FS_SM_MAPPED_FILE) {
+        int omap_dirfd, nmap_dirfd;
+
+        ret = mkdirat(ndirfd, VIRTFS_META_DIR, 0700);
+        if (ret < 0 && errno != EEXIST) {
+            goto err_undo_link;
         }
-        buffer = local_mapped_attr_path(ctx, oldpath->data);
-        buffer1 = local_mapped_attr_path(ctx, newpath.data);
-        ret = link(buffer, buffer1);
-        g_free(buffer);
-        g_free(buffer1);
+
+        omap_dirfd = openat_dir(odirfd, VIRTFS_META_DIR);
+        if (omap_dirfd == -1) {
+            goto err;
+        }
+
+        nmap_dirfd = openat_dir(ndirfd, VIRTFS_META_DIR);
+        if (nmap_dirfd == -1) {
+            close_preserve_errno(omap_dirfd);
+            goto err;
+        }
+
+        ret = linkat(omap_dirfd, oname, nmap_dirfd, name, 0);
+        close_preserve_errno(nmap_dirfd);
+        close_preserve_errno(omap_dirfd);
         if (ret < 0 && errno != ENOENT) {
-            goto err_out;
+            goto err_undo_link;
         }
-    }
-err_out:
-    v9fs_string_free(&newpath);
-    return ret;
-}
 
-static int local_truncate(FsContext *ctx, V9fsPath *fs_path, off_t size)
-{
-    char *buffer;
-    int ret;
-    char *path = fs_path->data;
+        ret = 0;
+    }
+    goto out_close;
 
-    buffer = rpath(ctx, path);
-    ret = truncate(buffer, size);
-    g_free(buffer);
+err:
+    ret = -1;
+err_undo_link:
+    unlinkat_preserve_errno(ndirfd, name, 0);
+out_close:
+    close_preserve_errno(ndirfd);
+    close_preserve_errno(odirfd);
+out:
+    g_free(oname);
+    g_free(odirpath);
     return ret;
 }
 
-static int local_rename(FsContext *ctx, const char *oldpath,
-                        const char *newpath)
+static int local_truncate(FsContext *ctx, V9fsPath *fs_path, off_t size)
 {
-    int err;
-    char *buffer, *buffer1;
+    int fd, ret;
 
-    if (ctx->export_flags & V9FS_SM_MAPPED_FILE) {
-        err = local_create_mapped_attr_dir(ctx, newpath);
-        if (err < 0) {
-            return err;
-        }
-        /* rename the .virtfs_metadata files */
-        buffer = local_mapped_attr_path(ctx, oldpath);
-        buffer1 = local_mapped_attr_path(ctx, newpath);
-        err = rename(buffer, buffer1);
-        g_free(buffer);
-        g_free(buffer1);
-        if (err < 0 && errno != ENOENT) {
-            return err;
-        }
+    fd = local_open_nofollow(ctx, fs_path->data, O_WRONLY, 0);
+    if (fd == -1) {
+        return -1;
     }
-
-    buffer = rpath(ctx, oldpath);
-    buffer1 = rpath(ctx, newpath);
-    err = rename(buffer, buffer1);
-    g_free(buffer);
-    g_free(buffer1);
-    return err;
+    ret = ftruncate(fd, size);
+    close_preserve_errno(fd);
+    return ret;
 }
 
 static int local_chown(FsContext *fs_ctx, V9fsPath *fs_path, FsCred *credp)
 {
-    char *buffer;
+    char *dirpath = g_path_get_dirname(fs_path->data);
+    char *name = g_path_get_basename(fs_path->data);
     int ret = -1;
-    char *path = fs_path->data;
+    int dirfd;
+
+    dirfd = local_opendir_nofollow(fs_ctx, dirpath);
+    if (dirfd == -1) {
+        goto out;
+    }
 
     if ((credp->fc_uid == -1 && credp->fc_gid == -1) ||
         (fs_ctx->export_flags & V9FS_SM_PASSTHROUGH) ||
         (fs_ctx->export_flags & V9FS_SM_NONE)) {
-        buffer = rpath(fs_ctx, path);
-        ret = lchown(buffer, credp->fc_uid, credp->fc_gid);
-        g_free(buffer);
+        ret = fchownat(dirfd, name, credp->fc_uid, credp->fc_gid,
+                       AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW);
     } else if (fs_ctx->export_flags & V9FS_SM_MAPPED) {
-        buffer = rpath(fs_ctx, path);
-        ret = local_set_xattr(buffer, credp);
-        g_free(buffer);
+        ret = local_set_xattrat(dirfd, name, credp);
     } else if (fs_ctx->export_flags & V9FS_SM_MAPPED_FILE) {
-        return local_set_mapped_file_attr(fs_ctx, path, credp);
+        ret = local_set_mapped_file_attrat(dirfd, name, credp);
     }
+
+    close_preserve_errno(dirfd);
+out:
+    g_free(name);
+    g_free(dirpath);
     return ret;
 }
 
 static int local_utimensat(FsContext *s, V9fsPath *fs_path,
                            const struct timespec *buf)
 {
-    char *buffer;
-    int ret;
-    char *path = fs_path->data;
+    char *dirpath = g_path_get_dirname(fs_path->data);
+    char *name = g_path_get_basename(fs_path->data);
+    int dirfd, ret = -1;
+
+    dirfd = local_opendir_nofollow(s, dirpath);
+    if (dirfd == -1) {
+        goto out;
+    }
 
-    buffer = rpath(s, path);
-    ret = qemu_utimens(buffer, buf);
-    g_free(buffer);
+    ret = utimensat(dirfd, name, buf, AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW);
+    close_preserve_errno(dirfd);
+out:
+    g_free(dirpath);
+    g_free(name);
     return ret;
 }
 
-static int local_remove(FsContext *ctx, const char *path)
+static int local_unlinkat_common(FsContext *ctx, int dirfd, const char *name,
+                                 int flags)
 {
-    int err;
-    struct stat stbuf;
-    char *buffer;
+    int ret = -1;
 
     if (ctx->export_flags & V9FS_SM_MAPPED_FILE) {
-        buffer = rpath(ctx, path);
-        err =  lstat(buffer, &stbuf);
-        g_free(buffer);
-        if (err) {
-            goto err_out;
-        }
-        /*
-         * If directory remove .virtfs_metadata contained in the
-         * directory
-         */
-        if (S_ISDIR(stbuf.st_mode)) {
-            buffer = g_strdup_printf("%s/%s/%s", ctx->fs_root,
-                                     path, VIRTFS_META_DIR);
-            err = remove(buffer);
-            g_free(buffer);
-            if (err < 0 && errno != ENOENT) {
+        int map_dirfd;
+
+        if (flags == AT_REMOVEDIR) {
+            int fd;
+
+            fd = openat(dirfd, name, O_RDONLY | O_DIRECTORY | O_PATH);
+            if (fd == -1) {
+                goto err_out;
+            }
+            /*
+             * If directory remove .virtfs_metadata contained in the
+             * directory
+             */
+            ret = unlinkat(fd, VIRTFS_META_DIR, AT_REMOVEDIR);
+            close_preserve_errno(fd);
+            if (ret < 0 && errno != ENOENT) {
                 /*
                  * We didn't had the .virtfs_metadata file. May be file created
                  * in non-mapped mode ?. Ignore ENOENT.
@@ -972,12 +979,12 @@ static int local_remove(FsContext *ctx, const char *path)
         }
         /*
          * Now remove the name from parent directory
-         * .virtfs_metadata directory
+         * .virtfs_metadata directory.
          */
-        buffer = local_mapped_attr_path(ctx, path);
-        err = remove(buffer);
-        g_free(buffer);
-        if (err < 0 && errno != ENOENT) {
+        map_dirfd = openat_dir(dirfd, VIRTFS_META_DIR);
+        ret = unlinkat(map_dirfd, name, 0);
+        close_preserve_errno(map_dirfd);
+        if (ret < 0 && errno != ENOENT) {
             /*
              * We didn't had the .virtfs_metadata file. May be file created
              * in non-mapped mode ?. Ignore ENOENT.
@@ -986,10 +993,39 @@ static int local_remove(FsContext *ctx, const char *path)
         }
     }
 
-    buffer = rpath(ctx, path);
-    err = remove(buffer);
-    g_free(buffer);
+    ret = unlinkat(dirfd, name, flags);
+err_out:
+    return ret;
+}
+
+static int local_remove(FsContext *ctx, const char *path)
+{
+    struct stat stbuf;
+    char *dirpath = g_path_get_dirname(path);
+    char *name = g_path_get_basename(path);
+    int flags = 0;
+    int dirfd;
+    int err = -1;
+
+    dirfd = local_opendir_nofollow(ctx, dirpath);
+    if (dirfd) {
+        goto out;
+    }
+
+    if (fstatat(dirfd, path, &stbuf, AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW) < 0) {
+        goto err_out;
+    }
+
+    if (S_ISDIR(stbuf.st_mode)) {
+        flags |= AT_REMOVEDIR;
+    }
+
+    err = local_unlinkat_common(ctx, dirfd, name, flags);
 err_out:
+    close_preserve_errno(dirfd);
+out:
+    g_free(name);
+    g_free(dirpath);
     return err;
 }
 
@@ -1013,13 +1049,11 @@ static int local_fsync(FsContext *ctx, int fid_type,
 
 static int local_statfs(FsContext *s, V9fsPath *fs_path, struct statfs *stbuf)
 {
-    char *buffer;
-    int ret;
-    char *path = fs_path->data;
+    int fd, ret;
 
-    buffer = rpath(s, path);
-    ret = statfs(buffer, stbuf);
-    g_free(buffer);
+    fd = local_open_nofollow(s, fs_path->data, O_RDONLY, 0);
+    ret = fstatfs(fd, stbuf);
+    close_preserve_errno(fd);
     return ret;
 }
 
@@ -1071,70 +1105,105 @@ static int local_renameat(FsContext *ctx, V9fsPath *olddir,
                           const char *new_name)
 {
     int ret;
-    V9fsString old_full_name, new_full_name;
+    int odirfd, ndirfd;
 
-    v9fs_string_init(&old_full_name);
-    v9fs_string_init(&new_full_name);
+    odirfd = local_opendir_nofollow(ctx, olddir->data);
+    if (odirfd == -1) {
+        return -1;
+    }
 
-    v9fs_string_sprintf(&old_full_name, "%s/%s", olddir->data, old_name);
-    v9fs_string_sprintf(&new_full_name, "%s/%s", newdir->data, new_name);
+    ndirfd = local_opendir_nofollow(ctx, newdir->data);
+    if (ndirfd == -1) {
+        close_preserve_errno(odirfd);
+        return -1;
+    }
 
-    ret = local_rename(ctx, old_full_name.data, new_full_name.data);
-    v9fs_string_free(&old_full_name);
-    v9fs_string_free(&new_full_name);
+    ret = renameat(odirfd, old_name, ndirfd, new_name);
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        goto out;
+    }
+
+    if (ctx->export_flags & V9FS_SM_MAPPED_FILE) {
+        int omap_dirfd, nmap_dirfd;
+
+        ret = mkdirat(ndirfd, VIRTFS_META_DIR, 0700);
+        if (ret < 0 && errno != EEXIST) {
+            goto err_undo_rename;
+        }
+
+        omap_dirfd = openat_dir(odirfd, VIRTFS_META_DIR);
+        if (omap_dirfd == -1) {
+            goto err;
+        }
+
+        nmap_dirfd = openat_dir(ndirfd, VIRTFS_META_DIR);
+        if (nmap_dirfd == -1) {
+            close_preserve_errno(omap_dirfd);
+            goto err;
+        }
+
+        /* rename the .virtfs_metadata files */
+        ret = renameat(omap_dirfd, old_name, nmap_dirfd, new_name);
+        close_preserve_errno(nmap_dirfd);
+        close_preserve_errno(omap_dirfd);
+        if (ret < 0 && errno != ENOENT) {
+            goto err_undo_rename;
+        }
+
+        ret = 0;
+    }
+    goto out;
+
+err:
+    ret = -1;
+err_undo_rename:
+    renameat_preserve_errno(ndirfd, new_name, odirfd, old_name);
+out:
+    close_preserve_errno(ndirfd);
+    close_preserve_errno(odirfd);
     return ret;
 }
 
+static void v9fs_path_init_dirname(V9fsPath *path, const char *str)
+{
+    path->data = g_path_get_dirname(str);
+    path->size = strlen(path->data) + 1;
+}
+
+static int local_rename(FsContext *ctx, const char *oldpath,
+                        const char *newpath)
+{
+    int err;
+    char *oname = g_path_get_basename(oldpath);
+    char *nname = g_path_get_basename(newpath);
+    V9fsPath olddir, newdir;
+
+    v9fs_path_init_dirname(&olddir, oldpath);
+    v9fs_path_init_dirname(&newdir, newpath);
+
+    err = local_renameat(ctx, &olddir, oname, &newdir, nname);
+
+    v9fs_path_free(&newdir);
+    v9fs_path_free(&olddir);
+    g_free(nname);
+    g_free(oname);
+
+    return err;
+}
+
 static int local_unlinkat(FsContext *ctx, V9fsPath *dir,
                           const char *name, int flags)
 {
     int ret;
-    V9fsString fullname;
-    char *buffer;
-
-    v9fs_string_init(&fullname);
+    int dirfd;
 
-    v9fs_string_sprintf(&fullname, "%s/%s", dir->data, name);
-    if (ctx->export_flags & V9FS_SM_MAPPED_FILE) {
-        if (flags == AT_REMOVEDIR) {
-            /*
-             * If directory remove .virtfs_metadata contained in the
-             * directory
-             */
-            buffer = g_strdup_printf("%s/%s/%s", ctx->fs_root,
-                                     fullname.data, VIRTFS_META_DIR);
-            ret = remove(buffer);
-            g_free(buffer);
-            if (ret < 0 && errno != ENOENT) {
-                /*
-                 * We didn't had the .virtfs_metadata file. May be file created
-                 * in non-mapped mode ?. Ignore ENOENT.
-                 */
-                goto err_out;
-            }
-        }
-        /*
-         * Now remove the name from parent directory
-         * .virtfs_metadata directory.
-         */
-        buffer = local_mapped_attr_path(ctx, fullname.data);
-        ret = remove(buffer);
-        g_free(buffer);
-        if (ret < 0 && errno != ENOENT) {
-            /*
-             * We didn't had the .virtfs_metadata file. May be file created
-             * in non-mapped mode ?. Ignore ENOENT.
-             */
-            goto err_out;
-        }
+    dirfd = local_opendir_nofollow(ctx, dir->data);
+    if (dirfd == -1) {
+        return -1;
     }
-    /* Remove the name finally */
-    buffer = rpath(ctx, fullname.data);
-    ret = remove(buffer);
-    g_free(buffer);
 
-err_out:
-    v9fs_string_free(&fullname);
+    ret = local_unlinkat_common(ctx, dirfd, name, flags);
+    close_preserve_errno(dirfd);
     return ret;
 }
 
@@ -1168,8 +1237,31 @@ static int local_ioc_getversion(FsContext *ctx, V9fsPath *path,
 
 static int local_init(FsContext *ctx)
 {
-    int err = 0;
     struct statfs stbuf;
+    LocalData *data = g_malloc(sizeof(*data));
+
+    data->mountfd = open(ctx->fs_root, O_DIRECTORY | O_RDONLY);
+    if (data->mountfd == -1) {
+        goto err;
+    }
+
+#ifdef FS_IOC_GETVERSION
+    /*
+     * use ioc_getversion only if the ioctl is definied
+     */
+    if (fstatfs(data->mountfd, &stbuf) < 0) {
+        close_preserve_errno(data->mountfd);
+        goto err;
+    }
+    switch (stbuf.f_type) {
+    case EXT2_SUPER_MAGIC:
+    case BTRFS_SUPER_MAGIC:
+    case REISERFS_SUPER_MAGIC:
+    case XFS_SUPER_MAGIC:
+        ctx->exops.get_st_gen = local_ioc_getversion;
+        break;
+    }
+#endif
 
     if (ctx->export_flags & V9FS_SM_PASSTHROUGH) {
         ctx->xops = passthrough_xattr_ops;
@@ -1185,23 +1277,21 @@ static int local_init(FsContext *ctx)
         ctx->xops = passthrough_xattr_ops;
     }
     ctx->export_flags |= V9FS_PATHNAME_FSCONTEXT;
-#ifdef FS_IOC_GETVERSION
-    /*
-     * use ioc_getversion only if the iocl is definied
-     */
-    err = statfs(ctx->fs_root, &stbuf);
-    if (!err) {
-        switch (stbuf.f_type) {
-        case EXT2_SUPER_MAGIC:
-        case BTRFS_SUPER_MAGIC:
-        case REISERFS_SUPER_MAGIC:
-        case XFS_SUPER_MAGIC:
-            ctx->exops.get_st_gen = local_ioc_getversion;
-            break;
-        }
-    }
-#endif
-    return err;
+
+    ctx->private = data;
+    return 0;
+
+err:
+    g_free(data);
+    return -1;
+}
+
+static void local_cleanup(FsContext *ctx)
+{
+    LocalData *data = ctx->private;
+
+    close(data->mountfd);
+    g_free(data);
 }
 
 static int local_parse_opts(QemuOpts *opts, struct FsDriverEntry *fse)
@@ -1252,6 +1342,7 @@ static int local_parse_opts(QemuOpts *opts, struct FsDriverEntry *fse)
 FileOperations local_ops = {
     .parse_opts = local_parse_opts,
     .init  = local_init,
+    .cleanup = local_cleanup,
     .lstat = local_lstat,
     .readlink = local_readlink,
     .close = local_close,
diff --git a/hw/9pfs/9p-local.h b/hw/9pfs/9p-local.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..32c7274
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hw/9pfs/9p-local.h
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/*
+ * 9p local backend utilities
+ *
+ * Copyright IBM, Corp. 2017
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *  Greg Kurz <groug@kaod.org>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
+ * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ */
+
+#ifndef QEMU_9P_LOCAL_H
+#define QEMU_9P_LOCAL_H
+
+int local_open_nofollow(FsContext *fs_ctx, const char *path, int flags,
+                        mode_t mode);
+int local_opendir_nofollow(FsContext *fs_ctx, const char *path);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/hw/9pfs/9p-posix-acl.c b/hw/9pfs/9p-posix-acl.c
index ec00318..bbf8906 100644
--- a/hw/9pfs/9p-posix-acl.c
+++ b/hw/9pfs/9p-posix-acl.c
@@ -25,13 +25,7 @@
 static ssize_t mp_pacl_getxattr(FsContext *ctx, const char *path,
                                 const char *name, void *value, size_t size)
 {
-    char *buffer;
-    ssize_t ret;
-
-    buffer = rpath(ctx, path);
-    ret = lgetxattr(buffer, MAP_ACL_ACCESS, value, size);
-    g_free(buffer);
-    return ret;
+    return local_getxattr_nofollow(ctx, path, MAP_ACL_ACCESS, value, size);
 }
 
 static ssize_t mp_pacl_listxattr(FsContext *ctx, const char *path,
@@ -56,23 +50,16 @@ static ssize_t mp_pacl_listxattr(FsContext *ctx, const char *path,
 static int mp_pacl_setxattr(FsContext *ctx, const char *path, const char *name,
                             void *value, size_t size, int flags)
 {
-    char *buffer;
-    int ret;
-
-    buffer = rpath(ctx, path);
-    ret = lsetxattr(buffer, MAP_ACL_ACCESS, value, size, flags);
-    g_free(buffer);
-    return ret;
+    return local_setxattr_nofollow(ctx, path, MAP_ACL_ACCESS, value, size,
+                                   flags);
 }
 
 static int mp_pacl_removexattr(FsContext *ctx,
                                const char *path, const char *name)
 {
     int ret;
-    char *buffer;
 
-    buffer = rpath(ctx, path);
-    ret  = lremovexattr(buffer, MAP_ACL_ACCESS);
+    ret = local_removexattr_nofollow(ctx, path, MAP_ACL_ACCESS);
     if (ret == -1 && errno == ENODATA) {
         /*
          * We don't get ENODATA error when trying to remove a
@@ -82,20 +69,13 @@ static int mp_pacl_removexattr(FsContext *ctx,
         errno = 0;
         ret = 0;
     }
-    g_free(buffer);
     return ret;
 }
 
 static ssize_t mp_dacl_getxattr(FsContext *ctx, const char *path,
                                 const char *name, void *value, size_t size)
 {
-    char *buffer;
-    ssize_t ret;
-
-    buffer = rpath(ctx, path);
-    ret = lgetxattr(buffer, MAP_ACL_DEFAULT, value, size);
-    g_free(buffer);
-    return ret;
+    return local_getxattr_nofollow(ctx, path, MAP_ACL_DEFAULT, value, size);
 }
 
 static ssize_t mp_dacl_listxattr(FsContext *ctx, const char *path,
@@ -120,23 +100,16 @@ static ssize_t mp_dacl_listxattr(FsContext *ctx, const char *path,
 static int mp_dacl_setxattr(FsContext *ctx, const char *path, const char *name,
                             void *value, size_t size, int flags)
 {
-    char *buffer;
-    int ret;
-
-    buffer = rpath(ctx, path);
-    ret = lsetxattr(buffer, MAP_ACL_DEFAULT, value, size, flags);
-    g_free(buffer);
-    return ret;
+    return local_setxattr_nofollow(ctx, path, MAP_ACL_DEFAULT, value, size,
+                                   flags);
 }
 
 static int mp_dacl_removexattr(FsContext *ctx,
                                const char *path, const char *name)
 {
     int ret;
-    char *buffer;
 
-    buffer = rpath(ctx, path);
-    ret  = lremovexattr(buffer, MAP_ACL_DEFAULT);
+    ret = local_removexattr_nofollow(ctx, path, MAP_ACL_DEFAULT);
     if (ret == -1 && errno == ENODATA) {
         /*
          * We don't get ENODATA error when trying to remove a
@@ -146,7 +119,6 @@ static int mp_dacl_removexattr(FsContext *ctx,
         errno = 0;
         ret = 0;
     }
-    g_free(buffer);
     return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/hw/9pfs/9p-util.c b/hw/9pfs/9p-util.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fdb4d57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hw/9pfs/9p-util.c
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+/*
+ * 9p utilities
+ *
+ * Copyright IBM, Corp. 2017
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *  Greg Kurz <groug@kaod.org>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
+ * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ */
+
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "qemu/xattr.h"
+#include "9p-util.h"
+
+int relative_openat_nofollow(int dirfd, const char *path, int flags,
+                             mode_t mode)
+{
+    int fd;
+
+    fd = dup(dirfd);
+    if (fd == -1) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    while (*path) {
+        const char *c;
+        int next_fd;
+        char *head;
+
+        /* Only relative paths without consecutive slashes */
+        assert(path[0] != '/');
+
+        head = g_strdup(path);
+        c = strchr(path, '/');
+        if (c) {
+            head[c - path] = 0;
+            next_fd = openat_dir(fd, head);
+        } else {
+            next_fd = openat_file(fd, head, flags, mode);
+        }
+        g_free(head);
+        if (next_fd == -1) {
+            close_preserve_errno(fd);
+            return -1;
+        }
+        close(fd);
+        fd = next_fd;
+
+        if (!c) {
+            break;
+        }
+        path = c + 1;
+    }
+
+    return fd;
+}
+
+ssize_t fgetxattrat_nofollow(int dirfd, const char *filename, const char *name,
+                             void *value, size_t size)
+{
+    char *proc_path = g_strdup_printf("/proc/self/fd/%d/%s", dirfd, filename);
+    int ret;
+
+    ret = lgetxattr(proc_path, name, value, size);
+    g_free(proc_path);
+    return ret;
+}
diff --git a/hw/9pfs/9p-util.h b/hw/9pfs/9p-util.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..091f3ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hw/9pfs/9p-util.h
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/*
+ * 9p utilities
+ *
+ * Copyright IBM, Corp. 2017
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *  Greg Kurz <groug@kaod.org>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
+ * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ */
+
+#ifndef QEMU_9P_UTIL_H
+#define QEMU_9P_UTIL_H
+
+static inline void close_preserve_errno(int fd)
+{
+    int serrno = errno;
+    close(fd);
+    errno = serrno;
+}
+
+static inline int openat_dir(int dirfd, const char *name)
+{
+    return openat(dirfd, name, O_DIRECTORY | O_RDONLY | O_PATH);
+}
+
+static inline int openat_file(int dirfd, const char *name, int flags,
+                              mode_t mode)
+{
+    int fd, serrno, ret;
+
+    fd = openat(dirfd, name, flags | O_NOFOLLOW | O_NOCTTY | O_NONBLOCK,
+                mode);
+    if (fd == -1) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    serrno = errno;
+    /* O_NONBLOCK was only needed to open the file. Let's drop it. */
+    ret = fcntl(fd, F_SETFL, flags);
+    assert(!ret);
+    errno = serrno;
+    return fd;
+}
+
+int relative_openat_nofollow(int dirfd, const char *path, int flags,
+                             mode_t mode);
+ssize_t fgetxattrat_nofollow(int dirfd, const char *path, const char *name,
+                             void *value, size_t size);
+int fsetxattrat_nofollow(int dirfd, const char *path, const char *name,
+                         void *value, size_t size, int flags);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/hw/9pfs/9p-xattr-user.c b/hw/9pfs/9p-xattr-user.c
index f87530c..2c90817 100644
--- a/hw/9pfs/9p-xattr-user.c
+++ b/hw/9pfs/9p-xattr-user.c
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@
 static ssize_t mp_user_getxattr(FsContext *ctx, const char *path,
                                 const char *name, void *value, size_t size)
 {
-    char *buffer;
-    ssize_t ret;
-
     if (strncmp(name, "user.virtfs.", 12) == 0) {
         /*
          * Don't allow fetch of user.virtfs namesapce
@@ -31,10 +28,7 @@ static ssize_t mp_user_getxattr(FsContext *ctx, const char *path,
         errno = ENOATTR;
         return -1;
     }
-    buffer = rpath(ctx, path);
-    ret = lgetxattr(buffer, name, value, size);
-    g_free(buffer);
-    return ret;
+    return local_getxattr_nofollow(ctx, path, name, value, size);
 }
 
 static ssize_t mp_user_listxattr(FsContext *ctx, const char *path,
@@ -73,9 +67,6 @@ static ssize_t mp_user_listxattr(FsContext *ctx, const char *path,
 static int mp_user_setxattr(FsContext *ctx, const char *path, const char *name,
                             void *value, size_t size, int flags)
 {
-    char *buffer;
-    int ret;
-
     if (strncmp(name, "user.virtfs.", 12) == 0) {
         /*
          * Don't allow fetch of user.virtfs namesapce
@@ -84,18 +75,12 @@ static int mp_user_setxattr(FsContext *ctx, const char *path, const char *name,
         errno = EACCES;
         return -1;
     }
-    buffer = rpath(ctx, path);
-    ret = lsetxattr(buffer, name, value, size, flags);
-    g_free(buffer);
-    return ret;
+    return local_setxattr_nofollow(ctx, path, name, value, size, flags);
 }
 
 static int mp_user_removexattr(FsContext *ctx,
                                const char *path, const char *name)
 {
-    char *buffer;
-    int ret;
-
     if (strncmp(name, "user.virtfs.", 12) == 0) {
         /*
          * Don't allow fetch of user.virtfs namesapce
@@ -104,10 +89,7 @@ static int mp_user_removexattr(FsContext *ctx,
         errno = EACCES;
         return -1;
     }
-    buffer = rpath(ctx, path);
-    ret = lremovexattr(buffer, name);
-    g_free(buffer);
-    return ret;
+    return local_removexattr_nofollow(ctx, path, name);
 }
 
 XattrOperations mapped_user_xattr = {
diff --git a/hw/9pfs/9p-xattr.c b/hw/9pfs/9p-xattr.c
index 5d8595e..eec160b 100644
--- a/hw/9pfs/9p-xattr.c
+++ b/hw/9pfs/9p-xattr.c
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 #include "9p.h"
 #include "fsdev/file-op-9p.h"
 #include "9p-xattr.h"
+#include "9p-util.h"
+#include "9p-local.h"
 
 
 static XattrOperations *get_xattr_operations(XattrOperations **h,
@@ -58,6 +60,16 @@ ssize_t pt_listxattr(FsContext *ctx, const char *path,
     return name_size;
 }
 
+static ssize_t flistxattrat_nofollow(int dirfd, const char *filename,
+                                     char *list, size_t size)
+{
+    char *proc_path = g_strdup_printf("/proc/self/fd/%d/%s", dirfd, filename);
+    int ret;
+
+    ret = llistxattr(proc_path, list, size);
+    g_free(proc_path);
+    return ret;
+}
 
 /*
  * Get the list and pass to each layer to find out whether
@@ -67,24 +79,37 @@ ssize_t v9fs_list_xattr(FsContext *ctx, const char *path,
                         void *value, size_t vsize)
 {
     ssize_t size = 0;
-    char *buffer;
     void *ovalue = value;
     XattrOperations *xops;
     char *orig_value, *orig_value_start;
     ssize_t xattr_len, parsed_len = 0, attr_len;
+    char *dirpath, *name;
+    int dirfd;
 
     /* Get the actual len */
-    buffer = rpath(ctx, path);
-    xattr_len = llistxattr(buffer, value, 0);
+    dirpath = g_path_get_dirname(path);
+    dirfd = local_opendir_nofollow(ctx, dirpath);
+    g_free(dirpath);
+    if (dirfd == -1) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    name = g_path_get_basename(path);
+    xattr_len = flistxattrat_nofollow(dirfd, name, value, 0);
     if (xattr_len <= 0) {
-        g_free(buffer);
+        g_free(name);
+        close_preserve_errno(dirfd);
         return xattr_len;
     }
 
     /* Now fetch the xattr and find the actual size */
     orig_value = g_malloc(xattr_len);
-    xattr_len = llistxattr(buffer, orig_value, xattr_len);
-    g_free(buffer);
+    xattr_len = flistxattrat_nofollow(dirfd, name, orig_value, xattr_len);
+    g_free(name);
+    close_preserve_errno(dirfd);
+    if (xattr_len < 0) {
+        return -1;
+    }
 
     /* store the orig pointer */
     orig_value_start = orig_value;
@@ -143,6 +168,135 @@ int v9fs_remove_xattr(FsContext *ctx,
 
 }
 
+ssize_t local_getxattr_nofollow(FsContext *ctx, const char *path,
+                                const char *name, void *value, size_t size)
+{
+    char *dirpath = g_path_get_dirname(path);
+    char *filename = g_path_get_basename(path);
+    int dirfd;
+    ssize_t ret = -1;
+
+    dirfd = local_opendir_nofollow(ctx, dirpath);
+    if (dirfd == -1) {
+        goto out;
+    }
+
+    ret = fgetxattrat_nofollow(dirfd, filename, name, value, size);
+    close_preserve_errno(dirfd);
+out:
+    g_free(dirpath);
+    g_free(filename);
+    return ret;
+}
+
+ssize_t pt_getxattr(FsContext *ctx, const char *path, const char *name,
+                    void *value, size_t size)
+{
+    return local_getxattr_nofollow(ctx, path, name, value, size);
+}
+
+int fsetxattrat_nofollow(int dirfd, const char *filename, const char *name,
+                         void *value, size_t size, int flags)
+{
+    char *proc_path = g_strdup_printf("/proc/self/fd/%d/%s", dirfd, filename);
+    int ret;
+
+    ret = lsetxattr(proc_path, name, value, size, flags);
+    g_free(proc_path);
+    return ret;
+}
+
+ssize_t local_setxattr_nofollow(FsContext *ctx, const char *path,
+                                const char *name, void *value, size_t size,
+                                int flags)
+{
+    char *dirpath = g_path_get_dirname(path);
+    char *filename = g_path_get_basename(path);
+    int dirfd;
+    ssize_t ret = -1;
+
+    dirfd = local_opendir_nofollow(ctx, dirpath);
+    if (dirfd == -1) {
+        goto out;
+    }
+
+    ret = fsetxattrat_nofollow(dirfd, filename, name, value, size, flags);
+    close_preserve_errno(dirfd);
+out:
+    g_free(dirpath);
+    g_free(filename);
+    return ret;
+}
+
+int pt_setxattr(FsContext *ctx, const char *path, const char *name, void *value,
+                size_t size, int flags)
+{
+    return local_setxattr_nofollow(ctx, path, name, value, size, flags);
+}
+
+static ssize_t fremovexattrat_nofollow(int dirfd, const char *filename,
+                                       const char *name)
+{
+    char *proc_path = g_strdup_printf("/proc/self/fd/%d/%s", dirfd, filename);
+    int ret;
+
+    ret = lremovexattr(proc_path, name);
+    g_free(proc_path);
+    return ret;
+}
+
+ssize_t local_removexattr_nofollow(FsContext *ctx, const char *path,
+                                   const char *name)
+{
+    char *dirpath = g_path_get_dirname(path);
+    char *filename = g_path_get_basename(path);
+    int dirfd;
+    ssize_t ret = -1;
+
+    dirfd = local_opendir_nofollow(ctx, dirpath);
+    if (dirfd == -1) {
+        goto out;
+    }
+
+    ret = fremovexattrat_nofollow(dirfd, filename, name);
+    close_preserve_errno(dirfd);
+out:
+    g_free(dirpath);
+    g_free(filename);
+    return ret;
+}
+
+int pt_removexattr(FsContext *ctx, const char *path, const char *name)
+{
+    return local_removexattr_nofollow(ctx, path, name);
+}
+
+ssize_t notsup_getxattr(FsContext *ctx, const char *path, const char *name,
+                        void *value, size_t size)
+{
+    errno = ENOTSUP;
+    return -1;
+}
+
+int notsup_setxattr(FsContext *ctx, const char *path, const char *name,
+                    void *value, size_t size, int flags)
+{
+    errno = ENOTSUP;
+    return -1;
+}
+
+ssize_t notsup_listxattr(FsContext *ctx, const char *path, char *name,
+                         void *value, size_t size)
+{
+    return 0;
+}
+
+int notsup_removexattr(FsContext *ctx, const char *path, const char *name)
+{
+    errno = ENOTSUP;
+    return -1;
+}
+
 XattrOperations *mapped_xattr_ops[] = {
     &mapped_user_xattr,
     &mapped_pacl_xattr,
diff --git a/hw/9pfs/9p-xattr.h b/hw/9pfs/9p-xattr.h
index a853ea6..0d83996 100644
--- a/hw/9pfs/9p-xattr.h
+++ b/hw/9pfs/9p-xattr.h
@@ -29,6 +29,13 @@ typedef struct xattr_operations
                        const char *path, const char *name);
 } XattrOperations;
 
+ssize_t local_getxattr_nofollow(FsContext *ctx, const char *path,
+                                const char *name, void *value, size_t size);
+ssize_t local_setxattr_nofollow(FsContext *ctx, const char *path,
+                                const char *name, void *value, size_t size,
+                                int flags);
+ssize_t local_removexattr_nofollow(FsContext *ctx, const char *path,
+                                   const char *name);
 
 extern XattrOperations mapped_user_xattr;
 extern XattrOperations passthrough_user_xattr;
@@ -49,73 +56,21 @@ ssize_t v9fs_list_xattr(FsContext *ctx, const char *path, void *value,
 int v9fs_set_xattr(FsContext *ctx, const char *path, const char *name,
                           void *value, size_t size, int flags);
 int v9fs_remove_xattr(FsContext *ctx, const char *path, const char *name);
+
 ssize_t pt_listxattr(FsContext *ctx, const char *path, char *name, void *value,
                      size_t size);
-
-static inline ssize_t pt_getxattr(FsContext *ctx, const char *path,
-                                  const char *name, void *value, size_t size)
-{
-    char *buffer;
-    ssize_t ret;
-
-    buffer = rpath(ctx, path);
-    ret = lgetxattr(buffer, name, value, size);
-    g_free(buffer);
-    return ret;
-}
-
-static inline int pt_setxattr(FsContext *ctx, const char *path,
-                              const char *name, void *value,
-                              size_t size, int flags)
-{
-    char *buffer;
-    int ret;
-
-    buffer = rpath(ctx, path);
-    ret = lsetxattr(buffer, name, value, size, flags);
-    g_free(buffer);
-    return ret;
-}
-
-static inline int pt_removexattr(FsContext *ctx,
-                                 const char *path, const char *name)
-{
-    char *buffer;
-    int ret;
-
-    buffer = rpath(ctx, path);
-    ret = lremovexattr(path, name);
-    g_free(buffer);
-    return ret;
-}
-
-static inline ssize_t notsup_getxattr(FsContext *ctx, const char *path,
-                                      const char *name, void *value,
-                                      size_t size)
-{
-    errno = ENOTSUP;
-    return -1;
-}
-
-static inline int notsup_setxattr(FsContext *ctx, const char *path,
-                                  const char *name, void *value,
-                                  size_t size, int flags)
-{
-    errno = ENOTSUP;
-    return -1;
-}
-
-static inline ssize_t notsup_listxattr(FsContext *ctx, const char *path,
-                                       char *name, void *value, size_t size)
-{
-    return 0;
-}
-
-static inline int notsup_removexattr(FsContext *ctx,
-                                     const char *path, const char *name)
-{
-    errno = ENOTSUP;
-    return -1;
-}
+ssize_t pt_getxattr(FsContext *ctx, const char *path, const char *name,
+                    void *value, size_t size);
+int pt_setxattr(FsContext *ctx, const char *path, const char *name, void *value,
+                size_t size, int flags);
+int pt_removexattr(FsContext *ctx, const char *path, const char *name);
+
+ssize_t notsup_getxattr(FsContext *ctx, const char *path, const char *name,
+                        void *value, size_t size);
+int notsup_setxattr(FsContext *ctx, const char *path, const char *name,
+                    void *value, size_t size, int flags);
+ssize_t notsup_listxattr(FsContext *ctx, const char *path, char *name,
+                         void *value, size_t size);
+int notsup_removexattr(FsContext *ctx, const char *path, const char *name);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/hw/9pfs/Makefile.objs b/hw/9pfs/Makefile.objs
index da0ae0c..32197e6 100644
--- a/hw/9pfs/Makefile.objs
+++ b/hw/9pfs/Makefile.objs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-common-obj-y  = 9p.o
+common-obj-y  = 9p.o 9p-util.o
 common-obj-y += 9p-local.o 9p-xattr.o
 common-obj-y += 9p-xattr-user.o 9p-posix-acl.o
 common-obj-y += coth.o cofs.o codir.o cofile.o