diff --git a/fs/dlm/lock.c b/fs/dlm/lock.c
index be938fdf17d9..0ce04be0d3de 100644
--- a/fs/dlm/lock.c
+++ b/fs/dlm/lock.c
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ void dlm_hold_rsb(struct dlm_rsb *r)
 /* TODO move this to lib/refcount.c */
 static __must_check bool
 dlm_refcount_dec_and_write_lock_bh(refcount_t *r, rwlock_t *lock)
-__cond_acquires(lock)
+      __cond_acquires(true, lock)
 {
 	if (refcount_dec_not_one(r))
 		return false;
diff --git a/include/linux/compiler-context-analysis.h b/include/linux/compiler-context-analysis.h
index d0b3cf0ebfe9..a6a34985dbb2 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler-context-analysis.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler-context-analysis.h
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ static inline void _context_unsafe_alias(void **p) { }
 # define __must_hold(x)		__attribute__((context(x,1,1)))
 # define __must_not_hold(x)
 # define __acquires(x)		__attribute__((context(x,0,1)))
-# define __cond_acquires(x)	__attribute__((context(x,0,-1)))
+# define __cond_acquires(ret, x) __attribute__((context(x,0,-1)))
 # define __releases(x)		__attribute__((context(x,1,0)))
 # define __acquire(x)		__context__(x,1)
 # define __release(x)		__context__(x,-1)
@@ -314,15 +314,32 @@ static inline void _context_unsafe_alias(void **p) { }
  */
 # define __acquires(x)		__acquires_ctx_lock(x)
 
+/*
+ * Clang's analysis does not care precisely about the value, only that it is
+ * either zero or non-zero. So the __cond_acquires() interface might be
+ * misleading if we say that @ret is the value returned if acquired. Instead,
+ * provide symbolic variants which we translate.
+ */
+#define __cond_acquires_impl_true(x, ...)     __try_acquires##__VA_ARGS__##_ctx_lock(1, x)
+#define __cond_acquires_impl_false(x, ...)    __try_acquires##__VA_ARGS__##_ctx_lock(0, x)
+#define __cond_acquires_impl_nonzero(x, ...)  __try_acquires##__VA_ARGS__##_ctx_lock(1, x)
+#define __cond_acquires_impl_0(x, ...)        __try_acquires##__VA_ARGS__##_ctx_lock(0, x)
+#define __cond_acquires_impl_nonnull(x, ...)  __try_acquires##__VA_ARGS__##_ctx_lock(1, x)
+#define __cond_acquires_impl_NULL(x, ...)     __try_acquires##__VA_ARGS__##_ctx_lock(0, x)
+
 /**
  * __cond_acquires() - function attribute, function conditionally
  *                     acquires a context lock exclusively
+ * @ret: abstract value returned by function if context lock acquired
  * @x: context lock instance pointer
  *
  * Function attribute declaring that the function conditionally acquires the
- * given context lock instance @x exclusively, but does not release it.
+ * given context lock instance @x exclusively, but does not release it. The
+ * function return value @ret denotes when the context lock is acquired.
+ *
+ * @ret may be one of: true, false, nonzero, 0, nonnull, NULL.
  */
-# define __cond_acquires(x)	__try_acquires_ctx_lock(1, x)
+# define __cond_acquires(ret, x) __cond_acquires_impl_##ret(x)
 
 /**
  * __releases() - function attribute, function releases a context lock exclusively
@@ -389,12 +406,16 @@ static inline void _context_unsafe_alias(void **p) { }
 /**
  * __cond_acquires_shared() - function attribute, function conditionally
  *                            acquires a context lock shared
+ * @ret: abstract value returned by function if context lock acquired
  * @x: context lock instance pointer
  *
  * Function attribute declaring that the function conditionally acquires the
- * given context lock instance @x with shared access, but does not release it.
+ * given context lock instance @x with shared access, but does not release it. The
+ * function return value @ret denotes when the context lock is acquired.
+ *
+ * @ret may be one of: true, false, nonzero, 0, nonnull, NULL.
  */
-# define __cond_acquires_shared(x) __try_acquires_shared_ctx_lock(1, x)
+# define __cond_acquires_shared(ret, x) __cond_acquires_impl_##ret(x, _shared)
 
 /**
  * __releases_shared() - function attribute, function releases a
diff --git a/include/linux/refcount.h b/include/linux/refcount.h
index 80dc023ac2bf..3da377ffb0c2 100644
--- a/include/linux/refcount.h
+++ b/include/linux/refcount.h
@@ -478,9 +478,9 @@ static inline void refcount_dec(refcount_t *r)
 
 extern __must_check bool refcount_dec_if_one(refcount_t *r);
 extern __must_check bool refcount_dec_not_one(refcount_t *r);
-extern __must_check bool refcount_dec_and_mutex_lock(refcount_t *r, struct mutex *lock) __cond_acquires(lock);
-extern __must_check bool refcount_dec_and_lock(refcount_t *r, spinlock_t *lock) __cond_acquires(lock);
+extern __must_check bool refcount_dec_and_mutex_lock(refcount_t *r, struct mutex *lock) __cond_acquires(true, lock);
+extern __must_check bool refcount_dec_and_lock(refcount_t *r, spinlock_t *lock) __cond_acquires(true, lock);
 extern __must_check bool refcount_dec_and_lock_irqsave(refcount_t *r,
 						       spinlock_t *lock,
-						       unsigned long *flags) __cond_acquires(lock);
+						       unsigned long *flags) __cond_acquires(true, lock);
 #endif /* _LINUX_REFCOUNT_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/spinlock.h b/include/linux/spinlock.h
index 72aabdd4fa3f..7e560c7a7b23 100644
--- a/include/linux/spinlock.h
+++ b/include/linux/spinlock.h
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ static __always_inline void spin_lock_bh(spinlock_t *lock)
 }
 
 static __always_inline int spin_trylock(spinlock_t *lock)
-	__cond_acquires(lock) __no_context_analysis
+	__cond_acquires(true, lock) __no_context_analysis
 {
 	return raw_spin_trylock(&lock->rlock);
 }
@@ -422,13 +422,13 @@ static __always_inline void spin_unlock_irqrestore(spinlock_t *lock, unsigned lo
 }
 
 static __always_inline int spin_trylock_bh(spinlock_t *lock)
-	__cond_acquires(lock) __no_context_analysis
+	__cond_acquires(true, lock) __no_context_analysis
 {
 	return raw_spin_trylock_bh(&lock->rlock);
 }
 
 static __always_inline int spin_trylock_irq(spinlock_t *lock)
-	__cond_acquires(lock) __no_context_analysis
+	__cond_acquires(true, lock) __no_context_analysis
 {
 	return raw_spin_trylock_irq(&lock->rlock);
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h b/include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h
index d19327e04df9..7e7d7d373213 100644
--- a/include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h
+++ b/include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ unsigned long __lockfunc _raw_spin_lock_irqsave(raw_spinlock_t *lock)
 unsigned long __lockfunc
 _raw_spin_lock_irqsave_nested(raw_spinlock_t *lock, int subclass)
 								__acquires(lock);
-int __lockfunc _raw_spin_trylock(raw_spinlock_t *lock)		__cond_acquires(lock);
-int __lockfunc _raw_spin_trylock_bh(raw_spinlock_t *lock)	__cond_acquires(lock);
+int __lockfunc _raw_spin_trylock(raw_spinlock_t *lock)		__cond_acquires(true, lock);
+int __lockfunc _raw_spin_trylock_bh(raw_spinlock_t *lock)	__cond_acquires(true, lock);
 void __lockfunc _raw_spin_unlock(raw_spinlock_t *lock)		__releases(lock);
 void __lockfunc _raw_spin_unlock_bh(raw_spinlock_t *lock)	__releases(lock);
 void __lockfunc _raw_spin_unlock_irq(raw_spinlock_t *lock)	__releases(lock);
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(raw_spinlock_t *lock, unsigned long flags)
 #endif
 
 static inline int __raw_spin_trylock(raw_spinlock_t *lock)
-	__cond_acquires(lock)
+	__cond_acquires(true, lock)
 {
 	preempt_disable();
 	if (do_raw_spin_trylock(lock)) {
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ static inline void __raw_spin_unlock_bh(raw_spinlock_t *lock)
 }
 
 static inline int __raw_spin_trylock_bh(raw_spinlock_t *lock)
-	__cond_acquires(lock)
+	__cond_acquires(true, lock)
 {
 	__local_bh_disable_ip(_RET_IP_, SOFTIRQ_LOCK_OFFSET);
 	if (do_raw_spin_trylock(lock)) {
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_sigpool.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_sigpool.c
index d8a4f192873a..10b2e5970c40 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_sigpool.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_sigpool.c
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ void tcp_sigpool_get(unsigned int id)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tcp_sigpool_get);
 
-int tcp_sigpool_start(unsigned int id, struct tcp_sigpool *c) __cond_acquires(RCU_BH)
+int tcp_sigpool_start(unsigned int id, struct tcp_sigpool *c) __cond_acquires(0, RCU_BH)
 {
 	struct crypto_ahash *hash;