diff --git a/fs/configfs/configfs_internal.h b/fs/configfs/configfs_internal.h
index b65d1ef..ccc31fa 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/configfs_internal.h
+++ b/fs/configfs/configfs_internal.h
@@ -53,13 +53,14 @@
 #define CONFIGFS_ROOT		0x0001
 #define CONFIGFS_DIR		0x0002
 #define CONFIGFS_ITEM_ATTR	0x0004
+#define CONFIGFS_ITEM_BIN_ATTR	0x0008
 #define CONFIGFS_ITEM_LINK	0x0020
 #define CONFIGFS_USET_DIR	0x0040
 #define CONFIGFS_USET_DEFAULT	0x0080
 #define CONFIGFS_USET_DROPPING	0x0100
 #define CONFIGFS_USET_IN_MKDIR	0x0200
 #define CONFIGFS_USET_CREATING	0x0400
-#define CONFIGFS_NOT_PINNED	(CONFIGFS_ITEM_ATTR)
+#define CONFIGFS_NOT_PINNED	(CONFIGFS_ITEM_ATTR | CONFIGFS_ITEM_BIN_ATTR)
 
 extern struct mutex configfs_symlink_mutex;
 extern spinlock_t configfs_dirent_lock;
@@ -72,6 +73,8 @@
 extern int configfs_create(struct dentry *, umode_t mode, void (*init)(struct inode *));
 
 extern int configfs_create_file(struct config_item *, const struct configfs_attribute *);
+extern int configfs_create_bin_file(struct config_item *,
+				    const struct configfs_bin_attribute *);
 extern int configfs_make_dirent(struct configfs_dirent *,
 				struct dentry *, void *, umode_t, int);
 extern int configfs_dirent_is_ready(struct configfs_dirent *);
@@ -88,7 +91,7 @@
 extern struct rw_semaphore configfs_rename_sem;
 extern const struct file_operations configfs_dir_operations;
 extern const struct file_operations configfs_file_operations;
-extern const struct file_operations bin_fops;
+extern const struct file_operations configfs_bin_file_operations;
 extern const struct inode_operations configfs_dir_inode_operations;
 extern const struct inode_operations configfs_root_inode_operations;
 extern const struct inode_operations configfs_symlink_inode_operations;
@@ -119,6 +122,13 @@
 	return ((struct configfs_attribute *) sd->s_element);
 }
 
+static inline struct configfs_bin_attribute *to_bin_attr(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	struct configfs_attribute *attr = to_attr(dentry);
+
+	return container_of(attr, struct configfs_bin_attribute, cb_attr);
+}
+
 static inline struct config_item *configfs_get_config_item(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	struct config_item * item = NULL;
diff --git a/fs/configfs/dir.c b/fs/configfs/dir.c
index a7a1b21..7ae97e8 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/dir.c
@@ -255,6 +255,12 @@
 	inode->i_fop = &configfs_file_operations;
 }
 
+static void configfs_init_bin_file(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	inode->i_size = 0;
+	inode->i_fop = &configfs_bin_file_operations;
+}
+
 static void init_symlink(struct inode * inode)
 {
 	inode->i_op = &configfs_symlink_inode_operations;
@@ -423,7 +429,9 @@
 	spin_unlock(&configfs_dirent_lock);
 
 	error = configfs_create(dentry, (attr->ca_mode & S_IALLUGO) | S_IFREG,
-				configfs_init_file);
+				(sd->s_type & CONFIGFS_ITEM_BIN_ATTR) ?
+					configfs_init_bin_file :
+					configfs_init_file);
 	if (error) {
 		configfs_put(sd);
 		return error;
@@ -583,6 +591,7 @@
 {
 	struct config_item_type *t = item->ci_type;
 	struct configfs_attribute *attr;
+	struct configfs_bin_attribute *bin_attr;
 	int error = 0;
 	int i;
 
@@ -594,6 +603,13 @@
 				break;
 		}
 	}
+	if (t->ct_bin_attrs) {
+		for (i = 0; (bin_attr = t->ct_bin_attrs[i]) != NULL; i++) {
+			error = configfs_create_bin_file(item, bin_attr);
+			if (error)
+				break;
+		}
+	}
 
 	if (error)
 		detach_attrs(item);
diff --git a/fs/configfs/file.c b/fs/configfs/file.c
index d39099e..3687187 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/file.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
+#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 
 #include <linux/configfs.h>
@@ -48,6 +49,10 @@
 	struct configfs_item_operations	* ops;
 	struct mutex		mutex;
 	int			needs_read_fill;
+	bool			read_in_progress;
+	bool			write_in_progress;
+	char			*bin_buffer;
+	int			bin_buffer_size;
 };
 
 
@@ -123,6 +128,87 @@
 	return retval;
 }
 
+/**
+ *	configfs_read_bin_file - read a binary attribute.
+ *	@file:	file pointer.
+ *	@buf:	buffer to fill.
+ *	@count:	number of bytes to read.
+ *	@ppos:	starting offset in file.
+ *
+ *	Userspace wants to read a binary attribute file. The attribute
+ *	descriptor is in the file's ->d_fsdata. The target item is in the
+ *	directory's ->d_fsdata.
+ *
+ *	We check whether we need to refill the buffer. If so we will
+ *	call the attributes' attr->read() twice. The first time we
+ *	will pass a NULL as a buffer pointer, which the attributes' method
+ *	will use to return the size of the buffer required. If no error
+ *	occurs we will allocate the buffer using vmalloc and call
+ *	attr->read() again passing that buffer as an argument.
+ *	Then we just copy to user-space using simple_read_from_buffer.
+ */
+
+static ssize_t
+configfs_read_bin_file(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
+		       size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	struct configfs_buffer *buffer = file->private_data;
+	struct dentry *dentry = file->f_path.dentry;
+	struct config_item *item = to_item(dentry->d_parent);
+	struct configfs_bin_attribute *bin_attr = to_bin_attr(dentry);
+	ssize_t retval = 0;
+	ssize_t len = min_t(size_t, count, PAGE_SIZE);
+
+	mutex_lock(&buffer->mutex);
+
+	/* we don't support switching read/write modes */
+	if (buffer->write_in_progress) {
+		retval = -ETXTBSY;
+		goto out;
+	}
+	buffer->read_in_progress = 1;
+
+	if (buffer->needs_read_fill) {
+		/* perform first read with buf == NULL to get extent */
+		len = bin_attr->read(item, NULL, 0);
+		if (len <= 0) {
+			retval = len;
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		/* do not exceed the maximum value */
+		if (bin_attr->cb_max_size && len > bin_attr->cb_max_size) {
+			retval = -EFBIG;
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		buffer->bin_buffer = vmalloc(len);
+		if (buffer->bin_buffer == NULL) {
+			retval = -ENOMEM;
+			goto out;
+		}
+		buffer->bin_buffer_size = len;
+
+		/* perform second read to fill buffer */
+		len = bin_attr->read(item, buffer->bin_buffer, len);
+		if (len < 0) {
+			retval = len;
+			vfree(buffer->bin_buffer);
+			buffer->bin_buffer_size = 0;
+			buffer->bin_buffer = NULL;
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		buffer->needs_read_fill = 0;
+	}
+
+	retval = simple_read_from_buffer(buf, count, ppos, buffer->bin_buffer,
+					buffer->bin_buffer_size);
+out:
+	mutex_unlock(&buffer->mutex);
+	return retval;
+}
+
 
 /**
  *	fill_write_buffer - copy buffer from userspace.
@@ -209,10 +295,80 @@
 	return len;
 }
 
-static int check_perm(struct inode * inode, struct file * file)
+/**
+ *	configfs_write_bin_file - write a binary attribute.
+ *	@file:	file pointer
+ *	@buf:	data to write
+ *	@count:	number of bytes
+ *	@ppos:	starting offset
+ *
+ *	Writing to a binary attribute file is similar to a normal read.
+ *	We buffer the consecutive writes (binary attribute files do not
+ *	support lseek) in a continuously growing buffer, but we don't
+ *	commit until the close of the file.
+ */
+
+static ssize_t
+configfs_write_bin_file(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
+			size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	struct configfs_buffer *buffer = file->private_data;
+	struct dentry *dentry = file->f_path.dentry;
+	struct configfs_bin_attribute *bin_attr = to_bin_attr(dentry);
+	void *tbuf = NULL;
+	ssize_t len;
+
+	mutex_lock(&buffer->mutex);
+
+	/* we don't support switching read/write modes */
+	if (buffer->read_in_progress) {
+		len = -ETXTBSY;
+		goto out;
+	}
+	buffer->write_in_progress = 1;
+
+	/* buffer grows? */
+	if (*ppos + count > buffer->bin_buffer_size) {
+
+		if (bin_attr->cb_max_size &&
+			*ppos + count > bin_attr->cb_max_size) {
+			len = -EFBIG;
+		}
+
+		tbuf = vmalloc(*ppos + count);
+		if (tbuf == NULL) {
+			len = -ENOMEM;
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		/* copy old contents */
+		if (buffer->bin_buffer) {
+			memcpy(tbuf, buffer->bin_buffer,
+				buffer->bin_buffer_size);
+			vfree(buffer->bin_buffer);
+		}
+
+		/* clear the new area */
+		memset(tbuf + buffer->bin_buffer_size, 0,
+			*ppos + count - buffer->bin_buffer_size);
+		buffer->bin_buffer = tbuf;
+		buffer->bin_buffer_size = *ppos + count;
+	}
+
+	len = simple_write_to_buffer(buffer->bin_buffer,
+			buffer->bin_buffer_size, ppos, buf, count);
+	if (len > 0)
+		*ppos += len;
+out:
+	mutex_unlock(&buffer->mutex);
+	return len;
+}
+
+static int check_perm(struct inode * inode, struct file * file, int type)
 {
 	struct config_item *item = configfs_get_config_item(file->f_path.dentry->d_parent);
 	struct configfs_attribute * attr = to_attr(file->f_path.dentry);
+	struct configfs_bin_attribute *bin_attr = NULL;
 	struct configfs_buffer * buffer;
 	struct configfs_item_operations * ops = NULL;
 	int error = 0;
@@ -220,6 +376,9 @@
 	if (!item || !attr)
 		goto Einval;
 
+	if (type & CONFIGFS_ITEM_BIN_ATTR)
+		bin_attr = to_bin_attr(file->f_path.dentry);
+
 	/* Grab the module reference for this attribute if we have one */
 	if (!try_module_get(attr->ca_owner)) {
 		error = -ENODEV;
@@ -236,9 +395,14 @@
 	 * and we must have a store method.
 	 */
 	if (file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE) {
-		if (!(inode->i_mode & S_IWUGO) || !attr->store)
+		if (!(inode->i_mode & S_IWUGO))
 			goto Eaccess;
 
+		if ((type & CONFIGFS_ITEM_ATTR) && !attr->store)
+			goto Eaccess;
+
+		if ((type & CONFIGFS_ITEM_BIN_ATTR) && !bin_attr->write)
+			goto Eaccess;
 	}
 
 	/* File needs read support.
@@ -246,7 +410,13 @@
 	 * must be a show method for it.
 	 */
 	if (file->f_mode & FMODE_READ) {
-		if (!(inode->i_mode & S_IRUGO) || !attr->show)
+		if (!(inode->i_mode & S_IRUGO))
+			goto Eaccess;
+
+		if ((type & CONFIGFS_ITEM_ATTR) && !attr->show)
+			goto Eaccess;
+
+		if ((type & CONFIGFS_ITEM_BIN_ATTR) && !bin_attr->read)
 			goto Eaccess;
 	}
 
@@ -260,6 +430,8 @@
 	}
 	mutex_init(&buffer->mutex);
 	buffer->needs_read_fill = 1;
+	buffer->read_in_progress = 0;
+	buffer->write_in_progress = 0;
 	buffer->ops = ops;
 	file->private_data = buffer;
 	goto Done;
@@ -277,12 +449,7 @@
 	return error;
 }
 
-static int configfs_open_file(struct inode * inode, struct file * filp)
-{
-	return check_perm(inode,filp);
-}
-
-static int configfs_release(struct inode * inode, struct file * filp)
+static int configfs_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 {
 	struct config_item * item = to_item(filp->f_path.dentry->d_parent);
 	struct configfs_attribute * attr = to_attr(filp->f_path.dentry);
@@ -303,6 +470,47 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int configfs_open_file(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
+{
+	return check_perm(inode, filp, CONFIGFS_ITEM_ATTR);
+}
+
+static int configfs_open_bin_file(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
+{
+	return check_perm(inode, filp, CONFIGFS_ITEM_BIN_ATTR);
+}
+
+static int configfs_release_bin_file(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
+{
+	struct configfs_buffer *buffer = filp->private_data;
+	struct dentry *dentry = filp->f_path.dentry;
+	struct config_item *item = to_item(dentry->d_parent);
+	struct configfs_bin_attribute *bin_attr = to_bin_attr(dentry);
+	ssize_t len = 0;
+	int ret;
+
+	buffer->read_in_progress = 0;
+
+	if (buffer->write_in_progress) {
+		buffer->write_in_progress = 0;
+
+		len = bin_attr->write(item, buffer->bin_buffer,
+				buffer->bin_buffer_size);
+
+		/* vfree on NULL is safe */
+		vfree(buffer->bin_buffer);
+		buffer->bin_buffer = NULL;
+		buffer->bin_buffer_size = 0;
+		buffer->needs_read_fill = 1;
+	}
+
+	ret = configfs_release(inode, filp);
+	if (len < 0)
+		return len;
+	return ret;
+}
+
+
 const struct file_operations configfs_file_operations = {
 	.read		= configfs_read_file,
 	.write		= configfs_write_file,
@@ -311,6 +519,14 @@
 	.release	= configfs_release,
 };
 
+const struct file_operations configfs_bin_file_operations = {
+	.read		= configfs_read_bin_file,
+	.write		= configfs_write_bin_file,
+	.llseek		= NULL,		/* bin file is not seekable */
+	.open		= configfs_open_bin_file,
+	.release	= configfs_release_bin_file,
+};
+
 /**
  *	configfs_create_file - create an attribute file for an item.
  *	@item:	item we're creating for.
@@ -332,3 +548,24 @@
 	return error;
 }
 
+/**
+ *	configfs_create_bin_file - create a binary attribute file for an item.
+ *	@item:	item we're creating for.
+ *	@attr:	atrribute descriptor.
+ */
+
+int configfs_create_bin_file(struct config_item *item,
+		const struct configfs_bin_attribute *bin_attr)
+{
+	struct dentry *dir = item->ci_dentry;
+	struct configfs_dirent *parent_sd = dir->d_fsdata;
+	umode_t mode = (bin_attr->cb_attr.ca_mode & S_IALLUGO) | S_IFREG;
+	int error = 0;
+
+	mutex_lock_nested(&dir->d_inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_NORMAL);
+	error = configfs_make_dirent(parent_sd, NULL, (void *) bin_attr, mode,
+				     CONFIGFS_ITEM_BIN_ATTR);
+	mutex_unlock(&dir->d_inode->i_mutex);
+
+	return error;
+}
diff --git a/fs/configfs/inode.c b/fs/configfs/inode.c
index eae8757..0cc810e 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/inode.c
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@
 	if (sd->s_type & (CONFIGFS_DIR | CONFIGFS_ITEM_LINK))
 		return sd->s_dentry->d_name.name;
 
-	if (sd->s_type & CONFIGFS_ITEM_ATTR) {
+	if (sd->s_type & (CONFIGFS_ITEM_ATTR | CONFIGFS_ITEM_BIN_ATTR)) {
 		attr = sd->s_element;
 		return attr->ca_name;
 	}