Merge branch 'vfs-scale-working' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/npiggin/linux-npiggin

* 'vfs-scale-working' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/npiggin/linux-npiggin: (57 commits)
  fs: scale mntget/mntput
  fs: rename vfsmount counter helpers
  fs: implement faster dentry memcmp
  fs: prefetch inode data in dcache lookup
  fs: improve scalability of pseudo filesystems
  fs: dcache per-inode inode alias locking
  fs: dcache per-bucket dcache hash locking
  bit_spinlock: add required includes
  kernel: add bl_list
  xfs: provide simple rcu-walk ACL implementation
  btrfs: provide simple rcu-walk ACL implementation
  ext2,3,4: provide simple rcu-walk ACL implementation
  fs: provide simple rcu-walk generic_check_acl implementation
  fs: provide rcu-walk aware permission i_ops
  fs: rcu-walk aware d_revalidate method
  fs: cache optimise dentry and inode for rcu-walk
  fs: dcache reduce branches in lookup path
  fs: dcache remove d_mounted
  fs: fs_struct use seqlock
  fs: rcu-walk for path lookup
  ...

212 files changed, 4774 insertions, 2014 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
index 33fa3e5d38fd..977d8919cc69 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
@@ -9,22 +9,25 @@ be able to use diff(1).
 
 --------------------------- dentry_operations --------------------------
 prototypes:
-	int (*d_revalidate)(struct dentry *, int);
-	int (*d_hash) (struct dentry *, struct qstr *);
-	int (*d_compare) (struct dentry *, struct qstr *, struct qstr *);
+	int (*d_revalidate)(struct dentry *, struct nameidata *);
+	int (*d_hash)(const struct dentry *, const struct inode *,
+			struct qstr *);
+	int (*d_compare)(const struct dentry *, const struct inode *,
+			const struct dentry *, const struct inode *,
+			unsigned int, const char *, const struct qstr *);
 	int (*d_delete)(struct dentry *);
 	void (*d_release)(struct dentry *);
 	void (*d_iput)(struct dentry *, struct inode *);
 	char *(*d_dname)((struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, int buflen);
 
 locking rules:
-		dcache_lock	rename_lock	->d_lock	may block
-d_revalidate:	no		no		no		yes
-d_hash		no		no		no		yes
-d_compare:	no		yes		no		no 
-d_delete:	yes		no		yes		no
-d_release:	no		no		no		yes
-d_iput:		no		no		no		yes
+		rename_lock	->d_lock	may block	rcu-walk
+d_revalidate:	no		no		yes (ref-walk)	maybe
+d_hash		no		no		no		maybe
+d_compare:	yes		no		no		maybe
+d_delete:	no		yes		no		no
+d_release:	no		no		yes		no
+d_iput:		no		no		yes		no
 d_dname:	no		no		no		no
 
 --------------------------- inode_operations --------------------------- 
@@ -44,8 +47,8 @@ ata *);
 	void * (*follow_link) (struct dentry *, struct nameidata *);
 	void (*put_link) (struct dentry *, struct nameidata *, void *);
 	void (*truncate) (struct inode *);
-	int (*permission) (struct inode *, int, struct nameidata *);
-	int (*check_acl)(struct inode *, int);
+	int (*permission) (struct inode *, int, unsigned int);
+	int (*check_acl)(struct inode *, int, unsigned int);
 	int (*setattr) (struct dentry *, struct iattr *);
 	int (*getattr) (struct vfsmount *, struct dentry *, struct kstat *);
 	int (*setxattr) (struct dentry *, const char *,const void *,size_t,int);
@@ -73,7 +76,7 @@ follow_link:	no
 put_link:	no
 truncate:	yes		(see below)
 setattr:	yes
-permission:	no
+permission:	no (may not block if called in rcu-walk mode)
 check_acl:	no
 getattr:	no
 setxattr:	yes
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/dentry-locking.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/dentry-locking.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 79334ed5daa7..000000000000
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/dentry-locking.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,174 +0,0 @@
-RCU-based dcache locking model
-==============================
-
-On many workloads, the most common operation on dcache is to look up a
-dentry, given a parent dentry and the name of the child. Typically,
-for every open(), stat() etc., the dentry corresponding to the
-pathname will be looked up by walking the tree starting with the first
-component of the pathname and using that dentry along with the next
-component to look up the next level and so on. Since it is a frequent
-operation for workloads like multiuser environments and web servers,
-it is important to optimize this path.
-
-Prior to 2.5.10, dcache_lock was acquired in d_lookup and thus in
-every component during path look-up. Since 2.5.10 onwards, fast-walk
-algorithm changed this by holding the dcache_lock at the beginning and
-walking as many cached path component dentries as possible. This
-significantly decreases the number of acquisition of
-dcache_lock. However it also increases the lock hold time
-significantly and affects performance in large SMP machines. Since
-2.5.62 kernel, dcache has been using a new locking model that uses RCU
-to make dcache look-up lock-free.
-
-The current dcache locking model is not very different from the
-existing dcache locking model. Prior to 2.5.62 kernel, dcache_lock
-protected the hash chain, d_child, d_alias, d_lru lists as well as
-d_inode and several other things like mount look-up. RCU-based changes
-affect only the way the hash chain is protected. For everything else
-the dcache_lock must be taken for both traversing as well as
-updating. The hash chain updates too take the dcache_lock.  The
-significant change is the way d_lookup traverses the hash chain, it
-doesn't acquire the dcache_lock for this and rely on RCU to ensure
-that the dentry has not been *freed*.
-
-
-Dcache locking details
-======================
-
-For many multi-user workloads, open() and stat() on files are very
-frequently occurring operations. Both involve walking of path names to
-find the dentry corresponding to the concerned file. In 2.4 kernel,
-dcache_lock was held during look-up of each path component. Contention
-and cache-line bouncing of this global lock caused significant
-scalability problems. With the introduction of RCU in Linux kernel,
-this was worked around by making the look-up of path components during
-path walking lock-free.
-
-
-Safe lock-free look-up of dcache hash table
-===========================================
-
-Dcache is a complex data structure with the hash table entries also
-linked together in other lists. In 2.4 kernel, dcache_lock protected
-all the lists. We applied RCU only on hash chain walking. The rest of
-the lists are still protected by dcache_lock.  Some of the important
-changes are :
-
-1. The deletion from hash chain is done using hlist_del_rcu() macro
-   which doesn't initialize next pointer of the deleted dentry and
-   this allows us to walk safely lock-free while a deletion is
-   happening.
-
-2. Insertion of a dentry into the hash table is done using
-   hlist_add_head_rcu() which take care of ordering the writes - the
-   writes to the dentry must be visible before the dentry is
-   inserted. This works in conjunction with hlist_for_each_rcu(),
-   which has since been replaced by hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(), while
-   walking the hash chain. The only requirement is that all
-   initialization to the dentry must be done before
-   hlist_add_head_rcu() since we don't have dcache_lock protection
-   while traversing the hash chain. This isn't different from the
-   existing code.
-
-3. The dentry looked up without holding dcache_lock by cannot be
-   returned for walking if it is unhashed. It then may have a NULL
-   d_inode or other bogosity since RCU doesn't protect the other
-   fields in the dentry. We therefore use a flag DCACHE_UNHASHED to
-   indicate unhashed dentries and use this in conjunction with a
-   per-dentry lock (d_lock). Once looked up without the dcache_lock,
-   we acquire the per-dentry lock (d_lock) and check if the dentry is
-   unhashed. If so, the look-up is failed. If not, the reference count
-   of the dentry is increased and the dentry is returned.
-
-4. Once a dentry is looked up, it must be ensured during the path walk
-   for that component it doesn't go away. In pre-2.5.10 code, this was
-   done holding a reference to the dentry. dcache_rcu does the same.
-   In some sense, dcache_rcu path walking looks like the pre-2.5.10
-   version.
-
-5. All dentry hash chain updates must take the dcache_lock as well as
-   the per-dentry lock in that order. dput() does this to ensure that
-   a dentry that has just been looked up in another CPU doesn't get
-   deleted before dget() can be done on it.
-
-6. There are several ways to do reference counting of RCU protected
-   objects. One such example is in ipv4 route cache where deferred
-   freeing (using call_rcu()) is done as soon as the reference count
-   goes to zero. This cannot be done in the case of dentries because
-   tearing down of dentries require blocking (dentry_iput()) which
-   isn't supported from RCU callbacks. Instead, tearing down of
-   dentries happen synchronously in dput(), but actual freeing happens
-   later when RCU grace period is over. This allows safe lock-free
-   walking of the hash chains, but a matched dentry may have been
-   partially torn down. The checking of DCACHE_UNHASHED flag with
-   d_lock held detects such dentries and prevents them from being
-   returned from look-up.
-
-
-Maintaining POSIX rename semantics
-==================================
-
-Since look-up of dentries is lock-free, it can race against a
-concurrent rename operation. For example, during rename of file A to
-B, look-up of either A or B must succeed.  So, if look-up of B happens
-after A has been removed from the hash chain but not added to the new
-hash chain, it may fail.  Also, a comparison while the name is being
-written concurrently by a rename may result in false positive matches
-violating rename semantics.  Issues related to race with rename are
-handled as described below :
-
-1. Look-up can be done in two ways - d_lookup() which is safe from
-   simultaneous renames and __d_lookup() which is not.  If
-   __d_lookup() fails, it must be followed up by a d_lookup() to
-   correctly determine whether a dentry is in the hash table or
-   not. d_lookup() protects look-ups using a sequence lock
-   (rename_lock).
-
-2. The name associated with a dentry (d_name) may be changed if a
-   rename is allowed to happen simultaneously. To avoid memcmp() in
-   __d_lookup() go out of bounds due to a rename and false positive
-   comparison, the name comparison is done while holding the
-   per-dentry lock. This prevents concurrent renames during this
-   operation.
-
-3. Hash table walking during look-up may move to a different bucket as
-   the current dentry is moved to a different bucket due to rename.
-   But we use hlists in dcache hash table and they are
-   null-terminated.  So, even if a dentry moves to a different bucket,
-   hash chain walk will terminate. [with a list_head list, it may not
-   since termination is when the list_head in the original bucket is
-   reached].  Since we redo the d_parent check and compare name while
-   holding d_lock, lock-free look-up will not race against d_move().
-
-4. There can be a theoretical race when a dentry keeps coming back to
-   original bucket due to double moves. Due to this look-up may
-   consider that it has never moved and can end up in a infinite loop.
-   But this is not any worse that theoretical livelocks we already
-   have in the kernel.
-
-
-Important guidelines for filesystem developers related to dcache_rcu
-====================================================================
-
-1. Existing dcache interfaces (pre-2.5.62) exported to filesystem
-   don't change. Only dcache internal implementation changes. However
-   filesystems *must not* delete from the dentry hash chains directly
-   using the list macros like allowed earlier. They must use dcache
-   APIs like d_drop() or __d_drop() depending on the situation.
-
-2. d_flags is now protected by a per-dentry lock (d_lock). All access
-   to d_flags must be protected by it.
-
-3. For a hashed dentry, checking of d_count needs to be protected by
-   d_lock.
-
-
-Papers and other documentation on dcache locking
-================================================
-
-1. Scaling dcache with RCU (http://linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=7124).
-
-2. http://lse.sourceforge.net/locking/dcache/dcache.html
-
-
-
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/path-lookup.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/path-lookup.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..eb59c8b44be9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/path-lookup.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,382 @@
+Path walking and name lookup locking
+====================================
+
+Path resolution is the finding a dentry corresponding to a path name string, by
+performing a path walk. Typically, for every open(), stat() etc., the path name
+will be resolved. Paths are resolved by walking the namespace tree, starting
+with the first component of the pathname (eg. root or cwd) with a known dentry,
+then finding the child of that dentry, which is named the next component in the
+path string. Then repeating the lookup from the child dentry and finding its
+child with the next element, and so on.
+
+Since it is a frequent operation for workloads like multiuser environments and
+web servers, it is important to optimize this code.
+
+Path walking synchronisation history:
+Prior to 2.5.10, dcache_lock was acquired in d_lookup (dcache hash lookup) and
+thus in every component during path look-up. Since 2.5.10 onwards, fast-walk
+algorithm changed this by holding the dcache_lock at the beginning and walking
+as many cached path component dentries as possible. This significantly
+decreases the number of acquisition of dcache_lock. However it also increases
+the lock hold time significantly and affects performance in large SMP machines.
+Since 2.5.62 kernel, dcache has been using a new locking model that uses RCU to
+make dcache look-up lock-free.
+
+All the above algorithms required taking a lock and reference count on the
+dentry that was looked up, so that may be used as the basis for walking the
+next path element. This is inefficient and unscalable. It is inefficient
+because of the locks and atomic operations required for every dentry element
+slows things down. It is not scalable because many parallel applications that
+are path-walk intensive tend to do path lookups starting from a common dentry
+(usually, the root "/" or current working directory). So contention on these
+common path elements causes lock and cacheline queueing.
+
+Since 2.6.38, RCU is used to make a significant part of the entire path walk
+(including dcache look-up) completely "store-free" (so, no locks, atomics, or
+even stores into cachelines of common dentries). This is known as "rcu-walk"
+path walking.
+
+Path walking overview
+=====================
+
+A name string specifies a start (root directory, cwd, fd-relative) and a
+sequence of elements (directory entry names), which together refer to a path in
+the namespace. A path is represented as a (dentry, vfsmount) tuple. The name
+elements are sub-strings, seperated by '/'.
+
+Name lookups will want to find a particular path that a name string refers to
+(usually the final element, or parent of final element). This is done by taking
+the path given by the name's starting point (which we know in advance -- eg.
+current->fs->cwd or current->fs->root) as the first parent of the lookup. Then
+iteratively for each subsequent name element, look up the child of the current
+parent with the given name and if it is not the desired entry, make it the
+parent for the next lookup.
+
+A parent, of course, must be a directory, and we must have appropriate
+permissions on the parent inode to be able to walk into it.
+
+Turning the child into a parent for the next lookup requires more checks and
+procedures. Symlinks essentially substitute the symlink name for the target
+name in the name string, and require some recursive path walking.  Mount points
+must be followed into (thus changing the vfsmount that subsequent path elements
+refer to), switching from the mount point path to the root of the particular
+mounted vfsmount. These behaviours are variously modified depending on the
+exact path walking flags.
+
+Path walking then must, broadly, do several particular things:
+- find the start point of the walk;
+- perform permissions and validity checks on inodes;
+- perform dcache hash name lookups on (parent, name element) tuples;
+- traverse mount points;
+- traverse symlinks;
+- lookup and create missing parts of the path on demand.
+
+Safe store-free look-up of dcache hash table
+============================================
+
+Dcache name lookup
+------------------
+In order to lookup a dcache (parent, name) tuple, we take a hash on the tuple
+and use that to select a bucket in the dcache-hash table. The list of entries
+in that bucket is then walked, and we do a full comparison of each entry
+against our (parent, name) tuple.
+
+The hash lists are RCU protected, so list walking is not serialised with
+concurrent updates (insertion, deletion from the hash). This is a standard RCU
+list application with the exception of renames, which will be covered below.
+
+Parent and name members of a dentry, as well as its membership in the dcache
+hash, and its inode are protected by the per-dentry d_lock spinlock. A
+reference is taken on the dentry (while the fields are verified under d_lock),
+and this stabilises its d_inode pointer and actual inode. This gives a stable
+point to perform the next step of our path walk against.
+
+These members are also protected by d_seq seqlock, although this offers
+read-only protection and no durability of results, so care must be taken when
+using d_seq for synchronisation (see seqcount based lookups, below).
+
+Renames
+-------
+Back to the rename case. In usual RCU protected lists, the only operations that
+will happen to an object is insertion, and then eventually removal from the
+list. The object will not be reused until an RCU grace period is complete.
+This ensures the RCU list traversal primitives can run over the object without
+problems (see RCU documentation for how this works).
+
+However when a dentry is renamed, its hash value can change, requiring it to be
+moved to a new hash list. Allocating and inserting a new alias would be
+expensive and also problematic for directory dentries. Latency would be far to
+high to wait for a grace period after removing the dentry and before inserting
+it in the new hash bucket. So what is done is to insert the dentry into the
+new list immediately.
+
+However, when the dentry's list pointers are updated to point to objects in the
+new list before waiting for a grace period, this can result in a concurrent RCU
+lookup of the old list veering off into the new (incorrect) list and missing
+the remaining dentries on the list.
+
+There is no fundamental problem with walking down the wrong list, because the
+dentry comparisons will never match. However it is fatal to miss a matching
+dentry. So a seqlock is used to detect when a rename has occurred, and so the
+lookup can be retried.
+
+         1      2      3
+        +---+  +---+  +---+
+hlist-->| N-+->| N-+->| N-+->
+head <--+-P |<-+-P |<-+-P |
+        +---+  +---+  +---+
+
+Rename of dentry 2 may require it deleted from the above list, and inserted
+into a new list. Deleting 2 gives the following list.
+
+         1             3
+        +---+         +---+     (don't worry, the longer pointers do not
+hlist-->| N-+-------->| N-+->    impose a measurable performance overhead
+head <--+-P |<--------+-P |      on modern CPUs)
+        +---+         +---+
+          ^      2      ^
+          |    +---+    |
+          |    | N-+----+
+          +----+-P |
+               +---+
+
+This is a standard RCU-list deletion, which leaves the deleted object's
+pointers intact, so a concurrent list walker that is currently looking at
+object 2 will correctly continue to object 3 when it is time to traverse the
+next object.
+
+However, when inserting object 2 onto a new list, we end up with this:
+
+         1             3
+        +---+         +---+
+hlist-->| N-+-------->| N-+->
+head <--+-P |<--------+-P |
+        +---+         +---+
+                 2
+               +---+
+               | N-+---->
+          <----+-P |
+               +---+
+
+Because we didn't wait for a grace period, there may be a concurrent lookup
+still at 2. Now when it follows 2's 'next' pointer, it will walk off into
+another list without ever having checked object 3.
+
+A related, but distinctly different, issue is that of rename atomicity versus
+lookup operations. If a file is renamed from 'A' to 'B', a lookup must only
+find either 'A' or 'B'. So if a lookup of 'A' returns NULL, a subsequent lookup
+of 'B' must succeed (note the reverse is not true).
+
+Between deleting the dentry from the old hash list, and inserting it on the new
+hash list, a lookup may find neither 'A' nor 'B' matching the dentry. The same
+rename seqlock is also used to cover this race in much the same way, by
+retrying a negative lookup result if a rename was in progress.
+
+Seqcount based lookups
+----------------------
+In refcount based dcache lookups, d_lock is used to serialise access to
+the dentry, stabilising it while comparing its name and parent and then
+taking a reference count (the reference count then gives a stable place to
+start the next part of the path walk from).
+
+As explained above, we would like to do path walking without taking locks or
+reference counts on intermediate dentries along the path. To do this, a per
+dentry seqlock (d_seq) is used to take a "coherent snapshot" of what the dentry
+looks like (its name, parent, and inode). That snapshot is then used to start
+the next part of the path walk. When loading the coherent snapshot under d_seq,
+care must be taken to load the members up-front, and use those pointers rather
+than reloading from the dentry later on (otherwise we'd have interesting things
+like d_inode going NULL underneath us, if the name was unlinked).
+
+Also important is to avoid performing any destructive operations (pretty much:
+no non-atomic stores to shared data), and to recheck the seqcount when we are
+"done" with the operation. Retry or abort if the seqcount does not match.
+Avoiding destructive or changing operations means we can easily unwind from
+failure.
+
+What this means is that a caller, provided they are holding RCU lock to
+protect the dentry object from disappearing, can perform a seqcount based
+lookup which does not increment the refcount on the dentry or write to
+it in any way. This returned dentry can be used for subsequent operations,
+provided that d_seq is rechecked after that operation is complete.
+
+Inodes are also rcu freed, so the seqcount lookup dentry's inode may also be
+queried for permissions.
+
+With this two parts of the puzzle, we can do path lookups without taking
+locks or refcounts on dentry elements.
+
+RCU-walk path walking design
+============================
+
+Path walking code now has two distinct modes, ref-walk and rcu-walk. ref-walk
+is the traditional[*] way of performing dcache lookups using d_lock to
+serialise concurrent modifications to the dentry and take a reference count on
+it. ref-walk is simple and obvious, and may sleep, take locks, etc while path
+walking is operating on each dentry. rcu-walk uses seqcount based dentry
+lookups, and can perform lookup of intermediate elements without any stores to
+shared data in the dentry or inode. rcu-walk can not be applied to all cases,
+eg. if the filesystem must sleep or perform non trivial operations, rcu-walk
+must be switched to ref-walk mode.
+
+[*] RCU is still used for the dentry hash lookup in ref-walk, but not the full
+    path walk.
+
+Where ref-walk uses a stable, refcounted ``parent'' to walk the remaining
+path string, rcu-walk uses a d_seq protected snapshot. When looking up a
+child of this parent snapshot, we open d_seq critical section on the child
+before closing d_seq critical section on the parent. This gives an interlocking
+ladder of snapshots to walk down.
+
+
+     proc 101
+      /----------------\
+     / comm:    "vi"    \
+    /  fs.root: dentry0  \
+    \  fs.cwd:  dentry2  /
+     \                  /
+      \----------------/
+
+So when vi wants to open("/home/npiggin/test.c", O_RDWR), then it will
+start from current->fs->root, which is a pinned dentry. Alternatively,
+"./test.c" would start from cwd; both names refer to the same path in
+the context of proc101.
+
+     dentry 0
+    +---------------------+   rcu-walk begins here, we note d_seq, check the
+    | name:    "/"        |   inode's permission, and then look up the next
+    | inode:   10         |   path element which is "home"...
+    | children:"home", ...|
+    +---------------------+
+              |
+     dentry 1 V
+    +---------------------+   ... which brings us here. We find dentry1 via
+    | name:    "home"     |   hash lookup, then note d_seq and compare name
+    | inode:   678        |   string and parent pointer. When we have a match,
+    | children:"npiggin"  |   we now recheck the d_seq of dentry0. Then we
+    +---------------------+   check inode and look up the next element.
+              |
+     dentry2  V
+    +---------------------+   Note: if dentry0 is now modified, lookup is
+    | name:    "npiggin"  |   not necessarily invalid, so we need only keep a
+    | inode:   543        |   parent for d_seq verification, and grandparents
+    | children:"a.c", ... |   can be forgotten.
+    +---------------------+
+              |
+     dentry3  V
+    +---------------------+   At this point we have our destination dentry.
+    | name:    "a.c"      |   We now take its d_lock, verify d_seq of this
+    | inode:   14221      |   dentry. If that checks out, we can increment
+    | children:NULL       |   its refcount because we're holding d_lock.
+    +---------------------+
+
+Taking a refcount on a dentry from rcu-walk mode, by taking its d_lock,
+re-checking its d_seq, and then incrementing its refcount is called
+"dropping rcu" or dropping from rcu-walk into ref-walk mode.
+
+It is, in some sense, a bit of a house of cards. If the seqcount check of the
+parent snapshot fails, the house comes down, because we had closed the d_seq
+section on the grandparent, so we have nothing left to stand on. In that case,
+the path walk must be fully restarted (which we do in ref-walk mode, to avoid
+live locks). It is costly to have a full restart, but fortunately they are
+quite rare.
+
+When we reach a point where sleeping is required, or a filesystem callout
+requires ref-walk, then instead of restarting the walk, we attempt to drop rcu
+at the last known good dentry we have. Avoiding a full restart in ref-walk in
+these cases is fundamental for performance and scalability because blocking
+operations such as creates and unlinks are not uncommon.
+
+The detailed design for rcu-walk is like this:
+* LOOKUP_RCU is set in nd->flags, which distinguishes rcu-walk from ref-walk.
+* Take the RCU lock for the entire path walk, starting with the acquiring
+  of the starting path (eg. root/cwd/fd-path). So now dentry refcounts are
+  not required for dentry persistence.
+* synchronize_rcu is called when unregistering a filesystem, so we can
+  access d_ops and i_ops during rcu-walk.
+* Similarly take the vfsmount lock for the entire path walk. So now mnt
+  refcounts are not required for persistence. Also we are free to perform mount
+  lookups, and to assume dentry mount points and mount roots are stable up and
+  down the path.
+* Have a per-dentry seqlock to protect the dentry name, parent, and inode,
+  so we can load this tuple atomically, and also check whether any of its
+  members have changed.
+* Dentry lookups (based on parent, candidate string tuple) recheck the parent
+  sequence after the child is found in case anything changed in the parent
+  during the path walk.
+* inode is also RCU protected so we can load d_inode and use the inode for
+  limited things.
+* i_mode, i_uid, i_gid can be tested for exec permissions during path walk.
+* i_op can be loaded.
+* When the destination dentry is reached, drop rcu there (ie. take d_lock,
+  verify d_seq, increment refcount).
+* If seqlock verification fails anywhere along the path, do a full restart
+  of the path lookup in ref-walk mode. -ECHILD tends to be used (for want of
+  a better errno) to signal an rcu-walk failure.
+
+The cases where rcu-walk cannot continue are:
+* NULL dentry (ie. any uncached path element)
+* Following links
+
+It may be possible eventually to make following links rcu-walk aware.
+
+Uncached path elements will always require dropping to ref-walk mode, at the
+very least because i_mutex needs to be grabbed, and objects allocated.
+
+Final note:
+"store-free" path walking is not strictly store free. We take vfsmount lock
+and refcounts (both of which can be made per-cpu), and we also store to the
+stack (which is essentially CPU-local), and we also have to take locks and
+refcount on final dentry.
+
+The point is that shared data, where practically possible, is not locked
+or stored into. The result is massive improvements in performance and
+scalability of path resolution.
+
+
+Interesting statistics
+======================
+
+The following table gives rcu lookup statistics for a few simple workloads
+(2s12c24t Westmere, debian non-graphical system). Ungraceful are attempts to
+drop rcu that fail due to d_seq failure and requiring the entire path lookup
+again. Other cases are successful rcu-drops that are required before the final
+element, nodentry for missing dentry, revalidate for filesystem revalidate
+routine requiring rcu drop, permission for permission check requiring drop,
+and link for symlink traversal requiring drop.
+
+     rcu-lookups     restart  nodentry          link  revalidate  permission
+bootup     47121           0      4624          1010       10283        7852
+dbench  25386793           0   6778659(26.7%)     55         549        1156
+kbuild   2696672          10     64442(2.3%)  108764(4.0%)     1        1590
+git diff   39605           0        28             2           0         106
+vfstest 24185492        4945    708725(2.9%) 1076136(4.4%)     0        2651
+
+What this shows is that failed rcu-walk lookups, ie. ones that are restarted
+entirely with ref-walk, are quite rare. Even the "vfstest" case which
+specifically has concurrent renames/mkdir/rmdir/ creat/unlink/etc to excercise
+such races is not showing a huge amount of restarts.
+
+Dropping from rcu-walk to ref-walk mean that we have encountered a dentry where
+the reference count needs to be taken for some reason. This is either because
+we have reached the target of the path walk, or because we have encountered a
+condition that can't be resolved in rcu-walk mode.  Ideally, we drop rcu-walk
+only when we have reached the target dentry, so the other statistics show where
+this does not happen.
+
+Note that a graceful drop from rcu-walk mode due to something such as the
+dentry not existing (which can be common) is not necessarily a failure of
+rcu-walk scheme, because some elements of the path may have been walked in
+rcu-walk mode. The further we get from common path elements (such as cwd or
+root), the less contended the dentry is likely to be. The closer we are to
+common path elements, the more likely they will exist in dentry cache.
+
+
+Papers and other documentation on dcache locking
+================================================
+
+1. Scaling dcache with RCU (http://linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=7124).
+
+2. http://lse.sourceforge.net/locking/dcache/dcache.html
+
+
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/porting b/Documentation/filesystems/porting
index b12c89538680..07a32b42cf9c 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/porting
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/porting
@@ -216,7 +216,6 @@ had ->revalidate()) add calls in ->follow_link()/->readlink().
 ->d_parent changes are not protected by BKL anymore.  Read access is safe
 if at least one of the following is true:
 	* filesystem has no cross-directory rename()
-	* dcache_lock is held
 	* we know that parent had been locked (e.g. we are looking at
 ->d_parent of ->lookup() argument).
 	* we are called from ->rename().
@@ -318,3 +317,71 @@ if it's zero is not *and* *never* *had* *been* enough.  Final unlink() and iput(
 may happen while the inode is in the middle of ->write_inode(); e.g. if you blindly
 free the on-disk inode, you may end up doing that while ->write_inode() is writing
 to it.
+
+---
+[mandatory]
+
+	.d_delete() now only advises the dcache as to whether or not to cache
+unreferenced dentries, and is now only called when the dentry refcount goes to
+0. Even on 0 refcount transition, it must be able to tolerate being called 0,
+1, or more times (eg. constant, idempotent).
+
+---
+[mandatory]
+
+	.d_compare() calling convention and locking rules are significantly
+changed. Read updated documentation in Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt (and
+look at examples of other filesystems) for guidance.
+
+---
+[mandatory]
+
+	.d_hash() calling convention and locking rules are significantly
+changed. Read updated documentation in Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt (and
+look at examples of other filesystems) for guidance.
+
+---
+[mandatory]
+	dcache_lock is gone, replaced by fine grained locks. See fs/dcache.c
+for details of what locks to replace dcache_lock with in order to protect
+particular things. Most of the time, a filesystem only needs ->d_lock, which
+protects *all* the dcache state of a given dentry.
+
+--
+[mandatory]
+
+	Filesystems must RCU-free their inodes, if they can have been accessed
+via rcu-walk path walk (basically, if the file can have had a path name in the
+vfs namespace).
+
+	i_dentry and i_rcu share storage in a union, and the vfs expects
+i_dentry to be reinitialized before it is freed, so an:
+
+  INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_dentry);
+
+must be done in the RCU callback.
+
+--
+[recommended]
+	vfs now tries to do path walking in "rcu-walk mode", which avoids
+atomic operations and scalability hazards on dentries and inodes (see
+Documentation/filesystems/path-walk.txt). d_hash and d_compare changes (above)
+are examples of the changes required to support this. For more complex
+filesystem callbacks, the vfs drops out of rcu-walk mode before the fs call, so
+no changes are required to the filesystem. However, this is costly and loses
+the benefits of rcu-walk mode. We will begin to add filesystem callbacks that
+are rcu-walk aware, shown below. Filesystems should take advantage of this
+where possible.
+
+--
+[mandatory]
+	d_revalidate is a callback that is made on every path element (if
+the filesystem provides it), which requires dropping out of rcu-walk mode. This
+may now be called in rcu-walk mode (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU). -ECHILD should be
+returned if the filesystem cannot handle rcu-walk. See
+Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt for more details.
+
+	permission and check_acl are inode permission checks that are called
+on many or all directory inodes on the way down a path walk (to check for
+exec permission). These must now be rcu-walk aware (flags & IPERM_RCU). See
+Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt for more details.
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
index 20899e095e7e..fbb324e2bd43 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
@@ -325,7 +325,8 @@ struct inode_operations {
         void * (*follow_link) (struct dentry *, struct nameidata *);
         void (*put_link) (struct dentry *, struct nameidata *, void *);
 	void (*truncate) (struct inode *);
-	int (*permission) (struct inode *, int, struct nameidata *);
+	int (*permission) (struct inode *, int, unsigned int);
+	int (*check_acl)(struct inode *, int, unsigned int);
 	int (*setattr) (struct dentry *, struct iattr *);
 	int (*getattr) (struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *, struct kstat *);
 	int (*setxattr) (struct dentry *, const char *,const void *,size_t,int);
@@ -414,6 +415,13 @@ otherwise noted.
   permission: called by the VFS to check for access rights on a POSIX-like
   	filesystem.
 
+	May be called in rcu-walk mode (flags & IPERM_RCU). If in rcu-walk
+	mode, the filesystem must check the permission without blocking or
+	storing to the inode.
+
+	If a situation is encountered that rcu-walk cannot handle, return
+	-ECHILD and it will be called again in ref-walk mode.
+
   setattr: called by the VFS to set attributes for a file. This method
   	is called by chmod(2) and related system calls.
 
@@ -847,9 +855,12 @@ defined:
 
 struct dentry_operations {
 	int (*d_revalidate)(struct dentry *, struct nameidata *);
-	int (*d_hash) (struct dentry *, struct qstr *);
-	int (*d_compare) (struct dentry *, struct qstr *, struct qstr *);
-	int (*d_delete)(struct dentry *);
+	int (*d_hash)(const struct dentry *, const struct inode *,
+			struct qstr *);
+	int (*d_compare)(const struct dentry *, const struct inode *,
+			const struct dentry *, const struct inode *,
+			unsigned int, const char *, const struct qstr *);
+	int (*d_delete)(const struct dentry *);
 	void (*d_release)(struct dentry *);
 	void (*d_iput)(struct dentry *, struct inode *);
 	char *(*d_dname)(struct dentry *, char *, int);
@@ -860,13 +871,45 @@ struct dentry_operations {
 	dcache. Most filesystems leave this as NULL, because all their
 	dentries in the dcache are valid
 
-  d_hash: called when the VFS adds a dentry to the hash table
+	d_revalidate may be called in rcu-walk mode (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU).
+	If in rcu-walk mode, the filesystem must revalidate the dentry without
+	blocking or storing to the dentry, d_parent and d_inode should not be
+	used without care (because they can go NULL), instead nd->inode should
+	be used.
+
+	If a situation is encountered that rcu-walk cannot handle, return
+	-ECHILD and it will be called again in ref-walk mode.
+
+  d_hash: called when the VFS adds a dentry to the hash table. The first
+	dentry passed to d_hash is the parent directory that the name is
+	to be hashed into. The inode is the dentry's inode.
+
+	Same locking and synchronisation rules as d_compare regarding
+	what is safe to dereference etc.
+
+  d_compare: called to compare a dentry name with a given name. The first
+	dentry is the parent of the dentry to be compared, the second is
+	the parent's inode, then the dentry and inode (may be NULL) of the
+	child dentry. len and name string are properties of the dentry to be
+	compared. qstr is the name to compare it with.
+
+	Must be constant and idempotent, and should not take locks if
+	possible, and should not or store into the dentry or inodes.
+	Should not dereference pointers outside the dentry or inodes without
+	lots of care (eg.  d_parent, d_inode, d_name should not be used).
+
+	However, our vfsmount is pinned, and RCU held, so the dentries and
+	inodes won't disappear, neither will our sb or filesystem module.
+	->i_sb and ->d_sb may be used.
 
-  d_compare: called when a dentry should be compared with another
+	It is a tricky calling convention because it needs to be called under
+	"rcu-walk", ie. without any locks or references on things.
 
-  d_delete: called when the last reference to a dentry is
-	deleted. This means no-one is using the dentry, however it is
-	still valid and in the dcache
+  d_delete: called when the last reference to a dentry is dropped and the
+	dcache is deciding whether or not to cache it. Return 1 to delete
+	immediately, or 0 to cache the dentry. Default is NULL which means to
+	always cache a reachable dentry. d_delete must be constant and
+	idempotent.
 
   d_release: called when a dentry is really deallocated
 
@@ -910,14 +953,11 @@ manipulate dentries:
 	the usage count)
 
   dput: close a handle for a dentry (decrements the usage count). If
-	the usage count drops to 0, the "d_delete" method is called
-	and the dentry is placed on the unused list if the dentry is
-	still in its parents hash list. Putting the dentry on the
-	unused list just means that if the system needs some RAM, it
-	goes through the unused list of dentries and deallocates them.
-	If the dentry has already been unhashed and the usage count
-	drops to 0, in this case the dentry is deallocated after the
-	"d_delete" method is called
+	the usage count drops to 0, and the dentry is still in its
+	parent's hash, the "d_delete" method is called to check whether
+	it should be cached. If it should not be cached, or if the dentry
+	is not hashed, it is deleted. Otherwise cached dentries are put
+	into an LRU list to be reclaimed on memory shortage.
 
   d_drop: this unhashes a dentry from its parents hash list. A
 	subsequent call to dput() will deallocate the dentry if its
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c
index 39e534f5a3b0..f099b82703d8 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c
@@ -1542,7 +1542,7 @@ pfm_exit_smpl_buffer(pfm_buffer_fmt_t *fmt)
  * any operations on the root directory. However, we need a non-trivial
  * d_name - pfm: will go nicely and kill the special-casing in procfs.
  */
-static struct vfsmount *pfmfs_mnt;
+static struct vfsmount *pfmfs_mnt __read_mostly;
 
 static int __init
 init_pfm_fs(void)
@@ -2185,7 +2185,7 @@ static const struct file_operations pfm_file_ops = {
 };
 
 static int
-pfmfs_delete_dentry(struct dentry *dentry)
+pfmfs_delete_dentry(const struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	return 1;
 }
@@ -2233,7 +2233,7 @@ pfm_alloc_file(pfm_context_t *ctx)
 	}
 	path.mnt = mntget(pfmfs_mnt);
 
-	path.dentry->d_op = &pfmfs_dentry_operations;
+	d_set_d_op(path.dentry, &pfmfs_dentry_operations);
 	d_add(path.dentry, inode);
 
 	file = alloc_file(&path, FMODE_READ, &pfm_file_ops);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/inode.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/inode.c
index 3532b92de983..856e9c398068 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/inode.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/inode.c
@@ -71,12 +71,18 @@ spufs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	return &ei->vfs_inode;
 }
 
-static void
-spufs_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+static void spufs_i_callback(struct rcu_head *head)
 {
+	struct inode *inode = container_of(head, struct inode, i_rcu);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_dentry);
 	kmem_cache_free(spufs_inode_cache, SPUFS_I(inode));
 }
 
+static void spufs_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	call_rcu(&inode->i_rcu, spufs_i_callback);
+}
+
 static void
 spufs_init_once(void *p)
 {
@@ -159,18 +165,18 @@ static void spufs_prune_dir(struct dentry *dir)
 
 	mutex_lock(&dir->d_inode->i_mutex);
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(dentry, tmp, &dir->d_subdirs, d_u.d_child) {
-		spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
 		spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
 		if (!(d_unhashed(dentry)) && dentry->d_inode) {
-			dget_locked(dentry);
+			dget_dlock(dentry);
 			__d_drop(dentry);
 			spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 			simple_unlink(dir->d_inode, dentry);
-			spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+			/* XXX: what was dcache_lock protecting here? Other
+			 * filesystems (IB, configfs) release dcache_lock
+			 * before unlink */
 			dput(dentry);
 		} else {
 			spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
-			spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
 		}
 	}
 	shrink_dcache_parent(dir);
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_fs.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_fs.c
index 8c8afc716b98..31ae1b108aea 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_fs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_fs.c
@@ -277,18 +277,14 @@ static int remove_file(struct dentry *parent, char *name)
 		goto bail;
 	}
 
-	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
 	spin_lock(&tmp->d_lock);
 	if (!(d_unhashed(tmp) && tmp->d_inode)) {
-		dget_locked(tmp);
+		dget_dlock(tmp);
 		__d_drop(tmp);
 		spin_unlock(&tmp->d_lock);
-		spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
 		simple_unlink(parent->d_inode, tmp);
-	} else {
+	} else
 		spin_unlock(&tmp->d_lock);
-		spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
-	}
 
 	ret = 0;
 bail:
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_fs.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_fs.c
index f99bddc01716..df7fa251dcdc 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_fs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_fs.c
@@ -453,17 +453,14 @@ static int remove_file(struct dentry *parent, char *name)
 		goto bail;
 	}
 
-	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
 	spin_lock(&tmp->d_lock);
 	if (!(d_unhashed(tmp) && tmp->d_inode)) {
-		dget_locked(tmp);
+		dget_dlock(tmp);
 		__d_drop(tmp);
 		spin_unlock(&tmp->d_lock);
-		spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
 		simple_unlink(parent->d_inode, tmp);
 	} else {
 		spin_unlock(&tmp->d_lock);
-		spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
 	}
 
 	ret = 0;
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c
index 4759d827e8c7..f511dd15fd31 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c
@@ -1201,7 +1201,7 @@ err_unregister_chdev:
 static void __exit cleanup_mtdchar(void)
 {
 	unregister_mtd_user(&mtdchar_notifier);
-	mntput(mtd_inode_mnt);
+	mntput_long(mtd_inode_mnt);
 	unregister_filesystem(&mtd_inodefs_type);
 	__unregister_chrdev(MTD_CHAR_MAJOR, 0, 1 << MINORBITS, "mtd");
 }
diff --git a/drivers/staging/autofs/root.c b/drivers/staging/autofs/root.c
index 0fdec4befd84..bf0e9755da67 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/autofs/root.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/autofs/root.c
@@ -154,13 +154,16 @@ static int try_to_fill_dentry(struct dentry *dentry, struct super_block *sb, str
  * yet completely filled in, and revalidate has to delay such
  * lookups..
  */
-static int autofs_revalidate(struct dentry * dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
+static int autofs_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	struct inode * dir;
 	struct autofs_sb_info *sbi;
 	struct autofs_dir_ent *ent;
 	int res;
 
+	if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU)
+		return -ECHILD;
+
 	lock_kernel();
 	dir = dentry->d_parent->d_inode;
 	sbi = autofs_sbi(dir->i_sb);
@@ -237,7 +240,7 @@ static struct dentry *autofs_root_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentr
 	 *
 	 * We need to do this before we release the directory semaphore.
 	 */
-	dentry->d_op = &autofs_dentry_operations;
+	d_set_d_op(dentry, &autofs_dentry_operations);
 	dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_AUTOFS_PENDING;
 	d_add(dentry, NULL);
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/pohmelfs/inode.c b/drivers/staging/pohmelfs/inode.c
index 61685ccceda8..cc8d2840f9b6 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/pohmelfs/inode.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/pohmelfs/inode.c
@@ -826,6 +826,13 @@ const struct address_space_operations pohmelfs_aops = {
 	.set_page_dirty 	= __set_page_dirty_nobuffers,
 };
 
+static void pohmelfs_i_callback(struct rcu_head *head)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = container_of(head, struct inode, i_rcu);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_dentry);
+	kmem_cache_free(pohmelfs_inode_cache, POHMELFS_I(inode));
+}
+
 /*
  * ->detroy_inode() callback. Deletes inode from the caches
  *  and frees private data.
@@ -842,8 +849,8 @@ static void pohmelfs_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
 
 	dprintk("%s: pi: %p, inode: %p, ino: %llu.\n",
 		__func__, pi, &pi->vfs_inode, pi->ino);
-	kmem_cache_free(pohmelfs_inode_cache, pi);
 	atomic_long_dec(&psb->total_inodes);
+	call_rcu(&inode->i_rcu, pohmelfs_i_callback);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/drivers/staging/pohmelfs/path_entry.c b/drivers/staging/pohmelfs/path_entry.c
index 8ec83d2dffb7..400a9fc386ad 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/pohmelfs/path_entry.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/pohmelfs/path_entry.c
@@ -83,10 +83,11 @@ out:
 int pohmelfs_path_length(struct pohmelfs_inode *pi)
 {
 	struct dentry *d, *root, *first;
-	int len = 1; /* Root slash */
+	int len;
+	unsigned seq;
 
-	first = d = d_find_alias(&pi->vfs_inode);
-	if (!d) {
+	first = d_find_alias(&pi->vfs_inode);
+	if (!first) {
 		dprintk("%s: ino: %llu, mode: %o.\n", __func__, pi->ino, pi->vfs_inode.i_mode);
 		return -ENOENT;
 	}
@@ -95,7 +96,11 @@ int pohmelfs_path_length(struct pohmelfs_inode *pi)
 	root = dget(current->fs->root.dentry);
 	spin_unlock(&current->fs->lock);
 
-	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+rename_retry:
+	len = 1; /* Root slash */
+	d = first;
+	seq = read_seqbegin(&rename_lock);
+	rcu_read_lock();
 
 	if (!IS_ROOT(d) && d_unhashed(d))
 		len += UNHASHED_OBSCURE_STRING_SIZE; /* Obscure " (deleted)" string */
@@ -104,7 +109,9 @@ int pohmelfs_path_length(struct pohmelfs_inode *pi)
 		len += d->d_name.len + 1; /* Plus slash */
 		d = d->d_parent;
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+	if (read_seqretry(&rename_lock, seq))
+		goto rename_retry;
 
 	dput(root);
 	dput(first);
diff --git a/drivers/staging/smbfs/cache.c b/drivers/staging/smbfs/cache.c
index dbb98658148b..f2a1323ca827 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/smbfs/cache.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/smbfs/cache.c
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ smb_invalidate_dircache_entries(struct dentry *parent)
 	struct list_head *next;
 	struct dentry *dentry;
 
-	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+	spin_lock(&parent->d_lock);
 	next = parent->d_subdirs.next;
 	while (next != &parent->d_subdirs) {
 		dentry = list_entry(next, struct dentry, d_u.d_child);
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ smb_invalidate_dircache_entries(struct dentry *parent)
 		smb_age_dentry(server, dentry);
 		next = next->next;
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&parent->d_lock);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -96,13 +96,13 @@ smb_dget_fpos(struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry *parent, unsigned long fpos)
 	}
 
 	/* If a pointer is invalid, we search the dentry. */
-	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+	spin_lock(&parent->d_lock);
 	next = parent->d_subdirs.next;
 	while (next != &parent->d_subdirs) {
 		dent = list_entry(next, struct dentry, d_u.d_child);
 		if ((unsigned long)dent->d_fsdata == fpos) {
 			if (dent->d_inode)
-				dget_locked(dent);
+				dget(dent);
 			else
 				dent = NULL;
 			goto out_unlock;
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ smb_dget_fpos(struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry *parent, unsigned long fpos)
 	}
 	dent = NULL;
 out_unlock:
-	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&parent->d_lock);
 	return dent;
 }
 
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ smb_fill_cache(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir,
 	qname->hash = full_name_hash(qname->name, qname->len);
 
 	if (dentry->d_op && dentry->d_op->d_hash)
-		if (dentry->d_op->d_hash(dentry, qname) != 0)
+		if (dentry->d_op->d_hash(dentry, inode, qname) != 0)
 			goto end_advance;
 
 	newdent = d_lookup(dentry, qname);
@@ -145,8 +145,8 @@ smb_fill_cache(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir,
 			goto end_advance;
 	} else {
 		hashed = 1;
-		memcpy((char *) newdent->d_name.name, qname->name,
-		       newdent->d_name.len);
+		/* dir i_mutex is locked because we're in readdir */
+		dentry_update_name_case(newdent, qname);
 	}
 
 	if (!newdent->d_inode) {
diff --git a/drivers/staging/smbfs/dir.c b/drivers/staging/smbfs/dir.c
index f088ea2f6ac9..dd612f50749f 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/smbfs/dir.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/smbfs/dir.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <linux/ctype.h>
 #include <linux/net.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/namei.h>
 
 #include "smb_fs.h"
 #include "smb_mount.h"
@@ -274,9 +275,13 @@ smb_dir_open(struct inode *dir, struct file *file)
  * Dentry operations routines
  */
 static int smb_lookup_validate(struct dentry *, struct nameidata *);
-static int smb_hash_dentry(struct dentry *, struct qstr *);
-static int smb_compare_dentry(struct dentry *, struct qstr *, struct qstr *);
-static int smb_delete_dentry(struct dentry *);
+static int smb_hash_dentry(const struct dentry *, const struct inode *,
+		struct qstr *);
+static int smb_compare_dentry(const struct dentry *,
+		const struct inode *,
+		const struct dentry *, const struct inode *,
+		unsigned int, const char *, const struct qstr *);
+static int smb_delete_dentry(const struct dentry *);
 
 static const struct dentry_operations smbfs_dentry_operations =
 {
@@ -297,13 +302,20 @@ static const struct dentry_operations smbfs_dentry_operations_case =
  * This is the callback when the dcache has a lookup hit.
  */
 static int
-smb_lookup_validate(struct dentry * dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
+smb_lookup_validate(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
-	struct smb_sb_info *server = server_from_dentry(dentry);
-	struct inode * inode = dentry->d_inode;
-	unsigned long age = jiffies - dentry->d_time;
+	struct smb_sb_info *server;
+	struct inode *inode;
+	unsigned long age;
 	int valid;
 
+	if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU)
+		return -ECHILD;
+
+	server = server_from_dentry(dentry);
+	inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	age = jiffies - dentry->d_time;
+
 	/*
 	 * The default validation is based on dentry age:
 	 * we believe in dentries for a few seconds.  (But each
@@ -333,7 +345,8 @@ smb_lookup_validate(struct dentry * dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 }
 
 static int 
-smb_hash_dentry(struct dentry *dir, struct qstr *this)
+smb_hash_dentry(const struct dentry *dir, const struct inode *inode,
+		struct qstr *this)
 {
 	unsigned long hash;
 	int i;
@@ -347,14 +360,17 @@ smb_hash_dentry(struct dentry *dir, struct qstr *this)
 }
 
 static int
-smb_compare_dentry(struct dentry *dir, struct qstr *a, struct qstr *b)
+smb_compare_dentry(const struct dentry *parent,
+		const struct inode *pinode,
+		const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
+		unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name)
 {
 	int i, result = 1;
 
-	if (a->len != b->len)
+	if (len != name->len)
 		goto out;
-	for (i=0; i < a->len; i++) {
-		if (tolower(a->name[i]) != tolower(b->name[i]))
+	for (i=0; i < len; i++) {
+		if (tolower(str[i]) != tolower(name->name[i]))
 			goto out;
 	}
 	result = 0;
@@ -367,7 +383,7 @@ out:
  * We use this to unhash dentries with bad inodes.
  */
 static int
-smb_delete_dentry(struct dentry * dentry)
+smb_delete_dentry(const struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	if (dentry->d_inode) {
 		if (is_bad_inode(dentry->d_inode)) {
@@ -390,9 +406,9 @@ smb_new_dentry(struct dentry *dentry)
 	struct smb_sb_info *server = server_from_dentry(dentry);
 
 	if (server->mnt->flags & SMB_MOUNT_CASE)
-		dentry->d_op = &smbfs_dentry_operations_case;
+		d_set_d_op(dentry, &smbfs_dentry_operations_case);
 	else
-		dentry->d_op = &smbfs_dentry_operations;
+		d_set_d_op(dentry, &smbfs_dentry_operations);
 	dentry->d_time = jiffies;
 }
 
@@ -454,9 +470,9 @@ smb_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 	add_entry:
 			server = server_from_dentry(dentry);
 			if (server->mnt->flags & SMB_MOUNT_CASE)
-				dentry->d_op = &smbfs_dentry_operations_case;
+				d_set_d_op(dentry, &smbfs_dentry_operations_case);
 			else
-				dentry->d_op = &smbfs_dentry_operations;
+				d_set_d_op(dentry, &smbfs_dentry_operations);
 
 			d_add(dentry, inode);
 			smb_renew_times(dentry);
diff --git a/drivers/staging/smbfs/file.c b/drivers/staging/smbfs/file.c
index 5dcd19c60eb9..31372e7b12de 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/smbfs/file.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/smbfs/file.c
@@ -407,11 +407,14 @@ smb_file_release(struct inode *inode, struct file * file)
  * privileges, so we need our own check for this.
  */
 static int
-smb_file_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
+smb_file_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
 {
 	int mode = inode->i_mode;
 	int error = 0;
 
+	if (flags & IPERM_FLAG_RCU)
+		return -ECHILD;
+
 	VERBOSE("mode=%x, mask=%x\n", mode, mask);
 
 	/* Look at user permissions */
diff --git a/drivers/staging/smbfs/inode.c b/drivers/staging/smbfs/inode.c
index 540a984bb516..244319dc9702 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/smbfs/inode.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/smbfs/inode.c
@@ -62,11 +62,18 @@ static struct inode *smb_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	return &ei->vfs_inode;
 }
 
-static void smb_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+static void smb_i_callback(struct rcu_head *head)
 {
+	struct inode *inode = container_of(head, struct inode, i_rcu);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_dentry);
 	kmem_cache_free(smb_inode_cachep, SMB_I(inode));
 }
 
+static void smb_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	call_rcu(&inode->i_rcu, smb_i_callback);
+}
+
 static void init_once(void *foo)
 {
 	struct smb_inode_info *ei = (struct smb_inode_info *) foo;
diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/inode.c b/drivers/usb/core/inode.c
index b690aa35df9a..1b125c224dcf 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/inode.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/inode.c
@@ -343,17 +343,19 @@ static int usbfs_empty (struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	struct list_head *list;
 
-	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
-
+	spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
 	list_for_each(list, &dentry->d_subdirs) {
 		struct dentry *de = list_entry(list, struct dentry, d_u.d_child);
+
+		spin_lock_nested(&de->d_lock, DENTRY_D_LOCK_NESTED);
 		if (usbfs_positive(de)) {
-			spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+			spin_unlock(&de->d_lock);
+			spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 			return 0;
 		}
+		spin_unlock(&de->d_lock);
 	}
-
-	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 	return 1;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/9p/acl.c b/fs/9p/acl.c
index 12d602351dbe..6e58c4ca1e6e 100644
--- a/fs/9p/acl.c
+++ b/fs/9p/acl.c
@@ -91,11 +91,14 @@ static struct posix_acl *v9fs_get_cached_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
 	return acl;
 }
 
-int v9fs_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask)
+int v9fs_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
 {
 	struct posix_acl *acl;
 	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses;
 
+	if (flags & IPERM_FLAG_RCU)
+		return -ECHILD;
+
 	v9ses = v9fs_inode2v9ses(inode);
 	if ((v9ses->flags & V9FS_ACCESS_MASK) != V9FS_ACCESS_CLIENT) {
 		/*
diff --git a/fs/9p/acl.h b/fs/9p/acl.h
index 59e18c2e8c7e..7ef3ac9f6d95 100644
--- a/fs/9p/acl.h
+++ b/fs/9p/acl.h
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_9P_FS_POSIX_ACL
 extern int v9fs_get_acl(struct inode *, struct p9_fid *);
-extern int v9fs_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask);
+extern int v9fs_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags);
 extern int v9fs_acl_chmod(struct dentry *);
 extern int v9fs_set_create_acl(struct dentry *,
 			       struct posix_acl *, struct posix_acl *);
diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_dentry.c b/fs/9p/vfs_dentry.c
index cbf4e50f3933..466d2a4fc5cb 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_dentry.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_dentry.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
  *
  */
 
-static int v9fs_dentry_delete(struct dentry *dentry)
+static int v9fs_dentry_delete(const struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_VFS, " dentry: %s (%p)\n", dentry->d_name.name,
 									dentry);
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ static int v9fs_dentry_delete(struct dentry *dentry)
  *
  */
 
-static int v9fs_cached_dentry_delete(struct dentry *dentry)
+static int v9fs_cached_dentry_delete(const struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
 	P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_VFS, " dentry: %s (%p)\n", dentry->d_name.name,
diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c b/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
index 34bf71b56542..59782981b225 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
@@ -237,10 +237,17 @@ struct inode *v9fs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
  *
  */
 
-void v9fs_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+static void v9fs_i_callback(struct rcu_head *head)
 {
+	struct inode *inode = container_of(head, struct inode, i_rcu);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_dentry);
 	kmem_cache_free(vcookie_cache, v9fs_inode2cookie(inode));
 }
+
+void v9fs_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	call_rcu(&inode->i_rcu, v9fs_i_callback);
+}
 #endif
 
 /**
@@ -270,11 +277,11 @@ static struct dentry *v9fs_dentry_from_dir_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct dentry *dentry;
 
-	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
 	/* Directory should have only one entry. */
 	BUG_ON(S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) && !list_is_singular(&inode->i_dentry));
 	dentry = list_entry(inode->i_dentry.next, struct dentry, d_alias);
-	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 	return dentry;
 }
 
@@ -628,9 +635,9 @@ v9fs_create(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses, struct inode *dir,
 	}
 
 	if (v9ses->cache)
-		dentry->d_op = &v9fs_cached_dentry_operations;
+		d_set_d_op(dentry, &v9fs_cached_dentry_operations);
 	else
-		dentry->d_op = &v9fs_dentry_operations;
+		d_set_d_op(dentry, &v9fs_dentry_operations);
 
 	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
 	err = v9fs_fid_add(dentry, fid);
@@ -742,7 +749,7 @@ v9fs_vfs_create_dotl(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int omode,
 				err);
 			goto error;
 		}
-		dentry->d_op = &v9fs_cached_dentry_operations;
+		d_set_d_op(dentry, &v9fs_cached_dentry_operations);
 		d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
 		err = v9fs_fid_add(dentry, fid);
 		if (err < 0)
@@ -760,7 +767,7 @@ v9fs_vfs_create_dotl(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int omode,
 			err = PTR_ERR(inode);
 			goto error;
 		}
-		dentry->d_op = &v9fs_dentry_operations;
+		d_set_d_op(dentry, &v9fs_dentry_operations);
 		d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
 	}
 	/* Now set the ACL based on the default value */
@@ -949,7 +956,7 @@ static int v9fs_vfs_mkdir_dotl(struct inode *dir,
 				err);
 			goto error;
 		}
-		dentry->d_op = &v9fs_cached_dentry_operations;
+		d_set_d_op(dentry, &v9fs_cached_dentry_operations);
 		d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
 		err = v9fs_fid_add(dentry, fid);
 		if (err < 0)
@@ -966,7 +973,7 @@ static int v9fs_vfs_mkdir_dotl(struct inode *dir,
 			err = PTR_ERR(inode);
 			goto error;
 		}
-		dentry->d_op = &v9fs_dentry_operations;
+		d_set_d_op(dentry, &v9fs_dentry_operations);
 		d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
 	}
 	/* Now set the ACL based on the default value */
@@ -1034,9 +1041,9 @@ static struct dentry *v9fs_vfs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 
 inst_out:
 	if (v9ses->cache)
-		dentry->d_op = &v9fs_cached_dentry_operations;
+		d_set_d_op(dentry, &v9fs_cached_dentry_operations);
 	else
-		dentry->d_op = &v9fs_dentry_operations;
+		d_set_d_op(dentry, &v9fs_dentry_operations);
 
 	d_add(dentry, inode);
 	return NULL;
@@ -1702,7 +1709,7 @@ v9fs_vfs_symlink_dotl(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 					err);
 			goto error;
 		}
-		dentry->d_op = &v9fs_cached_dentry_operations;
+		d_set_d_op(dentry, &v9fs_cached_dentry_operations);
 		d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
 		err = v9fs_fid_add(dentry, fid);
 		if (err < 0)
@@ -1715,7 +1722,7 @@ v9fs_vfs_symlink_dotl(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 			err = PTR_ERR(inode);
 			goto error;
 		}
-		dentry->d_op = &v9fs_dentry_operations;
+		d_set_d_op(dentry, &v9fs_dentry_operations);
 		d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
 	}
 
@@ -1849,7 +1856,7 @@ v9fs_vfs_link_dotl(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir,
 		ihold(old_dentry->d_inode);
 	}
 
-	dentry->d_op = old_dentry->d_op;
+	d_set_d_op(dentry, old_dentry->d_op);
 	d_instantiate(dentry, old_dentry->d_inode);
 
 	return err;
@@ -1973,7 +1980,7 @@ v9fs_vfs_mknod_dotl(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int omode,
 				err);
 			goto error;
 		}
-		dentry->d_op = &v9fs_cached_dentry_operations;
+		d_set_d_op(dentry, &v9fs_cached_dentry_operations);
 		d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
 		err = v9fs_fid_add(dentry, fid);
 		if (err < 0)
@@ -1989,7 +1996,7 @@ v9fs_vfs_mknod_dotl(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int omode,
 			err = PTR_ERR(inode);
 			goto error;
 		}
-		dentry->d_op = &v9fs_dentry_operations;
+		d_set_d_op(dentry, &v9fs_dentry_operations);
 		d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
 	}
 	/* Now set the ACL based on the default value */
diff --git a/fs/adfs/dir.c b/fs/adfs/dir.c
index f4287e4de744..bf7693c384f9 100644
--- a/fs/adfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/adfs/dir.c
@@ -201,7 +201,8 @@ const struct file_operations adfs_dir_operations = {
 };
 
 static int
-adfs_hash(struct dentry *parent, struct qstr *qstr)
+adfs_hash(const struct dentry *parent, const struct inode *inode,
+		struct qstr *qstr)
 {
 	const unsigned int name_len = ADFS_SB(parent->d_sb)->s_namelen;
 	const unsigned char *name;
@@ -237,17 +238,19 @@ adfs_hash(struct dentry *parent, struct qstr *qstr)
  * requirements of the underlying filesystem.
  */
 static int
-adfs_compare(struct dentry *parent, struct qstr *entry, struct qstr *name)
+adfs_compare(const struct dentry *parent, const struct inode *pinode,
+		const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
+		unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name)
 {
 	int i;
 
-	if (entry->len != name->len)
+	if (len != name->len)
 		return 1;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < name->len; i++) {
 		char a, b;
 
-		a = entry->name[i];
+		a = str[i];
 		b = name->name[i];
 
 		if (a >= 'A' && a <= 'Z')
@@ -273,7 +276,7 @@ adfs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 	struct object_info obj;
 	int error;
 
-	dentry->d_op = &adfs_dentry_operations;	
+	d_set_d_op(dentry, &adfs_dentry_operations);
 	lock_kernel();
 	error = adfs_dir_lookup_byname(dir, &dentry->d_name, &obj);
 	if (error == 0) {
diff --git a/fs/adfs/super.c b/fs/adfs/super.c
index 959dbff2d42d..a4041b52fbca 100644
--- a/fs/adfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/adfs/super.c
@@ -240,11 +240,18 @@ static struct inode *adfs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	return &ei->vfs_inode;
 }
 
-static void adfs_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+static void adfs_i_callback(struct rcu_head *head)
 {
+	struct inode *inode = container_of(head, struct inode, i_rcu);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_dentry);
 	kmem_cache_free(adfs_inode_cachep, ADFS_I(inode));
 }
 
+static void adfs_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	call_rcu(&inode->i_rcu, adfs_i_callback);
+}
+
 static void init_once(void *foo)
 {
 	struct adfs_inode_info *ei = (struct adfs_inode_info *) foo;
@@ -477,7 +484,7 @@ static int adfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 		adfs_error(sb, "get root inode failed\n");
 		goto error;
 	} else
-		sb->s_root->d_op = &adfs_dentry_operations;
+		d_set_d_op(sb->s_root, &adfs_dentry_operations);
 	unlock_kernel();
 	return 0;
 
diff --git a/fs/affs/amigaffs.c b/fs/affs/amigaffs.c
index 7d0f0a30f7a3..3a4557e8325c 100644
--- a/fs/affs/amigaffs.c
+++ b/fs/affs/amigaffs.c
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ affs_fix_dcache(struct dentry *dentry, u32 entry_ino)
 	void *data = dentry->d_fsdata;
 	struct list_head *head, *next;
 
-	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
 	head = &inode->i_dentry;
 	next = head->next;
 	while (next != head) {
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ affs_fix_dcache(struct dentry *dentry, u32 entry_ino)
 		}
 		next = next->next;
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/fs/affs/namei.c b/fs/affs/namei.c
index 914d1c0bc07a..944a4042fb65 100644
--- a/fs/affs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/affs/namei.c
@@ -13,11 +13,19 @@
 typedef int (*toupper_t)(int);
 
 static int	 affs_toupper(int ch);
-static int	 affs_hash_dentry(struct dentry *, struct qstr *);
-static int       affs_compare_dentry(struct dentry *, struct qstr *, struct qstr *);
+static int	 affs_hash_dentry(const struct dentry *,
+		const struct inode *, struct qstr *);
+static int       affs_compare_dentry(const struct dentry *parent,
+		const struct inode *pinode,
+		const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
+		unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name);
 static int	 affs_intl_toupper(int ch);
-static int	 affs_intl_hash_dentry(struct dentry *, struct qstr *);
-static int       affs_intl_compare_dentry(struct dentry *, struct qstr *, struct qstr *);
+static int	 affs_intl_hash_dentry(const struct dentry *,
+		const struct inode *, struct qstr *);
+static int       affs_intl_compare_dentry(const struct dentry *parent,
+		const struct inode *pinode,
+		const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
+		unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name);
 
 const struct dentry_operations affs_dentry_operations = {
 	.d_hash		= affs_hash_dentry,
@@ -58,13 +66,13 @@ affs_get_toupper(struct super_block *sb)
  * Note: the dentry argument is the parent dentry.
  */
 static inline int
-__affs_hash_dentry(struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *qstr, toupper_t toupper)
+__affs_hash_dentry(struct qstr *qstr, toupper_t toupper)
 {
 	const u8 *name = qstr->name;
 	unsigned long hash;
 	int i;
 
-	i = affs_check_name(qstr->name,qstr->len);
+	i = affs_check_name(qstr->name, qstr->len);
 	if (i)
 		return i;
 
@@ -78,39 +86,41 @@ __affs_hash_dentry(struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *qstr, toupper_t toupper)
 }
 
 static int
-affs_hash_dentry(struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *qstr)
+affs_hash_dentry(const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
+		struct qstr *qstr)
 {
-	return __affs_hash_dentry(dentry, qstr, affs_toupper);
+	return __affs_hash_dentry(qstr, affs_toupper);
 }
 static int
-affs_intl_hash_dentry(struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *qstr)
+affs_intl_hash_dentry(const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
+		struct qstr *qstr)
 {
-	return __affs_hash_dentry(dentry, qstr, affs_intl_toupper);
+	return __affs_hash_dentry(qstr, affs_intl_toupper);
 }
 
-static inline int
-__affs_compare_dentry(struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *a, struct qstr *b, toupper_t toupper)
+static inline int __affs_compare_dentry(unsigned int len,
+		const char *str, const struct qstr *name, toupper_t toupper)
 {
-	const u8 *aname = a->name;
-	const u8 *bname = b->name;
-	int len;
+	const u8 *aname = str;
+	const u8 *bname = name->name;
 
-	/* 'a' is the qstr of an already existing dentry, so the name
-	 * must be valid. 'b' must be validated first.
+	/*
+	 * 'str' is the name of an already existing dentry, so the name
+	 * must be valid. 'name' must be validated first.
 	 */
 
-	if (affs_check_name(b->name,b->len))
+	if (affs_check_name(name->name, name->len))
 		return 1;
 
-	/* If the names are longer than the allowed 30 chars,
+	/*
+	 * If the names are longer than the allowed 30 chars,
 	 * the excess is ignored, so their length may differ.
 	 */
-	len = a->len;
 	if (len >= 30) {
-		if (b->len < 30)
+		if (name->len < 30)
 			return 1;
 		len = 30;
-	} else if (len != b->len)
+	} else if (len != name->len)
 		return 1;
 
 	for (; len > 0; len--)
@@ -121,14 +131,18 @@ __affs_compare_dentry(struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *a, struct qstr *b, tou
 }
 
 static int
-affs_compare_dentry(struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *a, struct qstr *b)
+affs_compare_dentry(const struct dentry *parent, const struct inode *pinode,
+		const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
+		unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name)
 {
-	return __affs_compare_dentry(dentry, a, b, affs_toupper);
+	return __affs_compare_dentry(len, str, name, affs_toupper);
 }
 static int
-affs_intl_compare_dentry(struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *a, struct qstr *b)
+affs_intl_compare_dentry(const struct dentry *parent,const struct inode *pinode,
+		const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
+		unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name)
 {
-	return __affs_compare_dentry(dentry, a, b, affs_intl_toupper);
+	return __affs_compare_dentry(len, str, name, affs_intl_toupper);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -226,7 +240,7 @@ affs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 		if (IS_ERR(inode))
 			return ERR_CAST(inode);
 	}
-	dentry->d_op = AFFS_SB(sb)->s_flags & SF_INTL ? &affs_intl_dentry_operations : &affs_dentry_operations;
+	d_set_d_op(dentry, AFFS_SB(sb)->s_flags & SF_INTL ? &affs_intl_dentry_operations : &affs_dentry_operations);
 	d_add(dentry, inode);
 	return NULL;
 }
diff --git a/fs/affs/super.c b/fs/affs/super.c
index 0cf7f4384cbd..d39081bbe7ce 100644
--- a/fs/affs/super.c
+++ b/fs/affs/super.c
@@ -95,11 +95,18 @@ static struct inode *affs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	return &i->vfs_inode;
 }
 
-static void affs_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+static void affs_i_callback(struct rcu_head *head)
 {
+	struct inode *inode = container_of(head, struct inode, i_rcu);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_dentry);
 	kmem_cache_free(affs_inode_cachep, AFFS_I(inode));
 }
 
+static void affs_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	call_rcu(&inode->i_rcu, affs_i_callback);
+}
+
 static void init_once(void *foo)
 {
 	struct affs_inode_info *ei = (struct affs_inode_info *) foo;
@@ -475,7 +482,7 @@ got_root:
 		printk(KERN_ERR "AFFS: Get root inode failed\n");
 		goto out_error;
 	}
-	sb->s_root->d_op = &affs_dentry_operations;
+	d_set_d_op(sb->s_root, &affs_dentry_operations);
 
 	pr_debug("AFFS: s_flags=%lX\n",sb->s_flags);
 	return 0;
diff --git a/fs/afs/dir.c b/fs/afs/dir.c
index 5439e1bc9a86..34a3263d60a4 100644
--- a/fs/afs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/afs/dir.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/namei.h>
 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
 #include <linux/ctype.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ static struct dentry *afs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 static int afs_dir_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file);
 static int afs_readdir(struct file *file, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir);
 static int afs_d_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd);
-static int afs_d_delete(struct dentry *dentry);
+static int afs_d_delete(const struct dentry *dentry);
 static void afs_d_release(struct dentry *dentry);
 static int afs_lookup_filldir(void *_cookie, const char *name, int nlen,
 				  loff_t fpos, u64 ino, unsigned dtype);
@@ -581,7 +582,7 @@ static struct dentry *afs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	}
 
 success:
-	dentry->d_op = &afs_fs_dentry_operations;
+	d_set_d_op(dentry, &afs_fs_dentry_operations);
 
 	d_add(dentry, inode);
 	_leave(" = 0 { vn=%u u=%u } -> { ino=%lu v=%llu }",
@@ -607,6 +608,9 @@ static int afs_d_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 	void *dir_version;
 	int ret;
 
+	if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU)
+		return -ECHILD;
+
 	vnode = AFS_FS_I(dentry->d_inode);
 
 	if (dentry->d_inode)
@@ -730,7 +734,7 @@ out_bad:
  * - called from dput() when d_count is going to 0.
  * - return 1 to request dentry be unhashed, 0 otherwise
  */
-static int afs_d_delete(struct dentry *dentry)
+static int afs_d_delete(const struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	_enter("%s", dentry->d_name.name);
 
diff --git a/fs/afs/internal.h b/fs/afs/internal.h
index cca8eef736fc..6d4bc1c8ff60 100644
--- a/fs/afs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/afs/internal.h
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ extern void afs_clear_permits(struct afs_vnode *);
 extern void afs_cache_permit(struct afs_vnode *, struct key *, long);
 extern void afs_zap_permits(struct rcu_head *);
 extern struct key *afs_request_key(struct afs_cell *);
-extern int afs_permission(struct inode *, int);
+extern int afs_permission(struct inode *, int, unsigned int);
 
 /*
  * server.c
diff --git a/fs/afs/security.c b/fs/afs/security.c
index bb4ed144d0e4..f44b9d355377 100644
--- a/fs/afs/security.c
+++ b/fs/afs/security.c
@@ -285,13 +285,16 @@ static int afs_check_permit(struct afs_vnode *vnode, struct key *key,
  * - AFS ACLs are attached to directories only, and a file is controlled by its
  *   parent directory's ACL
  */
-int afs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
+int afs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
 {
 	struct afs_vnode *vnode = AFS_FS_I(inode);
 	afs_access_t uninitialized_var(access);
 	struct key *key;
 	int ret;
 
+	if (flags & IPERM_FLAG_RCU)
+		return -ECHILD;
+
 	_enter("{{%x:%u},%lx},%x,",
 	       vnode->fid.vid, vnode->fid.vnode, vnode->flags, mask);
 
@@ -347,7 +350,7 @@ int afs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 	}
 
 	key_put(key);
-	ret = generic_permission(inode, mask, NULL);
+	ret = generic_permission(inode, mask, flags, NULL);
 	_leave(" = %d", ret);
 	return ret;
 
diff --git a/fs/afs/super.c b/fs/afs/super.c
index 27201cffece4..f901a9d7c111 100644
--- a/fs/afs/super.c
+++ b/fs/afs/super.c
@@ -498,6 +498,14 @@ static struct inode *afs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	return &vnode->vfs_inode;
 }
 
+static void afs_i_callback(struct rcu_head *head)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = container_of(head, struct inode, i_rcu);
+	struct afs_vnode *vnode = AFS_FS_I(inode);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_dentry);
+	kmem_cache_free(afs_inode_cachep, vnode);
+}
+
 /*
  * destroy an AFS inode struct
  */
@@ -511,7 +519,7 @@ static void afs_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
 
 	ASSERTCMP(vnode->server, ==, NULL);
 
-	kmem_cache_free(afs_inode_cachep, vnode);
+	call_rcu(&inode->i_rcu, afs_i_callback);
 	atomic_dec(&afs_count_active_inodes);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/anon_inodes.c b/fs/anon_inodes.c
index 57ce55b2564c..5fd38112a6ca 100644
--- a/fs/anon_inodes.c
+++ b/fs/anon_inodes.c
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ struct file *anon_inode_getfile(const char *name,
 	this.name = name;
 	this.len = strlen(name);
 	this.hash = 0;
-	path.dentry = d_alloc(anon_inode_mnt->mnt_sb->s_root, &this);
+	path.dentry = d_alloc_pseudo(anon_inode_mnt->mnt_sb, &this);
 	if (!path.dentry)
 		goto err_module;
 
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ struct file *anon_inode_getfile(const char *name,
 	 */
 	ihold(anon_inode_inode);
 
-	path.dentry->d_op = &anon_inodefs_dentry_operations;
+	d_set_d_op(path.dentry, &anon_inodefs_dentry_operations);
 	d_instantiate(path.dentry, anon_inode_inode);
 
 	error = -ENFILE;
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ static int __init anon_inode_init(void)
 	return 0;
 
 err_mntput:
-	mntput(anon_inode_mnt);
+	mntput_long(anon_inode_mnt);
 err_unregister_filesystem:
 	unregister_filesystem(&anon_inode_fs_type);
 err_exit:
diff --git a/fs/autofs4/autofs_i.h b/fs/autofs4/autofs_i.h
index 3d283abf67d7..0fffe1c24cec 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/autofs_i.h
+++ b/fs/autofs4/autofs_i.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include <linux/auto_fs4.h>
 #include <linux/auto_dev-ioctl.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
+#include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
 
 /* This is the range of ioctl() numbers we claim as ours */
@@ -60,6 +61,8 @@ do {							\
 		current->pid, __func__, ##args);	\
 } while (0)
 
+extern spinlock_t autofs4_lock;
+
 /* Unified info structure.  This is pointed to by both the dentry and
    inode structures.  Each file in the filesystem has an instance of this
    structure.  It holds a reference to the dentry, so dentries are never
@@ -254,17 +257,15 @@ static inline int simple_positive(struct dentry *dentry)
 	return dentry->d_inode && !d_unhashed(dentry);
 }
 
-static inline int __simple_empty(struct dentry *dentry)
+static inline void __autofs4_add_expiring(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
-	struct dentry *child;
-	int ret = 0;
-
-	list_for_each_entry(child, &dentry->d_subdirs, d_u.d_child)
-		if (simple_positive(child))
-			goto out;
-	ret = 1;
-out:
-	return ret;
+	struct autofs_sb_info *sbi = autofs4_sbi(dentry->d_sb);
+	struct autofs_info *ino = autofs4_dentry_ino(dentry);
+	if (ino) {
+		if (list_empty(&ino->expiring))
+			list_add(&ino->expiring, &sbi->expiring_list);
+	}
+	return;
 }
 
 static inline void autofs4_add_expiring(struct dentry *dentry)
diff --git a/fs/autofs4/expire.c b/fs/autofs4/expire.c
index a796c9417fb1..cc1d01365905 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/expire.c
+++ b/fs/autofs4/expire.c
@@ -91,24 +91,64 @@ done:
 }
 
 /*
- * Calculate next entry in top down tree traversal.
- * From next_mnt in namespace.c - elegant.
+ * Calculate and dget next entry in top down tree traversal.
  */
-static struct dentry *next_dentry(struct dentry *p, struct dentry *root)
+static struct dentry *get_next_positive_dentry(struct dentry *prev,
+						struct dentry *root)
 {
-	struct list_head *next = p->d_subdirs.next;
+	struct list_head *next;
+	struct dentry *p, *ret;
+
+	if (prev == NULL)
+		return dget(prev);
 
+	spin_lock(&autofs4_lock);
+relock:
+	p = prev;
+	spin_lock(&p->d_lock);
+again:
+	next = p->d_subdirs.next;
 	if (next == &p->d_subdirs) {
 		while (1) {
-			if (p == root)
+			struct dentry *parent;
+
+			if (p == root) {
+				spin_unlock(&p->d_lock);
+				spin_unlock(&autofs4_lock);
+				dput(prev);
 				return NULL;
+			}
+
+			parent = p->d_parent;
+			if (!spin_trylock(&parent->d_lock)) {
+				spin_unlock(&p->d_lock);
+				cpu_relax();
+				goto relock;
+			}
+			spin_unlock(&p->d_lock);
 			next = p->d_u.d_child.next;
-			if (next != &p->d_parent->d_subdirs)
+			p = parent;
+			if (next != &parent->d_subdirs)
 				break;
-			p = p->d_parent;
 		}
 	}
-	return list_entry(next, struct dentry, d_u.d_child);
+	ret = list_entry(next, struct dentry, d_u.d_child);
+
+	spin_lock_nested(&ret->d_lock, DENTRY_D_LOCK_NESTED);
+	/* Negative dentry - try next */
+	if (!simple_positive(ret)) {
+		spin_unlock(&ret->d_lock);
+		p = ret;
+		goto again;
+	}
+	dget_dlock(ret);
+	spin_unlock(&ret->d_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&p->d_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&autofs4_lock);
+
+	dput(prev);
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -158,18 +198,11 @@ static int autofs4_tree_busy(struct vfsmount *mnt,
 	if (!simple_positive(top))
 		return 1;
 
-	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
-	for (p = top; p; p = next_dentry(p, top)) {
-		/* Negative dentry - give up */
-		if (!simple_positive(p))
-			continue;
-
+	p = NULL;
+	while ((p = get_next_positive_dentry(p, top))) {
 		DPRINTK("dentry %p %.*s",
 			p, (int) p->d_name.len, p->d_name.name);
 
-		p = dget(p);
-		spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
-
 		/*
 		 * Is someone visiting anywhere in the subtree ?
 		 * If there's no mount we need to check the usage
@@ -198,16 +231,13 @@ static int autofs4_tree_busy(struct vfsmount *mnt,
 			else
 				ino_count++;
 
-			if (atomic_read(&p->d_count) > ino_count) {
+			if (p->d_count > ino_count) {
 				top_ino->last_used = jiffies;
 				dput(p);
 				return 1;
 			}
 		}
-		dput(p);
-		spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
 
 	/* Timeout of a tree mount is ultimately determined by its top dentry */
 	if (!autofs4_can_expire(top, timeout, do_now))
@@ -226,32 +256,21 @@ static struct dentry *autofs4_check_leaves(struct vfsmount *mnt,
 	DPRINTK("parent %p %.*s",
 		parent, (int)parent->d_name.len, parent->d_name.name);
 
-	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
-	for (p = parent; p; p = next_dentry(p, parent)) {
-		/* Negative dentry - give up */
-		if (!simple_positive(p))
-			continue;
-
+	p = NULL;
+	while ((p = get_next_positive_dentry(p, parent))) {
 		DPRINTK("dentry %p %.*s",
 			p, (int) p->d_name.len, p->d_name.name);
 
-		p = dget(p);
-		spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
-
 		if (d_mountpoint(p)) {
 			/* Can we umount this guy */
 			if (autofs4_mount_busy(mnt, p))
-				goto cont;
+				continue;
 
 			/* Can we expire this guy */
 			if (autofs4_can_expire(p, timeout, do_now))
 				return p;
 		}
-cont:
-		dput(p);
-		spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
 	return NULL;
 }
 
@@ -276,7 +295,9 @@ struct dentry *autofs4_expire_direct(struct super_block *sb,
 		struct autofs_info *ino = autofs4_dentry_ino(root);
 		if (d_mountpoint(root)) {
 			ino->flags |= AUTOFS_INF_MOUNTPOINT;
-			root->d_mounted--;
+			spin_lock(&root->d_lock);
+			root->d_flags &= ~DCACHE_MOUNTED;
+			spin_unlock(&root->d_lock);
 		}
 		ino->flags |= AUTOFS_INF_EXPIRING;
 		init_completion(&ino->expire_complete);
@@ -302,8 +323,8 @@ struct dentry *autofs4_expire_indirect(struct super_block *sb,
 {
 	unsigned long timeout;
 	struct dentry *root = sb->s_root;
+	struct dentry *dentry;
 	struct dentry *expired = NULL;
-	struct list_head *next;
 	int do_now = how & AUTOFS_EXP_IMMEDIATE;
 	int exp_leaves = how & AUTOFS_EXP_LEAVES;
 	struct autofs_info *ino;
@@ -315,23 +336,8 @@ struct dentry *autofs4_expire_indirect(struct super_block *sb,
 	now = jiffies;
 	timeout = sbi->exp_timeout;
 
-	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
-	next = root->d_subdirs.next;
-
-	/* On exit from the loop expire is set to a dgot dentry
-	 * to expire or it's NULL */
-	while ( next != &root->d_subdirs ) {
-		struct dentry *dentry = list_entry(next, struct dentry, d_u.d_child);
-
-		/* Negative dentry - give up */
-		if (!simple_positive(dentry)) {
-			next = next->next;
-			continue;
-		}
-
-		dentry = dget(dentry);
-		spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
-
+	dentry = NULL;
+	while ((dentry = get_next_positive_dentry(dentry, root))) {
 		spin_lock(&sbi->fs_lock);
 		ino = autofs4_dentry_ino(dentry);
 
@@ -347,7 +353,7 @@ struct dentry *autofs4_expire_indirect(struct super_block *sb,
 
 			/* Path walk currently on this dentry? */
 			ino_count = atomic_read(&ino->count) + 2;
-			if (atomic_read(&dentry->d_count) > ino_count)
+			if (dentry->d_count > ino_count)
 				goto next;
 
 			/* Can we umount this guy */
@@ -369,7 +375,7 @@ struct dentry *autofs4_expire_indirect(struct super_block *sb,
 		if (!exp_leaves) {
 			/* Path walk currently on this dentry? */
 			ino_count = atomic_read(&ino->count) + 1;
-			if (atomic_read(&dentry->d_count) > ino_count)
+			if (dentry->d_count > ino_count)
 				goto next;
 
 			if (!autofs4_tree_busy(mnt, dentry, timeout, do_now)) {
@@ -383,7 +389,7 @@ struct dentry *autofs4_expire_indirect(struct super_block *sb,
 		} else {
 			/* Path walk currently on this dentry? */
 			ino_count = atomic_read(&ino->count) + 1;
-			if (atomic_read(&dentry->d_count) > ino_count)
+			if (dentry->d_count > ino_count)
 				goto next;
 
 			expired = autofs4_check_leaves(mnt, dentry, timeout, do_now);
@@ -394,11 +400,7 @@ struct dentry *autofs4_expire_indirect(struct super_block *sb,
 		}
 next:
 		spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
-		dput(dentry);
-		spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
-		next = next->next;
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
 	return NULL;
 
 found:
@@ -408,9 +410,13 @@ found:
 	ino->flags |= AUTOFS_INF_EXPIRING;
 	init_completion(&ino->expire_complete);
 	spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
-	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+	spin_lock(&autofs4_lock);
+	spin_lock(&expired->d_parent->d_lock);
+	spin_lock_nested(&expired->d_lock, DENTRY_D_LOCK_NESTED);
 	list_move(&expired->d_parent->d_subdirs, &expired->d_u.d_child);
-	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&expired->d_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&expired->d_parent->d_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&autofs4_lock);
 	return expired;
 }
 
@@ -499,7 +505,14 @@ int autofs4_do_expire_multi(struct super_block *sb, struct vfsmount *mnt,
 
 		spin_lock(&sbi->fs_lock);
 		if (ino->flags & AUTOFS_INF_MOUNTPOINT) {
-			sb->s_root->d_mounted++;
+			spin_lock(&sb->s_root->d_lock);
+			/*
+			 * If we haven't been expired away, then reset
+			 * mounted status.
+			 */
+			if (mnt->mnt_parent != mnt)
+				sb->s_root->d_flags |= DCACHE_MOUNTED;
+			spin_unlock(&sb->s_root->d_lock);
 			ino->flags &= ~AUTOFS_INF_MOUNTPOINT;
 		}
 		ino->flags &= ~AUTOFS_INF_EXPIRING;
diff --git a/fs/autofs4/inode.c b/fs/autofs4/inode.c
index ac87e49fa706..a7bdb9dcac84 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/autofs4/inode.c
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ int autofs4_fill_super(struct super_block *s, void *data, int silent)
 		goto fail_iput;
 	pipe = NULL;
 
-	root->d_op = &autofs4_sb_dentry_operations;
+	d_set_d_op(root, &autofs4_sb_dentry_operations);
 	root->d_fsdata = ino;
 
 	/* Can this call block? */
diff --git a/fs/autofs4/root.c b/fs/autofs4/root.c
index d34896cfb19f..651e4ef563b1 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/root.c
+++ b/fs/autofs4/root.c
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 
 #include "autofs_i.h"
 
+DEFINE_SPINLOCK(autofs4_lock);
+
 static int autofs4_dir_symlink(struct inode *,struct dentry *,const char *);
 static int autofs4_dir_unlink(struct inode *,struct dentry *);
 static int autofs4_dir_rmdir(struct inode *,struct dentry *);
@@ -142,12 +144,15 @@ static int autofs4_dir_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	 * autofs file system so just let the libfs routines handle
 	 * it.
 	 */
-	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+	spin_lock(&autofs4_lock);
+	spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
 	if (!d_mountpoint(dentry) && list_empty(&dentry->d_subdirs)) {
-		spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+		spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+		spin_unlock(&autofs4_lock);
 		return -ENOENT;
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&autofs4_lock);
 
 out:
 	return dcache_dir_open(inode, file);
@@ -252,9 +257,11 @@ static void *autofs4_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 	/* We trigger a mount for almost all flags */
 	lookup_type = autofs4_need_mount(nd->flags);
 	spin_lock(&sbi->fs_lock);
-	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+	spin_lock(&autofs4_lock);
+	spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
 	if (!(lookup_type || ino->flags & AUTOFS_INF_PENDING)) {
-		spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+		spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+		spin_unlock(&autofs4_lock);
 		spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
 		goto follow;
 	}
@@ -266,7 +273,8 @@ static void *autofs4_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 	 */
 	if (ino->flags & AUTOFS_INF_PENDING ||
 	    (!d_mountpoint(dentry) && list_empty(&dentry->d_subdirs))) {
-		spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+		spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+		spin_unlock(&autofs4_lock);
 		spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
 
 		status = try_to_fill_dentry(dentry, nd->flags);
@@ -275,7 +283,8 @@ static void *autofs4_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 
 		goto follow;
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&autofs4_lock);
 	spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
 follow:
 	/*
@@ -306,12 +315,19 @@ out_error:
  */
 static int autofs4_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
-	struct inode *dir = dentry->d_parent->d_inode;
-	struct autofs_sb_info *sbi = autofs4_sbi(dir->i_sb);
-	int oz_mode = autofs4_oz_mode(sbi);
+	struct inode *dir;
+	struct autofs_sb_info *sbi;
+	int oz_mode;
 	int flags = nd ? nd->flags : 0;
 	int status = 1;
 
+	if (flags & LOOKUP_RCU)
+		return -ECHILD;
+
+	dir = dentry->d_parent->d_inode;
+	sbi = autofs4_sbi(dir->i_sb);
+	oz_mode = autofs4_oz_mode(sbi);
+
 	/* Pending dentry */
 	spin_lock(&sbi->fs_lock);
 	if (autofs4_ispending(dentry)) {
@@ -346,12 +362,14 @@ static int autofs4_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 		return 0;
 
 	/* Check for a non-mountpoint directory with no contents */
-	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+	spin_lock(&autofs4_lock);
+	spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
 	if (S_ISDIR(dentry->d_inode->i_mode) &&
 	    !d_mountpoint(dentry) && list_empty(&dentry->d_subdirs)) {
 		DPRINTK("dentry=%p %.*s, emptydir",
 			 dentry, dentry->d_name.len, dentry->d_name.name);
-		spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+		spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+		spin_unlock(&autofs4_lock);
 
 		/* The daemon never causes a mount to trigger */
 		if (oz_mode)
@@ -367,7 +385,8 @@ static int autofs4_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 
 		return status;
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&autofs4_lock);
 
 	return 1;
 }
@@ -422,7 +441,7 @@ static struct dentry *autofs4_lookup_active(struct dentry *dentry)
 	const unsigned char *str = name->name;
 	struct list_head *p, *head;
 
-	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+	spin_lock(&autofs4_lock);
 	spin_lock(&sbi->lookup_lock);
 	head = &sbi->active_list;
 	list_for_each(p, head) {
@@ -436,7 +455,7 @@ static struct dentry *autofs4_lookup_active(struct dentry *dentry)
 		spin_lock(&active->d_lock);
 
 		/* Already gone? */
-		if (atomic_read(&active->d_count) == 0)
+		if (active->d_count == 0)
 			goto next;
 
 		qstr = &active->d_name;
@@ -452,17 +471,17 @@ static struct dentry *autofs4_lookup_active(struct dentry *dentry)
 			goto next;
 
 		if (d_unhashed(active)) {
-			dget(active);
+			dget_dlock(active);
 			spin_unlock(&active->d_lock);
 			spin_unlock(&sbi->lookup_lock);
-			spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+			spin_unlock(&autofs4_lock);
 			return active;
 		}
 next:
 		spin_unlock(&active->d_lock);
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&sbi->lookup_lock);
-	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&autofs4_lock);
 
 	return NULL;
 }
@@ -477,7 +496,7 @@ static struct dentry *autofs4_lookup_expiring(struct dentry *dentry)
 	const unsigned char *str = name->name;
 	struct list_head *p, *head;
 
-	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+	spin_lock(&autofs4_lock);
 	spin_lock(&sbi->lookup_lock);
 	head = &sbi->expiring_list;
 	list_for_each(p, head) {
@@ -507,17 +526,17 @@ static struct dentry *autofs4_lookup_expiring(struct dentry *dentry)
 			goto next;
 
 		if (d_unhashed(expiring)) {
-			dget(expiring);
+			dget_dlock(expiring);
 			spin_unlock(&expiring->d_lock);
 			spin_unlock(&sbi->lookup_lock);
-			spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+			spin_unlock(&autofs4_lock);
 			return expiring;
 		}
 next:
 		spin_unlock(&expiring->d_lock);
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&sbi->lookup_lock);
-	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&autofs4_lock);
 
 	return NULL;
 }
@@ -559,7 +578,7 @@ static struct dentry *autofs4_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, s
 		 * we check for the hashed dentry and return the newly
 		 * hashed dentry.
 		 */
-		dentry->d_op = &autofs4_root_dentry_operations;
+		d_set_d_op(dentry, &autofs4_root_dentry_operations);
 
 		/*
 		 * And we need to ensure that the same dentry is used for
@@ -698,9 +717,9 @@ static int autofs4_dir_symlink(struct inode *dir,
 	d_add(dentry, inode);
 
 	if (dir == dir->i_sb->s_root->d_inode)
-		dentry->d_op = &autofs4_root_dentry_operations;
+		d_set_d_op(dentry, &autofs4_root_dentry_operations);
 	else
-		dentry->d_op = &autofs4_dentry_operations;
+		d_set_d_op(dentry, &autofs4_dentry_operations);
 
 	dentry->d_fsdata = ino;
 	ino->dentry = dget(dentry);
@@ -753,12 +772,12 @@ static int autofs4_dir_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 
 	dir->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME;
 
-	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+	spin_lock(&autofs4_lock);
 	autofs4_add_expiring(dentry);
 	spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
 	__d_drop(dentry);
 	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
-	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&autofs4_lock);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -775,16 +794,20 @@ static int autofs4_dir_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	if (!autofs4_oz_mode(sbi))
 		return -EACCES;
 
-	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+	spin_lock(&autofs4_lock);
+	spin_lock(&sbi->lookup_lock);
+	spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
 	if (!list_empty(&dentry->d_subdirs)) {
-		spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+		spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+		spin_unlock(&sbi->lookup_lock);
+		spin_unlock(&autofs4_lock);
 		return -ENOTEMPTY;
 	}
-	autofs4_add_expiring(dentry);
-	spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
+	__autofs4_add_expiring(dentry);
+	spin_unlock(&sbi->lookup_lock);
 	__d_drop(dentry);
 	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
-	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&autofs4_lock);
 
 	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&ino->count)) {
 		p_ino = autofs4_dentry_ino(dentry->d_parent);
@@ -829,9 +852,9 @@ static int autofs4_dir_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode)
 	d_add(dentry, inode);
 
 	if (dir == dir->i_sb->s_root->d_inode)
-		dentry->d_op = &autofs4_root_dentry_operations;
+		d_set_d_op(dentry, &autofs4_root_dentry_operations);
 	else
-		dentry->d_op = &autofs4_dentry_operations;
+		d_set_d_op(dentry, &autofs4_dentry_operations);
 
 	dentry->d_fsdata = ino;
 	ino->dentry = dget(dentry);
diff --git a/fs/autofs4/waitq.c b/fs/autofs4/waitq.c
index 2341375386f8..c5f8459c905e 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/waitq.c
+++ b/fs/autofs4/waitq.c
@@ -186,16 +186,26 @@ static int autofs4_getpath(struct autofs_sb_info *sbi,
 {
 	struct dentry *root = sbi->sb->s_root;
 	struct dentry *tmp;
-	char *buf = *name;
+	char *buf;
 	char *p;
-	int len = 0;
+	int len;
+	unsigned seq;
 
-	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+rename_retry:
+	buf = *name;
+	len = 0;
+
+	seq = read_seqbegin(&rename_lock);
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	spin_lock(&autofs4_lock);
 	for (tmp = dentry ; tmp != root ; tmp = tmp->d_parent)
 		len += tmp->d_name.len + 1;
 
 	if (!len || --len > NAME_MAX) {
-		spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+		spin_unlock(&autofs4_lock);
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+		if (read_seqretry(&rename_lock, seq))
+			goto rename_retry;
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -208,7 +218,10 @@ static int autofs4_getpath(struct autofs_sb_info *sbi,
 		p -= tmp->d_name.len;
 		strncpy(p, tmp->d_name.name, tmp->d_name.len);
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&autofs4_lock);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+	if (read_seqretry(&rename_lock, seq))
+		goto rename_retry;
 
 	return len;
 }
diff --git a/fs/bad_inode.c b/fs/bad_inode.c
index f024d8aaddef..9ad2369d9e35 100644
--- a/fs/bad_inode.c
+++ b/fs/bad_inode.c
@@ -229,8 +229,11 @@ static int bad_inode_readlink(struct dentry *dentry, char __user *buffer,
 	return -EIO;
 }
 
-static int bad_inode_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
+static int bad_inode_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
 {
+	if (flags & IPERM_FLAG_RCU)
+		return -ECHILD;
+
 	return -EIO;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c b/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
index aa4e7c7ae3c6..de93581b79a2 100644
--- a/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
+++ b/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
@@ -284,12 +284,18 @@ befs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
         return &bi->vfs_inode;
 }
 
-static void
-befs_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+static void befs_i_callback(struct rcu_head *head)
 {
+	struct inode *inode = container_of(head, struct inode, i_rcu);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_dentry);
         kmem_cache_free(befs_inode_cachep, BEFS_I(inode));
 }
 
+static void befs_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	call_rcu(&inode->i_rcu, befs_i_callback);
+}
+
 static void init_once(void *foo)
 {
         struct befs_inode_info *bi = (struct befs_inode_info *) foo;
diff --git a/fs/bfs/inode.c b/fs/bfs/inode.c
index 76db6d7d49bb..a8e37f81d097 100644
--- a/fs/bfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/bfs/inode.c
@@ -248,11 +248,18 @@ static struct inode *bfs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	return &bi->vfs_inode;
 }
 
-static void bfs_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+static void bfs_i_callback(struct rcu_head *head)
 {
+	struct inode *inode = container_of(head, struct inode, i_rcu);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_dentry);
 	kmem_cache_free(bfs_inode_cachep, BFS_I(inode));
 }
 
+static void bfs_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	call_rcu(&inode->i_rcu, bfs_i_callback);
+}
+
 static void init_once(void *foo)
 {
 	struct bfs_inode_info *bi = foo;
diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index 4230252fd689..771f23527010 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -409,13 +409,20 @@ static struct inode *bdev_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	return &ei->vfs_inode;
 }
 
-static void bdev_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+static void bdev_i_callback(struct rcu_head *head)
 {
+	struct inode *inode = container_of(head, struct inode, i_rcu);
 	struct bdev_inode *bdi = BDEV_I(inode);
 
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_dentry);
 	kmem_cache_free(bdev_cachep, bdi);
 }
 
+static void bdev_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	call_rcu(&inode->i_rcu, bdev_i_callback);
+}
+
 static void init_once(void *foo)
 {
 	struct bdev_inode *ei = (struct bdev_inode *) foo;
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/acl.c b/fs/btrfs/acl.c
index 2222d161c7b6..6ae2c8cac9d5 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/acl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/acl.c
@@ -185,18 +185,23 @@ static int btrfs_xattr_acl_set(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-int btrfs_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask)
+int btrfs_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
 {
-	struct posix_acl *acl;
 	int error = -EAGAIN;
 
-	acl = btrfs_get_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
+	if (flags & IPERM_FLAG_RCU) {
+		if (!negative_cached_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS))
+			error = -ECHILD;
 
-	if (IS_ERR(acl))
-		return PTR_ERR(acl);
-	if (acl) {
-		error = posix_acl_permission(inode, acl, mask);
-		posix_acl_release(acl);
+	} else {
+		struct posix_acl *acl;
+		acl = btrfs_get_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
+		if (IS_ERR(acl))
+			return PTR_ERR(acl);
+		if (acl) {
+			error = posix_acl_permission(inode, acl, mask);
+			posix_acl_release(acl);
+		}
 	}
 
 	return error;
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
index af52f6d7a4d8..a142d204b526 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
@@ -2544,7 +2544,7 @@ int btrfs_sync_fs(struct super_block *sb, int wait);
 
 /* acl.c */
 #ifdef CONFIG_BTRFS_FS_POSIX_ACL
-int btrfs_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask);
+int btrfs_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags);
 #else
 #define btrfs_check_acl NULL
 #endif
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/export.c b/fs/btrfs/export.c
index 659f532d26a0..0ccf9a8afcdf 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/export.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/export.c
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ static struct dentry *btrfs_get_dentry(struct super_block *sb, u64 objectid,
 
 	dentry = d_obtain_alias(inode);
 	if (!IS_ERR(dentry))
-		dentry->d_op = &btrfs_dentry_operations;
+		d_set_d_op(dentry, &btrfs_dentry_operations);
 	return dentry;
 fail:
 	srcu_read_unlock(&fs_info->subvol_srcu, index);
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ static struct dentry *btrfs_get_parent(struct dentry *child)
 	key.offset = 0;
 	dentry = d_obtain_alias(btrfs_iget(root->fs_info->sb, &key, root, NULL));
 	if (!IS_ERR(dentry))
-		dentry->d_op = &btrfs_dentry_operations;
+		d_set_d_op(dentry, &btrfs_dentry_operations);
 	return dentry;
 fail:
 	btrfs_free_path(path);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 72f31ecb5c90..a0ff46a47895 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -4084,7 +4084,7 @@ struct inode *btrfs_lookup_dentry(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	int index;
 	int ret;
 
-	dentry->d_op = &btrfs_dentry_operations;
+	d_set_d_op(dentry, &btrfs_dentry_operations);
 
 	if (dentry->d_name.len > BTRFS_NAME_LEN)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENAMETOOLONG);
@@ -4127,7 +4127,7 @@ struct inode *btrfs_lookup_dentry(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	return inode;
 }
 
-static int btrfs_dentry_delete(struct dentry *dentry)
+static int btrfs_dentry_delete(const struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	struct btrfs_root *root;
 
@@ -6495,6 +6495,13 @@ struct inode *btrfs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	return inode;
 }
 
+static void btrfs_i_callback(struct rcu_head *head)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = container_of(head, struct inode, i_rcu);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_dentry);
+	kmem_cache_free(btrfs_inode_cachep, BTRFS_I(inode));
+}
+
 void btrfs_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct btrfs_ordered_extent *ordered;
@@ -6564,7 +6571,7 @@ void btrfs_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	inode_tree_del(inode);
 	btrfs_drop_extent_cache(inode, 0, (u64)-1, 0);
 free:
-	kmem_cache_free(btrfs_inode_cachep, BTRFS_I(inode));
+	call_rcu(&inode->i_rcu, btrfs_i_callback);
 }
 
 int btrfs_drop_inode(struct inode *inode)
@@ -7204,11 +7211,11 @@ static int btrfs_set_page_dirty(struct page *page)
 	return __set_page_dirty_nobuffers(page);
 }
 
-static int btrfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
+static int btrfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
 {
 	if ((BTRFS_I(inode)->flags & BTRFS_INODE_READONLY) && (mask & MAY_WRITE))
 		return -EACCES;
-	return generic_permission(inode, mask, btrfs_check_acl);
+	return generic_permission(inode, mask, flags, btrfs_check_acl);
 }
 
 static const struct inode_operations btrfs_dir_inode_operations = {
diff --git a/fs/ceph/dir.c b/fs/ceph/dir.c
index d902948a90d8..fa7ca04ee816 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/dir.c
@@ -42,11 +42,11 @@ int ceph_init_dentry(struct dentry *dentry)
 
 	if (dentry->d_parent == NULL ||   /* nfs fh_to_dentry */
 	    ceph_snap(dentry->d_parent->d_inode) == CEPH_NOSNAP)
-		dentry->d_op = &ceph_dentry_ops;
+		d_set_d_op(dentry, &ceph_dentry_ops);
 	else if (ceph_snap(dentry->d_parent->d_inode) == CEPH_SNAPDIR)
-		dentry->d_op = &ceph_snapdir_dentry_ops;
+		d_set_d_op(dentry, &ceph_snapdir_dentry_ops);
 	else
-		dentry->d_op = &ceph_snap_dentry_ops;
+		d_set_d_op(dentry, &ceph_snap_dentry_ops);
 
 	di = kmem_cache_alloc(ceph_dentry_cachep, GFP_NOFS | __GFP_ZERO);
 	if (!di)
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ static int __dcache_readdir(struct file *filp,
 	dout("__dcache_readdir %p at %llu (last %p)\n", dir, filp->f_pos,
 	     last);
 
-	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+	spin_lock(&parent->d_lock);
 
 	/* start at beginning? */
 	if (filp->f_pos == 2 || last == NULL ||
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ more:
 			fi->at_end = 1;
 			goto out_unlock;
 		}
+		spin_lock_nested(&dentry->d_lock, DENTRY_D_LOCK_NESTED);
 		if (!d_unhashed(dentry) && dentry->d_inode &&
 		    ceph_snap(dentry->d_inode) != CEPH_SNAPDIR &&
 		    ceph_ino(dentry->d_inode) != CEPH_INO_CEPH &&
@@ -145,13 +146,15 @@ more:
 		     dentry->d_name.len, dentry->d_name.name, di->offset,
 		     filp->f_pos, d_unhashed(dentry) ? " unhashed" : "",
 		     !dentry->d_inode ? " null" : "");
+		spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 		p = p->prev;
 		dentry = list_entry(p, struct dentry, d_u.d_child);
 		di = ceph_dentry(dentry);
 	}
 
-	atomic_inc(&dentry->d_count);
-	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+	dget_dlock(dentry);
+	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&parent->d_lock);
 
 	dout(" %llu (%llu) dentry %p %.*s %p\n", di->offset, filp->f_pos,
 	     dentry, dentry->d_name.len, dentry->d_name.name, dentry->d_inode);
@@ -177,19 +180,19 @@ more:
 
 	filp->f_pos++;
 
-	/* make sure a dentry wasn't dropped while we didn't have dcache_lock */
+	/* make sure a dentry wasn't dropped while we didn't have parent lock */
 	if (!ceph_i_test(dir, CEPH_I_COMPLETE)) {
 		dout(" lost I_COMPLETE on %p; falling back to mds\n", dir);
 		err = -EAGAIN;
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+	spin_lock(&parent->d_lock);
 	p = p->prev;	/* advance to next dentry */
 	goto more;
 
 out_unlock:
-	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&parent->d_lock);
 out:
 	if (last)
 		dput(last);
@@ -987,7 +990,12 @@ static int dir_lease_is_valid(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
  */
 static int ceph_d_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
-	struct inode *dir = dentry->d_parent->d_inode;
+	struct inode *dir;
+
+	if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU)
+		return -ECHILD;
+
+	dir = dentry->d_parent->d_inode;
 
 	dout("d_revalidate %p '%.*s' inode %p offset %lld\n", dentry,
 	     dentry->d_name.len, dentry->d_name.name, dentry->d_inode,
diff --git a/fs/ceph/inode.c b/fs/ceph/inode.c
index bf1286588f26..e61de4f7b99d 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/inode.c
@@ -368,6 +368,15 @@ struct inode *ceph_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	return &ci->vfs_inode;
 }
 
+static void ceph_i_callback(struct rcu_head *head)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = container_of(head, struct inode, i_rcu);
+	struct ceph_inode_info *ci = ceph_inode(inode);
+
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_dentry);
+	kmem_cache_free(ceph_inode_cachep, ci);
+}
+
 void ceph_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct ceph_inode_info *ci = ceph_inode(inode);
@@ -407,7 +416,7 @@ void ceph_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	if (ci->i_xattrs.prealloc_blob)
 		ceph_buffer_put(ci->i_xattrs.prealloc_blob);
 
-	kmem_cache_free(ceph_inode_cachep, ci);
+	call_rcu(&inode->i_rcu, ceph_i_callback);
 }
 
 
@@ -841,13 +850,13 @@ static void ceph_set_dentry_offset(struct dentry *dn)
 	di->offset = ceph_inode(inode)->i_max_offset++;
 	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 
-	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
-	spin_lock(&dn->d_lock);
+	spin_lock(&dir->d_lock);
+	spin_lock_nested(&dn->d_lock, DENTRY_D_LOCK_NESTED);
 	list_move(&dn->d_u.d_child, &dir->d_subdirs);
 	dout("set_dentry_offset %p %lld (%p %p)\n", dn, di->offset,
 	     dn->d_u.d_child.prev, dn->d_u.d_child.next);
 	spin_unlock(&dn->d_lock);
-	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&dir->d_lock);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -879,8 +888,8 @@ static struct dentry *splice_dentry(struct dentry *dn, struct inode *in,
 	} else if (realdn) {
 		dout("dn %p (%d) spliced with %p (%d) "
 		     "inode %p ino %llx.%llx\n",
-		     dn, atomic_read(&dn->d_count),
-		     realdn, atomic_read(&realdn->d_count),
+		     dn, dn->d_count,
+		     realdn, realdn->d_count,
 		     realdn->d_inode, ceph_vinop(realdn->d_inode));
 		dput(dn);
 		dn = realdn;
@@ -1231,11 +1240,11 @@ retry_lookup:
 			goto retry_lookup;
 		} else {
 			/* reorder parent's d_subdirs */
-			spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
-			spin_lock(&dn->d_lock);
+			spin_lock(&parent->d_lock);
+			spin_lock_nested(&dn->d_lock, DENTRY_D_LOCK_NESTED);
 			list_move(&dn->d_u.d_child, &parent->d_subdirs);
 			spin_unlock(&dn->d_lock);
-			spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+			spin_unlock(&parent->d_lock);
 		}
 
 		di = dn->d_fsdata;
@@ -1772,12 +1781,17 @@ int ceph_do_getattr(struct inode *inode, int mask)
  * Check inode permissions.  We verify we have a valid value for
  * the AUTH cap, then call the generic handler.
  */
-int ceph_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
+int ceph_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
 {
-	int err = ceph_do_getattr(inode, CEPH_CAP_AUTH_SHARED);
+	int err;
+
+	if (flags & IPERM_FLAG_RCU)
+		return -ECHILD;
+
+	err = ceph_do_getattr(inode, CEPH_CAP_AUTH_SHARED);
 
 	if (!err)
-		err = generic_permission(inode, mask, NULL);
+		err = generic_permission(inode, mask, flags, NULL);
 	return err;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
index 38800eaa81d0..a50fca1e03be 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
@@ -1486,7 +1486,7 @@ retry:
 	*base = ceph_ino(temp->d_inode);
 	*plen = len;
 	dout("build_path on %p %d built %llx '%.*s'\n",
-	     dentry, atomic_read(&dentry->d_count), *base, len, path);
+	     dentry, dentry->d_count, *base, len, path);
 	return path;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/ceph/super.h b/fs/ceph/super.h
index 7f01728a4657..4553d8829edb 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/super.h
+++ b/fs/ceph/super.h
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ extern void ceph_queue_invalidate(struct inode *inode);
 extern void ceph_queue_writeback(struct inode *inode);
 
 extern int ceph_do_getattr(struct inode *inode, int mask);
-extern int ceph_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask);
+extern int ceph_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags);
 extern int ceph_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr);
 extern int ceph_getattr(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry,
 			struct kstat *stat);
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
index 3936aa7f2c22..8e21e0fe65d5 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
@@ -283,10 +283,13 @@ cifs_statfs(struct dentry *dentry, struct kstatfs *buf)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int cifs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
+static int cifs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
 {
 	struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb;
 
+	if (flags & IPERM_FLAG_RCU)
+		return -ECHILD;
+
 	cifs_sb = CIFS_SB(inode->i_sb);
 
 	if (cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags & CIFS_MOUNT_NO_PERM) {
@@ -298,7 +301,7 @@ static int cifs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 		on the client (above and beyond ACL on servers) for
 		servers which do not support setting and viewing mode bits,
 		so allowing client to check permissions is useful */
-		return generic_permission(inode, mask, NULL);
+		return generic_permission(inode, mask, flags, NULL);
 }
 
 static struct kmem_cache *cifs_inode_cachep;
@@ -334,10 +337,17 @@ cifs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	return &cifs_inode->vfs_inode;
 }
 
+static void cifs_i_callback(struct rcu_head *head)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = container_of(head, struct inode, i_rcu);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_dentry);
+	kmem_cache_free(cifs_inode_cachep, CIFS_I(inode));
+}
+
 static void
 cifs_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
-	kmem_cache_free(cifs_inode_cachep, CIFS_I(inode));
+	call_rcu(&inode->i_rcu, cifs_i_callback);
 }
 
 static void
diff --git a/fs/cifs/dir.c b/fs/cifs/dir.c
index 3840eddbfb7a..db2a58c00f7b 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/dir.c
@@ -135,9 +135,9 @@ static void setup_cifs_dentry(struct cifsTconInfo *tcon,
 			      struct inode *newinode)
 {
 	if (tcon->nocase)
-		direntry->d_op = &cifs_ci_dentry_ops;
+		d_set_d_op(direntry, &cifs_ci_dentry_ops);
 	else
-		direntry->d_op = &cifs_dentry_ops;
+		d_set_d_op(direntry, &cifs_dentry_ops);
 	d_instantiate(direntry, newinode);
 }
 
@@ -421,9 +421,9 @@ int cifs_mknod(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *direntry, int mode,
 		rc = cifs_get_inode_info_unix(&newinode, full_path,
 						inode->i_sb, xid);
 		if (pTcon->nocase)
-			direntry->d_op = &cifs_ci_dentry_ops;
+			d_set_d_op(direntry, &cifs_ci_dentry_ops);
 		else
-			direntry->d_op = &cifs_dentry_ops;
+			d_set_d_op(direntry, &cifs_dentry_ops);
 
 		if (rc == 0)
 			d_instantiate(direntry, newinode);
@@ -604,9 +604,9 @@ cifs_lookup(struct inode *parent_dir_inode, struct dentry *direntry,
 
 	if ((rc == 0) && (newInode != NULL)) {
 		if (pTcon->nocase)
-			direntry->d_op = &cifs_ci_dentry_ops;
+			d_set_d_op(direntry, &cifs_ci_dentry_ops);
 		else
-			direntry->d_op = &cifs_dentry_ops;
+			d_set_d_op(direntry, &cifs_dentry_ops);
 		d_add(direntry, newInode);
 		if (posix_open) {
 			filp = lookup_instantiate_filp(nd, direntry,
@@ -634,9 +634,9 @@ cifs_lookup(struct inode *parent_dir_inode, struct dentry *direntry,
 		rc = 0;
 		direntry->d_time = jiffies;
 		if (pTcon->nocase)
-			direntry->d_op = &cifs_ci_dentry_ops;
+			d_set_d_op(direntry, &cifs_ci_dentry_ops);
 		else
-			direntry->d_op = &cifs_dentry_ops;
+			d_set_d_op(direntry, &cifs_dentry_ops);
 		d_add(direntry, NULL);
 	/*	if it was once a directory (but how can we tell?) we could do
 		shrink_dcache_parent(direntry); */
@@ -656,22 +656,37 @@ lookup_out:
 static int
 cifs_d_revalidate(struct dentry *direntry, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
-	int isValid = 1;
+	if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU)
+		return -ECHILD;
 
 	if (direntry->d_inode) {
 		if (cifs_revalidate_dentry(direntry))
 			return 0;
-	} else {
-		cFYI(1, "neg dentry 0x%p name = %s",
-			 direntry, direntry->d_name.name);
-		if (time_after(jiffies, direntry->d_time + HZ) ||
-			!lookupCacheEnabled) {
-			d_drop(direntry);
-			isValid = 0;
-		}
+		else
+			return 1;
 	}
 
-	return isValid;
+	/*
+	 * This may be nfsd (or something), anyway, we can't see the
+	 * intent of this. So, since this can be for creation, drop it.
+	 */
+	if (!nd)
+		return 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * Drop the negative dentry, in order to make sure to use the
+	 * case sensitive name which is specified by user if this is
+	 * for creation.
+	 */
+	if (!(nd->flags & (LOOKUP_CONTINUE | LOOKUP_PARENT))) {
+		if (nd->flags & (LOOKUP_CREATE | LOOKUP_RENAME_TARGET))
+			return 0;
+	}
+
+	if (time_after(jiffies, direntry->d_time + HZ) || !lookupCacheEnabled)
+		return 0;
+
+	return 1;
 }
 
 /* static int cifs_d_delete(struct dentry *direntry)
@@ -688,9 +703,10 @@ const struct dentry_operations cifs_dentry_ops = {
 /* d_delete:       cifs_d_delete,      */ /* not needed except for debugging */
 };
 
-static int cifs_ci_hash(struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *q)
+static int cifs_ci_hash(const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
+		struct qstr *q)
 {
-	struct nls_table *codepage = CIFS_SB(dentry->d_inode->i_sb)->local_nls;
+	struct nls_table *codepage = CIFS_SB(dentry->d_sb)->local_nls;
 	unsigned long hash;
 	int i;
 
@@ -703,21 +719,16 @@ static int cifs_ci_hash(struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *q)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int cifs_ci_compare(struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *a,
-			   struct qstr *b)
+static int cifs_ci_compare(const struct dentry *parent,
+		const struct inode *pinode,
+		const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
+		unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name)
 {
-	struct nls_table *codepage = CIFS_SB(dentry->d_inode->i_sb)->local_nls;
-
-	if ((a->len == b->len) &&
-	    (nls_strnicmp(codepage, a->name, b->name, a->len) == 0)) {
-		/*
-		 * To preserve case, don't let an existing negative dentry's
-		 * case take precedence.  If a is not a negative dentry, this
-		 * should have no side effects
-		 */
-		memcpy((void *)a->name, b->name, a->len);
+	struct nls_table *codepage = CIFS_SB(pinode->i_sb)->local_nls;
+
+	if ((name->len == len) &&
+	    (nls_strnicmp(codepage, name->name, str, len) == 0))
 		return 0;
-	}
 	return 1;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/cifs/inode.c b/fs/cifs/inode.c
index 589f3e3f6e00..a853a89857a5 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/inode.c
@@ -809,14 +809,14 @@ inode_has_hashed_dentries(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct dentry *dentry;
 
-	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry(dentry, &inode->i_dentry, d_alias) {
 		if (!d_unhashed(dentry) || IS_ROOT(dentry)) {
-			spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+			spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 			return true;
 		}
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 	return false;
 }
 
@@ -1319,9 +1319,9 @@ int cifs_mkdir(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *direntry, int mode)
 	to set uid/gid */
 			inc_nlink(inode);
 			if (pTcon->nocase)
-				direntry->d_op = &cifs_ci_dentry_ops;
+				d_set_d_op(direntry, &cifs_ci_dentry_ops);
 			else
-				direntry->d_op = &cifs_dentry_ops;
+				d_set_d_op(direntry, &cifs_dentry_ops);
 
 			cifs_unix_basic_to_fattr(&fattr, pInfo, cifs_sb);
 			cifs_fill_uniqueid(inode->i_sb, &fattr);
@@ -1363,9 +1363,9 @@ mkdir_get_info:
 						 inode->i_sb, xid, NULL);
 
 		if (pTcon->nocase)
-			direntry->d_op = &cifs_ci_dentry_ops;
+			d_set_d_op(direntry, &cifs_ci_dentry_ops);
 		else
-			direntry->d_op = &cifs_dentry_ops;
+			d_set_d_op(direntry, &cifs_dentry_ops);
 		d_instantiate(direntry, newinode);
 		 /* setting nlink not necessary except in cases where we
 		  * failed to get it from the server or was set bogus */
diff --git a/fs/cifs/link.c b/fs/cifs/link.c
index 85cdbf831e7b..fe2f6a93c49e 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/link.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/link.c
@@ -525,9 +525,9 @@ cifs_symlink(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *direntry, const char *symname)
 			      rc);
 		} else {
 			if (pTcon->nocase)
-				direntry->d_op = &cifs_ci_dentry_ops;
+				d_set_d_op(direntry, &cifs_ci_dentry_ops);
 			else
-				direntry->d_op = &cifs_dentry_ops;
+				d_set_d_op(direntry, &cifs_dentry_ops);
 			d_instantiate(direntry, newinode);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/fs/cifs/readdir.c b/fs/cifs/readdir.c
index a73eb9f4bdaf..ec5b68e3b928 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/readdir.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/readdir.c
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ cifs_readdir_lookup(struct dentry *parent, struct qstr *name,
 	cFYI(1, "For %s", name->name);
 
 	if (parent->d_op && parent->d_op->d_hash)
-		parent->d_op->d_hash(parent, name);
+		parent->d_op->d_hash(parent, parent->d_inode, name);
 	else
 		name->hash = full_name_hash(name->name, name->len);
 
@@ -103,9 +103,9 @@ cifs_readdir_lookup(struct dentry *parent, struct qstr *name,
 	}
 
 	if (cifs_sb_master_tcon(CIFS_SB(sb))->nocase)
-		dentry->d_op = &cifs_ci_dentry_ops;
+		d_set_d_op(dentry, &cifs_ci_dentry_ops);
 	else
-		dentry->d_op = &cifs_dentry_ops;
+		d_set_d_op(dentry, &cifs_dentry_ops);
 
 	alias = d_materialise_unique(dentry, inode);
 	if (alias != NULL) {
diff --git a/fs/coda/cache.c b/fs/coda/cache.c
index 9060f08e70cf..5525e1c660fd 100644
--- a/fs/coda/cache.c
+++ b/fs/coda/cache.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ static void coda_flag_children(struct dentry *parent, int flag)
 	struct list_head *child;
 	struct dentry *de;
 
-	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+	spin_lock(&parent->d_lock);
 	list_for_each(child, &parent->d_subdirs)
 	{
 		de = list_entry(child, struct dentry, d_u.d_child);
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ static void coda_flag_children(struct dentry *parent, int flag)
 			continue;
 		coda_flag_inode(de->d_inode, flag);
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&parent->d_lock);
 	return; 
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/coda/dir.c b/fs/coda/dir.c
index 5d8b35539601..29badd91360f 100644
--- a/fs/coda/dir.c
+++ b/fs/coda/dir.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
+#include <linux/namei.h>
 
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ static int coda_readdir(struct file *file, void *buf, filldir_t filldir);
 
 /* dentry ops */
 static int coda_dentry_revalidate(struct dentry *de, struct nameidata *nd);
-static int coda_dentry_delete(struct dentry *);
+static int coda_dentry_delete(const struct dentry *);
 
 /* support routines */
 static int coda_venus_readdir(struct file *coda_file, void *buf,
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ static struct dentry *coda_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *entry, struc
 		return ERR_PTR(error);
 
 exit:
-	entry->d_op = &coda_dentry_operations;
+	d_set_d_op(entry, &coda_dentry_operations);
 
 	if (inode && (type & CODA_NOCACHE))
 		coda_flag_inode(inode, C_VATTR | C_PURGE);
@@ -134,10 +135,13 @@ exit:
 }
 
 
-int coda_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
+int coda_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
 {
 	int error;
 
+	if (flags & IPERM_FLAG_RCU)
+		return -ECHILD;
+
 	mask &= MAY_READ | MAY_WRITE | MAY_EXEC;
  
 	if (!mask)
@@ -541,9 +545,13 @@ out:
 /* called when a cache lookup succeeds */
 static int coda_dentry_revalidate(struct dentry *de, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = de->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode;
 	struct coda_inode_info *cii;
 
+	if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU)
+		return -ECHILD;
+
+	inode = de->d_inode;
 	if (!inode || coda_isroot(inode))
 		goto out;
 	if (is_bad_inode(inode))
@@ -559,7 +567,7 @@ static int coda_dentry_revalidate(struct dentry *de, struct nameidata *nd)
 	if (cii->c_flags & C_FLUSH) 
 		coda_flag_inode_children(inode, C_FLUSH);
 
-	if (atomic_read(&de->d_count) > 1)
+	if (de->d_count > 1)
 		/* pretend it's valid, but don't change the flags */
 		goto out;
 
@@ -577,7 +585,7 @@ out:
  * This is the callback from dput() when d_count is going to 0.
  * We use this to unhash dentries with bad inodes.
  */
-static int coda_dentry_delete(struct dentry * dentry)
+static int coda_dentry_delete(const struct dentry * dentry)
 {
 	int flags;
 
diff --git a/fs/coda/inode.c b/fs/coda/inode.c
index 5ea57c8c7f97..50dc7d189f56 100644
--- a/fs/coda/inode.c
+++ b/fs/coda/inode.c
@@ -56,11 +56,18 @@ static struct inode *coda_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	return &ei->vfs_inode;
 }
 
-static void coda_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+static void coda_i_callback(struct rcu_head *head)
 {
+	struct inode *inode = container_of(head, struct inode, i_rcu);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_dentry);
 	kmem_cache_free(coda_inode_cachep, ITOC(inode));
 }
 
+static void coda_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	call_rcu(&inode->i_rcu, coda_i_callback);
+}
+
 static void init_once(void *foo)
 {
 	struct coda_inode_info *ei = (struct coda_inode_info *) foo;
diff --git a/fs/coda/pioctl.c b/fs/coda/pioctl.c
index 2fd89b5c5c7b..741f0bd03918 100644
--- a/fs/coda/pioctl.c
+++ b/fs/coda/pioctl.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #include <linux/coda_psdev.h>
 
 /* pioctl ops */
-static int coda_ioctl_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask);
+static int coda_ioctl_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags);
 static long coda_pioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd,
 			unsigned long user_data);
 
@@ -41,8 +41,10 @@ const struct file_operations coda_ioctl_operations = {
 };
 
 /* the coda pioctl inode ops */
-static int coda_ioctl_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
+static int coda_ioctl_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
 {
+	if (flags & IPERM_FLAG_RCU)
+		return -ECHILD;
 	return (mask & MAY_EXEC) ? -EACCES : 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/configfs/configfs_internal.h b/fs/configfs/configfs_internal.h
index da6061a6df40..026cf68553a4 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/configfs_internal.h
+++ b/fs/configfs/configfs_internal.h
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ static inline struct config_item *configfs_get_config_item(struct dentry *dentry
 {
 	struct config_item * item = NULL;
 
-	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+	spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
 	if (!d_unhashed(dentry)) {
 		struct configfs_dirent * sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
 		if (sd->s_type & CONFIGFS_ITEM_LINK) {
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ static inline struct config_item *configfs_get_config_item(struct dentry *dentry
 		} else
 			item = config_item_get(sd->s_element);
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 
 	return item;
 }
diff --git a/fs/configfs/dir.c b/fs/configfs/dir.c
index 0b502f80c691..36637a8c1ed3 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/dir.c
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ static void configfs_d_iput(struct dentry * dentry,
  * We _must_ delete our dentries on last dput, as the chain-to-parent
  * behavior is required to clear the parents of default_groups.
  */
-static int configfs_d_delete(struct dentry *dentry)
+static int configfs_d_delete(const struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	return 1;
 }
@@ -232,10 +232,8 @@ int configfs_make_dirent(struct configfs_dirent * parent_sd,
 
 	sd->s_mode = mode;
 	sd->s_dentry = dentry;
-	if (dentry) {
+	if (dentry)
 		dentry->d_fsdata = configfs_get(sd);
-		dentry->d_op = &configfs_dentry_ops;
-	}
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -278,7 +276,6 @@ static int create_dir(struct config_item * k, struct dentry * p,
 		error = configfs_create(d, mode, init_dir);
 		if (!error) {
 			inc_nlink(p->d_inode);
-			(d)->d_op = &configfs_dentry_ops;
 		} else {
 			struct configfs_dirent *sd = d->d_fsdata;
 			if (sd) {
@@ -371,9 +368,7 @@ int configfs_create_link(struct configfs_symlink *sl,
 				   CONFIGFS_ITEM_LINK);
 	if (!err) {
 		err = configfs_create(dentry, mode, init_symlink);
-		if (!err)
-			dentry->d_op = &configfs_dentry_ops;
-		else {
+		if (err) {
 			struct configfs_dirent *sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
 			if (sd) {
 				spin_lock(&configfs_dirent_lock);
@@ -399,8 +394,7 @@ static void remove_dir(struct dentry * d)
 	if (d->d_inode)
 		simple_rmdir(parent->d_inode,d);
 
-	pr_debug(" o %s removing done (%d)\n",d->d_name.name,
-		 atomic_read(&d->d_count));
+	pr_debug(" o %s removing done (%d)\n",d->d_name.name, d->d_count);
 
 	dput(parent);
 }
@@ -448,7 +442,7 @@ static int configfs_attach_attr(struct configfs_dirent * sd, struct dentry * den
 		return error;
 	}
 
-	dentry->d_op = &configfs_dentry_ops;
+	d_set_d_op(dentry, &configfs_dentry_ops);
 	d_rehash(dentry);
 
 	return 0;
@@ -493,7 +487,11 @@ static struct dentry * configfs_lookup(struct inode *dir,
 		 * If it doesn't exist and it isn't a NOT_PINNED item,
 		 * it must be negative.
 		 */
-		return simple_lookup(dir, dentry, nd);
+		if (dentry->d_name.len > NAME_MAX)
+			return ERR_PTR(-ENAMETOOLONG);
+		d_set_d_op(dentry, &configfs_dentry_ops);
+		d_add(dentry, NULL);
+		return NULL;
 	}
 
 out:
@@ -685,6 +683,7 @@ static int create_default_group(struct config_group *parent_group,
 	ret = -ENOMEM;
 	child = d_alloc(parent, &name);
 	if (child) {
+		d_set_d_op(child, &configfs_dentry_ops);
 		d_add(child, NULL);
 
 		ret = configfs_attach_group(&parent_group->cg_item,
@@ -1682,6 +1681,7 @@ int configfs_register_subsystem(struct configfs_subsystem *subsys)
 	err = -ENOMEM;
 	dentry = d_alloc(configfs_sb->s_root, &name);
 	if (dentry) {
+		d_set_d_op(dentry, &configfs_dentry_ops);
 		d_add(dentry, NULL);
 
 		err = configfs_attach_group(sd->s_element, &group->cg_item,
diff --git a/fs/configfs/inode.c b/fs/configfs/inode.c
index 253476d78ed8..c83f4768eeaa 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/inode.c
@@ -250,18 +250,14 @@ void configfs_drop_dentry(struct configfs_dirent * sd, struct dentry * parent)
 	struct dentry * dentry = sd->s_dentry;
 
 	if (dentry) {
-		spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
 		spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
 		if (!(d_unhashed(dentry) && dentry->d_inode)) {
-			dget_locked(dentry);
+			dget_dlock(dentry);
 			__d_drop(dentry);
 			spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
-			spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
 			simple_unlink(parent->d_inode, dentry);
-		} else {
+		} else
 			spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
-			spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
-		}
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index 23702a9d4e6d..5699d4c027cb 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -33,20 +33,58 @@
 #include <linux/bootmem.h>
 #include <linux/fs_struct.h>
 #include <linux/hardirq.h>
+#include <linux/bit_spinlock.h>
+#include <linux/rculist_bl.h>
 #include "internal.h"
 
+/*
+ * Usage:
+ * dcache->d_inode->i_lock protects:
+ *   - i_dentry, d_alias, d_inode of aliases
+ * dcache_hash_bucket lock protects:
+ *   - the dcache hash table
+ * s_anon bl list spinlock protects:
+ *   - the s_anon list (see __d_drop)
+ * dcache_lru_lock protects:
+ *   - the dcache lru lists and counters
+ * d_lock protects:
+ *   - d_flags
+ *   - d_name
+ *   - d_lru
+ *   - d_count
+ *   - d_unhashed()
+ *   - d_parent and d_subdirs
+ *   - childrens' d_child and d_parent
+ *   - d_alias, d_inode
+ *
+ * Ordering:
+ * dentry->d_inode->i_lock
+ *   dentry->d_lock
+ *     dcache_lru_lock
+ *     dcache_hash_bucket lock
+ *     s_anon lock
+ *
+ * If there is an ancestor relationship:
+ * dentry->d_parent->...->d_parent->d_lock
+ *   ...
+ *     dentry->d_parent->d_lock
+ *       dentry->d_lock
+ *
+ * If no ancestor relationship:
+ * if (dentry1 < dentry2)
+ *   dentry1->d_lock
+ *     dentry2->d_lock
+ */
 int sysctl_vfs_cache_pressure __read_mostly = 100;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sysctl_vfs_cache_pressure);
 
- __cacheline_aligned_in_smp DEFINE_SPINLOCK(dcache_lock);
+static __cacheline_aligned_in_smp DEFINE_SPINLOCK(dcache_lru_lock);
 __cacheline_aligned_in_smp DEFINE_SEQLOCK(rename_lock);
 
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(dcache_lock);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(rename_lock);
 
 static struct kmem_cache *dentry_cache __read_mostly;
 
-#define DNAME_INLINE_LEN (sizeof(struct dentry)-offsetof(struct dentry,d_iname))
-
 /*
  * This is the single most critical data structure when it comes
  * to the dcache: the hashtable for lookups. Somebody should try
@@ -60,22 +98,51 @@ static struct kmem_cache *dentry_cache __read_mostly;
 
 static unsigned int d_hash_mask __read_mostly;
 static unsigned int d_hash_shift __read_mostly;
-static struct hlist_head *dentry_hashtable __read_mostly;
+
+struct dcache_hash_bucket {
+	struct hlist_bl_head head;
+};
+static struct dcache_hash_bucket *dentry_hashtable __read_mostly;
+
+static inline struct dcache_hash_bucket *d_hash(struct dentry *parent,
+					unsigned long hash)
+{
+	hash += ((unsigned long) parent ^ GOLDEN_RATIO_PRIME) / L1_CACHE_BYTES;
+	hash = hash ^ ((hash ^ GOLDEN_RATIO_PRIME) >> D_HASHBITS);
+	return dentry_hashtable + (hash & D_HASHMASK);
+}
+
+static inline void spin_lock_bucket(struct dcache_hash_bucket *b)
+{
+	bit_spin_lock(0, (unsigned long *)&b->head.first);
+}
+
+static inline void spin_unlock_bucket(struct dcache_hash_bucket *b)
+{
+	__bit_spin_unlock(0, (unsigned long *)&b->head.first);
+}
 
 /* Statistics gathering. */
 struct dentry_stat_t dentry_stat = {
 	.age_limit = 45,
 };
 
-static struct percpu_counter nr_dentry __cacheline_aligned_in_smp;
-static struct percpu_counter nr_dentry_unused __cacheline_aligned_in_smp;
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned int, nr_dentry);
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_SYSCTL) && defined(CONFIG_PROC_FS)
+static int get_nr_dentry(void)
+{
+	int i;
+	int sum = 0;
+	for_each_possible_cpu(i)
+		sum += per_cpu(nr_dentry, i);
+	return sum < 0 ? 0 : sum;
+}
+
 int proc_nr_dentry(ctl_table *table, int write, void __user *buffer,
 		   size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	dentry_stat.nr_dentry = percpu_counter_sum_positive(&nr_dentry);
-	dentry_stat.nr_unused = percpu_counter_sum_positive(&nr_dentry_unused);
+	dentry_stat.nr_dentry = get_nr_dentry();
 	return proc_dointvec(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
 }
 #endif
@@ -91,35 +158,50 @@ static void __d_free(struct rcu_head *head)
 }
 
 /*
- * no dcache_lock, please.
+ * no locks, please.
  */
 static void d_free(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
-	percpu_counter_dec(&nr_dentry);
+	BUG_ON(dentry->d_count);
+	this_cpu_dec(nr_dentry);
 	if (dentry->d_op && dentry->d_op->d_release)
 		dentry->d_op->d_release(dentry);
 
 	/* if dentry was never inserted into hash, immediate free is OK */
-	if (hlist_unhashed(&dentry->d_hash))
+	if (hlist_bl_unhashed(&dentry->d_hash))
 		__d_free(&dentry->d_u.d_rcu);
 	else
 		call_rcu(&dentry->d_u.d_rcu, __d_free);
 }
 
+/**
+ * dentry_rcuwalk_barrier - invalidate in-progress rcu-walk lookups
+ * After this call, in-progress rcu-walk path lookup will fail. This
+ * should be called after unhashing, and after changing d_inode (if
+ * the dentry has not already been unhashed).
+ */
+static inline void dentry_rcuwalk_barrier(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	assert_spin_locked(&dentry->d_lock);
+	/* Go through a barrier */
+	write_seqcount_barrier(&dentry->d_seq);
+}
+
 /*
  * Release the dentry's inode, using the filesystem
- * d_iput() operation if defined.
+ * d_iput() operation if defined. Dentry has no refcount
+ * and is unhashed.
  */
 static void dentry_iput(struct dentry * dentry)
 	__releases(dentry->d_lock)
-	__releases(dcache_lock)
+	__releases(dentry->d_inode->i_lock)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
 	if (inode) {
 		dentry->d_inode = NULL;
 		list_del_init(&dentry->d_alias);
 		spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
-		spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+		spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 		if (!inode->i_nlink)
 			fsnotify_inoderemove(inode);
 		if (dentry->d_op && dentry->d_op->d_iput)
@@ -128,40 +210,72 @@ static void dentry_iput(struct dentry * dentry)
 			iput(inode);
 	} else {
 		spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
-		spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
 	}
 }
 
 /*
- * dentry_lru_(add|del|move_tail) must be called with dcache_lock held.
+ * Release the dentry's inode, using the filesystem
+ * d_iput() operation if defined. dentry remains in-use.
+ */
+static void dentry_unlink_inode(struct dentry * dentry)
+	__releases(dentry->d_lock)
+	__releases(dentry->d_inode->i_lock)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	dentry->d_inode = NULL;
+	list_del_init(&dentry->d_alias);
+	dentry_rcuwalk_barrier(dentry);
+	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+	if (!inode->i_nlink)
+		fsnotify_inoderemove(inode);
+	if (dentry->d_op && dentry->d_op->d_iput)
+		dentry->d_op->d_iput(dentry, inode);
+	else
+		iput(inode);
+}
+
+/*
+ * dentry_lru_(add|del|move_tail) must be called with d_lock held.
  */
 static void dentry_lru_add(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	if (list_empty(&dentry->d_lru)) {
+		spin_lock(&dcache_lru_lock);
 		list_add(&dentry->d_lru, &dentry->d_sb->s_dentry_lru);
 		dentry->d_sb->s_nr_dentry_unused++;
-		percpu_counter_inc(&nr_dentry_unused);
+		dentry_stat.nr_unused++;
+		spin_unlock(&dcache_lru_lock);
 	}
 }
 
+static void __dentry_lru_del(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	list_del_init(&dentry->d_lru);
+	dentry->d_sb->s_nr_dentry_unused--;
+	dentry_stat.nr_unused--;
+}
+
 static void dentry_lru_del(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	if (!list_empty(&dentry->d_lru)) {
-		list_del_init(&dentry->d_lru);
-		dentry->d_sb->s_nr_dentry_unused--;
-		percpu_counter_dec(&nr_dentry_unused);
+		spin_lock(&dcache_lru_lock);
+		__dentry_lru_del(dentry);
+		spin_unlock(&dcache_lru_lock);
 	}
 }
 
 static void dentry_lru_move_tail(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
+	spin_lock(&dcache_lru_lock);
 	if (list_empty(&dentry->d_lru)) {
 		list_add_tail(&dentry->d_lru, &dentry->d_sb->s_dentry_lru);
 		dentry->d_sb->s_nr_dentry_unused++;
-		percpu_counter_inc(&nr_dentry_unused);
+		dentry_stat.nr_unused++;
 	} else {
 		list_move_tail(&dentry->d_lru, &dentry->d_sb->s_dentry_lru);
 	}
+	spin_unlock(&dcache_lru_lock);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -171,22 +285,115 @@ static void dentry_lru_move_tail(struct dentry *dentry)
  * The dentry must already be unhashed and removed from the LRU.
  *
  * If this is the root of the dentry tree, return NULL.
+ *
+ * dentry->d_lock and parent->d_lock must be held by caller, and are dropped by
+ * d_kill.
  */
-static struct dentry *d_kill(struct dentry *dentry)
+static struct dentry *d_kill(struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry *parent)
 	__releases(dentry->d_lock)
-	__releases(dcache_lock)
+	__releases(parent->d_lock)
+	__releases(dentry->d_inode->i_lock)
 {
-	struct dentry *parent;
-
+	dentry->d_parent = NULL;
 	list_del(&dentry->d_u.d_child);
-	/*drops the locks, at that point nobody can reach this dentry */
+	if (parent)
+		spin_unlock(&parent->d_lock);
 	dentry_iput(dentry);
+	/*
+	 * dentry_iput drops the locks, at which point nobody (except
+	 * transient RCU lookups) can reach this dentry.
+	 */
+	d_free(dentry);
+	return parent;
+}
+
+/**
+ * d_drop - drop a dentry
+ * @dentry: dentry to drop
+ *
+ * d_drop() unhashes the entry from the parent dentry hashes, so that it won't
+ * be found through a VFS lookup any more. Note that this is different from
+ * deleting the dentry - d_delete will try to mark the dentry negative if
+ * possible, giving a successful _negative_ lookup, while d_drop will
+ * just make the cache lookup fail.
+ *
+ * d_drop() is used mainly for stuff that wants to invalidate a dentry for some
+ * reason (NFS timeouts or autofs deletes).
+ *
+ * __d_drop requires dentry->d_lock.
+ */
+void __d_drop(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	if (!(dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_UNHASHED)) {
+		if (unlikely(dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_DISCONNECTED)) {
+			bit_spin_lock(0,
+				(unsigned long *)&dentry->d_sb->s_anon.first);
+			dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_UNHASHED;
+			hlist_bl_del_init(&dentry->d_hash);
+			__bit_spin_unlock(0,
+				(unsigned long *)&dentry->d_sb->s_anon.first);
+		} else {
+			struct dcache_hash_bucket *b;
+			b = d_hash(dentry->d_parent, dentry->d_name.hash);
+			spin_lock_bucket(b);
+			/*
+			 * We may not actually need to put DCACHE_UNHASHED
+			 * manipulations under the hash lock, but follow
+			 * the principle of least surprise.
+			 */
+			dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_UNHASHED;
+			hlist_bl_del_rcu(&dentry->d_hash);
+			spin_unlock_bucket(b);
+			dentry_rcuwalk_barrier(dentry);
+		}
+	}
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__d_drop);
+
+void d_drop(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
+	__d_drop(dentry);
+	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_drop);
+
+/*
+ * Finish off a dentry we've decided to kill.
+ * dentry->d_lock must be held, returns with it unlocked.
+ * If ref is non-zero, then decrement the refcount too.
+ * Returns dentry requiring refcount drop, or NULL if we're done.
+ */
+static inline struct dentry *dentry_kill(struct dentry *dentry, int ref)
+	__releases(dentry->d_lock)
+{
+	struct inode *inode;
+	struct dentry *parent;
+
+	inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	if (inode && !spin_trylock(&inode->i_lock)) {
+relock:
+		spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+		cpu_relax();
+		return dentry; /* try again with same dentry */
+	}
 	if (IS_ROOT(dentry))
 		parent = NULL;
 	else
 		parent = dentry->d_parent;
-	d_free(dentry);
-	return parent;
+	if (parent && !spin_trylock(&parent->d_lock)) {
+		if (inode)
+			spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+		goto relock;
+	}
+
+	if (ref)
+		dentry->d_count--;
+	/* if dentry was on the d_lru list delete it from there */
+	dentry_lru_del(dentry);
+	/* if it was on the hash then remove it */
+	__d_drop(dentry);
+	return d_kill(dentry, parent);
 }
 
 /* 
@@ -214,34 +421,26 @@ static struct dentry *d_kill(struct dentry *dentry)
  * call the dentry unlink method as well as removing it from the queues and
  * releasing its resources. If the parent dentries were scheduled for release
  * they too may now get deleted.
- *
- * no dcache lock, please.
  */
-
 void dput(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	if (!dentry)
 		return;
 
 repeat:
-	if (atomic_read(&dentry->d_count) == 1)
+	if (dentry->d_count == 1)
 		might_sleep();
-	if (!atomic_dec_and_lock(&dentry->d_count, &dcache_lock))
-		return;
-
 	spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
-	if (atomic_read(&dentry->d_count)) {
+	BUG_ON(!dentry->d_count);
+	if (dentry->d_count > 1) {
+		dentry->d_count--;
 		spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
-		spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
 		return;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * AV: ->d_delete() is _NOT_ allowed to block now.
-	 */
-	if (dentry->d_op && dentry->d_op->d_delete) {
+	if (dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_OP_DELETE) {
 		if (dentry->d_op->d_delete(dentry))
-			goto unhash_it;
+			goto kill_it;
 	}
 
 	/* Unreachable? Get rid of it */
@@ -252,16 +451,12 @@ repeat:
 	dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_REFERENCED;
 	dentry_lru_add(dentry);
 
- 	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
-	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+	dentry->d_count--;
+	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 	return;
 
-unhash_it:
-	__d_drop(dentry);
 kill_it:
-	/* if dentry was on the d_lru list delete it from there */
-	dentry_lru_del(dentry);
-	dentry = d_kill(dentry);
+	dentry = dentry_kill(dentry, 1);
 	if (dentry)
 		goto repeat;
 }
@@ -284,9 +479,9 @@ int d_invalidate(struct dentry * dentry)
 	/*
 	 * If it's already been dropped, return OK.
 	 */
-	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+	spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
 	if (d_unhashed(dentry)) {
-		spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+		spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 		return 0;
 	}
 	/*
@@ -294,9 +489,9 @@ int d_invalidate(struct dentry * dentry)
 	 * to get rid of unused child entries.
 	 */
 	if (!list_empty(&dentry->d_subdirs)) {
-		spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+		spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 		shrink_dcache_parent(dentry);
-		spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+		spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -309,35 +504,61 @@ int d_invalidate(struct dentry * dentry)
 	 * we might still populate it if it was a
 	 * working directory or similar).
 	 */
-	spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
-	if (atomic_read(&dentry->d_count) > 1) {
+	if (dentry->d_count > 1) {
 		if (dentry->d_inode && S_ISDIR(dentry->d_inode->i_mode)) {
 			spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
-			spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
 			return -EBUSY;
 		}
 	}
 
 	__d_drop(dentry);
 	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
-	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_invalidate);
 
-/* This should be called _only_ with dcache_lock held */
-static inline struct dentry * __dget_locked(struct dentry *dentry)
+/* This must be called with d_lock held */
+static inline void __dget_dlock(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
-	atomic_inc(&dentry->d_count);
-	dentry_lru_del(dentry);
-	return dentry;
+	dentry->d_count++;
 }
 
-struct dentry * dget_locked(struct dentry *dentry)
+static inline void __dget(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
-	return __dget_locked(dentry);
+	spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
+	__dget_dlock(dentry);
+	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+}
+
+struct dentry *dget_parent(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	struct dentry *ret;
+
+repeat:
+	/*
+	 * Don't need rcu_dereference because we re-check it was correct under
+	 * the lock.
+	 */
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	ret = dentry->d_parent;
+	if (!ret) {
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+		goto out;
+	}
+	spin_lock(&ret->d_lock);
+	if (unlikely(ret != dentry->d_parent)) {
+		spin_unlock(&ret->d_lock);
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+		goto repeat;
+	}
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+	BUG_ON(!ret->d_count);
+	ret->d_count++;
+	spin_unlock(&ret->d_lock);
+out:
+	return ret;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(dget_locked);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(dget_parent);
 
 /**
  * d_find_alias - grab a hashed alias of inode
@@ -355,42 +576,51 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(dget_locked);
  * any other hashed alias over that one unless @want_discon is set,
  * in which case only return an IS_ROOT, DCACHE_DISCONNECTED alias.
  */
-
-static struct dentry * __d_find_alias(struct inode *inode, int want_discon)
+static struct dentry *__d_find_alias(struct inode *inode, int want_discon)
 {
-	struct list_head *head, *next, *tmp;
-	struct dentry *alias, *discon_alias=NULL;
+	struct dentry *alias, *discon_alias;
 
-	head = &inode->i_dentry;
-	next = inode->i_dentry.next;
-	while (next != head) {
-		tmp = next;
-		next = tmp->next;
-		prefetch(next);
-		alias = list_entry(tmp, struct dentry, d_alias);
+again:
+	discon_alias = NULL;
+	list_for_each_entry(alias, &inode->i_dentry, d_alias) {
+		spin_lock(&alias->d_lock);
  		if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) || !d_unhashed(alias)) {
 			if (IS_ROOT(alias) &&
-			    (alias->d_flags & DCACHE_DISCONNECTED))
+			    (alias->d_flags & DCACHE_DISCONNECTED)) {
 				discon_alias = alias;
-			else if (!want_discon) {
-				__dget_locked(alias);
+			} else if (!want_discon) {
+				__dget_dlock(alias);
+				spin_unlock(&alias->d_lock);
+				return alias;
+			}
+		}
+		spin_unlock(&alias->d_lock);
+	}
+	if (discon_alias) {
+		alias = discon_alias;
+		spin_lock(&alias->d_lock);
+		if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) || !d_unhashed(alias)) {
+			if (IS_ROOT(alias) &&
+			    (alias->d_flags & DCACHE_DISCONNECTED)) {
+				__dget_dlock(alias);
+				spin_unlock(&alias->d_lock);
 				return alias;
 			}
 		}
+		spin_unlock(&alias->d_lock);
+		goto again;
 	}
-	if (discon_alias)
-		__dget_locked(discon_alias);
-	return discon_alias;
+	return NULL;
 }
 
-struct dentry * d_find_alias(struct inode *inode)
+struct dentry *d_find_alias(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct dentry *de = NULL;
 
 	if (!list_empty(&inode->i_dentry)) {
-		spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+		spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
 		de = __d_find_alias(inode, 0);
-		spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+		spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 	}
 	return de;
 }
@@ -404,54 +634,61 @@ void d_prune_aliases(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct dentry *dentry;
 restart:
-	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry(dentry, &inode->i_dentry, d_alias) {
 		spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
-		if (!atomic_read(&dentry->d_count)) {
-			__dget_locked(dentry);
+		if (!dentry->d_count) {
+			__dget_dlock(dentry);
 			__d_drop(dentry);
 			spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
-			spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+			spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 			dput(dentry);
 			goto restart;
 		}
 		spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_prune_aliases);
 
 /*
- * Throw away a dentry - free the inode, dput the parent.  This requires that
- * the LRU list has already been removed.
+ * Try to throw away a dentry - free the inode, dput the parent.
+ * Requires dentry->d_lock is held, and dentry->d_count == 0.
+ * Releases dentry->d_lock.
  *
- * Try to prune ancestors as well.  This is necessary to prevent
- * quadratic behavior of shrink_dcache_parent(), but is also expected
- * to be beneficial in reducing dentry cache fragmentation.
+ * This may fail if locks cannot be acquired no problem, just try again.
  */
-static void prune_one_dentry(struct dentry * dentry)
+static void try_prune_one_dentry(struct dentry *dentry)
 	__releases(dentry->d_lock)
-	__releases(dcache_lock)
-	__acquires(dcache_lock)
 {
-	__d_drop(dentry);
-	dentry = d_kill(dentry);
+	struct dentry *parent;
 
+	parent = dentry_kill(dentry, 0);
 	/*
-	 * Prune ancestors.  Locking is simpler than in dput(),
-	 * because dcache_lock needs to be taken anyway.
+	 * If dentry_kill returns NULL, we have nothing more to do.
+	 * if it returns the same dentry, trylocks failed. In either
+	 * case, just loop again.
+	 *
+	 * Otherwise, we need to prune ancestors too. This is necessary
+	 * to prevent quadratic behavior of shrink_dcache_parent(), but
+	 * is also expected to be beneficial in reducing dentry cache
+	 * fragmentation.
 	 */
-	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+	if (!parent)
+		return;
+	if (parent == dentry)
+		return;
+
+	/* Prune ancestors. */
+	dentry = parent;
 	while (dentry) {
-		if (!atomic_dec_and_lock(&dentry->d_count, &dentry->d_lock))
+		spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
+		if (dentry->d_count > 1) {
+			dentry->d_count--;
+			spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 			return;
-
-		if (dentry->d_op && dentry->d_op->d_delete)
-			dentry->d_op->d_delete(dentry);
-		dentry_lru_del(dentry);
-		__d_drop(dentry);
-		dentry = d_kill(dentry);
-		spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+		}
+		dentry = dentry_kill(dentry, 1);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -459,24 +696,35 @@ static void shrink_dentry_list(struct list_head *list)
 {
 	struct dentry *dentry;
 
-	while (!list_empty(list)) {
-		dentry = list_entry(list->prev, struct dentry, d_lru);
-		dentry_lru_del(dentry);
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	for (;;) {
+		dentry = list_entry_rcu(list->prev, struct dentry, d_lru);
+		if (&dentry->d_lru == list)
+			break; /* empty */
+		spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
+		if (dentry != list_entry(list->prev, struct dentry, d_lru)) {
+			spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+			continue;
+		}
 
 		/*
 		 * We found an inuse dentry which was not removed from
 		 * the LRU because of laziness during lookup.  Do not free
 		 * it - just keep it off the LRU list.
 		 */
-		spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
-		if (atomic_read(&dentry->d_count)) {
+		if (dentry->d_count) {
+			dentry_lru_del(dentry);
 			spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 			continue;
 		}
-		prune_one_dentry(dentry);
-		/* dentry->d_lock was dropped in prune_one_dentry() */
-		cond_resched_lock(&dcache_lock);
+
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+
+		try_prune_one_dentry(dentry);
+
+		rcu_read_lock();
 	}
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
 /**
@@ -495,42 +743,44 @@ static void __shrink_dcache_sb(struct super_block *sb, int *count, int flags)
 	LIST_HEAD(tmp);
 	int cnt = *count;
 
-	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+relock:
+	spin_lock(&dcache_lru_lock);
 	while (!list_empty(&sb->s_dentry_lru)) {
 		dentry = list_entry(sb->s_dentry_lru.prev,
 				struct dentry, d_lru);
 		BUG_ON(dentry->d_sb != sb);
 
+		if (!spin_trylock(&dentry->d_lock)) {
+			spin_unlock(&dcache_lru_lock);
+			cpu_relax();
+			goto relock;
+		}
+
 		/*
 		 * If we are honouring the DCACHE_REFERENCED flag and the
 		 * dentry has this flag set, don't free it.  Clear the flag
 		 * and put it back on the LRU.
 		 */
-		if (flags & DCACHE_REFERENCED) {
-			spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
-			if (dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_REFERENCED) {
-				dentry->d_flags &= ~DCACHE_REFERENCED;
-				list_move(&dentry->d_lru, &referenced);
-				spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
-				cond_resched_lock(&dcache_lock);
-				continue;
-			}
+		if (flags & DCACHE_REFERENCED &&
+				dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_REFERENCED) {
+			dentry->d_flags &= ~DCACHE_REFERENCED;
+			list_move(&dentry->d_lru, &referenced);
 			spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+		} else {
+			list_move_tail(&dentry->d_lru, &tmp);
+			spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+			if (!--cnt)
+				break;
 		}
-
-		list_move_tail(&dentry->d_lru, &tmp);
-		if (!--cnt)
-			break;
-		cond_resched_lock(&dcache_lock);
+		cond_resched_lock(&dcache_lru_lock);
 	}
-
-	*count = cnt;
-	shrink_dentry_list(&tmp);
-
 	if (!list_empty(&referenced))
 		list_splice(&referenced, &sb->s_dentry_lru);
-	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&dcache_lru_lock);
 
+	shrink_dentry_list(&tmp);
+
+	*count = cnt;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -546,13 +796,12 @@ static void prune_dcache(int count)
 {
 	struct super_block *sb, *p = NULL;
 	int w_count;
-	int unused = percpu_counter_sum_positive(&nr_dentry_unused);
+	int unused = dentry_stat.nr_unused;
 	int prune_ratio;
 	int pruned;
 
 	if (unused == 0 || count == 0)
 		return;
-	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
 	if (count >= unused)
 		prune_ratio = 1;
 	else
@@ -589,11 +838,9 @@ static void prune_dcache(int count)
 		if (down_read_trylock(&sb->s_umount)) {
 			if ((sb->s_root != NULL) &&
 			    (!list_empty(&sb->s_dentry_lru))) {
-				spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
 				__shrink_dcache_sb(sb, &w_count,
 						DCACHE_REFERENCED);
 				pruned -= w_count;
-				spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
 			}
 			up_read(&sb->s_umount);
 		}
@@ -609,7 +856,6 @@ static void prune_dcache(int count)
 	if (p)
 		__put_super(p);
 	spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
-	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -623,12 +869,14 @@ void shrink_dcache_sb(struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	LIST_HEAD(tmp);
 
-	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+	spin_lock(&dcache_lru_lock);
 	while (!list_empty(&sb->s_dentry_lru)) {
 		list_splice_init(&sb->s_dentry_lru, &tmp);
+		spin_unlock(&dcache_lru_lock);
 		shrink_dentry_list(&tmp);
+		spin_lock(&dcache_lru_lock);
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&dcache_lru_lock);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(shrink_dcache_sb);
 
@@ -645,10 +893,10 @@ static void shrink_dcache_for_umount_subtree(struct dentry *dentry)
 	BUG_ON(!IS_ROOT(dentry));
 
 	/* detach this root from the system */
-	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+	spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
 	dentry_lru_del(dentry);
 	__d_drop(dentry);
-	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 
 	for (;;) {
 		/* descend to the first leaf in the current subtree */
@@ -657,14 +905,16 @@ static void shrink_dcache_for_umount_subtree(struct dentry *dentry)
 
 			/* this is a branch with children - detach all of them
 			 * from the system in one go */
-			spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+			spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
 			list_for_each_entry(loop, &dentry->d_subdirs,
 					    d_u.d_child) {
+				spin_lock_nested(&loop->d_lock,
+						DENTRY_D_LOCK_NESTED);
 				dentry_lru_del(loop);
 				__d_drop(loop);
-				cond_resched_lock(&dcache_lock);
+				spin_unlock(&loop->d_lock);
 			}
-			spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+			spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 
 			/* move to the first child */
 			dentry = list_entry(dentry->d_subdirs.next,
@@ -676,7 +926,7 @@ static void shrink_dcache_for_umount_subtree(struct dentry *dentry)
 		do {
 			struct inode *inode;
 
-			if (atomic_read(&dentry->d_count) != 0) {
+			if (dentry->d_count != 0) {
 				printk(KERN_ERR
 				       "BUG: Dentry %p{i=%lx,n=%s}"
 				       " still in use (%d)"
@@ -685,20 +935,23 @@ static void shrink_dcache_for_umount_subtree(struct dentry *dentry)
 				       dentry->d_inode ?
 				       dentry->d_inode->i_ino : 0UL,
 				       dentry->d_name.name,
-				       atomic_read(&dentry->d_count),
+				       dentry->d_count,
 				       dentry->d_sb->s_type->name,
 				       dentry->d_sb->s_id);
 				BUG();
 			}
 
-			if (IS_ROOT(dentry))
+			if (IS_ROOT(dentry)) {
 				parent = NULL;
-			else {
+				list_del(&dentry->d_u.d_child);
+			} else {
 				parent = dentry->d_parent;
-				atomic_dec(&parent->d_count);
+				spin_lock(&parent->d_lock);
+				parent->d_count--;
+				list_del(&dentry->d_u.d_child);
+				spin_unlock(&parent->d_lock);
 			}
 
-			list_del(&dentry->d_u.d_child);
 			detached++;
 
 			inode = dentry->d_inode;
@@ -728,8 +981,7 @@ static void shrink_dcache_for_umount_subtree(struct dentry *dentry)
 
 /*
  * destroy the dentries attached to a superblock on unmounting
- * - we don't need to use dentry->d_lock, and only need dcache_lock when
- *   removing the dentry from the system lists and hashes because:
+ * - we don't need to use dentry->d_lock because:
  *   - the superblock is detached from all mountings and open files, so the
  *     dentry trees will not be rearranged by the VFS
  *   - s_umount is write-locked, so the memory pressure shrinker will ignore
@@ -746,11 +998,13 @@ void shrink_dcache_for_umount(struct super_block *sb)
 
 	dentry = sb->s_root;
 	sb->s_root = NULL;
-	atomic_dec(&dentry->d_count);
+	spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
+	dentry->d_count--;
+	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 	shrink_dcache_for_umount_subtree(dentry);
 
-	while (!hlist_empty(&sb->s_anon)) {
-		dentry = hlist_entry(sb->s_anon.first, struct dentry, d_hash);
+	while (!hlist_bl_empty(&sb->s_anon)) {
+		dentry = hlist_bl_entry(hlist_bl_first(&sb->s_anon), struct dentry, d_hash);
 		shrink_dcache_for_umount_subtree(dentry);
 	}
 }
@@ -768,15 +1022,20 @@ void shrink_dcache_for_umount(struct super_block *sb)
  * Return true if the parent or its subdirectories contain
  * a mount point
  */
- 
 int have_submounts(struct dentry *parent)
 {
-	struct dentry *this_parent = parent;
+	struct dentry *this_parent;
 	struct list_head *next;
+	unsigned seq;
+	int locked = 0;
+
+	seq = read_seqbegin(&rename_lock);
+again:
+	this_parent = parent;
 
-	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
 	if (d_mountpoint(parent))
 		goto positive;
+	spin_lock(&this_parent->d_lock);
 repeat:
 	next = this_parent->d_subdirs.next;
 resume:
@@ -784,27 +1043,65 @@ resume:
 		struct list_head *tmp = next;
 		struct dentry *dentry = list_entry(tmp, struct dentry, d_u.d_child);
 		next = tmp->next;
+
+		spin_lock_nested(&dentry->d_lock, DENTRY_D_LOCK_NESTED);
 		/* Have we found a mount point ? */
-		if (d_mountpoint(dentry))
+		if (d_mountpoint(dentry)) {
+			spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+			spin_unlock(&this_parent->d_lock);
 			goto positive;
+		}
 		if (!list_empty(&dentry->d_subdirs)) {
+			spin_unlock(&this_parent->d_lock);
+			spin_release(&dentry->d_lock.dep_map, 1, _RET_IP_);
 			this_parent = dentry;
+			spin_acquire(&this_parent->d_lock.dep_map, 0, 1, _RET_IP_);
 			goto repeat;
 		}
+		spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 	}
 	/*
 	 * All done at this level ... ascend and resume the search.
 	 */
 	if (this_parent != parent) {
-		next = this_parent->d_u.d_child.next;
-		this_parent = this_parent->d_parent;
+		struct dentry *tmp;
+		struct dentry *child;
+
+		tmp = this_parent->d_parent;
+		rcu_read_lock();
+		spin_unlock(&this_parent->d_lock);
+		child = this_parent;
+		this_parent = tmp;
+		spin_lock(&this_parent->d_lock);
+		/* might go back up the wrong parent if we have had a rename
+		 * or deletion */
+		if (this_parent != child->d_parent ||
+			 (!locked && read_seqretry(&rename_lock, seq))) {
+			spin_unlock(&this_parent->d_lock);
+			rcu_read_unlock();
+			goto rename_retry;
+		}
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+		next = child->d_u.d_child.next;
 		goto resume;
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&this_parent->d_lock);
+	if (!locked && read_seqretry(&rename_lock, seq))
+		goto rename_retry;
+	if (locked)
+		write_sequnlock(&rename_lock);
 	return 0; /* No mount points found in tree */
 positive:
-	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+	if (!locked && read_seqretry(&rename_lock, seq))
+		goto rename_retry;
+	if (locked)
+		write_sequnlock(&rename_lock);
 	return 1;
+
+rename_retry:
+	locked = 1;
+	write_seqlock(&rename_lock);
+	goto again;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(have_submounts);
 
@@ -824,11 +1121,16 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(have_submounts);
  */
 static int select_parent(struct dentry * parent)
 {
-	struct dentry *this_parent = parent;
+	struct dentry *this_parent;
 	struct list_head *next;
+	unsigned seq;
 	int found = 0;
+	int locked = 0;
 
-	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+	seq = read_seqbegin(&rename_lock);
+again:
+	this_parent = parent;
+	spin_lock(&this_parent->d_lock);
 repeat:
 	next = this_parent->d_subdirs.next;
 resume:
@@ -837,11 +1139,13 @@ resume:
 		struct dentry *dentry = list_entry(tmp, struct dentry, d_u.d_child);
 		next = tmp->next;
 
+		spin_lock_nested(&dentry->d_lock, DENTRY_D_LOCK_NESTED);
+
 		/* 
 		 * move only zero ref count dentries to the end 
 		 * of the unused list for prune_dcache
 		 */
-		if (!atomic_read(&dentry->d_count)) {
+		if (!dentry->d_count) {
 			dentry_lru_move_tail(dentry);
 			found++;
 		} else {
@@ -853,28 +1157,63 @@ resume:
 		 * ensures forward progress). We'll be coming back to find
 		 * the rest.
 		 */
-		if (found && need_resched())
+		if (found && need_resched()) {
+			spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 			goto out;
+		}
 
 		/*
 		 * Descend a level if the d_subdirs list is non-empty.
 		 */
 		if (!list_empty(&dentry->d_subdirs)) {
+			spin_unlock(&this_parent->d_lock);
+			spin_release(&dentry->d_lock.dep_map, 1, _RET_IP_);
 			this_parent = dentry;
+			spin_acquire(&this_parent->d_lock.dep_map, 0, 1, _RET_IP_);
 			goto repeat;
 		}
+
+		spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 	}
 	/*
 	 * All done at this level ... ascend and resume the search.
 	 */
 	if (this_parent != parent) {
-		next = this_parent->d_u.d_child.next;
-		this_parent = this_parent->d_parent;
+		struct dentry *tmp;
+		struct dentry *child;
+
+		tmp = this_parent->d_parent;
+		rcu_read_lock();
+		spin_unlock(&this_parent->d_lock);
+		child = this_parent;
+		this_parent = tmp;
+		spin_lock(&this_parent->d_lock);
+		/* might go back up the wrong parent if we have had a rename
+		 * or deletion */
+		if (this_parent != child->d_parent ||
+			(!locked && read_seqretry(&rename_lock, seq))) {
+			spin_unlock(&this_parent->d_lock);
+			rcu_read_unlock();
+			goto rename_retry;
+		}
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+		next = child->d_u.d_child.next;
 		goto resume;
 	}
 out:
-	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&this_parent->d_lock);
+	if (!locked && read_seqretry(&rename_lock, seq))
+		goto rename_retry;
+	if (locked)
+		write_sequnlock(&rename_lock);
 	return found;
+
+rename_retry:
+	if (found)
+		return found;
+	locked = 1;
+	write_seqlock(&rename_lock);
+	goto again;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -908,16 +1247,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(shrink_dcache_parent);
  */
 static int shrink_dcache_memory(struct shrinker *shrink, int nr, gfp_t gfp_mask)
 {
-	int nr_unused;
-
 	if (nr) {
 		if (!(gfp_mask & __GFP_FS))
 			return -1;
 		prune_dcache(nr);
 	}
 
-	nr_unused = percpu_counter_sum_positive(&nr_dentry_unused);
-	return (nr_unused / 100) * sysctl_vfs_cache_pressure;
+	return (dentry_stat.nr_unused / 100) * sysctl_vfs_cache_pressure;
 }
 
 static struct shrinker dcache_shrinker = {
@@ -960,38 +1296,52 @@ struct dentry *d_alloc(struct dentry * parent, const struct qstr *name)
 	memcpy(dname, name->name, name->len);
 	dname[name->len] = 0;
 
-	atomic_set(&dentry->d_count, 1);
+	dentry->d_count = 1;
 	dentry->d_flags = DCACHE_UNHASHED;
 	spin_lock_init(&dentry->d_lock);
+	seqcount_init(&dentry->d_seq);
 	dentry->d_inode = NULL;
 	dentry->d_parent = NULL;
 	dentry->d_sb = NULL;
 	dentry->d_op = NULL;
 	dentry->d_fsdata = NULL;
-	dentry->d_mounted = 0;
-	INIT_HLIST_NODE(&dentry->d_hash);
+	INIT_HLIST_BL_NODE(&dentry->d_hash);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dentry->d_lru);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dentry->d_subdirs);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dentry->d_alias);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dentry->d_u.d_child);
 
 	if (parent) {
-		dentry->d_parent = dget(parent);
+		spin_lock(&parent->d_lock);
+		/*
+		 * don't need child lock because it is not subject
+		 * to concurrency here
+		 */
+		__dget_dlock(parent);
+		dentry->d_parent = parent;
 		dentry->d_sb = parent->d_sb;
-	} else {
-		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dentry->d_u.d_child);
-	}
-
-	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
-	if (parent)
 		list_add(&dentry->d_u.d_child, &parent->d_subdirs);
-	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+		spin_unlock(&parent->d_lock);
+	}
 
-	percpu_counter_inc(&nr_dentry);
+	this_cpu_inc(nr_dentry);
 
 	return dentry;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_alloc);
 
+struct dentry *d_alloc_pseudo(struct super_block *sb, const struct qstr *name)
+{
+	struct dentry *dentry = d_alloc(NULL, name);
+	if (dentry) {
+		dentry->d_sb = sb;
+		dentry->d_parent = dentry;
+		dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_DISCONNECTED;
+	}
+	return dentry;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_alloc_pseudo);
+
 struct dentry *d_alloc_name(struct dentry *parent, const char *name)
 {
 	struct qstr q;
@@ -1003,12 +1353,36 @@ struct dentry *d_alloc_name(struct dentry *parent, const char *name)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_alloc_name);
 
-/* the caller must hold dcache_lock */
+void d_set_d_op(struct dentry *dentry, const struct dentry_operations *op)
+{
+	BUG_ON(dentry->d_op);
+	BUG_ON(dentry->d_flags & (DCACHE_OP_HASH	|
+				DCACHE_OP_COMPARE	|
+				DCACHE_OP_REVALIDATE	|
+				DCACHE_OP_DELETE ));
+	dentry->d_op = op;
+	if (!op)
+		return;
+	if (op->d_hash)
+		dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_OP_HASH;
+	if (op->d_compare)
+		dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_OP_COMPARE;
+	if (op->d_revalidate)
+		dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_OP_REVALIDATE;
+	if (op->d_delete)
+		dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_OP_DELETE;
+
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_set_d_op);
+
 static void __d_instantiate(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode)
 {
+	spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
 	if (inode)
 		list_add(&dentry->d_alias, &inode->i_dentry);
 	dentry->d_inode = inode;
+	dentry_rcuwalk_barrier(dentry);
+	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 	fsnotify_d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
 }
 
@@ -1030,9 +1404,11 @@ static void __d_instantiate(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode)
 void d_instantiate(struct dentry *entry, struct inode * inode)
 {
 	BUG_ON(!list_empty(&entry->d_alias));
-	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+	if (inode)
+		spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
 	__d_instantiate(entry, inode);
-	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+	if (inode)
+		spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 	security_d_instantiate(entry, inode);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_instantiate);
@@ -1069,15 +1445,18 @@ static struct dentry *__d_instantiate_unique(struct dentry *entry,
 	list_for_each_entry(alias, &inode->i_dentry, d_alias) {
 		struct qstr *qstr = &alias->d_name;
 
+		/*
+		 * Don't need alias->d_lock here, because aliases with
+		 * d_parent == entry->d_parent are not subject to name or
+		 * parent changes, because the parent inode i_mutex is held.
+		 */
 		if (qstr->hash != hash)
 			continue;
 		if (alias->d_parent != entry->d_parent)
 			continue;
-		if (qstr->len != len)
+		if (dentry_cmp(qstr->name, qstr->len, name, len))
 			continue;
-		if (memcmp(qstr->name, name, len))
-			continue;
-		dget_locked(alias);
+		__dget(alias);
 		return alias;
 	}
 
@@ -1091,9 +1470,11 @@ struct dentry *d_instantiate_unique(struct dentry *entry, struct inode *inode)
 
 	BUG_ON(!list_empty(&entry->d_alias));
 
-	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+	if (inode)
+		spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
 	result = __d_instantiate_unique(entry, inode);
-	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+	if (inode)
+		spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 
 	if (!result) {
 		security_d_instantiate(entry, inode);
@@ -1134,14 +1515,6 @@ struct dentry * d_alloc_root(struct inode * root_inode)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_alloc_root);
 
-static inline struct hlist_head *d_hash(struct dentry *parent,
-					unsigned long hash)
-{
-	hash += ((unsigned long) parent ^ GOLDEN_RATIO_PRIME) / L1_CACHE_BYTES;
-	hash = hash ^ ((hash ^ GOLDEN_RATIO_PRIME) >> D_HASHBITS);
-	return dentry_hashtable + (hash & D_HASHMASK);
-}
-
 /**
  * d_obtain_alias - find or allocate a dentry for a given inode
  * @inode: inode to allocate the dentry for
@@ -1182,10 +1555,11 @@ struct dentry *d_obtain_alias(struct inode *inode)
 	}
 	tmp->d_parent = tmp; /* make sure dput doesn't croak */
 
-	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+
+	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
 	res = __d_find_alias(inode, 0);
 	if (res) {
-		spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+		spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 		dput(tmp);
 		goto out_iput;
 	}
@@ -1195,12 +1569,14 @@ struct dentry *d_obtain_alias(struct inode *inode)
 	tmp->d_sb = inode->i_sb;
 	tmp->d_inode = inode;
 	tmp->d_flags |= DCACHE_DISCONNECTED;
-	tmp->d_flags &= ~DCACHE_UNHASHED;
 	list_add(&tmp->d_alias, &inode->i_dentry);
-	hlist_add_head(&tmp->d_hash, &inode->i_sb->s_anon);
+	bit_spin_lock(0, (unsigned long *)&tmp->d_sb->s_anon.first);
+	tmp->d_flags &= ~DCACHE_UNHASHED;
+	hlist_bl_add_head(&tmp->d_hash, &tmp->d_sb->s_anon);
+	__bit_spin_unlock(0, (unsigned long *)&tmp->d_sb->s_anon.first);
 	spin_unlock(&tmp->d_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 
-	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
 	return tmp;
 
  out_iput:
@@ -1230,18 +1606,18 @@ struct dentry *d_splice_alias(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *dentry)
 	struct dentry *new = NULL;
 
 	if (inode && S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) {
-		spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+		spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
 		new = __d_find_alias(inode, 1);
 		if (new) {
 			BUG_ON(!(new->d_flags & DCACHE_DISCONNECTED));
-			spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+			spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 			security_d_instantiate(new, inode);
 			d_move(new, dentry);
 			iput(inode);
 		} else {
-			/* already taking dcache_lock, so d_add() by hand */
+			/* already taking inode->i_lock, so d_add() by hand */
 			__d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
-			spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+			spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 			security_d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
 			d_rehash(dentry);
 		}
@@ -1314,10 +1690,10 @@ struct dentry *d_add_ci(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
 	 * Negative dentry: instantiate it unless the inode is a directory and
 	 * already has a dentry.
 	 */
-	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
 	if (!S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) || list_empty(&inode->i_dentry)) {
 		__d_instantiate(found, inode);
-		spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+		spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 		security_d_instantiate(found, inode);
 		return found;
 	}
@@ -1327,8 +1703,8 @@ struct dentry *d_add_ci(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
 	 * reference to it, move it in place and use it.
 	 */
 	new = list_entry(inode->i_dentry.next, struct dentry, d_alias);
-	dget_locked(new);
-	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+	__dget(new);
+	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 	security_d_instantiate(found, inode);
 	d_move(new, found);
 	iput(inode);
@@ -1342,6 +1718,112 @@ err_out:
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_add_ci);
 
 /**
+ * __d_lookup_rcu - search for a dentry (racy, store-free)
+ * @parent: parent dentry
+ * @name: qstr of name we wish to find
+ * @seq: returns d_seq value at the point where the dentry was found
+ * @inode: returns dentry->d_inode when the inode was found valid.
+ * Returns: dentry, or NULL
+ *
+ * __d_lookup_rcu is the dcache lookup function for rcu-walk name
+ * resolution (store-free path walking) design described in
+ * Documentation/filesystems/path-lookup.txt.
+ *
+ * This is not to be used outside core vfs.
+ *
+ * __d_lookup_rcu must only be used in rcu-walk mode, ie. with vfsmount lock
+ * held, and rcu_read_lock held. The returned dentry must not be stored into
+ * without taking d_lock and checking d_seq sequence count against @seq
+ * returned here.
+ *
+ * A refcount may be taken on the found dentry with the __d_rcu_to_refcount
+ * function.
+ *
+ * Alternatively, __d_lookup_rcu may be called again to look up the child of
+ * the returned dentry, so long as its parent's seqlock is checked after the
+ * child is looked up. Thus, an interlocking stepping of sequence lock checks
+ * is formed, giving integrity down the path walk.
+ */
+struct dentry *__d_lookup_rcu(struct dentry *parent, struct qstr *name,
+				unsigned *seq, struct inode **inode)
+{
+	unsigned int len = name->len;
+	unsigned int hash = name->hash;
+	const unsigned char *str = name->name;
+	struct dcache_hash_bucket *b = d_hash(parent, hash);
+	struct hlist_bl_node *node;
+	struct dentry *dentry;
+
+	/*
+	 * Note: There is significant duplication with __d_lookup_rcu which is
+	 * required to prevent single threaded performance regressions
+	 * especially on architectures where smp_rmb (in seqcounts) are costly.
+	 * Keep the two functions in sync.
+	 */
+
+	/*
+	 * The hash list is protected using RCU.
+	 *
+	 * Carefully use d_seq when comparing a candidate dentry, to avoid
+	 * races with d_move().
+	 *
+	 * It is possible that concurrent renames can mess up our list
+	 * walk here and result in missing our dentry, resulting in the
+	 * false-negative result. d_lookup() protects against concurrent
+	 * renames using rename_lock seqlock.
+	 *
+	 * See Documentation/vfs/dcache-locking.txt for more details.
+	 */
+	hlist_bl_for_each_entry_rcu(dentry, node, &b->head, d_hash) {
+		struct inode *i;
+		const char *tname;
+		int tlen;
+
+		if (dentry->d_name.hash != hash)
+			continue;
+
+seqretry:
+		*seq = read_seqcount_begin(&dentry->d_seq);
+		if (dentry->d_parent != parent)
+			continue;
+		if (d_unhashed(dentry))
+			continue;
+		tlen = dentry->d_name.len;
+		tname = dentry->d_name.name;
+		i = dentry->d_inode;
+		prefetch(tname);
+		if (i)
+			prefetch(i);
+		/*
+		 * This seqcount check is required to ensure name and
+		 * len are loaded atomically, so as not to walk off the
+		 * edge of memory when walking. If we could load this
+		 * atomically some other way, we could drop this check.
+		 */
+		if (read_seqcount_retry(&dentry->d_seq, *seq))
+			goto seqretry;
+		if (parent->d_flags & DCACHE_OP_COMPARE) {
+			if (parent->d_op->d_compare(parent, *inode,
+						dentry, i,
+						tlen, tname, name))
+				continue;
+		} else {
+			if (dentry_cmp(tname, tlen, str, len))
+				continue;
+		}
+		/*
+		 * No extra seqcount check is required after the name
+		 * compare. The caller must perform a seqcount check in
+		 * order to do anything useful with the returned dentry
+		 * anyway.
+		 */
+		*inode = i;
+		return dentry;
+	}
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+/**
  * d_lookup - search for a dentry
  * @parent: parent dentry
  * @name: qstr of name we wish to find
@@ -1352,10 +1834,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_add_ci);
  * dentry is returned. The caller must use dput to free the entry when it has
  * finished using it. %NULL is returned if the dentry does not exist.
  */
-struct dentry * d_lookup(struct dentry * parent, struct qstr * name)
+struct dentry *d_lookup(struct dentry *parent, struct qstr *name)
 {
-	struct dentry * dentry = NULL;
-	unsigned long seq;
+	struct dentry *dentry;
+	unsigned seq;
 
         do {
                 seq = read_seqbegin(&rename_lock);
@@ -1367,7 +1849,7 @@ struct dentry * d_lookup(struct dentry * parent, struct qstr * name)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_lookup);
 
-/*
+/**
  * __d_lookup - search for a dentry (racy)
  * @parent: parent dentry
  * @name: qstr of name we wish to find
@@ -1382,17 +1864,24 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_lookup);
  *
  * __d_lookup callers must be commented.
  */
-struct dentry * __d_lookup(struct dentry * parent, struct qstr * name)
+struct dentry *__d_lookup(struct dentry *parent, struct qstr *name)
 {
 	unsigned int len = name->len;
 	unsigned int hash = name->hash;
 	const unsigned char *str = name->name;
-	struct hlist_head *head = d_hash(parent,hash);
+	struct dcache_hash_bucket *b = d_hash(parent, hash);
+	struct hlist_bl_node *node;
 	struct dentry *found = NULL;
-	struct hlist_node *node;
 	struct dentry *dentry;
 
 	/*
+	 * Note: There is significant duplication with __d_lookup_rcu which is
+	 * required to prevent single threaded performance regressions
+	 * especially on architectures where smp_rmb (in seqcounts) are costly.
+	 * Keep the two functions in sync.
+	 */
+
+	/*
 	 * The hash list is protected using RCU.
 	 *
 	 * Take d_lock when comparing a candidate dentry, to avoid races
@@ -1407,25 +1896,16 @@ struct dentry * __d_lookup(struct dentry * parent, struct qstr * name)
 	 */
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	
-	hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(dentry, node, head, d_hash) {
-		struct qstr *qstr;
+	hlist_bl_for_each_entry_rcu(dentry, node, &b->head, d_hash) {
+		const char *tname;
+		int tlen;
 
 		if (dentry->d_name.hash != hash)
 			continue;
-		if (dentry->d_parent != parent)
-			continue;
 
 		spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
-
-		/*
-		 * Recheck the dentry after taking the lock - d_move may have
-		 * changed things. Don't bother checking the hash because
-		 * we're about to compare the whole name anyway.
-		 */
 		if (dentry->d_parent != parent)
 			goto next;
-
-		/* non-existing due to RCU? */
 		if (d_unhashed(dentry))
 			goto next;
 
@@ -1433,18 +1913,19 @@ struct dentry * __d_lookup(struct dentry * parent, struct qstr * name)
 		 * It is safe to compare names since d_move() cannot
 		 * change the qstr (protected by d_lock).
 		 */
-		qstr = &dentry->d_name;
-		if (parent->d_op && parent->d_op->d_compare) {
-			if (parent->d_op->d_compare(parent, qstr, name))
+		tlen = dentry->d_name.len;
+		tname = dentry->d_name.name;
+		if (parent->d_flags & DCACHE_OP_COMPARE) {
+			if (parent->d_op->d_compare(parent, parent->d_inode,
+						dentry, dentry->d_inode,
+						tlen, tname, name))
 				goto next;
 		} else {
-			if (qstr->len != len)
-				goto next;
-			if (memcmp(qstr->name, str, len))
+			if (dentry_cmp(tname, tlen, str, len))
 				goto next;
 		}
 
-		atomic_inc(&dentry->d_count);
+		dentry->d_count++;
 		found = dentry;
 		spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 		break;
@@ -1473,8 +1954,8 @@ struct dentry *d_hash_and_lookup(struct dentry *dir, struct qstr *name)
 	 * routine may choose to leave the hash value unchanged.
 	 */
 	name->hash = full_name_hash(name->name, name->len);
-	if (dir->d_op && dir->d_op->d_hash) {
-		if (dir->d_op->d_hash(dir, name) < 0)
+	if (dir->d_flags & DCACHE_OP_HASH) {
+		if (dir->d_op->d_hash(dir, dir->d_inode, name) < 0)
 			goto out;
 	}
 	dentry = d_lookup(dir, name);
@@ -1483,34 +1964,32 @@ out:
 }
 
 /**
- * d_validate - verify dentry provided from insecure source
+ * d_validate - verify dentry provided from insecure source (deprecated)
  * @dentry: The dentry alleged to be valid child of @dparent
  * @dparent: The parent dentry (known to be valid)
  *
  * An insecure source has sent us a dentry, here we verify it and dget() it.
  * This is used by ncpfs in its readdir implementation.
  * Zero is returned in the dentry is invalid.
+ *
+ * This function is slow for big directories, and deprecated, do not use it.
  */
-int d_validate(struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry *parent)
+int d_validate(struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry *dparent)
 {
-	struct hlist_head *head = d_hash(parent, dentry->d_name.hash);
-	struct hlist_node *node;
-	struct dentry *d;
-
-	/* Check whether the ptr might be valid at all.. */
-	if (!kmem_ptr_validate(dentry_cache, dentry))
-		return 0;
-	if (dentry->d_parent != parent)
-		return 0;
+	struct dentry *child;
 
-	rcu_read_lock();
-	hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(d, node, head, d_hash) {
-		if (d == dentry) {
-			dget(dentry);
+	spin_lock(&dparent->d_lock);
+	list_for_each_entry(child, &dparent->d_subdirs, d_u.d_child) {
+		if (dentry == child) {
+			spin_lock_nested(&dentry->d_lock, DENTRY_D_LOCK_NESTED);
+			__dget_dlock(dentry);
+			spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+			spin_unlock(&dparent->d_lock);
 			return 1;
 		}
 	}
-	rcu_read_unlock();
+	spin_unlock(&dparent->d_lock);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_validate);
@@ -1538,16 +2017,23 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_validate);
  
 void d_delete(struct dentry * dentry)
 {
+	struct inode *inode;
 	int isdir = 0;
 	/*
 	 * Are we the only user?
 	 */
-	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+again:
 	spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
-	isdir = S_ISDIR(dentry->d_inode->i_mode);
-	if (atomic_read(&dentry->d_count) == 1) {
+	inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	isdir = S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode);
+	if (dentry->d_count == 1) {
+		if (inode && !spin_trylock(&inode->i_lock)) {
+			spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+			cpu_relax();
+			goto again;
+		}
 		dentry->d_flags &= ~DCACHE_CANT_MOUNT;
-		dentry_iput(dentry);
+		dentry_unlink_inode(dentry);
 		fsnotify_nameremove(dentry, isdir);
 		return;
 	}
@@ -1556,17 +2042,18 @@ void d_delete(struct dentry * dentry)
 		__d_drop(dentry);
 
 	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
-	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
 
 	fsnotify_nameremove(dentry, isdir);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_delete);
 
-static void __d_rehash(struct dentry * entry, struct hlist_head *list)
+static void __d_rehash(struct dentry * entry, struct dcache_hash_bucket *b)
 {
-
+	BUG_ON(!d_unhashed(entry));
+	spin_lock_bucket(b);
  	entry->d_flags &= ~DCACHE_UNHASHED;
- 	hlist_add_head_rcu(&entry->d_hash, list);
+	hlist_bl_add_head_rcu(&entry->d_hash, &b->head);
+	spin_unlock_bucket(b);
 }
 
 static void _d_rehash(struct dentry * entry)
@@ -1583,25 +2070,39 @@ static void _d_rehash(struct dentry * entry)
  
 void d_rehash(struct dentry * entry)
 {
-	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
 	spin_lock(&entry->d_lock);
 	_d_rehash(entry);
 	spin_unlock(&entry->d_lock);
-	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_rehash);
 
-/*
- * When switching names, the actual string doesn't strictly have to
- * be preserved in the target - because we're dropping the target
- * anyway. As such, we can just do a simple memcpy() to copy over
- * the new name before we switch.
+/**
+ * dentry_update_name_case - update case insensitive dentry with a new name
+ * @dentry: dentry to be updated
+ * @name: new name
  *
- * Note that we have to be a lot more careful about getting the hash
- * switched - we have to switch the hash value properly even if it
- * then no longer matches the actual (corrupted) string of the target.
- * The hash value has to match the hash queue that the dentry is on..
+ * Update a case insensitive dentry with new case of name.
+ *
+ * dentry must have been returned by d_lookup with name @name. Old and new
+ * name lengths must match (ie. no d_compare which allows mismatched name
+ * lengths).
+ *
+ * Parent inode i_mutex must be held over d_lookup and into this call (to
+ * keep renames and concurrent inserts, and readdir(2) away).
  */
+void dentry_update_name_case(struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *name)
+{
+	BUG_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex));
+	BUG_ON(dentry->d_name.len != name->len); /* d_lookup gives this */
+
+	spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
+	write_seqcount_begin(&dentry->d_seq);
+	memcpy((unsigned char *)dentry->d_name.name, name->name, name->len);
+	write_seqcount_end(&dentry->d_seq);
+	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(dentry_update_name_case);
+
 static void switch_names(struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry *target)
 {
 	if (dname_external(target)) {
@@ -1643,54 +2144,84 @@ static void switch_names(struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry *target)
 	swap(dentry->d_name.len, target->d_name.len);
 }
 
+static void dentry_lock_for_move(struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry *target)
+{
+	/*
+	 * XXXX: do we really need to take target->d_lock?
+	 */
+	if (IS_ROOT(dentry) || dentry->d_parent == target->d_parent)
+		spin_lock(&target->d_parent->d_lock);
+	else {
+		if (d_ancestor(dentry->d_parent, target->d_parent)) {
+			spin_lock(&dentry->d_parent->d_lock);
+			spin_lock_nested(&target->d_parent->d_lock,
+						DENTRY_D_LOCK_NESTED);
+		} else {
+			spin_lock(&target->d_parent->d_lock);
+			spin_lock_nested(&dentry->d_parent->d_lock,
+						DENTRY_D_LOCK_NESTED);
+		}
+	}
+	if (target < dentry) {
+		spin_lock_nested(&target->d_lock, 2);
+		spin_lock_nested(&dentry->d_lock, 3);
+	} else {
+		spin_lock_nested(&dentry->d_lock, 2);
+		spin_lock_nested(&target->d_lock, 3);
+	}
+}
+
+static void dentry_unlock_parents_for_move(struct dentry *dentry,
+					struct dentry *target)
+{
+	if (target->d_parent != dentry->d_parent)
+		spin_unlock(&dentry->d_parent->d_lock);
+	if (target->d_parent != target)
+		spin_unlock(&target->d_parent->d_lock);
+}
+
 /*
- * We cannibalize "target" when moving dentry on top of it,
- * because it's going to be thrown away anyway. We could be more
- * polite about it, though.
- *
- * This forceful removal will result in ugly /proc output if
- * somebody holds a file open that got deleted due to a rename.
- * We could be nicer about the deleted file, and let it show
- * up under the name it had before it was deleted rather than
- * under the original name of the file that was moved on top of it.
+ * When switching names, the actual string doesn't strictly have to
+ * be preserved in the target - because we're dropping the target
+ * anyway. As such, we can just do a simple memcpy() to copy over
+ * the new name before we switch.
+ *
+ * Note that we have to be a lot more careful about getting the hash
+ * switched - we have to switch the hash value properly even if it
+ * then no longer matches the actual (corrupted) string of the target.
+ * The hash value has to match the hash queue that the dentry is on..
  */
- 
 /*
- * d_move_locked - move a dentry
+ * d_move - move a dentry
  * @dentry: entry to move
  * @target: new dentry
  *
  * Update the dcache to reflect the move of a file name. Negative
  * dcache entries should not be moved in this way.
  */
-static void d_move_locked(struct dentry * dentry, struct dentry * target)
+void d_move(struct dentry * dentry, struct dentry * target)
 {
-	struct hlist_head *list;
-
 	if (!dentry->d_inode)
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "VFS: moving negative dcache entry\n");
 
+	BUG_ON(d_ancestor(dentry, target));
+	BUG_ON(d_ancestor(target, dentry));
+
 	write_seqlock(&rename_lock);
-	/*
-	 * XXXX: do we really need to take target->d_lock?
-	 */
-	if (target < dentry) {
-		spin_lock(&target->d_lock);
-		spin_lock_nested(&dentry->d_lock, DENTRY_D_LOCK_NESTED);
-	} else {
-		spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
-		spin_lock_nested(&target->d_lock, DENTRY_D_LOCK_NESTED);
-	}
 
-	/* Move the dentry to the target hash queue, if on different bucket */
-	if (d_unhashed(dentry))
-		goto already_unhashed;
+	dentry_lock_for_move(dentry, target);
 
-	hlist_del_rcu(&dentry->d_hash);
+	write_seqcount_begin(&dentry->d_seq);
+	write_seqcount_begin(&target->d_seq);
 
-already_unhashed:
-	list = d_hash(target->d_parent, target->d_name.hash);
-	__d_rehash(dentry, list);
+	/* __d_drop does write_seqcount_barrier, but they're OK to nest. */
+
+	/*
+	 * Move the dentry to the target hash queue. Don't bother checking
+	 * for the same hash queue because of how unlikely it is.
+	 */
+	__d_drop(dentry);
+	__d_rehash(dentry, d_hash(target->d_parent, target->d_name.hash));
 
 	/* Unhash the target: dput() will then get rid of it */
 	__d_drop(target);
@@ -1715,27 +2246,16 @@ already_unhashed:
 	}
 
 	list_add(&dentry->d_u.d_child, &dentry->d_parent->d_subdirs);
+
+	write_seqcount_end(&target->d_seq);
+	write_seqcount_end(&dentry->d_seq);
+
+	dentry_unlock_parents_for_move(dentry, target);
 	spin_unlock(&target->d_lock);
 	fsnotify_d_move(dentry);
 	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 	write_sequnlock(&rename_lock);
 }
-
-/**
- * d_move - move a dentry
- * @dentry: entry to move
- * @target: new dentry
- *
- * Update the dcache to reflect the move of a file name. Negative
- * dcache entries should not be moved in this way.
- */
-
-void d_move(struct dentry * dentry, struct dentry * target)
-{
-	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
-	d_move_locked(dentry, target);
-	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
-}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_move);
 
 /**
@@ -1761,13 +2281,13 @@ struct dentry *d_ancestor(struct dentry *p1, struct dentry *p2)
  * This helper attempts to cope with remotely renamed directories
  *
  * It assumes that the caller is already holding
- * dentry->d_parent->d_inode->i_mutex and the dcache_lock
+ * dentry->d_parent->d_inode->i_mutex and the inode->i_lock
  *
  * Note: If ever the locking in lock_rename() changes, then please
  * remember to update this too...
  */
-static struct dentry *__d_unalias(struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry *alias)
-	__releases(dcache_lock)
+static struct dentry *__d_unalias(struct inode *inode,
+		struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry *alias)
 {
 	struct mutex *m1 = NULL, *m2 = NULL;
 	struct dentry *ret;
@@ -1790,10 +2310,10 @@ static struct dentry *__d_unalias(struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry *alias)
 		goto out_err;
 	m2 = &alias->d_parent->d_inode->i_mutex;
 out_unalias:
-	d_move_locked(alias, dentry);
+	d_move(alias, dentry);
 	ret = alias;
 out_err:
-	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 	if (m2)
 		mutex_unlock(m2);
 	if (m1)
@@ -1804,17 +2324,23 @@ out_err:
 /*
  * Prepare an anonymous dentry for life in the superblock's dentry tree as a
  * named dentry in place of the dentry to be replaced.
+ * returns with anon->d_lock held!
  */
 static void __d_materialise_dentry(struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry *anon)
 {
 	struct dentry *dparent, *aparent;
 
-	switch_names(dentry, anon);
-	swap(dentry->d_name.hash, anon->d_name.hash);
+	dentry_lock_for_move(anon, dentry);
+
+	write_seqcount_begin(&dentry->d_seq);
+	write_seqcount_begin(&anon->d_seq);
 
 	dparent = dentry->d_parent;
 	aparent = anon->d_parent;
 
+	switch_names(dentry, anon);
+	swap(dentry->d_name.hash, anon->d_name.hash);
+
 	dentry->d_parent = (aparent == anon) ? dentry : aparent;
 	list_del(&dentry->d_u.d_child);
 	if (!IS_ROOT(dentry))
@@ -1829,6 +2355,13 @@ static void __d_materialise_dentry(struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry *anon)
 	else
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&anon->d_u.d_child);
 
+	write_seqcount_end(&dentry->d_seq);
+	write_seqcount_end(&anon->d_seq);
+
+	dentry_unlock_parents_for_move(anon, dentry);
+	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+
+	/* anon->d_lock still locked, returns locked */
 	anon->d_flags &= ~DCACHE_DISCONNECTED;
 }
 
@@ -1846,14 +2379,15 @@ struct dentry *d_materialise_unique(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode)
 
 	BUG_ON(!d_unhashed(dentry));
 
-	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
-
 	if (!inode) {
 		actual = dentry;
 		__d_instantiate(dentry, NULL);
-		goto found_lock;
+		d_rehash(actual);
+		goto out_nolock;
 	}
 
+	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+
 	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) {
 		struct dentry *alias;
 
@@ -1864,13 +2398,12 @@ struct dentry *d_materialise_unique(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode)
 			/* Is this an anonymous mountpoint that we could splice
 			 * into our tree? */
 			if (IS_ROOT(alias)) {
-				spin_lock(&alias->d_lock);
 				__d_materialise_dentry(dentry, alias);
 				__d_drop(alias);
 				goto found;
 			}
 			/* Nope, but we must(!) avoid directory aliasing */
-			actual = __d_unalias(dentry, alias);
+			actual = __d_unalias(inode, dentry, alias);
 			if (IS_ERR(actual))
 				dput(alias);
 			goto out_nolock;
@@ -1881,15 +2414,14 @@ struct dentry *d_materialise_unique(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode)
 	actual = __d_instantiate_unique(dentry, inode);
 	if (!actual)
 		actual = dentry;
-	else if (unlikely(!d_unhashed(actual)))
-		goto shouldnt_be_hashed;
+	else
+		BUG_ON(!d_unhashed(actual));
 
-found_lock:
 	spin_lock(&actual->d_lock);
 found:
 	_d_rehash(actual);
 	spin_unlock(&actual->d_lock);
-	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 out_nolock:
 	if (actual == dentry) {
 		security_d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
@@ -1898,10 +2430,6 @@ out_nolock:
 
 	iput(inode);
 	return actual;
-
-shouldnt_be_hashed:
-	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
-	BUG();
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(d_materialise_unique);
 
@@ -1928,7 +2456,7 @@ static int prepend_name(char **buffer, int *buflen, struct qstr *name)
  * @buffer: pointer to the end of the buffer
  * @buflen: pointer to buffer length
  *
- * Caller holds the dcache_lock.
+ * Caller holds the rename_lock.
  *
  * If path is not reachable from the supplied root, then the value of
  * root is changed (without modifying refcounts).
@@ -1956,7 +2484,9 @@ static int prepend_path(const struct path *path, struct path *root,
 		}
 		parent = dentry->d_parent;
 		prefetch(parent);
+		spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
 		error = prepend_name(buffer, buflen, &dentry->d_name);
+		spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 		if (!error)
 			error = prepend(buffer, buflen, "/", 1);
 		if (error)
@@ -2012,9 +2542,9 @@ char *__d_path(const struct path *path, struct path *root,
 	int error;
 
 	prepend(&res, &buflen, "\0", 1);
-	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+	write_seqlock(&rename_lock);
 	error = prepend_path(path, root, &res, &buflen);
-	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+	write_sequnlock(&rename_lock);
 
 	if (error)
 		return ERR_PTR(error);
@@ -2076,12 +2606,12 @@ char *d_path(const struct path *path, char *buf, int buflen)
 		return path->dentry->d_op->d_dname(path->dentry, buf, buflen);
 
 	get_fs_root(current->fs, &root);
-	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+	write_seqlock(&rename_lock);
 	tmp = root;
 	error = path_with_deleted(path, &tmp, &res, &buflen);
 	if (error)
 		res = ERR_PTR(error);
-	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+	write_sequnlock(&rename_lock);
 	path_put(&root);
 	return res;
 }
@@ -2107,12 +2637,12 @@ char *d_path_with_unreachable(const struct path *path, char *buf, int buflen)
 		return path->dentry->d_op->d_dname(path->dentry, buf, buflen);
 
 	get_fs_root(current->fs, &root);
-	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+	write_seqlock(&rename_lock);
 	tmp = root;
 	error = path_with_deleted(path, &tmp, &res, &buflen);
 	if (!error && !path_equal(&tmp, &root))
 		error = prepend_unreachable(&res, &buflen);
-	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+	write_sequnlock(&rename_lock);
 	path_put(&root);
 	if (error)
 		res =  ERR_PTR(error);
@@ -2144,7 +2674,7 @@ char *dynamic_dname(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, int buflen,
 /*
  * Write full pathname from the root of the filesystem into the buffer.
  */
-char *__dentry_path(struct dentry *dentry, char *buf, int buflen)
+static char *__dentry_path(struct dentry *dentry, char *buf, int buflen)
 {
 	char *end = buf + buflen;
 	char *retval;
@@ -2158,10 +2688,13 @@ char *__dentry_path(struct dentry *dentry, char *buf, int buflen)
 
 	while (!IS_ROOT(dentry)) {
 		struct dentry *parent = dentry->d_parent;
+		int error;
 
 		prefetch(parent);
-		if ((prepend_name(&end, &buflen, &dentry->d_name) != 0) ||
-		    (prepend(&end, &buflen, "/", 1) != 0))
+		spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
+		error = prepend_name(&end, &buflen, &dentry->d_name);
+		spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+		if (error != 0 || prepend(&end, &buflen, "/", 1) != 0)
 			goto Elong;
 
 		retval = end;
@@ -2171,14 +2704,25 @@ char *__dentry_path(struct dentry *dentry, char *buf, int buflen)
 Elong:
 	return ERR_PTR(-ENAMETOOLONG);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(__dentry_path);
+
+char *dentry_path_raw(struct dentry *dentry, char *buf, int buflen)
+{
+	char *retval;
+
+	write_seqlock(&rename_lock);
+	retval = __dentry_path(dentry, buf, buflen);
+	write_sequnlock(&rename_lock);
+
+	return retval;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(dentry_path_raw);
 
 char *dentry_path(struct dentry *dentry, char *buf, int buflen)
 {
 	char *p = NULL;
 	char *retval;
 
-	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+	write_seqlock(&rename_lock);
 	if (d_unlinked(dentry)) {
 		p = buf + buflen;
 		if (prepend(&p, &buflen, "//deleted", 10) != 0)
@@ -2186,12 +2730,11 @@ char *dentry_path(struct dentry *dentry, char *buf, int buflen)
 		buflen++;
 	}
 	retval = __dentry_path(dentry, buf, buflen);
-	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+	write_sequnlock(&rename_lock);
 	if (!IS_ERR(retval) && p)
 		*p = '/';	/* restore '/' overriden with '\0' */
 	return retval;
 Elong:
-	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
 	return ERR_PTR(-ENAMETOOLONG);
 }
 
@@ -2225,7 +2768,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(getcwd, char __user *, buf, unsigned long, size)
 	get_fs_root_and_pwd(current->fs, &root, &pwd);
 
 	error = -ENOENT;
-	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+	write_seqlock(&rename_lock);
 	if (!d_unlinked(pwd.dentry)) {
 		unsigned long len;
 		struct path tmp = root;
@@ -2234,7 +2777,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(getcwd, char __user *, buf, unsigned long, size)
 
 		prepend(&cwd, &buflen, "\0", 1);
 		error = prepend_path(&pwd, &tmp, &cwd, &buflen);
-		spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+		write_sequnlock(&rename_lock);
 
 		if (error)
 			goto out;
@@ -2253,8 +2796,9 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(getcwd, char __user *, buf, unsigned long, size)
 			if (copy_to_user(buf, cwd, len))
 				error = -EFAULT;
 		}
-	} else
-		spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+	} else {
+		write_sequnlock(&rename_lock);
+	}
 
 out:
 	path_put(&pwd);
@@ -2282,25 +2826,25 @@ out:
 int is_subdir(struct dentry *new_dentry, struct dentry *old_dentry)
 {
 	int result;
-	unsigned long seq;
+	unsigned seq;
 
 	if (new_dentry == old_dentry)
 		return 1;
 
-	/*
-	 * Need rcu_readlock to protect against the d_parent trashing
-	 * due to d_move
-	 */
-	rcu_read_lock();
 	do {
 		/* for restarting inner loop in case of seq retry */
 		seq = read_seqbegin(&rename_lock);
+		/*
+		 * Need rcu_readlock to protect against the d_parent trashing
+		 * due to d_move
+		 */
+		rcu_read_lock();
 		if (d_ancestor(old_dentry, new_dentry))
 			result = 1;
 		else
 			result = 0;
+		rcu_read_unlock();
 	} while (read_seqretry(&rename_lock, seq));
-	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	return result;
 }
@@ -2332,10 +2876,15 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(path_is_under);
 
 void d_genocide(struct dentry *root)
 {
-	struct dentry *this_parent = root;
+	struct dentry *this_parent;
 	struct list_head *next;
+	unsigned seq;
+	int locked = 0;
 
-	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+	seq = read_seqbegin(&rename_lock);
+again:
+	this_parent = root;
+	spin_lock(&this_parent->d_lock);
 repeat:
 	next = this_parent->d_subdirs.next;
 resume:
@@ -2343,21 +2892,62 @@ resume:
 		struct list_head *tmp = next;
 		struct dentry *dentry = list_entry(tmp, struct dentry, d_u.d_child);
 		next = tmp->next;
-		if (d_unhashed(dentry)||!dentry->d_inode)
+
+		spin_lock_nested(&dentry->d_lock, DENTRY_D_LOCK_NESTED);
+		if (d_unhashed(dentry) || !dentry->d_inode) {
+			spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 			continue;
+		}
 		if (!list_empty(&dentry->d_subdirs)) {
+			spin_unlock(&this_parent->d_lock);
+			spin_release(&dentry->d_lock.dep_map, 1, _RET_IP_);
 			this_parent = dentry;
+			spin_acquire(&this_parent->d_lock.dep_map, 0, 1, _RET_IP_);
 			goto repeat;
 		}
-		atomic_dec(&dentry->d_count);
+		if (!(dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_GENOCIDE)) {
+			dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_GENOCIDE;
+			dentry->d_count--;
+		}
+		spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 	}
 	if (this_parent != root) {
-		next = this_parent->d_u.d_child.next;
-		atomic_dec(&this_parent->d_count);
-		this_parent = this_parent->d_parent;
+		struct dentry *tmp;
+		struct dentry *child;
+
+		tmp = this_parent->d_parent;
+		if (!(this_parent->d_flags & DCACHE_GENOCIDE)) {
+			this_parent->d_flags |= DCACHE_GENOCIDE;
+			this_parent->d_count--;
+		}
+		rcu_read_lock();
+		spin_unlock(&this_parent->d_lock);
+		child = this_parent;
+		this_parent = tmp;
+		spin_lock(&this_parent->d_lock);
+		/* might go back up the wrong parent if we have had a rename
+		 * or deletion */
+		if (this_parent != child->d_parent ||
+			 (!locked && read_seqretry(&rename_lock, seq))) {
+			spin_unlock(&this_parent->d_lock);
+			rcu_read_unlock();
+			goto rename_retry;
+		}
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+		next = child->d_u.d_child.next;
 		goto resume;
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&this_parent->d_lock);
+	if (!locked && read_seqretry(&rename_lock, seq))
+		goto rename_retry;
+	if (locked)
+		write_sequnlock(&rename_lock);
+	return;
+
+rename_retry:
+	locked = 1;
+	write_seqlock(&rename_lock);
+	goto again;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -2411,7 +3001,7 @@ static void __init dcache_init_early(void)
 
 	dentry_hashtable =
 		alloc_large_system_hash("Dentry cache",
-					sizeof(struct hlist_head),
+					sizeof(struct dcache_hash_bucket),
 					dhash_entries,
 					13,
 					HASH_EARLY,
@@ -2420,16 +3010,13 @@ static void __init dcache_init_early(void)
 					0);
 
 	for (loop = 0; loop < (1 << d_hash_shift); loop++)
-		INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&dentry_hashtable[loop]);
+		INIT_HLIST_BL_HEAD(&dentry_hashtable[loop].head);
 }
 
 static void __init dcache_init(void)
 {
 	int loop;
 
-	percpu_counter_init(&nr_dentry, 0);
-	percpu_counter_init(&nr_dentry_unused, 0);
-
 	/* 
 	 * A constructor could be added for stable state like the lists,
 	 * but it is probably not worth it because of the cache nature
@@ -2446,7 +3033,7 @@ static void __init dcache_init(void)
 
 	dentry_hashtable =
 		alloc_large_system_hash("Dentry cache",
-					sizeof(struct hlist_head),
+					sizeof(struct dcache_hash_bucket),
 					dhash_entries,
 					13,
 					0,
@@ -2455,7 +3042,7 @@ static void __init dcache_init(void)
 					0);
 
 	for (loop = 0; loop < (1 << d_hash_shift); loop++)
-		INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&dentry_hashtable[loop]);
+		INIT_HLIST_BL_HEAD(&dentry_hashtable[loop].head);
 }
 
 /* SLAB cache for __getname() consumers */
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/dentry.c b/fs/ecryptfs/dentry.c
index 906e803f7f79..6fc4f319b550 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/dentry.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/dentry.c
@@ -44,12 +44,17 @@
  */
 static int ecryptfs_d_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
-	struct dentry *lower_dentry = ecryptfs_dentry_to_lower(dentry);
-	struct vfsmount *lower_mnt = ecryptfs_dentry_to_lower_mnt(dentry);
+	struct dentry *lower_dentry;
+	struct vfsmount *lower_mnt;
 	struct dentry *dentry_save;
 	struct vfsmount *vfsmount_save;
 	int rc = 1;
 
+	if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU)
+		return -ECHILD;
+
+	lower_dentry = ecryptfs_dentry_to_lower(dentry);
+	lower_mnt = ecryptfs_dentry_to_lower_mnt(dentry);
 	if (!lower_dentry->d_op || !lower_dentry->d_op->d_revalidate)
 		goto out;
 	dentry_save = nd->path.dentry;
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
index 9d1a22d62765..337352a94751 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ int ecryptfs_lookup_and_interpose_lower(struct dentry *ecryptfs_dentry,
 				   ecryptfs_dentry->d_parent));
 	lower_inode = lower_dentry->d_inode;
 	fsstack_copy_attr_atime(ecryptfs_dir_inode, lower_dir_dentry->d_inode);
-	BUG_ON(!atomic_read(&lower_dentry->d_count));
+	BUG_ON(!lower_dentry->d_count);
 	ecryptfs_set_dentry_private(ecryptfs_dentry,
 				    kmem_cache_alloc(ecryptfs_dentry_info_cache,
 						     GFP_KERNEL));
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ static struct dentry *ecryptfs_lookup(struct inode *ecryptfs_dir_inode,
 	struct qstr lower_name;
 	int rc = 0;
 
-	ecryptfs_dentry->d_op = &ecryptfs_dops;
+	d_set_d_op(ecryptfs_dentry, &ecryptfs_dops);
 	if ((ecryptfs_dentry->d_name.len == 1
 	     && !strcmp(ecryptfs_dentry->d_name.name, "."))
 	    || (ecryptfs_dentry->d_name.len == 2
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ static struct dentry *ecryptfs_lookup(struct inode *ecryptfs_dir_inode,
 	lower_name.hash = ecryptfs_dentry->d_name.hash;
 	if (lower_dir_dentry->d_op && lower_dir_dentry->d_op->d_hash) {
 		rc = lower_dir_dentry->d_op->d_hash(lower_dir_dentry,
-						    &lower_name);
+				lower_dir_dentry->d_inode, &lower_name);
 		if (rc < 0)
 			goto out_d_drop;
 	}
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ static struct dentry *ecryptfs_lookup(struct inode *ecryptfs_dir_inode,
 	lower_name.hash = full_name_hash(lower_name.name, lower_name.len);
 	if (lower_dir_dentry->d_op && lower_dir_dentry->d_op->d_hash) {
 		rc = lower_dir_dentry->d_op->d_hash(lower_dir_dentry,
-						    &lower_name);
+				lower_dir_dentry->d_inode, &lower_name);
 		if (rc < 0)
 			goto out_d_drop;
 	}
@@ -980,8 +980,10 @@ int ecryptfs_truncate(struct dentry *dentry, loff_t new_length)
 }
 
 static int
-ecryptfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
+ecryptfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
 {
+	if (flags & IPERM_FLAG_RCU)
+		return -ECHILD;
 	return inode_permission(ecryptfs_inode_to_lower(inode), mask);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/main.c b/fs/ecryptfs/main.c
index a9dbd62518e6..351038675376 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/main.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/main.c
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ int ecryptfs_interpose(struct dentry *lower_dentry, struct dentry *dentry,
 	if (special_file(lower_inode->i_mode))
 		init_special_inode(inode, lower_inode->i_mode,
 				   lower_inode->i_rdev);
-	dentry->d_op = &ecryptfs_dops;
+	d_set_d_op(dentry, &ecryptfs_dops);
 	fsstack_copy_attr_all(inode, lower_inode);
 	/* This size will be overwritten for real files w/ headers and
 	 * other metadata */
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ static struct dentry *ecryptfs_mount(struct file_system_type *fs_type, int flags
 		deactivate_locked_super(s);
 		goto out;
 	}
-	s->s_root->d_op = &ecryptfs_dops;
+	d_set_d_op(s->s_root, &ecryptfs_dops);
 	s->s_root->d_sb = s;
 	s->s_root->d_parent = s->s_root;
 
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/super.c b/fs/ecryptfs/super.c
index 2720178b7718..3042fe123a34 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/super.c
@@ -62,6 +62,16 @@ out:
 	return inode;
 }
 
+static void ecryptfs_i_callback(struct rcu_head *head)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = container_of(head, struct inode, i_rcu);
+	struct ecryptfs_inode_info *inode_info;
+	inode_info = ecryptfs_inode_to_private(inode);
+
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_dentry);
+	kmem_cache_free(ecryptfs_inode_info_cache, inode_info);
+}
+
 /**
  * ecryptfs_destroy_inode
  * @inode: The ecryptfs inode
@@ -88,7 +98,7 @@ static void ecryptfs_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
 		}
 	}
 	ecryptfs_destroy_crypt_stat(&inode_info->crypt_stat);
-	kmem_cache_free(ecryptfs_inode_info_cache, inode_info);
+	call_rcu(&inode->i_rcu, ecryptfs_i_callback);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/fs/efs/super.c b/fs/efs/super.c
index 5073a07652cc..0f31acb0131c 100644
--- a/fs/efs/super.c
+++ b/fs/efs/super.c
@@ -65,11 +65,18 @@ static struct inode *efs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	return &ei->vfs_inode;
 }
 
-static void efs_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+static void efs_i_callback(struct rcu_head *head)
 {
+	struct inode *inode = container_of(head, struct inode, i_rcu);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_dentry);
 	kmem_cache_free(efs_inode_cachep, INODE_INFO(inode));
 }
 
+static void efs_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	call_rcu(&inode->i_rcu, efs_i_callback);
+}
+
 static void init_once(void *foo)
 {
 	struct efs_inode_info *ei = (struct efs_inode_info *) foo;
diff --git a/fs/exofs/super.c b/fs/exofs/super.c
index 79c3ae6e0456..8c6c4669b381 100644
--- a/fs/exofs/super.c
+++ b/fs/exofs/super.c
@@ -150,12 +150,19 @@ static struct inode *exofs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	return &oi->vfs_inode;
 }
 
+static void exofs_i_callback(struct rcu_head *head)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = container_of(head, struct inode, i_rcu);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_dentry);
+	kmem_cache_free(exofs_inode_cachep, exofs_i(inode));
+}
+
 /*
  * Remove an inode from the cache
  */
 static void exofs_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
-	kmem_cache_free(exofs_inode_cachep, exofs_i(inode));
+	call_rcu(&inode->i_rcu, exofs_i_callback);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/exportfs/expfs.c b/fs/exportfs/expfs.c
index 51b304056f10..4b6825740dd5 100644
--- a/fs/exportfs/expfs.c
+++ b/fs/exportfs/expfs.c
@@ -43,24 +43,26 @@ find_acceptable_alias(struct dentry *result,
 		void *context)
 {
 	struct dentry *dentry, *toput = NULL;
+	struct inode *inode;
 
 	if (acceptable(context, result))
 		return result;
 
-	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
-	list_for_each_entry(dentry, &result->d_inode->i_dentry, d_alias) {
-		dget_locked(dentry);
-		spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+	inode = result->d_inode;
+	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+	list_for_each_entry(dentry, &inode->i_dentry, d_alias) {
+		dget(dentry);
+		spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 		if (toput)
 			dput(toput);
 		if (dentry != result && acceptable(context, dentry)) {
 			dput(result);
 			return dentry;
 		}
-		spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+		spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
 		toput = dentry;
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 
 	if (toput)
 		dput(toput);
diff --git a/fs/ext2/acl.c b/fs/ext2/acl.c
index 2bcc0431bada..7b4180554a62 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/acl.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/acl.c
@@ -232,10 +232,17 @@ ext2_set_acl(struct inode *inode, int type, struct posix_acl *acl)
 }
 
 int
-ext2_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask)
+ext2_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
 {
-	struct posix_acl *acl = ext2_get_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
+	struct posix_acl *acl;
+
+	if (flags & IPERM_FLAG_RCU) {
+		if (!negative_cached_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS))
+			return -ECHILD;
+		return -EAGAIN;
+	}
 
+	acl = ext2_get_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
 	if (IS_ERR(acl))
 		return PTR_ERR(acl);
 	if (acl) {
diff --git a/fs/ext2/acl.h b/fs/ext2/acl.h
index 3ff6cbb9ac44..c939b7b12099 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/acl.h
+++ b/fs/ext2/acl.h
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ static inline int ext2_acl_count(size_t size)
 #ifdef CONFIG_EXT2_FS_POSIX_ACL
 
 /* acl.c */
-extern int ext2_check_acl (struct inode *, int);
+extern int ext2_check_acl (struct inode *, int, unsigned int);
 extern int ext2_acl_chmod (struct inode *);
 extern int ext2_init_acl (struct inode *, struct inode *);
 
diff --git a/fs/ext2/super.c b/fs/ext2/super.c
index d89e0b6a2d78..e0c6380ff992 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/super.c
@@ -161,11 +161,18 @@ static struct inode *ext2_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	return &ei->vfs_inode;
 }
 
-static void ext2_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+static void ext2_i_callback(struct rcu_head *head)
 {
+	struct inode *inode = container_of(head, struct inode, i_rcu);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_dentry);
 	kmem_cache_free(ext2_inode_cachep, EXT2_I(inode));
 }
 
+static void ext2_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	call_rcu(&inode->i_rcu, ext2_i_callback);
+}
+
 static void init_once(void *foo)
 {
 	struct ext2_inode_info *ei = (struct ext2_inode_info *) foo;
diff --git a/fs/ext3/acl.c b/fs/ext3/acl.c
index 8a11fe212183..e4fa49e6c539 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/acl.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/acl.c
@@ -240,10 +240,17 @@ ext3_set_acl(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode, int type,
 }
 
 int
-ext3_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask)
+ext3_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
 {
-	struct posix_acl *acl = ext3_get_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
+	struct posix_acl *acl;
+
+	if (flags & IPERM_FLAG_RCU) {
+		if (!negative_cached_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS))
+			return -ECHILD;
+		return -EAGAIN;
+	}
 
+	acl = ext3_get_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
 	if (IS_ERR(acl))
 		return PTR_ERR(acl);
 	if (acl) {
diff --git a/fs/ext3/acl.h b/fs/ext3/acl.h
index 597334626de9..5faf8048e906 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/acl.h
+++ b/fs/ext3/acl.h
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ static inline int ext3_acl_count(size_t size)
 #ifdef CONFIG_EXT3_FS_POSIX_ACL
 
 /* acl.c */
-extern int ext3_check_acl (struct inode *, int);
+extern int ext3_check_acl (struct inode *, int, unsigned int);
 extern int ext3_acl_chmod (struct inode *);
 extern int ext3_init_acl (handle_t *, struct inode *, struct inode *);
 
diff --git a/fs/ext3/super.c b/fs/ext3/super.c
index acf8695fa8f0..77ce1616f725 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/super.c
@@ -479,6 +479,13 @@ static struct inode *ext3_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	return &ei->vfs_inode;
 }
 
+static void ext3_i_callback(struct rcu_head *head)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = container_of(head, struct inode, i_rcu);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_dentry);
+	kmem_cache_free(ext3_inode_cachep, EXT3_I(inode));
+}
+
 static void ext3_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	if (!list_empty(&(EXT3_I(inode)->i_orphan))) {
@@ -489,7 +496,7 @@ static void ext3_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
 				false);
 		dump_stack();
 	}
-	kmem_cache_free(ext3_inode_cachep, EXT3_I(inode));
+	call_rcu(&inode->i_rcu, ext3_i_callback);
 }
 
 static void init_once(void *foo)
diff --git a/fs/ext4/acl.c b/fs/ext4/acl.c
index 5e2ed4504ead..e0270d1f8d82 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/acl.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/acl.c
@@ -238,10 +238,17 @@ ext4_set_acl(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode, int type,
 }
 
 int
-ext4_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask)
+ext4_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
 {
-	struct posix_acl *acl = ext4_get_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
+	struct posix_acl *acl;
+
+	if (flags & IPERM_FLAG_RCU) {
+		if (!negative_cached_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS))
+			return -ECHILD;
+		return -EAGAIN;
+	}
 
+	acl = ext4_get_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
 	if (IS_ERR(acl))
 		return PTR_ERR(acl);
 	if (acl) {
diff --git a/fs/ext4/acl.h b/fs/ext4/acl.h
index 9d843d5deac4..dec821168fd4 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/acl.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/acl.h
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ static inline int ext4_acl_count(size_t size)
 #ifdef CONFIG_EXT4_FS_POSIX_ACL
 
 /* acl.c */
-extern int ext4_check_acl(struct inode *, int);
+extern int ext4_check_acl(struct inode *, int, unsigned int);
 extern int ext4_acl_chmod(struct inode *);
 extern int ext4_init_acl(handle_t *, struct inode *, struct inode *);
 
diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index fb15c9c0be74..cd37f9d5e447 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -841,6 +841,13 @@ static int ext4_drop_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	return drop;
 }
 
+static void ext4_i_callback(struct rcu_head *head)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = container_of(head, struct inode, i_rcu);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_dentry);
+	kmem_cache_free(ext4_inode_cachep, EXT4_I(inode));
+}
+
 static void ext4_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	ext4_ioend_wait(inode);
@@ -853,7 +860,7 @@ static void ext4_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
 				true);
 		dump_stack();
 	}
-	kmem_cache_free(ext4_inode_cachep, EXT4_I(inode));
+	call_rcu(&inode->i_rcu, ext4_i_callback);
 }
 
 static void init_once(void *foo)
diff --git a/fs/fat/inode.c b/fs/fat/inode.c
index ad6998a92c30..206351af7c58 100644
--- a/fs/fat/inode.c
+++ b/fs/fat/inode.c
@@ -514,11 +514,18 @@ static struct inode *fat_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	return &ei->vfs_inode;
 }
 
-static void fat_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+static void fat_i_callback(struct rcu_head *head)
 {
+	struct inode *inode = container_of(head, struct inode, i_rcu);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_dentry);
 	kmem_cache_free(fat_inode_cachep, MSDOS_I(inode));
 }
 
+static void fat_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	call_rcu(&inode->i_rcu, fat_i_callback);
+}
+
 static void init_once(void *foo)
 {
 	struct msdos_inode_info *ei = (struct msdos_inode_info *)foo;
@@ -743,7 +750,7 @@ static struct dentry *fat_fh_to_dentry(struct super_block *sb,
 	 */
 	result = d_obtain_alias(inode);
 	if (!IS_ERR(result))
-		result->d_op = sb->s_root->d_op;
+		d_set_d_op(result, sb->s_root->d_op);
 	return result;
 }
 
@@ -793,7 +800,7 @@ static struct dentry *fat_get_parent(struct dentry *child)
 
 	parent = d_obtain_alias(inode);
 	if (!IS_ERR(parent))
-		parent->d_op = sb->s_root->d_op;
+		d_set_d_op(parent, sb->s_root->d_op);
 out:
 	unlock_super(sb);
 
diff --git a/fs/fat/namei_msdos.c b/fs/fat/namei_msdos.c
index 3345aabd1dd7..35ffe43afa4b 100644
--- a/fs/fat/namei_msdos.c
+++ b/fs/fat/namei_msdos.c
@@ -148,7 +148,8 @@ static int msdos_find(struct inode *dir, const unsigned char *name, int len,
  * that the existing dentry can be used. The msdos fs routines will
  * return ENOENT or EINVAL as appropriate.
  */
-static int msdos_hash(struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *qstr)
+static int msdos_hash(const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
+	       struct qstr *qstr)
 {
 	struct fat_mount_options *options = &MSDOS_SB(dentry->d_sb)->options;
 	unsigned char msdos_name[MSDOS_NAME];
@@ -164,16 +165,18 @@ static int msdos_hash(struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *qstr)
  * Compare two msdos names. If either of the names are invalid,
  * we fall back to doing the standard name comparison.
  */
-static int msdos_cmp(struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *a, struct qstr *b)
+static int msdos_cmp(const struct dentry *parent, const struct inode *pinode,
+		const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
+		unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name)
 {
-	struct fat_mount_options *options = &MSDOS_SB(dentry->d_sb)->options;
+	struct fat_mount_options *options = &MSDOS_SB(parent->d_sb)->options;
 	unsigned char a_msdos_name[MSDOS_NAME], b_msdos_name[MSDOS_NAME];
 	int error;
 
-	error = msdos_format_name(a->name, a->len, a_msdos_name, options);
+	error = msdos_format_name(name->name, name->len, a_msdos_name, options);
 	if (error)
 		goto old_compare;
-	error = msdos_format_name(b->name, b->len, b_msdos_name, options);
+	error = msdos_format_name(str, len, b_msdos_name, options);
 	if (error)
 		goto old_compare;
 	error = memcmp(a_msdos_name, b_msdos_name, MSDOS_NAME);
@@ -182,8 +185,8 @@ out:
 
 old_compare:
 	error = 1;
-	if (a->len == b->len)
-		error = memcmp(a->name, b->name, a->len);
+	if (name->len == len)
+		error = memcmp(name->name, str, len);
 	goto out;
 }
 
@@ -224,10 +227,10 @@ static struct dentry *msdos_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	}
 out:
 	unlock_super(sb);
-	dentry->d_op = &msdos_dentry_operations;
+	d_set_d_op(dentry, &msdos_dentry_operations);
 	dentry = d_splice_alias(inode, dentry);
 	if (dentry)
-		dentry->d_op = &msdos_dentry_operations;
+		d_set_d_op(dentry, &msdos_dentry_operations);
 	return dentry;
 
 error:
@@ -670,7 +673,7 @@ static int msdos_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	}
 
 	sb->s_flags |= MS_NOATIME;
-	sb->s_root->d_op = &msdos_dentry_operations;
+	d_set_d_op(sb->s_root, &msdos_dentry_operations);
 	unlock_super(sb);
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c b/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c
index b936703b8924..e3ffc5e12332 100644
--- a/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c
+++ b/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ static int vfat_revalidate_shortname(struct dentry *dentry)
 
 static int vfat_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
+	if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU)
+		return -ECHILD;
+
 	/* This is not negative dentry. Always valid. */
 	if (dentry->d_inode)
 		return 1;
@@ -51,6 +54,9 @@ static int vfat_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 
 static int vfat_revalidate_ci(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
+	if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU)
+		return -ECHILD;
+
 	/*
 	 * This is not negative dentry. Always valid.
 	 *
@@ -85,22 +91,26 @@ static int vfat_revalidate_ci(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 }
 
 /* returns the length of a struct qstr, ignoring trailing dots */
-static unsigned int vfat_striptail_len(struct qstr *qstr)
+static unsigned int __vfat_striptail_len(unsigned int len, const char *name)
 {
-	unsigned int len = qstr->len;
-
-	while (len && qstr->name[len - 1] == '.')
+	while (len && name[len - 1] == '.')
 		len--;
 	return len;
 }
 
+static unsigned int vfat_striptail_len(const struct qstr *qstr)
+{
+	return __vfat_striptail_len(qstr->len, qstr->name);
+}
+
 /*
  * Compute the hash for the vfat name corresponding to the dentry.
  * Note: if the name is invalid, we leave the hash code unchanged so
  * that the existing dentry can be used. The vfat fs routines will
  * return ENOENT or EINVAL as appropriate.
  */
-static int vfat_hash(struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *qstr)
+static int vfat_hash(const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
+		struct qstr *qstr)
 {
 	qstr->hash = full_name_hash(qstr->name, vfat_striptail_len(qstr));
 	return 0;
@@ -112,9 +122,10 @@ static int vfat_hash(struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *qstr)
  * that the existing dentry can be used. The vfat fs routines will
  * return ENOENT or EINVAL as appropriate.
  */
-static int vfat_hashi(struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *qstr)
+static int vfat_hashi(const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
+		struct qstr *qstr)
 {
-	struct nls_table *t = MSDOS_SB(dentry->d_inode->i_sb)->nls_io;
+	struct nls_table *t = MSDOS_SB(dentry->d_sb)->nls_io;
 	const unsigned char *name;
 	unsigned int len;
 	unsigned long hash;
@@ -133,16 +144,18 @@ static int vfat_hashi(struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *qstr)
 /*
  * Case insensitive compare of two vfat names.
  */
-static int vfat_cmpi(struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *a, struct qstr *b)
+static int vfat_cmpi(const struct dentry *parent, const struct inode *pinode,
+		const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
+		unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name)
 {
-	struct nls_table *t = MSDOS_SB(dentry->d_inode->i_sb)->nls_io;
+	struct nls_table *t = MSDOS_SB(parent->d_sb)->nls_io;
 	unsigned int alen, blen;
 
 	/* A filename cannot end in '.' or we treat it like it has none */
-	alen = vfat_striptail_len(a);
-	blen = vfat_striptail_len(b);
+	alen = vfat_striptail_len(name);
+	blen = __vfat_striptail_len(len, str);
 	if (alen == blen) {
-		if (nls_strnicmp(t, a->name, b->name, alen) == 0)
+		if (nls_strnicmp(t, name->name, str, alen) == 0)
 			return 0;
 	}
 	return 1;
@@ -151,15 +164,17 @@ static int vfat_cmpi(struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *a, struct qstr *b)
 /*
  * Case sensitive compare of two vfat names.
  */
-static int vfat_cmp(struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *a, struct qstr *b)
+static int vfat_cmp(const struct dentry *parent, const struct inode *pinode,
+		const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
+		unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name)
 {
 	unsigned int alen, blen;
 
 	/* A filename cannot end in '.' or we treat it like it has none */
-	alen = vfat_striptail_len(a);
-	blen = vfat_striptail_len(b);
+	alen = vfat_striptail_len(name);
+	blen = __vfat_striptail_len(len, str);
 	if (alen == blen) {
-		if (strncmp(a->name, b->name, alen) == 0)
+		if (strncmp(name->name, str, alen) == 0)
 			return 0;
 	}
 	return 1;
@@ -757,11 +772,11 @@ static struct dentry *vfat_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 
 out:
 	unlock_super(sb);
-	dentry->d_op = sb->s_root->d_op;
+	d_set_d_op(dentry, sb->s_root->d_op);
 	dentry->d_time = dentry->d_parent->d_inode->i_version;
 	dentry = d_splice_alias(inode, dentry);
 	if (dentry) {
-		dentry->d_op = sb->s_root->d_op;
+		d_set_d_op(dentry, sb->s_root->d_op);
 		dentry->d_time = dentry->d_parent->d_inode->i_version;
 	}
 	return dentry;
@@ -1063,9 +1078,9 @@ static int vfat_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	}
 
 	if (MSDOS_SB(sb)->options.name_check != 's')
-		sb->s_root->d_op = &vfat_ci_dentry_ops;
+		d_set_d_op(sb->s_root, &vfat_ci_dentry_ops);
 	else
-		sb->s_root->d_op = &vfat_dentry_ops;
+		d_set_d_op(sb->s_root, &vfat_dentry_ops);
 
 	unlock_super(sb);
 	return 0;
diff --git a/fs/filesystems.c b/fs/filesystems.c
index 68ba492d8eef..751d6b255a12 100644
--- a/fs/filesystems.c
+++ b/fs/filesystems.c
@@ -115,6 +115,9 @@ int unregister_filesystem(struct file_system_type * fs)
 		tmp = &(*tmp)->next;
 	}
 	write_unlock(&file_systems_lock);
+
+	synchronize_rcu();
+
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/freevxfs/vxfs_inode.c b/fs/freevxfs/vxfs_inode.c
index 8c04eac5079d..2ba6719ac612 100644
--- a/fs/freevxfs/vxfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/freevxfs/vxfs_inode.c
@@ -337,6 +337,13 @@ vxfs_iget(struct super_block *sbp, ino_t ino)
 	return ip;
 }
 
+static void vxfs_i_callback(struct rcu_head *head)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = container_of(head, struct inode, i_rcu);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_dentry);
+	kmem_cache_free(vxfs_inode_cachep, inode->i_private);
+}
+
 /**
  * vxfs_evict_inode - remove inode from main memory
  * @ip:		inode to discard.
@@ -350,5 +357,5 @@ vxfs_evict_inode(struct inode *ip)
 {
 	truncate_inode_pages(&ip->i_data, 0);
 	end_writeback(ip);
-	kmem_cache_free(vxfs_inode_cachep, ip->i_private);
+	call_rcu(&ip->i_rcu, vxfs_i_callback);
 }
diff --git a/fs/fs_struct.c b/fs/fs_struct.c
index ed45a9cf5f3d..68ca487bedb1 100644
--- a/fs/fs_struct.c
+++ b/fs/fs_struct.c
@@ -14,12 +14,14 @@ void set_fs_root(struct fs_struct *fs, struct path *path)
 	struct path old_root;
 
 	spin_lock(&fs->lock);
+	write_seqcount_begin(&fs->seq);
 	old_root = fs->root;
 	fs->root = *path;
-	path_get(path);
+	path_get_long(path);
+	write_seqcount_end(&fs->seq);
 	spin_unlock(&fs->lock);
 	if (old_root.dentry)
-		path_put(&old_root);
+		path_put_long(&old_root);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -31,13 +33,15 @@ void set_fs_pwd(struct fs_struct *fs, struct path *path)
 	struct path old_pwd;
 
 	spin_lock(&fs->lock);
+	write_seqcount_begin(&fs->seq);
 	old_pwd = fs->pwd;
 	fs->pwd = *path;
-	path_get(path);
+	path_get_long(path);
+	write_seqcount_end(&fs->seq);
 	spin_unlock(&fs->lock);
 
 	if (old_pwd.dentry)
-		path_put(&old_pwd);
+		path_put_long(&old_pwd);
 }
 
 void chroot_fs_refs(struct path *old_root, struct path *new_root)
@@ -52,31 +56,33 @@ void chroot_fs_refs(struct path *old_root, struct path *new_root)
 		fs = p->fs;
 		if (fs) {
 			spin_lock(&fs->lock);
+			write_seqcount_begin(&fs->seq);
 			if (fs->root.dentry == old_root->dentry
 			    && fs->root.mnt == old_root->mnt) {
-				path_get(new_root);
+				path_get_long(new_root);
 				fs->root = *new_root;
 				count++;
 			}
 			if (fs->pwd.dentry == old_root->dentry
 			    && fs->pwd.mnt == old_root->mnt) {
-				path_get(new_root);
+				path_get_long(new_root);
 				fs->pwd = *new_root;
 				count++;
 			}
+			write_seqcount_end(&fs->seq);
 			spin_unlock(&fs->lock);
 		}
 		task_unlock(p);
 	} while_each_thread(g, p);
 	read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
 	while (count--)
-		path_put(old_root);
+		path_put_long(old_root);
 }
 
 void free_fs_struct(struct fs_struct *fs)
 {
-	path_put(&fs->root);
-	path_put(&fs->pwd);
+	path_put_long(&fs->root);
+	path_put_long(&fs->pwd);
 	kmem_cache_free(fs_cachep, fs);
 }
 
@@ -88,8 +94,10 @@ void exit_fs(struct task_struct *tsk)
 		int kill;
 		task_lock(tsk);
 		spin_lock(&fs->lock);
+		write_seqcount_begin(&fs->seq);
 		tsk->fs = NULL;
 		kill = !--fs->users;
+		write_seqcount_end(&fs->seq);
 		spin_unlock(&fs->lock);
 		task_unlock(tsk);
 		if (kill)
@@ -105,8 +113,15 @@ struct fs_struct *copy_fs_struct(struct fs_struct *old)
 		fs->users = 1;
 		fs->in_exec = 0;
 		spin_lock_init(&fs->lock);
+		seqcount_init(&fs->seq);
 		fs->umask = old->umask;
-		get_fs_root_and_pwd(old, &fs->root, &fs->pwd);
+
+		spin_lock(&old->lock);
+		fs->root = old->root;
+		path_get_long(&fs->root);
+		fs->pwd = old->pwd;
+		path_get_long(&fs->pwd);
+		spin_unlock(&old->lock);
 	}
 	return fs;
 }
@@ -144,6 +159,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(current_umask);
 struct fs_struct init_fs = {
 	.users		= 1,
 	.lock		= __SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED(init_fs.lock),
+	.seq		= SEQCNT_ZERO,
 	.umask		= 0022,
 };
 
diff --git a/fs/fuse/dir.c b/fs/fuse/dir.c
index c9627c95482d..f738599fd8cd 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dir.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dir.c
@@ -156,8 +156,12 @@ u64 fuse_get_attr_version(struct fuse_conn *fc)
  */
 static int fuse_dentry_revalidate(struct dentry *entry, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = entry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode;
 
+	if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU)
+		return -ECHILD;
+
+	inode = entry->d_inode;
 	if (inode && is_bad_inode(inode))
 		return 0;
 	else if (fuse_dentry_time(entry) < get_jiffies_64()) {
@@ -347,7 +351,7 @@ static struct dentry *fuse_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *entry,
 	}
 
 	entry = newent ? newent : entry;
-	entry->d_op = &fuse_dentry_operations;
+	d_set_d_op(entry, &fuse_dentry_operations);
 	if (outarg_valid)
 		fuse_change_entry_timeout(entry, &outarg);
 	else
@@ -981,12 +985,15 @@ static int fuse_access(struct inode *inode, int mask)
  * access request is sent.  Execute permission is still checked
  * locally based on file mode.
  */
-static int fuse_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
+static int fuse_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
 {
 	struct fuse_conn *fc = get_fuse_conn(inode);
 	bool refreshed = false;
 	int err = 0;
 
+	if (flags & IPERM_FLAG_RCU)
+		return -ECHILD;
+
 	if (!fuse_allow_task(fc, current))
 		return -EACCES;
 
@@ -1001,7 +1008,7 @@ static int fuse_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 	}
 
 	if (fc->flags & FUSE_DEFAULT_PERMISSIONS) {
-		err = generic_permission(inode, mask, NULL);
+		err = generic_permission(inode, mask, flags, NULL);
 
 		/* If permission is denied, try to refresh file
 		   attributes.  This is also needed, because the root
@@ -1009,7 +1016,8 @@ static int fuse_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 		if (err == -EACCES && !refreshed) {
 			err = fuse_do_getattr(inode, NULL, NULL);
 			if (!err)
-				err = generic_permission(inode, mask, NULL);
+				err = generic_permission(inode, mask,
+							flags, NULL);
 		}
 
 		/* Note: the opposite of the above test does not
diff --git a/fs/fuse/inode.c b/fs/fuse/inode.c
index cfce3ad86a92..a8b31da19b93 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/inode.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/inode.c
@@ -99,6 +99,13 @@ static struct inode *fuse_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	return inode;
 }
 
+static void fuse_i_callback(struct rcu_head *head)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = container_of(head, struct inode, i_rcu);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_dentry);
+	kmem_cache_free(fuse_inode_cachep, inode);
+}
+
 static void fuse_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct fuse_inode *fi = get_fuse_inode(inode);
@@ -106,7 +113,7 @@ static void fuse_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	BUG_ON(!list_empty(&fi->queued_writes));
 	if (fi->forget_req)
 		fuse_request_free(fi->forget_req);
-	kmem_cache_free(fuse_inode_cachep, inode);
+	call_rcu(&inode->i_rcu, fuse_i_callback);
 }
 
 void fuse_send_forget(struct fuse_conn *fc, struct fuse_req *req,
@@ -619,7 +626,7 @@ static struct dentry *fuse_get_dentry(struct super_block *sb,
 
 	entry = d_obtain_alias(inode);
 	if (!IS_ERR(entry) && get_node_id(inode) != FUSE_ROOT_ID) {
-		entry->d_op = &fuse_dentry_operations;
+		d_set_d_op(entry, &fuse_dentry_operations);
 		fuse_invalidate_entry_cache(entry);
 	}
 
@@ -721,7 +728,7 @@ static struct dentry *fuse_get_parent(struct dentry *child)
 
 	parent = d_obtain_alias(inode);
 	if (!IS_ERR(parent) && get_node_id(inode) != FUSE_ROOT_ID) {
-		parent->d_op = &fuse_dentry_operations;
+		d_set_d_op(parent, &fuse_dentry_operations);
 		fuse_invalidate_entry_cache(parent);
 	}
 
diff --git a/fs/generic_acl.c b/fs/generic_acl.c
index 6bc9e3a5a693..06c48a891832 100644
--- a/fs/generic_acl.c
+++ b/fs/generic_acl.c
@@ -190,14 +190,20 @@ generic_acl_chmod(struct inode *inode)
 }
 
 int
-generic_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask)
+generic_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
 {
-	struct posix_acl *acl = get_cached_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
-
-	if (acl) {
-		int error = posix_acl_permission(inode, acl, mask);
-		posix_acl_release(acl);
-		return error;
+	if (flags & IPERM_FLAG_RCU) {
+		if (!negative_cached_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS))
+			return -ECHILD;
+	} else {
+		struct posix_acl *acl;
+
+		acl = get_cached_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
+		if (acl) {
+			int error = posix_acl_permission(inode, acl, mask);
+			posix_acl_release(acl);
+			return error;
+		}
 	}
 	return -EAGAIN;
 }
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/acl.c b/fs/gfs2/acl.c
index 48171f4c943d..7118f1a780a9 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/acl.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/acl.c
@@ -75,11 +75,14 @@ static struct posix_acl *gfs2_acl_get(struct gfs2_inode *ip, int type)
  * Returns: errno
  */
 
-int gfs2_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask)
+int gfs2_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
 {
 	struct posix_acl *acl;
 	int error;
 
+	if (flags & IPERM_FLAG_RCU)
+		return -ECHILD;
+
 	acl = gfs2_acl_get(GFS2_I(inode), ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
 	if (IS_ERR(acl))
 		return PTR_ERR(acl);
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/acl.h b/fs/gfs2/acl.h
index b522b0cb39ea..a93907c8159b 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/acl.h
+++ b/fs/gfs2/acl.h
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #define GFS2_POSIX_ACL_DEFAULT		"posix_acl_default"
 #define GFS2_ACL_MAX_ENTRIES		25
 
-extern int gfs2_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask);
+extern int gfs2_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int);
 extern int gfs2_acl_create(struct gfs2_inode *dip, struct inode *inode);
 extern int gfs2_acl_chmod(struct gfs2_inode *ip, struct iattr *attr);
 extern const struct xattr_handler gfs2_xattr_system_handler;
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/dentry.c b/fs/gfs2/dentry.c
index 6798755b3858..4a456338b873 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/dentry.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/dentry.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <linux/completion.h>
 #include <linux/buffer_head.h>
 #include <linux/gfs2_ondisk.h>
+#include <linux/namei.h>
 #include <linux/crc32.h>
 
 #include "gfs2.h"
@@ -34,15 +35,23 @@
 
 static int gfs2_drevalidate(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
-	struct dentry *parent = dget_parent(dentry);
-	struct gfs2_sbd *sdp = GFS2_SB(parent->d_inode);
-	struct gfs2_inode *dip = GFS2_I(parent->d_inode);
-	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	struct dentry *parent;
+	struct gfs2_sbd *sdp;
+	struct gfs2_inode *dip;
+	struct inode *inode;
 	struct gfs2_holder d_gh;
 	struct gfs2_inode *ip = NULL;
 	int error;
 	int had_lock = 0;
 
+	if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU)
+		return -ECHILD;
+
+	parent = dget_parent(dentry);
+	sdp = GFS2_SB(parent->d_inode);
+	dip = GFS2_I(parent->d_inode);
+	inode = dentry->d_inode;
+
 	if (inode) {
 		if (is_bad_inode(inode))
 			goto invalid;
@@ -100,13 +109,14 @@ fail:
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int gfs2_dhash(struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *str)
+static int gfs2_dhash(const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
+		struct qstr *str)
 {
 	str->hash = gfs2_disk_hash(str->name, str->len);
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int gfs2_dentry_delete(struct dentry *dentry)
+static int gfs2_dentry_delete(const struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	struct gfs2_inode *ginode;
 
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/export.c b/fs/gfs2/export.c
index 5ab3839dfcb9..97012ecff560 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/export.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/export.c
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ static struct dentry *gfs2_get_parent(struct dentry *child)
 
 	dentry = d_obtain_alias(gfs2_lookupi(child->d_inode, &gfs2_qdotdot, 1));
 	if (!IS_ERR(dentry))
-		dentry->d_op = &gfs2_dops;
+		d_set_d_op(dentry, &gfs2_dops);
 	return dentry;
 }
 
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ static struct dentry *gfs2_get_dentry(struct super_block *sb,
 out_inode:
 	dentry = d_obtain_alias(inode);
 	if (!IS_ERR(dentry))
-		dentry->d_op = &gfs2_dops;
+		d_set_d_op(dentry, &gfs2_dops);
 	return dentry;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/file.c b/fs/gfs2/file.c
index aa996471ec5c..fca6689e12e6 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/file.c
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ static int do_gfs2_set_flags(struct file *filp, u32 reqflags, u32 mask)
 	    !capable(CAP_LINUX_IMMUTABLE))
 		goto out;
 	if (!IS_IMMUTABLE(inode)) {
-		error = gfs2_permission(inode, MAY_WRITE);
+		error = gfs2_permission(inode, MAY_WRITE, 0);
 		if (error)
 			goto out;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/inode.c b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
index 14e682dbe8bf..2232b3c780bd 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ struct inode *gfs2_lookupi(struct inode *dir, const struct qstr *name,
 	}
 
 	if (!is_root) {
-		error = gfs2_permission(dir, MAY_EXEC);
+		error = gfs2_permission(dir, MAY_EXEC, 0);
 		if (error)
 			goto out;
 	}
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ static int create_ok(struct gfs2_inode *dip, const struct qstr *name,
 {
 	int error;
 
-	error = gfs2_permission(&dip->i_inode, MAY_WRITE | MAY_EXEC);
+	error = gfs2_permission(&dip->i_inode, MAY_WRITE | MAY_EXEC, 0);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/inode.h b/fs/gfs2/inode.h
index d8499fadcc53..732a183efdb3 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/inode.h
+++ b/fs/gfs2/inode.h
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ extern struct inode *gfs2_lookupi(struct inode *dir, const struct qstr *name,
 extern struct inode *gfs2_createi(struct gfs2_holder *ghs,
 				  const struct qstr *name,
 				  unsigned int mode, dev_t dev);
-extern int gfs2_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask);
+extern int gfs2_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags);
 extern int gfs2_setattr_simple(struct gfs2_inode *ip, struct iattr *attr);
 extern struct inode *gfs2_lookup_simple(struct inode *dip, const char *name);
 extern void gfs2_dinode_out(const struct gfs2_inode *ip, void *buf);
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c b/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c
index 3eb1393f7b81..2aeabd4218cc 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ static int gfs2_lookup_root(struct super_block *sb, struct dentry **dptr,
 		iput(inode);
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
-	dentry->d_op = &gfs2_dops;
+	d_set_d_op(dentry, &gfs2_dops);
 	*dptr = dentry;
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/ops_inode.c b/fs/gfs2/ops_inode.c
index 1db6b7343229..1501db4f0e6d 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/ops_inode.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/ops_inode.c
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ static struct dentry *gfs2_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 {
 	struct inode *inode = NULL;
 
-	dentry->d_op = &gfs2_dops;
+	d_set_d_op(dentry, &gfs2_dops);
 
 	inode = gfs2_lookupi(dir, &dentry->d_name, 0);
 	if (inode && IS_ERR(inode))
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ static int gfs2_link(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir,
 	if (error)
 		goto out_child;
 
-	error = gfs2_permission(dir, MAY_WRITE | MAY_EXEC);
+	error = gfs2_permission(dir, MAY_WRITE | MAY_EXEC, 0);
 	if (error)
 		goto out_gunlock;
 
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ static int gfs2_unlink_ok(struct gfs2_inode *dip, const struct qstr *name,
 	if (IS_APPEND(&dip->i_inode))
 		return -EPERM;
 
-	error = gfs2_permission(&dip->i_inode, MAY_WRITE | MAY_EXEC);
+	error = gfs2_permission(&dip->i_inode, MAY_WRITE | MAY_EXEC, 0);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
@@ -822,7 +822,7 @@ static int gfs2_rename(struct inode *odir, struct dentry *odentry,
 			}
 		}
 	} else {
-		error = gfs2_permission(ndir, MAY_WRITE | MAY_EXEC);
+		error = gfs2_permission(ndir, MAY_WRITE | MAY_EXEC, 0);
 		if (error)
 			goto out_gunlock;
 
@@ -857,7 +857,7 @@ static int gfs2_rename(struct inode *odir, struct dentry *odentry,
 	/* Check out the dir to be renamed */
 
 	if (dir_rename) {
-		error = gfs2_permission(odentry->d_inode, MAY_WRITE);
+		error = gfs2_permission(odentry->d_inode, MAY_WRITE, 0);
 		if (error)
 			goto out_gunlock;
 	}
@@ -1041,13 +1041,17 @@ static void gfs2_put_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd, void *p)
  * Returns: errno
  */
 
-int gfs2_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
+int gfs2_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
 {
-	struct gfs2_inode *ip = GFS2_I(inode);
+	struct gfs2_inode *ip;
 	struct gfs2_holder i_gh;
 	int error;
 	int unlock = 0;
 
+	if (flags & IPERM_FLAG_RCU)
+		return -ECHILD;
+
+	ip = GFS2_I(inode);
 	if (gfs2_glock_is_locked_by_me(ip->i_gl) == NULL) {
 		error = gfs2_glock_nq_init(ip->i_gl, LM_ST_SHARED, LM_FLAG_ANY, &i_gh);
 		if (error)
@@ -1058,7 +1062,7 @@ int gfs2_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 	if ((mask & MAY_WRITE) && IS_IMMUTABLE(inode))
 		error = -EACCES;
 	else
-		error = generic_permission(inode, mask, gfs2_check_acl);
+		error = generic_permission(inode, mask, flags, gfs2_check_acl);
 	if (unlock)
 		gfs2_glock_dq_uninit(&i_gh);
 
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/super.c b/fs/gfs2/super.c
index 2b2c4997430b..16c2ecac7eb7 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/super.c
@@ -1405,11 +1405,18 @@ static struct inode *gfs2_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	return &ip->i_inode;
 }
 
-static void gfs2_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+static void gfs2_i_callback(struct rcu_head *head)
 {
+	struct inode *inode = container_of(head, struct inode, i_rcu);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_dentry);
 	kmem_cache_free(gfs2_inode_cachep, inode);
 }
 
+static void gfs2_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	call_rcu(&inode->i_rcu, gfs2_i_callback);
+}
+
 const struct super_operations gfs2_super_ops = {
 	.alloc_inode		= gfs2_alloc_inode,
 	.destroy_inode		= gfs2_destroy_inode,
diff --git a/fs/hfs/dir.c b/fs/hfs/dir.c
index 2b3b8611b41b..ea4aefe7c652 100644
--- a/fs/hfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/hfs/dir.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ static struct dentry *hfs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	struct inode *inode = NULL;
 	int res;
 
-	dentry->d_op = &hfs_dentry_operations;
+	d_set_d_op(dentry, &hfs_dentry_operations);
 
 	hfs_find_init(HFS_SB(dir->i_sb)->cat_tree, &fd);
 	hfs_cat_build_key(dir->i_sb, fd.search_key, dir->i_ino, &dentry->d_name);
diff --git a/fs/hfs/hfs_fs.h b/fs/hfs/hfs_fs.h
index c8cffb81e849..ad97c2d58287 100644
--- a/fs/hfs/hfs_fs.h
+++ b/fs/hfs/hfs_fs.h
@@ -213,10 +213,14 @@ extern int hfs_part_find(struct super_block *, sector_t *, sector_t *);
 /* string.c */
 extern const struct dentry_operations hfs_dentry_operations;
 
-extern int hfs_hash_dentry(struct dentry *, struct qstr *);
+extern int hfs_hash_dentry(const struct dentry *, const struct inode *,
+		struct qstr *);
 extern int hfs_strcmp(const unsigned char *, unsigned int,
 		      const unsigned char *, unsigned int);
-extern int hfs_compare_dentry(struct dentry *, struct qstr *, struct qstr *);
+extern int hfs_compare_dentry(const struct dentry *parent,
+		const struct inode *pinode,
+		const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
+		unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name);
 
 /* trans.c */
 extern void hfs_asc2mac(struct super_block *, struct hfs_name *, struct qstr *);
diff --git a/fs/hfs/string.c b/fs/hfs/string.c
index 927a5af79428..495a976a3cc9 100644
--- a/fs/hfs/string.c
+++ b/fs/hfs/string.c
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ static unsigned char caseorder[256] = {
 /*
  * Hash a string to an integer in a case-independent way
  */
-int hfs_hash_dentry(struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *this)
+int hfs_hash_dentry(const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
+		struct qstr *this)
 {
 	const unsigned char *name = this->name;
 	unsigned int hash, len = this->len;
@@ -92,21 +93,21 @@ int hfs_strcmp(const unsigned char *s1, unsigned int len1,
  * Test for equality of two strings in the HFS filename character ordering.
  * return 1 on failure and 0 on success
  */
-int hfs_compare_dentry(struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *s1, struct qstr *s2)
+int hfs_compare_dentry(const struct dentry *parent, const struct inode *pinode,
+		const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
+		unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name)
 {
 	const unsigned char *n1, *n2;
-	int len;
 
-	len = s1->len;
 	if (len >= HFS_NAMELEN) {
-		if (s2->len < HFS_NAMELEN)
+		if (name->len < HFS_NAMELEN)
 			return 1;
 		len = HFS_NAMELEN;
-	} else if (len != s2->len)
+	} else if (len != name->len)
 		return 1;
 
-	n1 = s1->name;
-	n2 = s2->name;
+	n1 = str;
+	n2 = name->name;
 	while (len--) {
 		if (caseorder[*n1++] != caseorder[*n2++])
 			return 1;
diff --git a/fs/hfs/super.c b/fs/hfs/super.c
index 4824c27cebb8..0bef62aa4f42 100644
--- a/fs/hfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/hfs/super.c
@@ -167,11 +167,18 @@ static struct inode *hfs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	return i ? &i->vfs_inode : NULL;
 }
 
-static void hfs_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+static void hfs_i_callback(struct rcu_head *head)
 {
+	struct inode *inode = container_of(head, struct inode, i_rcu);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_dentry);
 	kmem_cache_free(hfs_inode_cachep, HFS_I(inode));
 }
 
+static void hfs_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	call_rcu(&inode->i_rcu, hfs_i_callback);
+}
+
 static const struct super_operations hfs_super_operations = {
 	.alloc_inode	= hfs_alloc_inode,
 	.destroy_inode	= hfs_destroy_inode,
@@ -427,7 +434,7 @@ static int hfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	if (!sb->s_root)
 		goto bail_iput;
 
-	sb->s_root->d_op = &hfs_dentry_operations;
+	d_set_d_op(sb->s_root, &hfs_dentry_operations);
 
 	/* everything's okay */
 	return 0;
diff --git a/fs/hfs/sysdep.c b/fs/hfs/sysdep.c
index 7478f5c219aa..19cf291eb91f 100644
--- a/fs/hfs/sysdep.c
+++ b/fs/hfs/sysdep.c
@@ -8,15 +8,20 @@
  * This file contains the code to do various system dependent things.
  */
 
+#include <linux/namei.h>
 #include "hfs_fs.h"
 
 /* dentry case-handling: just lowercase everything */
 
 static int hfs_revalidate_dentry(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode;
 	int diff;
 
+	if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU)
+		return -ECHILD;
+
+	inode = dentry->d_inode;
 	if(!inode)
 		return 1;
 
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/dir.c b/fs/hfsplus/dir.c
index 9d59c0571f59..ccab87145f7a 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/dir.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/dir.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ static struct dentry *hfsplus_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 
 	sb = dir->i_sb;
 
-	dentry->d_op = &hfsplus_dentry_operations;
+	d_set_d_op(dentry, &hfsplus_dentry_operations);
 	dentry->d_fsdata = NULL;
 	hfs_find_init(HFSPLUS_SB(sb)->cat_tree, &fd);
 	hfsplus_cat_build_key(sb, fd.search_key, dir->i_ino, &dentry->d_name);
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/hfsplus_fs.h b/fs/hfsplus/hfsplus_fs.h
index cb3653efb57a..a5308f491e3e 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/hfsplus_fs.h
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/hfsplus_fs.h
@@ -379,8 +379,12 @@ int hfsplus_strcasecmp(const struct hfsplus_unistr *, const struct hfsplus_unist
 int hfsplus_strcmp(const struct hfsplus_unistr *, const struct hfsplus_unistr *);
 int hfsplus_uni2asc(struct super_block *, const struct hfsplus_unistr *, char *, int *);
 int hfsplus_asc2uni(struct super_block *, struct hfsplus_unistr *, const char *, int);
-int hfsplus_hash_dentry(struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *str);
-int hfsplus_compare_dentry(struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *s1, struct qstr *s2);
+int hfsplus_hash_dentry(const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
+		struct qstr *str);
+int hfsplus_compare_dentry(const struct dentry *parent,
+		const struct inode *pinode,
+		const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
+		unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name);
 
 /* wrapper.c */
 int hfsplus_read_wrapper(struct super_block *);
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/super.c b/fs/hfsplus/super.c
index 52cc746d3ba3..ddf712e4700e 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/super.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/super.c
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ static int hfsplus_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto cleanup;
 	}
-	sb->s_root->d_op = &hfsplus_dentry_operations;
+	d_set_d_op(sb->s_root, &hfsplus_dentry_operations);
 
 	str.len = sizeof(HFSP_HIDDENDIR_NAME) - 1;
 	str.name = HFSP_HIDDENDIR_NAME;
@@ -488,11 +488,19 @@ static struct inode *hfsplus_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	return i ? &i->vfs_inode : NULL;
 }
 
-static void hfsplus_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+static void hfsplus_i_callback(struct rcu_head *head)
 {
+	struct inode *inode = container_of(head, struct inode, i_rcu);
+
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_dentry);
 	kmem_cache_free(hfsplus_inode_cachep, HFSPLUS_I(inode));
 }
 
+static void hfsplus_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	call_rcu(&inode->i_rcu, hfsplus_i_callback);
+}
+
 #define HFSPLUS_INODE_SIZE	sizeof(struct hfsplus_inode_info)
 
 static struct dentry *hfsplus_mount(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/unicode.c b/fs/hfsplus/unicode.c
index b66d67de882c..d800aa0f2c80 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/unicode.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/unicode.c
@@ -320,7 +320,8 @@ int hfsplus_asc2uni(struct super_block *sb, struct hfsplus_unistr *ustr,
  * Composed unicode characters are decomposed and case-folding is performed
  * if the appropriate bits are (un)set on the superblock.
  */
-int hfsplus_hash_dentry(struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *str)
+int hfsplus_hash_dentry(const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
+		struct qstr *str)
 {
 	struct super_block *sb = dentry->d_sb;
 	const char *astr;
@@ -363,9 +364,12 @@ int hfsplus_hash_dentry(struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *str)
  * Composed unicode characters are decomposed and case-folding is performed
  * if the appropriate bits are (un)set on the superblock.
  */
-int hfsplus_compare_dentry(struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *s1, struct qstr *s2)
+int hfsplus_compare_dentry(const struct dentry *parent,
+		const struct inode *pinode,
+		const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
+		unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name)
 {
-	struct super_block *sb = dentry->d_sb;
+	struct super_block *sb = parent->d_sb;
 	int casefold, decompose, size;
 	int dsize1, dsize2, len1, len2;
 	const u16 *dstr1, *dstr2;
@@ -375,10 +379,10 @@ int hfsplus_compare_dentry(struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *s1, struct qstr *
 
 	casefold = test_bit(HFSPLUS_SB_CASEFOLD, &HFSPLUS_SB(sb)->flags);
 	decompose = !test_bit(HFSPLUS_SB_NODECOMPOSE, &HFSPLUS_SB(sb)->flags);
-	astr1 = s1->name;
-	len1 = s1->len;
-	astr2 = s2->name;
-	len2 = s2->len;
+	astr1 = str;
+	len1 = len;
+	astr2 = name->name;
+	len2 = name->len;
 	dsize1 = dsize2 = 0;
 	dstr1 = dstr2 = NULL;
 
diff --git a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
index 2c0f148a49e6..d3244d949a4e 100644
--- a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
+++ b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ static inline struct hostfs_inode_info *HOSTFS_I(struct inode *inode)
 
 #define FILE_HOSTFS_I(file) HOSTFS_I((file)->f_path.dentry->d_inode)
 
-static int hostfs_d_delete(struct dentry *dentry)
+static int hostfs_d_delete(const struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	return 1;
 }
@@ -92,12 +92,10 @@ __uml_setup("hostfs=", hostfs_args,
 
 static char *__dentry_name(struct dentry *dentry, char *name)
 {
-	char *p = __dentry_path(dentry, name, PATH_MAX);
+	char *p = dentry_path_raw(dentry, name, PATH_MAX);
 	char *root;
 	size_t len;
 
-	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
-
 	root = dentry->d_sb->s_fs_info;
 	len = strlen(root);
 	if (IS_ERR(p)) {
@@ -123,25 +121,23 @@ static char *dentry_name(struct dentry *dentry)
 	if (!name)
 		return NULL;
 
-	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
 	return __dentry_name(dentry, name); /* will unlock */
 }
 
 static char *inode_name(struct inode *ino)
 {
 	struct dentry *dentry;
-	char *name = __getname();
-	if (!name)
-		return NULL;
+	char *name;
 
-	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
-	if (list_empty(&ino->i_dentry)) {
-		spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
-		__putname(name);
+	dentry = d_find_alias(ino);
+	if (!dentry)
 		return NULL;
-	}
-	dentry = list_first_entry(&ino->i_dentry, struct dentry, d_alias);
-	return __dentry_name(dentry, name); /* will unlock */
+
+	name = dentry_name(dentry);
+
+	dput(dentry);
+
+	return name;
 }
 
 static char *follow_link(char *link)
@@ -251,11 +247,18 @@ static void hostfs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	}
 }
 
-static void hostfs_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+static void hostfs_i_callback(struct rcu_head *head)
 {
+	struct inode *inode = container_of(head, struct inode, i_rcu);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_dentry);
 	kfree(HOSTFS_I(inode));
 }
 
+static void hostfs_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	call_rcu(&inode->i_rcu, hostfs_i_callback);
+}
+
 static int hostfs_show_options(struct seq_file *seq, struct vfsmount *vfs)
 {
 	const char *root_path = vfs->mnt_sb->s_fs_info;
@@ -609,7 +612,7 @@ struct dentry *hostfs_lookup(struct inode *ino, struct dentry *dentry,
 		goto out_put;
 
 	d_add(dentry, inode);
-	dentry->d_op = &hostfs_dentry_ops;
+	d_set_d_op(dentry, &hostfs_dentry_ops);
 	return NULL;
 
  out_put:
@@ -746,11 +749,14 @@ int hostfs_rename(struct inode *from_ino, struct dentry *from,
 	return err;
 }
 
-int hostfs_permission(struct inode *ino, int desired)
+int hostfs_permission(struct inode *ino, int desired, unsigned int flags)
 {
 	char *name;
 	int r = 0, w = 0, x = 0, err;
 
+	if (flags & IPERM_FLAG_RCU)
+		return -ECHILD;
+
 	if (desired & MAY_READ) r = 1;
 	if (desired & MAY_WRITE) w = 1;
 	if (desired & MAY_EXEC) x = 1;
@@ -765,7 +771,7 @@ int hostfs_permission(struct inode *ino, int desired)
 		err = access_file(name, r, w, x);
 	__putname(name);
 	if (!err)
-		err = generic_permission(ino, desired, NULL);
+		err = generic_permission(ino, desired, flags, NULL);
 	return err;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/hpfs/dentry.c b/fs/hpfs/dentry.c
index 67d9d36b3d5f..32c13a94e1e9 100644
--- a/fs/hpfs/dentry.c
+++ b/fs/hpfs/dentry.c
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
  * Note: the dentry argument is the parent dentry.
  */
 
-static int hpfs_hash_dentry(struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *qstr)
+static int hpfs_hash_dentry(const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
+		struct qstr *qstr)
 {
 	unsigned long	 hash;
 	int		 i;
@@ -34,19 +35,25 @@ static int hpfs_hash_dentry(struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *qstr)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int hpfs_compare_dentry(struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *a, struct qstr *b)
+static int hpfs_compare_dentry(const struct dentry *parent,
+		const struct inode *pinode,
+		const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
+		unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name)
 {
-	unsigned al=a->len;
-	unsigned bl=b->len;
-	hpfs_adjust_length(a->name, &al);
+	unsigned al = len;
+	unsigned bl = name->len;
+
+	hpfs_adjust_length(str, &al);
 	/*hpfs_adjust_length(b->name, &bl);*/
-	/* 'a' is the qstr of an already existing dentry, so the name
-	 * must be valid. 'b' must be validated first.
+
+	/*
+	 * 'str' is the nane of an already existing dentry, so the name
+	 * must be valid. 'name' must be validated first.
 	 */
 
-	if (hpfs_chk_name(b->name, &bl))
+	if (hpfs_chk_name(name->name, &bl))
 		return 1;
-	if (hpfs_compare_names(dentry->d_sb, a->name, al, b->name, bl, 0))
+	if (hpfs_compare_names(parent->d_sb, str, al, name->name, bl, 0))
 		return 1;
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -58,5 +65,5 @@ static const struct dentry_operations hpfs_dentry_operations = {
 
 void hpfs_set_dentry_operations(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
-	dentry->d_op = &hpfs_dentry_operations;
+	d_set_d_op(dentry, &hpfs_dentry_operations);
 }
diff --git a/fs/hpfs/namei.c b/fs/hpfs/namei.c
index 11c2b4080f65..f4ad9e31ddc4 100644
--- a/fs/hpfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/hpfs/namei.c
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ again:
 			unlock_kernel();
 			return -ENOSPC;
 		}
-		if (generic_permission(inode, MAY_WRITE, NULL) ||
+		if (generic_permission(inode, MAY_WRITE, 0, NULL) ||
 		    !S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) ||
 		    get_write_access(inode)) {
 			d_rehash(dentry);
diff --git a/fs/hpfs/super.c b/fs/hpfs/super.c
index 6c5f01597c3a..49935ba78db8 100644
--- a/fs/hpfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/hpfs/super.c
@@ -177,11 +177,18 @@ static struct inode *hpfs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	return &ei->vfs_inode;
 }
 
-static void hpfs_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+static void hpfs_i_callback(struct rcu_head *head)
 {
+	struct inode *inode = container_of(head, struct inode, i_rcu);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_dentry);
 	kmem_cache_free(hpfs_inode_cachep, hpfs_i(inode));
 }
 
+static void hpfs_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	call_rcu(&inode->i_rcu, hpfs_i_callback);
+}
+
 static void init_once(void *foo)
 {
 	struct hpfs_inode_info *ei = (struct hpfs_inode_info *) foo;
diff --git a/fs/hppfs/hppfs.c b/fs/hppfs/hppfs.c
index f702b5f713fc..87ed48e0343d 100644
--- a/fs/hppfs/hppfs.c
+++ b/fs/hppfs/hppfs.c
@@ -632,11 +632,18 @@ void hppfs_evict_inode(struct inode *ino)
 	mntput(ino->i_sb->s_fs_info);
 }
 
-static void hppfs_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+static void hppfs_i_callback(struct rcu_head *head)
 {
+	struct inode *inode = container_of(head, struct inode, i_rcu);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_dentry);
 	kfree(HPPFS_I(inode));
 }
 
+static void hppfs_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	call_rcu(&inode->i_rcu, hppfs_i_callback);
+}
+
 static const struct super_operations hppfs_sbops = {
 	.alloc_inode	= hppfs_alloc_inode,
 	.destroy_inode	= hppfs_destroy_inode,
diff --git a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
index a5fe68189eed..9885082b470f 100644
--- a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
@@ -663,11 +663,18 @@ static struct inode *hugetlbfs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	return &p->vfs_inode;
 }
 
+static void hugetlbfs_i_callback(struct rcu_head *head)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = container_of(head, struct inode, i_rcu);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_dentry);
+	kmem_cache_free(hugetlbfs_inode_cachep, HUGETLBFS_I(inode));
+}
+
 static void hugetlbfs_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	hugetlbfs_inc_free_inodes(HUGETLBFS_SB(inode->i_sb));
 	mpol_free_shared_policy(&HUGETLBFS_I(inode)->policy);
-	kmem_cache_free(hugetlbfs_inode_cachep, HUGETLBFS_I(inode));
+	call_rcu(&inode->i_rcu, hugetlbfs_i_callback);
 }
 
 static const struct address_space_operations hugetlbfs_aops = {
diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index ae2727ab0c3a..da85e56378f3 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -102,26 +102,29 @@ static DECLARE_RWSEM(iprune_sem);
  */
 struct inodes_stat_t inodes_stat;
 
-static struct percpu_counter nr_inodes __cacheline_aligned_in_smp;
-static struct percpu_counter nr_inodes_unused __cacheline_aligned_in_smp;
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned int, nr_inodes);
 
 static struct kmem_cache *inode_cachep __read_mostly;
 
-static inline int get_nr_inodes(void)
+static int get_nr_inodes(void)
 {
-	return percpu_counter_sum_positive(&nr_inodes);
+	int i;
+	int sum = 0;
+	for_each_possible_cpu(i)
+		sum += per_cpu(nr_inodes, i);
+	return sum < 0 ? 0 : sum;
 }
 
 static inline int get_nr_inodes_unused(void)
 {
-	return percpu_counter_sum_positive(&nr_inodes_unused);
+	return inodes_stat.nr_unused;
 }
 
 int get_nr_dirty_inodes(void)
 {
+	/* not actually dirty inodes, but a wild approximation */
 	int nr_dirty = get_nr_inodes() - get_nr_inodes_unused();
 	return nr_dirty > 0 ? nr_dirty : 0;
-
 }
 
 /*
@@ -132,7 +135,6 @@ int proc_nr_inodes(ctl_table *table, int write,
 		   void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
 {
 	inodes_stat.nr_inodes = get_nr_inodes();
-	inodes_stat.nr_unused = get_nr_inodes_unused();
 	return proc_dointvec(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
 }
 #endif
@@ -224,7 +226,7 @@ int inode_init_always(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *inode)
 	inode->i_fsnotify_mask = 0;
 #endif
 
-	percpu_counter_inc(&nr_inodes);
+	this_cpu_inc(nr_inodes);
 
 	return 0;
 out:
@@ -255,6 +257,12 @@ static struct inode *alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	return inode;
 }
 
+void free_inode_nonrcu(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	kmem_cache_free(inode_cachep, inode);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(free_inode_nonrcu);
+
 void __destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	BUG_ON(inode_has_buffers(inode));
@@ -266,10 +274,17 @@ void __destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	if (inode->i_default_acl && inode->i_default_acl != ACL_NOT_CACHED)
 		posix_acl_release(inode->i_default_acl);
 #endif
-	percpu_counter_dec(&nr_inodes);
+	this_cpu_dec(nr_inodes);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__destroy_inode);
 
+static void i_callback(struct rcu_head *head)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = container_of(head, struct inode, i_rcu);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_dentry);
+	kmem_cache_free(inode_cachep, inode);
+}
+
 static void destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	BUG_ON(!list_empty(&inode->i_lru));
@@ -277,7 +292,7 @@ static void destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	if (inode->i_sb->s_op->destroy_inode)
 		inode->i_sb->s_op->destroy_inode(inode);
 	else
-		kmem_cache_free(inode_cachep, (inode));
+		call_rcu(&inode->i_rcu, i_callback);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -335,7 +350,7 @@ static void inode_lru_list_add(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	if (list_empty(&inode->i_lru)) {
 		list_add(&inode->i_lru, &inode_lru);
-		percpu_counter_inc(&nr_inodes_unused);
+		inodes_stat.nr_unused++;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -343,7 +358,7 @@ static void inode_lru_list_del(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	if (!list_empty(&inode->i_lru)) {
 		list_del_init(&inode->i_lru);
-		percpu_counter_dec(&nr_inodes_unused);
+		inodes_stat.nr_unused--;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -430,6 +445,7 @@ void end_writeback(struct inode *inode)
 	BUG_ON(!(inode->i_state & I_FREEING));
 	BUG_ON(inode->i_state & I_CLEAR);
 	inode_sync_wait(inode);
+	/* don't need i_lock here, no concurrent mods to i_state */
 	inode->i_state = I_FREEING | I_CLEAR;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(end_writeback);
@@ -513,7 +529,7 @@ void evict_inodes(struct super_block *sb)
 		list_move(&inode->i_lru, &dispose);
 		list_del_init(&inode->i_wb_list);
 		if (!(inode->i_state & (I_DIRTY | I_SYNC)))
-			percpu_counter_dec(&nr_inodes_unused);
+			inodes_stat.nr_unused--;
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
 
@@ -554,7 +570,7 @@ int invalidate_inodes(struct super_block *sb)
 		list_move(&inode->i_lru, &dispose);
 		list_del_init(&inode->i_wb_list);
 		if (!(inode->i_state & (I_DIRTY | I_SYNC)))
-			percpu_counter_dec(&nr_inodes_unused);
+			inodes_stat.nr_unused--;
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
 
@@ -616,7 +632,7 @@ static void prune_icache(int nr_to_scan)
 		if (atomic_read(&inode->i_count) ||
 		    (inode->i_state & ~I_REFERENCED)) {
 			list_del_init(&inode->i_lru);
-			percpu_counter_dec(&nr_inodes_unused);
+			inodes_stat.nr_unused--;
 			continue;
 		}
 
@@ -650,7 +666,7 @@ static void prune_icache(int nr_to_scan)
 		 */
 		list_move(&inode->i_lru, &freeable);
 		list_del_init(&inode->i_wb_list);
-		percpu_counter_dec(&nr_inodes_unused);
+		inodes_stat.nr_unused--;
 	}
 	if (current_is_kswapd())
 		__count_vm_events(KSWAPD_INODESTEAL, reap);
@@ -1648,8 +1664,6 @@ void __init inode_init(void)
 					 SLAB_MEM_SPREAD),
 					 init_once);
 	register_shrinker(&icache_shrinker);
-	percpu_counter_init(&nr_inodes, 0);
-	percpu_counter_init(&nr_inodes_unused, 0);
 
 	/* Hash may have been set up in inode_init_early */
 	if (!hashdist)
diff --git a/fs/internal.h b/fs/internal.h
index e43b9a4dbf4e..9687c2ee2735 100644
--- a/fs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/internal.h
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ extern int copy_mount_string(const void __user *, char **);
 
 extern void free_vfsmnt(struct vfsmount *);
 extern struct vfsmount *alloc_vfsmnt(const char *);
+extern unsigned int mnt_get_count(struct vfsmount *mnt);
 extern struct vfsmount *__lookup_mnt(struct vfsmount *, struct dentry *, int);
 extern void mnt_set_mountpoint(struct vfsmount *, struct dentry *,
 				struct vfsmount *);
diff --git a/fs/isofs/inode.c b/fs/isofs/inode.c
index bfdeb82a53be..844a7903c72f 100644
--- a/fs/isofs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/isofs/inode.c
@@ -26,16 +26,32 @@
 
 #define BEQUIET
 
-static int isofs_hashi(struct dentry *parent, struct qstr *qstr);
-static int isofs_hash(struct dentry *parent, struct qstr *qstr);
-static int isofs_dentry_cmpi(struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *a, struct qstr *b);
-static int isofs_dentry_cmp(struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *a, struct qstr *b);
+static int isofs_hashi(const struct dentry *parent, const struct inode *inode,
+		struct qstr *qstr);
+static int isofs_hash(const struct dentry *parent, const struct inode *inode,
+		struct qstr *qstr);
+static int isofs_dentry_cmpi(const struct dentry *parent,
+		const struct inode *pinode,
+		const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
+		unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name);
+static int isofs_dentry_cmp(const struct dentry *parent,
+		const struct inode *pinode,
+		const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
+		unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_JOLIET
-static int isofs_hashi_ms(struct dentry *parent, struct qstr *qstr);
-static int isofs_hash_ms(struct dentry *parent, struct qstr *qstr);
-static int isofs_dentry_cmpi_ms(struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *a, struct qstr *b);
-static int isofs_dentry_cmp_ms(struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *a, struct qstr *b);
+static int isofs_hashi_ms(const struct dentry *parent, const struct inode *inode,
+		struct qstr *qstr);
+static int isofs_hash_ms(const struct dentry *parent, const struct inode *inode,
+		struct qstr *qstr);
+static int isofs_dentry_cmpi_ms(const struct dentry *parent,
+		const struct inode *pinode,
+		const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
+		unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name);
+static int isofs_dentry_cmp_ms(const struct dentry *parent,
+		const struct inode *pinode,
+		const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
+		unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name);
 #endif
 
 static void isofs_put_super(struct super_block *sb)
@@ -65,11 +81,18 @@ static struct inode *isofs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	return &ei->vfs_inode;
 }
 
-static void isofs_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+static void isofs_i_callback(struct rcu_head *head)
 {
+	struct inode *inode = container_of(head, struct inode, i_rcu);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_dentry);
 	kmem_cache_free(isofs_inode_cachep, ISOFS_I(inode));
 }
 
+static void isofs_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	call_rcu(&inode->i_rcu, isofs_i_callback);
+}
+
 static void init_once(void *foo)
 {
 	struct iso_inode_info *ei = foo;
@@ -160,7 +183,7 @@ struct iso9660_options{
  * Compute the hash for the isofs name corresponding to the dentry.
  */
 static int
-isofs_hash_common(struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *qstr, int ms)
+isofs_hash_common(const struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *qstr, int ms)
 {
 	const char *name;
 	int len;
@@ -181,7 +204,7 @@ isofs_hash_common(struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *qstr, int ms)
  * Compute the hash for the isofs name corresponding to the dentry.
  */
 static int
-isofs_hashi_common(struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *qstr, int ms)
+isofs_hashi_common(const struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *qstr, int ms)
 {
 	const char *name;
 	int len;
@@ -206,100 +229,94 @@ isofs_hashi_common(struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *qstr, int ms)
 }
 
 /*
- * Case insensitive compare of two isofs names.
- */
-static int isofs_dentry_cmpi_common(struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *a,
-				struct qstr *b, int ms)
-{
-	int alen, blen;
-
-	/* A filename cannot end in '.' or we treat it like it has none */
-	alen = a->len;
-	blen = b->len;
-	if (ms) {
-		while (alen && a->name[alen-1] == '.')
-			alen--;
-		while (blen && b->name[blen-1] == '.')
-			blen--;
-	}
-	if (alen == blen) {
-		if (strnicmp(a->name, b->name, alen) == 0)
-			return 0;
-	}
-	return 1;
-}
-
-/*
- * Case sensitive compare of two isofs names.
+ * Compare of two isofs names.
  */
-static int isofs_dentry_cmp_common(struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *a,
-					struct qstr *b, int ms)
+static int isofs_dentry_cmp_common(
+		unsigned int len, const char *str,
+		const struct qstr *name, int ms, int ci)
 {
 	int alen, blen;
 
 	/* A filename cannot end in '.' or we treat it like it has none */
-	alen = a->len;
-	blen = b->len;
+	alen = name->len;
+	blen = len;
 	if (ms) {
-		while (alen && a->name[alen-1] == '.')
+		while (alen && name->name[alen-1] == '.')
 			alen--;
-		while (blen && b->name[blen-1] == '.')
+		while (blen && str[blen-1] == '.')
 			blen--;
 	}
 	if (alen == blen) {
-		if (strncmp(a->name, b->name, alen) == 0)
-			return 0;
+		if (ci) {
+			if (strnicmp(name->name, str, alen) == 0)
+				return 0;
+		} else {
+			if (strncmp(name->name, str, alen) == 0)
+				return 0;
+		}
 	}
 	return 1;
 }
 
 static int
-isofs_hash(struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *qstr)
+isofs_hash(const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
+		struct qstr *qstr)
 {
 	return isofs_hash_common(dentry, qstr, 0);
 }
 
 static int
-isofs_hashi(struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *qstr)
+isofs_hashi(const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
+		struct qstr *qstr)
 {
 	return isofs_hashi_common(dentry, qstr, 0);
 }
 
 static int
-isofs_dentry_cmp(struct dentry *dentry,struct qstr *a,struct qstr *b)
+isofs_dentry_cmp(const struct dentry *parent, const struct inode *pinode,
+		const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
+		unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name)
 {
-	return isofs_dentry_cmp_common(dentry, a, b, 0);
+	return isofs_dentry_cmp_common(len, str, name, 0, 0);
 }
 
 static int
-isofs_dentry_cmpi(struct dentry *dentry,struct qstr *a,struct qstr *b)
+isofs_dentry_cmpi(const struct dentry *parent, const struct inode *pinode,
+		const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
+		unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name)
 {
-	return isofs_dentry_cmpi_common(dentry, a, b, 0);
+	return isofs_dentry_cmp_common(len, str, name, 0, 1);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_JOLIET
 static int
-isofs_hash_ms(struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *qstr)
+isofs_hash_ms(const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
+		struct qstr *qstr)
 {
 	return isofs_hash_common(dentry, qstr, 1);
 }
 
 static int
-isofs_hashi_ms(struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *qstr)
+isofs_hashi_ms(const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
+		struct qstr *qstr)
 {
 	return isofs_hashi_common(dentry, qstr, 1);
 }
 
 static int
-isofs_dentry_cmp_ms(struct dentry *dentry,struct qstr *a,struct qstr *b)
+isofs_dentry_cmp_ms(const struct dentry *parent, const struct inode *pinode,
+		const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
+		unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name)
 {
-	return isofs_dentry_cmp_common(dentry, a, b, 1);
+	return isofs_dentry_cmp_common(len, str, name, 1, 0);
 }
 
 static int
-isofs_dentry_cmpi_ms(struct dentry *dentry,struct qstr *a,struct qstr *b)
+isofs_dentry_cmpi_ms(const struct dentry *parent, const struct inode *pinode,
+		const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
+		unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name)
 {
-	return isofs_dentry_cmpi_common(dentry, a, b, 1);
+	return isofs_dentry_cmp_common(len, str, name, 1, 1);
 }
 #endif
 
@@ -932,7 +949,7 @@ root_found:
 		table += 2;
 	if (opt.check == 'r')
 		table++;
-	s->s_root->d_op = &isofs_dentry_ops[table];
+	d_set_d_op(s->s_root, &isofs_dentry_ops[table]);
 
 	kfree(opt.iocharset);
 
diff --git a/fs/isofs/namei.c b/fs/isofs/namei.c
index 0d23abfd4280..679a849c3b27 100644
--- a/fs/isofs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/isofs/namei.c
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ isofs_cmp(struct dentry *dentry, const char *compare, int dlen)
 
 	qstr.name = compare;
 	qstr.len = dlen;
-	return dentry->d_op->d_compare(dentry, &dentry->d_name, &qstr);
+	return dentry->d_op->d_compare(NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL,
+			dentry->d_name.len, dentry->d_name.name, &qstr);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -171,7 +172,7 @@ struct dentry *isofs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, struct nam
 	struct inode *inode;
 	struct page *page;
 
-	dentry->d_op = dir->i_sb->s_root->d_op;
+	d_set_d_op(dentry, dir->i_sb->s_root->d_op);
 
 	page = alloc_page(GFP_USER);
 	if (!page)
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/acl.c b/fs/jffs2/acl.c
index 54a92fd02bbd..95b79672150a 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/acl.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/acl.c
@@ -259,11 +259,14 @@ static int jffs2_set_acl(struct inode *inode, int type, struct posix_acl *acl)
 	return rc;
 }
 
-int jffs2_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask)
+int jffs2_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
 {
 	struct posix_acl *acl;
 	int rc;
 
+	if (flags & IPERM_FLAG_RCU)
+		return -ECHILD;
+
 	acl = jffs2_get_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
 	if (IS_ERR(acl))
 		return PTR_ERR(acl);
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/acl.h b/fs/jffs2/acl.h
index 5e42de8d9541..3119f59253d3 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/acl.h
+++ b/fs/jffs2/acl.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ struct jffs2_acl_header {
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_JFFS2_FS_POSIX_ACL
 
-extern int jffs2_check_acl(struct inode *, int);
+extern int jffs2_check_acl(struct inode *, int, unsigned int);
 extern int jffs2_acl_chmod(struct inode *);
 extern int jffs2_init_acl_pre(struct inode *, struct inode *, int *);
 extern int jffs2_init_acl_post(struct inode *);
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/super.c b/fs/jffs2/super.c
index c86041b866a4..853b8e300084 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/super.c
@@ -40,11 +40,18 @@ static struct inode *jffs2_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	return &f->vfs_inode;
 }
 
-static void jffs2_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+static void jffs2_i_callback(struct rcu_head *head)
 {
+	struct inode *inode = container_of(head, struct inode, i_rcu);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_dentry);
 	kmem_cache_free(jffs2_inode_cachep, JFFS2_INODE_INFO(inode));
 }
 
+static void jffs2_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	call_rcu(&inode->i_rcu, jffs2_i_callback);
+}
+
 static void jffs2_i_init_once(void *foo)
 {
 	struct jffs2_inode_info *f = foo;
diff --git a/fs/jfs/acl.c b/fs/jfs/acl.c
index 1057a4998e4e..e5de9422fa32 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/acl.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/acl.c
@@ -114,10 +114,14 @@ out:
 	return rc;
 }
 
-int jfs_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask)
+int jfs_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
 {
-	struct posix_acl *acl = jfs_get_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
+	struct posix_acl *acl;
+
+	if (flags & IPERM_FLAG_RCU)
+		return -ECHILD;
 
+	acl = jfs_get_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
 	if (IS_ERR(acl))
 		return PTR_ERR(acl);
 	if (acl) {
diff --git a/fs/jfs/jfs_acl.h b/fs/jfs/jfs_acl.h
index 54e07559878d..f9285c4900fa 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/jfs_acl.h
+++ b/fs/jfs/jfs_acl.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_JFS_POSIX_ACL
 
-int jfs_check_acl(struct inode *, int);
+int jfs_check_acl(struct inode *, int, unsigned int flags);
 int jfs_init_acl(tid_t, struct inode *, struct inode *);
 int jfs_acl_chmod(struct inode *inode);
 
diff --git a/fs/jfs/namei.c b/fs/jfs/namei.c
index 231ca4af9bce..4414e3a42264 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/namei.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/namei.h>
 #include <linux/ctype.h>
 #include <linux/quotaops.h>
 #include <linux/exportfs.h>
@@ -1465,7 +1466,7 @@ static struct dentry *jfs_lookup(struct inode *dip, struct dentry *dentry, struc
 	jfs_info("jfs_lookup: name = %s", name);
 
 	if (JFS_SBI(dip->i_sb)->mntflag & JFS_OS2)
-		dentry->d_op = &jfs_ci_dentry_operations;
+		d_set_d_op(dentry, &jfs_ci_dentry_operations);
 
 	if ((name[0] == '.') && (len == 1))
 		inum = dip->i_ino;
@@ -1494,7 +1495,7 @@ static struct dentry *jfs_lookup(struct inode *dip, struct dentry *dentry, struc
 	dentry = d_splice_alias(ip, dentry);
 
 	if (dentry && (JFS_SBI(dip->i_sb)->mntflag & JFS_OS2))
-		dentry->d_op = &jfs_ci_dentry_operations;
+		d_set_d_op(dentry, &jfs_ci_dentry_operations);
 
 	return dentry;
 }
@@ -1573,7 +1574,8 @@ const struct file_operations jfs_dir_operations = {
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
 };
 
-static int jfs_ci_hash(struct dentry *dir, struct qstr *this)
+static int jfs_ci_hash(const struct dentry *dir, const struct inode *inode,
+		struct qstr *this)
 {
 	unsigned long hash;
 	int i;
@@ -1586,32 +1588,63 @@ static int jfs_ci_hash(struct dentry *dir, struct qstr *this)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int jfs_ci_compare(struct dentry *dir, struct qstr *a, struct qstr *b)
+static int jfs_ci_compare(const struct dentry *parent,
+		const struct inode *pinode,
+		const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
+		unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name)
 {
 	int i, result = 1;
 
-	if (a->len != b->len)
+	if (len != name->len)
 		goto out;
-	for (i=0; i < a->len; i++) {
-		if (tolower(a->name[i]) != tolower(b->name[i]))
+	for (i=0; i < len; i++) {
+		if (tolower(str[i]) != tolower(name->name[i]))
 			goto out;
 	}
 	result = 0;
+out:
+	return result;
+}
 
+static int jfs_ci_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
+{
+	if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU)
+		return -ECHILD;
 	/*
-	 * We want creates to preserve case.  A negative dentry, a, that
-	 * has a different case than b may cause a new entry to be created
-	 * with the wrong case.  Since we can't tell if a comes from a negative
-	 * dentry, we blindly replace it with b.  This should be harmless if
-	 * a is not a negative dentry.
+	 * This is not negative dentry. Always valid.
+	 *
+	 * Note, rename() to existing directory entry will have ->d_inode,
+	 * and will use existing name which isn't specified name by user.
+	 *
+	 * We may be able to drop this positive dentry here. But dropping
+	 * positive dentry isn't good idea. So it's unsupported like
+	 * rename("filename", "FILENAME") for now.
 	 */
-	memcpy((unsigned char *)a->name, b->name, a->len);
-out:
-	return result;
+	if (dentry->d_inode)
+		return 1;
+
+	/*
+	 * This may be nfsd (or something), anyway, we can't see the
+	 * intent of this. So, since this can be for creation, drop it.
+	 */
+	if (!nd)
+		return 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * Drop the negative dentry, in order to make sure to use the
+	 * case sensitive name which is specified by user if this is
+	 * for creation.
+	 */
+	if (!(nd->flags & (LOOKUP_CONTINUE | LOOKUP_PARENT))) {
+		if (nd->flags & (LOOKUP_CREATE | LOOKUP_RENAME_TARGET))
+			return 0;
+	}
+	return 1;
 }
 
 const struct dentry_operations jfs_ci_dentry_operations =
 {
 	.d_hash = jfs_ci_hash,
 	.d_compare = jfs_ci_compare,
+	.d_revalidate = jfs_ci_revalidate,
 };
diff --git a/fs/jfs/super.c b/fs/jfs/super.c
index 0669fc1cc3bf..3150d766e0d4 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/super.c
@@ -115,6 +115,14 @@ static struct inode *jfs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	return &jfs_inode->vfs_inode;
 }
 
+static void jfs_i_callback(struct rcu_head *head)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = container_of(head, struct inode, i_rcu);
+	struct jfs_inode_info *ji = JFS_IP(inode);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_dentry);
+	kmem_cache_free(jfs_inode_cachep, ji);
+}
+
 static void jfs_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct jfs_inode_info *ji = JFS_IP(inode);
@@ -128,7 +136,7 @@ static void jfs_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
 		ji->active_ag = -1;
 	}
 	spin_unlock_irq(&ji->ag_lock);
-	kmem_cache_free(jfs_inode_cachep, ji);
+	call_rcu(&inode->i_rcu, jfs_i_callback);
 }
 
 static int jfs_statfs(struct dentry *dentry, struct kstatfs *buf)
@@ -517,7 +525,7 @@ static int jfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 		goto out_no_root;
 
 	if (sbi->mntflag & JFS_OS2)
-		sb->s_root->d_op = &jfs_ci_dentry_operations;
+		d_set_d_op(sb->s_root, &jfs_ci_dentry_operations);
 
 	/* logical blocks are represented by 40 bits in pxd_t, etc. */
 	sb->s_maxbytes = ((u64) sb->s_blocksize) << 40;
diff --git a/fs/libfs.c b/fs/libfs.c
index a3accdf528ad..889311e3d06b 100644
--- a/fs/libfs.c
+++ b/fs/libfs.c
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@
 
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 
+static inline int simple_positive(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	return dentry->d_inode && !d_unhashed(dentry);
+}
+
 int simple_getattr(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry,
 		   struct kstat *stat)
 {
@@ -37,7 +42,7 @@ int simple_statfs(struct dentry *dentry, struct kstatfs *buf)
  * Retaining negative dentries for an in-memory filesystem just wastes
  * memory and lookup time: arrange for them to be deleted immediately.
  */
-static int simple_delete_dentry(struct dentry *dentry)
+static int simple_delete_dentry(const struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	return 1;
 }
@@ -54,7 +59,7 @@ struct dentry *simple_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, struct na
 
 	if (dentry->d_name.len > NAME_MAX)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENAMETOOLONG);
-	dentry->d_op = &simple_dentry_operations;
+	d_set_d_op(dentry, &simple_dentry_operations);
 	d_add(dentry, NULL);
 	return NULL;
 }
@@ -76,7 +81,8 @@ int dcache_dir_close(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 
 loff_t dcache_dir_lseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin)
 {
-	mutex_lock(&file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
+	struct dentry *dentry = file->f_path.dentry;
+	mutex_lock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
 	switch (origin) {
 		case 1:
 			offset += file->f_pos;
@@ -84,7 +90,7 @@ loff_t dcache_dir_lseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin)
 			if (offset >= 0)
 				break;
 		default:
-			mutex_unlock(&file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
+			mutex_unlock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
 			return -EINVAL;
 	}
 	if (offset != file->f_pos) {
@@ -94,21 +100,24 @@ loff_t dcache_dir_lseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin)
 			struct dentry *cursor = file->private_data;
 			loff_t n = file->f_pos - 2;
 
-			spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+			spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
+			/* d_lock not required for cursor */
 			list_del(&cursor->d_u.d_child);
-			p = file->f_path.dentry->d_subdirs.next;
-			while (n && p != &file->f_path.dentry->d_subdirs) {
+			p = dentry->d_subdirs.next;
+			while (n && p != &dentry->d_subdirs) {
 				struct dentry *next;
 				next = list_entry(p, struct dentry, d_u.d_child);
-				if (!d_unhashed(next) && next->d_inode)
+				spin_lock_nested(&next->d_lock, DENTRY_D_LOCK_NESTED);
+				if (simple_positive(next))
 					n--;
+				spin_unlock(&next->d_lock);
 				p = p->next;
 			}
 			list_add_tail(&cursor->d_u.d_child, p);
-			spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+			spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 		}
 	}
-	mutex_unlock(&file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
+	mutex_unlock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
 	return offset;
 }
 
@@ -148,29 +157,35 @@ int dcache_readdir(struct file * filp, void * dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 			i++;
 			/* fallthrough */
 		default:
-			spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+			spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
 			if (filp->f_pos == 2)
 				list_move(q, &dentry->d_subdirs);
 
 			for (p=q->next; p != &dentry->d_subdirs; p=p->next) {
 				struct dentry *next;
 				next = list_entry(p, struct dentry, d_u.d_child);
-				if (d_unhashed(next) || !next->d_inode)
+				spin_lock_nested(&next->d_lock, DENTRY_D_LOCK_NESTED);
+				if (!simple_positive(next)) {
+					spin_unlock(&next->d_lock);
 					continue;
+				}
 
-				spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+				spin_unlock(&next->d_lock);
+				spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 				if (filldir(dirent, next->d_name.name, 
 					    next->d_name.len, filp->f_pos, 
 					    next->d_inode->i_ino, 
 					    dt_type(next->d_inode)) < 0)
 					return 0;
-				spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+				spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
+				spin_lock_nested(&next->d_lock, DENTRY_D_LOCK_NESTED);
 				/* next is still alive */
 				list_move(q, p);
+				spin_unlock(&next->d_lock);
 				p = q;
 				filp->f_pos++;
 			}
-			spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+			spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -259,23 +274,23 @@ int simple_link(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir, struct dentry *den
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static inline int simple_positive(struct dentry *dentry)
-{
-	return dentry->d_inode && !d_unhashed(dentry);
-}
-
 int simple_empty(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	struct dentry *child;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
-	list_for_each_entry(child, &dentry->d_subdirs, d_u.d_child)
-		if (simple_positive(child))
+	spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
+	list_for_each_entry(child, &dentry->d_subdirs, d_u.d_child) {
+		spin_lock_nested(&child->d_lock, DENTRY_D_LOCK_NESTED);
+		if (simple_positive(child)) {
+			spin_unlock(&child->d_lock);
 			goto out;
+		}
+		spin_unlock(&child->d_lock);
+	}
 	ret = 1;
 out:
-	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/locks.c b/fs/locks.c
index 8729347bcd1a..08415b2a6d36 100644
--- a/fs/locks.c
+++ b/fs/locks.c
@@ -1389,7 +1389,7 @@ int generic_setlease(struct file *filp, long arg, struct file_lock **flp)
 		if ((arg == F_RDLCK) && (atomic_read(&inode->i_writecount) > 0))
 			goto out;
 		if ((arg == F_WRLCK)
-		    && ((atomic_read(&dentry->d_count) > 1)
+		    && ((dentry->d_count > 1)
 			|| (atomic_read(&inode->i_count) > 1)))
 			goto out;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/logfs/dir.c b/fs/logfs/dir.c
index 409dfd65e9a1..f9ddf0c388c8 100644
--- a/fs/logfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/logfs/dir.c
@@ -555,9 +555,11 @@ static int logfs_symlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	return __logfs_create(dir, dentry, inode, target, destlen);
 }
 
-static int logfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
+static int logfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
 {
-	return generic_permission(inode, mask, NULL);
+	if (flags & IPERM_FLAG_RCU)
+		return -ECHILD;
+	return generic_permission(inode, mask, flags, NULL);
 }
 
 static int logfs_link(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir,
diff --git a/fs/logfs/inode.c b/fs/logfs/inode.c
index d8c71ece098f..03b8c240aeda 100644
--- a/fs/logfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/logfs/inode.c
@@ -141,13 +141,20 @@ struct inode *logfs_safe_iget(struct super_block *sb, ino_t ino, int *is_cached)
 	return __logfs_iget(sb, ino);
 }
 
+static void logfs_i_callback(struct rcu_head *head)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = container_of(head, struct inode, i_rcu);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_dentry);
+	kmem_cache_free(logfs_inode_cache, logfs_inode(inode));
+}
+
 static void __logfs_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct logfs_inode *li = logfs_inode(inode);
 
 	BUG_ON(li->li_block);
 	list_del(&li->li_freeing_list);
-	kmem_cache_free(logfs_inode_cache, li);
+	call_rcu(&inode->i_rcu, logfs_i_callback);
 }
 
 static void logfs_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
diff --git a/fs/minix/inode.c b/fs/minix/inode.c
index fb2020858a34..ae0b83f476a6 100644
--- a/fs/minix/inode.c
+++ b/fs/minix/inode.c
@@ -68,11 +68,18 @@ static struct inode *minix_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	return &ei->vfs_inode;
 }
 
-static void minix_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+static void minix_i_callback(struct rcu_head *head)
 {
+	struct inode *inode = container_of(head, struct inode, i_rcu);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_dentry);
 	kmem_cache_free(minix_inode_cachep, minix_i(inode));
 }
 
+static void minix_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	call_rcu(&inode->i_rcu, minix_i_callback);
+}
+
 static void init_once(void *foo)
 {
 	struct minix_inode_info *ei = (struct minix_inode_info *) foo;
diff --git a/fs/minix/namei.c b/fs/minix/namei.c
index c0d35a3accef..1b9e07728a9f 100644
--- a/fs/minix/namei.c
+++ b/fs/minix/namei.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ static struct dentry *minix_lookup(struct inode * dir, struct dentry *dentry, st
 	struct inode * inode = NULL;
 	ino_t ino;
 
-	dentry->d_op = dir->i_sb->s_root->d_op;
+	d_set_d_op(dentry, dir->i_sb->s_root->d_op);
 
 	if (dentry->d_name.len > minix_sb(dir->i_sb)->s_namelen)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENAMETOOLONG);
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 4ff7ca530533..19433cdba011 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -169,8 +169,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(putname);
 /*
  * This does basic POSIX ACL permission checking
  */
-static int acl_permission_check(struct inode *inode, int mask,
-		int (*check_acl)(struct inode *inode, int mask))
+static int acl_permission_check(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags,
+		int (*check_acl)(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags))
 {
 	umode_t			mode = inode->i_mode;
 
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ static int acl_permission_check(struct inode *inode, int mask,
 		mode >>= 6;
 	else {
 		if (IS_POSIXACL(inode) && (mode & S_IRWXG) && check_acl) {
-			int error = check_acl(inode, mask);
+			int error = check_acl(inode, mask, flags);
 			if (error != -EAGAIN)
 				return error;
 		}
@@ -198,25 +198,30 @@ static int acl_permission_check(struct inode *inode, int mask,
 }
 
 /**
- * generic_permission  -  check for access rights on a Posix-like filesystem
+ * generic_permission -  check for access rights on a Posix-like filesystem
  * @inode:	inode to check access rights for
  * @mask:	right to check for (%MAY_READ, %MAY_WRITE, %MAY_EXEC)
  * @check_acl:	optional callback to check for Posix ACLs
+ * @flags	IPERM_FLAG_ flags.
  *
  * Used to check for read/write/execute permissions on a file.
  * We use "fsuid" for this, letting us set arbitrary permissions
  * for filesystem access without changing the "normal" uids which
- * are used for other things..
+ * are used for other things.
+ *
+ * generic_permission is rcu-walk aware. It returns -ECHILD in case an rcu-walk
+ * request cannot be satisfied (eg. requires blocking or too much complexity).
+ * It would then be called again in ref-walk mode.
  */
-int generic_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask,
-		int (*check_acl)(struct inode *inode, int mask))
+int generic_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags,
+	int (*check_acl)(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags))
 {
 	int ret;
 
 	/*
 	 * Do the basic POSIX ACL permission checks.
 	 */
-	ret = acl_permission_check(inode, mask, check_acl);
+	ret = acl_permission_check(inode, mask, flags, check_acl);
 	if (ret != -EACCES)
 		return ret;
 
@@ -271,9 +276,10 @@ int inode_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 	}
 
 	if (inode->i_op->permission)
-		retval = inode->i_op->permission(inode, mask);
+		retval = inode->i_op->permission(inode, mask, 0);
 	else
-		retval = generic_permission(inode, mask, inode->i_op->check_acl);
+		retval = generic_permission(inode, mask, 0,
+				inode->i_op->check_acl);
 
 	if (retval)
 		return retval;
@@ -362,6 +368,18 @@ void path_get(struct path *path)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(path_get);
 
 /**
+ * path_get_long - get a long reference to a path
+ * @path: path to get the reference to
+ *
+ * Given a path increment the reference count to the dentry and the vfsmount.
+ */
+void path_get_long(struct path *path)
+{
+	mntget_long(path->mnt);
+	dget(path->dentry);
+}
+
+/**
  * path_put - put a reference to a path
  * @path: path to put the reference to
  *
@@ -375,6 +393,185 @@ void path_put(struct path *path)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(path_put);
 
 /**
+ * path_put_long - put a long reference to a path
+ * @path: path to put the reference to
+ *
+ * Given a path decrement the reference count to the dentry and the vfsmount.
+ */
+void path_put_long(struct path *path)
+{
+	dput(path->dentry);
+	mntput_long(path->mnt);
+}
+
+/**
+ * nameidata_drop_rcu - drop this nameidata out of rcu-walk
+ * @nd: nameidata pathwalk data to drop
+ * @Returns: 0 on success, -ECHLID on failure
+ *
+ * Path walking has 2 modes, rcu-walk and ref-walk (see
+ * Documentation/filesystems/path-lookup.txt). __drop_rcu* functions attempt
+ * to drop out of rcu-walk mode and take normal reference counts on dentries
+ * and vfsmounts to transition to rcu-walk mode. __drop_rcu* functions take
+ * refcounts at the last known good point before rcu-walk got stuck, so
+ * ref-walk may continue from there. If this is not successful (eg. a seqcount
+ * has changed), then failure is returned and path walk restarts from the
+ * beginning in ref-walk mode.
+ *
+ * nameidata_drop_rcu attempts to drop the current nd->path and nd->root into
+ * ref-walk. Must be called from rcu-walk context.
+ */
+static int nameidata_drop_rcu(struct nameidata *nd)
+{
+	struct fs_struct *fs = current->fs;
+	struct dentry *dentry = nd->path.dentry;
+
+	BUG_ON(!(nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU));
+	if (nd->root.mnt) {
+		spin_lock(&fs->lock);
+		if (nd->root.mnt != fs->root.mnt ||
+				nd->root.dentry != fs->root.dentry)
+			goto err_root;
+	}
+	spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
+	if (!__d_rcu_to_refcount(dentry, nd->seq))
+		goto err;
+	BUG_ON(nd->inode != dentry->d_inode);
+	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+	if (nd->root.mnt) {
+		path_get(&nd->root);
+		spin_unlock(&fs->lock);
+	}
+	mntget(nd->path.mnt);
+
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+	br_read_unlock(vfsmount_lock);
+	nd->flags &= ~LOOKUP_RCU;
+	return 0;
+err:
+	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+err_root:
+	if (nd->root.mnt)
+		spin_unlock(&fs->lock);
+	return -ECHILD;
+}
+
+/* Try to drop out of rcu-walk mode if we were in it, otherwise do nothing.  */
+static inline int nameidata_drop_rcu_maybe(struct nameidata *nd)
+{
+	if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU)
+		return nameidata_drop_rcu(nd);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * nameidata_dentry_drop_rcu - drop nameidata and dentry out of rcu-walk
+ * @nd: nameidata pathwalk data to drop
+ * @dentry: dentry to drop
+ * @Returns: 0 on success, -ECHLID on failure
+ *
+ * nameidata_dentry_drop_rcu attempts to drop the current nd->path and nd->root,
+ * and dentry into ref-walk. @dentry must be a path found by a do_lookup call on
+ * @nd. Must be called from rcu-walk context.
+ */
+static int nameidata_dentry_drop_rcu(struct nameidata *nd, struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	struct fs_struct *fs = current->fs;
+	struct dentry *parent = nd->path.dentry;
+
+	BUG_ON(!(nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU));
+	if (nd->root.mnt) {
+		spin_lock(&fs->lock);
+		if (nd->root.mnt != fs->root.mnt ||
+				nd->root.dentry != fs->root.dentry)
+			goto err_root;
+	}
+	spin_lock(&parent->d_lock);
+	spin_lock_nested(&dentry->d_lock, DENTRY_D_LOCK_NESTED);
+	if (!__d_rcu_to_refcount(dentry, nd->seq))
+		goto err;
+	/*
+	 * If the sequence check on the child dentry passed, then the child has
+	 * not been removed from its parent. This means the parent dentry must
+	 * be valid and able to take a reference at this point.
+	 */
+	BUG_ON(!IS_ROOT(dentry) && dentry->d_parent != parent);
+	BUG_ON(!parent->d_count);
+	parent->d_count++;
+	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&parent->d_lock);
+	if (nd->root.mnt) {
+		path_get(&nd->root);
+		spin_unlock(&fs->lock);
+	}
+	mntget(nd->path.mnt);
+
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+	br_read_unlock(vfsmount_lock);
+	nd->flags &= ~LOOKUP_RCU;
+	return 0;
+err:
+	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&parent->d_lock);
+err_root:
+	if (nd->root.mnt)
+		spin_unlock(&fs->lock);
+	return -ECHILD;
+}
+
+/* Try to drop out of rcu-walk mode if we were in it, otherwise do nothing.  */
+static inline int nameidata_dentry_drop_rcu_maybe(struct nameidata *nd, struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU)
+		return nameidata_dentry_drop_rcu(nd, dentry);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * nameidata_drop_rcu_last - drop nameidata ending path walk out of rcu-walk
+ * @nd: nameidata pathwalk data to drop
+ * @Returns: 0 on success, -ECHLID on failure
+ *
+ * nameidata_drop_rcu_last attempts to drop the current nd->path into ref-walk.
+ * nd->path should be the final element of the lookup, so nd->root is discarded.
+ * Must be called from rcu-walk context.
+ */
+static int nameidata_drop_rcu_last(struct nameidata *nd)
+{
+	struct dentry *dentry = nd->path.dentry;
+
+	BUG_ON(!(nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU));
+	nd->flags &= ~LOOKUP_RCU;
+	nd->root.mnt = NULL;
+	spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
+	if (!__d_rcu_to_refcount(dentry, nd->seq))
+		goto err_unlock;
+	BUG_ON(nd->inode != dentry->d_inode);
+	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+
+	mntget(nd->path.mnt);
+
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+	br_read_unlock(vfsmount_lock);
+
+	return 0;
+
+err_unlock:
+	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+	br_read_unlock(vfsmount_lock);
+	return -ECHILD;
+}
+
+/* Try to drop out of rcu-walk mode if we were in it, otherwise do nothing.  */
+static inline int nameidata_drop_rcu_last_maybe(struct nameidata *nd)
+{
+	if (likely(nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU))
+		return nameidata_drop_rcu_last(nd);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
  * release_open_intent - free up open intent resources
  * @nd: pointer to nameidata
  */
@@ -386,10 +583,26 @@ void release_open_intent(struct nameidata *nd)
 		fput(nd->intent.open.file);
 }
 
+static int d_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
+{
+	int status;
+
+	status = dentry->d_op->d_revalidate(dentry, nd);
+	if (status == -ECHILD) {
+		if (nameidata_dentry_drop_rcu(nd, dentry))
+			return status;
+		status = dentry->d_op->d_revalidate(dentry, nd);
+	}
+
+	return status;
+}
+
 static inline struct dentry *
 do_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
-	int status = dentry->d_op->d_revalidate(dentry, nd);
+	int status;
+
+	status = d_revalidate(dentry, nd);
 	if (unlikely(status <= 0)) {
 		/*
 		 * The dentry failed validation.
@@ -397,19 +610,36 @@ do_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 		 * the dentry otherwise d_revalidate is asking us
 		 * to return a fail status.
 		 */
-		if (!status) {
+		if (status < 0) {
+			/* If we're in rcu-walk, we don't have a ref */
+			if (!(nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU))
+				dput(dentry);
+			dentry = ERR_PTR(status);
+
+		} else {
+			/* Don't d_invalidate in rcu-walk mode */
+			if (nameidata_dentry_drop_rcu_maybe(nd, dentry))
+				return ERR_PTR(-ECHILD);
 			if (!d_invalidate(dentry)) {
 				dput(dentry);
 				dentry = NULL;
 			}
-		} else {
-			dput(dentry);
-			dentry = ERR_PTR(status);
 		}
 	}
 	return dentry;
 }
 
+static inline int need_reval_dot(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	if (likely(!(dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_OP_REVALIDATE)))
+		return 0;
+
+	if (likely(!(dentry->d_sb->s_type->fs_flags & FS_REVAL_DOT)))
+		return 0;
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
 /*
  * force_reval_path - force revalidation of a dentry
  *
@@ -433,13 +663,12 @@ force_reval_path(struct path *path, struct nameidata *nd)
 
 	/*
 	 * only check on filesystems where it's possible for the dentry to
-	 * become stale. It's assumed that if this flag is set then the
-	 * d_revalidate op will also be defined.
+	 * become stale.
 	 */
-	if (!(dentry->d_sb->s_type->fs_flags & FS_REVAL_DOT))
+	if (!need_reval_dot(dentry))
 		return 0;
 
-	status = dentry->d_op->d_revalidate(dentry, nd);
+	status = d_revalidate(dentry, nd);
 	if (status > 0)
 		return 0;
 
@@ -459,26 +688,27 @@ force_reval_path(struct path *path, struct nameidata *nd)
  * short-cut DAC fails, then call ->permission() to do more
  * complete permission check.
  */
-static int exec_permission(struct inode *inode)
+static inline int exec_permission(struct inode *inode, unsigned int flags)
 {
 	int ret;
 
 	if (inode->i_op->permission) {
-		ret = inode->i_op->permission(inode, MAY_EXEC);
-		if (!ret)
-			goto ok;
-		return ret;
+		ret = inode->i_op->permission(inode, MAY_EXEC, flags);
+	} else {
+		ret = acl_permission_check(inode, MAY_EXEC, flags,
+				inode->i_op->check_acl);
 	}
-	ret = acl_permission_check(inode, MAY_EXEC, inode->i_op->check_acl);
-	if (!ret)
+	if (likely(!ret))
 		goto ok;
+	if (ret == -ECHILD)
+		return ret;
 
 	if (capable(CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE) || capable(CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH))
 		goto ok;
 
 	return ret;
 ok:
-	return security_inode_permission(inode, MAY_EXEC);
+	return security_inode_exec_permission(inode, flags);
 }
 
 static __always_inline void set_root(struct nameidata *nd)
@@ -489,8 +719,23 @@ static __always_inline void set_root(struct nameidata *nd)
 
 static int link_path_walk(const char *, struct nameidata *);
 
+static __always_inline void set_root_rcu(struct nameidata *nd)
+{
+	if (!nd->root.mnt) {
+		struct fs_struct *fs = current->fs;
+		unsigned seq;
+
+		do {
+			seq = read_seqcount_begin(&fs->seq);
+			nd->root = fs->root;
+		} while (read_seqcount_retry(&fs->seq, seq));
+	}
+}
+
 static __always_inline int __vfs_follow_link(struct nameidata *nd, const char *link)
 {
+	int ret;
+
 	if (IS_ERR(link))
 		goto fail;
 
@@ -500,8 +745,10 @@ static __always_inline int __vfs_follow_link(struct nameidata *nd, const char *l
 		nd->path = nd->root;
 		path_get(&nd->root);
 	}
+	nd->inode = nd->path.dentry->d_inode;
 
-	return link_path_walk(link, nd);
+	ret = link_path_walk(link, nd);
+	return ret;
 fail:
 	path_put(&nd->path);
 	return PTR_ERR(link);
@@ -516,11 +763,12 @@ static void path_put_conditional(struct path *path, struct nameidata *nd)
 
 static inline void path_to_nameidata(struct path *path, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
-	dput(nd->path.dentry);
-	if (nd->path.mnt != path->mnt) {
-		mntput(nd->path.mnt);
-		nd->path.mnt = path->mnt;
+	if (!(nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU)) {
+		dput(nd->path.dentry);
+		if (nd->path.mnt != path->mnt)
+			mntput(nd->path.mnt);
 	}
+	nd->path.mnt = path->mnt;
 	nd->path.dentry = path->dentry;
 }
 
@@ -535,9 +783,11 @@ __do_follow_link(struct path *path, struct nameidata *nd, void **p)
 
 	if (path->mnt != nd->path.mnt) {
 		path_to_nameidata(path, nd);
+		nd->inode = nd->path.dentry->d_inode;
 		dget(dentry);
 	}
 	mntget(path->mnt);
+
 	nd->last_type = LAST_BIND;
 	*p = dentry->d_inode->i_op->follow_link(dentry, nd);
 	error = PTR_ERR(*p);
@@ -591,6 +841,20 @@ loop:
 	return err;
 }
 
+static int follow_up_rcu(struct path *path)
+{
+	struct vfsmount *parent;
+	struct dentry *mountpoint;
+
+	parent = path->mnt->mnt_parent;
+	if (parent == path->mnt)
+		return 0;
+	mountpoint = path->mnt->mnt_mountpoint;
+	path->dentry = mountpoint;
+	path->mnt = parent;
+	return 1;
+}
+
 int follow_up(struct path *path)
 {
 	struct vfsmount *parent;
@@ -612,9 +876,24 @@ int follow_up(struct path *path)
 	return 1;
 }
 
-/* no need for dcache_lock, as serialization is taken care in
- * namespace.c
+/*
+ * serialization is taken care of in namespace.c
  */
+static void __follow_mount_rcu(struct nameidata *nd, struct path *path,
+				struct inode **inode)
+{
+	while (d_mountpoint(path->dentry)) {
+		struct vfsmount *mounted;
+		mounted = __lookup_mnt(path->mnt, path->dentry, 1);
+		if (!mounted)
+			return;
+		path->mnt = mounted;
+		path->dentry = mounted->mnt_root;
+		nd->seq = read_seqcount_begin(&path->dentry->d_seq);
+		*inode = path->dentry->d_inode;
+	}
+}
+
 static int __follow_mount(struct path *path)
 {
 	int res = 0;
@@ -645,9 +924,6 @@ static void follow_mount(struct path *path)
 	}
 }
 
-/* no need for dcache_lock, as serialization is taken care in
- * namespace.c
- */
 int follow_down(struct path *path)
 {
 	struct vfsmount *mounted;
@@ -663,7 +939,42 @@ int follow_down(struct path *path)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static __always_inline void follow_dotdot(struct nameidata *nd)
+static int follow_dotdot_rcu(struct nameidata *nd)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = nd->inode;
+
+	set_root_rcu(nd);
+
+	while(1) {
+		if (nd->path.dentry == nd->root.dentry &&
+		    nd->path.mnt == nd->root.mnt) {
+			break;
+		}
+		if (nd->path.dentry != nd->path.mnt->mnt_root) {
+			struct dentry *old = nd->path.dentry;
+			struct dentry *parent = old->d_parent;
+			unsigned seq;
+
+			seq = read_seqcount_begin(&parent->d_seq);
+			if (read_seqcount_retry(&old->d_seq, nd->seq))
+				return -ECHILD;
+			inode = parent->d_inode;
+			nd->path.dentry = parent;
+			nd->seq = seq;
+			break;
+		}
+		if (!follow_up_rcu(&nd->path))
+			break;
+		nd->seq = read_seqcount_begin(&nd->path.dentry->d_seq);
+		inode = nd->path.dentry->d_inode;
+	}
+	__follow_mount_rcu(nd, &nd->path, &inode);
+	nd->inode = inode;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void follow_dotdot(struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	set_root(nd);
 
@@ -684,6 +995,7 @@ static __always_inline void follow_dotdot(struct nameidata *nd)
 			break;
 	}
 	follow_mount(&nd->path);
+	nd->inode = nd->path.dentry->d_inode;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -721,17 +1033,17 @@ static struct dentry *d_alloc_and_lookup(struct dentry *parent,
  *  It _is_ time-critical.
  */
 static int do_lookup(struct nameidata *nd, struct qstr *name,
-		     struct path *path)
+			struct path *path, struct inode **inode)
 {
 	struct vfsmount *mnt = nd->path.mnt;
-	struct dentry *dentry, *parent;
+	struct dentry *dentry, *parent = nd->path.dentry;
 	struct inode *dir;
 	/*
 	 * See if the low-level filesystem might want
 	 * to use its own hash..
 	 */
-	if (nd->path.dentry->d_op && nd->path.dentry->d_op->d_hash) {
-		int err = nd->path.dentry->d_op->d_hash(nd->path.dentry, name);
+	if (unlikely(parent->d_flags & DCACHE_OP_HASH)) {
+		int err = parent->d_op->d_hash(parent, nd->inode, name);
 		if (err < 0)
 			return err;
 	}
@@ -741,21 +1053,44 @@ static int do_lookup(struct nameidata *nd, struct qstr *name,
 	 * of a false negative due to a concurrent rename, we're going to
 	 * do the non-racy lookup, below.
 	 */
-	dentry = __d_lookup(nd->path.dentry, name);
-	if (!dentry)
-		goto need_lookup;
+	if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU) {
+		unsigned seq;
+
+		*inode = nd->inode;
+		dentry = __d_lookup_rcu(parent, name, &seq, inode);
+		if (!dentry) {
+			if (nameidata_drop_rcu(nd))
+				return -ECHILD;
+			goto need_lookup;
+		}
+		/* Memory barrier in read_seqcount_begin of child is enough */
+		if (__read_seqcount_retry(&parent->d_seq, nd->seq))
+			return -ECHILD;
+
+		nd->seq = seq;
+		if (dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_OP_REVALIDATE)
+			goto need_revalidate;
+		path->mnt = mnt;
+		path->dentry = dentry;
+		__follow_mount_rcu(nd, path, inode);
+	} else {
+		dentry = __d_lookup(parent, name);
+		if (!dentry)
+			goto need_lookup;
 found:
-	if (dentry->d_op && dentry->d_op->d_revalidate)
-		goto need_revalidate;
+		if (dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_OP_REVALIDATE)
+			goto need_revalidate;
 done:
-	path->mnt = mnt;
-	path->dentry = dentry;
-	__follow_mount(path);
+		path->mnt = mnt;
+		path->dentry = dentry;
+		__follow_mount(path);
+		*inode = path->dentry->d_inode;
+	}
 	return 0;
 
 need_lookup:
-	parent = nd->path.dentry;
 	dir = parent->d_inode;
+	BUG_ON(nd->inode != dir);
 
 	mutex_lock(&dir->i_mutex);
 	/*
@@ -817,7 +1152,6 @@ static inline int follow_on_final(struct inode *inode, unsigned lookup_flags)
 static int link_path_walk(const char *name, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	struct path next;
-	struct inode *inode;
 	int err;
 	unsigned int lookup_flags = nd->flags;
 	
@@ -826,18 +1160,28 @@ static int link_path_walk(const char *name, struct nameidata *nd)
 	if (!*name)
 		goto return_reval;
 
-	inode = nd->path.dentry->d_inode;
 	if (nd->depth)
 		lookup_flags = LOOKUP_FOLLOW | (nd->flags & LOOKUP_CONTINUE);
 
 	/* At this point we know we have a real path component. */
 	for(;;) {
+		struct inode *inode;
 		unsigned long hash;
 		struct qstr this;
 		unsigned int c;
 
 		nd->flags |= LOOKUP_CONTINUE;
-		err = exec_permission(inode);
+		if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU) {
+			err = exec_permission(nd->inode, IPERM_FLAG_RCU);
+			if (err == -ECHILD) {
+				if (nameidata_drop_rcu(nd))
+					return -ECHILD;
+				goto exec_again;
+			}
+		} else {
+exec_again:
+			err = exec_permission(nd->inode, 0);
+		}
  		if (err)
 			break;
 
@@ -868,37 +1212,44 @@ static int link_path_walk(const char *name, struct nameidata *nd)
 		if (this.name[0] == '.') switch (this.len) {
 			default:
 				break;
-			case 2:	
+			case 2:
 				if (this.name[1] != '.')
 					break;
-				follow_dotdot(nd);
-				inode = nd->path.dentry->d_inode;
+				if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU) {
+					if (follow_dotdot_rcu(nd))
+						return -ECHILD;
+				} else
+					follow_dotdot(nd);
 				/* fallthrough */
 			case 1:
 				continue;
 		}
 		/* This does the actual lookups.. */
-		err = do_lookup(nd, &this, &next);
+		err = do_lookup(nd, &this, &next, &inode);
 		if (err)
 			break;
-
 		err = -ENOENT;
-		inode = next.dentry->d_inode;
 		if (!inode)
 			goto out_dput;
 
 		if (inode->i_op->follow_link) {
+			/* We commonly drop rcu-walk here */
+			if (nameidata_dentry_drop_rcu_maybe(nd, next.dentry))
+				return -ECHILD;
+			BUG_ON(inode != next.dentry->d_inode);
 			err = do_follow_link(&next, nd);
 			if (err)
 				goto return_err;
+			nd->inode = nd->path.dentry->d_inode;
 			err = -ENOENT;
-			inode = nd->path.dentry->d_inode;
-			if (!inode)
+			if (!nd->inode)
 				break;
-		} else
+		} else {
 			path_to_nameidata(&next, nd);
+			nd->inode = inode;
+		}
 		err = -ENOTDIR; 
-		if (!inode->i_op->lookup)
+		if (!nd->inode->i_op->lookup)
 			break;
 		continue;
 		/* here ends the main loop */
@@ -913,32 +1264,39 @@ last_component:
 		if (this.name[0] == '.') switch (this.len) {
 			default:
 				break;
-			case 2:	
+			case 2:
 				if (this.name[1] != '.')
 					break;
-				follow_dotdot(nd);
-				inode = nd->path.dentry->d_inode;
+				if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU) {
+					if (follow_dotdot_rcu(nd))
+						return -ECHILD;
+				} else
+					follow_dotdot(nd);
 				/* fallthrough */
 			case 1:
 				goto return_reval;
 		}
-		err = do_lookup(nd, &this, &next);
+		err = do_lookup(nd, &this, &next, &inode);
 		if (err)
 			break;
-		inode = next.dentry->d_inode;
 		if (follow_on_final(inode, lookup_flags)) {
+			if (nameidata_dentry_drop_rcu_maybe(nd, next.dentry))
+				return -ECHILD;
+			BUG_ON(inode != next.dentry->d_inode);
 			err = do_follow_link(&next, nd);
 			if (err)
 				goto return_err;
-			inode = nd->path.dentry->d_inode;
-		} else
+			nd->inode = nd->path.dentry->d_inode;
+		} else {
 			path_to_nameidata(&next, nd);
+			nd->inode = inode;
+		}
 		err = -ENOENT;
-		if (!inode)
+		if (!nd->inode)
 			break;
 		if (lookup_flags & LOOKUP_DIRECTORY) {
 			err = -ENOTDIR; 
-			if (!inode->i_op->lookup)
+			if (!nd->inode->i_op->lookup)
 				break;
 		}
 		goto return_base;
@@ -958,25 +1316,43 @@ return_reval:
 		 * We bypassed the ordinary revalidation routines.
 		 * We may need to check the cached dentry for staleness.
 		 */
-		if (nd->path.dentry && nd->path.dentry->d_sb &&
-		    (nd->path.dentry->d_sb->s_type->fs_flags & FS_REVAL_DOT)) {
-			err = -ESTALE;
+		if (need_reval_dot(nd->path.dentry)) {
 			/* Note: we do not d_invalidate() */
-			if (!nd->path.dentry->d_op->d_revalidate(
-					nd->path.dentry, nd))
+			err = d_revalidate(nd->path.dentry, nd);
+			if (!err)
+				err = -ESTALE;
+			if (err < 0)
 				break;
 		}
 return_base:
+		if (nameidata_drop_rcu_last_maybe(nd))
+			return -ECHILD;
 		return 0;
 out_dput:
-		path_put_conditional(&next, nd);
+		if (!(nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU))
+			path_put_conditional(&next, nd);
 		break;
 	}
-	path_put(&nd->path);
+	if (!(nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU))
+		path_put(&nd->path);
 return_err:
 	return err;
 }
 
+static inline int path_walk_rcu(const char *name, struct nameidata *nd)
+{
+	current->total_link_count = 0;
+
+	return link_path_walk(name, nd);
+}
+
+static inline int path_walk_simple(const char *name, struct nameidata *nd)
+{
+	current->total_link_count = 0;
+
+	return link_path_walk(name, nd);
+}
+
 static int path_walk(const char *name, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	struct path save = nd->path;
@@ -1002,6 +1378,93 @@ static int path_walk(const char *name, struct nameidata *nd)
 	return result;
 }
 
+static void path_finish_rcu(struct nameidata *nd)
+{
+	if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU) {
+		/* RCU dangling. Cancel it. */
+		nd->flags &= ~LOOKUP_RCU;
+		nd->root.mnt = NULL;
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+		br_read_unlock(vfsmount_lock);
+	}
+	if (nd->file)
+		fput(nd->file);
+}
+
+static int path_init_rcu(int dfd, const char *name, unsigned int flags, struct nameidata *nd)
+{
+	int retval = 0;
+	int fput_needed;
+	struct file *file;
+
+	nd->last_type = LAST_ROOT; /* if there are only slashes... */
+	nd->flags = flags | LOOKUP_RCU;
+	nd->depth = 0;
+	nd->root.mnt = NULL;
+	nd->file = NULL;
+
+	if (*name=='/') {
+		struct fs_struct *fs = current->fs;
+		unsigned seq;
+
+		br_read_lock(vfsmount_lock);
+		rcu_read_lock();
+
+		do {
+			seq = read_seqcount_begin(&fs->seq);
+			nd->root = fs->root;
+			nd->path = nd->root;
+			nd->seq = __read_seqcount_begin(&nd->path.dentry->d_seq);
+		} while (read_seqcount_retry(&fs->seq, seq));
+
+	} else if (dfd == AT_FDCWD) {
+		struct fs_struct *fs = current->fs;
+		unsigned seq;
+
+		br_read_lock(vfsmount_lock);
+		rcu_read_lock();
+
+		do {
+			seq = read_seqcount_begin(&fs->seq);
+			nd->path = fs->pwd;
+			nd->seq = __read_seqcount_begin(&nd->path.dentry->d_seq);
+		} while (read_seqcount_retry(&fs->seq, seq));
+
+	} else {
+		struct dentry *dentry;
+
+		file = fget_light(dfd, &fput_needed);
+		retval = -EBADF;
+		if (!file)
+			goto out_fail;
+
+		dentry = file->f_path.dentry;
+
+		retval = -ENOTDIR;
+		if (!S_ISDIR(dentry->d_inode->i_mode))
+			goto fput_fail;
+
+		retval = file_permission(file, MAY_EXEC);
+		if (retval)
+			goto fput_fail;
+
+		nd->path = file->f_path;
+		if (fput_needed)
+			nd->file = file;
+
+		nd->seq = __read_seqcount_begin(&nd->path.dentry->d_seq);
+		br_read_lock(vfsmount_lock);
+		rcu_read_lock();
+	}
+	nd->inode = nd->path.dentry->d_inode;
+	return 0;
+
+fput_fail:
+	fput_light(file, fput_needed);
+out_fail:
+	return retval;
+}
+
 static int path_init(int dfd, const char *name, unsigned int flags, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	int retval = 0;
@@ -1042,6 +1505,7 @@ static int path_init(int dfd, const char *name, unsigned int flags, struct namei
 
 		fput_light(file, fput_needed);
 	}
+	nd->inode = nd->path.dentry->d_inode;
 	return 0;
 
 fput_fail:
@@ -1054,16 +1518,53 @@ out_fail:
 static int do_path_lookup(int dfd, const char *name,
 				unsigned int flags, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
-	int retval = path_init(dfd, name, flags, nd);
-	if (!retval)
-		retval = path_walk(name, nd);
-	if (unlikely(!retval && !audit_dummy_context() && nd->path.dentry &&
-				nd->path.dentry->d_inode))
-		audit_inode(name, nd->path.dentry);
+	int retval;
+
+	/*
+	 * Path walking is largely split up into 2 different synchronisation
+	 * schemes, rcu-walk and ref-walk (explained in
+	 * Documentation/filesystems/path-lookup.txt). These share much of the
+	 * path walk code, but some things particularly setup, cleanup, and
+	 * following mounts are sufficiently divergent that functions are
+	 * duplicated. Typically there is a function foo(), and its RCU
+	 * analogue, foo_rcu().
+	 *
+	 * -ECHILD is the error number of choice (just to avoid clashes) that
+	 * is returned if some aspect of an rcu-walk fails. Such an error must
+	 * be handled by restarting a traditional ref-walk (which will always
+	 * be able to complete).
+	 */
+	retval = path_init_rcu(dfd, name, flags, nd);
+	if (unlikely(retval))
+		return retval;
+	retval = path_walk_rcu(name, nd);
+	path_finish_rcu(nd);
 	if (nd->root.mnt) {
 		path_put(&nd->root);
 		nd->root.mnt = NULL;
 	}
+
+	if (unlikely(retval == -ECHILD || retval == -ESTALE)) {
+		/* slower, locked walk */
+		if (retval == -ESTALE)
+			flags |= LOOKUP_REVAL;
+		retval = path_init(dfd, name, flags, nd);
+		if (unlikely(retval))
+			return retval;
+		retval = path_walk(name, nd);
+		if (nd->root.mnt) {
+			path_put(&nd->root);
+			nd->root.mnt = NULL;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (likely(!retval)) {
+		if (unlikely(!audit_dummy_context())) {
+			if (nd->path.dentry && nd->inode)
+				audit_inode(name, nd->path.dentry);
+		}
+	}
+
 	return retval;
 }
 
@@ -1106,10 +1607,11 @@ int vfs_path_lookup(struct dentry *dentry, struct vfsmount *mnt,
 	path_get(&nd->path);
 	nd->root = nd->path;
 	path_get(&nd->root);
+	nd->inode = nd->path.dentry->d_inode;
 
 	retval = path_walk(name, nd);
 	if (unlikely(!retval && !audit_dummy_context() && nd->path.dentry &&
-				nd->path.dentry->d_inode))
+				nd->inode))
 		audit_inode(name, nd->path.dentry);
 
 	path_put(&nd->root);
@@ -1125,7 +1627,7 @@ static struct dentry *__lookup_hash(struct qstr *name,
 	struct dentry *dentry;
 	int err;
 
-	err = exec_permission(inode);
+	err = exec_permission(inode, 0);
 	if (err)
 		return ERR_PTR(err);
 
@@ -1133,8 +1635,8 @@ static struct dentry *__lookup_hash(struct qstr *name,
 	 * See if the low-level filesystem might want
 	 * to use its own hash..
 	 */
-	if (base->d_op && base->d_op->d_hash) {
-		err = base->d_op->d_hash(base, name);
+	if (base->d_flags & DCACHE_OP_HASH) {
+		err = base->d_op->d_hash(base, inode, name);
 		dentry = ERR_PTR(err);
 		if (err < 0)
 			goto out;
@@ -1147,7 +1649,7 @@ static struct dentry *__lookup_hash(struct qstr *name,
 	 */
 	dentry = d_lookup(base, name);
 
-	if (dentry && dentry->d_op && dentry->d_op->d_revalidate)
+	if (dentry && (dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_OP_REVALIDATE))
 		dentry = do_revalidate(dentry, nd);
 
 	if (!dentry)
@@ -1490,6 +1992,7 @@ out_unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&dir->d_inode->i_mutex);
 	dput(nd->path.dentry);
 	nd->path.dentry = path->dentry;
+
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 	/* Don't check for write permission, don't truncate */
@@ -1584,6 +2087,9 @@ exit:
 	return ERR_PTR(error);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Handle O_CREAT case for do_filp_open
+ */
 static struct file *do_last(struct nameidata *nd, struct path *path,
 			    int open_flag, int acc_mode,
 			    int mode, const char *pathname)
@@ -1597,50 +2103,25 @@ static struct file *do_last(struct nameidata *nd, struct path *path,
 		follow_dotdot(nd);
 		dir = nd->path.dentry;
 	case LAST_DOT:
-		if (nd->path.mnt->mnt_sb->s_type->fs_flags & FS_REVAL_DOT) {
-			if (!dir->d_op->d_revalidate(dir, nd)) {
+		if (need_reval_dot(dir)) {
+			error = d_revalidate(nd->path.dentry, nd);
+			if (!error)
 				error = -ESTALE;
+			if (error < 0)
 				goto exit;
-			}
 		}
 		/* fallthrough */
 	case LAST_ROOT:
-		if (open_flag & O_CREAT)
-			goto exit;
-		/* fallthrough */
+		goto exit;
 	case LAST_BIND:
 		audit_inode(pathname, dir);
 		goto ok;
 	}
 
 	/* trailing slashes? */
-	if (nd->last.name[nd->last.len]) {
-		if (open_flag & O_CREAT)
-			goto exit;
-		nd->flags |= LOOKUP_DIRECTORY | LOOKUP_FOLLOW;
-	}
-
-	/* just plain open? */
-	if (!(open_flag & O_CREAT)) {
-		error = do_lookup(nd, &nd->last, path);
-		if (error)
-			goto exit;
-		error = -ENOENT;
-		if (!path->dentry->d_inode)
-			goto exit_dput;
-		if (path->dentry->d_inode->i_op->follow_link)
-			return NULL;
-		error = -ENOTDIR;
-		if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_DIRECTORY) {
-			if (!path->dentry->d_inode->i_op->lookup)
-				goto exit_dput;
-		}
-		path_to_nameidata(path, nd);
-		audit_inode(pathname, nd->path.dentry);
-		goto ok;
-	}
+	if (nd->last.name[nd->last.len])
+		goto exit;
 
-	/* OK, it's O_CREAT */
 	mutex_lock(&dir->d_inode->i_mutex);
 
 	path->dentry = lookup_hash(nd);
@@ -1711,8 +2192,9 @@ static struct file *do_last(struct nameidata *nd, struct path *path,
 		return NULL;
 
 	path_to_nameidata(path, nd);
+	nd->inode = path->dentry->d_inode;
 	error = -EISDIR;
-	if (S_ISDIR(path->dentry->d_inode->i_mode))
+	if (S_ISDIR(nd->inode->i_mode))
 		goto exit;
 ok:
 	filp = finish_open(nd, open_flag, acc_mode);
@@ -1743,7 +2225,7 @@ struct file *do_filp_open(int dfd, const char *pathname,
 	struct path path;
 	int count = 0;
 	int flag = open_to_namei_flags(open_flag);
-	int force_reval = 0;
+	int flags;
 
 	if (!(open_flag & O_CREAT))
 		mode = 0;
@@ -1772,54 +2254,84 @@ struct file *do_filp_open(int dfd, const char *pathname,
 	if (open_flag & O_APPEND)
 		acc_mode |= MAY_APPEND;
 
-	/* find the parent */
-reval:
-	error = path_init(dfd, pathname, LOOKUP_PARENT, &nd);
+	flags = LOOKUP_OPEN;
+	if (open_flag & O_CREAT) {
+		flags |= LOOKUP_CREATE;
+		if (open_flag & O_EXCL)
+			flags |= LOOKUP_EXCL;
+	}
+	if (open_flag & O_DIRECTORY)
+		flags |= LOOKUP_DIRECTORY;
+	if (!(open_flag & O_NOFOLLOW))
+		flags |= LOOKUP_FOLLOW;
+
+	filp = get_empty_filp();
+	if (!filp)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENFILE);
+
+	filp->f_flags = open_flag;
+	nd.intent.open.file = filp;
+	nd.intent.open.flags = flag;
+	nd.intent.open.create_mode = mode;
+
+	if (open_flag & O_CREAT)
+		goto creat;
+
+	/* !O_CREAT, simple open */
+	error = do_path_lookup(dfd, pathname, flags, &nd);
+	if (unlikely(error))
+		goto out_filp;
+	error = -ELOOP;
+	if (!(nd.flags & LOOKUP_FOLLOW)) {
+		if (nd.inode->i_op->follow_link)
+			goto out_path;
+	}
+	error = -ENOTDIR;
+	if (nd.flags & LOOKUP_DIRECTORY) {
+		if (!nd.inode->i_op->lookup)
+			goto out_path;
+	}
+	audit_inode(pathname, nd.path.dentry);
+	filp = finish_open(&nd, open_flag, acc_mode);
+	return filp;
+
+creat:
+	/* OK, have to create the file. Find the parent. */
+	error = path_init_rcu(dfd, pathname,
+			LOOKUP_PARENT | (flags & LOOKUP_REVAL), &nd);
 	if (error)
-		return ERR_PTR(error);
-	if (force_reval)
-		nd.flags |= LOOKUP_REVAL;
+		goto out_filp;
+	error = path_walk_rcu(pathname, &nd);
+	path_finish_rcu(&nd);
+	if (unlikely(error == -ECHILD || error == -ESTALE)) {
+		/* slower, locked walk */
+		if (error == -ESTALE) {
+reval:
+			flags |= LOOKUP_REVAL;
+		}
+		error = path_init(dfd, pathname,
+				LOOKUP_PARENT | (flags & LOOKUP_REVAL), &nd);
+		if (error)
+			goto out_filp;
 
-	current->total_link_count = 0;
-	error = link_path_walk(pathname, &nd);
-	if (error) {
-		filp = ERR_PTR(error);
-		goto out;
+		error = path_walk_simple(pathname, &nd);
 	}
-	if (unlikely(!audit_dummy_context()) && (open_flag & O_CREAT))
+	if (unlikely(error))
+		goto out_filp;
+	if (unlikely(!audit_dummy_context()))
 		audit_inode(pathname, nd.path.dentry);
 
 	/*
 	 * We have the parent and last component.
 	 */
-
-	error = -ENFILE;
-	filp = get_empty_filp();
-	if (filp == NULL)
-		goto exit_parent;
-	nd.intent.open.file = filp;
-	filp->f_flags = open_flag;
-	nd.intent.open.flags = flag;
-	nd.intent.open.create_mode = mode;
-	nd.flags &= ~LOOKUP_PARENT;
-	nd.flags |= LOOKUP_OPEN;
-	if (open_flag & O_CREAT) {
-		nd.flags |= LOOKUP_CREATE;
-		if (open_flag & O_EXCL)
-			nd.flags |= LOOKUP_EXCL;
-	}
-	if (open_flag & O_DIRECTORY)
-		nd.flags |= LOOKUP_DIRECTORY;
-	if (!(open_flag & O_NOFOLLOW))
-		nd.flags |= LOOKUP_FOLLOW;
+	nd.flags = flags;
 	filp = do_last(&nd, &path, open_flag, acc_mode, mode, pathname);
 	while (unlikely(!filp)) { /* trailing symlink */
 		struct path holder;
-		struct inode *inode = path.dentry->d_inode;
 		void *cookie;
 		error = -ELOOP;
 		/* S_ISDIR part is a temporary automount kludge */
-		if (!(nd.flags & LOOKUP_FOLLOW) && !S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
+		if (!(nd.flags & LOOKUP_FOLLOW) && !S_ISDIR(nd.inode->i_mode))
 			goto exit_dput;
 		if (count++ == 32)
 			goto exit_dput;
@@ -1840,36 +2352,33 @@ reval:
 			goto exit_dput;
 		error = __do_follow_link(&path, &nd, &cookie);
 		if (unlikely(error)) {
+			if (!IS_ERR(cookie) && nd.inode->i_op->put_link)
+				nd.inode->i_op->put_link(path.dentry, &nd, cookie);
 			/* nd.path had been dropped */
-			if (!IS_ERR(cookie) && inode->i_op->put_link)
-				inode->i_op->put_link(path.dentry, &nd, cookie);
-			path_put(&path);
-			release_open_intent(&nd);
-			filp = ERR_PTR(error);
-			goto out;
+			nd.path = path;
+			goto out_path;
 		}
 		holder = path;
 		nd.flags &= ~LOOKUP_PARENT;
 		filp = do_last(&nd, &path, open_flag, acc_mode, mode, pathname);
-		if (inode->i_op->put_link)
-			inode->i_op->put_link(holder.dentry, &nd, cookie);
+		if (nd.inode->i_op->put_link)
+			nd.inode->i_op->put_link(holder.dentry, &nd, cookie);
 		path_put(&holder);
 	}
 out:
 	if (nd.root.mnt)
 		path_put(&nd.root);
-	if (filp == ERR_PTR(-ESTALE) && !force_reval) {
-		force_reval = 1;
+	if (filp == ERR_PTR(-ESTALE) && !(flags & LOOKUP_REVAL))
 		goto reval;
-	}
 	return filp;
 
 exit_dput:
 	path_put_conditional(&path, &nd);
+out_path:
+	path_put(&nd.path);
+out_filp:
 	if (!IS_ERR(nd.intent.open.file))
 		release_open_intent(&nd);
-exit_parent:
-	path_put(&nd.path);
 	filp = ERR_PTR(error);
 	goto out;
 }
@@ -2130,12 +2639,10 @@ void dentry_unhash(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	dget(dentry);
 	shrink_dcache_parent(dentry);
-	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
 	spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
-	if (atomic_read(&dentry->d_count) == 2)
+	if (dentry->d_count == 2)
 		__d_drop(dentry);
 	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
-	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
 }
 
 int vfs_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index 3dbfc072ec70..3ddfd9046c44 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -138,6 +138,64 @@ void mnt_release_group_id(struct vfsmount *mnt)
 	mnt->mnt_group_id = 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * vfsmount lock must be held for read
+ */
+static inline void mnt_add_count(struct vfsmount *mnt, int n)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+	this_cpu_add(mnt->mnt_pcp->mnt_count, n);
+#else
+	preempt_disable();
+	mnt->mnt_count += n;
+	preempt_enable();
+#endif
+}
+
+static inline void mnt_set_count(struct vfsmount *mnt, int n)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+	this_cpu_write(mnt->mnt_pcp->mnt_count, n);
+#else
+	mnt->mnt_count = n;
+#endif
+}
+
+/*
+ * vfsmount lock must be held for read
+ */
+static inline void mnt_inc_count(struct vfsmount *mnt)
+{
+	mnt_add_count(mnt, 1);
+}
+
+/*
+ * vfsmount lock must be held for read
+ */
+static inline void mnt_dec_count(struct vfsmount *mnt)
+{
+	mnt_add_count(mnt, -1);
+}
+
+/*
+ * vfsmount lock must be held for write
+ */
+unsigned int mnt_get_count(struct vfsmount *mnt)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+	unsigned int count = atomic_read(&mnt->mnt_longrefs);
+	int cpu;
+
+	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
+		count += per_cpu_ptr(mnt->mnt_pcp, cpu)->mnt_count;
+	}
+
+	return count;
+#else
+	return mnt->mnt_count;
+#endif
+}
+
 struct vfsmount *alloc_vfsmnt(const char *name)
 {
 	struct vfsmount *mnt = kmem_cache_zalloc(mnt_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -154,7 +212,17 @@ struct vfsmount *alloc_vfsmnt(const char *name)
 				goto out_free_id;
 		}
 
-		atomic_set(&mnt->mnt_count, 1);
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+		mnt->mnt_pcp = alloc_percpu(struct mnt_pcp);
+		if (!mnt->mnt_pcp)
+			goto out_free_devname;
+
+		atomic_set(&mnt->mnt_longrefs, 1);
+#else
+		mnt->mnt_count = 1;
+		mnt->mnt_writers = 0;
+#endif
+
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mnt->mnt_hash);
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mnt->mnt_child);
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mnt->mnt_mounts);
@@ -166,13 +234,6 @@ struct vfsmount *alloc_vfsmnt(const char *name)
 #ifdef CONFIG_FSNOTIFY
 		INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&mnt->mnt_fsnotify_marks);
 #endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-		mnt->mnt_writers = alloc_percpu(int);
-		if (!mnt->mnt_writers)
-			goto out_free_devname;
-#else
-		mnt->mnt_writers = 0;
-#endif
 	}
 	return mnt;
 
@@ -216,32 +277,32 @@ int __mnt_is_readonly(struct vfsmount *mnt)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__mnt_is_readonly);
 
-static inline void inc_mnt_writers(struct vfsmount *mnt)
+static inline void mnt_inc_writers(struct vfsmount *mnt)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-	(*per_cpu_ptr(mnt->mnt_writers, smp_processor_id()))++;
+	this_cpu_inc(mnt->mnt_pcp->mnt_writers);
 #else
 	mnt->mnt_writers++;
 #endif
 }
 
-static inline void dec_mnt_writers(struct vfsmount *mnt)
+static inline void mnt_dec_writers(struct vfsmount *mnt)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-	(*per_cpu_ptr(mnt->mnt_writers, smp_processor_id()))--;
+	this_cpu_dec(mnt->mnt_pcp->mnt_writers);
 #else
 	mnt->mnt_writers--;
 #endif
 }
 
-static unsigned int count_mnt_writers(struct vfsmount *mnt)
+static unsigned int mnt_get_writers(struct vfsmount *mnt)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 	unsigned int count = 0;
 	int cpu;
 
 	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
-		count += *per_cpu_ptr(mnt->mnt_writers, cpu);
+		count += per_cpu_ptr(mnt->mnt_pcp, cpu)->mnt_writers;
 	}
 
 	return count;
@@ -273,9 +334,9 @@ int mnt_want_write(struct vfsmount *mnt)
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	preempt_disable();
-	inc_mnt_writers(mnt);
+	mnt_inc_writers(mnt);
 	/*
-	 * The store to inc_mnt_writers must be visible before we pass
+	 * The store to mnt_inc_writers must be visible before we pass
 	 * MNT_WRITE_HOLD loop below, so that the slowpath can see our
 	 * incremented count after it has set MNT_WRITE_HOLD.
 	 */
@@ -289,7 +350,7 @@ int mnt_want_write(struct vfsmount *mnt)
 	 */
 	smp_rmb();
 	if (__mnt_is_readonly(mnt)) {
-		dec_mnt_writers(mnt);
+		mnt_dec_writers(mnt);
 		ret = -EROFS;
 		goto out;
 	}
@@ -317,7 +378,7 @@ int mnt_clone_write(struct vfsmount *mnt)
 	if (__mnt_is_readonly(mnt))
 		return -EROFS;
 	preempt_disable();
-	inc_mnt_writers(mnt);
+	mnt_inc_writers(mnt);
 	preempt_enable();
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -351,7 +412,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mnt_want_write_file);
 void mnt_drop_write(struct vfsmount *mnt)
 {
 	preempt_disable();
-	dec_mnt_writers(mnt);
+	mnt_dec_writers(mnt);
 	preempt_enable();
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mnt_drop_write);
@@ -384,7 +445,7 @@ static int mnt_make_readonly(struct vfsmount *mnt)
 	 * MNT_WRITE_HOLD, so it can't be decremented by another CPU while
 	 * we're counting up here.
 	 */
-	if (count_mnt_writers(mnt) > 0)
+	if (mnt_get_writers(mnt) > 0)
 		ret = -EBUSY;
 	else
 		mnt->mnt_flags |= MNT_READONLY;
@@ -418,7 +479,7 @@ void free_vfsmnt(struct vfsmount *mnt)
 	kfree(mnt->mnt_devname);
 	mnt_free_id(mnt);
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-	free_percpu(mnt->mnt_writers);
+	free_percpu(mnt->mnt_pcp);
 #endif
 	kmem_cache_free(mnt_cache, mnt);
 }
@@ -492,6 +553,27 @@ static void __touch_mnt_namespace(struct mnt_namespace *ns)
 }
 
 /*
+ * Clear dentry's mounted state if it has no remaining mounts.
+ * vfsmount_lock must be held for write.
+ */
+static void dentry_reset_mounted(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	unsigned u;
+
+	for (u = 0; u < HASH_SIZE; u++) {
+		struct vfsmount *p;
+
+		list_for_each_entry(p, &mount_hashtable[u], mnt_hash) {
+			if (p->mnt_mountpoint == dentry)
+				return;
+		}
+	}
+	spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
+	dentry->d_flags &= ~DCACHE_MOUNTED;
+	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+}
+
+/*
  * vfsmount lock must be held for write
  */
 static void detach_mnt(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct path *old_path)
@@ -502,7 +584,7 @@ static void detach_mnt(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct path *old_path)
 	mnt->mnt_mountpoint = mnt->mnt_root;
 	list_del_init(&mnt->mnt_child);
 	list_del_init(&mnt->mnt_hash);
-	old_path->dentry->d_mounted--;
+	dentry_reset_mounted(old_path->mnt, old_path->dentry);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -513,7 +595,9 @@ void mnt_set_mountpoint(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry,
 {
 	child_mnt->mnt_parent = mntget(mnt);
 	child_mnt->mnt_mountpoint = dget(dentry);
-	dentry->d_mounted++;
+	spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
+	dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_MOUNTED;
+	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -629,9 +713,10 @@ static struct vfsmount *clone_mnt(struct vfsmount *old, struct dentry *root,
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-static inline void __mntput(struct vfsmount *mnt)
+static inline void mntfree(struct vfsmount *mnt)
 {
 	struct super_block *sb = mnt->mnt_sb;
+
 	/*
 	 * This probably indicates that somebody messed
 	 * up a mnt_want/drop_write() pair.  If this
@@ -639,38 +724,123 @@ static inline void __mntput(struct vfsmount *mnt)
 	 * to make r/w->r/o transitions.
 	 */
 	/*
-	 * atomic_dec_and_lock() used to deal with ->mnt_count decrements
-	 * provides barriers, so count_mnt_writers() below is safe.  AV
+	 * The locking used to deal with mnt_count decrement provides barriers,
+	 * so mnt_get_writers() below is safe.
 	 */
-	WARN_ON(count_mnt_writers(mnt));
+	WARN_ON(mnt_get_writers(mnt));
 	fsnotify_vfsmount_delete(mnt);
 	dput(mnt->mnt_root);
 	free_vfsmnt(mnt);
 	deactivate_super(sb);
 }
 
-void mntput_no_expire(struct vfsmount *mnt)
-{
-repeat:
-	if (atomic_add_unless(&mnt->mnt_count, -1, 1))
-		return;
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+static inline void __mntput(struct vfsmount *mnt, int longrefs)
+{
+	if (!longrefs) {
+put_again:
+		br_read_lock(vfsmount_lock);
+		if (likely(atomic_read(&mnt->mnt_longrefs))) {
+			mnt_dec_count(mnt);
+			br_read_unlock(vfsmount_lock);
+			return;
+		}
+		br_read_unlock(vfsmount_lock);
+	} else {
+		BUG_ON(!atomic_read(&mnt->mnt_longrefs));
+		if (atomic_add_unless(&mnt->mnt_longrefs, -1, 1))
+			return;
+	}
+
 	br_write_lock(vfsmount_lock);
-	if (!atomic_dec_and_test(&mnt->mnt_count)) {
+	if (!longrefs)
+		mnt_dec_count(mnt);
+	else
+		atomic_dec(&mnt->mnt_longrefs);
+	if (mnt_get_count(mnt)) {
 		br_write_unlock(vfsmount_lock);
 		return;
 	}
-	if (likely(!mnt->mnt_pinned)) {
+	if (unlikely(mnt->mnt_pinned)) {
+		mnt_add_count(mnt, mnt->mnt_pinned + 1);
+		mnt->mnt_pinned = 0;
 		br_write_unlock(vfsmount_lock);
-		__mntput(mnt);
+		acct_auto_close_mnt(mnt);
+		goto put_again;
+	}
+	br_write_unlock(vfsmount_lock);
+	mntfree(mnt);
+}
+#else
+static inline void __mntput(struct vfsmount *mnt, int longrefs)
+{
+put_again:
+	mnt_dec_count(mnt);
+	if (likely(mnt_get_count(mnt)))
 		return;
+	br_write_lock(vfsmount_lock);
+	if (unlikely(mnt->mnt_pinned)) {
+		mnt_add_count(mnt, mnt->mnt_pinned + 1);
+		mnt->mnt_pinned = 0;
+		br_write_unlock(vfsmount_lock);
+		acct_auto_close_mnt(mnt);
+		goto put_again;
 	}
-	atomic_add(mnt->mnt_pinned + 1, &mnt->mnt_count);
-	mnt->mnt_pinned = 0;
 	br_write_unlock(vfsmount_lock);
-	acct_auto_close_mnt(mnt);
-	goto repeat;
+	mntfree(mnt);
+}
+#endif
+
+static void mntput_no_expire(struct vfsmount *mnt)
+{
+	__mntput(mnt, 0);
+}
+
+void mntput(struct vfsmount *mnt)
+{
+	if (mnt) {
+		/* avoid cacheline pingpong, hope gcc doesn't get "smart" */
+		if (unlikely(mnt->mnt_expiry_mark))
+			mnt->mnt_expiry_mark = 0;
+		__mntput(mnt, 0);
+	}
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(mntput);
+
+struct vfsmount *mntget(struct vfsmount *mnt)
+{
+	if (mnt)
+		mnt_inc_count(mnt);
+	return mnt;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(mntput_no_expire);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(mntget);
+
+void mntput_long(struct vfsmount *mnt)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+	if (mnt) {
+		/* avoid cacheline pingpong, hope gcc doesn't get "smart" */
+		if (unlikely(mnt->mnt_expiry_mark))
+			mnt->mnt_expiry_mark = 0;
+		__mntput(mnt, 1);
+	}
+#else
+	mntput(mnt);
+#endif
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(mntput_long);
+
+struct vfsmount *mntget_long(struct vfsmount *mnt)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+	if (mnt)
+		atomic_inc(&mnt->mnt_longrefs);
+	return mnt;
+#else
+	return mntget(mnt);
+#endif
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(mntget_long);
 
 void mnt_pin(struct vfsmount *mnt)
 {
@@ -678,19 +848,17 @@ void mnt_pin(struct vfsmount *mnt)
 	mnt->mnt_pinned++;
 	br_write_unlock(vfsmount_lock);
 }
-
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(mnt_pin);
 
 void mnt_unpin(struct vfsmount *mnt)
 {
 	br_write_lock(vfsmount_lock);
 	if (mnt->mnt_pinned) {
-		atomic_inc(&mnt->mnt_count);
+		mnt_inc_count(mnt);
 		mnt->mnt_pinned--;
 	}
 	br_write_unlock(vfsmount_lock);
 }
-
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(mnt_unpin);
 
 static inline void mangle(struct seq_file *m, const char *s)
@@ -985,12 +1153,13 @@ int may_umount_tree(struct vfsmount *mnt)
 	int minimum_refs = 0;
 	struct vfsmount *p;
 
-	br_read_lock(vfsmount_lock);
+	/* write lock needed for mnt_get_count */
+	br_write_lock(vfsmount_lock);
 	for (p = mnt; p; p = next_mnt(p, mnt)) {
-		actual_refs += atomic_read(&p->mnt_count);
+		actual_refs += mnt_get_count(p);
 		minimum_refs += 2;
 	}
-	br_read_unlock(vfsmount_lock);
+	br_write_unlock(vfsmount_lock);
 
 	if (actual_refs > minimum_refs)
 		return 0;
@@ -1017,10 +1186,10 @@ int may_umount(struct vfsmount *mnt)
 {
 	int ret = 1;
 	down_read(&namespace_sem);
-	br_read_lock(vfsmount_lock);
+	br_write_lock(vfsmount_lock);
 	if (propagate_mount_busy(mnt, 2))
 		ret = 0;
-	br_read_unlock(vfsmount_lock);
+	br_write_unlock(vfsmount_lock);
 	up_read(&namespace_sem);
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -1047,7 +1216,7 @@ void release_mounts(struct list_head *head)
 			dput(dentry);
 			mntput(m);
 		}
-		mntput(mnt);
+		mntput_long(mnt);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1073,7 +1242,7 @@ void umount_tree(struct vfsmount *mnt, int propagate, struct list_head *kill)
 		list_del_init(&p->mnt_child);
 		if (p->mnt_parent != p) {
 			p->mnt_parent->mnt_ghosts++;
-			p->mnt_mountpoint->d_mounted--;
+			dentry_reset_mounted(p->mnt_parent, p->mnt_mountpoint);
 		}
 		change_mnt_propagation(p, MS_PRIVATE);
 	}
@@ -1102,8 +1271,16 @@ static int do_umount(struct vfsmount *mnt, int flags)
 		    flags & (MNT_FORCE | MNT_DETACH))
 			return -EINVAL;
 
-		if (atomic_read(&mnt->mnt_count) != 2)
+		/*
+		 * probably don't strictly need the lock here if we examined
+		 * all race cases, but it's a slowpath.
+		 */
+		br_write_lock(vfsmount_lock);
+		if (mnt_get_count(mnt) != 2) {
+			br_write_lock(vfsmount_lock);
 			return -EBUSY;
+		}
+		br_write_unlock(vfsmount_lock);
 
 		if (!xchg(&mnt->mnt_expiry_mark, 1))
 			return -EAGAIN;
@@ -1792,7 +1969,7 @@ int do_add_mount(struct vfsmount *newmnt, struct path *path,
 
 unlock:
 	up_write(&namespace_sem);
-	mntput(newmnt);
+	mntput_long(newmnt);
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -2125,11 +2302,11 @@ static struct mnt_namespace *dup_mnt_ns(struct mnt_namespace *mnt_ns,
 		if (fs) {
 			if (p == fs->root.mnt) {
 				rootmnt = p;
-				fs->root.mnt = mntget(q);
+				fs->root.mnt = mntget_long(q);
 			}
 			if (p == fs->pwd.mnt) {
 				pwdmnt = p;
-				fs->pwd.mnt = mntget(q);
+				fs->pwd.mnt = mntget_long(q);
 			}
 		}
 		p = next_mnt(p, mnt_ns->root);
@@ -2138,9 +2315,9 @@ static struct mnt_namespace *dup_mnt_ns(struct mnt_namespace *mnt_ns,
 	up_write(&namespace_sem);
 
 	if (rootmnt)
-		mntput(rootmnt);
+		mntput_long(rootmnt);
 	if (pwdmnt)
-		mntput(pwdmnt);
+		mntput_long(pwdmnt);
 
 	return new_ns;
 }
@@ -2327,6 +2504,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(pivot_root, const char __user *, new_root,
 	touch_mnt_namespace(current->nsproxy->mnt_ns);
 	br_write_unlock(vfsmount_lock);
 	chroot_fs_refs(&root, &new);
+
 	error = 0;
 	path_put(&root_parent);
 	path_put(&parent_path);
@@ -2353,6 +2531,7 @@ static void __init init_mount_tree(void)
 	mnt = do_kern_mount("rootfs", 0, "rootfs", NULL);
 	if (IS_ERR(mnt))
 		panic("Can't create rootfs");
+
 	ns = create_mnt_ns(mnt);
 	if (IS_ERR(ns))
 		panic("Can't allocate initial namespace");
diff --git a/fs/ncpfs/dir.c b/fs/ncpfs/dir.c
index f22b12e7d337..28f136d4aaec 100644
--- a/fs/ncpfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ncpfs/dir.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
+#include <linux/namei.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/byteorder.h>
 
@@ -74,9 +75,12 @@ const struct inode_operations ncp_dir_inode_operations =
  * Dentry operations routines
  */
 static int ncp_lookup_validate(struct dentry *, struct nameidata *);
-static int ncp_hash_dentry(struct dentry *, struct qstr *);
-static int ncp_compare_dentry (struct dentry *, struct qstr *, struct qstr *);
-static int ncp_delete_dentry(struct dentry *);
+static int ncp_hash_dentry(const struct dentry *, const struct inode *,
+		struct qstr *);
+static int ncp_compare_dentry(const struct dentry *, const struct inode *,
+		const struct dentry *, const struct inode *,
+		unsigned int, const char *, const struct qstr *);
+static int ncp_delete_dentry(const struct dentry *);
 
 static const struct dentry_operations ncp_dentry_operations =
 {
@@ -113,10 +117,10 @@ static inline int ncp_preserve_entry_case(struct inode *i, __u32 nscreator)
 
 #define ncp_preserve_case(i)	(ncp_namespace(i) != NW_NS_DOS)
 
-static inline int ncp_case_sensitive(struct dentry *dentry)
+static inline int ncp_case_sensitive(const struct inode *i)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_NCPFS_NFS_NS
-	return ncp_namespace(dentry->d_inode) == NW_NS_NFS;
+	return ncp_namespace(i) == NW_NS_NFS;
 #else
 	return 0;
 #endif /* CONFIG_NCPFS_NFS_NS */
@@ -127,14 +131,16 @@ static inline int ncp_case_sensitive(struct dentry *dentry)
  * is case-sensitive.
  */
 static int 
-ncp_hash_dentry(struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *this)
+ncp_hash_dentry(const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
+		struct qstr *this)
 {
-	if (!ncp_case_sensitive(dentry)) {
+	if (!ncp_case_sensitive(inode)) {
+		struct super_block *sb = dentry->d_sb;
 		struct nls_table *t;
 		unsigned long hash;
 		int i;
 
-		t = NCP_IO_TABLE(dentry);
+		t = NCP_IO_TABLE(sb);
 		hash = init_name_hash();
 		for (i=0; i<this->len ; i++)
 			hash = partial_name_hash(ncp_tolower(t, this->name[i]),
@@ -145,15 +151,17 @@ ncp_hash_dentry(struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *this)
 }
 
 static int
-ncp_compare_dentry(struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *a, struct qstr *b)
+ncp_compare_dentry(const struct dentry *parent, const struct inode *pinode,
+		const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
+		unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name)
 {
-	if (a->len != b->len)
+	if (len != name->len)
 		return 1;
 
-	if (ncp_case_sensitive(dentry))
-		return strncmp(a->name, b->name, a->len);
+	if (ncp_case_sensitive(pinode))
+		return strncmp(str, name->name, len);
 
-	return ncp_strnicmp(NCP_IO_TABLE(dentry), a->name, b->name, a->len);
+	return ncp_strnicmp(NCP_IO_TABLE(pinode->i_sb), str, name->name, len);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -162,7 +170,7 @@ ncp_compare_dentry(struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *a, struct qstr *b)
  * Closing files can be safely postponed until iput() - it's done there anyway.
  */
 static int
-ncp_delete_dentry(struct dentry * dentry)
+ncp_delete_dentry(const struct dentry * dentry)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
 
@@ -301,6 +309,9 @@ ncp_lookup_validate(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 	int res, val = 0, len;
 	__u8 __name[NCP_MAXPATHLEN + 1];
 
+	if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU)
+		return -ECHILD;
+
 	parent = dget_parent(dentry);
 	dir = parent->d_inode;
 
@@ -384,21 +395,21 @@ ncp_dget_fpos(struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry *parent, unsigned long fpos)
 	}
 
 	/* If a pointer is invalid, we search the dentry. */
-	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+	spin_lock(&parent->d_lock);
 	next = parent->d_subdirs.next;
 	while (next != &parent->d_subdirs) {
 		dent = list_entry(next, struct dentry, d_u.d_child);
 		if ((unsigned long)dent->d_fsdata == fpos) {
 			if (dent->d_inode)
-				dget_locked(dent);
+				dget(dent);
 			else
 				dent = NULL;
-			spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+			spin_unlock(&parent->d_lock);
 			goto out;
 		}
 		next = next->next;
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&parent->d_lock);
 	return NULL;
 
 out:
@@ -592,7 +603,7 @@ ncp_fill_cache(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir,
 	qname.hash = full_name_hash(qname.name, qname.len);
 
 	if (dentry->d_op && dentry->d_op->d_hash)
-		if (dentry->d_op->d_hash(dentry, &qname) != 0)
+		if (dentry->d_op->d_hash(dentry, dentry->d_inode, &qname) != 0)
 			goto end_advance;
 
 	newdent = d_lookup(dentry, &qname);
@@ -611,35 +622,12 @@ ncp_fill_cache(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir,
 			shrink_dcache_parent(newdent);
 
 		/*
-		 * It is not as dangerous as it looks.  NetWare's OS2 namespace is
-		 * case preserving yet case insensitive.  So we update dentry's name
-		 * as received from server.  We found dentry via d_lookup with our
-		 * hash, so we know that hash does not change, and so replacing name
-		 * should be reasonably safe.
+		 * NetWare's OS2 namespace is case preserving yet case
+		 * insensitive.  So we update dentry's name as received from
+		 * server. Parent dir's i_mutex is locked because we're in
+		 * readdir.
 		 */
-		if (qname.len == newdent->d_name.len &&
-		    memcmp(newdent->d_name.name, qname.name, newdent->d_name.len)) {
-			struct inode *inode = newdent->d_inode;
-
-			/*
-			 * Inside ncpfs all uses of d_name are either for debugging,
-			 * or on functions which acquire inode mutex (mknod, creat,
-			 * lookup).  So grab i_mutex here, to be sure.  d_path
-			 * uses dcache_lock when generating path, so we should too.
-			 * And finally d_compare is protected by dentry's d_lock, so
-			 * here we go.
-			 */
-			if (inode)
-				mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
-			spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
-			spin_lock(&newdent->d_lock);
-			memcpy((char *) newdent->d_name.name, qname.name,
-								newdent->d_name.len);
-			spin_unlock(&newdent->d_lock);
-			spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
-			if (inode)
-				mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
-		}
+		dentry_update_name_case(newdent, &qname);
 	}
 
 	if (!newdent->d_inode) {
@@ -649,7 +637,7 @@ ncp_fill_cache(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir,
 		entry->ino = iunique(dir->i_sb, 2);
 		inode = ncp_iget(dir->i_sb, entry);
 		if (inode) {
-			newdent->d_op = &ncp_dentry_operations;
+			d_set_d_op(newdent, &ncp_dentry_operations);
 			d_instantiate(newdent, inode);
 			if (!hashed)
 				d_rehash(newdent);
@@ -657,7 +645,7 @@ ncp_fill_cache(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir,
 	} else {
 		struct inode *inode = newdent->d_inode;
 
-		mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
+		mutex_lock_nested(&inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_CHILD);
 		ncp_update_inode2(inode, entry);
 		mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
 	}
@@ -905,7 +893,7 @@ static struct dentry *ncp_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, struc
 	if (inode) {
 		ncp_new_dentry(dentry);
 add_entry:
-		dentry->d_op = &ncp_dentry_operations;
+		d_set_d_op(dentry, &ncp_dentry_operations);
 		d_add(dentry, inode);
 		error = 0;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/ncpfs/inode.c b/fs/ncpfs/inode.c
index 8fb93b604e73..9531c052d7a4 100644
--- a/fs/ncpfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ncpfs/inode.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include <linux/vfs.h>
 #include <linux/mount.h>
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
+#include <linux/namei.h>
 
 #include <linux/ncp_fs.h>
 
@@ -58,11 +59,18 @@ static struct inode *ncp_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	return &ei->vfs_inode;
 }
 
-static void ncp_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+static void ncp_i_callback(struct rcu_head *head)
 {
+	struct inode *inode = container_of(head, struct inode, i_rcu);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_dentry);
 	kmem_cache_free(ncp_inode_cachep, NCP_FINFO(inode));
 }
 
+static void ncp_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	call_rcu(&inode->i_rcu, ncp_i_callback);
+}
+
 static void init_once(void *foo)
 {
 	struct ncp_inode_info *ei = (struct ncp_inode_info *) foo;
@@ -710,7 +718,7 @@ static int ncp_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *raw_data, int silent)
 	sb->s_root = d_alloc_root(root_inode);
         if (!sb->s_root)
 		goto out_no_root;
-	sb->s_root->d_op = &ncp_root_dentry_operations;
+	d_set_d_op(sb->s_root, &ncp_root_dentry_operations);
 	return 0;
 
 out_no_root:
diff --git a/fs/ncpfs/ncplib_kernel.h b/fs/ncpfs/ncplib_kernel.h
index 3c57eca634ce..1220df75ff22 100644
--- a/fs/ncpfs/ncplib_kernel.h
+++ b/fs/ncpfs/ncplib_kernel.h
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ int ncp__vol2io(struct ncp_server *, unsigned char *, unsigned int *,
 				const unsigned char *, unsigned int, int);
 
 #define NCP_ESC			':'
-#define NCP_IO_TABLE(dentry)	(NCP_SERVER((dentry)->d_inode)->nls_io)
+#define NCP_IO_TABLE(sb)	(NCP_SBP(sb)->nls_io)
 #define ncp_tolower(t, c)	nls_tolower(t, c)
 #define ncp_toupper(t, c)	nls_toupper(t, c)
 #define ncp_strnicmp(t, s1, s2, len) \
@@ -150,15 +150,15 @@ int ncp__io2vol(unsigned char *, unsigned int *,
 int ncp__vol2io(unsigned char *, unsigned int *,
 				const unsigned char *, unsigned int, int);
 
-#define NCP_IO_TABLE(dentry)	NULL
+#define NCP_IO_TABLE(sb)	NULL
 #define ncp_tolower(t, c)	tolower(c)
 #define ncp_toupper(t, c)	toupper(c)
 #define ncp_io2vol(S,m,i,n,k,U)	ncp__io2vol(m,i,n,k,U)
 #define ncp_vol2io(S,m,i,n,k,U)	ncp__vol2io(m,i,n,k,U)
 
 
-static inline int ncp_strnicmp(struct nls_table *t, const unsigned char *s1,
-		const unsigned char *s2, int len)
+static inline int ncp_strnicmp(const struct nls_table *t,
+		const unsigned char *s1, const unsigned char *s2, int len)
 {
 	while (len--) {
 		if (tolower(*s1++) != tolower(*s2++))
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ ncp_renew_dentries(struct dentry *parent)
 	struct list_head *next;
 	struct dentry *dentry;
 
-	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+	spin_lock(&parent->d_lock);
 	next = parent->d_subdirs.next;
 	while (next != &parent->d_subdirs) {
 		dentry = list_entry(next, struct dentry, d_u.d_child);
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ ncp_renew_dentries(struct dentry *parent)
 
 		next = next->next;
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&parent->d_lock);
 }
 
 static inline void
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ ncp_invalidate_dircache_entries(struct dentry *parent)
 	struct list_head *next;
 	struct dentry *dentry;
 
-	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+	spin_lock(&parent->d_lock);
 	next = parent->d_subdirs.next;
 	while (next != &parent->d_subdirs) {
 		dentry = list_entry(next, struct dentry, d_u.d_child);
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ ncp_invalidate_dircache_entries(struct dentry *parent)
 		ncp_age_dentry(server, dentry);
 		next = next->next;
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&parent->d_lock);
 }
 
 struct ncp_cache_head {
diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index 996dd8989a91..d33da530097a 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ void nfs_prime_dcache(struct dentry *parent, struct nfs_entry *entry)
 	if (dentry == NULL)
 		return;
 
-	dentry->d_op = NFS_PROTO(dir)->dentry_ops;
+	d_set_d_op(dentry, NFS_PROTO(dir)->dentry_ops);
 	inode = nfs_fhget(dentry->d_sb, entry->fh, entry->fattr);
 	if (IS_ERR(inode))
 		goto out;
@@ -938,7 +938,8 @@ static int nfs_check_verifier(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
  * component of the path.
  * We check for this using LOOKUP_CONTINUE and LOOKUP_PARENT.
  */
-static inline unsigned int nfs_lookup_check_intent(struct nameidata *nd, unsigned int mask)
+static inline unsigned int nfs_lookup_check_intent(struct nameidata *nd,
+						unsigned int mask)
 {
 	if (nd->flags & (LOOKUP_CONTINUE|LOOKUP_PARENT))
 		return 0;
@@ -1018,7 +1019,7 @@ int nfs_neg_need_reval(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
  * If the parent directory is seen to have changed, we throw out the
  * cached dentry and do a new lookup.
  */
-static int nfs_lookup_revalidate(struct dentry * dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
+static int nfs_lookup_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	struct inode *dir;
 	struct inode *inode;
@@ -1027,6 +1028,9 @@ static int nfs_lookup_revalidate(struct dentry * dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 	struct nfs_fattr *fattr = NULL;
 	int error;
 
+	if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU)
+		return -ECHILD;
+
 	parent = dget_parent(dentry);
 	dir = parent->d_inode;
 	nfs_inc_stats(dir, NFSIOS_DENTRYREVALIDATE);
@@ -1117,7 +1121,7 @@ out_error:
 /*
  * This is called from dput() when d_count is going to 0.
  */
-static int nfs_dentry_delete(struct dentry *dentry)
+static int nfs_dentry_delete(const struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	dfprintk(VFS, "NFS: dentry_delete(%s/%s, %x)\n",
 		dentry->d_parent->d_name.name, dentry->d_name.name,
@@ -1188,7 +1192,7 @@ static struct dentry *nfs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry * dentry, stru
 	if (dentry->d_name.len > NFS_SERVER(dir)->namelen)
 		goto out;
 
-	dentry->d_op = NFS_PROTO(dir)->dentry_ops;
+	d_set_d_op(dentry, NFS_PROTO(dir)->dentry_ops);
 
 	/*
 	 * If we're doing an exclusive create, optimize away the lookup
@@ -1333,7 +1337,7 @@ static struct dentry *nfs_atomic_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry
 		res = ERR_PTR(-ENAMETOOLONG);
 		goto out;
 	}
-	dentry->d_op = NFS_PROTO(dir)->dentry_ops;
+	d_set_d_op(dentry, NFS_PROTO(dir)->dentry_ops);
 
 	/* Let vfs_create() deal with O_EXCL. Instantiate, but don't hash
 	 * the dentry. */
@@ -1718,11 +1722,9 @@ static int nfs_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	dfprintk(VFS, "NFS: unlink(%s/%ld, %s)\n", dir->i_sb->s_id,
 		dir->i_ino, dentry->d_name.name);
 
-	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
 	spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
-	if (atomic_read(&dentry->d_count) > 1) {
+	if (dentry->d_count > 1) {
 		spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
-		spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
 		/* Start asynchronous writeout of the inode */
 		write_inode_now(dentry->d_inode, 0);
 		error = nfs_sillyrename(dir, dentry);
@@ -1733,7 +1735,6 @@ static int nfs_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 		need_rehash = 1;
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
-	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
 	error = nfs_safe_remove(dentry);
 	if (!error || error == -ENOENT) {
 		nfs_set_verifier(dentry, nfs_save_change_attribute(dir));
@@ -1868,7 +1869,7 @@ static int nfs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 	dfprintk(VFS, "NFS: rename(%s/%s -> %s/%s, ct=%d)\n",
 		 old_dentry->d_parent->d_name.name, old_dentry->d_name.name,
 		 new_dentry->d_parent->d_name.name, new_dentry->d_name.name,
-		 atomic_read(&new_dentry->d_count));
+		 new_dentry->d_count);
 
 	/*
 	 * For non-directories, check whether the target is busy and if so,
@@ -1886,7 +1887,7 @@ static int nfs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 			rehash = new_dentry;
 		}
 
-		if (atomic_read(&new_dentry->d_count) > 2) {
+		if (new_dentry->d_count > 2) {
 			int err;
 
 			/* copy the target dentry's name */
@@ -2188,11 +2189,14 @@ int nfs_may_open(struct inode *inode, struct rpc_cred *cred, int openflags)
 	return nfs_do_access(inode, cred, nfs_open_permission_mask(openflags));
 }
 
-int nfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
+int nfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
 {
 	struct rpc_cred *cred;
 	int res = 0;
 
+	if (flags & IPERM_FLAG_RCU)
+		return -ECHILD;
+
 	nfs_inc_stats(inode, NFSIOS_VFSACCESS);
 
 	if ((mask & (MAY_READ | MAY_WRITE | MAY_EXEC)) == 0)
@@ -2240,7 +2244,7 @@ out:
 out_notsup:
 	res = nfs_revalidate_inode(NFS_SERVER(inode), inode);
 	if (res == 0)
-		res = generic_permission(inode, mask, NULL);
+		res = generic_permission(inode, mask, flags, NULL);
 	goto out;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/nfs/getroot.c b/fs/nfs/getroot.c
index ac7b814ce162..5596c6a2881e 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/getroot.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/getroot.c
@@ -63,9 +63,11 @@ static int nfs_superblock_set_dummy_root(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *i
 		 * This again causes shrink_dcache_for_umount_subtree() to
 		 * Oops, since the test for IS_ROOT() will fail.
 		 */
-		spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+		spin_lock(&sb->s_root->d_inode->i_lock);
+		spin_lock(&sb->s_root->d_lock);
 		list_del_init(&sb->s_root->d_alias);
-		spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+		spin_unlock(&sb->s_root->d_lock);
+		spin_unlock(&sb->s_root->d_inode->i_lock);
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -119,7 +121,7 @@ struct dentry *nfs_get_root(struct super_block *sb, struct nfs_fh *mntfh)
 	security_d_instantiate(ret, inode);
 
 	if (ret->d_op == NULL)
-		ret->d_op = server->nfs_client->rpc_ops->dentry_ops;
+		d_set_d_op(ret, server->nfs_client->rpc_ops->dentry_ops);
 out:
 	nfs_free_fattr(fsinfo.fattr);
 	return ret;
@@ -226,7 +228,7 @@ struct dentry *nfs4_get_root(struct super_block *sb, struct nfs_fh *mntfh)
 	security_d_instantiate(ret, inode);
 
 	if (ret->d_op == NULL)
-		ret->d_op = server->nfs_client->rpc_ops->dentry_ops;
+		d_set_d_op(ret, server->nfs_client->rpc_ops->dentry_ops);
 
 out:
 	nfs_free_fattr(fattr);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c
index e67e31c73416..017daa3bed38 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c
@@ -1438,11 +1438,18 @@ struct inode *nfs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	return &nfsi->vfs_inode;
 }
 
-void nfs_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+static void nfs_i_callback(struct rcu_head *head)
 {
+	struct inode *inode = container_of(head, struct inode, i_rcu);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_dentry);
 	kmem_cache_free(nfs_inode_cachep, NFS_I(inode));
 }
 
+void nfs_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	call_rcu(&inode->i_rcu, nfs_i_callback);
+}
+
 static inline void nfs4_init_once(struct nfs_inode *nfsi)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_NFS_V4
diff --git a/fs/nfs/namespace.c b/fs/nfs/namespace.c
index db6aa3673cf3..74aaf3963c10 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/namespace.c
@@ -49,12 +49,17 @@ char *nfs_path(const char *base,
 	       const struct dentry *dentry,
 	       char *buffer, ssize_t buflen)
 {
-	char *end = buffer+buflen;
+	char *end;
 	int namelen;
+	unsigned seq;
 
+rename_retry:
+	end = buffer+buflen;
 	*--end = '\0';
 	buflen--;
-	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+
+	seq = read_seqbegin(&rename_lock);
+	rcu_read_lock();
 	while (!IS_ROOT(dentry) && dentry != droot) {
 		namelen = dentry->d_name.len;
 		buflen -= namelen + 1;
@@ -65,7 +70,9 @@ char *nfs_path(const char *base,
 		*--end = '/';
 		dentry = dentry->d_parent;
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+	if (read_seqretry(&rename_lock, seq))
+		goto rename_retry;
 	if (*end != '/') {
 		if (--buflen < 0)
 			goto Elong;
@@ -82,7 +89,9 @@ char *nfs_path(const char *base,
 	memcpy(end, base, namelen);
 	return end;
 Elong_unlock:
-	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+	if (read_seqretry(&rename_lock, seq))
+		goto rename_retry;
 Elong:
 	return ERR_PTR(-ENAMETOOLONG);
 }
diff --git a/fs/nfs/unlink.c b/fs/nfs/unlink.c
index 7bdec8531400..8fe9eb47a97f 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/unlink.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/unlink.c
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ nfs_sillyrename(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 
 	dfprintk(VFS, "NFS: silly-rename(%s/%s, ct=%d)\n",
 		dentry->d_parent->d_name.name, dentry->d_name.name,
-		atomic_read(&dentry->d_count));
+		dentry->d_count);
 	nfs_inc_stats(dir, NFSIOS_SILLYRENAME);
 
 	/*
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
index 184938fcff04..3a359023c9f7 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
@@ -1756,8 +1756,7 @@ nfsd_rename(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *ffhp, char *fname, int flen,
 		goto out_dput_new;
 
 	if (svc_msnfs(ffhp) &&
-		((atomic_read(&odentry->d_count) > 1)
-		 || (atomic_read(&ndentry->d_count) > 1))) {
+		((odentry->d_count > 1) || (ndentry->d_count > 1))) {
 			host_err = -EPERM;
 			goto out_dput_new;
 	}
@@ -1843,7 +1842,7 @@ nfsd_unlink(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, int type,
 	if (type != S_IFDIR) { /* It's UNLINK */
 #ifdef MSNFS
 		if ((fhp->fh_export->ex_flags & NFSEXP_MSNFS) &&
-			(atomic_read(&rdentry->d_count) > 1)) {
+			(rdentry->d_count > 1)) {
 			host_err = -EPERM;
 		} else
 #endif
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/inode.c b/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
index 71d4bc8464e0..77b48c8fab17 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
@@ -785,15 +785,19 @@ out_err:
 	return err;
 }
 
-int nilfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
+int nilfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
 {
-	struct nilfs_root *root = NILFS_I(inode)->i_root;
+	struct nilfs_root *root;
+
+	if (flags & IPERM_FLAG_RCU)
+		return -ECHILD;
 
+	root = NILFS_I(inode)->i_root;
 	if ((mask & MAY_WRITE) && root &&
 	    root->cno != NILFS_CPTREE_CURRENT_CNO)
 		return -EROFS; /* snapshot is not writable */
 
-	return generic_permission(inode, mask, NULL);
+	return generic_permission(inode, mask, flags, NULL);
 }
 
 int nilfs_load_inode_block(struct nilfs_sb_info *sbi, struct inode *inode,
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/nilfs.h b/fs/nilfs2/nilfs.h
index f7560da5a567..0ca98823db59 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/nilfs.h
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/nilfs.h
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ extern void nilfs_update_inode(struct inode *, struct buffer_head *);
 extern void nilfs_truncate(struct inode *);
 extern void nilfs_evict_inode(struct inode *);
 extern int nilfs_setattr(struct dentry *, struct iattr *);
-int nilfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask);
+int nilfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags);
 extern int nilfs_load_inode_block(struct nilfs_sb_info *, struct inode *,
 				  struct buffer_head **);
 extern int nilfs_inode_dirty(struct inode *);
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/super.c b/fs/nilfs2/super.c
index f804d41ec9d3..e2dcc9c733f7 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/super.c
@@ -162,10 +162,13 @@ struct inode *nilfs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	return &ii->vfs_inode;
 }
 
-void nilfs_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+static void nilfs_i_callback(struct rcu_head *head)
 {
+	struct inode *inode = container_of(head, struct inode, i_rcu);
 	struct nilfs_mdt_info *mdi = NILFS_MDT(inode);
 
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_dentry);
+
 	if (mdi) {
 		kfree(mdi->mi_bgl); /* kfree(NULL) is safe */
 		kfree(mdi);
@@ -173,6 +176,11 @@ void nilfs_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	kmem_cache_free(nilfs_inode_cachep, NILFS_I(inode));
 }
 
+void nilfs_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	call_rcu(&inode->i_rcu, nilfs_i_callback);
+}
+
 static int nilfs_sync_super(struct nilfs_sb_info *sbi, int flag)
 {
 	struct the_nilfs *nilfs = sbi->s_nilfs;
@@ -838,7 +846,7 @@ static int nilfs_attach_snapshot(struct super_block *s, __u64 cno,
 
 static int nilfs_tree_was_touched(struct dentry *root_dentry)
 {
-	return atomic_read(&root_dentry->d_count) > 1;
+	return root_dentry->d_count > 1;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/fs/notify/fsnotify.c b/fs/notify/fsnotify.c
index 20dc218707ca..79b47cbb5cd8 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fsnotify.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fsnotify.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ void __fsnotify_update_child_dentry_flags(struct inode *inode)
 	/* determine if the children should tell inode about their events */
 	watched = fsnotify_inode_watches_children(inode);
 
-	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
 	/* run all of the dentries associated with this inode.  Since this is a
 	 * directory, there damn well better only be one item on this list */
 	list_for_each_entry(alias, &inode->i_dentry, d_alias) {
@@ -68,19 +68,21 @@ void __fsnotify_update_child_dentry_flags(struct inode *inode)
 		/* run all of the children of the original inode and fix their
 		 * d_flags to indicate parental interest (their parent is the
 		 * original inode) */
+		spin_lock(&alias->d_lock);
 		list_for_each_entry(child, &alias->d_subdirs, d_u.d_child) {
 			if (!child->d_inode)
 				continue;
 
-			spin_lock(&child->d_lock);
+			spin_lock_nested(&child->d_lock, DENTRY_D_LOCK_NESTED);
 			if (watched)
 				child->d_flags |= DCACHE_FSNOTIFY_PARENT_WATCHED;
 			else
 				child->d_flags &= ~DCACHE_FSNOTIFY_PARENT_WATCHED;
 			spin_unlock(&child->d_lock);
 		}
+		spin_unlock(&alias->d_lock);
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 }
 
 /* Notify this dentry's parent about a child's events. */
diff --git a/fs/ntfs/inode.c b/fs/ntfs/inode.c
index 93622b175fc7..a627ed82c0a3 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/inode.c
@@ -332,6 +332,13 @@ struct inode *ntfs_alloc_big_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+static void ntfs_i_callback(struct rcu_head *head)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = container_of(head, struct inode, i_rcu);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_dentry);
+	kmem_cache_free(ntfs_big_inode_cache, NTFS_I(inode));
+}
+
 void ntfs_destroy_big_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	ntfs_inode *ni = NTFS_I(inode);
@@ -340,7 +347,7 @@ void ntfs_destroy_big_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	BUG_ON(ni->page);
 	if (!atomic_dec_and_test(&ni->count))
 		BUG();
-	kmem_cache_free(ntfs_big_inode_cache, NTFS_I(inode));
+	call_rcu(&inode->i_rcu, ntfs_i_callback);
 }
 
 static inline ntfs_inode *ntfs_alloc_extent_inode(void)
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/acl.c b/fs/ocfs2/acl.c
index 391915093fe1..704f6b1742f3 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/acl.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/acl.c
@@ -291,13 +291,17 @@ static int ocfs2_set_acl(handle_t *handle,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-int ocfs2_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask)
+int ocfs2_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
 {
-	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb;
 	struct buffer_head *di_bh = NULL;
 	struct posix_acl *acl;
 	int ret = -EAGAIN;
 
+	if (flags & IPERM_FLAG_RCU)
+		return -ECHILD;
+
+	osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
 	if (!(osb->s_mount_opt & OCFS2_MOUNT_POSIX_ACL))
 		return ret;
 
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/acl.h b/fs/ocfs2/acl.h
index 5c5d31f05853..4fe7c9cf4bfb 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/acl.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/acl.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ struct ocfs2_acl_entry {
 	__le32 e_id;
 };
 
-extern int ocfs2_check_acl(struct inode *, int);
+extern int ocfs2_check_acl(struct inode *, int, unsigned int);
 extern int ocfs2_acl_chmod(struct inode *);
 extern int ocfs2_init_acl(handle_t *, struct inode *, struct inode *,
 			  struct buffer_head *, struct buffer_head *,
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dcache.c b/fs/ocfs2/dcache.c
index 895532ac4d98..6d80ecc7834f 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dcache.c
@@ -52,9 +52,15 @@ void ocfs2_dentry_attach_gen(struct dentry *dentry)
 static int ocfs2_dentry_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry,
 				   struct nameidata *nd)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode;
 	int ret = 0;    /* if all else fails, just return false */
-	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(dentry->d_sb);
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb;
+
+	if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU)
+		return -ECHILD;
+
+	inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	osb = OCFS2_SB(dentry->d_sb);
 
 	mlog_entry("(0x%p, '%.*s')\n", dentry,
 		   dentry->d_name.len, dentry->d_name.name);
@@ -169,23 +175,25 @@ struct dentry *ocfs2_find_local_alias(struct inode *inode,
 	struct list_head *p;
 	struct dentry *dentry = NULL;
 
-	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
-
+	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
 	list_for_each(p, &inode->i_dentry) {
 		dentry = list_entry(p, struct dentry, d_alias);
 
+		spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
 		if (ocfs2_match_dentry(dentry, parent_blkno, skip_unhashed)) {
 			mlog(0, "dentry found: %.*s\n",
 			     dentry->d_name.len, dentry->d_name.name);
 
-			dget_locked(dentry);
+			dget_dlock(dentry);
+			spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 			break;
 		}
+		spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 
 		dentry = NULL;
 	}
 
-	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 
 	return dentry;
 }
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlmfs/dlmfs.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlmfs/dlmfs.c
index b2df490a19ed..8c5c0eddc365 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlmfs/dlmfs.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlmfs/dlmfs.c
@@ -351,11 +351,18 @@ static struct inode *dlmfs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	return &ip->ip_vfs_inode;
 }
 
-static void dlmfs_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+static void dlmfs_i_callback(struct rcu_head *head)
 {
+	struct inode *inode = container_of(head, struct inode, i_rcu);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_dentry);
 	kmem_cache_free(dlmfs_inode_cache, DLMFS_I(inode));
 }
 
+static void dlmfs_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	call_rcu(&inode->i_rcu, dlmfs_i_callback);
+}
+
 static void dlmfs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	int status;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/export.c b/fs/ocfs2/export.c
index 19ad145d2af3..6adafa576065 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/export.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/export.c
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ check_gen:
 
 	result = d_obtain_alias(inode);
 	if (!IS_ERR(result))
-		result->d_op = &ocfs2_dentry_ops;
+		d_set_d_op(result, &ocfs2_dentry_ops);
 	else
 		mlog_errno(PTR_ERR(result));
 
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ static struct dentry *ocfs2_get_parent(struct dentry *child)
 
 	parent = d_obtain_alias(ocfs2_iget(OCFS2_SB(dir->i_sb), blkno, 0, 0));
 	if (!IS_ERR(parent))
-		parent->d_op = &ocfs2_dentry_ops;
+		d_set_d_op(parent, &ocfs2_dentry_ops);
 
 bail_unlock:
 	ocfs2_inode_unlock(dir, 0);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/file.c b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
index f6cba566429d..bdadbae09094 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
@@ -1307,10 +1307,13 @@ bail:
 	return err;
 }
 
-int ocfs2_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
+int ocfs2_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
 {
 	int ret;
 
+	if (flags & IPERM_FLAG_RCU)
+		return -ECHILD;
+
 	mlog_entry_void();
 
 	ret = ocfs2_inode_lock(inode, NULL, 0);
@@ -1320,7 +1323,7 @@ int ocfs2_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	ret = generic_permission(inode, mask, ocfs2_check_acl);
+	ret = generic_permission(inode, mask, flags, ocfs2_check_acl);
 
 	ocfs2_inode_unlock(inode, 0);
 out:
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/file.h b/fs/ocfs2/file.h
index 97bf761c9e7c..f5afbbef6703 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/file.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/file.h
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ int ocfs2_zero_extend(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head *di_bh,
 int ocfs2_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr);
 int ocfs2_getattr(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry,
 		  struct kstat *stat);
-int ocfs2_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask);
+int ocfs2_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags);
 
 int ocfs2_should_update_atime(struct inode *inode,
 			      struct vfsmount *vfsmnt);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
index ff5744e1e36f..d14cad6e2e41 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ static struct dentry *ocfs2_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	spin_unlock(&oi->ip_lock);
 
 bail_add:
-	dentry->d_op = &ocfs2_dentry_ops;
+	d_set_d_op(dentry, &ocfs2_dentry_ops);
 	ret = d_splice_alias(inode, dentry);
 
 	if (inode) {
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ static int ocfs2_mknod(struct inode *dir,
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		goto leave;
 	}
-	dentry->d_op = &ocfs2_dentry_ops;
+	d_set_d_op(dentry, &ocfs2_dentry_ops);
 
 	status = ocfs2_add_entry(handle, dentry, inode,
 				 OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno, parent_fe_bh,
@@ -743,7 +743,7 @@ static int ocfs2_link(struct dentry *old_dentry,
 	}
 
 	ihold(inode);
-	dentry->d_op = &ocfs2_dentry_ops;
+	d_set_d_op(dentry, &ocfs2_dentry_ops);
 	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
 
 out_commit:
@@ -1794,7 +1794,7 @@ static int ocfs2_symlink(struct inode *dir,
 		mlog_errno(status);
 		goto bail;
 	}
-	dentry->d_op = &ocfs2_dentry_ops;
+	d_set_d_op(dentry, &ocfs2_dentry_ops);
 
 	status = ocfs2_add_entry(handle, dentry, inode,
 				 le64_to_cpu(fe->i_blkno), parent_fe_bh,
@@ -2459,7 +2459,7 @@ int ocfs2_mv_orphaned_inode_to_new(struct inode *dir,
 		goto out_commit;
 	}
 
-	dentry->d_op = &ocfs2_dentry_ops;
+	d_set_d_op(dentry, &ocfs2_dentry_ops);
 	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
 	status = 0;
 out_commit:
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/super.c b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
index cfeab7ce3697..17ff46fa8a10 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
@@ -569,11 +569,18 @@ static struct inode *ocfs2_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	return &oi->vfs_inode;
 }
 
-static void ocfs2_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+static void ocfs2_i_callback(struct rcu_head *head)
 {
+	struct inode *inode = container_of(head, struct inode, i_rcu);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_dentry);
 	kmem_cache_free(ocfs2_inode_cachep, OCFS2_I(inode));
 }
 
+static void ocfs2_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	call_rcu(&inode->i_rcu, ocfs2_i_callback);
+}
+
 static unsigned long long ocfs2_max_file_offset(unsigned int bbits,
 						unsigned int cbits)
 {
diff --git a/fs/openpromfs/inode.c b/fs/openpromfs/inode.c
index 911e61f348fc..a2a5bff774e3 100644
--- a/fs/openpromfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/openpromfs/inode.c
@@ -343,11 +343,18 @@ static struct inode *openprom_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	return &oi->vfs_inode;
 }
 
-static void openprom_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+static void openprom_i_callback(struct rcu_head *head)
 {
+	struct inode *inode = container_of(head, struct inode, i_rcu);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_dentry);
 	kmem_cache_free(op_inode_cachep, OP_I(inode));
 }
 
+static void openprom_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	call_rcu(&inode->i_rcu, openprom_i_callback);
+}
+
 static struct inode *openprom_iget(struct super_block *sb, ino_t ino)
 {
 	struct inode *inode;
diff --git a/fs/pipe.c b/fs/pipe.c
index 04629f36e397..68f1f8e4e23b 100644
--- a/fs/pipe.c
+++ b/fs/pipe.c
@@ -999,12 +999,12 @@ struct file *create_write_pipe(int flags)
 		goto err;
 
 	err = -ENOMEM;
-	path.dentry = d_alloc(pipe_mnt->mnt_sb->s_root, &name);
+	path.dentry = d_alloc_pseudo(pipe_mnt->mnt_sb, &name);
 	if (!path.dentry)
 		goto err_inode;
 	path.mnt = mntget(pipe_mnt);
 
-	path.dentry->d_op = &pipefs_dentry_operations;
+	d_set_d_op(path.dentry, &pipefs_dentry_operations);
 	d_instantiate(path.dentry, inode);
 
 	err = -ENFILE;
@@ -1253,6 +1253,10 @@ out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static const struct super_operations pipefs_ops = {
+	.destroy_inode = free_inode_nonrcu,
+};
+
 /*
  * pipefs should _never_ be mounted by userland - too much of security hassle,
  * no real gain from having the whole whorehouse mounted. So we don't need
@@ -1262,7 +1266,7 @@ out:
 static struct dentry *pipefs_mount(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
 			 int flags, const char *dev_name, void *data)
 {
-	return mount_pseudo(fs_type, "pipe:", NULL, PIPEFS_MAGIC);
+	return mount_pseudo(fs_type, "pipe:", &pipefs_ops, PIPEFS_MAGIC);
 }
 
 static struct file_system_type pipe_fs_type = {
@@ -1288,7 +1292,7 @@ static int __init init_pipe_fs(void)
 static void __exit exit_pipe_fs(void)
 {
 	unregister_filesystem(&pipe_fs_type);
-	mntput(pipe_mnt);
+	mntput_long(pipe_mnt);
 }
 
 fs_initcall(init_pipe_fs);
diff --git a/fs/pnode.c b/fs/pnode.c
index 8066b8dd748f..d42514e32380 100644
--- a/fs/pnode.c
+++ b/fs/pnode.c
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ out:
  */
 static inline int do_refcount_check(struct vfsmount *mnt, int count)
 {
-	int mycount = atomic_read(&mnt->mnt_count) - mnt->mnt_ghosts;
+	int mycount = mnt_get_count(mnt) - mnt->mnt_ghosts;
 	return (mycount > count);
 }
 
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ static inline int do_refcount_check(struct vfsmount *mnt, int count)
  * Check if any of these mounts that **do not have submounts**
  * have more references than 'refcnt'. If so return busy.
  *
- * vfsmount lock must be held for read or write
+ * vfsmount lock must be held for write
  */
 int propagate_mount_busy(struct vfsmount *mnt, int refcnt)
 {
diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index 08cba2c3b612..b20962c71a52 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -1795,10 +1795,16 @@ static int pid_getattr(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry, struct kstat
  */
 static int pid_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
-	struct task_struct *task = get_proc_task(inode);
+	struct inode *inode;
+	struct task_struct *task;
 	const struct cred *cred;
 
+	if (nd && nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU)
+		return -ECHILD;
+
+	inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	task = get_proc_task(inode);
+
 	if (task) {
 		if ((inode->i_mode == (S_IFDIR|S_IRUGO|S_IXUGO)) ||
 		    task_dumpable(task)) {
@@ -1820,7 +1826,7 @@ static int pid_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int pid_delete_dentry(struct dentry * dentry)
+static int pid_delete_dentry(const struct dentry * dentry)
 {
 	/* Is the task we represent dead?
 	 * If so, then don't put the dentry on the lru list,
@@ -1964,12 +1970,19 @@ static int proc_fd_link(struct inode *inode, struct path *path)
 
 static int tid_fd_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
-	struct task_struct *task = get_proc_task(inode);
-	int fd = proc_fd(inode);
+	struct inode *inode;
+	struct task_struct *task;
+	int fd;
 	struct files_struct *files;
 	const struct cred *cred;
 
+	if (nd && nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU)
+		return -ECHILD;
+
+	inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	task = get_proc_task(inode);
+	fd = proc_fd(inode);
+
 	if (task) {
 		files = get_files_struct(task);
 		if (files) {
@@ -2045,7 +2058,7 @@ static struct dentry *proc_fd_instantiate(struct inode *dir,
 	inode->i_op = &proc_pid_link_inode_operations;
 	inode->i_size = 64;
 	ei->op.proc_get_link = proc_fd_link;
-	dentry->d_op = &tid_fd_dentry_operations;
+	d_set_d_op(dentry, &tid_fd_dentry_operations);
 	d_add(dentry, inode);
 	/* Close the race of the process dying before we return the dentry */
 	if (tid_fd_revalidate(dentry, NULL))
@@ -2177,11 +2190,13 @@ static const struct file_operations proc_fd_operations = {
  * /proc/pid/fd needs a special permission handler so that a process can still
  * access /proc/self/fd after it has executed a setuid().
  */
-static int proc_fd_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
+static int proc_fd_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
 {
 	int rv;
 
-	rv = generic_permission(inode, mask, NULL);
+	if (flags & IPERM_FLAG_RCU)
+		return -ECHILD;
+	rv = generic_permission(inode, mask, flags, NULL);
 	if (rv == 0)
 		return 0;
 	if (task_pid(current) == proc_pid(inode))
@@ -2213,7 +2228,7 @@ static struct dentry *proc_fdinfo_instantiate(struct inode *dir,
 	ei->fd = fd;
 	inode->i_mode = S_IFREG | S_IRUSR;
 	inode->i_fop = &proc_fdinfo_file_operations;
-	dentry->d_op = &tid_fd_dentry_operations;
+	d_set_d_op(dentry, &tid_fd_dentry_operations);
 	d_add(dentry, inode);
 	/* Close the race of the process dying before we return the dentry */
 	if (tid_fd_revalidate(dentry, NULL))
@@ -2272,7 +2287,7 @@ static struct dentry *proc_pident_instantiate(struct inode *dir,
 	if (p->fop)
 		inode->i_fop = p->fop;
 	ei->op = p->op;
-	dentry->d_op = &pid_dentry_operations;
+	d_set_d_op(dentry, &pid_dentry_operations);
 	d_add(dentry, inode);
 	/* Close the race of the process dying before we return the dentry */
 	if (pid_revalidate(dentry, NULL))
@@ -2639,8 +2654,14 @@ static const struct pid_entry proc_base_stuff[] = {
  */
 static int proc_base_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
-	struct task_struct *task = get_proc_task(inode);
+	struct inode *inode;
+	struct task_struct *task;
+
+	if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU)
+		return -ECHILD;
+
+	inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	task = get_proc_task(inode);
 	if (task) {
 		put_task_struct(task);
 		return 1;
@@ -2691,7 +2712,7 @@ static struct dentry *proc_base_instantiate(struct inode *dir,
 	if (p->fop)
 		inode->i_fop = p->fop;
 	ei->op = p->op;
-	dentry->d_op = &proc_base_dentry_operations;
+	d_set_d_op(dentry, &proc_base_dentry_operations);
 	d_add(dentry, inode);
 	error = NULL;
 out:
@@ -3005,7 +3026,7 @@ static struct dentry *proc_pid_instantiate(struct inode *dir,
 	inode->i_nlink = 2 + pid_entry_count_dirs(tgid_base_stuff,
 		ARRAY_SIZE(tgid_base_stuff));
 
-	dentry->d_op = &pid_dentry_operations;
+	d_set_d_op(dentry, &pid_dentry_operations);
 
 	d_add(dentry, inode);
 	/* Close the race of the process dying before we return the dentry */
@@ -3248,7 +3269,7 @@ static struct dentry *proc_task_instantiate(struct inode *dir,
 	inode->i_nlink = 2 + pid_entry_count_dirs(tid_base_stuff,
 		ARRAY_SIZE(tid_base_stuff));
 
-	dentry->d_op = &pid_dentry_operations;
+	d_set_d_op(dentry, &pid_dentry_operations);
 
 	d_add(dentry, inode);
 	/* Close the race of the process dying before we return the dentry */
diff --git a/fs/proc/generic.c b/fs/proc/generic.c
index dd29f0337661..f766be29d2c7 100644
--- a/fs/proc/generic.c
+++ b/fs/proc/generic.c
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ static const struct inode_operations proc_link_inode_operations = {
  * smarter: we could keep a "volatile" flag in the 
  * inode to indicate which ones to keep.
  */
-static int proc_delete_dentry(struct dentry * dentry)
+static int proc_delete_dentry(const struct dentry * dentry)
 {
 	return 1;
 }
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ struct dentry *proc_lookup_de(struct proc_dir_entry *de, struct inode *dir,
 out_unlock:
 
 	if (inode) {
-		dentry->d_op = &proc_dentry_operations;
+		d_set_d_op(dentry, &proc_dentry_operations);
 		d_add(dentry, inode);
 		return NULL;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/proc/inode.c b/fs/proc/inode.c
index 3ddb6068177c..6bcb926b101b 100644
--- a/fs/proc/inode.c
+++ b/fs/proc/inode.c
@@ -65,11 +65,18 @@ static struct inode *proc_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	return inode;
 }
 
-static void proc_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+static void proc_i_callback(struct rcu_head *head)
 {
+	struct inode *inode = container_of(head, struct inode, i_rcu);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_dentry);
 	kmem_cache_free(proc_inode_cachep, PROC_I(inode));
 }
 
+static void proc_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	call_rcu(&inode->i_rcu, proc_i_callback);
+}
+
 static void init_once(void *foo)
 {
 	struct proc_inode *ei = (struct proc_inode *) foo;
diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
index b652cb00906b..09a1f92a34ef 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include <linux/sysctl.h>
 #include <linux/proc_fs.h>
 #include <linux/security.h>
+#include <linux/namei.h>
 #include "internal.h"
 
 static const struct dentry_operations proc_sys_dentry_operations;
@@ -120,7 +121,7 @@ static struct dentry *proc_sys_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 		goto out;
 
 	err = NULL;
-	dentry->d_op = &proc_sys_dentry_operations;
+	d_set_d_op(dentry, &proc_sys_dentry_operations);
 	d_add(dentry, inode);
 
 out:
@@ -201,7 +202,7 @@ static int proc_sys_fill_cache(struct file *filp, void *dirent,
 				dput(child);
 				return -ENOMEM;
 			} else {
-				child->d_op = &proc_sys_dentry_operations;
+				d_set_d_op(child, &proc_sys_dentry_operations);
 				d_add(child, inode);
 			}
 		} else {
@@ -294,7 +295,7 @@ out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int proc_sys_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
+static int proc_sys_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask,unsigned int flags)
 {
 	/*
 	 * sysctl entries that are not writeable,
@@ -304,6 +305,9 @@ static int proc_sys_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 	struct ctl_table *table;
 	int error;
 
+	if (flags & IPERM_FLAG_RCU)
+		return -ECHILD;
+
 	/* Executable files are not allowed under /proc/sys/ */
 	if ((mask & MAY_EXEC) && S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
 		return -EACCES;
@@ -389,23 +393,30 @@ static const struct inode_operations proc_sys_dir_operations = {
 
 static int proc_sys_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
+	if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU)
+		return -ECHILD;
 	return !PROC_I(dentry->d_inode)->sysctl->unregistering;
 }
 
-static int proc_sys_delete(struct dentry *dentry)
+static int proc_sys_delete(const struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	return !!PROC_I(dentry->d_inode)->sysctl->unregistering;
 }
 
-static int proc_sys_compare(struct dentry *dir, struct qstr *qstr,
-			    struct qstr *name)
+static int proc_sys_compare(const struct dentry *parent,
+		const struct inode *pinode,
+		const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
+		unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name)
 {
-	struct dentry *dentry = container_of(qstr, struct dentry, d_name);
-	if (qstr->len != name->len)
+	/* Although proc doesn't have negative dentries, rcu-walk means
+	 * that inode here can be NULL */
+	if (!inode)
+		return 0;
+	if (name->len != len)
 		return 1;
-	if (memcmp(qstr->name, name->name, name->len))
+	if (memcmp(name->name, str, len))
 		return 1;
-	return !sysctl_is_seen(PROC_I(dentry->d_inode)->sysctl);
+	return !sysctl_is_seen(PROC_I(inode)->sysctl);
 }
 
 static const struct dentry_operations proc_sys_dentry_operations = {
diff --git a/fs/qnx4/inode.c b/fs/qnx4/inode.c
index fcada42f1aa3..e63b4171d583 100644
--- a/fs/qnx4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/qnx4/inode.c
@@ -425,11 +425,18 @@ static struct inode *qnx4_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	return &ei->vfs_inode;
 }
 
-static void qnx4_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+static void qnx4_i_callback(struct rcu_head *head)
 {
+	struct inode *inode = container_of(head, struct inode, i_rcu);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_dentry);
 	kmem_cache_free(qnx4_inode_cachep, qnx4_i(inode));
 }
 
+static void qnx4_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	call_rcu(&inode->i_rcu, qnx4_i_callback);
+}
+
 static void init_once(void *foo)
 {
 	struct qnx4_inode_info *ei = (struct qnx4_inode_info *) foo;
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/super.c b/fs/reiserfs/super.c
index b243117b8752..2575682a9ead 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/super.c
@@ -529,11 +529,18 @@ static struct inode *reiserfs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	return &ei->vfs_inode;
 }
 
-static void reiserfs_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+static void reiserfs_i_callback(struct rcu_head *head)
 {
+	struct inode *inode = container_of(head, struct inode, i_rcu);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_dentry);
 	kmem_cache_free(reiserfs_inode_cachep, REISERFS_I(inode));
 }
 
+static void reiserfs_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	call_rcu(&inode->i_rcu, reiserfs_i_callback);
+}
+
 static void init_once(void *foo)
 {
 	struct reiserfs_inode_info *ei = (struct reiserfs_inode_info *)foo;
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c b/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
index 5d04a7828e7a..3cfb2e933644 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
@@ -870,11 +870,14 @@ out:
 	return err;
 }
 
-static int reiserfs_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask)
+static int reiserfs_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
 {
 	struct posix_acl *acl;
 	int error = -EAGAIN; /* do regular unix permission checks by default */
 
+	if (flags & IPERM_FLAG_RCU)
+		return -ECHILD;
+
 	acl = reiserfs_get_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
 
 	if (acl) {
@@ -951,8 +954,10 @@ static int xattr_mount_check(struct super_block *s)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int reiserfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
+int reiserfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
 {
+	if (flags & IPERM_FLAG_RCU)
+		return -ECHILD;
 	/*
 	 * We don't do permission checks on the internal objects.
 	 * Permissions are determined by the "owning" object.
@@ -965,13 +970,16 @@ int reiserfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 	 * Stat data v1 doesn't support ACLs.
 	 */
 	if (get_inode_sd_version(inode) != STAT_DATA_V1)
-		return generic_permission(inode, mask, reiserfs_check_acl);
+		return generic_permission(inode, mask, flags,
+					reiserfs_check_acl);
 #endif
-	return generic_permission(inode, mask, NULL);
+	return generic_permission(inode, mask, flags, NULL);
 }
 
 static int xattr_hide_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
+	if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU)
+		return -ECHILD;
 	return -EPERM;
 }
 
@@ -990,7 +998,7 @@ int reiserfs_lookup_privroot(struct super_block *s)
 				strlen(PRIVROOT_NAME));
 	if (!IS_ERR(dentry)) {
 		REISERFS_SB(s)->priv_root = dentry;
-		dentry->d_op = &xattr_lookup_poison_ops;
+		d_set_d_op(dentry, &xattr_lookup_poison_ops);
 		if (dentry->d_inode)
 			dentry->d_inode->i_flags |= S_PRIVATE;
 	} else
diff --git a/fs/romfs/super.c b/fs/romfs/super.c
index 6647f90e55cd..2305e3121cb1 100644
--- a/fs/romfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/romfs/super.c
@@ -400,11 +400,18 @@ static struct inode *romfs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 /*
  * return a spent inode to the slab cache
  */
-static void romfs_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+static void romfs_i_callback(struct rcu_head *head)
 {
+	struct inode *inode = container_of(head, struct inode, i_rcu);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_dentry);
 	kmem_cache_free(romfs_inode_cachep, ROMFS_I(inode));
 }
 
+static void romfs_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	call_rcu(&inode->i_rcu, romfs_i_callback);
+}
+
 /*
  * get filesystem statistics
  */
diff --git a/fs/squashfs/super.c b/fs/squashfs/super.c
index 24de30ba34c1..20700b9f2b4c 100644
--- a/fs/squashfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/squashfs/super.c
@@ -440,11 +440,18 @@ static struct inode *squashfs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 }
 
 
-static void squashfs_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+static void squashfs_i_callback(struct rcu_head *head)
 {
+	struct inode *inode = container_of(head, struct inode, i_rcu);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_dentry);
 	kmem_cache_free(squashfs_inode_cachep, squashfs_i(inode));
 }
 
+static void squashfs_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	call_rcu(&inode->i_rcu, squashfs_i_callback);
+}
+
 
 static struct file_system_type squashfs_fs_type = {
 	.owner = THIS_MODULE,
diff --git a/fs/super.c b/fs/super.c
index ca696155cd9a..823e061faa87 100644
--- a/fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/super.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include <linux/idr.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
+#include <linux/rculist_bl.h>
 #include "internal.h"
 
 
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ static struct super_block *alloc_super(struct file_system_type *type)
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&s->s_files);
 #endif
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&s->s_instances);
-		INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&s->s_anon);
+		INIT_HLIST_BL_HEAD(&s->s_anon);
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&s->s_inodes);
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&s->s_dentry_lru);
 		init_rwsem(&s->s_umount);
@@ -1139,7 +1140,7 @@ static struct vfsmount *fs_set_subtype(struct vfsmount *mnt, const char *fstype)
 	return mnt;
 
  err:
-	mntput(mnt);
+	mntput_long(mnt);
 	return ERR_PTR(err);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/dir.c b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
index 7e54bac8c4b0..ea9120a830d8 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ void release_sysfs_dirent(struct sysfs_dirent * sd)
 		goto repeat;
 }
 
-static int sysfs_dentry_delete(struct dentry *dentry)
+static int sysfs_dentry_delete(const struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	struct sysfs_dirent *sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
 	return !!(sd->s_flags & SYSFS_FLAG_REMOVED);
@@ -239,9 +239,13 @@ static int sysfs_dentry_delete(struct dentry *dentry)
 
 static int sysfs_dentry_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
-	struct sysfs_dirent *sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
+	struct sysfs_dirent *sd;
 	int is_dir;
 
+	if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU)
+		return -ECHILD;
+
+	sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
 	mutex_lock(&sysfs_mutex);
 
 	/* The sysfs dirent has been deleted */
@@ -701,7 +705,7 @@ static struct dentry * sysfs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	/* instantiate and hash dentry */
 	ret = d_find_alias(inode);
 	if (!ret) {
-		dentry->d_op = &sysfs_dentry_ops;
+		d_set_d_op(dentry, &sysfs_dentry_ops);
 		dentry->d_fsdata = sysfs_get(sd);
 		d_add(dentry, inode);
 	} else {
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/inode.c b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
index cffb1fd8ba33..30ac27345586 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
@@ -348,13 +348,18 @@ int sysfs_hash_and_remove(struct sysfs_dirent *dir_sd, const void *ns, const cha
 		return -ENOENT;
 }
 
-int sysfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
+int sysfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
 {
-	struct sysfs_dirent *sd = inode->i_private;
+	struct sysfs_dirent *sd;
+
+	if (flags & IPERM_FLAG_RCU)
+		return -ECHILD;
+
+	sd = inode->i_private;
 
 	mutex_lock(&sysfs_mutex);
 	sysfs_refresh_inode(sd, inode);
 	mutex_unlock(&sysfs_mutex);
 
-	return generic_permission(inode, mask, NULL);
+	return generic_permission(inode, mask, flags, NULL);
 }
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
index d9be60a2e956..ffaaa816bfba 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
+++ b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ static inline void __sysfs_put(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
 struct inode *sysfs_get_inode(struct super_block *sb, struct sysfs_dirent *sd);
 void sysfs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode);
 int sysfs_sd_setattr(struct sysfs_dirent *sd, struct iattr *iattr);
-int sysfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask);
+int sysfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags);
 int sysfs_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *iattr);
 int sysfs_getattr(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry, struct kstat *stat);
 int sysfs_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, const void *value,
diff --git a/fs/sysv/inode.c b/fs/sysv/inode.c
index de44d067b9e6..0630eb969a28 100644
--- a/fs/sysv/inode.c
+++ b/fs/sysv/inode.c
@@ -333,11 +333,18 @@ static struct inode *sysv_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	return &si->vfs_inode;
 }
 
-static void sysv_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+static void sysv_i_callback(struct rcu_head *head)
 {
+	struct inode *inode = container_of(head, struct inode, i_rcu);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_dentry);
 	kmem_cache_free(sysv_inode_cachep, SYSV_I(inode));
 }
 
+static void sysv_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	call_rcu(&inode->i_rcu, sysv_i_callback);
+}
+
 static void init_once(void *p)
 {
 	struct sysv_inode_info *si = (struct sysv_inode_info *)p;
diff --git a/fs/sysv/namei.c b/fs/sysv/namei.c
index 11e7f7d11cd0..b5e68da2db32 100644
--- a/fs/sysv/namei.c
+++ b/fs/sysv/namei.c
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ static int add_nondir(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode)
 	return err;
 }
 
-static int sysv_hash(struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *qstr)
+static int sysv_hash(const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
+		struct qstr *qstr)
 {
 	/* Truncate the name in place, avoids having to define a compare
 	   function. */
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ static struct dentry *sysv_lookup(struct inode * dir, struct dentry * dentry, st
 	struct inode * inode = NULL;
 	ino_t ino;
 
-	dentry->d_op = dir->i_sb->s_root->d_op;
+	d_set_d_op(dentry, dir->i_sb->s_root->d_op);
 	if (dentry->d_name.len > SYSV_NAMELEN)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENAMETOOLONG);
 	ino = sysv_inode_by_name(dentry);
diff --git a/fs/sysv/super.c b/fs/sysv/super.c
index 3d9c62be0c10..76712aefc4ab 100644
--- a/fs/sysv/super.c
+++ b/fs/sysv/super.c
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ static int complete_read_super(struct super_block *sb, int silent, int size)
 	if (sbi->s_forced_ro)
 		sb->s_flags |= MS_RDONLY;
 	if (sbi->s_truncate)
-		sb->s_root->d_op = &sysv_dentry_operations;
+		d_set_d_op(sb->s_root, &sysv_dentry_operations);
 	return 1;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/super.c b/fs/ubifs/super.c
index 91fac54c70e3..6e11c2975dcf 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/super.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/super.c
@@ -272,12 +272,20 @@ static struct inode *ubifs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	return &ui->vfs_inode;
 };
 
+static void ubifs_i_callback(struct rcu_head *head)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = container_of(head, struct inode, i_rcu);
+	struct ubifs_inode *ui = ubifs_inode(inode);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_dentry);
+	kmem_cache_free(ubifs_inode_slab, ui);
+}
+
 static void ubifs_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct ubifs_inode *ui = ubifs_inode(inode);
 
 	kfree(ui->data);
-	kmem_cache_free(ubifs_inode_slab, inode);
+	call_rcu(&inode->i_rcu, ubifs_i_callback);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/udf/super.c b/fs/udf/super.c
index 4a5c7c61836a..b539d53320fb 100644
--- a/fs/udf/super.c
+++ b/fs/udf/super.c
@@ -139,11 +139,18 @@ static struct inode *udf_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	return &ei->vfs_inode;
 }
 
-static void udf_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+static void udf_i_callback(struct rcu_head *head)
 {
+	struct inode *inode = container_of(head, struct inode, i_rcu);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_dentry);
 	kmem_cache_free(udf_inode_cachep, UDF_I(inode));
 }
 
+static void udf_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	call_rcu(&inode->i_rcu, udf_i_callback);
+}
+
 static void init_once(void *foo)
 {
 	struct udf_inode_info *ei = (struct udf_inode_info *)foo;
diff --git a/fs/ufs/super.c b/fs/ufs/super.c
index 2c47daed56da..2c61ac5d4e48 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/super.c
+++ b/fs/ufs/super.c
@@ -1412,11 +1412,18 @@ static struct inode *ufs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	return &ei->vfs_inode;
 }
 
-static void ufs_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+static void ufs_i_callback(struct rcu_head *head)
 {
+	struct inode *inode = container_of(head, struct inode, i_rcu);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_dentry);
 	kmem_cache_free(ufs_inode_cachep, UFS_I(inode));
 }
 
+static void ufs_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	call_rcu(&inode->i_rcu, ufs_i_callback);
+}
+
 static void init_once(void *foo)
 {
 	struct ufs_inode_info *ei = (struct ufs_inode_info *) foo;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_acl.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_acl.c
index b2771862fd3d..39f4f809bb68 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_acl.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_acl.c
@@ -219,12 +219,13 @@ xfs_set_acl(struct inode *inode, int type, struct posix_acl *acl)
 }
 
 int
-xfs_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask)
+xfs_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
 {
-	struct xfs_inode *ip = XFS_I(inode);
+	struct xfs_inode *ip;
 	struct posix_acl *acl;
 	int error = -EAGAIN;
 
+	ip = XFS_I(inode);
 	trace_xfs_check_acl(ip);
 
 	/*
@@ -234,6 +235,12 @@ xfs_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 	if (!XFS_IFORK_Q(ip))
 		return -EAGAIN;
 
+	if (flags & IPERM_FLAG_RCU) {
+		if (!negative_cached_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS))
+			return -ECHILD;
+		return -EAGAIN;
+	}
+
 	acl = xfs_get_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
 	if (IS_ERR(acl))
 		return PTR_ERR(acl);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_acl.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_acl.h
index 0135e2a669d7..11dd72070cbb 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_acl.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_acl.h
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ struct xfs_acl {
 #define SGI_ACL_DEFAULT_SIZE	(sizeof(SGI_ACL_DEFAULT)-1)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_XFS_POSIX_ACL
-extern int xfs_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask);
+extern int xfs_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags);
 extern struct posix_acl *xfs_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type);
 extern int xfs_inherit_acl(struct inode *inode, struct posix_acl *default_acl);
 extern int xfs_acl_chmod(struct inode *inode);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_iget.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_iget.c
index 0cdd26932d8e..d7de5a3f7867 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_iget.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_iget.c
@@ -91,6 +91,17 @@ xfs_inode_alloc(
 	return ip;
 }
 
+STATIC void
+xfs_inode_free_callback(
+	struct rcu_head		*head)
+{
+	struct inode		*inode = container_of(head, struct inode, i_rcu);
+	struct xfs_inode	*ip = XFS_I(inode);
+
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_dentry);
+	kmem_zone_free(xfs_inode_zone, ip);
+}
+
 void
 xfs_inode_free(
 	struct xfs_inode	*ip)
@@ -134,7 +145,7 @@ xfs_inode_free(
 	ASSERT(!spin_is_locked(&ip->i_flags_lock));
 	ASSERT(completion_done(&ip->i_flush));
 
-	kmem_zone_free(xfs_inode_zone, ip);
+	call_rcu(&ip->i_vnode.i_rcu, xfs_inode_free_callback);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/include/linux/bit_spinlock.h b/include/linux/bit_spinlock.h
index 7113a32a86ea..e612575a2596 100644
--- a/include/linux/bit_spinlock.h
+++ b/include/linux/bit_spinlock.h
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 #ifndef __LINUX_BIT_SPINLOCK_H
 #define __LINUX_BIT_SPINLOCK_H
 
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/preempt.h>
+#include <asm/atomic.h>
+
 /*
  *  bit-based spin_lock()
  *
diff --git a/include/linux/coda_linux.h b/include/linux/coda_linux.h
index 2e914d0771b9..4ccc59c1ea82 100644
--- a/include/linux/coda_linux.h
+++ b/include/linux/coda_linux.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ extern const struct file_operations coda_ioctl_operations;
 /* operations shared over more than one file */
 int coda_open(struct inode *i, struct file *f);
 int coda_release(struct inode *i, struct file *f);
-int coda_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask);
+int coda_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags);
 int coda_revalidate_inode(struct dentry *);
 int coda_getattr(struct vfsmount *, struct dentry *, struct kstat *);
 int coda_setattr(struct dentry *, struct iattr *);
diff --git a/include/linux/dcache.h b/include/linux/dcache.h
index 6a4aea30aa09..bd07758943e0 100644
--- a/include/linux/dcache.h
+++ b/include/linux/dcache.h
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@
 #include <asm/atomic.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/rculist.h>
+#include <linux/rculist_bl.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
+#include <linux/seqlock.h>
 #include <linux/cache.h>
 #include <linux/rcupdate.h>
 
@@ -45,6 +47,27 @@ struct dentry_stat_t {
 };
 extern struct dentry_stat_t dentry_stat;
 
+/*
+ * Compare 2 name strings, return 0 if they match, otherwise non-zero.
+ * The strings are both count bytes long, and count is non-zero.
+ */
+static inline int dentry_cmp(const unsigned char *cs, size_t scount,
+				const unsigned char *ct, size_t tcount)
+{
+	int ret;
+	if (scount != tcount)
+		return 1;
+	do {
+		ret = (*cs != *ct);
+		if (ret)
+			break;
+		cs++;
+		ct++;
+		tcount--;
+	} while (tcount);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 /* Name hashing routines. Initial hash value */
 /* Hash courtesy of the R5 hash in reiserfs modulo sign bits */
 #define init_name_hash()		0
@@ -81,25 +104,33 @@ full_name_hash(const unsigned char *name, unsigned int len)
  * large memory footprint increase).
  */
 #ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
-#define DNAME_INLINE_LEN_MIN 32 /* 192 bytes */
+# define DNAME_INLINE_LEN 32 /* 192 bytes */
 #else
-#define DNAME_INLINE_LEN_MIN 40 /* 128 bytes */
+# ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+#  define DNAME_INLINE_LEN 36 /* 128 bytes */
+# else
+#  define DNAME_INLINE_LEN 40 /* 128 bytes */
+# endif
 #endif
 
 struct dentry {
-	atomic_t d_count;
+	/* RCU lookup touched fields */
 	unsigned int d_flags;		/* protected by d_lock */
-	spinlock_t d_lock;		/* per dentry lock */
-	int d_mounted;
-	struct inode *d_inode;		/* Where the name belongs to - NULL is
-					 * negative */
-	/*
-	 * The next three fields are touched by __d_lookup.  Place them here
-	 * so they all fit in a cache line.
-	 */
-	struct hlist_node d_hash;	/* lookup hash list */
+	seqcount_t d_seq;		/* per dentry seqlock */
+	struct hlist_bl_node d_hash;	/* lookup hash list */
 	struct dentry *d_parent;	/* parent directory */
 	struct qstr d_name;
+	struct inode *d_inode;		/* Where the name belongs to - NULL is
+					 * negative */
+	unsigned char d_iname[DNAME_INLINE_LEN];	/* small names */
+
+	/* Ref lookup also touches following */
+	unsigned int d_count;		/* protected by d_lock */
+	spinlock_t d_lock;		/* per dentry lock */
+	const struct dentry_operations *d_op;
+	struct super_block *d_sb;	/* The root of the dentry tree */
+	unsigned long d_time;		/* used by d_revalidate */
+	void *d_fsdata;			/* fs-specific data */
 
 	struct list_head d_lru;		/* LRU list */
 	/*
@@ -111,12 +142,6 @@ struct dentry {
 	} d_u;
 	struct list_head d_subdirs;	/* our children */
 	struct list_head d_alias;	/* inode alias list */
-	unsigned long d_time;		/* used by d_revalidate */
-	const struct dentry_operations *d_op;
-	struct super_block *d_sb;	/* The root of the dentry tree */
-	void *d_fsdata;			/* fs-specific data */
-
-	unsigned char d_iname[DNAME_INLINE_LEN_MIN];	/* small names */
 };
 
 /*
@@ -133,96 +158,61 @@ enum dentry_d_lock_class
 
 struct dentry_operations {
 	int (*d_revalidate)(struct dentry *, struct nameidata *);
-	int (*d_hash) (struct dentry *, struct qstr *);
-	int (*d_compare) (struct dentry *, struct qstr *, struct qstr *);
-	int (*d_delete)(struct dentry *);
+	int (*d_hash)(const struct dentry *, const struct inode *,
+			struct qstr *);
+	int (*d_compare)(const struct dentry *, const struct inode *,
+			const struct dentry *, const struct inode *,
+			unsigned int, const char *, const struct qstr *);
+	int (*d_delete)(const struct dentry *);
 	void (*d_release)(struct dentry *);
 	void (*d_iput)(struct dentry *, struct inode *);
 	char *(*d_dname)(struct dentry *, char *, int);
-};
-
-/* the dentry parameter passed to d_hash and d_compare is the parent
- * directory of the entries to be compared. It is used in case these
- * functions need any directory specific information for determining
- * equivalency classes.  Using the dentry itself might not work, as it
- * might be a negative dentry which has no information associated with
- * it */
+} ____cacheline_aligned;
 
 /*
-locking rules:
-		big lock	dcache_lock	d_lock   may block
-d_revalidate:	no		no		no       yes
-d_hash		no		no		no       yes
-d_compare:	no		yes		yes      no
-d_delete:	no		yes		no       no
-d_release:	no		no		no       yes
-d_iput:		no		no		no       yes
+ * Locking rules for dentry_operations callbacks are to be found in
+ * Documentation/filesystems/Locking. Keep it updated!
+ *
+ * FUrther descriptions are found in Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt.
+ * Keep it updated too!
  */
 
 /* d_flags entries */
 #define DCACHE_AUTOFS_PENDING 0x0001    /* autofs: "under construction" */
-#define DCACHE_NFSFS_RENAMED  0x0002    /* this dentry has been "silly
-					 * renamed" and has to be
-					 * deleted on the last dput()
-					 */
-#define	DCACHE_DISCONNECTED 0x0004
-     /* This dentry is possibly not currently connected to the dcache tree,
-      * in which case its parent will either be itself, or will have this
-      * flag as well.  nfsd will not use a dentry with this bit set, but will
-      * first endeavour to clear the bit either by discovering that it is
-      * connected, or by performing lookup operations.   Any filesystem which
-      * supports nfsd_operations MUST have a lookup function which, if it finds
-      * a directory inode with a DCACHE_DISCONNECTED dentry, will d_move
-      * that dentry into place and return that dentry rather than the passed one,
-      * typically using d_splice_alias.
-      */
+#define DCACHE_NFSFS_RENAMED  0x0002
+     /* this dentry has been "silly renamed" and has to be deleted on the last
+      * dput() */
+
+#define	DCACHE_DISCONNECTED	0x0004
+     /* This dentry is possibly not currently connected to the dcache tree, in
+      * which case its parent will either be itself, or will have this flag as
+      * well.  nfsd will not use a dentry with this bit set, but will first
+      * endeavour to clear the bit either by discovering that it is connected,
+      * or by performing lookup operations.   Any filesystem which supports
+      * nfsd_operations MUST have a lookup function which, if it finds a
+      * directory inode with a DCACHE_DISCONNECTED dentry, will d_move that
+      * dentry into place and return that dentry rather than the passed one,
+      * typically using d_splice_alias. */
 
 #define DCACHE_REFERENCED	0x0008  /* Recently used, don't discard. */
 #define DCACHE_UNHASHED		0x0010	
-
-#define DCACHE_INOTIFY_PARENT_WATCHED	0x0020 /* Parent inode is watched by inotify */
+#define DCACHE_INOTIFY_PARENT_WATCHED 0x0020
+     /* Parent inode is watched by inotify */
 
 #define DCACHE_COOKIE		0x0040	/* For use by dcookie subsystem */
-
-#define DCACHE_FSNOTIFY_PARENT_WATCHED	0x0080 /* Parent inode is watched by some fsnotify listener */
+#define DCACHE_FSNOTIFY_PARENT_WATCHED 0x0080
+     /* Parent inode is watched by some fsnotify listener */
 
 #define DCACHE_CANT_MOUNT	0x0100
+#define DCACHE_GENOCIDE		0x0200
+#define DCACHE_MOUNTED		0x0400	/* is a mountpoint */
 
-extern spinlock_t dcache_lock;
-extern seqlock_t rename_lock;
-
-/**
- * d_drop - drop a dentry
- * @dentry: dentry to drop
- *
- * d_drop() unhashes the entry from the parent dentry hashes, so that it won't
- * be found through a VFS lookup any more. Note that this is different from
- * deleting the dentry - d_delete will try to mark the dentry negative if
- * possible, giving a successful _negative_ lookup, while d_drop will
- * just make the cache lookup fail.
- *
- * d_drop() is used mainly for stuff that wants to invalidate a dentry for some
- * reason (NFS timeouts or autofs deletes).
- *
- * __d_drop requires dentry->d_lock.
- */
-
-static inline void __d_drop(struct dentry *dentry)
-{
-	if (!(dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_UNHASHED)) {
-		dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_UNHASHED;
-		hlist_del_rcu(&dentry->d_hash);
-	}
-}
+#define DCACHE_OP_HASH		0x1000
+#define DCACHE_OP_COMPARE	0x2000
+#define DCACHE_OP_REVALIDATE	0x4000
+#define DCACHE_OP_DELETE	0x8000
 
-static inline void d_drop(struct dentry *dentry)
-{
-	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
-	spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
- 	__d_drop(dentry);
-	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
-	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
-}
+extern seqlock_t rename_lock;
 
 static inline int dname_external(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
@@ -235,10 +225,14 @@ static inline int dname_external(struct dentry *dentry)
 extern void d_instantiate(struct dentry *, struct inode *);
 extern struct dentry * d_instantiate_unique(struct dentry *, struct inode *);
 extern struct dentry * d_materialise_unique(struct dentry *, struct inode *);
+extern void __d_drop(struct dentry *dentry);
+extern void d_drop(struct dentry *dentry);
 extern void d_delete(struct dentry *);
+extern void d_set_d_op(struct dentry *dentry, const struct dentry_operations *op);
 
 /* allocate/de-allocate */
 extern struct dentry * d_alloc(struct dentry *, const struct qstr *);
+extern struct dentry * d_alloc_pseudo(struct super_block *, const struct qstr *);
 extern struct dentry * d_splice_alias(struct inode *, struct dentry *);
 extern struct dentry * d_add_ci(struct dentry *, struct inode *, struct qstr *);
 extern struct dentry * d_obtain_alias(struct inode *);
@@ -296,14 +290,40 @@ static inline struct dentry *d_add_unique(struct dentry *entry, struct inode *in
 	return res;
 }
 
+extern void dentry_update_name_case(struct dentry *, struct qstr *);
+
 /* used for rename() and baskets */
 extern void d_move(struct dentry *, struct dentry *);
 extern struct dentry *d_ancestor(struct dentry *, struct dentry *);
 
 /* appendix may either be NULL or be used for transname suffixes */
-extern struct dentry * d_lookup(struct dentry *, struct qstr *);
-extern struct dentry * __d_lookup(struct dentry *, struct qstr *);
-extern struct dentry * d_hash_and_lookup(struct dentry *, struct qstr *);
+extern struct dentry *d_lookup(struct dentry *, struct qstr *);
+extern struct dentry *d_hash_and_lookup(struct dentry *, struct qstr *);
+extern struct dentry *__d_lookup(struct dentry *, struct qstr *);
+extern struct dentry *__d_lookup_rcu(struct dentry *parent, struct qstr *name,
+				unsigned *seq, struct inode **inode);
+
+/**
+ * __d_rcu_to_refcount - take a refcount on dentry if sequence check is ok
+ * @dentry: dentry to take a ref on
+ * @seq: seqcount to verify against
+ * @Returns: 0 on failure, else 1.
+ *
+ * __d_rcu_to_refcount operates on a dentry,seq pair that was returned
+ * by __d_lookup_rcu, to get a reference on an rcu-walk dentry.
+ */
+static inline int __d_rcu_to_refcount(struct dentry *dentry, unsigned seq)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	assert_spin_locked(&dentry->d_lock);
+	if (!read_seqcount_retry(&dentry->d_seq, seq)) {
+		ret = 1;
+		dentry->d_count++;
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
 
 /* validate "insecure" dentry pointer */
 extern int d_validate(struct dentry *, struct dentry *);
@@ -316,34 +336,37 @@ extern char *dynamic_dname(struct dentry *, char *, int, const char *, ...);
 extern char *__d_path(const struct path *path, struct path *root, char *, int);
 extern char *d_path(const struct path *, char *, int);
 extern char *d_path_with_unreachable(const struct path *, char *, int);
-extern char *__dentry_path(struct dentry *, char *, int);
+extern char *dentry_path_raw(struct dentry *, char *, int);
 extern char *dentry_path(struct dentry *, char *, int);
 
 /* Allocation counts.. */
 
 /**
- *	dget, dget_locked	-	get a reference to a dentry
+ *	dget, dget_dlock -	get a reference to a dentry
  *	@dentry: dentry to get a reference to
  *
  *	Given a dentry or %NULL pointer increment the reference count
  *	if appropriate and return the dentry. A dentry will not be 
- *	destroyed when it has references. dget() should never be
- *	called for dentries with zero reference counter. For these cases
- *	(preferably none, functions in dcache.c are sufficient for normal
- *	needs and they take necessary precautions) you should hold dcache_lock
- *	and call dget_locked() instead of dget().
+ *	destroyed when it has references.
  */
- 
+static inline struct dentry *dget_dlock(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	if (dentry)
+		dentry->d_count++;
+	return dentry;
+}
+
 static inline struct dentry *dget(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	if (dentry) {
-		BUG_ON(!atomic_read(&dentry->d_count));
-		atomic_inc(&dentry->d_count);
+		spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
+		dget_dlock(dentry);
+		spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 	}
 	return dentry;
 }
 
-extern struct dentry * dget_locked(struct dentry *);
+extern struct dentry *dget_parent(struct dentry *dentry);
 
 /**
  *	d_unhashed -	is dentry hashed
@@ -374,21 +397,11 @@ static inline void dont_mount(struct dentry *dentry)
 	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 }
 
-static inline struct dentry *dget_parent(struct dentry *dentry)
-{
-	struct dentry *ret;
-
-	spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
-	ret = dget(dentry->d_parent);
-	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
-	return ret;
-}
-
 extern void dput(struct dentry *);
 
 static inline int d_mountpoint(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
-	return dentry->d_mounted;
+	return dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_MOUNTED;
 }
 
 extern struct vfsmount *lookup_mnt(struct path *);
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 090f0eacde29..baf3e556ff0e 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -392,6 +392,7 @@ struct inodes_stat_t {
 #include <linux/capability.h>
 #include <linux/semaphore.h>
 #include <linux/fiemap.h>
+#include <linux/rculist_bl.h>
 
 #include <asm/atomic.h>
 #include <asm/byteorder.h>
@@ -733,16 +734,31 @@ struct posix_acl;
 #define ACL_NOT_CACHED ((void *)(-1))
 
 struct inode {
+	/* RCU path lookup touches following: */
+	umode_t			i_mode;
+	uid_t			i_uid;
+	gid_t			i_gid;
+	const struct inode_operations	*i_op;
+	struct super_block	*i_sb;
+
+	spinlock_t		i_lock;	/* i_blocks, i_bytes, maybe i_size */
+	unsigned int		i_flags;
+	struct mutex		i_mutex;
+
+	unsigned long		i_state;
+	unsigned long		dirtied_when;	/* jiffies of first dirtying */
+
 	struct hlist_node	i_hash;
 	struct list_head	i_wb_list;	/* backing dev IO list */
 	struct list_head	i_lru;		/* inode LRU list */
 	struct list_head	i_sb_list;
-	struct list_head	i_dentry;
+	union {
+		struct list_head	i_dentry;
+		struct rcu_head		i_rcu;
+	};
 	unsigned long		i_ino;
 	atomic_t		i_count;
 	unsigned int		i_nlink;
-	uid_t			i_uid;
-	gid_t			i_gid;
 	dev_t			i_rdev;
 	unsigned int		i_blkbits;
 	u64			i_version;
@@ -755,13 +771,8 @@ struct inode {
 	struct timespec		i_ctime;
 	blkcnt_t		i_blocks;
 	unsigned short          i_bytes;
-	umode_t			i_mode;
-	spinlock_t		i_lock;	/* i_blocks, i_bytes, maybe i_size */
-	struct mutex		i_mutex;
 	struct rw_semaphore	i_alloc_sem;
-	const struct inode_operations	*i_op;
 	const struct file_operations	*i_fop;	/* former ->i_op->default_file_ops */
-	struct super_block	*i_sb;
 	struct file_lock	*i_flock;
 	struct address_space	*i_mapping;
 	struct address_space	i_data;
@@ -782,11 +793,6 @@ struct inode {
 	struct hlist_head	i_fsnotify_marks;
 #endif
 
-	unsigned long		i_state;
-	unsigned long		dirtied_when;	/* jiffies of first dirtying */
-
-	unsigned int		i_flags;
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_IMA
 	/* protected by i_lock */
 	unsigned int		i_readcount; /* struct files open RO */
@@ -1372,13 +1378,13 @@ struct super_block {
 	const struct xattr_handler **s_xattr;
 
 	struct list_head	s_inodes;	/* all inodes */
-	struct hlist_head	s_anon;		/* anonymous dentries for (nfs) exporting */
+	struct hlist_bl_head	s_anon;		/* anonymous dentries for (nfs) exporting */
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 	struct list_head __percpu *s_files;
 #else
 	struct list_head	s_files;
 #endif
-	/* s_dentry_lru and s_nr_dentry_unused are protected by dcache_lock */
+	/* s_dentry_lru, s_nr_dentry_unused protected by dcache.c lru locks */
 	struct list_head	s_dentry_lru;	/* unused dentry lru */
 	int			s_nr_dentry_unused;	/* # of dentry on lru */
 
@@ -1545,9 +1551,18 @@ struct file_operations {
 	int (*setlease)(struct file *, long, struct file_lock **);
 };
 
+#define IPERM_FLAG_RCU	0x0001
+
 struct inode_operations {
-	int (*create) (struct inode *,struct dentry *,int, struct nameidata *);
 	struct dentry * (*lookup) (struct inode *,struct dentry *, struct nameidata *);
+	void * (*follow_link) (struct dentry *, struct nameidata *);
+	int (*permission) (struct inode *, int, unsigned int);
+	int (*check_acl)(struct inode *, int, unsigned int);
+
+	int (*readlink) (struct dentry *, char __user *,int);
+	void (*put_link) (struct dentry *, struct nameidata *, void *);
+
+	int (*create) (struct inode *,struct dentry *,int, struct nameidata *);
 	int (*link) (struct dentry *,struct inode *,struct dentry *);
 	int (*unlink) (struct inode *,struct dentry *);
 	int (*symlink) (struct inode *,struct dentry *,const char *);
@@ -1556,12 +1571,7 @@ struct inode_operations {
 	int (*mknod) (struct inode *,struct dentry *,int,dev_t);
 	int (*rename) (struct inode *, struct dentry *,
 			struct inode *, struct dentry *);
-	int (*readlink) (struct dentry *, char __user *,int);
-	void * (*follow_link) (struct dentry *, struct nameidata *);
-	void (*put_link) (struct dentry *, struct nameidata *, void *);
 	void (*truncate) (struct inode *);
-	int (*permission) (struct inode *, int);
-	int (*check_acl)(struct inode *, int);
 	int (*setattr) (struct dentry *, struct iattr *);
 	int (*getattr) (struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *, struct kstat *);
 	int (*setxattr) (struct dentry *, const char *,const void *,size_t,int);
@@ -1573,7 +1583,7 @@ struct inode_operations {
 			  loff_t len);
 	int (*fiemap)(struct inode *, struct fiemap_extent_info *, u64 start,
 		      u64 len);
-};
+} ____cacheline_aligned;
 
 struct seq_file;
 
@@ -2158,8 +2168,8 @@ extern sector_t bmap(struct inode *, sector_t);
 #endif
 extern int notify_change(struct dentry *, struct iattr *);
 extern int inode_permission(struct inode *, int);
-extern int generic_permission(struct inode *, int,
-		int (*check_acl)(struct inode *, int));
+extern int generic_permission(struct inode *, int, unsigned int,
+		int (*check_acl)(struct inode *, int, unsigned int));
 
 static inline bool execute_ok(struct inode *inode)
 {
@@ -2230,6 +2240,7 @@ extern void iget_failed(struct inode *);
 extern void end_writeback(struct inode *);
 extern void __destroy_inode(struct inode *);
 extern struct inode *new_inode(struct super_block *);
+extern void free_inode_nonrcu(struct inode *inode);
 extern int should_remove_suid(struct dentry *);
 extern int file_remove_suid(struct file *);
 
@@ -2446,6 +2457,10 @@ static inline ino_t parent_ino(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	ino_t res;
 
+	/*
+	 * Don't strictly need d_lock here? If the parent ino could change
+	 * then surely we'd have a deeper race in the caller?
+	 */
 	spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
 	res = dentry->d_parent->d_inode->i_ino;
 	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
diff --git a/include/linux/fs_struct.h b/include/linux/fs_struct.h
index a42b5bf02f8b..003dc0fd7347 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs_struct.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs_struct.h
@@ -2,10 +2,13 @@
 #define _LINUX_FS_STRUCT_H
 
 #include <linux/path.h>
+#include <linux/spinlock.h>
+#include <linux/seqlock.h>
 
 struct fs_struct {
 	int users;
 	spinlock_t lock;
+	seqcount_t seq;
 	int umask;
 	int in_exec;
 	struct path root, pwd;
diff --git a/include/linux/fsnotify.h b/include/linux/fsnotify.h
index b10bcdeaef76..2a53f10712b3 100644
--- a/include/linux/fsnotify.h
+++ b/include/linux/fsnotify.h
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 
 /*
  * fsnotify_d_instantiate - instantiate a dentry for inode
- * Called with dcache_lock held.
  */
 static inline void fsnotify_d_instantiate(struct dentry *dentry,
 					  struct inode *inode)
@@ -62,7 +61,6 @@ static inline int fsnotify_perm(struct file *file, int mask)
 
 /*
  * fsnotify_d_move - dentry has been moved
- * Called with dcache_lock and dentry->d_lock held.
  */
 static inline void fsnotify_d_move(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h b/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
index 7380763595d3..69ad89b50489 100644
--- a/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
+++ b/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
@@ -329,9 +329,15 @@ static inline void __fsnotify_update_dcache_flags(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	struct dentry *parent;
 
-	assert_spin_locked(&dcache_lock);
 	assert_spin_locked(&dentry->d_lock);
 
+	/*
+	 * Serialisation of setting PARENT_WATCHED on the dentries is provided
+	 * by d_lock. If inotify_inode_watched changes after we have taken
+	 * d_lock, the following __fsnotify_update_child_dentry_flags call will
+	 * find our entry, so it will spin until we complete here, and update
+	 * us with the new state.
+	 */
 	parent = dentry->d_parent;
 	if (parent->d_inode && fsnotify_inode_watches_children(parent->d_inode))
 		dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_FSNOTIFY_PARENT_WATCHED;
@@ -341,15 +347,12 @@ static inline void __fsnotify_update_dcache_flags(struct dentry *dentry)
 
 /*
  * fsnotify_d_instantiate - instantiate a dentry for inode
- * Called with dcache_lock held.
  */
 static inline void __fsnotify_d_instantiate(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode)
 {
 	if (!inode)
 		return;
 
-	assert_spin_locked(&dcache_lock);
-
 	spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
 	__fsnotify_update_dcache_flags(dentry);
 	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
diff --git a/include/linux/generic_acl.h b/include/linux/generic_acl.h
index 574bea4013b6..0437e377b555 100644
--- a/include/linux/generic_acl.h
+++ b/include/linux/generic_acl.h
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ extern const struct xattr_handler generic_acl_default_handler;
 
 int generic_acl_init(struct inode *, struct inode *);
 int generic_acl_chmod(struct inode *);
-int generic_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask);
+int generic_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags);
 
 #endif /* LINUX_GENERIC_ACL_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/list_bl.h b/include/linux/list_bl.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9ee97e7f2be4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/list_bl.h
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+#ifndef _LINUX_LIST_BL_H
+#define _LINUX_LIST_BL_H
+
+#include <linux/list.h>
+
+/*
+ * Special version of lists, where head of the list has a lock in the lowest
+ * bit. This is useful for scalable hash tables without increasing memory
+ * footprint overhead.
+ *
+ * For modification operations, the 0 bit of hlist_bl_head->first
+ * pointer must be set.
+ *
+ * With some small modifications, this can easily be adapted to store several
+ * arbitrary bits (not just a single lock bit), if the need arises to store
+ * some fast and compact auxiliary data.
+ */
+
+#if defined(CONFIG_SMP) || defined(CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK)
+#define LIST_BL_LOCKMASK	1UL
+#else
+#define LIST_BL_LOCKMASK	0UL
+#endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LIST
+#define LIST_BL_BUG_ON(x) BUG_ON(x)
+#else
+#define LIST_BL_BUG_ON(x)
+#endif
+
+
+struct hlist_bl_head {
+	struct hlist_bl_node *first;
+};
+
+struct hlist_bl_node {
+	struct hlist_bl_node *next, **pprev;
+};
+#define INIT_HLIST_BL_HEAD(ptr) \
+	((ptr)->first = NULL)
+
+static inline void INIT_HLIST_BL_NODE(struct hlist_bl_node *h)
+{
+	h->next = NULL;
+	h->pprev = NULL;
+}
+
+#define hlist_bl_entry(ptr, type, member) container_of(ptr,type,member)
+
+static inline int hlist_bl_unhashed(const struct hlist_bl_node *h)
+{
+	return !h->pprev;
+}
+
+static inline struct hlist_bl_node *hlist_bl_first(struct hlist_bl_head *h)
+{
+	return (struct hlist_bl_node *)
+		((unsigned long)h->first & ~LIST_BL_LOCKMASK);
+}
+
+static inline void hlist_bl_set_first(struct hlist_bl_head *h,
+					struct hlist_bl_node *n)
+{
+	LIST_BL_BUG_ON((unsigned long)n & LIST_BL_LOCKMASK);
+	LIST_BL_BUG_ON(!((unsigned long)h->first & LIST_BL_LOCKMASK));
+	h->first = (struct hlist_bl_node *)((unsigned long)n | LIST_BL_LOCKMASK);
+}
+
+static inline int hlist_bl_empty(const struct hlist_bl_head *h)
+{
+	return !((unsigned long)h->first & ~LIST_BL_LOCKMASK);
+}
+
+static inline void hlist_bl_add_head(struct hlist_bl_node *n,
+					struct hlist_bl_head *h)
+{
+	struct hlist_bl_node *first = hlist_bl_first(h);
+
+	n->next = first;
+	if (first)
+		first->pprev = &n->next;
+	n->pprev = &h->first;
+	hlist_bl_set_first(h, n);
+}
+
+static inline void __hlist_bl_del(struct hlist_bl_node *n)
+{
+	struct hlist_bl_node *next = n->next;
+	struct hlist_bl_node **pprev = n->pprev;
+
+	LIST_BL_BUG_ON((unsigned long)n & LIST_BL_LOCKMASK);
+
+	/* pprev may be `first`, so be careful not to lose the lock bit */
+	*pprev = (struct hlist_bl_node *)
+			((unsigned long)next |
+			 ((unsigned long)*pprev & LIST_BL_LOCKMASK));
+	if (next)
+		next->pprev = pprev;
+}
+
+static inline void hlist_bl_del(struct hlist_bl_node *n)
+{
+	__hlist_bl_del(n);
+	n->next = LIST_POISON1;
+	n->pprev = LIST_POISON2;
+}
+
+static inline void hlist_bl_del_init(struct hlist_bl_node *n)
+{
+	if (!hlist_bl_unhashed(n)) {
+		__hlist_bl_del(n);
+		INIT_HLIST_BL_NODE(n);
+	}
+}
+
+/**
+ * hlist_bl_for_each_entry	- iterate over list of given type
+ * @tpos:	the type * to use as a loop cursor.
+ * @pos:	the &struct hlist_node to use as a loop cursor.
+ * @head:	the head for your list.
+ * @member:	the name of the hlist_node within the struct.
+ *
+ */
+#define hlist_bl_for_each_entry(tpos, pos, head, member)		\
+	for (pos = hlist_bl_first(head);				\
+	     pos &&							\
+		({ tpos = hlist_bl_entry(pos, typeof(*tpos), member); 1;}); \
+	     pos = pos->next)
+
+/**
+ * hlist_bl_for_each_entry_safe - iterate over list of given type safe against removal of list entry
+ * @tpos:	the type * to use as a loop cursor.
+ * @pos:	the &struct hlist_node to use as a loop cursor.
+ * @n:		another &struct hlist_node to use as temporary storage
+ * @head:	the head for your list.
+ * @member:	the name of the hlist_node within the struct.
+ */
+#define hlist_bl_for_each_entry_safe(tpos, pos, n, head, member)	 \
+	for (pos = hlist_bl_first(head);				 \
+	     pos && ({ n = pos->next; 1; }) && 				 \
+		({ tpos = hlist_bl_entry(pos, typeof(*tpos), member); 1;}); \
+	     pos = n)
+
+#endif
diff --git a/include/linux/mount.h b/include/linux/mount.h
index 5e7a59408dd4..1869ea24a739 100644
--- a/include/linux/mount.h
+++ b/include/linux/mount.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/nodemask.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
+#include <linux/seqlock.h>
 #include <asm/atomic.h>
 
 struct super_block;
@@ -46,12 +47,24 @@ struct mnt_namespace;
 
 #define MNT_INTERNAL	0x4000
 
+struct mnt_pcp {
+	int mnt_count;
+	int mnt_writers;
+};
+
 struct vfsmount {
 	struct list_head mnt_hash;
 	struct vfsmount *mnt_parent;	/* fs we are mounted on */
 	struct dentry *mnt_mountpoint;	/* dentry of mountpoint */
 	struct dentry *mnt_root;	/* root of the mounted tree */
 	struct super_block *mnt_sb;	/* pointer to superblock */
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+	struct mnt_pcp __percpu *mnt_pcp;
+	atomic_t mnt_longrefs;
+#else
+	int mnt_count;
+	int mnt_writers;
+#endif
 	struct list_head mnt_mounts;	/* list of children, anchored here */
 	struct list_head mnt_child;	/* and going through their mnt_child */
 	int mnt_flags;
@@ -70,57 +83,25 @@ struct vfsmount {
 	struct mnt_namespace *mnt_ns;	/* containing namespace */
 	int mnt_id;			/* mount identifier */
 	int mnt_group_id;		/* peer group identifier */
-	/*
-	 * We put mnt_count & mnt_expiry_mark at the end of struct vfsmount
-	 * to let these frequently modified fields in a separate cache line
-	 * (so that reads of mnt_flags wont ping-pong on SMP machines)
-	 */
-	atomic_t mnt_count;
 	int mnt_expiry_mark;		/* true if marked for expiry */
 	int mnt_pinned;
 	int mnt_ghosts;
-#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-	int __percpu *mnt_writers;
-#else
-	int mnt_writers;
-#endif
 };
 
-static inline int *get_mnt_writers_ptr(struct vfsmount *mnt)
-{
-#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-	return mnt->mnt_writers;
-#else
-	return &mnt->mnt_writers;
-#endif
-}
-
-static inline struct vfsmount *mntget(struct vfsmount *mnt)
-{
-	if (mnt)
-		atomic_inc(&mnt->mnt_count);
-	return mnt;
-}
-
 struct file; /* forward dec */
 
 extern int mnt_want_write(struct vfsmount *mnt);
 extern int mnt_want_write_file(struct file *file);
 extern int mnt_clone_write(struct vfsmount *mnt);
 extern void mnt_drop_write(struct vfsmount *mnt);
-extern void mntput_no_expire(struct vfsmount *mnt);
+extern void mntput(struct vfsmount *mnt);
+extern struct vfsmount *mntget(struct vfsmount *mnt);
+extern void mntput_long(struct vfsmount *mnt);
+extern struct vfsmount *mntget_long(struct vfsmount *mnt);
 extern void mnt_pin(struct vfsmount *mnt);
 extern void mnt_unpin(struct vfsmount *mnt);
 extern int __mnt_is_readonly(struct vfsmount *mnt);
 
-static inline void mntput(struct vfsmount *mnt)
-{
-	if (mnt) {
-		mnt->mnt_expiry_mark = 0;
-		mntput_no_expire(mnt);
-	}
-}
-
 extern struct vfsmount *do_kern_mount(const char *fstype, int flags,
 				      const char *name, void *data);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/namei.h b/include/linux/namei.h
index 05b441d93642..18d06add0a40 100644
--- a/include/linux/namei.h
+++ b/include/linux/namei.h
@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@ struct nameidata {
 	struct path	path;
 	struct qstr	last;
 	struct path	root;
+	struct file	*file;
+	struct inode	*inode; /* path.dentry.d_inode */
 	unsigned int	flags;
+	unsigned	seq;
 	int		last_type;
 	unsigned	depth;
 	char *saved_names[MAX_NESTED_LINKS + 1];
@@ -41,14 +44,15 @@ enum {LAST_NORM, LAST_ROOT, LAST_DOT, LAST_DOTDOT, LAST_BIND};
  *  - require a directory
  *  - ending slashes ok even for nonexistent files
  *  - internal "there are more path components" flag
- *  - locked when lookup done with dcache_lock held
  *  - dentry cache is untrusted; force a real lookup
  */
-#define LOOKUP_FOLLOW		 1
-#define LOOKUP_DIRECTORY	 2
-#define LOOKUP_CONTINUE		 4
-#define LOOKUP_PARENT		16
-#define LOOKUP_REVAL		64
+#define LOOKUP_FOLLOW		0x0001
+#define LOOKUP_DIRECTORY	0x0002
+#define LOOKUP_CONTINUE		0x0004
+
+#define LOOKUP_PARENT		0x0010
+#define LOOKUP_REVAL		0x0020
+#define LOOKUP_RCU		0x0040
 /*
  * Intent data
  */
diff --git a/include/linux/ncp_fs.h b/include/linux/ncp_fs.h
index ef663061d5ac..1c27f201c856 100644
--- a/include/linux/ncp_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/ncp_fs.h
@@ -184,13 +184,13 @@ struct ncp_entry_info {
 	__u8			file_handle[6];
 };
 
-static inline struct ncp_server *NCP_SBP(struct super_block *sb)
+static inline struct ncp_server *NCP_SBP(const struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	return sb->s_fs_info;
 }
 
 #define NCP_SERVER(inode)	NCP_SBP((inode)->i_sb)
-static inline struct ncp_inode_info *NCP_FINFO(struct inode *inode)
+static inline struct ncp_inode_info *NCP_FINFO(const struct inode *inode)
 {
 	return container_of(inode, struct ncp_inode_info, vfs_inode);
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
index 29d504d5d1c3..0779bb8f95be 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ extern int nfs_refresh_inode(struct inode *, struct nfs_fattr *);
 extern int nfs_post_op_update_inode(struct inode *inode, struct nfs_fattr *fattr);
 extern int nfs_post_op_update_inode_force_wcc(struct inode *inode, struct nfs_fattr *fattr);
 extern int nfs_getattr(struct vfsmount *, struct dentry *, struct kstat *);
-extern int nfs_permission(struct inode *, int);
+extern int nfs_permission(struct inode *, int, unsigned int);
 extern int nfs_open(struct inode *, struct file *);
 extern int nfs_release(struct inode *, struct file *);
 extern int nfs_attribute_timeout(struct inode *inode);
diff --git a/include/linux/path.h b/include/linux/path.h
index edc98dec6266..a581e8c06533 100644
--- a/include/linux/path.h
+++ b/include/linux/path.h
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ struct path {
 };
 
 extern void path_get(struct path *);
+extern void path_get_long(struct path *);
 extern void path_put(struct path *);
+extern void path_put_long(struct path *);
 
 static inline int path_equal(const struct path *path1, const struct path *path2)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/posix_acl.h b/include/linux/posix_acl.h
index 67608161df6b..d68283a898bb 100644
--- a/include/linux/posix_acl.h
+++ b/include/linux/posix_acl.h
@@ -108,6 +108,25 @@ static inline struct posix_acl *get_cached_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
 	return acl;
 }
 
+static inline int negative_cached_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
+{
+	struct posix_acl **p, *acl;
+	switch (type) {
+	case ACL_TYPE_ACCESS:
+		p = &inode->i_acl;
+		break;
+	case ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT:
+		p = &inode->i_default_acl;
+		break;
+	default:
+		BUG();
+	}
+	acl = ACCESS_ONCE(*p);
+	if (acl)
+		return 0;
+	return 1;
+}
+
 static inline void set_cached_acl(struct inode *inode,
 				  int type,
 				  struct posix_acl *acl)
diff --git a/include/linux/rculist_bl.h b/include/linux/rculist_bl.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b872b493724d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/rculist_bl.h
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+#ifndef _LINUX_RCULIST_BL_H
+#define _LINUX_RCULIST_BL_H
+
+/*
+ * RCU-protected bl list version. See include/linux/list_bl.h.
+ */
+#include <linux/list_bl.h>
+#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
+
+static inline void hlist_bl_set_first_rcu(struct hlist_bl_head *h,
+					struct hlist_bl_node *n)
+{
+	LIST_BL_BUG_ON((unsigned long)n & LIST_BL_LOCKMASK);
+	LIST_BL_BUG_ON(!((unsigned long)h->first & LIST_BL_LOCKMASK));
+	rcu_assign_pointer(h->first,
+		(struct hlist_bl_node *)((unsigned long)n | LIST_BL_LOCKMASK));
+}
+
+static inline struct hlist_bl_node *hlist_bl_first_rcu(struct hlist_bl_head *h)
+{
+	return (struct hlist_bl_node *)
+		((unsigned long)rcu_dereference(h->first) & ~LIST_BL_LOCKMASK);
+}
+
+/**
+ * hlist_bl_del_init_rcu - deletes entry from hash list with re-initialization
+ * @n: the element to delete from the hash list.
+ *
+ * Note: hlist_bl_unhashed() on the node returns true after this. It is
+ * useful for RCU based read lockfree traversal if the writer side
+ * must know if the list entry is still hashed or already unhashed.
+ *
+ * In particular, it means that we can not poison the forward pointers
+ * that may still be used for walking the hash list and we can only
+ * zero the pprev pointer so list_unhashed() will return true after
+ * this.
+ *
+ * The caller must take whatever precautions are necessary (such as
+ * holding appropriate locks) to avoid racing with another
+ * list-mutation primitive, such as hlist_bl_add_head_rcu() or
+ * hlist_bl_del_rcu(), running on this same list.  However, it is
+ * perfectly legal to run concurrently with the _rcu list-traversal
+ * primitives, such as hlist_bl_for_each_entry_rcu().
+ */
+static inline void hlist_bl_del_init_rcu(struct hlist_bl_node *n)
+{
+	if (!hlist_bl_unhashed(n)) {
+		__hlist_bl_del(n);
+		n->pprev = NULL;
+	}
+}
+
+/**
+ * hlist_bl_del_rcu - deletes entry from hash list without re-initialization
+ * @n: the element to delete from the hash list.
+ *
+ * Note: hlist_bl_unhashed() on entry does not return true after this,
+ * the entry is in an undefined state. It is useful for RCU based
+ * lockfree traversal.
+ *
+ * In particular, it means that we can not poison the forward
+ * pointers that may still be used for walking the hash list.
+ *
+ * The caller must take whatever precautions are necessary
+ * (such as holding appropriate locks) to avoid racing
+ * with another list-mutation primitive, such as hlist_bl_add_head_rcu()
+ * or hlist_bl_del_rcu(), running on this same list.
+ * However, it is perfectly legal to run concurrently with
+ * the _rcu list-traversal primitives, such as
+ * hlist_bl_for_each_entry().
+ */
+static inline void hlist_bl_del_rcu(struct hlist_bl_node *n)
+{
+	__hlist_bl_del(n);
+	n->pprev = LIST_POISON2;
+}
+
+/**
+ * hlist_bl_add_head_rcu
+ * @n: the element to add to the hash list.
+ * @h: the list to add to.
+ *
+ * Description:
+ * Adds the specified element to the specified hlist_bl,
+ * while permitting racing traversals.
+ *
+ * The caller must take whatever precautions are necessary
+ * (such as holding appropriate locks) to avoid racing
+ * with another list-mutation primitive, such as hlist_bl_add_head_rcu()
+ * or hlist_bl_del_rcu(), running on this same list.
+ * However, it is perfectly legal to run concurrently with
+ * the _rcu list-traversal primitives, such as
+ * hlist_bl_for_each_entry_rcu(), used to prevent memory-consistency
+ * problems on Alpha CPUs.  Regardless of the type of CPU, the
+ * list-traversal primitive must be guarded by rcu_read_lock().
+ */
+static inline void hlist_bl_add_head_rcu(struct hlist_bl_node *n,
+					struct hlist_bl_head *h)
+{
+	struct hlist_bl_node *first;
+
+	/* don't need hlist_bl_first_rcu because we're under lock */
+	first = hlist_bl_first(h);
+
+	n->next = first;
+	if (first)
+		first->pprev = &n->next;
+	n->pprev = &h->first;
+
+	/* need _rcu because we can have concurrent lock free readers */
+	hlist_bl_set_first_rcu(h, n);
+}
+/**
+ * hlist_bl_for_each_entry_rcu - iterate over rcu list of given type
+ * @tpos:	the type * to use as a loop cursor.
+ * @pos:	the &struct hlist_bl_node to use as a loop cursor.
+ * @head:	the head for your list.
+ * @member:	the name of the hlist_bl_node within the struct.
+ *
+ */
+#define hlist_bl_for_each_entry_rcu(tpos, pos, head, member)		\
+	for (pos = hlist_bl_first_rcu(head);				\
+		pos &&							\
+		({ tpos = hlist_bl_entry(pos, typeof(*tpos), member); 1; }); \
+		pos = rcu_dereference_raw(pos->next))
+
+#endif
diff --git a/include/linux/reiserfs_xattr.h b/include/linux/reiserfs_xattr.h
index b2cf2089769b..3b94c91f20a6 100644
--- a/include/linux/reiserfs_xattr.h
+++ b/include/linux/reiserfs_xattr.h
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ int reiserfs_xattr_init(struct super_block *sb, int mount_flags);
 int reiserfs_lookup_privroot(struct super_block *sb);
 int reiserfs_delete_xattrs(struct inode *inode);
 int reiserfs_chown_xattrs(struct inode *inode, struct iattr *attrs);
-int reiserfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask);
+int reiserfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_REISERFS_FS_XATTR
 #define has_xattr_dir(inode) (REISERFS_I(inode)->i_flags & i_has_xattr_dir)
diff --git a/include/linux/security.h b/include/linux/security.h
index d47a4c24b3e4..1ac42475ea08 100644
--- a/include/linux/security.h
+++ b/include/linux/security.h
@@ -457,7 +457,6 @@ static inline void security_free_mnt_opts(struct security_mnt_opts *opts)
  *	called when the actual read/write operations are performed.
  *	@inode contains the inode structure to check.
  *	@mask contains the permission mask.
- *	@nd contains the nameidata (may be NULL).
  *	Return 0 if permission is granted.
  * @inode_setattr:
  *	Check permission before setting file attributes.  Note that the kernel
@@ -1713,6 +1712,7 @@ int security_inode_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 int security_inode_readlink(struct dentry *dentry);
 int security_inode_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd);
 int security_inode_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask);
+int security_inode_exec_permission(struct inode *inode, unsigned int flags);
 int security_inode_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr);
 int security_inode_getattr(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry);
 int security_inode_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
@@ -2102,6 +2102,12 @@ static inline int security_inode_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static inline int security_inode_exec_permission(struct inode *inode,
+						  unsigned int flags)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static inline int security_inode_setattr(struct dentry *dentry,
 					  struct iattr *attr)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/seqlock.h b/include/linux/seqlock.h
index 632205ccc25d..e98cd2e57194 100644
--- a/include/linux/seqlock.h
+++ b/include/linux/seqlock.h
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ static __always_inline int read_seqretry(const seqlock_t *sl, unsigned start)
 {
 	smp_rmb();
 
-	return (sl->sequence != start);
+	return unlikely(sl->sequence != start);
 }
 
 
@@ -125,14 +125,25 @@ typedef struct seqcount {
 #define SEQCNT_ZERO { 0 }
 #define seqcount_init(x)	do { *(x) = (seqcount_t) SEQCNT_ZERO; } while (0)
 
-/* Start of read using pointer to a sequence counter only.  */
-static inline unsigned read_seqcount_begin(const seqcount_t *s)
+/**
+ * __read_seqcount_begin - begin a seq-read critical section (without barrier)
+ * @s: pointer to seqcount_t
+ * Returns: count to be passed to read_seqcount_retry
+ *
+ * __read_seqcount_begin is like read_seqcount_begin, but has no smp_rmb()
+ * barrier. Callers should ensure that smp_rmb() or equivalent ordering is
+ * provided before actually loading any of the variables that are to be
+ * protected in this critical section.
+ *
+ * Use carefully, only in critical code, and comment how the barrier is
+ * provided.
+ */
+static inline unsigned __read_seqcount_begin(const seqcount_t *s)
 {
 	unsigned ret;
 
 repeat:
 	ret = s->sequence;
-	smp_rmb();
 	if (unlikely(ret & 1)) {
 		cpu_relax();
 		goto repeat;
@@ -140,14 +151,56 @@ repeat:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-/*
- * Test if reader processed invalid data because sequence number has changed.
+/**
+ * read_seqcount_begin - begin a seq-read critical section
+ * @s: pointer to seqcount_t
+ * Returns: count to be passed to read_seqcount_retry
+ *
+ * read_seqcount_begin opens a read critical section of the given seqcount.
+ * Validity of the critical section is tested by checking read_seqcount_retry
+ * function.
+ */
+static inline unsigned read_seqcount_begin(const seqcount_t *s)
+{
+	unsigned ret = __read_seqcount_begin(s);
+	smp_rmb();
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/**
+ * __read_seqcount_retry - end a seq-read critical section (without barrier)
+ * @s: pointer to seqcount_t
+ * @start: count, from read_seqcount_begin
+ * Returns: 1 if retry is required, else 0
+ *
+ * __read_seqcount_retry is like read_seqcount_retry, but has no smp_rmb()
+ * barrier. Callers should ensure that smp_rmb() or equivalent ordering is
+ * provided before actually loading any of the variables that are to be
+ * protected in this critical section.
+ *
+ * Use carefully, only in critical code, and comment how the barrier is
+ * provided.
+ */
+static inline int __read_seqcount_retry(const seqcount_t *s, unsigned start)
+{
+	return unlikely(s->sequence != start);
+}
+
+/**
+ * read_seqcount_retry - end a seq-read critical section
+ * @s: pointer to seqcount_t
+ * @start: count, from read_seqcount_begin
+ * Returns: 1 if retry is required, else 0
+ *
+ * read_seqcount_retry closes a read critical section of the given seqcount.
+ * If the critical section was invalid, it must be ignored (and typically
+ * retried).
  */
 static inline int read_seqcount_retry(const seqcount_t *s, unsigned start)
 {
 	smp_rmb();
 
-	return s->sequence != start;
+	return __read_seqcount_retry(s, start);
 }
 
 
@@ -167,6 +220,19 @@ static inline void write_seqcount_end(seqcount_t *s)
 	s->sequence++;
 }
 
+/**
+ * write_seqcount_barrier - invalidate in-progress read-side seq operations
+ * @s: pointer to seqcount_t
+ *
+ * After write_seqcount_barrier, no read-side seq operations will complete
+ * successfully and see data older than this.
+ */
+static inline void write_seqcount_barrier(seqcount_t *s)
+{
+	smp_wmb();
+	s->sequence+=2;
+}
+
 /*
  * Possible sw/hw IRQ protected versions of the interfaces.
  */
diff --git a/include/linux/slab.h b/include/linux/slab.h
index 59260e21bdf5..fa9086647eb7 100644
--- a/include/linux/slab.h
+++ b/include/linux/slab.h
@@ -106,8 +106,6 @@ int kmem_cache_shrink(struct kmem_cache *);
 void kmem_cache_free(struct kmem_cache *, void *);
 unsigned int kmem_cache_size(struct kmem_cache *);
 const char *kmem_cache_name(struct kmem_cache *);
-int kern_ptr_validate(const void *ptr, unsigned long size);
-int kmem_ptr_validate(struct kmem_cache *cachep, const void *ptr);
 
 /*
  * Please use this macro to create slab caches. Simply specify the
diff --git a/ipc/mqueue.c b/ipc/mqueue.c
index 035f4399edbc..14fb6d67e6a3 100644
--- a/ipc/mqueue.c
+++ b/ipc/mqueue.c
@@ -237,11 +237,18 @@ static struct inode *mqueue_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	return &ei->vfs_inode;
 }
 
-static void mqueue_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+static void mqueue_i_callback(struct rcu_head *head)
 {
+	struct inode *inode = container_of(head, struct inode, i_rcu);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_dentry);
 	kmem_cache_free(mqueue_inode_cachep, MQUEUE_I(inode));
 }
 
+static void mqueue_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	call_rcu(&inode->i_rcu, mqueue_i_callback);
+}
+
 static void mqueue_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct mqueue_inode_info *info;
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index 66a416b42c18..51cddc11cd85 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -763,6 +763,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cgroup_unlock);
  * -> cgroup_mkdir.
  */
 
+static struct dentry *cgroup_lookup(struct inode *dir,
+			struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd);
 static int cgroup_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode);
 static int cgroup_rmdir(struct inode *unused_dir, struct dentry *dentry);
 static int cgroup_populate_dir(struct cgroup *cgrp);
@@ -874,25 +876,29 @@ static void cgroup_clear_directory(struct dentry *dentry)
 	struct list_head *node;
 
 	BUG_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex));
-	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+	spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
 	node = dentry->d_subdirs.next;
 	while (node != &dentry->d_subdirs) {
 		struct dentry *d = list_entry(node, struct dentry, d_u.d_child);
+
+		spin_lock_nested(&d->d_lock, DENTRY_D_LOCK_NESTED);
 		list_del_init(node);
 		if (d->d_inode) {
 			/* This should never be called on a cgroup
 			 * directory with child cgroups */
 			BUG_ON(d->d_inode->i_mode & S_IFDIR);
-			d = dget_locked(d);
-			spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+			dget_dlock(d);
+			spin_unlock(&d->d_lock);
+			spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 			d_delete(d);
 			simple_unlink(dentry->d_inode, d);
 			dput(d);
-			spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
-		}
+			spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
+		} else
+			spin_unlock(&d->d_lock);
 		node = dentry->d_subdirs.next;
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -900,11 +906,16 @@ static void cgroup_clear_directory(struct dentry *dentry)
  */
 static void cgroup_d_remove_dir(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
+	struct dentry *parent;
+
 	cgroup_clear_directory(dentry);
 
-	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+	parent = dentry->d_parent;
+	spin_lock(&parent->d_lock);
+	spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
 	list_del_init(&dentry->d_u.d_child);
-	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&parent->d_lock);
 	remove_dir(dentry);
 }
 
@@ -2180,7 +2191,7 @@ static const struct file_operations cgroup_file_operations = {
 };
 
 static const struct inode_operations cgroup_dir_inode_operations = {
-	.lookup = simple_lookup,
+	.lookup = cgroup_lookup,
 	.mkdir = cgroup_mkdir,
 	.rmdir = cgroup_rmdir,
 	.rename = cgroup_rename,
@@ -2196,13 +2207,29 @@ static inline struct cftype *__file_cft(struct file *file)
 	return __d_cft(file->f_dentry);
 }
 
-static int cgroup_create_file(struct dentry *dentry, mode_t mode,
-				struct super_block *sb)
+static int cgroup_delete_dentry(const struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	return 1;
+}
+
+static struct dentry *cgroup_lookup(struct inode *dir,
+			struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
-	static const struct dentry_operations cgroup_dops = {
+	static const struct dentry_operations cgroup_dentry_operations = {
+		.d_delete = cgroup_delete_dentry,
 		.d_iput = cgroup_diput,
 	};
 
+	if (dentry->d_name.len > NAME_MAX)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENAMETOOLONG);
+	d_set_d_op(dentry, &cgroup_dentry_operations);
+	d_add(dentry, NULL);
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static int cgroup_create_file(struct dentry *dentry, mode_t mode,
+				struct super_block *sb)
+{
 	struct inode *inode;
 
 	if (!dentry)
@@ -2228,7 +2255,6 @@ static int cgroup_create_file(struct dentry *dentry, mode_t mode,
 		inode->i_size = 0;
 		inode->i_fop = &cgroup_file_operations;
 	}
-	dentry->d_op = &cgroup_dops;
 	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
 	dget(dentry);	/* Extra count - pin the dentry in core */
 	return 0;
@@ -3638,9 +3664,7 @@ again:
 	list_del(&cgrp->sibling);
 	cgroup_unlock_hierarchy(cgrp->root);
 
-	spin_lock(&cgrp->dentry->d_lock);
 	d = dget(cgrp->dentry);
-	spin_unlock(&d->d_lock);
 
 	cgroup_d_remove_dir(d);
 	dput(d);
diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index 6b9aee20f242..ca389394fa2a 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -102,9 +102,6 @@
  *    ->inode_lock		(zap_pte_range->set_page_dirty)
  *    ->private_lock		(zap_pte_range->__set_page_dirty_buffers)
  *
- *  ->task->proc_lock
- *    ->dcache_lock		(proc_pid_lookup)
- *
  *  (code doesn't rely on that order, so you could switch it around)
  *  ->tasklist_lock             (memory_failure, collect_procs_ao)
  *    ->i_mmap_lock
diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 47fdeeb9d636..5ee67c990602 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -2415,13 +2415,20 @@ static struct inode *shmem_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	return &p->vfs_inode;
 }
 
+static void shmem_i_callback(struct rcu_head *head)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = container_of(head, struct inode, i_rcu);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_dentry);
+	kmem_cache_free(shmem_inode_cachep, SHMEM_I(inode));
+}
+
 static void shmem_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	if ((inode->i_mode & S_IFMT) == S_IFREG) {
 		/* only struct inode is valid if it's an inline symlink */
 		mpol_free_shared_policy(&SHMEM_I(inode)->policy);
 	}
-	kmem_cache_free(shmem_inode_cachep, SHMEM_I(inode));
+	call_rcu(&inode->i_rcu, shmem_i_callback);
 }
 
 static void init_once(void *foo)
diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
index b1e40dafbab3..6107f2380e08 100644
--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
@@ -2781,7 +2781,7 @@ static void slab_put_obj(struct kmem_cache *cachep, struct slab *slabp,
 /*
  * Map pages beginning at addr to the given cache and slab. This is required
  * for the slab allocator to be able to lookup the cache and slab of a
- * virtual address for kfree, ksize, kmem_ptr_validate, and slab debugging.
+ * virtual address for kfree, ksize, and slab debugging.
  */
 static void slab_map_pages(struct kmem_cache *cache, struct slab *slab,
 			   void *addr)
@@ -3660,36 +3660,6 @@ void *kmem_cache_alloc_notrace(struct kmem_cache *cachep, gfp_t flags)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_alloc_notrace);
 #endif
 
-/**
- * kmem_ptr_validate - check if an untrusted pointer might be a slab entry.
- * @cachep: the cache we're checking against
- * @ptr: pointer to validate
- *
- * This verifies that the untrusted pointer looks sane;
- * it is _not_ a guarantee that the pointer is actually
- * part of the slab cache in question, but it at least
- * validates that the pointer can be dereferenced and
- * looks half-way sane.
- *
- * Currently only used for dentry validation.
- */
-int kmem_ptr_validate(struct kmem_cache *cachep, const void *ptr)
-{
-	unsigned long size = cachep->buffer_size;
-	struct page *page;
-
-	if (unlikely(!kern_ptr_validate(ptr, size)))
-		goto out;
-	page = virt_to_page(ptr);
-	if (unlikely(!PageSlab(page)))
-		goto out;
-	if (unlikely(page_get_cache(page) != cachep))
-		goto out;
-	return 1;
-out:
-	return 0;
-}
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
 void *kmem_cache_alloc_node(struct kmem_cache *cachep, gfp_t flags, int nodeid)
 {
diff --git a/mm/slob.c b/mm/slob.c
index 617b6d6c42c7..3588eaaef726 100644
--- a/mm/slob.c
+++ b/mm/slob.c
@@ -678,11 +678,6 @@ int kmem_cache_shrink(struct kmem_cache *d)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_shrink);
 
-int kmem_ptr_validate(struct kmem_cache *a, const void *b)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static unsigned int slob_ready __read_mostly;
 
 int slab_is_available(void)
diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index bec0e355fbad..a2fe1727ed85 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -1917,17 +1917,6 @@ void kmem_cache_free(struct kmem_cache *s, void *x)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_free);
 
-/* Figure out on which slab page the object resides */
-static struct page *get_object_page(const void *x)
-{
-	struct page *page = virt_to_head_page(x);
-
-	if (!PageSlab(page))
-		return NULL;
-
-	return page;
-}
-
 /*
  * Object placement in a slab is made very easy because we always start at
  * offset 0. If we tune the size of the object to the alignment then we can
@@ -2386,35 +2375,6 @@ error:
 }
 
 /*
- * Check if a given pointer is valid
- */
-int kmem_ptr_validate(struct kmem_cache *s, const void *object)
-{
-	struct page *page;
-
-	if (!kern_ptr_validate(object, s->size))
-		return 0;
-
-	page = get_object_page(object);
-
-	if (!page || s != page->slab)
-		/* No slab or wrong slab */
-		return 0;
-
-	if (!check_valid_pointer(s, page, object))
-		return 0;
-
-	/*
-	 * We could also check if the object is on the slabs freelist.
-	 * But this would be too expensive and it seems that the main
-	 * purpose of kmem_ptr_valid() is to check if the object belongs
-	 * to a certain slab.
-	 */
-	return 1;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_ptr_validate);
-
-/*
  * Determine the size of a slab object
  */
 unsigned int kmem_cache_size(struct kmem_cache *s)
diff --git a/mm/util.c b/mm/util.c
index 73dac81e9f78..f126975ef23e 100644
--- a/mm/util.c
+++ b/mm/util.c
@@ -186,27 +186,6 @@ void kzfree(const void *p)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kzfree);
 
-int kern_ptr_validate(const void *ptr, unsigned long size)
-{
-	unsigned long addr = (unsigned long)ptr;
-	unsigned long min_addr = PAGE_OFFSET;
-	unsigned long align_mask = sizeof(void *) - 1;
-
-	if (unlikely(addr < min_addr))
-		goto out;
-	if (unlikely(addr > (unsigned long)high_memory - size))
-		goto out;
-	if (unlikely(addr & align_mask))
-		goto out;
-	if (unlikely(!kern_addr_valid(addr)))
-		goto out;
-	if (unlikely(!kern_addr_valid(addr + size - 1)))
-		goto out;
-	return 1;
-out:
-	return 0;
-}
-
 /*
  * strndup_user - duplicate an existing string from user space
  * @s: The string to duplicate
diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c
index c1663c0ff3d3..ccc576a6a508 100644
--- a/net/socket.c
+++ b/net/socket.c
@@ -262,6 +262,7 @@ static struct inode *sock_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 }
 
 
+
 static void wq_free_rcu(struct rcu_head *head)
 {
 	struct socket_wq *wq = container_of(head, struct socket_wq, rcu);
@@ -360,14 +361,14 @@ static int sock_alloc_file(struct socket *sock, struct file **f, int flags)
 	if (unlikely(fd < 0))
 		return fd;
 
-	path.dentry = d_alloc(sock_mnt->mnt_sb->s_root, &name);
+	path.dentry = d_alloc_pseudo(sock_mnt->mnt_sb, &name);
 	if (unlikely(!path.dentry)) {
 		put_unused_fd(fd);
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 	path.mnt = mntget(sock_mnt);
 
-	path.dentry->d_op = &sockfs_dentry_operations;
+	d_set_d_op(path.dentry, &sockfs_dentry_operations);
 	d_instantiate(path.dentry, SOCK_INODE(sock));
 	SOCK_INODE(sock)->i_fop = &socket_file_ops;
 
@@ -2390,6 +2391,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(sock_unregister);
 
 static int __init sock_init(void)
 {
+	int err;
+
 	/*
 	 *      Initialize sock SLAB cache.
 	 */
@@ -2406,8 +2409,15 @@ static int __init sock_init(void)
 	 */
 
 	init_inodecache();
-	register_filesystem(&sock_fs_type);
+
+	err = register_filesystem(&sock_fs_type);
+	if (err)
+		goto out_fs;
 	sock_mnt = kern_mount(&sock_fs_type);
+	if (IS_ERR(sock_mnt)) {
+		err = PTR_ERR(sock_mnt);
+		goto out_mount;
+	}
 
 	/* The real protocol initialization is performed in later initcalls.
 	 */
@@ -2420,7 +2430,13 @@ static int __init sock_init(void)
 	skb_timestamping_init();
 #endif
 
-	return 0;
+out:
+	return err;
+
+out_mount:
+	unregister_filesystem(&sock_fs_type);
+out_fs:
+	goto out;
 }
 
 core_initcall(sock_init);	/* early initcall */
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c b/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
index 10a17a37ec4e..09f01f41e55a 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
@@ -162,11 +162,19 @@ rpc_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 }
 
 static void
-rpc_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+rpc_i_callback(struct rcu_head *head)
 {
+	struct inode *inode = container_of(head, struct inode, i_rcu);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_dentry);
 	kmem_cache_free(rpc_inode_cachep, RPC_I(inode));
 }
 
+static void
+rpc_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	call_rcu(&inode->i_rcu, rpc_i_callback);
+}
+
 static int
 rpc_pipe_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 {
@@ -430,7 +438,7 @@ void rpc_put_mount(void)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rpc_put_mount);
 
-static int rpc_delete_dentry(struct dentry *dentry)
+static int rpc_delete_dentry(const struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	return 1;
 }
@@ -583,7 +591,7 @@ static struct dentry *__rpc_lookup_create(struct dentry *parent,
 		}
 	}
 	if (!dentry->d_inode)
-		dentry->d_op = &rpc_dentry_operations;
+		d_set_d_op(dentry, &rpc_dentry_operations);
 out_err:
 	return dentry;
 }
diff --git a/security/security.c b/security/security.c
index e5fb07a3052d..739e40362f44 100644
--- a/security/security.c
+++ b/security/security.c
@@ -513,6 +513,15 @@ int security_inode_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 	return security_ops->inode_permission(inode, mask);
 }
 
+int security_inode_exec_permission(struct inode *inode, unsigned int flags)
+{
+	if (unlikely(IS_PRIVATE(inode)))
+		return 0;
+	if (flags)
+		return -ECHILD;
+	return security_ops->inode_permission(inode, MAY_EXEC);
+}
+
 int security_inode_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr)
 {
 	if (unlikely(IS_PRIVATE(dentry->d_inode)))
diff --git a/security/selinux/selinuxfs.c b/security/selinux/selinuxfs.c
index 073fd5b0a53a..43deac219491 100644
--- a/security/selinux/selinuxfs.c
+++ b/security/selinux/selinuxfs.c
@@ -1145,24 +1145,28 @@ static void sel_remove_entries(struct dentry *de)
 {
 	struct list_head *node;
 
-	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+	spin_lock(&de->d_lock);
 	node = de->d_subdirs.next;
 	while (node != &de->d_subdirs) {
 		struct dentry *d = list_entry(node, struct dentry, d_u.d_child);
+
+		spin_lock_nested(&d->d_lock, DENTRY_D_LOCK_NESTED);
 		list_del_init(node);
 
 		if (d->d_inode) {
-			d = dget_locked(d);
-			spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+			dget_dlock(d);
+			spin_unlock(&de->d_lock);
+			spin_unlock(&d->d_lock);
 			d_delete(d);
 			simple_unlink(de->d_inode, d);
 			dput(d);
-			spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
-		}
+			spin_lock(&de->d_lock);
+		} else
+			spin_unlock(&d->d_lock);
 		node = de->d_subdirs.next;
 	}
 
-	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&de->d_lock);
 }
 
 #define BOOL_DIR_NAME "booleans"
diff --git a/security/tomoyo/realpath.c b/security/tomoyo/realpath.c
index 1d0bf8fa1922..d1e05b047715 100644
--- a/security/tomoyo/realpath.c
+++ b/security/tomoyo/realpath.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <net/sock.h>
 #include "common.h"
+#include "../../fs/internal.h"
 
 /**
  * tomoyo_encode: Convert binary string to ascii string.