diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
index bdd82b2339d9..f94a362f408e 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
@@ -11,10 +11,8 @@ be able to use diff(1).
 prototypes:
 	int (*d_revalidate)(struct dentry *, unsigned int);
 	int (*d_weak_revalidate)(struct dentry *, unsigned int);
-	int (*d_hash)(const struct dentry *, const struct inode *,
-			struct qstr *);
-	int (*d_compare)(const struct dentry *, const struct inode *,
-			const struct dentry *, const struct inode *,
+	int (*d_hash)(const struct dentry *, struct qstr *);
+	int (*d_compare)(const struct dentry *, const struct dentry *,
 			unsigned int, const char *, const struct qstr *);
 	int (*d_delete)(struct dentry *);
 	void (*d_release)(struct dentry *);
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
index 4a35f6614a66..51ba44e3fc40 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
@@ -901,10 +901,8 @@ defined:
 struct dentry_operations {
 	int (*d_revalidate)(struct dentry *, unsigned int);
 	int (*d_weak_revalidate)(struct dentry *, unsigned int);
-	int (*d_hash)(const struct dentry *, const struct inode *,
-			struct qstr *);
-	int (*d_compare)(const struct dentry *, const struct inode *,
-			const struct dentry *, const struct inode *,
+	int (*d_hash)(const struct dentry *, struct qstr *);
+	int (*d_compare)(const struct dentry *, const struct dentry *,
 			unsigned int, const char *, const struct qstr *);
 	int (*d_delete)(const struct dentry *);
 	void (*d_release)(struct dentry *);
@@ -949,25 +947,24 @@ struct dentry_operations {
 
   d_hash: called when the VFS adds a dentry to the hash table. The first
 	dentry passed to d_hash is the parent directory that the name is
-	to be hashed into. The inode is the dentry's inode.
+	to be hashed into.
 
 	Same locking and synchronisation rules as d_compare regarding
 	what is safe to dereference etc.
 
   d_compare: called to compare a dentry name with a given name. The first
 	dentry is the parent of the dentry to be compared, the second is
-	the parent's inode, then the dentry and inode (may be NULL) of the
-	child dentry. len and name string are properties of the dentry to be
-	compared. qstr is the name to compare it with.
+	the child dentry. len and name string are properties of the dentry
+	to be compared. qstr is the name to compare it with.
 
 	Must be constant and idempotent, and should not take locks if
-	possible, and should not or store into the dentry or inodes.
-	Should not dereference pointers outside the dentry or inodes without
+	possible, and should not or store into the dentry.
+	Should not dereference pointers outside the dentry without
 	lots of care (eg.  d_parent, d_inode, d_name should not be used).
 
 	However, our vfsmount is pinned, and RCU held, so the dentries and
 	inodes won't disappear, neither will our sb or filesystem module.
-	->i_sb and ->d_sb may be used.
+	->d_sb may be used.
 
 	It is a tricky calling convention because it needs to be called under
 	"rcu-walk", ie. without any locks or references on things.
diff --git a/fs/adfs/dir.c b/fs/adfs/dir.c
index ade28bb058e3..0d138c0de293 100644
--- a/fs/adfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/adfs/dir.c
@@ -191,8 +191,7 @@ const struct file_operations adfs_dir_operations = {
 };
 
 static int
-adfs_hash(const struct dentry *parent, const struct inode *inode,
-		struct qstr *qstr)
+adfs_hash(const struct dentry *parent, struct qstr *qstr)
 {
 	const unsigned int name_len = ADFS_SB(parent->d_sb)->s_namelen;
 	const unsigned char *name;
@@ -228,8 +227,7 @@ adfs_hash(const struct dentry *parent, const struct inode *inode,
  * requirements of the underlying filesystem.
  */
 static int
-adfs_compare(const struct dentry *parent, const struct inode *pinode,
-		const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
+adfs_compare(const struct dentry *parent, const struct dentry *dentry,
 		unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name)
 {
 	int i;
diff --git a/fs/affs/namei.c b/fs/affs/namei.c
index ff65884a7839..c36cbb4537a2 100644
--- a/fs/affs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/affs/namei.c
@@ -13,18 +13,12 @@
 typedef int (*toupper_t)(int);
 
 static int	 affs_toupper(int ch);
-static int	 affs_hash_dentry(const struct dentry *,
-		const struct inode *, struct qstr *);
-static int       affs_compare_dentry(const struct dentry *parent,
-		const struct inode *pinode,
-		const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
+static int	 affs_hash_dentry(const struct dentry *, struct qstr *);
+static int       affs_compare_dentry(const struct dentry *parent, const struct dentry *dentry,
 		unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name);
 static int	 affs_intl_toupper(int ch);
-static int	 affs_intl_hash_dentry(const struct dentry *,
-		const struct inode *, struct qstr *);
-static int       affs_intl_compare_dentry(const struct dentry *parent,
-		const struct inode *pinode,
-		const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
+static int	 affs_intl_hash_dentry(const struct dentry *, struct qstr *);
+static int       affs_intl_compare_dentry(const struct dentry *parent, const struct dentry *dentry,
 		unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name);
 
 const struct dentry_operations affs_dentry_operations = {
@@ -86,14 +80,12 @@ __affs_hash_dentry(struct qstr *qstr, toupper_t toupper)
 }
 
 static int
-affs_hash_dentry(const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
-		struct qstr *qstr)
+affs_hash_dentry(const struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *qstr)
 {
 	return __affs_hash_dentry(qstr, affs_toupper);
 }
 static int
-affs_intl_hash_dentry(const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
-		struct qstr *qstr)
+affs_intl_hash_dentry(const struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *qstr)
 {
 	return __affs_hash_dentry(qstr, affs_intl_toupper);
 }
@@ -131,15 +123,13 @@ static inline int __affs_compare_dentry(unsigned int len,
 }
 
 static int
-affs_compare_dentry(const struct dentry *parent, const struct inode *pinode,
-		const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
+affs_compare_dentry(const struct dentry *parent, const struct dentry *dentry,
 		unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name)
 {
 	return __affs_compare_dentry(len, str, name, affs_toupper);
 }
 static int
-affs_intl_compare_dentry(const struct dentry *parent,const struct inode *pinode,
-		const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
+affs_intl_compare_dentry(const struct dentry *parent, const struct dentry *dentry,
 		unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name)
 {
 	return __affs_compare_dentry(len, str, name, affs_intl_toupper);
diff --git a/fs/cifs/dir.c b/fs/cifs/dir.c
index 5699b5036ed8..5175aebf6737 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/dir.c
@@ -822,8 +822,7 @@ const struct dentry_operations cifs_dentry_ops = {
 /* d_delete:       cifs_d_delete,      */ /* not needed except for debugging */
 };
 
-static int cifs_ci_hash(const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
-		struct qstr *q)
+static int cifs_ci_hash(const struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *q)
 {
 	struct nls_table *codepage = CIFS_SB(dentry->d_sb)->local_nls;
 	unsigned long hash;
@@ -838,12 +837,10 @@ static int cifs_ci_hash(const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int cifs_ci_compare(const struct dentry *parent,
-		const struct inode *pinode,
-		const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
+static int cifs_ci_compare(const struct dentry *parent, const struct dentry *dentry,
 		unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name)
 {
-	struct nls_table *codepage = CIFS_SB(pinode->i_sb)->local_nls;
+	struct nls_table *codepage = CIFS_SB(parent->d_sb)->local_nls;
 
 	if ((name->len == len) &&
 	    (nls_strnicmp(codepage, name->name, str, len) == 0))
diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index b692c7e097c5..3199fe6863a8 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -1723,7 +1723,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_add_ci);
  * Do the slow-case of the dentry name compare.
  *
  * Unlike the dentry_cmp() function, we need to atomically
- * load the name, length and inode information, so that the
+ * load the name and length information, so that the
  * filesystem can rely on them, and can use the 'name' and
  * 'len' information without worrying about walking off the
  * end of memory etc.
@@ -1741,22 +1741,18 @@ enum slow_d_compare {
 
 static noinline enum slow_d_compare slow_dentry_cmp(
 		const struct dentry *parent,
-		struct inode *inode,
 		struct dentry *dentry,
 		unsigned int seq,
 		const struct qstr *name)
 {
 	int tlen = dentry->d_name.len;
 	const char *tname = dentry->d_name.name;
-	struct inode *i = dentry->d_inode;
 
 	if (read_seqcount_retry(&dentry->d_seq, seq)) {
 		cpu_relax();
 		return D_COMP_SEQRETRY;
 	}
-	if (parent->d_op->d_compare(parent, inode,
-				dentry, i,
-				tlen, tname, name))
+	if (parent->d_op->d_compare(parent, dentry, tlen, tname, name))
 		return D_COMP_NOMATCH;
 	return D_COMP_OK;
 }
@@ -1766,7 +1762,6 @@ static noinline enum slow_d_compare slow_dentry_cmp(
  * @parent: parent dentry
  * @name: qstr of name we wish to find
  * @seqp: returns d_seq value at the point where the dentry was found
- * @inode: returns dentry->d_inode when the inode was found valid.
  * Returns: dentry, or NULL
  *
  * __d_lookup_rcu is the dcache lookup function for rcu-walk name
@@ -1793,7 +1788,7 @@ static noinline enum slow_d_compare slow_dentry_cmp(
  */
 struct dentry *__d_lookup_rcu(const struct dentry *parent,
 				const struct qstr *name,
-				unsigned *seqp, struct inode *inode)
+				unsigned *seqp)
 {
 	u64 hashlen = name->hash_len;
 	const unsigned char *str = name->name;
@@ -1827,11 +1822,10 @@ struct dentry *__d_lookup_rcu(const struct dentry *parent,
 seqretry:
 		/*
 		 * The dentry sequence count protects us from concurrent
-		 * renames, and thus protects inode, parent and name fields.
+		 * renames, and thus protects parent and name fields.
 		 *
 		 * The caller must perform a seqcount check in order
-		 * to do anything useful with the returned dentry,
-		 * including using the 'd_inode' pointer.
+		 * to do anything useful with the returned dentry.
 		 *
 		 * NOTE! We do a "raw" seqcount_begin here. That means that
 		 * we don't wait for the sequence count to stabilize if it
@@ -1845,12 +1839,12 @@ seqretry:
 			continue;
 		if (d_unhashed(dentry))
 			continue;
-		*seqp = seq;
 
 		if (unlikely(parent->d_flags & DCACHE_OP_COMPARE)) {
 			if (dentry->d_name.hash != hashlen_hash(hashlen))
 				continue;
-			switch (slow_dentry_cmp(parent, inode, dentry, seq, name)) {
+			*seqp = seq;
+			switch (slow_dentry_cmp(parent, dentry, seq, name)) {
 			case D_COMP_OK:
 				return dentry;
 			case D_COMP_NOMATCH:
@@ -1862,6 +1856,7 @@ seqretry:
 
 		if (dentry->d_name.hash_len != hashlen)
 			continue;
+		*seqp = seq;
 		if (!dentry_cmp(dentry, str, hashlen_len(hashlen)))
 			return dentry;
 	}
@@ -1959,9 +1954,7 @@ struct dentry *__d_lookup(const struct dentry *parent, const struct qstr *name)
 		if (parent->d_flags & DCACHE_OP_COMPARE) {
 			int tlen = dentry->d_name.len;
 			const char *tname = dentry->d_name.name;
-			if (parent->d_op->d_compare(parent, parent->d_inode,
-						dentry, dentry->d_inode,
-						tlen, tname, name))
+			if (parent->d_op->d_compare(parent, dentry, tlen, tname, name))
 				goto next;
 		} else {
 			if (dentry->d_name.len != len)
@@ -1998,7 +1991,7 @@ struct dentry *d_hash_and_lookup(struct dentry *dir, struct qstr *name)
 	 */
 	name->hash = full_name_hash(name->name, name->len);
 	if (dir->d_flags & DCACHE_OP_HASH) {
-		int err = dir->d_op->d_hash(dir, dir->d_inode, name);
+		int err = dir->d_op->d_hash(dir, name);
 		if (unlikely(err < 0))
 			return ERR_PTR(err);
 	}
diff --git a/fs/efivarfs/super.c b/fs/efivarfs/super.c
index 141aee31884f..a8766b880c07 100644
--- a/fs/efivarfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/efivarfs/super.c
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ static struct super_block *efivarfs_sb;
  * So we need to perform a case-sensitive match on part 1 and a
  * case-insensitive match on part 2.
  */
-static int efivarfs_d_compare(const struct dentry *parent, const struct inode *pinode,
-			      const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
+static int efivarfs_d_compare(const struct dentry *parent,
+			      const struct dentry *dentry,
 			      unsigned int len, const char *str,
 			      const struct qstr *name)
 {
@@ -63,8 +63,7 @@ static int efivarfs_d_compare(const struct dentry *parent, const struct inode *p
 	return strncasecmp(name->name + guid, str + guid, EFI_VARIABLE_GUID_LEN);
 }
 
-static int efivarfs_d_hash(const struct dentry *dentry,
-			   const struct inode *inode, struct qstr *qstr)
+static int efivarfs_d_hash(const struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *qstr)
 {
 	unsigned long hash = init_name_hash();
 	const unsigned char *s = qstr->name;
@@ -108,7 +107,7 @@ static struct dentry *efivarfs_alloc_dentry(struct dentry *parent, char *name)
 	q.name = name;
 	q.len = strlen(name);
 
-	err = efivarfs_d_hash(NULL, NULL, &q);
+	err = efivarfs_d_hash(NULL, &q);
 	if (err)
 		return ERR_PTR(err);
 
diff --git a/fs/fat/namei_msdos.c b/fs/fat/namei_msdos.c
index 081b759cff83..a783b0e1272a 100644
--- a/fs/fat/namei_msdos.c
+++ b/fs/fat/namei_msdos.c
@@ -148,8 +148,7 @@ static int msdos_find(struct inode *dir, const unsigned char *name, int len,
  * that the existing dentry can be used. The msdos fs routines will
  * return ENOENT or EINVAL as appropriate.
  */
-static int msdos_hash(const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
-	       struct qstr *qstr)
+static int msdos_hash(const struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *qstr)
 {
 	struct fat_mount_options *options = &MSDOS_SB(dentry->d_sb)->options;
 	unsigned char msdos_name[MSDOS_NAME];
@@ -165,8 +164,7 @@ static int msdos_hash(const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
  * Compare two msdos names. If either of the names are invalid,
  * we fall back to doing the standard name comparison.
  */
-static int msdos_cmp(const struct dentry *parent, const struct inode *pinode,
-		const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
+static int msdos_cmp(const struct dentry *parent, const struct dentry *dentry,
 		unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name)
 {
 	struct fat_mount_options *options = &MSDOS_SB(parent->d_sb)->options;
diff --git a/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c b/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c
index 2da952036a3d..6df8d3d885e5 100644
--- a/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c
+++ b/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c
@@ -107,8 +107,7 @@ static unsigned int vfat_striptail_len(const struct qstr *qstr)
  * that the existing dentry can be used. The vfat fs routines will
  * return ENOENT or EINVAL as appropriate.
  */
-static int vfat_hash(const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
-		struct qstr *qstr)
+static int vfat_hash(const struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *qstr)
 {
 	qstr->hash = full_name_hash(qstr->name, vfat_striptail_len(qstr));
 	return 0;
@@ -120,8 +119,7 @@ static int vfat_hash(const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
  * that the existing dentry can be used. The vfat fs routines will
  * return ENOENT or EINVAL as appropriate.
  */
-static int vfat_hashi(const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
-		struct qstr *qstr)
+static int vfat_hashi(const struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *qstr)
 {
 	struct nls_table *t = MSDOS_SB(dentry->d_sb)->nls_io;
 	const unsigned char *name;
@@ -142,8 +140,7 @@ static int vfat_hashi(const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
 /*
  * Case insensitive compare of two vfat names.
  */
-static int vfat_cmpi(const struct dentry *parent, const struct inode *pinode,
-		const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
+static int vfat_cmpi(const struct dentry *parent, const struct dentry *dentry,
 		unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name)
 {
 	struct nls_table *t = MSDOS_SB(parent->d_sb)->nls_io;
@@ -162,8 +159,7 @@ static int vfat_cmpi(const struct dentry *parent, const struct inode *pinode,
 /*
  * Case sensitive compare of two vfat names.
  */
-static int vfat_cmp(const struct dentry *parent, const struct inode *pinode,
-		const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
+static int vfat_cmp(const struct dentry *parent, const struct dentry *dentry,
 		unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name)
 {
 	unsigned int alen, blen;
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/dentry.c b/fs/gfs2/dentry.c
index 4fddb3c22d25..f2448ab2aac5 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/dentry.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/dentry.c
@@ -109,8 +109,7 @@ fail:
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int gfs2_dhash(const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
-		struct qstr *str)
+static int gfs2_dhash(const struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *str)
 {
 	str->hash = gfs2_disk_hash(str->name, str->len);
 	return 0;
diff --git a/fs/hfs/hfs_fs.h b/fs/hfs/hfs_fs.h
index a73b11839a41..0524cda47a6e 100644
--- a/fs/hfs/hfs_fs.h
+++ b/fs/hfs/hfs_fs.h
@@ -229,13 +229,10 @@ extern int hfs_part_find(struct super_block *, sector_t *, sector_t *);
 /* string.c */
 extern const struct dentry_operations hfs_dentry_operations;
 
-extern int hfs_hash_dentry(const struct dentry *, const struct inode *,
-		struct qstr *);
+extern int hfs_hash_dentry(const struct dentry *, struct qstr *);
 extern int hfs_strcmp(const unsigned char *, unsigned int,
 		      const unsigned char *, unsigned int);
-extern int hfs_compare_dentry(const struct dentry *parent,
-		const struct inode *pinode,
-		const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
+extern int hfs_compare_dentry(const struct dentry *parent, const struct dentry *dentry,
 		unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name);
 
 /* trans.c */
diff --git a/fs/hfs/string.c b/fs/hfs/string.c
index 495a976a3cc9..85b610c3909f 100644
--- a/fs/hfs/string.c
+++ b/fs/hfs/string.c
@@ -51,8 +51,7 @@ static unsigned char caseorder[256] = {
 /*
  * Hash a string to an integer in a case-independent way
  */
-int hfs_hash_dentry(const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
-		struct qstr *this)
+int hfs_hash_dentry(const struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *this)
 {
 	const unsigned char *name = this->name;
 	unsigned int hash, len = this->len;
@@ -93,8 +92,7 @@ int hfs_strcmp(const unsigned char *s1, unsigned int len1,
  * Test for equality of two strings in the HFS filename character ordering.
  * return 1 on failure and 0 on success
  */
-int hfs_compare_dentry(const struct dentry *parent, const struct inode *pinode,
-		const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
+int hfs_compare_dentry(const struct dentry *parent, const struct dentry *dentry,
 		unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name)
 {
 	const unsigned char *n1, *n2;
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/hfsplus_fs.h b/fs/hfsplus/hfsplus_fs.h
index 60b0a3388b26..ede79317cfb8 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/hfsplus_fs.h
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/hfsplus_fs.h
@@ -495,11 +495,8 @@ int hfsplus_uni2asc(struct super_block *,
 		const struct hfsplus_unistr *, char *, int *);
 int hfsplus_asc2uni(struct super_block *,
 		struct hfsplus_unistr *, int, const char *, int);
-int hfsplus_hash_dentry(const struct dentry *dentry,
-		const struct inode *inode, struct qstr *str);
-int hfsplus_compare_dentry(const struct dentry *parent,
-		const struct inode *pinode,
-		const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
+int hfsplus_hash_dentry(const struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *str);
+int hfsplus_compare_dentry(const struct dentry *parent, const struct dentry *dentry,
 		unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name);
 
 /* wrapper.c */
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/unicode.c b/fs/hfsplus/unicode.c
index 2c2e47dcfdd8..e8ef121a4d8b 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/unicode.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/unicode.c
@@ -334,8 +334,7 @@ int hfsplus_asc2uni(struct super_block *sb,
  * Composed unicode characters are decomposed and case-folding is performed
  * if the appropriate bits are (un)set on the superblock.
  */
-int hfsplus_hash_dentry(const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
-		struct qstr *str)
+int hfsplus_hash_dentry(const struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *str)
 {
 	struct super_block *sb = dentry->d_sb;
 	const char *astr;
@@ -386,9 +385,7 @@ int hfsplus_hash_dentry(const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
  * Composed unicode characters are decomposed and case-folding is performed
  * if the appropriate bits are (un)set on the superblock.
  */
-int hfsplus_compare_dentry(const struct dentry *parent,
-		const struct inode *pinode,
-		const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
+int hfsplus_compare_dentry(const struct dentry *parent, const struct dentry *dentry,
 		unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name)
 {
 	struct super_block *sb = parent->d_sb;
diff --git a/fs/hpfs/dentry.c b/fs/hpfs/dentry.c
index 05d4816e4e77..fa27980f2229 100644
--- a/fs/hpfs/dentry.c
+++ b/fs/hpfs/dentry.c
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@
  * Note: the dentry argument is the parent dentry.
  */
 
-static int hpfs_hash_dentry(const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
-		struct qstr *qstr)
+static int hpfs_hash_dentry(const struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *qstr)
 {
 	unsigned long	 hash;
 	int		 i;
@@ -35,9 +34,7 @@ static int hpfs_hash_dentry(const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *ino
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int hpfs_compare_dentry(const struct dentry *parent,
-		const struct inode *pinode,
-		const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
+static int hpfs_compare_dentry(const struct dentry *parent, const struct dentry *dentry,
 		unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name)
 {
 	unsigned al = len;
diff --git a/fs/isofs/inode.c b/fs/isofs/inode.c
index d9b8aebdeb22..c348d6d88624 100644
--- a/fs/isofs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/isofs/inode.c
@@ -28,31 +28,23 @@
 
 #define BEQUIET
 
-static int isofs_hashi(const struct dentry *parent, const struct inode *inode,
-		struct qstr *qstr);
-static int isofs_hash(const struct dentry *parent, const struct inode *inode,
-		struct qstr *qstr);
+static int isofs_hashi(const struct dentry *parent, struct qstr *qstr);
+static int isofs_hash(const struct dentry *parent, struct qstr *qstr);
 static int isofs_dentry_cmpi(const struct dentry *parent,
-		const struct inode *pinode,
-		const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
+		const struct dentry *dentry,
 		unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name);
 static int isofs_dentry_cmp(const struct dentry *parent,
-		const struct inode *pinode,
-		const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
+		const struct dentry *dentry,
 		unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_JOLIET
-static int isofs_hashi_ms(const struct dentry *parent, const struct inode *inode,
-		struct qstr *qstr);
-static int isofs_hash_ms(const struct dentry *parent, const struct inode *inode,
-		struct qstr *qstr);
+static int isofs_hashi_ms(const struct dentry *parent, struct qstr *qstr);
+static int isofs_hash_ms(const struct dentry *parent, struct qstr *qstr);
 static int isofs_dentry_cmpi_ms(const struct dentry *parent,
-		const struct inode *pinode,
-		const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
+		const struct dentry *dentry,
 		unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name);
 static int isofs_dentry_cmp_ms(const struct dentry *parent,
-		const struct inode *pinode,
-		const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
+		const struct dentry *dentry,
 		unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name);
 #endif
 
@@ -265,30 +257,26 @@ static int isofs_dentry_cmp_common(
 }
 
 static int
-isofs_hash(const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
-		struct qstr *qstr)
+isofs_hash(const struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *qstr)
 {
 	return isofs_hash_common(dentry, qstr, 0);
 }
 
 static int
-isofs_hashi(const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
-		struct qstr *qstr)
+isofs_hashi(const struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *qstr)
 {
 	return isofs_hashi_common(dentry, qstr, 0);
 }
 
 static int
-isofs_dentry_cmp(const struct dentry *parent, const struct inode *pinode,
-		const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
+isofs_dentry_cmp(const struct dentry *parent, const struct dentry *dentry,
 		unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name)
 {
 	return isofs_dentry_cmp_common(len, str, name, 0, 0);
 }
 
 static int
-isofs_dentry_cmpi(const struct dentry *parent, const struct inode *pinode,
-		const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
+isofs_dentry_cmpi(const struct dentry *parent, const struct dentry *dentry,
 		unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name)
 {
 	return isofs_dentry_cmp_common(len, str, name, 0, 1);
@@ -296,30 +284,26 @@ isofs_dentry_cmpi(const struct dentry *parent, const struct inode *pinode,
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_JOLIET
 static int
-isofs_hash_ms(const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
-		struct qstr *qstr)
+isofs_hash_ms(const struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *qstr)
 {
 	return isofs_hash_common(dentry, qstr, 1);
 }
 
 static int
-isofs_hashi_ms(const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
-		struct qstr *qstr)
+isofs_hashi_ms(const struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *qstr)
 {
 	return isofs_hashi_common(dentry, qstr, 1);
 }
 
 static int
-isofs_dentry_cmp_ms(const struct dentry *parent, const struct inode *pinode,
-		const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
+isofs_dentry_cmp_ms(const struct dentry *parent, const struct dentry *dentry,
 		unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name)
 {
 	return isofs_dentry_cmp_common(len, str, name, 1, 0);
 }
 
 static int
-isofs_dentry_cmpi_ms(const struct dentry *parent, const struct inode *pinode,
-		const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
+isofs_dentry_cmpi_ms(const struct dentry *parent, const struct dentry *dentry,
 		unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name)
 {
 	return isofs_dentry_cmp_common(len, str, name, 1, 1);
diff --git a/fs/isofs/namei.c b/fs/isofs/namei.c
index c167028844ed..95295640d9c8 100644
--- a/fs/isofs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/isofs/namei.c
@@ -37,8 +37,7 @@ isofs_cmp(struct dentry *dentry, const char *compare, int dlen)
 
 	qstr.name = compare;
 	qstr.len = dlen;
-	return dentry->d_op->d_compare(NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL,
-			dentry->d_name.len, dentry->d_name.name, &qstr);
+	return dentry->d_op->d_compare(NULL, NULL, dentry->d_name.len, dentry->d_name.name, &qstr);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/jfs/namei.c b/fs/jfs/namei.c
index 89186b7b9002..8b19027291d6 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/namei.c
@@ -1538,8 +1538,7 @@ const struct file_operations jfs_dir_operations = {
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
 };
 
-static int jfs_ci_hash(const struct dentry *dir, const struct inode *inode,
-		struct qstr *this)
+static int jfs_ci_hash(const struct dentry *dir, struct qstr *this)
 {
 	unsigned long hash;
 	int i;
@@ -1552,9 +1551,7 @@ static int jfs_ci_hash(const struct dentry *dir, const struct inode *inode,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int jfs_ci_compare(const struct dentry *parent,
-		const struct inode *pinode,
-		const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
+static int jfs_ci_compare(const struct dentry *parent, const struct dentry *dentry,
 		unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name)
 {
 	int i, result = 1;
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 66998b06d822..b2beee7a733f 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -1352,7 +1352,7 @@ static int lookup_fast(struct nameidata *nd,
 	 */
 	if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU) {
 		unsigned seq;
-		dentry = __d_lookup_rcu(parent, &nd->last, &seq, nd->inode);
+		dentry = __d_lookup_rcu(parent, &nd->last, &seq);
 		if (!dentry)
 			goto unlazy;
 
@@ -1787,8 +1787,7 @@ static int link_path_walk(const char *name, struct nameidata *nd)
 			struct dentry *parent = nd->path.dentry;
 			nd->flags &= ~LOOKUP_JUMPED;
 			if (unlikely(parent->d_flags & DCACHE_OP_HASH)) {
-				err = parent->d_op->d_hash(parent, nd->inode,
-							   &this);
+				err = parent->d_op->d_hash(parent, &this);
 				if (err < 0)
 					break;
 			}
@@ -2121,7 +2120,7 @@ struct dentry *lookup_one_len(const char *name, struct dentry *base, int len)
 	 * to use its own hash..
 	 */
 	if (base->d_flags & DCACHE_OP_HASH) {
-		int err = base->d_op->d_hash(base, base->d_inode, &this);
+		int err = base->d_op->d_hash(base, &this);
 		if (err < 0)
 			return ERR_PTR(err);
 	}
diff --git a/fs/ncpfs/dir.c b/fs/ncpfs/dir.c
index 3bc105d36f10..3be047474bfc 100644
--- a/fs/ncpfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ncpfs/dir.c
@@ -73,10 +73,8 @@ const struct inode_operations ncp_dir_inode_operations =
  * Dentry operations routines
  */
 static int ncp_lookup_validate(struct dentry *, unsigned int);
-static int ncp_hash_dentry(const struct dentry *, const struct inode *,
-		struct qstr *);
-static int ncp_compare_dentry(const struct dentry *, const struct inode *,
-		const struct dentry *, const struct inode *,
+static int ncp_hash_dentry(const struct dentry *, struct qstr *);
+static int ncp_compare_dentry(const struct dentry *, const struct dentry *,
 		unsigned int, const char *, const struct qstr *);
 static int ncp_delete_dentry(const struct dentry *);
 
@@ -119,11 +117,19 @@ static inline int ncp_case_sensitive(const struct inode *i)
 /*
  * Note: leave the hash unchanged if the directory
  * is case-sensitive.
+ *
+ * Accessing the parent inode can be racy under RCU pathwalking.
+ * Use ACCESS_ONCE() to make sure we use _one_ particular inode,
+ * the callers will handle races.
  */
 static int 
-ncp_hash_dentry(const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
-		struct qstr *this)
+ncp_hash_dentry(const struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *this)
 {
+	struct inode *inode = ACCESS_ONCE(dentry->d_inode);
+
+	if (!inode)
+		return 0;
+
 	if (!ncp_case_sensitive(inode)) {
 		struct super_block *sb = dentry->d_sb;
 		struct nls_table *t;
@@ -140,14 +146,24 @@ ncp_hash_dentry(const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Accessing the parent inode can be racy under RCU pathwalking.
+ * Use ACCESS_ONCE() to make sure we use _one_ particular inode,
+ * the callers will handle races.
+ */
 static int
-ncp_compare_dentry(const struct dentry *parent, const struct inode *pinode,
-		const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
+ncp_compare_dentry(const struct dentry *parent, const struct dentry *dentry,
 		unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name)
 {
+	struct inode *pinode;
+
 	if (len != name->len)
 		return 1;
 
+	pinode = ACCESS_ONCE(parent->d_inode);
+	if (!pinode)
+		return 1;
+
 	if (ncp_case_sensitive(pinode))
 		return strncmp(str, name->name, len);
 
diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
index f3a570e7c257..71290463a1d3 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
@@ -796,15 +796,16 @@ static int sysctl_is_seen(struct ctl_table_header *p)
 	return res;
 }
 
-static int proc_sys_compare(const struct dentry *parent,
-		const struct inode *pinode,
-		const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
+static int proc_sys_compare(const struct dentry *parent, const struct dentry *dentry,
 		unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name)
 {
 	struct ctl_table_header *head;
+	struct inode *inode;
+
 	/* Although proc doesn't have negative dentries, rcu-walk means
 	 * that inode here can be NULL */
 	/* AV: can it, indeed? */
+	inode = ACCESS_ONCE(dentry->d_inode);
 	if (!inode)
 		return 1;
 	if (name->len != len)
diff --git a/fs/sysv/namei.c b/fs/sysv/namei.c
index 1c0d5f264767..731b2bbcaab3 100644
--- a/fs/sysv/namei.c
+++ b/fs/sysv/namei.c
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@ static int add_nondir(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode)
 	return err;
 }
 
-static int sysv_hash(const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
-		struct qstr *qstr)
+static int sysv_hash(const struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *qstr)
 {
 	/* Truncate the name in place, avoids having to define a compare
 	   function. */
diff --git a/include/linux/dcache.h b/include/linux/dcache.h
index 86da7595ba31..f42dbe145479 100644
--- a/include/linux/dcache.h
+++ b/include/linux/dcache.h
@@ -146,10 +146,8 @@ enum dentry_d_lock_class
 struct dentry_operations {
 	int (*d_revalidate)(struct dentry *, unsigned int);
 	int (*d_weak_revalidate)(struct dentry *, unsigned int);
-	int (*d_hash)(const struct dentry *, const struct inode *,
-			struct qstr *);
-	int (*d_compare)(const struct dentry *, const struct inode *,
-			const struct dentry *, const struct inode *,
+	int (*d_hash)(const struct dentry *, struct qstr *);
+	int (*d_compare)(const struct dentry *, const struct dentry *,
 			unsigned int, const char *, const struct qstr *);
 	int (*d_delete)(const struct dentry *);
 	void (*d_release)(struct dentry *);
@@ -302,8 +300,7 @@ 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, struct inode *inode);
+				const struct qstr *name, unsigned *seq);
 
 /**
  * __d_rcu_to_refcount - take a refcount on dentry if sequence check is ok