diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/porting b/Documentation/filesystems/porting
index 7b7b845c490a4b187183b5acc7dead9e0141c45d..32b5186be41264f3f85ec552ea07451a3dcd00ea 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/porting
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/porting
@@ -622,3 +622,8 @@ in your dentry operations instead.
 	alloc_file_clone(file, flags, ops) does not affect any caller's references.
 	On success you get a new struct file sharing the mount/dentry with the
 	original, on failure - ERR_PTR().
+--
+[mandatory]
+	DCACHE_RCUACCESS is gone; having an RCU delay on dentry freeing is the
+	default.  DCACHE_NORCU opts out, and only d_alloc_pseudo() has any
+	business doing so.
diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index b7bba97d5fb50616a3cd57511442b408e59cddeb..997c1efd590601b388f7ab55637de40dc6e1f3b4 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ static void dentry_free(struct dentry *dentry)
 		}
 	}
 	/* if dentry was never visible to RCU, immediate free is OK */
-	if (!(dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_RCUACCESS))
+	if (dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_NORCU)
 		__d_free(&dentry->d_u.d_rcu);
 	else
 		call_rcu(&dentry->d_u.d_rcu, __d_free);
@@ -1754,7 +1754,6 @@ struct dentry *d_alloc(struct dentry * parent, const struct qstr *name)
 	if (!dentry)
 		goto out;
 
-	dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_RCUACCESS;
 	spin_lock(&parent->d_lock);
 	/*
 	 * don't need child lock because it is not subject
@@ -1784,7 +1783,7 @@ struct dentry *d_alloc_cursor(struct dentry * parent)
 
 	dentry = d_alloc_anon(parent->d_sb);
 	if (dentry) {
-		dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_RCUACCESS | DCACHE_DENTRY_CURSOR;
+		dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_DENTRY_CURSOR;
 		dentry->d_parent = dget(parent);
 	}
 out:
@@ -1798,10 +1797,17 @@ struct dentry *d_alloc_cursor(struct dentry * parent)
  *
  * For a filesystem that just pins its dentries in memory and never
  * performs lookups at all, return an unhashed IS_ROOT dentry.
+ * This is used for pipes, sockets et.al. - the stuff that should
+ * never be anyone's children or parents.  Unlike all other
+ * dentries, these will not have RCU delay between dropping the
+ * last reference and freeing them.
  */
 struct dentry *d_alloc_pseudo(struct super_block *sb, const struct qstr *name)
 {
-	return __d_alloc(sb, name);
+	struct dentry *dentry = __d_alloc(sb, name);
+	if (likely(dentry))
+		dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_NORCU;
+	return dentry;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_alloc_pseudo);
 
@@ -1965,12 +1971,10 @@ struct dentry *d_make_root(struct inode *root_inode)
 
 	if (root_inode) {
 		res = d_alloc_anon(root_inode->i_sb);
-		if (res) {
-			res->d_flags |= DCACHE_RCUACCESS;
+		if (res)
 			d_instantiate(res, root_inode);
-		} else {
+		else
 			iput(root_inode);
-		}
 	}
 	return res;
 }
@@ -2835,9 +2839,7 @@ static void __d_move(struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry *target,
 		copy_name(dentry, target);
 		target->d_hash.pprev = NULL;
 		dentry->d_parent->d_lockref.count++;
-		if (dentry == old_parent)
-			dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_RCUACCESS;
-		else
+		if (dentry != old_parent) /* wasn't IS_ROOT */
 			WARN_ON(!--old_parent->d_lockref.count);
 	} else {
 		target->d_parent = old_parent;
diff --git a/fs/nsfs.c b/fs/nsfs.c
index 60702d677bd4e5b11add7dce14e37967a4998355..30d150a4f0c62a29b15505904c4f8b296662b00f 100644
--- a/fs/nsfs.c
+++ b/fs/nsfs.c
@@ -85,13 +85,12 @@ static void *__ns_get_path(struct path *path, struct ns_common *ns)
 	inode->i_fop = &ns_file_operations;
 	inode->i_private = ns;
 
-	dentry = d_alloc_pseudo(mnt->mnt_sb, &empty_name);
+	dentry = d_alloc_anon(mnt->mnt_sb);
 	if (!dentry) {
 		iput(inode);
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	}
 	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
-	dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_RCUACCESS;
 	dentry->d_fsdata = (void *)ns->ops;
 	d = atomic_long_cmpxchg(&ns->stashed, 0, (unsigned long)dentry);
 	if (d) {
diff --git a/include/linux/dcache.h b/include/linux/dcache.h
index 8aa6a03dcec2a2ad198c6c7ea816b6c1d7c61b61..d4d030340bafddaad7c038f11f142b1b0312d445 100644
--- a/include/linux/dcache.h
+++ b/include/linux/dcache.h
@@ -187,7 +187,6 @@ struct dentry_operations {
       * typically using d_splice_alias. */
 
 #define DCACHE_REFERENCED		0x00000040 /* Recently used, don't discard. */
-#define DCACHE_RCUACCESS		0x00000080 /* Entry has ever been RCU-visible */
 
 #define DCACHE_CANT_MOUNT		0x00000100
 #define DCACHE_GENOCIDE			0x00000200
@@ -229,6 +228,7 @@ struct dentry_operations {
 #define DCACHE_PAR_LOOKUP		0x10000000 /* being looked up (with parent locked shared) */
 #define DCACHE_DENTRY_CURSOR		0x20000000
 #define DCACHE_NEGATIVE_ACCOUNT		0x40000000
+#define DCACHE_NORCU			0x80000000 /* No RCU delay for freeing */
 
 extern seqlock_t rename_lock;