diff --git a/fs/configfs/inode.c b/fs/configfs/inode.c
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+/* -*- mode: c; c-basic-offset: 8; -*-
+ * vim: noexpandtab sw=8 ts=8 sts=0:
+ *
+ * inode.c - basic inode and dentry operations.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
+ * License along with this program; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 021110-1307, USA.
+ *
+ * Based on sysfs:
+ * 	sysfs is Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003 Patrick Mochel
+ *
+ * configfs Copyright (C) 2005 Oracle.  All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Please see Documentation/filesystems/configfs.txt for more information.
+ */
+
+#undef DEBUG
+
+#include <linux/pagemap.h>
+#include <linux/namei.h>
+#include <linux/backing-dev.h>
+
+#include <linux/configfs.h>
+#include "configfs_internal.h"
+
+extern struct super_block * configfs_sb;
+
+static struct address_space_operations configfs_aops = {
+	.readpage	= simple_readpage,
+	.prepare_write	= simple_prepare_write,
+	.commit_write	= simple_commit_write
+};
+
+static struct backing_dev_info configfs_backing_dev_info = {
+	.ra_pages	= 0,	/* No readahead */
+	.capabilities	= BDI_CAP_NO_ACCT_DIRTY | BDI_CAP_NO_WRITEBACK,
+};
+
+struct inode * configfs_new_inode(mode_t mode)
+{
+	struct inode * inode = new_inode(configfs_sb);
+	if (inode) {
+		inode->i_mode = mode;
+		inode->i_uid = 0;
+		inode->i_gid = 0;
+		inode->i_blksize = PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
+		inode->i_blocks = 0;
+		inode->i_atime = inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
+		inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &configfs_aops;
+		inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info = &configfs_backing_dev_info;
+	}
+	return inode;
+}
+
+int configfs_create(struct dentry * dentry, int mode, int (*init)(struct inode *))
+{
+	int error = 0;
+	struct inode * inode = NULL;
+	if (dentry) {
+		if (!dentry->d_inode) {
+			if ((inode = configfs_new_inode(mode))) {
+				if (dentry->d_parent && dentry->d_parent->d_inode) {
+					struct inode *p_inode = dentry->d_parent->d_inode;
+					p_inode->i_mtime = p_inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
+				}
+				goto Proceed;
+			}
+			else
+				error = -ENOMEM;
+		} else
+			error = -EEXIST;
+	} else
+		error = -ENOENT;
+	goto Done;
+
+ Proceed:
+	if (init)
+		error = init(inode);
+	if (!error) {
+		d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
+		if (S_ISDIR(mode) || S_ISLNK(mode))
+			dget(dentry);  /* pin link and directory dentries in core */
+	} else
+		iput(inode);
+ Done:
+	return error;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Get the name for corresponding element represented by the given configfs_dirent
+ */
+const unsigned char * configfs_get_name(struct configfs_dirent *sd)
+{
+	struct attribute * attr;
+
+	if (!sd || !sd->s_element)
+		BUG();
+
+	/* These always have a dentry, so use that */
+	if (sd->s_type & (CONFIGFS_DIR | CONFIGFS_ITEM_LINK))
+		return sd->s_dentry->d_name.name;
+
+	if (sd->s_type & CONFIGFS_ITEM_ATTR) {
+		attr = sd->s_element;
+		return attr->name;
+	}
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * Unhashes the dentry corresponding to given configfs_dirent
+ * Called with parent inode's i_sem held.
+ */
+void configfs_drop_dentry(struct configfs_dirent * sd, struct dentry * parent)
+{
+	struct dentry * dentry = sd->s_dentry;
+
+	if (dentry) {
+		spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+		if (!(d_unhashed(dentry) && dentry->d_inode)) {
+			dget_locked(dentry);
+			__d_drop(dentry);
+			spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+			simple_unlink(parent->d_inode, dentry);
+		} else
+			spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+	}
+}
+
+void configfs_hash_and_remove(struct dentry * dir, const char * name)
+{
+	struct configfs_dirent * sd;
+	struct configfs_dirent * parent_sd = dir->d_fsdata;
+
+	down(&dir->d_inode->i_sem);
+	list_for_each_entry(sd, &parent_sd->s_children, s_sibling) {
+		if (!sd->s_element)
+			continue;
+		if (!strcmp(configfs_get_name(sd), name)) {
+			list_del_init(&sd->s_sibling);
+			configfs_drop_dentry(sd, dir);
+			configfs_put(sd);
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	up(&dir->d_inode->i_sem);
+}
+
+