diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/directory-locking b/Documentation/filesystems/directory-locking
index 09bbf9a54f80..c314badbcfc6 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/directory-locking
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/directory-locking
@@ -1,30 +1,37 @@
 	Locking scheme used for directory operations is based on two
-kinds of locks - per-inode (->i_mutex) and per-filesystem
+kinds of locks - per-inode (->i_rwsem) and per-filesystem
 (->s_vfs_rename_mutex).
 
-	When taking the i_mutex on multiple non-directory objects, we
+	When taking the i_rwsem on multiple non-directory objects, we
 always acquire the locks in order by increasing address.  We'll call
 that "inode pointer" order in the following.
 
 	For our purposes all operations fall in 5 classes:
 
 1) read access.  Locking rules: caller locks directory we are accessing.
+The lock is taken shared.
 
-2) object creation.  Locking rules: same as above.
+2) object creation.  Locking rules: same as above, but the lock is taken
+exclusive.
 
 3) object removal.  Locking rules: caller locks parent, finds victim,
-locks victim and calls the method.
+locks victim and calls the method.  Locks are exclusive.
 
 4) rename() that is _not_ cross-directory.  Locking rules: caller locks
-the parent and finds source and target.  If target already exists, lock
-it.  If source is a non-directory, lock it.  If that means we need to
-lock both, lock them in inode pointer order.
+the parent and finds source and target.  In case of exchange (with
+RENAME_EXCHANGE in rename2() flags argument) lock both.  In any case,
+if the target already exists, lock it.  If the source is a non-directory,
+lock it.  If we need to lock both, lock them in inode pointer order.
+Then call the method.  All locks are exclusive.
+NB: we might get away with locking the the source (and target in exchange
+case) shared.
 
 5) link creation.  Locking rules:
 	* lock parent
 	* check that source is not a directory
 	* lock source
 	* call the method.
+All locks are exclusive.
 
 6) cross-directory rename.  The trickiest in the whole bunch.  Locking
 rules:
@@ -35,11 +42,12 @@ rules:
 		fail with -ENOTEMPTY
 	* if new parent is equal to or is a descendent of source
 		fail with -ELOOP
-	* If target exists, lock it.  If source is a non-directory, lock
-	  it.  In case that means we need to lock both source and target,
-	  do so in inode pointer order.
+	* If it's an exchange, lock both the source and the target.
+	* If the target exists, lock it.  If the source is a non-directory,
+	  lock it.  If we need to lock both, do so in inode pointer order.
 	* call the method.
-
+All ->i_rwsem are taken exclusive.  Again, we might get away with locking
+the the source (and target in exchange case) shared.
 
 The rules above obviously guarantee that all directories that are going to be
 read, modified or removed by method will be locked by caller.
@@ -73,7 +81,7 @@ objects - A < B iff A is an ancestor of B.
 attempt to acquire some lock and already holds at least one lock.  Let's
 consider the set of contended locks.  First of all, filesystem lock is
 not contended, since any process blocked on it is not holding any locks.
-Thus all processes are blocked on ->i_mutex.
+Thus all processes are blocked on ->i_rwsem.
 
 	By (3), any process holding a non-directory lock can only be
 waiting on another non-directory lock with a larger address.  Therefore
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/porting b/Documentation/filesystems/porting
index 46f3bb7a02f5..a5fb89cac615 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/porting
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/porting
@@ -578,3 +578,10 @@ in your dentry operations instead.
 --
 [mandatory]
 	->atomic_open() calls without O_CREAT may happen in parallel.
+--
+[mandatory]
+	->setxattr() and xattr_handler.set() get dentry and inode passed separately.
+	dentry might be yet to be attached to inode, so do _not_ use its ->d_inode
+	in the instances.  Rationale: !@#!@# security_d_instantiate() needs to be
+	called before we attach dentry to inode and !@#!@##!@$!$#!@#$!@$!@$ smack
+	->d_instantiate() uses not just ->getxattr() but ->setxattr() as well.
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_internal.h b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_internal.h
index ce1f949430f1..3f2f30b6542c 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_internal.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_internal.h
@@ -976,8 +976,8 @@ static inline __u64 ll_file_maxbytes(struct inode *inode)
 }
 
 /* llite/xattr.c */
-int ll_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
-		const void *value, size_t size, int flags);
+int ll_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
+		const char *name, const void *value, size_t size, int flags);
 ssize_t ll_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
 		    const char *name, void *buffer, size_t size);
 ssize_t ll_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, size_t size);
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/xattr.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/xattr.c
index ed4de04381c3..608014b0dbcd 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/xattr.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/xattr.c
@@ -211,11 +211,9 @@ int ll_setxattr_common(struct inode *inode, const char *name,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int ll_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
-		const void *value, size_t size, int flags)
+int ll_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
+		const char *name, const void *value, size_t size, int flags)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = d_inode(dentry);
-
 	LASSERT(inode);
 	LASSERT(name);
 
diff --git a/fs/9p/acl.c b/fs/9p/acl.c
index eb3589edf485..0576eaeb60b9 100644
--- a/fs/9p/acl.c
+++ b/fs/9p/acl.c
@@ -239,13 +239,13 @@ static int v9fs_xattr_get_acl(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
 }
 
 static int v9fs_xattr_set_acl(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
-			      struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
-			      const void *value, size_t size, int flags)
+			      struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
+			      const char *name, const void *value,
+			      size_t size, int flags)
 {
 	int retval;
 	struct posix_acl *acl;
 	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses;
-	struct inode *inode = d_inode(dentry);
 
 	v9ses = v9fs_dentry2v9ses(dentry);
 	/*
diff --git a/fs/9p/xattr.c b/fs/9p/xattr.c
index 18c62bae9591..a6bd349bab23 100644
--- a/fs/9p/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/9p/xattr.c
@@ -147,8 +147,9 @@ static int v9fs_xattr_handler_get(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
 }
 
 static int v9fs_xattr_handler_set(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
-				  struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
-				  const void *value, size_t size, int flags)
+				  struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
+				  const char *name, const void *value,
+				  size_t size, int flags)
 {
 	const char *full_name = xattr_full_name(handler, name);
 
diff --git a/fs/bad_inode.c b/fs/bad_inode.c
index 72e35b721608..3ba385eaa26e 100644
--- a/fs/bad_inode.c
+++ b/fs/bad_inode.c
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ static int bad_inode_setattr(struct dentry *direntry, struct iattr *attrs)
 	return -EIO;
 }
 
-static int bad_inode_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
-		const void *value, size_t size, int flags)
+static int bad_inode_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
+		const char *name, const void *value, size_t size, int flags)
 {
 	return -EIO;
 }
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
index 001c111e5627..05173563e4a6 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
@@ -846,11 +846,9 @@ static noinline int btrfs_mksubvol(struct path *parent,
 	struct dentry *dentry;
 	int error;
 
-	inode_lock_nested(dir, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
-	// XXX: should've been
-	// mutex_lock_killable_nested(&dir->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
-	// if (error == -EINTR)
-	//	return error;
+	error = down_write_killable_nested(&dir->i_rwsem, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
+	if (error == -EINTR)
+		return error;
 
 	dentry = lookup_one_len(name, parent->dentry, namelen);
 	error = PTR_ERR(dentry);
@@ -2377,11 +2375,9 @@ static noinline int btrfs_ioctl_snap_destroy(struct file *file,
 		goto out;
 
 
-	inode_lock_nested(dir, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
-	// XXX: should've been
-	// err = mutex_lock_killable_nested(&dir->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
-	// if (err == -EINTR)
-	//	goto out_drop_write;
+	err = down_write_killable_nested(&dir->i_rwsem, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
+	if (err == -EINTR)
+		goto out_drop_write;
 	dentry = lookup_one_len(vol_args->name, parent, namelen);
 	if (IS_ERR(dentry)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(dentry);
@@ -2571,7 +2567,7 @@ out_dput:
 	dput(dentry);
 out_unlock_dir:
 	inode_unlock(dir);
-//out_drop_write:
+out_drop_write:
 	mnt_drop_write_file(file);
 out:
 	kfree(vol_args);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/xattr.c b/fs/btrfs/xattr.c
index 3bfb252206c7..d1a177a3dbe8 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/xattr.c
@@ -380,23 +380,21 @@ static int btrfs_xattr_handler_get(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
 }
 
 static int btrfs_xattr_handler_set(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
-				   struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
-				   const void *buffer, size_t size,
-				   int flags)
+				   struct dentry *unused, struct inode *inode,
+				   const char *name, const void *buffer,
+				   size_t size, int flags)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = d_inode(dentry);
-
 	name = xattr_full_name(handler, name);
 	return __btrfs_setxattr(NULL, inode, name, buffer, size, flags);
 }
 
 static int btrfs_xattr_handler_set_prop(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
-					struct dentry *dentry,
+					struct dentry *unused, struct inode *inode,
 					const char *name, const void *value,
 					size_t size, int flags)
 {
 	name = xattr_full_name(handler, name);
-	return btrfs_set_prop(d_inode(dentry), name, value, size, flags);
+	return btrfs_set_prop(inode, name, value, size, flags);
 }
 
 static const struct xattr_handler btrfs_security_xattr_handler = {
diff --git a/fs/ceph/xattr.c b/fs/ceph/xattr.c
index dacc1bd85629..4870b29df224 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/xattr.c
@@ -1056,12 +1056,13 @@ static int ceph_get_xattr_handler(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
 }
 
 static int ceph_set_xattr_handler(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
-				  struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
-				  const void *value, size_t size, int flags)
+				  struct dentry *unused, struct inode *inode,
+				  const char *name, const void *value,
+				  size_t size, int flags)
 {
 	if (!ceph_is_valid_xattr(name))
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
-	return __ceph_setxattr(d_inode(dentry), name, value, size, flags);
+	return __ceph_setxattr(inode, name, value, size, flags);
 }
 
 const struct xattr_handler ceph_other_xattr_handler = {
diff --git a/fs/cifs/xattr.c b/fs/cifs/xattr.c
index c8b77aa24a1d..5e23f64c0804 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/xattr.c
@@ -39,8 +39,9 @@
 enum { XATTR_USER, XATTR_CIFS_ACL, XATTR_ACL_ACCESS, XATTR_ACL_DEFAULT };
 
 static int cifs_xattr_set(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
-			  struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
-			  const void *value, size_t size, int flags)
+			  struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
+			  const char *name, const void *value,
+			  size_t size, int flags)
 {
 	int rc = -EOPNOTSUPP;
 	unsigned int xid;
@@ -99,12 +100,12 @@ static int cifs_xattr_set(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
 			if (value &&
 			    pTcon->ses->server->ops->set_acl)
 				rc = pTcon->ses->server->ops->set_acl(pacl,
-						size, d_inode(dentry),
+						size, inode,
 						full_path, CIFS_ACL_DACL);
 			else
 				rc = -EOPNOTSUPP;
 			if (rc == 0) /* force revalidate of the inode */
-				CIFS_I(d_inode(dentry))->time = 0;
+				CIFS_I(inode)->time = 0;
 			kfree(pacl);
 		}
 #endif /* CONFIG_CIFS_ACL */
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c b/fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c
index ebd40f46ed4c..0d8eb3455b34 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c
@@ -1141,12 +1141,13 @@ ecryptfs_write_metadata_to_contents(struct inode *ecryptfs_inode,
 
 static int
 ecryptfs_write_metadata_to_xattr(struct dentry *ecryptfs_dentry,
+				 struct inode *ecryptfs_inode,
 				 char *page_virt, size_t size)
 {
 	int rc;
 
-	rc = ecryptfs_setxattr(ecryptfs_dentry, ECRYPTFS_XATTR_NAME, page_virt,
-			       size, 0);
+	rc = ecryptfs_setxattr(ecryptfs_dentry, ecryptfs_inode,
+			       ECRYPTFS_XATTR_NAME, page_virt, size, 0);
 	return rc;
 }
 
@@ -1215,8 +1216,8 @@ int ecryptfs_write_metadata(struct dentry *ecryptfs_dentry,
 		goto out_free;
 	}
 	if (crypt_stat->flags & ECRYPTFS_METADATA_IN_XATTR)
-		rc = ecryptfs_write_metadata_to_xattr(ecryptfs_dentry, virt,
-						      size);
+		rc = ecryptfs_write_metadata_to_xattr(ecryptfs_dentry, ecryptfs_inode,
+						      virt, size);
 	else
 		rc = ecryptfs_write_metadata_to_contents(ecryptfs_inode, virt,
 							 virt_len);
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/ecryptfs_kernel.h b/fs/ecryptfs/ecryptfs_kernel.h
index 3ec495db7e82..4ba1547bb9ad 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/ecryptfs_kernel.h
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/ecryptfs_kernel.h
@@ -609,8 +609,8 @@ ssize_t
 ecryptfs_getxattr_lower(struct dentry *lower_dentry, struct inode *lower_inode,
 			const char *name, void *value, size_t size);
 int
-ecryptfs_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, const void *value,
-		  size_t size, int flags);
+ecryptfs_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode, const char *name,
+		  const void *value, size_t size, int flags);
 int ecryptfs_read_xattr_region(char *page_virt, struct inode *ecryptfs_inode);
 #ifdef CONFIG_ECRYPT_FS_MESSAGING
 int ecryptfs_process_response(struct ecryptfs_daemon *daemon,
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
index 318b04689d76..9d153b6a1d72 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
@@ -1001,7 +1001,8 @@ static int ecryptfs_getattr(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry,
 }
 
 int
-ecryptfs_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, const void *value,
+ecryptfs_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
+		  const char *name, const void *value,
 		  size_t size, int flags)
 {
 	int rc = 0;
@@ -1014,8 +1015,8 @@ ecryptfs_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, const void *value,
 	}
 
 	rc = vfs_setxattr(lower_dentry, name, value, size, flags);
-	if (!rc && d_really_is_positive(dentry))
-		fsstack_copy_attr_all(d_inode(dentry), d_inode(lower_dentry));
+	if (!rc && inode)
+		fsstack_copy_attr_all(inode, d_inode(lower_dentry));
 out:
 	return rc;
 }
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/mmap.c b/fs/ecryptfs/mmap.c
index 148d11b514fb..9c3437c8a5b1 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/mmap.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/mmap.c
@@ -442,7 +442,8 @@ static int ecryptfs_write_inode_size_to_xattr(struct inode *ecryptfs_inode)
 	if (size < 0)
 		size = 8;
 	put_unaligned_be64(i_size_read(ecryptfs_inode), xattr_virt);
-	rc = lower_inode->i_op->setxattr(lower_dentry, ECRYPTFS_XATTR_NAME,
+	rc = lower_inode->i_op->setxattr(lower_dentry, lower_inode,
+					 ECRYPTFS_XATTR_NAME,
 					 xattr_virt, size, 0);
 	inode_unlock(lower_inode);
 	if (rc)
diff --git a/fs/ext2/xattr_security.c b/fs/ext2/xattr_security.c
index 7fd3b867ce65..7b9e9c1842d5 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/xattr_security.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/xattr_security.c
@@ -18,10 +18,11 @@ ext2_xattr_security_get(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
 
 static int
 ext2_xattr_security_set(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
-			struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
-			const void *value, size_t size, int flags)
+			struct dentry *unused, struct inode *inode,
+			const char *name, const void *value,
+			size_t size, int flags)
 {
-	return ext2_xattr_set(d_inode(dentry), EXT2_XATTR_INDEX_SECURITY, name,
+	return ext2_xattr_set(inode, EXT2_XATTR_INDEX_SECURITY, name,
 			      value, size, flags);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/ext2/xattr_trusted.c b/fs/ext2/xattr_trusted.c
index 0f85705ff519..65049b71af13 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/xattr_trusted.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/xattr_trusted.c
@@ -25,10 +25,11 @@ ext2_xattr_trusted_get(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
 
 static int
 ext2_xattr_trusted_set(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
-		       struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
-		       const void *value, size_t size, int flags)
+		       struct dentry *unused, struct inode *inode,
+		       const char *name, const void *value,
+		       size_t size, int flags)
 {
-	return ext2_xattr_set(d_inode(dentry), EXT2_XATTR_INDEX_TRUSTED, name,
+	return ext2_xattr_set(inode, EXT2_XATTR_INDEX_TRUSTED, name,
 			      value, size, flags);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/ext2/xattr_user.c b/fs/ext2/xattr_user.c
index 1fafd27037cc..fb2f992ae763 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/xattr_user.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/xattr_user.c
@@ -29,13 +29,14 @@ ext2_xattr_user_get(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
 
 static int
 ext2_xattr_user_set(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
-		    struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
-		    const void *value, size_t size, int flags)
+		    struct dentry *unused, struct inode *inode,
+		    const char *name, const void *value,
+		    size_t size, int flags)
 {
-	if (!test_opt(dentry->d_sb, XATTR_USER))
+	if (!test_opt(inode->i_sb, XATTR_USER))
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
-	return ext2_xattr_set(d_inode(dentry), EXT2_XATTR_INDEX_USER,
+	return ext2_xattr_set(inode, EXT2_XATTR_INDEX_USER,
 			      name, value, size, flags);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr_security.c b/fs/ext4/xattr_security.c
index 123a7d010efe..a8921112030d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr_security.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr_security.c
@@ -22,10 +22,11 @@ ext4_xattr_security_get(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
 
 static int
 ext4_xattr_security_set(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
-			struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
-			const void *value, size_t size, int flags)
+			struct dentry *unused, struct inode *inode,
+			const char *name, const void *value,
+			size_t size, int flags)
 {
-	return ext4_xattr_set(d_inode(dentry), EXT4_XATTR_INDEX_SECURITY,
+	return ext4_xattr_set(inode, EXT4_XATTR_INDEX_SECURITY,
 			      name, value, size, flags);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr_trusted.c b/fs/ext4/xattr_trusted.c
index 60652fa24cbc..c7765c735714 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr_trusted.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr_trusted.c
@@ -29,10 +29,11 @@ ext4_xattr_trusted_get(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
 
 static int
 ext4_xattr_trusted_set(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
-		       struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
-		       const void *value, size_t size, int flags)
+		       struct dentry *unused, struct inode *inode,
+		       const char *name, const void *value,
+		       size_t size, int flags)
 {
-	return ext4_xattr_set(d_inode(dentry), EXT4_XATTR_INDEX_TRUSTED,
+	return ext4_xattr_set(inode, EXT4_XATTR_INDEX_TRUSTED,
 			      name, value, size, flags);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr_user.c b/fs/ext4/xattr_user.c
index 17a446ffecd3..ca20e423034b 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr_user.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr_user.c
@@ -30,12 +30,13 @@ ext4_xattr_user_get(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
 
 static int
 ext4_xattr_user_set(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
-		    struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
-		    const void *value, size_t size, int flags)
+		    struct dentry *unused, struct inode *inode,
+		    const char *name, const void *value,
+		    size_t size, int flags)
 {
-	if (!test_opt(dentry->d_sb, XATTR_USER))
+	if (!test_opt(inode->i_sb, XATTR_USER))
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
-	return ext4_xattr_set(d_inode(dentry), EXT4_XATTR_INDEX_USER,
+	return ext4_xattr_set(inode, EXT4_XATTR_INDEX_USER,
 			      name, value, size, flags);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/xattr.c b/fs/f2fs/xattr.c
index 00ea56797258..e3decae3acfb 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/xattr.c
@@ -50,10 +50,11 @@ static int f2fs_xattr_generic_get(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
 }
 
 static int f2fs_xattr_generic_set(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
-		struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, const void *value,
+		struct dentry *unused, struct inode *inode,
+		const char *name, const void *value,
 		size_t size, int flags)
 {
-	struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi = F2FS_SB(dentry->d_sb);
+	struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi = F2FS_SB(inode->i_sb);
 
 	switch (handler->flags) {
 	case F2FS_XATTR_INDEX_USER:
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ static int f2fs_xattr_generic_set(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
 	default:
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
-	return f2fs_setxattr(d_inode(dentry), handler->flags, name,
+	return f2fs_setxattr(inode, handler->flags, name,
 					value, size, NULL, flags);
 }
 
@@ -95,11 +96,10 @@ static int f2fs_xattr_advise_get(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
 }
 
 static int f2fs_xattr_advise_set(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
-		struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, const void *value,
+		struct dentry *unused, struct inode *inode,
+		const char *name, const void *value,
 		size_t size, int flags)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = d_inode(dentry);
-
 	if (!inode_owner_or_capable(inode))
 		return -EPERM;
 	if (value == NULL)
diff --git a/fs/fuse/dir.c b/fs/fuse/dir.c
index b9419058108f..ccd4971cc6c1 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dir.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dir.c
@@ -1719,10 +1719,10 @@ static int fuse_getattr(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *entry,
 	return fuse_update_attributes(inode, stat, NULL, NULL);
 }
 
-static int fuse_setxattr(struct dentry *entry, const char *name,
-			 const void *value, size_t size, int flags)
+static int fuse_setxattr(struct dentry *unused, struct inode *inode,
+			 const char *name, const void *value,
+			 size_t size, int flags)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = d_inode(entry);
 	struct fuse_conn *fc = get_fuse_conn(inode);
 	FUSE_ARGS(args);
 	struct fuse_setxattr_in inarg;
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/xattr.c b/fs/gfs2/xattr.c
index f42ab53bd30d..3a2853504084 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/xattr.c
@@ -1251,10 +1251,10 @@ int __gfs2_xattr_set(struct inode *inode, const char *name,
 }
 
 static int gfs2_xattr_set(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
-			  struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
-			  const void *value, size_t size, int flags)
+			  struct dentry *unused, struct inode *inode,
+			  const char *name, const void *value,
+			  size_t size, int flags)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = d_inode(dentry);
 	struct gfs2_inode *ip = GFS2_I(inode);
 	struct gfs2_holder gh;
 	int ret;
diff --git a/fs/hfs/attr.c b/fs/hfs/attr.c
index 064f92f17efc..d9a86919fdf6 100644
--- a/fs/hfs/attr.c
+++ b/fs/hfs/attr.c
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@
 #include "hfs_fs.h"
 #include "btree.h"
 
-int hfs_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
-		 const void *value, size_t size, int flags)
+int hfs_setxattr(struct dentry *unused, struct inode *inode,
+		 const char *name, const void *value,
+		 size_t size, int flags)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = d_inode(dentry);
 	struct hfs_find_data fd;
 	hfs_cat_rec rec;
 	struct hfs_cat_file *file;
diff --git a/fs/hfs/hfs_fs.h b/fs/hfs/hfs_fs.h
index fa3eed86837c..ee2f385811c8 100644
--- a/fs/hfs/hfs_fs.h
+++ b/fs/hfs/hfs_fs.h
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ extern void hfs_evict_inode(struct inode *);
 extern void hfs_delete_inode(struct inode *);
 
 /* attr.c */
-extern int hfs_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
+extern int hfs_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode, const char *name,
 			const void *value, size_t size, int flags);
 extern ssize_t hfs_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
 			    const char *name, void *value, size_t size);
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/xattr.c b/fs/hfsplus/xattr.c
index 4f118d282a7a..d37bb88dc746 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/xattr.c
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ static int copy_name(char *buffer, const char *xattr_name, int name_len)
 	return len;
 }
 
-int hfsplus_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
+int hfsplus_setxattr(struct inode *inode, const char *name,
 		     const void *value, size_t size, int flags,
 		     const char *prefix, size_t prefixlen)
 {
@@ -437,8 +437,7 @@ int hfsplus_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	strcpy(xattr_name, prefix);
 	strcpy(xattr_name + prefixlen, name);
-	res = __hfsplus_setxattr(d_inode(dentry), xattr_name, value, size,
-				 flags);
+	res = __hfsplus_setxattr(inode, xattr_name, value, size, flags);
 	kfree(xattr_name);
 	return res;
 }
@@ -864,8 +863,9 @@ static int hfsplus_osx_getxattr(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
 }
 
 static int hfsplus_osx_setxattr(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
-				struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
-				const void *buffer, size_t size, int flags)
+				struct dentry *unused, struct inode *inode,
+				const char *name, const void *buffer,
+				size_t size, int flags)
 {
 	/*
 	 * Don't allow setting properly prefixed attributes
@@ -880,7 +880,7 @@ static int hfsplus_osx_setxattr(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
 	 * creates), so we pass the name through unmodified (after
 	 * ensuring it doesn't conflict with another namespace).
 	 */
-	return __hfsplus_setxattr(d_inode(dentry), name, buffer, size, flags);
+	return __hfsplus_setxattr(inode, name, buffer, size, flags);
 }
 
 const struct xattr_handler hfsplus_xattr_osx_handler = {
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/xattr.h b/fs/hfsplus/xattr.h
index d04ba6f58df2..68f6b539371f 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/xattr.h
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/xattr.h
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ extern const struct xattr_handler *hfsplus_xattr_handlers[];
 int __hfsplus_setxattr(struct inode *inode, const char *name,
 			const void *value, size_t size, int flags);
 
-int hfsplus_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
+int hfsplus_setxattr(struct inode *inode, const char *name,
 				   const void *value, size_t size, int flags,
 				   const char *prefix, size_t prefixlen);
 
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/xattr_security.c b/fs/hfsplus/xattr_security.c
index ae2ca8c2e335..37b3efa733ef 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/xattr_security.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/xattr_security.c
@@ -23,10 +23,11 @@ static int hfsplus_security_getxattr(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
 }
 
 static int hfsplus_security_setxattr(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
-				     struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
-				     const void *buffer, size_t size, int flags)
+				     struct dentry *unused, struct inode *inode,
+				     const char *name, const void *buffer,
+				     size_t size, int flags)
 {
-	return hfsplus_setxattr(dentry, name, buffer, size, flags,
+	return hfsplus_setxattr(inode, name, buffer, size, flags,
 				XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX,
 				XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX_LEN);
 }
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/xattr_trusted.c b/fs/hfsplus/xattr_trusted.c
index eae2947060aa..94519d6c627d 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/xattr_trusted.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/xattr_trusted.c
@@ -21,10 +21,11 @@ static int hfsplus_trusted_getxattr(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
 }
 
 static int hfsplus_trusted_setxattr(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
-				    struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
-				    const void *buffer, size_t size, int flags)
+				    struct dentry *unused, struct inode *inode,
+				    const char *name, const void *buffer,
+				    size_t size, int flags)
 {
-	return hfsplus_setxattr(dentry, name, buffer, size, flags,
+	return hfsplus_setxattr(inode, name, buffer, size, flags,
 				XATTR_TRUSTED_PREFIX, XATTR_TRUSTED_PREFIX_LEN);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/xattr_user.c b/fs/hfsplus/xattr_user.c
index 3c9eec3e4c7b..fae6c0ea0030 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/xattr_user.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/xattr_user.c
@@ -21,10 +21,11 @@ static int hfsplus_user_getxattr(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
 }
 
 static int hfsplus_user_setxattr(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
-				 struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
-				 const void *buffer, size_t size, int flags)
+				 struct dentry *unused, struct inode *inode,
+				 const char *name, const void *buffer,
+				 size_t size, int flags)
 {
-	return hfsplus_setxattr(dentry, name, buffer, size, flags,
+	return hfsplus_setxattr(inode, name, buffer, size, flags,
 				XATTR_USER_PREFIX, XATTR_USER_PREFIX_LEN);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/security.c b/fs/jffs2/security.c
index 3ed9a4b49778..c2332e30f218 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/security.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/security.c
@@ -57,10 +57,11 @@ static int jffs2_security_getxattr(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
 }
 
 static int jffs2_security_setxattr(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
-				   struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
-				   const void *buffer, size_t size, int flags)
+				   struct dentry *unused, struct inode *inode,
+				   const char *name, const void *buffer,
+				   size_t size, int flags)
 {
-	return do_jffs2_setxattr(d_inode(dentry), JFFS2_XPREFIX_SECURITY,
+	return do_jffs2_setxattr(inode, JFFS2_XPREFIX_SECURITY,
 				 name, buffer, size, flags);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/xattr_trusted.c b/fs/jffs2/xattr_trusted.c
index 4ebecff1d922..5d6030826c52 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/xattr_trusted.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/xattr_trusted.c
@@ -25,10 +25,11 @@ static int jffs2_trusted_getxattr(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
 }
 
 static int jffs2_trusted_setxattr(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
-				  struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
-				  const void *buffer, size_t size, int flags)
+				  struct dentry *unused, struct inode *inode,
+				  const char *name, const void *buffer,
+				  size_t size, int flags)
 {
-	return do_jffs2_setxattr(d_inode(dentry), JFFS2_XPREFIX_TRUSTED,
+	return do_jffs2_setxattr(inode, JFFS2_XPREFIX_TRUSTED,
 				 name, buffer, size, flags);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/xattr_user.c b/fs/jffs2/xattr_user.c
index bce249e1b277..9d027b4abcf9 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/xattr_user.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/xattr_user.c
@@ -25,10 +25,11 @@ static int jffs2_user_getxattr(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
 }
 
 static int jffs2_user_setxattr(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
-			       struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
-			       const void *buffer, size_t size, int flags)
+			       struct dentry *unused, struct inode *inode,
+			       const char *name, const void *buffer,
+			       size_t size, int flags)
 {
-	return do_jffs2_setxattr(d_inode(dentry), JFFS2_XPREFIX_USER,
+	return do_jffs2_setxattr(inode, JFFS2_XPREFIX_USER,
 				 name, buffer, size, flags);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/jfs/xattr.c b/fs/jfs/xattr.c
index beb182b503b3..0bf3c33aedff 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/xattr.c
@@ -943,11 +943,10 @@ static int jfs_xattr_get(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
 }
 
 static int jfs_xattr_set(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
-			 struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
-			 const void *value, size_t size, int flags)
+			 struct dentry *unused, struct inode *inode,
+			 const char *name, const void *value,
+			 size_t size, int flags)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = d_inode(dentry);
-
 	name = xattr_full_name(handler, name);
 	return __jfs_xattr_set(inode, name, value, size, flags);
 }
@@ -962,11 +961,10 @@ static int jfs_xattr_get_os2(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
 }
 
 static int jfs_xattr_set_os2(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
-			     struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
-			     const void *value, size_t size, int flags)
+			     struct dentry *unused, struct inode *inode,
+			     const char *name, const void *value,
+			     size_t size, int flags)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = d_inode(dentry);
-
 	if (is_known_namespace(name))
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 	return __jfs_xattr_set(inode, name, value, size, flags);
diff --git a/fs/kernfs/inode.c b/fs/kernfs/inode.c
index 1719649d7ad7..63b925d5ba1e 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/kernfs/inode.c
@@ -160,10 +160,11 @@ static int kernfs_node_setsecdata(struct kernfs_node *kn, void **secdata,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int kernfs_iop_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
-			const void *value, size_t size, int flags)
+int kernfs_iop_setxattr(struct dentry *unused, struct inode *inode,
+			const char *name, const void *value,
+			size_t size, int flags)
 {
-	struct kernfs_node *kn = dentry->d_fsdata;
+	struct kernfs_node *kn = inode->i_private;
 	struct kernfs_iattrs *attrs;
 	void *secdata;
 	int error;
@@ -175,11 +176,11 @@ int kernfs_iop_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
 
 	if (!strncmp(name, XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX, XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX_LEN)) {
 		const char *suffix = name + XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX_LEN;
-		error = security_inode_setsecurity(d_inode(dentry), suffix,
+		error = security_inode_setsecurity(inode, suffix,
 						value, size, flags);
 		if (error)
 			return error;
-		error = security_inode_getsecctx(d_inode(dentry),
+		error = security_inode_getsecctx(inode,
 						&secdata, &secdata_len);
 		if (error)
 			return error;
diff --git a/fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h b/fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h
index 45c9192c276e..37159235ac10 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h
+++ b/fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h
@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ int kernfs_iop_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask);
 int kernfs_iop_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *iattr);
 int kernfs_iop_getattr(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry,
 		       struct kstat *stat);
-int kernfs_iop_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, const void *value,
+int kernfs_iop_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
+			const char *name, const void *value,
 			size_t size, int flags);
 int kernfs_iop_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name);
 ssize_t kernfs_iop_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
diff --git a/fs/libfs.c b/fs/libfs.c
index 8765ff1adc07..3db2721144c2 100644
--- a/fs/libfs.c
+++ b/fs/libfs.c
@@ -1118,8 +1118,9 @@ static int empty_dir_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr)
 	return -EPERM;
 }
 
-static int empty_dir_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
-			      const void *value, size_t size, int flags)
+static int empty_dir_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
+			      const char *name, const void *value,
+			      size_t size, int flags)
 {
 	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 }
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index 223982eb38c9..de97567795a5 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -5015,12 +5015,11 @@ static int nfs4_do_set_security_label(struct inode *inode,
 }
 
 static int
-nfs4_set_security_label(struct dentry *dentry, const void *buf, size_t buflen)
+nfs4_set_security_label(struct inode *inode, const void *buf, size_t buflen)
 {
 	struct nfs4_label ilabel, *olabel = NULL;
 	struct nfs_fattr fattr;
 	struct rpc_cred *cred;
-	struct inode *inode = d_inode(dentry);
 	int status;
 
 	if (!nfs_server_capable(inode, NFS_CAP_SECURITY_LABEL))
@@ -6281,11 +6280,11 @@ nfs4_release_lockowner(struct nfs_server *server, struct nfs4_lock_state *lsp)
 #define XATTR_NAME_NFSV4_ACL "system.nfs4_acl"
 
 static int nfs4_xattr_set_nfs4_acl(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
-				   struct dentry *dentry, const char *key,
-				   const void *buf, size_t buflen,
-				   int flags)
+				   struct dentry *unused, struct inode *inode,
+				   const char *key, const void *buf,
+				   size_t buflen, int flags)
 {
-	return nfs4_proc_set_acl(d_inode(dentry), buf, buflen);
+	return nfs4_proc_set_acl(inode, buf, buflen);
 }
 
 static int nfs4_xattr_get_nfs4_acl(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
@@ -6303,12 +6302,12 @@ static bool nfs4_xattr_list_nfs4_acl(struct dentry *dentry)
 #ifdef CONFIG_NFS_V4_SECURITY_LABEL
 
 static int nfs4_xattr_set_nfs4_label(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
-				     struct dentry *dentry, const char *key,
-				     const void *buf, size_t buflen,
-				     int flags)
+				     struct dentry *unused, struct inode *inode,
+				     const char *key, const void *buf,
+				     size_t buflen, int flags)
 {
 	if (security_ismaclabel(key))
-		return nfs4_set_security_label(dentry, buf, buflen);
+		return nfs4_set_security_label(inode, buf, buflen);
 
 	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 }
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
index ad16995c9e7a..d2053853951e 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
@@ -7254,10 +7254,11 @@ static int ocfs2_xattr_security_get(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
 }
 
 static int ocfs2_xattr_security_set(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
-				    struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
-				    const void *value, size_t size, int flags)
+				    struct dentry *unused, struct inode *inode,
+				    const char *name, const void *value,
+				    size_t size, int flags)
 {
-	return ocfs2_xattr_set(d_inode(dentry), OCFS2_XATTR_INDEX_SECURITY,
+	return ocfs2_xattr_set(inode, OCFS2_XATTR_INDEX_SECURITY,
 			       name, value, size, flags);
 }
 
@@ -7325,10 +7326,11 @@ static int ocfs2_xattr_trusted_get(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
 }
 
 static int ocfs2_xattr_trusted_set(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
-				   struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
-				   const void *value, size_t size, int flags)
+				   struct dentry *unused, struct inode *inode,
+				   const char *name, const void *value,
+				   size_t size, int flags)
 {
-	return ocfs2_xattr_set(d_inode(dentry), OCFS2_XATTR_INDEX_TRUSTED,
+	return ocfs2_xattr_set(inode, OCFS2_XATTR_INDEX_TRUSTED,
 			       name, value, size, flags);
 }
 
@@ -7354,15 +7356,16 @@ static int ocfs2_xattr_user_get(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
 }
 
 static int ocfs2_xattr_user_set(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
-				struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
-				const void *value, size_t size, int flags)
+				struct dentry *unused, struct inode *inode,
+				const char *name, const void *value,
+				size_t size, int flags)
 {
-	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(dentry->d_sb);
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
 
 	if (osb->s_mount_opt & OCFS2_MOUNT_NOUSERXATTR)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
-	return ocfs2_xattr_set(d_inode(dentry), OCFS2_XATTR_INDEX_USER,
+	return ocfs2_xattr_set(inode, OCFS2_XATTR_INDEX_USER,
 			       name, value, size, flags);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/orangefs/xattr.c b/fs/orangefs/xattr.c
index 99c19545752c..5893ddde0e4b 100644
--- a/fs/orangefs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/orangefs/xattr.c
@@ -448,13 +448,14 @@ out_unlock:
 }
 
 static int orangefs_xattr_set_default(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
-				      struct dentry *dentry,
+				      struct dentry *unused,
+				      struct inode *inode,
 				      const char *name,
 				      const void *buffer,
 				      size_t size,
 				      int flags)
 {
-	return orangefs_inode_setxattr(dentry->d_inode,
+	return orangefs_inode_setxattr(inode,
 				    ORANGEFS_XATTR_NAME_DEFAULT_PREFIX,
 				    name,
 				    buffer,
@@ -478,13 +479,14 @@ static int orangefs_xattr_get_default(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
 }
 
 static int orangefs_xattr_set_trusted(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
-				     struct dentry *dentry,
+				     struct dentry *unused,
+				     struct inode *inode,
 				     const char *name,
 				     const void *buffer,
 				     size_t size,
 				     int flags)
 {
-	return orangefs_inode_setxattr(dentry->d_inode,
+	return orangefs_inode_setxattr(inode,
 				    ORANGEFS_XATTR_NAME_TRUSTED_PREFIX,
 				    name,
 				    buffer,
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
index c7b31a03dc9c..0ed7c4012437 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
@@ -210,8 +210,9 @@ static bool ovl_is_private_xattr(const char *name)
 	return strncmp(name, OVL_XATTR_PRE_NAME, OVL_XATTR_PRE_LEN) == 0;
 }
 
-int ovl_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
-		 const void *value, size_t size, int flags)
+int ovl_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
+		 const char *name, const void *value,
+		 size_t size, int flags)
 {
 	int err;
 	struct dentry *upperdentry;
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h b/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
index 724f5fcb4e24..4bd9b5ba8f42 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
@@ -172,8 +172,9 @@ int ovl_check_d_type_supported(struct path *realpath);
 /* inode.c */
 int ovl_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr);
 int ovl_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask);
-int ovl_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
-		 const void *value, size_t size, int flags);
+int ovl_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
+		 const char *name, const void *value,
+		 size_t size, int flags);
 ssize_t ovl_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
 		     const char *name, void *value, size_t size);
 ssize_t ovl_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *list, size_t size);
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/readdir.c b/fs/overlayfs/readdir.c
index d11ae826bcbc..cf37fc76fc9f 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/readdir.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/readdir.c
@@ -210,9 +210,7 @@ static int ovl_check_whiteouts(struct dentry *dir, struct ovl_readdir_data *rdd)
 
 	old_cred = ovl_override_creds(rdd->dentry->d_sb);
 
-	inode_lock(dir->d_inode);
-	err = 0;
-	// XXX: err = mutex_lock_killable(&dir->d_inode->i_mutex);
+	err = down_write_killable(&dir->d_inode->i_rwsem);
 	if (!err) {
 		while (rdd->first_maybe_whiteout) {
 			p = rdd->first_maybe_whiteout;
diff --git a/fs/posix_acl.c b/fs/posix_acl.c
index 2c60f17e7d92..8a4a266beff3 100644
--- a/fs/posix_acl.c
+++ b/fs/posix_acl.c
@@ -822,10 +822,10 @@ posix_acl_xattr_get(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
 
 static int
 posix_acl_xattr_set(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
-		    struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
-		    const void *value, size_t size, int flags)
+		    struct dentry *unused, struct inode *inode,
+		    const char *name, const void *value,
+		    size_t size, int flags)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = d_backing_inode(dentry);
 	struct posix_acl *acl = NULL;
 	int ret;
 
diff --git a/fs/readdir.c b/fs/readdir.c
index 68ef06efe6bc..9d0212c374d6 100644
--- a/fs/readdir.c
+++ b/fs/readdir.c
@@ -35,13 +35,13 @@ int iterate_dir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 	if (res)
 		goto out;
 
-	if (shared)
+	if (shared) {
 		inode_lock_shared(inode);
-	else
-		inode_lock(inode);
-	// res = mutex_lock_killable(&inode->i_mutex);
-	// if (res)
-	//	goto out;
+	} else {
+		res = down_write_killable(&inode->i_rwsem);
+		if (res)
+			goto out;
+	}
 
 	res = -ENOENT;
 	if (!IS_DEADDIR(inode)) {
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/xattr_security.c b/fs/reiserfs/xattr_security.c
index 86aeb9dd805a..e4cbb7719906 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/xattr_security.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/xattr_security.c
@@ -20,13 +20,14 @@ security_get(const struct xattr_handler *handler, struct dentry *unused,
 }
 
 static int
-security_set(const struct xattr_handler *handler, struct dentry *dentry,
-	     const char *name, const void *buffer, size_t size, int flags)
+security_set(const struct xattr_handler *handler, struct dentry *unused,
+	     struct inode *inode, const char *name, const void *buffer,
+	     size_t size, int flags)
 {
-	if (IS_PRIVATE(d_inode(dentry)))
+	if (IS_PRIVATE(inode))
 		return -EPERM;
 
-	return reiserfs_xattr_set(d_inode(dentry),
+	return reiserfs_xattr_set(inode,
 				  xattr_full_name(handler, name),
 				  buffer, size, flags);
 }
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/xattr_trusted.c b/fs/reiserfs/xattr_trusted.c
index 31837f031f59..f15a5f9e84ce 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/xattr_trusted.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/xattr_trusted.c
@@ -19,13 +19,14 @@ trusted_get(const struct xattr_handler *handler, struct dentry *unused,
 }
 
 static int
-trusted_set(const struct xattr_handler *handler, struct dentry *dentry,
-	    const char *name, const void *buffer, size_t size, int flags)
+trusted_set(const struct xattr_handler *handler, struct dentry *unused,
+	    struct inode *inode, const char *name, const void *buffer,
+	    size_t size, int flags)
 {
-	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN) || IS_PRIVATE(d_inode(dentry)))
+	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN) || IS_PRIVATE(inode))
 		return -EPERM;
 
-	return reiserfs_xattr_set(d_inode(dentry),
+	return reiserfs_xattr_set(inode,
 				  xattr_full_name(handler, name),
 				  buffer, size, flags);
 }
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/xattr_user.c b/fs/reiserfs/xattr_user.c
index f7c39731684b..dc59df43b2db 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/xattr_user.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/xattr_user.c
@@ -17,12 +17,13 @@ user_get(const struct xattr_handler *handler, struct dentry *unused,
 }
 
 static int
-user_set(const struct xattr_handler *handler, struct dentry *dentry,
-	 const char *name, const void *buffer, size_t size, int flags)
+user_set(const struct xattr_handler *handler, struct dentry *unused,
+	 struct inode *inode, const char *name, const void *buffer,
+	 size_t size, int flags)
 {
-	if (!reiserfs_xattrs_user(dentry->d_sb))
+	if (!reiserfs_xattrs_user(inode->i_sb))
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
-	return reiserfs_xattr_set(d_inode(dentry),
+	return reiserfs_xattr_set(inode,
 				  xattr_full_name(handler, name),
 				  buffer, size, flags);
 }
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/xattr.c b/fs/ubifs/xattr.c
index 6c277eb6aef9..b5fc27969e9d 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/xattr.c
@@ -579,11 +579,10 @@ static int ubifs_xattr_get(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
 }
 
 static int ubifs_xattr_set(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
-			   struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
-			   const void *value, size_t size, int flags)
+			   struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
+			   const char *name, const void *value,
+			   size_t size, int flags)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = d_inode(dentry);
-
 	dbg_gen("xattr '%s', host ino %lu ('%pd'), size %zd",
 		name, inode->i_ino, dentry, size);
 
diff --git a/fs/xattr.c b/fs/xattr.c
index fc81e771488a..4beafc43daa5 100644
--- a/fs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/xattr.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ int __vfs_setxattr_noperm(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
 	if (issec)
 		inode->i_flags &= ~S_NOSEC;
 	if (inode->i_op->setxattr) {
-		error = inode->i_op->setxattr(dentry, name, value, size, flags);
+		error = inode->i_op->setxattr(dentry, inode, name, value, size, flags);
 		if (!error) {
 			fsnotify_xattr(dentry);
 			security_inode_post_setxattr(dentry, name, value,
@@ -745,7 +745,8 @@ generic_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, size_t buffer_size)
  * Find the handler for the prefix and dispatch its set() operation.
  */
 int
-generic_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, const void *value, size_t size, int flags)
+generic_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode, const char *name,
+		 const void *value, size_t size, int flags)
 {
 	const struct xattr_handler *handler;
 
@@ -754,7 +755,7 @@ generic_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, const void *value, siz
 	handler = xattr_resolve_name(dentry->d_sb->s_xattr, &name);
 	if (IS_ERR(handler))
 		return PTR_ERR(handler);
-	return handler->set(handler, dentry, name, value, size, flags);
+	return handler->set(handler, dentry, inode, name, value, size, flags);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -769,7 +770,8 @@ generic_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name)
 	handler = xattr_resolve_name(dentry->d_sb->s_xattr, &name);
 	if (IS_ERR(handler))
 		return PTR_ERR(handler);
-	return handler->set(handler, dentry, name, NULL, 0, XATTR_REPLACE);
+	return handler->set(handler, dentry, d_inode(dentry), name, NULL,
+			    0, XATTR_REPLACE);
 }
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_getxattr);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_xattr.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_xattr.c
index ec58ff094b1d..ea62245fee26 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_xattr.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_xattr.c
@@ -74,11 +74,12 @@ xfs_forget_acl(
 }
 
 static int
-xfs_xattr_set(const struct xattr_handler *handler, struct dentry *dentry,
-		const char *name, const void *value, size_t size, int flags)
+xfs_xattr_set(const struct xattr_handler *handler, struct dentry *unused,
+		struct inode *inode, const char *name, const void *value,
+		size_t size, int flags)
 {
 	int			xflags = handler->flags;
-	struct xfs_inode	*ip = XFS_I(d_inode(dentry));
+	struct xfs_inode	*ip = XFS_I(inode);
 	int			error;
 
 	/* Convert Linux syscall to XFS internal ATTR flags */
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ xfs_xattr_set(const struct xattr_handler *handler, struct dentry *dentry,
 	error = xfs_attr_set(ip, (unsigned char *)name,
 				(void *)value, size, xflags);
 	if (!error)
-		xfs_forget_acl(d_inode(dentry), name, xflags);
+		xfs_forget_acl(inode, name, xflags);
 
 	return error;
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 9ace7f745bcd..dd288148a6b1 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1729,7 +1729,8 @@ struct inode_operations {
 			struct inode *, struct dentry *, unsigned int);
 	int (*setattr) (struct dentry *, struct iattr *);
 	int (*getattr) (struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *, struct kstat *);
-	int (*setxattr) (struct dentry *, const char *,const void *,size_t,int);
+	int (*setxattr) (struct dentry *, struct inode *,
+			 const char *, const void *, size_t, int);
 	ssize_t (*getxattr) (struct dentry *, struct inode *,
 			     const char *, void *, size_t);
 	ssize_t (*listxattr) (struct dentry *, char *, size_t);
diff --git a/include/linux/rwsem.h b/include/linux/rwsem.h
index d1c12d160ace..d37fbb34d06f 100644
--- a/include/linux/rwsem.h
+++ b/include/linux/rwsem.h
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ extern void downgrade_write(struct rw_semaphore *sem);
  */
 extern void down_read_nested(struct rw_semaphore *sem, int subclass);
 extern void down_write_nested(struct rw_semaphore *sem, int subclass);
+extern int down_write_killable_nested(struct rw_semaphore *sem, int subclass);
 extern void _down_write_nest_lock(struct rw_semaphore *sem, struct lockdep_map *nest_lock);
 
 # define down_write_nest_lock(sem, nest_lock)			\
@@ -176,6 +177,7 @@ extern void up_read_non_owner(struct rw_semaphore *sem);
 # define down_read_nested(sem, subclass)		down_read(sem)
 # define down_write_nest_lock(sem, nest_lock)	down_write(sem)
 # define down_write_nested(sem, subclass)	down_write(sem)
+# define down_write_killable_nested(sem, subclass)	down_write_killable(sem)
 # define down_read_non_owner(sem)		down_read(sem)
 # define up_read_non_owner(sem)			up_read(sem)
 #endif
diff --git a/include/linux/xattr.h b/include/linux/xattr.h
index 1cc4c578deb9..94079bab9243 100644
--- a/include/linux/xattr.h
+++ b/include/linux/xattr.h
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ struct xattr_handler {
 		   struct inode *inode, const char *name, void *buffer,
 		   size_t size);
 	int (*set)(const struct xattr_handler *, struct dentry *dentry,
-		   const char *name, const void *buffer, size_t size,
-		   int flags);
+		   struct inode *inode, const char *name, const void *buffer,
+		   size_t size, int flags);
 };
 
 const char *xattr_full_name(const struct xattr_handler *, const char *);
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ int vfs_removexattr(struct dentry *, const char *);
 
 ssize_t generic_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode, const char *name, void *buffer, size_t size);
 ssize_t generic_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, size_t buffer_size);
-int generic_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, const void *value, size_t size, int flags);
+int generic_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
+		     const char *name, const void *value, size_t size, int flags);
 int generic_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name);
 ssize_t vfs_getxattr_alloc(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
 			   char **xattr_value, size_t size, gfp_t flags);
diff --git a/kernel/locking/rwsem.c b/kernel/locking/rwsem.c
index c817216c1615..2e853ad93a3a 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/rwsem.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/rwsem.c
@@ -173,6 +173,22 @@ void down_write_nested(struct rw_semaphore *sem, int subclass)
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(down_write_nested);
 
+int __sched down_write_killable_nested(struct rw_semaphore *sem, int subclass)
+{
+	might_sleep();
+	rwsem_acquire(&sem->dep_map, subclass, 0, _RET_IP_);
+
+	if (LOCK_CONTENDED_RETURN(sem, __down_write_trylock, __down_write_killable)) {
+		rwsem_release(&sem->dep_map, 1, _RET_IP_);
+		return -EINTR;
+	}
+
+	rwsem_set_owner(sem);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(down_write_killable_nested);
+
 void up_read_non_owner(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
 {
 	__up_read(sem);
diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index e418a995427d..a36144909b28 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -2645,10 +2645,11 @@ static int shmem_xattr_handler_get(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
 }
 
 static int shmem_xattr_handler_set(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
-				   struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
-				   const void *value, size_t size, int flags)
+				   struct dentry *unused, struct inode *inode,
+				   const char *name, const void *value,
+				   size_t size, int flags)
 {
-	struct shmem_inode_info *info = SHMEM_I(d_inode(dentry));
+	struct shmem_inode_info *info = SHMEM_I(inode);
 
 	name = xattr_full_name(handler, name);
 	return simple_xattr_set(&info->xattrs, name, value, size, flags);
diff --git a/security/smack/smack_lsm.c b/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
index ff2b8c3cf7a9..6777295f4b2b 100644
--- a/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
+++ b/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
@@ -3514,7 +3514,7 @@ static void smack_d_instantiate(struct dentry *opt_dentry, struct inode *inode)
 			 */
 			if (isp->smk_flags & SMK_INODE_CHANGED) {
 				isp->smk_flags &= ~SMK_INODE_CHANGED;
-				rc = inode->i_op->setxattr(dp,
+				rc = inode->i_op->setxattr(dp, inode,
 					XATTR_NAME_SMACKTRANSMUTE,
 					TRANS_TRUE, TRANS_TRUE_SIZE,
 					0);