[PATCH] r/o bind mounts: unlink: monitor i_nlink

When a filesystem decrements i_nlink to zero, it means that a write must be
performed in order to drop the inode from the filesystem.

We're shortly going to have keep filesystems from being remounted r/o between
the time that this i_nlink decrement and that write occurs.

So, add a little helper function to do the decrements.  We'll tie into it in a
bit to note when i_nlink hits zero.

Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <haveblue@us.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

28 files changed, 83 insertions, 93 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/inode.c b/drivers/usb/core/inode.c
index df3d152f049..88002e45a6b 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/inode.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/inode.c
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ static int usbfs_unlink (struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 {
         struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
         mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
-        dentry->d_inode->i_nlink--;
+        drop_nlink(dentry->d_inode);
         dput(dentry);
         mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
         d_delete(dentry);
@@ -347,10 +347,11 @@ static int usbfs_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
         mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
         dentry_unhash(dentry);
         if (usbfs_empty(dentry)) {
-                dentry->d_inode->i_nlink -= 2;
+                drop_nlink(dentry->d_inode);
+                drop_nlink(dentry->d_inode);
                 dput(dentry);
                 inode->i_flags |= S_DEAD;
-                dir->i_nlink--;
+                drop_nlink(dir);
                 error = 0;
         }
         mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
diff --git a/fs/autofs/root.c b/fs/autofs/root.c
index 9cac08d6a87..54ad7073192 100644
--- a/fs/autofs/root.c
+++ b/fs/autofs/root.c
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ static int autofs_root_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 
         dentry->d_time = (unsigned long)(struct autofs_dir_ent *)NULL;
         autofs_hash_delete(ent);
-        dir->i_nlink--;
+        drop_nlink(dir);
         d_drop(dentry);
         unlock_kernel();
 
diff --git a/fs/autofs4/root.c b/fs/autofs4/root.c
index 563ef9d7da9..348bec0982b 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/root.c
+++ b/fs/autofs4/root.c
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ static int autofs4_dir_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
         dentry->d_inode->i_nlink = 0;
 
         if (dir->i_nlink)
-                dir->i_nlink--;
+                drop_nlink(dir);
 
         return 0;
 }
diff --git a/fs/bfs/dir.c b/fs/bfs/dir.c
index dcf04cb1328..ce05d1643dd 100644
--- a/fs/bfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/bfs/dir.c
@@ -117,8 +117,7 @@ static int bfs_create(struct inode * dir, struct dentry * dentry, int mode,
 
         err = bfs_add_entry(dir, dentry->d_name.name, dentry->d_name.len, inode->i_ino);
         if (err) {
-                inode->i_nlink--;
-                mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+                inode_dec_link_count(inode);
                 iput(inode);
                 unlock_kernel();
                 return err;
@@ -196,9 +195,8 @@ static int bfs_unlink(struct inode * dir, struct dentry * dentry)
         mark_buffer_dirty(bh);
         dir->i_ctime = dir->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
         mark_inode_dirty(dir);
-        inode->i_nlink--;
         inode->i_ctime = dir->i_ctime;
-        mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+        inode_dec_link_count(inode);
         error = 0;
 
 out_brelse:
@@ -249,9 +247,8 @@ static int bfs_rename(struct inode * old_dir, struct dentry * old_dentry,
         old_dir->i_ctime = old_dir->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
         mark_inode_dirty(old_dir);
         if (new_inode) {
-                new_inode->i_nlink--;
                 new_inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
-                mark_inode_dirty(new_inode);
+                inode_dec_link_count(new_inode);
         }
         mark_buffer_dirty(old_bh);
         error = 0;
diff --git a/fs/cifs/inode.c b/fs/cifs/inode.c
index 05f874c7441..74441a17e18 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/inode.c
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ int cifs_unlink(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *direntry)
 
         if (!rc) {
                 if (direntry->d_inode)
-                        direntry->d_inode->i_nlink--;
+                        drop_nlink(direntry->d_inode);
         } else if (rc == -ENOENT) {
                 d_drop(direntry);
         } else if (rc == -ETXTBSY) {
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ int cifs_unlink(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *direntry)
                                                 CIFS_MOUNT_MAP_SPECIAL_CHR);
                         CIFSSMBClose(xid, pTcon, netfid);
                         if (direntry->d_inode)
-                                direntry->d_inode->i_nlink--;
+                                drop_nlink(direntry->d_inode);
                 }
         } else if (rc == -EACCES) {
                 /* try only if r/o attribute set in local lookup data? */
@@ -663,7 +663,7 @@ int cifs_unlink(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *direntry)
                                                 CIFS_MOUNT_MAP_SPECIAL_CHR);
                         if (!rc) {
                                 if (direntry->d_inode)
-                                        direntry->d_inode->i_nlink--;
+                                        drop_nlink(direntry->d_inode);
                         } else if (rc == -ETXTBSY) {
                                 int oplock = FALSE;
                                 __u16 netfid;
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ int cifs_unlink(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *direntry)
                                                     CIFS_MOUNT_MAP_SPECIAL_CHR);
                                         CIFSSMBClose(xid, pTcon, netfid);
                                         if (direntry->d_inode)
-                                                direntry->d_inode->i_nlink--;
+                                                drop_nlink(direntry->d_inode);
                                 }
                         /* BB if rc = -ETXTBUSY goto the rename logic BB */
                         }
@@ -816,7 +816,7 @@ int cifs_rmdir(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *direntry)
                           cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags & CIFS_MOUNT_MAP_SPECIAL_CHR);
 
         if (!rc) {
-                inode->i_nlink--;
+                drop_nlink(inode);
                 i_size_write(direntry->d_inode,0);
                 direntry->d_inode->i_nlink = 0;
         }
diff --git a/fs/coda/dir.c b/fs/coda/dir.c
index 8651ea6a23b..0a2fd8bb757 100644
--- a/fs/coda/dir.c
+++ b/fs/coda/dir.c
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ int coda_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *de)
         }
 
         coda_dir_changed(dir, 0);
-        de->d_inode->i_nlink--;
+        drop_nlink(de->d_inode);
         unlock_kernel();
 
         return 0;
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ int coda_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *de)
         }
 
         coda_dir_changed(dir, -1);
-        de->d_inode->i_nlink--;
+        drop_nlink(de->d_inode);
         d_delete(de);
         unlock_kernel();
 
diff --git a/fs/ext2/namei.c b/fs/ext2/namei.c
index 4ca82498532..e1af5b4cf80 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/namei.c
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ static int ext2_rename (struct inode * old_dir, struct dentry * old_dentry,
                 ext2_set_link(new_dir, new_de, new_page, old_inode);
                 new_inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
                 if (dir_de)
-                        new_inode->i_nlink--;
+                        drop_nlink(new_inode);
                 inode_dec_link_count(new_inode);
         } else {
                 if (dir_de) {
diff --git a/fs/ext3/namei.c b/fs/ext3/namei.c
index 235e77b52ea..14c55adfae8 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/namei.c
@@ -1621,7 +1621,7 @@ static inline void ext3_inc_count(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode)
 
 static inline void ext3_dec_count(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode)
 {
-        inode->i_nlink--;
+        drop_nlink(inode);
 }
 
 static int ext3_add_nondir(handle_t *handle,
@@ -1743,7 +1743,7 @@ retry:
         inode->i_size = EXT3_I(inode)->i_disksize = inode->i_sb->s_blocksize;
         dir_block = ext3_bread (handle, inode, 0, 1, &err);
         if (!dir_block) {
-                inode->i_nlink--; /* is this nlink == 0? */
+                drop_nlink(inode); /* is this nlink == 0? */
                 ext3_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
                 iput (inode);
                 goto out_stop;
@@ -2053,7 +2053,7 @@ static int ext3_rmdir (struct inode * dir, struct dentry *dentry)
         ext3_orphan_add(handle, inode);
         inode->i_ctime = dir->i_ctime = dir->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
         ext3_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
-        dir->i_nlink--;
+        drop_nlink(dir);
         ext3_update_dx_flag(dir);
         ext3_mark_inode_dirty(handle, dir);
 
@@ -2104,7 +2104,7 @@ static int ext3_unlink(struct inode * dir, struct dentry *dentry)
         dir->i_ctime = dir->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
         ext3_update_dx_flag(dir);
         ext3_mark_inode_dirty(handle, dir);
-        inode->i_nlink--;
+        drop_nlink(inode);
         if (!inode->i_nlink)
                 ext3_orphan_add(handle, inode);
         inode->i_ctime = dir->i_ctime;
@@ -2326,7 +2326,7 @@ static int ext3_rename (struct inode * old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
         }
 
         if (new_inode) {
-                new_inode->i_nlink--;
+                drop_nlink(new_inode);
                 new_inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
         }
         old_dir->i_ctime = old_dir->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
@@ -2337,9 +2337,9 @@ static int ext3_rename (struct inode * old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
                 PARENT_INO(dir_bh->b_data) = cpu_to_le32(new_dir->i_ino);
                 BUFFER_TRACE(dir_bh, "call ext3_journal_dirty_metadata");
                 ext3_journal_dirty_metadata(handle, dir_bh);
-                old_dir->i_nlink--;
+                drop_nlink(old_dir);
                 if (new_inode) {
-                        new_inode->i_nlink--;
+                        drop_nlink(new_inode);
                 } else {
                         new_dir->i_nlink++;
                         ext3_update_dx_flag(new_dir);
diff --git a/fs/hfs/dir.c b/fs/hfs/dir.c
index 7cd8cc03aea..cfef6ad529a 100644
--- a/fs/hfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/hfs/dir.c
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ static int hfs_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
         if (res)
                 return res;
 
-        inode->i_nlink--;
+        drop_nlink(inode);
         hfs_delete_inode(inode);
         inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
         mark_inode_dirty(inode);
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/dir.c b/fs/hfsplus/dir.c
index 1f9ece0de32..9ceb0dfaa1c 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/dir.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/dir.c
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ static int hfsplus_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
                 return res;
 
         if (inode->i_nlink > 0)
-                inode->i_nlink--;
+                drop_nlink(inode);
         hfsplus_delete_inode(inode);
         if (inode->i_ino != cnid && !inode->i_nlink) {
                 if (!atomic_read(&HFSPLUS_I(inode).opencnt)) {
diff --git a/fs/hpfs/namei.c b/fs/hpfs/namei.c
index 59e7dc182a0..4078b0becc5 100644
--- a/fs/hpfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/hpfs/namei.c
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ again:
                 unlock_kernel();
                 return -ENOSPC;
         default:
-                inode->i_nlink--;
+                drop_nlink(inode);
                 err = 0;
         }
         goto out;
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ static int hpfs_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
                 err = -ENOSPC;
                 break;
         default:
-                dir->i_nlink--;
+                drop_nlink(dir);
                 inode->i_nlink = 0;
                 err = 0;
         }
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ static int hpfs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
         hpfs_i(i)->i_parent_dir = new_dir->i_ino;
         if (S_ISDIR(i->i_mode)) {
                 new_dir->i_nlink++;
-                old_dir->i_nlink--;
+                drop_nlink(old_dir);
         }
         if ((fnode = hpfs_map_fnode(i->i_sb, i->i_ino, &bh))) {
                 fnode->up = new_dir->i_ino;
diff --git a/fs/jffs/inode-v23.c b/fs/jffs/inode-v23.c
index 068ef0de8de..3f7899ea4cb 100644
--- a/fs/jffs/inode-v23.c
+++ b/fs/jffs/inode-v23.c
@@ -1052,9 +1052,8 @@ jffs_remove(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int type)
 
         dir->i_ctime = dir->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
         mark_inode_dirty(dir);
-        inode->i_nlink--;
         inode->i_ctime = dir->i_ctime;
-        mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+        inode_dec_link_count(inode);
 
         d_delete(dentry);       /* This also frees the inode */
 
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/dir.c b/fs/jffs2/dir.c
index edd8371fc6a..a5e9f2205b3 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/dir.c
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ static int jffs2_rmdir (struct inode *dir_i, struct dentry *dentry)
         }
         ret = jffs2_unlink(dir_i, dentry);
         if (!ret)
-                dir_i->i_nlink--;
+                drop_nlink(dir_i);
         return ret;
 }
 
@@ -823,7 +823,7 @@ static int jffs2_rename (struct inode *old_dir_i, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 
         if (victim_f) {
                 /* There was a victim. Kill it off nicely */
-                new_dentry->d_inode->i_nlink--;
+                drop_nlink(new_dentry->d_inode);
                 /* Don't oops if the victim was a dirent pointing to an
                    inode which didn't exist. */
                 if (victim_f->inocache) {
@@ -862,7 +862,7 @@ static int jffs2_rename (struct inode *old_dir_i, struct dentry *old_dentry,
         }
 
         if (S_ISDIR(old_dentry->d_inode->i_mode))
-                old_dir_i->i_nlink--;
+                drop_nlink(old_dir_i);
 
         new_dir_i->i_mtime = new_dir_i->i_ctime = old_dir_i->i_mtime = old_dir_i->i_ctime = ITIME(now);
 
diff --git a/fs/jfs/namei.c b/fs/jfs/namei.c
index 295268ad231..088b85976ac 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/namei.c
@@ -393,9 +393,8 @@ static int jfs_rmdir(struct inode *dip, struct dentry *dentry)
         /* update parent directory's link count corresponding
          * to ".." entry of the target directory deleted
          */
-        dip->i_nlink--;
         dip->i_ctime = dip->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME;
-        mark_inode_dirty(dip);
+        inode_dec_link_count(dip);
 
         /*
          * OS/2 could have created EA and/or ACL
@@ -515,8 +514,7 @@ static int jfs_unlink(struct inode *dip, struct dentry *dentry)
         mark_inode_dirty(dip);
 
         /* update target's inode */
-        ip->i_nlink--;
-        mark_inode_dirty(ip);
+        inode_dec_link_count(ip);
 
         /*
          *      commit zero link count object
@@ -835,7 +833,7 @@ static int jfs_link(struct dentry *old_dentry,
         rc = txCommit(tid, 2, &iplist[0], 0);
 
         if (rc) {
-                ip->i_nlink--;
+                ip->i_nlink--; /* never instantiated */
                 iput(ip);
         } else
                 d_instantiate(dentry, ip);
@@ -1155,9 +1153,9 @@ static int jfs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
                               old_ip->i_ino, JFS_RENAME);
                 if (rc)
                         goto out4;
-                new_ip->i_nlink--;
+                drop_nlink(new_ip);
                 if (S_ISDIR(new_ip->i_mode)) {
-                        new_ip->i_nlink--;
+                        drop_nlink(new_ip);
                         if (new_ip->i_nlink) {
                                 mutex_unlock(&JFS_IP(new_ip)->commit_mutex);
                                 if (old_dir != new_dir)
@@ -1223,7 +1221,7 @@ static int jfs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
                 goto out4;
         }
         if (S_ISDIR(old_ip->i_mode)) {
-                old_dir->i_nlink--;
+                drop_nlink(old_dir);
                 if (old_dir != new_dir) {
                         /*
                          * Change inode number of parent for moved directory
diff --git a/fs/libfs.c b/fs/libfs.c
index 3793aaa1457..9204feba75a 100644
--- a/fs/libfs.c
+++ b/fs/libfs.c
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ int simple_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
         struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
 
         inode->i_ctime = dir->i_ctime = dir->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME;
-        inode->i_nlink--;
+        drop_nlink(inode);
         dput(dentry);
         return 0;
 }
@@ -285,9 +285,9 @@ int simple_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
         if (!simple_empty(dentry))
                 return -ENOTEMPTY;
 
-        dentry->d_inode->i_nlink--;
+        drop_nlink(dentry->d_inode);
         simple_unlink(dir, dentry);
-        dir->i_nlink--;
+        drop_nlink(dir);
         return 0;
 }
 
@@ -303,9 +303,9 @@ int simple_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
         if (new_dentry->d_inode) {
                 simple_unlink(new_dir, new_dentry);
                 if (they_are_dirs)
-                        old_dir->i_nlink--;
+                        drop_nlink(old_dir);
         } else if (they_are_dirs) {
-                old_dir->i_nlink--;
+                drop_nlink(old_dir);
                 new_dir->i_nlink++;
         }
 
diff --git a/fs/minix/namei.c b/fs/minix/namei.c
index 5b6a4540a05..299bb66e3bd 100644
--- a/fs/minix/namei.c
+++ b/fs/minix/namei.c
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ static int minix_rename(struct inode * old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
                 minix_set_link(new_de, new_page, old_inode);
                 new_inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
                 if (dir_de)
-                        new_inode->i_nlink--;
+                        drop_nlink(new_inode);
                 inode_dec_link_count(new_inode);
         } else {
                 if (dir_de) {
diff --git a/fs/msdos/namei.c b/fs/msdos/namei.c
index d220165d491..635613f2f65 100644
--- a/fs/msdos/namei.c
+++ b/fs/msdos/namei.c
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ static int msdos_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
         err = fat_remove_entries(dir, &sinfo);  /* and releases bh */
         if (err)
                 goto out;
-        dir->i_nlink--;
+        drop_nlink(dir);
 
         inode->i_nlink = 0;
         inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ static int do_msdos_rename(struct inode *old_dir, unsigned char *old_name,
                         if (err)
                                 goto error_dotdot;
                 }
-                old_dir->i_nlink--;
+                drop_nlink(old_dir);
                 if (!new_inode)
                         new_dir->i_nlink++;
         }
@@ -566,10 +566,9 @@ static int do_msdos_rename(struct inode *old_dir, unsigned char *old_name,
                 mark_inode_dirty(old_dir);
 
         if (new_inode) {
+                drop_nlink(new_inode);
                 if (is_dir)
-                        new_inode->i_nlink -= 2;
-                else
-                        new_inode->i_nlink--;
+                        drop_nlink(new_inode);
                 new_inode->i_ctime = ts;
         }
 out:
diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index 7432f1a43f3..26eecb86f9b 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -843,7 +843,7 @@ static void nfs_dentry_iput(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode)
         nfs_inode_return_delegation(inode);
         if (dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_NFSFS_RENAMED) {
                 lock_kernel();
-                inode->i_nlink--;
+                drop_nlink(inode);
                 nfs_complete_unlink(dentry);
                 unlock_kernel();
         }
@@ -1401,7 +1401,7 @@ static int nfs_safe_remove(struct dentry *dentry)
                 error = NFS_PROTO(dir)->remove(dir, &dentry->d_name);
                 /* The VFS may want to delete this inode */
                 if (error == 0)
-                        inode->i_nlink--;
+                        drop_nlink(inode);
                 nfs_mark_for_revalidate(inode);
                 nfs_end_data_update(inode);
         } else
@@ -1639,7 +1639,7 @@ static int nfs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
                         goto out;
                 }
         } else
-                new_inode->i_nlink--;
+                drop_nlink(new_inode);
 
 go_ahead:
         /*
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
index 849c3b4bb94..40f83f53053 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
@@ -739,7 +739,7 @@ static int ocfs2_link(struct dentry *old_dentry,
         err = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, fe_bh);
         if (err < 0) {
                 le16_add_cpu(&fe->i_links_count, -1);
-                inode->i_nlink--;
+                drop_nlink(inode);
                 mlog_errno(err);
                 goto bail;
         }
@@ -749,7 +749,7 @@ static int ocfs2_link(struct dentry *old_dentry,
                               parent_fe_bh, de_bh);
         if (err) {
                 le16_add_cpu(&fe->i_links_count, -1);
-                inode->i_nlink--;
+                drop_nlink(inode);
                 mlog_errno(err);
                 goto bail;
         }
diff --git a/fs/qnx4/namei.c b/fs/qnx4/namei.c
index c3d83f67154..ad5afa4ea8f 100644
--- a/fs/qnx4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/qnx4/namei.c
@@ -189,8 +189,7 @@ int qnx4_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
         inode->i_nlink = 0;
         mark_inode_dirty(inode);
         inode->i_ctime = dir->i_ctime = dir->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
-        dir->i_nlink--;
-        mark_inode_dirty(dir);
+        inode_dec_link_count(dir);
         retval = 0;
 
       end_rmdir:
@@ -234,9 +233,8 @@ int qnx4_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
         mark_buffer_dirty(bh);
         dir->i_ctime = dir->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
         mark_inode_dirty(dir);
-        inode->i_nlink--;
         inode->i_ctime = dir->i_ctime;
-        mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+        inode_dec_link_count(inode);
         retval = 0;
 
 end_unlink:
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/namei.c b/fs/reiserfs/namei.c
index c61710e49c6..c76d427e027 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/namei.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 #include <linux/quotaops.h>
 
 #define INC_DIR_INODE_NLINK(i) if (i->i_nlink != 1) { i->i_nlink++; if (i->i_nlink >= REISERFS_LINK_MAX) i->i_nlink=1; }
-#define DEC_DIR_INODE_NLINK(i) if (i->i_nlink != 1) i->i_nlink--;
+#define DEC_DIR_INODE_NLINK(i) if (i->i_nlink != 1) drop_nlink(i);
 
 // directory item contains array of entry headers. This performs
 // binary search through that array
@@ -994,7 +994,7 @@ static int reiserfs_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
                 inode->i_nlink = 1;
         }
 
-        inode->i_nlink--;
+        drop_nlink(inode);
 
         /*
          * we schedule before doing the add_save_link call, save the link
@@ -1475,7 +1475,7 @@ static int reiserfs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
                 if (S_ISDIR(new_dentry_inode->i_mode)) {
                         new_dentry_inode->i_nlink = 0;
                 } else {
-                        new_dentry_inode->i_nlink--;
+                        drop_nlink(new_dentry_inode);
                 }
                 new_dentry_inode->i_ctime = ctime;
                 savelink = new_dentry_inode->i_nlink;
diff --git a/fs/sysv/namei.c b/fs/sysv/namei.c
index b8a73f716fb..f7c08db8e34 100644
--- a/fs/sysv/namei.c
+++ b/fs/sysv/namei.c
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ static int sysv_rename(struct inode * old_dir, struct dentry * old_dentry,
                 sysv_set_link(new_de, new_page, old_inode);
                 new_inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
                 if (dir_de)
-                        new_inode->i_nlink--;
+                        drop_nlink(new_inode);
                 inode_dec_link_count(new_inode);
         } else {
                 if (dir_de) {
diff --git a/fs/udf/namei.c b/fs/udf/namei.c
index ab9a7629d23..d14d25534aa 100644
--- a/fs/udf/namei.c
+++ b/fs/udf/namei.c
@@ -878,8 +878,7 @@ static int udf_rmdir(struct inode * dir, struct dentry * dentry)
                         inode->i_nlink);
         inode->i_nlink = 0;
         inode->i_size = 0;
-        mark_inode_dirty(inode);
-        dir->i_nlink --;
+        inode_dec_link_count(inode);
         inode->i_ctime = dir->i_ctime = dir->i_mtime = current_fs_time(dir->i_sb);
         mark_inode_dirty(dir);
 
@@ -923,8 +922,7 @@ static int udf_unlink(struct inode * dir, struct dentry * dentry)
                 goto end_unlink;
         dir->i_ctime = dir->i_mtime = current_fs_time(dir->i_sb);
         mark_inode_dirty(dir);
-        inode->i_nlink--;
-        mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+        inode_dec_link_count(inode);
         inode->i_ctime = dir->i_ctime;
         retval = 0;
 
@@ -1101,8 +1099,7 @@ out:
         return err;
 
 out_no_entry:
-        inode->i_nlink--;
-        mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+        inode_dec_link_count(inode);
         iput(inode);
         goto out;
 }
@@ -1261,9 +1258,8 @@ static int udf_rename (struct inode * old_dir, struct dentry * old_dentry,
 
         if (new_inode)
         {
-                new_inode->i_nlink--;
                 new_inode->i_ctime = current_fs_time(new_inode->i_sb);
-                mark_inode_dirty(new_inode);
+                inode_dec_link_count(new_inode);
         }
         old_dir->i_ctime = old_dir->i_mtime = current_fs_time(old_dir->i_sb);
         mark_inode_dirty(old_dir);
@@ -1279,12 +1275,10 @@ static int udf_rename (struct inode * old_dir, struct dentry * old_dentry,
                 }
                 else
                         mark_buffer_dirty_inode(dir_bh, old_inode);
-                old_dir->i_nlink --;
-                mark_inode_dirty(old_dir);
+                inode_dec_link_count(old_dir);
                 if (new_inode)
                 {
-                        new_inode->i_nlink --;
-                        mark_inode_dirty(new_inode);
+                        inode_dec_link_count(new_inode);
                 }
                 else
                 {
diff --git a/fs/ufs/namei.c b/fs/ufs/namei.c
index d344b411e26..e84c0ecf073 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ufs/namei.c
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ static int ufs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
                 ufs_set_link(new_dir, new_de, new_page, old_inode);
                 new_inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
                 if (dir_de)
-                        new_inode->i_nlink--;
+                        drop_nlink(new_inode);
                 inode_dec_link_count(new_inode);
         } else {
                 if (dir_de) {
diff --git a/fs/vfat/namei.c b/fs/vfat/namei.c
index 9a8f48bae95..090d74ffa06 100644
--- a/fs/vfat/namei.c
+++ b/fs/vfat/namei.c
@@ -782,7 +782,7 @@ static int vfat_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
         err = fat_remove_entries(dir, &sinfo);  /* and releases bh */
         if (err)
                 goto out;
-        dir->i_nlink--;
+        drop_nlink(dir);
 
         inode->i_nlink = 0;
         inode->i_mtime = inode->i_atime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
@@ -930,7 +930,7 @@ static int vfat_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
                         if (err)
                                 goto error_dotdot;
                 }
-                old_dir->i_nlink--;
+                drop_nlink(old_dir);
                 if (!new_inode)
                         new_dir->i_nlink++;
         }
@@ -947,10 +947,9 @@ static int vfat_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
                 mark_inode_dirty(old_dir);
 
         if (new_inode) {
+                drop_nlink(new_inode);
                 if (is_dir)
-                        new_inode->i_nlink -= 2;
-                else
-                        new_inode->i_nlink--;
+                        drop_nlink(new_inode);
                 new_inode->i_ctime = ts;
         }
 out:
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 4bb70871873..26d3c61116c 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1225,9 +1225,14 @@ static inline void inode_inc_link_count(struct inode *inode)
         mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 }
 
-static inline void inode_dec_link_count(struct inode *inode)
+static inline void drop_nlink(struct inode *inode)
 {
         inode->i_nlink--;
+}
+
+static inline void inode_dec_link_count(struct inode *inode)
+{
+        drop_nlink(inode);
         mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 }
 
diff --git a/ipc/mqueue.c b/ipc/mqueue.c
index 840f8a6fb85..10aa8eeeb11 100644
--- a/ipc/mqueue.c
+++ b/ipc/mqueue.c
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ static int mqueue_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 
         dir->i_ctime = dir->i_mtime = dir->i_atime = CURRENT_TIME;
         dir->i_size -= DIRENT_SIZE;
-        inode->i_nlink--;
+        drop_nlink(inode);
         dput(dentry);
         return 0;
 }
diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index b96de69f236..908dd947b1e 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -1772,7 +1772,7 @@ static int shmem_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 
         dir->i_size -= BOGO_DIRENT_SIZE;
         inode->i_ctime = dir->i_ctime = dir->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME;
-        inode->i_nlink--;
+        drop_nlink(inode);
         dput(dentry);   /* Undo the count from "create" - this does all the work */
         return 0;
 }
@@ -1782,8 +1782,8 @@ static int shmem_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
         if (!simple_empty(dentry))
                 return -ENOTEMPTY;
 
-        dentry->d_inode->i_nlink--;
-        dir->i_nlink--;
+        drop_nlink(dentry->d_inode);
+        drop_nlink(dir);
         return shmem_unlink(dir, dentry);
 }
 
@@ -1804,9 +1804,9 @@ static int shmem_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry, struct
         if (new_dentry->d_inode) {
                 (void) shmem_unlink(new_dir, new_dentry);
                 if (they_are_dirs)
-                        old_dir->i_nlink--;
+                        drop_nlink(old_dir);
         } else if (they_are_dirs) {
-                old_dir->i_nlink--;
+                drop_nlink(old_dir);
                 new_dir->i_nlink++;
         }