simple_release_fs(&rpc_mount, &rpc_mount_count);
 }
 
+static int rpc_delete_dentry(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+       return 1;
+}
+
+static struct dentry_operations rpc_dentry_operations = {
+       .d_delete = rpc_delete_dentry,
+};
+
 static int
 rpc_lookup_parent(char *path, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
  * FIXME: This probably has races.
  */
 static void
-rpc_depopulate(struct dentry *parent)
+rpc_depopulate(struct dentry *parent, int start, int eof)
 {
        struct inode *dir = parent->d_inode;
        struct list_head *pos, *next;
        spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
        list_for_each_safe(pos, next, &parent->d_subdirs) {
                dentry = list_entry(pos, struct dentry, d_u.d_child);
+               if (!dentry->d_inode ||
+                               dentry->d_inode->i_ino < start ||
+                               dentry->d_inode->i_ino >= eof)
+                       continue;
                spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
                if (!d_unhashed(dentry)) {
                        dget_locked(dentry);
        if (n) {
                do {
                        dentry = dvec[--n];
-                       if (dentry->d_inode) {
-                               rpc_close_pipes(dentry->d_inode);
+                       if (S_ISREG(dentry->d_inode->i_mode))
                                simple_unlink(dir, dentry);
-                       }
-                       inode_dir_notify(dir, DN_DELETE);
+                       else if (S_ISDIR(dentry->d_inode->i_mode))
+                               simple_rmdir(dir, dentry);
+                       d_delete(dentry);
                        dput(dentry);
                } while (n);
                goto repeat;
                dentry = d_alloc_name(parent, files[i].name);
                if (!dentry)
                        goto out_bad;
+               dentry->d_op = &rpc_dentry_operations;
                mode = files[i].mode;
                inode = rpc_get_inode(dir->i_sb, mode);
                if (!inode) {
 __rpc_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 {
        int error;
-
-       shrink_dcache_parent(dentry);
-       if (d_unhashed(dentry))
-               return 0;
-       if ((error = simple_rmdir(dir, dentry)) != 0)
-               return error;
-       if (!error) {
-               inode_dir_notify(dir, DN_DELETE);
-               d_drop(dentry);
-       }
-       return 0;
+       error = simple_rmdir(dir, dentry);
+       if (!error)
+               d_delete(dentry);
+       return error;
 }
 
 static struct dentry *
        dentry = lookup_one_len(name, parent, len);
        if (IS_ERR(dentry))
                goto out_err;
-       if (dentry->d_inode && exclusive) {
+       if (!dentry->d_inode)
+               dentry->d_op = &rpc_dentry_operations;
+       else if (exclusive) {
                dput(dentry);
                dentry = ERR_PTR(-EEXIST);
                goto out_err;
        rpc_release_path(&nd);
        return dentry;
 err_depopulate:
-       rpc_depopulate(dentry);
+       rpc_depopulate(dentry, RPCAUTH_info, RPCAUTH_EOF);
        __rpc_rmdir(dir, dentry);
 err_dput:
        dput(dentry);
        parent = dget_parent(dentry);
        dir = parent->d_inode;
        mutex_lock_nested(&dir->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
-       rpc_depopulate(dentry);
+       rpc_depopulate(dentry, RPCAUTH_info, RPCAUTH_EOF);
        error = __rpc_rmdir(dir, dentry);
        dput(dentry);
        mutex_unlock(&dir->i_mutex);
        parent = dget_parent(dentry);
        dir = parent->d_inode;
        mutex_lock_nested(&dir->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
-       if (!d_unhashed(dentry)) {
-               d_drop(dentry);
-               if (dentry->d_inode) {
-                       rpc_close_pipes(dentry->d_inode);
-                       error = simple_unlink(dir, dentry);
-               }
-               inode_dir_notify(dir, DN_DELETE);
-       }
+       rpc_close_pipes(dentry->d_inode);
+       error = simple_unlink(dir, dentry);
+       if (!error)
+               d_delete(dentry);
        dput(dentry);
        mutex_unlock(&dir->i_mutex);
        dput(parent);