diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_debugfs.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_debugfs.h
index b63cfee2d963..8f418ba868bd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_debugfs.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_debugfs.h
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ static const struct file_operations name##_debugfs_fops = { \
 struct t4_debugfs_entry {
 	const char *name;
 	const struct file_operations *ops;
-	mode_t mode;
+	umode_t mode;
 	unsigned char data;
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/dcache.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/dcache.c
index 5bb9c85cec81..88614b71cf6d 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/dcache.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/dcache.c
@@ -263,14 +263,6 @@ void ll_invalidate_aliases(struct inode *inode)
 		       dentry, dentry, dentry->d_parent,
 		       dentry->d_inode, dentry->d_flags);
 
-		if (unlikely(dentry == dentry->d_sb->s_root)) {
-			CERROR("%s: called on root dentry=%p, fid="DFID"\n",
-			       ll_get_fsname(dentry->d_sb, NULL, 0),
-			       dentry, PFID(ll_inode2fid(inode)));
-			lustre_dump_dentry(dentry, 1);
-			dump_stack();
-		}
-
 		d_lustre_invalidate(dentry, 0);
 	}
 	ll_unlock_dcache(inode);
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_internal.h b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_internal.h
index 37306e0c7aad..d032c2b086cc 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_internal.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_internal.h
@@ -816,7 +816,6 @@ int ll_show_options(struct seq_file *seq, struct dentry *dentry);
 void ll_dirty_page_discard_warn(struct page *page, int ioret);
 int ll_prep_inode(struct inode **inode, struct ptlrpc_request *req,
 		  struct super_block *, struct lookup_intent *);
-void lustre_dump_dentry(struct dentry *, int recur);
 int ll_obd_statfs(struct inode *inode, void *arg);
 int ll_get_max_mdsize(struct ll_sb_info *sbi, int *max_mdsize);
 int ll_get_default_mdsize(struct ll_sb_info *sbi, int *default_mdsize);
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_lib.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_lib.c
index 45aaa1cc56bc..0c1b583a4ea1 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_lib.c
@@ -665,48 +665,6 @@ int ll_get_default_cookiesize(struct ll_sb_info *sbi, int *lmmsize)
 	return rc;
 }
 
-static void ll_dump_inode(struct inode *inode)
-{
-	struct ll_d_hlist_node *tmp;
-	int dentry_count = 0;
-
-	LASSERT(inode != NULL);
-
-	ll_d_hlist_for_each(tmp, &inode->i_dentry)
-		dentry_count++;
-
-	CERROR("inode %p dump: dev=%s ino=%lu mode=%o count=%u, %d dentries\n",
-	       inode, ll_i2mdexp(inode)->exp_obd->obd_name, inode->i_ino,
-	       inode->i_mode, atomic_read(&inode->i_count), dentry_count);
-}
-
-void lustre_dump_dentry(struct dentry *dentry, int recur)
-{
-	struct list_head *tmp;
-	int subdirs = 0;
-
-	LASSERT(dentry != NULL);
-
-	list_for_each(tmp, &dentry->d_subdirs)
-		subdirs++;
-
-	CERROR("dentry %p dump: name=%pd parent=%pd (%p), inode=%p, count=%u, flags=0x%x, fsdata=%p, %d subdirs\n",
-	       dentry, dentry, dentry->d_parent, dentry->d_parent,
-	       dentry->d_inode, d_count(dentry),
-	       dentry->d_flags, dentry->d_fsdata, subdirs);
-	if (dentry->d_inode != NULL)
-		ll_dump_inode(dentry->d_inode);
-
-	if (recur == 0)
-		return;
-
-	list_for_each(tmp, &dentry->d_subdirs) {
-		struct dentry *d = list_entry(tmp, struct dentry, d_child);
-
-		lustre_dump_dentry(d, recur - 1);
-	}
-}
-
 static void client_common_put_super(struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	struct ll_sb_info *sbi = ll_s2sbi(sb);
diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index 7d34f04ec7aa..dc400fd29f4d 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ static void __dentry_kill(struct dentry *dentry)
 	 * dentry_iput drops the locks, at which point nobody (except
 	 * transient RCU lookups) can reach this dentry.
 	 */
-	BUG_ON((int)dentry->d_lockref.count > 0);
+	BUG_ON(dentry->d_lockref.count > 0);
 	this_cpu_dec(nr_dentry);
 	if (dentry->d_op && dentry->d_op->d_release)
 		dentry->d_op->d_release(dentry);
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ static inline struct dentry *lock_parent(struct dentry *dentry)
 	struct dentry *parent = dentry->d_parent;
 	if (IS_ROOT(dentry))
 		return NULL;
-	if (unlikely((int)dentry->d_lockref.count < 0))
+	if (unlikely(dentry->d_lockref.count < 0))
 		return NULL;
 	if (likely(spin_trylock(&parent->d_lock)))
 		return parent;
@@ -593,6 +593,110 @@ again:
 	return parent;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Try to do a lockless dput(), and return whether that was successful.
+ *
+ * If unsuccessful, we return false, having already taken the dentry lock.
+ *
+ * The caller needs to hold the RCU read lock, so that the dentry is
+ * guaranteed to stay around even if the refcount goes down to zero!
+ */
+static inline bool fast_dput(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	int ret;
+	unsigned int d_flags;
+
+	/*
+	 * If we have a d_op->d_delete() operation, we sould not
+	 * let the dentry count go to zero, so use "put__or_lock".
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_OP_DELETE))
+		return lockref_put_or_lock(&dentry->d_lockref);
+
+	/*
+	 * .. otherwise, we can try to just decrement the
+	 * lockref optimistically.
+	 */
+	ret = lockref_put_return(&dentry->d_lockref);
+
+	/*
+	 * If the lockref_put_return() failed due to the lock being held
+	 * by somebody else, the fast path has failed. We will need to
+	 * get the lock, and then check the count again.
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(ret < 0)) {
+		spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
+		if (dentry->d_lockref.count > 1) {
+			dentry->d_lockref.count--;
+			spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+			return 1;
+		}
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * If we weren't the last ref, we're done.
+	 */
+	if (ret)
+		return 1;
+
+	/*
+	 * Careful, careful. The reference count went down
+	 * to zero, but we don't hold the dentry lock, so
+	 * somebody else could get it again, and do another
+	 * dput(), and we need to not race with that.
+	 *
+	 * However, there is a very special and common case
+	 * where we don't care, because there is nothing to
+	 * do: the dentry is still hashed, it does not have
+	 * a 'delete' op, and it's referenced and already on
+	 * the LRU list.
+	 *
+	 * NOTE! Since we aren't locked, these values are
+	 * not "stable". However, it is sufficient that at
+	 * some point after we dropped the reference the
+	 * dentry was hashed and the flags had the proper
+	 * value. Other dentry users may have re-gotten
+	 * a reference to the dentry and change that, but
+	 * our work is done - we can leave the dentry
+	 * around with a zero refcount.
+	 */
+	smp_rmb();
+	d_flags = ACCESS_ONCE(dentry->d_flags);
+	d_flags &= DCACHE_REFERENCED | DCACHE_LRU_LIST;
+
+	/* Nothing to do? Dropping the reference was all we needed? */
+	if (d_flags == (DCACHE_REFERENCED | DCACHE_LRU_LIST) && !d_unhashed(dentry))
+		return 1;
+
+	/*
+	 * Not the fast normal case? Get the lock. We've already decremented
+	 * the refcount, but we'll need to re-check the situation after
+	 * getting the lock.
+	 */
+	spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Did somebody else grab a reference to it in the meantime, and
+	 * we're no longer the last user after all? Alternatively, somebody
+	 * else could have killed it and marked it dead. Either way, we
+	 * don't need to do anything else.
+	 */
+	if (dentry->d_lockref.count) {
+		spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Re-get the reference we optimistically dropped. We hold the
+	 * lock, and we just tested that it was zero, so we can just
+	 * set it to 1.
+	 */
+	dentry->d_lockref.count = 1;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+
 /* 
  * This is dput
  *
@@ -625,8 +729,14 @@ void dput(struct dentry *dentry)
 		return;
 
 repeat:
-	if (lockref_put_or_lock(&dentry->d_lockref))
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	if (likely(fast_dput(dentry))) {
+		rcu_read_unlock();
 		return;
+	}
+
+	/* Slow case: now with the dentry lock held */
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	/* Unreachable? Get rid of it */
 	if (unlikely(d_unhashed(dentry)))
@@ -813,7 +923,7 @@ static void shrink_dentry_list(struct list_head *list)
 		 * We found an inuse dentry which was not removed from
 		 * the LRU because of laziness during lookup. Do not free it.
 		 */
-		if ((int)dentry->d_lockref.count > 0) {
+		if (dentry->d_lockref.count > 0) {
 			spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 			if (parent)
 				spin_unlock(&parent->d_lock);
@@ -2191,37 +2301,6 @@ struct dentry *d_hash_and_lookup(struct dentry *dir, struct qstr *name)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_hash_and_lookup);
 
-/**
- * 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 *dparent)
-{
-	struct dentry *child;
-
-	spin_lock(&dparent->d_lock);
-	list_for_each_entry(child, &dparent->d_subdirs, 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;
-		}
-	}
-	spin_unlock(&dparent->d_lock);
-
-	return 0;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_validate);
-
 /*
  * When a file is deleted, we have two options:
  * - turn this dentry into a negative dentry
diff --git a/fs/fs_pin.c b/fs/fs_pin.c
index 9368236ca100..b06c98796afb 100644
--- a/fs/fs_pin.c
+++ b/fs/fs_pin.c
@@ -1,78 +1,102 @@
 #include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
-#include <linux/fs_pin.h>
 #include "internal.h"
 #include "mount.h"
 
-static void pin_free_rcu(struct rcu_head *head)
-{
-	kfree(container_of(head, struct fs_pin, rcu));
-}
-
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(pin_lock);
 
-void pin_put(struct fs_pin *p)
-{
-	if (atomic_long_dec_and_test(&p->count))
-		call_rcu(&p->rcu, pin_free_rcu);
-}
-
 void pin_remove(struct fs_pin *pin)
 {
 	spin_lock(&pin_lock);
 	hlist_del(&pin->m_list);
 	hlist_del(&pin->s_list);
 	spin_unlock(&pin_lock);
+	spin_lock_irq(&pin->wait.lock);
+	pin->done = 1;
+	wake_up_locked(&pin->wait);
+	spin_unlock_irq(&pin->wait.lock);
+}
+
+void pin_insert_group(struct fs_pin *pin, struct vfsmount *m, struct hlist_head *p)
+{
+	spin_lock(&pin_lock);
+	if (p)
+		hlist_add_head(&pin->s_list, p);
+	hlist_add_head(&pin->m_list, &real_mount(m)->mnt_pins);
+	spin_unlock(&pin_lock);
 }
 
 void pin_insert(struct fs_pin *pin, struct vfsmount *m)
 {
-	spin_lock(&pin_lock);
-	hlist_add_head(&pin->s_list, &m->mnt_sb->s_pins);
-	hlist_add_head(&pin->m_list, &real_mount(m)->mnt_pins);
-	spin_unlock(&pin_lock);
+	pin_insert_group(pin, m, &m->mnt_sb->s_pins);
+}
+
+void pin_kill(struct fs_pin *p)
+{
+	wait_queue_t wait;
+
+	if (!p) {
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+		return;
+	}
+	init_wait(&wait);
+	spin_lock_irq(&p->wait.lock);
+	if (likely(!p->done)) {
+		p->done = -1;
+		spin_unlock_irq(&p->wait.lock);
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+		p->kill(p);
+		return;
+	}
+	if (p->done > 0) {
+		spin_unlock_irq(&p->wait.lock);
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+		return;
+	}
+	__add_wait_queue(&p->wait, &wait);
+	while (1) {
+		set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
+		spin_unlock_irq(&p->wait.lock);
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+		schedule();
+		rcu_read_lock();
+		if (likely(list_empty(&wait.task_list)))
+			break;
+		/* OK, we know p couldn't have been freed yet */
+		spin_lock_irq(&p->wait.lock);
+		if (p->done > 0) {
+			spin_unlock_irq(&p->wait.lock);
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
 void mnt_pin_kill(struct mount *m)
 {
 	while (1) {
 		struct hlist_node *p;
-		struct fs_pin *pin;
 		rcu_read_lock();
 		p = ACCESS_ONCE(m->mnt_pins.first);
 		if (!p) {
 			rcu_read_unlock();
 			break;
 		}
-		pin = hlist_entry(p, struct fs_pin, m_list);
-		if (!atomic_long_inc_not_zero(&pin->count)) {
-			rcu_read_unlock();
-			cpu_relax();
-			continue;
-		}
-		rcu_read_unlock();
-		pin->kill(pin);
+		pin_kill(hlist_entry(p, struct fs_pin, m_list));
 	}
 }
 
-void sb_pin_kill(struct super_block *sb)
+void group_pin_kill(struct hlist_head *p)
 {
 	while (1) {
-		struct hlist_node *p;
-		struct fs_pin *pin;
+		struct hlist_node *q;
 		rcu_read_lock();
-		p = ACCESS_ONCE(sb->s_pins.first);
-		if (!p) {
+		q = ACCESS_ONCE(p->first);
+		if (!q) {
 			rcu_read_unlock();
 			break;
 		}
-		pin = hlist_entry(p, struct fs_pin, s_list);
-		if (!atomic_long_inc_not_zero(&pin->count)) {
-			rcu_read_unlock();
-			cpu_relax();
-			continue;
-		}
-		rcu_read_unlock();
-		pin->kill(pin);
+		pin_kill(hlist_entry(q, struct fs_pin, s_list));
 	}
 }
diff --git a/fs/internal.h b/fs/internal.h
index d92c346a793d..30459dab409d 100644
--- a/fs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/internal.h
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ extern const struct file_operations pipefifo_fops;
 /*
  * fs_pin.c
  */
-extern void sb_pin_kill(struct super_block *sb);
+extern void group_pin_kill(struct hlist_head *p);
 extern void mnt_pin_kill(struct mount *m);
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/mount.h b/fs/mount.h
index 0ad6f760ce52..6a61c2b3e385 100644
--- a/fs/mount.h
+++ b/fs/mount.h
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
 #include <linux/poll.h>
 #include <linux/ns_common.h>
+#include <linux/fs_pin.h>
 
 struct mnt_namespace {
 	atomic_t		count;
@@ -62,7 +63,8 @@ struct mount {
 	int mnt_group_id;		/* peer group identifier */
 	int mnt_expiry_mark;		/* true if marked for expiry */
 	struct hlist_head mnt_pins;
-	struct path mnt_ex_mountpoint;
+	struct fs_pin mnt_umount;
+	struct dentry *mnt_ex_mountpoint;
 };
 
 #define MNT_NS_INTERNAL ERR_PTR(-EINVAL) /* distinct from any mnt_namespace */
diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index 6dae553dd69c..72a286e0d33e 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -190,6 +190,14 @@ unsigned int mnt_get_count(struct mount *mnt)
 #endif
 }
 
+static void drop_mountpoint(struct fs_pin *p)
+{
+	struct mount *m = container_of(p, struct mount, mnt_umount);
+	dput(m->mnt_ex_mountpoint);
+	pin_remove(p);
+	mntput(&m->mnt);
+}
+
 static struct mount *alloc_vfsmnt(const char *name)
 {
 	struct mount *mnt = kmem_cache_zalloc(mnt_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -229,6 +237,7 @@ static struct mount *alloc_vfsmnt(const char *name)
 #ifdef CONFIG_FSNOTIFY
 		INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&mnt->mnt_fsnotify_marks);
 #endif
+		init_fs_pin(&mnt->mnt_umount, drop_mountpoint);
 	}
 	return mnt;
 
@@ -1289,7 +1298,6 @@ static HLIST_HEAD(unmounted);	/* protected by namespace_sem */
 
 static void namespace_unlock(void)
 {
-	struct mount *mnt;
 	struct hlist_head head = unmounted;
 
 	if (likely(hlist_empty(&head))) {
@@ -1299,23 +1307,11 @@ static void namespace_unlock(void)
 
 	head.first->pprev = &head.first;
 	INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&unmounted);
-
-	/* undo decrements we'd done in umount_tree() */
-	hlist_for_each_entry(mnt, &head, mnt_hash)
-		if (mnt->mnt_ex_mountpoint.mnt)
-			mntget(mnt->mnt_ex_mountpoint.mnt);
-
 	up_write(&namespace_sem);
 
 	synchronize_rcu();
 
-	while (!hlist_empty(&head)) {
-		mnt = hlist_entry(head.first, struct mount, mnt_hash);
-		hlist_del_init(&mnt->mnt_hash);
-		if (mnt->mnt_ex_mountpoint.mnt)
-			path_put(&mnt->mnt_ex_mountpoint);
-		mntput(&mnt->mnt);
-	}
+	group_pin_kill(&head);
 }
 
 static inline void namespace_lock(void)
@@ -1334,7 +1330,6 @@ void umount_tree(struct mount *mnt, int how)
 {
 	HLIST_HEAD(tmp_list);
 	struct mount *p;
-	struct mount *last = NULL;
 
 	for (p = mnt; p; p = next_mnt(p, mnt)) {
 		hlist_del_init_rcu(&p->mnt_hash);
@@ -1347,33 +1342,28 @@ void umount_tree(struct mount *mnt, int how)
 	if (how)
 		propagate_umount(&tmp_list);
 
-	hlist_for_each_entry(p, &tmp_list, mnt_hash) {
+	while (!hlist_empty(&tmp_list)) {
+		p = hlist_entry(tmp_list.first, struct mount, mnt_hash);
+		hlist_del_init_rcu(&p->mnt_hash);
 		list_del_init(&p->mnt_expire);
 		list_del_init(&p->mnt_list);
 		__touch_mnt_namespace(p->mnt_ns);
 		p->mnt_ns = NULL;
 		if (how < 2)
 			p->mnt.mnt_flags |= MNT_SYNC_UMOUNT;
+
+		pin_insert_group(&p->mnt_umount, &p->mnt_parent->mnt, &unmounted);
 		if (mnt_has_parent(p)) {
 			hlist_del_init(&p->mnt_mp_list);
 			put_mountpoint(p->mnt_mp);
 			mnt_add_count(p->mnt_parent, -1);
-			/* move the reference to mountpoint into ->mnt_ex_mountpoint */
-			p->mnt_ex_mountpoint.dentry = p->mnt_mountpoint;
-			p->mnt_ex_mountpoint.mnt = &p->mnt_parent->mnt;
+			/* old mountpoint will be dropped when we can do that */
+			p->mnt_ex_mountpoint = p->mnt_mountpoint;
 			p->mnt_mountpoint = p->mnt.mnt_root;
 			p->mnt_parent = p;
 			p->mnt_mp = NULL;
 		}
 		change_mnt_propagation(p, MS_PRIVATE);
-		last = p;
-	}
-	if (last) {
-		last->mnt_hash.next = unmounted.first;
-		if (unmounted.first)
-			unmounted.first->pprev = &last->mnt_hash.next;
-		unmounted.first = tmp_list.first;
-		unmounted.first->pprev = &unmounted.first;
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/ncpfs/dir.c b/fs/ncpfs/dir.c
index 008960101520..e7ca827d7694 100644
--- a/fs/ncpfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ncpfs/dir.c
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ static int ncp_hash_dentry(const struct dentry *, struct qstr *);
 static int ncp_compare_dentry(const struct 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);
 
 const struct dentry_operations ncp_dentry_operations =
 {
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ const struct dentry_operations ncp_dentry_operations =
 	.d_hash		= ncp_hash_dentry,
 	.d_compare	= ncp_compare_dentry,
 	.d_delete	= ncp_delete_dentry,
+	.d_prune	= ncp_d_prune,
 };
 
 #define ncp_namespace(i)	(NCP_SERVER(i)->name_space[NCP_FINFO(i)->volNumber])
@@ -384,42 +386,6 @@ finished:
 	return val;
 }
 
-static struct dentry *
-ncp_dget_fpos(struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry *parent, unsigned long fpos)
-{
-	struct dentry *dent = dentry;
-
-	if (d_validate(dent, parent)) {
-		if (dent->d_name.len <= NCP_MAXPATHLEN &&
-		    (unsigned long)dent->d_fsdata == fpos) {
-			if (!dent->d_inode) {
-				dput(dent);
-				dent = NULL;
-			}
-			return dent;
-		}
-		dput(dent);
-	}
-
-	/* If a pointer is invalid, we search the dentry. */
-	spin_lock(&parent->d_lock);
-	list_for_each_entry(dent, &parent->d_subdirs, d_child) {
-		if ((unsigned long)dent->d_fsdata == fpos) {
-			if (dent->d_inode)
-				dget(dent);
-			else
-				dent = NULL;
-			spin_unlock(&parent->d_lock);
-			goto out;
-		}
-	}
-	spin_unlock(&parent->d_lock);
-	return NULL;
-
-out:
-	return dent;
-}
-
 static time_t ncp_obtain_mtime(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
@@ -435,6 +401,20 @@ static time_t ncp_obtain_mtime(struct dentry *dentry)
 	return ncp_date_dos2unix(i.modifyTime, i.modifyDate);
 }
 
+static inline void
+ncp_invalidate_dircache_entries(struct dentry *parent)
+{
+	struct ncp_server *server = NCP_SERVER(parent->d_inode);
+	struct dentry *dentry;
+
+	spin_lock(&parent->d_lock);
+	list_for_each_entry(dentry, &parent->d_subdirs, d_child) {
+		dentry->d_fsdata = NULL;
+		ncp_age_dentry(server, dentry);
+	}
+	spin_unlock(&parent->d_lock);
+}
+
 static int ncp_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
 	struct dentry *dentry = file->f_path.dentry;
@@ -500,10 +480,21 @@ static int ncp_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 			struct dentry *dent;
 			bool over;
 
-			dent = ncp_dget_fpos(ctl.cache->dentry[ctl.idx],
-						dentry, ctx->pos);
-			if (!dent)
+			spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
+			if (!(NCP_FINFO(inode)->flags & NCPI_DIR_CACHE)) { 
+				spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 				goto invalid_cache;
+			}
+			dent = ctl.cache->dentry[ctl.idx];
+			if (unlikely(!lockref_get_not_dead(&dent->d_lockref))) {
+				spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+				goto invalid_cache;
+			}
+			spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+			if (!dent->d_inode) {
+				dput(dent);
+				goto invalid_cache;
+			}
 			over = !dir_emit(ctx, dent->d_name.name,
 					dent->d_name.len,
 					dent->d_inode->i_ino, DT_UNKNOWN);
@@ -548,6 +539,9 @@ init_cache:
 	ctl.filled = 0;
 	ctl.valid  = 1;
 read_really:
+	spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
+	NCP_FINFO(inode)->flags |= NCPI_DIR_CACHE;
+	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 	if (ncp_is_server_root(inode)) {
 		ncp_read_volume_list(file, ctx, &ctl);
 	} else {
@@ -573,6 +567,13 @@ out:
 	return result;
 }
 
+static void ncp_d_prune(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	if (!dentry->d_fsdata)	/* not referenced from page cache */
+		return;
+	NCP_FINFO(dentry->d_parent->d_inode)->flags &= ~NCPI_DIR_CACHE;
+}
+
 static int
 ncp_fill_cache(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx,
 		struct ncp_cache_control *ctrl, struct ncp_entry_info *entry,
@@ -630,6 +631,10 @@ ncp_fill_cache(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx,
 			d_instantiate(newdent, inode);
 			if (!hashed)
 				d_rehash(newdent);
+		} else {
+			spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
+			NCP_FINFO(inode)->flags &= ~NCPI_DIR_CACHE;
+			spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 		}
 	} else {
 		struct inode *inode = newdent->d_inode;
@@ -639,12 +644,6 @@ ncp_fill_cache(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx,
 		mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
 	}
 
-	if (newdent->d_inode) {
-		ino = newdent->d_inode->i_ino;
-		newdent->d_fsdata = (void *) ctl.fpos;
-		ncp_new_dentry(newdent);
-	}
-
 	if (ctl.idx >= NCP_DIRCACHE_SIZE) {
 		if (ctl.page) {
 			kunmap(ctl.page);
@@ -660,8 +659,13 @@ ncp_fill_cache(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx,
 			ctl.cache = kmap(ctl.page);
 	}
 	if (ctl.cache) {
-		ctl.cache->dentry[ctl.idx] = newdent;
-		valid = 1;
+		if (newdent->d_inode) {
+			newdent->d_fsdata = newdent;
+			ctl.cache->dentry[ctl.idx] = newdent;
+			ino = newdent->d_inode->i_ino;
+			ncp_new_dentry(newdent);
+		}
+ 		valid = 1;
 	}
 	dput(newdent);
 end_advance:
diff --git a/fs/ncpfs/ncp_fs_i.h b/fs/ncpfs/ncp_fs_i.h
index 4b0bec477846..c4794504f843 100644
--- a/fs/ncpfs/ncp_fs_i.h
+++ b/fs/ncpfs/ncp_fs_i.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ struct ncp_inode_info {
 	int	access;
 	int	flags;
 #define NCPI_KLUDGE_SYMLINK	0x0001
+#define NCPI_DIR_CACHE		0x0002
 	__u8	file_handle[6];
 	struct inode vfs_inode;
 };
diff --git a/fs/ncpfs/ncplib_kernel.h b/fs/ncpfs/ncplib_kernel.h
index b785f74bfe3c..250e443a07f3 100644
--- a/fs/ncpfs/ncplib_kernel.h
+++ b/fs/ncpfs/ncplib_kernel.h
@@ -184,36 +184,6 @@ ncp_new_dentry(struct dentry* dentry)
 	dentry->d_time = jiffies;
 }
 
-static inline void
-ncp_renew_dentries(struct dentry *parent)
-{
-	struct ncp_server *server = NCP_SERVER(parent->d_inode);
-	struct dentry *dentry;
-
-	spin_lock(&parent->d_lock);
-	list_for_each_entry(dentry, &parent->d_subdirs, d_child) {
-		if (dentry->d_fsdata == NULL)
-			ncp_age_dentry(server, dentry);
-		else
-			ncp_new_dentry(dentry);
-	}
-	spin_unlock(&parent->d_lock);
-}
-
-static inline void
-ncp_invalidate_dircache_entries(struct dentry *parent)
-{
-	struct ncp_server *server = NCP_SERVER(parent->d_inode);
-	struct dentry *dentry;
-
-	spin_lock(&parent->d_lock);
-	list_for_each_entry(dentry, &parent->d_subdirs, d_child) {
-		dentry->d_fsdata = NULL;
-		ncp_age_dentry(server, dentry);
-	}
-	spin_unlock(&parent->d_lock);
-}
-
 struct ncp_cache_head {
 	time_t		mtime;
 	unsigned long	time;	/* cache age */
diff --git a/fs/proc/generic.c b/fs/proc/generic.c
index de14e46fd807..3309f59d421b 100644
--- a/fs/proc/generic.c
+++ b/fs/proc/generic.c
@@ -350,29 +350,12 @@ static int proc_register(struct proc_dir_entry * dir, struct proc_dir_entry * dp
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	if (S_ISDIR(dp->mode)) {
-		dp->proc_fops = &proc_dir_operations;
-		dp->proc_iops = &proc_dir_inode_operations;
-		dir->nlink++;
-	} else if (S_ISLNK(dp->mode)) {
-		dp->proc_iops = &proc_link_inode_operations;
-	} else if (S_ISREG(dp->mode)) {
-		BUG_ON(dp->proc_fops == NULL);
-		dp->proc_iops = &proc_file_inode_operations;
-	} else {
-		WARN_ON(1);
-		proc_free_inum(dp->low_ino);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
 	spin_lock(&proc_subdir_lock);
 	dp->parent = dir;
 	if (pde_subdir_insert(dir, dp) == false) {
 		WARN(1, "proc_dir_entry '%s/%s' already registered\n",
 		     dir->name, dp->name);
 		spin_unlock(&proc_subdir_lock);
-		if (S_ISDIR(dp->mode))
-			dir->nlink--;
 		proc_free_inum(dp->low_ino);
 		return -EEXIST;
 	}
@@ -431,6 +414,7 @@ struct proc_dir_entry *proc_symlink(const char *name,
 		ent->data = kmalloc((ent->size=strlen(dest))+1, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (ent->data) {
 			strcpy((char*)ent->data,dest);
+			ent->proc_iops = &proc_link_inode_operations;
 			if (proc_register(parent, ent) < 0) {
 				kfree(ent->data);
 				kfree(ent);
@@ -456,8 +440,12 @@ struct proc_dir_entry *proc_mkdir_data(const char *name, umode_t mode,
 	ent = __proc_create(&parent, name, S_IFDIR | mode, 2);
 	if (ent) {
 		ent->data = data;
+		ent->proc_fops = &proc_dir_operations;
+		ent->proc_iops = &proc_dir_inode_operations;
+		parent->nlink++;
 		if (proc_register(parent, ent) < 0) {
 			kfree(ent);
+			parent->nlink--;
 			ent = NULL;
 		}
 	}
@@ -493,6 +481,8 @@ struct proc_dir_entry *proc_create_data(const char *name, umode_t mode,
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
+	BUG_ON(proc_fops == NULL);
+
 	if ((mode & S_IALLUGO) == 0)
 		mode |= S_IRUGO;
 	pde = __proc_create(&parent, name, mode, 1);
@@ -500,6 +490,7 @@ struct proc_dir_entry *proc_create_data(const char *name, umode_t mode,
 		goto out;
 	pde->proc_fops = proc_fops;
 	pde->data = data;
+	pde->proc_iops = &proc_file_inode_operations;
 	if (proc_register(parent, pde) < 0)
 		goto out_free;
 	return pde;
diff --git a/fs/super.c b/fs/super.c
index 1facd2c282e5..65a53efc1cf4 100644
--- a/fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/super.c
@@ -715,9 +715,9 @@ int do_remount_sb(struct super_block *sb, int flags, void *data, int force)
 	remount_ro = (flags & MS_RDONLY) && !(sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY);
 
 	if (remount_ro) {
-		if (sb->s_pins.first) {
+		if (!hlist_empty(&sb->s_pins)) {
 			up_write(&sb->s_umount);
-			sb_pin_kill(sb);
+			group_pin_kill(&sb->s_pins);
 			down_write(&sb->s_umount);
 			if (!sb->s_root)
 				return 0;
diff --git a/include/linux/dcache.h b/include/linux/dcache.h
index 5a813988e6d4..92c08cf7670e 100644
--- a/include/linux/dcache.h
+++ b/include/linux/dcache.h
@@ -319,9 +319,6 @@ static inline unsigned d_count(const struct dentry *dentry)
 	return dentry->d_lockref.count;
 }
 
-/* validate "insecure" dentry pointer */
-extern int d_validate(struct dentry *, struct dentry *);
-
 /*
  * helper function for dentry_operations.d_dname() members
  */
diff --git a/include/linux/fs_pin.h b/include/linux/fs_pin.h
index f66525e72ccf..9dc4e0384bfb 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs_pin.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs_pin.h
@@ -1,17 +1,22 @@
-#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/wait.h>
 
 struct fs_pin {
-	atomic_long_t		count;
-	union {
-		struct {
-			struct hlist_node	s_list;
-			struct hlist_node	m_list;
-		};
-		struct rcu_head rcu;
-	};
+	wait_queue_head_t	wait;
+	int			done;
+	struct hlist_node	s_list;
+	struct hlist_node	m_list;
 	void (*kill)(struct fs_pin *);
 };
 
-void pin_put(struct fs_pin *);
+struct vfsmount;
+
+static inline void init_fs_pin(struct fs_pin *p, void (*kill)(struct fs_pin *))
+{
+	init_waitqueue_head(&p->wait);
+	p->kill = kill;
+}
+
 void pin_remove(struct fs_pin *);
+void pin_insert_group(struct fs_pin *, struct vfsmount *, struct hlist_head *);
 void pin_insert(struct fs_pin *, struct vfsmount *);
+void pin_kill(struct fs_pin *);
diff --git a/include/linux/lockref.h b/include/linux/lockref.h
index 4bfde0e99ed5..b10b122dd099 100644
--- a/include/linux/lockref.h
+++ b/include/linux/lockref.h
@@ -28,12 +28,13 @@ struct lockref {
 #endif
 		struct {
 			spinlock_t lock;
-			unsigned int count;
+			int count;
 		};
 	};
 };
 
 extern void lockref_get(struct lockref *);
+extern int lockref_put_return(struct lockref *);
 extern int lockref_get_not_zero(struct lockref *);
 extern int lockref_get_or_lock(struct lockref *);
 extern int lockref_put_or_lock(struct lockref *);
diff --git a/include/linux/pid_namespace.h b/include/linux/pid_namespace.h
index b9cf6c51b181..918b117a7cd3 100644
--- a/include/linux/pid_namespace.h
+++ b/include/linux/pid_namespace.h
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ struct pidmap {
 #define BITS_PER_PAGE_MASK	(BITS_PER_PAGE-1)
 #define PIDMAP_ENTRIES		((PID_MAX_LIMIT+BITS_PER_PAGE-1)/BITS_PER_PAGE)
 
-struct bsd_acct_struct;
+struct fs_pin;
 
 struct pid_namespace {
 	struct kref kref;
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ struct pid_namespace {
 	struct dentry *proc_thread_self;
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT
-	struct bsd_acct_struct *bacct;
+	struct fs_pin *bacct;
 #endif
 	struct user_namespace *user_ns;
 	struct work_struct proc_work;
diff --git a/kernel/acct.c b/kernel/acct.c
index 33738ef972f3..e6c10d1a4058 100644
--- a/kernel/acct.c
+++ b/kernel/acct.c
@@ -76,10 +76,11 @@ int acct_parm[3] = {4, 2, 30};
 /*
  * External references and all of the globals.
  */
-static void do_acct_process(struct bsd_acct_struct *acct);
 
 struct bsd_acct_struct {
 	struct fs_pin		pin;
+	atomic_long_t		count;
+	struct rcu_head		rcu;
 	struct mutex		lock;
 	int			active;
 	unsigned long		needcheck;
@@ -89,6 +90,8 @@ struct bsd_acct_struct {
 	struct completion	done;
 };
 
+static void do_acct_process(struct bsd_acct_struct *acct);
+
 /*
  * Check the amount of free space and suspend/resume accordingly.
  */
@@ -124,32 +127,56 @@ out:
 	return acct->active;
 }
 
+static void acct_put(struct bsd_acct_struct *p)
+{
+	if (atomic_long_dec_and_test(&p->count))
+		kfree_rcu(p, rcu);
+}
+
+static inline struct bsd_acct_struct *to_acct(struct fs_pin *p)
+{
+	return p ? container_of(p, struct bsd_acct_struct, pin) : NULL;
+}
+
 static struct bsd_acct_struct *acct_get(struct pid_namespace *ns)
 {
 	struct bsd_acct_struct *res;
 again:
 	smp_rmb();
 	rcu_read_lock();
-	res = ACCESS_ONCE(ns->bacct);
+	res = to_acct(ACCESS_ONCE(ns->bacct));
 	if (!res) {
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 		return NULL;
 	}
-	if (!atomic_long_inc_not_zero(&res->pin.count)) {
+	if (!atomic_long_inc_not_zero(&res->count)) {
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 		cpu_relax();
 		goto again;
 	}
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 	mutex_lock(&res->lock);
-	if (!res->ns) {
+	if (res != to_acct(ACCESS_ONCE(ns->bacct))) {
 		mutex_unlock(&res->lock);
-		pin_put(&res->pin);
+		acct_put(res);
 		goto again;
 	}
 	return res;
 }
 
+static void acct_pin_kill(struct fs_pin *pin)
+{
+	struct bsd_acct_struct *acct = to_acct(pin);
+	mutex_lock(&acct->lock);
+	do_acct_process(acct);
+	schedule_work(&acct->work);
+	wait_for_completion(&acct->done);
+	cmpxchg(&acct->ns->bacct, pin, NULL);
+	mutex_unlock(&acct->lock);
+	pin_remove(pin);
+	acct_put(acct);
+}
+
 static void close_work(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	struct bsd_acct_struct *acct = container_of(work, struct bsd_acct_struct, work);
@@ -160,44 +187,13 @@ static void close_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	complete(&acct->done);
 }
 
-static void acct_kill(struct bsd_acct_struct *acct,
-		      struct bsd_acct_struct *new)
-{
-	if (acct) {
-		struct pid_namespace *ns = acct->ns;
-		do_acct_process(acct);
-		INIT_WORK(&acct->work, close_work);
-		init_completion(&acct->done);
-		schedule_work(&acct->work);
-		wait_for_completion(&acct->done);
-		pin_remove(&acct->pin);
-		ns->bacct = new;
-		acct->ns = NULL;
-		atomic_long_dec(&acct->pin.count);
-		mutex_unlock(&acct->lock);
-		pin_put(&acct->pin);
-	}
-}
-
-static void acct_pin_kill(struct fs_pin *pin)
-{
-	struct bsd_acct_struct *acct;
-	acct = container_of(pin, struct bsd_acct_struct, pin);
-	mutex_lock(&acct->lock);
-	if (!acct->ns) {
-		mutex_unlock(&acct->lock);
-		pin_put(pin);
-		acct = NULL;
-	}
-	acct_kill(acct, NULL);
-}
-
 static int acct_on(struct filename *pathname)
 {
 	struct file *file;
 	struct vfsmount *mnt, *internal;
 	struct pid_namespace *ns = task_active_pid_ns(current);
-	struct bsd_acct_struct *acct, *old;
+	struct bsd_acct_struct *acct;
+	struct fs_pin *old;
 	int err;
 
 	acct = kzalloc(sizeof(struct bsd_acct_struct), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -238,21 +234,21 @@ static int acct_on(struct filename *pathname)
 	mnt = file->f_path.mnt;
 	file->f_path.mnt = internal;
 
-	atomic_long_set(&acct->pin.count, 1);
-	acct->pin.kill = acct_pin_kill;
+	atomic_long_set(&acct->count, 1);
+	init_fs_pin(&acct->pin, acct_pin_kill);
 	acct->file = file;
 	acct->needcheck = jiffies;
 	acct->ns = ns;
 	mutex_init(&acct->lock);
+	INIT_WORK(&acct->work, close_work);
+	init_completion(&acct->done);
 	mutex_lock_nested(&acct->lock, 1);	/* nobody has seen it yet */
 	pin_insert(&acct->pin, mnt);
 
-	old = acct_get(ns);
-	if (old)
-		acct_kill(old, acct);
-	else
-		ns->bacct = acct;
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	old = xchg(&ns->bacct, &acct->pin);
 	mutex_unlock(&acct->lock);
+	pin_kill(old);
 	mnt_drop_write(mnt);
 	mntput(mnt);
 	return 0;
@@ -288,7 +284,8 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(acct, const char __user *, name)
 		mutex_unlock(&acct_on_mutex);
 		putname(tmp);
 	} else {
-		acct_kill(acct_get(task_active_pid_ns(current)), NULL);
+		rcu_read_lock();
+		pin_kill(task_active_pid_ns(current)->bacct);
 	}
 
 	return error;
@@ -296,7 +293,8 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(acct, const char __user *, name)
 
 void acct_exit_ns(struct pid_namespace *ns)
 {
-	acct_kill(acct_get(ns), NULL);
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	pin_kill(ns->bacct);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -576,7 +574,7 @@ static void slow_acct_process(struct pid_namespace *ns)
 		if (acct) {
 			do_acct_process(acct);
 			mutex_unlock(&acct->lock);
-			pin_put(&acct->pin);
+			acct_put(acct);
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c
index 072566dd0caf..55f82fce2526 100644
--- a/kernel/auditsc.c
+++ b/kernel/auditsc.c
@@ -2405,7 +2405,6 @@ int __audit_log_bprm_fcaps(struct linux_binprm *bprm,
 	struct audit_aux_data_bprm_fcaps *ax;
 	struct audit_context *context = current->audit_context;
 	struct cpu_vfs_cap_data vcaps;
-	struct dentry *dentry;
 
 	ax = kmalloc(sizeof(*ax), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!ax)
@@ -2415,9 +2414,7 @@ int __audit_log_bprm_fcaps(struct linux_binprm *bprm,
 	ax->d.next = context->aux;
 	context->aux = (void *)ax;
 
-	dentry = dget(bprm->file->f_path.dentry);
-	get_vfs_caps_from_disk(dentry, &vcaps);
-	dput(dentry);
+	get_vfs_caps_from_disk(bprm->file->f_path.dentry, &vcaps);
 
 	ax->fcap.permitted = vcaps.permitted;
 	ax->fcap.inheritable = vcaps.inheritable;
diff --git a/lib/lockref.c b/lib/lockref.c
index d2233de9a86e..ecb9a665ec19 100644
--- a/lib/lockref.c
+++ b/lib/lockref.c
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ void lockref_get(struct lockref *lockref)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(lockref_get);
 
 /**
- * lockref_get_not_zero - Increments count unless the count is 0
+ * lockref_get_not_zero - Increments count unless the count is 0 or dead
  * @lockref: pointer to lockref structure
  * Return: 1 if count updated successfully or 0 if count was zero
  */
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ int lockref_get_not_zero(struct lockref *lockref)
 
 	CMPXCHG_LOOP(
 		new.count++;
-		if (!old.count)
+		if (old.count <= 0)
 			return 0;
 	,
 		return 1;
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ int lockref_get_not_zero(struct lockref *lockref)
 
 	spin_lock(&lockref->lock);
 	retval = 0;
-	if (lockref->count) {
+	if (lockref->count > 0) {
 		lockref->count++;
 		retval = 1;
 	}
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ int lockref_get_not_zero(struct lockref *lockref)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(lockref_get_not_zero);
 
 /**
- * lockref_get_or_lock - Increments count unless the count is 0
+ * lockref_get_or_lock - Increments count unless the count is 0 or dead
  * @lockref: pointer to lockref structure
  * Return: 1 if count updated successfully or 0 if count was zero
  * and we got the lock instead.
@@ -97,14 +97,14 @@ int lockref_get_or_lock(struct lockref *lockref)
 {
 	CMPXCHG_LOOP(
 		new.count++;
-		if (!old.count)
+		if (old.count <= 0)
 			break;
 	,
 		return 1;
 	);
 
 	spin_lock(&lockref->lock);
-	if (!lockref->count)
+	if (lockref->count <= 0)
 		return 0;
 	lockref->count++;
 	spin_unlock(&lockref->lock);
@@ -112,6 +112,26 @@ int lockref_get_or_lock(struct lockref *lockref)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(lockref_get_or_lock);
 
+/**
+ * lockref_put_return - Decrement reference count if possible
+ * @lockref: pointer to lockref structure
+ *
+ * Decrement the reference count and return the new value.
+ * If the lockref was dead or locked, return an error.
+ */
+int lockref_put_return(struct lockref *lockref)
+{
+	CMPXCHG_LOOP(
+		new.count--;
+		if (old.count <= 0)
+			return -1;
+	,
+		return new.count;
+	);
+	return -1;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(lockref_put_return);
+
 /**
  * lockref_put_or_lock - decrements count unless count <= 1 before decrement
  * @lockref: pointer to lockref structure
@@ -158,7 +178,7 @@ int lockref_get_not_dead(struct lockref *lockref)
 
 	CMPXCHG_LOOP(
 		new.count++;
-		if ((int)old.count < 0)
+		if (old.count < 0)
 			return 0;
 	,
 		return 1;
@@ -166,7 +186,7 @@ int lockref_get_not_dead(struct lockref *lockref)
 
 	spin_lock(&lockref->lock);
 	retval = 0;
-	if ((int) lockref->count >= 0) {
+	if (lockref->count >= 0) {
 		lockref->count++;
 		retval = 1;
 	}
diff --git a/security/commoncap.c b/security/commoncap.c
index 2915d8503054..f66713bd7450 100644
--- a/security/commoncap.c
+++ b/security/commoncap.c
@@ -434,7 +434,6 @@ int get_vfs_caps_from_disk(const struct dentry *dentry, struct cpu_vfs_cap_data
  */
 static int get_file_caps(struct linux_binprm *bprm, bool *effective, bool *has_cap)
 {
-	struct dentry *dentry;
 	int rc = 0;
 	struct cpu_vfs_cap_data vcaps;
 
@@ -446,9 +445,7 @@ static int get_file_caps(struct linux_binprm *bprm, bool *effective, bool *has_c
 	if (bprm->file->f_path.mnt->mnt_flags & MNT_NOSUID)
 		return 0;
 
-	dentry = dget(bprm->file->f_path.dentry);
-
-	rc = get_vfs_caps_from_disk(dentry, &vcaps);
+	rc = get_vfs_caps_from_disk(bprm->file->f_path.dentry, &vcaps);
 	if (rc < 0) {
 		if (rc == -EINVAL)
 			printk(KERN_NOTICE "%s: get_vfs_caps_from_disk returned %d for %s\n",
@@ -464,7 +461,6 @@ static int get_file_caps(struct linux_binprm *bprm, bool *effective, bool *has_c
 		       __func__, rc, bprm->filename);
 
 out:
-	dput(dentry);
 	if (rc)
 		bprm_clear_caps(bprm);
 
diff --git a/security/selinux/selinuxfs.c b/security/selinux/selinuxfs.c
index 33db1ad4fd10..1684bcc78b34 100644
--- a/security/selinux/selinuxfs.c
+++ b/security/selinux/selinuxfs.c
@@ -1195,30 +1195,8 @@ static const struct file_operations sel_commit_bools_ops = {
 
 static void sel_remove_entries(struct dentry *de)
 {
-	struct list_head *node;
-
-	spin_lock(&de->d_lock);
-	node = de->d_subdirs.next;
-	while (node != &de->d_subdirs) {
-		struct dentry *d = list_entry(node, struct dentry, d_child);
-
-		spin_lock_nested(&d->d_lock, DENTRY_D_LOCK_NESTED);
-		list_del_init(node);
-
-		if (d->d_inode) {
-			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(&de->d_lock);
-		} else
-			spin_unlock(&d->d_lock);
-		node = de->d_subdirs.next;
-	}
-
-	spin_unlock(&de->d_lock);
+	d_genocide(de);
+	shrink_dcache_parent(de);
 }
 
 #define BOOL_DIR_NAME "booleans"
@@ -1668,37 +1646,13 @@ static int sel_make_class_dir_entries(char *classname, int index,
 	return rc;
 }
 
-static void sel_remove_classes(void)
-{
-	struct list_head *class_node;
-
-	list_for_each(class_node, &class_dir->d_subdirs) {
-		struct dentry *class_subdir = list_entry(class_node,
-					struct dentry, d_child);
-		struct list_head *class_subdir_node;
-
-		list_for_each(class_subdir_node, &class_subdir->d_subdirs) {
-			struct dentry *d = list_entry(class_subdir_node,
-						struct dentry, d_child);
-
-			if (d->d_inode)
-				if (d->d_inode->i_mode & S_IFDIR)
-					sel_remove_entries(d);
-		}
-
-		sel_remove_entries(class_subdir);
-	}
-
-	sel_remove_entries(class_dir);
-}
-
 static int sel_make_classes(void)
 {
 	int rc, nclasses, i;
 	char **classes;
 
 	/* delete any existing entries */
-	sel_remove_classes();
+	sel_remove_entries(class_dir);
 
 	rc = security_get_classes(&classes, &nclasses);
 	if (rc)