3 files changed, 6 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c b/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
index 1955a2702e60..c53e65f8f3a2 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <linux/time.h>
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/namei.h>
 #include <linux/fcntl.h>
 #include <linux/net.h>
 #include <linux/in.h>
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c b/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c
index f45451eb1e38..ea37c96f0445 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ static int nfsd_acceptable(void *expv, struct dentry *dentry)
                 /* make sure parents give x permission to user */
                 int err;
                 parent = dget_parent(tdentry);
-                err = permission(parent->d_inode, MAY_EXEC, NULL);
+                err = inode_permission(parent->d_inode, MAY_EXEC);
                 if (err < 0) {
                         dput(parent);
                         break;
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
index 0f4481e0502d..18060bed5267 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
@@ -1516,7 +1516,6 @@ nfsd_symlink(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp,
         struct dentry   *dentry, *dnew;
         __be32          err, cerr;
         int             host_err;
-        umode_t         mode;
 
         err = nfserr_noent;
         if (!flen || !plen)
@@ -1535,11 +1534,6 @@ nfsd_symlink(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp,
         if (IS_ERR(dnew))
                 goto out_nfserr;
 
-        mode = S_IALLUGO;
-        /* Only the MODE ATTRibute is even vaguely meaningful */
-        if (iap && (iap->ia_valid & ATTR_MODE))
-                mode = iap->ia_mode & S_IALLUGO;
-
         host_err = mnt_want_write(fhp->fh_export->ex_path.mnt);
         if (host_err)
                 goto out_nfserr;
@@ -1551,11 +1545,11 @@ nfsd_symlink(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp,
                 else {
                         strncpy(path_alloced, path, plen);
                         path_alloced[plen] = 0;
-                        host_err = vfs_symlink(dentry->d_inode, dnew, path_alloced, mode);
+                        host_err = vfs_symlink(dentry->d_inode, dnew, path_alloced);
                         kfree(path_alloced);
                 }
         } else
-                host_err = vfs_symlink(dentry->d_inode, dnew, path, mode);
+                host_err = vfs_symlink(dentry->d_inode, dnew, path);
 
         if (!host_err) {
                 if (EX_ISSYNC(fhp->fh_export))
@@ -1959,12 +1953,12 @@ nfsd_permission(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_export *exp,
                 return 0;
 
         /* This assumes  NFSD_MAY_{READ,WRITE,EXEC} == MAY_{READ,WRITE,EXEC} */
-        err = permission(inode, acc & (MAY_READ|MAY_WRITE|MAY_EXEC), NULL);
+        err = inode_permission(inode, acc & (MAY_READ|MAY_WRITE|MAY_EXEC));
 
         /* Allow read access to binaries even when mode 111 */
         if (err == -EACCES && S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) &&
             acc == (NFSD_MAY_READ | NFSD_MAY_OWNER_OVERRIDE))
-                err = permission(inode, MAY_EXEC, NULL);
+                err = inode_permission(inode, MAY_EXEC);
 
         return err? nfserrno(err) : 0;
 }