return status;
 }
 
+static int
+nfsd4_rec_fsync(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+       struct file *filp;
+       int status = nfs_ok;
+
+       dprintk("NFSD: nfs4_fsync_rec_dir\n");
+       filp = dentry_open(dget(dentry), mntget(rec_dir.mnt), O_RDWR);
+       if (IS_ERR(filp)) {
+               status = PTR_ERR(filp);
+               goto out;
+       }
+       if (filp->f_op && filp->f_op->fsync)
+               status = filp->f_op->fsync(filp, filp->f_dentry, 0);
+       fput(filp);
+out:
+       if (status)
+               printk("nfsd4: unable to sync recovery directory\n");
+       return status;
+}
+
+int
+nfsd4_create_clid_dir(struct nfs4_client *clp)
+{
+       char *dname = clp->cl_recdir;
+       struct dentry *dentry;
+       uid_t uid;
+       gid_t gid;
+       int status;
+
+       dprintk("NFSD: nfsd4_create_clid_dir for \"%s\"\n", dname);
+
+       if (!rec_dir_init || clp->cl_firststate)
+               return 0;
+
+       nfs4_save_user(&uid, &gid);
+
+       /* lock the parent */
+       down(&rec_dir.dentry->d_inode->i_sem);
+
+       dentry = lookup_one_len(dname, rec_dir.dentry, HEXDIR_LEN-1);
+       if (IS_ERR(dentry)) {
+               status = PTR_ERR(dentry);
+               goto out_unlock;
+       }
+       status = -EEXIST;
+       if (dentry->d_inode) {
+               dprintk("NFSD: nfsd4_create_clid_dir: DIRECTORY EXISTS\n");
+               goto out_put;
+       }
+       status = vfs_mkdir(rec_dir.dentry->d_inode, dentry, S_IRWXU);
+out_put:
+       dput(dentry);
+out_unlock:
+       up(&rec_dir.dentry->d_inode->i_sem);
+       if (status == 0) {
+               clp->cl_firststate = 1;
+               status = nfsd4_rec_fsync(rec_dir.dentry);
+       }
+       nfs4_reset_user(uid, gid);
+       dprintk("NFSD: nfsd4_create_clid_dir returns %d\n", status);
+       return status;
+}
+
 typedef int (recdir_func)(struct dentry *, struct dentry *);
 
 struct dentry_list {
        return status;
 }
 
+static int
+nfsd4_remove_clid_file(struct dentry *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+       int status;
+
+       if (!S_ISREG(dir->d_inode->i_mode)) {
+               printk("nfsd4: non-file found in client recovery directory\n");
+               return -EINVAL;
+       }
+       down(&dir->d_inode->i_sem);
+       status = vfs_unlink(dir->d_inode, dentry);
+       up(&dir->d_inode->i_sem);
+       return status;
+}
+
+static int
+nfsd4_clear_clid_dir(struct dentry *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+       int status;
+
+       /* For now this directory should already be empty, but we empty it of
+        * any regular files anyway, just in case the directory was created by
+        * a kernel from the future.... */
+       nfsd4_list_rec_dir(dentry, nfsd4_remove_clid_file);
+       down(&dir->d_inode->i_sem);
+       status = vfs_rmdir(dir->d_inode, dentry);
+       up(&dir->d_inode->i_sem);
+       return status;
+}
+
+static int
+nfsd4_unlink_clid_dir(char *name, int namlen)
+{
+       struct dentry *dentry;
+       int status;
+
+       dprintk("NFSD: nfsd4_unlink_clid_dir. name %.*s\n", namlen, name);
+
+       dentry = lookup_one_len(name, rec_dir.dentry, namlen);
+       if (IS_ERR(dentry)) {
+               status = PTR_ERR(dentry);
+               return status;
+       }
+       status = -ENOENT;
+       if (!dentry->d_inode)
+               goto out;
+
+       status = nfsd4_clear_clid_dir(rec_dir.dentry, dentry);
+out:
+       dput(dentry);
+       return status;
+}
+
+void
+nfsd4_remove_clid_dir(struct nfs4_client *clp)
+{
+       uid_t uid;
+       gid_t gid;
+       int status;
+
+       if (!rec_dir_init || !clp->cl_firststate)
+               return;
+
+       nfs4_save_user(&uid, &gid);
+       status = nfsd4_unlink_clid_dir(clp->cl_recdir, HEXDIR_LEN-1);
+       nfs4_reset_user(uid, gid);
+       if (status == 0)
+               status = nfsd4_rec_fsync(rec_dir.dentry);
+       if (status)
+               printk("NFSD: Failed to remove expired client state directory"
+                               " %.*s\n", HEXDIR_LEN, clp->cl_recdir);
+       return;
+}
+
+static int
+purge_old(struct dentry *parent, struct dentry *child)
+{
+       int status;
+
+       if (nfs4_has_reclaimed_state(child->d_name.name))
+               return nfs_ok;
+
+       status = nfsd4_clear_clid_dir(parent, child);
+       if (status)
+               printk("failed to remove client recovery directory %s\n",
+                               child->d_name.name);
+       /* Keep trying, success or failure: */
+       return nfs_ok;
+}
+
+void
+nfsd4_recdir_purge_old(void) {
+       int status;
+
+       if (!rec_dir_init)
+               return;
+       status = nfsd4_list_rec_dir(rec_dir.dentry, purge_old);
+       if (status == 0)
+               status = nfsd4_rec_fsync(rec_dir.dentry);
+       if (status)
+               printk("nfsd4: failed to purge old clients from recovery"
+                       " directory %s\n", rec_dir.dentry->d_name.name);
+       return;
+}
+
 static int
 load_recdir(struct dentry *parent, struct dentry *child)
 {
 
                        conf = find_confirmed_client_by_str(unconf->cl_recdir,
                                                                        hash);
                        if (conf) {
+                               nfsd4_remove_clid_dir(conf);
                                expire_client(conf);
                        }
                        move_to_confirmed(unconf);
                        *status = nfserr_reclaim_bad;
                else {
                        open->op_stateowner->so_confirmed = 1;
+                       open->op_stateowner->so_client->cl_firststate = 1;
                        open->op_stateowner->so_seqid--;
                }
        }
 end_grace(void)
 {
        dprintk("NFSD: end of grace period\n");
+       nfsd4_recdir_purge_old();
        in_grace = 0;
 }
 
                }
                dprintk("NFSD: purging unused client (clientid %08x)\n",
                        clp->cl_clientid.cl_id);
+               nfsd4_remove_clid_dir(clp);
                expire_client(clp);
        }
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&reaplist);
                         stp->st_stateid.si_stateownerid,
                         stp->st_stateid.si_fileid,
                         stp->st_stateid.si_generation);
+
+       nfsd4_create_clid_dir(sop->so_client);
 out:
        if (oc->oc_stateowner)
                nfs4_get_stateowner(oc->oc_stateowner);
        return kmalloc(sizeof(struct nfs4_client_reclaim), GFP_KERNEL);
 }
 
+int
+nfs4_has_reclaimed_state(const char *name)
+{
+       unsigned int strhashval = clientstr_hashval(name);
+       struct nfs4_client *clp;
+
+       clp = find_confirmed_client_by_str(name, strhashval);
+       return clp ? 1 : 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * failure => all reset bets are off, nfserr_no_grace...
  */