cFYI(1, "%s: for %s", __func__, name->name);
 
-       if (parent->d_op && parent->d_op->d_hash)
-               parent->d_op->d_hash(parent, parent->d_inode, name);
-       else
-               name->hash = full_name_hash(name->name, name->len);
+       dentry = d_hash_and_lookup(parent, name);
+       if (unlikely(IS_ERR(dentry)))
+               return;
 
-       dentry = d_lookup(parent, name);
        if (dentry) {
                int err;
 
 
 struct dentry *d_add_ci(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
                        struct qstr *name)
 {
-       int error;
        struct dentry *found;
        struct dentry *new;
 
         * if not go ahead and create it now.
         */
        found = d_hash_and_lookup(dentry->d_parent, name);
+       if (unlikely(IS_ERR(found)))
+               goto err_out;
        if (!found) {
                new = d_alloc(dentry->d_parent, name);
                if (!new) {
-                       error = -ENOMEM;
+                       found = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
                        goto err_out;
                }
 
 
 err_out:
        iput(inode);
-       return ERR_PTR(error);
+       return found;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_add_ci);
 
  * @dir: Directory to search in
  * @name: qstr of name we wish to find
  *
- * On hash failure or on lookup failure NULL is returned.
+ * On lookup failure NULL is returned; on bad name - ERR_PTR(-error)
  */
 struct dentry *d_hash_and_lookup(struct dentry *dir, struct qstr *name)
 {
-       struct dentry *dentry = NULL;
-
        /*
         * Check for a fs-specific hash function. Note that we must
         * calculate the standard hash first, as the d_op->d_hash()
         */
        name->hash = full_name_hash(name->name, name->len);
        if (dir->d_flags & DCACHE_OP_HASH) {
-               if (dir->d_op->d_hash(dir, dir->d_inode, name) < 0)
-                       goto out;
+               int err = dir->d_op->d_hash(dir, dir->d_inode, name);
+               if (unlikely(err < 0))
+                       return ERR_PTR(err);
        }
-       dentry = d_lookup(dir, name);
-out:
-       return dentry;
+       return d_lookup(dir, name);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_hash_and_lookup);
 
 /**
  * d_validate - verify dentry provided from insecure source (deprecated)
        ino_t ino = 0;
 
        dentry = d_hash_and_lookup(dir, name);
-       if (dentry) {
+       if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(dentry)) {
                if (dentry->d_inode)
                        ino = dentry->d_inode->i_ino;
                dput(dentry);
 
                return 1; /* I'm not sure */
 
        qname.name = __name;
-       qname.hash = full_name_hash(qname.name, qname.len);
-
-       if (dentry->d_op && dentry->d_op->d_hash)
-               if (dentry->d_op->d_hash(dentry, dentry->d_inode, &qname) != 0)
-                       goto end_advance;
-
-       newdent = d_lookup(dentry, &qname);
 
+       newdent = d_hash_and_lookup(dentry, &qname);
+       if (unlikely(IS_ERR(newdent)))
+               goto end_advance;
        if (!newdent) {
                newdent = d_alloc(dentry, &qname);
                if (!newdent)
 
 
        name.name = buf;
        name.len = snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%d", pid);
+       /* no ->d_hash() rejects on procfs */
        dentry = d_hash_and_lookup(mnt->mnt_root, &name);
        if (dentry) {
                shrink_dcache_parent(dentry);