diff --git a/fs/bfs/inode.c b/fs/bfs/inode.c
index 5e376bb934196d2b8a0e104473c637439e5e2244..8defc6b3f9a21b6e4971f9576a0fc202f7ba2e85 100644
--- a/fs/bfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/bfs/inode.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ struct inode *bfs_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino)
 	int block, off;
 
 	inode = iget_locked(sb, ino);
-	if (IS_ERR(inode))
+	if (!inode)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	if (!(inode->i_state & I_NEW))
 		return inode;
diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index 87bdb5329c3c90b99d67f4b5bab3ae0b347d2acf..83cfb834db0364b1ffed30d58815f826aaaf55dd 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -2724,6 +2724,17 @@ char *dynamic_dname(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, int buflen,
 	return memcpy(buffer, temp, sz);
 }
 
+char *simple_dname(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, int buflen)
+{
+	char *end = buffer + buflen;
+	/* these dentries are never renamed, so d_lock is not needed */
+	if (prepend(&end, &buflen, " (deleted)", 11) ||
+	    prepend_name(&end, &buflen, &dentry->d_name) ||
+	    prepend(&end, &buflen, "/", 1))  
+		end = ERR_PTR(-ENAMETOOLONG);
+	return end;  
+}
+
 /*
  * Write full pathname from the root of the filesystem into the buffer.
  */
diff --git a/fs/efs/inode.c b/fs/efs/inode.c
index f3913eb2c47482739681f51551cd6a325e6fc40d..d15ccf20f1b37a9734c338941106fdc0982e0ca4 100644
--- a/fs/efs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/efs/inode.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ struct inode *efs_iget(struct super_block *super, unsigned long ino)
 	struct inode *inode;
 
 	inode = iget_locked(super, ino);
-	if (IS_ERR(inode))
+	if (!inode)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	if (!(inode->i_state & I_NEW))
 		return inode;
diff --git a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
index 34423978b17083d73b038d360d72b47dc08c6693..d19b30ababf10b115175f3b9814e10130c7c52ed 100644
--- a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
@@ -926,14 +926,8 @@ static int get_hstate_idx(int page_size_log)
 	return h - hstates;
 }
 
-static char *hugetlb_dname(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, int buflen)
-{
-	return dynamic_dname(dentry, buffer, buflen, "/%s (deleted)",
-				dentry->d_name.name);
-}
-
 static struct dentry_operations anon_ops = {
-	.d_dname = hugetlb_dname
+	.d_dname = simple_dname
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index 7b1ca9ba0b0a70213915f6d7bce688184ab7a56f..a45ba4f267fe6e834909f122dd166cdd608dcce5 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -1429,7 +1429,7 @@ struct vfsmount *collect_mounts(struct path *path)
 			 CL_COPY_ALL | CL_PRIVATE);
 	namespace_unlock();
 	if (IS_ERR(tree))
-		return NULL;
+		return ERR_CAST(tree);
 	return &tree->mnt;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/proc/fd.c b/fs/proc/fd.c
index 75f2890abbd8ddcc8a674b1c42397cc1456fd33e..0ff80f9b930f7226124e670c2814d7f4618d4532 100644
--- a/fs/proc/fd.c
+++ b/fs/proc/fd.c
@@ -228,8 +228,6 @@ static int proc_readfd_common(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx,
 	if (!p)
 		return -ENOENT;
 
-	if (!dir_emit_dots(file, ctx))
-		goto out;
 	if (!dir_emit_dots(file, ctx))
 		goto out;
 	files = get_files_struct(p);
diff --git a/include/linux/dcache.h b/include/linux/dcache.h
index b90337c9d468ead13e94f4c6ed110bdf75723755..4a12532da8c4ab9f7783394043e3be76c99db741 100644
--- a/include/linux/dcache.h
+++ b/include/linux/dcache.h
@@ -336,6 +336,7 @@ extern int d_validate(struct dentry *, struct dentry *);
  * helper function for dentry_operations.d_dname() members
  */
 extern char *dynamic_dname(struct dentry *, char *, int, const char *, ...);
+extern char *simple_dname(struct dentry *, char *, int);
 
 extern char *__d_path(const struct path *, const struct path *, char *, int);
 extern char *d_absolute_path(const struct path *, char *, int);
diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 8335dbd3fc358ed1fe9d6521785ecee1dc031313..e43dc555069dbe609cd1afae76e56fc4b38e4951 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -2909,14 +2909,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(shmem_truncate_range);
 
 /* common code */
 
-static char *shmem_dname(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, int buflen)
-{
-	return dynamic_dname(dentry, buffer, buflen, "/%s (deleted)",
-				dentry->d_name.name);
-}
-
 static struct dentry_operations anon_ops = {
-	.d_dname = shmem_dname
+	.d_dname = simple_dname
 };
 
 /**