11 files changed, 78 insertions, 63 deletions

diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c
index 599b233bef75..5246285a95fb 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c
@@ -2200,7 +2200,7 @@ pfm_alloc_file(pfm_context_t *ctx)
 {
         struct file *file;
         struct inode *inode;
-        struct dentry *dentry;
+        struct path path;
         char name[32];
         struct qstr this;
 
@@ -2225,18 +2225,19 @@ pfm_alloc_file(pfm_context_t *ctx)
         /*
          * allocate a new dcache entry
          */
-        dentry = d_alloc(pfmfs_mnt->mnt_sb->s_root, &this);
-        if (!dentry) {
+        path.dentry = d_alloc(pfmfs_mnt->mnt_sb->s_root, &this);
+        if (!path.dentry) {
                 iput(inode);
                 return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
         }
+        path.mnt = mntget(pfmfs_mnt);
 
-        dentry->d_op = &pfmfs_dentry_operations;
-        d_add(dentry, inode);
+        path.dentry->d_op = &pfmfs_dentry_operations;
+        d_add(path.dentry, inode);
 
-        file = alloc_file(pfmfs_mnt, dentry, FMODE_READ, &pfm_file_ops);
+        file = alloc_file(&path, FMODE_READ, &pfm_file_ops);
         if (!file) {
-                dput(dentry);
+                path_put(&path);
                 return ERR_PTR(-ENFILE);
         }
 
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_main.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_main.c
index aec0fbdfe7f0..5f284ffd430e 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_main.c
@@ -492,6 +492,7 @@ struct file *ib_uverbs_alloc_event_file(struct ib_uverbs_file *uverbs_file,
                                         int is_async, int *fd)
 {
         struct ib_uverbs_event_file *ev_file;
+        struct path path;
         struct file *filp;
         int ret;
 
@@ -519,8 +520,10 @@ struct file *ib_uverbs_alloc_event_file(struct ib_uverbs_file *uverbs_file,
          * system call on a uverbs file, which will already have a
          * module reference.
          */
-        filp = alloc_file(uverbs_event_mnt, dget(uverbs_event_mnt->mnt_root),
-                          FMODE_READ, fops_get(&uverbs_event_fops));
+        path.mnt = uverbs_event_mnt;
+        path.dentry = uverbs_event_mnt->mnt_root;
+        path_get(&path);
+        filp = alloc_file(&path, FMODE_READ, fops_get(&uverbs_event_fops));
         if (!filp) {
                 ret = -ENFILE;
                 goto err_fd;
@@ -531,6 +534,8 @@ struct file *ib_uverbs_alloc_event_file(struct ib_uverbs_file *uverbs_file,
         return filp;
 
 err_fd:
+        fops_put(&uverbs_event_fops);
+        path_put(&path);
         put_unused_fd(*fd);
 
 err:
diff --git a/fs/anon_inodes.c b/fs/anon_inodes.c
index 2ca7a7cafdbf..94f5110c4655 100644
--- a/fs/anon_inodes.c
+++ b/fs/anon_inodes.c
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ struct file *anon_inode_getfile(const char *name,
                                 void *priv, int flags)
 {
         struct qstr this;
-        struct dentry *dentry;
+        struct path path;
         struct file *file;
         int error;
 
@@ -106,10 +106,11 @@ struct file *anon_inode_getfile(const char *name,
         this.name = name;
         this.len = strlen(name);
         this.hash = 0;
-        dentry = d_alloc(anon_inode_mnt->mnt_sb->s_root, &this);
-        if (!dentry)
+        path.dentry = d_alloc(anon_inode_mnt->mnt_sb->s_root, &this);
+        if (!path.dentry)
                 goto err_module;
 
+        path.mnt = mntget(anon_inode_mnt);
         /*
          * We know the anon_inode inode count is always greater than zero,
          * so we can avoid doing an igrab() and we can use an open-coded
@@ -117,14 +118,13 @@ struct file *anon_inode_getfile(const char *name,
          */
         atomic_inc(&anon_inode_inode->i_count);
 
-        dentry->d_op = &anon_inodefs_dentry_operations;
+        path.dentry->d_op = &anon_inodefs_dentry_operations;
         /* Do not publish this dentry inside the global dentry hash table */
-        dentry->d_flags &= ~DCACHE_UNHASHED;
-        d_instantiate(dentry, anon_inode_inode);
+        path.dentry->d_flags &= ~DCACHE_UNHASHED;
+        d_instantiate(path.dentry, anon_inode_inode);
 
         error = -ENFILE;
-        file = alloc_file(anon_inode_mnt, dentry,
-                          FMODE_READ | FMODE_WRITE, fops);
+        file = alloc_file(&path, FMODE_READ | FMODE_WRITE, fops);
         if (!file)
                 goto err_dput;
         file->f_mapping = anon_inode_inode->i_mapping;
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ struct file *anon_inode_getfile(const char *name,
         return file;
 
 err_dput:
-        dput(dentry);
+        path_put(&path);
 err_module:
         module_put(fops->owner);
         return ERR_PTR(error);
diff --git a/fs/file_table.c b/fs/file_table.c
index 602a9ee3023a..163cd28314e0 100644
--- a/fs/file_table.c
+++ b/fs/file_table.c
@@ -162,8 +162,8 @@ fail:
  * If all the callers of init_file() are eliminated, its
  * code should be moved into this function.
  */
-struct file *alloc_file(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry,
-                fmode_t mode, const struct file_operations *fop)
+struct file *alloc_file(struct path *path, fmode_t mode,
+                const struct file_operations *fop)
 {
         struct file *file;
 
@@ -171,9 +171,8 @@ struct file *alloc_file(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry,
         if (!file)
                 return NULL;
 
-        file->f_path.dentry = dentry;
-        file->f_path.mnt = mntget(mnt);
-        file->f_mapping = dentry->d_inode->i_mapping;
+        file->f_path = *path;
+        file->f_mapping = path->dentry->d_inode->i_mapping;
         file->f_mode = mode;
         file->f_op = fop;
 
@@ -183,10 +182,10 @@ struct file *alloc_file(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry,
          * visible.  We do this for consistency, and so
          * that we can do debugging checks at __fput()
          */
-        if ((mode & FMODE_WRITE) && !special_file(dentry->d_inode->i_mode)) {
+        if ((mode & FMODE_WRITE) && !special_file(path->dentry->d_inode->i_mode)) {
                 int error = 0;
                 file_take_write(file);
-                error = mnt_clone_write(mnt);
+                error = mnt_clone_write(path->mnt);
                 WARN_ON(error);
         }
         return file;
diff --git a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
index 87a1258953b8..6bd41525cd71 100644
--- a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
@@ -922,7 +922,8 @@ struct file *hugetlb_file_setup(const char *name, size_t size, int acctflag,
         int error = -ENOMEM;
         struct file *file;
         struct inode *inode;
-        struct dentry *dentry, *root;
+        struct path path;
+        struct dentry *root;
         struct qstr quick_string;
 
         *user = NULL;
@@ -944,10 +945,11 @@ struct file *hugetlb_file_setup(const char *name, size_t size, int acctflag,
         quick_string.name = name;
         quick_string.len = strlen(quick_string.name);
         quick_string.hash = 0;
-        dentry = d_alloc(root, &quick_string);
-        if (!dentry)
+        path.dentry = d_alloc(root, &quick_string);
+        if (!path.dentry)
                 goto out_shm_unlock;
 
+        path.mnt = mntget(hugetlbfs_vfsmount);
         error = -ENOSPC;
         inode = hugetlbfs_get_inode(root->d_sb, current_fsuid(),
                                 current_fsgid(), S_IFREG | S_IRWXUGO, 0);
@@ -960,13 +962,12 @@ struct file *hugetlb_file_setup(const char *name, size_t size, int acctflag,
                         acctflag))
                 goto out_inode;
 
-        d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
+        d_instantiate(path.dentry, inode);
         inode->i_size = size;
         inode->i_nlink = 0;
 
         error = -ENFILE;
-        file = alloc_file(hugetlbfs_vfsmount, dentry,
-                        FMODE_WRITE | FMODE_READ,
+        file = alloc_file(&path, FMODE_WRITE | FMODE_READ,
                         &hugetlbfs_file_operations);
         if (!file)
                 goto out_dentry; /* inode is already attached */
@@ -977,7 +978,7 @@ struct file *hugetlb_file_setup(const char *name, size_t size, int acctflag,
 out_inode:
         iput(inode);
 out_dentry:
-        dput(dentry);
+        path_put(&path);
 out_shm_unlock:
         if (*user) {
                 user_shm_unlock(size, *user);
diff --git a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
index 9e4f90042eaf..8271cf05c957 100644
--- a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
+++ b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
@@ -646,6 +646,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(inotify_init1, int, flags)
         struct fsnotify_group *group;
         struct user_struct *user;
         struct file *filp;
+        struct path path;
         int fd, ret;
 
         /* Check the IN_* constants for consistency.  */
@@ -675,8 +676,10 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(inotify_init1, int, flags)
 
         atomic_inc(&user->inotify_devs);
 
-        filp = alloc_file(inotify_mnt, dget(inotify_mnt->mnt_root),
-                          FMODE_READ, &inotify_fops);
+        path.mnt = inotify_mnt;
+        path.dentry = inotify_mnt->mnt_root;
+        path_get(&path);
+        filp = alloc_file(&path, FMODE_READ, &inotify_fops);
         if (!filp)
                 goto Enfile;
 
@@ -689,6 +692,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(inotify_init1, int, flags)
 
 Enfile:
         ret = -ENFILE;
+        path_put(&path);
         atomic_dec(&user->inotify_devs);
 out_free_uid:
         free_uid(user);
diff --git a/fs/pipe.c b/fs/pipe.c
index ae17d026aaa3..81288bc2bcbb 100644
--- a/fs/pipe.c
+++ b/fs/pipe.c
@@ -974,7 +974,7 @@ struct file *create_write_pipe(int flags)
         int err;
         struct inode *inode;
         struct file *f;
-        struct dentry *dentry;
+        struct path path;
         struct qstr name = { .name = "" };
 
         err = -ENFILE;
@@ -983,21 +983,22 @@ struct file *create_write_pipe(int flags)
                 goto err;
 
         err = -ENOMEM;
-        dentry = d_alloc(pipe_mnt->mnt_sb->s_root, &name);
-        if (!dentry)
+        path.dentry = d_alloc(pipe_mnt->mnt_sb->s_root, &name);
+        if (!path.dentry)
                 goto err_inode;
+        path.mnt = mntget(pipe_mnt);
 
-        dentry->d_op = &pipefs_dentry_operations;
+        path.dentry->d_op = &pipefs_dentry_operations;
         /*
          * We dont want to publish this dentry into global dentry hash table.
          * We pretend dentry is already hashed, by unsetting DCACHE_UNHASHED
          * This permits a working /proc/$pid/fd/XXX on pipes
          */
-        dentry->d_flags &= ~DCACHE_UNHASHED;
-        d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
+        path.dentry->d_flags &= ~DCACHE_UNHASHED;
+        d_instantiate(path.dentry, inode);
 
         err = -ENFILE;
-        f = alloc_file(pipe_mnt, dentry, FMODE_WRITE, &write_pipefifo_fops);
+        f = alloc_file(&path, FMODE_WRITE, &write_pipefifo_fops);
         if (!f)
                 goto err_dentry;
         f->f_mapping = inode->i_mapping;
@@ -1009,7 +1010,7 @@ struct file *create_write_pipe(int flags)
 
  err_dentry:
         free_pipe_info(inode);
-        dput(dentry);
+        path_put(&path);
         return ERR_PTR(err);
 
  err_inode:
diff --git a/include/linux/file.h b/include/linux/file.h
index 6a8d3612eb2a..5555508fd517 100644
--- a/include/linux/file.h
+++ b/include/linux/file.h
@@ -18,8 +18,9 @@ extern void drop_file_write_access(struct file *file);
 struct file_operations;
 struct vfsmount;
 struct dentry;
-extern struct file *alloc_file(struct vfsmount *, struct dentry *dentry,
-                fmode_t mode, const struct file_operations *fop);
+struct path;
+extern struct file *alloc_file(struct path *, fmode_t mode,
+        const struct file_operations *fop);
 
 static inline void fput_light(struct file *file, int fput_needed)
 {
diff --git a/ipc/shm.c b/ipc/shm.c
index 11bec626c228..16e39230aa0d 100644
--- a/ipc/shm.c
+++ b/ipc/shm.c
@@ -878,8 +878,8 @@ long do_shmat(int shmid, char __user *shmaddr, int shmflg, ulong *raddr)
         if (err)
                 goto out_unlock;
 
-        path.dentry = dget(shp->shm_file->f_path.dentry);
-        path.mnt    = shp->shm_file->f_path.mnt;
+        path = shp->shm_file->f_path;
+        path_get(&path);
         shp->shm_nattch++;
         size = i_size_read(path.dentry->d_inode);
         shm_unlock(shp);
@@ -889,8 +889,8 @@ long do_shmat(int shmid, char __user *shmaddr, int shmflg, ulong *raddr)
         if (!sfd)
                 goto out_put_dentry;
 
-        file = alloc_file(path.mnt, path.dentry, f_mode,
-                        is_file_hugepages(shp->shm_file) ?
+        file = alloc_file(&path, f_mode,
+                          is_file_hugepages(shp->shm_file) ?
                                 &shm_file_operations_huge :
                                 &shm_file_operations);
         if (!file)
@@ -950,7 +950,7 @@ out_unlock:
 out_free:
         kfree(sfd);
 out_put_dentry:
-        dput(path.dentry);
+        path_put(&path);
         goto out_nattch;
 }
 
diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index ef8f47473c5a..d2ec7f029ff4 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -2626,7 +2626,8 @@ struct file *shmem_file_setup(const char *name, loff_t size, unsigned long flags
         int error;
         struct file *file;
         struct inode *inode;
-        struct dentry *dentry, *root;
+        struct path path;
+        struct dentry *root;
         struct qstr this;
 
         if (IS_ERR(shm_mnt))
@@ -2643,16 +2644,17 @@ struct file *shmem_file_setup(const char *name, loff_t size, unsigned long flags
         this.len = strlen(name);
         this.hash = 0; /* will go */
         root = shm_mnt->mnt_root;
-        dentry = d_alloc(root, &this);
-        if (!dentry)
+        path.dentry = d_alloc(root, &this);
+        if (!path.dentry)
                 goto put_memory;
+        path.mnt = mntget(shm_mnt);
 
         error = -ENOSPC;
         inode = shmem_get_inode(root->d_sb, S_IFREG | S_IRWXUGO, 0, flags);
         if (!inode)
                 goto put_dentry;
 
-        d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
+        d_instantiate(path.dentry, inode);
         inode->i_size = size;
         inode->i_nlink = 0;     /* It is unlinked */
 #ifndef CONFIG_MMU
@@ -2662,7 +2664,7 @@ struct file *shmem_file_setup(const char *name, loff_t size, unsigned long flags
 #endif
 
         error = -ENFILE;
-        file = alloc_file(shm_mnt, dentry, FMODE_WRITE | FMODE_READ,
+        file = alloc_file(&path, FMODE_WRITE | FMODE_READ,
                   &shmem_file_operations);
         if (!file)
                 goto put_dentry;
@@ -2671,7 +2673,7 @@ struct file *shmem_file_setup(const char *name, loff_t size, unsigned long flags
         return file;
 
 put_dentry:
-        dput(dentry);
+        path_put(&path);
 put_memory:
         shmem_unacct_size(flags, size);
         return ERR_PTR(error);
diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c
index eaaba3510e81..dbfdfa96d29b 100644
--- a/net/socket.c
+++ b/net/socket.c
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ static const struct dentry_operations sockfs_dentry_operations = {
 static int sock_alloc_file(struct socket *sock, struct file **f, int flags)
 {
         struct qstr name = { .name = "" };
-        struct dentry *dentry;
+        struct path path;
         struct file *file;
         int fd;
 
@@ -366,28 +366,29 @@ static int sock_alloc_file(struct socket *sock, struct file **f, int flags)
         if (unlikely(fd < 0))
                 return fd;
 
-        dentry = d_alloc(sock_mnt->mnt_sb->s_root, &name);
-        if (unlikely(!dentry)) {
+        path.dentry = d_alloc(sock_mnt->mnt_sb->s_root, &name);
+        if (unlikely(!path.dentry)) {
                 put_unused_fd(fd);
                 return -ENOMEM;
         }
+        path.mnt = mntget(sock_mnt);
 
-        dentry->d_op = &sockfs_dentry_operations;
+        path.dentry->d_op = &sockfs_dentry_operations;
         /*
          * We dont want to push this dentry into global dentry hash table.
          * We pretend dentry is already hashed, by unsetting DCACHE_UNHASHED
          * This permits a working /proc/$pid/fd/XXX on sockets
          */
-        dentry->d_flags &= ~DCACHE_UNHASHED;
-        d_instantiate(dentry, SOCK_INODE(sock));
+        path.dentry->d_flags &= ~DCACHE_UNHASHED;
+        d_instantiate(path.dentry, SOCK_INODE(sock));
         SOCK_INODE(sock)->i_fop = &socket_file_ops;
 
-        file = alloc_file(sock_mnt, dentry, FMODE_READ | FMODE_WRITE,
+        file = alloc_file(&path, FMODE_READ | FMODE_WRITE,
                   &socket_file_ops);
         if (unlikely(!file)) {
                 /* drop dentry, keep inode */
                 atomic_inc(&path.dentry->d_inode->i_count);
-                dput(dentry);
+                path_put(&path);
                 put_unused_fd(fd);
                 return -ENFILE;
         }