diff --git a/fs/nfsd/cache.h b/fs/nfsd/cache.h
index d892be6..93cc9d3 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/cache.h
+++ b/fs/nfsd/cache.h
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ enum {
 
 int	nfsd_reply_cache_init(void);
 void	nfsd_reply_cache_shutdown(void);
-int	nfsd_cache_lookup(struct svc_rqst *, int);
+int	nfsd_cache_lookup(struct svc_rqst *);
 void	nfsd_cache_update(struct svc_rqst *, int, __be32 *);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NFSD_V4
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
index 7ef1b27..e807776 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
@@ -1007,6 +1007,15 @@ struct nfsd4_operation {
 	nfsd4op_func op_func;
 	u32 op_flags;
 	char *op_name;
+	/*
+	 * We use the DRC for compounds containing non-idempotent
+	 * operations, *except* those that are 4.1-specific (since
+	 * sessions provide their own EOS), and except for stateful
+	 * operations other than setclientid and setclientid_confirm
+	 * (since sequence numbers provide EOS for open, lock, etc in
+	 * the v4.0 case).
+	 */
+	bool op_cacheresult;
 };
 
 static struct nfsd4_operation nfsd4_ops[];
@@ -1051,6 +1060,11 @@ static inline struct nfsd4_operation *OPDESC(struct nfsd4_op *op)
 	return &nfsd4_ops[op->opnum];
 }
 
+bool nfsd4_cache_this_op(struct nfsd4_op *op)
+{
+	return OPDESC(op)->op_cacheresult;
+}
+
 static bool need_wrongsec_check(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 {
 	struct nfsd4_compoundres *resp = rqstp->rq_resp;
@@ -1240,6 +1254,7 @@ static struct nfsd4_operation nfsd4_ops[] = {
 	[OP_CREATE] = {
 		.op_func = (nfsd4op_func)nfsd4_create,
 		.op_name = "OP_CREATE",
+		.op_cacheresult = true,
 	},
 	[OP_DELEGRETURN] = {
 		.op_func = (nfsd4op_func)nfsd4_delegreturn,
@@ -1257,6 +1272,7 @@ static struct nfsd4_operation nfsd4_ops[] = {
 	[OP_LINK] = {
 		.op_func = (nfsd4op_func)nfsd4_link,
 		.op_name = "OP_LINK",
+		.op_cacheresult = true,
 	},
 	[OP_LOCK] = {
 		.op_func = (nfsd4op_func)nfsd4_lock,
@@ -1330,10 +1346,12 @@ static struct nfsd4_operation nfsd4_ops[] = {
 	[OP_REMOVE] = {
 		.op_func = (nfsd4op_func)nfsd4_remove,
 		.op_name = "OP_REMOVE",
+		.op_cacheresult = true,
 	},
 	[OP_RENAME] = {
 		.op_name = "OP_RENAME",
 		.op_func = (nfsd4op_func)nfsd4_rename,
+		.op_cacheresult = true,
 	},
 	[OP_RENEW] = {
 		.op_func = (nfsd4op_func)nfsd4_renew,
@@ -1359,16 +1377,19 @@ static struct nfsd4_operation nfsd4_ops[] = {
 	[OP_SETATTR] = {
 		.op_func = (nfsd4op_func)nfsd4_setattr,
 		.op_name = "OP_SETATTR",
+		.op_cacheresult = true,
 	},
 	[OP_SETCLIENTID] = {
 		.op_func = (nfsd4op_func)nfsd4_setclientid,
 		.op_flags = ALLOWED_WITHOUT_FH | ALLOWED_ON_ABSENT_FS,
 		.op_name = "OP_SETCLIENTID",
+		.op_cacheresult = true,
 	},
 	[OP_SETCLIENTID_CONFIRM] = {
 		.op_func = (nfsd4op_func)nfsd4_setclientid_confirm,
 		.op_flags = ALLOWED_WITHOUT_FH | ALLOWED_ON_ABSENT_FS,
 		.op_name = "OP_SETCLIENTID_CONFIRM",
+		.op_cacheresult = true,
 	},
 	[OP_VERIFY] = {
 		.op_func = (nfsd4op_func)nfsd4_verify,
@@ -1377,6 +1398,7 @@ static struct nfsd4_operation nfsd4_ops[] = {
 	[OP_WRITE] = {
 		.op_func = (nfsd4op_func)nfsd4_write,
 		.op_name = "OP_WRITE",
+		.op_cacheresult = true,
 	},
 	[OP_RELEASE_LOCKOWNER] = {
 		.op_func = (nfsd4op_func)nfsd4_release_lockowner,
@@ -1447,16 +1469,6 @@ static const char *nfsd4_op_name(unsigned opnum)
 #define nfsd4_voidres			nfsd4_voidargs
 struct nfsd4_voidargs { int dummy; };
 
-/*
- * TODO: At the present time, the NFSv4 server does not do XID caching
- * of requests.  Implementing XID caching would not be a serious problem,
- * although it would require a mild change in interfaces since one
- * doesn't know whether an NFSv4 request is idempotent until after the
- * XDR decode.  However, XID caching totally confuses pynfs (Peter
- * Astrand's regression testsuite for NFSv4 servers), which reuses
- * XID's liberally, so I've left it unimplemented until pynfs generates
- * better XID's.
- */
 static struct svc_procedure		nfsd_procedures4[2] = {
 	[NFSPROC4_NULL] = {
 		.pc_func = (svc_procfunc) nfsd4_proc_null,
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
index c43f560..c8bf405 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 #include "xdr4.h"
 #include "vfs.h"
 #include "state.h"
+#include "cache.h"
 
 #define NFSDDBG_FACILITY		NFSDDBG_XDR
 
@@ -1466,6 +1467,7 @@ nfsd4_decode_compound(struct nfsd4_compoundargs *argp)
 	DECODE_HEAD;
 	struct nfsd4_op *op;
 	struct nfsd4_minorversion_ops *ops;
+	bool cachethis = false;
 	int i;
 
 	/*
@@ -1547,7 +1549,16 @@ nfsd4_decode_compound(struct nfsd4_compoundargs *argp)
 			argp->opcnt = i+1;
 			break;
 		}
+		/*
+		 * We'll try to cache the result in the DRC if any one
+		 * op in the compound wants to be cached:
+		 */
+		cachethis |= nfsd4_cache_this_op(op);
 	}
+	/* Sessions make the DRC unnecessary: */
+	if (argp->minorversion)
+		cachethis = false;
+	argp->rqstp->rq_cachetype = cachethis ? RC_REPLBUFF : RC_NOCACHE;
 
 	DECODE_TAIL;
 }
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfscache.c b/fs/nfsd/nfscache.c
index 4666a20..2cbac34 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfscache.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfscache.c
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ hash_refile(struct svc_cacherep *rp)
  * Note that no operation within the loop may sleep.
  */
 int
-nfsd_cache_lookup(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, int type)
+nfsd_cache_lookup(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 {
 	struct hlist_node	*hn;
 	struct hlist_head 	*rh;
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ nfsd_cache_lookup(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, int type)
 				vers = rqstp->rq_vers,
 				proc = rqstp->rq_proc;
 	unsigned long		age;
+	int type = rqstp->rq_cachetype;
 	int rtn;
 
 	rqstp->rq_cacherep = NULL;
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c
index bb8397f..dc5a1bf 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c
@@ -570,8 +570,22 @@ nfsd_dispatch(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, __be32 *statp)
 				rqstp->rq_vers, rqstp->rq_proc);
 	proc = rqstp->rq_procinfo;
 
+	/*
+	 * Give the xdr decoder a chance to change this if it wants
+	 * (necessary in the NFSv4.0 compound case)
+	 */
+	rqstp->rq_cachetype = proc->pc_cachetype;
+	/* Decode arguments */
+	xdr = proc->pc_decode;
+	if (xdr && !xdr(rqstp, (__be32*)rqstp->rq_arg.head[0].iov_base,
+			rqstp->rq_argp)) {
+		dprintk("nfsd: failed to decode arguments!\n");
+		*statp = rpc_garbage_args;
+		return 1;
+	}
+
 	/* Check whether we have this call in the cache. */
-	switch (nfsd_cache_lookup(rqstp, proc->pc_cachetype)) {
+	switch (nfsd_cache_lookup(rqstp)) {
 	case RC_INTR:
 	case RC_DROPIT:
 		return 0;
@@ -581,16 +595,6 @@ nfsd_dispatch(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, __be32 *statp)
 		/* do it */
 	}
 
-	/* Decode arguments */
-	xdr = proc->pc_decode;
-	if (xdr && !xdr(rqstp, (__be32*)rqstp->rq_arg.head[0].iov_base,
-			rqstp->rq_argp)) {
-		dprintk("nfsd: failed to decode arguments!\n");
-		nfsd_cache_update(rqstp, RC_NOCACHE, NULL);
-		*statp = rpc_garbage_args;
-		return 1;
-	}
-
 	/* need to grab the location to store the status, as
 	 * nfsv4 does some encoding while processing 
 	 */
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/xdr4.h b/fs/nfsd/xdr4.h
index 351348c..d2a8d044 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/xdr4.h
+++ b/fs/nfsd/xdr4.h
@@ -457,6 +457,8 @@ struct nfsd4_op {
 	struct nfs4_replay *			replay;
 };
 
+bool nfsd4_cache_this_op(struct nfsd4_op *);
+
 struct nfsd4_compoundargs {
 	/* scratch variables for XDR decode */
 	__be32 *			p;
@@ -479,6 +481,7 @@ struct nfsd4_compoundargs {
 	u32				opcnt;
 	struct nfsd4_op			*ops;
 	struct nfsd4_op			iops[8];
+	int				cachetype;
 };
 
 struct nfsd4_compoundres {
diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h
index ea29330..2f1e518 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h
@@ -273,6 +273,7 @@ struct svc_rqst {
 	/* Catering to nfsd */
 	struct auth_domain *	rq_client;	/* RPC peer info */
 	struct auth_domain *	rq_gssclient;	/* "gss/"-style peer info */
+	int			rq_cachetype;
 	struct svc_cacherep *	rq_cacherep;	/* cache info */
 	int			rq_splice_ok;   /* turned off in gss privacy
 						 * to prevent encrypting page
