diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst
index c549fb2fc3ba..1be76ef117b3 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst
@@ -1091,6 +1091,40 @@ would need to do so.
 
 ---
 
+**mandatory**
+
+The list of children anchored in parent dentry got turned into hlist now.
+Field names got changed (->d_children/->d_sib instead of ->d_subdirs/->d_child
+for anchor/entries resp.), so any affected places will be immediately caught
+by compiler.
+
+---
+
+**mandatory**
+
+->d_delete() instances are now called for dentries with ->d_lock held
+and refcount equal to 0.  They are not permitted to drop/regain ->d_lock.
+None of in-tree instances did anything of that sort.  Make sure yours do not...
+
+---
+
+**mandatory**
+
+->d_prune() instances are now called without ->d_lock held on the parent.
+->d_lock on dentry itself is still held; if you need per-parent exclusions (none
+of the in-tree instances did), use your own spinlock.
+
+->d_iput() and ->d_release() are called with victim dentry still in the
+list of parent's children.  It is still unhashed, marked killed, etc., just not
+removed from parent's ->d_children yet.
+
+Anyone iterating through the list of children needs to be aware of the
+half-killed dentries that might be seen there; taking ->d_lock on those will
+see them negative, unhashed and with negative refcount, which means that most
+of the in-kernel users would've done the right thing anyway without any adjustment.
+
+---
+
 **recommended**
 
 Block device freezing and thawing have been moved to holder operations.
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/inode.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/inode.c
index 10c1320adfd0..030de2b8c145 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/inode.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/inode.c
@@ -145,10 +145,11 @@ spufs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 
 static void spufs_prune_dir(struct dentry *dir)
 {
-	struct dentry *dentry, *tmp;
+	struct dentry *dentry;
+	struct hlist_node *n;
 
 	inode_lock(d_inode(dir));
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(dentry, tmp, &dir->d_subdirs, d_child) {
+	hlist_for_each_entry_safe(dentry, n, &dir->d_children, d_sib) {
 		spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
 		if (simple_positive(dentry)) {
 			dget_dlock(dentry);
diff --git a/fs/afs/dynroot.c b/fs/afs/dynroot.c
index 1f656005018e..2cd40ba601f1 100644
--- a/fs/afs/dynroot.c
+++ b/fs/afs/dynroot.c
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ error:
 void afs_dynroot_depopulate(struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	struct afs_net *net = afs_sb2net(sb);
-	struct dentry *root = sb->s_root, *subdir, *tmp;
+	struct dentry *root = sb->s_root, *subdir;
 
 	/* Prevent more subdirs from being created */
 	mutex_lock(&net->proc_cells_lock);
@@ -382,10 +382,11 @@ void afs_dynroot_depopulate(struct super_block *sb)
 	mutex_unlock(&net->proc_cells_lock);
 
 	if (root) {
+		struct hlist_node *n;
 		inode_lock(root->d_inode);
 
 		/* Remove all the pins for dirs created for manually added cells */
-		list_for_each_entry_safe(subdir, tmp, &root->d_subdirs, d_child) {
+		hlist_for_each_entry_safe(subdir, n, &root->d_children, d_sib) {
 			if (subdir->d_fsdata) {
 				subdir->d_fsdata = NULL;
 				dput(subdir);
diff --git a/fs/autofs/expire.c b/fs/autofs/expire.c
index 038b3d2d9f57..39d8c84c16f4 100644
--- a/fs/autofs/expire.c
+++ b/fs/autofs/expire.c
@@ -73,12 +73,9 @@ done:
 /* p->d_lock held */
 static struct dentry *positive_after(struct dentry *p, struct dentry *child)
 {
-	if (child)
-		child = list_next_entry(child, d_child);
-	else
-		child = list_first_entry(&p->d_subdirs, struct dentry, d_child);
+	child = child ? d_next_sibling(child) : d_first_child(p);
 
-	list_for_each_entry_from(child, &p->d_subdirs, d_child) {
+	hlist_for_each_entry_from(child, d_sib) {
 		spin_lock_nested(&child->d_lock, DENTRY_D_LOCK_NESTED);
 		if (simple_positive(child)) {
 			dget_dlock(child);
diff --git a/fs/ceph/dir.c b/fs/ceph/dir.c
index 91709934c8b1..678596684596 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/dir.c
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ __dcache_find_get_entry(struct dentry *parent, u64 idx,
 /*
  * When possible, we try to satisfy a readdir by peeking at the
  * dcache.  We make this work by carefully ordering dentries on
- * d_child when we initially get results back from the MDS, and
+ * d_children when we initially get results back from the MDS, and
  * falling back to a "normal" sync readdir if any dentries in the dir
  * are dropped.
  *
diff --git a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
index d95eb525519a..02ebfabfc8ee 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
@@ -2128,7 +2128,7 @@ static bool drop_negative_children(struct dentry *dentry)
 		goto out;
 
 	spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
-	list_for_each_entry(child, &dentry->d_subdirs, d_child) {
+	hlist_for_each_entry(child, &dentry->d_children, d_sib) {
 		if (d_really_is_positive(child)) {
 			all_negative = false;
 			break;
diff --git a/fs/coda/cache.c b/fs/coda/cache.c
index 3b8c4513118f..970f0022ec52 100644
--- a/fs/coda/cache.c
+++ b/fs/coda/cache.c
@@ -93,13 +93,13 @@ static void coda_flag_children(struct dentry *parent, int flag)
 	struct dentry *de;
 
 	spin_lock(&parent->d_lock);
-	list_for_each_entry(de, &parent->d_subdirs, d_child) {
+	hlist_for_each_entry(de, &parent->d_children, d_sib) {
+		struct inode *inode = d_inode_rcu(de);
 		/* don't know what to do with negative dentries */
-		if (d_inode(de) ) 
-			coda_flag_inode(d_inode(de), flag);
+		if (inode)
+			coda_flag_inode(inode, flag);
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&parent->d_lock);
-	return; 
 }
 
 void coda_flag_inode_children(struct inode *inode, int flag)
diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index df49d29ca154..b813528fb147 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@
  *   - d_lru
  *   - d_count
  *   - d_unhashed()
- *   - d_parent and d_subdirs
- *   - childrens' d_child and d_parent
+ *   - d_parent and d_chilren
+ *   - childrens' d_sib and d_parent
  *   - d_u.d_alias, d_inode
  *
  * Ordering:
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ static inline void __d_set_inode_and_type(struct dentry *dentry,
 
 	dentry->d_inode = inode;
 	flags = READ_ONCE(dentry->d_flags);
-	flags &= ~(DCACHE_ENTRY_TYPE | DCACHE_FALLTHRU);
+	flags &= ~DCACHE_ENTRY_TYPE;
 	flags |= type_flags;
 	smp_store_release(&dentry->d_flags, flags);
 }
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ static inline void __d_clear_type_and_inode(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	unsigned flags = READ_ONCE(dentry->d_flags);
 
-	flags &= ~(DCACHE_ENTRY_TYPE | DCACHE_FALLTHRU);
+	flags &= ~DCACHE_ENTRY_TYPE;
 	WRITE_ONCE(dentry->d_flags, flags);
 	dentry->d_inode = NULL;
 	if (dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_LRU_LIST)
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ void d_drop(struct dentry *dentry)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_drop);
 
-static inline void dentry_unlist(struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry *parent)
+static inline void dentry_unlist(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	struct dentry *next;
 	/*
@@ -546,12 +546,12 @@ static inline void dentry_unlist(struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry *parent)
 	 * attached to the dentry tree
 	 */
 	dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_DENTRY_KILLED;
-	if (unlikely(list_empty(&dentry->d_child)))
+	if (unlikely(hlist_unhashed(&dentry->d_sib)))
 		return;
-	__list_del_entry(&dentry->d_child);
+	__hlist_del(&dentry->d_sib);
 	/*
 	 * Cursors can move around the list of children.  While we'd been
-	 * a normal list member, it didn't matter - ->d_child.next would've
+	 * a normal list member, it didn't matter - ->d_sib.next would've
 	 * been updated.  However, from now on it won't be and for the
 	 * things like d_walk() it might end up with a nasty surprise.
 	 * Normally d_walk() doesn't care about cursors moving around -
@@ -559,29 +559,27 @@ static inline void dentry_unlist(struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry *parent)
 	 * of its own, we get through it without ever unlocking the parent.
 	 * There is one exception, though - if we ascend from a child that
 	 * gets killed as soon as we unlock it, the next sibling is found
-	 * using the value left in its ->d_child.next.  And if _that_
+	 * using the value left in its ->d_sib.next.  And if _that_
 	 * pointed to a cursor, and cursor got moved (e.g. by lseek())
 	 * before d_walk() regains parent->d_lock, we'll end up skipping
 	 * everything the cursor had been moved past.
 	 *
-	 * Solution: make sure that the pointer left behind in ->d_child.next
+	 * Solution: make sure that the pointer left behind in ->d_sib.next
 	 * points to something that won't be moving around.  I.e. skip the
 	 * cursors.
 	 */
-	while (dentry->d_child.next != &parent->d_subdirs) {
-		next = list_entry(dentry->d_child.next, struct dentry, d_child);
+	while (dentry->d_sib.next) {
+		next = hlist_entry(dentry->d_sib.next, struct dentry, d_sib);
 		if (likely(!(next->d_flags & DCACHE_DENTRY_CURSOR)))
 			break;
-		dentry->d_child.next = next->d_child.next;
+		dentry->d_sib.next = next->d_sib.next;
 	}
 }
 
-static void __dentry_kill(struct dentry *dentry)
+static struct dentry *__dentry_kill(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	struct dentry *parent = NULL;
 	bool can_free = true;
-	if (!IS_ROOT(dentry))
-		parent = dentry->d_parent;
 
 	/*
 	 * The dentry is now unrecoverably dead to the world.
@@ -601,9 +599,6 @@ static void __dentry_kill(struct dentry *dentry)
 	}
 	/* if it was on the hash then remove it */
 	__d_drop(dentry);
-	dentry_unlist(dentry, parent);
-	if (parent)
-		spin_unlock(&parent->d_lock);
 	if (dentry->d_inode)
 		dentry_unlink_inode(dentry);
 	else
@@ -612,80 +607,114 @@ static void __dentry_kill(struct dentry *dentry)
 	if (dentry->d_op && dentry->d_op->d_release)
 		dentry->d_op->d_release(dentry);
 
-	spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
-	if (dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_SHRINK_LIST) {
-		dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_MAY_FREE;
-		can_free = false;
+	cond_resched();
+	/* now that it's negative, ->d_parent is stable */
+	if (!IS_ROOT(dentry)) {
+		parent = dentry->d_parent;
+		spin_lock(&parent->d_lock);
 	}
+	spin_lock_nested(&dentry->d_lock, DENTRY_D_LOCK_NESTED);
+	dentry_unlist(dentry);
+	if (dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_SHRINK_LIST)
+		can_free = false;
 	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 	if (likely(can_free))
 		dentry_free(dentry);
-	cond_resched();
-}
-
-static struct dentry *__lock_parent(struct dentry *dentry)
-{
-	struct dentry *parent;
-	rcu_read_lock();
-	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
-again:
-	parent = READ_ONCE(dentry->d_parent);
-	spin_lock(&parent->d_lock);
-	/*
-	 * We can't blindly lock dentry until we are sure
-	 * that we won't violate the locking order.
-	 * Any changes of dentry->d_parent must have
-	 * been done with parent->d_lock held, so
-	 * spin_lock() above is enough of a barrier
-	 * for checking if it's still our child.
-	 */
-	if (unlikely(parent != dentry->d_parent)) {
+	if (parent && --parent->d_lockref.count) {
 		spin_unlock(&parent->d_lock);
-		goto again;
+		return NULL;
 	}
-	rcu_read_unlock();
-	if (parent != dentry)
-		spin_lock_nested(&dentry->d_lock, DENTRY_D_LOCK_NESTED);
-	else
-		parent = NULL;
 	return parent;
 }
 
-static inline struct dentry *lock_parent(struct dentry *dentry)
+/*
+ * Lock a dentry for feeding it to __dentry_kill().
+ * Called under rcu_read_lock() and dentry->d_lock; the former
+ * guarantees that nothing we access will be freed under us.
+ * Note that dentry is *not* protected from concurrent dentry_kill(),
+ * d_delete(), etc.
+ *
+ * Return false if dentry is busy.  Otherwise, return true and have
+ * that dentry's inode locked.
+ */
+
+static bool lock_for_kill(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
-	struct dentry *parent = dentry->d_parent;
-	if (IS_ROOT(dentry))
-		return NULL;
-	if (likely(spin_trylock(&parent->d_lock)))
-		return parent;
-	return __lock_parent(dentry);
+	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
+
+	if (unlikely(dentry->d_lockref.count))
+		return false;
+
+	if (!inode || likely(spin_trylock(&inode->i_lock)))
+		return true;
+
+	do {
+		spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+		spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+		spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
+		if (likely(inode == dentry->d_inode))
+			break;
+		spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+		inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	} while (inode);
+	if (likely(!dentry->d_lockref.count))
+		return true;
+	if (inode)
+		spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+	return false;
 }
 
-static inline bool retain_dentry(struct dentry *dentry)
+/*
+ * Decide if dentry is worth retaining.  Usually this is called with dentry
+ * locked; if not locked, we are more limited and might not be able to tell
+ * without a lock.  False in this case means "punt to locked path and recheck".
+ *
+ * In case we aren't locked, these predicates 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.
+ */
+static inline bool retain_dentry(struct dentry *dentry, bool locked)
 {
-	WARN_ON(d_in_lookup(dentry));
+	unsigned int d_flags;
 
-	/* Unreachable? Get rid of it */
+	smp_rmb();
+	d_flags = READ_ONCE(dentry->d_flags);
+
+	// Unreachable? Nobody would be able to look it up, no point retaining
 	if (unlikely(d_unhashed(dentry)))
 		return false;
 
-	if (unlikely(dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_DISCONNECTED))
+	// Same if it's disconnected
+	if (unlikely(d_flags & DCACHE_DISCONNECTED))
 		return false;
 
-	if (unlikely(dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_OP_DELETE)) {
-		if (dentry->d_op->d_delete(dentry))
+	// ->d_delete() might tell us not to bother, but that requires
+	// ->d_lock; can't decide without it
+	if (unlikely(d_flags & DCACHE_OP_DELETE)) {
+		if (!locked || dentry->d_op->d_delete(dentry))
 			return false;
 	}
 
-	if (unlikely(dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_DONTCACHE))
+	// Explicitly told not to bother
+	if (unlikely(d_flags & DCACHE_DONTCACHE))
 		return false;
 
-	/* retain; LRU fodder */
-	dentry->d_lockref.count--;
-	if (unlikely(!(dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_LRU_LIST)))
+	// At this point it looks like we ought to keep it.  We also might
+	// need to do something - put it on LRU if it wasn't there already
+	// and mark it referenced if it was on LRU, but not marked yet.
+	// Unfortunately, both actions require ->d_lock, so in lockless
+	// case we'd have to punt rather than doing those.
+	if (unlikely(!(d_flags & DCACHE_LRU_LIST))) {
+		if (!locked)
+			return false;
 		d_lru_add(dentry);
-	else if (unlikely(!(dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_REFERENCED)))
+	} else if (unlikely(!(d_flags & DCACHE_REFERENCED))) {
+		if (!locked)
+			return false;
 		dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_REFERENCED;
+	}
 	return true;
 }
 
@@ -704,61 +733,12 @@ void d_mark_dontcache(struct inode *inode)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_mark_dontcache);
 
-/*
- * Finish off a dentry we've decided to kill.
- * dentry->d_lock must be held, returns with it unlocked.
- * Returns dentry requiring refcount drop, or NULL if we're done.
- */
-static struct dentry *dentry_kill(struct dentry *dentry)
-	__releases(dentry->d_lock)
-{
-	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
-	struct dentry *parent = NULL;
-
-	if (inode && unlikely(!spin_trylock(&inode->i_lock)))
-		goto slow_positive;
-
-	if (!IS_ROOT(dentry)) {
-		parent = dentry->d_parent;
-		if (unlikely(!spin_trylock(&parent->d_lock))) {
-			parent = __lock_parent(dentry);
-			if (likely(inode || !dentry->d_inode))
-				goto got_locks;
-			/* negative that became positive */
-			if (parent)
-				spin_unlock(&parent->d_lock);
-			inode = dentry->d_inode;
-			goto slow_positive;
-		}
-	}
-	__dentry_kill(dentry);
-	return parent;
-
-slow_positive:
-	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
-	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
-	spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
-	parent = lock_parent(dentry);
-got_locks:
-	if (unlikely(dentry->d_lockref.count != 1)) {
-		dentry->d_lockref.count--;
-	} else if (likely(!retain_dentry(dentry))) {
-		__dentry_kill(dentry);
-		return parent;
-	}
-	/* we are keeping it, after all */
-	if (inode)
-		spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
-	if (parent)
-		spin_unlock(&parent->d_lock);
-	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
-	return NULL;
-}
-
 /*
  * Try to do a lockless dput(), and return whether that was successful.
  *
  * If unsuccessful, we return false, having already taken the dentry lock.
+ * In that case refcount is guaranteed to be zero and we have already
+ * decided that it's not worth keeping around.
  *
  * 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!
@@ -766,18 +746,9 @@ got_locks:
 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.
+	 * try to decrement the lockref optimistically.
 	 */
 	ret = lockref_put_return(&dentry->d_lockref);
 
@@ -788,12 +759,12 @@ static inline bool fast_dput(struct dentry *dentry)
 	 */
 	if (unlikely(ret < 0)) {
 		spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
-		if (dentry->d_lockref.count > 1) {
-			dentry->d_lockref.count--;
+		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(dentry->d_lockref.count <= 0)) {
 			spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 			return true;
 		}
-		return false;
+		dentry->d_lockref.count--;
+		goto locked;
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -803,45 +774,18 @@ static inline bool fast_dput(struct dentry *dentry)
 		return true;
 
 	/*
-	 * 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.
-	 *
-	 * Nevertheless, there are two cases that we should kill
-	 * the dentry anyway.
-	 * 1. free disconnected dentries as soon as their refcount
-	 *    reached zero.
-	 * 2. free dentries if they should not be cached.
+	 * Can we decide that decrement of refcount is all we needed without
+	 * taking the lock?  There's a very common case when it's all we need -
+	 * dentry looks like it ought to be retained and there's nothing else
+	 * to do.
 	 */
-	smp_rmb();
-	d_flags = READ_ONCE(dentry->d_flags);
-	d_flags &= DCACHE_REFERENCED | DCACHE_LRU_LIST |
-			DCACHE_DISCONNECTED | DCACHE_DONTCACHE;
-
-	/* Nothing to do? Dropping the reference was all we needed? */
-	if (d_flags == (DCACHE_REFERENCED | DCACHE_LRU_LIST) && !d_unhashed(dentry))
+	if (retain_dentry(dentry, false))
 		return true;
 
 	/*
-	 * 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.
+	 * Either not worth retaining or we can't tell without the lock.
+	 * Get the lock, then.  We've already decremented the refcount to 0,
+	 * but we'll need to re-check the situation after getting the lock.
 	 */
 	spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
 
@@ -851,17 +795,11 @@ static inline bool fast_dput(struct dentry *dentry)
 	 * else could have killed it and marked it dead. Either way, we
 	 * don't need to do anything else.
 	 */
-	if (dentry->d_lockref.count) {
+locked:
+	if (dentry->d_lockref.count || retain_dentry(dentry, true)) {
 		spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 		return true;
 	}
-
-	/*
-	 * 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 false;
 }
 
@@ -894,39 +832,37 @@ static inline bool fast_dput(struct dentry *dentry)
  */
 void dput(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
-	while (dentry) {
-		might_sleep();
-
-		rcu_read_lock();
-		if (likely(fast_dput(dentry))) {
-			rcu_read_unlock();
-			return;
-		}
-
-		/* Slow case: now with the dentry lock held */
+	if (!dentry)
+		return;
+	might_sleep();
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	if (likely(fast_dput(dentry))) {
 		rcu_read_unlock();
-
-		if (likely(retain_dentry(dentry))) {
+		return;
+	}
+	while (lock_for_kill(dentry)) {
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+		dentry = __dentry_kill(dentry);
+		if (!dentry)
+			return;
+		if (retain_dentry(dentry, true)) {
 			spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 			return;
 		}
-
-		dentry = dentry_kill(dentry);
+		rcu_read_lock();
 	}
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dput);
 
-static void __dput_to_list(struct dentry *dentry, struct list_head *list)
+static void to_shrink_list(struct dentry *dentry, struct list_head *list)
 __must_hold(&dentry->d_lock)
 {
-	if (dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_SHRINK_LIST) {
-		/* let the owner of the list it's on deal with it */
-		--dentry->d_lockref.count;
-	} else {
+	if (!(dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_SHRINK_LIST)) {
 		if (dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_LRU_LIST)
 			d_lru_del(dentry);
-		if (!--dentry->d_lockref.count)
-			d_shrink_add(dentry, list);
+		d_shrink_add(dentry, list);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -938,22 +874,10 @@ void dput_to_list(struct dentry *dentry, struct list_head *list)
 		return;
 	}
 	rcu_read_unlock();
-	if (!retain_dentry(dentry))
-		__dput_to_list(dentry, list);
+	to_shrink_list(dentry, list);
 	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 }
 
-/* This must be called with d_lock held */
-static inline void __dget_dlock(struct dentry *dentry)
-{
-	dentry->d_lockref.count++;
-}
-
-static inline void __dget(struct dentry *dentry)
-{
-	lockref_get(&dentry->d_lockref);
-}
-
 struct dentry *dget_parent(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	int gotref;
@@ -1003,7 +927,7 @@ static struct dentry * __d_find_any_alias(struct inode *inode)
 	if (hlist_empty(&inode->i_dentry))
 		return NULL;
 	alias = hlist_entry(inode->i_dentry.first, struct dentry, d_u.d_alias);
-	__dget(alias);
+	lockref_get(&alias->d_lockref);
 	return alias;
 }
 
@@ -1035,7 +959,7 @@ static struct dentry *__d_find_alias(struct inode *inode)
 	hlist_for_each_entry(alias, &inode->i_dentry, d_u.d_alias) {
 		spin_lock(&alias->d_lock);
  		if (!d_unhashed(alias)) {
-			__dget_dlock(alias);
+			dget_dlock(alias);
 			spin_unlock(&alias->d_lock);
 			return alias;
 		}
@@ -1102,104 +1026,53 @@ struct dentry *d_find_alias_rcu(struct inode *inode)
  */
 void d_prune_aliases(struct inode *inode)
 {
+	LIST_HEAD(dispose);
 	struct dentry *dentry;
-restart:
+
 	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
 	hlist_for_each_entry(dentry, &inode->i_dentry, d_u.d_alias) {
 		spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
-		if (!dentry->d_lockref.count) {
-			struct dentry *parent = lock_parent(dentry);
-			if (likely(!dentry->d_lockref.count)) {
-				__dentry_kill(dentry);
-				dput(parent);
-				goto restart;
-			}
-			if (parent)
-				spin_unlock(&parent->d_lock);
-		}
+		if (!dentry->d_lockref.count)
+			to_shrink_list(dentry, &dispose);
 		spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+	shrink_dentry_list(&dispose);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_prune_aliases);
 
-/*
- * Lock a dentry from shrink list.
- * Called under rcu_read_lock() and dentry->d_lock; the former
- * guarantees that nothing we access will be freed under us.
- * Note that dentry is *not* protected from concurrent dentry_kill(),
- * d_delete(), etc.
- *
- * Return false if dentry has been disrupted or grabbed, leaving
- * the caller to kick it off-list.  Otherwise, return true and have
- * that dentry's inode and parent both locked.
- */
-static bool shrink_lock_dentry(struct dentry *dentry)
+static inline void shrink_kill(struct dentry *victim)
 {
-	struct inode *inode;
-	struct dentry *parent;
-
-	if (dentry->d_lockref.count)
-		return false;
-
-	inode = dentry->d_inode;
-	if (inode && unlikely(!spin_trylock(&inode->i_lock))) {
-		spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
-		spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
-		spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
-		if (unlikely(dentry->d_lockref.count))
-			goto out;
-		/* changed inode means that somebody had grabbed it */
-		if (unlikely(inode != dentry->d_inode))
-			goto out;
-	}
-
-	parent = dentry->d_parent;
-	if (IS_ROOT(dentry) || likely(spin_trylock(&parent->d_lock)))
-		return true;
-
-	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
-	spin_lock(&parent->d_lock);
-	if (unlikely(parent != dentry->d_parent)) {
-		spin_unlock(&parent->d_lock);
-		spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
-		goto out;
-	}
-	spin_lock_nested(&dentry->d_lock, DENTRY_D_LOCK_NESTED);
-	if (likely(!dentry->d_lockref.count))
-		return true;
-	spin_unlock(&parent->d_lock);
-out:
-	if (inode)
-		spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
-	return false;
+	do {
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+		victim = __dentry_kill(victim);
+		rcu_read_lock();
+	} while (victim && lock_for_kill(victim));
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+	if (victim)
+		spin_unlock(&victim->d_lock);
 }
 
 void shrink_dentry_list(struct list_head *list)
 {
 	while (!list_empty(list)) {
-		struct dentry *dentry, *parent;
+		struct dentry *dentry;
 
 		dentry = list_entry(list->prev, struct dentry, d_lru);
 		spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
 		rcu_read_lock();
-		if (!shrink_lock_dentry(dentry)) {
-			bool can_free = false;
+		if (!lock_for_kill(dentry)) {
+			bool can_free;
 			rcu_read_unlock();
 			d_shrink_del(dentry);
-			if (dentry->d_lockref.count < 0)
-				can_free = dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_MAY_FREE;
+			can_free = dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_DENTRY_KILLED;
 			spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 			if (can_free)
 				dentry_free(dentry);
 			continue;
 		}
-		rcu_read_unlock();
 		d_shrink_del(dentry);
-		parent = dentry->d_parent;
-		if (parent != dentry)
-			__dput_to_list(parent, list);
-		__dentry_kill(dentry);
+		shrink_kill(dentry);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1349,8 +1222,7 @@ enum d_walk_ret {
 static void d_walk(struct dentry *parent, void *data,
 		   enum d_walk_ret (*enter)(void *, struct dentry *))
 {
-	struct dentry *this_parent;
-	struct list_head *next;
+	struct dentry *this_parent, *dentry;
 	unsigned seq = 0;
 	enum d_walk_ret ret;
 	bool retry = true;
@@ -1372,13 +1244,9 @@ again:
 		break;
 	}
 repeat:
-	next = this_parent->d_subdirs.next;
+	dentry = d_first_child(this_parent);
 resume:
-	while (next != &this_parent->d_subdirs) {
-		struct list_head *tmp = next;
-		struct dentry *dentry = list_entry(tmp, struct dentry, d_child);
-		next = tmp->next;
-
+	hlist_for_each_entry_from(dentry, d_sib) {
 		if (unlikely(dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_DENTRY_CURSOR))
 			continue;
 
@@ -1399,7 +1267,7 @@ resume:
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		if (!list_empty(&dentry->d_subdirs)) {
+		if (!hlist_empty(&dentry->d_children)) {
 			spin_unlock(&this_parent->d_lock);
 			spin_release(&dentry->d_lock.dep_map, _RET_IP_);
 			this_parent = dentry;
@@ -1414,24 +1282,23 @@ resume:
 	rcu_read_lock();
 ascend:
 	if (this_parent != parent) {
-		struct dentry *child = this_parent;
-		this_parent = child->d_parent;
+		dentry = this_parent;
+		this_parent = dentry->d_parent;
 
-		spin_unlock(&child->d_lock);
+		spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 		spin_lock(&this_parent->d_lock);
 
 		/* might go back up the wrong parent if we have had a rename. */
 		if (need_seqretry(&rename_lock, seq))
 			goto rename_retry;
 		/* go into the first sibling still alive */
-		do {
-			next = child->d_child.next;
-			if (next == &this_parent->d_subdirs)
-				goto ascend;
-			child = list_entry(next, struct dentry, d_child);
-		} while (unlikely(child->d_flags & DCACHE_DENTRY_KILLED));
-		rcu_read_unlock();
-		goto resume;
+		hlist_for_each_entry_continue(dentry, d_sib) {
+			if (likely(!(dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_DENTRY_KILLED))) {
+				rcu_read_unlock();
+				goto resume;
+			}
+		}
+		goto ascend;
 	}
 	if (need_seqretry(&rename_lock, seq))
 		goto rename_retry;
@@ -1531,7 +1398,7 @@ out:
  * Search the dentry child list of the specified parent,
  * and move any unused dentries to the end of the unused
  * list for prune_dcache(). We descend to the next level
- * whenever the d_subdirs list is non-empty and continue
+ * whenever the d_children list is non-empty and continue
  * searching.
  *
  * It returns zero iff there are no unused children,
@@ -1561,13 +1428,11 @@ static enum d_walk_ret select_collect(void *_data, struct dentry *dentry)
 
 	if (dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_SHRINK_LIST) {
 		data->found++;
-	} else {
-		if (dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_LRU_LIST)
-			d_lru_del(dentry);
-		if (!dentry->d_lockref.count) {
-			d_shrink_add(dentry, &data->dispose);
-			data->found++;
-		}
+	} else if (!dentry->d_lockref.count) {
+		to_shrink_list(dentry, &data->dispose);
+		data->found++;
+	} else if (dentry->d_lockref.count < 0) {
+		data->found++;
 	}
 	/*
 	 * We can return to the caller if we have found some (this
@@ -1588,17 +1453,13 @@ static enum d_walk_ret select_collect2(void *_data, struct dentry *dentry)
 	if (data->start == dentry)
 		goto out;
 
-	if (dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_SHRINK_LIST) {
-		if (!dentry->d_lockref.count) {
+	if (!dentry->d_lockref.count) {
+		if (dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_SHRINK_LIST) {
 			rcu_read_lock();
 			data->victim = dentry;
 			return D_WALK_QUIT;
 		}
-	} else {
-		if (dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_LRU_LIST)
-			d_lru_del(dentry);
-		if (!dentry->d_lockref.count)
-			d_shrink_add(dentry, &data->dispose);
+		to_shrink_list(dentry, &data->dispose);
 	}
 	/*
 	 * We can return to the caller if we have found some (this
@@ -1636,17 +1497,12 @@ void shrink_dcache_parent(struct dentry *parent)
 		data.victim = NULL;
 		d_walk(parent, &data, select_collect2);
 		if (data.victim) {
-			struct dentry *parent;
 			spin_lock(&data.victim->d_lock);
-			if (!shrink_lock_dentry(data.victim)) {
+			if (!lock_for_kill(data.victim)) {
 				spin_unlock(&data.victim->d_lock);
 				rcu_read_unlock();
 			} else {
-				rcu_read_unlock();
-				parent = data.victim->d_parent;
-				if (parent != data.victim)
-					__dput_to_list(parent, &data.dispose);
-				__dentry_kill(data.victim);
+				shrink_kill(data.victim);
 			}
 		}
 		if (!list_empty(&data.dispose))
@@ -1658,7 +1514,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(shrink_dcache_parent);
 static enum d_walk_ret umount_check(void *_data, struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	/* it has busy descendents; complain about those instead */
-	if (!list_empty(&dentry->d_subdirs))
+	if (!hlist_empty(&dentry->d_children))
 		return D_WALK_CONTINUE;
 
 	/* root with refcount 1 is fine */
@@ -1708,8 +1564,7 @@ static enum d_walk_ret find_submount(void *_data, struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	struct dentry **victim = _data;
 	if (d_mountpoint(dentry)) {
-		__dget_dlock(dentry);
-		*victim = dentry;
+		*victim = dget_dlock(dentry);
 		return D_WALK_QUIT;
 	}
 	return D_WALK_CONTINUE;
@@ -1815,9 +1670,9 @@ static struct dentry *__d_alloc(struct super_block *sb, const struct qstr *name)
 	dentry->d_fsdata = NULL;
 	INIT_HLIST_BL_NODE(&dentry->d_hash);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dentry->d_lru);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dentry->d_subdirs);
+	INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&dentry->d_children);
 	INIT_HLIST_NODE(&dentry->d_u.d_alias);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dentry->d_child);
+	INIT_HLIST_NODE(&dentry->d_sib);
 	d_set_d_op(dentry, dentry->d_sb->s_d_op);
 
 	if (dentry->d_op && dentry->d_op->d_init) {
@@ -1854,9 +1709,8 @@ struct dentry *d_alloc(struct dentry * parent, const struct qstr *name)
 	 * don't need child lock because it is not subject
 	 * to concurrency here
 	 */
-	__dget_dlock(parent);
-	dentry->d_parent = parent;
-	list_add(&dentry->d_child, &parent->d_subdirs);
+	dentry->d_parent = dget_dlock(parent);
+	hlist_add_head(&dentry->d_sib, &parent->d_children);
 	spin_unlock(&parent->d_lock);
 
 	return dentry;
@@ -1896,9 +1750,15 @@ struct dentry *d_alloc_cursor(struct dentry * parent)
  */
 struct dentry *d_alloc_pseudo(struct super_block *sb, const struct qstr *name)
 {
+	static const struct dentry_operations anon_ops = {
+		.d_dname = simple_dname
+	};
 	struct dentry *dentry = __d_alloc(sb, name);
-	if (likely(dentry))
+	if (likely(dentry)) {
 		dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_NORCU;
+		if (!sb->s_d_op)
+			d_set_d_op(dentry, &anon_ops);
+	}
 	return dentry;
 }
 
@@ -1942,22 +1802,6 @@ void d_set_d_op(struct dentry *dentry, const struct dentry_operations *op)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_set_d_op);
 
-
-/*
- * d_set_fallthru - Mark a dentry as falling through to a lower layer
- * @dentry - The dentry to mark
- *
- * Mark a dentry as falling through to the lower layer (as set with
- * d_pin_lower()).  This flag may be recorded on the medium.
- */
-void d_set_fallthru(struct dentry *dentry)
-{
-	spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
-	dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_FALLTHRU;
-	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_set_fallthru);
-
 static unsigned d_flags_for_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	unsigned add_flags = DCACHE_REGULAR_TYPE;
@@ -2076,75 +1920,55 @@ struct dentry *d_make_root(struct inode *root_inode)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_make_root);
 
-static struct dentry *__d_instantiate_anon(struct dentry *dentry,
-					   struct inode *inode,
-					   bool disconnected)
-{
-	struct dentry *res;
-	unsigned add_flags;
-
-	security_d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
-	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
-	res = __d_find_any_alias(inode);
-	if (res) {
-		spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
-		dput(dentry);
-		goto out_iput;
-	}
-
-	/* attach a disconnected dentry */
-	add_flags = d_flags_for_inode(inode);
-
-	if (disconnected)
-		add_flags |= DCACHE_DISCONNECTED;
-
-	spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
-	__d_set_inode_and_type(dentry, inode, add_flags);
-	hlist_add_head(&dentry->d_u.d_alias, &inode->i_dentry);
-	if (!disconnected) {
-		hlist_bl_lock(&dentry->d_sb->s_roots);
-		hlist_bl_add_head(&dentry->d_hash, &dentry->d_sb->s_roots);
-		hlist_bl_unlock(&dentry->d_sb->s_roots);
-	}
-	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
-	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
-
-	return dentry;
-
- out_iput:
-	iput(inode);
-	return res;
-}
-
-struct dentry *d_instantiate_anon(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode)
-{
-	return __d_instantiate_anon(dentry, inode, true);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_instantiate_anon);
-
 static struct dentry *__d_obtain_alias(struct inode *inode, bool disconnected)
 {
-	struct dentry *tmp;
-	struct dentry *res;
+	struct super_block *sb;
+	struct dentry *new, *res;
 
 	if (!inode)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ESTALE);
 	if (IS_ERR(inode))
 		return ERR_CAST(inode);
 
-	res = d_find_any_alias(inode);
-	if (res)
-		goto out_iput;
+	sb = inode->i_sb;
 
-	tmp = d_alloc_anon(inode->i_sb);
-	if (!tmp) {
+	res = d_find_any_alias(inode); /* existing alias? */
+	if (res)
+		goto out;
+
+	new = d_alloc_anon(sb);
+	if (!new) {
 		res = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-		goto out_iput;
+		goto out;
 	}
 
-	return __d_instantiate_anon(tmp, inode, disconnected);
+	security_d_instantiate(new, inode);
+	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+	res = __d_find_any_alias(inode); /* recheck under lock */
+	if (likely(!res)) { /* still no alias, attach a disconnected dentry */
+		unsigned add_flags = d_flags_for_inode(inode);
 
-out_iput:
+		if (disconnected)
+			add_flags |= DCACHE_DISCONNECTED;
+
+		spin_lock(&new->d_lock);
+		__d_set_inode_and_type(new, inode, add_flags);
+		hlist_add_head(&new->d_u.d_alias, &inode->i_dentry);
+		if (!disconnected) {
+			hlist_bl_lock(&sb->s_roots);
+			hlist_bl_add_head(&new->d_hash, &sb->s_roots);
+			hlist_bl_unlock(&sb->s_roots);
+		}
+		spin_unlock(&new->d_lock);
+		spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+		inode = NULL; /* consumed by new->d_inode */
+		res = new;
+	} else {
+		spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+		dput(new);
+	}
+
+ out:
 	iput(inode);
 	return res;
 }
@@ -2728,7 +2552,7 @@ retry:
 	/* we can't take ->d_lock here; it's OK, though. */
 	new->d_flags |= DCACHE_PAR_LOOKUP;
 	new->d_wait = wq;
-	hlist_bl_add_head_rcu(&new->d_u.d_in_lookup_hash, b);
+	hlist_bl_add_head(&new->d_u.d_in_lookup_hash, b);
 	hlist_bl_unlock(b);
 	return new;
 mismatch:
@@ -2852,7 +2676,7 @@ struct dentry *d_exact_alias(struct dentry *entry, struct inode *inode)
 			spin_unlock(&alias->d_lock);
 			alias = NULL;
 		} else {
-			__dget_dlock(alias);
+			dget_dlock(alias);
 			__d_rehash(alias);
 			spin_unlock(&alias->d_lock);
 		}
@@ -2994,11 +2818,15 @@ static void __d_move(struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry *target,
 	} else {
 		target->d_parent = old_parent;
 		swap_names(dentry, target);
-		list_move(&target->d_child, &target->d_parent->d_subdirs);
+		if (!hlist_unhashed(&target->d_sib))
+			__hlist_del(&target->d_sib);
+		hlist_add_head(&target->d_sib, &target->d_parent->d_children);
 		__d_rehash(target);
 		fsnotify_update_flags(target);
 	}
-	list_move(&dentry->d_child, &dentry->d_parent->d_subdirs);
+	if (!hlist_unhashed(&dentry->d_sib))
+		__hlist_del(&dentry->d_sib);
+	hlist_add_head(&dentry->d_sib, &dentry->d_parent->d_children);
 	__d_rehash(dentry);
 	fsnotify_update_flags(dentry);
 	fscrypt_handle_d_move(dentry);
@@ -3081,8 +2909,7 @@ struct dentry *d_ancestor(struct dentry *p1, struct dentry *p2)
  * Note: If ever the locking in lock_rename() changes, then please
  * remember to update this too...
  */
-static int __d_unalias(struct inode *inode,
-		struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry *alias)
+static int __d_unalias(struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry *alias)
 {
 	struct mutex *m1 = NULL;
 	struct rw_semaphore *m2 = NULL;
@@ -3163,7 +2990,7 @@ struct dentry *d_splice_alias(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *dentry)
 					inode->i_sb->s_id);
 			} else if (!IS_ROOT(new)) {
 				struct dentry *old_parent = dget(new->d_parent);
-				int err = __d_unalias(inode, dentry, new);
+				int err = __d_unalias(dentry, new);
 				write_sequnlock(&rename_lock);
 				if (err) {
 					dput(new);
@@ -3234,10 +3061,7 @@ static enum d_walk_ret d_genocide_kill(void *data, struct dentry *dentry)
 		if (d_unhashed(dentry) || !dentry->d_inode)
 			return D_WALK_SKIP;
 
-		if (!(dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_GENOCIDE)) {
-			dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_GENOCIDE;
-			dentry->d_lockref.count--;
-		}
+		dentry->d_lockref.count--;
 	}
 	return D_WALK_CONTINUE;
 }
diff --git a/fs/file_table.c b/fs/file_table.c
index c5ac2cc05135..b991f90571b4 100644
--- a/fs/file_table.c
+++ b/fs/file_table.c
@@ -316,9 +316,6 @@ struct file *alloc_file_pseudo(struct inode *inode, struct vfsmount *mnt,
 				const char *name, int flags,
 				const struct file_operations *fops)
 {
-	static const struct dentry_operations anon_ops = {
-		.d_dname = simple_dname
-	};
 	struct qstr this = QSTR_INIT(name, strlen(name));
 	struct path path;
 	struct file *file;
@@ -326,8 +323,6 @@ struct file *alloc_file_pseudo(struct inode *inode, struct vfsmount *mnt,
 	path.dentry = d_alloc_pseudo(mnt->mnt_sb, &this);
 	if (!path.dentry)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-	if (!mnt->mnt_sb->s_d_op)
-		d_set_d_op(path.dentry, &anon_ops);
 	path.mnt = mntget(mnt);
 	d_instantiate(path.dentry, inode);
 	file = alloc_file(&path, flags, fops);
diff --git a/fs/internal.h b/fs/internal.h
index 93cdeeb858cb..b67406435fc0 100644
--- a/fs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/internal.h
@@ -214,6 +214,11 @@ extern struct dentry * d_alloc_pseudo(struct super_block *, const struct qstr *)
 extern char *simple_dname(struct dentry *, char *, int);
 extern void dput_to_list(struct dentry *, struct list_head *);
 extern void shrink_dentry_list(struct list_head *);
+extern void shrink_dcache_for_umount(struct super_block *);
+extern struct dentry *__d_lookup(const struct dentry *, const struct qstr *);
+extern struct dentry *__d_lookup_rcu(const struct dentry *parent,
+				const struct qstr *name, unsigned *seq);
+extern void d_genocide(struct dentry *);
 
 /*
  * pipe.c
diff --git a/fs/libfs.c b/fs/libfs.c
index c2aa6fd4795c..eec6031b0155 100644
--- a/fs/libfs.c
+++ b/fs/libfs.c
@@ -104,15 +104,16 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(dcache_dir_close);
  * If no such element exists, NULL is returned.
  */
 static struct dentry *scan_positives(struct dentry *cursor,
-					struct list_head *p,
+					struct hlist_node **p,
 					loff_t count,
 					struct dentry *last)
 {
 	struct dentry *dentry = cursor->d_parent, *found = NULL;
 
 	spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
-	while ((p = p->next) != &dentry->d_subdirs) {
-		struct dentry *d = list_entry(p, struct dentry, d_child);
+	while (*p) {
+		struct dentry *d = hlist_entry(*p, struct dentry, d_sib);
+		p = &d->d_sib.next;
 		// we must at least skip cursors, to avoid livelocks
 		if (d->d_flags & DCACHE_DENTRY_CURSOR)
 			continue;
@@ -126,8 +127,10 @@ static struct dentry *scan_positives(struct dentry *cursor,
 			count = 1;
 		}
 		if (need_resched()) {
-			list_move(&cursor->d_child, p);
-			p = &cursor->d_child;
+			if (!hlist_unhashed(&cursor->d_sib))
+				__hlist_del(&cursor->d_sib);
+			hlist_add_behind(&cursor->d_sib, &d->d_sib);
+			p = &cursor->d_sib.next;
 			spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 			cond_resched();
 			spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
@@ -159,13 +162,12 @@ loff_t dcache_dir_lseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
 		inode_lock_shared(dentry->d_inode);
 
 		if (offset > 2)
-			to = scan_positives(cursor, &dentry->d_subdirs,
+			to = scan_positives(cursor, &dentry->d_children.first,
 					    offset - 2, NULL);
 		spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
+		hlist_del_init(&cursor->d_sib);
 		if (to)
-			list_move(&cursor->d_child, &to->d_child);
-		else
-			list_del_init(&cursor->d_child);
+			hlist_add_behind(&cursor->d_sib, &to->d_sib);
 		spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 		dput(to);
 
@@ -187,19 +189,16 @@ int dcache_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
 	struct dentry *dentry = file->f_path.dentry;
 	struct dentry *cursor = file->private_data;
-	struct list_head *anchor = &dentry->d_subdirs;
 	struct dentry *next = NULL;
-	struct list_head *p;
+	struct hlist_node **p;
 
 	if (!dir_emit_dots(file, ctx))
 		return 0;
 
 	if (ctx->pos == 2)
-		p = anchor;
-	else if (!list_empty(&cursor->d_child))
-		p = &cursor->d_child;
+		p = &dentry->d_children.first;
 	else
-		return 0;
+		p = &cursor->d_sib.next;
 
 	while ((next = scan_positives(cursor, p, 1, next)) != NULL) {
 		if (!dir_emit(ctx, next->d_name.name, next->d_name.len,
@@ -207,13 +206,12 @@ int dcache_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 			      fs_umode_to_dtype(d_inode(next)->i_mode)))
 			break;
 		ctx->pos++;
-		p = &next->d_child;
+		p = &next->d_sib.next;
 	}
 	spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
+	hlist_del_init(&cursor->d_sib);
 	if (next)
-		list_move_tail(&cursor->d_child, &next->d_child);
-	else
-		list_del_init(&cursor->d_child);
+		hlist_add_before(&cursor->d_sib, &next->d_sib);
 	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 	dput(next);
 
@@ -500,12 +498,11 @@ const struct file_operations simple_offset_dir_operations = {
 
 static struct dentry *find_next_child(struct dentry *parent, struct dentry *prev)
 {
-	struct dentry *child = NULL;
-	struct list_head *p = prev ? &prev->d_child : &parent->d_subdirs;
+	struct dentry *child = NULL, *d;
 
 	spin_lock(&parent->d_lock);
-	while ((p = p->next) != &parent->d_subdirs) {
-		struct dentry *d = container_of(p, struct dentry, d_child);
+	d = prev ? d_next_sibling(prev) : d_first_child(parent);
+	hlist_for_each_entry_from(d, d_sib) {
 		if (simple_positive(d)) {
 			spin_lock_nested(&d->d_lock, DENTRY_D_LOCK_NESTED);
 			if (simple_positive(d))
@@ -666,7 +663,7 @@ int simple_empty(struct dentry *dentry)
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
-	list_for_each_entry(child, &dentry->d_subdirs, d_child) {
+	hlist_for_each_entry(child, &dentry->d_children, d_sib) {
 		spin_lock_nested(&child->d_lock, DENTRY_D_LOCK_NESTED);
 		if (simple_positive(child)) {
 			spin_unlock(&child->d_lock);
@@ -920,7 +917,6 @@ int simple_fill_super(struct super_block *s, unsigned long magic,
 		      const struct tree_descr *files)
 {
 	struct inode *inode;
-	struct dentry *root;
 	struct dentry *dentry;
 	int i;
 
@@ -943,8 +939,8 @@ int simple_fill_super(struct super_block *s, unsigned long magic,
 	inode->i_op = &simple_dir_inode_operations;
 	inode->i_fop = &simple_dir_operations;
 	set_nlink(inode, 2);
-	root = d_make_root(inode);
-	if (!root)
+	s->s_root = d_make_root(inode);
+	if (!s->s_root)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	for (i = 0; !files->name || files->name[0]; i++, files++) {
 		if (!files->name)
@@ -956,13 +952,13 @@ int simple_fill_super(struct super_block *s, unsigned long magic,
 				"with an index of 1!\n", __func__,
 				s->s_type->name);
 
-		dentry = d_alloc_name(root, files->name);
+		dentry = d_alloc_name(s->s_root, files->name);
 		if (!dentry)
-			goto out;
+			return -ENOMEM;
 		inode = new_inode(s);
 		if (!inode) {
 			dput(dentry);
-			goto out;
+			return -ENOMEM;
 		}
 		inode->i_mode = S_IFREG | files->mode;
 		simple_inode_init_ts(inode);
@@ -970,13 +966,7 @@ int simple_fill_super(struct super_block *s, unsigned long magic,
 		inode->i_ino = i;
 		d_add(dentry, inode);
 	}
-	s->s_root = root;
 	return 0;
-out:
-	d_genocide(root);
-	shrink_dcache_parent(root);
-	dput(root);
-	return -ENOMEM;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_fill_super);
 
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c b/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
index 8e6dbe9e0b65..c9f9590f056b 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
@@ -1242,63 +1242,34 @@ static inline void _nfsd_symlink(struct dentry *parent, const char *name,
 
 #endif
 
-static void clear_ncl(struct inode *inode)
+static void clear_ncl(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
+	struct inode *inode = d_inode(dentry);
 	struct nfsdfs_client *ncl = inode->i_private;
 
+	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
 	inode->i_private = NULL;
+	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 	kref_put(&ncl->cl_ref, ncl->cl_release);
 }
 
-static struct nfsdfs_client *__get_nfsdfs_client(struct inode *inode)
-{
-	struct nfsdfs_client *nc = inode->i_private;
-
-	if (nc)
-		kref_get(&nc->cl_ref);
-	return nc;
-}
-
 struct nfsdfs_client *get_nfsdfs_client(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct nfsdfs_client *nc;
 
-	inode_lock_shared(inode);
-	nc = __get_nfsdfs_client(inode);
-	inode_unlock_shared(inode);
+	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+	nc = inode->i_private;
+	if (nc)
+		kref_get(&nc->cl_ref);
+	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 	return nc;
 }
-/* from __rpc_unlink */
-static void nfsdfs_remove_file(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
-{
-	int ret;
-
-	clear_ncl(d_inode(dentry));
-	dget(dentry);
-	ret = simple_unlink(dir, dentry);
-	d_drop(dentry);
-	fsnotify_unlink(dir, dentry);
-	dput(dentry);
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(ret);
-}
-
-static void nfsdfs_remove_files(struct dentry *root)
-{
-	struct dentry *dentry, *tmp;
-
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(dentry, tmp, &root->d_subdirs, d_child) {
-		if (!simple_positive(dentry)) {
-			WARN_ON_ONCE(1); /* I think this can't happen? */
-			continue;
-		}
-		nfsdfs_remove_file(d_inode(root), dentry);
-	}
-}
 
 /* XXX: cut'n'paste from simple_fill_super; figure out if we could share
  * code instead. */
 static  int nfsdfs_create_files(struct dentry *root,
 				const struct tree_descr *files,
+				struct nfsdfs_client *ncl,
 				struct dentry **fdentries)
 {
 	struct inode *dir = d_inode(root);
@@ -1317,8 +1288,9 @@ static  int nfsdfs_create_files(struct dentry *root,
 			dput(dentry);
 			goto out;
 		}
+		kref_get(&ncl->cl_ref);
 		inode->i_fop = files->ops;
-		inode->i_private = __get_nfsdfs_client(dir);
+		inode->i_private = ncl;
 		d_add(dentry, inode);
 		fsnotify_create(dir, dentry);
 		if (fdentries)
@@ -1327,7 +1299,6 @@ static  int nfsdfs_create_files(struct dentry *root,
 	inode_unlock(dir);
 	return 0;
 out:
-	nfsdfs_remove_files(root);
 	inode_unlock(dir);
 	return -ENOMEM;
 }
@@ -1347,7 +1318,7 @@ struct dentry *nfsd_client_mkdir(struct nfsd_net *nn,
 	dentry = nfsd_mkdir(nn->nfsd_client_dir, ncl, name);
 	if (IS_ERR(dentry)) /* XXX: tossing errors? */
 		return NULL;
-	ret = nfsdfs_create_files(dentry, files, fdentries);
+	ret = nfsdfs_create_files(dentry, files, ncl, fdentries);
 	if (ret) {
 		nfsd_client_rmdir(dentry);
 		return NULL;
@@ -1358,20 +1329,7 @@ struct dentry *nfsd_client_mkdir(struct nfsd_net *nn,
 /* Taken from __rpc_rmdir: */
 void nfsd_client_rmdir(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
-	struct inode *dir = d_inode(dentry->d_parent);
-	struct inode *inode = d_inode(dentry);
-	int ret;
-
-	inode_lock(dir);
-	nfsdfs_remove_files(dentry);
-	clear_ncl(inode);
-	dget(dentry);
-	ret = simple_rmdir(dir, dentry);
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(ret);
-	d_drop(dentry);
-	fsnotify_rmdir(dir, dentry);
-	dput(dentry);
-	inode_unlock(dir);
+	simple_recursive_removal(dentry, clear_ncl);
 }
 
 static int nfsd_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct fs_context *fc)
diff --git a/fs/notify/fsnotify.c b/fs/notify/fsnotify.c
index 7974e91ffe13..8bfd690e9f10 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fsnotify.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fsnotify.c
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ void __fsnotify_update_child_dentry_flags(struct inode *inode)
 		 * d_flags to indicate parental interest (their parent is the
 		 * original inode) */
 		spin_lock(&alias->d_lock);
-		list_for_each_entry(child, &alias->d_subdirs, d_child) {
+		hlist_for_each_entry(child, &alias->d_children, d_sib) {
 			if (!child->d_inode)
 				continue;
 
diff --git a/fs/nsfs.c b/fs/nsfs.c
index 9a4b228d42fa..34e1e3e36733 100644
--- a/fs/nsfs.c
+++ b/fs/nsfs.c
@@ -90,12 +90,9 @@ slow:
 	inode->i_fop = &ns_file_operations;
 	inode->i_private = ns;
 
-	dentry = d_alloc_anon(mnt->mnt_sb);
-	if (!dentry) {
-		iput(inode);
+	dentry = d_make_root(inode);	/* not the normal use, but... */
+	if (!dentry)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
-	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
 	dentry->d_fsdata = (void *)ns->ops;
 	d = atomic_long_cmpxchg(&ns->stashed, 0, (unsigned long)dentry);
 	if (d) {
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/export.c b/fs/overlayfs/export.c
index 6909c4a5da56..063409069f56 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/export.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/export.c
@@ -289,7 +289,6 @@ static struct dentry *ovl_obtain_alias(struct super_block *sb,
 {
 	struct dentry *lower = lowerpath ? lowerpath->dentry : NULL;
 	struct dentry *upper = upper_alias ?: index;
-	struct dentry *dentry;
 	struct inode *inode = NULL;
 	struct ovl_entry *oe;
 	struct ovl_inode_params oip = {
@@ -320,27 +319,7 @@ static struct dentry *ovl_obtain_alias(struct super_block *sb,
 	if (upper)
 		ovl_set_flag(OVL_UPPERDATA, inode);
 
-	dentry = d_find_any_alias(inode);
-	if (dentry)
-		goto out_iput;
-
-	dentry = d_alloc_anon(inode->i_sb);
-	if (unlikely(!dentry))
-		goto nomem;
-
-	if (upper_alias)
-		ovl_dentry_set_upper_alias(dentry);
-
-	ovl_dentry_init_reval(dentry, upper, OVL_I_E(inode));
-
-	return d_instantiate_anon(dentry, inode);
-
-nomem:
-	dput(dentry);
-	dentry = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-out_iput:
-	iput(inode);
-	return dentry;
+	return d_obtain_alias(inode);
 }
 
 /* Get the upper or lower dentry in stack whose on layer @idx */
diff --git a/fs/tracefs/inode.c b/fs/tracefs/inode.c
index bc86ffdb103b..ad20e6af938d 100644
--- a/fs/tracefs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/tracefs/inode.c
@@ -199,21 +199,17 @@ static void change_gid(struct dentry *dentry, kgid_t gid)
  */
 static void set_gid(struct dentry *parent, kgid_t gid)
 {
-	struct dentry *this_parent;
-	struct list_head *next;
+	struct dentry *this_parent, *dentry;
 
 	this_parent = parent;
 	spin_lock(&this_parent->d_lock);
 
 	change_gid(this_parent, gid);
 repeat:
-	next = this_parent->d_subdirs.next;
+	dentry = d_first_child(this_parent);
 resume:
-	while (next != &this_parent->d_subdirs) {
+	hlist_for_each_entry_from(dentry, d_sib) {
 		struct tracefs_inode *ti;
-		struct list_head *tmp = next;
-		struct dentry *dentry = list_entry(tmp, struct dentry, d_child);
-		next = tmp->next;
 
 		/* Note, getdents() can add a cursor dentry with no inode */
 		if (!dentry->d_inode)
@@ -228,7 +224,7 @@ resume:
 		if (ti && (ti->flags & TRACEFS_EVENT_INODE))
 			eventfs_update_gid(dentry, gid);
 
-		if (!list_empty(&dentry->d_subdirs)) {
+		if (!hlist_empty(&dentry->d_children)) {
 			spin_unlock(&this_parent->d_lock);
 			spin_release(&dentry->d_lock.dep_map, _RET_IP_);
 			this_parent = dentry;
@@ -243,21 +239,20 @@ resume:
 	rcu_read_lock();
 ascend:
 	if (this_parent != parent) {
-		struct dentry *child = this_parent;
-		this_parent = child->d_parent;
+		dentry = this_parent;
+		this_parent = dentry->d_parent;
 
-		spin_unlock(&child->d_lock);
+		spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 		spin_lock(&this_parent->d_lock);
 
 		/* go into the first sibling still alive */
-		do {
-			next = child->d_child.next;
-			if (next == &this_parent->d_subdirs)
-				goto ascend;
-			child = list_entry(next, struct dentry, d_child);
-		} while (unlikely(child->d_flags & DCACHE_DENTRY_KILLED));
-		rcu_read_unlock();
-		goto resume;
+		hlist_for_each_entry_continue(dentry, d_sib) {
+			if (likely(!(dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_DENTRY_KILLED))) {
+				rcu_read_unlock();
+				goto resume;
+			}
+		}
+		goto ascend;
 	}
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 	spin_unlock(&this_parent->d_lock);
diff --git a/include/linux/dcache.h b/include/linux/dcache.h
index 3da2f0545d5d..1666c387861f 100644
--- a/include/linux/dcache.h
+++ b/include/linux/dcache.h
@@ -68,12 +68,12 @@ extern const struct qstr dotdot_name;
  * large memory footprint increase).
  */
 #ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
-# define DNAME_INLINE_LEN 32 /* 192 bytes */
+# define DNAME_INLINE_LEN 40 /* 192 bytes */
 #else
 # ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-#  define DNAME_INLINE_LEN 36 /* 128 bytes */
-# else
 #  define DNAME_INLINE_LEN 40 /* 128 bytes */
+# else
+#  define DNAME_INLINE_LEN 44 /* 128 bytes */
 # endif
 #endif
 
@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@ struct dentry {
 		struct list_head d_lru;		/* LRU list */
 		wait_queue_head_t *d_wait;	/* in-lookup ones only */
 	};
-	struct list_head d_child;	/* child of parent list */
-	struct list_head d_subdirs;	/* our children */
+	struct hlist_node d_sib;	/* child of parent list */
+	struct hlist_head d_children;	/* our children */
 	/*
 	 * d_alias and d_rcu can share memory
 	 */
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ struct dentry {
 		struct hlist_bl_node d_in_lookup_hash;	/* only for in-lookup ones */
 	 	struct rcu_head d_rcu;
 	} d_u;
-} __randomize_layout;
+};
 
 /*
  * dentry->d_lock spinlock nesting subclasses:
@@ -151,13 +151,13 @@ struct dentry_operations {
  */
 
 /* d_flags entries */
-#define DCACHE_OP_HASH			0x00000001
-#define DCACHE_OP_COMPARE		0x00000002
-#define DCACHE_OP_REVALIDATE		0x00000004
-#define DCACHE_OP_DELETE		0x00000008
-#define DCACHE_OP_PRUNE			0x00000010
+#define DCACHE_OP_HASH			BIT(0)
+#define DCACHE_OP_COMPARE		BIT(1)
+#define DCACHE_OP_REVALIDATE		BIT(2)
+#define DCACHE_OP_DELETE		BIT(3)
+#define DCACHE_OP_PRUNE			BIT(4)
 
-#define	DCACHE_DISCONNECTED		0x00000020
+#define	DCACHE_DISCONNECTED		BIT(5)
      /* This dentry is possibly not currently connected to the dcache tree, in
       * which case its parent will either be itself, or will have this flag as
       * well.  nfsd will not use a dentry with this bit set, but will first
@@ -168,50 +168,46 @@ struct dentry_operations {
       * dentry into place and return that dentry rather than the passed one,
       * typically using d_splice_alias. */
 
-#define DCACHE_REFERENCED		0x00000040 /* Recently used, don't discard. */
+#define DCACHE_REFERENCED		BIT(6) /* Recently used, don't discard. */
 
-#define DCACHE_DONTCACHE		0x00000080 /* Purge from memory on final dput() */
+#define DCACHE_DONTCACHE		BIT(7) /* Purge from memory on final dput() */
 
-#define DCACHE_CANT_MOUNT		0x00000100
-#define DCACHE_GENOCIDE			0x00000200
-#define DCACHE_SHRINK_LIST		0x00000400
+#define DCACHE_CANT_MOUNT		BIT(8)
+#define DCACHE_SHRINK_LIST		BIT(10)
 
-#define DCACHE_OP_WEAK_REVALIDATE	0x00000800
+#define DCACHE_OP_WEAK_REVALIDATE	BIT(11)
 
-#define DCACHE_NFSFS_RENAMED		0x00001000
+#define DCACHE_NFSFS_RENAMED		BIT(12)
      /* this dentry has been "silly renamed" and has to be deleted on the last
       * dput() */
-#define DCACHE_COOKIE			0x00002000 /* For use by dcookie subsystem */
-#define DCACHE_FSNOTIFY_PARENT_WATCHED	0x00004000
+#define DCACHE_FSNOTIFY_PARENT_WATCHED	BIT(14)
      /* Parent inode is watched by some fsnotify listener */
 
-#define DCACHE_DENTRY_KILLED		0x00008000
+#define DCACHE_DENTRY_KILLED		BIT(15)
 
-#define DCACHE_MOUNTED			0x00010000 /* is a mountpoint */
-#define DCACHE_NEED_AUTOMOUNT		0x00020000 /* handle automount on this dir */
-#define DCACHE_MANAGE_TRANSIT		0x00040000 /* manage transit from this dirent */
+#define DCACHE_MOUNTED			BIT(16) /* is a mountpoint */
+#define DCACHE_NEED_AUTOMOUNT		BIT(17) /* handle automount on this dir */
+#define DCACHE_MANAGE_TRANSIT		BIT(18) /* manage transit from this dirent */
 #define DCACHE_MANAGED_DENTRY \
 	(DCACHE_MOUNTED|DCACHE_NEED_AUTOMOUNT|DCACHE_MANAGE_TRANSIT)
 
-#define DCACHE_LRU_LIST			0x00080000
+#define DCACHE_LRU_LIST			BIT(19)
 
-#define DCACHE_ENTRY_TYPE		0x00700000
-#define DCACHE_MISS_TYPE		0x00000000 /* Negative dentry (maybe fallthru to nowhere) */
-#define DCACHE_WHITEOUT_TYPE		0x00100000 /* Whiteout dentry (stop pathwalk) */
-#define DCACHE_DIRECTORY_TYPE		0x00200000 /* Normal directory */
-#define DCACHE_AUTODIR_TYPE		0x00300000 /* Lookupless directory (presumed automount) */
-#define DCACHE_REGULAR_TYPE		0x00400000 /* Regular file type (or fallthru to such) */
-#define DCACHE_SPECIAL_TYPE		0x00500000 /* Other file type (or fallthru to such) */
-#define DCACHE_SYMLINK_TYPE		0x00600000 /* Symlink (or fallthru to such) */
+#define DCACHE_ENTRY_TYPE		(7 << 20) /* bits 20..22 are for storing type: */
+#define DCACHE_MISS_TYPE		(0 << 20) /* Negative dentry */
+#define DCACHE_WHITEOUT_TYPE		(1 << 20) /* Whiteout dentry (stop pathwalk) */
+#define DCACHE_DIRECTORY_TYPE		(2 << 20) /* Normal directory */
+#define DCACHE_AUTODIR_TYPE		(3 << 20) /* Lookupless directory (presumed automount) */
+#define DCACHE_REGULAR_TYPE		(4 << 20) /* Regular file type */
+#define DCACHE_SPECIAL_TYPE		(5 << 20) /* Other file type */
+#define DCACHE_SYMLINK_TYPE		(6 << 20) /* Symlink */
 
-#define DCACHE_MAY_FREE			0x00800000
-#define DCACHE_FALLTHRU			0x01000000 /* Fall through to lower layer */
-#define DCACHE_NOKEY_NAME		0x02000000 /* Encrypted name encoded without key */
-#define DCACHE_OP_REAL			0x04000000
+#define DCACHE_NOKEY_NAME		BIT(25) /* Encrypted name encoded without key */
+#define DCACHE_OP_REAL			BIT(26)
 
-#define DCACHE_PAR_LOOKUP		0x10000000 /* being looked up (with parent locked shared) */
-#define DCACHE_DENTRY_CURSOR		0x20000000
-#define DCACHE_NORCU			0x40000000 /* No RCU delay for freeing */
+#define DCACHE_PAR_LOOKUP		BIT(28) /* being looked up (with parent locked shared) */
+#define DCACHE_DENTRY_CURSOR		BIT(29)
+#define DCACHE_NORCU			BIT(30) /* No RCU delay for freeing */
 
 extern seqlock_t rename_lock;
 
@@ -220,8 +216,6 @@ extern seqlock_t rename_lock;
  */
 extern void d_instantiate(struct dentry *, struct inode *);
 extern void d_instantiate_new(struct dentry *, struct inode *);
-extern struct dentry * d_instantiate_unique(struct dentry *, struct inode *);
-extern struct dentry * d_instantiate_anon(struct dentry *, struct inode *);
 extern void __d_drop(struct dentry *dentry);
 extern void d_drop(struct dentry *dentry);
 extern void d_delete(struct dentry *);
@@ -242,15 +236,11 @@ extern struct dentry * d_obtain_alias(struct inode *);
 extern struct dentry * d_obtain_root(struct inode *);
 extern void shrink_dcache_sb(struct super_block *);
 extern void shrink_dcache_parent(struct dentry *);
-extern void shrink_dcache_for_umount(struct super_block *);
 extern void d_invalidate(struct dentry *);
 
 /* only used at mount-time */
 extern struct dentry * d_make_root(struct inode *);
 
-/* <clickety>-<click> the ramfs-type tree */
-extern void d_genocide(struct dentry *);
-
 extern void d_mark_tmpfile(struct file *, struct inode *);
 extern void d_tmpfile(struct file *, struct inode *);
 
@@ -274,12 +264,8 @@ extern void d_move(struct dentry *, struct dentry *);
 extern void d_exchange(struct dentry *, struct dentry *);
 extern struct dentry *d_ancestor(struct dentry *, struct dentry *);
 
-/* appendix may either be NULL or be used for transname suffixes */
 extern struct dentry *d_lookup(const struct dentry *, const struct qstr *);
 extern struct dentry *d_hash_and_lookup(struct dentry *, struct qstr *);
-extern struct dentry *__d_lookup(const struct dentry *, const struct qstr *);
-extern struct dentry *__d_lookup_rcu(const struct dentry *parent,
-				const struct qstr *name, unsigned *seq);
 
 static inline unsigned d_count(const struct dentry *dentry)
 {
@@ -301,20 +287,40 @@ extern char *dentry_path(const struct dentry *, char *, int);
 /* Allocation counts.. */
 
 /**
- *	dget, dget_dlock -	get a reference to a dentry
- *	@dentry: dentry to get a reference to
+ * dget_dlock -	get a reference to a dentry
+ * @dentry: dentry to get a reference to
  *
- *	Given a dentry or %NULL pointer increment the reference count
- *	if appropriate and return the dentry. A dentry will not be 
- *	destroyed when it has references.
+ * Given a live dentry, increment the reference count and return the dentry.
+ * Caller must hold @dentry->d_lock.  Making sure that dentry is alive is
+ * caller's resonsibility.  There are many conditions sufficient to guarantee
+ * that; e.g. anything with non-negative refcount is alive, so's anything
+ * hashed, anything positive, anyone's parent, etc.
  */
 static inline struct dentry *dget_dlock(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
-	if (dentry)
-		dentry->d_lockref.count++;
+	dentry->d_lockref.count++;
 	return dentry;
 }
 
+
+/**
+ * dget - get a reference to a dentry
+ * @dentry: dentry to get a reference to
+ *
+ * Given a dentry or %NULL pointer increment the reference count
+ * if appropriate and return the dentry.  A dentry will not be
+ * destroyed when it has references.  Conversely, a dentry with
+ * no references can disappear for any number of reasons, starting
+ * with memory pressure.  In other words, that primitive is
+ * used to clone an existing reference; using it on something with
+ * zero refcount is a bug.
+ *
+ * NOTE: it will spin if @dentry->d_lock is held.  From the deadlock
+ * avoidance point of view it is equivalent to spin_lock()/increment
+ * refcount/spin_unlock(), so calling it under @dentry->d_lock is
+ * always a bug; so's calling it under ->d_lock on any of its descendents.
+ *
+ */
 static inline struct dentry *dget(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	if (dentry)
@@ -325,12 +331,11 @@ static inline struct dentry *dget(struct dentry *dentry)
 extern struct dentry *dget_parent(struct dentry *dentry);
 
 /**
- *	d_unhashed -	is dentry hashed
- *	@dentry: entry to check
+ * d_unhashed - is dentry hashed
+ * @dentry: entry to check
  *
- *	Returns true if the dentry passed is not currently hashed.
+ * Returns true if the dentry passed is not currently hashed.
  */
- 
 static inline int d_unhashed(const struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	return hlist_bl_unhashed(&dentry->d_hash);
@@ -490,14 +495,6 @@ static inline int simple_positive(const struct dentry *dentry)
 	return d_really_is_positive(dentry) && !d_unhashed(dentry);
 }
 
-extern void d_set_fallthru(struct dentry *dentry);
-
-static inline bool d_is_fallthru(const struct dentry *dentry)
-{
-	return dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_FALLTHRU;
-}
-
-
 extern int sysctl_vfs_cache_pressure;
 
 static inline unsigned long vfs_pressure_ratio(unsigned long val)
@@ -546,21 +543,6 @@ static inline struct inode *d_backing_inode(const struct dentry *upper)
 	return inode;
 }
 
-/**
- * d_backing_dentry - Get upper or lower dentry we should be using
- * @upper: The upper layer
- *
- * This is the helper that should be used to get the dentry of the inode that
- * will be used if this dentry were opened as a file.  It may be the upper
- * dentry or it may be a lower dentry pinned by the upper.
- *
- * Normal filesystems should not use this to access their own dentries.
- */
-static inline struct dentry *d_backing_dentry(struct dentry *upper)
-{
-	return upper;
-}
-
 /**
  * d_real - Return the real dentry
  * @dentry: the dentry to query
@@ -600,4 +582,14 @@ struct name_snapshot {
 void take_dentry_name_snapshot(struct name_snapshot *, struct dentry *);
 void release_dentry_name_snapshot(struct name_snapshot *);
 
+static inline struct dentry *d_first_child(const struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	return hlist_entry_safe(dentry->d_children.first, struct dentry, d_sib);
+}
+
+static inline struct dentry *d_next_sibling(const struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	return hlist_entry_safe(dentry->d_sib.next, struct dentry, d_sib);
+}
+
 #endif	/* __LINUX_DCACHE_H */