diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
index 8b4c8e0..d56151f 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@
         void * (*follow_link) (struct dentry *, struct nameidata *);
         void (*put_link) (struct dentry *, struct nameidata *, void *);
 	void (*truncate) (struct inode *);
-	int (*permission) (struct inode *, int, unsigned int);
+	int (*permission) (struct inode *, int);
 	int (*check_acl)(struct inode *, int);
 	int (*setattr) (struct dentry *, struct iattr *);
 	int (*getattr) (struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *, struct kstat *);
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@
   permission: called by the VFS to check for access rights on a POSIX-like
   	filesystem.
 
-	May be called in rcu-walk mode (flags & IPERM_FLAG_RCU). If in rcu-walk
+	May be called in rcu-walk mode (mask & MAY_NOT_BLOCK). If in rcu-walk
         mode, the filesystem must check the permission without blocking or
 	storing to the inode.
 
diff --git a/fs/afs/internal.h b/fs/afs/internal.h
index 5a9b684..f396d33 100644
--- a/fs/afs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/afs/internal.h
@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@
 extern void afs_cache_permit(struct afs_vnode *, struct key *, long);
 extern void afs_zap_permits(struct rcu_head *);
 extern struct key *afs_request_key(struct afs_cell *);
-extern int afs_permission(struct inode *, int, unsigned int);
+extern int afs_permission(struct inode *, int);
 
 /*
  * server.c
diff --git a/fs/afs/security.c b/fs/afs/security.c
index ab6b314..8d01042 100644
--- a/fs/afs/security.c
+++ b/fs/afs/security.c
@@ -285,14 +285,14 @@
  * - AFS ACLs are attached to directories only, and a file is controlled by its
  *   parent directory's ACL
  */
-int afs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
+int afs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 {
 	struct afs_vnode *vnode = AFS_FS_I(inode);
 	afs_access_t uninitialized_var(access);
 	struct key *key;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (flags & IPERM_FLAG_RCU)
+	if (mask & MAY_NOT_BLOCK)
 		return -ECHILD;
 
 	_enter("{{%x:%u},%lx},%x,",
diff --git a/fs/bad_inode.c b/fs/bad_inode.c
index bfcb18f..f024d8a 100644
--- a/fs/bad_inode.c
+++ b/fs/bad_inode.c
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@
 	return -EIO;
 }
 
-static int bad_inode_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
+static int bad_inode_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 {
 	return -EIO;
 }
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index b61b047..cb170ca 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -7331,7 +7331,7 @@
 	return __set_page_dirty_nobuffers(page);
 }
 
-static int btrfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
+static int btrfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 {
 	struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(inode)->root;
 
diff --git a/fs/ceph/inode.c b/fs/ceph/inode.c
index 9c16974..dfb2831 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/inode.c
@@ -1795,11 +1795,11 @@
  * Check inode permissions.  We verify we have a valid value for
  * the AUTH cap, then call the generic handler.
  */
-int ceph_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
+int ceph_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 {
 	int err;
 
-	if (flags & IPERM_FLAG_RCU)
+	if (mask & MAY_NOT_BLOCK)
 		return -ECHILD;
 
 	err = ceph_do_getattr(inode, CEPH_CAP_AUTH_SHARED);
diff --git a/fs/ceph/super.h b/fs/ceph/super.h
index f5cabef..56c41ef 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/super.h
+++ b/fs/ceph/super.h
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@
 extern void ceph_queue_writeback(struct inode *inode);
 
 extern int ceph_do_getattr(struct inode *inode, int mask);
-extern int ceph_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags);
+extern int ceph_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask);
 extern int ceph_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr);
 extern int ceph_getattr(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry,
 			struct kstat *stat);
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
index b285b5b..cbbb55e 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int cifs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
+static int cifs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 {
 	struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb;
 
diff --git a/fs/coda/coda_linux.h b/fs/coda/coda_linux.h
index 9b0c532..44e17e9 100644
--- a/fs/coda/coda_linux.h
+++ b/fs/coda/coda_linux.h
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 /* operations shared over more than one file */
 int coda_open(struct inode *i, struct file *f);
 int coda_release(struct inode *i, struct file *f);
-int coda_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags);
+int coda_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask);
 int coda_revalidate_inode(struct dentry *);
 int coda_getattr(struct vfsmount *, struct dentry *, struct kstat *);
 int coda_setattr(struct dentry *, struct iattr *);
diff --git a/fs/coda/dir.c b/fs/coda/dir.c
index 2b8dae4..cd55323 100644
--- a/fs/coda/dir.c
+++ b/fs/coda/dir.c
@@ -132,11 +132,11 @@
 }
 
 
-int coda_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
+int coda_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 {
 	int error;
 
-	if (flags & IPERM_FLAG_RCU)
+	if (mask & MAY_NOT_BLOCK)
 		return -ECHILD;
 
 	mask &= MAY_READ | MAY_WRITE | MAY_EXEC;
diff --git a/fs/coda/pioctl.c b/fs/coda/pioctl.c
index cb140ef..ee0981f 100644
--- a/fs/coda/pioctl.c
+++ b/fs/coda/pioctl.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #include "coda_linux.h"
 
 /* pioctl ops */
-static int coda_ioctl_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags);
+static int coda_ioctl_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask);
 static long coda_pioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd,
 			unsigned long user_data);
 
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 };
 
 /* the coda pioctl inode ops */
-static int coda_ioctl_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
+static int coda_ioctl_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 {
 	return (mask & MAY_EXEC) ? -EACCES : 0;
 }
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
index 7349ade..bec75f8 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
@@ -942,9 +942,9 @@
 }
 
 static int
-ecryptfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
+ecryptfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 {
-	if (flags & IPERM_FLAG_RCU)
+	if (mask & MAY_NOT_BLOCK)
 		return -ECHILD;
 	return inode_permission(ecryptfs_inode_to_lower(inode), mask);
 }
diff --git a/fs/fuse/dir.c b/fs/fuse/dir.c
index 0df56b6..e2b1400 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dir.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dir.c
@@ -971,9 +971,9 @@
 	return err;
 }
 
-static int fuse_perm_getattr(struct inode *inode, int flags)
+static int fuse_perm_getattr(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 {
-	if (flags & IPERM_FLAG_RCU)
+	if (mask & MAY_NOT_BLOCK)
 		return -ECHILD;
 
 	return fuse_do_getattr(inode, NULL, NULL);
@@ -992,7 +992,7 @@
  * access request is sent.  Execute permission is still checked
  * locally based on file mode.
  */
-static int fuse_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
+static int fuse_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 {
 	struct fuse_conn *fc = get_fuse_conn(inode);
 	bool refreshed = false;
@@ -1011,7 +1011,7 @@
 		if (fi->i_time < get_jiffies_64()) {
 			refreshed = true;
 
-			err = fuse_perm_getattr(inode, flags);
+			err = fuse_perm_getattr(inode, mask);
 			if (err)
 				return err;
 		}
@@ -1024,7 +1024,7 @@
 		   attributes.  This is also needed, because the root
 		   node will at first have no permissions */
 		if (err == -EACCES && !refreshed) {
-			err = fuse_perm_getattr(inode, flags);
+			err = fuse_perm_getattr(inode, mask);
 			if (!err)
 				err = generic_permission(inode, mask);
 		}
@@ -1034,7 +1034,7 @@
 		   noticed immediately, only after the attribute
 		   timeout has expired */
 	} else if (mask & (MAY_ACCESS | MAY_CHDIR)) {
-		if (flags & IPERM_FLAG_RCU)
+		if (mask & MAY_NOT_BLOCK)
 			return -ECHILD;
 
 		err = fuse_access(inode, mask);
@@ -1043,7 +1043,7 @@
 			if (refreshed)
 				return -EACCES;
 
-			err = fuse_perm_getattr(inode, flags);
+			err = fuse_perm_getattr(inode, mask);
 			if (!err && !(inode->i_mode & S_IXUGO))
 				return -EACCES;
 		}
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/file.c b/fs/gfs2/file.c
index a9f5cbe..89c39e5 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/file.c
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@
 	    !capable(CAP_LINUX_IMMUTABLE))
 		goto out;
 	if (!IS_IMMUTABLE(inode)) {
-		error = gfs2_permission(inode, MAY_WRITE, 0);
+		error = gfs2_permission(inode, MAY_WRITE);
 		if (error)
 			goto out;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/inode.c b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
index b776ec8..b1090d6 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@
 	}
 
 	if (!is_root) {
-		error = gfs2_permission(dir, MAY_EXEC, 0);
+		error = gfs2_permission(dir, MAY_EXEC);
 		if (error)
 			goto out;
 	}
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@
 {
 	int error;
 
-	error = gfs2_permission(&dip->i_inode, MAY_WRITE | MAY_EXEC, 0);
+	error = gfs2_permission(&dip->i_inode, MAY_WRITE | MAY_EXEC);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
@@ -857,7 +857,7 @@
 	if (inode->i_nlink == 0)
 		goto out_gunlock;
 
-	error = gfs2_permission(dir, MAY_WRITE | MAY_EXEC, 0);
+	error = gfs2_permission(dir, MAY_WRITE | MAY_EXEC);
 	if (error)
 		goto out_gunlock;
 
@@ -990,7 +990,7 @@
 	if (IS_APPEND(&dip->i_inode))
 		return -EPERM;
 
-	error = gfs2_permission(&dip->i_inode, MAY_WRITE | MAY_EXEC, 0);
+	error = gfs2_permission(&dip->i_inode, MAY_WRITE | MAY_EXEC);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
@@ -1336,7 +1336,7 @@
 			}
 		}
 	} else {
-		error = gfs2_permission(ndir, MAY_WRITE | MAY_EXEC, 0);
+		error = gfs2_permission(ndir, MAY_WRITE | MAY_EXEC);
 		if (error)
 			goto out_gunlock;
 
@@ -1371,7 +1371,7 @@
 	/* Check out the dir to be renamed */
 
 	if (dir_rename) {
-		error = gfs2_permission(odentry->d_inode, MAY_WRITE, 0);
+		error = gfs2_permission(odentry->d_inode, MAY_WRITE);
 		if (error)
 			goto out_gunlock;
 	}
@@ -1543,7 +1543,7 @@
  * Returns: errno
  */
 
-int gfs2_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
+int gfs2_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 {
 	struct gfs2_inode *ip;
 	struct gfs2_holder i_gh;
@@ -1553,7 +1553,7 @@
 
 	ip = GFS2_I(inode);
 	if (gfs2_glock_is_locked_by_me(ip->i_gl) == NULL) {
-		if (flags & IPERM_FLAG_RCU)
+		if (mask & MAY_NOT_BLOCK)
 			return -ECHILD;
 		error = gfs2_glock_nq_init(ip->i_gl, LM_ST_SHARED, LM_FLAG_ANY, &i_gh);
 		if (error)
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/inode.h b/fs/gfs2/inode.h
index 3160607..8d90e0c 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/inode.h
+++ b/fs/gfs2/inode.h
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
 
 extern struct inode *gfs2_lookupi(struct inode *dir, const struct qstr *name,
 				  int is_root);
-extern int gfs2_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags);
+extern int gfs2_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask);
 extern int gfs2_setattr_simple(struct gfs2_inode *ip, struct iattr *attr);
 extern struct inode *gfs2_lookup_simple(struct inode *dip, const char *name);
 extern void gfs2_dinode_out(const struct gfs2_inode *ip, void *buf);
diff --git a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
index b1bc31b..6e449c5 100644
--- a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
+++ b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
@@ -748,12 +748,12 @@
 	return err;
 }
 
-int hostfs_permission(struct inode *ino, int desired, unsigned int flags)
+int hostfs_permission(struct inode *ino, int desired)
 {
 	char *name;
 	int r = 0, w = 0, x = 0, err;
 
-	if (flags & IPERM_FLAG_RCU)
+	if (desired & MAY_NOT_BLOCK)
 		return -ECHILD;
 
 	if (desired & MAY_READ) r = 1;
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 684e0f3..c5c3826 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@
 	}
 
 	if (inode->i_op->permission)
-		retval = inode->i_op->permission(inode, mask, 0);
+		retval = inode->i_op->permission(inode, mask);
 	else
 		retval = generic_permission(inode, mask);
 
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@
 		mask |= MAY_NOT_BLOCK;
 
 	if (inode->i_op->permission) {
-		ret = inode->i_op->permission(inode, mask, flags);
+		ret = inode->i_op->permission(inode, mask);
 		if (likely(!ret))
 			goto ok;
 	} else {
diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index 16cf84b..a86acd6 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -2273,12 +2273,12 @@
 	return nfs_do_access(inode, cred, nfs_open_permission_mask(openflags));
 }
 
-int nfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
+int nfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 {
 	struct rpc_cred *cred;
 	int res = 0;
 
-	if (flags & IPERM_FLAG_RCU)
+	if (mask & MAY_NOT_BLOCK)
 		return -ECHILD;
 
 	nfs_inc_stats(inode, NFSIOS_VFSACCESS);
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/inode.c b/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
index 0df6de5..be8664c 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
@@ -799,7 +799,7 @@
 	return err;
 }
 
-int nilfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
+int nilfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 {
 	struct nilfs_root *root = NILFS_I(inode)->i_root;
 	if ((mask & MAY_WRITE) && root &&
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/nilfs.h b/fs/nilfs2/nilfs.h
index f02b9ad..6fb7511 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/nilfs.h
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/nilfs.h
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@
 extern void nilfs_truncate(struct inode *);
 extern void nilfs_evict_inode(struct inode *);
 extern int nilfs_setattr(struct dentry *, struct iattr *);
-int nilfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags);
+int nilfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask);
 int nilfs_load_inode_block(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head **pbh);
 extern int nilfs_inode_dirty(struct inode *);
 int nilfs_set_file_dirty(struct inode *inode, unsigned nr_dirty);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/file.c b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
index ecb52b0..1406c37 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
@@ -1279,11 +1279,11 @@
 	return err;
 }
 
-int ocfs2_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
+int ocfs2_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	if (flags & IPERM_FLAG_RCU)
+	if (mask & MAY_NOT_BLOCK)
 		return -ECHILD;
 
 	ret = ocfs2_inode_lock(inode, NULL, 0);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/file.h b/fs/ocfs2/file.h
index f5afbbe..97bf761 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/file.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/file.h
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 int ocfs2_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr);
 int ocfs2_getattr(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry,
 		  struct kstat *stat);
-int ocfs2_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags);
+int ocfs2_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask);
 
 int ocfs2_should_update_atime(struct inode *inode,
 			      struct vfsmount *vfsmnt);
diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index 53a1a961..be1ff93 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -2167,7 +2167,7 @@
  * /proc/pid/fd needs a special permission handler so that a process can still
  * access /proc/self/fd after it has executed a setuid().
  */
-static int proc_fd_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
+static int proc_fd_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 {
 	int rv = generic_permission(inode, mask);
 	if (rv == 0)
diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
index 349b22f..1a77dbe 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int proc_sys_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask,unsigned int flags)
+static int proc_sys_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 {
 	/*
 	 * sysctl entries that are not writeable,
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c b/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
index f173196..4ea2ab4 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
@@ -958,7 +958,7 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int reiserfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
+int reiserfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 {
 	/*
 	 * We don't do permission checks on the internal objects.
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/inode.c b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
index 04c81e5..e3f091a 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
@@ -349,11 +349,11 @@
 		return -ENOENT;
 }
 
-int sysfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
+int sysfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 {
 	struct sysfs_dirent *sd;
 
-	if (flags & IPERM_FLAG_RCU)
+	if (mask & MAY_NOT_BLOCK)
 		return -ECHILD;
 
 	sd = inode->i_private;
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
index 2ed2404..845ab3a 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
+++ b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@
 struct inode *sysfs_get_inode(struct super_block *sb, struct sysfs_dirent *sd);
 void sysfs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode);
 int sysfs_sd_setattr(struct sysfs_dirent *sd, struct iattr *iattr);
-int sysfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags);
+int sysfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask);
 int sysfs_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *iattr);
 int sysfs_getattr(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry, struct kstat *stat);
 int sysfs_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, const void *value,
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index a1689c1..1fdefe3 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1578,7 +1578,7 @@
 struct inode_operations {
 	struct dentry * (*lookup) (struct inode *,struct dentry *, struct nameidata *);
 	void * (*follow_link) (struct dentry *, struct nameidata *);
-	int (*permission) (struct inode *, int, unsigned int);
+	int (*permission) (struct inode *, int);
 	int (*check_acl)(struct inode *, int);
 
 	int (*readlink) (struct dentry *, char __user *,int);
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
index 1b93b9c..8601481 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@
 extern int nfs_post_op_update_inode(struct inode *inode, struct nfs_fattr *fattr);
 extern int nfs_post_op_update_inode_force_wcc(struct inode *inode, struct nfs_fattr *fattr);
 extern int nfs_getattr(struct vfsmount *, struct dentry *, struct kstat *);
-extern int nfs_permission(struct inode *, int, unsigned int);
+extern int nfs_permission(struct inode *, int);
 extern int nfs_open(struct inode *, struct file *);
 extern int nfs_release(struct inode *, struct file *);
 extern int nfs_attribute_timeout(struct inode *inode);
diff --git a/include/linux/reiserfs_xattr.h b/include/linux/reiserfs_xattr.h
index 424ba64..57958c0 100644
--- a/include/linux/reiserfs_xattr.h
+++ b/include/linux/reiserfs_xattr.h
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 int reiserfs_lookup_privroot(struct super_block *sb);
 int reiserfs_delete_xattrs(struct inode *inode);
 int reiserfs_chown_xattrs(struct inode *inode, struct iattr *attrs);
-int reiserfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags);
+int reiserfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_REISERFS_FS_XATTR
 #define has_xattr_dir(inode) (REISERFS_I(inode)->i_flags & i_has_xattr_dir)