@@ -1706,36 +1706,26 @@ static inline bool may_mandlock(void)
 }
 #endif
 
-/*
- * Now umount can handle mount points as well as block devices.
- * This is important for filesystems which use unnamed block devices.
- *
- * We now support a flag for forced unmount like the other 'big iron'
- * unixes. Our API is identical to OSF/1 to avoid making a mess of AMD
- */
+static int umount_lookup_flags(int flags)
+{
+	if (flags & UMOUNT_NOFOLLOW)
+		return LOOKUP_MOUNTPOINT;
+	return LOOKUP_MOUNTPOINT | LOOKUP_FOLLOW;
+}
 
-int ksys_umount(char __user *name, int flags)
+static int path_umount(struct path *path, int flags)
 {
-	struct path path;
 	struct mount *mnt;
 	int retval;
-	int lookup_flags = LOOKUP_MOUNTPOINT;
 
 	if (flags & ~(MNT_FORCE | MNT_DETACH | MNT_EXPIRE | UMOUNT_NOFOLLOW))
 		return -EINVAL;
-
 	if (!may_mount())
 		return -EPERM;
 
-	if (!(flags & UMOUNT_NOFOLLOW))
-		lookup_flags |= LOOKUP_FOLLOW;
-
-	retval = user_path_at(AT_FDCWD, name, lookup_flags, &path);
-	if (retval)
-		goto out;
-	mnt = real_mount(path.mnt);
+	mnt = real_mount(path->mnt);
 	retval = -EINVAL;
-	if (path.dentry != path.mnt->mnt_root)
+	if (path->dentry != path->mnt->mnt_root)
 		goto dput_and_out;
 	if (!check_mnt(mnt))
 		goto dput_and_out;

@@ -1748,12 +1738,33 @@ int ksys_umount(char __user *name, int flags)
 	retval = do_umount(mnt, flags);
 dput_and_out:
 	/* we mustn't call path_put() as that would clear mnt_expiry_mark */
-	dput(path.dentry);
+	dput(path->dentry);
 	mntput_no_expire(mnt);
-out:
 	return retval;
 }
 
+static int ksys_umount(char __user *name, int flags)
+{
+	struct path path;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = user_path_at(AT_FDCWD, name, umount_lookup_flags(flags), &path);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+	return path_umount(&path, flags);
+}
+
+int __init kern_umount(char *name, int flags)
+{
+	struct path path;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = kern_path(name, umount_lookup_flags(flags), &path);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+	return path_umount(&path, flags);
+}
+
 SYSCALL_DEFINE2(umount, char __user *, name, int, flags)
 {
 	return ksys_umount(name, flags);

@@ -2339,6 +2339,7 @@ extern long do_mount(const char *, const char __user *,
 		     const char *, unsigned long, void *);
 int do_kern_mount(const char *dev_name, const char *dir_name,
 		const char *type_page, unsigned long flags, void *data_page);
+int __init kern_umount(char *name, int flags);
 extern struct vfsmount *collect_mounts(const struct path *);
 extern void drop_collected_mounts(struct vfsmount *);
 extern int iterate_mounts(int (*)(struct vfsmount *, void *), void *,

@@ -1236,7 +1236,6 @@ asmlinkage long sys_ni_syscall(void);
  * the ksys_xyzyyz() functions prototyped below.
  */
 
-int ksys_umount(char __user *name, int flags);
 int ksys_chroot(const char __user *filename);
 ssize_t ksys_write(unsigned int fd, const char __user *buf, size_t count);
 int ksys_chdir(const char __user *filename);

@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ static void __init handle_initrd(void)
 		else
 			printk("failed\n");
 		printk(KERN_NOTICE "Unmounting old root\n");
-		ksys_umount("/old", MNT_DETACH);
+		kern_umount("/old", MNT_DETACH);
 	}
 }