if (access == V9FS_ACCESS_SINGLE)
                                return ERR_PTR(-EPERM);
 
-                       if (v9fs_extended(v9ses))
+                       if (v9fs_proto_dotu(v9ses))
                                uname = NULL;
                        else
                                uname = v9ses->uname;
 
        list_add(&v9ses->slist, &v9fs_sessionlist);
        spin_unlock(&v9fs_sessionlist_lock);
 
-       v9ses->flags = V9FS_EXTENDED | V9FS_ACCESS_USER;
+       v9ses->flags = V9FS_PROTO_2000U | V9FS_ACCESS_USER;
        strcpy(v9ses->uname, V9FS_DEFUSER);
        strcpy(v9ses->aname, V9FS_DEFANAME);
        v9ses->uid = ~0;
        }
 
        if (!v9ses->clnt->dotu)
-               v9ses->flags &= ~V9FS_EXTENDED;
+               v9ses->flags &= ~V9FS_PROTO_2000U;
 
        v9ses->maxdata = v9ses->clnt->msize - P9_IOHDRSZ;
 
        /* for legacy mode, fall back to V9FS_ACCESS_ANY */
-       if (!v9fs_extended(v9ses) &&
+       if (!v9fs_proto_dotu(v9ses) &&
                ((v9ses->flags&V9FS_ACCESS_MASK) == V9FS_ACCESS_USER)) {
 
                v9ses->flags &= ~V9FS_ACCESS_MASK;
 
 
 /**
  * enum p9_session_flags - option flags for each 9P session
- * @V9FS_EXTENDED: whether or not to use 9P2000.u extensions
+ * @V9FS_PROTO_2000U: whether or not to use 9P2000.u extensions
+ * @V9FS_PROTO_2010L: whether or not to use 9P2010.l extensions
  * @V9FS_ACCESS_SINGLE: only the mounting user can access the hierarchy
  * @V9FS_ACCESS_USER: a new attach will be issued for every user (default)
  * @V9FS_ACCESS_ANY: use a single attach for all users
  * Session flags reflect options selected by users at mount time
  */
 enum p9_session_flags {
-       V9FS_EXTENDED           = 0x01,
-       V9FS_ACCESS_SINGLE      = 0x02,
-       V9FS_ACCESS_USER        = 0x04,
-       V9FS_ACCESS_ANY         = 0x06,
-       V9FS_ACCESS_MASK        = 0x06,
+       V9FS_PROTO_2000U        = 0x01,
+       V9FS_PROTO_2010L        = 0x02,
+       V9FS_ACCESS_SINGLE      = 0x04,
+       V9FS_ACCESS_USER        = 0x08,
+       V9FS_ACCESS_ANY         = 0x0C,
+       V9FS_ACCESS_MASK        = 0x0C,
 };
 
 /* possible values of ->cache */
        return (inode->i_sb->s_fs_info);
 }
 
-static inline int v9fs_extended(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses)
+static inline int v9fs_proto_dotu(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses)
 {
-       return v9ses->flags & V9FS_EXTENDED;
+       return v9ses->flags & V9FS_PROTO_2000U;
+}
+
+static inline int v9fs_proto_dotl(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses)
+{
+       return v9ses->flags & V9FS_PROTO_2010L;
 }
 
 
        P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "inode: %p file: %p \n", inode, file);
        v9ses = v9fs_inode2v9ses(inode);
-       omode = v9fs_uflags2omode(file->f_flags, v9fs_extended(v9ses));
+       omode = v9fs_uflags2omode(file->f_flags, v9fs_proto_dotu(v9ses));
        fid = file->private_data;
        if (!fid) {
                fid = v9fs_fid_clone(file->f_path.dentry);
                        i_size_write(inode, 0);
                        inode->i_blocks = 0;
                }
-               if ((file->f_flags & O_APPEND) && (!v9fs_extended(v9ses)))
+               if ((file->f_flags & O_APPEND) && (!v9fs_proto_dotu(v9ses)))
                        generic_file_llseek(file, 0, SEEK_END);
        }
 
 
        res = mode & 0777;
        if (S_ISDIR(mode))
                res |= P9_DMDIR;
-       if (v9fs_extended(v9ses)) {
+       if (v9fs_proto_dotu(v9ses)) {
                if (S_ISLNK(mode))
                        res |= P9_DMSYMLINK;
                if (v9ses->nodev == 0) {
 
        if ((mode & P9_DMDIR) == P9_DMDIR)
                res |= S_IFDIR;
-       else if ((mode & P9_DMSYMLINK) && (v9fs_extended(v9ses)))
+       else if ((mode & P9_DMSYMLINK) && (v9fs_proto_dotu(v9ses)))
                res |= S_IFLNK;
-       else if ((mode & P9_DMSOCKET) && (v9fs_extended(v9ses))
+       else if ((mode & P9_DMSOCKET) && (v9fs_proto_dotu(v9ses))
                 && (v9ses->nodev == 0))
                res |= S_IFSOCK;
-       else if ((mode & P9_DMNAMEDPIPE) && (v9fs_extended(v9ses))
+       else if ((mode & P9_DMNAMEDPIPE) && (v9fs_proto_dotu(v9ses))
                 && (v9ses->nodev == 0))
                res |= S_IFIFO;
-       else if ((mode & P9_DMDEVICE) && (v9fs_extended(v9ses))
+       else if ((mode & P9_DMDEVICE) && (v9fs_proto_dotu(v9ses))
                 && (v9ses->nodev == 0))
                res |= S_IFBLK;
        else
                res |= S_IFREG;
 
-       if (v9fs_extended(v9ses)) {
+       if (v9fs_proto_dotu(v9ses)) {
                if ((mode & P9_DMSETUID) == P9_DMSETUID)
                        res |= S_ISUID;
 
        case S_IFBLK:
        case S_IFCHR:
        case S_IFSOCK:
-               if (!v9fs_extended(v9ses)) {
+               if (!v9fs_proto_dotu(v9ses)) {
                        P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_ERROR,
                                   "special files without extended mode\n");
                        err = -EINVAL;
                inode->i_fop = &v9fs_file_operations;
                break;
        case S_IFLNK:
-               if (!v9fs_extended(v9ses)) {
+               if (!v9fs_proto_dotu(v9ses)) {
                        P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_ERROR,
                                   "extended modes used w/o 9P2000.u\n");
                        err = -EINVAL;
                break;
        case S_IFDIR:
                inc_nlink(inode);
-               if (v9fs_extended(v9ses))
+               if (v9fs_proto_dotu(v9ses))
                        inode->i_op = &v9fs_dir_inode_operations_ext;
                else
                        inode->i_op = &v9fs_dir_inode_operations;
                flags = O_RDWR;
 
        fid = v9fs_create(v9ses, dir, dentry, NULL, perm,
-                               v9fs_uflags2omode(flags, v9fs_extended(v9ses)));
+                               v9fs_uflags2omode(flags,
+                                               v9fs_proto_dotu(v9ses)));
        if (IS_ERR(fid)) {
                err = PTR_ERR(fid);
                fid = NULL;
        if (iattr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE)
                wstat.length = iattr->ia_size;
 
-       if (v9fs_extended(v9ses)) {
+       if (v9fs_proto_dotu(v9ses)) {
                if (iattr->ia_valid & ATTR_UID)
                        wstat.n_uid = iattr->ia_uid;
 
        inode->i_uid = v9ses->dfltuid;
        inode->i_gid = v9ses->dfltgid;
 
-       if (v9fs_extended(v9ses)) {
+       if (v9fs_proto_dotu(v9ses)) {
                inode->i_uid = stat->n_uid;
                inode->i_gid = stat->n_gid;
        }
        if (IS_ERR(fid))
                return PTR_ERR(fid);
 
-       if (!v9fs_extended(v9ses))
+       if (!v9fs_proto_dotu(v9ses))
                return -EBADF;
 
        st = p9_client_stat(fid);
        struct p9_fid *fid;
 
        v9ses = v9fs_inode2v9ses(dir);
-       if (!v9fs_extended(v9ses)) {
+       if (!v9fs_proto_dotu(v9ses)) {
                P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_ERROR, "not extended\n");
                return -EPERM;
        }