Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6: (34 commits)
  nfsd race fixes: jfs
  nfsd race fixes: reiserfs
  nfsd race fixes: ext4
  nfsd race fixes: ext3
  nfsd race fixes: ext2
  nfsd/create race fixes, infrastructure
  filesystem notification: create fs/notify to contain all fs notification
  fs/block_dev.c: __read_mostly improvement and sb_is_blkdev_sb utilization
  kill ->dir_notify()
  filp_cachep can be static in fs/file_table.c
  fix f_count description in Documentation/filesystems/files.txt
  make INIT_FS use the __RW_LOCK_UNLOCKED initialization
  take init_fs to saner place
  kill vfs_permission
  pass a struct path * to may_open
  kill walk_init_root
  remove incorrect comment in inode_permission
  expand some comments (d_path / seq_path)
  correct wrong function name of d_put in kernel document and source comment
  fix switch_names() breakage in short-to-short case
  ...

44 files changed, 385 insertions, 292 deletions

diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig
index 522469a7eca..ff0e8198020 100644
--- a/fs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/Kconfig
@@ -270,44 +270,7 @@ config OCFS2_COMPAT_JBD
 
 endif # BLOCK
 
-config DNOTIFY
-	bool "Dnotify support"
-	default y
-	help
-	  Dnotify is a directory-based per-fd file change notification system
-	  that uses signals to communicate events to user-space.  There exist
-	  superior alternatives, but some applications may still rely on
-	  dnotify.
-
-	  If unsure, say Y.
-
-config INOTIFY
-	bool "Inotify file change notification support"
-	default y
-	---help---
-	  Say Y here to enable inotify support.  Inotify is a file change
-	  notification system and a replacement for dnotify.  Inotify fixes
-	  numerous shortcomings in dnotify and introduces several new features
-	  including multiple file events, one-shot support, and unmount
-	  notification.
-
-	  For more information, see <file:Documentation/filesystems/inotify.txt>
-
-	  If unsure, say Y.
-
-config INOTIFY_USER
-	bool "Inotify support for userspace"
-	depends on INOTIFY
-	default y
-	---help---
-	  Say Y here to enable inotify support for userspace, including the
-	  associated system calls.  Inotify allows monitoring of both files and
-	  directories via a single open fd.  Events are read from the file
-	  descriptor, which is also select()- and poll()-able.
-
-	  For more information, see <file:Documentation/filesystems/inotify.txt>
-
-	  If unsure, say Y.
+source "fs/notify/Kconfig"
 
 config QUOTA
 	bool "Quota support"
diff --git a/fs/Makefile b/fs/Makefile
index d9f8afe6f0c..e6f423d1d22 100644
--- a/fs/Makefile
+++ b/fs/Makefile
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@ obj-y +=	no-block.o
 endif
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INTEGRITY) += bio-integrity.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_INOTIFY)		+= inotify.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_INOTIFY_USER)	+= inotify_user.o
+obj-y				+= notify/
 obj-$(CONFIG_EPOLL)		+= eventpoll.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_ANON_INODES)	+= anon_inodes.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SIGNALFD)		+= signalfd.o
@@ -57,8 +56,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_QFMT_V1)		+= quota_v1.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_QFMT_V2)		+= quota_v2.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_QUOTACTL)		+= quota.o
 
-obj-$(CONFIG_DNOTIFY)		+= dnotify.o
-
 obj-$(CONFIG_PROC_FS)		+= proc/
 obj-y				+= partitions/
 obj-$(CONFIG_SYSFS)		+= sysfs/
diff --git a/fs/bad_inode.c b/fs/bad_inode.c
index 5f1538c03b1..a05287a23f6 100644
--- a/fs/bad_inode.c
+++ b/fs/bad_inode.c
@@ -132,11 +132,6 @@ static int bad_file_check_flags(int flags)
 	return -EIO;
 }
 
-static int bad_file_dir_notify(struct file *file, unsigned long arg)
-{
-	return -EIO;
-}
-
 static int bad_file_flock(struct file *filp, int cmd, struct file_lock *fl)
 {
 	return -EIO;
@@ -179,7 +174,6 @@ static const struct file_operations bad_file_ops =
 	.sendpage	= bad_file_sendpage,
 	.get_unmapped_area = bad_file_get_unmapped_area,
 	.check_flags	= bad_file_check_flags,
-	.dir_notify	= bad_file_dir_notify,
 	.flock		= bad_file_flock,
 	.splice_write	= bad_file_splice_write,
 	.splice_read	= bad_file_splice_read,
diff --git a/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c b/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
index b6dfee37c7b..d06cb023ad0 100644
--- a/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
+++ b/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
@@ -378,7 +378,8 @@ static struct inode *befs_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino)
 		inode->i_size = 0;
 		inode->i_blocks = befs_sb->block_size / VFS_BLOCK_SIZE;
 		strncpy(befs_ino->i_data.symlink, raw_inode->data.symlink,
-			BEFS_SYMLINK_LEN);
+			BEFS_SYMLINK_LEN - 1);
+		befs_ino->i_data.symlink[BEFS_SYMLINK_LEN - 1] = '\0';
 	} else {
 		int num_blks;
 
@@ -477,6 +478,8 @@ befs_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 			kfree(link);
 			befs_error(sb, "Failed to read entire long symlink");
 			link = ERR_PTR(-EIO);
+		} else {
+			link[len - 1] = '\0';
 		}
 	} else {
 		link = befs_ino->i_data.symlink;
diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index 99e0ae1a4c7..349a26c1000 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -326,12 +326,13 @@ static struct file_system_type bd_type = {
 	.kill_sb	= kill_anon_super,
 };
 
-static struct vfsmount *bd_mnt __read_mostly;
-struct super_block *blockdev_superblock;
+struct super_block *blockdev_superblock __read_mostly;
 
 void __init bdev_cache_init(void)
 {
 	int err;
+	struct vfsmount *bd_mnt;
+
 	bdev_cachep = kmem_cache_create("bdev_cache", sizeof(struct bdev_inode),
 			0, (SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN|SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT|
 				SLAB_MEM_SPREAD|SLAB_PANIC),
@@ -373,7 +374,7 @@ struct block_device *bdget(dev_t dev)
 	struct block_device *bdev;
 	struct inode *inode;
 
-	inode = iget5_locked(bd_mnt->mnt_sb, hash(dev),
+	inode = iget5_locked(blockdev_superblock, hash(dev),
 			bdev_test, bdev_set, &dev);
 
 	if (!inode)
@@ -463,7 +464,7 @@ void bd_forget(struct inode *inode)
 
 	spin_lock(&bdev_lock);
 	if (inode->i_bdev) {
-		if (inode->i_sb != blockdev_superblock)
+		if (!sb_is_blkdev_sb(inode->i_sb))
 			bdev = inode->i_bdev;
 		__bd_forget(inode);
 	}
diff --git a/fs/cifs/Makefile b/fs/cifs/Makefile
index 6ba43fb346f..9948c0030e8 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/Makefile
+++ b/fs/cifs/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_CIFS) += cifs.o
 
 cifs-y := cifsfs.o cifssmb.o cifs_debug.o connect.o dir.o file.o inode.o \
 	  link.o misc.o netmisc.o smbdes.o smbencrypt.o transport.o asn1.o \
-	  md4.o md5.o cifs_unicode.o nterr.o xattr.o cifsencrypt.o fcntl.o \
+	  md4.o md5.o cifs_unicode.o nterr.o xattr.o cifsencrypt.o \
 	  readdir.o ioctl.o sess.o export.o cifsacl.o
 
 cifs-$(CONFIG_CIFS_UPCALL) += cifs_spnego.o
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
index 0005a194a75..13ea53251dc 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
@@ -747,7 +747,6 @@ const struct file_operations cifs_file_ops = {
 #endif /* CONFIG_CIFS_POSIX */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL
-	.dir_notify = cifs_dir_notify,
 	.setlease = cifs_setlease,
 #endif /* CONFIG_CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL */
 };
@@ -768,7 +767,6 @@ const struct file_operations cifs_file_direct_ops = {
 #endif /* CONFIG_CIFS_POSIX */
 	.llseek = cifs_llseek,
 #ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL
-	.dir_notify = cifs_dir_notify,
 	.setlease = cifs_setlease,
 #endif /* CONFIG_CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL */
 };
@@ -789,7 +787,6 @@ const struct file_operations cifs_file_nobrl_ops = {
 #endif /* CONFIG_CIFS_POSIX */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL
-	.dir_notify = cifs_dir_notify,
 	.setlease = cifs_setlease,
 #endif /* CONFIG_CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL */
 };
@@ -809,7 +806,6 @@ const struct file_operations cifs_file_direct_nobrl_ops = {
 #endif /* CONFIG_CIFS_POSIX */
 	.llseek = cifs_llseek,
 #ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL
-	.dir_notify = cifs_dir_notify,
 	.setlease = cifs_setlease,
 #endif /* CONFIG_CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL */
 };
@@ -818,9 +814,6 @@ const struct file_operations cifs_dir_ops = {
 	.readdir = cifs_readdir,
 	.release = cifs_closedir,
 	.read    = generic_read_dir,
-#ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL
-	.dir_notify = cifs_dir_notify,
-#endif /* CONFIG_CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL */
 	.unlocked_ioctl  = cifs_ioctl,
 	.llseek = generic_file_llseek,
 };
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h
index 2ce04c73d74..7ac481841f8 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ extern int cifs_file_mmap(struct file * , struct vm_area_struct *);
 extern const struct file_operations cifs_dir_ops;
 extern int cifs_dir_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file);
 extern int cifs_readdir(struct file *file, void *direntry, filldir_t filldir);
-extern int cifs_dir_notify(struct file *, unsigned long arg);
 
 /* Functions related to dir entries */
 extern struct dentry_operations cifs_dentry_ops;
diff --git a/fs/cifs/fcntl.c b/fs/cifs/fcntl.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 5a57581eb4b..00000000000
--- a/fs/cifs/fcntl.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,118 +0,0 @@
-/*
- *   fs/cifs/fcntl.c
- *
- *   vfs operations that deal with the file control API
- *
- *   Copyright (C) International Business Machines  Corp., 2003,2004
- *   Author(s): Steve French (sfrench@us.ibm.com)
- *
- *   This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- *   it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published
- *   by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
- *   (at your option) any later version.
- *
- *   This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See
- *   the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
- *
- *   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
- *   along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
- *   Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
- */
-#include <linux/fs.h>
-#include <linux/stat.h>
-#include <linux/fcntl.h>
-#include "cifsglob.h"
-#include "cifsproto.h"
-#include "cifs_unicode.h"
-#include "cifs_debug.h"
-#include "cifsfs.h"
-
-static __u32 convert_to_cifs_notify_flags(unsigned long fcntl_notify_flags)
-{
-	__u32 cifs_ntfy_flags = 0;
-
-	/* No way on Linux VFS to ask to monitor xattr
-	changes (and no stream support either */
-	if (fcntl_notify_flags & DN_ACCESS)
-		cifs_ntfy_flags |= FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_LAST_ACCESS;
-	if (fcntl_notify_flags & DN_MODIFY) {
-		/* What does this mean on directories? */
-		cifs_ntfy_flags |= FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_LAST_WRITE |
-			FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_SIZE;
-	}
-	if (fcntl_notify_flags & DN_CREATE) {
-		cifs_ntfy_flags |= FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_CREATION |
-			FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_LAST_WRITE;
-	}
-	if (fcntl_notify_flags & DN_DELETE)
-		cifs_ntfy_flags |= FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_LAST_WRITE;
-	if (fcntl_notify_flags & DN_RENAME) {
-		/* BB review this - checking various server behaviors */
-		cifs_ntfy_flags |= FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_DIR_NAME |
-			FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_FILE_NAME;
-	}
-	if (fcntl_notify_flags & DN_ATTRIB) {
-		cifs_ntfy_flags |= FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_SECURITY |
-			FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_ATTRIBUTES;
-	}
-/*	if (fcntl_notify_flags & DN_MULTISHOT) {
-		cifs_ntfy_flags |= ;
-	} */ /* BB fixme - not sure how to handle this with CIFS yet */
-
-	return cifs_ntfy_flags;
-}
-
-int cifs_dir_notify(struct file *file, unsigned long arg)
-{
-	int xid;
-	int rc = -EINVAL;
-	int oplock = 0;
-	struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb;
-	struct cifsTconInfo *pTcon;
-	char *full_path = NULL;
-	__u32 filter = FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_NAME | FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_ATTRIBUTES;
-	__u16 netfid;
-
-	if (experimEnabled == 0)
-		return 0;
-
-	xid = GetXid();
-	cifs_sb = CIFS_SB(file->f_path.dentry->d_sb);
-	pTcon = cifs_sb->tcon;
-
-	full_path = build_path_from_dentry(file->f_path.dentry);
-
-	if (full_path == NULL) {
-		rc = -ENOMEM;
-	} else {
-		cFYI(1, ("dir notify on file %s Arg 0x%lx", full_path, arg));
-		rc = CIFSSMBOpen(xid, pTcon, full_path, FILE_OPEN,
-			GENERIC_READ | SYNCHRONIZE, 0 /* create options */,
-			&netfid, &oplock, NULL, cifs_sb->local_nls,
-			cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags & CIFS_MOUNT_MAP_SPECIAL_CHR);
-		/* BB fixme - add this handle to a notify handle list */
-		if (rc) {
-			cFYI(1, ("Could not open directory for notify"));
-		} else {
-			filter = convert_to_cifs_notify_flags(arg);
-			if (filter != 0) {
-				rc = CIFSSMBNotify(xid, pTcon,
-					0 /* no subdirs */, netfid,
-					filter, file, arg & DN_MULTISHOT,
-					cifs_sb->local_nls);
-			} else {
-				rc = -EINVAL;
-			}
-			/* BB add code to close file eventually (at unmount
-			it would close automatically but may be a way
-			to do it easily when inode freed or when
-			notify info is cleared/changed */
-			cFYI(1, ("notify rc %d", rc));
-		}
-	}
-
-	FreeXid(xid);
-	return rc;
-}
diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index a1d86c7f3e6..e88c23b85a3 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 #include <linux/bootmem.h>
 #include "internal.h"
 
-
 int sysctl_vfs_cache_pressure __read_mostly = 100;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sysctl_vfs_cache_pressure);
 
@@ -948,9 +947,6 @@ struct dentry *d_alloc(struct dentry * parent, const struct qstr *name)
 	dentry->d_op = NULL;
 	dentry->d_fsdata = NULL;
 	dentry->d_mounted = 0;
-#ifdef CONFIG_PROFILING
-	dentry->d_cookie = NULL;
-#endif
 	INIT_HLIST_NODE(&dentry->d_hash);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dentry->d_lru);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dentry->d_subdirs);
@@ -1336,7 +1332,7 @@ err_out:
  *
  * Searches the children of the parent dentry for the name in question. If
  * the dentry is found its reference count is incremented and the dentry
- * is returned. The caller must use d_put to free the entry when it has
+ * is returned. The caller must use dput to free the entry when it has
  * finished using it. %NULL is returned on failure.
  *
  * __d_lookup is dcache_lock free. The hash list is protected using RCU.
@@ -1620,8 +1616,11 @@ static void switch_names(struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry *target)
 			 */
 			memcpy(dentry->d_iname, target->d_name.name,
 					target->d_name.len + 1);
+			dentry->d_name.len = target->d_name.len;
+			return;
 		}
 	}
+	do_switch(dentry->d_name.len, target->d_name.len);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1681,7 +1680,6 @@ already_unhashed:
 
 	/* Switch the names.. */
 	switch_names(dentry, target);
-	do_switch(dentry->d_name.len, target->d_name.len);
 	do_switch(dentry->d_name.hash, target->d_name.hash);
 
 	/* ... and switch the parents */
@@ -1791,7 +1789,6 @@ static void __d_materialise_dentry(struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry *anon)
 	struct dentry *dparent, *aparent;
 
 	switch_names(dentry, anon);
-	do_switch(dentry->d_name.len, anon->d_name.len);
 	do_switch(dentry->d_name.hash, anon->d_name.hash);
 
 	dparent = dentry->d_parent;
@@ -1911,7 +1908,8 @@ static int prepend_name(char **buffer, int *buflen, struct qstr *name)
  * Convert a dentry into an ASCII path name. If the entry has been deleted
  * the string " (deleted)" is appended. Note that this is ambiguous.
  *
- * Returns the buffer or an error code if the path was too long.
+ * Returns a pointer into the buffer or an error code if the
+ * path was too long.
  *
  * "buflen" should be positive. Caller holds the dcache_lock.
  *
@@ -1987,7 +1985,10 @@ Elong:
  * Convert a dentry into an ASCII path name. If the entry has been deleted
  * the string " (deleted)" is appended. Note that this is ambiguous.
  *
- * Returns the buffer or an error code if the path was too long.
+ * Returns a pointer into the buffer or an error code if the path was
+ * too long. Note: Callers should use the returned pointer, not the passed
+ * in buffer, to use the name! The implementation often starts at an offset
+ * into the buffer, and may leave 0 bytes at the start.
  *
  * "buflen" should be positive.
  */
@@ -2313,9 +2314,6 @@ static void __init dcache_init(void)
 /* SLAB cache for __getname() consumers */
 struct kmem_cache *names_cachep __read_mostly;
 
-/* SLAB cache for file structures */
-struct kmem_cache *filp_cachep __read_mostly;
-
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_genocide);
 
 void __init vfs_caches_init_early(void)
@@ -2337,9 +2335,6 @@ void __init vfs_caches_init(unsigned long mempages)
 	names_cachep = kmem_cache_create("names_cache", PATH_MAX, 0,
 			SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN|SLAB_PANIC, NULL);
 
-	filp_cachep = kmem_cache_create("filp", sizeof(struct file), 0,
-			SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN|SLAB_PANIC, NULL);
-
 	dcache_init();
 	inode_init();
 	files_init(mempages);
diff --git a/fs/dcookies.c b/fs/dcookies.c
index 855d4b1d619..180e9fec4ad 100644
--- a/fs/dcookies.c
+++ b/fs/dcookies.c
@@ -93,10 +93,15 @@ static struct dcookie_struct *alloc_dcookie(struct path *path)
 {
 	struct dcookie_struct *dcs = kmem_cache_alloc(dcookie_cache,
 							GFP_KERNEL);
+	struct dentry *d;
 	if (!dcs)
 		return NULL;
 
-	path->dentry->d_cookie = dcs;
+	d = path->dentry;
+	spin_lock(&d->d_lock);
+	d->d_flags |= DCACHE_COOKIE;
+	spin_unlock(&d->d_lock);
+
 	dcs->path = *path;
 	path_get(path);
 	hash_dcookie(dcs);
@@ -119,14 +124,14 @@ int get_dcookie(struct path *path, unsigned long *cookie)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	dcs = path->dentry->d_cookie;
-
-	if (!dcs)
+	if (path->dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_COOKIE) {
+		dcs = find_dcookie((unsigned long)path->dentry);
+	} else {
 		dcs = alloc_dcookie(path);
-
-	if (!dcs) {
-		err = -ENOMEM;
-		goto out;
+		if (!dcs) {
+			err = -ENOMEM;
+			goto out;
+		}
 	}
 
 	*cookie = dcookie_value(dcs);
@@ -251,7 +256,12 @@ out_kmem:
 
 static void free_dcookie(struct dcookie_struct * dcs)
 {
-	dcs->path.dentry->d_cookie = NULL;
+	struct dentry *d = dcs->path.dentry;
+
+	spin_lock(&d->d_lock);
+	d->d_flags &= ~DCACHE_COOKIE;
+	spin_unlock(&d->d_lock);
+
 	path_put(&dcs->path);
 	kmem_cache_free(dcookie_cache, dcs);
 }
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
index 89209f00f9c..5e78fc17988 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
@@ -673,10 +673,11 @@ static void *ecryptfs_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 	ecryptfs_printk(KERN_DEBUG, "Calling readlink w/ "
 			"dentry->d_name.name = [%s]\n", dentry->d_name.name);
 	rc = dentry->d_inode->i_op->readlink(dentry, (char __user *)buf, len);
-	buf[rc] = '\0';
 	set_fs(old_fs);
 	if (rc < 0)
 		goto out_free;
+	else
+		buf[rc] = '\0';
 	rc = 0;
 	nd_set_link(nd, buf);
 	goto out;
diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index 02d2e120542..dfbf7009fbe 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -127,7 +127,8 @@ asmlinkage long sys_uselib(const char __user * library)
 	if (nd.path.mnt->mnt_flags & MNT_NOEXEC)
 		goto exit;
 
-	error = vfs_permission(&nd, MAY_READ | MAY_EXEC | MAY_OPEN);
+	error = inode_permission(nd.path.dentry->d_inode,
+				 MAY_READ | MAY_EXEC | MAY_OPEN);
 	if (error)
 		goto exit;
 
@@ -680,7 +681,7 @@ struct file *open_exec(const char *name)
 	if (nd.path.mnt->mnt_flags & MNT_NOEXEC)
 		goto out_path_put;
 
-	err = vfs_permission(&nd, MAY_EXEC | MAY_OPEN);
+	err = inode_permission(nd.path.dentry->d_inode, MAY_EXEC | MAY_OPEN);
 	if (err)
 		goto out_path_put;
 
diff --git a/fs/ext2/ialloc.c b/fs/ext2/ialloc.c
index 8d0add62587..c454d5db28a 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/ialloc.c
@@ -585,7 +585,10 @@ got:
 	spin_lock(&sbi->s_next_gen_lock);
 	inode->i_generation = sbi->s_next_generation++;
 	spin_unlock(&sbi->s_next_gen_lock);
-	insert_inode_hash(inode);
+	if (insert_inode_locked(inode) < 0) {
+		err = -EINVAL;
+		goto fail_drop;
+	}
 
 	if (DQUOT_ALLOC_INODE(inode)) {
 		err = -EDQUOT;
@@ -612,6 +615,7 @@ fail_drop:
 	DQUOT_DROP(inode);
 	inode->i_flags |= S_NOQUOTA;
 	inode->i_nlink = 0;
+	unlock_new_inode(inode);
 	iput(inode);
 	return ERR_PTR(err);
 
diff --git a/fs/ext2/inode.c b/fs/ext2/inode.c
index 7658b33e265..02b39a5deb7 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/inode.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include <linux/buffer_head.h>
 #include <linux/mpage.h>
 #include <linux/fiemap.h>
+#include <linux/namei.h>
 #include "ext2.h"
 #include "acl.h"
 #include "xip.h"
@@ -1286,9 +1287,11 @@ struct inode *ext2_iget (struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino)
 		else
 			inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &ext2_aops;
 	} else if (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode)) {
-		if (ext2_inode_is_fast_symlink(inode))
+		if (ext2_inode_is_fast_symlink(inode)) {
 			inode->i_op = &ext2_fast_symlink_inode_operations;
-		else {
+			nd_terminate_link(ei->i_data, inode->i_size,
+				sizeof(ei->i_data) - 1);
+		} else {
 			inode->i_op = &ext2_symlink_inode_operations;
 			if (test_opt(inode->i_sb, NOBH))
 				inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &ext2_nobh_aops;
diff --git a/fs/ext2/namei.c b/fs/ext2/namei.c
index 2a747252ec1..90ea17998a7 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/namei.c
@@ -41,9 +41,11 @@ static inline int ext2_add_nondir(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode)
 	int err = ext2_add_link(dentry, inode);
 	if (!err) {
 		d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
+		unlock_new_inode(inode);
 		return 0;
 	}
 	inode_dec_link_count(inode);
+	unlock_new_inode(inode);
 	iput(inode);
 	return err;
 }
@@ -170,6 +172,7 @@ out:
 
 out_fail:
 	inode_dec_link_count(inode);
+	unlock_new_inode(inode);
 	iput (inode);
 	goto out;
 }
@@ -178,6 +181,7 @@ static int ext2_link (struct dentry * old_dentry, struct inode * dir,
 	struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = old_dentry->d_inode;
+	int err;
 
 	if (inode->i_nlink >= EXT2_LINK_MAX)
 		return -EMLINK;
@@ -186,7 +190,14 @@ static int ext2_link (struct dentry * old_dentry, struct inode * dir,
 	inode_inc_link_count(inode);
 	atomic_inc(&inode->i_count);
 
-	return ext2_add_nondir(dentry, inode);
+	err = ext2_add_link(dentry, inode);
+	if (!err) {
+		d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
+		return 0;
+	}
+	inode_dec_link_count(inode);
+	iput(inode);
+	return err;
 }
 
 static int ext2_mkdir(struct inode * dir, struct dentry * dentry, int mode)
@@ -222,12 +233,14 @@ static int ext2_mkdir(struct inode * dir, struct dentry * dentry, int mode)
 		goto out_fail;
 
 	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
+	unlock_new_inode(inode);
 out:
 	return err;
 
 out_fail:
 	inode_dec_link_count(inode);
 	inode_dec_link_count(inode);
+	unlock_new_inode(inode);
 	iput(inode);
 out_dir:
 	inode_dec_link_count(dir);
diff --git a/fs/ext3/ialloc.c b/fs/ext3/ialloc.c
index 490bd0ed789..5655fbcbd11 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/ialloc.c
@@ -579,7 +579,10 @@ got:
 	ext3_set_inode_flags(inode);
 	if (IS_DIRSYNC(inode))
 		handle->h_sync = 1;
-	insert_inode_hash(inode);
+	if (insert_inode_locked(inode) < 0) {
+		err = -EINVAL;
+		goto fail_drop;
+	}
 	spin_lock(&sbi->s_next_gen_lock);
 	inode->i_generation = sbi->s_next_generation++;
 	spin_unlock(&sbi->s_next_gen_lock);
@@ -627,6 +630,7 @@ fail_drop:
 	DQUOT_DROP(inode);
 	inode->i_flags |= S_NOQUOTA;
 	inode->i_nlink = 0;
+	unlock_new_inode(inode);
 	iput(inode);
 	brelse(bitmap_bh);
 	return ERR_PTR(err);
diff --git a/fs/ext3/inode.c b/fs/ext3/inode.c
index f8424ad8997..c4bdccf976b 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/inode.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include <linux/uio.h>
 #include <linux/bio.h>
 #include <linux/fiemap.h>
+#include <linux/namei.h>
 #include "xattr.h"
 #include "acl.h"
 
@@ -2817,9 +2818,11 @@ struct inode *ext3_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino)
 		inode->i_op = &ext3_dir_inode_operations;
 		inode->i_fop = &ext3_dir_operations;
 	} else if (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode)) {
-		if (ext3_inode_is_fast_symlink(inode))
+		if (ext3_inode_is_fast_symlink(inode)) {
 			inode->i_op = &ext3_fast_symlink_inode_operations;
-		else {
+			nd_terminate_link(ei->i_data, inode->i_size,
+				sizeof(ei->i_data) - 1);
+		} else {
 			inode->i_op = &ext3_symlink_inode_operations;
 			ext3_set_aops(inode);
 		}
diff --git a/fs/ext3/namei.c b/fs/ext3/namei.c
index 3e5edc92aa0..297ea8dfac7 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/namei.c
@@ -1652,9 +1652,11 @@ static int ext3_add_nondir(handle_t *handle,
 	if (!err) {
 		ext3_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
 		d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
+		unlock_new_inode(inode);
 		return 0;
 	}
 	drop_nlink(inode);
+	unlock_new_inode(inode);
 	iput(inode);
 	return err;
 }
@@ -1765,6 +1767,7 @@ retry:
 	dir_block = ext3_bread (handle, inode, 0, 1, &err);
 	if (!dir_block) {
 		drop_nlink(inode); /* is this nlink == 0? */
+		unlock_new_inode(inode);
 		ext3_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
 		iput (inode);
 		goto out_stop;
@@ -1792,6 +1795,7 @@ retry:
 	err = ext3_add_entry (handle, dentry, inode);
 	if (err) {
 		inode->i_nlink = 0;
+		unlock_new_inode(inode);
 		ext3_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
 		iput (inode);
 		goto out_stop;
@@ -1800,6 +1804,7 @@ retry:
 	ext3_update_dx_flag(dir);
 	ext3_mark_inode_dirty(handle, dir);
 	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
+	unlock_new_inode(inode);
 out_stop:
 	ext3_journal_stop(handle);
 	if (err == -ENOSPC && ext3_should_retry_alloc(dir->i_sb, &retries))
@@ -2174,6 +2179,7 @@ retry:
 				mapping_gfp_mask(inode->i_mapping) & ~__GFP_FS);
 		if (err) {
 			drop_nlink(inode);
+			unlock_new_inode(inode);
 			ext3_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
 			iput (inode);
 			goto out_stop;
@@ -2221,7 +2227,14 @@ retry:
 	inc_nlink(inode);
 	atomic_inc(&inode->i_count);
 
-	err = ext3_add_nondir(handle, dentry, inode);
+	err = ext3_add_entry(handle, dentry, inode);
+	if (!err) {
+		ext3_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
+		d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
+	} else {
+		drop_nlink(inode);
+		iput(inode);
+	}
 	ext3_journal_stop(handle);
 	if (err == -ENOSPC && ext3_should_retry_alloc(dir->i_sb, &retries))
 		goto retry;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
index 08cac9fcace..6e6052879aa 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
@@ -826,7 +826,10 @@ got:
 	ext4_set_inode_flags(inode);
 	if (IS_DIRSYNC(inode))
 		handle->h_sync = 1;
-	insert_inode_hash(inode);
+	if (insert_inode_locked(inode) < 0) {
+		err = -EINVAL;
+		goto fail_drop;
+	}
 	spin_lock(&sbi->s_next_gen_lock);
 	inode->i_generation = sbi->s_next_generation++;
 	spin_unlock(&sbi->s_next_gen_lock);
@@ -881,6 +884,7 @@ fail_drop:
 	DQUOT_DROP(inode);
 	inode->i_flags |= S_NOQUOTA;
 	inode->i_nlink = 0;
+	unlock_new_inode(inode);
 	iput(inode);
 	brelse(bitmap_bh);
 	return ERR_PTR(err);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index be21a5ae33c..7c3325e0b00 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include <linux/writeback.h>
 #include <linux/pagevec.h>
 #include <linux/mpage.h>
+#include <linux/namei.h>
 #include <linux/uio.h>
 #include <linux/bio.h>
 #include "ext4_jbd2.h"
@@ -4164,9 +4165,11 @@ struct inode *ext4_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino)
 		inode->i_op = &ext4_dir_inode_operations;
 		inode->i_fop = &ext4_dir_operations;
 	} else if (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode)) {
-		if (ext4_inode_is_fast_symlink(inode))
+		if (ext4_inode_is_fast_symlink(inode)) {
 			inode->i_op = &ext4_fast_symlink_inode_operations;
-		else {
+			nd_terminate_link(ei->i_data, inode->i_size,
+				sizeof(ei->i_data) - 1);
+		} else {
 			inode->i_op = &ext4_symlink_inode_operations;
 			ext4_set_aops(inode);
 		}
diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index 63adcb79298..da98a9012fa 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -1693,9 +1693,11 @@ static int ext4_add_nondir(handle_t *handle,
 	if (!err) {
 		ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
 		d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
+		unlock_new_inode(inode);
 		return 0;
 	}
 	drop_nlink(inode);
+	unlock_new_inode(inode);
 	iput(inode);
 	return err;
 }
@@ -1830,6 +1832,7 @@ retry:
 	if (err) {
 out_clear_inode:
 		clear_nlink(inode);
+		unlock_new_inode(inode);
 		ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
 		iput(inode);
 		goto out_stop;
@@ -1838,6 +1841,7 @@ out_clear_inode:
 	ext4_update_dx_flag(dir);
 	ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, dir);
 	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
+	unlock_new_inode(inode);
 out_stop:
 	ext4_journal_stop(handle);
 	if (err == -ENOSPC && ext4_should_retry_alloc(dir->i_sb, &retries))
@@ -2212,6 +2216,7 @@ retry:
 				mapping_gfp_mask(inode->i_mapping) & ~__GFP_FS);
 		if (err) {
 			clear_nlink(inode);
+			unlock_new_inode(inode);
 			ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
 			iput(inode);
 			goto out_stop;
@@ -2262,7 +2267,14 @@ retry:
 	ext4_inc_count(handle, inode);
 	atomic_inc(&inode->i_count);
 
-	err = ext4_add_nondir(handle, dentry, inode);
+	err = ext4_add_entry(handle, dentry, inode);
+	if (!err) {
+		ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
+		d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
+	} else {
+		drop_nlink(inode);
+		iput(inode);
+	}
 	ext4_journal_stop(handle);
 	if (err == -ENOSPC && ext4_should_retry_alloc(dir->i_sb, &retries))
 		goto retry;
diff --git a/fs/file_table.c b/fs/file_table.c
index 0fbcacc3ea7..bbeeac6efa1 100644
--- a/fs/file_table.c
+++ b/fs/file_table.c
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ struct files_stat_struct files_stat = {
 /* public. Not pretty! */
 __cacheline_aligned_in_smp DEFINE_SPINLOCK(files_lock);
 
+/* SLAB cache for file structures */
+static struct kmem_cache *filp_cachep __read_mostly;
+
 static struct percpu_counter nr_files __cacheline_aligned_in_smp;
 
 static inline void file_free_rcu(struct rcu_head *head)
@@ -397,7 +400,12 @@ too_bad:
 void __init files_init(unsigned long mempages)
 { 
 	int n; 
-	/* One file with associated inode and dcache is very roughly 1K. 
+
+	filp_cachep = kmem_cache_create("filp", sizeof(struct file), 0,
+			SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN | SLAB_PANIC, NULL);
+
+	/*
+	 * One file with associated inode and dcache is very roughly 1K.
 	 * Per default don't use more than 10% of our memory for files. 
 	 */ 
 
diff --git a/fs/freevxfs/vxfs_inode.c b/fs/freevxfs/vxfs_inode.c
index 9f3f2ceb73f..03a6ea5e99f 100644
--- a/fs/freevxfs/vxfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/freevxfs/vxfs_inode.c
@@ -325,8 +325,10 @@ vxfs_iget(struct super_block *sbp, ino_t ino)
 		if (!VXFS_ISIMMED(vip)) {
 			ip->i_op = &page_symlink_inode_operations;
 			ip->i_mapping->a_ops = &vxfs_aops;
-		} else
+		} else {
 			ip->i_op = &vxfs_immed_symlink_iops;
+			vip->vii_immed.vi_immed[ip->i_size] = '\0';
+		}
 	} else
 		init_special_inode(ip, ip->i_mode, old_decode_dev(vip->vii_rdev));
 
diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index 098a2443196..7de1cda9248 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -1032,6 +1032,65 @@ struct inode *iget_locked(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino)
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(iget_locked);
 
+int insert_inode_locked(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
+	ino_t ino = inode->i_ino;
+	struct hlist_head *head = inode_hashtable + hash(sb, ino);
+	struct inode *old;
+
+	inode->i_state |= I_LOCK|I_NEW;
+	while (1) {
+		spin_lock(&inode_lock);
+		old = find_inode_fast(sb, head, ino);
+		if (likely(!old)) {
+			hlist_add_head(&inode->i_hash, head);
+			spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
+			return 0;
+		}
+		__iget(old);
+		spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
+		wait_on_inode(old);
+		if (unlikely(!hlist_unhashed(&old->i_hash))) {
+			iput(old);
+			return -EBUSY;
+		}
+		iput(old);
+	}
+}
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(insert_inode_locked);
+
+int insert_inode_locked4(struct inode *inode, unsigned long hashval,
+		int (*test)(struct inode *, void *), void *data)
+{
+	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
+	struct hlist_head *head = inode_hashtable + hash(sb, hashval);
+	struct inode *old;
+
+	inode->i_state |= I_LOCK|I_NEW;
+
+	while (1) {
+		spin_lock(&inode_lock);
+		old = find_inode(sb, head, test, data);
+		if (likely(!old)) {
+			hlist_add_head(&inode->i_hash, head);
+			spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
+			return 0;
+		}
+		__iget(old);
+		spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
+		wait_on_inode(old);
+		if (unlikely(!hlist_unhashed(&old->i_hash))) {
+			iput(old);
+			return -EBUSY;
+		}
+		iput(old);
+	}
+}
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(insert_inode_locked4);
+
 /**
  *	__insert_inode_hash - hash an inode
  *	@inode: unhashed inode
diff --git a/fs/jfs/jfs_inode.c b/fs/jfs/jfs_inode.c
index 70022fd1c53..d4d142c2edd 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/jfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/jfs_inode.c
@@ -79,7 +79,8 @@ struct inode *ialloc(struct inode *parent, umode_t mode)
 	inode = new_inode(sb);
 	if (!inode) {
 		jfs_warn("ialloc: new_inode returned NULL!");
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+		rc = -ENOMEM;
+		goto fail;
 	}
 
 	jfs_inode = JFS_IP(inode);
@@ -89,8 +90,12 @@ struct inode *ialloc(struct inode *parent, umode_t mode)
 		jfs_warn("ialloc: diAlloc returned %d!", rc);
 		if (rc == -EIO)
 			make_bad_inode(inode);
-		iput(inode);
-		return ERR_PTR(rc);
+		goto fail_put;
+	}
+
+	if (insert_inode_locked(inode) < 0) {
+		rc = -EINVAL;
+		goto fail_unlock;
 	}
 
 	inode->i_uid = current_fsuid();
@@ -112,11 +117,8 @@ struct inode *ialloc(struct inode *parent, umode_t mode)
 	 * Allocate inode to quota.
 	 */
 	if (DQUOT_ALLOC_INODE(inode)) {
-		DQUOT_DROP(inode);
-		inode->i_flags |= S_NOQUOTA;
-		inode->i_nlink = 0;
-		iput(inode);
-		return ERR_PTR(-EDQUOT);
+		rc = -EDQUOT;
+		goto fail_drop;
 	}
 
 	inode->i_mode = mode;
@@ -158,4 +160,15 @@ struct inode *ialloc(struct inode *parent, umode_t mode)
 	jfs_info("ialloc returns inode = 0x%p\n", inode);
 
 	return inode;
+
+fail_drop:
+	DQUOT_DROP(inode);
+	inode->i_flags |= S_NOQUOTA;
+fail_unlock:
+	inode->i_nlink = 0;
+	unlock_new_inode(inode);
+fail_put:
+	iput(inode);
+fail:
+	return ERR_PTR(rc);
 }
diff --git a/fs/jfs/namei.c b/fs/jfs/namei.c
index cc3cedffbfa..b4de56b851e 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/namei.c
@@ -155,7 +155,6 @@ static int jfs_create(struct inode *dip, struct dentry *dentry, int mode,
 	ip->i_fop = &jfs_file_operations;
 	ip->i_mapping->a_ops = &jfs_aops;
 
-	insert_inode_hash(ip);
 	mark_inode_dirty(ip);
 
 	dip->i_ctime = dip->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME;
@@ -171,9 +170,12 @@ static int jfs_create(struct inode *dip, struct dentry *dentry, int mode,
 	if (rc) {
 		free_ea_wmap(ip);
 		ip->i_nlink = 0;
+		unlock_new_inode(ip);
 		iput(ip);
-	} else
+	} else {
 		d_instantiate(dentry, ip);
+		unlock_new_inode(ip);
+	}
 
       out2:
 	free_UCSname(&dname);
@@ -289,7 +291,6 @@ static int jfs_mkdir(struct inode *dip, struct dentry *dentry, int mode)
 	ip->i_op = &jfs_dir_inode_operations;
 	ip->i_fop = &jfs_dir_operations;
 
-	insert_inode_hash(ip);
 	mark_inode_dirty(ip);
 
 	/* update parent directory inode */
@@ -306,9 +307,12 @@ static int jfs_mkdir(struct inode *dip, struct dentry *dentry, int mode)
 	if (rc) {
 		free_ea_wmap(ip);
 		ip->i_nlink = 0;
+		unlock_new_inode(ip);
 		iput(ip);
-	} else
+	} else {
 		d_instantiate(dentry, ip);
+		unlock_new_inode(ip);
+	}
 
       out2:
 	free_UCSname(&dname);
@@ -1019,7 +1023,6 @@ static int jfs_symlink(struct inode *dip, struct dentry *dentry,
 		goto out3;
 	}
 
-	insert_inode_hash(ip);
 	mark_inode_dirty(ip);
 
 	dip->i_ctime = dip->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME;
@@ -1039,9 +1042,12 @@ static int jfs_symlink(struct inode *dip, struct dentry *dentry,
 	if (rc) {
 		free_ea_wmap(ip);
 		ip->i_nlink = 0;
+		unlock_new_inode(ip);
 		iput(ip);
-	} else
+	} else {
 		d_instantiate(dentry, ip);
+		unlock_new_inode(ip);
+	}
 
       out2:
 	free_UCSname(&dname);
@@ -1399,7 +1405,6 @@ static int jfs_mknod(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	jfs_ip->dev = new_encode_dev(rdev);
 	init_special_inode(ip, ip->i_mode, rdev);
 
-	insert_inode_hash(ip);
 	mark_inode_dirty(ip);
 
 	dir->i_ctime = dir->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME;
@@ -1417,9 +1422,12 @@ static int jfs_mknod(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	if (rc) {
 		free_ea_wmap(ip);
 		ip->i_nlink = 0;
+		unlock_new_inode(ip);
 		iput(ip);
-	} else
+	} else {
 		d_instantiate(dentry, ip);
+		unlock_new_inode(ip);
+	}
 
       out1:
 	free_UCSname(&dname);
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index af3783fff1d..dd5c9f0bf82 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -226,6 +226,16 @@ int generic_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask,
 	return -EACCES;
 }
 
+/**
+ * inode_permission  -  check for access rights to a given inode
+ * @inode:	inode to check permission on
+ * @mask:	right to check for (%MAY_READ, %MAY_WRITE, %MAY_EXEC)
+ *
+ * Used to check for read/write/execute permissions on an inode.
+ * We use "fsuid" for this, letting us set arbitrary permissions
+ * for filesystem access without changing the "normal" uids which
+ * are used for other things.
+ */
 int inode_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 {
 	int retval;
@@ -247,7 +257,6 @@ int inode_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 			return -EACCES;
 	}
 
-	/* Ordinary permission routines do not understand MAY_APPEND. */
 	if (inode->i_op && inode->i_op->permission)
 		retval = inode->i_op->permission(inode, mask);
 	else
@@ -265,21 +274,6 @@ int inode_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 }
 
 /**
- * vfs_permission  -  check for access rights to a given path
- * @nd:		lookup result that describes the path
- * @mask:	right to check for (%MAY_READ, %MAY_WRITE, %MAY_EXEC)
- *
- * Used to check for read/write/execute permissions on a path.
- * We use "fsuid" for this, letting us set arbitrary permissions
- * for filesystem access without changing the "normal" uids which
- * are used for other things.
- */
-int vfs_permission(struct nameidata *nd, int mask)
-{
-	return inode_permission(nd->path.dentry->d_inode, mask);
-}
-
-/**
  * file_permission  -  check for additional access rights to a given file
  * @file:	file to check access rights for
  * @mask:	right to check for (%MAY_READ, %MAY_WRITE, %MAY_EXEC)
@@ -289,7 +283,7 @@ int vfs_permission(struct nameidata *nd, int mask)
  *
  * Note:
  *	Do not use this function in new code.  All access checks should
- *	be done using vfs_permission().
+ *	be done using inode_permission().
  */
 int file_permission(struct file *file, int mask)
 {
@@ -527,18 +521,6 @@ out_unlock:
 	return result;
 }
 
-/* SMP-safe */
-static __always_inline void
-walk_init_root(const char *name, struct nameidata *nd)
-{
-	struct fs_struct *fs = current->fs;
-
-	read_lock(&fs->lock);
-	nd->path = fs->root;
-	path_get(&fs->root);
-	read_unlock(&fs->lock);
-}
-
 /*
  * Wrapper to retry pathname resolution whenever the underlying
  * file system returns an ESTALE.
@@ -576,9 +558,16 @@ static __always_inline int __vfs_follow_link(struct nameidata *nd, const char *l
 		goto fail;
 
 	if (*link == '/') {
+		struct fs_struct *fs = current->fs;
+
 		path_put(&nd->path);
-		walk_init_root(link, nd);
+
+		read_lock(&fs->lock);
+		nd->path = fs->root;
+		path_get(&fs->root);
+		read_unlock(&fs->lock);
 	}
+
 	res = link_path_walk(link, nd);
 	if (nd->depth || res || nd->last_type!=LAST_NORM)
 		return res;
@@ -859,7 +848,8 @@ static int __link_path_walk(const char *name, struct nameidata *nd)
 		nd->flags |= LOOKUP_CONTINUE;
 		err = exec_permission_lite(inode);
 		if (err == -EAGAIN)
-			err = vfs_permission(nd, MAY_EXEC);
+			err = inode_permission(nd->path.dentry->d_inode,
+					       MAY_EXEC);
  		if (err)
 			break;
 
@@ -1493,9 +1483,9 @@ int vfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode,
 	return error;
 }
 
-int may_open(struct nameidata *nd, int acc_mode, int flag)
+int may_open(struct path *path, int acc_mode, int flag)
 {
-	struct dentry *dentry = nd->path.dentry;
+	struct dentry *dentry = path->dentry;
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
 	int error;
 
@@ -1516,13 +1506,13 @@ int may_open(struct nameidata *nd, int acc_mode, int flag)
 	if (S_ISFIFO(inode->i_mode) || S_ISSOCK(inode->i_mode)) {
 	    	flag &= ~O_TRUNC;
 	} else if (S_ISBLK(inode->i_mode) || S_ISCHR(inode->i_mode)) {
-		if (nd->path.mnt->mnt_flags & MNT_NODEV)
+		if (path->mnt->mnt_flags & MNT_NODEV)
 			return -EACCES;
 
 		flag &= ~O_TRUNC;
 	}
 
-	error = vfs_permission(nd, acc_mode);
+	error = inode_permission(inode, acc_mode);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 	/*
@@ -1556,6 +1546,9 @@ int may_open(struct nameidata *nd, int acc_mode, int flag)
 		 * Refuse to truncate files with mandatory locks held on them.
 		 */
 		error = locks_verify_locked(inode);
+		if (!error)
+			error = security_path_truncate(path, 0,
+					       ATTR_MTIME|ATTR_CTIME|ATTR_OPEN);
 		if (!error) {
 			DQUOT_INIT(inode);
 
@@ -1586,14 +1579,18 @@ static int __open_namei_create(struct nameidata *nd, struct path *path,
 
 	if (!IS_POSIXACL(dir->d_inode))
 		mode &= ~current->fs->umask;
+	error = security_path_mknod(&nd->path, path->dentry, mode, 0);
+	if (error)
+		goto out_unlock;
 	error = vfs_create(dir->d_inode, path->dentry, mode, nd);
+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 */
-	return may_open(nd, 0, flag & ~O_TRUNC);
+	return may_open(&nd->path, 0, flag & ~O_TRUNC);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1779,7 +1776,7 @@ ok:
 		if (error)
 			goto exit;
 	}
-	error = may_open(&nd, acc_mode, flag);
+	error = may_open(&nd.path, acc_mode, flag);
 	if (error) {
 		if (will_write)
 			mnt_drop_write(nd.path.mnt);
@@ -1999,6 +1996,9 @@ asmlinkage long sys_mknodat(int dfd, const char __user *filename, int mode,
 	error = mnt_want_write(nd.path.mnt);
 	if (error)
 		goto out_dput;
+	error = security_path_mknod(&nd.path, dentry, mode, dev);
+	if (error)
+		goto out_drop_write;
 	switch (mode & S_IFMT) {
 		case 0: case S_IFREG:
 			error = vfs_create(nd.path.dentry->d_inode,dentry,mode,&nd);
@@ -2011,6 +2011,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_mknodat(int dfd, const char __user *filename, int mode,
 			error = vfs_mknod(nd.path.dentry->d_inode,dentry,mode,0);
 			break;
 	}
+out_drop_write:
 	mnt_drop_write(nd.path.mnt);
 out_dput:
 	dput(dentry);
@@ -2070,7 +2071,11 @@ asmlinkage long sys_mkdirat(int dfd, const char __user *pathname, int mode)
 	error = mnt_want_write(nd.path.mnt);
 	if (error)
 		goto out_dput;
+	error = security_path_mkdir(&nd.path, dentry, mode);
+	if (error)
+		goto out_drop_write;
 	error = vfs_mkdir(nd.path.dentry->d_inode, dentry, mode);
+out_drop_write:
 	mnt_drop_write(nd.path.mnt);
 out_dput:
 	dput(dentry);
@@ -2180,7 +2185,11 @@ static long do_rmdir(int dfd, const char __user *pathname)
 	error = mnt_want_write(nd.path.mnt);
 	if (error)
 		goto exit3;
+	error = security_path_rmdir(&nd.path, dentry);
+	if (error)
+		goto exit4;
 	error = vfs_rmdir(nd.path.dentry->d_inode, dentry);
+exit4:
 	mnt_drop_write(nd.path.mnt);
 exit3:
 	dput(dentry);
@@ -2265,7 +2274,11 @@ static long do_unlinkat(int dfd, const char __user *pathname)
 		error = mnt_want_write(nd.path.mnt);
 		if (error)
 			goto exit2;
+		error = security_path_unlink(&nd.path, dentry);
+		if (error)
+			goto exit3;
 		error = vfs_unlink(nd.path.dentry->d_inode, dentry);
+exit3:
 		mnt_drop_write(nd.path.mnt);
 	exit2:
 		dput(dentry);
@@ -2346,7 +2359,11 @@ asmlinkage long sys_symlinkat(const char __user *oldname,
 	error = mnt_want_write(nd.path.mnt);
 	if (error)
 		goto out_dput;
+	error = security_path_symlink(&nd.path, dentry, from);
+	if (error)
+		goto out_drop_write;
 	error = vfs_symlink(nd.path.dentry->d_inode, dentry, from);
+out_drop_write:
 	mnt_drop_write(nd.path.mnt);
 out_dput:
 	dput(dentry);
@@ -2443,7 +2460,11 @@ asmlinkage long sys_linkat(int olddfd, const char __user *oldname,
 	error = mnt_want_write(nd.path.mnt);
 	if (error)
 		goto out_dput;
+	error = security_path_link(old_path.dentry, &nd.path, new_dentry);
+	if (error)
+		goto out_drop_write;
 	error = vfs_link(old_path.dentry, nd.path.dentry->d_inode, new_dentry);
+out_drop_write:
 	mnt_drop_write(nd.path.mnt);
 out_dput:
 	dput(new_dentry);
@@ -2679,8 +2700,13 @@ asmlinkage long sys_renameat(int olddfd, const char __user *oldname,
 	error = mnt_want_write(oldnd.path.mnt);
 	if (error)
 		goto exit5;
+	error = security_path_rename(&oldnd.path, old_dentry,
+				     &newnd.path, new_dentry);
+	if (error)
+		goto exit6;
 	error = vfs_rename(old_dir->d_inode, old_dentry,
 				   new_dir->d_inode, new_dentry);
+exit6:
 	mnt_drop_write(oldnd.path.mnt);
 exit5:
 	dput(new_dentry);
@@ -2750,13 +2776,16 @@ int vfs_follow_link(struct nameidata *nd, const char *link)
 /* get the link contents into pagecache */
 static char *page_getlink(struct dentry * dentry, struct page **ppage)
 {
-	struct page * page;
+	char *kaddr;
+	struct page *page;
 	struct address_space *mapping = dentry->d_inode->i_mapping;
 	page = read_mapping_page(mapping, 0, NULL);
 	if (IS_ERR(page))
 		return (char*)page;
 	*ppage = page;
-	return kmap(page);
+	kaddr = kmap(page);
+	nd_terminate_link(kaddr, dentry->d_inode->i_size, PAGE_SIZE - 1);
+	return kaddr;
 }
 
 int page_readlink(struct dentry *dentry, char __user *buffer, int buflen)
@@ -2849,7 +2878,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(path_lookup);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kern_path);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_path_lookup);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(inode_permission);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_permission);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(file_permission);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(unlock_rename);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_create);
@@ -2865,3 +2893,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_symlink);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_unlink);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dentry_unhash);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_readlink);
+
+/* to be mentioned only in INIT_TASK */
+struct fs_struct init_fs = {
+	.count		= ATOMIC_INIT(1),
+	.lock		= __RW_LOCK_UNLOCKED(init_fs.lock),
+	.umask		= 0022,
+};
diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index 1c09cab8f7c..a40685d800a 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -1990,7 +1990,7 @@ static struct mnt_namespace *dup_mnt_ns(struct mnt_namespace *mnt_ns,
 	if (!new_ns->root) {
 		up_write(&namespace_sem);
 		kfree(new_ns);
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);;
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	}
 	spin_lock(&vfsmount_lock);
 	list_add_tail(&new_ns->list, &new_ns->root->mnt_list);
diff --git a/fs/nfsctl.c b/fs/nfsctl.c
index b1acbd6ab6f..b27451909df 100644
--- a/fs/nfsctl.c
+++ b/fs/nfsctl.c
@@ -38,9 +38,10 @@ static struct file *do_open(char *name, int flags)
 		return ERR_PTR(error);
 
 	if (flags == O_RDWR)
-		error = may_open(&nd,MAY_READ|MAY_WRITE,FMODE_READ|FMODE_WRITE);
+		error = may_open(&nd.path, MAY_READ|MAY_WRITE,
+					   FMODE_READ|FMODE_WRITE);
 	else
-		error = may_open(&nd, MAY_WRITE, FMODE_WRITE);
+		error = may_open(&nd.path, MAY_WRITE, FMODE_WRITE);
 
 	if (!error)
 		return dentry_open(nd.path.dentry, nd.path.mnt, flags,
diff --git a/fs/notify/Kconfig b/fs/notify/Kconfig
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..50914d7303c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/notify/Kconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+source "fs/notify/dnotify/Kconfig"
+source "fs/notify/inotify/Kconfig"
diff --git a/fs/notify/Makefile b/fs/notify/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5a95b6010ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/notify/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+obj-y			+= dnotify/
+obj-y			+= inotify/
diff --git a/fs/notify/dnotify/Kconfig b/fs/notify/dnotify/Kconfig
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..26adf5dfa64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/notify/dnotify/Kconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+config DNOTIFY
+	bool "Dnotify support"
+	default y
+	help
+	  Dnotify is a directory-based per-fd file change notification system
+	  that uses signals to communicate events to user-space.  There exist
+	  superior alternatives, but some applications may still rely on
+	  dnotify.
+
+	  If unsure, say Y.
diff --git a/fs/notify/dnotify/Makefile b/fs/notify/dnotify/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f145251dcad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/notify/dnotify/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+obj-$(CONFIG_DNOTIFY)		+= dnotify.o
diff --git a/fs/dnotify.c b/fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c
index 676073b8dda..b0aa2cde80b 100644
--- a/fs/dnotify.c
+++ b/fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c
@@ -115,9 +115,6 @@ int fcntl_dirnotify(int fd, struct file *filp, unsigned long arg)
 	dn->dn_next = inode->i_dnotify;
 	inode->i_dnotify = dn;
 	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
-
-	if (filp->f_op && filp->f_op->dir_notify)
-		return filp->f_op->dir_notify(filp, arg);
 	return 0;
 
 out_free:
diff --git a/fs/notify/inotify/Kconfig b/fs/notify/inotify/Kconfig
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..44679284102
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/notify/inotify/Kconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+config INOTIFY
+	bool "Inotify file change notification support"
+	default y
+	---help---
+	  Say Y here to enable inotify support.  Inotify is a file change
+	  notification system and a replacement for dnotify.  Inotify fixes
+	  numerous shortcomings in dnotify and introduces several new features
+	  including multiple file events, one-shot support, and unmount
+	  notification.
+
+	  For more information, see <file:Documentation/filesystems/inotify.txt>
+
+	  If unsure, say Y.
+
+config INOTIFY_USER
+	bool "Inotify support for userspace"
+	depends on INOTIFY
+	default y
+	---help---
+	  Say Y here to enable inotify support for userspace, including the
+	  associated system calls.  Inotify allows monitoring of both files and
+	  directories via a single open fd.  Events are read from the file
+	  descriptor, which is also select()- and poll()-able.
+
+	  For more information, see <file:Documentation/filesystems/inotify.txt>
+
+	  If unsure, say Y.
diff --git a/fs/notify/inotify/Makefile b/fs/notify/inotify/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e290f3bb9d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/notify/inotify/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+obj-$(CONFIG_INOTIFY)		+= inotify.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_INOTIFY_USER)	+= inotify_user.o
diff --git a/fs/inotify.c b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify.c
index dae3f28f30d..dae3f28f30d 100644
--- a/fs/inotify.c
+++ b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify.c
diff --git a/fs/inotify_user.c b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
index e2425bbd871..400f8064a54 100644
--- a/fs/inotify_user.c
+++ b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
@@ -76,10 +76,10 @@ struct inotify_device {
 	struct mutex		ev_mutex;	/* protects event queue */
 	struct mutex		up_mutex;	/* synchronizes watch updates */
 	struct list_head 	events;		/* list of queued events */
-	atomic_t		count;		/* reference count */
 	struct user_struct	*user;		/* user who opened this dev */
 	struct inotify_handle	*ih;		/* inotify handle */
 	struct fasync_struct    *fa;            /* async notification */
+	atomic_t		count;		/* reference count */
 	unsigned int		queue_size;	/* size of the queue (bytes) */
 	unsigned int		event_count;	/* number of pending events */
 	unsigned int		max_events;	/* maximum number of events */
diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index c0a426d5766..1cd7d40e999 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -272,6 +272,8 @@ static long do_sys_truncate(const char __user *pathname, loff_t length)
 		goto put_write_and_out;
 
 	error = locks_verify_truncate(inode, NULL, length);
+	if (!error)
+		error = security_path_truncate(&path, length, 0);
 	if (!error) {
 		DQUOT_INIT(inode);
 		error = do_truncate(path.dentry, length, 0, NULL);
@@ -329,6 +331,9 @@ static long do_sys_ftruncate(unsigned int fd, loff_t length, int small)
 
 	error = locks_verify_truncate(inode, file, length);
 	if (!error)
+		error = security_path_truncate(&file->f_path, length,
+					       ATTR_MTIME|ATTR_CTIME);
+	if (!error)
 		error = do_truncate(dentry, length, ATTR_MTIME|ATTR_CTIME, file);
 out_putf:
 	fput(file);
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/inode.c b/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
index 6c4c2c69449..145c2d3e5e0 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
@@ -1753,6 +1753,7 @@ int reiserfs_new_inode(struct reiserfs_transaction_handle *th,
 		       struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct super_block *sb;
+	struct reiserfs_iget_args args;
 	INITIALIZE_PATH(path_to_key);
 	struct cpu_key key;
 	struct item_head ih;
@@ -1780,6 +1781,14 @@ int reiserfs_new_inode(struct reiserfs_transaction_handle *th,
 		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out_bad_inode;
 	}
+	args.objectid = inode->i_ino = le32_to_cpu(ih.ih_key.k_objectid);
+	memcpy(INODE_PKEY(inode), &(ih.ih_key), KEY_SIZE);
+	args.dirid = le32_to_cpu(ih.ih_key.k_dir_id);
+	if (insert_inode_locked4(inode, args.objectid,
+			     reiserfs_find_actor, &args) < 0) {
+		err = -EINVAL;
+		goto out_bad_inode;
+	}
 	if (old_format_only(sb))
 		/* not a perfect generation count, as object ids can be reused, but 
 		 ** this is as good as reiserfs can do right now.
@@ -1859,13 +1868,9 @@ int reiserfs_new_inode(struct reiserfs_transaction_handle *th,
 	} else {
 		inode2sd(&sd, inode, inode->i_size);
 	}
-	// these do not go to on-disk stat data
-	inode->i_ino = le32_to_cpu(ih.ih_key.k_objectid);
-
 	// store in in-core inode the key of stat data and version all
 	// object items will have (directory items will have old offset
 	// format, other new objects will consist of new items)
-	memcpy(INODE_PKEY(inode), &(ih.ih_key), KEY_SIZE);
 	if (old_format_only(sb) || S_ISDIR(mode) || S_ISLNK(mode))
 		set_inode_item_key_version(inode, KEY_FORMAT_3_5);
 	else
@@ -1929,7 +1934,6 @@ int reiserfs_new_inode(struct reiserfs_transaction_handle *th,
 		reiserfs_mark_inode_private(inode);
 	}
 
-	insert_inode_hash(inode);
 	reiserfs_update_sd(th, inode);
 	reiserfs_check_path(&path_to_key);
 
@@ -1956,6 +1960,7 @@ int reiserfs_new_inode(struct reiserfs_transaction_handle *th,
       out_inserted_sd:
 	inode->i_nlink = 0;
 	th->t_trans_id = 0;	/* so the caller can't use this handle later */
+	unlock_new_inode(inode); /* OK to do even if we hadn't locked it */
 
 	/* If we were inheriting an ACL, we need to release the lock so that
 	 * iput doesn't deadlock in reiserfs_delete_xattrs. The locking
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/namei.c b/fs/reiserfs/namei.c
index 4f322e5ed84..738967f6c8e 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/namei.c
@@ -646,6 +646,7 @@ static int reiserfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode,
 		err = journal_end(&th, dir->i_sb, jbegin_count);
 		if (err)
 			retval = err;
+		unlock_new_inode(inode);
 		iput(inode);
 		goto out_failed;
 	}
@@ -653,6 +654,7 @@ static int reiserfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode,
 	reiserfs_update_inode_transaction(dir);
 
 	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
+	unlock_new_inode(inode);
 	retval = journal_end(&th, dir->i_sb, jbegin_count);
 
       out_failed:
@@ -727,11 +729,13 @@ static int reiserfs_mknod(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode,
 		err = journal_end(&th, dir->i_sb, jbegin_count);
 		if (err)
 			retval = err;
+		unlock_new_inode(inode);
 		iput(inode);
 		goto out_failed;
 	}
 
 	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
+	unlock_new_inode(inode);
 	retval = journal_end(&th, dir->i_sb, jbegin_count);
 
       out_failed:
@@ -812,6 +816,7 @@ static int reiserfs_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode)
 		err = journal_end(&th, dir->i_sb, jbegin_count);
 		if (err)
 			retval = err;
+		unlock_new_inode(inode);
 		iput(inode);
 		goto out_failed;
 	}
@@ -819,6 +824,7 @@ static int reiserfs_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode)
 	reiserfs_update_sd(&th, dir);
 
 	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
+	unlock_new_inode(inode);
 	retval = journal_end(&th, dir->i_sb, jbegin_count);
       out_failed:
 	if (locked)
@@ -1096,11 +1102,13 @@ static int reiserfs_symlink(struct inode *parent_dir,
 		err = journal_end(&th, parent_dir->i_sb, jbegin_count);
 		if (err)
 			retval = err;
+		unlock_new_inode(inode);
 		iput(inode);
 		goto out_failed;
 	}
 
 	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
+	unlock_new_inode(inode);
 	retval = journal_end(&th, parent_dir->i_sb, jbegin_count);
       out_failed:
 	reiserfs_write_unlock(parent_dir->i_sb);
diff --git a/fs/seq_file.c b/fs/seq_file.c
index 16c211558c2..99d8b8cfc9b 100644
--- a/fs/seq_file.c
+++ b/fs/seq_file.c
@@ -389,8 +389,14 @@ char *mangle_path(char *s, char *p, char *esc)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(mangle_path);
 
-/*
- * return the absolute path of 'dentry' residing in mount 'mnt'.
+/**
+ * seq_path - seq_file interface to print a pathname
+ * @m: the seq_file handle
+ * @path: the struct path to print
+ * @esc: set of characters to escape in the output
+ *
+ * return the absolute path of 'path', as represented by the
+ * dentry / mnt pair in the path parameter.
  */
 int seq_path(struct seq_file *m, struct path *path, char *esc)
 {
diff --git a/fs/sysv/inode.c b/fs/sysv/inode.c
index df0d435baa4..3d81bf58dae 100644
--- a/fs/sysv/inode.c
+++ b/fs/sysv/inode.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/buffer_head.h>
 #include <linux/vfs.h>
+#include <linux/namei.h>
 #include <asm/byteorder.h>
 #include "sysv.h"
 
@@ -163,8 +164,11 @@ void sysv_set_inode(struct inode *inode, dev_t rdev)
 		if (inode->i_blocks) {
 			inode->i_op = &sysv_symlink_inode_operations;
 			inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &sysv_aops;
-		} else
+		} else {
 			inode->i_op = &sysv_fast_symlink_inode_operations;
+			nd_terminate_link(SYSV_I(inode)->i_data, inode->i_size,
+				sizeof(SYSV_I(inode)->i_data) - 1);
+		}
 	} else
 		init_special_inode(inode, inode->i_mode, rdev);
 }