diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index c8d4b91..0d94420 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -9916,7 +9916,7 @@ S:	Supported
 F:	Documentation/filesystems/nfs/exporting.rst
 F:	fs/exportfs/
 F:	fs/fhandle.c
-F:	include/linux/exportfs.h
+F:	include/linux/exportfs*.h
 
 FILESYSTEMS [IDMAPPED MOUNTS]
 M:	Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/blocklayout.c b/fs/nfsd/blocklayout.c
index 9d829c8..5be7721 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/blocklayout.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/blocklayout.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2014-2016 Christoph Hellwig.
  */
-#include <linux/exportfs.h>
+#include <linux/exportfs_block.h>
 #include <linux/iomap.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/pr.h>
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ nfsd4_block_map_extent(struct inode *inode, const struct svc_fh *fhp,
 	u32 device_generation = 0;
 	int error;
 
-	error = sb->s_export_op->map_blocks(inode, offset, length, &iomap,
-			iomode != IOMODE_READ, &device_generation);
+	error = sb->s_export_op->block_ops->map_blocks(inode, offset, length,
+			&iomap, iomode != IOMODE_READ, &device_generation);
 	if (error) {
 		if (error == -ENXIO)
 			return nfserr_layoutunavailable;
@@ -179,23 +179,20 @@ static __be32
 nfsd4_block_commit_blocks(struct inode *inode, struct nfsd4_layoutcommit *lcp,
 		struct iomap *iomaps, int nr_iomaps)
 {
-	struct timespec64 mtime = inode_get_mtime(inode);
-	struct iattr iattr = { .ia_valid = 0 };
 	int error;
 
-	if (lcp->lc_mtime.tv_nsec == UTIME_NOW ||
-	    timespec64_compare(&lcp->lc_mtime, &mtime) < 0)
-		lcp->lc_mtime = current_time(inode);
-	iattr.ia_valid |= ATTR_ATIME | ATTR_CTIME | ATTR_MTIME;
-	iattr.ia_atime = iattr.ia_ctime = iattr.ia_mtime = lcp->lc_mtime;
-
-	if (lcp->lc_size_chg) {
-		iattr.ia_valid |= ATTR_SIZE;
-		iattr.ia_size = lcp->lc_newsize;
-	}
-
-	error = inode->i_sb->s_export_op->commit_blocks(inode, iomaps,
-			nr_iomaps, &iattr);
+	/*
+	 * This ignores the client provided mtime in loca_time_modify, as a
+	 * fully client specified mtime doesn't really fit into the Linux
+	 * multi-grain timestamp architecture.
+	 *
+	 * RFC 8881 Section 18.42 makes it clear that the client provided
+	 * timestamp is a "may" condition, and clients that want to force a
+	 * specific timestamp should send a separate SETATTR in the compound.
+	 */
+	error = inode->i_sb->s_export_op->block_ops->commit_blocks(inode,
+			iomaps, nr_iomaps,
+			lcp->lc_size_chg ? lcp->lc_newsize : 0);
 	kfree(iomaps);
 	return nfserrno(error);
 }
@@ -218,8 +215,8 @@ nfsd4_block_get_device_info_simple(struct super_block *sb,
 
 	b->type = PNFS_BLOCK_VOLUME_SIMPLE;
 	b->simple.sig_len = PNFS_BLOCK_UUID_LEN;
-	return sb->s_export_op->get_uuid(sb, b->simple.sig, &b->simple.sig_len,
-			&b->simple.offset);
+	return sb->s_export_op->block_ops->get_uuid(sb, b->simple.sig,
+			&b->simple.sig_len, &b->simple.offset);
 }
 
 static __be32
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/export.c b/fs/nfsd/export.c
index 665153f..35fef31 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/export.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/export.c
@@ -735,7 +735,8 @@ static int svc_export_parse(struct cache_detail *cd, char *mesg, int mlen)
 			goto out4;
 		err = 0;
 
-		nfsd4_setup_layout_type(&exp);
+		if (exp.ex_flags & NFSEXP_PNFS)
+			nfsd4_setup_layout_type(&exp);
 	}
 
 	expp = svc_export_lookup(&exp);
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4layouts.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4layouts.c
index 69e4110..c3543d4 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4layouts.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4layouts.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2014 Christoph Hellwig.
  */
-#include <linux/blkdev.h>
+#include <linux/exportfs_block.h>
 #include <linux/kmod.h>
 #include <linux/file.h>
 #include <linux/jhash.h>
@@ -127,30 +127,17 @@ nfsd4_set_deviceid(struct nfsd4_deviceid *id, const struct svc_fh *fhp,
 
 void nfsd4_setup_layout_type(struct svc_export *exp)
 {
-#if defined(CONFIG_NFSD_BLOCKLAYOUT) || defined(CONFIG_NFSD_SCSILAYOUT)
 	struct super_block *sb = exp->ex_path.mnt->mnt_sb;
-#endif
-
-	if (!(exp->ex_flags & NFSEXP_PNFS))
-		return;
+	expfs_block_layouts_t block_supported = exportfs_layouts_supported(sb);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_NFSD_FLEXFILELAYOUT
-	exp->ex_layout_types |= 1 << LAYOUT_FLEX_FILES;
-#endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_NFSD_BLOCKLAYOUT
-	if (sb->s_export_op->get_uuid &&
-	    sb->s_export_op->map_blocks &&
-	    sb->s_export_op->commit_blocks)
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NFSD_FLEXFILELAYOUT))
+		exp->ex_layout_types |= 1 << LAYOUT_FLEX_FILES;
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NFSD_BLOCKLAYOUT) &&
+	    (block_supported & EXPFS_BLOCK_IN_BAND_ID))
 		exp->ex_layout_types |= 1 << LAYOUT_BLOCK_VOLUME;
-#endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_NFSD_SCSILAYOUT
-	if (sb->s_export_op->map_blocks &&
-	    sb->s_export_op->commit_blocks &&
-	    sb->s_bdev &&
-	    sb->s_bdev->bd_disk->fops->pr_ops &&
-	    sb->s_bdev->bd_disk->fops->get_unique_id)
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NFSD_SCSILAYOUT) &&
+	    (block_supported & EXPFS_BLOCK_OUT_OF_BAND_ID))
 		exp->ex_layout_types |= 1 << LAYOUT_SCSI;
-#endif
 }
 
 void nfsd4_close_layout(struct nfs4_layout_stateid *ls)
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_export.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_export.c
index e3e3c3c..9b2ad37 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_export.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_export.c
@@ -244,8 +244,6 @@ const struct export_operations xfs_export_operations = {
 	.get_parent		= xfs_fs_get_parent,
 	.commit_metadata	= xfs_fs_nfs_commit_metadata,
 #ifdef CONFIG_EXPORTFS_BLOCK_OPS
-	.get_uuid		= xfs_fs_get_uuid,
-	.map_blocks		= xfs_fs_map_blocks,
-	.commit_blocks		= xfs_fs_commit_blocks,
+	.block_ops		= &xfs_export_block_ops,
 #endif
 };
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_pnfs.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_pnfs.c
index d929933..f8535ec 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_pnfs.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_pnfs.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include "xfs_bmap.h"
 #include "xfs_iomap.h"
 #include "xfs_pnfs.h"
+#include <linux/exportfs_block.h>
 
 /*
  * Ensure that we do not have any outstanding pNFS layouts that can be used by
@@ -45,11 +46,22 @@ xfs_break_leased_layouts(
 	return error;
 }
 
+static expfs_block_layouts_t
+xfs_fs_layouts_supported(
+	struct super_block	*sb)
+{
+	expfs_block_layouts_t	supported = EXPFS_BLOCK_IN_BAND_ID;
+
+	if (exportfs_bdev_supports_out_of_band_id(sb->s_bdev))
+		supported |= EXPFS_BLOCK_OUT_OF_BAND_ID;
+	return supported;
+}
+
 /*
  * Get a unique ID including its location so that the client can identify
  * the exported device.
  */
-int
+static int
 xfs_fs_get_uuid(
 	struct super_block	*sb,
 	u8			*buf,
@@ -104,7 +116,7 @@ xfs_fs_map_update_inode(
 /*
  * Get a layout for the pNFS client.
  */
-int
+static int
 xfs_fs_map_blocks(
 	struct inode		*inode,
 	loff_t			offset,
@@ -255,28 +267,27 @@ xfs_pnfs_validate_isize(
  * to manually flush the cache here similar to what the fsync code path does
  * for datasyncs on files that have no dirty metadata.
  */
-int
+static int
 xfs_fs_commit_blocks(
 	struct inode		*inode,
 	struct iomap		*maps,
 	int			nr_maps,
-	struct iattr		*iattr)
+	loff_t			new_size)
 {
 	struct xfs_inode	*ip = XFS_I(inode);
 	struct xfs_mount	*mp = ip->i_mount;
 	struct xfs_trans	*tp;
+	struct timespec64	now;
 	bool			update_isize = false;
 	int			error, i;
 	loff_t			size;
 
-	ASSERT(iattr->ia_valid & (ATTR_ATIME|ATTR_CTIME|ATTR_MTIME));
-
 	xfs_ilock(ip, XFS_IOLOCK_EXCL);
 
 	size = i_size_read(inode);
-	if ((iattr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) && iattr->ia_size > size) {
+	if (new_size > size) {
 		update_isize = true;
-		size = iattr->ia_size;
+		size = new_size;
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < nr_maps; i++) {
@@ -321,11 +332,13 @@ xfs_fs_commit_blocks(
 	xfs_trans_ijoin(tp, ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
 	xfs_trans_log_inode(tp, ip, XFS_ILOG_CORE);
 
-	ASSERT(!(iattr->ia_valid & (ATTR_UID | ATTR_GID)));
-	setattr_copy(&nop_mnt_idmap, inode, iattr);
+	now = inode_set_ctime_current(inode);
+	inode_set_atime_to_ts(inode, now);
+	inode_set_mtime_to_ts(inode, now);
+
 	if (update_isize) {
-		i_size_write(inode, iattr->ia_size);
-		ip->i_disk_size = iattr->ia_size;
+		i_size_write(inode, new_size);
+		ip->i_disk_size = new_size;
 	}
 
 	xfs_trans_set_sync(tp);
@@ -335,3 +348,10 @@ out_drop_iolock:
 	xfs_iunlock(ip, XFS_IOLOCK_EXCL);
 	return error;
 }
+
+const struct exportfs_block_ops xfs_export_block_ops = {
+	.layouts_supported	= xfs_fs_layouts_supported,
+	.get_uuid		= xfs_fs_get_uuid,
+	.map_blocks		= xfs_fs_map_blocks,
+	.commit_blocks		= xfs_fs_commit_blocks,
+};
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_pnfs.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_pnfs.h
index 940c6c2..bf43b20 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_pnfs.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_pnfs.h
@@ -2,13 +2,9 @@
 #ifndef _XFS_PNFS_H
 #define _XFS_PNFS_H 1
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_EXPORTFS_BLOCK_OPS
-int xfs_fs_get_uuid(struct super_block *sb, u8 *buf, u32 *len, u64 *offset);
-int xfs_fs_map_blocks(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset, u64 length,
-		struct iomap *iomap, bool write, u32 *device_generation);
-int xfs_fs_commit_blocks(struct inode *inode, struct iomap *maps, int nr_maps,
-		struct iattr *iattr);
+#include <linux/exportfs_block.h>
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_EXPORTFS_BLOCK_OPS
 int xfs_break_leased_layouts(struct inode *inode, uint *iolock,
 		bool *did_unlock);
 #else
@@ -18,4 +14,7 @@ xfs_break_leased_layouts(struct inode *inode, uint *iolock, bool *did_unlock)
 	return 0;
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_EXPORTFS_BLOCK_OPS */
+
+extern const struct exportfs_block_ops xfs_export_block_ops;
+
 #endif /* _XFS_PNFS_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/exportfs.h b/include/linux/exportfs.h
index 8bcdba2..c835bc6 100644
--- a/include/linux/exportfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/exportfs.h
@@ -6,9 +6,8 @@
 #include <linux/path.h>
 
 struct dentry;
-struct iattr;
+struct exportfs_block_ops;
 struct inode;
-struct iomap;
 struct super_block;
 struct vfsmount;
 
@@ -260,19 +259,13 @@ struct handle_to_path_ctx {
  * @commit_metadata:
  *    @commit_metadata should commit metadata changes to stable storage.
  *
- * @get_uuid:
- *    Get a filesystem unique signature exposed to clients.
- *
- * @map_blocks:
- *    Map and, if necessary, allocate blocks for a layout.
- *
- * @commit_blocks:
- *    Commit blocks in a layout once the client is done with them.
- *
  * @flags:
  *    Allows the filesystem to communicate to nfsd that it may want to do things
  *    differently when dealing with it.
  *
+ * @block_ops:
+ *    Operations for layout grants to block on the underlying device.
+ *
  * Locking rules:
  *    get_parent is called with child->d_inode->i_rwsem down
  *    get_name is not (which is possibly inconsistent)
@@ -290,12 +283,6 @@ struct export_operations {
 	struct dentry * (*get_parent)(struct dentry *child);
 	int (*commit_metadata)(struct inode *inode);
 
-	int (*get_uuid)(struct super_block *sb, u8 *buf, u32 *len, u64 *offset);
-	int (*map_blocks)(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset,
-			  u64 len, struct iomap *iomap,
-			  bool write, u32 *device_generation);
-	int (*commit_blocks)(struct inode *inode, struct iomap *iomaps,
-			     int nr_iomaps, struct iattr *iattr);
 	int (*permission)(struct handle_to_path_ctx *ctx, unsigned int oflags);
 	struct file * (*open)(const struct path *path, unsigned int oflags);
 #define	EXPORT_OP_NOWCC			(0x1) /* don't collect v3 wcc data */
@@ -308,6 +295,10 @@ struct export_operations {
 #define EXPORT_OP_FLUSH_ON_CLOSE	(0x20) /* fs flushes file data on close */
 #define EXPORT_OP_NOLOCKS		(0x40) /* no file locking support */
 	unsigned long	flags;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_EXPORTFS_BLOCK_OPS
+	const struct exportfs_block_ops *block_ops;
+#endif
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/include/linux/exportfs_block.h b/include/linux/exportfs_block.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..de519b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/exportfs_block.h
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2026 Christoph Hellwig.
+ *
+ * Support for exportfs-based layout grants for direct block device access.
+ */
+#ifndef LINUX_EXPORTFS_BLOCK_H
+#define LINUX_EXPORTFS_BLOCK_H 1
+
+#include <linux/blkdev.h>
+#include <linux/exportfs.h>
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+
+struct inode;
+struct iomap;
+struct super_block;
+
+/*
+ * There are the two types of block-style layout support:
+ *  - In-band implies a device identified by a unique cookie inside the actual
+ *    device address space checked by the ->get_uuid method as used by the pNFS
+ *    block layout.  This is a bit dangerous and deprecated.
+ *  - Out of band implies identification by out of band unique identifiers
+ *    specified by the storage protocol, which is much safer and used by the
+ *    pNFS SCSI/NVMe layouts.
+ */
+typedef unsigned int __bitwise expfs_block_layouts_t;
+#define EXPFS_BLOCK_FLAG(__bit) \
+	((__force expfs_block_layouts_t)(1u << __bit))
+#define EXPFS_BLOCK_IN_BAND_ID		EXPFS_BLOCK_FLAG(0)
+#define EXPFS_BLOCK_OUT_OF_BAND_ID	EXPFS_BLOCK_FLAG(1)
+
+struct exportfs_block_ops {
+	/*
+	 * Returns the EXPFS_BLOCK_* bitmap of supported layout types.
+	 */
+	expfs_block_layouts_t (*layouts_supported)(struct super_block *sb);
+
+	/*
+	 * Get the in-band device unique signature exposed to clients.
+	 */
+	int (*get_uuid)(struct super_block *sb, u8 *buf, u32 *len, u64 *offset);
+
+	/*
+	 * Map blocks for direct block access.
+	 * If @write is %true, also allocate the blocks for the range if needed.
+	 */
+	int (*map_blocks)(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset, u64 len,
+			struct iomap *iomap, bool write,
+			u32 *device_generation);
+
+	/*
+	 * Commit blocks previously handed out by ->map_blocks and written to by
+	 * the client.
+	 */
+	int (*commit_blocks)(struct inode *inode, struct iomap *iomaps,
+			int nr_iomaps, loff_t new_size);
+};
+
+static inline bool
+exportfs_bdev_supports_out_of_band_id(struct block_device *bdev)
+{
+	return bdev->bd_disk->fops->pr_ops &&
+		bdev->bd_disk->fops->get_unique_id;
+}
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_EXPORTFS_BLOCK_OPS
+static inline expfs_block_layouts_t
+exportfs_layouts_supported(struct super_block *sb)
+{
+	const struct exportfs_block_ops *bops = sb->s_export_op->block_ops;
+
+	if (!bops ||
+	    !bops->layouts_supported ||
+	    WARN_ON_ONCE(!bops->map_blocks) ||
+	    WARN_ON_ONCE(!bops->commit_blocks))
+		return 0;
+	return bops->layouts_supported(sb);
+}
+#else
+static inline expfs_block_layouts_t
+exportfs_layouts_supported(struct super_block *sb)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_EXPORTFS_BLOCK_OPS */
+
+#endif /* LINUX_EXPORTFS_BLOCK_H */
