diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
index 1b3c39a7de627f572ece87d2a1c6ddd2cff27144..d30fb2cb5066940e70d9a43f48d944500483a92b 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ prototypes:
 	int (*d_revalidate)(struct dentry *, unsigned int);
 	int (*d_weak_revalidate)(struct dentry *, unsigned int);
 	int (*d_hash)(const struct dentry *, struct qstr *);
-	int (*d_compare)(const struct dentry *, const struct dentry *,
+	int (*d_compare)(const struct dentry *,
 			unsigned int, const char *, const struct qstr *);
 	int (*d_delete)(struct dentry *);
 	int (*d_init)(struct dentry *);
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/porting b/Documentation/filesystems/porting
index a5fb89cac615c1c3fe0091b602932dcf29c9dc9d..b1bd05ea66b2d42fae1fcc34d5ddb91ead15eed5 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/porting
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/porting
@@ -585,3 +585,10 @@ in your dentry operations instead.
 	in the instances.  Rationale: !@#!@# security_d_instantiate() needs to be
 	called before we attach dentry to inode and !@#!@##!@$!$#!@#$!@$!@$ smack
 	->d_instantiate() uses not just ->getxattr() but ->setxattr() as well.
+--
+[mandatory]
+	->d_compare() doesn't get parent as a separate argument anymore.  If you
+	used it for finding the struct super_block involved, dentry->d_sb will
+	work just as well; if it's something more complicated, use dentry->d_parent.
+	Just be careful not to assume that fetching it more than once will yield
+	the same value - in RCU mode it could change under you.
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
index 8a196851f01dccf627d3d6582891ea0597b76ce5..9ace359d6cc51614fc3038da8555ae4c63e1958d 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
@@ -931,7 +931,7 @@ struct dentry_operations {
 	int (*d_revalidate)(struct dentry *, unsigned int);
 	int (*d_weak_revalidate)(struct dentry *, unsigned int);
 	int (*d_hash)(const struct dentry *, struct qstr *);
-	int (*d_compare)(const struct dentry *, const struct dentry *,
+	int (*d_compare)(const struct dentry *,
 			unsigned int, const char *, const struct qstr *);
 	int (*d_delete)(const struct dentry *);
 	int (*d_init)(struct dentry *);
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/dcache.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/dcache.c
index 581a63a0a63e57cf86d1b48cc61a31632b535a42..463b1a360733940d646766a82b03ef37056330df 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/dcache.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/dcache.c
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ static void ll_release(struct dentry *de)
  * INVALID) so d_lookup() matches it, but we have no lock on it (so
  * lock_match() fails) and we spin around real_lookup().
  */
-static int ll_dcompare(const struct dentry *parent, const struct dentry *dentry,
+static int ll_dcompare(const struct dentry *dentry,
 		       unsigned int len, const char *str,
 		       const struct qstr *name)
 {
diff --git a/fs/9p/fid.c b/fs/9p/fid.c
index 47db55aee7f2d1ad233c209a7be54ea1f1e58466..60fb47469c86bb59b35b89dc36cf23409d939f70 100644
--- a/fs/9p/fid.c
+++ b/fs/9p/fid.c
@@ -257,36 +257,12 @@ struct p9_fid *v9fs_fid_lookup(struct dentry *dentry)
 	return v9fs_fid_lookup_with_uid(dentry, uid, any);
 }
 
-struct p9_fid *v9fs_fid_clone(struct dentry *dentry)
-{
-	struct p9_fid *fid, *ret;
-
-	fid = v9fs_fid_lookup(dentry);
-	if (IS_ERR(fid))
-		return fid;
-
-	ret = p9_client_walk(fid, 0, NULL, 1);
-	return ret;
-}
-
-static struct p9_fid *v9fs_fid_clone_with_uid(struct dentry *dentry, kuid_t uid)
-{
-	struct p9_fid *fid, *ret;
-
-	fid = v9fs_fid_lookup_with_uid(dentry, uid, 0);
-	if (IS_ERR(fid))
-		return fid;
-
-	ret = p9_client_walk(fid, 0, NULL, 1);
-	return ret;
-}
-
 struct p9_fid *v9fs_writeback_fid(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	int err;
 	struct p9_fid *fid;
 
-	fid = v9fs_fid_clone_with_uid(dentry, GLOBAL_ROOT_UID);
+	fid = clone_fid(v9fs_fid_lookup_with_uid(dentry, GLOBAL_ROOT_UID, 0));
 	if (IS_ERR(fid))
 		goto error_out;
 	/*
diff --git a/fs/9p/fid.h b/fs/9p/fid.h
index 12700df0bb513c53290baef5ae9eb5aa6cb0abfd..4491bcaf42b80694fff3fc4f6a62687798016fd4 100644
--- a/fs/9p/fid.h
+++ b/fs/9p/fid.h
@@ -28,7 +28,14 @@ static inline struct p9_fid *v9fs_parent_fid(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	return v9fs_fid_lookup(dentry->d_parent);
 }
-struct p9_fid *v9fs_fid_clone(struct dentry *dentry);
 void v9fs_fid_add(struct dentry *dentry, struct p9_fid *fid);
 struct p9_fid *v9fs_writeback_fid(struct dentry *dentry);
+static inline struct p9_fid *clone_fid(struct p9_fid *fid)
+{
+	return IS_ERR(fid) ? fid :  p9_client_walk(fid, 0, NULL, 1);
+}
+static inline struct p9_fid *v9fs_fid_clone(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	return clone_fid(v9fs_fid_lookup(dentry));
+}
 #endif
diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c b/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
index 7da9a8354fad475adf68393fbd2edfce7e620b61..8b1999b528e9b4b048b136afc3aff6022bc23dee 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ v9fs_create(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses, struct inode *dir,
 	}
 
 	/* clone a fid to use for creation */
-	ofid = p9_client_walk(dfid, 0, NULL, 1);
+	ofid = clone_fid(dfid);
 	if (IS_ERR(ofid)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(ofid);
 		p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "p9_client_walk failed %d\n", err);
@@ -975,13 +975,13 @@ v9fs_vfs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 	if (IS_ERR(oldfid))
 		return PTR_ERR(oldfid);
 
-	olddirfid = v9fs_parent_fid(old_dentry);
+	olddirfid = clone_fid(v9fs_parent_fid(old_dentry));
 	if (IS_ERR(olddirfid)) {
 		retval = PTR_ERR(olddirfid);
 		goto done;
 	}
 
-	newdirfid = v9fs_parent_fid(new_dentry);
+	newdirfid = clone_fid(v9fs_parent_fid(new_dentry));
 	if (IS_ERR(newdirfid)) {
 		retval = PTR_ERR(newdirfid);
 		goto clunk_olddir;
diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c b/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c
index 2ed04c2fe7af294f62631e4056f13b7dea49ffaf..eeabcb0bad1255085c2d487785ebb92f638f00b0 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ v9fs_vfs_atomic_open_dotl(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	}
 
 	/* clone a fid to use for creation */
-	ofid = p9_client_walk(dfid, 0, NULL, 1);
+	ofid = clone_fid(dfid);
 	if (IS_ERR(ofid)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(ofid);
 		p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "p9_client_walk failed %d\n", err);
diff --git a/fs/9p/xattr.c b/fs/9p/xattr.c
index a6bd349bab23ef02b7b46ccbba320c7191305879..f329eee6dc93e3f75033aa4c52e459aceeeb8df0 100644
--- a/fs/9p/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/9p/xattr.c
@@ -97,8 +97,6 @@ int v9fs_xattr_set(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
 		   const void *value, size_t value_len, int flags)
 {
 	struct p9_fid *fid = v9fs_fid_lookup(dentry);
-	if (IS_ERR(fid))
-		return PTR_ERR(fid);
 	return v9fs_fid_xattr_set(fid, name, value, value_len, flags);
 }
 
@@ -115,7 +113,7 @@ int v9fs_fid_xattr_set(struct p9_fid *fid, const char *name,
 		 name, value_len, flags);
 
 	/* Clone it */
-	fid = p9_client_walk(fid, 0, NULL, 1);
+	fid = clone_fid(fid);
 	if (IS_ERR(fid))
 		return PTR_ERR(fid);
 
diff --git a/fs/adfs/dir.c b/fs/adfs/dir.c
index c39aedc7ed3dca520ff2a524badcc3c6d3ee559c..29444c83da48c35940276075b8cfbfc6aa7ec457 100644
--- a/fs/adfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/adfs/dir.c
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ adfs_hash(const struct dentry *parent, struct qstr *qstr)
  * requirements of the underlying filesystem.
  */
 static int
-adfs_compare(const struct dentry *parent, const struct dentry *dentry,
+adfs_compare(const struct dentry *dentry,
 		unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name)
 {
 	int i;
diff --git a/fs/affs/amigaffs.c b/fs/affs/amigaffs.c
index d6c7a51c93e4cc3419094027578bc68bd17b4a69..d8f217c711d37ed8e07622f3c16b372da87d0c41 100644
--- a/fs/affs/amigaffs.c
+++ b/fs/affs/amigaffs.c
@@ -472,9 +472,7 @@ affs_warning(struct super_block *sb, const char *function, const char *fmt, ...)
 bool
 affs_nofilenametruncate(const struct dentry *dentry)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = d_inode(dentry);
-
-	return affs_test_opt(AFFS_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_flags, SF_NO_TRUNCATE);
+	return affs_test_opt(AFFS_SB(dentry->d_sb)->s_flags, SF_NO_TRUNCATE);
 }
 
 /* Check if the name is valid for a affs object. */
diff --git a/fs/affs/namei.c b/fs/affs/namei.c
index eb32029bc776b5060eb7f1c38ec8d1f6a38bdba7..a2d68f828d5306ce96e3e11b67be54621f92c1c0 100644
--- a/fs/affs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/affs/namei.c
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ typedef int (*toupper_t)(int);
 
 static int	 affs_toupper(int ch);
 static int	 affs_hash_dentry(const struct dentry *, struct qstr *);
-static int       affs_compare_dentry(const struct dentry *parent, const struct dentry *dentry,
+static int       affs_compare_dentry(const struct dentry *dentry,
 		unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name);
 static int	 affs_intl_toupper(int ch);
 static int	 affs_intl_hash_dentry(const struct dentry *, struct qstr *);
-static int       affs_intl_compare_dentry(const struct dentry *parent, const struct dentry *dentry,
+static int       affs_intl_compare_dentry(const struct dentry *dentry,
 		unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name);
 
 const struct dentry_operations affs_dentry_operations = {
@@ -131,20 +131,20 @@ static inline int __affs_compare_dentry(unsigned int len,
 }
 
 static int
-affs_compare_dentry(const struct dentry *parent, const struct dentry *dentry,
+affs_compare_dentry(const struct dentry *dentry,
 		unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name)
 {
 
 	return __affs_compare_dentry(len, str, name, affs_toupper,
-				     affs_nofilenametruncate(parent));
+				     affs_nofilenametruncate(dentry));
 }
 
 static int
-affs_intl_compare_dentry(const struct dentry *parent, const struct dentry *dentry,
+affs_intl_compare_dentry(const struct dentry *dentry,
 		unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name)
 {
 	return __affs_compare_dentry(len, str, name, affs_intl_toupper,
-				     affs_nofilenametruncate(parent));
+				     affs_nofilenametruncate(dentry));
 
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/cachefiles/namei.c b/fs/cachefiles/namei.c
index 4ae75006e73bd20e04562240e1e85e63b63f74a4..3f7c2cd41f8fd927f659b1363fa22f57e63b7614 100644
--- a/fs/cachefiles/namei.c
+++ b/fs/cachefiles/namei.c
@@ -263,6 +263,8 @@ static int cachefiles_mark_object_active(struct cachefiles_cache *cache,
 void cachefiles_mark_object_inactive(struct cachefiles_cache *cache,
 				     struct cachefiles_object *object)
 {
+	blkcnt_t i_blocks = d_backing_inode(object->dentry)->i_blocks;
+
 	write_lock(&cache->active_lock);
 	rb_erase(&object->active_node, &cache->active_nodes);
 	clear_bit(CACHEFILES_OBJECT_ACTIVE, &object->flags);
@@ -273,8 +275,7 @@ void cachefiles_mark_object_inactive(struct cachefiles_cache *cache,
 	/* This object can now be culled, so we need to let the daemon know
 	 * that there is something it can remove if it needs to.
 	 */
-	atomic_long_add(d_backing_inode(object->dentry)->i_blocks,
-			&cache->b_released);
+	atomic_long_add(i_blocks, &cache->b_released);
 	if (atomic_inc_return(&cache->f_released))
 		cachefiles_state_changed(cache);
 }
diff --git a/fs/cifs/dir.c b/fs/cifs/dir.c
index 4e532536cbc638a86eab7b6c9f99df33da6d80b3..4716c54dbfc64e91080b3fe9112ac17b1c7c5450 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/dir.c
@@ -903,10 +903,10 @@ static int cifs_ci_hash(const struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *q)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int cifs_ci_compare(const struct dentry *parent, const struct dentry *dentry,
+static int cifs_ci_compare(const struct dentry *dentry,
 		unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name)
 {
-	struct nls_table *codepage = CIFS_SB(parent->d_sb)->local_nls;
+	struct nls_table *codepage = CIFS_SB(dentry->d_sb)->local_nls;
 	wchar_t c1, c2;
 	int i, l1, l2;
 
diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index 96635a30fb26c2133d4dfa0f6aed54840bbdfb60..5c7cc953ac8191d80bc899f5bb510e9d71d7d69d 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -316,20 +316,6 @@ static void dentry_free(struct dentry *dentry)
 		call_rcu(&dentry->d_u.d_rcu, __d_free);
 }
 
-/**
- * dentry_rcuwalk_invalidate - invalidate in-progress rcu-walk lookups
- * @dentry: the target dentry
- * 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_invalidate(struct dentry *dentry)
-{
-	lockdep_assert_held(&dentry->d_lock);
-	/* Go through am invalidation barrier */
-	write_seqcount_invalidate(&dentry->d_seq);
-}
-
 /*
  * Release the dentry's inode, using the filesystem
  * d_iput() operation if defined.
@@ -468,7 +454,8 @@ void __d_drop(struct dentry *dentry)
 		__hlist_bl_del(&dentry->d_hash);
 		dentry->d_hash.pprev = NULL;
 		hlist_bl_unlock(b);
-		dentry_rcuwalk_invalidate(dentry);
+		/* After this call, in-progress rcu-walk path lookup will fail. */
+		write_seqcount_invalidate(&dentry->d_seq);
 	}
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__d_drop);
@@ -2060,7 +2047,7 @@ static inline bool d_same_name(const struct dentry *dentry,
 			return false;
 		return dentry_cmp(dentry, name->name, name->len) == 0;
 	}
-	return parent->d_op->d_compare(parent, dentry,
+	return parent->d_op->d_compare(dentry,
 				       dentry->d_name.len, dentry->d_name.name,
 				       name) == 0;
 }
@@ -2163,7 +2150,7 @@ struct dentry *__d_lookup_rcu(const struct dentry *parent,
 				cpu_relax();
 				goto seqretry;
 			}
-			if (parent->d_op->d_compare(parent, dentry,
+			if (parent->d_op->d_compare(dentry,
 						    tlen, tname, name) != 0)
 				continue;
 		} else {
@@ -2352,19 +2339,15 @@ void d_delete(struct dentry * dentry)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_delete);
 
-static void __d_rehash(struct dentry * entry, struct hlist_bl_head *b)
+static void __d_rehash(struct dentry *entry)
 {
+	struct hlist_bl_head *b = d_hash(entry->d_name.hash);
 	BUG_ON(!d_unhashed(entry));
 	hlist_bl_lock(b);
 	hlist_bl_add_head_rcu(&entry->d_hash, b);
 	hlist_bl_unlock(b);
 }
 
-static void _d_rehash(struct dentry * entry)
-{
-	__d_rehash(entry, d_hash(entry->d_name.hash));
-}
-
 /**
  * d_rehash	- add an entry back to the hash
  * @entry: dentry to add to the hash
@@ -2375,7 +2358,7 @@ static void _d_rehash(struct dentry * entry)
 void d_rehash(struct dentry * entry)
 {
 	spin_lock(&entry->d_lock);
-	_d_rehash(entry);
+	__d_rehash(entry);
 	spin_unlock(&entry->d_lock);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_rehash);
@@ -2549,7 +2532,7 @@ static inline void __d_add(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode)
 		raw_write_seqcount_end(&dentry->d_seq);
 		fsnotify_update_flags(dentry);
 	}
-	_d_rehash(dentry);
+	__d_rehash(dentry);
 	if (dir)
 		end_dir_add(dir, n);
 	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
@@ -2611,7 +2594,7 @@ struct dentry *d_exact_alias(struct dentry *entry, struct inode *inode)
 			alias = NULL;
 		} else {
 			__dget_dlock(alias);
-			_d_rehash(alias);
+			__d_rehash(alias);
 			spin_unlock(&alias->d_lock);
 		}
 		spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
@@ -2795,23 +2778,10 @@ static void __d_move(struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry *target,
 	write_seqcount_begin(&dentry->d_seq);
 	write_seqcount_begin_nested(&target->d_seq, DENTRY_D_LOCK_NESTED);
 
+	/* unhash both */
 	/* __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_name.hash));
-
-	/*
-	 * Unhash the target (d_delete() is not usable here).  If exchanging
-	 * the two dentries, then rehash onto the other's hash queue.
-	 */
 	__d_drop(target);
-	if (exchange) {
-		__d_rehash(target, d_hash(dentry->d_name.hash));
-	}
 
 	/* Switch the names.. */
 	if (exchange)
@@ -2819,6 +2789,11 @@ static void __d_move(struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry *target,
 	else
 		copy_name(dentry, target);
 
+	/* rehash in new place(s) */
+	__d_rehash(dentry);
+	if (exchange)
+		__d_rehash(target);
+
 	/* ... and switch them in the tree */
 	if (IS_ROOT(dentry)) {
 		/* splicing a tree */
diff --git a/fs/efivarfs/super.c b/fs/efivarfs/super.c
index a5e607e8f056dc7c1cac815573c01d6a2601caf1..688ccc16b702d41c323630cc7897fff00aa17ae2 100644
--- a/fs/efivarfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/efivarfs/super.c
@@ -45,8 +45,7 @@ static struct super_block *efivarfs_sb;
  * So we need to perform a case-sensitive match on part 1 and a
  * case-insensitive match on part 2.
  */
-static int efivarfs_d_compare(const struct dentry *parent,
-			      const struct dentry *dentry,
+static int efivarfs_d_compare(const struct dentry *dentry,
 			      unsigned int len, const char *str,
 			      const struct qstr *name)
 {
diff --git a/fs/fat/namei_msdos.c b/fs/fat/namei_msdos.c
index 1337c0c7527d543f5d5585bec256ad56b7c32a4e..664655b2c55ff242d91ccd82a746b8468c131f0a 100644
--- a/fs/fat/namei_msdos.c
+++ b/fs/fat/namei_msdos.c
@@ -162,10 +162,10 @@ static int msdos_hash(const 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(const struct dentry *parent, const struct dentry *dentry,
+static int msdos_cmp(const struct dentry *dentry,
 		unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name)
 {
-	struct fat_mount_options *options = &MSDOS_SB(parent->d_sb)->options;
+	struct fat_mount_options *options = &MSDOS_SB(dentry->d_sb)->options;
 	unsigned char a_msdos_name[MSDOS_NAME], b_msdos_name[MSDOS_NAME];
 	int error;
 
diff --git a/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c b/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c
index 092b911f5c4ea7c7a9853990c4ba9d28fa8736b0..92b7363dafa95d6a1a529b31f008eb682ad5d047 100644
--- a/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c
+++ b/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c
@@ -138,10 +138,10 @@ static int vfat_hashi(const struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *qstr)
 /*
  * Case insensitive compare of two vfat names.
  */
-static int vfat_cmpi(const struct dentry *parent, const struct dentry *dentry,
+static int vfat_cmpi(const struct dentry *dentry,
 		unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name)
 {
-	struct nls_table *t = MSDOS_SB(parent->d_sb)->nls_io;
+	struct nls_table *t = MSDOS_SB(dentry->d_sb)->nls_io;
 	unsigned int alen, blen;
 
 	/* A filename cannot end in '.' or we treat it like it has none */
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ static int vfat_cmpi(const struct dentry *parent, const struct dentry *dentry,
 /*
  * Case sensitive compare of two vfat names.
  */
-static int vfat_cmp(const struct dentry *parent, const struct dentry *dentry,
+static int vfat_cmp(const struct dentry *dentry,
 		unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name)
 {
 	unsigned int alen, blen;
diff --git a/fs/hfs/hfs_fs.h b/fs/hfs/hfs_fs.h
index e799ebe71b51aaeec03938b2eb3a73cc43edb741..16f5172ee40dba88ce1e2027e2e6c4d5a41bfd47 100644
--- a/fs/hfs/hfs_fs.h
+++ b/fs/hfs/hfs_fs.h
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ extern const struct dentry_operations hfs_dentry_operations;
 extern int hfs_hash_dentry(const struct dentry *, struct qstr *);
 extern int hfs_strcmp(const unsigned char *, unsigned int,
 		      const unsigned char *, unsigned int);
-extern int hfs_compare_dentry(const struct dentry *parent, const struct dentry *dentry,
+extern int hfs_compare_dentry(const struct dentry *dentry,
 		unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name);
 
 /* trans.c */
diff --git a/fs/hfs/string.c b/fs/hfs/string.c
index ec9f164c35a585478b97864d3dad94c3596ad9bc..3912209153a8425fd9a49f779af666cd73ef00c5 100644
--- a/fs/hfs/string.c
+++ b/fs/hfs/string.c
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ 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(const struct dentry *parent, const struct dentry *dentry,
+int hfs_compare_dentry(const struct dentry *dentry,
 		unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name)
 {
 	const unsigned char *n1, *n2;
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/hfsplus_fs.h b/fs/hfsplus/hfsplus_fs.h
index 47e009666abdebb39ea2e7b4511ee0d4d875f24b..a3f03b24746376ddfcb8bac254613334ae4747b9 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/hfsplus_fs.h
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/hfsplus_fs.h
@@ -520,8 +520,7 @@ int hfsplus_uni2asc(struct super_block *sb, const struct hfsplus_unistr *ustr,
 int hfsplus_asc2uni(struct super_block *sb, struct hfsplus_unistr *ustr,
 		    int max_unistr_len, const char *astr, int len);
 int hfsplus_hash_dentry(const struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *str);
-int hfsplus_compare_dentry(const struct dentry *parent,
-			   const struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int len,
+int hfsplus_compare_dentry(const struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int len,
 			   const char *str, const struct qstr *name);
 
 /* wrapper.c */
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/unicode.c b/fs/hfsplus/unicode.c
index c13c8a240be307a1e1f6151a543b5c485e4c483c..e563939882f35b8fb0cb6efcd3f5c16897112419 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/unicode.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/unicode.c
@@ -385,10 +385,10 @@ int hfsplus_hash_dentry(const 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(const struct dentry *parent, const struct dentry *dentry,
+int hfsplus_compare_dentry(const struct dentry *dentry,
 		unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name)
 {
-	struct super_block *sb = parent->d_sb;
+	struct super_block *sb = dentry->d_sb;
 	int casefold, decompose, size;
 	int dsize1, dsize2, len1, len2;
 	const u16 *dstr1, *dstr2;
diff --git a/fs/hpfs/dentry.c b/fs/hpfs/dentry.c
index 60e6d334d79abbf2323dcd5e55316ffb8d9f5332..bb87d65f0d97129adee8cfa22b017d9b1dadffa5 100644
--- a/fs/hpfs/dentry.c
+++ b/fs/hpfs/dentry.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ static int hpfs_hash_dentry(const struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *qstr)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int hpfs_compare_dentry(const struct dentry *parent, const struct dentry *dentry,
+static int hpfs_compare_dentry(const struct dentry *dentry,
 		unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name)
 {
 	unsigned al = len;
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ static int hpfs_compare_dentry(const struct dentry *parent, const struct dentry
 
 	if (hpfs_chk_name(name->name, &bl))
 		return 1;
-	if (hpfs_compare_names(parent->d_sb, str, al, name->name, bl, 0))
+	if (hpfs_compare_names(dentry->d_sb, str, al, name->name, bl, 0))
 		return 1;
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index ad445542c2858f5d622386bb58e725c4c11ae38d..7e3ef3af3db9e35dc175608d83d3e7ab7d3f789a 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -1729,7 +1729,6 @@ int dentry_needs_remove_privs(struct dentry *dentry)
 		mask |= ATTR_KILL_PRIV;
 	return mask;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(dentry_needs_remove_privs);
 
 static int __remove_privs(struct dentry *dentry, int kill)
 {
@@ -1749,8 +1748,8 @@ static int __remove_privs(struct dentry *dentry, int kill)
  */
 int file_remove_privs(struct file *file)
 {
-	struct dentry *dentry = file->f_path.dentry;
-	struct inode *inode = d_inode(dentry);
+	struct dentry *dentry = file_dentry(file);
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	int kill;
 	int error = 0;
 
@@ -1758,7 +1757,7 @@ int file_remove_privs(struct file *file)
 	if (IS_NOSEC(inode))
 		return 0;
 
-	kill = file_needs_remove_privs(file);
+	kill = dentry_needs_remove_privs(dentry);
 	if (kill < 0)
 		return kill;
 	if (kill)
diff --git a/fs/internal.h b/fs/internal.h
index cef0913e5d417418166986d09d0da11817af1edb..cc5a530e4f06c5b291f6f034724328c80920e225 100644
--- a/fs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/internal.h
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ extern int vfs_open(const struct path *, struct file *, const struct cred *);
  */
 extern long prune_icache_sb(struct super_block *sb, struct shrink_control *sc);
 extern void inode_add_lru(struct inode *inode);
+extern int dentry_needs_remove_privs(struct dentry *dentry);
 
 /*
  * fs-writeback.c
diff --git a/fs/isofs/inode.c b/fs/isofs/inode.c
index 761fade7680f8c92ffbc31f218578ad1fa04479d..ad0c745ebad72e89fd987e0f67de5e61f525ff2a 100644
--- a/fs/isofs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/isofs/inode.c
@@ -29,18 +29,15 @@
 #define BEQUIET
 
 static int isofs_hashi(const struct dentry *parent, struct qstr *qstr);
-static int isofs_dentry_cmpi(const struct dentry *parent,
-		const struct dentry *dentry,
+static int isofs_dentry_cmpi(const struct dentry *dentry,
 		unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_JOLIET
 static int isofs_hashi_ms(const struct dentry *parent, struct qstr *qstr);
 static int isofs_hash_ms(const struct dentry *parent, struct qstr *qstr);
-static int isofs_dentry_cmpi_ms(const struct dentry *parent,
-		const struct dentry *dentry,
+static int isofs_dentry_cmpi_ms(const struct dentry *dentry,
 		unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name);
-static int isofs_dentry_cmp_ms(const struct dentry *parent,
-		const struct dentry *dentry,
+static int isofs_dentry_cmp_ms(const struct dentry *dentry,
 		unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name);
 #endif
 
@@ -235,7 +232,7 @@ isofs_hashi(const struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *qstr)
 }
 
 static int
-isofs_dentry_cmpi(const struct dentry *parent, const struct dentry *dentry,
+isofs_dentry_cmpi(const struct dentry *dentry,
 		unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name)
 {
 	return isofs_dentry_cmp_common(len, str, name, 0, 1);
@@ -276,14 +273,14 @@ isofs_hashi_ms(const struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *qstr)
 }
 
 static int
-isofs_dentry_cmp_ms(const struct dentry *parent, const struct dentry *dentry,
+isofs_dentry_cmp_ms(const struct dentry *dentry,
 		unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name)
 {
 	return isofs_dentry_cmp_common(len, str, name, 1, 0);
 }
 
 static int
-isofs_dentry_cmpi_ms(const struct dentry *parent, const struct dentry *dentry,
+isofs_dentry_cmpi_ms(const struct dentry *dentry,
 		unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name)
 {
 	return isofs_dentry_cmp_common(len, str, name, 1, 1);
diff --git a/fs/isofs/namei.c b/fs/isofs/namei.c
index 7b543e6b6526dc8ceebe9bd09aaa07e2d7045236..aee592767f1d0bd6301b22c1a46bf1e37312e575 100644
--- a/fs/isofs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/isofs/namei.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ isofs_cmp(struct dentry *dentry, const char *compare, int dlen)
 	qstr.len = dlen;
 	if (likely(!dentry->d_op))
 		return dentry->d_name.len != dlen || memcmp(dentry->d_name.name, compare, dlen);
-	return dentry->d_op->d_compare(NULL, NULL, dentry->d_name.len, dentry->d_name.name, &qstr);
+	return dentry->d_op->d_compare(NULL, dentry->d_name.len, dentry->d_name.name, &qstr);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/jfs/namei.c b/fs/jfs/namei.c
index 04baf0dfc40c0b3d7a61966feeb37e8fc2de5ff1..814b0c58016cc162518b5a2692026353696572af 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/namei.c
@@ -1572,7 +1572,7 @@ static int jfs_ci_hash(const struct dentry *dir, struct qstr *this)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int jfs_ci_compare(const struct dentry *parent, const struct dentry *dentry,
+static int jfs_ci_compare(const struct dentry *dentry,
 		unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name)
 {
 	int i, result = 1;
diff --git a/fs/ncpfs/dir.c b/fs/ncpfs/dir.c
index 9add7ab747a53338f081aa3cc97c8c3d9ebdc4d7..17de5c13dfaed943fd0f31bdb2d0647143dad375 100644
--- a/fs/ncpfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ncpfs/dir.c
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ const struct inode_operations ncp_dir_inode_operations =
  */
 static int ncp_lookup_validate(struct dentry *, unsigned int);
 static int ncp_hash_dentry(const struct dentry *, struct qstr *);
-static int ncp_compare_dentry(const struct dentry *, const struct dentry *,
+static int ncp_compare_dentry(const struct dentry *,
 		unsigned int, const char *, const struct qstr *);
 static int ncp_delete_dentry(const struct dentry *);
 static void ncp_d_prune(struct dentry *dentry);
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ ncp_hash_dentry(const struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *this)
  * the callers will handle races.
  */
 static int
-ncp_compare_dentry(const struct dentry *parent, const struct dentry *dentry,
+ncp_compare_dentry(const struct dentry *dentry,
 		unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name)
 {
 	struct inode *pinode;
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ ncp_compare_dentry(const struct dentry *parent, const struct dentry *dentry,
 	if (len != name->len)
 		return 1;
 
-	pinode = d_inode_rcu(parent);
+	pinode = d_inode_rcu(dentry->d_parent);
 	if (!pinode)
 		return 1;
 
diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
index ffbb513c06c6482d70bb1037b3640ef5acdcf6b6..1b93650dda2fc5f51cb9c0d42c94efcc2f561a92 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
@@ -834,7 +834,7 @@ static int sysctl_is_seen(struct ctl_table_header *p)
 	return res;
 }
 
-static int proc_sys_compare(const struct dentry *parent, const struct dentry *dentry,
+static int proc_sys_compare(const struct dentry *dentry,
 		unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name)
 {
 	struct ctl_table_header *head;
diff --git a/include/linux/dcache.h b/include/linux/dcache.h
index accfa1ef072a61aa2501dddd35af837faafea750..5ff3e9a4fe5f1b3a0ec717a494649d7284bb499f 100644
--- a/include/linux/dcache.h
+++ b/include/linux/dcache.h
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ struct dentry_operations {
 	int (*d_revalidate)(struct dentry *, unsigned int);
 	int (*d_weak_revalidate)(struct dentry *, unsigned int);
 	int (*d_hash)(const struct dentry *, struct qstr *);
-	int (*d_compare)(const struct dentry *, const struct dentry *,
+	int (*d_compare)(const struct dentry *,
 			unsigned int, const char *, const struct qstr *);
 	int (*d_delete)(const struct dentry *);
 	int (*d_init)(struct dentry *);
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 498255e6914edc41e797852f2e8998b70a503b0c..33f0e96db06f86d9cc7a5d70373b574352f632ad 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2748,11 +2748,6 @@ extern struct inode *new_inode(struct super_block *sb);
 extern void free_inode_nonrcu(struct inode *inode);
 extern int should_remove_suid(struct dentry *);
 extern int file_remove_privs(struct file *);
-extern int dentry_needs_remove_privs(struct dentry *dentry);
-static inline int file_needs_remove_privs(struct file *file)
-{
-	return dentry_needs_remove_privs(file->f_path.dentry);
-}
 
 extern void __insert_inode_hash(struct inode *, unsigned long hashval);
 static inline void insert_inode_hash(struct inode *inode)