@@ -160,8 +160,6 @@ struct ffs_epfile {
 	struct ffs_data			*ffs;
 	struct ffs_ep			*ep;	/* P: ffs->eps_lock */
 
-	struct dentry			*dentry;
-
 	/*
 	 * Buffer for holding data from partial reads which may happen since
 	 * we’re rounding user read requests to a multiple of a max packet size.

@@ -273,9 +271,8 @@ struct ffs_desc_helper {
 static int  __must_check ffs_epfiles_create(struct ffs_data *ffs);
 static void ffs_epfiles_destroy(struct ffs_epfile *epfiles, unsigned count);
 
-static struct dentry *
-ffs_sb_create_file(struct super_block *sb, const char *name, void *data,
-		   const struct file_operations *fops);
+static int ffs_sb_create_file(struct super_block *sb, const char *name,
+			      void *data, const struct file_operations *fops);
 
 /* Devices management *******************************************************/
 

@@ -1866,9 +1863,8 @@ ffs_sb_make_inode(struct super_block *sb, void *data,
 }
 
 /* Create "regular" file */
-static struct dentry *ffs_sb_create_file(struct super_block *sb,
-					const char *name, void *data,
-					const struct file_operations *fops)
+static int ffs_sb_create_file(struct super_block *sb, const char *name,
+			      void *data, const struct file_operations *fops)
 {
 	struct ffs_data	*ffs = sb->s_fs_info;
 	struct dentry	*dentry;

@@ -1876,16 +1872,16 @@ static struct dentry *ffs_sb_create_file(struct super_block *sb,
 
 	dentry = d_alloc_name(sb->s_root, name);
 	if (!dentry)
-		return NULL;
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	inode = ffs_sb_make_inode(sb, data, fops, NULL, &ffs->file_perms);
 	if (!inode) {
 		dput(dentry);
-		return NULL;
+		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
 	d_add(dentry, inode);
-	return dentry;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /* Super block */

@@ -1928,10 +1924,7 @@ static int ffs_sb_fill(struct super_block *sb, struct fs_context *fc)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	/* EP0 file */
-	if (!ffs_sb_create_file(sb, "ep0", ffs, &ffs_ep0_operations))
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	return 0;
+	return ffs_sb_create_file(sb, "ep0", ffs, &ffs_ep0_operations);
 }
 
 enum {

@@ -2323,6 +2316,7 @@ static int ffs_epfiles_create(struct ffs_data *ffs)
 {
 	struct ffs_epfile *epfile, *epfiles;
 	unsigned i, count;
+	int err;
 
 	count = ffs->eps_count;
 	epfiles = kcalloc(count, sizeof(*epfiles), GFP_KERNEL);

@@ -2339,12 +2333,11 @@ static int ffs_epfiles_create(struct ffs_data *ffs)
 			sprintf(epfile->name, "ep%02x", ffs->eps_addrmap[i]);
 		else
 			sprintf(epfile->name, "ep%u", i);
-		epfile->dentry = ffs_sb_create_file(ffs->sb, epfile->name,
-						 epfile,
-						 &ffs_epfile_operations);
-		if (!epfile->dentry) {
+		err = ffs_sb_create_file(ffs->sb, epfile->name,
+					 epfile, &ffs_epfile_operations);
+		if (err) {
 			ffs_epfiles_destroy(epfiles, i - 1);
-			return -ENOMEM;
+			return err;
 		}
 	}
 

@@ -2355,13 +2348,11 @@ static int ffs_epfiles_create(struct ffs_data *ffs)
 static void ffs_epfiles_destroy(struct ffs_epfile *epfiles, unsigned count)
 {
 	struct ffs_epfile *epfile = epfiles;
+	struct dentry *root = epfile->ffs->sb->s_root;
 
 	for (; count; --count, ++epfile) {
 		BUG_ON(mutex_is_locked(&epfile->mutex));
-		if (epfile->dentry) {
-			simple_recursive_removal(epfile->dentry, NULL);
-			epfile->dentry = NULL;
-		}
+		simple_remove_by_name(root, epfile->name, NULL);
 	}
 
 	kfree(epfiles);