+static int shmem_whiteout(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry)
+{
+ struct dentry *whiteout;
+ int error;
+
+ whiteout = d_alloc(old_dentry->d_parent, &old_dentry->d_name);
+ if (!whiteout)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ error = shmem_mknod(old_dir, whiteout,
+ S_IFCHR | WHITEOUT_MODE, WHITEOUT_DEV);
+ dput(whiteout);
+ if (error)
+ return error;
+
+ /*
+ * Cheat and hash the whiteout while the old dentry is still in
+ * place, instead of playing games with FS_RENAME_DOES_D_MOVE.
+ *
+ * d_lookup() will consistently find one of them at this point,
+ * not sure which one, but that isn't even important.
+ */
+ d_rehash(whiteout);
+ return 0;
+}
+