new helper: file_inode(file)

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>

306 files changed, 696 insertions, 717 deletions

diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/srm_env.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/srm_env.c
index b9fc6c309d2e..e64559f0a82d 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/srm_env.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/srm_env.c
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ static ssize_t srm_env_proc_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buffer,
 				  size_t count, loff_t *pos)
 {
 	int res;
-	srm_env_t	*entry = PDE(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode)->data;
+	srm_env_t	*entry = PDE(file_inode(file))->data;
 	char		*buf = (char *) __get_free_page(GFP_USER);
 	unsigned long	ret1, ret2;
 
diff --git a/arch/blackfin/kernel/cplbinfo.c b/arch/blackfin/kernel/cplbinfo.c
index 0bdaa517a501..e1d0b24c6070 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/kernel/cplbinfo.c
+++ b/arch/blackfin/kernel/cplbinfo.c
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ static const struct seq_operations cplbinfo_sops = {
 
 static int cplbinfo_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
-	struct proc_dir_entry *pde = PDE(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	struct proc_dir_entry *pde = PDE(file_inode(file));
 	char cplb_type;
 	unsigned int cpu;
 	int ret;
diff --git a/arch/cris/arch-v10/drivers/sync_serial.c b/arch/cris/arch-v10/drivers/sync_serial.c
index c4b71710fb0e..a1c498d18d31 100644
--- a/arch/cris/arch-v10/drivers/sync_serial.c
+++ b/arch/cris/arch-v10/drivers/sync_serial.c
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ static int sync_serial_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 
 static unsigned int sync_serial_poll(struct file *file, poll_table *wait)
 {
-	int dev = MINOR(file->f_dentry->d_inode->i_rdev);
+	int dev = MINOR(file_inode(file)->i_rdev);
 	unsigned int mask = 0;
 	struct sync_port *port;
 	DEBUGPOLL(static unsigned int prev_mask = 0);
@@ -685,7 +685,7 @@ static int sync_serial_ioctl_unlocked(struct file *file,
 	int return_val = 0;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	int dev = MINOR(file->f_dentry->d_inode->i_rdev);
+	int dev = MINOR(file_inode(file)->i_rdev);
 	struct sync_port *port;
 
 	if (dev < 0 || dev >= NUMBER_OF_PORTS || !ports[dev].enabled) {
@@ -973,7 +973,7 @@ static long sync_serial_ioctl(struct file *file,
 static ssize_t sync_serial_write(struct file *file, const char *buf,
 	size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	int dev = MINOR(file->f_dentry->d_inode->i_rdev);
+	int dev = MINOR(file_inode(file)->i_rdev);
 	DECLARE_WAITQUEUE(wait, current);
 	struct sync_port *port;
 	unsigned long flags;
@@ -1097,7 +1097,7 @@ static ssize_t sync_serial_write(struct file *file, const char *buf,
 static ssize_t sync_serial_read(struct file *file, char *buf,
 				size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	int dev = MINOR(file->f_dentry->d_inode->i_rdev);
+	int dev = MINOR(file_inode(file)->i_rdev);
 	int avail;
 	struct sync_port *port;
 	unsigned char *start;
diff --git a/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/cryptocop.c b/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/cryptocop.c
index f8476d9e856b..877da1908234 100644
--- a/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/cryptocop.c
+++ b/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/cryptocop.c
@@ -3135,11 +3135,10 @@ static long cryptocop_ioctl_unlocked(struct inode *inode,
 static long
 cryptocop_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
-       struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
        long ret;
 
        mutex_lock(&cryptocop_mutex);
-       ret = cryptocop_ioctl_unlocked(inode, filp, cmd, arg);
+       ret = cryptocop_ioctl_unlocked(file_inode(filp), filp, cmd, arg);
        mutex_unlock(&cryptocop_mutex);
 
        return ret;
diff --git a/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/sync_serial.c b/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/sync_serial.c
index a6a180bc566f..219f704e3221 100644
--- a/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/sync_serial.c
+++ b/arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/sync_serial.c
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ static int sync_serial_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 
 static unsigned int sync_serial_poll(struct file *file, poll_table *wait)
 {
-	int dev = iminor(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	int dev = iminor(file_inode(file));
 	unsigned int mask = 0;
 	sync_port *port;
 	DEBUGPOLL( static unsigned int prev_mask = 0; );
@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ static int sync_serial_ioctl(struct file *file,
 {
 	int return_val = 0;
 	int dma_w_size = regk_dma_set_w_size1;
-	int dev = iminor(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	int dev = iminor(file_inode(file));
 	sync_port *port;
 	reg_sser_rw_tr_cfg tr_cfg;
 	reg_sser_rw_rec_cfg rec_cfg;
@@ -979,7 +979,7 @@ static long sync_serial_ioctl(struct file *file,
 static ssize_t sync_serial_write(struct file *file, const char *buf,
 				 size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	int dev = iminor(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	int dev = iminor(file_inode(file));
 	DECLARE_WAITQUEUE(wait, current);
 	struct sync_port *port;
 	int trunc_count;
@@ -1102,7 +1102,7 @@ static ssize_t sync_serial_write(struct file *file, const char *buf,
 static ssize_t sync_serial_read(struct file * file, char * buf,
 				size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	int dev = iminor(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	int dev = iminor(file_inode(file));
 	int avail;
 	sync_port *port;
 	unsigned char* start;
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/salinfo.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/salinfo.c
index 79802e540e53..aa527d7e91f2 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/salinfo.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/salinfo.c
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ salinfo_event_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 static ssize_t
 salinfo_event_read(struct file *file, char __user *buffer, size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct proc_dir_entry *entry = PDE(inode);
 	struct salinfo_data *data = entry->data;
 	char cmd[32];
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ retry:
 static ssize_t
 salinfo_log_read(struct file *file, char __user *buffer, size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct proc_dir_entry *entry = PDE(inode);
 	struct salinfo_data *data = entry->data;
 	u8 *buf;
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ salinfo_log_clear(struct salinfo_data *data, int cpu)
 static ssize_t
 salinfo_log_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buffer, size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct proc_dir_entry *entry = PDE(inode);
 	struct salinfo_data *data = entry->data;
 	char cmd[32];
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/rtlx.c b/arch/mips/kernel/rtlx.c
index b8c18dcdd2c4..88f7b50d541c 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/rtlx.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/rtlx.c
@@ -399,11 +399,9 @@ static int file_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 
 static unsigned int file_poll(struct file *file, poll_table * wait)
 {
-	int minor;
+	int minor = iminor(file_inode(file));
 	unsigned int mask = 0;
 
-	minor = iminor(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
-
 	poll_wait(file, &channel_wqs[minor].rt_queue, wait);
 	poll_wait(file, &channel_wqs[minor].lx_queue, wait);
 
@@ -424,7 +422,7 @@ static unsigned int file_poll(struct file *file, poll_table * wait)
 static ssize_t file_read(struct file *file, char __user * buffer, size_t count,
 			 loff_t * ppos)
 {
-	int minor = iminor(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	int minor = iminor(file_inode(file));
 
 	/* data available? */
 	if (!rtlx_read_poll(minor, (file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK) ? 0 : 1)) {
@@ -437,11 +435,8 @@ static ssize_t file_read(struct file *file, char __user * buffer, size_t count,
 static ssize_t file_write(struct file *file, const char __user * buffer,
 			  size_t count, loff_t * ppos)
 {
-	int minor;
-	struct rtlx_channel *rt;
-
-	minor = iminor(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
-	rt = &rtlx->channel[minor];
+	int minor = iminor(file_inode(file));
+	struct rtlx_channel *rt = &rtlx->channel[minor];
 
 	/* any space left... */
 	if (!rtlx_write_poll(minor)) {
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/vpe.c b/arch/mips/kernel/vpe.c
index eec690af6581..d75a5289d9b3 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/vpe.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/vpe.c
@@ -1149,7 +1149,7 @@ static ssize_t vpe_write(struct file *file, const char __user * buffer,
 	size_t ret = count;
 	struct vpe *v;
 
-	if (iminor(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode) != minor)
+	if (iminor(file_inode(file)) != minor)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
 	v = get_vpe(tclimit);
diff --git a/arch/mips/lasat/picvue_proc.c b/arch/mips/lasat/picvue_proc.c
index 8e388da1926f..c592bc8b8c99 100644
--- a/arch/mips/lasat/picvue_proc.c
+++ b/arch/mips/lasat/picvue_proc.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ static int pvc_line_proc_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 static ssize_t pvc_line_proc_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 				   size_t count, loff_t *pos)
 {
-	int lineno = *(int *)PDE(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode)->data;
+	int lineno = *(int *)PDE(file_inode(file))->data;
 	char kbuf[PVC_LINELEN];
 	size_t len;
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/proc_powerpc.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/proc_powerpc.c
index c8ae3714e79b..f19d0bdc3241 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/proc_powerpc.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/proc_powerpc.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 static loff_t page_map_seek( struct file *file, loff_t off, int whence)
 {
 	loff_t new;
-	struct proc_dir_entry *dp = PDE(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	struct proc_dir_entry *dp = PDE(file_inode(file));
 
 	switch(whence) {
 	case 0:
@@ -55,13 +55,13 @@ static loff_t page_map_seek( struct file *file, loff_t off, int whence)
 static ssize_t page_map_read( struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t nbytes,
 			      loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	struct proc_dir_entry *dp = PDE(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	struct proc_dir_entry *dp = PDE(file_inode(file));
 	return simple_read_from_buffer(buf, nbytes, ppos, dp->data, dp->size);
 }
 
 static int page_map_mmap( struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma )
 {
-	struct proc_dir_entry *dp = PDE(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	struct proc_dir_entry *dp = PDE(file_inode(file));
 
 	if ((vma->vm_end - vma->vm_start) > dp->size)
 		return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas_flash.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas_flash.c
index 8329190312c1..c642f0132988 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas_flash.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas_flash.c
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ static void free_flash_list(struct flash_block_list *f)
 
 static int rtas_flash_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
-	struct proc_dir_entry *dp = PDE(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	struct proc_dir_entry *dp = PDE(file_inode(file));
 	struct rtas_update_flash_t *uf;
 	
 	uf = (struct rtas_update_flash_t *) dp->data;
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ static void get_flash_status_msg(int status, char *buf)
 static ssize_t rtas_flash_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 			       size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	struct proc_dir_entry *dp = PDE(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	struct proc_dir_entry *dp = PDE(file_inode(file));
 	struct rtas_update_flash_t *uf;
 	char msg[RTAS_MSG_MAXLEN];
 
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ void rtas_block_ctor(void *ptr)
 static ssize_t rtas_flash_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buffer,
 				size_t count, loff_t *off)
 {
-	struct proc_dir_entry *dp = PDE(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	struct proc_dir_entry *dp = PDE(file_inode(file));
 	struct rtas_update_flash_t *uf;
 	char *p;
 	int next_free;
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ static void manage_flash(struct rtas_manage_flash_t *args_buf)
 static ssize_t manage_flash_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 			       size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	struct proc_dir_entry *dp = PDE(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	struct proc_dir_entry *dp = PDE(file_inode(file));
 	struct rtas_manage_flash_t *args_buf;
 	char msg[RTAS_MSG_MAXLEN];
 	int msglen;
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ static ssize_t manage_flash_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 static ssize_t manage_flash_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 				size_t count, loff_t *off)
 {
-	struct proc_dir_entry *dp = PDE(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	struct proc_dir_entry *dp = PDE(file_inode(file));
 	struct rtas_manage_flash_t *args_buf;
 	const char reject_str[] = "0";
 	const char commit_str[] = "1";
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ static int get_validate_flash_msg(struct rtas_validate_flash_t *args_buf,
 static ssize_t validate_flash_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 			       size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	struct proc_dir_entry *dp = PDE(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	struct proc_dir_entry *dp = PDE(file_inode(file));
 	struct rtas_validate_flash_t *args_buf;
 	char msg[RTAS_MSG_MAXLEN];
 	int msglen;
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ static ssize_t validate_flash_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 static ssize_t validate_flash_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 				    size_t count, loff_t *off)
 {
-	struct proc_dir_entry *dp = PDE(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	struct proc_dir_entry *dp = PDE(file_inode(file));
 	struct rtas_validate_flash_t *args_buf;
 	int rc;
 
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ done:
 
 static int validate_flash_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
-	struct proc_dir_entry *dp = PDE(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	struct proc_dir_entry *dp = PDE(file_inode(file));
 	struct rtas_validate_flash_t *args_buf;
 
 	args_buf = (struct rtas_validate_flash_t *) dp->data;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/coredump.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/coredump.c
index 657e3f233a64..c9500ea7be2f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/coredump.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/coredump.c
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ static int match_context(const void *v, struct file *file, unsigned fd)
 	struct spu_context *ctx;
 	if (file->f_op != &spufs_context_fops)
 		return 0;
-	ctx = SPUFS_I(file->f_dentry->d_inode)->i_ctx;
+	ctx = SPUFS_I(file_inode(file))->i_ctx;
 	if (ctx->flags & SPU_CREATE_NOSCHED)
 		return 0;
 	return fd + 1;
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ static struct spu_context *coredump_next_context(int *fd)
 		return NULL;
 	*fd = n - 1;
 	file = fcheck(*fd);
-	return SPUFS_I(file->f_dentry->d_inode)->i_ctx;
+	return SPUFS_I(file_inode(file))->i_ctx;
 }
 
 int spufs_coredump_extra_notes_size(void)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/file.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/file.c
index 0cfece4cf6ef..68c57d38745a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/file.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/file.c
@@ -1852,7 +1852,7 @@ out:
 
 static int spufs_mfc_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	int err = filemap_write_and_wait_range(inode->i_mapping, start, end);
 	if (!err) {
 		mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
@@ -2501,7 +2501,7 @@ static int switch_log_sprint(struct spu_context *ctx, char *tbuf, int n)
 static ssize_t spufs_switch_log_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 			     size_t len, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct spu_context *ctx = SPUFS_I(inode)->i_ctx;
 	int error = 0, cnt = 0;
 
@@ -2571,7 +2571,7 @@ static ssize_t spufs_switch_log_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 
 static unsigned int spufs_switch_log_poll(struct file *file, poll_table *wait)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct spu_context *ctx = SPUFS_I(inode)->i_ctx;
 	unsigned int mask = 0;
 	int rc;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/inode.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/inode.c
index dba1ce235da5..99db6161e5c9 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/inode.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/inode.c
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ spufs_assert_affinity(unsigned int flags, struct spu_gang *gang,
 			return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 
 		neighbor = get_spu_context(
-				SPUFS_I(filp->f_dentry->d_inode)->i_ctx);
+				SPUFS_I(file_inode(filp))->i_ctx);
 
 		if (!list_empty(&neighbor->aff_list) && !(neighbor->aff_head) &&
 		    !list_is_last(&neighbor->aff_list, &gang->aff_list_head) &&
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/syscalls.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/syscalls.c
index baee994fe810..b045fdda4845 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/syscalls.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/syscalls.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ static long do_spu_run(struct file *filp,
 	if (filp->f_op != &spufs_context_fops)
 		goto out;
 
-	i = SPUFS_I(filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	i = SPUFS_I(file_inode(filp));
 	ret = spufs_run_spu(i->i_ctx, &npc, &status);
 
 	if (put_user(npc, unpc))
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hvCall_inst.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hvCall_inst.c
index c9311cfdfcac..cf4e7736e4f1 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hvCall_inst.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hvCall_inst.c
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ static int hcall_inst_seq_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 
 	rc = seq_open(file, &hcall_inst_seq_ops);
 	seq = file->private_data;
-	seq->private = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_private;
+	seq->private = file_inode(file)->i_private;
 
 	return rc;
 }
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/scanlog.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/scanlog.c
index 554457294a2b..47f3cda2a68b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/scanlog.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/scanlog.c
@@ -46,16 +46,12 @@ static struct proc_dir_entry *proc_ppc64_scan_log_dump;	/* The proc file */
 static ssize_t scanlog_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 			    size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-        struct inode * inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
-	struct proc_dir_entry *dp;
-	unsigned int *data;
+	struct proc_dir_entry *dp = PDE(file_inode(file));
+	unsigned int *data = (unsigned int *)dp->data;
 	int status;
 	unsigned long len, off;
 	unsigned int wait_time;
 
-        dp = PDE(inode);
- 	data = (unsigned int *)dp->data;
-
 	if (count > RTAS_DATA_BUF_SIZE)
 		count = RTAS_DATA_BUF_SIZE;
 
diff --git a/arch/s390/hypfs/hypfs_dbfs.c b/arch/s390/hypfs/hypfs_dbfs.c
index 13e76dabbe8b..9fd4a40c6752 100644
--- a/arch/s390/hypfs/hypfs_dbfs.c
+++ b/arch/s390/hypfs/hypfs_dbfs.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ static ssize_t dbfs_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 	if (*ppos != 0)
 		return 0;
 
-	df = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_private;
+	df = file_inode(file)->i_private;
 	mutex_lock(&df->lock);
 	if (!df->data) {
 		data = hypfs_dbfs_data_alloc(df);
diff --git a/arch/s390/hypfs/inode.c b/arch/s390/hypfs/inode.c
index 06ea69bd387a..280ded8b79ba 100644
--- a/arch/s390/hypfs/inode.c
+++ b/arch/s390/hypfs/inode.c
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ static void hypfs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 
 static int hypfs_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 {
-	char *data = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_private;
+	char *data = file_inode(filp)->i_private;
 	struct hypfs_sb_info *fs_info;
 
 	if (filp->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE) {
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/debug.c b/arch/s390/kernel/debug.c
index 4e8215e0d4b6..19dcf136b851 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/debug.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/debug.c
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ debug_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	debug_info_t *debug_info, *debug_info_snapshot;
 
 	mutex_lock(&debug_mutex);
-	debug_info = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_private;
+	debug_info = file_inode(file)->i_private;
 	/* find debug view */
 	for (i = 0; i < DEBUG_MAX_VIEWS; i++) {
 		if (!debug_info->views[i])
diff --git a/arch/s390/pci/pci_debug.c b/arch/s390/pci/pci_debug.c
index a303c95346cb..a5d07bc2a547 100644
--- a/arch/s390/pci/pci_debug.c
+++ b/arch/s390/pci/pci_debug.c
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ static ssize_t pci_perf_seq_write(struct file *file, const char __user *ubuf,
 static int pci_perf_seq_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 {
 	return single_open(filp, pci_perf_show,
-			   filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_private);
+			   file_inode(filp)->i_private);
 }
 
 static const struct file_operations debugfs_pci_perf_fops = {
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ static int pci_debug_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 static int pci_debug_seq_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 {
 	return single_open(filp, pci_debug_show,
-			   filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_private);
+			   file_inode(filp)->i_private);
 }
 
 static const struct file_operations debugfs_pci_debug_fops = {
diff --git a/arch/sh/mm/alignment.c b/arch/sh/mm/alignment.c
index 620fa7ff9eec..aea14855e656 100644
--- a/arch/sh/mm/alignment.c
+++ b/arch/sh/mm/alignment.c
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ static int alignment_proc_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 static ssize_t alignment_proc_write(struct file *file,
 		const char __user *buffer, size_t count, loff_t *pos)
 {
-	int *data = PDE(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode)->data;
+	int *data = PDE(file_inode(file))->data;
 	char mode;
 
 	if (count > 0) {
diff --git a/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c b/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c
index a703af19c281..03abf9b70011 100644
--- a/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c
+++ b/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ static int load_aout_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
 	if ((N_MAGIC(ex) != ZMAGIC && N_MAGIC(ex) != OMAGIC &&
 	     N_MAGIC(ex) != QMAGIC && N_MAGIC(ex) != NMAGIC) ||
 	    N_TRSIZE(ex) || N_DRSIZE(ex) ||
-	    i_size_read(bprm->file->f_path.dentry->d_inode) <
+	    i_size_read(file_inode(bprm->file)) <
 	    ex.a_text+ex.a_data+N_SYMSIZE(ex)+N_TXTOFF(ex)) {
 		return -ENOEXEC;
 	}
@@ -425,12 +425,10 @@ beyond_if:
 
 static int load_aout_library(struct file *file)
 {
-	struct inode *inode;
 	unsigned long bss, start_addr, len, error;
 	int retval;
 	struct exec ex;
 
-	inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
 
 	retval = -ENOEXEC;
 	error = kernel_read(file, 0, (char *) &ex, sizeof(ex));
@@ -440,7 +438,7 @@ static int load_aout_library(struct file *file)
 	/* We come in here for the regular a.out style of shared libraries */
 	if ((N_MAGIC(ex) != ZMAGIC && N_MAGIC(ex) != QMAGIC) || N_TRSIZE(ex) ||
 	    N_DRSIZE(ex) || ((ex.a_entry & 0xfff) && N_MAGIC(ex) == ZMAGIC) ||
-	    i_size_read(inode) <
+	    i_size_read(file_inode(file)) <
 	    ex.a_text+ex.a_data+N_SYMSIZE(ex)+N_TXTOFF(ex)) {
 		goto out;
 	}
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpuid.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpuid.c
index 60c78917190c..1e4dbcfe6d31 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpuid.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpuid.c
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ static ssize_t cpuid_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 {
 	char __user *tmp = buf;
 	struct cpuid_regs cmd;
-	int cpu = iminor(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	int cpu = iminor(file_inode(file));
 	u64 pos = *ppos;
 	ssize_t bytes = 0;
 	int err = 0;
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ static int cpuid_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	unsigned int cpu;
 	struct cpuinfo_x86 *c;
 
-	cpu = iminor(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	cpu = iminor(file_inode(file));
 	if (cpu >= nr_cpu_ids || !cpu_online(cpu))
 		return -ENXIO;	/* No such CPU */
 
diff --git a/drivers/block/DAC960.c b/drivers/block/DAC960.c
index 9a13e889837e..8f12dc78a848 100644
--- a/drivers/block/DAC960.c
+++ b/drivers/block/DAC960.c
@@ -6547,7 +6547,7 @@ static ssize_t dac960_user_command_proc_write(struct file *file,
 				       const char __user *Buffer,
 				       size_t Count, loff_t *pos)
 {
-  DAC960_Controller_T *Controller = (DAC960_Controller_T *) PDE(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode)->data;
+  DAC960_Controller_T *Controller = (DAC960_Controller_T *) PDE(file_inode(file))->data;
   unsigned char CommandBuffer[80];
   int Length;
   if (Count > sizeof(CommandBuffer)-1) return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c
index 043ddcca4abf..ade146bf65e5 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ static int __nbd_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, struct nbd_device *nbd,
 			return -EBUSY;
 		file = fget(arg);
 		if (file) {
-			struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+			struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 			if (S_ISSOCK(inode->i_mode)) {
 				nbd->file = file;
 				nbd->sock = SOCKET_I(inode);
diff --git a/drivers/char/dsp56k.c b/drivers/char/dsp56k.c
index 052797b32bd3..01a5ca7425d7 100644
--- a/drivers/char/dsp56k.c
+++ b/drivers/char/dsp56k.c
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ static int dsp56k_upload(u_char __user *bin, int len)
 static ssize_t dsp56k_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t count,
 			   loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	int dev = iminor(inode) & 0x0f;
 
 	switch(dev)
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ static ssize_t dsp56k_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t count,
 static ssize_t dsp56k_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf, size_t count,
 			    loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	int dev = iminor(inode) & 0x0f;
 
 	switch(dev)
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ static ssize_t dsp56k_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf, size_t co
 static long dsp56k_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
 			 unsigned long arg)
 {
-	int dev = iminor(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode) & 0x0f;
+	int dev = iminor(file_inode(file)) & 0x0f;
 	void __user *argp = (void __user *)arg;
 
 	switch(dev)
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ static long dsp56k_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
 #if 0
 static unsigned int dsp56k_poll(struct file *file, poll_table *wait)
 {
-	int dev = iminor(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode) & 0x0f;
+	int dev = iminor(file_inode(file)) & 0x0f;
 
 	switch(dev)
 	{
diff --git a/drivers/char/dtlk.c b/drivers/char/dtlk.c
index 85156dd0caee..65a8d96c0e93 100644
--- a/drivers/char/dtlk.c
+++ b/drivers/char/dtlk.c
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ static char dtlk_write_tts(char);
 static ssize_t dtlk_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 			 size_t count, loff_t * ppos)
 {
-	unsigned int minor = iminor(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	unsigned int minor = iminor(file_inode(file));
 	char ch;
 	int i = 0, retries;
 
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ static ssize_t dtlk_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 	}
 #endif
 
-	if (iminor(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode) != DTLK_MINOR)
+	if (iminor(file_inode(file)) != DTLK_MINOR)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	while (1) {
diff --git a/drivers/char/lp.c b/drivers/char/lp.c
index a741e418b456..dafd9ac6428f 100644
--- a/drivers/char/lp.c
+++ b/drivers/char/lp.c
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ static int lp_wait_ready(int minor, int nonblock)
 static ssize_t lp_write(struct file * file, const char __user * buf,
 		        size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	unsigned int minor = iminor(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	unsigned int minor = iminor(file_inode(file));
 	struct parport *port = lp_table[minor].dev->port;
 	char *kbuf = lp_table[minor].lp_buffer;
 	ssize_t retv = 0;
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ static ssize_t lp_read(struct file * file, char __user * buf,
 		       size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
 	DEFINE_WAIT(wait);
-	unsigned int minor=iminor(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	unsigned int minor=iminor(file_inode(file));
 	struct parport *port = lp_table[minor].dev->port;
 	ssize_t retval = 0;
 	char *kbuf = lp_table[minor].lp_buffer;
@@ -679,7 +679,7 @@ static long lp_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
 	struct timeval par_timeout;
 	int ret;
 
-	minor = iminor(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	minor = iminor(file_inode(file));
 	mutex_lock(&lp_mutex);
 	switch (cmd) {
 	case LPSETTIMEOUT:
@@ -707,7 +707,7 @@ static long lp_compat_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
 	struct timeval par_timeout;
 	int ret;
 
-	minor = iminor(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	minor = iminor(file_inode(file));
 	mutex_lock(&lp_mutex);
 	switch (cmd) {
 	case LPSETTIMEOUT:
diff --git a/drivers/char/mem.c b/drivers/char/mem.c
index c6fa3bc2baa8..e23b4a247b72 100644
--- a/drivers/char/mem.c
+++ b/drivers/char/mem.c
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ static loff_t memory_lseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int orig)
 {
 	loff_t ret;
 
-	mutex_lock(&file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
+	mutex_lock(&file_inode(file)->i_mutex);
 	switch (orig) {
 	case SEEK_CUR:
 		offset += file->f_pos;
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ static loff_t memory_lseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int orig)
 	default:
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 	}
-	mutex_unlock(&file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
+	mutex_unlock(&file_inode(file)->i_mutex);
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/char/nsc_gpio.c b/drivers/char/nsc_gpio.c
index 808d44e9a32a..b07b119ae57f 100644
--- a/drivers/char/nsc_gpio.c
+++ b/drivers/char/nsc_gpio.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ void nsc_gpio_dump(struct nsc_gpio_ops *amp, unsigned index)
 ssize_t nsc_gpio_write(struct file *file, const char __user *data,
 		       size_t len, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	unsigned m = iminor(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	unsigned m = iminor(file_inode(file));
 	struct nsc_gpio_ops *amp = file->private_data;
 	struct device *dev = amp->dev;
 	size_t i;
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ ssize_t nsc_gpio_write(struct file *file, const char __user *data,
 ssize_t nsc_gpio_read(struct file *file, char __user * buf,
 		      size_t len, loff_t * ppos)
 {
-	unsigned m = iminor(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	unsigned m = iminor(file_inode(file));
 	int value;
 	struct nsc_gpio_ops *amp = file->private_data;
 
diff --git a/drivers/char/pcmcia/cm4000_cs.c b/drivers/char/pcmcia/cm4000_cs.c
index a7584860e9a7..c115217c79ae 100644
--- a/drivers/char/pcmcia/cm4000_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/char/pcmcia/cm4000_cs.c
@@ -1400,7 +1400,7 @@ static long cmm_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
 	struct cm4000_dev *dev = filp->private_data;
 	unsigned int iobase = dev->p_dev->resource[0]->start;
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	struct pcmcia_device *link;
 	int size;
 	int rc;
diff --git a/drivers/char/ppdev.c b/drivers/char/ppdev.c
index 1cd49241e60e..ae0b42b66e55 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ppdev.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ppdev.c
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ static inline void pp_enable_irq (struct pp_struct *pp)
 static ssize_t pp_read (struct file * file, char __user * buf, size_t count,
 			loff_t * ppos)
 {
-	unsigned int minor = iminor(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	unsigned int minor = iminor(file_inode(file));
 	struct pp_struct *pp = file->private_data;
 	char * kbuffer;
 	ssize_t bytes_read = 0;
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ static ssize_t pp_read (struct file * file, char __user * buf, size_t count,
 static ssize_t pp_write (struct file * file, const char __user * buf,
 			 size_t count, loff_t * ppos)
 {
-	unsigned int minor = iminor(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	unsigned int minor = iminor(file_inode(file));
 	struct pp_struct *pp = file->private_data;
 	char * kbuffer;
 	ssize_t bytes_written = 0;
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ static enum ieee1284_phase init_phase (int mode)
 
 static int pp_do_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
-	unsigned int minor = iminor(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	unsigned int minor = iminor(file_inode(file));
 	struct pp_struct *pp = file->private_data;
 	struct parport * port;
 	void __user *argp = (void __user *)arg;
diff --git a/drivers/char/ps3flash.c b/drivers/char/ps3flash.c
index 588063ac9517..8cafa9ccd43f 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ps3flash.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ps3flash.c
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ static int ps3flash_flush(struct file *file, fl_owner_t id)
 
 static int ps3flash_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	int err;
 	mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
 	err = ps3flash_writeback(ps3flash_dev);
diff --git a/drivers/char/raw.c b/drivers/char/raw.c
index 54a3a6d09819..f3223aac4df1 100644
--- a/drivers/char/raw.c
+++ b/drivers/char/raw.c
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ static int raw_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 	filp->f_flags |= O_DIRECT;
 	filp->f_mapping = bdev->bd_inode->i_mapping;
 	if (++raw_devices[minor].inuse == 1)
-		filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_mapping =
+		file_inode(filp)->i_mapping =
 			bdev->bd_inode->i_mapping;
 	filp->private_data = bdev;
 	mutex_unlock(&raw_mutex);
diff --git a/drivers/char/sonypi.c b/drivers/char/sonypi.c
index d780295a1473..8450e178b819 100644
--- a/drivers/char/sonypi.c
+++ b/drivers/char/sonypi.c
@@ -938,7 +938,7 @@ static ssize_t sonypi_misc_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 	}
 
 	if (ret > 0) {
-		struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+		struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 		inode->i_atime = current_fs_time(inode->i_sb);
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/char/tb0219.c b/drivers/char/tb0219.c
index 34c63f85104d..47b9fdfcf083 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tb0219.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tb0219.c
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ static ssize_t tanbac_tb0219_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t le
 	unsigned int minor;
 	char value;
 
-	minor = iminor(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	minor = iminor(file_inode(file));
 	switch (minor) {
 	case 0:
 		value = get_led();
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ static ssize_t tanbac_tb0219_write(struct file *file, const char __user *data,
 	int retval = 0;
 	char c;
 
-	minor = iminor(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	minor = iminor(file_inode(file));
 	switch (minor) {
 	case 0:
 		type = TYPE_LED;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/gma500/gtt.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/gma500/gtt.c
index 04a371aceb34..054e26e769ec 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/gma500/gtt.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/gma500/gtt.c
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ static int psb_gtt_attach_pages(struct gtt_range *gt)
 	WARN_ON(gt->pages);
 
 	/* This is the shared memory object that backs the GEM resource */
-	inode = gt->gem.filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	inode = file_inode(gt->gem.filp);
 	mapping = inode->i_mapping;
 
 	gt->pages = kmalloc(pages * sizeof(struct page *), GFP_KERNEL);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index 8febea6daa08..d7d772b30f1a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -1635,7 +1635,7 @@ i915_gem_object_truncate(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)
 	 * To do this we must instruct the shmfs to drop all of its
 	 * backing pages, *now*.
 	 */
-	inode = obj->base.filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	inode = file_inode(obj->base.filp);
 	shmem_truncate_range(inode, 0, (loff_t)-1);
 
 	obj->madv = __I915_MADV_PURGED;
@@ -1800,7 +1800,7 @@ i915_gem_object_get_pages_gtt(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)
 	 *
 	 * Fail silently without starting the shrinker
 	 */
-	mapping = obj->base.filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_mapping;
+	mapping = file_inode(obj->base.filp)->i_mapping;
 	gfp = mapping_gfp_mask(mapping);
 	gfp |= __GFP_NORETRY | __GFP_NOWARN | __GFP_NO_KSWAPD;
 	gfp &= ~(__GFP_IO | __GFP_WAIT);
@@ -3724,7 +3724,7 @@ struct drm_i915_gem_object *i915_gem_alloc_object(struct drm_device *dev,
 		mask |= __GFP_DMA32;
 	}
 
-	mapping = obj->base.filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_mapping;
+	mapping = file_inode(obj->base.filp)->i_mapping;
 	mapping_set_gfp_mask(mapping, mask);
 
 	i915_gem_object_init(obj, &i915_gem_object_ops);
@@ -4228,7 +4228,7 @@ void i915_gem_free_all_phys_object(struct drm_device *dev)
 void i915_gem_detach_phys_object(struct drm_device *dev,
 				 struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)
 {
-	struct address_space *mapping = obj->base.filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_mapping;
+	struct address_space *mapping = file_inode(obj->base.filp)->i_mapping;
 	char *vaddr;
 	int i;
 	int page_count;
@@ -4264,7 +4264,7 @@ i915_gem_attach_phys_object(struct drm_device *dev,
 			    int id,
 			    int align)
 {
-	struct address_space *mapping = obj->base.filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_mapping;
+	struct address_space *mapping = file_inode(obj->base.filp)->i_mapping;
 	drm_i915_private_t *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
 	int ret = 0;
 	int page_count;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_tt.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_tt.c
index 7d759a430294..5e93a52d4f2c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_tt.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_tt.c
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ int ttm_tt_swapin(struct ttm_tt *ttm)
 	swap_storage = ttm->swap_storage;
 	BUG_ON(swap_storage == NULL);
 
-	swap_space = swap_storage->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_mapping;
+	swap_space = file_inode(swap_storage)->i_mapping;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ttm->num_pages; ++i) {
 		from_page = shmem_read_mapping_page(swap_space, i);
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ int ttm_tt_swapout(struct ttm_tt *ttm, struct file *persistent_swap_storage)
 	} else
 		swap_storage = persistent_swap_storage;
 
-	swap_space = swap_storage->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_mapping;
+	swap_space = file_inode(swap_storage)->i_mapping;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ttm->num_pages; ++i) {
 		from_page = ttm->pages[i];
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/udl/udl_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/udl/udl_gem.c
index afd212c99216..3816270ba49b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/udl/udl_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/udl/udl_gem.c
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ static int udl_gem_get_pages(struct udl_gem_object *obj, gfp_t gfpmask)
 	if (obj->pages == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	inode = obj->base.filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	inode = file_inode(obj->base.filp);
 	mapping = inode->i_mapping;
 	gfpmask |= mapping_gfp_mask(mapping);
 
diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-roccat.c b/drivers/hid/hid-roccat.c
index b685b04dbf9d..d7437ef5c695 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-roccat.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-roccat.c
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(roccat_disconnect);
 
 static long roccat_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct roccat_device *device;
 	unsigned int minor = iminor(inode);
 	long retval = 0;
diff --git a/drivers/hid/hidraw.c b/drivers/hid/hidraw.c
index 413a73187d33..3ad07a53a229 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hidraw.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hidraw.c
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ out:
  * This function is to be called with the minors_lock mutex held */
 static ssize_t hidraw_send_report(struct file *file, const char __user *buffer, size_t count, unsigned char report_type)
 {
-	unsigned int minor = iminor(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	unsigned int minor = iminor(file_inode(file));
 	struct hid_device *dev;
 	__u8 *buf;
 	int ret = 0;
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ static ssize_t hidraw_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buffer, size_t
  *  mutex held. */
 static ssize_t hidraw_get_report(struct file *file, char __user *buffer, size_t count, unsigned char report_type)
 {
-	unsigned int minor = iminor(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	unsigned int minor = iminor(file_inode(file));
 	struct hid_device *dev;
 	__u8 *buf;
 	int ret = 0, len;
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ unlock:
 static long hidraw_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
 							unsigned long arg)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	unsigned int minor = iminor(inode);
 	long ret = 0;
 	struct hidraw *dev;
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c
index 5ec2261574ec..c3ccdea3d180 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ static ssize_t i2cdev_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t count,
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	pr_debug("i2c-dev: i2c-%d reading %zu bytes.\n",
-		iminor(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode), count);
+		iminor(file_inode(file)), count);
 
 	ret = i2c_master_recv(client, tmp, count);
 	if (ret >= 0)
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ static ssize_t i2cdev_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 		return PTR_ERR(tmp);
 
 	pr_debug("i2c-dev: i2c-%d writing %zu bytes.\n",
-		iminor(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode), count);
+		iminor(file_inode(file)), count);
 
 	ret = i2c_master_send(client, tmp, count);
 	kfree(tmp);
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-proc.c b/drivers/ide/ide-proc.c
index a3133d7b2a0c..2abcc4790f12 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-proc.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-proc.c
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ static int ide_settings_proc_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 static ssize_t ide_settings_proc_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buffer,
 				       size_t count, loff_t *pos)
 {
-	ide_drive_t	*drive = (ide_drive_t *) PDE(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode)->data;
+	ide_drive_t	*drive = (ide_drive_t *) PDE(file_inode(file))->data;
 	char		name[MAX_LEN + 1];
 	int		for_real = 0, mul_factor, div_factor;
 	unsigned long	n;
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ static int ide_replace_subdriver(ide_drive_t *drive, const char *driver)
 static ssize_t ide_driver_proc_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buffer,
 				     size_t count, loff_t *pos)
 {
-	ide_drive_t	*drive = (ide_drive_t *) PDE(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode)->data;
+	ide_drive_t	*drive = (ide_drive_t *) PDE(file_inode(file))->data;
 	char name[32];
 
 	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_cmd.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_cmd.c
index 0cb0007724a2..792e7e9b376f 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_cmd.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_cmd.c
@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@ ssize_t ib_uverbs_open_xrcd(struct ib_uverbs_file *file,
 			goto err_tree_mutex_unlock;
 		}
 
-		inode = f.file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+		inode = file_inode(f.file);
 		xrcd = find_xrcd(file->device, inode);
 		if (!xrcd && !(cmd.oflags & O_CREAT)) {
 			/* no file descriptor. Need CREATE flag */
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_file_ops.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_file_ops.c
index 3eb7e454849b..aed8afee56da 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_file_ops.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_file_ops.c
@@ -1864,9 +1864,9 @@ static int ipath_assign_port(struct file *fp,
 		goto done_chk_sdma;
 	}
 
-	i_minor = iminor(fp->f_path.dentry->d_inode) - IPATH_USER_MINOR_BASE;
+	i_minor = iminor(file_inode(fp)) - IPATH_USER_MINOR_BASE;
 	ipath_cdbg(VERBOSE, "open on dev %lx (minor %d)\n",
-		   (long)fp->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_rdev, i_minor);
+		   (long)file_inode(fp)->i_rdev, i_minor);
 
 	if (i_minor)
 		ret = find_free_port(i_minor - 1, fp, uinfo);
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_fs.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_fs.c
index a4de9d58e9b4..a479375a8fd8 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_fs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_fs.c
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ static ssize_t atomic_counters_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 	struct infinipath_counters counters;
 	struct ipath_devdata *dd;
 
-	dd = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_private;
+	dd = file_inode(file)->i_private;
 	dd->ipath_f_read_counters(dd, &counters);
 
 	return simple_read_from_buffer(buf, count, ppos, &counters,
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ static ssize_t flash_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 		goto bail;
 	}
 
-	dd = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_private;
+	dd = file_inode(file)->i_private;
 	if (ipath_eeprom_read(dd, pos, tmp, count)) {
 		ipath_dev_err(dd, "failed to read from flash\n");
 		ret = -ENXIO;
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ static ssize_t flash_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 		goto bail_tmp;
 	}
 
-	dd = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_private;
+	dd = file_inode(file)->i_private;
 	if (ipath_eeprom_write(dd, pos, tmp, count)) {
 		ret = -ENXIO;
 		ipath_dev_err(dd, "failed to write to flash\n");
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_file_ops.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_file_ops.c
index 959a5c4ff812..4f7aa301b3b1 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_file_ops.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_file_ops.c
@@ -1524,7 +1524,7 @@ static int qib_assign_ctxt(struct file *fp, const struct qib_user_info *uinfo)
 		}
 	}
 
-	i_minor = iminor(fp->f_dentry->d_inode) - QIB_USER_MINOR_BASE;
+	i_minor = iminor(file_inode(fp)) - QIB_USER_MINOR_BASE;
 	if (i_minor)
 		ret = find_free_ctxt(i_minor - 1, fp, uinfo);
 	else
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_fs.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_fs.c
index 65a2a23f6f8a..644bd6f6467c 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_fs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_fs.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 
 static struct super_block *qib_super;
 
-#define private2dd(file) ((file)->f_dentry->d_inode->i_private)
+#define private2dd(file) (file_inode(file)->i_private)
 
 static int qibfs_mknod(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 		       umode_t mode, const struct file_operations *fops,
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ static const struct file_operations cntr_ops[] = {
 };
 
 /*
- * Could use file->f_dentry->d_inode->i_ino to figure out which file,
+ * Could use file_inode(file)->i_ino to figure out which file,
  * instead of separate routine for each, but for now, this works...
  */
 
diff --git a/drivers/iommu/tegra-smmu.c b/drivers/iommu/tegra-smmu.c
index fc178893789a..7db150ca163e 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/tegra-smmu.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/tegra-smmu.c
@@ -964,7 +964,6 @@ static ssize_t smmu_debugfs_stats_write(struct file *file,
 {
 	struct smmu_debugfs_info *info;
 	struct smmu_device *smmu;
-	struct dentry *dent;
 	int i;
 	enum {
 		_OFF = 0,
@@ -992,8 +991,7 @@ static ssize_t smmu_debugfs_stats_write(struct file *file,
 	if (i == ARRAY_SIZE(command))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	dent = file->f_dentry;
-	info = dent->d_inode->i_private;
+	info = file_inode(file)->i_private;
 	smmu = info->smmu;
 
 	offs = SMMU_CACHE_CONFIG(info->cache);
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/hardware/eicon/divasproc.c b/drivers/isdn/hardware/eicon/divasproc.c
index af4fd3d036c1..3a4165c61196 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/hardware/eicon/divasproc.c
+++ b/drivers/isdn/hardware/eicon/divasproc.c
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ void remove_divas_proc(void)
 static ssize_t grp_opt_proc_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buffer,
 				  size_t count, loff_t *pos)
 {
-	diva_os_xdi_adapter_t *a = PDE(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode)->data;
+	diva_os_xdi_adapter_t *a = PDE(file_inode(file))->data;
 	PISDN_ADAPTER IoAdapter = IoAdapters[a->controller - 1];
 
 	if ((count == 1) || (count == 2)) {
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ static ssize_t grp_opt_proc_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buffer,
 static ssize_t d_l1_down_proc_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buffer,
 				    size_t count, loff_t *pos)
 {
-	diva_os_xdi_adapter_t *a = PDE(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode)->data;
+	diva_os_xdi_adapter_t *a = PDE(file_inode(file))->data;
 	PISDN_ADAPTER IoAdapter = IoAdapters[a->controller - 1];
 
 	if ((count == 1) || (count == 2)) {
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ static const struct file_operations grp_opt_proc_fops = {
 static ssize_t info_proc_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buffer,
 			       size_t count, loff_t *pos)
 {
-	diva_os_xdi_adapter_t *a = PDE(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode)->data;
+	diva_os_xdi_adapter_t *a = PDE(file_inode(file))->data;
 	PISDN_ADAPTER IoAdapter = IoAdapters[a->controller - 1];
 	char c[4];
 
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/hysdn/hysdn_proclog.c b/drivers/isdn/hysdn/hysdn_proclog.c
index 88e4f0ee073c..9a3ce93665c5 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/hysdn/hysdn_proclog.c
+++ b/drivers/isdn/hysdn/hysdn_proclog.c
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ hysdn_log_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t *off)
 {
 	struct log_data *inf;
 	int len;
-	struct proc_dir_entry *pde = PDE(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	struct proc_dir_entry *pde = PDE(file_inode(file));
 	struct procdata *pd = NULL;
 	hysdn_card *card;
 
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ static unsigned int
 hysdn_log_poll(struct file *file, poll_table *wait)
 {
 	unsigned int mask = 0;
-	struct proc_dir_entry *pde = PDE(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	struct proc_dir_entry *pde = PDE(file_inode(file));
 	hysdn_card *card;
 	struct procdata *pd = NULL;
 
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/i4l/isdn_common.c b/drivers/isdn/i4l/isdn_common.c
index e2a945ee9f05..32049ed2f24c 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/i4l/isdn_common.c
+++ b/drivers/isdn/i4l/isdn_common.c
@@ -1058,7 +1058,7 @@ isdn_info_update(void)
 static ssize_t
 isdn_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t *off)
 {
-	uint minor = iminor(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	uint minor = iminor(file_inode(file));
 	int len = 0;
 	int drvidx;
 	int chidx;
@@ -1165,7 +1165,7 @@ out:
 static ssize_t
 isdn_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t *off)
 {
-	uint minor = iminor(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	uint minor = iminor(file_inode(file));
 	int drvidx;
 	int chidx;
 	int retval;
@@ -1228,7 +1228,7 @@ static unsigned int
 isdn_poll(struct file *file, poll_table *wait)
 {
 	unsigned int mask = 0;
-	unsigned int minor = iminor(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	unsigned int minor = iminor(file_inode(file));
 	int drvidx = isdn_minor2drv(minor - ISDN_MINOR_CTRL);
 
 	mutex_lock(&isdn_mutex);
@@ -1269,7 +1269,7 @@ out:
 static int
 isdn_ioctl(struct file *file, uint cmd, ulong arg)
 {
-	uint minor = iminor(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	uint minor = iminor(file_inode(file));
 	isdn_ctrl c;
 	int drvidx;
 	int ret;
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/i4l/isdn_ppp.c b/drivers/isdn/i4l/isdn_ppp.c
index 61d78fa03b1a..38ceac5053a0 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/i4l/isdn_ppp.c
+++ b/drivers/isdn/i4l/isdn_ppp.c
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ isdn_ppp_poll(struct file *file, poll_table *wait)
 
 	if (is->debug & 0x2)
 		printk(KERN_DEBUG "isdn_ppp_poll: minor: %d\n",
-		       iminor(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode));
+		       iminor(file_inode(file)));
 
 	/* just registers wait_queue hook. This doesn't really wait. */
 	poll_wait(file, &is->wq, wait);
diff --git a/drivers/md/bitmap.c b/drivers/md/bitmap.c
index 7155945f8eb8..4fd9d6aeff6a 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bitmap.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bitmap.c
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ static int read_page(struct file *file, unsigned long index,
 		     struct page *page)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct buffer_head *bh;
 	sector_t block;
 
@@ -755,7 +755,7 @@ static void bitmap_file_unmap(struct bitmap_storage *store)
 		free_buffers(sb_page);
 
 	if (file) {
-		struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+		struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 		invalidate_mapping_pages(inode->i_mapping, 0, -1);
 		fput(file);
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/zoran/zoran_procfs.c b/drivers/media/pci/zoran/zoran_procfs.c
index f1423b777db1..e084b0a21b1b 100644
--- a/drivers/media/pci/zoran/zoran_procfs.c
+++ b/drivers/media/pci/zoran/zoran_procfs.c
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ static int zoran_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 static ssize_t zoran_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buffer,
 			size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	struct zoran *zr = PDE(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode)->data;
+	struct zoran *zr = PDE(file_inode(file))->data;
 	char *string, *sp;
 	char *line, *ldelim, *varname, *svar, *tdelim;
 
diff --git a/drivers/media/rc/lirc_dev.c b/drivers/media/rc/lirc_dev.c
index ca12d3289bfe..35002367485c 100644
--- a/drivers/media/rc/lirc_dev.c
+++ b/drivers/media/rc/lirc_dev.c
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(lirc_dev_fop_close);
 
 unsigned int lirc_dev_fop_poll(struct file *file, poll_table *wait)
 {
-	struct irctl *ir = irctls[iminor(file->f_dentry->d_inode)];
+	struct irctl *ir = irctls[iminor(file_inode(file))];
 	unsigned int ret;
 
 	if (!ir) {
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ long lirc_dev_fop_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
 	__u32 mode;
 	int result = 0;
-	struct irctl *ir = irctls[iminor(file->f_dentry->d_inode)];
+	struct irctl *ir = irctls[iminor(file_inode(file))];
 
 	if (!ir) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "lirc_dev: %s: no irctl found!\n", __func__);
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ ssize_t lirc_dev_fop_read(struct file *file,
 			  size_t length,
 			  loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	struct irctl *ir = irctls[iminor(file->f_dentry->d_inode)];
+	struct irctl *ir = irctls[iminor(file_inode(file))];
 	unsigned char *buf;
 	int ret = 0, written = 0;
 	DECLARE_WAITQUEUE(wait, current);
@@ -754,10 +754,10 @@ void *lirc_get_pdata(struct file *file)
 {
 	void *data = NULL;
 
-	if (file && file->f_dentry && file->f_dentry->d_inode &&
-	    file->f_dentry->d_inode->i_rdev) {
+	if (file && file->f_dentry && file_inode(file) &&
+	    file_inode(file)->i_rdev) {
 		struct irctl *ir;
-		ir = irctls[iminor(file->f_dentry->d_inode)];
+		ir = irctls[iminor(file_inode(file))];
 		data = ir->d.data;
 	}
 
@@ -769,7 +769,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(lirc_get_pdata);
 ssize_t lirc_dev_fop_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buffer,
 			   size_t length, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	struct irctl *ir = irctls[iminor(file->f_dentry->d_inode)];
+	struct irctl *ir = irctls[iminor(file_inode(file))];
 
 	if (!ir) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: called with invalid irctl\n", __func__);
diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-dev.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-dev.c
index 98dcad9c8a3b..870de1d5667a 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-dev.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-dev.c
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ static struct class video_class = {
 
 struct video_device *video_devdata(struct file *file)
 {
-	return video_device[iminor(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode)];
+	return video_device[iminor(file_inode(file))];
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(video_devdata);
 
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/cdev.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/cdev.c
index dfcc65b33e99..4f02848bb2bc 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/cdev.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/cdev.c
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ static int vol_cdev_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end,
 {
 	struct ubi_volume_desc *desc = file->private_data;
 	struct ubi_device *ubi = desc->vol->ubi;
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	int err;
 	mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
 	err = ubi_sync(ubi->ubi_num);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c
index f0718e1a8369..8fb1ccfe74dc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c
@@ -2336,7 +2336,7 @@ static ssize_t mem_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t count,
 			loff_t *ppos)
 {
 	loff_t pos = *ppos;
-	loff_t avail = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_size;
+	loff_t avail = file_inode(file)->i_size;
 	unsigned int mem = (uintptr_t)file->private_data & 3;
 	struct adapter *adap = file->private_data - mem;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wan/cosa.c b/drivers/net/wan/cosa.c
index 6aed238e573e..1505509728aa 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wan/cosa.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wan/cosa.c
@@ -939,14 +939,14 @@ static int cosa_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	mutex_lock(&cosa_chardev_mutex);
-	if ((n=iminor(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode)>>CARD_MINOR_BITS)
+	if ((n=iminor(file_inode(file))>>CARD_MINOR_BITS)
 		>= nr_cards) {
 		ret = -ENODEV;
 		goto out;
 	}
 	cosa = cosa_cards+n;
 
-	if ((n=iminor(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode)
+	if ((n=iminor(file_inode(file))
 		& ((1<<CARD_MINOR_BITS)-1)) >= cosa->nchannels) {
 		ret = -ENODEV;
 		goto out;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ray_cs.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ray_cs.c
index 598ca1cafb95..5311ba1dcd2c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ray_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ray_cs.c
@@ -2769,7 +2769,7 @@ static ssize_t int_proc_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buffer,
 		nr = nr * 10 + c;
 		p++;
 	} while (--len);
-	*(int *)PDE(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode)->data = nr;
+	*(int *)PDE(file_inode(file))->data = nr;
 	return count;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/parisc/led.c b/drivers/parisc/led.c
index f2f501e5b6a0..d4d800c54d86 100644
--- a/drivers/parisc/led.c
+++ b/drivers/parisc/led.c
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ static int led_proc_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 static ssize_t led_proc_write(struct file *file, const char *buf,
 	size_t count, loff_t *pos)
 {
-	void *data = PDE(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode)->data;
+	void *data = PDE(file_inode(file))->data;
 	char *cur, lbuf[32];
 	int d;
 
diff --git a/drivers/pci/proc.c b/drivers/pci/proc.c
index 9b8505ccc56d..0b009470e6db 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/proc.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/proc.c
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ static loff_t
 proc_bus_pci_lseek(struct file *file, loff_t off, int whence)
 {
 	loff_t new = -1;
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 
 	mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
 	switch (whence) {
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ proc_bus_pci_lseek(struct file *file, loff_t off, int whence)
 static ssize_t
 proc_bus_pci_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t nbytes, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	const struct inode *ino = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	const struct inode *ino = file_inode(file);
 	const struct proc_dir_entry *dp = PDE(ino);
 	struct pci_dev *dev = dp->data;
 	unsigned int pos = *ppos;
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ proc_bus_pci_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t nbytes, loff_t *pp
 static ssize_t
 proc_bus_pci_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf, size_t nbytes, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	struct inode *ino = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *ino = file_inode(file);
 	const struct proc_dir_entry *dp = PDE(ino);
 	struct pci_dev *dev = dp->data;
 	int pos = *ppos;
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ struct pci_filp_private {
 static long proc_bus_pci_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
 			       unsigned long arg)
 {
-	const struct proc_dir_entry *dp = PDE(file->f_dentry->d_inode);
+	const struct proc_dir_entry *dp = PDE(file_inode(file));
 	struct pci_dev *dev = dp->data;
 #ifdef HAVE_PCI_MMAP
 	struct pci_filp_private *fpriv = file->private_data;
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ static long proc_bus_pci_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
 #ifdef HAVE_PCI_MMAP
 static int proc_bus_pci_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	const struct proc_dir_entry *dp = PDE(inode);
 	struct pci_dev *dev = dp->data;
 	struct pci_filp_private *fpriv = file->private_data;
diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/sony-laptop.c b/drivers/platform/x86/sony-laptop.c
index b8ad71f7863f..8853d013a716 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/sony-laptop.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/sony-laptop.c
@@ -3566,7 +3566,7 @@ static ssize_t sonypi_misc_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 	}
 
 	if (ret > 0) {
-		struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+		struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 		inode->i_atime = current_fs_time(inode->i_sb);
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c
index f946ca7cb762..05dfd569d912 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c
@@ -852,7 +852,7 @@ static ssize_t dispatch_proc_write(struct file *file,
 			const char __user *userbuf,
 			size_t count, loff_t *pos)
 {
-	struct ibm_struct *ibm = PDE(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode)->data;
+	struct ibm_struct *ibm = PDE(file_inode(file))->data;
 	char *kernbuf;
 	int ret;
 
diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/toshiba_acpi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/toshiba_acpi.c
index c2727895794c..6fba80ad3bca 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/toshiba_acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/toshiba_acpi.c
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ static int set_lcd_status(struct backlight_device *bd)
 static ssize_t lcd_proc_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 			      size_t count, loff_t *pos)
 {
-	struct toshiba_acpi_dev *dev = PDE(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode)->data;
+	struct toshiba_acpi_dev *dev = PDE(file_inode(file))->data;
 	char cmd[42];
 	size_t len;
 	int value;
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ static int video_proc_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 static ssize_t video_proc_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 				size_t count, loff_t *pos)
 {
-	struct toshiba_acpi_dev *dev = PDE(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode)->data;
+	struct toshiba_acpi_dev *dev = PDE(file_inode(file))->data;
 	char *cmd, *buffer;
 	int ret;
 	int value;
@@ -750,7 +750,7 @@ static int fan_proc_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 static ssize_t fan_proc_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 			      size_t count, loff_t *pos)
 {
-	struct toshiba_acpi_dev *dev = PDE(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode)->data;
+	struct toshiba_acpi_dev *dev = PDE(file_inode(file))->data;
 	char cmd[42];
 	size_t len;
 	int value;
@@ -822,7 +822,7 @@ static int keys_proc_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 static ssize_t keys_proc_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 			       size_t count, loff_t *pos)
 {
-	struct toshiba_acpi_dev *dev = PDE(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode)->data;
+	struct toshiba_acpi_dev *dev = PDE(file_inode(file))->data;
 	char cmd[42];
 	size_t len;
 	int value;
diff --git a/drivers/pnp/isapnp/proc.c b/drivers/pnp/isapnp/proc.c
index 315b3112aca8..65f735ac6b3b 100644
--- a/drivers/pnp/isapnp/proc.c
+++ b/drivers/pnp/isapnp/proc.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ static struct proc_dir_entry *isapnp_proc_bus_dir = NULL;
 static loff_t isapnp_proc_bus_lseek(struct file *file, loff_t off, int whence)
 {
 	loff_t new = -1;
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 
 	mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
 	switch (whence) {
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ static loff_t isapnp_proc_bus_lseek(struct file *file, loff_t off, int whence)
 static ssize_t isapnp_proc_bus_read(struct file *file, char __user * buf,
 				    size_t nbytes, loff_t * ppos)
 {
-	struct inode *ino = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *ino = file_inode(file);
 	struct proc_dir_entry *dp = PDE(ino);
 	struct pnp_dev *dev = dp->data;
 	int pos = *ppos;
diff --git a/drivers/pnp/pnpbios/proc.c b/drivers/pnp/pnpbios/proc.c
index bc89f392a629..63ddb0173456 100644
--- a/drivers/pnp/pnpbios/proc.c
+++ b/drivers/pnp/pnpbios/proc.c
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ static int pnpbios_proc_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 static ssize_t pnpbios_proc_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 				  size_t count, loff_t *pos)
 {
-	void *data = PDE(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode)->data;
+	void *data = PDE(file_inode(file))->data;
 	struct pnp_bios_node *node;
 	int boot = (long)data >> 8;
 	u8 nodenum = (long)data;
diff --git a/drivers/s390/char/fs3270.c b/drivers/s390/char/fs3270.c
index 911704571b9c..5acdc5f7dae8 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/char/fs3270.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/char/fs3270.c
@@ -433,9 +433,9 @@ fs3270_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 	struct idal_buffer *ib;
 	int minor, rc = 0;
 
-	if (imajor(filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode) != IBM_FS3270_MAJOR)
+	if (imajor(file_inode(filp)) != IBM_FS3270_MAJOR)
 		return -ENODEV;
-	minor = iminor(filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	minor = iminor(file_inode(filp));
 	/* Check for minor 0 multiplexer. */
 	if (minor == 0) {
 		struct tty_struct *tty = get_current_tty();
diff --git a/drivers/s390/char/tape_char.c b/drivers/s390/char/tape_char.c
index 2d61db3fc62a..6dc60725de92 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/char/tape_char.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/char/tape_char.c
@@ -273,13 +273,13 @@ tapechar_open (struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 	int minor, rc;
 
 	DBF_EVENT(6, "TCHAR:open: %i:%i\n",
-		imajor(filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode),
-		iminor(filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode));
+		imajor(file_inode(filp)),
+		iminor(file_inode(filp)));
 
-	if (imajor(filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode) != tapechar_major)
+	if (imajor(file_inode(filp)) != tapechar_major)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	minor = iminor(filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	minor = iminor(file_inode(filp));
 	device = tape_find_device(minor / TAPE_MINORS_PER_DEV);
 	if (IS_ERR(device)) {
 		DBF_EVENT(3, "TCHAR:open: tape_find_device() failed\n");
diff --git a/drivers/s390/char/vmur.c b/drivers/s390/char/vmur.c
index 483f72ba030d..c180e3135b3b 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/char/vmur.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/char/vmur.c
@@ -703,7 +703,7 @@ static int ur_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	 * We treat the minor number as the devno of the ur device
 	 * to find in the driver tree.
 	 */
-	devno = MINOR(file->f_dentry->d_inode->i_rdev);
+	devno = MINOR(file_inode(file)->i_rdev);
 
 	urd = urdev_get_from_devno(devno);
 	if (!urd) {
diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/qdio_debug.c b/drivers/s390/cio/qdio_debug.c
index e6e0d31c02ac..749b72739c4a 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/qdio_debug.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/qdio_debug.c
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ static int qstat_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 static int qstat_seq_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 {
 	return single_open(filp, qstat_show,
-			   filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_private);
+			   file_inode(filp)->i_private);
 }
 
 static const struct file_operations debugfs_fops = {
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ static ssize_t qperf_seq_write(struct file *file, const char __user *ubuf,
 static int qperf_seq_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 {
 	return single_open(filp, qperf_show,
-			   filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_private);
+			   file_inode(filp)->i_private);
 }
 
 static struct file_operations debugfs_perf_fops = {
diff --git a/drivers/sbus/char/display7seg.c b/drivers/sbus/char/display7seg.c
index e85c803b30cd..fc1339cf91ac 100644
--- a/drivers/sbus/char/display7seg.c
+++ b/drivers/sbus/char/display7seg.c
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ static long d7s_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 	int error = 0;
 	u8 ireg = 0;
 
-	if (D7S_MINOR != iminor(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode))
+	if (D7S_MINOR != iminor(file_inode(file)))
 		return -ENODEV;
 
 	mutex_lock(&d7s_mutex);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/3w-9xxx.c b/drivers/scsi/3w-9xxx.c
index d1f0120cdb98..5e1e12c0cf42 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/3w-9xxx.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/3w-9xxx.c
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ out:
 /* This function handles ioctl for the character device */
 static long twa_chrdev_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	long timeout;
 	unsigned long *cpu_addr, data_buffer_length_adjusted = 0, flags = 0;
 	dma_addr_t dma_handle;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/3w-sas.c b/drivers/scsi/3w-sas.c
index 52a2f0580d97..c845bdbeb6c0 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/3w-sas.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/3w-sas.c
@@ -757,7 +757,7 @@ static long twl_chrdev_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long
 	dma_addr_t dma_handle;
 	int request_id = 0;
 	TW_Ioctl_Driver_Command driver_command;
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	TW_Ioctl_Buf_Apache *tw_ioctl;
 	TW_Command_Full *full_command_packet;
 	TW_Device_Extension *tw_dev = twl_device_extension_list[iminor(inode)];
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/3w-xxxx.c b/drivers/scsi/3w-xxxx.c
index 62071d2fc1ce..56662ae03dea 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/3w-xxxx.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/3w-xxxx.c
@@ -889,7 +889,7 @@ static long tw_chrdev_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long a
 	unsigned long flags;
 	unsigned int data_buffer_length = 0;
 	unsigned long data_buffer_length_adjusted = 0;
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	unsigned long *cpu_addr;
 	long timeout;
 	TW_New_Ioctl *tw_ioctl;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/csiostor/csio_init.c b/drivers/scsi/csiostor/csio_init.c
index b42cbbd3d92d..c323b2030afa 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/csiostor/csio_init.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/csiostor/csio_init.c
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ static ssize_t
 csio_mem_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
 	loff_t pos = *ppos;
-	loff_t avail = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_size;
+	loff_t avail = file_inode(file)->i_size;
 	unsigned int mem = (uintptr_t)file->private_data & 3;
 	struct csio_hw *hw = file->private_data - mem;
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/dpt_i2o.c b/drivers/scsi/dpt_i2o.c
index b4f6c9a84e71..b6e2700ec1c6 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/dpt_i2o.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/dpt_i2o.c
@@ -2161,7 +2161,7 @@ static long adpt_unlocked_ioctl(struct file *file, uint cmd, ulong arg)
 	struct inode *inode;
 	long ret;
  
-	inode = file->f_dentry->d_inode;
+	inode = file_inode(file);
  
 	mutex_lock(&adpt_mutex);
 	ret = adpt_ioctl(inode, file, cmd, arg);
@@ -2177,7 +2177,7 @@ static long compat_adpt_ioctl(struct file *file,
 	struct inode *inode;
 	long ret;
  
-	inode = file->f_dentry->d_inode;
+	inode = file_inode(file);
  
 	mutex_lock(&adpt_mutex);
  
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/st.c b/drivers/scsi/st.c
index 98156a97c472..3e2b3717cb5c 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/st.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/st.c
@@ -977,7 +977,7 @@ static int check_tape(struct scsi_tape *STp, struct file *filp)
 	struct st_modedef *STm;
 	struct st_partstat *STps;
 	char *name = tape_name(STp);
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	int mode = TAPE_MODE(inode);
 
 	STp->ready = ST_READY;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/bcm/Misc.c b/drivers/staging/bcm/Misc.c
index c92078e7fe86..5d5d95de081e 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/bcm/Misc.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/bcm/Misc.c
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ static int BcmFileDownload(struct bcm_mini_adapter *Adapter, const char *path, u
 		BCM_DEBUG_PRINT(Adapter, DBG_TYPE_INITEXIT, MP_INIT, DBG_LVL_ALL, "Unable to Open %s\n", path);
 		return -ENOENT;
 	}
-	BCM_DEBUG_PRINT(Adapter, DBG_TYPE_INITEXIT, MP_INIT, DBG_LVL_ALL, "Opened file is = %s and length =0x%lx to be downloaded at =0x%x", path, (unsigned long)flp->f_dentry->d_inode->i_size, loc);
+	BCM_DEBUG_PRINT(Adapter, DBG_TYPE_INITEXIT, MP_INIT, DBG_LVL_ALL, "Opened file is = %s and length =0x%lx to be downloaded at =0x%x", path, (unsigned long)file_inode(flp)->i_size, loc);
 	do_gettimeofday(&tv);
 
 	BCM_DEBUG_PRINT(Adapter, DBG_TYPE_INITEXIT, MP_INIT, DBG_LVL_ALL, "download start %lx", ((tv.tv_sec * 1000) + (tv.tv_usec / 1000)));
diff --git a/drivers/staging/ccg/f_mass_storage.c b/drivers/staging/ccg/f_mass_storage.c
index 4f1142efa6d1..20bc2b454ac2 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/ccg/f_mass_storage.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/ccg/f_mass_storage.c
@@ -998,7 +998,7 @@ static int do_synchronize_cache(struct fsg_common *common)
 static void invalidate_sub(struct fsg_lun *curlun)
 {
 	struct file	*filp = curlun->filp;
-	struct inode	*inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode	*inode = file_inode(filp);
 	unsigned long	rc;
 
 	rc = invalidate_mapping_pages(inode->i_mapping, 0, -1);
diff --git a/drivers/staging/ccg/rndis.c b/drivers/staging/ccg/rndis.c
index e4192b887de9..d9297eebbf73 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/ccg/rndis.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/ccg/rndis.c
@@ -1065,7 +1065,7 @@ static int rndis_proc_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 static ssize_t rndis_proc_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buffer,
 				size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	rndis_params *p = PDE(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode)->data;
+	rndis_params *p = PDE(file_inode(file))->data;
 	u32 speed = 0;
 	int i, fl_speed = 0;
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/ccg/storage_common.c b/drivers/staging/ccg/storage_common.c
index 8d9bcd8207c8..abb01ac74cec 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/ccg/storage_common.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/ccg/storage_common.c
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ static int fsg_lun_open(struct fsg_lun *curlun, const char *filename)
 	if (!(filp->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE))
 		ro = 1;
 
-	inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	inode = file_inode(filp);
 	if ((!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) && !S_ISBLK(inode->i_mode))) {
 		LINFO(curlun, "invalid file type: %s\n", filename);
 		goto out;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/dgrp/dgrp_specproc.c b/drivers/staging/dgrp/dgrp_specproc.c
index c214078a89e9..b2bda32254ac 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/dgrp/dgrp_specproc.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/dgrp/dgrp_specproc.c
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ static int dgrp_gen_proc_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	struct dgrp_proc_entry *entry;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	de = (struct proc_dir_entry *) PDE(file->f_dentry->d_inode);
+	de = (struct proc_dir_entry *) PDE(file_inode(file));
 	if (!de || !de->data) {
 		ret = -ENXIO;
 		goto done;
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ static int dgrp_gen_proc_close(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	struct proc_dir_entry *de;
 	struct dgrp_proc_entry *entry;
 
-	de = (struct proc_dir_entry *) PDE(file->f_dentry->d_inode);
+	de = (struct proc_dir_entry *) PDE(file_inode(file));
 	if (!de || !de->data)
 		goto done;
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/omapdrm/omap_gem_helpers.c b/drivers/staging/omapdrm/omap_gem_helpers.c
index ffb8cceaeb46..7d1b64a7404b 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/omapdrm/omap_gem_helpers.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/omapdrm/omap_gem_helpers.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ struct page **_drm_gem_get_pages(struct drm_gem_object *obj, gfp_t gfpmask)
 	int i, npages;
 
 	/* This is the shared memory object that backs the GEM resource */
-	inode = obj->filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	inode = file_inode(obj->filp);
 	mapping = inode->i_mapping;
 
 	npages = obj->size >> PAGE_SHIFT;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/usbip/usbip_common.c b/drivers/staging/usbip/usbip_common.c
index 75189feac380..773014c7c752 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/usbip/usbip_common.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/usbip/usbip_common.c
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ struct socket *sockfd_to_socket(unsigned int sockfd)
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	inode = file->f_dentry->d_inode;
+	inode = file_inode(file);
 
 	if (!inode || !S_ISSOCK(inode->i_mode)) {
 		fput(file);
diff --git a/drivers/staging/vme/devices/vme_user.c b/drivers/staging/vme/devices/vme_user.c
index 4ef852c4c4e1..869ce93ee204 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/vme/devices/vme_user.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/vme/devices/vme_user.c
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ static ssize_t buffer_from_user(unsigned int minor, const char __user *buf,
 static ssize_t vme_user_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t count,
 			loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	unsigned int minor = MINOR(file->f_dentry->d_inode->i_rdev);
+	unsigned int minor = MINOR(file_inode(file)->i_rdev);
 	ssize_t retval;
 	size_t image_size;
 	size_t okcount;
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ static ssize_t vme_user_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t count,
 static ssize_t vme_user_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 			size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	unsigned int minor = MINOR(file->f_dentry->d_inode->i_rdev);
+	unsigned int minor = MINOR(file_inode(file)->i_rdev);
 	ssize_t retval;
 	size_t image_size;
 	size_t okcount;
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ static ssize_t vme_user_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 static loff_t vme_user_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t off, int whence)
 {
 	loff_t absolute = -1;
-	unsigned int minor = MINOR(file->f_dentry->d_inode->i_rdev);
+	unsigned int minor = MINOR(file_inode(file)->i_rdev);
 	size_t image_size;
 
 	if (minor == CONTROL_MINOR)
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ vme_user_unlocked_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 	int ret;
 
 	mutex_lock(&vme_user_mutex);
-	ret = vme_user_ioctl(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode, file, cmd, arg);
+	ret = vme_user_ioctl(file_inode(file), file, cmd, arg);
 	mutex_unlock(&vme_user_mutex);
 
 	return ret;
diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_file.c b/drivers/target/target_core_file.c
index b9c88497e8f0..a65d507b0b0c 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_file.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_file.c
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ static int fd_do_rw(struct se_cmd *cmd, struct scatterlist *sgl,
 		 * the expected virt_size for struct file w/o a backing struct
 		 * block_device.
 		 */
-		if (S_ISBLK(fd->f_dentry->d_inode->i_mode)) {
+		if (S_ISBLK(file_inode(fd)->i_mode)) {
 			if (ret < 0 || ret != cmd->data_length) {
 				pr_err("%s() returned %d, expecting %u for "
 						"S_ISBLK\n", __func__, ret,
diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c
index fa7268a93c06..e4ca345873c3 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ vcs_poll_data_get(struct file *file)
 	poll = kzalloc(sizeof(*poll), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!poll)
 		return NULL;
-	poll->cons_num = iminor(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode) & 127;
+	poll->cons_num = iminor(file_inode(file)) & 127;
 	init_waitqueue_head(&poll->waitq);
 	poll->notifier.notifier_call = vcs_notifier;
 	if (register_vt_notifier(&poll->notifier) != 0) {
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ static loff_t vcs_lseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int orig)
 	int size;
 
 	console_lock();
-	size = vcs_size(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	size = vcs_size(file_inode(file));
 	console_unlock();
 	if (size < 0)
 		return size;
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ static loff_t vcs_lseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int orig)
 static ssize_t
 vcs_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	unsigned int currcons = iminor(inode);
 	struct vc_data *vc;
 	struct vcs_poll_data *poll;
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ unlock_out:
 static ssize_t
 vcs_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	unsigned int currcons = iminor(inode);
 	struct vc_data *vc;
 	long pos;
diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/devices.c b/drivers/usb/core/devices.c
index cbacea933b18..2c42e06f9717 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/devices.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/devices.c
@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@ static loff_t usb_device_lseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int orig)
 {
 	loff_t ret;
 
-	mutex_lock(&file->f_dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
+	mutex_lock(&file_inode(file)->i_mutex);
 
 	switch (orig) {
 	case 0:
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ static loff_t usb_device_lseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int orig)
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	mutex_unlock(&file->f_dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
+	mutex_unlock(&file_inode(file)->i_mutex);
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/devio.c b/drivers/usb/core/devio.c
index b78fbe222b72..6e8af6ddb5f7 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/devio.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/devio.c
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ static loff_t usbdev_lseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int orig)
 {
 	loff_t ret;
 
-	mutex_lock(&file->f_dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
+	mutex_lock(&file_inode(file)->i_mutex);
 
 	switch (orig) {
 	case 0:
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ static loff_t usbdev_lseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int orig)
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	mutex_unlock(&file->f_dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
+	mutex_unlock(&file_inode(file)->i_mutex);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -1970,7 +1970,7 @@ static long usbdev_do_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
 				void __user *p)
 {
 	struct dev_state *ps = file->private_data;
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct usb_device *dev = ps->dev;
 	int ret = -ENOTTY;
 
diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/atmel_usba_udc.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/atmel_usba_udc.c
index a7aed84d98c9..fd49dba53613 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/atmel_usba_udc.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/atmel_usba_udc.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ static ssize_t queue_dbg_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 	if (!access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, buf, nbytes))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
-	mutex_lock(&file->f_dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
+	mutex_lock(&file_inode(file)->i_mutex);
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(req, tmp_req, queue, queue) {
 		len = snprintf(tmpbuf, sizeof(tmpbuf),
 				"%8p %08x %c%c%c %5d %c%c%c\n",
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ static ssize_t queue_dbg_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 		nbytes -= len;
 		buf += len;
 	}
-	mutex_unlock(&file->f_dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
+	mutex_unlock(&file_inode(file)->i_mutex);
 
 	return actual;
 }
@@ -168,13 +168,13 @@ out:
 static ssize_t regs_dbg_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 		size_t nbytes, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	int ret;
 
 	mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
 	ret = simple_read_from_buffer(buf, nbytes, ppos,
 			file->private_data,
-			file->f_dentry->d_inode->i_size);
+			file_inode(file)->i_size);
 	mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
 
 	return ret;
diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/f_mass_storage.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/f_mass_storage.c
index 5d027b3e1ef0..50a46a429efb 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/f_mass_storage.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/f_mass_storage.c
@@ -992,7 +992,7 @@ static int do_synchronize_cache(struct fsg_common *common)
 static void invalidate_sub(struct fsg_lun *curlun)
 {
 	struct file	*filp = curlun->filp;
-	struct inode	*inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode	*inode = file_inode(filp);
 	unsigned long	rc;
 
 	rc = invalidate_mapping_pages(inode->i_mapping, 0, -1);
diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/printer.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/printer.c
index 35bcc83d1e04..bf7a56b6d48a 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/printer.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/printer.c
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ static int
 printer_fsync(struct file *fd, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
 {
 	struct printer_dev	*dev = fd->private_data;
-	struct inode *inode = fd->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(fd);
 	unsigned long		flags;
 	int			tx_list_empty;
 
diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/rndis.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/rndis.c
index e4192b887de9..d9297eebbf73 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/rndis.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/rndis.c
@@ -1065,7 +1065,7 @@ static int rndis_proc_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 static ssize_t rndis_proc_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buffer,
 				size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	rndis_params *p = PDE(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode)->data;
+	rndis_params *p = PDE(file_inode(file))->data;
 	u32 speed = 0;
 	int i, fl_speed = 0;
 
diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/storage_common.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/storage_common.c
index 0e3ae43454a2..b5d3f0eeeb7d 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/storage_common.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/storage_common.c
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ static int fsg_lun_open(struct fsg_lun *curlun, const char *filename)
 	if (!(filp->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE))
 		ro = 1;
 
-	inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	inode = file_inode(filp);
 	if ((!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) && !S_ISBLK(inode->i_mode))) {
 		LINFO(curlun, "invalid file type: %s\n", filename);
 		goto out;
diff --git a/drivers/video/fb_defio.c b/drivers/video/fb_defio.c
index 88cad6b8b479..900aa4ecd617 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fb_defio.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fb_defio.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ static int fb_deferred_io_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 int fb_deferred_io_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
 {
 	struct fb_info *info = file->private_data;
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	int err = filemap_write_and_wait_range(inode->i_mapping, start, end);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbmem.c b/drivers/video/fbmem.c
index 3ff0105a496a..bf01980c9554 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbmem.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbmem.c
@@ -727,7 +727,7 @@ static const struct file_operations fb_proc_fops = {
  */
 static struct fb_info *file_fb_info(struct file *file)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	int fbidx = iminor(inode);
 	struct fb_info *info = registered_fb[fbidx];
 
diff --git a/drivers/video/msm/mdp.c b/drivers/video/msm/mdp.c
index f2566c19e71c..113c7876c855 100644
--- a/drivers/video/msm/mdp.c
+++ b/drivers/video/msm/mdp.c
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ int get_img(struct mdp_img *img, struct fb_info *info,
 	if (f.file == NULL)
 		return -1;
 
-	if (MAJOR(f.file->f_dentry->d_inode->i_rdev) == FB_MAJOR) {
+	if (MAJOR(file_inode(f.file)->i_rdev) == FB_MAJOR) {
 		*start = info->fix.smem_start;
 		*len = info->fix.smem_len;
 	} else
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/cpwd.c b/drivers/watchdog/cpwd.c
index 11d55ce5ca81..70387582843f 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/cpwd.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/cpwd.c
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ static long cpwd_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 		.identity		= DRIVER_NAME,
 	};
 	void __user *argp = (void __user *)arg;
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	int index = iminor(inode) - WD0_MINOR;
 	struct cpwd *p = cpwd_device;
 	int setopt = 0;
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ static long cpwd_compat_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
 static ssize_t cpwd_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 			  size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct cpwd *p = cpwd_device;
 	int index = iminor(inode);
 
diff --git a/drivers/zorro/proc.c b/drivers/zorro/proc.c
index 988880dcee75..73b33837e12c 100644
--- a/drivers/zorro/proc.c
+++ b/drivers/zorro/proc.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ static loff_t
 proc_bus_zorro_lseek(struct file *file, loff_t off, int whence)
 {
 	loff_t new = -1;
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 
 	mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
 	switch (whence) {
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ proc_bus_zorro_lseek(struct file *file, loff_t off, int whence)
 static ssize_t
 proc_bus_zorro_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t nbytes, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	struct inode *ino = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *ino = file_inode(file);
 	struct proc_dir_entry *dp = PDE(ino);
 	struct zorro_dev *z = dp->data;
 	struct ConfigDev cd;
diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_file.c b/fs/9p/vfs_file.c
index c2483e97beee..3356e3ed5115 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_file.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_file.c
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ out_error:
 static int v9fs_file_lock(struct file *filp, int cmd, struct file_lock *fl)
 {
 	int res = 0;
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 
 	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "filp: %p lock: %p\n", filp, fl);
 
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ static int v9fs_file_getlock(struct file *filp, struct file_lock *fl)
 
 static int v9fs_file_lock_dotl(struct file *filp, int cmd, struct file_lock *fl)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	int ret = -ENOLCK;
 
 	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "filp: %p cmd:%d lock: %p name: %s\n",
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ out_err:
 static int v9fs_file_flock_dotl(struct file *filp, int cmd,
 	struct file_lock *fl)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	int ret = -ENOLCK;
 
 	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "filp: %p cmd:%d lock: %p name: %s\n",
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ v9fs_file_write(struct file *filp, const char __user * data,
 	if (!count)
 		goto out;
 
-	retval = v9fs_file_write_internal(filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode,
+	retval = v9fs_file_write_internal(file_inode(filp),
 					filp->private_data,
 					data, count, &origin, 1);
 	/* update offset on successful write */
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ v9fs_vm_page_mkwrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf)
 	struct v9fs_inode *v9inode;
 	struct page *page = vmf->page;
 	struct file *filp = vma->vm_file;
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 
 
 	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "page %p fid %lx\n",
diff --git a/fs/adfs/dir.c b/fs/adfs/dir.c
index b3be2e7c5643..9cf874ce8336 100644
--- a/fs/adfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/adfs/dir.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ static DEFINE_RWLOCK(adfs_dir_lock);
 static int
 adfs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
 	struct adfs_dir_ops *ops = ADFS_SB(sb)->s_dir;
 	struct object_info obj;
diff --git a/fs/affs/dir.c b/fs/affs/dir.c
index 8ca8f3a55599..fd11a6d608ee 100644
--- a/fs/affs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/affs/dir.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ const struct inode_operations affs_dir_inode_operations = {
 static int
 affs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 {
-	struct inode		*inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode		*inode = file_inode(filp);
 	struct super_block	*sb = inode->i_sb;
 	struct buffer_head	*dir_bh;
 	struct buffer_head	*fh_bh;
diff --git a/fs/afs/dir.c b/fs/afs/dir.c
index db477906ba4f..7a465ed04444 100644
--- a/fs/afs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/afs/dir.c
@@ -393,12 +393,12 @@ static int afs_readdir(struct file *file, void *cookie, filldir_t filldir)
 	int ret;
 
 	_enter("{%Ld,{%lu}}",
-	       file->f_pos, file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_ino);
+	       file->f_pos, file_inode(file)->i_ino);
 
 	ASSERT(file->private_data != NULL);
 
 	fpos = file->f_pos;
-	ret = afs_dir_iterate(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode, &fpos,
+	ret = afs_dir_iterate(file_inode(file), &fpos,
 			      cookie, filldir, file->private_data);
 	file->f_pos = fpos;
 
diff --git a/fs/afs/flock.c b/fs/afs/flock.c
index 757d664575dd..2497bf306c70 100644
--- a/fs/afs/flock.c
+++ b/fs/afs/flock.c
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ error:
  */
 int afs_lock(struct file *file, int cmd, struct file_lock *fl)
 {
-	struct afs_vnode *vnode = AFS_FS_I(file->f_dentry->d_inode);
+	struct afs_vnode *vnode = AFS_FS_I(file_inode(file));
 
 	_enter("{%x:%u},%d,{t=%x,fl=%x,r=%Ld:%Ld}",
 	       vnode->fid.vid, vnode->fid.vnode, cmd,
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ int afs_lock(struct file *file, int cmd, struct file_lock *fl)
  */
 int afs_flock(struct file *file, int cmd, struct file_lock *fl)
 {
-	struct afs_vnode *vnode = AFS_FS_I(file->f_dentry->d_inode);
+	struct afs_vnode *vnode = AFS_FS_I(file_inode(file));
 
 	_enter("{%x:%u},%d,{t=%x,fl=%x}",
 	       vnode->fid.vid, vnode->fid.vnode, cmd,
diff --git a/fs/afs/write.c b/fs/afs/write.c
index 9aa52d93c73c..7e03eadb40c0 100644
--- a/fs/afs/write.c
+++ b/fs/afs/write.c
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ int afs_write_begin(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
 		    struct page **pagep, void **fsdata)
 {
 	struct afs_writeback *candidate, *wb;
-	struct afs_vnode *vnode = AFS_FS_I(file->f_dentry->d_inode);
+	struct afs_vnode *vnode = AFS_FS_I(file_inode(file));
 	struct page *page;
 	struct key *key = file->private_data;
 	unsigned from = pos & (PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - 1);
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ int afs_write_end(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
 		  loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned copied,
 		  struct page *page, void *fsdata)
 {
-	struct afs_vnode *vnode = AFS_FS_I(file->f_dentry->d_inode);
+	struct afs_vnode *vnode = AFS_FS_I(file_inode(file));
 	loff_t i_size, maybe_i_size;
 
 	_enter("{%x:%u},{%lx}",
@@ -627,8 +627,7 @@ void afs_pages_written_back(struct afs_vnode *vnode, struct afs_call *call)
 ssize_t afs_file_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
 		       unsigned long nr_segs, loff_t pos)
 {
-	struct dentry *dentry = iocb->ki_filp->f_path.dentry;
-	struct afs_vnode *vnode = AFS_FS_I(dentry->d_inode);
+	struct afs_vnode *vnode = AFS_FS_I(file_inode(iocb->ki_filp));
 	ssize_t result;
 	size_t count = iov_length(iov, nr_segs);
 
diff --git a/fs/autofs4/autofs_i.h b/fs/autofs4/autofs_i.h
index b785e7707959..3f1128b37e46 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/autofs_i.h
+++ b/fs/autofs4/autofs_i.h
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ static inline int autofs_prepare_pipe(struct file *pipe)
 {
 	if (!pipe->f_op || !pipe->f_op->write)
 		return -EINVAL;
-	if (!S_ISFIFO(pipe->f_dentry->d_inode->i_mode))
+	if (!S_ISFIFO(file_inode(pipe)->i_mode))
 		return -EINVAL;
 	/* We want a packet pipe */
 	pipe->f_flags |= O_DIRECT;
diff --git a/fs/autofs4/dev-ioctl.c b/fs/autofs4/dev-ioctl.c
index 9f68a37bb2b2..743c7c2c949d 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/dev-ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/autofs4/dev-ioctl.c
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ static struct autofs_sb_info *autofs_dev_ioctl_sbi(struct file *f)
 	struct inode *inode;
 
 	if (f) {
-		inode = f->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+		inode = file_inode(f);
 		sbi = autofs4_sbi(inode->i_sb);
 	}
 	return sbi;
diff --git a/fs/autofs4/root.c b/fs/autofs4/root.c
index c93447604da8..3cdf835e8b49 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/root.c
+++ b/fs/autofs4/root.c
@@ -874,7 +874,7 @@ static int autofs4_root_ioctl_unlocked(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp,
 static long autofs4_root_ioctl(struct file *filp,
 			       unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	return autofs4_root_ioctl_unlocked(inode, filp, cmd, arg);
 }
 
@@ -882,7 +882,7 @@ static long autofs4_root_ioctl(struct file *filp,
 static long autofs4_root_compat_ioctl(struct file *filp,
 			     unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	int ret;
 
 	if (cmd == AUTOFS_IOC_READY || cmd == AUTOFS_IOC_FAIL)
diff --git a/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c b/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
index 2b3bda8d5e68..c8f4e25eb9e2 100644
--- a/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
+++ b/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ befs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int flags)
 static int
 befs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
 	befs_data_stream *ds = &BEFS_I(inode)->i_data.ds;
 	befs_off_t value;
diff --git a/fs/bfs/dir.c b/fs/bfs/dir.c
index 2785ef91191a..3f422f6bb5ca 100644
--- a/fs/bfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/bfs/dir.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ static struct buffer_head *bfs_find_entry(struct inode *dir,
 
 static int bfs_readdir(struct file *f, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 {
-	struct inode *dir = f->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *dir = file_inode(f);
 	struct buffer_head *bh;
 	struct bfs_dirent *de;
 	struct bfs_sb_info *info = BFS_SB(dir->i_sb);
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_aout.c b/fs/binfmt_aout.c
index 6043567b95c2..bbc8f8827eac 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_aout.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_aout.c
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ static int load_aout_binary(struct linux_binprm * bprm)
 	if ((N_MAGIC(ex) != ZMAGIC && N_MAGIC(ex) != OMAGIC &&
 	     N_MAGIC(ex) != QMAGIC && N_MAGIC(ex) != NMAGIC) ||
 	    N_TRSIZE(ex) || N_DRSIZE(ex) ||
-	    i_size_read(bprm->file->f_path.dentry->d_inode) < ex.a_text+ex.a_data+N_SYMSIZE(ex)+N_TXTOFF(ex)) {
+	    i_size_read(file_inode(bprm->file)) < ex.a_text+ex.a_data+N_SYMSIZE(ex)+N_TXTOFF(ex)) {
 		return -ENOEXEC;
 	}
 
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ static int load_aout_library(struct file *file)
 	int retval;
 	struct exec ex;
 
-	inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	inode = file_inode(file);
 
 	retval = -ENOEXEC;
 	error = kernel_read(file, 0, (char *) &ex, sizeof(ex));
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
index 0c42cdbabecf..11e078a747a5 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -1140,7 +1140,7 @@ static unsigned long vma_dump_size(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 
 	/* By default, dump shared memory if mapped from an anonymous file. */
 	if (vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED) {
-		if (vma->vm_file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_nlink == 0 ?
+		if (file_inode(vma->vm_file)->i_nlink == 0 ?
 		    FILTER(ANON_SHARED) : FILTER(MAPPED_SHARED))
 			goto whole;
 		return 0;
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c b/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
index dc84732e554f..30de01ca3eeb 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
@@ -909,7 +909,7 @@ static int elf_fdpic_map_file(struct elf_fdpic_params *params,
 
 dynamic_error:
 	printk("ELF FDPIC %s with invalid DYNAMIC section (inode=%lu)\n",
-	       what, file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_ino);
+	       what, file_inode(file)->i_ino);
 	return -ELIBBAD;
 }
 
@@ -1219,7 +1219,7 @@ static int maydump(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long mm_flags)
 
 	/* By default, dump shared memory if mapped from an anonymous file. */
 	if (vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED) {
-		if (vma->vm_file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_nlink == 0) {
+		if (file_inode(vma->vm_file)->i_nlink == 0) {
 			dump_ok = test_bit(MMF_DUMP_ANON_SHARED, &mm_flags);
 			kdcore("%08lx: %08lx: %s (share)", vma->vm_start,
 			       vma->vm_flags, dump_ok ? "yes" : "no");
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_flat.c b/fs/binfmt_flat.c
index b56371981d16..2036d21baaef 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_flat.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_flat.c
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ static int load_flat_file(struct linux_binprm * bprm,
 	int ret;
 
 	hdr = ((struct flat_hdr *) bprm->buf);		/* exec-header */
-	inode = bprm->file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	inode = file_inode(bprm->file);
 
 	text_len  = ntohl(hdr->data_start);
 	data_len  = ntohl(hdr->data_end) - ntohl(hdr->data_start);
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_misc.c b/fs/binfmt_misc.c
index 0c8869fdd14e..fecbbf3f8ff2 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_misc.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_misc.c
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ static void kill_node(Node *e)
 static ssize_t
 bm_entry_read(struct file * file, char __user * buf, size_t nbytes, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	Node *e = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_private;
+	Node *e = file_inode(file)->i_private;
 	ssize_t res;
 	char *page;
 
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ static ssize_t bm_entry_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buffer,
 				size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
 	struct dentry *root;
-	Node *e = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_private;
+	Node *e = file_inode(file)->i_private;
 	int res = parse_command(buffer, count);
 
 	switch (res) {
diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index 172f8491a2bd..7d6bdfc6b7bc 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ static int blkdev_write_end(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
 
 /*
  * private llseek:
- * for a block special file file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_size is zero
+ * for a block special file file_inode(file)->i_size is zero
  * so we compute the size by hand (just as in block_read/write above)
  */
 static loff_t block_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/file.c b/fs/btrfs/file.c
index 77061bf43edb..4118e0b6e339 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/file.c
@@ -1211,7 +1211,7 @@ static noinline int prepare_pages(struct btrfs_root *root, struct file *file,
 	struct extent_state *cached_state = NULL;
 	int i;
 	unsigned long index = pos >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
-	struct inode *inode = fdentry(file)->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	gfp_t mask = btrfs_alloc_write_mask(inode->i_mapping);
 	int err = 0;
 	int faili = 0;
@@ -1298,7 +1298,7 @@ static noinline ssize_t __btrfs_buffered_write(struct file *file,
 					       struct iov_iter *i,
 					       loff_t pos)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = fdentry(file)->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(inode)->root;
 	struct page **pages = NULL;
 	unsigned long first_index;
@@ -1486,7 +1486,7 @@ static ssize_t btrfs_file_aio_write(struct kiocb *iocb,
 				    unsigned long nr_segs, loff_t pos)
 {
 	struct file *file = iocb->ki_filp;
-	struct inode *inode = fdentry(file)->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(inode)->root;
 	loff_t *ppos = &iocb->ki_pos;
 	u64 start_pos;
@@ -2087,7 +2087,7 @@ out:
 static long btrfs_fallocate(struct file *file, int mode,
 			    loff_t offset, loff_t len)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct extent_state *cached_state = NULL;
 	u64 cur_offset;
 	u64 last_byte;
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 16d9e8e191e6..02d946a61ddd 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -4342,7 +4342,7 @@ unsigned char btrfs_filetype_table[] = {
 static int btrfs_real_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent,
 			      filldir_t filldir)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(inode)->root;
 	struct btrfs_item *item;
 	struct btrfs_dir_item *di;
@@ -6737,7 +6737,7 @@ static void btrfs_invalidatepage(struct page *page, unsigned long offset)
 int btrfs_page_mkwrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf)
 {
 	struct page *page = vmf->page;
-	struct inode *inode = fdentry(vma->vm_file)->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(vma->vm_file);
 	struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(inode)->root;
 	struct extent_io_tree *io_tree = &BTRFS_I(inode)->io_tree;
 	struct btrfs_ordered_extent *ordered;
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
index 4b4516770f05..61045adc3075 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ void btrfs_inherit_iflags(struct inode *inode, struct inode *dir)
 
 static int btrfs_ioctl_getflags(struct file *file, void __user *arg)
 {
-	struct btrfs_inode *ip = BTRFS_I(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	struct btrfs_inode *ip = BTRFS_I(file_inode(file));
 	unsigned int flags = btrfs_flags_to_ioctl(ip->flags);
 
 	if (copy_to_user(arg, &flags, sizeof(flags)))
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ static int check_flags(unsigned int flags)
 
 static int btrfs_ioctl_setflags(struct file *file, void __user *arg)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct btrfs_inode *ip = BTRFS_I(inode);
 	struct btrfs_root *root = ip->root;
 	struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans;
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ static int btrfs_ioctl_setflags(struct file *file, void __user *arg)
 
 static int btrfs_ioctl_getversion(struct file *file, int __user *arg)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 
 	return put_user(inode->i_generation, arg);
 }
@@ -1317,7 +1317,7 @@ static noinline int btrfs_ioctl_resize(struct file *file,
 	u64 new_size;
 	u64 old_size;
 	u64 devid = 1;
-	struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(fdentry(file)->d_inode)->root;
+	struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(file_inode(file))->root;
 	struct btrfs_ioctl_vol_args *vol_args;
 	struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans;
 	struct btrfs_device *device = NULL;
@@ -1483,8 +1483,8 @@ static noinline int btrfs_ioctl_snap_create_transid(struct file *file,
 			goto out_drop_write;
 		}
 
-		src_inode = src.file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
-		if (src_inode->i_sb != file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_sb) {
+		src_inode = file_inode(src.file);
+		if (src_inode->i_sb != file_inode(file)->i_sb) {
 			printk(KERN_INFO "btrfs: Snapshot src from "
 			       "another FS\n");
 			ret = -EINVAL;
@@ -1576,7 +1576,7 @@ out:
 static noinline int btrfs_ioctl_subvol_getflags(struct file *file,
 						void __user *arg)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = fdentry(file)->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(inode)->root;
 	int ret = 0;
 	u64 flags = 0;
@@ -1598,7 +1598,7 @@ static noinline int btrfs_ioctl_subvol_getflags(struct file *file,
 static noinline int btrfs_ioctl_subvol_setflags(struct file *file,
 					      void __user *arg)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = fdentry(file)->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(inode)->root;
 	struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans;
 	u64 root_flags;
@@ -1892,7 +1892,7 @@ static noinline int btrfs_ioctl_tree_search(struct file *file,
 	if (IS_ERR(args))
 		return PTR_ERR(args);
 
-	inode = fdentry(file)->d_inode;
+	inode = file_inode(file);
 	ret = search_ioctl(inode, args);
 	if (ret == 0 && copy_to_user(argp, args, sizeof(*args)))
 		ret = -EFAULT;
@@ -2002,7 +2002,7 @@ static noinline int btrfs_ioctl_ino_lookup(struct file *file,
 	if (IS_ERR(args))
 		return PTR_ERR(args);
 
-	inode = fdentry(file)->d_inode;
+	inode = file_inode(file);
 
 	if (args->treeid == 0)
 		args->treeid = BTRFS_I(inode)->root->root_key.objectid;
@@ -2178,7 +2178,7 @@ out:
 
 static int btrfs_ioctl_defrag(struct file *file, void __user *argp)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = fdentry(file)->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(inode)->root;
 	struct btrfs_ioctl_defrag_range_args *range;
 	int ret;
@@ -2237,7 +2237,7 @@ static int btrfs_ioctl_defrag(struct file *file, void __user *argp)
 			/* the rest are all set to zero by kzalloc */
 			range->len = (u64)-1;
 		}
-		ret = btrfs_defrag_file(fdentry(file)->d_inode, file,
+		ret = btrfs_defrag_file(file_inode(file), file,
 					range, 0, 0);
 		if (ret > 0)
 			ret = 0;
@@ -2285,7 +2285,7 @@ out:
 
 static long btrfs_ioctl_rm_dev(struct file *file, void __user *arg)
 {
-	struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(fdentry(file)->d_inode)->root;
+	struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(file_inode(file))->root;
 	struct btrfs_ioctl_vol_args *vol_args;
 	int ret;
 
@@ -2408,7 +2408,7 @@ out:
 static noinline long btrfs_ioctl_clone(struct file *file, unsigned long srcfd,
 				       u64 off, u64 olen, u64 destoff)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = fdentry(file)->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(inode)->root;
 	struct fd src_file;
 	struct inode *src;
@@ -2454,7 +2454,7 @@ static noinline long btrfs_ioctl_clone(struct file *file, unsigned long srcfd,
 	if (src_file.file->f_path.mnt != file->f_path.mnt)
 		goto out_fput;
 
-	src = src_file.file->f_dentry->d_inode;
+	src = file_inode(src_file.file);
 
 	ret = -EINVAL;
 	if (src == inode)
@@ -2816,7 +2816,7 @@ static long btrfs_ioctl_clone_range(struct file *file, void __user *argp)
  */
 static long btrfs_ioctl_trans_start(struct file *file)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = fdentry(file)->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(inode)->root;
 	struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans;
 	int ret;
@@ -2856,7 +2856,7 @@ out:
 
 static long btrfs_ioctl_default_subvol(struct file *file, void __user *argp)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = fdentry(file)->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(inode)->root;
 	struct btrfs_root *new_root;
 	struct btrfs_dir_item *di;
@@ -3080,7 +3080,7 @@ out:
  */
 long btrfs_ioctl_trans_end(struct file *file)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = fdentry(file)->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(inode)->root;
 	struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans;
 
@@ -3142,7 +3142,7 @@ static noinline long btrfs_ioctl_wait_sync(struct btrfs_root *root,
 
 static long btrfs_ioctl_scrub(struct file *file, void __user *arg)
 {
-	struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(fdentry(file)->d_inode)->root;
+	struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(file_inode(file))->root;
 	struct btrfs_ioctl_scrub_args *sa;
 	int ret;
 
@@ -3433,7 +3433,7 @@ void update_ioctl_balance_args(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, int lock,
 
 static long btrfs_ioctl_balance(struct file *file, void __user *arg)
 {
-	struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(fdentry(file)->d_inode)->root;
+	struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(file_inode(file))->root;
 	struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info = root->fs_info;
 	struct btrfs_ioctl_balance_args *bargs;
 	struct btrfs_balance_control *bctl;
@@ -3573,7 +3573,7 @@ out:
 
 static long btrfs_ioctl_quota_ctl(struct file *file, void __user *arg)
 {
-	struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(fdentry(file)->d_inode)->root;
+	struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(file_inode(file))->root;
 	struct btrfs_ioctl_quota_ctl_args *sa;
 	struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans = NULL;
 	int ret;
@@ -3632,7 +3632,7 @@ drop_write:
 
 static long btrfs_ioctl_qgroup_assign(struct file *file, void __user *arg)
 {
-	struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(fdentry(file)->d_inode)->root;
+	struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(file_inode(file))->root;
 	struct btrfs_ioctl_qgroup_assign_args *sa;
 	struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans;
 	int ret;
@@ -3679,7 +3679,7 @@ drop_write:
 
 static long btrfs_ioctl_qgroup_create(struct file *file, void __user *arg)
 {
-	struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(fdentry(file)->d_inode)->root;
+	struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(file_inode(file))->root;
 	struct btrfs_ioctl_qgroup_create_args *sa;
 	struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans;
 	int ret;
@@ -3725,7 +3725,7 @@ drop_write:
 
 static long btrfs_ioctl_qgroup_limit(struct file *file, void __user *arg)
 {
-	struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(fdentry(file)->d_inode)->root;
+	struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(file_inode(file))->root;
 	struct btrfs_ioctl_qgroup_limit_args *sa;
 	struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans;
 	int ret;
@@ -3775,7 +3775,7 @@ static long btrfs_ioctl_set_received_subvol(struct file *file,
 					    void __user *arg)
 {
 	struct btrfs_ioctl_received_subvol_args *sa = NULL;
-	struct inode *inode = fdentry(file)->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(inode)->root;
 	struct btrfs_root_item *root_item = &root->root_item;
 	struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans;
@@ -3855,7 +3855,7 @@ out:
 long btrfs_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int
 		cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
-	struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(fdentry(file)->d_inode)->root;
+	struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(file_inode(file))->root;
 	void __user *argp = (void __user *)arg;
 
 	switch (cmd) {
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/send.c b/fs/btrfs/send.c
index 54454542ad40..f80df6b04648 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/send.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/send.c
@@ -4542,7 +4542,7 @@ long btrfs_ioctl_send(struct file *mnt_file, void __user *arg_)
 	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
 		return -EPERM;
 
-	send_root = BTRFS_I(fdentry(mnt_file)->d_inode)->root;
+	send_root = BTRFS_I(file_inode(mnt_file))->root;
 	fs_info = send_root->fs_info;
 
 	arg = memdup_user(arg_, sizeof(*arg));
diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index 7a75c3e0fd58..b8a8b4d64d8c 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -2332,7 +2332,7 @@ int __block_page_mkwrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf,
 			 get_block_t get_block)
 {
 	struct page *page = vmf->page;
-	struct inode *inode = vma->vm_file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(vma->vm_file);
 	unsigned long end;
 	loff_t size;
 	int ret;
@@ -2371,7 +2371,7 @@ int block_page_mkwrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf,
 		   get_block_t get_block)
 {
 	int ret;
-	struct super_block *sb = vma->vm_file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_sb;
+	struct super_block *sb = file_inode(vma->vm_file)->i_sb;
 
 	sb_start_pagefault(sb);
 
diff --git a/fs/ceph/addr.c b/fs/ceph/addr.c
index 064d1a68d2c1..d4f81edd9a5d 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/addr.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/addr.c
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ static int ceph_releasepage(struct page *page, gfp_t g)
  */
 static int readpage_nounlock(struct file *filp, struct page *page)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	struct ceph_inode_info *ci = ceph_inode(inode);
 	struct ceph_osd_client *osdc = 
 		&ceph_inode_to_client(inode)->client->osdc;
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ out:
 static int ceph_readpages(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
 			  struct list_head *page_list, unsigned nr_pages)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct ceph_fs_client *fsc = ceph_inode_to_client(inode);
 	int rc = 0;
 	int max = 0;
@@ -977,7 +977,7 @@ static int ceph_update_writeable_page(struct file *file,
 			    loff_t pos, unsigned len,
 			    struct page *page)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct ceph_inode_info *ci = ceph_inode(inode);
 	struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc = ceph_inode_to_client(inode)->mdsc;
 	loff_t page_off = pos & PAGE_CACHE_MASK;
@@ -1086,7 +1086,7 @@ static int ceph_write_begin(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
 			    loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned flags,
 			    struct page **pagep, void **fsdata)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct ceph_inode_info *ci = ceph_inode(inode);
 	struct ceph_file_info *fi = file->private_data;
 	struct page *page;
@@ -1144,7 +1144,7 @@ static int ceph_write_end(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
 			  loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned copied,
 			  struct page *page, void *fsdata)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct ceph_inode_info *ci = ceph_inode(inode);
 	struct ceph_fs_client *fsc = ceph_inode_to_client(inode);
 	struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc = fsc->mdsc;
@@ -1228,7 +1228,7 @@ const struct address_space_operations ceph_aops = {
  */
 static int ceph_page_mkwrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = vma->vm_file->f_dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(vma->vm_file);
 	struct page *page = vmf->page;
 	struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc = ceph_inode_to_client(inode)->mdsc;
 	loff_t off = page_offset(page);
diff --git a/fs/ceph/dir.c b/fs/ceph/dir.c
index 8c1aabe93b67..6d797f46d772 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/dir.c
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ static int note_last_dentry(struct ceph_file_info *fi, const char *name,
 static int ceph_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 {
 	struct ceph_file_info *fi = filp->private_data;
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	struct ceph_inode_info *ci = ceph_inode(inode);
 	struct ceph_fs_client *fsc = ceph_inode_to_client(inode);
 	struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc = fsc->mdsc;
@@ -1138,7 +1138,7 @@ static ssize_t ceph_read_dir(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t size,
 			     loff_t *ppos)
 {
 	struct ceph_file_info *cf = file->private_data;
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct ceph_inode_info *ci = ceph_inode(inode);
 	int left;
 	const int bufsize = 1024;
@@ -1188,7 +1188,7 @@ static ssize_t ceph_read_dir(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t size,
 static int ceph_dir_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end,
 			  int datasync)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct ceph_inode_info *ci = ceph_inode(inode);
 	struct list_head *head = &ci->i_unsafe_dirops;
 	struct ceph_mds_request *req;
diff --git a/fs/ceph/file.c b/fs/ceph/file.c
index e51558fca3a3..11b57c2c8f15 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/file.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/file.c
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ more:
 static ssize_t ceph_sync_read(struct file *file, char __user *data,
 			      unsigned len, loff_t *poff, int *checkeof)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct page **pages;
 	u64 off = *poff;
 	int num_pages, ret;
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ static void sync_write_commit(struct ceph_osd_request *req,
 static ssize_t ceph_sync_write(struct file *file, const char __user *data,
 			       size_t left, loff_t *offset)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct ceph_inode_info *ci = ceph_inode(inode);
 	struct ceph_fs_client *fsc = ceph_inode_to_client(inode);
 	struct ceph_osd_request *req;
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ static ssize_t ceph_sync_write(struct file *file, const char __user *data,
 	int ret;
 	struct timespec mtime = CURRENT_TIME;
 
-	if (ceph_snap(file->f_dentry->d_inode) != CEPH_NOSNAP)
+	if (ceph_snap(file_inode(file)) != CEPH_NOSNAP)
 		return -EROFS;
 
 	dout("sync_write on file %p %lld~%u %s\n", file, *offset,
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ static ssize_t ceph_aio_read(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
 	struct ceph_file_info *fi = filp->private_data;
 	loff_t *ppos = &iocb->ki_pos;
 	size_t len = iov->iov_len;
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	struct ceph_inode_info *ci = ceph_inode(inode);
 	void __user *base = iov->iov_base;
 	ssize_t ret;
@@ -707,7 +707,7 @@ static ssize_t ceph_aio_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
 {
 	struct file *file = iocb->ki_filp;
 	struct ceph_file_info *fi = file->private_data;
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct ceph_inode_info *ci = ceph_inode(inode);
 	struct ceph_osd_client *osdc =
 		&ceph_sb_to_client(inode->i_sb)->client->osdc;
diff --git a/fs/ceph/ioctl.c b/fs/ceph/ioctl.c
index 36549a46e311..f5ed767806df 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/ioctl.c
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@
  */
 static long ceph_ioctl_get_layout(struct file *file, void __user *arg)
 {
-	struct ceph_inode_info *ci = ceph_inode(file->f_dentry->d_inode);
+	struct ceph_inode_info *ci = ceph_inode(file_inode(file));
 	struct ceph_ioctl_layout l;
 	int err;
 
-	err = ceph_do_getattr(file->f_dentry->d_inode, CEPH_STAT_CAP_LAYOUT);
+	err = ceph_do_getattr(file_inode(file), CEPH_STAT_CAP_LAYOUT);
 	if (!err) {
 		l.stripe_unit = ceph_file_layout_su(ci->i_layout);
 		l.stripe_count = ceph_file_layout_stripe_count(ci->i_layout);
@@ -63,12 +63,12 @@ static long __validate_layout(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc,
 
 static long ceph_ioctl_set_layout(struct file *file, void __user *arg)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct inode *parent_inode;
 	struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc = ceph_sb_to_client(inode->i_sb)->mdsc;
 	struct ceph_mds_request *req;
 	struct ceph_ioctl_layout l;
-	struct ceph_inode_info *ci = ceph_inode(file->f_dentry->d_inode);
+	struct ceph_inode_info *ci = ceph_inode(file_inode(file));
 	struct ceph_ioctl_layout nl;
 	int err;
 
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ static long ceph_ioctl_set_layout(struct file *file, void __user *arg)
 		return -EFAULT;
 
 	/* validate changed params against current layout */
-	err = ceph_do_getattr(file->f_dentry->d_inode, CEPH_STAT_CAP_LAYOUT);
+	err = ceph_do_getattr(file_inode(file), CEPH_STAT_CAP_LAYOUT);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ static long ceph_ioctl_set_layout(struct file *file, void __user *arg)
  */
 static long ceph_ioctl_set_layout_policy (struct file *file, void __user *arg)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct ceph_mds_request *req;
 	struct ceph_ioctl_layout l;
 	int err;
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ static long ceph_ioctl_set_layout_policy (struct file *file, void __user *arg)
 static long ceph_ioctl_get_dataloc(struct file *file, void __user *arg)
 {
 	struct ceph_ioctl_dataloc dl;
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct ceph_inode_info *ci = ceph_inode(inode);
 	struct ceph_osd_client *osdc =
 		&ceph_sb_to_client(inode->i_sb)->client->osdc;
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ static long ceph_ioctl_get_dataloc(struct file *file, void __user *arg)
 static long ceph_ioctl_lazyio(struct file *file)
 {
 	struct ceph_file_info *fi = file->private_data;
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct ceph_inode_info *ci = ceph_inode(inode);
 
 	if ((fi->fmode & CEPH_FILE_MODE_LAZY) == 0) {
diff --git a/fs/ceph/locks.c b/fs/ceph/locks.c
index 80576d05d687..202dd3d68be0 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/locks.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/locks.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 static int ceph_lock_message(u8 lock_type, u16 operation, struct file *file,
 			     int cmd, u8 wait, struct file_lock *fl)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc =
 		ceph_sb_to_client(inode->i_sb)->mdsc;
 	struct ceph_mds_request *req;
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
index de7f9168a118..8b35365c70be 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ out_nls:
 static ssize_t cifs_file_aio_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
 				   unsigned long nr_segs, loff_t pos)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = iocb->ki_filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(iocb->ki_filp);
 	ssize_t written;
 	int rc;
 
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ static loff_t cifs_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
 	 */
 	if (whence != SEEK_SET && whence != SEEK_CUR) {
 		int rc;
-		struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+		struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 
 		/*
 		 * We need to be sure that all dirty pages are written and the
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ static int cifs_setlease(struct file *file, long arg, struct file_lock **lease)
 {
 	/* note that this is called by vfs setlease with lock_flocks held
 	   to protect *lease from going away */
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct cifsFileInfo *cfile = file->private_data;
 
 	if (!(S_ISREG(inode->i_mode)))
diff --git a/fs/cifs/file.c b/fs/cifs/file.c
index 8ea6ca50a665..1a5c2911b043 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/file.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/file.c
@@ -947,7 +947,7 @@ static int
 cifs_posix_lock_test(struct file *file, struct file_lock *flock)
 {
 	int rc = 0;
-	struct cifsInodeInfo *cinode = CIFS_I(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	struct cifsInodeInfo *cinode = CIFS_I(file_inode(file));
 	unsigned char saved_type = flock->fl_type;
 
 	if ((flock->fl_flags & FL_POSIX) == 0)
@@ -974,7 +974,7 @@ cifs_posix_lock_test(struct file *file, struct file_lock *flock)
 static int
 cifs_posix_lock_set(struct file *file, struct file_lock *flock)
 {
-	struct cifsInodeInfo *cinode = CIFS_I(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	struct cifsInodeInfo *cinode = CIFS_I(file_inode(file));
 	int rc = 1;
 
 	if ((flock->fl_flags & FL_POSIX) == 0)
@@ -1548,7 +1548,7 @@ int cifs_lock(struct file *file, int cmd, struct file_lock *flock)
 
 	cifs_sb = CIFS_SB(file->f_path.dentry->d_sb);
 	netfid = cfile->fid.netfid;
-	cinode = CIFS_I(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	cinode = CIFS_I(file_inode(file));
 
 	if (cap_unix(tcon->ses) &&
 	    (CIFS_UNIX_FCNTL_CAP & le64_to_cpu(tcon->fsUnixInfo.Capability)) &&
@@ -2171,7 +2171,7 @@ int cifs_strict_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end,
 	struct cifs_tcon *tcon;
 	struct TCP_Server_Info *server;
 	struct cifsFileInfo *smbfile = file->private_data;
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb = CIFS_SB(inode->i_sb);
 
 	rc = filemap_write_and_wait_range(inode->i_mapping, start, end);
@@ -2246,7 +2246,7 @@ int cifs_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
  */
 int cifs_flush(struct file *file, fl_owner_t id)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	int rc = 0;
 
 	if (file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE)
@@ -2480,7 +2480,7 @@ ssize_t cifs_user_writev(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
 	ssize_t written;
 	struct inode *inode;
 
-	inode = iocb->ki_filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	inode = file_inode(iocb->ki_filp);
 
 	/*
 	 * BB - optimize the way when signing is disabled. We can drop this
@@ -2543,7 +2543,7 @@ ssize_t
 cifs_strict_writev(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
 		   unsigned long nr_segs, loff_t pos)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = iocb->ki_filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(iocb->ki_filp);
 	struct cifsInodeInfo *cinode = CIFS_I(inode);
 	struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb = CIFS_SB(inode->i_sb);
 	struct cifsFileInfo *cfile = (struct cifsFileInfo *)
@@ -2915,7 +2915,7 @@ ssize_t
 cifs_strict_readv(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
 		  unsigned long nr_segs, loff_t pos)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = iocb->ki_filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(iocb->ki_filp);
 	struct cifsInodeInfo *cinode = CIFS_I(inode);
 	struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb = CIFS_SB(inode->i_sb);
 	struct cifsFileInfo *cfile = (struct cifsFileInfo *)
@@ -3063,7 +3063,7 @@ static struct vm_operations_struct cifs_file_vm_ops = {
 int cifs_file_strict_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
 	int rc, xid;
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 
 	xid = get_xid();
 
@@ -3356,7 +3356,7 @@ static int cifs_readpage_worker(struct file *file, struct page *page,
 	int rc;
 
 	/* Is the page cached? */
-	rc = cifs_readpage_from_fscache(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode, page);
+	rc = cifs_readpage_from_fscache(file_inode(file), page);
 	if (rc == 0)
 		goto read_complete;
 
@@ -3371,8 +3371,8 @@ static int cifs_readpage_worker(struct file *file, struct page *page,
 	else
 		cFYI(1, "Bytes read %d", rc);
 
-	file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_atime =
-		current_fs_time(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_sb);
+	file_inode(file)->i_atime =
+		current_fs_time(file_inode(file)->i_sb);
 
 	if (PAGE_CACHE_SIZE > rc)
 		memset(read_data + rc, 0, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - rc);
@@ -3381,7 +3381,7 @@ static int cifs_readpage_worker(struct file *file, struct page *page,
 	SetPageUptodate(page);
 
 	/* send this page to the cache */
-	cifs_readpage_to_fscache(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode, page);
+	cifs_readpage_to_fscache(file_inode(file), page);
 
 	rc = 0;
 
diff --git a/fs/cifs/inode.c b/fs/cifs/inode.c
index ed6208ff85a7..1fc864b92cf2 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/inode.c
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ cifs_get_file_info_unix(struct file *filp)
 	unsigned int xid;
 	FILE_UNIX_BASIC_INFO find_data;
 	struct cifs_fattr fattr;
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb = CIFS_SB(inode->i_sb);
 	struct cifsFileInfo *cfile = filp->private_data;
 	struct cifs_tcon *tcon = tlink_tcon(cfile->tlink);
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ cifs_get_file_info(struct file *filp)
 	unsigned int xid;
 	FILE_ALL_INFO find_data;
 	struct cifs_fattr fattr;
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb = CIFS_SB(inode->i_sb);
 	struct cifsFileInfo *cfile = filp->private_data;
 	struct cifs_tcon *tcon = tlink_tcon(cfile->tlink);
@@ -1678,7 +1678,7 @@ cifs_invalidate_mapping(struct inode *inode)
 int cifs_revalidate_file_attr(struct file *filp)
 {
 	int rc = 0;
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	struct cifsFileInfo *cfile = (struct cifsFileInfo *) filp->private_data;
 
 	if (!cifs_inode_needs_reval(inode))
@@ -1735,7 +1735,7 @@ out:
 int cifs_revalidate_file(struct file *filp)
 {
 	int rc;
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 
 	rc = cifs_revalidate_file_attr(filp);
 	if (rc)
diff --git a/fs/cifs/ioctl.c b/fs/cifs/ioctl.c
index fd5009d56f9f..6c9f1214cf0b 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/ioctl.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 long cifs_ioctl(struct file *filep, unsigned int command, unsigned long arg)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = filep->f_dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filep);
 	int rc = -ENOTTY; /* strange error - but the precedent */
 	unsigned int xid;
 	struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb;
diff --git a/fs/cifs/readdir.c b/fs/cifs/readdir.c
index cdd6ff48246b..7255b0c7aa7e 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/readdir.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/readdir.c
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ static int cifs_entry_is_dot(struct cifs_dirent *de, bool is_unicode)
    whether we can use the cached search results from the previous search */
 static int is_dir_changed(struct file *file)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct cifsInodeInfo *cifsInfo = CIFS_I(inode);
 
 	if (cifsInfo->time == 0)
@@ -778,7 +778,7 @@ int cifs_readdir(struct file *file, void *direntry, filldir_t filldir)
 	switch ((int) file->f_pos) {
 	case 0:
 		if (filldir(direntry, ".", 1, file->f_pos,
-		     file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_ino, DT_DIR) < 0) {
+		     file_inode(file)->i_ino, DT_DIR) < 0) {
 			cERROR(1, "Filldir for current dir failed");
 			rc = -ENOMEM;
 			break;
diff --git a/fs/coda/dir.c b/fs/coda/dir.c
index 49fe52d25600..b7d3a05c062c 100644
--- a/fs/coda/dir.c
+++ b/fs/coda/dir.c
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ static int coda_readdir(struct file *coda_file, void *buf, filldir_t filldir)
 		 * We can't use vfs_readdir because we have to keep the file
 		 * position in sync between the coda_file and the host_file.
 		 * and as such we need grab the inode mutex. */
-		struct inode *host_inode = host_file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+		struct inode *host_inode = file_inode(host_file);
 
 		mutex_lock(&host_inode->i_mutex);
 		host_file->f_pos = coda_file->f_pos;
diff --git a/fs/coda/file.c b/fs/coda/file.c
index 8edd404e6419..fa4c100bdc7d 100644
--- a/fs/coda/file.c
+++ b/fs/coda/file.c
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ coda_file_splice_read(struct file *coda_file, loff_t *ppos,
 static ssize_t
 coda_file_write(struct file *coda_file, const char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	struct inode *host_inode, *coda_inode = coda_file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *host_inode, *coda_inode = file_inode(coda_file);
 	struct coda_file_info *cfi;
 	struct file *host_file;
 	ssize_t ret;
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ coda_file_write(struct file *coda_file, const char __user *buf, size_t count, lo
 	if (!host_file->f_op || !host_file->f_op->write)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	host_inode = host_file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	host_inode = file_inode(host_file);
 	mutex_lock(&coda_inode->i_mutex);
 
 	ret = host_file->f_op->write(host_file, buf, count, ppos);
@@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ coda_file_mmap(struct file *coda_file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	if (!host_file->f_op || !host_file->f_op->mmap)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	coda_inode = coda_file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
-	host_inode = host_file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	coda_inode = file_inode(coda_file);
+	host_inode = file_inode(host_file);
 
 	cii = ITOC(coda_inode);
 	spin_lock(&cii->c_lock);
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ int coda_release(struct inode *coda_inode, struct file *coda_file)
 	err = venus_close(coda_inode->i_sb, coda_i2f(coda_inode),
 			  coda_flags, coda_file->f_cred->fsuid);
 
-	host_inode = cfi->cfi_container->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	host_inode = file_inode(cfi->cfi_container);
 	cii = ITOC(coda_inode);
 
 	/* did we mmap this file? */
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ int coda_release(struct inode *coda_inode, struct file *coda_file)
 int coda_fsync(struct file *coda_file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
 {
 	struct file *host_file;
-	struct inode *coda_inode = coda_file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *coda_inode = file_inode(coda_file);
 	struct coda_file_info *cfi;
 	int err;
 
diff --git a/fs/coda/inode.c b/fs/coda/inode.c
index be2aa4909487..6df708c7b3e8 100644
--- a/fs/coda/inode.c
+++ b/fs/coda/inode.c
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ static int get_device_index(struct coda_mount_data *data)
 	f = fdget(data->fd);
 	if (!f.file)
 		goto Ebadf;
-	inode = f.file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	inode = file_inode(f.file);
 	if (!S_ISCHR(inode->i_mode) || imajor(inode) != CODA_PSDEV_MAJOR) {
 		fdput(f);
 		goto Ebadf;
diff --git a/fs/coda/pioctl.c b/fs/coda/pioctl.c
index ee0981f1375b..3f5de96bbb58 100644
--- a/fs/coda/pioctl.c
+++ b/fs/coda/pioctl.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ static long coda_pioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd,
 	struct path path;
 	int error;
 	struct PioctlData data;
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	struct inode *target_inode = NULL;
 	struct coda_inode_info *cnp;
 
diff --git a/fs/compat_ioctl.c b/fs/compat_ioctl.c
index e2f57a007029..3ced75f765ca 100644
--- a/fs/compat_ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/compat_ioctl.c
@@ -1582,7 +1582,7 @@ asmlinkage long compat_sys_ioctl(unsigned int fd, unsigned int cmd,
 	case FIBMAP:
 	case FIGETBSZ:
 	case FIONREAD:
-		if (S_ISREG(f.file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_mode))
+		if (S_ISREG(file_inode(f.file)->i_mode))
 			break;
 		/*FALL THROUGH*/
 
diff --git a/fs/configfs/dir.c b/fs/configfs/dir.c
index 712b10f64c70..90d222f11e36 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/dir.c
@@ -1625,7 +1625,7 @@ static loff_t configfs_dir_lseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
 			if (offset >= 0)
 				break;
 		default:
-			mutex_unlock(&file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
+			mutex_unlock(&file_inode(file)->i_mutex);
 			return -EINVAL;
 	}
 	if (offset != file->f_pos) {
diff --git a/fs/coredump.c b/fs/coredump.c
index 177493272a61..69baf903d3bd 100644
--- a/fs/coredump.c
+++ b/fs/coredump.c
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ static void wait_for_dump_helpers(struct file *file)
 {
 	struct pipe_inode_info *pipe;
 
-	pipe = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_pipe;
+	pipe = file_inode(file)->i_pipe;
 
 	pipe_lock(pipe);
 	pipe->readers++;
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ void do_coredump(siginfo_t *siginfo)
 		if (IS_ERR(cprm.file))
 			goto fail_unlock;
 
-		inode = cprm.file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+		inode = file_inode(cprm.file);
 		if (inode->i_nlink > 1)
 			goto close_fail;
 		if (d_unhashed(cprm.file->f_path.dentry))
diff --git a/fs/cramfs/inode.c b/fs/cramfs/inode.c
index c6c3f91ecf06..3ceb9ec976e1 100644
--- a/fs/cramfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/cramfs/inode.c
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ static int cramfs_statfs(struct dentry *dentry, struct kstatfs *buf)
  */
 static int cramfs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
 	char *buf;
 	unsigned int offset;
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/file.c b/fs/ecryptfs/file.c
index d45ba4568128..53acc9d0c138 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/file.c
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ static int ecryptfs_readdir(struct file *file, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 
 	lower_file = ecryptfs_file_to_lower(file);
 	lower_file->f_pos = file->f_pos;
-	inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	inode = file_inode(file);
 	memset(&buf, 0, sizeof(buf));
 	buf.dirent = dirent;
 	buf.dentry = file->f_path.dentry;
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ static int ecryptfs_readdir(struct file *file, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 		goto out;
 	if (rc >= 0)
 		fsstack_copy_attr_atime(inode,
-					lower_file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+					file_inode(lower_file));
 out:
 	return rc;
 }
diff --git a/fs/efs/dir.c b/fs/efs/dir.c
index 7ee6f7e3a608..055a9e9ca747 100644
--- a/fs/efs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/efs/dir.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ const struct inode_operations efs_dir_inode_operations = {
 };
 
 static int efs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir) {
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	struct buffer_head *bh;
 
 	struct efs_dir		*dirblock;
diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index 20df02c1cc70..7b6f4d59b26c 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(uselib, const char __user *, library)
 		goto out;
 
 	error = -EINVAL;
-	if (!S_ISREG(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_mode))
+	if (!S_ISREG(file_inode(file)->i_mode))
 		goto exit;
 
 	error = -EACCES;
@@ -764,7 +764,7 @@ struct file *open_exec(const char *name)
 		goto out;
 
 	err = -EACCES;
-	if (!S_ISREG(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_mode))
+	if (!S_ISREG(file_inode(file)->i_mode))
 		goto exit;
 
 	if (file->f_path.mnt->mnt_flags & MNT_NOEXEC)
@@ -1098,7 +1098,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(flush_old_exec);
 
 void would_dump(struct linux_binprm *bprm, struct file *file)
 {
-	if (inode_permission(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode, MAY_READ) < 0)
+	if (inode_permission(file_inode(file), MAY_READ) < 0)
 		bprm->interp_flags |= BINPRM_FLAGS_ENFORCE_NONDUMP;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(would_dump);
@@ -1270,7 +1270,7 @@ static int check_unsafe_exec(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
 int prepare_binprm(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
 {
 	umode_t mode;
-	struct inode * inode = bprm->file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode * inode = file_inode(bprm->file);
 	int retval;
 
 	mode = inode->i_mode;
diff --git a/fs/exofs/dir.c b/fs/exofs/dir.c
index c61e62ac231c..46375896cfc0 100644
--- a/fs/exofs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/exofs/dir.c
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ static int
 exofs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 {
 	loff_t pos = filp->f_pos;
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	unsigned int offset = pos & ~PAGE_CACHE_MASK;
 	unsigned long n = pos >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
 	unsigned long npages = dir_pages(inode);
diff --git a/fs/ext2/dir.c b/fs/ext2/dir.c
index 0f4f5c929257..4237722bfd27 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/dir.c
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ static int
 ext2_readdir (struct file * filp, void * dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 {
 	loff_t pos = filp->f_pos;
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
 	unsigned int offset = pos & ~PAGE_CACHE_MASK;
 	unsigned long n = pos >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
diff --git a/fs/ext2/ioctl.c b/fs/ext2/ioctl.c
index 2de655f5d625..5d46c09863f0 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/ioctl.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 long ext2_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	struct ext2_inode_info *ei = EXT2_I(inode);
 	unsigned int flags;
 	unsigned short rsv_window_size;
diff --git a/fs/ext3/dir.c b/fs/ext3/dir.c
index dd91264ba94f..87eccbbca255 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/dir.c
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ static int ext3_readdir(struct file * filp,
 	int i, stored;
 	struct ext3_dir_entry_2 *de;
 	int err;
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
 	int ret = 0;
 	int dir_has_error = 0;
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ static int ext3_readdir(struct file * filp,
 		 * We don't set the inode dirty flag since it's not
 		 * critical that it get flushed back to the disk.
 		 */
-		EXT3_I(filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode)->i_flags &= ~EXT3_INDEX_FL;
+		EXT3_I(file_inode(filp))->i_flags &= ~EXT3_INDEX_FL;
 	}
 	stored = 0;
 	offset = filp->f_pos & (sb->s_blocksize - 1);
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ static int call_filldir(struct file * filp, void * dirent,
 {
 	struct dir_private_info *info = filp->private_data;
 	loff_t	curr_pos;
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	struct super_block * sb;
 	int error;
 
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ static int ext3_dx_readdir(struct file * filp,
 			 void * dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 {
 	struct dir_private_info *info = filp->private_data;
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	struct fname *fname;
 	int	ret;
 
diff --git a/fs/ext3/ioctl.c b/fs/ext3/ioctl.c
index 677a5c27dc69..4d96e9a64532 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/ioctl.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 long ext3_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	struct ext3_inode_info *ei = EXT3_I(inode);
 	unsigned int flags;
 	unsigned short rsv_window_size;
diff --git a/fs/ext3/namei.c b/fs/ext3/namei.c
index 890b8947c546..61fa09eb2501 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/namei.c
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ int ext3_htree_fill_tree(struct file *dir_file, __u32 start_hash,
 
 	dxtrace(printk("In htree_fill_tree, start hash: %x:%x\n", start_hash,
 		       start_minor_hash));
-	dir = dir_file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	dir = file_inode(dir_file);
 	if (!(EXT3_I(dir)->i_flags & EXT3_INDEX_FL)) {
 		hinfo.hash_version = EXT3_SB(dir->i_sb)->s_def_hash_version;
 		if (hinfo.hash_version <= DX_HASH_TEA)
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ int ext3_htree_fill_tree(struct file *dir_file, __u32 start_hash,
 	}
 	hinfo.hash = start_hash;
 	hinfo.minor_hash = 0;
-	frame = dx_probe(NULL, dir_file->f_path.dentry->d_inode, &hinfo, frames, &err);
+	frame = dx_probe(NULL, file_inode(dir_file), &hinfo, frames, &err);
 	if (!frame)
 		return err;
 
diff --git a/fs/ext4/dir.c b/fs/ext4/dir.c
index 80a28b297279..dc149d123de5 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/dir.c
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ static int ext4_readdir(struct file *filp,
 	int i, stored;
 	struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *de;
 	int err;
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
 	int ret = 0;
 	int dir_has_error = 0;
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ static int ext4_readdir(struct file *filp,
 		 * We don't set the inode dirty flag since it's not
 		 * critical that it get flushed back to the disk.
 		 */
-		ext4_clear_inode_flag(filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode,
+		ext4_clear_inode_flag(file_inode(filp),
 				      EXT4_INODE_INDEX);
 	}
 	stored = 0;
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ static int call_filldir(struct file *filp, void *dirent,
 {
 	struct dir_private_info *info = filp->private_data;
 	loff_t	curr_pos;
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	struct super_block *sb;
 	int error;
 
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ static int ext4_dx_readdir(struct file *filp,
 			 void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 {
 	struct dir_private_info *info = filp->private_data;
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	struct fname *fname;
 	int	ret;
 
diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index 5ae1674ec12f..7817ca7c2bbf 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -4386,7 +4386,7 @@ static void ext4_falloc_update_inode(struct inode *inode,
  */
 long ext4_fallocate(struct file *file, int mode, loff_t offset, loff_t len)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	handle_t *handle;
 	loff_t new_size;
 	unsigned int max_blocks;
@@ -4643,7 +4643,7 @@ static int ext4_xattr_fiemap(struct inode *inode,
  */
 int ext4_ext_punch_hole(struct file *file, loff_t offset, loff_t length)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
 	ext4_lblk_t first_block, stop_block;
 	struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/file.c b/fs/ext4/file.c
index 405565a62277..c00ea7945eb5 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/file.c
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ static ssize_t
 ext4_file_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
 		unsigned long nr_segs, loff_t pos)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = iocb->ki_filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(iocb->ki_filp);
 	ssize_t ret;
 
 	/*
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inline.c b/fs/ext4/inline.c
index 387c47c6cda9..8106dca95456 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inline.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inline.c
@@ -1298,7 +1298,7 @@ int ext4_read_inline_dir(struct file *filp,
 	int i, stored;
 	struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *de;
 	struct super_block *sb;
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	int ret, inline_size = 0;
 	struct ext4_iloc iloc;
 	void *dir_buf = NULL;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index cbfe13bf5b2a..521bd4ab8abe 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -2959,7 +2959,7 @@ static void ext4_end_io_dio(struct kiocb *iocb, loff_t offset,
 			    ssize_t size, void *private, int ret,
 			    bool is_async)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = iocb->ki_filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(iocb->ki_filp);
         ext4_io_end_t *io_end = iocb->private;
 
 	/* if not async direct IO or dio with 0 bytes write, just return */
@@ -3553,7 +3553,7 @@ int ext4_can_truncate(struct inode *inode)
 
 int ext4_punch_hole(struct file *file, loff_t offset, loff_t length)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	if (!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
@@ -4926,7 +4926,7 @@ int ext4_page_mkwrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf)
 	unsigned long len;
 	int ret;
 	struct file *file = vma->vm_file;
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping;
 	handle_t *handle;
 	get_block_t *get_block;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ioctl.c b/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
index 5747f52f7c72..c2f8e060f636 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 long ext4_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
 	struct ext4_inode_info *ei = EXT4_I(inode);
 	unsigned int flags;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/move_extent.c b/fs/ext4/move_extent.c
index d9cc5ee42f53..796f7ac03706 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/move_extent.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/move_extent.c
@@ -900,7 +900,7 @@ move_extent_per_page(struct file *o_filp, struct inode *donor_inode,
 		  pgoff_t orig_page_offset, int data_offset_in_page,
 		  int block_len_in_page, int uninit, int *err)
 {
-	struct inode *orig_inode = o_filp->f_dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *orig_inode = file_inode(o_filp);
 	struct page *pagep[2] = {NULL, NULL};
 	handle_t *handle;
 	ext4_lblk_t orig_blk_offset;
@@ -1279,8 +1279,8 @@ ext4_move_extents(struct file *o_filp, struct file *d_filp,
 		 __u64 orig_start, __u64 donor_start, __u64 len,
 		 __u64 *moved_len)
 {
-	struct inode *orig_inode = o_filp->f_dentry->d_inode;
-	struct inode *donor_inode = d_filp->f_dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *orig_inode = file_inode(o_filp);
+	struct inode *donor_inode = file_inode(d_filp);
 	struct ext4_ext_path *orig_path = NULL, *holecheck_path = NULL;
 	struct ext4_extent *ext_prev, *ext_cur, *ext_dummy;
 	ext4_lblk_t block_start = orig_start;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index f9ed946a448e..bb97ad6905b2 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -937,7 +937,7 @@ int ext4_htree_fill_tree(struct file *dir_file, __u32 start_hash,
 
 	dxtrace(printk(KERN_DEBUG "In htree_fill_tree, start hash: %x:%x\n",
 		       start_hash, start_minor_hash));
-	dir = dir_file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	dir = file_inode(dir_file);
 	if (!(ext4_test_inode_flag(dir, EXT4_INODE_INDEX))) {
 		hinfo.hash_version = EXT4_SB(dir->i_sb)->s_def_hash_version;
 		if (hinfo.hash_version <= DX_HASH_TEA)
diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 3d4fb81bacd5..4df78dd3f523 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ void ext4_error_file(struct file *file, const char *function,
 	va_list args;
 	struct va_format vaf;
 	struct ext4_super_block *es;
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	char pathname[80], *path;
 
 	es = EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_es;
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/dir.c b/fs/f2fs/dir.c
index 951ed52748f6..fda0bcc0907f 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/dir.c
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ bool f2fs_empty_dir(struct inode *dir)
 static int f2fs_readdir(struct file *file, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 {
 	unsigned long pos = file->f_pos;
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	unsigned long npages = dir_blocks(inode);
 	unsigned char *types = NULL;
 	unsigned int bit_pos = 0, start_bit_pos = 0;
diff --git a/fs/fat/dir.c b/fs/fat/dir.c
index 58bf744dbf39..165012ef363a 100644
--- a/fs/fat/dir.c
+++ b/fs/fat/dir.c
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ out:
 
 static int fat_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	return __fat_readdir(inode, filp, dirent, filldir, 0, 0);
 }
 
@@ -779,7 +779,7 @@ static int fat_ioctl_readdir(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp,
 static long fat_dir_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd,
 			  unsigned long arg)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	struct __fat_dirent __user *d1 = (struct __fat_dirent __user *)arg;
 	int short_only, both;
 
@@ -819,7 +819,7 @@ FAT_IOCTL_FILLDIR_FUNC(fat_compat_ioctl_filldir, compat_dirent)
 static long fat_compat_dir_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned cmd,
 				 unsigned long arg)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	struct compat_dirent __user *d1 = compat_ptr(arg);
 	int short_only, both;
 
diff --git a/fs/fat/file.c b/fs/fat/file.c
index a62e0ecbe2db..3978f8ca1823 100644
--- a/fs/fat/file.c
+++ b/fs/fat/file.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ static int fat_ioctl_get_attributes(struct inode *inode, u32 __user *user_attr)
 
 static int fat_ioctl_set_attributes(struct file *file, u32 __user *user_attr)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct msdos_sb_info *sbi = MSDOS_SB(inode->i_sb);
 	int is_dir = S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode);
 	u32 attr, oldattr;
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ out:
 
 long fat_generic_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	u32 __user *user_attr = (u32 __user *)arg;
 
 	switch (cmd) {
diff --git a/fs/fcntl.c b/fs/fcntl.c
index 71a600a19f06..6599222536eb 100644
--- a/fs/fcntl.c
+++ b/fs/fcntl.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 static int setfl(int fd, struct file * filp, unsigned long arg)
 {
-	struct inode * inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode * inode = file_inode(filp);
 	int error = 0;
 
 	/*
diff --git a/fs/file_table.c b/fs/file_table.c
index de9e9653d611..0f607ce89acc 100644
--- a/fs/file_table.c
+++ b/fs/file_table.c
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ void mark_files_ro(struct super_block *sb)
 
 	lg_global_lock(&files_lglock);
 	do_file_list_for_each_entry(sb, f) {
-		if (!S_ISREG(f->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_mode))
+		if (!S_ISREG(file_inode(f)->i_mode))
 		       continue;
 		if (!file_count(f))
 			continue;
diff --git a/fs/freevxfs/vxfs_lookup.c b/fs/freevxfs/vxfs_lookup.c
index bd447e88f208..664b07a53870 100644
--- a/fs/freevxfs/vxfs_lookup.c
+++ b/fs/freevxfs/vxfs_lookup.c
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ vxfs_lookup(struct inode *dip, struct dentry *dp, unsigned int flags)
 static int
 vxfs_readdir(struct file *fp, void *retp, filldir_t filler)
 {
-	struct inode		*ip = fp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode		*ip = file_inode(fp);
 	struct super_block	*sbp = ip->i_sb;
 	u_long			bsize = sbp->s_blocksize;
 	u_long			page, npages, block, pblocks, nblocks, offset;
diff --git a/fs/fuse/control.c b/fs/fuse/control.c
index 75a20c092dd4..b7978b9f75ef 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/control.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/control.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ static struct fuse_conn *fuse_ctl_file_conn_get(struct file *file)
 {
 	struct fuse_conn *fc;
 	mutex_lock(&fuse_mutex);
-	fc = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_private;
+	fc = file_inode(file)->i_private;
 	if (fc)
 		fc = fuse_conn_get(fc);
 	mutex_unlock(&fuse_mutex);
diff --git a/fs/fuse/dir.c b/fs/fuse/dir.c
index b7c09f9eb40c..80ba3950c40d 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dir.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dir.c
@@ -1160,7 +1160,7 @@ static int fuse_readdir(struct file *file, void *dstbuf, filldir_t filldir)
 	int err;
 	size_t nbytes;
 	struct page *page;
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct fuse_conn *fc = get_fuse_conn(inode);
 	struct fuse_req *req;
 
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/file.c b/fs/gfs2/file.c
index 991ab2d484dd..44543df9f400 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/file.c
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ static const u32 gfs2_to_fsflags[32] = {
 
 static int gfs2_get_flags(struct file *filp, u32 __user *ptr)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	struct gfs2_inode *ip = GFS2_I(inode);
 	struct gfs2_holder gh;
 	int error;
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ void gfs2_set_inode_flags(struct inode *inode)
  */
 static int do_gfs2_set_flags(struct file *filp, u32 reqflags, u32 mask)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	struct gfs2_inode *ip = GFS2_I(inode);
 	struct gfs2_sbd *sdp = GFS2_SB(inode);
 	struct buffer_head *bh;
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ out_drop_write:
 
 static int gfs2_set_flags(struct file *filp, u32 __user *ptr)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	u32 fsflags, gfsflags;
 
 	if (get_user(fsflags, ptr))
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ static long gfs2_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 
 static void gfs2_size_hint(struct file *filep, loff_t offset, size_t size)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = filep->f_dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filep);
 	struct gfs2_sbd *sdp = GFS2_SB(inode);
 	struct gfs2_inode *ip = GFS2_I(inode);
 	size_t blks = (size + sdp->sd_sb.sb_bsize - 1) >> sdp->sd_sb.sb_bsize_shift;
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ static int gfs2_allocate_page_backing(struct page *page)
 static int gfs2_page_mkwrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf)
 {
 	struct page *page = vmf->page;
-	struct inode *inode = vma->vm_file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(vma->vm_file);
 	struct gfs2_inode *ip = GFS2_I(inode);
 	struct gfs2_sbd *sdp = GFS2_SB(inode);
 	unsigned long last_index;
@@ -673,8 +673,7 @@ static ssize_t gfs2_file_aio_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
 {
 	struct file *file = iocb->ki_filp;
 	size_t writesize = iov_length(iov, nr_segs);
-	struct dentry *dentry = file->f_dentry;
-	struct gfs2_inode *ip = GFS2_I(dentry->d_inode);
+	struct gfs2_inode *ip = GFS2_I(file_inode(file));
 	int ret;
 
 	ret = gfs2_rs_alloc(ip);
@@ -772,7 +771,7 @@ static void calc_max_reserv(struct gfs2_inode *ip, loff_t max, loff_t *len,
 static long gfs2_fallocate(struct file *file, int mode, loff_t offset,
 			   loff_t len)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct gfs2_sbd *sdp = GFS2_SB(inode);
 	struct gfs2_inode *ip = GFS2_I(inode);
 	unsigned int data_blocks = 0, ind_blocks = 0, rblocks;
@@ -938,7 +937,7 @@ static int do_flock(struct file *file, int cmd, struct file_lock *fl)
 {
 	struct gfs2_file *fp = file->private_data;
 	struct gfs2_holder *fl_gh = &fp->f_fl_gh;
-	struct gfs2_inode *ip = GFS2_I(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	struct gfs2_inode *ip = GFS2_I(file_inode(file));
 	struct gfs2_glock *gl;
 	unsigned int state;
 	int flags;
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c b/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c
index b7eff078fe90..04af1cf7ae34 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c
@@ -1257,7 +1257,7 @@ fail:
 
 int gfs2_fitrim(struct file *filp, void __user *argp)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	struct gfs2_sbd *sdp = GFS2_SB(inode);
 	struct request_queue *q = bdev_get_queue(sdp->sd_vfs->s_bdev);
 	struct buffer_head *bh;
diff --git a/fs/hfs/dir.c b/fs/hfs/dir.c
index 422dde2ec0a1..5f7f1abd5f6d 100644
--- a/fs/hfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/hfs/dir.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ done:
  */
 static int hfs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
 	int len, err;
 	char strbuf[HFS_MAX_NAMELEN];
diff --git a/fs/hfs/inode.c b/fs/hfs/inode.c
index d47f11658c17..3031dfdd2358 100644
--- a/fs/hfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hfs/inode.c
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ static ssize_t hfs_direct_IO(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb,
 {
 	struct file *file = iocb->ki_filp;
 	struct address_space *mapping = file->f_mapping;
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_mapping->host;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file)->i_mapping->host;
 	ssize_t ret;
 
 	ret = blockdev_direct_IO(rw, iocb, inode, iov, offset, nr_segs,
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/dir.c b/fs/hfsplus/dir.c
index 6b9f921ef2fa..074e04589248 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/dir.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/dir.c
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ fail:
 
 static int hfsplus_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
 	int len, err;
 	char strbuf[HFSPLUS_MAX_STRLEN + 1];
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/inode.c b/fs/hfsplus/inode.c
index 799b336b59f9..dcd05be5344b 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/inode.c
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ static ssize_t hfsplus_direct_IO(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb,
 {
 	struct file *file = iocb->ki_filp;
 	struct address_space *mapping = file->f_mapping;
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_mapping->host;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file)->i_mapping->host;
 	ssize_t ret;
 
 	ret = blockdev_direct_IO(rw, iocb, inode, iov, offset, nr_segs,
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/ioctl.c b/fs/hfsplus/ioctl.c
index 09addc8615fa..e3c4c4209428 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/ioctl.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ static int hfsplus_ioctl_bless(struct file *file, int __user *user_flags)
 
 static int hfsplus_ioctl_getflags(struct file *file, int __user *user_flags)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct hfsplus_inode_info *hip = HFSPLUS_I(inode);
 	unsigned int flags = 0;
 
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ static int hfsplus_ioctl_getflags(struct file *file, int __user *user_flags)
 
 static int hfsplus_ioctl_setflags(struct file *file, int __user *user_flags)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct hfsplus_inode_info *hip = HFSPLUS_I(inode);
 	unsigned int flags;
 	int err = 0;
diff --git a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
index 457addc5c91f..ba6de25771ac 100644
--- a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
+++ b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ static inline struct hostfs_inode_info *HOSTFS_I(struct inode *inode)
 	return list_entry(inode, struct hostfs_inode_info, vfs_inode);
 }
 
-#define FILE_HOSTFS_I(file) HOSTFS_I((file)->f_path.dentry->d_inode)
+#define FILE_HOSTFS_I(file) HOSTFS_I(file_inode(file))
 
 static int hostfs_d_delete(const struct dentry *dentry)
 {
diff --git a/fs/hpfs/dir.c b/fs/hpfs/dir.c
index 78e12b2e0ea2..546f6d39713a 100644
--- a/fs/hpfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/hpfs/dir.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ static loff_t hpfs_dir_lseek(struct file *filp, loff_t off, int whence)
 	loff_t new_off = off + (whence == 1 ? filp->f_pos : 0);
 	loff_t pos;
 	struct quad_buffer_head qbh;
-	struct inode *i = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *i = file_inode(filp);
 	struct hpfs_inode_info *hpfs_inode = hpfs_i(i);
 	struct super_block *s = i->i_sb;
 
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ fail:
 
 static int hpfs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	struct hpfs_inode_info *hpfs_inode = hpfs_i(inode);
 	struct quad_buffer_head qbh;
 	struct hpfs_dirent *de;
diff --git a/fs/hpfs/file.c b/fs/hpfs/file.c
index fbfe2df5624b..9f9dbeceeee7 100644
--- a/fs/hpfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/hpfs/file.c
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ static ssize_t hpfs_file_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 	retval = do_sync_write(file, buf, count, ppos);
 	if (retval > 0) {
 		hpfs_lock(file->f_path.dentry->d_sb);
-		hpfs_i(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode)->i_dirty = 1;
+		hpfs_i(file_inode(file))->i_dirty = 1;
 		hpfs_unlock(file->f_path.dentry->d_sb);
 	}
 	return retval;
diff --git a/fs/hppfs/hppfs.c b/fs/hppfs/hppfs.c
index 43b315f2002b..74f55703be49 100644
--- a/fs/hppfs/hppfs.c
+++ b/fs/hppfs/hppfs.c
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ static ssize_t read_proc(struct file *file, char __user *buf, ssize_t count,
 	ssize_t (*read)(struct file *, char __user *, size_t, loff_t *);
 	ssize_t n;
 
-	read = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_fop->read;
+	read = file_inode(file)->i_fop->read;
 
 	if (!is_user)
 		set_fs(KERNEL_DS);
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ static ssize_t hppfs_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 	struct file *proc_file = data->proc_file;
 	ssize_t (*write)(struct file *, const char __user *, size_t, loff_t *);
 
-	write = proc_file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_fop->write;
+	write = file_inode(proc_file)->i_fop->write;
 	return (*write)(proc_file, buf, len, ppos);
 }
 
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ static loff_t hppfs_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t off, int where)
 	loff_t (*llseek)(struct file *, loff_t, int);
 	loff_t ret;
 
-	llseek = proc_file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_fop->llseek;
+	llseek = file_inode(proc_file)->i_fop->llseek;
 	if (llseek != NULL) {
 		ret = (*llseek)(proc_file, off, where);
 		if (ret < 0)
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ static int hppfs_readdir(struct file *file, void *ent, filldir_t filldir)
 				      });
 	int err;
 
-	readdir = proc_file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_fop->readdir;
+	readdir = file_inode(proc_file)->i_fop->readdir;
 
 	proc_file->f_pos = file->f_pos;
 	err = (*readdir)(proc_file, &dirent, hppfs_filldir);
diff --git a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
index 78bde32ea951..edb42ea60c76 100644
--- a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ static void huge_pagevec_release(struct pagevec *pvec)
 
 static int hugetlbfs_file_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	loff_t len, vma_len;
 	int ret;
 	struct hstate *h = hstate_file(file);
diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index 14084b72b259..67880e604399 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -1655,7 +1655,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(file_remove_suid);
 
 int file_update_time(struct file *file)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct timespec now;
 	int sync_it = 0;
 	int ret;
diff --git a/fs/ioctl.c b/fs/ioctl.c
index 3bdad6d1f268..fd507fb460f8 100644
--- a/fs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/ioctl.c
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ static int ioctl_fiemap(struct file *filp, unsigned long arg)
 	struct fiemap fiemap;
 	struct fiemap __user *ufiemap = (struct fiemap __user *) arg;
 	struct fiemap_extent_info fieinfo = { 0, };
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
 	u64 len;
 	int error;
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_block_fiemap);
  */
 int ioctl_preallocate(struct file *filp, void __user *argp)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	struct space_resv sr;
 
 	if (copy_from_user(&sr, argp, sizeof(sr)))
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ int ioctl_preallocate(struct file *filp, void __user *argp)
 static int file_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd,
 		unsigned long arg)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	int __user *p = (int __user *)arg;
 
 	switch (cmd) {
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ static int ioctl_fioasync(unsigned int fd, struct file *filp,
 
 static int ioctl_fsfreeze(struct file *filp)
 {
-	struct super_block *sb = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_sb;
+	struct super_block *sb = file_inode(filp)->i_sb;
 
 	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
 		return -EPERM;
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ static int ioctl_fsfreeze(struct file *filp)
 
 static int ioctl_fsthaw(struct file *filp)
 {
-	struct super_block *sb = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_sb;
+	struct super_block *sb = file_inode(filp)->i_sb;
 
 	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
 		return -EPERM;
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ int do_vfs_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int fd, unsigned int cmd,
 {
 	int error = 0;
 	int __user *argp = (int __user *)arg;
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 
 	switch (cmd) {
 	case FIOCLEX:
diff --git a/fs/isofs/compress.c b/fs/isofs/compress.c
index 0b3fa7974fa8..592e5115a561 100644
--- a/fs/isofs/compress.c
+++ b/fs/isofs/compress.c
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ static int zisofs_fill_pages(struct inode *inode, int full_page, int pcount,
  */
 static int zisofs_readpage(struct file *file, struct page *page)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping;
 	int err;
 	int i, pcount, full_page;
diff --git a/fs/isofs/dir.c b/fs/isofs/dir.c
index f20437c068a0..a7d5c3c3d4e6 100644
--- a/fs/isofs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/isofs/dir.c
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ static int isofs_readdir(struct file *filp,
 	int result;
 	char *tmpname;
 	struct iso_directory_record *tmpde;
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 
 	tmpname = (char *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (tmpname == NULL)
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/dir.c b/fs/jffs2/dir.c
index ad7774d32095..acd46a4160cb 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/dir.c
@@ -117,12 +117,12 @@ static struct dentry *jffs2_lookup(struct inode *dir_i, struct dentry *target,
 static int jffs2_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 {
 	struct jffs2_inode_info *f;
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	struct jffs2_full_dirent *fd;
 	unsigned long offset, curofs;
 
 	jffs2_dbg(1, "jffs2_readdir() for dir_i #%lu\n",
-		  filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_ino);
+		  file_inode(filp)->i_ino);
 
 	f = JFFS2_INODE_INFO(inode);
 
diff --git a/fs/jfs/ioctl.c b/fs/jfs/ioctl.c
index bc555ff417e9..93a1232894f6 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/ioctl.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ static long jfs_map_ext2(unsigned long flags, int from)
 
 long jfs_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	struct jfs_inode_info *jfs_inode = JFS_IP(inode);
 	unsigned int flags;
 
diff --git a/fs/jfs/jfs_dtree.c b/fs/jfs/jfs_dtree.c
index 9197a1b0d02d..0ddbeceafc62 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/jfs_dtree.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/jfs_dtree.c
@@ -3004,7 +3004,7 @@ static inline struct jfs_dirent *next_jfs_dirent(struct jfs_dirent *dirent)
  */
 int jfs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 {
-	struct inode *ip = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *ip = file_inode(filp);
 	struct nls_table *codepage = JFS_SBI(ip->i_sb)->nls_tab;
 	int rc = 0;
 	loff_t dtpos;	/* legacy OS/2 style position */
diff --git a/fs/lockd/clntlock.c b/fs/lockd/clntlock.c
index ca0a08001449..a2717408c478 100644
--- a/fs/lockd/clntlock.c
+++ b/fs/lockd/clntlock.c
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ __be32 nlmclnt_grant(const struct sockaddr *addr, const struct nlm_lock *lock)
 			continue;
 		if (!rpc_cmp_addr(nlm_addr(block->b_host), addr))
 			continue;
-		if (nfs_compare_fh(NFS_FH(fl_blocked->fl_file->f_path.dentry->d_inode) ,fh) != 0)
+		if (nfs_compare_fh(NFS_FH(file_inode(fl_blocked->fl_file)) ,fh) != 0)
 			continue;
 		/* Alright, we found a lock. Set the return status
 		 * and wake up the caller
diff --git a/fs/lockd/clntproc.c b/fs/lockd/clntproc.c
index 54f9e6ce0430..d7e1ec1c6827 100644
--- a/fs/lockd/clntproc.c
+++ b/fs/lockd/clntproc.c
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ static void nlmclnt_setlockargs(struct nlm_rqst *req, struct file_lock *fl)
 	struct nlm_lock	*lock = &argp->lock;
 
 	nlmclnt_next_cookie(&argp->cookie);
-	memcpy(&lock->fh, NFS_FH(fl->fl_file->f_path.dentry->d_inode), sizeof(struct nfs_fh));
+	memcpy(&lock->fh, NFS_FH(file_inode(fl->fl_file)), sizeof(struct nfs_fh));
 	lock->caller  = utsname()->nodename;
 	lock->oh.data = req->a_owner;
 	lock->oh.len  = snprintf(req->a_owner, sizeof(req->a_owner), "%u@%s",
diff --git a/fs/lockd/svclock.c b/fs/lockd/svclock.c
index 8d80c990dffd..e703318c41df 100644
--- a/fs/lockd/svclock.c
+++ b/fs/lockd/svclock.c
@@ -406,8 +406,8 @@ nlmsvc_lock(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct nlm_file *file,
 	__be32			ret;
 
 	dprintk("lockd: nlmsvc_lock(%s/%ld, ty=%d, pi=%d, %Ld-%Ld, bl=%d)\n",
-				file->f_file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_sb->s_id,
-				file->f_file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_ino,
+				file_inode(file->f_file)->i_sb->s_id,
+				file_inode(file->f_file)->i_ino,
 				lock->fl.fl_type, lock->fl.fl_pid,
 				(long long)lock->fl.fl_start,
 				(long long)lock->fl.fl_end,
@@ -513,8 +513,8 @@ nlmsvc_testlock(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct nlm_file *file,
 	__be32			ret;
 
 	dprintk("lockd: nlmsvc_testlock(%s/%ld, ty=%d, %Ld-%Ld)\n",
-				file->f_file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_sb->s_id,
-				file->f_file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_ino,
+				file_inode(file->f_file)->i_sb->s_id,
+				file_inode(file->f_file)->i_ino,
 				lock->fl.fl_type,
 				(long long)lock->fl.fl_start,
 				(long long)lock->fl.fl_end);
@@ -606,8 +606,8 @@ nlmsvc_unlock(struct net *net, struct nlm_file *file, struct nlm_lock *lock)
 	int	error;
 
 	dprintk("lockd: nlmsvc_unlock(%s/%ld, pi=%d, %Ld-%Ld)\n",
-				file->f_file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_sb->s_id,
-				file->f_file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_ino,
+				file_inode(file->f_file)->i_sb->s_id,
+				file_inode(file->f_file)->i_ino,
 				lock->fl.fl_pid,
 				(long long)lock->fl.fl_start,
 				(long long)lock->fl.fl_end);
@@ -635,8 +635,8 @@ nlmsvc_cancel_blocked(struct net *net, struct nlm_file *file, struct nlm_lock *l
 	int status = 0;
 
 	dprintk("lockd: nlmsvc_cancel(%s/%ld, pi=%d, %Ld-%Ld)\n",
-				file->f_file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_sb->s_id,
-				file->f_file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_ino,
+				file_inode(file->f_file)->i_sb->s_id,
+				file_inode(file->f_file)->i_ino,
 				lock->fl.fl_pid,
 				(long long)lock->fl.fl_start,
 				(long long)lock->fl.fl_end);
diff --git a/fs/lockd/svcsubs.c b/fs/lockd/svcsubs.c
index 0deb5f6c9dd4..b3a24b07d981 100644
--- a/fs/lockd/svcsubs.c
+++ b/fs/lockd/svcsubs.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ static inline void nlm_debug_print_fh(char *msg, struct nfs_fh *f)
 
 static inline void nlm_debug_print_file(char *msg, struct nlm_file *file)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file->f_file);
 
 	dprintk("lockd: %s %s/%ld\n",
 		msg, inode->i_sb->s_id, inode->i_ino);
diff --git a/fs/locks.c b/fs/locks.c
index a94e331a52a2..cb424a4fed71 100644
--- a/fs/locks.c
+++ b/fs/locks.c
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ static int flock_to_posix_lock(struct file *filp, struct file_lock *fl,
 		start = filp->f_pos;
 		break;
 	case SEEK_END:
-		start = i_size_read(filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+		start = i_size_read(file_inode(filp));
 		break;
 	default:
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ static int flock64_to_posix_lock(struct file *filp, struct file_lock *fl,
 		start = filp->f_pos;
 		break;
 	case SEEK_END:
-		start = i_size_read(filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+		start = i_size_read(file_inode(filp));
 		break;
 	default:
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ posix_test_lock(struct file *filp, struct file_lock *fl)
 	struct file_lock *cfl;
 
 	lock_flocks();
-	for (cfl = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_flock; cfl; cfl = cfl->fl_next) {
+	for (cfl = file_inode(filp)->i_flock; cfl; cfl = cfl->fl_next) {
 		if (!IS_POSIX(cfl))
 			continue;
 		if (posix_locks_conflict(fl, cfl))
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ static int flock_lock_file(struct file *filp, struct file_lock *request)
 {
 	struct file_lock *new_fl = NULL;
 	struct file_lock **before;
-	struct inode * inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode * inode = file_inode(filp);
 	int error = 0;
 	int found = 0;
 
@@ -1002,7 +1002,7 @@ static int __posix_lock_file(struct inode *inode, struct file_lock *request, str
 int posix_lock_file(struct file *filp, struct file_lock *fl,
 			struct file_lock *conflock)
 {
-	return __posix_lock_file(filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode, fl, conflock);
+	return __posix_lock_file(file_inode(filp), fl, conflock);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(posix_lock_file);
 
@@ -1326,8 +1326,8 @@ int fcntl_getlease(struct file *filp)
 	int type = F_UNLCK;
 
 	lock_flocks();
-	time_out_leases(filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
-	for (fl = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_flock; fl && IS_LEASE(fl);
+	time_out_leases(file_inode(filp));
+	for (fl = file_inode(filp)->i_flock; fl && IS_LEASE(fl);
 			fl = fl->fl_next) {
 		if (fl->fl_file == filp) {
 			type = target_leasetype(fl);
@@ -1843,7 +1843,7 @@ int fcntl_setlk(unsigned int fd, struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd,
 	if (copy_from_user(&flock, l, sizeof(flock)))
 		goto out;
 
-	inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	inode = file_inode(filp);
 
 	/* Don't allow mandatory locks on files that may be memory mapped
 	 * and shared.
@@ -1961,7 +1961,7 @@ int fcntl_setlk64(unsigned int fd, struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd,
 	if (copy_from_user(&flock, l, sizeof(flock)))
 		goto out;
 
-	inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	inode = file_inode(filp);
 
 	/* Don't allow mandatory locks on files that may be memory mapped
 	 * and shared.
@@ -2030,7 +2030,7 @@ void locks_remove_posix(struct file *filp, fl_owner_t owner)
 	 * posix_lock_file().  Another process could be setting a lock on this
 	 * file at the same time, but we wouldn't remove that lock anyway.
 	 */
-	if (!filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_flock)
+	if (!file_inode(filp)->i_flock)
 		return;
 
 	lock.fl_type = F_UNLCK;
@@ -2056,7 +2056,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(locks_remove_posix);
  */
 void locks_remove_flock(struct file *filp)
 {
-	struct inode * inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode * inode = file_inode(filp);
 	struct file_lock *fl;
 	struct file_lock **before;
 
@@ -2152,7 +2152,7 @@ static void lock_get_status(struct seq_file *f, struct file_lock *fl,
 		fl_pid = fl->fl_pid;
 
 	if (fl->fl_file != NULL)
-		inode = fl->fl_file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+		inode = file_inode(fl->fl_file);
 
 	seq_printf(f, "%lld:%s ", id, pfx);
 	if (IS_POSIX(fl)) {
diff --git a/fs/logfs/dir.c b/fs/logfs/dir.c
index 26e4a941532f..b82751082112 100644
--- a/fs/logfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/logfs/dir.c
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ static int logfs_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 #define IMPLICIT_NODES 2
 static int __logfs_readdir(struct file *file, void *buf, filldir_t filldir)
 {
-	struct inode *dir = file->f_dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *dir = file_inode(file);
 	loff_t pos = file->f_pos - IMPLICIT_NODES;
 	struct page *page;
 	struct logfs_disk_dentry *dd;
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ static int __logfs_readdir(struct file *file, void *buf, filldir_t filldir)
 
 static int logfs_readdir(struct file *file, void *buf, filldir_t filldir)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	ino_t pino = parent_ino(file->f_dentry);
 	int err;
 
diff --git a/fs/logfs/file.c b/fs/logfs/file.c
index 3886cded283c..c2219a6dd3c8 100644
--- a/fs/logfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/logfs/file.c
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ static int logfs_releasepage(struct page *page, gfp_t only_xfs_uses_this)
 
 long logfs_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct logfs_inode *li = logfs_inode(inode);
 	unsigned int oldflags, flags;
 	int err;
diff --git a/fs/minix/dir.c b/fs/minix/dir.c
index 685b2d981b87..a9ed6f36e6ea 100644
--- a/fs/minix/dir.c
+++ b/fs/minix/dir.c
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ static inline void *minix_next_entry(void *de, struct minix_sb_info *sbi)
 static int minix_readdir(struct file * filp, void * dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 {
 	unsigned long pos = filp->f_pos;
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
 	unsigned offset = pos & ~PAGE_CACHE_MASK;
 	unsigned long n = pos >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 43a97ee1d4c8..df00b754631d 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -2778,7 +2778,7 @@ retry_lookup:
 			goto out;
 
 		if ((*opened & FILE_CREATED) ||
-		    !S_ISREG(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_mode))
+		    !S_ISREG(file_inode(file)->i_mode))
 			will_truncate = false;
 
 		audit_inode(name, file->f_path.dentry, 0);
diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index 269919fa116d..50ca17d3cb45 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mnt_clone_write);
  */
 int __mnt_want_write_file(struct file *file)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 
 	if (!(file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE) || special_file(inode->i_mode))
 		return __mnt_want_write(file->f_path.mnt);
diff --git a/fs/ncpfs/inode.c b/fs/ncpfs/inode.c
index 1acdad7fcec7..c41e02932542 100644
--- a/fs/ncpfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ncpfs/inode.c
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ static int ncp_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *raw_data, int silent)
 	if (!ncp_filp)
 		goto out;
 	error = -ENOTSOCK;
-	sock_inode = ncp_filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	sock_inode = file_inode(ncp_filp);
 	if (!S_ISSOCK(sock_inode->i_mode))
 		goto out_fput;
 	sock = SOCKET_I(sock_inode);
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ static int ncp_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *raw_data, int silent)
 		if (!server->info_filp)
 			goto out_bdi;
 		error = -ENOTSOCK;
-		sock_inode = server->info_filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+		sock_inode = file_inode(server->info_filp);
 		if (!S_ISSOCK(sock_inode->i_mode))
 			goto out_fput2;
 		info_sock = SOCKET_I(sock_inode);
diff --git a/fs/ncpfs/ioctl.c b/fs/ncpfs/ioctl.c
index 6958adfaff08..5c1e9262219c 100644
--- a/fs/ncpfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/ncpfs/ioctl.c
@@ -808,7 +808,7 @@ outrel:
 
 long ncp_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	struct ncp_server *server = NCP_SERVER(inode);
 	uid_t uid = current_uid();
 	int need_drop_write = 0;
diff --git a/fs/ncpfs/mmap.c b/fs/ncpfs/mmap.c
index 63d14a99483d..ee24df5af1f9 100644
--- a/fs/ncpfs/mmap.c
+++ b/fs/ncpfs/mmap.c
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ static const struct vm_operations_struct ncp_file_mmap =
 /* This is used for a general mmap of a ncp file */
 int ncp_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	
 	DPRINTK("ncp_mmap: called\n");
 
diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index 1b2d7eb93796..a8bd28cde7e2 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ int nfs_readdir_search_for_cookie(struct nfs_cache_array *array, nfs_readdir_des
 
 	for (i = 0; i < array->size; i++) {
 		if (array->array[i].cookie == *desc->dir_cookie) {
-			struct nfs_inode *nfsi = NFS_I(desc->file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+			struct nfs_inode *nfsi = NFS_I(file_inode(desc->file));
 			struct nfs_open_dir_context *ctx = desc->file->private_data;
 
 			new_pos = desc->current_index + i;
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ out:
 static
 int nfs_readdir_filler(nfs_readdir_descriptor_t *desc, struct page* page)
 {
-	struct inode	*inode = desc->file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode	*inode = file_inode(desc->file);
 	int ret;
 
 	ret = nfs_readdir_xdr_to_array(desc, page, inode);
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ void cache_page_release(nfs_readdir_descriptor_t *desc)
 static
 struct page *get_cache_page(nfs_readdir_descriptor_t *desc)
 {
-	return read_cache_page(desc->file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_mapping,
+	return read_cache_page(file_inode(desc->file)->i_mapping,
 			desc->page_index, (filler_t *)nfs_readdir_filler, desc);
 }
 
@@ -764,7 +764,7 @@ int uncached_readdir(nfs_readdir_descriptor_t *desc, void *dirent,
 {
 	struct page	*page = NULL;
 	int		status;
-	struct inode *inode = desc->file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(desc->file);
 	struct nfs_open_dir_context *ctx = desc->file->private_data;
 
 	dfprintk(DIRCACHE, "NFS: uncached_readdir() searching for cookie %Lu\n",
diff --git a/fs/nfs/file.c b/fs/nfs/file.c
index 3c2b893665ba..29f4a48a0ee6 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/file.c
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ static int
 nfs_file_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
 {
 	int ret;
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 
 	do {
 		ret = filemap_write_and_wait_range(inode->i_mapping, start, end);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/idmap.c b/fs/nfs/idmap.c
index bc3968fa81e5..2ad8deaf7dbf 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/idmap.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/idmap.c
@@ -764,7 +764,7 @@ out:
 static ssize_t
 idmap_pipe_downcall(struct file *filp, const char __user *src, size_t mlen)
 {
-	struct rpc_inode *rpci = RPC_I(filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	struct rpc_inode *rpci = RPC_I(file_inode(filp));
 	struct idmap *idmap = (struct idmap *)rpci->private;
 	struct key_construction *cons;
 	struct idmap_msg im;
diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c
index ebeb94ce1b0b..548ae3113005 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(put_nfs_open_context);
  */
 void nfs_file_set_open_context(struct file *filp, struct nfs_open_context *ctx)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	struct nfs_inode *nfsi = NFS_I(inode);
 
 	filp->private_data = get_nfs_open_context(ctx);
@@ -747,7 +747,7 @@ struct nfs_open_context *nfs_find_open_context(struct inode *inode, struct rpc_c
 
 static void nfs_file_clear_open_context(struct file *filp)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	struct nfs_open_context *ctx = nfs_file_open_context(filp);
 
 	if (ctx) {
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs3proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs3proc.c
index 70efb63b1e42..43ea96ced28c 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs3proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs3proc.c
@@ -872,7 +872,7 @@ static void nfs3_proc_commit_setup(struct nfs_commit_data *data, struct rpc_mess
 static int
 nfs3_proc_lock(struct file *filp, int cmd, struct file_lock *fl)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 
 	return nlmclnt_proc(NFS_SERVER(inode)->nlm_host, cmd, fl);
 }
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4file.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4file.c
index 08ddcccb8887..13e6bb3e3fe5 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4file.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4file.c
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ static int
 nfs4_file_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
 {
 	int ret;
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 
 	do {
 		ret = filemap_write_and_wait_range(inode->i_mapping, start, end);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/proc.c b/fs/nfs/proc.c
index f084dac948e1..fc8de9016acf 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/proc.c
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ nfs_proc_commit_setup(struct nfs_commit_data *data, struct rpc_message *msg)
 static int
 nfs_proc_lock(struct file *filp, int cmd, struct file_lock *fl)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 
 	return nlmclnt_proc(NFS_SERVER(inode)->nlm_host, cmd, fl);
 }
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/fault_inject.c b/fs/nfsd/fault_inject.c
index e761ee95617f..497584c70366 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/fault_inject.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/fault_inject.c
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ static ssize_t fault_inject_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 	loff_t pos = *ppos;
 
 	if (!pos)
-		nfsd_inject_get(file->f_dentry->d_inode->i_private, &val);
+		nfsd_inject_get(file_inode(file)->i_private, &val);
 	size = scnprintf(read_buf, sizeof(read_buf), "%llu\n", val);
 
 	if (pos < 0)
@@ -133,10 +133,10 @@ static ssize_t fault_inject_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 
 	size = rpc_pton(net, write_buf, size, (struct sockaddr *)&sa, sizeof(sa));
 	if (size > 0)
-		nfsd_inject_set_client(file->f_dentry->d_inode->i_private, &sa, size);
+		nfsd_inject_set_client(file_inode(file)->i_private, &sa, size);
 	else {
 		val = simple_strtoll(write_buf, NULL, 0);
-		nfsd_inject_set(file->f_dentry->d_inode->i_private, val);
+		nfsd_inject_set(file_inode(file)->i_private, val);
 	}
 	return len; /* on success, claim we got the whole input */
 }
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c b/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
index 74934284d9a7..2db7021b01ae 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ static ssize_t (*write_op[])(struct file *, char *, size_t) = {
 
 static ssize_t nfsctl_transaction_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf, size_t size, loff_t *pos)
 {
-	ino_t ino =  file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_ino;
+	ino_t ino =  file_inode(file)->i_ino;
 	char *data;
 	ssize_t rv;
 
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
index d586117fa94a..a94245b4045f 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
@@ -979,7 +979,7 @@ static void kill_suid(struct dentry *dentry)
  */
 static int wait_for_concurrent_writes(struct file *file)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	static ino_t last_ino;
 	static dev_t last_dev;
 	int err = 0;
@@ -1070,7 +1070,7 @@ __be32 nfsd_read(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp,
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	inode = file_inode(file);
 
 	/* Get readahead parameters */
 	ra = nfsd_get_raparms(inode->i_sb->s_dev, inode->i_ino);
@@ -1957,7 +1957,7 @@ static __be32 nfsd_buffered_readdir(struct file *file, filldir_t func,
 	offset = *offsetp;
 
 	while (1) {
-		struct inode *dir_inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+		struct inode *dir_inode = file_inode(file);
 		unsigned int reclen;
 
 		cdp->err = nfserr_eof; /* will be cleared on successful read */
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/dir.c b/fs/nilfs2/dir.c
index df1a7fb238d1..f30b017740a7 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/dir.c
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ static void nilfs_set_de_type(struct nilfs_dir_entry *de, struct inode *inode)
 static int nilfs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 {
 	loff_t pos = filp->f_pos;
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
 	unsigned int offset = pos & ~PAGE_CACHE_MASK;
 	unsigned long n = pos >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/file.c b/fs/nilfs2/file.c
index 61946883025c..89dc0886387d 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/file.c
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ int nilfs_sync_file(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
 static int nilfs_page_mkwrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf)
 {
 	struct page *page = vmf->page;
-	struct inode *inode = vma->vm_file->f_dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(vma->vm_file);
 	struct nilfs_transaction_info ti;
 	int ret = 0;
 
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c b/fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c
index fdb180769485..ef61c749641d 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c
@@ -793,7 +793,7 @@ static int nilfs_ioctl_get_info(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp,
 
 long nilfs_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	void __user *argp = (void __user *)arg;
 
 	switch (cmd) {
diff --git a/fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c b/fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c
index 08b886f119ce..2bfe6dc413a0 100644
--- a/fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c
+++ b/fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ void dnotify_flush(struct file *filp, fl_owner_t id)
 	struct dnotify_struct **prev;
 	struct inode *inode;
 
-	inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	inode = file_inode(filp);
 	if (!S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
 		return;
 
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ int fcntl_dirnotify(int fd, struct file *filp, unsigned long arg)
 	}
 
 	/* dnotify only works on directories */
-	inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	inode = file_inode(filp);
 	if (!S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) {
 		error = -ENOTDIR;
 		goto out_err;
diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
index 9ff4a5ee6e20..5d8444268a16 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ static int fanotify_find_path(int dfd, const char __user *filename,
 
 		ret = -ENOTDIR;
 		if ((flags & FAN_MARK_ONLYDIR) &&
-		    !(S_ISDIR(f.file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_mode))) {
+		    !(S_ISDIR(file_inode(f.file)->i_mode))) {
 			fdput(f);
 			goto out;
 		}
diff --git a/fs/ntfs/dir.c b/fs/ntfs/dir.c
index 99e36107ff60..aa411c3f20e9 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/dir.c
@@ -1101,7 +1101,7 @@ static int ntfs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 {
 	s64 ia_pos, ia_start, prev_ia_pos, bmp_pos;
 	loff_t fpos, i_size;
-	struct inode *bmp_vi, *vdir = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *bmp_vi, *vdir = file_inode(filp);
 	struct super_block *sb = vdir->i_sb;
 	ntfs_inode *ndir = NTFS_I(vdir);
 	ntfs_volume *vol = NTFS_SB(sb);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/aops.c b/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
index 657743254eb9..db1ad26e02a7 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ static void ocfs2_dio_end_io(struct kiocb *iocb,
 			     int ret,
 			     bool is_async)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = iocb->ki_filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(iocb->ki_filp);
 	int level;
 	wait_queue_head_t *wq = ocfs2_ioend_wq(inode);
 
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ static ssize_t ocfs2_direct_IO(int rw,
 			       unsigned long nr_segs)
 {
 	struct file *file = iocb->ki_filp;
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_mapping->host;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file)->i_mapping->host;
 
 	/*
 	 * Fallback to buffered I/O if we see an inode without
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dir.c b/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
index 8fe4e2892ab9..ac0d4a0e8a41 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
@@ -2015,7 +2015,7 @@ int ocfs2_dir_foreach(struct inode *inode, loff_t *f_pos, void *priv,
 int ocfs2_readdir(struct file * filp, void * dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 {
 	int error = 0;
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	int lock_level = 0;
 
 	trace_ocfs2_readdir((unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlmfs/dlmfs.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlmfs/dlmfs.c
index 16b712d260d4..4c5fc8d77dc2 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlmfs/dlmfs.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlmfs/dlmfs.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ static int dlmfs_file_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr)
 static unsigned int dlmfs_file_poll(struct file *file, poll_table *wait)
 {
 	int event = 0;
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct dlmfs_inode_private *ip = DLMFS_I(inode);
 
 	poll_wait(file, &ip->ip_lockres.l_event, wait);
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ static ssize_t dlmfs_file_read(struct file *filp,
 	int bytes_left;
 	ssize_t readlen, got;
 	char *lvb_buf;
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 
 	mlog(0, "inode %lu, count = %zu, *ppos = %llu\n",
 		inode->i_ino, count, *ppos);
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ static ssize_t dlmfs_file_write(struct file *filp,
 	int bytes_left;
 	ssize_t writelen;
 	char *lvb_buf;
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 
 	mlog(0, "inode %lu, count = %zu, *ppos = %llu\n",
 		inode->i_ino, count, *ppos);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/file.c b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
index 37d313ede159..04098af9dbc8 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
@@ -1949,7 +1949,7 @@ out:
 int ocfs2_change_file_space(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
 			    struct ocfs2_space_resv *sr)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
 	int ret;
 
@@ -1977,7 +1977,7 @@ int ocfs2_change_file_space(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
 static long ocfs2_fallocate(struct file *file, int mode, loff_t offset,
 			    loff_t len)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
 	struct ocfs2_space_resv sr;
 	int change_size = 1;
@@ -2232,7 +2232,7 @@ static ssize_t ocfs2_file_aio_write(struct kiocb *iocb,
 	loff_t old_size, *ppos = &iocb->ki_pos;
 	u32 old_clusters;
 	struct file *file = iocb->ki_filp;
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
 	int full_coherency = !(osb->s_mount_opt &
 			       OCFS2_MOUNT_COHERENCY_BUFFERED);
@@ -2516,7 +2516,7 @@ static ssize_t ocfs2_file_splice_read(struct file *in,
 				      unsigned int flags)
 {
 	int ret = 0, lock_level = 0;
-	struct inode *inode = in->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(in);
 
 	trace_ocfs2_file_splice_read(inode, in, in->f_path.dentry,
 			(unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno,
@@ -2546,7 +2546,7 @@ static ssize_t ocfs2_file_aio_read(struct kiocb *iocb,
 {
 	int ret = 0, rw_level = -1, have_alloc_sem = 0, lock_level = 0;
 	struct file *filp = iocb->ki_filp;
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 
 	trace_ocfs2_file_aio_read(inode, filp, filp->f_path.dentry,
 			(unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno,
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/ioctl.c b/fs/ocfs2/ioctl.c
index f20edcbfe700..752f0b26221d 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/ioctl.c
@@ -881,7 +881,7 @@ bail:
 
 long ocfs2_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	unsigned int flags;
 	int new_clusters;
 	int status;
@@ -994,7 +994,7 @@ long ocfs2_compat_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
 	bool preserve;
 	struct reflink_arguments args;
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct ocfs2_info info;
 	void __user *argp = (void __user *)arg;
 
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/mmap.c b/fs/ocfs2/mmap.c
index 47a87dda54ce..07c585b85000 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/mmap.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/mmap.c
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ static int __ocfs2_page_mkwrite(struct file *file, struct buffer_head *di_bh,
 				struct page *page)
 {
 	int ret = VM_FAULT_NOPAGE;
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping;
 	loff_t pos = page_offset(page);
 	unsigned int len = PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ out:
 static int ocfs2_page_mkwrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf)
 {
 	struct page *page = vmf->page;
-	struct inode *inode = vma->vm_file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(vma->vm_file);
 	struct buffer_head *di_bh = NULL;
 	sigset_t oldset;
 	int ret;
@@ -180,13 +180,13 @@ int ocfs2_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
 	int ret = 0, lock_level = 0;
 
-	ret = ocfs2_inode_lock_atime(file->f_dentry->d_inode,
+	ret = ocfs2_inode_lock_atime(file_inode(file),
 				    file->f_vfsmnt, &lock_level);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out;
 	}
-	ocfs2_inode_unlock(file->f_dentry->d_inode, lock_level);
+	ocfs2_inode_unlock(file_inode(file), lock_level);
 out:
 	vma->vm_ops = &ocfs2_file_vm_ops;
 	return 0;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/move_extents.c b/fs/ocfs2/move_extents.c
index 6083432f667e..9f8dcadd9a50 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/move_extents.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/move_extents.c
@@ -1055,7 +1055,7 @@ int ocfs2_ioctl_move_extents(struct file *filp, void __user *argp)
 {
 	int status;
 
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	struct ocfs2_move_extents range;
 	struct ocfs2_move_extents_context *context = NULL;
 
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c b/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c
index 30a055049e16..1baffaadda41 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c
@@ -2927,7 +2927,7 @@ int ocfs2_duplicate_clusters_by_page(handle_t *handle,
 				     u32 new_cluster, u32 new_len)
 {
 	int ret = 0, partial;
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci = INODE_CACHE(inode);
 	struct super_block *sb = ocfs2_metadata_cache_get_super(ci);
 	u64 new_block = ocfs2_clusters_to_blocks(sb, new_cluster);
@@ -3020,7 +3020,7 @@ int ocfs2_duplicate_clusters_by_jbd(handle_t *handle,
 				    u32 new_cluster, u32 new_len)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
 	struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci = INODE_CACHE(inode);
 	int i, blocks = ocfs2_clusters_to_blocks(sb, new_len);
diff --git a/fs/omfs/dir.c b/fs/omfs/dir.c
index fb5b3ff79dc6..acbaebcad3a8 100644
--- a/fs/omfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/omfs/dir.c
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ int omfs_is_bad(struct omfs_sb_info *sbi, struct omfs_header *header,
 static int omfs_fill_chain(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir,
 		u64 fsblock, int hindex)
 {
-	struct inode *dir = filp->f_dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *dir = file_inode(filp);
 	struct buffer_head *bh;
 	struct omfs_inode *oi;
 	u64 self;
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ out:
 
 static int omfs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 {
-	struct inode *dir = filp->f_dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *dir = file_inode(filp);
 	struct buffer_head *bh;
 	loff_t offset, res;
 	unsigned int hchain, hindex;
diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index 9b33c0cbfacf..e08643feb574 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ SYSCALL_ALIAS(sys_ftruncate64, SyS_ftruncate64);
 
 int do_fallocate(struct file *file, int mode, loff_t offset, loff_t len)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	long ret;
 
 	if (offset < 0 || len <= 0)
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(fchdir, unsigned int, fd)
 	if (!f.file)
 		goto out;
 
-	inode = f.file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	inode = file_inode(f.file);
 
 	error = -ENOTDIR;
 	if (!S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ static int do_dentry_open(struct file *f,
 		f->f_mode = FMODE_PATH;
 
 	path_get(&f->f_path);
-	inode = f->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	inode = file_inode(f);
 	if (f->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE) {
 		error = __get_file_write_access(inode, f->f_path.mnt);
 		if (error)
diff --git a/fs/openpromfs/inode.c b/fs/openpromfs/inode.c
index 2ad080faca34..ae47fa7efb9d 100644
--- a/fs/openpromfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/openpromfs/inode.c
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ found:
 
 static int openpromfs_readdir(struct file * filp, void * dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	struct op_inode_info *oi = OP_I(inode);
 	struct device_node *dp = oi->u.node;
 	struct device_node *child;
diff --git a/fs/pipe.c b/fs/pipe.c
index bd3479db4b62..39baf6c3ebb0 100644
--- a/fs/pipe.c
+++ b/fs/pipe.c
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ pipe_read(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *_iov,
 	   unsigned long nr_segs, loff_t pos)
 {
 	struct file *filp = iocb->ki_filp;
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	struct pipe_inode_info *pipe;
 	int do_wakeup;
 	ssize_t ret;
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ pipe_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *_iov,
 	    unsigned long nr_segs, loff_t ppos)
 {
 	struct file *filp = iocb->ki_filp;
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	struct pipe_inode_info *pipe;
 	ssize_t ret;
 	int do_wakeup;
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ bad_pipe_w(struct file *filp, const char __user *buf, size_t count,
 
 static long pipe_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	struct pipe_inode_info *pipe;
 	int count, buf, nrbufs;
 
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ static unsigned int
 pipe_poll(struct file *filp, poll_table *wait)
 {
 	unsigned int mask;
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	struct pipe_inode_info *pipe = inode->i_pipe;
 	int nrbufs;
 
@@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ pipe_release(struct inode *inode, int decr, int decw)
 static int
 pipe_read_fasync(int fd, struct file *filp, int on)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	int retval;
 
 	mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ pipe_read_fasync(int fd, struct file *filp, int on)
 static int
 pipe_write_fasync(int fd, struct file *filp, int on)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	int retval;
 
 	mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
@@ -786,7 +786,7 @@ pipe_write_fasync(int fd, struct file *filp, int on)
 static int
 pipe_rdwr_fasync(int fd, struct file *filp, int on)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	struct pipe_inode_info *pipe = inode->i_pipe;
 	int retval;
 
@@ -1226,7 +1226,7 @@ int pipe_proc_fn(struct ctl_table *table, int write, void __user *buf,
  */
 struct pipe_inode_info *get_pipe_info(struct file *file)
 {
-	struct inode *i = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *i = file_inode(file);
 
 	return S_ISFIFO(i->i_mode) ? i->i_pipe : NULL;
 }
diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index 9b43ff77a51e..760268d6cba6 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ static int lstats_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 static ssize_t lstats_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 			    size_t count, loff_t *offs)
 {
-	struct task_struct *task = get_proc_task(file->f_dentry->d_inode);
+	struct task_struct *task = get_proc_task(file_inode(file));
 
 	if (!task)
 		return -ESRCH;
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ static const struct inode_operations proc_def_inode_operations = {
 static ssize_t proc_info_read(struct file * file, char __user * buf,
 			  size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	struct inode * inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode * inode = file_inode(file);
 	unsigned long page;
 	ssize_t length;
 	struct task_struct *task = get_proc_task(inode);
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ static const struct file_operations proc_single_file_operations = {
 
 static int __mem_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file, unsigned int mode)
 {
-	struct task_struct *task = get_proc_task(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	struct task_struct *task = get_proc_task(file_inode(file));
 	struct mm_struct *mm;
 
 	if (!task)
@@ -869,7 +869,7 @@ static const struct file_operations proc_environ_operations = {
 static ssize_t oom_adj_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t count,
 			    loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	struct task_struct *task = get_proc_task(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	struct task_struct *task = get_proc_task(file_inode(file));
 	char buffer[PROC_NUMBUF];
 	int oom_adj = OOM_ADJUST_MIN;
 	size_t len;
@@ -916,7 +916,7 @@ static ssize_t oom_adj_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	task = get_proc_task(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	task = get_proc_task(file_inode(file));
 	if (!task) {
 		err = -ESRCH;
 		goto out;
@@ -976,7 +976,7 @@ static const struct file_operations proc_oom_adj_operations = {
 static ssize_t oom_score_adj_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 					size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	struct task_struct *task = get_proc_task(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	struct task_struct *task = get_proc_task(file_inode(file));
 	char buffer[PROC_NUMBUF];
 	short oom_score_adj = OOM_SCORE_ADJ_MIN;
 	unsigned long flags;
@@ -1019,7 +1019,7 @@ static ssize_t oom_score_adj_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	task = get_proc_task(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	task = get_proc_task(file_inode(file));
 	if (!task) {
 		err = -ESRCH;
 		goto out;
@@ -1067,7 +1067,7 @@ static const struct file_operations proc_oom_score_adj_operations = {
 static ssize_t proc_loginuid_read(struct file * file, char __user * buf,
 				  size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	struct inode * inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode * inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct task_struct *task = get_proc_task(inode);
 	ssize_t length;
 	char tmpbuf[TMPBUFLEN];
@@ -1084,7 +1084,7 @@ static ssize_t proc_loginuid_read(struct file * file, char __user * buf,
 static ssize_t proc_loginuid_write(struct file * file, const char __user * buf,
 				   size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	struct inode * inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode * inode = file_inode(file);
 	char *page, *tmp;
 	ssize_t length;
 	uid_t loginuid;
@@ -1142,7 +1142,7 @@ static const struct file_operations proc_loginuid_operations = {
 static ssize_t proc_sessionid_read(struct file * file, char __user * buf,
 				  size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	struct inode * inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode * inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct task_struct *task = get_proc_task(inode);
 	ssize_t length;
 	char tmpbuf[TMPBUFLEN];
@@ -1165,7 +1165,7 @@ static const struct file_operations proc_sessionid_operations = {
 static ssize_t proc_fault_inject_read(struct file * file, char __user * buf,
 				      size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	struct task_struct *task = get_proc_task(file->f_dentry->d_inode);
+	struct task_struct *task = get_proc_task(file_inode(file));
 	char buffer[PROC_NUMBUF];
 	size_t len;
 	int make_it_fail;
@@ -1197,7 +1197,7 @@ static ssize_t proc_fault_inject_write(struct file * file,
 	make_it_fail = simple_strtol(strstrip(buffer), &end, 0);
 	if (*end)
 		return -EINVAL;
-	task = get_proc_task(file->f_dentry->d_inode);
+	task = get_proc_task(file_inode(file));
 	if (!task)
 		return -ESRCH;
 	task->make_it_fail = make_it_fail;
@@ -1237,7 +1237,7 @@ static ssize_t
 sched_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 	    size_t count, loff_t *offset)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct task_struct *p;
 
 	p = get_proc_task(inode);
@@ -1288,7 +1288,7 @@ static ssize_t
 sched_autogroup_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 	    size_t count, loff_t *offset)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct task_struct *p;
 	char buffer[PROC_NUMBUF];
 	int nice;
@@ -1343,7 +1343,7 @@ static const struct file_operations proc_pid_sched_autogroup_operations = {
 static ssize_t comm_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 				size_t count, loff_t *offset)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct task_struct *p;
 	char buffer[TASK_COMM_LEN];
 
@@ -2146,7 +2146,7 @@ out_no_task:
 static ssize_t proc_pid_attr_read(struct file * file, char __user * buf,
 				  size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	struct inode * inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode * inode = file_inode(file);
 	char *p = NULL;
 	ssize_t length;
 	struct task_struct *task = get_proc_task(inode);
@@ -2167,7 +2167,7 @@ static ssize_t proc_pid_attr_read(struct file * file, char __user * buf,
 static ssize_t proc_pid_attr_write(struct file * file, const char __user * buf,
 				   size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	struct inode * inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode * inode = file_inode(file);
 	char *page;
 	ssize_t length;
 	struct task_struct *task = get_proc_task(inode);
@@ -2256,7 +2256,7 @@ static const struct inode_operations proc_attr_dir_inode_operations = {
 static ssize_t proc_coredump_filter_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 					 size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	struct task_struct *task = get_proc_task(file->f_dentry->d_inode);
+	struct task_struct *task = get_proc_task(file_inode(file));
 	struct mm_struct *mm;
 	char buffer[PROC_NUMBUF];
 	size_t len;
@@ -2308,7 +2308,7 @@ static ssize_t proc_coredump_filter_write(struct file *file,
 		goto out_no_task;
 
 	ret = -ESRCH;
-	task = get_proc_task(file->f_dentry->d_inode);
+	task = get_proc_task(file_inode(file));
 	if (!task)
 		goto out_no_task;
 
diff --git a/fs/proc/generic.c b/fs/proc/generic.c
index 76ddae83daa5..7dfe548a28e8 100644
--- a/fs/proc/generic.c
+++ b/fs/proc/generic.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ static ssize_t
 __proc_file_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t nbytes,
 	       loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	struct inode * inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode * inode = file_inode(file);
 	char 	*page;
 	ssize_t	retval=0;
 	int	eof=0;
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ static ssize_t
 proc_file_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t nbytes,
 	       loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	struct proc_dir_entry *pde = PDE(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	struct proc_dir_entry *pde = PDE(file_inode(file));
 	ssize_t rv = -EIO;
 
 	spin_lock(&pde->pde_unload_lock);
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ static ssize_t
 proc_file_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buffer,
 		size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	struct proc_dir_entry *pde = PDE(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	struct proc_dir_entry *pde = PDE(file_inode(file));
 	ssize_t rv = -EIO;
 
 	if (pde->write_proc) {
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ int proc_readdir_de(struct proc_dir_entry *de, struct file *filp, void *dirent,
 {
 	unsigned int ino;
 	int i;
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	ino = inode->i_ino;
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ out:
 
 int proc_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 
 	return proc_readdir_de(PDE(inode), filp, dirent, filldir);
 }
diff --git a/fs/proc/inode.c b/fs/proc/inode.c
index 439ae6886507..38f5c119b806 100644
--- a/fs/proc/inode.c
+++ b/fs/proc/inode.c
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ void pde_users_dec(struct proc_dir_entry *pde)
 
 static loff_t proc_reg_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
 {
-	struct proc_dir_entry *pde = PDE(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	struct proc_dir_entry *pde = PDE(file_inode(file));
 	loff_t rv = -EINVAL;
 	loff_t (*llseek)(struct file *, loff_t, int);
 
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ static loff_t proc_reg_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
 
 static ssize_t proc_reg_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	struct proc_dir_entry *pde = PDE(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	struct proc_dir_entry *pde = PDE(file_inode(file));
 	ssize_t rv = -EIO;
 	ssize_t (*read)(struct file *, char __user *, size_t, loff_t *);
 
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ static ssize_t proc_reg_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t count,
 
 static ssize_t proc_reg_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	struct proc_dir_entry *pde = PDE(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	struct proc_dir_entry *pde = PDE(file_inode(file));
 	ssize_t rv = -EIO;
 	ssize_t (*write)(struct file *, const char __user *, size_t, loff_t *);
 
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ static ssize_t proc_reg_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf, size_t
 
 static unsigned int proc_reg_poll(struct file *file, struct poll_table_struct *pts)
 {
-	struct proc_dir_entry *pde = PDE(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	struct proc_dir_entry *pde = PDE(file_inode(file));
 	unsigned int rv = DEFAULT_POLLMASK;
 	unsigned int (*poll)(struct file *, struct poll_table_struct *);
 
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ static unsigned int proc_reg_poll(struct file *file, struct poll_table_struct *p
 
 static long proc_reg_unlocked_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
-	struct proc_dir_entry *pde = PDE(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	struct proc_dir_entry *pde = PDE(file_inode(file));
 	long rv = -ENOTTY;
 	long (*ioctl)(struct file *, unsigned int, unsigned long);
 
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ static long proc_reg_unlocked_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigne
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
 static long proc_reg_compat_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
-	struct proc_dir_entry *pde = PDE(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	struct proc_dir_entry *pde = PDE(file_inode(file));
 	long rv = -ENOTTY;
 	long (*compat_ioctl)(struct file *, unsigned int, unsigned long);
 
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ static long proc_reg_compat_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned
 
 static int proc_reg_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
-	struct proc_dir_entry *pde = PDE(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	struct proc_dir_entry *pde = PDE(file_inode(file));
 	int rv = -EIO;
 	int (*mmap)(struct file *, struct vm_area_struct *);
 
diff --git a/fs/proc/nommu.c b/fs/proc/nommu.c
index b1822dde55c2..ccfd99bd1c5a 100644
--- a/fs/proc/nommu.c
+++ b/fs/proc/nommu.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ static int nommu_region_show(struct seq_file *m, struct vm_region *region)
 	file = region->vm_file;
 
 	if (file) {
-		struct inode *inode = region->vm_file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+		struct inode *inode = file_inode(region->vm_file);
 		dev = inode->i_sb->s_dev;
 		ino = inode->i_ino;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_net.c b/fs/proc/proc_net.c
index fe72cd073dea..75df0d731110 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_net.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_net.c
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ static int proc_tgid_net_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent,
 	struct net *net;
 
 	ret = -EINVAL;
-	net = get_proc_task_net(filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	net = get_proc_task_net(file_inode(filp));
 	if (net != NULL) {
 		ret = proc_readdir_de(net->proc_net, filp, dirent, filldir);
 		put_net(net);
diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
index 1827d88ad58b..612df79cc6a1 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ out:
 static ssize_t proc_sys_call_handler(struct file *filp, void __user *buf,
 		size_t count, loff_t *ppos, int write)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	struct ctl_table_header *head = grab_header(inode);
 	struct ctl_table *table = PROC_I(inode)->sysctl_entry;
 	ssize_t error;
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ static int proc_sys_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 
 static unsigned int proc_sys_poll(struct file *filp, poll_table *wait)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	struct ctl_table_header *head = grab_header(inode);
 	struct ctl_table *table = PROC_I(inode)->sysctl_entry;
 	unsigned int ret = DEFAULT_POLLMASK;
diff --git a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
index ca5ce7f9f800..3e636d864d56 100644
--- a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
+++ b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ show_map_vma(struct seq_file *m, struct vm_area_struct *vma, int is_pid)
 	const char *name = NULL;
 
 	if (file) {
-		struct inode *inode = vma->vm_file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+		struct inode *inode = file_inode(vma->vm_file);
 		dev = inode->i_sb->s_dev;
 		ino = inode->i_ino;
 		pgoff = ((loff_t)vma->vm_pgoff) << PAGE_SHIFT;
@@ -743,7 +743,7 @@ static ssize_t clear_refs_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 		return rv;
 	if (type < CLEAR_REFS_ALL || type > CLEAR_REFS_MAPPED)
 		return -EINVAL;
-	task = get_proc_task(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	task = get_proc_task(file_inode(file));
 	if (!task)
 		return -ESRCH;
 	mm = get_task_mm(task);
@@ -1015,7 +1015,7 @@ static int pagemap_hugetlb_range(pte_t *pte, unsigned long hmask,
 static ssize_t pagemap_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 			    size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	struct task_struct *task = get_proc_task(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	struct task_struct *task = get_proc_task(file_inode(file));
 	struct mm_struct *mm;
 	struct pagemapread pm;
 	int ret = -ESRCH;
diff --git a/fs/proc/task_nommu.c b/fs/proc/task_nommu.c
index 1ccfa537f5f5..56123a6f462e 100644
--- a/fs/proc/task_nommu.c
+++ b/fs/proc/task_nommu.c
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ static int nommu_vma_show(struct seq_file *m, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	file = vma->vm_file;
 
 	if (file) {
-		struct inode *inode = vma->vm_file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+		struct inode *inode = file_inode(vma->vm_file);
 		dev = inode->i_sb->s_dev;
 		ino = inode->i_ino;
 		pgoff = (loff_t)vma->vm_pgoff << PAGE_SHIFT;
diff --git a/fs/qnx4/dir.c b/fs/qnx4/dir.c
index 7b0329468a5d..28ce014b3cef 100644
--- a/fs/qnx4/dir.c
+++ b/fs/qnx4/dir.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 static int qnx4_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	unsigned int offset;
 	struct buffer_head *bh;
 	struct qnx4_inode_entry *de;
diff --git a/fs/qnx6/dir.c b/fs/qnx6/dir.c
index dc597353db3b..8798d065e400 100644
--- a/fs/qnx6/dir.c
+++ b/fs/qnx6/dir.c
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ static int qnx6_dir_longfilename(struct inode *inode,
 
 static int qnx6_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	struct super_block *s = inode->i_sb;
 	struct qnx6_sb_info *sbi = QNX6_SB(s);
 	loff_t pos = filp->f_pos & (QNX6_DIR_ENTRY_SIZE - 1);
diff --git a/fs/ramfs/file-nommu.c b/fs/ramfs/file-nommu.c
index d5378d028589..8d5b438cc188 100644
--- a/fs/ramfs/file-nommu.c
+++ b/fs/ramfs/file-nommu.c
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ unsigned long ramfs_nommu_get_unmapped_area(struct file *file,
 					    unsigned long pgoff, unsigned long flags)
 {
 	unsigned long maxpages, lpages, nr, loop, ret;
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct page **pages = NULL, **ptr, *page;
 	loff_t isize;
 
diff --git a/fs/read_write.c b/fs/read_write.c
index bb34af315280..3ae6dbe828bf 100644
--- a/fs/read_write.c
+++ b/fs/read_write.c
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(no_llseek);
 
 loff_t default_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	loff_t retval;
 
 	mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ int rw_verify_area(int read_write, struct file *file, loff_t *ppos, size_t count
 	loff_t pos;
 	int retval = -EINVAL;
 
-	inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	inode = file_inode(file);
 	if (unlikely((ssize_t) count < 0))
 		return retval;
 	pos = *ppos;
@@ -901,8 +901,8 @@ ssize_t do_sendfile(int out_fd, int in_fd, loff_t *ppos, size_t count,
 	if (!(out.file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE))
 		goto fput_out;
 	retval = -EINVAL;
-	in_inode = in.file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
-	out_inode = out.file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	in_inode = file_inode(in.file);
+	out_inode = file_inode(out.file);
 	retval = rw_verify_area(WRITE, out.file, &out.file->f_pos, count);
 	if (retval < 0)
 		goto fput_out;
diff --git a/fs/readdir.c b/fs/readdir.c
index 5e69ef533b77..fee38e04fae4 100644
--- a/fs/readdir.c
+++ b/fs/readdir.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 int vfs_readdir(struct file *file, filldir_t filler, void *buf)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	int res = -ENOTDIR;
 	if (!file->f_op || !file->f_op->readdir)
 		goto out;
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/file.c b/fs/reiserfs/file.c
index 50302d6f8895..6165bd4784f6 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/file.c
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ static ssize_t reiserfs_file_write(struct file *file,	/* the file we are going t
 							 * new current position before returning. */
 				   )
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;	// Inode of the file that we are writing to.
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);	// Inode of the file that we are writing to.
 	/* To simplify coding at this time, we store
 	   locked pages in array for now */
 	struct reiserfs_transaction_handle th;
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/ioctl.c b/fs/reiserfs/ioctl.c
index 0c2185042d5f..15cb5fe6b425 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/ioctl.c
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
  */
 long reiserfs_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	unsigned int flags;
 	int err = 0;
 
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/procfs.c b/fs/reiserfs/procfs.c
index e60e87035bb3..9cc0740adffa 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/procfs.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/procfs.c
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ static int show_oidmap(struct seq_file *m, struct super_block *sb)
 	}
 #if defined( REISERFS_USE_OIDMAPF )
 	if (sb_info->oidmap.use_file && (sb_info->oidmap.mapf != NULL)) {
-		loff_t size = sb_info->oidmap.mapf->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_size;
+		loff_t size = file_inode(sb_info->oidmap.mapf)->i_size;
 		total_used += size / sizeof(reiserfs_oidinterval_d_t);
 	}
 #endif
diff --git a/fs/romfs/super.c b/fs/romfs/super.c
index fd7c5f60b46b..7e8d3a80bdab 100644
--- a/fs/romfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/romfs/super.c
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ static const struct address_space_operations romfs_aops = {
  */
 static int romfs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 {
-	struct inode *i = filp->f_dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *i = file_inode(filp);
 	struct romfs_inode ri;
 	unsigned long offset, maxoff;
 	int j, ino, nextfh;
diff --git a/fs/splice.c b/fs/splice.c
index 6909d89d0da5..963213d56403 100644
--- a/fs/splice.c
+++ b/fs/splice.c
@@ -1170,7 +1170,7 @@ ssize_t splice_direct_to_actor(struct file *in, struct splice_desc *sd,
 	 * randomly drop data for eg socket -> socket splicing. Use the
 	 * piped splicing for that!
 	 */
-	i_mode = in->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_mode;
+	i_mode = file_inode(in)->i_mode;
 	if (unlikely(!S_ISREG(i_mode) && !S_ISBLK(i_mode)))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
diff --git a/fs/squashfs/dir.c b/fs/squashfs/dir.c
index b381305c9a47..57dc70ebbb19 100644
--- a/fs/squashfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/squashfs/dir.c
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ static int get_dir_index_using_offset(struct super_block *sb,
 
 static int squashfs_readdir(struct file *file, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct squashfs_sb_info *msblk = inode->i_sb->s_fs_info;
 	u64 block = squashfs_i(inode)->start + msblk->directory_table;
 	int offset = squashfs_i(inode)->offset, length, dir_count, size,
diff --git a/fs/sync.c b/fs/sync.c
index 14eefeb44636..2c5d6639a66a 100644
--- a/fs/sync.c
+++ b/fs/sync.c
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE(sync_file_range)(int fd, loff_t offset, loff_t nbytes,
 	if (!f.file)
 		goto out;
 
-	i_mode = f.file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_mode;
+	i_mode = file_inode(f.file)->i_mode;
 	ret = -ESPIPE;
 	if (!S_ISREG(i_mode) && !S_ISBLK(i_mode) && !S_ISDIR(i_mode) &&
 			!S_ISLNK(i_mode))
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/bin.c b/fs/sysfs/bin.c
index 614b2b544880..2ce9a5db6ab5 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/bin.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/bin.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ static ssize_t
 read(struct file *file, char __user *userbuf, size_t bytes, loff_t *off)
 {
 	struct bin_buffer *bb = file->private_data;
-	int size = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_size;
+	int size = file_inode(file)->i_size;
 	loff_t offs = *off;
 	int count = min_t(size_t, bytes, PAGE_SIZE);
 	char *temp;
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ static ssize_t write(struct file *file, const char __user *userbuf,
 		     size_t bytes, loff_t *off)
 {
 	struct bin_buffer *bb = file->private_data;
-	int size = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_size;
+	int size = file_inode(file)->i_size;
 	loff_t offs = *off;
 	int count = min_t(size_t, bytes, PAGE_SIZE);
 	char *temp;
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ void unmap_bin_file(struct sysfs_dirent *attr_sd)
 	mutex_lock(&sysfs_bin_lock);
 
 	hlist_for_each_entry(bb, tmp, &attr_sd->s_bin_attr.buffers, list) {
-		struct inode *inode = bb->file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+		struct inode *inode = file_inode(bb->file);
 
 		unmap_mapping_range(inode->i_mapping, 0, 0, 1);
 	}
diff --git a/fs/sysv/dir.c b/fs/sysv/dir.c
index a77c42157620..3799e8dac3eb 100644
--- a/fs/sysv/dir.c
+++ b/fs/sysv/dir.c
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ static struct page * dir_get_page(struct inode *dir, unsigned long n)
 static int sysv_readdir(struct file * filp, void * dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 {
 	unsigned long pos = filp->f_pos;
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
 	unsigned offset = pos & ~PAGE_CACHE_MASK;
 	unsigned long n = pos >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/dir.c b/fs/ubifs/dir.c
index 8a574776a493..de08c92f2e23 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/dir.c
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ static int ubifs_readdir(struct file *file, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 	struct qstr nm;
 	union ubifs_key key;
 	struct ubifs_dent_node *dent;
-	struct inode *dir = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *dir = file_inode(file);
 	struct ubifs_info *c = dir->i_sb->s_fs_info;
 
 	dbg_gen("dir ino %lu, f_pos %#llx", dir->i_ino, file->f_pos);
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/file.c b/fs/ubifs/file.c
index 5bc77817f382..fa5b347ec729 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/file.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/file.c
@@ -1444,7 +1444,7 @@ static int ubifs_vm_page_mkwrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 				 struct vm_fault *vmf)
 {
 	struct page *page = vmf->page;
-	struct inode *inode = vma->vm_file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(vma->vm_file);
 	struct ubifs_info *c = inode->i_sb->s_fs_info;
 	struct timespec now = ubifs_current_time(inode);
 	struct ubifs_budget_req req = { .new_page = 1 };
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/ioctl.c b/fs/ubifs/ioctl.c
index 1a7e2d8bdbe9..648b143606cc 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/ioctl.c
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ out_unlock:
 long ubifs_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
 	int flags, err;
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 
 	switch (cmd) {
 	case FS_IOC_GETFLAGS:
diff --git a/fs/udf/dir.c b/fs/udf/dir.c
index eb8bfe2b89a5..b3e93f5e17c3 100644
--- a/fs/udf/dir.c
+++ b/fs/udf/dir.c
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ out:
 
 static int udf_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 {
-	struct inode *dir = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *dir = file_inode(filp);
 	int result;
 
 	if (filp->f_pos == 0) {
diff --git a/fs/udf/file.c b/fs/udf/file.c
index 77b5953eaac8..4257a1f5302a 100644
--- a/fs/udf/file.c
+++ b/fs/udf/file.c
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ static ssize_t udf_file_aio_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
 {
 	ssize_t retval;
 	struct file *file = iocb->ki_filp;
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	int err, pos;
 	size_t count = iocb->ki_left;
 	struct udf_inode_info *iinfo = UDF_I(inode);
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ static ssize_t udf_file_aio_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
 
 long udf_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	long old_block, new_block;
 	int result = -EINVAL;
 
diff --git a/fs/ufs/dir.c b/fs/ufs/dir.c
index dbc90994715a..3a75ca09c506 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ufs/dir.c
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ static int
 ufs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 {
 	loff_t pos = filp->f_pos;
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
 	unsigned int offset = pos & ~PAGE_CACHE_MASK;
 	unsigned long n = pos >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_dfrag.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_dfrag.c
index d0e9c74d3d96..75d854b0c439 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_dfrag.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_dfrag.c
@@ -78,14 +78,14 @@ xfs_swapext(
 		goto out_put_tmp_file;
 	}
 
-	if (IS_SWAPFILE(f.file->f_path.dentry->d_inode) ||
-	    IS_SWAPFILE(tmp.file->f_path.dentry->d_inode)) {
+	if (IS_SWAPFILE(file_inode(f.file)) ||
+	    IS_SWAPFILE(file_inode(tmp.file))) {
 		error = XFS_ERROR(EINVAL);
 		goto out_put_tmp_file;
 	}
 
-	ip = XFS_I(f.file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
-	tip = XFS_I(tmp.file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	ip = XFS_I(file_inode(f.file));
+	tip = XFS_I(file_inode(tmp.file));
 
 	if (ip->i_mount != tip->i_mount) {
 		error = XFS_ERROR(EINVAL);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
index 67284edb84d7..f03bf1a456fb 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
@@ -811,7 +811,7 @@ xfs_file_fallocate(
 	loff_t		offset,
 	loff_t		len)
 {
-	struct inode	*inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode	*inode = file_inode(file);
 	long		error;
 	loff_t		new_size = 0;
 	xfs_flock64_t	bf;
@@ -912,7 +912,7 @@ xfs_file_readdir(
 	void		*dirent,
 	filldir_t	filldir)
 {
-	struct inode	*inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode	*inode = file_inode(filp);
 	xfs_inode_t	*ip = XFS_I(inode);
 	int		error;
 	size_t		bufsize;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
index c1c3ef88a260..d681e34c2950 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ xfs_find_handle(
 		f = fdget(hreq->fd);
 		if (!f.file)
 			return -EBADF;
-		inode = f.file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+		inode = file_inode(f.file);
 	} else {
 		error = user_lpath((const char __user *)hreq->path, &path);
 		if (error)
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ xfs_handle_to_dentry(
 	/*
 	 * Only allow handle opens under a directory.
 	 */
-	if (!S_ISDIR(parfilp->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_mode))
+	if (!S_ISDIR(file_inode(parfilp)->i_mode))
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOTDIR);
 
 	if (hlen != sizeof(xfs_handle_t))
@@ -1334,7 +1334,7 @@ xfs_file_ioctl(
 	unsigned int		cmd,
 	unsigned long		p)
 {
-	struct inode		*inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode		*inode = file_inode(filp);
 	struct xfs_inode	*ip = XFS_I(inode);
 	struct xfs_mount	*mp = ip->i_mount;
 	void			__user *arg = (void __user *)p;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl32.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl32.c
index 1244274a5674..63b8fc432151 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl32.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl32.c
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ xfs_file_compat_ioctl(
 	unsigned		cmd,
 	unsigned long		p)
 {
-	struct inode		*inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode		*inode = file_inode(filp);
 	struct xfs_inode	*ip = XFS_I(inode);
 	struct xfs_mount	*mp = ip->i_mount;
 	void			__user *arg = (void __user *)p;
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 7617ee04f066..3ab69777b4d8 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2217,6 +2217,11 @@ static inline bool execute_ok(struct inode *inode)
 	return (inode->i_mode & S_IXUGO) || S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode);
 }
 
+static inline struct inode *file_inode(struct file *f)
+{
+	return f->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+}
+
 /*
  * get_write_access() gets write permission for a file.
  * put_write_access() releases this write permission.
@@ -2239,7 +2244,7 @@ static inline int get_write_access(struct inode *inode)
 }
 static inline int deny_write_access(struct file *file)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	return atomic_dec_unless_positive(&inode->i_writecount) ? 0 : -ETXTBSY;
 }
 static inline void put_write_access(struct inode * inode)
@@ -2249,7 +2254,7 @@ static inline void put_write_access(struct inode * inode)
 static inline void allow_write_access(struct file *file)
 {
 	if (file)
-		atomic_inc(&file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_writecount);
+		atomic_inc(&file_inode(file)->i_writecount);
 }
 #ifdef CONFIG_IMA
 static inline void i_readcount_dec(struct inode *inode)
diff --git a/include/linux/fsnotify.h b/include/linux/fsnotify.h
index 0fbfb4646d1b..a78680a92dba 100644
--- a/include/linux/fsnotify.h
+++ b/include/linux/fsnotify.h
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ static inline void fsnotify_open(struct file *file)
 static inline void fsnotify_close(struct file *file)
 {
 	struct path *path = &file->f_path;
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	fmode_t mode = file->f_mode;
 	__u32 mask = (mode & FMODE_WRITE) ? FS_CLOSE_WRITE : FS_CLOSE_NOWRITE;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/hugetlb.h b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
index 0c80d3f57a5b..70832951f97c 100644
--- a/include/linux/hugetlb.h
+++ b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ static inline struct hstate *hstate_inode(struct inode *i)
 
 static inline struct hstate *hstate_file(struct file *f)
 {
-	return hstate_inode(f->f_dentry->d_inode);
+	return hstate_inode(file_inode(f));
 }
 
 static inline struct hstate *hstate_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
diff --git a/include/linux/lockd/lockd.h b/include/linux/lockd/lockd.h
index f5a051a79273..0e62d84f9f7f 100644
--- a/include/linux/lockd/lockd.h
+++ b/include/linux/lockd/lockd.h
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ int           nlmsvc_unlock_all_by_ip(struct sockaddr *server_addr);
 
 static inline struct inode *nlmsvc_file_inode(struct nlm_file *file)
 {
-	return file->f_file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	return file_inode(file->f_file);
 }
 
 static inline int __nlm_privileged_request4(const struct sockaddr *sap)
diff --git a/ipc/mqueue.c b/ipc/mqueue.c
index 71a3ca18c873..963a8709f5fb 100644
--- a/ipc/mqueue.c
+++ b/ipc/mqueue.c
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ static int mqueue_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 static ssize_t mqueue_read_file(struct file *filp, char __user *u_data,
 				size_t count, loff_t *off)
 {
-	struct mqueue_inode_info *info = MQUEUE_I(filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	struct mqueue_inode_info *info = MQUEUE_I(file_inode(filp));
 	char buffer[FILENT_SIZE];
 	ssize_t ret;
 
@@ -498,13 +498,13 @@ static ssize_t mqueue_read_file(struct file *filp, char __user *u_data,
 	if (ret <= 0)
 		return ret;
 
-	filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_atime = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
+	file_inode(filp)->i_atime = file_inode(filp)->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
 	return ret;
 }
 
 static int mqueue_flush_file(struct file *filp, fl_owner_t id)
 {
-	struct mqueue_inode_info *info = MQUEUE_I(filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	struct mqueue_inode_info *info = MQUEUE_I(file_inode(filp));
 
 	spin_lock(&info->lock);
 	if (task_tgid(current) == info->notify_owner)
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ static int mqueue_flush_file(struct file *filp, fl_owner_t id)
 
 static unsigned int mqueue_poll_file(struct file *filp, struct poll_table_struct *poll_tab)
 {
-	struct mqueue_inode_info *info = MQUEUE_I(filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	struct mqueue_inode_info *info = MQUEUE_I(file_inode(filp));
 	int retval = 0;
 
 	poll_wait(filp, &info->wait_q, poll_tab);
@@ -973,7 +973,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(mq_timedsend, mqd_t, mqdes, const char __user *, u_msg_ptr,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	inode = f.file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	inode = file_inode(f.file);
 	if (unlikely(f.file->f_op != &mqueue_file_operations)) {
 		ret = -EBADF;
 		goto out_fput;
@@ -1089,7 +1089,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(mq_timedreceive, mqd_t, mqdes, char __user *, u_msg_ptr,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	inode = f.file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	inode = file_inode(f.file);
 	if (unlikely(f.file->f_op != &mqueue_file_operations)) {
 		ret = -EBADF;
 		goto out_fput;
@@ -1249,7 +1249,7 @@ retry:
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	inode = f.file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	inode = file_inode(f.file);
 	if (unlikely(f.file->f_op != &mqueue_file_operations)) {
 		ret = -EBADF;
 		goto out_fput;
@@ -1323,7 +1323,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(mq_getsetattr, mqd_t, mqdes,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	inode = f.file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	inode = file_inode(f.file);
 	if (unlikely(f.file->f_op != &mqueue_file_operations)) {
 		ret = -EBADF;
 		goto out_fput;
diff --git a/ipc/shm.c b/ipc/shm.c
index 4fa6d8fee730..8c9402d298a0 100644
--- a/ipc/shm.c
+++ b/ipc/shm.c
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ static void shm_destroy(struct ipc_namespace *ns, struct shmid_kernel *shp)
 	if (!is_file_hugepages(shp->shm_file))
 		shmem_lock(shp->shm_file, 0, shp->mlock_user);
 	else if (shp->mlock_user)
-		user_shm_unlock(shp->shm_file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_size,
+		user_shm_unlock(file_inode(shp->shm_file)->i_size,
 						shp->mlock_user);
 	fput (shp->shm_file);
 	security_shm_free(shp);
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ static int newseg(struct ipc_namespace *ns, struct ipc_params *params)
 	 * shmid gets reported as "inode#" in /proc/pid/maps.
 	 * proc-ps tools use this. Changing this will break them.
 	 */
-	file->f_dentry->d_inode->i_ino = shp->shm_perm.id;
+	file_inode(file)->i_ino = shp->shm_perm.id;
 
 	ns->shm_tot += numpages;
 	error = shp->shm_perm.id;
@@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ static void shm_add_rss_swap(struct shmid_kernel *shp,
 {
 	struct inode *inode;
 
-	inode = shp->shm_file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	inode = file_inode(shp->shm_file);
 
 	if (is_file_hugepages(shp->shm_file)) {
 		struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping;
@@ -1173,7 +1173,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(shmdt, char __user *, shmaddr)
 			(vma->vm_start - addr)/PAGE_SIZE == vma->vm_pgoff) {
 
 
-			size = vma->vm_file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_size;
+			size = file_inode(vma->vm_file)->i_size;
 			do_munmap(mm, vma->vm_start, vma->vm_end - vma->vm_start);
 			/*
 			 * We discovered the size of the shm segment, so
diff --git a/kernel/acct.c b/kernel/acct.c
index 051e071a06e7..0d2981358e08 100644
--- a/kernel/acct.c
+++ b/kernel/acct.c
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ static int acct_on(struct filename *pathname)
 	if (IS_ERR(file))
 		return PTR_ERR(file);
 
-	if (!S_ISREG(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_mode)) {
+	if (!S_ISREG(file_inode(file)->i_mode)) {
 		filp_close(file, NULL);
 		return -EACCES;
 	}
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index 4855892798fd..4fe52b3b6ef6 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -2637,7 +2637,7 @@ static struct dentry *cgroup_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, un
  */
 static inline struct cftype *__file_cft(struct file *file)
 {
-	if (file->f_dentry->d_inode->i_fop != &cgroup_file_operations)
+	if (file_inode(file)->i_fop != &cgroup_file_operations)
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 	return __d_cft(file->f_dentry);
 }
@@ -3852,7 +3852,7 @@ static int cgroup_write_event_control(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cftype *cft,
 
 	/* the process need read permission on control file */
 	/* AV: shouldn't we check that it's been opened for read instead? */
-	ret = inode_permission(cfile->f_path.dentry->d_inode, MAY_READ);
+	ret = inode_permission(file_inode(cfile), MAY_READ);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto fail;
 
@@ -5441,7 +5441,7 @@ struct cgroup_subsys_state *cgroup_css_from_dir(struct file *f, int id)
 	struct inode *inode;
 	struct cgroup_subsys_state *css;
 
-	inode = f->f_dentry->d_inode;
+	inode = file_inode(f);
 	/* check in cgroup filesystem dir */
 	if (inode->i_op != &cgroup_dir_inode_operations)
 		return ERR_PTR(-EBADF);
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 301079d06f24..3b106554b42e 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -3682,7 +3682,7 @@ unlock:
 
 static int perf_fasync(int fd, struct file *filp, int on)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	struct perf_event *event = filp->private_data;
 	int retval;
 
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index c535f33bbb9c..4ff724f81f25 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ static int dup_mmap(struct mm_struct *mm, struct mm_struct *oldmm)
 		tmp->vm_next = tmp->vm_prev = NULL;
 		file = tmp->vm_file;
 		if (file) {
-			struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+			struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 			struct address_space *mapping = file->f_mapping;
 
 			get_file(file);
diff --git a/kernel/irq/proc.c b/kernel/irq/proc.c
index 4bd4faa6323a..397db02209ed 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/proc.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/proc.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ static int irq_affinity_list_proc_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 static ssize_t write_irq_affinity(int type, struct file *file,
 		const char __user *buffer, size_t count, loff_t *pos)
 {
-	unsigned int irq = (int)(long)PDE(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode)->data;
+	unsigned int irq = (int)(long)PDE(file_inode(file))->data;
 	cpumask_var_t new_value;
 	int err;
 
diff --git a/kernel/nsproxy.c b/kernel/nsproxy.c
index 78e2ecb20165..c057104bf05c 100644
--- a/kernel/nsproxy.c
+++ b/kernel/nsproxy.c
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(setns, int, fd, int, nstype)
 		return PTR_ERR(file);
 
 	err = -EINVAL;
-	ei = PROC_I(file->f_dentry->d_inode);
+	ei = PROC_I(file_inode(file));
 	ops = ei->ns_ops;
 	if (nstype && (ops->type != nstype))
 		goto out;
diff --git a/kernel/relay.c b/kernel/relay.c
index e8cd2027abbd..01ab081ac53a 100644
--- a/kernel/relay.c
+++ b/kernel/relay.c
@@ -1139,7 +1139,7 @@ static ssize_t relay_file_read_subbufs(struct file *filp, loff_t *ppos,
 	if (!desc->count)
 		return 0;
 
-	mutex_lock(&filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
+	mutex_lock(&file_inode(filp)->i_mutex);
 	do {
 		if (!relay_file_read_avail(buf, *ppos))
 			break;
@@ -1159,7 +1159,7 @@ static ssize_t relay_file_read_subbufs(struct file *filp, loff_t *ppos,
 			*ppos = relay_file_read_end_pos(buf, read_start, ret);
 		}
 	} while (desc->count && ret);
-	mutex_unlock(&filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
+	mutex_unlock(&file_inode(filp)->i_mutex);
 
 	return desc->written;
 }
diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
index 265b37690421..e3932ea50ec8 100644
--- a/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/kernel/sys.c
@@ -1792,14 +1792,14 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(umask, int, mask)
 static int prctl_set_mm_exe_file(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned int fd)
 {
 	struct fd exe;
-	struct dentry *dentry;
+	struct inode *inode;
 	int err;
 
 	exe = fdget(fd);
 	if (!exe.file)
 		return -EBADF;
 
-	dentry = exe.file->f_path.dentry;
+	inode = file_inode(exe.file);
 
 	/*
 	 * Because the original mm->exe_file points to executable file, make
@@ -1807,11 +1807,11 @@ static int prctl_set_mm_exe_file(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned int fd)
 	 * overall picture.
 	 */
 	err = -EACCES;
-	if (!S_ISREG(dentry->d_inode->i_mode)	||
+	if (!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode)	||
 	    exe.file->f_path.mnt->mnt_flags & MNT_NOEXEC)
 		goto exit;
 
-	err = inode_permission(dentry->d_inode, MAY_EXEC);
+	err = inode_permission(inode, MAY_EXEC);
 	if (err)
 		goto exit;
 
diff --git a/mm/fadvise.c b/mm/fadvise.c
index a47f0f50c89f..6deaa6c04636 100644
--- a/mm/fadvise.c
+++ b/mm/fadvise.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE(fadvise64_64)(int fd, loff_t offset, loff_t len, int advice)
 	if (!f.file)
 		return -EBADF;
 
-	if (S_ISFIFO(f.file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_mode)) {
+	if (S_ISFIFO(file_inode(f.file)->i_mode)) {
 		ret = -ESPIPE;
 		goto out;
 	}
diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index 83efee76a5c0..6a48a7ea8f4f 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -1711,7 +1711,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(filemap_fault);
 int filemap_page_mkwrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf)
 {
 	struct page *page = vmf->page;
-	struct inode *inode = vma->vm_file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(vma->vm_file);
 	int ret = VM_FAULT_LOCKED;
 
 	sb_start_pagefault(inode->i_sb);
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 4f3ea0b1e57c..b97e806e5d9a 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ static inline struct hugepage_subpool *subpool_inode(struct inode *inode)
 
 static inline struct hugepage_subpool *subpool_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
-	return subpool_inode(vma->vm_file->f_dentry->d_inode);
+	return subpool_inode(file_inode(vma->vm_file));
 }
 
 /*
@@ -2482,7 +2482,7 @@ static int unmap_ref_private(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	address = address & huge_page_mask(h);
 	pgoff = ((address - vma->vm_start) >> PAGE_SHIFT) +
 			vma->vm_pgoff;
-	mapping = vma->vm_file->f_dentry->d_inode->i_mapping;
+	mapping = file_inode(vma->vm_file)->i_mapping;
 
 	/*
 	 * Take the mapping lock for the duration of the table walk. As
diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index 35730ee9d515..22dfc01e9681 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ static void __remove_shared_vm_struct(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping)
 {
 	if (vma->vm_flags & VM_DENYWRITE)
-		atomic_inc(&file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_writecount);
+		atomic_inc(&file_inode(file)->i_writecount);
 	if (vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED)
 		mapping->i_mmap_writable--;
 
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ static void __vma_link_file(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 		struct address_space *mapping = file->f_mapping;
 
 		if (vma->vm_flags & VM_DENYWRITE)
-			atomic_dec(&file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_writecount);
+			atomic_dec(&file_inode(file)->i_writecount);
 		if (vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED)
 			mapping->i_mmap_writable++;
 
@@ -1217,7 +1217,7 @@ unsigned long do_mmap_pgoff(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
 			return -EAGAIN;
 	}
 
-	inode = file ? file->f_path.dentry->d_inode : NULL;
+	inode = file ? file_inode(file) : NULL;
 
 	if (file) {
 		switch (flags & MAP_TYPE) {
@@ -1403,7 +1403,7 @@ unsigned long mmap_region(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
 	int error;
 	struct rb_node **rb_link, *rb_parent;
 	unsigned long charged = 0;
-	struct inode *inode =  file ? file->f_path.dentry->d_inode : NULL;
+	struct inode *inode =  file ? file_inode(file) : NULL;
 
 	/* Clear old maps */
 	error = -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/mm/nommu.c b/mm/nommu.c
index 79c3cac87afa..f87d2173d0d0 100644
--- a/mm/nommu.c
+++ b/mm/nommu.c
@@ -941,7 +941,7 @@ static int validate_mmap_request(struct file *file,
 		 */
 		mapping = file->f_mapping;
 		if (!mapping)
-			mapping = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_mapping;
+			mapping = file_inode(file)->i_mapping;
 
 		capabilities = 0;
 		if (mapping && mapping->backing_dev_info)
@@ -950,7 +950,7 @@ static int validate_mmap_request(struct file *file,
 		if (!capabilities) {
 			/* no explicit capabilities set, so assume some
 			 * defaults */
-			switch (file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_mode & S_IFMT) {
+			switch (file_inode(file)->i_mode & S_IFMT) {
 			case S_IFREG:
 			case S_IFBLK:
 				capabilities = BDI_CAP_MAP_COPY;
@@ -985,11 +985,11 @@ static int validate_mmap_request(struct file *file,
 			    !(file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE))
 				return -EACCES;
 
-			if (IS_APPEND(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode) &&
+			if (IS_APPEND(file_inode(file)) &&
 			    (file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE))
 				return -EACCES;
 
-			if (locks_verify_locked(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode))
+			if (locks_verify_locked(file_inode(file)))
 				return -EAGAIN;
 
 			if (!(capabilities & BDI_CAP_MAP_DIRECT))
@@ -1322,8 +1322,8 @@ unsigned long do_mmap_pgoff(struct file *file,
 				continue;
 
 			/* search for overlapping mappings on the same file */
-			if (pregion->vm_file->f_path.dentry->d_inode !=
-			    file->f_path.dentry->d_inode)
+			if (file_inode(pregion->vm_file) !=
+			    file_inode(file))
 				continue;
 
 			if (pregion->vm_pgoff >= pgend)
diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 5dd56f6efdbd..814d5546cb35 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -1295,7 +1295,7 @@ unlock:
 
 static int shmem_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = vma->vm_file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(vma->vm_file);
 	int error;
 	int ret = VM_FAULT_LOCKED;
 
@@ -1313,14 +1313,14 @@ static int shmem_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf)
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
 static int shmem_set_policy(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct mempolicy *mpol)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = vma->vm_file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(vma->vm_file);
 	return mpol_set_shared_policy(&SHMEM_I(inode)->policy, vma, mpol);
 }
 
 static struct mempolicy *shmem_get_policy(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 					  unsigned long addr)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = vma->vm_file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(vma->vm_file);
 	pgoff_t index;
 
 	index = ((addr - vma->vm_start) >> PAGE_SHIFT) + vma->vm_pgoff;
@@ -1330,7 +1330,7 @@ static struct mempolicy *shmem_get_policy(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 
 int shmem_lock(struct file *file, int lock, struct user_struct *user)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct shmem_inode_info *info = SHMEM_I(inode);
 	int retval = -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -1465,7 +1465,7 @@ shmem_write_end(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
 
 static void do_shmem_file_read(struct file *filp, loff_t *ppos, read_descriptor_t *desc, read_actor_t actor)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping;
 	pgoff_t index;
 	unsigned long offset;
@@ -1808,7 +1808,7 @@ static loff_t shmem_file_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
 static long shmem_fallocate(struct file *file, int mode, loff_t offset,
 							 loff_t len)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct shmem_sb_info *sbinfo = SHMEM_SB(inode->i_sb);
 	struct shmem_falloc shmem_falloc;
 	pgoff_t start, index, end;
diff --git a/mm/swapfile.c b/mm/swapfile.c
index e97a0e5aea91..ed393002fc09 100644
--- a/mm/swapfile.c
+++ b/mm/swapfile.c
@@ -1699,7 +1699,7 @@ static int swap_show(struct seq_file *swap, void *v)
 	len = seq_path(swap, &file->f_path, " \t\n\\");
 	seq_printf(swap, "%*s%s\t%u\t%u\t%d\n",
 			len < 40 ? 40 - len : 1, " ",
-			S_ISBLK(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_mode) ?
+			S_ISBLK(file_inode(file)->i_mode) ?
 				"partition" : "file\t",
 			si->pages << (PAGE_SHIFT - 10),
 			si->inuse_pages << (PAGE_SHIFT - 10),
diff --git a/net/atm/proc.c b/net/atm/proc.c
index 0d020de8d233..2518b5f8bb8a 100644
--- a/net/atm/proc.c
+++ b/net/atm/proc.c
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ static ssize_t proc_dev_atm_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 	page = get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!page)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	dev = PDE(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode)->data;
+	dev = PDE(file_inode(file))->data;
 	if (!dev->ops->proc_read)
 		length = -EINVAL;
 	else {
diff --git a/net/core/net_namespace.c b/net/core/net_namespace.c
index 8acce01b6dab..80e271d9e64b 100644
--- a/net/core/net_namespace.c
+++ b/net/core/net_namespace.c
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ struct net *get_net_ns_by_fd(int fd)
 	if (IS_ERR(file))
 		return ERR_CAST(file);
 
-	ei = PROC_I(file->f_dentry->d_inode);
+	ei = PROC_I(file_inode(file));
 	if (ei->ns_ops == &netns_operations)
 		net = get_net(ei->ns);
 	else
diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_CLUSTERIP.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_CLUSTERIP.c
index 75e33a7048f8..5852b249054f 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_CLUSTERIP.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_CLUSTERIP.c
@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ static int clusterip_proc_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 static ssize_t clusterip_proc_write(struct file *file, const char __user *input,
 				size_t size, loff_t *ofs)
 {
-	struct clusterip_config *c = PDE(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode)->data;
+	struct clusterip_config *c = PDE(file_inode(file))->data;
 #define PROC_WRITELEN	10
 	char buffer[PROC_WRITELEN+1];
 	unsigned long nodenum;
diff --git a/net/netfilter/xt_recent.c b/net/netfilter/xt_recent.c
index 978efc9b555a..c3cdcb47c149 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/xt_recent.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/xt_recent.c
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ static ssize_t
 recent_mt_proc_write(struct file *file, const char __user *input,
 		     size_t size, loff_t *loff)
 {
-	const struct proc_dir_entry *pde = PDE(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	const struct proc_dir_entry *pde = PDE(file_inode(file));
 	struct recent_table *t = pde->data;
 	struct recent_entry *e;
 	char buf[sizeof("+b335:1d35:1e55:dead:c0de:1715:5afe:c0de")];
diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index c0353d55d56f..c1ee3a8cf111 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -809,7 +809,7 @@ static struct sock *netlink_getsockbyportid(struct sock *ssk, u32 portid)
 
 struct sock *netlink_getsockbyfilp(struct file *filp)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	struct sock *sock;
 
 	if (!S_ISSOCK(inode->i_mode))
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c
index 6e5c824b040b..294b4bf7ec6e 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ gss_pipe_downcall(struct file *filp, const char __user *src, size_t mlen)
 	const void *p, *end;
 	void *buf;
 	struct gss_upcall_msg *gss_msg;
-	struct rpc_pipe *pipe = RPC_I(filp->f_dentry->d_inode)->pipe;
+	struct rpc_pipe *pipe = RPC_I(file_inode(filp))->pipe;
 	struct gss_cl_ctx *ctx;
 	uid_t uid;
 	ssize_t err = -EFBIG;
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/cache.c b/net/sunrpc/cache.c
index 9afa4393c217..f3897d10f649 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/cache.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/cache.c
@@ -755,7 +755,7 @@ static ssize_t cache_read(struct file *filp, char __user *buf, size_t count,
 {
 	struct cache_reader *rp = filp->private_data;
 	struct cache_request *rq;
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	int err;
 
 	if (count == 0)
@@ -886,7 +886,7 @@ static ssize_t cache_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *buf,
 			   struct cache_detail *cd)
 {
 	struct address_space *mapping = filp->f_mapping;
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	ssize_t ret = -EINVAL;
 
 	if (!cd->cache_parse)
@@ -1454,7 +1454,7 @@ static ssize_t write_flush(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 static ssize_t cache_read_procfs(struct file *filp, char __user *buf,
 				 size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	struct cache_detail *cd = PDE(filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode)->data;
+	struct cache_detail *cd = PDE(file_inode(filp))->data;
 
 	return cache_read(filp, buf, count, ppos, cd);
 }
@@ -1462,14 +1462,14 @@ static ssize_t cache_read_procfs(struct file *filp, char __user *buf,
 static ssize_t cache_write_procfs(struct file *filp, const char __user *buf,
 				  size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	struct cache_detail *cd = PDE(filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode)->data;
+	struct cache_detail *cd = PDE(file_inode(filp))->data;
 
 	return cache_write(filp, buf, count, ppos, cd);
 }
 
 static unsigned int cache_poll_procfs(struct file *filp, poll_table *wait)
 {
-	struct cache_detail *cd = PDE(filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode)->data;
+	struct cache_detail *cd = PDE(file_inode(filp))->data;
 
 	return cache_poll(filp, wait, cd);
 }
@@ -1477,7 +1477,7 @@ static unsigned int cache_poll_procfs(struct file *filp, poll_table *wait)
 static long cache_ioctl_procfs(struct file *filp,
 			       unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	struct cache_detail *cd = PDE(inode)->data;
 
 	return cache_ioctl(inode, filp, cmd, arg, cd);
@@ -1546,7 +1546,7 @@ static int release_flush_procfs(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 static ssize_t read_flush_procfs(struct file *filp, char __user *buf,
 			    size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	struct cache_detail *cd = PDE(filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode)->data;
+	struct cache_detail *cd = PDE(file_inode(filp))->data;
 
 	return read_flush(filp, buf, count, ppos, cd);
 }
@@ -1555,7 +1555,7 @@ static ssize_t write_flush_procfs(struct file *filp,
 				  const char __user *buf,
 				  size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	struct cache_detail *cd = PDE(filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode)->data;
+	struct cache_detail *cd = PDE(file_inode(filp))->data;
 
 	return write_flush(filp, buf, count, ppos, cd);
 }
@@ -1686,7 +1686,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cache_destroy_net);
 static ssize_t cache_read_pipefs(struct file *filp, char __user *buf,
 				 size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	struct cache_detail *cd = RPC_I(filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode)->private;
+	struct cache_detail *cd = RPC_I(file_inode(filp))->private;
 
 	return cache_read(filp, buf, count, ppos, cd);
 }
@@ -1694,14 +1694,14 @@ static ssize_t cache_read_pipefs(struct file *filp, char __user *buf,
 static ssize_t cache_write_pipefs(struct file *filp, const char __user *buf,
 				  size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	struct cache_detail *cd = RPC_I(filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode)->private;
+	struct cache_detail *cd = RPC_I(file_inode(filp))->private;
 
 	return cache_write(filp, buf, count, ppos, cd);
 }
 
 static unsigned int cache_poll_pipefs(struct file *filp, poll_table *wait)
 {
-	struct cache_detail *cd = RPC_I(filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode)->private;
+	struct cache_detail *cd = RPC_I(file_inode(filp))->private;
 
 	return cache_poll(filp, wait, cd);
 }
@@ -1709,7 +1709,7 @@ static unsigned int cache_poll_pipefs(struct file *filp, poll_table *wait)
 static long cache_ioctl_pipefs(struct file *filp,
 			      unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	struct cache_detail *cd = RPC_I(inode)->private;
 
 	return cache_ioctl(inode, filp, cmd, arg, cd);
@@ -1778,7 +1778,7 @@ static int release_flush_pipefs(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 static ssize_t read_flush_pipefs(struct file *filp, char __user *buf,
 			    size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	struct cache_detail *cd = RPC_I(filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode)->private;
+	struct cache_detail *cd = RPC_I(file_inode(filp))->private;
 
 	return read_flush(filp, buf, count, ppos, cd);
 }
@@ -1787,7 +1787,7 @@ static ssize_t write_flush_pipefs(struct file *filp,
 				  const char __user *buf,
 				  size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	struct cache_detail *cd = RPC_I(filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode)->private;
+	struct cache_detail *cd = RPC_I(file_inode(filp))->private;
 
 	return write_flush(filp, buf, count, ppos, cd);
 }
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c b/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
index fd10981ea792..7b9b40224a27 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ out:
 static ssize_t
 rpc_pipe_read(struct file *filp, char __user *buf, size_t len, loff_t *offset)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	struct rpc_pipe *pipe;
 	struct rpc_pipe_msg *msg;
 	int res = 0;
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ out_unlock:
 static ssize_t
 rpc_pipe_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *buf, size_t len, loff_t *offset)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	int res;
 
 	mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ rpc_pipe_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *buf, size_t len, loff_t *of
 static unsigned int
 rpc_pipe_poll(struct file *filp, struct poll_table_struct *wait)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	struct rpc_inode *rpci = RPC_I(inode);
 	unsigned int mask = POLLOUT | POLLWRNORM;
 
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ rpc_pipe_poll(struct file *filp, struct poll_table_struct *wait)
 static long
 rpc_pipe_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 	struct rpc_pipe *pipe;
 	int len;
 
@@ -830,7 +830,7 @@ static int rpc_rmdir_depopulate(struct dentry *dentry,
  * responses to upcalls.  They will result in calls to @msg->downcall.
  *
  * The @private argument passed here will be available to all these methods
- * from the file pointer, via RPC_I(file->f_dentry->d_inode)->private.
+ * from the file pointer, via RPC_I(file_inode(file))->private.
  */
 struct dentry *rpc_mkpipe_dentry(struct dentry *parent, const char *name,
 				 void *private, struct rpc_pipe *pipe)
diff --git a/net/unix/garbage.c b/net/unix/garbage.c
index b6f4b994eb35..d0f6545b0010 100644
--- a/net/unix/garbage.c
+++ b/net/unix/garbage.c
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ unsigned int unix_tot_inflight;
 struct sock *unix_get_socket(struct file *filp)
 {
 	struct sock *u_sock = NULL;
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
 
 	/*
 	 *	Socket ?
diff --git a/security/apparmor/domain.c b/security/apparmor/domain.c
index 60f0c76a27d3..859abdaac1ea 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/domain.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/domain.c
@@ -349,8 +349,8 @@ int apparmor_bprm_set_creds(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
 	unsigned int state;
 	struct file_perms perms = {};
 	struct path_cond cond = {
-		bprm->file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_uid,
-		bprm->file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_mode
+		file_inode(bprm->file)->i_uid,
+		file_inode(bprm->file)->i_mode
 	};
 	const char *name = NULL, *target = NULL, *info = NULL;
 	int error = cap_bprm_set_creds(bprm);
diff --git a/security/apparmor/file.c b/security/apparmor/file.c
index cd21ec5b90af..fdaa50cb1876 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/file.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/file.c
@@ -449,8 +449,8 @@ int aa_file_perm(int op, struct aa_profile *profile, struct file *file,
 		 u32 request)
 {
 	struct path_cond cond = {
-		.uid = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_uid,
-		.mode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_mode
+		.uid = file_inode(file)->i_uid,
+		.mode = file_inode(file)->i_mode
 	};
 
 	return aa_path_perm(op, profile, &file->f_path, PATH_DELEGATE_DELETED,
diff --git a/security/apparmor/lsm.c b/security/apparmor/lsm.c
index 8c2a7f6b35e2..b21830eced41 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/lsm.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/lsm.c
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ static int apparmor_file_open(struct file *file, const struct cred *cred)
 	struct aa_profile *profile;
 	int error = 0;
 
-	if (!mediated_filesystem(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode))
+	if (!mediated_filesystem(file_inode(file)))
 		return 0;
 
 	/* If in exec, permission is handled by bprm hooks.
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ static int apparmor_file_open(struct file *file, const struct cred *cred)
 
 	profile = aa_cred_profile(cred);
 	if (!unconfined(profile)) {
-		struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+		struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 		struct path_cond cond = { inode->i_uid, inode->i_mode };
 
 		error = aa_path_perm(OP_OPEN, profile, &file->f_path, 0,
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ static int common_file_perm(int op, struct file *file, u32 mask)
 	BUG_ON(!fprofile);
 
 	if (!file->f_path.mnt ||
-	    !mediated_filesystem(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode))
+	    !mediated_filesystem(file_inode(file)))
 		return 0;
 
 	profile = __aa_current_profile();
diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c
index 0cea3db21657..27cb9eb42cc8 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c
@@ -140,12 +140,12 @@ int ima_must_measure(struct inode *inode, int mask, int function)
 int ima_collect_measurement(struct integrity_iint_cache *iint,
 			    struct file *file)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	const char *filename = file->f_dentry->d_name.name;
 	int result = 0;
 
 	if (!(iint->flags & IMA_COLLECTED)) {
-		u64 i_version = file->f_dentry->d_inode->i_version;
+		u64 i_version = file_inode(file)->i_version;
 
 		iint->ima_xattr.type = IMA_XATTR_DIGEST;
 		result = ima_calc_hash(file, iint->ima_xattr.digest);
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ void ima_store_measurement(struct integrity_iint_cache *iint,
 	const char *op = "add_template_measure";
 	const char *audit_cause = "ENOMEM";
 	int result = -ENOMEM;
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct ima_template_entry *entry;
 	int violation = 0;
 
diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_crypto.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_crypto.c
index b21ee5b5495a..81dcaa26401e 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_crypto.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_crypto.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ int ima_calc_hash(struct file *file, char *digest)
 		file->f_mode |= FMODE_READ;
 		read = 1;
 	}
-	i_size = i_size_read(file->f_dentry->d_inode);
+	i_size = i_size_read(file_inode(file));
 	while (offset < i_size) {
 		int rbuf_len;
 
diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
index dba965de90d3..e7a147f7d371 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ static void ima_check_last_writer(struct integrity_iint_cache *iint,
  */
 void ima_file_free(struct file *file)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct integrity_iint_cache *iint;
 
 	if (!iint_initialized || !S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ void ima_file_free(struct file *file)
 static int process_measurement(struct file *file, const unsigned char *filename,
 			       int mask, int function)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct integrity_iint_cache *iint;
 	unsigned char *pathname = NULL, *pathbuf = NULL;
 	int rc = -ENOMEM, action, must_appraise;
diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
index 61a53367d029..2963c689f9c0 100644
--- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
+++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
@@ -1528,7 +1528,7 @@ static int file_has_perm(const struct cred *cred,
 			 u32 av)
 {
 	struct file_security_struct *fsec = file->f_security;
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct common_audit_data ad;
 	u32 sid = cred_sid(cred);
 	int rc;
@@ -1957,7 +1957,7 @@ static int selinux_bprm_set_creds(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
 	struct task_security_struct *new_tsec;
 	struct inode_security_struct *isec;
 	struct common_audit_data ad;
-	struct inode *inode = bprm->file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(bprm->file);
 	int rc;
 
 	rc = cap_bprm_set_creds(bprm);
@@ -2929,7 +2929,7 @@ static void selinux_inode_getsecid(const struct inode *inode, u32 *secid)
 static int selinux_revalidate_file_permission(struct file *file, int mask)
 {
 	const struct cred *cred = current_cred();
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 
 	/* file_mask_to_av won't add FILE__WRITE if MAY_APPEND is set */
 	if ((file->f_flags & O_APPEND) && (mask & MAY_WRITE))
@@ -2941,7 +2941,7 @@ static int selinux_revalidate_file_permission(struct file *file, int mask)
 
 static int selinux_file_permission(struct file *file, int mask)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct file_security_struct *fsec = file->f_security;
 	struct inode_security_struct *isec = inode->i_security;
 	u32 sid = current_sid();
@@ -3218,7 +3218,7 @@ static int selinux_file_open(struct file *file, const struct cred *cred)
 	struct inode_security_struct *isec;
 
 	fsec = file->f_security;
-	isec = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_security;
+	isec = file_inode(file)->i_security;
 	/*
 	 * Save inode label and policy sequence number
 	 * at open-time so that selinux_file_permission
diff --git a/security/selinux/selinuxfs.c b/security/selinux/selinuxfs.c
index 3a6e8731646c..ff427733c290 100644
--- a/security/selinux/selinuxfs.c
+++ b/security/selinux/selinuxfs.c
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ static ssize_t sel_read_handle_unknown(struct file *filp, char __user *buf,
 {
 	char tmpbuf[TMPBUFLEN];
 	ssize_t length;
-	ino_t ino = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_ino;
+	ino_t ino = file_inode(filp)->i_ino;
 	int handle_unknown = (ino == SEL_REJECT_UNKNOWN) ?
 		security_get_reject_unknown() : !security_get_allow_unknown();
 
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ static ssize_t (*write_op[])(struct file *, char *, size_t) = {
 
 static ssize_t selinux_transaction_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf, size_t size, loff_t *pos)
 {
-	ino_t ino = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_ino;
+	ino_t ino = file_inode(file)->i_ino;
 	char *data;
 	ssize_t rv;
 
@@ -1042,8 +1042,7 @@ static ssize_t sel_read_bool(struct file *filep, char __user *buf,
 	ssize_t length;
 	ssize_t ret;
 	int cur_enforcing;
-	struct inode *inode = filep->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
-	unsigned index = inode->i_ino & SEL_INO_MASK;
+	unsigned index = file_inode(filep)->i_ino & SEL_INO_MASK;
 	const char *name = filep->f_path.dentry->d_name.name;
 
 	mutex_lock(&sel_mutex);
@@ -1077,8 +1076,7 @@ static ssize_t sel_write_bool(struct file *filep, const char __user *buf,
 	char *page = NULL;
 	ssize_t length;
 	int new_value;
-	struct inode *inode = filep->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
-	unsigned index = inode->i_ino & SEL_INO_MASK;
+	unsigned index = file_inode(filep)->i_ino & SEL_INO_MASK;
 	const char *name = filep->f_path.dentry->d_name.name;
 
 	mutex_lock(&sel_mutex);
@@ -1486,13 +1484,11 @@ static int sel_make_avc_files(struct dentry *dir)
 static ssize_t sel_read_initcon(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 				size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	struct inode *inode;
 	char *con;
 	u32 sid, len;
 	ssize_t ret;
 
-	inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
-	sid = inode->i_ino&SEL_INO_MASK;
+	sid = file_inode(file)->i_ino&SEL_INO_MASK;
 	ret = security_sid_to_context(sid, &con, &len);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
@@ -1553,7 +1549,7 @@ static inline u32 sel_ino_to_perm(unsigned long ino)
 static ssize_t sel_read_class(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 				size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	unsigned long ino = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_ino;
+	unsigned long ino = file_inode(file)->i_ino;
 	char res[TMPBUFLEN];
 	ssize_t len = snprintf(res, sizeof(res), "%d", sel_ino_to_class(ino));
 	return simple_read_from_buffer(buf, count, ppos, res, len);
@@ -1567,7 +1563,7 @@ static const struct file_operations sel_class_ops = {
 static ssize_t sel_read_perm(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 				size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	unsigned long ino = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_ino;
+	unsigned long ino = file_inode(file)->i_ino;
 	char res[TMPBUFLEN];
 	ssize_t len = snprintf(res, sizeof(res), "%d", sel_ino_to_perm(ino));
 	return simple_read_from_buffer(buf, count, ppos, res, len);
@@ -1584,7 +1580,7 @@ static ssize_t sel_read_policycap(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 	int value;
 	char tmpbuf[TMPBUFLEN];
 	ssize_t length;
-	unsigned long i_ino = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_ino;
+	unsigned long i_ino = file_inode(file)->i_ino;
 
 	value = security_policycap_supported(i_ino & SEL_INO_MASK);
 	length = scnprintf(tmpbuf, TMPBUFLEN, "%d", value);
diff --git a/security/smack/smack_lsm.c b/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
index 38be92ce901e..fa64740abb59 100644
--- a/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
+++ b/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ static int smack_sb_umount(struct vfsmount *mnt, int flags)
  */
 static int smack_bprm_set_creds(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = bprm->file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(bprm->file);
 	struct task_smack *bsp = bprm->cred->security;
 	struct inode_smack *isp;
 	int rc;
@@ -1187,21 +1187,15 @@ static int smack_mmap_file(struct file *file,
 	char *msmack;
 	char *osmack;
 	struct inode_smack *isp;
-	struct dentry *dp;
 	int may;
 	int mmay;
 	int tmay;
 	int rc;
 
-	if (file == NULL || file->f_dentry == NULL)
-		return 0;
-
-	dp = file->f_dentry;
-
-	if (dp->d_inode == NULL)
+	if (file == NULL)
 		return 0;
 
-	isp = dp->d_inode->i_security;
+	isp = file_inode(file)->i_security;
 	if (isp->smk_mmap == NULL)
 		return 0;
 	msmack = isp->smk_mmap;
@@ -1359,7 +1353,7 @@ static int smack_file_receive(struct file *file)
  */
 static int smack_file_open(struct file *file, const struct cred *cred)
 {
-	struct inode_smack *isp = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_security;
+	struct inode_smack *isp = file_inode(file)->i_security;
 
 	file->f_security = isp->smk_inode;
 
diff --git a/security/tomoyo/securityfs_if.c b/security/tomoyo/securityfs_if.c
index 8592f2fc6ebb..fcf32783b66b 100644
--- a/security/tomoyo/securityfs_if.c
+++ b/security/tomoyo/securityfs_if.c
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ static const struct file_operations tomoyo_self_operations = {
  */
 static int tomoyo_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
-	const int key = ((u8 *) file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_private)
+	const int key = ((u8 *) file_inode(file)->i_private)
 		- ((u8 *) NULL);
 	return tomoyo_open_control(key, file);
 }
diff --git a/sound/core/info.c b/sound/core/info.c
index 6b368d25073b..5bb97e7d325a 100644
--- a/sound/core/info.c
+++ b/sound/core/info.c
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ static long snd_info_entry_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
 
 static int snd_info_entry_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct snd_info_private_data *data;
 	struct snd_info_entry *entry;
 
diff --git a/sound/core/pcm_native.c b/sound/core/pcm_native.c
index 09b4286c65f9..71ae86ca64ac 100644
--- a/sound/core/pcm_native.c
+++ b/sound/core/pcm_native.c
@@ -1586,7 +1586,7 @@ static struct file *snd_pcm_file_fd(int fd, int *fput_needed)
 	file = fget_light(fd, fput_needed);
 	if (!file)
 		return NULL;
-	inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	inode = file_inode(file);
 	if (!S_ISCHR(inode->i_mode) ||
 	    imajor(inode) != snd_major) {
 		fput_light(file, *fput_needed);
diff --git a/sound/oss/msnd_pinnacle.c b/sound/oss/msnd_pinnacle.c
index 536c4c0514d3..11ff7c55240c 100644
--- a/sound/oss/msnd_pinnacle.c
+++ b/sound/oss/msnd_pinnacle.c
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ static int mixer_ioctl(unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 
 static long dev_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
-	int minor = iminor(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	int minor = iminor(file_inode(file));
 	int ret;
 
 	if (cmd == OSS_GETVERSION) {
@@ -1012,7 +1012,7 @@ static int dsp_write(const char __user *buf, size_t len)
 
 static ssize_t dev_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t *off)
 {
-	int minor = iminor(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	int minor = iminor(file_inode(file));
 	if (minor == dev.dsp_minor)
 		return dsp_read(buf, count);
 	else
@@ -1021,7 +1021,7 @@ static ssize_t dev_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_
 
 static ssize_t dev_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t *off)
 {
-	int minor = iminor(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	int minor = iminor(file_inode(file));
 	if (minor == dev.dsp_minor)
 		return dsp_write(buf, count);
 	else
diff --git a/sound/oss/soundcard.c b/sound/oss/soundcard.c
index 7c7793a0eb25..e7780349cc55 100644
--- a/sound/oss/soundcard.c
+++ b/sound/oss/soundcard.c
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ static int get_mixer_levels(void __user * arg)
 
 static ssize_t sound_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	int dev = iminor(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	int dev = iminor(file_inode(file));
 	int ret = -EINVAL;
 
 	/*
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ static ssize_t sound_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t count, lof
 
 static ssize_t sound_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	int dev = iminor(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	int dev = iminor(file_inode(file));
 	int ret = -EINVAL;
 	
 	mutex_lock(&soundcard_mutex);
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ static int sound_mixer_ioctl(int mixdev, unsigned int cmd, void __user *arg)
 static long sound_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
 	int len = 0, dtype;
-	int dev = iminor(file->f_dentry->d_inode);
+	int dev = iminor(file_inode(file));
 	long ret = -EINVAL;
 	void __user *p = (void __user *)arg;
 
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ static long sound_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 
 static unsigned int sound_poll(struct file *file, poll_table * wait)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	int dev = iminor(inode);
 
 	DEB(printk("sound_poll(dev=%d)\n", dev));
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ static int sound_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	int dev_class;
 	unsigned long size;
 	struct dma_buffparms *dmap = NULL;
-	int dev = iminor(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	int dev = iminor(file_inode(file));
 
 	dev_class = dev & 0x0f;
 	dev >>= 4;
diff --git a/sound/sound_firmware.c b/sound/sound_firmware.c
index 37711a5d0d6b..e14903468051 100644
--- a/sound/sound_firmware.c
+++ b/sound/sound_firmware.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ static int do_mod_firmware_load(const char *fn, char **fp)
 		printk(KERN_INFO "Unable to load '%s'.\n", fn);
 		return 0;
 	}
-	l = i_size_read(filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	l = i_size_read(file_inode(filp));
 	if (l <= 0 || l > 131072)
 	{
 		printk(KERN_INFO "Invalid firmware '%s'\n", fn);