diff --git a/fs/smb/client/cifsglob.h b/fs/smb/client/cifsglob.h
index 7180b5713bea..bd7fc20c49de 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/cifsglob.h
+++ b/fs/smb/client/cifsglob.h
@@ -191,7 +191,13 @@ struct cifs_open_info_data {
 		bool reparse_point;
 		bool symlink;
 	};
-	__u32 reparse_tag;
+	struct {
+		__u32 tag;
+		union {
+			struct reparse_data_buffer *buf;
+			struct reparse_posix_data *posix;
+		};
+	} reparse;
 	char *symlink_target;
 	union {
 		struct smb2_file_all_info fi;
diff --git a/fs/smb/client/cifspdu.h b/fs/smb/client/cifspdu.h
index 2a90134331a4..83ccc51a54d0 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/cifspdu.h
+++ b/fs/smb/client/cifspdu.h
@@ -1509,7 +1509,7 @@ struct reparse_posix_data {
 	__le16	ReparseDataLength;
 	__u16	Reserved;
 	__le64	InodeType; /* LNK, FIFO, CHR etc. */
-	char	PathBuffer[];
+	__u8	DataBuffer[];
 } __attribute__((packed));
 
 struct cifs_quota_data {
diff --git a/fs/smb/client/cifsproto.h b/fs/smb/client/cifsproto.h
index dc2c43dd6a91..c858feaf4f92 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/cifsproto.h
+++ b/fs/smb/client/cifsproto.h
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ int cifs_get_inode_info(struct inode **inode, const char *full_path,
 			const struct cifs_fid *fid);
 bool cifs_reparse_point_to_fattr(struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb,
 				 struct cifs_fattr *fattr,
-				 u32 tag);
+				 struct cifs_open_info_data *data);
 extern int smb311_posix_get_inode_info(struct inode **pinode, const char *search_path,
 			struct super_block *sb, unsigned int xid);
 extern int cifs_get_inode_info_unix(struct inode **pinode,
@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ char *extract_hostname(const char *unc);
 char *extract_sharename(const char *unc);
 int parse_reparse_point(struct reparse_data_buffer *buf,
 			u32 plen, struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb,
-			bool unicode, char **target_path);
+			bool unicode, struct cifs_open_info_data *data);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_DFS_UPCALL
 static inline int get_dfs_path(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_ses *ses,
diff --git a/fs/smb/client/inode.c b/fs/smb/client/inode.c
index 7a2a013bb05e..6a856945f2b4 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/inode.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/inode.c
@@ -719,10 +719,51 @@ static void smb311_posix_info_to_fattr(struct cifs_fattr *fattr,
 		fattr->cf_mode, fattr->cf_uniqueid, fattr->cf_nlink);
 }
 
+static inline dev_t nfs_mkdev(struct reparse_posix_data *buf)
+{
+	u64 v = le64_to_cpu(*(__le64 *)buf->DataBuffer);
+
+	return MKDEV(v >> 32, v & 0xffffffff);
+}
+
 bool cifs_reparse_point_to_fattr(struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb,
 				 struct cifs_fattr *fattr,
-				 u32 tag)
+				 struct cifs_open_info_data *data)
 {
+	struct reparse_posix_data *buf = data->reparse.posix;
+	u32 tag = data->reparse.tag;
+
+	if (tag == IO_REPARSE_TAG_NFS && buf) {
+		switch (le64_to_cpu(buf->InodeType)) {
+		case NFS_SPECFILE_CHR:
+			fattr->cf_mode |= S_IFCHR | cifs_sb->ctx->file_mode;
+			fattr->cf_dtype = DT_CHR;
+			fattr->cf_rdev = nfs_mkdev(buf);
+			break;
+		case NFS_SPECFILE_BLK:
+			fattr->cf_mode |= S_IFBLK | cifs_sb->ctx->file_mode;
+			fattr->cf_dtype = DT_BLK;
+			fattr->cf_rdev = nfs_mkdev(buf);
+			break;
+		case NFS_SPECFILE_FIFO:
+			fattr->cf_mode |= S_IFIFO | cifs_sb->ctx->file_mode;
+			fattr->cf_dtype = DT_FIFO;
+			break;
+		case NFS_SPECFILE_SOCK:
+			fattr->cf_mode |= S_IFSOCK | cifs_sb->ctx->file_mode;
+			fattr->cf_dtype = DT_SOCK;
+			break;
+		case NFS_SPECFILE_LNK:
+			fattr->cf_mode = S_IFLNK | cifs_sb->ctx->file_mode;
+			fattr->cf_dtype = DT_LNK;
+			break;
+		default:
+			WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
+			return false;
+		}
+		return true;
+	}
+
 	switch (tag) {
 	case IO_REPARSE_TAG_LX_SYMLINK:
 		fattr->cf_mode |= S_IFLNK | cifs_sb->ctx->file_mode;
@@ -788,7 +829,7 @@ static void cifs_open_info_to_fattr(struct cifs_fattr *fattr,
 	fattr->cf_nlink = le32_to_cpu(info->NumberOfLinks);
 
 	if (cifs_open_data_reparse(data) &&
-	    cifs_reparse_point_to_fattr(cifs_sb, fattr, data->reparse_tag))
+	    cifs_reparse_point_to_fattr(cifs_sb, fattr, data))
 		goto out_reparse;
 
 	if (fattr->cf_cifsattrs & ATTR_DIRECTORY) {
@@ -855,7 +896,7 @@ cifs_get_file_info(struct file *filp)
 		data.adjust_tz = false;
 		if (data.symlink_target) {
 			data.symlink = true;
-			data.reparse_tag = IO_REPARSE_TAG_SYMLINK;
+			data.reparse.tag = IO_REPARSE_TAG_SYMLINK;
 		}
 		cifs_open_info_to_fattr(&fattr, &data, inode->i_sb);
 		break;
@@ -1024,7 +1065,7 @@ static int reparse_info_to_fattr(struct cifs_open_info_data *data,
 	struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb = CIFS_SB(sb);
 	struct kvec rsp_iov, *iov = NULL;
 	int rsp_buftype = CIFS_NO_BUFFER;
-	u32 tag = data->reparse_tag;
+	u32 tag = data->reparse.tag;
 	int rc = 0;
 
 	if (!tag && server->ops->query_reparse_point) {
@@ -1036,7 +1077,7 @@ static int reparse_info_to_fattr(struct cifs_open_info_data *data,
 	}
 
 	rc = -EOPNOTSUPP;
-	switch ((data->reparse_tag = tag)) {
+	switch ((data->reparse.tag = tag)) {
 	case 0: /* SMB1 symlink */
 		if (server->ops->query_symlink) {
 			rc = server->ops->query_symlink(xid, tcon,
diff --git a/fs/smb/client/readdir.c b/fs/smb/client/readdir.c
index 47fc22de8d20..d30ea2005eb3 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/readdir.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/readdir.c
@@ -153,6 +153,10 @@ static bool reparse_file_needs_reval(const struct cifs_fattr *fattr)
 static void
 cifs_fill_common_info(struct cifs_fattr *fattr, struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb)
 {
+	struct cifs_open_info_data data = {
+		.reparse = { .tag = fattr->cf_cifstag, },
+	};
+
 	fattr->cf_uid = cifs_sb->ctx->linux_uid;
 	fattr->cf_gid = cifs_sb->ctx->linux_gid;
 
@@ -165,7 +169,7 @@ cifs_fill_common_info(struct cifs_fattr *fattr, struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb)
 	 * reasonably map some of them to directories vs. files vs. symlinks
 	 */
 	if ((fattr->cf_cifsattrs & ATTR_REPARSE) &&
-	    cifs_reparse_point_to_fattr(cifs_sb, fattr, fattr->cf_cifstag))
+	    cifs_reparse_point_to_fattr(cifs_sb, fattr, &data))
 		goto out_reparse;
 
 	if (fattr->cf_cifsattrs & ATTR_DIRECTORY) {
diff --git a/fs/smb/client/smb1ops.c b/fs/smb/client/smb1ops.c
index 0dd599004e04..64e25233e85d 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/smb1ops.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/smb1ops.c
@@ -1004,8 +1004,7 @@ static int cifs_parse_reparse_point(struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb,
 
 	buf = (struct reparse_data_buffer *)((__u8 *)&io->hdr.Protocol +
 					     le32_to_cpu(io->DataOffset));
-	return parse_reparse_point(buf, plen, cifs_sb, unicode,
-				   &data->symlink_target);
+	return parse_reparse_point(buf, plen, cifs_sb, unicode, data);
 }
 
 static bool
diff --git a/fs/smb/client/smb2inode.c b/fs/smb/client/smb2inode.c
index 0b89f7008ac0..c94940af5d4b 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/smb2inode.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/smb2inode.c
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ static int parse_create_response(struct cifs_open_info_data *data,
 		break;
 	}
 	data->reparse_point = reparse_point;
-	data->reparse_tag = tag;
+	data->reparse.tag = tag;
 	return rc;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/smb/client/smb2ops.c b/fs/smb/client/smb2ops.c
index 0390d7a801d1..0ca6dcf20261 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/smb2ops.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/smb2ops.c
@@ -2866,89 +2866,95 @@ smb2_get_dfs_refer(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_ses *ses,
 	return rc;
 }
 
-static int
-parse_reparse_posix(struct reparse_posix_data *symlink_buf,
-		      u32 plen, char **target_path,
-		      struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb)
+/* See MS-FSCC 2.1.2.6 for the 'NFS' style reparse tags */
+static int parse_reparse_posix(struct reparse_posix_data *buf,
+			       struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb,
+			       struct cifs_open_info_data *data)
 {
 	unsigned int len;
+	u64 type;
 
-	/* See MS-FSCC 2.1.2.6 for the 'NFS' style reparse tags */
-	len = le16_to_cpu(symlink_buf->ReparseDataLength);
-
-	if (le64_to_cpu(symlink_buf->InodeType) != NFS_SPECFILE_LNK) {
-		cifs_dbg(VFS, "%lld not a supported symlink type\n",
-			le64_to_cpu(symlink_buf->InodeType));
+	switch ((type = le64_to_cpu(buf->InodeType))) {
+	case NFS_SPECFILE_LNK:
+		len = le16_to_cpu(buf->ReparseDataLength);
+		data->symlink_target = cifs_strndup_from_utf16(buf->DataBuffer,
+							       len, true,
+							       cifs_sb->local_nls);
+		if (!data->symlink_target)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		convert_delimiter(data->symlink_target, '/');
+		cifs_dbg(FYI, "%s: target path: %s\n",
+			 __func__, data->symlink_target);
+		break;
+	case NFS_SPECFILE_CHR:
+	case NFS_SPECFILE_BLK:
+	case NFS_SPECFILE_FIFO:
+	case NFS_SPECFILE_SOCK:
+		break;
+	default:
+		cifs_dbg(VFS, "%s: unhandled inode type: 0x%llx\n",
+			 __func__, type);
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 	}
-
-	*target_path = cifs_strndup_from_utf16(
-				symlink_buf->PathBuffer,
-				len, true, cifs_sb->local_nls);
-	if (!(*target_path))
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	convert_delimiter(*target_path, '/');
-	cifs_dbg(FYI, "%s: target path: %s\n", __func__, *target_path);
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
 static int parse_reparse_symlink(struct reparse_symlink_data_buffer *sym,
-				 u32 plen, bool unicode, char **target_path,
-				 struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb)
+				 u32 plen, bool unicode,
+				 struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb,
+				 struct cifs_open_info_data *data)
 {
-	unsigned int sub_len;
-	unsigned int sub_offset;
+	unsigned int len;
+	unsigned int offs;
 
 	/* We handle Symbolic Link reparse tag here. See: MS-FSCC 2.1.2.4 */
 
-	sub_offset = le16_to_cpu(sym->SubstituteNameOffset);
-	sub_len = le16_to_cpu(sym->SubstituteNameLength);
-	if (sub_offset + 20 > plen ||
-	    sub_offset + sub_len + 20 > plen) {
+	offs = le16_to_cpu(sym->SubstituteNameOffset);
+	len = le16_to_cpu(sym->SubstituteNameLength);
+	if (offs + 20 > plen || offs + len + 20 > plen) {
 		cifs_dbg(VFS, "srv returned malformed symlink buffer\n");
 		return -EIO;
 	}
 
-	*target_path = cifs_strndup_from_utf16(sym->PathBuffer + sub_offset,
-					       sub_len, unicode,
-					       cifs_sb->local_nls);
-	if (!(*target_path))
+	data->symlink_target = cifs_strndup_from_utf16(sym->PathBuffer + offs,
+						       len, unicode,
+						       cifs_sb->local_nls);
+	if (!data->symlink_target)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	convert_delimiter(*target_path, '/');
-	cifs_dbg(FYI, "%s: target path: %s\n", __func__, *target_path);
+	convert_delimiter(data->symlink_target, '/');
+	cifs_dbg(FYI, "%s: target path: %s\n", __func__, data->symlink_target);
 
 	return 0;
 }
 
 int parse_reparse_point(struct reparse_data_buffer *buf,
 			u32 plen, struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb,
-			bool unicode, char **target_path)
+			bool unicode, struct cifs_open_info_data *data)
 {
 	if (plen < sizeof(*buf)) {
-		cifs_dbg(VFS, "reparse buffer is too small. Must be at least 8 bytes but was %d\n",
-			 plen);
+		cifs_dbg(VFS, "%s: reparse buffer is too small. Must be at least 8 bytes but was %d\n",
+			 __func__, plen);
 		return -EIO;
 	}
 
 	if (plen < le16_to_cpu(buf->ReparseDataLength) + sizeof(*buf)) {
-		cifs_dbg(VFS, "srv returned invalid reparse buf length: %d\n",
-			 plen);
+		cifs_dbg(VFS, "%s: invalid reparse buf length: %d\n",
+			 __func__, plen);
 		return -EIO;
 	}
 
+	data->reparse.buf = buf;
+
 	/* See MS-FSCC 2.1.2 */
 	switch (le32_to_cpu(buf->ReparseTag)) {
 	case IO_REPARSE_TAG_NFS:
-		return parse_reparse_posix(
-			(struct reparse_posix_data *)buf,
-			plen, target_path, cifs_sb);
+		return parse_reparse_posix((struct reparse_posix_data *)buf,
+					   cifs_sb, data);
 	case IO_REPARSE_TAG_SYMLINK:
 		return parse_reparse_symlink(
 			(struct reparse_symlink_data_buffer *)buf,
-			plen, unicode, target_path, cifs_sb);
+			plen, unicode, cifs_sb, data);
 	case IO_REPARSE_TAG_LX_SYMLINK:
 	case IO_REPARSE_TAG_AF_UNIX:
 	case IO_REPARSE_TAG_LX_FIFO:
@@ -2956,8 +2962,8 @@ int parse_reparse_point(struct reparse_data_buffer *buf,
 	case IO_REPARSE_TAG_LX_BLK:
 		return 0;
 	default:
-		cifs_dbg(VFS, "srv returned unknown symlink buffer tag:0x%08x\n",
-			 le32_to_cpu(buf->ReparseTag));
+		cifs_dbg(VFS, "%s: unhandled reparse tag: 0x%08x\n",
+			 __func__, le32_to_cpu(buf->ReparseTag));
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 	}
 }
@@ -2972,8 +2978,7 @@ static int smb2_parse_reparse_point(struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb,
 
 	buf = (struct reparse_data_buffer *)((u8 *)io +
 					     le32_to_cpu(io->OutputOffset));
-	return parse_reparse_point(buf, plen, cifs_sb,
-				   true, &data->symlink_target);
+	return parse_reparse_point(buf, plen, cifs_sb, true, data);
 }
 
 static int smb2_query_reparse_point(const unsigned int xid,