read-only bind mount prep work

diff -puN fs/namei.c~B2-prepwork-cleanup-open_namei fs/namei.c
@@ -1587,6 +1587,24 @@ int may_open(struct nameidata *nd, int a
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int open_namei_create(struct nameidata *nd, struct path *path,
+				int flag, int mode)
+{
+	int error;
+	struct dentry *dir = nd->dentry;
+
+	if (!IS_POSIXACL(dir->d_inode))
+		mode &= ~current->fs->umask;
+	error = vfs_create(dir->d_inode, path->dentry, mode, nd);
+	mutex_unlock(&dir->d_inode->i_mutex);
+	dput(nd->dentry);
+	nd->dentry = path->dentry;
+	if (error)
+		return error;
+	/* Don't check for write permission, don't truncate */
+	return may_open(nd, 0, flag & ~O_TRUNC);
+}
+
 /*
  *	open_namei()
  *

@@ -1668,18 +1686,10 @@ do_last:
 
 	/* Negative dentry, just create the file */
 	if (!path.dentry->d_inode) {
-		if (!IS_POSIXACL(dir->d_inode))
-			mode &= ~current->fs->umask;
-		error = vfs_create(dir->d_inode, path.dentry, mode, nd);
-		mutex_unlock(&dir->d_inode->i_mutex);
-		dput(nd->dentry);
-		nd->dentry = path.dentry;
+		error = open_namei_create(nd, &path, flag, mode);
 		if (error)
 			goto exit;
-		/* Don't check for write permission, don't truncate */
-		acc_mode = 0;
-		flag &= ~O_TRUNC;
-		goto ok;
+		return 0;
 	}
 
 	/*

diff -puN include/linux/fs.h~B4-monitor_inc_nlink include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1256,9 +1256,14 @@ static inline void mark_inode_dirty_sync
 	__mark_inode_dirty(inode, I_DIRTY_SYNC);
 }
 
-static inline void inode_inc_link_count(struct inode *inode)
+static inline void inc_nlink(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	inode->i_nlink++;
+}
+
+static inline void inode_inc_link_count(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	inc_nlink(inode);
 	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 }
 

diff -puN fs/libfs.c~B4-monitor_inc_nlink fs/libfs.c
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ int simple_link(struct dentry *old_dentr
 	struct inode *inode = old_dentry->d_inode;
 
 	inode->i_ctime = dir->i_ctime = dir->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME;
-	inode->i_nlink++;
+	inc_nlink(inode);
 	atomic_inc(&inode->i_count);
 	dget(dentry);
 	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);

@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ int simple_rename(struct inode *old_dir,
 			drop_nlink(old_dir);
 	} else if (they_are_dirs) {
 		drop_nlink(old_dir);
-		new_dir->i_nlink++;
+		inc_nlink(new_dir);
 	}
 
 	old_dir->i_ctime = old_dir->i_mtime = new_dir->i_ctime =

diff -puN mm/shmem.c~B4-monitor_inc_nlink mm/shmem.c
@@ -1371,7 +1371,7 @@ shmem_get_inode(struct super_block *sb, 
 							&sbinfo->policy_nodes);
 			break;
 		case S_IFDIR:
-			inode->i_nlink++;
+			inc_nlink(inode);
 			/* Some things misbehave if size == 0 on a directory */
 			inode->i_size = 2 * BOGO_DIRENT_SIZE;
 			inode->i_op = &shmem_dir_inode_operations;

@@ -1703,7 +1703,7 @@ static int shmem_mkdir(struct inode *dir
 
 	if ((error = shmem_mknod(dir, dentry, mode | S_IFDIR, 0)))
 		return error;
-	dir->i_nlink++;
+	inc_nlink(dir);
 	return 0;
 }
 

@@ -1738,7 +1738,7 @@ static int shmem_link(struct dentry *old
 
 	dir->i_size += BOGO_DIRENT_SIZE;
 	inode->i_ctime = dir->i_ctime = dir->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME;
-	inode->i_nlink++;
+	inc_nlink(inode);
 	atomic_inc(&inode->i_count);	/* New dentry reference */
 	dget(dentry);		/* Extra pinning count for the created dentry */
 	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);

@@ -1795,7 +1795,7 @@ static int shmem_rename(struct inode *ol
 			drop_nlink(old_dir);
 	} else if (they_are_dirs) {
 		drop_nlink(old_dir);
-		new_dir->i_nlink++;
+		inc_nlink(new_dir);
 	}
 
 	old_dir->i_size -= BOGO_DIRENT_SIZE;

diff -puN drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_fs.c~B4-monitor_inc_nlink drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_fs.c
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ static int ipathfs_mknod(struct inode *d
 	inode->i_private = data;
 	if ((mode & S_IFMT) == S_IFDIR) {
 		inode->i_op = &simple_dir_inode_operations;
-		inode->i_nlink++;
-		dir->i_nlink++;
+		inc_nlink(inode);
+		inc_nlink(dir);
 	}
 
 	inode->i_fop = fops;

diff -puN drivers/usb/core/inode.c~B4-monitor_inc_nlink drivers/usb/core/inode.c
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ static struct inode *usbfs_get_inode (st
 			inode->i_fop = &simple_dir_operations;
 
 			/* directory inodes start off with i_nlink == 2 (for "." entry) */
-			inode->i_nlink++;
+			inc_nlink(inode);
 			break;
 		}
 	}

@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ static int usbfs_mkdir (struct inode *di
 	mode = (mode & (S_IRWXUGO | S_ISVTX)) | S_IFDIR;
 	res = usbfs_mknod (dir, dentry, mode, 0);
 	if (!res)
-		dir->i_nlink++;
+		inc_nlink(dir);
 	return res;
 }
 

diff -puN fs/9p/vfs_inode.c~B4-monitor_inc_nlink fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ struct inode *v9fs_get_inode(struct supe
 			inode->i_op = &v9fs_symlink_inode_operations;
 			break;
 		case S_IFDIR:
-			inode->i_nlink++;
+			inc_nlink(inode);
 			if(v9ses->extended)
 				inode->i_op = &v9fs_dir_inode_operations_ext;
 			else

diff -puN fs/autofs/root.c~B4-monitor_inc_nlink fs/autofs/root.c
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ static int autofs_root_mkdir(struct inod
 	ent->dentry = dentry;
 	autofs_hash_insert(dh,ent);
 
-	dir->i_nlink++;
+	inc_nlink(dir);
 	d_instantiate(dentry, iget(dir->i_sb,ino));
 	unlock_kernel();
 

diff -puN fs/autofs4/root.c~B4-monitor_inc_nlink fs/autofs4/root.c
@@ -713,7 +713,7 @@ static int autofs4_dir_mkdir(struct inod
 	if (p_ino && dentry->d_parent != dentry)
 		atomic_inc(&p_ino->count);
 	ino->inode = inode;
-	dir->i_nlink++;
+	inc_nlink(dir);
 	dir->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME;
 
 	return 0;

diff -puN fs/bfs/dir.c~B4-monitor_inc_nlink fs/bfs/dir.c
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ static int bfs_link(struct dentry * old,
 		unlock_kernel();
 		return err;
 	}
-	inode->i_nlink++;
+	inc_nlink(inode);
 	inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
 	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 	atomic_inc(&inode->i_count);

diff -puN fs/cifs/inode.c~B4-monitor_inc_nlink fs/cifs/inode.c
@@ -736,7 +736,7 @@ int cifs_mkdir(struct inode *inode, stru
 		cFYI(1, ("cifs_mkdir returned 0x%x", rc));
 		d_drop(direntry);
 	} else {
-		inode->i_nlink++;
+		inc_nlink(inode);
 		if (pTcon->ses->capabilities & CAP_UNIX)
 			rc = cifs_get_inode_info_unix(&newinode, full_path,
 						      inode->i_sb,xid);

diff -puN fs/coda/dir.c~B4-monitor_inc_nlink fs/coda/dir.c
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ static int coda_link(struct dentry *sour
 	coda_dir_changed(dir_inode, 0);
 	atomic_inc(&inode->i_count);
 	d_instantiate(de, inode);
-	inode->i_nlink++;
+	inc_nlink(inode);
         
 out:
 	unlock_kernel();

diff -puN fs/configfs/dir.c~B4-monitor_inc_nlink fs/configfs/dir.c
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ static int init_dir(struct inode * inode
 	inode->i_fop = &configfs_dir_operations;
 
 	/* directory inodes start off with i_nlink == 2 (for "." entry) */
-	inode->i_nlink++;
+	inc_nlink(inode);
 	return 0;
 }
 

@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ static int create_dir(struct config_item
 	if (!error) {
 		error = configfs_create(d, mode, init_dir);
 		if (!error) {
-			p->d_inode->i_nlink++;
+			inc_nlink(p->d_inode);
 			(d)->d_op = &configfs_dentry_ops;
 		} else {
 			struct configfs_dirent *sd = d->d_fsdata;

diff -puN fs/configfs/mount.c~B4-monitor_inc_nlink fs/configfs/mount.c
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ static int configfs_fill_super(struct su
 		inode->i_op = &configfs_dir_inode_operations;
 		inode->i_fop = &configfs_dir_operations;
 		/* directory inodes start off with i_nlink == 2 (for "." entry) */
-		inode->i_nlink++;
+		inc_nlink(inode);
 	} else {
 		pr_debug("configfs: could not get root inode\n");
 		return -ENOMEM;

diff -puN fs/debugfs/inode.c~B4-monitor_inc_nlink fs/debugfs/inode.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ static struct inode *debugfs_get_inode(s
 			inode->i_fop = &simple_dir_operations;
 
 			/* directory inodes start off with i_nlink == 2 (for "." entry) */
-			inode->i_nlink++;
+			inc_nlink(inode);
 			break;
 		}
 	}

@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ static int debugfs_mkdir(struct inode *d
 	mode = (mode & (S_IRWXUGO | S_ISVTX)) | S_IFDIR;
 	res = debugfs_mknod(dir, dentry, mode, 0);
 	if (!res)
-		dir->i_nlink++;
+		inc_nlink(dir);
 	return res;
 }
 

diff -puN fs/ext3/namei.c~B4-monitor_inc_nlink fs/ext3/namei.c
@@ -1616,7 +1616,7 @@ static int ext3_delete_entry (handle_t *
  */
 static inline void ext3_inc_count(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode)
 {
-	inode->i_nlink++;
+	inc_nlink(inode);
 }
 
 static inline void ext3_dec_count(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode)

@@ -1775,7 +1775,7 @@ retry:
 		iput (inode);
 		goto out_stop;
 	}
-	dir->i_nlink++;
+	inc_nlink(dir);
 	ext3_update_dx_flag(dir);
 	ext3_mark_inode_dirty(handle, dir);
 	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);

@@ -2341,7 +2341,7 @@ static int ext3_rename (struct inode * o
 		if (new_inode) {
 			drop_nlink(new_inode);
 		} else {
-			new_dir->i_nlink++;
+			inc_nlink(new_dir);
 			ext3_update_dx_flag(new_dir);
 			ext3_mark_inode_dirty(handle, new_dir);
 		}

diff -puN fs/fuse/control.c~B4-monitor_inc_nlink fs/fuse/control.c
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ int fuse_ctl_add_conn(struct fuse_conn *
 		return 0;
 
 	parent = fuse_control_sb->s_root;
-	parent->d_inode->i_nlink++;
+	inc_nlink(parent->d_inode);
 	sprintf(name, "%llu", (unsigned long long) fc->id);
 	parent = fuse_ctl_add_dentry(parent, fc, name, S_IFDIR | 0500, 2,
 				     &simple_dir_inode_operations,

diff -puN fs/hfsplus/dir.c~B4-monitor_inc_nlink fs/hfsplus/dir.c
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ static int hfsplus_link(struct dentry *s
 	if (res)
 		return res;
 
-	inode->i_nlink++;
+	inc_nlink(inode);
 	hfsplus_instantiate(dst_dentry, inode, cnid);
 	atomic_inc(&inode->i_count);
 	inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;

diff -puN fs/hpfs/namei.c~B4-monitor_inc_nlink fs/hpfs/namei.c
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ static int hpfs_mkdir(struct inode *dir,
 	brelse(bh);
 	hpfs_mark_4buffers_dirty(&qbh0);
 	hpfs_brelse4(&qbh0);
-	dir->i_nlink++;
+	inc_nlink(dir);
 	insert_inode_hash(result);
 
 	if (result->i_uid != current->fsuid ||

@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ static int hpfs_rename(struct inode *old
 	end:
 	hpfs_i(i)->i_parent_dir = new_dir->i_ino;
 	if (S_ISDIR(i->i_mode)) {
-		new_dir->i_nlink++;
+		inc_nlink(new_dir);
 		drop_nlink(old_dir);
 	}
 	if ((fnode = hpfs_map_fnode(i->i_sb, i->i_ino, &bh))) {

diff -puN fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c~B4-monitor_inc_nlink fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ static struct inode *hugetlbfs_get_inode
 			inode->i_fop = &simple_dir_operations;
 
 			/* directory inodes start off with i_nlink == 2 (for "." entry) */
-			inode->i_nlink++;
+			inc_nlink(inode);
 			break;
 		case S_IFLNK:
 			inode->i_op = &page_symlink_inode_operations;

@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ static int hugetlbfs_mkdir(struct inode 
 {
 	int retval = hugetlbfs_mknod(dir, dentry, mode | S_IFDIR, 0);
 	if (!retval)
-		dir->i_nlink++;
+		inc_nlink(dir);
 	return retval;
 }
 

diff -puN fs/jffs2/dir.c~B4-monitor_inc_nlink fs/jffs2/dir.c
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ static int jffs2_mkdir (struct inode *di
 	}
 
 	dir_i->i_mtime = dir_i->i_ctime = ITIME(je32_to_cpu(rd->mctime));
-	dir_i->i_nlink++;
+	inc_nlink(dir_i);
 
 	jffs2_free_raw_dirent(rd);
 

@@ -836,7 +836,7 @@ static int jffs2_rename (struct inode *o
 	/* If it was a directory we moved, and there was no victim,
 	   increase i_nlink on its new parent */
 	if (S_ISDIR(old_dentry->d_inode->i_mode) && !victim_f)
-		new_dir_i->i_nlink++;
+		inc_nlink(new_dir_i);
 
 	/* Unlink the original */
 	ret = jffs2_do_unlink(c, JFFS2_INODE_INFO(old_dir_i),

@@ -848,7 +848,7 @@ static int jffs2_rename (struct inode *o
 		/* Oh shit. We really ought to make a single node which can do both atomically */
 		struct jffs2_inode_info *f = JFFS2_INODE_INFO(old_dentry->d_inode);
 		down(&f->sem);
-		old_dentry->d_inode->i_nlink++;
+		inc_nlink(old_dentry->d_inode);
 		if (f->inocache)
 			f->inocache->nlink++;
 		up(&f->sem);

diff -puN fs/jffs2/fs.c~B4-monitor_inc_nlink fs/jffs2/fs.c
@@ -277,13 +277,13 @@ void jffs2_read_inode (struct inode *ino
 
 		for (fd=f->dents; fd; fd = fd->next) {
 			if (fd->type == DT_DIR && fd->ino)
-				inode->i_nlink++;
+				inc_nlink(inode);
 		}
 		/* and '..' */
-		inode->i_nlink++;
+		inc_nlink(inode);
 		/* Root dir gets i_nlink 3 for some reason */
 		if (inode->i_ino == 1)
-			inode->i_nlink++;
+			inc_nlink(inode);
 
 		inode->i_op = &jffs2_dir_inode_operations;
 		inode->i_fop = &jffs2_dir_operations;

diff -puN fs/jfs/namei.c~B4-monitor_inc_nlink fs/jfs/namei.c
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ static int jfs_mkdir(struct inode *dip, 
 	mark_inode_dirty(ip);
 
 	/* update parent directory inode */
-	dip->i_nlink++;		/* for '..' from child directory */
+	inc_nlink(dip);		/* for '..' from child directory */
 	dip->i_ctime = dip->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME;
 	mark_inode_dirty(dip);
 

@@ -822,7 +822,7 @@ static int jfs_link(struct dentry *old_d
 		goto free_dname;
 
 	/* update object inode */
-	ip->i_nlink++;		/* for new link */
+	inc_nlink(ip);		/* for new link */
 	ip->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
 	dir->i_ctime = dir->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME;
 	mark_inode_dirty(dir);

@@ -1206,7 +1206,7 @@ static int jfs_rename(struct inode *old_
 			goto out4;
 		}
 		if (S_ISDIR(old_ip->i_mode))
-			new_dir->i_nlink++;
+			inc_nlink(new_dir);
 	}
 	/*
 	 * Remove old directory entry

diff -puN fs/msdos/namei.c~B4-monitor_inc_nlink fs/msdos/namei.c
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ static int msdos_mkdir(struct inode *dir
 	err = msdos_add_entry(dir, msdos_name, 1, is_hid, cluster, &ts, &sinfo);
 	if (err)
 		goto out_free;
-	dir->i_nlink++;
+	inc_nlink(dir);
 
 	inode = fat_build_inode(sb, sinfo.de, sinfo.i_pos);
 	brelse(sinfo.bh);

@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ static int do_msdos_rename(struct inode 
 		}
 		drop_nlink(old_dir);
 		if (!new_inode)
-			new_dir->i_nlink++;
+			inc_nlink(new_dir);
 	}
 
 	err = fat_remove_entries(old_dir, &old_sinfo);	/* and releases bh */

diff -puN fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmfs.c~B4-monitor_inc_nlink fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmfs.c
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ static struct inode *dlmfs_get_root_inod
 		inode->i_blocks = 0;
 		inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info = &dlmfs_backing_dev_info;
 		inode->i_atime = inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
-		inode->i_nlink++;
+		inc_nlink(inode);
 
 		inode->i_fop = &simple_dir_operations;
 		inode->i_op = &dlmfs_root_inode_operations;

@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ static struct inode *dlmfs_get_inode(str
 
 		/* directory inodes start off with i_nlink ==
 		 * 2 (for "." entry) */
-		inode->i_nlink++;
+		inc_nlink(inode);
 		break;
 	}
 

@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ static int dlmfs_mkdir(struct inode * di
 	}
 	ip->ip_dlm = dlm;
 
-	dir->i_nlink++;
+	inc_nlink(dir);
 	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
 	dget(dentry);	/* Extra count - pin the dentry in core */
 

diff -puN fs/ocfs2/namei.c~B4-monitor_inc_nlink fs/ocfs2/namei.c
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ static int ocfs2_mknod(struct inode *dir
 			mlog_errno(status);
 			goto leave;
 		}
-		dir->i_nlink++;
+		inc_nlink(dir);
 	}
 
 	status = ocfs2_add_entry(handle, dentry, inode,

@@ -702,7 +702,7 @@ static int ocfs2_link(struct dentry *old
 		goto bail;
 	}
 
-	inode->i_nlink++;
+	inc_nlink(inode);
 	inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
 	fe->i_links_count = cpu_to_le16(inode->i_nlink);
 	fe->i_ctime = cpu_to_le64(inode->i_ctime.tv_sec);

@@ -902,7 +902,7 @@ static int ocfs2_unlink(struct inode *di
 						parent_node_bh);
 		if (status < 0) {
 			mlog_errno(status);
-			dir->i_nlink++;
+			inc_nlink(dir);
 		}
 	}
 

@@ -1344,7 +1344,7 @@ static int ocfs2_rename(struct inode *ol
 		if (new_inode) {
 			new_inode->i_nlink--;
 		} else {
-			new_dir->i_nlink++;
+			inc_nlink(new_dir);
 			mark_inode_dirty(new_dir);
 		}
 	}

diff -puN fs/ramfs/inode.c~B4-monitor_inc_nlink fs/ramfs/inode.c
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ struct inode *ramfs_get_inode(struct sup
 			inode->i_fop = &simple_dir_operations;
 
 			/* directory inodes start off with i_nlink == 2 (for "." entry) */
-			inode->i_nlink++;
+			inc_nlink(inode);
 			break;
 		case S_IFLNK:
 			inode->i_op = &page_symlink_inode_operations;

@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ static int ramfs_mkdir(struct inode * di
 {
 	int retval = ramfs_mknod(dir, dentry, mode | S_IFDIR, 0);
 	if (!retval)
-		dir->i_nlink++;
+		inc_nlink(dir);
 	return retval;
 }
 

diff -puN fs/reiserfs/namei.c~B4-monitor_inc_nlink fs/reiserfs/namei.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 #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 INC_DIR_INODE_NLINK(i) if (i->i_nlink != 1) { inc_nlink(i); if (i->i_nlink >= REISERFS_LINK_MAX) i->i_nlink=1; }
 #define DEC_DIR_INODE_NLINK(i) if (i->i_nlink != 1) drop_nlink(i);
 
 // directory item contains array of entry headers. This performs

@@ -1006,7 +1006,7 @@ static int reiserfs_unlink(struct inode 
 	    reiserfs_cut_from_item(&th, &path, &(de.de_entry_key), dir, NULL,
 				   0);
 	if (retval < 0) {
-		inode->i_nlink++;
+		inc_nlink(inode);
 		goto end_unlink;
 	}
 	inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;

@@ -1143,7 +1143,7 @@ static int reiserfs_link(struct dentry *
 	}
 
 	/* inc before scheduling so reiserfs_unlink knows we are here */
-	inode->i_nlink++;
+	inc_nlink(inode);
 
 	retval = journal_begin(&th, dir->i_sb, jbegin_count);
 	if (retval) {

diff -puN fs/sysfs/dir.c~B4-monitor_inc_nlink fs/sysfs/dir.c
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ static int init_dir(struct inode * inode
 	inode->i_fop = &sysfs_dir_operations;
 
 	/* directory inodes start off with i_nlink == 2 (for "." entry) */
-	inode->i_nlink++;
+	inc_nlink(inode);
 	return 0;
 }
 

@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ static int create_dir(struct kobject * k
 		if (!error) {
 			error = sysfs_create(*d, mode, init_dir);
 			if (!error) {
-				p->d_inode->i_nlink++;
+				inc_nlink(p->d_inode);
 				(*d)->d_op = &sysfs_dentry_ops;
 				d_rehash(*d);
 			}

diff -puN fs/sysfs/mount.c~B4-monitor_inc_nlink fs/sysfs/mount.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ static int sysfs_fill_super(struct super
 		inode->i_op = &sysfs_dir_inode_operations;
 		inode->i_fop = &sysfs_dir_operations;
 		/* directory inodes start off with i_nlink == 2 (for "." entry) */
-		inode->i_nlink++;	
+		inc_nlink(inode);
 	} else {
 		pr_debug("sysfs: could not get root inode\n");
 		return -ENOMEM;

diff -puN fs/udf/inode.c~B4-monitor_inc_nlink fs/udf/inode.c
@@ -1165,7 +1165,7 @@ static void udf_fill_inode(struct inode 
 			inode->i_op = &udf_dir_inode_operations;
 			inode->i_fop = &udf_dir_operations;
 			inode->i_mode |= S_IFDIR;
-			inode->i_nlink ++;
+			inc_nlink(inode);
 			break;
 		}
 		case ICBTAG_FILE_TYPE_REALTIME:

diff -puN fs/udf/namei.c~B4-monitor_inc_nlink fs/udf/namei.c
@@ -762,7 +762,7 @@ static int udf_mkdir(struct inode * dir,
 		cpu_to_le32(UDF_I_UNIQUE(inode) & 0x00000000FFFFFFFFUL);
 	cfi.fileCharacteristics |= FID_FILE_CHAR_DIRECTORY;
 	udf_write_fi(dir, &cfi, fi, &fibh, NULL, NULL);
-	dir->i_nlink++;
+	inc_nlink(dir);
 	mark_inode_dirty(dir);
 	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
 	if (fibh.sbh != fibh.ebh)

@@ -1147,7 +1147,7 @@ static int udf_link(struct dentry * old_
 	if (fibh.sbh != fibh.ebh)
 		udf_release_data(fibh.ebh);
 	udf_release_data(fibh.sbh);
-	inode->i_nlink ++;
+	inc_nlink(inode);
 	inode->i_ctime = current_fs_time(inode->i_sb);
 	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 	atomic_inc(&inode->i_count);

@@ -1282,7 +1282,7 @@ static int udf_rename (struct inode * ol
 		}
 		else
 		{
-			new_dir->i_nlink ++;
+			inc_nlink(new_dir);
 			mark_inode_dirty(new_dir);
 		}
 	}

diff -puN fs/vfat/namei.c~B4-monitor_inc_nlink fs/vfat/namei.c
@@ -837,7 +837,7 @@ static int vfat_mkdir(struct inode *dir,
 	if (err)
 		goto out_free;
 	dir->i_version++;
-	dir->i_nlink++;
+	inc_nlink(dir);
 
 	inode = fat_build_inode(sb, sinfo.de, sinfo.i_pos);
 	brelse(sinfo.bh);

@@ -932,7 +932,7 @@ static int vfat_rename(struct inode *old
 		}
 		drop_nlink(old_dir);
 		if (!new_inode)
- 			new_dir->i_nlink++;
+ 			inc_nlink(new_dir);
 	}
 
 	err = fat_remove_entries(old_dir, &old_sinfo);	/* and releases bh */

diff -puN ipc/mqueue.c~B4-monitor_inc_nlink ipc/mqueue.c
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ static struct inode *mqueue_get_inode(st
 			/* all is ok */
 			info->user = get_uid(u);
 		} else if (S_ISDIR(mode)) {
-			inode->i_nlink++;
+			inc_nlink(inode);
 			/* Some things misbehave if size == 0 on a directory */
 			inode->i_size = 2 * DIRENT_SIZE;
 			inode->i_op = &mqueue_dir_inode_operations;

diff -puN kernel/cpuset.c~B4-monitor_inc_nlink kernel/cpuset.c
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ static int cpuset_fill_super(struct supe
 		inode->i_op = &simple_dir_inode_operations;
 		inode->i_fop = &simple_dir_operations;
 		/* directories start off with i_nlink == 2 (for "." entry) */
-		inode->i_nlink++;
+		inc_nlink(inode);
 	} else {
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}

@@ -1552,7 +1552,7 @@ static int cpuset_create_file(struct den
 		inode->i_fop = &simple_dir_operations;
 
 		/* start off with i_nlink == 2 (for "." entry) */
-		inode->i_nlink++;
+		inc_nlink(inode);
 	} else if (S_ISREG(mode)) {
 		inode->i_size = 0;
 		inode->i_fop = &cpuset_file_operations;

@@ -1585,7 +1585,7 @@ static int cpuset_create_dir(struct cpus
 	error = cpuset_create_file(dentry, S_IFDIR | mode);
 	if (!error) {
 		dentry->d_fsdata = cs;
-		parent->d_inode->i_nlink++;
+		inc_nlink(parent->d_inode);
 		cs->dentry = dentry;
 	}
 	dput(dentry);

@@ -2020,7 +2020,7 @@ int __init cpuset_init(void)
 	}
 	root = cpuset_mount->mnt_sb->s_root;
 	root->d_fsdata = &top_cpuset;
-	root->d_inode->i_nlink++;
+	inc_nlink(root->d_inode);
 	top_cpuset.dentry = root;
 	root->d_inode->i_op = &cpuset_dir_inode_operations;
 	number_of_cpusets = 1;

diff -puN net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c~B4-monitor_inc_nlink net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ rpc_get_inode(struct super_block *sb, in
 		case S_IFDIR:
 			inode->i_fop = &simple_dir_operations;
 			inode->i_op = &simple_dir_inode_operations;
-			inode->i_nlink++;
+			inc_nlink(inode);
 		default:
 			break;
 	}

@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ rpc_populate(struct dentry *parent,
 		if (private)
 			rpc_inode_setowner(inode, private);
 		if (S_ISDIR(mode))
-			dir->i_nlink++;
+			inc_nlink(dir);
 		d_add(dentry, inode);
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&dir->i_mutex);

@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ __rpc_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct de
 		goto out_err;
 	inode->i_ino = iunique(dir->i_sb, 100);
 	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
-	dir->i_nlink++;
+	inc_nlink(dir);
 	inode_dir_notify(dir, DN_CREATE);
 	return 0;
 out_err:

diff -puN security/inode.c~B4-monitor_inc_nlink security/inode.c
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ static struct inode *get_inode(struct su
 			inode->i_fop = &simple_dir_operations;
 
 			/* directory inodes start off with i_nlink == 2 (for "." entry) */
-			inode->i_nlink++;
+			inc_nlink(inode);
 			break;
 		}
 	}

@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ static int mkdir(struct inode *dir, stru
 	mode = (mode & (S_IRWXUGO | S_ISVTX)) | S_IFDIR;
 	res = mknod(dir, dentry, mode, 0);
 	if (!res)
-		dir->i_nlink++;
+		inc_nlink(dir);
 	return res;
 }
 

diff -puN security/selinux/selinuxfs.c~B4-monitor_inc_nlink security/selinux/selinuxfs.c
@@ -1253,10 +1253,10 @@ static int sel_make_dir(struct inode *di
 	inode->i_op = &simple_dir_inode_operations;
 	inode->i_fop = &simple_dir_operations;
 	/* directory inodes start off with i_nlink == 2 (for "." entry) */
-	inode->i_nlink++;
+	inc_nlink(inode);
 	d_add(dentry, inode);
 	/* bump link count on parent directory, too */
-	dir->i_nlink++;
+	inc_nlink(dir);
 out:
 	return ret;
 }

diff -puN include/linux/fs.h~B3-unlink-monitor-i_nlink-0 include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1262,9 +1262,14 @@ static inline void inode_inc_link_count(
 	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 -puN drivers/usb/core/inode.c~B3-unlink-monitor-i_nlink-0 drivers/usb/core/inode.c
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ static int usbfs_unlink (struct inode *d
 {
 	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
 	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 -puN fs/autofs/root.c~B3-unlink-monitor-i_nlink-0 fs/autofs/root.c
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ static int autofs_root_rmdir(struct inod
 
 	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 -puN fs/autofs4/root.c~B3-unlink-monitor-i_nlink-0 fs/autofs4/root.c
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ static int autofs4_dir_rmdir(struct inod
 	dentry->d_inode->i_nlink = 0;
 
 	if (dir->i_nlink)
-		dir->i_nlink--;
+		drop_nlink(dir);
 
 	return 0;
 }

diff -puN fs/bfs/dir.c~B3-unlink-monitor-i_nlink-0 fs/bfs/dir.c
@@ -117,8 +117,7 @@ static int bfs_create(struct inode * dir
 
 	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
 	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
 	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 -puN fs/cifs/inode.c~B3-unlink-monitor-i_nlink-0 fs/cifs/inode.c
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ int cifs_unlink(struct inode *inode, str
 
 	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) {

@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ int cifs_unlink(struct inode *inode, str
 						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? */

@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ int cifs_unlink(struct inode *inode, str
 						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;

@@ -685,7 +685,7 @@ int cifs_unlink(struct inode *inode, str
 						    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 */
 			}

@@ -817,7 +817,7 @@ int cifs_rmdir(struct inode *inode, stru
 			  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 -puN fs/coda/dir.c~B3-unlink-monitor-i_nlink-0 fs/coda/dir.c
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ int coda_unlink(struct inode *dir, struc
         }
 
 	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
         }
 
 	coda_dir_changed(dir, -1);
-	de->d_inode->i_nlink--;
+	drop_nlink(de->d_inode);
 	d_delete(de);
 	unlock_kernel();
 

diff -puN fs/ext2/namei.c~B3-unlink-monitor-i_nlink-0 fs/ext2/namei.c
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ static int ext2_rename (struct inode * o
 		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 -puN fs/ext3/namei.c~B3-unlink-monitor-i_nlink-0 fs/ext3/namei.c
@@ -1621,7 +1621,7 @@ static inline void ext3_inc_count(handle
 
 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 * di
 	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 * di
 	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 * o
 	}
 
 	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 * o
 		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 -puN fs/hfs/dir.c~B3-unlink-monitor-i_nlink-0 fs/hfs/dir.c
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ static int hfs_unlink(struct inode *dir,
 	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 -puN fs/hfsplus/dir.c~B3-unlink-monitor-i_nlink-0 fs/hfsplus/dir.c
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ static int hfsplus_unlink(struct inode *
 		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 -puN fs/hpfs/namei.c~B3-unlink-monitor-i_nlink-0 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,
 		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
 	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 -puN fs/jffs2/dir.c~B3-unlink-monitor-i_nlink-0 fs/jffs2/dir.c
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ static int jffs2_rmdir (struct inode *di
 	}
 	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 *o
 
 	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 *o
 	}
 
 	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 -puN fs/jfs/namei.c~B3-unlink-monitor-i_nlink-0 fs/jfs/namei.c
@@ -393,9 +393,8 @@ static int jfs_rmdir(struct inode *dip, 
 	/* 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,
 	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_d
 	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_
 			      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_
 		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 -puN fs/libfs.c~B3-unlink-monitor-i_nlink-0 fs/libfs.c
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ int simple_unlink(struct inode *dir, str
 	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, stru
 	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,
 	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 -puN fs/nfs/dir.c~B3-unlink-monitor-i_nlink-0 fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -842,7 +842,7 @@ static void nfs_dentry_iput(struct dentr
 	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();
 	}

@@ -1395,7 +1395,7 @@ static int nfs_safe_remove(struct 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

@@ -1599,7 +1599,7 @@ static int nfs_rename(struct inode *old_
 			goto out;
 		}
 	} else
-		new_inode->i_nlink--;
+		drop_nlink(new_inode);
 
 go_ahead:
 	/*

diff -puN fs/ocfs2/namei.c~B3-unlink-monitor-i_nlink-0 fs/ocfs2/namei.c
@@ -711,7 +711,7 @@ static int ocfs2_link(struct dentry *old
 	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;
 	}

@@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ static int ocfs2_link(struct dentry *old
 			      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 -puN fs/qnx4/namei.c~B3-unlink-monitor-i_nlink-0 fs/qnx4/namei.c
@@ -189,8 +189,7 @@ int qnx4_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct
 	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, struc
 	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 -puN fs/reiserfs/namei.c~B3-unlink-monitor-i_nlink-0 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 
 		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 
 		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 -puN fs/sysv/namei.c~B3-unlink-monitor-i_nlink-0 fs/sysv/namei.c
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ static int sysv_rename(struct inode * ol
 		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 -puN fs/udf/namei.c~B3-unlink-monitor-i_nlink-0 fs/udf/namei.c
@@ -878,8 +878,7 @@ static int udf_rmdir(struct inode * dir,
 			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
 		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 * ol
 
 	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 * ol
 		}
 		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 -puN fs/ufs/namei.c~B3-unlink-monitor-i_nlink-0 fs/ufs/namei.c
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ static int ufs_rename(struct inode *old_
 		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 -puN fs/vfat/namei.c~B3-unlink-monitor-i_nlink-0 fs/vfat/namei.c
@@ -782,7 +782,7 @@ static int vfat_rmdir(struct inode *dir,
 	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
 			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
 		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 -puN ipc/mqueue.c~B3-unlink-monitor-i_nlink-0 ipc/mqueue.c
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ static int mqueue_unlink(struct inode *d
 
 	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 -puN mm/shmem.c~B3-unlink-monitor-i_nlink-0 mm/shmem.c
@@ -1760,7 +1760,7 @@ static int shmem_unlink(struct inode *di
 
 	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;
 }

@@ -1770,8 +1770,8 @@ static int shmem_rmdir(struct inode *dir
 	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);
 }
 

@@ -1792,9 +1792,9 @@ static int shmem_rename(struct inode *ol
 	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++;
 	}
 

diff -puN fs/jffs/inode-v23.c~B3-unlink-monitor-i_nlink-0 fs/jffs/inode-v23.c
@@ -1052,9 +1052,8 @@ jffs_remove(struct inode *dir, struct de
 
 	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 -puN fs/minix/namei.c~B3-unlink-monitor-i_nlink-0 fs/minix/namei.c
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ static int minix_rename(struct inode * o
 		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 -puN fs/msdos/namei.c~B3-unlink-monitor-i_nlink-0 fs/msdos/namei.c
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ static int msdos_rmdir(struct inode *dir
 	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;

@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ static int do_msdos_rename(struct inode 
 			if (err)
 				goto error_dotdot;
 		}
-		old_dir->i_nlink--;
+		drop_nlink(old_dir);
 		if (!new_inode)
 			new_dir->i_nlink++;
 	}

@@ -559,10 +559,9 @@ static int do_msdos_rename(struct inode 
 		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 -puN fs/namei.c~B1-prepwork-collapse-ifs fs/namei.c
@@ -1926,30 +1926,32 @@ asmlinkage long sys_mkdirat(int dfd, con
 {
 	int error = 0;
 	char * tmp;
+	struct dentry *dentry;
+	struct nameidata nd;
 
 	tmp = getname(pathname);
 	error = PTR_ERR(tmp);
-	if (!IS_ERR(tmp)) {
-		struct dentry *dentry;
-		struct nameidata nd;
+	if (IS_ERR(tmp))
+		goto out_err;
 
-		error = do_path_lookup(dfd, tmp, LOOKUP_PARENT, &nd);
-		if (error)
-			goto out;
-		dentry = lookup_create(&nd, 1);
-		error = PTR_ERR(dentry);
-		if (!IS_ERR(dentry)) {
-			if (!IS_POSIXACL(nd.dentry->d_inode))
-				mode &= ~current->fs->umask;
-			error = vfs_mkdir(nd.dentry->d_inode, dentry, mode);
-			dput(dentry);
-		}
-		mutex_unlock(&nd.dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
-		path_release(&nd);
-out:
-		putname(tmp);
-	}
+	error = do_path_lookup(dfd, tmp, LOOKUP_PARENT, &nd);
+	if (error)
+		goto out;
+	dentry = lookup_create(&nd, 1);
+	error = PTR_ERR(dentry);
+	if (IS_ERR(dentry))
+		goto out_unlock;
 
+	if (!IS_POSIXACL(nd.dentry->d_inode))
+		mode &= ~current->fs->umask;
+	error = vfs_mkdir(nd.dentry->d_inode, dentry, mode);
+	dput(dentry);
+out_unlock:
+	mutex_unlock(&nd.dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
+	path_release(&nd);
+out:
+	putname(tmp);
+out_err:
 	return error;
 }
 

@@ -2048,10 +2050,11 @@ static long do_rmdir(int dfd, const char
 	mutex_lock_nested(&nd.dentry->d_inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
 	dentry = lookup_hash(&nd);
 	error = PTR_ERR(dentry);
-	if (!IS_ERR(dentry)) {
-		error = vfs_rmdir(nd.dentry->d_inode, dentry);
-		dput(dentry);
-	}
+	if (IS_ERR(dentry))
+		goto exit2;
+	error = vfs_rmdir(nd.dentry->d_inode, dentry);
+	dput(dentry);
+exit2:
 	mutex_unlock(&nd.dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
 exit1:
 	path_release(&nd);

@@ -2191,30 +2194,33 @@ asmlinkage long sys_symlinkat(const char
 	int error = 0;
 	char * from;
 	char * to;
+	struct dentry *dentry;
+	struct nameidata nd;
 
 	from = getname(oldname);
 	if(IS_ERR(from))
 		return PTR_ERR(from);
 	to = getname(newname);
 	error = PTR_ERR(to);
-	if (!IS_ERR(to)) {
-		struct dentry *dentry;
-		struct nameidata nd;
+	if (IS_ERR(to))
+		goto out_putname;
 
-		error = do_path_lookup(newdfd, to, LOOKUP_PARENT, &nd);
-		if (error)
-			goto out;
-		dentry = lookup_create(&nd, 0);
-		error = PTR_ERR(dentry);
-		if (!IS_ERR(dentry)) {
-			error = vfs_symlink(nd.dentry->d_inode, dentry, from, S_IALLUGO);
-			dput(dentry);
-		}
-		mutex_unlock(&nd.dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
-		path_release(&nd);
+	error = do_path_lookup(newdfd, to, LOOKUP_PARENT, &nd);
+	if (error)
+		goto out;
+	dentry = lookup_create(&nd, 0);
+	error = PTR_ERR(dentry);
+	if (IS_ERR(dentry))
+		goto out_unlock;
+
+	error = vfs_symlink(nd.dentry->d_inode, dentry, from, S_IALLUGO);
+	dput(dentry);
+out_unlock:
+	mutex_unlock(&nd.dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
+	path_release(&nd);
 out:
-		putname(to);
-	}
+	putname(to);
+out_putname:
 	putname(from);
 	return error;
 }

@@ -2300,10 +2306,11 @@ asmlinkage long sys_linkat(int olddfd, c
 		goto out_release;
 	new_dentry = lookup_create(&nd, 0);
 	error = PTR_ERR(new_dentry);
-	if (!IS_ERR(new_dentry)) {
-		error = vfs_link(old_nd.dentry, nd.dentry->d_inode, new_dentry);
-		dput(new_dentry);
-	}
+	if (IS_ERR(new_dentry))
+		goto out_unlock;
+	error = vfs_link(old_nd.dentry, nd.dentry->d_inode, new_dentry);
+	dput(new_dentry);
+out_unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&nd.dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
 out_release:
 	path_release(&nd);

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diff -puN fs/cifs/inode.c~B6-monitor-clear-i_nlink fs/cifs/inode.c
@@ -819,7 +819,7 @@ int cifs_rmdir(struct inode *inode, stru
 	if (!rc) {
 		drop_nlink(inode);
 		i_size_write(direntry->d_inode,0);
-		direntry->d_inode->i_nlink = 0;
+		clear_nlink(direntry->d_inode);
 	}
 
 	cifsInode = CIFS_I(direntry->d_inode);

diff -puN fs/ext3/namei.c~B6-monitor-clear-i_nlink fs/ext3/namei.c
@@ -2045,7 +2045,7 @@ static int ext3_rmdir (struct inode * di
 			      "empty directory has nlink!=2 (%d)",
 			      inode->i_nlink);
 	inode->i_version++;
-	inode->i_nlink = 0;
+	clear_nlink(inode);
 	/* There's no need to set i_disksize: the fact that i_nlink is
 	 * zero will ensure that the right thing happens during any
 	 * recovery. */

diff -puN fs/autofs4/root.c~B6-monitor-clear-i_nlink fs/autofs4/root.c
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ static int autofs4_dir_unlink(struct ino
 	dput(ino->dentry);
 
 	dentry->d_inode->i_size = 0;
-	dentry->d_inode->i_nlink = 0;
+	clear_nlink(dentry->d_inode);
 
 	dir->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME;
 

@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ static int autofs4_dir_rmdir(struct inod
 	}
 	dput(ino->dentry);
 	dentry->d_inode->i_size = 0;
-	dentry->d_inode->i_nlink = 0;
+	clear_nlink(dentry->d_inode);
 
 	if (dir->i_nlink)
 		drop_nlink(dir);

diff -puN fs/fuse/dir.c~B6-monitor-clear-i_nlink fs/fuse/dir.c
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ static int fuse_unlink(struct inode *dir
 		/* Set nlink to zero so the inode can be cleared, if
                    the inode does have more links this will be
                    discovered at the next lookup/getattr */
-		inode->i_nlink = 0;
+		clear_nlink(inode);
 		fuse_invalidate_attr(inode);
 		fuse_invalidate_attr(dir);
 		fuse_invalidate_entry_cache(entry);

@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ static int fuse_rmdir(struct inode *dir,
 	err = req->out.h.error;
 	fuse_put_request(fc, req);
 	if (!err) {
-		entry->d_inode->i_nlink = 0;
+		clear_nlink(entry->d_inode);
 		fuse_invalidate_attr(dir);
 		fuse_invalidate_entry_cache(entry);
 	} else if (err == -EINTR)

diff -puN fs/hfs/dir.c~B6-monitor-clear-i_nlink fs/hfs/dir.c
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ static int hfs_rmdir(struct inode *dir, 
 	res = hfs_cat_delete(inode->i_ino, dir, &dentry->d_name);
 	if (res)
 		return res;
-	inode->i_nlink = 0;
+	clear_nlink(inode);
 	inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
 	hfs_delete_inode(inode);
 	mark_inode_dirty(inode);

diff -puN fs/hfsplus/dir.c~B6-monitor-clear-i_nlink fs/hfsplus/dir.c
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ static int hfsplus_unlink(struct inode *
 		} else
 			inode->i_flags |= S_DEAD;
 	} else
-		inode->i_nlink = 0;
+		clear_nlink(inode);
 	inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
 	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 

@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ static int hfsplus_rmdir(struct inode *d
 	res = hfsplus_delete_cat(inode->i_ino, dir, &dentry->d_name);
 	if (res)
 		return res;
-	inode->i_nlink = 0;
+	clear_nlink(inode);
 	inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
 	hfsplus_delete_inode(inode);
 	mark_inode_dirty(inode);

diff -puN fs/hpfs/namei.c~B6-monitor-clear-i_nlink fs/hpfs/namei.c
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ static int hpfs_rmdir(struct inode *dir,
 		break;
 	default:
 		drop_nlink(dir);
-		inode->i_nlink = 0;
+		clear_nlink(inode);
 		err = 0;
 	}
 	goto out;

@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ static int hpfs_rename(struct inode *old
 		int r;
 		if ((r = hpfs_remove_dirent(old_dir, dno, dep, &qbh, 1)) != 2) {
 			if ((nde = map_dirent(new_dir, hpfs_i(new_dir)->i_dno, (char *)new_name, new_len, NULL, &qbh1))) {
-				new_inode->i_nlink = 0;
+				clear_nlink(new_inode);
 				copy_de(nde, &de);
 				memcpy(nde->name, new_name, new_len);
 				hpfs_mark_4buffers_dirty(&qbh1);

diff -puN fs/jfs/namei.c~B6-monitor-clear-i_nlink fs/jfs/namei.c
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ static int jfs_rmdir(struct inode *dip, 
 	JFS_IP(ip)->acl.flag = 0;
 
 	/* mark the target directory as deleted */
-	ip->i_nlink = 0;
+	clear_nlink(ip);
 	mark_inode_dirty(ip);
 
 	rc = txCommit(tid, 2, &iplist[0], 0);

diff -puN fs/msdos/namei.c~B6-monitor-clear-i_nlink fs/msdos/namei.c
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ static int msdos_rmdir(struct inode *dir
 		goto out;
 	drop_nlink(dir);
 
-	inode->i_nlink = 0;
+	clear_nlink(inode);
 	inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
 	fat_detach(inode);
 out:

@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ static int msdos_unlink(struct inode *di
 	err = fat_remove_entries(dir, &sinfo);	/* and releases bh */
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
-	inode->i_nlink = 0;
+	clear_nlink(inode);
 	inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
 	fat_detach(inode);
 out:

diff -puN fs/nfs/dir.c~B6-monitor-clear-i_nlink fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -1280,7 +1280,7 @@ static int nfs_rmdir(struct inode *dir, 
 	error = NFS_PROTO(dir)->rmdir(dir, &dentry->d_name);
 	/* Ensure the VFS deletes this inode */
 	if (error == 0 && dentry->d_inode != NULL)
-		dentry->d_inode->i_nlink = 0;
+		clear_nlink(dentry->d_inode);
 	nfs_end_data_update(dir);
 	unlock_kernel();
 

diff -puN fs/qnx4/namei.c~B6-monitor-clear-i_nlink fs/qnx4/namei.c
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ int qnx4_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct
 	memset(de->di_fname, 0, sizeof de->di_fname);
 	de->di_mode = 0;
 	mark_buffer_dirty(bh);
-	inode->i_nlink = 0;
+	clear_nlink(inode);
 	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 	inode->i_ctime = dir->i_ctime = dir->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
 	inode_dec_link_count(dir);

diff -puN fs/reiserfs/namei.c~B6-monitor-clear-i_nlink fs/reiserfs/namei.c
@@ -913,7 +913,7 @@ static int reiserfs_rmdir(struct inode *
 		reiserfs_warning(inode->i_sb, "%s: empty directory has nlink "
 				 "!= 2 (%d)", __FUNCTION__, inode->i_nlink);
 
-	inode->i_nlink = 0;
+	clear_nlink(inode);
 	inode->i_ctime = dir->i_ctime = dir->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
 	reiserfs_update_sd(&th, inode);
 

@@ -1473,7 +1473,7 @@ static int reiserfs_rename(struct inode 
 	if (new_dentry_inode) {
 		// adjust link number of the victim
 		if (S_ISDIR(new_dentry_inode->i_mode)) {
-			new_dentry_inode->i_nlink = 0;
+			clear_nlink(new_dentry_inode);
 		} else {
 			drop_nlink(new_dentry_inode);
 		}

diff -puN fs/udf/namei.c~B6-monitor-clear-i_nlink fs/udf/namei.c
@@ -876,7 +876,7 @@ static int udf_rmdir(struct inode * dir,
 		udf_warning(inode->i_sb, "udf_rmdir",
 			"empty directory has nlink != 2 (%d)",
 			inode->i_nlink);
-	inode->i_nlink = 0;
+	clear_nlink(inode);
 	inode->i_size = 0;
 	inode_dec_link_count(inode);
 	inode->i_ctime = dir->i_ctime = dir->i_mtime = current_fs_time(dir->i_sb);

diff -puN fs/vfat/namei.c~B6-monitor-clear-i_nlink fs/vfat/namei.c
@@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ static int vfat_rmdir(struct inode *dir,
 		goto out;
 	drop_nlink(dir);
 
-	inode->i_nlink = 0;
+	clear_nlink(inode);
 	inode->i_mtime = inode->i_atime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
 	fat_detach(inode);
 out:

@@ -808,7 +808,7 @@ static int vfat_unlink(struct inode *dir
 	err = fat_remove_entries(dir, &sinfo);	/* and releases bh */
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
-	inode->i_nlink = 0;
+	clear_nlink(inode);
 	inode->i_mtime = inode->i_atime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
 	fat_detach(inode);
 out:

diff -puN include/linux/fs.h~B6-monitor-clear-i_nlink include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1272,6 +1272,11 @@ static inline void drop_nlink(struct ino
 	inode->i_nlink--;
 }
 
+static inline void clear_nlink(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	inode->i_nlink = 0;
+}
+
 static inline void inode_dec_link_count(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	drop_nlink(inode);

diff -puN fs/ocfs2/namei.c~B5-clean_up_OCFS2_nlink_handling fs/ocfs2/namei.c
@@ -744,11 +744,23 @@ bail:
 	return err;
 }
 
+static inline int inode_is_unlinkable(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) {
+	       	if (inode->i_nlink == 2)
+			return 1;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	if (inode->i_nlink == 1)
+		return 1;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int ocfs2_unlink(struct inode *dir,
 			struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	int status;
-	unsigned int saved_nlink = 0;
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
 	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(dir->i_sb);
 	u64 blkno;

@@ -760,6 +772,7 @@ static int ocfs2_unlink(struct inode *di
 	struct buffer_head *dirent_bh = NULL;
 	char orphan_name[OCFS2_ORPHAN_NAMELEN + 1];
 	struct buffer_head *orphan_entry_bh = NULL;
+	unsigned int future_nlink;
 
 	mlog_entry("(0x%p, 0x%p, '%.*s')\n", dir, dentry,
 		   dentry->d_name.len, dentry->d_name.name);

@@ -823,18 +836,11 @@ static int ocfs2_unlink(struct inode *di
 		}
 	}
 
-	/* There are still a few steps left until we can consider the
-	 * unlink to have succeeded. Save off nlink here before
-	 * modification so we can set it back in case we hit an issue
-	 * before commit. */
-	saved_nlink = inode->i_nlink;
-	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
-		inode->i_nlink = 0;
+	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) && (inode->i_nlink == 2))
+		future_nlink = 0;
 	else
-		inode->i_nlink--;
-
-	status = ocfs2_request_unlink_vote(inode, dentry,
-					   (unsigned int) inode->i_nlink);
+		future_nlink = inode->i_nlink - 1;
+	status = ocfs2_request_unlink_vote(inode, dentry, future_nlink);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		/* This vote should succeed under all normal
 		 * circumstances. */

@@ -842,7 +848,7 @@ static int ocfs2_unlink(struct inode *di
 		goto leave;
 	}
 
-	if (!inode->i_nlink) {
+	if (inode_is_unlinkable(inode)) {
 		status = ocfs2_prepare_orphan_dir(osb, handle, inode,
 						  orphan_name,
 						  &orphan_entry_bh);

@@ -869,7 +875,7 @@ static int ocfs2_unlink(struct inode *di
 
 	fe = (struct ocfs2_dinode *) fe_bh->b_data;
 
-	if (!inode->i_nlink) {
+	if (inode_is_unlinkable(inode)) {
 		status = ocfs2_orphan_add(osb, handle, inode, fe, orphan_name,
 					  orphan_entry_bh);
 		if (status < 0) {

@@ -885,10 +891,10 @@ static int ocfs2_unlink(struct inode *di
 		goto leave;
 	}
 
-	/* We can set nlink on the dinode now. clear the saved version
-	 * so that it doesn't get set later. */
+	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
+		drop_nlink(inode);
+	drop_nlink(inode);
 	fe->i_links_count = cpu_to_le16(inode->i_nlink);
-	saved_nlink = 0;
 
 	status = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, fe_bh);
 	if (status < 0) {

@@ -897,7 +903,7 @@ static int ocfs2_unlink(struct inode *di
 	}
 
 	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) {
-		dir->i_nlink--;
+		drop_nlink(dir);
 		status = ocfs2_mark_inode_dirty(handle, dir,
 						parent_node_bh);
 		if (status < 0) {

@@ -907,9 +913,6 @@ static int ocfs2_unlink(struct inode *di
 	}
 
 leave:
-	if (status < 0 && saved_nlink)
-		inode->i_nlink = saved_nlink;
-
 	if (handle)
 		ocfs2_commit_trans(handle);
 

diff -puN fs/open.c~B1-prepwork-collapse-ifs-spacefix fs/open.c
@@ -525,11 +525,11 @@ asmlinkage long sys_faccessat(int dfd, c
 
 	res = vfs_permission(&nd, mode);
 	/* SuS v2 requires we report a read only fs too */
-	if(res || !(mode & S_IWOTH) ||
+	if (res || !(mode & S_IWOTH) ||
 	   special_file(nd.dentry->d_inode->i_mode))
 		goto out_path_release;
 
-	if(IS_RDONLY(nd.dentry->d_inode))
+	if (IS_RDONLY(nd.dentry->d_inode))
 		res = -EROFS;
 
 out_path_release:

diff -puN fs/gfs2/inode.c~gfs fs/gfs2/inode.c
@@ -332,6 +332,9 @@ int gfs2_change_nlink(struct gfs2_inode 
 	ip->i_di.di_ctime = get_seconds();
 	ip->i_inode.i_nlink = nlink;
 
+	if (!nlink)
+		ip->i_inode.i_state |= I_AWAITING_FINAL_IPUT;
+
 	gfs2_trans_add_bh(ip->i_gl, dibh, 1);
 	gfs2_dinode_out(&ip->i_di, dibh->b_data);
 	brelse(dibh);